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KEY UPDATES MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Mrs Gina Kadis

Our Vision: Dream Big “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

As a Playgroup – Year 12 College with two campuses located in leafy Mile End, on the city fringe – we are surrounded by exciting opportunities to strengthen play opportunities for our students and families. Play is central to learning; play is central to wellbeing; play is central to building community. These are key areas St George College is committed to improving under its current Strategic Plan 2017-2019.

Senior Volleyball (Coach: Daniella Marciano; Umpire: Michael Rodas)

Last Friday afternoon, we welcomed Cardijn College students to St George Senior Campus for our newly introduced Volleyball competition. After much strategic planning and negotiation, Daniella Marciano, Peter Karamoshos and myself have been able to convince the organising committee that St George is committed to re-joining this prestigious College and Schools’ competition – where our students get to exercise regularly for good health and brain development, showcase their fabulous sporting skills, build resilience, develop good sportsmanship skills and give their parents an opportunity to get to know one another even better in this fun, playful environment. A number of senior staff stayed back to watch St George students defeat Cardijn in two sets. Well done to the following students: John Batzalis, Evan Liakos, Evan Giannou, Nemanja Veselinovic, Louis Katopodis, Demi Balderanos, Polina Ambrose, Rosa Mulalem Desta, Ethiopia Bayew, Efterpe Arharidis, Alexandra Scounos, Riki Diamond and Sonja Vitor.

Result: 2 - 0 Sets

Next game details: Cabra College

Other Sporting Results:

Junior Netball at St Clair (Coach: Melissa Desyllas)

Last Thursday afternoon our Junior Netball team, led and coached by parent Melissa Desyllas, won their first game at St Clair. A great start to 2017 – continuing the strong team spirit and success of last year. Congratulations to the students who played: Zoe Desyllas, Zoe Cossey, Evie Tolis, Katerina Panayi, Isabella Aronis and Vassiliki Kontopoulos.

Result: 14 - 7

Next game details: 5:10pm, St Clair Recreation Centre, Woodville

Under 12 Basketball

Played: St Michaels College

Result: Defeated

Students: Katelin Georgiou, Vasiliki Taleporos, Marcel Sorgini, Raphael Alamanoglou, Mattan Woldegzi, Elena Taleporos, Ari Taarnby, Kosta Tolis, Savannah Georgiou, Zaiden King

Under 14 Basketball

Played: St Michaels College

Result: Defeated

Students: Zoe Desyllas, Alexia Desyllas, Zoe Cossey, Johnny Diamond, Xenophon Apoefis, Ayi Angelakos, Thomas Psarombas, Alexandro Apoefis, George Kalompratsos, Yoell Woldegzi

Volume 30 | Issue 2 | Friday, 24 February 2017

Key Dates

27 February 2017 Great Lent Commences 28 February 2017 Shrove Tuesday

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Call 0408 803 289 to book an

appointment time if you need a

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Junior Campus Playground, Junior Block Play Options and Shade Update

As you know the Junior Campus playground has been closed since the first day of Term 1, due to an email alert I got from a parent the night before College started. On the 19th January a Board member reported to me that this playground was deemed non-compliant. On the 20th January Stephanie Kosmetos, Head of Junior Campus got onto this matter and her research informed Peter and I that we were compliant. Given there was a discrepancy from the email received by the parent before the College year started, I had no other course of action but to close this playground and issue a full playground audit on advice from AISSA. There is a 4-6 week wait for a full playground audit – especially at the start of a new school year. We have exhausted all avenues through AISSA and Kidsafe SA. Callum was due to come early Week 3, but due to sickness is now coming Tuesday Week 4. This full playground audit will make recommendations as to what is needed to make this playground safe and reopen it. Stephanie has been giving updates to parents and students and staff at campus meetings and prayer in the mornings. I have also been speaking to parents about this issue in person, as I am on this campus every day from 8am to 8.45 am to answer any questions. Please do not hesitate to talk to either of us if you have further questions.

The newly-formed “Playground Reference Group Chaired by Mr Bill Gonis”, was set up December 2016. It will convene once this report and its recommendations has been forwarded to the College.

Dedicated Wellbeing Program on the Junior Campus – “4a”

I would like to commend the work of all the Junior Campus staff under the leadership of Stephanie Kosmetos, for allowing me to introduce the same timetable as the senior campus, to allow a timetable slot called “4a wellbeing program” – which runs daily from 12.30 to 12.50pm across both campuses now. This has allowed us to develop innovative play and learning opportunities for our students – in particular to build team spirit, create shaded play opportunities, build resilience and strengthen relationships. It will also encourage students to learn more about the types of foods to eat to stay healthy and make good choices in life. Stephanie and her staff will share more stories as the year progresses.

Junior Block Play Options and Shade update.

Following on from our planning meetings last year, the College has used its budget resources to buy additional play equipment for our Junior Campus students to use from the start of the 2017 year. They now have sturdy, portable soccer goal posts that are put up daily, allowing soccer to be played on the JC Block. In addition, we have cleaned out the cricket pitch and bought cricket sets for the children to play cricket at lunch – they are very much enjoying this. Further the toilet area was cleaned up and Paul Pavlou, our College Gardener has worked his magic to improve this area.

Parents and Friends Fundraising 2016 and beyond

The Parents and Friends met on Tuesday 14 February from 8.50 am to 10.00 am. The Parents and Friends are committed to funding-raising to go towards improving the playground and shade areas at the College. They will share more on this with you in due course. The College and Community is also doing what it can to support the Parents and Friends. The first fundraiser for the Parents and Friends is to cater food and drinks for the Festival Hellinika “Cinema under the Stars” event, this Friday 24 February at 7.45 pm in the Senior Campus quadrangle.

On Friday 17 February, we were delighted to welcome a group of dedicated parents to their new temporary office area on the Senior Campus. Thank you to Angela Drouganis, Sasha Fotopoulos, Claire Papoulis and Nicky Andresakis for leading the catering for the Festival Hellenika event. A big thank you to Sia Patsouris for Chairing the Parents and Friends meeting and inviting Peter, Stephanie and myself to attend. Together with our Student Leadership Team, we are committed to supporting the Parents and Friends strengthen the St George College community and fundraise for the good of current and future St George College students.

Thanks to Deanne Taliangis and her students for agreeing to set up Playground/shading Fundraising Leader Boards on both campus Reception areas. Thanks also to Ms Polyxeni Levendis for preparing Minutes and Agenda distribution. Thanks to my Personal Assistant, Emily Giles for helping me set up and host a more comfortable area for the first parent and friends meeting on the Junior Campus. The next meeting is on Tuesday 7 March 8.50 am to 10.00 am on the Junior Campus in the Hall.

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Student Leadership Induction – Junior Campus and Senior Campus

A big thank you to Miss Angela Drakopoulos for driving the College student leadership programs across both campuses. In the last two years, we have seen this program strengthen the voice of our students, under her brilliant stewardship.

On Wednesday 15 February after prayer, we congratulated the following four students on the Junior Campus for having been elected as the Student Representative Council (SRC) representatives for the Junior Campus. Year 3: Kate Andritsakis and Maksim Petkovic and Year 4: Lana Petropoulos and Savvas Miltiadous.

Following the presentation of badges, we explained how this system would work this year. I was sincerely touched by the letter hand delivered to me the following morning by dear Kate Andritsakis.

On Friday 17 February at 12.30pm at our 4A Senior Campus Assembly, we formally inducted our Year 5-10 Student Representative Council (SRC); Middle School and Senior School House Captains and our Year 11 and 12 Prefects. Congratulations to all the following students:

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Year 8 Athens House Captains: Anastasia Tolis and Elias Carapetis

Year 12 Athens House Captains: Maria Bakopanos and Evan Saloniklis

Year 8 Olympia House Captains: Aaliyah Vreugdenburg and Zach Loulakis

Year 12 Olympia House Captains: Marta Knezevic and Luka Bojanic

Year 8 Pella House Captains: Despina Karahalios and Theana Georgiou

Year 12 Pella House Captains: Panagioti Danopoulos and Kosta Thalassinos

Year 8 Sparta House Captains: Stella Katsambas and Angelos Haros

Year 12 Sparta House Captains: Georgie Nicola and Belay Bayew

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Year 3 SRC: Kate Andritsakis and Maksim Petkovic

Year 4 SRC: Lana Petropoulos and Savvas Miltiadous

Year 5 SRC: Savannah Georgiou and Michael Nikos

Year 6 SRC: Artemis Toumazos and Alexander Angelo

Year 7 SRC: Vassiliki Kontopoulos and Evin Theodorakakos

Year 8K SRC: Kayla Stamoulis and George Kalatzis

Year 8P SRC: Lulia Algheda and Peter Vizzari

Year 9 SRC: Frideriki Diamond and George Toumazos

Year 10 SRC: Efthimia Koutsouridis and Dimitrios Tolis

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PREFECTS

Year 11 Prefects: Eleftheria Pirintzis and Nemanja Veselinovic

Year 12 Prefects: Athena Stamoulos and Nikolina Veselinovic

College Vice Captain: Costa Andresakis

College Captain: Magdalene Thomadakis

We are very proud of all of you and have every confidence that under the remarkable leadership of Magdalene Thomadakis and Costa Andresakis, our weekly Wednesday student leadership meetings are going to bring fabulous ideas and solutions to make student life at St George College the best it can be. A big thank you to the Prefects for collecting the Year 3 and 4 students each Wednesday 12.30pm to bring them to the media room for our Student Leadership meetings with Miss Drakopoulos and College Captains.

“Unique Directions” – our new innovative programs, providing early intervention learning support, EALD assistance and Gifted and Talented Extension programs”

Learning Support and English as an Additional Language at

the Junior Campus. As you know we have always had

fabulous learning support programs under the leadership of

Mrs Lynley Davies. Our staff, students and families have

appreciated her advice and support to improve the learning

outcomes for our students. This year we are building on this

fabulous expertise and broadening the team to accommodate

students that need support or extension. She can be

contacted on Ldavies@sgc.sa.edu.au or 8159 8100.

Modern Greek Extension. Last year we trialled Extension Modern Greek in Semester 1, 2016. Following its success, we are taking this program one step further. From Week 5 the strongest Modern Greek students from Years 1 to Year 10 – will be invited to participate in Extension Modern Greek classes run in our Senior Library by the talented Mrs Tasoula Mitropoulos. Students will be engaging in a broad extension curriculum and encouraged to partake in global programs and competitions. Our goal is to encourage more students to study Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE Modern Greek in the future. Students get university bonus points if they study Stage 2 SACE Modern Greek. We are keen to give more students this opportunity, and this extension program will facilitate this and many more exciting opportunities for our students passionate about the Greek language. She can be contacted on tmitropoulos@sgc.sa.edu.au or 8159 8100.

Mathematics Extension on the Junior Campus. We are building on the Mathematics extension program I appointed

Kelly Pridmore to run as a trial in 2016 for the whole year, where each class accessed one extra mathematics lesson a week. This year Peter Karamoshos will be working with each of the Year 1 to Year 4 classes on the Junior Campus. As well as teaching engaging enrichment mathematics activities to challenge these students, he will be identifying and inviting a couple of students from each year level to partake in the prestigious Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and higher-order problem solving program.

Peter will also be inviting our talented mathematicians on the Senior Campus to be involved in the higher-order thinking initiatives of the AMC program. Our goal is to encourage more students to study Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE Specialist Mathematics in the future. Students get university bonus points if they study Stage 2 SACE Specialist Mathematics. We are keen to give more students this opportunity, and this extension program will facilitate this and many more exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) opportunities for our students passionate about Mathematics. He can be contacted on pkaramoshos@sgc.sa.edu.au or 8159 8100.

Chinese at St George. In addition, all students on the Junior Campus will be given the opportunity to have one lesson a week of Chinese – Thursday or Friday. This will allow them to learn another language in a fun, engaging way and encourage them to take on more formal language studies in Chinese when they come over to the Middle School on the Senior Campus. In addition, students will learn more about this fascinating culture and address the Australian Curriculum capabilities. Miss Stephanie Gao is an exceptional Chinese teacher, and St George College has been delighted to have her with us for a number of years. Middle School Chinese classes run 3.30 to 5.00 pm Thursdays and Fridays. Senior School SACE Chinese classes run 1.30 to 3.15pm Thursdays and Fridays. She can be contacted on sgao@sgc.sa.edu.au or 8159 8100.

Learning Support on the Senior Campus is coordinated by the vivacious Mr Andrew Kazonis. He has made a marked impact in his short time with us. He is running an excellent learning support and unique directions group program for our Middle School (Years 5-8) and Senior School (Years 9-12) students. His office and teaching space, is in the Senior Library and he is available Wednesdays 3.30 to 5.00 pm to answer questions and help students. He uses the fabulous new Information Technology Macintosh computers to inspire his students and strengthens their organisation skills to be able to “chunk” and complete assignments in a timely manner. He can be contacted on akazonis@sgc.sa.edu.au or 8159 8100.

In closing, I urge us all to DREAM BIG for ourselves, for each other and most importantly for St George College. I have every confidence that as we work together – home and school – all students who attend St George College will dream big and will achieve their best. Don’t hesitate to contact me directly on gkadis@sgc.sa.edu.au if you have any queries. If you want to pop in for a coffee and chat ring Emily Giles on 8159 8100 to make an appointment. I am also on the Junior Campus every day from 8:00am to 8:45am on yard duty at the Drive-Through and available to speak to you if this is more convenient.

Regards,

Gina Kadis

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Mr Peter Karamoshos

Striving for Excellence

This year, we have a particular focus on enhancing the academic

achievements of our students. Subject teachers, Home Group

teachers and Heads of House will work closely with students in two

ways: helping them gain the specific knowledge content within

each subject, and setting up positive work habits to maximise their

effectiveness.

We will encourage all students to reflect on their own performances and work habits. I recently provided our Year 12 students on their Year 12 Retreat with these statements and asked them to respond with either strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree.

I was very happy with my grades last year

I am always punctual to class

I usually concentrate for the entire lesson

I always work to the best of my ability

I never get distracted by my friends in class

In class, I ask the teacher for help when I am unsure

I will use my own time to seek teacher help when unsure

I understand all the topics we will be covering this year in each of my subjects

I am aware of all the assessment tasks for the year

I understand how the assessment tasks will contribute to my grade

I study hard before tests

I always submit a draft to my teacher before submitting the final version

I spend at least two hours each night on homework.

I use a study timetable to help with my studies

I have a quiet place at home where I complete my homework

I complete my homework without being distracted by technology

I am in bed by 11.00 pm each night

I encourage parents to use these statements as conversation starters with their children. Building good study practices is essential if students are to achieve to their very best, so it’s important parents and teachers are reinforcing the same messages.

Formal feedback on Academic Progress

Parents and students can expect regular feedback regarding

academic progress in the form of test grades and assignment and

project results. Formal feedback regarding student progress will

take two forms: parent/student/teacher interviews and Term

Reports. The schedule of formal feedback was included in the

recent letter that was emailed to parents which also included

information regarding the Australian Curriculum and Assessment

and Reporting (If you didn’t get one, please let us know). The

schedule for formal feedback is as follows.

Parent/Student/Teacher interviews Term 1 Week 6

Term 1 Progress Report Term 1 Week 11

Term 2 Progress Report Term 2 Week 10

Parent/Student/Teacher interviews Term 3 Week 6

Term 3 Progress Report Term 3 Week 10

Term 4 Final Report Term 4 Week 8

Parent/Student/Teacher interviews

Tuesday 7 March (3.30 – 5.30) or Wednesday 8 March (5.30 – 7.30)

10 minute interviews will be available for students and parents to meet with subject teachers on Tuesday and Wednesday of Week 6. During these interviews, discussions will involve student strengths, weaknesses and strategies for improvement. A booking sheet has been emailed home and students have also been given a hard copy. The partnership between parents and the school is essential if students are to do their best, so we look forward to sharing ideas and strategies at these interviews.

How the Achievement Standards are used to assess student progress from Year 1 to Year 10.

Students will be assessed in each subject according to specific Achievement Standards. Students will be graded on a five point scale, from A to E. Tasks in each subject will challenge students to demonstrate their extent of knowledge, depth of understanding and sophistication of skills. The Achievement Standards are very different from the Content Descriptions. Content Descriptions outline what teachers are expected to teach.

As an example, here is the list of the Achievement Standards for Science in Year 6. By the end of Year 6, students should be able to:

1 compare and classify different types of observable changes to materials

2 analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity.

3 explain how natural events cause rapid change to Earth’s surface.

4 describe and predict the effect of environmental changes on individual living things

5 explain how scientific knowledge helps us to solve problems and inform decisions and identify historical and cultural contributions

6 follow procedures to develop investigable questions and design investigations into simple cause-and-effect relationships.

7 identify variables to be changed and measured and describe potential safety risks when planning methods.

8 collect, organise and interpret their data, identifying where improvements to their methods or research could improve the data.

9 describe and analyse relationships in data using appropriate representations and construct multimodal texts to communicate ideas, methods and findings.

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What does a “C” grade mean? A “C” grade means that a student has demonstrated satisfactory achievement of what is expected against the Achievement Standard for the year level in which the student is placed. The Australian Curriculum enables high expectations to be set for each student and the achievement standards have been designed to ensure that they are challenging and contribute to all students receiving a quality education. Hence, to be awarded a “C” grade using these standards represents a significant achievement.

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Miss Stephanie Kosmetos

Lesson 4A After 4 weeks at school, lesson 4A has been a real hit for the students on the Junior Campus. Lesson 4A is our daily Pastoral Care Program at 12.30-12.50pm that groups our students in R-4 and brings them together to foster a sense of belonging and enhances student centred support through a variety of activities. Lesson 4A is further defined as our Wellbeing/Resilience Program to:

Develop relationships – acceptance and inclusion

Instil core values – cooperation, respect, trust, responsibility, kindness

Participate – in innovative and creative activities

Encourage – having fun and fostering lasting relationships

The care of each individual is very important to us at St George College.

We nurture and support our students to understand and accept their own individuality, their limitations and their giftedness.

We provide the best possible environment for our students’ wellbeing as we all share this pastoral responsibility which involves knowing, accepting, respecting and encouraging each student as an individual.

Lesson 4A Activities are as follows:

Monday: House Team Meetings – sports activities

Tuesday: ‘Readabout’ – teachers read to different classes on a weekly rotation

Wednesday: Wellbeing Program – focus on developing students’ strengths using literature, picture books, poetry, prayers, music

Thursday: Class Meetings – circle time for cooperative learning & sharing

Friday: Fun and Friendship – play activities, goal setting, quizzes, games

Most importantly, the key messages taught at school through our 4A program are supported at home. Our students genuinely care for and about each other and truly bond as the St George College family!

Before School The Junior Campus bell rings at 8.40am and duty of care commences at 8.20am.

We ask that students arriving at school before 8.20am wait outside their classroom building until the teachers open their classroom doors for students to enter. Prior to entering classrooms, teachers are in there planning and preparing which is valuable time to staff who arrive early. I trust parents support us in this by waiting outside classrooms until doors are opened by teachers.

Drive Through Zone I would like to remind all parents once again of our duty-of-care requirements. To alleviate the congestion of traffic at the Junior Campus before and after school, parents are reminded that they can enter the staff car parking driveway between the campus and the church to drop off children and exit via Kintore Lane.

We remind parents that you are not to leave your vehicles parked unattended after morning prayer. There is staff on duty in drive-through to assist students entering or leaving the school grounds. The safety and welfare of all our students is of paramount concern and we ask that you assist us in this matter.

After school, parents must stay in their car whilst in ‘queue’. Please remind friends and grandparents of this rule, as some park and then enter the school grounds, causing great angst in the traffic line. Teachers are on duty every afternoon to monitor student movement and your cooperation with staff will help the drive-through area to be functional and safe.

Furthermore, as some of you may already be aware, the Junior Campus students utilise the Drive Through area for recess play and sport during the school day. As such, and again for security reasons, both gates of the Drive Through will be locked at 9am. If you park there in the mornings, please ensure that your vehicle is removed by 9am. Any vehicles left in Drive Through after 9am will be locked in, and you will need to go to the Front Office to obtain access. There is parking on Rose Street, and the adjacent Dew Street if you require parking after 9am. Thank you in helping us to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our Junior Campus students.

Punctuality Punctuality plays an important role in today’s society. Being punctual is a skill and an attitude we strive to instil in our students. We consider punctuality as a virtue that will be valuable to our students for the rest of their lives. It is vital that all students are taught the importance of reliability, promptness and regularity. Being punctual at school ensures that learning is maximised for the individual student and disruption for the rest of the students and teacher is minimised. Students are encouraged to prepare themselves for the day ahead before the bell rings rather than the feeling of rush and anxiety to do so when lessons begin, causing disruption to the teaching and learning. It is essential that all students be given the opportunity to begin their day calmly and with a sense of organisation.

Hence, we are seeking the support of all parents to ensure that students are at school before the bell so that they have sufficient time to organise themselves for their day at school.

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Morning Prayer is also an important part of our school curriculum and a compulsory start to the day.

For students who do arrive late, they must report to the Front Office before going to class so that they are not recorded absent. I look forward to your cooperation in this matter and thank you for your support for the benefit of your children’s learning.

If your child is going to be absent or late you must ring the school by 9.00am on 8159 8117.

With Miss Angela Drakopoulos

The GRIP Leadership Team present a number of leadership

conferences a year across Australia with thousands of students

attending each event. Our Year 12 student leaders attended the

secondary conference this year on Monday 20 February at the

Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the Year 8 SRC attending the

conference on Tuesday 21 February.

College Captain – Magdalene Thomadakis

College Vice Captain – Costa Andresakis

College Prefect – Athena Stamoulos

College Prefect - Nikolina Veselinovic

Year 8 SRC – Lulia Algheda, George Kalatzis,

Kayla Stamoulis and Peter Vizzari.

They were immersed in a number of activities that gave them

many skills and effective strategies to implement within their

leadership roles at the College. They also engaged in many fun

activities that enabled them to network with student leaders of

other schools and gain ideas and knowledge.

Some of the activities on the day included; generating ideas that

are outside the box, strategies to overcome the challenges of

leadership, turning an idea into action and seeking the support of

peers.

The key word of the conference was RESPONSIBILITY. Accepting

the duty to contribute and follow through on expectations.

I am confident that our capable group of student leaders for 2017

will do their utmost to implement an effective leadership plan.

With Mrs Theochti Antoniadou

Αφιέρωμα «Η Διατροφή ως Πολιτισμός»

Η αλυσίδα Πολιτισμού ΙΑΝΟΣ, διοργάνωσε την εκδήλωση «Διατροφή ως Πολιτισμός» με τη συμμετοχή πολλών και διαφορετικών προσωπικοτήτων και επαγγελματιών της διατροφής. Κατά τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσης, σεφ, διατροφολόγοι, παραγωγοί, ψυχολόγοι, συγγραφείς, γευσιγνώστες, food bloggers, καλλιτέχνες και πολλοί άλλοι συνομίλησαν με τον Νίκο Θρασυβούλου και προσέγγισαν τις διαφορετικές πτυχές της διατροφής. Ο καθένας με τη δική του ξεχωριστή ματιά και επαγγελματική εμπειρία.

Συγκεκριμένα, οι συμμετέχοντες μοιράστηκαν τις εμπειρίες τους, την δουλειά τους, το όραμά τους και την κοινωνική τους προσφορά μέσα από την παραγωγή ποιοτικών καταναλωτικών προϊόντων, προγραμμάτων και βιβλίων που στοχεύουν στην ενημέρωση των καταναλωτών για μια σωστή και πρακτική διατροφή. Οι συμμετέχοντες στοχάζονται περί γαστρονομίας - πολιτισμού και μοιράζονται την έμπνευσή τους για την ενασχόληση τους με την διατροφή είτε ως παραγωγοί/δημιουργοί είτε ως επιστήμονες. Στην διάρκεια του σεμιναρίου, οι ομιλητές αναφέρονται σε παραδοσιακές παραγωγικές πρακτικές και ιδέες των προγόνων τους που υιοθέτησαν και εκσυγχρόνισαν.

Σημαντικές είναι αναφορές των ομιλητών στην παιδική διατροφή και την ανάγκη πρακτικής εκπαίδευσης των παιδιών (μέσα στην οικογένεια και στο σχολείο) για την καλλιέργεια διατροφικής παιδείας. Ακόμη, μιλούν για την ανταπόκριση του κόσμου (καταναλωτών) σε εθνικό και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο και τις προσπάθειές τους για αναγνώριση και επιτυχία σε μια περίοδο οικονομικής ύφεσης.

Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε βίντεο της εκδήλωσης εδώ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3NKABTVdXo

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On Valentine’s Day, 14 February, the House of Sparta in collaboration with the Early Learning Centre organised a fundraiser for Heart Research.

The whole College across both campuses was encouraged to wear RED and play for a healthy heart.

Students and staff did not disappoint as there was a sea of red everywhere including Rose Street! The senior campus Spartans holding red balloons made their way to the Junior campus to play various games with their younger peers.

Our motto for this day was "play together for a healthy heart". The enthusiastic smiles of our junior peers when they spotted the seniors with the red balloons was priceless!

They then enjoyed their recess time play with the senior Spartans. Red Heart Day raised $440.50 for the Heart Research Foundation.

Angela Drakopoulos Head of House Sparta

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with Mr Rodas and Mrs Taliangis

Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo

The 2017 Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo is a fantastic opportunity to find all of the information students need to kick start their future career! Featuring many local, interstate and overseas education providers, students services and support agencies. The College encourages all year 10 to 12 students and their parents attend on Sunday 9 April.

Admission is free

When: Sunday 9 and Monday 10 April

Sunday 10am to 4pm. Monday 9.30am to 1.30pm

Where: Adelaide Convention Centre

Universities from around Australia and Overseas - including ALL public SA universities;

Representatives from ALL faculties at Flinders, Uni SA and Uni Adelaide;

Private Education Providers

TAFE SA;

Defence Forces;

Government Agencies incl DET

Employment opportunities;

Gap Year & Exchange Programs;

Student Services and more

PLUS +

Scholarship, financial and bursary info;

Study and Career options;

Half hour seminar sessions;

Visit www.careersEvent.com for more information

A number of year 12 student attended the UMAT information meeting I held at the College last Thursday

16 February. Students must download the UMAT 2017 Information Booklet before registering.

UMAT is a test that is used specifically to assist with the selection of students into the medicine, dentistry and health science degree programs at undergraduate level at the universities listed on the website. Registrations for UMAT 2017 are now open and close 5:00pm (AEST) 2nd June, 2017. The test takes place nationally on the

Career In Science

Is your child in year 10 or 11? Interested in a career In science?

TAFE SA has many exciting courses available in many different areas.

If you wold like more information please don’t hesitate to contact the school or myself.

Deanne Taliangis

VET Adviser

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Parents & Friends

Meeting

When: Tuesday, 7th March 2017

Where: Hall – Junior Campus

Time: 8.50 – 10.00am

Any queries, please contact:

Sia Patsouris

Email: siapatsouris@adam.com.au

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MID YEAR INTAKE

2017