LITW 25 September Issue 6

Life in the Wilderness

A special morning for Wildy Dads

Issue 6 • 25 September 2015

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On Thursday 3 September the ELC and LJS girls invited their dads to join them for Father’s Day breakfast. It was a sunny morning with everyone enjoying a delicious breakfast. It was also wonderful opportunity for the girls to share their learning spaces and have some special time together with their dad. The morning was a lovely example of our community connecting together and a time for our dads to meet and share in the experience.

A special morning for Wildy Dads


The Monday after Father’s Day our dads came to school for ‘Dad’s and Daughter’s Night’ in the gym. We challenged them to lots of different Mind games such as Four-in-a-Row, Mancala, Quoridor, Rush Hour and Gobblit. There was also Robotics, Bee-Bots, Pic Collage on the iPads and the French Alphabet game to play. The best thing about ‘Dad’s and Daughter’s Night’ is having the opportunity to spend time with my dad.

Anna Oldfield - Year 4

Dad’s and Daughter’s night out

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The wellbeing of each girl is vital for her personal and academic success. This is central to the School’s mission ‘To enable each girl to be the best she can be throughout her life’. By applying a research based approach to wellbeing across the School, we will empower girls with the necessary tools to flourish and live a life of promise, purpose and fulfilment.

Senior School Melinda Tankard-Reist Students in Years 7 - 11 heard from Melinda Tankard Reist who is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is internationally known for her work on the topic of the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls with efforts to address violence against women. She is the co-founder of Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, which is a grassroots campaigning movement. Melinda also talked with parents in the evening to increase awareness about this topic and the impact it has on our girls’ wellbeing.

Middle School Body Youth Forum Wilderness was invited to participate in a State forum to discuss the topic of healthy body image. The aim of the forum was to bring together Middle and Senior School students from a range of schools across South Australia to share their views and ideas on promoting positive body image and self-esteem within their school communities. Discussion included topics relating to: food and diet, the media, the ideal body, impact of social media, and fitness. Students were challenged

Wellbeing and Positive Educationabout how to share the message of what a healthy body image looks like in their own community and how to have a positive impact on students wellbeing through these conversations.

Junior School Conversations Over Coffee We’d like to offer the opportunity for parents to come and have a conversation over coffee with Libby Worrell, Head of Junior School and Trina Cummins, Director of Wellbeing and Positive Education to talk about how to support their daughter’s general wellbeing. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other parents and have dialogue on this important topic.

Where: Wildy Café (coffee/tea provided) When: Term 4 Time: 8:30 – 9:30am Week 3 – Wednesday 28 October, Lower Junior School Parents (R – 2) Week 4 – Wednesday 4 November, Middle Junior School Parents (Year 3 – 4) Week 5 – Wednesday 11 November, Upper Junior School Parents (Year 5 – 6)

Trina Cummins Director of Wellbeing and Positive Education [email protected]

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Wilderness School celebrated Book Week from 24 - 28 August and the theme this year was ‘Books Light up our World’.

All year levels decorated their classroom doors according to their theme book and activities available in Library lessons connected with ‘light’. The girls played with torches and mirrors, made mini glo-zones and decorated book marks with fluoro and neon materials which they then inspected under UV lights. They also listed books that ‘light up our world’.

On Wednesday 26 August the girls in the ELC and the Lower Junior School gathered in various groups and had the great opportunity to be read to by different teachers.

On Friday 28 August, the annual Book Week Parade was held in Assembly, with classes wearing costumes connected with their chosen book.

Katie De Silva Library Staff

Books Light Up Our World

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Tuesday 8 September the Year 1 girls walked to Glover Playground in North Adelaide. We were looking for natural, managed and constructed items as part of our Geography study, “Places and Space”. We took cameras to observe our surrounds and enjoyed our recess at the park together. While we were there we took careful notes of the various natural, managed and constructed items. It was raining but that did not dampen our enthusiasm!

Year 5 and Annie students have fun investigating the elasticity of lolly snakes...

Year 1 Explore Glover Playground

Junior School Science Week

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On Wednesday 26 August, the Year 9 Design Technology class travelled to UniSA for a fun filled day in 3D printing and soldering.

When we arrived we went to the Maths and Science centre in the campus where David Chan, our instructor showed us their $91000 printer as well as many other smaller Makerbot printers, similar to the one we have at school. He also showed us some of the 3D products including a size 6 shoe, human sculptures, rotating geometric shapes, buildings and architecture. After this he showed us that you can print with materials other than plastic including, copper and wood. David then helped us improve our own designs that we have been making in class at Wildy, which was extremely helpful and informative. Finally, he used a special sensor to show us how to create a bust using a scan of one of our classmates! We all thought that Gemma looked fantastic!

In the second half of our trip to the University of South Australia, we were taken to a workshop were we explored the concept of circuit boards. By the end of our session, each of us had made an interactive two-player electronic game called Penguin Pong, which was both challenging and rewarding. We had to make sure that the various electronic components were positioned in the appropriate sockets on the circuit board and we had to do our best at soldering them into their sockets correctly. It was rewarding, as we were all successful at making our own Penguin Pong circuit boards, which we then got to take home and keep.

All the girls enjoyed this day very much and are very thankful to Ms Rooney, Ms Creek, and all the other teachers involved in this excursion.

Susie Greco and Mahya Panahkhahi - Year 9

Design and Technology Excursion

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On Thursday 10 September the Year 5 girls had Colonial Day. We dressed up as children from the 1850s and pretended to go to Possum Creek School in Victoria. When we got to school we met Mr Baverstock or Sir. The boys had to escort the girls and treat them kindly. We learnt the rules and conditions of going to a school in colonial times. Before schools in Victoria were set up children used to be very mischievous because there was nothing to do when their parents were digging and mining in the goldfields.

Some activities we tried that many children in the colonial era would have done were handwriting and drawing with pen and ink, and practising writing the alphabet with chalk on a slate. We also did a colonial Grade 2 spelling test containing many old fashioned words many of us had never heard of.

Sir shared some funny stories about his childhood at school. At the end of Colonial Day we played a fun game that was called ‘Who Are You Going To Marry?’ We had lots of fun on Colonial Day and enjoyed it. We thank the teachers and Mr Baverstock for organising Colonial Day for the Year 5 girls.

Georgie Barnes and Sammi La - Year 5

Colonial Day

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On Friday 11 September, 7C and 7F set out on an adventure to explore how water moves from the source to the mouth. We followed the River Torrens, starting at the Kangaroo Creek reservoir.

The bus trip was taxing but the view was long worth the wait. We observed every detail and recorded data by taking photos and writing in our booklets. The next stop was the Drage park trash racks. This was a great experience as we learned about some pollution prevention methods in order to keep our water supply sustainable.

After this we journeyed to the Torrens weir. It was fascinating as one side was calm and serene whilst the other was fast flowing and hectic. We took note of the

excellent storyboards and continued on our way. It was time for a pit stop and lunch. We spent this time at the beach, which was perfect for such a beautiful day.

A nice walk followed to the mouth, where we saw how the River met the sea. The final stop was the Apex Park Wetlands where all the girls were intrigued by the breathtaking wildlife. That concluded the trip for us, a wonderful day filled with important lessons to last a lifetime.

Georgia Last and Maia Hodge - 7C

Geography Excursion


Wilderness was well represented in the recent 2015 SAETA Young Writers’ Awards. Isabelle Greco was awarded third prize in Year 9/10 Poetry. Wilderness won all sections of Year 11/12 Poetry, with Alana Pappas winning first prize, Beljana Dally receiving second prize and Anna Wilkinson taking third prize.

The following students received Certificates of Commendation for their Prose entries: Mabel Gorman – Yr 8 Hannah Ting – Yr 8 Kate Ashby – Yr 12 Zoe Stuckings – Yr 12

Certificates of Commendation were also awarded in the Poetry section for: Zoe Hampshire – Yr 10 Catherine (Ngoc Thuy) Nguyen – Yr 10 Nicola Ricci – Yr 10 Nadia Jose – Yr 11 Asha Miller – Yr 11 Emily Pham – Yr 11 Catriona Walsh – Yr 11 Jade Yeung – Yr 11 Helena Karapetis – Yr 12 Zoe Stuckings – Yr 12

Congratulations to all of these successful young writers.

Rosie Egan Head of English

Young Writers’ Award Winners

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This year, Wilderness School competed in the Aurecon Bridge Building Competition to determine which school team’s bridge would hold the heaviest amount of weight. We had one Year 8 team, Hannah Kieu, Ellaina Le, and Amanda Hsi and one Year 9 team, Edwina Traynor, Alicia Lo and Danae Mavrakis.

We spent quite a lot of time researching and planning our bridge, investigating different types of bridges and what the ideal bridge would potentially look like. After much vigilant planning, consideration and determination, we commenced the construction of our bridges. After having constructed several bridges as a class, we decided on a design that would be the most successful.

Once we arrived, we made our way into a small auditorium with all the other schools and eagerly waited for our turn to weigh and photograph our bridges. Once the testing commenced, schools were randomly chosen to pitch their ideas to the judges and to show off their design. The Year 9 team was chosen to go 3rd and after having explained the benefits of our design, the bridge was tested by using force pulling down on the bridge. The bridges were tested until there was catastrophic damage. The Year 9 bridge was only tested until minor cracks appeared and was awarded 5th place for weight bearing of the bridge (19kg) and the Year 8 team’s bridge broke at 5kg. The Year 9 bridge relied mainly on the cardboard tube and the internal structure to hold it up as the weights were pulling down. Sadly, the glue had not dried properly on the day of the competition because it was not mixed correctly. During the testing process, there were many breath-taking bridges and we were surprised that the bridge that came out on top relied heavily on balsa wood sticks.

Finally, the bridge made by Aurecon’s engineers came out and we never would of thought that it would hold over a hundred kilograms and were extremely astonished when it did. The Aurecon bridge relied very little on the cardboard tubing and glue but held together very well.

Through doing this, we have had both successes and unfortunately, failures but have thoroughly enjoyed every second of this wonderful experience. Learning different techniques and skills to keep our bridge sturdy and strong was particularly a highlight of this experience for us. Throughout the lengthy process of constructing the bridge, we encountered many laughs and epiphanies. The competition taught us a lot more about cooperation and teamwork, to be innovative, inventive and logical thinkers.

At the end of the day, we were very thankful for this experience and can’t wait to do it again sometime in the near future. It was a very enjoyable and the atmosphere

was competitive and supportive. We would like to thank Mr Serocki and Mrs Jones for their support and help before and during the competition.

Danae Mavrakis - Year 9, Alicia Lo - Year 9, Edwina Traynor - Year 9, Hannah Kieu - Year 8, Ellaina Le - Year 8, and Amanda Hsi - Year 8

Bridge Building Competition


SATAC deadlines Wednesday 30 September: Early closing date for most undergraduate courses. Apply by this date to save paying a late fee.

Wednesday 30 September: Final closing date for Creative Arts (Creative Writing), Creative Arts (Dance), Creative Arts (Drama) and Creative Arts (Screen) at Flinders University. Late applications not accepted.

Monday 30 November: Equal consideration closing date for most undergraduate courses.

Monday 30 November: Final closing date for Medicine at Flinders University. Late applications not accepted.

Monday 4 January: Deadline for existing applicants to change their preferences to most courses and still be guaranteed equal consideration.

Offers Tuesday 19 January: Main January offer round. Offers will be emailed by 5pm.

C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship The 2016 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship opens on Monday 7 December and will close on Friday 8 January 2016.

The C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship is one of the most generous privately funded scholarships available to undergraduate and post-graduate students in Australia. Each residential scholarship is valued at up to $45000 over 3 years.

Information about the C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship and an application form are available at www.hawkerscholarship.org or by contacting the secretary to the Trustees in Adelaide on 08 8127 1654.

Selection is largely based on personal qualities and demonstrated leadership as well as academic ability. Undergraduate and post-graduate Hawker Scholars are able to attend a range of Australian educational institutions. Post-graduate Charles Hawker Scholars are also able to follow in Charles Hawker’s footsteps by enrolling at Trinity College and studying at Cambridge UK.

Torrens University Academic workshops Saturday 26 and Tuesday 29 September - Ace exams and How to Write a Winning Essay. Discuss the fundamentals of preparing for and executing the perfect SACE Stage 2 exam.

Career CornerSaturday 3 October - Find out how to write a winning essay. Run by Academic Skills Lecturer Andrea Rivett.

Day in the life Workshops are designed to give students an insight into what it is like to work in their desired industry including Health, Business and Design.

Health - Thursday 1 October – Nutrition, Sports Management and Public Health

Business - Tuesday 6 October – Business and Commerce

Design - Saturday 17 October – Media Design, Graphic Design, Motion Design and Interactive Design

Limited places to register for all events on http://www.torrens.edu.au/about/events

Le Cordon Bleu Scholarships 2016 For Year 12 students, Le Cordon Bleu has announced its 2016 Scholarships. The four scholarships provide $30000 towards students achieving their dream career and are open to Australian citizens and Permanent Residents. Further information is available at www.lecordonbleu.com.au

CDW Studies and Flinders University A Bachelor degree is now available through CDW Studios. CDW is excited to announce that they now offer a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Digital Media) through Flinders University which is a three year full time course with all the university benefits while being able to learn from industry professionals at CDW Studios.

How students can apply: To apply for a place at Flinders University Girls will need to lodge an application through the SATAC (South Australian Tertiary Admission Centre) website: www.satac.edu.au

The BCA Digital Media degree at Flinders University - SATAC course code is: 214741

Upcoming High School Holiday Workshops: Character Design with Greg Tura, Digital Painting in Photoshop with Tyler Bartley and Creating Characters in 3D with Alex Colvin! These introductory workshops allow students to watch, learn, follow along and ask questions of an industry professional, in a friendly and relaxed environment. For more information go to http://cdwstudios.com/workshops

http://www.hawkerscholarship.org

http://www.torrens.edu.au/about/events

http://www.lecordonbleu.com.au

http://www.satac.edu.au

http://cdwstudios.com/workshops

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Career CornerResidential Indigenous Science Experience (RISE) The University of Melbourne and the Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC) are proud to present the fourth annual RISE program: a week long residential program to provide Indigenous middle-years students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

This event is for Indigenous students in Year 9 or 10 who have a fascination for Science. Students will have the opportunity to participate in laboratory workshops, exploring contemporary science guided by some of Melbourne’s brightest young research scientists. Students will also visit some outstanding, world-class science facilities to see applications in industry.

The program will run from Sunday 22 to Friday 27 November 2015. This course is offered at no cost to participants.

MORE INFO: gtac.edu.au/rise

University of Queensland Information session in Adelaide The University of Queensland (UQ) will be holding an information session in Adelaide for domestic and international students and their families. UQ is a Group of eight university consistently ranked well inside top world’s 100, placed among the top 10 institutions in the Asia-Pacific by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and is rated five stars (the highest rating given) by the QS Five Star Plus Rating. More than 50,000 students including over 12,000 international students from 144 nations choose to study at UQ. When: Friday 9 October, 2015, 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Terrace Room 3, Stamford Plaza, Adelaide

This is great opportunity to meet with UQ staff and faculty members to learn about our programs and entry requirements. You will also have the chance to attend faculty information sessions and talk to a current UQ student.

In addition, participating international students will also have the chance to win a return trip to Brisbane including a visit to UQ, a return flight and three night’s accommodation!

Students should visit http://future-students.uq.edu.au/uq-info-day-adelaide for more information and to register.

http://gtac.edu.au/rise

http://future-students.uq.edu.au/uq-info-day-adelaide

http://future-students.uq.edu.au/uq-info-day-adelaide

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Congratulations to the following winners: McDonald/Kljajic Cup (1500m) Indigo Marshall ANT Lowry Cup (year 7, 8, 9 100m) Melarn Murphy SPA Year 7, 8, 9 800m Run Melarn Murphy SPA

Mary Steven Cup (Year 10, 11, 12 800m) Brooke Hoffmann SPA

Badenoch Trophy (Year 10, 11, 12 Walk) Sarah Damin ANT

Geschmay Cup (Year 7, 8, 9 Hurdles) Winter Marshall ANT and Madeline Roos CAR

Heggie Cup (Year 10, 11, 12 Hurdles) Olivia Duncan CAR

Longbottom Cup (Field Events) Emma Lane CED

Irwin Cup (Open 100m) Melarn Murphy SPA

Field Cup (year 7, 8, 9 Javelin) Emma Young ANT

Hayward Cup (best high jumper) Winter Marshall ANT

Centenary Cup (Highest Aggregate Points) Melarn Murphy SPA

Isabel Lucas Cup (Year 7, 8, 9 800m Walk) Amelia Hender CAR

Team Trophies Harvey Cup (year 10, 11, 12 Flag Relay) Year 12 Antholiza

Russell Cup (year 10, 11, 12 4x100m Relay) Year 11 Carob

Pearce Trophy (Boarders v Day Girls) Day Girls

Team Events Trophy Carob

CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS Year 7 Thurgood Cup Madeline Roos CAR Runner Up Indigo Marshall ANT

Athletics Carnival Year 8 Reece Cup Myah George CAR Runner Up Emma Lane CED

Year 9 Viner-Smith Cup Melarn Murphy SPA Runner Up Hannah DeVito AMA

Year 10 Alder Cup Isabelle Greco AMA Runner Up Molly Chapman AMA

Year 11 Walsh Cup Olivia Duncan CAR Runner Up Brooke Hoffmann SPA

Year 12

Fischer Cup Henrietta Day ANT Runner Up Anna Cant ANT

SELSEY SHIELD

1st Sparaxis 2nd Carob 3rd Cedar 4th Amaryllis 5th Antholiza

NEW RECORDS Madeline Roos: Year 7 100m (13.67) Year 7 Triple Jump (9.3) Year 7 Long Jump (4.38) Year 7 Hurdles (14.84)

Sarah Damin: Year 10 800m Walk (3.33)

Melarn Murphy: Year 9 100m (12.65) and Year 9 200m (26.68)

Carly Hoffmann: Year 7 800m Run (2:48)

Winter Marshall: Year 7 High Jump (1.47) Year 7 Hurdles (14.84)

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Athletics Carnival


On Sunday 13 September, the Senior A Debating team (Georgina Wigney, Helena Karapetis, Hema and Reshma Berggren) competed in the Schools competition Grand Final against St Peter’s College - our first appearance in the Final since 2003. A large and enthusiastic audience, almost entirely made up of Wilderness staff and students, witnessed the girls advocate for the proposition that ‘the public should be allowed to cast a binding vote on major social issues’. The girls rose to the occasion, persuasively arguing that the inability of the Government to respond to community sentiment on issues such as marriage equality, climate change, and the humane treatment of refugees

Cancer Council SA’s Youth Ambassador Project is a leadership development opportunity for passionate, creative young people. One of the challenges Cancer Council SA constantly faces is to raise the money that funds their research projects, and the prevention and support services they provide to the community. To help overcome this problem the Cancer Council created the Youth Ambassador Project to involve aspiring young leaders. As ambassadors three challenges have to be completed. The first is to raise awareness by following the issue of Sun Safety, smoking or healthy eating. The second challenge is to raise money by creating a fundraiser in your school or local community. The third and final challenge is to make a presentation to showcase your work throughout the year and educate those on the impact of cancer. The four girls involved in the project held a Pancake Day fundraiser in accordance with Daffodil Day guidelines. The fundraiser was a huge success, with a total of $3659.65 being raised. This money will do wonders in supporting the Cancer Council with their research in beating cancer once and for all.

Ashleigh De Silva - Year 9

Debating Grand Final

Responsible Citizens

necessitated an additional forum in which the public could vote to change the law. In what was a debate of the highest quality, Wilderness prevailed, winning over three of the five adjudicators and claiming the trophy for the first time in many years. Remaining undefeated throughout eight competition debates, this was an outstanding achievement by the girls and due reward for their many combined years of service to Debating at Wilderness.

Matthew Hawkins

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On Monday September 7, girls from the Senior String Orchestra and the Senior String Quartet were given the opportunity to attend a performance by the Australian String Quartet, titled ‘Abundance’.

Those who came were first treated to an Open Rehearsal by the Quartet, where we saw and heard how the members of the Quartet interacted with each other and with the music they were playing outside of a performance setting. This was both educational and entertaining - learning that even professionals make mistakes, but build on them together as a group.

The performance itself was breathtaking. The ASQ performed a multitude of beautiful and contrasting pieces, but perhaps most remarkable was their ability to play together as one voice. Everyone who attended came away inspired.

Sophie Davies - 9ANT

Australian String Quartet

A Grade Badminton Shield Winners This year, our team worked outstandingly to procure the IGSSA ‘A’ grade shield for Badminton for the second year in a row.

Throughout the season, the team worked cohesively to be undefeated in all the minor rounds, which led to a final play-off against St Peter’s Girls. The team started strong with all girls winning their doubles. Fantastic performances by Georgia Zhang and Yekaterina Hubczenko in their singles brought us to win the final 4 – 2.

I would like to thank Georgia, Yekaterina, and Caitlyn Jape for their fabulous work in both training and matches this year, as without their teamwork, we would have never been able to win the shield. I would also like to thank all the girls playing in the B1 team, who only just lost out in their final by a very close 19 points but put up a great fight. Thankyou to Rachel, Ms Jarrett, Ms Burgess, and Joy for all their hard work in coordinating, training and coaching us throughout the year. Lastly, we would like to thank Chris for his coaching throughout the year. We would not have achieved what we did without his belief in the team and brilliant coaching when we were on court.

Tatyana Hubczenko, Badminton Captain

Sports NewsB Grade Soccer Shield Winners From humble beginnings, the Senior B’s became serious competitors throughout the season.

Conceding a total of just four goals throughout all minor round matches, our season was highly successful. It ended in our Grand Final match against Pembroke at Park 17. A tough game allowed for all members to play their part. With 15 minutes left in the second half, Pembroke scored to make the scores even at one goal all. Both teams fought hard throughout the game and despite several chances late, the game ended in a draw. This was enough to win the IGSSSA Senior B Soccer Shield for Wilderness.

We would like to thank all of the girls in the team for the dedication and positivity that they brought to every training and match. To Miss Burgess and Mr Snell, thank you for being there at games and trainings to support us and helping to organise each week.

Mr Pahl was thanked for his humour and support throughout the year. His belief in us from the start of the season was greatly appreciated and we wouldn’t have improved like we did without his ongoing persistence and hard work.

Georgia Gosse and Bella Stanley, Wilderness Senior B Soccer Captains


Sports NewsOn Tuesday 25 August a team from Wilderness competed in the SAPSASA District Athletics carnival at Santos stadium.

It was a great day and all the girls had lot of fun competing in their events and supporting their team members. Wildy won a number of ribbons and all girls did their best. The girls would like to thank Ms Ostermann for organising their team, Melarn Murphy and Mrs Adams for coaching and parents for supporting them.

Ella Anderson (2nd Shotput, 3rd Discus) Mariah Aslanidis (3rd Long Jump) Alana-May Baggio Georgina Birchall (1st 100m, 200m) Ella Haseldine Kate Kyros Charlie Lawrence (3rd Long Jump) Meri Lioulios (1st High Jump) Annabel Manifold Georgia Muir Sarah Muir (2nd 800m) Teagan Powell Anne-Marie Savas Penelope Casson (1st Relay) Ilia Cross Isobel Dolling (3rd 200m, 3rd 100m) Carly Hoffmann (3rd 800m) Darlene Kong Indigo Marshall (2nd 800m) Winter Marshall (1st High Jump) Scarlett Miles (1st Relay) Emilie Muir (1st Relay) Madeline Roos (1st 100m, 1st Shot Put, 1st Long Jump)

Special congratulations to Georgina Birchall, Meri Lioulios, Maddy Roos, Winter Marshall, Scarlett Milies, Penny Casson and Emilie Muir for making the North Adelaide District team in the events they won.

Michele Ostermann PE teacher and Junior School Sport Coordinator

Netball News Congratulations to Emma Sleath (Year 7) who has been selected in the Adelaide Metropolitan Netball Academy 12-13 Years 2015/2016.

Netball Grand Final winners, well done to Madeline Roos (Year 7) and Emma Sleath (Year 7, Captain), who are Contax Sub Junior 1 Premiers 2015 defeating Tango in the 2015 Grand Final.

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Sir Hans Heysen International Fundraising Event Many Congratulations to Sarah Dinh, Gauri Wechalekar and Yueshi Huo who performed at the historic house of Hans Heysen (Handorf SA) The Cedars in the presence of the highly acclaimed Oscar academy winning director Scott Hicks and Mr Haigh’s (Haigh’s chocolates) last Sunday. Their teacher Urszula Gruszewski performed the previous week for a private and prestigious group of people.

It was history in the making where Helen Keller, Sir Edmund Hilary, Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova, Vivien Leigh, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Marcel Marceau, Barry Humphries stayed and performed at Hans Heysen House.

Grill’d We congratulate Grill’d in Norwood on their charity initiative where each month one lucky charity has the chance of receiving $300. This month, that lucky charity ‘could be’ the Wilderness Nepal Fund!

Simply purchase anything from Grill’d to receive a token and then place the token in the Wilderness Nepal Fund jar. The charity that has the most tokens at the end of the month will receive $300 with the other two charities receiving lesser amounts.

Purchase your burger today to help grow the Wilderness Nepal Fund.

Sarah Damin - Year 10 On Sunday 30 August Sarah competed in the Australian Federation of Race Walking Championships at Middle Park, Melbourne. Competing in the U18 Women’s 5km race, Sarah had a strong and competitive race coming in fourth! Sarah and two other SA girls were awarded the Gold Team Shield, well done Sarah.

Emma Sleath - Year 7 Emma competed in the 2015 State Short Course Swimming Championships and achieved 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Congratulations Emma.

Sarah Dinh - Year 10 Many Congratulations to Sarah Dinh who was awarded first place at the Adelaide Metropolitan Male Choir Scholarship.Her prize was $2000.00 and to perform at the Adelaide Town Hall as a guest soloist. A student of Urszula Gruszewski.

Tilley Wigney - Year 10 Tilley has recently represented SA in the National U/18 Touch Football Youth Championships in Queensland. Well done Tilley. Oliphants Science Winners 2015 155 projects were entered by Wilderness girls from Year 2-10.

First Place 3-5 Isabella Rosser - 1st Posters 8 Mabel Gorman - 1st Multimedia 9-10 Anthea Yew - 1st Science Writing

Third Place 8 Roshni Mubarak - 3rd Science Inquiry 9-10 Aditi Kamath - 3rd Posters

Highly Commended 3-5 Julia Gunther HC Models & Inventions 3-5 Catrina Balestrin HC Photography 3-5 Stella Jolly HC Games 3-5 Olivia McCormac and Meg McGrath & Georgia Muir HC Multiedia 6-7 Georgia Last HC Photography 6-7 Jacinta Rossi HC Models and Inventions 6-7 Manasi Vanchery HC Computer Programming and

Student Achievements and Community AnnouncementsRobotics 6-7 Emily Jose and Olivia Bridgland HC Models and Inventions 6-7 Emma Colovic and Hannah Gough HC Multimedia 8 Reema Madike HC Science Writing 8 Kristen Yeung HC Photography 9-10 Alicia Lo and Anthea Yew HC Multimedia


President Hannah Kerr

Vice President Annabel Clarnette

Secretary Courtney Marks

Amaryllis House Captains Hannah Bransbury and Sarah Rocca

Antholiza House Captains Eleanor Rackley and Evana Bowell

Carob House Captains Hannah Lehmann and Olivia Duncan

Cedar House Captains Matilda Ross and Rachel Neef

Sparaxis House Captains Sophia Nery and Beljana Dally

Boarding House Captains Eliza Dunn and Asha Miller

Introducing the SRC for 2016

Career Representative Joanne Thai

Citizenship Representative Lilli Cavill

Library Representative Grace Teoh

Media Representative Gabrielle Pehlivanides

Music Representative Annabel Denbigh

Sports Representative Eleanor Walmsley-Pace

Student Foundation Olivia Tremaine

Year 12 Representative Mathilde Warne

International Representative Lowell So


Thursday 12 November 2015 | Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Road, Kensington Park

6.15pm for bubbles, sandwiches, sushi & Vili’s pastries | 7.00pm for Movie

$25 pp*(adults & children) early bird special includes supper, bottle of water and bag of lollies.

$28pp Standard Ticket Price

BOOK NOW - www.trybooking.com/IOUO

The Movie: In the aftermath of Raoul Silva’s attack on MI6, a cryptic message sets in motion events that will see James Bond come face-to-face with the sinister organisation SPECTRE. Bond discovers that the

only way to unravel the web of conspiracy is to protect the innocent daughter of a powerful enemy.

HOSTED BY THE WILDERNESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION EVENTS COMMITTEE WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE WILDERNESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION

THE PREMIERE OF SPECTRE (CTC) Book your early bird tickets today, All Welcome!

EARLY BIRDCLOSES SOON!


At Caledonian Hotel

219 O’Connell Street, North Adelaide

Wednesday 18 November at 6:00pm

Entertainment by

Rock Bands

Jazz Combo

Jazz Choir and soloists

Please contact the Wilderness School Music Department 8343 1064 or email [email protected].

to book a table.

Early bookings are essential

Tickets

$35.00

Includes main course

and dessert

Wilderness Friends of Music presents

2015 Music Dinner


Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 September Senior/Intermediate Rowing Training Camp. Murray Bridge

Saturday 3 October Year 10 DSG girls leave Australia for South Africa

Monday 5 October Labour Day holiday Wednesday 7 October to Saturday 10 October Rowing Festival, Year 7-8, Adelaide University Boat Club, 8.30am-4.00pm

Monday 12 October Term 4 begins for students Welcome Back Assembly (R-12) 8.40amRealise Camp 2 departs, 9am

Wednesday 14 October SACE Solo Performance Music Concert, 6.00pmHender Hall

Thursday 15 October Year 6 NAP-SL testing

Friday 16 October SACE Stage 2 Music External Assessment Hender Hall, 11.30am - 3.30pm

Wednesday 21 October Year 10 Outdoor Ed Surfing Excursion - 7.00am - 10.30am

Thursday 22 October Year 12 Farewell Breakfasts, 8.30 - 9.45am Year 12 Boarders` Last Supper boarders dining room, 5.50 - 8.30pm

Friday 23 October Year 8 Geography Semester 2 classes on Coastal Field Trip all dayAll applications due for Margot Morphett Irwin Scholarship to Mr Manifold

Monday 26 October Term 4 begins for students Welcome Back Assembly (R-12) 8.40amRealise Camp 2 departs, 9am

Tuesday 27 October All Yr 10 & 11 students to visit Ingenuity showcasing Engineering projects from University of Adelaide, 9.00 -11.00amAll Yr 8 & 9 students to visit Ingenuity showcasing Engineering projects from University of Adelaide, 1.20 - 3.30pm

Wednesday 28 October Year 10 Outdoor Ed Surfing Excursion, 7.30-10.30am Drama Production “The Mysteries” Opening of the Newman Theatre, 7.30pm

Thursday 29 October Drama Production “The Mysteries” Newman Theatre, 7.30pm

Friday 30 October Junior School Sports Day, Parklands, 8.10am - 1.15pm Realise Camp 2 returns, 3.30pmDrama Production “The Mysteries” Newman Theatre, 7.30pm

Saturday 31 October Exeat Weekend (31 Oct-1 Nov)Year 11 PE Camp departs (Pt Noarlunga)Henley on Torrens Regatta, JuniorsDrama Production “The Mysteries” Newman Theatre, 2.00pm and 7.30pm

Dates to Remember ROAD SAFETY• Let children out of the vehicle on the kerbside;

• Never call out from the opposite side of the road, as young children have poor peripheral vision and may not see approaching vehicles when they cross;

• Avoid parking too close to a marked school crossing;

• Enter and exit driveways slowly and carefully particularly when reversing;

• Please do not double park and wait for your daughter on Hawkers Road as this causes congestion;

• Avoid doing u-turns at Briar Ave and Hawkers Road at drop off and pick up times.

Wilderness School Nut Policy

It is the School’s desire and obligation to provide a safe educational environment for all students. An allergy to nuts is the most common form of allergy in children. Wilderness School has many students in the school who have a life threatening allergy (Anaphylaxis) to nuts. The students range from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12.

Nuts, peanut paste, nutella or any product containing these foods are not permitted at Wilderness School. Foods that state they may contain traces of nuts i.e muesli bars, cookies, chocolate are allowed.

Photographs on Social Media Out of respect to other families within our School Community, Wilderness School asks that photographs taken at any School event or function that contain images of other students not be published, distributed to others or placed on any form of social media, without the consent of the relevant student’s family.

Happy Holidays From all the staff at Wilderness School, we wish you all safe and happy holidays. We look forward to welcoming the girls back to the celebrations of Term 4 on Monday 12 October.

LITW 25 September Issue 6

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Transcript of LITW 25 September Issue 6