BULLETIN No. 8 24.05.2013
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BULLETIN No. 8 24.05.2013
24th, May 2013 http://education.tas.edu.au/brookshigh From The Principal Dear Families, Bulletin No. 8 Celebrating Success - Superstars in our midst! We’re always thrilled to celebrate the outstanding successes and achievements of members of our Brooks High School community. This week we acknowledge: Mr Michael Forrest - tireless volunteer at Brooks High school who last week received the Launceston City Council’s outstanding Achievement Award in Community Health and Education. Mr Forrest volunteers three days per week, every week at our school, giving generously of his time to assist with the learning of our students. Grade 8 student, Alexander McCutcheon who recently received recognition as the top performing Brooks High School student on the 2012 National Assessment Programme for Literacy and Numeracy. It was a very proud family, (Mum, Dad, Nan and Pop) who joined Alexander for morning tea with other northern students and their families and then watched the presentation of awards by the Minister for Education representative, Mr Paul O’Halloran at a special function at Prospect High School last week. Brooks High School P O Box 522 Mowbray Heights 7248 Celebrating Our Community Contributions The Chief Executive Officer of ABLE (supporting adults with disabilitites) met with our senior performance and production students on Friday. The purpose of this meeting was to offer our students feedback about the impact their devised performance had on the performers and audience at Fusion ( a celebration of the Arts in the lives of people living with disability) in April. Netball Teams Ready For The Winter Roster Last Saturday a very impressive five netball teams represented Brooks High School in the first Winter roster games. Our thanks to Mrs Michelle Brook, Ms Cara Nichols, Ms Karen Dudley and Ms Carly Grenda for their support in coaching our teams. It’s been wonderful to see the commitment of the girls to their sport; training at lunch time and after school, under the expert care of our staff. Ms Steffi Grenda who has represented and captained Tasmanian teams at many national competitions will be assisting our team as an umpire. Making a Difference Project a Success Congratulations to our Social Entrepreneurs Group who last week sold out of Orange Cup Cakes in just one break time. 108 cup cakes were sold for $1 each to raise funds to support our adoption of a baby orang-utan – an endangered species. Students reported the cup cakes tasted fantastic as well as looked good! NAPLAN Congratulations to our Grade 7 and Grade 9 students who sat the National Literacy and Numeracy testing programme last week. I was impressed with our students’ commitment to this task and extremely appreciative of the ways in which our staff had prepared our students. Results from this year’s testing programme will not be available until September. Teachers Continue Their Personal Learning A team of very dedicated staff gave up their weekend to attend the annual Hawker Brownlow Conference in Melbourne this week. The specific focus for our staff was on the work of Lee Crockett who specialises in working with teachers in the areas of knowledge building, self-regulation, collaboration, real world problem-solving and ICT – the fluencies of the 21st century. Cross Country Carnival Coming up is our fantastic Cross Country Carnival. It’s been impressive to see the dedication and commitment of students to their training programme for this during Phys. Ed. lessons. Congratulations - - - To Mrs Jude Preece our English as an Additional Language Leader. Jude recently spoke at the opening of the Migrant Resource Centre’s Voluntary Tutoring Programme. To Huda Ali and Mawada Sulaiman who also spoke at the opening of the same centre; in front of a very large and distinguished audience. A further focus was on working with adolescent students to improve and fine tune their reading skills. Both of these are focus areas in our School Strategic Plan and our staffs’ new learning will be of important benefit to our students. Visiting Teachers We currently have a number of visiting undergraduate teachers working alongside our expert staff as part of their University studies. A warm Brooks High School welcome is extended to: Anthony Murray – Grade 8 Sally Grates – Grade 7 Marian Walker – Grade 10 Malia Valenciano – Phys. Ed. Andrew Morgan – Visual Arts and Digital Media Mikaela Campbell – Performing Arts Defence Force Visit Students in Grade 8, 9 and 10 were able to participate in an information session on Monday with representatives from the Australian Defence Forces. The focus of the session was on updating students about what a Defence Force career is all about; the huge range of different trades available, wages, qualifications and the benefits. Huda and Nuha Ali with the Minister for Education, at the opening of the Voluntary Tutoring Programme Career Awareness Programme (CAP) Jessica Turner Hair and Beauty Shanae Nagy Hospitality (Front of House) Nathan Denny Metals Samantha Denman Hair and Beauty Holly McDonald Hospitality (Cookery) Natasha Dick Paige Cochrane Hospitality (Front of House) Children’s Services Broden Roberts Building and Construction Mason Sargeant Metals Cassandra Williams Health Services Nathan Parsell Automotive Tyrone Taylor Metals Congratulations to thirteen of our Grade 10 students who have been accepted into the CAP@TAFE (Career Awareness) Programme. This programme enables students to participate in very focussed pathways learning through TAFE for part of their Grade 10 year. These students will spend part of each week studying the vocation they have identified as being of critical interest to them. Tayla Street Children’s Services WE are very excited to present the 2013 Cross Country. Details are: When: Tuesday July 4 Where: Hollybank Reserve Time: Grade9 / 10—Block 1 & 2 Grade 7 / 8—Block 3 & 4 What to bring: Running Gear, Shoes, Towel, Warm Clothes, House Colours What event will I do? There will be 2 races in each age group and gender group Parents, family and friends are invited to attend GO BROOKS HPE Department Important websites Above are the screen shots of two important websites that the HPE Department wants you to add to your favourites!!! BHS Facebook page—Like us so you don't miss out… Find information on Saturday Netball sporting roster times, important messages and inspiration for the week Northern High School Sports Association—www.nhssa.org.au By adding this to your favourites you will have access to rosters, results and lots of other information about your sporting team HPE Department Important Reminder PLEASE BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES!!! As we are training for Cross Country everyone needs to ensure that they have a FULL change of clothes for PE. Don’t for get your house polos, change of shorts and change of shoes REMEMBER—Bring a towel and you can have a shower DIARY DATES May Tuesday 28th Assembly—Whole School Wednesday 29th ―Read-To-Me‖ Excursion to Town Library and Examiner Newspaper Thursday 30th Launceston College Transition—Grade 10 Tuesday 4th Cross Country Carnival - Holly Bank Monday 10th Public Holiday—Queen’s Birthday Tuesday 11th Inter-High Cross Country Kings Meadows High School Important Uniform Reminders Wet weather means students need footwear that keeps them dry. Thank you in advance to families for ensuring appropriate footwear is available to students. A reminder that Ugg boots are not part of our school uniform and should not be worn at any time to school. AND DON’T FORGET all puffer jacket payments must be finalised by Friday 31st May. June Thursday 13th Positive Futures Charter Signing Monday 24th Exhibition Week Commences STUDENT ID CARDS NOW AVAILABLE ORDER FROM THE OFFICE Cost: $3.00 July Thursday 4th Newstead College Grade 10 Enrolment Friday 5th Term 2—Last Day For Students. Payment is required at the time of ordering SMS 0457 483 107 or 0427 475 922 If your child is going to be away from school for any reason please text your child’s full name, details and reason for absence. Collect stickers at Woolworths that go towards Earn & Learn Points. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths you will receive a sticker. Last year, we were able to purchase some great resources with the points we earned. BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL 215 GEORGE TOWN ROAD ROCHERLEA, TAS, 7248 (03) 6324 7200