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DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

International Women’s Day At the Forbes Shire Council International Women’s Day Breakfast, attendees were encouraged to stop and take a deep breath. We were encouraged to reflect on our accomplishments both personally and professionally and consider how women strive for equity in today’s society. Staff and students attending the breakfast heard from inspirational women living and working in our community. The women shared their stories with humility and humour, and it is my hope that the take away message for our students attending this morning was that we should expect nothing less than equity, there is “no battle of the sexes”, we should strive for respectful relationships both personally and professionally.

Participation Organising staff and students to attend and support community events requires team work. At Forbes High School we work together to provide opportunities for all students to participate in a vast range of cultural and sporting activities. In the last few weeks we have had teams travelling for netball, soccer, indoor cricket, lawn bowls, IWD Breakfast. Within the school our students. Have been working with our primary schools to provide enrichment activities in our LEEP program, FHS Leadership Program and STEAM Punk for junior girls, OPTUS Thumbprint Digital presentations for Years 7 to 10 and the CSU Chemistry Day. We also received two letters from Principals commending our students on their conduct and participation during this time.

Professional Learning Behind the scenes our staff have also participated in a combined 190 hours of professional learning. We are committed to providing our students with the tools to become life-long learners and we role model this for our students with our everyday practice. In classes students are becoming familiar with learning intentions and success criteria. By sharing this information with students, they know exactly what they need to achieve by the end of the lesson and how to demonstrate this new learning. Staff are involved in professional learning triads and conduct regular classroom observations and feedback sessions. Both staff and students have embraced this new learning and Mr Daniel West and I will be presenting our school journey so far with colleagues from the Griffith cohort on Tuesday.

In Summary Each day I have the tremendous privilege to see students and staff reach their goals, overcome challenges and embrace change and I extend my thanks to parents, carers and members of our learning community for their support.

Forbes High School Newsletter

18 Wyndham Avenue, Forbes NSW 2871 T (02) 68522666 F (02) 68511071 E forbes-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 - Week 6 Friday 8 March, 2019 Part of the Lachlan Valley Community of Schools

Inside Transition to Year 7 pg2 Beautification Project pg2

P& C News pg2

Uniform Pool pg2

Tell Them From Me pg3

Open Soccer pg3

School Values Weekly

Awards pg3

Wellness Hub Quote pg3

Student Profile s pg4

Mathematics pg5

Yr 12 Chemistry Day pg5

Online Payments pg6

Hospitality Van pg6

Clean Up Australia pg7

Open Netball pg7

Indoor Cricket Gala pg7

Wellness Hub pg8

What’s On pg9

Lawn Bowls pg10

School Sport pg10

Community News pg10

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FHS-News

BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT

The new artificial grass has really made a difference to the playground. It is a great start to our school beautification project. Thank you to Dooley Outdoors for the great job and to the William Rubensohn Foundation for the generous financial support they have provided in support of this whole school initiative.

P&C NEWS The P&C will be holding the Annual General Meeting this will be held on Tuesday 12th March 2019 at the Forbes Services Memorial Club commencing at 6pm. We will be discussing fundraising and other important issues. All welcome and please bring a friend. This is a great way to get involved in your child’s education!

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YEAR ADVISOR 2020

Meet our 2020 Year 7 Advisor Miss Sarah Kelly. Miss Kelly is looking forward to supporting and guiding Year 7 students through their schooling at Forbes High School.

Expressions of Interest Forms for Forbes High School have been distributed to local primary schools. For any families who have yet to enrol or require further information please visit the Forbes High Website: https://forbes-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/students/forms then select Moving into Year 7. Expressions of Interest Forms are due back to primary schools no later than Tuesday 19th March 2019.

SCHOOL UNIFORM CLOTHING POOL If you have any unwanted school uniform articles lease drop them into the schools administration office so that they can be added to the school clothing pool. If you require items please contact the school office to help assist you.

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“TELL THEM FROM ME” STUDENT FEEDBACK SURVEY (TERM 1, 2019)

This term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

The survey is confidential, conducted online and typically will take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 11 March and 12 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by Friday 15th March. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

The consent form and FAQs are available in 23 languages.

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OPENS SOCCER

The Boys and Girls Open soccer teams travelled to West Wyalong with the wonderful Mel from Cenwestours, Mrs Bottaro-Porter, who refereed the games and Ms Emmett who coached both teams. They all displayed great sportsmanship and determination to win but sadly the boys were pipped at the post going down 2-1 and the girls came out on top with a 3-2 win.

SCHOOL VALUES WEEKLY AWARDS-TERM 1 WEEK 3, 4 & 5

Congratulations to the following students: Billy Taylor, Oscar Browne, Emma Dick, Jazlyn Sauer, Montana Locke, Blair Barnes, John Dietrich, Brodie Gartner (2), Clair Ormsby, Joanne Byrne, Luke Knights, Nik Petrovich, Joel Coble & Sybella Carlisle on receiving recognition during the last three weeks for consistently displaying our school values of being Responsible, Respectful, Honest and Doing Your Best. Well done everyone!

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STUDENT PROFILE Name: Toby Hodges School: Forbes High School Year: 8 Age & Birthday: 13yrs old & 24th May Star sign: Gemini Do you have any nicknames? Tobes Do you have any brothers or sisters? Yes – one sisters - Maddy What is your favourite past time? Online Gaming & Soccer Do you play any sports? What? Soccer What is your favourite food? Strawberries What do you want to do when you leave school? Not sure – still thinking about it Who is your idol? N/A What are three things you can’t do without? Food, Water and Friends

STUDENT PROFILE Name: Brielle Thornton School: Forbes High School Year: 11 Age & Birthday: 15yrs old & 18th June Star sign: Gemini Do you have any nicknames? Brie Do you have any brothers or sisters? Yes – One sister & two brothers What is your favourite past time? Playing the guitar Do you play any sports? What? No What is your favourite food? Lasagne What do you want to do when you leave school? Become a Nurse or Early Childhood Worker Who is your idol? No idea What are three things you can’t do without? Friends, Wi-Fi and Food

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FORBES HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE The school website is constantly being updated with new photos, calendar dates and information. Visit www.forbes-h.schools.nsw.edu.au to find photos and information about our wonderful school.

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MATHS FACULTY REPORT

The Mathematics faculty would like to introduce our mascot, Spike Abacus!

Spike is a Mathematician who uses his skateboard to time travel and see how people used maths in the past. He loves Science fiction, comics, movies and enjoys pizza. He will be supporting the Mathematics teachers to spread the word each newsletter. We would like to thank Claudia Cheney (Yr 8), who has done a fabulous job to bring him to life.

So Spike would like to remind all students that to be RESPONSIBLE means to bring the following items to every Mathematics class:

Book

Black, blue and red pens

Pencil and eraser

Ruler

Casio fx-82AU PLUS II Scientific calculator (can be purchased from Front Office for $25)

PI DAY: On Thursday, 14th March, we will celebrate Pi (π) Day. Activities include:

A competition to see who can recite the most decimal places of the value of π.

Story telling

Investigations And many more…….

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ONENOTE CLASS NOTEBOOK:

All students in Years 7 – 11 should now have access to their Class Notebook. This is where students can see the work that is completed in class and communicate with their teacher from home if they need help. MATHSPACE:

All students in Years 10 – 12 should now have access to Mathspace, an online program where students can practise their work and complete tasks set by their teacher. Year 12 Mathematics Standard 2 students will receive notes regarding a Mathspace textbook in the next few days. Students are encouraged to return their note and money promptly.

ANSWER TO LAST NEWSLETTER BRAIN TEASER There are three men: a grandfather, a father (the grandfather’s son) and the father’s son.

YEAR 12 CSU CHEMISTRY EXCURSION

Five HSC students were given the opportunity to participate in a hands on experience at a tertiary laboratory at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. They had the chance to take part in a variety of practical experiments including titrations and equilibrium. Thanks to Miss Hall and Mrs Price for providing our students with this experience.

MATHEMATICS – BRAIN TEASER Add me to myself and multiply by 4.

Divide me by 8 and you will have me once more. What number am !?

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These details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment system.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner. These details are not passed back to the school. You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed.

Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child's account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page, a further receipt will not be issued by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process please contact the School Administration Office on 68522 666.

HOSPITALITY FOOD VAN

Our Year 12 Food and Beverage students have begun opening the school’s coffee van on Tuesday and Friday mornings. All funds raised wil be used to maintain this great school resource. Look for the van at the next Forbes Farmers Market.

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THANK YOU Forbes High School would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of our student programs from Woolworths Supermarket, William Rubensohn Foundation, Forbes Rotary, Forbes Neighbourhood Watch, North Parkes Mine CMOC and Evolution Mining Cowal. Without these partners many programs at Forbes High would not be able to run.

MAKE ONLINE PAYMENTS

It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. The payment page is accessed through the school's website by selecting the Make a Payment link above.

Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions, sport and creative and practical arts activities. There is also a category of Other to cover the Sale of Goods to Students e.g. Calculators, Art Books & Sport Shirts.

When you access Make A Payment you will need to enter:

The Student's Given Name and Surnameand their Date of Birth.

Please select which items you would like tomake a payment or donation for under theheading Payment Options, if it is for anexcursion include the Title of the Excursione.g. FHS Touch 20/3/15.

Please remember fields marked with anasterisk ( ) are mandatory.

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CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY

Students participated in Clean Up Australia Day on Friday 1 March. They were separated into house groups and a friendly house battle was declared. Nguri won, with Wirajuri coming in second, Burrabunya third and Gamilori fourth.

OPENS NETBALL

The Open Girls Netball team travelled to Orange to take part in the Combined High Schools Netball Carnival. Sadly the girls were knocked out in the quarter finals by West Wyalong. The final results were, won one, lost one, drew one. Overall 2nd in their pool. Coach, Ms Dannielle Ward commended the junior girls who stepped up and played in the Opens and a massive thanks to Mrs Morrison for providing support and driving the bus.

INDOOR CRICKET GALA DAY

Stage 5 Support Unit boys travelled to Bathurst to play in an Indoor Cricket Gala Day. It was a massive day with 5 games played. Overall our boys won 1, drew 1 and lost 3. A wonderful display of sportsmanship and teamwork was shown. A huge thanks to Ms Emmett and Miss Stewart for taking the boys to Bathurst to participate and to Mr Little for driving the bus.

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LAWN BOWLS

Our Lawn Bowls team defeated Peak Hill Central School in the second round of the Combined High Schools knockout competition with a score of 22-14. It was a close game with both teams fighting neck and neck for the win. Once again our boys were great ambassadors for the school and showed high levels of skill and sportsmanship. The team now move forward to the Western Region finals gala day in Orange on the 20th of March.

SCHOOL SPORT

The change to Integrated Sport at Forbes High is working well this year and staff and students are enjoying the change of routine

A successful fish on the banks of the lake this week saw three fish caught by students. Ronald was shocked to find a Golden Koi on the end of his line.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Forbes Autumn Squash Comp

Forbes Squash club would like to invite new and

returning players to grading on Wednesday and

Thursday 13th/14th and 20th/21st March.

Competition will commence Wednesday

27th/Thursday 28th March.

All new players must attend grading.