Volume 6 3 May 2019 - Castle Hill High School · 2020. 8. 29. · Pictured at the EXPO event during...
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1 Principal’s Message Volume 6 — 3 May 2019 Special points of interest: Woolworths Earn & Learn Careers News P&C Update Calendar Volume 6 —3 May 2019 Telephone: 96344199 Facsimile: 9899 6527 Email: [email protected] Website: www.castlehill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Intrepid travellers return Weary and jetlagged, but over the moon, twenty nine students and their four teachers – Ms Kartyce Nealon, Ms Cath Kenna, Ms Olwen Higgins and Mr John Wright - returned from their History study tour of Italy and Germany in the school holidays. This was our first History tour in decades and certainly was well worth the enormous effort made to get this trip “on the road”. Taking in such sites in Naples as Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Villa of Apolloni- us, in Rome the Forum and Colosseum, for example, in Berlin the Branden- burg Gates, Check Point Charley, the Berlin Wall and more, students and teachers were in awe. Up until now, these world heritage listed sites had only been seen in textbooks or on a computer screen. Many of the teachers have been teaching for years, having, as well, studied History at university, but still they learned many new things. They returned filled with inspiration about what was possible in their teaching. Students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the culture and life of these two wonderful countries. Climbing the Spanish steps, visiting the Par- thenon and then having a gelato – what better way to spend a morning, for example. While students and parents would know this, it’s not unreasonable to shout it from the roof tops once again, that the enormous workload and responsibility associated with these study tours is appreciated. Katryce Nealan, HT History and the coordinator, was relieved that all went well. She had invested so, so much in this excursion. We are fortunate that she, and the other teach- ers, gave up family time before and during the trip, and even though they too had an opportunity that was a true adventure, there was no down time to relax with the respon- sibility to care for 29 young people. They had to be “on” 24/7. Thank you once again to our wonderful staff who do these things for students.
Transcript of Volume 6 3 May 2019 - Castle Hill High School · 2020. 8. 29. · Pictured at the EXPO event during...
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Principal’s Message
Volume 6 — 3 May 2019
Special points of
interest:
Woolworths
Earn & Learn
Careers News
P&C Update
Calendar
Volume 6 —3 May 2019
Telephone: 96344199 Facsimile: 9899 6527 Email: [email protected] Website: www.castlehill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Intrepid travellers return
Weary and jetlagged, but over the moon, twenty nine students and their four teachers – Ms Kartyce Nealon, Ms Cath Kenna, Ms Olwen Higgins and Mr John Wright - returned from their History study tour of Italy and Germany in the school holidays. This was our first History tour in decades and certainly was well worth the enormous effort made to get this trip “on the road”. Taking in such sites in Naples as Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Villa of Apolloni-us, in Rome the Forum and Colosseum, for example, in Berlin the Branden-burg Gates, Check Point Charley, the Berlin Wall and more, students and teachers were in awe. Up until now, these world heritage listed sites had only been seen in textbooks or on a computer screen. Many of the teachers have been teaching for years, having, as well, studied History at university, but still they learned many new things. They returned filled with inspiration about what was possible in their teaching. Students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the culture and life of these two wonderful countries. Climbing the Spanish steps, visiting the Par-thenon and then having a gelato – what better way to spend a morning, for example. While students and parents would know this, it’s not unreasonable to shout it from the roof tops once again, that the enormous workload and responsibility associated with these study tours is appreciated. Katryce Nealan, HT History and the coordinator, was relieved that all went well. She had invested so, so much in this excursion. We are fortunate that she, and the other teach-ers, gave up family time before and during the trip, and even though they too had an opportunity that was a true adventure, there was no down time to relax with the respon-sibility to care for 29 young people. They had to be “on” 24/7. Thank you once again to our wonderful staff who do these things for students.
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Half yearly exams and NAPLAN It’s that season again. Half yearly exams are up and coming for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and NAPLAN tests are scheduled for Year 7 and 9 students. The following reminder could be useful for parents:
Tuesday May 14 – Thursday May 16 – NAPLAN for Year 7 and 9 Week 2 – Year 8 exams Week 3 – Year 10 exams Week 4 – Year 7 and 9 exams
Good study and planning with plenty of sleep and exercise will be important preparatory strategies to contend with exam pressure. Good luck everyone. New area for students We continue to modernise our recreation areas for students. Extra landscaping and seating construc-tion is underway in the area adjacent to the north oval. Students will very much appreciate this as it will nicely capture the sun’s rays in winter, making for a very pleasant place to have conversation and relax. It’s flu time! Mindful of the winter gremlins, all staff were invited to be vaccinated against the latest influenza virus on the afternoon of Tuesday April 30. Most of us will hopefully now be flu free. Welcome back Welcome back everyone. It’s quite a demanding term but I am looking forward to the many terrific projects and opportunities we have lined up for students and teachers.
Vicki Brewer
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Careers NEWS: Firstly, thank you to the numerous organisations who generously gave their time at the two Careers Days towards the end of last term. The days were intended to be diverse in keeping with our students having very different interests, informative and, above all, to promote their consideration of many career options available to them. Pictured at the EXPO event during lunchtime on the Friday are Year 12 students Sam Knight, Kash-viran Naicker and Max Kownacki.
Careers this week: Sydney University representatives presented a great lunchtime INFORMATION session on Wednes-day, as did representatives from the University of Technology Sydney on Friday. Further Lunchtime INFORMATION sessions will be as follows: Thursday 9
th May: University of Notre Dame
Thursday 16th May: Australian Defence Force Recruiting Monday 20th May: Macquarie University Monday 27th May: Australian Catholic University Wednesday 5th June: University of New South Wales Friday 7th June: University of Western Sydney
As with all Careers Events, everyone is welcome to attend. On Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th May, I will be addressing concerns or queries about the UAC (Universities Admission Centre) process in the Upper Level of the Library. Naturally, as always, Year 12 students are encouraged to stop by the Careers Office anytime. While UAC applications opened much earlier this year, the closing date is at the end September.
Kind regards, Jane Curran Careers Adviser
Sam Knight, Kashviran Naicker , Max Kownacki
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Calendar
May 6th May 7th May 8th May 9th May 10th Nambus Host
all week U15’s Girls
Soccer 10.30—1pm
Year 12 Ad-vances English Excursion
Hills Zone Cross Country
NSW Oztag Regional Tour-nament
Debate 11& 12 Careers—Uni
of Notre Dame 12.40-1.30pm
All Schools Swimming
Yr 12 Biology Human Dis-ease Excursion
May 13th May 14th May 15th May 16th May 17th
AIME Mentor-ing session 1
Naplan—Year 7 & 9
Year 12 Geog-raphy Excur-sion
Naplan Year 7 & 9
Naplan Year 7& 9
Year 10 Drama -Docobites
FDF Recruiting Lunchtime IN-FO Session
Naplan—Years 7 & 9 (Catchup)
Sydney West Table tennis
Year 10 Dra-ma—Docobites
May 20th May 21st May 22nd May 23rd May 24th
Year 11 Geog-raphy Excur-sion
Careers Mac-quarie UNI Lunchtime Presentation 12.40 to 1.30pm
Year 11 Geog-raphy Excur-sion
P&C Meeting and AGM
Musical Bump in—All Day
Musical Dress Rehearsal—All Day
