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Country WeekFinal ResultsGreat achievements from the 2019Country Week teams, thoroughlyenjoyed by students and staff.

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Positive Benefits of DrumbeatExploring the drum circle as apositive social developmentprogram.

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Year 7 Semester 1AwardsPrincipal Mr Domenic Camerapresents Year 7 students with Classaward Certificates

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PAGE 2 | COUNTRY WEEK 2019

PAGE 3 | YEAR 7 SEMESTER ONE AWARDS

PAGE 6 | DRUMBEAT

PAGE 2 | CADET CAMP

The Australind SHS EmergencyServices Cadet Unit conductedtheir recruit Camp at CampMornington. The main focus ofthe camp was an opportunity forthe Senior cadets to operate therunning lessons for the newrecruits.The operations covered includedthe cadets code of conduct,badges of rank, navigation andknot tying. The camp was enjoyed by all newrecruits who were able tounderstand the role of theemergency service cadets andthe duties expected.

COUNTRY WEEK One of the most anticipated events on the ASHS sporting calendar,Country Week 2019 was a resounding success forour enthusiastic participants and we are extremely proud of eachcompetitor.All students enjoyed the demanding sporting schedules and celebratedin the downtime with tours, winter beach swims and dining out.Congratulations to all teams on exhibiting incredible sportmanship, to ourTouch and Soccer teams for taking out the championships and our GirlsAFL who dismissed the losing streak with a cracker win.Thank you to our dedicated staff, without whom Country Week wouldnot be possible for our students to enjoy.

R A I N , H A I L O R S H I N E

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CADETCAMP C A M P M O R N I N G T O N

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YEAR 7, SEMESTER 1AWARDS C E R T I F I C A T E S O F E X C E L L E N C E

A N D C L A S S A W A R D S

ENGLISH CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

FIRST PRIZE

Esha Prime

SECOND PRIZE

Jade McGlinn

THIRD PRIZE

Kingston McGirr

CLASS AWARDS

Josie Black

Abbee Bernardi

Arnya Pickston

Kya Emiliani

Dakota Dow

Ruby Williams

Edwin Groenewald

Awhina Harmer

Mitchell Millar

Keeley South

Rebecca Buhlmann

HASS CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

FIRST PRIZE

Esha Prime

SECOND PRIZE

Brooke Dovey

THIRD PRIZE

Esha Prime

CLASS AWARDS

Nohea Liedermoy

Riven Holleman

Jessica Miller

Brigette Cantwell

Madison Reel

Jessie Baker

Katie Bilston

Jayde Taylor

Amber Williams

Brody Shaw

Emily Templeton

Ava Forgione

MATHS CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

MaPS

FIRST PRIZE

Kingston McGirr

SECOND PRIZE

Connor Lucas

THIRD PRIZE

Luke Ferrari

CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

GENERAL

FIRST PRIZE

Ashlee Hilder

SECOND PRIZE

Blake Hogan

THIRD PRIZE

Taj McLennan

CLASS AWARDS

Cooper Hampson

Leonie McAdam

Kimi Roberts

Josie Black

Tyler Heron

Dakoda Paparo-Davis

Chelsea Laver

Nathan Podger

Tori South

Jarvis Castle

Connor Obal

Zoe McKay

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YEAR 7, SEMESTER 1AWARDS C E R T I F I C A T E S O F E X C E L L E N C E

A N D C L A S S A W A R D S

SCIENCE CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

MaPS

FIRST PRIZE

Bailey Harkness

SECOND PRIZE

Beatrice Gaskell

THIRD PRIZE

Brigitte Cantwell

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

GENERAL

FIRST PRIZE

Lockyer Elliot

SECOND PRIZE

Chelsea Laver

THIRD PRIZE

Jade McGlinn

CLASS AWARDS

Abbee Bernardi

Mia Giudici

Amelia Lind

Brooklyn Powell

Dylan Kennedy

Reigan Scott

Mitchell Barnett

Olivia Patterson

Tori South

Jade McGlinn

Catelyn McKay

THE ARTS CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

FIRST PRIZE - DANCE

Lilly Rich

FIRST PRIZE - DRAMA

Beatrice Gaskell

FIRST PRIZE - JAZZ MUSIC

Zavier Basile

FIRST PRIZE - GENERAL MUSICAnnie O'Connor

FIRST PRIZE - VISUAL ARTHolly McCamish

CLASS AWARDS

Ellie Malcolm

Davon Viola

Max Bonner

Marley Visser

Olivia Patterson

Brigette Cantwell

Kean Enano

Freya Tregidgo

Asami Tsukamoto

JAPANESE CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

FIRST PRIZE

Connor Lucas

SECOND PRIZE

Josie Black

THIRD PRIZE

Bailey Harkness & Arnya Pickston

CLASS AWARDS

Davon Viola

Olivia Patterson

Ava Forgione

Cameron Bovell

Hannah Fell

Tori South

Jarvis Castle

Amilia Lind

Keely South

Emily Morley

Matthew Crowd

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YEAR 7, SEMESTER 1AWARDS C E R T I F I C A T E S O F E X C E L L E N C E

A N D C L A S S A W A R D S

HEALTH &

PHYS ED

CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

PE - BOYS

FIRST PRIZE

Camden Marriott

SECOND PRIZE

Luke Bennett

THIRD PRIZE

John Manuel

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

PE - GIRLS

FIRST PRIZE

April McLennan

SECOND PRIZE

Abbeygail Jones

THIRD PRIZE

Arnya Pickston

DIGITAL

TECHNOLOGIES

CLASS AWARDS

Chelsea Laver

Adam Spadaccini

Luke Ferrari

Jade McGlinn

Mia Giudici

Leila-Jane Bawden

Lochlan Hewett

Elektra Hogermeer

Logan Lawty

CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE

HEALTH - BOYS

FIRST PRIZE

Kingston McGirr

SECOND PRIZE

Lui Celisano

THIRD PRIZE

Lockyer Elliot

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

HEALTH - GIRLS

FIRST PRIZE

Esha Prime

SECOND PRIZE

Lilly Rich

THIRD PRIZE

Bailey Harkness

DTE CLASS AWARDS

Tom Horn

Tessa Evans

Leilani Holden

Beatrice Gaskell

Nargis Madadi

Shariff Manning

HOME EC CLASS AWARDS

Abbee Bernardi

Mia Reigart

Alysha Doran

Davon Viola

Congratulations

to the Certificate

of Excellence and

Class Award

recipients.

Drumbeat is a social development program exploring relationshipissues through the use of music, beliefs, emotions, attitudes andthoughts.  The Drumbeat program allows the students to combine the benefitsof the group drumming process with cognitive behavioural therapyso that young people can transfer the lessons from the drum circleto their everyday lives.  In the program we also look at social issuessuch as peer pressure, bullying, dealing with emotions, toleratingdiversity, identity and social responsibility. These students meet one period a week for approximately 10weeks. By Min Mann

"Onedrumbeat at a time"

DRUMBEAT E N G A G E A N D E M P O W E R

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On June 26th and 27th, 22 students from ASHS spent 2

days attending a Work Inspiration Program run by The

Smith Family.

The students ranged from year 9 through to year 12 and

were a mix of boys and girls.  The students were all

chosen for specific reasons and were perhaps some of

our students who were less aware of what they wanted

to do either at school to boost their employability, or

post school.

The group was exposed to a fantastic range of people

with very diverse stories and experiences. We started at

Southern Ports where we got to meet some of the staff

involved with the day to day running of the business. We

then got on our bus to take a tour around both the inner

harbour and the outer harbour. We then had a speed

interviewing exercise with a range of staff.

After lunch we were warmly welcomed by Fiona at

Bunbury City Glass. Again we got the opportunity to see

behind the scenes and ask lots of questions.

Day 2 was at Bunbury’s Regional Entertainment Centre

and involved presentations from both BREC staff and

also from staff from Dale Alcock/ ABN Group. The choice

of activities and companies both engaged and enthused

the students. The presenters themselves and their

presentations generated very relevant questions and

discussions. It was refreshing to see all the students so

actively involved and clearly getting a lot of information.

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WORK INSPIRATIONTOUR A S M I T H F A M I L Y I N I T I A T I V E

“ W O R K I N S P I R A T I O N S H E L P E D M E

G E T A M O R E O F A N I D E A A B O U T

W H A T I W A N T T O D O I N M Y F U T U R E

C A R E E R . ”  

T R A V I S G R O U T .

Outcomes were positive, with students offering

interesting feedback. Most of the students have a

clearer idea of what life after school will look like

and a few have made choices about their own

future. One student, as a direct result of a

conversation he had with a guest presenter, has

secured one week of work experience in a

vocation that he hopes to eventually get a career

in. Other students have commented that they now

have a clearer understanding of what is required

to become more employable.

“ I T H I N K T H I S S H O U L D B E D O N E

A G A I N B E C A U S E I T H E L P S M E A N D

A L O A D O F O T H E R P E O P L E W I T H

F U T U R E C A R E E R O P T I O N S . ”  

J A C K W A L K E R

“ T H I S H A S H E L P E D M E B E C A U S E

N O W I A M M O R E D E D I C A T E D T O

S C H O O L A N D I W A N T T O G E T

B E T T E R G R A D E S A N D T H E N A F T E R ,

G E T A V E R Y G O O D J O B . ”  

B I L L Y B O U C H E R

Our thanks go to The Smith Family for their

generous support to make programs such as this

run. Thanks also to the companies that

volunteered their time and expertise to help our

students.  These include Southern Port Authority,

Bunbury City Glass, BREC and Dale Alcock Homes.

“ T H I S W O R K I N S P I R A T I O N R E A L L Y

M A D E M E W A N T T O S T A R T T R Y I N G

T O G E T G O O D G R A D E S . ”  

C A M E R O N M A Y

By Fiona Blackmore

On Thursday 27th the Year 8cohort participated in apresentation from guestspeakers from theFoundation for IndigenousSustainable Health (FISH).The Indigenous studentsspent a period prior to thepresentation having a yarnwith the presenters aboutkaartdijin (knowledge),boodja (Country/land),language, lore and their ownmobs. During thepresentation the Indigenousstudents got involved up thefront and did a moorditj jobhelping to explain Aboriginallore. 

We were lucky to have DrBrad Trucker, head Astrophysicistfrom Mt Stromlo Observatory, andhis PhD student Ryan, for the BigHistory incursion at ASHS, wherehe spoke to students about thefuture of space.Dr Tucker even made a Mathsteachers day by telling the year10's how often he usesTrigonometry.Dr Tucker is great supporter ofBig History and ties the history ofthe universe to the present andfuture of space togetherbrilliantly.

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'FISH' VISITA Y A R N O N C U L T U R E

We learnt all aboutAboriginal tradition, historiesand lore, and all the Year 8's can now give anacknowledgement toCountry for school eventsand assemblies. Thanks tothe deadly presenters fromFISH! By Billie Thomas

DR BRAD TUCKERA V I S I T F R O M M T S T R O M L O A S T R O P H Y S I C I S T

It was all followed up by a greatcommunity evening of stargazingwith over 200 people and membersof the SW Atrological Society. We look forward to welcoming DrTucker back to ASHS in October forthe launch of Big History Project.Our Year 9 students will be workingon a series of BHP space activitiesand Dr Tucker will return foractivities, followed by star gazingwith an Aboriginal elder. We hopeto film the event and in VR! By Hayden Brown

Tuesday 2 July, 2019, 15 Year 9 Girls climbed aboard the bus,in the dark, to join 230+ girls from the Perth regions atdestination ECU Mt Lawley.  The aim of the day was to notonly experience the day in the life as a Uni student, but also togain an understanding of the importance of mathematics inour everyday life and our future careers. Memorable Workshops during the day were:·Codes and Cabbages; Fire, Fire, Fire; Thinking like amathematician; Inventions of the Future; Working withnumbers.Special thanks to Texas Instruments, and MAWA, forproviding sponsorship , enabling catering and transport forour trip to Mt Lawley.

MATHS EMPOWERINGGIRLS WORKSHOPI M P O R T A N C E O F M A T H S I N O U R F U T U R E C A R E E R S

"I was surprised that there were so many jobs that involvedmaths, it kind of helped me with what class I will choose inYear 10, 11, 12. It was really worth it to come." "I can take on board some of the things that the girls(presenters) said like doing the highest maths so, it's not sohard later when I go to Uni." "The excursion was amazing and insightful." "The speech that stuck in my head was from the girl fromthe Navy. It gave me a sense to step out of my comfortzone and try something new. It reminded me to perseverethrough and that some memories and experience you canjust can't buy." "Speed dating was good because it gave you a brief lookinto a wide variety of careers and applications of maths." "Quote of the Day ... be brave, not perfect." "Speed dating was a group activity of different schoolstudents getting a taste on what path we could take whenwe go to university. It showed you that maths can help youin everyday jobs."

By Margaret Kenny

On Wednesday July 3, 2019, a group of Year 9/10

students took the opportunity to visit UWA Perth whilst

attending the Australia Day Council Inspiring

Australian's Student Forum.  This forum provided an

opportunity for ASHS students to hear two remarkable

stories of courage and resilience with Ms Noelle Martin:

2019 WA Young Australian of the Year and Dr Craig

Challen: a 2019 Australian of the Year.  Students were

reminded by Ms Martin that resilience is "How we deal

with a situation, and how  we bounce back after an

act of a challenging nature", and Dr Challen  reminded

 students that "we can all do the best we can... we just

need to get out and do this."  He said it was "important

to never, never never give up.... because no matter

what the sun will always come up and go down at

night." 

These inspirational speakers were both

faced with an unexpected situation which

they approached with optimism, and

encouraged the students likewise.

 Students were also involved in an

experiment with the Biomedical Science

Laboratory and provided an opportunity to

tour UWA campus.

Thank you to all students and staff who

attended this excursion.  It was a great day!

It was unfortunate that we were unable to

accommodate more students joining us for

the day, however, where  possible we will

continue to support the Australia Day

Council student forum and take the

opportunity to visit our great universities.

P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H

STUDENT FEEDBACKI discovered in University you have a wide variety

of subjects and people. I discovered that

universities are extremely welcoming and not as

scary as they seem. We learnt how to separate DNA

from strawberries...similar to what we are

currently learning in Science. I enjoyed wearing a

lab coat, as it made me feel professional.

I discovered a large variety of choices and pathways to

do in UWA. It has also increased .. me wanting to

succeed and go to Uni. I really enjoyed listening to the

two speakers as it made me question and re-think some

decisions. This excursion was extremely beneficial to

me as I developed a new understanding of what it

means to be courageous and resilient in life. It showed

me that you don't have to be the bravest person to be

inspiring.

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INSPIRINGAUSTRALIANSC O U R A G E A N D R E S I L I E N C E

By Margaret Kenny

Before staff and students arrive fortheir day, a strong and committedworking team of valued cleaning,gardening and canteen staff, alongwith our HR Officer, have been atschool since before dawn.These dedicated members of ASHSform the backbone of our schoolcommunity, and without theirincredible work ethic, appreciationand pride for our school, we wouldnot be able to function.  

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BEHIND THE SCENESA N A P P R E C I A T I O N P O S T - P A R T O N E

Head Cleaner Julie and her busycrew arrive in the dark and quicklysplit into teams vacuuming,polishing, dusting and cleaningevery single room in the school. We enter offices, restrooms,classrooms and specialised areasthat are sparkling, shining andclean and are extremely gratefulfor their exceptional dedicationensuring our spaces are hygienicand safe to begin our day. 

Senior Gardener Roger and histeam begin their tasks as the sunrises, covering the entire ground ofthe school with blowers, trimmersand collecting rubbish to ensurestudents and staff enter a tidy andappealing space for work, learningand relaxing at break times. Our gardens and grounds areimmaculate and we are thankful tothe team who ensure the surroundswithin which we work is a tranquiland pleasant environment. 

HR Officer Leeanne arrives hoursbefore school begins to ensure allrelief staff have been booked forthe day and clear preparation forthe classes and lessons has beenorganised.  During the highdemand months of winter, this isno easy task and requires carefulplanning and direction atextremely short notice. Without theskills Leeanne brings to theadministration team the schoolwould be unable to operate asefficiently as we are able, ensuringduty of care and quality educationat all times.

Canteen Manageress Janine and her bakers arrive early to fire up the ovensto provide breakfast by 8am to students. Buns are buttered, wraps arecreated and soup is ready to be poured long before the first siren at8.40am. Dozens of the much loved chicken drummy roll – a staple diet ofmost students at ASHS – are prepared and ready for the onslaught ofrequests. No student or staff member has ever been turned away hungryand these powerhouse ladies do not stop until Lunch 2 is over. We love yourenticing and sumptuous food and thank you for creatively supplying us withan abundance of sustenance.

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