Term 2 | Week 5 | 31 May 2019 From the Principal

Term 2 | Week 5 | 31 May 2019

From the PrincipalThis week is National Reconciliation Week, which is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The theme for this year is ‘Grounded in truth; walk together with courage’, which is particularly significant for our local community given the former Colebrook Training Home for Aboriginal Children was located on Shepherds Hill Road, now Colebrook Reconciliation Park.

On Sunday, I participated in the local Journey of Healing event, which began with the annual Reconciliation Walk from the Blackwood roundabout to Colebrook. There the Blackwood Reconciliation Group celebrated their 25th anniversary with former residents of Colebrook, families, friends and many others. This included the unveiling of the mosaic around the fire pit, which commemorates the Tji Tji Tjuta (children) of the Colebrook home and the commissioning of four listening posts with recordings of the history and life at Colebrook from representatives of the Tji Tji Tjuta. The listening posts have been painted by children from local schools and preschools including Blackwood High School. Also, a storyboard was unveiled of the book ‘Bush Games & Knuckle Bones’ written by Doris Kartinyeri, who lived as a child at Colebrook.

Despite the cold wet weather, this was a wonderful day to acknowledge and reflect upon the importance of reconciliation on a personal and national level.

As a school community, we acknowledged Reconciliation Week with a whole school assembly held on Wednesday 29 May. The assembly celebrated Reconciliation and cultural identity at Blackwood High School. Ben Curry and Harriet Cooling hosted the assembly with a number of invited guests in attendance. Special guest Michael O’Brien, a Kaurna Elder, welcomed us to country and through storytelling shared cultural knowledge focused on Aboriginal history. Allen Edwards, Chairperson of Blackwood Reconciliation Group, and Raymond, a former Colebrook resident, spoke to us about the importance of reconciliation and their connection to Colebrook.

The assembly also provided an opportunity for our international students to share their experience of living in Australia and attending Blackwood High School.

Blackwood High School Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) As shared in our last newsletter, we are currently planning to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) for our school. A RAP is a formal statement of commitment to reconciliation. The first step in this process is to establish a RAP Working Group, which can include teaching and non-teaching staff, parents/caregivers, students and community members. If you would like to be a member of this group, and contribute to the development of the RAP, please contact Peta Clasohm at school.

Staffing ChangesStaffing a large secondary school is a complex process, which includes managing staff leave across the year. While we endeavour to limit the impact that such changes can have on classes, at times this can be challenging. Often a change of teacher is due to a staff member taking some form of leave. Where the teacher is in a leadership role, this creates not only a teaching vacancy but can also at times create a ‘domino’ effect as the school works through a selection process to fill the leadership vacancy.

Sometimes teachers and leaders have opportunities to work in other locations for short periods which also create vacancies.

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This year there have been a number of staffing changes and some as recently as last week. Whenever a change in teacher occurs, the teachers involved work together to ensure as smooth a transition of the teaching and learning program as possible. However, if as a result, parents/caregivers have concerns about their child’s learning please contact me or Jason Loke, Deputy Principal, to discuss.

I would like to congratulate Kate Young who has accepted the short-term role of SACE Achievement Officer, working with a number of schools for the rest of this year.

Also, congratulations to Mary Hodson who has won a new role at Northern Adelaide Senior College as Assistant Principal, Senior School. Mary starts this new role at the beginning of next term creating a leadership vacancy at Blackwood High School. This position is currently advertised on the department website to start next term.

End of Semester assessments The end of semester is Friday 21 June. This means students only have 3 weeks left to complete their learning programs and there will be key assessment tasks due. Please discuss with your child what tasks they are working on and the due dates. I ask that you reinforce that it is their responsibility to meet set dates for work submission. This information should be accessible to students on Daymap, so please ask your child to show you.

Teachers will start the report writing process in Week 8 with the expectation that students have submitted final tasks for assessment. It is important that teachers and families work together to reinforce the importance of meeting due dates in line with the Blackwood High School Assessment and Non-submission of Work process, outlined in the student diary. Meeting due dates/timeframes is a valuable life skill as are planning and organisation that are needed to support this.

School UniformThank you to parents/caregivers for your support of the school uniform this term. Acknowledging that it can be very cold at Blackwood, students do need to ‘layer up’ to keep warm. Our uniform supplier, Devon Clothing located at 84 Daws Road, Edwardstown has a range of winter options and information can be found in the student diary and on the school website. I ask that parents/caregivers speak to their children about the uniform requirements and ensure that the following are not worn to school:• leggings or yoga pants• jeans of any colour• track pants• coloured long sleeve tops/hoodies that can been seen underneath school tops.

If families have questions or concerns about the uniform requirements or require support, please contact the school.

Bushland environment in Blackwood Hill Reserve The bushland located at the back of the Karinya skate park is native to the local area. Bush for Life volunteers work tirelessly to help protect and conserve the biodiversity within this space. As a community it is important that we all take responsibility to protect such spaces. Use designated walking trails and take our rubbish with us.

Sharon Goldman, Principal

Blackwood High School high achievers• Congratulations to Finn Fogarty, in Year 10, who participated in

the SA Schools Orienteering Championships on 27 May 2019.

• Congratulations to Gracie Wadham, in Year 10, who competed in the Australian Gymnastics National Championships in Melbourne as part of the state team from 20 to 24 May 2019 and came in 4th place.

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Attendance is an important aspect of school, and non-attendance can impact massively on students’ overall achievement. When looking at attendance we have a couple of different categories. Our first is Unapproved; this covers when a student is away and we have not been provided with a reason from the parent/caregiver. At Blackwood High School our unexplained absences are low, which is positive. The main area for concern is the high number of explained/approved absences. The table below shows the number of explained/approved absences for Term 1 2019.

Year 8 - 5605 Year 9 - 5754 Year 10 - 7005 Year 11 - 7533 Year 12 - 3531

These approved absences cover family holidays, sick days without a medical certificate, exemptions and any time a student is away that parents/caregivers have let us know about.

The Department for Education’s attendance goal is 95% attendance for each student. Blackwood High School students’ attendance has greatly improved but we are still not at 95%. The following table indicates our attendance rates for Term 1 2019.

Year 8 - 91% Year 9 - 90% Year 10 - 88% Year 11 - 83% Year 12 - 84%

Does Attendance Really Matter?1 or 2 days a week doesn’t seem much but...

Student attendance has 2 categories:•Habitual non-attendance: where a student has 5 or more absences for any reason in a term (average of 1

day per fortnight)•Chronic non-attendance: where a student is absent for 10 days or more in a term for any reason (average

of 1 day per week).

If you want your child to be successful at school then YES, attendance does matter“Every Day Counts!!”

Sue Richards, Assistant Principal Middle School

Attendance

• Congratulations to Harrison Lemmey, in Year 10, who has been selected to represent School Sport SA at the U15 Boys Australian Football Championships which will be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 27 July to 3 August.

• Congratulations to Brie Medder, in Year 11, who was selected in the Western Australian State Indoor Cricket Open Ladies Team. She will be competing in the 2019 Cricket Australia National Indoor Cricket Titles held in Victoria from 29 June to 6 July.Brie will also be at SASKI SA Interschools Snowsport Championships in Falls Creek, Victoria during the second week of holidays competing in Div 1 Snowboarding.

• Congratulations to Malisha Charters, in Year 11, who was awarded the 2019 Dame Roma Mitchell Scholarship. The award was presented to Malisha on 30 May.


The Biggest Morning Tea

As part of the Year 8 and 9 Pastoral Care Program, a Biggest Morning Tea in support of the Cancer Council was held during Extended Care Group in Week 4.

Classes coordinated their morning teas, bringing in rugs and pillows to make it a real picnic feel in the gym. Ms Rogers’s 8F and Ms Esvelt’s 9D took the prizes for the Best Care Group with elaborate rugs and emoji designs being the highlights. Throughout the morning students also took part in fundraising games, class quizzes and captured the moment in a photo booth.

While the morning was a great occasion, it also served to raise $441 for the Cancer Council with the Staff Association also contributing $100 to boost our fundraising efforts.

The event was well supported by the Year 11 Peer Support class who coordinated the photo booth and activities, Feather and Peck who kindly supplied us with eggs for the pancakes, and Nick Kusmanoff who cooked on the BBQ. I would also like to recognise the following students that helped to prepare for the morning: Milcah BhonsleOlivia De LucaLily Stevens Francina Shiwa RuddLachlan RuddThomas StoccoIsabel HobbsKaylee HainsworthLily ShanahanJade SinclairLaurence Strachan

Daniel Smith, Leader, Year 8 and 9 Learning

Year 8 and 9 update

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Year 10 updateWork ExperienceYear 10 Work Experience will be taking place in Week 8, Term 2 (17-21 June).

The cutoff date for the Workplace Learning Agreement form has now passed and Risk Assessments are currently being processed. Students will be contacted and confirmed across Week 5 Term 2. As part of the risk assessment processes, workplaces will be called and completion of the ‘Workplace Safety Preparation Program’, as part of PLP1, will be confirmed.

Over 50 Year 10 students will be participating in this great opportunity in Week 8. We understand that arranging placements was not possible for everyone and while it is an outstanding opportunity that we believe makes a large impact on a young person, participating in workplace learning is not compulsory for Year 10 students.

For those unable to find a place or those who decided not to take up the opportunity, regular timetabled classes and learning will continue on site during Week 8 and attendance is required as usual.

If you have any queries, please contact Ben Dening at school.

Ben Dening, Leader, Student Pathways and Career Development

In 2018, Blackwood High School was one of a number of sites awarded a STEM Evaluation Grant to initiate, complete and evaluate a program that addressed elements of a key area for action in the Department for Education’s STEM Strategy.

Blackwood High School’s STEM Evaluation project targeted the professional development of a core group of teachers to build expertise in designing, delivering and assessing innovative inquiry-based STEM curriculum, within the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP) and the Australian Curriculum.

The complete Year 9 Science program was re-structured and re-written to take shape under a broad statement of inquiry - The unintended consequences of our Energy use requires a systemic change to ensure a sustainable future. To support students to engage in this, a range of key questions were used to unpack the learning experiences and shape the development of student thinking and knowledge into three modules:1. Why should we care about Energy?2. How do we harness our Energy?3. How should we secure our Energy future?

Throughout this semester, a focus has been on developing students Approaches to Learning within the skill clusters of: Communication, Collaboration, Reflection, Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking. These have been developed as students expanded upon their knowledge and understanding of key scientific concepts relating to both the Chemical and Physical Sciences of the Australian Curriculum. Teachers have also taken it upon themselves to trial new evidence-based pedagogies, with many classes now paired in a team-teaching structure. This, aligned with the school’s focus on formative assessment methodologies, is definitely changing the way some teachers approach their learning design.

All student learning from semester one Year 9 Science will culminate in a classroom Expo. Student groups will be presenting their response to the critical question of “How should we secure our Energy future?” A question on everyone’s mind at the moment.

Jason Loke, Deputy Principal

Restructuring our Year 9 Science Program


Year 11 and 12 updateFor those of you that are unaware, I have taken over from Luke Northcote as Senior School Leader and SACE Coordinator since Luke has taken up his new role at Heathfield High School. It has been a steep learning curve moving from the Year 10 Leader role to this one but I am thoroughly enjoying working with the students in Year 11 and 12 and with the Senior School Team.

We are nearing the end of the first semester, it is a particularly busy time, especially for our Year 11 students. We have Exam week coming up and it is important that students have all outstanding work completed before resulting starts during mid-June. Please check your child’s Daymap for their assessment task progress and continue to encourage them to complete all major pieces of work on time.

Our Pastoral Care Programs that run during Extended Care Group on Mondays have focused on supporting students with their learning as well as their wellbeing. Year 11 students have focused on building their study skills and time management capacity and Year 12 students have been learning about effective revision techniques. Also, Care Group teachers have focused on mentoring students in their Care Groups to make sure they keep on track with their work. Our focus will shift slightly towards the end of this term with Year 11 students looking at the Course Selection process and Year 12 students will explore what lies beyond schooling as far as further education and careers are concerned.

Year 11 Stage 1 Exam WeekWeek 6 (3 - 7 June) is Exam week for Year 11 students. This means that there will be no scheduled classes running and students will only attend school for private study and to sit their exams. Below is the Exam timetable for Week 6 as well as the information that was handed out to students on Monday.

Ashley Robinson, Leader, Year 11 and 12

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A group of Year 11 students took part in a Leadership Day run by the Port Power Football Club and conducted at Port Headquarters - Alberton. The goal of the day was to empower and encourage young leaders to understand their place as role models and especially discuss the concept of becoming “Active Bystanders” in relation to anti-social behaviour. The program is an extension of the “Power to End Violence Against Women” Program which has been delivered at the school since 2017 and was recently delivered to our Year 10 students.

Participants met with Power Captain Tom Jonas and former Captain Travis Boak to learn about their leadership journey, how they lead as well as hearing from Dr Tess Opie about the role they can play in stopping anti-social behaviour particularly related to sexism and violence against women. The students discussed what it means to be a leader, identifying the values they had and wanted in a leader, together with the characteristics of how they want to be viewed by others.

Student Values:Trustworthy Respectful Helpful Caring Kind Honest Brave Loyalty Positive Integrity Self-discipline Empathy Strength in adversity Courage Communication Team work Leader Polite Resilient Committed Forgiving Mentally strong Excellence Reliable

What Student Leaders are and do:• Make a difference and stand up for what I believe in• Be tough but be kind, never hate but always love• Well-mannered and respectful• A genuine bloke who is supportive and helpful• Set a good example• A good human being• Being there for others• Being a positive member of the community

Dr Opie educated the students about Active By-standing, the problem and commonality of victim blaming and pushing our young people away from being Non-violent Allies, when they see anti-social behaviour, into Active Bystanders who are confident enough to stick up for what is right even if it is initially unpopular.It wasn’t all indoor activities with students participating in training sessions on Alberton Oval run by AFL and SANFL players from Port Power and Port Adelaide.

Congratulations to Cooper Greening, Taine Mitchell, Eduard Van Den Berg and Tyson Dyer who carried themselves with great maturity across the day. We look forward to seeing these students play an active role in leading their fellow students in the future.

Benjamin Dening, Leader, Student Pathways and Career Development

Port Power Leadership Day


Arts updateDream BigThe Year 9 Dance class have been working with former Australian Dance Theatre Dancer Larissa McGowan, learning choreography for the Dream Big Childrens Youth Arts Festival opening which took place at the Adelaide Oval plaza in front of 2000 primary school students and invited guests.

The students performed to a live version of Don’t you worry performed by Electric Fields.

They supported Electric Fields during their other songs by dancing and interacting with the primary school students.

Student commentsI enjoyed it so much. I love putting a smile on everyones faces. - OliviaI feel extremely grateful and privileged to be able to be part of such an amazing experience. - AnitaI think it was incredible to be part of something like that. I will remember it for years to come. - Amelia

Dance StarOn Saturday 25 May, five teams from Blackwood High School competed in the State Preliminary at Brighton PAC.

The Senior Hip-Hop, Theatrical and Contemporary teams finished in 3rd place, Jazz Team in 2nd, and Junior Hip-Hop 1st in their categories.

There was lots of fierce competition from other schools including Henley High School and Woodville High School as well as private Dance schools.

All teams have made it through to the State Final to be held in late June at the Norwood Concert Hall.

Well done to all the coaches, ex-dance students Torehn and Katie, coaching Theatrical and Hip-Hop, Kasey, Certificate III Dance student, coaching Jazz, Elleisha, from Precizion, coaching Senior Hip-Hop, and Ms Langmaid for coaching the Contemporary Team.

All teams will be stepping up rehearsals in preparation for the State Final on 29 June.

BHS Alumni2017 Year 12 Dance students Natalie MacArthur, Amelia Watson and Isobel Stolinski successfully auditioned for a place in the Flinders University Dance Creative Arts degree They performed their 2nd year production Fragments of Faith at AC Arts. It was so exciting to watch the growth and development of these talented dancers They are currently in rehearsal with an international choreographer and Blackwood High School Dance students will have the opportunity to attend this next performance this term and be inspired.

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Oh Snap!

A protea macro study by Olivia Strauss, Year 10 Photography student.

Emma Golding, Photography teacher

Stage BandThis newly formed band has been rehearsing every Tuesday lunchtime led by Instrumental Music teacher Tim and music teacher Ben Dening. The band consists of students in Years 8 - 12 who have been participating in the Instrumental Music program learning brass or woodwind instruments, percussion and guitar. We look forward to seeing them perform at a future Arts Showcase.

Katrina Constantopoulos, Leader, The Arts

Year 10 Drama Commedia performanceOn Wednesday 15 May, our Year 10 Drama class performed their class production to the Year 9 Dance and Drama students. Written, developed and designed by students, this 40 minute student directed show allowed students to demonstrate their understanding of the style of Commedia dell’Arte. Inspired by class workshops exploring characters, comic timing, slapstick, improvisation, mask work and costume design, students developed clever scenes that allowed enough flexibility for impromptu moments of improvisation on stage. The scenarios were simple: In Act 1, the main characters are introduced, the lovers are in love and the servants are happy to see them married. In Act 2, a snowball of errors sees the lovers separate, through no fault of their own. By Act 3, all is resolved; the lovers are reunited and the wedding can go ahead.Congratulations to the Year 10 Drama class for a beautifully crafted and staged production. We look forward to more clever work from them next term.

Brigitte Esvelt, Year 10 Drama teacher


Sports newsOpen Knock Out Boys’ Football On Tuesday 21 May our Open Boys Football team played at the South Adelaide Football Club against Unley High School and Cardijn College. The first game saw us take on Unley High School. The boys acquitted themselves extremely well, implementing the style of play we had planned. Being Unley’s second game, they began to fatigue in the second half and our boys raised the bar.The final score was Blackwood 22.8.140 to Unley 0.1.1. The second game provided the boys a must stronger contest and that was recognised with the opening minutes of the game with Cardijn’s pressure and intensity around the ball. The boys showed some character to peg the margin back in our favour at the end of the third quarter. Aided by a breeze to the southern end, Cardijn managed to kick 5 goals to 0 in the last quarter to run away victors. Final scores were Blackwood 7.5.47 – Cardijn 11.6.72.

Year 8/9 Boys FootballOn Thursday 23 May the Year 8/9 Boys Football team played against Cabra College and Adelaide High School. The first game saw us take on Cabra College who eventually progressed through to the next round. Nine first half goals to Cabra proved too much to reign in as the boys worked hard but couldn’t make up the deficit. The second half provided a much more competitive contest with both teams kicking three goals.Final Scores were Blackwood 6.5.41 lost to Cabra 12.6.80Goal Kickers: Lachlan Roberts 4, Will Torode 1, Jarrod Scutchings 1.The second game saw us take on our new rivals in Adelaide High School lead by the one and only Glen Little, former Blackwood High School HPE Leader. It was a great contest with both teams having moments of the game where they were in control. The wind played a factor in the contest and the Blackwood boys did enough in the third quarter going with the wind to get a strong enough lead to hold off an Adelaide High charge in the last quarter. The boys played the last quarter smartly, slowing the game up and controlling the ball going forward. A well-deserved win for the boys. Final Scores were Blackwood 8.8.56 defeated Adelaide High 5.4.34.Goal Kickers: Sam Burbridge, Leon Spring, Jye Lemmers, Ethan Kotz, Lachlan Roberts, Luke Lewis, Jackson Moody, Callum Finlayson 1.

Nick Liddle, Physical Education Teacher

Round 1 Girls Year 8/9 Knock Out FootballCongratulations to our Year 8/9 Girls Knock Out Football team who soundly defeated both Loretto and Cabra College in the first round on 28 May. Blackwood’s skill levels were superior, despite the cold and wet conditions.In the first game against Loretto we scored four goals in each of the first three quarters and were able to switch our team around to give all girls some action. The final score was Blackwood 16 - 12 to Loretto no score.Goals: Indi Roberts 4, Mia Mueller and Hannah Apthomas 3, Charlotte Taylor, Ebony Scanlan, Ella Smith 2.Best Players: Indi Roberts, Tyler Attiwill, Mia Mueller, Charlie Scutchings, Lily Whitcombe.After watching Cabra defeat Loretto by 15 goals, the second game promised to be more competitive. The girls kept the ball in their 50 for the first quarter against the wind and kicked two goals to nothing. As confidence grew, the girls pulled away to win 11 - 9 to no score.Goals: Indi Roberts, Ebony Scanlan, Paige Padroth 2, Ella Smith, Ella Knuckey, Mia Mueller, Libby Willetts 1.Best players: Ebony Scanlan, Tyler Attiwill, Lily Whitcombe, Charlie Scutchings, Ella Knuckey.

Well done to the Year 11 Girls Football class coaches and student umpires who did a great job.

Janet Bradley, Coach

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The Blackwood High School Barons e-Sports team have continued their positive trend of wins over the recent rounds in the League of Legends divisions of the META High School E-Sports League.

Team A in the Beginner Division are extremely competitive with strong wins against Avenues College, Northern Adelaide Senior College and Hazel Glen College in recent weeks.

Team B in the SA/NT Open Division recently scored a triumphant victory against Christian Brothers College, making up for the unfortunate technical difficulties which required a forfeit against Adelaide High School and a tight loss against Thomas More College.

Our 2 sides are currently joint 1st and joint 5th respectively in their divisions as we head towards State Tie Breakers and Playoffs beginning mid June.

Benjamin Dening, Leader, Student Pathways and Career Development

National Beginner LeagueTeam Name School Score Team Name School ScoreAvCo Team A Avenues College 6 Shrek (.Wild) Hazel Glen College 3

Dragon Slayers Presbyterian Ladies College 6 HAZE (R.I) Hazel Glen College 3BHS Team A Blackwood High School 6 Nobu Hazel Glen College 3Yarra Valley B1 Yarra Valley Grammar 6 SHHS Beginner Team Smith’s Hill High School 3NASC AD Northern Adelaide Senior College 5 SHHS Junior Team Smith’s Hill High School 3OVC Ocean View College 5 UwUsqUad Dubbo College Delroy Campus 2LeagueofLawsuits Condobolin High School 4 Blaxland High Junior Blaxland High School 1

SA NT Open LeagueTeam Name School Score Team Name School ScoreNCC A Nazareth Catholic College 9 KCUBED Darwin High School 4GIHS B Glenunga International High School 7 RMSC - No Smite Roma Mitchell Secondary College 4AHS T1 Adelaide High School 6 RMSC - Bloodline Roma Mitchell Secondary College 4WHS T1 Woodville High School 6 NCC C Nazareth Catholic College 3NASC Ravens Northern Adelaide Senior College 6 Low Elos Christian Brothers College 3TMC ABG Thomas Moore College 6 WHS T2 Woodville High School 3GIHS C Glenunga International High School 6 Prince Alfred College Prince Alfred College 3EC Voyagers Endeavour College 5 RMSC - Mi Goreng Roma Mitchell Secondary College 3NCC B Nazareth Catholic College 5 Watchmen Trinity College Senior 3EC Explorers Endeavour College 5 Hao Xiong Di Darwin High School 2Fake Diamond Thomas Moore College 5 NASC - MeAnything Northern Adelaide Senior College 2Toooo Heavy Reynella East College 5 SCC Coracles St Columba College 1Marryatville A Marryatville High School 5 OVC Ocean View College 1BHS Team B Blackwood High School 4 TLC Tatchilla Lutheran College 0Misfits Darwin High School 4 OCC 2019 O’Loughlin Catholic College 0AHS T2 Adelaide High School 4FIASCO UHS Unley High School 4GIHS A Glenunga International High School 4

e-Sports update


URGENT - HOMESTAYS WANTED - USHIKU STUDY TOUR 12 – 23 August

We are still looking for homestay families for the group of Japanese students coming to visit us in August. To date we have placed only one student with a host family, leaving us with fourteen homeless boys and girls. The students are aged 15/16 years and come from Ushiku, a small city in a rural setting in Ibaraki Prefecture, about fifty kilometres from Tokyo. It will be the school’s seventh visit to us. A payment of $470 will be made to each host family to defray expenses for the eleven night visit.

The Japanese students are making the journey in order to enjoy life in an Australian home, experience our culture and improve their English. During their stay in Australia, the Japanese students will travel to and from school each day with their hosts. At school they will have a full schedule of activities that will include English lessons, a chance to experience classes such as Dance, Football and Home Economics and excursions to the city and Victor Harbor. Host students will be invited to join the Japanese students for some activities. On the weekend our visitors will welcome the opportunity to experience our typical Australian lifestyle – a visit to relatives, a drive or short trip, watching their host play sport, a picnic in the park, a walk on the beach, shopping or any routine family activity. You will also be invited to attend a farewell dinner at school for the visiting group.

We hope you will consider being part of this exciting program. Prospective host families will need to complete an application process to become an accredited Department for Education homestay family including completing a DCSI child related screening and a home visit. If you are interested in being involved in this exciting program or would like further information, please contact either Karyn Jones or Nick Kusmanoff at school via phone (8278 0900) or email me at [email protected]

Karyn Jones, Leader, International Student Programs

Grace and Neema

Blackwood High School sponsors two children from Tanzania.

Grace is 19 years old this year and Neema turned 17 earlier this year.

Because of our support Grace and Neema are provided with education and health care and the encouragement needed to be socially confident and plan for their future.

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The Rotary Health of the River Forum 2019

Rotary Clubs in South Australia, North Western Victoria and South Western New South Wales, in collaboration with the Australian Lands Trust staff of Calperum Station, are convening the 2019 Health of the River Forum.

The forum is a 5 day camp that is designed for students in Year 9 and 10 with a strong interest in Science and Environmental Studies. Dates for the forum are Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November and this year’s program will be held at Calperum Station, about 15km north of Renmark.

There are limited student positions (28) available for the forum so we encourage an early response, to ensure the nomination is endorsed by a sponsoring Rotary Club. Nomination forms are to be handed to the nearest Rotary Club.

The cost of the forum, including food, accommodation, education provider fees and bus travel is $590. In some cases Rotary Clubs will pay this full amount.

For more information, please see Jason Loke, Deputy Principal.

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Calendar DatesTerm 2Monday 3 to Friday 7 JuneYear 11 Exam Week

Thursday 6 JuneStep Out Matinee and Performance

Monday 10 JunePUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday 11 JuneSTUDENT FREE DAY

Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 JuneYear 11 Football Trip - Melbourne

Sunday 16 to Friday 21 June Canberra Trip

Wednesday 12 JunePerforming Arts Matinee and Evening Performance

Tuesday 18 JuneGoverning Council 7pm

Thursday 20 JuneCabaret Evening 7pm

Friday 21 JuneEnd of Semester 1

Tuesday 25 JunePrincipal’s Tour 9am

Monday 1 to Friday 5 JulyMelbourne Netball Trip

Friday 5 JulyLast day of Term 2

Term 3Monday 22 JulySTUDENT FREE DAY

Tuesday 23 JulyFirst day of Term 3

Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 JulyYear 12 Exams

Wednesday 24 JulyYear 10 and 11 Immunisations

Tuesday 30 JulyPrincipal’s Tour 9am

Tuesday 6 AugustGoverning Council Meeting

Monday 12 to Friday 23 AugustUshiku Study Tour

Saturday 17 to Saturday 24 AugustSnow Trip

Friday 30 AugustSTUDENT FREE DAY

Monday 2 SeptemberSCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

School ContactsStudent Absences: [email protected] Wellbeing Centre: 8278 0900 or see website for staff email contacts

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Term 2 | Week 5 | 31 May 2019 From the Principal