Circuit Maker - Hampton Senior High School

Circuit Maker
Number 55 April 2015
Our Year 7s excel at Hampton!
Hampton Senior High School was delighted to welcome our
Year 7s this year, our first year as an independent public school.
Classrooms had been renovated in preparation for their arrival
and well designed landscaping adjacent to the classrooms has
given our newest students some lovely shaded seating in the
garden, overhung with weeping willows. Although there were
some initial nerves and lost souls in search of far flung classes
and teachers, our students have settled beautifully into high
school and can find their way around the grounds now like’
old hands’.
Not only have we welcomed new students, but also a new
teaching team. Andrew Donaldson is our Year 7 Coordinator.
Andrew teaches Science and Maths along with Dermot
Blackweir and Meena Allen while Teagan Howard, Karen
Cosson and Evans Mageto complete the team as our Society
and Environment and English teachers.
NAPLAN preparation is well under way, with classroom
teachers revising essential skills and practices. Our students
have shown commitment and diligence in the way they’ve
approached their studies and we are delighted to have
welcomed such a terrific group of children to our Hampton
family.
Having already been involved in some exciting activities at the
school, the 7s have been able to ‘test the water’ of what it
means to be a Hampton student. A swimming carnival held in
Week 4 gave them an opportunity to relax and have fun while
competing in novelty and regular swimming events. Lunch time
sporting activities specifically for Year 7 students as well as
whole school events such as our Harmony Day celebrations
with bouncy castles, water fun and BBQ have also been hugely
popular..…not to mention the music band , Sly Withers, who
performed live!
Students have been busy in class also. ‘Life Skills’ classes
have supported our students as they settle into high school.
Content covered has varied from positive decision making and
identifying the consequences of choices we make to dealing
with bullying and identifying behaviours. Students carry out
bag checks, revise useful work strategies as well as undertake
personal reflective practice and employ organisational skills to
help them maximise learning time.
In Science, students have been busy making mixtures and
practising separation techniques, studying the ancient world in
Society and Environment, writing persuasive texts and short
stories in English and revising strategies and content in Maths.
Cross curricular classes have been very popular, with many
students sharing their excitement about metalwork, cooking,
dance and many other classes, with teachers and peers. There
are so many opportunities for Hampton students, not to
mention the speciality programs as they move into the senior
school.
Although it’s been a relatively busy term, we know the action
will heat up even more so as we move into second term with
NAPLAN testing just around the corner and reports looming
too. We look forward to filling you in on our latest escapades
this term.
New classroom
Sausage sizzle at the carnival
Robots
Enjoying the pool
Smartboard
Principal's Perspective
Mr Rod Buckenara, Principal
Steven Beaton Principal
Annette Barlow and Mariam Wali Ali
(School Captains)
When I started here at the beginning
of the school year I knew a fair bit
about Hampton from my time growing
up in Kiara and, as an outsider, I had
a positive impression of the place. In
the weeks since, I have been astounded
by the positive, friendly nature of the
Hampton students and their ability to
participate in a wide range of activities. I
have been impressed by the enthusiasm
and maturity of our School Captains
Annette Barlow and Mariam Wali-Ali and
their dedication to providing the student
body with a voice in decision making.
I have learnt from the dedication of
my Senior Leadership Team and their
persistent focus on action that is in the
best interests of the students and I have
marvelled at the innovative practices
and engaged teaching in our classrooms.
These aspects have been particularly
evident given that, with the new school
funding model, the new WACE courses
and the introduction of Year 7s into high
schools across the State, this has been a
period of system wide change that has
provided some significant challenges for
us.
Term 2 is an important one for all
students with NAPLAN happening for
our Year 7 & 9 students, exams for Years
11 & 12 and the start of Senior School
Course Selection for our Year 10 students.
Term 2 will also see work begin on our
toilet upgrade along with a recently
announced resurfacing of our basketball
and tennis courts. As always, there will be
our usual array of outstanding incursions
and excursions for our Specialist and PE
programs along with our continued focus
on supporting student wellbeing through
targeted Student Services initiatives and I
would, again, encourage all families to be
involved in these events or to attend our
School Board and P&C meetings.
As an insider now, I am really pleased to
be a part of this dynamic school and am
looking forward to leading Hampton into
a period of sustained academic, sporting
and social success that highlights the true
skills and abilities of the very talented
students and staff that we have working
here. Thank you for making me welcome
in the community and I hope all families
had a safe and happy holiday break.
Physical Activities
Interschool Swimming
Carnival
Year 10 Champion Girl:Taylor Harding
– on 49 points
Congratulations to all students for their
great effort representing Hampton. Well
done!!
This was held at Challenge Stadium
on Monday March 9. Our students
competed in E Division and the final
placings were as below. Unfortunately
we missed out by 30 points on being
promoted to D Division for 2016.
Place School
1
South Fremantle
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Cricket
Sheldyn Cooper (Year 9) is a very
talented young female cricketer who
has been playing for Midland-Guildford
Cricket Club since she was 12 years
old. She plays in the U/15s, U/18s, Ladies
A and Ladies B Grades and in January
played in the winning Ladies B Grade
final against University.
Points
687
Warnbro College
Wanneroo SHS
Hampton SHS
Lakelands
Carmel College
Belmont College
St George
648
621
591
437
424
330
287
Notable swims for the day include
Juliet Durham-Ludlow (Freestyle leg)
in the Year 9 & Under 4x50m
Medley
Reece Anderson (also the Freestyle
leg) in the Year 10 &Over Boys
Medley
And in the final event of the day – the
4x50m Freestyle Relay
Kassiani Goudis had a great swim –
making up one entire length of the
pool as the 2nd swimmer of her
team (though they finished 6th)
Jackson Allen – also made up one
length to bring our Year 8 Boys team
in 2nd
With such talent and experience
Sheldyn has been selected to represent
WA for the past two years in the
U15 Championships. In the last
championships, Sheldyn took 10 wickets
with her best figures being 6/18 against
Tasmania but unfortunately the team
lost this game by 2 runs. These figures
were however the best bowling figures
Sheldyn Cooper (left) and Caitlin Lines
for the championships. Sheldyn was also
Sheldyn Cooper – had an amazing nominated by her peers as the best
swim to clinch 1st for the Year 9 player for WA.
Girls team
Taylor Harding – brought the Year 10 Sheldyn has several coaches, including
Girls home to also win 1st place
her father and her ambition is to
Our overall Carnival Individual represent Australia in the future. We
Champions:
wish her every success in fulfilling her
Year 7 Champion Girl: Sophie O’Keefe dreams. Good luck Sheldyn.
– on 49 points
Year 8 Champion Boy: Jackson Allen –
on 56 points
Super 8s Cricket
Year 7
Year 8
Year 8
Student Council 2015
The following
students have
been elected
to the Student
Council
Yr 12
Annette Barlow
(School Captain)
Cindy Wang
Katie Nelson
Mariam Wali Ali
(School Captain)
Yr 11
Annie Elliott
Brianna Petrovski
Ayla Suljic
Yr 10
Claudia Emanuele
Joanne White
Meliq Pinna
Beatrice
Panganiban
Brayden Mould
Yr 9
Jessica Morley
Samuel Bourke
Abbie Dorman
Suzanne Stevely
Yr 8
Rhythm Reid
Jacob Corunna
Haylee Kocsis
Maddy Bunn
Yr 7
Jackson Awa
Auron Paul
Shanae Boyd
Jasmine Price
House Swimming Carnivals
Champions/Runner Up and MVP:
YEAR CHAMPION POINTS RUNNER UP POINTS
Year 10
Year 11
P & C Awards
Congratulations to the following students who were presented with P&C Awards
for Term1. These awards are for students who exhibit good behaviour, follow the
school dress code and demonstrate a good work ethic.
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
7:
8:
9:
10
11:
12:
Tia Cunningham, Caleb Hill, Tani Jha, Cassie Siebhur
Darcie Collopy, Jacob Corunna, Shakira Hewitt, Adrian Mendoza
Bazhin Abdulkarim, Malcolm Larsen, Shaun Panting, Suzanne Stevely
Brianna Milton, Caitlin Lines, Amar Kenjar, Tiarnn Rogers
Joanne Abello, Giorgia Natale, Rooya El Senusi, Leon Ferullo
Eloise Bacusmo, Kristyn McGowan, Michaela New, Sam Clark
7
8
9
10
Cameron Hill
Sophie O’Keefe
Jackson Allen
Darcie Collopy
Bailey Derksen
Caitlin Hill
Jake Stanley
Taylor Harding
93
118
133
61
131
129
125
120
Zac Hewitt
Brianna Harris
Daniel Steere
Mikayla James
Zac Simpson
Sheldyn Cooper
Jarred Potter
Ellyia Carter
92
73
97
60
102
121
95
104
MVP
Francis
John-Thomas
Connor Lynn
Dylan Yarran
Tyren Woolley
Champion House Points Overall: Winning house for each year group
JUPITER
1, 007
NEPTUNE
TERRA
1, 031
1,592 (1st)
VULCAN
1, 076
YEAR
CARNIVAL
7
8
(Incl some 9s & 10s)
CHAMPION
POINTS
HOUSE
VULCAN
TERRA
575
1, 308
Mr Cruickshank and Mr Lock took
the Upper School teams to the Super
8 cricket carnival. This was a great day
and everyone had a lot of fun. The boys
played five straight games without a big
break and managed to win all of the
games apart from the first one. After
having an impressive four wins and one
loss, the boys played off for second place.
They went down in a thriller but ended
up finishing fourth out of the twelve
teams. The girls played four games in
total and won one game. Most girls have
only played cricket in recent practise
sessions, so it was a really pleasing result
from the girls. The students all agreed
at the end of the day this was more fun
than what they were expecting. Some
star players from the boys included: Josh
Burton (captain) and Calvin Murphy.
The star players from the girls included
Sheldyn Cooper (captain) and Deeanah
Cooper.
The Arts
Upper School Art Excursion
On Wednesday March 11, they embarked on their annual
Upper School Art Excursion to visit the ‘Sculpture by the Sea’
exhibition at Cottesloe Beach and the ‘Perspectives’ exhibition
at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. They were also
lucky enough to have a guided tour of Mariko Mori’s ‘Rebirth’
exhibition, while at AGWA. All exhibitions were full of exciting
and inspirational artworks.
The students enjoyed a beautiful morning at Cottesloe Beach
interacting with the many weird and wonderful sculptures
from over 70 local, interstate and international artists. They
then moved on to explore the many amazing artworks at
‘Perspectives’, produced by last year’s talented WACE students.
Finally they viewed Mariko Mori’s ‘Rebirth’ exhibition, which
explored similar themes to those of some of their courses,
including life, death and rebirth. The students took part in
activities that built upon their knowledge through real life
experience of the works and discussion. They also worked
on their skills in critical analysis, which is an integral part of
the Visual Arts syllabus. All in all, it was a visually satisfying day
that gave our students a wonderful range of ideas and goals
to work on in their own art making.
From January 2-7 we were checked
into The Century Plaza Hyatt in Beverly
Hills where for four intense days I
performed in front of hundreds of
agents, producers, and casting directors.
I performed a monologue, commercial,
and a duologue (a scene with two
people). After networking with all of the
agencies I had 11 callbacks! One agency
in-particular was extremely interested
in me, they insisted on seeing me before
we left LA. So we did and they offered
me to sign with their agency and move
to LA in the next 2-4 months. I’m sure
you can imagine my joy. But slowly...
very slowly, reality started to set in, but
it wasn’t until I was home and went to
school on the first day back, I realised
that more than anything I wanted to
stay and finish school. However I still
waited one more week to make my
final decision. To my astonishment, I
received an email from an agency called
The Crawford Agency which offered me
a place in their agency and even better
I didn’t have to relocate! I knew it was
absolutely perfect for me. So now I am
signed with The Crawford Agency which
regularly send out auditions for me
to film and then to send back over to
them. It is still so surreal to me because
it has all happened so fast, but I have had
such incredible support from all of my
family and friends and my mentor Mr M.
Music Video
Freedom” by Rob Walker. The song
is part of a promotional campaign for
Sam Childers, known as Machine Gun
Preacher, a Christian outlaw who has
dedicated his life to rescue children
in the war zone of South Sudan to
stop them from being kidnapped and
killed. A Hollywood biopic which
stars Gerald Butler as Childers was
recently produced. It follows Sam’s
effort to save the children of Sudan in
collaboration with the Sudan People’s
Liberation Army against the atrocities
of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
All proceeds of the song go towards
Sam’s cause. Hampton Senior High
School Media students were thrilled to
be part of such an event. July. Mr Wilson and his mate Craig were
in fine form as they asked eight rounds
of questions, as well as getting patrons
up to dance and compete in heads and
tails. There was also a silent auction,
many raffle and door prizes and ‘throw
the coin close to the bottle”. Some
groups really got into the swing of it
with US boaters and ribbons to add to
the already colourful table decorations.
Thank you to all who attended and
to the many businesses who donated
prizes. We look forward to hearing from
these students when they return and
to seeing many photographs of the “Big
Apple”.
On Sunday March 14, Year 12 Media
students were given the opportunity to
be part of a professional music video
production film set.
Mr M led a supportive team consisting
of Jessica Peyman, Danny Bretea, Renaai
Carey, Jason Cappello and Mariam
Wali Ali which filmed a clip to “For
A star is born!!
Congratulationss to Jessica Peyman Year
12 who has been signed to a talent group
in Los Angeles, USA after auditioning
in the holidays in LA. This means they
will fly her over to LA for auditions and
hopefully make her a star. YAY YAY
Jessica’s story
My LA adventure started in July last
year when I auditioned for a scouting
agency called iPop Down Under. I wasn’t
expecting anything out of it, considering
I learnt my script the night beforehand.
However, the talent agent said she saw
something special in me, and later that
night I got a call from her saying she
wanted to see me again the next day
for a callback. So we went back the
next day and she told us that out of
the 1000 people they saw in Perth, they
could only take 30 to LA the following
January and she wanted to take me!
We had to make a spilt decision on the
spot and my mum and I turned to each
other and we just said, “Yes!” Long story
short, on December 28 my dad and I
left for America! As soon as I got on the
plane I was in an absolute dream-like
state for the next two weeks. After a
crazy number of hours on two different
planes, we finally arrived in LA!!! We
spent New Years in San Francisco on a
boat on the San Francisco Bay. We then
drove 12 hours to LA where my dreams
were to come true.
New York –Here We Come!
On Friday March 20 the gym was
decorated with balloons, flags and
streamers of the US as a large number of
students, school staff, families and friends
gathered to participate in a quiz night to
raise funds for the geography and drama
students who are going to New York in
ICT @ Hampton
WACE results
It’s always a pleasure to hear of the
successes of our students and this
year is no exception. A large number
of students in Year 12 left Hampton
with Certificates in Business, Tourism
or Digital Media, Information and
Technology at a Certificate II or even III
level. Congratulations.
Rotary Club of West Perth provided
some financial support for the FIRST
Lego League team to go to Sydney
and commended the students for their
confidence in presenting a report to the
Club on 26 February this year.
We are also delighted that our results
in AIT were again above state average
and three students went on to future
study in Networking (Certificate IV),
Bio-medical sciences and Anti-terrorism.
Year 8 Cybersafety movie
The whole school community has
worked on improving awareness of AntiBullying strategies during the National
Anti-Bullying Week 16 – 20 March.
Across all ICT classes in Year 7 and Year
8 students focussed on Cyber-safety and
responsible digital citizenship. The Year
8 Specialist ICT students took this to
another level in a short span of time to
create a movie about Cyber-safety. They
have already shown a high degree of
project management skills and improving
communication skills.
On Saturday 7 March, 20 of the 22
Year 7 ICT Specialist students attended
a Robotics Workshop at Hampton
S.H.S. It was very pleasing to see the
high attendance and the two students
with previous engagements were very
disappointed they could not attend.The
idea behind the workshop was to give
the students an opportunity to make a
good start in building and programming
Robots.
Everyone arrived promptly at 9.30am
so Mr Thirlwell could start with a
brief introduction and expectations. The
students were so keen to get to work
they did not want to stop for a break
and it was on with building. The next
two and a half hours flew by, as students
built their robots with assistance from
Mr Akella and Ms Meher.
It did not take much to convince the
students to stop for lunch as soon as
they saw the Subway platters arrive. By
12.30pm the students had worked up a
good appetite and made short work of
the Subway sandwiches and cookies.
After an enjoyable lunch, there was
just enough time to wind up the day's
activities and pack away before parents
arrived.
A big thank you to everyone who
gave up their Saturday morning for the
workshop – the Year 7s for attending,
their parents for getting them to and
from school, Ms Meher and Mr Akella,
and special mention to Mr Akella for
kindly collecting our lunch.
VET certifications
FLL (FIRST = For Interest
in Research of Science and
Technology), Macquarie University,
Sydney 5 -6 December 2014
At the end of a frantic Term 4, the Year 9
team that participated in the State level
of FIRST Lego League were invited to
attend the National finals in Sydney even
before the competition concluded in WA.
The determination of the team to work
on their competition entry and fundraise
to get to Sydney was phenomenal. The
magnificent seven; Jared P, Jackson B,
Joanne W, Beatrice P, Zachary N and
Meliq P were accompanied by Ms Duddy
and Ms D’Cunha. Macquarie University
hosted the event and winning teams
from across Australia participated. Our
team won the People’s Choice Award
for their Project based on designing a
Time Management App that could be
customised for different types of learning
styles. Go Hampton Knights! This was
celebrated with a special dinner at a
restaurant. With much relief the team
was able to relax and enjoy the next day
around the Sydney city centre, ending
a tiring day at the Starbucks café and a
train ride back to the hotel.
Robotics
The reputation of Hampton’s Specialist
ICT program in the use robotics is
growing. Ms D’Cunha was invited to
present at a conference held at Curtin
University, along with Chris Rogers
(an international speaker) on STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics). While other schools
may use robots in their curriculum, the
opportunities that Hampton provides
through its involvement in competitions
gives our students the additional life skills
of dealing with deadlines, networking,
team skills and personal growth. It is
this innovative model that other schools
heard about on 16 March 2015. Teachers
from all education sectors attended.
The Certificate II in Digital Media,
Information and Technology students
use online training tools including virtual
PCs to complete their course. Their
progress is electronically tracked by
our Registered Training Organisation as
well as by the teacher. There’s no hiding
behind the ‘I left it at home’ excuse or ‘I
did it, but forgot to bring it in’. Certificate
courses are nationally recognised
qualifications and a valuable addition to
a student’s portfolio regardless of their
future pathway.
Year 12 – AIT
It’s often said that current legislation
does not reflect the needs of our heavily
dependent society. Nevertheless, it is
important to learn about the current laws if
we are to enact changes for improvement.
The Year 12 Stage 3 Applied Information
Technology syllabus
covers the Freedom
of
Information
Act, Intellectual
Property, online
defamation and
Copyright
laws.
Students created an
informational movie
series on each of
these aspects and
did so in a creative
way.
Bright Sparkz
During Term 1 the Bright Sparkz Science
program commenced for 2015. Year 6
students from Hampton Park Primary
School and Eden Hill Primary School
have participated in a ‘hands on’ Science
experience in a laboratory setting. The
students have experienced practical
lesson in Physics and Earth Science, and
life in general at Hampton Senior High
School. The Bright Sparkz program is an
invaluable resource for these primary
school students, helping to ignite their
interest in Science and make their
transition to high school successful.
Acknowledgement of Country
Congratulations to the following students who performed “Acknowledgement of Country” at their year assemblies12 -Tyrone Riley (he was extremely nervous, yet stood up and showed immense courage to represent his peers
who have a deep respect for him for this, as should we all!)
11 - Brianne Yarran
10 - Cezera Critti-Schnaars
9 - Brandon Owen
8 - Devon Orr (was supposed to but had an appointment) Devon and his siblings are Torres Strait Islander
7 - Dylan Johnson.
Having our students perform Acknowledgement of Country is a simple way for our school to recognise our pride in our
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students- and it also encourages the students to represent their families with pride.
Hampton Yarning
Follow the dream/Extension
Morning Tea
What a wonderful start to the year we
have had. Hampton held a morning tea
for the parent/guardians and students to
express to the parents what the school
has planned for this year’s students. We
started off with introductions of the staff
members at the school who are going to
be part of all the programs this year. We
have many activities that the students
can look forward to this year.
Congratulations
Bailey Derksen (Year 9) and Tyrone
Riley (Year 11) have recently competed
in the Strive Track and Field State
Championships. Bailey competed in the
U/15 age group and won gold in high
jump, silver in triple jump and bronze
in long jump. Tyrone competed in the
U/18 age group and won silver in both
the 400m and 200m and he was also
selected to run in the 200m at the
Perth Track Classic with some of the
best athletes in the state and country.
In mid March they represented WA at
the Junior Australian National Athletics
championships in Sydney. Bailey finished
13th in the U/15 boys triple jump with a
jump of 11.15m which is just short of his
personal best. Tyrone finished 2nd in his
heat of the U/18 boys 400m in which he
VET News
WIPT students following
pathways to their future
Like the Year 7 students many of our
Year 11 students felt lost and alone
in attending work placements or
TAFE placements for the first time to
begin 2015. Within a couple of weeks
they were all settled and enjoying the
different aspects of attending school,
work and/or TAFE.
We have students completing Pre
Apprenticeship in Schools Programs
(PAIS) whereby students attend TAFE
two days per week to complete a
Certificate II in a variety of courses
offered. Our students are involved
in Automotive, Electro-technology,
Carpentry, Engineering, Hairdressing &
Child Care through Polytechnic West.
Vetis programs offered through Central
Institute of Technology include Health
Studies and West Coast Institute of
ShakishaPerry,
Kateisha Saylor,
Principal Steve
Beaton, Maddison
Riley, Rose Hill,
Aliesha Adams,
Taleesha Mitchell
and Ljric Ugle
Closing the Gap
ran a personal best of 49.80sec to qualify
for the final. In the final he ran another
personal best of 49.68 sec to finish 5th.
Joseph Hinder (student in 2014) won the
U/16 boys triple with a jump of 13.84m
which was a personal best for him.
All the boys have come a long way
from the Western Australian All Schools
Championships in which they won medals
representing the school last November
and which subsequently allowed them
to qualify for this event. These results
reflect the hard work the boys have been
putting in to their training over the past
six months.
Deadly Sista Girls Program
We have started the Deadly Sista
Girls Program and all the girls are
loving being in this class as they are
becoming confident within themselves
andloving the fact that they are building
a strong relationship with all of the
other members of the group. They have
formed relationship where they came in
being friends to becoming family/sisters
with each other.
Technology offers a Hospitality Course.
Our students attend campuses in
Joondalup, Midland and Thornlie travelling
by public transport.
Value adding to this experience our
Workplace Industry Training pathway
students attend one of these programs
or attend both work placement and
TAFE. (WIPT) students attending work
placement of their choice of industry
areas prepares students for future
employment gaining both valuable
training and experience along with entry
points for further study.
Our host employers are very supportive
of Hampton and provide our students
with fantastic training opportunities.
On March 19 Hampton SHS celebrated
Closing the Gap with a morning tea
with staff. On this day our girls helped
celebrate by doing the acknowledgment
and doing a traditional Noongar Dance
for the staff - well done girls we are so
proud of you. As part of the Closing the
Gap the school has formed a committee
with staff members from each learning
area. Looking forward to the future.
Year 10 Certificate
Leadership Course
Congratulations to theYear 10 Indigenous
students who are participating in the
Cert 1 Leadership course. This course
will be running until the end of the year
and will be a great opportunity for the
Year 10s who will be focusing on Year 11
and 12 Certificate courses.
Coming events this term
West Coast Eagle/Wirrpanda Foundation
Boys Indigenous leadership program
National Sorry Day 26 May
National Reconciliation Week 2 May7 – 3 June
LOV Beauty
2015 began with a group of excited
young women eager to learn the
secrets of beauty. Within three weeks
the students were performing deluxe
manicures and pedicures on staff,
parents, grandmothers and friends. The
girls are proving once again to display
an array of skills and professional salon
manner. Year 11 students continuing
into Year 12 have completed eyebrow/
lash tinting and are now thoroughly
enjoying learning the art of waxing.
Bookings for LOV Beauty can be
made by phoning the main office on
92705700 or LOV Beauty on 92705727.
All treatments $5.00