Brighton Secondary School Newsletter August 2016 by Brighton Secondary School

Brighton Secondary School

Newsletter ISSUE 6 I August 2016

From the Principal With essentially only one term left for Year 12 students, everyone is feeling a sense of urgency to make the most of every day. It’s at this time of year that the students need to draw on their grit and resilience when competing demands add pressure. I suggest parents keep a close eye on homework and assessment tasks to help their student with organisation and procrastination. The Professional Learning Day on 25th July embraced positive psychology and positive education practices to continue developing staff skills to encourage students to believe in themselves with a ‘can do’ approach towards life. Last term, students saw a video about character qualities which ended with a young person stating, “At the end of my life I want to be able to say I have used it up and run it dry.” This is our aim for Brighton students - to check out every opportunity that school offers to see if it suits their life goals. Some students are cruising - learning is not ‘hard fun’ for them, but rather, it is incidental to their other interests or sadly, their disinterest.

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We are considering foregrounding the three character qualities of Courage, Curiosity and Citizenship, to reflect a growth mindset for our school community. For the past 12 years, our school’s values: Cooperation, Excellence, Fairness, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility were those of the Education Department. Old scholars say these are not easy to remember; they had little impact on their understanding when at school and they do not hold together with a story. They suggested a smaller number and an emphasis on character, in an age when many bemoan the lack of character and manners. We think Courage suggests students are prepared to take risks and try new things; Curiosity goes to personal desire to learn and to find things out; and Citizenship is why we have students in school - their education determines the future of our civilisation. Furthermore, the Personal Learning Plan from years 8 to 10 is about developing active and informed citizens. Please let us know your thoughts on the three qualities of Courage, Curiosity and Citizenship. Our motto remains the same: Fac Omnia Bene

Cameron Fullerton, Olivia O’Neill and Oliver Richardson on Year 12 Retro Day (Do All Things Well) as does our Vision: to develop strategic learners who are prepared for varied and unpredictable career paths in a global digitised world. Our motto clearly reflects the extraordinary talent of Kate Ceberano, Musician in Residence, the SALA Art Festival soon approaching and the staff and students who made the annual Japanese Hakuo Junior High School tour another outstanding Brighton success story. My course at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts was a transformative experience. Principals from round the world, learned how to be better leaders of education at the summer course, “Leading Evolving Vision.” It was not so much learning something new, as it was looking through a different lens at what we currently think is the best way to build a great school to suit every student. Sharing stories with leaders from France, Britain, New Zealand, Mexico, America and Australia goes to developing entrepreneurial skills; sustainable change; a positive school culture of strong relationships with the community and how to improve happiness and life chances for the students. If you would like to read the preliminary readings for the sessions I am happy to send them to you. Olivia O’Neill Principal

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Diary Dates AUGUST

NOVEMBER

13-20 Year 10 Ski trip 18 Poetry in Action workshops 19 Year 11 Elevate workshop 26 Year 11 Elevate workshop 29 SIV in zone Year 7 trials by appointment 29 SIV out of zone trials for Years 8-11

2 SIV In-school trials Years 8-11 7 Year 12 Exams commence 7 Governing Council meeting, 7pm 7-11 Year 10 Outdoor Pursuits camp 11 Year 8 / 9 KO SIV at BSS 14 Year 8 Immunisations (all houses) 14 Year 8 Beach SIV 15 Year 9 Beach SIV 18 Charities & Recognition Assembly 23 Year 12 exams conclude 23 Sports Presentation Evening 24 Shakespeare Festival Year 10s 23-25 Year 11 Exams

SEPTEMBER 1 Year 10 à 11 Subject Conferences 3.30 – 4.30pm 2 Year 10, 11 Subject Confirmation Day 2 Year 8 & 9 Challenge Day (non school day) 5 School Closure Day 5 Governing Council meeting, 7pm 6 Student Free Day / Staff Training 9 Year 11 Elevate Workshop 13-16 Year 12 Trial Exams 13 Moon Lantern Festival 6.30pm 15 Open KO Volleyball at BSS 16 Year 11 Elevate workshop 19 SIV Year 9 Challenge at BSS 20-23 Year 12 Trial Exams 21 Year 10 Outdoor Pursuits Aquatics 22 Year 11 Outdoor Education Aquatics 26-28 SIV South Coast Tour 30 Last day of term 3, 1.00pm dismissal

OCTOBER 17 Student Free Day / Staff Training 18 Parent / Student / Teacher conferences, Years 10 & 11, 3.30pm – 8.30pm by appointment. 24 Parent / Student / Teacher conferences, Years 8 & 9, 3.30pm – 8.30pm by appointment. 25-28 Year 11 Outdoor Education camp 27 Year 12 classes conclude 28 Year 11 SIV Aquatics 28 Year 12 Breakfast 31 Valedictory 7.00pm

DECEMBER 2-9 Australian Business Week for Year 10s 3 SIV trip leaves for Melbourne 5 Governing Council meeting, 7pm 5-9 Civics and Citizenship week 8 Civics and Citizenship assemblies 9 Civics and Citizenship panels 12-16 1.00pm dismissal 16 Last day of school year

Parent / Student / Teacher Interviews Please put the following dates in your diary. The next Parent / Student / Teacher interviews will be held in term 4 as follows: Years 10 & 11 on Tuesday 18th October, 3.30pm – 8.30pm Years 8 & 9 on Monday 24th October, 3.30pm – 8.30pm These interviews are by appointment and are booked on line via the

Headlice As there have been some cases of head lice lately this is a reminder to be aware and inform your children to check for head lice.

web site. The details of how to book will be provided later in term 3.

If apparent head lice must be treated before children return to school. If you need further advice on the treatment please contact staff at Student Reception or your local chemist.

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Congratulations Jasper Clark, Year 8, who was selected as a State Baseball Representative in the Under 15 team. The competition was held in May.

Dylan Strickland, Year 9, who was selected as a State Baseball Representative in the Under 15 team. The competition was held in May.

Thomas Lightfoot, Year 8, has been selected to represent Secondary School Sport SA at the School Sport Australia Swimming championships. They will be held in Darwin in September.

Rion Sato, Year 9, who was selected as a State Baseball Representative in the Under 15 team. The competition was held in May.

Velvet Klass, Year 11, who has been selected to represent SA in the Girls state soccer team at the U19 Secondary Schools Australian Championships in August in Western Australia. River Klass, Year 9, has been selected to represent SA in the Boys state soccer team at the U19 Secondary Schools Australian championships in August in Western Australia. Craig Shearer, Year 12, who has been selected to represent Secondary School Sport SA at the School Sport Australia Football (Soccer) championships to be held in WA in August.

Zane Judd, Year 9, who was selected as a State Baseball Representative in the Under 15 team. The competition was held in May.

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen in the Girls Secondary School Sport SA Interstate Volleyball Championships to be conducted in Sydney in August. Paige Cleary

Lily Maddern

Hallie Newman

Sasha Simmonds

Ben Handberg, Year 9, who just competed in the Inline Hockey Junior Olympics in Hawaii. Ben represented Australia in the Under 14s and was voted Captain. Ben brought home silver and bronze medals.

Alexandria Stewart

Nick Jones, Year 9, who has been selected in the Secondary School Sport SA Interstate Australian Football championships team.

Riley Arnott

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen in the Boys Secondary School Sport SA Interstate Volleyball Championships to be conducted in Sydney in August. Adam Beaumont

Charlie Champion Oliver Klos Jay Muecke

Christopher Munn

Mitchell Riddle

Blake Tisher

Brooke McGregor, Year 10, who has been selected to represent Secondary School Sport SA at the Cross Country championships to be held in Canberra in August. Alexandra Newton, Year 12, who competed in the National Under 18 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hockey championships. She was the captain of the State team.

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Music News Since the last newsletter, two major music events have taken place: the Chaplains’ Concert and Kate Ceberano’s visit as an Artist in Residence. The Chaplains’ Concert is the major event of the Music calendar that celebrates stringed instruments and string ensembles. Our junior string ensemble, Sinfonia (directed by Roland Dankbaar), opened proceedings with a highly entertaining and varied program featuring a composition by Year 9 student, Hamish Madden. The first half concluded with the Amoroso String Quartet (Emma Richardson, Lauren Owens, Kiran Sachdev and Charlotte Rayner) performing a Tango composed by Andrew Barrett. Mae Napier-Traeger (violin), Mattea Osenk (viola) and Jos Lum (Gu Zheng) performed solos to open the second half before the symphony Orchestra took to the stage. Their program, spanning Haydn to Hollywood, featured solos from Jessica McDonald (trumpet) and Simone Brock (voice). The concert was a great success with all proceeds going to support the Chaplains’ Programs in southern schools. In a new initiative for Brighton Secondary School, brought about by a fortuitous chat over a cup of coffee by Music Coordinator Craig Bentley at the Generations in Jazz Festival in Mt Gambier, we were able to secure the services of Australian music legend, Kate Ceberano as an Artist in Residence from 2nd to 4th August. During her visit, Kate worked with 200 music students through vocal masterclasses, music industry talks, song-writing workshops and rehearsals with the orchestra, Big Band 1, the JB Experience and several choirs. The Thursday night concert was a snapshot of the work done over the three days and reflected the warmth, contagious enthusiasm, outstanding musicianship, versatility and generosity of Kate Ceberano. We were all left feeling extremely grateful to have experienced such an amazing and unforgettable opportunity. Special thanks to the Music Parents Support Group for their tireless fundraising efforts. Andrew Barrett Head of Music

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Kate Ceberano Concert at BSS

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Kate Ceberano Artist in Residence

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STEAM News Our Industry Partnerships work strongly in both the Subs and F1 programs, and currently, Babcock International are collaborating with us for the Subs programs. We thank all of our many and willing industry and educational partners.

Science Alive Brighton Secondary School has been invited to present their STEM F1 in Schools and Subs in Schools at the 11th Science Alive event, held at the Showgrounds early in August. Reengineering Australia will be hosting a section of the display, with our students demonstrating some of their advanced STEM skills. Friday was the educational focus day, with many schools across all sectors visiting. Saturday and Sunday were public days.

Other featured participants were our industry partners, Sun Rising Pictures, our three universities, the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Astronomical Society, Nature Foundation SA, SciWorld, Forensic Science SA, bugs n slugs, Animals Anonymous, BAE Systems, the Young Scientists of Australia and many, many more. The Daleks also make an appearance.

Southern STEM Expo In mid August, Brighton Secondary School has been invited to participate in the Southern Skills Expo, to be held in the Tonsley precinct. Mr. Nic Tubbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (STEM teacher extraordinaire) students will be fore fronting some of their impressive Gaming work, along with our STEM World F1 in Schools team, Infinitude, and our STEM National Subs in Schools finalists, Deep Blue. The event showcases excellent student STEM work, across many schools.

F1 in Schools The Road to Austin We are using the following World Finals hashtags #F1inSchoolsWF, #RoadtoAustin, and the official World Finals page on facebook www.facebook.com/ F1inSchoolsWF to promote the event. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get bigger than support from an F1 team themselves. Please read the info below for details. 2015 saw the start of the Randstad Williams Engineering Academy, the first ever programme in F1 that identifies and supports the next big engineering stars of the sport. The Academy picks its students from F1 in Schools world finalists, and offers them excellent, and exclusive opportunities.

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STEAM News

Randstad Williams Engineering Academy Pat Symonds, Chief Technical Officer at Williams describes the Academy in some detail: 1. W hat inspired Williams to start the Randstad Williams Engineering Academy? For many years now there have been young driver academies in F1, but there has never been an engineering equivalent to identify the brightest young engineers from around the world. Here at Williams, we’ve always put a lot of emphasis on training new talent. Take the likes of Paddy Lowe and Ross Brawn – they both started their F1careers at Williams. We wanted to create a new programme that identifies the best and brightest from around the world and embeds them into our organisation from an early age. The students still attend school and university – our programme supports and goes a step beyond their traditional education. People often don’t know how they can go about getting a job with an F1 team. The Engineering Academy provides a clear path to follow for students from all nationalities and backgrounds. There’s a selfish element to this as well – we rely on great people to make great racing cars, so we want to cherry pick the next big engineering superstar and get them working at Williams rather than a rival team or company. 2. What does the Engineering Academy entail? We run a long term programme that provides support from high school right up until the completion of their university degree. We do this in three ways. Firstly, through an e-learning curriculum we have developed with Cambridge University Press, teaching the students the fundamental principles of motorsport engineering. Secondly, we provide each student with a dedicated mentor from Williams who acts as a tutor and offers guidance and support. Thirdly, we offer practical experience to boost their skills and employability. This is where Randstad’s expertise comes in as one of the world’s leading recruitment companies. The students will be given careers advice, CV coaching, and work experience opportunities. 3. Who can apply? When setting up the Randstad Williams Engineering Academy, we decided to work with F1 in Schools as the primary selection mechanism. We know the initiative well because Claire Williams and Rob Smedley are both patrons. I’ve always been hugely impressed by the calibre of students I’ve come into contact with. Applications are open to anyone aged 16-18 who is competing at the F1 in Schools World Finals each year. Eligible students will receive an email inviting them to apply in July this year, and for the first stage they have to complete an application form and supply a CV. We then choose 25 students to attend an assessment centre that will take place on Tuesday 18th October at the F1 in Schools World Finals in Austin, Texas. I’ll be leading the assessment centre and we will give the students interesting team based activities. We then choose the final ten to take part in their first year of the programme. It’s a competitive scheme, so every year that cohort of ten will be whittled down in number. 4. What are you looking for in students? We like to see a demonstrable passion for motorsport. Taking part in F1 in Schools is already proof that they are passionate about the sport, but anything that shows that they have gone above and beyond the norm, such as volunteering to work for a local racing team, will set them apart from their peers. Another important aspect is being able to work well in a team – F1 is very much a team sport. We have over 500 people working together to produce two cars for a race weekend so teamwork is fundamental. We want to see that they can work well with other people, get them on board with their ideas, and communicate their thoughts clearly and succinctly. This is truly unique offer, and as it happens, as World participants, two students, Luke Battjes and Jesse Stevens from Brighton Secondary School team Infinitude, will be able to apply for the above. We wish them luck.

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World Collaboration Collaboration for any STEM initiative is critical for success. Below are the latest people/ businesses who have kindly value-added to our team’s campaign on the road to Austin. RC Williams Engineering – this amazing company, is providing excellent support to our students re the advanced manufacturing of the highly critical wheel and axle systems. Anthony Tonkin, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering – Regency Campus. Anthony has kindly helped us prototype the front wing assembly. Mark Cherrill, Australian National Fabrication Facility – this company provides the world’s best fabrication tools for Australian Scientists, and currently are keenly involved in the fundamental stages of the development of a Quantum Computer.

State Finals The F1 in Schools State Finals will be held in the Innovation Pavilion during the first week of the Adelaide Show. This event will offer some of our finest STEM students the opportunity to compete in all facets of this wonderful STEM activity. The teams are working diligently to put together their campaigns, in an effort to win the State competition, and then earn a place at the National Finals in 2017. Teams Members: Pro Senior Class

Development Class

Mystic Lightning

Apex Racing

R-C 5

Spectrum

Neon Blue

Joshua Holmes Jared Murray Kia Millsteed Liam Power

Kelsey Mosey Jayden Doe Elias Chick

Deklin Padovani Tom Warner Finn Taylor Nicholas Payne

Dylan Rankine Uri Hauben James Gurney

Emma Sprinkmeier Frankie Wight Luke Inglis Bianca Kent Jayden Beukers

Subs in Schools Week 3 has seen the continuation of Babcock International collaboration visits for our Sub students. Currently, Shelli and her team are completing hull manufacture, the fitting of infrastructure that will enable housing of servomotors and propeller shafts and motors, the fitting of the fin, and the fine engineering task of pressure hull manufacture. Sukbir is in charge of the hull design and manufacture. Michael is the electrical engineer (101), however it remains to be seen as to whether this boat will ever surface! Pictured is the finely engineered fit between the end cap and the pressure hull, which of course must be watertight. The ‘O’ Rings are not yet fitted. Stephen Read Coordinator STEAM

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Volleyball News Koonibba Aboriginal Primary School Visit Brighton Secondary Special Interest Volleyball Program was fortunate to have staff and students from Koonibba visit us on the 23rd June for a day. On our annual Year 9 Eyre Peninsula Tour we have been visiting this remote primary school 40kms north of Ceduna for the past 4 years. Our students play, read and share food and culture with their students during these visits. So this time it was our turn to host them at Brighton and give an insight into what a “big city” high school looks like. Many students had not been to Adelaide before and whilst here they visited things such as a cinema, the Zoo, the Museum and a Port Adelaide AFL training session. At Brighton the students toured the school, played with guitars and sang in Music (many thanks to the Music staff, especially Craig, Mark, Billy and Emma), shared recess and lunch and played Volleyball and other games in the Volleyball stadium with this years’ Eyre Peninsula Tour students. We look forward to continuing the strong relationship that has developed between our schools and thank Wade Bramford (Principal) and Brad (Year 4, 5, 6, 7 Class Teacher) for bringing their students to visit us at Brighton. Sue Rodger Coordinator Special Interest Volleyball

World Lacrosse Champion Hannah Nielsen Returns to Brighton Old Scholar Hannah Nielsen (2001-2005) returned to Brighton Secondary for a visit on the 20th June. Hannah has been living, studying and playing Lacrosse for the past 10 years in the USA. She played at Northwestern University. Her list of accomplishments whilst away is quite extraordinary. • Twice named in the All Star World Lacrosse team 2009, 2013 • 3 time Australia Representative at World Championships • 4 time National Championships team member • Twice player of the year – Junior and Senior • Coach Division 1 for 6 years Hannah was also nominated for USA Sportswoman of the Year in 2008 and 2009 by the well known magazine Sports Illustrated alongside Serena Williams and Misty May-Treanor. “She has the ability to step up in pressure situations like Michael Jordan, who you always knew would make the big shot,” Wildcats coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “And she has that Larry Bird characteristic of making the people around her better.” During her years as a student Hannah represented Brighton in many sports teams in particular as a member of the Special Interest Volleyball Program and the successful Open Girls Champion Knockout and 9 a side Football teams. We wish Hannah all the best in her return to Australia and look forward to acknowledging her fantastic achievements as a Brighton Secondary Sports Hall of Famer at the Sports Presentation evening to be held in Term 4 on Wednesday 23rd November. Sue Rodger Coordinator Special Interest Volleyball

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Knockout Champions Congratulations to the Year Ten Girls Knockout Volleyball Team who are State Champions. After an outstanding display of skill and team play, the girls won their way through the play off matches convincingly. The final was against our traditional and respected rivals Heathfield High. After racing to a substantial lead the girls were unable to finish off the first set and our opponents were capable of exploiting our errors. After being the dominant team we were suddenly one set behind. The girls were resilient enough to persevere with their own game and move out to a comfortable lead in the second set, then continued to exert their superiority throughout the remainder of the three set match. Outstanding contributions included Hallie Newman, Isabelle Brand and Paige Dunphy as utility players thrown into different roles throughout the day which they handled with skill. Izzy Dew directed the team ably as our main setter. Rebecca Catt was awesome support for Izzy and also formed a formidable combination with Tia Mashotta and Edita Drazanova. The girls were the dominant performers throughout the day and elevated their performance to even higher levels in the final. Bethany Lane, Sasha Simmonds and Lily Maddern were the outstanding defenders at the competition. Anna Toshiro’s performance as our Libero was sensational and gave our team a great foundation to build on throughout the competition. A great team to coach who’s skill and fair play was a highlight to be involved with – well done girls. Jamie Tester Coach

Year 10 Boys KO State Finals On Friday 1st July our Year 10 Boys KO Team travelled to Heathfield for the SSSSA State Finals. Automatically qualifying for the tournament denied our boys the chance to develop strategies and systems in match conditions. However, we were confident that our preparation and talents would see us compete strongly throughout the daylong event. In our first match we were successful in accounting for Adelaide HS in a one-sided affair. The next encounter saw us play Reynella East. Again the boys played well winning in straight sets. This meant we finished top of our pool, with a crossover final against Loxton. Though challenged early, we were successful in winning through to the state final against Heathfield who were also undefeated for the day. Heathfield started well, serving strongly and limited our offensive options. The boys hung in there but this early deficit combined with some avoidable errors saw our opponents able to maintain their ascendency. The second set was far tighter. Our ball control improved and consequently so did our offensive pressure. Set point presented itself to us. However, we were unable to take our chances and were defeated in straight sets. Though disappointed, it must be acknowledged that our team were fine ambassadors for Brighton and the SIV Program. Importantly we learnt a lot about this playing group and are excited at the prospect of working on key areas of our game in class time. While all players contributed at different stages, special mention goes to Coen Key, Jayden Hathway and Tom O’Connell for being standout performers. Other team members included Jay Muecke, Pascal Leutolf, Michael Verano, Max De Vries, Jack Turner, Sam Uren, Spencer Holdback and Ed Beinke. Shane Durbridge Coach

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Drama News Year 12 Drama ‘Love and Information’ My Year 12 class worked incredibly hard this semester and brought a complex and mature interpretation of Caryll Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ to the stage. This wonderful play, written by Churchill at the age of 74, challenges notions of a ‘well-made play’ with a non linear representation of the moments in our lives that give us meaning. Students had tricky dialogue to master, multiple characters to play and were present on stage for the entire 70 minute piece. It was a demanding production and our students stepped up with great pride and ownership of the final work. The production is the equivalent of an exam and I am confident that all of the on-stage and off-stage students will be successful. Kristin McDonnell Drama Teacher

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Year 11 Drama – Also a Mirror In week 7 Year 11 Drama students performed Also a Mirror, by Sean Riley. Also a Mirror is based on the stories of real people. It is a unique collaboration between youth and older people to explore the subject of memory and its loss. Shying away from having an entire cast of young actors playing the elderly, Riley’s play explores the issue’s impact on a range of different generations. Our interpretation of the play celebrated and preserved the precious memories of the real life subjects who inspired this tale, and urged viewers to cherish the moments they have with their loved ones. We used a range of technologies to create an exciting light and soundscape, which served as a back drop to the students’ acting. The students delivered moving performances, and brought the fragmented memories of the characters within the story to life. Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of Also a Mirror. Kristin McDonnell Drama Teacher

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Drama News Year 8 Drama â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greek Theatre This term Ms McDonnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Year 8 Drama class explored Greek theatre. Their major assessment piece required them to find a Greek myth, and turn it into a play. They needed to include a traditional Greek chorus, and made masks to reflect their characters. These students were lucky enough to be able to perform these pieces in our newly renovated junior Drama space. The room has had a major upgrade, transforming it into a black box theatre, complete with lighting and sound system. Their performances were entertaining and clever, and demonstrated the skills and knowledge of performance the students have developed over the semester. Kristin McDonnell Drama Teacher

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Challenge-Based Learning Challenge-Based Learning Unit and Expo: Big Idea of Flight The Years 8 and 9 Think Bright classes finished term 3 with an eight-week multidisciplinary unit that focused on the idea of ‘flight’. They studied this idea from many different angles across English, F1, Mathematics, History and Science. In English they were able to explore abstract ideas such as the flight of thought and of the imagination, and in Science some students learnt how time travel might work and others researched the feasibility of constructing a self-supporting village in space. Challenge-based learning uses the Australian Curriculum to explore their own interests through topics of global significance that are relevant to their own lives. The unit started with a demonstration of live flight in birds and students then moved on to create their own ‘essential question’ that focused on what they wanted to know about flight. This led to a ‘challenge’ such as ‘Demonstrate that we can live sustainably in space!’ and students then create ‘guiding questions’ to direct their research and meet the ‘challenge’ with a product or performances that were showcased in an Expo at the end of the term. Students excelled themselves with the Expo, creating highly informative and colourful displays, and impressing parents and staff with their creativity and deepening knowledge. The participation of the wider school community with the excellent support of parents and staff gave energy and purpose to this valuable learning experience. Student Feedback: ‘I really enjoyed the Challenge Based Learning because I got to be creative and work with a friend. I really appreciated the Expo because I got to practise presenting to an audience.’ - Chloe Loftus ‘Challenged-based learning is a great way to learn new life skills and the topics are very interesting.’ - Joshua Curtis ‘The challenge-based project was a fun and engaging project expressing our creativity in new and different ways.’ - Joshua Kavenagh Maj-Lis Borgen-Smith Coordinator Challenge Based Learning across the Curriculum

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Hakuo Study Tour Brighton Secondary and homestay families played host to 16 students from Hakuo Junior High School, Tokyo, during weeks 1 and 2 this term. Students participated in a program which was planned by the school in conjunction with International Education Services to improve their understanding of the English language and to provide a taste of our Australian lifestyle. Students attended English as a Second Language classes and also attended classes with their Australian ‘buddies’. The program activities included English lessons, making ANZAC biscuits, visiting Warradale Primary School, sporting activities such as Australian Rules football. They also visited Cleland National Park and the Adelaide Central Market. A highlight for students was the visit from ‘Animals Anonymous’ where they were able to hold Australian animals and reptiles. The tour finished with a farewell ceremony with families, buddies and students. We are extremely grateful to the generous families who hosted the students and offered a small insight into their lifestyle and provided new ‘Aussie’ experiences. It was obvious from the tone of the farewell that our Japanese visitors and homestay families enjoyed this experience. Graham Brooks Coordinator International Students Program

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Visual Arts News Youthscape 2016

SALA 2016 ‘Inspired’

Youthscape is an exhibition of student and young artists work and is currently showing in the Royal South Australian Society of the Arts on North Terrace, Adelaide. Young artists between 15 and 26 years are eligible for this exhibition.

Our SALA exhibition this year will be held from the 16th to 26th August.

Congratulations to four Brighton Secondary School students who are displaying paintings and drawings in the exhibition, Abbey Miller, Mae Napier-Traeger, Emma Hanlin and Seiko Tapia Bhungane. Special congratulations to Mae Napier-Traeger for winning the Margaret Raymond Drawing award with her ‘Portrait of Jimmy’. This is an impressive exhibition of young artists’ work using a diverse range of media and ideas. Mae Napier-Traeger also won a Highly Commended award for her life drawing, ‘Karl’, in charcoal. Mae attended the Life Drawing Workshops earlier this year run by the Art Gallery of SA. Yasmin Paterson Coordinator The Arts

Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge Congratulations to Ryan Elliott and his two Brighton teams who competed in the ‘Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge’ held at Regency TAFE SA in June. Ellen Hamilton with Sung Bae and Blake Warren with Vaibhavi Lath, competed against 18 other teams from around South Australia to cook the best lamb rack dish.

This year our SALA theme is ‘Inspired’. This theme can be interpreted in so many ways, what inspires the artist or perhaps how our friends, family and experiences inspire our creativity. We have encouraged all students to enter. Students are able to collect a registration form from any of their art/ design teachers. This year we are also extending our exhibitors to include members of the staff! We look forward to a very creative and inspirational SALA exhibition next term.

Both teams were the only teams in the competition to receive the gold medal ranking and then the proverbial ‘icing’ when Ellen and Sung won the overall competition. Next they will represent Brighton Secondary and South Australia in the International Secondary Schools Culinary Competition to be held later this year in Sydney. This is a sensational achievement and testament to the commitment Ryan made to preparing the students. Thank you Ryan and well done to the students. Peter Vowles Coordinator Healthy Lifestyles

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Year 8/9 Netball Year 8/9 Girls KO Netballers Through to State Finals On 6th June Brighton hosted a preliminary round of the Years 8/9 Girls Pool ‘A’ KO Netball Competition. Our opening match in the round-robin format was against St Aloysius College. The girls were successful in winning 38-25. Our second and final game was a tougher encounter against St Peters. An 11-6 second quarter proved to be the difference as our girls maintained that margin to win 30-25. This saw us through to the next round of matches played at Unley High on 1st August. The first contest saw us defeat Marymount College 25-15 in a fast paced, exciting game. In our second match the girls started very slowly. After trailing 3-8 in the second quarter, they bounced back to win 22-15. This saw us play Reynella East in the final game. The winner would proceed to the Pool ‘A’ State Finals. Having accounted for Unley by over 20 goals and defeating Marymount comfortably, Reynella East were high on confidence. Their height also gave them a distinct advantage over our younger, smaller team. The early goings were tight with both teams going goal for goal. At half time scores were tied at 10-10. The third quarter was our best for the day as we restricted our opponents to 1 goal. We were able to hold on to the 3 quarter time lead to run out 20-17 victors. As coach I could not be more pleased with how the girls stuck to our game plan and maintained strong discipline in a very tough, physical contest. Players included Chloe Arnott, Bailee Kendall, Hannah Hosking, Eliza Jones, Lauren Sharpe, Imogen Birt, Amelia Agar, Casey Bernhardt, Bonnie Hart and Chloe Stewart. Shane Durbridge Coach

AEU Women’s Conference Embrace The F Word Of Feminism On 25th June, Year 12 Women’s Studies students Sally Nielsen, Mimi Ahern-Briggs, Shamaya James-Bishop and Emma Davey along with Sally’s mother, Bronwyn Phillips and Women’s Studies teacher, Georgie Barker embraced the F Word of Feminism which challenged us to consider what it means to be a feminist. We experienced an inspirational and insightful speech from Senator Penny Wong, who spoke about the underlying disempowerment of women through violence perpetrated by an intimate male partner, the gender pay gap, the existence of rape within marriage, marriage equality and how we as a society can break the misogyny towards women and girls. We also listened to the incredible story of Muriel Matters who campaigned for women’s suffrage and equality from 1905, working towards gaining the right for women to vote. Penny Wong left us with a powerful quote to reinforce our beliefs about continuing the struggle for true gender equality by repeating the words of Gloria Steinem saying, “The future depends on what each of us do everyday, a movement is only people moving”. Shamaya James-Bishop Year 12 Student

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Meet the Writers Festival On Tuesday 21st June members of our Writers’ Club were given an opportunity to join Ms Russell and participate in the annual Meet the Writers Festival. It was inspiring and a really enjoyable experience as we had the opportunity to meet and learn more about some well known Australian authors. I found this excursion really relevant, especially after the Write a Book in a Day Competition and now I am inspired to write more and more often. The writers talked about how they brainstormed for their stories, their writing styles and techniques. Janeen Brian writes her stories based on true historical events but using fictional characters. I look forward to using this technique because it allows you to teach your readers about the past in a fun and interesting way. Overall the Meet the Writers Festival was a great experience that inspired me and made me look at the idea of writing a story differently. I would definitely take part in this excursion again if the opportunity arose because it was really motivating and inspiring and we all enjoyed it. Niamh Michael-Roubos Year 8 Student

NAPLAN Online Getting Ready for 2017 The Australian Government is committed to delivering NAPLAN online from 2017, with all schools across the nation transitioning over a 2 to 3 year period. This change will provide each child with a more personalised learning experience and a better assessment. It also means that the results will be returned to you and your child’s teachers within a few weeks, rather than several months. Our school will be participating in a trial of the new online system in August 2016. This trial is not a ‘test’ of content; it is a test of how the new online system will work in a real-life classroom environment. You may hear this trial referred to as the NAPLAN Online Readiness Trial. As part of the trial, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will undertake 2 online readiness tests in Term 3, Weeks 4 and 5. Each test will take approximately 45 minutes to complete. Students will complete their tests on their school – approved iPads and use their ear phones/headphones for the spelling section. Note: students will not be able to access the tests on iPad minis. It is important that we participate in this trial before the system is officially in use in 2017 to enable familiarisation with the system in a classroom setting. This trial will help our site to be well prepared to complete NAPLAN online in 2017 and provide feedback into final changes at a state-wide level. Deborah Smith Coordinator English and Literacies Across the Curriculum

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Literacy and Numeracy News DECD Numeracy and Literacy Results PLUS is a strategy with which South Australian schools are working to improve our students’ Numeracy and Literacy. There are 4 main expectations: A Track and monitor leader growth B Have a numeracy and literacy improvement cycle C Enact changes in pedagogical practices D Identify and enact clear intervention processes Over the upcoming months, we will look deeper at each expectation, starting with Expectation A. Expectation A: Track and monitor learner growth The key point of this expectation is to track, monitor and respond to learners’ growth in numeracy and literacy achievement and engagement. This includes: a. embedded systems, such as term grades, NAPLAN and Pat Reading and Pat Maths data b. processes for regular discussion with and between teachers on learner growth such as internal moderation feedback c. analysis of the tracking and monitoring to inform action Some of the questions we need to ask as educators during this process are: • What do we see in the data? (e.g. achievement, growth, rate of growth, patterns, trends) •

Why are we seeing it?

• What other data do we need to consider to verify what we are seeing? • What are we going to do about it? (e.g. change in program or practice; actions that impact on an individual, cohort, whole site) As schools, we pay close attention to the data that we collect on student progress. We continue to provide opportunities for staff to discuss and analyse this data and work together to ensure that our students are reaching their full potential.

Child and Adolescent Sleep Clinic Does Your Teenager Have A Sleep Problem? Does your teenager: • have trouble falling asleep? • not fall asleep until late at night? • have trouble waking up or getting out of bed in the morning? • miss school or feel fatigued throughout the school day? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your teenager could benefit from a new treatment program being run at the Child & Adolescent Sleep Clinic, within the School of Psychology, at Flinders University. For more information please call 8201 7587 or email casc.enquiries@flinders.edu.au

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Generously supported by Style by Shipways

Brighton Secondary School Year 12 Drama presents

Moises Kaufman

September 21st - 23rd, 7:30pm Brighton Performing Arts Centre *Recommended for mature audiences*

Adult $12 Student $8

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc New York

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