L’Estrange Street, Glenunga A Special Interest School for Students South Australia 5064 with High Intellectual Potential GLENUNGA T +61 8 8379 5629 An International Baccalaureate F +61 8 8338 2518 World School INTERNATIONAL E [email protected] An Internationally Accredited School www.gihs.sa.edu.au HIGH SCHOOL Principal Ms W Johnson Department of Education and Children’s Services Department of Education T/A South Australian Government Schools and Children’s Services CRICOS Provider Number 00018A Issue 5, 14 August 2008 Contents Principalí s Report 1 Governing Council Chairí s Report 2 Middle & Senior School Reports 3 our school community. In Course Counselling 3 particular I would like to International Baccalaureate 4 acknowledge the outstanding Student Forum 4 leadership provided by Callum Events and Visits 5 Deakin in his role as Head Society and Environment Faculty 6 Prefect. Thanks to Anna Copley Sports Report 7 and Melissa Caltabiano who Congratulations 8 have provided great leadership in 2007/8. UPCOMING EVENTS Our Student Forum leaders have August also been announced and we will 10 Koishikawa JHS Study Tour arrives Principal’s Report introduce these students in our 10 - 15 Yr 10 Ski Trip 13 Yr 9 Immunisations next newsletter. 18 FRAC 6.00 ñ 8.00pm Student Leaders At our Student Achievement 19 Yr 11 Driver Education I would like to congratulate the 20 Physics Olympiads Assembly on Tuesday 9 Sept we following students who were 23 Koishikawa JHS Study Tour departs will present all our new leaders to elected to the important leadership 26 Yr 11 Driver Education the school and formally Yr 12 Photographs role of prefects for 2008-9: 27 Biology Olympiads acknowledge our past leaders. ICAS Computer Competition Conor Brand Annie Galvin September Parent Survey 1 - 5 Festival of Learning Callum MacLeod Thank you to the 90 families who 1 Governing Council 7.00pm Hannah Hill returned their survey forms. You 3 Chemistry Olympiads IBMYP Personal Projects due Josh Salisnew told us that you valued our high Yr 11 Course Counselling Cristina Valero. academic standards and rigour, - Yr 11 classes cancelled our quality teaching, the diversity 5 Yr 10 Course Counselling They were announced at our of our student cohort, our care for - Yr 10 classes cancelled Olympics and Sport Assembly last 8 School Closure Day ñ Royal Adelaide Show students and our specialist week as examples of people who programs. These comments are prepared to deliver their reflected the information from the personal best. At the assembly we What does the ì Internationalî mean in Parent Forum held in Term 2. talked about the need for all Glenunga International High School? students to strive for their You also asked for improvements You are warmly invited to a discussion forum for personal best – to supplement in: communication between the school community their personal abilities with hard school and home; sports Tuesday 26 August 2008 7 ñ 8.45pm work and the resiliency to organisation and equipment; Senior Study Centre overcome setbacks. We would school facilities; internationalism x Share your ideas about what a next appreciate families continuing this across the school; some specific generation international High School would discussion. aspects of subjects; and more look like variety in co-curriculum program. I would also like to take the x Hear the results of the recent Review into School leaders, staff and opportunity to thank our 2007-8 Internationalism Governing Council will be prefects – Kamal Poudel, Ali x Consider what this might mean for our school working on these suggestions. We Doolette, and Dragana will provide a progress report to An initiative of your Governing Council in - for the excellent work Zarkovic the school community in conjunction with the Principal that they have done representing November. Full details at www.gihs.sa.edu.au Help build the future for GIHS -1- International Baccalaureate Middle Years Punctuality to School emerged from her discussions and share options for us Yr 10 students and families that Friday 5 September is At the end of 2008 our school will withdraw from this At 8.45am we need all Year 8 – 11 students with their to consider for the future. our Personal Learning Plan (PLP) presentation day. program as it no longer meets the needs of our students books organised for the first lessons seated in their Year 10 lessons will be cancelled for this day and The IB Organisation has set rules for continuing the Home Group classroom. This means students need to The Governing Council has been delighted at the appointments will be scheduled for families to attend a program that would compromise our Year 8 – 10 be at school by at least 8.35 in order to be ready to response to the first forum and to the survey. We hope round-table discussion focussing on their program flexibility and student choices. The decision start the day on time. A number of students are still that many people will find the time to share this son/daughter’s individually designed learning plan. At has been taken with the full support of Staff and arriving at 8.45 when the bell goes. We are asking for developing experience. See you there! this meeting each student will use their Pathways Action Governing Council. We will continue with the IB families’ support to ensure that students are arriving on Plan to structure their presentation detailing their Diploma and our IB accreditation. Details of the time. This enables them to start their day in an orderly Bruce Guerin Chairperson pathways planning and ultimately their subject reasons for the withdrawal and what we plan to put in organised manner and it is good practice for the work Governing Council selections for 2009. The appointment will also provide its place are provided on the attachment. environment. Thank you for your assistance with this! further opportunity for parents/caregivers to contribute Senior School Report to the decisions that align student strengths, needs and Course Counselling for 2009 post-secondary directions. We have changed the course counselling process this Year 12 Formal year. Information about the changes was provided in The Year 12 Formal will be held on Friday 26 Make Poverty History involves an interactive presentation the letter sent home earlier this term advertising the September. Students look forward to this event and it is to Year 8 and Year 9 students during August. It Parent Evening. Wendy Johnson Principal always a significant milestone for Year 12 students. A explores global poverty through multimedia letter will be sent home detailing the Formal presentations and personal stories. In the first two weeks of this term all Year 8 – 11 Governing Council Chair’s Report arrangements. students were provided with their 2009 Curriculum Guide Immunizations will occur on Wednesday 13 August Year 12 Assessment Planner and subject choice form. They were asked to talk with GLENUNGA AS AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL for Yr 9 students – Diphtheria /Tetanus /Pertussis and their families about their pathway through senior A copy of the assessment planner containing all the Wednesday 24 September for Yr 8 students – Hepatitis Term 3 Parent Forum deadlines for all subjects’ assessment tasks has been secondary school and beyond. Then they needed to use Tuesday 26 August 7 – 8.45pm B and HPV for girls. If any information given on the this pathway to guide their subject selection. Over 700 emailed to each student. Parents can access this planner original consent form has changed please inform the parents brought their students to the Parent on the school’s website. It enables students to plan and Eastern Health Authority’s immunization staff on 8132 Glenunga has established itself as a landmark Information Evening held last Wednesday to hear more manage their learning program more effectively. 3600 before the vaccination. international school in SA and beyond. details about the process. Surviving Term Three Forty five of our Middle School students are travelling At the first Parent Forum last term and in the survey Subject selection forms were due to Home Group Term Three can be difficult as work accelerates toward with Ms Ayling to the Victorian Alps to ski and this international character was reported as being very teachers this week. Where the student knows their the end of year deadlines and exams. Students need to snowboard. important in people’s decisions to send their children to pathway and their selection is appropriate their choices use the mid year exam experience to diagnose the areas Steve Stylianou the school. It is also highly valued as part of the GIHS will be approved. Year 9 and 10 students will then enter that they need to improve on before the real thing at the educational experience. Assistant Principal Head of Middle School / Student Wellbeing their selections on-line this year. Students will need to end of the year. It is important that all students plan a get parents to sign the online receipt and return it to the revision program to ensure the best possible exam There is also a strong feeling that we need to Course Counselling Home Group teacher to complete the process. Year 8 outcome. This is also the term where many long term All students in Years 8 to 11 have received the 2009 reinvigorate this very important element in the school’s and 11 students will use hard copy entries. assessment projects are due. The pressure can be huge Curriculum Guide and the draft subject selection form. character to make sure that all students are well and it is important that students remain positive and Students are currently selecting their draft courses. prepared for life in an increasingly international Year For students who can’t decide on a pathway or for resilient.