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10 April Tuesday, STEM Presentation @ 6pm

13 April Friday, End Term 1 students dismissed @ 2.15pm

13 April Friday, Y12 (Class of 2018) Formal,

Adelaide Entertainment Centre from 6.45pm

1st Hammond 1489 1st Nicholls 471

2nd Lee 1285 2nd Florey 454

3rd Nicholls 1273 3rd Lee 423

4th Florey 1163 4th Hammond 396

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Sports Day 2018 Results

Girls’ Education Campus Sports Day 2018

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Hammond House Captains Moriba Loua with Anagha Madhusudan

Leanne Nguyen from Girls’ Education Campus

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Principal’s Report Thank you to the families and carers who came along to cheer on their children who participated in our Sports Day. It was a great event with the Hammond (Blue) House coming first in the Co-Education and Special Education Campuses Sports Day and Nichols (Gold) coming first in the Girls’ Education Campus Sports Day. Congratulations to all of the Year 8-12 students who won medals for their athletic achievements. Farewell Sachiko Kurose

Open Day Open Day was a great success. Our school looked fantastic and it was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet our visitors. Thank you to our staff, students and parents for volunteering to support this very important community event. Please refer to page 8 for a listing of students who participated in Open Day.

Parents and staff attending the Information Session for Parents and Caregivers in the Performing Arts Centre.

Sachiko has been working as Japanese Language Assistant teacher at our school for the last 6 months. She has been a fantastic support to our Japanese language teachers and students, and in particular, for students to practise their oral language. Friday 16 March was Sachiko’s last day and we wish her every success as she returns to Japan to teacher English to the Japanese students at her school in Okayama.

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Governing Council Annual General Meeting All families and members of the school community are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting which will be held at the school on Wednesday March 28 at 6.00pm. A light supper will be provided. A copy of the agenda and a nomination form for parents to nominate as a representative of the Governing Council is included in this Newsletter. I look forward to seeing you at our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 28 March at 6pm. Sandy Richardson Principal

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Pupil Free day At the recent Pupil Free Day teaching staff attended a number of workshops. Year 12 staff attended SACE improvement workshops at Golden Grove High School. These workshops focussed on sharing best practice teaching strategies, task design and assessment procedures across each subject. Middle years staff attended a literacy workshop and we also hosted the Torrens partnership Maths specialism workshop for primary and secondary teachers. All our staff participated in a personal project workshop and had the option in the afternoon to attend either learning area workshops on unit planning or understanding data for effective teaching. These pupil free days are invaluable to ensure that our staff are kept up to date with the latest educational developments and are crucial in allowing our staff to work with other teachers across the region to ensure that we are delivering the best possible teaching and learning opportunities for your children. Mid term reviews Teachers have been analysing student progress so far this term and putting into place strategies to support all our students to achieve at their personal best. You may be receiving phone calls and emails from your child’s subject teachers to discuss how we can best support your child’s learning over the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions or concerns about your son/daughters progress, please contact the Care Group Teacher or Subject Teacher by phone or through Daymap.

Lorraine Securo

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Special Education Campus Report

The students had an excellent day participating and competing in the range of events at the recent whole school Sports Day. Congratulations to our House Captains: Omer, Ali S, Cher and Dolree for their leadership and encouragement of other students throughout the day.

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The students looked fantastic in their house colours and enjoyed the fun competition on the day.

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Pupil Free Day

The recent pupil free day was an opportunity for staff to work together on moderating student writing tasks as part of the Big Write aspect of our Literacy program. Teachers and SSOs also had the opportunity to develop their understanding of ways to support students to further develop their functional communication skills both at school and in other environments. The opportunity to work collaboratively is highly valued and leads to improved learning opportunities in the classroom.

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Our campus based Student Leadership Team includes a representative from each of the eight classes. They will meet every fortnight to discuss what happens within the school and then report back at our assemblies. Representatives also attend the whole school SRC. Our Student Leader members for 2018 are being voted on within each class at the moment and will begin their meetings, facilitated by our Pastoral Care Worker, in the next week.

Our Parent and Carers Meeting, with a focus on NDIS presented by Anglicare, was well attended. It was an opportunity for parents and carers to explore further the opportunities offered through NDIS and to discuss these together as a group. As a follow up, Alison Pazios will also be organising parent tours of a range of post school options throughout the next three terms. I encourage our parents and carers to make the most of these opportunities to enable you to learn more about the wide range of post school options available for your young people as they transition from school.

Lynley Johnston Head of Campus

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Campus Assembly

The Co-Education Campus assembly provided a great opportunity for students and staff to find out information about the great things that have been happening at our school and learn about upcoming events. Year 11 Prefects An Le, Jemmah Rattley and Amy Southwell hosted the assembly that was held in the school gymnasium. The program for the assembly included:

Acknowledgement to Country presented by Jake Hanson (year 9 student) National Anthem performed by students from our School Choir Music item ‘Perfect’ performed by year 12 students, Alise Uwimana, Fono

Mapu and Mafata Fofana Whole school information provided by Sandy Richardson (Principal) World Scholar Cup information and presentation of awards by Jessica

Botcher (year 10 student) Campus information presented by Darryl Ashby (Head of Middle Years, Co-

Education Campus) Lunchtime activities and provided by Melanie Hawksley (House Coordinator) Children’s University information presented by guest speaker Humanities curriculum presentation by Leon Lam, Teerth Shetty and Jay

Patel (year 9 students in Tash Taylor’s class).

Mid term review results

Students received their mid term review results and then worked with their care group and subject teachers to discuss and develop strategies to improve their learning. Students are now working on finalising assessment tasks for their term 1 reports. Pepe Bouzalas Head of Senior Years

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Co Education Senior Years Campus Report

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Alisa Noble Afisa Cyuzuzo

Bianca Reyes Jemmah Rattley

Tasnim Hossin Matt Duggan

Amy Southwell Deanna Parkinson

Tatsat Mehta Hadi Masaway

Ayub Muhammad Salah Ali Reza Hussain

Andoni Mutanda Gianfranco Miuccoi

Mansukhveer Singh Oscar Puz

Caitlin Dunn Ana Ribeiro Dos Santos

William Gilianne Restor

Raianne Restor

Thank you to all the students who volunteered to represent the school for Open Day on March 21. Students engaged in a variety of activities including tour guides, greeting new parents and future students, cooking muffins and making hot chocolate for our visitors.

The multi campus tours incorporated a visit to the Gym to see exhibition matches, the music room to listen to our school band, dance and drama rooms to view some of last years creative highlights. The Library had a great photography display of the students work. Left to Right RMSC Prefects Tasnim Hossin, Bianca Reyes, Deanna Parkinson,

Amy Southwell, Jemmah Rattley, Tatsat Mehta, Matt Duggan and Hadi Masawy

ready to meet our visitors.

Below is a list of students we wish to acknowledge for their participation.

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Co Education Middle Years Campus Report

The middle years students have been busy participating in Sports day which was a great event. Students enjoyed a sausage sizzle for recess and lunch to keep their energy levels up.

Middle School students in years 8 to 10 in the Co Education Campus have had their photographs taken for their student ID passes and have also participated in our student led Middle School assembly. Students participated in House Meetings and have conducted their class elections to determine year level Student Representative Council representatives. The nominated candidates have then attended an introductory meeting where they nominated for a range of Governing Council affiliated committees. Year 8 students are in the process of preparing for their camps in two weeks time. Consent forms are being returned and the program of activities for each day in being finalised. Students over the last few years have had a fantastic time and we look forward to all of our current students enjoying the same experiences.

Darryl Ashby Head of Co Education Campus Middle Years

Lucinda Krause (left) with Carmel Hall enjoyed cooking the BBQ’s on Sports Day. Thank you to all the SSO’s who devote their time to school events.

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The SRC have been very prominent in a number of areas already this year. The 2017 SRC has been in place until our elections for 2018 were completed last week. A full list of these students will be printed in our next newsletter along with the 2018 SRC Executive.

Fundraising

At our recent Sports Day we fundraised

in excess of $500 in support of research

into SIDS. (Sudden Infant Death

Syndrome).

Committees Last Wednesday we conducted our induction meeting and students nominated for a range of Governing Council Committees such as Strategic Directions, Facilities, Curriculum and Uniform Committees. Other committees included the Lunchtime Activities Committee, Fundraising Committee and Newsletter and Magazine Committee. At this meeting we were addressed by Emily Charlton from the Port Adelaide/Enfield Council about a range of programs that students could participate in that would serve the community but also develop their leadership skills. Next week the SRC Executive will combine with the executive members of the Key Club and participate in the National Young Leaders Day at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. We look forward to being able to report in our next newsletter about this day with some great photos. Darryl Ashby Head of Campus Middle Years Co Education Campus

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International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, March 8th signifies a global day of celebration for the

social, political and economic achievements of women. Some of our senior student leaders and members of staff attended a breakfast on Friday, March 9

th to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Adelaide

Convention Centre. The breakfast was hosted by Senator Penny Wong and was attended by about 2,400 people from across South Australia. The day is important because it is used to remind us that for many women and girls things are still not equal or fair. The theme for International Women’s Day 2018 was “Leave no woman behind”, relating to the role that women play in humanitarian and disaster planning and response. Following the Boxing Day tsunami, a simple lesson shook us all: many girls didn’t know how to climb trees. Boys did. Climbing to safety, more boys survived than girls. This is just one example of how gendered roles and action can mean the difference between life and death.

RMSC students (left to right) Deanna Parkinison, Francine Domingo, Leanne Nguyen, Bianca Reyes, Afisa Cyuzuzo, Tasnim Hossin with Senator Penny Wong.

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Did you know? Women and children are 14 times more likely than men to die during a

disaster. More than 70% of women have experienced gender based violence in some

crisis settings. 60% of preventable maternal deaths take place in settings of conflict,

displacement and natural disasters. Women’s knowledge and expertise as leaders, planning for and responding to disasters and conflict can help protect and empower women and girls so that they can survive and thrive. Stammy Overell Head of Campus Girls’ Education Campus

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Harmony and reconciliation

Last week the Federal Court officially recognised the Kaurna people as the traditional owners of the Adelaide area.

It is an historic moment as it is the first time a native title agreement has been reached for land in a capital city. You can read the story via the link below.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/kaurna-people-granted-native-title-rights-adelaide-federal-court/9572090

Alistair Ward Aboriginal Education Coordinator.

For Harmony Day our campus invited all students to join Aboriginal teachers and students in the creation a dot painting. The theme reflected Everybody Belongs and some students painted their country’s flag into the painting. The finished artwork will be on display in the Aboriginal Campus in Term 2.

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We have been participating in World Scholar Cup ( WSC) competitions for last 2 days, where 3 teams of 3 students have worked incredibly hard to win 1st prize in couple of categories and winning 2nd position overall. They had challenges like collaborative writing, scholars cup, debating and scholar's bowl. Whilst students individually have won lots of medals and trophies, a team of Year 10 students has also won 1st place for writing challenge, 1st place for scholars' cup challenge and overall second place amongst all the participating schools and teams. The teams from Roma Mitchell have also been invited to the global rounds later this year, which would be held in Melbourne. Congratulations to the following students; Ana Ribeiro Dos Santos Beatriz Ribeiro Dos Santos Jessica Bottcher Radman Raeiezabad Jesse Isabella Meenakshi Pramod nair Kim Nguyen Kathleen Nguyen Best regards RMSC Teachers Diana Hinic, James Wilson and Monika Mangla

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Harmony Day Harmony Day was celebrated at our school through the sharing of culturally diverse music, dance, food, art and sport across the campuses. This day, although a few days later than the national day, was a lot of fun for our students and reinforced the importance of our School Value “Diversity – Valuing our Differences”. RMSC students baked over 1200 cupcakes to share for Harmony Day. The theme this year was Everybody Belongs and students enjoyed a range of activities ranging from an Art Exhibition celebrating culture to an Aboriginal, Indian and African Dance Workshops.

Past RMSC student (above left) Nargis Ayoubi returned to lend a hand in the commercial kitchen to prepare the

Harmony Day cupcakes with Aranza Figueroa and Ms Overell.

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Harmony Day Dance Workshops and Performances

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As we have done for the last three years, we conducted our Co-Education/Special Education and Girls’ Education Campus Sports Days on the same day. It was a fairly hot day, 32 degrees, it was a fantastic event. We had the usual mix of athletics, sports and novelty events. The climbing walls were popular as were the tug of war and the basketball and netball shoot out. At recess and lunch we had a free BBQ and a dance off. A big thank you to all the staff who worked so hard to make the day a success and an even bigger thank you to the students who looked amazing in their house colours and who participated really well throughout the day.

Co-Education & Special Education Results for 2018

1st Hammond 1489

2nd Lee 1285

3rd Nicholls 1273

4th Florey 1163

Best Dressed Awards Students who have permission to have their names published are listed below -

Lisa Parkin and Vincent Ta

Athletes of the Day Year 8 Girl Bojana Janic Year 8 Boy Davinder Year 9 Girl Adrienne Konecny Year 9 Boy Angelo Okeny Year 10 Girl Angalee Tarasenko and Angel Kelly Year 10 Boy Bun Ann Year 11 Girl Paimaria Bush Year 11 Boy Aleer Year 12 Girl Year 12 Boy Dieudonne Munyonge

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1st Nicholls 471

2nd Florey 454

3rd Lee 423

4th Hammond 396

Best Dressed Award Students who have permission to have their names published are listed below -

Mikayla Butterworth, Jade and Lara.

Athletes of the Day

Year 8 Girl Year 9 Girl Lana Wilkie Year 10 Girl Helen Bendessi Year 11 Girl Anastasia Year 12 Girl Shokria Hussain

Girls’ Education Campus Results for 2018

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SSSA Beach Volleyball Carnival

Gold Medalists

Arpit, Mohit Chhabra, Mehdi Aliza-deh and Brendon Charles

RMSC Coach: Sedat Arkun

North East Vista Zone Indoor Cricket Carnival

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Sukhwinder , Aatif Sunasra, Arjun Jani, Arpit, Vivek Panchal, Tatsat Mehta, Sneh Patel, Imran Afzali

RMSC Coach: Tim Davey

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Research Project We have had many visits from Stage 2 Research Project students so far this year. These students have made excellent use of the valuable resources the library has to offer, as well as the knowledge and expertise of our librarians. Studiosity

International Women’s Day On March 8, the library created two displays, on both the Co-Education Campus and Girls’ Education Campus sides, to celebrate International Women’s Day. These displays contained a collection of books written by, for and about inspirational girls and women. Students were also encouraged to respond to the question “How can we press for progress?” Some of the inspiring responses students wrote were:

More respect for women Equal opportunities for women all over the world Equal pay Allowing girls to wear what they want More credit for women in sports Recognising the achievements of women

Studiosity (formally YourTutor) offers students online support with assignments. Every student at RMSC has been issued with a unique code to access unlimited free personal feedback on assignments outside of school hours.

For more information visit https://www.studiosity.com/

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On site uniform shop

Uniform Management Services (UMS) are operating an on-site shop at Roma Mitchell

Secondary College during school terms each Thursday from 8:15am-11:30am.

The Uniform shop is open in Building 3 (yellow building). Students and families from the Co-

Education and Special Education Campuses can walk along the path at the front of the

school and enter the shop via the walkway to the entrance of Building 3. A sign is placed at

the entrance of the shop during opening hours. Uniforms can also be purchased from the

UMS shop1/6 Montrose Avenue, Norwood SA. Phone 8363 5266 or visit

www.umspl.com.au

Free Hemming Service

The school is offering a free onsite hemming service to take down the hems of Roma

Mitchell Secondary College uniforms (dresses, skirts or pants) for RMSC students.

Girls’ Education Campus Wednesdays 1 pm to 1.30 pm

Drop off uniforms to the Library B1

Co Education & Special Education Campus

Thursdays 1pm to 1.30pm

Drop off uniforms to the Library B1

Note—items will need to be left for the alterations to be completed

Second hand uniforms

Families who wish to sell their second hand uniforms may do so through UMS or the

Sustainable School Shop.

Option 1 Second hand uniforms can be taken into UMS at Norwood. Items must

be clean and in good condition. Parents will receive partial cost of the sale

once the uniform has been sold.

Option 2 Register online with the Sustainable School Shop

www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au

Once registered, families are able to enter the uniform item they wish to sell or buy online.

Please contact the school if you have any queries about the second hand uniform service.

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2018 Materials and Services Fees are now due.

Payment can be made by cash, credit card, eftpos, direct debit or cheque.

Direct Debit

The school offers direct debit payment plans. Payments can be made from your nominated bank or credit card account. Payments can occur weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

If you think this payment option will assist you in finalising amounts outstanding for school fees or laptops please contact the Finance Manager on 8161 4600 to arrange a suitable time to set up a direct debit payment plan.

Carmel Hall Finance Officer

Available for all RMSC students

Building 1 in the Library

Day Time Assistance / support from

Mondays 3.30pm to 4.30pm The Smith Family

Tuesdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm RMSC teachers

Wednesdays 2.25pm to 3.15pm RMSC teachers

Thursdays 3.30pm to 4.30pm RMSC teachers

HOMEWORK CLUBS

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The Smith Family supports at Roma Mitchell Secondary College

Learning for Life Scholarships

Would a scholarship help your family’s education?

The Smith Family supports long term participation in education through the timely

opportunities and support, enabling students to optimise their education outcomes. As part

of the Learning for Life program, The Smith Family offers scholarships, programs and

support throughout the primary, secondary and tertiary education years.

Scholarships are awarded to students that have demonstrated their commitment to

education. A referral is required to completed by the school if you meet the criteria and are

committed to the long-term benefits of education.

Eligibility: Attend a partner school in reception to Year 8

Have a current Pension Concession or Health Care Card

Demonstrate a strong commitment to education through a minimum 90% school

attendance.

As The Smith Family has openings for a number of scholarship vacancies at the moment,

families who meet the eligibility criteria, are encouraged to speak with the school counsellor

or Principal.

Enquiries can also be made to Regina Zare, Family Partnership Coordinator, on 0429 220

538 or at regina.zare@thesmithfamily.com.au.

Free homework support and tutoring

The Smith Family will continue providing free homework and tutoring support for students in

Years 8 to 12 at Roma Mitchell Secondary College in 2018.

The Smith Family provides a supportive out-of-school learning environment where students

can receive support with their school work from local, trained volunteer tutors.

Homework support is held on Mondays from 3:20pm to 4:30pm in the Library, commencing

in Week 2 of Term 1.

Students must be registered to attend – please phone or email Melody to request a

Registration Form, or your child can collect a form from the club on Monday afternoons.

If you would like any further information, please contact Melody Stanford at The Smith

Family on 0417 696 886 or at melody.stanford@thesmithfamily.com.au.

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