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24.01.2022 Riley beats the Olympian!! Riley Ridsdale (Yr 7) completed the 4km course in 17.13 beating Jessica Trengove by 4 seconds. What an effort!Ned Bowman (Yr 8) came in second at 17.54 and Ajay White (Yr 8) was third with 19.01. More photos in the newsletter next week. Anyone who missed today's race can run any 4km course over the weekend and submit the results yourself through the GACCC website

24.01.2022 What footy grand final is on this weekend? Who is playing?

24.01.2022 Check it out this free event...Thursday November 19 @ 6:30 p.m. Join Onkaparinga Library for a Q and A with Fiona McDonald, and hear all about her new book, Th...e Shearer's Wife. Fleur McDonald has lived and worked on farms for much of her life. After growing up in the small town of Orroroo in South Australia, she became a jillaroo before spending twenty years farming 8000 acres, east of Esperance, WA. Fleur likes to write about strong women overcoming adversity, drawing inspiration from her own experiences in rural Australia. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fleur-mcdonald-online-autho

23.01.2022 Question- How many Middle School students can fit in 1 Canoe? Answer- 1 less than they attempted!

23.01.2022 ****** WARNING ****** There is a video on TikTok of a man live streaming his suicide. Please ensure you do not allow your older teens on the app today if they h...ave it. It is apparently now on Insta but they are at least removing accounts posting it. Check in with your kids today. They most likely will know about it. It is also being hidden behind Cat videos as well. Apparently it’s coming up in the ‘For you’ section so please let’s kids know NOT to watch anything that’s prompted. It often shows a male with glasses. For support: Kids Helpline. 1800 55 1800. Phone support is there all day, every day. Online support is open from 8am-midnight every day (AEST). Suicide Callback Service. 1300 659 467. Phone support all day, every day, and follow-up calls. eHeadspace. 1800 650 890. Open 9am-1am daily (AEST). Lifeline. 13 11 14. Phone support all day, every day. Online support 7pm-4am daily (AEST). Beyondblue. 1300 22 4636. Phone support all day, every day. Online support 3pm-midnight every day.

21.01.2022 Sewing machine service and repairs WHO? Heinz Leuenberger from All Make Sewing centre CONFIRMED DATE: Thursday, 26th November WHERE? Orroroo Area School Home Economics Centre ... IMPORTANT: Label your machine(s) with your name, phone number and any instructions. You can drop your machine into the Home ec centre from Wed (25th Nov). No earlier please, as we have a function on Tuesday. CONTACT: Gaye Kuerschner at OAS 86581100 or [email protected] See more

20.01.2022 . A lot of warnings have been issued for children to stay off social media, specifically Tik Tok, d...ue to a graphic self harm video that’s circulating. While we do recommend that parents monitor their children or keep them off the platform, it's a band-aid solution for a long-term issue due to the fact that distressing videos constantly circulate online. Instead we would like to encourage all parents and guardians to -: 1 . Understand that they will most likely use it, whether you understand the appeal or not. Ask them what apps they use, find out why they like those apps. Start a dialogue so you can start understanding why it’s important to them. The more you understand about it, the more you can stay across it. 2 . If you know what apps they’re using, help them make their profile as secure as possible, whether it’s TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch or Reddit (the list is endless). You can do this with the help of this eSafety Commissioner guide: www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide 3 . Be open and willing to listen. Make them aware of Kids Helpline Official (1800 55 1800), Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636), headspace (headspace.org.au) and Lifeline (13 11 14) so they know they have a place to contact if they don’t feel comfortable approaching you. 4 . Kids often create a social media profile that they make visible to you, but keep their actual profile under a fake name hidden from you. Again, this is why we encourage you to talk to your child openly and honestly. 5 . If your child watches YouTube videos, please be aware there's no guarantee that this content will be safe for kids. People can easily edit distressing videos for kids that slip through the filters. If you can't monitor your child on YouTube then let them watch Netflix kids instead as it has stronger filters. SBS and ABC iview are both free alternatives for children’s online content. The Office of the eSafety Commissioner is a great resource for parents, guardians and kids: www.esafety.gov.au

19.01.2022 Great Australian Cross-Country Challenge Run/Walk Tomorrow! Jess Trengove can do it in 17.19 and Miss Ferguson and Miss Kuerschner can walk it in 40mins, who will you be closer too??? Remember to register, there is no cost for OAS students with the Promo Code OASO Maps have been put in classrooms to show the route and if you happen to be absent Friday afternoon you can run it over the weekend and upload your time. Will be a beautiful day for a run!

19.01.2022 Congratulations Kate and Bek!

17.01.2022 We have two people associated with a Grand Final this weekend! Do you know who they are?! More details to come!

17.01.2022 Reminder that we are hosting Footy Colours Day this Friday and cooking up some of Grant's best snags! Order forms for sausages in last week's newsletter, due tomorrow. Casual clothes are fine for anyone not wanting to do Footy Colours.

14.01.2022 Help us celebrate the work of our SSOs at school! Thank you all!!

14.01.2022 An opportunity...

13.01.2022 Yr 7-9 Aquatics bus will arrive back in Orroroo between 5.20-5.30Yr 7-9 Aquatics bus will arrive back in Orroroo between 5.20-5.30

12.01.2022 Sailing- Mastered! Yr 7-9 students having a great time doing aquatics in Port Augusta today. We’ve had multiple sightings of a dolphin mother with a calf, which added to the excitement of the day

07.01.2022 Thank you to our awesome OAS teachers.

05.01.2022 Such a fantastic opportunity! Business & Administration Officer Traineeship - Full details here: https://www.orroroo.sa.gov.au/about-council/employment

04.01.2022 For some people, Father's Day is a wonderful celebration of the dad who proudly cheers at every school carnival, the dad who loves school pick-up and drop-off, ...and the dad who always helps with homework. But for other people, Father's Day is a reminder of what they might not have. That's why there is no one-size-fits-all for today.

04.01.2022 We will remember them.

03.01.2022 Updated Stage One exam timetable. No exams on Monday now due to lock-down

03.01.2022 Lucy beats the Olympian! Lucy Reddaway (Yr 7) ran the Cross Country Challenge this morning and beat yesterday’s fastest time by 8 seconds! Think the t-shirt helped?? Lucy spends her Friday afternoons in Adelaide training with the SACA Under-16s Development Squad, which is also a massive achievement in itself. Great work Lucy! Jessica Trengove

02.01.2022 Rapid changes announced today.

01.01.2022 Wishing Kate and Bek all the best this weekend!

01.01.2022 - , : Today the Premier announced a 6 day statewide lockdown starting at midnight tonight (Wednesday 18 November) t...hrough to midnight Tuesday 24 November. Only the children of essential workers and vulnerable children will be able to attend school, preschool or childcare. A skeleton staff will provide supervision but not a learning program for the remainder of this week. All students have been asked to take home school laptops, devices, books and anything they need to continue their learning from home. More information on learning programs will be provided early next week.