From the Principal’s Desk

At the Annual General Meeting held last night, brother James Mansfield formally stepped down from the College Council after 21 years of outstanding service to our community.

Though Heritage College Adelaide is now in its 19th year, it was 21 years ago this month that the idea of creating a school of our own was first seriously proposed at a meeting of Arranging Brethren here in Adelaide. At that time, brother James (along with brothers Brian Luke and Bruce Gurd) was appointed to investigate the feasibility of starting a school. He became the Chairman of the Steering Committee and later the first Council Chairman once the College began – a position he held through all the formative years until a few years ago. Since then he has still been a very active member of the Council.

Though I am sure brother James and sister Glenys will always retain their interest and involvement in the College, it is appropriate that we acknowledge their enormous contribution over many years – and particularly those early challenging years, when faith, courage, vision and persistence were so important. While brother James and sister Glenys would be the first to acknowledge the hand of God in all that has transpired to bring our school to where we are today, it is also true that God works through the willing and dedicated spirits of his servants.

We sincerely thank brother James and sister Glenys for their generosity of spirit, their vision and commitment to making Heritage College a haven for our children.

Bro Andrew Johns

SPIRITUAL THEME FOR THIS WEEK: “He that hath ears to hear let him hear” Mark 4:9

IN THIS EDITION Year 10 Boys Camp Year 8-11 Exam Timetables Mighty May Makeover Mother’s Day Stall

UP & COMING EVENTS until next newsletter God willing:

Week 4

Thu 22 May

Open Day / Night

Fri 23 May Primary Assembly—Year 7

12:30 pm Secondary Lunch Day

Week 5

Fri 30 May

Primary Assembly—Year 3 12:30 pm

Term 1 Number 2• 20 May 2014

HERITAGE COLLEGE Primary Open Day &

Secondary Expo Evening

Thursday 22 May (God willing)

NEW STUDENTS & FAMILIES We are delighted to welcome two new students to the College and trust that they and their families will soon feel part of the wider Heritage family: Pearl Nelson (Year 7) and May Nelson (Year 4). We are also pleased to welcome back Annabelle Wilson (Year 2). PRIMARY OPEN DAY – This Thursday (22 May) Our annual Open Day is always one of the highlights of the year. We warmly welcome parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, past students and families interested to see the College in operation. This year, the Primary School will be open during the afternoon.

The program will start at 1:30pm with a short musical concert featuring some of the Primary classes. From 2:00 pm until about 3:15 pm all the Primary classrooms will be open and visitors are welcome to wander through them. There will be a wide range of activities and you are welcome to join in. The children are looking forward to seeing you there! Afternoon tea will be available at several locations during the afternoon.

To celebrate Open Day the P&F will be selling delicious cupcakes and sweet treats for $1 at recess! Available for all students to purchase in the playground area.

SECONDARY EXPO EVENING – This Thursday (22 May) Once again, the Secondary students will be showcasing their work and activities in a spectacular Expo to be held in the Sports Centre. The Expo, which will be open from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, will focus on what makes Heritage so special. Tea will be available for a small cost from 6:00 pm until about 6:45 pm. Parents have already been emailed details of food available.

For catering purposes, please register with the school if you will be here for tea by phoning the Front Desk as soon as possible on 8266 5122. Bring your friends and family and share the excitement of this event. There will be many displays, demonstrations, games and music performances for you to enjoy. Don’t miss it! The P&F will have real coffee and cool drinks for sale during the evening.

GENERAL NEWS WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY On Monday 2 June we will be holding a whole school assembly in the Sports Centre at 10:30 am (God willing). In line with our year theme of “Thankfulness”, there will be a number of short presentations from some of our students illustrating their experiences of thankfulness in the mission field. All parents and grandparents are welcome to join us. CLASS LINKAGES All of our classes were engaged in buddy activities for a lesson yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed a whole variety of activities together. The Year 9 class paired up with Aunty Wendy’s class to do fitness circuits after warming up with a class game. Our Year 4 and Year 11students played soccer together. Each team worked well together and Ollie Hill, Liam Samwell and Fulori Digilacere were especially outstanding team members! The Year 8 students had a great time with Aunty Jesslyn’s class playing games, reading, drawing pictures, building structures, having maths competitions. The younger ones were anticipating their arrival this time and were certainly looking forward to seeing big brothers and sisters, cousins, or just family friends. Not sure which student year enjoyed themselves more with lots of hugs goodbye to finish their time together.

STUDENT-FREE DAY A student-free day is planned for Friday 6 June God willing, just prior to the long weekend. On this day, the staff will be involved in developing and documenting curriculum units based on the Australian Curriculum.

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GENERAL NEWS PRIMARY NEWS STRATEGIC PLAN During the latter part of 2013, the Council was involved in developing a new College Strategic Plan for 2014-2016. This plan identifies some of the major priorities for development over the next 3 years, God willing. We would like to thank all the parents, students and teachers who have provided valuable input into the strategic planning process. For the information of parents, a copy of the 2014-2106 Strategic Plan will be sent home with students this week. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT Each year, the Australian Government requires all schools to produce a School Performance Report detailing certain achievements and indicators for the previous school year. The School Performance Report for 2013 will be emailed to all parents later this week for their information. It will also be available from our website. VHS / DVD PLAYERS FOR LIBRARY Whilst we are in the process of moving to new technology in our library, teachers still need the use of DVD / VHS units which are attached to mobile trolleys in classrooms. These units now require replacement so if you have a VHS or a DVD / VHS combination player which you no longer require at home and would be happy to donate to the school, we would be appreciate hearing from you. Please contact George Mitsos in the first instance.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS At the Primary assembly each Friday, some students are presented with a Principal’s Award in acknowledgement of their excellent work, effort or good character during the week.

Congratulations to the following students who have received awards:

Reception—HP Aken Aken for progressing well in Reading.

Aurora Badger for being an enthusiastic learner

Midori Bol Bol for great progress in Written Language

Lennox Brown for keenly working on tasks at his desk

Azriel Grant for good communication skills

Evelyn Hornhardt for being an enthusiastic reader

Oliver Scott for often working ‘over-time’ voluntarily to complete a piece of work

Luke Seaman for fantastic improvement in colouring accuracy

Caleb Smith for concentrating well in Maths today

Year R/1—JW Breanne Jeffress for challenging herself in

guided reading and spelling

Mitchell Kennett for concentrating carefully on his handwriting

Elliot Peronace for a confidently presented show-and-tell about a race car

Elinor Todd for settling into a new class and school with enthusiasm

Year 4 Oliver Hill and Josephine McAllister for

excellent creative writing work

Year 7 Bronte Edgecombe for consistent endeavour

across all areas of the curriculum

Eden Kitto for a very pleasing effort to finish his homework tasks well and on time

Caitlin Peronace for consistent endeavour across all areas of the curriculum

HERITAGE COLLEGE NETBALL Well done to the Heritage Rubies who enjoyed a great win last week against Highbury Hippies, (Rubies - 7 v Hippies - 3). This is their second win for Term 2! Both Sapphires and Rubies are continuing to improve with brilliant play especially in defence, and both teams are also to be congratulated for their excellent spirit of sportsmanship and determination having lost a few really tough games as well.

Esther Beard 

PRIMARY NEWS

PRIMARY CONCERT

The Primary Concert Night will be held on Thursday 5th June commencing at 7.30 pm in the College Sports Centre, God willing. All Primary students are expected to attend in their full school uniform.

This is always a very enjoyable evening with a program consisting of items from each of the Primary classes and from the bands and choir. All parents, grandparents, family and friends are encouraged to come and share this evening with us. YEAR R/1 NEWS One afternoon in activity time a child in our class, without being told to or helped, wrote a prayer (see below).  Clearly the thankfulness theme is taking hold which we are so thrilled to see! 

Our class has been having fun learning the Hebrew words for animals:

PRIMARY NEWS In class we have also been learning about addition and partitioning (dividing numbers into smaller parts) through the story “One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab”. In this story the children are able to count the feet of various animals to make up a number. As an activity for this story the children were given a number and used a variety of animal legs to create that number. Students used pop sticks for the animal legs. It was a lot of fun! Here are some of the children’s response:

I can make 19 by using 10 crab legs, 2 flamingo legs, 2 minion legs, 4 horse legs, and 1 snail leg. 10 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 1—Lawrie Farren

I can make 18 by using 10 crab legs and 8 spider legs. 10 + 8 = 18—Aleksas Wigzell

I can make 16 by using 2 persons’ leg, 10 crab legs, 4 horse legs. 2 +10 + 4 = 16—Paolo Roncal

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Madison Arnold, Jemima Horwood, Shiloh Nolan, Lawrie Farren

A chazeer says oink!

Quack! Quack! says the barvaz

Jocelyn Gore, Rani McKinlay, Michala Gore, Aleksas Wigzell

Woof! Woof! I’m a kelev

I’m a chatool —meow!

Elinor Todd

Jocelyn Gore

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PRIMARY NEWS LAB-ON-LEGS VISITS HERITAGE Reception to Year 3 students enjoyed hands-on experiences testing a variety of kid-friendly chemicals in a recent visit by Lab-on-Legs. They became very familiar with bicarbonate of soda and citric acid and were amazed at some of the special effects! They also had to assemble an electrical circuit and test the light bulb. A very exciting time was enjoyed by all.

YEAR 4 NEWS In Bible study the overall theme for this term has been the marvels of the human body. As part of the theme on the eye the class considered the miracle of giving sight to the blind, a miracle exclusive to Jesus. In this miracle the students were reminded that he was the only one who could dispel the darkness of this world and replace it with the light of the truth. “I am the light of the world” John 8:12.

In creative writing the students had to imagine they had been kidnapped by a press gang and made to work on a pirate ship. Each student had to write about their plan for escape and its success and the following was written by Josephine McAllister:

Once upon a time two girls called Joey and Bella were captured by an evil pirate press gang. They took them to the very bottom cabin of a pirate ship called the Black Pearl. They had to do the mopping and the dishes and the sweeping and the cleaning. They were so tired out that they could not make an escape plan. They did the same thing every day. Then, one night, very late, Bella found a map hidden in the food store whilst she was getting a midnight snack. The map showed her how to get away from the Black Pearl. It had been left by someone who had already escaped. Bella showed Joey the map the next morning and they made up a plan to get away from the Black Pearl. Joey set fire to the ship while Bella unlocked the lifeboat and pushed into the water. Then they jumped into the boat and rowed off. Once they reached the harbour they jumped onto the jetty and ran into the village and found two houses. They knocked on the doors of the houses and their families welcomed them home with kisses and hugs. The girls lived happily ever after. When they grew up they had families of their own and got boats of their own to live on.

Maths test time usually includes a problem solving section. See how good you are with this one!

Chris Wright

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SECONDARY NEWS YEAR 11A HOME GROUP—Staff Appreciation Brekkie In response to the question, “how can we show our thankfulness?” the Year 11A Home Group students were keen to put on a staff appreciation breakfast. But to do so, they realised, they needed to either get to school very early on the morning to cook breakfast or simply stay over at Heritage the night before. They opted to stay the night.

Thursday after school consisted of creating a budget for the brekkie and going to Woolworth to buy all the ingredients. We also picked up a chicken and chips dinner which was soon devoured in the study room back at Heritage. After dinner, we did the readings and had a mandatory 1 hour study tables session. Students then had time in the gymnasium to play basketball and soccer before heading to bed.

I was most impressed that all the students got up early and were keen to start making the breakfast at 7am. The teamwork was outstanding! Each

student had a specific role to play and each executed it well. The food was served in the staff room just after 8am and the teachers &

administrators were quite happy! Students waited for the staff to eat and then helped themselves.

Hats off to the year 11A Home Group for their effort and initiative and for demonstrating their thankfulness for all that the teachers and administrators do to make Heritage such a unique place.

Jason Bobis

CUTE AS A BUTTON!

Cute and cuddly is the only way to describe the handy work of the Year 10 girls in Child Studies this semester.

They tamed patterns of endless pieces, controlled the boundless plushness of soft and furry fabric, and were pushed to the limits by ever expanding fibre fill (toy stuffing). Completing the seemingly, impossible mission of bringing to life the most adorable fuzzy creatures. Aww! It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Michelle Wild

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YEAR 10 BOYS CAMP great camp fire pizza …It was interestingly prepared by a raging fire, 4 or 5 boys and two adults who managed to surgically remove the alfoil from the “slightly over-cooked base.” The boys set up camp in record time and prepared their part for tea. Potato cheese and Paul Newman Ranch dressing was one interesting topping choice. Dessert was camp fire potatoes and damper.

We then went for a walk in the dark being very careful to trace a return journey in our heads for the annual “rush from the gate run.’’ This was completed in record time again this year. It was a challenge for all to keep torches off and simply enjoy the sounds, smells and sights of the scrub at night .. and then belt back to camp with only your deep breathing to keep you company.

Throughout the expedition we considered 1st and 2ndThessalonians and we had a number of

The camp began well with a successful loading of kayaks and camping gear ready for the convoy of 3 vehicles including the school bus to our first stop, Price’s bakery at Hillcrest! We should have warned the bakery previously that we were coming: no chocolate donuts....we would need the carbs! Our trip down to Black Swamp camp near Currency Creek was full of excitement and expectation. This is manifested in different ways for different students!

On arrival we were greeted with the ingredients for tea. A sack of potatoes, pumpkin, onions and various spices and herbs, flour, golden syrup, butter, salt, sausages and ingredients for the

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YEAR 10 BOYS CAMP SECONDARY NEWS

good sessions around these readings with the boys starting off conversation through pre-prepared thoughts for us to consider. The camp fire provided welcome warmth on two very pleasant evenings that were free from wind and rain.

Saturday saw the boys riding 25 km around the district with two support vehicles. We spent time learning about the farming/vineyard process which abounds with spiritual lessons for all. Then we began our first kayak leg of the trip from Finniss Creek to Wally’s Landing, a lovely sheltered paddle that begins on a local neighbour’s front lawn. They were more than happy to see us again and dropped down to wave us off .. nice people. At Wally’s landing we had lunch and readings. Then we prepared for our 3rd leg of the expedition, this time riding back to the camp site. The boys then prepared for the twilight paddle across Currency Creek jet boat track with a challenging night session. The boys have to make sure that they have everything ready for these sessions and they worked extremely well together at all times. Brethren from Victor Harbor supplied tea at the hall afterwards, which the boys warmly appreciated.

We enjoyed the serenity of Currency Creek / Finniss Creek areas with calm conditions being a real treat. The boys were able to enjoy this lovely area, safely. We finished the day with a memorial meeting and woke early Sunday to kayak in the Coorong behind Hindmarsh Island. We faced a real challenge here across a wide section that needs serious commitment and our boys were up to the challenge. Some overcame sore hands and self-doubt to make this a highlight. The bird life was very special to see so close up. We walked to the beach to soak up a very unique part of South Australian cockle farmer/ fisherman history with beaten up Toyotas lined up from

years of hard work. We enjoyed a memorable view comparing sheltered Coorong bird breeding areas with the raging ocean near the Murray Mouth. Then begins the long kayak back! Our support boat and experienced crew was very handy. The trip can be strenuous; however the weather was great this time and we were often ahead of time as the boys were very well organised. Still on time and busy with the warm glow of satisfaction of a job well done and with much thankfulness, we arrived back at school to put kayak, boat, bike and camping gear, safely away until the next adventure in Heritage outdoors class camps or the next family adventure!

Our warm thanks to the Shaws, Regan Hill and the Victor Harbor Ecclesia, and also in particular the Weedons and the Lunds for their support and help and Ben Pitcher for all his diligent planning and work with the students. Past students, Ben Knowles and Michael Smith were a great support and we thank them all immensely.

Chris Ryan TERTIARY & CAREERS EXPO The annual Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo is to be held on 25th-26th May at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The Expo is useful for anyone seeking to explore tertiary studies, training and career options.

All our Year 11 & 12 students will be making a brief visit to the Expo on Monday 26th. More information can be obtained from http://www.careersevent.com/AdelaideTSCEA/Home.php. YEAR 8-11 SEMESTER 1 EXAMS Exams for Years 8-11 will be held in Week 7 (Tue 10 June – Thu 12 June). Year 8-10 students have been given an outline of what is to be covered by each exam so they can commence revision and teachers will give them more details about how to prepare.

The exam timetables are shown below:

Years 8-10 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

Tue 10 Jun AM Maths Science English

PM History English Maths

Wed 11 Jun Study / Preparation Day—no exams, students may stay home to study

Thu 12 Jun AM English Geography Science

PM Science Maths History/ Geography

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SECONDARY NEWS P&F NEWS included in the book and to order your copy. Books are available for purchase from the Front Desk and $13 is raised for the school with each book sold.

THE MIGHTY MAY MAKEOVER The day was cloudy; the determination was not! Last Saturday, over 40 volunteers descended upon the grounds and buildings at the College to give it a mighty good May Makeover. On behalf of the P&F, a big thank you to all those who were able to help out.

The windows are now sparkling, the lawns precisely edged, the shrubs are showing off their new haircuts, the retaining wall near the basketball court no longer looks like the ruins of Tyre and the garden beds just look gorgeous! Even our brethren Frank and George joked that they could take the next couple of weeks off because they weren’t sure they had anything to do!

Due to the tremendous success of the day, it has been decided to hold a September Spruce Up—so watch out for more details!

Andy McGeorge, President

Year 11

Tue 10 Jun 9:00 am Physics

Wed 11 Jun 9:00 am Maths Applications /

Maths Studies

Thu 12 Jun 9:00 am Biology / Economics 1:00 pm Chemistry FOCUS AND ELECTIVE DAYS Immediately following the Year 8-11 exams, a program of elective and focus days is being organised for Secondary students. On Friday 13 June, Years 8-10 students will have an elective day, while Year 11 & 12 students are involved in a focus day based on careers, further study options, preparation for the workforce and study skills. On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th June, the Year 8-10 students will engage in their special focus days – which will be different for each year level. These will involve community service, personal relationships and leadership. Details of these activities will be provided later. IMMUNISATIONS

The RDNS nurses will be visiting Heritage College on Tuesday 27 May. At this visit the Year 8 girls and boys, and Year 9 boys, will receive their both Boostrix & HPV vaccinations. Year 9 girls will receive their Boostrix vaccine only. Please ensure students have breakfast and plenty to drink before coming to school on Tuesday.

MOTHERS DAY STALL

We hope all our Mothers had a very happy Mother's Day and enjoyed their gifts lovingly chosen from our Stall last Friday. The students had a lot of fun choosing out something special for mum ... sometimes for her to enjoy, and sometimes for her to SHARE! We all love chocolates! Many thanks to all those who participated—we raised $1,000 for our school!

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK FUNDRAISER Heritage College is once again selling the Entertainment Book for $65. Please see the attached order form for details on the offers

P&F NEWS

HERITAGE SPRING FAIR The Heritage Fair committee is excitedly making preparations for this special event in Term 4.

Em Mansfield would love to hear from anyone with ideas and suggestions and in particular is looking for volunteers able to co-ordinate the Auction and another to co-ordinate the Craft Stall. Please email Em Mansfield at: samandem1@bigpond.com.

With the Year 3s, 5s, 7s and 9s sitting the NAPLAN test last week, I thought it an opportune time to talk about anxiety. Anxiety is a normal part of life for everyone, including children. It's like “worry” and is an unpleasant emotion that most people feel at some time when they're faced with challenges. Mild anxiety (often described as “butterflies”), like just before a sporting event or an exam, can help people perform at their best. Unfortunately, anxiety can become a problem if it causes distress, lasts for a longer time and interferes with daily living.

Babies and young children don’t tend to worry about things. They may experience transient, short-lived fears like the fear of loud noises, heights, strangers, the dark, or separation from their parents. However, for children to be worried or anxious, they have to be able to imagine the future and bad things that might happen in it. That’s why it is not till after the age of eight or nine that anxiety becomes more common.

School children begin to be afraid of things like failure, criticism, social rejection, tests, getting sick or hurt, etc. As they grow older and become adolescents they may start worrying more about world affairs, war, family relationships, friendships, economic concerns, and so on.

Some people are genetically more disposed to anxiety because it runs in the family, while some learn to think and act in anxious ways by observing others, or by going through traumatic experiences. There are also environmental factors that increase the likelihood of anxiety, e.g. overprotective parents sheltering a shy child might help in the short term but ultimately increase the child’s anxiety overall.

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P&F NEWS Worry and fear are different types of anxiety. Worry usually occurs when you think about the past or future. Fear usually occurs when you think about the present. For example, you may experience fear when a large dog rushes towards you at the park, whereas you may worry about visiting the home of someone with a big dog.

The main types of anxiety that affect children are social anxiety (social interactions, friendships, etc), separation anxiety (when they can’t be with their parents) or generalised anxiety (any concerns about their lives or the world in which they live). The signs of anxiety are varied, but generally you will notice a change in the way your child acts. They may start being withdrawn or avoid social situations, or they may become more clingy or complain of illness when separated from you, alternatively they may express the need to do things perfectly or seek constant reassurance. If you have concerns about your child suffering a high level of anxiety, speak to someone you trust, your child’s teacher or even a doctor.

If your child begins to show signs of anxiety you can support them by:

Acknowledging their fear – don’t dismiss or ignore it, you may think it’s nothing but for them it could be everything!

Gently encourage them to confront or do the things they’re anxious about – but don’t force them into situations that are clearly going to be overwhelming or traumatic for them.

Wait until they get anxious before stepping into help – overprotectiveness does not support them to develop the resiliency they will need to endure life.

Praise them for doing something that they are anxious about – don’t criticise them for their fears.

Avoid labelling them as “anxious” or “shy”, etc. – they are still the child that you have nurtured and love!

The most important thing is to be supportive of your child to learn through the experience of the anxiety. This teaches them that even though situations can be unpleasant, they can get through them successfully and even benefit as a result. After all, it is “through much tribulation that we enter the Kingdom of God”!

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” (Col.3:15)

Graeme Shugg

COUNSELLING CORNER

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WRITING WORKSHOP

Heritage College · PO Box 371, Oakden SA 5086 · office@heritage.sa.edu.au · Ph. 8266 5122

HERITAGE CONTACTS PRIMARY CLASS TEACHERS Primary classes, teachers and their contact details for 2014, God willing, are as follows: Reception Heather Pillion: hpillion@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year R/1 Jesslyn Witton: jdevries@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 1/2 Wendy Newton: wnewton@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 2 Emma Yuile: eyuile@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 3 Sue Lomman: slomman@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 4 Chris Wright: cwright@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 5 Brett Arnold: barnold@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 6 Sarah Kemp: skemp@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 7 Jason Hauser jhauser@heritage.sa.edu.au

SECONDARY HOME GROUP TEACHERS Home Group classes, teachers and their contact details for 2014, God willing, are as follows:

Year 8 David Knight: dknight@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 9 Chris Ryan: cryan@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 10 Tim Badger: tbadger@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 11A Jason Bobis: jbobis@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 11B Vit Jurevicius: vjurevicius@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 12A Evan Franco: efranco@heritage.sa.edu.au

Year 12B Tom Burney: tburney@heritage.sa.edu.au

For issues related to academic progress or general behaviour, please contact: Tim Badger for Years 8-10 (tbadger@heritage.sa.edu.au ) or Evan Franco for Years 11-12 (efranco@heritage.sa.edu.au). For special learning support needs, contact Graeme Shugg (gshugg@heritage.sa.edu.au).

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

Monday afternoons 3:00—3:30 pm

Friday mornings 8:30—9:00 am