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Kiama High School Newsletter RESPECT · RESPONSIBILITY · EXCELLENCE Ph: 4232 1911 · e-mail: [email protected]

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RESPECT · RESPONSIBILITY · EXCELLENCE

Term 1 Week 6A

Monday 4 March 2019

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

We are always working toward improved communication and

maintaining a positive environment for students, staff and parents

at Kiama High School. The NSW Department of Education’s

School Community Charter outlines the responsibilities of

parents, carers, educators and school staff in NSW public

schools to ensure our learning environments are collaborative,

supportive and cohesive. Please see a copy of the document on

page nine and ten in this newsletter.

In order to learn more about what our school community wants, we are continuing to

implement the Tell Them From Me Survey in 2019. The student survey will run in

Term 1 from Weeks 7 to Week 11. The parent, teacher and optional second student

survey will run in Term 3.

I expected that someone would call me and let me know of the error I made in the

last newsletter. I did not complete the sentence about Raina Lawton. It should have

read that Raina, along with seven other students are currently completing their Gold

Duke of Edinburgh. This is certainly amazing and I thank the coordinators Kimberley

Cutting and Mitchell Grove for running the scheme.

Another way we encourage Excellence is to run our senior Striving for Excellence

Days at the Pavilion. Years 11 and 12 are provided with the opportunity to improve

their study skills, hear from faculty experts and learn up to date information about

transition to careers. Thanks to Judith McLaughlin for organising these valuable

days. I visited both sessions and was pleased to see students highly engaged in the

sessions.

Catherine Glover,

Principal

The next P & C Meeting is on Monday 11

March 2019, 6.30pm with guest speaker

from Youth Adolescent Mental Health

Services followed by the regular meeting

at 7.00pm.

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STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE DAY PICS

STUDENT INFORMATION UPDATE

IF YOU HAVE MOVED HOUSE, CHANGED

PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAIL ADDRESS

PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL




HIGH SCHOOL OPEN NIGHT YEAR 5 and 6

Kiama High School staff and students wish to extend an invitation to Years 5 and 6

students to the Open Night for 2019. Be entertained by the school band and vocal

group, enthralled by performances by buskers, fascinated by a science experiment,

tantalized by a cooking display and impressed by the quality of work that faculties

have on display. It is a great opportunity to wander the school grounds, experience

the facilities and meet staff and students.

WHO: Prospective students and parents/carers

WHEN: Thursday, 7 March, 6.15pm to 8pm

WHERE: KHS New Gym, followed by displays around the school

PARKING: Saddleback Mountain Road and staff car parks located at the

Shoalhaven Street entry to the school.

LIBRARY NEWS

Printing at Kiama High:-

If students wish to print at school they must "top up" their printing account by paying

the front office then taking the receipt to library staff. Printing costs 10c per page

B&W; 15c per page colour. Minimum $5.00 must be paid into printing accounts

initially. Payments can only be made before school, lunch and recess, not during

class times.

New KHS Library Catalogue Websites:-

Have a look at some fantastic websites we have recently added to the KHS

library catalogue:

The Orb - stunning multimedia resource - for Tasmanian Aboriginal history and

culture - highlights interconnections between Country, peoples, identity, culture

and today's communities. Classroom resources available for teachers.

https://www.theorb.tas.gov.au/

Years 5 and 6 Open Night, Thursday 7 March, 6:15pm to 8pm in the Gadhu (New Gym)

Be entertained, view displays, ask questions, meet the Principal, Year 7 Advisers & Teachers.


https://www.theorb.tas.gov.au/



Indigenous weather knowledge - Aus gov's Bureau of Meteorology has

collaborated with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples to formally

recognise and share their traditional weather and climate patterns knowledge.

http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/

Classroom Antarctica - online teaching units for Years 3-8 in key curriculum areas.

Associated content includes links to Australia's bases, news feeds and webcams.

https://classroom.antarctica.gov.au/

Virtual Reading Room - from National Archives of Australia, archival resources for

teachers and students, over 1 000 primary sources aligned to Australian

Curriculum history topics.

http://vrroom.naa.gov.au/

Mrs C Ellevsen, Librarian

YEAR 11 S&S ART WORKSHOP

On Monday 25 February the Year 11 Visual Arts students engaged in a full-day

incursion exploring new artmaking techniques. Run by Leona from S&S Art Supplies,

the sessions investigated new materials, mixed media techniques and high quality

papers. Students worked through a series of stations, creating Gelli-prints, charcoal,

graphite, Gel-pen and Copic Marker drawings and mixed media works.

This was a wonderful opportunity for the groups to explore new medias, extend their

material proficiency and begin brainstorming ideas for their major practical task this

term.

In Term One, students are asked to make a large-scale, mixed media work, inspired

by the artmaking of Australian artist, Margaret Woodward. We look forward to seeing

the work created by Year 11 and the way in which the S&S Art Workshop influences

their practice.

Ms Stehr

Head Teacher CAPA and LOTE


http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/

https://classroom.antarctica.gov.au/

http://vrroom.naa.gov.au/



Canteen News

The new menu and

pricelist for the Kiama

High School canteen is

attached at the end of this

newsletter.

CANTEEN ROSTER

CONGRATULATIONS TO 3 FORMER KHS STUDENTS

As students poured out of The Great Hall at the University of Sydney, few in the crowd would have realised three graduates were taking the final steps in a shared journey 20 years in the making. Kiama raised, Ann Lee, Gary Louie and Haisley Formosa, all completed Kindergarten through to Year 12 together, they were part of Kiama High School’s graduating class of 2011.

The trio then went on to complete undergraduate bachelor degrees in Sydney, before being accepted into medicine at the University of Sydney. In December they completed the four year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program, graduating as doctors.

“The three of us were friends from primary school through to high school, and it's been wonderful having each other over the last four years, and an honour to graduate alongside each other,” Miss Formosa said.

The three recently started their placements as junior doctors, which will be ongoing for the next two years.

Ann Lee, 25, has taken a position at Wollongong Hospital, which will see her make the move back to Kiama after seven years living in the city.

She said her fondest memories from school were from her senior years. “I was very lucky to have such a great group of friends and fantastic teachers. Everyone was really supportive and encouraging, and we just had a lot of fun too,” she said. “I loved living in Kiama and being able to head down to the beach or a mate’s place after school and on weekends.

“Medicine is really interesting and it’s amazing how by understanding the human body and various pathologies, you can manage and treat people and improve their lives so much. “I’m pretty interested in critical care and leaning more towards anaesthetics at this stage.”

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Gary Louie, 24, who is an intern at St George Hospital, shared Miss Lee’s sentiments, saying his fondest memories of high school were from his senior years.

“Of course, the Higher School Certificate is a difficult time for students, but it was rewarding to see all that hard work finally pay off,” he said. “It was made easier as there was a bit of friendly competition between the students to do well, as well as the support from the staff of Kiama High School.

Haisley Formosa, 25, will call the Central Coast home for the interim, recently commencing work at Gosford Hospital. She credited the Kiama teachers and a close-knit cohort with providing the platform to do her best in the HSC.

“I think we all took on the mentality that we learn best by teaching each other and so we fostered a great environment to learn and ask questions without being judged,” she said.

“Medicine is a career in which learning never stops, so I look forward to continuing my education, with the hopes of commencing the training pathway to become a general practitioner in the future,” she said.

AIME FESTIVAL OF MENTORING

On Monday ten Aboriginal students, from

across all years at Kiama High School,

attended a wonderful day of celebration

and fun at Wollongong University.

Aboriginal students from across the area danced and played percussion alongside mentors from across the world. They shared food and ideas. Students were inspired to create their own stories and will use film to capture these ideas. The day also was a way to teach International mentors how to work with young people.

Taylor-Lee Byrne, Year 12 really enjoyed

the day. She said that it was great to see how the program can impact everyone, not

just on us but globally. She loved being able to speak to people from all over the

world about their culture and to share Aboriginal culture with them.

WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE

Kiama High will again be shaving to raise money for leukaemia. Several students

have signed up to the school team and we are looking for more students who would

like to participate. Permission notes are required. Interested students should pick up

a note from Mrs Littrich in E1 and will then be signed up to Kiama High’s Team.

To sponsor, you can go to https://worldsgreatestshave.com/, look for the “Sponsor”

button and look for the Kiama High School Team.

The shave will take place Wednesday 13 March at lunch in the quad. Parents and

supporters are invited to attend.


https://worldsgreatestshave.com/



SYDNEY THUNDER MUTLICULTURAL CUP TEAM VISIT

Sydney Thunder Multicultural Cup team members Hameed Kherkah and Nazir Shinwari visited Kiama High this week. Over 70 interested students listened to Hameed and Nazir share their love of cricket and the impact cricket has had on their lives. They shared inspirational stories of their journey from Afghanistan to Australia to currently play for the Sydney Thunder Multicultural Cup team. The students asked questions of the players before heading to the oval to join the players in games of cricket. Thanks to past student Jenna Purcell, Participation Officer - Southern NSW/ACT (Wollongong) Cricket NSW, for the offer to present to our students.

VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Kiama High School played host to the Zone Volleyball Championships during Weeks

3 & 4. The round robin tournament saw some highly skilled and thrilling

performances. Many KHS students were lucky enough to watch some of the action

during their lunch break.

Only the top two ranked teams from the boys and girls division progress to the

Regional Finals. Congratulations to both the KHS Open Boys and Open Girls teams

for securing their place in this tournament to be held later in Term 1.




COMING EVENTS

Erse

WEEK 6A 2019

MONDAY 4/3

Yr12 Construction Workplacemt Week

Yr12 ES Snowy Hydro

TUESDAY 5/3

Yr12 ES Snowy Hydro

Zone Basketball Gala Day

WEDNESDAY 6/3

Yr11 Earth Science Field Trip

U/15 Cricket Hassett Cup

SC Rugby Union Trials THURSDAY 7/3

Yr7 Meet the Teacher BBQ

Open Night for Yr 5 & 6

Sydney Jewish Museum

Zone Volleyball

SC Coastal Hockey

FRIDAY 8/3

Girls Rugby Trials

Shellharbour International Women’s Day

Breakfast

WEEK 7B 2019

MONDAY 11/3

TUESDAY 12/3

Blue Scope International Women’s

Day Bruch

SCSSA Swimming

NSW CHSSA Girls Volleyball

WEDNESDAY 13/3

Shave For A Cure


SCSSA Swimming

THURSDAY 14/3

U/15 & Open Rugby League trials

Girls Football trials


FRIDAY 15/3

Boys Football trials



“Staying Connected When Emotions Run High”

A FREE intervention/workshop for families, carers and friends

Port Kembla Golf Club

Tuesday 12 March 930 – 330pm

Presented by: Dr Annemaree Bickerton (Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist) and

Toni Garretty (Team/Clinical Coordinator)

Family and Carer Mental Health Program, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

Proudly sponsored by Aftercare FACES

This workshop will be suitable for parents, spouses, partners, young carers (over 16yrs

if accompanied by an adult) grandparents, foster carers and friends who support

someone (over 12yrs – 100yrs) experiencing any or all of the following issues:

Has relationship difficulties

Demonstrates changing emotions and strong overwhelming feelings that

can make communication difficult

Sometimes behaves in a way that makes them a danger to themselves or

others

Diagnosis is not important as the frameworks and key relationship strategies should

be helpful for all attendees.

Places are limited so carers are asked to register with Aftercare FACES on 4229 7254

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