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Esperance Senior High School90719 555

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Special dates to remember

Monday 5th JuneWestern Australia Day Holiday

Tuesday 6th JuneMeningococcal immunisation

Wednesday - 14th JuneYear 8 immunisation

Tuesday 20th JuneInterschool Swimming Carnival

Thursday 22nd JuneMeningococcal immunisation

Monday 26th June - Friday 30th June

Country Week

Friday 30th JuneLast day of Term 2

Tuesday 18th JulyFirst day of Term 3 for students

Week 6, Term 2 2017FAREWELLThis week is the last week Clontarf staff member, Ray Davis, will be working at the high school after nearly ten years of dedicated and outstanding service to the South East Academy (Clontarf) program for Aboriginal boys. Ray began his association with Clontarf at Nulsen Primary School in 2007 has been at Esperance Senior High School (and Nulsen Primary School) from 2008 through to this year. Ray’s contribution to the welfare of the Aboriginal boys and the Clontarf program in general is acknowledged and very much appreciated throughout the school community.

Ray will still be a presence in the school system, continuing his work with Nulsen students on a part-time basis, so we look forward to seeing him around the high school periodically. Meanwhile, we wish Ray all the best for his (part-time) retirement. Thank you, Ray for all you have done this past decade for our Clontarf students.

WELCOMEWe would like to welcome Martine Deschenes to our school. Martine is our new Education Assistant (Literacy and Numeracy) and will be working with the year 7-9 students in the Literacy and Numeracy support program.

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESSThe Student Council organised a Mental Health awareness day last Friday, May 26th and set up information stalls at the Junior Campus and the quadrangle during recess and lunchtimes. People from BOICO attended during this time to help raise awareness of this cause across the school.

Our school psychologist, Kathryn, was also in attendance to provide information to students.

The Student Councillors also organised a Casual Dress day on this day and raised $300 for Lifeline.

WA YOUTH CATTLE HANDLERS CAMP - BRUNSWICKA group of farm students recently returned from the WA Youth Cattle Handlers Camp in Brunswick where there was a total of 90 participants from across the State. Nine of our students competed in this three day program which was fi lled with a wide range of activities, including preparing cattle for show, handling and judging.

The focus of the hands-on camp was on learning safe, low stress cattle handling and leading techniques, how to wash, brush, blow dry and clip cattle, as well as judging, learning about structural correctness in beef and dairy, and practising public speaking.

Five students were all successful in gaining the following places:-Brayden Kulker - 2nd in junior parading (sub-intermediate) - Year 10Aiden Plumb - 4th in junior parading (sub-intermediate) - Year 10Jayden LaTouche - 2nd in junior parading (intermediate) - Year 10Scott Hessey - 4th in junior parading (experienced) - Year 12Jayden La Touche - received the Outback Award for Intermediate - Year 10Jemma Anthony - placed in the top 10 for junior judging – Year 11

Well done, students and a big thank you to Emily McDonald, Mick Harris and Jan O’Connell for all their hard work that went into providing a great experience for our students so they could attend this event and further develop their skills.

THE F1 CHALLENGEThis term Mr Bezuidenhout’s year 10 Technical Graphics students carried out a task based on the ‘F1 in Schools’ competition. ‘F1 in Schools’ is an international STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) competition which requires students to design and manufacture a miniature car to specifi c guidelines.

The Problem: Students were required to design a 1:20 scale race car out of balsa and ABS plastic and race it along a 20 metre drag strip. There were very specifi c rules and regulations which had to be adhered to throughout the design and construction process, making the task very technical; for example: minimum car weight of 46g, nose cone size guidelines, and CO2 cartridge positioning and size, to name a few.

As a class, students were required to test the speed of the cars and the best reaction time for each student.

Below are the results of the fi rst ever F1 challenge at ESHS: Fastest Car: 1st place: Mitchell Fogarty (1.225 Sec) 2nd place: Anna Reynolds (1.288 Sec) 3rd place: Ruary Moir (1.379 Sec)

Fastest Reaction Time:1st place: Isaac Wessling (0.174 sec)2nd place: Neil Jan (0.196 sec)3rd place: Zachariah Grant (0.207 sec)

Jemma Anthony

Representatives from ESHS and other competing schools

Where to from here? As an outcome of the race, students will now evaluate their car’s performance and make developments and improvements. The class average weight of the cars was 72g and this can be reduced to a minimum of 46g, so there is still a challenge to undertake.

Students have done really well for their fi rst time - congratulations to all participants and Mr Bezuidenhout for his inspiration and guidance.

TOURNAMENT OF MINDS (TOM)A group of students interested in being part of TOM this year are currently participating in skill-building (extending their repertoire of thinking and performing strategies) in preparation for TOM next term. The fi nal two TOM teams will be announced in week 10.

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SESSIONSUniversty information sessions are valuable if your child is considering attending university next year. You can fi nd out from the visiting university staff information on topics like alternative entry pathways, how much it will cost to attend university and what to expect.

The information night will be held in the ESHS Library on Wednesday, 14th June, commencing at 6pm. Alternatively, if you are unable to attend this session, then you are more than welcome to sit in on the talks that will be held in the Library for the year 11 and 12 students on Thursday, 15th June from 11:45am, or during the talk for the year 10 ATAR aspirant students later that day at 1:40pm.

If you have any queries, you can contact Geoff Poole on 9071 9555 or Julie Langmead (Future Students Advisor at Curtin University) on 0401 103604. See the attached brochure for further information.

SEMESTER 1 REPORTSEsperance Senior High School will be once again emailing the Semester 1 reports. Please ensure your email address is correct to ensure that you receive a copy of your child/children’s report. If your child is in Lower School (years 7-10), the reports will be emailed on Friday, 23rd June; and the Upper School reports will be emailed on Thursday, 15th June.

RESILIENCY COMMITTEEThis article continues the focus on the topic of bullying with excerpts from A Girl’s Education and Prevention Booklet – Bullying. So Not OK. This is a Supre Foundation and Headspace initiative written by the Telethon Kids Institute.

What is Bullying?Bullying is an intentional and repeated behaviour; it’s not accidental. It may be physical, verbal, and/or psychological and occurs where there is intent to cause fear, distress or harm to another. It is conducted by a more powerful person or group against a less powerful person or group of people who are unable to stop this from happening.Types of BullyingBullying can happen in different ways including direct and covert or hidden behaviours. A person might bully using: Direct: Face-to-face bullying. Young people tell us this is:

• Actions like name-calling, teasing and insulting others• Physical actions such as punching or kicking.

Covert: ‘Hidden’ bullying. Young people tell us this is:• ‘Stuff’ behind your back• Rumours, lies and gossip• A secret way to make you feel bad and/or left out• Just as painful• Not easily seen by others.

Cyberbullying: is also hidden bullying. Young people tell us this:• Happens through electronic communication including mobile phones and the Internet, like

text messages, websites, social networking sites and apps, emails, chat rooms or forums and instant messages

• Can be anonymous, reach a wide audience, and sent or uploaded material can be diffi cult to remove.

What is the most common type of bullying to watch out for?Nasty teasing and name-calling are the most common bullying behaviours experienced by young people, followed by having hurtful lies told about them.

Do different people bully online to those who bully offl ine?Most people who cyberbully also bully offl ine. People who decide to bully others will use different ways to gain the power they want over another person.

If any parents or carers need support on dealing with this topic, come and see us at Student Services. The school responds quickly to any reports of bullying and appreciates working with parents to help students resolve the situation through many strategies, including Restorative Justice processes.From Chris, the School Chaplain

2018 EVENT PLANNERS FROM CLASSROOM CALENDARSThe school event planner for next year is underway and we would love to offer our school community the opportunity to advertise their businesses.

If you would like to be part of this calendar and advertise your business, which will also help the school, please contact Classroom Calendars on 1300 987650.

LANGUAGES PERFECT WORLD SERIES 2017 The Languages Perfect World series is an annual competition that takes place online through the Education Perfect Platform. Each year, students from over 20 countries have 10 days to score as many points as possible by completing tasks in a variety of languages.

This year 116 students currently studying French at ESHS took part in the Languages competition. They completed 137,061 questions in eight different languages in about 253 hours and gathered 67,031 points.

As a result, Esperance Senior High School was ranked: 322nd overall globally out of 1302 schools compared to 688th in 2016.

The school achieved:29th overall in WA out of 141 schools compared to 70th in 20167th in WA out of 48 schools for the 101-250 students’ category compared to 26th in 201620th for French in WA out of 128 schools compared to 37th in 2016Sixteen students scored 500 points, nine students obtained 1000 points, two students earned 2000 points, and four students reached gold with 3000 points.

Year 8 student Ari SMALLMAN was ranked globally in the top 1% and collected one of the rare ELITE awards.

Congratulations to all participants and French Teacher Mlle Talelo Donjio who now have their sights set on the 2018 World Series!

Ari Smallman - Ranked in the top 1% globally

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONThe Annual Australian Mathematics Competition was introduced in Australia in 1978. Over 40 countries take part throughout the Pacifi c and South East Asia, and some from even further away! The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking and will challenge gifted maths students. The Competition takes place on Thursday 27th of July. If students would like to participate, please sign up on the sheet outside the maths offi ce or see your Maths teacher by Wednesday June 7th.

COUNTRY WEEK This year there are 138 students and 15 staff attending Country Week. Students are currently busy training for the competition in Perth, to be held during week 10. Sports that the students will be involved in include: AFL football, touch rugby, volleyball, basketball, hockey, netball, soccer and dance. Thank you to all the coaches and the students who are training hard for this event.

If your child is attending Country Week, can parents please ensure that all medical forms are to be completed and returned as soon as possible. These are required before the team leaves Esperance.

HARRY POTTER’S WEEKThe very creative ‘Lovely Library Ladies’ have been busy celebrating Harry Potter Week in the Library along with avid fans, as Mrs Duffy’s account of events below indicates.

It is 20 years since the publication of JK Rowling’s fi rst Harry Potter book, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. The books have been an important part of many people’s lives and we are keen to promote them to a whole new group of readers.

Library ladies Jenny Bingham and Janet Graham have produced their best display ever. A constant stream of visitors has come to the library to see our fabulous library display. The display features ‘The Mirror of Erised’, fl oating candles, a Marauder’s Map, potions, broomstick, Cornish pixies and a ‘Monster Book of Monsters’. The library has the complete collection of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books. We have added beautifully illustrated editions of the fi rst two books in the series. We will add to the illustrated editions as they are published.

Students have tested their Harry Potter knowledge by joining in with the form class quiz each day. At the end of the week we had four form classes tied for fi rst place and had to determine a winner with a ‘sudden death’ quiz between the top forms. The eventual winning form was D03, thanks to Chaiyya Cooper’s vast knowledge of this subject. The prize for the winning form was an amazing goodie bag for each student. The bag included a bookmark, a badge, a golden snitch chocolate, a chocolate frog with a collector’s card and some Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans (beware students, there are some ‘interesting’ fl avoured beans included!).

The Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt was great fun for students. They had to solve clues and collect Harry Potter themed items throughout the school at lunchtime. Items to collect included a wand from Ollivander Lovejoy, a feather from Professor McGonagall (Mrs Reid), a bezoar from potions teacher Professor Horace Slughorn (Mr Kruger) and a Hogwarts house tie from Mrs Cassam. The winners of the hunt were Chaiyya Cooper and Jayde Hockley.

Many thanks to everyone who joined in and helped out at different times of the week.From Mrs Hillary Duffy: Esperance SHS Library – We love to read!Harry Potter ‘s Literary Terms Board

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THE P&C UPDATEPlease see the fl yer by the P&C secretary, Jo Niesler, attached to this newsletter and meet more of the P&C Executive members.

CANTEEN UPDATEThank you to all online customers. If you want to know your child is eating healthy food instead of junk food, go online and order in three easy steps. When you order online, you can order anything on the menu any day of the week. The Canteen opens at 8am so if you want your child to order, they can also see me, Helen, at the canteen before school.

Please note that unless I receive notifi cation from a parent I cannot give credit to any student. Thank you.From Helen, Canteen Manager and the canteen team

Exciting things are happening at Esperance Senior High School, not least of which is the week-long dedication to all things Harry Potter in the library. Once again, the creative and inspired ladies in the library have used their flair to create an exciting environment for our students. We also have students training in preparation for Country Week; a thrilling week in which students get to test their skills while competing against other schools in a wide variety of sports. Our classrooms have also been filled to the brim with lots of fun and educative activities. Reward Session for Legend Nominations At Esperance Senior High School, we love to recognise and reward students who do their personal best in the classroom, and who are uplifting and positive members of the school community. We look out for opportunities to congratulate those students with mini merits and various reward sessions. In the next two weeks I will be asking teachers to nominate year 8 students who have consistently been classroom and community legends this semester. Students with the most nominations will be invited to spend an afternoon chilling out with their peers, watching a film and sharing in yummy food. While it is unfortunate that only a certain number of students can be invited to attend the session, all students who are nominated will receive notification of their nominations with their reports. This is a wonderful opportunity for the students and their parents and carers to recognise and celebrate the strengths and attributes that those students bring to the school community and their own learning. Reports Students are busy completing tasks, and teachers are busy marking and preparing for reporting. The Lower School reports for Semester One are scheduled to be emailed home in week 9 of this term. When you receive your child’s report, you can contact teachers if you would like to make an appointment to see them. Teachers will also indicate on the report if they would like to meet with parents and carers. School reports are a fundamental means of informing parents and carers how students are performing in their classes, and it also provides a perfect opportunity for guardians to discuss progress with their children and to get them to reflect honestly and to set personal goals. Learning the Skill of Goal Setting Goal setting is an important skill for all children to adopt, and teaching them how to set goals is vital for effective adoption. A good place to start teaching this skill is to ask a child to reflect on something specific so they can determine what they would like to improve. After reflection, they should set a clear, explicit and achievable goal. The goal should have an achievement date, and children should be able to articulate determining factors that will tell them whether or not the goal has been achieved. This can then be followed by writing down intermediate steps that will be taken in order to achieve the goal. A simple example might be spelling new content-related words in English:

1. Reflection on English: I am pretty good at understanding concepts in English and applying them, but I do find that I struggle with some spelling. I can spell simple and commonly used words, but I often get new terminology that is content-specific wrong. Examples of this are words like ‘juxtaposition’ and ‘repetition’. I lose marks in my assessments for incorrect spelling. I would like to improve that.

2. Explicit goal: In my next assessment, that is due in week 5, I want to have spelt all of the new English terminology I will learn before then correctly.

3. How I will determine my goal achievement: My teacher indicates when I have misspelt a term by circling it, so when I get my next assessment back, none of the new terminology will be circled.

4. How I will achieve my goal: A. When my teacher introduces a new term, if it is not already written down, I will ask him or her to write it on

the board so I can copy it. B. I will keep a book for spelling words at home, and at the end of each day, I will add any new words I have

learnt in English to my list. C. I will set twenty minutes aside each Thursday to practise my words using look, cover, write, check. D. I will ask Dad to set aside twenty minutes each Saturday to verbally test my spelling of the words in my list.

Apart from being a fundamental skill for adulthood, goal setting and goal attainment can be a wonderful means to recognising and celebrating a child’s achievement, and the intrinsic satisfaction and joy they will feel will, in turn, encourage further goal setting and achievement.

Homework Options For many years, the value of setting homework for students has been a popular topic in education as well as in homes. While some families and educators believe that regular homework is academically and personally valuable for students, there are others who argue that this value is questionable. While there are sound arguments and ideas on both sides, introducing regular study schedules in lower school can assist students to adapt to study demands in upper school, and in higher education if that is the pathway a student chooses, with greater ease. From my discussion with parents and carers, I understand that it can be difficult for students who are seeking to adopt a regular study schedule to do so in lower school. The fact that students have many teachers in high school means that it is impossible to ensure a constant and even flow of set homework. I have attached a homework grid to this newsletter that students can use if they are seeking a regular study schedule. When students don’t have set homework to complete, they can select an activity from the grid to complete in their allotted study time. Parents can sign the grid for each activity a student completes, and in the last week of term, students can bring their grids in to me so the extra time they are putting into their education can also be recognised at school. If you like the idea of the homework grid and would like me to continue making them available for students in the future, please email me at jodie.falconbridge@education.wa.edu.au to let me know. If you have any ideas to improve them or to improve the process, please also share them with me. The attached grid has ten activities which is enough for two activities per week before the end of term. This can be increased to three activities per week in the next grid if there is sufficient interest.

Year 8 Homework Grid: Term 2

When you don’t have homework to complete from your class teachers, you can select an activity from this grid to complete during your scheduled study time. Once you have completed an activity, share it with your guardians and ask them to sign and date the square. Hand your homework grid in to me before Wednesday in week 10 so it can go into a draw. You do not have to have completed all tasks to go into the draw.

1 Create a spelling list of terms that you have learnt in your Science class so far this term. Practise spelling them, and then ask your guardians to test you on them. Sign and date:

2 Go through your pantry and fridge and select fifteen products. Use the information on the packaging and/or research the nutrient value of the raw foods to rank the foods according to their nutritional value. Write a list in ranking order and add detail next to each product to justify its position in the rank. Sign and date:

3 Watch a news program and choose one of the stories to write about. Outline the content of the story, state whether you think the story was a fair and true account of events, and then explain why or why not. Look up or discuss the idea of bias with someone before you do this. Sign and date:

4 Read a story and then write a short answer response (remember to use the TEEET structure you have learnt in English) to the following question: How is the protagonist’s character developed in the story? Sign and date:

5 Go through the HASS work you have done so far this term and select a topic. Write a paragraph that outlines what you have learnt during that unit of work and share it with your guardians. Sign and date:

6 Choose one or more subject areas and write a list of content specific words you have learnt in those classes. Using a program on the internet, create a crossword puzzle that includes good clues for your family or friends to complete. Sign and date:

7 Go through the maths work you have done this term and write some maths questions and activities that will allow you to focus on skills you have found tricky. You can either complete the activities, or take them to your guardians to complete. You may have to explain to them how to go about solving them. Sign and date:

8 Research constellations that can be seen clearly from where you live, and then try to locate them in the sky. Once you have located them, show your family members. Sign and date:

9 Complete a Sudoku or crossword puzzle from a magazine or newspaper. If you do not have one, you will be able to find one on the internet. Sign and date:

10 Research people who have been integral to improving something in Australia. It might be someone who introduced a policy, protested against something, or who has written a powerful book or invented something. You can decide based on your interests. Write down their name, what they achieved and when, and what the effects were. Remember to reference your notes. You can access information on how to reference properly from the school website. Sign and date:

Year 8 Coordinator Jodie Falconbridge Jodie.Falconbridge@education.wa.edu.au

Semester reports On Friday the 23rd of June your child’s semester report will be emailed out to you. This is a great way to see how your child is travelling to date. If you have any concerns with your child’s report, I would highly recommend getting in touch with the teacher concerned to discuss your child’s progress. Year 10 options Towards the end of term your child will receive their option selections for year 10. It is important for your child to choose subjects carefully and be starting to think about what pathway they would like to choose in year 11 and 12. It is imperative that these selection sheets are returned quickly as the popular subjects have limited spaces and work on a first in first served basis. If you need any help with selections, I am more than happy to help. Mini Merit draw Congratulations to the following students who won last week’s mini merit draw and received a $10 voucher: Clayton Barlow, Taiepa Kingi, Ethan Duckworth, Brandon Casey and Layla Johnson. School ball waiters Congratulations to the following ladies for being selected and doing a fantastic job waitressing during the school ball in Week 2: Ella Wakeham, Meg Baker, Shari Rogers, Tayla Simmons, Suzi Shields and Olivia Kipling. You all did an amazing job, and worked above and beyond the call of duty. Well done, ladies! Interschool cross country Congratulations to the following students who have been selected from their 1500m time to represent Esperance Senior High School at the Interschool Cross Country at Twilight Beach on the 16th of June: Jevan Tholstrup, Vincent Newman, Layla Johnson and Meg Baker. Year 8/9 AFL Cup Well done to the following boys who competed in the Footy carnival on Wednesday, 31st May. Esperance Senior High School competed against John Paul College, Kalgoorlie Boulder Community High School and Esperance Anglican Community School, winning the competition overall. Thank you to all the organisers and to Mr Landers, Mr Smyth and one of the umpires, Mr Hill. Students who were part of the team are listed below.

Cameron Brown Jack Cooper Aidan Gidgup Tyson Gibson James Gray Tom Knight Matt Maloney Ben Maxwell Bryce McDonald Will Peucker Cory Phelps Fraser Randall Cooper Tamlin Jevan Tholstrup Grantley Wilson Clayton Barlow

Year 9 Surfing Miss Smith’s Year 9 surfing class If you have any questions or concerns about your child, please don’t hesitate to get in touch on 9071 9555 or Lydia.ryan@education.wa.edu.au Lydia Ryan Year 9 Coordinator

ESHS P&C Report

Term 2, Week 6 NEXT P&C MEETING

13th of June

ESHS Staffroom

at 7pm All Welcome!

CONTACT

Mrs Helen Staer Vice President

ESHS P&C M: 0478 213 232

We would like to especially invite you to our next P&C meeting! Next Tuesday 7pm, 13th June in the staffroom. We have a few treats in store for you…. something to do with chocolate and some special guests! We have some amazing students coming to share with us their life changing experiences on their recent trip. Bring a friend!

We are now sending out our P&C reports prior to the meeting so if you would like to be on our email list, please email our secretary Jo Niesler (Jovanka.Niesler@education.wa.edu.au)

Last newsletter, we introduced our quiet but hard working President Andrew Waters. We now introduce our bubbly Vice President Helen Staer…

“My husband and I have lived in Esperance for 19 years and our 3 awesome kids (yr. 8, 10 & 12) were all born here. I love to volunteer all over the place in the community and our church. I help run a Mothers Encouragement Group (MEGs), manage soccer and basketball teams, run events, and help on the School Board and P&C. In my spare time I love to have coffee with my husband or girlfriends, jog along the beach, garden or read a book… and just maybe do a bit of art. I love being part of the kids’ education and school life. Since becoming part of the high school community, I've seen the quick uptake of our great school uniform, strengthening of our behavioural support, and celebrated upgrades to some of our buildings. Things I’d love to see is more parents to get connected with the school, replacement of all our old buildings and even stronger inclusivity for all our diverse school community. We have such a great school! See you at the next meeting.”

P&C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT: Andrew Waters VICE PRESIDENT: Helen Staer

TREASURER: Anne Dwyer SECRETARY: Jo Niesler

President: Andrew Waters

Vice President: Helen Staer

“Our wonderful parents who helped out on Athletics carnival day, helped to raise over $900. Great work!! Special thanks to those that made very generous donations.”