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T2N1 Heritage College Newsletter 2023

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

Some of you visited as Mothers, Grandmothers and Special Aunties for our special morning tea event. There was a real buzz at the College as excited children and grandchildren were eager to welcome you to see their classrooms and help them with their learning activities.

The level of support you gave proved to be the best turn out ever and no doubt the gap of two years since the last one contributed. It was so good to have you back on site and there were even 4 generations present of one family!

A massive thank you to the P&F for the wonderful morning tea provided and we were blessed with a splendid sunny morning which enabled great use of the outside space outside the Junior Primary wing. You moved freely across Primary to engage with your child(ren) in a wide range of activities from cooking, crafts to robotics and to see what great teachers and school support officers we have. It was a very enjoyable morning for all.

Your support is very much appreciated as we work in partnership with you to bring up another generation to learn and appreciate God’s way in an evil and selfish world. These visits along with following us on social media allows you to be more aware of the learning taking place in our student’s learning journeys throughout our community’s school.

Together we work to apply the principle that was given to Israel, to be constant in our instruction of God’s way to our precious children, ‘You shall teach them to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.’ Deut 6 v 7.

Justin Robinson

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Community Feedback

"Having grown up part of Canada Heritage College, it was great to see a school with a similar feel, but so much larger. 100% great job to Captains and Vice Captains Austin and Eden for your informative tour of the College! We loved seeing our friend Caitlin Dodson in action in her class."

Canadian Visitors - Josh and Taleigh McStravic

Heritage College AGM

This is the annual meeting where 15 stakeholder ecclesias gather to learn about the last year’s performance both operationally and financially and for member ecclesias to be able to raise concerns or ask questions.

This is required as a business as it is the means to hold the College Council (Board) accountable for their stewardship and to elect Council members. Three presentations were given: Operations of the College for 2022 through commentary on a scorecard against the key strategic objectives, Key 2022 financial metrics and their comparison to the previous year and an overview of the key strategic goals for 2023-2025.

Here are some Highlights from these presentations:

Strength of curriculum delivery and high-quality teaching as validated by NAPLAN and SACE scores of 2022 within our unique supportive environment to make Friends for Life.
Positive impact of increased deliberate messaging on social media doubled engagement and strengthened our connection with parents.
Focus on sustainability whilst maintaining the objective of the College being accessible to all Christadelphian families. Heritage College provides exceptional value for money for students and their families.
No significant capital development has occurred since 2019 but will be a future focus area due to the bulge in student numbers going into Secondary.
Maintenance of a fee structure that continues to cover costs when combined with government grants.
Acknowledgement of supportive culture for both staff and students and a continuation of this focus along with digital competence in the 2023-2025 strategic plan.

The voting saw the re-election of Councillors Peter Evans and Joshua Williams and election of new Councillor James Mansfield (Mt Barker) and acknowledgement of Dan Crispin.

The Council indicated that they are always keen to learn of those wishing to get involved in this rewarding work and to provide resilience and depth of skill set to the needs of the business.

Sports Day 2023

Our annual Sports Day was held on Wednesday 5 April, with God’s blessing – a fantastic day of enthusiasm, action and enjoyment! St Albans Oval has had an upgrade since we last used the venue with safety netting around the discus areas.

For the first time our Senior Secondary were able to use spiked shoes in the 100m sprint and high jump, which helped prepare them for the Interschool competition the following week.

We are thankful for our community support for this highlight event, with parents and grandparents and friends all coming to cheer on our students. Special thanks to our wonderful group of P&F Volunteers who ran the Food Stall, helping make the day a special one, as well as raising a fantastic amount for P&F supported projects.

We’re pleased to announce the following results:

House Winner:

Reuben was our overall winning House Team with 3428 points, followed closely by Ephraim with 3122, Dan with 2991 and Judah with 2369. Well done to all our students – every bit of involvement counts!

Parents & Friends Association

Interschool Athletics 2023

Heritage College has finally achieved the big double.

1^st place in both the girls and boys resulting in a winner take all result in the E1 grade School Athletics Championships, at the SA Athletics Stadium in Mile End.

We have moved up within the grades over the last few years we have competed in the competition and now look likely to be promoted to D grade.

The grade levels are more indicative of size and sustained performances from schools over many years as within each grade level there are excellent performances form students.

Our students’ strengths are their team spirit and “give it a go” attitude as well as some dedicated training in PE lessons and Friday sport opportunities.

Students have become a cohesive and successful team who now feel more comfortable with the competitive environment of the Athletic sports field. They have grown as a group as older members now take it upon themselves to help and encourage younger ones in events during the day and during Friday training sessions.

A highlight was the team relays where students performed outstandingly to win the coveted 4x 100 m finals in girls U/13 59.07 BOYS U/16 51.31 OPEN BOYS 47.75 !

OVERALL RESULTS

1 Heritage College 897 . 50
2 Mt Barker High School 789 . 50
3 Aberfoyle Park High School 641 . 50
4 Mt Compass Area School 628
5 Woodville High School 600 . 50
6 Wirreanda Secondary School 596 . 50
7 Portside Christian College 556 . 50

Points are gained as follows :1st place - 10 points-2nd place - 8 points-3rd place - 7 points-4th place - 6 points-5th place - 5 points- 6th place - 4 point-7th place - 3 points 8th to 9th place - 1

Full results can be found at:https://www.education.sa.gov.au/schools-and-educators/programs-students/school-sport-sa/choose-sport/athletics-track-and-field/athletics-track-and-field-secondary-championships#2023-results

Thanks to all who supported the students on the day, parents, friends and teachers.

Chris Ryan

Year 9/10 Drama Performance

You are invited…

to attend the year 9/10 Drama Performance of “Cinderella and the Substitute Fairy Godmother” by Ed Monk on Thursday week 5 at 7:00pm in the gym. Tickets are available from this link

https://payit.nelnet.net/form/DuSauNbt

It’s a hilarious play that answers the question, how does Cinderella get to the ball if her Fairy Godmother is off sick? And what do llamas have to do with it?

Ticket prices

1 Person Free

2 People $5.00

3 Or more People $10 (family ticket)

Advice for young viewers- students in year 3 and above have been invited to the school viewing during the day, but are welcome to attend a second time.

Come along, laugh out loud and support our fantastic team of students.

The Resilience Project for Primary

After School Soccer

During Term 2, primary students from Foundation to Year 6 are involved in Friday After-School soccer clinics from 3.30pm – 4.30pm. These are run by Football SA, and they provide their own coaches. As this program has been running for a few years now, a number of coaches have got to know our students, and this has helped to foster a positive rapport throughout the various groups. Each coach has a set routine of drills and during the session, the groups rotate through the coaches to gain maximum benefit from the drills and skills on offer. Some mini matches are also included. Thank you, parents, for being organised in time to register your child so that this program can be successful. If you would like to register your child, it’s not too late. Please contact the front desk at Heritage for information, as there are still six sessions left. - Brett Arnold

Miss Fit Movement - Brett Arnold

During the first three weeks of Term 2, all primary students were involved in the MisFit movement program in the gym organised by Uncle Ben Curtin. This involved yoga in Week 1, aerobics in Week 2 and dance in Week 3. The students moved with the music, and by watching the instructor’s every move, were able to keep up with her. It proved to be very tyring, but also very satisfying for each student, knowing that they had achieved their goal of completing each session successfully.

Lower Primary - Leeanne Clark

Lower Primary - Rochelle Bailye

Our Spiritual theme in Primary for Term 2 is: ‘Lessons from Nature’. The Year 1/2 class have enjoyed creating some lovely pieces of artwork related to our weekly topics! “They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.” Psalm 1:3

“I may have all knowledge and understanding; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains, but if I have not love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13: 2

Middle Primary - Jordan Morrison

We all love our mums and this term we have the perfect chance to celebrate and thank them for everything they do for us. We had a lot of fun making and creating some treats for mum, while performing our Readers Theatre and playing some board games. Thank you to all our amazing Mums, Aunties, Gran’s, Nana’s and Grandma’s.

Upper Primary - Jason Hauser

Bible Study: Developing a Framework for Understanding God's Story – Year 5/6JH

There are many opportunities to incorporate the Bible into our daily classroom activities. Upper primary students know so many important characters and great stories from the Bible and these can be used and shared in a variety of ways to enrich our learning.

One of the most important lessons we have learned is the significance of approaching the Bible as the Word of God. Students have also discovered methods to memorise verses and have experimented with various ways to meditate on important passages, such as the ‘7 Minutes with God’ technique.

Recently, we have been trying to gain a sense of the Bible as a whole to better understand God’s overall plan and purpose – His-story, so to speak. Students have explored how the characters and stories of the Bible fit into God’s timeline from Creation to the establishment of His kingdom on earth. As a visual aid, we have created a timeline on butcher’s paper which extends the whole width of our classroom (shown below), and students have placed key characters and stories on the timeline where they belong, from the ancient past to our present time and beyond into the future.

Having a framework such as this to make sense of the Bible and fit its parts into a larger context has been a helpful and valuable learning experience.

Lower Secondary - Kirsty Palmer

It has been so fun to dive into the Secondary Musical. We have been having weekly rehearsals in Friday sport time and we have just started learning choreography at the offsite dance studio. This term we have also begun our afterschool rehearsals, where our committed students will be staying at school until 5pm each Friday to work on their parts. Our senior secondary students have taken on a fantastic leadership role and regularly lead the cast warm ups and help their younger cast mates practice their parts.

Things have also been happening backstage, our talented year 11 Creative Arts students have been working on many different props, costumes, poster designs, makeup designs, wig making and marketing plans. The hard working committee has also been getting into the thick of it, these days if you walk into the music room at lunchtimes, you’ll probably find Kirsty sewing some sort of costume.

Even this far away from our production we have had many parent volunteers help with various things and we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated their time and abilities. Particularly to Tim Hornhardt who came and helped our Morris Men conquer their dancing skills, and Ilana Evans and Lisa Hummel who sewed on the badges (designed by Adrian Petiet) of our beautiful new musical jumpers.

We are particularly looking for some more volunteers who can sew! If you can help alter some existing costumes, or follow a pattern, please email Kirsty on kpalmer@heritage.sa.edu.au and she will gratefully put you to work.

Check out these photos of what we have been working on and stay tuned for the announcement of ticket sales.

Lower Secondary - Trevor Dodson

Student Representative Council (SRC)

The Student Representative Council (SRC) has commenced the school year with some energy and enthusiasm to make a difference to the school experience of fellow students at Heritage College. Some of the things that we have been busy doing during the first Term of 2023 include:

Fund-raising and events

We held a whole-of-school fundraiser activity was held on 24^thMarch 2023 for the Brethren and Sisters affected by the earthquake. Approximately $3200 was collected over a weeklong effort and a one-off cupcake sale. The funds were gratefully received by the Christadelphian Refugee Assistance Council (Secretary - Bro Gary Hindmarsh, NSW).

We also held a competition for Rubik’s Cube enthusiasts during Term 1.

Maintenance and grounds

We supported the purchase of large storage boxes to house play equipment for the courtyard area, including an outdoor chess set, and arranged for netting to be installed in the courtyard areas around the table tennis area to stop balls escaping under the buildings.

We raised the need to improve the quality and taste of water coming out of the drinking fountain in the primary and courtyard areas of the school – which is much better now!

Student issues

We asked for the role and value of the Primary Buddy Bench to be highlighted to all teachers; and arranged for access to be granted to known Spotify accounts for Year 11 & 12 students to listen to music while studying.

We have a few events and activities planned for the remainder of the school year include:

Term 2 - a promotional activity for the Heritage College musical (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) – with an old-fashioned themed dress up for students and several musical related activities.
Term 3 - A whole-of-school fun activity to raise funds for the purchase of Heritage College equipment.

We thank all our Primary and Secondary students and School Captains / Vice-Captains for their time, effort, ideas, and contributions to the Student Representative Council.

Trevor Dodson

SRC Coordinator

Upper Secondary - Danielle Smith

For the last week, Year 8 Home Group has been looking into some prophecies, particularly comparing Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. We have learned about what the 4 beasts stand for and how the characteristics predicted by the scripture have come true. We also noted that Daniel 2 is the human view of the Kingdoms of Men but that the beasts of Chapter 7 show that God’s view of human activity is far different.

Upper Secondary - Julie Samuel

Year 9’s have been learning about the acid and bases and did a fun experiment to understand the concept. Here are some students making a cabbage indicator

The Year 11 students have been learning about the physical and chemical properties of various substances. They used this knowledge to design an experiment to remove either coffee or turmeric stains from a material and set the variables accordingly. It was a huge learning curve for them as they had to not only come up with the method but also with the safety precautions and have to take into consideration all the variables that might affect their results. Overall, it was fun and students learned a lot about the outworking of bleach.

Upper Secondary - Amy Flood

Term 2 is off to an indulgent start in the Home Economics room! Year 9 and 10 Food Innovation students have created sumptuous Miniature Desserts, designed to showcase Australian ingredients. The brief was met through the incorporation of native ingredients such as Wattle Seed and Riberries, and quintessential Aussie products, including TimTams, Fantales, Jaffas and Arnott’s biscuits.

Working in pairs, they collaborated to adapt existing recipes to meet the brief, producing and presenting ten miniature serves with sophistication. The photos speak for themselves of the high standard of work produced, but perhaps the best feedback is from staff and students, who, upon entering the Home Ec. Room, always demand to know ‘what is that amazing smell?!’

HeLP Awards - Foundation Clark

Levi Witton for fantastic effort when independently writing.

Noah Lagowski for showing resilience and determination to write independently.

Imara Khokhar showing initiative keeping our school yard clean.

Margot Wigzell for being resilient when writing a sentence independently.

Archie Milliken for being enthusiastic about learning.

Patrick Mitsos for consistently responsible behaviour towards others and his learning.

Audrey Hornhardt for being an enthusiastic learner.

Simeon Todd for being responsible and brave.

Chloe Mansfield for fantastic independent writing.

HeLP Awards - Foundation Saxon

Anastasia Luke for a brilliant start to Term 2.

Joseph Atkins for always looking for ways to help others!

Micah Hill for an excellent effort in your Maths this term!

Chloe Mackinnon for being a beautiful example of Respect and Responsibility in our class!

Rosanna Nayathottil for being such a cheerful participant in all class activities!

Nathaniel Gao for using super neat handwriting and correct letter formation!

Jesda Smith for following instructions during creative activities.

Alice Badams for checking on her friends during the fire drill.

Violet Hill for creating a great story in book creator.

Ladd Hill for helping his friends with their work and following instructions, which he then shared with others.

HeLP Awards - Year 1 Dodson

Amali Richards for always being eager to learn.

Olive Jurevicius for doing her best learning and approaching tasks with a unique point of view.

Eden Maslin for doing a great job in class and concentrating on her learning.

Mia Morgan for showing initiative and keeping our classroom clean and tidy.

Micah Barr for approaching school tasks positively.

Samuel Knowles for being a diligent worker and trying his best in all areas of learning.

Silas Camplin for challenging himself by completing extension activities in math.

HeLP Awards - Year 1/2 Bailye

Grace Edgecombe for excellent concentration in lesson time.

Tessa Burney for excellent effort across all areas this week.

Hugo Bain for consistently responsible behaviour at school.

Elka Arnold for making great progress in reading.

Jessica Sui for being an efficient and responsible worker.

Hosanna Schwarz for being a happy and engaged member of our class.

Isabelle Jamieson for showing enthusiasm for all classroom activities.

Oscar Clark for making great progress in writing.

Josephine Siller for a consistently responsible work ethic.

HeLP Awards - Year 2 Bruce

Amber Mackinnon being a helpful and kind friend.

Fergus Yuile for offering guidance to peers in Digital Tech lessons.

Mia Lagowski for an impressive start to her narrative writing this week.

Eliana Badger for effort and enthusiasm in all classroom activities.

Odelia Mansfield for writing exciting and creative narratives.

Koa Wolstencroft for always looking out for ways to be helpful.

Rylan Arnold for listening to feedback and working hard to improve the detail in his writing.

HeLP Awards - Year 3/4 Morrison

Jamin Todd for bouncing back after a hard morning and Mum going home. Well Done.

Archie Thompson for focusing on your maths and showing great improvement with large number Addition and Subtraction.

Japheth Schwarz for completing all your maths tracker in an efficient manner and showing your learning.

HeLP Awards - Year 3/4 Lagowski/Witton

Michaela Healy for being an engaged learner and thoughtful class member.

Levi Oliver for helping others in class and being a kind friend.

Ashton Galbraith for consistently staying on task and completing learning activities responsibly and with a positive attitude.

Jayne Davis for working diligently and responsibly in all learning area.

Noah Nolan for using his creativity to quickly learn how to create and play string games as part of our History unit.

Gilbert Crompton for independently learning your 13x tables! Well done.

Ethan Grant for achieving fantastic results in your reading this week.

Austin Ingram for making excellent progress with your reading and spelling! Well done.

Bentley Hyndman for working responsibly on your Geography research project.

Jacob Knowles for focusing on Maths task and completing them to a high standard.

Elaina Kruger for working diligently in all subject areas with a cheerful attitude.

HeLP Awards - Year 5/6 Hauser

Amelie Hill for making excellent progress with your reading comprehension skills.

Ezekiel Badams for completing Level 2.5 of Read Naturally and for writing another book report.

William Gore for finely crafted artwork.

Brooklyn Curtin for being a fully engaged and ‘present’ student.

HeLP Awards - Year 5/6 Healy

Levi Dowling for resiliently completing work during his own time.

Dallas Farren for taking great care with his bookwork and putting in great effort to novel study.

Amy Williamson for always being a kind and willing helper in our class.

Elias Colliver for showing responsible learning during lesson time particularly during writing lessons. Keep up the good work!

Hudson Galbraith for showing resilient thinking during class discussions especially in Science and History. Great work!

Josiah Atkins for resilient, responsible and engaged learning in all subjects.

Renzah MacKinnon for resiliently working through her work despite a broken knuckle.

Esther Beale for increased focus and effective use of class time to complete work.

Silas Bain for resiliently continuing work to the best of his ability despite a broken arm.

HeLP Awards - Year 5/6 Ryan

Sophia Sui for being a responsible learner who always aims to complete her tasks with best efforts.

Toby Archer for showing a love for learning particularly in guided and free choice reading.

Aurora Burney for being a resilient and creative thinker and problem solver in her learner.

James Ingram for showing resilience in his attitude and learning, increasing his confidence in sharing ideas.

All 5/6RM for taking on the responsibility of planning and putting into action an awesome assembly.

Sarah Samuel for stepping forwards to take on speaking roles and showing respectful leadership qualities by working well with others.

Rosa Gore for beautiful effort put into written work, particularly taking great care with the layout and content.

Student Wellbeing

Emotional Literacy

In Homegroup during The Resilience Project lessons, students have been engaged in activities and discussions that help them identify, prioritise, and label emotions. Students brainstormed all the ways they feel emotions, such as heart beating fast, stomach feeling tight, etc. wrote down what each emotion feels like in their body and a time when they have felt it.

If we learn to pay attention to how we feel when we are experiencing emotions, we can identify which parts of the body are being impacted, and with practice, use these cues in our body to help us understand and cope with different life situations.

2023 TERM 2 KEY DATES

May 1 - July 7

May 25-26th Outdoor Ed Practical Abseiling/Surfing
June 1st Year 9/10 Drama Performance
June 5th Lit Quiz National Final
June 8th Open Day
June 9th Staff Development Day/Student Free Day
June 12th Public Holiday
June 13th - 14th Year 9 & 10 Exams
June 13th - 16th Year 11 Exams
June 15th - 16th Year 7-10 Focus Days
June 23rd Careers Expo
June 30th Primary Talent Show
July 4th Year 10 Second Dose Immunisations
July 5th Primary Music Performance Assembly
July 6th Primary Semester 1 Reports Published to Parent Portal
July 7th Secondary Semester 1 Reports Published to Parent Portal
July 7th Last Day of Term 2

HERITAGE CONTACTS

Principal Justin Robinson
Business Manager Adrian Maycock
Enquiries Front Desk

Staff Contact Details available on Sentral under "Resources:Miscellaneous Information: Heritage Contact List

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