KANAHOOKA

HIGH SCHOOL Proud member of Dapto Learning Community and Curriculum Network Illawarra

ISSUE No. 11 Newsletter 28 JULY 2017

Robert Street, Dapto 2530 Telephone: 4261 4011

Southern Stars Vocalists Rehearsals for Southern Stars 2017 are well under way for our choristers and featured vocal ensemble members Tamarah W and Sophia P.

We are working toward the first combined rehearsal next week and are looking forward to incorporating props and learning choreography.

Postcards 2017 promises to be a spectacle not to missed, showcasing the combined talents of not

only our student but the entire region.

Ms Dedini

MUSIC

SOUTHERN STARS

Southern Stars Dance

Kanahooka High School's first Mass Dance Rehearsal for Southern Stars took place on Tuesday 18 July at the Illawarra Sports Stadium in Berkeley.

Our students have been chosen to feature in the second half of the show "Postcards" this year, in the segment named "History has its eyes on you". Their item takes the form of a Disco Medley alongside a number of other High Schools within our region.

As the day wore on they kept their spirits high, maintaining enthusiasm and a dedicated approach. All of the students involved represented our school in an exceptional manner, both on and off the rehearsal stage. We are eagerly awaiting Show Week!

Ms Page

ENGLISH

Welcome back to Term 3. It seems like yesterday when we were welcoming you back to school for 2017. Often parents ask about how they can help with their child’s progress at school. Steps parents could take include: Keep informed by asking questions and reviewing the schoolwork that your child is completing in

class. A simple strategy is to look at class notebooks.

Read the Assessment information booklet issued to your child in Semester 1 so that you know when assessment tasks are due and when examinations are occurring. Assessment booklets for all years are available upon request from the front office if you do not have one.

Ask about assignment and examination results and acknowledge good performances. You can also contact your child’s teacher about what your child could do to improve their performance in future tasks.

Attend school functions, particularly those where your children are involved.

Read school reports with your children and attend parent teacher interviews.

Ensure students come to school well prepared for the day with all required equipment. A good idea is to ask them what subjects they have for the day the night before so that they can correctly pack their bag.

Contact the school with any concerns and for relevant information about your child’s progress. Your child’s Year Adviser will be able to discuss your child’s general progress and also speak to other teachers to find out information relating to specific subjects. The Year 9 Adviser is Mr Howley and the Year 10 Advisers are Mrs Sammut and Mr Walton.

Could I also ask you to check with your child if they require any notes to be signed for excursions and school events. Receiving completed notes early is important as we need to finalise numbers and make the arrangements required for your child to participate in these events and excursions. Being winter it is quite cold, particularly in the mornings. Could you make sure your child is wearing the correct uniform to school. If you require more items of warm clothing, KHS jumpers, jacket and long pants are available from the school canteen. A full list of available items and their price is on our school website and the back page of this newsletter. A full description of the KHS Uniform is also available on the website. The majority of our students do wear correct KHS uniform every day. We have received excellent feedback from the community on how impressive our students look. The photos below depict Stage 5 students in class wearing correct uniform.

STAGE 5 DEPUTY REPORT

STAGE 5 DEPUTY REPORT

Strong Program Some students from Year 9 participate in the Strong program every Wednesday during period 1. These students have been participating in this program throughout Term 2. Over the course of the program, the students participate in workshops dealing with social issues affecting young people including:

Goal setting Exploration of personal strengths and weaknesses Positive and negative relationships Resilience building Cyber bullying and other issues involving social media Dealing with their emotions

The program is conducted by 2 outside presenters; Anne Burbrook leads the girls program and Peter Bradbury leads the boys program.

This is a general overview of the program. It would be much better to hear from the students themselves:

Year 9 Boys Group - The boys have been producing short videos Joshua S : ‘We have fun and get to chill with the’ boyz’. The small class means we all seem to engage more.’ James C: ‘We get to release energy so we can focus more in class. I love making the films.’ Jackson O: ‘The filming & editing helps me to focus and think about things and how they go together.’ Simon O: ‘With the filming we are doing it gets us to look at people more closely. We get to understand people better and have a bit of fun together.’ Jonathon G: ‘You get to do fun activities and I like having less people in the class.’ Year 9 Girls Group - Naomi G and Kayla M acted as spokespeople for the group: Fun and beneficial for our lives Teaches us new aspects of life Helps us focus on our mental strengths Helps us feel better about ourselves We focus on the good rather than think about the bad stuff It is nice to have people you trust It is good to know you are not alone

The following students are involved in the Year 9 STRONG Program Boys – James C, Matthew D, Kyle M, Jackson O, Jonathon G, Joshua S, Simon O Girls – Naomi G, Jasmain S, Elizabeth P, Emily S, Samantha J, Kayla M, Charlotte C, Ella S, Isabella F, Chloe S, Emily M, Lily J.

The photos below are of some of the students in the 2 Groups. Please note that not all students who participate in the program are shown in the photos.

English

English

Year 7 are completing their first novel study for the year - each class is studying a different novel, and it is their first opportunity to study a novel in a high school setting. 7K in particular are studying Wonder.

Year 8 English are currently studying the Patrick Ness novel A Monster Calls. This novel is a compelling story of a boy's journey dealing with his mother's terminal illness. The students have been investigating sensory imagery, creative writing and characterisation while reading the novel. Keep an eye out for the film later this year!

Year 9 English are looking at Environmental Issues and how they are shown through texts. In particular they are looking at the film Avatar and exploring how themes of colonisation and environmental destruction are shown through a variety of related texts.

Year 10 are studying the classic Shakespeare Macbeth. They are looking at key scenes in the play and examining how Shakespeare wrote about the political movements of the time through his plays. Macbeth is his shortest and bloodiest play. Ms Etheridge HEAD TEACHER ENGLISH

HSIE

TAS

HSIE Report Welcome back to Term 3. A busy term with Year 12 counting down to their HSC and Year 11 finishing their Preliminary courses before starting their HSC content next Term. Year 12 completed their trial exams Week 10 last term and should now be receiving their exam feedback which will guide their revision over this term. Individual teachers will also be continuing our HSC skills strategic approach within their revision. Year 12 should utilise the expertise of our wonderful staff at KHS in their HSC preparation to their advantage. Year 11 have their Yearly exams in week 6 and will be finalising final assessments and revision in preparation. Good luck. Year 7 and 9 have started the new Australian Geography curriculum and as the Semester goes on will be engaging in the new geography inquiry process. Year 8 and 10 have begun Geography looking at geographical issues that impact Australia, and a global context. We would also like to thanks the parents and guardians that came to the parent teacher interviews this week. It is an enjoyable experience being able to meet families and sharing how our students are progressing and reflecting on the Semester 1 reports. Mrs Lucas

Head Teacher HSIE

The Years 7 and 8 Technology mandatory rotations at the beginning of Semester 2 brought new students into the Textiles Technology room. Pictured below are students learning how to operate a sewing machine, some for the first time. They are all going well and learning to sew straight lines and the various stitches available. Keep up the great work!

Mrs Haines TAS

LOTE

Japanese Exchange Student Itinerary

Update on Japanese Exchange Students

They are on their way! Once again it is time for our Japanese Exchange students to visit our school. This year, 11 students and 1 teacher will arrive at KHS on Friday 4 August at 3:30pm. They will spend the weekend with their host families and then start school with us the following Monday morning! We have 4 students hosting students in 2017.

They will participate in numerous activities across their 10 days with us, and may even be in one of your lessons! Make sure you say a polite konnichi wa to the Okazaki students if you pass them.

LOTE

Language

Year 8 Language have had fun creating their own uchuujin (spaceman) during lessons last term. They have been learning about family members and pets and how to describe them. They have learnt words for different body parts, colours and other adjectives.

Their task was to design their own 'uchuujin' and write 5 sentences describing various parts of their body.

Mrs Shoebridge

LOTE

INTEREST ELECTIVE

Year 8 Interest Electives started again this week and students have selected their Semester 2 subjects. Mrs Shoebridge’s Astro Boy & Beyond from Semester 1 were hard at work creating their own Pokemon. Students were asked to research the abilities, strengths and weaknesses of all current Pokemon and then determine the ratio of designing a winning Pokemon.

Fletrap the Flytrap (M Donovan) HP: 7000 Type: Grass/Poison Ability: Roots constantly give back ½ HP Attack: Poison Jab, Leaf Storm, Sweet

Scent

Stiletto (H Monck) HP: 2000 Type: Fairy/Steel Ability: Synchronise – the attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison or paralysis to the Pokemon Attack: Moon Blast – 30% chance of lowering sp.A. Inflicts damage. Flash Cannon – lowers opponents special attack Psychic – lowers targets sp.D by 10%Fairy wind

Attack: Ice Burn, Freeze Shock, Aurora Beam,

Night Stash, Night Daze, Payback

Drageist (L. Vallance) HP: 2000 Type: Dragon/Ghost Ability: Cursed Body – has a 30% chance of disabling any move that hits the Pokemon Moves: Moongeist Beam, Shadow Claw, Draco

Meteor, False Swipe

OTHER NEWS

New Faces at KHS

Kanahooka High School welcomes two new faces this term. Michael Chalk is the new Head Teacher in Support. Michael spent the last 5 years at Eaglevale High School where he was Head Teacher Student Support as well as being the Learning and Wellbeing Officer. Barbara Kovac teaches English and has joined our English Faculty. She will be replacing Mrs Constantine while she is on maternity leave. Barbara has spent the last 7 years teaching at Glenmore Park High School. We wish them a big welcome and hope they enjoy teaching at our school.

Good luck and Farewell for a while This week we farewell Ms Dean as she begins her maternity leave. We wish her all the best as she embarks on her parenthood journey. Mr Jardine will step into the role of Head Teacher PDHPE while Ms Dean is on leave. We also farewelled Mrs Constantine last week. We wish her all the best as she too begins her maternity leave.

For any outstanding fees or excursion payments, credit card phone payments and EFTPOS are available

at the school office or you can POP online via the school website.

Get Your Jeans on! Friday 4 August is Jeans for Genes. KHS will be joining the movement for this worthy cause. Jeans for Genes helps raise funds to find cures for childhood diseases. It will be a gold coin donation to participate. This is not a full mufti day, so this means you must still wear your school shirt with your jeans.

IN OTHER NEWS

Office News The transitioning to the new finance system has begun. We are now able to receipt again at the Front Office. On line payments are also able to be made.

Its back again. The Woolworths Earn and Learn program gives schools the chance to earn some amazing school resources. You can pick up sticker sheets from the office, or you can just hand in your stickers and we will do it for you. There is a drop off box in the office foyer. There is also a box for Kanahooka High School at Dapto Woolworths. The competition runs from 26 July to 19 September 2017.

WISH YOU WERE HERE… SOUTHERN STARS SENDS A POSTCARD IN 2017 We are pleased to announce the media launch of Southern Stars 2017 POSTCARDS (the theme for this year’s show) has been revealed, and an official announcement that tickets are now on sale.

This year Southern Stars is sending musical and visual POSTCARDS to its audience.

Historically postcards have been a way to connect with the people you love and care about – they suggest a special place, a special time, or a special moment that is important or significant.

This year’s show is full of special moments and will once again push the boundaries and encompass a plethora of musical, dance, vocal, drama and performance styles.

There will be circus, disco, big bands, tap, rock, ballet, pop, drama, folk, orchestra, an Indigenous dance company, and musical theatre to name just a few.

It’s going to be big and it’s going to be loud, and as always, it will be inspiring.

Approximately 3,000 public school students from around southern NSW will take part in the two hour arena style show that will feature classics like Nutbush and In the Ghetto to contemporary numbers like Geronimo and Can’t Stop This Feeling.

As in past years, community support of Southern Stars is vital to ensure its success, and the easiest way of showing your support is by attending one of the four blockbuster shows.

It doesn’t matter if you know anyone performing in the show or not – Southern Stars is a high energy spectacle which provides great entertainment for people of all ages. The talent, energy and enthusiasm of our students is something not to be missed!

Over 12,000 people are expected to attend the four performances at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on Friday August 25 (10am and 7pm) and Saturday August 26 (2pm and 7pm) - make sure you are one of them.

Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster priced as follows: Adult $49, Pensioner and student over 12 $39, Student/Child under 12 $29. Tickets can be purchased from http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&aid=2017467&user_input=Southern+Stars&q=Southern+Stars

You can keep informed about what’s coming up in the show, by visiting the Southern Stars – The Arena Spectacular Facebook site. Please like us and share the stories and pictures with all your friends.

http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&aid=2017467&user_input=Southern+Stars&q=Southern+Starshttp://www.ticketmaster.com.au/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&aid=2017467&user_input=Southern+Stars&q=Southern+Stars

YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS FOR 2018 All enrolment forms for Year 7 2018 are required to be submitted ASAP.

Please bring in Birth Certificate, Immunisation Record and proof of residential address. We can copy these for you.

Any enquiries please contact

Michelle Davies on 4261 4011.

SPORT AND BREAKFAST CLUB Sport and Breakfast Club are available for all students and staff of Kanahooka High School, every Tuesday morning.

It starts at 7am with sport then followed up with a

healthy breakfast right through to 8.30am.

Breakfast club is open every Tuesday

All students welcome! Open: 7:30-8:30am Location: Room 301

Pancakes, Cereal, Toast, Juice & more

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 4 August

Regional Athletics Carnival Jeans for Genes

Monday 21 August to Friday 25 August

Year 11 Preliminary Semester 2 Exams

CANTEEN UNIFORM PRICES

Blouse (White with emblem) $20.00

Cardigan (Black with emblem) $40.00

Tailored Long Pants (Black) $31.00

Tailored Shorts (Black) $28.00

Skirt $25.00

Tunic $50.00

Polo Shirts (with emblem) $20.00

Sloppy Joe $20.00

Sports Shirt $32.00

Jacket (Black) $45.00

Long Pants (Black) $30.00

Shorts (Black) $20.00

Sport Shorts $22.00

Stockings $5.00

Uniform Sales available from

Canteen between 7.30am and 2pm

excluding Recess 10.40am –11.05am

and Lunch 1.05pm-1.30pm on Tues,

Wed and Fri only.

AUTUMN SPECIAL CONDITIONS APPLY

2 car driving lessons for $100.00. Manual or Automatic lessons available, including

Saturday mornings. Refer a friend to get $10 off your third lesson.

Each 1 hour lesson counts for 3 hours in your logbook. Pickup/drop off at home, school or work.

School Jacket Unfortunately in the latest batch of school jackets there has been a problem with some of the zippers breaking. If you have this problem please contact Poppets directly on 4226 1611.