murray bridge high school bridge high school newsletter 21 november 2016 3 disability unit update...

Principal: Jim Michalanney 8531 9500 – Chairperson Governing Council: Keith Simmons 0407 396 749

It is through working together, with respect, that we can achieve excellence

Murray Bridge High School

Excellence, Respect and Working Together Tel: 8531 9500 Fax: 8531 9595 Email: [email protected] Website: www.murraybridgehs.sa.edu.au

TERM 4, WEEK 6 – 21 November 2016

From the Principal Jim Michalanney

Year 12 Exams – Well done to all Year 12s who have completed their final

exams. Year 11 exams begin next week.

Staffing - panels for leadership positions have nearly all been completed. We will

be in a position to announce all successful appointments in the very near future.

Student Free Day - as previously advised, there is a Student Free Day on Friday

25th November as staff will be involved in a Professional Learning Day in regard

to Moderation of the Australian Curriculum. This will be to ensure that there is

consistency in the provision of quality learning programmes for all of our

students.

Year 7 Transition Visits - will be held on Tuesday the 6th and Thursday the 8th

of December. Year 7 students who will be attending Murray Bridge High School

in 2017 are involved in a program of visits to the school. Over 180 students will

spend a day here attending classes, touring the facilities and having their questions

answered. This program gives Year 7 students the opportunity to live the life of a

Year 8 student. They will take different lessons throughout the day and meet

with different teachers.

Our Year 11 Peer Support students will also be on hand to provide the Year 7s

with a tour of the school and answer any questions or concerns they may have

about high school. We look forward to this group of students making a smooth

transition into Murray Bridge High School in 2017.

Laptop Leasing Scheme - next year we are offering all of our Year 8s the

opportunity to be involved in the Laptop leasing programme as previously

discussed. We have narrowed down the best possible machine for the most

competitive price.

‘Bringing Your Own Device’ (BYOD) is still acceptable but we do hope to

transition all of our students to access a similar device for consistency in their

learning. Please contact the school if you have still not registered your interest in

this excellent programme.

Whole School Magazine for only $30 - I encourage you all to take advantage of

the opportunity to pre-order this year’s whole school Magazine that overviews in

reports and photos the many of our achievements of our students in 2016.

Remembrance Day

On Friday, 11 November we held our Remembrance Day Ceremony to pay

respects to the fallen. Staff, students and special guests attended the ceremony. I

would like to thank Helen Peake for organising this very special event and thank

the students for their exemplary behavior showing our values of Excellence,

Respect and Working together. More details and photos are on page 2.

CALENDAR -TERM 4

Monday, 21 November

Year 12 Dinner

Wednesday–Friday 23–25 November

SAASTA Shield

Thursday, 24 November

Last day for Year 11

Friday 25 November

STUDENT FREE DAY

(Australian Curriculum Moderation)

Monday, 28 November

Year 11 Exams begin

Tuesday, 29 November

Finance Committee – 4.30pm

Tuesday, 6 December

Transition Day

Presentation Night – 7pm

Thursday, 8 December

Transition Day

Tuesday, 13 December

Parents & Friends – 5pm Governing Council – 6pm

Friday, 16 December

Last day of Term 3 – 2pm dismissal

School Magazine

If you have not ordered your 2016 school magazine, an order form is

on page 7 of this Newsletter.

It will be available for sale at the end of Presentation Night on

Tuesday, 6 December.

All pre-orders will be available for collection and payment from

Wednesday, 7 December.

Murray Bridge High School Newsletter 21 November 2016

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Remembrance Day Ceremony by Helen Peake

While some Year 12 students sat a Legal Studies exam the

rest of the school gathered on the front lawns to pay their

respects to the fallen. At 10.30 am the service commenced

with the arrival of the Catafalque Party made up of 4 Air

Cadets and led by Walter Harris. This was followed by the

entrance of a lone drummer (Jacob Lavery), accompanied

by 3 didgeridoo players – Russell Rigney, Keynan Harradine

and Dylan Hele.

Greg Carter welcomed us to country, Principal Jim

Michalanney spoke briefly followed by David Laing from the

RSL Club. Wreaths were laid by the newly elected Prefects,

the ILC, the Disability Unit and the RSL.

Walter Harris (Air Cadet) read The Ode, Staff member

Sean Hickey played the Last Post and the school fell silent

for one minute, to be brought back to life with the playing

of the Reveille.

The Concert Band and the Vocal Ensemble combined for

the National Anthem, the Catafalque Party dismounted and

the assembly drew to an end.

“LEST

WE

FORGET”


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Disability Unit Update by Dr Christine Roberts-Yates

Agriculture The senior students attend the Roper Road Ag Farm each week

and look forward to leading the steers from the paddock to the

yard to be weighed. They thoroughly enjoyed helping to bale

wool this week for sale.

Remembrance Day Ceremony Jason Spackman and Mr Coulter laid a wreath on behalf of the

Disability Unit at the Remembrance Day service. Earlier in the

week, the students had discussed the meaning of Remembrance

Day and its relevance in the 21st Century.

DECD Media visits the Disability Unit The senior students enjoyed showcasing their skills in our

STEM programme to Mark Giorgio, the Communications

Advisor from DECD, when he recently visited the Disability

Unit to film the students working with the Socially Assistive

Robots assembling a computer and screen and building

Leonardo’s self-supporting bridge using the Law of Statics. We

look forward to the finished product on DECD media.


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Dorothy in Wonderland by Emily Adams

With what was the biggest audience Drama has seen in

years the Year 10/11 Drama class performed their

rendition of Dorothy in Wonderland to an audience of

well over 100 people.

The play followed the story of Dorothy who, after her

adventures in Oz, is caught in another tornado which takes

her, not back to Kansas, but to Wonderland. It is here that

Dorothy meets a new range of strange and unusual

characters.

The Year 10/11 Drama class spent the last 7 weeks

rehearsing, blocking and creating characters for the

performance. I am extremely pleased with the effort of the

Drama class to create interesting and humorous characters

through both their spoken dialogue and their movement.

Drama aims to teach students valuable life skills in order to

aid them when they leave school. We work on skills such

as confidence, collaboration and creativity through

workshops, activities and performances and the Year 10/11

class have excelled in their development of such skills

through the performance. Well done!


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Mentor Teachers Award Winner

Luke Starczak, chemistry teacher was

honoured at the Mentor Teachers

Award evening at the University of

Adelaide on Friday, 4 November.

He took out the Role-model award:

the Mentor Teacher who modelled

all the attributes, beliefs and qualities

desired in an education professional.

He was nominated by third year student teacher Robyn

McBride who completed an observational practical with Luke.

What Robyn said about Luke in her nomination.

“Luke was so passionate and knowledgeable about chemistry that he made the students he taught want to stay and take part even when they didn’t have to. His enthusiasm for the field shone through and made me really want to take part even though I was nowhere near as confident in the activities he was doing than he was. He was contagious and energetic and deserves to be recognized”. Congratulations Luke!

LOST PROPERTY

If you have lost any article of clothing please check at the Student Services Office. Any items/clothing not collected by the end of term will be donated.

Lorraine Pearce - a caring tutor

Loraine has been nominated for the

federal AEU ‘Arthur Hamilton Award

for Outstanding Contribution to

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Education, 2016 under the category of:

improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education.

Loraine has worked at MBHS for six years as an HPI and

works with Aboriginal students in mainstream classes, tutoring

them to strive and achieve at their highest level.

Feedback from staff and students Loraine currently works

with, supported the nomination with comments such as:

“Loraine is excellent at ensuring that all task requirements are being met and that students have an understanding of what is required of them and being a tutor, Loraine regularly delves into the mentor territory, becoming a strong support system and a good listener for any student who has non-school related troubles”. We appreciate the difference Loraine has made to our

Indigenous student’s academic success and wish her all the

best with this award nomination.

Just 2 Deadly Awards 2016

“The National Deadly Awards are

an annual celebration of Australian

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

achievement in music, sport,

entertainment the arts, health,

education, training and community.

The word 'Deadly' is a modern

colloquialism used by Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islanders to indicate

'great, fantastic and awesome’.”

Our local event was held in the Murray Bridge Town Hall on

Friday 11th November. We celebrated local Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander student’s graduating from Year 7 and

Year 12.

We had 4 Year 12 students from MBHS attend this evening -

Gordon Rigney, Tony Horrocks, Fiona Garlett and Wilbur

Dempsey. We recognize the effort and success of these

students. They are positive role models for the younger

Aboriginal students in our community.


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Parents and Caregivers are invited to attend the

GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, 13th December 2016 - 6.00 pm Venue to be advised.

Please call Tania on 85319508 to register, prior to Monday December 12.

AGENDA

Approval of Materials and Services Charges for 2017, Parents and Caregivers may choose to write to Governing Council with any queries or concerns, to be forwarded to Murray Bridge High School Finance prior to December 13. Letters will be tabled and discussed at this Governing Council Meeting. The proposed Materials and Services Charge for 2017 is $305.00 (the standard sum set by DECD). The payment of the standard sum is legally enforceable. The Notice of Charges also includes specific compulsory course costs as stated in the Curriculum Handbook. These costs are also legally enforceable. In line with the standard sum set by DECD, the 2017 School Card is $305.00 for approved secondary students. The 2017 Materials and Services Charge is payable by the end of term 1 (Thursday 13 April, 2017). The options for the payment of the 2017 Materials and Services Charge are:- Payment in full (cash/cheque/EFTPOS) at the beginning of the school year or before the end of term 1 (13 April, 2017). After this date the Charge becomes legally enforceable. This information will also be provided with the 2017 Materials and Services Charge invoice sent out by the school in January 2017. Payment by instalments. The specific instalment arrangements must be in writing and must be negotiated between the individual parent/caregiver and the school.

Completion and approval by DECD of a School Card Application at the beginning of the school year.

Centrepay arrangements through Centrelink.

Direct credit to the school bank account.

ABStudy

Direct Debit arrangements from your bank account to the school bank account


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Want to study Medicine at Uni?

If you are currently in Year 11 and think you may want to study

Medicine, Dentistry, or Health Sciences at University, you will need

to sit the UMAT. The UMAT, or Undergraduate Medicine and

Health Sciences Admission Test, is used by universities to

determine the offers into these courses.

The Rural Doctors Workforce Agency (RDWA) offer rural and

regional students FREE preparation workshops to optimise their

results in the UMAT, starting with the two day event in January.

Students who have attended these workshops have reported that

they are essential in order to successfully complete the UMAT.

For more information about the UMAT, visit umat.acer.edu.au or

speak with Sarah Florey-Fox at the school. For further information

about the workshops contact RDWA as per the advertisement below.


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