Issue 10 I November 2016 2016 Year 12 Final Assembly TERM 4 DATES 8/11 Principal’s Tour 11am 23/11 Year 9-12 Music Night 6.30pm 8/11 Year 11 Drama Production 28/11-2/12 R-6 Water Safety Programme 10/11 BYOD Information Evening 6.30pm 1/12 Year 7-8 Orientation 16/11 Year 7/8 Transition Parent Meeting 1/12 Principal’s Tour 2pm 7pm 1/12 Year 9 Drama Performance 17/11 Year 10 Drama Performance 7pm 7/12 Primary Concert Like us on Facebook and download our free William Light Skoolbag App to keep up to date with the school year! Excellence | Integrity | Respect | Responsibility 1 Issue 10 I November 2016 From the Principal Working with the community & businesses Last Friday morning, we hosted a Beacon Foundation Busi- ness Breakfast for local businesses to celebrate the year’s achievements as well as extending our partnership with new businesses. Secondary students have been very fortunate to have worked closely with Mandy Rossetto, Manager of the Beacon Foundation and a number of businesses. They have gained valuable work related skills and attended lead- ership courses, speed careering, mock interviews, high im- pact programs, and industry visits. It was great to hear from the students who have achieved so much from these experi- ences and Saiyuri, Jordan and Ian did a great job, together Term 4 is flying by and it is a time of celebration of 2016 with the Year 12 Food and Hospitality class. We are looking achievements as well as some important planning for 2017. for more business contacts and if you are able to assist in anyway, please contact the school office. Parent Bilingual Information Sessions Over the last few months, we have been working with Year 12 Farewells Angela Scarino, Associate Professor from the University of On Wednesday we celebrated the Year 12’s last day of SA and her team, to develop the Chinese Bilingual Program school with a breakfast for students, cooked by staff, fol- and related curriculum plans. It was very pleasing that we lowed by a whole school assembly. Reception students en- had a large number of junior primary parents attend the joyed presenting balloons and good luck messages to the Parent Information sessions. They heard about the latest leaving students. It was wonderful to see parents, staff and developments of the Bilingual Program and the feedback students come together at the Valedictory Ceremony to re- was positive. Parents were reassured that the programs flect and celebrate the achievement of these young people. would be personalised according to students’ abilities and It is an important milestone for families and on behalf of all that it would be a very gradual process of introducing Chi- staff at William Light, we wish them the best of luck and nese. This will happen through practical classes such as hope to hear of their successes in the future. Physical Education, Music, Drama, Art, Science and cultural studies in History and Geography. Congratulations to all of our Year 12 award winners - a full list is on the next page. A huge thank you to Greg Warnes, Ocea Bradley, Briony Monahan, Caitlin Randall and Linda Chambers for making these celebrations possible. There are still many more exciting events planned for the rest of this term and I do hope you can come and join us whenever you can to support your child and their school. LINDA RICHARDSON Plympton International College Our new name and logo will become effective from 1 Janu- ary 2017 and we once again thank students, staff and par- ents for their input. As part of the new buildings, new signs will be erected, together with new stationery and website. The uniform will stay the same and only the logo will change. To avoid additional costs for families, there will be an eight- een month implementation period and we are currently in- vestigating sew-on or iron-on badges in the meantime. For more information please contact us. Jeffrey Kong presented Principal Linda Richardson with a Ping Pong bat from Shanghai Ju Yi Primary School which has been signed by some Chinese Olympians. Excellence | Integrity | Respect | Responsibility 2 Issue 10 I November 2016 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YEAR 12 AWARD WINNERS! SUBJECT HIGHEST ACHIEVER COMMITMENT TO STUDY Biology Zoe Skoumbros Nicole Garcia Business and Enterprise Harkaranveer Singh Cert III Health VET Abbey Elliott Anna Lonie Cert III IT Emily Trieu Chemistry Joshua Peter Zoe Skoumbros Community Studies Nerys Wright Drama Hannah Connell-Fitt ESL Harkaranveer Singh English Communications Sarah Dodd Joshua Peter Food & Hospitality Abbey Elliott Furniture Construction Nicole Garcia Mathematical Applications Nicole Garcia Mathematical Studies Harkaranveer Singh/Aqmal Pulle Harry Nangle Music Sarah Dodd Nutrition Zoe Skoumbros Andrea Cavenagh Physical Education Sarah Dodd Harry Nangle Research Project Nerys Wright Visual Art Sam Cahilig Governing Council Award for Contribution to Student Wellbeing Matthew Cave William Light Challenge Award Matthew Highet Lions Club David Martin Memorial Leadership Award Zoe Skoumbros Steph Key Award for Contribution to School Community Harkaranveer Singh Steve Georganas MP Hindmarsh Shield Award Alyanna Manalansan ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership & Teamwork Award Sarah Dodd Caltex Best All Rounder Award Sarah Dodd Excellence | Integrity | Respect | Responsibility 3 Issue 10 I November 2016 YEAR 7-12 TERM 2 AWARDS LOST PROPERTY Congratulations to all students who received an award for Have you lost something? Maybe a jumper, pencil case or their great effort in Term 3. drink bottle? We return all named items to home group teachers but there is a large amount of unnamed and un- claimed items at the school office. Please come to the office Commitment to Study to check for your items as all unclaimed property will be dis- posed of at the end of the term. Gundeep Singh Barni Bodo Please remember to name everything before you come back Natalie Ing to school in 2017, especially school jumpers and hats. Reejuma K.C. Ava Paleologoudias Shaheryar Rizvi FINANCE NEWS Olivia Slee Nathaniel Trevorah A reminder that William Light School has introduced Qkr! Vinny Bhatti (pronounced “quicker”) as a convenient, hassle free way for Cadee Donaghey you to place Canteen orders. This versatile new app is Lily Kennedy ready for you to download now. Jean McKim Joel Pickering Qkr! is an easy and secure way to order and pay for your Simran Bachhal child’s lunch orders, reducing the need to bring cash to Shaun Legaspi school. Orders can be placed in advance however there is a Mai Sasagawa cut off time of 9.30am for same day orders. If you need to Britto Shajan cancel an order – no problem! You will receive a credit and Lalita Tembang the money paid will automatically go towards your next Abbey Elliott order. Andrea Jimenez Mena Alyanna Manalansan Getting started is easy – download the app to your phone or Sam Perez tablet today! Emily Trieu Sam Cahilig ANGELA MURPHY Nicole Garcia BUSINESS MANAGER Harry Nangle Andrea Cavenagh Hannah Connell-Fitt ADELAIDE MUSIC CLUB CONCERT A concert of mostly Classical music was presented by Peter Academic Excellence Brown, former manager of pianos at Allans Music in Adelaide City. Nadirah Hazwani Alisa Huang The concert featured twelve local and International musi- Amber Harrowell cians, which include past and present students of Jeffrey Mehriza Khokhar Kong, colleagues and friends from the US, China and Italy. Hope Douglas Donisia Skoumbros The highlight of this well patronized concert was the solo cel- Saiyuri Pillay lo from William Light School – Sarah Dodd, who played the Ramsha Memon ‘Song Without Word’ by Mendelssohn. Kosta Paleologoudias Nikki Cajili Ms Xufei Zhang, a staff member of William Light, presented a Sarah Dodd fine rendition of ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Puccini’s Gianni Aqmal Pulle Schicchi. Her intonation was perfect and her diction was con- Harkaranveer Singh cise! Joshua Peter Zoe Skoumbros Jeffrey Kong played F Minor Fantasy by Chopin and the ‘Nightingale’ by Liszt at the piano while Italian pianist Riccar- do Barone played his own composition for the evening! 2016 YEARBOOK Husband and wife team, Ruth Bormann and Ian Vayne, sang The 2016 William Light Yearbook will be available in Term 1, “I Hate Men”, “A Well Known Fact” and the duet “Anything 2017. Parents are able to pre-order their copy now - see You Can Do” were comic relief for the evening. attached order form. JEFFREY KONG MUSIC CONSULTANT Excellence | Integrity | Respect | Responsibility 4 Issue 10 I November 2016 JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENT VOICE COUNCIL FACE OF THE GLOBE In Term 3 the junior school classes elected 2 SVC reps for William Light student Andrea Jimenez Mena has been select- each class. The SVC group meet each Wednesday at recess ed to compete for a place in an exciting beauty pageant being time to discuss concerns and problems and inform us of what held in Disneyland Paris! was discussed in their classroom meetings. Each class also has 2 proxies for times when the reps can't attend the SVC Andrea has been chosen by the Face Of The Globe organi- meetings sation to compete at the Grand Finals being held between 16th – 25th March 2017 in London and Disneyland Paris. Reps: Proxies: R/ Yr 1: Lucas and Samaira Samyrah and Alex.V The contest has four age categories ranging from 5 years Yr 2/3: William and Zahra Jiayu and QiQi with no upper age limit and Andrea, who is 18 years old, will Yr 3/4: Zubeyr and Therese Anni and Justin be in the Adult category and will compete against girls from Yr 5: Charlotte and Jamie Miza and Malakai all over the world! Yr 6: Ricky and Rachel Kevin Andrea is a very bubbly, confident, friendly, ambitious and thoughtful girl, and hopes that the interviews with the judges during the week long contest will show this side of her per- sonality, as the finalists will be judged not just on looks, but also their personalities, and awards such as Miss Publicity and Miss Charity in aid of Rainbow Child Foundation.