Newsletter Issue 1 Term II 2017
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HEADMASTER<br />
Mrs Judi Nealy<br />
Acting Headmaster<br />
What is the purpose of the school newsletter?<br />
• to celebrate achievements<br />
• to tell the many good stories of our school and community<br />
• to increase awareness around educational issues and thinking<br />
• to create connectedness<br />
This term I looked at the calendar to see what has happened since the last newsletter and this is<br />
what I could quickly see:<br />
• Junior School OZ Opera<br />
• TIGS DANCE Evening<br />
• Elective Music Concerts<br />
• Easter Service<br />
• School and NASSA Cross Country<br />
• Regional da Vinci Decathlon for Year 5 – Year 10 (three separate events)<br />
• AICES and NASSA Touch football<br />
• CIS AFL Trials<br />
• Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition<br />
• CIS Swimming<br />
• Continuing rehearsals for the production Mary Poppins<br />
• Planning for the Mother’s Day Breakfast<br />
• ANZAC Day Services<br />
What conclusions can be drawn from this exercise, and what conclusions do I hope our community<br />
sees?<br />
Firstly, breadth. Our school offers an astounding breadth of opportunities to grow, learn, develop<br />
and shine. TIGS graduates are typically confident and willing to step out into various opportunities<br />
that are presented to them. This is because our students have the opportunity to follow their talents<br />
and passions and develop that confidence through the many opportunities offered here at our<br />
School.<br />
Secondly, diversity. Our learners are multifaceted, they can be athletes and linguists, artists<br />
and academics or any other combination of gifts, talents, opportunities and interests. This week<br />
we hosted the da Vinci Decathlon for Years 7 to Year 10 and competed in the Junior School<br />
Decathlon at another school. The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to<br />
challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. Students compete in teams of eight across<br />
10 disciplines: Engineering, Mathematics and Chess, Code Breaking, Art and Poetry, Science,<br />
English, Philosophy, Creative Producers, Cartography and General Knowledge.<br />
Finally, community. TIGS is unique in the support given to all of our learners by staff and by the other<br />
young people in finding that special area where they experience “flow” and developing their skills<br />
and expertise in that area. This is really exciting because when I observe one person shining at<br />
the front of the stage, athletics track, classroom, or any other area in our School, I typically see a<br />
supportive network of community surrounding that person, assisting them to achieve to that level
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