The annual Tenison Woods College Twilight Tour will be held on Wednesday 29 March at 6:00pm. It's an opportunity for interested families to come and see the school grounds and the facilities on offer. It is also a chance to ask questions and for prospective students to familiarise themselves with the school.

A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Tenison Woods College Board will be held tonight, Wednesday 22 March at 7:00pm in the Pam Ronan Centre. All welcome to attend.

The 2017 South East Field Days held in Lucindale on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 March was a great success, having shared many conversations with current and prospective families, as well as past students. Year 10 students Shayla Jones (left) and Adele Prosperi-Porta and Year 9 student Alexie McLellan are pictured at the Tenison Woods College site in the Yakka Pavilion.

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We are very excited to be starting a new initiative in Term 2, 2017 – The Tenison Woods College Mini Makers Club. This is an opportunity for children to participate in a range of problem based activities using a variety of skills such as; collaboration and group work, designing, creating, evaluating, modifying and re-evaluating.

Congratulations to Year 10 student athlete Georgia Clark who has been selected to play in the 2017 under 15 Australian National Hockey Championships. Georgia will compete in Moorebank, New South Wales from Wednesday 5 April to Thursday 13 April. Good luck Georgia!

Tenison Woods College will host a Taste of Harmony celebration at Tenison Woods College on Thursday 23 March and everyone is welcome!

Come along and celebrate our rich, diverse community the best way we know how-through food, music and conversation!

Did you know that you can find teacher feedback written to your child on SIMON and PAM? Did you know that PAM enables you to not only see the grade that your child receives for a task? It also allows you read a comment that the teacher has provided for your child. At Tenison Woods College our teachers provide feedback to students on their progress in a variety of forms, this could verbally in class, written on a task, indicated on an attached rubric, a new feature, or provided to students and parents as evidence via PAM. 

Monday 27 March- Cassie Edwards

Tuesday 28 March- Lyn Wilson

Wednesday 29 March- TBA

Thursday 30 March- TBA

Friday 31 March- Michelle Black
 

Thursday 23 March

• Taste of Harmony Dinner, 6.00pm in the PRC
• Don't panic! Help your child with their mathematics homework, 7.30pm in the PRC

Monday 27 March

• Catholic Co-Ed Athletics Carnival
• Year 9 Science Excursion

Tuesday 28 March

• Year 10/11 Geography Field Trip

Wednesday 29 March

• SAPSASA District Athletics Day at Mount Gambier High School
• Twilight Tour, 6.00pm

Friday 31 March

• 3-7 Sports Day at Marist Park
• Junior School Assembly, 2.15pm in the Barrie Holmes Stadium
• Stations of the Cross, 6.15pm at St. Paul's Church

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Last Friday the Year 9 students gathered for their annual reflection day. The theme was on Servant Leadership and the students moved through a range of activities that encouraged them to consider how they could demonstrate Servant Leadership, using the models of Jesus and Pope Francis.

Tenison Woods College will take part in Earth Hour on Friday 24 March. The initiative has been organised by three Year 11 Religion students Ethan Angus, Daniel Oldaker and Josh Adams, who are hoping to reduce power usage and raise awareness for climate change. During lessons 5 and 6 (12:00pm-1:00pm), the students are requesting that all staff and students turn off all non-essential power. The official earth hour is between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday 25 March, so get your family involved and turn off your lights for an hour and help the world fight climate change.

We are currently seeking expressions of interest to be part of an e-Smart committee. The e-smart school framework was developed by the Alannah and Madeline Foundation. It is a holistic approach to changing the behaviour of information and communications technology users.

Tenison Woods College prides itself on providing a safe learning environment for its students. An emerging national concern is the inappropriate use of the Internet by students. This problem has the potential to be harmful, and we ask your support in assisting us with this challenge.

Congratulations to the nine students from Tenison Woods College who competed at the SAPSASA Country Swimming Championships in Adelaide last week. Claiming both individual and relay medals. 

The following swimmers received medals in their events.

Thomas Bignell: 3 gold medals in 50m breastroke, 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

Aleisha Pearson: Silver medal in the 50m backstroke.

Aleisha Pearson and Annabelle Solomons: Silver medal in the 11 year old freestyle relay.

Thomas and Nicholas Bignell: Bronze medal in the 13 year old freestyle relay.