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Contact us at:-

403 Bobbin Head Road

North Turramurra 2074

Phone: 9144 3477 Fax: 9983 9331

Email: kuringgai-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: http://www.kcahs.nsw.edu.au

Monday 14th March—AGM

Motivational Media

WHAT ABOUT ME?

Each of us can celebrate the fact that we are unique

individuals. Knowing who we really are makes it

possible to make sense of what is happening around

us and allows us to embrace life with confidence and

set goals that are achievable. Understanding our

place in the community can let us use our uniqueness

to impact positively on those around us. At a time

when society is looking for young people to take a

stance and to show leadership and commitment to

those around them, it may be time to face up to the

role we can play and say ‘What about me?’

Motivational Media’s production What About Me

was screened to all our students on Thursday 3rd

February. The four scenarios featured in this

multimedia production revealed true stories of

overcoming adversity through positive behaviour

and developing meaningful relationships and I

encourage students to discuss with their families the

concepts and issues that were raised. Students will be

participating in follow up activities during ASKE.

PEER TUTORING

Peer Tutoring is an integral part of the Learning Support

Program at KCAHS as it enables students in years 7 &

8, to receive help from year 9 students, during ASKE.

Students are assisted with oral reading, spelling, gram-

mar and numeracy activities and are encouraged to use

this time for the completion of homework and assess-

ment tasks. Tutors are able to prompt their students

about completion dates and to ensure that assessment

tasks are handed in before the due date.

Students involved in this program, value the strong bonds that they develop with their tutors and often seek

their advice regarding issues of concern.

Leonie Robinson. (STLA)

Leonie Robinson (Support Teacher Learning

Assistance)

2011 NSW Adolescent Vaccination Program

Each year NSW Health offers the vaccines

recommended by the National Health and Medical Re-

search Council (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the

school-based program.

In 2011 the following vaccines will be offered to Year 7

Students

• Hepatitis B vaccine in a 2-dose schedule, 4-6 months

apart, if they did not already receive 3 doses of

Hepatitis B vaccine previously via a childhood

schedule

• dTpa vaccine (Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis) as a

single scheduled dose for their age

Varicella vaccine (Chickenpox) as a single dose if

they have not already had chickenpox

disease or a dose of vaccine previously via a

childhood schedule

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a 3-dose

schedule at 0, 2 and 6 months for female

students only

In 2011 the following vaccine will be offered to Year 10

students

dTpa vaccine (Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis) as a

single scheduled dose for their age

Parent Information Kits will be sent home to

parents/guardians. To consent to the vaccination of their

child, parents/guardians are advised to read all the infor-

mation provided, complete the consent form, sign it and

return it to their child’s school. Parents/guardians who

wish to withdraw their

consent for any reason may do so by writing to the

school Principal. The Procedure for Withdrawal of Con-

sent is available on the NSW Health website at

www.health.nsw.gov.au

Please note that for HPV vaccine only

parents/guardians must record their Medicare Number

(including all 10 digits) on the consent form. This is re-

quired to record the student’s health information to the

National HPV Vaccination

Register and link to the National Cervical

Screening Program.

A Record of Vaccination will be provided to each

student vaccinated at the clinic. Parents/guardians

should ensure that this record is kept for future ref-

erence and should not

assume that their child has been vaccinated if they

do not receive this Record of Vaccination

For further information about the Vaccination Program,

parents should contact the Northern Sydney Central

Coast Public Health Unit (Hornsby Office) Immunisation

Team on 9477 9019

Well Being

From the Welfare Dept

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The Year 11 Welfare Team

Mr David Saunders has left Ku-ring-gai as he has

commenced a new teaching position closer to home. I

am grateful for the work he has done and I am sure he

will be missed by students and teachers alike. I would

like to introduce myself as the newly appointed Year 11

Year Advisor - my name is Ivonne Font. Ms Gupta

continues her great job as Assistant Year Advisor, and

after a year of working as a consultant for DET, Ms

Esterman has returned to her position as the Year‘s

Head Teacher. This will be a very exciting and busy

year for the school‘s newest senior students, who are

already settling into their more challenging study

routines.

On Monday 14th of March, Year 11 will be attending the

RYDA Program at the HART Centre in St. Ives. This is

a road safety education program with the purpose of

reducing death and injury amongst young people on

Australian roads. The Program has been designed for 16

to 17 year olds who are at the stage of their lives where

they start to drive or ride in a vehicle driven by their

peers. The school has participated in this program in the

past, and students find it fun and very instructive.

The students are also getting excited about the school‘s

traditional excursion to Jindabyne in winter. During this

excursion, which lasts a week, the students complete the

Crossroads course which is mandatory for all year 11

students in government schools. Through various fun

activities, students will learn about goal setting, critical

thinking, problem solving, decision making and of

course don't forget the skiing!!!

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any

issues or questions regarding year 11 and I hope you

will join me in looking forward to a successful

and rewarding year!

Ms Ivonne Font

Peer Mediation

Peer mediation is a program mainly run by students

that work to fix issues and disputes that arrive at

school between students. We have a group of year

10 Peer Mediators and a smaller group of year 11

senior leaders who work together to solve cases

among groups, pairs, or individuals.

Peer Mediation is completely confidential, and

while of course one or two teachers will know

about the case, the sessions will generally only

involve two year 10 mediators and in some cases, a

senior leader.

Students can apply for a session/sessions by filling

out a slip and putting it in the box next to the slips.

These are located in the library. Teachers are also

able recommend people for mediation if they notice

any conflict or problems with the students.

Mediation is a safe, confidential and very effective

way to solve issues involving students at

Ku-ring-gai, and we encourage them to come to us

if they do need a problem solved, no matter how

big or small.

Thank You from the year 10 and 11

Mediation Team

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Magical Mathematics From the Maths Department

Monday 14th March—AGM

Maths Matters

This month we have been very busy preparing our Year 11 classes for assessments and our Year 12 classes for their

Half Yearly examinations. Tuition for Ms Kelen‘s Year 12 Mathematics is available on Tuesday mornings at 8:00,

while General Mathematics tuition with Ms Font is held certain lunchtimes during the week. Additional tuition may

be arranged with individual teachers as required.

This week, Year 10 will be issued with an assessment task that will provide 15% of the Semester 1 mark. This

assessment task is based on the Trigonometry of a Delta Kite. An optional component of the task is the construction

of the kite and a subsequent ‗kite-off‘ between Year 10 students with a trophy to be awarded to the winning

kite makers.

The Year 8 Enrichment class is in training for the Mathematics Challenge to be held early next term. Once a fortnight,

the class engages in sustained problem solving projects that develop strategies, rigour and proof. Students are required

to demonstrate deep knowledge and understanding of abstract concepts and to justify mathematical decision making.

It is often difficult to adapt learned skills to unfamiliar situations and this program provides avenues for working

mathematically.

Our local primary schools have embraced the Year 5 Numeracy tutorials held on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.

Sixty-three students from Wahroonga, North Turramurra and Mount Colah Public Schools gather on these afternoons

to enhance their Numeracy skills, cultivate strategies for solving word problems and

develop critical thinking in answering multiple choice questions.

B Esterman

Head Teacher Mathematics

STUDY SKILLS TIP FOR MARCH: TERM PLANNERS Just a reminder that our school is a subscriber this year to the study skills website www.studyskillshandbook.com.au This is a website with units of work on different study skills topics, as well as facilities to ask study skills questions, download podcasts about how students can improve their results as well as other resources and planning templates. A great idea at the start of every term is to print off the term planner. These can be found by clicking on the ‘For Students’ tab, then on the ‘Things to Print’ button. You will find term planners as well as weekly planners at the bottom of this page in both WORD and PDF format. Simply fill in the dates for the term, and place the term planner somewhere visible at home – for example above your desk on a noticeboard. As you are told about a test or assignment, write these onto the appropriate date on the term planner. Highlight tests in one colour and assignments in another colour so they stand out clearly. Cross off each day as you go, so you have a clear picture of how the work is spread out over the term and how long until things are due. Writing these due dates in your diary as well is essential of course, but it does not give you the overall picture like a term planner does. This is a good thing to do at the start of every term right from the start of secondary school through to the end (and beyond to university as well!). Ms J. Lomas

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From the Teaching & Learning Dept

Monday 14th March—AGM

Bienvenidos todos!

Welcome to all our students of Spanish! And most particularly to our Year 7 students.

You have just embarked on a new journey, a journey of discovery, in which you will learn, not only of a

new way of communicating in another language but also about the traditions, culture and way of life of

some of the 22 Spanish speaking countries in the world. For instance, do you know why some Spanish

speaking countries practice ―la siesta‖? Or why some countries have huge celebrations when their daughters

turn 15 years old ―la quinceañera‖? What happens in Mexico on the day of the dead

― el dia de los Muertos‖. What does ―salsa‖ mean? or how do we cook ―torrijas‖, ―burritos‖ or ―paella‖?

And do you know why Hemingway or Michigan made San Fermin so famous?

A new way of seeing the world is opened through the study of a language and we welcome you to this

wonderful experience. Most of our students from last year‘s Spanish Continuers course have been accepted

into university and have chosen to continue the study of Spanish as part of their degree.

You are just embarking in what it may well be a life long learning experience which could help you to have

a better understanding of other cultures and people as well as learning to speak with nearly five hundred

million people in the world!

If you are interested in Spain the following

may be of interest

The Instituto Cervantes is well and truly

running in Sydney and not only does it offer

Spanish lessons at different levels but it has

a variety of cultural activities many of

which are very interesting and free of

charge.

Cinema REALISM IN SPANISH CINEMA OF THE 1950/60s Every Wed. March 16 - May 4 │6.30 h. Auditorium (First Floor)

The 1950s and 1960s saw the establishment and rise of a movement of young Spanish film directors who were clearly influenced by Italian neo-realism. With the intention of narrowing the gap between cinematic fiction and reality, they insisted on the need for the cinema industry to move away from making historical films with strong patriotic values towards much more critical detective films and to films of wide thematic and narrative content. March 16 & 23, April 13 there will be a special session with Anne Walsh, from the University of Sydney, who will present the film and lead the Q&A afterwards (in English). [Info about Anne Walsh: http://bit.ly/gtsN4j ] Spanish with subtitles in English. Free admission. Booking recommended @ 0292749200 / ic.sydney@cervantes.es More info.

Instituto Cervantes in Sydney

22-24 City Road Chippendale - NSW 2008

T. (+61 2) 9274 92 00 F. (+61 2) 9274 92 22 ic.sydney@cervantes.es

www.sydney.cervantes.es/

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Design Brief

From the TAS Dept

Monday 14th March—AGM

HOSPITALITY

Year 12 Hospitality students are continuing with achieving competencies for the course SOA Certificate II Hospitality

(Kitchen Operations). They have extension Hospitality lessons once a fortnight and have recently been looking at

Methods of Cookery. They have used the methods of steaming and recently prepared and cooked a banquet of

Wontons and Dumplings with Asian greens. On Open evening the class will be roasting a variety of meats, vegetables

as preparing a dessert. Be sure to check them out in their Chef uniforms in Cu 3 kitchen.

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Year 11 Food Technology students have recently been looking at food that make up varying diets

including indigenous foods. Students were able to sample a variety of native foods that have been

made into jams, chutneys, sauces and seasoning rubs. The students then adapted a recipe from

Maggie Beer and used macadamia nuts and finger lime marmalade and made a batch of biscuits to

see how easy it is to incorporate these wonderful foods into other tasty treats. Here is the recipe below to try your

hand at.

Makes about 20 – 25 biscuits

100g unsalted butter at room temperature

50g unsalted butter

75g castor sugar

175g plain flour

30g rice flour (or cornflour)

70g chopped macadamia nuts

3 tablespoons finger lime marmalade

Method

Melt 50g butter in a small saucepan and continue to cook until nut brown, set aside to cool slightly. Cream the

remaining room temperature butter and castor sugar together in an electric mixer. Sieve the flour and rice flour

together and add to the butter mixture, mixing well by hand. Stir in the macadamia nuts and marmalade, adding the

cooled nut-brown butter. Stir well to combine, then divide the mixture in two and roll each half into a cylindrical

shape on a lightly floured clean work surface. Make sure that there are no cracks then roll up tightly in cling film

and place on a flat surface and refrigerate for a couple of hours or overnight until ready to use.

Pre-heat the oven to 180C and line a couple of baking trays with baking paper. Slice the biscuit dough into even

rounds about 1-1.5cm thick and bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

Adapted from Maggie Beers: Burn‘t butter and macadamia nut biscuit recipe.

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TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY

Year 9 students are currently working on a project to design a cover for their DET laptops which they soon will be

receiving. This being their first project will be learning a lot of new skills required to carry out the project, as well as

developing a great foundation for the making of all textiles products for the remainder of the year. Throughout the

project students will learn skills from inserting a zipper, sewing seams to quilting and embroidery.

Yr 10 Textiles students are working on a unit on Textiles Art. A textiles art is a highly decorative textiles item. The

students will be looking at developing a self portrait in this form of textiles. These will learn a variety of techniques in

the way you can manipulate fabric to create images. These projects will then be submitted into in the Technology

Educators Association Textile Art Challenge2011. Good luck to all involved.

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY- TIMBER

Year 10 students are starting to design hall stands and coffee tables as a representation of the wide range of skills that

they have developed through the course of Stage 5 Industrial Technology –Timber. They will be learning how to inlay

wood as well as perfecting joints and joining of timber as well as sanding and finishing.

Year 8 Technology mandatory course has incorporated silver jewellery into the course work. Mr Tarrant‘s classes

will be learning about this metal and how it can be cut, joined and manipulated to produce a variety of jewellery items

from rings to pendants.

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Year 11 students are undertaking a recycling project. They are using products that can be recycled

and reused. Involved in the task the students are looking to reduce the environmental impact as

well as researching what current designs are on the market that are made for recycled products.

See them in action on Wednesday night in Cu 10.

Information Software Technology

Year 10 IST students are undertaking a robotics unit. They are required to designing and making a machine using

Lego robotics items.

A reminder to all parents and students using the TAS kitchens, sewing room and workshops you need

to be wearing the correct footwear and/ or cloth apron in ALL required lessons due to safety

requirements. Please also ensure fee payments are submitted as projects completed in all areas in TAS

use consumable products

Rel.HT- J. Armour

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Ready Set Go...

From the PDHPE Dept

Monday 14th March—AGM

NSWCHSSA Tennis Championships

Congratulations to Alex Fairbanks (yr 10), Mila

Storch (yr 10), Joanne Chang (yr 10), Kariah

Lin-Michaels (Yr 9) and Sophia Storch (Yr 7) who

have all been selected to represent The Sydney North

Area in their respective divisions, to compete in the

NSWCHSSA Tennis Championships. Alex was Junior

Boys Champion at the knockout competition of the

trials and Kariah was Runner-up Junior Girls

Champion. The Championships will be held 29th

March to 1st April. This is a fantastic achievement and

wish them all the very best in the upcoming

NSWCHSSA Tennis Championships.

Knockout Basketball: Open Boys: Ku-ring-gai V’s Marsden.

On Friday 04-03-11 Ku-ring-gai hosted Marsden for a round 2 match in the state knockout basketball tournament.

Despite the boys committing to a number of lunchtime training sessions, we were overwhelmed 50 to 11 by a better

side. Scorers for Ku-ring-gai were Alex Fairbanks with 4, Ben Gates with a sweet 3 pointer and Max Lambooy and

Jordan O‘Brien with 2 each. The rest of the team are Tim Hendria, Jordan Barlow, Jordan McMaster, Nicholas

Fairbanks, Josh Edenhoener and Tom Skelly. Special thanks to Sam Leslie and Eamon O‘Halloran who controlled the

scoring and time keeping.

Coach Mr.M.Tarrant.

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Fact or Fiction

From the Library

Monday 14th March—AGM

Students and parents can purchase items of

pre-loved uniform at very inexpensive

prices.

$5 for shirts & shorts, $20 for jumpers and

skirts (subject to availability)

Please visit the library during school hours.

All enquiries are welcome.

Mrs.E.Petlevanny. Teacher/Librarian

@Catherine Jinks Library at KCAHS

PRE- LOVED UNIFORMS

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Dates for the Diary: March 8

March 8. Week 2 of Whitecard course for Construction

March 16 MCA Photography excursion. Meet 1.15pm in the city

April 4 Breakfast Careers Advisor Meeting 8.30 -10.30 am RYDE TAFE. June 21 HSC Trial exams Meadowbank TAFE. Year 12 Framework courses

Anyone on the roll, not present for the last 3 weeks has been deleted.

BOS Warning letters will start to be issued. SPOTLIGHT ON……

HAIRDRESSING AND BEAUTY THERAPY

At Meadowbank College at the Hair & Beauty Training Centre we offer

apprenticeships in hairdressing

Certificate II Hair – Hairdresser ‘s salon assistant

apprenticeships in beauty therapy

nail technology courses

makeup courses

Certificate III Beauty Services

commercial fast track hairdressing course to become a qualified

hairdresser in one year

commercial Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy

commercial Diploma Beauty Therapy

Diploma in Specialised Makeup Services – film, TV and Theatre make up So if you are looking for a career in either Hair or Beauty, you need to contact the Hair & Beauty Training Centre on 9942 3144 or 9942 3582 or reception on 99423580

Ku-ring-gai Council and Ku-ring-gai Youth Development Service (KYDS) invite parents of

teens to a series of forums. Each forum is held on a Monday from 6.30pm-8.30pm (registration from 6:15pm) at Ku-ring-gai Council Chambers, Level 3, 818 Pacific Highway, Gordon.

Parent forums

March 28 Building strong families in a modern world

May 9 Lost in Translation- the art of conversing with a teenager

June 27 World Wide Web- the good, the bad and the ugly

August 1 One Too Many: Binge drinking amongst young people

September 19 Raising Resilient Teenagers

October 24 Life Cut Short- dealing with youth suicide in the community

Bookings required

Ku-ring-gai Council Youth Services on 9424 0837 or youth@kmc.nsw.gov.au

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KCAHS – P&C .

P&C is now well and truly off and running for 2011

with our first meeting for the year backed up a couple

of days later with our Welcome to Year 7 Parents

Night. My thanks to our Executive for the sterling

job they did with the catering arrangements. The

Creative Arts Association meeting followed a week

later where we learned about progress with the

musical.

At the Parents Night we started compilation of our

Year 7 Contact List. This is an opt-in list compiled

for each year to allow P&C to keep you informed.

Perhaps more importantly, it is also as a handy

reference and contact tool to assist both parents and

students keep in touch and is for personal use only.

For those that could not attend the night you can

expect to have an ‗opt-in‘ form delivered by satchel

or the school‘s email contact list in the not too distant

future.

Our AGM is scheduled with our next meeting on

Monday 14th March. All positions will be declared

vacant. We are always keen to have new faces and

new ideas amongst the Executive; in particular, we

are looking for (at least) a new Secretary this year. It

is not that much work, so please, give some thought

to this. Help us help the school (and our kids!) it can

be a rewarding experience. We look forward to

seeing you.

Cheers !

Guy

Guy Russell, President KCAHS P&C

International Women’s Day

Every year on March 8th people throughout the world

celebrate International Women‘s Day. On this day

several female Ku-ring-gai students, Diaan Walker (year

7), Clarie Parrett (year 10), Kathryn Lanigan (year 11)

and Breeanna Johannssen (year 12), along with Ms

Woolnough, attended the International Women‘s Day

celebrations at Ku-ring-gai council Chambers. We were

entertained by wonderful musical performances by our

very own Ava Maddon and Cara Hitchins (both year

12). We then heard about the experiences of early

women settlers in Ku-ring-gai and the inspiration young

women of today have drawn from their predecessors.

We enjoyed a sumptuous morning tea where the

students had the opportunity to mingle with some of

Ku-ring-gai‘s oldest residents and community members.

Our morning in the community was enriching and

inspiring for all who participated. This year marks the

centenary of International Women‘s Day.

From left to right: Diaan Walker, Ms Meredith Woolnough,

Ava Maddon , Clarie Parrett, Cara Hitchins, Kathryn Lanigan,

Breeanna Johannssen

The Uniform Shop (02) 9449 3070

Uniform Shop business hours during school terms are:

Tuesday 1.30pm – 3.30pm Thursday 8.15am – 10.15am

The uniform shop can be contacted outside of business hours by email –

kuringgaihighschool@alinta.com.au .

Payments must be made direct to Alinta Apparel on in the form of cash, credit card, or debit credit card.

Price List & Online Shopping available at:

www.alintaapparel.com.au

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Community News

Monday 14th March—AGM

Time to Shine Youth Awards

Do you know a young person quietly achieving great things? We want to highlight their success in the Time to Shine Youth Awards, to be presented at the launch of the Own It Photography Exhibition

on Monday 4 April.

We're eager to hear about young people who live, work, study or play in Ku-ring-gai and volunteer for their community, perform on stage or on the sports field, overcome challenges or help others in need. All nominees will receive an award, with the most outstanding young achievers asked to speak about their accomplishments at the exhibition launch. Profiles of the award recipients will be displayed throughout the exhibition and published on the Council website. If you are proud of something you've done, or want someone else to get some well-deserved recognition, fill out the form at http://www.kmc.nsw.gov.au/www/html/4277-time-to-shine-youth-awards.asp?intSiteID=1

For more info call 94240981

If you've got some pics to help tell the story, email them to jbloom@kmc.nsw.gov.au

Hornsby Shire Council presents Rock the Block 3. Entries are now open for this awesome band competition. Last year was a huge success with great young bands and big audiences. Download your entry form from the What's On section of council's website www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au or go to our Youth Headquarters website www.yhq.com.au. Entries close March 15th. Or just come along to the gigs. Heat 1 is 1 April at Berowra Community Centre, Heat 2 is 6 May at Cherrybrook Community Centre and the Final is 3 June at Berowra Community

Centre.

All events are proudly drug and alcohol free, $6 at the door, 7pm-11pm. Please call Sophie Davis at Hornsby Shire Council for more

information on 9847 6855.

Our Year 7 - 2011

reflect on the school

Kirsten Green – Asquith Public School

I came to KCAHS because of the creative opportunities

that this school has to offer. Also because of its warm

and homey feel and because of how passionate the

teachers and staff are towards the school. Some people

told me that even though it‘s a creative arts school it

didn‘t mean that there was much creative opportunity –

well, when I came here I found lots and lots of creative

outlets in the school!

We have a choir named the Ku-ring-gai Singers and we

have special classes called NOVA that let you choose

from almost every creative aspect I can think of. We

also have a drama ensemble and we are working on a

musical this year. I think the best subject for me would

be NOVA. I am in the musical and it has already taught

me so much! There are so many things to do I just

can‘t remember all of them!

As soon as I came here I felt at home. I felt safe and

secure. It was the right school for me. The teachers all

have wonderful characters and they are extremely

passionate about their teaching.

The most interesting and exciting thing I have done this

year would probably be when I went to camp. We had

it in the second week of school so it gave me an

opportunity to find friends early in the year. The

activities were all fun and challenging. This school is

an amazing, creative, passionate and friendly school

that I would recommend for anyone.

Max Whiteman – Hornsby North Public School

I came to KCAHS for the creative opportunities and the

bush grounds. Honestly, the most interesting things for

me at the school are the NOVA and English.

I am currently doing film-making and Australian poetry

and, well I wasn‘t too interested in that before but

thanks to my wonderful teachers they are truly opening

up to me now. I have now learnt how to film, act and

draw and how to deconstruct poems and movies. I

couldn‘t be more happy that I came here.

When I am older I aspire to be a pilot in the air force

and a musician. My inspirations are Sir Charles

Kingsford –Smith, Ry Cooder, Robert Johnson and

Steve Kai.

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Worldwize

From the HSIE Department

With the year fully started the HSIE faculty has a number of events up and coming.

Firstly, congratulations need to go to Ms E Roberts. 6 months ago she had a teaching article published in the Society

and Culture Journal, CultureScope. This was then used at last week‘s Society and Culture New Teacher‘s Conference

as an exemplar work sample for teaching communication to teenagers. We are very fortunate to have her here

teaching Society and Culture.

Ancient History students are getting very excited, with only one month to go before the ‗Odyssey‘ – a whirlwind two

week trip to Athens, Crete, Rome, Florence, Pompeii and Herculaneum. This will be a great opportunity for students

to solidify their knowledge for the HSC, and we look forward to seeing their photos and hearing of their experiences.

Bon Voyage.

Year 10 students can look forward to the annual Canberra excursion occurring in August. Unfortunately we may not

be able to provide a leadership challenge to view, as was the case last year, however, it should be a fantastic

opportunity for students to participate in civics and citizenship. Further information will arrive home to parents

shortly. Be on the lookout.

Year 10 should also be bringing in their notes for the National Geographic Competition, which will be held on the

28th March. This is compulsory for Year 10 students. Students will shortly be receiving notes for the Coastal

excursion which will be on the 1st April (no, this is not an April Fool‘s joke)

Ms Vidler

Head Teacher