BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER I ISSUE 4 I May 2013 1 Responsibility | Integrity | Fairness | Co-operation | Respect | Excellence We realize that the Parent / Student / Teacher conference structure requires improvement to provide more access to appointments. Suggestions from parents and teachers include: • A “Communications Week” where parents may opt for a phone conversation, an email or a face to face appointment. • Three Parent / Student / Teacher conferences from 3.30-6.30pm and one on Tuesday from 2.30-5.30pm • On- line booking system for appointments • Teachers in the gym instead of classrooms • (We used to use the Hall and Library before the Expansion program) • Years 8 and 9 on one evening and Years 10 to 12 on another. You may have other suggestions to improve communication which I am happy to receive via email: [email protected]The teachers began the “Literacy for Learning” course during the Tuesday 2.30-4.30pm Professional Development time. This course assists teachers of all subjects to teach literacy. The course will run throughout Term 2 including the P.D. day on the 1st July 2013. The Student Free Day on 3rd May 2013 provided staff with opportunities to understand the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective in the Australian Curriculum. 120 staff travelled by bus to Warriparinga, the Migration Museum, the Museum and the Botanic Gardens. Later this term there will be an evening presentation in the BPAC for parents to understand the Australian Curriculum and its underlying structure. We are considering an hour presentation from 7.30-8.30pm. Before we commit to this event we are canvassing the parent community to judge your interest in such an informative session. Please email YES or NO for the Australian Curriculum Session to my email: [email protected]The Expansion project is well underway when you see the various trenches, fences and heavy equipment. We ask parents to respect the “No Drop Off” signs to assist the safe flow of pedestrian and vehicle access. The 400 seat Recital Hall is due for completion in 2013 and the 21st Century Learning Centre early 2014. Professor Martin Westwell from Flinders University is assisting us as a “critical friend” to establish appropriate pedagogy for the Centre. We are designing a brief for sculptors to create a befitting sculpture outside the new centre. Please contact me by email or phone (8375 8252 / 0422 005 085) if you would like to assist us with writing the brief. At the Formal, the professional photographers congratulated the students for their good manners, charm and etiquette. They told us they had never experienced such a pleasant group of students. Congratulations to the Year 12’s and parents for your good parenting. Congratulations to Assistant Principal Senior Schooling, Warren Eaton and his staff team for making the Formal a memorable event in the 2013 calendar. Olivia O’Neill Principal Brighton Secondary School 305 Brighton Road North Brighton, SA 5048 P 618 8375 8200 F 618 8296 0949 E [email protected]www.brightonss.sa.edu.au Department for Education and Child Development T/A South Australian Government Schools CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A Newsletter ISSUE 4 I May 2013 From the Principal
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BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER I ISSUE 4 I May 2013 1BRIGHTON SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER I ISSUE 4 I May 2013
The teachers began the “Literacy forLearning” course during the Tuesday 2.30-4.30pm Professional Development time. This course assists teachers of all subjectstoteachliteracy.Thecoursewillrunthroughout Term 2 including the P.D. day on the 1st July 2013.
The Student Free Day on 3rd May 2013 provided staff with opportunities tounderstand theAboriginal andTorresStraitIslander perspective in the AustralianCurriculum. 120 staff travelled by bus toWarriparinga, the Migration Museum, the MuseumandtheBotanicGardens.Laterthisterm therewill beaneveningpresentationin theBPAC for parents to understand theAustralian Curriculum and its underlyingstructure. We are considering an hour presentationfrom7.30-8.30pm.
Before we commit to this event we arecanvassing the parent community to judgeyour interest insuchaninformativesession.
Please email YES orNO for theAustralianCurriculum Session to my email: [email protected]
The Expansion project is well underwaywhenyouseethevarioustrenches,fencesand heavy equipment. We ask parents torespectthe“NoDropOff”signstoassistthesafeflowofpedestrianandvehicleaccess.
The 400 seat Recital Hall is due forcompletion in 2013 and the 21stCenturyLearning Centre early 2014. ProfessorMartinWestwell from Flinders Universityis assisting us as a “critical friend”to establish appropriate pedagogy fortheCentre.
We are designing a brief for sculptors tocreate a befitting sculpture outside thenew centre. Please contact me by emailor phone (8375 8252 / 0422 005 085) ifyou would like to assist us with writingthebrief.
At the Formal, the professionalphotographers congratulated the students for their good manners, charm and etiquette. They told us they had never experienced such a pleasant group ofstudents.Congratulations to theYear 12’sand parents for your good parenting.
Visit by Renowned South Australian Author Dr Rosanne Hawke OnThursdayApril4,theCreativeWriters’Groupwastreatedtoanintensiveworkshopinthetechniquesofnarrativewritingby well-knownauthorRosanneHawke.Sheworkedwith24students (Years8–12)onthingssuchascreatingcharacter,inventingsuchspecificdetailsashowtheywalk.Wethoughtabouttheirgreatestfears,orwhatmakesthemtrulyhappyandthisnotonlyallowedustocreatedetailedcharacters,butitalsohelpedourstoryline.Rosannekeepsjournalstohelpherdothis,withresearch,drawingsandideasforeachnovel.Wewereabletoleafthroughthemandwereinspiretoreallyplanforanovelinthisway.
One ofmy favourite activitieswaswhen she handed out cardswith an emotionwritten on it to each of us.We couldn’t show anyone else andwehad towritea paragraph about a character feeling an emotion such as embarrassment, forexample.Wethenreadourparagraphsouttotheclass.IfoundthisveryusefulandIamcertainlygoingtodoitathome.Itfocusedourwritingontryingtofitascenewithone particular emotion in a story. This made my character much more real.
Talkingtomyfriendsafterwards,Ifoundweall lovedit.Wefelt itreallyimprovedourwritingskillsandtheywere,likeme,allgoingtobuyajournaltowriteideasin.Itwasalsoveryinspirationalasweareallveryfondofwritingandmanyofusaspiretobeauthorswhenwegrowup.RosanneHawke’sworkshopnotonlyhelpedmywriting,butinspiredmetoreadherbookstoo.WethankherprofuselyforcomingtoBrightonSecondarySchoolandteachingusnewwaystowrite.WearealsoverygratefultotheschoolfortheInquiryGrantthatmadethisworkshoppossibleandtoMrs Borgen-Smith for organizing it.
Mae Napier-Traeger 902CY
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Creative Writers’ Group
MAY27 SIVFinalselection
(selectedonly)(outofzone)
27-31 ReconciliationWeek
29-30 SIMAuditions
30 Year9FocusDay
30 CyberBullyingplays
31 Primary Schools Festival of Music auditions
JUNE2 SIMYoungAdelaideSings
3 GoverningCouncil,7.30pm
3 Year9Speak-Easyworkshop
6 Year12MathsApplicationsexam
10 Queen’sBirthdaypublicholiday
14 Uniformcommittee,12.45pm
17 SIVinschooltrial(Years8,9,10)
17-18 ChoralEisteddfods
24 Finance meeting, 7.30pm
23-27 SIVEyrePeninsulatour
26 Year10Anti-bullyingplay
28 SIVYear10KO@BSS
JULY1 STUDENTFREEDAY–Staff
Professional Development
1 GoverningCouncil,7.30pm
2-5 Year10WorkExperienceweek
2-5 Year11Examweek (inscheduledclasses)
4-5 Year12AquaticsSIV
5 Lastdayofterm2, 1.00pm dismissal
17-18 ChoralEisteddfods
22 STUDENTFREEDAY– Staff Professional Development
23 First day of Term 3
23-26 Year12Examweek
26 Year12AquaticsSIV
29 FinanceMeeting,7.30pm
31 Year11SACEParentEvening,6-7pm
(Left to right): Mae Napier-Traeger, Sukhbir Gill,
Dr. Rosanne Hawke and Charlotte Burton
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Music NewsTheMusic Department has had a number of very importantperformancesoverthelastfewweeks.TheBrighton Secondary School Concert Choir has performed at the ANZACDayDawnServicewhichwasheld at JettyRoad,Brighton. Itwaswonderful tohave95studentssingingbothAustralianandNewZealandNationalAnthems.WewerepleasedthatourstudentssangtheNewZealandAntheminMaori.
The following students have been selected to representSecondarySchoolSportSAandtheSouthAustralianNationalFootballLeagueattheforthcomingSchoolSportAustraliaGirlsAustralian Football Championships. These Championshipswill be held in Darwin, Northern Territory from August 10th–18th2013.Congratulations to the following Students:Taylah EastwoodEloise Jones
ElissaNoolan has been selected to represent Secondary School Sport SA at theforthcoming School Sport AustraliaNetball Championships. These championshipswillbeheldinLaunceston,TasmaniafromJuly27th–August2nd2013
Throughout the day we had a number of outstanding performances from ourexperiencedathletesinYear12suchasRileyCocks,rightthroughtoournewathletesinYear8suchasGwenHumpreysandCaitlinFrancis.
Congratulations to the followingstudentswhoachievedastatestandard for theirevent: Caitlin Francis (U14Girls Long Jump), KatieGardner (U15Girls Shot Put),BrittKendall(OpenGirlsHighJump),andRileyCocks(OpenBoys1500m&OpenBoys3000m).
Outdoor PursuitsCanoe CampOnWednesday8thMaytheOutdoorPursuitsclasspackedtheirgearintoatrailerandhoppedonthebusreadyandexcitedforourexpeditiontoKatarapkocreek,locatedinthebackwatersoftheMurrayRivernearLoxton.Thethreedayweatherforecastwasfor28degreesandlightwinds,absolutelyperfectcanoeingconditions.The group has been planning for this expedition for over aterm.Inclassthegroupbondedbycompletinggroupdynamicstasks, studying first aid, risk management, navigation androuteplanning.Wefamiliarisedourselveswiththeequipmentatschoolbysettingupthetents,cookingonthetrangiasandestablishing a menu plan with a partner. Good preparationprovidedusthebestopportunityforasuccessfulexpedition.
After a four hour bus drive we arrived at Lock 4, practicedsome canoe paddling techniques then packed our gear intothe canoes.Wewaved goodbye to the bus for three days,travelledthroughthemassiveLockandbeganouradventure.TheMurrayRiverwasglassy,theweatherwaswarmandourspiritswere high.We arrived at camp and set up our tentsjust before sunset, lit the fire, then sat around and cookedour meals on the trangia. Pretty soon the stars came out and therewerejustsomany.WewentforanightwalkandfoundaplacetolieonthebanksofKatarapkocreekandwatchthem.We sawfive shooting stars,whichwe took as a good signforourtrip.Backatthecampfireweplayedspotlight,cookedmarshmallowsandmadeupstories.
OndaytwowealmostpaddledthelengthofKatarapkocreek.The group supported each other and we changed aroundpaddlingpartnersasneeded.Westoppedatlunchandtookanenvironmentalwalktounderstandmoreabouttheenvironmentwewerelivingin.Thepaddlewasachallenge,butwewereallreallyhappyandsatisfiedwhenweachievedit.Thatnightthegroupfeltreallycloseandconnected,aswesharedourlikes,dislikesandwhatwehadlearntthroughouttheexpedition.
Weawoke to a beautiful sunrise, hadbreakfast, packedourcanoesandleftKatarapkocreektore-entertheMurray.Whenwereachedourdestinationweallfeltasenseofachievement.Itwasagreatexperience,wehadsomefantasticmemoriesandsuccessfullycompletedourminimalimpactexpeditionby“leavingonlyfootprintsandtakingonlyphotos.”
Outdoor Pursuits Class Semester One 2013
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Career NewsVET Certificates completed:The following students have successfullycompletedVETCertificates:
AshleyPrice–CertificateIIIinRetail
Guest SpeakersYear 12 studentshavehad a seriesofGuestSpeakersrecently.
These opportunities are part of the Career Developmentprogramwhichismadeavailabletoourstudentstoassistthemwiththeircareerchoices.
• Business and Enterprise class – Megan Wheeler,Ehrenberg-BasInstitute,SchoolofMarketing,UniSA
• Workplace Practices class – Craig Birbeck,Apprenticeship Advisor, Australian Industry GroupandalsoLynnePullman,Director–NewGenerations,RotaryClubofBrighton
Vocational Evaluation ProgramTheRotaryClubofBrightonrecentlydeliveredtheVocationalEvaluationProgramtotheYear12 studentswho are enrolled in the Year 12WorkplacePracticesclass.
The students had towrite a Letter ofApplication, prepare a Resume andparticipate in amock interviewwith apanel of Rotary Club members. Theirapplications and performance wereassessed and helpful feedback wasprovidedtothestudents.Awinnerwasthen selected. This was the persondeemedtohavepresentedthebestLetterofApplication,the best Resume and who performed well in the mockinterview. This years’ winner is CONNOR GRUNDLE.Connorwas presentedwith a trophy at the Rotary ClubDinner on 20th May.
Bonus Points From UniSAUniSA has a bonus points program call UniSAAdvantage. TheUniSAAdvantageprogramoffers two different types of bonus points:Aspire and Achievement.
Not all Brighton Secondary School students who applytoUniSA for2014entrywill beeligible to receiveAspire bonus points. However, individual students who are inreceiptofYouthAllowance,HealthCareCard,LowIncomeHealthCareCardand/orSchoolCardbenefitsshouldvisitthe UniSA website at unisa.edu.au/bonuspoints and downloadanapplicationform.
AllstudentsatBrightonSecondarySchoolmaybeeligibleto receive Achievement bonus points, depending on thesubjectstheyhavechosentostudyinYear12.
If there anyquestions relating to bonuspoints atUniSA,families are encouraged to contact Judy Sykes on [email protected].
Year 10 Work ExperienceYear 10 Work Experience week is Monday1 July to Friday 5 July 2013.
AllYear10studentsweregivenaWorkExperiencePackearly in Term 1. This pack contains all the informationrequired forwork experience. All forms are due back by31st May.
Sandra Larsen Career Developement Co-ordinator
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OnWednesday8thMay,BrightonSecondarySchool opened its doors to provide an opportunityformembersofourcommunitytovisittheschool,talkwithstaff,viewstudentsworking inclassroomsandobtain informationaboutthemanyprogramsweoffer.Overthecourseofthedaytherewere3schooltoursconducted,withwellover600people taking theopportunity toviewourfacilities. On the day therewere a number of studentswhooffered their time to conduct tours around the school. These guidesreceivedsomepositivefeedbackandexpressedgenuineenthusiasminshowingthevisitorsallthatBrightonhastooffer.
Following the tours, the Principal’s Address highlighted thesuccesses of the school, and the future directions for Brighton. Threeyear8speakersgaveapersonalviewoftheirfirstyearatBrightonSecondary,givinganinsightintohowtheyappliedand were accepted into the school’s Music and Volleyballprograms.Theyalsospokeabouttherangeofextra-curriculaactivities on offer for mainstream students.
Overall, it was a fantastic day, backed by the CurriculumLeaders and staff who put many hours into preparing theirareas for our visitors.