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63 Malbeck Drive,

Reynella East, SA 5161E:[email protected]

reynellaec.sa.edu.au

Emergency: (08) 8329 2323

Absentee Hotline:

(08) 8381 8466 Ext:2

or sms 0427 787 254

Preschool - Year 7

T: (08) 8381 5255

F: (08) 8381 5084

Year 8 - 12

T: (08) 8381 8466

F: (08) 8387 0612

NEWSLETTER

September 2013

Department for Education

and Child DevelopmentT/A South Australian Government SchoolsCRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

INSPIRING SUCCESS

Dear Parents/Caregivers, Students and Friends of Reynella East College,

The term is rapidly coming to a close, reports

have been sent home and parent interviews

have been completed, while year 12students are making preparations for their

nal assessments and exams. In this last

reporting period, teachers in Maths, Science,

English and History have begun using the

Australian Curriculum grades. As you know,

all States across Australia have nally agreed

to developing and implementing a National

curriculum from years 110 the Australian

Curriculum. I have to say that I am delighted

with this development and hope that the

new Australian Government will continue the

development of a truly national curriculumacross all year levels.

One of the signicant changes in the

new curriculum has been the setting of

standards for each year level and in each

subject that students must reach before

they be given a C grade. The standards

encompass a wide range of knowledge and

skills within each subject that must be tested

in a variety of ways before teachers make

a nal judgement at the end of the year

whether students have met the requiredstandard or not. To help teachers make

that judgement the Australian Curriculum

Assessment and Reporting Authority -

www.acara.edu.au has provided a

set of exemplars for each subject and

for each year level. All of the curriculum

materials can be accessed online at

www.australiancurriculum.edu.au.

As you will be able to see from the ACARA

website there is still quite a bit of work to

do before the entire curriculum can be

implemented in our schools, and as a

consequence teachers will be involved in

considerable training and development

for some time to come so that they can

accurately make the judgements about the

students attainment of the standards.

In South Australia, the Australian Curriculum

has had an immediate impact on the Maths

and Science curriculum across years 79

as the new curriculum has included at year

7 many of the areas traditionally taught in

year 8. The reason is that in South Australia

grade 7 is part of Primary school and not

part of High School. It appears that the

other States, grade 7 is already or about

to move into secondary schooling. We are

fortunate at Reynella East in that our Grade7s can very easily become more closely

linked with the secondary program.

While we are in the midst of this major

curriculum change, we are also and nally

nearing the end of our building program.

We are still waiting for the four new

classrooms for the Primary section of the

school, but all of the other buildings have

been completed. The majority of the work

recently has been on the grounds with the

tennis courts and the eastern roadway the

nal works funded in the Education Works

program. This is not likely to be nished

until the end of January/early February

2014. Never-the less, we have scheduled

the opening of the buildings at the end of

November 2013. Through all of this I have

been delighted with the behaviour and

forbearance of our students as they have

coped with room changes, yard restrictions

and mud so much mud this year- and

have still got on with the job of learning.

Rob Mutton

Principal


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DIARYDATESAll Sections:

September

Mon 23rd Wed 25th Sept 8-12 Music Tour

Wed 25th Sept World Teachers Day

Thurs 26th Sept Primary Sports Day

Thurs 26th Sept Preschool Art Show (6pm)

October

Mon 14th Fri 18th Oct Year 10 Work Experience

Fri 18th Oct P-7 Principals Tour (9.30am)

Tues 22nd Oct Year 8 Immunisations

Thurs 31st Oct 8-12 Principals Tour (9.30am)

Thurs 31st Oct Year 12 Graduation 7.30pm

November

Mon 4th Nov Year 12 Exams commence

Mon 4th Nov Governing Council 7.30pm

Wed 6th Nov Year 7/8 Transition Day 1

Wed 6th Nov Year 7/8 Parent Info Evening

Mon 11th Nov Rememberance Day/

Mon 11th Nov Grandparents Day

Wed 13th Nov P-7 Principals Tour (9.30am)



Wed 27th Nov Year 9 Immunisations (Boys)

Fri 29th Nov Secondary Sports Day (TBC)

Fri 29th Nov Grand Opening (TBC)

December

Thurs 5th Dec Year 7/8 Transition Day 2

Student SuccessEmma AdamsEmma Adams (Year 9) is currently ranked 1st in

Australia for 10m Womens Air Rie and is presently

ranked 1st for Commonwealth Games selection for

next year in Glasgow (with selection period closingin April 2014).

Congratulations Emma, you have the whole REC

Community spirit behind you heading towards

Glasgow!

Brayden DavidsonCongratulations to

Brayden Davidson

(Year 10) who

represented Australia

in the Paralympic

Games held in France

in July 2013.

Brayden is placed 4th in

the world in Long Jump.

Amazing eort Brayden!

Josh WestonCongratulations

to Josh Weston

pictured here

riding for

Australia in the

BMX World

Championship

held in Auckland,

July 2013. Josh

is now ranked

in the top 12

in the world!

Science competition winnersWell done to the students who entered this years

UNSW science competition and put their investigating,

interpreting and problem solving skills to the test.

Congratulations to all entrants and special congratulations to

Jared B, Jordan H, Luke H, Cameron I, Damian M and

Kingsley S who all gained a

credit in the competition and

to Cameron S who gained a

distinction an exceptionaleort! All entrants have

received their certicates and

detailed results sheets.

Wendy Toogood

Science Co-ordinator

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MUSIC NEWS

Music Night

The annual combined College Music Night

was held in June this year. Students worked

hard to prepare a variety of items for their

parents, teachers and friends.

The Band, Primary and Secondary school Choirs performed, along

with various soloists. Both Year 9 and 10 class bands displayed

songs they had learnt in Semester 1 and the Percussion

Ensemble, conducted by David Hopgood, presented a popular

snare/tom tom work. The new music uniforms were worn for therst time at Music Night this year and displayed our students in

a very professional way.

Katrina Rycroft Music Teacher

Festival of Music Choir performance

On Friday 13th September our primary choir, Years 5 - 7

performed at the Festival Theatre.

There were more than 14 concerts over the duration of two weeks involving more than

250 dierent schools from the metro and country areas. A huge big congratulations to

the following students on a great performance: Layna, Isabella, Rebecca, Ally, Kaitlyn,Jaynelle, Emily, Amberlee, Emma, Hayley, Kristel, Darcy, Zoe and Erin. A very big thank

you goes to Mrs Pollard-Thompson, Mr Mutton and Mrs DLima for coming along and

supporting our night.

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SNOW TRIP

REC 2013 Snow Trip

During the second week of term 3, 22 students and 3 sta

(Karen Pearce, Geo Whitford and Lauren Green) headed

o for a week in Howmans Gap, Falls Creek. After the long

14 hour bus trip we were greeted by beautiful, white snow.

The weather on the rst day wasnt overly ash; a thick fog had blown in overnight and we

could barely see our hand in front of our face! Although everyone managed to get some

skiing or snowboarding in.

The next three days were much better, with sunshine and clear skies and we were able to get

in alot more skiing/snowboarding. With the help of lessons, everyone improved and with theweather on our side we were soon going down some of the harder and more challenging runs.

Unfortunately our luck ran out on the last day and the fog came back but still we managed to

get some runs done. Aside from a couple of injuries, the snow trip was very successful, with

everyone enjoying themselves and many looking forward to going again next year.

Snow Tripper

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MULTI-ARTS PRODUCTION

Multi-Arts Production 2013

This years Multi-Arts Production held at the Hopgood

Theatre on 22nd August celebrated the Music, Drama,

Dance, Media and Visual Arts from both the primary and the

high school. Our paper plane theme was used as a symbol

of hope and personal journey and the image of the paper

plane appeared as a dramatic device throughout the show.

The Year 7 Wakakirri dance One World, One Hope, One Dream was

performed early in the evening and combined dance story telling with

backlit projections to show global journeys. Other highlights of primary

school performances included the Festival Choir songs, Aboriginal danceand a short lm about what makes a good friend.

The school band led by Ms Rykroft, played their upbeat Moves Like Jagger

and other current repertoire followed with soloist Siobhan Flemwells Born

to Try and the Year 10 Vocal Ensemble with piano accompaniment by Mr

Helps and Ms Harding. Media clips interspersed the live performances,

highlighting our Arts on lm and the collaboration between drama, dance

media and the visual arts.

Mr Trebilcos Year 11 drama scene California Dreamin was presented as a very funny comedy

sketch and captured the energy and talent in our drama students. This was contrasted with a

poignant scene of newly found love and friendship in the short drama Boy Meets Girl whichintroduced the choir song Lucky. Drama and music collaboration continued with the Man

in the Mirror combined choir song set to lmed images of Year 8 masked drama. Ms Jarvis

conducted both the primary and high school choir and supported her students even though

she was ocially away on leave!

Featured soloists included Lucy Riletts Faure Flute solo and Elika Erginas vocal solo A

Thousand Years. Solo dancer Patti Pradzynska and the Gravity Dance Group also punctuated

moments of vibrant Hip Hop dance. Larger ensemble performances included the high energy

Year 9 dances, the paper plane masked drama scenes and the Stage 1 Creative Arts dance

duo and trio who delivered an excellent standard of contemporary dance.

The night could not have been possible without the dedication of our students who rehearsed

diligently to prepare for the event. Our student sound and audio visual operator Tom Jacksonenabled the show to have smooth transitions in between items with his precise cues.

The Visual Art student display provided by Mr Scholed, Ms Chai and Ms Wilson was also

appreciated by families in the theatre foyer on the night. Thank you to all of our families who

supported the students in their preparation. Many thanks to the teachers who volunteered

before and after school, and during lunch times in the lead up to this special event. Well done

to all who participated as it was truly a night to remember!

Ms dLima Arts Coordinator

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SCHOOL NEWS

Barista Course

The rst VET Barista short-course ran this term.It was a 2 day course run over 2 weeks where students learnt all about what is involved in

the preparation and service of hot and cold beverages. The coees tasted great and the cold

beverages looked very professional!

David Helsham VET Trainer

Subject ExpoOur Subject Selection/Course Counselling Expo was a huge success.

We are very pleased to say that approx.. 80% of our students and families attended the day to

organise their course for 2014. Sta were busy for a full 12 hours talking students and parents

through the options available to them next year and beyond. A lot of organisation went on

behind the scenes to ensure the day ran smoothly, so a special thank you to sta involved.

The bake sale proved a great success also, raising $584 for the World Challenge students

towards their expedition to Cambodia/Vietnam next year.

Alan Pfeier Deputy Principal

2012 Australian StudentVocational Prize WinnersThe Australian Student Vocational Prize, is a $2000 prize

awarded by DEEWR annually to students who have shown

outstanding achievement in their vocational training while

completing Year 12. Our students were the only government

school student recipients in the southern region of Adelaide

which is a great accomplishment for them, and us to be proud of!

Congratulations to winners of the 2012 Award: Brei Coxon and Seb Warman

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SCHOOL NEWS

World Challenge

Year 9 and 10 students Join US!The World Challenge Team travels to Cambodia and Vietnam

in November 2014 for a four week adventure! We need more

students to join us on our journey! If youre adventurous, curious about other cultures, and

enjoy working on a team and helping others, then please visit Mr Krieg at Student Services.

We need at least four more challengers to join us. It will be an incredible trip and you could be

on it!

http://www.worldchallenge.com.au/destinations/south-east-asia/

Matt Krieg Student Counsellor

Wakakirri

Congratulations to the Wakakirri team for their success in

this years competition. REC won the award for back stage

crew, lighting and music.

A thank you to everyone involved in making it such a success; Ms OBrien for helping to make

the shadow screens, the parents and students for donating costumes, Mr Rusk and students

for choreography and all sta who gave their support throughout the year and on the night.

Renee Rusk Wakakirri Team Manager

Sport News Under 15 and Under 18 boys Rugby took out the State Championships. This is the rst

time both championships have been held by the same school for a number of years.

Great eort!

The Year 8/9 5-a-side girls Indoor Soccer team won the Indoor 5 aside competition and

now qualify for the State Finals in week 10.

The Year 8/9 5-a-side boys Indoor Soccer team nished second only one goal dierence.

Primary boys won the SAPSASA Basketball competition and now get to represent REC in

the nals. Congratulations and good luck for the nals!

Primary students won their Round Robin Tournament of Modied Cricket. The boys will

now represent REC next term in the nals at Adelaide Oval!!! How exciting! A great result

for the boys and for the school.

Year 10 Boys Volleyball team nished 4th in the State in the knockout competition. A very

proud eort especially as they have only been playing for around 18 months.

Tamika Martin (Year 9) has been selected to represent SA in Lacrosse. Congratulations!

PE Sta

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Visiting Japanese students

This term we welcomed 16 International students from Japan.

The students have had a busy

time during their Study Abroad

Program, visiting a local primary

school to share Japanese culture,

they did many activities including

artwork and boomerang painting,

having fun at 10 pin bowling,

and touring some popular SA

tourist attractions. They explored

our southern coastline includingGoolwa, Pt Elliott and Victor

Harbor, and were delighted when

they spotted whales, very close

up! Also the mandatory visits to

Cleland Wildlife Park and Haighs

Chocolate Factory were a huge hit!

These students are very fortunate

to be the rst to be welcomed in

our new International Student

Centre. The students loved their

time with REC in South Australia!12 of these students will return

for a one year program 2014. We

look forward to seeing them again

next year.

Hitomi will complete her Intensive

English Studies at REC and will

be moving at the end of term 3

to another High School. Yuka will

remain at REC to also complete

her Study Abroad Program ending

in July 2014. We wish both the girls

every success for their future.

Bronlyn Warnes

International Student

Manager

STOP PRESS

Homestay Families urgently needed for our next 2 week tour in November.Financial support is provided. Please contact [email protected] or

ph: 0403 605 979

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SCHOOL NEWS

School Contact:

With the recent update of our phone system across the whole school

it is timely to remind parents of two main contacts:

8381 8466: is the MAIN school number now (not 8381 5255 for PS anymore,

so please update your contacts)

0427 787 254: To SMS an absence for all levels of school.

Joy Davy Student Services Manager

Note from the Canteen:The Canteen is no able to accept damaged or foreign coins.

We will be oering substitute items for the amount remaining after foreign and

damaged coins are removed from the equation. They will be returned to the

students in the lunch order bag with an explanation. Thanks for your cooperation.

Kirsty Monssen Canteen Manager

Hat PolicyThe REC Hat policy commences for Terms 4 & 1.

The following rules apply:

P-7 students must wear the uniformed bucket hat for all outside activities.

8-12 students must wear a hat of some description on the oval and courts at all

times including PE lessons.

Enquiries to: [email protected]

[email protected]

Pre-exam help for Year 12 studentsTo oer our Year 12 students extra help leading up to their exams, please be advised

that until 31st October, the Senior Study Centre will have sta in attendance to oer

extra support to students, for an hour after school from Monday to Thursday. In

addition to this, some Year 12 teachers will be running lessons and study sessions

over the coming school holidays. Contact individual teachers for arrangements.

Bob Bastian Assistant Principal Senior Years

Photo Consent FormsWed like to continue sharing visuals of all our student news, so please remember

to return your online photo consent form ASAP. Spare copies are pinned on our

website noticeboard - www.reynellaec.sa.edu.au

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PRIMARY NEWS

Ned Show

Never give up Encourage others Do your best

On 8th August the NED show visited our primary students. The Show is a high energy, 45-minute

motivational assembly featuring the character NED and lots of active participation for kids. The

NED Show utilizes a multi-sensory learning model to motivateencourageINSPIRE students

to become champions at school and in life. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the show and the

opportunity have some fun with Yo-Yos (sales over $2000). Thank you to all the families who

supported this initiative.

Sue Matene Assistant Principal Early Years

Primary Sport:Thank you Coach from the R.E.C Year 3-4 Netballers

On behalf of our team we would like to thank Tracey for being our coach. She has taught us how to

shoot, where to stand, how to be good team players and lots of other skills to help us play netball

really well. We would also like to thank the parents and other people for making an eort to bring

the kids to SUNA netball grounds and for helping Tracey. We would like to thank all the other

people helping the netball committee, thank you to Peter the coee man for coming out every

Saturday and donating money to us so we could buy the equipment we need. There are lots of

coaches, trainers, managers and helpers who support the sports teams from REC, so, on behalf

of all the players we would like to say a big thank you because without them, Saturday and after

school sport would not happen.

From Jaymee, Zoe, Aimee, Izzy, Tia, Kaitlyn, Ashlee, Ashlin, Takita

A Thankyou from the REC Year 2-3 Footballers

We would like to say thank you Panther League and denitely our Year 2-3 Coach Matt and the

other coaches for the fantastic job they do to teach us all the skills we need to be good footballers.

We would to thank Cam and Adam our team managers for organizing our team and Cam for

running the canteen. We would like to thank all the people that helped run the team and our

parents too. We think it wouldnt be a proper season without you.

From all the footy players in the Year 2-3 team

Mushrooms in School ProgramOver the past few weeks Miss Schipanskis Year 5 class has been

participating in The Power of Mushrooms in Classrooms program

where they have a mini-farm set up in the classroom and have been

watching Mushrooms grow and learning about their health benets.

They have been looking at how mushrooms are prepared and used and will be cooking with their

own produce. Most students chose to take a bag of the mushroom they grew to share with their

family, which were cooked up into a variety of meals ranging from Croissants to beef strogano. We

would like to say a special thanks to Kylie Gatter and Pam Tobin for providing us with Mushroomfarm kits and curriculum resources for our classroom to enable us to run this very valuable program.

Elke Schipanski - Teacher

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PRIMARY NEWS

Book WeekThere was number of opportunities for students to celebrateBook Week this term with the highlight being dess up day where

students and sta were all encouraged to dress up as their

favourite book character.

Kyeema2 of our primary classes again travelled to Kyeema

conservation park this term to assist with the

rejuvenation project led by Mr Grant Good.

This year is particularly signicant as it marks a 30 year anniversary of

this community service project. Over the years Grant estimates that 2-3

hundred thousand trees have been planted by our students.

Ashlee from Mrs Pattersons said It was awesome! We planted 500

seedlings! When I grow up I want to do what Mr Good is doing. It was the

best time I have ever had!

Our sincere thanks and warmest congratulations go to Grant Good for

receiving a Premiers Certicate of Recognition for Outstanding Volunteer

Service, a Parliamentary Certicate of Appreciation in Recognition of

Service to the Community from Mr Robert Brokenshire MP, and a bronzed

plaque from National Parks and Wildlife Service that will be mountedamongst Grants work in Kyeema.

Tania Guest

Premiers Reading ChallengeCongratulations to all students who completed the Premiers Reading Challenge 2013.

Congratulations to all students who completed the Challenge and especially those students

from Mrs Lees class and Ms Carman class, for the highest participation. 2 students that

excelled in the Challenge were Zoe R from Mrs Pattersons class and Hansen G from Ms

Carman class. They will each receive a special prize. All participating students will receivemedals and certicates in Term 4.

Library Team

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COMMUNITY NEWS

RE OSCH Vacation Care programFor details visit:

http://reynellaec.sa.edu.au/2013/09/oshc-program-30th-sept-11th-oct/

Community Cricket Programs* Years R-1 : Milo in2cricket, * Years 2-3 Kanga Cricket, * Years 2-7 GIRLS ONLY Supa 6 Smash

All played on Reynella Oval and start mid to late October depending on the program.

Full details contact Trish Pinder [email protected] or 0411 116 300

Reynella East and Districts Little AthleticsFor ages 3 to 17 years. Club Meets: Sunday mornings, Starts 13th October.

For full details contact: Mark Potter 0416 161 228 or Denis Bowden 0402 339 039

Web: www.redla.com.au

Sturt Marion Womens Soccer ClubJunior Trial commence Wed 25th Sept, 6.30pm.

Full details contact: Tom 0416 157 558 or 0405 766 729

Coerver School Holiday Soccer ClinicFor ages 6-16 years, Venue: Marion Primary School, Starts Mon 30th Sept.

Full details visit : www.222.coerversa.com.au

No Parking in Old Cottage PlaygroupOld Cottage Playgroup management have requested that students and parents please

refrain from parking in the Old Cottage Playgroup carpark on Byards Road, (opposite Hewlett-Packard Street).

Southern District Womens Cricket ClubIs looking for new players, irrespective of cricketing ability and age, to join the current T20

Championship.

Further information:

David Kempe [email protected] or Gary Lyons [email protected]

Did you know your child can

visit the School Dental Service?

Children living or going to school in South Australia aged under 18 years, are eligible for oral

health care with the School Dental Service. All dental care is free for preschoolers.

Dental care is free for children who are dependants of/holders of concession cards but a

fee applies to children who are not dependants of/holders of concession cards.

For more information or to make an appointment please contact:

SA Dental Service Noarlunga

GP Plus Super Clinic Noarlunga

2 Alexander Kelly Drive

Noarlunga Centre SA 5168

Phone: (08) 8384 9244

Email: [email protected]

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm

If you have a dental concern during business hours, contact your local clinic. After hours,

please call healthdirect Australia on 1800 022 222 for advice on further care options.

The GP Plus Super Clinics is a joint ini tiative of the Governmentof South Australia and the Australian Government.

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