Seymour News Issue 6, 2016

Seymour News Seymour News Issue 6, 2016

Principal's Message Welcome to Term 2! In this edition you will learn of my vision for Seymour, celebrate our success in Generations in Jazz, see the Pipe Band in action on ANZAC Day and learn what both our students and staff have been up to recently.

Welcome Generations in Jazz ANZAC Day March Student Congratulations Staff Update Staff Congratulations NEiTA Teaching in Excellence Awards

Chair of Board This week we had the pleasure of Commissioning Melissa Powell as the 12th Principal of Seymour College.

Commissioning of Melissa Powell

Deputy Principal Community feedback drives so much of what we do to improve your experience at Seymour College. In this edition we have covered changes to the Newsletter and Phase 1 of the Traffic Management Plan.

Changes to Seymour News Traffic Management Plan

Director of Studies There is plenty of time for many students to consider future subject selection but it is useful to think about which subjects may enhance opportunities for future career directions in a global marketplace.

Future Subject Selection Decisions IB Diploma Programme Update Careers - Career Expo Careers - "Go Get a Job" Careers - Work Experience Careers - University Visits Flinders University International Relations Workshop Careers - Opportunities

Head of Senior School Term 2 is upon us and students are fully engaged in all aspects of learning. Over the past few weeks the girls have excelled in their creative expression and focus on service both in action and advocacy.

Welcome to Term 2 Senior School Art Exhibition Student Leadership Conference UNYA SA Conference Clan Bruce Term 1 Report Clan Cameron Term 1 Report Clan Douglas Term 1 Report Clan Stewart Term 1 Report Head of Middle School Students have commenced Term 2 with a positive mindset and our inaugural Media Lab/MIT STEM workshop was a tremendous success. I look forward to seeing many of you during our Middle School Parent Events over the next few weeks.

What are Mindsets? Parent Social Evenings The Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop

Head of Junior School The Junior School strives to nurture a keen enthusiasm for learning, building upon the creativity and curiosity that each child brings with them to school. This week we reflect on Sports Day and ANZAC Day whilst looking forward to resuming our Partnerships with Parents and community initiatives.

Sports Day The Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop Mid-Year Foundation (Reception) Partnerships with Parents Walk to School Initiative ANZAC Day Commemoration Camp Australia

The Early Years at Seymour The Early Years has certainly been a busy place over the past few weeks. Read on to find out all about our investigations and special events.

Mothers' Day Morning Tea Mud Play Day

Director of Boarding Attending rural field days are important both for sharing the Seymour College journey, and for remaining actively involved in the communities our boarders belong to. They are an opportunity to share memories and create new ones.

Broken Hill Agfair

Director of Service Learning Seymour College students are very active in issues of service and justice. I am delighted to share their initiatives here at Seymour.

Service Initiatives

Sport, Clubs and Activities From Sports Day to Olympic ambitions to trekking the Overland Track to Equestrian success and our Big Bands hitting the highest of notes at Generations in Jazz, the activities at Seymour give every girl a chance to shine.

2016 Sports Day Results Sports Day 2016 Equestrian Champions Overland Track Trek Sportswoman in Residence: Jess Trengove From the Director of Music Generations in Jazz 2016 Our Wonderful Rowers Community Our community is one of learning, positive interactions, and mutual respect and support for one another. The community is proactive in its support of the various academic and co-curricular activities within the College and offers wonderful encouragement for all that the College achieves.

Diary Dates Thank You from OCA Parents' and Friends' Association Event Thistles Coffee Morning Friends of Rowing Quiz Night Australian Ballet Ticket Offer YFU Student Exchange Principal's Message

Welcome to Term 2! In this edition you will learn of my vision for Seymour, celebrate our success in Generations in Jazz, see the Pipe Band in action on ANZAC Day and learn what both our students and staff have been up to recently.

Welcome

A very warm welcome to Term 2 for all families and students!

I hope that you had a wonderful term break. I thank you for making me feel so welcome last term when I joined you for the Year 12 Induction, Swimming Carnival, Head of the River and Sports Day.

I cannot tell you how delighted I am to have finally have joined the magnificent community that is Seymour College, a College with a reputation for excellence and achievements that speak volumes.

At my Commissioning Service this week, I shared with those gathered, a little about me, my educational philosophy and my first impressions of Seymour College.

I believe that pursuing excellence must be undertaken in the spirit of performing at your Personal Best; and that excellence in education is about taking understanding, knowledge and skills to a new height for the learner.

As a College, we must continually encourage the pursuit of the extraordinary and the unique and, in due course, share the successes and reflect on the failures of those who have taken on the challenge. Every disappointment is a potential learning opportunity, where reflection is imperative. Essentially, we don’t learn from experience itself, but we can learn a great deal from reflecting on that experience.

American author Zig Ziglar said:

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.

So, why I am absolutely convinced that Seymour College is indeed the right place for me?

Seymour is a happy, thriving school where every opportunity to learn is grasped with vigour. Every students’ individuality, strength and contribution are valued, encouraged and nurtured. It is a community that is flourishing.

Seymour College has an enviable reputation for amazing community spirit – and it is well earned. Everyone who has ever been associated with this College talks about the wonderful sense of heart that pervades everything that is done here. This sense of community is at the front of everything. This is a community that really cares.

Seymour College students consistently achieve outstanding academic results. We are all very proud of our graduating students of last year, who achieved truly outstanding results. In 2015, our median ATAR was 92.25. Our students achieved an astonishing 56 merits, with three students being awarded the prestigious Governor of South Australia’s Commendation Awards.

Our NAPLAN results have been equally impressive. Seymour College was ranked second place out of all South Australian schools, which resulted in being included amongst the Nation’s Top 100 Secondary Schools. The College was also ranked 36th in the Nation’s Top 50 Girls’ Schools.

The Seymour College Board is committed to ensuring that the academic offerings for our girls are comprehensive and challenging. As part of this, last year we entered into Candidacy to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to Years 11 and 12, and the Primary Years Programme in the Junior School. The IB Diploma is famed for its focus on breadth in education, asking students to develop skills in a variety of disciplines and to remain committed to service, creativity and learning – all things that Seymour already prides itself on. The Diploma will complement our SACE offering, in which we have had enormous success, providing our senior students with a choice of pathways that best suits their individual needs.

Exciting too are the developments in sport at Seymour, as part of our commitment to offering girls a broad, balanced education. Term 1 was a period of unprecedented success. Seymour won the summer Intercol season, we had incredible success in rowing by winning the Head of the River, our swimmers were crowned state champions, and our Equestrian team won event after event.

Of course, a broad education could not be achieved without a comprehensive Arts and Music program, and this area of the College continues to be multi-faceted and vibrant. Seymour’s Arts Program is very rich, providing an enormous range of music ensembles and bands, opportunities for drama performances and celebrations of Visual Art. Just last weekend, Big Bands 1 and 2 were away competing in Generations in Jazz.

Of critical importance is our ongoing commitment to Positive Education, and our shared understanding of the benefits this can bring to young people as they come to understand the way their brains and emotions work, learn to capitalise on their strengths and identify areas in which they need to grow.

Our pillars of learning and wellbeing guide the development of Seymour curriculum, learning activities and staff professional development. All staff, including teaching and administration staff, are trained in positive psychology, which, in turn, enhances the wellbeing programs offered to our students.

Our philosophy of Positive Psychology is complemented by the tenets of Visible Learning. We are guided by evidence- based best practice in teaching and learning that relies upon data analytics to develop assessment-capable learners who are fully equipped for the challenges for our 21st century world.

The old saying, From little things, big things grow captures the dynamic nature of our McGregor Campus. The Junior School is a wonderful place of learning, community and vision. My visits there have been met with warmth, welcome and lots of smiles.

Exciting initiatives, including the implementation of the IB PYP demonstrate the ongoing commitment of our Junior School staff towards international-mindedness, authentic cultural engagement and a world-class education for every one of our girls. Teaching and support staff have enthusiastically embraced this rigorous, globally acclaimed academic framework and we are excited by the additional strength that the PYP will inject into our already strong Junior School learning program.

Our beautiful Early Years Centre sits nestled in the heart of the Junior School grounds. Three vibrant, airy learning spaces accommodate Seymour's youngest learners. Every room is rich in opportunities for inquiry, wonderment and exploration.

Our College motto Crescam Ministrando: I grow by serving, underpins the ethos of the College and is evident absolutely everywhere. Just last week, our Year 11 students participated in a highly successful Service Week.

This service ethos permeates throughout the whole community. Many parent and Old Collegian groups work tirelessly to ensure the College thrives.

I am looking forward to working very closely with the College Board, the Parents' & Friends' Association, the Old Collegians’ Association, the Foundation, the Boarders' Parents’ Association, and of course the many different “Friends” groups and volunteers who give so much to our College. It will certainly be a first for me to be working with a group called Friends of Pipes!

Our new Strategic Plan focuses on continuing to develop Seymour’s capacity as a centre for excellence in learning and wellbeing, and in delivering an educational experience that helps students flourish and reach their potential. The College Board remains committed to upgrading and improving our facilities and resources to ensure that everyone in our community can benefit from a stimulating and productive teaching and learning environment.

We are about to launch our 2016 Annual Giving that features the Chair for the Future Appeal. Funds raised will support the long-awaited refurbishment of McGregor Hall. Extensive renovations will create a dynamic music, performance and assembly space that will incorporate the latest in audio-visual technologies, enhanced acoustics, improved visibility and accessibility, as well as modern, comfortable seating.

Exciting times are certainly ahead!

When I worked at Penrhos College, a Uniting Church School for Girls from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12, it was my absolute privilege to be there long enough to see many, many students all the way through their entire school journey. To watch self-assured, confident Year 12 students walk across the stage on Speech Night ready to take on the world, whom I had first met when they were giggling three and four year olds, was an absolute joy! I am now looking forward to that very same experience here at Seymour College.

Thank you for welcoming me so warmly into the Seymour family. The journey has only just begun – but what an excellent journey it will undoubtedly be.

Let’s get started! Carpe diem!

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

Generations in Jazz

Over the past term, I have been very impressed by the musicality of our students, whether through our angelic choir and orchestra performances at official events, Clan chants at the Swimming Carnival and Sports Day, or the rousing drone of the bagpipes.

Last weekend 30 of our jazz musicians from Big Bands 1 and 2 joined more than 4,500 other student musicians at Australia’s annual Generations in Jazz festival in Mount Gambier.

Generations in Jazz combines clinics and concerts, providing the perfect opportunity for students to both perform, and be mentored by, exceptional musicians nationally and internationally.

Congratulations to Big Bands 1 and 2 on their success over the weekend - Big Band 1 placed third in Division 3.1 and Big Band 2 placed 12th in Division 4.2 in their second year of competition. In addition, Miriam (Year 12) was selected as only one of five trumpeters in Division 3 to perform in the Superband.

Thank you to Kate Mawson, as well as instrument teachers Tim Irrgang, Mary Waterhouse and Glenn Johns (Roundabout Charter) for their enthusiasm and support in helping the girls achieve such high notes at this event filled weekend.

Read Kate Mawson’s full report here.

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

ANZAC Day March

Thank you to the 17 Pipers and 8 drummers who gave of their time generously on ANZAC Day to continue the tradition of marching in support of veterans of war. The Seymour College Pipe Band marched ahead of Group 8, the Vietnam Veterans, and consisted of current students, Pipe Tutor, Iain Small, Drum Tutor, Doug Paterson and Old Collegians, Claudia Iacopetta (‘13), Georgia Klenk (’15), Emily Moore (’13), Lizzie Rice (’10), Caitlin Rikard-Bell (’14), and Felicity Wait (‘10).

To view a short clip of the Pipe Band on ANZAC Day, provided by current parent, Kirsty Roberts, click here: ANZAC-Day- 2016.mp4

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

Student Congratulations

Our students continue to inspire us with their focus on excellence and journey to becoming women of strength, optimism and justice, prepared to take life on. We offer our congratulations to:

United Nations Youth Australia SA Conference In April, a group of excited students participated in the United Nations Youth Australia (UNYA) SA Conference. The theme of this year’s event was Standing Up For Gender Equality: Empowerment, Inclusion & Expression. The event was facilitated by Old Collegians Brit Mashado (’15), Dux of the College and Elly Thompkins (’15), Head Girl.

Congratulations to Annabel (Year 11), Anjana (Year 10), Gabrielle (Year 10), Hannah (Year 11), Josie (Year 11), Sophie (Year 10) and Stefani (Year 10) for being involved.

To read more from Anjana’s experience, please click here.

Equestrian Success Our Equestrian Team has continued their excellent form with success at the 2016 South Australian Interschool Championships, the 2016 South Australian Dressage Championships and the Reynella Horse Trials. Congratulations to all the students involved.

Please click here to read Mary's full report.

Groovin the Moo Art Congratulations to Lucinda (Year 11), the state winner of the 2016 Groovin the Moo music festival promotional poster design competition. Lucinda's win is even more sensational given she was the only finalist still at secondary school, the other finalists all being university students. Well done Lucinda!

Hockey Australia Congratulations to Year 9s, Jocelyn and Mathilda who represented South Australia at the Hockey Australia U15 Australian Championships in Wollongong during the April school holidays.

The girls played extremely well and the South Australian team competed strongly, winning twice, losing just one game and playing a number of hard-fought draws.

SACE Art Show Seymour College artists continue to impress the SACE judges each year. We were particularly proud to learn that Old Collegian, Mollie Kilgariff ('15), has been invited to exhibit her art work, Consume to Forget, at the SACE offices. Mollie’s work was also selected for the 2015 SACE Art Show in Light Square.

SA State Primary Schools Swim Team 2016 Swimming continues to be strongly represented by Seymour students. Year 5s, Georgina and Indyanna, as well as Lara (Year 7) and Olivia (Year 6) have been selected to compete in the South Australian Primary School Swimming Team. The girls will travel to Darwin in September to compete in the School Sports Australia competition. Well done, girls. Keep posting those personal bests!

Athletics SA State Short Course Cross Country Championship On Saturday, 7 May, Ella (Year 9), Lucy and Lulu (both Year 8) competed at the Athletics SA State Short Course Cross Country championships for the 16 under event where Lucy placed second, Ella fourth and Lulu fifth. This is a great start for the cross country season and we look forward to seeing more of their success in the future.

SAPSASA Basketball 12 and Under Team Selection Congratulations to Tayla (Year 7) for her selection in the SAPSASA 12 and under Basketball team. The team will be competing in the School Sport Australia Basketball Championships held in Terrigal, NSW in August.

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

Staff Update

I would like to acknowledge the wonderful leadership of Darren Pitt, who, together with the Executive Team of Rita Chetcuti, Leonie Harwood, Ruth Massie and Shelley Travers, the CLT and Kay Gray, led the College impeccably during the first term of 2016.

It is a privilege and honour to have been welcomed into this superb community of learners as Principal, and I am delighted to update you on staff changes for Term 2.

Robyn Roennfeldt is on leave during Term 2 and her Head of Faculty duties are being performed by Christie McCauley. We also welcome Min Gobolos who will take some of Robyn’s classes.

Tania Mellington, has taken 12 months' leave, and Emma Peterson will take Tania’s duties during Tania’s time on leave.

Coco Grist has taken the first five weeks of Term 2 as Long Service Leave, and Jenny Stedman is taking her classes. Verona McDonald is assisting in the Junior School library while Jenny is filling in for Coco.

Michael Storer has also taken Long Service Leave this term and we welcome Maddy Gibbons who will be with us for this term.

Returning to Seymour this term, after Long Service Leave, is Cathy Robinson. Thank you to Brooke Winstanley for the excellent work undertaken with the Year 3 girls in Cathy’s absence.

We also welcome back Dr Susanne Nicholson as our 2016 Debating Coordinator. Susanne is a former three-time SA Schools’ State Team member, Australian Masters Team Member, SADA Vice-President, and adjudicator of many years’ experience. She is a former Seymour Boarding House staff member and also a Resident Medical Officer at a large hospital.

We congratulate Hozna Wahabzada on being appointed a Boarding House Supervisor, having concluded her role as a Boarding House Junior. We also congratulate Ryan Keller who has completed his traineeship on our IT team and has been appointed a Seymour employee.

The contracts for former Head Girl, Ellie Thompkins, in the Junior School, and Sarina Weyland, in the Boarding House, have now concluded. We thank both girls for their exceptional support of our students.

Julie Reynolds, formerly the Barr Smith House Receptionist, has moved to the new office area next to the Seymour Shop and will continue to provide administrative assistance as well as assist in the Seymour Shop. Julie has been a warm and welcoming Receptionist for nearly 20 years and we thank her for her excellent work in this role.

Kerryn Lloyd has moved into the role of Barr Smith House Receptionist and will also provide assistance to the Centre for Performing Arts.

After 11 years supporting the Finance team, Anna Young has announced her intention to retire at the end of the term. We thank Anna for all her dedication to her position in Accounts during her time here at Seymour.

We thank each of these staff for the excellent job they have done over their time at Seymour, and wish those departing the best of luck in their future endeavors and those leaving temporarily a wonderful and well-earned break.

This term we also welcome Sarah Chinner, PA to the Principal, Amanda Johns, Boarding House Supervisor and Daina Pocius , College Archivist, to the College. I know that you will make them as welcome as you have made me.

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

Staff Congratulations

Congratulations to Pipe Tutor, Iain Small, who married Sonja Franov on Saturday, 16 April at St Andrew's by the Sea Church, Glenelg. We are grateful that Iain's dedication to Seymour's Pipe Band is such that he and Sonja squeezed their wedding and a short honeymoon in between Sports Day and the ANZAC Day March! The Seymour community wish them great happiness together.

We also congratulate Melissa Boden and her partner Josh on the pending arrival of baby Boden, due in November.

Victorian Pipe Band Championships Iain Small (Pipe Tutor) and Doug Paterson (Scottish Drums Tutor) recently competed at the Pipe Bands Victorian Championships. Both their respective bands won on the day: Iain won with the City of Whitehorse Pipe Band (Grade 1); and Doug with the Hawthorn City Pipe Band (Grade 2). Congratulations to these two talented leaders of the Seymour College Pipe Band.

Melissa Powell Principal Principal's Message

NEiTA Teaching in Excellence Awards

ASG’s National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA) Foundation was established in 1994 to honour exemplary teaching throughout Australia and New Zealand.

For more than 22 years, these awards have provided communities with the opportunity to formally recognise and thank outstanding teachers and leaders.

Nominations for the 2016 ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards are now open for school parents and students to nominate teachers who contribute to excellence in teaching.

Nominated teachers receive a congratulatory NEiTA Certificate of Nomination and become eligible for NEiTA State and National Awards. It is quite easy to place a nomination to show your teachers how much you appreciate and support them.

Go to www.asg.com.au/nominate to place a nomination. Should you have any questions about the awards please contact NEiTA on free call 1800 624 487.

Nominations will close on Saturday, 31 July 2016.

Melissa Powell Principal Chair of Board

This week we had the pleasure of Commissioning Melissa Powell as the 12th Principal of Seymour College.

Commissioning of Melissa Powell

The following is an excerpt from the speech delivered by Rosey Batt at the Commissioning of Melissa Powell as the 12th Principal of Seymour.

On behalf of the Board and the entire Seymour Community I welcome you all here today at this very special occasion, the commissioning of the 12th Principal of Seymour College, Melissa Powell.

Firstly, a very warm welcome to Melissa’s family, her daughter Georgia, who has travelled from the Gold Coast and her Mother, Hildegarde Pennefarther and her stepfather Graham Pennefarther, who have travelled from Perth.

Today the Seymour community publicly and formally welcome Melissa into our community. We are celebrating the commitment she has made to us and we are honouring her accomplishment at being selected into the role.

Melissa is no stranger to Seymour, far from it. She spent some time here last year getting to know the staff and students during the last few weeks that Anne Johnstone was with us.

During first term of this year she visited the school from her home in Queensland on numerous occasions and witnessed some of the fabulous events that term one offers, Head of the River, the Swimming Carnival and Sports Day. She certainly has seen the girls flying the clan colours and most importantly learnt all about Dry and Wet Undies!

However there will be some of you here today who have not met Melissa so let me tell you about her.

Melissa is calm, collected and hard to faze. She is a loving mother, a loved daughter and sister and a highly regarded teacher.

She is smart, funny, strong and resilient.

She is loyal, kind, considerate and a deep thinker.

She loves to tell a good story and she loves a good laugh.

Melissa is committed to single sex education for girls and to the Uniting Church ethos and values.

I thought you might like to know a little of her history.

Melissa Powell was born in Sydney and grew up on the north shore very close to Ravenswood School where ironically Anne Johnstone is now Principal.

Her father, The Honourable Mr Justice Philip Powell AM was the longest serving Supreme Court Judge in NSW and famously was the Judge in the Spycatcher Case in the 1980s in which our current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was defence counsel. That case made headlines here and in England every day for weeks.

In Year 8 she moved from Sydney to Perth where she went to school at Methodist Ladies College, a Uniting Church school where she completed her schooling and excelled at swimming, athletics, tennis, hockey, cricket, softball, public speaking and debating, winning many and various prizes for her talents. She went straight into tertiary education in Perth and obtained four degrees in Education: a Diploma in Teaching (with distinction) a Bachelor of Education (with distinction), a Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies majoring in Educational Policy and Administrative Studies and a Master of Education.

In each of the four degrees in Education Melissa was the top graduate. She was acknowledged for her outstanding success by being awarded the WA Institute of Educational Administration Prize for the most outstanding Graduate in Educational Administration and was nominated for and subsequently received the Heather Barr Memorial Medal awarded to the top student in Educational Administration from all Western Australian Universities.

Her first teaching position at an independent school was at St Hilda’s Anglican School for girls where she taught Maths.

Her next position was at St Mary’s Anglican Girls School where she taught Year 7.

She then moved to Helena College, a co-ed school where she taught English and Maths.

In 1989 she moved to her old school, MLC Perth, as a teacher. She became the Head of English for Years 11 and 12 and in her first year in that role the MLC English students achieved the top number of Certificates of Distinction for any subject, by any school.

She was also the Coordinator of Debating and President of the Staff Association and it was during this time that she undertook her Masters Thesis.

The Thesis was an analysis of the pastoral care program in operation at MLC and as a result of her research and her recommendations for improvement, the pastoral program at MLC was changed dramatically and a tutorial system was introduced.

It was also during her time at MLC that she became a mother to Georgia.

Melissa subsequently left MLC to help establish the first middle school in WA at Penrhos College, another highly regarded Uniting Church School for Girls. She was initially Deputy Head of Middle School and later became Head of Middle School and Co Deputy Principal.

Penrhos was also the first school in WA to introduce laptops for all students.

Melissa became well known for her expertise in middle schooling and was sought after as a speaker at International conferences on teaching and learning in middle schooling.

In 2010 she was appointed Principal of The International School of Western Australia.

Due to the vibrant economy in WA with the mining boom this was a very busy school that the children of expatriate executives in the oil and gas industry attended.

During her five years as Principal, Melissa implemented the Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme in the International Baccalaureate and achieved the highest Diploma results in the IB in WA.

Melissa was appointed Principal of Clayfield College in Brisbane following her daughter Georgia’s move to Queensland to study medicine at Bond University.

Of all her achievements I think Melissa will tell you that her greatest is being the mother of Georgia. I have been very lucky to have spent some time with Georgia. She has even cooked me dinner.

Georgia is an outstanding young woman.

I am sure that any parent of a young school aged girl upon meeting Georgia will immediately want to ensure their daughter attends Seymour when they know her mother is the Principal! Anyone would be very proud to have a daughter like Georgia! It was after a rigorous search and interview process, that the Seymour Board was able to entice Melissa to South Australia as the values, governance structures, Uniting Church ethos and strategic plan that we have, resonated so closely with her beliefs, values and aspirations.

The Board believes that Melissa is the ideal Principal for the next phase at Seymour.

We believe she has the high standards, values and strength to continue the excellent work being done at Seymour, of providing a world class education to our girls.

I formally present Melissa Powell, a woman of strength, optimism and justice, as the 12th Principal of Seymour.

Welcome to our community, Melissa.

Rosey Batt Chair of the Board Deputy Principal

Community feedback drives so much of what we do to improve your experience at Seymour College. In this edition we have covered changes to the Newsletter and Phase 1 of the Traffic Management Plan.

Changes to Seymour News

You will be aware that in Term 1 we changed the format of the College newsletter, providing news in an electronic online format. As with any new initiative, we have sought feedback about this change from a number of users and have also acted on the advice of those who provided suggestions as to how we could improve the offering further.

As a result, for Term 2, we have made a couple of minor changes to the newsletter including:

A short summary of contents for each section, which will now appear as the first information under the name of the author. This change is in response to the feedback which stated that the new format made it hard to find information for users who skim read articles looking for specific content. This summary will allow readers to know in just a few seconds whether the content will be of interest to them. This change is also supported by the Search function available on the website.

An option to download and print the edition. Some readers offered the feedback that they preferred, for various reasons, to print out the whole newsletter or to view it in its entirety on screen. This function is now available.

To Download the issue, please open the issue you wish to read and then click on Download this Issue.

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We will continue to tweak the newsletter until the end of the year and welcome members of the community to email feedback to [email protected].

I hope that these changes enhance the experience of accessing Seymour News.

Darren Pitt Deputy Principal Deputy Principal

Community feedback drives so much of what we do to improve your experience at Seymour College. In this edition we have covered changes to the Newsletter and Phase 1 of the Traffic Management Plan.

Traffic Management Plan

For the start of Term 2, we have also made some changes to the ways in which traffic can access the Barr Smith Campus, and you will have received communication about this. I would like to thank you for your patience with this change, and for changing your habits to accommodate them.

The changes were implemented as a result of a 12 month long and extensive traffic management audit, and will form the first phase of changes to the site.

At all times, our primary objective is to improve student, staff and community safety whilst at school.

While the first phase of changes will have minimal impact on the Junior School, parents with daughters in the Middle and Senior School on the Barr Smith Campus should please take particular note of the following summary of changes:

All buses will now drop off and collect students from Gilles Road near the tennis courts.

The Main Drive has been closed to through traffic to Barr Smith Campus. Bollards have been installed near the Sports Centre, Barr Smith House and end of Kennedy Drive.

Visitors to the Barr Smith Campus and Seymour College Shop should park on Kennedy Drive in the spaces specifically reserved for Visitor parking.

The Gilles Road entrance near Oodandatta Cottage is reserved for staff parking only.

Parking in Kennedy Drive (off Wootoona Terrace) has been allocated for the College Leadership Team, visitors to the Barr Smith Campus, Uniform Shop, disabled parking and short term loading bays.

Parking for Year 12 and Boarding students has been relocated to the Main Drive.

The Sports Centre car park is reserved for Sports Centre staff only and Disabled Parking.

Disabled parking can be found on the Main Drive, Kennedy Drive and in the Sports Centre car park.

The Health Centre and Boarding House are now accessed by accessing the Main Drive and by continuing straight on rather than turning right towards the Sports Centre. Parking outside the Boarding House is reserved for Boarding families and staff, and for those collecting children from the Health Centre.

Whilst pick up and drop off zones for the Junior School have not changed, we ask that parents/caregivers continue to drop off and collect their Middle and Senior School daughters on either Gilles Road or Wootoona Terrace.

The loading bays at the swimming pool end of Kennedy Drive can be used for those parents dropping off daughters with heavy musical instruments, as can Gilles Road near the Hardy Gates.

We thank you for your understanding and co-operation in this very important matter which addresses the priority of student and pedestrian safety. We will continue to monitor the progress of this plan over Term 2, and, of course, we welcome feedback directly to either Rita Chetcuti, Business Director ([email protected]), or to Darren Pitt, Deputy Principal ( [email protected]).

Darren Pitt Deputy Principal Director of Studies

There is plenty of time for many students to consider future subject selection but it is useful to think about which subjects may enhance opportunities for future career directions in a global marketplace.

Future Subject Selection Decisions

There is still plenty of time to consider future subject selection but it is always useful to start thinking about subject choices earlier.

We held the first of our information evenings last week when we invited Year 10s and their parents to a session on both the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).

The key considerations when making subject choices are:

SACE and IBDP pattern requirements Pre requisites, assumed knowledge for future courses Keeping options open Student abilities, enjoyment, strengths and success

We will hold more information evenings for the various year groups over the course of this term. Current students and parents who are interested in reading about the IB Diploma Programme and SACE Information Evening held on Monday, 2 May, can now view the information presented by logging into SOCS and going to Publications > Handbooks > 2017 Curriculum Guides and IB Diploma Programme Information.

Please note that the Senior School Curriculum Guide for 2017 is now also available on SOCS.

The Curriculum Guide will continue to be updated as courses are finalised. For example, Stage 1 Geography (offered in 2017) and Stage 2 Geography (offered in 2018) are yet to be included as they have not been finalised by the SACE Board at this stage.

Please address any curriculum queries to me via email at [email protected] Director of Studies

IB Diploma Programme Update

During Week 1 of this term, Seymour College welcomed Mr Colin Blake, a representative from the International Baccalaureate Organisation, for a two day consultation visit. Staff and students had the opportunity to meet Mr Blake, discuss details surrounding the implementation of the Diploma Programme and gain advice on the documentation and planning that has already been completed.

We received very positive feedback and were excited to learn that Seymour is well on track to become officially authorised to begin implementing the Diploma Programme, commencing in 2017.

Parents and students currently in Year 10 were also invited to an information night at the commencement of the term. The requirements of both the SACE and IB Diploma study pathways were introduced and explained. Any current student or parents who missed this information night can view the information by logging into SOCS and going to Publications > Handbooks > 2017 Curriculum Guides and IB Diploma Programme Information

The Senior School Curriculum Guide and the Power Point presentation from this information evening are now available to be viewed through SOCS. A video of the information evening was recorded and a copy can be gained by bringing a USB to Abbie Office. Current Year 10 students have been asked to complete a survey which is also available from Abbie Office.

Should anyone have any questions with regards to the SACE or the Diploma Programme please do not hesitate to contact me via email at [email protected]

Robyn Scott SACE and IB Programme Coordinator Director of Studies

Careers - Career Expo

Late last term, senior students attended the Tertiary and Careers Expo in the city. It was both fast paced and diverse. It allowed students to collect preliminary information about areas of study in which they already have an inkling of interest, the expo also enabled them to be inspired about new occupations and study opportunities, previously not considered.

Year 10, Aislin shares her experience at the Expo below.

Michelle Stoutjesdijk Careers Counsellor

On Monday, 11 April, the Year 10 girls attended the Tertiary Studies and Careers Expo at the Adelaide Convention Centre. When we arrived, there was an overwhelming number of University/TAFE representatives from all around Australia. Some of us didn't know where to start!

Because there was such a wide range of stalls to look at, everyone was kept busy. Some of the stalls included Griffith University, Fit College, Colour Cosmetica, Defence Force Recruiting and Camp America. The event didn't just focus on tertiary studies, but exhibited volunteer work and summer camp information for students who intend to take a gap year.

It was an extremely eye-opening experience and I would highly recommend it to others to attend in future years.

Aislin, Year 10 Director of Studies

Careers - "Go Get a Job"

This term in PLP class, we have covered the process of applying for an entry level position, picked from a selection of jobs available. To start the process we were guided in how to develop a resume and write a cover letter that was tailored to our chosen job. These were then submitted to Locher, where the people who would be taking us in mock interviews, reviewed and assessed both our resumes and cover letters.

Whilst this was occurring, we had a presentation by UniSA about how to best present ourselves in a job interview, information that was very helpful in preparing us for our mock interviews. All this lead up to our mock interviews held at the end of the term.

We had to dress to suit the appropriateness of the job interview and, in the interview itself, we were asked questions that were tailored to both our resume and the job we had chosen to apply for. Many girls were scared and nervous about their mock interview, but overall, many girls felt their interviews went much smoother than they had expected.

I think that the interview process was very helpful and beneficial for many girls in our year. We are now coming to the age when it is appropriate for us to start looking at earning an income and applying for jobs. I know that I will be much more confident when applying for jobs in the future because of this process, and I think that many girls will be better prepared to apply for jobs in their local community.

Sophie, Year 10 Director of Studies

Careers - Work Experience

Year 10 students are busily making preparations for Work Experience for later in the year. This is a wonderful opportunity for some ‘hands on’ career research at a niche occupation, an industry or an overall workplace level.

Some students have been investigating the opportunity to do a placement at the universities and other educational institutions. The Australian Defence Force and larger organisations that have a work experience program allow students to have a look at various aspects of their organisation.

Students find their placements and make arrangements for the completion of the required legal forms. This can be done either via hard copy or electronically. Guidelines and the required forms are available on the Flyers and Forms Tab on SOCS.

Michelle Stoutjesdijk Careers Counsellor

The aspect of Work Experience that I am looking forward to most, is gaining an understanding of how a company builds their brand and reputation. I am interested in marketing and business, so am hoping to find a placement in an advertising agency in Adelaide.

I would also like to experience how a large business operates, so if I could get a work experience placement in a large company I think I would gain a better understanding of business on an international level. Riley, Year 10

For my Work Experience I am looking for a particular occupation in medicine. In my case, I asked a friend who was thinking of doing the same thing but then later changed her mind and she said one of her dad’s close friends is a surgeon and that his wife is a nurse. This will be perfect for me as I aspire to be a surgeon in the future.

However, instead of going on Work Experience and following around or assisting a surgeon, I was thinking of shadowing with a nurse, because I feel as though it would give me a wider, and more hands on, experience of what it is like to work in a health setting. I look forward to this experience, if I am given the opportunity.

Ella, Year 10 Director of Studies

Careers - University Visits

Each of the universities will present to the Year 12 cohort an overview of their programs and include a focus on selected courses of interest.

The timetable of presentations is:

Focus Presentation:

University of South Australia May 5 Marketing/Health Division

Flinders University May 19 IT & Tonsley Campus/Paramedics/Law/Health Pathways

University of Adelaide June 2 Advanced Degrees/Science/Sociology/Psychology

All tertiary Open Days this year are to be held on the weekend of 12-14 August 2016.

Students will be guided through the tertiary application process through individual meetings and guided activities over the next two terms.

Michelle Stoutjesdijk Careers Counsellor

Image source www.flickr.com/photos/bram_souffreau/400741510/ Director of Studies

Flinders University International Relations Workshop

On Wednesday, 4 May, some current Flinders University students visited Seymour to talk to us about the field of International Relations.

We were asked to resolve a fictional ISIS hostage situation in a mock UN-type setting, where each of the girls played the role of a different country. In addition to this collaborative, hands-on experience, we learned a lot about the opportunities in this field both during university and also as a career path.

The presenters were very helpful in answering any questions that we had about different aspects of International Relations. We all learnt a lot about this field of work, as well as having a fun and complex time enacting negotiations with other countries.

All in all, it was a great way to learn a bit more about a possible field of interest and get a background about what International Relations is like from some university students.

Zoë, Year 10 Director of Studies

Careers - Opportunities

ICHM Scholarship and Career Week

ADF Gap Year

ApplyUSA is an organisation that helps students through the process of applying for American Colleges and Universities.

May activities at AIE in Game Development, 3D animation and VFX for film

University of Adelaide, Sunday, 29 May Discover your Future in Health Sciences: A showcase of Medicine, Dentistry, Oral Health, Health and Medical Sciences, Nursing and Psychology degrees.

Lattitude Global Volunteering Information Night Wednesday, 18 May.

Michelle Stoutjesdijk Careers Counsellor Head of Senior School

Term 2 is upon us and students are fully engaged in all aspects of learning. Over the past few weeks the girls have excelled in their creative expression and focus on service both in action and advocacy.

Welcome to Term 2

Year 10 Camp Shortly our Year 10’s will be heading to the Flinders Ranges for their expedition. This is an incredibly challenging and highly rewarding experience. Students will return full of excitement, with stories and memories that they will reflect on in years to come. We wish them well with their final preparations before their departure next week.

Year 11 Service Learning This is an integral component of learning at Seymour and I commend the girls on their positive approach to their placements. Many students have shared stories highlighting how grateful they are for their opportunities. Many girls have returned and voiced how they wish to continue to volunteer in the future.

Black Watch Formal Final preparations are in place for the Black Watch Formal, which occurs this Saturday. The Formal Committee has been working hard over a number of months to ensure that the night in the Secret Garden is enjoyable and memorable. We look forward to this exciting event with great anticipation.

Growth Mindsets In the Head of Middle School article this week, Rachel McKee discusses growth mindsets. Recently there has been a great deal of research in this area and it is relevant to people of all ages. If you are unaware of the term growth mindset, I encourage you to read Rachel's article.

Nicholas Sharrad Head of Senior School Head of Senior School

Art Exhibition

Senior School Art Exhibition

Image not found or type unknown The Senior School Art Exhibition will be held on Friday, 27 May.

It showcases the creative talents of students studying Visual Art.

Year 12 students have presented a diverse range of personal and imaginatively themed artworks. The Year 11s have their Visual Study, Folio and photographic work on display while the Year 10s will present their figure in motion drawings reflecting their research on the human form.The Art staff will also exhibit their own artworks to accompany the students’ works. The opening will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate student achievement and to meet our Artist in Residence for 2016, Penny Dowie, who will also be exhibiting her own work.

For catering purposes, please RSVP to 8303 9000. We look forward to seeing you there.

Suzanne Close Art Teacher Head of Senior School

Student Leadership Conference

Before the school year began, Head Girl, Isobel (Year 12) and I travelled to Bond University for a Student Leadership Conference run by the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia.

We participated in valuable and beneficial workshops, and listened to empowering speakers. We met and interacted with many likeminded girls, in leadership roles like us, from all across Australia and the world.

We both had an amazing time, and appreciated being able to exchange ideas and experiences.

Last week, I caught up at a reunion breakfast with the other girls from Adelaide who had also attended the conference. We took part in an activity which involved reflecting on what went well and the challenges we had faced in the year so far.

It was fantastic to reflect on and discuss this with the student leaders from Walford, Wilderness and St Peter’s Girls. I really valued a chance to share this experience, getting to know the Student Leadership Executive Team better.

Grace, Year 12 2016 Deputy Head Girl Head of Senior School

UNYA SA Conference

Seymour students Annabel, Gabrielle, Hannah, Josephine (Year 11), along with Year 10s Anjana, Sophie and Stefani (not pictured) attended the 2016 South Australian UN Youth Australia (UNYA) conference in April.

The UNYA SA Conference 2016 was one of the most informative, inspiring experiences I have been involved with. This year’s theme, Standing Up for Gender Equality, is a major issue that resonates within our society, and I feel strongly about this subject.

However, instead of voicing our personal opinions, the students acted as delegates from the United Nations. Therefore, we were given the opportunity to represent different countries’ opinions and pass resolutions in a heated debate!

The workshops enabled us to form connections of gender inequality with other major issues, for example climate change; this emphasised the utmost importance of gender equality in our society.

In addition to gaining knowledge from workshops, we were fortunate enough to listen to experts regarding the matter, which was one of the highlights from the experience.

Besides all the knowledge I have gained, I know that I have made friends with so many different students and facilitators from the Conference who will remain close to me. I highly recommend this opportunity as the knowledge and connections you earn from the experience are priceless, and everyone leaves the conference with a smile on their face!

Anjana Year 10 Head of Senior School

Clan Bruce Term 1 Report

In Term 1, Clan Bruce experienced both the joy of winning and the disappointment of losing. The Swimming Carnival marked the first major competitive Clan event of the year and, although Bruce placed fourth, the day demonstrated just how much effort and passion is put into it by every single girl.

Although we were not victorious on Sports Day either, winning the Spirit Cup made every Clan member, including Clan Chieftains Alice and Mattie and me, enormously proud. As Clan leaders, our goal was not only to aim for victory but also to succeed in ensuring that every single Brucie felt part of the team.

While not necessarily claiming victory, I believe the Clan events in Term 1 brought out the fight within every Brucie. We were all pushed to move past our losses, keep our heads high and keep our enthusiastic spirit even higher.

I could not be more proud of the members of Clan Bruce because fight, perseverance and team spirit is what makes our Clan successful and epitomises our 2016 Olympic year theme Bruce Brazil.

Shantay, Year 12 Clan Bruce Chief Head of Senior School

Clan Cameron Term 1 Report

The Cameron Cheerleaders made a great start to the year, winning the 2016 Swimming Carnival. This made it the fourth year in a row that Cameron has proudly held up the trophy.

Each and every girl played their part, whether it was competing in a championship race, novelty event, striving for bonus points or just helping around the pool. It was impressive to see how the Cameron girls conducted themselves appropriately in terms of supporting others. Not only did they cheer on fellow members of our Clan, but their attitude of friendly rivalry towards the girls in the other Clans was excellent.

Although Sports Day did not give us the same winning result, we placed third and I am equally proud of the girls' determination and Clan spirit throughout the day.

Later this term, in Week 8, I am looking forward to celebrating Clan Cameron’s birthday with a special assembly and lunch and a visit to the Junior School.

Jordy, Year 12 Clan Cameron Chief Head of Senior School

Clan Douglas Term 1 Report

Term 1 was a very successful time for the Douglas Defenders as we placed second in both the Swimming Carnival and Sports Day. This made the whole Clan very proud.

We worked hard to win the Spirit Cup at the Swimming Carnival and were thrilled by the recognition of our spirit and teamwork. The lead up to Sports Day was very intense, but at the same time it was a lot of fun. I enjoyed spending time with the Junior School girls and seeing their Clan spirit.

All members of Clan Douglas have worked hard this term and have shown great dedication to belonging and contributing, doing their best for blue. At every meeting, the girls are enthusiastic and motivated, and the involvement from all year levels has been tremendous: I have been impressed with the ideas put forward.

Clan Chieftains, Georgie and Izzy and I, are now excitedly awaiting the Douglas Clan birthday, which will be celebrated in Week 4 of this term. Our success last term is an indication of greater things to come.

It is clear that while Douglas girls enjoy healthy competition, we also know how to have lots of fun. We would like to thank our Clan Guardians and the tireless support given to us by our staff has been unbelievable. It is amazing to work with such a great group of girls and teachers who strive to achieve the same goals.

Sophie, Year 12 Clan Douglas Chief Head of Senior School

Clan Stewart Term 1 Report

The Swimming Carnival marked the first Clan event of the year and everyone was incredibly excited and keen to get involved. Stewart was the only Clan to fill all events after the first trials - well done, Stewies!

Throughout the day, our competitive spirit shone through as we sung (more like screamed), cheered and chanted, showing the crowd “how we get down”. Our girls never gave up, competing in events with confidence and smiles. We finished a respectable third on the day.

Embodying this year’s theme, the Stewart girls were the Showstoppers on Sports Day. The College watched on as we won novelty and championship events alike. Wearing their glittery sequin headbands and looking fabulous, all Stewies provided enormous support and encouragement to each other and spurred the Clan into first place.

It was a tremendous achievement to win Sports Day Shield, congratulations to all the girls who competed so valiantly. Special congratulations to our Cup and Spoon winners across the year levels. Thank you to all of the other Clans for your competitive spirit.

Thanks must also go to all the people involved in ensuring the success of both events and for making them so memorable. Stewart Showstoppers are keen and we will remain enthusiastic for the remaining competitions during the rest of this year.

Cara, Year 12 Clan Stewart Chief Head of Middle School

Students have commenced Term 2 with a positive mindset and our inaugural Media Lab/MIT STEM workshop was a tremendous success. I look forward to seeing many of you during our Middle School Parent Events over the next few weeks.

What are Mindsets?

Welcome to Term 2!

The term has started busily with the girls wearing their winter uniforms.

Sports practices have started and many students attended the Generations in Jazz festival in Mt Gambier last weekend.

One of our main focuses at Seymour is encouraging girls to develop Growth Mindsets.

After decades of research on achievement and success, Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world renowned Stanford University psychologist, Carol Dweck. Research has enabled Dweck to distinguish different perspectives that people hold about their abilities, especially connected to learning. These mindsets are either fixed or growth mindsets. I have included the difference between the two perspectives below;

Fixed mindset

Intelligence is fixed; Challenges are avoided, as to fail suggests that they lack the intelligence required; Effort is seen as a waste of time - if students don’t understand something they assume they never will; and Getting things wrong and receiving feedback is negative - it reveals limitations.

Growth mindset

Intelligence can be developed; Challenges are embraced as it is believed that they can improve at a task or particular skill; Effort therefore is seen as worthwhile - a path to master skills; and Getting things wrong and receiving feedback is positive - it guides further improvement.

A growth mindset is the one we want to instill in our girls as 21st century learners. How do we as parents and educators help foster this?

Dweck and her fellow researchers have closely looked at the impact of praise, specifically the type of praise that learners receive. Dweck’s research has demonstrated the importance of praise that recognises effort, rather than praise that focuses on intelligence. Praise that acknowledges process related activities such as practice, study, persistence and good strategies are proven to instill and develop a growth mindset in learners.

It is fair to say that the messages children hear about themselves in the speech of their significant adults, such as parents and teachers, directly affect their growth mindset. If parents and teachers speak to children in a way that suggests that their intelligence is fixed, children begin to believe that and develop fixed mindset traits.

So how do we as significant adults overcome this?

Five ways to teach our children the growth mindset:

Reward effort, not attainment; Encourage them to take risks with their learning; Reinforce that it’s okay to make mistakes. Use it as an opportunity to learn what could improve the outcome next time. Remind them of the saying they may have heard in their primary year: Mistakes are our Friends; When praising a child, focus on the strategies and skills employed to learn about a specific subject, rather than their innate talent or skills; and Be mindful of the messages conveyed at home. For example, referring to yourself as bad at Maths or I was never a good speller, can reinforce the idea that intelligence is fixed. Instead, encourage students to say, "I am not good at Maths yet."

It is important that we develop a growth mind set in our young women. It is with a growth mindset that they will see that intelligence and intellectual skills are the things that they can develop. It is not something that you are just born with.

I wish everyone a fruitful Term 2.

Rachel McKee Head of Middle School Head of Middle School

Parent Social Evenings

The College will hold four parent social evenings this term to provide the parents and teachers of each Middle School year level with the opportunity to meet and mingle.

In Week 3, the Year 8 Evening will be held on Thursday, 19 May. In Week 4, the Year 7 Evening will be held on Monday, 23 May and the Year 6 Evening on Thursday, 26 May. The Year 9 evening will be on Tuesday, 31 May.

All parents are warmly encouraged to attend and you will have received an invitation. The RSVP should be returned to your daughter’s form teacher. I look forward to catching up with many of you at these events.

Rachel McKee Head of Middle School Head of Middle School

The Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop

Developed by MIT Media Lab, the Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop gives students a chance to experience electronics and programming in a friendly and engaging way.

Held at Seymour during the recent school holidays, this workshop provided the students an introduction to electronic textiles and electronic components. They designed a bookmark and sewed a simple circuit using conductive thread, a battery and an LED. There was an amazing array of very colourful "friendly monsters". A lot of thought went into their designs, including where the LEDs, buzzer and touch sensors would go and how to stitch these to the Arduino Lilypad so that there were no short circuits.

At each stage, the students learned to program in the general-purpose, computer programming language 'C', to control what the electronic components did. They learned about procedures, loop functions, variables and how to read input from a sensor and conditional statements.

It was amazing to watch the students become more confident writing and fixing errors in their code. One of the most enjoyable sessions was when students looked up their favourite song, like the Mario Theme Song or Shake It Up, and programmed their monsters to play the music.

Sharon Eichinger Maths/Science Teacher Head of Junior School

The Junior School strives to nurture a keen enthusiasm for learning, building upon the creativity and curiosity that each child brings with them to school. This week we reflect on Sports Day and ANZAC Day whilst looking forward to resuming our Partnerships with Parents and community initiatives.

Sports Day

Congratulations to all Junior School students for their fantastic efforts on Sports Day. We were blessed with beautiful weather and it was wonderful to see, and hear, so much support from parents, family and friends along the sideline. Thank you to the teachers and support staff who assist in making this day possible.

Sports Day was, once again, a day full of fun, enthusiasm, determination and Clan camaraderie with all girls participating in a number of individual, novelty and Clan events. There were many highlights throughout the day including having the Foundation and Year 1 girls participate in the Opening March for the first time and having the Early Years children join us thereafter.

Well done to Clan Stewart who were the Junior School winners of Sports Day. Congratulations also to the Year 5 Cup winner Sophie (Stewart) and the Spoon winner Lily (Douglas).

Click here to view a short video of the 2016 Sports Day.

Shelley Travers Head of Junior School

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The Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop

Developed by MIT Media Lab, the Interactive Friendly Monster Workshop gives students a chance to experience electronics and programming in a friendly and engaging way.

Sharon Eichinger Maths/Science Teacher Head of Junior School

Mid-Year Foundation (Reception)

Enrolments are currently open for our 2016 Mid-Year Foundation class which allows an extended transition into school for girls who turn 5 after 30 April. Mid-Year Foundation provides an invaluable opportunity for little ones, currently in an Early Learning Centre, who were not quite ready for a January 2016 start into a Foundation (previously called Reception) class but are now ready for some additional challenges in their learning.

Seymour's Mid-Year Foundation offers a six-term transition into the more formal first school year environment, providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences within a nurturing, inquiry-rich, responsive classroom that sits nested within the heart of the Junior School.

Our play-infused program is lead by Early Childhood specialist teachers and gives our youngest learners the opportunity to experience all that school has to offer within a small, individualised class setting, and with access to specialist subjects including Music, Art, Chinese, PE and Library lessons.

If you are considering giving your daughter an invaluable Mid-Year Foundation experience and stepping stone into her learning at Seymour, or would like to know more, please contact me at any time on 8303 9001. We can discuss ways in which we can work together to give your precious little one the very best head start to her learning.

Shelley Travers Head of Junior School Head of Junior School

Partnerships with Parents

During Term 2 our fortnightly Partnerships with Parents workshops will continue with a change to the workshop days. They will now be held in the Chinese classroom on Monday afternoons (3.00-3.30pm) and Tuesday early evenings (6.00-6.30pm) to hopefully better accommodate the needs of Junior School families. If there is a particular topic or theme that you would like to be explored or shared during one of these Partnerships with Parents workshops, please let me know.

My determination to connect with every Junior School family this year also continues this term. Sincere thanks to those families who have already met with me and shared their Seymour story. I have truly appreciated our honest, open conversations and found them invaluable in building a stronger picture of your personal hopes and visions for your daughters. I look forward to continuing to meet with families from across the Junior School.

Please find below the suggested Partnerships with Parents Program for this term.

Week Date Time Session Focus

Shelley Travers 3.00-3.30pm Head of Junior School Monday, 9 May SOCS - Getting the most out of Seymour’s Online Collaboration System Guest Speaker Jodi Gordon-Moulds 2 Tuesday, 10 6.00-6.30pm Find out what SOCS is used for across the College and how you can use it May effectively to support your daughter and her learning, now and into the future.

Monday, 23 3.00-3.30pm May Semester One Reporting 4 Sharing of the changes to our reporting templates in line with Version 8.1 of Tuesday, 24 the National Curriculum and our PYP implementation. 6.00-6.30pm May

Being Social Media Savvy for Student Safety Tuesday, 7 May 6.00-6.30pm Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat: knowing what Social Media 6 Monday, 6 June 3.00-3.30pm contexts currently exist, what they are used for and how parents can keep their children safe into the future.

Monday, 20 3.00-3.30pm June 8 TBA Tuesday, 21 6.00-6.30pm June Head of Junior School

Walk to School Initiative

This year the Junior School will once again be participating in the National Walk Safely to School Day. This annual event is designed to encourage primary school children to walk, and commute, safely to school. It is also a Seymour Junior School community event that seeks to promote road safety and healthy living. This year Junior School students and their families will be encouraged to walk safely to school over three consecutive Friday mornings in May.

Friday 13, May – two walking stations Friday 20, May – two walking stations Friday 27, May – six walking stations and finishing with a special Junior School shared breakfast Walk to School Maps 2016 1 Parents are invited to drop off, or join, their daughters at one of the walking stations. Each station will be manned by a group of enthusiastic teachers and parents, who will then walk with the girls to school. School bags will be ferried to school via a number of drivers.

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ANZAC Day Commemoration

The Junior School and Early Years gathered together on Thursday, 4 May, to belatedly recognise ANZAC Day. Our short, but poignant service, gave us the opportunity to remember the sacrifices made, and those that continue to be made, by ordinary men and women seeking to bring a greater sense of peace to our world.

It is a difficult concept for young children to grasp but in remembering we also hope to instill a determination in every student. ANZAC Day is a time to reflect and refocus so that we wisely use the freedom fought for, and show kindness, tolerance, understanding and acceptance to others.

Last year in our honouring of the Centenary of Anzac Day, we created a beautiful garden of clay poppies. We will always have this respectful place of remembering in the Junior School. Our Remembrance Garden is a breathtaking space of handmade poppies, one for every Junior School and Early Years girl and boy.

Shelley Travers Head of Junior School Head of Junior School

Camp Australia

The beginning of Term 2 - welcome back!

We hope you had a great holiday and somehow managed to squeeze in some fun, rest and a bit of relaxation! We managed to recharge our batteries, and we’re excited to kick off the new term with our Camp Australia kids.

We are happy to introduce two new Educators, Lana Matarazzo and Alexandra Lloyd. They will begin working with us here at Seymour College OSHC.

As always, we’re excited to welcome a few new starters in the Before and After School Care timeslots this term. It’s a pleasure for us to meet new faces, and to spend time with our familiar kids (although some of them are almost unrecognisable after the holidays, having grown an inch or losing an extra tooth!).

Please do not hesitate to come by and say hello.

Vancy, Lana and Alexandra Camp Australia The Early Years at Seymour

The Early Years has certainly been a busy place over the past few weeks. Read on to find out all about our investigations and special events.

Mothers' Day Morning Tea

A mother holds her child’s hand for a moment and holds their heart for a lifetime.

On Thursday, 5 May, The Early Years celebrated Mothers' Day with a beautiful morning tea. The children proudly took the opportunity to share some special moments with their mums. Each child had lovingly created a handmade gift of bath salts, handcream, glowing lantern or jewellery.

To show their love and thanks, the children also shared songs, stories and personal portraits. The morning was not complete without a visit to the Pamper Parlour where nails were painted, massages given, and hugs and kisses galore were shared!

We hope that our Mothers felt very special on Mothers' Day.

Susan Lock Director, The Early Years at Seymour

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The Early Years has certainly been a busy place over the past few weeks. Read on to find out all about our investigations and special events.

Mud Play Day

During the recent school holiday program, The Early Years took part in the Festival of Mud by creating their own giant mud puddle. The delight was clearly evident on each face as the children mixed, sloshed, stirred, dripped and created mud sculptures and mud pies. Some just jumped for joy into the cool, rich, oozing mud and much pleasure was had by all!

The children continued to collect many natural materials to add to their muddy play. It truly was a wonderful opportunity for the children to express their feelings and creativity while experiencing a very natural environment, and simply enjoying the fun of mud.

Susan Lock Director, The Early Years at Seymour Director of Boarding

Attending rural field days are important both for sharing the Seymour College journey, and for remaining actively involved in the communities our boarders belong to. They are an opportunity to share memories and create new ones.

Broken Hill Agfair

As I write this, I am sitting at the Seymour College marquee at the Broken Hill Agfair. The sun is shining and the foot traffic is bustling by. This fair has exhibitors and visitors arriving for two action packed days, descending on the Broken Hill racecourse from across Australia.

Agricultural field days and rural shows provide an opportunity for farm and station owners to meet one another, spend social time together, familiarise themselves with the latest machinery and to trade and purchase items for their personal businesses. Mon Saunders, Director of Marketing and Communications, and I, attend a number of shows each year. This year we will travel from the South-East of South Australia to the Eyre Peninsular, to the Murray Plains, to the Riverland, to the mid and far north, and to Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our boarders come from the districts where these shows are held.

Having several students join us at each event, adds a valuable dimension and contributes significantly to our successful promotion of Seymour College. The boarders who join us wear their uniforms with pride, as they spend time on our stand and chat with visitors. More importantly though, their distinctive Black Watch tartan uniforms are visual when they move around the show grounds.

For us, these field days are important both for sharing the Seymour College journey, and for remaining actively involved in the communities our boarders belong to. They are an opportunity to share memories and create new ones.

In Broken Hill I met many of Year 7 boarder Jemma’s extended family and her friends from the School of the Air. I met Head Boarder, Year 12, Emily’s childhood friends and those she often catches the plane with when she returns to Broken Hill or travels to Adelaide for school. We met Old Collegians who are doing wonderful things in their communities and future parents who are excited about the adventures ahead for their daughters.

I discussed with the Broken Hill Base Manager of the Royal Flying Doctor Service how important their service is as an integral part of life for a rural family. I talked with an Old Collegian who is working towards fundraising $150,000 for the Broken Hill School of the Air through the sale of a wonderful publication, BOOTS OFF, Apron On. A gentleman told me about his mother, who was one of the original students when PGC/Seymour was founded in the 1920s.

We thank our extended community for visiting our display and for their ongoing support.

Whilst I sit in the marquee with Dorper sheep on one side, cattle from the aptly named Seymour Vale stud on the other side and merino sheep across the way, I contemplate how lucky I am to be employed in a job I love, guiding our boarding community at this exceptional school.

Caroline Hodges Director of Boarding Director of Service Learning

Seymour College students are very active in issues of service and justice. I am delighted to share their initiatives here at Seymour.

Service Initiatives

Sarvodaya India 2017 Congratulations to Year 11s, Amelia, Jess, Jessica, Jodie, Lucinda, Lucy and Tayah and Year 10s, Hannah, Panayiota and Ruby for being chosen as the participants of Sarvodaya India 2017. The girls will be supported by Eliza Saito, Ryan Keller and myself. Kay Robinson will also be accompanying us. We look forward to the next months of formation.

Environment Initiative Anna, our Year 12 Environment Leader, is promoting a campaign to encourage girls to use reusable drink bottles and containers rather than contribute to landfill. In fact, Anna would like all members of the Seymour community to take great care of our Earth.

We are also still collecting spectacles and mobile phones and chargers for recycling on both campuses.

Upcoming Events This term we have much to look forward to. Our Justice Residency begins in Week 5 when we welcome Brother Steve Rocha back to the College.

In Week 5 also there will be a walkathon on Friday at lunchtime for Middle School students, led by the Year 12 Integrated Learning students and Year 9 Clan Representatives. Proceeds will go to the Hutt Street Centre. Because homelessness is their focus, the girls are also selling hot doughnuts to support Catherine House.

In Week 6 we will hold a birthing kit assembly day and staff and students are encouraged to register by emailing our Social Justice Leader, Elizabeth (Year 12).

Our College is supporting the roster at the Mary Magdalene Centre each Saturday night during Term 2. Tarniwarra (Year 12), our Service Captain has only a few positions left, so if there are any parents or students (aged 16 or over) who would like to serve meals to the homeless and vulnerable one Saturday night in the coming weeks, please contact me via email at [email protected]

Inspiring Visitors Last week a group of our Year 10 students enjoyed presentations from two inspiring guest speakers. Adrian Nippress is the Transforming Justice Coordinator for the Uniting Church in South Australia and Junior Vutoyi is the Program Officer for the Methodist Development and Relief Agency in Zimbabwe.

They spoke about programs that have been put in place in a remote community in Zimbabwe to empower the women and advance that community through income generating initiatives..

Lynne Moten Director of Service Learning Sport, Clubs and Activities

From Sports Day to Olympic ambitions to trekking the Overland Track to Equestrian success and our Big Bands hitting the highest of notes at Generations in Jazz, the activities at Seymour give every girl a chance to shine.

2016 Sports Day Results

To read a report on Sports Day by Ella (Year 12), our 2016 Athletics Leader, please click here.

CLAN 1st Stewart – 2544 points 2nd Douglas – 2505 points 3rd Cameron – 2277 points 4th Bruce – 2055 points

INDIVIDUAL Year 12: Cup – Ruby (Stewart); Spoon – Ella (Stewart) Year 11: Cup – Sophie (Bruce); Spoon – Alex (Cameron) Year 10: Cup – Olivia (Stewart); Spoon (tie) – Ellie (Cameron), Alex (Douglas) and Erin (Stewart) Year 9: Cup – Ella (Stewart); Spoon – Emily (Bruce) Year 8: Cup – Lulu (Cameron); Spoon – Phoebe (Bruce) Year 7: Cup – Tayla (Douglas); Spoon – Georgia (Douglas) Year 6 Cup – Amelia (Douglas); Spoon – Ashleigh (Bruce)

OTHER TROPHIES 4 x 100m Relay – 1st Douglas, 2nd Stewart, 3rd Bruce, 4th Cameron Fastest 100m - Sophie (Bruce) Dry Undies Boarders vs Day Girls – Day Girls Clan Spirit Cup - Bruce

NEW RECORDS Year 6 80m Hurdles – Amelia (Douglas) – 14.87 sec Year 6 Long Jump – Amelia (Douglas) – 4.16m Year 7 Javelin – Ceci (Cameron) – 20.95m Year 9 400m - Ella (Stewart) – 1.04.76 Year 9 800m – Ella (Stewart) – 3.09.18 Year 9 1500m – Ella (Stewart) – 5.25.00; record also broken by Lucy (Stewart) – 5.32.66)

Chris Davidson Sports Coordinator Sport, Clubs and Activities

Sports Day 2016

As the sun rose on Friday, 15 March, industrious Clan Chiefs, Chieftains, the Property Services team, staff, parents and Old Collegians were already hard at work. The Mitchell Oval was festooned with balloons, banners and streamers. Hurdles were placed with precision and the sound system crackled into life. Bagpipes were tuned and kilts rearranged. Parents and Friends warmed up the tea and coffee machines, while making sandwiches and arranging honey crackles.

As the first notes of Highland the Brave echoed across the College, parents and grandparents jostled for position on the drive. Anticipation and excitement reached fever pitch as marching began and ‘left, right, left’ mumbled through the Clans. The Seymour Sports Day had begun!

No other school has an event that comes close to a Seymour Sports Day. Over the years, spies have come from other schools to find out how we do it. Our secret is not a formula or an order of events that can be copied: it is the supportive community and involved families; it is a dedicated staff and a committed PE Department; it is the value of our Scottish heritage and College Clan traditions; it is enthusiastic girls; it is determined athletes; it is novelty events; it is participation; it is laughter; it is friendship; it is sportsmanship; and, of course, it is Dry Undies!

What a privilege it was for me to be Athletics Captain for my final Sports Day, made even better when my Clan, Stewart, was victorious. The day had many highlights. Bruce’s loud and passionate cheering won them the Spirit Cup. Douglas finished first in a tightly contested 4 x 100m relay and the colourful Cameron Cheerleaders were not the only hoarse participants. Despite impressive whip cracking by a couple of fathers, the boarders just missed out on taking the Dry Undies for 2016.

Congratulations must go to the athletes who won their year level Cup by gaining the highest number of championship points in individual events, and to the runners-up, who won Spoons. A number of girls created new Sports Day records. Amelia broke the Year 6 Hurdle and Long Jump records and Ceci beat the Year 7 Javelin distance. In Year, 9 Ella broke three records, the 400m, 800m and 1500m events and the previous Year 9 1500m record was also broken by Lucy. For the first time, there was a three-way tie for a Spoon and the girls in the Year 9 cohort will be ones to watch, in the coming years, as there are so many talented athletes.

A new event for this year was the ‘Fastest 100m’. It was raced by the best runners in the school for 100 metres and the exciting race was won by Year 11, Sophie.

Parents, grandparents, friends and Old Collegians enjoyed a relaxing day in the sunshine with many renewing old friendships and making new ones. It was great to see boarding families, most having travelled a great distance to be there, catching up with other parents.

Well done to everyone who participated and did their very best. Whether it was tossing a bean bag, keeping the staff fed and hydrated, cheering loudly or throwing a discus, each girl made a difference and made the day memorable so I thank you. I look forward to coming back next year as an Old Collegian, to share again in the special and unique event that is Sports Day.

Click here to view a short video of the 2016 Sports Day.

Ella, Year 12 Athletics Leader

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Equestrian Champions

During the school holidays, 11 Seymour girls competed at the 2016 South Australian Interschool Championships. Belle, Lily, Millie (Year 10) and Rumer (Year 8) competed in the Show Horse classes to win numerous ribbons and championships.

Brooke (Year 8) and Victoria (Year 10) competed in the 90cm and 100cm Show Jumping. Liv (Year 12), Brooke, Chloe (Year 8), Paige (Year 7) and Claire (Year 9) competed in varying levels in the Combined Training competition, which involves a dressage test and a show jumping round at a specific height. Mary (Year 12), Chloe and Claire also competed in varying levels of dressage from preliminary to elementary.

Some highlights of the weekend were Belle winning Champion Hunter; Chloe winning the Combined Training 95cm Champion; Claire winning Reserve Champion in the Combined Training 60cm and Reserve Champion in Novice Dressage; Lily winning Reserve Champion Working Hunter; Mary winning Elementary Dressage Champion; and Rumer winning Reserve Champion Open Hack. There were so many girls competing for Seymour, it is impossible to list everyone’s results! To conclude the weekend, Seymour College won the overall trophy with more than twice as many points as second place.

Claire and Mary also competed successfully at the 2016 South Australian Dressage Championships. Claire placed well in her Open class and came second in the Interschool classes. Mary also placed well in the Open classes, coming second in three Interschool classes and winning the final class.

Finally, Chloe (Year 8) competed at the Reynella Horse Trials where she won the Interschool Combined Training 95cm and came second in the Open Eva 95cm class.

Congratulations to all members of the Seymour Equestrian team on such outstanding results.

Mary, Year 12 Equestrian Leader Sport, Clubs and Activities

Overland Track Trek

During the recent school holidays, a total of six students from Year 10 and 11, and accompanying staff, flew to Tasmania for a challenging six days, walking the 65km Overland Track.

Wearing heavy backpacks we trudged up countless steps, scrambled over rocks and walked through a variety of terrain. Where duckboards were not built over buttongrass moorland, we stepped into mud rather than crush the slow-growing vegetation. We looked in awe at eucalyptus forests, the moss and lichen in ancient, temperate rainforests, marvelled at views of spectacular waterfalls and lakes and walked in the shadow of Cradle Mountain.

Daily we were very glad to stop at campsites, get our tents up and cook dinner. Something special occurred on the first evening. In the water alongside our tent platforms we saw a platypus! Another not so special wildlife event was a hungry brush-tail possum eating through layers of tent and storage bags to snack on scroggin.

Clear, sunny days equated to cold, starry nights and we awoke to heavy frost on Day 4. Our tents were frozen and the zips so icy that they were hard to budge! The Overland Track had its tests in the form of uneven and steep terrain, weather extremes and hefty packs to carry long distances each day. However, the group overcame every obstacle and shared many laughs along the way.

The girls showed a great level of organisation, and demonstrated a terrific ability to work so well together over the six days of expedition.They were fit and prepared, and their good humour and sense of fun made it a joy to spend time with them. Thanks to David Larkins, who helped make the event a success.

A final, memorable experience was visiting the Devils @ Cradle Mountain sanctuary and seeing the unique Tasmanian Devils, a fitting end to our wonderful Tassie adventure.

Christie McAuley Outdoor Education Coordinator Sport, Clubs and Activities

Sportswoman in Residence: Jess Trengove

Jess Trengove Road to Rio 1

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From the Director of Music

Saturday, 28 May at 2.30pm St John’s Church Halifax Street, Adelaide

Every second year the senior Music students of Seymour College present a very special concert of Baroque music. This year the members of Senior String Orchestra and A Cappella will perform with recorder, oboe and harpsichord in the inspiring surrounds of St John’s Church, a favourite venue for Adelaide fine music concerts.

On the program are Spring, from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, a Telemann viola concerto, the Christmas Concerto of Corelli, and vocal works by Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi and Schein. Soloists will include Scarlett Gallery (violin), Jodie Lee (recorder and oboe), Ruby Butcher (viola), and Monique Neoh (cello).

Book your tickets here.

The $15 ticket price includes a glass of wine or fruit juice after the concert and we would encourage all families to support the girls on this special occasion. We look forward to seeing you at the concert.

(Please note that this concert has had to be moved a week later from that originally appearing in the printed version of the 2016 Seymour calendar). Sport, Clubs and Activities

Generations in Jazz 2016

Following months of early morning rehearsals and student-led sectionals, the 30 musicians of Big Bands 1 and 2 boarded a bus for the annual Generations in Jazz competition, held in Mt Gambier from Friday, 6 May to Sunday, 8 May.

The weekend began with a spectacular welcome concert for the 4,500 student participants on the Friday evening, before we headed home to our accommodation for an early night.

The girls woke very early the next morning for final rehearsals before it was time to head into the Festival to compete. Both bands performed their three competition pieces to the best of their abilities and walked from the stage feeling extremely proud of their efforts. The remainder of the day was spent watching as many performances by other school bands and choirs as possible and soaking up the infectious festival atmosphere.

Participants gathered once again on the Saturday evening for the main public concert, featuring performances by The Idea of North, Kate Ceberano, the One O’clock Lab Band (University of North Texas) and Wycliffe Gordon (US). Topping off an exciting night of entertainment was the announcement that Miriam (Year 12) was selected as one of only five trumpet players from a field of over 200 for a position in the Superband for Division 3.

The girls attended vocal and instrumental workshops on the Sunday morning before enjoying a lunch with a few thousand of their new best friends. The weekend was brought to a close by a farewell concert, along with the part that we had been waiting for - the announcement of the Stage Band Award winners for 2016.

We were beyond thrilled when it was revealed that Big Band 1 had placed third in our division: our best result yet! The band was invited to the front of the pavilion to receive our certificate and cheque, which was proudly presented to the College at this week's assembly.

Enormous thanks must go to accompanying staff Tim Irrgang and Mary Waterhouse (Instrumental Teachers) and Glenn Johns (Roundabout Charter) for their energy, versatility, support and enthusiasm.

Kate Mawson Music Teacher Sport, Clubs and Activities

Our Wonderful Rowers

We admire the commitment of our Seymour rowers, who wake at 4:30am four times a week for morning training on the water, as part of their 7 day per week training program, in all sorts of weather conditions and who also give up their Saturdays all through Terms 1 and 4 to compete.

This would be enough to make the rest of us feel totally exhausted at just the thought - but not the rowers. There really was something very special about standing knee deep in water at West Lakes, surrounded by Blackwatch and watching our girls compete, and successfully too! Why do the rowers put themselves through this gruelling training?

Q: What is it that forces you out of bed at 4.30am for training?

I think the early morning is the best time of day to be awake because seeing the sunrise while watching the rest of the world waking around you and knowing that you have already accomplished something before most people have woken up is a really special feeling. Alice, Year 12

The knowledge that if you don’t get up you will be letting the team down. Rowing really is a team sport. Also knowing that every training is a step towards improving and achieving success at the commencement of the season. Grace, Year 12

Q: What has been the biggest highlight of rowing for you so far?

Winning Head of River after 3 years of working towards that goal, then putting it into perspective and seeing how far you’ve come and progressed physically and mentally. There are those special times, often during training, when something just clicks and the boat is moving effortlessly through the water and everyone in the boat is just in perfect harmony, sometimes it gives me goose bumps. Alice, Year 12

Massive congratulations to all the rowers for one of the most successful seasons yet. You have inspired many. I am sure there will be many more to come. The bar has been set!

Lotte, Year 12 Publications Leader Community

Our community is one of learning, positive interactions, and mutual respect and support for one another. The community is proactive in its support of the various academic and co-curricular activities within the College and offers wonderful encouragement for all that the College achieves.

Diary Dates

A comprehensive calendar of events can be found by current parents on SOCS - click here.

Saturday, 14 to Sunday, 15 May Pedal Prix, Round 1 Loxton

Saturday, 14 May Winter Sport Round 1 Class of 2006, 10 Year Reunion Black Watch Formal, 7.00pm

Monday, 16 to Friday, 20 May Year 10 Expedition

Tuesday, 17 to Friday, 20 May Year 4 Study Tour

Thursday, 19 May Year 8 Parents' Drinks

Friday, 20 to Sunday, 22 May Exeat Weekend

Friday, 20 May P&F Fashion Parade and Cocktail Party, CPA 6.30pm To book, please click here.

Saturday, 21 May Baroque Concert, St John's Church 2.30pm To book, please click here.

Monday, 23 May Year 7 Parents' Drinks

Tuesday, 24 May Clan Douglas Birthday

Thursday, 26 May Junior School Old Collegians' Assembly and Morning Tea Year 6 Parents' Drinks Friday, 27 May Senior School Art Exhibition, Barr Smith House 6.00pm

Saturday, 28 May Winter Sport Round 2 Community

Thank You from OCA

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to making Sports Day 2016 a most successful and enjoyable day for the College community.

All your efforts were very much appreciated by the Old Collegians’ Association. A stellar effort from a great team!

The OCA Committee would like to acknowledge the spectacular community spirt of everyone involved on the day.

It was an outstanding way to end the term and the OCA are looking forward to supporting this event again next year.

Many thanks once again,

Tracye Koerner (President) and the OCA Committee Community

Parents' and Friends' Association Event

Seymour College's Parents’ & Friends’ Association invites you to its Cocktail Party and Fashion Parade on Friday, 20 May 2016, at 7.00pm Please click here for more information.

Book your tickets here. Part proceeds will benefit the Cure4CF Foundation. Community

Thistles Coffee Morning

The Parents’ and Friends’ Association Thistles Coffee mornings provide an excellent opportunity to catch up informally over a Mahalia coffee, T2 tea, hot chocolate or chai latte, and to be treated with home-made cakes and biscuits.

Staff, students, parents and all members of the Seymour community are invited to join us at the Centre for Performing Arts for the next Thistles morning on Friday, 10 June from 8.00am.

Note: the date has been changed from the date on our printed calendar.

Cassie Roberts Community Liaison Officer Community

Quiz and Activities

Friends of Rowing Quiz Night

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on Saturday, 4 June at 7.00pm at the Centre for the Performing Arts.

Please book here.

For more information and booking details, please see below or contact Wayne Henry on 0429 991 231 or email [email protected]. Community

Dress Rehearsal 2016 Swan Lake Australian Ballet Ticket Offer

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families the opportunity to attend a working rehearsal of Swan Lake.

The rehearsal will occur at Festival Theatre on Wednesday 25 May, at 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start.

The cost is $30 per ticket (cash sales only). Seats are situated in the Grand Circle C Reserve and are normally $41-$81 in this area.

Tickets can be purchased from the Junior School Office, or Kerryn Lloyd at Barr Smith Campus Reception. Email [email protected] or [email protected] to reserve your tickets. Strictly cash sales only.

Community

YFU Student Exchange

YFU

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