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MODBURY HIGH SCHOOL Issue 11 Newsletter | October 2018 MODBURY HIGH SCHOOL Issue 11 Newsletter | October 2018 62 Pompoota Road, Modbury SA 5092 Department for Education T/A South Australian Government Schools Ph: (08) 8264 1955 Fax: (08) 8263 0316 CRICOS Provider Number 00018A http://www.modburyhs.sa.edu.au [email protected] www.facebook.com/ModburyHighSchool/ PRINCIPAL’S REPORT DIARY DATES Dear Parents /Caregivers, School Improvement Plan Tuesday 30 October Welcome back to term 4. With only 7 We are currently in the process of Working Bee 1:40pm-4:30pm weeks to go before the end of the year, developing our School Improvement Plan for 2019-2021. Over the last term, Wednesday 31 October our staff and students are continuing to Final Year 12 Lesson (Lesson 3) work hard to ensure that all of our teachers have analysed a variety of sets of Year 12 Lunch students are able to achieve their full data such as student, grades, NAPLaN, PAT-M and PAT-R tests, parent, student Thursday 1 November potential. Year 12 Valedictory Assembly and staff feedback to determine areas of Year 12 9:30am-11:00am Gymnasium improvement. On Friday 2 November, our Our year 12 teachers and students are staff will continue this work by working Friday 2 November getting ready for our Valedictory Assembly Student Free Day collaboratively to determine the Challenge Staff Professional Learning Day which will be held on Thursday 1 of Practice, determine areas of focus, set November. This is a very special event for targets and determine evidence for Saturday 3 November our school community as we celebrate the USA Basketball Quiz Night success. achievements of our Year 12 students over M Mon 5 to Tues 20 November Parent and student involvement in this the last five years. The next few weeks will Year 12 Exams process is critical to the successful be very busy for the students while they implementation of our Improvement Plan. Wednesday 7 November are getting ready for their exams and Governing Council and students will be Governing Council Mtg 6:30pm finalising all their assessment tasks. I able to provide feedback before finalising would like to remind the students of the it. Friday 9 November importance of looking after themselves by Remembrance Day Assembly Joanne Costa ensuring that they eat properly and go to Principal Thursday 15 November bed at a reasonable time. Year 10 Aquatics Day YEAR 12 EXAMS We wish our Year 12 studentsH all the best Wednesday 21 November Mon 5th to Tues 20th November with their exams and a future filled with Year 10 Road Safety Session Parent Road Safety Session fantastic new experiences. Mon 5th - 1:30pm Biology (2hrs) Tues 6th - 1:30pm Modern History (2hrs) Year 8-11 Prize Giving Assembly Wednesday 21 November Wed 7th - 9:00am EAL (2.5hrs) Year 10 Road Safety Session Our Year 8-11 team of teachers are Thurs 8th - 9:00am General Maths (2hrs) currently in the planning process of our Saturday 24 November 1:30pm - Math Methods (3hrs) very first whole school Year 8-11 Prize Big Band Supper Dance Fri 9th - 9:00am Legal Studies (3hrs) Giving Assembly. The assembly will be held Mon 12th - 1:30pm Physics (2hrs) Tuesday 27 November on Tuesday 27 November at 9:00am and it Year 12 Formal Tues 13th - 1:30pm Chemistry (2hrs) will acknowledge the achievements of our S Wed 14th - 1:30pm Psychology (2hrs) Wed 21 to Tues 27 November Year 8-11 students. Parents of award Thurs 15th - 9:00am PE (2hrs) Year 11 Exams (info to come) winners will be receiving an invitation to Fri 16th - 9:00am Specialist Maths (3hrs) attend the assembly in the next few Friday 14 December Mon 19th - 1:30pm Info Tech (2hrs Last Day for Year 8 & 9 Students weeks. Dismissal at 12:00pm Tues 20th - Musicianship (1.75hrs) SUCCESS 2 YEAR 12 VALEDICTORY SUBJECT PRIZE WINNERS The Arts Mathematics Music - Mitchell Seager General Mathematics - Josh Williams Visual Arts - Scarlett Korner Mathematical Methods - Josephine Matthias Visual Design - Claire Etherton Specialist Mathematics - Josh Saxby Cross Disciplinary Studies Science Research Project - Francis Dela Cruz Biology - Jade Mason Vocational Educational and Training - Sam Mountford Chemistry - Caitlin McManus Workplace Practices- Chelsea Watts Physics - Josh Saxby English Scientific Studies - Vishvita Naik English - Scarlett Korner Technology English as an Additional Language - Britney Malick Child Studies - Amy Gater Essential English - Chelsea Watts Food and Hospitality - Gabby Bailey Health & Physical Education Information Processing - Claire Etherton Physical Education - Courtney Williams Informational Technology - Brodie Checklin Sport and Recreation - Matthew Greenfield Material Products: Wood - Cassie Westerholm Humanities Legal Studies - Eryn Caruso Students will be presented at this year’s Year 12 Modern History - Scarlett Korner Valedictory Assembly on Thursday 1 November. GOVERNING COUNCIL BINGO NIGHT Our BINGO Night was held on Saturday 20 A very big thank you to the following businesses October. Our school auditorium was packed and members of the community who donated with parents, friends and staff. Mr Martin prizes for the night: Crabb, Governing Council Chair welcomed Kerry Hockridge Dog Grooming everyone and gave a brief talk about our Modbury Plaza Hotel and Pickled Duck community garden. He outlined our plans Joanne Costa to develop it into a beautiful space where Purposeful Produce not only will we be growing vegetables and Tropicana fruit trees, but more importantly, teachers Dita’s Mustard can use it to deliver curriculum. Tracey O’Donnell Karen Greenhalgh was outstanding as the Helloworld TTP BINGO Caller, making the participants laugh Bunnings Modbury and engage with the games. A big thank Newman’s Nursery you to Karen for supporting us. Thank you Priceline Pharmacy to the fundraising committee, consisting of Celestial Aromatics Helen Checklin, Shellie Fisher, Dirk Pretorius Frances Bedford MP and Martin Crabb for their excellent work in Richard Harvey MP organising the event and for all the time Garden Grove and effort they put in to making the night a Muffin Break success. Thank you to all the parents, Ethereal Holistic community members and staff for their Fassina Liquor attendance. Without the support of Organic Ministry everyone who attended, the night would Krispy Kreme not have been such a success. Helen Checklin LIBRARY 3 BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE Remembrance Day has a special significance in 2018. Sunday, 11 November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the The Victoria Cross is the highest award for acts of bravery in Armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). wartime. The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most Our Library is currently hosting Bravest of the Brave, a travelling prestigious award. It is awarded for gallantry "in the presence of exhibition developed for the Community History Unit of History the enemy" and may be awarded posthumously. SA. It recognises the courage and sacrifice of the South The exhibition includes each soldier’s citation and replica Australian men who enlisted to fight in the First World War. medals, and background information on the individuals and the This travelling exhibition explains the moving stories of the eight First World War. This is important as it tells some of the story of South Australians awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World the person behind the Victoria Cross. War: Arthur Blackburn, Phillip Davey, Roy Inwood, Jørgen Jensen, John Leak, Arthur Sullivan, Lawrence Weathers and James Parks Woods. FREEDOM TO READ Freedom can be protected in a democratic society only if its Did you know that these are just some of the books that have citizens have unrestricted access to information and ideas. Did been banned or challenged somewhere in the world (even in you know that intellectual freedom also appears in the United Australia): Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights? The freedom Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach to read is something we should never take for granted. One of Dahl, Roald. The Witches the gifts of reading is the insight it gives into ideas and the Fox, Mem. Guess What? lives of people that are different than our own. L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time Libraries play an important role in ensuring that students have Lowry, Lois. The Giver. access to information from a range of sources to meet their Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia needs and in catering for interest in contemporary issues Pilkey, Dav. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: The First without bias. Graphic Novel Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants series Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter series Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird Shusterman, Neal. Unwind Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath What do you think about that? LIBRARY / THE ARTS 4 READING - IT’S A GAME CHANGER Have you ever wondered why so often the book is better than Some easy ways to expand the number of minutes a person the movie? reads a day include: When you are reading a book you interpret and imagine the Fostering the pleasure, rather than skill, of focussed author’s words your way. It connects to your experience. Your reading hopes and dreams. The movie shows us the interpretation of Borrowing some Audiobooks from the Public Library. the director and the actors. No wonder it is not the personal These provide an alternate, low stress reading format. This experience you had with the book. is a great option for car trips or travelling. Allowing binge reading on the weekend. Placing books in the hands of students fundamentally Allowing graphic novels and fan fiction. influences their chances for both personal and academic success (Constantino, 2014; Neuman & Celano, 2012; McGill- Be prepared for those Reading Emergencies: Franzen, 2016; Allington & McGill-Franzen, 2013; Kim, 2009).
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