Musical Talent Shines at GIJ

Technology and Timeless Principles

This week, Year 6-12 families will receive documentation that clarifies the College’s refined policy in relation to mobile communication devices. I ask families to return the reply slip on the letter to the College by Friday 18 May...

Andrew Chinn and Sacred Stone

We have been very fortunate in the last month to have been visited by 2 separate liturgical music performers. On the last day of Term 1, Middle School students were treated to a performance by visiting Rock Band Sacred Stone. The Band is based in Adelaide and were very well received by our adolescents...

This week, the tip of the week will focus on the upcoming Parent Teacher Interviews.

Parent Teacher interviews are an opportunity to learn more about your child’s learning, progress and to plan with the teacher how you can support your child. The interviews provide additional information which supports the information provided in PAM in relation to your child’s learning...

Each week we will be sharing with the community, a recipe from the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program.

This week, Year 4 students have enjoyed preparing Potato, Leek and Bacon Soup for the Sunset Kitchen.

They would love to share their recipe with you.

Click here to view their recipe. 

This year, the Junior School will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall on Friday 11 May to assist with fundraising initiatives for the Parent Teacher Association (PTA).

We invite each family to donate an appropriate gift up to the value of $5.00 in new condition...

The canteen will now be offering gluten free items to students.

CLICK HERE to view the menu.

For those rostered to work in the canteen, your starting time is 10.00am and your finishing time is 2.00pm. if you have any questions, contact the Canteen Manager, Leanne Sandow.

• Monday - Kate Pohlner 
• Tuesday - Melissa Taylor
• Wednesday - Liz Taylor
• Thursday - Susan Woolston 
• Friday -  Bernie Passauer

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A gunshot is heard…which of the five characters did it, and why? Was it the Goth girl? The football star? The super-intelligent geek? Violence is about power… so is high school…

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PLEASE NOTE: All students are welcome to attend, but must be collected from their classroom by a family member prior the commencement of the liturgy. 

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• Tuesday 8.00am - 12.00pm
• Thursday 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Thursday 10 May 

• Sacrament Session E, 4:30pm, Staff Room
• Sacrament Session E, 7:00pm, Staff Room

Friday 11 May

• Mother's Day Liturgy and Morning Tea, 9:00am, Tenison Woods College Chapel 
• Year 10 PLP Day Session 4, 9:00am, PRC 
• R-5 PTA Mother's Day Bookstall Fundraiser, Barrie Holmes Stadium - Multipurpose Room

Saturday 12 May 

• Mass, 6:00pm, St Paul's Church 

Sunday 13 May 

• Mother's Day 
• Mass, 11:00am, St Paul's Church

Monday 14 May 

Open Girls Football, 8:30am, Vansittart Park

Tuesday 15 May 

• NAPLAN Testing begins (until Friday)
• R-12 Parent Teacher Interviews 4:00pm-8:00pm, Pam Ronan Centre

Thursday 17 May 

• State Theatre Performance for Drama Students (Years 10-12), 12:30pm, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
• R-12 Parent Teacher Interviews 4:00pm-8:00pm, Pam Ronan Centre

Friday 18 May 

• SAPSASA Regional Cross Country, Naracoorte
• Junior School Assembly, 2:30pm, Barrie Holmes Stadium
• 5-a-side Soccer, Adelaide 
• Year 8/9 Open Touch Football, 8:30am, Marist Park

Saturday 19 May 

• Mass - Liturgy of the Word for Children, 6:00pm, St Paul's Church 

Sunday 20 May

• Mass - Youth Mass, 11:00am, St Paul's Church

On Thursday 3 May, 20 Year 6 and 7 Student Leaders were fortunate enough to attend the 2018 GRIP (Generosity, Responsibility, Integrity, People) Leadership Conference at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre. Students listened to presentations, participated in interactive activities, had discussions with student leaders from across the region and enjoyed some fun games. Importantly, at the end of the day, they worked together to plan some action back here at Tenison Woods College.

A second GRIP Forum was held on Friday 4 May for Year 8-9 students.

Chris Lloyd & Nick Patzel | Year 6-7 Student Leadership Coordinators

The Tenison Woods College open boys football team kicked-off their 2018 campaign on Tuesday 8 May at Vansittart Park against Mount Gambier High School.

The game started on the side of the Mount High boys as their captain won the toss, but their fortune only lasted up until the umpire threw the ball up to start the match...

The SHINE fm podcast is back for Term 2!

This week:

• Niamh delivers some little known facts about Mother's Day
• Edward lets us know about Parent Teacher Interviews
• Cameron fills us in on the recent 2019 Year 8 Information Evenings
• NAPLAN is coming and Ah Sae gives us some tips on how to make it stress-free
• Paul Covers the College's success at Generations In Jazz
• Ruben looks forward to the Regional Youth Mass.

Listen in now here to this week's SHINE fm!

On Monday 28 May, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing program ‘Cyberia’ to Year 7-10 students at Tenison Woods College.

Powerful and compelling, Cyberia is an unflinching live theatre experience about cyber bullying and its devastating repercussions...

AUSKICK

A reminder that the Tenison Woods College Auskick program starts in Term 2 for any interested Reception to Year 2 students. Sessions are on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30pm to 4:20pm, however the first session set for week 3 will be on a Wednesday due to parent teacher interviews...

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