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From the Principal’s Desk
A GREAT INITIATIVE Earlier this year, a number of our senior boys expressed an interest in forming a group to pursue their own personal Bible study and learn how to prepare and give a presentation or talk. Under the guidance of Bro Evan Franco and other mentors inside and outside the College, these students have been steadily working on their chosen studies. This term, we have scheduled them to each make a presentation at the Secondary assemblies. Last week, Josh Kempster spoke about the amazing physical properties of light, and how light is used to describe God and his character. Angus Weller focussed on Daniel’s prayer and in particular his use of the phrase “kingdom, power and glory”. Seth Hall chose God’s name, Yahweh, as his topic and outlined its importance and meaning. This week, Micah Steele drew our attention to the incredible nature of the stars and how they are used as a symbol of the saints in glory. Matt Williams and Jordan Singh jointly explained each facet of the class theme chosen by the Year 12s – “Love the Word. Live for God. Learn together.” All these young men have done a great job and have challenged, encouraged and “built up” their peers as well as their teachers. We are looking forward to more of these Bible focussed presentations in the weeks ahead. Thanks, boys! In the next couple of newsletters, we will print summaries of their talks. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CHALLENGE Each year, the University of Newcastle coordinates Science & Engineering Challenges for Year 9-10 students around Australia. Schools elect to form a team and compete against other schools in a series of very challenging activities involving construction, problem-solving and team work. Our Year 10s recently competed against 8 schools in the Regional Challenge and won it! Not only that, they have now been selected to compete in the State final known as the Super Challenge on 27 August. Congratulations to all our Year 10s for a great achievement – and we wish them all the best in the State finals!
Bro Andrew Johns
SPIRITUAL THEME Proverbs
”A false balance is abomination to Yahweh: but a just balance is His delight.”
Proverbs 11:1
IN THIS EDITION The NED Show Science & Engineering
Challenge—First Prize! Secondary Awards UP & COMING EVENTS until next newsletter God willing:
Week 2
Wednesday 7 August
Primary Electives Yrs 1-3
Thursday 8 August
Preschool Parents & Toddlers Tour & Morning Tea 10:00 am (Assembly Room)
Parents & Grandparents Maths Workshop 7:30 pm (Room 12)
Friday 9 August
Year 10 Science & Engineering Career Expo
Primary Assembly 12:30 pm Year 5 Class Bro Brett Arnold
Week 3
Wednesday 14 August
1:50—3:15 pm Primary Electives Yrs 1-3
Friday 16 August
Multicultural Day
Week 4
Monday 19 August
Secondary Lunch Day
Term 3 • Number 1• 6 August 2013
NEW STUDENTS We are delighted to welcome a number of new students and their families to our school and the Heritage community. The Cadieux family has recently joined us from Canada – Jonathan is in Year 11, Luke in Year 10, Stephen in Year 7 and Lauren in Year 5. We are also pleased to welcome new students Monique Wilton in Year 5 and Josh Hummel in Year 4 and Chelsea Roberts who is returning to join us in Year 9. TODDLER TOUR AND MORNING TEA All parents with pre-school age children are invited to attend a special morning tea at Heritage College this Thursday 8 August (God willing). Before a tour of the Junior Primary classrooms, some of our Primary students will present items which will appeal to preschoolers and their parents! It commences at 10:00 am in the Assembly Room and is followed by morning tea. STUDENT-FREE DAYS This year for the first time, the five Heritage Colleges across Australia will be joining together here in Adelaide for a combined Teachers’ Conference on 23-26 August, God willing. As a result of this, there will be no school on Friday 23rd or Monday 26th August. A-TISHOO!
We would appreciate parents providing one box of tissues per student per term to provide supplies for our classes.
A reminder to all students to hand in your Premier’s Reading Challenge Forms! Less than half of the forms have been received so far. Completion date is Friday, 6th September—only 5 weeks away! If you don’t have a form (or have lost it) please see Aunty Judy in the Library.
GENERAL NEWS WORKING BEE—TERM 3 The Heritage College Term 3 Working Bee will be on Saturday 14th September at 9:00am. If you are rostered on for the Term 3 working bee your name will appear below. Please reserve the date in your diary now; your attendance at the working bee is much appreciated. We have many jobs around the grounds and in the school buildings which can only be done during working bees.
Please contact us if you have any special skills valuable at working bees, ie qualified electrician, plumber etc. If you wish to be transferred to the Term 4 working bee, or if you prefer to donate the $50 already paid in Term 1 school fees, please phone sis Anna Kerr on 8266 5122 or email [email protected].
Brett & Louise Arnold Andrew & Mel Arnold Mark & Lois Atkins Leah & Anthony Badams Mick & Julia Badams Mark & Rochelle Bailye Jeremy & Serena Beacham Saxon & Sarah Bell Tim & Danielle Badams Julia Biernat Sue Blake Ben & Mari Bol Bol Keturah Clark Tim & Jackie Brown Garry & Cheryle Bouwmeester Grant & Ruth Bowden Nathan & Leeanne Clark Neville & Anna Clark Ruth Cowie Toby & Trisha Cridland Bobby & Tiffany Cwiek James & Samantha Eakins Daniel & Rachel Evans Simon & Elona Douglas Mike Dunn Jamie & Leah Edwards Jason & Jo Farren Aaron & Jasmine Gibbs Jon & Jerushah Flint Evan & Kate Franco Carolyn & Jesse Gibbs Tim & Annette Hall David & Liz Hill Steve & Grace Horwood Steve & Jen Jeffress James & Chrissy Jolly
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Gabriel & Maria Ntahokagiye Michael & Estelle O’Callaghan Michael & Rosalie Pappas Jacquie Pearce Michael & Melanie Pearson Anthony & Jude Pillion Ken & Julie Pitcher Darryl & Julianne Pitcher Jeff & Sarah Pitt Greg & Miriam Pullman Jon & Donna Roberts Scott & Hannah Robson Andrew & Elisabeth Robson Paolo & Claire Roncal Shane & Kat Samwell David & Shirley Smith Sharon Sanderson Darren & Mel Steele Jenny Stedman Andrew & Rachael Thiele Andrew & Julie Weller Jamin & Kate Wigzell Jeanette Walter David & Beryl Wigzell Jim & Kate Williams Paul & Mandy Wyns
Ben & Deb Johns Glenn & Debbie Joseph Andrew & Linda Kempster Kevin & Chris Kim Ricky & Leanne King Dean & Kylie Kitto Andrew & Esther Knowles Barrett & Sherri Law Tony & Sarah Lines Simplice & Mereille Lofombo David & Rachel Luke Nathan & Carolyn Luke Mark & Kim Lunn Con & Sophie Lygizos Sue Lomman Graham & Gwennyth Manser Andrew & Kathy Manser Paul & Sharron Manser Paul & Melanie Mansfield Simeon & Deb Mansfield Sam & Em Mansfield Shem & Sarah McAllister Simon & Louise McGeorge Kenton & Seleah Newall Dan & Naomi Nicholls Jon & Deb Nicholls
GENERAL NEWS
Friday 16 August 2013 God willing
Our inaugural Multicultural Day is next Friday! We would love to see every Primary student dressed in a costume that represents a country in some form – eg colours of a flag, an animal, traditional dress or an icon. Parents are welcome to dress up too!
A big thank you to those parents who have offered to provide food for the food tasting. We are still looking for some more food tasting options and also for volunteers to help with serving on the day—please email sis Judy Bailye: [email protected]. A note will be sent home soon to confirm your contribution.
The program for this exciting event is planned as follows:
9:30 am Parade of all Primary classes in the gym
10:30 am Food tasting from a variety of continents
11:30 am - 12:15 pm African Drumming Performance in the gym
1:00 pm Aussie Sausage Sizzle available for purchase (more details in P&F section page 10)
Secondary students will be able to participate in the food tasting at their normal recess time. We look forward to seeing you all there for this exciting event!
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BUSES We remind all parents that the Hills (Uncle Paul) and Southern (Uncle Frank) buses are full and generally will not be able to take extra passengers. If there is a particular need to travel on one of those buses, please contact the College to see if it is possible.
Thank you to all those who have made enquiries this term and have understood the need to ensure the safety of our children by not overcrowding the buses. COLLEGE PHOTO DAY
Heritage College’s photo day is scheduled for Monday 16th September. Please note that photo day is being held on a Monday this year and put a special reminder in your diaries now. Full winter uniform is required to be worn (this includes the school woollen jumper) for all students from Years 1-12. The Reception class is to
be dressed in correct sports uniform. Mark Duncan, from Duncan Images, will be photographing the College this year. If you are interested in viewing Mark’s website, it is: www.duncanimages.com.au. Order envelopes will be sent home once we receive them. ICAS SCIENCE COMPETITION RESULTS Congratulations to the following students for their great performance in the recent ICAS Science Competition:
Year 3
Nathanael Smith - Distinction
Oliver Hill – Credit Year 11
Madeline Hanns – Credit
PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS (PRIMARY) At the Primary assembly each Friday, some students are presented with a Principal’s Award in acknowledgement of their excellent work, effort or good character during the week.
Congratulations to the following students who have received awards:
Year R/1—JDV
Christine Lofombo for being helpful both in class and outside
Matthew Pullman for very neat writing in all subjects
Liam Wilson for challenging himself in spelling and reading
Year 2
Carmel Evans for helping other students with their work in a sensible way
Jachin Jolly for being especially helpful in setting up the class library corner
Jesse Samwell for excellent participation in reading groups this week
Simonas Wigzell for presenting a very interesting show-and-tell on his great grandfather
Year 3
Poppy Kerr and Remy Lofombo for outstanding diligence – doing extra times tables work in the holidays
Year 4
India Farren and Jasmine Stone for being well organised for assembly
Joshua Hummel for fitting in well into Heritage College
Josh Kerr for showing initiative
All Year 4 class students for being very supportive to a new student
Year 5
Lauren Cadieux for a successful first week in the Heritage College Year 5 class
Tina Yu for achieving the first Gold Certificate for Mathletics in Year 5
Monique Wilton for a successful first week in the Heritage College Year 5 class
GENERAL NEWS PRIMARY NEWS
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Those are just a few
Blue fish Brown fish Big fat yellow fish Ice-cold frozen fish Jumping fish too
Hot fish Pretty fish Don’t forget yummy fish
Last of all Best of all I like flying fish Jaxon Samwell
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes Red shoes Yellow shoes Long flat blue shoes Short wide lace-up shoes Those are just a few
Old shoes New shoes Big old party shoes Soft warm morning shoes Dotty shoes too
Flat shoes Rainbow shoes Don’t forget heeled shoes
Last of all Best of all I like horseshoes! Emalene Roberts
When I was one…(AA Milne style poem) When I was one I ate a tonne When I was two I was sure what to do When I was three I sat in a tree When I was four I smashed up the floor When I was five I learnt to dive When I was six I hit things with sticks When I was seven My best friend was Kevin When I was eight I always ate When I was nine I sat down to dine Now that I am ten I think I’ll stay ten for ever and ever
Ari Steele
YEAR R/1 AUNTY WENDY’S CLASS ZOO VISIT
During the last week of Term 2, Aunty Wendy’s class went to the zoo. Here are Rani McKinlay,
Levi Badams and Tyler Jeffress being shown the bone and skin collection by a zoo volunteer.
The following are a few comments from Isaac Robson, Noah Martin and Deborah Beale: YEAR 6 POETRY Fish, Fish, Fish
Big fish Furry fish Small, stripy, scary fish Long thin, slimy fish
PRIMARY NEWS
Heritage College Primary students had two special visitors from the USA on Tuesday 6th August. The presenter, Gary, and ‘NED’ travel around the world to talk to students about how to do their best at school. Using yo-yo tricks, a little bit of illusion and lots of humour, Gary and NED taught us about three important lessons:
N ever give up
E ncourage others
D o your best Some of the yo-yo tricks Gary performed were amazing and included a roller coaster, the Eiffel Tower and a trapeze artist – they had to be seen to be believed! Several students were able to talk with Gary one-on-one and Danny Kim’s commitment to always trying his best won him a yo-yo and special holder – and he got to wear a balloon champion’s hat!
NED’s message can be summed up in a poem:
Never give up! You know it’s right Keep on going and You’ll shine bright.
Encourage others! That’s the way You make people feel great By the words you say.
Do your best! Give it all you’ve got Never hold back Because you’ve got a lot.
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THE NED SHOW
YEAR 8 BIBLE STUDY Year 8 students have produced a range of interesting and informative posters during their Bible study sessions recently. Many used a 3D effect to create a greater impact and diversity to the usual presentation of material which has made them extra interesting and even fun to look at—well done!
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SECONDARY NEWS YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY Students in Geography 8 have been studying landforms and landmasses. Instead of simply making flashcards and memorising the characteristics of each, they were asked to classify them into one of nine categories. There were many cases in which the landform or landmass could fit into more than one category and so students charted such cases and recorded their reasoning as to why they'd put the landform in one category instead of another. As you can imagine, this sparked enormous conversation and debate!
Next, students were challenged to create any additional categories that would help their sorting. This caused them to re-evaluate their original ideas and to further understand the differences and nuances of each item. When they were finally assessed on their understanding of the fundamentals of all 51 landscapes / landforms, every student in the class demonstrated mastery at the A level! Great work Year 8 students.
Bro Jason Bobis
YEAR 10 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CHALLENGE We won! What an exciting day for us all. The students had a fantastic day, mixed with both frustrating and exhilarating experiences. The fact that we won was great, but the best part of the day was the way our students behaved— cheering for everyone, cleaning up willingly and certainly the best behaved at the venue.
Jamie Gibson & Ryan Dodson
Daniel Kempster & Nathan Lines
Liberty Parcell & Amber Stone
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Scores were up and down all day. Only later in the afternoon did we get to fourth then second, finally first, back to second and only with the very final score back to first. A fantastic learning experience for all participants rewarded with a winning entry! SEMESTER 1 SECONDARY AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who achieved awards for academic excellence and effort during Semester 1: Academic Merit Awards
Year 8 Luke Atkins Ryan Dodson Isaac Edgecombe Jamie Gibson Daniel Kempster Jamin Knowles Nathan Lines Thomas Luke Kirra McColl Bethany McGeorge Lizzy-Rose McGeorge Joseph Nicholls James Pitcher Tabitha Wigzell
Year 9 Cora Edgecombe Georgia Bailye Heidi Biernat Caitlin Clark Sarah Horwood Jordana Mansfield William Mansfield Sharne McGeorge Elliott O'Callaghan Gabrielle Pearce Alice Robson Eden Steele Laura Walter Year 10 Rebekah Clark Amber Dodson Emily Hughes Samuel King Andrea Lygizos Kristen Manser Leah McGeorge Luke Nicholls Keturah O’Connor Elodie Richards Katie Stedman
Year 11 Chloe Bailye Jonathan Beacham Jonathan Bowden Tiffany Creek Esther Ginn Madeline Hanns Joshua Kempster Brayden Luke Rose-Mary Mansfield Joanna Pitcher Miriam Pitcher Jasmine Singh Abigail Smith Micah Steele Jamin Tretola Angus Weller
Year 12 Mitchell Dodson
SECONDARY NEWS
Emma Dowling Tamar Horwood Laura Kempster Joseph Knowles Hannah Lines Holly Manser Nathan O’Connor Alana Pitcher Chloe Pitcher Hannah Taylor Jonathan Wigzell Endeavour Merit Awards Year 9 Allan Grainger Elliot Wigzell Year 10 Chloe Hyndman Charis Mitsos Year 11 Jacob Blacket Cassandra Dunn Amy Eakins Benjamin Eitel Natalie King Jordan Mitsos Elliot Pitcher Hannah Wigzell Joshua Wigzell Year 12 Seth Hall Teonie Lygizos Melissa Pearson Taylor Sanderson Jordan Singh Aidan Van Rooyen Matthew Williams Zechariah Wyns
SECONDARY STUDENTS—AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING
Heritage College is continuing the tutoring program commenced in Term 2 that offers after school assistance for students with needs in specific areas in Secondary. On Thursdays from 3:30-4:30pm a number of teachers have
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SECONDARY NEWS volunteered their time to provide tutoring one-on-one, or to a small group where specific needs have been identified. Please contact Bro Tim Badger for further information or to request to be part of this program via email: [email protected]. STUDY & CAREER EVENT
An important information evening will be held in a few weeks (on Thursday 29th August at 7:30pm) to provide parents of current Year 10-12
students with information about the SACE and post-school study and career options. We have arranged for representatives from the 3 local universities as well as from an Apprenticeships agency to be present on the night to speak with students and parents about choices after school.
There will be two sections to the evening, with two different sessions running in each. Parents and students can choose which they would like to attend. If your son / daughter is continuing to Year 11 or Year 12 next year, or considering further study through TAFE or University, it is most important that you attend this evening. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and questions during the sessions. SACE COURSE COUNSELLING
On the same evening as the Study and Career Event (Thursday, August 29th at 7:30pm), we will be holding a parent session on subject selection for the SACE.
Parents, particularly of Year 10 students, are encouraged to attend this event. There will also be opportunity after this session to speak with representatives from the local tertiary institutions at the Career Event. UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS
All of South Australia’s universities will conduct an Open Day on Sunday 18th August. Senior students will be given information brochures and further details can be obtained from the university websites as follows:
Adelaide Uni: www.adelaide.edu.au/openday
Flinders Uni: www.flinders.edu.au/openday
UniSA: www.unisa.edu.au/openday
TAFESA: www.tafesa.edu.au/openday
Primary could please bring in a gift for the stall to the Front Desk by Thursday 22 August.
We are happy to wrap these up and sell them to the students for between $2 and $10 when we hold the stall on Friday 30 August.
The students love to go ‘shopping’ all by themselves for a specially chosen gift and it's lovely to see their joy in giving back to the dads they love so much! MULTICULTURAL DAY LUNCH For our Multicultural Day on Friday 16 August a true-blue Aussie BBQ lunch will be provided by the P&F Committee. The following items will be for sale to all students:
Sausage Sandwich $1.50
Cans $1.50
Fruit Boxes $1.00
Leave the lunch to us and bring along a few dollars to support this fundraiser!
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P&F NEWS
HERITAGE SPORT
FATHER’S DAY STALL Father's Day is fast approaching and once again we will be holding a Father's Day stall to help make dad's day special! We would really appreciate it if all families with students in
DATE DIVISION HERITAGE TEAM RESULT SCORE OTHER TEAM SCORE
30 July Under 14 Heritage Bulls LOST 9 Coyotes Apprentices 52
30 July Under 14 Heritage Lions LOST 18 Cedar Heat 24
30 July Under 14 Heritage Slam Dunkers WON 38 Coyotes Pirates 28
30 July Under 14 Heritage Vipers LOST 8 Coyotes Cavaliers 42
30 July Under 16 Heritage Breakers WON 75 Sharks 12
30 July Under 16 Heritage Young Guns WON 94 Runners Ballers 24
Mansfield (Front Row) Elliott Wigzell, Joseph Nicholls, Nathaniel Hall and Ryan Dodson. Heritage Breakers: Elodie Richards, Amber Dodson, Isaac Armonis, Josh Kempster, Jake Beard, and Sam King, coached by Uncle Rick King. With the new season underway, we welcome a new Heritage Team – Heritage Bulls: Jasmine Clarke, Ethan Hall, Shem Hall, Ethan McGeorge, Jesse McGeorge, Jared Munaro, Nathan Nicholls and Ari Steele are playing in the Under 14 competition which is quite a challenge, considering most of them are around 10 years old! The Heritage Slam Dunkers started off the same way and they just won the Grand Final, so keep at it!
HERITAGE BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN GRAND FINALS! Congratulations to Heritage Slam Dunkers (under 14 A Grade) and Heritage Breakers (under 16 B Grade) for winning their Grand Final games! Both games were hotly contested, but our teams pulled off great victories to the excitement of the large crowd of Heritage supporters that had gathered to cheer them on. Many thanks to all the coaches, parents, grandparents and friends who support our players each week. Heritage Slam Dunkers: (Back Row) Uncle Simeon Mansfield (Coach), Eden Steele, Georgia Bailye, Jordy
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Heritage College · PO Box 371, Oakden SA 5086 · [email protected] · Ph. 8266 5122
HERITAGE EMAILS PRIMARY CLASS TEACHERS Primary classes, teachers and their contact details for 2013, God willing, are as follows: Reception Sis Heather Pillion [email protected]
Year R/1 Sis Jesslyn DeVries [email protected]
Year R/1 Sis Wendy Newton (R-3 Co-ordinator) [email protected]
Year 1/2 Sis Emma Yuile [email protected]
Year 3 Sis Sue Lomman [email protected]
Year 4 Bro Chris Wright: [email protected]
Year 5 Bro Brett Arnold [email protected]
Year 6 Sis Sarah Kemp [email protected]
Year 7 Bro Jason Hauser (Yr 4-7 Co-ordinator) [email protected] SECONDARY HOME GROUP TEACHERS Home Group classes, teachers and their contact details for 2013, God willing, are as follows:
Year 8 Bro David Knight [email protected]
Year 9 Bro Chris Ryan [email protected]
Year 10 Bro Tim Badger (Yr 8-10 Co-ordinator): [email protected]
Year 11A Bro Vit Jurevicius [email protected]
Year 11B Bro Jason Bobis [email protected]
Year 12 Bro Evan Franco (Yr 11-12 Co-ordinator) [email protected]
For general behavioural issues or for special education needs, please contact the co-ordinators above. For student welfare and special learning needs queries please contact: Bro Graeme Shugg ([email protected]). The Principal (Bro Andrew Johns) may be contacted at [email protected].
