This week I have had the opportunity to attend the annual Secondary Principals Conference in Manly. This conference bought together high school and central school Principals from across NSW for 3 days of professional learning and sharing. One session of particular interest focused on “Hot Topics” in schools currently across the state. In this discussion two themes strongly stood out. 1. Staffing in our schools – There is a recognised difficulty state wide in accessing appropriately

trained and qualified teaching staff in some curriculum areas. At Concord, we are currently sharing some of these difficulties with repeated attempts to recruit staff in some subject areas, most notably Industrial Tech Timber and Construction. The result of this shortage is that some classes do not have regular access to practical lessons. Please be assured that we are working on looking at a range of innovative ways to overcome this shortage while still ensuring that student safety in practical learning spaces is maintained.

2. School and Community Relationships - Many Principals expressed concern around incidents

that have occurred at their schools where relationships between the school and families had become aggressive and unproductive. There has also been multiple reports in the media over the past few months highlighting the complexity of relationships at times between school staff and the community.

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Principal’sReport

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Respectful Responsible Achieving

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Schools are busy, unpredictable and imperfect places where things will go wrong from time to time and the best way forward may not always be commonly shared by all parties involved. These articles highlight the importance of us communicating early and clearly with each other and continuing to work together in a mutually respectful manner to address problems as they arise. The Senior Leadership Team at the school consisting of Jody Engisch, Craig Anderson, Danka Milinovic, Fiona Payne and myself are available to discuss your concerns at any time. Until next fortnight, Victor Newby Principal  

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Important dates for Term 2 Week 8 June 17 Zone Athletics and June 21 Regional Cross Country

Week 9 June 26 to June 28 Year 10 will be interviewed for Year 11 subject selections. Students will

bring home final selections for family approval and signing.

Week 9 Friday June 28 NAIDOC assembly. Families welcome to attend. Call school and speak with

Mr Anderson.

Week 9 Year 8 Elective choices for Year 9 opens Monday June 24 and closes Monday July 1.

Week 10 July 5 last day of term 2

Walanga Muru- Macquarie University. The Culture, Leadership and Scholarship program run by Macquarie University will resume next term. The program has six workshop sessions. We have planned two workshops in Term 2, Term 3 and Term 4. NRL Youth Advocacy program Congratulations to our NRL Youth Advocates who attend a workshop on Friday June 7 at NRL Headquarters at Moore Park. Nazir Hammoud, Cainan Talisitama, Vani Sorovi, Sione Mapapalangi attended with Ms Valele. Awesome day out at Rugby League Central for some of our NRL Youth Advocates as they took part in a Presentation Masterclass on Public Speaking facilitated by New Zealand - Australian actor Jay Laga’aia from Home & Away & Star Wars fame. Jays witty, fun & often hilarious approach to teaching made for a great learning environment. Ranging from speech delivery and singing improvisation the workshop challenged students to step out of their comfort zone and help give them a voice and build their confidence. “If you don’t invest in yourself, don’t expect others to invest in you either” Jay said in drawing parallels to performance & presentation on & off the stage. Thanks Jay for delivering a great workshop & students for investing in yourselves.

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Year 7 Sticks and Stones This week The Year 7 students watched a drama performance focused on anti-bullying. Thank you to Ms Hoy for organising this valuable and entertaining drama performance.

WHS Evacuation Drills During this term the WHS team is leading practise evacuation drills in preparation. Today Year 11 engaged in a practise drill and were highly complimented for following the procedures extremely well.

 

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              Sticks and Stones – Anti Bullying! On Wednesday 12th June Year 7 were lucky enough to see a visiting production called ‘Sticks and Stones’. This performance is Educational theatre that addresses bullying in schools and provides strategies for anger management, conflict resolution and breaking the cycle of violence. Two energetic young performers explore the different forms of bullying at school, in the street, at home and online. In the performance, we see that Toby is falling into destructive patterns of aggressive behaviour. When he meets Joe, he starts to understand how these behaviours have emerged, and develops strategies for conflict resolution, anger management, assertiveness, and breaking the cycle of violence. This award winning show shines a spotlight on negative patterns of behaviour that can develop through inappropriate modelling from peers, family members, TV and video games. It examines the link between hormones, the fight/flight response, aggression and violence. The hard hitting narrative is punctuated with circus skills to demonstrate co-operation and strategies for improving self-control through breath, focus and channelling energy into positive pursuits. WINNER of an Australian Violence Prevention Award. Seen and enjoyed by over 1.75 million students! The students in year 7 really enjoyed the performance and are grateful to the Concord High School P&C association who generously supported this activity.

           

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS 

School photographs have been sent home with students today.  If your child has 

not received their school photos please contact their Year Advisor. 

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PDHPENewsOn the 29th of May, Concord High School sent 70 students to the Northern Suburbs Zone Cross Country Carnival at Macquarie University Sports fields. Depending on their age group, students were required to run 3km, 4km or 6km. Congratulations to all who participated! Concord, as a school finished 3rd overall! Also, a big thanks must go to the 10 PASS helpers who attended to assist with the organisation of the carnival, as Concord High School was responsible for the running of the carnival, as part of our responsibilities within the Northern Suburbs Zone. However, a big congratulations must go to the following students who finished in the top 10 of their race. This means they have qualified to represent our zone at the Sydney North Regional Cross Country Carnival in Gosford on Friday the 21st of June.. Stay tuned for paperwork. Maisy Wright-Smith - 1st in 12 year old girls race. Noah Chabo - 3rd in 12 year old boys race. Julian Mantle - 6th in 12 year old boys race. Jacob Grant - 9th in 12 year old boys race. Darcy Woodley - 1st in 13 year old boys race. Ivan Balic - 2nd in 13 year old boys race. Nicholas Debelja - 3rd in 13 year old boys race. Cameron O'Brien - 9th in 13 year old boys race. Caitlin Oeser - 10th in 13 year old girls race. Keira Will - 2nd in 14 year old girls race. Joel Weeks - 4th in 14 year old boys race. Hannah Kiefer - 7th in 14 year old girls race. Dakota Thuell - 8th in 14 year old girls race. Jacob Leon - 1st in 15 year old boys race. Taeyoung Yoon - 2nd in 15 year old boys race. Cameron Will - 2nd in 16 year old boys race. Charlotte Trapnell - 4th in 16 year old girls race. Max Trapnell - 1st in 17 year old boys race. Kisha Chabo - 3rd in 17 year old girls race. Francesca Bull - 3rd in 18 year old girls race. Amy Falson - 4th in 18 year old girls race. HEAD LICE Please be aware there has been a case of head lice reported to

the school. Tips for tackling kids head lice

Use hair conditioner and a fine head lice comb.

Apply conditioner to the hair and comb through with a wide-toothed

comb to remove the tangles.

Then use a fine metal lice comb to remove the lice and pull the

nits off the hair.

The conditioner helps slow down the louse and makes it easier to

comb out.

For more information go to the "Nitbusters" website

www.health.nsw.gov.au/headlice

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VARIATIONS TO ROUTINE TERM 2 WEEK 8 17 June, 2019 – 21 June, 2019 WEEK B Monday 17 June

o Year 12 Textiles task 3

Tuesday 18 June o Year 11 Physics o Year 12 2 unit mathematics

Wednesday 19 June o Year 12 Ancient Task 3 o Year 12 Ancient task 3

Thursday 20 June o Year 12 EAL/D Task 3

Friday 21 June o Year 12 Industrial tech task 3

UpcomingDates

A LOOK AHEAD 2019 Term 2 Week 9 & 10

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TERM 2 WEEK 9

Monday 24June o Year 11 Ext 1

English task 2

Tuesday 25 June o

Wednesday 26 June o Year 11 Ext 1 English

task 2 o Year 12 Music 1 Task 2 o Year 11 Music 1 Task 2

Thursday 27 June o Year 12 Geography

Task 3 o Year 11 EAL/D task 2 o Year 7 Film review task o Year 11 Standard

Engish speeches

Friday 28 June

B TERM 2

WEEK 10

Monday 1 July o Year 11 Ext 1

English task 2 continued

o Year 12 History Extension Task 2

o Year 11 English Studies task 2

Tuesday 2 July o

Wednesday 3 July o Year 11 Senior

Geography Task 2 o Year 8 English EAL/D

task 2

Thursday 4 July o Year 11 Advanced

mathematics hand in task

Friday 5 July o Year 11 Industrial

tech task 2 o Year 12 SDD task 3