Murray Bridge High School

NEWSLETTER

Term 3: Issue 1 27 July 2020 Excellence Respect Working together Principal: Ruth Mussger 8531 9500 Chairperson Governing Council: Cathy Smith 0408 336 469

Principal’s page As we embark on Term 3, I am extremely thankful that we have been able to minimise the spread of Covid-19 in South Australia, and can still enjoy face to face engagement with our students, families and the community. I have been in contact with colleagues in Victoria and NSW recently that were part of our Social Ventures Australia partnership, to give moral support and encouragement to stay positive. Last term I also shared the resources and processes we developed for online and blended learning and they were very gratefully received.

Our MBHS babies have arrived in the last couple of weeks, and they are all girls! Congratulations to:

Brooke and Jarrad Goyne on the birth of Lutsia Rain Blume on July 7, Rhiannon M-P and Cameron on the birth of Elke Jo Averay on July 9, and Kara and James McLaren on the birth of Neve Monica on July 22.

We wish all three families the very best as they delve into this wonderful time with their young ones.

At the end of last term we were delighted to have secured two entries out of the nine places in the state finals of Shark Tank, which were conducted on-line for the first time. Nate Trewin placed second in the general category for his eRacing business, and Riley Lienert, Mitchell Lavery and Khendrick Dela Cruz placed third for their STEM innovation project ‘Betta Livin’. Our students continue to surprise and impress us with their creative thinking and dedication to developing entrepreneurial pathways. I couldn’t be more proud!

Speaking of pride, I also want to acknowledge and congratulate Luke Starczak on gaining a place in the highly sought after and very prestigious Google for Education Certified Innovator Program. Participants from all over the world pitched their ideas for using technology to solve big problems that will transform educational opportunities for students. Luke’s challenge is ‘How do we transform and redefine learning activities to allow students to better transfer knowledge and skills to other areas of the curriculum and their lives?’ This will be ground breaking research and Luke will share more about his challenge in a future newsletter.

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Entrepreneurial Specialist School and Music Focus School

This month I have chosen Ari Rigney’s painting to showcase in my office. Ari explained the story of the painting – the connection of family gathering together. It is a striking piece of art that evokes emotion through colour and movement. Well done Ari!

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Abbey Smyth Aj Oriley Akaila Baltussen Alayah Gibson Alex Smith Allurra-jade Woolger Alysha Deeble Andrew Hill Angel Cooper Anthony Bland Antonia Peressin Anyieth Chol Arwen Shepherd Asha Mitchell Ashley Cooper Ashton Weaver Ava Lindner Baylee Dunt Bella Freaney Bella Johnson Benjamin Peterson Bevan Schutz Blake Langton Blake Lloyd Bodi Stewart Brayden Fischer Brock Macdonald-wilkins Brooke Lehmann Bryce Tezak Caitlin Schubert Cameron Ford Charli Worden Chaz Baltussen Chelsea Towill Chey Carmody Chloe Pahl Clinton Stockwell Coen Martin Connor Adams Cooper Hampel Daytona Luke

Dominique Mcaninly Dylan Coonan

Eliza Davis Emily Bell Emily Drendel Emily Dworniczek Emma Lienert Emma Moffatt Erika Notley Erin Mcdonald Ethan Pfeiler Fiby Cotton Gabrielle Tobin Gamze Bakan George Hawcroft Georgia Martin Grace Ziraje Gytanshu Garg Hayley Digby Hazrat Bayad Henry Chewings Henry Payne Holly Carter Holly Lynch Isacc Higgins Jace Hepher-edwards Jack Spence Jack Stewart Jade Burgess Jaeden Jenkinson Jai Raggatt Jalal Jammoul James Dordas James Lawson Jamie Cekanauskas Jarred Critchley Jasmine Bailey Jazmyn Howard Jessica Deane Jessica Howard Joel Wiencke John Bruce-shaw Jonayla Rushe Jordan Downs Josh Cahill

Joshua Williams Junyuan Huang Justin Jurgens Kaleb Brine Kate Oliver Katie Meehan Katrina Wainwright Keely Vale Khristine Bansil Kirsty Pilmore Kodi Semmler Kody Box Krysta Wisbey Kyel Magbujos Kyle Staker Latifah Lawson Leon Dunt Lila Clark Logan Frahn Lucas Semmler Lucas Young Luke Bridgart Lulu Giddings Madeline Marsh Madison Connolly Mahlo Bell Makayla Stimpson Malakai Kartinyeri Marley Horan Mason Deuble-foulis Mehak Malik Melissa Bulling Metua Rongo Mia Vivian Michael Hall Michael Parker Mickayla Sheldrick-osborne Mitchell Constant Mitchell Gale Mohit Mittal Monique Simpson Mya Kerley Mykayla Ward

Nataleah Staker Nathaniel Sires Nic Dickenson Nikkita Flett Olivia Reynolds Paige Galpin Pedro Hosken Peter Bormann Peyton Allen Pietro Krockenberger Rachel Jenzen-fidge Rakibul Khan Rayne Smith Rhiannon Bowley Riley Lienert Rob Cotton Ryan Simcock Sachin Bartholomeusz Sakinah Karras Samuel Matakanace Sarah Cook Scarlett Cocks Sophie Burbidge Tahlee Miatke Taj Gower Taliah Adams Tamara Kettlestring Tammara Hills Taygon Conlin Tayla Collie Tayla-jayde Edwards Thomas Tidy Tiarni Prokop Toby Helgeson Tori Barnett Trent Simpson-stothers Tyla Jones Tyler Johnson Tyson Graziano Tyson Russell William Raymond Yaakov Hammer Zachary Toomey Zackery Isaacson

MBHS Highs Semester 1 by Chris Braun During Semester 1, 256 MBHS Highs were earned by 174 students. The Year 8s topped the class earning 106 MBHS Highs as a year level. Congratulations to Luke Bridgart (12), Tayla Collie (6) Holly Lynch (5) for being the top 3 MBHS HIGH earners. MBHS Highs are given out to students when they see a student voluntary support another member of the community, or participate in a community activity. To say thank you all students who earned a MBHS High received a certificate and a chocolate bar.

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Nate Trewin (above) was also recognised in Thursday 16 July edition of The Advertiser newspaper. Nate was successful in running his online eRacing competition with over 100 participants making over $600 profit. Great to see Murray Bridge High School students and their achievements celebrated by the wider community! If you would like to know more about how you can be a part of Murray Bridge High School’s Entrepreneurial Programs please contact Tiahne Rowe at tiahne.wareing537@schools.sa.edu.au Photo (Left) of our finalists is

Courtesy of Murray Bridge News

Entrepreneurial Learning by Tiahne Rowe

As we welcome students back to the new term, we must congratulate our students for their OUTSTANDING achievements in the University of Adelaide’s Shark Tank eSchool program. Our Year 10 Shark Tank students participated in the semester-long program which required them to use design thinking processes to create a solution to a problem that could be turned into a business venture. Two semi-finalist teams from each school pitched via Zoom to an external panel of judges for the semi-finals and both Murray Bridge High School teams made it through to the finals! The top 3 teams from each category: General Innovation, Environmental Innovation, Santos STEM Innovation, pitched (via Zoom) on the last day of Term 2. Our finalists were:

‘Australia eRacing’ by Nate Trewin – 2nd Place – General Innovation ‘Betta Livin’ by Mitchell Lavery, Khendrick Dela Cruz and Riley Lienert – 3rd Place – Santos STEM Innovation. Each team had to present their 3-minute pitch to the judges which was followed by 2 minutes of question time. This was a challenging process and the students presented brilliantly in front of University staff and Santos representatives. Well done to these teams for their achievements. We would like to congratulate all students who participated in the Shark Tank eSchool program last semester and wish them luck on their future ventures.

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Pedal Prix Update 2020 by Gilbert Tuazon With round 1 (Mt Gambier), 2 (Loxton) and 3 (Adelaide Race 1) all cancelled due to Corona Virus, it seemed that Murray Bridge High School Pedal Prix Team could maybe have a glimmer of hope to race, for the first time in 2020, at Adelaide Race 2 in August. Unfortunately, due to the explosion of COVID cases in Victoria, the associated risks of relaunching the 2020 Pedal Prix season were far too great. During the midyear holidays the Australian International Pedal Prix committee met again to discuss strategies to allow racing to recommence in SA. The hope that teams were given in June was swiftly quashed by the AIPP Chairman’s announcement that the series was to be “…cancelled due to the impact and limitations imposed by COVID-19”. Whilst this is a huge blow for the sport, sponsors, schools, teams etc, it is (arguably) the safest path to take at this time. A significant number of the SA series participants are from over the border in Victoria, namely one of the heaviest hitters in the series in Wattle Racing. It would certainly be a non-contest if one of the major competitors in both of the Adelaide races and the Murray Bridge 24hr race were unable to attend. The cancellation of the entire 2020 season is disappointing for us all, but this does not mean that the Pedal Prix program at MBHS stops. Our team continues to be busy repairing trike fairings and fitness training on the stationary bikes, due to the Pedal Prix subject expectations. One day the chaos caused by COVID will lift and our team will be ready to go. For all of our sakes in the Pedal Prix community, we hope 2021 will be our year to return to normality. Our Year 10 team will soon have the trike repairs complete. This will mean that the team can restart our after school training regime. The current progress suggests that the MBHS trikes will be ready to train with by Week 4 or 5 in Term 3. All students interested in participating in 2021 will be welcome to “come and try” as soon as we are ready. This includes all students from Year 8 to Year 12. With the return to trike training comes the shift in focus moving away from the (Cancelled) 2020 Murray Bridge 24hr race, and moving to preparing our MBHS team for a flying start to 2021.

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Murray Bridge High School

SACE Information Evening

Monday August 3 6.00 - 7.00pm

MBHS Drama Workshop

Parents and Caregivers of Year 10 and 11 students are invited to attend an Information Session on achieving the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE). Speakers will include Michael Pater (Director of Curriculum), Mel Bennett (Year 11 Student Pathways Leader), Paul Van Deth (Year 10 Student Pathways Leader), Roxanne Rowland (Vocational Education and Training Leader), Penny Conway (Director Student Support, Independent Learning Centre). Please register your attendance at: https://forms.gle/yZxvYMdPX3Gsgd8fA

DATES TO REMEMBER – TERM 3

Mon, 27 Jul Principal Tour – 5pm

Wed, 29 Jul Principal Tour – 3.30pm

Mon, 3 Aug SACE Information Evening – 6pm

Tue, 4 Aug RAP presentation (Year 11) Flexible Pathways Taster Day – (Year 10/11) Finance Committee – 5pm

Wed, 5 Aug 2021 subject selection info session (PD)

Tue, 11 Aug Governing Council – 6pm

Wed, 12 Aug 2021 subject selection (PD)

Wed, 19 Aug 2021 subject selection (PD)

Mon, 24 Aug PS transition visit (Mypo PS, MBSS) 2021 Year 11/12 pathways confirm week

Mon, 31 Aug PS transition visit (TBPS, MBNS)

Mon, 7 Sep MBHS Expo 2.30-6.30pm

Tue, 8 Sep Finance Committee – 5pm

Thu, 10 Sep End Term 3 (Year 8 electives)

Fri, 11 Sep STUDENT FREE DAY (Aboriginal Learners)

Mon, 14 Sep STUDENT FREE DAY (Eliciting Evidence of Learning)

Tue, 15 Sep Governing Council – 6pm

Tue, 22 Sep Year 8 and 10 Immunisations

Fri, 25 Sep Last day of Term 3 – 2pm dismissal

2021 SUBJECT SELECTIONS starting from Week 3

Students will be commencing their subject selections for 2021 from Week 3 this term. This is an exciting time as they think about their interests, passions and skills for the future.

In preparation for this, students, parents and caregivers are encouraged to visit our new interactive 2021 Curriculum Guide, available at our website: mbhs.sa.edu.au/curriculum.

Further information about the process for subject selections will be emailed to all parents/caregivers and students during Week 3.