25th

March 2015 5 Week 10 Mon 30

th Mar Governing

Council Meeting

Wed 1st

Apr SAPSASA Netball and Football Trials

Thurs 2nd

Apr SRC Casual Day / Sausage Sizzle

Chaplaincy Breakfast at 8am

Fri 3rd

Apr Good Friday

Week 11 Mon 6

th Apr Easter Monday

Thurs 9th

Apr SSSSA Athletics Adelaide at SANTOS Stadium

Yr 7-10 Showcase Assembly at 9am in the Stadium

Reception to Year 6 ANZAC Open Morning 9.10 – 12pm

Fri 10th

Apr End of Term 1 – Early Dismissal at 2.15pm

Mon 27th

April Term 2 Starts

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Sports Day Thank you to everyone who assisted in any way for Sports Day, and well done to Darren Woolford and the sports committee for a great event. The strength in the community of our Community School is evident when you witness the range of parents, grandparents and community who lent a hand in a multitude of ways on the day to help it run smoothly. Student Free Day Last Friday staff were involved in a range of professional development experiences at the Upper Mid North Partnership student free day. Garry Costello (previously a Principal, Regional Director, and Head of Schools for DECD) made an inspirational start to the day with his speech on creating a learner focused school. This was followed by teaching staff looking at the National Performance Standards for Teachers, and Support Staff looking at topics such as Speech, Behaviour, Finance and Workplace Health and Safety. Many of these discussions will continue throughout the school year as we continue to look at ways of self and school improvement. Teachers for Semester One With a couple of changes that have occurred this term it is a good time to refresh the Teacher List for Semester One: Alison Dinham: Reception Shannon Elliott: Year 1 Carol Spinks: Year 2 Helen Lehmann: Year 3 Kerry Duffy: Year 4/5 (Mon-Thurs) Cassie McCallum: Year 5/6 Marie Broad: Library Bradley Channon: IT, Maths and Performing Arts (7/8), IPP and PE (11/12) Rachel Denton: HASS (7/8, 9, 10), English (9) Will Goss: Science (10), Agriculture (11/12) Mark Harris: Maths (10, 11, 12), Physics (11/12) Daniel Hornhardt: HPE (7/8), Design and Technology (10, 11, 12) Jillian Hudson: Child Studies (12), HPE and History (R, 1, 2) Prue Hunter: English (7/8, 11, 12), Research Project (12) Danya McKay: English (7/8, 10, 11), Home Ec (7/8) Darren Rhind: Year 4/5 (Fridays), Home Ec (6), HPE (5/6), Science (7/8, 9), Maths (7/8) Ronda Teakel: Visual Arts (9, 11/12), Home Ec (10), Food & Hospitality (11/12), PLP (10) Darren Woolford: Design and Technology (7/8, 9), HPE (9, 10), Science (7/8) Lyn Zanker: Maths (9), Chemistry (11) While Danielle Malone is on leave at the moment, Siobhan Sandlands has taken on the Year 3, 4/5, 6 from Jessica Abraham while Jessica is taking on the Student Wellbeing role. Siobhan is also teaching a 7/8 Home Ec and Performing Arts class.

Operation Flinders Welcome back to our team of campers who attended Operation Flinders. The camp is a terrific experience and interesting way to gain 20 SACE credits. A big Thankyou to Darren Rhind & Sarah Agnew for taking the students. Open Day I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the Parent/Teacher/Student interviews next week, and the Open Day in week 11. Don’t forget if you have any concerns, issues, ideas or suggestions about any aspect of our school please contact us on 86642700, or email dl.0777.info@schools.sa.edu.au. Kind Regards, Mat Evans Principal

Congratulations to all students who participated in Sports Day. It was a great day and well done to all the teachers involved, as always without their organisation these events will not happen. Congratulations to all award winners and to Eyre on being the overall winner. The bully audit will be conducted prior to the end of the term. Students will either complete the audit with their class teacher or electronically. Please talk to your children about bullying and the seriousness of it. The results from the audit are analysed by staff to ensure all students are safe whilst at school. If you have any questions about the audit please contact me at the school. SRC has a casual day on Thursday 2 April. Please ensure appropriate attire is worn and bring along a gold coin donation. A reminder that R-6 assembly is on Friday mornings at 9am. This is a great opportunity for students to be recognised for their great work. So please come along and support the R-6 students and teachers.

As always if you have any queries or concerns about your child please do not hesitate to contact me at the school or via email jillian.hudson336@schools.sa.edu.au. Jillian Hudson R-6 Coordinator YEAR 3 CLASS The Year Three Class has been developing their number sense with many different activities. We began by counting collections of all sorts of objects from pegs to pebbles. The question posed was "Is it more efficient to count one by one or in groups?" The children found that group counting had many advantages. If they lost count they could easily recount and they could organise the groups so that the amounts could easily be recognised. The next activities were based around counting large amounts up to one thousand. They discovered that one thousand is a large amount and counting that far takes commitment and organisation.

Thursday Week 10 2nd of April

Collected in Pastoral Care

SRC Fundraiser

Gold Coin Donation

SRC Sausage Sizzle

2nd April At Lunch time

$2 sausage & Bread

Trading games take thinking about groups to a new level. At first the children worked in base 4 in the land of the lizards. Here, when they had a group of 4 ghekkoes, they could trade up to one lizard. This trading goes on with dice throwing until the players have made enough to trade up to dinosaurs. We then switched to base 10 (our number system) and traded up using single pop sticks, bundles of ten pop sticks and finally bundles of one hundred pop sticks. In one lesson we worked as one large group bundling into tens and found out we had over three thousand pop sticks. They make a big pile. We have also taken our learning to addition with trading and we are now learning times tables to consolidate understanding of groups. The children do three rounds of times table drills every day trying to pass levels. They have been shown different ways to help them learn tables such as using blocks or even Lego to make the groups, rote learning off table charts and watching table raps on the whiteboard. There are many ways for learners to practice tables at home or school. We would love to hear from anyone who has stories about how they learned tables or who has a trick to help remember a particular table. Write us a letter to the Year Three Class. Maths does matter. Helen Lehmann Year 3 Teacher

STAGE 1 & 2 – FOOD AND HOSPITALITY

CHAPLAINCY SUPPORT GROUP Would like to invite you to the Easter Breakfast on Thursday 2nd of April 2015 at 8am. All Welcome at the Jamestown Community School.

Principal’s Scholarship award The University of Adelaide’s Principal’s Scholarship is provided to support students through their study. This particular scholarship is given to a high achieving academic student who contributes significantly to school life and the wider community. The school is consulted throughout the year for relevant details upon Year 12 students and then the university inform us of the recipient, following the Year 12 Results release. I would like to congratulate Bianca Joubert on being the 2014 recipient of this award. Her commitment to her studies and participation in the school and wider community was of a great benefit to the school and the Jamestown Community. Behaviour Update Thank you for your support thus far with our new approach to managing misbehaviour. A major difference in the way that we are handling misbehaviour is the sending home of a Form B to be signed by the parent. This parent signature is really important as it signifies that a conversation has transpired at home, and then results in the student returning to the next lesson – providing a follow-up discussion has been instigated by the student, with the teacher involved. Mentor Process An initiative at JCS that we value is how we offer support to our Year 12 students and those who are undertaking off-site learning programs like VET or Open Access.

Students in Year 12 and undertaking components of their learning at various sites are supported by a teacher who voluntarily meets up with them on a regular basis, to support their organisation, study habits and keep track of student well-being. This year’s mentors have all been confirmed, discussions initiated, with letters describing the process going home this week. If parents have any concerns about this process or would like some additional feedback on their student, please ring the front office to arrange a time. 7-10 Showcase Assembly See the advert in this week’s newsletter for our upcoming Showcase Assembly. We are working on raising the profile of these assemblies and would greatly appreciate some parental support along the way. Hopefully we can see you there during the Open Morning at 9am in the Stadium, Thursday 9th of April. Danya McKay 7-12 Coordinator

7-10 Showcase Assembly AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CADET (AAFC) RECRUITING The AAFC is a youth organisation, predominantly by volunteer efforts, dedicated to training young Australians aged between 13 to 20 years. The AAFC develops qualities of leadership self reliance, confidence, teamwork and communication. For further details go to www.aafc.org.au.

2015 JCS ‘TWILIGHT’ SPORTS DAY The annual JCS Twilight Sports Day was held on Thursday the 12th of March, with the Junior School (Receptions to Year 5) continuing on the success of last year with students participating in a variety of tabloid events such as high jump, long jump and a javelin throw. Students from Reception to Year 12 participated in both Track & Field events and a variety of Team Games and Relays over the course of the afternoon and evenings competitions. The house teams battled hard all day with the overall House shield won this year by Eyre on 4432 points followed by Frome on 4210 points in 2nd place.

Individual trophy recipients were: Open Boys Winner: Daniel Clark (Eyre) Runner Up: Mac Stacey (Frome) U/16 Boys Winner: Michael Wilkshire (Eyre) Runner Up: Drew Voumard (Eyre) U/15 Boys Winner: Josh Weatherley (Eyre) Runner Up: Blake Harvey (Eyre) U/14 Boys Winner: Jesse Larcombe (Eyre) Runner Up: Henry Baynes (Eyre) Year 6/7 Boys Winner:

Troy Ritchie (Frome) Runner Up: Jordan Downing (Frome)

Open Girls Winner: Natasha Hillman (Eyre) Runner Up: Zoe Francis (Eyre) U/16 Girls Winner: Carmen Joubert (Frome) Runner Up: Narelle Eckert (Frome) U/15 Girls Winner: Ella McDonald (Frome) Runner Up: Shania Ritchie (Frome) U/14 Girls Winner: Maggie Noonan (Frome) Runner Up:

Courtney Downing (Frome) Year 6/7 Girls Winner:

Jordan Voumard (Eyre) Runner Up: Cassie Joubert (Frome) Invitation Cup (St James):

Molly Seppelt Encouragement Cup:

Matthew Rice

Congratulations to all trophy recipients and a big thank you to all other students, staff, parents, family members and friends who made the day a success through their participation, enthusiasm, competition and sportsmanship. An essential part of the day is the parent and community volunteers whom give up their time to help manage the different field events, time keep the running races, assist

Agenda * Awards * Achievements * Updates * Shared

Learning

You are invited to

attend on:

Thursday 9th April, 2015 at 9am in the Stadium.

the Junior School events and help in the canteen, just to name a few of the jobs that aid in making our Twilight Sports Day a success. Thank you for your continued support of the school, your effort is always appreciated and valued by the students and staff at Jamestown Community School. A special thank you to Sarah Agnew and Les Haynes for all their hard work and time spent in preparing the oval for all track and field events run on the day. Also to the students and teachers who helped with the final set up of equipment, tents and bunting to ensure the oval was ready in time for the event.

Record Breakers Event 42: 6/7 Girls 400m Jordan Voumard 1:22.35 (old record 1:22.58) Event 45: U/14 Boys 400m Henry Baynes 1:06.57 (old record 1:09.30) Event 73: U/16 Girls Javelin Carmen Joubert 20.90m (old record 17.09m) Event 111: U/14 Boys High Jump Jesse Lacombe 1.55m (old record 1.50m)

Event 120: 6/7 Girls Shot Put Molly Seppelt (St James) 7.69m (old record 6.35m) Event 121: U/14 Boys Javelin Ben Hall 27.40m (old record 23.47m) Event 123: U/16 Boys Long Jump Liam Mason 4.67m (old record 4.52m)

In addition this year the school awarded a separate Shield to recognise the efforts of the Junior School. Congratulations to Eyre on winning this year and to all the individual award winners for their effort for their respective houses on sports day. Junior House 1st Eyre - 933 2nd Frome – 852

Junior School Awards Reception Best – Darcy Goodes Encouragement – Jaxon Klingner Year One Best – Michael Boston Encouragement – Amelia Stephens Year Two Best – Harry Couzner Encouragement – Harper Grey Year Three Best – Mitchell Boehm Encouragement – Millie Cootes Year Four Best – Brandon Marlow Encouragement – Amelia Seddon Year Five Best – Jessica McKay Encouragement – Jakob Woolford

Darren Woolford (Sports Coordinator) MNSEC ATHLETICS - 2015 Jamestown Community School hosted the annual MNSEC Sports Day on Wednesday 18th March. JCS had a team of 57 athletes this year and they all competed with good enthusiasm and team spirit. The students were well behaved and extremely supportive of each other. Students who achieved well in their age groups were selected to represent MNSEC in the SSSSA Athletics Championships in

Adelaide. Congratulations to the following students Natasha Hillman, Zoe Francis, Matthew Jones, Henry Baynes & Jesse Larcombe who have been selected to compete for the MNSEC team. The team captains for this year included: Senior Captain: Natasha Hillman & Mac Stacey Vice Captains: Carmen Joubert & Liam Mason 6/7 Captains: Jordan Voumard & Troy Ritchie

A special mention of Jamestown students individual performances on the day include:

Natasha Hillman – 1st Open Girls

Triple Jump, 1st Open Girls High

Jump, 1st Open Girls Long Jump, 3rd

Open Girls 100m Div 1, 2nd Open

Girls 200m

Jesse Larcombe - 3rd U/14 Boys High

Jump, 2nd Boys U/14 Discus, 2nd

U/14 Boys 100m Div 1, 3rd U/14

Boys Triple Jump

Matthew Jones – 3rd U/15 Boys High

Jump, 2nd U/15 Boys 100m Div 1, 2nd

U/15 Boys 200m, 2nd U/15 Boys

400m

Josh Weatherley – 2nd U/15 Boys

800m, 3rd U/15 Boys Hurdles, 2nd

U/15 Boys 1500m, 3rd U/15 Boys

Triple Jump

Mac Stacey – 2nd Open Boys 800m,

3rd Open Boys 100m Div 3, 3rd Open

Boys 200m

Liam Mason - 3rd U/16 Boys 100m

Div 1, 3rd U/16 Boys 200m, 3rd U/16

Boys 400m Henry Baynes – 1st U/14

Boys 800m, 3rd U/14 Boys 400m

Blake Harvey – 2nd U/15 Boys Javelin,

3rd U/15 Boys 100m Div 2

Kimberley Murphy – 3rd Open Girls

Discus, 3rd Open Girls Shot Put

Tessa Francis – 3rd U/14 Girls 800m,

3rd U/14 Girls 400m

Mikaila Coleman – 3rd U/14 Girls

High Jump, 3rd U/14 Girls Shot Put

Daniel Clark – 3rd Open Boys 100m

Div 1, 2nd Open Boys 400m

Ella McDonald – 3rd U/16 Girls Triple

Jump, 2nd U/16 Girls Discus

Josh Maguire – 2nd Open Boys Long

Jump

Zoe Francis – 2nd Open Girls 800m

Drew Voumard – 3rd U/16 Boys

Discus

Cameron Clark – 3rd U/15 Boys Shot

Put

Maggie Noonan – 3rd U/14 Girls

100m

Beau Growden – 3rd Open Boys High

Jump

Shania Ritchie – 3rd U/15 Girls 100m

Div 2

Ashley Couzner - 3rd U/15 Girls 100m

Div 3

Bailey Jacka - 3rd U/15 Boys 100m Div

3

Sara Adams - 3rd U/16 Girls 100m Div

3

Matt Slattery - 3rd Open Boys 100m

Div 2

Ben Hall – 3rd U/14 Boys Javelin

Emily Hams – 2nd U/14 Girls Discus

Alice Kelly – 2nd U/15 Girls 1500m

Thank you to staff for their assistance in organising the day, and to the staff, parents and students who took on official duties, including timekeeping, judging, recording and team management. Final Results for the day were: Overall Shield 1st 668.5pts Booleroo Centre District School 2nd 579pts Gladstone High School 3rd 411pts Jamestown Community School 4th 326.5pts Orroroo Area School 5th 292pts Peterborough High School 6th 280pts Quorn Area School Handicap Shield 1st Booleroo Centre District School 2nd Jamestown Community School 3rd Peterborough High School 4th Gladstone High School 5th Orroroo Area School 6th Quorn Area School

Year 6/7 Shield 1st Gladstone High School 2nd Orroroo Area School 3rd Booleroo Centre District School 4th Quorn Area School 5th Jamestown Community School Female Athlete of the Day: Carla Roocke & Renea Kretschmer from Booleroo Centre District School Male Athlete of the Day: Kael Ambjerg-Pedersen from Gladstone High School Darren Woolford (Sports Coordinator) YEAR 10 HPE PISTOL SHOOTING Over recent weeks the students of the Year 10 HPE class have been visiting the Jamestown Pistol and Shooting Club to learn about the associated skills and technique of target shooting as well as the competition conditions and rules.

Students have been under the supervision of a teacher and in addition instructed by licensed club members who have volunteered their time to teach the students the safe operation of an air pistol.

This has been an enjoyable and valuable experience for students to visit a local club of this kind. I would like to thank all club members and specifically Don Bottrall and Rex Hockey for this unique opportunity.

The club has their air pistol shoot every Tuesday night at the air range on South Terrace (alongside the CFS station) commencing at 7.30pm. The club is always looking for new members and if you are interested to come and try, or would like to join the local club please contact Don Bottrall (0427 635 002). Visitors are always welcome. Darren Woolford BANK SA Are offering $10 for your child and $10 for the school if you open a Little Savers account before the 10th of April 2015. BankSA LittleSavers Application Packs available from the school or call into BankSA Jamestown for more information.

Canteen Roster Mon 30/3 31/3 Lee Iles 1/4 Natasha Hall 2/4 Chelsea Fleetwood 3/4 GOOD FRIDAY Mon 6/4 EASTER MONDAY 7/4 Lauren Brown 8/4 Nikki Rogers 9/4 Barb Carr 10/4 Karen Emeny-Kinlock

Uniform Shop Uniform shop is now located in the Front Office. Opening Times: Wednesdays: 2.00 – 4.00 pm Thursdays: 2.00 – 4.00 pm

Or other times by Arrangement

Canteen Fruit & Veg Roster

Please provide donations of any fresh fruit or vegetables for cooking and selling in the canteen. Items can be either left at the front office or taken directly to the canteen on a day that suits you during your rostered week. We thank you for your time and donations – it is certainly appreciated. E.g. Apple’s, banana’s, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, cucumber. Week beginning: Mon 30

th Mar Annette Hart,

Michelle Stacey, Cindy Ritchie, Tess Noonan, Sharon Larcombe.

Tues 7

th Apr Narelle Cootes,

Melinda Crawford, Rocky Leese, Jennifer Napper, Claire Smallacombe

Term 2 Mon 27

th Apr Tegan Carkle,

Samantha Jacka, Colleen Morgan, Maryke LeRoux, Hayley Walker

Mon 4

th May Jenny Couzner, Mel

Sparks, Mandy Sims, Sue Ward, Monica Woolford

THANKYOU We would like to thank all the Parents who bring in goods provided to the Canteen and the Parents who volunteer their time in the canteen to help Julie out. Thankyou.

2015 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENT FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS) ICAS is a highly regarded assessment program for schools offered in the key subject areas of Computer Skills, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Writing, which enables schools to identify students’ level of academic performance and also offers recognition and reward for school students. Each participating student also receives individual diagnostic reports in both hard copy and online, as well as a certificate to recognise their achievement. If your child would like to enter any of the following competitions please complete the tear off slip, with payment and return it to the front office by Wednesday 8th April 2015. ……………………………………………………. Attention: Jess Abraham Student Name: ……………….…………………………….… Year level ……..…………………………………………

Subject Year Level

Cost GST

Included

Yes (please

tick)

Digital Techno-

logies

3- 10 $8.80

Science 3-12 $8.80

Writing 3-12 $18.70

Spelling 3-7 $12.10

English 2-12 $8.80

Maths 3-12 $8.80

Total cost $................ …………………….………………………………

Community News

GYMNASTICS There will be no Gymnastics next Monday 30th March as the school has interviews. Thankyou.

JAMESTOWN TABLE TENNIS The 2015 season of table tennis will soon be upon us and the Committee has already begun planning for the new season. Table Tennis is a sport for everyone, from youngsters to older people. We plan to have several “Come & Try” evenings commencing in early April. Planned dates for these are Tuesday 7

th & 14

th April

from 7 pm and Thursday 9th

& 16th

April from 7 pm. For further information contact Damon Crawford (President – 0407 133 874) Michelle Hams (Secretary – 8665 3241 a.h.) or catch up with Michelle or Vanessa at Jamestown Community School.

JPFNC Registration for Junior Colts Footballers Could children intending to play Junior Colts football for JPFNC please send the following details to mmead@stmarkspirie.catholic.edu.au. Name, DOB, and most importantly email address. We need this information as players are required to register for the club and on Sporting Pulse. There will be a meet the coach afternoon at 4pm at the Jamestown oval on Wednesday 1st April. JPFC JUNIOR COLTS All interested players under 14 years of age (born between Jan 1

st 2001 & 31

st Dec 2002)

are invited to register and meet the coach at the first training on the 1

st of April, 4pm at

the Jamestown Oval. Any queries contact Rhett Heness on 0400 186 520 or rhettandbel@bigpond.com. Registration details (name, DOB & email address) to : mmead@stmarkspirie.catholic.edu.au JPFC MINIS/SUBMINIS Training will start on the 8

th of April at

Jamestown Town Oval. Registrations of all new and current players can be made on the day. Players born in 2002 (under 13) to 2007 (turning 8 in 2015) are invited to play. Contact James Wehrmann for any more details on 0407 604 427.

JUNIOR FUTSAL APRIL SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLINIC Tuesday 14th April at The Big Shed Jamestown. FFSA Coach Christiano and other Coaches from FFSA will be running the Clinics. Open to all Boys and Girls. All new and existing players Welcome. Cost is $5 per participant. Timetable: 10 am-11am- 5-7 yrs. 11am -12:30pm 8-10yrs. 1pm-2: 30pm -11-12yrs 3pm -5pm 13-16yrs Timetable will be subjective to player’s registration. To register any interested participants please Phone/text Claire Smallacombe on 0417 867 654 or Emma Zanker 0428 655 059. DANCE CLASSES 2015 TURNING POINT DANCE Classes available in Ballet for children from 18 months! Turning Point Dance offers classes to children from 18 months and beyond. Fairies Galore and More! is a fun and imaginative class for girls and boys that allows children to interact through song and movement with their carer. Following this, students are able to embark on their formal dance education with confidence and security. We offer a wide range of classes including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and more as well as SACE 1 & 2 for students wishing to pursue a career in dance. A well rounded education can be enriched by including dance and movement. As well as promoting coordination, fitness and self discipline, it encourages creativity, cooperation and musicality. Here at Turning Point, we believe in top quality education and training for all students and as such, employ internationally experienced tutors. For more information email enquiries@tpdance.com.au or call Michelle on 0413 113 950.

The Australian Girls’ choir has offered to visit the Jamestown Area as part of their 2015 National Tour

“The Australian Girls’ Choir is a much loved cultural institution in Australia and over the past 30 years many thousands of girls have been trained in singing, dancing and drama. We currently have more than 4500 girls in training with us in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, and our touring choir of 56 choristers is drawn from our senior levels in each of these cities. One of the highlights of our tours is the chance to perform for, and meet with, locals in our host cities; these experiences benefit our choristers educationally, musically, and culturally. We firmly believe that participation in the Performing Arts contributes greatly to personal growth. On previous tours when we have linked up with a school, we have had a wonderful time exchanging music. We offer the opportunity for our staff to run Performing Arts workshops with as many of your students as possible. The workshops include song, dance & drama and are suitable for both girls and boys. We also welcome the opportunity to perform with and/or for, the community. It is standard for the host group to use the proceeds from any public performance as their own fundraiser for a special cause. We would love to explore the possibility of establishing such a relationship with Jamestown Community School on our tour. Our visit to Jamestown will be dependent upon finding suitable accommodation for our girls. As we billet while on tour, we’d like to see if your school community would be willing and able to host our girls during our stay in their homes. The average age of the 56 girls is 12 and 13, so we would prefer the girls to be hosted in pairs. The girls are perfectly happy and comfortable to sleep on mattresses on the floor and the six staff will stay at a nearby hotel. We are very happy to fit in with host families’ needs and can have early morning meeting times and late afternoon collection times if hosts need this. We find that the cultural exchange that we all experience on tour incredibly valuable and girls often share friendships with hosts for many years after a visit. Also, our relationships with host groups in the past have often become reciprocal and our choristers in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney have hosted many choirs on visits to the cities that we operate in.” In order for us to be able to host the choir we need to find billets for the 56 girls. If you would like to host 2, 3 or more girls for the 3 nights please complete the tear of slip and return to Prue Hunter at school by Wednesday 8th April

*** Please note that, according to DECD guidelines, all members of the hosting household who are over 18 must have a criminal history screening. We can arrange this through the school. Proposed Itinerary Thurs July 2 Lunchtime Arrive Jamestown

Afternoon Workshops with students at school

Home with host families for free evening

Fri July 3

Morning Arrive to school with students

Workshops and school concert – TBC

Afternoon Depart with students at end of school day OR school concert TBC

Saturday July 4

Morning Free with host families (if you think this would appeal to your families)

Lunchtime AGC meet for afternoon of sightseeing

Evening Free with host families

Sunday July 5

Mid morning Hosts drop AGC choristers off at meeting point - school to nominate best time for drop off time

Our family has just had a wonderful time with Cate, Chloe, Allyssa and Victoria and the children feel they have "new sisters"!

Sunday was a sad day saying goodbye to them. The choir girls were such a credit to their families, school and our country.

They were just the most wonderful inspiring performers and they were also a total joy to have to stay! They brought such fun

into our houses and have really inspired our children on the performing arts side of life.

Canberra 2014 Host Family

We hosted two girls on your last visit and it was such a lovely experience that we decided to host again this year. Nesceda

and Vani were the most well-mannered guests we have ever had, noticing every detail of how to be of assistance and being

alert to the ways of our family. They are open-minded, aware, gentle, and full of life. Always ready, always a smile. The

performance by the AGC was AMAZING! The songs were entertaining and mesmerizing. All the girls had such wonderful

expressions and really acted out their part. Such professionalism. We look forward to your next visit!

Singapore 2014 Host Family

Recently my family hosted two members of the Australian Girls Choir, at our home in Launceston as part of the choir’s tour of

Tasmania. It was our first time acting as a host family for this sort of event, and it was a tremendously positive experience.

The girls were more than just polite; they were friendly, enthusiastic and fitted in very well with our own children. They were

a pleasure to host, and I would like to convey my thanks and appreciation to them and to the choir.

Tasmania 2014 Host Family

Please complete and return to Prue Hunter by Wednesday 8th April.

We would love to host ____ girls from the Australian Girls’ Choir, on July 2, 3 & 4, 2015

The people named below reside in the household and have a current DCSI history check.

In order to billet the girls we will require DCSI checks for the following people who are 18 years or over.

Name: __________________________________

Contact Number: _________________________