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Volume 29 | Issue 9 | Friday, 24 June 2016 CRICOS Provider No: 02799F

Forever Excelling

Homework Club (Year 5 to 12)

Homework Club operates from the Lighthouse Resource Centre, Senior Campus on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm.

Please contact our reception team on 8159 8100 to request a consent form if you would like your child involved.

Thank you Daniella Marciano Head of Co-Curricular

HOMEWORK CLUB

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Mrs Gina Kadis

Exciting Times Ahead Since opening as a small parish community school, St George College has been responsible for the education of so many fine men and women, who are out there making a fabulous contribution locally, nationally and globally. In 32 years we have expanded rapidly across two campuses and extended educational programs from ELC – Year 12. Faith, family, forever excelling; so important to us and so important to our families who entrust their precious children in our care. Thank you!! Mid-year intake for ELC and Reception places are filling up fast. Come in and have a look at the inspiring world-class educational programs we offer. Call our Registrar on 8159 8100 for a personal tour. On the right is an image of the first student day at St George College on 7 February 1984.

Have Your Say Since Monday, 21 September 2015, the Board and new Leadership Team have been evaluating

and acting upon the Neville Highett School Improvement Review recommendations. We invite

you to keep the following date free to join us for a St George College parents, students, staff,

Board and Community barbecue. After the barbecue we will release our College’s new Vision

statement for your feedback.

Monday 2:45pm to 3:45pm Tuesday 8:15 to 9:15am Thursday 2:45pm to 3:45pm Please contact Campus College Wear on 8346 0830 for any uniform enquiries

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

School Banking at St George College

Have you signed up yet?

Contact Senior Campus Reception for a School Banking enrolment form!

SCHOOL BANKING PARTNERSHIP

The following workshops have been arranged for our SACE Stage 1 & 2 students: 11 July Yr 12 English Communications 9:30am to 12:30pm 12 July Yr 12 Food & Hospitality 10:00am to 2:00pm Once further workshops have been confirmed, we will publish in our next newsletter and sent via email to parents.

HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

Please join us

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

6.00 – 6.30pm

Barbeque - Senior Campus Quadrangle

6.30 – 7.30pm

Vision Statement Forum - Performing Arts Centre

OUR VISION / MISSION / VALUES

2016 - 2020

Get social with St George College!

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We are listening

If you have any queries about anything we are doing in the College and have any ideas to continue to grow our College programs, I would like to hear from you.

Email me on gkadis@sgc.sa.edu.au or text me on 0447 177 939 and I will be in touch with you.

2017 and BEYOND

Year 8 – 11 families

Please join us

Tuesday 2 August

6.30 – 8.00pm

Lighthouse Resource Centre

Senior Campus

SENIOR SCHOOLING

INFORMATION EVENING

SENIOR SECONDARY

INFORMATION EVENING

2017 and BEYOND

Year 4 – 8 families

Please join us

Tuesday 9 August

6.30 – 8.00pm

Lighthouse Resource Centre

Senior Campus

MIDDLE SCHOOLING

INFORMATION EVENING

2017 and BEYOND

ELC—Year 4 families

Please join us

Tuesday 16 August

6.30 – 8.00pm

Junior Campus Hall

JUNIOR SCHOOLING

INFORMATION EVENING

TRANSFORMATION

2017

Please join us

Tuesday 30 August

6.30 – 8.00pm

Lighthouse Resource Centre

Senior Campus

Early learning centre

INFORMATION EVENING

MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Mr Peter Karamoshos

Say Bye Bye to Bullying The Student Representative Council (SRC) on the Senior Campus, along with the help of Mr Michael Rodas, our Director of Wellbeing, has recently agreed to launch a campaign at our school called ‘Bye Bye Bullying.’ The aim of the program is to obviously minimise (and ultimately eradicate) bullying at our College. Everyone has the right to feel safe and happy whilst at school and have the opportunity to learn in a safe, enjoyable environment. We would hope that every student is smiling as they enter the College in the morning, enjoys their time at school and then walks out smiling at the end of the day. We are committed to making sure that our school is a positive place for everyone and part of this is making sure that nobody is ever bullied. We are doing many things at the school to get this message across. We will be implementing a three step process to encourage students to ‘Spot it Out’ then ‘Speak Out’ in order to ‘Stamp it Out.’ So we are clear, bullying includes: Spreading rumours or gossip that are not true Excluding or isolating someone socially Intimidating a person Undermining or deliberately impeding a person's work Physical abuse or verbal abuse Damaging someone’s social reputation or social acceptance Playing jokes to embarrass or humiliate Cyber bullying Abusive or hurtful texts, emails, posts, images or videos. We look forward to everyone supporting this anti-bullying program to ensure that all students maximize their learning opportunities at the College, are supported and feel positive about themselves. ICAS Testing All students from Years 2 – 12 are invited to participate in the 2016 ICAS testing in English and Mathematics. These tests give students an opportunity to challenge themselves in independent, skills based tasks. These tests are voluntary and involve a cost of $8.80 per test. Test Dates English: Tuesday, 2 August Mathematics: Tuesday, 16 August

For more information, please visit the ICAS website: www.eaa.unsw.edu.au. An email regarding the ICAS tests has been emailed to all parents (Years 2—12). If you would like your child to take part in one or two of these tests, please complete the consent form and return with money, to the front office of the respective Campus by Monday, 27 June.

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL Mr Peter Karamoshos

Year 7 Drama Productions—a Huge Success! On Friday, 17 June, our Year 7 Drama class performed two plays in front of the Year 4 students. We started practicing and rehearsing these two plays in Week 5 of Term 1. One play was about several crimes that occurred in the city of London and the other was about Ancient Egypt’s first Mummy. When the Year 4’s arrived they sat down and watched our play about Ancient Egypt. There were funny moments throughout this play, including when the narrator of the play said a joke, about who should be the King of Egypt and when Egypt’s first Mummy was created by being wrapped in toilet paper. When this play ended, our second play about the crimes in London began. There were funny moments in this production too, including when the shop keeper was telling the police about his stolen fruits and when the criminal, Mr Boston, was arrested for trying to steal a poor unsuspecting lady’s handbag. Working on these productions this semester and getting the opportunity to perform them to a live audience, which included the Year 4’s, Mrs Moro, Ms Jones and 2 parents, was a great thrill and joy for all involved. Through Mr Shepheard’s direction, we were able to bring some really interesting and cool characters to life. Mrs Moro and the Year 4’s commended us on our ability to memorize numerous lines. Bravo to all Year 7’s involved! Written by Savva Toumazos | Year 7

Year 10 Musical Highlights The Year 10 Music students have been very productive developing their aural skills and understanding. Students have been collaborating together within an ensemble exploring music from a range of cultures and genres, extending their understanding and using more complex rhythms and diversity of pitch and expression in different forms. Students undergoing Year 10 Music as part of their studies interpret, rehearse and perform solo and ensemble repertoire in a range of forms and styles. They use their knowledge of the elements of music notation to arrange, compose and share music. Rosemarie Andreacchio | Music Teacher, Year 7-12

L to R: George Carapetis, Sarbpreet Singh, Alexandros Katsigiannis and Peter Zafirakopoulos George Carapetis

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Mr Peter Karamoshos

Student Celebrations - Future Young Matildas

Year 11 student Georgie Nicola and Year 10 student Eleftheria Pirintzis are two of the College's most skilful female soccer players. Both girls recently represented South Australia in the National Junior Championships held in Canberra. The competition saw the girls fly over to Canberra for five days to compete against other states and for player identification for the Under 17 and Under 19 Young Matildas team. Both Georgie and Eleftheria play in the same team and show extreme dedication to their sport as well as commitment to their education. The College would like to congratulate both Georgie and Eleftheria on their achievement in representing South Australia and wish them all the success in their future soccer careers and hopefully we will see them both on our TV screens playing for The Matildas! Daniella Marciano | Head of Co-Curricular

Under 13 Senior Saturday Morning Soccer This term, St George College has been competing in the North West Junior Soccer Association’s Saturday Morning Competition. We have three teams representing the College; one in Under 6, one in Under 8 and one in the Under 13 Senior competition. The Under 13 Senior team have kicked off their season by competing in a knockout cup, with games that began in Week 2 of Term 2. These games have been going extremely well for the team so far, as the team are yet to lose a match. The cup games started off in a group stage where St George recorded the following results; 5-1, 10-1, and 2-0. The team finished at the top of their group and progressed to the knockout phase of the competition and the round of 20. The team recorded another win at this stage with a result of 8-0. This then led the team to the round of 16, where once again a win was registered but this time with a score line of 5-0. The team is currently at the quarter finals stage with a real chance of winning the competition, as the final is only two games away. Mr King and Mr Shepheard have been fantastic coaches and have helped our whole team to develop and work together. After some really convincing wins, the team hopes their form can continue and lead them to more success. Let’s go St George College! SGC! Ole Ole Ole! Written by Elia Carapetis | Year 7

Georgie Nicola Eleftheria Pirintzis

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MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Miss Stephanie Kosmetos

Opa-cize On Thursday, 11 June we had Opa-Cize visit the Junior Campus for a 40-minute demonstration of a fitness program set to Greek music. Getting fit to Greek music is a new way to workout, stay fit and be happy. All the students and staff in Preschool to Year 4 had SO much fun. Opa-Cize (Exer-cize) was an easy exercise to follow and the 3 fitness instructors created lots of excitement and KEFI for all. We look forward to Opa-Cize coming back next term for an 8 week program of fitness, coordination and fun!

Making Music

In Music, the Year 4 students made their own musical instruments using materials found in the classroom. The students came up with some very creative ways to make music! Then, in groups, they composed their own sheet of music. Concepts discussed were beat, rhythm and rests. The students found it challenging to focus only on their instrument with other instruments being played around them at the same time but it was a great insight into what it is like to be a member of a band!

Central Market Experience It was that time of year, where the students of Year 1 prepared for the experience of shopping for their own ingredients to make their own food. Who would of thought this was even possible from a 6-year-old? Well… if you teach a child explicitly enough, they can do more than you anticipate. These little confident and determined students were on a mission at the Central Market on Wednesday, 8 of June. Each group was assigned a list of goods and fresh produce they needed to purchase in order to have our Healthy Party the following day. It was up to them, with guidance from their teacher/volunteer, to source it. Some even taste tested the produce before deciding to buy it. It was hilarious, yet delightful to see them interact with the shop owners. Their innocence and inquisitiveness is enough to energise those that surrounded them. Miss Iliana Toumbas | Year 1 Teacher

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On Wednesday, 22nd of June, the Junior Campus participated in the Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for the wonderful educational and research work the Council undertakes. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the College’s students and families for their delicious food contributions and very generous donations. We raised a total of $428.85! What a wonderful donation for an amazing cause! Mrs Kelly Pridmore | Enrichment & Resource Based Learning

University Updates Over the past few weeks, I have been busy visiting Tertiary Institutions and have provided a summary below for your information:

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with Mrs Gates

Torrens University Location: 88 Wakefield Street, Adelaide Part of the Laureate International University world-wide Degrees include: Business, Education, Design, Sports

Management, Project Management and Research Entry Requirement: ATAR of 60+ Apply via SATAC International Fees set at Domestic prices Offer fast track programs with a 2 year completion Small classes of 25 students or less OPEN DAY: 13 AUGUST 2016 Contact Ruth Jaksa at ruth.jaksa@tua.edu.au for brochures or to

sit in on selected lectures

The University of Adelaide - What’s New? Faculty of Arts - Bachelor of Criminology, Bachelor of

International Development, Bachelor of Liberal Arts & Sciences Bachelor of Engineering - Flexible entry, introduces students to

a variety of engineering disciplines in their first year Bachelor of Engineering - Electronic and Electrical - new majors New Degrees in Health Sciences - Bachelor of Health & Medical

Sciences Faculty of Sciences - Bachelor of Sciences (Wildlife Conservation

Biology), (Energy Geoscience) TAFE Entry to University of Adelaide For more information, please ring 8313 5123 or visit the website

at www.adelaide.edu.au

University of South Australia - News Digital Innovations - students don’t need to purchase most text

books as they are no e-books, online lectures and online engage-ment and tracking of students

UniSA Business School is #1 in SA and the Northern Territory; it is ranked in the top 1 percent for business schools globally

Winter school is being introduced to cater for internships and international experiences

Opportunities abroad - after one year of study, funding and support is available

Law Degrees - recommended students do a double degree Encouraged to undertake Internships as part of the Bachelor of

Information Technology More information available at www.unisa.edu.au

Regency TAFESA Offering a range of courses from Certificate I - Advanced Diplo-

mas in Mining, Engineering and Transport, Sports and Recrea-tion, Cookery and Hospitality

An engaging Tertiary Institution that cares for its students and ensures their success

More information available at www.tafesa.edu.au/campuses/metro/regency

VET Courses Available Please contact Mrs Ruby Gates for further information about these course - rgates@sgc.sa.edu.au

Introduction to Interior Decorating and Design 10

SACE Points at Stage 2

This course will provide students with an insight into this exciting career. There is a world of opportunity for trained interior decorators and this course will provide you with a basic understanding of

the approach to decorating and design.

You will learn about how to use colour, how to follow a concept based on your inspiration and how to plan

and represent your ideas on paper.

Located at Adelaide High School, 4pm-6pm on a

Tuesday.

Digital Photography and Lighting

20 SACE Points at Stage 2

This course in digital photography aims to develop skills and knowledge in the use of a digital single lens reflex camera, file management and image manipula-

tion techniques using Adobe Photoshop.

Students will be provided with the opportunity to pre-pare prints for exhibition. Students will learn how to operate the camera (aperture, lens focal length, shut-ter speed, exposure meter techniques, and perspec-tive) experiment with techniques to capture photo-graphic images, review images, restore equipment, clean and maintain and learn to understand about

photographers, their work, ideas and techniques.

Certificate III in Business Partial or Full Year (to be completed in Semester 1 2017) – 35 SACE Credits

at Stage 2 or 70 SACE Credits at Stage 2

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who apply a broad range of competencies in a varied work context using some discretion, judgement and relevant

theoretical knowledge.

They may provide technical advice and support to a team. Certificate III in Business will give students a foundation of knowledge required to be successful in their chosen career/s. Students will not only learn how to create documents, databases and spread sheets, they will develop the management and organisational

skills required to conduct their own business affairs.