The Vine Issue 18 – 2019

ACTING COLLEGE PRINCIPAL

Mr Andrew Whiteman

Congratulations to Year 12 students who have completed SACE examinations for the final time and I wish them all the best as they receive their results in a few weeks’ time.

There are a number of events coming up to celebrate their achievements including Senior School Thanksgiving on Tuesday 3 December.

I have recently met with Mr James Tamblyn who is very much looking forward to being at Pedare and will be out and about early January to meet with the Community.

You may have seen an email from me in relation to the SEQTA Engage app for Year 6-12 families discussing the continuous reporting process for 2020, we are very excited about this initiative which will see students grades uploaded in real time as they complete their assessments. Parents will be able to see the grades straight away, see what they have done well, what they can continue to do, and to set goals for future improvement.

One of the main benefits of this new process is that it gives students ownership about their own learning and for parent/teacher/student interviews there will be more detailed and relevant data to discuss.

Over the holiday break building works will be completed in readiness for next year including shade sails, sandpit, and play area in the Middle School. These projects are being completed with the generous assistance of the Pedare Parents and Friends’ Association and we are really looking forward to the results of this.

Celebrations over the coming weeks include:

• Junior School Thanksgiving, Friday 29 November
• Senior School Thanksgiving, Tuesday 3 December
• Middle School Thanksgiving, Thursday 5 December

I look forward to celebrating the end of year and thank you for your ongoing support.

 ACTING DEPUTY PRINCIPAL/HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

 Mrs Lauren Brooks

Welcome Day

We are looking forward to welcoming the many new students into our Pedare Community on our Welcome Day on Thursday 28 November. On this day, all new and current Pedare students will be ‘moving up’ into their 2020 Year levels. This is a great opportunity to have a taste of what life will be like in 2020, meet new teachers and engage in some of the new learning and pastoral experiences. We encourage all students to wear PE uniform (or Community tops) on this day and to bring along their recess, lunch, a water bottle and hat as normal.

Building Towards 2020

Continuous Reporting in 2020

We are extremely passionate about finding every way possible to extend, challenge and support the growth of every individual child at our College. We believe that our real-time reporting model for 2020 (in addition to the end of semester Statement of Results) will give students consistent short-term goals to plan and prepare for an opportunity to see more progress and individualised achievement. We believe that students respond best to immediate feedback that allows the individual to reflect and problem-solve ways to improve, with support, allowing each child to build resilience and take action throughout the term. In conjunction with our real-time reporting model, we look to develop growth mindsets in our students to foster a culture where students believe in developing themselves, thus being open to accurate and real-time information about our current abilities to seek to improve. We are looking forward to supporting our students engage in this process at the beginning of 2020.

New Middle School Subject in 2020 – ‘SPARK’

It has been so pleasing to hear the overwhelmingly positive feedback from our community around our new Innovation subject offering for Year 6, 7 and 8 students moving into 2020. Students will enjoy the opportunity for enhanced agency, self-directed learning initiatives and feel empowered and supported to have an impact in areas that inspire them. We also challenged our Middle School students to come up with the new name for this subject. I am pleased to announce the new subject name will be, SPARK. We are looking forward to the opportunity to see how SPARK can change, how SPARK can ignite new ideas, how SPARK can create critical and creative thinkers and how SPARK can become a platform for student impact.

The Pedare Passage in 2020 

We are very pleased to announce a new initiative in 2020 for our Year 9 cohort. Students in Year 9 next year will enjoy a new offering within their timetable as a rite of passage from the Middle School to the Senior School and beyond, where we build on strengths to develop resilience. This is a year-long program designed specifically to meet the needs of Pedare’s developing adolescents through emotional and physical challenges. The program is divided into three parts; the IB MYP Community Project, Positive Education and a holistic Outdoor Education experience. Students will receive more information about this on our Welcome Day on Thursday 28 November.

 ACTING HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL

 Ms Jan Robertson

“A year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hai Borland

This is a very fitting quote for the Senior School community as we reach the end of Week 6. Monday saw the final Year 12 SACE exam held in the Chapel to signify the official end of 13 years of school for the Class of 2019. Wednesday was the last day of lessons for our Year 10 and 11 students and they are now completing their final exams and workshops to end their 2019 school year. Whilst this does engender a feeling of both coming to an end and the start of a new beginning, it really does highlight that life is a ‘going on’ as we move from one year to another. And it is our hope and our prayer that the experiences of each one of our students, has seen them gain new knowledge, new skills and a greater understanding of themselves and our world, so that they are better prepared for whatever lies ahead for each one of them.

I would like to commend the students of the Senior School for the positive way they finished this year. The Class of 2019 ably managed the exam period and again, instilled in us a sense of pride for this group of capable, confident and respectful young people. The Year 10s and 11s had some trying weather conditions in their last few days, yet they kept their focus and finished the year on a pleasing note.

The Senior student leadership team chose the following focus for 2019:

I do believe our students have demonstrated the sentiment of this quote in many ways throughout the year. They continue to  gain skills in goal setting, time management and prioritising commitments which have all helped them to take small and manageable steps as they endeavour to achieve success. They have also learned that they can sometimes get stuck on one step, or even take backwards steps in life, but that these challenging times can be overcome with determination and a positive outlook. And most importantly, there have been many times when we have witnessed our students helping and supporting each other, reflecting that even though everyone may be climbing their own stairs, looking out for others climbing beside you, and sharing the climb with others, is often when we experience our greatest personal successes.

Next week, we look forward to:

• Celebrating with the Class of 2019, all dressed in their finery, as they attend their Formal at Sfera’s On The Park.
• Introducing the Year 9s to Senior School in the new initiative, Welcome Day.
• The Year 12 Orientation Day for our current Year 11 students as they prepare to be the Class of 2020.

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

Mr Randall Pearce

Staffing 2020 – Update

For our staff, there is always some movement from year to year and for me, change is part of a professional’s journey. So again, there will be staff moving year levels, staff moving to new schools and challenges is normal and healthy.

Currently we are still deliberating over the staffing mix for 2020 and are dedicated to finding the right teachers and balance across the Junior School to support the children, families and to continue to grow the programs that we offer.

At the end of this year we will farewell Mrs Tania Crawford after 18 months of dedicated service to the children and families at Pedare. Mrs Crawford has, in her short time at the College, brought a wealth of experience and expertise to help grow and build colleagues knowledge of the PYP and further enhance their pedagogy. Tania is taking up an exciting opportunity with the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) in a newly created role of Highly Accomplished Lead Teacher (HALT) Program Specialist.

Resilience / student leadership announcement  

A continued focus throughout the year at Pedare Junior School is resilience, with School and Community Captains having been decided and communicated with the Year 4 cohort, it is important to remind both children and parents about this way of thinking.

Resilience refers to one’s ability to successfully manage life and to successfully adapt to change and stressful events in both healthy and constructive ways. In simplistic terms, it is our survivability and “bounce-back-ability” to life experiences, and that means both the really advantageous ones as well as the really challenging, traumatic ones.

While some parents and carers try and avoid their children having negative experiences, it is actually much needed. A child needs to experience disappointment, challenge, failure and a lack of boundaries to fully develop the specific interpersonal, personal and social skills that are needed for people to live in communities.

They also need to learn to develop their own voice, and age-dependent moments of autonomy where they get to have a sense of control over their life.

Resilience is a foundation skill for a happy life. It is the ability to know which issues are important and which are small and not worth getting upset about. Without resilience we waste so much time and energy being upset by things which are simply not worth it.

At school we see children allowing themselves to be deeply hurt and upset by a thoughtless comment or action. We are teaching children to think about what is important and what is not by using tools such as the ‘Catastrophe scale’. Once they can decide how significant the problem is then then can make better decisions on how to manage it.

Pedare Junior School is an amazing environment to come to each day due to the support we receive from our community. So, in these times, when it is tough, when life is not exactly fair, and your child misses out on an opportunity, please understand that we will work with you and your child to build those skills to manage and adapt to stressful events.

With this in mind I am pleased to announce the Junior School Captains and Community Captains for 2020.

School Captains

• Zac Stint and Ella Field

Brooklyn

• Jasmine Brett and Kacie Duff

Eldergreen

• Harrison Connelly and Samaira Bath

Greenwith

• Lily Dreschler and Nicholas Dinevski

Hillcott

• Xavier Trusz and Zara Lebessis

Surrey

• Dakota Illman and Isabella Winder

These student leaders will be presented during our Year 3 to 5 Thanksgiving Service Friday 29 November.

I wish to express my thanks to the many students who were great risk takers and applied for a Captains position and I know hearing that you were unsuccessful will make your feel sad. I want you to remember that you are still a very important part of our community and ask for your leadership next year. You are role models to the younger students in regard to the expectation about behaviour and uniform each and every day.

Till next time

Children of the World Musical

Reminder: The Junior Primary Christmas Musical, ‘Children of the World’ will be held on Wednesday 4 December.

This is a delightful musical by Mary Green and Julie Stanley for children aged 5 to 9 years.

Children of the World Musical will be held in the College Chapel from 6:30pm. The evening will be a wonderful night of entertainment and excitement and a great opportunity for families to come along and support their children.

CONTENTS

Remembrance Day

2020 Middle School Captains

Mathematics Competitions

Year 6 – Indigenous Speakers

Year 6 – Fundraiser

Year 7 – Design Challenge

Middle School Cross Country

Eco Force at Cobbler Creek

EXTRA CURRICULAR

Sport Report

REMEMBRANCE DAY

On Monday 11 November, Reception to Year 11 students came together in the College Chapel for a Remembrance Day Service. It was a time to reflect on the end of World War 1, when at 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. After the Germans called for an armistice, the allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of remembering those who had died and suffered in armed conflicts. The service included prayer’s, the last post and a minute’s silence before captains from the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools laid a wreath at the bottom of the cross. Lest We Forget.

2020 MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following students who were inducted as the 2020 Middle School Captains at assembly on Thursday 21 November:

Middle School Captains

Maya McInnes & Charlie Corney

MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS

On Thursday 1 August, 42 students from Junior, Middle and Senior School took part in the Australian Mathematics Competition. Students in more than 30 countries participated in the competition. The questions demonstrate the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ every day lives.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved highly:

High Distinction

• Shaun Phillips (Year 8)
• Gaohn Park (Year 8)
• Ojus Thakur (Year 5)

Distinction

• Jacob Willdin (Year 11)
• Timothy Szabo (Year 10)
• Holly Schutz (Year 10)
• Bradley Langfield (Year 10)
• Alice Kim (Year 8)
• Han Fan (Year 7)
• Callum Robertson (Year 6)
• Hertuwesh Ravichandran (Year 6)
• Lorcyn Murdey-Green (Year 6)
• Thomas Palmer (Year 5)

Credit

• Sara Panchal (Year 8)
• Rachel Hajek (Year 8)
• Sneha Aryal (Year 8)
• Felicity Schneider (Year 7)
• Brodie Leisavnieks (Year 7)
• Roman Huang (Year 7)
• Patrick Hancock (Year 7)
• Tiancheng Feng (Year 7)
• Ayathna (Kenoli) Bandara (Year 7)

Credit Cont.

• Jaken Pring (Year 6)
• Hannah McClimont (Year 6)
• Tin Lim (Year 6)
• Antony Hier (Year 6)
• Keziah Chung (Year 6)
• Jessica Chandler (Year 6)
• Ryan Bewley (Year 6)
• Aiden Edwards (Year 5)
• Scarlett Collins (Year 5)

On Thursday 19 September, 46 students from Middle and Senior School participated in the Maths ICAS Assessment. ICAS assessments are online and are designed to recognize and reward academic excellence.

Congratulations to the following students on their high achievements:

High Distinction

• Shaun Phillips (Year 8)

Distinction

• Galvin Huang (Year 9)
• Gaohn Park (Year 8)
• Benjamin Nairn (Year 8)
• Roman Huang (Year 7)

Credit

• Jacob Willdin (Year 11)
• Jenna Robertson (Year 9)
• Sara Panchal (Year 8)
• Ryan Penna (Year 8)
• Maya McInnes (Year 8)
• Ayathna (Kenoli) Bandara (Year 7)

Credit Cont.

• Emily Briggs (Year 7)
• Aidan Milne (Year 7)
• Callum Robertson (Year 6)
• Lorcyn Murdey-Green (Year 6)
• Jessica Chandler (Year 6)

Merit

• Kelsey Robertson (Year 9)
• Thomas Drysdale (Year 9)
• Hannah Quinn (Year 7)
• Kevin Ho (Year 7)

Well done to all students who took part.

Mrs Nicola Fotheringham – Learning Leader – Maths

YEAR 6 – INDIGENOUS SPEAKERS

On Friday 15 November, the Year 6 cohort were lucky enough to have Pauly Vandenbergh, Marlon Motlop and Braedon Talbot from the Port Adelaide Football Club come out and deliver an Indigenous Culture Awareness session. The aim of the session was to increase the understanding of Indigenous Australian History and Culture.

Some students comment:

“I had fun and learned new things about Indigenous Australians, it was cool talking to people from Port Adelaide and learning about where they come from and their different cultures. I now feel differently about the Indigenous people and learnt how many different groups were in Australia and how many Aboriginals remain from the millions that there were before.” – Anabella Murdoch 6C

“I learned so much about the Indigenous culture and their experience. What we learned from them was so interesting because their point of view is something that we could never get from a book. We got to learn where each of them came from and the individual details of each culture. This was interesting because we learnt how unique each aboriginal group was. We also learnt about their ways of interacting and culture and how it is different from other cultures. This was a good experience for all of the Year 6s and taught us a lot about the Aboriginal culture.” – Taylor Tedesco 6H

“This was a really good experience and I enjoyed learning new things about the Aboriginal people and their culture. We learned about the guests who came and where they grew up, as well as their experiences while joining the Port Adelaide Football Club. It was also interesting to learn about how they interact with each other and the differences that Aboriginal families have to European families. This experience enlightened me and many others about the true story of Aboriginal people and how we should respect them in the future.” – Emily Schulz 6H

Mr Josh Colbourne – Year 6 Teacher

YEAR 6 – FUNDRAISER

After learning about the plight of refugees during our Individuals and Societies topic of Migration, a group of students in 6MZ decided that they wanted to raise money to donate to the Australian Refugee Association. These students set to work planning, presenting their proposal to Mrs Brooks, baking 12 dozen cookies, cupcakes and brownies, then sold them ALL during the Lego League Tournament on Saturday 2 November. Students made $148 profit to donate to ARA!

A huge congratulations to Karys Emery, Ananya Ghangurde and Otylia Portakiewicz who were involved in planning and baking, and to Hallie and Kyan Smith who set up and sold the baked goods. A great example of Taking Action – an important IB MYP philosophy.

Ms Sarah Mossel – Year 6 Teacher

YEAR 7 – DESIGN CHALLENGE

This semester, Year 7 students were challenged to design a fast food restaurant which could cater for students in our Middle School. They demonstrated excellent creativity whilst creating their scale-models which were presented to Middle School students for peer feedback this week. It was a beneficial learning experience for students as they learned how to design a product for maximum appeal.

Mr Justin Henriks – Year 6 Teacher

MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

It was a perfect day on Thursday 14 November for the Middle School Cross Country run. Students had great fun competing with each other and communities. Junior School students had a great time cheering on from the side lines, making sure they were heard. At the end of the run, students were rewarded with a well deserved ice-block.

ECO FORCE AT COBBLER CREEK

Pedare Eco Force students joined Friends of Cobbler Creek at the Teakle Ruins on the afternoon Tuesday 12 November to help maintain the gardens. Students were well engaged weeding, spreading mulch and finding artefacts to decorate a stone wall.

This was followed by Mrs Shanelle Palmer walking back with the students through the park showing them the variety of trees and also helping to identify some of the birds and their habitat. Students had a very worthwhile afternoon and it was so pleasing to see the positive contribution these environmentally minded students made.

Mrs Liz Denton-Brown – Teacher/Librarian

NEWS

Extra-Curricular Sports feature articles and results below:

EXTRA-CURRICULAR RESULTS

TERM 4

WEEK 4

Basketball

• U10 Boomers – Pedare vs Prescott – Loss 3 – 21
• U12 Panthers – Pedare vs Prescott Wildcats – Loss 14 – 20
• U12 Stars – Pedare vs GS Nets – Loss 5 – 6 (MVP Edward)
• U12 Year 5/6 – Pedare vs SFX Bulls – Won 42 – 16 (MVP Jackson, Rohan)
• U14 Blue – Pedare vs Athelstone Avengers – Won 33 – 24
• U14 Red – BYE

Cricket

• Year 6/7 – Pedare vs King’s Baptist Grammar – Forfeit
• Year 8/9 – Pedare vs Nazareth Catholic College – Loss 10/50 – 4/98 (MVP Ryan)

Netball

• Sub Junior 1 – Pedare vs Tea Tree Gully 2 – Loss 17 – 34 (MVP Emily, Amelea)
• Sub Junior 2 – Pedare vs Tea Tree Gully 4 – Loss 20 – 25
• Sub Junior 3 – Pedare vs GT1 – Won 36 – 1 (MVP Aymee, ALice, Jasmine)
• Junior 1 – Pedare vs Golden Grove 3 – Loss 29 – 50 (MVP Emily, Brianna, Onoseje)
• Sub Primary 1 – Pedare vs Golden Grove 3 – Won 9 – 4
• Sub Primary 2 – Pedare vs Tea Tree Gully 4 – Won 17 – 0 (MVP Whole Team)
• Primary 1 – Pedare vs Hope Valley 7 – Won 22 – 4 (MVP Ella, Lily, Ruby)
• Primary 2 – Pedare vs Hope Valley 8 – Loss 3 – 1 (MVP Lucy)
• Intermediate 1 – Pedare vs Modbury Hawks 1 – Draw 32 – 32

Tennis

• Primary 1 – Year 7 – Pedare vs Rostrevor Red – Won 8 sets – 1
• Primary 2 – Year 6 – BYE 
• Middle 8/9 – Pedare vs St Peter’s College – Won 7 sets – 5

Volleyball

• Pedare 1 – Pedare vs CBC – Won 2 sets – 0
• Pedare 2 – Pedare vs Concordia 1 – Won 2 sets – 0 (MVP Whole Team)
• Senior Girls – Forfeit

WEEK 5

Basketball

• U10 Boomers – Pedare vs GS Rockets- Loss 6 – 43
• U12 Panthers – Pedare vs GS Shooters – Loss 16 – 17
• U12 Stars – BYE
• U12 Year 5/6 – Pedare vs Kings Thunder – Won 26 – 22 (MVP Rohan, Tom, Ryan)
• U14 Blue – Pedare vs Prescott Gladiators – Loss 22 – 42 (MVP Brooke)
• U14 Red – Pedare vs Athelstone Avengers – Won 39 – 31 (MVP Stephen, Jonathon)

Cricket

• Year 6/7 – Pedare vs Vale Park PS – Won 7/151 – 6/81 (MVP Jamin, Kyan)
• Year 8/9 – Pedare vs Unley HS – TBA

Netball

• Sub Junior 1 – BYE
• Sub Junior 2 – BYE
• Sub Junior 3 – Pedare vs Brahma United 1 – Won 24 – 13 (MVP Maddison, Haley, Jasmine)
• Junior 1 – Pedare vs Banksia Park 2 – Won 43 – 16 (MVP Deniz, Brianna, Talia)
• Sub Primary 1 – Pedare vs TTG 3 – Won 20 – 10
• Sub Primary 2 – Pedare vs Golden Grove 6 – Won 9 – 2
• Primary 1 – Pedare vs Northeast Zodiac 4 – Won 22 – 2 (MVP Ella, Grace, Jasmine)
• Primary 2 – Pedare vs Tyndale Christian College 2 – Loss 1 – 11 (MVP Katherine, Samaira)
• Intermediate 1 – Pedare vs Campbelltown Comets 2 – Won 41 – 23

Tennis

• Primary 1 – Year 7 – BYE
• Primary 2 – Year 6 – Pedare vs PAC 3 – Won 6 sets – 3 (MVP Alex, Kailee)
• Middle 8/9 – Pedare vs Pembroke – Loss 5 sets – 7 (MVP Emily, Kosta)

Volleyball

• Pedare 1 – Pedare vs Cabra College – Won 2 sets – 0 (MVP Ryan)
• Pedare 2 – Pedare vs Pembroke – Won 3 sets – 0
• Senior Girls – Pedare vs St Dominic’s Priory – TBA

Tea Tree Gully Anglican

Carols on the Hill

Tea Tree Gully Anglican will host Carols on the Hill on Saturday 7 December, 7:30pm at 19 Perseverance Road, Tea Tree Gully. There will be food, drinks, candles and glowsticks, please bring a rug or a chair. If it rains, the event will be indoors. For more detailed information about their Christmas services, Christmas display and contact details, please click here.

SWAT Youth (Years 7-12)

Meets Friday each week during school term at 7:30pm. Come for a great time of games, friendship and Bible discussion. We meet at 19 Perseverance Rd TTG. Click here for more details or phone Dave on 0403 723 953.

Weekly Services – Check out our web site for more details.

Sunday@8:30: Prayer book service – weekly communion.

Sunday@10: Family service and specific children’s ministries.

Sunday@6pm: Youth, young adult and those young at heart. There is no children’s program but drawing supplies and a withdrawal room are available for your young ones.

Tea Tree Gully Uniting Church

Banksia Markets Family Fun Day

The Tea Tree Gully Uniting Church is hosting a Christmas Market on Saturday 7 December between 8:00am to 1:00pm at 600 Milne Road Banksia Park. You will be able to get some great Christmas gift ideas from over 20 stalls, as well as enjoy a BBQ and Devonshire Tea. Kids will love the Face Painting, Glitter Tattoos, Balloon Twisting and all day Treasure Hunt. To view the flyer for more information please click here.

Christmas Services

The Tea Tree Gully Uniting Church will hold a number of Services for the lead up to Christmas Day. For information about the Hamper Sunday Service, Twilight Carols, Peace Service and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services, please click here.

Please click here to visit the College Calendar for a full list of College events