17 February 2017

Newsletter Articles

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Partnerships in education are talked about frequently as one of the major drivers of successful student outcomes. Research abounds as to the importance of parent and community involvement in schools – many articles will site the improved wellbeing and academic outcomes for students when they have not only support from home, but active engagement in educational activities from their families.

The Twilight Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 15 February was certainly a well-attended community event. The benefits for our students are significant, team work, perseverance, resilience and perspective to name a few. The school staff also had a fabulous opportunity to meet with parents in a less formal setting than school, this can only help build greater trust and open communication. This in conjunction with the attendance of the Primary Schools and their staff added the extra dimension to make a fantastic community event.

Thank you to everyone who attended, I certainly had a great evening and enjoyed handing out ribbons to all the place winners.

Thursday 23 February is our Annual General Meeting of the GHS Governing Council. I am asking for parents who have an interest in participating to make the extra effort to attend this event. Representation from parents on the Governing Council is an extremely important and necessary aspect of effective school functioning. We have a number of vacancies for general membership that will benefit from your input. Gladstone High School belongs to the whole community and the whole community is needed to ensure we continue to provide quality educational services to your children.

I look forward to seeing many of you there

Regards

Kathleen Hoare
Principal

GLADSTONE HIGH SCHOOL TWILIGHT CARNIVAL

Gladstone High School’s annual Swimming Carnival had numerous highlights including many broken records.

Chloe Smart from Sullivan broke five records on the night; including the Open Female 100m Freestyle record, previously held by Hannah Watson of Oswald (1:09.78), in a time of 1:08.37 minutes. Chloe also broke Tahlia Chapman’s existing record (44.83 seconds) for the Open Female 50m Breaststroke in a time of 44.78 seconds. The third record that Chloe broke for the Twilight Carnival was the Open Female 50m Freestyle in a time of 30.59 seconds. The record was previously held by Sara Hoffman of Sullivan (1999) with a time of 31.14 seconds. Chloe went on to break her own record for the Open Female 25m Butterfly (set in 2013, 16.49 seconds) in a time of 15.63 seconds. Her final record of the evening was the 4 x 25m Individual Medley, which was previously held by Hannah Watson of Oswald (2016, 1:23.05 minutes), in a time of 1:21.35 minutes.

Hannah Watson from Oswald broke three records on the night; including the Under 16 Female 50m Backstroke record, previously held by Alice Jackson of Richards Gale (42.05 seconds), in a time of 36.03 seconds. Hannah went on to break the Under 16 Female 50m Freestyle in a time of 32.16 seconds. This record was previously held by Chloe Smart in 2015, with a time of 32.46 seconds. The final record that Hannah broke on the night was the Under 16 Female 25m Butterfly in a time of 15.66.

There were four other records broken on the night by Max Smart (Crystal Brook Primary School), Casey Cleggett (Richards Gale), Aynsley Samuel (Sullivan) and Tahlia Chapman (Richards Gale). Max Smart broke the Year 6/7 Male 25m Backstroke record, previously held by Jack McCoy of Crystal Brook Primary School (20.74 seconds), in a time of 18.77 seconds. Casey Cleggett broke a record dating back to 2012, held by Matilda Zander (Oswald, 46.28 seconds). Casey completed the Under 14 Female 50m Breaststroke in a time of 46.01 seconds. Tahlia Chapman from Richards Gale broke Visakha Blanch’s (Richards Gale) record from 2015 in the Open Female 50m Breaststroke. Completing the race in 42.59 seconds. Aynsley Samuel broke the Open Girls 25m Freestyle (non-cup) record in a time of 15.19 seconds. This record was previously held by Sharni Chapman of Richards Gale in a time of 16 seconds.

Congratulations to Sullivan, whose team captains Scott Combe and Taryn Kelly happily accepted the Overall shield on behalf of their team.

A.C Read Shield

Sullivan 459 points
Richards Gale 450 points
Oswald 385 points

Primary School Shield

Crystal Brook Primary School 118 points
St Josephs Primary School 87 points
Gladstone Primary School 85 points
Laura Primary School 84 points

Champion Swimmers

Open Female

Chloe Smart
Alice Jackson
Open Male
Nathan Hooper
Jim Treasure

Under 16 Female

Hannah Watson
Aynsley Samuel

Under 16 Male

Ben Treasure
Adam Jackson

Under 14 Female

Casey Cleggett
Emily Samuel

Under 14 Male

Ben Hunter
Andrew Horace

Year 6/7 Female

Lara Zanker
Charlotte Durrant / Mabel Arbon

Year 6/7 Male

George Klemm
Max Smart

Unfortunately, due to a computer miscalculation, one of the individual swimming champions was inadvertently awarded to the wrong student. I would like to congratulate Ben Treasure on winning the Under 16 Male Championship and Adam Jackson on being runner up.

Thank you to the Gladstone Swimming Pool Community who ran the canteen on the day, to the Governing Council for the running of the BBQ and to Deb Smart from Crystal Brook Swimming Club for helping with the use of the timing system, and all parents who assisted with the timing.

IMPORTANT CAREER DATES FOR 2017

Tertiary Studies and Careers Expo being held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Sunday 9th and Monday 10 April.

Careers and Employment Expo being held at the Adelaide Showgrounds on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th May

GLADSTONE HIGH SCHOOL AGM

Thursday 23rd February 2017
Time: 7.00pm
Resource Centre - All Welcome

EBM STUDENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Information sheets regarding the EBM Student Accident Insurance has been sent home with your child this week. If you would like more information regarding the insurance go to the link below.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Southern Flinders Tigers Football Club

Colts AGM

The AGM will be held:
On: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Time: 8pm
Location: Laura Clubrooms

All parents are urged to attend.