brighton secondary school connections newsletter 2015

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In 2015 Brighton Secondary School continued to strive to, ‘Do all things well.’ The facilities upgrade following last year’s major redevelopment included the Spence Study Centre; the new digital sign; new signage around the school; the upgrade of the school’s Reception area; the perimetre fencing and the tennis court fencing. The Year 11 and 12 students love their new dedicated area for study and relaxation in the Spence Study Centre, opened later than expected in July. The Centre adjoins the new Learning Laneway developed throughout 2015 with ‘active learning by doing’ in mind. The teachers and students designed and created a dynamic area with innovative seating, mini golf and display areas for pop-up classes. ‘Fun Fridays’ became a regular event

for the students to enjoy at lunch time with students performing music, dance and sport activities to the delight of their peers.

The Learning Laneways launch had pop-up stalls and entertainment. Highlights included the staff band, called Governing Council, and the illuminated light show projected on the wall of the new Bright Centre. This was inspired by the Assistant Principal, Jill Brindley, to depict the history of light in the 2015 International Year of Light. The technical side of the show was created by teacher, Nic Tubb.

Brighton Secondary School is renowned for its events. The Moon Lantern Festival held on the Brighton Esplanade with our Holdfast Partnership schools and kindergartens brought the community together to fundraise for our Cambodian kindergarten built last year with the assistance of the Brighton World Challenge students. A highlight of the evening was the song entitled, ‘Unity’, composed by Andrew Barrett with lyrics written by student Rebekah Rath. We anticipate ‘Unity’ will become our Partnership’s theme song to be performed at Partnership events in the future.

The official combined Music Centres’ event to farewell Head of Music, Jeffrey Kong, brought together famous old scholars to perform with Jeffrey and the 2015 music students. The Annual Music Spectacular raised the benchmark for excellence yet again with the addition of lighting and special effects afforded by the new Concert Hall. More awards were achieved in the Music program. The Brighton Symphony Orchestra performed at

the Sydney Opera House and achieved a gold standard in the Australian Music Festival against ensembles from the USA, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Indonesia and other Australian States. At the Adelaide Eisteddfods the Treble Choir won the Junior Large Choir section.

Although not staged at Brighton, another significant event was the F1 in Schools World Championships. Our team, ‘Precision Racing’, comprised of Year 10 students, represented Australia in Singapore competing against adult teams from 34 countries.

The Volleyball program continues to out perform its competitors by winning the prestigious State Championships. The Science Department won more Oliphant Awards in 2015 than ever before including the prestigious top school award, presented at the State awards ceremony held in the Brighton Concert Hall. Students participated in the Culinary Challenge World Championships in Tahiti after having won the Australian title.

The main priority for teachers’ professional learning in 2015 was experiencing how to ‘flip’ the classroom. Teachers record content for students to view independently at home and thus provide more time in class for the higher-order thinking tasks of analysis and evaluation with the teacher present to assist them.

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Brighton Secondary School Connecting with the past, building the future

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FRIENDS OF BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER I ISSUE 20

Brighton’s new Teacher Recording Studio has enabled staff to further develop useful video of their lessons for students to access anywhere and anytime. The digital learning leader, Jeremy LeCornu, is in high demand to share our expertise with South Australian schools and schools interstate. Teachers and students are fortunate to have a robust computer infrastructure and a personal mobile device in the MacBook Pro. Apple recognised Brighton as an Apple Distinguished School in 2015 and two teachers, Jeremy LeCornu and Samantha Moyle, as Apple Distinguished Educators were presented to their peers in Singapore. Samantha Moyle also won the state nomination for the BHP Billiton Science Teacher of the Year Award in 2015. Toby Ward was awarded the South Australian Science Teacher Upper Secondary Award and Jeremy LeCornu and Maj-Lis Borgen-Smith were awarded a DECD $20,000 Masters scholarship.

Our range of programs includes a partnership with Port Lincoln High School to further the study of the Visual Arts with aboriginal students. A DECD $50,000 grant supports the students to travel to each other’s schools for intercultural understanding and opportunities to experience country and city life.

I attended the World Confederation of Principals in Helsinki in August where I finalised our relationships with the Stockholm Science and Innovation School, the Helsinki Taivallahden Peruskoulu and in Oslo the Lillestrom Videregaende to share teacher experiences in four-week exchanges beginning in February 2016. Other international connections include the inaugural student trip to Japan and the biennial Music tour to Europe.

Brighton teachers take great pride in their work and their students’ achievements. Our school’s success is the result of strong teams. History was made in 2015 when the students’ reports went live on the web through the Learner Management System, Daymap. We are moving ever closer to real-time reporting.

This year I was a finalist in the South Australian Excellence awards for School Leadership. Such recognition is more a reflection of strong teams at Brighton Secondary School, especially the Principal Team (Barbara Richards, Jill Brindley, Kane Hillman, Jeffrey Kong, Tristan Kouwenhoven, David Thomson and Sandra Hall) who strive to provide the kind of school and education that students will want for their own children in the future.

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Brighton Secondary Students build a kindergarten in Cambodia

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s 2015 Dux of the SchoolAnyue LangThis certificate is awarded in recognition of the most outstanding level of academic achievement in Year 12 studies in 2015.

Anyue is a very worthy recipient of this prestigious award. Anyue excelled in all chosen areas of study, achieving a very impressive set of results.

The Brighton Secondary School congratulates Anyue on her excellent achievements.

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Year 11 Friends of Brighton Secondary School Old Scholars Award Brian LianThis award is presented by the Old Scholars of Brighton Secondary School to a Year 11 student who has demonstrated leadership and citizenship qualities in the school community.

Brian has demonstrated to his teachers and peers an exemplary level of commitment to study, observance of school policy, involvement in extra-curricular activities and service to the school and wider community. He brings honour to Brighton Secondary School.

Brian is a most worthy recipient of this award in 2014.

Year 12 The Friends of Brighton The Fac Omnia Bene Old Scholar’s AwardBridie ArmourBridie has demonstrated to a very high degree the school values of cooperation, excellence, fairness, integrity, respect and responsibility.

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ns The school community has cause for great celebration of the outstanding 2015 Year 12

results in the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE). These results reflect the dedication and professionalism of the teachers to make Brighton the school of choice for all students.

In total, 20 students achieved an outstanding ATAR of 90 or above:

Name ATAR

Anyue Lang 99.95

Emily Squires 99.00

Alexandra James 97.25

Claire Lawrance 96.60

Rhys Williams 96.30

Michelle Wong 96.20

Daniel Williams 95.75

Matthew Richardson 94.70

Katarina Plush 94.45

Stephanie Ianella 94.30

9 students achieved the prestigious Subject Merit awards. They are as follows:

Name Merits Subject

Anyue Lang 3Physics, Specialist Mathematics, Research Project B

Martin Oakley 2Ensemble Performance, Communication Products II

Matthew Abregana 1 Communication Products I

Dionisios Bournias 1 Research Project B

Sabrina Larouche 1 French (continuers)

Matthew Richardson 1 English Communications

Emily Squires 1 Performance Special Study

Daniel Williams 1 Communication Products II

Kimberly Wong 1 Solo Performance

All students who completed their SACE deserve acknowledgement, as Year 12 requires tenacity to navigate the academic requirements while balancing work, family and friends. 2015 graduates - we are proud of you and wish you all success in your chosen pathway.

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HEAD PREFECTS Martin OakleyJenna Checkley

PREFECTSBridie ArmourArkadiusz KielpikowskKaitlyn McKenzieHarrison KellyMatthew RichardsonPhoebe Wittwer-SmithZoe LeeRoan JohnsonAlexandra JamesAndrew Andrawos

VOLLEYBALL CAPTAINSThomas WassJosephine Adolphi

VOLLEYBALL VICE CAPTAINSMitchell WakefieldRachel Reeve

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVESYear 8Abby Chalmers Deklin Padovani Lucy Morden Lachlan Shepherd Finn Wallbridge Brooke Pickard-Wilson Zac Newman Emily Wilkins

Year 9Ben Sherlock Hannah Eichner Charlotte RaynerEmma Richardson Phoebe Holt Kiran Sachder Vlad Solomanon Alex Witty

Year 10Kein Kursawa Ella Warner Stella Batelaan Zephyr Williams Vaibhavi Lath Myles Lowrie Anna Woodley Julia Russell

Year 11Sean Henschke Markus Falckh Talia Wesley Sung Hyuk Bae Isobel Mawby Sam Franson Celine Chia

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BUFFALO CYGNET HOLDFAST RAPID

Year 12Brodie McLeodTaylor Hards

Eddie MillerAmy Czernich-Pearce

Jacob KamaraLiza Kashtaeva

Drew CrichtonSara Brennecke

Year 11Brian LianEloise Jones

Jake RosenthallElla Harry

Caspian ZalupsSam Franson

Travis CollinsCasey Muirhead

Year 10Gabriel BaylissCadence Brooke

Sheldon RobbCortney Havers

Gus Martin Stella Batelaan

Callum NeilsonTahlia Kalleske

Year 9Ben SherlockBethany Lane

Tom O’ConnellRebecca Catt

Riley ByrneMichaela Gaita

Joe HoskingFairlie Weston

REBECCA JOHNS (NEE SANDERS) NETBALL

SPORTS PRESENTATIONOur first inaugural Sports Presentation Evening was held on 18th November to recognise those students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and achieved great success in sport at Brighton Secondary and in the wider community.

At Brighton, over 600 students participate in a diverse sports program every year. They experience team work, discipline and leadership which comes from playing sport.

At this event we inducted five old scholars who have excelled in their chosen sport and represented Australia into our Brighton Secondary School Sporting Hall of Fame.

Jocelyn Burnett - Diving

Andrew Earl - Volleyball

Tom Freeman - Lacrosse

Trish Adams - Lacrosse

Rebecca Johns (nee Sanders) - Netball

We will continue this induction process over the coming years and create an Honour Board to recognise all the old scholars who have represented Australia in their chosen sport.

Peter VowlesCoordinator Healthy Lifestyles

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STUDENTS PRESENTED IN 2015OPEN KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL

PREMIERS

BARRITT Jasper

BINNS Jason

BLAND Dexter

BOYLE Harrison

BOYLE Jay

CARTHY Otis

COLLINS Jeremy

CRICHTON Drew

DINNISON Jack

GREENSHIELDS William

HEFFORD Damon

KERNICK Robert

KITSON Alexander

KUSTERMANN Lewis

McLEOD Brodie

MULLER Blake

OVENS-YORK Sam

SAMPSON Hayden

WARNER Brad

WATT Josh

WELLSBY Tom

WILLIAMS Bailey

HOUSE CAPTAINS

BATELAAN Stella

BAYLISS Gabriel

BRENNECKE Sara

BROOKE Cadence

BYRNE Riley

CATT Rebecca

CRICHTON Drew

COLLINS Travis

CZERNICH-PEARCE Amy

FRANSON Sam

GAITA Michaela

HARDS Taylor

HARRY Ella

HAVERS Cortney

HOSKING Joe

JONES Eloise

KALLESKE Tahlia

KAMARA Jacob

KASHTAEVA Liza

LANE Beth

LIAN Brian

MARTIN Gus

McLEOD Brodie

MILLER Eddie

MUIRHEAD Casey

NEILSON Callum

O’CONNELL Tom

ROBB Sheldon

ROSENTHAL Jake

SHERLOCK, Ben

WESTON Fairlie

ZALUPS Caspian

STATE REPRESENTATIVES

Year 8

ANDERSON-HAY Seth U15 Beach Volleyball

BOWERING William U14 Cricket

BROOKES Doug U15 Lacrosse

FITZPATRICK Eden U15 Beach Volleyball

FOWLER Curtis U15 Beach Volleyball

FRY Bohdie U15 Rugby League

JONES Nick U15 Baseball

MALAND Zoe U15 Beach Volleyball

MCARTHUR Laura Figure Skating

SATO Rion U15 Baseball

STEWART Alex U15 Beach Volleyball

WALLBRIDGE Finn U15 Beach Volleyball

WARD Max U15 Beach Volleyball

Year 9

BEINKE Edward U17 Volleyball Challenger team

BENNETT Chloe 14 & 15 year old Diving

BRAND Izzy U17 Volleyball Challenger team

BYRNE Riley U14 Rugby, U14 Boys Touch Footy

CATT Rebecca U16 Volleyball, U17 Beach Volleyball

CLEARY Paige U16 Volleyball

COOKE Angus U15 Lacrosse

COUTTS Oscar U15 Lacrosse

De VRIES Max U16 Volleyball, U17 Beach Volleyball

DEW Isabella U16 Volleyball

ELLIOTT Alesha Lacrosse

ETHERINGTON Quinn U16 Water Polo

FIELD Cameron U14 Rugby

KEY Coen U16 Volleyball

KLOMP Lleyton U15 Rugby

LANE Bethany U17 Beach Volleyball

MASCHOTTA Tia U19 Beach Volleyball

McGREGOR Brooke U16 Athletics and Cross Country

McKAY Angus U15 Lacrosse

McMAHON Sarah U15 Baseball

MUECKE Jay U15 Table tennis

MUIRHEAD Benson U16 Volleyball U17 Beach Volleyball

NEWMAN Madison U15 Cricket

O’CONELL Tom U15 & U17 State Cricket

PETHERICK Hamish U16 SA Athletics

ROSENTHAL Cody U15 Beach Volleyball

ROSENTHAL Cody U15 Lacrosse

TIERNEY Josh U17 Beach Volleyball

TILBROOK Joel U15 State Lacrosse

TISHER Blake U15 Beach Volleyball

TURNER Jack U17 Volleyball Challenger team

WEEKLEY Kane U15 8Ball and Snooker

ZTATI Omar U15 Beach Volleyball

Year 10

BOOTH Elliot U15 Rugby Union

CATT Emma U17 Volleyball U17 Beach Volleyball

DARIS Caleb U15 Lacrosse

ENGLAND Jasmine U16 Volleyball

FARRELL-OATES Morgan U17 Volleyball, U17 Beach Volleyball

FIMMANO Patrick U16 Volleyball, U17 Beach Volleyball

FISHER Ryan U15 Rugby Union

FRANCIS Caitlin U17 Volleyball

GOULD Caitlin U17 Volleyball

GURR Connor U17 Volleyball

HUMPHREYS Gwen Surf lifesaving

KLASS Velvet U19 Soccer

LINDSAY Natasha U16 Volleyball

MAHER Cheyenne U17 Volleyball

McKONE Keelia U17 Volleyball Challenger team

MENSFORTH Torz U17 Volleyball, U17 Beach Volleyball

MUNN Danii U17 Volleyball Challenger team

NICHOLLS Kyle U17 Volleyball

NOLAN Liam Track Cycling

WASS Emily U16 Volleyball

WILLIAMS Serena Tennis

Year 11

DeVRIES Nicholas U19 Beach Volleyball

FATHERS Tara U19 Volleyball

FRANCE Ryan U18 Rugby Union

HARRY Ella State Surfing (Longboard)

HATHWAY Mitch U17 Volleyball

HOLLAND Jackson U19 Volleyball

HOSKING Scarlett U19 Surf lifesaving

JACKSON Renee U17 Netball

LUETOLF Sebastian U19 Beach Volleyball

MCGRATH Kayla U17 State Volleyball Squad

NEWTON Alexandra U18 Hockey

POLDEN Thomas U15 Lacrosse, U18 Lacrosse, U16 Volleyball & U17 Volleyball

STEWART Mikayla U17 Volleyball

TIERNEY Madeline U19 Volleyball

WILL Sam U16 & U18 Male 3m and 1m Springboard Pacific School Games

ZALUPS Caspian Open Boys Allstars Surfing

Year 12

ADOLPHI Josephine U19 Volleyball

BATCHELOR Hugh U18 Baseball

BEATY Aaron U17 Cricket

CZERNICK-PEARCE Amy U18 State Football

EASTWOOD Taylah U18 Football

EVANS Justin U18 Football

KENDALL Tylah U19 Volleyball

McEVOY Jarred U19 Volleyball, U19 Beach Volleyball

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Open Knockout Football PremiersBARRITT Jasper

BINNS Jason

BLAND Dexter

BOYLE Harrison

BOYLE Jay

CARTHY Otis

COLLINS Jeremy

CRICHTON Drew

DINNISON Jack

GREENSHIELDS William

HEFFORD Damon

KERNICK Robert

KITSON Alexander

KUSTERMANN Lewis

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n OPEN BOYS KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL TEAMCongratulations to the Open Boys Knockout Football Team who defeated Henley High School in the Grand Final.

They are the first Brighton Secondary School side in over a decade to beat Henley High School in the Open Knockout Football Final, a phenomenal achievement.

Bailey Williams was awarded the Peter Roberts Medal for the best player on the ground.

Final ScoreBrighton 9 – 10 – 64

Henley 5 – 6 – 36

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40TH REUNION OF THE 1975 BRIGHTON HIGH PREMIERSHIP On the 21st August 2015, the players of the 1975 Brighton High School ‘A’ grade Football Premiership team attended their 40th Year reunion at the Glenelg Football Club. 35 people attended with many making the effort to come from interstate. This team defeated Henley High School by 1 point.

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Event Name House Old Record New Record

Girls Year 9 800m Brooke McGregor Buffalo 2min 33sec 2min 27sec



Girls Year 10 1500m Stella Batelaan Holdfast 5min 56sec 5min 46sec

Boys Year 9 200m Hamish Petherick Buffalo 25.58sec 24.10sec

Boys Year 9 400m Hamish Petherick Buffalo 58.50sec 53.66sec

Boys Year 9 Long Jump Hamish Petherick Buffalo 5.37m 5.47m

Boys Year 9 Triple Jump Tom O’Connell Cygnet 10.74m 10.90m

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

Girls House Points

YEAR 8 Winner Chloe Stewart Holdfast 48

R / U Isabella Park Cygnet 38

YEAR 9 Winner Rebecca Catt Cygnet 48

R / U Bethany Lane Buffalo 44

YEAR 10 Winner Stella BatelaanCaitlin Francis

HoldfastCygnet 38

R / U Emma Catt Buffalo 34

OPEN Winner Tylah Kendall Cygnet 50

R / U Sam Franson Holdfast 38

BOYS INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

Boys House Points

YEAR 8 Winner Charlie Champion Cygnet 45

R / U Nick Jones Rapid 28

YEAR 9 Winner Hamish Petherick Buffalo 48

R / U Joe Hosking Rapid 46

YEAR 10 Winner Ossie Tyler-Dowd Cygnet 48

R / U Harrison Tucci Holdfast 33

OPEN Winner Jacob KamaraMatt Turner

HoldfastRapid 42

R / U Connor Richmond-Spouse Holdfast 41

BUFFALO 2067 POINTS HOLDFAST 1986 POINTS RAPID 1864 POINTS CYGNET 1565 POINTS

The Brighton Secondary School Sports Day was held on Friday 20th March.

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The Brighton Secondary School Sports Day was held on Friday 20th March.

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s VOLLEYBALL NEWSThe Australian Volleyball Schools Cup Championships was held in Melbourne from the 5th – 12th December 2015. Brighton Secondary entered 23 teams in the weeklong tournament involving 214 students and 54 support staff.

At the end of the Presentation ceremony Brighton was named the overall 2015 Australian Champion Volleyball School. This award is determined by each schools highest 6 team results (male and/or female). Brighton also won the 2015 Girls Champion School of Australia and was runner up Boys Champion School.

The following 13 of the 23 teams returned home with a medal – totalling 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. Brighton Secondary won a medal in 9 out of the possible 12 Junior Divisions (Years 8-10) in this event.

Congratulations must be extended to the students who competed on their excellent conduct both on and off the court during the week and the resultant success that they achieved.

Heartfelt gratitude and congratulations is extended to the support staff that travelled with us – Teaching staff, Parents and Old Scholars who coached and managed the 23 teams. Without your willingness to volunteer your time and your dedication to our students these results would not be possible.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish our Year 12 Special Interest Volleyball 2015 cohort the very best for their future and thank them for their outstanding contribution over the past 5 years in Special Interest Volleyball at Brighton.

Sue Rodger Special Interest Volleyball Coordinator

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2015 Australian Champion Volleyball School

Honours Teams• Open Girls – Gold

• Open Boys – Silver

• U17 Boys – Silver

• U16 Girls – Gold

• U16 Boys – Gold

• U15 Girls – Gold

Divisionisional Teams• Open Division 1 Girls – Bronze

• U16 Division 1 Girls – Silver

• U16 Division 2 Boys – Bronze

• U15 Division 1 Boys – Gold



• U15 Division 2 Boys – Bronze

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From left: Rachel Reeve VC, Jose Adolphi C,

Thomas Wass C and Mitchell Wakefield VC

Brighton Secondary School dish: Pan-fried Batfish with Prawn Wonton, Bok Choy, Turned Zucchini, Green Apple and Chilli and Ginger Broth.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS CULINARY COMPETITIONIn June, Jackson Jones, Daniel Fidler, Soumiah Al Jassar and Krystal Papandrea competed in a cooking competition held at Regency TAFE organised by the Australian Culinary Federation. The challenge was to use a whole chicken for four people. The boys’ Team were the overall winner on the day. The prize: to represent South Australia in the annual International Secondary Schools Culinary Competition in Tahiti in October.

The competition saw the Teams present four main dishes with the main ingredient of the competition, Tahitian Batfish. The Brighton Secondary School team was awarded a bronze medal, which is a was a fantastic achievement against tough competition.

Jackson and Daniel also spent time exploring the island and building relationships with their fellow world competitors. They visited Batfish and pineapple farms, went swimming in crystal blue water on Moorea Island and took part in cooking master classes by prestigious French and Tahitian chefs.

Jackson was also awarded an apprenticeship at the Rydges Hotel next year thanks to the professionalism and skill he demonstrated at their fundraiser dinner earlier in the year.

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BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL NAMED APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLBrighton Secondary School is pleased to announce that it has been recognised as an Apple Distinguished School for 2015-2016 for its innovative and effective implementation of Apple technology to enhance teaching and learning.

The Apple Distinguished School designation is reserved for programs that meet criteria for innovation, leadership and educational excellence and demonstrate Apple’s vision of exemplary learning environments.

Principal Olivia O’Neill stated, ‘we are very proud of this recognition as it is evidence of the great work of our students and teachers. The selection of Brighton Secondary School as an Apple Distinguished School highlights our success as an innovative and compelling learning environment that engages students and provides tangible evidence of academic accomplishment. Apple technology provides our students and teachers with fantastic opportunities to collaborate, create and develop their critical thinking skills. We look forward to building on this and developing further in the future.’

The Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program began in 1994, when Apple recognised K-12 and higher education pioneers who are using a variety of Apple products to transform teaching and learning in powerful ways. Today it has grown into a worldwide community of over 2,000 visionary educators and innovative leaders who are doing amazing things with Apple technology in and out of the classroom. Apple is pleased to welcome Sam Moyle and Jeremy LeCornu to the ADE Class of 2015. Both Sam and Jeremy attended the Apple Distinguished Educator Institute in Singapore in August. This was a fantastic professional learning opportunity and they will now be able to share their experiences and new knowledge with the rest of our staff. Learn more about this group of innovative educators online at http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator.

Recognised by Apple as a distinguished school for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence.

Sam Moyle and Jeremy LeCornu named Apple Distinguished Educators

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DIGITAL LEARNING2015 was another stimulating year for Digital Learning at Brighton Secondary School. Every student has their own device – iPad at Year 8 and 9 and MacBook at Year 10, 11 and 12.

Staff and students found the ability for interactivity and creativity on iPads very beneficial. Students were able to collaborate, question, research, design, create and analyse with ease. Using the iPads was exciting, with teachers constantly discovering new and innovative ways to enhance teaching and learning. The MacBook is now used for three years through Years 10, 11 and 12. This ensures optimum functionality and minimises the chance of obsolescence which is inevitable with technology. The MacBook has the capacity and capabilities to support the rigour and demand of senior schooling.

The teaching staff worked on developing their ability to use technology to enhance their teaching. A major focus of the teacher professional development program was to utilise technology to flip the classroom. Flipping the classroom is all about making the most of face-to-face lesson time with students. Teachers worked on producing short video clips of their curriculum content that students could watch outside of lesson time. This meant that more lesson time was allocated to student-centred learning activities and teachers were able to work with smaller groups of students or individual students to help them apply and extend their knowledge.

The staff and students look forward to further progress of the Digital Learning program in 2016.

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s LEARNING LANEWAYS2015 saw the launch of the Learning Laneways initiative at Brighton Secondary School.

A Learning Laneway was developed where students with a range of interests came together to participate in authentic learning experiences through project and challenge-based learning. The Laneway provided a space where students demonstrated their problem solving skills, resourcefulness, imagination and creativity in activities such as DJ-ing for Beginners and Dynamite Science Challenges.

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JAPANESE TRIP Year 9, 10 and 11 Japanese students travelled to Japan for 3 weeks.

They visited Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima Island, Himeji and Osaka. They also had the experience of a life time visiting two schools and staying in two Homestays at Hakuo Middle School and Toyodai Himeji School which is our sister school.

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STEM 2015STEM at Brighton Secondary School can take you places and introduce you to people!

Pictured are just some of the opportunities we enjoyed this year, as a result of our STEM program.

The Subs in Schools team members, on the left Brad Ratsch, and Peter Baker-Hutton meeting the Premier, Hon Jay Weatherill in the Technology Pavilion at the Adelaide Show in September.

Then in November, the team addressed 50 members of the Submarine Institute of Australia, where they met and discussed the design and manufacture of their boat with the Hon Christopher Pyne, Federal Member of Parliament.

The National Champion F1i’S’s team, are also pictured with the Premier, a day before leaving for Singapore to compete in the World F1i’S’s competition.

We are already involved in the biggest STEM activity in the world, the F1 in Schools challenge, which currently engages some 20,000,000 students from over 25 countries. Briefly, the students face the design, testing and manufacture of prototype F1 vehicles, using many sophisticated testing and analysis tools such as Autodesk Flow Design, Virtual Wind Tunnel, CATIA for Finite Element Analysis and a range of Computer Aided Manufacturing programs to simulate and ultimately manufacture car bodies. In addition, 3D printing has been a part of Brighton Secondary School for nearly four years now, and as a prototyping tool, it has changed the way we all design. Many parts of the championship cars are tested and printed using this technology. Students in this competition also study the physics associated with aerodynamics, rotational inertia, and the maths needed for drag coefficient, frontal area and force in newton calculations, to name a few. Verbal presentations, enterprise and engineering folios and pit displays/marketing are all part of this STEM completion.

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THE WORLD F1I’S’S FINALS – SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 2015As National Champions, Precision Racing won the right to represent Australia at the World F1i’S’s event, held at the Convention Centre, Singapore, during September. There were 47 teams from over 30 countries represented at the event, with many of the competing students in their 12th year of schooling. Precision Racing were Year 10 students, but still managed a very creditable 10th place.

Pictured are the World Finals Brighton Secondary School Precision Racing car, and the Brighton Secondary School Subs in Schools boat.

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SPECIAL INTEREST MUSIC HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL YEARBrighton Secondary School Special Interest Music had an exceptional year of music making and wider community work. Brighton Secondary School’s reputation for developing and nurturing outstanding vocal and instrumental performers continued to grow throughout the year.

High calibre musical performances included:

• Martin Oakley, Head Prefect sang Advance Australia Fair at the Tour Down Under celebration at the Bay

• Big Band 1, under Mark Cameron-Smith, gave an outstanding performance at the Brighton Jetty Classic 10th Year Anniversary

• the Year 12 Knight Over Day group performed at the Adelaide Showground for Carnevale

• the Concert Band, under Andrew Barrett, opened the 28th SACE Board Merit Ceremony held at Government House

• the Year 11/12 Choir and Tour Choir performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival held at Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide University

• Brighton Belcanto, under Emma Borgas, performed Australian and New Zealand anthems at the Brighton Jetty for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service

• a number of groups and soloists performed for the Jeffrey Kong Farewell Concert staged by Brighton Secondary School, Fremont Elizabeth City High School, Marryatville High School and Woodville High School

• all major ensembles were showcased at the Spectacular Concerts held in the Jeffrey Kong Auditorium

• the Public School Music Festival Foyer Concert featured talented soloists from Brighton Secondary School

• the Brighton Secondary School 2015 Tour Choir sang at Roma, Firenze, Padova in Italy, Innsbruck and Wien in Austria, Prague in the Czech Republic, Jessen in Germany and Warsaw in Poland.

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s JEFFREY KONG, BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM (1976-2015), HEAD OF MUSIC (2006-2015) Jeff’s memory will live on in Brighton through the Jeffrey Kong Auditorium and through his students over the past 40 years who respect him for caring about them and challenging them to succeed beyond their expectations.

In 1976 when Jeffrey Kong began his teaching career at Brighton, the Brighton High School Music Centre was a small music department with distinguished music educator Neville Hannaford as Head of Music. In his time at Brighton Jeff Kong engaged regularly in professional development and completed an Honours degree at Elder Conservatorium. In 1980 he went to the US to study Chamber Music and Vocal Accompanying with Gwendolyn Koldofsky at the University of Southern California. In the later part of the same year he returned to Australia and worked as a vocal coach and repetiteur at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Opera School where he was given one week’s notice to learn and perform Puccini’s opera La Boheme in its entirety. He recommenced at Brighton in 1981. In 1992 he won an Italian Government Scholarship to study Chamber Music and Accompanying at Rossini Conservatorium of Music in Pesaro, Italy with Lorenzo Bavai, pianist to the famous Spanish Tenor Jose Carreras, one of the ‘Three Tenors’.

His study in Italy was cut short following his father’s untimely death, returning to Hong Kong to be with his mother. In 1995 he was appointed to the position

of Music Coordinator at Brighton Secondary School through to 2005 when he was promoted to Head of Music. The Brighton Secondary School Special Interest Music Centre continues to showcase the gifted and talented music students and assist in training pre-service music teachers. Jeff’s desire to enhance student learning and performance skills as well as his love of Western Music, guided him to plan and lead many International Tours for Brighton ensembles. These tours have enabled students and staff to perform in some of the finest concert halls, conservatoriums, cathedrals and highly esteemed schools throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. His final year at Brighton Secondary School will conclude with a grand tour of Italy, Austria, Poland and Germany.

His leadership created a strong faculty of outstanding educators, each an expert in their field. Many of our relationships with the wider community have been forged by Jeff and his desire to raise the profile of the Brighton Music program both in South Australia and on the international stage. He will be succeeded as the Head of Music by Andrew Barrett, an outstanding musician, composer and conductor.

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CATHY WOODS Brighton Secondary School - 1994-2015

DEAN COLEBrighton Secondary School - Design and Technology 2010-2015 Dip T(Sec) B.Ed(Design & Industrial Arts)Dean began teaching in 1977 at Fremont High School, formerly Elizabeth Boys Technical High School. He was one of twelve in the faculty.

Schools that he has taught at include:

Grant High School, Mount Gambier, 1978-1991

Allendale East Area School, 1992

Northfield High School/Ross Smith Secondary School, 1993-2000

Modbury High School, 2001-2009

Brighton Secondary School, 2010-2015

Subjects taught include: woodwork, metalwork, computer aided design, plastics, photography, junior science and health.

Dean has enjoyed teaching design and technology as these subjects involve the HEAD, the HANDS and the HEART. His belief has been that “success is the birth right of every child”. J.S. Walker (former Director General, SA Education Department).

JULIE NULTYBrighton Secondary School - 2006-2015Teaching appointments:

Peterborough High School, 1971-73

Vermont Girls Technical High School, 1974-75

Travelled overseas in 1976

Thorndon High School (now Charles Campbell), 1977-87

Norwood High School (now Norwood Morialta High School), 1988-2005

Brighton Secondary School, 2006-2015

PAMELA RAJKOWSKI Brighton Secondary School - 2010-2015

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