Term 1 Newsletter 2016 - Rockingham Senior High School

NEWSLETTER
Issue 1, Term 1
2016
Our Vision: Opportunity - Unity - Community
Dear Parents, Students & Staff
Diary Dates Term 2
Last day for
students Term 1
8 April
Students Return
27 April
School Board
AGM
9 May at 5pm
NAPLAN
10 -12 May
Year 10 Exams
16 - 20 May
Year 12 Exams
23 - 27 May
Year 11 Exams
30 May 3 June
Public Holiday
Yr 6 Specialist
and Focus
Program testing
6 June
7 June 10 June
Yr 10 Parent
info evening
8 June
Yr 10 Subject
Counselling
13 June 1 July
Last day for
Students Term 2
1 July
Although it has been a busy start to term one , it has been a very successful one for the school. I
would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole school community for your support as I
have taken up the reins of running this wonderful school. I am grateful to our many parents who
have taken the opportunity to work with us as a partner in your child's education, with many
parents now using Connect or assisting the school in supporting the needs of their child. With
you, we have the opportunity to ensure our students are able to perform at their best.
There have been many celebrations that I have been able to celebrate with our students this
term. Firstly we were able to celebrate the new Scholarship Program which has a significant
number of new local businesses making financial contributions to some of our students
education. Being able to recognize students in all year groups will only enhance the learning
opportunities offered to our students. Week six gave me the opportunity to celebrate with
students their academic achievements from 2015. A total of 14 gold, 42 silver and 107 bronze
awards were awarded, congratulations to these students. Finally, I was able to see the wonderful
art and photography work of our students displayed at the KIC Youth Art awards. I can not
commend highly enough the wonderful achievements of our students and support given by our
staff.
This year we introduce the new School Business Plan - Positive futures 2016-2018. The School
Board has commenced discussions on its undertaking and are in the process of aligning
portfolios. I would like to welcome our new members to the School Board and thank those who
are continuing. I would also like to remind parents that they are welcome to attend the School
Board AGM on 9 May commencing at 5pm.
Congratulations to all students and parents for ensuring that our students are well dressed in our
school uniform. The uniform is a symbol of membership to the School’s community. It assists
students to develop a culture of unity and belonging. Wearing the uniform provides students with
the opportunity to develop a sense of pride in their appearance and the school.
Work continues on the Peron Health Trade Training Centre on Farris Street. This
Commonwealth funded project will add many training opportunities for students in the Health
Services area. We look forward to the opportunity of being able to fully utilise this facility in 2017,
however, we hope to be able to introduce our current Nursing students to the building later in the
year. Work has also commenced on the school’s tennis courts and improvements within the
T&E area.
Finally I would like to remind parents that you are welcome to contact the school if you have any
concerns and we welcome the opportunity to work in partnership with you to improve your
students performance at school. Please remember that successful students are those that
attend school.
Stan Koios
Principal
ROCKINGHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT LEADERS REPORT
ROCKINGHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Rockingham Senior High School have a well developed
student leadership team. The 2016 Student Leadership
team, have been working within the school to ensure all
students have a safe and enjoyable year. The Student
Leaders have helped throughout friendship week, bringing
the whole school together to prove that everyone can work
together. The School Captains have been working with the
Student Leaders to develop ideas for fundraising activities
to support the school.
The annual Rockingham Senior High School Scholarship
Assembly was held at the school in week 3, Friday 19
February. This year saw the introduction of new industry
and business partnerships joining this program to support
our students schooling costs. The Scholarship Program
recognises a diversity of skills and academic successes of
our students from Year 7 to Year 12.
Our Student Captains for 2016 are Ashlea Tunbridge and
Heather Edmonds, with the introduction of the new role of
Chairman of the student leadership team being awarded to
Shania Hutchins.
Shania Hutchins
Student Leaders 2016
ELECTRA - YEAR 8
Caleb Blacklaw
Kiran Hall
Cruize Te Aotonga
Latesha Capelinha
Dekota Kissell
Tameika Tratt
Lilly-Rose Lynes
OCULOS - YEAR 9
Christian James Lawless
Clara Hamilton
Azaria Harris
Lana Smith
Tiarah McSkimming
Zac Dolstra
INTENSITY - YEAR 10
Maddy Barrington
Caitlin Evans
Amy Higgins
Kyler Kissell
Milena Vukovic
Tom Alley
Zoe Foster
Jessica Bonini
Brodie Reeve
Shaleah Short
BLAZE - YEAR 11
Faith Atwell`
Nathaniel Francis
Aiden O’Brien
Taylah Blachford
FORTIS - YEAR 12
Shania Hutchins
Chloe Austin
Ashlea Tunbridge
Chloe-Lee Short
Heather Emonds
Brittany Dalgetty
Aniheta TeRangi
Grace Irankunda
Our Student Captains
Hi my name is Ashlea Tunbridge and I
am one of the RSHS 2016 Co-Captains. I
am currently in the second year of my
ATAR studies and wish to pursue teaching
and psychology at University next year.
Being voted Co-Captain by my teachers
and peers is a huge privilege and I hope I
can live up to expectations, trying to keep
school fun for all students and broadening
our sense of community.
The school would like to welcome and thank the new
Businesses and Community organisations that are
supporting our students. These Include: Scubanautics,
Campion Education, Rotary Club of Palm Beach, Patchara
Surf and Phoenix Insurance Brokers. We look forward to
working with them in the future to support our students.
The school would also like to thank the following
companies for their continuing support of the Scholarship
Program. Fremantle Ports—supporting the Specialist
Maritime Program; Coogee Chlor Alkali—supporting our
Science program; CSBP Ltd—supporting our Chemistry
program; RSM—Supporting our Maths Program and
Mineral Resources a major sponsor of the T&E programs
within the school.
Without the ongoing support of these companies our 27
award winners would not have been able to share in over
$10,000 in the support of students.
Ashlea Tunbridge
Hi my name is Heather Emonds and I am
honoured to be a RSHS Co-Captain for
2016. This year is an exciting opportunity to
help develop the functionality and enjoyment
of school for students. As a member of
various sport, dance, media and social
groups I have the ability to really hear and
relate to the different opinions and problems
of our diverse student body. I hope the year
brings great changes and that everyone will seek me out
for any help needed.
Heather Emonds
Congratulations to all our Scholarship and award winners
for striving to achieve your personal best. You are great
ambassadors of the school.
SPONSOR
Scholarship Details
Winner
Scubanautics
A top Specialist Program student continuing into Year 11
studies
Ethan Poole
Campion Education
A top English student continuing into Year 11 Studies
Kaya Ottaway
Fremantle Ports
Year 7 student applying for Specialist Maritime
Program
Selena
Mikulanra
A high performing Year 7 Student engaged in a Year 8
Maritime Course of Study
Shannon Maye
A high performing Year 8 Student engaged in a Year 9
Maritime Course of Study
Casey Pell
A high performing Year 9 Student engaged in a Year 10
Maritime Course of Study
Joshua Gray
A high performing Senior School student engaged in a
Maritime Course of Study
Melissa Devon
A top Year 7 student across MESS subjects continuing into
Year 8 Studies
Stephanie
Banovic
A top Year 8 student across MESS subjects continuing into
Year 9 studies Melody
Heruela
A top Year 9 student across MESS subjects continuing into
Year 10 Studies
Joshua Gray
A top Year 10 student across MESS subjects
continuing into Year 11 Studies
Aolani Taylor
Coogee Chlor
Alkali Pty Ltd
A top Science student in Year 11 entering Year 12
Lance Denis
CSBP Ltd
A top Year 11 Chemistry student continuing
Chemistry studies into Year 12.
Daniel Masterson
RSM
A top Year 10 student entering Year 11 who has
performed excellently and consistently in the field of
Mathematics
Myles Denis
Mineral Resources
A high performing student engaged in the Metals and
Engineering program
Judd Roberts
A high performing student engaged in the Metals and
Engineering program
Samuel Blackley
A high performing student engaged in the Food
Science Program
Courtenay
Mitchell
A high performing student engaged in the Construction program
Tyler Hunt
A high performing student engaged in the VET
Business program
Jemma Hall
Patchara Surf
Year 7 student applying for the Rugby League program
Tama Phillips
RSHS
Year 7 student applying for the Specialist Basketball
program
Carlos Brown
Year 7 student applying for the Specialist Netball
program
Nikita Hardy
Phoenix Insurance
Brokers
Year 7 student applying for the ACE program
Emily
Phillis-Vidler
ADF
Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award
Katey O’Rourke
ECU
Edith Cowan University Citizenship Award
Shania Hutchins
Rotary Club of Palm
Beach
Leeuwin Ocean Adventure—Leadership and Service Award
Shania Hutchins
Jayde McIntosh
Rotary Club of Palm
Beach
YEAR 9 MARITIME
Its not every day that you get to spend a morning with a group
of young students that are working independently, without
teacher instruction, setting up their own sail boats, wearing
life jackets and remembering the importance of the sun smart
message. I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with
the Year 9 Maritime students who were in the process of
doing their Yachting Australia Discover Sailing Level 2
course.
Students in this Specialist Course come from a variety of
backgrounds with State Sailing Champions, to students with
no boating background, but after watching them carry out the
“Rockingham Ballet” (the name given to the manoeuvre
order taken by the yachts), you realise the level of
engagement these students have with the program and their
instructors. The students responded with speed, to each
instruction that was issued to turn, fully competent in the
manoeuvrability of these sailboats.
The Approved Specialist Maritime Program has been
operating successfully at the school for 25 years. This
academic program also offers students the opportunity to put
their classroom knowledge into practice with such
extracurricular activities as snorkelling, canoeing, sailing,
diving, sea kayaking and power boating. Expectations on
students maintaining high grades and behaviour levels when
commencing the course, ensures that students are able to
demonstrate an aptitude to work and the capacity to learn.
Throughout the years, the community has made many phone
calls to the school, commending us on the Maritime students
behaviour on the Rockingham Foreshore and the Aquatic
Centres. Once again, these students did not let the
program, the school or their parents down. These students
are doing a wonderful job ensuring the local community has a
school we can all be proud to be a part of.
KWINANA INDUSTRIES YOUTH ART
AWARDS
More than 300 students, parents, teachers, parents, local
government and industry representatives attended the
Kwinana Industries Youth Art Awards at the Gary Holland
Centre on Wednesday, 16 March.
The awards, coordinated by Fremantle Ports and the City of
Rockingham, celebrated the creativity of 103 student
finalists from 11 schools. Artworks included paintings,
photography, woodwork, textiles and sculpture, to name
some of the areas.
Rockingham Senior High School was well represented with
entries from the following students:
 Arvid Bachmann - Untitled
 Brooke Rigoll - The Giver
 Callum Hanlon - Penguin Perspectives
 Carl Green - The Grab
 Chelsea Tallnash –Pitt - Water for Elephants
 Htet Hnine - Cyborg
 Kaitlyn Turner - Silver Star
 Milena Vukovic - Untitled
 Rylee de san Miguel - Leah the Rottweiler
 Simone Hunter - Tranquillity
 Tayla Dunn - Beach Christmas
 Zane Pinchbeck - Kakadu Sunset
Congratulations to Simone Hunter who was runner-up in her
category.
A big thank you to Mr McCann, Ms Pearson and Ms Gough
who spent time organizing, framing and delivering the
student artwork to the exhibition.
Right: Simone Hunter with
her award for Tranquillity
Below: Tayla Dunn with
Beach Christmas
YEAR 7 NAMING CEREMONY
At the beginning of each year, our new Year 7 students
get to select the sub school name that they will carry with
them for the 6 years at Rockingham SHS. The Naming
Program is run through the English Department, where
students work in groups to develop a name, a logo and a
set of values which best represents them as a year
group. The winning name from each class is then
presented to the whole year group and the final name is
selected. This name then becomes a part of
Rockingham SHS history.
We would like to thank the teachers involved in the
process, as well as the Year 7 students who actively
engaged in this important school process. The winning
name was recently presented at the Whole School
Awards Assemblies held on the 9 March. It is with pride
we announce that the winning name for our Year 7 group
is FIDES.
Their identified values are love, hope and belief.
YEAR 7 TRANSITION
In Latin, Fides means trust, faith and belief. The Year 7
sub school believes in trust. They see trust as being
love, hope and belief. The wings signify belief - they believe they can accomplish anything. The fire signifies
hope - they have hope for their successes in the future.
The heart signifies love - love in ourselves, each other
and being strong in our decisions.
Congratulations to Krysta Cats, Trenyce Hirawani-Leef,
Mia Wemm, Skye Currie and Kyah Marriner. Their
artwork will now be developed into their sub school flag,
their academic awards badges and their sub school
scarfs, which can be purchased at the uniform shop and
worn with the school uniform.
The start of 2016 has seen our Year 7 students
commence a new journey into their secondary education.
They have settled well into their new environment with
enthusiasm and energy.
During Week three our Year 7 students went to the
University of Western Australia for “A Positive Transition
To High School” event. It was an action packed day which
hopefully contributed to equipping our students with the
skills, knowledge and inspiration to thrive in high school.
An amazing cast of speakers covered topics including
resilience, authenticity, connection, courage, dreams,
mental health and emotions.
Throughout the term the students have been working with
their Student Coordinator - Mr Wake in the School’s
Buddy program.
Winning Student Art work of the Logo
As well as settling into their academic program, many of
our students are involved in Specialist and Focus
programs within the school. One such group of students
is the Year 7 Rugby League program. This group of
students, under the guidance of Mr Isaac Thomas, are
progressing in their learning and adapting of skills,
including teamwork. We look forward to watching them
develop and continue the success of this program
throughout the year.
AWARDS ASSEMBLY
FRIENDSHIP WEEK
On Wednesday 9 March, our Year 8 - 12 students celebrated
their academic successes from 2015. Due to the number of
students in the school population, the Assemblies were
divided into Middle and Senior School Assemblies which were
held over Period 2 and 3.
Students at Rockingham Senior High School recently
celebrated Friendship Week. The annual event is organised by the Student Services team to encourage all students
to take a stand together against bullying and violence in
school and the wider community.
The academic award badges are presented to students in 3
categories, gold, silver and bronze. Students who achieved a
B grade across their subjects in Semester 2, 2015 received a
bronze badge. Students achieving a mixture of A and B
grades were recognized with a silver award. Those students
who achieved an A grade average were our gold award
winners.
Friendship Games, a sausage sizzle, painting of a banner,
1000 cupcakes provided for students by staff and a school
community clean up were some of the events enjoyed by
staff and students. Years 7 -10 also attended an informative
seminar on cyber-safety. A highlight of the week was the
launch of the Buddy Zone. This area was created to
provide a designated space for Student Services and
Student Leaders to work collaboratively with the school
community.
GOLD AWARD WINNERS
FORTIS - YEAR 12
Ma Angelica Rose ALONZO
BLAZE - YEAR 11
Melissa DEVON
Jack TASKER
Abdullahi WARSAME
Kaya OTTAWAY
INTENSITY - YEAR 10
Joshua GRAY
Jessie VOITKEVICH
Nathan JOHNSON
Cameron REDHEAD
Corey BRAND
Caitlin EVANS
Milena VUKOVIC
OCULOS - YEAR 9
Melody HERUELA
ELECTRA - YEAR 8
Damien MORGAN
Congratulations to all of the award winners, for the hard work
and application to striving to achieve your best.
The events were linked to the sixth National Day of Action
against Bullying and Violence which was held on Friday, 18
March 2016.
This week has been a celebration of the amazing staff and
students that we have at Rockingham Senior High School. It
was fantastic to see teachers versing students in games,
and senior school students mentoring lower school students. There is an enhanced sense of friendship and community in the school because of Friendship Week. A huge
thank you to everyone who participated, to Student Services
for organising all the events and activities this week, and the
student council for their help at recess and lunch . LEARNING AREA IN FOCUS DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
The Design and Technology Department have made a great
start to the year and are praising the great efforts students are
giving to the subjects of Metalwork, woodwork and Design
drawing.
The commitment by the teachers in this area is 100% and we
are thankful of the wonderful work Mr Lauritsen (Senior and
Junior), Miss Vaughan and Mr Adams are making.
Mr Adams has joined us from North of the river and brings a
wealth of knowledge and expertise to Design and Technology
with decades of teaching under his belt.
PRINCIPAL VISITS TO LOCAL AREA
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Mr Koios has recently had the opportunity to meet with
the local area Year 6 Primary School Students. He was
joined by the Year 7 & 8 HOSS Ms Smith as part of our
transition program for students into High School. Many
students and parents in the Primary Schools are unaware
of the programs run by the high school or the Specialist
Program opportunities available to them. This was a
wonderful opportunity for Mr Koios to introduce himself as
the new Principal and engage with our local community.
It also enabled our Year 6 students to learn about the
school prior to the transition program that will be held in
the school later in the year.
Miss Vaughan has made RSHS her work place even though
offers from other schools were in abundance last year. Her
current workload has continued on from last year where she
worked most of the holidays developing her skills and
knowledge in Design and Technology through the Switch
Program. This year Miss Vaughan is completing a course on
advanced metalwork skills through TAFE and the flow on to
her students in this area is obvious already.
Students in Years 7 to 10 are well into the basics of their
courses and are achieving good results. Our Senior School
students are completing the components of design that are
new to the curriculum for the Design and Technology area.
These projects once designed will be made and can be taken
home at the finish of the semester.
The Design and Technology area is currently under
renovation, with new welding bays being installed and
windows between classrooms, new machines for woodwork
that will lift the area to current industry standards. Our
technical drawing facilities will be further developed using
CAD technology and a new laser cutter. This has placed our
school in the enviable position of being one of the best
resourced in the state. We are looking forward to seeing the
continued increase in quality and standard of the student work
in metalwork, woodwork and technical drawing.
Mr Koios engaging students at Cooloongup PS
POINT PERON COASTAL MUSEUM
School Captains, Ashlea Tunbridge and Heather
Edmonds recently represented the school at a community
event hosted by the Hon Phil Edman MLC and the
Mayors of both Rockingham and Kwinana.
At this evening 8 School Captains from the local schools
were able to view a video documentary of local retired
service personnel being interviewed. The last surviving
digger who witnessed the bombing of Darwin shared
many anecdotes. He served on the anti-aircraft guns in
Darwin, as well as time served on the search lights along
the coast from Rockingham to Cottesloe.
Students were also able to meet and speak with Ms
Ronnie Roach, who is part of the documentary and is
aged 96. Our captains were able to gain a significant
insight into the involvement that Point Peron had during
the war.
2016 School Captains Ashlea Tunbridge and Heather Edmonds
SPECIALIST BASKETBALL AND
NETBALL PROGRAMS
The Specialist Netball and Basketball programs have
been training very hard this term in preparation for some
very busy schedule in terms two and three.
Our Specialist Basketball teams have been training under
the watchful eye of their new teacher Mr Steve Watson
who joins us with a wealth of experience, in both teaching
and basketball.
Good luck to both groups in their games.
STUDENT ENROLMENT 2017
Enrolments for Year 7 2017, Approved Specialist
Maritime, Netball and Basketball Programs, and the
School Focus ACE and Rugby League Programs, are
currently being accepted until the 6 May 2016. Trials in
the form of interviews, skills testing and/or aptitude
testing will occur in term two . Only students that have
registered their interest for these programs will be invited
to participate in the trials.
Applications for enrolment are available on the school
website, at the front office or can be posted out to you. If
you require any further information regarding
these programs or enrolment into the school, please
contact us on 9527 0300.
KIC IWOMEN PROJECT
Year 7 Specialist Netball
Congratulations to Jasmine Hewat-Lawrence, Year 10,
who won one of the 2 KIC Leeuwin Scholarships that was
announced at iWomen Graduation on the 31 March
2015. Jasmine was very deserving of her award, and
sets sail in June.
SCHOOL WEBSITE
Term two should see the launch of the schools new
website. We have been working to try to ensure that this
site is parent friendly and easy to use. We would love
feedback from parents of their experience so we can
continue to improve.
Along with the website, we will
open the official Rockingham Senior High School
Facebook page so we can keep you up to date on what is
happening within the school on daily basis.
Rockingham Senior High School is proud to be working in partnership
with local business and industry to improve educational opportunities for
students