Term 2 | Week 3 | 14 May 2021 From the Principal Our Curriculum School Improvement In 2005, Blackwood High School aligned itself with six On Monday 3 May, I attended the Entrepreneurial feeder Primary Schools to create the Mitcham Hills Specialist Schools Conference where the Chief Cluster, making the decision to offer the International Executive of the SACE Board, Martin Westwell, Baccalaureate Middle Years Program to our Year explored the notion of Entrepreneurial capabilities 8, 9 and 10 students. The implementation of this as a key ingredient to future success within the SACE program strengthened the connections between our and the workforce. One key message from his speech schools to improve students’ continuity of learning, resonated strongly with me – mental agility and the supported greater alignment and documentation of capacity to change our minds in the face of new our curriculum and provided formal structures on evidence. Prompting a simple question ‘Do we help the development and implementation of effective students know when to change their minds?’ pedagogies. Since then, our public education system This speaks strongly to the development of learner has undergone significant reform; including the agency and self-regulation, coupled with the requisite development and implementation of the Australian literacy and numeracy skills, to not only engage with Curriculum, the South Australian Teaching for new evidence but to interrogate the validity of that Effective Learning framework, localised partnership evidence, reformulating our own understanding of models to increase inter-school collaboration and a concepts and forge new pathways to our desired Department strategic plan to achieve a world class futures. As a staff, we will continue to design our education system by 2028. learning programs to develop and make explicit the Our engagement with the IB gave Blackwood High necessary personal qualities in our students to enable School an opportunity to leap-frog into the 21st them to thrive. Century education paradigm and build our capacity, Facilities update as a school, to embrace the future that is before Construction continues to be a major part of life at us. The decision to transition away from the IB was, Blackwood High School this year. Our renovations to therefore, difficult but necessary. As the investment in the former MSLC have been completed with classes our public education system grows, the Department already timetabled into the new space. Staff and continues to provide high-quality, evidence-based, students have adapted well to these new flexible resourcing and support. Aligning these resources and learning environments. It has been exciting to see support to an IB context would continually require a this space in action and I look forward to the evolving significant investment of administrative time from all integration of flexible learning environments in the staff at Blackwood High School, diminishing the time design of learning experiences for our students. focused on their core business of student learning. The renovations to the SLC outdoor space are almost The transition process will take place across the complete. Custom-built furnishings are still to be remainder of 2021, ensuring that we are prepared installed, which we expect will create a wonderful for the excitement and challenge that 2022 will ambience in this outdoor learning area. The heating bring. The exceptional teaching and support staff at units are already getting a workout with many Blackwood High School are already well underway students enjoying their warmth during recess and with this process; taking the best of our current lunch times over the past week. We also expect knowledge, skills, practices and learning programs as the newly renovated toilet facilities to be officially the foundation for the next 60 years of learning at opened to students within the next couple of weeks. Blackwood High School. I am sure that this will be a great relief to many. The construction of our new general learning areas, dance studio, photography and digital tech space, is making steady progress and we anticipate hand-over ahead of the official project completion date. We are in a privileged position to be able to strategically open this space over the remainder of the year, rather than rush to take occupancy. As a school, we are excited by the increased flexibility that these new learning spaces will provide as well as the purpose-built facilities that they will house. Teachers are already considering the opportunities that these learning spaces provide, to innovate in their pedagogical practices. Our timetabling for 2022 will include these requirements as part of what drives its development.

Finally, the Canteen/Conference room building has been demolished and work has begun on the foundations for a new facility to ensure we have adequate capacity to cater for our Year 7 students and all our students’ nutritional needs.

Staffing Update I would like to officially welcome the following new staff to Blackwood High School for Term 2: David Billett Tommy Hicks Ashleigh Pearce Camden Rowberry Jarred Hughes Darby Knight Ina Richter

The following internal staff changes have also occurred due to a range of opportunities and leave arrangements: Jason Loke - Principal Sue Richards - Deputy Principal Charlotte Twizell - Assistant Principal Middle School Sophie Hamlyn - Year 7 - 9 Learning Community Leader Renee Daish - Leader, LOTE and International Programs Ben Phillips - Leader, English and Humanities Elisa England - Leader, Mathematics and Numeracy Peta Maher - Leader, Health and Physical Education Tracy Robinson - Aboriginal Education Teacher

Term 1 Achievement Finally, a warm congratulations to all students who have been recognised for their academic growth or academic excellence across Term 1 this year. A new year of school, especially after 2020, is challenging and it is fantastic to see so many of our students achieve. Goal 1 of our School Improvement Plan explicitly targets increased achievement for all students and I personally applaud the effort that you have all put in to continually improve.

Early Dismissal Earlier this year, the Department for Education updated their policy on the organisation of the school year. This included changes to procedures for schools considering early dismissal on certain days. Traditionally, we have worked normal days at the end of each term, with an early dismissal on the final day of Term 4.

After discussions with staff, a proposal was put forward to Governing Council and accepted. For the remainder of this year, Blackwood High School will have a 1-hour early dismissal on the last day of each term instead. All students will be dismissed at 2:10pm. We are in the process of speaking with the bus company to re-schedule their timetables to accommodate this.

As part of the updated process, a letter will be distributed to all families to sign in acknowledgement of the dismissal time and give permission for your child(ren) to leave. If, for any reason, your child(ren) need to remain at school until the normal finish time then we will provide supervision in a suitable location within the school until 3:10pm.

Jason Loke, Principal

2 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Blackwood High School High Achievers • Congratulations to Corben Powell, in Year 9, who participated in the Australian National Age Swimming Championships held on the Gold Coast from 4 to 13 April. • Congratulations to Galen Marks-De Andres, in Year 8, who participated in the School Sport Diving Competition on 26 March. He placed first in the boys 13 years category. • Congratulations to Breanna Trehearne, in Year 9, who was selected by Gymnastics SA to represent South Australia in the Level 8 Womens Artistic Gymnastics Team at the 2021 Australian Gymnastics Championships being held on the Gold Coast from 24 to 26 May. • Congratulations to Paige Padroth, in Year 10, who played in the Under 18 Women’s Basketball Team that won the National Championships held in Melbourne during April. • Congratulations to Jacob Koop, in Year 12, who recently represented South Australia in the National Cycling Track Championships in Queensland. As part of a three person team he won the ‘Team sprint’, which consisted of three laps from a standstill and is timed from the start of the first lap to the end of the last lap. Jacob’s team was the fastest in the finals, making them the National Champions and they were rewarded with the gold medal and a green and gold jersey. Well done Jacob and team. School TV School TV can be easily found on the Blackwood High School website and it provides a range of information from professionals such as Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. The range of articles are divided into series including Cyber Safety, Mental Health, School Survival, Healthy Body, Positive Parenting and Special Reports. Recent additions to Special Reports include Celebrating Mother’s Day (this can be challenging for some of our young people), vaping and e-cigarettes, as well as conversations on consent (in which no milkshakes were hurt); whilst topics under Positive Parenting includes information around building Resilience of children. School TV is an excellent source of information which frequently has new information added. Sue Richards, Deputy Principal Students leaving school grounds I remind all students and families that it is not acceptable for students to leave school grounds at any time, during the school day, to make a purchase from the Service Station. Any student found attempting to leave the school grounds will be asked to return to school. I expect all students will follow this reasonable request from the staff member that is addressing them. We understand the challenge that our restricted Canteen service has presented this term and are looking at ways to increase the flexibility of its offerings at recess and lunch. All students should prepare and bring an adequate supply of food for their daily dietary needs. The Canteen is expected to be fully operational by the start of Term 3, when a full food service will return for our students. Jason Loke, Principal

3 Mitcham Council Citizenship Ceremonies On Tuesday 4 May, Mitcham Council invited six Blackwood High School students to assist with two Citizenship Ceremonies held at the Blackwood Community Centre. Becoming an Australian citizen means that families are making an ongoing commitment to Australia.

Year 10 students, Cassandra Rayner and Makedde Hinton, sang the National Anthem beautifully at both ceremonies, while Michael Holota, Emily Sich, Saskia Fitzpatrick and I helped with the ushering and catering of this prestigious event.

Each ceremony began with the Welcome to Country delivered by Kaurna Elder, Elaine Magias, followed by Dr Holmes-Ross, Mayor of the City of Mitcham, introducing guests and delivering the Australian Citizenship Pledge. In doing so, the 50 people made a public commitment to Australia, accepting the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship. The families pledged their loyalty to Australia and its people and that they will uphold and obey the laws of Australia. The families were then invited to the stage to accept their certificates and were also presented with a Gift Bag and seedling. Individual stories were shared why the families chose to become Australian Citizens. Some comments included that they found new love and/ or educational pathways in Australia and many families commented on the favourable Australian lifestyle, the enjoyment of free time with family, friends, sports and contact with nature. Young Citizen of the Year, Tom Morrison, delivered a short address about our beautiful natural surroundings and why preserving our environment was so important. The ceremony concluded with coffee, tea and lamingtons served up by Blackwood High School students

Overall, the Citizenship Ceremony was an important expression of commitment to being part of Australia’s future and as a Student Leader at Blackwood High School, I thoroughly enjoyed welcoming our new citizens at this significant function.

Dhrithi Vemulapalli, Year 9 Student Leader Inspiring Achievement and Respect Middle School update Our Fantastic New MSLC Building! Middle School students have moved into the new building in the MSLC. We decided to interview some students from Years 8 and 9, as well as some teachers to find out what they think of the new space. We asked the question “What do you think of the new space?” and these were their responses. Students: I like the new building a lot, and I think it is great. I also like the outside workspaces for the students to use whilst doing their work. Ruby Phillips, 8B

I like how it feels bigger with the open glass windows and more spacious than the GLC that we were previously in. Will Haines, 8F

It feels more modern which I like because its brighter and newer than the classrooms we were in before. Halli Finnsson, 8F

We like how much more open it is and how much more natural light can come in. Rachel Hartog, 9E and Brodie Manfield, 9H

Teachers: I personally love the new building. I love the open windows and the doors that can be opened to create one big classroom. Miss England

I love how much airier it feels, and how much more natural light is able to come inside because of the big windows. Mr. Brown

I like how open the building is, and I especially like the new colors that they’ve incorporated. I like the breakout spaces because it lets the kids be in control over their own learning. Also, the kids are all excited to do learning in the new space which means they are driven to do their learning. Miss. Hamlyn

Over all in conclusion, everybody likes the new building and were exited to do the move from all of the different classes around the school.

Tiarna Hughes-Collins and Charlotte Rungie, Year 8 students

5 Year 8 Academic Excellence Assembly Term 1 2021 The Year 8 students gathered for their first Year 8 Academic Excellence assembly in our new MSLC building on Monday of Week 2. Miss Twizell presented the awards to the students in the shared space. Year 8 students who successfully achieved Term 1 GPA’s of 85 to 89.9 received Academic Achievement Awards and those students who achieved GPA’s over 90 received Academic Excellence Awards. For the first time, Year 8 students who have had 100% attendance rates in Term 1 received Outstanding Attendance Awards. Congratulations to these outstanding students – they are a credit to Blackwood High School and should be very proud of themselves.

Academic Excellence Recipients

Congratulations to:

Tamika Brinias Charlotte Rungie Inara Eacott Grace Stevens Sophia Elliott Lily Stockman Matilda Smith Claire Zanker

Academic Achievement Recipients

Congratulations to:

Ava Bagshaw Carter Parsons-Smedley Amali Boyce Paige Partridge Megan Bryant Ruby Phillips Malvie Campbell Bonnie Sinnott Taylor Christinat Insha Solah Lucy Duguid Makayla Szymanskyj Will Haines Archer Taylor Mikayla Kensen Zahra Thwaites Zander King Lachlan Van Gerven Oska Morris Kate Velisek Josh Parker

Outstanding Attendance Recipients

Congratulations to:

Amber Bolt Skipp Heilbronn Lucy Duguid Huy Nguyen Josh Gloyn Claire Zanker

Charlotte Twizell, Thyrza Veitch and Stew Nancarrow, Leaders, Year 7 - 9 Learning Improvement 6 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Year 9 Academic Excellence Assembly Term 1 2021 The Year 9 students also gathered for their first Year 9 Academic Excellence assembly in our new MSLC. Those who successfully achieved Term 1 GPA’s of 85 to 89.9 received Academic Achievement Awards and the students who achieved GPA’s over 90 received Academic Excellence Awards. For the first time, Year 9 students who have had 100% attendance rates in Term 1 also received Outstanding Attendance Awards. Congratulations to these outstanding students – they are a credit to Blackwood High School and should be very proud of themselves.

Academic Excellence Recipients

Congratulations to:

Hannah Angove Amali Fox Temika Armstrong Nathan General James Augur Ben Ivanovic Theofanis Brinias Sarangi Jose Bianca Brusic Emily Kain Evelyn Cant Kimiya-May Sobhani Sophie Cheshire Amelie Vandenberg Thomas Crosby Leani Van Der Berg Eden Dale Dhrithi Vemulapalli Saskia Fitzpatrick Molly Williams

Academic Achievement Recipients

Congratulations to:

Kaitlyn Aldridge Oscar Lewin Gemma Bruche Hannah Martin Tahlia Clark Charlotte Mohr Alexandra Comitis Max Peters Angus Dodd Alexander Phillips Hunter Francis Summer Ross Twinkle Gomes Leila Sansome Chloe Grayson Alana Smith Jessica Greenhalgh Anneli Smith Joel Hor Breanna Trehearne Nicola Johns Benjamin Wadham Hoi Kiu Lee Sharni Wood

Outstanding Attendance Recipients

Congratulations to Amelie Vandenberg and Yordan Sha Yusuf.

Charlotte Twizell, Thyrza Veitch and Stew Nancarrow, Leaders, Year 7 - 9 Learning Improvement

7 Ned Hargraves visit Last term, 8H was given the opportunity through our Pastoral Care Support Worker, Sam Thomson, of meeting Ned Hargraves, a Warlpiri Tribal Leader from Yuendumu.

Ned comes from the remote Indigenous community, Yuendumu, located in Western Central Australia. Educated in Adelaide, he has a unique perspective on both the Indigenous and European life. He has been to Canberra several times to discuss policy with Members of Parliament and was staying at Sam’s for a few weeks.

Ned brought an example of his artwork and taught the students a number of words in Warlpiri. The painting depicted a Dreamtime story that taught the importance of finding water, an essential skill in surviving the desert environment. He also discussed the importance of marrying within the right family groups.

8H appreciated the chance to have an authentic experience with an inspiring Indigenous leader and Blackwood thanks Ned for giving up his time to come and speak with our students.

8H Care Group and Ben Phillips, Leader, English and Humanities

8 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Senior School update Term 1 Awards Congratulations to the following students who received award certificates for outstanding efforts through Term 1. Care Group teachers can nominate students who continually display a positive attitude to learning, effort and great attendance for the Culture of Respect. The Academic Achievement and Academic Excellence certificates are awarded based on students’ Semester 1 results.

Culture of Respect Awards 10A Ethan Jones 11A Isabelle Kilimes 12A Shikha Bhupathiraju 10B Imogen Russell 11B Wesley Collingwood 12B Tyler Halliday 10C Kyuri (Kylie) Kim and 11C Lily Huston 12C Cedric Mends Cloud Harding-Choy 11D Oscar Wallis 12D Annabell Kathiniotis 10D Milcah Bhonsle 11E Abby Wheeler 12E Bridget Smith 10E James Keating 11F Paige Harrison 12F Linh Khanh Nguyen 10F Brodie Partridge 11G Shangke (Kyle) Huang 12G Sarah Calaby 10G Isabelle Duke and 11H Veniss Yap 12H Jonathan Tassell Trae Tassell 10H Ethan Fitzpatrick

Academic Excellence Well done to all students who received an Academic Excellence award for Term 1. These students managed to achieve a Grade Point Average of 100 (all A grades for Year 11 and 12.

Year 11 Nathaniel Brown Eric Burgess Wesley Collingwood Anthony Spreitzer

Year 12 Laura Calaby Niamh Hegarty Josiah Hor Laura Jade Finley Monaghan-McGrath Riley Newall Gracie Wadham

9 In addition, we have a large number of students across Year 10 to 12 who earned a Grade Point Average of 90 or higher. These students were given Academic Achievement Certificates.

Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Amber Barlass Tyler Attiwill Owen Anderson Holly Chatfield Aretha Bryne-Ockerby Shikha Bhupathiraju Olivia De Luca Ryan Drechsler Seth Billing Sienna Duguid Nicole Greeneklee Anabelle Brown Jesse Harris Paige Harrison Dylan Brown Ginger Hill Lily Huston Sarah Calaby Makedde Hinton Hugh Ion Isabella Davison-Bennett Daniel Kolesnyk Isabelle Klimes Jaime-Lee Dean Mya Marquez Ella Knuckey Tara Edwards-Johnson Honey Mettner Luke Lewis Jade Greenwell Olivia Paltridge Gabrielle MacConnell James Hackett Faith Ramesh Eleanor Maclean Chelsea Hardcastle Ethan Roscioli Mia Mueller Mikayla Heddle Ella Smith Aurelia Neave Charlee Hills Monique Spiniello Thomas Oswald Lara Keen Trae Tassell Thomas Parker Ji Soon Kim Monia Tolic Amelia Penter Isabella Koopman Anna Twining Kayla Pickles Charlea-Rose Lemke Jonathan Potter Cedric Mends Tylah Ross Cameron Mills Sean Sam Linh Nguyen Ebony Scanlan Sophie North Laila Scaparra Joshua Paice Charlie Scutchings Mitchell Tasker Lola Sim Jonathan Tassell Thomas Stocco Michael Taylor Bradley Walton Dean Taylor Zachary Washington Marven Yap Abby Wheeler Lily Whitcombe Charlotte Williams Veniss Yap

Ashley Robinson, Assitant Principal Senior School and Kate Young and Matthew Loan, Leaders, Year 10 - 12 Learning Improvement 10 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Year 12 Silly Socks Day My name is Mikayla Heddle and I’m a Head Prefect at Blackwood High School this year. As part of this role, I set a goal to organise events to help build good relationships between my Year 12 cohort and increase morale for our last year together. To do this, on 9 April I hosted a Silly Socks Day for Year 12 students. I encouraged my peers to show off their “silly side” and express their personality to see who has the silliest socks. An exciting number of students participated, and we saw new connections being made, overall making it a great success. I don’t want to stop there though; I want to continue to build these friendships throughout the year. Therefore, I’m running another event called “footy colours day” where Year 12 students have the opportunity to dress up in their favourite sporting teams colours. There will be a lunch time activity involving students and teachers, to not only build relationships with my peers, but our teachers who are supporting us in a tough year. I hope to see many students participate and for it to be another great bonding event. Mikayla Heddle, Year 12 Head Prefect Rotary Club Dinner Four weeks ago, Ms Hughes’ Year 11 Food Technology class was tasked with creating two main-course meals and desserts to present to the Rotary Club of Blackwood. Students were split into groups of two and were required to conceptualise a dish that met the contemporary issues they were researching.

After deciding on a dish, each pair was given a trial to prepare their dish which they would then present to the class to gather feedback. The class unanimously agreed upon the carbonara pasta and sweet and sour pork as the two main-courses and the meringue and apple crumble cheesecake as the two desserts. Another trial was then conducted to test the presentation and portion sizes of the chosen meals.

Eventually, the night had arrived, and the food technology building was packed to the brim with members from the Rotary Club of Blackwood. The building itself had previously been set up by students and teachers to match the atmosphere of a proper restaurant. Some Year 9 students volunteered to serve out the dishes while the Year 11 students cooked and prepared them. Musical entertainment was supplied by our talented Year 12 students. Overall, it was a fun night for both the guests and those who helped make this event possible.

Isabelle Klimes, Year 11 student

11 12 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Sports update Zone sport roundup Zone Sport season 1 finished in Week 11, Term 1 after an eight week season. Final placings are as follows: Year 8/9 Boys Basketball Blackwood 1 – Equal 11th Blackwood 2 – Equal 11th

Year 8/9 Girls Volleyball Blackwood 1 – 5th

Year 10 Girls Volleyball Blackwood 1 – 3rd

Year 8/9 Boys 9-a-side Football Blackwood finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Elite Sports Achievements Playing SANFL Women’s football • West Adelaide Senior Women – Charlie Scutchings has played most of the season so far.

• After training with the senior women all season, Beth Sigley played her debut game for West Adelaide 3 weeks ago.

• Sturt Senior Women – Lily Whitcombe has played all games for the season so far.

SANFL Under 18 boys football. The following boys have played for their Under 18 club this season: • Dylan Brown – Captain of South Adelaide • Rhys Galliford – South Adelaide • Charlie Duncan – South Adelaide • Ben Burbridge – West Adelaide • Will Torode – Sturt • Nathan Houston – Sturt

13 Cycling championships On Tuesday 4 May, Blackwood High School had three representatives in the Individual Cycling Championships hosted by School Sport SA. Congratulations to Nicholas Gray, Aiden Moran and Leani Van Der Berg on their performance. Overall, Blackwood finished equal eighth based on the results of each participant.

Results: Boys Time Trial – Nicholas 11th (37 km/h) , Aiden 12th (36.9 km/h) Points Race – Nicholas 8th, Aiden 8th Criterium – Aiden 7th , Nicholas 11th

Girls (Leani) Time Trial – 4th (33.4 km/h) Points Race – 4th Criterium – 5th

Our attention now turns to Term 2/3 Statewide Knock Out events where we will compete in 13 different events across Football, Netball, Basketball and Soccer. Blackwood High School will also have a Year 8/9 Boys Basketball, Year 8/9 Girls Soccer, Year 8/9 Mixed Volleyball, Year 8/9 Girls Football and seven Year 8/9 Girls Netball teams in the Term 2/3 Weekly sport competitions.

Interschool athletics On Wednesday 31 March, 80 students attended the Interschool Athletics Carnival at SA Athletics Stadium. Students could compete in up to 4 events on the day. All students conducted themselves in a fantastic manner and represented Blackwood extremely well. For a full list of results see the next page.

For any more information on school sport please contact Justin Callahan, Specialist Sports Course and School Sports Officer on 8278 0938.

Justin Callahan, Specialist Sports Course and School Sports Officer

14 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Boys Shot Put High Jump 100m U15 Samuel Burbridge 12.67m 1st U14 Ava Bagshaw 1.46m 1st Open Evan Laing 11.75s 1st U16 Callum Finlayson 11.66m 2nd U15 Ava Bagshaw 1.45m 1st U14 Xavier Brady 12.80s 4th Open Ethan Kotz 9.62m 6th Open Mila Dowling 1.42m 4th U15 Tom Berndt 13.09s 6th Girls U16 Jamilla Hartogh- 1.15m 8th U16 Trae Tassell 13.28s 8th 100m Jennings 200m U15 Sophie Cheshire 12.49s 2nd Pole Vault Open Xavier Poole 23.64s 2nd U16 Jamilla Hartogh- 13.15s 2nd Open Chelsea Dredge 1.50m 1st U16 Dylan Boyce 24.43s 3rd Jennings Shot Put U15 Riley Mayr 26.16s 6th U14 Ruby Ling 14.75s 8th U16 Charlotte Taylor 8.17m 6th U14 Xavier Brady 26.40s 3rd Open Mila Dowling 14.85s 8th U15 India Mosman 7.02m 9th 400m 200m Open Ella Knucky 6.94m 6th Open Evan Laing 52.45s 2nd U15 Sophie Cheshire 26.29s 1st U14 Sarah Akers 6.94m 4th U16 Dylan Boyce 55.92s 1st U16 Jamilla Hartogh- 27.01s 1st Discus U14 Xavier Brady 1.03.37 6th Jennings U16 Imogen Russell 19.51m 3rd U15 Matthew Turner 1.05.73 8th U14 Ruby Ling 31.09s 7th Open Ella Knuckey 18.39m 5th 800m Open Mila Dowling 31.11s 7th U15 Temika Armstrong 17.24m 8th U16 Lachlan Rudd 2.11.51 1st 400m Javelin Open Blake Aldridge 2.15.36 4th Open Charlie Scutchings 1.08.87 2nd Open Imogen Russell 21.71m 5th U14 Joshua Martin 2.21.31 2nd U14 Ruby Phillips 1.11.69 6th U16 Imogen Russell 20.31m 3rd U15 Tiago Baker 2.39.29 8th U15 Alexandra Comitis 1.12.06 5th U15 Grace Smith 20.22m 3rd 1500m U16 Lara Higgins 1.13.39 6th U14 Ruby Phillips 19.76m 5th U14 Joshua Martin 5.00.17 3rd 800m Open Blake Aldridge 5.05.95 7th U15 Isabel Hobbs 2.48.17 5th U15 Samuel Wright 5.38.47 8th Open Caitlin McMartin 2.55.53 5th 3000m U14 Leani Van Der Berg 3.00.65 4th Open Kobe Vanzetta 10.50.65 4th U16 Lily Whitcombe 3.06.41 8th 2000m Steeplechase 1500m Open Ben Burbridge 7.05.42 1st Open Bethany Sigley 6.07.85 4th U14 Eliah Page 6.20.39 5th 100m Hurdles U15 Charlize Hough 6.27.62 7th U16 Dylan Boyce 16.86s 3rd U15 Tom Berndt 18.07s 5th 3000m Open Summer Ross 5th 110m Hurdles Open Blake Aldridge 21.96s 8th 1000m Steeplechase Open Isabel Hobbs 4.38.30 9th 90m Hurdles U14 Daniel Chigwidden 17.64s 7th 100m Hurdles Open Lara Higgins 25.41s 9th 4x100m Relay Open 46.81s 2nd 80m Hurdles U16 50.19s 6th U14 Eliah Page 16.68s 4th U15 51.65s 4th 90m Hurdles U14 53.36s 5th U15 Isabel Hobbs 20.15s 7th Triple Jump U16 Bethany Sigley 20.64s 8th U16 Lachlan Rudd 11.82m 1st 4x100m Relay Open Zachary Washington 11.25m 3rd U15 55.64s 2nd U15 Hugh Nash 10.71m 3rd Open 57.52s 7th U14 Levi Haddad 9.56m 7th U14 58.62s 7th Long Jump U16 58.70s 8th U16 Lachlan Rudd 5.47m 3rd Triple Jump U15 Hugh Nash 5.02m 3rd Open Charlie Scutchings 9.19m 5th U14 Levi Haddad 4.68m 4th U16 Lily Whitcombe 8.32m 7th Open Callum Finlayson 4.54m 8th U15 Bianca Brusic 7.23m 8th Pole Vault U14 Paige Partridge 6.98m 8th Open Zachary Washington 4.20m 1st Long Jump High Jump U15 Sophie Cheshire 4.68m 2nd U16 Lachlan Rudd 1.65m 3rd Open Charlite Scutchings 4.34m 3rd U15 Hugh Nash 1.50m 5th U14 Molly Johnson 3.85m 5th U14 Connor Clarke 1.40m 8th U16 Kelly McArdle 3.37m 9th 15 Aboriginal Education update Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy scholarship As part of the Aboriginal Education Team here at Blackwood High School we are proud to congratulate Eva Rigney our Year 11 student for winning CSIRO’s Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy scholarship. With support from Dannielle Flynn, Aboriginal Secondary Transition Officer, who is on leave at the moment, Eva was successful in her application, which was very competitive. Dannielle has now supported three of our strong Aboriginal women over three years to win this scholarship and we are especially grateful for her dedication in supporting women to be successful.

The scholarship is aimed at giving young Indigenous women the tools and support they need to succeed in an exciting STEM career. The Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy is an Indigenous STEM Education Project managed by the CSIRO in partnership with Career Trackers. The Academy is funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency and provides individualised support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females who want to pursue STEM studies and careers.

We wish Eva all the best with her future career aspirations and look forward to seeing her achieve success.

Welcome to the ABED team A brief introduction to our Aboriginal Education Team members. Due to a number of short-term changing roles within Blackwood High School, we have had some new members join our team.

Replacing, temporarily, our current Aboriginal Secondary Education Transition Officer (ASETO) Dannielle Flynn, who is currently on maternity leave,we are pleased to welcome Tommy Hicks. Tommy was born and raised here in Adelaide on Kaurna country but also has tribal links to WA (Yamatji) and VIC (Koori). Tommy was one of three Indigenous entrepreneurs in 2020 who set up the Kere to Country, a new, First Nations-led social enterprise, starting in Alice Springs/Mparntwe, after recognising that approximately 1.2 million Australians cannot regularly access culturally appropriate, safe and nutritious food from a non-emergency source. So we are very privileged to have someone with drive and passion working alongside us and bringing a wealth of knowledge about Aboriginal perspectives that we hope to capitalise on within our curriculum.

Tracy Robinson is also temporarily taking over the role of Aboriginal Education Teacher (AET) whilst Renee Daish is filling in as Leader, LOTE and International Student Programs. As a team we hope to provide the school with ongoing support in developing an inclusive curriculum program and helping our Aboriginal students to achieve success in their SACE and future career pathways.

Tracy Robinson, Aboriginal Education Teacher

16 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Arts News Take the Stage, Drama Day Senior Drama students attended centrED’s Take the Stage Drama Day at the Adelaide Festival Centre in March this year. This day gave students the opportunity to participate in practical workshops in characterisation, physical theatre and devising new work with professional theatre creatives. Our students worked enthusiastically on devising and physical theatre skills to further enhance the development of their creative processes in drama. We look forward to seeing their emerging skill development on stage later this term.

Brigitte Esvelt, Creative Arts/Drama teacher

2021 Dance Star The year began with lots of energy and enthusiasm towards participating in the 2021 Dance Star program. We have entered 2 teams in this year’s Dance Star competition, Open Large Hip Hop (19 team members) and Open Large Jazz (15 team members). This has enabled us to include students from Years 8 - 11.

With a shorter timeline than in previous years, we have successfully completed choreographing the Open Hip Hop and Jazz routines. The dancers have been training hard with their coaches, and next week teams will have costumes finalised and be well rehearsed for their performance at the Preliminary Finals, Seymour College on Sunday 23 May.

We look forward to some positive results and are hopeful to be competing at the State Finals, Norwood Concert Hall on 26 June.

Congratulations to coaches Elliesha Robinson-Prince, Hip Hop, VET Dance student coaches Tahlia and Chloe, Jazz, and the dancers in Years 8-11 for their commitment to this program.

Katrina Constantopoulos, Leader, The Arts 17 Year 9 Art Lino printing The main goal of this task was to explore lino printing, research Indigenous artist Bede Tungutalum and incorporate his style into a work featuring an Australian animal against a patterned background. Another task was to research lino printing and to pull an edition of prints using a range of inks and papers to give different effects. One chosen print could then be coloured up with watercolour if wanted to.

I was inspired by Bunjil, who appears in the Dreaming and was thought to have created the land then flown back out to space, to then fly back down to create and interact with the animals and humans, to which he shared his knowledge such as of hunting. My piece depicts Bunjil flying back down from the skies. The top left corner includes a pattern of dots, which represent stars, and the bottom right has indigenous-style patterns inspired by Bede Tungutalum including the symbol for a meeting place with people around it, and symbols representing travelling from meeting place to meeting place, or of a river. Molly

Designing what we were going to print was something that went well so we could know what we wanted to do once we came to the carving stage.I learnt to just go with your gut feeling and if you think by adding something that might look good to your piece that you should do it because that’s how you create new things. Rachel

I used line and shape, in my final design to design the background which shows a rich sense of layering. I also used colour in my final product, I used water colour to paint my product, I took full advantage of cool and warm colours. Cyan

I explored a variety of things during the process of lino-printing including using different carving tools, different patterns, water colours, learning how to lino print, drawing Australian animals, and transferring my design onto the registration block. I worked out that different carving tools left a different finish and was better for different sections of carving. Hannah

I have had a blast learning new techniques, processes and methods revolving around this medium I had never known how to use, or attempt to use. I had never known exactly what lino printing was, a part from the fact that it used inks. This experiment on the topic has shown and taught me so many new things, which I can now use in future reference. I am happy with the outcome of my design and prints, if I could I would have done certain things differently - but they have now become a part of the artwork. Amelie

Congratulations to our Year 9 Art students for their creative lino prints.

Brigitte Esvelt, Year 9 Art teacher 18 Inspiring Achievement and Respect Oh Snap! Artificial Lighting Portraiture Lily McLoughney, Year 12 Photography

School Musical Rock of Ages - update Rehearsals are going well, the chorus are developing a big sound, under the vocal direction of Ms Aylmore. Rehearsals have stepped up with the introduction of a second weekly rehearsal, on Thursdays, as well as vocal support for the lead actors during instrumental lessons with Bianca.

The lead actors are learning lines and their stage direction rehearsals have commenced this term with Ms Esvelt on Wednesdays. The Dance troupe are working hard developing choreography for all the dance scenes, led by Ms Colyer and Ms England.

The band have a weekly Tuesday rehearsal and they also met during the school holidays, further developing their music repertoire for Rock of Ages, led by Mr Winter and Mr Phillips. The band guitarists have extra support during an instrumental music lesson on Fridays with George.

Other updates include a planning meeting to discuss set and costumes for the production, and we look forward to forming the student back stage crew that will assist with this.

The production is planned to be performed during Week 9 of Term 3!

Katrina Constantopoulos, Leader, The Arts

19 Reconciliation Filming at Colebrook On Friday 7 May, several students from Blackwood High School took part in the filming of a documentary at Colebrook. These students were Nduati Mwangi, Jevan Francis, Ethan Fitzpatrick, Steven Raymond, Megan Bryant, Skipp Heilbronn, Francina Rudd, and Isabel Hobbs. Several other schools were in attendance, and included the Mitcham Hills Partnership Kindergartens, Preschools, and Schools, plus Emmaus and St. Johns. To talk about and share their experiences were Aboriginal Elders who were a part of the Stolen Generation and were raised at Colebrook Home. The students attended two separate sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, though some students were present at both.

The morning session was centred around the listening posts. The students would ask a series of questions about the posts and then would get an answer from an Elder. These listening posts were a great way of discovering more about the history at Colebrook Reconciliation Park. While the older kids were taking part in the listening posts, the primary and kindergarten students were involved in a variety of games. These games included kick the tin, knucklebones and marbles. The variety of activities in the morning session made it highly enjoyable and informative.

The afternoon session had two separate filming activities for the Blackwood students, the first one around asking questions about the local wildlife at Colebrook, while also being given an opportunity to water the plants. The second was based around several traditional dances, such as the Emu, the Kangaroo, and the Whale. The filming was a wonderful learning experience for all of the students involved and allowed the Aboriginal Elders to share their knowledge with several young people.

Ethan Fitzpatrick and Isabel Hobbs, Year 10 Students

20 Inspiring Achievement and Respect 21 Metro Cards When travelling to and from school by public transport please ensure you have sufficient balance on your Metro Card. This will help avoid the embarrassment of having to explain the lack of funds on your card to either a driver or a ticket inspector and risk receiving a fine as a result. Student Metro cards can be registered and automatically topped up via a linked bank account using the Adelaide Metro website as per the following links below; https://adelaidemetro.com.au/Tickets-Fares/metroCARD/Register https://adelaidemetro.com.au/Tickets-Fares/metroCARD/Recharge https://adelaidemetro.com.au/Tickets-Fares/metroCARD/Auto-recharge

22 Inspiring Achievement and Respect 23 Calendar Dates Term 1 Tuesday 11 May to Friday 21 May Thursday 27 May to Thursday 3 June Thursday 3 June NAPLAN testing window National Reconciliation Week SACE Drama Matinee and Evening Performance Friday 21 May Friday 28 May Principal Tour 9am Principal Tour 9am Wednesday 9 to Friday 11 June Year 11 Football Trip Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 May Wednesday 2 June to Friday 4 June Year 10 Football Camp Year 10 World Outdoors Camp Friday 11 June Principal Tour 9am Wednesday 26 May Year 10 Immunisations Languages Study Tour Fundraiser https://www.entbook.com.au/161479c

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