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19 FEBRUARY 2021 Loxton High School Newsletter Term 1 WEEK 4

The Shadow’s of Uluru’s Past - RHIANNA FALTING

19 FEBRUARY 2021 Term 1 Week 4

Loxton High SchoolNEWSLETTER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL - DAVID GARRETT

Loxton High School has begun the year on a very positive note and we are very pleased to welcome 89 new Year 8 students and 7 new staff into the school. After the twists, turns and disruptions of 2020, we are optimistic that Term 1 will be packed full of the learning and programs that are important in life at LHS.

We are especially pleased to welcome 8 new members of staff:• Ms Jacinta Coombe, English & HASS teacher• Ms Chi Doan, Maths & Science teacher• Mr Ainslie Rivett-Smith who is taking Sheree Arnold’s Maths classes in Term 1 while she is on secondment as a curriculum writer with the Education Department. We are expecting her to return in Term 2.• Mr Thomas Smart, HPE• Ms Alex Viney, English & HASS• Ms Emma Wilkinson, Library SSO• Ms Adeline Wong, Maths & Science• Tracy Benson, Canteen Manager

Other staffing news:• Ms Skye Beauchamp is our assistant Principal for Wellbeing and the Middle School so she has responsibility for Year 8 and 9.• Mr Shannon Tootell is now our Senior Leader for Science and Maths, Jo Bullock is continuing as Senior Leader for Global Perspectives (formerly English and HASS), and Ms Ellie Thomas has returned from her year on exchange in Canada and has taken up a new position as Senior Leader for Health and Wellness. This includes leading HPE and Volleyball.• Ms Tammie Kernich is in the Learner Inclusion Coordinator position.• We are very glad to welcome Ms Claire Dalzell back to the school. Claire is our female Wellbeing Leader and is also taking responsibility for our new Literacy and Numeracy Plus program

Parent information evening, Tuesday 2 FebruaryI would like to thank all parents and carers who attended our Parent Information Evening. Our staff appreciate the opportunity to meet with parents, talk about students and classes, and discuss our culture, routines and expectations. I particularly appreciate meeting parents and talking about our school. The fact that so many parents and carers come back year after year demonstrates how much the school is valued by our school community.

CURRENT DIARY DATES FEBRUARY

22 Standards Day 23 Yr 8 Immunisation

MARCH 01 Adelaide Swimming 01- 03 Yr 12 Outdoor Ed Excursion 02 Yr 8 Immunisation catchup

08 ADELAIDE CUP DAY

09 Sports Day 12 Induction Ceremony 15 Finance Meeting @ 7pm

Bookpurnong Road PO Box 446 LOXTON SA 5333 P: 8584 7339 F: 8584 7765 dl.0895.info@schools. sa.edu.au

TRUST OPTIMISM RESPECT SUPPORT COMMITMENT


FROM THE PRINCIPAL CONT...

2020 SACE results and the Riverland and Murray Mallee Vocational Awards, Friday 12 FebruaryWe were excited to see the excellent results achieved by our 2020 Year 12 cohort when the SACE results were released in December:• Samuel Nitschke was the school’s most outstanding student in the Riverland with an ATAR of 99.75• 98.6% of our potential SACE completers achieved their SACE• Seven students achieved Merits, with Samuel Nitschke achieving 2 taking it to a total of 8 Merits.• 33% of grades were in the A band – this percentage has continued to increase over the last 7 years• 78% of all grades were As and Bs, which is the same as last year, is still at a 7 year high• 49.3% of students completed their SACE with a VET certificate included

Loxton High featured at the Riverland and Murray Mallee VET Awards last Friday evening with a number of our current and past students making the list of finalists. Nadene Gillett provides more detail later in this newsletter.

Governing Council AGM, Tuesday, 16 FebruaryWe were heartened by the interest shown by parents, staff and students in the 2021 Governing Council AGM. Our Governing Council plays a vital role in the life and improvement of our school and we value the contribution parents and carers make when they join the team. The new Governing Council met immediately after the AGM concluded and office bearers were elected.Governing Council Chair: Tom FielkeDeputy chair: Mel MorenaSecretary: Kimberlee MurdochTreasurer: Shannon HarkinsGoverning Members: Matt Abbott, Sonya Altschwager (DCLW Rep), Ann Biele, Kelvin Burgemeister, Jo Gibbs, Allison Ingerson, Rebecca Knowles, Jason Sander, Ian Schneider, Brett Schlein, Simon Vause

I am on the Governing Council as the School Principal, with Tara Deren as the Deputy Principal. A staff member is yet to be confirmed. Student representatives include members of the Prefect and SRC teams.

2021 External School Review, Monday 1 March to Wednesday 3 MarchA panel of reviewers will visit the school at the beginning of March to conduct an External School Review. This is a process that occurs periodically, and it was deferred last year when COVID-19 hit. The last time the school was reviewed was in 2017. I have been in regular contact with the Department for Education Review Officer who has been analysing information and data about our school. The panel will be using this information to develop focus questions, known as ‘Lines of Inquiry’ to guide their investigations. Parents will have the opportunity to meet the review panel to provide feedback about areas the panel is interested in pursuing. A program is being developed and parents will receive a letter that provides more details about what will be happening.

COVID-19Like the rest of the state, we have begun the year taking the precautions recommended by SA Health, and mandated by the Department for Education.• A QR code is displayed in the front office so visitors are able to check in the COVID Safe for smart phones. A paper recording template is also available. The COVID Safe Check-in is purely for SA Health contact tracing purposes and does not replace our normal visitor sign-in process. All guests should continue to sign in at the front office on arrival.• A touch-free hand sanitiser dispenser has been placed in the front office.• It is important that students and staff stay home if they are unwell.• Adults, including parents must continue to maintain the 1.5m physical distance with staff, and physically distance wherever possible including in face to face meetings, at school pick up and drop off or when attending school assemblies and concerts.

Fruit Fly outbreakI sent all parents and carers a letter earlier this term that provided information from PIRSA about the Fruit Fly outbreak in the Riverland. While the school is not in an outbreak or suspension area, we want to remind all families about PIRSA’s instructions regarding not bringing fruit out of those areas. School lunch boxes coming from one of those areas should not include any of the fruit that has been identified. Fresh fruit is sold at the canteen.


MERIT CEREMONY

Swimming and sports eventsWe were impressed by the strong student involvement in this year’s swimming program. This started with our Year 8 Splash Day that provided an opportunity for our newest students to get to know each other better, whilst also introducing them the events that happen in the Swimming Carnival. Many students then participated in the swimming trials before showing great enthusiasm at the school’s Swimming Carnival that was held last Wednesday. It was a beautiful day, with many parents stopping in to support their children. In an exciting finish, Gamma managed to steal a win in the Championship Shield, with a margin of 2 points. This shows just how important it is to earn house points by participating in the swimming trials. Beta held their own though, with a convincing win in the Novelty Shield.

The Riverland Interschool Swimming Championship was held at the Loxton Pool on Monday 15 February. Our school was well supported by staff, parents and students. The evening was won by the Renmark High School Swimming Team, with Glossop coming second and Loxton coming third. Many of our students swam their hearts out and achieved personal best times, which was a great credit to them. We are very proud of how our students competed and conducted themselves. We were also proud of our Triathlon team who competed in Adelaide on Wednesday 17 February and came fifth overall. We had some great individual performers in the Come and Try and the Teams events. See Facebook for more details.

Continental deferred for 2021Last year we decided to not hold the Continental in 2021. Unfortunately, a great deal of work goes into preparing for the Continental, beginning the previous year. With the uncertainties of COVID-19 we decided not to risk organising such an extensive event without being sure that it would be able go ahead. We will reassess later in the year regarding what we will do for 2022. We intend to hold an on-line silent auction and the raffle as fund raisers later in the year.

This Year’s Merit Ceremony was a different occasion to what has been run in the past, thanks to COVID restrictions. Firstly, it was run over three days at Government House with different subjects being presented at different times. Secondly, staff were only invited to the Official Ceremony held on Monday evening for students with multiple Merits or Governor’s Commendation. Such was the case for Samuel Nitschke and his teachers Justin Lane (Math Methods) and Penny Gill (Research Project). Not only did Samuel earn two Merits for his Year 12 subjects, but he was awarded the Governor’s Commendation for his involvement in our school and broader community. He was one of 26 students around the state to receive such an accolade. Congratulations also go to our individual Merit recipients and their teachers:

Deepak Atwal - Agriculture Production (Mrs Justine Fogden)Tilly Albrecht - Essential Mathematics (Mrs Leah Uren)Jessie Wooldridge - Essential Mathematics (Mrs Leah Uren)Samuel Nitschke - Mathematical Methods (Mr Justin Lane)Lily Gunn - Research Project (Mrs Nadene Gillett)Sophie Lipman - Research Project (Mrs Penny Gill)Samuel Nitschke - Research Project (Mrs Penny Gill)Aimee Gladigau - Visual Arts – Art (Mrs Penny Gill)

FROM THE PRINCIPAL CONT...


SACE ART SHOW - ADELAIDE

BREAKFAST CLUB

Each year students who were nominated by their teachers for their interesting approach to Art or Design, have their work reviewed by a panel of SACE Moderators in Adelaide. We were thrilled to hear the news that three of our students were selected to showcase their work at this year’s SACE Art Show being held from Tuesday 24/3 – Friday 16/4 at the Light Square Gallery. COVID-19 has meant that there will not be a physical opening night but students will be celebrated in an alternative format during the exhibition.

All things going well, we plan to take our current Year 11 & 12 Visual and Creative Arts students to Adelaide in Week 9, to see this exhibition first hand, as well as visit a number of other venues.We are most proud of the students who were selected and offer our sincere congratulations to:Rhianna Falting - The Shadow's of Uluru's PastAimee Gladigau - A Tale of GreedRose Swanbury - Arctic Summer

If you get the opportunity to have a look while you are in Adelaide during late March and early April (Unfortunately, it starts just as the Fringe ends!), I guarantee you will be impressed with the calibre of work created by Year 12s from around the state.

PENNY GILLART/DESIGN TEACHER

Rose Swanbury - Arctic Summer

Aimee Gladigau - A Tale of Greed

Breakfast Club is back for 2021. Breakfast Club will once again be meeting in the Home Economics Room from 8am on Wednesday and Friday Mornings and we will be offering a different menu each week. We are very grateful for the support from local businesses, social clubs, churches, and individuals who donate resources to ensure that we can provide breakfast each week to many hungry people. We are also very thankful to all our volunteers who come in each week to help prepare the breakfast. The Breakfast Club was saddened to hear of the passing of Gary Bates, who had been volunteering over the past 12 months and pass on our condolences to the family. He will be missed by all at Breakfast Club. This year we look forward to welcoming all students and staff to call in and join us for breakfast, or just call in for a chat one morning.JO OLDMANPASTORAL CARE WORKER

SACE ART SHOW - ADELAIDE


Monday night the 15 February saw Loxton take a solid team into the event with a few good new U14 swimmers,. We had unfortunately lost three or four good swimmers from last year who have moved schools or finished their studies at Loxton High. We started with our normal warm up and pep talk from Mrs. Beauchamp at around 6.00pm, then into the pool for a warm up. The night started slowly for us with Renmark dominating the first few events including Butterfly and the first Freestyle events. It became pretty clear by the first couple of score checks that it was going to be a very tight finish between Glossop and Loxton for second spot, with Renmark a fair way in front with their strong contingent of Swimming club students. Many of our students had improved their times by three or four seconds in some cases from our own carnival less than a week earlier. The relays were dominated by Renmark early with us taking out some high placing in the older Freestyle relays. We finished third to Renmark then Glossop, however, we are still very proud of our students performances, given many of our team members are not regular Swimming Club competitors. We look forward now to the challenge of some more Personal Bests in Adelaide on Monday 1 March (Week 6).

Thank you the Ms. Thomas, Mrs. Kruger and Mr. Nickolls for picking such a strong team and to all our staff, parents and students who came along to support our swimmers on the night.

GRANT FISHERSPORTS COORDINATOR

On Wednesday 10 February in warm conditions we held our annual House Swimming Carnival. Our House leaders had their first taste of trying to organise their charges to be on time to the many and varied events on the day. This was pretty tiring work for a number of Houses as we have a few more students who choose not to participate. However the number of enthusiastic and positive students is high, with most willing to do the extra events so their House can be represented. The day starts with our Championship Freestyle and Backstroke events, keenly contested in each age group. It was great to see some strong swimmers come into the U14 Girls age group. At right on 10.03am we started the exciting novelty events with the Water Polo, which had a little more aggression than normal especially in the Girls events. All of our House Leaders and their extra helpers did a fantastic job getting students to the side of the pool for each event which allowed us to have a cool off swim for all students, before the next lot of Championship events. We finished with the Breaststroke and relays which in some age groups took a little while to finish. Congratulations to the many students who went out of their comfort zone to fill in Championship events knowing it would be a struggle to finish the 50m events. The value of support was on display and helped our House Leaders fill all events.Congratulations to our Individual Cup winners and place getters as well as all of those students who participated in an event or helped as an official. A special mention to the following students who were selected by their House Leaders as the Team Spirit Winners for 2021. (Alpha: Kaela Smart, Isaac Schaefer, Beta: Charlize Wooldridge, William Heuzenroeder, Gamma: Claire Scholz, Sid Johnston, Delta: Paige Vowles, Josh Marlor). Well done to Gamma who won the Championship shield and Beta who took out the Novelty shield.Thank you to all of the staff who made the day run smoothly and the trophy donors and parents for supporting the day.

Results: Cup WinnersU14 Girls Kenzie King GammaU14 Boys Jasper Hutchinson AlphaU15 Girls Jessica Inglis GammaU15 Boys Campbell Marks DeltaU16 Girls Mikayla Gillett GammaU16 Boys Lucas Cockshell DeltaU20 Girls Zoe Raynes BetaU20 Boys Renzo Catalano Beta

INTERSCHOOL SWIM CARNIVALLHS SWIM CARNIVAL


Hula-hooping, dancing dinosaurs and witch hats. What do all these things have in common?

‘Girls Rock!’ Adelaide 2021.

On the 11 January, on the fifth week of the school holidays, I travelled to Adelaide to attend the ‘Girls Rock!’ Adelaide camp. Every day from Monday to Friday, I went to the Goodwood Community Centre at 9am, along with 37 other campmates. On the first day of camp, we were put into our bands, with people of a similar age to us. All the bands had around four people playing any of the following: a singer, drummer, keyboard player, guitar player or bass player. My band included a singer, guitar and bass player, and me as the drummer. The bands’ tasks were to come up with a name, logo and write a song before the end of the week to perform on the Saturday of that week. No pressure… We started our mornings with some punk rock aerobics to get us pumped up for the day. Throughout the week we had instrument lessons and band practice sessions. Along with this, we also had a large variety of workshops. Some of these workshops included screen-printing band logos onto shirts, personalising our own hula hoop and choreographing a music video. Every lunchtime, a band would come in and perform for us. These performances ranged from hard rock to soft indie pop. My favourite part of the performances was when one of the coordinators came in with an inflatable dinosaur suit on and started working it on the dancefloor. For the campmates’ final performance, everyone performed their original songs on the big stage in front of an audience. ‘Girls Rock!’ Adelaide was an incredible experience where I met some amazing people, learnt so many new things and made life-long friends.

ADISON KINGYEAR 11 STUDENT

GIRLS ROCKGODSPELL

Generations of students have made their mark and cemented their place in Loxton High School history by being a part of a school musical. Loxton High School musicals have wowed audiences for decades and this year’s LHS musical promises nothing less. The announcement of this year’s production has been much anticipated and the community is yearning to experience live theatre again a quiet year in 2020. For 2021, Loxton High School has chosen the 1970s Broadway hit Godspell. The production features the chart-topping songs “Day by Day” and “Prepare Ye the Way.” The LHS production team includes Claire Dalzell in her 6th role as director of a LHS musical. Returning in their roles are musical director, Sheree Arnold, and Production Manager, Margaret Wormald. Based on the gospel of St Mark, the production takes a modern twist to highlight the building of community amongst diversity in a funky 1970s psychedelic way that will have audiences laughing and tapping their toes. The music offers a range of genres from country rock, rhythm and blues and ballads with glorious harmonies; there really is something for everyone. There is also plenty of scope for creative sets and costumes, which makes it a particularly exciting venture.Information session and auditions are open to all students (Years 8 to 12) and will be happening this term. Opportunities for students to be involved in on-stage and backstage roles are abundant. Parent and community support is also sought for various tasks. Please contact the school if you want more details and are interested in being involved.Godspell will be performed over 3 nights in August, during Week 5 of Term 3. Save a space in your diaries as you will not want to miss this up-tempo, uplifting, colourful musical spectacle presented by the talented LHS students.

MARGARET WORMALDPRODUCTION MANAGER


On Friday 5 February,the year 8’s went tothe Loxton FootballClub and the LoxtonPool. We were splitinto 2 groups. Gamma and Alpha in one and Beta and Delta in the other.When we were at the football club, we played a game called Nemo. A teacher went around and secretly pick 2 people, someone was called Nemo, and someone was called Bruce and it had to be kept a secret. When another teacher shouted “start” and everyone goes around elbowing others, asking “are you Nemo” and you would say no. Nemo will say no to 6 people and when they elbowed the 7th person, they will say “yes I am Nemo.” Nemo will have to stand still and wait for others to line up behind them. Once everyone has lined up, a teacher will shout “who’s Bruce?” and Bruce will put their hand up, anyone who was standing behind Bruce is out. Also, at the football club, we played other games like … • Confusion Bingo• Organization (organize our selves into first names,

last names, height and birthdays.)• Chinese whispers• Shapes• TangledWhen we were at the pool, we had to get into our teams and the boys were separate from the girls. We played games like …• Water polo (Girls vs girls and boys vs boys)• Tube relay• Yabbies• 25 m swims• Late for school (Where we had to swim with

oversized pants on our legs)In the morning we had to walk to the oval and the pool, then in the afternoon we had to walk back to the school. The day was so much fun, and we got to meet people in our teams and year level.I liked how we got to know how to play in the Carnival games, also knowing my other team members in my year. Go Gamma! My favourite games were … all of them. If I was to do it all again, I would.

EBONY PETCH YEAR 8 STUDENT

YEAR 8 SPLASH DAY 8C recently reflected on their first three weeks at high school and here are a few of their comments:

“There is way more homework than at primary school. In class it is hard to sit still, but I try to sit still.”“I am not an organised person…I am getting to class with the right books, so I think high school is helping with that.“Finding rooms is easy as I remember, where I’ve been, but finding rooms for the first time is difficult without my map.”“The diary is a little bit confusing, but I like it.”“When I first came I was really scared because of all the people…But now I’m all fine and I’m really enjoying high school.”“Tech and Home ec are fun.”“I really like my uniform. It is so soft and cosy and warm at times.“I am keeping up with completing homework but we hardly have any.”“I wasn’t expecting to need to write down when you are going to the toilet and stuff.”“My favourite subject would be music and drama, because I feel comfortable in that class.”“It is good that we have different teachers.”“I was feeling very nervous, but I was also excited to do all the different subjects and extra-curricular activities.”“I quite enjoy having a diary; I like being prepared and organised, so the fact that this school has this whole diary system, I quite like it.”“I like all the teachers and my favourite classes are music/drama, art and I sometimes like maths.”“High school has taught me to be organised.”“I miss playing at recess and lunch.”“I really like my uniform. I think it looks nice and makes me feel happy to come to school wearing something I like.”“If I could tell my ‘day one self’ something, it would be ‘don’t worry’.” “I really enjoyed the swimming carnival.”“The uniform is alright other than the shorts.”“I think I am good with my homework, because I finish it as soon as I get home.”“I like having a student ID card, because it is useful outside of school.”

MARGOT KRANICH, 8C HOME GROUP TEACHER

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During the summer school holiday break, we, Hayley Inglis and Sophie Lipman, were 2 of 560 students Australia-wide who participated in the 2021 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) program. NYSF is a not-for-profit organisation that encourages young people to pursue their passion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) as a career. The program that we both participated in was designed to give students a broader understanding of the wide variety of career options available in these fields before entering Year 12. Traditionally, students travel to either Brisbane or Canberra in the participation of this program, however, the current pandemic resulted in the agenda to move online, but sure did not disappoint! We spoke to Science Communicators, Physicists, Microbiologists, Geneticists, Doctors, Engineers, Television Producers, Nutrition Scientists, Vet Scientists, and more. The NYSF program is greatly supported by a number of Rotary Districts across Australia, including the Rotary Club of Loxton.

Sophie:When I first heard about this NYSF program, I was immediately drawn to the idea of learning about unfamiliar science related study and career paths, as I knew that science is where my interest lies. Over the three weeks that this program was conducted, I heard from two Nobel Prize Winners, over 20 top experts in a range of subjects, and saw every corner of the University of Adelaide campuses.

All aspects of this program were very eye-opening and allowed me to identify areas of science that fascinated me, and others not so much. My key highlight was during the in-person STEM visit to the University of Adelaide’s Health and Medical Sciences building where I was able to intubate a simulated patient. I undertook this task with doctors, anaesthetists and tutors guiding me with how to accurately perform the process. The situation felt authentically professional, making me both nervous and intrigued at the same time! I was also lucky enough be interviewed by Spence Denny on ABC Radio Adelaide with NYSF CEO, Dr Melanie Bagg, an experience that NYSF allowed me to undertake!

Hayley:NYSF was a thought provoking, innovative and all-round wonderful experience. It was innovative in its variant and accommodating deliverance, sessions taking place both online and in person throughout the program. The most wonderful highlight of my experience was the so aptly titled, ‘Science at Home’ where we were given the choice of two experiments to complete at home. I chose the DNA extraction experiment where we were armed with nothing but the instructions, methylated spirits, dish washing liquid, water and frozen strawberries. This experiment involved the mushing up of the strawberries to extract the DNA, and for those curious, it looked like colourless snot!

My key takeaway from the experience was collaboration. The future of science involves collaboration between disciplines, scientists continuing to delve deeper into the inner workings of our world and expanding upon what is possible for a better future today and tomorrow.

We both sincerely thank the Rotary Club of Loxton for promoting this opportunity to us and for their generous funding to allow our participation in this program. Their organisation, communication and support toward us is greatly appreciated and commended. NYSF was a great experience for the both of us, and we highly recommend this program to any students thinking about participating.

NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM


On Friday 12 February evening David and I attended the Rotary Riverland and Mallee Vocational Awards 2020 at the Berri Hotel. Loxton High School enjoyed a successful night with a number of our current and past students making the list of finalists. Monty Wall and Will Schultz were finalists in the Vocational Education and Training Award, with Monty being overall runner up. Past students Emerson Fielke, Bianca Shephard, Tyson Kent, Kade Harkins and Brianka Harris were finalists in the Trainees Award, with Bianca Shephard being the overall winner. Two past students were apprentice industry award winners, with Briley Gibbs winning the Construction Award and Jorja Bradley winning the Hair and Beauty Award. The evening is a wonderful acknowledgement of the importance of vocational education to the Riverland Region and I strongly encourage all ASBA/VET students to consider nominating at the end of this year.

NADENE GILLETTSACE/VET COORDINATOR

On Safer Internet Day the world comes together with a shared vision of making online experiences better for everyone.Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised each February to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology, especially among children and young people. Celebrated on the second day of the second week of the second month, each year on Safer Internet Day millions of people unite to inspire positive changes online, to raise awareness of online safety issues, and participate in events and activities right across the globe.As always, Safer Internet Day aims to create both a safer and a better internet, where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. The campaign aims to reach out to children and young people, parents and carers, teachers, educators and social workers, as well as industry, decision makers and politicians, to encourage everyone to play their part in creating a better internet. The Safer Internet Day slogan of “Together for a better internet” encourages everyone to join the movement, to participate, and to make the most of the internet’s potential to bring people together. There are many ways to do this: • Children and young people can help to create a better internet by being kind and respectful to others online, by protecting their online reputations (and those of others), and by seeking out positive opportunities to create, engage and share online. • Parents and carers play a crucial role in empowering and supporting children to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively, whether it is by ensuring an open dialogue with their children, educating them to use technology safely and positively, or by acting as digital role models.Help us make every day a Safer Internet Day!• Join eSafety’s parent guide to cyberbullying and online drama webinar at https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars• Visit esafety.gov.au/SID for tips to start the chat at school, at home and in your community.

SAFER INTERNET DAY RIVERLAND & MURRAY MALLEEVOCATIONAL AWARDS

esafety.gov.au/young-people

Top 5 online safety tips

Be an upstander Speak up if you see someone cyberbullying or sharing nudes in a group chat – let them know that’s not okay. Report and delete it.

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Use privacy and screen time settings to take control of your digital life and its impact on your mental health.

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Ask for help Cyberbullying and sharing intimate images without consent can be distressing, but eSafety can help remove them.

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Ask for permission before you share a photo or video with someone else in it. Respectful online relationships start with consent.

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Riverland Youth Theatre are holding workshops at theRenmark Institue on Thursday 18 February at 4.30pm5-12 & 13+. We will travel through time and explorethe lives of young RYT participants in a time beforeinternet, mobile phones, social media & Covid-19.Examining selected devised scripts from the 80’s, 90’s& 2000’s, the workshops will explore theatre makingtechniques & production, develop theatre skills & create new works. This is a great opportunity forparticipants to see multiple aspects of the theatreworld & grow as artists.https://ryt.wufoo.com/forms/becoming-now/

It is an expectation that all Year 10 students will make arrangements to have a device for school use in 2021.The process includes students and parents/caregivers signing a user agreement indicating that the school’s BYOD Guidelines and Cyber Safety Agreements have been read and understood. Laptops are then left with our IT technician to be connected to the school system. Paperwork was sent home with students last year, if needed please have your child collect the necessary paperwork from the front office.Devices must have the following minimum requirements:Screen size – at least 10 inchesWindows 7 or later (64 Bit)Internet browser Safari, Chrome or Internet Explorer – updated to 2016 or 2017 versions.RAM 4GB (memory)1.5Ghz processor (Higher if using Specialized software • Consult provider if unsure)• Adobe Creative Suite (8GB RAM, Graphics Card

recommended)• Autodesk Inventor software. (8GB Ram, 3Ghz

processor)• Music software – consult software website.Wireless for network accessDisk space recommended minimum 128GB.Microsoft Office Suite • School will supply Office 365 login for each student

to download Office at home.• Microsoft Publisher and Access are not compatible

with Mac• Antivirus – up to date. • Will not be supplied by school.Laptop Battery must be capable to last at least 6 hours as charging will not be available at school.If you have questions or require further information, please contact Leanne Priest or Brendan Rowe at the school.

LEANNE PRIESTASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SNR SCHOOL & SCHOOL SYSTEMS

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