Dear School Family, Volume 14, Issue 18 Friday, November 22, 2019 Our Year 12 students have now all finished their examinations. Our Year 12 students have I look forward to our Orientation Day for new my own children that they would spend at least 2 now all finished their students and their parents next week on full weekends studying before the exams begin. It examinations and are enjoying Wednesday, December 27. Students going into was hard work and we had many complaints. As a very well deserved break. Year 7 and 8 in 2020 will be involved in subject they progressed through the years you see the We look forward to celebrating activities and have an opportunity to meet other development of invaluable study skills. The ability with them at the Year 12 Formal next week on new students. We also have an information to persevere and very importantly being able to Thursday, 28 November. The event will be held at morning for parents and a really nice morning tea prioritize their time wisely. I think it is important that The Adelaide Pavilion in Veale Gardens. The and lunch. students face the challenge of deciding to spend an evening will begin with Parents and Students entire Saturday studying especially when it is a Year 8-10 Examinations enjoying drinks and photos followed by a dinner for beautiful day outside. It is a difficult decision but the students and staff. It is a real highlight for the The Year 8 to 10 students will have their also a good lesson in life. There will be many year and a wonderful way to celebrate our Year examinations in Week 8. It is really important that Saturdays where they can relax and enjoy 12’s finishing at Temple. students prepare well for their examinations and themselves, they just don’t occur the two weeks allocate sufficient study time. It is an opportunity for before examinations. It is important that the students to develop good study skills for those very students do have rest breaks, taking time out in the important senior years. It also develops evenings and church on Sunday. Students really perseverance, commitment and resilience. need a lot of encouragement and support along the As parents we can help our children in developing way from family to help them stay on task. Reading these study habits. The biggest hurdle students through notes by students is only the beginning of often face is just being able to break through with study and much more needs to be done. Reading motivation. I often call this the study hurdle. notes only develops recognition, the areas of recall, Students will often find many distractions and application and problem solving also need to be developed. Using cue cards or flash cards with a Our Year 11 students had a fun day at the reasons not to be studying. If they can break question on one side and the answer on the other Beachouse on Wednesday and have now begun through in these middle school years, it will make a is a useful way of learning facts. their examinations and will finish next week. Please very significant difference for their senior years. Continued next page…………. pray for our Year 11 students during this time. In the middle school years, I had an expectation for UNIFORM SHOP PRESENTATION ORIENTATION DAY School Holiday NIGHT Wednesday, 27 November, Opening Times Thursday, 12 December, 2019 8.30am—12.30pm Tuesday, January 21, Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre For Year 7 & 8 students for 2020 from 8 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. 7.00pm sharp start PARENT INFORMATION SESSION 8.30am—12.30pm Thursday January 23, ALL ARE WELCOME Morning Tea and Light Lunch provided from 8 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Further details inside newsletter Continued from Page 1 It also enables family and friends to help as you do not need to know the answers but can help in their study. I usually suggest that as the student answers each cue card, they make a pile of cards they have correct and a pile that they answered incorrectly. The student then goes back to the pile that they did not get correct and keep going through them until they are all on the pile that are correct. Rewriting notes, using techniques such as Look, Cover, Write, Check and answering lots of questions are all very useful in study. It is also really good to pray for clarity of thought, perseverance, endurance and understanding for our children and students during this time. A number of students do find exams and preparation for them difficult and although they are developing perseverance it is still very hard. There are a number of subjects at Year 11 and 12 that have no examinations. For the middle school years, the student who finds the exams really difficult will need to continue to Thursday, December 5 endure and persevere. By the end of Year 10 the pathway for 6.30am—7.30am their Year 11 and 12 will be much clearer and could have very few or even no examinations. The students at the end of their examinations will be well deserving of a good long holiday break. Year 7, 2020 We have continued to have great interest in Year 7 for 2020 and have over 40 students as such we will continue having 2 teachers allocated to the classes with 3 teachers allocated to Mathematics and English. We will be flexible in how the group would be divided for each of the subjects and look forward to some really innovative teaching and learning. It is exciting to see how Year 7 is developing at Temple and in 2022 all Year 7 will occur in Secondary Schools. Presentation Night. A reminder that our Presentation Night this year will be at the Entertainment Centre on Thursday, December 12 , beginning at Tracy Montesi Ph: 8405 0900 7.00pm. It is a compulsory night for all students and we really encourage all families to attend. The night is filled with lots of LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR TERM 4 student items as well as awards. Students are expected to wear their summer formal uniform with Blazer. Students need to be at The school year finishes at 12pm on Friday, December 6. the theatre by 6.00pm. I look forward to seeing you on this very Students will then be required to attend the Thursday, special night. December 12, Presentation Evening, as their final conclusion to the school year. Some students involved in the evening will attend school during Marcel Rijken that week for rehearsals. Principal, Temple Christian College Year 12 Results will be available on Tuesday, December 17. Volleyball SA, Beach Volleyball On Monday, 11 and 13 November, Week 5 of Term 4, Temple Christian College students had the opportunity to compete in a Beach Volleyball Carnival, held at Glenelg Beach. The Year 8/9 teams competed on Monday and then on Wednesday it was the Opens teams turn to compete. Our Opens teams consisted mostly of Year 11 students as many of our Year 12 students are busy studying for their upcoming final exams. The students who competed are to be commended for their attitude as they were encouraging, enthusiastic and also provided good competition for the days play. Despite the extremely windy weather conditions on both days, the students enjoyed the opportunity to compete against other students from schools around Adelaide. One of the Temple Open boy’s teams made it to the grand final against Concordia. It was a close and competitive game and at half time the scores were even. Unfortunately, these Temple boys went down by one point in bonus points. Congratulations to the Open Boys Team 2 for placing 2nd. Well done to all of the students who attended the carnivals to compete and help referee. Stephanie Sutherland, P.E./Sports Coordinator Year 8 PE Hockey Excursion State Hockey Centre, formerly ‘The Pines’ On Thursday, November 7, Week 4, Term 4 the Year 8 PE students had the opportunity to go on a cohort excursion to play hockey. The Year 8 students have been completing a Hockey unit in PE. So, to gain a good understanding of the game and further exposure of hockey in South Australia, they attended a session at the State Hockey Centre. The students had the privilege of being coached by representatives from the state team, Adelaide Fire, as well as local premier league players. Well done to the Year 8 students who participated and showed enthusiasm and good sportsmanship in this session. Stephanie Sutherland, P.E./Sports Coordinator Year 8 English Cross Cultural Borders Some Year 8 classes have been studying Chinese Cinderella in English this term and as Chinese dumplings are featured in the text, it was time to learn how to make and eat them. We employed the expert skills of Mrs Sum Lock who taught us how to mix the fillings and demonstrated the delicate art of pinching and folding the dumpling wrappers into the desired shapes. Many dumplings were created and consumed at our Chinese Feast. It made a nice change from many lessons of reading and writing. Mrs Smith Plant Club – Bee Hotels During Term 3 members of the Plant Club made Native Bee Hotels. This involved using bamboo from a local park which was cut into pieces using secateurs. The hotels were then constructed using a steel can and string. Various students were able to take one home and were tasked with finding a good spot for it to hang, where it was hidden and safe.