Vision for Learning
SACE Results Release 2019
All SACE Stage 2 results will be released on Tuesday 17 December from 8.30am. Students can access these results by logging onto SACE Students Online and entering their SACE registration number and PIN. If the site does not prompt for a PIN students need to make sure they are attempting to access Students Online and not Schools Online. Should students need to reset their PIN they can use the PIN reset function on the login screen. It is recommended that students check their account and access well prior to Tuesday 17 December. Year 11 students who submitted a Research Project this year, can also use the same process to login to find their final Research Project result.
Jamie Richards
SACE Coordinator
Current Year 12 Students - Key Dates
University Entry
Students who have applied to universities for 2020 need to be aware that Wednesday 18 December 2019 is the final deadline to change preferences for equal consideration in a course. This year, the first offer round from SATAC will be sent via email before 5.00pm on Friday 20 December. Further offers for university courses will commence on Friday 10 January 2020 and continue through January and February. An up-to-date email address as part of your SATAC application is very important in order to receive and respond to offers. If you are interested in finding out more about how the Friday 20 December offer round will operate you can find a FAQ sections on the SATAC website:- https://www.satac.edu.au/news_items/what-to-expect-december-20-offer-round
TAFE Entry
Students wishing to apply to TAFE or needing a back-up plan for university should do so as soon as possible to be considered in January TAFE offers. Students may list up to three preferences for courses. All applicants will need to sit the Core Skills Profile for Adults as part of the application process. This is undertaken at a TAFE Campus or on-line and usually takes up to two hours. This needs to be completed by Tuesday 31 December 2019 to be considered in the Wednesday 8 January, 2020 offer round. Information regarding applying and enrolling at TAFE is available on the TAFE SA website. Applications can be made via the TAFE Website or directly with SATAC. There is no cost to apply to TAFE.
Annie Fitridge
Pathways Leader
Year 10 PLP Mock Interviews
We are thankful for a range of regular and new community volunteers who support our Mock Interview program. During Week 5, Year 10 students were given the chance to participate in the job recruitment process by compiling a cover letter and resume. They then participated in an interview with one of our volunteers. Students were provided with feedback on their performance and areas to improve. This great opportunity provided our students with a range of skills to ensure they are well equipped to seek part-time employment during their senior years, if they so choose, and develop skills that will be useful in the future.
Annie Fitridge
Pathways Leader
Students shine
The last Anchor showcased the work of several students in a variety of subject areas. This week we have the next instalment of student work. Students should all be proud of the study they have been engaging in within classrooms. Perhaps you could ask your child about a piece of work of which they are most proud.
It is always a privilege for me to witness the incredible creativity displayed by our students. In this edition we have a poem written by a Stage 2 English Literary Studies student and some Year 9 Christian Living work.
Sandra Barry
Director of Learning
The Cry of a Secret History
By Milica Pilja
Season after season the river streams steadily
it swells and shrinks with a tide
The surface glistens and shines in the sun
reflecting folds of land woolly with forest
its blunt paws dipping occasionally
revealing the current beneath
While the sun slides smoothly over the ridges
casting shadows as darkness falls
that shape themselves around the dreaming of the rock --
The moonlit river wells like tears at what has been
what will be
Whooshing and swirling with the current
Strong enough to reveal its secrets dark and discordant
Not knowing who will stop to listen
Up on the ridge a line scratched into the surface of the rock
form an outline of a fish sunning itself
its spine bending with the river against the current
carved lovingly by black hands
Rains fall seasons come and go
Now a house heavily squats on top of the bream
Under its square shape the fish will still swim in the rock
but it will not fade no hands to redraw its silhouette
The intrusive structure uninvitedly suffocates the ancient carving
Cut off from the trees and the light that it had swum in
silenced and secret
Shielding the depth of its beauty
It seems they made home here, but they do not know
The story that belongs to someone else
to people who would glaze across it softly
But now, they dig, strip and destroy
Over by the river-oaks, something happened in the dirt
A patch of emptiness and sorrow which cannot be undone
Deep amongst the roots flows another river
of blood
And the grass timorous will never grow again
The blankness tells a story to anyone who listens
It will haunt those who came and those who claimed
the land
You can hear it in the wind and in the crashing water
of the river furious and enraged
bewildered
The cry of a dark secret history.
Writer’s Statement
Kate Grenville’s, The Secret River, explores key ideas of the clash of civilisations through rich imagery and figures of speech, juxtaposing the man-made machinations of London and the organic life-like and untouched features of Australia’s natural beauty. Always holding a personal passion of the unjust establishment of this country, I deeply admire Grenville’s confronting yet beautiful novel. I intended my poem convey the ideas, perspectives and values of Grenville’s text to my contemporary Australian audience. I believe in the importance of discussing our history, to address what has been done rather than leaving it unspoken. As with Grenville, the intention is not to blame or place guilt on current Australians, but rather to remind them of the dark history that still lingers within our culture and how together as a nation, we can take the next step towards reconciliation.