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Marryatville High School Issue 7 Term 4 2019 Issue 7 Term 4 2019 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Welcome to term 4. I hope that all families, Year 7 transition visits staff and students have had an enjoyable and Year 7 students who will be commencing year productive beginning to the school term. 8 at Marryatville High School in 2020 will Annual General Meeting of be attending the school for their transition visit the Governing Council on Thursday 5 December. This transition visit allows year 7 students to become familiar Parents/caregivers are invited to attend the with their new school surroundings. Parents Annual General Meeting of the Governing of students commencing year 8 in 2020 Council on Tuesday 19 November 2019 at are invited to the year 7 parent information 6.30pm being held in the staffroom (upstairs evening being held on Thursday 5 December on the first floor A block). The Annual General at 7.00pm in the Forge. Meeting provides a valuable opportunity for parents/caregivers to receive information and Mr John Tiver reports regarding the work that the school Principal undertakes and to elect parents and 2 community members to the 2020 Governing Council Committee. The Governing Council performs a range of Newsletter functions including: • involving the school community in the In this issue governance of the school Wellbeing Information Hub .............2 • setting the broad direction and vision of the Japanese News ................................3 school Sports News .....................................4 • strategic planning for the school Community Challenge .....................5 • determining policies for the school, Co-Curricular .....................................6 including policies for safety, welfare, Pastoral Care News ........................7 wellbeing and discipline of students Yearbook ...........................................7 • determining the application of the total STEM News ......................................8 financial resources available to the school, Humanities News .............................9 including regular review of the budget HASS News ......................................9 Music News ................................... 10 • reporting to the school community and the Visual Arts News ........................... 11 minister. General Information ..................... 12 Year 12 students On Monday 28 October, the year 12 graduation and presentation evening was held at the Adelaide Town Hall, where the year 12 students were presented with their graduation certificates. This occasion provided an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our year 12 students thus far, and to wish them well for their future beyond secondary schooling. Tuesday 29 October marked the final day for our year 12 students where parents, caregivers and students attended a breakfast at Eden Park to commemorate and congratulate students on their hard work and effort throughout the year. On behalf of all staff, I would like to wish year 12 students all the very best and every success CRICOS Provider No: 00018A during their examination period. 0 170 Kensington Road, Marryatville South Australia 5068 | P +61 8 8304 8420 Marryatville HighP (Music SchoolCentre) +61 Newsletter 8 8304 8431 | EI [email protected] Issue 7 I Term 4 2019 | www.marryatvillehs.sa.edu.au 1 Issue 7 Term 4 2019 Student leadership always easy, the communication between parents and their children plays a key role in keeping our young During term 4, Marryatville High School people safe online. students are provided with the opportunity I encourage all parents/caregivers to access the to nominate for a range of leadership eSafety commissioner website at; positions including; SRC, class captain and https://www.esafety.gov.au house captain. This website provides a great deal of information for It is important for students to experience leadership parents/caregivers and provides tools, resources and opportunities during their time at school as it allows strategies to assist them in keeping their children safe. them to develop a skills set that will assist them not Year 8 community project just during their schooling years but also in their future lives. Students learn the art of building relationships At this time of year our year 8 students are currently within teams, defining identities and achieving tasks engaged in their ‘Community Project’ which forms effectively. Furthermore, leadership provides the part of their student life program. The purpose of the opportunity to learn to identify and display effective community project is about giving back and focuses on communication and interpersonal skills. the following outcomes for all students: • thinking outside your own life Marryatville High School believes that leadership begins with identifying and understanding our vision, • giving back to the community values and school culture. Students are provided • establishing yourself as global citizens with the opportunity to experience leadership within • working together different contexts, for we know that the more leadership • building resilience, empathy and communication is encouraged the more it flourishes. skills The leadership journey of everyone is different and not All year 8 home groups are currently in the planning everyone will be ready for leadership at the same time, stage and will be ready in the coming weeks to see however the skills that come with leadership will benefit their planning take shape. In the final edition of the everyone. newsletter we look forward to sharing with you the Online safety projects that they have completed. You may have read the article in the Sunday Mail on Mr Dale Hoffman November 3 discussing the dangers of the internet and Director of Wellbeing the traps that exist for our young people. Whilst the internet provides us with a wealth of information and is a valuable learning tool this article is a timely reminder of the need for parents to be aware of their children’s online activity. Whilst these conversations are not If your young person is experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues, please refer to the following Wellbeing Information Hub Wellbeing support services that are available. • Lifeline Australia www.lifeline.org.au 24 hour crisis support on 13 11 14. Crisis support and mental health services. • Beyondblue www.beyondblue.org.au Australian organisation provides information about depression to consumers, carers and health professionals. • Headspace www.headspace.org.au provides support, information and assistance for young people aged 12 to 25 years who are experiencing emotional or mental health issues and/or a substance use issue. • Eheadspace www.headspace.org.au/eheadspace is a confidential, free and secure space where young people 12 to 25 years or their family can chat, email or speak on the phone with a qualified youth mental health professional. • Kids Helpline www.kidshelp.com.au a 24 hour telephone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25 years. Phone: 1800 551 800 Marryatville High School Newsletter I Issue 7 I Term 4 2019 2 Issue 7 Term 4 2019 JAPAN CULTURAL TOUR 2019 On Wednesday 4 September, 17 enthusiastic students of Japanese in years 9 to 11 embarked on a journey that was to take them all the way to Japan. There were some feelings of trepidation as they left their around 7.30am and not return home until around families and friends behind to home-stay with a Japanese 8.00pm! Although Japanese school days were very family at our sister school, Soja Minami. However, these long and exhausting, it was an excellent opportunity for feelings quickly melted away when they met their new our students to communicate with the Soja students and host families. Fortunately, some students were able to learn more about Japanese school life and their culture. renew old friendships, having hosted their student last After 2 weeks of many different experiences that we will year when they visited Marryatville High School. never forget, we sadly said goodbye to our host families Our trip was planned to coincide with Soja Minami’s and caught a shinkansen to Hiroshima, where we ‘Nansho-sai’, which commenced with a two-day visited the Hiroshima Peace museum and Peace Park. cultural festival on the first Friday and Saturday of At the Peace Memorial Park, we visited the monument our tour and culminated with sports day on Sunday. of Sadako Sasaki, and laid 1000 paper cranes to Holding the festival during the weekend allowed symbolise world peace and harmony. The museum was members of the wider community to observe this well- incredibly moving and left us with much to consider. known festival. The weather was at times unbearably We were delighted to discover that the paper cranes hot, especially for a group of travellers who had just displayed would eventually be recycled into postcards experienced a cold Adelaide winter, however this and handed to tourists as they entered the museum. didn’t deter us from participating in numerous novelty We spent the first night away from our host families on events on sports day! Miyajima, a beautiful island where temples and shrines Japanese News Throughout the 2 weeks at our sister-school, students were scattered throughout, and deer roamed freely participated in many different lessons and activities. around the streets. Late at night when most people had These included attending after school clubs such as left the island, we were able to enjoy eating obentos basketball, soft tennis, English communication and on the beach and