Katanning Senior High School Vision—Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Leadership

KATANNING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL An Independent Public School

NEWSLETTER 12 13 December 2017

Congratulations to:

Term 4 RAPT award winners.

2017 RAPTOR award winners.

Miss Sarah Watson for winning the Bushrangers WA Instructor Excellence Award.

Interschool Athletics Team and the Champions and Runner Up Champions.

Kate Drake-Brockman (ATAR) and Sarah Buckley (VET) for being awarded the Lions Scholarship 2018

Aaliyah Hall for being awarded the Lois Beasy Award.

Art Exhibition, Clontarf and DSG Award Winners.

BANK DETAILS TO MAKE PAYMENTS

You may prefer to pay school accounts and excursions costs through Direct Deposit. The school bank account details are as follows:

Bankwest Katanning

Account Name: Katanning Senior High School BSB Number: 306-014

Account Number: 496740-9

Please ensure you add the student name to the payment details. The school also has Eftpos and Credit Card payment facilities.

KATANNING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Golf Links Road Katanning WA 6317

Principal: Mr Alby Huts Associate Principal: Mrs Sharon Poett

Middle School Program Coordinator: Mrs Louise Armstrong Senior School Program Coordinator: Mr Frank Gaudin

Manager Corporate Services: Mr Patrick Kennedy

Phone: (08) 9821 9800 Fax: (08) 9821 2912 Email: Katanning.SHS@education.wa.edu.au

Website: www.katanningshs.wa.edu.au Canteen: (08) 9821 2937

The Newsletter is available for viewing on the Katanning Senior High School Website. If you do not receive the newsletter via email and would like to, please update your email address with the front office staff.

Workplace Learning Employee Breakfast 2017

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Term 4 has been another incredibly busy and productive term, as you will see in the coming pages of this newsletter. I congratulate all students for their achievements and thank all staff for supporting students in their endeavours. Parents are reminded that Semester 2 reports for Years 7 to 10 will be sent home with the students on Thursday 14 December. Year 11 reports can be collected from the front office. Any reports not collected will be mailed home. Having seen quite a few reports at the time of writing it is pleasing to note so many successful students. There is however, a small number who will be, or should be, disappointed with their results. In almost every case this is the consequence of not applying themselves, or not completing their assignment work or not attending school regularly. If your child has under-achieved in their results for 2017, please have a look at the percentage attendance figure shown on the last page of the report. If the attendance is less than 90%, not only is your child attending school less regularly on average than their fellow students but they are also placing themselves at risk of underachieving. The overall Katanning SHS attendance of 83.6% in 2017 is below the state average of 87.8%. Whilst we have many students who attend more than 90% there are still a significant number of students who are not regularly in class. Success at school and attendance go hand in hand so please look at what you can do as a parent or carer to get your child to school for an average of at least 90% of the year in 2018. I believe that their performance will improve if they attend and complete their work. Funding is provided to the school each year through the Student Centred Funding Model. This funding meets the needs of our staffing and operational budgets and is based on our audited February student enrolment census data. Therefore it is important that all students attend school from Wednesday 31 January 2018. We welcome our new parent representatives Mrs Sian Anyon and Mr Nathan Marwick as well as our new staff representative Ms Steed to the Katanning SHS School Board. I would like to thank all Board members for their contribution throughout 2017. In particular, thank you to our retiring Board members Mrs Reeves, Mr Miniter and Ms Mohd Sarip for their efforts during the past few years. On behalf of our students and the wider community, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff for their outstanding efforts throughout 2017. In particular, thank you to our retiring teachers Mr Sandwell and Mrs van Niekerk and also to Ms Clements, Mr Harris, Ms D’Souza, Ms Delves, Ms Hegney and Mr Prosser who will be leaving Katanning. We wish them well in their new endeavours. We also wish Mrs Brown fun and relaxation while on long service leave for Term 1, 2018. I look forward to returning as Principal for the beginning of 2018, especially to welcome all our new Year 7 students and catching up with many of the existing parents and students of Katanning SHS. 2018 promises to be another very exciting

year so until then I wish all students, staff

and their families a wonderful festive

season and I look forward to seeing

everyone return safely for the beginning of

the next school year.

Mr Alby Huts

Principal

PRINCIPALS REPORT

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IMPORTANT DATES Semester 1 2018

For up to date information please visit the School Website:

http://katanningshs.wa.edu.au/

TERM 1

29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Jan Wed 16 Feb 2 March 5 March 30 March 2 April 3 April 13 April

School Development Day (Staff) (Students do not attend) School Development Day (Staff) (Students do not attend) Students commence Term 1 Get Up N Go Day University Road Show Labour Day Holiday Good Friday Easter Monday Easter Tuesday (Students and staff do not attend) Last Day of Term 1

Although the best of care is taken in planning school events, the above dates are subject to change without notice . We recommend staying up to date with infor-mation advertised in the school newsletter and on the school website.

IMPORTANT - Change affecting ALL STUDENT Office 365 (webmail) email accounts

If students would like to keep any emails or attachments from their portal webmail, please forward, download or back them up before Friday 14 December. You can save information to an alternate personal email account or backup on to a usb stick. If visiting the school to attend to this matter, please sign in at front reception.

Advice received from the Department of Education Changes to student email accounts are planned over the summer holiday period. All student accounts have to be moved to take full advantage of the extensive collaboration features of Office 365. Unfortunately this requires accounts to be terminated in one place before they can be recreated in the new environment so that students can retain the same email addresses and login details.

This change will result in the loss of all stored data in current student online accounts including files, emails, attachments and contacts. Existing accounts will not be accessible over the summer holidays, starting from 14 December 2017. Please advise your students to back up any data they wish to keep, including contacts, emails and files from their Department student accounts before that date.

The new student email accounts will be available for student use at the start of the 2018 school year, with the existing account names, email addresses and passwords.

RAPT stands for Respect, Achievement, Perseverance and Tolerance. This award is handed out at the end of every term and is chosen by the Teaching staff. Each Teacher nominates a Student from each class, the students with the most nominations in each year group is the winner of the award. Students receive a certificate and a $25 Sportspower gift voucher. At the end of the year an overall award, the RAPTOR, is awarded to the student with the most nominations through out the year. These students are awarded with a $50 Sportspower gift voucher. Congratulations to the following Students:

RAPT Awards

TERM 4 RAPT WINNERS Kate Drake-Brockman Year 10, Amy Squibb Year 9,

Jasmine Butterworth Year 8 and Joseph Rose Year 7.

2017 RAPTOR WINNERS Jayden Severin Year 12, Asylah Imran Year 11,

Kate Drake-Brockman Year 10, Amy Squibb Year 9, Annie-rose Julius Year 8 and Haylee Evans Year 7.

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ASSEMBLY

Work from the art and photography students has been put on display at the Katanning Art Gallery. An opening night was held on the 4 December where awards were given in the follow categories:

The Principal’s Choice Award - The Eye by Blay Chit Sien - Year 10.

Emerging Artist Award - Art - Shaquira Fraser - Year 12.

Junior Art Award - Zara Thompson - Year 8 Emerging Artist Award - Photography -

Jordan Ladyman-Palmer - Year 12

The Exhibition runs to the 14 January 2018.

KSHS ART EXHIBITION CLONTARF AWARDS

On Tuesday 12 December, the staff and students from Years 7-10 had an opportunity to recognise some significant achievements in the final whole school assembly for the 2017 school year. The Principal, Mr Alby Huts, thanked staff and students for their work throughout the year and made special mention of staff members who will not be returning in 2018.

Ms Marissah Kruger from the Parks and Wildlife Service was on hand to present Ms Sarah Watson with the Bushranger WA Instructor Excellence Award in recognition of the outstanding contribution Ms Watson has made to the Bushranger Program at KSHS.

Clontarf Academy Awards were held on Wednesday 30 November. Awards were given to students who achieved 90 per cent attendance and above. Also awards were given in the following categories: Senior Clontarf Spirit Award - Cooper Ward Education Award - Tyler Maher Senior Solid Fella Award - Nui Andrews Junior Clontarf Spirit Award - Jarell Wreford Most Improved Award - Paul Drage Employment Award - Jamie Ninyette

DSG AWARDS

Congratulations to following students from the Deadly Sista Girlz program on being selected for the All Rounder Award:

Amy Besgrove, Luda Bolton, Tallara Armstrong - Year 7, Mary-Jane Tussler, Monique Farmer - Year 8, Teana McRoberts - Year 9, Aaliyah Hall - Year 10 and Sophie Berrigan - Year 11

These students should be commended on their good standing, attendance and behaviour in 2017.

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2017 has been a very eventful year for staff and students in the Education Support Unit. Like all the terms this year Term 4 has flown by in a blink of an eye.

These past two weeks students have been preparing and planning a special morning tea for their parents to thank them for their support throughout the year. Students had a brainstorming session on what they were going to cook and wrote down a list of items needed for a morning tea. Once all the planning was completed, the fun begins!

First up Colt, Larry, Mrs Whiteaker and Miss Butler went to Woolworths for a shopping expedition. Larry and Colt were responsible for buying a long list of groceries. Once everything was ticked off the list we headed to the self-service checkout where Larry and Colt took turns scanning items… Shopping is hard work but someone has to do it!

Our cooking lessons in the ESU are versatile and adaptable, the activity is used to teach a range of skills including maths and problem solving. Students learn how to follow a recipe; identify and learn how to use cooking utensils correctly but most importantly students learn kitchen safety.

This week they baked and decorated a test batch of gingerbread men to hand out to their parents for morning tea. After a taste test students were very pleased with the end results. We are proud of the progress our students are showing, it is very rewarding to see them smile with pride when they have accomplished an individual achievement. Well done everyone!

Inclusive Learning Team

EDUCATION SUPPORT

The Katanning Lions Club has made 2 scholarships available to Year 10 students. One scholarship to a student who is studying four or more ATAR subjects and one to a student that has elected to be in a VET Pathway. The scholarships are worth $500 each and will be used towards the student’s fees and charges for their Year 11 studies. The following are considered to be nominated for the scholarships:

1. A student must be enrolled at Katanning Senior High School for the next year.

2. A student who has a good academic record. 3. A student who has a good attendance record 4. A student who shows commitment in the class and

contributes in a positive way to the class. 5. A student who works well with others 6. A student who has the capacity to achieve well. 7. A student who is committed to lifelong learning.

Congratulations to Kate Drake-Brockman and Sarah Buckley who

are the winners of the scholarships for 2018 and THANK YOU to Lions for their generous contribution to Katanning Senior High School.

LIONS SCHOLARSHIP

Kate Drake-Brockman and Sarah Buckley with Tamara Ford from the

Katanning Lions Club.

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ADMINISTRATION

Don’t leave ordering your school supplies until the last minute. Officemax are here to help you get ahead of the class, so you can enjoy those summer school holidays sooner. Your school’s Requirements List will soon be ready to view on officemaxschools.com.au. All you need to do is jump online, view the list, make any changes you like, and then submit your order. It’s that simple. And every time you buy texts or stationery, we give a portion back to your school. A few small exclusions apply which you can find out about here www.officemaxschools.com.au/givesback.

CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHARGES Thank you to the families who have paid their student Contributions and Charges to date. Our capacity to continue to provide students with the consumables that enable us to present a quality curriculum is directly affected by parent’s commitment to meeting these contributions and charges. Please note, high cost options and subject charges are compulsory. An up to date student statement has recently been posted detailing subject choices, charges, contributions and the balance owing. Payments can be made via;

Cheque, Cash or EFTPOS during office hours 8.30am - 3.45pm

EFTPOS (by telephone)

savings, cheque and credit card

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Bankwest Katanning BSB 306-014 Account 4967409 Please don’t hesitate to email or contact the school if you have any enquiries regarding the account statement, at katanning.shs@education.wa.edu.au or by telephone on (08) 9821 9800.

2018 PARENT PACKS

The Charges and Contributions, Personal Items Lists, Secondary Assistance Scheme Claim Forms and School Information packages have now been posted. The packs provide 2018 subject costs, required class supplies and important school information. Please take the time to read this information carefully. If you have not received the pack please contact reception for a copy.

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This term we have been keeping busy with several different projects, a footy match and working on our attendance.

The year 7’s have been working hard on a mural that used cut outs of their hands that they then designed in their own unique way, these were all put together to create colourful petals. The girl’s motto stated – “We are all unique and beautiful, but together we are a masterpiece”.

The years 8’s have each been working on a cut out of a jigsaw piece that showcases their likes and individuality. Their motto states – “we are all wonderfully different, but in this room we all fit together”.

The year 9’s have been spending time discussing confidence and self-esteem and how having the right sort of confidence in themselves will enable them to feel competent in areas they consider important and to not take other peoples negative impressions on them too seriously. The girls have created a TBH wall where they have write affirmations to each other which they can come and read if they are finding the day hard.

The year 10’s have been creating profile poster of themselves, these contained information that is important to each of them and major events in their lives that has helped to build the person they are today.

Just recently we have had a discussion on ways to be better people and help others in our community. The girls have decided they would like to create something to give to the primary schools as this will not only benefit the schools but also help to generate a good name for the DSG participants and encourage younger students to want to join the program. We have been busy making playdough, kinetic sand and sensory calm down bottles which will be bundled up in a Christmas themed box and presented to the children.

We were very fortunate to be involved in a football match during week 7 against the DSG participants from Yule Brook College. We took 21 girls over to Williams for the game, as this was half way for both schools. Though it was scorching hot, the Katanning girls gave it all they had and came home with a win. To say we are super proud of the girls is an understatement, their commitment, behaviour and support for one another was awesome. Thanks to Robbie Miniter for driving the girls over, umpiring and supporting them so well.

Lastly Jasmine and I have been pushing attendance this term. We have a 100% attendance chart on the wall which enables 5 girls per week to receive a Wirrpanda bag full of essential items. So far this term we have happily given away 17 bags.

Mrs Marrisa Willey Acting DSG Coordinator

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Hi everyone just a little update on what the cadets and leaders have been up to this term. We have been focusing a lot of our time on the garden; getting everything ready for a bumper crop of vegies and melons. Cadets have been finishing off the garden beds with seedlings. We are now growing beans, kale, cucumber, zucchini, watermelon, rockmelon, strawberries, corn, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and beetroot. We have also planted carrot seeds and flowers and have transplanted some of our succulents and other plants into bigger pots ready for the growing season. Now we sit back, feed and water and watch them grow. We have also worked on the kayaks with the assistance of Mr McPhee and taken a walk around the race course to find some geocaches. We are all looking forward to our last camp for the year to Bremer Bay which we will report on next newsletter. Terrie Hiddlestone Bush Ranger Leader

BUSH RANGERS

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LIBRARY

Just a reminder to parents and guardians out there, to check with your child for any library books – borrowing has finished for the year. Over the past 6 weeks we have had our students work they produced for the Katanning Show on display in the Library and what a fantastic display it has been. Check out the photos below. Wendy Allen Library Officer

Year 6 had a great time in Home Economics, learning paper quilling and making bookmarks.

Year 8 enjoyed cooking numerous recipes this term, learning different cooking skills by using the oven, grill, stove top, beaters, blenders and electric frying pans. Year 9 learnt about food planning for a special occasion and enjoyed designing and producing their Ginger Bread House.

Year 10 Cooking Celebrated International Food Festivals Around the World and invited guests to sample their international cuisine. Year 11 Food Science students had their class party and made a wonderful Rainbow Cake.

Sushila Malik Home Economics Teacher

HOME ECONOMICS

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This term all year 10 students have completed the Core of Life program. The sessions were run by the school nurse, Sharon Muir and an assistant from the Aboriginal Health Clinic, Deb Julius. This program is designed to educate students about the positive and negative behaviours during pregnancy; as well as, improve their understanding of the actual process of giving birth. During the sessions the students experience a power point presentation that details real people’s experiences, role playing activities and a video of a woman giving birth. Team HPE

HEALTH - CORE OF LIFE

A dedicated team of 22 athletes across years 7 to 10 attended the CGSSSSA Interschool Athletics

carnival in Albany in week 9 of Term 4. With strong performances and a number of records broken at

the school athletics carnival weeks earlier, the team was confident in their abilities heading into the day.

Competing against 6 schools for the B division championship, the HPE department were extremely

impressed with the team’s commitment, enthusiasm and athleticism. With student numbers up from

previous years, the relatively small team was able to field nearly all events across the day.

There was individual brilliance demonstrated on the day, with three medals awarded to Katanning SHS

students. Imogen Van Zyl, the only year 9 girl representing KSHS achieved runner up champion girl,

while James Cronin and Codie Mills-Durack achieved Champion Boy in years 9 and 8 respectively. The

HPE department are keen to witness the improvement in a number of our athletes as a result of their

acceptance into the LEAD program in 2018. Interschool Athletics team members Ashlea Tester,

Jaymee-Lee Quarmby, Raza Rahim Abdul, Codie Mills-Durack, James Cronin, Bowen Reeves and

Imogen Van Zyl are some of the students accepted into the LEAD program in 2018.

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS

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In week 3 FORM WA held local workshops for Katanning Students. A select group of Art students from Katanning Senior High School participated in a Light Painting workshop with Karim Jabbari on Monday 6 November along with Art teacher Andrea Fewster. Below are some of the works that were created in the workshop.

Light Painting with Karim Jabbari - Photograph by Bewley Shaylor -

Student Janey Beeck.

FORM

2017 has been a great year for Workplace Learning. With 55 students participating in placements with over 49 employers, a total of over 6,476 hours in the workplace was completed! Six of our Year 11 students received School Based Traineeships this year with their Workplace Learning employer, which is a fantastic effort. We also had two students progress to Apprenticeships with their employers. A big congratulations to Jorja Whiteaker who has commenced a Hairdressing Apprenticeship with Valerie Salon and Ashley Evans who is completing an Electrical Apprenticeship with Black Stump Electrical. Our annual Employer Breakfast was held at the Trade Training Centre this year, which was a great opportunity to showcase our wonderful facilities and the work of Mr Glenn Adams and his students. We had 30 guests in attendance, and it was wonderful to see some new faces. All feedback from employers has been positive, and with such a diverse range of opportunities on offer our students really are spoilt for choice. A big Thank You to everyone who has been involved in the Workplace Learning program for 2017, it

has been a wonderful year and the students should be proud of their achievements.

Jacob Miller at Chris Obst Panel and Paint Bright Start Child Care Centre

WORKPLACE LEARNING

Darren Hutchins at Katanning Senior High School 2017. Photography by Bewley Shaylor .

Courtesy of Form.

Light Painting with Karim Jabbari - Photograph by Bewley Shaylor -

Student Elijah Quartermaine

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Poor Ms Rego, she has been very busy this term preparing her Year 8 and 10 ACE English classes for presentations to parents and staff. All of the presentations were the result of hard work on the part of the students and their teacher Ms Rego and they should all be congratulated for their efforts. Thank you very much to the parents and staff who attended. Year 8 Ms Rego’s Year 8 ACE English class have been studying Romeo & Juliet on and off all year. They participated in a half day drama workshop to get the gist of the story, a Master class run by a Bell Shakespeare employee to delve a little deeper, they watched a performance of Romeo & Juliet: Rewind by Bell Shakespeare, studied the whole play as part of their rigorous English curriculum and it culminated in a very impressive assessment task. Students were placed into groups and then given an Act from the play to recreate in their own way. They wrote their own scripts and rehearsed like crazy. We had fun watching them out and about around the school, all dressed up and practising. Students filmed their adaptations of the story and then used iMovie to edit and embellish their production. Then, on Thursday 23 November, they presented these edited videos to 26 parents and teachers. Wow! They were amazing! The students understanding of the story was clearly evident; one group used the analogy of Apple v LG to represent the warring Montague and Capulet families; another used our current context and had West Coast Eagles fans v Fremantle Dockers fans. Also very impressive was the clever editing; one group had a beginning like the Star Wars films where the information goes up the screen and fades into the distance and another created a trailer for their film. Year 10 On Wednesday 6 December, the Year 10 ACE English class held panel discussions in the library. The topic they were given was very broad: Social issues faced by teenagers. Each group refined this further and some topics discusses were: broken homes, stress and equality. The students had clearly researched the topic they chose, quoting statistics and facts to support their opinion. They had also practised the protocols of panel discussion thoroughly as each group had a moderator who guided the discussion and panel members who each spoke on various parts of the topics. The topics discussed were often quite sensitive; however some students were courageous enough to share their personal experiences on the topic. A personal anecdote is a powerful persuasive technique that allows the audience to empathise with the speaker. A particular note that I took away from the discussions, was that students often feel stressed about their ability to live up to their parents’ expectations of them. We discussed that often students don’t feel confident to speak to parents about what they are really interested in and what they would prefer to do during and after school. It inspired me to initiate the conversation with my kids and to keep an open mind. Thank you for your insights Year 10 ACE English students! Mrs Anderson - ACE Coordinator

ACE

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And that’s a wrap… What a crazy year 2017 has been! Just like that it’s gone from January to December. Thank you to everyone that’s read up on our crazy adventures. It’s been a wonderful year and we look forward to an even better one next year! To celebrate the accomplishments of the students we held our annual Awards event on Monday and congratulations to all the winners! Our 90% attenders were Nui Andrews Sophie Berrigan Shenielle Coyne Monique Farmer Aaliyah Hall Daniel Hall Darren Hall Guraki Hannan Tahni Hansen William Roe Jaksyn Taylor Cooper Ward Well done to our highest attender for the year, Guraki Hannan on 98%! This year some of our awards were based on our school values. Students were nominated by staff who notice them demonstrating our school values in their everyday schooling. The award winners were: Respect Award- Nui Andrews Achievement Award-Daniel Hall Perseverance Award- Tyler Maher Tolerance Award- Monique Farmer The final awards were the most prestigious for the night with the best all round student and the best student at tutoring. Teacher’s Choice- Aaliyah Hall Tutor’s Choice- Aaliyah Hall Mrs Caitlyn Fitzgerald Program Coordinator Follow the Dream: Partnerships for Success

MOORDITJ WAANGKINY (Good News)

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Online Safety - how to keep your child safe online Important messages for parents about keeping your kids safe as we as we approach the long Christmas holiday break. Protecting your children from harm is just as important online as it is in the real world. As a parent or carer, you can play an important role in helping children have safe and positive experiences online. The internet offers an exciting world of experiences for children and the whole family. It can be entertaining, educational and rewarding. However, using the internet also involves risks and challenges. Children might be exposed to content that is sexually explicit, violent, prohibited or even illegal. They may also experience cyber bullying or be at risk from contact by strangers. Children may - unknowingly or deliberately - share personal information without realising they may be subject to identity theft, or that they are leaving behind content that might not reflect well on them in the future. By taking an active role in talking with your kids about the risks and answering their questions or concerns about something that they find on the Internet you can help them stay safer online. For more information on keeping your children safe online try the following website:

iParent is an online resource developed by the Office of the Children’s

E-Safety Commission where parents can learn about the digital environment and keep updated on their children’s technology use. Guidance for using safety settings on your family’s web-connected devices, tips for choosing movies and games and strategies for keeping young people safe online is available. www.esafety.gov.au

Stay Smart Online is the Australian Government's online safety and

security website, designed to help everyone understand the risks and simple steps we can take to protect our personal and financial information online. www.staysmartonline.gov.au/

Raising Children Network http://raisingchildren.net.au.

Water safety In Australia, drowning is the number one cause of death for children under five. To keep your children safe around water:

Always stay with your children and watch carefully when they are near water, even if they can

swim.

Teach your children about water safety and make sure they learn how to swim.

Have the whole family learn first aid.

If you have a pool have it fenced with self-closing gates.

Never leave them alone in the bath.

The Education Department offers low-cost VacSwim programs for school aged children. For more information on swimming lessons during summer via VacSwim go to www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/swimming/detcms/portal/ and for water safety tips see www.lifesavingwa.com.au .

SCHOOL NURSE

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Bushfire Warning Levels During a bushfire, DFES under instruction from the Shire and the Department of Parks and Wildlife issue community alerts and warnings for bushfires that threaten lives and property. They are issued once fire fighters have arrived at the scene and determine that there is a threat or potential threat to the community. Understanding the Bushfire Warning System is extremely important in helping you and your family to stay alert and informed when a bushfire starts. The Bushfire Warning System operates using four levels of warnings.

These levels change to reflect the increasing risk to your life or property and decreasing amount of time before the fire arrives. Know the warnings and stay alert when a bushfire starts. Do not wait and see what happens, this could be deadly. For more information about Bushfire Warnings: read the Bushfire Warnings: What should you do? information sheet and visit www.dfes.wa.gov.au

In 2017 the school was put back on the Bushfire Zone Register and therefore must have a plan should the school be threatened by bushfire. If this did occur the school may be required to close for the day that a catastrophic Fire Danger Rating (FDR) is declared for the Shire of Katanning including the town. If a closure is to take place letters will be sent home with students as well as an alert on the SMS system and school website.

If such a situation occurs parents should monitor local media for current information, check the DFES website www.dfes.wa.gov.au or call 13 DFES (13 33 37). Alternatively contact the school on 9821 9800 or the Wheatbelt Education Regional Office on 9622 0200. If you have any questions regarding the Bushfire Plan please contact the school via email Katanning.shs@education.wa.edu.au or phone 9821 9800.

ARE YOU BUSHFIRE READY – WE ARE!

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

WAAPA Summer School 2017/2018 This summer The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is again offering an exciting school holiday program for students in years 4 to 12. The Summer School includes classes in dance, drama, acting, screen performance, music theatre and of course, how to perform Shakespeare. For information about the fantastic courses on offer please visit WAAPA Summer School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

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