The Vine Issue 13 – 2022

Image Credit: Vanity Fair

PROJECT ROCKIT Workshops, 8-9 September

R U OK? Day, 8 September

‘Future You’ Exhibition
Wednesday, 5 October – Saturday, 5 November 2022

Have you been to Gallery 1855? Did you know we have a local Art Gallery in the City of Tea Tree Gully?

Located on Haines Road in Tea Tree Gully is our local Art Gallery. It is a creative hive with a vibrant exhibition schedule and numerous workshops for children and adults. Workshops are posted in the cabinets outside the Art Studios; everyone is welcome to visit.

https://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/Places-Council-parks-facilities-and-venues/Arts-and-performance-centres/Gallery-1855

At GALLERY 1855, in late September and into October, Pedare will be contributing to the first community initiative to curate an exhibition for a collaborative project with local schools. It is something that will continue and grow each year. Our College’s Art team is incredibly excited to be selecting 25 artworks to represent our Art program and student achievements during the ‘Future You’ exhibition. Students and their families will be informed via email and encouraged to attend the Exhibition Launch Night on Thursday, 29 September. The evening will be an excellent opportunity to meet with local artists, network with the creative society and be involved with the community. We are delighted that Pedare Music students will be showcasing their skills and adding to the atmosphere. Our wonderful Food and Hospitality team will be catering for the event, and it is a great way to see the wonderful Pedare students shine their light on our wider community. I hope you will all join me in celebrating this exciting opportunity.

Emily Kenny – Learning Area Coordinator, Arts

One+ Science Fair & Science Investigation Awards
Monday, 5 September

In Science, Year 7-9 students competed in the annual One+ Science Fair earlier this term. This yearly competition runs across the three schools, Pedare, Gleeson and Golden Grove High School, and involves students conducting an experiment of their choice, analysing the results and presenting the findings to a larger audience. Pedare was successful across this competition, winning each Year level.

Congratulations to:

• Year 7 – Ashton F, Harry T and Krishna N
• Year 8 – Nathan M and Oscar E
• Year 9 – Callum R

The successful students went on to the Royal Adelaide Show and presented their projects at the Science Investigation Awards. Year 7 project ‘Stoked by Coke’, an investigation into soft drinks’ ability to dissolve food, was further awarded second place, and the overall ‘Best Food and Fibre Project’.

Dylan Gale

Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee
Year 6

This year, a number of our Year 6 students had the opportunity to enter the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. This Australia-wide competition involves students spelling a list of 30 words that are delivered orally through an online platform. Students are graded on both their accuracy and speed.

Three of our students, Lainie E, Aaren G and Natalie P, made it to the state finals, placing them in the top 100 students in South Australia.

Natalie achieved a score that placed her in the top 3 students in South Australia and was invited to participate in the national competition. At the end of the competition, Natalie came 13th in Australia.

We congratulate these students for their excellent achievements.

Sarah Bloomfield

Lexile 1000 / Literacy Pro Millionaire Certificates

Reading is such an integral part of learning and relaxation. We are so thrilled to celebrate with the following students who have worked so hard to achieve Lexile 1000 or reading one million words this year to become a Literacy Pro Millionaire. Congratulations to the following students.

Lexile 1000 Award

• Lucy L
• Jasmine W
• Della M
• Lukas H
• Dean S

Literacy Pro Millionaire

• Benjamin W
• Oscar H
• Naksh P

Pedare hosted the first VEX IQ Tournament for the season on Monday, 12 September, seeing schools from across the state compete for a spot at the Australian Nationals in Sydney this December. 

Thank you to all the teams who attended: 

• Mark Oliphant College 
• Pembroke School 
• Adelaide Botanic High School 
• Salisbury East High School 
• Athelstone Primary School 
• St John’s Grammar School 
• Saint Ignatius College 
• Mannum Community College 

The VEX IQ competition sees students from Years 3-8 compete, celebrating over six months of designing, building and programming their robots. We congratulate all the teams involved, especially the three Pedare Junior School VEX teams, who made it to the final, despite most students being first-timers in the competition. 

A special mention to our two Pedare teams who won the two Excellence awards for the Elementary and Middle school divisions: 

• The Nerd Herd – Elementary Excellence Award 
• The BroBots2 – Middle School Award 

These awards are the most prestigious recognitions available at the competition and indicate a team who has provided an excellent engineering notebook, performed exceptionally well during the tournament and demonstrated a student-centred approach across the season. 

Next Monday, Year 9-12 teams will compete for the VEX VRC competition and have more chances to qualify for Sydney.

Emil Zankov

On Thursday, 8 September, a group of 6 girls from Years 9-11 were lucky enough to be involved in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) – Girls on Campus event at UniSA. They participated in hands-on workshops that stimulated their problem-solving and creative thinking while networking with other students from schools across Adelaide. Other highlights included a presentation delivered by women working in the tech sector, as well as a discussion panel incorporating graduates, industry professionals, and academics sharing their experiences and perspectives in the field of STEM. It was fantastic to watch the girls thrive in an exciting environment and appreciate their involvement in such a valuable opportunity.

Bronwyn Dutch

On Tuesday, 13 September, Year 7 students had the opportunity to take part in the World of Maths incursion. World of Maths is an interactive travelling Maths show. Students solved various hands-on problems that applied maths to the real world. They investigated number patterns, sequencing, geometric properties, measurement and more.

Students had a great time exploring how Mathematics relates to real-life problems. 

Nicola Fotheringham

Year 12 Food & Hospitality class presented their major function to staff on Monday, 12 September – a Disney-themed High Tea! Students enjoyed the experience of preparing food from the beginning of the day to serving at lunchtime, and enjoyed the opportunity to host their teachers. 

Bianca Chapman

On Monday, 12 September, Year 10 History classes went on an excursion to the South Australian Museum and The Adelaide Holocaust Museum & Andrew Steiner Education Centre (AHMSEC). At first, my group went to the South Australian Museum and participated in a scavenger hunt around different exhibits. We used our historical analysis skills to evaluate the purpose of exhibitions and answer questions about the various displays, such as the Giant Squid, Minerals and Gemstones, Australian Polar Collection and more. We then went to the Adelaide Holocaust Museum, where we gained a greater appreciation for the victims of the Holocaust. The classes were exposed to the stories of survivors and were given the opportunity to evaluate primary sources and assess the significance with which they demonstrated resistance against the Nazis. I gained a greater appreciation for those who stood up to the atrocities committed in the mass genocide of World War II. Our experience taught us the importance of love and caring for everyone and, consequently, the danger of hatred. 

Violet J, Year 10

On a cloudy Tuesday, 30 August morning, a small group of Year 12 students headed, with their teacher, into the Adelaide CBD. They were dropped off at Rymill Park, where they were set off exploring Adelaide.

Students working in twos or threes were given step-by-step instructions to follow. After weaving their way through the East End of Adelaide, looking for a church with a rooster on its spire, they found themselves at the Barr Smith Library. The second set of clues and instructions to interpret and follow saw students discover a museum upstairs in one of Adelaide’s well-known arcades, a library not on North Terrace and an iconic eatery hidden in a laneway. A final set of instructions were received at Adelaide Railway Station. Students finally met their teacher at Adelaide Central Market, having seen and visited some of Adelaide’s hidden treasures.

Inspired, they will now create their own instructional guide to discover even more hidden treasures.

Sally Tilly

Aerokids is a fantastic way for children to explore fitness, improve flexibility and coordination and boost their confidence through participating in an engaging and fun program. It combines gymnastics, aerobics and fitness.

Thanks to the Sporting Schools Program grant, Reception and Year 1 students have had Kylie Thomas from Aerokids conducting their lessons on Thursdays.

The students arrived with plenty of energy and enthusiasm for the sessions and have progressed nicely throughout the term. It has been great to witness their range of movements, excitement and sense of fun.

Heath Perry

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

The focus of the Stage 2 Society and Culture class this term has been on social action and service, with which students have engaged wholeheartedly. The task they worked on was part of a Group Interaction Assessment Type that invites students to work collaboratively in researching a human rights issue of interest and creating a social action that could raise awareness and make a difference in society. Two groups focused on two different topics: 

• Period poverty and the impact on women
• Mindfulness in the Junior School classrooms. 

Group 1 successfully ran a donation drive collecting sanitary items for women experiencing poverty, homelessness and financial hardship. They presented to students and staff about their issue and delivered the donated items to the women’s charity ‘Share the Dignity’. 

(Students: Alina B, Kiara S, Talia M, and Jashanpreet S)

Group 2 worked with Year 1 classes and ran a mindfulness activity, sharing the importance of being present and aware of our emotions. They provided Year 1 students with some practical ways in which they can help calm their minds and body and worked with them to make a mindfulness galaxy jar. 

(Students: Jude B, Molly C, Onoseje E and Camryn R)

Thank you to everyone who supported these students in conducting their social actions, and well done to the Year 12s on their outcomes.  

Lauren Griffiths

Years 7-10 students have been involved in a small pilot cyber program with the Defence Science Technology Group (DSTG) this term, solving challenges and learning about the following topics: 

• Basic Command Line Usage and Ethics 
• Cryptography 
• Scripting and Reverse Engineering 
• Web Technologies 
• Digital Forensics 
• Open Source Intelligence 

As part of the pilot, students visited the DSTG Base in Edinburgh, being shown ‘top secret’ examples of how the cyber world is keeping Australia safe. 

Students were mentored by a defence cyber analyst each week, leading up to our first of two Capture the Flag days this week. Students competed using a Linux Virtual Machine environment to “capture flags”, such as secret messages to submit for points. In two weeks, we’ll find out where we placed!

Emil Zankov

Last Wednesday, the Chapel came alive with students from Years 10, 11 and 12 for the Senior School Quiz Night. 

Academic Captains, Jenna R and Angelo L, took the lead in preparing the night and, together with Imogen L and co-hosts Kiara S and Scott S, ran a great night enjoyed by all who came. The tables were tested on their knowledge of sport, history, music, TV & film and Pedare. The leaderboard changed several times throughout the night. After the final round, it was a narrow win to a table of boys from Year 10, and they were thrilled with their prizes, generously donated by Dynamic Care, the key sponsor on the night.

The night was more than just the quiz! With a theme of ‘decades’, tables had gone to a lot of effort dressing up in the spirit of the evening. Everyone enjoyed the dance break in the middle of the night and grooved to some famous songs from different decades. No one went hungry with every table full of yummy snacks, and the entry fee donation raised $485.00 for the Community Spirit Foundation, supporting the education of our Indigenous Australians. 

Thanks to Year 12 leaders for hosting a wonderful night that brought together staff and Senior students from all Year levels. It was evidence of so many aspects of the positive culture we experience here at Pedare.

Jan Robertson

Our Reception students delivered such an outstanding presentation during this morning’s JS Assembly. It was creative, fun and entertaining. We are so proud of each of you for doing a fantastic job.

We are the Pedare Pride Cubs Club. This is a Junior Lions Club running as an extra-curricular activity every Thursday. On 11 August, our club did a ‘Walk A Mile In My Boots’ fundraiser, where we walked 1 mile (1.6km) around the Jackson Oval to raise funds for the Hutt Street Centre. Our family members came to support us, and we raised $1846.

The Hutt Street Centre gives service to people experiencing homelessness by giving them meals, hot showers, dental services, counselling, clean clothes, medical assistance and housing support.

Addison S and Alice B, Year 5s

Well done, Pedare 2 (Sub Junior Team), who had an amazing win against Modbury in the Grand Final on Tuesday, 6 September!

The team were two goals down in the last quarter with 1 min and 20 sec to go. A quick two-goals made the scores even, just before the whistle went. The girls had to play overtime, and luckily, they hit the front with a celebratory win of 2 goals. The final score was 27 – 25!

Renae Harris