Monthly Archives: November 2018

Enews – Week 7, Term 4 2018

Issue no. 37Enews-banner

Aussie Nativity Captivates Crowds

Our Year 1 and 2 students captured the spirit of Christmas last night as they delivered the annual Nativity performance.

Based on the classic Mem Fox book Wombat Divine, the show featured many Australian animals as characters including kangaroos, galahs, and of course, a very special wombat.

Well done to all involved for getting the School community into the festive mood!

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Season’s Greetings from our ELC

Our ELC children proudly entertained hundreds of people during the Carols on the Lawn spectacular last Friday.

The joy of Christmas was in overdrive as they sang, danced and drummed their way through festive hits!

Take a look at some of the magical highlights:

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From the Director of Teaching and Learning

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Enrichment Week

N Scoggins - webFor Years 10 and 11, Week 8 is Enrichment Week. After receiving feedback on their exams early in the week, the students will then experience a mixture of activities. Year 10s will have an environment session in which, amongst other things, they will learn more about Ferguson Conservation Park and its historical relationship with the School. A large chunk of Wednesday will be spent at Norwood outdoor pool. They also get to participate in ‘The Amazing STEM Race’ on Thursday afternoon. On Friday, they will learn more about their chosen program for next year. Year 11 IB students will continue work on their Group 4 Presentations during the week and will also meet to review the year and look ahead to the second year of the programme. Year 11 SACE students will meet their Year 12 teachers in ‘head-start’ lessons. Add an International Film Festival and ice-skating into the mix, and you have a busy, varied and hopefully fun week!

Continuous Reporting

Parents of students in Years 7 to 11: please remember to check the latest teacher feedback via the myLink parent portal. As a key element of our move to continuous reporting, your improved access to this valuable information replaces subject teacher comments in the soon-to-be-released semester reports. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are having any trouble accessing the feedback.

Nigel Scoggins
Director of Teaching and Learning

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A Message from the 2019 Selwyn House Captain

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To me, the purpose of a Prefect is to embody positive change within the School. The whole Prefect group is a team. We all have different positions but, setting aside our specific roles, we have been inducted as leaders of the School. The most effective Prefect groups are those that work as a team and use the strengths and skills of all members to achieve success and “be remembered”. Leaving a genuine legacy is something to which we all aspire. We want to have a positive impact on the School and to help the girls in ways that can be transferred to life after school. The idea is to model selfless leadership, always putting other students and staff before the needs of ourselves. In this way, we as a Prefect group are serving the School in the best way possible.

As the oldest girls, the Year 12s are all leaders in the School, and next year we will have a focus on leading as a grade. It’s important that we as Prefects give back to our year level and gain their support as a group. We need to inspire them to buy into our vision and support our initiatives. But we also need to show them our appreciation for their support. And this can be done in so many ways. It can be as simple as providing some ice cream at lunchtime, giving the girls a chance to take a moment to destress from the mayhem of exams and enjoy something they wouldn’t normally have.

As Selwyn House Captain, it is my job to bring out the competitive nature and good sportsmanship of the girls, and ensure the House is like a second home to every girl lucky enough to be in the ‘green team’. The House system has a long and proud history and is highly valued by the girls and staff alike. Upon arriving in Year 7 five years ago, the first question I was asked is, “What House are you in?”. Lesson after lesson, I would get asked this same question by almost every girl in the year level, showing how your House becomes an integral part of your Saints Girls’ identity.

So, there are four Houses, all with similar ambitions, the key one being to win the House Shield. But what does it mean to be a Selwyn girl? Everything that we do will be underpinned by our 2019 values of Participation, Passion and Pride. 2019 will be the year of the 3Ps! It is important we recognise these values and inspire all girls to show them. When girls show the 3Ps, they will be rewarded with a “shout out” at the start of every House meeting. Genuinely living by these values will unite us as a House, and a united team is a successful team. Each year, we have sought to strengthen the bond between our fellow Selwynites – now, we have a concrete plan as to how. Every activity or conversation had in Selwyn House will go back to core values of the 3Ps.

Early next year is Choral Night. The preparations for the hymn, House song and dance have already begun. The goal of the night is purely to have fun. We as a House want to get everyone on their feet enjoying the groove of the song we choose. Our plan is to choose a simple song and perfect it. This way, there will be less stress and more enjoyment. Choral Night will be a great way for Selwyn girls to show off our core values – through Participation, the girls will put their all into rehearsals; Selwynites will be up on stage on the night singing with Passion and showing their Pride for the House.

Next year, Selwyn will soar to new levels and I am very excited to be a part of it. Participation, Passion and Pride – that’s what makes a Selwyn girl.

Amy Carrodus
Selwyn House Captain 2019

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Deep Inquiry on Reef Excursion

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In Science, the Year 5 girls have been exploring marine ecosystems, learning about adaptations and human impact on our oceans. They have found this study fascinating and have been highly engaged with their learning, creating infographics to raise awareness about plastic pollution, climate change, habitat destruction and rising water levels. On Tuesday, we travelled to Port Noarlunga Reef, where the girls had the opportunity to embark on a guided tour along the shoreline.

Due to inclement weather and high tides, the girls were unable to walk on the reef. Instead, in a small boat, they coasted along the reef’s edge to have a closer look, curious about the reef’s surface and all of its inhabitants. They enjoyed learning about the formation of the reef, intrigued by the Dreaming story, detailing how a spear was thrown off a cliff by indigenous Australian Mullawirraburka, with the spear head breaking to form the reef, providing an abundance of fish forevermore. Following this, we ventured to Christies Beach where the girls undertook a ‘clean up’, collecting rubbish that had been dumped, sorting the items into recycling and landfill. The amount of rubbish we found was staggering and has definitely left an impression on the girls, building their appreciation for the importance of caring for our oceans, marine life and planet.

Sarah Mulraney and Shelley Hampton
Year 5 Teachers

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Keys to Success for Young Pianist

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My name is Elaine and I am 10 years old. I have been invited to perform at the 2018 AMEB Showcase and Awards Ceremony. I play the cello (7th grade), flute (7th grade) and piano (Certificate of Performance). I received an A+ for cello Grade 6, A for flute Grade 6 and A for Piano Grade 8.

I started piano when I was 4 years old, I began Flute when I was in Year 2 and I started cello in Year 3. I have won many music eisteddfod awards like the Special Winners Award Concert, Flute Duet Section 1st place, Piano 10 Yrs and Under 1st place, Flute 10 Yrs and Under 1st place, Cello 12 Yrs and Under 1st place (2017, 9yrs old) and Flute Folk song 10 Yrs and Under. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, ice-skating, art and crafts, and gymnastics.

Elaine Chen
Year 5 student

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Laughs Galore at Drama Night

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The Years 9 and 10 Drama classes performed their much-anticipated end-of-year productions The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon and Miss Polly’s Institute to an audience of friends and family on Thursday night.

Both casts and their crews should be commended on their participation on and off-stage, as the audience laughed their way through the comedies, which were written by American playwright Don Zolidis.

There were some standout performances and very memorable moments, including some wild improvisations and even a tear or two. Congratulations to all the girls!

Katherine Kitching
Drama Teacher

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Junior School Vacation Care

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Our next installment of Vacation Care is almost here. We have some great activities guaranteed to keep the children entertained through the break. With an array of excursions and on-site adventures, there is plenty of fun to be had.

December 2018 and January 2019 Vacation Care Program

Places are limited, so please click here to secure your booking now!

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events 2018

Year 6 Graduation
2pm Wednesday 5 December

Presentation Night
Friday 7 December
Adelaide Town Hall
Compulsory for Years 7 – 12

Students must arrive at the Adelaide Town Hall by 6.30pm. The event will conclude by 9pm.

Carols in the Cathedral
Monday 10 December
St Peter’s Cathedral
Compulsory for Years 4 – 12

Students need to arrive by 6.30pm and be collected by 8pm.

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Year 8 Class takes on Japanese Flavour

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As part of learning the Japanese language, our students also learn about the culture of Japan, as the two are intertwined.

One of the best ways to understand the Japanese philosophy of life is to consider the food. Japanese people believe it is important to look after the body you are given, and to take time to appreciate the beauty of the world, and both of these concepts are reflected in Japanese obento (packed lunches). While a quick search in your favourite web browser will produce hundreds, if not thousands, of incredibly detailed and artistic obento lunches, the main components are a variety of colours, as this reflects a range of different nutrients, and a lunch that is appealing to look at. These were the two criteria that the Year 8 students were given when they recently constructed their own obento lunches in their Japanese lesson. In actual fact, many of them did go the extra step and create cute little characters such as pandas and lions, and all of their lunches had a variety of colours from different vegetables and other ingredients.

The girls really enjoyed making their obento but I think the highlight was all saying “Itadakimasu!” together and then tucking in!

Pitkin Sensei
Japanese Teacher

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French Feast of the Senses

W7 - CreperieOn 14 November, the Year 9 French class went to La Lorientaise, an authentic French crêperie, to experience French culture and traditional food.

We each chose a different type of crêpe or French dessert, with choices ranging from classic chocolate to strawberry, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all students. Once at the café, we practised our French speaking skills by ordering our desired dessert in French. While we enjoyed our desserts, we completed a challenging quiz, unscrambling French words and then translating them into English. They ranged from words we learnt when we started learning French to words we learnt much more recently, and demonstrated to us the extent of our knowledge and growth within our endeavour into learning the French language.

The entire class appreciated the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the French culture, while also liking the delicious crêpes. C’était bon!

Taj Shahin and Sara Peak
Year 9 French students

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Excellent Chapter in Premier’s Reading Challenge

W7 - Reading2This year, we celebrated several new milestones with our Premier’s Reading Challenge. Yet again, every student in Junior School successfully read their 12 books and are to be congratulated for this amazing effort. In Middle School, students in Miss Brooks’ class finished in record time, winning themselves the Krispy Kremes prize. Thanks goes to the Shahin Family for their kind donation. Not to be outdone, in Senior School, we had our first ever senior class all complete the challenge. Well done Year 10 Kennion who were also rewarded with a serving of Krispy Kremes.

Special mention needs to go to those girls who have continuously participated in this annual event. For the past 12 years, Isabella Bernardi, Hattie Maerschel and Shunem Josiah have been successful, whilst it was the 13th year for Sarah Pols, Georgia Bowen and Kate McKellar-Stewart. Olivia Compare has set the bar high having completed the Challenge every year for 14 years.

It is so pleasing to see so many girls engaging in reading.

Lisa Hollis
Head of Library and Information Services

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Year 5s take Self Defence into their own Hands

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Year 5 and 6 girls had the opportunity to participate in four self defence lessons in Term 4 with Mike, our expert from Golden Nights Martial Arts.

They learned and practised a number of self defence techniques and strategies in a practical setting.

The girls were very fortunate to receive these lessons and should be extremely proud of their efforts.

Vanessa Brooks
PE Teacher

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The Garden of Saintly Delights – SAVE THE DATE

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The Parents’ and Friends’ Association encourages you to ‘Save the Date’ Sunday 24 February for next year’s school fair, The Garden of Saintly Delights.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email stpetersgirls.pandf@gmail.com.

Also, if you have a business or know of any businesses that would like to be involved with the fair, we are looking for sponsors. Starting from as little as $250, you can have your company logo on one of the many fair attractions and advertising material.

Please contact us if you would like more details.

The Parents’ and Friends’ Association

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Code Camp at St Peter’s Girls’ School

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St Peter’s Girls’ School will be hosting Code Camp Spark (ages 7 – 12), 2D Game Makers (ages 7 – 12) and AR Creators (ages 8 – 13) from 15 – 17 January 2019 from 9am – 3.30pm. The cost is $349 for three days.

Visit the Code Camp website for more information
Visit the St Peter’s Girls’ School booking page

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French Markets

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Crêpes, cafés, fromage, baguettes and more is what you will find at the French Markets this weekend at Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens, Unley. Enjoy some French food, music and craft stalls and take your daughters along to order in French! Details via https://www.af.org.au/french-market/

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Kids Movie & Disco: Supervised Lock-In

Friday 14 December from 6 to 9.15pm

For more information, please click here.

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Sports News

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We wish to extend our congratulations to Director of Sport Neil Fuller who has been given Life Membership of the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).
Neil joined Saints Girls in 2008 and currently oversees 19 sports; he has been pivotal in the introduction of a number of sports to the School such as Lacrosse, AFL and Touch Football.

He coordinates and coaches the Athletics program with large numbers of girls training in the mornings, culminating with victory in IGSSA Athletics in 2017 and 2018. He has increased the professionalism and expectation of students committing to play a sport at the School, and has developed sporting programs through the Junior School to improve the quality of girls’ sporting abilities and knowledge when they reach Middle School.

Neil attends many committee meetings with various sports organisations, again ensuring that all students are given the best opportunity to thrive in sport. He has also taken on team manager positions of State Schools Athletics and Cross Country teams and SAPSASA district Hockey teams.

Neil has been involved in the introduction of Old Scholar teams in Netball and Soccer (and hopefully AFL soon), and worked with Walford to begin an Intercol competition between our schools. On behalf of Saints Girls, well done Neil. – Dan Searle (Head of PE, Health and Outdoor Education)

CHEERLEADING

Congratulations go to Chanel Palmieri who recently competed in the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation National Championships on the Gold Coast. 1763 teams and 12,022 competitors, including the best from all over Australia, China and New Zealand, took part. For Chanel and her teammates, it was their first-ever Nationals; they performed exceptionally well and received no deductions to place third in their division!

TENNIS

Year 5/6 Division 1 – Saints 4-18 defeated Wilderness 2-11
Singles: Mathilda Thomas 1-4, Winnie Vartuli 4-0 (forfeit), Sophie Blight 4-3, Alexandra Nguyen 1-4

Year 5/6 Division 3 – Saints 6-24 defeated Seymour 0-4
Singles: Gloria Zou 4-2, Jerrie Wu 4-0, Emily Bates 4-1, Charlotte Thorpe 4-1

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Year 7/8 – Saints 6 defeated St Dominic’s 2
In the last game of the term, the 7/8s came away with a convincing win against St Dominic’s. Although it was a slow start with the girls struggling with the basics of rucking, drop balls and defending, by half-time, the score was even at 1-1. The second half of the game was a different story. We were strong in defence, putting pressure on the opposition to work to our advantage. In attack, the rucking was more organised and executed with speed, and it was good to see them reading the game, looking for opportunities to send a late sweeper to the wing. With the speed and skill of our players, the opposition became tired quickly. Try scorers were Madison Liddy (3), Ellie Humphrey (2), Pearl Richards (1). During the term, it has been great to see the individual development in each of the girls. They are a cohesive team who have played well together and are willing to listen and learn while enjoying the game. – Tracey Hunt (Coach)

VOLLEYBALL

Year 6 – Saints 2 defeated Seymour Purple 0
Lauren Parton and Charlie Piper put up a great defence and attack when playing in front and back court. The girls did not stop fighting for their points and performed at their very best while showing great enthusiasm. Ruby Adams and Ruby Powell were also fantastic as they served for almost 10 points in a set. – Ankita Rajbhoj (Coach)

Year 5 – Saints 3 defeated Seymour Green 0
The last volleyball match of the season was an excellent game. Saints displayed the improvement of each student in their volleyball skills. Serves, sets and digs have all dramatically improved. Overall, a great end to a fantastic term of volleyball. – Isabella Villani

WATER POLO

The Year 7/8 Water Polo team finished the season with two games played on Thursday afternoon. First up, they played against Pembroke in a very tightly-fought game. The lead changed several times with the final score being a 5-all draw. All the girls played very well and demonstrated good improvement in their game play, particularly in the area of defence. The second game was played against Wilderness, and Saints won 17 to 3. The girls played very well with almost all of them scoring at least one goal. The game was a great example of how much they have improved during the season. – Heather Lines (Supervisor)

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Enews – Week 6, Term 4 2018

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From the Deputy Principal / Head of Middle School

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Richard Lisle inside 220Tuesday night saw the Arts Centre and Middle School filled with the entrepreneurial spirit, as parents of Years 7 and 8 students attended the annual ‘Futures Expo’ in great numbers. Yet again, the evening was split into two parts, with the first half of the evening allowing all present a chance to congratulate our Years 7 and 8 ‘companies’ on their successes in a number of different categories.

Quite unique to these awards is the way that we engage with our external community mentors and experts to help us judge the work of the companies against a varied set of criteria. Each company submits a short ‘pitch’ video, and these are all (35 this year!) viewed by our generous judges. As ever, the variety of concepts and approaches was testament to the creativity of our young minds, and the skill of their teachers and mentors in guiding, prompting and challenging them along the way.

One of the features of this year’s course has been the growth in the involvement of industry mentors. We have been lucky enough to double the number of mentors this year having taken a strategic decision to move in this direction in 2017. Each company was assigned a mentor and had a number of sessions with them as the year progressed. Our thanks go to the following people for their generous donation of time and expertise:

Tiffany Young
Joni Combe
Mark Ledson
Michael Blake
Mary Goldsmith
Herve Astier

The second half of the evening allowed all groups to showcase their company, its journey and the final results at a booth in the Middle School, as parents were invited to tour the expo, asking questions and being tempted to purchase products as they wandered. With Christmas around the corner, there were many tempting offers, and very keen vendors!

Congratulation go to all our companies, many of whom were determined to work for the benefit of others, resulting in some powerful learning and meaningful interaction with a range of not-for-profit organisations. I’d also like to commend those students brave enough to approach me for a start-up loan, and who were subjected to some quite detailed questioning, and at times quite frank feedback!

This year’s winners were:

Most Creative Ideation Process – Charge It Up
Responding to Failure and Building Resilience – Blush
Most Thorough Prototyping and Iteration Process – Gobble Fresh
Most Likely to Have Real World Impact – Returning Learning
Most Innovative and Creative (Commercial) – Knots
Most Innovative and Creative (Not-For-Profit) – Culture Cuisine
Most Likely to Attract Investment – Gobble Fresh
Most Worthwhile Problem Being Solved – All companies!!!

Richard Lisle
Deputy Principal / Head of Middle School

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Warm Reception for Festive Season

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The countdown to Christmas is well and truly underway at Stonyfell!

This morning, our Reception girls took to the stage in the Arts Centre for their Christmas Celebration. Fellow Junior School students, staff and proud parents watched on as the girls brought a merry story to life and shared their favourite elements of the festive season.
 

 

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Spirit of Christmas at the ELC

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in our ELC, where the children have launched the Giving Tree. As well as adding their own decorations, they’re also placing donations under the tree as they learn about the significance of giving to others.

Tonight, the children will celebrate through song and dance during our ELC Carols on the Lawn from 5pm.

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Saints Girls Great Sports in 2018

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In another phenomenal year in sport for students across Years 7 – 12, Saints Girls have claimed the most overall shields and pennants in the IGSSA competition for the second year running. The results below do not include our other successful results in Lacrosse, Touch Football, Water Polo and Rowing, Knockout sport and our near-clean sweep of our Summer and Winter Intercol with Walford.

While we continue to seek out fantastic coaches and deliver an enjoyable program, the students’ efforts and support of parents place us in this awesome position. I wish to thank each and every person who has been involved again this year and look forward to more fantastic results in 2019.

Netball
A Grade Shield – Immanuel
B Grade Shield – Scotch
Year 10A Pennant – Immanuel
Year 9A Pennant – Scotch
Year 8A Pennant – Seymour
Year 7A Pennant – Pembroke

Hockey
A Grade Shield – Scotch/Seymour
B Grade Shield – (St Doms) Pembroke

Soccer
A Grade Shield – Pembroke
B Grade Shield – Seymour
Middle A Pennant – Scotch

Badminton
A Grade Shield – Westminster
B Grade Shield – Wilderness

Tennis
A Grade Shield – St Peter’s Girls
B Grade Shield – Immanuel/Pembroke
1st Singles Winner – Tiana Glazbrook (St Peter’s Girls)

Basketball
A Grade Shield – Immanuel
B Grade Shield – Immanuel
Middle A Pennant – Westminster

Volleyball
A Grade Shield – Concordia
B Grade Shield – Immanuel
Middle A Pennant – Concordia

Softball
A Grade Shield – St Peter’s Girls
B Grade Shield – Seymour

Swimming
Shield – Seymour
50m Freestyle Championship – Emily Liu (Westminster)
U13 Age Group Pennant – St Peter’s Girls
U14 Age Group Pennant – Seymour
U15 Age Group Pennant – St Peter’s Girls
U16 Age Group Pennant – Seymour
Open Age Group Pennant – Immanuel

Athletics
Overall Trophy – St Peter’s Girls
Field Games – St Peter’s Girls
Open Relay – Westminster
100m Championship – Lakara Stallan (Westminster)
U13 Age Group Pennant – Pembroke
U14 Age Group Pennant – Pembroke
U15 Age Group Pennant – St Peter’s Girls
U16 Age Group Pennant – Wilderness
Open Age Group Pennant – St Peter’s Girls

AFL
Middle School – Pembroke
Senior School – Immanuel

Totals
St Peter’s Girls – 9
Immanuel – 8
Seymour – 6
Pembroke – 6
Scotch – 4
Westminster – 4
Wilderness – 2
Concordia – 2

Neil Fuller
Director of Sport

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eChallenge Rewards for St Peter’s Girls

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St Peter’s Girls was extremely successful in the Schools Stream of the University of Adelaide’s Australian eChallenge awards, scoring second prize overall and the Microsoft Award. Nineteen teams entered from across SA with two of our three teams making the State Finals; the winners were announced on 15 November at a gala presentation at Adelaide Oval.

44145951660_7ca66e051d_o.jpgThe Australian eChallenge is an annual competition-based learning experience that develops strategic business thinking for early-stage entrepreneurial ventures. Teams pitch business proposals for their new, previously unfunded business concepts to potential investors from the local business community.

2nd Prize of $2,5000Sunscope – Developed by: Belle Black, Sophie Johnson, Lucy White and Lucy Young.
Sunscope is a mobile phone lens and app that detects and displays whether sun block has been effectively applied.

Day at Microsoft Prize valued at $10,000Pre-Pear – Developed by: Orla Clayton, Charlotte Creek, Renee Lawrence and Charlotte Sellars. Pre-Pear is an app that uses an IBM artificial intelligence software. The contents of a fridge and pantry are photographed and a recipe is generated using the detected ingredients. The day at Microsoft includes a tour of its State headquarters and access to mentors.

Run since 2001 by the University of Adelaide’s Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), the competition is a proving ground for future entrepreneurs.

“Entries for this year’s awards have been consistently high. The teams’ concepts show ingenuity, creativity and diversity. Ideas are rigorously examined by the best minds in business and research for their originality, viability and impact,” says Pro-Vice Chancellor – Entrepreneurship and ECIC Director Professor Noel Lindsay.

Participants also benefit from workshops conducted by experts in their field, the opportunity to work with business mentors, connection with the business and research community, and the chance to enrol in the national eChallenge.

Gabriele Trobbiani
Economics, Business and Enterprise and Humanities Teacher

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Labour of Love Instrumental in School’s History

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Last week, Rodney Capon visited St Peter’s Girls to oversee some maintenance on the pipe organ that he built many years ago. In a touching moment, Rodney listened as 2019 Head Prefect Isabella Villani played the organ.

The Chapel pipe organ originally started as a home project back in the late 1960s. Rodney had a passion and talent for woodwork, metalwork and also electronics (amongst many others things) and thus, the organ became a unique instrument combining all of these passions. Rodney then rebuilt the home’s garage to accommodate the instrument, and 11 years later, it sat pride of place in the extended home and had become not only the focus of many organ music society dinners and music concerts but one of the many different instruments learnt by the children of the home. After the children grew up and left home, the difficult decision to sell the organ was made, and in 1986, St Peter’s Girls bought the organ, and the dismantling and rebuilding process began. Another year later, the organ was ready to begin a new role. No longer just a beautiful and complex instrument played by a few family members and friends at home, but a stunning addition to a whole community that is St Peter’s Girls’ School.

Meg Pucknell
Daughter of Rodney Capon

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Junior School Vacation Care

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Our next installment of Vacation Care is almost here. We have some great activities guaranteed to keep the children entertained through the break. With an array of excursions and on-site adventures, there is plenty of fun to be had.

December 2018 and January 2019 Vacation Care Program

Places are limited, so please click here to secure your booking now!

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events 2018

Year 9 Graduation
2.15pm Friday 30 November

Year 6 Graduation
2pm Wednesday 5 December

Presentation Night
Friday 7 December
Adelaide Town Hall
Compulsory for Years 7 – 12

Students must arrive at the Adelaide Town Hall by 6.30pm. The event will conclude by 9pm.

Carols in the Cathedral
Monday 10 December
St Peter’s Cathedral
Compulsory for Years 4 – 12

Students need to arrive by 6.30pm and be collected by 8pm.

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Staffing News

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As we approach the end of another terrific year, we have a number of staff taking leave in 2019 and a handful who we bid farewell.

  • Meredith Beck retires from Saints Girls after almost 27 years of outstanding service. Karen Alderson takes over the role of SACE Coordinator from 2019.
  • Congratulations to Brian Parsons on his appointment as Head of Learning and Teaching at Walford. Emily Gough has been appointed as Acting Head of Science for 2019.
  • Anne Charlesworth has accepted a teaching position at Pembroke School. We’re delighted that Clare Gaskell will remain with us in a permanent role.
  • Emma Smerdon (Science) and Julieanne Thomas (ELC) commence maternity leave, and Vanessa Brooks (PE) also takes leave in 2019.
  • Natalie Lockwood and Sophie Yu finish their time as co-educators in the ELC and we wish them well in their new endeavours.
  • Carolina Barquero Masero returns to Europe. We thank Carolina for her work in establishing Spanish ab initio in our IB Diploma Programme offerings.
  • We wish Sallyann Bruun (Year 2) and her family all the best as they relocate to Melbourne. Deborah Cope (Year 3) also finishes her time at Saints Girls.
  • Anna Stefopoulos returns from long service leave at the start of Term 1. We thank Kimberly Di Benedetto and Siobhan Curran for their contributions during Semester 2.
  • With Karen Alderson and Emily Gough stepping into senior academic roles next year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Danielle McGregor will be Head of Kilburn House and Clare Gaskell will be Head of Selwyn House.

There are some wonderful new members of staff commencing at Saints Girls in 2019 and I look forward to introducing them to you early next year.

Julia Shea
Principal

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Food for Thought for Year 9 Geography

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As part of our unit on food security, we recently visited the Gawler Food Forest. We learnt how this farm ensures sustainable food production and provides an alternative method of crop production, creating a self-sufficient and permanent farming system through its permaculture practices. We observed the benefits of this production including many social, economic and environmental factors. Visiting this farm was a fantastic experience as we improved our knowledge on global food security, providing us with a first-hand experience and allowing us to have an insight into what we consume on a day-to-day basis.

Lara Wakeham
Year 9 student

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Serving up Support from the Kitchen

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Saturday 17 November was our final volunteer night of the year contributing food to the Mary Magdalene Centre in the city. A huge thank you to all the generous Junior School families who made soups and main courses for nearly 100 people in dire need of a home-cooked meal. Both the patrons and the regular Centre volunteers complimented us on the quality of the meals and the generous portions. As the saying goes, it takes a village, and without the generosity of our School community through food and monetary donations, this could not have come together. Not only were three courses provided but there was also food left over to give the patrons to take away, which is always much appreciated.

Our thanks to our parent volunteers Donna Meo, Wendy Shi, Arti Yagnik, Sally Forby and Susanna Anderson for heating, stirring, serving and washing up on the evening with good grace and many laughs.

Thank you to all of our School families for your support of the Mary Magdalene Centre this year!

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When Art, Culture and Languages Meet

All our languages students were encouraged to participate in the recent National Languages Competition organised by SBS. They had to submit a photograph or a drawing representing what learning a language means to them. They were also asked to include a short caption in the target language.

W6 - PaintingIsabelle Reynolds, one of our Year 11 IB Spanish ab initio students, a languages lover, a young person with very creative thinking skills and unique views about intercultural understanding (as well as a great artist!) decided to participate in this competition, making this mind-blowing drawing in which she has represented what learning Spanish means to her.

Perhaps for those unfamiliar with the Hispanic world, its history and its countless cultures, the drawing may not convey much. However, Isabelle has been able to combine several cultural aspects from a number of Spanish-speaking countries in a very unique way, managing to make references and allusions to history, colonisation, nature, the different meanings and interpretations that death and beauty can have for different cultures, gastronomy, music, dance, passion and love. Finally, she made it clear how, for her, learning a language is much more than memorising words.

Learning a language is about international mindedness. It is about becoming more aware of the world we belong to and its idiosyncrasies. It is about learning from the endless points of views and perspectives of others, about intercultural understanding and about self-discovery. It is about seeing the world through different lenses, about gaining another viewpoint. And, as Isabelle has demonstrated to us, it is about understanding the world in other ways by enabling us to communicate our thoughts and opinions in many different ways; they are key elements of the IB programme. In her own words:

“It’s about opening your mind to new cultures and being accepting and able to admire the beauty and individuality of different cultures. I know that there is a lot of discrimination and hate in the world and I believe learning a language is a way to open your mind and become more understanding and connected with people you may have previously thought to be very different from you. I think that the diversity of our world and its cultures is what makes it so beautiful and I wish that everyone could see it that way and be completely accepting of our differences. This open-mindedness would make the world much safer and happier for many people who face discrimination daily because of their culture, religion, race, sexuality, gender, etc. Learning Spanish opens my mind and the doors to many new cultures, and to endless experiences and lifestyles. It makes me happy and it gives me the ability to relate, learn and communicate with many more people than I am able to with only English.”

Congratulations to Isabelle. We are still waiting for the results of this competition. However, regardless of the outcome, I am sure you will agree with me that she is already a winner! ¡Enhorabuena!

Carolina Barquero Masero
IB Spanish ab initio teacher

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Robokids Crack the Code

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All of our students in Years 3 – 6 have participated in a series of workshops run by Robokids. Morgan, the Robokids facilitator, began each workshop by asking the students to think about the real-world application of coding and robotics. He then provided a series of challenges where students had to work collaboratively to code a LEGO robot. This program focused on the girls being digital creators, fostering computational thinking which underpins much of our modern society, while also developing critical thinking, creativity, curiosity and resilience.

A real highlight was the synchronised EV 3 ‘Hokey Pokey’, which the girls coded from scratch.

“This was a fun day as I learnt how to code and got to work in a group. Ours was the winning group and our code was then used by the whole workshop to have our robots do the Hokey Pokey all at the same time. I really loved this day and would love to do it all again.” – Charlize Merenda (Year 6)

Helen Smith
Deputy Head of Junior School

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School Leaver Study 2019 – B Part of It

Year 12 South Australian students in 2018 who were enrolled in the Meningococcal B high school study B Part of It have an opportunity to continue in the study and have another throat swab taken as part of the School Leaver Study from 1 February 2019. Students who participated in the study in 2018 will receive a letter in the next few weeks providing further information. For any students who DID NOT participate in the high school study, there is an opportunity to join the School Leaver Study by visiting the B Part of It stands at Orientation Week (‘O’ Week) at the main campuses of Flinders University, the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide. School leavers who opt to have a throat swab will be required to complete a brief questionnaire and a consent form. Participants will be reimbursed for their time with a $40.00 Coles Myer voucher. Please visit the B Part of It website in early 2019 for further information on swab locations.

Meantime, the Eastern Health Authority advises that all vaccination visits for students in Year 8 and for the Meningococcal B study are now complete for 2018. If any students were absent and need to catch up on missed doses, bookings can be made via www.eha.sa.gov.au or 8132 3600.

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Code Camp at St Peter’s Girls’ School

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St Peter’s Girls’ School will be hosting Code Camp Spark (ages 7 – 12), 2D Game Makers (ages 7 – 12) and AR Creators (ages 8 – 13) from 15 – 17 January 2019 from 9am – 3.30pm. The cost is $349 for three days.

Visit the Code Camp website for more information
Visit the St Peter’s Girls’ School booking page

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French Markets

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Crêpes, cafés, fromage, baguettes and more is what you will find at the French Markets this weekend at Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens, Unley. Enjoy some French food, music and craft stalls and take your daughters along to order in French! Details via https://www.af.org.au/french-market/

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Kids Movie & Disco: Supervised Lock-In

Friday 14 December from 6 to 9.15pm

For more information, please click here.

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The Garden of Saintly Delights – SAVE THE DATE

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The Parents’ and Friends’ Association encourages you to ‘Save the Date’ Sunday 24 February for next year’s school fair, The Garden of Saintly Delights.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email stpetersgirls.pandf@gmail.com.

Also, if you have a business or know of any businesses that would like to be involved with the fair, we are looking for sponsors. Starting from as little as $250, you can have your company logo on one of the many fair attractions and advertising material.

Please contact us if you would like more details.

The Parents’ and Friends’ Association

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Sports News

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BASKETBALL

Harry Long Basketball Carnival
For the second year in a row, Saints Girls entered a team into the Harry Long Basketball Tournament which is open to students in Years 6 and 7. Saints suffered a couple of injuries in the lead-up to the carnival. Facing some older and often taller opponents, the girls improved throughout the day. After losing the opening game to host Westminster, and then Seymour, Saints pushed and were narrowly defeated by eventual winner Trinity College. The girls finished with victories against St Ignatius and Pembroke in a successful and enjoyable day. All players contributed, with great consistency shown by Ashlyn May, Ellie Humphrey and Helen Zhang, who were well supported by Charlotte Norman, Charlie Piper, Mathilda Thomas and Amy Dillon.

SOFTBALL

Year 5/6 White – cancelled due to weather

TENNIS

Division 1 Blue – Saints 1-21 defeated by St Ignatius 5-33
Singles: Imogen Nienaber 2-6, Charlotte Staples 4-6, Georgia Mallick 4-6, Bridgette Leach 6-3

Division 1 White – Saints 3-31 defeated St Ignatius 3-23
Singles: Ella Dnistriansky 3-6, Lily-Rose Spartalis 6-4, Georgia Langley 5-6, Adele Eaton 6-1

Division 2 Blue – Saints 4-32 defeated St Ignatius 2-25
Singles: Taj Shahin 6-5, Tiffany Zhou 5-6, Ariel Spartalis 6-4, Stella Clark 6-1

Division 2 White – Saints 0-14 defeated by Pulteney 6-36
Singles: Issy Harker 5-6, Amelie Eaton 0-6, Milly Wood 2-6, Orla Clayton 4-6

Division 3 White – Saints 4-31 defeated Pulteney 2-22
Singles: Eva Young 4-6, Chase Hocking 6-3, Sophie Abbott 6-4, Victoria Thorp 6-0

Year 5/6 Division 1 – Saints 5-24 defeated Wilderness White 1-13
Singles: Winnie Vartuli 4-3, Alexandra Nguyen 4-3, Chloe Richardson 4-1, Sophie Blight 4-0

Year 5/6 Division 3 – Saints 1-13 defeated by Scotch 5-22
Singles: Gloria Zou 0-4, Jerrie Wu 4-2, Emily Bates 1-4, Charlotte Thorpe 3-4

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Open A1 – Saints 7 defeated Pembroke 3
The girls had a strong game against Pembroke and this was super impressive and shows how much we have developed this season. Each player was involved in setting up plays to allow us to score. Despite only have one sub the whole game, we were faster than Pembroke which meant we were able to run through their defence. Great play and/or tries by Hannah Lunn, Ella Liddy, Hannah Freeman, Chelsea Walls, Olivia Goldsmith and Ehi Oyugbo. This season has been fantastic so far and we look forward to continuing our form into Term 1, 2019. – Eve Habel (Captain)

Open A2 – Saints 3 defeated by Wilderness 6
The girls came up against a strong opponent in Wilderness but we were definitely up to the challenge. They were able to break through our defence on a couple of occasions with ‘half’ runs, but the girls worked their way back into the game with some excellent attacks. This placed our opponents under pressure and led to lots of opportunities to score with Anna Pryor and Belle Black doing just that. It was a good finish to the year and we look forward to Term 1, 2019. – Dan Searle (Coach)

Open C1 – Saints 4 defeated St Aloysius 0
What a great way to finish a successful season! Although we still had a slow start interrupted by turnovers, when we had the ball, the girls were brilliant. Defending exceptionally, not letting a try through for the full 40 minutes, the girls rebounded with commitment and desire to break through the weary defence to score. Thank you to Sarah Wishart, Ellie Anderson, Bella Bernardi and Poppie Goldsmith for playing two games, and congratulations to try scorers Amelia Pudney, Ellie Anderson, Ashley Piper and Paris Robinson. The girls should be proud of their season and I hope they continue playing touch in Term 1, 2019. – Ben Goldsmith (Coach)

Open C2 – Saints 2 defeated by St Michael’s 5
The defending was good, allowing the attackers little space and cutting down on their room to run. The wings made sure they stayed on the outside shoulder, preventing any opportunity to get through the defensive line. The team worked well to get back on side and, when on the try line, made sure that they came up. The players passed the ball backwards, ensuring they didn’t get any penalties for passing forwards. The team worked hard to take the touch with their hands so that they could control the play. Looking forward to next year, the team now needs to improve its attack, making sure that they create space using techniques such as wrapping. The girls also need to focus on running straight and hitting the defence in the same spot. It has been a good start to the season with many players coming out for the first time. The girls have improved greatly and we hope to see this continue next year. – Emanuelle Russell

Year 7/8 – Saints 2 defeated by Pembroke 4
The team was on the back foot early, having to spend lots of time in defence. Our attack could not penetrate as we were trying to pass the ball large distances instead of compact ‘rucking’. The girls quickly understood this and played fantastically well in the second half, with a try each to Ellie Humphrey and Madison Liddy. Great improvement was shown by all and we look forward to our last game of the season. – Tracey Hunt (Coach)

VOLLEYBALL

Middle A – Saints 3 defeated Walford 0
Our strong serves made it hard for the opposition to return the ball, but when they did, Hilary Clark and Dayna Petruzzella moved around the court well to cover and return. It was great to finish this year of volleyball with a win; the girls have improved so much and have been a pleasure to coach. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle B – Saints 3 defeated Woodcroft 0
Although it was a hard-fought game, the Middle Ds came away with a win. After a slow start, the girls definitely proved themselves to be the stronger servers. Georgina Devine and Thuhansa Hattotuwa worked well together at the net using their height as an advantage to hit any loose balls back at the opposition. This team has had a great season; they always listen at training, show great sportsmanship during games and I really hope to see them all out again next year. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle C1 – Saints 3 defeated Walford 0
Saint overcame a sluggish start, gaining momentum when Eliza Monaghan won 9 serves in a row to set up a great first set victory. The teamwork has improved greatly and the net-work was especially good from Sophie Norman and Sarah Gulliver. Joss Forster, Ayshviina Nair and Izzy Gilroy also served consistently, winning many points. – Neil Fuller (Coach)

Middle C2 – Saints 3 defeated Woodcroft 0
With thanks to Sophie Norman, Izzy Gilroy, Charlie Fishlock, Hilary Clark, Chloe Venning, Dayna Petruzella and Ayshviina Nair who all played twice to provide their opponents with a game. The girls enjoyed this, their last match of the year, and showed great enthusiasm and team encouragement throughout. They were set some goals during the game and worked hard to achieve them. – Neil Fuller (Coach)

Year 6 – Saints 2 defeated Seymour 1
The team was given a chance to redeem themselves with a rematch against the Seymour team they faced the previous week. We got off to a rocky start, dropping the first set 18-25, but were hopeful to find some extra energy. The second set saw a huge improvement, especially with Ruby Powell’s strategic plan to serve at and capitalise on the opposition’s weaknesses. This won the team several points and proved to be highly effective and was very impressive to watch. The girls took out the second set quite comfortably 25-20. In the final set, they were determined to secure the win. This showed in their work ethic to chase down balls even when it seemed impossible. Lauren Parton worked really hard to chase balls that didn’t quite go where planned, managing to get touches on hard balls. Ruby Adams placed her serve very strategically in the back court to secure several points, much to the opposition’s surprise. It was really impressive to see Dani Cox execute her serve after working really hard during training on this skill. The girls managed to fight until the last point, taking out the 3rd set 28-26. It was really wonderful to see them come back from losing the first set as that isn’t easy to do; the girls should be proud. Well done. — Charlotte White

Year 5 – Saints 3 defeated Seymour White 0
It was a great game as each girl played to the best of her ability, resulting in an excellent win. It is evident that their volleyball skills have improved, with serves readily going in and rallies happening between the two teams. – Isabella Villani

WATER POLO

Wonderful news for Nicolette Miller who has been selected as part of the FYFE Adelaide Jets Women’s Squad for the 2019 Australian Water Polo League season. She will be training and potentially travelling and competing in the league at various locations across Australia from February to April.

Open A – Saints 8 defeated St Ignatius 6
Saints played a fantastic last game of the season, remaining undefeated for the term. Our focus was to apply a strong defence to every player, which we did very well. We also made the most of our opportunities in attack to score goals. The best player this week was Nicolette, with her strong defensive play, creation of opportunities in attack as well as scoring 5 goals. A special mention to Kellie who played her first game in the As and made a valuable contribution to our team’s success. It was a close match which we won by all the girls maintaining their skills and focus throughout. Great finish to the term girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Open B – Saints had a bye

Open C – Saints had a bye

Year 7/8 – Saints 3 defeated by Pembroke 12
The girls faced a very strong opposition, but to their credit, kept on trying until the very end of the game. Due to applying good pressure in defence, they made several steals, but unfortunately were unable to convert many of these opportunities into goals. As accuracy of their passes and shots for goals improve, the team will find that they have the potential to defeat opponents such as this. All players should be congratulated on their enthusiastic effort displayed throughout the whole game. The best players were Lady and Lila. Great work girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

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Enews – Week 5, Term 4 2018

Issue no. 35Enews-banner

The Science Behind our Building Works

With construction of our new Science Centre and associated upgrades underway, it gives me great satisfaction to share the finer details about this transformational project with you.

The ground floor will house three purpose-built laboratories for each of the key pillars of Science: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The Biology room will enjoy the most natural light to facilitate experiments; an adjacent grow room will further advance discoveries; and two large island benches will provide vital space for the use of microscopes and other apparatus. The Chemistry lab will also feature expansive island benches to allow for larger experiments, particularly at senior level, supported by a state-of-the-art fume hood. One of the most innovative design aspects will be found in the Physics hub, where a retractable, curved glass wall will support certain Physics experiments such as the use of projectiles. The ground floor will also feature a cutting-edge preparation area with excellent storage and safety features.

The first floor will house four general laboratories which can be adapted for groups of varying sizes, supported by another dedicated prep area. A rooftop terrace with stunning views across the city and Ferguson Park will offer an additional area for Science experiments as well as atmospheric observations. It will also double as an events space for the School community to enjoy.

Clearly, Science is the focus of this endeavour; however, this project is so much more. The existing Visual Arts facility will double in floor space, allowing natural light to flood in as it merges with the new building. A large classroom for Senior School Art will be complemented by a series of smaller studios to enable the creation and exhibition of individual projects.

Upstairs, a dedicated Junior School Art space will come to life, featuring a wet zone, built-in benching for glue guns and other tools, and most strikingly, 3m ceiling-to-floor south-facing windows. Of course, another spin-off of the project is a much-needed revamp of our pool facilities including new change rooms.

Completion of the Science Centre is set to coincide with our 125th anniversary late next year, making this the next chapter in our School’s rich history.

Julia Shea
Principal

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From the Head of Junior School

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Once again, we find ourselves coming towards the pointy end of the School year. Orientation visits, Reception to Year 3 Sports Morning, the Year 6 Graduation and Exhibition, and some special Christmas events are well underway.

Suzanne HaddyIt was an absolute delight this week to welcome our next group of new Reception students and their parents to their orientation morning. The majority of our 2019 Receptions are moving into ‘big school’ from the Early Learners’ Centre. Their transition into school is a combination of formal orientation visits and a multitude of informal outings to the playgrounds, Junior School Library and classrooms. By the time these girls begin school next year, they will recognise familiar faces of students and teachers and feel very comfortable in their new environment.

While our youngest students are preparing for their end of year concert and Nativity, enthusiastically developing their public speaking and singing skills, the Year 6 students are impressing us with their attitude and application towards their Exhibition. As a culmination of their studies through the Primary Years Programme, this self-directed research project is leading to some rich and rigorous investigations into a wide range of topics. We look forward to enjoying the fruits of our students’ labours, in all their forms, in coming weeks.

Suzanne Haddy
Head of Junior School

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Girls Shine at R-3 Sports Morning

Today, our Reception to Year 3 students enjoyed a morning of sports activities, demonstrating their skills and determination while gaining points for their House. Running, balancing, jumping and playing team sports all contributed to a wonderful morning of activity, before a tasty barbecue lunch was enjoyed. An enthusiastic and supportive group of Year 6 students assisted the younger students during the event and are to be commended for being such encouraging mentors.

Suzanne Haddy
Head of Junior School

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PE Week Flexes its Muscle

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To celebrate PE Week, a range of activities were put together by the 2019 Sport Captains.

PE Week basically consists of lunchtime events that get the students moving and grooving, which this year included a health hustle run by the Year 6s and an active skills day for the Junior School. The Year 5s and 6s were also lucky enough to practice their grunts with self-defence lessons throughout the week. Thursday was the highlight, having the largest participation rate for the Ninja Warrior-style course. The staff versus student touch football match on Friday lunchtime also attracted quite a crowd with students from all years cheering on the teams. This was accompanied by the Year 10 Music students performing their debut concert on the oval deck.

Overall, PE week 2018 was a massive hit and enjoyable for all students who took part in events throughout the week.

Rose Pittman
Sport Prefect 2019

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Continuous Reporting – Now Live

Continuous reporting is now live on the myLink portal for parents of Middle and Senior School students. As opposed to traditional end-of-semester reports where comments are often general in nature and come too late for any remedial action, continuous reporting gives you access to regular, timely and pertinent assessment feedback.

To learn how to access our continuous reporting, please take the time to watch the brief instructional video below.

Once you are ready to experience the new system, head to the myLink parent portal.

For any IT assistance with myLink including log in issues, email helpdesk@stpetersgirls.sa.edu.au.

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Exploring the World from Stonyfell

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The Year 8 Geography class has been exploring Sustainable Cities across the globe with the help of Virtual Reality. A Sustainable City is one that provides the highest quality of life together with the lowest environmental footprint. The girls are currently investigating how Adelaide could become a Sustainable City by “travelling” to Seoul, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Whilst in Virtual Reality, the girls are gathering evidence of green roofs, innovative waste management, bicycle lanes, electric vehicles, renewable energy use, urban green spaces and more. In project teams, they are compiling a report of recommendations to be presented to local council.

“The VR was an exciting experience. It was really cool because it looked like you were actually in that city. I “visited” Amsterdam and it was amazing to see the things I had researched right in front of me! I really enjoyed the VR!” – Amelie Gray-Combe

“I really liked how it felt like we were actually in the city that we were researching. It showed me in more detail the sustainable initiatives throughout the city of Frankfurt.” – Sarah Gulliver

“The VR helped us to see how sustainable Amsterdam really is; it was amazing to see how different Amsterdam was in Virtual Reality compared with the photos.” – Indya Dodd

Siobhan Curran
Humanities/English Teacher

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EDGE Day Gives Girls the Edge

On 6 November, 66 girls from across Reception to Year 10 took part in our first EDGE Day. They worked in groups of eight with representatives from each of the Sub-Schools in every team. The day focused on key skills such as collaboration, critical and creative thinking and risk taking, whilst providing academic challenge.

Within each group, students were assigned a buddy, giving girls opportunities to have a mentor or become a mentor. We hope as the term continues that many of these new mentoring relationships will continue and that the girls will benefit from having the support and guidance of an older student.

Students started the day with a team-building activity which allowed them to get to know each other as they battled their way across an imaginary toxic river with only their team and four magic turtles to help them! Next it was off to watch ‘Smallfoot’ which acted as the stimulus for the day’s work as they began to investigate the issues that face societies and their cultures when they first encounter established societies. The film engaged and challenged even our oldest girls as they identified some of the more complex ethical questions that the film posed.

Returning to school, the girls began the process of ideation, considering the importance of both ethics and empathy when designing a solution. After lunch, it was time for the teams to begin formulating a plan that would support, protect and build a positive relationship between the Sasquatch and the humans. Through prior readings at home, the students brought their knowledge of the issues that have been faced by indigenous people in the past and worked hard in the creation of their plan to avoid a similar experience for the Sasquatch. During this time, representatives from each team attended a UNESCO conference to ensure that all ethical and philosophical perspectives had been considered.

The girls created a presentation to explain and illustrate their plan to successfully build a relationship between the Sasquatch and humans. They also had to create a prototype of an invention that would support the plan. The presentations were varied and creative. It was amazing how much the girls achieved in such a short space of time.

Watching the students on their journey through the day, it was wonderful to see how their confidence grew, how relationships between older and younger girls flourished and how collaboration shone through regardless of age. Many of the girls mentioned how much they enjoyed working with students across the age ranges. The younger students took risks, challenging themselves academically, and had had to find the confidence to work with older girls who were at times as much as 11 years their senior. The older students took risks too, as they brought the academic rigour and organisation to their group through effective leadership, ensuring that all members understood, felt valued and were included.


Becca Burton-Howard
Gifted and Talented Teacher

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Softball Champions!

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Saints Girls put in an outstanding effort in the Grand Final in one of the hardest games we have played this year. We went head-to-head with Scotch College, another amazing team. Saints worked hard and backed each other up in the field, coming home with a win, keeping possession of the Softball shield.

Unfortunately, this was our last game with the 2018 Year 12s, Alice Tyson, Ruby Oliver and Lulu Tierney, who we will dearly miss. A huge shout out to Lulu for being an amazing Captain who inspired us to do many great things for the Softball community here at Saints. Thanks also to the Year 7s who have stuck with Softball and I encourage you to stay involved. It was also our last game with our outstanding Coach Michele Bonnar. Thank you for everything you have done over the many years. Overall, thank you to all the girls for a great season, hopefully we will see many of you again next year!

– Aroha Munroe (Captain)

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The Garden of Saintly Delights – SAVE THE DATE

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The Parents’ and Friends’ Association encourages you to ‘Save the Date’ Sunday 24 February for next year’s school fair, The Garden of Saintly Delights.

If you are interested in volunteering, please email stpetersgirls.pandf@gmail.com.

Also, if you have a business or know of any businesses that would like to be involved with the fair, we are looking for sponsors. Starting from as little as $250, you can have your company logo on one of the many fair attractions and advertising material.

Please contact us if you would like more details.

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ELC Children Deliver Soul Food to Tuck Shop

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The way we thank people often has many rituals attached. In the Ferguson Room, we have been concentrating on expressing our gratitude to those special people in our lives who add to our wellbeing with their actions. Children regularly express their gratitude to their families, friends and their teachers. We have gently guided the children to think beyond their immediate circle to the wider community. In particular, we encouraged them to take notice of the people that do an incredibly important thing for us each day: bring us freshly-prepared food. The Tuck Shop staff are Debbie, Tanya, Chris and Amber. With the support of Miss Edwardson, the children collaborated to plan how to show their appreciation for their daily presence, and for bringing us healthy, nourishing snacks.

“I want to make them happy and give them something special for their job.” – Elijah
“I wanted to make something for them that is beautiful.” – Elise
“Thank you to Debbie for coming every day to ELC. It makes me happy.” – Aubrey
“I made a butterfly for them, to make them happy, because they give us food.” – Irene
“I will love to share cake with the Tuck Shop ladies. Because they love us.” – Olivia

Inspired by our focus on rituals this term, they decided on a tea party, with an invitation, hand-drawn pictures, a cake and a gift of an oven glove ‘for their job’. The team was thrilled with their cake, tea and presents, as well as the decorations for the table. The joy that the children experienced was palpable as they ran out of the Tuck Shop afterwards saying things like “I love everyone!” and “I feel so happy!” Recognising that the act of giving can be even more rewarding than that of receiving is an important time in a child’s life as they transition from self-focus to a more empathic person. We hope that Debbie, Chris, Tanya and Amber have been enjoying the excitement and the welcoming nature of the children, and that the ritual of bringing down the trolleys into the ELC is enhanced by the stronger connection with us.

This experience has prepared us for the Christmas season as we turn to the acts of giving and receiving and the values that sit behind this. Our ‘Giving Tree’ is now in the Piazza and creates another opportunity for children to think about the needs and wellbeing of others as well as enjoying the beautiful rituals of Christmas.

Mel Angel
ELC Educator

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LEGO League – Building Skills and Teamwork

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LEGO League has been a fun and enjoyable lunchtime club to be a part of. We joined because we all love LEGO and coding and were fascinated by the idea of the two combined.

During the weeks leading up to the competition that was run by the ‘First LEGO League’, we were all were wondering what name to have. By the end, we came up with ‘Shooting Stars’ and loved that name. We then expressed our ideas by creating many designs then chose ones that worked best. The problem was that we could only have one robot so we had to come up with an idea that used all parts. We then decided to use removable attachments to make one big functional robot. At the competition, we walked around the tables to see what other ideas teams had and we took in all of the good ideas to use next year. Our competitors were all very friendly and gave us some support gifts, it was lovely. When it came to the competition part, we had a bit of trouble in our coding but the other teams were supportive of us and we all loved the encouragement. Overall we came 18th out of 40 which was amazing for our first time.

We all loved the experience and would definitely do it next year.

Charlotte Farley and Molly Johnson
Year 6 students

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Keyrings Key to Cambodia Support

W5 Keyrings

The Year 11 Business and Enterprise class has established a business: Acustom Keyrings.

In partnership with the Cambodia Service Learning trip, you can purchase a custom-made keyring with the first letter of your name. You can choose the colour and additional features such as tassels.

For only $7, you can earn points for your House and support the fundraising efforts for “Coins in Cambodia”.

Anna Pryor
Year 11 Business and Enterprise Student

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Strategies to Support Anxious Children

Beyondbluebeyondblue has many resources to assist families in various challenging aspects of life.

One such area is helping children to manage anxiety and teaching them how to cope in scary or stressful situations.

Click this link to read more and learn about some useful strategies.

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Code Camp at St Peter’s Girls’ School

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St Peter’s Girls’ School will be hosting Code Camp Spark (ages 7 – 12), 2D Game Makers (ages 7 – 12) and AR Creators (ages 8 – 13) from 15 – 17 January 2019 from 9am – 3.30pm. The cost is $349 for three days.

EARLYBIRD SPECIAL: Book before midnight this Sunday 18 November 2018 to receive $20 discount for a January camp!

Visit the Code Camp website for more information
Visit the St Peter’s Girls’ School booking page

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Sports News

BASKETBALL

Middle C1 – Saints 26 defeated Immanuel C2 14

Middle C2 – Saints 13 defeated by Pembroke 28
This week, a number of girls played across both games. It has been great to see them all getting involved and wanting to be on the court. Everyone’s skills have improved and they are gaining more confidence to dribble and shoot. Thanks for an enjoyable season girls! Hope to hear that you continue with basketball in the future. – Sarah Turnbull (Coach)

ROWING

Saturday 10 November saw the running of Round the Island for our 1st 8 and our Inter Quad crews. This is a 7km race in a time trial format and both crews did extremely well. Our 1st 8 came 2nd to Walford and our Inter Quad 2nd to Scotch. Really pleasing and encouraging signs from both crews in that we had a plan and structure to our training and it played out how we hoped. This result should give all the girls confidence in moving forward through the season as well as that positive energy.

Straight after Round the Island, we had a Junior regatta at West Lakes. For quite a few of the girls, this allowed them to see the West Lakes course for the first time. They have been training well and it was great to see the results coincide with this. The Year 7s are a really strong group, claiming a couple of firsts and seconds, which is absolutely awesome. Our Year 8s have some girls who are new to rowing and we are concentrating as a coaching group on getting everyone up to speed together as a group. This means that crews have been mixed up to give everyone more experience and I am happy to say that they are coming along well. I am expecting them to improve over Term 4 and with the camp under their belts in January to come out in Term 1 really firing. – Ben Flannagan (Director of Rowing)

SOFTBALL

Year 5/6 White – Saints 13 defeated by Pembroke Blue 14
The first innings was the best the girls have played. Every player who went to bat got a great hit and the team scored 7 runs. The fielding was also excellent with Olivia Oakes doing well and Mathilda Thomas had an excellent catch in the last innings, but Saints couldn’t quite hang on. – Taylah Gabrisch (Coach)

Year 5/6 Silver – Saints 12 defeated Seymour 9
The weather was great and the team went out and had an excellent game. Firstly, getting 5 runs in the first inning off the back of some great hits, but then limiting a very strong batting side in Seymour to only 2 runs was no mean feat. The outfield were on their toes but did manage to stop the balls well. In the second innings, both Saints and Seymour got 7 runs, however, because of the efforts before, Saints added another win to their tally! Well done to the team for the collective group effort! – Claire Hale (Coach)

Year 5/6 Gold – Saints 1 defeated by Wilderness Gold 5
The girls played well in a narrow loss. Scarlett Dillon had a great game pitching and Lauren Parton played very well in the field. – Harriett Gilroy

TENNIS

Year 6/7 Knockout
Unfortunately, Saints were defeated in the Semi-Final, going down by just 4 games to Fulham North PS. The team (Maiya Jakupec, Georgia Mallick, Charlotte Staples and Bridgette Leach) performed very well throughout the tournament and, after losing both doubles, fought back winning 3 of the 4 singles. The final score was Saints 3-22 to Fulham North 3-26. – Neil Fuller

Division 1 Blue – Saints 1-22 defeated by Seymour 5-30
Singles: Imogen Nienaber 2-6, Taj Shahin 4-6, Ella Dnistriansky 6-0, Georgia Langley 4-6

Division 1 White – Saints had a bye

Division 2 Blue – Saints 6-36 defeated Seymour 0-9
Singles: Tiffany Zhou 6-1, Adele Eaton 6-1, Ariel Spartalis 6-1, Stella Clark 6-1

Division 2 White – Saints 6-36 defeated Wilderness Green 0-14
Singles: Annabelle Langley 6-4, Amelie Eaton 6-1, Milly Wood 6-4, Orla Clayton 6-2

Division 3 Blue – Saints 1-11 defeated by Seymour 5-34
Singles: Faye Ma 3-6, Anneliese Thomas 0-6, Shunem Josiah 6-4, Ammi Yagnik 0-6

Division 3 White – Saints 6-36 defeated Seymour 0-7
Singles: Eva Young 6-1, Chase Hocking 6-0 (forfeit), Sophie Abbott 6-4, Victoria Thorpe 6-0 (forfeit)

Year 5/6 Division 1 – Saints 5-27 defeated Wilderness Blue 1-11
Singles: Mathilda Thomas 3-4, Alexandra Nguyen 4-2, Chloe Richardson 4-1, Sophie Blight 4-0

Year 5/6 Division 3 – Saints 5-21 defeated Pulteney 1-8
Singles: Gloria Zou 4-0, Jerrie Wu 4-0, Emily Bates 4-0, Charlotte Thorpe 1-4

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Open A1 – Saints 3 defeated Wilderness A2 2
The Open As got the win against Wilderness based on the team’s strong fitness which is used when rucking up the field. Ella Liddy was able to pass through the defence and attempted to score but sadly she got the lines confused. Hannah Freeman dived between two players to score and the team set up a rooster which allowed Ehi Oyugbo to score. Eve Habel and Chelsea Walls set up a quickie before the line which led to our third score. Touch is becoming very exciting for the Open As because everyone is learning to play together and forming a strong, united connection. Looking forward to the next game! – Eve Habel (Captain)

Open A2 – Saints had a bye

Open C1 – Saints 4 drew with St Michael’s 4
In a tightly fought contest, Saints were unlucky to draw. Although we made the most of our limited attacking opportunities, the ball spent too much time in our defensive half, often as a result of basic errors. Turnovers, failing to get back 5 and a lack of ball control plagued our game, and we paid the price. When we managed to maintain possession for any amount of time a score resulted, with Sarah Matheson, Anna Pryor, Ellie Anderson and Amelia Pudney breaking through. With 80% of the game played in our defensive half, we were forced to defend well, which we did, and that was the highlight of our game. – Ben Goldsmith (Coach)

Open C2 – Saints 0 defeated by Mary Mackillop 4
The first half was well played by Saints, defending against a strong attack. Our team is becoming increasingly confident at rucking the ball and this will continue to be an area of development as we go into the next game. The team worked cohesively, listening to the Coach and working hard to get back on side. The final result did not reflect the amount of effort and teamwork demonstrated. – Kendra Ware

Year 7/8 – Saints 1 defeated by Mercedes 5
Saints started off strongly in the first half, scoring a try early in the game. Mercedes matched the score at half-time and came out fighting in the second half to walk away with a convincing win. It is great to see our team developing some confidence and putting skills to the test. There has been excellent improvement with our rucking (less overstepping the mark) and the introduction of wraps and ‘quickies’ into our game play as well. Defensively, the team worked really well together and held off Mercedes in the first half especially on the line. Great effort by everyone. – Tracey Hunt (Coach)

VOLLEYBALL

Open A – Saints 3 defeated Seymour 0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-21)
For our last game of the season, we were matched up against our rival school, Seymour. We managed to secure a comfortable 3-0 win. We got off to a slow start, with point scoring alternating between teams frequently. We pushed ahead with Georgie Keough’s strong serving run, scoring several points giving us the first set 25-16. In the second set, we had a much better start but failed to uphold this lead with Seymour becoming even in points mid-set. Luckily, Anna White was having a good attacking game and managed to secure multiple points with her placement of spikes. Brooke Elliott also contributed by strategically placing the ball for Anna to hit, taking into account the fact that Anna is left-handed. We took out the second set 25-16 yet again. In the final set we had a varied rotation and decided we’d try some new skills due to our lead. This meant we dropped a few more points than usual but managed to close the set 25-21. This was a great way to end the season and I can’t wait for next year. Well done girls.

Open B – Saints 3 defeated Seymour 0 (26-24, 25-17, 25-19)
The 1st set was point-for-point until Seymour had a serving run to be 5 set points clear. Up steps Tilly McCormack to serve us back into contention to 24-24. We went on to win the set 26-24 on the back of some great rallies. Settling into the 2nd set, we were able to build good connections between players with Molly Lucas setting up Chloe Deieso and Sivi Sivasuthan to dominate at the net. Isobel Tan was directing traffic and Ankita was chasing down balls to keep rallies alive. With the Year 12s unavailable, Lucy White stepped up from Middle As for the Open Bs again and served strongly in the 3rd Set. Charlotte Cohen debuted in the Opens and slotted well into the team. It was a great game to finish the year with all players showing the skills and system they have learnt, putting them into practice for a dominating display! Have a great summer and see you all next year! – Alistair Keough (Coach)

Open C – Saints 3 defeated Seymour 0 (28-26, 26-24, 16-14)
The first two sets were incredibly close and Saints fought hard to secure wins in each based on some great serving from Amelie Dunda and Asha Short. It was a terrific team effort and Paris Greene’s encouragement of her teammates helped Saints on numerous occasions. – Emily Gough (Supervisor)

Middle A – Saints 1 defeated by Seymour 2
It was a really close game for the Middle As. Ruby Deakin and Charlie Fishlock worked well next to each other, winning numerous points with well set up spikes in the front court and Sivanthi Sivasuthan covering well in the back court. However, despite a hard fought effort and great enthusiasm throughout the whole game, unfortunately it wasn’t enough for us to come home with the win. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle B – Saints 3 defeated Seymour 0
The Middle Bs clearly proved to be the stronger team in this game with an easy win over Seymour. These girls are always so energetic and use this energy on the court to encourage each other and put in 100% in every point of the game. Joss Forster, Izzy Gilroy and Sarah Gulliver had particularly good games with strong serving as well as great movement on court. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle C – Saints 3 defeated Seymour 0
The team again showed continued improvement with some consistent serving from Gloria Gao and Thuhansa Hattotuwa. Georgina Devine had great energy and Eliza Monaghan demonstrated persistent effort. – Emily Gough (Supervisor)

Year 6 – Saints 0 defeated by Seymour Blue 3
The girls were matched up against Seymour for the second time with hopes to take out another win. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it, but the girls put up a fight with set scores exceeding the required 25 points to win. In the first set, the girls did well to encourage each other even when they were down in points and lost the set. In the second set, the girls had chosen to focus on communication with the intent to pick up more balls and try for 3 touches. This proved to be successful as the girls managed to gain more points, taking the set to 24-26. In the final set, the girls again wanted to get more touches on the ball with Lauren setting her teammates up so they could get another touch. This worked really well with the girls as they were able to get lots of touches and put pressure on Seymour. Towards the end of the set, points were very tight; this showed in the final set score of 27-29 and the girls just missed out on winning the set. – Charlotte White

Year 5 – Saints 4 defeated Seymour Green 0
Due to steady improvement throughout the whole game, the girls won all four of the sets played, which ensured they had a fun and enjoyable time. Everyone played a great game, but a special mention goes to Alannah Godfrey who did an amazing hit. – Isabella Villani

WATER POLO

Open A – Saints 7 defeated Seymour 3
Another great game as we maintained our undefeated position. Nikki Miller and Fiona Lethbridge defended strongly against Seymour’s top players, backed up well by Saskia Jonats in goals. The depth of skill and strength in our team was evident with Matilda Braithwaite, Lucy Young, Olivia Goldsmith and Lara Wakeham all playing strongly in attack and scoring goals. Great teamwork girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Open B – Saints 3 defeated by Pembroke 5
The B team had another close match. The girls fought well throughout the game, especially in the 3rd quarter when Saints scored two goals and Pembroke did not score at all. The best player this week was Georgie Wakeham who was strong in both defence and attack and scored 2 goals. – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Open C – Saints 7 defeated Loreto 5
The girls took the lead early and worked really well together throughout the whole game. Well done to Kellie Bested, Keeley Fahey and Ella Waltham for scoring the goals this week. Great work girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Year 7/8 – Saints had a bye

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Enews – Week 4, Term 4 2018

Issue no. 34Enews-banner

From the Director of Teaching and Learning

Continuous reporting has arrived at Saints Girls. For students in Years 7 to 11 (Year 12s having already received their final report), this term marks a change in approach to how we report on academic progress. Some of you may already have some experience of the continuous reporting model used in many other schools, but for many parents it will be a new system.

N Scoggins - webContinuous reporting, in essence, is providing regular feedback on a student’s progress, rather than waiting until the end of a semester and then writing a subject comment in a report.

We have been using the Canvas learning management system for a while now, and parents have been able to access course materials and teacher feedback by visiting Canvas via the myLink parent portal. We have now made this process quicker and easier for you – clicking on the ‘Marks’ tiles under ‘Class Contacts’ in myLink will now take you to a page that has handily already extracted the key feedback information from Canvas and presented it in a clear and easy-to-navigate format. Here you will be able to access and read all of the latest grades and teacher comments relating to your daughter’s work. Please watch the short video demonstration below which explains exactly how this new system works.

I encourage you to visit these pages every few weeks; they will give you up-to-date, task-specific information that will paint a much clearer picture of how your daughter is progressing. These teacher comments that are available to you via myLink will replace the semester report subject comments. Everything else about the semester reports will remain the same.

I hope you like this new system and can appreciate the benefits of having access to real-time feedback from your daughter’s teachers. If you have any questions, or experience any difficulties with the system, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.


Nigel Scoggins
Director of Teaching and Learning

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Master Minds Top the State at Philosothon

W4 - Philosothon

On 30 October, five students took part in the State Philosothon held at Prince Alfred College. It was a tough evening that ran for nearly four hours. Students tackled four units of inquiry, two of which were in mixed year groups. Our girls worked hard collaboratively with students from different schools, taking risks as they thought critically, expanding their points and working creatively to bring fresh arguments and thinking to the discussions.

By the end of the evening, the students were exhausted. With trepidation, they took their seats to hear who would be the State Champions. After narrowly missing out on first place last year, they were hopeful that they might take the trophy this time around. As the awards for individual achievements were assigned, we were pleased to hear that Emily Teague won first place in Year 8; in Year 9, Holly Wallman-Craddock scored third; and in Year 10, Natacha Zisos Troupakis also achieved third place. With these awards under our belt, we waited to hear the overall top three positions. It had been a challenging competition but we were finally rewarded with the announcement that we had come top in the State.

This means that the team will have the opportunity to attend Nationals next year in Canberra. However, at Nationals, the team consist of eight girls from Years 8 to 11. So, if there are any students interested in trying out philosophy, come along and see what the Philosophy Club gets up to on a Friday lunchtime in room CW301.

Becca Burton-Howard
Gifted and Talented Teacher

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Young Composers Score Notable Awards

W4 - Song Writing

This semester, a number of our Middle School students submitted compositions to the Young Composers Award Competition. We are proud to announce that we won an award in the Rock/Pop R – 7 category and received an Honourable Mention in the Composers in Schools Years 8 – 9 category.

Year 7 students Stella Rasheed, Monika Ceplitis and Alicia Toh won an award for their group composition of an original Rock/Pop song. Year 8 student Chi Chi Zhao received an Honourable Mention for her piano composition. The awards are very competitive and there are hundreds of entries, so congratulations girls!

The Year 7 Music classes have been studying song writing this year with their Music teacher. The unit involves the students writing lyrics, creating a harmonic backing track of piano, bass and drums on an iPad, and recording the song’s vocal melody to the backing.

“I really enjoyed the song writing unit, especially the process of making the song. It was fun brainstorming song ideas and lyrics. Once we had finished writing our lyrics together, we recorded background music. This definitely added more ‘bling’ to the song and made it more catchy. Lastly, I am very proud of our achievement.” – Monika Ceplitis

On 26 November, the Year 7 group will be performing their song Take Me Away live at the Young Composers Award Ceremony at St Mary’s College at 6.45pm.

Robyn Habel
Music Teacher

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Staff Dance 2018

It’s one of the biggest highlights of the Year 12 Celebration Day Assembly, and this year’s Staff Dance certainly didn’t disappoint.

Many of our staff sweated through lunchtime rehearsals to learn their slick moves for this much-hyped event.

If you didn’t catch the show live, then you’re in luck, as we’ve compiled a short snapshot of the dance in all its glory:

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Year 5s Explore Global Religions

The Year 5s have been learning about global religions in our Unit of Inquiry for Who We Are called ‘I’m a Believer’, including Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity.

Our Central Idea is people’s values and behaviours are shaped by their personal belief system. This has allowed us to learn about how people’s religious beliefs influence their values and daily lives, as well as building tolerance and respect for those who practise other religions.

On Thursday of Week 3, the girls visited Al-Khalil Mosque and Shri Ganesha Temple, where they learnt more about Islam and Hinduism, and were able to ask questions.

Watch the video to see some highlights of their experience. Permission was given to film the visits.


Sarah Mulraney and Shelley Hampton
Year 5 Teachers

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Year 3 Coastal Camp Adventures

W4 - Year 3 Camp

The girls were all very enthusiastic about heading away for our school camp to Adare, Victor Harbor. There was a mixture of excitement and nervous energy as we said goodbye to the parents who saw us off out the front of Chiverton.

Our first stop was at Strathalbyn where we divided the group into four tribal teams. The girls named their own tribes ‘The Cutie Penguins’, ‘Saints Sea Sharks’, ‘The Sea Whales’ and ‘The Diving Dolphins’. We continued our journey to Victor Harbor and stopped at the train park for a bite to eat then were quickly ushered away to the Whale Centre. The staff there were amazing and their energy for conservation and action was infectious. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the hands-on experiments while they were there. The walk back to Adare was brisk with Mr Routley at the head and Ms Brooks at the tail. After arriving at Adare House, the girls were excited to find their rooms in ‘the castle’. We met the tribe leaders from Beyond Limits who delivered an incredible program again. The girls then made their way down to the beach for activities such as the holey bucket, trench digging and sand castle creations a real highlight.

Day Two was structured around team building, and the girls enjoyed the strategy involved in the ropes challenge, the decoding involved in the amazing race, the construction whilst applying their knowledge to the tower challenge and a chance to get wet and dirty in the water relay. Victor Harbor’s regular attractions of the horse-drawn tram and the track around Granite Island were enjoyed by all. We headed across to Granite Island again that night to meet Joyce and Will who gave a very informative guided tour of the island whilst searching for penguins. We were very happy to hear that penguin numbers are on the increase with 44 burrows being recorded in the most recent penguin census. The girls slept very well that night after a thoroughly enjoyable day.

Day Three saw us visit the Urimbirra Wildlife park before heading back to school completely exhausted.

“The highlight of camp was spending time with each other, co-operating and working together as a team!” – Lauren

“I really loved camp because the beach was fun, and I liked sleeping in the dorms with my friends. Looking at the cute penguins and staying up late was a great experience.” – Akaisha

“I loved the penguin walk, no not walking like a penguin but going to see penguins in their real-life habitat.” – Rishita

“The most challenging element of camp was the water activity, ducking under really low ropes and having a tiny space to army crawl under and we became very muddy.” – Zoe

“I loved staying in Adare castle. It was so fun in free time to be creative and play games.” – Alysa

Mark Routley
Year 3 Teacher

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events 2018

Year 9 Graduation
2.15pm Friday 30 November

Year 6 Graduation
2pm Wednesday 5 December

Presentation Night
Friday 7 December
Adelaide Town Hall
Compulsory for Years 7 – 12

Carols in the Cathedral
Monday 10 December
St Peter’s Cathedral
Compulsory for Years 4 – 12

More information will be provided in due course.

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Badminton Success!

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Congratulations to our Year 8/9 team members Gloria Gao, Tiffany Zhou, Candy Feng, Cheri Wong and Angela Feng who won the State Knockout title. The girls won every best of 3 set doubles and singles matches without losing a set.

Saints defeated Oakbank Area School 8-0 and Mitcham Girls School 8-0

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Maths Honours Divided Between Two Students

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The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) recognises that problem-solving is a life skill. It offers the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) to give students the opportunity to develop this vital skill. The AMC is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of Mathematics in students’ everyday lives.

Two St Peter’s Girls’ School students were presented last week with their AMC High Achievers Award at the 2018 Australian Night of Mathematics. Congratulations to Heidi Gong in Year 6 and Chi Chi Zhao in Year 8 on receiving this prestigious award.

Kim Butler-Nixon
Year 6 Teacher

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Results of Distinction for Junior School Students

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Earlier this year, the Years 3 to 6 students had the opportunity to sit the ICAS Mathematics and ICAS English competitions as well as the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC). We are very proud of the number of students who achieved highly in these papers. We commend Heidi Gong (Year 6) for achieving a prize and best in Junior School in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC). High Distinction recipients in the AMC were Romana Walsh and Alysa Zhang (both in Year 3).

Receiving Distinctions in the AMC were:

Year 3 – Lauren Fuller, Xielan Ouyang and Ziyuan Qin
Year 4 – Evelyn Gautier, Sophia Holoviak, Olivia Ng, Chloe Richardson and Jiahui Zhang
Year 5 – Elaine Chen, Shirley Liu, Lauren Pearce, Matilda Powell, Nicole Wang and Charli Young
Year 6 – Stephanie Andrejewskis, Angela Cai, Ishita Chellaboina, Zara Chessell, Molly Dwyer, Lysiane Franchi, Jenna Maione, Claudia Pearce, Zoe Pool, Ruby Powell, Judy (Geng) Tian, Marcella Tolley and Misha Yagnik

In the ICAS English Competition, we congratulate Heidi Gong (Year 6) for receiving a High Distinction.

Distinction recipients in ICAS English were:

Year 3– Shwethakie Karunarathne, Romana Walsh and Alysa Zhang
Year 4 – Olivia Ng, Chiara Ranasinghe
Year 5 – Freya Hermann, Olivia Reynolds, Nicole Wang and Charli Young
Year 6 – Apurva Ichalkaranje

In the ICAS Mathematics Competition, we once again congratulate Heidi Gong (Year 6) on her achievements, being awarded a High Distinction.

Awarded Distinctions in the ICAS Mathematics Competition were:

Year 3– Lauren Fuller and Xielan Ouyang
Year 4– Jiahui Zhang
Year 5– Elaine Chen and Nicole Wang
Year 6– Angela Cai and Ruby Powell

Well done!

Suzanne Haddy
Head of Junior School

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eTECH Guest Speakers

W4 - Guest Speaker
On 1 November, the Year 9 Engineering Technologies class attended a session led by members of Northrop Drummond to extend our understanding of unmanned vehicle technology, and open our minds to opportunities within the aerospace field.

During the session, we became enlightened with information about different aerospace vehicles that had the capability to detect and transmit information from around the world. The two guest speakers, Shena Howell and Hannah Scherer, also gave us information about some things we can do whilst we are still students to get involved in aerospace technology.

The students thoroughly enjoyed this eye-opening experience, and were very grateful for the time and effort the staff put in to helping us understand this complex technology.

Bella Parton
Year 9 student

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Parents/Guardians of Current Year 3 Students

As your daughter will be in Year 4 next year, there are a few different uniform items you will need to purchase before Term 1, 2019.

The junior blazer (cardigan) is replaced by a navy blue jumper and a blazer. The rash vest and solar pant is replaced by the School bathers.

It is advisable to make an appointment on 8334 2228, as the School Shop is currently busy with new student fittings.

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Year 10 Lunchtime Music Concert

W3 - Year 10 Music

After weeks of singing, strumming and playing, the Year 10 Music class will showcase its talents during the lunchtime concert on Friday 16 November. This free show will be held on the Food Tech Deck. With hit songs from artists such as Shawn Mendes and Khalid, this concert is too good to miss!

Faye Ma
Year 10 Music student

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Sports News

W4 - Sport

BASKETBALL

Year 6/7 – Saints 18 defeated by Pulteney 66
We provided all Year 6/7s with an opportunity to play in the lead-up to the Harry Long Carnival so it was always going to be a tough game against older girls. The team gave it everything and I was happy with the hard work and continued improvement. Scoring 18 was a good effort and the highlight was Ashlyn May who hit five 3-pointers. Well done girls. – Brenton Davies (Coach)

SOFTBALL

Year 5/6 Blue – Saints 6 defeated by Pembroke Blue 7
Despite missing several of our regular players, the girls did an extremely good job at staying in front for the majority of the game. However, due to a few errors and good fielding by the opposition, Pembroke managed to get on top in the last innings. Special thank you to Sophia Langley, Jasmine Segredos and Claudia Pearce for filling in to ensure we had enough players. Hayley Webb and Zara Chessell did an exceptional job at batting, showcasing their improvement from the first week and trainings. A lot of improvement can still be made in the girls’ fielding and batting, but every player has improved from the first two games! – Jasmine Ledgard

Year 5/6 White – Saints 2 defeated by Pembroke Green 12
It was an awesome display from Saints who started really well with some strong fielding and excellent pitching. It took us a while to get going with the bat, but when we did our base running was fantastic with some great stealing. – Taylah Gabrisch (Coach)

Year 5/6 Silver – Saints 11 defeated Seymour 9
Saints had a great innings of batting as well as a great defensive fielding inning against Seymour despite there being four seasons in one day! With lots of team batting by stealing bases and watching hits carefully, the team collected 11 runs during the game. Kate Thomas hit a double off the pitcher but also had a top innings as pitcher herself where Saints limited Seymour to only 2 runs. Apurva Ichalkaranje had a great shot at pitching, as did Zoe Pool. Well done to the whole team for playing in rain and shine!
– Claire Hale (Coach)

Year 5/6 Gold – Saints 14 defeated Seymour 8
The girls played an amazing game and I am very pleased in the way they have combined and performed. Each player has shown improvement and confidence. Best players this week were Lauren Parton and Alannah Godfrey for their excellent batting and Scarlett Dillon for her great pitching. – Victoria Gilroy (Coach)

ROWING

The Murray Bridge Regatta was our first as a full Rowing program and I thought we did pretty well. We have been concentrating as a group on technique through the different year levels. I must say that the girls did extremely well with our Year 7s rowing over the 1,000m distance for the first time, and a couple of crews picked up their first wins for the season which was very exciting. Our Year 8s who, like all of our juniors, have been rowing in mixed crews also rowed well, showing great control and rhythm especially the girls who have just come to the sport. The Inters who have been training well put that training out on the water, winning all three of their races and that was also with different combinations. Seniors had a good regatta as well with the first 4 (with mostly new girls to the sport) getting a really good second place. The 1st 8 is getting it together with improvement in every row. The pleasing thing is that they are together as a group and I think over the course of the season will get better and better. I was extremely proud of how all the girls rowed at Murray Bridge and am looking forward to a positive and enjoyable season. – Ben Flannagan (Director of Rowing)

Year 9 Rowing
Saturday was our first regatta of the season at Murray Bridge. The Year 9 crew consisting of Molly Bond, Sophie Barr, Anda Ceplite, Portia Maerschel and Jodi Papendorf worked very hard throughout a very tight race and pulled ahead near the end finishing in first place. A great way to start the season. – Jodi Papendorf (Cox)

Year 8/9
This was the first time together for this crew consisting of Milly Brett, Portia Maerschel, Lucy Benn, Trinity Nelson and Jodi Papendorf. After a difficult start, the girls found their pace and put in a great effort, placing third. They were a pleasure to cox. – Jodi Papendorf (Cox)

SWIMMING

Congratulations to Lara and Georgina Wakeham who contested the 2018 Henley and Grange Swimming Club’s West Lakes Challenge. Lara competed in her first 10km event (the youngest competitor as a 14 year old) winning Gold and missing out on her Open Australian Women’s qualifying time by 22 seconds.

Georgina swam her first 5km event (as a 12 year old) and posted a National qualifying time.

2018 Henley to Grange Jetty Swim (2km) – Lara won the Open Women’s Gold as well as her age group Gold, and Georgina won her age group Gold.

2018 Australian Age Open Water Championships – Lara placed 6th nationally in the Girls’ 14 years 5km and Georgina was the 2nd-placed 12 year old girl in the 2.5km exhibition race.

2018 Brighton Jetty Classic – Lara won the Gold for the Girls’ 13&U 1km swim and Georgina won the Bronze medal in the Girls’ 12U 400m swim.

TENNIS

Congratulations to the Open A (Premier League team) of Tiana and Yasmin Glazbrook (Year 12), Olivia Harby (Year 12) and Sienna Glazbrook (Year 9) who retained the IGSSA Shield after an undefeated season. We especially thank Tiana, Yasmin and Olivia for a number of years of service and wish them every success for the future.

Special mention to Tiana Glazbrook who claimed the Open A singles shield for the most successful number 1 ranked player and to Yasmin Glazbrook who went the season undefeated in singles.

Congratulations also go to Maiya Jakupec (Year 7) who has been selected in the East Adelaide District team to play in the State Primary Schools’ Carnival from 19 – 23 November.

Year 8/9 Knockout
Saints were narrowly knocked out of the State competition with a loss to Sacred Heart 3-21 to 3-26, finishing second in the group play-off when they defeated Tatachilla in the second match 4-27 to 2-20. It was a great effort from Sienna Glazbrook, Mia Dodd, Ruby Deakin and Imogen Nienaber who are all in Year 8 and will have another opportunity next year.

Open A – Saints 5-31 defeated Seymour 1-12
Singles: Tiana Glazbrook 6-0, Yasmin Glazbrook 6-1, Sienna Glazbrook 1-6, Olivia Harby 6-0

Open B – Saints 2-28 defeated by Seymour 4-32
Singles: Mia Dodd 3-6, Maiya Jakupec 4-6, Ruby Deakin 4-6, Annabel Baldwinson 6-5

Year 5/6 Division 1 – Saints did not play

Year 5/6 Division 3 – Saints 1-8 defeated by Seymour Blue 5-22
Singles: Gloria Zou 1-4, Jerrie Wu 4-0, Emily Bates 0-4, Charlotte Thorpe 1-4

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Open A1 – Saints 4 drew with Wilderness 4
From the start of training this season, all girls have been enthusiastic and dedicated to touch, which was evident in this game. The girls’ attacking skills improved from the previous match, allowing us to draw against Wilderness. Ehi Oyugbo scored twice and Hannah Freeman scored once, catching a long pass to the wing and then using her speed to outrun the opposition. Olivia Law worked hard in the middle and used a set play learned in training to score. The whole team was very successful in helping each other to score and their endurance was impressive, allowing fast rucking up the field. – Eve Habel (Captain)

Open A2 – Saints 1 defeated by Wilderness 3
The girls were solid defensively and began to work up from the line in better formation. They attempted some set plays when in attack close to the line and it was great to see a try scored by Sarah Wishart, with Amelia Pudney unlucky not to score. The girls will continue to work on rucking to gain ground and placing the opposition under pressure before passing the ball wide on the 4th and 5th touch. – Eve Habel (Captain)

WATER POLO

Amazing news to hear that Nicolette Miller (Year 11) and Saskia Jonats (Year 9) have been selected for the SA 18 and Under team, and Emily Baldwinson (Year 8) has been selected in the 14 and Under team to represent SA at the 2019 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships in Brisbane in January. Good luck to all girls.

Open A – Saints 11 defeated Wilderness 6
The girls started off strongly, scoring 5 goals in the first quarter. Well done to our goalie, Saskia Jonats who made it very difficult for Wilderness to score, only letting 1 goal past her in the first half. The best players were Fiona Lethbridge, Lara Wakeham and Nicolette Miller who applied strong pressure in defence, resulting in many turn-overs, and they also led our team’s attack whilst being well supported by the rest of the players. Great week again girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain)

Open B – Saints 6 defeated by St Dominic’s 8
It was a close and exciting game throughout. The girls worked well together, showing good awareness of where their teammates were positioned. They also showed improvement in making quicker decisions and passing the ball faster, which created greater opportunities for goals. Best players were Georgie Wakeham, Tara Young and Steph Smalls, who displayed a great deal of confidence and decisiveness in their attacking play. – Nicolette Miller (Captain)

Open C – Saints 5 defeated Pembroke 1
Saints dominated the play from the beginning, with the girls working well together to create many opportunities to shoot for goal. Their strong defence made it very difficult for Pembroke to score, and they shot their only goal in the last quarter. Best players were Kellie Bested, Keeley Fahey and Mia Humphrey who were very effective in both attack and defence throughout the whole game. Great work girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Year 7/8 – Saints 5 defeated by St Ignatius 8
The team had a tight match against Saint Ignatius, with Sophie Dansie scoring 2 goals and Lila Gosse notching up an impressive 3. The team was just out of reach of the win but it was an amazing game with excellent defence, strong attacks and quick leads. A special shout-out to the new players, who swam extra fast during the entirety of the game. Well done! Emma Pool (7RMI)

VOLLEYBALL

Year 6 – Saints 2 defeated Seymour 1
The team secured another win against Seymour. The girls displayed loads of energy and celebrated each point as a team, giving them an edge to their performance. Aggressive serves from the whole team put Seymour under pressure; in particular, Ruby Powell and Dani Cox had serving runs that won the team several points. Charlie Piper executed the skill of a dig very effectively and managed to give height to the ball, allowing her teammates to get a second touch. Both Ruby Adams and Lauren Parton worked hard to communicate with players prior to each point to decipher who was covering what space in the court. Another great game girls, good work! — Charlotte White

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Enews – Week 3, Term 4 2018

Issue no. 33Enews-banner

From the Director of Early Learning

2019 ELC Model: Research and Progression

In the Early Learners’ Centre, we recognise we are one of the first steps in a child’s lifelong educational journey, and as such, we have a strong commitment to ensuring this journey is as rich and nourishing as possible.

K MountRecently, we developed a renewed model and organisational structure for our Centre which will roll out from 2019. Underpinned by more than three years’ research, both academic and action-based, we are restructuring the Centre to enhance opportunities for children’s relationships to be enriched through longer periods of time in one space.

With our global mindset around early childhood, our goal is to allow children to share their knowledge and build stronger relationships, together. The purpose of this new model is to provide a high-quality curriculum combined with a supportive learning environment, minimising the amount of fragmentation in each child’s life.

Moving forward, rather than splitting the Centre into four rooms based on age, our ELC will be comprised of two learning communities: one for the Stonyfell and Bell Yett rooms (children aged 2 – 3.5 years), and another for the Ferguson and Hallett rooms (children aged 3.5 – 5 years).

The rooms will maintain their current names and will continue to be led by a teacher who will have their own responsibilities. By combining rooms into learning communities, we will see one of the greatest benefits of this renewed approach: the opportunity to further enhance collaboration between the teachers and the children. This model will give children up to 18 months in the one room without change.

It has always been our intention to have educators of the highest calibre, who enable every student to see the significance and relevance of their learning; who recognise the different developmental stages of children and that they develop at different rates across different areas, therefore requiring a well-planned and well-differentiated learning environment.

We are also committed to ensuring students have a smooth transition to their school environment. We feel this is an essential part of a child’s foundation to their education. We will deliver further connections to the School campus where children will have regular contact by using the learning spaces and resources to enrich their inquiries. We believe it is our responsibility to support students in developing a strong connection with our School community, encouraging them to become adults who have an appreciation and a responsibility for our wider community.

This week, we had the opportunity to present the new model to the majority of our families, explaining the benefits of less fragmentation in their child’s life. We illustrated what the new model will look like and spent time answering questions from the audience. We received wonderful feedback from those who attended.

We look forward to the journey ahead and the rich learning that will occur in our new learning communities.

Kate Mount
Director of Early Learning

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A Big Plus for Maths Champions

W3 - Mathematics

We are thrilled to announce that nine of our girls from Reception to Year 7 are being presented with special awards by the SA Minister for Education, John Gardener, at the Findon Function Centre this evening. The mathematical thinking and creativity in their investigations was amazing. Well done girls! We are all very proud of you.

Reception
Aurelia Tan – Mathematics is not just numbers (Set Task) – State Winning Entry

Year 2
Caitlyn Sam-Ling – Eat Well For Less (Set Task) – State Winning Entry
Lois Burton-Howard – Number Girl’s Adventure (Open Category) – State Winning Entry

Year 3
Ella Pearce – STEM project (Set Task) – State Winning Entry

Year 4
Amelia Kayser – Exploring STEM (Set Task) – State Winning Entry
Evelyn Gautier – My Future Vet Clinic (Open Category) – State Winning Entry
Bettina Dal Cin – Finding Our Way (Set Task) – Highly Commended

Year 6
Mabelle Kayser – Packaging, Packaging and more Packaging (Set Task) – State Winning Entry

Year 7
Mary Stavrou – Entrepreneurs and Mathematics – State Winning Entry

Catherine Kelly
Junior School Learning Strategies

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History of Success Mapped Out in National Competitions

W3 - History and Geography

In 2018, St Peter’s Girls continued its long and successful involvement in both the Australian Geography Competition (Year 7 and Year 9 Elective Geography) and the Australian History Competition (Years 8 and 10).

Both of these competitions give students the opportunity to participate in a nationally-recognised, rigorous, multiple choice assessment which tests their grasp of the Australian Curriculum and their analytical skills. This year again produced some impressive results, with Distinction and High Distinction recipients receiving their certificates at the Academic Assembly at the end of last term.

Other students will be receiving their certificates through the subject teachers.

Australian History Competition

High Distinction (Top 15%)
Lucy White
Chi Chi Zhao
Azaan Singh
Anushka Rajbhoj
Adele Russell

Distinction (Top 25%)
Shreya Jayaprakash
Ruby Deakin
Lucy Moten
Charlotte Adams
Bridget Healey
Annie Bradshaw
Funto Komolafe
Isabelle Norman
Charlotte Bleby
Sophie Johnson
Emily Downie

Australian Geography Competition

High Distinction (Top 10%)
Lady Murphy
Eliza Monaghan
Angel Li
Ellie Humphrey
Ruby Croston-Melling
Poppy Marshall
Candy Feng
Keely Flannagan

Distinction (Top 20%)
Bronwyn Gautier
Madison Liddy
Ruby Richards
Bridgette Leach
Lauren Parker
Willow Stewart-Rattray
Alicia Toh

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Farm Fun for Happy Campers

W3 - Narnu Farm

There was great excitement on Thursday 18 October as the Year 2 girls arrived at school ready for their first camp. After stopping in Strathalbyn for morning tea and a play, we arrived at Narnu Farm ready to meet the animals for 24 hours of farm fun!

The girls learnt about traditional farming practices such as blacksmithing and hand ploughing, experiencing first-hand as we explored the Central Idea ‘learning about the past helps us to understand the present and imagine the future’. Highlights were feeding the baby animals, holding the chicks and, of course, riding the horses!

Narnu Farm encouraged the girls to take risks and enjoy new experiences and challenges. It is a fabulous foundation for the Saints Girls’ Outdoor Education program.

Kathryn Clark and Sallyann Bruun
Year 2 Teachers

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New Sisters’ Sanctuary a Blessing

W3 - Garden

On Wednesday 31 October, Friends of the Founders hosted their final event for the year in the sunshine on Chiverton Lawns.

Community members including many past staff and Old Scholars gathered together as Bishop Tim Harris conducted a formal blessing of the newly-developed Sisters’ Sanctuary close to the Chapel. The Friends of the Founders’ 2018 theme of ‘Women in Business and Enterprise’ continued as the audience had the pleasure of listening to guest speaker Michele Lally (nee Prince, Selwyn ’94). She shared her business journey including marketing the Savannah Lamb brand and building her Australian Micro Abattoirs business, as well as her most recent awards won.

The Year 9 Event Leaders assisted in serving a delicious morning tea.

Megan McCormack
Old Scholar Officer

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Drama Double Act

W3 - Drama2

The Year 9 and 10 Drama students have been hard at work on their class productions which will be presented on Thursday 22 November at 7pm in the Arts Centre.

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon presented by the Year 9s and Miss Polly’s Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts On a Show presented by the Year 10s, are both comedies written by Don Zolidis.

It is a great opportunity for the students to engage with all aspects of theatre production, from acting to design and stage management. Entry is free and we look forward to sharing our work with you!

Katherine Kitching
Drama Teacher

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Fire Danger Season

With the fire danger season upon us, it is timely to remind families about the School’s Bushfire Action Plan.

The policy was developed in consultation with the CFS, MFS, Education Department and other stakeholders to ensure staff and students are prepared in the event of an emergency. A routine bushfire drill will be conducted in the coming weeks. Staff will guide students to the Arts Centre, which is the designated Bushfire Ready Building for St Peter’s Girls.

For more information, you can find our Bushfire Action Plan via the myLink parent portal by clicking the ‘School Documents’ menu item, followed by the ‘Whole School’ tab.

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Parents/Guardians of Current Year 3 Students

As your daughter will be in Year 4 next year, there are a few different uniform items you will need to purchase before Term 1, 2019.

The junior blazer (cardigan) is replaced by a navy blue jumper and a wool blazer. The rash vest and solar pant is replaced by the School bathers.

It is advisable to make an appointment on 8334 2228, as the School Shop is currently busy with new student fittings.

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Year 10 Lunchtime Music Concert

W3 - Year 10 Music

After weeks of singing, strumming and playing, the Year 10 Music class will showcase its talents during the lunchtime concert on Friday 16 November. This free show will be held on the Food Tech Deck. With hit songs from artists such as Shawn Mendes and Khalid, this concert is too good to miss!

Faye Ma
Year 10 Music student

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Prince Alfred College – Bugsy Malone Casting Call

Prince Alfred College is looking for girls to audition for roles in its 2019 musical Bugsy Malone. Auditions will take place on Tuesday 27 November. If interested, please see the links for more information, and Mrs Kitching for the sample scripts.

Audition Poster
Audition Information
Audition Cast List

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Sports News

W3 - Sport

This week, we extend our gratitude to all of our Year 12s who have played sport throughout their time as a Saints Girl. It has been wonderful to have them represent the School, and we wish them the best as they embark on their exams and a new future beyond school. Hopefully the memories from their participation will last a lifetime, and we look forward to welcoming many of them back as coaches, officials or players through Old Scholar sport and other events. – Neil Fuller and the PE staff

BASKETBALL

Open B – Saints 34 defeated by Scotch 44
With five focus points before the game, Saints went into the third and fourth play-off game with renewed confidence. The first half was tough with Scotch, featuring a 6-foot player, scoring 12 points before Saints adjusted with Sivi Sivasuthan and Emma Matheson stepping up in defence to assist Paris Robinson, who had her best game and scored a career-high 11 points. Playing a zone defence, Saints pressured the ball, and in the second half, this paid dividends with many turnovers by departing Year 12s Holly Cunningham and Ella Robinson. Sarah Matheson was strong in offense with 9 points including a 3-pointer. Bella Bernardi (4 points), Holly Cunningham  (5 points including a 3-pointer) and Ebony Lohe (2) also contributed, as Saints won the second half 21-18. Overall, a great end to the season. – Neil Fuller

Middle A – Saints 30 defeated Walford 24
We won! After showing continued improvement, the team won its first game of the year and played some great basketball. Up against a much taller team who played zone the whole time, we drove well to the basket and created some good shots form outside which were going in all game. All girls played well. – Brenton Davies (Coach)

Middle B – Saints 24 defeated by Walford 45
A good game offensively and, in particular, from Lucy Moten who scored 14 points. However, defensively we could not keep up with Walford who were quicker and taller and scored too easily against our defense. – Brenton Davies (Coach)

Middle C1 – Saints 8 defeated by Immanuel 28
Immanuel was a much tougher opponent. Credit to the team for not giving up the whole game. We will work on our shooting as we missed a lot of good shots, but the girls are gaining confidence. – Sarah Turnbull (Coach)

Middle C2 – Saints 20 defeated Wilderness C1 14
The team had another excellent win against Wilderness. It was terrific to see more girls getting involved and trying some new skills. – Sarah Turnbull (Coach)

SOFTBALL

Open A – Saints 7 defeated Immanuel 1
The girls put in an outstanding effort for our second game of Term 4, defeating Immanuel by 6 runs. Everyone gave their all and played exceptionally well. A special mention must go to the juniors who really helped the team get ahead and end with that awesome result. Everyone communicated well on and off the field and the batters made some great hits. When on the field, the team scored many successful outs. We did extremely well against a strong team and to come away with a high score is an achievement to be proud of. Great job girls! – Aroha Munroe (2019 Captain)

Year 5/6 Silver – Saints 7 defeated Wilderness 5
Despite the hot weather, the Silver team had a great day on the field and in the batter’s box. Firstly getting 7 runs with some top team batting and running in the first inning with some great hits by Aurelia Pyne and Madeleine Penley. The team then had a successful fielding innings, getting 3 outs by playing first, limiting Wilderness to 2 runs. Lysiane Franchi did well catching all the throws to first. Unfortunately, in the second innings the team wasn’t successful with the bat but managed to limit Wilderness to 3 runs, with Savannah Walls playing at first and making the outs. Well done to Nellie Ion and Aurelia Pyne for both putting on the catcher’s gear despite the very hot conditions! – Claire Hale (Coach)

TENNIS

Open A – Saints 6-36 defeated Westminster 0-2
Singles: Tiana Glazbrook 6-0, Yasmin Glazbrook 6-0, Sienna Glazbrook 6-0, Olivia Harby 6-0

Open B – Saints 6-36 defeated Westminster 0-9
Singles: Maiya Jakupec 6-4, Mia Dodd 6-2, Ruby Deakin 6-1, Annabel Baldwinson 6-0

Division 1 Blue – Saints 1-21 defeated by Westminster 5-34
Singles: Imogen Nienaber 5-6, Taj Shahin 5-6, Lily-Rose Spartalis 2-6, Ella Dnistriansky 2-6

Division 1 White – Saints 6-36 defeated Immanuel 0-5
Singles: Georgia Mallick 6-1, Charlotte Staples 6-0, Bridgette Leach 6-2, Georgia Langley 6-1

Division 2 Blue – Saints 6-36 defeated Wilderness 0-10
Singles: Issy Harker 6-3, Annabelle Langley 6-2, Amelie Eaton 6-2, Milly Wood 6-0

Division 2 White – Saints 4-24 defeated Westminster 0-8
Singles: Tiffany Zhou 6-1, Adele Eaton 6-1, Ariel Spartalis 6-5

Division 3 Blue – Saints 0-6 defeated by Scotch green 6-36
Singles: Faye Ma 2-6, Siena Zito 2-6, Tara Nedumaran 2-6, Anna Wan 0-6

Division 3 White – Saints 5-31 defeated Scotch White 1-21
Singles: Eva Young 6-1, Chase Hocking 6-3, Sophie Abbott 6-2, Shunem Josiah 1-6

Division 4 Blue – Saints 1-10 defeated by Scotch 5-32
Singles: Jasmine Si 6-2, Deepali Asundi 2-6, Saffron Chen 1-6, Amy Hu 0-6

Division 4 White – Saints won by forfeit

Year 5/6 Division 1 – Saints 1-16 defeated by Seymour 5-26
Singles: Mathilda Thomas 2-4, Winnie Vartuli 2-4, Alexandra Nguyen 3-4, Chloe Richardson 4-2

Year 5/6 Division 3 – Saints 2-17 defeated by Cabra 3-21
Singles: Jerrie Wu 2-4, Gloria Zou 3-3, Emily Bates 0-4, Charlotte Thorpe 4-1

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Open A1 – Saints had a bye

Open A2 – Saints 2 defeated by St Ignatius 5
The team put up great defence throughout the game using a new method learnt at training. In attack, the girls had some great rucking up the field but needed to use set plays to draw the opposition in to make space on the line to score. This is something we will focus on in training and will incorporate into our next game. Hannah and Ella scored this game using their speed to pass through – well done! – Eve Habel (2019 Captain)

Open C1 – Saints 4 drew with Mary McKillop 4
In a fast-paced game, Saints fell behind in the first half. After regrouping in the second, we were the dominant team, but unfortunately could not score the sealer. Sarah Matheson and Bella Bernardi worked the ball up the middle hard, both penetrating the opposition defence to score. Ehi Oyugbo used her pace to advantage on the wing and scored twice, after some great work through the middle by others.

With 10 players picked for this match, it was important our rotations were managed effectively, to which Lucy White excelled. An unlucky result, but a game where we should never have allowed ourselves to be behind to start with. A good learning exercise for this week. – Ben Goldsmith

Open C2 – Saints 0 defeated by Marryatville 3
The players worked hard on improving their understanding of the sport and developing their basic skills in what was only the second game for many. They worked hard to ensure they were initiating and calling the touch. The team put up a strong defence and there were a number of try-saving touches put in by players. In the second half, the rucking improved with more fluidity being seen in the play. As the team moves forward, we will continue to develop our rucking and attacking play. – Becca Burton-Howard (Supervisor)

Year 7/8 – Saints 5 defeated St Aloysius 0
The team enjoyed their first win for the season. They had the advantage in the first quarter, with their opponents being down a player, but still managed to keep up the pressure and scored 3 tries in the first half. Attack on the ball was good, but we still need to work on rucking the ball hard and fast for the first three touches. In the second half, Adele Russell demonstrated her agility, stepping around the defence to come away with 2 tries. Our other scorers were Ellie Humphrey (1), Pearl Richards (1) and Madison Liddy (1). – Tracey Hunt (Coach)

VOLLEYBALL

Year 8/9 Knockout
Everyone was eager to play and nerves turned to excitement as we kicked off our first game against Paralowie. A new rotational system to learn for the day added some complexity but was adapted well into the team structure. The team got off to a flyer in the first set, with Paralowie digging deep to get back into the set. Close call 25-22. We entered the second set trying different combinations and struggled to pass receive in a number of rotations, losing the set 9-25. We found the right combination in the third to win the set 25-14 and the match 2-1.

Renmark was the next opponent and are traditionally strong. They had some tall timber and got off the mark well. We improved in the second set and settled better in the third, feeling we would face them again in the final.

Our third match was against Parafield Gardens on an extremely low net. Playing a strong team combination, we won the first set easily with strong serving runs. We swapped the whole team over as an experiment and were able to win the second set. We mixed it up a little in the third again, serving strongly with enough time to squeeze in an additional fourth set.

Qualifying for the final against Renmark, we again started with strong serving runs from Anna White and great team blocking, narrowly losing the first set 21-25. Everyone stepped up a gear and Georgina Keough had a great serving run to help close out the second set 25-23. With time running out, we knew we had to win or finish the last set ahead to progress to the next round of Knockout. We gave our all but Renmark finished 6-5 to win the day and progress. – Georgina Keough

Open B – Saints 0 defeated by Immanuel 3 (19-25, 23-25, 15-17)
Immanuel started well with a number of players already warm from the previous match. It took a while for the team to focus and gel, and once Isobel Tan got the communication going, we were back in the hunt. Toni Christiansen made her debut in the Open team, slotting into the passer/hitter position. Her strong, consistent serving kept the team in the match. Lucy White also joined the Open ranks, being recognised for her hard work in improving her skills. With setters Molly Lucas and Ankita Rajbhoj always in the thick of the action, the rest of the players were able to focus on blocking and defending.

All sets were very close but we could not push over the line at the business end of each set to win. A great effort by all in a team that works very well together. – Alistair Keough (Coach)

Open C1 – Saints 3 defeated Immanuel 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-22)
Bolstered by the Year 12 group, the team was rarely headed with strong serving runs from Asha Short and Lauren Hernan. It was great to see the Year 12 group come together to close out their Volleyball time at Saints with an enjoyable match including much cheering and vocal support for each other. We bid farewell to stalwarts Ally Reade, Ava Loechel, Bethany Cross, Charlotte Carney, Kate McKellar-Stewart and Lauren Hernan, whose experience and skills will be missed in the last match of the season. The future looks bright and there is still plenty of talent coming through with a number of girls progressing from Middle teams to Open in readiness for next year. – Alistair Keough (Coach)

Open C2 – Saints 2 defeated Immanuel 1
Open C2s won in a close game, however, due to great serving from Amelie Dunda and excellent attack at the net from Emily Dobson-May, we were able to win the last set, resulting in a win over a strong Immanuel team. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle A – Saints had a bye

Middle B – Saints 1 defeated by Immanuel 2
Saints started strong, winning the first and demonstrating great teamwork. Unfortunately, they lost focus in the second set and dropped their heads, giving up a number of easy shots. The team lost communication and movement in the third set, which was a disappointing way to end after the great first set. From here we can only learn from this game, put it behind us, train hard and be ready for our next match. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Middle C – Saints 3 defeated Immanuel 0
The Middle Cs played an amazing game, winning all 3 sets against Immanuel. It was a great match to watch with top serving from Gloria Gao and Angela Feng as well as some fantastic saves by Gracie Ganzis. All round, a great team effort with much enthusiasm shown by every girl on the team. – Victoria Neale (Coach)

Year 6 – Saints 3 defeated Seymour White 0
The team was outstanding, coming away with an easy win. The girls worked very well together, with their serves winning the majority of points. They made an effort to translate what they had learnt in training early that day into their game and ultimately improved their performance. I look forward to watching the girls grow as teammates and athletes as the season progresses. — Charlotte White

Year 5 – Saints 2 defeated Seymour Blue 1
Saints showed great improvement and came out with a solid win. Over the course of the game, improvement was seen from all of the girls, especially Izzy McCabe, with the majority of her serves getting over the net. A fine outcome to a fun and enjoyable game. – Isabella Villani

WATER POLO

Open A – Saints 9 defeated St Ignatius 4
It was a great game with the team working really well together in both attack and defence. The initial focus was to apply pressure to stop the strong attacking opponents, which the girls did extremely well. In attack, we converted many of our steals and counter-attacks to goals. Good job by Fiona Lethbridge and Lara Wakeham for getting 5-metre penalties which resulted in goals. Well done girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Open B – Saints 12 defeated St Ignatius 2
Defence was strong with the girls reacting quickly to turnovers. They also worked well together in attack to create scoring opportunities. The best player was Stephanie Smalls who came away with many steals in defence and was also very strong in attack. Great game girls! – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Open C – Saints 6 defeated St Ignatius 4
Saints started strongly and had a good lead at half-time, which put them in a solid position for the rest of the match. They worked well in defence, making it difficult for St Ignatius to score, and also played well as a team in attack, creating many opportunities to shoot for goal. The best player was Kellie Bested, who was strong in both defence and attack. Good job girls. – Nicolette Miller (Captain 2019)

Year 7/8 – Saints 4 defeated by St Ignatius 13
The girls played well considering it was their first game as a team. There are a couple of things they need to work on including being goal-side, staying on their players and spreading out. Good job by Annie Bui, Lila Gosse and Adele Eaton who were the goal scorers. Despite the loss, everyone tried their hardest until the end. Good job girls! – Adele Eaton

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