Principal: Phil Fitzsimons 8532 1788 – Chairperson Governing Council: Sue Horsnell 0413 866 666
Murray Bridge High School
It is through working together, with respect, that we can reach excellence
Excellence, Respect and Working Together
Term 3, Week 10 -17 September 2012
CALENDAR
TERM 3
Week 10 Tue, 18 Sep Dance Moderation – 7pm Wed, 19 Sep Youth Opportunities Graduation
Fri, 21 Sep Last day of Term 3 – 2pm dismissal
TERM 4
Mon, 8 Oct – Fri, 14 Dec
From the Principal Phil Fitzsimons
Opening of the Industrial Training Kitchen
Last Tuesday, 11 September saw the opening of the Industrial Training Kitchen in
the Regional Disability Unit. The opening was attended by the Disabilities
Minister Hon Ian Hunter, Member for Hammond Adrian Pederick, Deputy
Mayor Barry Laubsch, Governing Council Chairperson Sue Horsnell as well as
community and business leaders and representatives. The opening was a
showcase of work demonstrating the many skills and attributes acquired by the
students under the tutelage of Chris Roberts-Yates.
Food cooked and presented during the opening included Emu and Apricot Pie,
Kangaroo Pie, Marron, Crocodile Spring Rolls, Honey and Almond Ice Cream
Cups as well as Pear and Haloumi Prosciutto Wraps. Those who attended
thoroughly enjoyed the variety of food on offer and the high quality presentation.
The Minister was most impressed with the entire event and was particularly keen
to hear the stories from each of the students as to how the skills they have
gained from the Breakfast Program has given them opportunities for a career
pathway after school.
I would like to acknowledge the work of the staff from the Regional Disability
Unit in coordinating this successful opening as the event demonstrated all of the
3 school values that we take much pride in. See photos below.
Final Day of Term 3
Students will be dismissed from school on Friday, 21st September at 2pm. Buses
will depart shortly after this time. Student reports will be distributed to students
along with the NAPLAN reports at an assembly on Tuesday, 16th October
(Week2). I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable school break and look forward
to a productive and successful term 4. Enjoy reading this week’s Newsletter.
PLEASE NOTE:
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Royal Adelaide Show Junior Cookery
Competition By Cathy Schiller
As a part the curriculum this term students in the Home
Economics area made products for entry into the Royal Adelaide
Show. The Year 8 classes made scones for Class No 169, Scones
Healthy, any variety.
Students were required to come up with their own variation, food
order and time plan. The top ten from each of the two classes
were chosen for entry. In this class we had one place getter;
Bianca Latz’s scones were chosen for 2nd prize.
The Year 9 class made tomato sauce for Class No 137, Sauce,
Tomato, one bottle. All students that were present on the sauce
making day entered this category.
In this class the following students were selected for prizes, 2nd
place Angela Venturi, 3rd place Jade Seaman, 4th place Silvana Parbs
and 5th place Rob Warneke. Due to the high amount of entries
more places were given.
Congratulations to those students who placed in the show. Also
many congratulations to all students for producing fine products for entry into the show. You have done your school proud.
Agriculture and the Royal Adelaide Show By Jackie Heaney
Congratulations to the Year 11/12 Agriculture students who
on Wednesday 12th September won first prize for the
Merino sheep(group pen) category. This is the culmination
of a year’s hard work and persistence down at the farm.
Both goats and steers put on impressive displays in each of
their categories. It was impressive to see both Murray Bridge
High School and ILC students working together in the
leading, preparation of the Boar goats. During Wednesday’s
parade, both groups displayed excellent handling and
stewardship of the animals.
On the second day of the Show, expectations were high due
to the success of the first day with the Merino sheep. Our
first success came in the steer’s competition, with Sofie Dean
achieving fourth place in her category with Waldo and
Candice McLoughlin achieving 7th place with Murray in her
grouping. Success came again when the ILC placed in the
large Boar goat category. Finally, Chris Howard reached the
finals of the goat-handling competition which was a highly
competitive section of over 200 contestants.
Mrs Heaney would like to express her sincere gratitude to
Mr Hall, Mr James, Mr Gillett and special thanks to Glen
Noble for all his expertise and support.
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Musical Showcase 2012 By Alex McFarlane
On Wednesday, 5th of September the music students of Murray
Bridge High School put on a stellar performance to a packed
house in the Drama Workshop. Parents, family and friends sat in a
relaxed cabaret style environment to experience the result of all
the hard work that the music staff and students have been putting
in all year.
The night opened with Mr Hickey's Year 8 Advanced class playing
Also Spake Zarathustra (or Buzz Light Years' theme as the kids call
it) followed by all the Year 9 and 10 class bands. Some of the
Year 8's joined Mr McFarlane's Year 9 Advanced class to make up
the "Rhythm and Wind Orchestra" and gave a fantastic
performance including hits such as, Black Betty and So What. Ms
Lehmann's Year 9 Dance class performed in a collaborative work
with the Year 10 General class playing Zombie by "the
Cranberries". In between each main act we heard superb solo
performances by Year 12's, Ants Wilkin, Penelope Thomas,
Andrew Thomas and Cassie Ladhams. We also heard the Vocal
Ensemble with songs such as Tears in Heaven and A Thousand Miles
and the Senior Guitar Ensemble playing Jazz, Classical, Grunge and
Rock. The night finished with the Senior Concert Band playing
works such as, Viva La Vida and the premiere performance of a
composition by Year 12 German exchange student, Max Apel.
These performances were part of the students' assessments for
the term and the second summative for the Year 12's. The whole
night was a great example of the Excellence, Respect and Working
Together that Murray Bridge High School stands for. Well done
to the all the staff and students involved!
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Year 12 Food and Hospitality Students Cater for
Tailem Bend Food and Wine Club By Ruth Hicks
Year 12 Food and Hospitality students catered for the September dinner of
the Tailem Bend Food and Wine Club in the Glasshouse Restaurant, as part
of their assessment this term. Students were required to work
collaboratively to design, prepare and serve a 6 course meal with the
theme ‘Murraylands in Spring’.
The students come from two classes and initial decisions included the
division of major tasks. Mrs Rowland’s class became responsible for the
soup and main, along with the sorbet palate cleanser. Ms Hicks’ class
tackled entrée, dessert and room set up. All students individually prepared
and presented a dish for hors d’oeuvres that also presented the best of
Murraylands produce.
The range of hors d’oeuvres chosen demonstrated the student’s
enthusiasm and commitment to a meal of high quality. The selection
included cucumber cups with marinated fetta and olives, lamb spring rolls,
deep fried beef, tomato and parmesan ravioli with red capsicum skordalia
dip, panko crusted chicken bites with apricot mustard sauce, mushroom
and vegetable dumplings, roasted olives with lavender, duck spring rolls,
stuffed baked mushrooms, zucchini and goat feta tarts, candied tomatoes
on basil leaves, pistachio and masala cheese coated grapes and mini turkey
meatballs with dipping sauce.
The menu was outstanding and the preparation and service challenged all
to exhibit their skills in organisation along with quality and quantity control
measures.
Soup
Parsnip, bacon and thyme
(using vegetable stock and served with mini Panini rolls)
Entrée
Seafood Trio
(seasoned fillet of mullet, rolled and oven baked, crispy rainbow trout
topped with a yabby tail, callop mousse rolled in cabbage leaf and poached,
served on a yabby bisque)
Sorbet
Lemon sorbet
(served with champagne as a palate cleanser)
Main
Panfried pork cutlet
(flavoured with a balsamic, garlic, rosemary and fennel glaze and served with
a sweet potato mash, oven roasted orange and purple carrots and red
capsicum, steamed brocollini and spring onions and garnished with sweet
potato crisps and snow pea sprouts.
Dessert
Orange and chocolate Parfait
(a decadent dessert of chocolate ganache, orange curd and chocolate
mousse served with almond and pistachio cigars.
The students must be congratulated for not only an exceptionally high
quality meal, but for also demonstrating excellent front of house skills.
What wonderful ambassadors they were for our school!
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Doorways to Construction Site Visit By Noel Hartmann
On Friday, 31st of August the Doorways to Construction group
from the LMTTC at Murray Bridge High School participated in a
site visit to the new Murray Bridge Police Station on Swanport
Road Murray Bridge.
Transported to the site by bus we arrived at 9.30 and were
greeted by Mr Julian Timmis, Construction Manager for Badge
Constructions and a SAPOL liaison person for the project.
After a brief talk Julian took our group for a detailed tour of the
site. Features included seeing reinforcing being fixed in large
footings, many procedures, fixtures and fittings that you do not
see on domestic work experience, mechanical services such as
air-conditioning, the complexity of the data and communications systems in such a building and the special requirements of an
organisation like SAPOL.
Many trades were present and working while we were there.
Julian explained about the complexity of scheduling a project of this size and it was interesting to see how the building was being
finished from the inside out. The work spaces, conference
rooms, public areas, gym and facilities upstairs were quite a
contrast to the dark, hard concrete and steel of the cells
downstairs. This area while impressive certainly was not inviting.
Julian wound up with brief discussion of how to get work in the
commercial field and how it differs from domestic construction.
The visit was very beneficial as it built on areas we had been
working on, in particular concrete and also in the areas of organisation and preparation and working to specifications and
standards. It also enabled our students to see a wider area of
opportunities and occupations both traditional and high tech.
We would like to thank Badge Constructions, Mr Julian Timmis and SAPOL for making our visit possible.
Welding Short course By Noel Hartman
Week 8 of the school term students from Murray Bridge High
School, Coomandook Area School, Mannum Community College and the Independent Learning Centre attended TAFE SA Murray
Bridge Campus and completed a short course in welding. The
students learnt to use 2 types of welding equipment which were
Oxy Acetylene and Arc Welding.
For the Oxy Acetylene, students learnt 2 methods of Oxy
Acetylene Welding and they were Fusion and Braise. Students
did these methods of welding using a variety of welding positions.
In the Arc Welding, students welded metal in a number of
different welding positions. They also used different thicknesses
of metal and used different welding rods. With this the students
then had to understand what settings were required for the
different welding rods they were using.
On the Friday the students had to complete the theory
assessment for the 2 different welding machines they were using
which gave them units of competency in the use of Arc Welding
and Oxy Acetylene.
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Boys and BBQ’s Exhibition By David Berresford
What do you get when you put a group of students into a
fully functioning engineering workshop, give them an artist
mentor, a pile of scrap metal and access to tools with grunt?
Come and see the results and some pretty amazing BBQs.
On Sunday, 9th of September Murray Bridge Regional Art
Galley had the opening of the “Boys and BBQs” exhibition.
The students had their very own space in the Vicki Nottage
Sculpture Court to display their work.
The opening started off great with the room filling with
onlookers and admirers. Our Principal Mr Phil Fitzsimons
gave the opening speech commending the students on their
success and thanking our supporters. The BBQ’s were each
given a space in the room with the student’s information on
the work written on the walls in charcoal.
Reactions from the crowd were excited and very curious to
see how these barbecues worked. The students stood near
their work giving demonstrations and explaining features to
the public. The boys received much earned praise from
onlookers with a few even getting offers to buy their work.
This year’s senior metalwork class has done a fantastic job of
starting the “Boys and BBQ’s” program. Their work has been
photographed and will be used as support material with
future year levels who will try to surpass their efforts. From
the feedback we are getting from the junior year levels we are
expecting more complex and imaginative designs. Keep an
eye out for these next year!
Special thanks go go to Hughes Precision Engineering, Murray
Sales, Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery and Westley Tully.
The boys involved (below) are: L-R
Andrew Smart, Deklan Banks, Lincoln Williss, Trent Buddle, AJ Pattison and Jonathon Henderson.
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Reading is Visualizing By Goran Yakas
Earlier this year the Resource Centre staff challenged my
Year 9 Art/Design class to design a mural for the Resource
Centre with a ‘brief’ that it promotes reading.
The class set about developing images around the word
‘READ’ and each student presented their design. There
were many excellent and imaginative designs, but in the end
the class decided that Jess’s was the best all-rounder,
promoting reading.
The images incorporated in the design were taken from
various students’ ideas and represent images that we may
visualize when we read a book. Check it out in the
Resource Centre.
The main contributors to the mural are from left:
Courtney Klenke, Yeter Erkoc, Adam Lee, Jess Blythman and
Chelsea Ellis. Back Row - Teacher Mr Yakas
Literacy in the Classroom By Andrew Walkley
In weeks 7 and 8 my Communication and Society class were asked
to respond to the text ‘Animal Farm’ in a creative way. The class
had been investigating the historical importance of the novel and
the metaphoric world that George Orwell created as a response to
the spread of Communism after World War Two. The result was
some fantastic efforts from the class to create various responses
such as continuing the story of ‘Animal Farm’ after the end of the
book, creating posters to show some of the more important events
and characters of the novel and an amazing cake. Students were
able to demonstrate their understanding of the text in a different
manner than often required which lead to some inspiring responses.
The cake was shared by the class in an equal fashion where each
person was given their fair share.
Mr Walkley gave the class an assignment on the book ‘Animal
Farm’. We had to make this assignment as creative as possible.
Hayley and I decided to make some little cupcakes to represent
some of the characters from ‘Animal Farm’. We also baked a cake
and decorated it as a map of Animal Farm; there was a barn, a
windmill, Mr Jones’ house and some of the crops. Some of the
animals that we created out of the cupcakes were the two horses
Clover and Boxer, the three pigs Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball
and the bird Moses. We bought the cupcakes and cake to school
for the class to taste our creative assignment.
By Rachel Keller and Hayley Vardon.
We were asked to come up with some creative ways to respond to
‘Animal Farm’. I chose to draw some pictures and add some writing
about the farm. Some of the things I wrote about were the peer
pressure around the farm (mental and physical), why I think that the
pigs were named what they were named, a comparison to the
book and the movie, and why the farm needed a scapegoat.
By Courtney Klenke.