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Department of Education
NEW TOWN HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
BLENDED LEARNING
Blended Learning is an education process that
combines online digital content and media with
traditional classroom methods. This approach
combines the best aspects of face-to-face teaching
and online instruction in ways that enable students to
learn at their own pace. For example, a student in a
blended learning course who masters a concept
earlier than his peers can move on without having to
wait, and conversely, a student who needs more time
is not forced to move forward before fully grasping
the subject
This year we have introduced our new Virtual
Learning Environment platform – CANVAS.
Teachers are starting to publish subject outlines,
assessment tasks and learning resources on
CANVAS. Students can access these resources from
home and can submit their assignments online
through this platform.
Home learning (homework) can be undertaken
through CANVAS and in 2019 we will use it instead
of eDiary to keep a record of this learning.
We have over 500 computing devices available for
student use at our school. These range from high
ISSUE: 4 FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER,
2018
UPCOMING EVENTS 18 – 21 October
Basketball/Soccer Trip to Melbourne
25 October
Royal Hobart Show – Public Holiday
26 October
Prof Learning Day – Student Free Day
31 October
JATNET 2018 – Japanese Speech Contest
1 – 2 November
Athletics Carnival
10 – 11 November
Southern High Schools Basketball
13 November
NAPLAN Awards Evening
14 November
Inter-high Athletics Carnival
16 November G6 Orientation Day
G10 EC Confirmation Day
22 November School Triathlon Challenge
Arts Night
24 – 25 November High School Basketball State Championships -
Launceston
6 December
G10 Celebration Dinner
10 December
House Sports Day
13 December
Presentation Evening
14 December
Reports Distributed
17 – 19 December
G10 Activities
20 December
Final Assembly
Last Day of Term
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powered computer lab devices to portable devices
such as iPads and Surface Pros. This is a relatively
high ratio of devices to students.
All students have access to Office 365 suite of
software including ‘One Drive’ which allows
students to store their documents in the Cloud. This
software of other online resources is made available
free to students and can be loaded on their personal
computing devices.
In 2019 we plan to place emphasis on our Bring Your
Own Technology approach, particularly in our senior
years. This technology will not include mobile
phones as they offer very limited resources for school
learning. We currently have a team of teachers in
training to use CANVAS and other online resources
to further engage our senior students in rich Blended
Learning experiences.
We are hoping that the developers of CANVAS will
be able to set up a parent view of your son/s learning
program and resources in the near future.
The use of mobile phones in schools is being debated
in various education jurisdictions across Australia
and others parts of the world. Our staff have taken
the stance to not allow the use of mobile phones in
classrooms as we have not found evidence that their
use in schools improves. We thank parents and
students for supporting our approach.
We believe the benefits to students learning and
mental wellbeing will be significant as a result of
restricting phone use at our school.
SCHOOL CAR PARK SAFETY
The school car park was designed for staff parking,
bus drop off and pick up and for visitor parking. It
also caters for students and parents with disabilities.
In recent months the car park has become congested
with parents standing their cars in no parking areas
and it has become unsafe. I have discussed this with
our School Association and have their full support in
reinforcing restrictions on parent access to the car
park.
Effective Term 4, parents are requested to not drive
their cars into or park in the school grounds between
2.50pm and 3.15pm. We encourage parents to access
Mercer Street, Bromby Street and surrounding areas
to collect your son/s at the end of the school day.
Parents and carers who access the disabled parking
are exempt from this restricted access to school
grounds.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Our newsletter once again highlights the
achievements of our students across many fields of
endeavour. We are a school with many talented
students and when we band together to represent our
school we do so will great flair and precision.
We are proud to
announce to the school
community that Tyler
McDonald has been
selected to play in the
Australian School Boys
Hockey team. This is a
significant achievement
in a very demanding and
high profile sport.
Enjoy reading our newsletter and keep in touch via
our school APP.
David Kilpatrick
PRINCIPAL
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GRADE 7 NEWS
Talk amongst the students is the same…it is hard to
believe we are at the end of Term 3 already. We have
seen our students continue an educational path that
will guide their future pathways. Witnessing our
student’s social and academic development has been
inspiring as educators. Many students have surfaced
as potential leaders and have offered support in a
variety of ways.
Every year Term 3 can see some major educational
conscious shifts in students, and our current Grade 7
is no exception. Students were recently asked to
complete their course selection for 2018. Many
students have given this process a lot of thought,
thinking about their future and where they want to be
next year and beyond. As Grade Supervisors, we
have found the maturity and thoughtfulness of each
student inspirational during course selection, and this
emphasises why we support our students daily.
All Grade 7 students experienced a new Swimming
Carnival program earlier this term, with a hope to see
increased involvement as they progress through to
Grade 10. Traditional events took place such as
freestyle and backstroke however the grade
witnessed the introduction of ‘Rope Rescue’, ‘Body
Board Race’ and ‘Raft Race Relay’. The students
were really enthusiastic and we had 100%
participation from our Grade 7 boys. Students had a
fantastic time, and all those there this year have
pledged participation in future swimming carnivals.
New Town High School participates in the
Tournament of Minds every year. This is a problem-
solving competition that involves teams coming up
with a creative solution to an open-ended problem
and then presenting their solution in a ten minute play
to judges. Grade 7 students joined students from
other grades to create three teams, and this year we
came away with Honours in the final for two of our
teams! As a school, we haven’t done that in at least
four years! All the boys showed New Town High
School in a positive light on the day, working well in
their team and supporting each other.
Grade 7 Students involved were:
Lochlan Bylett, 7J1, Jack Cartwright, 7D1, Oliver
Coulson, 7H2, Fraser Jackson, 7E2, Nick Lisson,
7E2, Isaac Petrie, 7E2 and Alexander Rodemann,
7J2.
Due to the Hobart City Hall being flooded earlier this
year, a social with Grade 7 Ogilvie students was not
possible this year. However, thanks to some
excellent planning by Ogilvie students, our Grade 7
students had a BBQ and activities afternoon with
Grade 7 Ogilvie students. The afternoon was very
successful and all the students were buzzing with
excitement. We will definitely be doing this again!
Well done Grade 7 students, and remember, Grade 8
is one term away!
Amanda Woods & Pete Edwards
Grade 7 Supervisors
Sally Isles
Grade 7 Assistant Principal
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GRADE 8 NEWS
Throughout Term 3, Grade 8 students have
demonstrated their capability to be responsible and
respectful at our school and in the public eye.
Students have been working extremely hard this
term, endeavouring to improve academically and
socially. This was clearly displayed at our recent
end-of-term meet with Ogilvie High School, where
Grade 8s from both schools participated in a wide
range of activities, from a large game of flags to a
highly competitive game of tug-of-war. All students
enjoyed this day greatly, and hope to do it again
sometime soon. Thanks to Mr Turnbull and the
Student Representative Council for helping to
organize this occasion.
This year’s Swimming Carnival was a great success,
with the new implementation of various novelty
events including rafting, a cannonball competition, a
wading race and a contest which involved diving for
weighted rings. Congratulations to Riley Su, 8-2 and
Zackary Alexander, 8-5, for their titles as
Swimming Champion and Runner-up, as well as
Sooho Lee, 8-7, for his amazing cannonball. Thanks
to all Grade 8s for their tremendous participation and
to the Health and Physical Education staff for their
incredible work in arranging the day’s events.
Our Grade 8s have been successfully involved in
several First Aid classes with St. Luke’s hospital,
where they learnt how to resuscitate people by
practicing on mannequins, how to use a defibrillator
in an emergency scenario, and other first aid
operations. We thank St. Luke’s for this enormously
beneficial opportunity. Thanks also to Ms Isles for
organising the program.
Congratulations to our 8-6 Futsal team for winning
the Term 3 contest and 8-2 for runner-up. It was a
great game with the final score of 3 to 2. Well done
to all the boys who participated. And thanks to the
HPE staff and G10 umpires.
Well done to our Tournament of Mind members,
with New Town High School teams two and three
getting honours in the categories of Language
Literature and Social Science, along with our Grade
7-8 Hockey team who played excellently, finishing
5th in the competition.
The Grade 8 Drama classes put on an astonishing
performance about the alphabet for the Grade 5 and
6 classes from New Town Primary, as well as a few
Grade 7 classes. Their acting was superb, and they
are eager to perform again soon.
This term Riley Su, 8-2 and Zackary Alexander, 8-
5, earned a place on the ONYA Merit Board in the
hall by successfully collecting 100 ONYAs; great
work!
Many Grade 8s displayed excellence in their mid-
year reports, achieving an award in academic
endeavour. These students are: Jonathan Aboud, 8-
7, Zackary Alexander, 8-5, Nathaniel Davies, 8-4,
Elliot Hay, 8-2, James Heazlewood, 8-2, Luke
Hitchcock, 8-1, Leif Joyce, 8-1, Daniel
Ostapowicz, 8-2, Charlie Pilkington, 8-7, Ethan
Toselli, 8-2 and Oliver Walsham, 8-2.
Congratulations to all of those boys and keep up the
good work.
Thank you to Ms Lancaster and Mr Di-lenno for
taking Mr Deeley’s Home Group and Mrs
Weitnauer’s respectively this term – we welcome
their return in Term 4.
We’d also like to thank all the teaching, office and
ancillary staff for another fantastic ten weeks of
learning at New Town High School. We wish you all
a safe and happy holiday, and look forward to the
final exciting term for 2018.
James Heazlewood & Daniel Ostapowicz, 8-2
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GRADE 9 NEWS
This term Grade 9s were presented with the
opportunity to undergo two days of Leadership
Training. The training was designed to gauge and
equip students with the skills required to partake in
next year’s Peer Support Program, assisting Grade 7s
integrating into New Town High. The days were
enjoyed by all, and the skills we learnt we will reap
for years to come. With Peer Support applications
having closed this week, preparations for next year’s
programme will soon take shape.
Yet another Grade 10 aspiration is on the horizon,
with the process for Prefect and House Captain
application recently opening. With a grade packed
with the volume of respectable candidates as ours,
everyone is encouraged to apply – no one is a long
shot!
After the excellent overall win for Jarvis at the
Swimming Carnival, with Owen Roberts, 9J2,
taking out Swimming Champion and Alex Rolle,
9D2, Runner-up Champion for the Grade, we’re
looking forward to the final opportunity for our
future leaders to step up and shine before the ballots
are cast.
The Student Representative Council Fundraising
group held a major sausage sizzle at Woolworths
raising money for our ever-approaching Grade 10
Activity Week. The fundraiser was a roaring
success, also doing a fantastic job of putting the
school out there; representing a conscientious, able,
willing and responsible school to the community.
Special thanks to the Moore family, Ms Noonan and
Ms Mulholland for sacrificing their valuable Sunday
towards our cause. Our latest fundraiser is a guess-
the-lollies-in-the-jar; head to the office for more
details and a visual!
We put forward three teams for Tournament of
Minds this year, and all students exhibited their prior
preparation with some stellar performances on the
day, with two Honours in separate categories.
Well done to all the boys who participated, especially
Luca Cartledge, 9J2, Joshua Rayner, 9D1, Luke
Van Emmerik, 9J2, Evan Stone, 9J2, Joshua
Ford-King, 9J2, Oliver Mitchell, 9D2, Liam
Rodemann, 9J2, Bryce Webberley, 9E1 and
Hakirat Grewal, 9E1.
The term has been enveloped in many different travel
opportunities, with the highly regarded Ski Trip
taking place in August. The trip was enjoyed by all
who attended, and many vowed to return to the slopes
next year. Furthermore, expressions of interest are
open for next year’s Territory Tour – make sure to
pounce on the much-anticipated tour of Australian
Culture, land and peoples.
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Recently, Grade 9 students were presented with the
opportunity to attend the 2018 ICY on Climate
Change – many applicants were considered for the
trip to Poland to discuss
Australia’s climate
obligations on an
international stage, but
only one could be
victorious – a massive
congratulations to
Joshua Rayner, 9D1,
who we know will
represent the school and
the country with dignity
and respect.
This is not the only representation New Town has
had on a national stage this term. Our Titration Team
– consisting only of Grade 9 students – recently beat
out college teams for the state prize. We are yet to
hear of their final recent national competition results.
Their triumph is yet another testimony to New
Town’s scientific proficiency – well done to Dylan
Vertigan, 9H2, Maxwell Watson, 9D2 and James
Langfellner, 9D2!
Term 3 has been full of success and endeavour – and
Term 4 will only serve to build off and challenge the
standard set by it. Until then – enjoy your holidays.
Evan Stone
Grade 9 SRC President
GRADE 10 NEWS
With only ten weeks of high school life left for Grade
10s, our past term has been one of the busiest since
we stepped foot into New Town High.
The climax of our school term was a week-long
formal exam period. With exams and portfolios
covering nearly all subjects, they’re a great
preparation for future study into college and
university. Whilst there is still time to improve your
mark, a massive congratulation to all Grade 10
students for completing the important assessments
and we wish you all the best with your results.
This term also kept the Grade 10 Leadership team
busy, with both Prefects and House Captains
handling grade activities on top of their studies.
Early on they helped run parent teacher night,
differing from previous years with all teachers in the
hall. Then, the team pushed their way through
difficult circumstances to lock in place a Grade 10
Social with Ogilvie and set up a grade activities
afternoon for the last day of the term. Leaver’s
jackets also entered the fray early this term and will
be followed by personalized leaver’s tops at the
beginning of next term. Numerous assemblies and
immunisations were handled commendably by the
team as they also worked on planning Term 4
traditions such as the gift to the school and Leavers
Week.
For all students, the beginning of Term 3 was
characterised by house pride as the Swimming
Carnival was held second week back. As Grade 10s,
we’d gotten used to the old format of the carnival but
were very happy to welcome Ms Fitzgerald’s new
program, improving the carnival massively and
making it accessible to all. Novelty games, short
races and competitive races were merged seamlessly
into one during the day, allowing everyone to feel a
part of the carnival. Whether it was fending other
houses away from our rafts in the diving pool or
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fighting for victory in our last relay, our final carnival
was one to remember.
This year, most of our boys are looking to go for their
licence. Because of this, our entire grade was taken
down to the Hobart Showgrounds for the day to
participate in RYDA, a driving awareness program
run by Rotary volunteers. Over the course of the day,
Grade 10s were exposed to real life driving
situations, had stories shared about the dangers of
driving irresponsibly and took part in workshops to
learn vital information about driving safely.
Our grade was also visited by the RACT this term,
who conducted a short safe driving and insurance
session, culminating in students taking the wheel of
a car to try going around an obstacle course whilst
texting, and whilst wearing beer goggles. We hope
that the information from both events goes on to
protect all participants into their future behind the
wheel.
With college bearing down upon us, all Grade 10
students have completed their preliminary
enrolments for college subjects. For the majority of
boys, who are heading to Elizabeth College, this
came with the opportunity to sit down one on one
with a teacher and plan out subjects for Years 11 &
12. Final enrolments will be held in November later
this year.
Our students have also been going above and beyond
in involving themselves in extracurricular activities
this term. From English and Maths competitions to
being involved in a film shot at New Town High by
previous Deputy Head Prefect, Tom Roberts, our
students have been pursuing all kinds of activities.
Trips have been abundant as well, with several Grade
10 students heading along to the Mount Hotham Ski
Trip and several more touring Japan these coming
holidays.
Our grade is also proud to congratulate Jayden
Vince, 10H1 and Tyler McDonald, 10H2, for
representing the state in a national hockey
competition. A particular congratulation to Tyler for
making the Australian school boys’ team going on to
compete in Europe next year.
Ten more weeks is all that is left for our Grade 10
students. As we enter into Term 4, we’ll be doing
many things for our last time. But our last Term at
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New Town will be an enjoyable one, with events
such as the Athletics Carnival, Arts Night, Leavers
Dinner, Leavers Week and the Final Assembly to
look forward to. Whilst the idea of leaving our
school is sad, our last few weeks will be some of our
best yet.
Harrison Tunks
Head Prefect
ENGLISH NEWS
The term has been a full and busy one with students
working well to advance their skills and
understandings in language and literature, proving
the intrinsic wisdom of Dr Seuss – ‘The more that
you read, the more things you will know. The more
that you’ll learn the more places you’ll go.’
At the end of July, thirty two students bravely
undertook the ICAS English competition. It is a
brave undertaking because the test involves
concentrated reading and interpreting of a range of
texts from the poetic to the scientific within a short
space of time. The skill areas tested are text
comprehension, writer’s craft, syntax, and
vocabulary. We need to remember that students are
really racing against the clock, with a mere sixty
seconds to come up with an answer to each question.
As a school, students achieved one High Distinction
award, 2 Distinction awards, 11 Credit awards and 3
Merit awards, which set New Town High School
nicely ahead of the Australian average.
In Grade 7, Henry Gell,
7J1, gave our school
reason to be very proud,
achieving a wonderful
High Distinction and
scoring in the top 1 per
cent of Year 7
participants in Australia.
Toby Burrett, 7H2 and
Ethan Duffin, 7J2, performed strongly to
achieve Credit awards
while Brandon Roberts,
7H1 and Zachary Sponberg, 7H2, earned Merit
awards for their work.
Nine Grade 8 students participated in the test with
Charlie Pilkington, 8-7, outstanding in achieving a
fine Distinction award.
In Grade 9, eight students tackled the challenging
paper that required processing textual information
and responding to a question each minute of the given
hour. Luca Cartledge, 9J2, Joshua Rayner, 9D1,
Evan Stone, 9J2 and Luke Van Emmerik, 9J2,
were the strongest performers, earning Credit awards
and William O’Neile, 9J1, scored well to achieve a
Merit award.
In Grade 10, eight students sat the test – Harrison
Tunks, 10E1, put in a first-rate performance to earn
a Distinction Award while Jasper France, 10D1,
Deklan Haas, 10E2, Nicholas Lavulo, 10D1,
Henry Pockett, 10E2 and Max Waters, 10D2,
earned Credit awards.
All participants can be proud of their skill level in
English and we proudly applaud them for
representing the School so well.
English teachers of Grade 10 classes acknowledge
the sincerity with which their students approached
the exams in September. Reading their papers it is
clear that students were thoughtful and earnest in
preparation and performance, giving themselves the
best chances of success.
This year the UN Voice speaking competition was
held in September and the school was wonderfully
represented by Charlie Pilkington, 8-7 in the Junior
division and Evan Stone, 9J2, in the Senior division.
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Voice is a unique public
speaking competition
that invites students to
solve issues that affect
the community, the
nation and the world.
Students make a pitch to
address a problem then
are required to answer
two questions regarding
their solution with only a
minute’s preparation.
Both Charlie and Evan
successfully reached the finals, which was in itself a
wonderful achievement. In their State finals pitch at
Parliament House, Charlie responded to the question
‘How Can the Australian Court System provide
better justice?’ and was placed second so he will
proceed to the National finals next year. Evan
responded to the question ‘How can Australia ensure
that its elections are protected from foreign
interference?’ and was unlucky not to make the
Nationals. We recognise the very fine efforts of these
representatives as they prepared and delivered their
perceptive speeches at the same time as performing
in Tournament of Minds, where they earned
Honours.
We are proud to conclude our report on the term with
two fine examples of student writing, creation myths
from Grade 7 students Jett Kean, 7H1 and Brandon
Roberts, 7H1.
NOONGAH MYTH
Noongah roamed the scorching red and arid desert
of outback Australia millions of years ago. Noongah
tended the land, providing it with nutrients and
moisture, keeping it healthy. But on one fateful day
the ground started to shake and shake – before
Noongah knew it, the earth his feet stood upon
collapsed beneath him.
Crunch! His body hit the ground with an almighty
thud. Noongah’s spirit fled his body like a helpless
mother with baby in arms fleeing a wildfire.
Noongah’s powers released a negative energy as
flames glowering inside him flared when his body
temperature became too hot.
One fateful day this occurred. As the flames rose,
clouds of smoke billowed up into the sky. Downpours
of rain from the clouds lashed the soil, exterminating
the fires. But the flooding downpours did not stop!
They continued to strike the ground, each drop
raising the water level and causing floods over the
land.
That is how the ocean clouds and fire came to be.
Written Jett Kean
THE BIRTH OF THE SUN
Before the dawn of light, there was just the Earth, the
spirits and two siblings of different sexes. Everything
was covered in darkness. Dar was the brother and
Ling was the sister. The two siblings were always
exposed to fear and had never felt what love is. Nor
had they the power to protect themselves against the
evil spirits lurking and watching them, waiting for
them to give in finally.
Dar, the brother, proposed creating something that
would shape the world as a whole. However, Ling
rejected the proposal because it was forbidden – the
act would have the world turn against them. That
night Dar decided to commit humankind’s first sin
because he hated running in fear, waiting until the
problem solved itself. For Dar blamed the world’s
evils on the spirits which haunted them. That night
he planned to carry out his endeavour.
Ling was shocked awake by aggressive and loud
footsteps stomping towards her. She leapt to her feet
and saw the bold, dark silhouette of a man. Squinting
for a moment, she realised it was her older brother
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Dar. He leaped out at Ling and smothered her.
Everything went blank, white.
Dar’s immoral act prompted a reaction of enormous
proportions. A hot burning sphere of molten rock
and iron, born of a human womb sent strong rays of
light splashing over Dar and Ling’s pale skin. All
this, shooting high up into the sky brought light to the
land.
Love, mind, soul and spirit spread out across the
world, casting out all the evil spirits that had haunted
Dar and Ling. Giving birth to the star caused fury to
be unleashed from the Earth, punishing the siblings.
In a desperate plea Dar, brother of Ling, confessed
to the Earth and his sister the sin he had committed.
He hoped for forgiveness. In vain! In a blinding rage,
the Earth killed Dar. Screaming in pain, his piercing
screeches echoed through Ling’s head.
Red blood brutally splattered across the dirt, dyes the
roses red in remembrance of the sin Dar committed,
the thorns, covered by the beautiful red petals,
showing the evil done to create it.
In Ling’s sorrow, the sun hides from its mother,
regretting its existence as clouds and fog
surrounding the sky, pouring rain in sadness for what
Ling had lost – the only person she knew in a cruel
world. Brandon Roberts
Grace Guerzoni & Kathryn Jones
HOD - ENGLISH
PETER PIERCE
The New Town High School community and the Old
Scholars Association acknowledge with sadness the
passing of Peter Pierce, student from 1962 -1965 and
Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar, 1973. A Dechaineux
man, Prefect, member of the Orchestra and the Chess
Team, his contribution to the fabric of the School
lives on in the gently wise writings through the
COGS School Annual, presaging his gift for using
language to guide us all to articulate the best of our
shared human spirit. In fond appreciation, the School
pays tribute to a true gentleman and scholar whose
life will continue to speak to the hearts and minds of
alumni building for an enriching future.
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BADMINTON
The inter school badminton season has recently
finished. We had seventeen students representing
our school every Friday night throughout the ten
week roster. Matches were played at New Town
High School, other school gyms and at the South
Hobart Badminton Centre.
Our Grade 10 team won the PREMIERSHIP! New
Town High defeated Montrose Bay High in a series
of thrilling singles and doubles matches. This was
the first time we had beaten Montrose Bay High
School all year. Grade 10 PREMIERS - Umesh
Rai, 10J1, (Captain), Adam Baines, 10J2, Seth
Kaehne, 10H1, Nadif Mashrur, 10H2, Aaron
Burt, 10J2, and Charlie Meadows, 10E2.
Our Grade 9A boys gave it their all but were
defeated by a very strong and experienced Kingston
High team. Grade 9A RUNNERS UP – Thomas
Morgan, 9D1, Joshua Glover, 9D1, Liam Timms,
9J1, Jaden Moore, 9D1 and Dylan Burns, 9E2.
Our 9B team didn't make it to the finals but played
admirably in their first ever season of badminton.
Grade 9B - Aiden Midson, 9H2, Rizal Muslih,
9D1, Samuel Payne, 9J1, and Ashley Spence, 9J2.
Grade 7s - we didn't have enough juniors to make a
whole team but these two boys acted as fill ins and
training partners for the senior boys: Keith
Shelverton, and 7E1, Oliver Coulson, 7H2.
Congratulations to all New Town High School
badminton players! It has been a great season and
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our boys have shown great sportsmanship every
Friday night.
Jane Brooks
HPE Teacher
FENCING
Our students have had the opportunity to learn
fencing this year. This is an exciting Olympic sport
involving agility, balance, tactics and discipline. All
sessions have been held at New Town High on
Fridays 3.30pm – 4.30pm. We are very fortunate to
have had Avery Holderness-Roddam of the Van
Dieman Fencing Club coming in to provide
equipment and coaching for our boys. He brings to
our students a fun, safe and interactive fencing
environment at an affordable price. It was pleasing
to see former New Town High School boy Finlay
Semmens (class of 2017) at all sessions to help out
with coaching duties.
We had a small group of students sign up for the six
week course in Term 2 and many of those boys
continued on in to Term 3 for an additional eight
week course. Fees for these courses have been $60
and $70 respectively. We thank Avery and Finlay for
providing all equipment, coaching and membership
to Van Dieman Fencing Club at such a minimal cost
to our students. The boys’ skills and confidence
using the epee (sword) have certainly improved.
We now look forward to a possible gala day of
fencing against other schools in Term 4.
Jane Brooks
HPE TEACHER
GLENORCHY FUN RUN
This event took place on Sunday 29 July a freezing
cold morning! The track was wet but it didn’t
dampen our spirits! Our boys showed up smiling and
ready to run around the Montrose foreshore.
Most of our entrants completed the 5km race, with a
few brave boys tackling the 10km race.
Congratulations to all New Town High School team
members:
Grade 7 - Riley Spurr, 7H1, Henry Gell, 7J1,
Brodie Connolly, 7H1, Umberto Tucceri, 7D2.
Grade 8 – Nicholas Stozki (10km), 8-3.
Grade 9 - Jaden Moore, 9D1, Joshua Glover, 9D1,
Luke Van Emmerik, 9J2, Aiden Midson, 9H2,
Thomas Morgan, 9D1, Zachary Smith, 9E2,
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Oskar Puclin, 9D1, Owen Roberts, 9J2, Evan
Stone, 9J2, William O'Neile (10km), 9J1, Lindsay
Tyson-Mitchell (10km), 9J2, Callum Mason
(10km), 9J1.
Grade 10 - Ben Aitchison, 10D2.
STAFF - Jane Brooks, Jill Burrill, Ryan Marshall
(old scholar)
Jane Brooks
HPE Teacher
CRANKE HOBART FUN RUN
The Cranke Hobart Fun Run took place on Sunday
16 September another cold morning. Our New Town
High School runners showed up keen to pound the
pavement around Hobart’s waterfront. This event is
an important fundraiser for the Royal Hobart
Hospital Children’s Ward and is a great community
fun run for us to be involved in.
Congratulations to the following finishers:
Grade 7 – Indiana Woolley, 7D1, Brodie Godfrey,
7J1, Henry Gell, 7J1, Riley Spurr, 7H1.
Grade 8 – Nicholas Stozki, 8-3.
Grade 9 - Thomas Morgan, 9D1, Aiden Midson,
9H2, Jacob Sinko, 9E2, Luke Van Emmerik, 9J2,
Zachary Smith, 9E2, Oskar Puclin, 9D1, Evan
Stone, 9J2, Josh Rayner, 9D1, Liam Timms, 9J1,
Owen Roberts, 9J2, Samuel Brown, 9H1, Joshua
Glover, 9D1, Jaden Moore, 9D1.
Staff - Jane Brooks, Karin Hodel, Cassandra
Coleman, Grace Guerzoni, Richard Moore, Ryan
Marshall (old scholar), Samuel Marshall (old
scholar).
Jane Brooks
HPE Teacher
JUNIOR HOCKEY
Our Grade 7/8 Hockey team has been playing every
Tuesday afternoon this term at the Tasmanian
Hockey Centre. Every week we competed with no
bench and not enough players on the field. Our tiny
team battled hard and did so well to get a few wins
and finish 5th out of seven teams. This is an
admirable result considering we had three brand new
players who had not touched a hockey stick before!
Every week our boys showed huge improvements
and should be proud of their progress as a team.
Congratulations to the following students:
Henry Thomas, 7J2, Nick Lisson, 7E2, Magnus
McCausland, 8-4, Hamish McNamara, 8-4, Oscar
Neale, 8-4, William Sproule (Mount Stuart Primary
School), Isaac Petrie, 7E2, Oliver Sproule, 8-4.
Coach: Jayden Vince, 10H1.
Special thanks to Lisa Sproule for all her help getting
our ‘newbies’ skilled up.
Jane Brooks
HPE Teacher
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2018 3V3 INTER-HIGH BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
On Monday 3 September, New Town High entered
two teams in the Grade 9/10 Inter-High 3 v 3
Basketball Tournament, played at the Moonah Sports
Centre.
The Grade 10 boys went undefeated the entire
tournament and in the process brought New Town
High their first Grade 10 3v3 Inter-High
Championship, the boys involved in bringing the
championship to New Town High School were:
Tyson Joseph, 10E2, Zayden Kelly, 10J1, Cooper
Meredith, 10D1 and Kevin Perez, 10H1.
Our Grade 10s hustled straight over to Moonah after
their English exam and, as a result of not being able
to play earlier timeslots, they had to play three games
back-to-back-to-back. They outplayed every other
school there and managed to stay humble despite
winning by big margins.
Four Grade 9 boys also headed over to Moonah to
compete in the tournament and also took out the
championship for New Town High School. The
Grade 9 boys had a couple of close games but were
still a level above the rest of the competition. In
general Marshall and Isaia stayed on the court while
Dylan and Ned subbed simultaneously for each other.
The Grade 9s went up against slightly tougher
competition than the Grade 10 boys but still managed
to go through the day undefeated. These boys were:
Marshall Cockshutt, 9E1, Isaia Johnson, 9D2,
Dylan Midson-Laredo, 9D2 and Ned Ormerod,
9E2.
We also had quite a number of Grade 10 boys come
over to support their school mates, they were all well
behaved. It was a shame that this competition was
scheduled during New Town High School annual
Grade 10 exam week, as we probably would have
been able to fill ten or more highly skilled teams into
this competition.
Even though basketball is a team game, we would
like to give praise to Marshall Cockshutt especially
for showing great sportsmanship towards a member
of the opposing team in the final game.
Combined with the results of the Grade 7 and 8 3 v 3
Tournament held last term, New Town Basketball
has truly staked their claim on this new competition.
We ball for the future.
Written by Tyson Joseph
9/10 Writers’ Workshop
ARTS NEWS
Why Is Focus Important To Your Son’s Creative
Development?
As we move into the final term students need to have
a clear idea of what they need to do in Arts subjects
in order to maintain or improve their ratings.
All Arts based subjects require a high level of focus.
Focus is the ability to be able to develop an idea into
a finished thing – a drawing, a band performance, a
painting, a play or a poetry reading. To stick with a
project and not become distracted!
The creative process is not fully understood by
people generally. Assumptions are often made
around the concept of “talent” and “gifted” and so on.
Throw away words, in my opinion, that assume
artworks are made by some mysterious force.
Like skilled footballers who are referred to as
“magic”. What an insult! It’s like hard work,
training and focus simply don’t exist!
It is true that some children show levels of
motivation, skill and understanding that exceed those
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of their peers, but the creative process of generating
an idea and then making that idea actually work is the
same for all of us, from infants to children with
disabilities to adults working at university. This is
why it is important for your boys to be encouraged to
focus on projects in order to finish them and not
abandon them.
Motivation and focus is something that requires
positive encouragement from all of us. The boys
thrive on it!
Finished artworks generate great pride in their
makers!
ARTS NIGHT
Arts Night will be on Thursday 24 November this
year. We are all looking forward to seeing boys,
family and friends at this great event. Arts Night is a
celebration of our boy’s creativity and an excellent
family evening. I will publish more about this next
term stay tuned!
Peter Young
HOD – Arts
PRESENTATION EVENING 2018
Over the last two years I have had the fantastic
opportunity to teach at the Australian International
School in Vietnam. I have learnt so much about
different teaching strategies and importance of
education, directions and priorities of student
learning at an international level. I have recently
returned, I am very happy to be welcomed back to
New Town High School at the start of Term 3.
I have previously coordinated the New Town High
School Presentation Evening for ten years and I am
looking forward to continually improving and
streamlining this evening. This year there will be
some changes to the format of Presentation Evening.
This is due to the maintenance work being carried out
on the Gymnasium.
Our 2018 Presentation Evening will be in the
Hudspeth Hall on Thursday 13 December starting at
6pm and concluding at 7.30pm. The Hall has a
seating capacity of approximately 450 people.
Seating will be limited to the immediate family
members of award recipients and it may be necessary
to book seating in advance. Prefects, House Captains
and student award winners will receive a notification
letter prior to Thursday 13 December 2018.
Other smaller changes include aligning our award
structure with the Colleges. Each year we receive
financial donations to fund students who have
excelled in learning. Some of these awards are
donated by official guests with a specific awards.
Other donations that we receive continue to fund
existing awards. This year unallocated donations
will be contribute towards the Dux of each grade as
this award recognises excellence in academic
learning. We are always looking for new ways to
raise funds for our Presentation Evening and funds
are donated to students as a way of recognising
students’ achievement at New Town High School. If
you would like to financially contribute towards our
Dux winners or sponsor an award, please contact our
School Office or myself, Andrew Sweeney on
62780400. Thankyou.
Andrew Sweeney
Coordinator Presentation Evening
ELIZABETH COLLEGE ENROLMENTS
Preliminary enrolments for Elizabeth College were
held at New Town in August and over 80% of Grade
10 boys have now completed a preliminary
enrolment which shows wonderful support for the
college.
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Confirmation of enrolment for New Town boys will
be held in the Elizabeth College library on Friday, 16
November from 9am – 11am and parents/carers are
also welcome. This is an opportunity for students to
talk with teachers from their chosen subject areas to
confirm their choices are appropriate.
Dave Newcombe (Elizabeth College Liaison Officer)
will resume his regular Wednesday morning visits to
the school in Term 4. Any boys wishing to attend
Elizabeth College next year who have not yet
completed a preliminary enrolment should see Dave
as soon as possible as many classes are already at, or
near, capacity.
Alternatively, Dave can be contacted on
[email protected] or by
ringing the college on 6235 6555.
Dave Newcombe
EC Liaison Officer
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE COMPETITION
A group of twenty five students represented New
Town High School at the Alliance Française
Competitions on Friday 29 June and achieved
outstanding results. Our students had to recite a
French classical poem by heart and with the best of
pronunciation and intonation to convey the
meaning. This year’s poems were quite challenging
to learn so we are very proud of the wonderful
efforts.
In Grade 7, Noah Von Gehr, 7E1 and Jordan
Wilton, 7E1, were awarded Honourable Mentions.
In Grade 8 Charlie Pilkington, 8-7, was awarded
1st prize, Leif Joyce, 8-1, was awarded 2nd prize and
James Heazlewood, 8-2, Luke Hitchcock, 8-1 and
Oscar Neale, 8-4 all earned Honourable Mentions.
In Grade 9 Jaden Moore, 9D1 earned 1stprize and
Joshua Ford-King, 9J2 and Michael Napthali,
9J2, were awarded Honourable Mentions
While in Grade 10 Thomas Beswick, 10D1 and
Max Waters, 10D2, were awarded Honourable
Mentions.
When we remember that an Honourable Mention
means a word perfect recitation in good French, we
can be very proud of our boys. All boys earned
kudos for their efforts and will be presented with
badges in the next formal assembly.
Thanks to Ms Areka Brown for accompanying us
but thanks to the boys for making it such a
wonderful day in the most pleasant company.
Grace Guerzoni
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY COMPETITION
Well done to all the students who participated in the
Australian History Competition last
term. Congratulations to the following students
who achieved excellent results.
Henry Gell, 7J1, not only achieved a High
Distinction; he has also been awarded a medal for
the highest achievement in Tasmania for Grade 7.
G7: Lochlan Bylett, 7J1 – Distinction
G8 - Charlie Pilkington, 8-7 - Distinction, Joshua
Hitchman, 8-7 – Credit
G9 - Alex Rolle, 9D2 - Merit, James Langfellner,
9D2 - Merit, Levi Rose, 9E1 - Merit, Guntaj
Singh, 9D2 - Credit, Luke Van Emmerik, 9J2,
High Distinction
G10 - Joseph Woolcock, 10E2 - Merit
Amanda Woods
HOD – Civics
DRYSDALE – HOBART – TAS TAFE
On Thursday 23 August six students interested in
finding out about careers in Tourism and Hospitality
were invited to Drysdale – Hobart -TasTAFE.
Julian Abbott, Head of School at Drysdale
welcomed over sixty students and their teachers
from Southern Tasmania to participate in this
showcase day. Led by the third year Tourism and
Hospitality students from Drysdale, our New Town
High School students participated in five activity
groups, ranging from rope tying in an Outdoor
Education Adventure guiding course, prepared hot
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chocolate and coffee, experiencing bar and food
training as well as learning about events
management.
A benefit for the New Town High School students
is that they met key employers and trainers from
industries, namely Wrest Point, Hotel Grand
Chancellor, Tasmanian Hotels Association and the
Beacon Foundation.
It was a great morning for these grade 9/10 students
to realize the range of opportunities that exist for
them to continue their education.
Karen Weitnauer
HOD – Foods
VIRTUAL REALITY WORKSHOP – GRADE 7
OPPORTUNITY
Two Grade 7 classes were very fortunate to
experience VR headset Oculus and interact with
planets and dinosaurs. The room was abuzz with
excitement and it was very rewarding to observe a
group of highly engaged learners.
Some comments from the students:
“It was cool and kind of weird”
“It was a new way to experience different cultures
and landscapes”
“It was awesome and hope we do to again”
“Simply Amazing”
Sally Isles
Assistant Principal
COMBINED NTHS/OHS CONCERT BAND
Congratulations to Combined New Town High
School/Ogilvie High School Concert Band, who
were awarded a certificate of merit and an
honourable mention in the “Advanced” section of
the Clarence Eisteddfod on Tuesday 4 September.
Following the successful performance of the
combined New Town High School & Ogilvie High
School Concert Band at Lenah Valley Primary
School (pictured), the band performed a range of
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music including Hawaii Five-0, Sambeando and
crowd favourite Guardians of the Galaxy, which
was received with one of the biggest rounds of
applause for the evening.
The band looks forward to its next public
performance at BANDSCAPES, held on Saturday
20 October on the lawns at MONA, Berridale, and
is gearing up for its 2019 trip to Melbourne for the
Victorian Schools Music Festival. The students
hope to repeat their previous success of 2017 where
they were being awarded a “platinum” level in the
advanced section of that competition.
OLD SCHOLAR ACHIEVEMENTS
New Town High School old boys Enzo Balducci
and Sam Kenner at their recent Under 19's
Australian Outback Jersey Presentation.
Enzo and Sam are representing Australia by
competing in the 2018 IFAF Junior World
Championships in Mexico City.
The boys are pictured with South Australia's Jordan
Mailata (who was selected by the Philadelphia
Eagles in this year's NFL draft).
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION QUIZ NIGHT
Term 3 saw us host the annual Quiz Night combined
with Ogilvie. Ogilvie managed to retain the trophy
this year. Each school will receive around $2,000 for
their efforts.
Next year the school will be celebrating its 100 Year
Anniversary. Plans are underway for celebrations
and will be released soon. A sub-committee of “old
boys” has been formed who are putting a lot of work
into organising events and forming a database of ex-
students.
School Association meetings are held on the last
Tuesday of each month at 7pm. All welcome to
attend.
Karen Commane
Chair
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2019 TERRITORY TOUR
As is a long-running tradition at New Town High
School, senior students of 2019 are being offered the
opportunity to participate in next year’s Territory
Tour.
This is the only opportunity current Grade 8s and 9s
(i.e. the senior students of 2019) will have to
participate in this trip during their time at New Town
High School.
The thirteen day trip involves flying directly to Uluru
then traveling north to Darwin by private bus. Check
out the ‘snapshot itinerary’ included in this
newsletter for a day-by-day summary of the trip.
The 2019 Territory Tour is set to depart on the last
Wednesday of Term 2, returning on the second
Monday of the holidays.
This biennial trip consistently receives glowing
praise from participating students. New friendships
are forged and existing ones are strengthened.
Uniquely Australian experiences are shared and
lifelong memories are made.
In addition to being highly enjoyable and
entertaining, the tour is invaluable in broadening
your son’s knowledge and understanding of our
country’s culture, geography, history and people.
The total cost of $2,900 per person includes: return
airfares; coach transport; all accommodation
expenses, meals, entrance fees and activities; and
even individual travel insurance.
Collect a form from the office and, along with an
initial $400 deposit, return it ASAP to confirm
your son’s place on the 2019 Central Australia Tour.
The remainder of the total cost is payable in a series
of instalments, with the final payment not due until
late May next year.
Places are limited to just over forty students – and a
number of keen students have already made their
initial deposit. So get in quick to secure your seat on
the bus for 2019’s All Aussie Adventure!
If you have any further enquiries, or to request an
electronic copy of the paperwork, including the full
version of the trip’s itinerary, please email:
Interested students can talk to Miss Fitzgerald, Mr
Howard or Mr Newbold to learn more.
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ITINERARY SNAPSHOT
2019 TERRITORY TOUR
DAY 1: Fly to Uluru, meet our coach driver and cook, and
begin our tour! ‘Valley of the Winds’ walk at amongst the
36 great domes of Kata Tjuta (aka ‘The Olgas’). View the
sunset over Uluru.
DAY 2: Uluru National Park. Walk the circumference of
Uluru and view the hidden caves and Aboriginal rock
paintings. Visit to Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre
including cultural elements talk.
DAY 3: Travel to Watarrka National Park. Complete the
Kings Canyon shelf walk and explore spectacular
sandstone cliffs, natural rock pools, and the lush vegetation
of the ‘Garden of Eden’.
DAY 4: Travel to Alice Springs, stopping midway for a
short camel ride. Once in The Alice, we get a guided tour
of the School of the Air then visit ‘Rex the Snakeman’ at
Alice Springs Reptile Centre.
DAY 5: Alice Springs Desert Park “Birds of Prey”
show. Witness free-flying birds of prey, see rare and
endangered animals in the spectacular nocturnal house.
Royal Flying Doctors guided tour. View sunset from
ANZAC Hill Lookout and survey Alice Springs and
surrounding ranges.
DAY 6: Travel to Daly Waters via The Devil’s Marbles,
a cluster of huge boulders near Tennant Creek, home of the
eggs of the Rainbow Serpent. Dinner tonight is at the
iconic Daly Waters Pub.
DAY 7: Travel to Katherine stopping at Mataranka
Homestead, heart of the "Never Never" country, to bathe
in the famous Mataranka Thermal Springs. There’s also
a great pool at our camp site.
DAY 8: Nitmiluk Dreaming Cultural Cruise (2hr)
across two gorges. View the picturesque patterns engraved
into the hard stone floor and 75m high Sandstone rock
walls. Travel to Kakadu Lodge.
DAY 9: Yellow Waters Cruise (2hr). View the abundant
wildlife, powerful salt-water crocodiles and majestic
Jabiru Storks, Mudskippers and Rainbow birds. Self-
guided tour of Warradjan Cultural Centre. Explore
Aboriginal shelters and stunning art in the galleries at
Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park. View an
unforgettable sunset over Arnhem Land from atop Ubirr
Rock.
DAY 10: Bowali Visitor Centre. Learn about Law, land
and family on a guided ranger tour. In Darwin, see feeding
time and hold a baby croc at Crocodylus Park. Visit
Casuarina Square Shopping Centre.
DAY 11: Explore the picturesque waterfalls and clear
rock pools of Litchfield National Park, with plenty of
time for swimming. Leanyer Park in the afternoon, which
includes a swimming pool, three water slides and
basketball court. Watch an outdoor film screening at the
Deckchair Cinema.
DAY 12: NT Museum & Art Gallery to see the Cyclone
Tracy exhibit and a very famous, very big, croc. Darwin
Military Museum to learn of the Japanese bombing of
Darwin and see the collection of artillery, vehicles,
uniforms and more. Free time to explore Darwin City.
Select cuisines from the dozens of food vans, watch a
magical sunset, and do some last minute gift shopping at
Mindil Beach Sunset Markets. Our trip ends with a
private night harbour cruise on the Spirit of Darwin
(2.5hr).
DAY 13: Fly home, arriving at Hobart Airport mid-
morning on Monday 15 July.
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MARTIAL ARTS
Rogue Nation is a local martial arts club located at
the Moonah Sports Stadium in Gormanston Road and
offers martial arts classes in Rogue Nation Karate
(ages 12+), Muay Thai (ages 12+).
If your child would like to participate in a six week
program commencing on 14 September 2018, please
contact Ian Gentile on 0438 530 547.
The cost of attending the activities is a gold coin
donation to be paid on arrival at the activity.
CONTACT DETAILS
6 Midwood Street, NEW TOWN 7008
PO Box 428, MOONAH 7009
Phone: 03 6278 0400
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://newtownhighschooltas.org
https://www.facebook.com/NTHSTasmania
ABSENCE LINE
6278 0499 or 0417 984 981 Call or text any time (24/7)
regarding your son’s absence.
Leave his name, Home Group
and nature of illness.