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2021 College DUX Presentation

Principal, Craig Fielke had the pleasure of presenting Benjamin Gast (2021) will the DUX Award for 2021 on Thursday, 10 February at Cornerstone College. Year 7-11 DUX awards to be presented at a later date’ (COVID restrictions permitting).

TIME ACTIVITY

8.45 am All Year 7, 8, 9 students go to Home Group

9.00 am Students meet at the front of the school and walk to the pool with staff 9.30-11.15 am Competitive Races (breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle, butterfly) 11.15-11.45 am Lunch break - sausage sizzle provided (no cost). Vegetable patties available for vegetarians 11.45 am-2.10 pm Rotation of activities including: volleyball on the lawn, novelty events in the shallow end of the pool and supervised free swimming time

2.15 - 2.35 pm Freestyle Relays

2.35 pm Presentations ― students in House areas

2.50 pm Clean up, students walk back to the College with staff or can be picked up from the pool at 3:00pm.

Middle School Swimming Carnival

The Middle School Swimming Carnival will be held on Tuesday, 1 March at the Mountain Pool, Mount Barker. This is a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves and immerse themselves in the College community. A program for the day has been included above, and parents/caregivers should have received an email with more information. If you have any questions, please direct them to Bec Salinas rsalinas@cornestone.sa.edu.au. Please note that this event is pending COVID restrictions.

Dan Anderson

Health & PE Support Officer

Mobile phones for students

In order to encourage face-to-face social interactions and to minimise interruption to learning, the College has the following approach to student mobile phone use. Students are encouraged not bring their mobile phones unless necessary. If a student does bring a mobile phone to the College, the following protocols are in place. This information is also in the student diary.

Year 7

Mobile phones should be left at home unless there are extenuating circumstances. If a student brings a mobile phone to the College, it must be handed to their Core Group teacher at the beginning of their first lesson. It will be returned by their teacher before the end of the day.

Year 8 and Year 9

Mobile phones should be left at home unless there are extenuating circumstances. If a student brings a mobile phone to the College, it must be handed to their Home Group teacher at the beginning of Home Group. It can be retrieved from the collection point in Paideia at the end of the day.

Years 10, 11 and 12

All students in Year 10, 11 and 12 are to hand in their mobile phones to their teacher at the start of each lesson in each subject (can use Home Group boxes in each classroom). Phones are not to be on their person (e.g in their pocket). Students are to keep them in their bags or not bring them to the College if they don’t want to hand them up each lesson. If a student is found using their phone either in class (or at a break time if they are in Middle School): A teacher or House Leader will take the phone and hand it in to Middle or Senior School Student Reception (MSSR/SSSR) according to their year level. A restorative discussion with the student will occur where they will be reminded of the College expectations. The student’s name, and the name of the teacher who has handed in the phone will be recorded.

The student may collect the phone from MSSR/SSSR at the end of the day. This first breech will be followed up by a phone call to their parent/caregiver. If there is a second occurrence, the student will be issued with a Friday After School Consequence and further contact with the student’s parent/caregiver will occur.

Pets Online and at Cornerstone

At the beginning of the College year during Home Group, Moorak 3 Senior had the cute idea of introducing their pets. Students at home did this online.

Tayla Versteeg (Year 12) brought her new puppy into our Hone Group on Wednesday, 9 February.

Jacinta Smart

Arts LA Leader/Educator/Aboriginal Education Focus Person

First onsite meeting and photoshoot: In attendance ― Mount Barker District Council (Peter McGinn), Mount Barker Football Club (Scott Filmer) Cornerstone College (Jesse Filmer (student), Jacinta Smart (teacher) and David Booth (artist).

2022 Reconciliation Community Project

Did you see The Courier page 3 article with the headline ‘Art to Aid Reconciliation’ on Wednesday, 2 February? We are super excited about this significant reconciliation collaboration project between the Mount Barker District Council, Mount Barker Football Club, Cornerstone College and local artist David Booth. Cornerstone College students will be working with David to create a reconciliation mural at the Summit Sport and Recreation Park, to be opened during National Reconciliation Week. This fantastic opportunity stemmed from a Year 8 student’s Inquiry Project last year, where they investigated the question, ‘How can we promote and sustain the history and beliefs of the Peramangk people?’ What a great chance this sets up for learning and supporting our wider community as reconciliation is an important focus at Cornerstone College. We look forward to documenting the process and sharing it with you along the way.

Jacinta Smart

Arts LA Leader/Educator/Aboriginal Education Focus Person The Courier page 3 article on Wednesday, 2 February.

Advising student absences via the Cornerstone App

If your child is going to arrive late or be absent for the whole day, using the Cornerstone App is the most efficient way to advise the College. Forgot to let us know? If we discover your child has not arrived for the day, we will be in touch. You will receive a text message to your mobile phone asking you to confirm his/her absence and provide a reason. It is very important to respond as early as possible so that we don’t bother you with reminder text messages prompting for the information again throughout the day, or again on the following day. We are invested in the personal welbeing of every child, and we thank you for assisting us by notifying the College of all student late arrivals and absences in advance where possible. If your student is going to be away for 5 or more consecutive days, Principal approval is required. Please telephone our College Registrar, Rochelle Rogers on 8398 6009 or email rrogers@cornerstone.sa.edu.au Do you have some feedback? We’d love to hear what works for you. Please let us know your thoughts via App Feedback on the Settings page.