Education Matters 2019 Term 1 Week 6 8 March 2019 Dear Parents, Families, Friends, Staff and Students Diary Dates Last week the AGM of the High School Council was held and the Tuesday 26th March new council for 2019 was elected. Congratulations to Coralie Go Purple for Epilepsy James who continues as chairperson and welcome back to Wayne Green as Treasurer. The other parent/carer council th th Monday15 April to 19 April members are: Cheryl Wilson, Renjith Kollakkombil, Anita Mayers, Lisa Mid Semester Break Johnstone, Rowena Verdillo, Florida Norman and Karen Harlan; Friday 19th April continuing teacher reps are Jenny O’Reilly and Fiona McRobie. We Good Friday - public holiday also welcome back to the council Gerry McCarthy MLA and Sid Monday 22nd April Easter Monday - public holiday Vashist as invited members and of course our Principal Maisie Floyd. The school council is still actively recruiting parent/carer reps th Thursday 25 April for a full council. If you are interested in joining the council as a ANZAC Day - public holiday parent/carer rep please make contact with the school and come Monday 6th May to our next school council meeting which will be held in the High May Day - public holiday School Library at 6pm on Wednesday 3rd April. Tuesday 14th May to Friday 17th May We have been delighted to have members of the PACE team from NAPLAN Papulu apparr-kari supporting in our classrooms over the last few Monday 10th May weeks. Both students and teachers appreciate the extra support Queen’s Birthday - public they have given. We look forward to this continuing. holiday A reminder to families and community members that our School Tennant Creek High School Assemblies are held weekly on Tuesdays following recess at 11.05 www.tchs.com.au am. Wellbeing groups are taking it in turns to organise and run assemblies; assemblies are a chance to celebrate student successes which are recorded through our Good News Stories to reward Strong Brain, Strong Heart and Strong Spirit. Check out the Good News Stories for the week displayed in the window of Reception. If you can, drop into assembly and see your child receive the award on the Tuesday. It is good to see a significant number of students putting their names forward for the different NT School Sports. A reminder to families that if your child has brought home paperwork for a sport and you are supporting their participation please return the forms as soon as possible. Boys and girls involved in the 15 & Under AFL group have been given invoices to pay for their contribution to the cost. Prompt payment of the invoices is appreciated to secure a spot on the team or as a reserve. Boys involved in the 12 & Under AFL group should be returning their paperwork as soon as possible. If any families have any queries about any of the NT School Sports don’t hesitate to make contact with Pauline Davenport at school. Mrs Pauline Davenport Assistant Principal Learn Today - Lead Tomorrow Education Matters Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters I'm taking part in the World's Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation on the 15th March 2019. Every dollar counts and is greatly appreciated. It's not about me it's about helping others... Go ahead and click here to sponsor me today http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/candicefloyd Please sponsor me to give Aussie families facing blood cancer the emotional and practical support they need. You may not know it but blood cancer claims more lives than breast cancer or melanoma. And today another 35 people will be given the devastating news they have leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma or another blood disorder. Will you help by sponsoring me today? Sponsoring me $53 will ensure someone being treated in hospital gets a personal visit from a highly-trained health professional so they get the extra support they need. Candice Floyd Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters The Year 7 students have kicked off the term learning about the laboratory equipment, how to write a scientific report and take accurate readings off the measuring tools. Last week, the students learnt about mixtures. The students investigated to find out if the solutes and the solvents are soluble or insoluble. Trying to create layers of colours from the different concentration of sugar solutions was not an easy task. It required the students to follow scientific procedures and use some skills to attain the best results. Many did not achieve the desired outcome on their first attempt. We reflected and discussed as a class about what worked, what did not work and ways to improve on the experiment. “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT! This picture was taken under strict adult supervision. Mr Huan and Mr Marday Teachers Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters The Stars Girls are going on Vocation Some of the Stars girls have been busy in their Vocational development planning, identifying areas of interest well and truly before their final high school year. A couple of the girls have secured part-time employment with Deja and Tara gainfully employed at the local IGA supermarket. The work will give them opportunity to develop a number of important transferable skills needed in which ever long term career they choose, such as communication, team work, attention to detail and many more. Skye is also excited to be filling in her employment paperwork this week after securing part-time work at the local pharmacy. The team also enjoyed a visit to a large locally owned Excavation and Earthworks company, Phillips Earth Moving. The management team run by Lizzy and Steph, introduced the girls to their schooling and work history, the variety of roles the industry offered, and the big machinery they use to look after our roadways here in the Northern Territory. The Stars team have also commenced their ‘Day in the Life of’ Initiative. Shakira spent some time in the shoes of a police officer alongside Whitney at the police station. The time spent was designed to trial out her interest in the Police Force. There are a number of other exciting things happening with the Stars team. Dakota and Jizelle have been selected to attend the AFL Camp in Darwin later this term. The girls will also host a visit from another town for a softball carnival to be held here at the school. Softball training is on every Monday after school. Come along if you would like to join. Volley Ball is off to a great start every Thursday at 5:30pm and a number of the girls are out at AFL Under 20 training every Tuesday and Thursday night. The team will also be putting their artistic skills to use in designing the artwork for the Women’s Health Week bag to be used across the country later this year. The artwork will feature on the International Women’s Day Banner to be carried in the March on March 8. This is a very exciting contribution. More to come on this later! Please feel free to visit the Stars room, or contact Lida, Sophia or Jemma for information on all the above and more. Keep up with the Stars foundation as a whole on our website www.starsfoundation.org.au or check out the Foundation’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/StarsAustralia Continued... Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters Stars Tearm Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters The Year 10 students who selected the Robotics elective unit started the term learning how to fly a DJI Ryze Tello (drone). Students covered the CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) safety regulations, the structure of the drone and the features of the drone. The students learnt how to fly the drones and at the same time observe any possible factors which could impact the performance of the flights. The students came up with their desired flight routes, practised flying them and did a simple flight assessment to determine if they could fly the drones confidently. Mr Chin Huan Teacher Confidence Acceptance Respect Excellence Safety Education Matters Training Report - Term 1, Week 3 This week the Collingwood Football Club were in Tennant Creek to deliver their Next Generation Academy program to the talented young footballers in the Barkly region and it was a pleasure for the Clontarf Academy to have them included in our Tuesday morning training session as one of their engagement events. Their presence at the combined high school and primary school session no doubt contributed to a bumper turnout with 33 high school fellas and 17 primary schoolers attending the session. Add the dozen or so Collingwood crew to those numbers and you can well imagine there was not a lot of room to move on the high school oval, which is only about three quarters, the size of a normal full size oval. The session was followed by a bacon and egg barbecue breakfast. The star attraction among the playing personnel was Darcy Moore, while former star player Tarkyn Lockyer was another high profile member of the crew. Later in the day Collingwood helped supervise a carnival that acted as a selection trial for the Barkly School Sports team for the NT Championships in late March. Thursday morning’s high school session was attended by 18 fellas, which was still a good result when considering the limitations of only one vehicle available for pickups due to staff PD commitments in Alice Springs.