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1 Peterborough High School Queen Street, Peterborough SA 5422 Learning and improvement, Equity, Opmism, Resilience & Celebraon Points of Interest August 12th— Open Volleyball in Jamestown August 20th— Student Assembly CLOSED to public Sept 11th— Flinders UniTest fpr Yr 12s ATAR Support Sept 14th— Stu- dent Free Day Sept 23rd—First Transion Day for Year 7’s Term 3 Week 3 07/08/2020 Principals News https://www.facebook.com/PeterboroughHighSchool/ Welcome to our School Newsleer for Week 3, Term 3. Interschool sport has returned. It seems that COVID cant keep a good team down! It has been such a joy to see the return of sporng carnivals and events for our students. Our PE teachers, Miss Twyford and Miss McCann have made rapid changes to their teaching and learning plans to incorporate these new events. On Thursday 30th of August Miss McCann, Miss HAvers, Mr Hussell and Mr Graefe took a cast of thousands, our enre year 8 and 9 clas- ses to Booleroo for the 5-a-side Soccer Carnival. Peterborough High Spirit was in full force and the students enjoyed using the soccer skills they have developed in PE class, not to menon a quick side trip for a lile Geography focus! On Monday the 3rd of August Miss Twyford and the open boys badminton team competed, and were then joined by Ms Amey and the open boys netball team for an on court challenge at Trinity. Have you seen the Stage 1 Tourism class wandering the streets? On Monday of week 3 Miss Havers took her Tourism experts on a Peterborough safari and explored but a taste of what our terrific tourist town has to offer. The District Council and History Group were very gener- ous with their me and facilies and our students are now prepared for local tourism tasks. On Tuesday the 4th, Mrs Coe and the Year 10 SACE PLP class spend the day compleng the Work Experience Inducon. This is a compulsory training that all students must do before being allowed to engage in work experience. These students are now aware of their safety rights and responsibilies when in a work place. To help you support the PHS learners in your home, you will find a couple of different docu- ments available to you in the coming weeks. For students in years 8-10 you will see, and be asked to sign and return, a term overview of assessment tasks including draſt and final due dates. For SACE families, you will receive the Term 3 SACE Snapshot, as well as copies of due dates for every subject your child is enrolled in. Please use these in conjuncon with our new request for extension process by subming extension requests to your childs teacher at least one week before the due date. Congratulaons to Cody Twyford who has been appointed to the posion of Assistant Princi- pal, working alongside Jenny Coe and Lauren Amey on the leadership team. Cody will conn- ue with her 8-9 management role, and now also support the 10-12 learners at PHS. Finally, I would like to thank you all for the kind words and expressions of support over the last couple of weeks. It has been a whirlwind of learning, and I am forever grateful to David Marino for his generosity in teaching me the ropes. I am looking forward to working with the staff, parents and especially the students for the rest of the year to keep our school in the A1 condion in which David has leſt it. I will sll be teaching my senior English class for this year, but have handed my year 10 stu- dents to the very capable Paul Arthur, a Permanent Relief Teacher for our region, while we find an English teacher to replace me. As a former PHS scholar and proud Peterboroughian I feel so incredibly honoured to sit in the Principalss chair for the next few months. Stay warm and rugged up during this cold snap! Regards, Sonja

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Peterborough High School Queen Street, Peterborough SA 5422

Learning and improvement, Equity, Optimism, Resilience & Celebration

Points of Interest

August 12th—

Open Volleyball

in Jamestown

August 20th—

Student Assembly

CLOSED to public

Sept 11th—

Flinders UniTest

fpr Yr 12s ATAR

Support

Sept 14th— Stu-

dent Free Day

Sept 23rd—First

Transition Day for

Year 7’s

Term 3 Week 3 07/08/2020 Principal’s News

https://www.facebook.com/PeterboroughHighSchool/

Welcome to our School Newsletter for Week 3, Term 3. Interschool sport has returned. It seems that COVID can’t keep a good team down!

It has been such a joy to see the return of sporting carnivals and events for our students. Our

PE teachers, Miss Twyford and Miss McCann have made rapid changes to their teaching and

learning plans to incorporate these new events. On Thursday 30th of August Miss McCann,

Miss HAvers, Mr Hussell and Mr Graefe took a cast of thousands, our entire year 8 and 9 clas-

ses to Booleroo for the 5-a-side Soccer Carnival. Peterborough High Spirit was in full force and

the students enjoyed using the soccer skills they have developed in PE class, not to mention a

quick side trip for a little Geography focus! On Monday the 3rd of August Miss Twyford and

the open boys badminton team competed, and were then joined by Ms Amey and the open

boys netball team for an on court challenge at Trinity.

Have you seen the Stage 1 Tourism class wandering the streets? On Monday of week 3 Miss

Havers took her Tourism experts on a Peterborough safari and explored but a taste of what

our terrific tourist town has to offer. The District Council and History Group were very gener-

ous with their time and facilities and our students are now prepared for local tourism tasks.

On Tuesday the 4th, Mrs Coe and the Year 10 SACE PLP class spend the day completing the

Work Experience Induction. This is a compulsory training that all students must do before

being allowed to engage in work experience. These students are now aware of their safety

rights and responsibilities when in a work place.

To help you support the PHS learners in your home, you will find a couple of different docu-

ments available to you in the coming weeks. For students in years 8-10 you will see, and be

asked to sign and return, a term overview of assessment tasks including draft and final due

dates. For SACE families, you will receive the Term 3 SACE Snapshot, as well as copies of due

dates for every subject your child is enrolled in. Please use these in conjunction with our new

request for extension process by submitting extension requests to your child’s teacher at least

one week before the due date.

Congratulations to Cody Twyford who has been appointed to the position of Assistant Princi-

pal, working alongside Jenny Coe and Lauren Amey on the leadership team. Cody will contin-

ue with her 8-9 management role, and now also support the 10-12 learners at PHS.

Finally, I would like to thank you all for the kind words and expressions of support over the

last couple of weeks. It has been a whirlwind of learning, and I am forever grateful to David

Marino for his generosity in teaching me the ropes. I am looking forward to working with the

staff, parents and especially the students for the rest of the year to keep our school in the A1

condition in which David has left it.

I will still be teaching my senior English class for this year, but have handed my year 10 stu-

dents to the very capable Paul Arthur, a Permanent Relief Teacher for our region, while we

find an English teacher to replace me. As a former PHS scholar and proud Peterboroughian I

feel so incredibly honoured to sit in the Principals’s chair for the next few months.

Stay warm and rugged up during this cold snap!

Regards,

Sonja

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Deputy Principal’s News

Careers Days It’s the time of the year when the Universities are having their Open Days, all be it Virtual

Open days because of the virus restrictions. Posters have been placed up in the Student

Services Hub in the library advertising the details and if you want to check these out. They

are also available on the individual websites for the Universities.

These open days, in whatever format they take, are really useful for career planning and

potentially which subjects students might need to choose in Stage 1 and Stage 2 to keep

certain pathways open.

There is also a lot of information, aside from the information about Open Days, on Univer-

sity websites about courses and what they require.

VET Courses Planning for 2021 I have had a preliminary chat to our current Year 9 students about the VET courses that will

be offered onsite to them from the beginning of next year. Certificate 2 in Auto Servicing

(Thursdays for 18 months) and Certificate 2 Kitchen Operations (1 day a week for 18 weeks

in the second semester). These are not the only courses that can be done through VET but

these are face to face and delivered onsite at PHS. I will be contacting parents and caregiv-

ers once students have given me a firm indication of their intentions to take up one of the

face to face VET courses and invite you in to have a chat about just what this option in-

cludes.

Please ring me at PHS – 86512306 if you have any questions or would like some infor-

mation on the courses mentioned. Other VET courses are available through the Open Ac-

cess College and other providers but they would be primarily online.

Green Wood We have recently had a number of trees within the school yard trimmed or chopped down.

We have some green wood (which would need to be left for about a year before it could be

burnt) available for purchase. The cost of a 6 by 4 trailer load is $50. Please phone me at

the school if you are interested in buying a trailer load of this wood.

Jenny Coe

Deputy Principal

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We were so excited to begin Term 3 with ‘back to new normal’ Assemblies.

Unfortunately, no parents or caregiver will be able to attend the Week 5

Learning Centre Assembly, but we are sure your child will fill you in with all

the great things happening at PHS– Thanks Miss Twyford

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Assistant Principal News

Welcome to the Week 3 Newsletter.

So many things have been happening here—we have been non-stop sporting. 8/9 aside Soccer,

Open Badminton and Open Boys Netball. Not to mention Open girls and boys Volleyball in Jame-

stown next week on Thursday. Following that we have, Basketball in Week 7 in Port Augusta (date

TBC). And Fast 5 Year 9 & 10 netball in Week 9.

Here are some happy snaps from this week on

camp.

I would also like to celebrate those who have already completed

the Premier’s Reading Challenge! They are Benjamin Wynen, Kathy

Dunne, Jamie Starke, Erin Weber, Faith Wilson, Davina Bernales, Tara

Higginson-Pollard and Miki Weston.

With just under 4 WEEKS TO GO, students should be reading each af-

ternoon at home to ensure they finish on time. After their whole

homegroup finishes, students get to design a top to celebrate their

success. If you do reading at home, make sure you mark it off with

Mrs Tuckwell at the Student Services Hub.

If you have any questions, please email me at

[email protected]

Enjoy your next couple of weeks—stay safe.

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Last term, the Year 9 students completed their topic on Atoms and are now starting their new top-

ic on Chemical Changes. The Year 9’s participated in a science practical where they tested how

acidic or alkaline common household objects were by using the natural dye of red cabbage. Stu-

dents boiled the red cabbage to extract the natural dye and added them to the following test

tubes that contained salt solution, distilled water, vinegar, antacid tablets, hydrochloric acid and

sodium hydroxide. The colour produced demonstrated whether the solutions were acidic, neutral

or alkaline (basic) in reference to the pH chart below.

YEAR 9 SCIENCE

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The year 8 Design and Technology students have been busy producing their first two products.

The year 8 students produced a large wooden peg as their first project, where they developed a number of

workshop skills through the application of hand tools and some machines. They are currently finishing their

serviette holders, where they are building on their learning from their first task, and learning new skills, like

the safe use of the band saw.

Congratulations to all of the year 8 students who have done a fabulous job of applying their workshop skills

in a safe manner, and we look forward to seeing their critical and creative thinking shine through in their

next projects.

(Products by all year 8 students) (Products by: David, Kaitlin, and Riley)

The Learning Centre students have been working persistently over the course of the year to produce some

amazing small tables. These students have tirelessly applied their energy throughout the COVID-19

pandemic.

All of the Learning Centre students have built on their prior knowledge and developed new skills within the

workshop. They have used a range of hand tools and machines. All of the students have talked about the

skills they have learnt in creating the two different joints for their table frames, a lap joint and a mortice and

tenon joint. They all used their critical and creative thinking skills to design their own table tops, and use a

range of different materials for this.

Some of the students were excited to apply stains to their tables, while other preferred the natural look.

We at PHS are excited to see what these four students will make next.

YEAR 8 TECH STUDIES AND THE LEARNING CENTRE

Left to Right

Hayden, Joel and Hudson

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WHATS HAPPENING IN VISUAL ART?

The stage 1 and 2 visual art students are each undertaking individual investigations into different mediums and pro-

cesses. Logan is looking at acrylic pouring for her visual study and Carlos is looking at social media art trends for his

investigation. He has currently looked at acrylic pouring and crayon art.

The year 8 visual art students have began a unit of work looking at the topic of still life. They will be learning how to

paint from observations, however they have done their first observational art using charcoal.

All students involved are doing an excellent job this term and should be proud.

Kaitlyn Havers

Visual Art Teacher

Tourism Excursion The stage 2 tourism students are completing a case study on Peterborough for their first tourism task.

They needed to find out about tourism sectors, tourism related employment and factors that influence

tourism in Peterborough.

To complete this task, we went on a walking tour of the main street in Peterborough on Thursday the

30/7/2020. On this tour we visited Steamtown, 229 on Main, The Peterborough History Group at the

print works, Duck

Duck Goose, The

Burg, the YMCA and

we had lunch at the

Peterborough Take

Away. The tourism

students found some

excellent primary da-

ta about tourism in

Peterborough and

had a great time on

their excursion.

Kaitlyn Havers

Tourism Teacher

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Our students have been working hard in their Geography units this term.

Year 10 have been looking at indigenous land management practices, and are moving on to

how we manage urban environments. They have learnt more about how to write essays

using correct structures, and how to research and reference their research. The concept of

referencing your ideas and information has been a big focus in HASS this year, and it has

been great to see students progressing in this area.

Year 9 have also been working hard, studying Biomes and Food Security. They have com-

pleted a local biomes report about the role of Goyder's Line. In this report they looked at

what kind of biomes (environments), land use and rainfall occur north and south of the

line, and how these things are related. Student’s produced a correctly structured report on

power point, which included several types of thematic maps.

We were able to have a stop at the Goyder's Line memorial between Orroroo and Pekina

on the way back from our 5 a side soccer competition in Booleroo, which was a great op-

portunity for our students to connect their learning to the real world.

Year 11 have also done well, completing a draft report with maps about Peterborough, in-

cluding demographic, topographic, weather, industrial and social information.

We look forward to seeing continued growth and achievement from our HASS students!

Mr Hussell.

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PLAYER NOMINATIONS FOR PETERBOROUGH BASKETBALL SEASON 2020/2021

Mini players, girls and boys, must be aged 7 years old (as of the

1st of October) to 11 years old

Junior Girls must be aged 12 (as of the 1st of October) up to and

including Year 11

Junior Boys must be aged 12 (as of the 1st of October) up to and

including Year 11

Name: ___________________________________________________

Date of birth and Age: _________________________________________________________

Gender: ____________________________________________________________________

Contact Details: ______________________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian signature: _____________________________________

Please indicate if you can:

Coach Scorer Timer

Coaches, scorers and timers are also needed for this season for Minis and Juniors, please

indicated above if you can help.

Training will be provided for scoring and timing.

Any questions please contact :

Shane Atkinson 0407393055 or Aidan Jennings 0439677148

PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SCHOOLS FRONT OFFICE FOR COLLECTION BY FRIDAY 11TH OF

SEPTEMBER 2020

**Subject to change due to Covid19 restrictions closer to the season**

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Bundaleer Motorcycle Club is holding a family juniors/seniors

come and ride fun day on Sunday 9th August 2020 Venue: Sim Sparks, 11km East of Jamestown on the Whyte Yarcowie Rd, signs to

be put up.

Google earth location: 879 Jamestown-Whyte Yarcowie Rd

9:00 – 9:30am Registration

Riding starts at 10:00am

Cost: Under 15’s $5 Seniors $30

Club Members $20 to cover one day insurance

3 natural terrain endure tracks -50cc track

-80/90/125cc junior track

-Larger bikes and seniors on the senior track

BBQ and soft drinks available Other drinks BYO

This is our first come and try day, so everyone is welcome. Parents and kids

can ride together!

Further Details: Bundaleer Motorcycle club Facebook page

Nick Fetherstonhaugh #0429658917

Andrew Keller #0427802053

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On Thursday of week 2 the Year 8 and 9 students travelled to Booleroo to compete in the 5 A Side Soccer Carnival. Students have been participating in a unit of Soccer in physical edu-cation in preparation for the carnival. We entered two boys and two girls’ teams to com-pete for the day. We had a few wins and there were plenty of goals scored in what was a glorious day! We were very proud of the way our students represented the school and their teamwork and leadership throughout the day. A big thankyou to Catrina Duncan who um-pired on behalf of our school for the day.

5-A-SIDE SOCCER CARNIVAL

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5-A-SIDE SOCCER CARNIVAL

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Recently the Year 8’s and Year 9’s have been learning about

Bullying and all the different forms it can take.

It is Very important to Peterborough High School that we all

feel comfortable in our learning environment and never feel

afraid or like we do not belong.

If anyone ever feels like they are in a situation that makes

them feel uncomfortable we have the people and the space

to make things right!!

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Calendar of Events

AUGUST 2020

M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I

AUGUST 10

WEEK 4

11 12

Open Boys and Girls

Volleyball

Leave 8:45am Return

by 3:30pm

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Robyn Sherry, our

PCW visits to work

with students at PHS

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WEEK 5

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19

20

Student Assembly,

Unfortunately closed

to Parents and Visi-

tors

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MNSEC Formal

Cancelled

Stayed tuned for

news of a PHS yr

11/12 alternative

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WEEK 6

Encounter Youth

sessions Yr10, 11

and 12 students

Support Staff Cele-

bration Week

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26 27

28

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WEEK 7

SEPTEMBER 01 02

03

Psychology Practice

E-exam 1

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