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Vol 1 February 2018 220 Badimara Street Tel: 6142 3444 Waramanga ACT 2611 [email protected] Year’s 8, 9 and 10. There are also some new faces in our School Board teaching staff; Bruce Sutherland is our new wood/metal School Board Chair: Craig Lilley teacher, Cherie Wilkinson is taking over MakerSpace, Community Member: Alan Wu Erin O’Connor, Kim Mowbray and Glenda Johnson have Parent Members: Craig Lilley, Adam Miller & Louise Newey Teachers Members: Rebecca Cusick joined Learning Support, Sarah Jordan and Michelle Student Members: Mya Mason & Isaac Witrzen McFadyen have joined Humanities and Julie White and Paul Chubb are part of the Math faculty. We have also welcomed back Kate Dobney to the front office after a IMPORTANT LINKS posting interstate, Jo Power is back leading the Arts & Tech faculty, and Tegan Campbell and CeCe Edwards Website: www.mountstromlo.act.edu.au have returned. Schoology: https://mountstromlo.schoology.com It was with mixed emotions we farewelled Ms Alex MSHS Blog: https://stromlohs.wordpress.com Morton last week. Ms Morton has been promoted to Calwell High School to lead their Arts and Technology Faculty. This is a fantastic opportunity for her and Calwell, but we will miss her greatly. Ms Morton has led IMPORTANT DATES our Arts and Technology Faculty in Mrs Power’s absence 21 – 23 Feb Drama Camp & Band Camp and coordinated all of our parent events and assemblies 27 Feb Yr 7 Immunisations for the past two years. She has been a valuable member 1 - March School Photo Catch up Day of our executive team, widely respected by staff, 5 - 7 March Yr 10 Humanities Sydney Excursion students and parents, not to mention an excellent music teacher and band director. 27 March Cross Country See calendar on school website for more details Over the course of this term I will advertise nationally to recruit a passionate and talented music teacher. In the interim, Ms Sobierajski is teaching the year 7 & 8 introduction to music and supporting the Jazz Band rehearsals and Mr Byron Luck, the music teacher at Duffy Primary School, has kindly offered to run our Concert Band rehearsals for Term 1. The first newsletter of the year is usually the longest with a lot of information to share with parents. We are always looking for ways to improve so if you have any feedback about the newsletter, or the school in general, I would love to hear it. Please call, email or use Schoology to send me a message anytime. Principal’s Message Dear Parents and Carers Regards, It has been a great start to the school year. We have Kate Marshall welcomed 167 year 7 students and 41 new students into Principal Transition to Google Classroom Accident/Incident Report or Notification of a Critical Incident together with any accompanying witness Over the course of the next six months we will be statements. transitioning from Schoology to Google Classroom as our The purposes for which the information is collected schools Learning Management System (LMS). Google include notifying the Territory’s insurers and legal Classroom is the LMS now used by public schools across advisers of injuries and incidents and ensuring that the the ACT and should make our students transitions, from school itself has accurate and complete records. primary school and also on to college, simpler. Our students also now have their brand new Chromebooks The Directorate usually provides the form and any other allowing for a single powerful and simple platform on information relevant to the accident/incident to the ACT which they can learn. During the course of the transition Insurance Authority and the ACT Government Solicitor. teachers will maintain major assessment items on Information may also be provided to WorkSafe ACT in Schoology as well as information concerning the course accordance with the ACT Work Health and Safety Act content. Many classes day to day content will be created 2011. using Google Classroom and we look forward to giving you access to email summaries in Semester 2. We Schools have a duty of care to keep students safe. apologise for any inconvenience that may occur while Where an injury or incident occurs schools have an we transition in Semester 1. obligation to determine what has happened and therefore may question students. Schools may also ask students to make statements in writing and to sign these statements. Before School Supervision Parents are reminded direct supervision is provided from 8:45am each morning however staff are on site Insurance and Ambulance Transport from 8:15am. Please remind you child they can come to the Front Office if they need assistance before TEAM. The ACT Education and Training Directorate does not provide any insurance cover for injury, disease or illness to students resulting from school activities or school- organised excursions. Claims for compensation are met Absences & ACT Secondary Bursary where there is a legal liability to do so. Liability is not automatic and depends on the circumstances in which Unfortunately some parents who receive the ACT any injury, disease or illness was sustained. Secondary Bursary were surprised to learn their child was no longer eligible for the one off payment after 5 As there is no automatic insurance cover for personal days of unexplained absence in the previous six months. injury if your child is injured at school or during a school organised activity/excursion you should therefore To ensure your child’s attendance meets the consider whether taking out personal insurance cover requirements of the scheme, parents must report all for your child is warranted. absence to the school as soon as possible. Reasonable excuses for an absence include illness, injury, medical This insurance might cover contingencies including appointments and bereavement. medical/hospital expenses, ambulance transport outside the ACT, and cancellation of transport/accommodation Please be aware the front office staff can only amend an or loss of/damage to luggage. absences record in the same calendar year the absence occurred. The ACT Ambulance Service provides free ambulance transport for students who are injured or suddenly become ill at school or during an approved school organised activity within the ACT. School Accidents & Incidents Should you have any specific concerns, please feel free Mount Stromlo High School collects information about to raise them with me. injuries and incidents that occur at school or on school- organised activities, on behalf of the ACT Education and Training Directorate. Some of the information may be personal information as defined in the Privacy Act 1988 and the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997. The information is usually included in a Student 2 New Staff Hi! My Name is Glenda Johnson. I have joined the Learning Support Faculty here Hi, my name is Julie White and I have at Mt Stromlo. I have moved from the pleasure of joining the Monash Primary School where I was in Mathematics Faculty here at Mount the LSU for five years. I love working with Stromlo High School. I have taught at a the kids and helping them to achieve their number of high schools in the ACT and goals and I am excited to experience a high school have recently completed 9 years at Lyneham High. I love to see the “light bulb” moments setting and work with the team here. when the students have persevered, practiced and shown patience to finally “get it”. I believe these 3P’s are the integral ingredients to Maths study and that all Hi my name is Sarah Jordan. I have students can achieve at Mathematics. I am really looking come to Mount Stromlo High School forward to working with and being part of the Maths from Arawang Primary School as the Team at MSHS. Japanese teacher, however my background is in high school. I am Hi all, I am Cherie Wilkinson and I’m teaching English and SOSE this year. I super keen to be joining the Mt am really excited to join the community Stromlo team this year. I have a at Stromlo, and work with my students as they develop background in Science and have throughout the year. taught in Victoria and also over in the UK. I’ve spent the past few years My name is Paul Chubb and I teach Maths. working at the Questacon Makerspace in Deakin, and I have been involved with many Canberra am excited to bring what I have learnt there to Mt. school over the last little while and I am Stromlo High school. I’ll be working to develop the Mt struck by the professionalism and Stromlo Makerspace and getting our students involved enthusiasm demonstrated by the teachers in making, tinkering and technology. here and the great students. I love to see Hi, my name is Michelle McFadyen. I students engaged in the subject and learning, especially have moved to Mount Stromlo from if they are improving. My hope is that the students I Melrose High School and will be teach will be encouraged in both their personal lives and teaching English and Humanities this also as mathematicians. year. I am looking forward to learning more about the Stromlo community and supporting my Hello, my name is Kim Mowbray and I students on their learning journeys. am very excited to join the Mount Stromlo community this year. I have Hello Mount Stromlo community, my been a teacher in the ACT since 2001 name is Erin O’Connor and I have joined and have worked as both a high school the Learning Support team this year. I PE teacher and as a primary school have moved from The Woden School teacher.