New Town High School

ISSUE: No. 11 …. Friday 29 July 2016

2016 CALENDAR TERM 3

4 August

Grade 8/9 Social

4 to 7 August

AFL Development Trip

9 August

Master Builders Talk

13 to 19 August

Ski Trip

15 to 19 August

Melbourne Schools Band Festival

26 August to 2 September

Grade 10 Exams

1 to 2 September

Grade 9 Peer Support Training

9 September

Grade 10 RYDA Excursion

15 September

Grade 10 Social

23 September

Final Day of Term 3

TERM 4

10 October

Term 4 commences

18 October

National Assessment Program -

Civic Citizenship Assessment

21 October

Professional Learning Day

27 to 28 November

Athletics Carnival

FROM THE PRINCIPAL The start of Term 3 sees us welcome several new staff members. Mrs Kate

Taylor joins us in the Drama area to replace Mr Soszynski who retired at the

end of Term 2. Mr Aaron Cairns will be teaching a .2 load of HPE each Tues-

day. Mr Rory Campbell will be teaching Music and Social Science for the re-

mainder of 2016 to replace Mr Sweeney who is on 12 months leave to take up

a teaching position in Vietnam. We also welcome Ms Anna Fitzgerald who will

be covering Mr Sheppard in HPE.. Ms Jill Burrill has been appointed as Assis-

tant Principal, and will work as our Literacy Support leader and with the Grade 7

Team. And finally Ms Jill Alexander has been appointed Assistant Principal of

Literacy at Ogilvie High School, beginning next week. Our school community would

like to acknowledge Jill’s high level of professionalism as Acting Assistant Principal

for significant periods of time, teacher of Social Sciences and as an outstanding

Grade Supervisor. We wish Jill the very best in her new role and feel sure she will

be highly successful.

Term 3 is very much the start of the business end of the year with a number of

significant events in place which set students up for a successful conclusion to the

year in Term 4. Our Parent Teacher Evening on Monday of this week saw a very

large number of parents take the opportunity to discuss progress to date, and to

look at the all-important future focus areas for the next two terms. The Parent

Information session which followed, attracted a smaller number of parents seeking

additional detail with regards to courses on offer for 2017, some of which are

being offered for the first time. Other key events which are on the radar for Term

3 include preliminary enrolments for Year 11 at EC (17 and 18 August), Grade

10 Exam Week starting on Friday 26 August, Peer Support Training for Grade 9

(1 and 2 September) and the RYDA Road Safety excursion (9 September) for

Grade 10’s. As always this term promises to be a busy one.

This week our school also hosted the launch of White Ribbon Day by the Premier,

The Honourable Will Hodgman MP and the Commissioner of Police, Mr Darren

Hine. Our Prefect Board as usual played a key role in welcoming our guests and

hosting the event. Today saw the completion of our whole school Swimming Car-

nival with the results announced at the end of today, technology permitting.

Finally, I would like to welcome Mr Szczerbanik back to

our school after an extended absence for the last ten

weeks while he has filled the position of Principal Network

Leader.

Ian Cordwell

Acting Principal

GRADE 7 NEWS Welcome back to Term 3! This term the Grade 7’s

are busy deciding on their optional subjects for Grade

8. Boys have all now had a taste of many of the dif-

ferent subjects we offer at New Town High, and next

year they have the opportunity to choose a number

of optional subjects which cater to their interests.

Students have three weeks to decide and we encour-

age parents to talk about the options with their sons.

Every day we are delighted by how very well present-

ed our Grade is. New Town High boys always wear

their uniforms with pride and the Grade 7’s have very

quickly taken this on board. The weather continues

to be cool and windy, and we encourage all boys to

rug up by wearing their blue woollen jumper and

spray jacket on formal days, and their rugby jumper

and spray jacket on sports days. Today our boys had

their first real taste of a New Town High Swimming

Carnival. It was a fantastic day of competition, PB’s

and House spirit!

Sara Mulholland & Ashley Jubb

Grade 7 Supervisors

GRADE 8 NEWS Stay tuned for a bumper issue next fortnight!

GRADE 9 NEWS Aspire Connect Achieve

Welcome Back to Term 3

This term will be a busy one for the Grade 9 boys.

We start off with the Grade 8/9 Social to be held

on 4 August, 2016. This Social is an invitation only

event. Your son/student will be issued a ticket if he

has earnt the privilege of participating in this reward

evening.

The Swimming Carnival was held today. Mr New-

bold and Ms Alexander are pleased to see the Grade

9 boys dominate in every race on the day. All boys

were encouraged to enter in competitive and wading

races. This grade has always had a strong tradition

and a long standing philosophy that all boys either

compete or support their Grade 9 peers and House

colleagues on the day.

All Grade 9 boys will participate in the Peer Support

Training Days on 1 & 2 September, 2016. The

boys are already asking about how they can contin-

ue to improve their selection candidacy for the

2017 leadership roles.

Sports News

Congratulations to Finlay Semmens, 9J2, who will

be participating in the Victorian Schools Épée

Titles on the mainland. Best of luck!

Braydon Blackaby, 9J1 and Thomas Barker,

9H2 are competing in the Amateur Boxing Tour-

nament at the Brighton Civic Centre on Saturday,

30 July, 2016. We wish them well!

Fundraiser:

Riley Thurstans, 9J1, is travelling to China to

compete at the World Rock Climbing Champi-

onships. Please come along and test your general

knowledge skills against the New Town High

Teachers team, led by Mr Shaun Newbold, Grade

9 Coordinator.

Shaun Newbold & Jill Alexander

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GRADE 10 NEWS Welcome back to Term 3 to all students and staff. We

welcome the following Home Group teachers to our

staff for Term 3: Ms Toni-Anne Carroll 10H2, Ms An-

na Fitzgerald 10E2, and Ms Kate Taylor 10H1.

We also welcome new student Yan Yang, to our school.

Yan Yang comes from China and joins 10J2.

New Town High School is extremely lucky to have Ms

Jill Burrill joining our staff. Ms Burrill is the Assistant

Principal Grade 7/Literacy.

We have some exciting events to look forward to in

Term 3:

Week 3 & 4: Elizabeth College staff visits to interview

all boys in Grade 10

Week 6: Grade 10 Exams

Week 8: Ryder Day

Week 9: Grade 10 Social with Ogilvie

We are in the second week of the term but already Pre-

fects and House Captains have been involved in assisting

with some important events held at the school. In par-

ticular, we commend their assistance at the government

launch of White Ribbon Day, Thursday, 28 July – certain-

ly a worthy and important program for the community.

We congratulate Nicholas Baker, 10D

2, who represented the state at the

recent U15 National Australian Rules

Championships, held in Queensland.

Nicholas was the Vice-Captain of this

team – well done, Nicholas!

Congratulations also to Lochlan

Bromfield, 10H1, who was placed

second in the recent State Secondary

Schools Cross Country Champion-

ships – another fine effort by Loch-

lan!

While Term 3 traditionally has cold weather and with

few breaks in the calendar, it is an extremely important

term for all Grade 10 students. Boys will be seriously

considering important issues for their future regarding

college courses, while also preparing for their exams mid

-term. Boys have made a positive and settled start to the

term and we look forward to sharing and enjoying with

them their final ‘Term 3’ at New Town High School.

Leone Lamont & Andrew Harrison

Grade 10 Supervisors

9/10 WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

CLASS REPORT On Tuesday 26 July, the Writers’ Workshop class

had our school page published in the Mercury. The

page promoted New Town High by featuring articles

on our school’s Athlete Development Program sub-

jects and the recent administration area redevelop-

ment.

The ADP article was written by Ruben Carlsson,

10D2, and the accompanying vox pop was conduct-

ed by Jack Rose, 10E1. The article about our new

office area was written collaboratively by Bradley

Cobern, 10J2 and Zeke Kendrick, 10E1. The be-

hind the scenes work was also done by our advertis-

ing team: salesman Ruben Carlsson, 10D2 and

graphic designer Jack Rose, 10E1.

The class would like to thank all of the businesses

who purchased an advert on the page: The Hobart

Book Shop, Iris Computing, Bay Physio, Total Turf

Care, New Town Plaza, MSP Photography, Van Die-

man Diamond and Coder College. Without the sup-

port of these businesses, our Mercury school page

would not have been possible.

We urge all members of the NTHS school commu-

nity to return the favour and support these busi-

nesses wherever possible. Even a gesture such as

visiting their website and/or ‘liking’ their Facebook

pages would help to indicate our school communi-

ty’s appreciation of their support.

If you missed this edition of the newspaper, all

school pages are accessible online at the

‘Newspapers in Education’ section of the Mercury’s

website: www.mercurynie.com.au.

I look forward to sharing more success from the

wonderful student authors, poets and journalists in

the 9/10 Writers’ Workshop class in future newslet-

ters over the remainder of the year.

Mr Daniel Howard

9/10 Writers’ Workshop Teacher

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2017 COURSE SELECTION It is time for students and families to discuss course

options for 2017.

Where do I find the information: Visit the school

intranet and under the link for Parents or Students you

can access the course selection booklets for Grade 8,

Grades 9 & 10. There is also a link under the Student

menu for “Course Selection 2017” which will take you

to the online system that we use for students to enter

in their preferences.

Why do I need a password? Each student has a

unique access code and password and there are includ-

ed in a letter given to students this week.

How many subjects do I need to choose? Students

can select year long courses, ½ year courses or a blend

of year and ½ year. We request students also choose

additional courses as a back-up should your chosen

course(s) not be available due to over/under subscribed

or timetable clashes.

What next? Print off the subject selection receipt

form and ensure the receipt has a parent/guardian

signature.

Return the receipt to school office by:

Grade 8 16 August 2016

Grades 9 &10 23 August 2016

UNIVERSITY OPEN DAY

SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2016 The University Open Day is an wonderful opportunity

for students and parents to visit the Hobart University

and explore the variety of educational pathways your

son may wish to consider in the future. The infor-

mation is often very hands-on and is delivered by cur-

rent students at the university who connect really well

with young people.

For further information visit: www.utas.edu/

open day

PARENT- TEACHER EVENING The Parent-teacher evening held on Monday 25 July was

very successful with over 450 interviews conducted on

the night. Parents who were unable to attend or make

a specific booking are encouraged to make contact with

the school office and organise a time with teaching staff

to discuss your son’s progress to date.

We thank

Our School Prefects for greeting and guiding parents

to appointments;

Parents for attending and showing an interest in

your son’s educational progress;

Teaching Staff for preparing for interviews and see-

ing parents on Monday plus many additional inter-

views on subsequent days.

GRADE 10 EXAMINATION WEEK Year 10 students will sit formal examinations com-

mencing on 26 August and concluding at 3pm Friday

2 September. Parents and students can view the Ex-

amination Timetable on the school intranet under the

links for Parents and Students.

What should I do if I have 2 examinations on

at the same time? See Mrs Isles or Mr Pratap and

one exam will be rescheduled.

What if I know I will be absent during the ex-

amination week? See Mrs Isles or Mr Pratap and

your exams will be rescheduled upon your return to

school.

Sally Isles

Assistant Principal

ARTS LEARNING AREA

AS AN OPTION FOR YOUR SON IN

2017 – SOME THOUGHTS As I briefly discussed in the last newsletter, it is time

for your son to make choices for his subjects in 2017.

When boys choose subjects they need to consider

not only the practical nature of the choices they

make as it relates to their skill sets, but also how

those subjects relate to their continued enjoyment of

education at New Town High. It is essential that

your son feels happy to come to school and feel posi-

tive about his learning. In this way he can cope with

aspects of his education that at times, he may find

challenging. Remember “Learning” is what we send

our children to school for!

The positive aspects in your son’s attitude to learning

are driven by his genuine enjoyment of a learning area

and his relationships with teachers he feels comforta-

ble with and can relate to. Arts learning areas of Mu-

sic, Speech and Drama and Visual Art are not only a

great way to balance out your sons’ timetable against

more academic subjects with their highly regulated

and prescribed curriculums, but also a genuinely great

way of developing original and creative thinking. For

example, it is a well-known fact that studying Music

improves Mathematical understandings and that stud-

ying Arts subjects helps the right brain hemisphere to

develop empathy. The right brain hemisphere is re-

sponsible for humane qualities such as being able to

appreciate other people’s feelings (including your

own and animals!) and therefore being able to live

with, work with and or manage people with love, un-

derstanding, respect and consideration. Very im-

portant life relationship skills, indeed! Enough of the

popular psychology!

Sometimes students are afraid to participate in Arts sub-

jects because they see themselves as ‘not talented”. Every-

one makes Art. Young children make Visual Art, act out

dramas, dance and make music without feeling self-

conscious. Small children simply “do it”! Art is directly

part of what makes us human. All boys can make Art and

participate in all Arts learning areas, provided they are will-

ing to genuinely involve themselves in Arts programs, how-

ever, learning skills takes time and those boys who follow

Arts subjects through from junior to senior high school

tend to generally perform at a higher achievement level

and become more confident with processes.

Arts at New Town High have been developed and taught

by a skilled and dedicated staff for many years. We are

proud of our achievements and continue to look at ways

of improving our Arts programs in order to continue to

provide your son with a great education. We would like

you to seriously consider an Arts subject as an option for

your son in 2017.

Please note that Design in Graphic Art and Design

Graphics are not the same subject and sometimes boys

and parents get the two subject areas mixed up. Be aware

that Design Graphics is an MDT subject that uses com-

puter Aided Design (CAD) to make images of a technical

nature – like Technical Drawing (car and engine parts,

house designs etc…), but in 3D. Design in Graphic Art

is an Arts subject where boys use Photoshop to create

Graphic Designs. Graphic Designers make advertise-

ments, illustrate comics and children’s books, design cata-

logues and magazines, billboard posters, CD covers and

Fashion Products etc…

Finally, please feel free to contact our Arts team if you re-

quire further information about an Arts subject, thank you

and good luck with your son’s subject choices for 2017.

Peter Young

HOD - ARTS

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Students from the Law School, University of Tasmania,

have designed a leadership and law awareness session for

young people and New Town High has been selected as

the school to pilot this initiative. Our Year 10 student

leadership team thoroughly enjoyed the interactive and

informative session recently and in early August some of

our Year 9 students will be offered the opportunity to fur-

ther develop and hone their leadership skills.

NEWS FROM FOOD STUDIES

Welcome to Ms Mary Williams and Ms Kellie-

Anne Anderson who will be taking Mrs Weitnau-

er’s Food Studies classes whilst she is on Long Ser-

vice Leave, travelling in Korea and Japan for the next

five weeks. Welcome back to Mrs Julie Creed who

has returned from a short holiday and thanks goes to

Ms Kate Taylor for teaching her classes. The team

in Food Studies are looking forward to a busy Term

3.

The senior students are busy preparing for their ex-

ams in Food Studies and taking extra care in the pro-

duction and presentation of their recipes. A practical

exam will be held following the theory exam schedule

upon Mrs Weitnauer’s return to school and the prac-

tical exam will be held in the second week of Septem-

ber. This term the theme for the Senior Food Studies

is “Bush Tucker”. Last week the boys had the oppor-

tunity to crack fresh macadamia nuts and show their

skill as master nutcrackers!!! We had a lot of fun in

the class with this challenge!

The Grade 8 classes are focussing on creating food

design challenges, making a Parfait in the coming

weeks. We welcome the second group of Grade 7

classes to their first Semester in this optional class of

Food Studies. Grade 71, 72 73 and 74 have made a

great start, making a tasty Fruit Salad this week. As

the students grow in confidence more detailed reci-

pes will be taught. All school recipes are available on

the Fronter site. Please ask your son what he has

been up to in Food Studies.

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UPDATED UNIFORM PRICE LIST

ORDER FORM FOR 2016

Please note that most of these uniform items have been reduced.

PARENT NAME: _____________________________ PHONE No: _________________

STUDENT NAME: ___________________________

ITEM COLOUR SIZE PRICE NO: TOTAL

FORMAL UNIFORM

Shirt, short sleeve Blue 8 –30 32

22.00

Shorts Grey 8 - 14 38.00

XS – 4XL

Trousers Grey 8 - 14 45.00

XS – 5XL

Woollen Jumper Navy 12 - 18 80.00

with school logo 20 – 24 26 - 32

SPORTS UNIFORM

Polo Shirt Yellow/blue 3XS – 4XL 28.00

Rugby Jumper Navy/gold trim 3XS - 3XL 50.00

Shorts Navy and yellow

stripe

8 – 3XL 30.00

Track Pants Navy/ 10 – 6XL 55.00

Yellow stripe

Spray Jacket Navy/

yellow stripe 14 – 3XL 80.00

OTHER ITEMS

Bucket Hats Navy/Gold 6.50

Caps Navy 5.00

School Bag with logo Navy Back pack 60.00

Tie Navy/yellow 20.00

Total : $__________

HOW TO ORDER UNIFORMS

IN 2016

Due to the limited times to purchase uniform our preferred option is via phone orders, or fill-

ing out the order form, send it to school either via your son or through the post to PO Box

428 MOONAH 7009 or email new.town.high@education.tas.gov.au. Enclose your credit card

details or a cheque for payment.

Allowing 24 hours for the order to be filled and we will send the uniforms home with your son

and the receipt will be enclosed.

The Uniform Shop is open on Tuesdays from 8.15am to 9.15am and Wednesday from

2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Thank you

PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD

Date

Student Name: ________________________________ Home Group: ___________

Credit Card Numbers

Exp Date CSC/CVN

Number

_____________________________________________________________________

Full Name on Credit Card

Visa Master Card

Qty Description Dollars Cents

Total

New Town High School

6 Midwood Street, New Town, TAS 7008

Phone: 6278 0400

Absence Line: 6278 0499

Fax: 6278 1717

E-mail: new.town.high@education.tas.gov.au

Web: http://newtownhighschooltas.org

https://www.facebook.com/NTHSTasmania

WORLD CHALLENGE FUNDRAISER

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

There are only four Entertainment Books left in

stock. These are to raise money for the community

project phase for the 2017 World Challenge Trip to

Nepal. Please encourage your friends to also pur-

chase from New Town High to help the fundraising.

Thanks for your support!

Nathan Heidenreich

World Challenge

PLAY CLUB WATER POLO The University Honey Badgers are welcoming

new members for the upcoming 2016/17 wa-

ter polo season for all age groups. All games

run on a Friday night and training will run

from 7.30pm on Tuesdays. All games and

training will be at the Hobart Aquatic Centre,

beginning August 16.

Any enquiries, please let Tom Reale know by

email at tom.reale@shc.tas.edu.au