BSS Annual Report 2011 - Brighton Secondary School

Annual Report 2011Brighton hosted three teacher-training programs with teachers from Indonesian and NewCaledonia. The ISP Coordinator conducted a presentation on integration of International Students atBrighton as part of the International Education Services program to grow International numbers.The new staffing model and teacher conditions were implemented to everyone’s satisfaction.STUDENTSTo commemorate Brighton’s 25 th year of participation in the Australian Volleyball Schools Cuptournament, the Open Honour Boys and Girls teams wore the original Brighton High School volleyballuniform (pre 1994).A group of the 2011 Year 8 Special Interest Music students have become of the most outstandingyoung musical ensembles after less than nine months’ training. Rat Pack performed in the BrightonJazz Cabaret, Indigenous Students Open Day at Brighton and Andrew Southcott’s ‘Spring’ inSpringfield House on 20 th November. They will also perform at the 2012 ‘Carnevale’ on 11 th February,2012.Freya Davies-Ardill and Jayden Rowell won a Wyatt Foundation Music Scholarship.Head Prefect, Danny Clarkson, was invited to be a leader at the 2012 National Youth Science.Chemistry Quiz Plaques were awarded to Jake Taylor and Timothy Stevens (both on the 99thpercentile).Charlotte Burton won the prestigious Spring Poetry Festival competition. John Malone wasemployed as a Writer in Residence to support the ever-increasing Student Writers’ Group.The Science students gained second place in the Science and Engineering Challenge.Three Pastoral Care Focus Days were funded to support the House Teams model.International Students• Year 12 MU Zi (Christine) studied Extended Mathematics at Flinders University and achieved aDistinction. This is equivalent to a first year university course.• Mai Fukasawa from Japan was selected in the Girls Volleyball team to compete at the StateCup and National School Volleyball Competition in Melbourne.• Orientation programs included a highly successful two-day aquatics program; a one- dayorientation ‘city centre’ tour; a visit to IES to familiarize them with its location and its supportstaff followed by bowling and laser skirmish in the afternoon.• The successful system of lending MacBooks to Study Abroad Program students has created abank of computers for these students.• Korean students were involved in the ‘Taste of Korea’ Asia literacy staff presentation.Page 5