Newsletter No 4 28th May 2012

Contents: From the Principal Open Night Speakers Term 1 Academic Success Governing Council 2012 Chinese Cultural Board Chocolate Course Year 12 Tourism Interviews Nominations Open Teaching Awards School Fees and School Card NASSSA Maths Olympics Lunch with the Principal Salisbury High hosts Early Career Teachers School Based Apprentice FLO success SKIWI language software Career Expo Resource Centre News Sport

Student Led Conference

Wednesday 27th June

2.15pm to 6.45pm

Uniform shop opening

times Monday Closed

Tuesday 8am to 9am

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 2.45pm to 3.30pm

Friday 8am to 9am

From the Principal

Successful Open Night Thank you to all the parents, students and staff who made our school’s Open Night such a success with over 200 young families attending and enjoying viewing our facilities, teaching and learning curriculum. I would particularly like to recognise the outstanding speeches given by our student representatives. My teachers are approachable, listen to me and extend my learning Thomas Kong - Year 8 I have become involved in the School Musical which has greatly extended my friendships – Sariah Howell – Year 8 Opportunities for extra tuition during holiday seminars are invaluable – Daniel Stone – Year 12 My move into a University Pathway has enabled me to form study groups in my care class that reinforce my classroom learning – Jacob

Morrison – Year 12 The address presented by our Governing Council Chairperson, Stewart Sparrow, supported strongly that Salisbury High School is a learning place that enables students to achieve necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours for their life ahead.

Ann Prime – Principal

Open Night 2012

Open Night

Speakers

Sariah Howell – Year 8

Thomas Kong – Year 8

Daniel Stone – Year 12

Jacob Morrison – Year 12

Term 1 Academic Success We would like to congratulate and celebrate our students’ Term 1 academic success. In particular the students listed below. Year 8 Thoms Kong Anne-marie Narciso Sariah Howell (McKellar) Jaylon Newchurch Caitlin Caputo Bailey Hillard Kyann Evans Kevin Sy Nicole Remillosa Lian Deng Luann Hand Sharnae Pin Amber Odegaard Jake Wagner Isabelle Cianfrone Melanie Bertossa Georgia Bishop Teagan Akeroyd Kimberley Anderson Zack Phillips Shae-lee Sutton Kevyn Angeles Shaina Barnard Year 9 Kimberly Molenaar Kate Dalton Britany Hobbs Matthew Kelly Mitchell Peacock Alex Knoop Stephanie Nicholson Lachlan Sparrow Abbey Morrison Nisa Mulholland Racheal Carter Ryan Dawson Renee Edge Declan Laverty Daniel Clark-Mudge Daniel Lawrence Lauren Thompson Kaitlyn Mayberry Lachlan Darch Year 10 Albert Kong Maddy Van Kleef Connor Furness Brooke Lloyd Ashleigh Lemmens Tayla Biggs Megan Wellington Jessie Murray Danielle Gray Chloe Hoskin Radhika Dhamala Madeline Lucas Rebecca Thompson Rodney Shaw Kaylah Saint Emily Schuric Jayden Huddleston Jelyn Gonzales Kelsey Healy Demi Winstanley Morgan Phillips Year 11 Samuel Nitschke Cameron Mark Gemma Frost Mary-anne Frost Kayla Kraatz Melissa Stinear Alicia Moore Kimberley Haydon Jessica Rafferty Sharna Reid Natalie Jara Jarrad Benbolt-Agius Joanne McVicar Scott Munn Bradley Ingham Year 12 Trischaye Newchurch Jacob Morrison Courtney Harrison Sean Lemmens Maddie Molyneaux Emily Angus Ally Penrose Nicholas Griguol Crystal Willavoys Brandon Merris Rachel Horlock Rumbie Kapota Rhiannon Gordon-Cunningham Jessica Robinson Jessica Burnett Daniel Stone

Governing Council 2012 Governing Council members for 2012 are:

Principal Ann Prime Business Manager Carol Miller Chairperson Stewart Sparrow Deputy Chair Louise Hall Secretary Cheryl Bermingham Treasurer Severina Akeroyd Staff rep Debbie Haines Staff rep John Mackey Parent Penny Bowden Parent David Howell Parent Alex .Kandalis Parent Debra Kember Parent Cathy Kobs Parent Brian Law Parent Angela Osborne Parent William Rodger Parent Tammy Sailor Parent Heather Weyland Community Cr Alex Coates Community Zoe Bettinson MP

Chinese Cultural Board Follow Your Idols

In Confucius’ heart, the noble and well moraled people were the wise, able and virtuous; they are our idols, worthy of being followed by us. Although we are far from being one of these wise and virtuous people, we can start by doing some smaller deeds in our local community and slowly work our way up. Although I’m not a great nurse like Nightingale, I can still learn from her kindness and ability to find happiness from helping others. Although I haven’t invented a variety of electrical appliances like Edison, I can still learn from his persistent and unremitting manner and his ability to keep fighting on in spite of all setbacks. Although I can’t create touching music like Beethoven, I can still learn from his strength and braveness. Albert Kong – Year 10

Zonta Award

The Zonta Club of Adelaide Flinders has awarded a grant to Trischaye Newchurch. The grant was given to a worthy student at the school’s discretion to support high school studies. The club is a small group of women who undertake service projects and raise money to assist women to achieve their full potential. Zonta International is the global organisation of executives and professionals who work to advance the status of women through service and advocacy. One aim is to promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Year 12 Tourism Interviews Our Stage 2 Tourism students have been researching career pathways within the Tourism Industry as part of their assessment. Students located a specific job, conducted extensive research, developed a resume and cover letter in order to prepare for a mock interview. Thank you to Kirsty Ramsay for visiting the school to conduct the interviews and sharing her expertise with students about this dynamic industry. Well done to all students that

participated. Overall students were nervous to begin with; however they prepared meticulously for the interviews, presented professionally and communicated positively. The task provides useful experience for real life interview situations that students will encounter after completion of SACE or further study. Some potential event coordinators, flight attendants and marketing managers in the making!

Angie Sharp – Tourism Teacher

Nominations now open - Teaching Awards

SA Public Teaching Awards Do you know a teacher who makes a difference? Nominate an outstanding teacher, educational leader or school support staff member for the SA Teaching Awards. Nominations are due by Monday 18th June at www.decd.sa.gov.au/teachingawards 2012 ASG Inspiration Teaching Awards Nominations now open for the 2012 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards. Nominate online at neita.com.au or obtain a form by calling NEiTA on free call 1800 624 487 or emailing neita@asg.com.au

Unpaid School Fees and School Card

Materials & Services charges for 2012 are now due for payment. Payments can be made by cash, cheque, credit card/EFTPOS or by Bizgate (internet). Bizgate can be accessed from the Salisbury High School website. If you require assistance for payments please ring our Finance office. School Card - All families wishing to be considered for school card must apply each year. For further information please contact either Heather Parker or Elaine Warner in Finance.

Carol Miller – Business Manager

NASSSA Maths Olympics On Wednesday 2nd May, 60 students from 5 local high schools - Salisbury, Mark Oliphant, Salisbury East, Parafield Gardens and Fremont-Elizabeth - battled it out in teams of 4 in the first NASSSA (Northern Adelaide State Secondary School Alliance) Maths Olympics hosted by Salisbury High School. The aim of the night was to promote mathematics education, connect likeminded students and form positive alliances between our local high schools. Salisbury High was represented by 4 teams of 4, two junior (8-10) and two senior (11-12) – answering 80 high-level maths and general knowledge questions over five rounds. Congratulations to all students involved and a big thank you to the maths staff of Salisbury High School who helped make the evening such a success! Junior – Maths winners Salisbury High School Rodney Shaw Britany Hobbs Brooke Jenner Alex Knoop Senior – General Knowledge winners

Salisbury High School Daniel Stone Gemma Frost Samuel Nitschke Mirabel Alonge Junior – OVERALL winners Salisbury High School Amber Odegaard Kate Dalton Thomas Kong Albert Kong Senior – OVERALL winners Salisbury High School Cameron Mark Jamie Palmer Jacob Morrison Mary-Anne Frost Rebecca Ludewig – Maths Coordinator

Lunch with the Principal Term 1 top Years 8 to 10 academic students

Salisbury Hosts Early Career Teachers Early career teachers from Mount Gambier, Bordertown, Keith and Mark Oliphant College visited Salisbury High School on 10th May. The teachers are part of the Limestone Coast Early Science Career Teacher Mentoring Project and the Teach SA program. They came to work shadow Anita Trenwith with her Biology, Agriculture and Special Education Science classes. The teachers saw the Biology tutorial in the morning then had a trip to the farm with the Agriculture class, watching the students work with horses and drive tractors.

After lunch the teachers participated in a hands on Science show run by Anita and her students. The students did a wonderful job taking the teachers around all the stations they had set up and showing them the fun things they do in Science. It was a busy day packed with lots to see and ideas for things they can do back in their own schools with their classes.

Anita Trenwith – Science/Special Education Teacher

School based apprentice

Congratulations to Travis Spackman for securing a school based apprenticeship with Exhaust Plus. He will be working four days per week and completing nationally recognised and SACE accredited training through his Certificate II in automotive. Initially, Travis started working for the firm one day per week as a casual employee. His work ethic, employability skills and personal qualities impressed his employer who felt confident to offer him the apprenticeship. Travis will complete the SACE this year.

Flexible Learning Options success Sarah Graham has been participating in a school based traineeship – Certificate III in Business with BankSA over the 18 months.

The management team at BankSA have been so impressed with her work ethic they are offering her full time employment on completion of SACE. Currently she is on track with her studies to complete the SACE and Certificate III.

Debbie Haines and Elaine Warner

Chocolate

course This term has seen Year 10 students begin the much anticipated chocolate course where they learn a variety of skills that will help them with their major assignment. The Stage 1 students enjoyed creating their Mother’s day cakes. Well done to all students.

Maria Stillitanto – Home Economics

Language Perfect at Salisbury High The language students are very excited as we have purchased SKIWI a software licence for 300 students to have access to this software vocabulary tool which is integrated into the Italian, Japanese and Chinese curriculum. Language Perfect encourages students to focus on vocabulary learning at home in a fun way. At school they are keen to use what they have learned in their writing and conversation.

Students gain points for every word they learn, and can therefore compete against their friends in a fun, educational and safe environment at their own pace. The Language Perfect World Championships starts Monday 21st May and finishes 31st May 2012. All LOTE students at Salisbury High School are registered to participate at no cost to them. Students compete for their class, school and country against other students around the world, by earning points in a range of foreign languages You are welcome to visit the website for more information-www.language perfect.com.

Dora Bruno – Languages Coordinator

Career Expo 2012

On Wednesday 9th May Salisbury High School held its fourth CAREER EXPO.

We were fortunate to have over 20 companies exhibiting on the night as well as Adelaide University, Uni SA, Flinders University and TAFE. Michelle, Kim and Kerry from UNISA, Adelaide University and Flinders University respectively were very impressed by the quality of questions that they were asked. It was great to see so many students exploring their university options. Well done. We look forward to promoting university open days in August and encourage all students who are considering a university pathway to attend. The Career Expo was a huge success with over 170 families attending and making good use of the experts in present. Year 10 students sourced career opportunities and completed activities for their Personal Learning Plans. It was great to see students sharing this experience with their family, friends and staff. A massive thank you to all attendees including businesses, learning organisations and the students themselves. Thank you for your support and I hope you all enjoyed the Career Expo as much as I did.

Kerry Bell Senior School Transition Officer

Resource Centre News Cultural Food Safari The cultural food safari got off to a spicy start with Mr Westell’s Indian curry with rice and mini pappadums. Every Wednesday at lunchtime we will be experiencing different foods from different cultures. The students are very excited and are all eager to share their recipes. Watch this space to learn more about some of the foods we will be eating.

Traineeship Shannon Carter, Year 12, is undertaking a Business Certificate III Traineeship. Shannon attends TAFE each Wednesday and is gaining valuable experience towards her qualification as well as confidence and new skills.

Chess Chess is proving to be a popular game of strategy, cunning and intrigue. Students regularly visit the Resource Centre to play chess before school and at both recess and lunch. As soon as two people play, another two will take on the challenge and all of a sudden a round robin is taking place! Students in the know are helping those who don’t know how to play. It is great to see such collaboration and support. Please see Ms Ludewig if you are interested in improving your chess skills and running a chess tournament.

Work Experience Jasmine Lloyd is a FLO student who has been gaining valuable skills and confidence through her work experience in the Resource Centre. Jasmine has been working on correctly completing forms, answering the telephone, cataloguing new books on the computer and communicating with staff and students.

Open Night Six students across Years 9 to 12 volunteered their time to support the Resource Centre on Open Night. They helped in welcoming visitors and in talking with them about the opportunities for students to support the work of the Resource Centre.

Jill Preiss - Resource Centre Manager

Sport

Boys Indoor Soccer The Open Boys Indoor Soccer Team travelled to MARS Stadium at Marden to play in the SASSSA 5-a-side competition. With a strong team the boys were confident they could get the job done. The boys knew they would need to get past Gleeson College to advance. They started the competition with a convincing 14 – 0 win against Burc, followed by comfortable performances of 5 – 2 vs. Para Hills, 5 – 3 vs. Craigmore, and 6 – 3 vs. Roma Mitchell. This set up a final game against Gleeson, and with both teams undefeated, whoever won the game would proceed to the finals in week 10. The students played their heart out, whilst leading 1 – 0 and levelling at 2 – 2, the boys were shattered by a refereeing decision with the boys being disallowed a goal. Gleeson then took the upper hand and won the game 5 – 2. Congratulations to all the boys that participated. Now to take that form into the 11 a side competition.

Weekly Sport Term 2 Weekly Sport kicked off with the 3 Girls’ Netball teams running out convincing winners in the first 2 rounds of competition. Round 1 Yr 8 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Salisbury East – 6 to 0 Yr 9 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Salisbury East – 14 to 1 Yr 9/10 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Salisbury East – 23 to 7 Round 2 Yr 8 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Fremont/Elizabeth – 21 to 1 Yr 9 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Fremont/Elizabeth – Forfeit Yr 9/10 Girls – Salisbury Defeated Fremont/Elizabeth – 24 to 8 Congratulations to all the girls for a great start.

Open Boys AFL The Open Boys AFL side travelled to Golden Grove High on Friday 4th May to play in the first round of the SASSSA Knockout Competition. The boys knew it was going to be a very hard game. They started slowly with a very quiet first half and were down by around 30 points going into half time. Some tactical and positional changes by Mr Coulter and Mr Hocking saw a dramatic change in performance in the third quarter. An 8 goal to 1 third quarter saw the boys hit the front by a small margin. The boys continued their form and gutsy effort to secure a grinding 6 point win. Some notable performances include an 11 goal haul from Josh Pitson taking over a school record of goals kicked in a match from Jamie Solly who kicked 10 goals in a win 2 years ago. All the boys are to be congratulated on their efforts. 8/9 Boys The 8/9 Boys hosted Roma Mitchell and Modbury for the 1st round of the SASSSA Knockout Competition at Salisbury North Football Club. The boys found it tough going in both games and came away with some sizeable loses. The boys are congratulated on their efforts.

Mark Haines – Sports Manager

Salisbury High wins Power Cup 2012

2012 saw 24 Salisbury High students enrolled in the Power Cup. Two teams were entered, a girl and a boy team from Years 10 to 12. To participate students were required to work together in their teams over Terms 1 and 2 to complete the SACE Integrated Learning Aboriginal Power Cup. Curriculum tasks included: organising a coach, a trainer, a metro, a training schedule, designing a team Guernsey and polo shirt, planning and preparing a traditional meal for guests and developing and practicing a team war cry to perform at the carnival. Completion and execution of all curriculum tasks. participation in workshops and success in games defined participants ranking score in the Grand Final. Salisbury High School’s learning outcomes, quality of work, overall positive participation as well as skill saw both our teams become Grand Final participants. The boys team won and the girls played hard but succumbed to Murray Bridge High School. Both teams did us proud. Whilst it was incredibly exciting to have both teams in the Grand Final, it was the mateship, respect, determination, work output and commitment that was overwhelming. Our students put Salisbury High School on the map and everyone there spoke very highly of them. Salisbury High School were winners and won awards on many levels including: SAPOL Best War Cry Dance

SA Government Curriculum Excellence

SANTOS Staff Leadership

Best Team Song

Boys Finalist

Girls Finalist

2012 Boys Grand Final Winners

Congratulations to coaches and mentors Josh Coulter, Eddie Hocking, Rosalind Coleman, Nita Combeer, Cody Halls and Steph Baker.