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Kormilda College Darwin NT | Term 3 Edition 12 | 25 August 2011

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Kormilda College from its Christian foundation and commitment to excellence seeks to inspire its students to be life-long learners who act with compassion and justice through their understanding of others, and who develop the wisdom and courage to shape the future.

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AUGUSTThur 25 to Mon 29Year 11 Outdoor Education Camp Group 3 – Gunlom Region, Kakadu

Fri 26Flinders University Presentation 12.30pm in the Careers Centre. For Year 12s, but all students welcome.

Tue 30Languages Evening 5.00 - 6.30pm in the Auditorium. For Languages students, special guests, parents & friends. Join us!Wed 31James Cook University talk at 12.30pm in the Careers Centre. For Year 12s, but all students welcome.

SEPTEMBERThu 1PARCS Middle & Senior School Cross Country

Thu 1 – Fri 2Clontarf Team Building Camp for Selected Middle School Academy Members

Fri 2Year 7 Immunisations LIVE TO AIR 6.30 to 8.30pm - Quad. Free Tickets available at Reception.

Sat 3 to Sun 11Weeks Without Walls Camp 1 at Lake Argyle for Year 10s

Mon 5 to Fri 9Weeks Without Walls - Sailing & Work Experience for Year 10s

Fri 9Yr 12 Individual Orals - Indonesian The Year 7 Social

Sat 10 to Sun 18Weeks Without Walls Camp 2 at Lake Argyle Year for 10s

Thu 8Senior School Assembly 8.45am to 9.45am in the Centre for Indig-enous Culture & Spirituality. Parents welcome.

Principal’s PerspectiveMany thanks to all parents, students and sta� who took the time to complete the re-cent on-line surveys. Summary reports of the results are available on our website un-der Information For/Current Parents. As mentioned previously, the Board and senior sta� will be using the results to set priorities and directions for the next Strategic Plan.

Year 7 students will shortly be using an iPad for their studies. The College Learning Technologies team and a number of sta� have been planning how best to use these new technologies in class contexts and the Year 7 students will take part in a trial that will involve using the iPads in all their lessons. It is important to note that just because a particular technology exists, does not necessarily mean it can be used to enhance learning. Our Year 7s will help the College plan for the e� ective use of these devices in the classroom. Needless to say, sta� involved in the trial are very excited to be using the new devices and have spent a considerable amount of time in preparation and in professional development. Special thanks to those students who have volunteered as ‘iAssist’s’ to help with the implementation of the iPads. Next term, Year 9 students will be given the opportunity to trial the use of the iPads in their learning context.

Over the last few weeks students in Years 9 and 10 have attended information sessions regarding the next important steps in their secondary school careers. The courses on o� er at Kormilda are necessarily diverse to cater for the interests of our students. It always surprises me that there is a perception that some courses are of more value than others, and in particular that NTCET is perceived as not as rigorous as IB. My Year 11 NTCET mathematics class would certainly disagree.

Of great interest to parents and students at these information sessions are the uni-versity destinations of our recent Year 12 graduates. I include below a graphic that illustrates the extraordinary futures our students are being prepared for. You will note that a large number of graduates are choosing to study at Charles Darwin University. The College is developing a strong link with the University and I encourage students and parents to attend the Open Day at CDU this weekend.

Kormilda Graduates Tertiary Destinations by State

David Shinkfield

Principal

Northern Territory 36% Charles Darwin University

Victoria 29% Melbourne University Monash University Latrobe University Deakin University RMIT

Queensland 14% University of Queensland James Cook University Gri� th University Bond University

New South Wales 7% University of Technology University of New England Newcastle University

South Australia 5% Adelaide University Flinders University

Western Australia 5% Murdoch University University of WA

ACT 4% Australian National University

Kormilda Graduates Tertiary Destinations by State

South Australia 5%

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Leadership Advice Clontarf Academy Seniors get advice from the Prime MinisterKormilda’s senior Academy members took part in a Clontarf Leadership Day earlier this term.

Programme Coordinator Mr Charlie Shannon reports: with young men repre-senting so many di� erent communities, it was a great sight watching the group bond and work together to achieve the targets set in each activity and, in partic-ular, the communication levels on the way to completing each task was impres-sive. Former AFL star player Michael McLean gave an inspirational talk on the challenges of taking on a leadership role early in the day, whilst Damian Hale, drew upon his experiences in federal politics and the NTFL to help broaden the group’s knowledge on decision making and leadership. However, before clos-ing, Mr Hale reached for his mobile and called in a little extra support. On the other end of the telephone was the Hon Julia Gillard, MP and Prime Minister of Australia. Ms Gillard spoke about leadership as the boys huddled around the speaker phone. Apparently, the looks of surprise on the faces of these young men were priceless as they tuned in to the Prime Minister.

Participants were: Cody Anderson, Jonus Babui, Austin Barney, Keanu Bob, Ty-rone Burns, Terrence Darby, Brandon De Santis, Jake Dudgeon, Jake Farrell, Ma-cauley Jabiard, Dakota Knight, George Kypreos, Darcy McBean, Scott McDinny, Relston Namarulga, Bevan O’Keefe, Harvey Rosewood, Owen Turner, Raymond Tipungwuti, Stanislous Tipungwuti, Boaz Thompson, Stephen Woodhouse and Allan Woolley.

Host Families Needed 17 - 23 OctoberKormilda College will be hosting a visit from one of our Indonesian part-ner schools, SMAN 15 Surabaya, from Monday 17 October to Sunday 23 October 2011. Kormilda College families are invited to provide accom-modation for one or two Indonesian students aged between 15 and 17 years during this visit. This is an ex-cellent opportunity to meet someone new and learn about their life and culture, as well as sharing your own culture and life with them. Please contact Ms Kathryn Luscher for more information (Email: [email protected] or tel: 8922 2557).

Annual Headmaster’s Cricket MatchThe annual Headmaster’s Cricket Match featured on the KCG earlier this month. The Headmaster’s XI; Ryan Ackers Captain, Adam Bayley, Terry Bayley, Steve Rudd, David Woerner, Mitch Mullen (alumni); Peter Bajcic, Jarrod Wiese, Martin Willoughby, Bar-ney Schwerin, David Jackson (sta� ).

The Ist XI were keen to take the tro-phy with a solid batting performance. Brett Totham (39) and Matt Vaughan (12) started the innings well. After several wickets fell, Jack Anstey (32) and Kieran Marchant (22) settled the middle order with some excellent running. Dylan Mullen’s 13 o� 6 balls showed him to be a promising crick-eter. Ryan Ackers 3 wickets, Jarrod Wiese 2/6 and Adam Bayley 2/12 were the pick of the bowlers. In reply the Headmasters team David Woerner (48 no), Terry Bayley (44), Ryan Ackers (23) hit to all parts of the � eld with one Woerner hit on the top of the mound paced at over 100 metres. Jake Levick 1/6, Jordaan Ludwig 1/6, Tayler Mul-len 1/14 and Michael Levick 1/14 were the pick of the bowlers. Thank you to David Barrett for umpiring, to Robyn Levick for scoring, Mr Woerner and family for a luscious gourmet barbe-cue, and to Mr Jackson for preparing such an excellent wicket.

The Headmasters XI 4/159 (15 Overs) defeated Kormilda Ist XI 8/156 (20 Overs)

Writer’s ClubDoes your child enjoy writing? Why not encourge him or her to join our Writer’s Club - a friendly collection of writers who get together on Fridays at lunch time to produce well crafted poems, prose and scripts, and to talk about writing. Our writers can enter competitions or just write for their own enjoyment, eat snacks and share writing experiences. Students from across all years seem to enjoy the experience.

Special thanks to Anna Priore of The Bookshop Darwin (formerly Angus and Rob-ertson) for her donation of weekly book prizes that are helping to encourage our students in their literary endeavours. The English faculty are delighted by the en-thusiasm of the students who are producing some amazing works.

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CongratulationsGarry Keppel Yr 10, has been select-ed to play Rugby Union in New Zea-land next month for the U16 Austral-ian Indigenous Representative Team.

The Kormilda Warriors Senior Girls Basketball Team (a boarding house initiative) are o� to a wonderful start in the DBA competition after winning their � rst game by 30 points.

Taylor Mullen Yr 11 took eight wick-ets against PINT and in doing so se-cured a place in Darwin cricket his-tory. Taylor took 8 for 26 against the top four side to become the youngest player in Premier Grade to grab eight wickets.

Grace Fuller Yr 8, and her team won a Bronze medal at the 2011 School Sport Basketball in Canberra last week. They convincingly defeated NSW, Queens-land and Western Australia.

Hanna Ninan Yr 7, was chosen to be the Mathletics Math Challenge NT Ambassador. With this prestigious ti-tle also came an iPad.

Visit by NT LibraryJohn Richards, Manager Reference Services, Northern Territory Library visited Year 11 IB students recently to discuss library resources in prepa-ration for their 4,000 word Extended Essay. The presentation began with an evidence exercise based on books and documents regarding the ships actually in Darwin Harbour when the Japanese attacked in February 1942. Working through the references to the ships in various sources it soon became apparent that a Norwegian ship was not in Darwin Harbour at all on February 19th 1942 but had been sunk in the Atlantic in 1941. Mr Rich-ards used this example to illustrate that students need to be very careful when accepting sources, in regards to their reliability. The presentation, in-cluding an overview of the resources available in the NT Library, opened more avenues for our students to explore their own research with con� dence.

RAAF Recruitment DriveIt’s time to Rise...The Royal Australian Air Force dropped in last week as part of a recruitment drive. Bringing a Hot Air Balloon with them, and with winds constantly changing, the win-dows of opportunity for a ride also changed somewhat, but for those Kormilda stu-dents who did get a lift – the experience was fantastic. Thank you to the RAAF team for selecting Kormilda as the venue.

Kormilda students enjoying a ride in the Hot Air Balloon

LIVE to AirSupporting Darwin’s Music IndustryMusic Lovers - unite! Be in the quad-rangle at Kormilda College on Friday 2ND September from 6.30pm. Bring a picnic rug or chair, sit back, relax, and enjoy light refreshments (food and drinks on sale) while various second-ary aged music students from all over Darwin entertain you.

LIVE TO AIR (6.30 to 8.30pm) is sup-ported by the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association and will be broadcast live from the quad on Radio TEABBA. Last year’s event was a great success showcasing a number of now

prominent young performers and bands. The evening gives music students from a wide range of Darwin’s secondary schools the opportunity to perform in public.

Supporting the growth of Darwin’s music industry – LIVE TO AIR is a Kormilda Col-lege Music Faculty initiative. Entry is by ticket only, but tickets are free and available from the Kormilda College Reception during normal o� ce hours.

Mathematics Challenge for Young AustraliansKormilda College student makes Top 10Three of our students participated in the Mathematics Challenge for Young Aus-tralians. Andrew Harding Yr 10 and Aurora Jan Yr 8 were awarded Certi� cates with Omja Das Yr 8 receiving a High Distinction, placing him in the Junior Top 10% in the nation. Congratulationsto you all!

NOTE this date!Awards Ceremony 24-11-2011Combined event for Senior and Middle School at Darwin Convention Centre.

Kormilda College • Berrimah Rd • PO Box 241 • Berrimah NT • 0828 • Tel. 08 8922 1611 • Facsimile 08 8947 0792Email [email protected] • www.kormilda.nt.edu.au

ABN: 84 325 837 304 • ACN: 009 652 886 • CRICOS: 00971D

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I pray to you, O Lord, my Rock.

Do not turn a deaf ear to me.

(Psalm 28)

Lord, sometimes I don’t think You are listening. But I will keep questioning You until I get an answer. Amen.

Academic Scholarships 2012 Applications Now OpenExisting Kormilda Students in Year 9: Current Year 9 Kormilda students may apply for two di� erent types of schol-arships for Year 10, 2012 – The Charles Darwin University Health and Medical Sciences Scholarships or a Continuing Academic Scholarship.

Existing Kormilda Students involved in the VET curriculum: The School Based Apprenticeship Incentive Awards are open to students nominated by the Head of VET and the Deputy Principal.

New Students in 2012: New students in Years 6 to 11 in 2012 may apply for Academic Scholarships or All-rounder Scholarships.

New Indigenous Day Students in 2012: New Indigenous day students may apply for Foundation Bursaries.

Applications for all scholarships close Tuesday 13 September, 2011. For full details please contact the College at [email protected] or phone 08 8922 1611.

Sibling EnrolmentsNow is the time to contact our Registrar, Mr David Barrett to advise of any sibling enrolments for 2012. Kormilda currently has places avail-able in most years, and now includ-ing Year 6. Kormilda College – it’s one step, towards tomorrow – Middle School Year 6 to 9, Senior School Years 10 to 12. Telephone 08 8922 1611 or email [email protected]. Enrolment forms can be down-loaded from our website.

Sports Day From playing soccer to cooking up a storm in our VET Hospitality Kitchen in the Masterchef Competition, the much anticipated Sports Day was full of fun, laughter and above all, good sportsmanship. Also included, an opportunity to look over the Rugby World Cup Trophy won by the Wallabies in 1999.

Year 10s take part in Indonesian Independence Day CelebrationsOn Wednesday the 17th August we visited the Indonesian Consulate to celebrate the 66th Indonesian Independence Day. On arriving we were excited to see the red and white banners decorating the grounds of the Indonesian Consulate. The formal proclamation of Independence was rich with tradition, and the � ag raising ceremony was a special highlight. This was particularly interesting for us as Year 10 students, as we have been studying Indonesian ceremonies and festivals this term in class.

After the formal part of the ceremony we enjoyed eating some tasty Indonesian food prepared for us. It was enak sekali!

Mrs Lynette Guy, Caitlin Guy, Helche Silvester, Sally Poermara, Mathilda Izaach Uniplaita, Jess De Koeyer, Emma Ram-say, Emma Jackson, Camille Connors, Molly Fuge, Harry Gray , Chris Paice, Ria Mitchell, Bonnie Spangler, Lucy Wilson-Wells and Mr Johanis Unirwalu.