Department for Education and Child Development T/A South Australian Government Schools CRICOS Provider Number 00018A

RESPECT - GENEROSITY - EXCELLENCE

PrincipalAndrew Dickinson www.gdc.sa.edu.auP: 08 8521 2400 F: 08 8523 0439dl.0774_info@schools.sa.edu.au

EDITION No.6 TERM 2 WEEK 9- 2017

DIARY DATES

JULY 20177th End of Term 224th Term 3 Commences

JAPANESE STUDENTS VISITINGFROM HACHIOJI JNR HIGH SCHOOL26TH JULY - 4TH AUGUST

CAMP AUSTRALIAOHSC ENQUIRIESPH: 1300 105 343

STUDENT ABSENCESPlease call by 9am on the morning of the absence stating:• Student’s Name• Home Care Group• Reason for Absence

PH: 85212400 Option 1 Reception-6 Option 2 Middle/Senior School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Andrew Dickinson

TERM DATESTERM 3 24/07/17 - 29/09/17TERM 4 16/10/17 - 15/12/17

Building a Flourishing Educational Community

In today’s society it is very common to see self-help books; in fact it is a huge market. Also common are so called life hacks: tricks to make your life easier. There is an assumption that we can all do better, all succeed, be happier, thinner and richer. How real is this concept to us? How healthy is it to believe the marketing strategy that we can all be better? To me it is clear that there is a misconception in that we all need to pay others so that we can be happy and content. The concept we are promoting across all our school, from Reception to Year 12, is that we can all flourish. So how do we flourish? To flourish we need to first understand its meaning in this context. Flourishing refers to the experience of life going well. It is a combination of feeling good and functioning effectively. (Huppert & So, 2011)Flourishing does not mean that we are consistently happy. Flourishing includes having the strength and resilience to cope with negative emotions and experiences in a healthy and adaptive way. It is about having the ability to thrive when faced with both challenges and opportunities. Also important, is a commitment to developing behaviours that benefit others and the wider community. A staff member may be flourishing when he or she experiences positive emotions throughout the day, obtains a deep sense of value from his or her work, and feels like a valued member of the school community. A class may be flourishing when most or all students feel included, where the teacher feels confident and satisfied, and where all members of the class feel engaged and committed to learning. A whole school may be flourishing when most or all members of the community feel a deep sense of commitment and belonging to the school and its culture promotes positive emotions, effective learning, and social responsibility. A family may be flourishing when each family member feels valued and experiences positive emotions from others in the family.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT ....

GDC UNIFORM SHOP - UPDate

Following on from our school community survey in Term 4 last year, we are pleased to announce that we are now able to have uniform stock on site and families can purchase items on the following days/times which will make the uniform more readily available to our school community.

GDC uniform shop New opening hours Wednesday & Friday 8.15 – 9.15 am and Thursday 2.00 – 3.00 pmThe new shop manager appointed by Hambours is Caren and she will be on site to assist you during the following times.Alternatively you can purchase all items from Hambours Uniform Shop, Monday to Friday: 9am to 4.30pm 2 Wilson Street, Royal Park Phone 84472077 or online at Hambours.com.au and click on Gawler & District College logo (online orders attract a 5% discount).Hambours will be offering a number of specials to families and these along with the updated uniform policy and price list will be emailed to all families early next week.If you have any queries please contact Hambours directly on 84472077 or alternatively you can leave a message with our reception.

Vicki McDonaldBusiness Manager

Uniform

Next term we begin another big push on uniform. During the first few weeks every student out of uniform will be spoken to. Any issues that are related to financial hardship are being directed through our Wellbeing Team. We have made accommodations to the Uniform Policy (within this newsletter) to support all families in getting students into full uniform. Our uniform shop is now open Wednesday and Friday 8:15am to 9:15am and Thursday 2pm until 3pm. Please note that denim and leggings are not uniform and deemed unsuitable for school wear. Enjoy your holiday break!

Andrew DickinsonPrincipal

HAVE A GREAT BREAK!

JUNIOR SCHOOL

National Reconciliation Week runs from the 27th of May until the 3rd of June every year. These dates are significant as the 27th of May marks the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the 3rd of June commemorates the High Court’s historic Mabo decision.The theme for this year’s Reconciliation Week was ‘Let’s take the next steps’. This year, a group of our ATSI and SLC students worked together to organise an interactive timeline of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history for classes to use throughout the week to test their knowledge and learn something new.Junior, Middle and Senior School students all created a hand cut-out and decorated their hand to answer the question ‘what does reconciliation mean to me?’ We saw some amazing designs and some insightful comments. These hands will now be used to create collages to be displayed in the front offices.Layla Clarke - AbEd Co-Ordinator

Dear Families and carers,

The Greater Gawler partnership of schools came together on Friday 9th June at Gawler Racecourse for a professional learning day. Teachers worked on activities and strategies to support students develop the Big Ideas in Number which is fundamental to our numeracy program. In the afternoon session teachers examined samples of student work in a collaborative moderation process to build their capacity in assessment and reporting. These opportunities bring schools across the partnership together and discussions were focused on developing learning tasks and assessing student work against the Australian Curriculum standards. This is important work that we will continue with our buddy schools, Mallala and Hewett Primary across the next two terms. Feedback improves learning outcomes and we encourage families to meet and discuss their child’s learning with teachers. Please ring our front office on 85222622 if you wish to make an appointment. Thank you also to our hardworking fundraising committee for a yummy hot dog lunch! We are really looking forward to the CARNIVAL ON THE COLA on Friday 3rd November from 1:30-3:15. Class teachers R-7 + Special Class will begin planning their activity next term and would be grateful for your offers of support!

Kind regards, Sue WirthR-6 Sub School Leader

“CARNIVAL ON THE COLA IS COMING

WATCH THIS SPACE!”

MIDDLE/SENIOR SCHOOLARTS NEWS & REVIEWSYear 10, 11 & 12 SACE Art Show, Forum and Gallery Visits (Tem 1 & 2)At the end of Term 1 year 11 and 12 Visual Arts and Design students travelled to the city to view exhibitions at the Gallery of South Australia and attended the annual SACE Visual Arts Forum. This forum included presentations by a number of 2016 students who achieved ‘A’ grades for their work. The students’ presentations were based on the Folio – Assessment Type 1, and provided our students with insight into how the students brain stormed, collected sources, explored, developed and refined concepts and organised their time. During the holidays Ms Koehler and Mrs McKenzie also met with year 12 Visual Arts students to view the SACE Art Show at Light Square Gallery housed in the ACARTS (TAFESA). Students gained inspiration and further understanding of the requirements of Stage 2 SACE Visual Art – Art & Design from the work of highly successful Visual Art and Design students from 2016. The works included examples of Folios and Practicals that included sculpture, mixed media, architectural models, paintings, photographs, posters and drawings. At the beginning of Term 2 Mr Douventzidis, Mrs McKenzie and 28 students in year 10, 11 & 12 travelled to the city to attend the SACE Art Show. This excursion helped to support learning in Visual Arts – Art & Design through as well as providing an understanding of what they will be required to strive for when they reach year 12. The group also toured the ACARTS - TAFESA City Campus that offers post-secondary school Arts courses. Students viewed the facilities and spoke with a lecturer who provided information about Dance, Drama/Acting/Theatre Studies, Visual Arts, Design and Craft courses to consider in developing future pathways. Arts for All EventsA group of year 9 students who have shown commitment to Arts subjects at GDC have been selected by Arts Faculty teachers to undertake a four-year program of Arts experiences and encourage them to continue their journey within the Arts. Students will also be able to provide some feedback about each of their experiences. This program, known as Arts for All (NASSSA schools), has been funded through the very generous donations of an unknown philanthropist and organised by the Festival Centre. Angela Koehler - Arts Co-Ordinator

SPORTS TRAINING FOR PE STAFF On Friday 16th June two staff members from the PE faculty, Mr Hughes and Mrs Kalatzis, attended a Multi Sports Day, held at Adelaide Oval, in conjunction with the AFL Ambassadors Program. Despite it being the only wet day in weeks we were able to continue the workshop in the indoor cricket area! The day was divided in three sections, starting off with AFL run by Dave Reynolds from the Kicking Workshop, Tennis run by Warren Foote from Hot Shots Tennis in schools and finishing up with Netball run by Roz Fraser with Netball games and activities. Within each discipline we were put through our paces and introduced to the latest ideas on coaching each sport. It was a really worthwhile training and development day, giving us lots of new ideas to bring back to the faculty to endeavour to implement.

Libbie Kalatzis – PE Teacher

MIDDLE / SENIOR SCHOOL

The first of the events students and staff had the great privilege of attending was ‘Matilda the Musical’, performed at the Festival Theatre. This was a fantastic experience for all students, adults and staff who attended. The performances by the cast of very talented children really impressed and inspired our students as did the hilarious performances by some of the lead characters of the show including Mrs Trunchball, the Headmistress. The musical was based Roald Dahl’s famous children’s book, a story about triumph over bullying and negative relationships. As well as stellar performances, the other star of the show was the set design, which took the theme of the giant Scrabble-style alphabet blocks surrounding the stage.

Our year 9 Arts Ambassadors and teachers also attended an excursion including the performance ‘Jump First Ask Later’ a performance where Urban Dance met Parkour in “a true story about how young people can achieve great things through different creative pathways”. After the very energetic performance and before the delicious free lunch, the group walked to the Adelaide Oval and enjoyed the viewing inside of the stadium and museum. The final and very popular part of the day program saw all students and teachers participating in a ‘Silent Disco’, with all donning headphones and dancing (and singing) to their selection of music.

Year 12 Music Recital Night Along with approximately 50 audience members comprising of families, friends and teachers, it was my absolute pleasure to attend the year 12 Music Recital Night. Congratulations to the talented year 12 Music students including Saphron, Brihanna, Taylah, Brittany, Marc, Liam, Ben, Shelli, Ella,Cory, Jamie and Tom for showcasing your talents and hard work, in the form of solo performances that were assessed for Stage 2 SACE on the evening. Congratulations also to Jasmin Holley for the organisation of the event as well as the other Music students who filmed and recorded the program. Special thanks to Rebecca Walker, year 12 Music Teacher for her outstanding and highly professional direction of the students and Josh Mollart for his general support and extraordinary musical accompaniment.For those school community members who have the opportunity I would highly recommend attending any future performances by the Music and Drama students. Please see the school calendar for exciting future Arts events.

MIDDLE/SENIOR SCHOOLOnce again it has been a busy time in the Middle School! Our Year 7 students have been very active recently with a number of students participating in SAPSASA Sports. Mr Clifton has also been away coaching the Junior Girls Soccer team in the SAPSASA carnival this week. We are very proud of all of our representatives and wish them all the best. The Year 6 and 7 classes also had the opportunity to see the Socceroos beat Saudi Arabia at Adelaide Oval. The students participated in a march around the oval prior to the game and then joined Ms Impala and Mr Clifton in the stands to watch the match. All students should be congratulated on the positive manner in which they represented their school.Our Year 8 and 9 students have just changed over into a new semester with many students starting new elective subjects. Any students in Year 9 who are wishing to change their selections need to complete a ‘Subject Change’ form and see Ms Lowe by the end of the week. There has been a strong Art theme happening in the middle school this term. I was fortunate enough to attend the Year 9 and 10 Music Performance night and witness a fantastic show put on by Mr Mollart, Ms Walker and Mr Meikle’s classes. It was great to see so many families come along to support their budding musicians. The year 9 drama performances were also very entertaining and reflected the hard work of all involved. To round it off there were also Art exhibitions in the Special Class and Ms Koehler’s Year 9 Art class. There were amazing displays of very innovative art works showing how creative our students and teachers are. Congratulations to the Arts faculty and to all students involved in each performance and exhibition.Teachers are currently writing mid-year reports. These will be handed out next Friday. Please make sure that you ask your child for their report and contact their subject teachers if you have any questions relating to their grades.Liz Rankin - Middle School Head

Grace and Taylah SAPSASA Netball Reps GDC Year 7 Girls Soccer Team

On Friday June 23, a group of Year 9 and 10 ATSI students attended their first AIME (the Australian In-digenous Mentoring Experience) session at UniSA’s Mawson Lakes Campus to work with their university student mentors.

Our students will participate in a series of sessions across the year that are designed to develop students’ academic and life skills. The sessions will focus on topics such as respect, identity, leadership, racism, kindness and post-school pathways. This year, our Year 9 and 10 students will also be trained as mentors and be given a series of tasks to complete back at school and in their communities as the year progresses.

The first session saw students learn some of the history of Indigenous Australia, listen to the stories of prominent Indigenous Australians and be pushed out of their comfort zone in ‘failure time’. All of our stu-dents participated enthusiastically and had a great time!

Layla Clarke - AbEd Co-Ordinator

AIME MENTORING AT UNI SA

SCHOOL COMMUNITYSaFe SCHOOlS COalItION SaGawler and District College B-12 is proud to announce our membership with Safe Schools Coalition Australia. By joining the coalition, we have made a commitment to build a school that is free from homophobic and transphobic bullying – a school that is safe and inclusive for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students and staff. This national program was initiated with Commonwealth funding to deliver on the aims of the National Safe Schools Framework - to build safe school communities where diversity is valued, the risk from all types of harm is minimised and all members of the community feel respected, included and supported. Australian research shows that experiencing homophobic and transphobic harassment can result in low self-esteem, poor academic achievement, absenteeism, poor mental health and higher rates of suicide. This program will help us in our ongoing commitment to support all students to thrive at Gawler & District College B-12.As a member school we receive free access to high quality resources, tailored professional development, consultancy and ongoing support from SHine SA who delivers the program in SA.‘Families Like Mine’, an online resource that offers practical advice to families of gender diverse and same-sex attracted young people can be accessed from www.beyondblue.org.au.If you would like to know more information, then please contact Cheryl Raso, Martina Ebert or myself.

Dick GlackenCoordinator School Counsellor

ATSI students learning in the Homework Centre. They learn how to work together, clean up after themselves, how to prepare different types of food, how to build robots and learn about the human body on the new Tiny Bop apps on the IPads.

GDC Giants Baseball: Coming Soon

Please contact the PE office or speak to a PE Teacher to register your interest in joining the GDC Giants Baseball program for 2018. The program would run in place of core HPE classes for the students involved and will include the support and collaboration of the Gawler Rangers Baseball Club and Baseball SA. Students who currently play, have had experience playing, or are interested in baseball are invited to register.

Ashley Dearlove – PE Co-Ordinator

SCHOOL COMMUNITY

WHAT IS THE ISSUE? We have had many students wearing hooded jumpers underneath school shirts. As per DECD policy all cords, drawstrings and toggles in hats and student’s clothing must be removed as they may cause strangulation, severe injury, lacerations to the throat and damage to the vocal cords.WHAT DO I DO? Check hats and clothing and immediately remove any cords, including draw strings on hooded tops Check student clothing and immediately remove any chin straps, cords, drawstrings and toggles this includes draw strings on hooded tops. Please contact the school for further clarification.

GDC OPERATION FLINDERSAs a follow up for our recent Operation Flinders trip, Mr. Burke, Mr. Watson and participating students got together in Roseworthy for a special presentation day.Students displayed our school values throughout the day while engaging well with the Operation Flinders staff.A special mention to Blake who was awarded the Scott Hartman trophy for his efforts on the trip. This award is not often awarded to a student and is quite a big deal within the Op Flinders fraternity. The award is given to the participant who demonstrates the most significant ‘turnaround’ i.e., improvement in behaviour and attitude over the eight days of the exercise. Operation Flinders staff spoke very highly of Blake and his leadership potential.Please congratulate Blake and the other Operation Flinders students who completed the exercise.

Mr Ben Watson - Teacher

SCHOOL COMMUNITY

THROWING HATS

When I was in primary school, my friend Peter thought it would be funny to throw my hat into the girl’s toilets. In retaliation I launched his hat onto the roof, the problem was that a teacher caught me and I was taken to timeout. I was so angry at Peter; instead of forgiving him I held onto my anger and our friendship started to fall apart. When I told my mum about the situation she said, “You only have to forgive once, but if you don’t forgive, you have to stay angry at him every day.”

It wasn’t Peter who was affected by my anger, it was me. By holding onto what happened, I relived the hurt day in and day out. Sometimes we think that staying angry at someone punishes them; it might be a family dispute, a disagreement with a work colleague or even a dog who likes to eat your thongs. The reality is that refusing to forgive someone hurts us more than the person we are angry at. Forgiving someone isn’t about letting them off of the hook; forgiveness provides us with the freedom to let go and move on.

Josh Sanders - PCW

BREAKFAST MIDDLE & SENIOR SCHOOL

Every Wednesday morning Salt Church is providing students with pancakes for breakfast to show their support to the school. The breakfast program provides students with energy to focus in class; it is a place for students to socialise and a great opportunity for staff and students to interact.

We are grateful to Salt Church for their contribution to this program! Students can come in Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY

If you have updated any of the following:

• Email Address

• Phone Number(s)

• Addressw

• Emergency Contacts

Please contact the school for a “Change of Information” form to ensure we have your correct details. The phone number is 85 212 400 or you may email us on

dl.0774_info@schools.sa.edu.au

SCHOOL FEES 2017The 2017 school fees are now OVERDUE

• Statements have gone home this week

• Please lodge a School Card Application if you believe that you are eligible

• Please pay your fees in full if they remain unpaid

• ‘Instalment Agreements’ are available from the Finance Office

The school will commence its debt collection process for all outstanding fees. Please make arrangements now. Families on ‘instalment agreements’ who are continuing to make payments will be excluded in our debt collection process.

Please direct any enquires to Finance, Tanya Mat-thews or Helen Redford, on 8521 2404.

RORy’S CaNteeN WINteR MeNU UPDate

Ole! To keep away the winter chills, Rory’s School Lunches will be releasing the new Winter Specials Hot Food Menu in schools. This menu includes a delicious range of Mexican tasty treats including chicken enchiladas, tacos

and chipotle flame grilled burgers. Stay tuned!

Gawler & District College Canteen Menu

Online Canteen Orders - To save time and looking for the correct change order your lunches on Qkr

Rory’s School Lunches provides an online canteen ordering system for the convenience of schools, parents and students

Our school is registered for online ordering:

• orders can be placed in advance, any time, until 9:15am on the day the lunch is required.

• students don’t need to bring cash to school to pay for their lunch order.

• parents can also discuss food choices with their children, which is helpful for younger students.

Hambours Gawler & District College B-12  

 

GDC uniform shop is open on Campus

Wednesday & Friday 8.15am to 9.15am Thursday 2pm to 3 pm

Or Shop online for 5% discount

@ GDC uniform shop- http://gawlerdc.hambours.com.au

UNISEX GARMENTS Size Price Short Sleeve Polo Top All Sizes $ 35.00 Long Sleeve Polo Top ** All Sizes $ 35.00 Track Pant All Sizes $ 55.00 Fleecy Jacket All Sizes $ 70.00 Wool Jumper All Sizes $ 80.00 College Tie ** 54” $ 10.00 BOYS GARMENTS Short Sleeve Shirt All Sizes $ 35.00 Long Sleeve Shirt All Sizes $ 40.00 GIRLS GARMENTS Dress All Sizes $ 75.00 Skirt All Sizes $ 75.00 Pinafore All Sizes $ 75.00 Short Sleeve Blouse All Sizes $ 35.00 Long Sleeve Blouse All Sizes $ 40.00 SPORTS UNIFORM Sublimated PE Top All Sizes $ 40.00 PE Short All Sizes $ 25.00 ACCESSORIES Logoed Bucket Hat ** All Sizes $ 10.00 Logoed Sports Socks 5pk ** All Sizes $ 15.00

** Items are only available @ college shop and NOT online

All prices include GST and are firm for 12 months from October 2016  

2017 Gawler & District College B-12 Uniform Item

s 2017 Gawler & District College B-12 – Uniform

Policy

Unisex Polo Unisex PE Top

Unisex Jumper Unisex Jacket

Unisex PE Short Unisex Shorts

Girls Dress Unisex Pant

Unisex Track Pant

Boys Shirt

Boys LS Shirt Girls Skirt

Girls LS Blouse Girls Blouse

Optional garm

ents available from Uniform

Shop

Bucket Hat Tie

Black Tights College Socks

White Socks

Black Socks

UNIFORM RULES

Only uniform

items can be worn

Plain black shoes with enclosed toes only are to be worn

PE uniform

items cannot be worn with daily uniform

items and are only to be worn for PE

NOTE: denim

, leggings and clothing deemed unsuitable for school wear

Availability: Hambours are our nominated suppliers and a representative is at the College once a week during school term

to assist with fittings and ordering, alternatively you can purchase all item

s from Ham

bours Uniform Shop, Monday to Friday: 9am

to 4.30pm,

2 Wilson Street, Royal Park, Phone 84472077 and online at Ham

bours.com.au and click on Gawler & District College logo

OR on site from GDC uniform

shop Wednesday & Friday 8.15 – 9.15 am

& Thursday 2.00 – 3.00 pm.

The School Council believes that a consistent school uniform policy will create a sense of collective and individual pride in both a student’s appearance and identification with their school. The uniform is designed to provide a common standard of dress which is non-competitive, is safe for a wide range of educational activities and promotes a positive image of the school with the community. Aim

s of our school's dress code •

Contribute to whole school identity, unity and pride in personal appearance •

Develop individual self-esteem through a sense of belonging

• Contribute to the developm

ent of a supportive school environment and support social justice initiatives •

Develop a positive image of Gawler and District College B-12 in the wider com

munity •

Enable staff to ensure a greater level of safety for students in the school grounds and in the community

By attending this College students are agreeing to wear school uniform, and parents/carers are agreeing to ensure that their

students have access to the school uniform.

BOYS UNIFORMS Shirts

White short sleeved and long sleeve with logo (Tie Optional)

Pants Charcoal or Black

Shorts Charcoal or Black

GIRLS UNIFORMS Blouse

White short sleeved and long sleeve with logo (Tie Optional)

Pants Charcoal or Black

Shorts Charcoal or Black

Dress Checked – Please note the prescribed length of the dress is no shorter than 5cm

s above the knee. Skirt

Tartan – Please note the prescribed length of the dress is no shorter than 5cms above the knee.

Pinafore Years R - 5 Tartan – Please note the prescribed length of the dress is no shorter than 5cm

s above the knee. Opaque Tights

Black Tights – no ‘footless’ to be worn with dress, skirt or pinafore – NOT TO BE WORN with socks

UNISEX UNIFORMS Polo Shirt

Polo with logo Jumper

Purple logoed Jacket

Purple with stripe banding and logo Tie

Purple stripes and College logo (Optional) Socks

Plain white or black Shoes

Plain Black must be enclosed toe Track Pant

Charcoal with side stripes and logo Pants

Charcoal or Black microfiber elastic waist PE Uniform (Years 7 – 12) TO BE ONLY W

ORN FOR PE LESSONS Top

Sublimated PE Top with logoed Shorts

Charcoal PE shorts with logo. Socks

College logo sock

ACCESSORIES

Bucket Hat Compulsory for all year R – 6 Students

ADDITIONAL UNIFORM OPTIONS FOR YEAR 12: The Year 12 students are permitted to wear special Year 12 jackets as negotiated with the Year 12 Coordinator on an annual basis.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Shoes: As part of The Gawler & District College’s duty of care Occupational Health and W

elfare obligations at workplaces, students are obligated to wear enclosed footwear at school. Platform shoes, thongs, Ugg Boots and “flip flop” type shoes are unsafe and are not acceptable. Jewellery and Make up: Discrete jewellery and make up at all times (as appropriate for a work environment). Jewellery items to be kept to a minimum Sun Smart Hat Policy: As a Sun Smart Junior School, to minimise the danger of ultraviolet radiation exposure for students, we require Junior School students to wear appropriate sun protective clothing and broad-brimmed hats – no hat, no play. W

e encourage ALL students to wear a school bucket hat to be compliant with the Sun Smart Policy. Andrew Dickinson Principal Approved by Governing Council 19 June 2017

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