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KEY UPDATE MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Mrs Gina Kadis

Our Vision: Dream Big

“The power of believing that you can improve”. Professor Carol Dweck, Stanford University’s Growth Mindset guru and researcher

World-renowned research inspires Parents and Teachers to motivate children to achieve their dreams Professor Carol Dweck is a pioneering researcher in the field of motivation, why people succeed (or don’t) and how to foster success. She has become something of a cult figure in education and parenting circles. Her research into boosting student motivation has changed the way that many adults praise children. Dweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait. She says kids with what she called “fixed mindsets” stop trying when confronted with a challenge because they’ve convinced themselves that they are not good at maths or writing or whatever the subject is. She argues that adults can, instead, help foster a “growth mindset” – the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work. Dweck advises teachers and parents to praise a child’s process and strategies and tie these to the outcome. For example, she suggests we use these phrases: “See you studied more and your grade on this test is higher”; “You tried different strategies and you figured out how to solve the problem”; and “You stuck to this and now you really understand it”.

Her research highlights the need for educators and families to teach children strategies to improve “the learning process” and to congratulate and reward them on this “learning process” – not just focus on acknowledging the result. Instead of “nagging” the student to keep trying, Dweck says teachers and parents need to sit with the student and say “Let’s look at what you’ve done”; “Let’s look at what your understanding is”; or “Let’s look at what strategies you have used, and let’s figure out together what we should try next”. Her research clearly indicates when we acknowledge and congratulate both adults and students on this learning process - there are significant changes in brain development that leads to better academic results in the long term. Feel free to research Carol Dweck’s work and implement some of these strategies in your homework time at home. Talk to your children about the steps and process needed to complete the homework. Don’t just focus on getting the homework completed. It’s amazing how this will empower our children to “think about the process of learning” and prepare them for the challenges ahead of them in life. Her research is very interesting and encourages a collaborative approach between the school and home, to improve learning opportunities for children.

World-renowned research inspires Professional Growth Plans for our Teachers We are blessed to have an outstanding team of teachers at St George College – who create and design inspirational teaching and learning opportunities for the children in their classes. Like all professions and occupations, it is critical to stay at the forefront of research. The Professional Development of our staff is a high priority. The College Leadership Team designs and delivers a comprehensive professional learning program throughout the year – using the pupil free days and weekly staff meetings on Tuesday afternoons from 3.45 pm -5.00 pm to provide opportunities for our staff to learn new skills, engage in educational dialogue and work collaboratively to achieve the teaching and learning goals in our strategic plan. In 2016 we developed the “Road to Academic Excellence”, which quantified an agreed set of standards that we uphold in our College, to achieve strong student learning outcomes.

Our 2017 priority has led us to restructure our weekly staff meeting program to give staff additional time to work in Professional Learning Curriculum Teams (PLCs). These are outlined below. Two Tuesdays in each three-week cycle is spent in these whole school Professional

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Learning Curriculum PLCs and the third week is devoted to a Campus Meeting. The key focus so far has seen teachers design and develop Learning and Assessment Plans (LAPs) for each subject, in each year level under the Australian Curriculum. From here we have reviewed the Assessment and Reporting procedures in the College, to partner closely with families to report under the “Achievement Standards” of the Australian Curriculum. We now move to the most exciting stage of these Professional Learning Curriculum Teams (PLCs). Teachers will work collaboratively on a classroom teaching strategy that improves student learning outcomes. They will share these strategies with their peers throughout the year. I can’t wait to learn so much from this talented team of educators.

Professor Carol Dweck’s research goes on to say that teachers are transforming their classrooms – embracing growth mindset motivational posters exhorting: “Don’t give up until you are PROUD” and “Every mistake you make is PROGRESS”. Dweck offers excellent advice to teachers and schools. “You can’t just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth Mindset is hard. To do it right…. many teachers have to change how they teach, offering more critical feedback and giving students opportunities to revise their work.” In fact, research from Ph.D. student and now Professor Kathy Liu Sun, found that students continued to have fixed-mindset thoughts in class when their teachers used growth mindset phrases but didn’t change their teaching practices. These Professional Learning Curriculum Teams will assist us to change our teaching practices to help develop a Growth Mindset at St George College for us all. St George College Staff Professional Learning Curriculum Teams (PLCs) Reception to Year 4 Curriculum Team Peter Karamoshos (facilitator), Helen, Iliana, Fotini, Vicky K, Alison

English/Literacy/EALD Ben Hall (facilitator), Carmen Asche, Matthew King, Sonia Vogiatzis

Mathematics/Technology/Science Jie Ruan (facilitator), Jack McCaffrey, Kopano Shepheard, Chyssanthe Paronis, Nick Leidig, Cassandra Rogers, Linda Adams, Jelena Gasic

Humanities/HASS/Hospitality Vicki Sakellariou (facilitator), Natasha Filippi, Irini Penglis, Patrizia Sale,

The Arts/Health and PE Daniella Marciano (facilitator), Alexandra Mantis, Michael Rodas, Deanne Taliangis, Gina Tsikouras

Greek and RE Faculty Angela Drakopoulos (facilitator), Theochti Antoniadou, Maria Miltiadous, Father Kon

Early Learning Centre Stephanie Kosmetos (facilitator), Jana Livaditis, Janice Copeland, Sia Nikolakopoulos

Unique Directions/Learning Support/Gifted and Talented/Resource Based Learning Kylie Greenfield (facilitator), Tasoula Mitropoulos, Lynley Davies, Gina Kadis, Andrew Kazonis, Stephanie Gao

Junior Campus Playground update A big thank you to Mr Costas Fotopoulos, Mr Simon Atterton and Miss Stephanie Kosmetos for meeting with many experts to resolve the Junior Campus playground issue. I am delighted to report that Mr Bill Gonis, Chairman of the Board of Governors has called the next meeting of the “Playgrounds Steering Committee” to be held on Wednesday 29 March at 2pm in the Principal’s office.

Middle School students introduce our Robotics Hero – PINK ATHENA – to our St George College students and staff, on the same day we welcomed the new Ambassador of Greece for the first time. St George College warmly welcomed Her Excellency Mrs Ekaterini Xagorari on Thursday 9 March 2017. Father Kon Skoumbourdis greeted Her Excellency and the Consul-General Mr Andreas Gouras at the Church Office before taking her to light a candle in the Church. From here, she visited the Junior Campus where our Early Learning Centre to Year 4 students engage in exciting teaching and learning opportunities.

The Principal, College Captains and Year 12 Prefects met Her Excellency after her Junior Campus tour and took her for a tour of our Senior Campus. She was very impressed with the newly refurbished 2016 state of the art Information Technology facilities – in particular the new Macintosh Suite in the senior library. She very much enjoyed observing the Extension Modern Greek class, being taught by Mrs Tasoula Mitropoulos in the senior library breakout learning spaces. She took time out to speak with the students and commented on the fluent Greek that this multi-cultural class was able to speak. From here, she visited the Year 8 Modern Greek class, being taught by Mrs Theochti Antoniadou, who is an exceptional Modern Greek teacher, educated in Greek and Australian universities. She was particularly impressed with the new Head of House and Wellbeing Centre, introduced at St George in 2016. As a mother of a Year 12 student this year in Canberra, she empathised and agreed that students succeed in achieving their goals if they are surrounded by a team of educators and counsellors to support them through the demanding adolescent years. During morning tea, Her Excellency and Consul-General Andreas Gouras met Mr George Portokallas, President of the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of St George Thebarton and Western Suburbs, Mr Fotis Drakopoulos, Treasurer of the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of St George Thebarton and Western Suburbs, Mr Bill Gonis, Chairman of the St George College Board of Governors, Mr Costas Fotopoulos, Board Member St George College and the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of St George Thebarton and Western Suburbs and Mr Peter Karamoshos, Deputy Principal, to discuss the teaching and learning opportunities of the College.

Finally, we were delighted to honour our guests by sharing with them our weekly Senior Campus Assembly for Years 5 to 12 students. This is a time when we get together to celebrate the rich educational and cultural experiences that underpin the values dear to our College – faith, family, forever excelling. Highlights of

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Assembly included a fluent Greek address by Alexandros Katsigiannis from Year 11, studying Year 12 Modern Greek at a SACE level. He spoke about the “Speaking Greek in March” initiative and shared a fascinating segment from the video by Makis Kolethras title “What It Means To Be Greek”. Our Middle School and Senior School students presented the Volleyball, Basketball and Netball results from the newly introduced 2016 Co-Curricular programs. Their engaging public speaking skills wowed our guests and delighted the Head of Co-Curricular, Ms Daniella Marciano, and the Principal. Next, our Senior Greek Dancing group performed a mesmerising Greek folk dance under the guidance of the talented Mrs Tasoula Mitropoulos. The final item was introduced by our talented Year 7 and 8 students from their STEM elective. Under the dedicated guidance of Ms Vicki Sakellariou, the students have been taught coding skills to program a robot to do a range of different tasks. The audience were absolutely amazed to watch the robot talk in English to welcome the Ambassador and perform a Tai Chi segment carefully programmed and orchestrated by the students. This robot was granted to St George College by the Independent Schools Board (AISSA) – following a rigorous application process - for a semester to enlighten our students’ passion and interest in STEM. In thanking the students, Her Excellency Ekaterini Xagorari commented on how proud she was of all the achievements here at St George College.

MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Mr Peter Karamoshos

Maths Extension on the Junior Campus One of the highlights of my week is working with a number of students on the Junior Campus who have a particular passion for Mathematics. I get a chance to share some of my knowledge with them and they also give me an insight into the way they look at Maths and how they view the world.

Our focus has been on problem solving. While I see one way to solve a problem, it is refreshing to see the different methods students come up with. Often they know how to find the answer but struggle to explain themselves. Students are encouraged to have a go at tricky problems, accepting that they will often make mistakes along the way and need to review their technique in finding the correct method. I love the way they talk over each other in sharing their ideas. Their passion is contagious.

Working with the students and staff on the Junior Campus has been a wonderful learning opportunity for me, and my admiration of the teachers has only increased. Their strategies on getting new ideas across to their students, and activities to help students reinforce these new concepts, are new to me and I will add them to my toolkit. Even more impressive is the way the teachers can keep all students focussed at the same time.

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Year 7 Canberra Trip A Year 7 Canberra Excursion has been proposed and is likely to go ahead in November. Matthew King, our wonderful Year 7 teacher and Head of House, has gauged family interest and the positive feedback sees him now planning an exciting and engaging learning opportunity.

Students will be visiting attractions like old and new Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial, the National Gallery, the Australian Institute of Sport, Questacon, the CSIRO and the National Film and Sound Archives.

The excursion links to studies of Civics and Citizenship while also supporting personal growth in terms of teamwork, resilience, independence and healthy relationships.

Our aim is to build in an extra-curriculum program for each year level with the aim to reinforce student academic and personal growth. Staff are currently finalising the programs for the other year levels and we will publicise these in the near future. Global Money Week The aim of Global Money Week (this year from 27 March to 2 April) is to raise awareness of financial literacy among children and youth. The theme this year is “Learn, Save, Earn”.

Staff from Y Partners Smart Finance will be presenting a seminar to our Year 11 and Year 12 students on Wednesday the 29th of March to celebrate Global Money Week. This presentation will cover the general structure of financial institutions by going through different scenarios of debt. Students will be provided with opportunities to question and critically analyse the implications of different loan structures with Finance Advisor George Dagas and Relationship Manager Nicole Tam. The personal implications of savings and debt will also be explored. Students will gain an insight into the process that is involved and the common misconceptions that occur within the finance industry.

STEM

Imagine a world where robots talked, danced, walked and had emotions. Well that is exactly what our students are working with in the subject STEM.

Robots are already all around us, but what does our future look like together? Word from the recent Consumer Electronics Show is that 2017 is the year of the robots. With advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and social robots gaining interest, robots are quickly become part of our daily lives?

The year 7 and 8 STEM class has mastered computer programing skills at such an advanced rate that we were able to introduce our NAO robot PINK at our last assembly. She introduced herself and then performed a Tai Chi dance. Now of which would have been possible had the students not been able to program her to showcase these skills. Recently Monica William from AISSA visit the class to observe their learning through the robot. She videoed

activities and conversations which you can view on the ASSIA website.

The learning I have witnessed has included: 1. Students have realized their passion in computer programing

and robot technology. 2. It has created leaders, in which students are wanting to

showcase their skills at assemblies and be interview and videoed by ASSIA

3. Robotics has taught essential teamwork skills. As students help each other with problems and come up with solutions everyone can use.

Robots won't just change our lives in the future, they'll expand them. Not just for fun, but for necessity. We've taken the first steps into welcoming them into our schools. The skills that our students are learning are invaluable and will greatly assist them in their future career options.

I’m looking forward to seeing what else our students will program PINK to do. Watch this space….

Vicki Sakellariou

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MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Miss Stephanie Kosmetos

PINK at the Junior Campus

Have you met our newest member of Saint George College? She is 58 centimetres tall, with flashing eyes, flexible arms and legs, sensors, motors, and sophisticated software. Well the students absolutely love her and the Junior Campus was fortunate enough to meet her. Why it’s none other than Pink of course. No… not the singer, I am referring to our robot Pink, who is part of a NAO Humanoid Robot Research Project. Currently she is being used as part of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for the Year 8-10’s, however, on Friday the 17th of March, Miss Sakelariou, Yoell and Vasili were happy to come and introduce her to the students at the JC and show us all how well she can perform Tai Chi. YES… I said Tai Chi. We were all so enthusiastic and excited about her special visit and the children had many questions to ask. Some of the students even recognised that it all works through coding and programming, which is brilliant, as we start coding from Year 1. We look forward to seeing Pink once the students have programmed new and stimulating things for her to perform.

Iliana Toumbas

Bunnings Visit RP at the Junior Campus

To support our Science topic of study this term of ‘Living Things Have Needs”, the Reception P children welcomed Dina and Mary, from our local Mile End Bunnings Store, to their classroom. They presented an informative talk about sustainability, gardening and our environment. Together the class discussed a plant’s life cycle and its basic needs to survive and grow. The children then ventured outdoors with Dina and Mary to plant a variety of small seedlings in our raised garden bed. The students planted basil, dill, mint and oregano, spring onion and baby spinach seedling plants. The Reception class are now excitedly caring and observing their new baby seedlings growth and development in the garden bed daily. We plan to use some of the mature herbs in a cooking lesson in the very near future.

We wish to send a heartfelt ‘Thank you’ to Dina and Mary for a wonderful afternoon of gardening and practical learning, and to Bunnings Warehouse for donating the variety of herb and vegetable seedlings along with bags of compost on the day for our school garden bed.

Mrs Helen Pappageorgiou Reception Class Teacher

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A Perfect Day for a Picnic

Our ELC Community Event

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On Saturday 18th March, the St George College ELC staff and families were invited to have a fun picnic at the Dove Street Reserve! It was a relaxing, enjoyable way to get to know other members of our St George

College ELC family.

A focus in the ELC is to develop the children’s sense of being (who they are) and sense of belonging. Our family picnic created informal moments for the children to feel comfortable and confident with their envi-ronment, establish positive relationships with one another and to have parental involvement in the their

ELC world, strengthening their connections to their sense of being and belonging.

Thank you to all our families who were able to attend.

We had a great day and look forward to the next adventure!

With Mrs Antoniadou and Miss Drakopoulos

Τι σημαίνει να είμαι Έλληνας» από τον μαθητή Αλέξανδρο Κατσίγιαννη

Ονομάζομαι Αλέξανδρος Κατσίγιαννης, είμαι μαθητής της 11ης τάξης στο Κολέγιο του Αγίου Γεωργίου και θα σας μιλήσω για το τι σημαίνει για μένα να είμαι Έλληνας και πόσο σημαντικό είναι να μιλάμε όλοι Ελληνικά.

Αρχικά το να είσαι Έλληνας πιστεύω πως είναι προνόμιο και κουβαλάμε μεγάλη ιστορία στην πλάτη μας. Η Ελλάδα ήταν η γενέτειρα του δυτικού πολιτισμού και έδωσε στον κόσμο πάρα πολλά πράγματα. Είμαι περήφανος που είμαι Έλληνας καθώς αγαπάω την πατρίδα μου και σέβομαι την κουλτούρα και την ιστορία της. Είμαι ευγνώμων στον Θεό που με έκανε Έλληνα αφού η πατρίδα μου είναι πολύ σπουδαία και μου έδωσε πολλές αρετές. Παρόλο που νιώθω προδομένος από τους Έλληνες στην Ελλάδα, εφόσον με τις πράξεις τους με έδιωξαν από την χώρα μου, δεν ξεχνώ την ιστορία του τόπου μου και τις αξίες και τα ιδανικά που απέκτησα μεγαλώνοντας εκεί.

Ένα πράγμα που πραγματικά με παραξένευσε ευχάριστα είναι ο Ελληνισμός στην Αυστραλία. Θα μπορούσα να πω πως οι άνθρωποι εδώ είναι πιο πολύ Έλληνες από αυτούς που ζουν στην Ελλάδα καθώς αγαπούν πολύ την Ελλάδα, τηρούν τα ήθη και τα έθιμα μας και συμμετέχουν ενεργά στην παράδοση της Ελληνικής κουλτούρας στις επόμενες γενιές. Είναι πολύ σημαντικό να ξέρουμε από που καταγόμαστε και να μιλάμε Ελληνικά.

Καθώς ο μήνας Μάρτιος είναι ο μήνας που μιλάμε Ελληνικά, θα ήθελα να τονίσω πως πρέπει να μιλάμε Ελληνικά όσο περισσότερο γίνεται. Το ξέρω πως είναι δύσκολο για κάποιους να μιλήσουν Ελληνικά, αλλά δεν πρέπει να πτοούνται καθώς έτσι βελτιώνονται και μαθαίνουν περισσότερα για τις ρίζες τους. Και εγώ δεν μπορώ να μιλήσω άπταιστα Αγγλικά αλλά παρόλα αυτά δεν το βάζω κάτω γιατί θα μου είναι πολύ χρήσιμα στο μέλλον.

Για το τέλος θα ήθελα να ξανά τονίσω πως όλοι πρέπει να στηρίζουμε την καταγωγή μας και να μιλάμε Ελληνικά με υπερηφάνεια και λεβεντιά μα πάνω απ’ όλα να αγαπάμε την τεράστια Ελλάδα μας. Ο διπλός εορτασμός της 25ης Μαρτίου Την 25η Μαρτίου γιορτάζουμε για δύο ξεχωριστούς και πολύ σημαντικούς λόγους: τον Ευαγγελισμό της Θεοτόκου από τον Αρχάγγελο Γαβριήλ και την Ελληνική Επανάσταση εναντίον της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας το 1821.

Η 25η Μαρτίου είναι λοιπόν, αρχικά, θρησκευτική γιορτή. Γιορτάζουμε το μήνυμα που μετέφερε ο Αρχάγγελος Γαβριήλ στην Θεοτόκο, ότι θα φέρει στον κόσμο τον γιο του Θεού. Στην αρχή

λοιπόν, όταν μίλησε ο αρχάγγελος στην Θεοτόκο, η Παναγία φοβήθηκε. Ο Γαβριήλ είπε στην Παναγία «Μην φοβάσαι Μαρία, ο Θεός σε έχει διαλέξει να γίνεις η μητέρα του υιού του, τον οποίο θα ονομάσεις Ιησού. Θα είναι μέγας και θα αποκαλείται ο «Υιός του Θεού». Η Παναγία δεν ήταν σίγουρη πώς θα πραγματοποιούνταν τα λόγια του Αρχαγγέλου, καθώς δεν ήταν παντρεμένη. Τότε, ο Αρχάγγελος της είπε «το Άγιο Πνεύμα θα κατέβει και το ιερό παιδί που θα γεννήσεις θα είναι ο Υιός του Θεού».

Ο δεύτερος λόγος του εορτασμού της 25ης Μαρτίου είναι η απελευθέρωση των Ελλήνων από τον τουρκικό ζυγό. Οι Έλληνες ήταν υπόδουλοι της οθωμανικής αυτοκρατορίας, ήδη από το 1453, για 400 χρόνια. Η επανάσταση άρχισε επίσημα στις 25 Μαρτίου 1821, όταν ο Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός σήκωσε την σημαία της επανάστασης στην Αγία Λαύρα και φώναξε δυνατά «ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ Η ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ». Ο αγώνας συνεχίστηκε μέχρι το 1830, όταν οι Έλληνες απέχτησαν την ανεξαρτησία τους. Η 25η Μαρτίου, η ημέρα του Ευαγγελισμού, επιλέχτηκε από τους Έλληνες, για την έναρξη του απελευθερωτικού τους κινήματος, με την ελπίδα ότι η Παναγία θα τους ευλογήσει να νικήσουν στον αγώνα τους.

Από τον μαθητή, George Toumazos

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With Mrs Miltiadous

ANT1 Children’s Drawing Competition This week St George College received a letter from ‘Antenna Pacific’ acknowledging and thanking our students for taking part in the Ant1 Children’s Drawing Competition.

With the theme ‘Children depict Christmas’ students from all parts of the globe including Australia, Greece, England and USA took part.

A number of our Junior Campus students designed, drew, coloured and painted their own meaning of Christmas. These were showcased on the Greek channel Ant1 and can also be seen on the channel’s YouTube pages by searching “Τα Παιδιά Ζωγραφίζουν τα Χριστούγεννα”.

We are very proud of all our students who took part. Well done everyone!!

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Sport Result Open Mixed Volleyball Round 6 – Bye

Round 7 - Glenunga International def. St George College

Under 10 Basketball Round 4 - Bye

Round 5 - Woodville Green PS def. St George College

Under 12 Basketball Round 4 - St Michaels Gold def. St George College

Round 5– St Michaels Blue def. St George College

Under 14 Basketball Round 4- Grange Red PS def. St George College

Round 5 - St Michaels College Def. St George College

Under 11 Netball Round 4 – St George College Def. Woodville Stars PS

Round 5 – St George College Def. Pegasus Power

Under 13 Netball Round 4 – St George College Def. Rosary Rebels

Round 5 - St George College Def. Our Lady Queen of Peace PS

With Mr Michael Rodas and Mrs Taliangis With around 500,000 people graduating each year the job market is extremely competitive. Companies want to see other achievements as well as qualifications, and they also want to make sure students have the right employability skills to be able to do the job – such as being a good communicator, an ability to work in a team and being able to solve problems. A positive attitude, enthusiasm and adaptability are also seen as important as you will have a lot to learn when you start your first graduate job.

The best way to develop employability skills is by participating in the school co-curricular program and community service. These two key factors are what employers state will make graduates stand out from the rest

Projects abroad sends over 10,000 volunteers away annually and

Supports over 1000 individual projects in education, childcare, healthcare and human rights

Students interested can pick up a brochure on projects abroad from the careers centre.

Jobs of the future Year 10 students currently undertaking the Personal Learning Plan have been busy exploring possible future career pathways. A number of students have inquired about current trends in employment and where the jobs of the future will be! If you are interested in reading some of the latest predictions in this area, the following Deakin University article might be of interest. Go to Experts predict jobs of the future

http://this.deakin.edu.au/careers/experts-predict-the-jobs-of-the-future

Looking for casual work OneShift Jobs Website containing a job search specialising in casual or part-time jobs. https://oneshiftjobs.com/

Important Dates: South Australia Work & Skills Expo @ Adelaide Convention Centre Sunday 9th April, 10am – 4pm Monday 10th April, 9:30am – 1:30pm T

his event will be held in conjunction with the Tertiary Studies and Careers Expo Adelaide. This year’s the inaugural year of the SA Work & Skills Expo. Stay tuned for more developments! http://www.careersevent.com/sawork-skills-expo/

Tertiary Studies and Careers Expo Adelaide Sunday 9th April, 10am – 4pm Monday 10th April, 9:30am – 1:30pm @ Adelaide Convention Centre This career expo has free entry, and is a great way to meet potential employers and find out about tertiary study options. http://www.careersevent.com/tscea/ BiG Day In @ The University of Adelaide Tuesday 11th April Save the date for BiG Day In at The University of Adelaide. This event is an IT Careers Conference for students in years 9–12 who are interested in technology. The event is free, and early bird bookings can be made now. http://acsfoundation.cart.net.au/BiG-Day-In-University-of-Adelaide-11-April-2017 TSCEA In a TSCEA first, we are looking for Australian students to represent their respected schools (as well as TSCEA) as Student Ambassadors. Are you a Year 11 or 12 student interested in being an Ambassador at the Tertiary Studies & Career Expo ? This is especially a great opportunity if you are interested in marketing, media, PR, advertising or communications. Please see Mrs. Taliangis for further details!

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Next Parents and Friends Meeting

The Parents and Friends meeting are held monthly, with the next meeting scheduled for Tuesday 4 April at 9am in the Junior Campus Hall. All Parents and Friends of the St. George College Community are welcome; we hope to see you there!

Easter Lambathes (candles) Fundraiser 2017

This Easter, the Parents & Friends of St. George College are offering the College Community a wonderful opportunity to pur-chase hand decorated Lambathes. The Lambathes will be sold for $12 each; they make fantastic gifts for children, godchildren, family and friends. A flyer with photos of the Lambathes on offer will be sent home shortly. Lambathes will be by pre-order, and can be collected from the school in the last week of Term 1. The proceeds of this Fundraiser will go towards the re-development of the Junior Campus Playspace.

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is celebrated on Tuesday 21 March each year; it is a day to celebrate our culturally diverse society. The students of the Junior Campus celebrated by having a Crazy Hair & Hat Day, under the guise that we may look different, or come from different backgrounds, but Everyone Belongs. After prayer the students took part in a Crazy Hair and Hat Parade, with a special treat of Jonny’s popcorn at Recess. This event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Junior Campus teachers, the Parents and Friends of St. George College, and the support and very generous donations of Sweet & Salty, Buttery and Car-mel popcorn from Jonny’s Popcorn Delights.

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