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From the Principal’s Office Ocean View College continues to present outstanding event management as shown by the following recent

programmes and events: The 2012 Ocean View College Cabaret - This was a fantastic evening of college community coming together for a great night of fun and entertainment. My congratulations to Kathy Baker for her organisation, musical direction and teaching qualities that allow an evening like this to be so successful. The Youth Arts Festival - This is the second year where students from Ocean View College have successfully exhibited their work in a public forum at The Black Diamond Gallery in Port Adelaide. Congratulations to Katie Sanderson on her outstanding organisation and guidance as a teacher to support our students in this very public arena. The Western Zone Rock Climbing Carnival - congratulations to our team and coordinating teacher David Higgins who showed outstanding competition in this carnival. OVC Team Pick-up - My personal congratulations to an outstanding initiative of students volunteering in community spirit to maintain a litter free environment throughout our college. My thanks to the coordinating team of Leah McGlinchey and Jody Macri for their dedicated efforts to make this programme a successful initiative. OVC Fun Run/School Disco/Fundraising ventures/ Sausage sizzles/Cake stalls/etc., etc. - congratulations to all students, parents and staff who have helped, organised and participated in raising money to support our Aerobics Teams going to the Nations in Sydney. A special congratulations and thank you to Bradlee Wilkinson for coordinating all of these events. Well done. World Vision Ambassadors - Congratulations to these students who gave outstanding presentations to both staff and students in recent weeks and kick started our 40 Hour Famine campaign. Team Sailing - A personal congratulations to members of the Team Sailing squad who presented an outstanding Future Planning proposal to me recently. Their desires to be competitive and highly successful has my admiration and support in their programmme. A special congratulations to David Higgins, Michael McGlinchey and supporting parents for their coaching, coordination and management of this team. OVC Pedal Prix - Once again our Pedal Prix has ventured to Victoria Park and competed in an all day race. Congratulations to the team of students and their parents in this event and to Ollie Manning who has coordinated this programme.

New Senior School Model - Our recent Senior School Parent evening was a resounding success with record numbers of parents and students filling the Flexible Learning Centre for an informative evening. Special congratulations to Larah Stieg - Head of Senior School, Marc Hawkesworth - Senior School Counsellor/Bridges Coordinator and Donna Mason - Director of Studies, for their preparation and presentation of the content. Thank you to everyone else who helped make the evening such a success. OVC Academic Awards - My congratulations and admiration goes to all students who received awards at recent assemblies. I would also like to congratulate the teachers and staff members who contributed towards their success.

Peter McLaren Principal

All 2012 MATERIALS & SERVICES CHARGES (M&S Charges) should have been paid in full by the end of Term 2 (30th June, 2012). As at the end of April, we have over $100,000 in outstanding M&S Charges, which is extremely high. We understand that the current economic climate has placed strains upon families’ finances, and we offer a number of payment options, including instalment plans. We remind you that Materials and Services charges are legally recoverable. The Debt Collection process will begin in Term 3, when we will identify unpaid debts and refer them on to DECD Recovery Unit. Whilst this is not our preferred option, we cannot continue to sustain this level of debt and continue to provide the high standard of curriculum resources currently supplied. SCHOOL CARD: If you are eligible to complete a School Card application for 2012, please see office staff for an application form. A new application is required each year. Please speak with Paula Sandford (Finance Officer) or Alison Seery (Business Manager) if you have any concerns

Children's Centre News Well we are in August already. We have been busy in the outdoors this fortnight.

We participated in the Fun Run which the children all enjoyed. It was great to be involved in the whole school atmosphere. Each room have been providing experiences linking the Olympic Games to active sports/activities. Some active activities provided have been running races, egg and spoon races, bike riding, hockey, basketball and tug of war. We even had medal presentations. Other activities relating to the Olympic Games include Olympic torch making, flag decorating and colouring in.

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B-12 NEWSLETTER NO 9 10th August 2012

Our rooms are in the process of being upgraded with a fresh coat of paint, new carpets and pin-up boards. This will brighten up our service and make it feel more inviting. All Educators are busy picking out new colour schemes. We also have purchased new toys which will be arriving in the next few weeks so keep a look out for something new. Some dates coming up to remember are: The Big Steps Community Action Day on Saturday the 17th November. We are asking for your support. Please ask Centre Educators for more details. End of year closure dates are from 12:30pm Friday the 21st December 2012 until 7:00am Monday 7th January 2012.

Sue Davies - Director

Junior School News Last Tuesday the Junior School held an assembly, run by Mrs Filsell and the children in J1. This term we are trialling holding Junior School

assemblies on Tuesday afternoon (lesson 5, at 1:25pm). Over the last few weeks the Junior School have been involved in fundraising activities to support the Aerobics teams who will be competing in Sydney later in the term. Students participated in the school Fun Run and many raised money through being sponsored for their participation on the day. Last Friday students enjoyed a Junior School Disco, which also raised funds for the Aerobics teams. Congratulations to the many families and staff for their fundraising efforts. Many thanks to Bradlee Wilkinson and the students of our Aerobics teams for their determination and the hours of work they have contributed to fundraising for this event. Good luck to all of the Ocean View College teams when they compete in Sydney. Next week Junior School students will be participating in a Life Education lesson in the Life Education Van. Classes will visit the van throughout the week with their class teacher. On Tuesday in lesson 5 (1:25pm) the van will be open for parents/caregivers to visit. Please call into the van during this time, meet the Life Education teacher and have a chat about your child’s Life Education experience. Life Education is part of the Term 3 Health curriculum for Junior School students and all students are expected to attend. The cost for Life Education is subsidised through BP funding and the Junior School budget, therefore there will be a minimal cost of $2.00 (GST free) per student. Please return the permission slip and $2.00 (GST free) to the Junior School office if you haven’t already done so. Book Week is in Week 6 - the theme is ‘Champions Read’. During book week students will be watching a performance. Information regarding this performance

was sent home with students last week. The performance titled “Noises for Kids” will be held at school on Monday 20th August. This performance is also being subsidised therefore there will be a minimal cost of $3.00 (GST free) per student. Please send your child’s tear off slip along with $3.00 (GST free) to the Junior School office as soon as possible. All students are expected to attend. In Book Week students will be focusing on reading the short listed books with their teachers, with learning activities to follow. Students from the Children’s Centre and the Junior School will also participate in the annual Book Week Dress Up Parade on Tuesday 21st August at 9:15am in the Flexible Learning Centre. Students are encouraged to dress in costume depicting the book week theme or their favourite book character. There will be class prizes for the best costumes. Staff are also encouraged to participate in parade. Start planning your costumes so you are ready for the parade.

Nola Tsoulakis, Head of Junior School

Yoga for Kids Yoga is good for kids because it can build strength, help develop balance and coordination, promote positive body awareness, encourage creativity, give non-competitive exercise and much more. For more information visit www.yogaspirit.com.au or call Yoga Spirit Studios on 8352 7823.

Middle School News Congratulations to the following award winners who receive subject awards at the assemblies this week. Students also received awards for helping on Open

Night and around 150 students received Semester and Term Attendance awards. This is a fantastic achievement for all of these students. Mrs McPhee's Class Trent Reeves Mitchell Hannaford Dylan Jurczyk Year 6 Zachary Sharman Maliyanah Mohamed Erika Miegel Abby Wilson Mitchell Cail Teresa Wilson Ethan Clerke Jasmyn Smith-Freer Year 7 Georgia Bills Jamie Burgess Skye Couzner Kiasha Crawford Hannah Crichton Tom Davis Ellie Johnston Jacob Martin Ashleigh Middleton Hanisah Mohamed Luke Oliver Tahlia Ryan Caitlin Slack Kim Tao Brencher Tolentino Year 8 Akuei Akuei TJ Allen Natasha Aspland Amy Austin Chloe Baker Jessica Carmo Anneliese Collier Paige Colum Jordon Cook Joel Cox Dylan Cranwell Matthew Dabinet Candice Dixey Josh Everingham Danielle Fraser Anna Haskins Antonio Ida Andrew Johns

Nicole Jones Chaz Little Emma Lukat Jaiden Marriott Brianna Moore Joshua O’Callaghan Kaitlyn Parker Amanda Payne Aaron Pope Bekky Reeves Shanae Ryan Karly Saunders Michael Schaffer Kym Shearing Bradley Traeger Larissa Weggery Sheree Williams Cathryn Wojcik Linda Wojcik Year 9 Rebecca Agars Patrick Barr Courtney Bastian Meganne Bath Sherdyn Cargill Michael Cedro Adriana Chapman Emma Dangerfield Jayden Day Jayde Fiorentino Bianca Fitzpatrick Ben Gies Jaxon Hardy Sian Harrison Georgia Hincks Jessica Judd-Ireland Sammie Jurd Vikas Lawson Angus Lenihan Vanessa May Bradley McAlpine Sarah Miller Jordan Morris Stephanie Payne Tahlia Payne Matthew Pickett Jessica Preece Jess Sargent Georgia Shearing Stacey Stubbings Jawed Turkey Nicole Walker Mitch Whitworth Nathan Young

Fiona Ryan - Head of Middle School

Year 6/7 Woodhouse Camp On Monday the 25th June the Year 6/7s went on camp at Woodhouse Activities Centre. On Monday we had to arrive at school at about 8:30am to wait for the bus. The bus came at 9:00am and we all boarded it ready for our long bus ride to Woodhouse. When we arrived we had to go into the activity room in the old house we stayed in. We were all put into separate groups ready to start our activities. There were three groups - the koalas, kookaburras and the possums. We did many different enjoyable activities including Laser Skirmish, Crafting, Orienteering and many more. In between our activities we ate breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. After dinner one night we played spotlight!

We played 2 different enjoyable games of spotlight. One night we had a fire and we sat around it before we ate dinner. “ Spotlight was really fun when I started shuffling in the forest” It was extremely cold and windy, it rained a lot as well, a lot of our shoes were wrecked and wet from the mud and slippery surfaces. However, the scenery was beautiful, there were many trees and flowers. There was also a creek running past the old house we stayed in. Going across the creek was a log and there were many waterfalls and bridges we could climb on. “We lined up in a single file and he gave us our guns” [Laser Skirmish] We were lucky enough to find a koala and three kookaburras on our journeys. We named the kookaburras Dip, Cheese and Cracker. “There were lots of cool trees and we saw a koala. It was amazing…” Sadly we had to leave Woodhouse on Wednesday 27th to arrive back at school on time. We arrived back at school at about 3:00pm. We were all super tired and we couldn’t wait to go home but we also didn’t want the camp to end. “ It was the best three days of my life!” The camp overall was magnificent to say the least! Everyone who came enjoyed themselves majorly. Even the teachers had a lot of fun and we also learnt a lot at the same time. I know a lot of us wish it could have gone for even longer that just 3 days because we enjoyed it that much. “ We didn't have to do any work. Yay! I want to do it again!!!” Special thanks to Mr McGaffin, Ms Ryan and Addy for supporting our classes and teachers on this camp.

By Hannah, Kim and Hanisah

Congratulations Jasmyn Smith-Freer Jasmyn recently won two gold medals at the National F.I.S.A.F (Federation of International Sport Aerobics and Fitness) competition. Jasmyn was competing for her club Aeroforce Aerobics Club when she won the gold medals. Jasmyn and her club were up against 11 other teams

in the individual and trio categories, where she won gold in both sections. Congratulations, Jasmyn, we are very proud of you!

Senior School News Thank you to the parents and caregivers for attending our Senior School Evening on Wednesday night. We were able to update people on the

exciting changes taking place at OVC in the Senior School and there was the opportunity to look through our new Senior Study Areas. Your support is

Congratulations to the winners of the White Lion Raffle: 1st Prize – Crows Package - Natalie Burgess 2nd Prize – Lava Lamp - Lynn McPhee 3rd Prize – Tea Candles - Jodi Horn Thanks to everyone for your support.

appreciated. Thanks to Glenys Taylor, Bev Hogg and the Senior School Food and Hospitality students for the delicious spread we enjoyed with our cups of coffee. Thanks also to our Apprenticeship Brokers, Vicki Bryant and Michael Scarman for attending. Year 12s will be able to make an appointment with Tony Duggan from the University of Adelaide on the 21st August. Tony is the “Future Student Advisor” and will see students and their parents for a 15 minute career counselling session. He can advise on all tertiary courses. Year 12 students should make their booking in the Senior School office. Subject Counselling for Year 9 picking their Year 10 subjects is on 23rd August, Year 10s choosing Year 11 subjects is on Tuesday 21st August and Year 11s picking their Year 12 subjects is on Wednesday 22nd. Please book a session time by phoning the Senior School office. There are no scheduled lessons for students on the day of their subject counselling. Our Apprenticeship Brokers will also be on hand to answer any questions about VET courses, and School Based Apprenticeships. Our Apprenticeship Brokers are changing their weekly visit time. Students and their parents can now make a time to see Vicki or Michael on Thursday afternoons at in the Senior School.

Larah Stieg - Head of Senior School

Health and Well Being Peer Mediators/Best Buddies Our Year 10 Peer Mediators are nearing the completion of their training and they are eagerly waiting to begin

their work in the Junior School and the Children’s Centre. They are also organising and hosting the Book Week Parade on 21st August. These students are also joining with our Year 3/4 Best Buddies for one lesson a week to consolidate our Peer Leadership programs. The Best Buddies are continuing to do an amazing job mentoring the new Receptions in Ms Switala’s class. They join up for one lesson each week to support them in class, doing lots of work around friendship and inclusion. Our Best Buddies are also paired with any new students who commence in the Junior School. They work on a special passport with the new students to help them become more familiar with aspects of the College. World Vision Congratulations to our World Vision Ambassadors for presenting an excellent assembly last week. It was very moving, listening to the real life stories and experiences of Jaccinta Clarke, the World vision Ambassador for South Australia. This year the 40 Hour Famine will focus on helping Ethiopia, a country desperately in need of our help. Here are some facts that our World Vision Ambassadors

presented at a staff meeting - they really highlight the difference between our standard of living and theirs. The life expectancy of Australians is 82. In

Ethiopia, it is only 59. Ethiopia is only slightly larger than South

Australia, but their population is 85 million (Australia’s is around 21 million).

Children average only 1.5 years of schooling (compared to 12 in Australia)

In Australia the number of children who die under five years of age is 5 per 1000 births. In Ethiopia, it is a massive 104.

Please support the 40 Hour Famine. So far, we have had about 60 students sign up which is a great effort. BUT if we want to beat our record of $5,000 from last year, we’ll all need to work really hard! It’s really interesting to hear about all the different things students are planning to go without for the 40 Hour Famine (so far I’ve heard furniture, technology, talking and food!). Team Pick Up The wonderful students who are volunteering to be part of this amazing team are continuing to do an outstanding job and the yard has never looked better. Each lunch time teams of students from Reception - Year 10 dressed in purple ‘team pick-up’ t-shirts and equipped with tongs and buckets ‘hit’ the yard like little vacuum cleaners. They are amazing and so motivated and enthusiastic! Thank you to all of them and to Jody Macri who coordinates it. Middle School’s Got Talent Our auditions are complete and the date has been set! It’s all happening in the Gym at 12:00 noon on Friday 31st August. Parents are most welcome! Parent Group The Parent Group had an enjoyable, fun time at IKEA today. We are planning more outings, so why not be part of the fun. We meet every Monday morning at 9.00am in THE HUB centre. Staff Feedback In life, people are often quick to let others know when they are not happy with someone or something. This occurs in all walks of life, and, while it’s good to be able to let others know if we are disgruntled, some parents recently mentioned to me that they’d like to be able to also let people know when they are happy about something. These parents were specifically talking about teachers, adding that they were unsure how to pass on their ‘positive vibes’. They didn’t have the time, nor were they sure of how to go writing a letter so we’ve come up with the idea of a ‘Happygram’. If you would like to pass on a quick, positive message to a teacher, please fill in the Happygram at the end of the newsletter and send it to any of the 4 College offices. It would be greatly appreciated by staff. If you’d like extra ones, they can be collected at any of the 4 offices.

Leah McGlinchey - Health & Well Being Coordinator

Nunga News Ninna Marni Art Think The students have been doing a lot of great art

work in class. They have been talking and watching some great videos about Country, Belonging and Identity that other students have made. SAASTA Our Year 12s have participated in a Leadership program at Alberton.

Nunga Girls Group This is on every Thursday at Uniting Care Wesley, Port Adelaide. The girls made baby food and discussed the stages to eating from having milk for a baby under 9 months. They

also talked about personal strengths, positive self-image and healthy and unhealthy relationships. Supporting Pathways to Success Workshop Our Senior students will be attending a workshop at Le Fevre High School to help them map out their career path. Traineeships and Apprenticeships If your child is interested in a traineeship or apprenticeship please feel free to come into the Nunga and talk to Chelsea, Kym and Dean so that we can help get them on their career path. Nukkota

REMEMBER ATTENDANCE LEADS TO SUCCESS Chelsea Potter, Kym Mitchell, Dean Sumner

Featuring students from Years 3 - 10!

Monday 13th August 6:30pm in the Flexible Learning

Centre

NO DOOR SALES – Strictly limited seating available!! All tickets must be purchased from the Main

Office $3.00 (inc. GST – No Concession)

ARTS News Well it certainly has been a busy start to Term 3 with many Arts events having occurred already and many more to come. Congratulations to all the students and staff involved in the Youth Arts Festival Exhibition, Cabaret, set painting and numerous excursions. It certainly is an exciting time to be involved in the Arts and we invite you to come along and join in and experience the wonderful work being produced at Ocean View College. The next few weeks will see another multitude of events and performances happening in the Arts so keep your eye on this space for more details and how you can get involved.

Kyla Booth - Arts Coordinator Senior Visual Arts On Saturday 28th July Jane Marr the Arts and Cultural Officer of City of Port Adelaide Enfield opened the Youth Arts Festival which was in the South Australian Living Artist Festival at the Black Diamond Gallery in Port Adelaide. Twenty two Senior Visual Arts students from Ocean View College displayed their fantastic artworks in the vibrant Art Exhibition. Many of our students won merit awards given by the Port Community Art Centre receiving money and the honour of showing their hard work and expressions in art. Taylor Kopp was featured in the Education section of the Advertiser on Tuesday 31st July showcasing her Year 12 artworks alongside other schools, we are extremely proud of her achievements. Stay tuned to the many opportunities we offer at OVC for Visual Art students including a variety of art competitions like the Royal Adelaide Show, community Design projects and exhibitions throughout the year.

K Sandison - Senior Visual Art Teacher.

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P r o u d l y P r e s e n t s …

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Taylor Kopp - Year 12

Drama For the first time this year Year 12 Drama has been taught as a Federation of Schools subject and OVC and Le Fevre High School students together have been working hard to produce this show. So now finally the time has come; the most anticipated show on the Drama calendar is ready for the public. Students have been watching with interest as the set has gone up bit by bit, they have seen snippets of performances and costumes and heard about the special effects but now it is time to put it all together and experience the whole show. The Year 12 Group Production “Blithe Spirit” is an improbable farce by Noël Coward and concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and

temperamental first wife, Elvira, following the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles' marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. This show will be performed on Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th and Friday 17th August in the OVC Drama Room at 7:30pm each evening. Tickets are $6.00 per person and can be purchased at the door! Please come along and enjoy some ghostly fun as walls rattle, doors fly open, paintings fall off walls, curtains crash, ornaments smash, and tables rise in the air on their own - ooooohhhhhh spooky! We look forward to seeing you in our audience next week!

Kyla Booth - Drama Teacher/Arts Coordinator Music It’s been a busy start to Term 3….nothing new for the Music Department! Thank you to the many family and friends who attended the 2012 OVC Cabaret on Saturday 28th July. It was fantastic to see so many people enjoying themselves….just have a look at the page of photos! Both current Year 9 - 12 students and former OVC Music students performed a wide variety of Music and had the crowd dancing and singing along. Thanks also to Chay Cowley for a very entertaining Magic show….just how did he make all those things disappear?

***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** On Monday 30th July, 12 of our Year 3 - 7 string players performed a variety of tunes for staff and students at the Children’s Centre. For the students who only started learning their instrument this year this was their first time performing in front of an audience. They all did really well managing their parts at a high standard and from memory. Well done also to the students who came confidently out to the front of the stage to demonstrate what their instruments looked like up close and how they worked. The young children particularly enjoyed seeing if they were as tall as a cello. Students who participate in the OVC Music program work hard in their weekly instrumental lesson and obviously spend valuable time practising and fine tuning their skills at home. All this enables students to share their skills and experience a sense of achievement as their Music brings fun and joy to their listeners. As ever, I am very grateful to Mrs Kathy Baker (Music Coordinator) and staff at Ocean View for continuing to support these students in their musical journey.

Ms Jenny Symonds - DECD Instrumental Music Service ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****

The Middle School Performance Evening featuring students from Years 3 - 10 is being held on Monday 13th August in the Flexible Learning Centre. Limited seating is available and all tickets must be purchased from the Main Office before 2:00pm on the day of the performance. Parents and friends will have the opportunity to see and hear the diverse talents of some of our younger students including our Year 9 Band, String Students, Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Vocal

Brandon Miller and Taylor Betteridge - Year 10

Amy Kovaleff - Year 11

Maria Haskins - Year 11

soloists, Trumpet solos to name a few. Several DECD Instrumental Music Service teachers will be attending the performance and our parents will be able to discuss their children’s attendance and progress in their weekly lessons. Not long to go now before our Year 5 - 7 Choir perform at the Festival Theatre at the 1:30pm Matinee Concert on Sunday 9th September. We have two very important grand rehearsals at both Magic Millions and the Festival Theatre coming up. Choir members have all been given many letters full of information on ticket prices, performance dress requirements and rehearsal schedules to take home for their family and friends. We currently have a handful of instrumental vacancies for students Year 5 - 8. Please contact me at school if you have any queries regarding the OVC Music Program.

Mrs Kathy Baker - Music Coordinator

Resource Centre Spot: Our Resource Centre has seen some changes in staffing, following the retirement of our long standing Teacher/Librarian, Mr Colin Philips. Our new team is made up of Ms Sarah Bennett (Teacher/Librarian), Ms Karen McInnes (Teacher/Librarian), Ms Rhonda Mooney (SSO) and Ms Glenyss Richardson (SSO). We issue a warm wlecome for everyone to call in and say hello and look forward to assisting you with any any queries you may have. Book Week 2012 is nearly here (Week 6). Book Week is an annual event that has been running for the past 67 years. It is a celebration of authors and a short list of books are selected by the Children’s Book Council of Australia for us to enjoy until the winners for this year are determined for each of the following categories: Picture Book Early Childhood Younger Readers Older Readers Every year the Children’s Book Council of Australia announces the theme for the year. This year our theme for Book Week is "Champions Read!" What a fabulous theme: to be running alongside the London Olympics where our Aussie champions are over there going for gold! Still, we know that being a sports hero isn’t the only way to be a champion. There are champions in many different areas of life - our caregivers are our daily champions, we have champion

readers in our school, champions who help others in our school and community. Champions have qualities of never giving up and striving to achieve even when the odds might be tough. Champions tough things out and keep persevering until they reach their goals. We would love to celebrate our champions with you at our special Book Week events.

Adidas Fun Run The whole school Fun Run was held on the main oval during lesson 4 on Friday 29th July. It was a tremendous spectacle seeing all the students and teachers walking or running around their respective ovals and the PE faculty is now hoping to make this an annual event. A huge thank you to all the students and teachers who fundraised for the event (especially the Junior School students), there were some excellent individual efforts that have been noted below. We are hoping that the prizes will be distributed during Week 5. Highest Fundraising Student: Sylvana Mounzer - $610 Highest Fundraising Teacher: Leah McGlinchey - $280 Highest Fundraising Class: Jane Davies – Year 5 - $1007 Other excellent individual efforts of $100 or more Joshua Wayne Candy $309 Amber Hawke $220 Daniel Kellie - $213 Amy Pennington - $200 Brayden Ramiro - $120 Tahlia Ryan - $102 Justine Hartman - $101.50 Alex Seigmund $100 Nicholas Seigmund $100

Bradlee Wilkinson

Rowing News A Rowing Club Information Booklet is out now - collect one from Mr Gloede in the Gym or Mrs Surplice in the front office. Regular Rowing training starts Wednesday 15th August at West Lakes. Fitness training in the Gym on Monday and Wednesday mornings 7:30am to 8:20am. Training at West Lakes Wednesdays and Thursdays 3:30pm to 6:00pm. Other times to be negotiated with Rowing Coordinator Mr Elder.

Book Week Parade for R-5 classes 9:15 am

Flexible Learning Centre Tuesday 21st August

Lunchtime storytelling will be conducted by our wonderful Peer Mediators from our Senior School.

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Cabaret

Rock Climbing Team Rock Climb: Ben and Chelsea Poulish, Brandon Miller, Mitchell Hodder, Kathryn Wojick, Chloe Baker, Culann Howson, Andrew Johns, Harry Edwards and Alex Muus. We sent a team of 10 students to the western Zone Rock Climbing Carnival to defend our championship (which we have won for the past 2 years). Eight schools and 90 students took part in a highly successful event. After a morning of practice students were required to perform 4 speed climbs on 4 different walls. From there times get added together to give an overall school result and 8 male and female students go on to contest the finals. Unfortunately we just missed out claiming the title this year with Seaton just taking first by only a few seconds. In the girls final Chelsea Poulish came in 3rd place whilst brother Ben slipped in the last meter to finish an agonising second. Harry Edwards finished in 4th overall. Although we relinquished the title our students efforts and sportsmanship were outstanding. We had a number of Year 10 and younger Year 8s who proved to be very skilful and our future looks bright.

Sailing Our annual Sailing BBQ took place on Friday of Week 2 with a group of over 30 students, staff and parents meeting at the Cruising Yacht Club of South

Australia. This is an important event in our Sailing calendar as it allows new parents to come and find out information and mix with seasoned parents. Again we took some of our program supporters and sponsors out for a sail on Marine Academy 1 at the CYCSA before the BBQ. Whilst the weather was a little fresh our students demonstrated their knowledge and skills in handling a 40 foot keelboat. Thanks to Brian and Chris from Clutterham Engineering, Andy (supporter) and Brett Yardley from the CYCSA for taking us out. The support of local business and the community is so vital in giving our students opportunities in the local community. The extended Sailing Program will hopefully begin in Week 6 this term with students sending in application letters which will be read by a panel for selection purposes. This Squad will train twice a week in Terms 3 and 4 and will demonstrate a significant commitment to attendance and development. Thank you to Mr McLaren for his support of our Sailing program and well done to Chelsea, Chris and Ryan and Ben whose presentation was of the highest standard. The rest of the Sailing team will begin training in Term 4 with dates to be set shortly. The other major

event is the Sailing Camp which is Week 9 Wednesday to Friday. Hope you all watch our Australian sailors do the sport and our country proud.

Dave Higgins- PE Teacher Aerobics

Good luck to the 4 Aerobics teams who will be representing the school at the

National Championships in Sydney from the 16th-21st August (week 5/6). All teams have been training extremely hard over the last month and are really looking forward to the exciting challenge

ahead and doing the school proud. They also thank everyone who has assisted in terms of fundraising throughout the last two months.

U/14 Boys Rugby On Monday 6th August 14 Year 8 boys represented the school at a District Rugby League Carnival held at Eels Rugby Club, Dry Creek. It was an action packed day with the boys playing 4 games in total. They were

competitive in all games and finished the day with 1 win and 3 losses. A big thank you to Kirwin Leia and Darren Forbes (Year 12 Integrated Learning students) who coached the boys on the day as part of their assessment tasks. The younger students really

appreciated your enthusiasm and knowledge. Boys involved were: Bradley Traeger, Zac Friend, Dylan Cranwell, Diggy Wanganeen, Hayden Hoare, Luke Stone, Culann Howson, T.J Allen, Chaz Little, Abdul Turkey, Abdullah Turkey, Michael

Schaffer, Brendan Brown, Akuei Akuei. Bradlee Wilkinson - PE Teacher

Register at http://speakersinschoolparentteacherforumaugust2012.eventbrite.com

COMMUNITY NOTICES A wishbone has never taken the place of a backbone. – W.G.P.  

                     

Lutheran Community Care “Are you able to provide foster care to a child?” Come along  to a Foster Carer  Information session on Wednesday 15th August,  from 6.30  – 8.30pm  at Our Saviour  Lutheran  Church,  121  Military  Road, Semaphore. Meet a carer and hear what  it’s really  like  to open your home  to  a  child  in  need.    A  light  buffet  meal  will  be provided. For further information and to RSVP call 8337 8787  or  visit  our  website: http://www.fostercare.lccare.org.au  Please contact our office at the number above with any questions.

West Adelaide Bearcats Trials for Season 2012/2013 New and Experienced Players Welcome SUNDAY 12TH AUGUST 2012 Port Adelaide Recreation Centre, 50 St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide Under12 Girls 2002/03 11.45am-12.45pm Under14 Girls 2000/01 2.15pm-3.15pm Under 16 Girls 1998/99 10.30am-11.30am Under 18 Girls 1996/97 1.00pm-2.00pm

Under 12 Boys 2002/03 10.30am-11.30am Under 14 Boys 2000/01 11.45am-12.45pm Under 16 Boys 1998/99 9.15am-10.15am Under 18 Boys 1996/97 8.00am-9.00am

NB. Please arrive 15 minutes pre start time to register Under 10 Boys and Girls (born after 2003) – Date to be advised- Please contact persons listed below if interested in playing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Boys Coaching Director: Denis Jones 8383 6838 Girls Coaching Director: Andrew Nowak 0405 154 511 Basketball Manager: Darrel Simmons 0418 856 932

South Australia’s Most Successful Basketball Club!

DIARY DATES13th ‐ 16th August  Life Education in Junior School 15th August  Year 12 Drama Performance 

7:30pm 16th August  Year 12 Drama Performance 

7:30pm 16th ‐ 20th August  Aerobics Nationals 17th August  Year 12 Drama Performance 

7:30pm 20th August  BOOK WEEK ‐ ‘Champions 

Read’ 20th ‐ 22nd August  Outdoor Education Camp ‐ 

Katarapko Creek 21st August  Year 10 Course Counselling ‐ 

NO Year 9 classes 22nd August  Year 11 Course Counselling ‐ 

NO Year 10 classes 23rd August  Year 9 Course Counselling ‐ 

NO Year 8 classes 24th August  PUPIL FREE DAY 

VALIDATION OF A SIMPLE DIETARY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEENAGERS Are you 13-18 years old? We are looking for teenagers to help us validate a simple dietary questionnaire. You would complete the questionnaire online (it takes 10 minutes) on 2 occasions, and then assist us with 2 x 15-20 minute phone interviews regarding your diet over the previous 24 hours. As a thank you we will give you 2 free movie passes when you have finished. If you are interested in taking part please e-mail jacqueline.peters@unisa.edu.au or natalie.parletta@unisa.edu.au E-mail is preferred but you can also contact Jaci on 8302 2906 at the University of South Australia.

Connecting students to apprenticeships and traineeships Meet our Apprenticeship Brokers We are pleased to introduce Michael Scarman who is the new Apprenticeship Broker for the Western Adelaide Trade Schools for the Future working alongside Vicki Bryant in the facilitation of School-based apprenticeships. What is an Australian School-based Apprenticeship? An Australian School-based Apprenticeship (ASbA) is a great way to start your career while completing your SACE. ASbA’s enable senior school students to combine paid work, training and school, towards their SACE and a nationally-recognised qualification. Students undertaking ASbA’s commence a Contract of Training through a part time Apprenticeship or Traineeship. They learn skills (competencies) on-the-job and through training with a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). Our Apprenticeship Brokers work with students from each of our DECD schools (Western Adelaide), and connect students with School-based Apprenticeships. Please see the Senior School Office to make an appointment with one of our Apprenticeship Brokers. Please visit the ‘School-based Apprenticeships’ section at www.wats.sa.edu.au for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Happy gram Would you like to say something positive about a staff member? Feel free to write something down and return it to one of the school offices. Staff member you would like to write about: ____________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Your name (optional) _________________________

Vicki Bryant & Michael Scarman Apprenticeship Brokers Trade Schools for the Future DECD Western Adelaide C/- Le Fevre High School 90 Hart St Semaphore South SA 5019 Ph: 0458 564 603 / 0488 584 029