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Glenunga News
From the Principal
Issue 3
May 2014
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most improved students in keeping with our school
Value of Excellence defined in terms of personal
best and continuous improvement.
The term began with our very excited Art/
Media staff team and students moving into our
purpose built Art Studios in what was the old
Resource Centre space. Although the verandah
and furniture were not in place when everyone
moved it is still a very inspirational space that
we know will host many exciting events in
the future. In Week 2 and 3 the new furniture
began arriving while the new Media rooms will
be ready for classes later this term.
The Celebration Assembly and the Open Day
Events were other highlights of the first five
weeks of Term 2. In Week 2 we congratulated
our students who had achieved grade point
averages of ‘A+’ or ‘A’ across all their subjects.
Our award recipients are listed on pages 3
& 4. Time constraints meant that we had to
limit the recognition to 10 – 20 students per
year level and so we needed to acknowledge
the remainder of our academic award winners
at Sub School assemblies. In our future
Celebration Assemblies we also highlight the
Open Day Events began with an Information Night
focussed on our specialist programs: IGNITE and
International Baccalaureate Diploma. Over 300
people attended the Year 12 Centre to hear Denise
Rule present an excellent inaugural public address
as IGNITE teacher-leader with an enthusiastic
and articulate group of IGNITE students. Mark
Grantham IB Coordinator provided details about
the IB program then engaged three of our senior
students in a question and answer session about
their IB experiences. Audience members had the
opportunity to speak with school leaders after the
presentations.
On the following day over 500 people packed the
gym to hear the Principal’s Address and then to
participate in student-led tours of the school in
action. Unlike many other schools we don’t present
special programs for Open Day as we think the
most important thing for prospective families to
see is the normal functioning of the school and to
hear our students talking about their perspectives.
Feedback from visitors who attended the sessions
has been very positive. We would invite you if you
have any feedback to email amanda.walsh@gihs.
sa.edu who provides wonderful leadership for all
our school events.
The excitement continued when the Art classes
moved out of the upstairs rooms and the builders
moved in to start the refurbishment that will see
three new Science labs opened at the start of next
term.
In this Edition
Department for education and Child Development
T/A South Australian Government School
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Principal’s Report Congratulations Governing Council Report
Prefects’ Report
Senior School Report
Middle School Report
Business & Legal Studies
Arts
Student Life
Sport Wellbeing Community News
Diary Dates
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The school then needs to find the funds to complete
the corridor refurbishment and to tackle the upgrade of
some spaces eg Technology office, SACE Centre, Student
Life/Sport Centre and classrooms.
Sub School teams have also met with the very small
handful of students who scored two or more ‘D’ or ‘E’
grades and their families. The aim is for every Glenunga
student to achieve ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ results – given
the experience and expertise of the Glenunga staff,
the school culture of learning and the school Value of
ExcellencePB.
We are all very excited that our architect Craig Tonkin
from Studio 9 has completed the conceptualisation of
a Glenunga Grounds Master Plan and is now ready to
consult with students, staff and the community through
the Governing Council. Craig’s plans provide students
with the shelter, water and comfortable seating and
eating areas that they have been seeking for decades.
Then the challenge will be how the school will fund this
important aspect of the redevelopment.
We really appreciated the fact that most families
understood the importance of giving up precious time
in their busy schedules to accompany their students
to the interviews. This enabled the discussion to focus
on the partnership between school and family for the
purpose of getting the best outcomes possible for the
student and to ensure that every student is progressing
at an appropriate rate.
Student Learning - Interviews
Another important aspect of supporting each student
to achieve is the DayMap Portal which enables families
and students to see Year 8 – 11 homework typed in
by subject teachers; student attendance; Assessment
Schedules that show the key assessment tasks and
their due dates for all students’ subjects; and as
assessment tasks are marked grades appear in real
time on the portal. This means families always have at
their fingertips the deadlines and the grades so they
can see their student’s progress in real time.
One of our important school Values is Excellence defined
in terms of every student achieving their personal best.
In order to create a learning environment where this
Value is delivered:
• students and staff engage in extensive feedback
processes
• staff are involved in challenging professional
learning
• staff are involved in data analysis and follow up
action.
As part of our commitment to this Value we have also
restructured our interview system so that we see all
students and their families. Then we follow up with
students who need additional support because they are
not making the best use of the advantages offered by a
school like Glenunga.
In the last week of Term 1 2014 1423 students in Year
8–11 and their families met with their Home Group
teachers to reflect on their start to the academic year
including their strengths and areas for development as
well as to set goals for the remainder of the semester.
Year 12 students met with their Student Advisor teachers
and in many cases their families to reflect on the Study
Plan they established at the start of the year and what
improvements were needed. Although this was a very
big investment of school resources we know that the
more students reflect on their learning and set specific
short term goals the more their outcomes improve.
Then in Week 2 of this term interviews were conducted
with subject teachers, 789 students and their families
related to results in Term 1 reports that were ‘C-‘, ‘D’
or ‘E’ grades or any student who was not achieving
their personal best. The purpose of these invitational
interviews was to support students to understand what
they needed to do differently and what support from
school and home would be beneficial. A number of
appointments were also been conducted at alternative
times to better match family commitments.
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Student Learning – DayMap Portal
If you have any queries about the technical aspects
of the portal please contact our Senior Leader Sherif
Soliman on sherif.soliman@gihs.sa.edu.au
Student Learning – Student Free Day
Another important aspect of supporting student
learning is teacher professional learning that happens
on Student Free Days as well as during our Wednesday
morning late start and our team meetings on Monday
and Wednesday after school. On our Student Free Day
in Week 3 staff teams critiqued a paper on Personalised
Learning for 21st Century Learners developed by Peter
Kuss Director of Studies.
The nature of secondary teaching is changing
dramatically with the intelligent use of technology
to enrich face to face teaching. The aim of the paper
was to capture this change and to support teachers
to better understand how to build and use Virtual
Learning Environments effectively.
Once consensus is achieved that the paper does
describe what all teachers aspire to deliver in their
classrooms it will then be used as a touchstone for
teachers’ reflection on their performance and for
feedback from students. Staff teams also examined the
Glenunga Principles of Learning developed by all staff
in 2013 to see if they captured the changing context.
After morning tea staff prepared for the International
Baccalaureate Diploma review which is due in November
2014. Later they worked on the implementation of the
Australian Curriculum particularly the Achievement
Standards and the fit with SACE and IB.
We have another Student Free Day on 20 June 2014
where we will be working with consultants from the
Teaching for Effective Learning team to bring together
all the component parts of a state of the art school
wide pedagogy to ensure all students have equity of
educational opportunity.
We are very grateful to our community for their support
of our professional learning time that enables us to keep
improving student learning.
Student Learning - Concerns
In our community of 1600 students and over 100 staff
the teaching styles of teachers and learning styles of
students usually match really well. Occasionally there
may be some difficulties. If you have any concerns about
your son or daughter’s progress particularly when you
use the information from the Portal please email the
subject teacher and arrange a time to meet.
If you are concerned about several subjects or wellbeing
issues then please contact the Sub School Leader or a
member of our counselling staff – Natasa Penna or
Simon Illingworth. If the concerns are serious then we
invite you to contact the Executive Leader for the year
level. The important thing is to let us know quickly so
that we can work with you to resolve the situation. If
there is a concern about teacher quality please contact
me on wendy.johnson@gihs.sa.edu
NAPLAN
Last week our Year 9s were involved in NAPLAN, which
is one of the many ways we get information about the
support or extension needs of our students. Our Year
9 Leader Kristy Lock rang every family whose student
who was absent from the tests to ensure that families
understood the catch up day was on Friday our Student
Free Day. It is this dedication that demonstrates how
much Glenunga staff are committed to every student
having every opportunity to be successful.
We use our NAPLAN data to inform English and Maths
teachers about individual student needs and to ensure
we are covering the curriculum appropriately. We also
track students who have scored at or just above the
national minimum standard and also those students
who have performed in the highest bands to ensure
that their performance in Year 10 – 12 is supported
and appropriately extended. This data is showing very
consistent results for our high band students and our
students who needed support are almost all achieving at
‘C’ grade or above in SACE.
Wendy Johnson
Principal
Congratulations
Principals Report Cont.
The recabling and earthquake bracing are continuing: it
is anticipated that the builders’ work will be complete
by the end of this term.
Come Out Children’s Festival Poster Competition
2015 Winner
Congratulations to Year 10 student Alinda Tunc whose
graphic design has won this State-wide competition.
The competition judges were delighted with Alinda’s
clever, gentle, beautiful, illustrative interpretation of the
2015 Come Out Festival theme of Building Bridges.
Her prize is a $500 gift voucher from a computer store
of choice and the opportunity to observe the Come
Out Children’s Festival graphic designer Adrian Cowell
who will work on Alinda’s image to finalize the festival’s
promotional materials.
Alinda will be credited as creator of the original image of
the festival poster, final program and teachers’ resource.
Commendation also goes
to the eight other Year 10
Visual Arts / Design students
whose competition entries
were acknowledged for their
creative interpretations of the
theme.
Ms Lesley Kretschmann
Visual Arts / Design Teacher
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Year 8
Svetlana Pantelin
Karen Ly
Alex Sredojevic
Hayley Dalkos
Victoria Tzamtzidis
Alison Niyonsenga
Finn Davies
Natalie Brooks
Ayro Jones
Lauren Jones
Daniel Wang
Maisie Howard
Daphne Lee
Giang Le
Sarah Wang
Isabella Wu
Jason Lee
Vi-Seth Bak
Callum Bowshall
Kaushik Ramkumar
Lisa Nguyen
Artin Arjomandi
Ritika Garg
Year 9
Antonio Parrella
Thomas Koh
Jason Koh
Enzo Rugai
Erin Merritt
Sofia Tornesel
Midhun John
Nicole Catabran
Asha Armstrong-Zaid
Matthew Cummins
Anna Tang
William Pincombe
Jacob Wu
Oscar Tobin
Hanna Viju
Ella Wood
Dallas Rodgers
Charlotte Reid
Josephine Smernik
Julia Nguyen
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International Youth Silent Film Festival
Yr 12 student Henry Thong won the International Youth
Silent Film Festival here in Adelaide last year. As part
of his prize he will be travelling to Portland, Oregon
where his film will compete against other winners from
Australia and the United States.
The ABC did a feature on Henry both for the website
and for the 7:30 program that screened recently. If you
would like to have a look at the article or the footage
from 7:30 please check out the links below.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-23/australianteenager-silent-film-festival-us/5473342
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-23/return-ofthe-silent-film/5475198?section=sa
Scott Townsend
English/Media Studies Teacher
The FRC are also trying to put together a GIHS Cookbook
which they hope to have on sale in time for Christmas. It
is hoped that the cookbook will reflect the International
status of the school. The FRC will be asking you for your
recipe ideas in the next few weeks.
Any funds raised this year will go towards landscaping
the area that will be left when all the building works have
finally been completed. This will include some shaded
areas for students to sit. The landscaping will be a long
term project but the FRC also hope to fund some short
term projects and will be talking to staff and students for
ideas. If you would like to be involved in any fundraising
projects or just have any ideas to pass on please contact
Val Barr val-barr@hotmail.co.uk or Kay Johnston
kayjohn62@bigpond.com
Val Barr
Governing Council
The end of the first term saw the Prefects tackle the task
of presenting the Student Survey findings to over one
hundred Glenunga teaching staff. In an action packed
forty minute session the Prefects presented short
speeches on various aspects of the survey including the
use of technology to enrich students’ learning, the most
frequently occurring teaching practices and the students’
view on the malleability of intelligence.
The speeches were broken up by forums of discussion
amongst teachers that were facilitated by the Prefects
and the responses were then collated and used to draw
decisive actions.
For the Prefects the switching of roles between students
and teachers was a unique experience. The ability to
provide teachers with feedback on the different aspects of
education is invaluable for the continuous improvement
of learning at Glenunga. The presentation also provided
the Prefects with an opportunity to thank the teachers
for their passion and dedication in making Glenunga not
only a leader in 21st Century Education but also a brilliant
place to be a student.
The Head Prefects have now begun developing the
Student Survey Brochure which will highlight key findings
in the survey and communicate it in a precise and concise
way. The brochure will be available to the public at its
completion.
The start of the second term has seen the commencement
of many new projects amongst student leadership groups.
As part of Glenunga’s continuing emphasis on the school
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Values the Student Forum have started the task of
defining the value of Opportunity U and how it is delivered
at our school. The definition will take into consideration
input from different aspects of the school community.
As part of Glenunga’s strong association with
International students the International Captain and
Prefect are looking at improving the Wellbeing of
International Students by increasing the frequency by
which they communicate with the rest of the student
body. By examining International Students’ academic
performance and involvement in extracurricular
activities, assistance will be able to be implemented
before potential issues arise.
Glenunga recently hosted its annual Open Day. Around
seventy student leaders were trained by the School
Tours team to have an in-depth knowledge of the
opportunities and strengths of our school. Close to five
hundred people visited Glenunga throughout the day
with the tours being conducted for forty-five minutes
each. The School Tours provide us with the opportunity
to highlight Glenunga’s many assets and to also promote
public school education.
As a group we look forward to completing our desired
goals and outcomes in what will be an undoubtedly busy
term for all.
Kershlin Krishna
Head Prefect
Senior School – Semester 1 Exams
At the end of this term all Year 10-12 students will have
mid-year exams to complete. These exams provide an
important opportunity for students to practise the skills
required to revise a block of learning and to perform
under the pressure of time and exam conditions. The
information below outlines the exam details.
Year 10
Year 10 subjects that lead to a Year 11 subject with an
exam component will have an exam up to 90 minutes
in length. Year 10 subjects that do not lead to a Year
11 subject with an exam component can set a Practical
Assessment up to 2 hours in length (i.e. a practical activity
or oral presentation completed under the supervision of
the subject teacher).
Week 10 is Work Experience Week for all Year 10 students
so all lessons are cancelled. Some Year 10 students are
doing a Year 11 subject with an exam. We will attempt
to schedule those exams in Week 9 if possible so that
students do not have a clash with their Work Experience.
• Last day of Year 10 lessons – Thursday 19 June.
• Year 10 SWOTVAC – Friday 20 June (Student Free
Day).
• Week 9 – Exams and Practical Assessments only (no
lessons).
Year 11
Middle School Report
GIHS Fundraising Committee (FRC) reported to the
Governing Council on their plans for the rest of this
year. They have some exciting projects coming up. The
main fundraising event this year will be to showcase the
student’s artistic and musical talents in an event to be
held in October in the new building.
Senior School Report
Governing Council Report
Year 11 IB
Parika Verma
Elena Te
Stuart Nicholls
Jing Ma
Ella Obst
Jennifer Ngo
Zi Kok
Justine Li
Year SACE
Ryohei Oka
Vidhi Arya
Phi Nguyen
Chelsea Stewart
Beth Raywood Cross
Ben D'Andrea
Kira Millikan
Cathy Jiang
Julia Potezny
Shabab Rahman
Vibhu Goel
Catherine Tan
Prefects Report
Congratulations cont.
Year 10
Courtney Aspinall
Cathy Vuong
Angeli Damodaran
Amal George
Yeong In Yun
Kimiko Krumbiegel
Rose Beltchev
Megan Khaw
Timothy Gan
Lauren Aspinall
Abhiram Hiwase
Aidan Roach
Neph Buchanan
Elliott Weder
Mark Sredojevic
Nat Kanter
Chandula Seneviratne
Sarah Candeloro
Phoebe Hill
Fiona Thoi
Zachary Knopoff
Lana Giameos
Year 11 subjects that lead to a Year 12 subject with an
exam component will have an exam up to 2 hours in
length.
• Last day of Year 11 lessons – Monday 23 June.
• Year 11 SWOTVAC – Tuesday 24 June – Wednesday
25 June.
• Week 9/10 – Exams only (no lessons).
Year 12
Most Year 12 subjects have an exam of up to 2 hours
in length. Year 12 subjects that do not have an exam
component may choose to offer informal opportunities
for students to continue with their work (eg major
projects in Art/D&T), however new work will not be
taught during this time. Subjects who choose to exercise
this option will inform their students.
• Last day of Year 12 lessons – Thursday 19 June.
• Year 12 SWOTVAC – Friday 20 June – Tuesday 24
June.
• Week 9/10 – Exams only (no formal lessons).
Please note:
1. Thursday (3/7) and Friday (4/7) are no lesson days
for Year 11 and 12 students to provide additional time
for subject teachers to complete the marking of exams.
2. Year 10 and Year 11 students will be able access
their timetable for Semester 2 via Daymap once the
school holidays have begun. No printed timetables will
be issued so students will need to print out their own
copy.
Middle School
OpportunityU is an important School Value. Middle
School students are provided with many ways to
demonstrate this value. Student Leadership is one such
opportunity. Students in Year 8 and 9 are encouraged
to apply for Student Leadership roles at the beginning
of the year. Interested students complete a written
application providing details about how they meet the
school Values, why student leadership is important to
them and the attributes they possess that would make
them a good leader.
Applicants are then invited to attend a brief interview
where they are given the opportunity to talk about why
they applied to be a Student Leader and what qualities
they would bring to the position. Student Leaders are
chosen on merit and hold the position for 12 months.
Each Sub School also chooses 2-5 students from their
group to represent them on the Student Forum.
Student Leader Responsibilities:
• Attend regular meetings with their Sub School
Leader.
• Discuss issues that are relevant to their Sub School.
• Share the issues from Sub School meetings with the
students in their Home Group class.
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Being able to think on your feet and knowing the
case well are both essential elements of a good cross
examination and both of our barristers performed well.
Year 8 Student Leaders
After Vicki’s closing remarks we waited for the judge
to hand down his decision. It was always going to be a
tough task to prove our case beyond reasonable doubt
as all witnesses had enjoyed a big night at the dinner
and a lot of the evidence was hard to verify. The judge
found for the accused and in a very narrow margin
awarded the trial to St Mary’s by four points.
School meetings.
• Plan, organise and run Sub School assemblies.
Grace Surmon
Student Forum Reps
Arshdeep Bal
Joe White
Gemma Bird
Nethli Peris
Oscar Herrmann
Hannah Baker
Pasindu Bandara
Monique Lymn
Karolina Kocimska
Year 9 Student Leaders
Madi Hurley
Afnan Muhammad
Mary Soliman
Georgia Slater
Kieran Utne
Erin Merritt
Shobha Nalonnil
Rhys Morgan
Wayne Tuong
Hanna Viju
Josephine Smernick
Sanjana Tanuku
Anjolina Lemos
Student Forum Reps
Roohsafa Poushi
Niamh Wood
Jack Marshall
Nicole Catabran
Midhun John
Business & Legal Studies
Mock Trial Competition
Magistrate O’Connor allowed the students into her
inner sanctum behind the bench at the end of the
session.
In the future one of our Legal Eagles will surely be
sitting in her chair and ruling on cases. Our students
would like to thank Magistrate O’Connor and Education
Officers Peter Cavouras and Penny Cavanagh for
facilitating this opportunity.
Each team can access a practising lawyer to help
prepare the students and we are very lucky to have
Carla Scragg who has provided invaluable help to the
students. Thank you also to the parents who came to
watch the trial. We appreciate your support.
Mal Quorn-Smith - Business and Enterprise
Gudrun Finos - Legal Studies
Some student comments on the day included: It
provided a detailed insight into court proceedings,
language and manner, especially during the sentencing
process (Ben) and We were able to take roles, given
detailed information and it was a great experience in a
real court. (Jamie)
Mal Quorn-Smith - Humanities
Peter Kuss
Director of Studies
Round 1
The Mock Trial Competition is run by the Law Society of
South Australia who provides the cases and the judges.
For the first round this year we hosted St Mary’s College
in a criminal trial. We were the prosecution in a case
involving an assault on two men after a golf tournament
and dinner.
Our team of first time participants in Mock Trial worked
hard at many lunchtime meetings to learn the skills of
advocacy, court demeanour and court processes. St
Mary’s made the final of the competition last year and
such was their enthusiasm that they appeared for the
trial with their whole Legal Studies class in support!
Sheriff’s Officer Zahara Arhbal opened the court and
barrister Yule Li presented the opening address for the
prosecution. He called his first witness Glyn BoldockEliott our only Year 10 member and a keen student of
legal matters. As the first assault victim Glyn performed
well in examination in chief and in cross examination.
Jamie Ling played the second golfer who had also been
assaulted by the defendant. With Vicki Tang as his
barrister he recalled his evidence almost perfectly and
stood up well to an intense cross examination.
The next task for our barristers supported by solicitors
Stephan Koefer and Luke Barnett was to cross examine
both defence witnesses, perhaps the most difficult of
the challenges faced as we are never sure what answer
a witness will give.
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We had just watched him sentence a man under the
influence of amphetamines for attacking two people
with a meat cleaver and Judge Meucke was passionate
in his message to students to avoid these drugs at all
costs.
Art students have had the opportunity to participate
in many exciting performances, events and exhibitions
this term. The IB Art students and the Year 10 Art 2D
students visited the Dark Heart Exhibition at the Art
Gallery of SA and had the opportunity to view art
works by contemporary artists from all over the world.
The Year 10 students also participated in a valuable
workshop session where they were able to create
their own concept in model form for an installation to
suit the Dark Heart theme (see photo below). Other
events included a hugely successful Mother’s Day
performance at the Adelaide Zoo with the GIHS String
Ensemble and an improvisational theatre performance
by the Year 11 Drama class.
The results for the 2014 KESAB Calendar competition
was recently announced, a competition that many
Year 10 Design students entered last year. Georgia
Ruehlemann’s artwork was selected for a page in the
2014 calendar and she also won $100. Well done
Georgia!
Congratulations also to Year 10 Art Design student
Alinda Tunc who won the Come Out Festival Design
Competition for 2015! This is a fantastic achievement
and we are all looking forward to seeing her design in
use next year.
Further details on these achievements and
performances are outlined in the following articles.
Jane Unsworth
Arts Coordinator on behalf of the Arts Team
As part of National Law Week students interested in
the operations of the court system were invited to
participate in another Mock Hearing at the Adelaide
Magistrates Court.
A group of Legal Studies students and members of the
Mock Trial team presented prosecution and defence
submissions in front of Magistrate Sue O’Connor.
Students took turns as Magistrate’s Clerk, Police
Prosecutor, Defence Solicitor and the accused person
in cases ranging from minor assault to shoplifting after
which Magistrate O’Connor delivered her sentence.
Following the role plays she spoke of her career path and
of the challenges of the magistrate’s position explaining
that an increasing number of her cases involved the so
called designer drugs or methamphetamines that leave
people unable to control their behaviour and lead to
violent altercations. A number of the students present
had heard the same message in an address by the Chief
Judge of the District Court in an earlier excursion where
he had explained that up to 80% of his criminal cases
involved illegal drugs.
Arts Report
Arts Report
Ritika Garg
Artin Arjomandi
Vi-Seth Bak
Daniel Rustia
Sanjana Menon
Finn Davies
Lisa Nguyen
Vasilia Ketses
National Law Week
Middle School Report cont.
• Take items from the Home Group class back to Sub
Term 2 has seen the Visual Arts and Media move into
the new Arts Precinct – an exciting custom built space
including 3 Art classrooms, a Digital Art room, Media
room complete with a separate Green Room as well as
a general open plan studio space intended for Year 11s
and 12s to independently work on their art. This space
is flexible and will be used for different teaching and
learning opportunities as well as exhibitions. The first
exhibition in the new space will be the launch of the
Arts Precinct next term.
This is already in the planning stage and will coincide
with the SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival
where we hope to invite past GIHS students who now
work in the Arts Industry to participate in the exhibition.
Each classroom has now been fitted with an Interactive
Smart TV with a portable version in the Studio space.
The Art classrooms are up and running with temporary
furniture at this stage and we hope to have the Digital
and Media rooms as well as the custom built kiln room
fully functional later in the term.
Year 11 Drama Performance
Last term the amazingly talented Year 11 Drama class
presented The Return of Freefall on L’’Estrange. The
performance was all improvisational theatre which
made for an interesting and different show each night
and the audience loved it!
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Rachel DI NUCCI
Rachel BLACK
Matthew BRANDWOOD
Jack DICKSON
Jack EVERITT
August JOCASTA
Kristina KROHN
Max PRICE
Jordan ROWE
Hero COOK
Lisette YIP
Felicia ADIKEA
Maria ELMENDORP
Maggie FELTON
Bridget HERRMANN
Aline NIYONSENGA
Louis PARRY-MILLS
Luke SMITH
Jemima SCHORTZ
Takila WOOD
Welcome back to Term 2! We are excited to announce
some new clubs as well as celebrating lots of events.
recorded. A special congratulations to Year 8 Student
Grace Bereny who has so far raised $565!
Leo Club – Community Service – Linden Park
Primary School
Live Below the Line – Lock-in Event
On our last Student Free Day some of our dedicated
Leo Club students decided to give back to the local
community by attending Linden Park Primary School. The
students did a range of activities including: classroom
support, playing games, gardening and cleaning up the
school yard.
Club Red Blood Drives
Our Club Red Youth Ambassadors have been busily
organising blood drives for the Red Cross Schools
Challenge. Recently we held our first of many taking
along a group of 8 girls. Anyone over the age of 16 years
old can sign up, donate and potentially save 3 lives.
For any regular donors or new donors please add your
donation to our school challenge by contacting
xena.habel@gihs.sa.edu.au for more information.
Red Cross Calling - Fun Run
String Ensemble Zoo Concert
Last year our String Ensemble performed at the
Adelaide Zoo on several occasions including the Zoo’s
Centenary Celebrations. The group received excellent
feedback from both the Zoo management and general
public. As a result they were asked earlier this year to
perform on Mother’s Day.
On previous occasions the students performing in
the ensemble gained free entry but parents were still
required to pay to see their students perform. After
some negotiation with the Zoo management I agreed to
the group performing on the day as long as the mothers
of the students involved were also given free entry.
This was designed to give the mums a special treat on
Mother’s Day and enable them to see how their years
of nurturing, perseverance and encouragement had
helped their children become fine musicians. I’m sure
most mums would regard that as the best present of
all.
Despite it being such an important family day over
thirty students turned up to perform on the day with
their mothers and were very well received by the large
audience who gathered in the rotunda to watch the
performance.
Later this year the String Ensemble will be performing in
the Art Gallery of South Australia as part of the French
International Music Festival and in the Festival Theatre
as part of the Primary School Music Festival.
Tim Jones
Musical Director
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Congratulations to Ariane Chu, Zhen Kok and Anais
Giblot-Ducray for successfully running and organising
the Red Cross Calling – Fun Run in Week 1. Students
ran laps of the school oval and received sponsorship for
each lap they completed. Some students pushed hard
to complete five laps while others powered through for
the cause hitting twenty laps! The final tally of funds
raised will be out soon. A fantastic effort by all involved
and special thanks to Sharon Wachtel for helping Ms
Habel supervise on the day.
World Vision Global Leaders Convention (GLC)
Six students together with Ms Habel and Steph
Seglenieks our CPSW attended the World Vision Global
Leaders Convention. The students participated in a
series of interactive workshops and spoke directly
to a World Vision Volunteer direct from Rwanda and
Youth Ambassadors. The students will participate in a
Leadership Workshop in Week 6 to brain storm ideas on
how they can help in the running of the 40 Hour Famine
and promote the 20th Anniversary of the Genocide in
Rwanda.
Live Below the Line
During Week 2 students from all year levels chose to
participate in the Oaktree Foundations Live Below The
Line Challenge. The challenge was for students to survive
on $2 a day for five days which is the equivalent of the
extreme poverty line. It’s a way to better understand
extreme poverty while making a difference overseas.
Live below the Line is a little unpredictable, sometimes
challenging and always eye opening. Our students have
raised over $3,500 online putting us currently in eighth
place in the National Schools Challenge and will no
doubt achieve over $5,000 once offline funds are
club activities with the focus on the Amnesty Refugee
and Asylum Seeker Rights campaign. The club will
be holding a movie viewing to help raise awareness
showing Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and
Mary Meets Mohammad.
To mark the end of the Live Below The Line Challenge Year
12 students Jasmine Walker and Vy Tran coordinated
a lock-in event with Ms Habel. The event kicked off at
6pm on Friday evening with a shared dinner costing
50 cents per student, games, movies and a badminton
tournament. On Saturday morning the students
again braved the cold wintery weather preparing 300
pancakes for a shared breakfast. Well done to everyone
involved.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a 52
minute documentary looking at the circumstances and
decisions that lead someone to become a boat person.
Mary Meets Mohammad follows the arrival of
Tasmania’s first detention centre through the eyes of
local Christian woman and knitting club member Mary
and Muslim Afghan Hazara asylum seeker Mohammad
who is detained inside the centre as they connect
through the gift of a knitted beanie.
Model United Nations (MUN) Club Afterschool
debates
The MUN Club has continued to run afterschool debates
in Term 2 after the success of several in Term 1. The
debates are a great opportunity for students with a
strong interest in International Law and politics to
debate current topics in a UN Security Council format.
Students from all year levels participate sharing their
skills and knowledge and making new friends. There’s
always plenty of fun and laughter.
Australian Refugee Association (ARA) Youth
Ambassadors
Congratulations to Jen Ngo, Ella Obst, Jing Ma, Halima
Nalaye and Himali Wijeratne who have been selected
to be ARA Youth Ambassadors for our school in 2014.
The students will participate in their first full-day
training day on Monday 26 May where they will get
to share their ideas and passion with other students
from schools around the State. The students will work
towards planning events for Refugee Week and raising
awareness about Refugees.
New weekly Clubs and Activities in Term 2:
Digital Photography Club
Chinese Calligraphy Club
Bridge Club
UNICEF Club
Knitting Group
Student Life/Wellbeing Project
Walk Free Foundation
Afterschool Chess Coaching
English Conversation Club – Back up and running.
Share Market Trading Game – Back later in the Term
40 Hour Famine
Active Youth Citizenship Forum
Movie Viewings
For additional information please contact:
xena.habel@gihs.sa.edu.au
They’re also holding a letter writing day with volunteers
from the Flinders University Amnesty Group and will
participate in a Video Conference link up with students
from Victoria and the State Action Centre on Grote
Street.
World of Food
And a big thanks to Mr David Hill for his time effort and
dedication.
Kristy Lock
On behalf of the Drama Team
Student Life Report
The students worked brilliantly together and created
funny, edgy and imaginative scenarios and characters.
Well done to the following students on two fantastic
performances:
Ms Stefan-Rasmus took her Year 10 World of Food
class on an excursion that explored Greek and Italian
Cuisine. The class was undertaking the study of postWorld War II immigration and how the Greek and
Italian migrants have contributed to the vibrant and
unique Australian culture and cuisine that is now multicultural. This excursion allowed them to experience
the rich and different cultural cuisine of Greece and
Italy.
The class went to Mondinetti an Italian Cafe on Henley
Beach Road at Torrensville. They had a delicious and
traditional five meal course including Occhi di Lupo
(vegetarian soup) and a Ragu Penne (beef-based pasta).
Domenic the owner and chef of Mondinetti discussed
regional cuisines with the students and explained the
history of the Magheritta Pizza which was also on the
menu. After the filling and enjoyable lunch the class
walked down the road to the Greek pastry cafe called
Kalymnos. He also explained the use of traditional
ingredients in the baking of Greek desserts. The class
indulged themselves in sweet and delicious treats and
thoroughly enjoyed George’s talk about the history of
Greek pastry in Adelaide.
Marie Stefan-Rasmus
Home Ec Teacher
Amnesty Club
After a huge success in Term 1 our wonderful Club
Captain Jen Ngo has planned a number of interactive
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All of you who have been keeping up with Glenunga
News and Events will have heard about Christian
Masson-Forbes walking about 800km across Northern
Spain to raise money for the Cambodian Children’s
Fund.
I recently heard from Andrew Hartman who left Glenunga
in 2013 and is currently on a 3500km walk in the USA
on the Appalachian Trail! See http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Appalachian_Trail for more info. This is what he
sent to me at the end of last month:
I’m about 606 miles in at the moment. Yes, I’m thru
hiking it but I’m not keeping a blog. I’m currently hiking
near a person whose trail name is The Lorax, mine is
Wikipedia. His blog is: http://trailjournals.com/location.
cfm?trailname=16220
INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS
C1 WINNERS BOYS/GIRLS & OVERALL
Sports Report
Andrew Hartman
Warning! Potentially life changing story ahead…
Our Athletics Team competed in the C1 division of the
Secondary School Sport Interschool Athletics Carnival
at Santos Stadium at Mile End. The team attained a
staggering 58 First place finishes, 21 Second places and
15 Third places. At the end of the day’s competition
we had won the Boys, Girls and Overall trophies. As a
result of these terrific achievements the team has been
promoted into the B2 division for 2015! Well done to
all involved. Special thanks to staff Doru Francu, Geoff
Kemp, Robin Gorringe and Jane Robertson for assisting
with marshaling and supervisory duties on the day.
MALVIKA HEMANTH – STATE BADMINTON
OPEN GIRLS KO OUTDOOR 5ASIDE – WINNERS!!
Congratulations to Year 10 student Malvika Hemanth
who recently participated in the 2014 Badminton Under
19 Age Title for Girls Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
and emerged winner for Girls Singles and runner-up for
both mixed and doubles.
Our Open Girls Outdoor 5aside Soccer team played in
the Southern Zone KO Competition at Pasadena High
School. The team played several games in a Round Robin
format against other schools in the Southern Zone. The
girls played superbly all day and ended up defeating St
Marys College 3 to 0 in the Grand Final.
Malvika also represented South Australia at the June
Bevan Tournament during the Easter Holiday break in
Auckland New Zealand. She achieved her personal best
of reaching Girls Singles Semi-Finals. Along with her
mixed partner she won the plates mixed event.
Malvika has been representing South Australia regularly
for the last few years. Well done Malvika!
LAUREN ASPINALL – INTERNATIONAL SQUASH
As group winners the girls will now compete at the Finals
Round against fellow Zone winners next term. Special
thanks to Doru for not only coaching but also giving up
his time to run several lunch time training sessions in the
leadup to the event.
Team: V.Guajardo, N.Mujkic, M.Mujkic, L.Duxbury,
T.Ardalich, S.Horwood, M.Shauki, A.Zaganjori, S.Salb,
E.Te
Congratulations to Year 10 student Lauren Aspinall
who will be representing Australia in the Under 17 Girls
Squash team in Malaysia this term. We wish Lauren the
best of luck.
Other people I am near or with are:
http://hikinghiker.com/
http://brianhikeshome.com/
http://lifesshortdoepicshit.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/
time-to-update.html
It’s fun so far and I’m meeting a lot of interesting people.
The South is a very interesting place. I’m in one of the
hostels and they were talking about putting a 40A fuse
into an old 240 system because “then the fuse might
stop blowing every night.”
I’d include some photos but I am currently using my
phone on very weak signal. Feel free to ask some
questions about the hike.
Thanks,
Andrew Hartman
The Blogs are awesome! Go and have a read/watch.
So if this story has piqued your interest then you don’t
have to travel halfway around the world to do this!
There is an awesome 1200km trail on our doorstep:
the Heysen Trail. Information can be found at http://
www.heysentrail.asn.au/heysen_trail/ and there are
weekly walks which are open to everyone and the
calendar is here: http://www.heysentrail.asn.au/assets/
walk_programmes/2014-03-24-Walk-Season-2014TrailStarter-TrailWalker-End-to-End.pdf
Rob Thomas
Technology Teacher
Interschool Athletics Carnival
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to Year 8 student Marci Litinas who was
selected in the State Little Athletics Team. The team
competed at the National Championships in Melbourne
in May. Marci competed in the triple jump (3rd with
personal best jump), long jump (8th) and 4 x 100m relay
events (3rd). Well done Marci!
SOPHIE RICHTER – STATE SOFTBALL
Congratulations to Year 10 student Sophie Richter who
gained selection into the South Australian U16 Girls
Softball team. The team recently competed at the
Australian Championships in Perth. Well done Sophie!
SAMUEL HANCOCK – NATIONAL SWIMMING
Congratulations to Year 9 student Sam Hancock who
was recently chosen to compete in the Australian Age
Swimminng Championships in Sydney at the Olympic
Park Aquatic Centre.
Well done Sam!
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Open Girls KO 5aside Soccer Winners
MARCI LITINAS – STATE LITTLE ATHLETICS
EMMA VERRALL – STATE HOCKEY
Congratulations to Year 11 student Emma Verrall who
gained selection into the South Australian U18 Girls
Hockey team. The team competed at the National
Championships in Melbourne. This is the second year
running Emma has gained State Selection. Well done
Emma!
TERM 2/3 SPORT RESULTS
Yr 9 Div 1
Yr 9 Div 3
Yr 8 Div 2
Yr 10 Div 2
Open B
Yr 8
Yr 9
Open D1
Open D2
Open D2
Open D3
Boys Soccer
Dftd Pembroke College 4-3 (R Salb 2 S
Clarke 2)
Dftd Pultney Grammer 6-1
Dftd Concordia College 10-0 (P Stevens 4)
Dftd by Unley HS 3-1 (E Mermings 1)
Dftd Rostrevor College 5-2 (S NievaZaloumis 3 T Pazios 2)
Boys Basketball
Dftd by CBC 32-24
Dftd Cardijin College 54-9
Dftd Blackfriars College 44-16 (B Thai 16)
Dftd PAC 70-13 (I Roach 30)
Dftd PAC 26-24
Dftd by Pembroke College 26-22
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The Year 12 Physical Education class visited Westlakes
Aquatic Centre for a three day practical involving kayaking
as part of the SACE Stage 2 course early in the first week of
Term 2. The students were involved in a very challenging
program involving various paddle skills, capsizing/
rescue procedures and a seven kilometre endurance
morning session in sometimes cold and wet conditions.
Instructors commented our student’s excellent attitude,
resilience and the high quality displayed during the three
days of assessment.
2014 Pedal Prix
The 2014 Pedal Prix season is upon us and
we have a group of enthusiastic students
that have been training hard in the gym and
at home to be prepared for the two 6 hour
events. Race 1 is on Sunday 15 June and
Race 2 Sunday 27 July at Victoria Park Race
Course starting at 10am and concluding at
4pm.
Wellbeing
Sports Report cont.
Year 12 Physical Education 2014
As last year was the first time Glenunga
had entered a team it was a steep learning
curve but our results showed improvement
to give us greater confidence for 2014.
Year 12 Physical Education students practising paddling
skills in preparation for their final assessment.
Events like this always require sponsorship,
parental and community support to ensure
that we provide our students with an
outstanding opportunity. If you would like
to assist with sponsorship for the team
in anyway please contact Amanda Walsh
directly at amanda.walsh@gihs.sa.edu.au as
all assistance would be greatly appreciated.
We would be pleased to display business
logos on the vehicle for any business who
can support us in a joint community/school
benefit.
Hopefully we get to see you cheering the
Phar Lappers around the circuit for both
races at Victoria Park.
Simon Illingworth Student Counsellor
On behalf of the Pedal Prix team
The Stage 2 Physical Education class have already been
competing with Rostrevor College in various sports in
Term 1 in preparation for their second practical course
(Handball). A return visit from Rostrevor is planned
before final moderation in Term 3.
The Year 12 class will also visit Brighton High School
(specialist Volleyball program) to gain valuable
competition and coaching for their third practical later in
Term 2 and early Term 3.
Rex Wright
Stage 2 Physical Education Teacher
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Community News
Financial Councelling
Are you having difficulties paying your school fees or managing other expenses?
If so a financial counsellor can help you with:
• Options to manage living expenses including school fees, arrears and other debts.
• Options for your overall financial position.
Financial counsellors provide FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, INDEPENDENT information and counselling for people in
financial difficulties.
For information and referral to a financial counsellor in your area Phone the Financial Counselling Help Line on
1800 007 007 or search online:
www.moneysmart.gov.au/managing-my-money/managing-debts/financial-counselling
The financial counselling service that is being offered and provided is independent of the Department for
Education and Child Development and represents a relationship directly between the Financial Counselling
Help Line and/or the service provider eg Uniting Communities and the individual. References to the financial
counselling service do not constitute an endorsement by the Department for Education and Child Development.
It is the user’s responsibility to make their own enquiries prior to using the service.
Financial counselling services are provided free of charge by not for profit organisations. Financial counsellors
employed by these services are members of the SA Financial Counsellors Association (SAFC)
Overseas Travel Opportunity
Cambodian Community Service Tour 2014
We are currently looking for fifteen Year 11 students to be involved in a two to three week trip
to Cambodia in early December (after exams in Term 4). The tour would be based around some
community work in the village of Kol Thmey which is close to the Temples of Angkor. There will also
be other activities including sightseeing, recreational and some time for shopping. The precise nature
of these activities will be part of the planning process that selected students will be involved with.
During the course of this year we will be attempting to fundraise for our project and would expect that
all participants would be actively involved in this.
Costs are expected to be around $3,200-$3,800. Application forms are available from the school.
A parent information night will be held on Monday 2 June
at 6.00pm in the school gym.
Questions can be directed to the two staff members involved:
wendy.ladner@gihs.sa.edu.au
ross.cameron@gihs.sa.ed.au
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Diary Dates
JUNE
3-5
Year 9 Camp Week 2
4
ICAS Science Competition
4
Year 9 Boys Immunisations
5
Year 8 Shared Dinner 6-8pm
9
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
12
Stage 2 Maths Apps Exam
13
School Tour 8.55 - 10.15am
16
Governing Council 5.30-7.30pm
19
Last Day Yr 10 Lessons
19
Yr 12 IB Extended Essays due
20
Student Free Day
20
Yr 10 SWOTVAC
23-27
Yr 10 Exams
23
Last Day Yr 11 Classes
23-27
Roxby Downs IGNITE Trip
23-25
Yr 12 SWOTVAC
24-25
Yr 11 SWOTVAC
25-2
Yr 12 Exams
JUNE /JULY
26-2
Yr 11 Exams
30-4
YR 10 Work Experience
4
Yr 12 Formal
3-4
No Yr 11/12 Lessons
4
Last Day Term 2
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