National Reconciliation Week 2024 – Now More Than Ever
Reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all Australians. Last year, following her design of the Indigenous Football Guernsey, Myarn Alden (Class of 2023) designed a matching ribbon. This ribbon is available for purchase on Flexischools until the end of Week 5 and can be worn to school during Weeks 4 and 5. The proceeds of the sale of this ribbon will be donated to The Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

The Australian Rules Football game for IGSSAs Indigenous Round will be held on Friday 24 May. We hope to see many girls at the match wearing their ribbons in support of this cause, Reconciliation Week and our Wilderness Teams.

REALISE Core Group 2
The Year 9 girls in Core Group 2 will conclude their REALISE experience tomorrow. They have enjoyed wonderful weather during their time at Crawford and learnt so much. Thank you to all the staff who have been part of the experience. The girls completed some water coloured paintings of gum leaves when Ms Kari Doyle visited the girls in the second week of their experience. A few examples can be seen in a photo below.

Challenge Success-Stanford Survey of Adolescent School Experiences
At Wilderness School, we are dedicated to the wellbeing of our girls and strive to provide a premium-standard learning offering to champion our mission to enable each girl to be the best she can be throughout her.

We are committed to providing contemporary academic, physical, social, and psychological resources to support and nurture our girls in facing challenges, enabling them to learn and lead effectively as adventurous, courageous, responsible, and respectful young women.

In alignment with this commitment, we have partnered with the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS) and Stanford University for the Challenge Success-Stanford Survey of Adolescent School Experiences.

This annual online survey, conducted by Challenge Success, will be administered to our Middle School girls in Week 5 of Term 2.

Through this collaboration, we aim to gain insights into our girls’ experiences concerning their studies, wellbeing, engagement, and sense of belonging. This data will empower us to make informed decisions about our various offerings, ensuring that we continue to innovate and lead in girls’ education through providing effective support to our girls.

Should you have any questions or require further information about this initiative, please feel free to reach out to Mr. Andrew Mittiga, Student Wellbeing Coordinator (Years 7 – 12), at amittiga@wilderness.com.au.

Student Success
Congratulations to Ada Qian (High Distinction), Chenuthi Navarante (Distinction), Sirui Tang (Distinction) Sharon Zhai (Credit) for their achievements in the HSMC Maths Competition.

Amaraka Nwachuku has been selected for the under 12 state Basketball Team to compete on the Gold Coast in July.  Congratulations and we look forward to hearing the results for the tournament.

Jessica Mah was recently presented with the Flute Grade 6 Prize at the AMEB SA & NT Awards Ceremony for 2023 Candidates. Her prize was presented by Professor Jennie Shaw, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Adelaide in Elder Hall.

Congratulations to Zoe Crowther (Year 7) and Niya Singal (Year 10) for being selected for the semi-finals in the Rostrum Voice of Youth competition that was held last weekend. We look forward to hearing their results from the next stage of this competition. Well done to all the Middle and Senior School girls who gave speeches and thank you to Louise Borgo for her work in preparing the girls for this event.

A reminder to please email Rhiannon Giles, rgiles@wilderness.com.au, with the details of your daughters achievements outside of school. We are always happy to include the details and a photo in the newsletter to celebrate with our community.

Updated Homework Timetables
Due to some last minute timetable changes there have been some changes to the Middle School Homework Timetables published in the last edition. These are the updated copies:

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Reminders
A reminder that parent jumpers are now available for sale on Flexischools and in the Uniform Shop. There are two designs available for purchase. Wearing your jumper is a great way to support the community and show your Wilderness pride.

Grey Quarter Zip Jumper = $90
Wildy Blue Crew = $85

Available for purchase on Flexischools.

Finally, an important reminder about parking. To help keep everyone safe and to extend our respect to our neighbours, we remind parents that parking across resident driveways and in no-standing zones is not permitted. We understand that before and after school is busy, please allow all the time needed to conduct drop-offs and pick-ups safely.