Newsletter Issue 9

ContentsPrincipal’ Report Pg 1Governing Council Chair’s Report Pg 2Senior School Report Pg 3Middle School Report Pg 4IB Report Pg 5GIHS Music Concert Night Pg 5Student Life Update Pg 5Year 9 Camp Report – Victor Harbour 2009 Pg 6VET Report Pg 6Community Studies Report Pg 7Japan Trip Pg 8Sport News Pg 9Transitplus Update Pg 10Yr 12 Formal / Graduation / Breakfast Photos Pg 11 & 12Yr 12 Outstanding Award Recipients Pg 13Principal’s Report cont:It is really exciting to see the huge distance staff havetravelled in the eight school months since we instigatedthis program. Staff have been asked by our universitypartners about the usefulness of this initiative and theresults will be reported in the next newsletter.Most families would be aware that we have receivedan additional 416 computers as part of theCommonwealth’s Digital Education Revolution. Someof these computers were replacements for aging devicesin the cabled computer suites, but most were lap tops ornet books for use in classrooms on our wirelessnetwork. This reflects the movement - as part of 21 stcentury education – to anywhere anytime learning withtechnology.Currently we can only run 300 devices from our wirelessnetwork and so we are awaiting confirmation of DECS’funding for an extension of our wireless network toenable over 1000 devices to run simultaneously. Thisfunding will come from the Commonwealthinfrastructure grant. Then we will be able to start theprocess of 1:1 computer:student ratio beginning withour new Year 8s in semester 2 2010. To complementthis development a group of teachers and school leadersare meeting together to redevelop an international!thinking! Year 8 curriculum that utilises the power oftechnology for 21 st century curriculum delivery. The 1:1computer to student ratio will then progress through theschool.We are also exploring a portal device that will allowstudents and staff to bring their own laptops fromhome and plug effortlessly into our wireless network.Most staff have now been equipped with net books bythe school. They can’t yet access administrative filesover the wireless network because of security reasons,but thus are getting to know their machines using thecabled network. The portal device that we are exploringwill resolve the security access issues.The final piece of the jigsaw is to invest in anotherinternet provider to provide faster speed and lessbandwidth restrictions than the one provided by DECSthat causes students and staff a great deal of frustration.Unfortunately we will still need to pay for the DECS’provided service.We are needing to spend a great deal of money creatingthe technological environment that will enable teachersand students to use technology anywhere anytime toimprove learning outcomes, but we believe that it is avery worthwhile investment in our students’ futures.As always if things are working well please tell everyone.School leaders have been inviting families of studentswhose grades indicate that support is needed to meetwith them to discuss what needs to be done. If youhave any concerns about your son/daughter’s progressparticularly in relation to their term 3 report pleaseemail their Year Level Leader and make anappointment.Wendy Johnson PrincipalFrom the ChairGoverning Council Report12 October Meeting – Materials and Services ChargesWe received no dissenting comments from any parentsas to the proposed Materials and Services charges fornext year so Council has agreed unanimously to set thecharges at $655.00. By now you will have received aletter seeking your approval of this amount. Thevoting slips must be received at the school by 5pm onFriday November 13. Please feel free to contact me orother Governing Council members if you requirefurther information before casting your vote.Interestingly, Council did receive feedback from someparents who would like to have the option to pay anextra amount – for particular, dedicated purposes toenhance facilities or resources at the school. We arecurrently investigating this possibility – and to whatextent such donations could be tax-deductible.International Day – 29 OctoberExcitement built as we approached our InternationalDay celebrations. This year we made a special effort toencourage interested parents and caregivers to comealong and sample some school life. Don’t let youradolescents tell you that there is no place for parents atsecondary school or that no-one else’s parents will bethere…. We’re aiming for a critical mass of parents at allschool events (there is safety in numbers!!) and, deepdown, your offspring may well be a bit pleased thatyou’ve taken an interest. (Research shows that studentswhose parents take an active interest in their education- 2 -

and school life have consistently better educationaloutcomes.)Families’ Skills and Interests SurveyThank you to everyone who completed this survey forus – the information we have obtained so far has beenvery useful. We are happy to announce that the winnersof the cinema tickets are….. (Drum Roll!!) Joanneand Wayne Verrall. We will be contacting these luckywinners. And by the way, it’s still not too late tocomplete a survey if you have not yet managed to maketime. You can do so by logging on to the schoolwebsite at www.gihs.sa.edu.au We will be selectinganother family for cinema tickets towards the end of theyear and everyone who has provided us with a surveyup to that point will be in the running to win…..Coming UP - Sports Survey for Parents & CaregiversYou may think we have gone survey- mad!! But we dowelcome information and feedback from all membersof our school community to allow the school (andGoverning Council) to be as responsive as possible tothe needs of students and parents. The Sports staff andStudent Life Co-ordinator are keen to know whatparents think about the Sports Program at Glenunga –its strengths and weaknesses - and have initiated asurvey which will be coming out in the next fortnight.Please keep an eye out for it and take the time to let usknow your views.Building the Education Revolution… ongoingWork has now occurred in some classrooms andmembers of Governing Council took the opportunityfor a quick tour after our last meeting – to smell thenew paint and check out the fresh carpets. The roomscertainly look smarter and help convey a sense of prideand “TLC” to students and staff. More work isscheduled and we are setting our sights on corridors andsome of the older infrastructure like lockers.Aim for the Stars GrantsThe Layne Beachley Aim for the Stars Foundation iscurrently offering the opportunity for young women tofurther their educational and/or professionaldevelopment. Various grants of between $1,500 and$6,000 are offered to girls and women, 12 years andolder, who aim to achieve their goals in their field ofchoice. Applications close on 15 November 2009 andfurther information can be found atwww.aimforthestars.com.auPenny Wright ChairpersonEmail: pwright@internode.on.net or post C/- GIHSSenior School ReportYear 12 End of Year CelebrationsLast week the school celebrated the end of 13 years ofschooling for our class of 2009. It is a difficult time forour Year 12 students: on the one hand they have beenlooking forward to the end of a demanding year and thebeginning of the next phase of their lives. On the otherhand they come to a realization that the friendshipsbuilt over their high school years may be changed by thedifferent directions that students take after Year 12. Formany, school has offered 13 years of routine securityand next year remains unknown. Combined with thepressure of Year 12 exams and deadlines it can be aconfusing and emotional time for our school leavers.Consequently, it is important that the school givesstudents ample opportunity to process these changesthrough our celebratory events.The Year 12 Formal was a fantastic event! Organised byMr Matsouliadis (Year Level Leader) and the Year 12Committee (led by Hannah Hill and Cristina Valero) theevent ran very smoothly which is indicative of theamount of work that went into putting this eventtogether. The students looked fantastic: it was clear thatmany had obviously planned meticulously for thisspecial night. Staff who attended the evening enjoyed apleasant evening with our wonderful Year 12 students.The Year 12 Farewell Assembly provided anopportunity for the school community to say goodbyeto our Year 12 students. Our Principal Wendy Johnsonthanked the Year 12 students for their contribution tothe school. The video compiled by Tom Hodgsonshowed a montage of our Year 12s at work and play andtriggered great memories. Martha Browning andConnor Brand spoke on behalf of the Year 12s andentertained the assembly with humorous recollectionsof their experiences at school.The Year 12 Graduation was a huge event attended byover 900 people at the Adelaide Town Hall. Formerstudent Anisa Leaver spoke about her experiencesworking as a legal intern in black townships in Durban.She urged the Year `12 students to pursue their dreamsand emphasised what it means to be a global citizen.Her message was to strive for your personal best.Congratulations to all of the students who werepresented at the graduation ceremony. We must alsocongratulate those students who received academicawards and special awards. Special awards went to thefollowing students:• Sports Blue: Annie Galvin• CIS International Student Award: Mayu Uesu• Azizah Sawers Internationalism Award: Tai(Thomas) Zhu• Service Award: Callum Macleod• The Australian Defence Force Award: HannahHill• The Best All Rounder Award: Cristina ValeroMusical items by Hao Min Huang, Jason Teng, JoshHaffer, Andrew Zoerner, Tom Brown, Meg Thomasand Year 10 student George Thalassoudis entertainedthe audience.- 3 -

Callum MacLeod and Hannah Hill spoke on behalf ofthe Year 12s recounting their school memories. Theythanked their teachers and parents for their support andreflected on the opportunities that Glenunga hadprovided for them both as learners and in terms of theirpersonal development.A special thank you goes to Con Matsouliadis (Year 12Leader) and our Admin team members Eleni Dalkosand Jodie Brogan for the organization of this event. Iwould also like to thank the Student Adviser Teachersfor the support that they have provided for the Year 12students this year.Finally, the Year 12 Breakfast was an opportunity forstaff and students to interact in an informal way and toshare some time together before the last goodbyes.We thank our Year 12 students for their contribution tothe school during their time at Glenunga. We wish themwell in their exams and trust that they are equipped forthe challenges that lay beyond school. We know thatthrough our partnerships with parents/caregivers andstudents we have contributed to the development ofthese Year 12 students. The school is very proud of thecitizens that they have become during their time at ourschool.Jeremy Cogan Deputy Principal / Head of Senior SchoolMiddle School ReportCongratulations to Amelia McKinley, Charlie Thomas,Jake Bott, Seamus Brand, Gulsara Kaplun, AmyNielson, Stanley Browning, Declan Brady, IngridSchreiber, Matthew Noonan and Kiki Ip who willrepresent the Middle School 2009/2010 as members ofthe Student Forum.The Student Forum is a group of student leadersrepresenting the students, raising ideas and resolvingissues within the school. The Forum providesopportunities for student voice and leadership. Meetingregularly, the students discuss ideas, issues andconcerns presented by students and develop solutionsthat lead to action. The Student Forum membersrepresent students through advisory groups, year levelcommittees, Principal meetings, events and forums.They link with, listen to and support all clubs andstudent groups in the school. We look forward to adynamic team working with the Prefect Chairs.Middle School Commitment to WorkThe research tells us of the importance of the earlyintervention with students in terms of their work habitsand the need to explicitly develop independent learningskills in the Middle School. In line with our seniorschool we have updated our student Commitment to Workprocedures to include Progress Markers.The new procedures work as follows. Once a task hasbeen set the teacher makes periodic checks and thestudent provides evidence as to how far they haveprogressed in terms of meeting the deadline. When astudent has not provided enough evidence of workcompletion a Progress Marker sticker is to be pastedin the student diary. They are then required to completethe work at lunch or for homework. The student maybe required to be supervised by the subject teacher orthe Focus Room staff during the school day.When a student has not provided enough evidence ofwork completion a Progress Marker sticker is pasted inthe student diary and needs to be signed by theparent/caregiver. Negotiations regarding extensions ofdeadlines are needed to be carried out as soon as thereason is apparent and the responsibility for negotiatingan extension rests with the student. Students who fail tohand in their tasks on the due date (without negotiation)will attend the Focus Room at lunchtimes until the taskis completed.NAPLAN – National Testing ResultsAll students in Year 9 have received (NAPLAN)National Testing Results and a covering letter from theschool. The areas assessed in this testing includenumeracy, language conventions, reading and writing.The test results provide the school with valuablediagnostic information, allowing the capacity to trackstudent performance over time and the capacity tocompare our results with like schools. Our Year 9students will be working with their teachers over thenext few weeks to analyse their results in Task1 of theirPersonal Learning Plan.Uniform – Are You Prepared?All students are required to wear full and correctuniform. I would ask students and parents/caregiverswho may be purchasing new uniform items for 2010 topurchase or order the items this year before the end ofNovember. This is the first back-to-schoolexperience at Glenunga for our new uniformsupplier Brandmode and ordering uniform itemsfor 2010 will assist the company in their planning.Could you also ensure that girls’ skirts and dresses areworn at an appropriate length for school. If you areunsure of any items relating to uniform please checkprior to purchase at the uniform shop.Love Your TeenDr Nina Tonkin GP and Family Therapist is conductingworkshops:Friday 6 November 7pm – 10:00pmSaturday 7 November 1:30pm – 4:30pmat the Sunset Rock Uniting Church 34 Spencer Street,Stirling. Dr Tonkin has over 25 years’ experience inhelping children, teens and families learn to lve inharmony. A practical, fun workshop aimed at improvingyour relationship with your teen. Dads are important.Earlybird tickets $25 single / $45 couple. Tickets at thedoor $30 single / $55 couple. For more informationcall 0418 370 996 or email ninatonkin@gmail.com.- 4 -

Year 7 - 8 Transition for 2010The 2010 Year 8 cohort will be visiting our school onMonday 16 November for a full day experience. The245 students come from many different primary schools(public and private) and from all over the Adelaidemetropolitan area as well as interstate and overseas. Aparent information night is scheduled for Wednesday18 November 2009.ImmunisationA reminder that on Friday 20 November the EasternHealth Authority will administer the final stage of thisyear’s immunisation program for Year 8 students - 2 ndHep B for boys/girls and 3 rd HPV for girls. Pleasecontact the EHA for more informationWe wish students from 9.7, 9.8, 9.9 and 10.10 well asthey travel to Roxby Downs this month with Mr Ridge,Ms Tolios, Mr Brooks and Ms Humphreys. The focusfor the trip includes studies in Geology, Mining,Engineering and the Sustainability of a fragile desertcommunity.A reminder to Year 8, 9 and 10.10 families that the lastweek of the school year for 2009 is Monday 7 to 11December. All students are expected to participate in aprogram consisting of 2010 Subject Orientation andWellbeing activities. A full program will be sent tofamilies in the coming weeks.Steve Stylianou Assistant Principal / Head of Middle SchoolIB ReportWe have had another challenging but fulfilling year inIB Diploma. Year 12 students have got over the majorhurdle of Internal Assessment requirements, Theory OfKnowledge (TOK), Extended Essay and CreativityAction Service (CAS). Some sailed over and somelearned (we hope) some valuable life lessons about timemanagement and personal discipline. Their teachershave helped them enormously as usual and now it is justexams! We wish everyone all the best! Our pastexperience tells us that hard work is rewarded and thatthe next part of their young lives will be a new andexciting phase.Year 11 students have now had plenty of time to cometo grips with their own academic challenges. They willsoon get a chance to have another go at exams and theytoo have a long summer holiday to enjoy before settlingdown to a solid year of work.It has been good in recent weeks to see so many IBstudents in Year 11 and 12 recognised for theirachievements and also to see so many IB students in thenew group of prefects.IB numbers are increasing and we are looking at about140 in the two years of the program next year. IBteachers and school leaders have carried out the fiveyear review required by the IBO. This has highlightedour considerable strengths as well as identifyingopportunities for continuous improvements.Adelaide Technical High SchoolOld Scholars AssociationIB ScholarshipThe ATHS Old Scholars have been generous enoughover many years now to provide a scholarship forstudents to study the IB Diploma. The scholarshipcovers the fees charged by the IBO for the Diploma. Allstudents who have chosen IB will be given anapplication form. It is possible that there could bestudents who have not considered doing IB for financialreasons. These students are welcome to get anapplication form from me.Mark Grantham – IB CoordinatorGIHS Music Concert Night!This term we are again having an end of semesterconcert. This will be held on:Thursday 19 Novemberin Glenunga’s Performing Arts Centreat 7.00 pmAdmission: $5.00/ tickets at the doorClass bands from Year 8 to 10, Year 11 solos andensembles, flute ensemble, string ensemble, Africandrumming, DECS teachers ensembles and the Concertband will be participating.Elliot Zoerner has again taken part in competitionsinterstate at the Sydney Percussion Eisteddfods wherehe has taken out the following national awards:First in Snare DrumFirst in Four MalletFirst in Chamber ensembleThird in Drum Kit.Elliot will be leaving us this year and aiming for a careerin music. We wish him and the rest of our talented Year12 musicians well in their chosen path ways in thefuture.A sincere thank you to Jack Crawford’s family for thedonation of a piano to the school. With the recentarrival of a brand new Yamaha piano to be kept as ourperformance instrument, this now means that theschool has a piano for each practice room makingaccessibility for students a lot easier.Ari Cox – Music TeacherStudent Life UpdateOur school was again highly successful in the Inter-School Debating Championships in 2009. With ninehighly enthusiastic teams and expert coaches wemanaged to get one team through to the Semi Finalsand two to the Grand Finals. All other teamsparticipated successfully.- 5 -

The Grand Finals were held at Parliament House andour Year 8 team of Cookie, Jonathan and Alisha had ahard time convincing the judges that Santa should notslim down while our Year 10 team of Patrick, Amillaand Ben also had a difficult task convincing people thatgenius is akin to madness. All of our debaters were acredit to the school throughout the year and this wascontinued in the finals. Thanks to teachers MonicaEdwards, Paul Ridge, Trevor Thomas, Joe Scalzi, Judewe were allowed 15 mins to unpack and then dinner wasserved. The kitchen had made us a tasty roast. Wecleaned up and started to walk to Granite Island. As wearrived the tour guides were waiting to take us on apenguin tour. After the tour ended we walked back to thecamp site and had free time until 11pm.It was an early morning wake up and off to breakfast wewent. After breakfast was over we went on a treasure huntto look for things such as rocks, stickers and hair ties.After our two hours of searching we counted out theamount we had and headed back to camp for lunch.After lunch we all got on the bus for Glenunga.Amelia Edwards-Armstrong 903Robertson, and students Chelsea Patterson, PaigeMulholland, Hannah Percy and Stella Naylor whocoached our students through the year. Thanks to allteachers and parents for their support, especially duringthe finals. We look forward to another fantastic year in2010.Jonathan Turland Student Life CoordinatorYear 9 Camp Report – Victor Harbour 2009Between 14 and 17 September 2009 90% of Year 9sattended the newly programed Year 9 camps at VictorHarbour. Enjoying excellent food and accommodation,students were able to participate in many activitiesincluding Golf, Mini Golf, Boating, Go-Kart Racing andWater Slides at Greenhills Adventure Park, EnvironmentLearning with Penguin Walks at Granite Island and ahuge team building treasure hunt with a PersonalLearning Plan (PLP) focus. Great fun was had by all!Jonathan Turland Year 9 Year Level LeaderVET ReportVocational Education and Training (VET) has reallytaken off at Glenunga International High School. Thisyear, students have accessed many courses through ourlocal network, Eastern Adelaide Schools Cluster(EASC) and through other school networks or directlythrough TAFE SA.VET courses are offered in industries such as:• Building and Furnishing Trades• Computing and Information Technology• Hair and Beauty• Hospitality, Tourism, Events and Languages• Business, Management, Finance, Legal andProperty Services• Arts, Design, Fashion and Multimedia• Community Services, Health and Education• Engineering, Electrotechnology and Mining• Recreation and Sport• Transport Engineering.Successful completion of courses provides studentswith nationally accredited recognition often fasttrackingapprenticeships and traineeships or entranceinto TAFE courses.The bus had just arrived at school to come and pick usup to take us for a long drive to Greenhills AdventurePark. So there we were 9.3, 9.6 and 9.9 all, ready andexcited for our camp. We arrived at Greenhills ataround 10 am. It had all sorts of things from rockclimbing to go carting and watersides to mini golf. Weleft at 2:30 pm and made our way to the camp site whereThis year’s students have been extremely successful inall aspects of their training enabling VET qualificationsto be embedded into their SACE certificate.I would like to take this opportunity to thank BrentonBrooks for the wonderful job he has done in keepingthe VET side of school life ticking over while I havebeen on leave. Brenton has worked tirelessly to managethis year’s students as well as counsel students intocourses for 2010.- 6 -

It is not too late to enrol in VET for 2010. Come andsee me if you are interested in pursuing a career in anyof the industries mentioned above and I may be able tofind a VET course to suit you.Melanie Laws VET/Pathways CoordinatorStudent CongratulationsCongratulations to students Dominic Newlands andKevin Chen who have been listed as state finalists in thePassport To Safety Video Competition. This is a work safetyawareness campaign for young workers. The winnerswill be announced at a finalists screening at the MercuryCinema on Thursday 29 October. We wish them luck!Community Studies ReportCommunity Studies is a Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjectwhere students can plan their own study program withinthe curriculum guidelines. Student work has to include acommunity component and the students are required toseek feedback from a community person.During 2009 student action has included:• teaching Japanese• animal photography• production of a pet care booklet• production of a booklet about anorexia• production of a booklet for new immigrants• teaching dance to a primary school group.Several students choose this subject so that they canmaximise their chances to enter a particular careerpathway. The student’s work plan can be designed tolead successfully into TAFE and/or paid employmentand includes work experience.Hugh Firkins completed work experience at Hands On,Inprint Designs, Bedford and Wire Ware. He nowmoves on to paid employment.Harry Postema Arts / Learning Technologies CoordinatorStaff CongratulationsCongratulations to our Arts and Learning TechnologiesCoordinator, Harry Postema, who was recently awardedSouth Australia's Microsoft Innovative Teacher for2009. In an awards ceremony in Darwin he met theseven other award nominees from around Australiawhom he will be competing against in a NationalInnovative Teacher competition to be held in Singaporeearly next year. Harry received this award for hisinnovative work in promoting multi-modal literacyusing mobile digital devices. Not only does Harry usethese new technologies in his own Media, Film andAnimation classes, but he is leading a teacher trainingprogram that encourages his colleagues to developconfidence and competence in using such devices andtechniques in their own teaching repetoire. Well doneHarry!Sally Goodwin did work experience at a pet shop andgained ongoing paid employment.Photo: JaneMackarellMicrosoft'sEducationProjectManagerwith HarryPostema.Michael Sorgini completed a brick laying course, gainedhis licence and a tiling apprenticeship.Marie Shane Counsellor/Community Studies Teacher- 7 -

Joggers World Relay – Event 4SSPORTSS NEWSSGlenunga Internationals’ all conquering girls 4x4km relay team consisting of Jemma Potezny, Tessa Potezny, LaurenHarrington and Beth Thomas have won the Open Competition in the Joggers World Relay Championships for 2009!Sunday 6 September saw the running of event four and once again without injured star Tessa Potezny (whose time wasaveraged out over the other girls’ times), the team were still able to finish first overall! In four events the girls finishedattained three first places and a third place which left them with 10 competition points, one ahead of Mercedes College. Forwinning the Championships the girls won themselves $125 each from Westpac. Over the duration of the series the girlswon approximately $500 worth of prizes each! Well done girls!Australian Road Walking ChampionshipsAugust 30 saw the running of the Australian Road Walking Championships held in Sydney. Our own Lauren Harringtoncompeted in the event and in a superb performance won silver in the U18 5km event! What makes the achievement evenmore amazing is that Lauren is only 15! Great work Lauren!Orienteering Schools Relay ChampionshipsOn Thursday 17 September we sent three teams (two Year 8/9 boys and one Year 8/9 girls) to the Orienteering SchoolsRelay Championships. Special congratulations go out to the Year 8/9 girls team consisting of Jemma Potezny, Trudy Hongand Holly Nicholls who finished third in their division! Hopefully the girls continue on in the coming years as all involvedwere very new to the sport and performed well beyond expectations.Knockout Sport - Year 8/9 Mixed Badminton KnockoutOn Tuesday 22 September Round 1 of the Year 8/9 Knockout Badminton Competition was held at the Valley ViewSecondary School. Glenunga International competed in two matches against Valley View along with Unley High consistingof two boys & girls singles matches, two doubles and two mixed doubles. Our first match was against Valley View and sawthe team win convincingly 8 games to 0. In the second match against Unley saw much stronger competition and in a gallanteffort the team went down 5 games to 3. As Unley then defeated Valley View and only one team could advance to the nextround, this meant that the team were eliminated from the competition. This was a terrific achievement as all four playerswere from Year 8.Knockout Sport - Year 8/9 Boys Super 8’s CricketFriday 23 October saw Glenunga International compete in Round 1 of theYear 8/9 Boys K/O Super 8’s Cricket Carnival. The team took on Adelaideand Brighton High in a round robin format on the grounds of AdelaideHigh School. The first game saw our team come up against an extremelystrong Adelaide High who fielded several district players. Adelaide battedfirst and off 14 overs scored 187. In response the boys posted a veryrespectable 114 against an imposing bowling line-up. The second game sawthe boys bowl first against Brighton, and in a superb display, bowled themout in eight overs for 60. In reply the team easily chased down the totalwith overs to spare with the loss of only 3 wickets. Unfortunately only oneIshamel Evans of 9.4team could go through to the next round which was Adelaide who won both games but our team put up a terrific showingand should be commended.New Zealand Cricket Trip January 2010In what is very exciting news we will be sending an Open Boys team to compete in the 20/20 Cricket Australasian SchoolsInvitational. The event will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 12 – 23. This will be a fantasticopportunity for the boys involved to compete on an international stage and also being one of only two teams to representSouth Australia at the tournament is certainly an honour.Time has been set aside for the team to do plenty of sightseeing as well which will no doubt leave the boys with memoriesthat will last a life time. Trainings have been held every Wednesday for some time now including over the school holidayswhich shows how professional the boys have been in their approach to prepare for the trip. I will be coaching the teamalong with support from our Tour Leader Jonathan Turland. I will report on the trip in the first newsletter next year.Term 4 Summer SportTerm 4 summer sport has just commenced. Below is a list of the teams we have entered in the SAAS (Sport Association forAdelaide Schools) formerly known as ISSA (Independent School Sports Association).Year 8/9 Cricket – 1 TeamYear 10/11 – 1 TeamOpen Mixed Badminton – 1 TeamYear 8/9 CricketThe 9B cricket team lost narrowly in their first game for the season. In what was a one day game the team made 71 inresponse to CBC’s 3/95. Ned Fisher performed well with the bat whilst James Elder took two wickets with the ball.- 9 -

Year 10/11 CricketThe Year 10/11 cricket team started off their season with a nail biter defeating St Johns by 4 runs. St Johns were dismissedfor 107 in response to our boys’ 7/111 right at the death with a fantastic runout by Ben Traeger. This continues the terrificyear of cricket for the boys who have continued their unbeaten streak from term 1! Top batters were Josh Nitschke with 44not out and David Perry who made 21. The top bowler was Nick Evenden who took an amazing 5/8 whilst David Perrywas also superb taking 3/9. Great work boys!Open Mixed BadmintonThe Open Mixed Badminton team competed very well in what is an extremely strong competition in their first game of theseason. The team was defeated by Immanuel College 8 games to 4 but Immanuel were forced to work for every point.There were many positives taken out of the game which will hold our team in good stead for the remainder of the season.Student Monthly Pass Fares• Strathalbyn – Mt Barker $48.90• Wistow – Mt Barker $24.80• Macclesfield – Echunga $30.40• Meadows – Echunga $29.30• Echunga – Echunga $22.50• Student Metro Multi-trip Tickets (10 Trips) - $9.70Boarding and Alighting BusStudents need to be at the designated bus stop and hail bus as it approaches. If you are unsure where toalight, please speak to the driver when boarding and they will assist you.All morning services are normal timetabled services.Some options would be:Mt Barker, Hahndorf, Bridgewater - 860F departing Mt Barker Park ‘n’ Ride at 7.33.Special arrangements have been made for the T840 departing Mount Barker at 7.30 and the T842 departing Mt Barker at 8.10to set down at Stop 8 on Glen Osmond Road.Aldgate, Stirling – 863 departing Aldgate Depot at 8.00Lobethal, Oakbank, Balhannah, Verdun – 830F departing Lobethal at 7.20Nairne, Littlehampton – 841F departing Nairne at 7.15Special arrangements have been made for the T842 departing Nairne at 7.42 to set down at Stop 8 on Glen Osmond Road.Carey Gully, Summertown, Uraidla – 821 departing Aldgate Depot at 7.20City - 861 departing at 7.45, 8.00 or 8.05 - 864 departing at 7.55Afternoon Services Route DescriptionsSchool Bus 870ZFrom Glenunga High School, Conyngham Street via Glen Osmond Road, South Terrace, Pulteney Street, Wakefield Street,Victoria Square, King William Street, to zone W1 North Terrace.School Bus 871ZFrom Glenunga High School, Conyngham Street via Glen Osmond Road, Mt Barker Road, SE Freeway, Crafers Park ‘n’ Ride,Main Street Crafers, SE Freeway, Stirling exit, Mt Barker Road to Aldgate stop 44.School Bus 872ZFrom Glenunga High School, Conyngham Street via Glen Osmond Road, Portrush Road, Greenhill Road, Summertown,Uraidla to Carey Gully to Stop 25A.School Bus 873ZFrom Glenunga High School, Conyngham Street via Glen OsmondRoad, Mt Barker Road, SE Freeway to Bridgewater exit, BridgewaterRoad, Mt Barker Road, Bridgewater, Verdun Junction, Hahndorf, MtBarker, Adelaide Road, Druids Avenue, Hutchinson Street, GawlerStreet to Mt Barker Park ‘n’ Ride stop 65.834A, 837, T842, 850, 852, 838C, 839CRoute descriptions for these services can be found on theappropriate public timetable.If you have any other queries please call theTransitplus Info Line on 8339 7544 any timebetween 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Friday.- 10 -

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