FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 BOSSLEY BIZ NEWSLETTER Athletics Carnival School Dance Ensemble (Anzac Day Ceremony) BOSSLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 Principal’s Message Dear Parents and Carers Bossley Park High School will transition to the new NSW public schools’ finance system and a new bank account on 24 July 2017. To ensure a smooth transition, there will be changes to the way we accept parent or carer payments. 1. Direct deposits: As of 30 June 2017, we will no longer accept direct deposits into our current school bank account as we prepare to close this account and transition to the new one. Any payments made using direct deposit after this date cannot be properly allocated to a student’s account in a timely manner. Please ensure you have made any outstanding direct deposits before 30 June 2017. 2. EFTPOS payments: We will not be able to accept EFTPOS payments between 19 July and 24 July 2017. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding EFTPOS payments before 19 July 2017. From 25 July 2017, EFTPOS payments will be accepted as before. 3. Cash and cheque payments: Between 19 July 2017 and 24 July 2017, we will also not be able to accept payments by cash or cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account and transition to the new one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding cash or cheque payments before 19 July 2017. From 25 July 2017, cash and cheque payments will be accepted as before. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any questions, please contact the school’s office on 9823 1033. Yours sincerely Mrs V Chevell Principal BOSSLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 Ms Ager (Years 8 & 11) Deputy’s Desk Mr Stanley (Years 9 & 12) Mr Hollis (Years 7 & 10) Mr Hollis & Ms Ager’s Report There has been a lot of extra–curricular activity happening during the Easter break. Students and our dedicated staff have been out and about winning ribbons at the Easter Show, travelling to Houston Texas for World Championship Robotics competitions and competing in elite sporting events across the globe. We are very proud of all of our students and thankful to have such dedicated staff. Some of the highlights you will find in this issue, but you can see more images and videos on our social pages, facebook, twitter and our new instagram page: @bossleyparkhs. Make sure to follow us for regular updates. We have also just signed up for a new school app which will be your one stop shop for all things Bossley. We will be in contact shortly with information on how to login to the school stream app. A reminder also that Parent Teacher Night is coming up for year 11 and 12. You will need to book appointments via the parent portal which can be accessed via our website. If you Recent Events have trouble accessing it please call the front The Anzac Ceremony was held on the 26th office and they will assit you. April. It was high class in every way and the student body behaved extremely well. Sitting in the audience was very emotional and I felt Parent Teacher Night will be on Wednesday extremely proud to be part of such a wonder- the 17th May from 3.30-6.30pm in the school ful school. Our visitors were very impressed. MPC and Learning Centre. It’s a chance to get valuable feedback on your child’s progress Exemption from School If you are planning to take your child out of and information on how to help them further school to travel overseas, you must con- improve and succeed. We look forward to tact the school for an exemption. I have the seeing you all there. Years 8 and 10 Parent authority to grant exemptions for short periods. Teacher Night will take place on the 28th June It is law that children under 17 attend school at the same times and locations. unless in home schooling. You may be held up leaving the country unless you hold the Certificate of Exemption for your child which is We would love to congratulate the Wolfgang obtained at the school. Robotics Team, the staff and parents who pulled together all the paperwork, passports and permissions for an international trip in just 1 month. BOSSLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 Deputy’s Desk The team represented us with pride and passion. There will be a presentation at the next CSG meeting which all parents are welcome to attend on Tuesday the 16th 6.30pm in the staff common room. There is a picture of the team departing from Sydney airport for the longest flight on the planet, 15hrs straight to Fort Worth, Texas. They then caught a second flight down into Houston for the competition in a huge exhibition centre where they tell us it was a 5 min walk from their home base to the competition arena, and what a playing field, it may look chaotic but the students knew exactly what they had to do. We were team 6434 and in a great alliance. The team ended up being 64th overall but 3rd for a Rookie team which is a huge achievement for their first time. After the competition finished they didn’t waste any opportunity to visit other interesting sights like the Natural History Museum and of course NASA’s Johnson Space Centre, the home of ground control from the moon landings. We are very pleased that these student’s got to have such a great learning experience and encourage others to get involved and take part in future programs. We would also like to acknowledge our excellent students whose work is still being exhibited around NSW. Ms Ager and the Visual Arts staff (pictured) have attended yet another Artexpress opening night, where the work of 2017 HSC student Mariam Abrim was on show. It will continue to tour through regional galleries for the rest of the year. BOSSLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 Ms Ager (Years 8 & 11) Mr Stanley (Years 9 & 12) Deputy’s Desk Mr Hollis (Years 7 & 10) Mr Stanley’s Report With the new HSC reform ‘Stronger HSC Standards’ commencing in 2020 I encourage parents to As we head into the colder months view the following websites so to gain a greater can I take this opportunity to remind understanding of this reform. Previously, documents students and parents about some have been communicated with parents and students. uniform requirements: If you have further enquiries please contact myself or • If students wear a scarf it must be Ms Barrett (Year 9 Adviser). black and/or white. • http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/ • Beanies are not to be worn at portal/nesa/about/initiatives/stronger-hsc- school. standards • Hooded jumpers/jackets are not to • http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/ portal/nesa/about/initiatives/stronger-hsc- be worn at school. standards/minimum-standard • Shirts worn underneath shirts or blouses must be plain white I had great pleasure in reading year 12 reports • Make up to be minimal and natural recently. Over 50 merit awards were issued for including fingernails impressive report results. Mr Riddle as Year Advisor also read reports and issued students with a letter of Congratulations, Satisfactory or Needs Improvement. With the HSC Course now half way BPHS has a long tradition of high uniform standards over, students and parents are encouraged to reflect and we ask that parents continue to support staff to on their current progress and continue to work ensure these high uniform standards are maintained. hard to achieve the best possible HSC. Significant improvement can be made over terms 2 and 3 This term is also very busy with students provided students commit to a high work ethic representing the school in many areas including including attendance, classwork, home study and sport, leadership, academic and the arts. I wish all assessment tasks. students well as I am confident you will maintain the wonderful standards that are expected of a Bossley 2017 formal venue has been decided. It will be student when representing the school. at LeMontage in Leichhardt on Wednesday 22 November from 6-11pm. (The school was asked by Year 9 and 12 Update the venue to move the date to Thursday 23/11/17 Term 2 is an important time in the school year for which I did announce to the students however our year 9 with a major focus on semester 1 assessment original date has now been confirmed). Payment of and reporting. Throughout the term teachers will be all school fees and high attendance rates will be finalising assessment results and completing student needed for students to be able to attend the formal. reports. Can I remind students to consistently work Unpaid School fees invoices will be placed in Mid to achieve their personal best both in class and Course reports. Please pay these invoices in a timely at home. This continued good work will then be manner. reflected in a pleasing report. In closing, what makes Bossley Park Year 9 recently completed the NAPLAN Testing Week. I can report that on the whole students a great school? applied themselves very well over the 4 days. Wonderful staff, fantastic students, supportive parents and community. BOSSLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOCUSSING ON EXCELLENCE & SUCCESS MAY 2017 Wellbeing Report by Ms Sari-Daher / Ms Chehade (HT Wellbeing) Following up from the last newsletter, Year 11 and Year 12 will be receiving the single vaccination for the meningococcal disease later this term on Friday the 16th of June.