Principal: Phil Fitzsimons 8532 1788 – 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: 8532 1788 Fax: 8532 5335 Email: [email protected]Website: www.murraybridgehs.sa.edu.au From the Principal Phil Fitzsimons iAwards Congratulations go out to Digital Technologies Coordinator Steven Barclay and his gifted IT students who recently won the 2015 State iAwards in the Secondary Student Category. For over 20 years the iAwards has been recognising and celebrating the achievements and innovation made in ICT across all areas of the economy. The iAwards honours a broad range of categories at the cutting edge of technology innovation and through the Student Domain, celebrates the up and coming innovators of the future. The iAwards provides the platform to discover, recognise and reward ICT innovations that have the potential to, or are already significantly impacting the community. The iAwards are judged by the industry and provide recognition that extends across all sectors of the digital economy. As a result of this award the students and Mr Barclay will travel to Melbourne in late August and attempt to win the National iAward. Mr Barclay will present his full report on the State iAwards ceremony in the next newsletter. EduTECH Conference in Brisbane Keeping with the theme of Digital Technology a group of leadership and IT staff travelled to Brisbane recently to attend the 2015 EduTECH Conference. This is the largest educational gathering in the southern hemisphere. This conference was thought provoking and brought a number of new ideas/approaches towards the delivery of 21 st century learning through a digital classroom. All staff that attended the event came away from the conference keen to move the conversation forward on digital technologies and create new opportunities for students and staff. A viewpoint that was shared at the conference by futurist David Price from the UK is that an estimated 47% of jobs currently in existence today will be automated in 2030. Alarming as this prediction is, education circles are taking this view seriously and are looking at strategies to best prepare our students for this future through initiatives such as STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics). Murray Bridge High is currently working in collaboration with the tertiary institutions such as University of SA to build improved learning connections for our students to transition into this new world of learning. Student Free Day – Australian Curriculum Moderation of student work was the key focus of the recent student free day held on 5 June. Teachers within the English, Science, Mathematics and HASS faculties moderated samples of student work against the Australian Curriculum framework. This activity aims to ensure the assessment of student work is consistent across these learning areas. Teachers in the other learning areas used this day to design tasks that meet the achievement standards. TERM 2, Week 8 – 15 June 2015 CALENDAR TERM 2 Tuesday, 16 June Finance Committee – 4.30pm Monday, 22 June Semester 2 begins Tuesday, 23 June Parents and Friends – 5.30pm Governing Council – 7pm Sunday, 28 June Arrival of Australian Girls’ Choir Thursday, 2 July Youth Opportunities Graduation – 3.30pm Friday, 3 July Last day of Term 2 – 2pm dismissal Transition Evening – 3 June The transition evening held on 3 June was an outstanding success with over 200 parents/caregivers and future students in attendance. The evening provided a wealth of information as well as an opportunity to tour the school. I would like to thank Darren O’Connor and Helen Partridge for coordinating the evening. If parents have any feedback from the evening please feel free to call me at the school or send me an email at [email protected]Student Uniform Parents/caregivers are reminded to please ensure their student comes to school with the appropriate full school uniform every day. Hooded jumpers are slowly becoming more evident at school recently and this is not acceptable. These students will be told to remove their hooded jumpers even on cold days. Please avoid this situation and ensure responsibility is taken for the correct uniform. An overwhelming majority of the students are in correct uniform every day; however it is not an onerous task to ensure 100% of our students are in correct full school uniform on a daily basis.
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Principal: Phil Fitzsimons 8532 1788 – 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: 8532 1788 Fax: 8532 5335 Email: [email protected] Website: www.murraybridgehs.sa.edu.au
From the Principal Phil Fitzsimons
iAwards
Congratulations go out to Digital Technologies Coordinator Steven Barclay and his gifted
IT students who recently won the 2015 State iAwards in the Secondary Student Category.
For over 20 years the iAwards has been recognising and celebrating the achievements and
innovation made in ICT across all areas of the economy.
The iAwards honours a broad range of categories at the cutting edge of technology
innovation and through the Student Domain, celebrates the up and coming innovators of
the future. The iAwards provides the platform to discover, recognise and reward ICT
innovations that have the potential to, or are already significantly impacting the community.
The iAwards are judged by the industry and provide recognition that extends across all
sectors of the digital economy.
As a result of this award the students and Mr Barclay will travel to Melbourne in late
August and attempt to win the National iAward.
Mr Barclay will present his full report on the State iAwards ceremony in the next
newsletter.
EduTECH Conference in Brisbane
Keeping with the theme of Digital Technology a group of leadership and IT staff travelled
to Brisbane recently to attend the 2015 EduTECH Conference. This is the largest
educational gathering in the southern hemisphere.
This conference was thought provoking and brought a number of new ideas/approaches
towards the delivery of 21st century learning through a digital classroom.
All staff that attended the event came away from the conference keen to move the
conversation forward on digital technologies and create new opportunities for students
and staff.
A viewpoint that was shared at the conference by futurist David Price from the UK is that
an estimated 47% of jobs currently in existence today will be automated in 2030.
Alarming as this prediction is, education circles are taking this view seriously and are
looking at strategies to best prepare our students for this future through initiatives such as
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics). Murray Bridge High is currently
working in collaboration with the tertiary institutions such as University of SA to build
improved learning connections for our students to transition into this new world of
learning.
Student Free Day – Australian Curriculum
Moderation of student work was the key focus of the recent student free day held on 5
June. Teachers within the English, Science, Mathematics and HASS faculties moderated
samples of student work against the Australian Curriculum framework. This activity aims
to ensure the assessment of student work is consistent across these learning areas.
Teachers in the other learning areas used this day to design tasks that meet the
achievement standards.
TERM 2, Week 8 – 15 June 2015
CALENDAR
TERM 2
Tuesday, 16 June
Finance Committee – 4.30pm
Monday, 22 June
Semester 2 begins
Tuesday, 23 June
Parents and Friends – 5.30pm
Governing Council – 7pm
Sunday, 28 June
Arrival of Australian Girls’ Choir
Thursday, 2 July
Youth Opportunities Graduation – 3.30pm
Friday, 3 July
Last day of Term 2 – 2pm dismissal
Transition Evening – 3 June
The transition evening held on 3 June was an
outstanding success with over 200 parents/caregivers
and future students in attendance. The evening
provided a wealth of information as well as an
opportunity to tour the school. I would like to thank
Darren O’Connor and Helen Partridge for
coordinating the evening.
If parents have any feedback from the evening please