SALISBURY HIGHSCHOOL

Newsletter No 725th September 2013

14 Farley GroveSalisbury North 5108

South Australia

Telephone: 61 8 8182 0200Facsimile: 61 8 8182 0201

Website:www.salisburyhigh.sa.edu.au

Contents:From the PrincipalSpeech DayMaths and ScienceFlexible Learning OptionsLanguagesSA Indigenous State U18 Girls Kick StartYear 8 Science ShowA VET student’s perspectiveSRC – Operation Christmas BoxHome EconomicsLunch with PrincipalStage 2 ChemistryLatenessMusicalSWD Basketball CarnivalCycling for the FutureOpen Korfball competitionStage 2 ExamsFundraisingYear 9 ItalianVivosCake donationSchool Card 2013Community NewsReach for the Stars - This is Rubbish

Coming EventsOctober14th Term 4 commences

November12th Governing Council20th School Formal29th Speech Day

NEWSLETTERFrom the PrincipalPhotography students steal the Adelaide Royal Show

The Digital Media department entered nine students’ photography work into the Royal Adelaide Show. This is the first time the school has entered work and the results were outstanding. Students who participated were Alicia Moore, Benjamin Allen, Brittany Tonkins, Claire Jarvis, Madeline Lucas, Natalie Jara, Sallie Mahoney, Shailee O’Brien and Tayla Denk. Fourteen photographs were entered in total, from students across Years 10, 11 and 12 with ten of the photographs taking 1st, 2nd or 3rd place. Our students competed against 400 entries from both public and private schools. The calibre of our entries was extremely impressive.

Ann Prime – Principal

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Speech Day – Friday 29th November10am to approx 12 noon

We would like to invite all parents/caregivers to the 2013 Speech Day to be held in the school Gymnasium. All students are expected to attend Speech Day in full school uniform. Our Guest Speaker is Amanda Blair broadcaster, columnist and public speaker.

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Maths and ScienceCongratulations to Britany Hobbs and Lachlan Darch

I would like to acknowledge and congratulate Britany Hobbs and Lachlan Darch who will participate in this year’s inaugural UniSA Maths Prize. The prize is awarded to Year 10 students who demonstrate an interest in a mathematically-based career and have achieved high grades in Mathematics.

The UniSA Maths Prize is designed to enhance students’ interest and knowledge of Maths through a one day ‘Experience’ at UniSA. The ‘Experience’ provides an opportunity for students to extend their mathematical knowledge in a fun and interactive way.

Australian Mathematics Competition

Thank you to the 28 students who participated in this year’s Australian Maths Competition. Students will receive a certificate that reflects their achievement.

Special congratulations to the following participants:

Junior (7/8)Garvit Grover (Credit)

Intermediate (9/10)Thomas Kong (Distinction)Christopher Zuodar (Distinction)Britany Hobbs (Credit)Alex Knoop (Credit)Lachlan Sparrow (Credit)Anne-Marie Narciso (Credit)Brandon McCarthy (Credit)

Senior (11/12)Damian Nance (Distinction)Albert Kong (Credit)Rodney Shaw (Credit)Lee Schultz (Credit)Nathanael Shoumack (Credit)

SpiRit of Science

Congratulations to Lee Schultz, Heidi Jensen, Sonia Ghimire and Mr Mackey who have all been selected to participate in this year’s SpiRit of Science.

The SpiRit of Science Program is a unique opportunity for students at South Australian schools in Years 10 and 11 to travel to London at no cost to them for ten days, accompanied by two teachers, to attend the Christmas Lectures in London staged by the RiGB - Royal Institution of Great Britain. The SpiRit of Science Scholarship gives a talented group of young people a chance to develop their passion for science in a unique learning environment.

Science and Engineering Challenge

Thank you and congratulations to the 28 students who participated in this year’s Science and Engineering Challenge - a day-long competition designed to provide Year 9 and 10 students with a positive experience of Science and Engineering.

Each school team is divided into 8 groups which work on either 1 full-day activity or 2 half-day activities. (There are 8 different workshop-style activities at each Challenge.)

Students are awarded points for each activity and the school with the most cumulative points at the end of the day is declared the winner. Winning schools will subsequently compete against each other for a place in the state and - perhaps - the national competition.

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Science and Engineering Challenge continued

Year 10: Scott Kirkham, Sonia Ghimire, Daniel O’Brien, Dylan Aloisi, Kate Dalton, Brooke Jenner, Joshua Smith, Britany Hobbs, Kaitl¬yn Newberry, Chris Zuodar, Heidi Jensen, Zac Barge, Laclan Sparrow, Benjamin Allen, Alex Knoop, Abbey Morrison and Lachlan Darch.

Year 9: Brandon McCarthy, Mikaella Mismanos, Georgia Bishop, Caitlin Caputo, Georgia Knight, Thomas Kong, Anne-Marie Narciso, Richard Portlock, Nicola Henderson, Kira Torbarina and Sariah Howell (McKellar).

Rebecca Ludewig – Maths/Science Coordinator

Flexible Learning Options (FLO)

Amber MacDonald and Jacob Pitt have been completing their studies within the FLO program which has enabled them to develop their confidence to participate in learning programs.

Amber is successfully engaged in Directions in Hair & Beauty, Cert 11 in Nail Technology and “SACE in the Community “.

Jacob has successfully gained his Forklift Licence, Work Zone Traffic Management Certificate and is enrolled in Certificate 3 in Warehouse Operations.

Both students have been successful in completing Work Experience with the City Of Salisbury during Term 3.

FLO has enabled both students the flexibility of engaging with education in a less formal setting.

Elaine Warner - FLO

LanguagesJapanese Teacher ExchangeThe Australian Science Teachers’ Association in conjunction with Sony Science Teachers’ Association Japan run annual teacher exchange programs. This year Salisbury High School was lucky enough to be a part of the program with Anita Trenwith’s Year 8 Science class running a Science show about energy for the teachers.

The students performed energy transformation demonstrations using chemical energy to produce heat, light and kinetic energy. They also ran stations of activities for the visitors including using electromagnets, sound tubes, and electrostatics activities. The students made information sheets about each station and answered questions about the energy transformations that were happening. Anita Trenwith will join the ASTA delegation to visit Japan in the September school holidays where she will have the opportunity to visit schools in Tokyo and also teach some science classes.

Year 9 KaurnaOn Wednesday 25th September the Year 9 Kaurna class and some Italian students will be performing at the Norwood Morialta Senior campus. The ‘Bringing our World together through Languages’ concert is a great opportunity to show case what our students do in Languages. Three high schools and four primary schools will participate in this event. Parents are welcome to attend.

Dora Bruno – LOTE Coordinator

SA Indigenous State U18 Girls Kick Start Congratulation to Jerrain Calyun and Kaylah Bishop who made the SA State U18 Indigenous Girls Kick-Start team that will participate in the 1st Indigenous carnival which will be held in Melbourne early September this year.

The girls were selected in the metro combined side from this year’s Aboriginal Power Cup

carnival which then played against a combined country team on the weekend of the SANFL Indigenous round. From that a State side was selected and by all accounts both girls performed very well during the game.

Sylvia Groves – Deputy Principal

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Year 8 Science Show On Tuesday 3rd September Mrs Trenwith’s Year 8 Science class went to One Tree Hill Primary School to present two science shows. The students helped demonstrate a number of experiments linked to discoveries by Australian Scientists. There were examples of sound energy linked to Professor Graeme Clark’s invention of the bionic ear and Dr David Warren’s invention of the black box fight recorder.

We had experiments with polymers linked to Dr David Solomon’s development of the polymer bank note and demonstrations with compressed gas linked to Qantas employee Jack Grant’s invention of inflatable escape slides on planes.

The students presented to children from Years 3 to Year 7 and received some lovely feedback from both the teachers and students at the school.

There were also a series of science shows presented at Virginia Primary School on our school closure day 6th September. Thank you to Jack Hamilton from Year 8 who gave up his day off to come and help run six science shows at the school. The students really enjoyed the day and again we received lovely feedback from everyone that participated.

Thank you to all the students that helped make these science shows so successful.

Anita Trenwith – Science Teacher

A VET student’s perspectiveWhat Vet Course are you studying?Certificate III in Hairdressing and Certificate III in Waxing and Beauty at TAFESA, Elizabeth campus and Tea Tree Gully Campus.

What Vet course are you studying?Certificate III in Hairdressing and Certificate III in Waxing and Beauty at TAFESA, Elizabeth campus and Tea Tree Gully Campus.

Why did you choose this course and does it connect to your career pathway?The reason I chose this course is because I need the qualification for my current job as I work in a hairdressing salon and need to complete my qualifications. It is important to have as much knowledge and experience as I can to be more employable.

What does the vet course cover?It covers all the qualifications needed to be a hairdresser or beautician or an apprentice in the industry eg cuts, colours, hair straightening, washing, blow-drying, hygiene, thermal styling and up styles.

What employability skills are needed in the hairdressing industry?Great communication and customer service skills, a friendly nature and good personal presentation. Most of all a passion for working with people and keeping up to date with the latest fashion trends in hairstyling.

What is your dream job?My dream job is to complete an apprenticeship and develop my work and people skills to one day own my own. I would like to one day buy a house where I can set up my own business from home.

Rachelle Wefel

SRC – Operation Christmas Box

Operation Christmas Box aims to give less fortunate children, who would normally go without presents on Christmas, a simple shoe box filled with gifts. The SRC will be decorating, filling and donating shoeboxes with the help of their care classes. Each SRC member will choose the gender and age category for the contents of their box and fill it with a variety of new gifts, such as clothes, toys, stationery, games or personal hygiene items. The boxes will be collected at the end of Week 10, Term 3 and sent away in time for Christmas!

Wanted – shoe boxes If you have any shoe boxes that are no longer required we would love them. Please hand to Care Teacher or leave in the front office.

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Lunch with the Principal

Top Year 11 and 12 students enjoying lunch with Principal at Café Primo

Stage 2 Chemistry12 Silver bottles standing on the bench. If one…….

The Stage 2 Chemistry class has been using their knowledge of chemistry to decorate some bottles.

The experiment is a test for a class of organic chemicals called aldehydes. When aldehydes are combined with a mixture of ammonium hydroxide and Silver nitrate in a glass bottle, the silver ions in solution are deposited as a metallic silver coating on the inside of the bottle. This

process is still used to manufacture mirrors. Look for Matthew French in the reflection in the milk bottle.

LatenessLateness continues to be a concern. Please support your child to arrive at school on time. Arriving late means valuable class time is missed and students start their day struggling. Make the best possible start by arriving on time. It shows respect for learning and ensures students make a great start to the lesson.

All students need to arrive at school by 8.40am and attend care group. Important information and follow up occurs in this time. School is a student’s workplace and should be treated accordingly.

Sylvia Groves – Deputy Principal

Home EconomicsWe have had the opportunity to have Jessica Stoianov in Home Economics over the past four weeks teaching Years 8, 9, and 10 food classes. She is a 4th year pre-service teacher from UniSA studying a Bachelor of Education, Design Technology degree. We wish Jessica all the best for her teaching future.

Renate QuinnHome Economics Coordinator

Julia, Emma, and Rachel setting up their cupcake presentation for the morning tea.

Over the past few weeks the Year 8 Home Economics class have been trialling decorating techniques for their cupcakes for a morning tea. The students investigated a range of cupcake designs, and then created their own designs for their final practical

The students learnt about safe management practices, and how to implement quality control through correct measuring. They also gained skills in piping using buttercream as well as creating a number of decorations using pettinice icing. The completed cupcakes were enjoyed by staff and students at a recent morning tea.

Thank you to staff, students and the Salisbury High School community for making me feel welcome during my visit.

Jessica Stoianov

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MusicalHello, my name is Alex Kobs and I write this article to tell you about the musical.

We started rehearsal in Term 1 for one hour a week and in Term 2 and the start of Term 3 we had two rehearsals a week. We had a whole week of rehearsals in the holidays. There has been a lot of pressure and stress, but we managed to get through them okay.

The music crew did a pretty good job. That included Thomas Kong, who, like the cast, gave up a lot of his time to practice the music for each song.

The Crew did their job well and blended in the dark so well, you wouldn’t know they were there.

My mother, Cathy Kobs, worked very hard on the costumes. She did the sewing and designing and took great photos of the cast in their costumes and on stage.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were in for the most mysterious and shocking adventure of their lives. They were called to Dartmoor at the request of Virginia Huntington-Smythe for the reading of her father’s will and to investigate the suspicious nature of his death. But there were many threats along the way: menacing Chinese henchmen, threatening plotting Pirates and a myriad of mysterious characters and events from Baker Street and Waterloo Station in London to the misty moors of Dartmoor.

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Thank you to:StudentsTeagan AkeroydCourtney CretenCassandra CookNicole CrawleyConnor DavisSam DaweJemma DelanyLian DengJason DoakMatt FrenchJesse GibbsOlivia HakizimanaPeter HucksteppAlan KleinMark KleinAlex KobsBen KobsJosh KobsSamantha KobsSariah McKellarZoe McLeanJacine SibomanaGabrielle SmithsonMichelle SwanLauren ThompsonJoska TshombeVeronica TshombeFlorocious ZubahJoel MortonBrodie MunroKira PfennigHannah RaggioMirabel Alonge

BandJasmine BernalesChristian CianfroneNathan KemberSallie MahoneyAlicia MooreYasmeen SykesThomas Kong

CrewMirabel AlongeKiara MarroneRemi MawiBree MitchellKathleen MullenAnne-Marie SchuytIzzy Hatzipavlos

SWD Basketball Carnival29th and 30th August 201332 teams from 14 schools across SA attended the Salisbury High School Students with Disabilities Basketball Carnival. With this year’s motto Sport doesn’t care who you are, the carnival aims to provide students with a disability a competitive sport program.

Our Senior Special Education Students organised all aspects of the 2 day carnival as part of their Stage 2 Community Studies Project.

For students that play in the carnival it helps to:• showcase the abilities of

students with disabilities• create District, State and

National Players • improve physical fitness • ‘bridge the gap’ between

mainstream and Special Education Students

• provide a structured competition with the change to win a trophy/medal

• develop friendships and networks outside of their comfort zone

Thank you to our major sponsors• Ramke Racing Team• Salisbury Council• Vintage Photobooths• Homestart Finance• Holden

Results

Division A Division B Division C

1st Salisbury Para Hills Mark Oliphant 12nd Balaklava Salisbury 1 John Pirie

Most Valuable Players

Most Valuable Player Div A

Most Valuable Player Div B

Most Valuable Player Div C

Daniel Mumford Balaklava

GaizangLuicPara Hills

Alicia ValeGawler

Runner upMost Valuable Player Div A

Runner upMost Valuable Player Div B

Runner upMost Valuable Player Div C

Trevor Wanganeen Salisbury

Sarah Rapko Balaklava

Beau RiosaSalisbury

SWD Basketball Carnival

Cycling for culture

In October Trevor Wanganeen and Josh Coulter will join a group of cyclists who will cover nearly 300kms over 3 days and embark on a journey of discovery of Aboriginal culture to learn more about the land of the Kaurna people on which we live.

They will join former Tour de France cyclist Patrick Jonker, Aboriginal AFL footballers Gavin Wanganeen and Che Cockatoo-Collins along with Aboriginal students from the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy to undertake this challenges.

They will ride along the Tjilbruke Dreaming trail, listen to Kaurna Elders’ story-telling and gain a better understanding of the lives of the Kaurna people past and present.

Their aim is raise awareness of the importance of culture and language to the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Communities. Along the way raising funds to enable the Kaurna community continue its work in developing the Kaurna Language. Language is an integral part of cultural knowledge transfer and individual aboriginal community identity. The Kaurna language was once thought to be dormant but has been woken up and is now a source of pride amongst Aboriginal people.

You can find out more about our journey via the following website. www.cyclingforculture.com.au

Open Korfball competitionStudents from Salisbury High went to ETSA Park on Thursday 15th August and participated in the State-wide Schools Competition. The students played extremely well with some great performances. We made the Grand Final where we played St Johns who had some league Korfball players, which made for an intriguing game. Salisbury played very well but were overpowered 6-2 by St Johns. Congratulations to all students who participated - Kimberley Haydon, Elizabeth Bertossa, Deanna Greenwood, Taylor Hurst, Abbey Morrison, Rachel Mudge, Shannon Easter, Jack Burns, Jayden Huddleston, Billy MacGowan.

Stage 2 ExamsStage 2 practice exams will be held during the first week of Term 4. Students have been given a personalised timetable which shows their scheduled exams, both practice and final.

Students are required to attend all scheduled classes unless they are sitting an exam.

Practice exams are an extremely valuable exercise that can identify gaps in your child’s learning and provide students a experience in exam conditions. The results of these practice exams will give important feedback on where they need to focus their revision on in preparation for final exams.

We wish them all the best.

Nick Cotsaris – Senior Leader Senior School

FundraisingA big thank you to all families for their ongoing support. Term 3 Fundraiser raised well over $1000. Term 4 Fundraiser is Kytons Lamingtons and Christmas Fair. Orders with payment need to at the Finance Office by Monday 11th November.Delivery will be Wednesday 20th November.All money raised is going towards providing more outside seating for students. Cheryl Bermingham

Fundraising

Woolworths Earn and Learn Fundraiser is now complete and Literacy resources have been purchased. Many thanks to all staff, parents and students for collecting stickers.

Cheryl Bermingham

Year 9 Italian

This term for our cultural immersion unit on food, we have been fortunate to have Alvise the Italian Language assistant from Treviso. The Year 9 Italian class worked collaboratively to research and prepare the making of pizza, pasta, crostata and tiramisu for dessert. Crostata is a popular Italian dessert similar to a jam tart. Tiramisu means pick me up. This dessert originated from Alvise’s hometown and he was able to demonstrate in the target language the authentic way of making it. The last few weeks were spent preparing for this magnificent celebration. The students enjoyed using the target language whilst preparing the food and had the experience of listening to Alvise speaking Italian whilst preparing the food.

Thanks to the assistance of Luke Ceko for videoing and photography, Angela and Stefanie our pre-service teachers, Renate the Home Economics Coordinator and Angela Cambareri the Home Economics assistant. The event was a grand success and everyone enjoyed the 3 course meal.

Dora Bruno - Languages Coordinator

VivosA small update from the Vivo team. Below are some graphs showing:

• Top 10 students to date this year.• Vivo’s earned to date• What students get theirVivo’s for.

We congratulate all students on receiving Vivo’s and encourage you to keep up the hard work.

Cake Donation

This cake was donated to Special Education who used the cake to thank the Arts faculty for putting on the musical. The cake was donated by Janet O’Sullivan - The Cupcake Lady.

Community NewsSalisbury Little AthleticsCompetition starts 28th September at Creaser Park, Lavender Drive, Parafield Gardens. Further information available from Gaynor Garnish 0418 801 410.

Week 2 of this term was National Literacy and Numeracy week. The initiative this year by Reach for the Stars was all based around the theme “This is

Rubbish”. Students were asked to use mathematics to analyse waste in their classroom and schoolyard bins. To do this our school surveyed all year 8 classes to find out where and what type of rubbish they dispose of.

Then as part of my assessment in the year 8 link maths class I used the skills I have learnt in collating data and drawing graphs to display this information on pictograms using Microsoft Excel (see graphs below).

From the graphs it is good to see that not many students throw their rubbish on the ground and if they do it is generally food scraps which can be eaten by birds and decompose. Also lots of students are putting their food scraps in a normal bin in the yard. Maybe we need some compost bins outside and around our school.

Also to help save the environment we could place paper only bins in classrooms, so it can be recycled.

Shae Woollatt – Year 8 student

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School Card 2013If you think you may be eligible for School Card, please contact either Elaine Warner or Heather Parker in Finance. You must apply every year your child/ren are attending school. If you received school card last year you MUST RE-APPLY IN 2013 through the school as early as possible. If you are eligible for School Card in 2013 and do not apply, you are required to pay the school fee of $315.

2012 Year Books$12

are available now from the Finance Office