Dates for Calendar
Term 2
Tuesday 3 July—Merit
Assembly
Thursday 5 July—Stage 4
& 5 Report Due Home
Friday 6 July—Away
Excursion
Monday 9 July to Monday
23 July—School Holidays
Term 3
Monday 23 July—Staff
Development Day
Tuesday 24 July—Students Return to
School
Friday 27 July—State Cross Country @ East-
ern Creek
Friday 3 August—Riverina Athletics @
Albury
Monday 6 August—P&C
Meeting
MURRUMBURRAH
HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL: KYM
ORMAN
22 June 2018 Mercury
Mercury
This week’s focus is Human Society and It’s Environment (HSIE).
Stage 4 HSIE This term in History students have been studying and learning about the Black
Death. Students have learnt about the causes and effects the Black Death had
on Medieval Europe at the time and investigated the impact it had on human
life. As an activity for further understanding of symptoms, they participated in a SFX (special effects) workshop where they created their very own buboes.
Buboes are pus filled lumps that appear on the skin, usually in the lymph node
regions. Buboes usually appeared on the first day of contracting the plague
and if a victim was lucky the buboes would burst, releasing black pus, when
this occurred chance of survival was increased.
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HSIE
Stage 5 HSIE In History this term students have studied Australian's in World Wars 1 and 2, with an emphasis
on their involvement in WWI and Gallipoli. Students have looked at a range of different perspec-
tives on war experiences. For an engagement activity at the start of the term students were asked
to create a piece of war inspired art. This in the form of posters, propaganda and graffiti, which
now covers some of the walls in the class room.
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HSIE Stage 4 Geography started this year by looking at the topic "Water in the World" and this term
the focus is on landscapes and landforms. Currently, we are examining the ways that people use
mountains around the world.
Stage 5 Geography has been looking at the topics of "Changing Places", where students exam-
ined population movements. Currently the topic being covered in "Sustainable Biomes". With this
topic, students will be focusing on environmental issues and the ability of biomes to support the
human population with food and resources.
Through this course, students are taught various skills, from reading maps, weather predic-
tion through to effective use of information technology. These skills are often embedded in the
content material, making learning more relevant and appropriate for 21st century learners.
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Principal Report
This week staff had the opportunity to attend the LEAP graduation. Congratulations to Hayley
Chesworth, Loren Daley, Bradley Honour, Joey Polimeni, Bethany Robertson, Elden Rowan, Jamie
Ryan, Billy Ward and James Daley. Thank you to Ms Irons and Stage 6 hospitality students for ca-
tering.
Please find following the principal’s address to support this extremely beneficial program.
Thank you for attending today, it is vital that at every opportunity we celebrate the learning of our stu-
dents. The LEAP program provides our student with skills and learning that mirror the Department of Ed-
ucation Wellbeing Framework.
This framework focuses on being actively connected to learning, having positive and respectful relationship
and experiences and a sense of belonging to school and community. Leap has given students the oppor-
tunity to connect by weekly workshops.
The second focus of the framework is succeed, where students are respected, valued, encouraged, sup-
ported and empowered to succeed. LEAP learning explores career options aligned with an understanding
and individual alignment to each persons strengths and aspirations.
The last focus is thrive, where students will grow and flourish, do well and prosper.
LEAP allows students to present personal pathways plans describing essential learning milestones, skills
and education required to achieve their career goals.
This is a wonderful initiative and connection for MHS. Many thanks to Courtney for leading the program
and congratulations to all students and their families.
The next LEAP group will commence next term.
Many thanks to all who have supported our learning community during the last two terms and I
look forward to working with all stakeholders following my leave, I will be back into school early
next Term.
Kym Orman
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Congratulations to the students listed below, who have received their MHS Blue Level Certifi-
cates: April Drew, Bradley Honor, Jarrod Phelan, Lily McKinley, Vanessa Stone and Isabella Shea
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the students listed below, who have received their MHS Purple Level Certifi-
cates; Emily Stanfield, Elden Rowan and Abbey Wade
LEAP Graduation
Important Notices Thank you to our parents and caregivers as they continue to support us in
providing quality learning at MHS. We thank you for supporting your child in
their education by seeing that they have a pen, pencil, book for each subject,
substantial food and snacks to help growing bodies make it through the day. It
really does help a teenager to remain focused each lesson when they have
good nutrition. As the days turn colder, please be sure your child is warm, and prepared for
the nasty weather.
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Ping Pong
It is so good to see students embracing the new uniform items, you are all looking very smart.
Thank you to the parents who are actively encouraging their children to wear the school uni-
form.
I encourage parents to contact their student’s Year Adviser if they have any questions or con-
cerns about their child, their learning and/or assessment tasks. It is a great way to keep the lines
of communication open and build a proactive relationship between home and school.
Keep Friday night 29th June free and come and join some of the parents of the Farm Club at the
Country Club for a night out. Farm Club will be running the Meat Raffles that night so it is a
great opportunity to support a fantastic part of our school and also have a chance to catch up
with other families.
The next P & C Meeting is to be held on 6th August @ 6pm in the School Common Room. We
would love you to join us as we discuss fundraising ideas for this year.
Sarah Rowan
P&C News
Year 12 Enrichment Days @ Dubbo On the afternoon of Wednesday 6th June, our 8 keen HSC students set out for their 2 day stay
in Dubbo with two Stage 6 teachers. They were attending the Dubbo School of Distance Educa-
tion HSC Enrichment Days.
We arrived at the Dubbo City Holiday Park just after 7.00pm which allowed us enough time to
get settled into our accommodation then drive down the to Club Dubbo for a meal and the ob-
ligatory viewing of the first round of Origin matches. The next morning we arrived nice and early
for the day’s lectures held at Dubbo College Senior Campus. There were students everywhere
from a substantial number of schools across regional NSW. We all attended the initial welcome
session then went straight into our individual seminars. Some went to lectures on Standard Eng-
lish texts, others went to subjects such as Agriculture, Maths, Legal Studies and more general
topics covering pathways to university or improving assessment results. Students were congratu-
lated by the lecturers, all teachers from across the state, for caring enough about their education
to attend the classes. Focus was on exam content with techniques for achieving success. Hand-
outs were available in a digital format for each session.
Most of our students found the presentations beneficial to their understanding of the courses and
units. They all enjoyed hearing from different teachers to those who usually conduct their classes.
However it is pleasing to know that the majority of students felt their own teachers are providing
them with the content that was highlighted at the lecturers. Several of the students were anxious
to get back and review the syllabus to catch up on any topics that may need revision.
Lauren Masson
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Debating
The MHS Stage 5 Debaters were in Coolamon on Thursday
last week to complete a Debating Gala Day with several de-
bates against Coolamon Central School and Leeton High
School. Due to unforseen circumstances Leeton couldn't
make it so it was just us against the CCS team. Our topic
was "We should ban NAPLAN Testing" and our team was
the affirmative. The girls brought up fantastic points about
undue stress and the pressures put on students in particular
Yr. 3 kids. The negative team rebutted well and presented
some very strong points of their own but inevitably we
came out on top!
Congratulations to the girls! Ms Buttriss is exceptionally
proud!
Nicole Buttriss
Genius Hour
This week MHS hosted students from Murrumburrah Public School in
the Genius Hour Program. Students were involved in a fun hour, con-
ducting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) projects
focussing on electrical engineering, and worked on electrical circuits.
This program will run for the next 2 weeks.
Stage 6 Biology students conducting a dissection to study anatomy.
Biology
Team consists of - Amelia Leitner-
Ford , Maddie Emms , Samantha
Emms and Abbey Wade.
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Regional Cross Country
Congratulations to the MHS students who competed in the regional
cross country in Gundagai last week.
Students represented our school with great pride, Jade Emms came in
at 3rd, Oscar Forsyth 4th, Beau Abnett 6th, Joey Polimeni 6th and
Emily Stanfield who finished at 20th place.
The top six will compete at Eastern Creek on Friday the 27th July.
PDHPE / Sport @ MHS
Football
Ultimate Frisbee
Lacrosse
Naughts and Crosses
Ping Pong
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Cybersafety for students
How to behave online
Staying safe online is partly up to how you behave. Think about:
How am I portraying myself to others and why?
Do I treat others respectfully? Do I treat others as I would like to be treated?
How do I make decisions about my behaviour when online?
What message am I giving the world with my photos online?
What is the impact on me? My family and friends?
How would I feel if my information or images were seen by others?
Have I kept my personal details private?
Who knows my passwords and my numbers?
How do I respond to inappropriate behaviour from others?
Bullying online (cyberbullying) Bullying online (sometimes called cyberbullying) is using technology to deliberately and repeatedly bully someone
else. It can happen to anyone, anytime, and can leave you feeling unsafe and alone.
Bullying online can include:
abusive texts and emails
posting unkind messages or images
imitating others online
excluding others online
inappropriate image tagging.
Bullying online can be offensive and upsetting and you don't have to put up with it.
If you are being bullied, stay CALM and THINK clearly:
Do not respond to the message when you're angry or upset. •
Tell someone: a parent or carer, relative, adult friend or teacher. •
Ask your teacher if your school has a policy in place to deal with bullying if it happens online. • You can speak to someone online at Kids Helpline http://www.kidshelp.com.au/ or call them (free) on 1800
55 1800.
Protect yourself on the phone
Give your phone number to friends only.
Keep your mobile phone away from those who shouldn't have your phone number.
Use ID blocking on your phone to hide your number when you call others.
Think about whether it is appropriate to send your messages or make a call.
Regularly check privacy settings on your mobile phone
For help use the privacy features on your phone call your mobile company's customer care number.
Protect yourself on social networking sites
Regularly check and re-set the privacy settings on your social networking profiles Most social networking profiles start with minimum privacy; make sure you select the settings you need to
share your personal information only with those you want to.
Don’t share your passwords, even with friends. Think about whether you would want other people to see your images; some images should not be posted
in public places.
Report it
Keep records of calls or messages that are offensive or hurtful. Visit the Office of the eSafety Commissioner's Report Cyberbullying section at https://www.esafety.gov.au/
complaints-and-reporting/offensive-and-illegalcontent-complaints/report-offensive-or-illegal-content for ad-
vice about reporting and direct links to social network and online gaming websites reporting pages.
If you are physically threatened call the police in your state or territory.
Report serious online bullying to https://www.esafety.gov.au/complaints-andreporting
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Important Dates & What’s Due
Murrumburrah High School Term 2, 2018
Month Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Satur-
day
Sun-
day
June /
July
9 25 26 Leap Genius Hour Connect@Lunch Whole School Assembly
27 28 29 30 1
10 2 NAIDOC Week activities
3 Leap Genius Hour Merit Assembly Connect@Lunch
4 5 Stage 4 & 5 Reports Due Home Driver Training Program
6 Away Excursion @ Sydney
7 / 8 School Holidays
Commence
July 9
School Holidays 10 11 12 13 14
16 17 18 19 30 21
23 24 Students Return
Stage 5 VISUAL ART—Street Art Research Project Due Year 10 PDHPE—Drug Presentation Due—20th June (In Class) Year 12 SENIOR SCIENCE—Assess Task—Practical Investigation Due—25th June
Year 11MOD HISTORY—Historical Investigation & presentation due Year 11 MATHS STANDARD— Assess Task / measurement task due - 6th July Year 11 & 12 AG—Assessment Tasks due Year 11 &12 M&E—Cluster 2 + 6 due Year 11 & 12 CONSTRUCTION — Cluster 2 + 6 due Year 12—ADV MATHS—Open ended task due—3rd July Year 12 GEN MATHS—Assessment Task due—4th July
MHS School Driver Training Program
1 hour = 3 Log book hours
Contact the School to find out more
Price = $10 per 1 hour lesson
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RSA & RCG
Course @ Harden
Country Club
Sunday 1 July 2018
Please contact Club for more
details on 02 6386 2483
Please note 17 year olds can attend
course but they must have ID
(Driver’s Licence or Learners) plus
permission note from parent/
guardian.
Murrumburrah High
School
Smith Street
Harden NSW 2587
Phone: 02 6386 2755
Fax: 02 6386 3048
E-mail: murrumburr-
[email protected],edu.au
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HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL: KYM
ORMAN
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