Principals Report

Dates for Calendar

Year 10 Interviews

5 June

Zone Cross Country

Wednesday

7 June

Year 10 Interviews

Thursday

8 June

HSC Study Days @

Dubbo

8/9 June

Public Holiday

12 June

Riverina Drama

Camp

13/14/15 June

Riverina Opens Net-

ball

14 June

Riverina Cross

Country

16 June

Reports sent home

23 June

MURRUMBURRAH

HIGH SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL: JOHN

MCFADYEN

2 JUNE 2017 Week 6 —Term 2

Mercury Zone Cross Country Carnival

Good luck to those students who will be

participating in the zone cross country car-

nival to be held next Wednesday. Hopefully

we can get a number of students through

to participate in the Riverina Cross Coun-

try Carnival which will be held on Friday

16th June at Gundagai.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

From 2015, all Government and non-

Government schools across Australia are

required to participate annually in the Na-

tionally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability (NCCD).

All Australian schools will collect data on

their students who are receiving adjust-

ments to meet additional learning and sup-

port needs in accordance with their obliga-

tions under the Disability Discrimination

Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Edu-

cation 2005. This data will be provided to

the Australian Government to assist in the

development of a consistent, national pic-

ture of the education needs of students

with disability.

The data provided to the Australian Gov-

ernment by the NSW Department of Edu-

cation and Communities is provided in such

a way that it cannot be used to identify any

individual student or school.

General information about the national

data collection can be found on the Aus-

tralian Government Department of Educa-

tion and Training website at http://

education.gov.au/fact-sheets-nationally-

consistent-collection-data-school-students-

disability

If you have any questions about the data

collection please do not hesitate to contact

the school.

Year 11 Semester 1 reports

Half yearly reports for Year 11 students are

almost finished. These reports will be sent

home on Friday 23rd June. I would ask all

parents to read the teachers’ report com-

ments, and if improvement is recommend-

ed, to seek their teachers’ advice on how

this improvement can be achieved. If you

have concerns, please feel free to contact

the school and make an appointment to

speak to the appropriate teacher.

HSC Study Days

Next week our Year 12 students will travel

to Dubbo to participate in two intensive

days of workshops as part of the Western

Higher School Certificate Enrichment Semi-

nars. These seminars provide students with

the opportunity to supplement and enhance

current HSC preparation.

The workshops will cover all aspects of the

HSC syllabus. We hope that the skills and

knowledge that you gain from these semi-

nars proves valuable in the Higher School

Certificate Examination.

Enjoy.

John McFadyen

MHS School

Driver Training

Program

1 hour = 3 Log

book hours

Price = $10 per

1 hour lesson

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From the Prep Room Hi all, not a whole lot to report on from

our department this fortnight. I guess the

most exciting news was the arrival of a

whole batch of chemicals for doing really

cool experiments including – Elephants

toothpaste (the real McCoy) and coral

gardens, both visually exciting/stimulating

activities.

Stage 4 have finished their half yearly ex-

ams and will be studying Contact Forces

until the end of term. This is a pretty prac

heavy topic where students gain an under-

standing of forces such as friction and

ways to reduce it, buoyancy and surface

tension. I envisage some cool experiments

involving a bike and some frosty grass next

week, as well as the usual lab pracs meas-

uring frictional forces.

The photos show students producing a

range of different concentrations as part of

the previous Matter topic. Should be some

good photos from next weeks’ friction

trials.

Stage 5 have also completed their half

yearly exams and will be studying the first

of two Universe topics. This cosmic topic

sees the students studying ancient astron-

omy beliefs and understandings, astronom-

ical bodies, forms of astronomical data

collection and astrology (yer na will leave

that for the mystics).

While talking about Stage 5 it should be

mentioned that this cohort of students will

be the first to have the opportunity to

study 7 units of Science in their HSC (1

more than previously possible) in 2019.

They will also be the first to have the op-

portunity to undertake the new topic –

Investigating Science. This is NOT replac-

ing the Senior Science topic that is being

phased out at the end of 2018.

The Investigating Science topic is a great

initiative by NESA to extend NSW stu-

dents with a STEM focussed course that

aims to promote the connections between

science students in schools and higher

level education institutions (we have al-

ready been approached by a PHD student

from ANU wanting to work with our stu-

dents). Further information will be provid-

ed in the Subject Selection booklet pub-

lished later in the year or I’m happy to

field questions at any time.

The Senior Science students are still work-

ing their way through ‘Water for living’

with focus on completing their second

assessment task due next week.

The Chemists are studying Water - its

physical and chemical properties. The lat-

est experiment was very topical with con-

sideration to the temps of late – What %

of glycol (anti-freeze) is required in radia-

tors to prevent freezing.

Big shout out and thanks to Mrs Rowan

for the donations of old electronic equip-

ment for destruction/design investigations.

Oops nearly forgot – we had an incursion

by Mr George Heys a former Murrumbur-

rah Intermediate School Science teacher

(1962 – 64 I think) and Scientist into our

Stage 4 classroom. George entertained

the students with stories of his experienc-

es as a Science teacher and scientist. He

also brought in some science ‘toys’ and

resources for our use – legend, thanks

heaps George and please come back.

Keep moving, stay kinetic – keep warm.

Timothy Priest

Former student Reece Peterson building a

new BBQ area for the students to enjoy.

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160 trees donated by Bowning Land Care under the ’Greening the Grain Belt’ Pro-

ject have been planted within the school grounds this week.

50 egg laying pullets arrived this week from the Junee Hatchery. These will be for

sale early summer.

We have approximately 30 ewes lambing at the moment, and we have 11 lambs

already.

The school has acquired a new 6 month old steer named Boof (Belgium Sire

crossed with Black Baldie Dam) from Steve Nash at Boorowa.

The trees that were planted by students at the ‘Paddock to Plate’ in 2016 are thriv-

ing.

Agriculture

Stage 5 Drama has just completed their very first performance. We had performances

based on the idea that Disney not being just for children. The students involved were

Tara McGrath-West , Brooke Beeson , Deanna Minogue , Thomas Stone , Maria Raptis

and Emily Stanfield. A still image from Deanna and Tom’s performance based on Beauty

and the Beast. Thomas is an evil debate collector taking Belle’s books away. Well

Done!!!

Nicole Buttriss

Stage 5 Drama

The ladies in the stage 4 team had their first debate with Ardlethan Central. With witty

arguments and fantastic rebuttals we came out victorious! Well done Emily Hartwig,

Amity Sheargold (stand-in for Hayley Price) Amelia Leitner-Ford and team adviser

Grace Shorrock. Well Done Ladies!

Nicole Buttriss

Stage 4 Debate

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Event Year/Classes Activity Date Money / Note Due

Zone Cross Country Selected Students Wednesday 7 June Monday 5 June

SCI/AG Enrichment Selected Students Friday 23 June Monday 5 June

Riverina Opens Net-

ball @ Wagga

Selected Students Wednesday 14 June Thursday 8 June

9/10 Sci ANU Pro-

gram @MHS

Selected Students Thursday 22 June Thursday 15 June

What’s Happening

Reminder:

Parents if you wish

for your child to

leave early from

school, please

telephone the

Office on 6386

2755. The office

does not accept

text message on a

student’s phone.

Senior students,

need a warm, happy, quiet place to study?

want fast internet for your research?

work better with a study group?

Then late day library is the answer to your dreams. The library will be open from 3.30-

5.00pm Wednesday afternoons and, if interest is shown, on other afternoons as well.

Students, let your parents know where you are and what you are doing. Sign in

and sign out at the Front Office.

Absolutely restricted to school work - no study plan, no you!

Late Day Library

Year / Subject Assessment / Exam / Project Due Date

Year 7 & 8 Science Half Yearly Exam Week 7

Stage 5 History Empathy Assessment Task Week 10

Year 9 & 10 Science Half Yearly Exam Week 7

Stage 5 Crimes Research Assignment Week 7

Year 11 English Studies Editorial Assessment Task Week 10

Year 12 Food Tech Practical & Research Week 7

Year 11 Construction Cluster 2 Week 10

Year 11 M&E Cluster 2 Week 10

Year 12 G Maths Assessment Task 4 Week 10

What’s New & What’s Due

Students and Staff

raised over $200

for “herd of Hope’

Foundation.

PO Box 131

HARDEN NSW 2587

Phone: 02 6386 2755

Fax: 02 6386 3048

E-mail: murrumburr-

h@det.nsw.edu.au

MURRUMBURRAH

HIGH SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL: JOHN

MCFADYEN

We’re on the web http://www.murrumburr-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Preparing our students for tomorrow’s challenges through learning

LATE DAY LIBRARY

Parents & Caregivers, the opportunity to study after school in the

library is strictly for study purposes only. It is not an after school

care program nor is it a computer games or social hub. Students

must have a study plan, their workbooks and follow the

procedures for signing in and out. Thank you.