NEWSLETTER CRESSY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

Edition 23 - 8 August 2012

Department of Education

Date Day Event

AUGUST

9th Thursday School Association Meeting - 7.00pm - Donna Ritchie Room

16th Thursday Parent Information Evening - Transition into Grade 7 2013 - 7.00pm - Donna Ritchie Room

18th - 19th Saturday to Sunday Duke of Edinburgh Practise Camp

21st Tuesday Grade 7/8 Assembly - 10.10am - Drama Room

20th Monday Parents and Friends Meeting - 7.00pm - Donna Ritchie Room - please note change of date

27th Monday PISA Testing

28th - 31st Tuesday to Friday Grade 10 Work Experience Week

SEPTEMBER

2nd - 4th Sunday to Tuesday Duke of Edinburgh Camp 1

3rd Monday Primary Assembly - 11.30am - 4/5 Howlett hosting - Multipurpose Hall

7th Friday End of Term Assembly

7th Friday End of Term 2

24th Monday Term 3 commences

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

From the Principal Expressions I would like to extend a huge expression of congratulations to the cast, crew and staff for an outstanding Expressions presentation. Congratulations to all students, the Primary teachers, Mrs Blackaby, Mr Tabe and Mr Bent for delivering us an outstanding selection of varied acts and a fine demonstration of the Arts curriculum at Cressy. The massive show of support from our school community on this night means so much to our staff and students. Thank you to all who attended, encouraged, supported and celebrated each and every act. Thinking Beyond Secondary Education at Cressy The vast majority of today's jobs require a Year 12 or higher qualification, so students are encouraged to give themselves the best chance for their future by getting their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), a school-based apprenticeship or a vocational qualification (VET Certificate). It is important that all children and their families start thinking and talking about these options. It is not too early for primary aged students to be thinking and talking about their schooling beyond Cressy.

Annette

International Year of Reading Quote

‘There is no substitute for books in the life of a child” May Ellen Chase

At our recent Expressions concert day rehearsals, it was raining. Only three years ago this would have been a major problem, as

students were forced to brave all weather conditions as they lined up outside the Gym‟s door, to await their arrival on stage. We

have been truly blessed to now have our magnificent stage, which allows all performers to enter backstage through the primary

classroom area. I will never take this luxury for granted and always remind myself of those trying past conditions. The stage, lighting

and sound really has made a professional impact on the way Cressy District High School presents itself, both to members of our

community and visitors to our school.

Being the ninth Expressions concert I have organised, it can be a struggle to envisage new acts and items that capture the audiences

attention. Luckily this year, there were more brains on board to help come up with ideas. All the Primary teachers from Prep-6 came

up with their own acts for this year‟s concert. This allowed not only a shared experience across the school, but also enabled some

different and unique performances that I would not necessarily have thought of myself. It was great to see:

Prep and 1/2 Richelme perform the mini-musical, Billy Goats Gruff (with the especially talented troll, Ethan Best; the three billy

goats, Riley Flood, Sumaya Hassan and Toby McGee; and the narrator Maryanne Gleeson-Natoli)

1/2 Green/Oliver and 3 Long/Burston shake their booties to Elmo and I Know It which featured Dyontae Barnes as the very

happy Elmo

4/5 Brophy recited the Banjo Paterson poem Waltzing Matilda (my favourite part being when Daniel Best as the swagman

shoved Jed Hodgetts as the jumbuck into his tuckerbag!)

4/5 Howlett stepped back in time to Mr Howlett‟s era to perform the Beatles classic, Octopus’ Garden (with Jacob Glover

wearing delightful octopus headgear, courtesy of Debbie Barnes)

6 Whyman sent a message about bullying with their version of the 1984 Twisted Sister classic, We’re Not Gonna Take It

All these acts, along with: the Esk Band‟s instrumental performance of Tequila, Renae Gleeson-Natoli and Angelika Brazendale on the

flute and clarinet playing The One That Got Away by Katy Perry, Edon Bernard playing guitar and singing the Cranberries song Zombie

and the Choir‟s stirring renditions of Electricity and Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines made up the first half.

The second half consisted solely of our secondary performers. Our talented students in 9/10 Drama performed a play entitled Auntie

Madge and the Bushrangers with Mel Sparks/Claire Spencer and Logan Piper/ Whitney Cross reprising their prize winning duologues

from the Launceston Competitions. Brittany Goss was a stand out as the prince in the Grade 7/8 Drama play Cinders Got Her Fingers

Burnt and the 9/10 Music class performed the two rock band songs Don’t Look Back In Anger and Rock It which featured Emily Miller in

her debut on vocals. Also, Curtis Hodgetts thrilled us with his drum solo and Jak Wilson left us breathless after his almost six minute

Cha Cha, Rumba and Jive dance routine with Madeleine Page from St Patricks. The Secondary Vocal Ensemble also did me proud with

California King Bed and Edge of Glory. Last and possibly least, the Staff Act finished the night off with a crowd pleasing duo of songs

from this year‟s teen sensations, One Direction.

Over all, it was a very entertaining night of events that was one of the smoothest Expressions yet. Next year, we hope to reach the

same high standard of this year‟s fantastic student performers.

Nelson Tabe - Music/Drama Teacher

PISA is coming to our school!

Our school has been chosen to represent Australia for the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) which is taking place between

30th July and 7th September 2012 . A random sample of 15 -year-old students will be part of a once in a lifetime opportunity to

represent Australia in education! PISA is an international assessment, occurring every three years, which measures skills in mathematics, science, reading, problem solving and financial literacy at a point when students have almost finished their compulsory schooling. PISA helps to inform policy makers involved with education on how well schools are succeeding in helping students to acquire the skills and knowledge they will need to meet challenges beyond school. Since the first PISA assessment in 2000, the survey has continued to raise interest amongst educators and policy-makers world-wide. In 2012, Australia will be one of almost 70 countries participating in PISA. More than 800 schools and over 15 000 students will represent our country in this important project. PISA is part of the National Assessment Program in Australia. Participation in these sample assessments is an obligation for government schools under the National Education Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories, and an obligation for non-government schools under Commonwealth schools funding legislation and funding agreements for 2009-2012. What will PISA mean for our school? Thirty students who are randomly selected from our school will be sampled to complete a two-hour paper-based assessment consisting of mathematics, science, financial literacy and reading questions. These students will also be asked to complete a questionnaire. After the paper-based assessment and questionnaire, a sub-sample of 20 students who participated in the paper-based assessment will also participate in a computer-based assessment of problem solving, mathematical literacy and reading literacy.

Date of Assessment: 27/8/2012 PISA School Coordinator: Julie Pike PISA IT Coordinator: Karin Weustenfeld ACER- PISA Project Information Line: 1800 280 625

Every participating school and student has an important role in showing the rest of the world what Australia can do.

ACER will provide your school and participating students with a certificate, recognising

their contribution, and students will receive results from PISA. Each student will also receive a small gift in appreciation of their participation.

Behind the Classroom Door………………... Reaction times, reactions with metals,

and milk that has gone off…

Just another day in the Lab! Welcome to the wet lab, Room 8, 9 Titmuss’ ‘home’, the epicentre for Grade 10 Science, the area for Grade 9 Mathematics and the focal point for 9/10 Applied Science! There is always something about to explode…

0.28 seconds! Whitney Cross’ reaction time

Testing Anastasia Barnes’ reaction time

9/10 Applied Science in action Mitch and Jak collecting Hydrogen gas from a reaction

Recently, it has been the super-fast reaction times of Grade 9 Mathematics students, settling once and for all the age-old gender question: who can react faster, girls or boys? Although the data needs to be crunched and the statistics scrutinised, early reports suggest that the girls have won the day! We now know that the one hundredth-of-a-second that James Magnusson lost by, is just incredible: there is no way we could react that fast!

Chemical reactions have been the focus for Grade 10 Science this term. Exploring the reactions of the Elements of the Periodic Table has meant the chance to experiment with chemicals that spontaneously combust and metals that are so dangerous that they explode in water students ceased opportunities of scaring each other with the loudest Hydrogen ‘pops’. Various challenges, like skyscraper, bridge-building or using a chemical reaction to inflate a balloon, have had everyone excited and interested.

9/10 Applied Science, apart from making some delicious Camembert cheese, (hopefully!), has been experimenting with milk. In recent weeks, we have been investigating how different ways of pasteurising milk affects its shelf life. We’ve also noticed how the effect of bacteria in milk not only makes yoghurt but spoils our food too. The only drawback has been the smell of off-milk. Mr Titmuss – Grade 9 Mathematics, Grade 10 Science and 9/10 Applied Science

Tristan testing milk samples for bacteria levels

After every experiment there’s cleaning to do - Mr Nowakowski in action

Wednesday Sport Results - Round 9

Netball (2nds) Cressy – 17 dft St Marys – 16 Best Players: M Wickham, M Sparks, A Rossiter, A Jordan, N Lockett

(3rds) Cressy – 26 dft St Pats – 7 Best Players: L Horne, T Frankcombe, M Jordan

(4ths) RHS – 9 dft Cressy A – 3 Best Players: B Goss, J Neil, R Beaumont

(4ths) KMHS – 40 dft Cressy B – 2 Best Players: M Campbell, K Cawthen, N Franklin

Indoor Soccer Cressy A – 4 dft PHS B – 1 Goal Scorers: A Redmond, M Richardson, C Hodgetts 2

Best Players: M Richardson, A Redmond, C Hodgetts PHS A – 9 dft Cressy B – 3 Goal Scorers: A Barnes, S Johnstone Best Players: A Barnes, G Skeggs, S Johnstone

Hockey Cressy – 2 dft Riverside Goal Scorers: J Daley 2 Best Players: J Daley, H C-Chugg, B Richardson, B Daley

Outdoor Soccer (3rds-Fomerly-2nds) Cressy – 13 dft RHS Blue – 0 Goal Scorers: L Chugg 5, K Mansell, J Hartman 3, C Tyrrell Best Players: L Chugg, B Bassett, J Hartman, K Mansell

(3rds) RHS Gold – 8 dft Cressy – 0 Best Players: C Pitt, S McGrath, J Brandes, T O’Toole, M Mackenzie

Football Cressy 9 – 2 – 56 dft St Pats 4 – 12 – 36 Goals: J Blair 7, J Arnol, N Langley Best Players: J Blair, N Langley, J Arnol, J O’Rourke, B Flakemore, W Musicka, C Johnstone

Nigel Bent / HPE Teacher and House Leaders

Wednesday Sport Results - Round 10

Netball (2nds) Cressy – 28 dft SPC Gold – 14 Best Players: C Spencer, T Thomas, H Taylor, M Sparks, N Lockett

(3rds) Cressy – 15 dft KMHS – 7 Best Players: S Baker, M Jordan, L Horne (4ths) Cressy B – 27 dft Cressy A – 15 Best Players CRA: M Campbell, B Goss, R Beaumont Best Players CRB: D Anderson, A Goss, T Forrester

Indoor Soccer Cressy A – 4 drew PHS D – 4 Goal Scorers: A Redmond 2, M Richardson, C Hodgetts

Best Players: M Richardson, A Redmond, C Hodgetts QHS – 3 dft Cressy B – 1 Goal Scorers: L Piper Best Players: K Whiteley, S Barnes, L Piper

Hockey KM – 7 dft Cressy – 3 Best Players: T Chugg, N Butterworth, H K-Chugg, A Brough

Outdoor Soccer (3rds-Fomerly-2nds) Cressy – 12 dft Prospect – 1 Goal Scorers: L Chugg 6, J Morgan 4, D McCullagh 2 Best Players: J Morgan, L Chugg, A Chugg, M Chugg

(3rds) DHS – 5 dft Cressy – 1 Goal Scorers: D Thomas 1 Best Players: S McGrath, M Mackenzie, J Brandes, D Thomas, J Dobson

Football LCS 13 – 10 – 88 dft Cressy 5 – 4 – 34 Goals: J Arnol 2, J O’Rourke, B Flakemore, E Goss Best Players: J O’rourke, C Johnstone, J Digney, J Blair, B Flakemore, N Langley

Nigel Bent / HPE Teacher and House Leaders

Hi All,

The highlight of last week was the Grade 6 Taster Day. We had students from our feeder schools visit the school farm and they

worked with the animals and in the gardens. Congratulations are given to Nick Spencer, Tiffany Forester, Olivia Saunders, Sam

Luttrell and Will Gibbons who were fantastic in leading the visitors in a range of school farm activities.

Great news this week! We have twenty-one new lambs from our twelve ewes, (eight ewes and thirteen rams) and they are all

looking in great condition. We only lost one lamb over the lambing period, thanks to Mr Nick Goss for constantly checking on

the expecting mothers.

Last week we had another highlight with our two oldest lambs making a guest appearance at the Primary Assembly. It was great

to hear them singing along with the National Anthem. For those of you who weren‟t there, it went something like this

“ Advance Australia Baa, Baa, Baa Fair”

We have also secured the „Old Top Shop‟ paddock across the road from the Cressy Pool, to run our sheep in the near future.

What’s going on at the minute?

This week Kyle Quaile, Annabelle McQueen and Amanda Cross have

been to the Longford Poultry Show where they entered three of our

Australorps Hens. We had a great day learning about showing our

poultry and talking to lots of experienced poultry show people.

Thanks to those families who brought their children along on

Saturday.

We have also finished our new aviary and we will be getting some

new birds for you to look at in the near future.

We are just preparing our paddocks for planting rape and grass in the

spring. This week Mr Andrew Wilson sprayed the paddocks so we

can seed them down in a few weeks.

Also we have some more rabbits with three pretty babies joining us

on the farm.

Farm Competition - Organised by Student Farm Leaders Jackson Blair and Sam Luttrell

Congratulations: Jacob Glover 4/5 Howlett

Well done everyone for your fantastic entries.

Last week’s answer: An Australorp chicken is black

This week’s question: How many new lambs do we have on the farm?

Place your answers in the boxes located in the foyer of the Primary School and in the Canteen.

Donations/Support of the month

Powranna Feedlots – Donating a truck load of cow manure

Mr Andrew Wilson – For spraying our paddocks

Mr John Kelder – Donating the use of his paddock

Mrs Jodie Flakemore – Donation of a canary cage

Regards,

Richard Goss - Agriculture Studies Coordinator

On the Farm…

Coles Sports For Schools

There is a collection box in the Primary school or you may leave them at the office.

Woolworths Earn and Learn Reminder

Keep collecting your stickers!!!

Annabelle MacQueen and Kyle Quaile at the Longford Poultry Show

Reporting News and Attendance at

Parent/Teacher/Student Discussions

This year has involved some major changes in both curriculum and reporting. The Australian

Curriculum which includes the ratings of A,B,C,D and E has been newly introduced this year. Teaching

staff have been working extremely hard to plan, implement and assess using this new curriculum.

They have explained these changes to students and encouraged them to ask questions regarding their

learning and expectations. Our newsletters have contained a number of articles explaining the new

reporting and assessment procedures.

We wish to celebrate and acknowledge the amazing attendance recently at Parent/Teacher/Student

Discussion week. Throughout the sixteen classes we had an average of 80% attendance and in one

class we had 100%! This attendance rate is certainly worth celebrating and we would like to sincerely

thank families for participating in these discussions. It truly displays the wonderful partnership

between home and school!

Parent/Teacher/Student Discussions

Mid-Year 2012 Attendance

Kindergarten 18/20 90%

Prep Tubb 14/15 93%

Grade 1/2 Green/Oliver 21/21 100%

Grade 1/2 Richelme 18/20 90%

Grade 3 Long/Burston 17/19 89%

Grade 4/5 Howlett 16/20 80%

Grade 4/5 Howlett 17/20 85%

Grade 6 Whyman 20/22 91%

Grade 7 Marshall 20/24 83%

Grade 7 Bambridge 18/22 82%

Grade 8 Andrews 14/24 58%

Grade 8 Davis/Breaden 20/22 91%

Grade 9 Nuttall 17/26 65%

Grade 9 Titmuss 19/27 70%

Grade 10 Bent 18/25 72%

Grade 10 West 14/23 61%

Anna Goss - Acting Assistant Principal/AST

Singfest 2012 - Tickets for Sale

For the fourth consecutive year, the Cressy District High School Choir

will be performing at the Singfest event at the Albert Hall. This year, the

concert is being split into two nights, due to overwhelming interest from

schools who would like to perform. The Primary Choir will be performing

on Monday, October 8. There are a very limited number of tickets

available for sale at the School Office. Tickets are limited to two per choir

member and the price is $5 per ticket (all ages and circumstances are the

same very low price). They will only be for sale until Monday

September 3 at which point the unsold tickets will be returned and

distributed to schools with a greater demand. On the contrary, if there is a

demand from our school for more tickets, then we might be able to

accrue more at a later date, at the beginning of Term 3.

Please come along for a great night‟s entertainment and support our

budding young singers!

Nelson Tabe – Music/Drama Teacher

Our Students Have a Taste of Big Business!

Jackson Blair, Jesse Arnol, Sam Luttrell and Billy Flakemore took up the opportunity to listen to a leading Australian engineering group last Thursday at Alanvale College. As a multi-million dollar company who provide construction, maintenance and industrial services, representatives from Monodelphous travelled to Launceston to inspire the students with their employment and training opportunities for young people. Congratulations to the boys for representing our school so well and a big thank you to David Blair for transporting them.

As part of our Inspiring Futures program, with support from the Beacon foundation, we look forward to offering many more opportunities like this one in times to come.

Katie Lester - AST 9 /10

Taster Day 2012

Grade 6 students from Longford, Perth, Bracknell and Cressy attended our Taster Day last Tuesday 31st July.

Approximately 50 students participated in a range of activities which enabled them to meet new people, work together in teams, enjoy a „hands on‟ experience at the school farm and tour the school and our

facilities. The Taster Day is an important part of our transition program that assists students and their

families in preparation for Grade 7 in 2013. Thank you to all the wonderful student leaders who assisted with

activities on the day. We look forward to seeing families at our Parent Information Evening next Thursday

16th August at 7pm in the Donna Ritchie Room. We also invite parents to contact the school if they have any

questions or wish to make an appointment for a school tour.

Mrs Renae Martin - AST Middle School

Sam Luttrell with students at the Farm. Students all met together in the Multipurpose Hall.

UTAS OPEN DAY Sunday 26 August 2012 10AM – 3PM

Bring along your family and friends and explore the Hobart, Launceston and Cradle Coast campuses. At Open Day you will discover what life at UTAS is really like and find out information on the many courses we offer, listen to inspiring presentations, take tours of the facilities and enjoy free entertainment and hands-on activities throughout the day. For more details contact the Uni Info Centre on 13UTAS or visit www.utas.edu.au/openday

Book Fair Come along and purchase some books at very Special Prices!

Monday 20th to Thursday 23rd August

Opening hours – Monday and Wednesday lunch times from 1.05 - 1.25pm.

Thursday 23rd August late night till 4.00pm

School Library.

Every purchase goes towards Cressy District High School Library to buy new books.

2013 - 150th (Sesquicentenary) Anniversary Celebrations

Next year is a very significant year for the Cressy School Community, 2013 marks our sesquicentenary (150

th birthday).

We have already put a number of plans into action to mark this important year. We are gathering information and memorabilia to help create a book that with commemorate the history of Cressy School and be for sale throughout the year, Allan Bulmer (Secretary of P&F) is co-ordinating this if you have any information that would help please contact Allan on 63976162. We have two major events booked for next year, the first being a dance to be held on Saturday 23

rd February, so please

keep the date free. The other being a School Fair, to be held on Saturday 26th October. Carol Spencer is our fair

co-ordinator and if you would like to help with this, as we will need many volunteers, please contact Carol on 63973564. I am also in the process of setting up a facebook page to compile information for upcoming events and for people to see what is happening with our celebrations. We want to make 2013 a truly memorable celebration. If you would like to help or know of someone who attended Cressy School, please let them know of our plans. I we be putting regular updates in the newsletter. Fiona Saltmarsh - Sesquicentenary Co-ordinator 63975030

DUE SOON CURRENT SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT REMINDERS

CLASS SUBJECT DUE DATE ASSIGNMENT

Ms Bambridge 7B Maths 10/8/2012 Graph of Medal Tally

Ms Bambridge 7B English ongoing Writing to Entertain Portfolio

Mr Andrews 8A Maths ongoing Algebra

Mr Marshall 7M English 13/8/2012 Many Countries! Many Flags!

Ms Weustenfeld 10 English 10/8/2012 Essay draft due

Ms Weustenfeld 10 History 17/8/2012 Research task

Mr Titmuss 9 Mathematics 17/8/2012 Olympics assignment

Book Week Parade

Tuesday August 21st, 9.00 am To help celebrate Book Week and the National Year of Reading, we have decided to

hold a Book Week Parade in the Library.

Students who wish to participate, are asked to dress up as a character from their favourite book.

Students must organise their own costumes.

Small prizes will be awarded in each age group. Every participant will receive a certificate.

Local Chaplaincy Committee

Our School Chaplain is in the school for three days each week. Government grants pay for almost two of those days. The Community through the Local Chaplaincy Committee raises funds to pay the shortfall and the third day.

To do this the LCC is having a Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings at Kings Meadows on Friday September 7th, all day. If anyone has an hour or two to help with this please contact Alan Bulmer on 6397 6162 or 0429 890 676. Alan Bulmer, Chair CDHS LCC.

Longford PCYC Hall 4-7 Yrs. Mon 5.30-6.15pm 7-Adult Mon / Wed 6.30-8.00pm

Children love Taekwondo because they learn exciting

skills, including, jumping, spinning and flying kicks.

Taekwondo teaches children and adults

confidence, concentration, respect, self defence and

improves learning skills.

Children & Adults - All Welcome.

Call Ben

0458661600

or

visit our classes.

HONOUR ROLL

CONTACT DETAILS

Address Main Street Cressy 7302

Ph 03 6397 6281 | Fax 03 6397 6525

Email Cressy.District.High@education.tas.gov.au

CLASS TEACHER STUDENT REASON HOUSE

Kinder Mrs Bevan /Mrs Wootton Koby Hovington

Reagan Tubb For taking care and pride in their learning. Sharks Eagles

Prep Mrs Tubb Hannah Chapman Using successful reading strategies to make sense of text. Well Done !

Devils

1/2 R Ms Richelme Kayden Herbert For the consistent and reliable assistance and support he provides to classmates and with classroom tasks.

Eagles

1/2 GO Mrs Green/Mrs Oliver Katie Cross Outstanding work in place value. Well Done!

Eagles

3 Mrs Long/Mrs Burston Whole Class Fabulous Expressions night. Well Done! Eagles x 10 Sharks x 6 Devils x 2

4/5B Ms Brophy Whole Class Well done on a wonderful Expressions Concert.

Eagles x 6 Devils x 9 Sharks x 5

4/5H Mr Howlett Whole Class Great effort for Expressions. Eagles x 9 Devils x 6 Sharks x 6

6 Mrs Whyman Whole Class For a wonderful effort and fantastic performance in Expressions.

Eagles x 10 Devils x 6 Sharks x 5

7B Miss Bambridge Aaron Saltmarsh

Lauren Spencer Working well in all areas. Eagles Devils

7M Mr Marshall Mathew Hayward Outstanding leadership during Wednesday sport. Your encouragement and sportsmanship were appreciated.

Eagles

8B Ms Breaden/Mr Davis Tahnee O’Toole

Adel Chugg For their excellent work in Algebra! Devils x 2

8A Mr Andrews Emily Jessup

Haemish Richardson Working well across all subjects. Sharks Eagles

9T Mr Titmuss

Courtney Purton

Annick Witte

Chloe Pavia

Ben O’Toole

Improvement in Mathematics Finishing all work in Camembert in the classroom program.

Devils x 3 Sharks

AST 7-8 Mrs Martin / Mrs Keenan

Logan Piper, Georgia

Hayward, Kaitelin

Campbell, Annick Witte

Megan Box, Anastasia

Barnes, Nadine Lockett,

Chloe Pavia

Wonderful leadership and organisation on the Grade 6 Taster Day

Eagles x 3 Devils x 3 Sharks x 2

AST 9-10 Mrs Lester

Kaitelin Campbell

Annick Witte

Jordan Brazendale

Outstanding efforts volunteering at the Canteen.

Eagles x2 Devils

Principal Mrs Hollingsworth Kyle Quaile Outstanding efforts at the Longford Poultry Show.

Devils