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Hosking Avenue, Mt Gambier SA 5290 PO Box 8221, Mt Gambier East 5291 T 61 8 8726 3100 F 61 8 8725 0173 E dl.0928.info@schools.sa.edu.au W web.granths.sa.edu.au/ Newsletter compiled by Paula Foote

Issue No. 19 Thursday 7 December 2017

COMING EVENTS

8 December

Final Day of Year 10 & 11’s

15 December

Final day Term 4, 2.20pm dismissal

29 January 2019

Term 1, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE From the Principal 1

Working Bee 2

Presentation Evening Awards 3-4

Art 4

KO Tennis/Outdoor Ed 5

Presentation Night Thank You 6

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Families

2017 was a year of growth. While our school continues to undergo significant change that we hope is going to make a great difference for students and how they are able to function in the world beyond school, we have also learned about how we are already equipped to deal with some of the difficulties life sends us. This year we lost a student and her mother in a tragic accident. Once again, we remember.

We began this year having re-structured our school into Communities. By and large this process went smoothly, although trialling vertical homegroups at the same muddied the waters somewhat. The Leadership Executive, that is, the four Community leaders and I, have enjoyed having another member of the group to share the load, and Community Managers have done an excellent job of adapting to the new structure, working hard from the outset to build community spirit.

The SRC then decided on the names for the Communities, in conjunction with the student body, and thus: Kabir, Kurang, Kurra, Marma and Nunkula were born and established.

The re-vamping of the Resource Centre into the Hub has been a resounding success, as students access the space from 8am until 5pm each day. First thing in the morning, when a select group of students come in to do some more homework, is my favourite time of the day; however, the popularity of the Homework Club, which is a much noisier and “foodier” affair than the morning quiet, has taken us all by surprise and we congratulate Hub Manager, Paula Foote, on this excellent innovation.

We have opened up our timetable, so students have been encouraged to choose subjects at a year level higher than their chronological one and the rules around compulsory subjects have been somewhat relaxed. By and large, the excitement around

subject selections has felt better, although Course Counselling was rather more rushed than we would like to experience again.

We spent some time this year discussing the possible benefits of a six line timetable, agreed that they outweighed the costs, but delayed implementation until 2019. I am very glad we decided to do this, as looking at this year’s Course Counselling process through the lens of that change has made it even clearer to me that this change will be helpful to the majority of our students and will not disadvantage others, given a longer lead-in time. I feel very confident that our students will benefit significantly by greater focus rather than greater choice, especially around a skills-based curriculum, and that the improved and dedicated pastoral care, that a six-line timetable will allow, will have a positive impact on student wellbeing, which can only be an advantage to our students and their families.

The strides we have made around Aboriginal Education this year have been gratifying for our school community. Sarah McCarthy’s leadership in this area has resulted in greater staff confidence in delivering Aboriginal Perspectives across the curriculum, with some incredible projects being undertaken, including one to revive the Bunganditj language. Sarah’s hard work in establishing a South Australian Sports Training Academy in the Limestone Coast, ready to start next year, will also result in outstanding learning outcomes for our Aboriginal students and we look forward to this program with great anticipation.

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL ABSENTEE LINE

For all absentees Phone 87263105 Please leave your child's name, home-group, your name and the reason for the absence. Thank you.

R E S P E C T T R U S T C O M M I T M E N T

TERM DATES 2018

TERM 1

29 Jan—13 April

TERM 2

30 April—6 July

TERM 3

23 July—28 Sept

TERM 4

15 Oct—14 December

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R E S P E C T T R U S T C O M M I T M E N T

GARDEN WORKING BEE

STAFF WANTED MCDONALDS

Overall, in fact, we have been blessed by the most amazing staff this year, and I thank them very much for their hard work, resilient natures and eternal optimism. Most of them will be with us again in 2018, thank goodness; however, we take this opportunity to acknowledge the many years of dedicated service to Grant High School made by both Vincent Abraham and Rosa Pomari, who are retiring at the end of this year. We will miss them dreadfully, but hope that retirement treats them well and that there is much travel involved. We also wish Nathanael Todd the very best of all things as he takes up a new teaching position at Yorketown. We also say farewell to Kieran Jaensch and Rebekah Neumann who have spent 2017 with us, as well as Sebastien Pratt and Lacey Burston, who were our inaugural Hub Trainees.

2017 has been a year of significant change, some amazing high

points and devastating sadness. I am very proud of how we

have navigated all of these challenges and celebrations and we

look forward to 2018 knowing we can handle whatever comes

next. On behalf of the school, I wish you all a delightful

Christmas break surrounded by your loved ones.

Fleur Roachock, Principal

During Week Seven, Year 8s from 8LG helped beautify the school grounds by planting native flora between the football oval and the soccer oval closest to the Ag sheds.

With gardening tips from Ms. Dowling, the class began to carefully crumble the soil in the previously dug holes, then place the plants and pack dirt around them, as precisely as possible, to ensure their long-term survival.

Once students watered and mulched the small shrubs, their efforts were rewarded with a cool drink and orange slices.

Liam Goodfellow

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PRESENTATION EVENING 2017

R E S P E C T T R U S T C O M M I T M E N T

WHOLE SCHOOL AWARDS

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL 2017 CITIZENSHIP AWARD Emily Brown

SCHOOL CAPTAINS AWARD Isabella Leane

SRC SERVICE AWARD

Abbey Patzel

SRC OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS AWARD

Emily Brown

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL SERVICE AWARD

Isabella Leane

2017 SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR Ella Doody Scott Brooksby

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL SPORTS AWARD Lauren Pike Scott Brooksby

DALE CLEVES MUSIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD Ethan Little Gajanan Frost Erin Jordan Joel Ramsey Darcy Collins

BRUCE MILLER ROTARY CLUB OF MOUNT GAMBIER LAKES EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMING ARTS Jessica Huebler

ML PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT Emily Ackland

ODD SOCKS SA DRAMA CONTIBUTION AWARD Marisha Shaw

NATIONAL KARATE ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS PERSERVERANCE AWARD Holley Picken

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AWARDS FOR LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK Isabella Leane

FLEXIBLE LEARNING CENTRE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Corey Venema-Maitland Paige Day

BARRY MANEY GROUP AWARD FOR CONTINUAL LEARNING AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Mikaelah Coclonis

LES HILL ROTARY AWARD FOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2016 Lacey Burston

HOUSING SA COMMUNITY SERVICE Sophie Monkley

WHOLE SCHOOL AWARDS

JETTS MOUNT GAMBIER COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AWARD Jack Constable

RIDDOCH ART GALLERY VISUAL ARTS AWARD

Kelsea Fox

HANSEN PRINT ART AWARD

Amelia Harris

GRANT HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Lillian Foote

KIMBERLY-CLARK DEBATING /PUBLIC SPEAKING AWARD Abby Little Kobie Thomas Madeline Hosking

MEGT AUSTRALIAN APPRENTICESHIPS CENTRE SCHOOL BASED APPRENTICE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017 Jackson Cook

GROUP TRAINING EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AWARD Julia Myers

BANNER MITRE 10 BUILDING TRADES AWARD Brady Cooper

GRNT HIGH SCHOOLYR 10 BUILDING TRADES AWARD Ryan Harry

PEOPLES CHOICE CREDIT UNION MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD Mikaelah Coclonis

UNISA JOHN PETKOV EXCELLENCE IN SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS AWARDS Annelies Rombouts

UNISA JOHN PETKOV EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICAL METHODS AWARDS Tayla Wilkinson

EMILY REDDING MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Tayla Wilkinson

UFS SCOLARSHIP 20167 Erin Stevens

CALTEX BEST ALL ROUNDER AWARD Brodie Clark

YEAR 8 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

ENGLISH Zara Blackwell Alex Jolley

HPE Cooper Holmes Piper Killick

ITALIAN Erin Jordan

JAPANESE Riley Groenveld

MATHEMATICS Samuel O’Donnell Abbey Dyson

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Rachel Kelly William Scanlon Tannah Solly

PERFORMING ARTS Kellie Wallace Rachel Kelly

HASS Rachel Kelly Tannah Solly

SCIENCE Tyson White Rachel Kelly William Scanlon

MUCIC GENERAL Caitlin Letizia Rachel Kelly

VISUAL ARTS Tannah Solly Adam McKinnon

YEAR 9 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

ART &CRAFT Georgia Lusty Madeline Hosking

DESIGN Angie McDonough Kahlia Tye

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY San Johnson Madeline Hosking

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Nicola McMillan

DRAMA Alix Schwarz Ellie Harding

DRAWING & PAINTING Faith Killick Samuel Saunders

ENGLISH Jennieva Burn Madison Sage

FOOD & NUTRITION Nicola McMillan Kaelen De Nys

HPE Hugh Winterfield Manon Finch

ITALIAN Kelly Ryan

JAPANESE Rylan Ward

MATHEMATICS Kelly Ryan Manon Finch Jennieva Burn

MEDIA ARTS Jennieva Burn

MUSIC GENERAL Jennieva Burn Samuel Saunders

MUSIC PERFORMANCE Joel Ramsey Jennieva Burn Maddison Nisbet

PEDAL PRIX Sam Johnson

PHOTOGRAPHY Manon Finch Brayden Burston

SCIENCE Kaelan De Nys Manon Finch

HASS Rylan Ward Jimmy Wallace

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R E S P E C T T R U S T C O M M I T M E N T

PRESENTATION EVENING 2017

OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS

YEAR 8

Tannah Solly William Scanlon

YEAR 9 Maddie Sage Manon Finch RylanWard

YEAR 10 Abby Little Caitlin McMahon Georgia Monkley

YEAR 11 Cody Lewis Sophie Monkley

YEAR 10 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

ADVANCED MATHEMATICS Holly Baldock Georgia Monkley

ART & CRAFT April Cooper Amelia Johncock

BEFORE DOORWAYS 2 CONSTUCYION Ryan Harry

DESIGN Georgia Monkley Claudia Edmonds

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Ryan Harry

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Brodie Jackson

DRAMA Annie Rasmussen Abby Little

DRAWING & PAINTING Sean Ferguson Sophie Haberfield

ENGLISH Reily Knightly Thomas Cigognetti

ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES Jarrod McGregor Jessica Geraghty

FOOD & NUTRITION Annie Rasmussen

HASS Ella Davies Charlotte Foote Braeden Burston Abby Little

ITALIAN Caitlin McMahon

MEDIA ARTS Jarrod McGregor Ella Davies

MUSIC PERFORMANCE Byron Sawley Emily Ackland

SCIENCE Annie Rasmussen Holly Baldock Abby Little

PHOTOGRAPHY Sharnee Reebonds Ella Davies

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Jake Biggs Gemma Hunt

YEAR 11 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

BIOLOGY Ella Firth

BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE Hope Hinton

CHEMISTRY Sophie Monkley Cody Lewis

COMMUNITY STUDIES Emily Brown

CREATIVE ARTS Shanae Coppick Mia Osmond

DESIGN Amelia Harris Jake Robertson

DRAMA Masie Hart Caitlin McMahon

DRAWING & PAINTING Bree Thomson

ENGLISH Amelia Harris

ESSENTIAL ENGLISH Rebecca Smaling

FOOD & HOSPITALITY Joshua Kranz

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Brady Cooper

GENERAL MATHEMATICS Amelia Harris

HISTORY Anthony Doll

LITERARY STUDIES Thomas Redding

LOTE Sam Callaghan

LEGAL STUDIES Hayley Murphy

MATHEMATICAL METHODS Sophie Monkley

PERSONAL LEARNING PLAN Annie Rasmussen

OUTDOOR EDUCATION Caitlin McMahon

PHOTOGRAPHY Harrison Dowie Cooper Ferguson Rachael Hamiton

PHYSICS Sophie Monkley

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Ella Firth

PSYCHOLOGY Hayley Murphy Shanae Coppick

SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS Ellen Masters

STAGE 1 TEXTILES Kayla McKee

MUSIC GENERAL Annie Rasmussen Holly Baldock

MUSIC PERFORMANCE Dylan Bennett-Fuller Josh Frost

RESEARCH PRACTICES Willow Wiese Abby Heemskerk

WORKPLACE PRACTICES Shanae Coppick Willow Wiese

YEAR 12 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

BIOLOGY Tayla Wilkinson

CHEMISTRY Annelies Rombouts

CHILDHOOD STUDIES Lauren Newman

CLASSICAL STUDIES Erin Stevens

COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS Sophie Monkley

CREATIVE ARTS Courtney Holmes Erin Stevens Kelsea Fox

ENGLISH Kelsea Fox

ESSENTIAL ENGLISH Jess Bowd

ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS Isabella Leane

FOOD & HOSPITALITY Georgia Schipp

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Jacob Rover

GENERAL MATHEMATICS Mikaelah Coclonis

LITERARY STUDIES Lauren Pike

MUSIC Courtney Holmes

MATHEMATICAL METHODS Annelies Rombouts

OUTDOOR EDUCATION Ella Firth

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Lauren Pike

PHYSICS Tayla Wilkinson

RESEARCH PROJECT Rosie Pike Mikaelah Coclonis

SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS Annelies Rombouts

TOURISM Erin Stevens

VISUAL ART Kelsea Fox

WORKPLACE PRACTICES Hannah Thompson

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YEAR 8/9 KNOCK OUT TENNIS

R E S P E C T T R U S T C O M M I T M E N T

Five Grant High School students took part in the finals of the Year 8/9 Boys Knockout Tennis, which were held at West Lakes Tennis club in Adelaide on Friday the 24th of November.

The boys, Brady Cook, Dane Heemskerk, Tom Lewis, Jesse Plunkett, and Rylan Ward, all in Year 9, played exceptionally against some of the finest players in the state, but were unable to win the day.

Dane and Brady played well in their singles and doubles matches against the best players from Sacred Heart College, Henley High School and Marryatville High School.

Tom Lewis nearly sent his singles match against Henley into a tie breaker, but narrowly fell short, the final score 4 - 6.

Throughout the day, Jesse and Rylan fought bravely in their doubles matches. While the final score of Rylan’s singles match against Marrayatville, 3 - 6, failed to demonstrate how well he played against a powerful serve.

Overall, the trip enabled the boys to compete against strong competition at a state level, enjoy their time in Adelaide, eat burgers, and build a diverse playlist for the 10+ hours spent on the road.

Students should speak with H.P.E. staff if they would like to participate in upcoming sporting events.

Liam Goodfellow Supervising teacher

The Stage 1 Outdoor Ed. class completed canoeing for their final camp for the year. Their previous experience with canoeing consisted of paddling in the Valley Lakes to learn the basics as well as how to rescue a capsized canoe. The trip took them through the Glenelg River where they challenged their teamwork skills as well as their navigation and time management. The group paddled into Nelson two days later with a few weary members amongst them. We would like to thank Ross and Marg Atkins from Paestan Canoe Hire for their help within the Outdoor Education faculty this year. Jacob Height, Outdoor Education Teacher

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

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PRESENTATION NIGHT THANK YOU