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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:

DECD has recently changed their email

provider and as a result Murray Bridge High

School now has new email addresses. See

below.

If you need to leave a message for a teacher

or general information to the school please email: [email protected]

If your child is sick or won’t be attending

school for the day please email:

[email protected] or ring the

Attendance line on 8531 2949.

Murray Bridge High School Newsletter 17 September 2012

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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.

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