NEWSLETTER - February 2009

Campbell Road Paradise SA 5075 Phone: 8337 6844 Fax: 8337 2948 CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A Email: charlesc@charlescss.sa.edu.au Web: www.charlescss.sa.edu.au

Inside this edition Page 1 Sports Day Steve Best Campbelltown Council Ad 2 From the Principal 3 2008 Senior School Student Achievement Behaviour Managment 4 CCSS Ski Trip Ad Pastoral Support Worker

Diary Dates 16/2 Yr10 Outdoor Ed. Aquatics 16/2 7.00pm Governing Council Meeting 16/2 7.00pm Years 8 - 10 Acquaintance Evening 17/2 7.00pm Years 11- 12 Acquaintance Evening 2/3 5.00pm Finance Advisory Committee Meeting 2/3 6.00pm Facilities Committee Meeting 6/3 SPORTS DAY 9/3 ADELAIDE CUP

Principal Chris Stokes (10) Deputy Principal Tony Maio (Yr 8) Assistant Principal Shane Willsmore (Yr 9) Assistant Principal Laura Coonan (Yr 12) Assistant Principal Sue Dobrowolski (Yr 10) Assistant Principal Heather Makris (Yr 11) (International Student Program) Business Manager Denise Long

Our annual Sports Day will be held this year on Friday 6th March on our school ovals. All students are expected to attend as normal and be involved as either competitors or officials on the day. We have again decided to start our carnival at 7.30 am and finish at approximately 1.15pm in an effort to compete in the cooler part of the day. The timetable for the day will be: 7.30 am Events begin 8.30 am Home Group 8.40 am Events resume 12.45 pm Presentation 1.15 pm Dismissal Once again there will be a mixture of both athletic and novelty events, which should cater for all interests. The format this year will be a competition between house groups (Red, Yellow, B lue , G reen ) . S tuden ts a re encouraged to dress in team colours to add to the atmosphere and sense of

occasion. There will be ribbons for event winners and medallions for year level winners. As well as our sporting events there will also be a number of community stalls and activities being run on the day to add to the fun and enjoyment. Following Sports Day, our best athletes will be invited to represent our school in the North Eastern Vista/Northern ZONE Combined Athletics Carnival. This is held at Santos Stadium, Mile End later in the term. Parents are welcome to come for part or all of the day. I look forward to a great day of active involvement for our students and the many positive benefits that can be gained for our whole school community from Sports Day. Neil Muggleton / Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to Steve Best who will be representing Australia in an upcoming international ice hockey tournament in Taiwan. We wish him all the best and look forward to hearing the results.

“Congratulations Steve”

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Dear Parents/Caregivers, Students and Staff, After getting off to good start in those hot weeks our classes have settled well with all staff now in place. Teachers are supporting students to make a good start in each of their subjects. Parents should be asking for their son’s/daughter’s assessment plans for each subject and signing these, so that parents are better able to provide support at home. All assessment plans will be finalised over the next couple of weeks. We encourage parents to discuss with their young people these plans and the work they are doing. Parental support is sought to encourage students to do their homework on a regular basis. Suggested hours per night are: years 8 – 9 about 1 hour per night, years 10 – 11 about 1½ hours and year 12, 2 – 3 hours per night. Time spent varies for subjects studied and the topics. If parents are concerned about too much or not enough homework please contact either the subject or Home Group teacher. What’s on this term? Acquaintance Evenings Next week are our Acquaintance Evenings which are important for meeting and getting to know Home Group teachers and Year Level Managers as well as some subject teachers. Years 8 – 10 - Monday 16th February 7 – 8.30pm Years 11 – 12 -Tuesday 17th February 7 – 8.30pm. Athletics Carnival Friday 6th March at 7.30am – 1.30pm enables our Athletics Carnival to avoid the heat of the day. Students enjoy both athletic and novelty events with opportunities for fund raising. Parents and caregivers are VERY welcome to attend and participate in the atmosphere and support their family members and their friends. Essendon Exchange This year the Essendon Exchange will be in Melbourne and the teams are currently being organised with practices occurring during lunch times and after school. Details will be provided for those students who will be involved, however it may be helpful to start saving for the fares now. Governing Council The first meeting will be held on Monday 16th February 7.00pm – 9.00pm, R Building, Room 10, the conference room. Prior to the meeting staff and parents are invited to meet members of Governing Council (GC), and refreshments will be available. The agenda includes professional learning schedule for GC members, discussions about the Site Learning Plan for 2009, the Hot Weather Policy and the Council of International Schools (CIS) self evaluation and improvement plan. New Staff for 2009 A number of teachers are new to the school this year whilst others who were on contracts last year have returned. We are very pleased to welcome these teachers back to our school. A special warm welcome to staff new to CCSS:

Congratulations to staff who have won five year leadership positions(*). Deputy Principal – Tony Maio Assistant Principal, Middle Years - Shane Willsmore Coordinator, LOTE - Jim McNab Coordinator, Arts - Mary-Lou Michael Coordinator, Student Counsellor, Middle Years -

Meg Collins Coordinator, Middle Years, Health and Physical

Education / Home Economics - Pat O’Brien Coordinator, Science - Rodney Mangos Staff who have won leadership positions (tenures 1 year or less( ) Assistant Principal, Trade Schools for the Future -

David Hicks (0.2 position) Coordinator Numeracy and Social Inclusion - Denis Blunt Coordinator ICT, Administration Systems,

Timetables - Sherif Soliman Coordinator ICT whole school programs - Jim Edson Coordinator Flexible Learning - Mary Zillante Coordinator, Student Pathways and Counselling –

Troy Walters Coordinator Middle Years – Andrew Fleming Finance Officer – Ibi Kanellos (not tenured) Congratulations to teachers who were newly appointed to CCSS in 2009: Phil Heaton - Media / Art term 1 Chris Howland – Vision Support Teacher Cass Jarrad – Society & Environment, English, Health. Karen Jennings – Maths and Science Carol Matoga – Home Economics John O’Mara – Design and Technology Phil Sutton – Society and Environment Liz Wilkins – Home Economics Teachers who gained a ten year placement and return to CCSS for 2009 include: Cam Callisto, Allen Campbell, Sab Bavaro, Chris Formby. Contract teachers who have been with us previously and return include: Mary Agrios, Heather Barrett, Jonathon Bligh, Naomi Kerr, Heidi Kulikovsky, Hong Lin, Kim McCarthur, Neil Muggleton, Janet Smith, Josephine Williams, Rob Yeend, Andrew Zibell. SSOs who have returned again this year include: Lucy Breeding, Jan Boyce, Jan Beames, Magdalene Cher, Helen Hriskin, Helen Nichol, Misa Kuroda, Ann Mason, Gillian Overton and Jessamin Curtis. We welcome Marie Hann and Matt Keen. We look forward to a productive and successful year with our highly competent team of staff. We look forward to meeting families on Monday and Tuesday evenings and working with you throughout the year. Chris Stokes Principal

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SACE Results Outstanding Tertiary Entrance results were gained by the following students:

There were two students who gained Merits – 20/20

SATAC offers Of the 112 students who applied for university and/or TAFE 99 students received an offer. 89% of our students received an offer.

Encouraging students to apply for both TAFE and University courses has contributed to the high success rate of students being offered a tertiary place. Sharyn Habel Coordinator Senior School

Rosemary Hallam 99.65

Melissa Norris 95.15

Qian (Angela) Xu 93.7

Sophie Sakoulas 91.25

Dilan Wijedasa 90.65

Ik Hyeon (Jason) Yang 88.45

Emily Cook 87.35

Caitlin Becker 86.6

Frank Langone 86.6

Lara Bond 86.1

Desislava Gancheva 85.7

Hamish Pettigrew 85.25

Eun Sun (Lisa) Yang 85.25

Matt Lykos Music Special Study

Rosemary Hallam Physics

Total applications TAFE/Uni 133

Total University applications 78

Total TAFE applications 55

Offers TAFE or Uni (first preferences)

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Repeated lateness to school is a serious risk factor to academic success. Teachers generally begin each lesson with ‘up front teaching time’, this first 10 minutes is vital. Students who are present will understand the expectations for the lesson, and are more likely to be on task and behaving appropriately. Also, new subject content is often explicitly taught in the first part of the lesson, with the latter part of the lesson used to consolidate the new skills or knowledge.

If your morning routine as a family is making it difficult for you to ensure your child is at school when the first bell goes at 8:40am, then it would be highly beneficial for their academic success if you could try some new strategies so that it can be achieved each day.

This year we are utilising a new ‘Points Based Database’ to record and monitor misbehaviour, with a goal to continuously improve the

standards that we set at Charles Campbell Secondary School. In exceptional circumstances where lateness to school is unavoidable please provide your child with a note to explain. If a student presents to Student Services late to school without a note, they will lose points on the database. The points deducted increase the later they are to school.

If you would like to discuss any issues relating to lateness and your child please ring the school and ask to speak to your child’s Home Group teacher, or to a Year Level Manager.

What we want as a school, and I’m sure you want as parents and caregivers, is to provide our young people with the life skills and work habits to give them the best possible chance of academic success and a future full of positive options.

Shane Willsmore - Assistant Principal

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Hello everyone! Well it’s 2009 and February already! For those of you who are new to the school community and for those of you who missed my articles last year, I am Josh Champion, the Christian Pastoral Support Worker here at Charles Campbell. The temptation for me is to call myself a Chaplain because that’s what my role used to be called. But I think Christian Pastoral Support is a good title because it clearly defines what I am here for and that is to give pastoral support to the school community. I am a resource available for all people in this school community: students, families and teachers.

This year I will be running some programs such as, Club 8 – a lunchtime activity for year 8 students, bringing guest speakers and seminars to the school, coaching some sporting teams and much more. I also aim to connect the school with the local community, offering programs from local welfare agencies and churches. I’ll take this opportunity to say how lucky I feel to be a part of Charles Campbell Secondary School because I truly believe that this is a great school and one that I am very proud to be a part of. So if you have any questions or ideas for me, or if you’d just like to chat, I’d love to hear from you. You can drop me a line at chajj004@gmail.com. Kind Regards, Josh Champion

CHARLES CAMPBELL SECONDARY SCHOOL SKI

TRIP 2009

WHEN: TERM 3 AUGUST 22nd -29th WHERE: MT. HOTHAM, VICTORIA WHO: YEAR 9’S, YEAR 10’S and YEAR 11’s INFORMATION: MR. WALTERS HOW: PAY DEPOSIT BY 27/2/09 (Friday. week 4) DEPOSIT: $200