Newsletter 5 - Naracoorte High School
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Newsletter 5 - Naracoorte High School
Naracoorte High School ISSUE 5 31ST MARCH 2016 P hon e: 3452 ax : 8 7 6 2 F 3 3 13 8 762 Newsletter Email: [email protected] www.nara hs.sa .edu.au SCHOOL DIARY DATES TERM 1 From the Principal ... April 4 t h - 8 t h Y r 1 0 W o r k Experience 5 t h - 8 t h Y r 11 O u t d o o r E d Canoe trip th Yr 8 immunisations 7 th th 11 - 1 2 A d e l a i d e A t h l e t i c s 1 2 th- 1 5 thY r 1 2 O u t d o o r E d Canoe trip th E n d o f Te r m - 2 : 3 0 p m 15 dismissal TERM 2 May Te r m 2 c o m m e n c e s 2 nd th S T U D E N T F R E E D AY 9 th th 10 -12 Naplan testing W h o l e S c h o o l 2 4 th Performance 2 6 t h - 2 8 t h W h o l e S c h o o l Production 3 0 th- 3 rd Y r 1 0 C a m p w e e k June Y r 11 W o r k Experience week June 2 7 t h - 1 s t Ye a r 11 E x a m w e e k July Please email all newsletter items to: [email protected] 1 SPORTS DAY Congratulations to all participants involved in our Sports Day held on the 17th March. Thankfully we were able to conduct the day without the weather causing us any issues. The student attendance and participation was again excellent and the level of competition was outstanding. Thank you to all the parents and students who volunteered their time to help on the day. Without your assistance the day would not have gone as smoothly as it did. A special mention to our House Captains and the HPE staff for their hard work in the lead up to the day. Of course we must congratulate Flynn for being overall winners, on the day, as well as the cup winners for each age group, details of which can be found in this newsletter. INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS Students are to be congratulated on their performances at the Interschool Athletics competition recently at Grant High School (see article in the next newsletter). Naracoorte High School came fifth on the day. Whilst there were many individual sporting performances about of which we can be proud, also noted, was the high level of organisation and enthusiasm, positive attitudes and great sportsmanship. These contributed to a highly successful day. As a school, we can be justifiably proud of our students in so many ways. Thank you to all the students, parents and staff (especially Nick Lang, Daniel Hallett, Dani Mahoney, Bronwyn Longbottom and Jim McConnell) who attended, and to the Grant High School community for hosting such a successful event. GOVERNING COUNCIL 2016 We have now finalised our Governing Council for the 2016 year. I would also like to thank those who have retired from Council, namely Anne White, Merrin Martin Lindy Brooksby and Caroline Barker who have been on this important group for a number of years and have contributed significantly to the school directions and priorities. SPONSORED BY NARACOORTE ROTARY CLUB Our Governing Council for 2016 is as follows: Chairperson: Andrew Shouksmith, Vice Chairperson: Kylie Stewart, Secretary: Michelle Hagarty, Treasurer: Karen Fitzgerald Members:, Wendy Pedler, David Ghezzi (Community Rep ), Sandra Richards, Leon Wardle, Julie Earl (NLC Rep), Debbie Brown, Amanda Edwards, Carol Pfitzner, Jane Pryor, Lara Parkinson (Staff Reps), two SCG reps on rotation. On behalf of the school community I would like to thank these individuals for their time and commitment to the school. SCHOOL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE A school, like any other organisation, has a large number of stakeholders from varying backgrounds with varying perceptions in regards to what constitutes a good education and how this should be delivered. Often this leads to differences of opinion and in rare instances unfounded criticism of the school, based entirely on hearsay and not factual information. Whilst as a learning organisation we value any constructive feedback provided to us, I would like to remind all members of our community that our school grievance procedure is designed to encourage people to pass on their concerns to the appropriate person and achieve a resolution in a timely and productive manner. The underlying principle of this process is to ensure that positive relationships are maintained enabling quality learning outcomes to be achieved in a safe happy work environment. Our process can be found on our website or if you would like a hard copy please contact the school. It is this process that we will follow in all instances when a concern arises. SCHOOL SAFETY A reminder to parents and students that it is 10km/hr. whilst driving in the school grounds. Could parents picking up or dropping off their children please also ensure that buses have clear access to the drop off zone at the western side of Fort Dunstan. There have been some instances recently where bus drivers have not been able to safely manoeuvre their buses around traffic at the front of the school. CYBER SAFETY The internet has become an integral part of life. It is a powerful resource, enabling people of all ages to learn and communicate in a myriad of new ways. For young people, growing up in a world where the internet has always been available, it is an essential tool. They are the ‘digital natives’ – always surrounded by online technology, and using the internet from an increasingly early age. Our young people can use the internet for many reasons, including to: • Find assistance with school assignments, • Learn skills, • Gain knowledge, • Meet new people who share similar interests, and • Keep in touch with friends. With opportunity comes responsibility and we maintain an education process to ensure that our students are able to use the internet positively and safely. For parents and their children, it is important to know how to apply these skills at home, at school and in public places such as the library and internet cafes. I would strongly recommend that parents Google ‘cyber smart’ and locate the “Cyber Smart Guide for Families” which is on the ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority site. Parents need to be able to recognise and deal with common cyber safety issues, including cyber bullying, sexting, unwanted contact, e-security, protecting personal information, social networking and online friends, online gaming, excessive internet use, identity theft, P2P file sharing, online shopping and mobile phones. The guide presents informative and practical advice for parents. Regards Kym Grant Principal 2 SPORTS DAY The Naracoorte High School Sports Day was held on Thursday the 17th of March, with the weather holding out making it a great day. This was the first event using our new House system consisting of three houses: Flynn (White), Murdoch (Blue) & Carter (Red). This re-organisation of the houses resulted in many closely contested events and just 95 points separated all three houses at the end of the day. Flynn were the winners of the day with a total of 1311 points. We had many students and staff dress up for the occasion creating a great atmosphere. Well done to all students who participated in events and congratulations to those who won their events. It could not have been done without the teaching staff, SSO’s, parents, House Captains and other students who helped with the preparation, set up and running of Sports Day. Nick Lang Sports Day Coordinator 3 SPORTS DAY SPECIAL EVENT WINNERS Edwards Family Perpetual Trophy – U20 Girls 100m – Dayna Lawrie Peter Herold Perpetual Trophy – U20 Boys 100m – William Brown Naracoorte Sportspower Trophy – U20 Girls 800m – Susie Maber Jack Farmer Perpetual Trophy – U20 Boys 800m – Will Harris Edwards Family Perpetual Trophy – Open Girls 1500m – Renae Brody Frank Drew Memorial Trophy – Open Boys 1500m – Callum Masters 4 SPORTS DAY FINAL RESULTS 1st Flynn 1311 Captains: HAMISH PROBERT & DAYNA LAWRIE 2nd Carter 1232 Captains: EMMI WILSON & ABBY WALKER 3rd Murdoch 1216 Captains: RACHAEL DOWLING & WILLIAM BROWN 5 HARMONY DAY On Friday the 11th of March Year 8 and 9 Music students performed at Harmony Day in the Naracoorte Town squares. Randy Salo, Oscar Clarke, Amy Lacey, Nikita Lawrie, Amber Nisbett, Kelly Apor and Zoe Foster performed ‘The Harmony Day Song’ lyrics written by Music teacher, Meredith Schinckel. All Year 8 students attended and enjoyed a wonderful day out with all the other school communities. Bronwyn Longbottom EALD Teacher 6 MUSIC Last Wednesday a group of music students took part in two vocal workshops run by professional opera singers and their coach. The first session broadened student’s understanding of what is involved in singing opera. They learnt techniques for warming up and techniques for developing their skills. In the second workshop the students worked with a professional vocal coach who listened to them individually and taught them strategies to use for their own voices. While the girls were taken out of their comfort zone and challenged, they enjoyed the workshop and learnt a great deal. It was rewarding that they were able to hear the improvement both in their own singing The Blood Service Mobile Blood Donor Centre will be visiting: and that of their friends. The girls were encouraged to Naracoorte Town Hall and Function Centre, 95 Smith Street. experiment with their own voices and be disciplined Wednesday 13 April 3:00pm – 7:00pm Thursday 14 April 11:00am - 7:30pm with practice. Thanks go to Friday 15 April 7:30am – 12:00 pm Heather Foster for helping with transport and providing support on the day. Meredith Schinckel Music Teacher 7 WELLBEING PROGRAM EASTER WELLBEING/MENTAL HEALTH RAFFLE FUNDRAISER Term 1 saw the Naracoorte High School community supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing programs that are run through the Wellness Centre at the Naracoorte High School. Staff, parents and the wider community were very generous donating chocolate eggs, chocolate Easter bunnies, fluffy rabbit ears, boxes of chocolates, Easter arts and crafts kits and much more. The prizes just kept on coming, from starting with one chocolate egg basket to turning into twelve individual prizes in the end including three full baskets as the main prizes! The Coordinators of the Wellbeing programs at the Naracoorte High School can’t thank everyone enough who donated prizes or who bought tickets. We managed to raise over $300 which is incredible. All of the proceeds will go towards setting up an outdoor fitness area for students’ in the Flexible Pathways Program and for a Martial Arts instructor to give lessons next term. TUMBELIN-BAPTIST CARE S.A In Term 4 2015, Naracoorte High School students were selected to undertake the Tumbelin Program which is ran by Baptist Care S.A. The program gave students the opportunity to discover challenge, create an opportunity for their learning and personal growth, to develop self-esteem and confidence and given the support to build resilience. We, as a school, were extremely fortunate to be able to offer this first time experience to our students. Last year, the Group Therapy Components of the program commenced which supported the 6 week adventurous journey component earlier this year. Students participated in many different activities such as Horse Back Riding, High Ropes, Bush Walk through the Naracoorte Caves, overnight stay along the Nelson River and just recently the three night, four day expedition in the Grampians. 8 WELLBEING PROGRAM The group therapy sessions led many deep and meaningful conversations about youth in today’s society. The program also allowed students to follow the “challenge by choice” quote, meaning that it was up to the individual to push themselves to succeed in the challenges that were offered to them. From the very beginning students created a cardboard contract which each participant had a part in creating. This cardboard contract allowed for many positive interactions between group members to play out and strong relationships were formed. A participant from the program commented at the end of the Grampians expedition week: “In the past I have felt judged from where I have come from and situations I have gotten myself into, but being part of the Tumbelin Program has showed me that there are people who don’t judge, they are there to listen and to support me. I love Tumbelin”. Naracoorte High School are looking forward to working with Baptist Care through their Tumbelin Program again soon and for more eager students to be part of such a supportive program, helping raise community awareness for youth. Hayley Wiedermann Student Counsellor/Wellbeing Coordinator 9 COASTAL EXCURSION On the 16th of March two of the Year 8 classes - 8B7 and 8B8 went to Robe and Cape Jaffa for the day for Geography. We visited the old and new Cape Jaffa and saw the old jetty and the Marina. We also visited the Robe Marina and the Cape Dumbey Obelisk. We went to these places to see the type of landforms there and what has been made in the last 20-30 years. Zac Walker Year 8 10 NARACOORTE HIGH SCHOOL CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 1 2016 *URGENT - Help Needed TERM 1 FRIDAY APR1st Vanessa Anderson 0437 426 272 * MONDAY APR4th Vanessa Anderson 0437 426 272 * TUESDAY APR5th Vanessa Anderson 0437 426 272 * CANTEEN DUTY ROSTER TIMES Normal Shift Mon–Fri 9.30am– 2.15pm WEDNESDAYAPR 6th Jenny Dickenson 0427 615 042 * THURSDAYAPR7th* * FRIDAY APR 8th Sonya Bates 0403 251 729 * MONDAY APR11th* * TUESDAY APR 12th Hayley Tamblyn 0438 622 437 * WEDNESDAYAPR 13th Glenda Herron 0421 323 442 * THURSDAYAPR14th * * FRIDAY APR15th* * Your attendance and punctuality, 9.30 am until 2.15pm, would be appreciated. Should you find it impossible to attend on the day rostered, please try to change with another parent. Failing this, contact Deb at the Canteen on 87622604. Please park in the Staff Car Park at the end of the Senior School Building and sign in at the Front Office. CANTEEN MANAGER *****THE CANTEEN HAS MANY VACANT SPACES TO FILL AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE PARENT HELP. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND YOUR ALLOTTED TIME PLEASE SWAP WITH SOMEONE ELSE ***** 11 Supporting Children’s Learning TAFE SA Education Support team is offering short courses to assist parents and caregivers to develop and encourage their child’s learning. We have available for you to attend a variety of short courses designed to share with you specific skills to assist with supporting your child’s learning. These short courses are being run using video conference technology – allowing you to participate at a TAFE SA campus near you, and are facilitated by highly experienced educators. Gain valuable skills and confidence over a range of topics. To apply for one or more short course please click directly on the following link Short courses guide. (Alternatively type the following web address into your internet browser: http://www.tafesa.edu.au/courses/education-languages/library-teaching-support.aspx ) Education Support Program – Creating better opportunities for our children to grow through inspired educators, supporting futures and strong communities For more information about short courses – or nationally accredited qualifications - contact the program at [email protected] ***NETBALL PLAYERS WANTED*** Any girls interested in playing netball for the Naracoorte Association? Body of Email wording: TAFE SA are pleased to be offering some short courses, designed especially for parents and caregivers (although educational support staff may also be interested in attending for some PD). The Pumas team is looking for players and a coach for the 2016 season. We would appreciate this related information being advertised via your site’s school newsletter. Specific ‘tailor made’ training can be developed to meet your individual site’s needs – ask us how this can happen by contacting us at [email protected] . If we do not get enough players, the team will fold. If anyone is interested, could you please contact Liz Herrmann 0408834497, e-mail [email protected]. 12 13 Issue No. ?? Month 2011 Page 1 BUSINESS and COMMUNITY EDITION Issue No. 18 March 2016 Page 1 The strength of our Road Safety Programs is what occurs when the police aren’t around We are all interested in keeping safe on our roads. Come the holiday times, we put a lot of effort into requesting that people drive carefully, don’t speed, wear a seat-belt, don’t use a mobile phone, take breaks when driving distances and certainly don’t drink or drug drive. But what does that really mean? Even before you sit in your car it means that you start to make decisions on Road Safety. For instance, what about planning your holiday trip, do you consider how long the drive will be and realistically how long it should take to get there safely? Do you plan where to take your two hour breaks and what time do you start to travel? Perhaps you shouldn’t travel after a day’s work. Rest first then tackle the trip. Driving after being awake for 17-19 hours is equivalent to driving with a BAC of approximately 0.050%. At this level, the risk of a crash is double than with a BAC of zero. Driving after 24-27 hours awake is equivalent to driving with a BAC of around 0.100% and the risk of a crash is seven times greater than with a BAC of zero. When you are planning a night out, do you consider how you are going to get home, particularly if you want to drink when you are out? Have a designated driver who doesn’t drink, take a taxi home or stay overnight. Remember as well that alcohol takes time to dissipate from your system so even the next day you may be over the 0.05 limit. The Motor Accident Commission has put a lot of effort in their advertising campaigns on this message. It also includes drugs – remember if you use drugs and drive, the drug remains in your system for long periods of time. Think about this and what it means when you do things such as take your children to school or simply do those driving tasks that we all do every day. It should also be noted that the possession and use of illicit drugs is against the law. Nobody likes receiving an expiation notice with the financial burden that it puts on you to pay money that would be avoidable. Police cannot be everywhere and so there are times when you can commit an offence and not be detected but what does that really mean. Sure, you won’t have the financial burden but what chance are you taking with your family, your friends and other members of the public or indeed yourself? … /2 Editor: Senior Sergeant Paul Warren 8207 6587 Fax: (08) 8207 6593 (08) Email: SAPOL .Road Safety Section 14 BUSINESS and COMMUNITY EDITION Issue No. 18 March 2016 Page 8 Do advertising signs affect Road Safety? The outdoor advertising industry has one singular goal: to get your attention. For a hundred years we've had billboards scattered across our cities shouting out their messages about new cars, jeans, fast food and the latest television shows. But billboards only work if you notice them. So, increasingly, they are getting bigger and brighter in an effort to distract a larger audience. The newest innovation is digital billboards which display a new advertisement every ten seconds -- flashing thousands of times each day. The human eye is hard-wired to look at bright, moving or flashing objects. It's an evolutionary feature that protects all animals from potential threats. When something moves quickly, your eyes automatically look towards it. There are two sets of data related to digital signage and road safety. One is driver distraction and the other is collisions. The first category gives us very clear conclusions. Almost every study that's been done shows a direct causal relationship between digital signage and driver distraction. This is no surprise, since the purpose of these signs is to distract drivers! When it comes to collision data, however, we get inconsistent results. Some studies show a significant increase in collisions while others show little or no change at all. Experts blame this inconsistency on the fact that the collision data itself is often inaccurate or incomplete due to lack of proper reporting, and because so many other external variables are involved. Lobbyists for the billboard industry have taken advantage of this inconclusive data, for collisions, and twisted it into an argument that digital signage is therefore safe for drivers. This is a terrible distortion of the truth, and a distortion that puts human lives at risk. If we know that flashing digital billboards are guaranteed to increase distraction, and we know that driver distraction is one cause of traffic fatalities... then why would we even consider placing commercial digital billboards on highways? A new study published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention concludes that digital billboards attract and hold the gazes of drivers for far longer than a threshold that previous studies have shown to be dangerous. The study, conducted by researchers at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute and funded by the Swedish Transport Administration, found that drivers looked at digital billboards significantly longer than they did at other signs on the same stretch of road, with the digital signs often taking a driver’s eyes off the road for more than two seconds. A well-regarded 2006 study by Virginia Tech for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that anything that takes a driver’s eyes off the road for more than two seconds greatly increases the risk of a crash. The study also found that nearly 80 percent of all crashes involved driver inattention just prior to (within 3 seconds) of the crash. This document is the property of South Australia Police and copyright is at all times in the control of the Officer in Charge, Road Safety Section. If this document or its contents appears likely at any time to become the subject of a subpoena or Freedom of Information action, the Officer in Charge, Road Safety Section is to be advised immediately. Every effort is made to ensure the information within this circular is correct at the time of publication or this newsletter. Check with Road Safety Section before using the material to ensure it is still up to date. 15 Issue No. 18 March 2016 Page 9 BUSINESS and COMMUNITY EDITION Do advertising signs affect Road Safety? cont…. The Swedish study’s authors reasoned that it’s not surprising that digital billboards attract greater attention from drivers: the signs are brighter, visible from greater distances, and display a constantlychanging series of advertisements. They concluded that digital billboards “have the potential ability to keep up the driver’s curiosity over an extended period of time.” Previous human behavior studies have shown that drivers are hardwired to notice bright, changing lights in their peripheral vision and to anticipate additional motion. The Swedish government had given temporary authorization to erect digital billboards in 2009, but as a result of this and related studies the government ordered the removal of all digital billboards. Meanwhile in the United States these signs continue to go up at a rapid pace despite a growing body of evidence suggesting they pose a threat to traffic safety. This document is the property of South Australia Police and copyright is at all times in the control of the Officer in Charge, Road Safety Section. If this document or its contents appears likely at any time to become the subject of a subpoena or Freedom of Information action, the Officer in Charge, Road Safety Section is to be advised immediately. Every effort is made to ensure the information within this circular is correct at the time of publication or this newsletter. Check with Road Safety Section before using the material to ensure it is still up to date. 16