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Forever Excelling Volume 30 | Issue 2 | Friday, 24 February 2017 St George College | PO Box 29 Torrensville Plaza 5031 | T 8159 8100

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Mrs Gina Kadis

KEY UPDATES Reminder

Our Vision: Dream Big “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw As a Playgroup – Year 12 College with two campuses located in leafy Mile End, on the city fringe – we are surrounded by exciting opportunities to strengthen play opportunities for our students and families. Play is central to learning; play is central to wellbeing; play is central to building community. These are key areas St George College is committed to improving under its current Strategic Plan 2017-2019. Senior Volleyball (Coach: Daniella Marciano; Umpire: Michael Rodas) Last Friday afternoon, we welcomed Cardijn College students to St George Senior Campus for our newly introduced Volleyball competition. After much strategic planning and negotiation, Daniella Marciano, Peter Karamoshos and myself have been able to convince the organising committee that St George is committed to re-joining this prestigious College and Schools’ competition – where our students get to exercise regularly for good health and brain development, showcase their fabulous sporting skills, build resilience, develop good sportsmanship skills and give their parents an opportunity to get to know one another even better in this fun, playful environment. A number of senior staff stayed back to watch St George students defeat Cardijn in two sets. Well done to the following students: John Batzalis, Evan Liakos, Evan Giannou, Nemanja Veselinovic, Louis Katopodis, Demi Balderanos, Polina Ambrose, Rosa Mulalem Desta, Ethiopia Bayew, Efterpe Arharidis, Alexandra Scounos, Riki Diamond and Sonja Vitor. Result: 2 - 0 Sets Next game details: Cabra College Other Sporting Results: Junior Netball at St Clair (Coach: Melissa Desyllas) Last Thursday afternoon our Junior Netball team, led and coached by parent Melissa Desyllas, won their first game at St Clair. A great start to 2017 – continuing the strong team spirit and success of last year. Congratulations to the students who played: Zoe Desyllas, Zoe Cossey, Evie Tolis, Katerina Panayi, Isabella Aronis and Vassiliki Kontopoulos. Result: 14 - 7 Next game details: 5:10pm, St Clair Recreation Centre, Woodville

Under 12 Basketball Played: St Michaels College Result: Defeated Students: Katelin Georgiou, Vasiliki Taleporos, Marcel Sorgini, Raphael Alamanoglou, Mattan Woldegzi, Elena Taleporos, Ari Taarnby, Kosta Tolis, Savannah Georgiou, Zaiden King Under 14 Basketball Played: St Michaels College Result: Defeated Students: Zoe Desyllas, Alexia Desyllas, Zoe Cossey, Johnny Diamond, Xenophon Apoefis, Ayi Angelakos, Thomas Psarombas, Alexandro Apoefis, George Kalompratsos, Yoell Woldegzi

We encourage you to stay abreast of College news and developments via our Facebook page and Website: https://www.facebook.com/ stgeorgecollege http://stgeorgecollege.sa.edu.au/

Key Dates 27 February 2017 Great Lent Commences 28 February 2017 Shrove Tuesday

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS MONDAY 2:45pm—3:45pm

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continued from page 1 Junior Campus Playground, Junior Block Play Options and Shade Update As you know the Junior Campus playground has been closed since the first day of Term 1, due to an email alert I got from a parent the night before College started. On the 19th January a Board member reported to me that this playground was deemed non-compliant. On the 20th January Stephanie Kosmetos, Head of Junior Campus got onto this matter and her research informed Peter and I that we were compliant. Given there was a discrepancy from the email received by the parent before the College year started, I had no other course of action but to close this playground and issue a full playground audit on advice from AISSA. There is a 4-6 week wait for a full playground audit – especially at the start of a new school year. We have exhausted all avenues through AISSA and Kidsafe SA. Callum was due to come early Week 3, but due to sickness is now coming Tuesday Week 4. This full playground audit will make recommendations as to what is needed to make this playground safe and reopen it. Stephanie has been giving updates to parents and students and staff at campus meetings and prayer in the mornings. I have also been speaking to parents about this issue in person, as I am on this campus every day from 8am to 8.45 am to answer any questions. Please do not hesitate to talk to either of us if you have further questions.

Parents and Friends Fundraising 2016 and beyond The Parents and Friends met on Tuesday 14 February from 8.50 am to 10.00 am. The Parents and Friends are committed to fundingraising to go towards improving the playground and shade areas at the College. They will share more on this with you in due course. The College and Community is also doing what it can to support the Parents and Friends. The first fundraiser for the Parents and Friends is to cater food and drinks for the Festival Hellinika “Cinema under the Stars” event, this Friday 24 February at 7.45 pm in the Senior Campus quadrangle. On Friday 17 February, we were delighted to welcome a group of dedicated parents to their new temporary office area on the Senior Campus. Thank you to Angela Drouganis, Sasha Fotopoulos, Claire Papoulis and Nicky Andresakis for leading the catering for the Festival Hellenika event. A big thank you to Sia Patsouris for Chairing the Parents and Friends meeting and inviting Peter, Stephanie and myself to attend. Together with our Student Leadership Team, we are committed to supporting the Parents and Friends strengthen the St George College community and fundraise for the good of current and future St George College students.

Thanks to Deanne Taliangis and her students for agreeing to set up Playground/shading Fundraising Leader Boards on both campus Reception areas. Thanks also to Ms Polyxeni Levendis for preparing Minutes and Agenda distribution. Thanks to my Personal Assistant, The newly-formed “Playground Reference Group Chaired by Mr Bill Emily Giles for helping me set up and host a more comfortable area Gonis”, was set up December 2016. It will convene once this report for the first parent and friends meeting on the Junior Campus. The next meeting is on Tuesday 7 March 8.50 am to 10.00 am on the and its recommendations has been forwarded to the College. Junior Campus in the Hall. Dedicated Wellbeing Program on the Junior Campus – “4a” I would like to commend the work of all the Junior Campus staff under the leadership of Stephanie Kosmetos, for allowing me to introduce the same timetable as the senior campus, to allow a timetable slot called “4a wellbeing program” – which runs daily from 12.30 to 12.50pm across both campuses now. This has allowed us to develop innovative play and learning opportunities for our students – in particular to build team spirit, create shaded play opportunities, build resilience and strengthen relationships. It will also encourage students to learn more about the types of foods to eat to stay healthy and make good choices in life. Stephanie and her staff will share more stories as the year progresses. Junior Block Play Options and Shade update. Following on from our planning meetings last year, the College has used its budget resources to buy additional play equipment for our Junior Campus students to use from the start of the 2017 year. They now have sturdy, portable soccer goal posts that are put up daily, allowing soccer to be played on the JC Block. In addition, we have cleaned out the cricket pitch and bought cricket sets for the children to play cricket at lunch – they are very much enjoying this. Further the toilet area was cleaned up and Paul Pavlou, our College Gardener has worked his magic to improve this area.

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continued from page 2 Student Leadership Induction – Junior Campus and Senior Campus A big thank you to Miss Angela Drakopoulos for driving the College student leadership programs across both campuses. In the last two years, we have seen this program strengthen the voice of our students, under her brilliant stewardship. On Wednesday 15 February after prayer, we congratulated the following four students on the Junior Campus for having been elected as the Student Representative Council (SRC) representatives for the Junior Campus. Year 3: Kate Andritsakis and Maksim Petkovic and Year 4: Lana Petropoulos and Savvas STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL Miltiadous. Year 3 SRC: Kate Andritsakis and Maksim Petkovic Following the presentation of badges, we explained how this Year 4 SRC: Lana Petropoulos and Savvas Miltiadous system would work this year. I was sincerely touched by the letter Year 5 SRC: Savannah Georgiou and Michael Nikos hand delivered to me the following morning by dear Kate Year 6 SRC: Artemis Toumazos and Alexander Angelo Andritsakis. Year 7 SRC: Vassiliki Kontopoulos and Evin Theodorakakos Year 8K SRC: Kayla Stamoulis and George Kalatzis Year 8P SRC: Lulia Algheda and Peter Vizzari Year 9 SRC: Frideriki Diamond and George Toumazos Year 10 SRC: Efthimia Koutsouridis and Dimitrios Tolis

On Friday 17 February at 12.30pm at our 4A Senior Campus Assembly, we formally inducted our Year 5-10 Student Representative Council (SRC); Middle School and Senior School House Captains and our Year 11 and 12 Prefects. Congratulations to all the following students: HOUSE CAPTAINS Year 8 Athens House Captains: Anastasia Tolis and Elias Carapetis Year 12 Athens House Captains: Maria Bakopanos and Evan Saloniklis Year 8 Olympia House Captains: Aaliyah Vreugdenburg and Zach Loulakis Year 12 Olympia House Captains: Marta Knezevic and Luka Bojanic Year 8 Pella House Captains: Despina Karahalios and Theana Georgiou Year 12 Pella House Captains: Panagioti Danopoulos and Kosta Thalassinos Year 8 Sparta House Captains: Stella Katsambas and Angelos Haros Year 12 Sparta House Captains: Georgie Nicola and Belay Bayew

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Kelly Pridmore to run as a trial in 2016 for the whole year, where each class accessed one extra mathematics lesson a week. This year Peter Karamoshos will be working with each of the Year 1 to Year 4 classes on the Junior Campus. As well as teaching engaging enrichment mathematics activities to challenge these students, he will be identifying and inviting a couple of students from each year level to partake in the prestigious Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and higher-order problem solving program.

PREFECTS Year 11 Prefects: Eleftheria Pirintzis and Nemanja Veselinovic Year 12 Prefects: Athena Stamoulos and Nikolina Veselinovic College Vice Captain: Costa Andresakis College Captain: Magdalene Thomadakis

Peter will also be inviting our talented mathematicians on the Senior Campus to be involved in the higher-order thinking initiatives of the AMC program. Our goal is to encourage more students to study Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE Specialist Mathematics in the future. Students get university bonus points if they study Stage 2 SACE Specialist Mathematics. We are keen to give more students this opportunity, and this extension program will facilitate this and many more exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) opportunities for our students passionate about Mathematics. He can be contacted on [email protected] or 8159 We are very proud of all of you and have every confidence 8100. that under the remarkable leadership of Magdalene Thomadakis and Costa Andresakis, our weekly Wednesday Chinese at St George. In addition, all students on the Junior student leadership meetings are going to bring fabulous ideas Campus will be given the opportunity to have one lesson a and solutions to make student life at St George College the week of Chinese – Thursday or Friday. This will allow them to best it can be. A big thank you to the Prefects for collecting learn another language in a fun, engaging way and encourage the Year 3 and 4 students each Wednesday 12.30pm to bring them to take on more formal language studies in Chinese them to the media room for our Student Leadership meetings when they come over to the Middle School on the Senior with Miss Drakopoulos and College Captains. Campus. In addition, students will learn more about this “Unique Directions” – our new innovative programs, fascinating culture and address the Australian Curriculum providing early intervention learning support, EALD capabilities. Miss Stephanie Gao is an exceptional Chinese teacher, and St George College has been delighted to have her assistance and Gifted and Talented Extension programs” with us for a number of years. Middle School Chinese classes run 3.30 to 5.00 pm Thursdays and Fridays. Senior School Learning Support and English as an Additional Language at SACE Chinese classes run 1.30 to 3.15pm Thursdays and the Junior Campus. As you know we have always had Fridays. She can be contacted on [email protected] or 8159 fabulous learning support programs under the leadership of 8100. Mrs Lynley Davies. Our staff, students and families have Learning Support on the Senior Campus is coordinated by appreciated her advice and support to improve the learning the vivacious Mr Andrew Kazonis. He has made a marked outcomes for our students. This year we are building on this impact in his short time with us. He is running an excellent fabulous expertise and broadening the team to accommodate learning support and unique directions group program for our students that need support or extension. She can be Middle School (Years 5-8) and Senior School (Years 9-12) students. His office and teaching space, is in the Senior Library contacted on [email protected] or 8159 8100. and he is available Wednesdays 3.30 to 5.00 pm to answer Modern Greek Extension. Last year we trialled Extension questions and help students. He uses the fabulous new Modern Greek in Semester 1, 2016. Following its success, we Information Technology Macintosh computers to inspire his are taking this program one step further. From Week 5 the students and strengthens their organisation skills to be able to strongest Modern Greek students from Years 1 to Year 10 – “chunk” and complete assignments in a timely manner. He will be invited to participate in Extension Modern Greek can be contacted on [email protected] or 8159 8100.

classes run in our Senior Library by the talented Mrs Tasoula Mitropoulos. Students will be engaging in a broad extension curriculum and encouraged to partake in global programs and competitions. Our goal is to encourage more students to study Stage 1 and Stage 2 SACE Modern Greek in the future. Students get university bonus points if they study Stage 2 SACE Modern Greek. We are keen to give more students this opportunity, and this extension program will facilitate this and many more exciting opportunities for our students passionate about the Greek language. She can be contacted on [email protected] or 8159 8100.

In closing, I urge us all to DREAM BIG for ourselves, for each other and most importantly for St George College. I have every confidence that as we work together – home and school – all students who attend St George College will dream big and will achieve their best. Don’t hesitate to contact me directly on [email protected] if you have any queries. If you want to pop in for a coffee and chat ring Emily Giles on 8159 8100 to make an appointment. I am also on the Junior Campus every day from 8:00am to 8:45am on yard duty at the Drive-Through and available to speak to you if this is more convenient.

Mathematics Extension on the Junior Campus. We are Regards, building on the Mathematics extension program I appointed Gina Kadis

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

and Reporting (If you didn’t get one, please let us know). The schedule for formal feedback is as follows.

Mr Peter Karamoshos

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Striving for Excellence

Parent/Student/Teacher interviews Term 1 Progress Report Term 2 Progress Report Parent/Student/Teacher interviews Term 3 Progress Report Term 4 Final Report

Term 1 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 3 Term 4

Week 6 Week 11 Week 10 Week 6 Week 10 Week 8

This year, we have a particular focus on enhancing the academic achievements of our students. Subject teachers, Home Group teachers and Heads of House will work closely with students in two ways: helping them gain the specific knowledge content within each subject, and setting up positive work habits to maximise their Parent/Student/Teacher interviews effectiveness. Tuesday 7 March (3.30 – 5.30) or Wednesday 8 March (5.30 – 7.30) We will encourage all students to reflect on their own 10 minute interviews will be available for students and parents to performances and work habits. I recently provided our Year 12 meet with subject teachers on Tuesday and Wednesday of Week 6. students on their Year 12 Retreat with these statements and asked During these interviews, discussions will involve student strengths, them to respond with either strongly agree, agree, disagree or weaknesses and strategies for improvement. A booking sheet has strongly disagree. been emailed home and students have also been given a hard

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I was very happy with my grades last year I am always punctual to class I usually concentrate for the entire lesson I always work to the best of my ability I never get distracted by my friends in class In class, I ask the teacher for help when I am unsure I will use my own time to seek teacher help when unsure I understand all the topics we will be covering this year in each of my subjects I am aware of all the assessment tasks for the year I understand how the assessment tasks will contribute to my grade I study hard before tests I always submit a draft to my teacher before submitting the final version I spend at least two hours each night on homework. I use a study timetable to help with my studies I have a quiet place at home where I complete my homework I complete my homework without being distracted by technology I am in bed by 11.00 pm each night

I encourage parents to use these statements as conversation starters with their children. Building good study practices is essential if students are to achieve to their very best, so it’s important parents and teachers are reinforcing the same messages. Formal feedback on Academic Progress Parents and students can expect regular feedback regarding academic progress in the form of test grades and assignment and project results. Formal feedback regarding student progress will take two forms: parent/student/teacher interviews and Term Reports. The schedule of formal feedback was included in the recent letter that was emailed to parents which also included information regarding the Australian Curriculum and Assessment

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copy. The partnership between parents and the school is essential if students are to do their best, so we look forward to sharing ideas and strategies at these interviews. How the Achievement Standards are used to assess student progress from Year 1 to Year 10. Students will be assessed in each subject according to specific Achievement Standards. Students will be graded on a five point scale, from A to E. Tasks in each subject will challenge students to demonstrate their extent of knowledge, depth of understanding and sophistication of skills. The Achievement Standards are very different from the Content Descriptions. Content Descriptions outline what teachers are expected to teach. As an example, here is the list of the Achievement Standards for Science in Year 6. By the end of Year 6, students should be able to:

1 compare and classify different types of observable changes to materials 2 analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity. 3 explain how natural events cause rapid change to Earth’s surface. 4 describe and predict the effect of environmental changes on individual living things 5 explain how scientific knowledge helps us to solve problems and inform decisions and identify historical and cultural contributions 6 follow procedures to develop investigable questions and design investigations into simple cause-and-effect relationships. 7 identify variables to be changed and measured and describe potential safety risks when planning methods. 8 collect, organise and interpret their data, identifying where improvements to their methods or research could improve the data. 9 describe and analyse relationships in data using appropriate representations and construct multimodal texts to communicate ideas, methods and findings.

continued from page 5 What does a “C” grade mean? A “C” grade means that a student has demonstrated satisfactory achievement of what is expected against the Achievement Standard for the year level in which the student is placed. The Australian Curriculum enables high expectations to be set for each student and the achievement standards have been designed to ensure that they are challenging and contribute to all students receiving a quality education. Hence, to be awarded a “C” grade using these standards represents a significant achievement.

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Miss Stephanie Kosmetos Lesson 4A After 4 weeks at school, lesson 4A has been a real hit for the students on the Junior Campus. Lesson 4A is our daily Pastoral Care Program at 12.30-12.50pm that groups our students in R-4 and brings them together to foster a sense of belonging and enhances student centred support through a variety of activities. Lesson 4A is further defined as our Wellbeing/Resilience Program to:  Develop relationships – acceptance and inclusion  Instil core values – cooperation, respect, trust, responsibility, kindness  Participate – in innovative and creative activities  Encourage – having fun and fostering lasting relationships

Before School The Junior Campus bell rings at 8.40am and duty of care commences at 8.20am. We ask that students arriving at school before 8.20am wait outside their classroom building until the teachers open their classroom doors for students to enter. Prior to entering classrooms, teachers are in there planning and preparing which is valuable time to staff who arrive early. I trust parents support us in this by waiting outside classrooms until doors are opened by teachers. Drive Through Zone I would like to remind all parents once again of our duty-of-care requirements. To alleviate the congestion of traffic at the Junior Campus before and after school, parents are reminded that they can enter the staff car parking driveway between the campus and the church to drop off children and exit via Kintore Lane. We remind parents that you are not to leave your vehicles parked unattended after morning prayer. There is staff on duty in drivethrough to assist students entering or leaving the school grounds. The safety and welfare of all our students is of paramount concern and we ask that you assist us in this matter. After school, parents must stay in their car whilst in ‘queue’. Please remind friends and grandparents of this rule, as some park and then enter the school grounds, causing great angst in the traffic line. Teachers are on duty every afternoon to monitor student movement and your cooperation with staff will help the drive-through area to be functional and safe.

The care of each individual is very important to us at St George Furthermore, as some of you may already be aware, the Junior Campus students utilise the Drive Through area for recess play and College. sport during the school day. As such, and again for security We nurture and support our students to understand and accept reasons, both gates of the Drive Through will be locked at 9am. If their own individuality, their limitations and their giftedness. you park there in the mornings, please ensure that your vehicle is removed by 9am. Any vehicles left in Drive Through after 9am will We provide the best possible environment for our students’ be locked in, and you will need to go to the Front Office to obtain wellbeing as we all share this pastoral responsibility which involves access. There is parking on Rose Street, and the adjacent Dew knowing, accepting, respecting and encouraging each student as an Street if you require parking after 9am. Thank you in helping us to individual. ensure the safety and wellbeing of our Junior Campus students. Lesson 4A Activities are as follows: Punctuality  Monday: House Team Meetings – sports activities Punctuality plays an important role in today’s society. Being  Tuesday: ‘Readabout’ – teachers read to different classes on a punctual is a skill and an attitude we strive to instil in our students. We consider punctuality as a virtue that will be valuable to our weekly rotation  Wednesday: Wellbeing Program – focus on developing students’ students for the rest of their lives. It is vital that all students are strengths using literature, picture books, poetry, prayers, music taught the importance of reliability, promptness and regularity. Being punctual at school ensures that learning is maximised for the  Thursday: Class Meetings – circle time for cooperative learning individual student and disruption for the rest of the students and & sharing teacher is minimised. Students are encouraged to prepare  Friday: Fun and Friendship – play activities, goal setting, quizzes, themselves for the day ahead before the bell rings rather than the games feeling of rush and anxiety to do so when lessons begin, causing Most importantly, the key messages taught at school through our disruption to the teaching and learning. It is essential that all students be given the opportunity to begin 4A program are supported at home. Our students genuinely care their day calmly and with a sense of organisation. for and about each other and truly bond as the St George College family! Hence, we are seeking the support of all parents to ensure that students are at school before the bell so that they have sufficient time to organise themselves for their day at school.

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continued from page 5 Morning Prayer is also an important part of our school curriculum and a compulsory start to the day.

For students who do arrive late, they must report to the Front Office before going to class so that they are not recorded absent. I look forward to your cooperation in this matter and thank you for your support for the benefit of your children’s learning. If your child is going to be absent or late you must ring the school by 9.00am on 8159 8117.

With Miss Angela Drakopoulos The GRIP Leadership Team present a number of leadership conferences a year across Australia with thousands of students attending each event. Our Year 12 student leaders attended the secondary conference this year on Monday 20 February at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the Year 8 SRC attending the conference on Tuesday 21 February. College Captain – Magdalene Thomadakis College Vice Captain – Costa Andresakis College Prefect – Athena Stamoulos College Prefect - Nikolina Veselinovic Year 8 SRC – Lulia Algheda, George Kalatzis, Kayla Stamoulis and Peter Vizzari.

With Mrs Theochti Antoniadou Αφιέρωμα «Η Διατροφή ως Πολιτισμός»

Η αλυσίδα Πολιτισμού ΙΑΝΟΣ, διοργάνωσε την εκδήλωση «Διατροφή ως Πολιτισμός» με τη συμμετοχή πολλών και διαφορετικών προσωπικοτήτων και επαγγελματιών της διατροφής. Κατά τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσης, σεφ, διατροφολόγοι, παραγωγοί, ψυχολόγοι, συγγραφείς, γευσιγνώστες, food bloggers, καλλιτέχνες και πολλοί άλλοι συνομίλησαν με τον Νίκο Θρασυβούλου και προσέγγισαν τις διαφορετικές πτυχές της διατροφής. Ο καθένας με τη δική του ξεχωριστή ματιά και επαγγελματική εμπειρία.

Συγκεκριμένα, οι συμμετέχοντες μοιράστηκαν τις εμπειρίες τους, την δουλειά τους, το όραμά τους και την κοινωνική τους προσφορά μέσα από την παραγωγή ποιοτικών καταναλωτικών προϊόντων, προγραμμάτων και βιβλίων που στοχεύουν στην ενημέρωση των καταναλωτών για μια σωστή και πρακτική διατροφή. Οι συμμετέχοντες στοχάζονται περί γαστρονομίας πολιτισμού και μοιράζονται την έμπνευσή τους για την ενασχόληση τους με την διατροφή είτε ως παραγωγοί/ δημιουργοί είτε ως επιστήμονες. Στην διάρκεια του σεμιναρίου, οι ομιλητές αναφέρονται σε παραδοσιακές παραγωγικές πρακτικές και ιδέες των προγόνων τους που υιοθέτησαν και They were immersed in a number of activities that gave them εκσυγχρόνισαν. many skills and effective strategies to implement within their Σημαντικές είναι αναφορές των ομιλητών στην παιδική διατροφή leadership roles at the College. They also engaged in many fun και την ανάγκη πρακτικής εκπαίδευσης των παιδιών (μέσα στην activities that enabled them to network with student leaders of οικογένεια και στο σχολείο) για την καλλιέργεια διατροφικής παιδείας. Ακόμη, μιλούν για την ανταπόκριση του κόσμου other schools and gain ideas and knowledge. (καταναλωτών) σε εθνικό και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο και τις Some of the activities on the day included; generating ideas that προσπάθειές τους για αναγνώριση και επιτυχία σε μια περίοδο are outside the box, strategies to overcome the challenges of οικονομικής ύφεσης. leadership, turning an idea into action and seeking the support of Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε βίντεο της εκδήλωσης εδώ: peers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3NKABTVdXo The key word of the conference was RESPONSIBILITY. Accepting the duty to contribute and follow through on expectations. I am confident that our capable group of student leaders for 2017 will do their utmost to implement an effective leadership plan.

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On Valentine’s Day, 14 February, the House of Sparta in collaboration with the Early Learning Centre organised a fundraiser for Heart Research. The whole College across both campuses was encouraged to wear RED and play for a healthy heart. Students and staff did not disappoint as there was a sea of red everywhere including Rose Street! The senior campus Spartans holding red balloons made their way to the Junior campus to play various games with their younger peers. Our motto for this day was "play together for a healthy heart". The enthusiastic smiles of our junior peers when they spotted the seniors with the red balloons was priceless! They then enjoyed their recess time play with the senior Spartans. Red Heart Day raised $440.50 for the Heart Research Foundation.

Angela Drakopoulos Head of House Sparta

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with Mr Rodas and Mrs Taliangis Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo The 2017 Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo is a fantastic opportunity to find all of the information students need to kick start their future career! Featuring many local, interstate and overseas education providers, students services and support agencies. The College encourages all year 10 to 12 students and their parents attend on Sunday 9 April. Admission is free When: Sunday 9 and Monday 10 April Sunday 10am to 4pm. Monday 9.30am to 1.30pm Where: Adelaide Convention Centre Universities from around Australia and Overseas - including ALL public SA universities; Representatives from ALL faculties at Flinders, Uni SA and Uni Adelaide;  Private Education Providers  TAFE SA;  Defence Forces;  Government Agencies incl DET  Employment opportunities;  Gap Year & Exchange Programs;  Student Services and more PLUS +

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Study and Career options;

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Half hour seminar sessions;

Visit www.careersEvent.com for more information A number of year 12 student attended the UMAT information meeting I held at the College last Thursday 16 February. Students must download the UMAT 2017 Information Booklet before registering. UMAT is a test that is used specifically to assist with the selection of students into the medicine, dentistry and health science degree programs at undergraduate level at the universities listed on the website. Registrations for UMAT 2017 are now open and close 5:00pm (AEST) 2nd June, 2017. The test takes place nationally on the

Career In Science Is your child in year 10 or 11? Interested in a career In science? TAFE SA has many exciting courses available in many different areas. If you wold like more information please don’t hesitate to contact the school or myself.

Deanne Taliangis VET Adviser

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Parents & Friends Meeting When: Tuesday, 7th March 2017

Where: Hall – Junior Campus

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8.50 – 10.00am

Any queries, please contact: Sia Patsouris Email: [email protected]

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MID YEAR INTAKE 2017

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