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.

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Murrumburrah High

School

Smith Street

Harden NSW 2587

Phone: 02 6386 2755

Fax: 02 6386 3048

E-mail: murrumburr-

h.school@det.nsw,edu.au

MURRUMBURRAH

HIGH SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL: KYM

ORMAN

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