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Glendale Technology High School Newsletter Glendale Gazette

Term 1, 2018

WELCOME TO 2018 We have had an outstanding start to 2018. The students have shown their personal best through many opportunities. Students have excelled in the sporting opportunities, but also everyday in the classroom. This was evident with over 450 students attending the recent Term 1 AIM Score celebra-tion for students with an AIM score greater than 7. This shows students are setting themselves high goals and working towards achieving them. I look forward to seeing the continued success of our students during 2018.

NEW STAFF During Term 1 we filled many vacancies. We welcome the following staff to our team, some have already been temporary employees in the roles for some time and are now permanent members of our team. Mr Henson—Deputy Prinicpal Mr Budden—Head Teacher HSIE Mr Erich—PDHPE Teacher Mr Barry—TAS Teacher Miss Singleton—TAS Teacher During Term 2 we will continue to fill the following vacancies; Head Teacher PDHPE, Maths Teacher and Visual Arts Teacher. I thank the P&C for their time in working with the school to appoint the strongest candidates for these positions. SCHOOL PLAN 2018—2020 Across the next three years the school will have a strong focus on our three strate-gic areas; Quality Teaching, Quality Learning and Achieving Personal Growth. A full copy of what we hope to achieve can be viewed by clicking on the image.

P&C Our P&C is very small and does so much. They have a voice in so many aspects of our school, includ-ing the appointment of staff and what happens at the school. It works best when we have a commu-nity focussed on the education of our children. I encourage all parents to come along to our next meeting on 23rd May. Meetings start at 6pm and are very quick. Come along and have input into your schools future directions.

BUILDING WORKS COMING TO AN END Our building works will be completed early Term 2 and the school is looking fantastic and a lot more welcoming to visi-tors. Thank you to everyone for their patience as this has been a long and difficult project. Ensure you check out our new digital sign at the front of the school.

Anthony Angel Principal

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TERM 2 2018

DATES TO REMEMBER

May 1 - Students return for Term 2

May 2 - ANZAC Assembly

May 3 - Athletics Carnival

May 15 - 17 - NAPLAN

May 25 - Year 10 & 11 Immunisations

June 3 - 8 - Year 11 Gold Coast Excursion

June 6 - Year 5 Day Out

June 11 - Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

June 14 - 15 - Starstruck

June 26 - Senior Subject Selection Night

July 4 - Extravaganza

July 6 - Merit Assembly

ENGLISH 2018 is going to be a big year for English as we roll out the new Stage 6 Syllabus and HSC! The changes to the Stage 6 curriculum will have a direct impact on all students across 7-12 as there is a significant focus on developing a genuine reading and writing culture in our students! The GTHS Eng-lish faculty has been hard at work, fine-tuning programs and resources to support all Glendale students to become genu-ine readers and writers, and we ask that parents and fami-lies also promote this focus outside of the classroom! Stu-dents should be reading and writing every day for pleasure, not just because teachers ask them to! So, get yourselves to the GTHS library, borrow one of our fabulous books and make reading and writing a part of your everyday life out-side of the classroom!

Year 7 students have started to settle in to the routines of high school life and this term they have been studying nov-els about young people from other cultures. Students have produced some outstanding and creative character suit-cases and speeches.

Year 8 students have spent Term 1 learning about the pow-er of poetry and they have com-posed some outstanding poems using sensory imagery to en-gage their reader.

2018 is an exciting year for Year 9 students at GTHS as the English Faculty has chosen to experiment with a new rota-tional model where classes move between four different English teachers throughout the year. Once again we hosted the Gruesome Glendale Murder for Year 10 and Year 9 students, where we staged the mystery of ‘Who Killed Red Riding Hood?’. Students have taken on the role of detective to solve the case and they have engaged meaningfully with their persuasive speeches. As the first group to go through the new Stage 6 Syllabus and HSC, Year 11 Standard and Ad-vanced students have been successfully working through the Reading to Write module. In Week 9, Miss Ward took a group of Advanced and Extension students to the State Li-

brary on a specialist writing excursion. All students had a great day and produced some sophisticated pieces of creative writing! Year 12 students have reached the half-way

mark! Students in Advanced and Standard English have nov-els to read over the holidays ready for day one of Term 2. A reminder to students that they should be revising all mod-ules and completing practice papers for revision. Students can access practice papers on the NESA website or they can borrow some from the English Staffroom. It is important that students write a range of practice essays under timed conditions so that they are developing their skills in produc-ing sustained essays.

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CAREERS

Students in Year 10 have started their Careers Program, with students receiving information on how to apply for a Tax File Number and applying for Unique Student Identifier (USI). Students also start-ed their Career and Tran-sition Plans, and will con-tinue to work on these throughout next term. The Jobquest Event Cine-mas program has been thoroughly enjoyed by selected Year 10 students, with the opportunity to build employability skills and workplace information rele-vant to Event Cinemas.

There are many programs, courses and excursions organ-ised for students at GTHS this year including First Aid, White Card, TAFE- Youth Engagement Strategy (YES), NRL School2Work, Yakka Program, Taronga Zoo Meet a Keeper Day, Skills and Thrills Showcase, UoN Technology Big Day In, Career Expo, Barista Training, Volunteer program, Youth Frontiers and mentoring programs. Please check

www.gthscareers.com to stay up to date with what is happening in Ca-reers. Students have been really engaged in the Cert 11 Aviation Remote Pilot EVET course which was introduced this year. Students are understand-ing the regulations of Drone flying and enjoying their flight time with the Drones.

Congratulations to the 8 students in Year 10/11 who have secured School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATS). Students have SBATS in Retail, Electronics and Communication, Hospitality, Automotives, Electrotechnolo-gy and Motorcycle Mechanics. For more information on SBATS or if you are able to offer support with SBATS for students, please contact Mrs Wells.

Year 10 Career Week is scheduled for Term 4, Week 8 (3rd December to 7th December). Students will be encouraged to participate in Work Experience during the week. Infor-mation packs will be handed out to students in Term 2 for Work Expe-rience.

SCIENCE

What a busy term our students have had in their Science

lessons.

Year 7 completed an introduction to

Science and learnt about equipment

and the importance of safety. They

completed their Communication

Tasks on an Australian Scientist.

Year 8 have learnt about Separating

Substances and the differences be-

tween physical and chemical chang-

es. They completed a Problem Solving Task in class where

they used their skills to identify different unknown substanc-

es from a range of observations.

Year 9 spent the term learning about electricity and how to

create series and parallel circuits. Their assessment task re-

quired them to analyse different measuring tools to calculate

Ohm’s Law.

Year 10 discovered the joys of Chemistry and experimented

with many types of chemical reactions. Their Problem Solv-

ing Task required them to use a chemical reaction to identify

variables and improvements to an investigation.

We have implemented our new Year 11 courses in Biology,

Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Science. These stu-

dents are finding their feet with the change in work load

from Year 10 to 11.

Our Year 12 students are continuing their studies in Biology,

Chemistry, Physics and Senior Science and have completed

their mid-course examinations in Week 11 of Term 1. These

students are reminded about the importance of constant

revision and the use of past HSC papers as a guide to how

questions are asked in their HSC.

During the term, we honoured the passing of Stephen Hawk-

ing, with classes completing one-pagers on the life and

achievements of this once in a lifetime scientist.

“ However difficult life may seem, there is always

something you can do, and succeed at. It matters

that you don’t just give up.” Stephen Hawking

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HSIE/JAPANESE

Term 1 has been a busy one for us and we have seen the arrival of a new group of fresh-faced Year 7 students keen to join the ranks at GTHS. In addition to this, we have wel-comed Miss Elsa Crooks to the faculty.

Year 7 LOTE students have been learning how to read and write hiragana symbols as part of their study of Japanese. They have enjoyed the challenges this has presented and are looking forward to continuing their stud-ies of spoken Japa-nese next term. Our elective Japanese clas-ses in Year 9 and Year 10 are continuing to build on their knowledge and skills of the Japanese lan-guage and culture. Two Year 9 students recently mentored Year 7 students at lunchtime to prepare them for their Japanese writing as-sessment task and we thank Tommy and Bella for giving up their own time to do this. We encourage all students to take the opportunities presented by staff to prepare for assessment tasks.

Marine Studies students have completed water safety activ-ities, CPR and learned the basics of snorkelling. The tanks in the Marine Studies room are full of fish and other marine creatures and students are learning how to care for these. Mr Bell and Mr Wagner are challenging students to partici-pate in practical components of these courses and perhaps participate in activities that push them out of their comfort zone.

Year 7 and 8 HSIE classes are doing Geography and History respectively. Year 7 have begun to look at landscapes and landforms and have been identifying erosion and environ-mental changes around the school. Year 8 are presently learning about life in Medieval Europe and have been keen to study knights, armour and warfare.

Year 9 and 10 classes are busy with both History and Geog-raphy and all classes have completed assessment tasks for both subjects. We have a number of senior courses running in both Year 11 and 12. For our students in Year 11 doing Ancient and Modern History, there are new syllabuses that have been implemented. Both of these courses have an em-phasis on the use of sources and evidence and next term students will be required to complete an historical investiga-tion on a topic of their choosing as part of the assessment for both of these courses.

Students in Legal Studies have enjoyed mock court room experiences, B11 was turned into the “Glendale Police Sta-tion” for an arrest procedure and we have been visited by the Lake Macquarie Police Community Liaison Officer who spoke with students.

Our senior Geographers have been learning about the world outside of Glendale and have investigated the interaction of the four spheres necessary for life. Business Studies students have learned about the nature of business and marketing plans.

All students have been issued with course outlines and as-sessment task expectations for all subjects. If your child does not have these, please encourage them to see their class teacher and get these documents. A reminder also that all students are expected to bring a workbooks and writing equipment to every HSIE and Japanese lesson.

Next term we will welcome Mr Scott Budden to the faculty as Head Teacher. Mr Budden comes to us from Francis Greenway High School and we look forward to working with him.

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JUNIOR AECG

This term the Junior AECG had their first meeting for the year. At this meeting the students elected their new execu-tive. The positions are as follows:

Durrahn Douglas – President

Keisha Calderwood – Vice President

Preston Douglas – Vice Secretary

During the meeting JAECG members also discussed what

they would like to do for NAIDOC, Reconciliation Week and

any other culture workshops throughout the term or school

year. Some of the ideas the students spoke about were

getting someone to teach girls traditional dance and run-

ning workshops during NAIDOC Week such as didgeridoo,

dance, art, weaving and traditional games with Year 7 stu-

dents and students from the “feeder” primary schools. The

students have also created an Art group within Junior AECG

where they have been working on a design for a sign that

will sit at the front of the school and will have the acknowl-

edgement of country on it.

MATHS

The Maths faculty has been a hive of activity in Term 1. A number of old programs such as Maths Breakfast Club and Pi Day have re-turned as well as some new initiatives such as Mathspace.

So far during Term 1, 101 students have taken advantage of the Maths Breakfast Club. This takes place every Friday morning from 8 am till 9 am in C12. Students have made an effort to turn up in their own time and enjoy a free breakfast including toast, crumpets, juice and chocolate milk, to get help improving their numeracy skills. All members of the Maths faculty have made themselves available during this time to support students. We look forward to the number of students utilising this program increasing as the year pro-gresses.

On Wednesday 3/14/18 (American date), students joined the Maths faculty in celebrating Pi day. Stu-dents had the opportunity to engage in a range of activities during their nor-mal Maths lessons, from

scavenger hunts, creating Pi graphs or “Pi-charts”, as well testing their brains to see how many decimal places they could memorise.

This term also saw the introduction of the online platform Mathspace. Students have now been given access to a range of online resources including an e-Textbook, video tutorials on all NSW stages in Mathematics, as well as a range of in-teractive activities to improve mathematical thinking. Staff are excited to be able to offer this program to support stu-dents and families to improve numeracy skills. Keep your eyes peeled for a note regarding parent information sessions coming up early in Term 2 for parents wishing for more information on this program.

A reminder also that all students are expected to bring a scientific calcula-tor to all Maths lessons. The calculator that we use at GTHS is the Casio FX-82AU plus. This is available from the student office for $22.

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MOTIVATED TO LEARN TREE TOPS EXCURSION

On Monday the 19th of March, the Year 7 and 8 Motivated

to Learn classes went on an excursion to Tree Tops Adven-

ture Park. After the safety briefing and a practise of how to

stay secure while on the course, students attempted their

first ropes course. Once the first course was complete, stu-

dents could then go on to complete two other courses,

each course getting progressively harder.

Many of the students had to challenge their mindset and

use their intrapersonal skills and self-confidence to com-

plete the obstacles. Students also did a fantastic job at en-

couraging and supporting each other to do their best.

After the ropes courses were completed, we all enjoyed a

yummy BBQ lunch cooked by Chef O’Brien (Mr O’Brien).

Students then took part in completing the life size maze

before heading back to school. A fun day was had by all and

each student went home feeling more positive about what

they can achieve when they believe in their ability.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

This year the SLC group has started strong with the biggest

number of students nominating and being accepted into the

SLC. The Student Leadership Council is made up of 4 repre-

sentatives from each year group from 7-10 and then the

House Captains, Prefects, Sport Captains, Vice Captains and

School Captains from Years 11 and 12. We also have student

representatives from the JAECG and the support classes.

Term 1 has seen the SLC hold The Great GTHS Bake Off. This

was a great success and the students were amazed at the

cooking skills of teachers and students. Congratulations to

those students and teachers who received a Free Movie tick-

et for their contributions.

Term 2 will see the return of the World’s Greatest Shave at

GTHS. Please keep an eye out for further information on

sponsoring students and teachers to Shave for a Cure.

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CHAPLAIN

The Chaplain, David May, is in the school every Monday and Tuesday as someone to chat to. David is available in the playground during breaks, offers one on one support to students during class time and runs programs such as Rock and Water and RAGE (Renavigating Angry and Guilty Emo-tions).

David is a qualified Youth Worker whose role is to support the spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing of students, their families and staff. This can include support and guid-ance about ethics, values, relationships and spirituality; the provision of pastoral care; and enhancing engagement with the broader community. Talking with the Chaplain is totally voluntary. We welcome any feedback regarding the role and function of the Chaplain.

This project is funded by the Commonwealth Government and administered by the NSW Government under the Na-tional School Chaplaincy Program.

EALD

Students who speak English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) have been working hard this term on finish-

ing assessment tasks and writing speeches for English. But apart from the schoolwork, students have also been enjoy-ing the Multicul-tural Art and Games Clubs,

which run each week at lunchtime. On Fridays, Mrs Thornton and students create artworks connected to their cultural backgrounds, chat and eat lunch. On Wednesdays, Mrs Gallagher takes students to the li-brary where students have been playing a variety of board games and card games. For any young people out there, these are the games adults used to play many years ago before com-puter games were invented. So far, no one has beaten Mrs Gal-lagher at Piction-ary, but Chinonye beats us all at Go Fish.

TAS

2018 is well under way! The TAS Faculty has made a flying

start to the year with an array of amazing learning opportu-

nities for students.

The iSTEM club are busy utilizing the

technology in the machine work-

shop of a late, having developed

their CAD skills by up-sizing the clas-

sic Lego man. Each part is carefully

measured, scaled, modelled and

then loaded to the 3D printer. The

faces are then produced by using

the vinyl cutter.

Year 8 have been ex-ploring ways to update the spice rack project to have an increased focus on emerging technologies. Students were given the free-dom to design their own images that could then loaded into the CNC mill to be engraved.

Year 10 Multimedia/Photography students just completed the pho-toshop portfolio task. Every stu-dent submitted the task and some of the presentations were amaz-ing. In the Hospitality kitchen, students

prepared and served sandwiches

to staff for lunch. They also served

house made treats in the lunch

box. Lunchtime service provides a

fantastic opportunity for students to refine their service skills

and deal with customers effectively.

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SPORT

Term 1 has been an amazing fun filled sport term. We have

had our school swimming carnival, which students then

progressed onto represent GTHS at the Zone Swimming

Carnival and then even further to Regional Swimming at

Maitland. Emily

of Year 9 has

recently compet-

ed at the NSW

CHS State Swim-

ming Champion-

ships for a 3 year

in a row.

This year we have also seen a number of

student’s trial for Hunter teams in Wa-

ter Polo, Touch Football and Rugby

League. Congratulations to Sam of Year

11 for making the

U18’s Hunter Rugby

League team. Anoth-

er special mention

goes to Mitchell of

Year 7 for attending and participating in

the NSW All Schools Triathlon competi-

tion in February.

Some of the GTHS teams who have already competed this

year and unfortunately we not successful in progressing

onto the next round of their respective Knockout competi-

tions are the U14’s Boys Cricket team, Open Boys Soccer,

Open Girls Netball, Open Girls Touch Football, Open Boys

Cricket and Open Boys Basketball. Special mention to the

Open Girls Basketball for progressing to Round 3 without

having to actually play any basketball due to other teams

withdrawing. We will be hearing more from the Open Boys

Touch Football team as they have progressed to the Final 8

KO competition for the second year in a row.

Students are reminder to look for notices on the sport notice

board and in the daily notices.

Date to remember: Thursday 3rd May

School Athletics Carnival at Federal Park,

Wallsend.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION

2018 has started very well for the Special Education Unit.

With a change in direction in the delivery of the Stage 6

syllabus to our students in Years 11 and 12, SE1 have been

very busy practising new skills to create quality products

that we can sell at markets. The students have been busy

identifying different methods and materials that can be

used in mosaics, and trying their hand at making their own

coloured polymer tiles to use. Students have been keen to

learn various skills in relation to mosaics, and using these

skills to create some very vibrantly coloured house num-

bers. We will also try to create pot stands, when our order

of glass mosaics arrives.

Our class has been very busy implementing new

knowledge, relating to the

propagation of succulents,

with the intention to grow

them into viable plants to

sell. We have had a great

deal of success with leaf

cuttings, and the ‘pups’ will

soon be put in their own

small pots.

Another item that the class

has been busy constructing is each student’s own Chindi

Rug. Original Chindi Rugs

were made from recycled

fabrics from ripped up

garments and unwanted

fabric, but the students

have made theirs from

unwanted fabrics and old

sheeting. I think you

would agree they are do-

ing a great job.

Work experience placements have also been secured and

students will begin their work experiences next term.

SE2 have had a massive start

to the year, completing units

of work on Language Funda-

mentals, Maths Opera-

tions, Coastlines

and Puberty. The boys

have begun personal inter-

est projects, which in-

clude building a model BF109-E7 WW2 plane, learning the

road users handbook, mu-

ral designs and google

slide presentations on a

variety of topics. This year

we are taking the elective

of Woodwork and creating

a shelf with biscuit joints,

using routers and jigs.

SE3 have been doing daily Power Sentences, spelling, com-

prehension and reading. The students have been learning

how to identify key words in a

passage.

In geography, the class has been

studying Water in the World. As

part of this unit, the students

made an Aquifer following a

Procedural Text. We then looked

at when Procedural Texts are

used. The students have been

researching different marine

animals, with the aim of creating a book.

Each Friday is experiment day, doing small experiments and

working as a team. Our key words have been co-operation

and collaboration. We have made fossils using bones, leaves

and shells and created a Sound-

scape. The students look forward

to the day.

SE4 have been working hard this

term writing their own power sto-

ries using a stimulus picture. It has

been

great to

see the

inter-

esting

characters and plots they have

written about so far. In HSIE, stu-

dents have been doing a study of

Australia, in which they have creat-

ed their own flag designs. They

have been enjoying attending

Woodwork lessons this term and creating their first project

for the year, a wooden clock.

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CAPA

As someone once said, “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I

remember. Involve me and I understand”. Throughout this

term, students have been involved in many different oppor-

tunities to demonstrate their understanding of creating and

performing through the Art, Music and Dance subjects.

The Art students

are off to a flying

start with our

amazing Year 7’s

learning all about

the ‘Elements of

Art’ as well as ex-

perimenting with

different tech-

niques. Year 8 have immersed themselves in the world of

‘Zentangles’ and lino printing while Year 9 are getting their

‘EnvironMental’ on with some funky environmental in-

spired artworks. Year 10

have been studying

‘Postmodern’ artworks,

delving into appropriation

while Year 11 have been

creating emotive portraits

inspired by Australian Mod-

ernist painters. Both Year

12 classes are feeling the

pressure of working on their

BOW and Case Studies but

have impressed their teach-

ers with hard work and positive attitudes. Stage 5 and 6

were able to visit the Art Gallery of NSW this term to see

the Art Express exhibition as well as the wonder that is the

Biennale.

Year 8 Clay have

been influenced

by sea creatures

and year 9 Street

Art are getting

their ‘Graffiti/

Scraffito’ on with

their decorative

artworks. Our two newest electives have taken off with

Year 9 Graphic Design taking over the art rooms at

lunchtime with their creative flair. Year 9 Dance elective

have been practising with our specialised instructor and

helping to choreograph their own amazing routine.

Congratulations to Jayden and Jack who have made it

through the Starstruck auditions. Along with the three dance

groups, they will be performing at the Newcastle Entertain-

ment Centre in June.

Stay tuned for excur-

sion details to support

these singers and

dancers.

Music Group and Vo-

cal Group have both

been running this

term. Singing students were working with an outside tutor to

develop their singing and performance skills while students

from across the years

come together each

Thursday morning to

rehearse group per-

formance pieces.

The senior Music clas-

ses have been devel-

oping their composi-

tional skills using a

variety of ICT such as JamStudio, the Acapella app and Note-

flight. Each year group has learned the importance of com-

mitment, effort and hard work

as they strove to finalise their

own songs while creating a

musically structured song.

The junior Music classes have

been building on their perfor-

mance skills. Year 8 Music stu-

dents spent the first eight

weeks learning a song on key-

board, guitar or drums as part

of the Rock Music unit. Their

performance was presented as

an assessment task during Week 8. The Music teachers were

impressed with the commitment students showed in focus-

ing to learn the differ-

ent levels of the song.

It has been a great start

to the year with every-

one working towards

our end of semester

Glendale Extravagan-

za!!

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LIBRARY

We have definitely hit the ground running for the start of

the 2018 school year, with over 200 lessons supported,

along with multiple Wellbeing and Career programs. We

enlisted the help of our students to develop lunchtime

clubs and programs, which has led to the implementation

of Minecraft Education and a Graphic Design program. The

Premiers Reading Challenge has kicked off and it’s shaping

up to be our biggest yet. We already offer hundreds of PRC

titles and now we have added all of the 2018 CBCA

shortlisted novels to our catalogue. We have added sixteen

new laptops to the library to help support our senior stu-

dents in their study periods, along with extra assessment

support offered by Mr Morgan. Our ClickView service has

been upgraded to a cloud server allowing students 24/7

access from any device. We have some exciting new tech-

nologies headed our way Term 2, with the introduction of

advanced CAD drawing and 3D printing hardware and soft-

ware, coupled with a Microsoft Studio Pro to take our ama-

teur graphic design students into the advanced arena.

PDHPE

Hello again from the PDHPE Faculty! We have had the usual

busy start to the term and year! Term 1 assessment tasks

are well under way for our theory classes and some stu-

dents have already completed their assessment in Gymnas-

tics.

The number of students involved in active games during

recess and lunch breaks is increasing and we will endeavour

to maintain this trend next term when we begin to intro-

duce organised activities during breaks. Glendale Technolo-

gy High School is part of an important study being conduct-

ed by Newcastle University and Hunter New England Health

– PA4E1 (Physical Activity for Everyone) - regarding physical

activity levels. As part of this we will be encouraging all Year

7 students to complete a Physical Activity Plan in class, be-

fore the end of term. This will be a simple task, which hope-

fully, will give our students a target to achieve or even ex-

ceed!

WELLBEING

Wellbeing is always at the forefront for staff and students at

GTHS as we strive to educate and support all of our students

to the highest standard possible. This year, we have had to

enforce a few unexpected changes with the Wellbeing Pro-

grams that we are implementing. We welcome Emma from

the ‘Love Me Mission’ to our school. Her company will be

addressing the needs of our students throughout the year in

small focus programs, as well as whole year group presenta-

tions.

Our Breakfast Program runs every Monday and Wednesday

morning at no cost to students from 7:50 to 8:50 in the MPC

which has been well supported by our staff and students.

The Love Me Mission have supported Year 10 throughout

the term, along with identified focus groups with regards to

challenges and positive attitudes in life. They will be back

each term to address Year 9, 8 and 7 students respectively in

the area of making connections, challenges and celebrations

as well as many other areas pertinent to them and their age

groups.

Drumming has changed over and we are now working with

Miss Wilson, Mr Ide and Miss Wilson who work collabora-

tively to ensure this program builds upon the already strong

foundations laid over the last two years.

Focus and Challenge has also started back up with Racquella,

along with other teachers assisting along the way and are

making a massive impact in supporting the wellbeing of our

students through addressing areas of student’s needs and

implementation of a quality supportive program.

David May, GTHS school Chaplain, supports students on

Mondays and Tuesdays through Rock and Water, RAGE/

SCREAM and his Chaplaincy program. These programs are

school wide and aim at supporting students through difficult

situations at school and in life in general.

Our dedicated Year Advisors continue to work diligently with

their year groups whilst implementing programs, Year

meetings, excursions, as well as even basic support through

interviews, meetings and communication with students and

families.

All of our programs will be updated and continue for the

remainder of the year. Thanks to all of our students and fam-

ilies who have supported these programs thus far. We look

forward to continuing to work together to further our strong

connections throughout the remainder of the year.

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THANK YOU FROM GTHS

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing sponsors from our 2017 Presentation Night.

Australian Industry Group

Bill Shepherd Real Estate

Boost Juice

Cardiff RSL Club

Club Macquarie Function & Accommodation Centre

Commonwealth Bank

Edgeworth Sport & Rec Club

Event Cinemas Glendale

First National Real Estate

George McBride

ISP Glendale

Master Builders Newcastle

Member for Hunter

Member for Wallsend

Mickey & Co Café Kitchen

New Heights Christian Church

Newcastle School Portraits

Rotary Club of Warners Bay

S & S Wholesale Pty Ltd

The Great Aussie Bush Camp

Mr Ken Nagle (Builder)