PPARENTARENT NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER PRINCIPAL: Mr J Hambly DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: Mr R Ashby DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: Mr A McInnes Phone: 42963055 Fax: 42972817 Email: [email protected] Website: www.warilla-h.schools.nsw.edu.au May 2007 Welcome back to Term 2. I hope the Easter charge their responsibility. break was both relaxing and enjoyable and that the rigors of this term will be something It is fi tting that these awards will be present- to positively embrace. ed during Education Week, which is a time when the outstanding achievements of pub- Also a special welcome and congratulations lic education are highlighted. to two new appointments to our staff. They are: I have also included the following speech by Shane Maloney. I’m sure it will strike a - Mr Alan McInnes who replaces Mr Bruce chord with you, as it did with me. Tapp as Deputy Principal. Alan was for- merly Deputy Principal at Kanahooka High This speech was given by Victorian Crime School. Writer, Shane Maloney, to an assembly of boys at Scotch College, Melbourne, in Au- - Mr Ian Morris who has been appointed as gust 2001. He had been invited to conduct our Head Teacher PD/Health/PE. Ian comes some workshops on writing and then to to us from Vincentia High School. speak to the larger assembly. I am very pleased to announce that Waril- ADDRESS TO SCOTCH COLLEGE la High School has been recognised with awards for excellence in the Illawarra and Shane Maloney South East Region in the following catego- When I fi rst received an enquiry about my ries: availability to come and talk at this school, I * School Community Partnerships, and was naturally reluctant. * Leadership After all, this school has little to recommend it in the eyes of the wider community. His- We also received a highly commended ci- torically it has been simply a machine for tation in the promotion of public education the transmission of inherited privilege. (At category. the height of the Great Depression, for ex- ample, when many Australian families hard- These acknowledgements are signifi cant ly knew where their next meal was coming and refl ect the time, effort, care and profes- from, Scotch College was the largest private sionalism with which staff of this school dis- school in the British Empire). ‘Warilla High School - Student Centred, Outcomes Driven’ It is a place where boys from middle class It is not your fault, after all, that your fami- backgrounds are sent to improve their ma- lies decided to institutionalise you. terial prospects and to reproduce the values of their class, or where the boys of insecure It is not your fault that your mothers and fa- parents are sent to fulfi l the distorted ambi- thers elected to place you in the emotion- tions of their fathers. ally distorting and educationally defi cient environment of an all-boys school. When I think of Scotch College, what comes immediately to mind are the values and ac- It is not your fault that your parents lacked tions of its most prominent Old Boys. suffi cient confi dence in your personal ma- turity and ability to respond to the oppor- I think of the scene I saw on television af- tunities offered by government school edu- ter Scotch Old Boy, Jeff Kennett, used his cation - and Australia has one of the best power and his philosophy to close down systems in the world, by the way, despite the only high school in the state specifi cally the relentless propaganda to the contrary dedicated to the education of young Aborig- by the vested interest of the private school inal people. How students from that school lobby. came here and stood at the gates and how your Principal went out and told them to go Right now, you are the victims. Later, of away. course, society will be your victim, and will suffer from the attitudes with which you are I think of your Old Boy, David Kemp, the indoctrinated here. federal education minister, giving millions of dolloars of public money to enhance But who knows? Just as prison does not the marketability of schools like this one always break the spirit of all who are incar- - justifying his actions with statistics and cerated there, perhaps you will not turn out arguments that he refuses to apply to the to be a burden to society. needs of the 70% of Australian families who Perhaps when you leave here, some of you CHOOSE to educate their children in the will even manage to contribute to the well- democratic and equitable environment of being of this country. government schools. I certainly hope so. I think, too, of the newspaper reports of the violent behaviour of some of your students But just to hedge my bets, I will be donat- - and the quick readiness with which these ing part of my fee today to the campaign for boys were defended and excused in the public education. courts by their adult class allies. Good luck with your studies and thanks for For these reasons, I was initiallly reluctant having me. to come here. (by Shane Maloney) On the other hand, I thought, “Well, all this is hardly the fault of the current crop of stu- Yours in Education dents”. John Hambly Page 2 WARILLA HIGH SCHOOL IMPORTANT DATES May 3 Year 11 Marine Studies Excursion 18 Zone Cross Country 7 Part Year 7 and Part Year 8 - 21 Year 9 Half Yearly Exams Week Author Visit Pd 1 and 2 22 Year 10, 11 and 12 - Girls Vacci- Year 10 Half Yearly Exams Week nation - HPV 8 Year 7 and Year 8 - SNAP Test Year 11 Music HSC Workshop Year 11 PDHPE and SLR, select- - Wollongong ed Years 9 and 10 PASS - ‘Human 23 Australasian Schools Mathemat- Bodies’ Excursion ics Competition 9 Year 10 and Year 12 Careers 24 Year 11 Marine Studies Scuba Expo - Unanderra Excursion 10 Australasian Schools Science 28 Year 7 and Year 8 Half Yearly Ex- Competition ams Week Some Support Unit students - Tar- 31 Year 11 Marine Studies Scuba onga Zoo Excursion Excursion Year 11 Marine Studies Scuba June Excursion 11 Year 7 Scoliosis spinal checks 1 Year 10 ‘Pledge Day’ 14 EDUCATION WEEK 5 SCHOOL PHOTOS Year 11 Half Yearly Exams Week 6 Year 10 Music/Drama/Sport Sci- 17 Year 11 Marine Studies Scuba ence Excursion to Circus Oz Excursion 11 Queen’s Birthday Holiday HOST FAMILIES NEEDED LEARN TO DRIVE WITH Students are from Italy, Germany, EXCEL DRIVING SCHOOL Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Brazil. We focus on safety and student satisfaction. Learn to drive in a secure environment with They arrive in July for a few months and a patient instructor who will take the they participate as one of the family. stress out of learning to drive. For more information Call Gordon or Suzy on: Call Southern Cross Cultural Exchange 0408 209 486 (Mobile) 4296 5523 (Business) on 1800 500 501 Only $39 per hour WARILLA HIGH SCHOOL Page 3 Workplacement for Year 12 Vocational Students Warilla High School students completing a Vocational Course as part of their subjects, are required to undertake a period of 35 hours at a Host Employer. Workplacement is being conducted over two weeks from 30 April to 11 May. During this time students experience the ‘world of work’ at an entry level and experience many of the require- ments of the host employers business/organisation. A member of staff of the em- ployer is made available to assist the student and to answer any questions. A special thank you to the employers listed below who are hosting Warilla High School Year 12 Students: Shellharbour City Council Wollongong Golf Course BlueScope Steel Shellharbour Workers Club Warilla Primary School TAFE NSW Institute Dwyers Mazda IPC Employment The Illawarra ITeC Shellharbour Links Bunnings Frame and Truss Branches Restaurant Oak Flats Bowling Club Ocean Beach Restaurant Cake Biz Mountainview Restaurant Lysanders Café The Green Frog Café Cozzie’s on the Corner Coffee Corner Dash Coffee on the Go Oak Flats Newsagency Albion Park RSL Memorial Club Warrigal Care - Joan Pearce Hostel Chilis Texas Grill - Shellharbour Shellharbour Country Kitchen Hog’s Breath Café - Shellharbour Shellharbour Ice Creamery Café It would be appreciated and also supportive of our students that you consider these companies/organisations should you require any of their services. If you have a business and would like to assist with this valuable learning experience by being a host employer please contact Mrs Potts at the school. 313 Arts, Media & Entertainment Careers Excursion Students from Years 10, 11 and 12 were invited to attend the studios of 313 in Con- iston to learn more about Careers in the music industry. The group attended three workshops throughout the morning entitled Music, Television Production and Multime- dia. Students were given an indication of what skills they need to have in order to be successful in those industry specifi c areas. The emphasis of the workshops was practical and hands on by design and involved the areas of camera, sound, lighting, recording and design. The excursion gave our Page 4 WARILLA HIGH SCHOOL students an insight into the extent of knowledge needed for careers in this creative industry. Many thanks to the staff of 313 for providing this opportunity for our stu- dents. Mrs Brookes Careers Adviser SRC LEADERSHIP DAY Our SRC Reps had a very successful team building and planning day at Killalea State Park on Tuesday 20th March. The day began with some of Mr Berry’s co-operation games, such as Mummy Wrapping (making a Mummy of your partner with toilet paper – an amazing amount of skill displayed by a couple of our wrappers!), team tennis-ball juggling (certainly shows strengths and weaknesses!) and blind-fold obstacle course (only a couple of minor injuries sustained).