ScopeIT Education are running school holiday coding camps in Blackwood for the April school holidays. See details below and attached flyer: CODE IT YOURSELF – School holiday Coding and Website design camps, ages 7-13. Blackwood Memorial Hall, April 16th and 18th. Book at www.ciy.club/events/ or contact Paul on 0491 093 …
As you would be aware, Year 7 will be taught in all South Australian high schools from 2022. As part of planning for the move, the Department for Education has short-listed 3 high schools as potential pilot schools to ‘Lead the Way’ and offer Year 7 in a high school …
Reminder – Friday 8th March is our first Student Free Day for the year. Our staff will be joining 300 educators from across our local partnership of schools and preschools at Morphettville Racecourse, participating in a teaching and learning conference, on building learner motivation / engagement, teamwork and trust. OSHC …
A number of cases of head lice have been reported within our school community. Head lice are spread mostly by direct head to head contact but may also be spread by sharing of hats, combs and other hair accessories. Anyone can get head lice. Please refer to the attached SA …
Last Week Students and staff survived the extreme heat – staying mostly indoors in the latter part of the week. We are hoping for a much cooler week ahead. House Teams met in the lead up to Sports Day, with team leaders leading house chants and health hustle practice. Congratulations …
Team assemblies are great opportunities for students and classes to share their learning and achievements with their peers and families. Over the course of the year, all classes participate in both whole school and team-based assemblies. Dates and times for all team assemblies for the 2019 school year have been …
State Education Leaders Day – Paul Luke Last Monday (25th February) I attended the State Education Leaders Day at the Adelaide Convention Centre, along with Principals from our Primary / Secondary Schools and Pre-School Directors. The first keynote speaker was our Chief Executive, Rick Perrse who spoke passionately about the …
The 2019 Blackwood High School Open Night is scheduled for Monday 18 March from 4:30pm to 7:30pm. “We use our Open Night to promote the outstanding teaching and learning opportunities we have on offer at Blackwood High School. We will present the range of curriculum choices, facilities and the range …
Memory Walk & Jog is Dementia Australia’s flagship fundraising event. It’s all about coming together with your friends and family to raise vital funds to support people living with dementia and their families and carers. Dementia affects brain function; thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday tasks. It is …
All students progress with their learning at different rates and quite often have differing learning needs. Learning and support resources are utilised at Craigburn P.S. to help any student experiencing difficulties in learning in a regular class, regardless of the cause. This includes support for students with: learning difficulties mild …
Reminder – Friday 8th March is our first Student Free Day for the year. Our staff will be joining 300 educators from across our local partnership of schools and preschools at Morphettville Racecourse, participating in a teaching and learning conference, on building learner motivation / engagement, teamwork and trust. OSHC …
Over the first five weeks of this term, classes have been working out who their elected student council representatives will be. You may have noticed some classes starting to share who their representatives are through class blogs, SeeSaw, newsletters etc. Later this term, a whole school assembly will recognise this year’s …
The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) are held annually, covering a range of specific areas of study, including: Digital Technologies, Science, Spelling, Writing, English and Mathematics. The competitions are run by the Education Assessment Australia through the University of New South Wales Educational Testing Centre and are now …
