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Principal: Mrs M Crelley Issue No: 9 Term: 2 Monday 17th June, 2019

Schools Spectacular 2019 Congratulations to our awesome Schools Spectacular crew. Forty-one students across the Combined Choir, Combined Dance and Aboriginal Dance ensembles have been selected to represent Leeton High School at the Schools Spectacular performance extravaganza on the 22nd and 23rd of November. In addition, Emika Gooley in Year 9 will also take her place as feature dancer in the Combined Dance ensemble, which is a fantastic achievement. We continue to make the grade in a very competitive field and we are enormously proud of this. This is a magnificent achievement by our students and our teachers and we wish them all the best for their preparation. Careers Expo Tuesday 18th June Our highly regarded annual Careers Expo is on Tuesday 18th June from 9.30am – 1.30pm. We are expecting around 1400 hundred students from across the Riverina who will have access to 80 exhibitors including Universities, the Armed Forces and employment and personnel agencies onsite to provide valuable information to all our visitors regarding future career pathways. Needless to say, organising an event as large as this takes an enormous amount of work and we thank Mrs Goring our Careers Advisor and Mrs Palmer for their tireless efforts to make this event happen. Amber Parr Riverina School Based Apprentice of the Year Mrs Schmetzer and I had the great pleasure of seeing Amber Parr recognised as School Based Apprentice of the Year at the Training Services NSW Riverina Awards in Wagga on Friday night. Amber was the successful finalist beating another three candidates for the top award. Amber, in Year 12, is currently completing a school-based apprenticeship through the ANZ Bank here in Leeton and is clearly doing very well. Congratulations to Amber and her family on this great achievement. Year 10 and 11 HSC Minimum Standards Online testing This week and next week HSC Minimum Standards testing is scheduled for all of Years 10 and those Year 11 students who did not meet the Level 3 benchmark for Reading, Writing and Numeracy last year.

Meeting the Level 3 benchmarks across the three areas provides students with the award of the Higher School Certificate at the end of Year 12 and a nod to future employers that the desired industry standard literacy and numeracy levels have been reached to do the job well. Testing occurs twice a year and is available up until two years after students complete Year 12. If you have any questions regarding Minimum Standards online testing please contact me on 0269532122. Practice tests can be found at https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/hsc-minimum-standard/online-tests/what-to-expect-in-the-tests/sample-test-questions

Winter Uniform As the colder weather has hit, it is important that students dress to keep warm and they dress in correct school uniform as determined by our community many years ago. Just a reminder that hoodies are not school uniform including Riverina hoodies. Riverina gear is acceptable as long as it is not a hoodie. Leggings/tights are also not appropriate to wear at school. Coloured tops or pants that do not meet the correct school uniform requirements are not appropriate. If you need assistance to purchase the correct uniform, please come and see Mr Morschel or myself in the front office. Our uniform requirements are attached to the newsletter.

P.O Box 843, LEETON 2705 Ph: 69532122 Fax: 69535085 leeton-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au ABN: 22 761 278 122

“Educating young people for active and responsible citizenship”

~~ PRINCIPAL’S REPORT~~

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Years 7-10 Parent/Teacher Interviews Information regarding our upcoming Parent/Teacher Interviews on Tuesday 2nd July from 4-6pm was sent home last week with students. The information letter contains individual login details for each student and a room map to assist with the scheduling of your interviews. We have moved to a booking system through our student administration platform, Sentral. Parents can book a 10 minute interview with any teacher from Monday 24th July. Teachers will be based in the following locations: iSTUDY: HSIE and Mathematics Rooms 16: Creative and Performing Arts (Music, Visual Arts, Drama) Rooms 18 and 19: English Careers Room: Careers Library: TAS, Science/PDHPE, Teaching and Learning If you have any problems booking interview times or you did not receive the information letter, please contact the school on 0269532122. Students will receive their reports on Friday 28th June. Back to the 8os Musical 2nd-4th July As this much anticipated event draws nearer, I would like to acknowledge our musical cast, crew and teachers who have spent countless weeks preparing to go on stage in the last week of term for our Back to the 8os production. Students and teachers have given up Sundays, before school, recess and lunch times - whatever is required to make this show the quality production we pride ourselves on delivering and we can’t wait to see it! Support Leeton High School by coming along to have a look. Tickets are available from the front office - Concession: $10.00, Adults: $15.00 and a Family Ticket: $45.00. Sessions are Tuesday 2nd July 11am: Limited seats; Wednesday 3rd July 11am: SOLD OUT; Wednesday 3rd July 7pm; Thursday 4th July 7pm.

Catch up with the cast via our Facebook page as every week we will feature one of our talented students. See you there!

Positive Behaviour for Learning Draw 7th June 2019 The below students have been acknowledged for demonstrating our PBL values - respectful, responsible learners at our PBL draw last Friday.

Lockdown drill Thursday 6th June A lockdown drill was conducted last Thursday. It was just a drill and there was never any threat to the school. These drills are important safety check to identify holes in our planning, management and equipment and should be conducted several times a year. Students responded well and handled the drill in a responsible and co-operative manner, which was greatly appreciated. Leeton High School recognises and values the importance of communication between home and school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school on 69532122. Stay in touch with the happenings at Leeton High School via the School Website http://www.leeton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ or our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/LeetonHS .

Mrs Meagan Crelley Principal

Year Canteen Voucher Sportspower Voucher Brad’s Voucher Caltex Petrol Voucher Year 12 only

7 Emma Sherlock Keira Rantall Rachael Kinsella 8 Kasey Annetts Jordy Crow Jordy Crow 9 Tyson Vecchio Sonny Ekin Jason Thomas 10 Emerson Cody Zoe Stockton Will Pizzolante 11 Juliane Patenia Sky Dalgliesh Kiana Wortley 12 Caleb Watson Tahnee Walsh Matthew Axtill

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~~DEPUTY PRINCIPAL - TEACHING & LEARNING~~

At the recent assembly I asked students to put their hand up if they found school to be hard. A large number of them did. In my newsletter report I will focus on the importance of adopting a growth mindset along with the need to attend school as often as possible. In my speech I mentioned that school only gets harder when students miss a day, and for the minority of them, if they skip a class. Sometimes it might be tempting for some of our children to skip or stay home because they are tired or find it challenging to understand what is going on in class. But missing a class or day only makes it worse because they are not learning something that will help them understand a lesson later on. Over 30 years ago, influential educator Carol Dweck became interested in students' attitudes about failure. Carol and her team noticed that some students rebounded while other students seemed devastated by even the smallest setbacks or challenges faced. After studying the behaviour of thousands of children, Dr. Dweck coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and intelligence. Their findings were that when students believe they can get smarter, they understand that effort makes them stronger. Therefore they put in extra time and effort, and that leads to higher achievement. In summary, the process of learning is often difficult, however I urge our students to attend school as often as possible, to avoid it becoming too hard, but I also encourage our students to see challenges as a good thing by adopting a growth mindset approach. We have recently introduced a system whereby parents are notified at the end of the day in the event that their child misses a class throughout the day. To date, I am grateful for the support that parents have provided through timely communication with me, by explaining their reason for their child’s absence. A small number of issues have occurred whereby a student has actually attended class, but has been marked away. At Leeton High School we have 475 students. On this number, teachers need to account for 2,375 interactions on their rolls each day or 11,875 interactions for the week. Schools are busy places with students often requiring to be out of class for some reason or another. It can be expected that the odd error will occur and I encourage parents to be understanding and continue to support the school if you receive SMS requesting more information regarding an unexplained absence. Since introducing this system, we have seen an improvement in our attendance rate. In partnership with parents, and the wider community, Leeton High School would like to see this increase throughout the rest of 2019. Glenn Duggan Deputy Principal (Teaching and Learning)

SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students on achieving awards:

BRONZE AWARD: Heidi Whyatt, Rosa, Salerno, Ethan Fazekas, Blake Eisenhut, Victoria Glenn,

Farhad Hussaini, Summer Fattore, Blake Eisenhut, Chase Lee, Kiesha Poulson (Year 7), James Hudson, Kade Godden, Ella Cregan, Shallan Stockton, Adelaide Meline (Year 8) and Amy Ryan (Year 10)

GOLD AWARD: Jenna Elliott (Year 12)

EXECUTIVE AWARD: Connor Cregan, Ethan Fazekas, Bailey Bennett, Evan Johnston, Jhie

Hammond (Year 7), Jana Deaton, Jessica Wells, Seth Sgroi, Madeline Irvin, Isabella Franz (Year 8), Teha Martin, Sophie Morgan-Smith, Sophie Mannall, Meghan Davidson-Curtain, Remy Pages (Year 9), Rhea Fairweather, Alison Moller, Brayden Simpson, Jessica Eldridge (Year 10), Taylor Moore, Bree McKellar, Michael Wang, Abbey Snell, Kaila DePaoli (Year 11), Lara Cameron, Tamara Bartram, Ella Saddler, Tess Chilby and Elise Holt (Year 12)

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We have recently subscribed to the MyOn Reader program. MyON Reader provides unlimited access to a broad collection of authentic digital texts that are available for online and offline reading, and dynamically generates a list of just-right titles for each student that matches his or her current interests, grade, and Lexile® level. Students can choose titles from their recommended list or from the full myON library available under their school or peak body subscription. All Leeton High students can access MyOn at www.myon.com To login: School Name – Leeton High School Username – Student’s DET username Password – lhs

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CALLING ALL WRITERS

All students are welcome to enter the Leeton High School Writing Competition. You may write in any style and there is no word limit. The steps to enter our writing competition are as follows: THE CASE OF…

1. VISIT ROOM 19 TO VIEW THE CRIME SCENE 2. USE THE CRIME SCENE AS A STARTING POINT FOR A CREATIVE WRITING PIECE 3. GIVE YOUR FABULOUS PIECE OF WRITING TO MRS SKEWES FOR JUDGING

Mrs Skewes HT English/CAPA

THE HUNGRY HUT (AKA school canteen) As the canteen moves towards Healthy Canteen accreditation changes have been made to our menu. You can be assured that your child can buy nutritious food to sustain them for the day. 3 Easy ways to purchase: 1. Order on Line - Setting up an account is easy, and once set up you can easily order in advance. No need to find change to send to school and you can even be organised over the weekend for the whole week ahead. To access on-line canteen go to: https://quickcliq.com.au/ 2. Put in an order on the day. Your child can bring money to school, and between 8.30 and 9.00 am can go to the canteen to place their order. 3. Over the counter sales: At both first and second break Note that if you want to guarantee what you crave for is available, place an order using options 1 or 2 above. Orders can be made for first or second break, or both!!! Food options are very affordable with Zucchini Muffins only $ 2.00, Sweet Chilli Twister $4.00, fruit salad only $3.00 a tub and homemade Lasagne only $3.50 (or $5.50 with salad). Plus plenty more. The full menu, plus the link to online canteen can be found on the Leeton High School website (click on About our School and follow canteen links) You can also leave IGA dockets at the Hungry Hut now too!!

DATES TO REMEMBER Tue 18th June – Western Riverina Careers Expo Fri 5th July – Last day of Term 2 Wed 19th June – SW Athletics – Griffith Mon 22nd July – Staff Return Term 3 Fri 21st June – Riverina Dance Festival Tue 23rd July – All Students Return Term 3 Tue 25th June – P&C Meeting 7pm - Library Tue 2nd July – Years 7-10 Parent Teacher Interviews

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JUNIOR BOYS – SUMMER

Grey shorts or grey trousers (not jeans or cargo pants)

Grey LHS polo shirt

Black leather school shoes (enclosed)

Short grey or white socks

SENIOR BOYS – SUMMER Grey shorts or grey

trousers (not jeans or cargo pants)

White collared school shirt

Black leather school shoes (enclosed)

Short grey or white socks

SENIOR GIRLS – SUMMER Short black & white

skirt (modest length –purchased from Worklocker) or Black shorts (modest length)

White short sleeved blouse

Black leather school shoes (enclosed)

Short white socks or stockings

SPORT JUNIOR BOYS AND GIRLS Both boys and girls have a unisex sports uniform that consists of

White LHS polo shirt Black basketball shorts Black tracksuit pants Black LHS spray jacket or sloppy joe

Appropriate running shoes (not skate

shoes, Rabens or Billies)

JUNIOR GIRLS – SUMMER Short black & white

checked skirt (purchased from Worklocker) or black shorts (modest length)

White short sleeved blouse

Black leather school shoes (enclosed)

Short white socks

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School ties are optional, but are encouraged to be worn, especially in the winter months. Black gloves and scarves are also an optional part of the winter uniform. Plain black beanies (i.e. no logo) are permitted for outdoor wear during the winter months.

SENIOR BOYS – WINTER Grey trousers (not jeans or

cargo pants) White collared school shirt Black LHS knitted jumper

or LHS sloppy joe LHS Spray Jacket

(optional) Black leather school shoes

(enclosed)

SENIOR GIRLS – WINTER Black long pants (no ski

pants or leggings) OR LHS winter skirt White school shirt Black LHS knitted jumper or

LHS sloppy joe LHS Spray Jacket (optional) (all purchased from

Worklocker) Black leather school shoes

(enclosed)

JUNIOR BOYS – WINTER Grey school trousers (not jeans

or cargo pants) Grey long sleeved collared or

LHS polo shirt Black LHS knitted jumper or LHS

sloppy joe LHS Spray Jacket (optional) Black leather school shoes

(enclosed)

JUNIOR GIRLS – WINTER Black long pants (no ski

pants or leggings) OR short black & white checked skirt

White school shirt Black LHS knitted jumper or

LHS sloppy joe LHS Spray Jacket (optional) (all purchased from

Worklocker) Black leather school shoes

(enclosed)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Charles Sturt University Explore Day Wagga On the 25th June students from years 10-12 will be checking out what university is really like. They will choose from a range of workshops at Charles Sturt University and find out which uni courses are right for them. Students will have fun with hands-on activities and information sessions, and get exclusive access to lecturers and students who can answer all their questions.

Macquarie University InRoads Excursion From the 2-5 July, 17 lucky students will get to experience university life by attending the MQ InRoads program in Sydney. It is an opportunity for students to meet academics, current students and learn about different areas of study while staying on-campus for two days at one of the residential colleges. Due to our participation in the 2018 program, MQ have covered all transport and accommodation costs for our students. This is an excellent opportunity for students to experience uni life at one of the best universities in NSW.

Western Riverina Careers Expo

Tuesday 18th June 2019

Tomorrow The Western Riverina Careers EXPO which will take place at Leeton High School on Tuesday 18th June 9.30am-1.30pm. The event is bigger and better than last

year with over 80 exhibitors for the students to visit and gain valuable information relating to their career path choices. This year we have a wide variety of local industries as well as job networks, gap year options, volunteer experiences and a huge presence of tertiary providers. Leeton High School’s Years 10-12 will have allocated time slots to attend during the day. EXPO is ‘Open to the Public’ and we encourage all parents and carers to come and experience what the EXPO has to offer.

With Mrs Goring & Mrs Palmer

Western Riverina

Careers Expo

Leeton High School

Tuesday 18th June 2019 Leeton High School Careers

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WIN PROGRAM Group 1 - Students are almost at the end of their work placement. Mrs Goring has been on work placement visits and employers has been giving students a wonderful report. Your work ethic and enthusiasm has been outstanding. What a great young group of students representing our school in the working community.

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