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Marryatville High School Issue 6 Term 3 2018 Issue 6 Term 3 2018 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents, Caregivers, Staff and Students Year 7 students at Marryatville High Course Counselling School I have been impressed with the level of Planning for the transition of Year 7 students planning and research that families have to Marryatville High School is now underway. undertaken in the Course Counselling process. The move will bring South Australia in line with It is very important that great care is taken the other states, and Education Minister John in selecting subjects and reserves as we will Gardner expects the transition to be rolled out create a timetable and employ teachers based across the State by 2022. on these selections. The ability to change selections once the timetable has been created Over the next few years, we will complete a and staff employed is very difficult. Curriculum Review to meet the needs of students in Years 7-12, consider changes to our staffing Facilities Upgrade profile to accommodate our Middle School Funding has been approved to undertake the needs, and undertake a Learning Environment following facilities project: Opportunities Study (LEOS). A LEOS is a strategic review to assess existing facilities • Student Toilet Refurbishment – A and E and identify opportunities to improve spaces Blocks Newsletter for teaching and learning on the school site. • Staff Laptops Replacement A LEOS will provide Marryatville High School • Student Lockers – 501 new lockers for In this issue with professional advice that can assist with 2019 (more in subsequent years) Drama News .......................................2 prioritising facility improvements by using • Rooms A37, A38, A39 and A42 Music News .....................................3 school resources for maximum educational refurbishment of old computer labs to Mixed Touch ....................................6 benefit. It is a collaboration between our general classroom spaces school community, staff, students, parents and Mathematics News .........................7 We are hoping to be able to complete all these architect for the timely, long term planning of Snow Tour ........................................8 projects in time for the 2019 school year. Pastoral Care News .......................9 our site to enhance contemporary curriculum Yearbook ..........................................9 delivery and improve learning outcomes. I hope all members of our school community Co-Curricular News ..................... 10 The LEOS report will provide a workable have a safe and restful holiday period and Governing Council News ........... 11 and robust framework on which we will be return to school on Monday 15 October Materials and Services 2019 .... 12 able to base decisions about strategic facility recharged and ready for Term 4. General Information ..................... 13 development that is aligned with the school’s Mr John Tiver vision for future education delivery. Principal DRAMA NEWS - The Fringe Show 2019 We have already begun our planning for the 2019 Fringe Show ‘Shakespeare: for Dummies’. This show will attempt to do all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays in 60 minutes, but here’s the catch…the audience will decide the running order. Next year’s show promises to make Shakespeare interesting, accessible and fun by playing around with time, space and the rules of theatre. If you are interested in participating, whether as Falstaff, a costume designer or Hamlet’s ghost, come and join our ‘Merry Students of MHS’ and see Ms MacCulloch for more details. Ms Sarah MacCulloch Arts Coordinator CRICOS Provider No: 00018A 0 170 Kensington Road, Marryatville South Australia 5068 | P +61 8 8304 8420 Marryatville HighP (Music SchoolCentre) +61 Newsletter 8 8304 8431 | EI [email protected] Issue 6 I Term 3 2018 | www.marryatvillehs.sa.edu.au 1 Issue 6 Term 3 2018 DRAMA NEWS This year has already been jammed packed…but wait there’s more. The Year 12 show ¿WONDER? was in Week 4 and reimagined ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’. The students did an amazing job for their externally assessed piece and had the audience laughing out loud and hoping Humpty would fit through the door. A big thankyou to all of the other students and staff who were involved in making this production a success! The Year 10’s and 11’s have seen ‘That Eye, The Sky’ as part of their curriculum and have written reviews for developing their analysis and evaluation skills. Student responses include: ‘A compelling performance about faith, family and coming of age.' ‘The concept of family as a construct is explored through artistic stage, powerful dialogue and emotional characters.’ ‘While the family are being baptised, light church bell music begins to play signalling to the audience that the family will start anew and overcome their challenges.’ Drama News ‘The screen was powerful, as it was down at the beginning of the performance acting like the ‘fourth wall’. This made the audience believe we were God, watching the family and the car crash.’ In Term 4, the Year 11’s will be performing ‘Trap’ in the Forge in Week 6. This performance will look at how fear is a construct and might even leave the audience a little unnerved! The Year 10’s will be performing in Week 7 of Term 4, and our budding artists will be creating work that entertains, delights and even might make the audience sing along! Ms Sarah MacCulloch Arts Coordinator Marryatville High School Newsletter I Issue 6 I Term 3 2018 2 Issue 6 Term 3 2018 MUSIC NEWS The Music Centre would not be what it is today without the amazing staff. They give up so much of their time “Music is Life!” to see us flourish. Their limitless passion towards music inspire us, and their deep knowledge about a surprising Music Captains’ Speech array of subjects. From music theory to gardening, Good evening ladies and gentlemen, distinguished mental health to dancing; as the saying goes: ‘you guests. My name is Lynda, this is Jack, and we have learn everything in music’. As we prepare to take the had the honour of representing the Music Centre as next step on this journey, we will forever be grateful to Music Captains throughout the past year. Some of our the staff and the program for extending their kindness, treasured highlights from our time as Music Captains generosity, knowledge and time to us. have been mentoring younger students and getting to know them all individually, compèring concerts, bringing Over the years, we have had many opportunities music to the wider school community through monthly made available to us. We have had the privilege to lunchtime concerts and assemblies, and organising be able to participate in master classes with world- out of school performance opportunities. We’d like to renowned musicians such as Italian baroque violinist, extend our thanks and gratitude to each of the music Davide Monti, violinist Michael Barenboim; well staff for their assistance, especially Ms Feneley for her choral conductors, Jerry Blackstone and Stephen ongoing support and encouragement. Layton; and jazz musicians James Morrison and Sally Cameron. In addition, we have also had opportunities ‘Looking up to the Year 12s when we were in Year 8, to go on tours to the Generations in Jazz competition Music News and never imagining we would be in their place; and in Mount Gambier, Choralfest in Melbourne, a choir look where we are now.’ Such a simple quote, yet one and orchestra tour to Japan, with a tour to the USA in that fully describes the culture of the Music Centre. As the process of being planned. These tours and master little wide-eyed Year 8 students, we all marvelled at how classes have been so valuable to our education, have brilliant the Year 12s were. Their playing, speaking, and drawn us closer together as a cohort and have created the ease at which they felt in each other’s company were beautiful memories that we will cherish forever. a real inspiration^ to us. As the months went by, we got to know them more on a personal level, developing bonds The impact that this program has had on our development across all year levels. Then as years ended, it became is immeasurable. We have all grown in confidence heartbreaking to have our close friends leave school, yet thanks to performance opportunities, and our teamwork exciting to get to know the new Year 8s. This is the cycle and cooperation skills have significantly progressed. I can that has been cultivated through years of hard work and say from personal experience that we have all grown in dedication from all students and staff, past and present, confidence and are much more willing to try new things and it is that culture that we all endeavour to continue and accept new ideas. However, the most important through generation to come. gain from this program is our deep love for music. It is impossible to describe what it is like to There are a few people who have been critical in our be a student in the Music program here at success that we would like to thank. Firstly, thank you to Marryatville High School; you have to live all of the fantastic teachers who never cease to inspire. it to understand. It is rare that one is able to Your infinite wisdom and boundless energy fuel our call school their second home, but for many ambitions and drive us to be the best musicians we can of us, that is exactly what the Music Centre be. To our fellow Year 12’s, we thank you for being the is. It is the place we all feel we belong, genuine, kind and amazing musicians you are and we where we feel safe and supported. It is will be eternally grateful to you all.