NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3 I MAY 2017
IN THIS ISSUE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Diary Dates & Congratulations......2 Music News......................................3 Anzac Day Dawn Service...............4 Sports Day........................................6 Interschool Athletics.......................7 Touch Football & Volleyball...........8 Robe Surf Camp..............................9 Kokoda Trip Concert ................... 10 Geography News.......................... 11 Visual Arts News.......................... 12 Maths News.................................. 13 Drug Education & Old Scholars.. 14 Open Week..................................... 15 Year 12 Formal.............................. 16
Welcome to Term 2. The Parent / Student / Teacher conference evenings set the scene for continuous improvement but whether the students achieve to their potential is up to them. The students must step up to their role as selfdirected learners if they are to benefit from their teachers’ expertise. We talk about the skills required for the 21st century - such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. We think character development is important - that is how we behave and engage in life and the world. At Brighton Secondary School we want to provide the time and space for the systematic, comprehensive and deliberate teaching of these skills. We think the qualities of mindfulness, resilience, curiosity, leadership and the ability to reflect and adapt are important. I encourage you to listen to the interview with Charles Fadel, Chairman of the Centre for Curriculum Pedagogies, a global organisation with links to the OECD. h t t p : // w w w . a b c . n e t . a u / radionational/programs/ lifematters/what-shouldstudents-be-learning-in-the21st-century/8496320
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The teachers can not achieve these ends on their own. While the teachers are working
at making education more relevant, I expect our students to be working just as hard - and I expect our parents to support the school by developing growth mindsets in the children. This means encouraging the students to accept a fail as a means of learning, not as an end in itself. Growth mindsets help students to work to their potential. Learning is hard work. Most people can not multi-task. I urge our parents to access Daymap on a regular basis; to discuss what your child is learning and encourage your child to focus on their role which is to learn how to learn. Some of the highlights since the last newsletter include the successful Year 12 Formal, Sports Day and Open Week, events which require dedicated, hard work from the teachers. I congratulate the Head Prefects, Ella Warner and Kein Kurosawa, for their moving speeches at the Dawn Service.
CURIOSITY I COURAGE I CITIZENSHIP
Olivia O’Neill with a high school Principal from Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province, China who was visiting Brighton to observe best practice education programs and school facilities.
The uniform expectations for Brighton students are well known. It is tedious discussing inappropriate uniform when the correct uniform requirements are well advertised. To view photos of the required uniform visit the web site: http://brightonss.sa.edu.au/ wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ BSS-Uniform-Policy-2017.pdf Olivia O’Neill Principal
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