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Brunel Drive Modbury Heights South Australia, 5092 Ph: (08) 8263 6244 Fax: (08) 8263 6072 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://www.theheights.sa.edu.au NEWSLETTER No. 12 14 August 2014 Diary Dates 18/8 Science Week 18/8 Book Week “Connect to Reading” 19/8 Reporting Abuse & Neglect Training 9-10:30am 26/8 Yr 11 to Yr 12 Course Counselling 3:30-5pm 27/8 Yr 11 to Yr 12 Course Counselling 9:30am-7:30pm (NO YEAR 11 CLASSES ALL DAY) 2/9 Yr 10 to Yr 11Course Counselling 9:30am-7:30pm (NO YEAR 10 CLASSES ALL DAY) 3/9 Yr 10 to Yr 11 Course Counselling 3:30-5pm Term 3 continues to be eventful with changes and activities that make learning a rich experience at The Heights. We welcome Lil Ilescin, to the role of Aboriginal Education teacher for 2 days weekly for the remainder of the year. The job of the AET is to support aboriginal students to be successful in their learning and to support teachers to design programs for all students to gain a strong sense of cultural understanding, awareness and action that makes us a truly inclusive nation. We farewelled Tobias O’Connor towards the end of term 2. Tobias won the principal position at Keith Area School. He has had a significant impact on improvements and innovation in ICT infrastructure, timetable, Daymap, developing an ICT plan for the school that included the introduction of Microsoft RT Tablet devices in the Middle School, as well as organisational support for Senior School. His driving focus and passion was ICT powered learning and 21 st century learning. While access to the technology is essential, how teachers and students use the technology to power learning is the education agenda. Tobias’ leadership in 21 st century learning was a powerful influence on the teaching and learning environment at The Heights over the last 3 years. We are very proud to be supporting clients of HIVE in partnership with 7 other local public schools with secondary students and the Tea Tree Gully Council. Specialised programs operating from the HIVE provide opportunities to engage some of our at risk students to remain connected to learning and future pathways. The quality of the programs has been acknowledged in the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards. Congratulations Community Learning @ Hive 12-25. The team application has been selected as a First Stage Winner in the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards – Community and Partnership Award section! Arts Week has been outstanding once more in 2014. This annual celebration of the Arts continues to amaze us – the talent of our students is impressive! We know that those who will be most successful in life in the future will be those people who are creative. Knowledge and tertiary qualifications will no longer be enough. Enjoy the live performances, the online photos and check the school website for the video record of events. The week culminated in Wakakirri on Thursday and parents are invited to the Senior School Showcase on Friday night. The Defence Industry Pathway Program is an exciting development. Programs are being designed to begin in 2015. A group of teachers have been involved in the design of a project that will promote high level skills in Science, Maths and Technology to increase the choice of career pathways for young people in defence industry career pathways. Opportunities in industries and careers related to the Defence Industry are extensive and there is a high demand for high level technical and engineering skills. Current thinking is about a project involving advanced manufacturing in year 8 and 9 leading to an engineering pathway in Senior School. Further updates will be provided as we shape the project. OUR SCHOOL VALUES ‘A Fair Go’ - difference, diversity ‘Have a Go, Go Hard, Keep Going!’ - doing your best, hard work, persistence, curiosity, confidence ‘Go Together’ - community, continuity, respectful relationships ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE. In this issue… Term 3 is the time Junior School News Book Week 2014 Middle School Awards Year 12 Society & Culture Parents & Friends

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Richard

Brunel Drive Modbury Heights South Australia, 5092 Ph: (08) 8263 6244 Fax: (08) 8263 6072 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://www.theheights.sa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No. 12

14 August 2014

Diary Dates 18/8 Science Week 18/8 Book Week “Connect to Reading” 19/8 Reporting Abuse & Neglect Training 9-10:30am 26/8 Yr 11 to Yr 12 Course Counselling 3:30-5pm 27/8 Yr 11 to Yr 12 Course Counselling 9:30am-7:30pm

(NO YEAR 11 CLASSES ALL DAY)

2/9 Yr 10 to Yr 11Course Counselling 9:30am-7:30pm

(NO YEAR 10 CLASSES ALL DAY)

3/9 Yr 10 to Yr 11 Course Counselling 3:30-5pm

Term 3 continues to be eventful with changes and activities that make learning a rich

experience at The Heights.

We welcome Lil Ilescin, to the role of Aboriginal Education teacher for 2 days weekly for the remainder of the year. The job of the AET is to support aboriginal students to be successful in their learning and to support teachers to design programs for all students to gain a strong sense of cultural understanding, awareness and action that makes us a truly inclusive nation. We farewelled Tobias O’Connor towards the end of term 2. Tobias won the principal position at Keith Area School. He has had a significant impact on improvements and innovation in ICT infrastructure, timetable, Daymap, developing an ICT plan for the school that included the introduction of Microsoft RT Tablet devices in the Middle School, as well as organisational support for Senior School. His driving focus and passion was ICT powered learning and 21st century learning. While access to the technology is essential, how teachers and students use the technology to power learning is the education agenda. Tobias’ leadership in 21st century learning was a powerful influence on the teaching and learning environment at The Heights over the last 3 years. We are very proud to be supporting clients of HIVE in partnership with 7 other local public schools with secondary students and the Tea Tree Gully Council. Specialised programs operating from the HIVE provide opportunities to engage some of our at risk students to remain connected to learning and future pathways. The quality of the programs has been acknowledged in the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards. Congratulations Community Learning @ Hive 12-25. The team application has been selected as a First Stage Winner in the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards – Community and Partnership Award section! Arts Week has been outstanding once more in 2014. This annual celebration of the Arts continues to amaze us – the talent of our students is impressive! We know that those who will be most successful in life in the future will be those people who are creative. Knowledge and tertiary qualifications will no longer be enough. Enjoy the live performances, the online photos and check the school website for the video record of events. The week culminated in Wakakirri on Thursday and parents are invited to the Senior School Showcase on Friday night. The Defence Industry Pathway Program is an exciting development. Programs are being designed to begin in 2015. A group of teachers have been involved in the design of a project that will promote high level skills in Science, Maths and Technology to increase the choice of career pathways for young people in defence industry career pathways. Opportunities in industries and careers related to the Defence Industry are extensive and there is a high demand for high level technical and engineering skills. Current thinking is about a project involving advanced manufacturing in year 8 and 9 leading to an engineering pathway in Senior School. Further updates will be provided as we shape the project.

OUR SCHOOL VALUES

‘A Fair Go’ - difference, diversity

‘Have a Go, Go Hard, Keep Going!’

- doing your best, hard work, persistence,

curiosity, confidence

‘Go Together’ - community, continuity, respectful relationships

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE FINANCE

OFFICE.

In this issue… Term 3 is the time Junior School News Book Week 2014 Middle School Awards Year 12 Society & Culture Parents & Friends

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……..TERM 3 IS THE TIME…….

Term 3 is the time for all secondary students to give some thought to the future. All students from years 9 to 11 take the time to select subjects for next year and these decisions need serious thinking through. Now is the moment when all students get a chance to really think about which subjects they enjoy and which careers these subjects might lead them to. For the year 10 and 11 students this is a time to start going further than career daydreams and work towards committing themselves to a particular career pathway. It doesn’t have to be a specific job, although it might be. Saying “I’m interested in working in the area of….” is a guiding and yet flexible response. We have all heard the line about the jobs of the future not being invented yet, so a strong interest or passion, combined with a flexible approach is probably what is going to get most young people to where they want to go. To help with all of this we have posted a great deal of information about The Heights course counselling process on our website. Click on the Senior School Course and Career Planning link. You can check out all of the individual subject descriptions, a detailed description of how the SACE works, and multiple links to post-school options. For those people who need them there will be a printed version available. Every student in years 10 and 11 will have a Course Counselling interview and every parent or caregiver is strongly encouraged to be there. We want parents to come along to ask questions, hear what we have to say and support their children and we have set up the timing of the interviews to support this process. All parents should have the paperwork where they can choose their preferred time by now. Make sure to fill it in and get it back ASAP. On certain timeslots it will be first in gets the appointment. Many students are now spending more time considering their future than ever before. Career planning happens in Pastoral Care, the Personal Learning Plan, Literacy for Work and Community Life, VET courses and many other places. Pictured is Krystal Hart from the Literacy for Work and Community Life class with a detailed PowerPoint presentation in which she shows her vision for her future. Krystal created her Vision Board and then formally invited members of her family to see it presented here at school. Krystal describes herself as really enjoying the task and now her family know her dreams, they can support her in getting there.

Lynn Charlesworth, Student Counsellor

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TOBIAS O’CONNOR……

PRINCIPAL AT KEITH AREA SCHOOL

We congratulate Tobias O’Connor who won the position of Principal at Keith Area School beginning this term.

Some of the comments we have heard from Tobias include: “Staff and community very welcoming.” “School has great facilities”

Comments from the school community include: “Kids across the school know him and speak positively about their new Principal.” “Mr O’Connor is happy to be driving the bus and participating in a Year 10 excursion.”

SCHOOL DENTAL

SERVICE

The School Dental Service is a Child Dental Benefits Schedule provider. All babies, children and young people under 18 years are welcome to attend. Dental care is FREE for most children. Children who do not qualify for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule can also attend – a small fee will apply for each course of general dental care provided. All dental care provided is FREE for preschool children. To locate your local School Dental Clinic, or for more information about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule, visit www.sadental.sa.gov.au

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REMINDER

If you have collected a Microsoft Surface Tablet on a commitment to pay we would just like to remind you that the last day to pay for the Surface Tablet is the 26th September 2014 (the last day of term 3).

Payments can be made directly to our Finance Office or alternatively they can be made online via our website through our Bizgate system, if you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact our Finance Office.

AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS 12/8/14 The Heights Players Defeated SFX Dunkers 68-18. Great win!

4/8/14 The Heights True Blue 9 & Under Indoor Soccer Team Defeated Pedare Navy 3-1 Goals: Marwan 2, Jonas 1

BOOK WEEK 2014 – CONNECT TO READING - READING TO CONNECT

Week 5 is National Book Week organized by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The Winning books will be announced on Saturday, 16th August. Our Resource Centre will be supporting Book Week through displays, competitions and activities all through the week. See if you can connect to your child’s reading by listening to them read, reading to them or asking them what they are reading. Come and see the wonderful displays in the library showing students connecting to reading. Junior School students can visit at lunch time and listen to older students reading stories and some of the Reception/Year 1 classes will be going to see a performance of “Wonky Donkey.” There will be lots of competitions going on all week and one of them will have photos of the teachers and pictures of their favourite books when they were growing up. See if you can connect the right teacher to the right book. Students and teachers can have a go. There will be book prizes awarded. To end Book week on a high note there will be a dress up parade in the Resource Centre on Friday, 22nd August. Students can dress as a favourite book character and join in the fun.

Resource Centre Staff

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JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS

Term 3, Week 4 is Arts Week. It has been an amazingly busy time with our Pre-schoolers using different painting techniques while creating a display for the Visual Arts Exhibition in the upstairs common area. ‘The Heights Got Talent’ heats and final has been held this week where many students from all classes showed their skills as singers, dancers and players of various instruments. We certainly have a lot of talent at The Heights. The standard of acts was extremely high with the judges deciding on the following top three: 1st Kyla White from CF3 with a very high standard of ballet performance. 2nd Sarah Oakes from CF3 with an unaccompanied song and a beautiful sound. 3rd Ruhi Aiden from CF6 who performed a dance set to Indian music with great skills and energy.

A number of Junior School teachers have been on leave this term. We say a big thank you to the following teachers who have supported our learners this term. Thank you to:

Michaela Phillips who has worked in CF2 while Kieran Davidson has been on leave

Kirsty Hatchard and Lil Ilcesin who have worked in CG4 and the kitchen while Leanne Davies has enjoyed time at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Natalia Fong-Yip who worked in CF4 while Catherine Di Troia was on leave

Ian London who has supported students in CF6 while Maureen London was absent

Julie Simpson who replaced Joan Sullivan for one week

We welcome back Colleen Goerner and Vijeiy Krishna who had time away from work during Term 2. A reminder that families are welcome to attend our Junior School Assemblies

Thursday 26th August starting at 9am in the Drama Room and hosted by CF5 (Pam Weniton)

Thursday 25th September at 9am in the Drama Room hosted by CF2 (Kieran Davidson)

Congratulations to our Reception children in CG4 who were ably supported by Kirsty Hatchard at the last assembly. Thank you to all students who successfully presented at the Assembly. Congratulations to all students who received certificates to acknowledge quality learning and skills. See visuals acknowledging these learners plus some students who successfully sat the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) in Computing and Science. Neil Piggott Kathy Lyon Junior Sub-School Leader P-12 Intervention & Inclusion Leader

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Community Learning @ HIVE 12 Twenty Five Program The Community Learning @ HIVE 12 Twenty Five Program is part of the Department of Education and Child Development portfolio, being the Innovative Community Action Networks (ICAN) initiative to successfully engage young people into the community through learning and career pathways. The specialised programs work in partnership with local government, the City of Tea tree Gully Council, Workskil Australia and other agencies that provide case management for Flexible Learning Options (FLO). This leads to a strengthened partnership between schools, community and business to support FLO students aged 14 -20 years to achieve their education potential by:

Reducing barriers to learning for ‘at risk’ young people through adhering to positive youth development principles

Connecting and coordinating external activities and services delivered before, during and after school hours to provide complementary learning for students and families

Providing access to high quality accredited learning delivered in a community learning space to support at risk young people to successfully achieve in meaningful learning, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and vocational pathways.

Leading to a planned pathway beyond the program to further learning or employment. The application for the SA Excellence in Public Education Awards - Community and Partnership Award was identified as outstanding by the area panel and the team will now receive a grant of $500 towards professional learning. A shortlisting process will now commence to select up to seventy finalists. Finalists will then be in the running for one of seven overall awards, which will be announced on 29th September 2014. Our program can demonstrate how this approach can support schools to further enhance the involvement and connection with each FLO student’s learning programs as well as increase the schools’ capacity to better cater for this cohort of young people and their families through increased community partnerships.

CHANGES TO GRADUATED LICENSING SCHEME - NEW RULES FOR P1 DRIVERS The Government is introducing changes to the graduated licensing scheme which will come into effect on 28th July 2014. Night driving and passenger restrictions are amongst the changes being introduced for P1 drivers under the age of 25 to help protect young people during their first year of unsupervised driving. It is very important that students, parents and caregivers are aware of the new rules for P1 licence holders. Our school needs to ensure all school policies relating to student use of vehicles are current and reflect these changes. For a copy of the letter from the Department for Education and Child Development about the new rules for P1 drivers, please come into the Front Office. This letter contains detailed information about the changes and should be noted by P1 drivers.

Further information about the new laws and the exemption scheme can be found at www.mylicence.sa.gov.au

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Computer Skills and Science ICAS Results The University of New South Wales International Competitions and Assessment for Schools (ICAS) tests are run annually amongst Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Pacific Region, Singapore and Australia, in Computer Skills, Science, English and Mathematics. Students at The Heights have competed in these competitions throughout the year from Junior School through to Senior School and achieved commendable results.

Twenty four students sat the Computer Skills test with the following results from the Middle and Senior School:

Distinction Credit Merit

Samuel Wallis Liam Blake

Rajat Sukhija Abe Cebulski Liam Cameron Smith

Amber Habbershaw Marc Maslov Abdullah Sallam

Seventy two students sat the Science test with the following results from the Middle and Senior School:

High Distinction Distinction Credit Merit

Stephanie Park Jessie Wattie Liam Blake Antonias Georgaras Tejas Hegde Scott Carnie Bronca

Amber Habbershaw Lianna Retnajara Jackson Smith Gabriel Williams Ethan Camerson-Smith Bonnie Van Der Veer Samuel Wallis Gil Eyal Caitlin Gosling Dylan Grivell Justin James Marija Maric Edlene Marianas Joonghoon Park Abdullah Sallam Liam Cameron-Smith James Hague Erin Carnie Bronca

Cailey Biggs Rajat Kukhija Iurie Ciobanu Ellena Derer Tom Ducker Clayton Ferguson Shalisha Gilliam Brayden Schutz Tara Schirlock Isabella Tsimeris

Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians 2014

Congratulations to the following students who have participated in the “Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians 2014” achieving some outstanding results: Stephanie Park: Distinction Joonghoon Park: Credit Casey Boller: Participation Scott Carnie-Bronca: Credit David Hin: Participation

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MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who achieved Outstanding Academic (all A’s) and Academic Achievement Awards A’s and B’s)

Outstanding Academic Awards Academic Achievement YEAR 6/7 Year 6/7 McKinnon, Sophie 6/704

Dave, Japan 6/705 Curl, Charlotte 6/703

Hatchard, Katherine 6/705 Berry, Brittany 6/703

Prashansa, Singh 6/705 Biggs, Cailey 6/704

Van der Veer, Bonnie 6/704 Blyth, Shannon 6/705

Wilson, Alexandra 6/704 Clark, Indeya 6/705

Yeo, Elyssa 6/705 Habbershaw, Monique 6/704

YEAR 8 Launer, Sophie 6/704

Gosling, Caitlin 807 Lee, Brian 6/705

Gilliam, Shalisha 807 May, Justin 6/701

Grivell, Dylan 807 Wallis, Samuel 6/704

Ducker, Tom 807 Wong, Clarisse 6/704

Eyal, Gil 807

Maric Marija 807 YEAR 8

Marinas, Edlene 807 Biju Kuriakose, John 806

Maslov, Marc 807 Blake, Liam 807

Mattock, Nadia 806 Booth, Jasmine 807

Park, Joonghoon 807 Chuo-Lao 806

Park, Stephanie 807 Ciobanu, Iurie 807

Pribytokova, Polina 803 Datario, Shenyll 806

Sallam, Abdullah 807 Haque, Tasmia 806

Scott, Natalie 803 Jones, Bailey 801

Shirlock, Tara 807 Lehmann, Kand 802

Tran, Jennie 807 Lockett, Sunny 806

YEAR 9 Lorefice, Mya 803

Aubert, Juliette 906 Miller, Ashleigh 801

Curl, Nikki 906 Murray, Demi 801

Ilano, Royce 906 Pelaez, Raphael 806

Kurban, Chroran 906 Reece, Troy 806

Lake, Ashleigh 906 Sabateen, Sarah 806

Latham, Brodie 903 Schutz, Brayden 807

MacDonald, Tyla 902 Tsimeris, Isabella 807

Makarushkina, Marsha 906 YEAR 9

Nah, Anne 906 Almufti, Sarah 903

Navale, Shreeya 906 Bates, Amber 902

Somnuek, Tawan 902 Benesh, Gur 906

Cavcic, Lejla 906

Darmankov, Nick 906

Darmankov, Alex 906

Esmedina, Pamela 902

Franceschilli, Christian 903

Duhimbaze, William 904

Dusabe, Adelina 902

Hodgetts, Amy 904

Loke, Shaun 906

Phillips, Brayden 906

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ALSO…..Congratulations to the following students who have had perfect attendance in Term 2

YEAR 6/7 YEAR 8

Hearn, Deklyn 6/701 Burr, Alisha 803

Hoffrichter, Shane 6/701 Chaplin, Christian 807

Jordan, Bentley 6/701 Chaplin, Nathan 807

Johnson, Emma 6/701 Ciobanu, Ilurie 807

Whiteford-Hall, Melanie 6/701 Ilano, Russell 806

Krinis, Frank 6/702 Lal, Priyashna 803

Curl, Charlotte 6/703 Marco, JulieAnn 803

Habbershaw, Monique 6/704 Park, Joonghoon 807

McKinnon, Sophie 6/704 Saw, Nicholas 806

Wilson, Alexandra 6/704 Scott, Natalie 803

Tanton, Jack 6/704 Suresh, Gokul 806

Blake, Madeline 6/704 YEAR 9 Blyth, Shannon 6/705 Darmankov, Nick 906

Boyce, Matthew 6/705 Duhimbaze, William 904

Dave, Japan 6/705 Dusabe, Adelina 902

Hatchard, Katherine 6/705 Hodgetts, Amy 904

Kinnunen, Juha 6/705 Loke, Shaun 906

Duthy, Paige 6/705 Phillips, Brayden 906

O’Dea, Katrina 6/705

Habbershaw, Amber 6/705

Wattie, Jessie 6/705

Clark, Indeya 6/705

Rothery, Luke 6/705

BYOD Internal Charging Lockers

Since the beginning of the school year, the school has provided Internal Charging Lockers for students to safely store and recharge their own laptops or tablets. They are located on the both floors of the Middle School and in the Senior Study open space study area. Students are required to supply their OWN PADLOCK and CHARGER. Students are EXPECTED to lock their BYOD in the Internal Charging Lockers to ensure their safe storage at school.

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Year 12 Society and Culture Group Task

Students in Year 12 Society and Culture are required to complete a Group Task, where they perform a social action, based on a current social or cultural issue in Australian society. Students are required to perform their social action, then produce a group report and individual evaluation of both their role in their group, as well as a detailed investigation of the social issue their group task is based on. Collection boxes and red bins have been placed in the staff room, Resource Centre, Middle School (under the staircase) and Senior School, Junior School office and Community Parent Room. Please support our students by contributing the following items:

Chelsea Shirlock, Amy Shirlock, Hannah Best and Emily Green are collecting used clothes in good condition for Sally’s Boutique at Golden Grove Salvation Army. Their social issue is hidden poverty in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

Daniel DePalma, Shannon Chamberlain and James Denning are collecting NEW socks ’n ’jocks for Hutt St Centre, an organization that supports homeless people and families in Adelaide. Caitlin Boyd, Harpreet Kang, Rachael Grivell and Sascha Hicks are collecting toiletries for Catherine House, an organization that supports homeless women.

Alex May and Lachlan Roberts are collecting pet treats, toys (with NO stuffing), old clothes and blankets for the Animal Welfare League. Their social issue is the impact of hidden poverty causing an increase in ‘pet dumpage’ rates in Adelaide.

Leticia Schmitz and Nikita Mickan are collecting non-perishable foods for Foodbank SA, supporting people and families experiencing increased financial burdens.

Jackie Marie is volunteering at Gloucester Residential Care at Ingle Farm. Her social issue is isolation experienced by geriatrics in residential care

Skye Parrella and Joni Hassan are collected make-up, make-up wipes, nail polish, nail polish remover, lip balms, lip glosses and moisturiser for Catherine House who support homeless women in Adelaide

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Below is an example of an ‘A’ grade student report from 2013

“Individual Report”

Social issue: The social issue my social action addressed was poverty in the North Eastern suburbs. My group chose to attempt to assist those suffering from food poverty as we felt there was a great deal of help needed for these people as the coming of winter, rising water and household prices created a very difficult financial situation for those affected. We felt that the lack of assistance received by these people needed to be addressed. Food poverty in South Australia is a pressing issue. An anti-poverty statement by the South Australian Council of Social Services (SACOSS) in 2011 stated the statistics of those who are at economic disadvantages. The report stated that, “….about 200,000 South Australians, or 12.3% were living in poverty….That is more than one out of every ten people in our state. Additionally figures recently released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that: 28% of South Australian households could not afford a holiday for one week in the year. 14% could not pay a gas, electricity or telephone bill on time. 2.3% could not afford to heat their homes. 3.5% went without meals because of financial stress Figures such as these showed a real need for assistance in terms of local poverty. Our collection of goods was intended to serve the purpose of helping feed people who were economically disadvantaged. Of the many worthy causes my group considered, we believed that this was of the most importance as it was happening to people within our area. Social action: My group attempted to assist those suffering from food poverty by collecting canned and packeted goods. We collected canned and packeted goods for a two week period, which spanned from the fourth of June until the twenty fourth of June. My group made a total of five collection boxes, located in the Senior and Junior school study areas, the Pre School, the library and the staff room which were routinely checked and photographed by my group. Additional goods were donated by several home groups, one homegroup in particular contributed a large amount of cans for our cause. At the conclusion of our social action all goods collected were donated to Community Foods SA, a charitable organisation located in Gepps Cross. This organisation will distribute the goods to those who need them, such as families or single people in economically disadvantaged situations. Effective of social action: The social action was quite effective. My group raised approximately two hundred dollars in canned goods for those who suffer from food poverty in the Northern Eastern suburbs. Representatives from Community Foods SA who collected the goods at the conclusion of the social action estimated that the goods collected would help feed, “(probably) about twenty four people for a day”. Additionally they informed us that our goods would be used as “cheap foods for people who are struggling to pay for food”. Overall, my group was pleased with the result as we felt that our contribution did help those we were trying to assist. Effectiveness of group: Generally, I believe that my group worked well together. We successfully managed to collect a large number of canned goods and cooperate with no disputes or arguments. My group worked together better than I had anticipated at the beginning of the task. Most members of the group did the same amount of work as the others, with the final result being a product of all of our efforts, and not just the work of one. In some instances I believe that my fellow group members could have been present more often or warned the group of when they would be absent so that we could prepare in advance for their not being there. I believe the effectiveness of my group can be attributed to the fact that we elected to do tasks separately. At the beginning of our social action, each member of our group chose to do various things such as making fliers, collecting boxes or speaking to the Principal. This made the social action on the whole easier to perform as it was split into a series of manageable tasks. (Bibliography supplied)

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PARENTS AND FRIENDS CLUB NEWS Father’s Day is just around the corner and Parents and Friends will be holding our Father’s Day Gift Stall on Thursday 4th September, in the Resource Centre. Junior school and Year 6/7 classes will be allocated a timeslot to attend during the day. The stall will be open at recess and lunch breaks and Middle and Senior students are welcome to attend during these breaks. Gifts will be priced from $1.00 to $6.00. Parents and Friends will be running an additional fundraiser during Term 3. We will be selling calendars, diaries, greeting cards and mouse mats featuring student artwork. These will be available for collection by mid Term 4 and will make great Christmas gifts for family and friends. Prices range from $13.00 to $18.00. Order forms will be sent home to families in the next couple of weeks. We have now raised a total of $2,400 towards improvements to the Heights Senior School Common Area. These renovations will benefit all students as they continue their education at The Heights. Parents and Friends have allocated some of our funds to purchasing eight recycling bins to be placed around the school to collect cans and bottles for recycling. The Pedal Prix Team will be managing these bins, and the money collected from recycling the cans and bottles will assist the Pedal Prix Team with maintaining their equipment and costs associated with this program so the cost to participating students is minimal. Parents and Friends have started a Craft Group. We have been making birthday and gift cards. Our next session will be held on Wednesday 27th August, from 9am in the Community Room. We will be making Father’s Day cards. All materials are supplied; cost is a Gold Coin Donation on the day. Beginners and experienced crafters are welcome. Even if you are not interested in craft, feel free to join us for a cuppa and a chat. Thank you to Amanda Sommers for running these sessions. For more information or to RSVP please contact Noelle Wallis at the school. “Café Heights” is still running at recess time each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the Community Room. If you have been volunteering at the School on those days or are just in the area, please call in for a cuppa and a chat. Thank you to Dee Chapman who has donated a coffee machine to the school so we can now make cappuccinos in the Community Room. Our next Parents and Friends meeting will be held on Tuesday 2nd September, at 9am in the Community Room. Thank you, Maria Parry. VOLUNTEER TRAINING

TUESDAY 19th August 2014

10:30am

Please book your place with Noelle Wallis 0459 029 681

The school would like to acknowledge the donation of a Wii, complete with remotes, games and Wii Fit Board to the Junior School Autism Intervention Program. Thank you to Dean, Davina, Jesse & Declan Chapman. This family also donated a cappuccino machine to the Community Room. Thank you also to Natalie Brown who also donated a Wii with all extras. This donation came from outside of our school community.