March 2012 Newsletter - Seaview High School

SEAVIEW HIGH SCHOOLNewsletter78 – 124 Seacombe Road,Seacombe Heights SA 5047p: 8377 8000f: 8377 8050e. info@seaviewhs.sa.edu.auw. web.seaviewhs.sa.edu.au April 2012Importantcalendar events:23 AprilTerm 2 commences25 Aprilin this NewsletterANZAC DAY Holiday4 MayAchievement Assembly7- 11 MayYear 10 WorkExperience15 – 17 MayNAPLAN Testing11 JuneQueen’s BirthdayHoliday12 JuneStudent Free DayFrom the PrincipalBy the time you read this, Term 1 will be all but over; reportsdistributed, parent- teacher- student conferences completed,the Year 12 Formal over, and preparations for Term 2 well underway.You can see it has been another exciting and productive term, withstaff and students engaged in an abundance of activities, with thehighlights detailed in this Newsletter. In addition to these we havealso had regular Year Level Assemblies, an Indigenous Family Day,Care Group Activity Days, competed in numerous local and statesporting competitions, hosted visitors from local Primary Schools,and held a very successful Middle School Sports Day.On Wednesday 28 March we were delighted to welcome several hundred prospective students andtheir families to our Open Night. Our visitors were impressed by the range of offerings available atour school; our facilities and the genuine enthusiasm of the many students who remained thatnight to showcase our school. I thank them all for their contributions and commitment; however,a special mention must go to Isaac Bowes, Emily Chittenden, Rebekah Cotterill, Patrick Dennehy,Felipe Gonzalez- Figueroa, Maisy Hay, Casey Jose and Tanami Mueller who willing shared theirpositive experiences of starting as Year 8s at Seaview, with our visitors:“I have been really; really happy with everything Seaview has to offer.My subjects, my teachers; the opportunities I have for learning and the people I have met.Teachers here recognise our strengths and we get constantly extended and challenged. Out teacherspush us to do the best we can and to keep getting better, at the same time they will go over work andmake sure we really understand it.The other thing I really like is the fact that we can have an opinion and freedom of speech. We areencouraged to discuss our learning and to challenge and ask questions. We learn from each other, theteachers and the older students. We are developing a perspective of real world issues and some ofthem might even be confronting but it is real life learning and I really appreciate that.”“Last year my family and I migrated from Germany to Australia, which has been a great butsometimes difficult experience.After having a bad experience about bullying in Germany, I was scared to experience the same again.But since the first day at Seaview High I felt welcomed from the Teachers as well as all the students.The Teachers at Seaview High have been helpful, patient and willing to understand me and havelistened to my difficulties.The students at Seaview High have been wonderful and welcoming. I came with the fear of gettingbullied because of my English. But even though English is my second language everyone treats me andother students with respect and are willing to correct or improve my English. Every student atSeaview High gets equally treated.”These Year 8 students receive a voucher to the Sturt Blue Light Youth Week event at the SA AquaticCentre in recognition of their contribution to the School.78 – 124 Seacombe Road,Seacombe Heights SA 5047p: 8377 8000f: 8377 8050e. info@seaviewhs.sa.edu.auw. web.seaviewhs.sa.edu.auI am confident that this level of satisfaction, industry and participation will be reflected in theacademic achievements of our students. During Pastoral Care sessions students have beenprovided with opportunities to reflect on their successes and to discuss strategies and set goals forimprovement in Term 2. I look forward to acknowledging the academic achievement and thecontributions to the school community at our Assembly next term.I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their tireless efforts in delivering qualityteaching and learning programs and ensuring this level of co-curricular activity can continue.I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing break and look forward to next term, which promises to beequally as dynamic and interesting.Penny TranterPRINCIPAL

The Change Makers: Our StudentsWhat do we expect of student leaders these days? Earlier in the year our Care Groupteachers worked with their students towards identifying the characteristics of a goodleader. Major foci were around accessing Student Voice, bringing it into the light andproviding advocacy for our young people as they make their way through school.Student Leaders’ work is hard work. Many students from across our school wereprepared to step up, out of their comfort zone and commit to making a seriouscontribution to the life of our school.Care Groups carefully elected their forty seven Care Group Leaders. These studentspresented themselves to be selected as Captains. Each prepared and submitted astatement identifying their skills, understandings and experiences together with araft of Voice-enabling strategies that they expect to use to access and advocate forthe voice of the young people.Student statements included:• I want to be able to make a difference and help all students to have theiropinions heard as well as being someone they can talk to and get advice from• I can listen to others and work with them to solve issues that they might have• I would love this school to have more student voice and I can try my best toget what the students would like to change by respectively communicatingand interacting with the teachers and other staff• I would really like to change a few things• I’ll try to make the school a happy, healthy and safe place for all of my fellowstudents and teachers.• If people ask me something I will definitely bring it up at meetings and try toget it changed to make the school a better place.• I have strong leadership qualities including working well in a team, bringingup fresh ideas and being organised• I’m an excellent problem solver and simply just do not give up• If something is not right then I’ll stand up and fix it• I can make the school as strong as ever with new, unique and innovative ideas• I am keen to work with young people from all groups in order to get theirideas out there. I am inclusive, understanding and get things done• I am a loud speaker, good listener and quick learner.Students within the International Student group also selected their Captains.Our school Captains were presented to our whole school community at theInternational Women’s Day/Student Voice Assembly on Thursday 8 March. CareGroup Leaders were also acknowledged.The very next day these young people were conferencing with their peers to identifyand prioritise issues as they planned for their work in 2012.Students have also stepped up into a number of key decision making committees.These include The Uniform Committee, The Facilities Committee and The CanteenCommittee. Three Year 11 Captains have also embraced the opportunity to be theStudent Voice representatives on our Governing Council.Our students now need to work effectively so that our school can continue to build,strengthen and thrive.Mick DineenASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

The Change Makers: Our StudentsSEAVIEW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT VOICE:CAPTAINS PITMAN CAPTAINS KINGSTON CAPTAINSInternational Kaman Chau Shogo OhashiSchool Stephanie Plews Kathy SaraDavid HallerNathan ClarkeYear 11 Dayna Clarke Dessy GeorgescuClaudia ChynowethBlake DererYear 10 Tahlia Cotton Monika KumarHayden KariHayden SkinnerYear 9 Chelsea Cooke Hemanta KhadkaErin BerrimanThomas BattenYear 8 Eloise Warrick April-Rose McLachlanTanami MuellerMatthew TurnerCARE GROUP LEADERS PITMAN CARE GROUP LEADER KINGSTON CARE GROUP LEADERTaylah Frauenfelder [12P06]Kaitlin MacGillivray [12K01]Year 12 David Haller [12P06] Liam O’Carroll [12K01]Kaman Chau [12P17]Lachlan Cain [12P18]Nathan Clarke [12K02]Jemma Guthridge [12K02]Stephanie Plews [12P18]Claudia Chynoweth [11P07]Sanya Lillie [12K03]Kathy Sara [12K03]Blake Derer [11K09]Year 11 Emma Louise O’Brien [11P07] Saxon Nelson-Milton [11K09]Samantha Clarke [11P13]Dessy Georgescu [11K16]Darcy Haggett [11P13]Holly Jobson [11K16]Mitch Bayly [11PS3]Dayna Clarke [11PS3]Chrissy Collins [10P09]Kia Brown [11K17]Lincoln Brown [11K17]Monika Kumar [10K07]Year 10 Jayde Winzel [10P09] Hayden Skinner [10K07]Tahlia Cotton [10P12]Jaiden Frauenfelder [10K11]Hayden Kari [10P12]Jossy Iveson [10K11]Chelsea Cooke [9P10]Daniel Hill [9K05]Year 9 Amos Whittet [9P10] Jake Pledger [9K05]Erin Berriman [9P14]Thomas Batten [9K08]Tiffany Epton [9P14]Tanami Mueller [8P08]Hemanta Khadka [9K08]Harrison Dean [8K12]Year 8 Eloise Warrick [8P08] Megan Wheatley [8K12]Maisy Hay [8P16]April-Rose McLachlan [8K13]Johnny Tatnell [8P16]Matthew Turner [8K13]

Harmony Day 2012Yōkoso, Huānyíng, BienvenueHarmony Day is celebrated around Australia on 21 March each year.Orange is the colour used to represent racial tolerance, cultural diversity and on Harmony Day, the ribbon students received in care group onWednesday morning to wear represents the message of the day, that Everyone Belongs.Harmony Day is a time to recognise the traditional owners of this land who have been here for more than 40,000 years, and to recognise thatthe rest of us have come to Australia from somewhere else, maybe it was five, six or seven or more generations before, maybe it was asconvicts, free settlers, skilled migrants or refugees, but originally, the majority of us have come to live here from somewhere else in the world.Today one in four people in Australia were born overseas. And our population of about 20 million is one of the most culturally andlinguistically diverse populations in the world, speaking over 200 languages collectively.Harmony Day is time to acknowledge the range of cultures that make up our country and to celebrate how this diversity has contributed toour lives; the foods that we eat, the houses we live in, the laws that govern us, the art, films and television we see, the music we listen to, thelanguages we speak, and the sports and games that we play, have all been heavily influenced by the different cultural groups that makeAustralia a great place to live.At Seaview we are proud of our international focus, our language programs and our international programs. We have 33 differentnationalities represented amongst our student body - we have students who were born in, or whose family come from, Africa, Croatia,Cambodia, Chile, China, England, Fiji, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria,Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Zimbabwe…. and that’s just some of them.Having the opportunity to learn about each other and learn from each other helps us develop empathy and tolerance through improvedcommunication and increased inter-cultural understandings.The theme for Harmony Day in 2012 was Sport. Playing sport is a great way for people regardless of their backgrounds, to get together andwork towards a common goal. Being part of a team helps us develop a sense of belonging and acceptance of others and help to buildunderstanding and respect.At the Harmony Day Soccer game all students participated in the soccer tournament as either players or spectators because HARMONY IS AGAME WE CAN ALL PLAY.Penny TranterPRINCIPAL

World Harmony Day RunHarmony Day is celebrated in Australia to increase awareness of culturaldiversity and to encourage Australians to be united.The World Harmony Run is a worldwide torch relay, which was founded in1987 by Sri Chinmoy in a spirit of friendship, love and togetherness. SriChinmoy was an athlete, philosopher, artist, musician and poet. Hededicated his life to improve the world’s view on international friendshipand understanding.In this relay, the runners carry a flaming torch, passing it from hand tohand and travelling through more than 100 countries around the world asa symbol of harmony. I think that this relay unites people from all over theworld and makes friendships blossom.As everyone knows, there are wars around the world so we need peace andharmony. As I came from a war-torn country, I had very bad experienceswith war. I felt that my future had been ruined. My dreams were destroyed.I wanted peace, but I couldn’t find it in my country. When I heard aboutthis relay, I was pleased and thought that there are still people alive, whowant to make this world as peaceful as a flower garden.At a personal level, I really like the idea of The World Harmony Run andwould like to applaud those, who are participating in this celebration. Ithink that not only adults but also the children should be involved in thisHarmony Day celebration as they are the ones, who are going to lead thisworld in a good way in the future.I know that there are people, who don’t know about this Harmony Daycelebration. As Australians, it is our duty to let everyone know whatharmony is all about and how it feels to be united.For me, it was really important to participate in this celebration as astudent, who wants a peaceful and prosperous future and a person who isfrom a country, where the word ‘peace’ has been destroyed. I was so glad,when I got this opportunity to take part in the Harmony Day celebrationthat was held in the city (in Rundle mall). The other Seaview High studentswho participated in this celebration are Victor SHAVRUKOV, CheironHAMILTON, Sanya LILLIE, Martha BRENNER, (Eric) ChangWoo CHOI,Maisy HAY, Angel KNOBLAUCH, Erica NEALEY and Yiran Li. I would like tothank the staff, who encouraged students from Seaview High School to joinin this celebration and to read a short poem about harmony and peace.I want to let the Seaview High School students know that this is a goodopportunity to show this world, what peace and harmony mean to you alland why you need them. Please don’t miss out this chance and be proud tobe an Australian in a multicultural country.Suphaneela (NEELA) SIVAKUMARAN11K16

=International Women’s DayWhen asked to write about our International Woman’s Day and Harmony day, I reflected.Throughout my childhood these days have been celebrated and I had always taken them into account, and the significance they have.Yet, as I have grown I have learnt more about what these events actually represent: Unity, Equality and Harmony. These are big topics andworth acknowledging.Our whole school’s assemblies this year have shown me and the other students how much things have changed and how much we tend to takethese changes for granted.We shouldn’t celebrate these days just as a school, but as a generation. We need to continue learning to unite, to work to ensure the world is abetter place in the futurePersonally I know that the changes we are looking at today have taken a lot of hard work.While we are all thankful reflecting on that hard work we need to realise, it is not over…. and that thought itself is something to celebrate.Caitie Cain11PS3International Woman’s Day BreakfastDuring week 6 of Term 1 the school participated in various events to celebrate International Women’s Day. Week 6 was certainly a weekthat I was proud to be a woman and proud to be a part of the Seaview High community.On Wednesday the 7 March we had Triple J’s unearthed band Gold Bloom perform for the students during lunch. This all female, Indie Popband were not only talented and entertaining but a wonderful inspiration to young women and the musicians we have amongst our studentbody.On Thursday the 8 March we had an official IWD whole school assembly where Felicity Ann Lewis, Mayor of the City of Marion was ourguest speaker and we had a special performance from the Year 10 dance class. I would like to thank Ms Lewis and our performers forsupporting IWD and making our school celebrations so special.Friday the 9th of March Ms Tranter, Ms Beinke, six senior girls and I dragged ourselves out of bed before daylight to attend the officialUNIFEM IWD breakfast with 2000 other women at the Adelaide Convention Centre. This event was hosted by the Honourable Penny Wongand our guest speaker was Melbourne-based novelist and educator Alice Pung. It was a wonderful event to have attended and I know oursenior students found it as encouraging and inspirational as we staff members did.I would like to thank all of our organisers, staff and specialguests who made IWD such a grand event. I can’t wait to startpreparations for next year’s celebrations!BethBeth AhlinChristian Pastoral Care Worker

Clean Up Australia: Mission AccomplishedNo one likes cleaning up other people’s mess. On Friday 2 March, Clean-Up Australia Day [Schools], we did just that. Students from across theschool, armed with buckets and tongs, combed the whole school site, all 124 000 square metres of it, to collect and remove every piece ofrubbish.Each Care Group, working with their Care Group Teacher, had their own patch. Their one goal was to restore their area to a pristine state ofcleanliness. Our goal was achieved and it was good.Other outcomes included building an improved sense of pride in our school and recognition of the real value of teamwork, leadership andshared goals as being significant drivers for supporting people towards achieving their goals.Feedback sought from students indicated that:• our school looked much better• we needed bigger buckets• we need to have Yard Clean-Ups more often• students enjoyed the opportunity to work together to clean up their school.Sunday 4 March was the real Clean-Up Australia Day. Many of our students and staff, together with their families, worked with their localcommunity groups to again clean up other people’s rubbish in the wider community on Sunday.Mick DineenASSISTANT PRINCIPALDance UpdateHello, I’d like to introduce myself to you as I am new to the school. My name is Adele Shannon and I have taught dance to secondary students forover ten years now. I have directed many Rock Eisteddfods, School Musicals and variety shows. I have participated in and/or taughtcontemporary dance, as well as ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and rhythmic gymnastics. I studied Dance at Adelaide University and then Education atUni SA. I have been looking forward to teaching at Seaview High School as I know it has a strong dance history and it does!So far, we have had a great start to the year, the students have been very engaged and class work is progressing nicely. The year 10 dance classperformed successfully at the Women’s Day assembly and the year 8 dance students met and danced with the year 9 class in a combinedchoreography. During the Adelaide Arts Festival, senior dance students went to see the Australian Dance Theatre perform ‘Proximity’.Choreographed by Gary Stewart, this piece demonstrated exceptional dance technique linked with live film projection on stage. The year 12students will study ADT as part of their year 12 essay component.Following this, all senior students studying dance across South Australia met for `Leaps and Bounds’ Dance Day. The students participated in acontemporary-indigenous dance class and collaborated with other students in a choreographic workshop. They watched a performance bydancers from the Adelaide College of the Arts and listened to experts about dance on film.So what is coming up for term 2?..... Dance students will have the opportunity to see some great performances at heavily discounted ratesthanks to Centre-ed school bookings with the Festival Centre. In week 2 the year 10/11/12 class will see Involuntary on Thursday the 3 rd of May2012 and the performance will be at the Space Theatre. Duration 1hr and30min. Cost $12:50. Then, in week 4 the year 9 and 11/12 class will seeCirca in on Tuesday the 15 th of May 2012. Cost $6 and the performance willbe at Her Majesty’s Theatre (opposite Central Markets). Duration 50 minutes.These excursions will take place during lesson time .Furthermore, the Seaview High School traditional winter-ography will happenin term 2 (date to be confirmed) please stay tuned.Adele ShannonDANCE TEACHER

Counselling Services 2012The structure of the School Student Support Services Team is slightly different this year with Student Counsellors Mr Richard Harrington andMs Susi Beinke, the Christian Pastoral Support Worker Beth Ahlin and Senior School Mentor Teresa Helm.Times Available:Christian Pastoral Support Worker - Beth AhlinMonday 8:30am – 11:30amTuesday 8:00am – 11:30amThursday 7:30am – 11:00amFriday 8:30 – 3:00pmSenior Secondary Mentor - Teresa HelmMonday 9:00am – 2:00pmWednesday 9:00am – 2:00pmFriday 9:00am – 2:00pmThe team is available to support students to feel happy and connected with school, their learning and their life generally.We support students with:School: Challenges with school work. Study and pathway information and support, attendance.Peer Group: Friendship groups, bullying/harassment, peer mediation and friendship support.Personal and Family: Emotional support, loss and grief, family conflict or breakdown, sexual health/sexuality issues, spiritual support,participate in home visits.Community Connections: Information, referrals and connection to local services, partner with local services to provide greater opportunitiesfor students.Students can make appointments through the Student Service Office to see a team member or directly with the counsellors in their officeareas before/after school recess or lunchtime.Parents are welcome to contact team members:Mr Harrington - 0439 809 464 or 8377 8043.Ms Beinke - 8377 8030Beth Ahlin - 8377 8026Teresa Helm - 83778064Richard HarringtonCOUNSELLORLions Youth of the Year QuestAs mentioned in the last newsletter Thomas Laing and Victoria Hedger represented the school at the local district stage of the Lions ClubYouth of the Year competition. Although neither of them went through to the next round, their performance on the night was impressive withthe judges commenting that it was a difficult task to nominate an overall winner. Thomas in particular is to be congratulated as he won thebest public speaker section of the quest. The school would like once again to thank John Chenoweth the organiser of the Quest for his supportof our students.Richard HarringtonCOUNSELLOR

Year 10 Work Experience WorkshopAs part of the year 10’s preparation for work experience in week 3 next term the year 10 studentsover the last few weeks, participated in presentations from key people involved in the world of work:The first of these was by John Callaghan our local Trades School for the Future ApprenticeshipsBroker who emphasised the need to arrange a meaningful work experience that is aligned to apossible pathway beyond school. He also spoke about the importance of performing well on theirwork experience as it can enhance their resumes as well as in some cases lead into either a part timejob or even a school based apprenticeship.Our second speaker was Dr Anthony Lake from Rotary who addressed the students from anemployer’s point of view on what their expectations are. He pointed out the key behaviours theyshould exhibit to make the experience a positive one for both the employer and the students. Theschool would like to thank both of the speakers for giving up their time and using their expertise tohelp prepare our year 10 students for their work experience.For further information about School Based Apprenticeships is outlined on the back page of the backpage of the newsletter – any queries about this can to be directed to either of the apprenticeshipBrokers or the Counsellor at Seaview.Richard HarringtonCOUNSELLORYear 6 & 7 Tennis Day – Seacliff PrimaryOn Tuesday the 27th ,of March, Seaview High School held a tennis day for Seacliff Primary School’s year 6’s and 7’s. There were over 100 kidsthat day and Mr Foot’s year 11 Health class helped out a lot during that time. Five of the students held a BBQ for Seacliff Primary and othersheld a canteen for drinks. Kids from year 8 to 11 helped Mr Foot with the tennis program, teaching the primary students how to properly hitthe ball and also how to position the racquet.To ensure everyone was involved, Mr Foot had other activities going on when kids weren't on the courts. These included ladder ropes,medicine ball sit-ups and we also had the gym open for the primary students to have some fun.We had two classes going; these were a science lesson and also ahealth lesson. In the health lesson, the kids played some games and alsolearnt what health was about. In the Science lesson, they did a Physicsexperiment with a rocket and also they did a Chemistryexperiment, making a volcano.

Hosei Junior High School – Study TourSeaview High School hosted a group of 18 students and one teacher from Hosei Junior High School in Japan from Monday March 5 th toMarch 9th. Hosei is one of the top academic schools in Tokyo, Japan. Each year it brings over 140 students to Adelaide on a One Week StudyTour. Seven local schools participate in this program.We have successfully hosted Hosei Study Tours in the last three years. Our home stay families and Seaview teachers have shownoutstanding care toward Hosei students especially last year when the tsunami and earthquake disaster were first broadcast over the longweekend.The 18 Hosei students and teachers arrived home safely on Monday March 12th. It was hard for them to say goodbye to their host familiesand teachers on Friday March 10th. There were many tears as the students left on Saturday morning.The school based program included English, Art, Drama and Science. Our visitors also talked to students in Japanese classes about differentaspects of the Japanese culture. As the curriculum in Japanese schools is quite different to that in Australian schools, Seaview’s short-termprogram offered a variety of learning activities that reflected our learning and lifestyle in Australia.The Graduation Ceremony was a great success. The Hosei students gave farewell speeches which reflected their wonderful learningexperience at our school and performed two songs they had rehearsed in Japan for many weeks. Gifts were exchanged between Hosei andSeaview High Schools. Seaview Principal Ms Penny Tranter gave the farewell speech at the graduation. Daniel Hill and Bianca Williamsgave a farewell speech in both English and Japanese. This program hasprovided our language students with the opportunity to improve theirlanguage skills and forge life-long friendships with Japanese students.We would like to thank everyone for their support and involvementin the Hosei program. Special thanks to Julienne Chambers, Nicole Moody,Vesma Wilson, Vanda Banks, Cheryl Gigney, Brad Hurrell, Kym Foot andMargaret Marschall for delivering high quality educational programs to theHosei students. Thanks to Ms Penny Tranter, our Principal for her strongsupport to this program.Hannah Webb and Jess Tutton worked hard behind the scenes in manypractical ways including homestay management and the graduationceremony. This program couldn’t be possible without their hard work.Special thanks to Shirley Donovan for volunteering her time to helpwith the students’ art work. The Year 12 Food and Hospitality studentsprovided a special lunch on the final day. The food and presentation wassuperb. We would like to thank Vesma Wilson for her excellent work andher students’ contribution to this program.The feedback from Hosei Junior High School is very positive. I will quotetheir email to me below …I did feel all your host schools really understood and met the school’swishes and requests this year. We didn't have any big issues and allthe teachers were so thankful to you for your great effort! Again Ireally appreciate your GREAT HELP! Please also convey our verydeep and sincere thanks to everyone involved in the tour at your schoolThank you very much once again!Ms Ying Yao, Coordinatoron behalf of the International Team