19th JUNE

Sports Selection For Moodle

23rd JUNE

GATS Enrichment

Workshop Day

13th JULY

Staff Development Day

14th JULY

Term 3 Commences For

Students

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APPLETREE NEWS WEST WALLSEND HIGH SCHOOL

2 Appletree Road West Wallsend 2286

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

Ph 0249532111 Fax 0249531886

TERM TWO, ISSUE EIGHT 2015

UPCOMING

EVENTS

MATHEMATICS UPDATE

As parents await their respective reports with their children, I would like to

remind all of the benefits of discussing their child’s education and what was

completed at school that day, or by perusing through the exercise book to see

the quality of work that was completed. This also provides invaluable

revision to the child as they are reviewing their own work.

The Australian Mathematics Competition for the Commonwealth Bank

Awards will be held on Thursday 30th July and enrolments to date have been

good. Students from Year 7 to Year 10 will join in the competition.

This competition provides an opportunity for skill testing and mathematical

challenges. It rewards students with official certificates acknowledging their

level of achievement.

The Mathematics faculty is working closer with our partner primary school

on a new transition programme designed to assist student’s mathematics with

the move to high school. This endeavour involves teachers working together

to discuss, plan and build on teaching practices. It also provides

opportunities to further develop student mathematics skills, fostering greater

participation in tasks and challenges that open career pathways in the

engineering and higher mathematics fields.

Please also ensure your child/children have the correct equipment including

book, pens, pencils, ruler and calculator.

Now fully stocked!

Now open Wednesdays

from 3 p.m. until 4.30 p. m

Entertainment Books are now

available

P & C Meetings

3rd Monday of Every Month

Meet in the front foyer

5.30pm

UNIFORM SHOP

Allan Burns

Engineering and robotics are of interest to many young

students.

Clayton and the representatives from the 4 High Schools – West Wallsend High, Cessnock High, Kurri

Kurri High and Mount View High.

SCHOOL LEADERS AT PARLIAMENT

HOUSE

Daniel Smith and Madeline Foster

representing West Wallsend High School.

Parents of Year 8, 10, 12 Students.

West Wallsend High School is currently participating in a longitudinal study of aspirations and career

choices students make as they journey through education. This project is being conducted by Newcastle

University over four years. This is now the fourth and final year of the survey of. Parents of

participating students are invited to complete a parent survey of aspirations for their children. Your

input in completing this on-line survey will be greatly appreciated. Parents only have to complete this

survey once.

The survey link is as follows:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PC_W_Wallsend_HS

Any enquiries regarding this survey can be directed to the survey’s email address below

aspirations@newcastle.edu.au

Roy Turner

Aspirations Co-ordinator

West Wallsend HS

ASPIRATIONS STUDY

West Wallsend High School’s subject selection night featured a range of great art and photography works

from students ranging from years 8-12. This display showcased how talented our students are, and what

fantastic works they can produce!

VISUAL ARTS ELECTIVE NIGHT

West Wallsend Indoor

Swimming Club Would like to invite you to attend the opening of the refurbished swim

centre (Hosted by LMCC) Entry Fee $2

Free Learn to swim class

Free Pilates Class

Free Aqua Fit class

Pool float

When: Saturday 27 June, 10am-2pm

Where: Edden St West Wallsend

Come along and see our members swim the first Official lap of the pool

and host some relays. Enjoy a BBQ and meet some people.

We will also be conducting a membership drive.

JOIN NOW at a reduced fee of $57, this will enable you to swim at the

club Friday nights for 10 weeks. Committee members will be there to

answer questions.

Hope to see you there!!!

Make Online Payments

It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a

secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or

debit card. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the schools website by selecting $ Make a

payment

Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions, uniforms, sales

to students and creative and practical arts activities (these include drama and dance). There is also a category

called Other this to cover items not covered in the previous headings, Other can be used to make a complete

payment of a school invoice.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:

the students name, and

class and reference number OR

the students name, and

date of birth.

Please note: Payment Description must be accurate. For example – Year 7 Camp,

Year 8 Science Zoo Excursion, Year 9 Home Science Fee, Year 12 Formal.

These details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment

system.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured

in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school.

You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed.

Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s

account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process please contact the School Administration Office on

4953 2111.

We are in the early stages of BYOD at West Wallsend High School. We cannot confirm a date when BYOD will

be implemented in our school at this time. This is due to a number of technical and policy changes within our

system. However, if parents are looking to purchase devices for home use, they would be advised to purchase

one of the recommended devices on the www.jbeducation.com.au/byod website, as these devices will be

compatible with our school once BYOD is implemented. The password for the website is DECNSW.

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE

NO MOBILES

TO BE USED IN

CLASS

(parent calls included!)

Schools are always working out the best ways to work with parents in

order to assist students. If you have any medical or health

specialist reports relating to your child’s learning, vision,

speech or hearing we would like to know about them.

In addition, physical and psychological conditions can also affect

learning. If you have any of the abovementioned reports that have not

been shown to the school already, could you please let the principal

know about them as soon as possible. All information provided remains

confidential.

HELP US TO ASSIST YOUR CHILD

Board Games and

Jigsaws

Board games and jigsaws are required for lunch time groups.

Donations can be left at the Front Office.

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