2017 Term 3 Weeks 9 & 10

Newsletter

Barham High School

Enabling students to successfully transition to future learning and employment Rel. Principal: Brendan Yu

Gonn St Barham NSW 2732 | T: 03 54532322 | F: 03 54533259 | E: Barham-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Calendar Term 4, Week 1

Mon 9th October Tues 10th October

Students return YES program

Term 4, Week 2

Mon 16th October Tues 17th October Wed 18th October Thur 19th October Fri 20th October

HSC Exams begin YES program AFL mixed U16’s To Deniliquin Stg 5 Grampians Exc. Stg 5 Grampians Exc. Stg 5 Grampians Exc.

Reminder: Indigenous students after-school tutorial program –

every Monday 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Whole school after-school tutorial program – every

Tuesday 3.30pm – 5.00pm

Breakfast Club – every Tuesday & Thursday 8.30am-

8.50am

Assembly – every Tuesday morning “A Weeks”

Year Meetings – every Tuesday morning “B Weeks”

Feature Photo

Title: Class of 2017

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Principal’s message

Year 12 2017

On the last week of Term 3, our Year 12 students had

their final face to face classes, which concluded their

school careers.

I’d like to congratulate and thank parents for choosing

BHS as their school of choice, as I believe our students

have been given every opportunity to succeed post

school. Congratulations to all, for their hard work and

persistence to complete the year and for seeing it

through.

However, now isn’t the time to take the foot off the

pedal as there is still a number of weeks before the first

external HSC exam. This allows plenty of time to revise

and review the work they have done over the last 12

months.

2018 Curriculum Offerings

Once again BHS is offering a wide and varied curriculum

for students in 2018. We have just finalised our Stage 5

and Stage 6 subject selections.

12 electives are being offered in Stage 5 across three

lines (Agriculture, Music, PASS, Food Technology,

Industrial Technology Metal, Industrial Technology

Timber, Visual Arts, Information Software Technology,

Commerce and Photo Digital Media).

As well, there are 22 separate courses for our Year 11

students to study throughout 2018 and 2019. (including

6 VET courses, which also have nationally recognised

qualifications). The fact that we can offer such a large

range of subjects, allows students at BHS to select from

a range of different courses in different areas with a

very wide choice.

For Year 7 we will again be running LOTE, Agriculture

and music and in Year 8 in lieu of LOTE, we will be

running a STEM class where students will gain and apply

knowledge to deepen their understanding and develop

creative and critical thinking skills within an authentic

context.

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Staffing

At the conclusion of Term 3 Mrs Aileen Clear will be

taking Long Service Leave until the end of the year. I

would like give a personal thanks to Mrs Clear for her

commitment and hard work throughout 2017, whilst

she has been replacing Ms Fiona Smee. Ms Anthea

Boyle will be replacing Mrs Clear for Term 4 2017. Ms

Boyle will arrive during the holidays to make a start first

day back. She has worked in a number of central

schools and will be covering several of the English

classes.

In 2018 we will be running Stage 6 Music 1, and we

have gone through the process of advertisement for the

job on a temporary basis. Mr Richard Smeal, will be

replacing Mr Peter Mulholland at the end of 2017. Mr

Smeal has delivered Music 1 at HSC level over a number

of years, and will be travelling down next term to have a

look at the school and the town. Mr Smeal’s wife is also

a teacher, who will be working on a casual basis

throughout 2018.

Mrs Mandy McConnell will be taking Long Service Leave

for Term 4 2017 and will be replaced by Ms Jo

Cunningham. I would like to wish Mrs McConnell a

relaxing and enjoyable break.

Mr Glenn Buchanan will be continuing his secondment

for the remainder of the year, delivering the new

budgeting tool for the LMBR. I will continue to relieve

this position for the remainder of 2017. Mr Rhys Martin

will continue to relieve the Head Teacher TAS/PDHPE

position for 2017.

50th Anniversary

The 50th Anniversary has quickly arrived, with the school

having an open day on Saturday 7th October and a

dinner on that night at Tudor Tavern. This will be an

excellent opportunity for past students, parents and

teachers to catch up and celebrate the school site being

opened in 1967. During the day (12:30pm – 5pm) the

classrooms will be open for viewing, with a number of

the old school performances being played within the

classrooms, as well as student work being put on

display. At 3:30pm we will be having a tree planting.

There is still time to book for the function - just visit

www.trybooking.com

Parent Teacher Interviews On the Wednesday of Week 9 we held our Term 3

Parent-Teacher interviews to provide students and

parents the opportunity to have feedback on another

term of work. We had over a third of the student body

represented on the evening. If you were unable to

attend, please do not hesitate to contact the school to

organise a catch up. During the night I asked parents to

complete a survey on the school to review and to

evaluate sections of our School Plan. Overall, the

feedback that we received was pleasing regarding the

progress that we have made.

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NAPLAN Readiness

In Week 9 we completed the NAPLAN readiness testing

for our Year 7 and Year 9 students, to measure the

capabilities of the schools’ wifi and the technical

aspects of the software. Overall, the testing went well,

with issues being identified and provided as feedback.

Term 4 2017 It will again be a busy term for BHS in Term 4. We have

a number of excursions running from Stage 5

Grampians in Week 2, Great Victorian Bike Ride in Week

8 as well as a number of other important school

initiatives (Drivers Ed, Teen Mental Health First Aid,

Work Experience, AFL 9’s, Cricket, Performing Arts Day,

Stage 5 Exam period and the external HSC Exams). Keep

an eye out for these events, and have a safe and happy

break.

I’m tipping Richmond vs Adelaide in the Grand Final,

and unfortunately Richmond will get the chocolates by

34 points.

Swooping Season

Murray River Council residents have discovered that

swooping magpies have already settled in for the

season with several ‘hot spots’ also identified around

the school area.

As the weather starts to warm up, birds are starting to

swoop to defend their eggs and young if they perceive

people to be a potential threat. This can be very

alarming, but it is usually only a warning.

Murray River Council’s Compliance Team are

encouraging people to notify each other in the school

community about swooping bird hot spots as swooping

will only increase in the next month.

While the best way to avoid being swooped is to avoid

the area all together, sometimes this just isn’t possible

so the best defence is to at least know they are there.

So, if you are in the location where there is a swooping

bird just remember to protext heads and eyes and aim

to move quickly.

Otherwise, for protection, wear a helmet or a hat, or

carry an open umbrella. Sunglasses placed on the back

of the head are sometimes effective.

The Department of Environment, Land and Water have

also set up an online map to warn the public of danger

spots. To report a swooping incident visit the online

map at www.wildlife.vic.gov/managing-

wildlife/swooping-birds

Brendan Yu

Relieving Principal

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Deputy Principal’s message

Term 3 As another busy term comes to an end, the holiday

should provide time for students to rest and

recharge for next term. The holiday will provide an

opportunity for students to make sure all of the

day to day equipment they need is refreshed and

replaced if need be. For stage 5 and 6 students I

am referring to laptops especially if they need to

be repaired or replaced. But all students need to

make sure that they have dairies, pens, pencils,

calculators and workbooks and whatever is needed

period by period. Towards the end of term some

students were arriving to class not fully prepared

which impacts on the whole group.

Parents and caregivers are reminded that students

are to attend school on each and every school day.

Regular attendance at school is essential to assist

students to maximise their potential. Schools, in

partnership with parents, are responsible for

promoting the regular attendance of students.

Parents and caregivers are required to explain the

absences of their children from school promptly

and within seven days to the school. An

explanation for absence must be provided to the

school within 7 days of the first day of any period

of absence. I will endeavor to contact parents

promptly of an absence being unexplained, if

contact has not already been made.

Preliminary Exams

Year 11 are completing end of Preliminary Course

exams this week and we wish them all the best. It

is hard to imagine that when they resume school

after the holidays they will begin their year 12 HSC

courses. For some it has been a bit of a reality

check as end of course exams assess the whole

course. Ongoing preparation is demanded, so it is a

timely reminder as the year 12 courses begin.

At the same time Year 12 students are finishing

their courses this week. Hopefully no effort will be

spared by them in preparing for their HSC exams.

They should keep in close contact with their

teachers for any support that they should need. At

the conclusion of the Farewell Assembly on Friday

Year 12 students, parents and caregivers are

invited back to the high school for morning tea.

The first HSC exam is the English paper 1 on

Monday October 16th.

Term 4 Term 4 already looms as a busy term with the

Stage 5 Grampians excursion happening in week 2,

another YES program will run through the term,

Driver Ed, All my Own Work, Teen Mental Health,

Work Experience and the Great Vic bike Ride are all

scheduled to occur. I look forward to term 4 after a

restful break.

Ian McConnell Deputy Principal

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TAS/PDHPE Report

Term 3 Sport

It has been another big term for sport, culminating with

the open boys Riverina cricket trials on Thursday the

21st of September. Good luck to our future stars in

Garry Lolicato, Tom Guerra and Clay Davis as they travel

to Wagga for the try outs!

We start all again early next term, with the brand new

mixed AFL 9’s comp in Deniliquin on Tuesday the 17th of

October, which is week 2. The boys and girls had an

intense training session last Friday, where they learnt

the modified rules of the game and taught Patrick

Dangerfield and Dustin Martin a few things for their

finals this weekend during their skills session. I look

forward to seeing our students excel in this new format

and have yet another opportunity to represent the

school in our widening extra-curricula activities.

Enjoy the break, relax and get prepared for another big

term of sport in term 4!

English/HSIE Report

Week of Farewells The English/ HSIE department would like to wish Ms

Clear all the best and thank her for the dedication that

she has shown to her students and for her efforts in all

aspects of classroom and whole school practice. You

will be missed by all!

Year 12 have been revising hard and will continue to

seek advice and feedback from their teachers

throughout the holidays. This week they managed to

revise by participating in some interesting ways:

Congratulations and farewell Year 12 from the English/

HSIE staff. We wish you all the best for the upcoming

exams and your future endeavours.

Maths/Music/LOTE Report

Mr Taylor’s Puzzle 1 Solution

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Mr Taylor’s Newsletter Puzzle 2 Three people check into a hotel room. The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money equally. As the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 and keep $2 as a tip for himself. Each guest got $1 back, so now each guest only paid $9, bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop has $2. And $27 + $2 = $29 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?

LOTE

During LOTE in Week 9, Year 7 went on a fun scavenger hunt around the school (scholae!). The class followed directions, written in Latin, and found a mystery prize at the end! The boys and girls showed what good Latin students (discipuli) they were, by using their knowledge of Latin root words to translate the directions into English. It was a simple process, since Latin is at the base of so many of our English words. As one student said afterwards, Latin is far from a dead language! Well done Year 7.

Science/Vis Arts/Careers Report

Recyclable Materials

Year 7 are on the hunt for recyclable materials for their

Science Projects. They are after containers, bottles, milk

cartons, cardboard, cardboard tubes and other

materials to construct toys. Unfortunately, we cannot

accept toilet rolls. Please send any donations to school

with your child by Week 1 next term. Thanks for your

help!

Grampians

A reminder to Stage 5 students that final payment

for this excursion is required by the end of term,

along with any outstanding permission notes.

Any questions or concerns need to be discussed

with Mrs Farrant and parents or guardians

requiring financial assistance are to contact the

Relieving Principal Mr Yu before the end of term

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STEM Excursion

In Week 8, 34 students, along with Mrs Farrant, Mr

Wren and Miss Dennis, headed off to Canberra to get

their STEM on. The Science, Technology, Engineering

and Mathematics Careers Roadtrip gave students the

opportunity to check out some of Australia’s leading

research institutions, tour educational centres and just

generally have the opportunity to nerd-out for a few

days.

Highlights included making our own earthquake at

GeoScience Australia (which truly rocked), finally finding

out what an Arboretum was and checking out the

bonsais, having the run of Questacon and the vertical

slide, making some complex marble runs, learning

about some amazing discoveries made by the CSIRO in

our backyard and having tours of gravitational wave

labs, particle accelerators and playing with lasers at the

Australian National University.

We certainly packed in a whole heap of nerd-ventures

into our three days and it was a very quiet bus trip

home with some sleepy students! A big thank you to

our legendary students for their enthusiasm, support

and exceptional behaviour on the trip – it was such a

delight to see them so engaged in all the activities and

to see their faces as they problem-solved, asked and

answered questions and had their minds blown!

Thanks to Inspiring Australia who helped to make this

dream a reality by supporting our students to attend -

this once in a lifetime opportunity would’ve been

impossible otherwise!

Project 101

(Before shot)

Our team of years 7, 8 and 9 boys have been busy

making over the garden area near the BBQ courtyard.

As part of this project, students toured a nursery, spoke

with the owner, picked out plants that were

appropriate for their area, went on a field trip to

Koondrook Outdoors, did some scale map drawing and

measuring, put the plant boxes in, levelled, planted out

and laid all of the woodchips down.

Now the students are working on artworks to go in the

garden beds around the school, starting with a large

scale Murray Cod inspired piece.

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The project would not have been successful without the

support of our community. Thanks to Kaine at

Koondrook Outdoors who spent some time talking to

the boys about their ideas for their rustic, found object

sculptures. Thanks also to Keith from Wandin’s Sand

and Soil for his donation of 2m₃ of premium soil and

delivered for free. Thanks to the staff of J&R Cooke

Mitre 10 for helping with our endless questions. Thanks

to Jai Rhodes, Michelle McNeil and Raelene Farrant

(and the Farrant family) for donation of rustic metal

parts for the fish. Thanks to our trusty G.A’s Mr Drake

and Mr Skate for your welding expertise. Finally, thanks

to the participants for all of their interest and hard

work.

P.S We are on the hunt for steel horse shoes for the

middle of our Cod sculpture- if you have some to

donate, could you please drop them into the General

Assistant’s shed.

SRC Report

Term 3 Wrap up

It’s been a big term for the SRC, with many different

fund-raising projects completed and some big ideas

coming for Term 4. Earlier this term we supported the

Captain Courageous Foundations “My Hero Day” with

the students dressing as their favourite heroes for a

gold coin donation. We also held a BBQ to raise money

for this worthy cause.

Last week we ran a lunch time café. We sold milkshakes

and homemade goodies from the school hall, and also

ran a very popular Bingo competition. It was awesome

that so many students supported their SRC and we can’t

wait to organise the next event.

We came together to celebrate the contribution of our

Year 12 students this week. Thanks to Andrew, Jorja,

Mikayla and Sam for their excellent leadership and

good luck from all of us with your exams! Mikayla, Jorja

and Andrew have been absolute legends of the SRC

over the past few years, and it’s been fantastic to watch

their leadership skills develop. Well done girls on your

commitment and enthusiasm for bettering your school

for your peers, we wish you all the very best for the

future.

As always, the SRC is about making our school an even

better place to be, and we welcome all ideas and

suggestions. Thanks for supporting us to use our voices

to make change happen!

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