Newsletter - Corrimal High School
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Newsletter - Corrimal High School
CORRIMAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGAGING INNOVATIVE LOCAL Newsletter Thursday, 17 March 2016 TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS Find us at: Murray Road Corrimal, NSW, 2518 Mail: PO Box 372 Corrimal, NSW, 2518 Phone: 4285 1199 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/corrimalhs Website: www.corrimal-h.schools.nsw.edu.au PRINCIPAL’S PERSONAL MESSAGE COMPLIMENTS, SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS The school is keen to hear from you if you have a compliment or suggestion or a concern about any aspect of our service. WE VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK We like to know if you think we’re doing something well. It helps us to make sure we continue to do great things in public education. We’ll make sure that your message is passed on. We are constantly improving the way we work, so let us know if you have any suggestions for how we could do things differently. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU If you have a concern we will deal with your issue thoroughly and fairly. We have a clear process for resolving problems and suggest that you contact us as early as possible if you have a concern or complaint. WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE CHS was involved in this fundraiser for blood cancer research last week. Over $2800 was raised by the students and staff. Congratulations to the students and staff who volunteered to shave or colour their hair to raise funds. A big thank you to all of the school community who donated money to the event. Thank you to Mr Foster; Mr Wellings; Ms Wood and Ms Price for their organisation and assistance in running the event. We would also like to thank Uni Hair and Beauty, and former student Hope, for volunteering to do all the shaves and cuts. Mr M King Principal DATE EVENT Monday 21 March 2016 Year 7 and 11 Progress Report Interviews 2:30pm to 5:30pm Friday 25 March 2016 Good Friday Monday 28 March 2016 Easter Monday Wednesday 30 March 2016 School Cross Country TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 2|Page WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE 2016 TRUE ROLE MODELS FOR THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. CHS IS VERY PROUD OF YOU! Many of us have been touched by cancer in some way. Many people know someone close to them that has suffered through the trauma that is cancer or have supported friends and family throughout their ordeal. To show their support, some of the very awesome students of Corrimal High School banded together for the World's Greatest Shave. On the 11th of March 2016, several students and staff shaved, waxed or coloured their hair to raise research funds and awareness for blood cancer. Not only did many students donate their hair (in some fashion) but those that could not participate in the shave donated much needed funds and assisted the Corrimal High School team to raise over the $3,000 mark! Even former students got involved, with Hope and Michelle from Uni Hair and Beauty donating their time or resources in completing the cut and shaves! We really appreciated your support and thank all volunteers, all those who donated and all those who gave up some hair for a short period of time for such a worthwhile cause! Mr J Foster TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 3|Page Last Tuesday Mr Wellings and I had the pleasure of taking the Opens Boy’s rugby league team to participate in the knockout stages of the Hornby Shield at Croome Road Sporting Complex. It was an extremely hot day and our boys had two, thirty minute games against Albion Park and Kanahooka. The first games saw us coming up against Albion Park and it was a very even game, going into half time 12-4 down. A late try in the second half to Albion Park edged our boys out of the competition in a hard fought 18-4 loss. Our second game against Kanahooka was a low scoring game riddled with lots of handling errors and penalties. There were some big hits and we unfortunately lost 6-0 in a very close game. All students are to be commended for their behaviour and efforts on the day. Getting students to training and a little more discipline on the field is needed for our upcoming games in term two. A big thank you to Kias Chalmers-Mulder for his assistant coach role and Cody Farrar and Kaleb Hocking for working hard during the games to keep the players hydrated. SPORT OPEN BOY’S RUGBY LEAGUE Mr S Abbott 2016 GRADE SPORT COMPETITION Students in Years 7-11 will have the opportunity to participate in the 2016 Illawarra Zone Grade Sport Competition during Terms 2 and 3. Students will be selecting their sport during Week 11 and trials will be held Week 1 Term 2. We encourage all students to choose a grade sport and enjoy the various sports on offer. TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 4|Page SOUTH COAST REGIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Last week we had three CHS swimmers compete in the Regional Swimming Championships at Dapto Pool. Well done to Connor Phillips (Year 12), Patrick Vallance (Year 11) and Nioka-Rose Blair (Year 7) on your fine performances in the pool. Connor Patrick Nioka-Rose SOUTH COAST REGIONAL GIRLS FOOTBALL REPRESENTATIVES Congratulations to Claytyn Gehrke (Year 11) and Tatum Etherden (Year 10) on their selection in the Regional Open Girls Football team. The girls will compete in Cromer at the NSW CHS State Championships at the end of May. Well done girls, the school community is very proud of your achievements. Claytyn Tatum TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 5|Page 2016 ILLAWARRA ZONE NETBALL GALA DAY On 7 March the Under 15’s Girls Netball team competed at the Illawarra Zone Netball Gala Day at Berkeley and were placed 7th overall. Our team comprised all Year 7 students and the girls were playing against much older students throughout the Gala Day. Despite this, the girls played with pride and determination and were a pleasure to coach. I am looking forward to watching the team grow together as we continue to train and develop as a team Well done to all the girls, you were an absolute delight to take to the Gala Day. Mrs B Arthur and Mr K Majoor Sports Organisers MUSIC NEWS Music in 2016 has started with a bang! The Percussion Ensemble is rehearsing a new original student composition that features a mix of hand drums, stick drums and glowing drumsticks! The Vocal Ensemble has already performed at the School Open Night. They did a tremendous job performing ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. We have many new members and they are all doing a stellar job. Elective music sees Yr. 9/10 studying Music for Small Ensemble. Yr. 11 is studying Music for Radio, Television, Film and Multimedia and Yr 12 are studying Popular Music. All elective music classes are progressing well and we are unearthing some very prestigious talent. TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 6|Page SUPPORT UNIT STRUCTURED CLASS TIME BREAKS Students in the Orange class are involved in a variety of structured activities such as Uno and puzzles. These activities help to break up the lesson and increase concentration levels plus it also helps to build positive relationships within the classroom. Ms H Mathews EARTH HOUR 19 MARCH 8:30-9:30PM It’s almost that time of year again where people in countries all over the world forsake their electricity for an hour and switch off for the future of our planet. This year Corrimal High School will be doing just that. As an extension project, Year 7 Blue has begun working on planning an Earth Hour School’s Event to be held on the Friday 18th of March. Many fantastic ideas have been proposed and each student in Year 7 Blue is working enthusiastically to raise awareness of such an important issue. So please join us in switching off for the #PlacesWeLove on Saturday 19th March from 8:30pm-9:30pm. THE “TELL THEM FROM ME” STUDENT FEEDBACK SURVEY I am delighted that this term, our school, like many others in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey aims to help improve student learning outcomes and measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide our school with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at school. I want to assure you that the survey is confidential and school staff will not be able to identify individual students from their responses. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 14 March and 8 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 7|Page CHS STAFF IN THE SPOTLIGHT Name: Alex Mar Faculty/Position: Deputy Principal / HT Admin Time at Corrimal High: 4 years this time, 6 years last time. Qualifications: B.Ed PDHPE & M.Ed Special Education Where did you go to school? Thirroul Primary, Woonona High, Wollongong University Past schools (where you have taught): Campbell House SSP, Ambarvale HS, Kanahooka HS. How long have you been teaching for? 20 years FT + 5 years casual Have you worked in other jobs? Bank Teller, owned a Skate & Sports Centre Favourite subject when you attended school? PE, Science, Maths. (It was about the teachers). What do you like about teaching? Building relationships, making a difference and watching young people improve and grow into respectful and productive citizens What are your interests outside school? Family, Soccer, Surfing What is your favourite?: Book - Power of One Band - ACDC Movie - Blindside Sports team - Thirroul Thunder Do you have a pet? No Anything else interesting that you would like to share about yourself? I have a bravery award endorsed by the Queen Can you tell us something we don’t know about you? 53 years old, married with 5 children, the oldest is 23 and youngest is 16. I love sports cars. I love to travel. What is your greatest sporting achievement? Going to State Athletics as Regional Champion for long jump in Year 12. Winning Tasman Cup Open Boys State KO in 1980. Still playing Soccer and Touch Footy (both slowly)! The best thing about Corrimal High is......The people. I love going to work every day, saying hello, having a laugh, doing some work and making today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today. TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 8|Page NEW CHS MERIT SYSTEM To effectively acknowledge positive student behaviour at CHS, the school’s Positive Behaviour for Learning team (PBL) has redesigned the system for rewarding students who strive to demonstrate the school’s values of Respect, Responsibility and Safety. The students will continue to accumulate PBL stamps for demonstrating positive behaviour in classrooms, with accompanying faculty, bronze, silver, gold and principal levels applied. Those students that reach these levels will be presented these awards at merit assemblies in conjunction with reward days and fun extra-curricular activities offered to those students throughout the year. See merit flow chart for further details. Responsibilities Student takes completed stamp sheet to any HT who issues a faculty award and places a positive referral on Millenium. 1 complete PBL class stamp sheet 3XFaculty Merit = Bronze 3X Bronze Student takes merits to YA’s who collate and present awards Bronze & above at termly merit assemblies, places a positive referral on millennium. = Silver 3X Silver = Gold Certificate 3X Gold = Principal’s Award TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 9|Page AIME HIGHER AIME stands for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience. It is a dynamic educational program that aims to provide support to Indigenous students and give students involved the skills, opportunities, belief and confidence to grow and pursue their dreams. AIME in the Illawarra takes place at the University of Wollongong and is grounded in small group and one-on-one mentoring. Students can work on building self-confidence, positive attitudes and leadership skills while setting and making steps towards their personal goals. AIME has assisted students identify goals and work towards completing school and achieving postschool success through admission to University, admission to TAFE, seeking apprenticeships or traineeships and any other life goal that might seem too big to tackle. Students have meet with Steph from AIME who has discussed what AIME looks like for students in 2016 over some pizza. Many students have already returned their note to attend. If you would like your student to attend, please have them return their note as soon as possible to Mr Foster. AIME begins in term 2 for all year groups and finishes in October 2016 with a final celebration. SCHOOL OPAL CARDS Over 350,000 students eligible for subsidised travel under the School Student Transport Scheme have been provided with a School Opal card for travel within the Opal network. This year, Transport for NSW and transport operators have allowed eligible school students to travel without a School Opal card for the first seven weeks of the school year, provided they are in school uniform or can provide evidence they are attending school (i.e. school student ID card or copy of class timetable). As most students have now settled in to their new travel patterns for the year and have received their School Opal cards, the grace period will end on Monday 21 March 2016. TEACHING FOR ENGAGEMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS 10 | P a g e