9090 Brunel Drive

Modbury Heights

South Australia, 5092

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NEWSLETTER No. 15

25 November 2011

OUR SCHOOL VALUES

We work hard to learn

We respect ourselves and

each other

We value acts of

generosity

IN THIS ISSUE Kitchen Garden Book

Order Form

Yr 12 Valediction

Asia Week

PE Week

DIARY DATES

28/11 Parents & Friends

9am

29/11 Yr 6/7 Transition

29/11 Yr 8 2012 Transition

29/11 Governing Council

Mtg & Dinner

5/12 Parents & Friends

Lunch

5/12 Yr 6/7 Celebration

6/12

END OF YEAR EVENT

CELEBRATION IN THE

COURTYARD

6pm – 9pm

It is at this time of year that we recognise the

achievements and successes of many of our

students both at the Year 12 Validation and Year

6-12 Celebration of Success. These occasions

remind us of the remarkable abilities of our

young people and affirm the community’s

confidence in the capacity of our children and

young adults to shape society in a positive,

responsible and compassionate manner. I hope

that parents and family who were able to attend

these ceremonies enjoyed the occasion, that

they felt warmly welcomed and that they sensed

the school’s pride in their children was reflected

in the organisation and atmosphere of the

presentations and morning tea.

We were pleased to have 2 new awards

presented to our students. The Honourable Bob

Gregory presented The Lions Club

Encouragement award of $500 on behalf of the

Lions Club of Modbury. Bronwyn Gallacher, a

former student and winner of the Caltex All

Rounder Award in 1994 sponsored and

presented the CCL Consultants Best Female All

Rounder award of $500 and the Most Improved

Year 12 Student award of $250. Both these

organisations approached us, offering these

special awards to students. It is wonderful that

members of the broader community and a

former student want to recognise and encourage

young people who contribute individually to

making a difference in society.

The whole community will have an opportunity

to celebrate the magnificence of our children and

young people at the Celebration in the Courtyard

end of year community event for families. We

look forward to seeing you. Please join us for the

entertainment.

Helen CalvertHelen CalvertHelen CalvertHelen Calvert PrincipalPrincipalPrincipalPrincipal

Please keep this date free to

join us for a concert, stalls,

sausage sizzle and much, much

more….

6th

DECEMBER 2011

6pm – 9pm

Amusements

Tea/coffee

Icecreams

1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and

5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere

3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water

I f you are reading this newsletter

online you are making a responsible

contribution to the environment.

THANK YOU

In this issue is an order form for our

Yummalicious Kitchen Garden Book!

Good value at $20

Payable at the Finance Office or go to

The Heights School website and pay

via Bizgate.

Just in time for Christmas!

It was an asyik (awesome) week last week with an

Asian vibe strong across the school. Have you had a

chance to see the excellent displays of paper cranes,

Asian artefacts and literature in the Resource Centre.

Yes, we made over 1000, thank you for efforts from

Junior School, Middle School, Senior School staff and

friends of the school. Now about that wish…..

The week started with a tight tussle for the Golden

Chopsticks. The crowd cheered on and you could hear

chopsticks clicking with the final being won by

Kynan Herbert (yr 8). Students also demonstrated

their skills in Kanji on the courtyard ground with chalk

whilst listening to top 20 Korean Pop music.

Tuesday was a slightly more academic affair (finishing

with a Karaoke rendition of Baby by Justin Beiber).

Students focused their thoughts and had hands and

mouths close to the buzzers ready to be the first in.

Anonymous 2 rose to the challenge and took prizes

and smiles home.

On Wednesday the year 6/7’s travelled into the city to

visit the Migration Museum, Parliament House and SA

Museum to continue to explore other cultures and

celebrations. Staff at each of the locations

commented on how excellent the students were in

asking questions, following instructions and showing

respect to the environment around them.

‘Selamat datang ke pasar The Heights’ was on the

banner on the oval on Thursday as an entrance to a

myriad of stalls representing different countries in

Asia and put together by JS classes. There was a true

carnival feel with flags flying, music playing, food

tastings, activities, costumes and more. JS students

had smiles on their faces as they explored and shared

their learning with other students, parents and

teachers.

The week finished with a Spring Roll on a String and

Kendama competition in the courtyard involving JS

and MS students competing against each other. These

were very popular events with hands going up

everywhere to be involved. There were some classic

and creative techniques to be the fastest to get

through the challenge without losing your spring roll

or using any part of your body besides your mouth.

Overall it was an excellent week as a result of

involvement from staff and students alike. I would like

to make special thanks to Bob Powell and the

Resource Centre staff for their support in setting up

displays and supporting student learning,

the JS staff for preparing their students for

Market Day and the rest of the Indonesian

Faculty for helping run events throughout

the week. Terima kasih.

Adrienne Niven

Indonesian Teacher

ASIA WEEKASIA WEEKASIA WEEKASIA WEEK

HEIGHTS WIN CRICKET TRIFECTA The Heights have had a successful series of Super 8’s Cricket Carnivals, taking out a clean sweep of NE Vista

Carnival Trophies for Year 8, 9 & 10, remaining undefeated across all year levels.

The Year 8 & 9 teams both progress through to the

metropolitan interzone finals on the 1st December.

Mr Costello Sports Co-ordinator

Congratulations to April Sims who

on the weekend of November 12/13

competed in the U/25 State Ten Pin

Bowling Championships at Salisbury Bowl-

Land and in doing so, competed against

people much older than herself. To show

that the age difference and size of the

field (some 70 other people) were of

scant concern to her, April brought home

a gold medal for female teams winner,

and a silver medal for female doubles.

As a consequence she is now ranked fourth in the state!

Her best game on the weekend was an impressive 225.

On the weekend of November 19/20, she was chosen to play

in the Masters’ Competition.

From the school’s perspective it is great to see young people

who can meet the challenges and time demands of both

study and sport, and still achieve great outcomes in both.

YEAR 8 TEAM- Alex Kobzeff, Jason Redshaw, Zac

McGahey, Febi Mansell, Tyrell Sinclair, Josh Lake,

Yoshewar Senthilkumar & Bryce Hartwig-Fossey

YEAR 9 TEAM- Hayden Smith, Ben Clark, Alex May,

Amanda Wellington, Lachlan Roberts, David Kobzeff, Ryan

Llewellyn, Alex Kobzeff, Jason Redshaw, Zac McGahey

YEAR 10 TEAM- Jonathon Ross, Alex

Higgins, Luke Rayson, Jason Russell,

Jayden England, Daniel McKeown, Josh

Macey, Hayden Smith

Teacher Professional Learning Program

Monday 2.45-3.30pm

Week 5: P-12 Student Behaviour Management

Week 6: Sub school matters

In response to feedback about the length of sessions

enabled by the 2.30pm closure on Mondays, the ½

hour Professional Learning session was extended to

45 minutes. Teachers continue after 3.30 until 4.15 to

extend this professional learning opportunity and

from 3.30-4.30 on Wednesday in faculty and cluster

learning teams.

YEAR 12 VALEDICTION 2011

Our Dux Winners - Congratulations

Alphonse Ndaribwire, Mr Laurinaitis, Mr Button, Ms

Robinson and Ms Calvert.

Alphonse made & donated our new lectern to the school.

Regan Wood & Bronwyn Gallacher

Regan was awarded the CCL Consultants

Most Improved Yr 12 student

Athena Dawe & Bronwyn Gallacher

Athen was awarded the CCL Consultants

Best Female All Rounder

Congratulations to Ben Geytenbeek who

was won the Caltex All-Rounder Award.

Ben is also the Dux of the School

Congratulations to Holly Ott who was awarded the

Northern District Industry Skills Award for an outstanding

VET student at

The Heights School

Holly with Ms Calvert

CELEBRATION OF SUCCESS 2011

Congratulations to Dani Stopp, Talia Stopp, Lisa Berry and Kadiya Olds who were recipients of the Makin

Humanitarian Award given at our Celebration of Success on Tuesday 22nd

November 2011

C2C

Concept to Creation For 12 weeks the Year 10 Ignite class was involved in the Concept2Creation (C2C) Program .

This is funded by the Northern Advanced Manufacturing Industry Group (NAMIG) and aims

to develop teamwork and problem solving skills valued by industry. The task was for

students to work in teams, come up with an idea of something that they would like to

make and then develop the idea and turn it into a working prototype. Our projects also

included an electronic engineering focus so each group in the class had to develop an idea

that incorporated a microcontroller to operate. The culmination of all of this work was a

presentation of our projects, in combination with other schools involved, at an Expo held

at the Golden Grove Community Arts and Recreation Centre, on Wednesday,

9th November, 2011.

OUR CLASS SET UP DISPLAYS OF THEIR PROTOTYPES THAT INCLUDED POSTERS TELLING VISITORS OF THE TEAM’S

IDEA AND THEIR JOURNEY IN DEVELOPING IT. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS A VISIT BY HIS EXCELLENCY REAR

ADMIRAL KEVIN SCARCE AC CSC RANR,

Governor of South Australia who was introduced to a formal gathering of participants and invited guests by Zac

Frimpong representing The Heights School. Zac did a fantastic job! Nhi Hin and Hamish Rouse also represented our

school by collecting a plaque presented by the Governor to each school involved in the Expo.

The school celebrated on Tuesday 22nd of November at

the Celebration of Success 2011.

In future newsletters, we will publish more photos.

Dani Stopp Talia Stopp

Kadiya Olds Lisa Berry

Congratulations to Fergus Dall (right) and

Andy Park (left) who received Gold Medals for

their Outstanding Achievement in The

University of New South Wales, International

Competitions and Assessments for Schools

Mathematics Competition in 2011.

Finally it is here!!!

Kitchen Garden Book!

A collection of Recipes and Gardening Facts from

The Heights School.

Over 60 recipes used in the

kitchen classes,

Gardening “how to” & top tips.

Photos and other odds and sods.

Only $ 20 including G.S.T.

The long awaited Kitchen Garden Book is ready for purchase. Just in time for Christmas…Grab one for

your own kitchen, what about a copy for Grandma and Auntie? Profits go towards 2012 Stephanie

Alexander Kitchen Garden Programme at The Heights.

Payment due by Thursday 1st December.

Books will be ready for pick up on Thursday 15th December.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Kitchen Garden Book “Yummalilcious Food and Garden Grubs” payment is due by Thursday 1sr December.

Payable at the finance office or go to The Heights School website and pay via Bizgate.

I would like ……. Copies at $20 per copy

Total: $………

Student’s name……………………………………………class teacher……………………………….

Parent’s contact number………………………………

PE WEEK

In week 4 of this term the students in Years 6 through to 10 were involved in Physical Education Week. This event is

an initiative that was created by the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. This year it

was celebrated by over 60 000 students state wide. The students at The Heights participated in a number of

activities throughout the week that involved Home Classes competing against each other.

Each morning, the daily bulletin had a quiz full of questions about past and present sports heroes, rules and origins.

On the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the students were involved in a sports competition during lesson 5 and 6

each day. Each year level competed against other Home Classes in 3 different sports in a round robin competition

over the 3 days. The sports involved were Volleyball, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee and Dodgeball. The games were highly

competitive, but more importantly all students were involved in playing, umpiring or scoring.

Each activity through the week was allocated a various number of points. For example, each correct quiz answer was

worth 2 points, umpiring a game was worth 2 points and winning a game was worth 5 points. Each day the points

were added and a final score was recorded after the last day. Each year level had an overall winner. The winning

Home Classes of PE week were:

• 6/701 on 108 points

• 806 on 85.5 points

• 903 on 97.5 points

• SS04 on 112 points

Congratulations to all winning Home Classes of PE week.

The week was very successful due to the support of all staff members, especially PE staff, the fortunate weather, but

most importantly the enthusiasm and participation of all students. Katie Hart

Ian Simes addressing the Year 6/7 students

prior to beginning Soccer

Year 8 students playing Ultimate Frisbee

A recount of Swimming – Friday 4th

November Today was our last day of swimming lessons. It was the best one of the week because we all got

to go on the water slide. Once we were up there we all had to line up from the stairs. When I

started to go down it went pitch black for about 30 seconds and then it became light again. At

the bottom it was a splash down. The whole week was amazing. By Ashley Briscoe CF5