Aberfoyle Park
High School
Newsletter Taylors Road East Aberfoyle Park 5159 Phone: 8270 4455 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aphs.sa.edu.au Diary Dates March 24 31 1 3 6 7 10 11-‐26 Zone Athletics Reports distributed Yr 9 Drama (6.30pm) April World Challenge Info Session (7.00pm) Good Friday Easter Monday SSSSA Athletics Yr 8-‐12 Parent / Teacher Interviews (3.30-‐8pm) Last day of term -‐ early dismissal 2.15pm School Holidays 27 29 30 May 1 7 8 11 12 12-‐14 April-‐Term 2 Term 2 commences Anzac A ssembly L3 Principal Tour Principal Tour Yr 8 Immunisation Yr 9/10 Aquatics Camp Principal Tour Principal Tour Ignite Testing Principal Tour Finance Mtg 6.30pm Governing Council Mtg 7.30pm NAPLAN Issue 2, March 2015 2015 SPORTS DAY -‐ THORPE RULES Friday March 13th provided perfect
weather for Sports Day held at
Flinders University playing fields. As
students headed to the buses colour
reigned supreme with huge sways of
red (Freeman), green (Fraser), blue
(Bradman), yellow (Moneghetti),
purple (Barassi) and white (Thorpe).
The friendly rivalry commenced on
arrival as students headed to their
tents and chants began.
The competition quickly kicked off
with Long Jump, 5-a-side soccer,
Discus, Volleyball, Vortex, Frisbee
Golf and this was soon followed as
the points started to mount with the
200 metres, Tug of War and Cross
Country. No sooner were these
events over than we saw teams
competing in Handball, Field Darts
and the famous Year 10 Boat Race. The day culminated with the Spoke Relays and the batten relays. In the end however there can only be one FIRST and for the second year running Thorpe House was the overall winner. 1
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SPORTS DAY RESULTS
HOUSE
Colour Points
THORPE
White
1437
MONEGHETTI Yellow 1423
BARASSI
Purple
1291
BRADMAN
Blue
1129
FREEMAN
Red
1076
FRASER
Green
979
Congratulations to Thorpe House
but a huge thank you to all students
who competed and helped make the
day so successful.
A special thank you to Mr Richard
Garrett, Mr Dave Edwards and the
PE team and Year 11 PE students for
their great organisation ensuring the
day ran smoothly.
Liz Mead
Provider Name: Department for Education and Child Development T/A South Australian Government Schools CRICOS Provider No. 00018A Inside this issue: World Challenge – Premier’s Challenge – Pacific School Games – Elevate Education – International SA Premier’s Anzac Spirit Award Competition – Tennis Report – A Taste of Flinders – Re-‐Set Program – Uniform Update – 2015 APHS Gig Guide Liz Mead -‐ Principal Issue 2, March 2015 ABERFOYLE PARK HIGH SCHOOL & WORLD CHALLENGE
MALAYSIA 2016
Aberfoyle Park High School is delighted to announce that we are launching another very exciting World Challenge
program which offers students the opportunity to plan, fund and ultimately lead their own month long expedition to
Malaysia in November 2016.
This program will be managed by World Challenge, a pioneering educational organisation with 25 years of experience
in delivering personal development expeditions for students. The expedition to Malaysia is preceded by a training and
preparation program, during which students play a major role in planning their itinerary, which will include project
work in a local community and a challenging trek. Students are also supported in setting and achieving individual and
team fundraising goals to help cover the cost of the expedition program where, on average, students raise over half of
the total program cost.
We would like to invite you and your son or daughter to a presentation delivered by a member of the World
Challenge team who will discuss the benefits of the program, the fundraising support and safety back-up they provide,
and how they deliver a fun, rewarding, and safe experience.
INFORMATION NIGHT
Date:
Wed 1st April 2015
Time:
7pm – 8pm
Venue:
Performing Arts Centre - APHS
To learn more about World Challenge, please visit: http://www.worldchallenge.com.au
For administration purposes and attendance numbers please email your intention to attend to the following email:
[email protected]. If you unable to attend the Information Night and are interested in being considered as a
participant please contact Jo Jaensch on 8270 4455.
PREMIER’S READING
CHALLENGE
Is your son or daughter taking up the
Challenge in 2015??
If so, please ensure they fill in their
student reading records as they read
their books, get them signed off as
they go and please make sure your
child hands it in to the school before
Friday 4 September.
The Challenge is to read a minimum
of twelve books in total.
Years 8 and 9 students read four
books from the Challenge lists and
eight of their own choice and these
can include prescribed texts, research
texts and any other texts from their
research or studies.
Years 10 to 12 students read twelve
books of their own choice, and these
can include prescribed texts, research
texts and any other texts from their
research or studies.
Student reading records are available
from your child’s teacher, from the
library or download from the website.
Diana Stevens
PACIFIC SCHOOL GAMES – ADELAIDE - 2015 The countdown has begun! 2015 will
see the Pacific School Games held in
Adelaide for the first time.
Incomparable
to
any
other
international
school
sport
championship, the Pacific School
Games provides opportunities for
around 4000 school-aged students
to participate in nine different sports
at the highest level.
Students aged between 10 – 19
years from at least 12 countries,
including every Australian state and
territory,
will
compete from
November 21 – 29, 2015 in the
sports
of
Swimming,
Diving,
Basketball, Touch Football, Baseball,
Softball, Football (Soccer) and Table
Tennis, as well as Goalball for the
visually impaired.
Competitions will take place across
Adelaide at the Glenelg Baseball
Club,
Pasadena
High
School,
Wayville Stadium, Adelaide Shores,
Westminster
School,
South
Australian Aquatic Centre, the
Netball Centre & the City Parklands.
Pacific School Games General
Manager Les Rauert said countries
far and wide, particularly from
around the Pacific and Asia have
been invited. “Once the Pacific
School Games were seen as a
Games for the Pacific, now they are
Games held in the Pacific and we
expect up to 20 countries to attend.
We are excited about the
opportunities that Adelaide offers
for our participants.”
How can you get involved in the
2015 Pacific School Games?
Whether you’re interested in
assisting with sports or teams,
hosting educational excursions or
performing
at
the
opening
ceremony, there are endless
opportunities for you to get
involved.
If you are interested in volunteering
please contact us with your details,
[email protected]
Issue 2, March 2015 ELEVATE EDUCATION
We are pleased to announce that
we have engaged the services of
Elevate Education to deliver a series
of workshops to our senior school
students.
Follow up resources will also be
provided to students to help them
consolidate and practice the skills
delivered at these sessions. A
further session Ace your Exams will
be offered in June.
Elevate is an Australian company
that has spent the past 14 years
benchmarking the study habits of
Australia’s top-performing students.
They then offer their insight and
experience in delivering engaging
high impact workshops to students
to help students learn more
effectively, and increase their
performance in assessments and
assignments.
The Study Sensei seminar breaks
down the study techniques of top
students, providing students with a
road-map for what work they need
to be doing across the year and how
they need to manage this. The Time
Management seminar addresses
the question ‘ Once I know what to
do, how do I find the time to do it?’
All year 12 students will be
attending two compulsory sessions;
Study Sensei in March and Time
Management in May.
All year 11 students will attend the
Study Elevation session on March
24thwhich will examine the key
fundamentals for school motivation
and introduces students to a range
of skills that will allow them to
motivate themselves throughout the
year.
Warren Eaton
INTERNATIONAL
This year the International
Program at Aberfoyle Park High
School has got off to a fantastic
start. We welcomed a number of
students from Germany and Japan
who were at Aberfoyle Park until
the end of week 5.
We also welcome Prach Boonnud
from Thailand, Rio Fukuta and
Hinano Kotaki from Japan and
Mei Miyashita and Tatsuyoshi
Kitani who are scholarship
students selected by the Tokyo
Board of Education for a one year
Study Abroad Program.
We are currently looking for
families to host International
students studying at APHS. We
are anticipating three study
groups from Japan later this year.
To find out more and to register
your interest please phone the
front office on 8270 4455 or
email [email protected]
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Host families will receive financial
reimbursement
for
hosting
students.
Warren Eaton
JAPANESE SCHOLARSHIPS
We wish Xuan Ye all the best as
he departs Australia to undertake
his 12 month scholarship to live
and study in Japan for one year.
SA PREMIER’S ANZAC SPIRIT AWARD COMPETITION
Year 11 APHS student Lachlan Bruce and Humanities and Social Science
Teacher Charlie Moyle are looking forward to their forthcoming trip to
Gallipoli between the 17th and 28th of April. They are 2 winners of the
2015 SA Premier’s ANZAC Spirit Award Competition.
In winning the right to travel to commemorate the Centenary Celebration
of the Gallipoli landing in 1915, they will be part of the official dawn service.
They will also visit Australian and New Zealand Memorials, specific battle
sites like The Nek, and fantastic cultural and historical sites such as the Blue
Mosque, Troy and St Sophia.
This will truly be a trip of a lifetime.
Claire Forsyth
Jacinta Teigeler will also embark
upon her scholarship and will
represent Aberfoyle Park High
School at our Southern Network
Japanese partnership
school,
Mishima, in the April school
holidays.
This scholarship is open to all
Year 9 students studying Japanese
and applications will be called for
during Term 3 for the 2016
position. We wish Xuan and
Jacinta a rewarding stay in Japan.
Ilana Nicole
Issue 2, March 2015 TENNIS REPORT
With
the
very
successful
commencement this year of the
APHS Tennis Academy there has
been a lot happening around the
game in the last few weeks.
Statewide Open Knockout
Competitions
Both the boys and girls teams have
been active in this time.
The Boys defeated Encounter
College comfortably before coming
up against a strong Tatachilla side in
the second round. Our team of five
players contained 3 year 8
students, which promises well for
the future.
The girls team won in a whitewash
against Tatachilla, not dropping a
single game. They now meet
Henley and Glenunga in a 3 way
contest in the next round.
State
Secondary
Schools
Individual Championships
We entered around 20 students
(academy and non academy) in
these championships, and our
results were outstanding.
In no particular order, some of the
highlights were:
Chennoa Norris – Year 8/9 Girls
Consolation Winner
Elise Taverne - Year 8/9 Girls
Consolation Runner Up
Tatsuyoshi Kitani – Year 10 Boys
Consolation Winner
Lachlan Madera – Year 8 Boys Main
Draw Semifinalist
Holly Weatherall – Year 8/9 Girls
Main Draw Quarterfinalist. Holly
lost 7-5 in a tiebreaker to the top
seed and eventual winner.
Heidi Evans - Year 8/9 Girls Main
Draw Quarterfinalist
Sacha Rankine – Open Girls Main
Draw Quarterfinalist
Cody Menadue – Year 8 Boys Main
Draw Quarterfinalist
Matthew Reed – Year 8 Boys Main
Draw Quarterfinalist. Matt was
unseeded but defeated 2 seeds on
his way to the quarters.
These are an outstanding set of
results, and they speak volumes of
the work that these Tennis
Academy (and non academy)
students are putting in. Terry Ellis
A TASTE OF FLINDERS
In February 29 APHS students
attended the Introduction to
Science & Advanced Mathematics
at Flinders University for Year 10
students.
The event was provided for
students who may be interested
in Science and Technology, and
want to know more about
courses and careers.
The day provided the opportunity
to take part in a series of hands
on workshops on a variety of
topics including liquefied gases,
palaeontology, electronics and
forensic science.
Students were also given the
opportunity to hear from
speakers about possible career
pathways and university courses.
Russell Johns
THE RE-SET PROGRAM
The successful Re-Set Program
will be commencing in Week 8 of
Term 1.
The Program is for senior school
females and aims to improve diet,
stress levels, sleep patterns,
concentration
and
overall
perspective through
physical
activity.
Medal winner Tatsu Kitani, Main Draw Semi-finalist Lachlan Madera & medal winners Elise Taverne &
Chennoa Norris
CONGRATULATIONS
...to Jared Crawford and Ryan Dixon!
Jared and Ryan both performed their stand-up comedy acts at Class Clowns
2015, a part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Both boys did Team Aberfoyle proud, achieving plenty of laughs and audience
appreciation.
Jared's performance was fantastic that he came second in the competition!
Ryan won the competition and will now perform his act in front of a large crowd
at the National Finals in Melbourne on Friday 17th April. Well done boys!
Andy Vinter
The group have two sessions per
week, Tuesday mornings at
Paragon Fitness, where the girls
access Paragon’s cardio classes,
and Friday afternoon on Happy
Valley Oval with Switch2Fitness’s
Personal Trainer, Mel Crawford.
The group also attend various
excursions throughout the year.
If you would like to know more,
visit the link below to see
firsthand what we do in the ReSet Program:
http://www.classmoviestv.com/DEC
D02?movid=S9051-02-S9051-045
Leigh Charlesworth
Issue 2, M arch 2015 UNIFORM UPDATE
Uniform supplier DEVON have informed the school that the new hooded
winchcheaters will be available at the shop during the last week of March.
DEVON will be sending out messages to all families who have ordered these
items as soon as they arrive.
The outstanding orders of Polo Shirts have arrived and will be available in the
shop next week (beginning Monday March 23).
A NEW pair of girls black pants has just been added to the uniform list and
these pants are now in production. A size range of the pants is now available
at TOTALLY SCHOOLWEAR for girls who wish to try them on before
ordering. The arrival date for the pants will be broadcast by the shop and via
our newsletter, as soon as we have confirmation
TOTALLY SHOOLWEAR
Shop 3, 378 Goodwood Road
(cnr Little St) Cumberland Park
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Phone: 8373 1776
Email: [email protected]
Online orders:
https://onlineshop.devonclothing.com.au/aberfoyle-park
PEDAL PRIX
Riders Wanted
We have registered a single APHS
Bike for 2015. We already have 7
Registered Riders, but to produce
a strong team we require 10-12
riders.
This year our team will be
involved in up to 4 races during
the months of May –September.
APHS has traditionally faired very
well in these races, with regular
top 5 places and several wins (out
of nearly 200 entries).
Rider Registration Forms are
available from the Front Office.
Please Log onto the Pedal Prix
website to see videos, pictures
and
more
information
on
the event. www.pedalprix.com.au
Riders from any year level may
enter. Female students are
encouraged as they have faired
very very well in the past.
For further information please
contact Andrew Aves on
0448 599 003 or
[email protected]
PASTORAL CARE WORKER
(Previously known as “School
Chaplain”)
Schools Ministry Group along with
the Aberfoyle Park Schools Ministry
Network are seeking applications
for this 8 to 10 hour per week
position, commencing Term 2, 2015
at Aberfoyle Park High School.
The position exists to offer a
Chaplaincy Service to students, staff
and the school community.
A Job and Person Specification,
including details on “How to Apply”,
is available from Schools Ministry Group on 8378 6800 or [email protected] (Previous applicants need not apply) Closing date: Mon 4th May, 5 pm
For details go to: www.smg.asn.au PINK PANTHERS
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
CLUB (SOCCER)
Come and Try Session
For girls born in 2004 or after in
preparation for the 2016 season.
Pink Panthers are looking for girls
that want to play in an all-girls
team.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY
ACTIVITES
Join in great fun and make new
friends at Active Ed’s ‘Be your
own Superhero’ holiday camp to
be held 22 – 24 April at Victor
Harbor for 7-12 & 13-16 year olds.
Saturday 21st March 9am
Our club is located on Galloway
Rd, O’Sullivan Beach.
No
previous
experience
necessary – beginners are more
than welcome. Bring a friend!
Pink Panthers are also looking for
players for their Senior Women
teams for season 2015.
For further enquiries
contact Phil Webster on
0410 386 100.
please
20% off a full camp booking if you
book by 13/04/15 and mention that
you saw this in the school
newsletter.
For more information, application
forms and discount offers check out
www.activeed.com.au or phone
8370 1500.
ABERFOYLE PARK PRIMARY
SCHOOL CAMPUS
‘OPEN DAY’
Tuesday 31st March
9-11am & 5-7pm
2 Campus Drive, Aberfoyle Park
Issue 2, March 2015 2015 APHS GIG GUIDE
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
TERM ONE
Stage 1 and 2 Music students
Formative solo
assessments
APHS PAC
Friday March 27th
L6&7 (Week 9)
TERM TWO
Choir / String Ensemble /
Percussion Ensemble/ Stage 2
Soloists
Concert Band / Big Band /
Year 9 and 10 Bands
St Augustine’s Church
Concert
St Augustine’s Church
183 Unley Rd, Unley
Thursday May 28th
7pm (Week 5)
Band Night
APHS PAC
Monday June 1st
7pm (Week 6)
Stage 1 and 2 Music students
Summative solo
assessments
APHS PAC
Friday June 12th
L6&7 (Week 7)
TERM THREE
Stage 1 and 2 Music students
Concert Band / Big Band /
Percussion Ensemble/ String
Ensemble / Choir / Yr 8 Band
Stage 2 Music students/
Big Band/ Concert Band/
Percussion Ensemble
Stage 2 Summative and
Stage 1 Formative solo
assessments
Music Showcase
Stage 2 Solo and
Ensemble Performance
final exam assessments
APHS PAC
Friday August 28th
L6&7 (Week 6)
Elder Hall
University of Adelaide
Wednesday September 9th
7.30pm (Week 8)
APHS PAC
TBC (Week 10)
TERM FOUR
Stage 1 Music students
Stage 1 Summative solo
assessments
APHS PAC
Friday October 30th
L6&7 (Week 3)
Year 8, 9 and 10 Bands
Junior Band Night
APHS PAC
Thursday November 12th
7pm (Week 5)
Selected Stage 2 soloists
APHS Valedictory
Adelaide Town Hall
Monday November 30th
(Week 8)