Norwood Morialta High School

The Norwood Morialta High School
Location
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Coordinates	34°55′4″S 138°40′18″E / 34.91778°S 138.67167°E / -34.91778; 138.67167 34°54′5″S 138°40′37″E / 34.90139°S 138.67694°E / -34.90139; 138.67694
Information
Type	Co-educational Public High School
Motto	Distinction, Diversity, Respect
Established	1910
Founder	Joe Laslett (Morialta High School)
Chairman	Chris Ryan
Principal	Mrs Panayoula Parha
Grades	8-13
Enrolment	1438[1]
Campus	Senior Campus - Years 11-13 The Parade, Magill Middle Campus - Years 8-10 Morialta Rd West, Rostrevor
Colour(s)	Navy Blue, Red and Gold
Mascot	Eagle
Accreditation(s)	CIS, IBMYP, ECIS
Website	www.nmhs.sa.edu.au/

The Norwood Morialta High School (commonly referred to as Norwood or '"Morialta'") is a dual-campus, co-educational, public High School. The school’s two campuses are both located in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The school is frequently abbreviated as either TNMHS or NMHS.

Founded in 1910 as Norwood Boys School on Osmond Terrace Norwood, it is currently one of the oldest secondary schools in South Australia through Norwood High School and will be celebrating its centenary in 2010. TNMHS has approximately 1400 students enrolled from Years 8 to 13, including 155 international students.^[2]

The school has a campus in Rostrevor (Years 8 to 10) known as the Middle Campus, and another campus in Magill (Years 11 to 13) known as the Senior Campus. Buses provided by Torrens Transit can be used to reach the two campuses. The Middle Campus can be reached from the city and Paradise Interchange via bus routes 102, 104, and 105, while the Senior Campus can be reached from the city via bus routes 122, 123, 580 and 125.

History

Norwood High School

Norwood High School Logo

Norwood High School first opened in 1910 on Osmond Terrace Norwood as Norwood Boys School.^[3] In 1915 it moved to new premises at Lossie Street Kensington Park. For a period the school was named Norwood District High School. In 1962 the school moved to what is now the TNMHS Senior Campus on The Parade. Norwood High School shared common origins with Norwood Boys Technical School, a school that later became Norwood Boys High, then Marryatville Boys High, and subsequently amalgamated with Kensington and Norwood Girls Technical High to become Marryatville High School,^[4] a school that shared a strong rivalry with NHS and continues to with the current TNMHS. The school provided an alternative to parents living in the eastern suburbs that wanted to enrol their children in a public school rather than one of the many private, selective and technical schools that were also in the area. During that time Ivan Coward was principal, and he met the needs of those enrolled in the public system who sought entry to the academic world.^[5][6]

Morialta High School

Morialta High School was established in 1973, and opened in 1974 under its founding principal Joe Laslett. The school's initial 540 students and 45 teachers were housed at the Murray Park College of Advanced Education (now the Magill Campus of the University of South Australia) until the completion of the main buildings at Rostrevor.^[7]

Morialta was not a specialist High School, but the majority of the classrooms were science laboratories and staff were trained in science. One of these staff members was senior lab technician Charles Jennings, who worked for 32 years at the school and later Norwood Morialta High School, setting up accurate data records and hazardous substances folders for the science area, which helped the school gain level 3 occupational health safety and welfare (OHS&W) accreditation.^[8] The school won awards for its design in the 1970s, as it was considered modern and futuristic for its time. On 8 December 1975 Australian band Cold Chisel performed at the school.^[9]

Following the amalgamation, the Morialta site became the TNMHS Middle Campus.

Norwood Morialta High School

TNMHS was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of Norwood High School and Morialta High School. From 1993 onwards, all students in Years 8 to 10 were based at the Middle Campus, and students in Years 11 to 13 were based at the Senior Campus. The Middle Campus concentrates on developing students from Years 8 to 10 for life at the Senior Campus, which in turn focuses on the senior years of schooling and entrance in to higher education. TNMHS is the only Government High School in South Australia with two completely separate campuses. Over the past few years, students have sought to enrol at The Norwood Morialta High School from outside of the school's zone. Students from Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, Germany, and South America have also been recruited through the school's International Program.^[10] Many International students take the opportunity to study their own language at Year 12 level through the School of Languages^[11] in addition to the Intensive Secondary English Course (ISEC) established in 2000.^[12] Students can begin at the Middle Campus in Years 8 to 10, or at the Senior Campus in Years 11 or 12.^[13]

As at Term 3, 2005, the largest Government high school in South Australia was The Norwood Morialta High School with 1454.1 full time equivalent (FTE) students.^[14] In January 2007, TNMHS was still the largest state high school with between 1300 and 1400 students,^[15] once again proving to be one of the most popular public schools.

In November 2008, calculations from the Australian Education Union claimed that under the South Australian Government's proposed new schools funding scheme, which allocates money per student instead of per class and is based on 2006 enrolments, The Norwood Morialta High School stood to lose as much as $167,029 in funding, though the Government claimed that the school's funding would remain the same.^[16][17]

Exchange program

The school has established links with sister schools located internationally in China (Yantai High School, Yantai),^[18] Germany (Berufliche Schule des Kreis Segeberg in Norderstedt, Norderstedt), Greece (1st Lykeio Patras, Patras), Japan (Takahashi High School, Okayama),^[19] and Italy (Scuola Media Statale Antonio Genovesi, Salerno).^[20]

Annual exchanges occur with each of the sister schools, with TNMHS sending students to a sister schools one year, and hosting students from that school the following year. This gives students the opportunity to experience both the culture and education systems of another country and enhance student learning and communications skills in other languages. There are also opportunities for individual students to go on a long term exchanges overseas. The tenth anniversary of the exchange with Japan was celebrated in September 2000.^[12]

Mission

The school's official mission statement is:

To provide all students with high quality and comprehensive secondary school learning experiences within an ethos of excellence, fairness, care, personal success and continuous improvement. All students participating fully in the life of the school and achieving their personal best to graduate as skilled, healthy, influential and responsible citizens with the knowledge, skills, abilities and commitment which will enhance our global community.^[10]

The school focuses on its three core values; Distinction, Diversity, Respect

International Baccalaureate

Since 1996,^[21] TNMHS Middle Campus has offered a comprehensive program which meets requirements of both the South Australian Curriculum and Accountability (SACSA) framework and the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. It offers Years 3, 4 and 5 of the IBMYP and operates in a cluster of schools in which Years 1 and 2 are offered by three local Primary Schools.

All students in Years 8 and 9 follow the MYP, with Year 10 students divided into 3 groups:

• Those seeking MYP certification.
• Those following MYP but not seeking certification.
• Those who cease to follow MYP and follow SACSA only.

Year 10 students who have selected the MYP continue learning in the eight Areas of Study and must satisfy the Personal Project and Community Service requirements.

In order to meet MYP requirements, students must choose Language B, Technology and Arts courses in Year 10. All students study courses in English, Health and PE, Mathematics, Science and Society and Environment in each year. In Years 9 and 10, Maths courses are differentiated into Advanced and Standard. Language B (a study of a second language) is compulsory in Years 8, 9, and 10. Technology and The Arts are general courses in Year 8. Students study choice units within each area in Years 9 and 10, on a semester rotation.^[12]

Student life

Sub-schools and home groups

The Norwood Morialta High School places its students into one of three Sub-schools, which are similar to houses used at other schools. TNMHS has three sub-schools; Blue, Red and Gold. The sub-schools were originally used at Morialta High School and have continued to be used since the amalgamation in 1993. Sub-schools contain Home Groups which have approximately 20 to 30 students each. Students are divided into Sub-Schools for administrative and other purposes. Students from different Sub-Schools display a strong sense of rivalry towards each other during the weeks leading up to Sports Day which is held annually at Santos Stadium.

During double home group on Thursdays, the time is often used for various things such as assemblies, meetings, icebreaker activities, and in general to distribute information.

From 2008, Middle Campus students were placed into Year level sub-schools, with students still identifying with their sporting colours of Blue, Red and Gold for Sports Day.^[22]

Co-curricular activities

Students have opportunities to partake in academic pursuits as well by participating in a vast range of co-curricular activities.^[10]

Community Service can be done through programmes such as the 40 Hour Famine, active8, Glossy Black Cockatoo Project, Peer Support, and the publication of School Yearbook. Students can also participate in broader activities such as Amnesty International, Australian Business Week, Campbelltown Youth Council, UNICEF Ambassadors, Youth Parliament Group, Debating, National Mathematics, Science and Language competitions, School Formal Committee, and the Student Representative Council.

Sport

Students can participate in sporting activities that the school offers through various associations, such as the Independent Schools Sport Association, the Catholic Girls Sports Association, and Secondary School Sport SA.^[18]

Sports offered by the school include:

• 5-A-Side Soccer
• Beach Volleyball
• Dragon Boat Racing
• Indoor Cricket
• Knockout Badminton
• Knockout Basketball
• Knockout Tennis
• SASSA Cross Country
• SSSSA and Vista Athletics
• SSSSA and Vista Swimming
• Saturday Netball
• Saturday Soccer
• School Athletics Carnival
• Table Tennis
• Touch Football
• Vista Football

Students also have the chance to participate in Camping and bushwalking, Rock climbing, canoeing, aquatic skills, orienteering, and distance running.

Rowing

TNMHS is one of only^{[original research?]} three public schools in South Australia that offer Rowing as a summer sport, the other two public schools being Adelaide High School and Unley High School. TNMHS competes annually with twelve other schools in the Schools' Head of the River Regatta, held at West Lakes. Training is held on the River Torrens, or at West Lakes where the school’s Boathouses are located.^[18]

Pedal Prix

The school participates in Pedal prix. Teams are entered, according to team members' ages, in the Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary Categories to ensure that all year levels are covered. The school has two teams in the Open Category which are mainly for old scholars but students still participate in these teams. TNMHS currently^[when?] has four teams entered in the Series with students assuming significant team responsibilities including building and maintaining the bike. There is a significant amount of rivalry between the four teams, namely the two open ones Focus and Astro. As a result of this rivalry many Focus team members call the Astro bike "Gastro". The teams are:

• Team XP8^[18]
• Team Protégé^[18]
• Team Focus^[18]
• Team Astro^[18]

Performing arts

Morialta High School was an entrant in the former Rock 'n' Roll Eisteddfod, competing in the years 1988 and 1990, and becoming the South Australian winner in 1989.^[23] After the amalgamation with Norwood High School, The Norwood Morialta High School competed in the years 1993, 1995 and 1997, becoming state winners in 1994.^[24]

Media

In 2005 several students were involved as media producers for the Our Children the Future Conference^{[citation needed]}. The program involved much of the Stage 2 Media Studies class. The work was given acclaim from both the school and the conference organisers. The program offered a first hand look at the world of actual media production to its students^{[citation needed]}.

Student music videos have often been finalists and won at the Rap it up student video awards held annually in South Australia^{[citation needed]}.

In 2007, The Norwood Morialta High School was an entrant in the "Local Yarns" New Media Awards Competition, conducted by the DECS Learning Technologies Group, and won in the Year 10 - 12 Category with their video Race Around the World, a satirical glimpse at Chinese community in Norwood and Payneham.^[25]

Music

The school offers a comprehensive music program to all its students. In the past, the school's music students had the opportunity to work with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

A themed music concert is performed annually at the Ivan Coward Hall at the Senior Campus. Previous themes have included The British Invasion which featured music from famous^{[weasel words]} UK artists such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Handel, and Gilbert and Sullivan, and Music from Latin America featuring a performance from music students from nearby feeder school Magill Primary School.

There are various ensembles and bands that music students can participate:

• Classical Guitar Ensemble
• Flute Ensemble
• String Ensemble
• Rock Band
• School Vocal Ensemble
• Senior Vocal Ensemble
• String Trio
• Year level Bands (8-11)

Musicals

Over the years,^[when?] The Norwood Morialta High School has performed many^{[weasel words]} musical productions involving students of all year levels. The musical is run almost entirely by students from stage management, make up and props to the actors and lighting technicians. It is supported and partially funded by local businesses and the community, in addition to funding from within the school. The school musical is a way for students to interact with people they may have never been able to get to know otherwise. In stage 2, a SACE point may be awarded to participants. Past musicals include: Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, The Pirates of Penzance, In Your Dreams, Pendragon, Les Misérables and Calamity Jane, amongst many others. The most recent musical performed was The King and I in 2011.

Facilities

Though there are separate Middle and Senior campuses, the following list of facilities are available on both:

• Art/Design rooms
• Automotive garages
• Basketball, Netball and Tennis courts
• Canteens
• Computer rooms
• Cricket nets
• Design and Technology Studies areas
• Dance/Drama studios
• Gymnasiums
• Home Economics areas
• Multimedia rooms
• Multiple Ovals (including Soccer Ovals)
• Music rooms
• Resource Centres

The Music rooms at both campuses have a main room that is used for class tuition, and several small soundproof rooms in which each there is a piano available for private individual practice. There is also a Keyboard Lab at the Middle Campus, a room with many electronic keyboards that are connected to a central Keyboard and sound system. The Middle Campus also has a Darkroom which was formerly used for photography.

Facilities unique to the Senior Campus include a large Cafeteria, which has one large, and another smaller area, separated by a shared Canteen. Above the Cafeteria are the linked The Ivan Coward Hall, and The Peter Lang Performing Arts Centre, a facility built in the late 1990s. A specialised room dedicated entirely to filming is also located at the Senior Campus.

Notable alumni

This list is incomplete, and includes former students of TNMHS, not all of which ('which'?, 'whom' surely) graduated from this school.

Academia

• Professor Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life at the Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia^[26]

Business

• Jim Zavos, Founder of EzyDVD^[27]

Media, entertainment, and the arts

• Dame Judith Anderson AC DBE, actress^[28][29]
• Kate Collins, Adelaide presenter of A Current Affair
• Clive Hale, news and current affairs presenter^[30]
• Dichen Lachman, actress in Neighbours^[31]
• Anthony LaPaglia and Jonathan LaPaglia, actors based in Los Angeles^[32][33]
• Greg Rowe, actor in Storm Boy
• Melanie Vallejo, actress in Power Rangers: Mystic Force and "Winners & Losers"

Politics and law

• Chris Chamberlain, Major Crime detective^[34]
• Robert Edmonds, One Nation Candidate for The House of Representative seat of the Division of Sturt in South Australia^[35]
• Gary Gumpl, South Australian Magistrate
• Katie Hodson-Thomas, Member for Carine in Western Australian Parliament^[36]
• Justice John Sulan, South Australian Judge^[37]
• Dick Thomas, Member for Karine in East Timor Parliament^[38]

Sport

• Nathan Bassett, Adelaide Crows footballer^[39]
• Neil Craig, former coach of the Adelaide Crows
• Joel Patfull, Brisbane Lions footballer
• Andrew Schacht, Olympic athlete, Volleyball^[40]
• Clay Watkins, athlete, past winner of the Bay Sheffield Gift^[41]

Other

• Randolph Roy Bruce, recipient of the Military Medal, attended Norwood Boys School from 1911-1914.
• Dr Azahari Husin, Islamic terrorist^[42]

References

1. ^ DECS School Detail
2. ^ Kleinig, Xanthe, 2007, Overseas students flock to public schools, The Advertiser
3. ^ Norwood Morialta High School Newsletter, No.10, 31 October 2008
4. ^ Marryatville High School Origins
5. ^ Jolly, Erica. (2003) A Broader Vision: Voices of Vocational Education in Twentieth Century South Australia, 1897-2001, Lythrum Press, Adelaide
6. ^ We Came to Norwood High, compiled for the 75 in 85 Celebrations, Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd, Adelaide
7. ^ "Morialta History". The Norwood Morialta High School. 11 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010415015817/www.nmhs.schools.sa.edu.au/history.htm. 
8. ^ DECS Xpress and Xtra, Volume 9, No.9, 1 June 2006
9. ^ Cold Chisel Gig History - 1970's Cold Chisel
10. ^ ^{a b c} Principals Welcome The Norwood Morialta High School Website
11. ^ Peddie, Claire, 2008, Tests untie the tongues of many cultures, The Advertiser
12. ^ ^{a b c} SCHOOL CONTEXT STATEMENT
13. ^ The Norwood Morialta High School Website, International Students
14. ^ Murdoch, Renae, 2006, All Set for 2006 School Year, DECS Media Release.
15. ^ Kleinig, Xanthe, 2007, Parents move for school, The Advertiser, 27 January 2007.
16. ^ Novak, Lauren, 2008, Govt reveals funding figures for schools, The Advertiser
17. ^ 2008, Union figures: School funding winners and losers, The Advertiser
18. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} The Norwood Morialta High School Whole School Information Booklet 2009
19. ^ The Norwood Morialta High School Profile, South Australian Government Schools - International Education Services
20. ^ Travel Report - Europe, Russia, 5-09-02 - 9-10-02, Mr Joe Scalzi (2002)
21. ^ The Norwood Morialta High School International Baccalaureate Organization
22. ^ The Norwood Morialta High School Information Letter to Parents
23. ^ Morialta High Rock Eisteddfod 1989 Youtube
24. ^ 1995 This Time, SEAVIEW HIGH SCHOOL EISTEDDFODS Weatherly, Bob
25. ^ Local Yarns - Student Mini-documetaries Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS)
26. ^ Barbara Pocock's Website
27. ^ Joanna Hall, 2005, digital dreams, Voyeur Magazine, January 2005.
28. ^ Anderson, Frances Margaret (Judith), Australian Women Biographical entry, www.womenaustralia.info
29. ^ Lofthouse, Andrea, 1982, Who's who of Australian Women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde, NSW, p.504
30. ^ Baker, Tony. 2005, Good-bye to a very trusted, charming face of news, The Advertiser, 5 June 2005.
31. ^ Fewster, Sean. 2006, Good neighbours, The Advertiser, 22 March 2006.
32. ^ Anthony LaPaglia, ThoughtWorthy.com
33. ^ Simon Yeaman, 2003, Poppy's in full bloom, The Advertiser
34. ^ Williams, Brett, 2001, The detective, www.policejournalsa.org.au
35. ^ South Australian Division One Nation SA
36. ^ Katie Hodson-Thomas' biography page, www.mp.wa.gov.au
37. ^ Multicultural Life, December 2005.
38. ^ Dick Thomas' biography page, www.mp.wa.gov.au
39. ^ Expose SA, Speakers in Schools Program
40. ^ The Athletes' Voice South Australian Sports Institute Athletes' Commission (SASIAC)
41. ^ Interview with Clay Watkins, 2006, South Australian Athletic League
42. ^ Forbes, Mark. 2005, Bali mastermind killed in shoot-out, The Age, 10 November 2005.

External links

• Official school website