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Bordertown High School
Issue 16 26th October, 2018
Respect Integrity Excellence
In this issue
Principal’s report
Student news
Where are they now?
Community news
Fundraiser
Term 4 planner
Important Dates
October
31st RAP program Yr 10 November
2nd Yr 11 Mock Interviews
2nd Murder Mystery Dinner
5th-19th Yr 12 Exams
30 South Terrace
Bordertown SA 5268
8752 1455
8752 1091
borderhs.sa.edu.au
Principal’s Report I learned today that the government has confirmed that year 7 public school students will be taught in high school from term 1, 2022. The move will align South Australia’s public schools with the national curriculum taught in high schools, making it easier to deliver subjects and improve outcomes for students. Access to dedicated facilities and resources, and exposure to different teaching styles will also give each year 7 student opportunities for deeper learning, greater peer interactions, and greater independence and responsibility. For more information, visit www.education.sa.gov.au/7tohs Our parent/teacher night last week gave parents and caregivers an opportunity to connect with their student’s teachers and to drill a little deeper into the reasons for grade allocations. A lot of clarity was able be shared around ways that each student could (often easily) improve their outcomes. Staff value meeting with parents and care givers as a strong partnership between both the school and home more often than not has the direct impact of improving student achievement. Interacting with your student’s teachers should not be constrained to our two formal parent/teacher nights. Each of our staff welcomes parent contact about how educational progress can be improved at any time of the year. Many year 12s are in the throes of completing their school commitments and exams are looming in some subject areas. As a school community we wish them all the best as they complete their SACE obligations and hope that the results they achieve truly reflect their abilities. To celebrate the end of year 12 a number of events occur. This week Encounter Youth visited and spoke not only to the 12s but also the year 10 and 11 students about keeping safe at social events. For the year 12s the focus was on the Schoolies Festival and the session was catered by the combined churches who prepared a farewell lunch for the students. The support of this group extended to a world teachers’ day morning tea for the staff last week and is always appreciated. We also thank the Tatiara District Council for their generous financial support in enabling us to access Encounter Youth and their relevant and important information. After the exams there is the annual School Formal at the Mundulla Hotel and on December 11 the Presentation Night at which all year 12 students will be presented with their Student Achievement Record. Our first classes have taken place in the new STEM centre with students actively involved in tasks around using their creativity and collaboration skills to develop a science project that uses electricity to make a mundane task more interesting. In maths, students have been using their shape skills to create stained glass windows. Lauren Kirk has successfully overseen the furnishing and supply of equipment and resources to make for a smooth start to teaching in the space. There will be an official opening ceremony on November 23 at 2pm by Mr Nick McBride, MP, followed by tours of the Centre. It’s difficult to overstate the world-changing power of the smartphone. It’s been said that the sum total of human knowledge now fits in our pocket, and it comes bundled with easy access to all of our favourite people, music and photographs. No one questions a smartphone’s usefulness when it’s used judiciously. Many of us in schools are now taking notice about research regarding the device’s ability to grab and stranglehold our students’ attention with an endless stream of distractions which is causing more harm than good. It might be worthwhile having a conversation with your student about the amount of time they spend connected and the impact this is having now on their schooling, and how that might eventually effect their SACE achievement.
Markus Trnovsky
Newsletter
Murder Mystery
Dinner Grab your
tickets from the
Front Office
NOW
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Student News
Encounter Youth
Teaspoons of Change
Leadlight Designs
Years 10, 11 and 12 students attended sessions presented by Andrew from Encounter Youth during the week. The Year
10’s sessions entitled “Whose Calling Your Shots” had a strong message about decision-making, with information on the
effects of alcohol on the brain, realities of alcohol use and strategies to look after a mate. “Alert not Alarmed” was the
title of the Year 11 workshop, which covered rights and responsibilities when celebrating, party fights, understanding
vulnerability, and safe relationships and consent. For the Year 12 students, the workshop focus was “Safety with
Schoolies and Celebrations”, and was an opportunity for the students to consider the importance of looking after your
mates, and their decision-making as they prepare to end their secondary schooling chapter.
A sincere thank you to Cathy Hinge for coordinating the event, and to the local church ladies for providing the fantastic
luncheon for the Year 12 students and staff attending. It was certainly appreciated.
Sue Walter
Thank you to D’Arcy Lunn who has just visited our school to share with the
Year 10 and 11 Geography students his message, Teaspoons of Change,
which focuses on being an effective global citizen. D’Arcy is pedalling from
Adelaide via Mt Gambier and return to promote the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. He has travelled extensively abroad in a
volunteer capacity, and he passionately explained the importance of these
sustainability goals, and allowed students the opportunity to reflect on the
actions they can do (as small teaspoons) to make a global difference to our
planet and its citizens. His presentation was engaging and thought
provoking and will hopefully be implemented in many ways by our
students.
Sue Walter
This term one of Mrs Crisp’s year 9 Mathematics classes have been bringing art alive through mathematics. They have used the design process to create stain glass windows. The stain glass window idea originated from the theme of the school’s Murder Mystery theme, which is a wedding setting. After scoping out the venue for the event and measuring window spaces, students have worked collaboratively to create a sketch of their symmetrical design using geometrical shapes with straight lines and gentle curves to allow for ‘lead allowance”. Students then drew a scale diagram and are currently working on cutting out their pattern and inserting the “glass”. The criteria for each design were to be simple, creative and romantic. To view the final creations, make sure you join us at the Murder Mystery night. Lauren Kirk Maths Coordinator
Student News
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Agriculture On Thursday 18th October Kate McCarthy and I took 6 students and 2 steers to the Mount Gambier show. Andrew Campbell supplied us with 2 steers: Nemo was a limousin cross weighing 712kg and Nut Cracker was a Murray grey weighing 746kg. Shania Cornish took Nemo out for Best Prepared Steer and Macey Inglis led Nut Cracker, both being brought forward to the front line. Unfortunately both steers were in the same class, with Nutcracker coming 2nd and Nemo 3rd, which meant Nutcracker came back in for Reserve Champion. With the steers in his class winning Grand Champion, Nut Cracker came in winning Reserve Champion steer. This was a very rewarding prize as he has been quite a handful to break in and quieten down. Macey and Karl did a great job to settle him down during the year. We are now awaiting the hook results, so stay tuned. Karl Dahlitz and Shania Cornish also competed in the Junior Judging, where they had to place and comment on 4 heifers. Karl came 1st in this, winning $25 and Shania was 3rd, winning $10. We are very proud of them for giving it a go when they were very nervous. A great lead up to the Penola Show this week. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Brian Hawker for transporting our lambs free of charge and at short notice to the meat works. Helen Altus AG teacher
Where are they now?
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Caity Dungey
Hello students of Bordertown High School!
When Mrs Excell asked me if I would write a piece for the newsletter I thought no way! I haven’t been out
of school long enough to do something like this! But as it turns out, I have actually been ‘adulting’ for seven
years now and upon reflection I think my post high school story is actually pretty cool.
I graduated from BHS in 2011. In Year 12 I chose to do English, IPP and Art (don’t tell the teachers but I
picked those subjects because they didn’t have exams). If you ask any of the teachers at Bordertown High
School about Caity Dungey they would probably tell you that I talked a lot, mucked around and was
generally a bit of a nuisance! But despite my Dungey habits I had such a great relationship with all the
teachers and I am so grateful for this. I don’t think you really understand at the time how cool it is to go to a
small town high school. I am such a hands on learner and quite a ‘social butterfly’ (as my reports say) and
being able to have that embraced rather than shut down has probably played a bigger role in my success
than I ever really realised.
To be completely honest I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do when I left school. I dabbled in a few different things after Year
12, including working at Blue Lake Milling in Bordertown and Penfolds in Mundulla. I then moved to Adelaide and worked at The
Warradale while studying Primary School Education with Disability Studies. That lasted a semester. This might surprise some of my
teachers but apparently I have a pretty short attention span. University just didn’t work for me.
While I was at Uni I started going to the gym. I decided I quite liked going to the gym and I didn’t quite like going to Uni so it was at this
point that I dropped out and started studying at the Australian Institute of Fitness. This might also surprise my teachers because I
skipped PE whenever possible! This was a pretty risky move since the course was quite expensive and only a ridiculously low percentage
of people that do their Cert 3 and 4 in Fitness actually end up making anything out of it. But if I didn ’t try I would never know so I
jumped in and gave it a red hot go.
I did the course full time so was in and out in three months. It was up there with one of the best times of my life. I thoroughly enjoyed
the course. I loved going to the gym with my friends that I made through the course and after I was qualified I landed a job at Goodlife
Health Clubs in the city. I was there for six months and let me tell you, it was hard. If there’s anything I have learnt about being a
personal trainer it’s that your success is built on your confidence and experience. At that point in time I had none of either.
At the six month mark I moved to Mandurah, Western Australia with my parents. For the first twelve months I steered clear of the
fitness industry. I had been too scarred from my experience at Goodlife, I was just sure I wasn’t up for it. But after a while I missed it, so
I got myself a job at a little gym in the town I now live. I just ran small classes a few times a week and I was also working at a Lorna Jane
store. A few months helped kickstart my motivation and I got a job in a bigger gym with more opportunity. This gym was called Golds
Gym.
I loved working at Golds. I made so many friends who provided me with priceless guidance and support. I had about ten clients that I
trained in the gym and I had another ten that I trained outdoors. After a while the travelling around from location to location seemed a
bit silly, especially when I had a massive backyard and an outdoor room that I could run my business from. So I did just that! I turned my
outdoor bedroom into a gym and started training my clients from home.
I did this for about twelve months. Then I decided to try adding something new, a six week challenge! The first round of the challenge I
had four girls join. So I ran this while also training my usual clients. Next round I got a few more girls and the next, I got a few more
again! Eventually it was going well enough that as my one on one clients dropped off I was no longer trying to get more instead I was
focusing on my six week challenges and adding more time slots to that.
After a few rounds of the ‘Caity Jane Beach Body Program’ I noticed that a lot of the same girls were joining over and over again and so I
thought to make this easier, rather than joining up every six weeks why not just make it an ongoing thing, like a gym membership. And
instead of the girls being able to do just three classes a week, why not make it unlimited! AND, to make it even better, why not create
an app where all my members can book and cancel their classes, right from the palm of their hand! So I did just that.
STUDENT ILLNESS
Parents and students are reminded that if a student is feeling unwell or is injured at school, they are to report to the front office for assistance. Students are reminded not to text message their parent from their mobile phone to ask if they can be collected; they are to report to the front office and they can then wait while staff contact their parent/guardian to arrange transportation home and the absence can also be recorded.
Student Absence SMS (only)
Notification number:0427 016 460
Where are they now? Cont.
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Caity Dungey
I have now been running the ‘Caity Jane Beach Body Program’ for a year and a half, except now it is called Caity Jane Fitness. I have
reached my maximum amount of members (45) and I run 32 classes every week! I am so grateful for the position I am in now. I love my
job and I am so proud of myself for getting my business to where it is now. I couldn’t have imagined it would ever go this well. That I
would be killin’ the game like this! It all just seems to happen naturally. One thing leads to another and over time it just evolves. You
really don’t realise how far you have come until you reflect on all the steps it took to get here. But I wouldn’t skip a single one because
each step has taught me something that I needed to know and each step helped me get to where I am now.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a short cut! But even if there were, I wouldn’t recommend taking it. This sounds cliché but life really is so
short. It feels like it wasn’t that long ago that I was at high school wishing time away and before you know it, seven years have passed!
High school was such an amazing part of my life. I wish I had known at the time how quickly time suddenly goes.
If I had to leave you with any piece of advice it would be to enjoy every stage of your life because the next will come regardless. And
once one stage has passed you will wish you had embraced it more because when it’s gone, it’s gone! So just soak up every little step
and be grateful.
Maybe one more thing: Be kind to every kind!
“Bad guys might lead at quarter time, but nice guys always win the game.”
Year 12 Exam timetable
Monday 5th November Biology 1.30-3.40pm
Tuesday 6th November Modern History 1.30-3.40pm
Thursday 8th November General Mathematics 9-11.10am
Thursday 8th November Mathematical Methods 1.30-4.40pm
Monday 12th November Nutrition 9-11.10am
Tuesday 13th November Chemistry 1.30-3.40pm
Thursday 15th November Physical Education 9-11.10am
Monday 19th November Geography 9-11.10am
Community News
SA Dental Service
*NEW OPENING DAYS*
Open every 2nd Tuesday
(office only) or every Thursday
for consults until further
notice
Phone: 8752 1786
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/sadental
MOTORISTS PLEASE NOTE 25KM past a stationary bus in
either direction
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General dental · Children’s dental · Invisalign clear braces · Teeth whitening
Dentures · Cosmetic dentistry · Emergency appointments available
$1000 FREE dental treatment for eligible children under the federal government’s child dental benefits scheme. Call us to find out if your child is eligible.
Private clinic providing treatment to public patients with a GDS or EDS form. All health funds accepted.
Bordertown clinic now open Monday - Wednesday · Ph: 08 8752 1313
Dr Vyla Ellis Dentist
Dr Ab Dhillon Dentist
Karina Egel Oral Health Therapist
Hygienist
Chris McMurray Hygienist
31 Hender Street Keith · 71 Binnie Street Bordertown· www.countrylivingdentistry.com
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Term 4, 2018 Term Planner
Week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
1
Oct
15
16
17
18 19
20/21 Oct
2
Oct
22 23
24 Encounter Youth L3 Yr11, L4 Yr 10
Yr12 Farewell
Lunch and L6 Yr10 Basketball
25
26
27/28 Oct
3 Oct
29 30
31 Rap Program Yr 10
@ 11.40
Year 9 Camp
1
2 Yr 11 Mock int
Murder Mystery Dinner
Newsletter
3/4 Nov
4
Nov
5
Year 12 Exams
6
VET Retail
7
8
9
10/11 Nov
5
Nov
12
Year 12 Exams
13 14 15 16
17/18 Nov
6
Nov
19
Year 12 Exams
20
21
22 23
Newsletter
24/25 Nov
7
Nov
26
Yr10 Round tables
Year 11 Exams
27
Yr10 Round Tables
28 Year 10 Camp
29
30
Year12 Formal
1/2 Dec
8
Dec
3
Year 10 Work Experience
4 5 Year 8 Camp and
round tables
6
7
8/9 Dec
9
Dec
10 Yr 10 PLP Completion
day
11 Presentation
Night
12
13 14
Newsletter
15/16 Dec
Hols Dec
17
18 19
20
21 22/23 Dec
Hols Dec
24
25
XMAS DAY
26 PROC DAY HOL
27 28 29/30 Jan
Hols Jan
31
1
NEW YEARS
2
3 4 5/6 Jan
Hols Jan
7 8 9 10 11 12/13 Jan
Hols Jan
14 15 16 17 18 19/20 Jan
Hols Jan
21 22 23 24 25
26/27 Jan
AUSTRALIA DAY
