Diary Dates

November

Year 12 Exams on 6th -20th

November

Year 10 camp

29th– 1st December

27th-28th Yr 10 Round

Tables.

29th World Challenge

students fly out

27th-1st December Yr 11

Exams

December

1st Yr12 Formal

12th Presentation Night

6th-8thYr 8 Camp

Bordertown High School

Issue 17

10 November

2017

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Year 12 students are currently well underway with their final examinations. These are a culmination of their Year 12 studies and mark the end of their secondary schooling. Externally assessed Investigations have all been forwarded to the SACE Board for independent marking, with both these and the examinations contributing 30% to their final grade. Year 12 results are scheduled to be released on 19th December. The students are looking forward to celebrating the end with their Formal on Friday 1 December, and the School Presentation Night on Tuesday 12 December, to which all parents and friends of the school are warmly invited. Our Year 9 students will have completed their Grampians camp at the end of this week. It is an excellent opportunity for students to step out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves in unfamiliar environments. Thank you to the staff attending, who are also experiencing life without their families and home comforts. The next scheduled camp is the Year 10 Aquatics camp in Week 7, followed by the Year 8 Caving experience in Week 8. Recently the school received the results of a DECD Wellbeing and Engagement Survey completed by our Year 8 and Year 9 students which highlighted two concerning statistics. One third of our students reported eating breakfast on less than 4 days per week and also one third recorded low wellbeing in relation to sleep patterns, both of which significantly impact learning. From many studies, there is strong data emerging linking bedroom screen time with a variety of risks, particularly sleep loss. Young people need more sleep time than adults, to allow the brain to adapt and to process the day’s activities and learning by creating lasting neural pathways. A longitudinal study of 1,101 Australian high school students aged between 13 and 16 found poor-quality sleep associated with late-night texting or calling was linked to a decline in mental health, such as depressed moods and declines in self-esteem and coping ability. Lead researcher, Lynette Vernon of Murdoch University in Perth, said her findings were evidence of the need for curfews for teenagers to be established around use of devices in their bedrooms. Adolescents who used their phones as alarms should replace them with clocks in order to maintain “physical boundaries”, she said. Researchers examined teenagers’ mobile phone use and their subsequent changes in wellbeing over four years of high school from 2010 to 2013, and found increasingly unencumbered access led to increases in psychosocial maladjustment. Parents, researchers and teenagers agree that media devices, particularly smartphones, are having a profound impact on the way adolescents today communicate with one another and spend their free time. We know enough about young people’s emotional and developmental vulnerabilities to recommend restricting adolescents’ escalating phone habits. Some tips to consider include: Keep devices out of students’ bedrooms Set up charging stations in another room Use a conventional alarm clock Model healthy device behaviour

Sue Walter and Markus Trnovsky (Mick O’Connell currently on leave)

Yr 10 Basketball

Bordertown High School competed in the SESSSA Yr 10 Basketball carnival at the Ice House in Mt Gambier. The boys team consisting of Reagan Tink, Harry Dowling, Lisiate Hull, Marc Shaw, Tyson Leigh, Oliver Jaeschke, Travis Wagenknecht and Liam Fryar competed well all day losing their first game to a strong Tenison Woods College team by 15, the closest any team got to them all day. Winning their second game against Grant High School putting us into a layoff for 3rd against Naracoorte High. This was a close game with Bordertown going down by 3 pts and finishing 4th overall. A good effort. The Girls team consisting of Mollie Rodda, Kelly Will, Whitney Rowett, Amber Dimitriadis, Teagan Thorpe, Anna Grosser and Kyla Couzner had a good day finishing 3rd overall with 2 wins and 2 loses. They defeated Naracoorte High and Grant High in their first 2 games but then played Mt Gambier High and Tenison Woods College where they lost. A big thankyou to Kraig Fuentes who came along to umpire and did a fantastic job, umpiring the boys’ grand final, and Harry Dowling who umpired a couple of games when not playing.

Home Group Lunchtime Volleyball

The annual Home Group Lunchtime Volleyball competition has run over the last 2 weeks for the Yr 10 to 12 Home groups. The Yr 12 team went through the competition undefeated despite struggling for female numbers. Well done to the Yr 8 girls that filled in for them. All the games were played in the right spirit with large numbers of participants. The Yr 8/9 competition will kick off in week 5.

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Presentation Evening for 2017 will be on Tuesday 12th December at 7.30pm in the School Hall. This year’s Guest Speaker is Tim Lawrence, a former student at Bordertown High School. The evening is an opportunity to farewell our Year 12 students and to acknowledge the range of student academic,

sporting and citizenship achievements for 2017. We would like to invite all students, parents and community members to join us for the evening.

If you would like to be a prize donor for 2017, please contact Tash Puckridge, Sue Walter or Markus Trnovsky. We would love to hear from you!

SCIENCE FAIR Science education is changing to meet the needs of 21

st Learners with the emphasis on creative thinking. Year 9

students explored Electricity in the form of a Science Fair Project providing students with opportunities to activate

and build on prior knowledge. The project generated a high level of interest and motivation as students had greater

autonomy over what, when and how they learn. In most cases, students’ project ideas immersed them in the appli-

cation and integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The Year 9 cohort chose a design project based on Electricity. Due to having some constraints on cost and size, the

ideas varied from chocolate dispensers, helicopters, water saving alarms and projects that focused on proving a

hypothesis, such as whether static electricity could illuminate a bulb. Students spent a number of weeks research-

ing, collating data, exploring its relevance to their design and self-evaluating their work. The idea of the fair is to pro-

mote creative thinking and students’ ability to communicate ideas to various audiences, not based on whether the

project was a success. Science and Technology is based on trial and error and making logical conclusions and eval-

uations to improve.

On Tuesday 24th October, students presented their projects to a wide audience, including primary students, peers,

parents and other interested parties. Ten judges assessed the projects based on a number of criteria; including

presentation, communication of science and evaluation skills. The winners of the 2017 Science Fair Project were:

Grand Champion – Kahli Lock (Hydroelectric Generator from Household Items)

Reserve Champion – Aaryan Ghimire (LED Light Glove)

Best Presented – Amelia Williams (Static Electricity Illuminating Light Bulbs)

Most Innovative – Muzit Tesfay (Water Saving Alarm)

Most Challenging – Jordan Laucke (Electromagnet)

The projects that were presented on the day were of high quality and showed creative thought. The judges were

impressed with the outcomes shown. Congratulations to all students for their participation and maintaining persis-

tence in their overall efforts.

Thank you to the judges, parents and family members who attended the presentation, we hope to continue this pro-

ject on an annual basis.

Lauren Kirk

Science Coordinator

Maina Dainel came to our family in July, from St Malo, France. She helped on the farm as she loved animals, having a dog and cat at home. Her English was not very good at the start, having to think about an answer for a few seconds before she replied, but after a couple of weeks she had it all sorted. Maina was very helpful in our French lessons and a valuable source in our maths lessons when we were confused or needed extra help. Maina entered cookery and grain samples in the Keith show, winning many prizes for her efforts. Sheep work was a fun time, as her skills were very different to the traditional methods, making animals noises and movements. Maina explored parts of south Australia, going as far as Wilmington and Robe, and Victoria, travelling to Horsham and Hamilton. Maina was a bunch of laughs and a helpful person, creating a fun and enjoyable time with a friend that I will never forget. Lucy Steer

STUDENT EXCHANGE

Year 11 Mock interviews On Friday 3rd of November, members of the Bordertown Community conducted ‘mock’ job interviews with our Year 11 students. Students wrote a letter of application for a position, either an Apprentice Electrician, Childcare Worker, Office Trainee or a Farm hand. Students were then interviewed by a panel and received individual feedback on how they went. Students were required to change into suitable interview attire, arrive early for their appointment and present a Resume or portfolio to the interviewers. At the end of the day the interviewers congratulated ‘successful’ applicants: Farm hand Josh Morris Childcare Worker Ella Perry Office Trainee Teeah Lock Electrical Apprenticeship Hayden Shuttleworth A big thankyou to Andrew Hurtig, Jaime Jenkin, Jason Mckenzie, Harry Leigh, Leanne Mastrangelo and Marg Dodd for giving up their time to interview the students. The Year 11’s all thought the experience was worthwhile and gave them valuable skills for the future. Debra Clarke Student Counsellor

AMEB Australian Music Examination Board—Adelaide University Music Exams—Teacher Jenny Ide Congratulations to the following students James King—Grade 5 , A, Honours Kelly Will - Grade 4 , A Honours Anna Will - Grade 3 , A Honours Nikki Ballinger - Grade 4 B+ High Credit

WK 5 MON 13TH NOV PHYSICS ( 3HRS) 1.30 – 4.40

WED 15TH NOV CHEMISTRY (3HRS) 9 – 12.10

THURS 16TH NOV PHYSICAL EDUCATION (2HRS)

9 – 11.10

WK 6 MON 20TH NOV GEOGRAPHY ( 2HRS) 9 – 11.10

Year 12 Examination Timetable

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Term 4, 2017 Term Planner

Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND

1

Oct

16

17

18

19 20

21/22 Oct

2

Oct

23 24

25

Yr12 Farewell Lunch

Yr10 Basketball

26

27

Newsletter

28/29 Oct

3 Oct

30

31 1 2

3

Yr 11 Mock Interviews

4/5 Nov

4

Nov

6

7 8 9

10 Newsletter

11/12 Nov

5

Nov

13

14 15 16 17

18/19 Nov

6

Nov

20

21 RAP Program

Yr10

22

23 24

Newsletter

25/26 Nov

7

Nov

27

Yr10 Round tables

28

Yr10 Round Tables

29 World Challenge

Fly Out

30

1

Year12 Formal

2/3 Dec

8

Dec

4

5 6

7

8

9/10 Dec

9

Dec

11

Yr 10 PLP Completion day

12

Presentation Night

13

14 15

Newsletter

16/17 Dec

Year 9 Camp

Year 10 Camp- Yr 8 Round Tables

Year 8 Camp

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 12 Exams

Year 12 Exams

Year 12 Exams

Year 11 Exams

Hols Dec

18

19 20

21 World Chal-lenge Fly In

22 23/24 Dec

Hols Dec

25 XMAS DAY HOL

26 PROC DAY HOL

27

28 29 30/31 Jan

Hols Jan

1 NEW YEARS

2 3

4 5 6/7 Jan

Hols Jan

8 9 10 11 12 13/14 Jan

Hols Jan

15 16 17 18 19 20/21 Jan

Hols Jan

22 23 25 25 26 AUSTRALIA DAY

27/28 Jan