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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 29 July

Sydney West Athletics Contact issued

1 August—5 August

Education Week

Monday 1 August Collegiate Leaders Day

Tuesday 2 August

ICAS Assessment—English Barista Excursion

Wednesday 3 August

Support Unit Swim School 14 Girls Futsal

Thursday 4 August

PCL & Prosperitas night 6.30—8pm in the hall

4 August –31 August

Library Stocktake

Monday 8 August P&C Meeting 7pm

Collegiate Chess Comp.

Wednesday 10 August Support Unit Swim School

Thursday 11 August

Premier’s Sporting Challenge

Friday 12 August Contact issued

Monday 15 August

Primary Prosperitas Final Presentation Evening

6.30pm-8pm

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE

NAIDOC Assembly Page 5

Barista Program Page 6

PULSE Concert Pages 9-10

Support Unit News Pages 13-14

Language News Pag 29

ISSUE

29 July 2016

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WELCOME BACK

Welcome back to another busy and hectic term. Hopefully by now all parents have had the chance to sit down and go through their child’s Semester 1 report with them. The staff welcomes any questions or concerns that parents may have about the reports and their child’s progress, so please feel free to call up and make an appointment to see either the teacher of a particular subject, or the child’s Year Adviser if there are a number of concerns across a range of subjects. I know the Sen-ior Executive is also happy to meet with parents to discuss their child’s progress, but make sure you call up and make an appointment as soon as possible so measures can be put in place to support your child’s learning.

SCHOOL UNIFORM

A sincere thank you again to our parents and students who support our school commitment to wearing uniform. Wearing uniform ensures

the safety of all our students and also impacts on our im-age across the community. As we move into the cooler months and students will begin to wear jackets and sloppy joes to keep warm, can I please remind you that the Uniform Shop is open on a Monday morning 8.10-9.30 for students needing to purchase a new school jack-et or sloppy joe. Unfortu-nately there are students who continue to come to school in the wrong shoes; there are disciplinary conse-quences for repeated uni-form breaches. Furthermore, I need to remind everyone that hoodies are Banned and pose a serious threat to student and staff safety and are not to be worn under any circumstance.

The following items are NOT an acceptable part of our school uniform:

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Black Socks Dark Blue Jackets with hoods Dark Blue pants that have elastic at the

bottom of the legs Track suit pants – the only acceptable

track pants are the school ones and these are only to be worn by Year 8-10 on their sport day.

These type of pants are NOT acceptable.

Here is another example of the trackpant

variety that IS NOT to be worn to school.

Any pants that have elastic in the bottom of

the leg will be classified as a trackpant.

COMMUNICATING WITH

PARENTS

I realise it is often a challenge for parents to keep up with all the things going on at school, especially if your child is not very good at bringing home notes. To assist par-ents in their endeavours to keep abreast with school happenings we post all these extra curricular activities and excursions on our official Facebook page and school web-site.

So I would encourage all parents to make our website a favourite on your computer and “like” us on our Facebook page so you receive notifications of what is happening rather than rely on your teenager to inform you. We will also continue to send important SMS messages to various year cohorts re-minding parents of upcoming events, so please make sure your mobile phone de-tails held by the school are up to date and current.

Recently we have had some issues with monitoring student’s online communication so I have included below the Department of Education’s policy regarding student use of online communication:

Online Communication Services: acceptable usage for

school students

1. Objectives - Policy statement

The internet provides an opportunity to enhance students’ learning experiences by providing access to vast amounts of information across the globe. Online communication links students to a collab-orative learning environment and is in-tended to assist with learning outcomes. Today’s students are exposed to online communication tools and the internet in their community. They have the right to expect secure access to these services as part of their learning experiences. Use of the internet and online communi-cation services provided by the depart-

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ment is intended for research and learning and communication between students and staff. Access to internet and online communication tools at school will assist students to develop the information and communication skills necessary to use the internet ef-fectively and appropriately. Responsible use of the services by stu-dents, with guidance from teaching staff, will provide a secure and safe learning environment. Students using internet and online com-munication services have the responsi-bility to report inappropriate behaviour and material to their supervisors. Students who use the internet and online communication services provid-ed by the department must abide by the conditions of acceptable usage. They should be made aware of the accepta-ble usage policy each time they log on. Students should be aware that a breach of this policy may result in disci-plinary action in line with their school’s discipline policy.

2. Audience and applicability

This policy applies to all school stu-dents located at NSW public schools who access internet and online commu-nication services within the department network and from any external location.

3. Context

This policy document should be read as consistent with school discipline, child protection, anti-discrimination and anti-racism policies.

4. Responsibilities and delegations

Access and Security

Students will:

not disable settings for virus protec-tion, spam and filtering that have been applied as a departmental standard.

ensure that communication through internet and online communication services is related to learning.

keep passwords confidential, and change them when prompted, or when known by another user.

use passwords that are not obvious or easily guessed.

never allow others to use their per-sonal e-learning account.

log off at the end of each session to ensure that nobody else can use their e-learning account.

promptly tell their supervising teacher if they suspect they have received a computer virus or spam (i.e. unsolicit-ed email) or if they receive a mes-sage that is inappropriate or makes them feel uncomfortable.

seek advice if another user seeks ex-cessive personal information, asks to be telephoned, offers gifts by email or wants to meet a student.

never knowingly initiate or forward emails or other messages containing: a message that was sent to

them in confidence. a computer virus or attachment

that is capable of damaging re-cipients’ computers.

chain letters and hoax emails. spam, e.g. unsolicited advertis-

ing material. never send or publish:

unacceptable or unlawful mate-rial or remarks, including offen-sive, abusive or discriminatory comments.

threatening, bullying or harass-ing another person or making excessive or unreasonable de-mands upon another person.

sexually explicit or sexually sug-gestive material or correspond-ence.

false or defamatory information about a person or organisation.

ensure that personal use is kept to a

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minimum and internet and online com-munication services is generally used for genuine curriculum and educational activities. Use of unauthorised pro-grams and intentionally downloading unauthorised software, graphics or mu-sic that is not associated with learning, is not permitted.

never damage or disable computers, computer systems or networks of the department.

ensure that services are not used for unauthorised commercial activities, po-litical lobbying, online gambling or any unlawful purpose.

be aware that all use of internet and online communication services can be audited and traced to the e-learning accounts of specific users.

Privacy and Confidentiality Students will: never publish or disclose the email ad-

dress of a staff member or student with-out that person's explicit permission.

not reveal personal information includ-ing names, addresses, photographs, credit card details and telephone num-bers of themselves or others.

ensure privacy and confidentiality is maintained by not disclosing or using any information in a way that is contrary to any individual’s interests.

Intellectual Property and Copyright Students will: never plagiarise information and will

observe appropriate copyright clear-ance, including acknowledging the au-thor or source of any information used.

ensure that permission is gained before electronically publishing users’ works or drawings. Always acknowledge the cre-ator or author of any material pub-lished.

ensure any material published on the internet or intranet has the approval of the principal or their delegate and has appropriate copyright clearance.

Misuse and Breaches of Acceptable Us-age Students will be aware that:

they are held responsible for their ac-

tions while using internet and online communication services.

they are held responsible for any breaches caused by them allowing any other person to use their e-learning account to access internet and online communication services.

the misuse of internet and online com-munication services may result in disci-plinary action which includes, but is not limited to, the withdrawal of access to services.

5. Monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements Students will report: any internet site accessed that is con-

sidered inappropriate. any suspected technical security

breach involving users from other schools, TAFEs, or from outside the NSW Department of Education.

Students should be aware that: their emails are archived and their web

browsing is logged. The records are kept for two years.

the email archive and web browsing logs are considered official documents.

they need to be careful about putting their personal or sensitive information in emails or on websites.

these records may be used in investi-gations, court proceedings or for other legal reasons

Have a great weekend.

Lauretta Claus

Principal

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DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

WELCOME BACK TO ALL OUR QUAKERS FAMILIES

I hope you enjoyed the semester break as much as I did. I was fortunate enough to get away for the first week and feel quite revitalised and ready for a new Semester.

The staff were back into the swing of things for the Nirimba Learning Community Staff Development Day. Quakers Hill HS is one of nine high schools that are involved in this network. Our guest speaker was Justin Coulson and he spoke on Emotional In-telligence. It was a highly productive day and the

afternoon was spent in faculty groups giv-ing teachers an opportunity to focus on Curriculum issues. Our students returned the next day, and it was back to business with new timetables. Some students will experience new subjects and in some cases, new teachers.

NAIDOC ASSEMBLY

On Thursday, the whole school attended the NAIDOC assembly and were ad-dressed by a terrific performer, Troy Al-len. Troy, a Bundjalung Goori (East Coast), grew up in the Mount Druitt Com-munity and his totem is Wadjiny, the platypus. The Bundjalung Nation of Aboriginal peo-ple is the only one whose dreamtime stories talk about arriving in Australia from else-where.

Troy uses song, music and didgeridoo, dance and firemaking demonstrations to tell the stories of his people. He taught students and staff to tell a story through dance and Mr Somerset “the young little fella’ got to learn the technique of firemaking by rubbing sticks. Thank you to Ms Romerosa and Mrs Josselyn for organising the performer; it was truly engaging.

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BARISTA PROGRAM

The new Barista’s had an Orientation Day on Friday to prepare

them for the Barista Program. The Café is growing and the stu-

dents are enjoying the development of the small business con-

cept. The staff are very supportive of the program and gave the

students very positive feedback about their service and product.

The coordinators are very excited about the new logo which will

be launched soon. Here is a sneak peek….

I asked some students from the original group who trained and will now be supervisors, to

tell me about their experience. Here’s what they said:

“At the beginning of our experience we were excited for what was to come and also

very nervous with our lack of experience. We were trained by students from Crest-

wood HS and they taught us the basics. Then twice a week we would practise our

new skills with making and delivering coffees to the staff.”

“We then went off to the city in a train to complete a course at the Barista Basics Cof-

fee Academy to further our skills and become certified baristas. We were successful in

completing both practical and theory work and now are proud workers of the Café Del

RoMar. Every Monday and Friday we get together during shifts and work as a team to

make and deliver the best quality coffees for the staff of Quakers Hill HS.”

“We are currently training a new barista team to take our place in the café whilst we

become the co-supervisors. Last Friday, we spent the day teaching them the skills to

be a barista such as frothing milk, creating a great espresso with the right amount of

crema and also how to work as a team.”

“We are thankful for the opportunity that the school has provided for us as we are con-

fident people and definitely more experienced at making coffee. It’s been an amazing

experience and we enjoyed every single minute of it.”

“Thank you to Mr Roma and Ms Del Pinto for supervising the team and helping us

through our journey and Mrs Maricic and Mrs Claus for organising the café and giving

us the opportunity to be a part of the program. We are now able to go and apply for a

job with our vast experience.”

Amy Papworth-Buchanan & Madison Kozlovsky

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I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Lino Ponferrada and Mrs Gilda Asoy-Ponferrada for donating the coffee machine and coffee grinder to further develop the educational opportu-nities for the students at QHHS. The students and staff are very appreciative.

SUBJECT SELECTION FOR YEARS 8 & 10 STUDENTS

This is an important time as they make decisions on what they would like to study for the next 2 years. Year 8 students and their parents attended the Subject Information Evening this week and are now contemplating what they would like to study as their electives. It is essen-tial that decisions are made based on interests and likes and not because a friend told them what to pick. Some electives will have a cost attached and all Year 8 elective fees will need to be paid in order to select a fee elective in Stage 5. Students should consider all the options carefully.

Year 10 will be making decisions about the next part of their learning journey, the pathway into workforce or further studies. Not all students will know what they want to do in the next few years but the same advice applies here, “choose courses that you enjoy or are inter-ested in learning about”. Students can change their minds but if they select carefully now, they may avoid disappointment later.

ROLL CALL TRIVIA

Congratulations to 9R8 who won the “Famous Landmarks of Australia” Trivia quiz. They were the lucky recipients of the pizza lunch prize. This is a PBL initiative that occurs at the end of every term. All the roll call classes compete to do their best as a team to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

Mrs B Maricic

Year 7 & 9 Deputy Principal

MATHS FACULTY NEWS

The Term 3 examinations will take place in Week 5. All courses will have a non-calculator/

numeracy and a calculator element to their examination. Students have been informed that

they must also bring a Summary Sheet to be used and then handed in with the test paper.

This is a formal assignment and should be one A4 sheet for each topic that has been studied.

Year 7 will be examined on Angles, Decimals and Percentages, Year 8 will be tested on Alge-

bra, Volume and Percentages. In Stage Five (Years 9 and 10) the topics tested will vary de-

pending on the course.

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A useful Summary Sheet should include formulae, definitions and diagrams. It should also in-

clude step by step procedures for the more involved concepts. Write small so that everything

you need can be included on one page. One example for each concept that you have covered

will help jog your memory as you stare at the exam paper!

These are the first outcomes to be examined this semester and all students are encouraged to

review their notes in order to prepare a useful and complete summary sheet. As always, your

Mathematics teachers are available to clarify any concepts that are not fully understood.

Mr Cole, Mathematics Faculty

ENGLISH FACULTY NEWS

Year 7 have started studying a new unit on Gender and Perspective. They will be examining different perspectives towards gender and gender roles through the study of their core texts: the Disney film Mulan and Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess. Our Year 8 Students have begun their novel study unit. Each class will be learning about the importance of characterisation and the impact that it has on shaping meaning. Each class will be studying a different novel, and focusing on how that novel relates back to the term’s concep-tual focus. In English, Year 9 has started their unit on Creative Writing. Students will be exploring ‘the keys to creation’ and will compose their own creative pieces. Students have started examining where creative ideas come from and have started designing their own characters in class. Year 10 English will be examining the concept of ‘Justice’ in classes this term. The unit focus will include an examination of morals and the consequences of decisions and social justice is-sues that we face in our lives.

CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

Music

Year 7 music students are beginning their musical journey studying “Instruments of the Orchestra”, followed by “Music for TV and Radio” in the second half of this term. They will begin learning practical skills on the keyboard/piano and will create musical instruments from recyclable materials which they can find lying around at home. Year 7 students will also be as-sessed on composing a musical jingle and performing the main theme from “The Simpsons” on the keyboard. Year 8 are commencing the term learning about “Popular Mu-sic” and later “Blues Music”. Students will be assessed on in-strumental skills for performance development and will complete an in-class listening task fo-cusing on conceptual analysis. Performance pieces will include “Beat It” by Michael Jackson and a blues tune called “Cowboy Song”. Students will also be completing an in-class listening assessment based on a popular music genre. During this term Year 9 students are focusing on Australian Music and looking in detail at Aus-tralian Art Music, technology used in Australian music, and Australian rock, pop and folk music. This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in exploring their abilities in com-

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position as one of their assessment tasks is to compose a piece of music for a solo instru-ment which is inspired by an Australian landscape. Students will also perform an Australian rock or pop song of their choice for their performance assessment task. Year 10 will study a range of styles of jazz music, including Dixie-land Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Cool Jazz and Jazz Fusion. Their compo-sition assessment is based on the 12 Bar Blues structure with jazz harmonies for guitar and piano, with syncopated melodies using scat for the vocals. The performance assessment will see vocalists perform “Dream A Little Dream of Me” by Ella Fitzgerald, incorporat-ing scat techniques, and instrumentalists will perform an arrange-ment of “Sing Sing Sing” by Benny Goodman which utilises jazz har-monies and swing rhythms. Amy Nicholls Music Teacher

Quakers Hill High School has once again successfully auditioned talented vocalists to be part of the much-celebrated PULSE Concert held annually at the Sydney Opera House. These students have been rehearsing diligently every week for the first half of the year and finally reaped the rewards of their hard work on the night of Thursday 30th June in the last week of Term 2.

The students arrived at the venue and commenced a four-hour stage rehearsal before the big finale. They were full of excitement as they got to see and hear other repertoire being performed from CAPA KLA subjects such as Dance and Drama. They also loved hearing their songs being accompanied by live instru-ments and the large concert bands and string orchestra were very impressive.

Our students performed a variety of songs, ranging from musical theatre piec-es to jazz and blues items. They sang with much energy and enthusiasm for the two-hour extravaganza and were impres-sive and proud representatives of Quak-ers Hill High School.

Well done to these amazing students!

Mrs A Tong (PULSE coordinator)

PULSE CONCERT 2016

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PULSE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES 2016:

Dominique Burke Hayden Johnson De-Silva

Maddison Roecken Natasha Fernandez

Grace Luckman Taylor Scott Yashvi Krishna

Lilly Hindmarch Kopal Mathur

Tobey Watkins Neha Khatri Jade Walker

Madeline Rochester Laura Towell Elodie Smith


History Faculty News

Welcome Back! from the History Faculty, we all hope you had a fun and safe holiday and we are

looking forward to a wonderfully productive term.

COMPETITION NEWS

NATIONAL HISTORY CHALLENGE 2016 - TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be an historian, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. It emphasises and rewards quality research, the use of community resources and effective presentation. Please go to the following website for more details: www.historychallenge.org.au Closing Date: 26 August 2016

HISTORY TOPICS - TERM 3

Year 7: Overview, Investigating History Year 8: Overview, Vikings

Year 9: Australians at War Year 10: Rights and Freedoms

Elective History: History of Crime

HISTORY ASSESSMENT TASK DUE DATES – TERM 3

Year 7: Unit Test – Due Term 3 Week 5

Year 8: Unit Test – Due Term 3 Week 4

Year 9: Australians at War Research Task – Due Term 3 Week 5

Year 10: Civil Rights Empathy Task – Due Term 3 Week 6

Elective History: Research Task – Due Term 3 Week 2

QUAKERS HILL HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY FACULTY WEBSITE

Welcome to the QHHS History Podcast Website! www.tinyurl.com/zh3oe8p Here you will find links to your assignment sheets with Podcasts that you can download and lis-ten to help you along your way. This site is a work in progress, so keep checking back regularly for updates. Good luck!!

HOMEWORK CLUB

Homework Club is now open. It will be held in the Library on Tuesday and Wednesday after

school. This is to provide assistance to students needing help with homework activities and as-

sessment tasks. Students will need a new permission note for 2016. Notes can be obtained in

the Library at Recess or Lunch.

Times: 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Tuesday: Mr Krilic; Wednesday: Ms Fensom

http://www.historychallenge.org.au

http://www.tinyurl.com/zh3oe8p

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SUPPORT UNIT NEWS

Welcome back to a jam packed Term 3 everyone! We hope all students are well-rested after their holiday and ready for work.

Support Unit students will be travelling to Stanhope Gardens Swimming Centre each Wednesday from Week 2 – Week 9 to participate in swimming lessons. Students not partici-pating will remain in one class at school to complete work and Sport in D9 with a SU teacher and SLSO.

CAPA: Students in S1 have been studying Ab-stract Art & Elements and are near to complet-ing their Self Portrait Etchings. In addition, a beautiful etching featuring the students and Ruben is under way. This was quite a complex process beginning with photographs being tak-en then taped to a sheet of Perspex, to create a plate. The photographic image was then scratched onto the plate with an etching tool. The etching was then rubbed with oil-based printing ink, put through the etching press and prints made. The plate is then cleaned with vegetable oil. We are looking forward to view-ing the finished prints and will feature them in the next Contact. Students in S4 have complet-ed a semester of Art during which they made sculptures using recycled materials and land-scape paintings. They are very much looking forward to studying Music this semester.

HISTORY & ENGLISH: Students in S4 will be exploring WW1 & WW2 this semester and if there are any photos or other artefacts at home from this period, students are most welcome to bring them in to school to share with their peers. This topic will be further explored in English via stories of wartime. Students in S3 are studying Feudal Japan in History and exploring the world of refugees and Vietnamese boat people, reading The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do. Students in S2 are studying Feudal Japan while exploring Japanese Culture & Folk Tales in English. Students in S1 are studying Native American History & the Wild West with this topic further explored during a novel study of The Indian in the Cupboard.

TAS: Students in S2 have been busy designing and creating mosaics. They have completed a coaster and are currently working on a table placemat. These mosaics are the students’ original designs and are most creative and colourful. Students in S1 have completed a se-mester of cooking which they thoroughly enjoyed. They will be learning about textiles this semester and will be weaving a rug, sewing moccasins and completing other handcrafts to complement their learning of Native American Culture.

TRANSITION MEETINGS: will take place during week 6 at QHHS for year 10 students.

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NEW SYNTHETIC GRASS IN UPPER QUAD

QHHS’s School Development team is responsible for looking at issues concerning school property and equipment around the school, and creating proposals to fix some of the issues. Several months ago, the team of 8 students created a proposal to replace the grass in the upper Quad with synthetic grass. We chose synthetic grass because of the previous failed attempts at using turf.

We worked together with Mr Meredith, Mr Sale and Mr Argall, who looked at several different quotes for the best option, specifically prices. We also consulted our Principal, Mrs Claus, for limi-tations that we had to work around, especially the financial limits of our project.

After our proposal was accepted by Mrs Claus, searching around for a good quote was done by Mr Sale primarily. We ended up settling with Australian Turf Wholesalers, who came in the last three days of term to our school to place the turf in.

The last leg of the project is for the Green Team to redistribute the dirt around our school in ditches and drop-offs, which by their efforts, will save the school several thousands of dollars. A special thanks to Mrs Claus, Mr Meredith, Mr Sale and Mr Argall for their combined efforts in helping the School Development Team with this awesome project.

The SRC’s School Development Team

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

I would like to bring to your attention some recent outstanding achievements of a few Quakers Hill High students. Lauren Woods, Shaena-lea Charlesworth and Hannah Duncan are part of the 2016 Under 15 Blacktown City Netball Association Representative Team. The team participated in the Division 2 Samsung State Age Championships held at Banks-town from 2-4 July 2016. They played 19 games over the 3 days and were the undefeated champions. This was the icing on this team’s cake as they also won all 4 carnivals (all un-defeated) that they participated in leading up to State Age. Lauren also went on to be se-lected in the Division 1 team for Western Sydney Academy of Sport, participating in the Australian Invitational Youth Games held at the Maitland Federation Centre from 13-15 Ju-

ly 2016. After 10 games over the 3 days, this team were also the undefeated champions.

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SCIENCE MATTERS The Science Faculty would like to welcome students back to Term 3. This term we will have new topics and assessment tasks which will prepare students for their end of year examina-tions. We recommend that students keep their notes carefully in one book so that they can re-vise all the course work in preparation for their future examinations. All students need to have the required stationery for every lesson so that they can record their notes for revision as homework each day. Year 10 will be studying Genetics, Biotechnology and Electricity. Their assessment task will involve research into genetically-modified foods. Year 9 students will be investigating chemicals and their uses this term. Their assessment task will be conducted in class next week, based on the Electricity topic they finished studying recently. Year 9 students will also be busy with an independent investigative project later in the term. Year 8 students are continuing to study Human Body Systems, learning about how our bodies function as a cohesive unit, with all the systems working together to keep us healthy. Year 7 students are studying the concepts of matter, how substances change from solids to liquids and gases and vice versa, and other basic chemistry concepts. They will be learning techniques for separating mixtures, which offers many opportunities for practical activities. Tabulation and graphing skills, using ALARM to answer extended response questions and writing lab reports are all skills which will be revised this term. The Science teachers want to remind students that they are always welcome to ask for addi-tional help at recess and lunch if they are unsure of the concepts they are studying.

Science Professional Learning

This week all Science teachers across the Nirimba Collegiate schools participated in an after-noon professional learning session at QHHS on Coding of Assessment Tasks led by Ms Naicker. This PL session was determined as a need by the head teachers of each of the four schools in the developing of high quality assessment tasks using the Quality Teaching coding scale.

This PL session was centred on assisting teachers to understand the specific criteria of each of the three dimensions (Intellectual Quality, Quality Learning Environment and Significance) of the coding scale and to then implement this. Teachers were guided through the process and a task from each school was coded. This PL session generated clarification, discussion and suggestions on how the assessments tasks used that afternoon could be slightly adjusted to further strengthen their quality based on the department’s Assessment Practice Guide document.

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TAS FACULTY NEWS

In Year 9 Engineering we will be finishing off our structures and testing how much force they

can withstand before breaking. We will then build a catapult which looks at the engineering

principle of mechanical advantage. In Year 10 Engineering we are making our hydraulic arm

and then looking at systems, control systems and robotics in industry.

In Fashion students are creating a bag which uses a range of fabrics and decoration tech-

niques. It will be functional and reflect personal style and individuality.

Design and Technology are beginning unit on Jewellery making, beginning with macramé

techniques.

Students in both Year 9 and Year 10 Electronics will be starting new practical projects. Year 9

will start working with printed circuit boards and Year 10 will start constructing a 'wind up torch'

project. Both years will have associated theory topics and Folio Assignments this term.

PDHPE NEWS

On 22 July 2016 students from QHHS attended the CHS Cross Country. All those who partici-

pated did so to the best of their ability. Special mention should go to Justyce Cleverly, Alexan-

der Wicks and Amber Precious for their excellent results.

Congratulations also go to the 14 Girls Futsal team coached by the one and only Mr Fabricato.

Due to excellent coaching, great teamwork and diligence from the players, Quakers Hill High

School are now the Regional Champions. We now wish them all the best when they move on

to the State Championships.

UPCOMING EVENTS

On Thursday 4 August selected students will be

representing the PDHPE faculty at this year’s

PCL showcase. The students will be showcasing

the Aboriginal game of Marngrook. It is said that

Marngrook influenced the modern game of AFL

with it’s kicking and catching skills. The after-

noon will surely be one of the highlights of 2016.

Mr Somerset

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THE TELL THEM FROM ME STUDENT FEEDBACK SURVEY

I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The sur-vey aims to help improve student learning outcomes and measures factors that are known to af-fect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.

You may remember that our students also participated in a Tell Them From Me student survey in Term 1 this year as well as previous years. Asking students to complete the survey twice in one year allows us to identify trends in student responses as well as track engagement and motivation across the school years.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents. The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at school.

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typical-ly take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 22 August and 21 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by 22nd Au-

gust. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from the website above.

The Partners in Learning parent feedback survey

This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student en-gagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, ac-tivities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and be-haviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online at home or on public computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be con-ducted between 22 August and 21 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, how-ever, your responses are very much appreciated.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

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EMAIL ADDRESS REQUEST

Greetings Parents and Carers

I am sure that you would agree that effective communication between the school and home is important. One means of communication is the school newsletter ‘Contact’.

We have been concerned for some time that our Contact newsletter is not as effective in communicating as we would wish. It often does not reach home, lost without trace at the bottom of a school bag and sometimes our teenagers actively prevent the school communicating with you as parents and carers.

On top of this is the notion that a paper newsletter is expensive (over $5000 every year) and given the increasing number of parents who use email and actually prefer it, we really need to get with the times and communicate with parents electronically. Of course, a paper version would still be available for those who require it.

Be assured that we are not aiming to overflow your IN tray with school emails.

We would like to start sending out newsletters by email thus ensuring that they reach the desired destina-tion and saving money which would be better spent on resources for your children.

Please carefully and legibly complete the following and return it to school with your child.

Lauretta Claus

Principal

February 2016

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QUAKERS HILL HIGH SCHOOL - EMAIL ADDRESS REQUEST

CHILD NAME: ___________________________________ YEAR: ______

PARENT’S EMAIL ADDRESS:

PARENT/CARER SIGNATURE: ________________________________

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A MESSAGE FROM OPAL FOR STUDENTS

Opal would like to supply appropriate bus services to QHHS by reminding students to tap

on and tap off with their School Opal cards when they travel to and from school.

Opal data gathered by tapping on and off is used to determine demand for bus services.

If students don’t tap on and tap off, services may be cancelled due to the lack of recorded

patronage. With this in mind, we ask for your assistance in reminding your students that

tapping on and off at the beginning and end of each trip is one of the conditions of using

a School Opal card.

Your assistance helps us ensure we are able to provide the appropriate level of service to

your students. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students on receiving their Gold Principal’s

Award:

Year 8 Kirra-May Bevan, Abigail Glastonbury, Zoe Morgan, Jacob Power,

Chloe Webster

Year 10 Jed Mathers, Rafi Noori

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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

STUDENTS LEAVING EARLY

If you need to pick up your child early from school:

1. Write them out a note in the morning.

2. Tell your child to take the note to the office before roll call.

3. The office staff will issue your child with an Early Leavers Note which

allows them to leave class at the nominated time.

4. Your child will be able to leave class at that time and will be sitting in

the foyer waiting for you when you arrive.

STUDENTS WHO ARE LATE TO SCHOOL

If your child is late to school and have missed roll call, they need to go

straight to the front office to be marked in late. If they are accompanied by a

parent or have a note covering their lateness, they will not receive a

lunchtime detention.

If your child is late to school and they do not have a note or a phone call ex-

plaining their lateness, they will be put on a lunchtime detention.

MEDICAL

Any students who is on an anaphylaxis or severe asthma plan will need to

send in an updated copy of their current Action Plan from their doctor.to the

office.

EVERY THURSDAY ALL STUDENTS FINISH EARLY AT 2.30pm

THE QHHS UNIFORM SHOP IS OPEN EVERY MONDAY MORNING

FROM 8.10—9.30AM

PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE REGULARLY

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CHANGE OF PERSONAL DETAILS FOR STUDENTS

(PLEASE PRINT)

NAME OF STUDENT:

YEAR: ________________________________

ADDRESS:

HOME PHONE:

WORK PHONE: _____________________________________

MOBILE NO: _____________________________________

CARER 1 NAME: _____________________________________

PHONE/MOBILE:

CARER 2 NAME: __________________________________

PHONE/MOBILE:

EMERGENCY CONTACTS: ________________________________

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MEDICAL PROBLEMS (IF ANY) ____________________________

Signed: Date:

70 Lalor Road

Quakers Hill NSW 2763

Phone: (02) 9837 1533

Fax: (02) 9837 1747

email: [email protected]

Website: www.quakershil-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mrs Lauretta Claus

Quakers Hill High School

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