M.A.D.E. @East Hills Boys High...Making Learning Our Number One Priority `THE NEWSLETTER OF EAST...

Making Learning Our Number One Priority

`THE NEWSLETTER OF EAST HILLS BOYS HIGH

SCHOOL

Issue 2 – Term 3 2018

School Contact Details: Lucas Rd Panania 2213 Phone: 02 9773 7806 Fax: 02 9792 3849

M.A.D.E. @East Hills Boys High

Upcoming Events

Date Event

12.09.2018 – 21.09.2018 Year 11 Preliminary Yearly Exams 26.09.2018 Year 12 Graduation Dinner

27.09.18 Year 12 Mystery Picnic 28.09.2018 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony and Morning tea 28.09.2018 Last day of term 15.10.2018 First day for students 17.10.2018 ROSE Assembly 18.10.2018 HSC Exams commence 25.10.2018 HSC Information evening


Principal’s Message Welcome to our last newsletter for Term 3 and it has certainly been a productive one. We have been involved in Parent Teacher Night interviews, Education Week, Science Week, Mind Marathon, HSC Trials, Year 10 Work Experience, HSC Music exams and practical works in TAS all marked. We had an amazing evening of talented student displays at our M.A.D.E. Exhibition showcasing the extraordinary work our students and staff do. We have continued with our Primary Links program and our Literacy and Numeracy focus. We are presently in the process of planning and costing the development of our new Design Centre which will include state of the art technology and student collaborative spaces. We are providing Years 7-10 with access to Education Perfect and we have recently purchased an extended e-book catalogue for the Accelerated Reading Program. In partnership with the school’s P&C we have ordered $53,000 worth of outdoor seating, some which will enable the boys to enjoy their free time under cover. However all of these wonderful, engaging learning experiences cost significant amounts of money and are directly funded from our school fees. At a recent budget meeting the committee investigated our outstanding school fees and we were shocked to see an outstanding amount of money to the sum of $204,979. If our families were able to finalise their outstanding school fees over the coming term we could significantly improve the quality of facilities and learning opportunities for our students. To begin this process East Hills Boys High School will be sending student statements of account & fee reminders directly to parents via email using a system called School Bytes. These statements will include a user friendly link to make secure payments online through the Westpac Parent Online Payment (POP) system (Visa & Mastercard credit/debit cards accepted). Instructions on how to use will be included in the email. We may at times also send you fee reminders and notes for excursions and events through School Bytes. This will allow you to easily download notes, permission forms and make payment all with one click.

Mrs Karen Savins

$ 204,979

Outstanding School Fees


On Thursday 30th August, ten students in Year 11 attended the annual SRC Leadership Conference at Revesby Worker’s Club. The day involved a number of leadership-building and self-reflection activities in which students examined their own reasons for becoming part of the Senior Leadership Team and how they can best serve the school and their local community. Throughout the day, the group worked with Mrs Savins, Mr Willson and Ms McKenzie, each targeting different areas and styles of leadership. In one session the boys heard valuable stories and advice from our guest speaker, Mr John Seru, a successful business owner and television personality. In the final session of the day the students underwent several voting processes to elect our new School Captain, Vice-Captain and Senior Prefect. On behalf of the staff of EHBHS, we would like to commend and congratulate the new Senior Leadership Team for their participation and enthusiasm. It is with great pleasure that we announce the following school leaders for 2019:

School Captain:

Vice-Captain:

Senior Prefect:

Prefects:

Dion Omeros

Darcy Veleski

Mohamed Al-Bekaa

Alialhadi El Ammar

Emmanuel Omar

Ricky Nguyen

Sahil Kumar

Youssef Assaad

Adem Ibrahim

Brendan Tran


East Hills Boys Facebook Page

To keep up to date with events and the wonderful learning at our school please like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/easthillsboyshs

Item Price

SS School Shirts (Green) $2.00

School Jumpers with EHB logo $5.00

Plain Black Jumpers (no logo) $2.00

Grey Long Pants $6.00

Navy School Shorts $2 - $5

School Sport T Shirts $2 - $5

School Sport Jackets $7.00

School Sport Long Track Pants $5.00

School Sports Shorts with EHB Logo $5.00

Plain Navy Sports Shorts (no logo) $2.00

Caps (second hand) $2.00

Aprons, white or navy $2.00

Additional Items Price

White/Black/Grey School Socks NEW $3.00

Plain Black Caps (New) $5.00

Handballs $2.00

Pens $0.50

Notebooks $1.00

We want your old uniforms

We have recently set up our new and improved Uniform Shop, which will be

selling good quality second hand uniforms as well as some stationery items.

The uniform shop will be run by our Stage 5 Retail students and will be open before and after

school. Currently online ordering is available by contacting Mrs Collis on

[email protected]. Please include your contact details and the items you are

interested in, and you will be contacted within 2 working days of the availability and price of the

items. Students can then collect and pay for items the next day.

After an amazing opening day with Year 7 orientation, we are now running low on stock. So if you

are cleaning out uniforms over the summer holidays, PLEASE consider donating them to the school.

In particular, we are looking for school shirts, shorts, sport shorts and shirts.

mailto:[email protected]


EHBHS

2nd Hand Uniform Shop

Open Times Monday

Break 1 – 11.10am to 11.50am

Wednesday Before School – 8.15am to 8.45am

P&C Meetings P&C Meeting Nights – 6.00pm to 6.30pm

Online Alternatively You Can Purchase Items By

Emailing: [email protected] Your Order

Who Will Contact You When The Order Is Ready For

Collection


Year 11 First Aid Course

The PDHPE Faculty organised for Year 11 PDHPE students to complete a two day First Aid course run by

Royal Life Saving NSW.

The First Aid course was run by a professional instructor and after two intensive days, all students passed

the theory and practical exams which resulted in all students achieving their First Aid certificate.

Congratulations to the following boys who achieved their First Aid certificate.

AL-BEKAA, Mohamed BROOKFIELD, Jayden

BUI, Justin EL-MASRY, Malek

HAIDAR, Sadek VELESKI, Darcy

PHAM, Dylan SANGHA, Tanveer

SARIDAR, Mohammad TAALA, Elijah TRAN, Kenny VAGEL, Mohit

JEFFERY, Aimen KHAN, Hasan NAIM, Adam

NGUYEN, Vien VASHISHT, Roham

The First Aid certificate is valid for three years and will be an important document to have when the boys

move on from high school.


Youth and Road Trauma Forum

How often do you hear in the news that a P-plate driver and their passengers have had a car crash and become another fatality? It’s become so common that young people develop the attitude on the road that it will not happen to them. On Wednesday 29th August, Year 11 attended the Youth and Road Trauma Forum as part of the mandatory Crossroads course for Year 11. The event was held at Allphones Arena, Homebush. While the extensive Road Safety program the boys receive in the Stage 5 PDHPE and Stage 6 Crossroads course equips them with knowledge, it doesn’t compare to sitting in an arena with 7,000 other students the same age and witnessing a realistic car crash scene to help drive home the road safety message. The forum provided the boys with a realistic look at the trauma caused by road crashes and aims to give them information and strategies in an attempt to reduce serious injuries and deaths. The day included an exciting combination of demonstrations, crash dynamics and rescue, vehicle stopping distances and active exhibits. The main message the PE Faculty wanted the boys to get out of the forum is that you can prevent yourself and others from being injured by doing a few simple things: Don’t be distracted while driving whether it’s caused by friends, using a mobile phone, text messaging or drink driving. Always be safe in a car and keep others safe as well. Mr Carson PDHPE Head Teacher


Year 9 High Achievers

Year 9 High Achievers were invited to a special morning tea in Week 6 to celebrate their excellent results and effort in Semester 1. The boys enjoyed a delicious spread organised by their Year Advisor, Ms Wheatley, and received certificates to acknowledge their dedication to their learning. Congratulations to all of the boys involved - keep up the fantastic work Year 9!

Year 10 Design & Technology

Year 10 Design and Technology boys working on Skylap. They all must build and fly their planes


Eleven schools from the SW Region participated in Aboriginal Belonging Program held at East Hills Primary School. The Aboriginal students along with their teachers engaged in their language through kinship, bingo, music and drama workshops. A special thank you to the East Hills Primary School P & C whose efforts made the day a big success. S M Turnbull Aboriginal Co-ordinator


Towards the end of term 2; myself, Mrs Naiker & Mr Prestwidge moved into our new Science rooms. We patiently waited for almost two terms to move into our rooms and the wait was definitely worth it! The newly renovated Science rooms are made up of two full labs and 1 dry lab. Students as well as the teachers are enjoying their teaching and learning time in the new rooms, especially with the presence of air conditioning and smart board units in each classroom. Two of the rooms are Biology based labs, while the third is a Physics room, however all three rooms can be used for any Science lesson. One of the rooms is also being set up as a Marine room, to enhance student learning in the Marine Studies course. Year 10 Marine Studies students are currently in the process of setting up fish tanks in all the Science rooms, which the year 9 and 10 Marine Studies students will be taking care of as a learning experience, linking classroom learning to the real world. Here is a sneak peak of the rooms…

Biology Lab 39

Biology/Marine Studies Lab 39A

Physics Lab 40 with Year 12 Physics students preparing for their HSC

Written by: Ms Hassan

(Science/Marine Studies teacher)


Community Access

Students have been continuing participation in the Community Access program. Below are some photos from Week 5 where classes went to Bowling, Liverpool Westfeids, Powerhouse Museum Ultimo and the Sea life Sydney Aqaurium.

Extra-curricular activates SEF have started to introduce extra curriculum clubs during lunch and recess for our students and their friends. Miss Woods will be running a homework club and continuing to run film club. Ms Pettit will be running board games and personal interest clubs. Lastly, Mrs Rai will be running a chess club and a karaoke club. Timetables will be available in classrooms of when these clubs will be taking place. Chocolate fundraising Thank you to everyone who helped sell chocolates for the SEF camp. We greatly appreciate everyone’s efforts in helping reduce the price of camp for our boys. We are currently half way in getting all monies returned!


2018 Rotary Youth Vocational Awards

Congratulations to the following Year 12 students for receiving a Rotary Vocational Award for excellence in VET Subjects: Oliver Suardana - ENTERTAINMENT Joshua Waban - HOSPITALITY Kitchen Operations Abdallah Khodr - CONSTRUCTION On Tuesday 11th September the Rotary Vocational Award Ceremony was held at East Hills Girls High School to present the prestigious vocational award for students who have been nominated as achieving excellence in VET subjects. These students were presented with their award after being nominated by their teachers for recognition of hard work and academic success across all areas of their Vocational Education and Training. East Hills Boys students that choose to study a VET subject during Years 11 and 12, will receive a Nationally Recognised Qualification, as well as a Higher School Certificate upon completion of Year 12. VET Subjects incorporate mandatory work placement which gives students 70 hours of Industry Experience over two years of study.

Oliver Suardana receiving Rotary VET Award for Entertainment


Joshua Waban receiving Rotary VET Award for Hospitality


Creative and Performing Arts VISUAL ARTS - LETS CREATE!!! Year 7 are turning into experts on Photoshop, creating digital graphics inspired by Aboriginal Art. Year 8 are looking at the world around them, making brochures about where they live. Things are getting crazy using Photoshop to create MAMBO inspired Tshirt designs. Year 9 have begun exploring environments and will be making lino prints about the built environment. Year 10 have explored Street Art. “Is It Art or Vandalism?” Through the exploration of well-known artists such as Banksy, they have created their own skateboard designs and very soon will begin the design of our storage container with a theme of “Knowledge is Power”… Check out the awesome looking decks below.

Year 11 are about to finish their Preliminary course! We look forward to seeing their final artworks. Year 12 – The Major Art Works are done!!! Finally after a year of struggles and torturous challenges, the boys, Mr Bardas and Mr Suteski have overcome all obstacles and we have produced some fantastic artworks. We will now wait in anticipation for our results. Good luck boys.

Music – ROCK N ROLL… It has been a busy term in Music!! Students were able to showcase their skills and talents at the CAPA exhibition at EHBHS. This was a great success with a strong turnout from students, family and friends who came to support and enjoy a range of solo and ensemble pieces. Year 12 got some final preparation for their practical pieces, which they performed for HSC markers in week 7. All students did an amazing job, performing 4 pieces each from a range of repertoire. Performers are busy rehearsing for the final gig of the year, year 12 graduation. This spot is reserved for high quality ensemble pieces worthy of sending year 12 out with a bang!


Exciting NEWS and EVENTS

Thanks to everyone who helped make the M.A.D.E (Music, Art, Drama, Entertainment) exhibition night happen!!! It was great to see Students work from Year 7 – Year 12 on display. Especially seeing the hard work of the current Year 12’s in the form of artworks, performances, and music pieces. A big thanks to Dustin Do, Joshua Waban and Janis Molniks, who helped leading up to and on the day. An awesome effort by the CAPA Crew who by the end of setup day number three, were abosultely going mental.(see image below)

On Monday 20th August, Nabil Elwazze was presented with an award for his excellence and success in VET Entertainment. These are awarded from the DEC and demonstrated an outstanding achievement in the subject area. Nabil should be commended on his efforts and contribution to events at East Hills Boys High School.


Literacy/numeracy program:

Some big reminders to students and parents!

Year 7 students: Make sure you are completing your at-home reading for the Accelerated Reader program! At least 20 minutes per evening is needed – and you may wish to do some extra book-borrowing for the upcoming holidays.

Year 8 students: We are now in the fifth week of Google Classroom literacy/numeracy weekly homework exercises, and it is really important that you are making your best attempt at these – and checking the solutions, each week.

Year 10 students: There will be a final opportunity, in Term 4, to attempt Minimum Standards tests in 2018. All students who have not so far demonstrated these standards will be expected to make this attempt in Term 4. These students need to see me about ways to prepare themselves. And congratulations to the large number of Year 10 students who have successfully completed the tests this Term! Parents will shortly be updated about their sons’ progress in these all-important programs. If there are further enquiries, please ring Mr Bawden (Literacy/numeracy Support Person) at the school (Thursdays/Fridays).

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Attendance is recorded each day. As a parent or caregiver you are responsible for ensuring your child attends school every day, including sports days unless your child:

has an unavoidable medical or dental appointment (preferably these should be made after school or during holidays)

is required to attend a recognised religious holiday

is required to attend an exceptional or urgent family circumstance (such as attending a funeral)

is sick, or has an infectious illness.

Students need to attend school regularly to meet the course requirements of the Higher School Certificate.

If you are having difficulty getting your child to attend school regularly, you might like to talk to the school principal or the school counsellor.

If your child has to be absent from school for any reason, including arriving late or leaving early, please either tell your child's teacher or the administration assistant at our school, or explain the reason by phone, email, or written note as soon as possible and within seven days. The school uses automated SMS to inform parents of any unexplained absences or unexplained late arrivals. You can reply to this SMS with the reason for your son’s absence so our system can be updated accordingly. Please reply with a valid reason eg. – sick, religious holiday, etc. Replying with a “Yes” does not validate your son’s absence and further correspondence will be sent.

Have you

moved?

If you have recently changed your residential address, we require proof to update your son’s student details. A change of address form can be picked up from the Front Office to be completed and handed back with supporting documentation such as a copy of a rate’s notice, lease agreement or electricity account. Please contact the office if you have any queries 9773 7806.


CANTEEN MENU 2018


There is no place for bullies at East Hills Boys High School. Bullying behaviours will not be tolerated and they include:

1. Verbal and Visual Bullying: Teasing, name calling, offensive language, notes, graffiti, email, text messages, phone calls.

2. Physical Bullying: Pushing, tripping, punching, hitting, slapping. 3. Exclusion: Ignoring, isolating a person 4. Victimisation: Ganging up, threats, spreading rumours, whispering. 5. Emotional Abuse: Personal or family insults, threatening to withdraw friendship, isolation. 6. Extortion: Stand-over tactics, demanding money or goods, damaging or stealing other’s

possessions. 7. Racial or Sexual Abuse: Attacks or discrimination because of their race or gender.

No one has to tolerate this – you don’t have to!

If you feel that you are being bullied, if you feel that you are experiencing any of the behaviours listed above, or if you see them occurring, see a staff member immediately. Every instance of bullying is followed up.

What to do if YOU are being bullied by any person at school:

1. If you can, walk away, ignore the bully and try not to show how upset you are. 2. If you can, state quite clearly that you don’t like the behaviour, that it is unwelcome and

offensive. 3. Complete a bullying referral form. (You can find these on the school website) One has

been provided below

East Hills Boys High School

Bullying Referral Form

Bullying during: CLASS OTHER eg. playground

Student Name: _ (Victim) Roll:

Student Name: _ (Bully) Roll:

Student Name: _ (Witness) Roll:

Incident Details:

Have told a teacher? Y / N Has the student done this before? Y / N


Administration Procedures

Sickness Policy

If your child is sick at home prior to school, please do not send him to school. If your child is sick when Exams are on a medical certificate is required from his doctor.

When your child is absent from school please advise the office promptly with an acceptable reason. Sleeping in is not an acceptable reason.

Proof of Residence

When the student changes address we require a form to be completed, which can be obtained from the office. All details must be completed and evidence supplied with change of address eg. electricity bill, lease agreement.

Payments of Office

As you know, East Hills Boys High School is focused on providing the best possible resources and technology to educate and prepare your child for the future. Payment of school fees is essential in helping provide these resources. Please pay fees before by end of term.

Attendance

School starts at 8.50am. Please be here before that time so as not to disturb other students learning. Again, to prevent disruption to students learning times, please try to make appointments out of school hours. We understand that with some specialist appointments choosing a time is not available. In those instances, please follow the schools early leaving policy.

Thank you

STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY

The procedure for taking students out of school during school hours is as follows:

Students need to bring a letter from the parent and take it to a Deputy Principal before Roll Call to

have Early Leave approved.

Students then bring the letter to the front office.

Students return to the front office at the time of leaving to sign out and collect an Early Leavers Slip.


COMMEMMORATIVE PAVERS

By attending East Hills Boys, you and your family have become part of our

School’s history. We are offering a unique opportunity to have your name as

a permanent part of our School, by purchasing a name paver (230x115x40mm)

that will be permanently cemented into our school grounds

Single paver - name or message (up to 34 letters)

To order please print clearly. Each letter, number, punctuation mark or space represents one character. We

have included space below to order 2 pavers, and should you require more, feel free to copy this page to

submit multiple orders

Paver 1 Line 1: 12 characters maximum

Line 2: 12 characters maximum


Paver 2 Line 1: 12 characters maximum



Payment to be made at time of order

Name: Ph

Please circle: ex-student / current student / ex-staff / current staff / other

I have enclosed $ cash OR I have paid via card $ at the office / over the phone

Receipt #

$40


Take your holidays when we do!

Parents, students and teachers are concerned when students fall behind in their studies because of long absences. Families who plan to travel are encouraged to travel during school holidays. Parents are reminded that they must seek permission from the Principal to take a student out of school during term time as attendance must be maintained at or above 85%. If you require to take your child out of school during term time, please make

an appointment to discuss your plans with the Principal or Deputy Principal

before booking flights or accommodation as you may be asked to cancel

them if this brings your child’s attendance under 85%. The Principal has information to assist families to

plan holidays that are least disruptive to their children’s schooling.

Just a reminder regarding your BYOD Permission notes should be returned to your Year Advisor when you

have organised your device to use at school.

TUESDAYS are a no device day as you will be attending sport.

Please remember to use your device responsibly.

It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure your device is always in a secure

and damage free location.

Your device should come to school fully charged ready for your lessons

CHANGE OF POLICY

In 2016 EHBHS in conjunction with our P&C agreed to a one off $100 fee to ensure all books

and resources were returned in a satisfactory condition, which would be refunded when your

child leaves school. Due to the recent changes within the DEC all new students attending from

the 2018 academic school year will be charged a one off non-refundable Textbook Levy of

$100.00 which covers of borrowing Library, English & Maths books/resources. This fee will be

expected to be paid prior to students borrowing Library, English & Maths books/resources in

2018. Students attending prior to 2017 will still be eligible to the refund under the previous

system.


STUDENT DRIVERS

Dear Parent/Guardian if your student is driving to school or is a passenger in a car being driven by another student, please ensure the following permission note has been completed and returned to Mrs Savins. Thank you.

EAST HILLS BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

LUCAS ROAD PANANIA N.S.W. 2213

Telephone: 9773 7806 Facsimile: 9792 3849 [email protected]

MOTOR VEHICLE CONSENT (Use of private motor vehicles by students to and from school)

CONDITIONS

i) The Principal’s consent must be gained before any student uses their motor vehicle to transport to

and from school.

ii) Cars can be driven to and from school by students only with written parental consent.

iii) Student drivers are expected to conform to the road rules at all times and to ensure that no more

passengers are carried than are provided for by fitted seat belts.

iv) No student may travel as a passenger in a car driven by another student to or from school without

written parental consent.

v) Students driving vehicles must hold a valid driver's license.

vi) Vehicles being driven by students must have current registration and current comprehensive and third party property insurance and have seat belts fitted for all passengers.

vii) Student drivers should not charge passengers a fare since this may invalidate their insurance policies.

1. DETAILS OF CAR TO BE USED:

Registration No: Expiry date: Colour: Make of Car:

Comprehensive third party Insurer: Expiry date: _

2. DRIVER CONSENT - STUDENT:

I hereby consent to my son/guardian (First Name): (Family Name): _

in Year 12 to be the driver of the above mentioned car to and from school in accordance with the conditions set out.

Parent's Signature: Date: _/ / _

3. PASSENGER CONSENT:

I hereby consent to my son (First Name): (Family Name):

in Year 12 to be driven by in Year 12 in the above mentioned car to and from school

in accordance with the conditions set out.

Parent's Signature: Date: _/ / _

4. PRINCIPALS APPROVAL: Date: / /



CHANGES TO OUR PAYMENT PROCESS

To provide a more efficient and secure payment system East Hills Boys High

School will implement an online payment system as at 17 February 2017, via a

secure payment page hosted by Westpac.

Payment can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard Credit card or debit

card, and can be made via computer, tablet or mobile phone.

The payment page is accessed from the front page of the schools website by

selecting the “$ MAKE A PAYMENT” icon. (see above)

Items that can be paid include school/subject contribution, excursions, sport,

creative and practical arts (ie band, drama or dance), miscellaneous sales to

students (ie calculator or printing etc). There is also a category called “Other”

this covers items not covered in the previous headings, Other can be used to

make a complete payment of a school invoice.

When you access the “$ MAKE A PAYMENT” icon you must enter:

The students name, class and reference number or

The students name and date of birth or

The Student Registration number and invoice number as listed on

statements sent periodically to families

THESE DETAILS ARE ENTERED EACH TIME YOU MAKE A PAYMENT AS

STUDENT INFORMATION IS NOT HELD WITHIN THE SECURE PAYMENT

SYSTEM

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your

credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner, these details are not

passed back to the school.

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

payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed &/or printed immediately.

Receipt numbers should be recorded on Fees/Excursion/Statement note and

returned to school asap as we need a signed permission note for your child to

participate in school activities or receive resources. Westpac passes daily

payment details to the school, however no further receipt is given by the school.

The example to the left displays the payment details page. Once you select the

“NEXT” icon you are moved to a secure payment page to enter your private

payment information.

East Hills Boys High School embracing the future. For further information

please contact our office.


There is an opportunity for casual or ongoing bookings of school facilities available for churches, community groups,

not for profit organisations and businesses at reasonable rates. Facilities available include the School Hall,

classrooms, sporting courts and ovals.

Enquiries: Lucas Rd, Panania 2213 Phone: 9773 7806 [email protected]

School Hall Facilities:

Dramas Large Stage

Musicals P.A. System

Concerts Projector

Meetings CD/DVD

Presentations Lectern

Networking Events Heating


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