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RESPECTFUL RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS

Principal: Mrs M Crelley Issue No: 14 Term: 3 Monday 9th September, 2019

LHS Fest 2019 A very big thank you to our wonderful P&C and other helpers for their massive efforts in putting together LHS Fest 2019. An event of this size and organisation is a tremendous undertaking and very much appreciated by the students and staff. The day was outstanding with perfect weather, plenty of rides, activities and food and drinks to be purchased which kept everyone thoroughly entertained. Leeton Idol in the afternoon certainly did not disappoint with twenty two acts showcasing the incredible talents and courage of our students. I must commend the audience who were at all times respectful and appreciative of those who graced the stage. Thanks to all involved. Prefects 2020 Last Friday fourteen Year 11 students presented themselves to the school in the hopes of gaining a student leadership position for 2020. The quality of speeches and the calibre of the candidates were outstanding and I thank all fourteen candidates for their interest and investment in our school. Congratulations to Bree McKellar, Amelie Sachs, Cooper Holmes, Barkat Ali, Jesse Horsfield, Michael Wang, Zac Sharp and Reece Grundy who have been elected as Prefects for 2020. These eight students will form our leadership team and from this eight, two Captains and two Vice-Captains will emerge after Monday’s voting. Students will be inducted during Friday’s whole school assembly. Again, congratulations to all candidates who are fine ambassadors for Leeton High School. R U OK? Day Thursday 12th September Our Student Representative Council are very passionate about raising awareness and support for mental health issues and invite all students and teachers to a morning tea to acknowledge this important day on Thursday 12th September and to encourage a conversation to help those who may be struggling. Positive Behaviour for Learning Our PBL focus for this fortnight is on owning your behaviour. We will be learning about self-regulating our emotions and understand how to respond to situations when we are under stress to keep control. Week 6 P L draw winners are listed below. Great work from those students who demonstrate being respectful, responsible learners. Our next round of PBL prize draws will be at the end of Week 9 with a mega prize at the end of the term. Alternately, students can drop 25 PBL tickets in to the front office for a merit certificate to go toward earning a Platinum Jacket.

Year Canteen Voucher Canteen Voucher Gift Card Caltex Petrol Voucher Year 12 only

7 Kuliya Wortley Adelaide Heins Neve Richardson

8 Indy Cottom Emily Pearce Cheyenne Webb

9 Jade Cooper Teneal Preston-Warr Tanahia Woods

10 Dan Hillam Brooke Eglinton Kasey Aliendi

11 Madison Teerman Isabel Ryan Jesse Horsfield

12 Tahnee Walsh Morgan Lanceford Tahnee Walsh

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“Educating young people for active and responsible citizenship”


St. Vinnies Sleep Out Friday 13th September Next Friday night students from Years 10-12 and staff volunteers will sleep ‘rough’ at school to raise awareness and funds to support those who are homeless – a very real concern in all communities. Thanks to Grace Korovata, Abbey Snell and Kaila DePaoli in Year 11 for taking the initiative to draw attention to this important cause, the St. Vincent de Paul Society staff for their involvement and to our guest speakers such as Mayor Maytom for being part of this landmark occasion for Leeton High School. Preliminary Examinations Year 11 examinations will commence Thursday 19th September. Students will receive examination timetables and an information note will be sent home this week. Any questions please contact the school on 0269532122. Year 7 2020 Please return Year 7 2020 enrolment forms to the office by 13th September, 2019. Thank you to all parents/carers who have already done so. Breakfast Club and Homework Centre @ Leeton High School Breakfast Club is on every Tuesday and Friday morning. Toast and a variety of spreads and fresh fruit is available. A huge thank you to the Golden Apple for supporting us with this great start to the day. Our Homework Centre will run on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3.30pm – 4.30pm in the Library. Teachers will be available to support students with homework, assignments and assessment tasks. Students are welcome to access the internet for educational purposes via the computers in the library. Leeton High School recognises and values the importance of communication between home and school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school on 69532122. Stay in touch with the happenings at Leeton High School via the School Website http://www.leeton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ or our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/LeetonHS .

Mrs Meagan Crelley Principal

~~DEPUTY PRINCIPAL - TEACHING & LEARNING~~ Tell Them From Me Parent Survey At the end of this term along with the start of next term, Leeton High 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 engagement. 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, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 16 September and 25 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. Our school will provide further information about how to access the survey. In the meantime, more information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/ Tell Them From Me Student Survey I am delighted to announce that next term during weeks 1 & 2, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. 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. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

http://www.leeton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

https://www.facebook.com/LeetonHS

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/


You may remember that our students also participated in a Tell Them From Me student survey in Term 1 this year. 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 year. A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is found at the end of this newsletter. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by Friday 20 September. Use of the Survey Results On Wednesday, 13 November, Samuel Cox from the Centre for Educational Statistics and Evaluation will run a workshop with the Executive at Leeton High School. This analysis of the survey results will inform planning into 2020 and beyond, identify interventions, modify teaching and wellbeing practices. Having reliable and holistic information on as many students and parents as possible, will immensely help the school drive improvements in wellbeing and engagement to support student learning.

Glenn Duggan Deputy Principal (Teaching and Learning)

~~ SCHOOL NEWS~~ CAPA NEWS Year 9 Drama have had a busy year so far, last term they completed a unit on The Elements of Production and made their own set and costume designs. This term we are completing a Comedy unit. Year 9 love participating in improvisation activities and Drama games. These activities are not only fun and entertaining, they also enable students to develop important life skills; including building self –confidence, resilience, working as a team and supporting each other. Miss Litchfield

SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students on achieving awards:

BRONZE AWARD: Libby Olrick, Eloise Crelley, Heidi Whyatt, Emma Sherlock, Luca Deaton, Matthew Wallett,

Raith Henman, Jhie Hammond, Braiden Lynch, Emily Baulch, Noumea Kember (Year 7), William Preston, Zack Irons (Year 8), Amy-Leigh Hornung (Year 9).

SILVER AWARD: Emily Baulch and Victoria Glenn (Year 7).

PLATINUM AWARD: Emily Wright and Katelyn Mills (Year 10).

EXECUTIVE AWARD: Jade Clough, Puteri Nur Elleyia Abdullah, Braiden Lynch, Jade Sheppard (Year 7),

Phoenix Jones Grieve, Isabel Harris, Ella Cregan, William Reis-Burke, Hayley Bull (Year 8), Saw Eh Htoo, Emika Gooley, Jaylen Milvain, Madison Bischard (Year 9), Brooke Eglinton, Tyler Stafford, Amy Ryan, Jess Aliendi, Joshua Martin (Year 10), Megan Didden, Bryce Rogers, Leigha Stafford, Barkat Ali (Year 11), Jenna Elliott, Mathew Axtill, Felicity Allen and Hayley Graham (Year 12).


21 acts from students in Years 7-12

(plus a few

staff who can’t help

themselves)

Huge CONGRATS to all Performers, Crew and the Audience!

Judges Choice

Morgan and Ned, Ella Cregan and Ratt Poison 2.0

Audience Choice

Juniors: 1. Molly Gilmour 2. Genevieve Hillam 3.

Cheyenne Webb 4. Meghan and Jaylen

Seniors: 1. Grace Korovata 2. Morgan and Ned 3.

Macy Ekin

Groups: 1. SMOKO! 2. Sweet Child Of Mine 3. Seven

Nation Army


We have recently subscribed to the MyOn Reader program. MyON Reader provides unlimited access to a broad collection of authentic digital texts that are available for online and offline reading. It dynamically generates a list of just-right titles for each student that matches his or her current interests, grade, and Lexile® level. Students can choose titles from their recommended list or from the full myON library. All Leeton High students can access MyOn at www.myon.com To login: School Name – Leeton High School Username – Student’s DET username Password – lhs

http://www.myon.com/


~~ P&C NEWS~~

A successful LHS FEST was held a few weeks ago now. This day would not be possible without a strong and committed coordinator. Tracey Watson took on this role again in 2019 and we would like to thank her for all her efforts. Tracey was supported by a number of other helpers: parents, family members, students & LHS staff, so to those that helped out prior to and on the FEST day thank you very much. Lastly we would like to thank the local businesses that supported us by donating product or prizes for this event. If anyone would like to be involved in P&C fundraising events please contact us via the school office.

DATES TO REMEMBER Fri 13th Sept – Vinnies Sleep out Term 4 Thur 19th Sept – Year 11 Preliminary Exams Start Mon 14th Oct – Staff and Students Return Tue 24th Sept – P&C Meeting 7pm Thur 17th Oct – HSC Exams Start Fri 27th Sept – Year 12 Final Assembly Mon 4th Nov – Year 10 Exams Start Fri 27th Sept – Last day of Term 3 Mon 11th Nov – Year 7-9 Exams Start

GOLDEN APPLE DOCKETS

The Golden Apple docket promotion is running again. Please drop off all your

dockets to the Front Office or Canteen to support this great fundraiser.

LOST PROPERTY

There is a lot of lost property in the

Front Office. If you are missing

some clothing please come down

and look through the lost property

box.

Please put names on clothing

items as it makes it easier to get it

back to the correct owner. Thanks


WIN Program Group 2 Group 2 have almost completed their work placement. We have had wonderful reports from all employers. Students please remember your work placement journals to be returned each week. Past Events COLLIER & MILLER VISIT Collier and Miller visited LHS on Tuesday 3/9/19 to talk to students about the career opportunities available in 2020. There are a variety of traineeships and apprenticeships available as well as School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships. Students are encouraged to participate in work experience in Term 4 to discover more about the Collier and Miller business and experience a range of vocations. MEGT, an apprenticeship and traineeship provider also attended the presentation to share with students the process of gaining an apprenticeships or traineeship. LHS is grateful for the opportunity to share this employment information and pathway options to students.

Apprenticeships: Fitting & Machining Welding Fabrication Sheet Metal Fabrication

Traineeships: Retail Warehouse operations Business administration (excluding payroll, banking and getting the mail)

UPCOMING EVENTS – Term 3 SAVE THE DATE! UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA EXCURSION – 18-19/11/2019 Year 10 and 11 will once again have the opportunity to visit University of Canberra to experience uni life, participate in hands-on workshops and campus tour. More information to come… WORK EXPERIENCE Year 10 students who are participating in Work Experience in Term 4 – a reminder you notes with the employers you will be working with are required over the next two weeks. If you have not been successful in sourcing an employer, please see Mrs Goring or Mrs Palmer this week.

With Mrs Goring & Mrs Palmer

Leeton High School Careers


Tell Them From Me student survey:

Information and consent form for parents and carers

9th September, 2019

Dear Parents and Carers

This term, our school is taking part in the Tell Them From Me student survey. The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students 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 them improve. The survey is completed on-line and is run by an independent research company, The Learning Bar, which specialises in school-based surveys.

Staff in schools will not be able to identify individual students from their responses. To ensure confidentiality, participating students will receive a unique username and password. Where fewer than five students respond to a question, the results will be suppressed. The survey typically takes 30 minutes or less to complete and will be administered by the school during normal school hours. Once the surveys are completed by students, reports are prepared and in most cases are available to schools within three business days.

This survey will help our school better understand how to improve student wellbeing and engagement. It will help the school identify what works to improve student outcomes.

Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. Your child will not take part if either you or your child do not wish. If, during the survey, your child is uncomfortable, he/she can choose to stop the survey at any time. The majority of questions in the survey can be skipped.

If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please complete the attached form and return it to Leeton High School by Friday 20th September..

More information about the survey and the research is available in English on the CESE website: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents

Meagan Crelley Dr Jenny Donovan Principal Executive Director Leeton High School Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation


Tell Them From Me Student Feedback Survey non-consent form

If you do not want your child to participate in the student feedback survey, please sign this form and return it to the school by Friday 20th September, 2019.

I DO NOT give consent for my child/children to participate in the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. Name of student 1 Year of student 1 ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………. Name of student 2 Year of student 2 ………………………………………………………………… ……………………………….. Name of student 3 Year of student 3 ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………. Name of student 4 Year of student 4 ………………………………………………………………… ……………………………….. Name of parent/carer ………………………………………………………………………...

Signature of parent/carer …………………………………………………………………….

Date …………………...................

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