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Year 10 Scripture

19 May

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Erina News

10 May 2010

Issue 6

PROUDLY PURSUING PERSONAL BEST Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding achievements:

� Stevie Pounder for being selected as a soloist performer for Star Struck 2010;

� Robert Walton and Naif Kassoua for representing Sydney North Sports Association at the CHS Boys Football (soccer) Carnival in Port Macquarie, with Robbie now selected in the CHS team;

� Shelley McRohan, Olivia Rowe, Daniel Gaha and Liam Cooper for representing Erina High School at Harmony Day celebrations;

� Grace Felsch for receiving the Donnika Clarke Foundation Scholarship for Speed Skating;

� Mercy Agbeze for being selected as a member of the 2010 NSW Little Athletics State Team, finishing 6th in the Long Jump and 2nd in the Triple Jump at the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Brisbane.

ANZAC CELEBRATIONS

Congratulations to senior members of the SRC who accompanied Mr Schoffl and myself to the dawn service at Tarragal Glen retirement village on Anzac day. School Captains Ben Manners and Sarah Kidd (top) spoke at the ceremony and were supported by Aman Kaur, Kayla Kelly, Rebecca Street, Dylan Parbery, Bryce Harlum, Jackson Vanderslot and Mark Nolasco. These students were later joined by Year 11 students Bethany Matheson, Shinae Fitzpatrick and Elizabeth Twigger and Hugh Ellem of Year 10 when all attended the Gosford Anzac march and service. Rebecca (Bottom left) delivered a thoughtful and inspiring Anzac Address on behalf of Central Coast schools whilst Aman (Bottom right) and Dylan presented the Pericles Eulogy and a scripture reading respectively. Gosford Legacy has presented the school with a biography entitled ‘The Tiger of Vietnam’ recognising the involvement of our students in the Gosford Anzac march. The school Anzac Day ceremony was also led by our seniors. Special congratulations to Eleanor Hasnip (12) who played the Last Post and Reveille beautifully during the ceremony. We were very proud of our students and their contribution to Central Coast community ANZAC commemorations.

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HSC MUSIC STUDY DAY SUCCESS On Thursday the 29th of April Erina High School hosted the HSC Music Study Day. Year 12 students from around the Central Coast came and completed sessions to aid them in their HSC preparation. A highlight of the day were the performances from schools across the Central Coast which allowed students to observe strengths and areas for improvement in the acts of other students and to reflect on their practical skills. The evaluations from both staff and students involved were overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to the Men of Music – Mr Simpson and Mr Read for their help on the day as well as Library

and Office ladies and the Technology staff. Mrs Gillard (Study Day convenor)

LETTER OF APPRECIATION! WELL DONE!

I would like to congratulate your music staff and your school, for hosting the MUSIC HSC STUDY DAY on Thursday 29th May at Erina High School. The day received great praise from our students at Kincumber High School who attended the day.

In particular, I’d like to commend Mrs Gillard for her effort and organization. Days like the HSC Music day do not come together so successfully without a lot of thorough planning and excellent communications to many schools. I have come across many music teachers during my career and I can see that you certainly have a valuable staff member and a great music teacher.

I’d also like to thank your whole music department including Mr Read and Mr Simpson. Thanks to the computer coordinator Mr Rennex, who had a laptop, screen, data projector and speakers ready for me to present a DER session to the music teachers which were visiting your school.

I appreciated this level of effort and professionalism. Sharon McKay (Music teacher, KHS)

CAPA NEWS

Congratulations to Stevie Pounder and the Erina Performance Team (dance) for their successful audition for this year’s StarStruck performance. StarStruck features only the best performers from the Central Coast and the Hunter region and we are thrilled that Stevie has been chosen as a featured soloist from a very competitive field. Stevie, a vocalist from year 10, will be performing at least four times during each show. StarStruck is held at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre between the 17th-19th of June and ticket information is available from the StarStruck website.

Dance A big thank you to Danielle Barsi who has been working with the Year 9 dance group on their dance festival audition.

Lizotte’s Night 2010 Year 12 were supported by musicians from across the school when they presented fantastic performances at Lizottes as part of their HSC assessment program. Held on the 16th March Year 12 were applauded by an audience of friends and family with lots of ex-students dropping in. See photo highlights later in this newsletter.

A big THANKS! Thanks to Stevie Pounder for her beautiful rendition of our national anthem for the Oval Opening ceremony. Also to Matt Lynch, Jake Brennan and Tom Beasley of year 10 who performed at the celebration. The boys performed light entertainment for 30 minutes and were so successful that they were asked for their business cards. Well done fellas!!!! Congratulations also to Tom for gaining a spot in the second round of the Talent Development Project. In the holidays Tom auditioned at the Sydney Entertainment Centre for one of sixteen positions in the program. He was up against the top talent in the entire state and did Erina proud.

Youth Rock During the first week of the school holidays two rock bands competed in the Youth Rock Band competition held at Sutherland Entertainment Centre. The students who participated were Maurice Hage (yr11), Pascali Loria (yr12), Andy-Jackson Sullivan (yr11), Anthony Kabbout (yr11), Brad Bennet (yr 11), Allan Hall (yr 11) and Alex Gresley (yr 11).

“Youth Rock was a lot of fun!!! The best things about it was when APRA gave

us more experience in music about copy rights, and other aspects of the music

business. On behalf of the members from First Aid Emergency and Oleander

we would like to thank the music staff of Erina high school for all the help that

they provided for us to make it into Youth Rock. It was a fun and energetic

night and we were so happy to connect and talk to other bands from New

South Wales.”

Anthony Jackson-Sullivan Yr 11.

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GATS MOSAIC MURAL WORKSHOPS - TERM 2 Last year a group of Year 7 & 8 Gifted and Talented Students (GATS) participated in two workshop days to produce four large scale mosaic murals based on the four natural elements of wind, water, fire and earth. Unfortunately, the project proved to be bigger than the time available to complete them and therefore it has now carried over into 2010. The students involved are now in Years 8 & 9 and will hopefully still be enthusiastic enough to continue on with the project in a series of two hour workshops beginning on Tuesday 11 May and continuing throughout Term 2. When completed, the murals will be mounted on A Block facing the school oval, where they will be visible to all students and passing traffic on The Entrance Road.

Mrs K Scott, Mosaics Co-Ordinator

ART COMPETITIONS A number of motivated Art students have entered several current art competitions and eagerly await the judging and results. Tameka Jackson and Zoe Wynne of Year 7 both entered the Cartoon and Caricature Competition run by Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Emily Dick of Year 7 was the lone entrant into the “Yesteryear” Art exhibition held at Waterford Retirement Village, Kincumber at the end of March. There were also 14 entrants into this years “Write 4 Fun” Art competition, ranging from Year 7 to Year 10, with first prize being $500 cash each to the winning student and to the winning school! I wish all students the best of luck with their creative and imaginative art works and look forward to hearing the results of each competition.

Mrs K Scott, Art Faculty

ART EXHIBITION AT THE HILL YOUTH CENTRE On Wednesday 14th April a number of Art students from the school had their work exhibited in “The Hill Youth Centre Art Competition and Exhibition” for 2010 at Kariong. There were six students who enthusiastically entered the competition, with works ranging from drawings, paintings, photographs and sculpture. Kristen Weddle of Year 11 Visual Arts came third in her category winning a gift voucher donated by Eckersleys Art Supplies. Her sculpture of a skeletal horse in wire foil and paint certainly made an impact on the judges. Other students involved were from Year 7 and had their work exhibited at The Hill Youth Centre over the April school holidays. They were Annika Davies, Caitlin McEnearney, Zoe Wynne and Tegan Gilchrist. Congratulations to all students involved, the Youth Centre will be forwarding on Certificates acknowledging your participation.

Mrs K Scott, Art Faculty

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The new Visual Arts G.a.T.S. Mural on the Science Block is looking great and has been The new Visual Arts G.a.T.S. Mural on the Science Block is looking great and has been The new Visual Arts G.a.T.S. Mural on the Science Block is looking great and has been The new Visual Arts G.a.T.S. Mural on the Science Block is looking great and has been recently signed by studentsrecently signed by studentsrecently signed by studentsrecently signed by students Erina High Students are now enjoying the murals on the science block which were recently signed by the G.a.T. students who created them. These are a bright new addition to the newly renovated Science block and enhance the recreation space between F block and D block. The mural takes the form of a panoramic beach scene in which people like Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Galileo and Einstein are making their ideas known. The whimsical images designed by our G.a.T. students with the backdrop of our local coastline will reflect the notions of these famous scientists. The talented students who recently acknowledged their achievement in creating the mural include: Jamie–Lee Bennett, Kirsten Bock, Lara Coffey, Henry Chan, Emily De Vries, Joel Fletcher, Eliza Forkin, Matthew Grennan, Caitlin Murray, Danielle Parkes, Kimberlee Pierce, Zara Pilarski, Madeline Sheppard and Tara Uhle from Year Seven as well as Brianna Anthony, Daniel Gaha, Telisha Kelso and Hannah Langthorne from Year Eight. Due to the success of these murals the PD/H/PE faculty has also requested that GaT students work on designs to depict physical activities which will soon be seen as images on the walls of the canteen area. We intend to start on these in Term Four. Congratulations to the students involved. P Mottershead [Coordinator]

The completed

mural design

The students working on the mural

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ART EXPRESS One Friday morning filled with sunshine, one teacher and eleven enthusiastic Year 12 students headed off from Gosford rail station to the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney for a great day at the Gallery. All the students were anticipating viewing some extraordinary works by last year’s Year 12 students, in Art Express. There was a cross over with the Archibald Prize exhibition at this time, which also gave the students a fantastic opportunity to view the most prestigious portrait prize exhibition in Australia. By the time we reached Strathfield rain clouds had appeared and it had started to rain. This of course did not dampen the enthusiasm of the students who were to view the exhibition. Once inside the gallery we made our way through the Art Express Exhibition marvelling at the works from high school students from all over the state and appreciating and gaining inspiration from the amazing quality of them. After lunch the students became overawed by the wonderful works in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Exhibitions. These contained works by some of Australia's finest artists. Truly amazing artworks! As we made our way back to the Central Coast by train there were so many positive responses with students inspired by the paintings, drawings, DVDs and other art forms... Brilliant! Peter Mottershead, Art Faculty

EHS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The Annual Athletics Carnival will be held Friday, 4th June 2010. The carnival will be held at Adcock Park, Gosford. The carnival will begin with a roll mark at 9.10am and conclude at 2.40pm after roll mark. Students can make their own way to Adcock Park or catch a bus from school at 8.45am sharp. The cost of return travel is $4.00. This needs to be paid by Thursday 3rd of June as seats are limited. Money for the bus must be paid at the Front Office. Buses will leave from Adcock Park at 2.45pm so that students may catch normal buses home. Students are asked to come in Mufti clothing in their house colours. Please ensure that you have a hat and adequate sun protection lotions. Students are encouraged to bring their own lunch and appropriate refreshments. Food and refreshments will also be available on the day from the Adcock Park Canteen. Students are encouraged not to bring valuables to the carnival (ie. ipods, mobile phones etc) as the students must supervise their own bags for the entire day. The school takes no responsibility for lost or stolen items at the carnival. For students who wish to compete in the longer distance events (1500m, 800m) ‑‑‑‑ these will be held at 8.20am sharp. High Jump events will NOT be held on the day and students will be

selected for these events by height submissions at school. Mr M Crawford, Sports Coordinator

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Technology Tips about TwitterTechnology Tips about TwitterTechnology Tips about TwitterTechnology Tips about Twitter... Twitter is a social networking website that you can sign up for to send out regular updates on what you are doing. The catch is that you need to use not more than 140 characters. Your updates are called ‘tweets’. What do you need to keep in mind if your children are tweeting? Twitter users must be at least 13 years old. Your child needs to be conscious of their choice of screen name—nothing that might provoke the wrong type of person being friends with them. Anything your child says on a tweet can be seen by anyone else looking at Twitter. Remind your child: � Not to say anything they wouldn’t want the everyone to know—this includes any personal

information about their school name, address, sports teams, etc. � To use the settings section to protect their updates from being viewed by anyone who they

haven’t approved as a follower. This will also keep your child’s updates from appearing on the public timeline.

� Never to arrange to meet up with anyone they meet through Twitter unless they speak to you first.

� To choose a username (online computer nickname) that doesn’t give away their real name or age.

� If someone says or does something that makes them feel uncomfortable, they should tell you.

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PARENT LINE NSW Parent Line NSW is a free professional telephone counselling service that is available to parents and carers across NSW for the cost of a local call. Our counsellors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Parent Line is fully funded by Families NSW. The topic of our newsletter this month is "Separation is a difficult time for everyone in the family"

A decision to separate is one of the hardest choices you may ever make, and it has consequences for everyone in your family. Both you and your children may feel confused about what is happening, and be unsettled about the impact of such change. Separation can evoke strong feelings for everyone – you, your partner, your children, and even extended family members like grandparents, aunts and uncles. Your family is undergoing significant change - separation usually means that the family is dividing, and that one parent will be leaving the household.

For more information on separation or any parenting issue, call our professional counsellors for the cost of a local call from a land line, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 1300 1300 52 or read our information sheets on separation on www.parentline.org.au

HSC STUDY DAYS - UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASLTE Every year a series of workshops on core HSC subjects are held at our Callaghan and Ourimbah Campuses providing HSC students with a great opportunity to get subject-specific advice and useful study strategies. These workshops are delivered by experienced HSC markers who focus on the exams and techniques for maximising marks. The workshops will take place on Monday, 5 July at Ourimbah Campus and Friday, 16 July at Callaghan Campus. Register now at

www.newcastle.edu.au/hsc

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A REMINDER ABOUT LAPTOP EXPECTATIONS…

In the near future students in both Years 9 and 10 will have digital revolution laptops to assist them with their learning. The following is an extract from the LAPTOP CHARTER which guides the use of the laptops at our school. Part 2 of the Charter will be published next newsletter. Students will: � not disable settings for virus protection, spam and filtering . � ensure that communication through internet and whilst online is related to learning. � keep passwords confidential, and change them when prompted, or when known by

another user. � use passwords that are not obvious or easily guessed. � never allow others to use their personal e-learning account. � log off at the end of each session to ensure that nobody else can use their e-learning

account. � tell their supervising teacher if they suspect they have received a computer virus or

spam (i.e. unsolicited email) or if they receive a message that is inappropriate or makes them feel uncomfortable.

� seek advice if another user seeks excessive personal information, asks to be telephoned, offers gifts by email or wants to meet a student.

� never knowingly initiate or forward emails or other messages containing: * a message that was sent to them in confidence. * a computer virus or attachment that is capable of damaging recipients’ computers. * chain letters and hoax emails. * spam, e.g. unsolicited advertising material. � never send or publish: * unacceptable or unlawful material or remarks, including offensive, abusive or discriminatory comments. * threatening, bullying or harassing another person or making excessive or unreasonable demands upon another person. * sexually explicit or sexually suggestive material or correspondence. * false or defamatory information about a person or organisation. � ensure that personal use is kept to a minimum and internet and online communication

services is generally used for genuine curriculum and educational activities. � use of unauthorised programs and intentionally downloading unauthorised software,

graphics or music that is not associated with learning, is not permitted. � never damage or disable computers, computer systems or networks of the NSW

Department of Education and Training. � ensure that services are not used for unauthorised commercial activities, political

lobbying, online gambling or any unlawful purpose. � be aware that all use of internet and online communication services can be audited and

traced to the e-learning accounts of specific users.

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FREE RTA WORKSHOP TO HELP PARENTS OF LEARNER DRIVERS

To help parents in supervising learner drivers, the RTA has set up free two-hour

workshops for parents that offers practical advice on how to help learner drivers

become safer drivers. The next workshop will be held on Monday, June 28 at the

Gosford Golf Club from 6.00-8.00pm. Early bookings are essential, so phone David

Riches on 0438215323 or email parentworkshop@optusnet.com.au

If you don’t receive a paper version of the

newsletter, you can find the newsletter and other

important information on the Erina High

School website. Visit:

www.erina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

BUILDING RESILIENT TEENAGERS Preparing your child to negotiate the ups and downs of life

This evening seminar will be helpful to parents and others who work with or support

children and aims to provide children with the ability to bounce back and keep going in the face of adversity. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 from 7pm - 8.30pm at Erina High School. The cost is free and tea and coffee will be provided. Please RSVP to

Joe Schumacher from UnitingCare Burnside at jschumacher@burnside.org.au or phone 4325 9623.

Places are limited to the first 100 people so book early!

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