The auditorium was a showcase of flexing muscles, flowing locks and flying capes as Primary School classes celebrated the theme Reading is my Super Power, at Wednesday’s highly anticipated Book Week Parade.

Cedar College was in safe hands as superheroes such as Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Avengers characters and even “Vowel Bat” kept the villains at bay. Students who chose to dress as a favourite book character were just as impressive – with magic unicorns, mad hatters, scruffy dogs, mermaids and monsters in nappies adding to the fun!

Books, art and more! 

New books to enjoy were purchased at the highly successful Scholastic Book Fair, while an Upper Primary art exhibition inspired by this year’s shortlisted books also attracted plenty of visitors. Many thanks to the Library staff and volunteers for their hard work hosting the Book Fair and creating exciting displays for the Resource Centre.

Mrs Clare Wright, Junior Primary Teacher Librarian

As well as the keynote messages, there were group planning sessions, good food, the opportunity to meet other student leaders, and the chance to win some prizes and leadership experiences. The conference also had a special focus on how we should apply the SMART goals to help plan and make informed choices, and measure the success of programs in our schools.

Students Supporting Students

“At the conference we learnt that the acronym SMART was very useful to set goals for yourself. This acronym helps you to plan what your goal will look like (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound). At the debrief, a week later, we looked at how we could apply the SMART acronym to our school. One idea was to survey students to find out any issues that their year level was facing.

As a leadership group, we discussed and came up with some issues as a starting point. One issue we suggested we could focus on was supporting good mental health. We also discussed the issue of body image. Am I muscly enough? Am I too wide/skinny? These are some of the questions that students are asking themselves when they look in the mirror. We hope to work together as Student Leaders to look further at some of these issues that students may face.” – Kaitlyn, Year 7

Mr Andrew Mooney, Student Leader Co-ordinator

In their first game, Cedar played Kapunda High School. In a hard fought game, Cedar College triumphed by 4 points. Next opponents, Murray Bridge High, had an Australian National under 16 player as well as some other very handy District basketball players. Marcus did an awesome shut down role on the U16 player, restricting his scoring output, as well as scoring 20 plus points himself.

On the Offence

In the last of the minor round games, Cedar played Torrens Valley Christian School. From the outset, the game was closely fought, with only a few points separating the two teams. In the end, Cedar won the game by 5 points which meant they finished on top at the end of the minor round.

A second game against Torrens Valley, for a place in the final, saw Cedar blow Torrens Valley out of the water with an 11 – 0 start, through sheer defensive pressure and wonderful defence to offence transition. Torrens Valley never recovered, and subsequently Cedar won the game by 20 plus points.

Grand Final

In the Grand Final, Cedar met Kapunda again. From the start, Cedar came out strong, enforcing tough defensive pressure, and then quick outlet transition basketball. Kapunda had no answers for the Cedar College juggernaut. In the end, Cedar College came out victors 79 to 41, in what ended up being a one-sided final. This meant that Cedar College successfully defended their 2018 Pool C Knockout Championship Title, winning the SSSA Knockout Championship for the second year in a row.

Mr Matthew Howarth, High School Sports Co-ordinator

“The heavens declare the glory of God”, we read in the Bible, and as we consider and study the expanse and wonder of the universe, this verse is certainly true.

Since the beginning, humans have had a fascination with the moon, stars and outer space. Many Christians, for example Johannes Kepler, have contributed to the learning that has taken place as they explored the universe and made discoveries about what God has created and the laws that govern it.

From First Flight to Moon Landing

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission where humans first walked on the Moon. This remarkable achievement required the work of many scientists, to make the mission a success. Only 50 years earlier, the Smith brothers made the first flight from England to Australia in their Vickers Vimy aircraft. From the first flights to moon landings, a greater understanding of science has changed the way in which we live today. We celebrate this, and look to the future where more missions into space will take place. There are plans to include destinations other than the moon.

Prize Winners

Students had the opportunity to answer questions about space, the Apollo missions and future space travel. Congratulations to three students Corey, Jazmyne  and Phoebe, who answered a question correctly to win a prize.

Mrs Tracey Hopps, High School Science Co-ordinator