Blayney High Bulletin - Issue 1 Term 2 - Week 2 30 April 2021

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Recently we have witnessed an increase in incidents involving students vaping at school. We take this issue seriously due to the negative health effects vaping can have on young people, who are often unaware of the risks associated with vaping.

Vaping is the act of inhaling a vapour produced by an e-cigarette or electronic vaporizer. The vapour can contain nicotine and other substances. The devices are small and can be easily hidden in a pocket or bag. The most popular disposable vapes resemble large USB sticks or highlighter pens.

Vapes (as pictured above – about the size and look of a highlighter pen, some can be even smaller if in micro form) contain 3– 12% nicotine. Each vape contains on average 300 puffs with 14 puffs equal to 1 cigarette. Nicotine is addictive and can harm brain development, it can impact learning, memory and attention. E-cigarettes are not risk free. They may expose users and bystanders to chemicals and toxins such as propylene glycol, glycerol or ethylene glycol that cause adverse health effects, and may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory diseases.

The vape device and accessories are a prohibited item at Blayney High School, during the school day and when in school uniform. Vaping, selling vapes or being in the possession of vapes could result in a suspension. Students who are in the company of others who vape will be regarded as equally guilty in aiding and abetting those vaping.

Selling of vapes and e-cigarettes to people under 18 years of age is illegal. Students are not to purchase items, share, swap or sell items to other students on the school grounds.

Blayney High School has been proactive in presenting information on the health risks and the negative impact of vaping to all students during their Life Ready class.

We are asking parents to be informed and speak to their children about this ongoing concern, for them to make positive decisions for themselves. Additional information to support parents and students can be found at https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Pages/electronic-cigarettes.aspx

HSC Assessment Calendar 2020-21

Term 2 2021

Week 1 Modern History

Week 2 Dance

Week 3 Biology

PDHPE

Week 4

Week 5 Legal Studies

Week 6 Business Studies

CAFS

SLR

Visual Arts

Week 7 Chemistry

Design & Technology

Food Technology

Work Studies

Week 8

Week 9 Maths Advanced

Maths Standard 1

Maths Standard 2

Physics

Week 10 Ancient History

Dance

Maths Extension

Music

Upcoming Events

Term 2

30 April Boys opens soccer @ Bathurst

Bathurst show

3 May Girls open soccer @ Oberon

Signature week

4 May RYDA year 11 & 12

CSU Bathurst engineer challenge

Year 11 Exam practice

Volleyball

5 May Year 11 Exam practice week

Signature week

9/10 Premier’s Debate

6 May Year 11 Exam practice week

Signature week

Fit to learn program

7 May Year 11 Exam practice week

Signature week

12 May NAPLAN online

13 May NAPLAN online

Fit to learn program

17 May Transition

NAPLAN online

Volleyball @ Sydney

18 May Transition

NAPLAN online

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Blayney High School offers its stu-dents and parents access to a Secure Portal which allows you to monitor your students progress at school.

If you have not received your login details yet, please contact Blayney High School on 63682100 to arrange this.

Go to the Sentral Parent Portal at

https://blayneyhs.sentral.com.au/portal2

Access the Sentral Parent Portal App on your device. This will allow you to access your child’s absences, mes-sages, the Blayney High Bulletin, Calendar and more.

If you have already registered using the Sentral Parent Portal, download the app and log in with your Sentral Parent Portal account, or simply register direct from the app using the login details previously provided.

If you have not received your login details yet, please contact Blayney High School on 63682100 to arrange this.

Download the app. Depending on your de-vice, visit either the

or

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Sentral Parent Portal Resources

Students can borrow and read eBooks from our library anywhere, anytime, on multiple devices. Using the Blayney High School ebook lend-ing facility at

https://blayneyhs.wheelers.co/

Students in Year 7-12 may loan up to 2 ebooks at the one time. The borrowing period for almost all re-sources is 3 weeks.

If you have a mobile device, you can download the ePlatform App from

https://blayneyhs.wheelers.co/help/apps/eplatform-app

or simply read your ebook in your web browser on your device

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