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2R Road North Woolooware NSW 2230 Phone: 9523 6752 Fax: 9527 3412 Website: www.woolooware-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

2016 TERM 3 WEEK 4 EDUCATION WEEK : SHARED STORIES, BETTER LEARNING, STRONGER COMMUNITIES

Education Week is a time to recognise and acknowledge public schools, their achievements, staff and students. This week we began with the Leakie Awards where hundreds of students in Years 7-10 gained recognition for their work across all subjects. The Top 20 academic students in each year were also recognised and acknowledged by their peers. This year we saw a great increase in the number of parents and grandparents who attended the ceremonies. Thank you for your continued support and for coming to join us in celebrating the parliament, work with others to debate environmental achievements of the amazing students we have at our issues, highlighted domestic violence as an issue, and school. was subsequently voted to the position of NSW Youth Governor by his peers. This is a fantastic For the second year in a row, one of our students result for Matthew, and very well deserved. was chosen to participate in 'Secretary for a Day', shadowing one of the Department of Education's This week we also presented retirement medals to a Executive Directors and participating in a week long number of our staff. The retirement medal recognises series of leadership events. Lily Gorman-Brown was 'service to students' and represents the important one of 19 students chosen from across NSW schools. work done by teachers and administration staff She is an outstanding representative of our school, throughout their careers. Congratulations and thank espousing our school values and always 'striving for you to Mr Gleeson (DP), Mrs Gleeson (SASS), excellence' in everything she does. Mr Fallah (History), Ms Hudson (History) and Mr Read (Mathematics). Mr West, our Careers Matthew Roussis, our School Captain, must also be Advisor also retired at the start of the term. congratulated for his achievement at the Youth Mrs Desrets has taken on the position as Careers Parliament Program, Parliament House. Matthew Advisor. Her skills and experiences in this field will was one of two students chosen by Mark Speakman support our students in transitioning from high to represent the Cronulla electorate at Youth school to the next chapter of their lives. She can be Parliament. He was given opportunities to speak in contacted for advice and information about careers, TAFE and Uni information and work experience. The start of this term also saw Ms Wellington arrive at our school. Ms Wellington is on an exchange program. She is from England and is replacing Ms Smith in PDHPE. Ms Wellington brings with her lots of skills and expertise in the area of PDHPE and is very keen to work with our talented students, as well as learn more about our education system. Have a great term 3!

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE SEMESTER 1 LEAKIE AWARDS

Congratulations to all students who qualified for a Leakie Award. Presentation of the Leakie Awards and the Top 20 in each year group were held this week.

Year 7 Top 20

Year 8 Top 20

Year 9 Top 20

Year 10 Top 20

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE TOWER EXCURSION

On Tuesday, 19 July, Year 12 Food Technology, Year 12 Hospitality and Year 11 Food Technology were accompanied by Ms Siokos, Miss Hall and I to Sydney Tower. We started the morning with quite a long and extensive tour of the basement area of Sydney Tower where the main kitchens, stores and food delivery and storage areas are located. A complete overview of Sydney Tower dining was provided covering all aspects including: safety, staff responsibilities, point of sale systems, ordering of stock, security, food preparation, styles of dining, target markets and promotional methods. We were accompanied by a tour guide throughout the morning and also had some information given to us by the executive chef. After our tour, students and staff had lunch at the Sydney Tower Buffett - the aspect of the day most anticipated!

We were extremely fortunate to have a glorious day and could see the ocean and even Cronulla from the restaurant. The food was of an extremely high standard and as there are many international guests there was an array of choices which included many bush foods such as emu, crocodile and kangaroo.

MS INGRID MOON HEAD TEACHER TAS HOME ECONOMICS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE YOUTH PARLIAMENT

At the closing ceremony I was proudly wearing

Woolooware High School blazer on the backbench. The YMCA NSW Youth Governor was announced, they said my name and I was elected as the 2016-17 YMCA NSW Youth Governor. It was such an amazing experience: representing Cronulla Electorate and Woolooware High School, developing as a leader and a person, getting overwhelming respect from my peers because of our schools work with White Ribbon and meeting such passionate and inspiring young people from all over NSW. It was fun and I encourage anyone who wants to do it in the future to do so because it’s remarkable knowing that you can have a powerful voice and that people do listen. In the holidays I was lucky enough to participate in the YMCA Youth and Government program at Sydney MATTHEW ROUSSIS Parliament House representing the Cronulla electorate. I SCHOOL CAPTAIN was successful in gaining the nomination and proud to represent my school and community. At the training camp in the previous holidays we were separated into committees such as mental health, transport, multi-culturalism, family and communities and rural and regional affairs. I became a member of the Environment Committee. We created the “Environmental Packaging Bill 2016”, which aims to minimise the environmental impacts arising from the production and disposal of packaging, in an effort to reduce the amount of packaging used by business. I was a part of the government sponsors for our bill and we had the opportunity to debate our amendments of biodegradable packaging against the opposition in the Legislative Assembly (LA), which was chaired by our local MP Mark Speakman. The bill passed through the LA and the Legislative Council and is now being considered by Members on NSW Parliament. I also had the opportunity to speak on the ‘open floor’ in other debates that I was passionate about. I spoke in the family and community debate and the crisis issue debate about revenge pornography in reference to the prevalent issue of domestic violence. We were also invited into The Governor Mr. David Hurley’s house, where we chatted with him and his wife as well as getting tours around his house and the Botanic Gardens. At the camp we had the chance to run for the “most prestigious” role of Youth Governor for the remainder of 2016 and 2017 and I was elected into the top 6 finalists by the other youth members in the LA. I definitely felt the underdog as everyone else knew a whole lot more than me about politics but I didn't give up. We were all interviewed by a panel of YMCA employees, whom asked us questions in order to see who was worthy of the position (thanks to Mr Cox and the entire PDHPE Department for teaching us all how to do well in interviews). 30/08/2016 Woolooware High School p.4

STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

Abbey Simshauser (10) achieved selection as a member of the Under 16 Waterpolo team at the Pan Pacific Games. Blake Willems (12) achieved selection as a member of the Sydney East Boys’ Softball team. Matthew Rytmeister (12) and Zac Simshauser (12) achieved selection as members of the Sydney East Lawn Bowls team. Lauren McMahon (12) achieved selection as a member of the Sydney East Cross Country team. Kristen Chirgwin (9) achieved selection as a member of the Sydney East Trampolining team. Charlotte Hadlow (7) achieved selection to attended the Sydney East Trampolining trials. Gabrielle Hogan (8) achieved selection to attend the Sydney East Gymnastics Trials. Stevie Donougher (12) achieved selection as a member of the NSW All Schools Girls Football team. Hannah Brierley (7) and Lucy Neudegg (7) achieved selection as members of the Sydney East Artistic/Rhythmic Gymnastics team. Hannah Russell (7) achieved selection as a member of the NSW State Hockey team and will compete in the Australian Championships. Indiana Killick (8) achieved selection as a member of the Sydney East Athletics team. Jay Brown (9) and Finley Padman (9) have achieved outstanding results in Surfing. Jay won the U16 NSW State Surfing Titles. Jay and Finley finished 2nd in the MR Shield. Jay will compete in the Australian Titles.

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Mr Kieran Monahan Mrs Cherie Parkes Mathematics Teacher Head Teacher, Science (relieving)

Tell us about your teaching career. Tell us about your teaching career.

I graduated as a PDHPE teacher. My first teaching I was never that great at Science in school, but had job was running a swimming program at an amazing teacher which gave me my inspiration Bankstown Primary School. After this I spent a to follow a career in Science. I have taught at couple of terms casual teaching, mainly at many schools….public, private, co-ed, boys’ and Endeavour SHS and Bankstown. I then went girls’ HS for short periods of time. I have been at overseas for 18 months, teaching in London. I WHS since 1991!! I have filled many roles found myself teaching Mathematics at Swakeleys including Year Adviser (twice in my career), Sport School for Girls in London. It was my first Organiser and Relieving Head Teacher. I still love Mathematics job, it was a great school and I teaching and interacting with my students. It has learned a lot. been rewarding to have ongoing contact with past After coming back to I retrained to students and seeing where their lives have taken become a Mathematics teacher. I was lucky them and the successful careers they have had! enough to get some temp’ work at Woolooware Mr Monahan and Miss Bunting, for example, are past students of mine from WHS. HS. This eventually lead to a permanent job. Seven and half years later and I’m still very much What did you do in class this week that was really enjoying being at WHS. I’ve been fortunate to be interesting? involved with some great projects and sporting As relieving Head Teacher Science I’ve been teams at WHS and I am most proud of being a observing my colleagues teaching lessons in Year Adviser to a fantastic group of kids. Science. It has been extremely interesting to What did you do in class this week that was really observe their teaching practice. Most importantly interesting? though, I have learnt so much from these

Year 7 are learning about negative numbers so we observations that I can use to implement in my had a lesson outside throwing bean bags into own classroom. This highlights the importance of hoops. They were awarded points for a shot in the ongoing Professional Development in learning to hoop but negative points for a miss. To add up deliver the same content in new and exciting ways. their scores they had to work with both positive and negative numbers. Tell us something about yourself that we may not

know Tell us something about yourself that we may not know I love interior design, trying new ideas in the

I spent six months in the USA, working at a kitchen, socialising and spending time with Summer Camp in California for 3 months which friends, music, dancing and gardening! was an amazing experience. I love all sports, I’m a My son, Chas and fiancé, Carina, are about to massive Cronulla Sharks fan in the NRL and become parents…..so I’ll be a GRANDMA!! Newcastle United fan in the English soccer. Eeek!

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE SCHOOL COMMUNITY INFORMATION STUDY SKILLS

"Last week Dr Prue Salter from Enhanced Learning Educational Services (www.enhanced-learning.net) ran a study skills evening with Years 7/8 parents and students. The evening helped families put systems in place to help students work towards achieving their personal best in an efficient and effective way. Students examined their home study environment, the way they organise and manage their resources, how to work effectively at home and deal with distrac- tions, how to manage the workload in high school, and the steps to studying in high school: making study notes, learning the notes by testing yourself and doing as much practise as possible. Parents are encouraged to review the handout from the session with students and discuss the main areas identified WOOLOOWARE P & C where changes need to be made. Parents can also find Next Meeting: extra study skills tips on the following website: http:// studyskillstoptipsparents.com/. Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 6:30pm - Year 11 students also attended a session with School Library Dr Salter this week. The session focused on helping students identify changes and improvements they could make in their approach to their studies in order

to maximise their results in their final years of school, WOOLOOWARE AUXILIARY in particular the upcoming Preliminary Examinations. The main areas covered with Year 11 were working Next Meeting: efficiently and effectively at home and dealing with distractions, planning for assessments, making brain- Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 9:30am - friendly study notes and using a wide variety of Common Room active study techniques to suit individual learning styles.

All secondary students at our school also have access to a great study skills website to help students SECONDHAND CLOTHING develop their skills. Our access is through MOODLE STORE in the eXtreme Learning category where you will also find our school's log in details." Open each Tuesday from *8:45am to 9:45am. The shop is located on the righthand side of the JANINE MAYNE main entrance to the MPH. TEACHER LIBRARIAN ~ Donations appreciated. ~ Help always welcome. Contact school office. * the shop may be closed during examination periods Please refer to the following page……

Study Skills Mid Year Health Check

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE STUDY SKILLS HEALTH CHECK

Following an successful and engaging week with Dr Prue Salter at Woolooware, you might like to take the STUDY SKILLS HANDBOOK MID-YEAR CHECK-UP with your children! Now is a good time to do a bit of a check-up to see if you can improve your approach to school.

Have you set yourself goals to strive for over this year? YES / NO Do you know what motivates you to do work? YES / NO Do you try to take a positive approach to your studies? YES / NO Do you make an effort to make the thoughts in your head positive ones? YES / NO Are you making the most of class time, listening and focusing and completing all work? YES / NO Have you been asking for help if you don’t understand something? YES / NO Have you been writing all your homework into your diary AND getting it done? YES / NO Have you been breaking down bigger tasks and scheduling the work in your diary/planner? YES / NO Have you been keeping track of what you complete and rescheduling unfinished work? YES / NO Have you organised your folders for papers and digital resources for school? YES / NO Do you have folders or somewhere at home to file away all your work for your topics? YES / NO Have you decided what you will keep or do your study notes in? YES / NO Have you been working on study notes each time you finish a topic for a subject? YES / NO Do you have a term planner above your desk where you can easily see the heavy weeks? YES / NO Have you set up a good study environment at home, a place where you can focus and work? YES / NO Are you doing around an hour and a half of schoolwork most nights (2-3 hrs for seniors)? YES / NO Have you thought realistically about whether you have too many outside school activities? YES / NO Have you allocated set periods of time for school work (eg at least 3 x half hour blocks)? YES / NO Do you remove all distractions etc. when you are focusing on your schoolwork at home? YES / NO Do you prioritise each afternoon what you will work on that night? YES / NO When you make study notes, are you making them visual with mind maps, highlighting etc? YES / NO When you study for a test, do you both ‘learn’ the content and ‘practise’ the skills? YES / NO Do you try to do lots of the practise under examination conditions? YES / NO Have you reviewed the different study techniques that you should use for your learning style? YES / NO Are you doing more than ‘just reading’ when you study for an assessment? YES / NO Have you thought about how you will overcome the obstacles you face in achieving your best? YES / NO Have you set up some routines to try and create habits that will help you this year? YES / NO

You can learn more about being more effective and efficient in your schoolwork at by logging in to MOODLE then clicking eXtreme Learning then LOGIN to the www.studyskillshandbook.com.au .

Our school Username and Password are noted in this area of MOODLE.

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE CAREERS

Raffles College General UAC Information A representative from Raffles College has offered to come to our school and show a quick UAC (online) Information presentation about what they do at Raffles and talk Refer to following link: to you about potential pathways after Year 12. http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/ ‘At Raffles we offer a range of design courses from fashion, photography, graphic design, interior Specific University Information UAC's participating and apply direct institutions are design to games design, animation and film. These industries are growing within Australia so I believe listed on the link below. The following link provides it’s important that the future generation have the institution-specific information, including admission best opportunity to explore their creativity and see requirements, special requirements, bridging courses, charges and fees, and student services and facilities. what’s out there!’ ~ Raffles representative http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/institutions/ Could interested students please either come and see Mrs Desrets or send an email to Mrs Desrets University Open Days expressing your interest in this. You can also experience what each institution has to offer by attending a campus open day. Charles Sturt University The CSU Sydney Info Day is on Saturday 27 See attached information page on University Open August, 10am – 3pm Powerhouse Museum. days from the UAC book. Academics and Student Advisers will be on hand to discuss course and career options and present Early Offers information sessions on selected areas. Refer to link below for UAC’s information regarding Early Offer Schemes. You can see a full listing of scheduled presentations http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/undergraduate/ by visiting infoday.csu.edu.au . early-offers.pdf For the first time, CSU will be taking direct appli- Also see attached information page regarding this – cations for the new Early Offer Program for Com- from UAC munication and Creative Industries courses. Students will have the opportunity to have a You will then need to visit individual websites for consultation / interview on the spot with the further information. You may also find further relevant Course Director. As a result, your students information on the following link (also mentioned could receive an early offer to their preferred above) course, direct from CSU. http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/institutions/

University of New England Please let Mrs Desrets know if you are interested in going to UNE as there is an Early Entry application process she will assist you with.

Shire Business College St George and Sutherland Community College has brought to us the Shire Business College, opening soon. They have an open night on Wednesday 24th August, 4.30pm-8.30pm at St George and Suther- land Community College,(127-129 Sutherland Rd, Jannali). Please RSVP by 19 August to Mikaela at [email protected] Brochures on this college are available in the Careers office

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE SCHOOL OPAL CARDS - TAP ON AND TAP OFF

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE INFORMATION

Free Graduated Licensing Scheme Workshops for Learner Driver Parents in the

Young drivers are three times more likely to be involved in casualty crashes. That's why the Roads and Maritime Services has introduced a new licensing scheme, with more supervised driving practice for learner drivers.

To help parents in supervising learner drivers, the Roads and Maritime Services has set up a FREE 2 hour workshop for parents offering practical advice on how to help learner drivers become safer drivers.

A FREE parents' workshop will be conducted by David Riches and hosted by Sutherland Shire Council on Wednesday August 17th at Sutherland Shire Council Offices in Eton Street from 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm.

Early bookings are essential, by phoning Council on 9710 0341 now to reserve your place, or email [email protected]

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE INFORMATION NEW SCHOOL JACKET

Our new school jacket (suitable for boys and girls) is very popular with students. Many students are wearing the jacket and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive….it’s warm, comfortable and stylish. Wearing uniform displays pride in our school it’s achievements and what it represents. The new jacket is available at our uniform retailers Claudine Schoolwear at and Lowes Cronulla.

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