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Newsletter Issue 17 Thursday 24 October 2019 Thursday 24 October 2019 - Issue 17 TERM DATES - UPCOMING EVENTS PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Term 4 2019 Student Free Day On Friday 1 November, it is a Student Free Day Friday 1 November - Student Free Day for all Latrobe High Students and a Professional Monday 4 November - Public Holiday Learning Day for Staff. As Monday 4 November is Monday 5 - Friday 8 November - Leadership Speeches a Public Holiday, Recreation Day, students will Friday 8 November - School 1500m return to school on Tuesday 6 November. Monday 11 November - Leadership Voting Kinmen County Trip Monday 11 - Tuesday 12 November - Don College Yesterday, four students, Mrs Holloway and I Enrolments (LHS) headed off to Taiwan and Kinmen County for the Wednesday 13 - Thursday 14 November - Athletics Carnival next 8 days. Briar, Madeline, Elijah, Coby, Mrs Wednesday 20 November - Whole School Assembly Holloway and I are extremely excited about the Wednesday 27 - Thursday 28 November - Triathlon trip and can’t wait to learn more about the culture Challenge of Kinmen County and continue to grow the Friday 29 November - Devonport Show Public Holiday relationship between the two education Wednesday 11 December - Presentation Evening departments. We will try and keep the school Monday 16 - Wednesday 18 December - Activities Days community updated through our Facebook Page. Thursday 19 December - Farewell Assembly continued over…. Thursday 19 December - School Picnic (Final day for students) Thursday 19 December - Grade 10 Dinner Friday 20 December - Final day for staff Latrobe High School Department of Education PRINCIPAL’S REPORT continued 2020 Ski Trip and Mainland Trip As in 2019, we will be holding two options for the Ski Trip to Mt Hotham next year. There will be a Seven Day Ski Trip and a Twelve Day ski trip for Grade 9 and 10 students to choose from. The cost will be approximately $1500 for the Seven Day and $2100 for the Twelve Day. I held a meeting with students on Tuesday and forms were handed out. If your child missed the meeting and they are interested in attending the trip, they will be able to collect an information letter from the office. The staff organising our Mainland/AFL trip are finalising the itinerary and agenda. They will be advertising a meeting soon, so parents, guardians and students are aware of the itinerary and cost of the trip. It is wonderful that students are able to experience trips to the mainland with their friends and peers and I thank all the staff who make these trips available for students. 2020 Leadership Opportunities At the end of Term 3, 39 students from our Grade 9 student body have nominated themselves for our 2020 Leadership Team and students from Grade 8 are currently thinking about nominating to be a Student Representative on our School Association. One of our school values is resilience, and I would like to congratulate the students who have been resilient and jumped out of their ‘comfort zone’ by placing their name forward, knowing that they may not be elected. Today, Mrs Heazlewood and the Health and Physical Education Team outlined the role of House Captains and the application process for this. Interested Grade 9 students attended the meeting, so they could become more informed about what the role entails and how they can nominate for this leadership opportunity. Through our Personal Interest subjects, there will be opportunities for students in Grade 9 and 10 to be Support Leaders, these roles include, Literacy Support Leaders, Numeracy Support Leaders, Learning for Life Leaders and ECO Team Leaders. Mrs Forbes, Mr Oliver and Mr Karafilis will provide more information to students on these opportunities later this term. continued over…….. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT continued Department of Education Awards On Monday afternoon, the Minister for Education and Department of Education representatives acknowledged students from across the North West Coast who have excelled in their academic growth or have achieved outstanding results across their Australian Curriculum Subjects and NAPLAN. It was extremely pleasing that five students from Latrobe High received an award. A huge congratulations to Fabian, Taylor, Ashley, Jaikira and Chloe who received an award. To end the award ceremony, it was a highlight to have Fabian perform ’Demelza’ to the audience on the tenor horn. He was composed, confident, and highly skilful in the way that he captivated the audience. Well done Fabian! Nitro Athletics Well done to all the students who participated in the State Nitro Athletics Championships. A big congratulations to the Grade 9 and 10 boys’ team who finished third across the state and won the right to compete in the National All Schools Championship to be held in Perth. Unfortunately, due to some students being unavailable, the cost of the trip and competing events at this time of the year, we won’t be sending a team to Perth. The boys: Jack, James, Nik, Jonte, Oliver, Jed and Elijah should be proud of their efforts’. BRENT ARMITSTEAD PRINCIPAL GRADE 7 REPORT Term 4 is underway and we have plenty to look forward to for the rest of the year. Students have settled back into regular classroom routines and are getting stuck into units of work across all their subjects. Expectations for this part of the year remain the same as any other time, and this particularly applies to ensuring students are properly prepared for class. Students must have a fully equipped pencil case with all necessary stationary and supplies. Some of our Grade 7 students did some impressive things during the holidays! Georgia Perry travelled to Queensland to participate in a gymnastics competition. Flynn Austin and Tyler Robbins both completed the Burnie 10, with the former running the fastest time in our school’s team. Sharna Dolbey competed and placed in an equestrian event held interstate, and Piper Stevenson completed an endurance ride on horseback. Well done to all students who are excelling in their extracurricular activities! As the term goes on, we still have events such as the 1500m race, the athletics carnival, the triathlon challenge, and activities week on the horizon. Now that immunisations are out of the way, we have a lot of good times to look forward to. If you have any queries or concerns regarding your child please do not hesitate to contact Jamie Smith at school on 6426 1061 or by email [email protected] SAM CRAWFORD GRADE 7 TEACHER GRADE 8 REPORT The sun is finally shining, albeit sporadically, and the Grade 8 cohort has settled in to the busiest term of the year! Students this term will be immersing themselves in the personal stories of others, delving into Japanese history – focusing on the Shogunate era, experimenting and exploring Chemistry, as well as preparing for our upcoming Athletics Carnival by honing their skills in all track and field events during PE lessons. In addition to our school athletics carnival coming up on November 13 and 14, students also have opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities such as: the cricket gala day, the Kakka Challenge, the Schools Triathlon Challenge and Activities Week at the end of the year. I encourage all Grade 8 students to participate in as many of the extra-curricular activities as they can this term, and commend those who have already done so. I also encourage Grade 8 students to be brave and consider nominating themselves for the School Association Representative roles (also known as the blue jackets) for next year. Members of the LHS student leadership team recently spoke to students about what the role involves and the leadership opportunities and skills which could be developed by being in this role. In contrast to what is currently happening, earlier this year all Grade 8 students took part in the Australian History Competition. We have recently received the results from the competition and across the board students performed well, with four Grade 8 students achieving a ‘Distinction’ for their efforts. Congratulations to the following Grade 8 students who achieved this fantastic result: Zita Baldini, Ben Chaplin, Oscar Fenlon-Carr and Matthew Mackinnon. These students will be acknowledged in our next assembly for their efforts. On a final note, the Grade 8 cohort has consistently demonstrated our four school values throughout the year, and I hope all students continue to do so in their final term for 2019. If you have any queries or concerns regarding your child please do not hesitate to contact Savahn Overall at school on 6426 1061 or by email [email protected] SAVAHN OVERALL GRADE 8 COORDINATOR GRADE 9 REPORT Term 4 has begun and I think everyone is setting in for a term that usually flies by. As always, my message to the group is think positive, and positive relationships is one of our school values that we will continue to try to instil in all of you. For me, I am setting myself a challenge to regularly get around to every student to help to build positive relationships. While I am doing this, I will be continuing the message for everyone to be respectful to all others, appreciate and accept everyone’s differences, and under no circumstances do we intentionally cause conflict or divide. We are also being very vigilant in identifying any situation that is causing conflict and dealing with these students accordingly. On Wednesday 24 October, all Grade 9 and 10 students were involved in a forensic educational interactive called ‘A Case of Conspiracy?’ conducted by Jeshka, from Education Interactive. You can find them here. https://educationinteractive.com.au Students looked at evidence collected from a crime scene (based on a real crime scene from the 1980s) in which a drug dealer, a couple who were lawyers, and another suspect were involved in a murder and arson investigation.
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