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ISSUE 9 July 31st 2020

AUGUST10th Netball-Mt Gambier13th 8/9 Football-Coonalpyn28th Career Expo Yr 10-12

Welcome back to term 3 – and whi le I know that the hol idays seem l ike adistant memory to most, i t was good to see students back and keen tomove on. Michel le Jenkin and Rebecca Col l ins have jo ined us for theremainder of the year whi le Jordan Sear le is on materni ty leave. Bothbr ing great enthusiasm and expert ise to their c lassrooms.

Reports were made avai lable at the end of last term and we hope thatboth students and their fami l ies have had a chance to ref lect on them.Many students performed wel l and they were acknowledged at the lastassembly, but for some there is def in i te ly room for improvement. Al lstudents - regardless of year level and the grades they have achieved -should ref lect on what new ski l ls and knowledge they have acquired,what feedback and advice they have acted upon and what their next goalwi l l be.

Hard work and a wi l l ingness to persist when facing academic chal lengesare the keys to success for a l l students, and emphasiz ing learningprogress rather than grades/scores is a s imple - but powerful - way tosupport student learning. Al l of our teachers wi l l do whatever i t takes tohelp students achieve. The year 12s have begun their run home this termwith the major i ty of course work to be completed by the end of the term.The group has been focussed and hardworking, even with al l thedistract ions, and i t is now a matter of maintaining the momentum. We f inal ly have some good news on the tennis court f ront . Rather thanbeing constructed from bi tumen, i t wi l l now be concrete, which wi l l be amuch quicker bui ld and far less temperature dependent. I am nowconf ident that they wi l l be completed by the end of the year. Much of thebi tumen around the main bui ld ing and classrooms wi l l be replaced bypaving, wi th that project due to begin in a matter of weeks. I t wi l l meanreduced access at var ious t imes and again th is project is due for aDecember complet ion.

School sport started last week with the Hockey at Naracoorte on Fr iday.Provided the COVID19 si tuat ion remains stable in South Austral ia, morecompet i t ions wi l l fo l low over the coming weeks.

Increased cleaning and sani tat ion remains and hand sani t izer isavai lable in each classroom. Al l students should wash hands regular lywith the suppl ied soap and i f a student is unwel l they must not at tendschool .

We were del ighted to discover that there were funds remaining from ourSTEM upgrade and we received a t ransfer of over $124,000. This is asigni f icant sum and wi l l be used to complete the STEM Centre furnishingand equipment purchase.

Markus Trnovsky

W H E R E A R E

T H E Y N O W ?

Luke Wise

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I completed both my primary and secondary schooling in Bordertown, graduating from Year 12 at BHS in 2015. During myfinal year at high school I studied Maths Applications, English Communications, Visual Art and Biology. I also held theposition of SRC President in Year 12.

Upon completing high school, I packed up my life and headed to Adelaide for the next four years to complete my Bachelorof Education (Primary/Middle) degree at UniSA, which I finished in 2019. For my first two years up in the big smoke I lived atLincoln College, a residential college for university students relocating from rural/international locations. I worked a varietyof jobs including bartending, private tutoring, OSHC supervising and SSO work in a primary school. In 2016 I became therecipient of the David Pank Education Scholarship, which was very encouraging for a country kid that didn’t really feel likehe knew what he was doing half the time (shocker: this hasn’t changed much, but I’m starting to learn that’s okay).

Transitioning from living at home in a small town to slowly becoming independent and living in Adelaide was a hugetransition for me, but also helped me learn a lot about “adulting” and the often-challenging aspects that entails. My time inAdelaide taught me a lot of important social and professional skills that gave me a variety of opportunities, especiallyregarding my career progression and my personal support networks.

I am now completing my first year of teaching at Mundulla Primary School. I spend half of my week teaching Art andScience across Foundation-Year 7 and the other half in the Year 6/7 class. So, as it turns out, my subject choices in Year12 worked out pretty well for me! I am incredibly lucky to have been able to start my teaching career where I grew up, as ithas made the transition that bit easier, especially considering the chaotic year it has been for everyone. It’s comfortingknowing that there are people all around here that make a genuine effort to say “G’day” when you run into them down thestreet; I missed that a lot up in Adelaide. Considering it is quite a small town, Bordertown is such a special place that has alot of opportunities in a lot of career paths, so don’t think that you have to move elsewhere to be successful, as there arelikely opportunities around here for you.

My time at BHS taught me a lot about the importance of finding your passions and figuring out how to work them into yourcareer, as this will make getting up in the morning quite a bit easier. Whatever that passion may be, there will be at leastone job out there that involves it in some capacity. On that note though, you don’t have to know what you want to do rightnow. High school is busy enough, especially in its final years. I was lucky enough to figure out what I wanted to do duringmy high school years and that has worked out for me, but a lot of my friends needed extra time or a gap year to find theirpath and have found a lot of success in their decisions. Just figure yourself out and try not to compare yourself too much toyour peers.

A final piece of advice is to make connections with those around you. Your peers, exchange students, teachers, familyfriends, co-workers at your job and even members of your sporting clubs are all incredibly valuable both in a professionaland personal/social capacity. They will be your support network when you need them, as well as possibly opening up careerpaths in some situations. Build relationships, they are so important. Make the most of your time at school, it will be one ofthe most challenging but rewarding and enjoyable stages of your life.

Luke Wise

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In the second week of the July holidays, three motivated students signed up for shearing school. Lucy Steer, SaskiaPeck and Cameron Thorne travelled to Brett Day’s property, where they joined twelve other participants from Adelaideto Mount Gambier to learn the basics of shearing and wool handling.

The program included: Day 1: How to set up a hand piece, practice on a shorn sheep. Instructors shore the bellies and necks and studentspracticed their long blow. Day 2: More practice on the long blow, shearing the 2nd shoulder and finishing off the sheep.Day 3: The focus was on the properties of wool and wool classing (with Alie Tuinder)Day 4: Bellies, long blow and finishing of the sheep.Day 5: Shearing a full sheep from start to finish

Lucy, Saskia and Cameron all had very positive feedback for the school and said the shearers (Joshua Sneath, JustinDolphin and Rex Chilcott) were all very good at instructing and showing position of feet and sheep. They loved thehands on experience and feel confident they could cleanly shear a sheep, although acknowledge like any craft, it wouldtake a bit of practice to improve their style and time taken per sheep. At the end of the week Lucy was acknowledged for‘cleanest sheep’. What an opportunity, given the current climate and the demand for shearers, it’s a valuable skill thatwill not go to waste. Well done to Lucy, Saskia and Cameron.

Kate McCarthyAG Teacher

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HockeyHockeyAfter a fu l l term of minimal sport ing act iv i t ies, SA school sport ing

compet i t ions are back this term, start ing wi th Mixed Hockey. Despi te thelack of t ra in ing and game play that our associat ion players have had overthe past 6 months, students were keen to s ign up and have a go. Someplayers have had the opportuni ty to at least t ra in as where some playerswere returning to help their school af ter not playing for several years.

With only 11 players s igned up we st i l l arr ived at Naracoorte HockeyFields on Fr iday 24th July eager to get started. Naracoorte HockeyAssociat ion recent ly received a grant to construct a hybr id tur f f ie ld. MostTat iara associat ion players are grass trained so we faced yet anotherchal lenge. The f ie ld was except ional though, very smooth, but fast , I hadmy own l i t t le dugout that I could coach the students f rom, but being ableto v iew the vast f ie ld was daunt ing. After negot iat ion wi th the umpiresand with rules set, a very t ight and thr i l l ing game played out.

Due to my coaching role i t was actual ly rather di f f icul t to keep up withwho was scor ing goals and assist ing in detai l . There was no dominat ionin the f i rst hal f by ei ther school wi th even possession resul t ing in back toback goals. Wi l l Krop lead the back l ine ensur ing that manning up waspr ior i ty. Wi l l and Sarah Anderson worked wel l to move the bal l back intothe at tack l ine throughout the game. Lewis Green and Daniel Obst alsoworked except ional ly wel l fo l lowing up loose bal ls and making space forfurther work in at tack. At the end of the f i rst hal f the score was 4-3 toNaracoorte High School . Harry Schwarz scored al l goals mainly throughthe work of the f ront l ine, threatening the opposi t ion defense and leadingto short penal t ies.

The second hal f went of f to a f ly ing start wi th Harry evening the scorevery ear ly; h is ski l l to manoeuvre the bal l p layed to his advantage andovercame the goal ie. This just increased the tension throughout the restof the hal f . With even possession and ski l l shown by both teams, NHScont inued to put the pressure on, but due to the increased mot ivat ion andgrunt f rom Charl ie Krop the goal ie, they kept fa i l ing to score. HenryDahl i tz lead the front l ine wi th conf idence, and his guidance and posi t iveatt i tude was clear as he coaxed the front l ine to move forward. ZaraFaulds and Lucy Steer acted on this guidance, creat ing space andopportuni ty for that next goal through the wings. Tierre Rukundo andByron Col ls could not be faul ted for their ef for ts running from attack todefense and assist ing wi th goal set up, al though occasional ly the legswere going quicker than the rest of the body. Unfortunately, a disputedgoal late into the hal f for Naracoorte ended the game with a 5-4 score.

The players should be so proud of their ef for ts and the way they workedtogether as a team, I could not have asked for anymore. The posi t iv i tyand encouragement throughout the game was exemplary. Thank you toChloe Anderson for umpir ing the game, also Vanessa Schwarz for herphotography ski l ls and Linda Anderson and Ti f fany Golding for theirsupport towards the team. We appreciated having you with us. Way to go Team! Lauren Kirk

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A meet ing for Year 12 students was held on Tuesday to out l ine the process required forSATAC appl icat ion in 2021. A pr inted copy of the informat ion del ivered was also distr ibutedfor parents to support students in th is process. Students have hard copies of the Universi tycourse of fer ings to complement th is, and are reminded that the closing date for appl icat ionsis 30th September. Those students interested in TAFE study in 2021 are encouraged toaccess course informat ion onl ine, and wi l l a lso be required to apply using SATAC for manycourses.

Universi ty Open Days wi l l th is year be mainly onl ine presentat ions, occurr ing from 9 -26August, depending on the speci f ic campus. Students have been provided with the relevantl inks v ia Teams, and need to register for the relevant sessions. The registrat ion l inks are:unisa.edu.au/open augustf l indersuni .edu.au/opendaysadelaide.edu.au/open

They are an excel lent opportuni ty to v is i t campuses vir tual ly, and hear about speci f ic courseoffer ings. Therefore, students consider ing a universi ty pathway are encouraged to enrol .These sessions may also be of interest to our Year 11 students/parents.

Al l current Yr 10 and Yr 11 fami l ies should have received a let ter out l in ing the counsel l ingprocess and t imel ine for 2021 subject select ion. The subject informat ion booklets wi l l bedistr ibuted ear ly in Week 5, wi th subject select ion occurr ing onl ine dur ing Week 6 of th isterm.

Sue Walter

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SATAC APPLICATION AND SENIOR

COURSE COUNSELLING

Each Tuesday and Thursday Jenny, Chr issie and I have the pleasure of serving breakfastto a group of grateful students. We have a regular group that at tend and I feel l ike we al llook forward each week to seeing each other shar ing food, laughter and stor ies. Thisreminds me that humans are very social beings and feel ing a part of our own group and asense of belonging reduces lonel iness and isolat ion. No one is on the outer because thereis no outer.

Compassion and Love are our oldest medicines. Add to th is hope and connectedness andwe have the four most powerful ingredients of heal ing. What creates resi l ience var ies atdi f ferent stages of our l ives but i f we consider young people there is a c lear indicat ion theythr ive when they feel :

ConnectedProtected and Respected.

We need to al l pract ice the CPR approach in our schools, fami l ies and community. Beingpart of a group and jo in ing together bui lds a sense of belonging, t rust and heal thyrelat ionships. Who is your group? Is i t your fami ly? Your f r iendship group? Your school? Your sports team? Your church? Your music /dance group?

The condi t ions that help people feel Connected, Protected and Respected aren’ tdownloadable. They are uploaded one relat ionship at a t ime. Al l students are welcome tojoin our Breakfast Group each Tuesday and Thursday from 8am – Home Group

Cathy HingeCPSW

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BREAKFASTBREAKFASTBREAKFASTCLUBCLUBCLUB

Hi , my name is Rebecca Collins and I am currently teaching

Home Economics , PE & HASS at Bordertown HS . I am fairly new

to the Bordertown Area , last year I was teaching at Glossop High

School but moved here in January from Berri in the Riverland to

be with my partner . I am a lover of winter and before teaching

in the Riverland I was a follower of the snow , working at Mount

Buller Ski Resort in Victoria for 5 years and Big White Ski Resort

in British Columbia , Canada . I grew up south of Adelaide in a

seaside suburb of Hallett Cove and absolutely loved it there but

am very happy to be where I am now in Bordertown . I enjoy

playing netball and i f it hadn ’t been for the times we are in now

I would have been sporting a Mundulla Netball Club Uniform

but I guess that will have to wait until 2021 . I am very excited to

be here teaching and getting to know my students and fellow

colleagues .

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New Staff

Hi , My name is Michelle Jenkin . I moved to Bordertown in

2007 after I completed my Bachelor of Science (Molecular

Biology) at Adelaide University . While l iving in Bordertown I

completed my Bachelor of Teaching (Primary and Secondary)

via correspondence . I started teaching at Bordertown High

School second semester in 2010 , and taught Science ,

Chemistry , Biology until I had my f irst daughter at the end of

2012 . I have had a few part time contracts here , as well as

the occasional relief day , I have also had two more daughters

in this time too , so l i fe has been very busy ! I am looking

forward to getting back into teaching on a more regular

basis for the rest of the year .

Hello everybody , my name is Fran Newman . I have returned to

Bordertown High School after three years in Adelaide schools .

I am teaching English and HASS and I am delighted to be

back for the rest of this year . A lover of words and books , I

am committed to expanding the horizons of my students in

all my subjects . I love l iving in Bordertown and I certainly do

not miss the morning traff ic in the city .

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