Newsletter Term 3 Week 1A & 2B RESPECT · RESPONSIBILITY · EXCELLENCE Ph: 4232 1911 · e-mail: [email protected] Commencing July 23 2018 www.kiama-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Welcome to our exchange students from Udine, Italy who arrived on June 22. I would like to take this opportunity to farewell Mr Our visitors are Chiara Cernola, Marsona Panci, Giovanni Artico, Marco Rossi, Paul Roger, as he moves to Marco De Conti, and Virginia Vicari. They are enjoying settling into life on the next term to take up the role of Principal. He south coast and I want to thank our host parents for ensuring a fabulous stay for made a valuable contribution to Kiama High them. They will, I am sure, enjoy making the most of the holiday period. School over the last four years. He spoke to students on our whole school assembly this week Congratulations to Jonah Anderson, Brody Foster and Jack Hornsey of Year 10 and said “that whilst he is excited to take up his for making it to the finals of the High School Rocket League Tournament being new position he is sad to be leaving the great held in Adelaide in the holidays. Well done boys in achieving a place in the group of staff and students here at Kiama.” We finals of this national competition run by The High School Esports League in wish Mr Roger all the best. Partnership with Hybrid World Adelaide to stage the Rocket League Championships during the annual digital entertainment and technology event in This week we have celebrated NAIDOC week. South Australia. Thanks to Jane Littrich for putting together the program of events. Read more in this newsletter.

WOW! The War on Waste team were back in this week to wrap up filming for the upcoming series airing on July 24. Pictured are some of our dedicated Waste Warriors with Kim Cutting and host of the show, Craig Reucassel.

The episode featuring Kiama In our continued effort to improve communication between home and school we High School and the reductions have introduced an SMS system this term informing parents that their child is to landfill we have made will air absent. Thanks to parents for working with us to ensure we have best practice on August 7. Make sure to and in ironing out any issues that have arisen. watch. I am very proud of what we have been able to achieve together. To support further Please remember that all students are to return to school in improvement we have been Term 3 in full school uniform. All students are now to be able to order ten more hand wearing all black leather (or leather-like) shoes and laces with dryers in the bathrooms to black socks. Finally, I want to wish everyone a safe and eliminate paper towel waste. enjoyable holiday. Catherine Glover, Principal

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NEWS FROM SECONDARY STUDIES Assessment Task Appeals & Unfair Advantage Just a reminder to the parents of Years 10, 11 and 12 students that Kiama High

School has a comprehensive policy with respect to the submission and 2019 Year 11 Course Selections - Parent Information Evening completion of assessment tasks that contribute to the Record of School Parents, care-givers and students are invited to an Information Evening at Achievement (RoSA) for Years 10 and 11, and the Higher School Certificate 7.00pm on Tuesday July 31 in the School Hall where a presentation will detail School Assessment for Year 12. Key elements include:- important considerations, such as the NSW Education Standards Authority  The requirement for appropriate documentation (medical certificate, (NESA) requirements for completion of an HSC and the components of an appointment slips, etc.) if a student is absent THE DAY OF and THE ATAR and what this means for students. Afterwards, displays will be held in L- DAY PRIOR TO an assessment task. An Assessment Task Appeal Block, with the opportunity for parents and students to talk with Faculty Head (ATA) application needs to be collected from the HT Secondary Studies Teachers and Course Teachers about the courses offered for study in Stage 6 office in the Library (J20); the relevant Year Adviser; the Front Office; at Kiama High School. or the Library. It needs to be collected and completed WITHIN TWO DAYS of the student’s return to school. The Careers Adviser, Mitch Grove, together with representatives from  A student who is absent during the Notification Period (usually two TAFE, Kiama Community College and EVET, will also be available for parents weeks prior to the task due date, but sometimes longer) must ensure to consult. that their absence is JUSTIFIED. That is, a note must be submitted to

the Front Office OR a phone call needs to be made OR an email sent, Course Selection Process explaining the absence. It is not necessary to supply medical Year 10 students have been issued their 2019 Year 11 Course Selection certificates for the whole notification period. booklets and received information from Mr Grove with respect to HSC and  A student who knows they will be absent for a task in the future must ATAR requirements. They will receive, during Roll Call on Wednesday August 1 complete, at least TWO SCHOOL DAYS prior to the task, the ATA 2018, their personalised EDVAL codes for entering their selections into our process. That is, they have organised alternative arrangements PRIOR online system, together with a KHS survey. Students will need to return their to the task. Appropriate documentation must also be submitted with the survey form with a printout of their EDVAL entries to J20 by 9.00am on Monday ATA. August 6 2018.  Technology issues are NOT grounds for assessment task appeal. It is considered that students ‘back up’ their work, save it to the Cloud, or A couple of reminders:- create a hard copy of assignments.  ‘Family Holidays’ are also not necessarily grounds for assessment task  There are a number of opportunities throughout the next three terms for appeal. It is suggested that the Front Office and the HT Secondary students to review their selections and change them. This should not be Studies office be notified of holidays and extended leave as soon as a stressful activity for students and parents, as selections can be this is known. amended. Some students and parents find this process onerous; however, we need to  Students need to focus on their own preferences: they should not be ensure that there is an equitable system in place for all of our students. governed by any ideas about what teacher is taking the course; what their friends are selecting; or whether they think a course will run. Their If there are any concerns, please feel free to contact me on the school number preferences should reflect their own passions and commitment to their (02 4232 1911). learning and potential career paths. Judith McLaughlin Head Teacher – Secondary Studies

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Visual Arts Junior Elective Excursion 2018 One of the great highlights at the excursion was seeing former Kiama High student India Marks’ work hanging On Wednesday June 27, Kiama High School’s Years 8, 9 and 10 Visual Arts for the second time as a finalist in the students attended an excursion to both the Art Gallery of and Archibald prize on the walls of the Hazelhurst Regional AGNSW! True inspiration is what Art Gallery and Arts dedication and passion can Centre to view the accomplish. We were all very proud! 2018 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman India Marks Candy Prize exhibitions with Visual Arts teachers, The Wynne Prize is awarded to the Ms Stehr and Ms best landscape painting of Australian Papalexandris. scenery, or figure sculpture, while the Sulman Prize is given to the best The students outside subject painting, genre painting or of the AGNSW mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media. The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are The excursion began at the Art Gallery an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike. The of NSW where students spent the morning examining the artworks and Archibald Prize, first awarded in 1921, is Australia’s favourite art award, and admiring the technical and aesthetic skills of some of Australia’s most one of its most prestigious. Awarded to the best portrait painting, it’s a who’s prominent artists. The calibre of the work in this year’s Archibald Prize was who of Australian culture – from politicians to celebrities, sporting heroes to exceptional. The students enjoyed being close to original artworks to appreciate artists. the level of craftsmanship that goes into creating an artwork. They all selected their favourites and took some photographs of them. This year the prize was awarded to Yvette Coppersmith for her stunning Self-portrait, after After enjoying a break in the gallery café the students moved on to the George Lambert. It is a wonderful painting with its Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, which as a regional gallery, had a rich, painterly style evoking early modernism. The smaller display of works, namely an exhibition by Sydney design aficionado artist paid homage to one of her favourite artists Marion Hall Best. Students could engage with interior design from the 1960s George Lambert by painting her winning self- and 1970s with all their vibrant and organic inspiration. portrait after his style. Each gallery contained stunning pieces that all varied in size, approach, Yvette Cunningham Self Portrait, after George medium and form. All pieces were an inspiration to each student that attended Lambert this excursion; whether it is in portraiture, landscape, mixed media or interior design. Many students also enjoyed the large-scale historical collection from the late 1900s to the International Modernists in the AGNSW Collection like Picasso and Francis Bacon. It was a great opportunity for our elective classes to engage fully with the role of the professional artist and the diverse processes and practices they employ to best convey the concepts in their work.

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All in all, this was an absolutely brilliant day for both students and teachers who were involved in this excursion. It was obvious that all students who attended were inspired in some way and thoroughly enjoyed themselves at each of the galleries.

Ms Jenny Papalexandris - Visual Arts CAPA Faculty

Our students in front of a Kathryn del Barton work

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NAIDOC Week 2018 Students also completed four painted surfboards which will be displayed in Kiama Council’s NAIDOC Art exhibition Kiama High celebrated NAIDOC week this week with a number of events. Each next week. This activity allowed a stage assembly experienced a ceremony led by Aboriginal students. Every sharing of ideas and the mural is telling a Aboriginal student who spoke did so with dignity and pride. This year’s theme is really interesting story about the “Because of Her, We Can” and we learnt about Aboriginal women who have led journeys that people make and how we the way and gone before. Also at these assemblies, Alira Morgan’s are coming together to meet on the land choreographed dance, which was performed at Sorry Day and featured Year 8 at Kiama High school. students Alira Morgan, Chloe Robbins, Charlotte Beahan and Sophie Kaye, was filmed and shown to all the school. All students were taught a special PBL lesson on Friday with the focus on On Wednesday the Aboriginal students, family and some SRC members NAIDOC’s theme and Aboriginal culture. worked on adding to the Aboriginal Mural. The painting was inspired by Trish A number of teachers contributed to the Levett from Kiama Council and student Alira Morgan and designed by Year 12 creation of this lesson. student Zahli Howard. Students worked together so well and all enjoyed a wonderful lunch provided by Janelle and the canteen. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this year’s NAIDOC week memorable and meaningful.

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Year 12 Business Studies Budding Ex-Student Shares UTS Entrepreneurs Refine Skills at UOW HSC Lecture Scholarship Experience Day Zander Newcombe graduated from Kiama High School in 2017. He was On Wednesday June 20, Mr Omrod accompanied seven Year 12 Business granted a scholarship to study at UTS in Studies students to the University of to participate in a free HSC Sydney under the Bachelor of workshop organised by the . Due to the array of Information Technology Co-operative assessments that Year 12 had in Week 8 and the mass panic that ensued, Scholarship Program. Only 30-40 many students unfortunately pulled out of attending, which was disappointing. students are accepted into the program each year and applications are open to The students were entertained firstly by Mohan Dhall, HSC textbook author, any Australian or New Zealand school marker and Business Studies expert who spoke about the Marketing and leaver. Operations topics, cleverly intertwining real-life case studies of how the syllabus Zander visited Kiama High School at the applies in real-life business situations. The second speaker, Len Nixon, end of Term 2 to share his experiences consolidated the students understanding of the Finance topic, which was with Year 11 and Year 12 computing fantastic, with both Mr Pitt's and Mr Omrod's classes just having finished these classes. Zander said, “without this topics in class. Finally, Phil Mannochio from Moriah College spoke about the scholarship there’s no way I’d have been Human Resources topic, consolidating the topic through applying real-world able to study in Sydney. Not only that but I do two work placements as part of examples of Australian Business Human Resource case studies to support the the course and its very common for those placements to lead straight into full syllabus dot point. All students were exceptionally behaved on the day. time work when the course is finished.”

Over three years the scholarship is worth close to $49,000 and any interested students should contact Mr Grove, our Careers Advisor, for details.

Zander is congratulated for his outstanding achievement and we wish him every success in the future.

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WEEK 1A WEEK 2B

MONDAY 23/7 MONDAY 30/7  Staff Development Day  SC Boys & Girls Invitational Trial TUESDAY 24/7  Students return to school TUESDAY 31/7  STEM Challenge UOW  Year 11 Course Selection Information Evening  SRC Induction Ceremony WEDNESDAY 25/7

 CHS Girls Touch Football Transport for NSW is seeking to improve the consistency and accuracy of bus WEDNESDAY 1/8 service information across NSW, school bus numbers and names are being  South Coast Netball Knock- standardised. THURSDAY 26/7 Out 15s & Opens

As a result, school bus numbers and names are being amended and bus FRIDAY 27/7 THURSDAY 2/8 services which operate to and from our school will be included in this upgrade.  NSW All Schools Cross Country  Trial HSC Examinations Please note, there will be no change to school bus routes during this time. Eastern Creek begin

In supporting the transition to the new bus numbers all bus services will FRIDAY 3/8 display the current/old bus number next to the new bus number to ensure students and teachers can clearly identify their bus and familiarise  SCSSA Secondary Athletics themselves with the new bus number. Canberra  Southern Stars Rehearsal The current/old bus number will be displayed for a period of one month from July 2 2018 (excluding school holidays).

If you have any queries please refer to our the School Services page at www.premierillawarra.com.au , contact us directly on (02) 4271 1322 or contact Transport for NSW directly on 131 500.

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CANTEEN PARENT VOLUNTEERS National Disabilities Data Collection (NCCD): Week 1A All schools are required to complete the annual Nationally Consistent Mon 23/7 Tue 24/7 Wed 25/7 Thu 26/7 Fri 27/7 Collection of Data(NCCD). The NCCD identifies adjustments that schools make in and out of the classroom, to support students with disabilities. It is implemented through agreement between the Australian Government and all Pupil Free Laura Marloo Nat Help needed states and territories. The national data collection aligns with educational Day obligations to provide reasonable adjustments for students who need them, in consultation with their parents and carers, under the Disability Discrimination Week 2B Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005.

Mon 30/7 Tue 31/7 Wed 1/8 Thu 2/8 Fri 3/8 The NCCD is based on the professional judgment of teachers about their students and reflects the work of schools in providing adjustments for their students with disabilities. The registration does not have names attached and Help needed Nerida Jacinta Help Needed data for individual students remains at school. It is compulsory for all schools to Liz submit data and permission from parents is not required but awareness is. Our Kate D school has participated in this program for a number of years and has identified a number of adjustments that support the provision of personalised learning and support for students with a disability.

Immunisation History Statement for 2019 School Entry

Parents should be aware that all students enrolling in Year 7 from 2019 onwards are required to provide an Australian Immunisation Register Immunisation History Statement to the school.

The Immunisation History Statement is automatically generated by the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and posted to the address you have listed with Medicare when your child has received their booster vaccines at four years of age. You can also request the Statement through the MyGov App or at any Medicare Office.

For further information, please contact the Immunisation Team at the Public Health Unit on (02) 4221 6700.