From the Principal

Term Four - 6 October 2015. All students begin Term Four on Tuesday 6 October 2015. We hope that you have a safe and enjoyable holiday break. Max Potential Congratulations to the students who took part in the Max Potential showcase held at the Barrier Social Democratic Club on 25 August. Once again our students displayed their leadership qualities to the broader community. Thanks must also go to the mentors who assisted students with their projects. Students involved were: Cobain Heffernan, Alana Stellini, Hazel Mendoza, Erin Rogers, Toni Maher and Andrew Donnelly. We wish Toni Maher well as she embarks on her long trek up the Kokoda Track. This was an opportunity supplied by Clubs NSW who are also linked to the Max Potential program. Good luck Toni! NAIDOC Week 7-11 September 2015 Broken Hill High School celebrated NAIDOC week this week. The banner for the week was designed by Jarome Cattermole in Year 9 and painted by Aboriginal students in the school. It is now proudly displayed in the foyer. The banner won second prize in the local banner competition. Thank you to Amber Evans for the Welcome to Country at assembly on Tuesday morning. More information will be forthcoming in the next newsletter. NSW Youth Parliament Congratulations must also go to Zebediah Cruickshank who has been selected to participate in the NSW Youth Parliament this year. Well done.

The Far West Regional Talent Concerts As a school we are justly proud of the excellent efforts of our students at the Far West Regional Talent Concerts held last week. We are also thankful to Mrs Bradley, Mr Bradley, Mrs Ford, Miss Connors and Miss Horne for all their hard work over the two days. To any other staff members who participated we give our thanks. Year 12 Farewell Assembly – 18 September 2015 It is at this time of year that we wish Year 12 farewell and wish them well in their examinations. The Year 12 Farewell Assembly will be held on Friday 18 September 2015 at 12.00pm in the School Hall. Members of the community with links to Year 12 are invited. The Year 12 Formal has been organised for the evening of 4 December 2015. Tell Them From Me Parent Survey This is a reminder to parents and caregivers to fill out the Partners in Learning Parent Survey on student engagement. We are seeking parent advice on how to make school more relevant to your child. Information on the survey is included in this newsletter. BHHS Student and Parent Portal!! This internet web page will give parent and students of BHHS an amazing method of communicating with the school. Students can already access the portal using their school username and password. Please contact Mr Jason Bradley if you have any concerns. Some of the features include: Parents and Students -Viewing student timetables. -Downloading important school documents, including the Barrier Blast. -Receiving messages from class room teachers with assessment tasks attached. -Homework and assessment task dates on a

Barrier Blast Broken Hill High School

Broken Hill High School Core Values: Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Cooperative 10 September 2015

timeline. -Checking student attendance. -A tally of how many B'Hillians a student has received. -Seeing class marks for tasks if published by a teacher. Parents -Provide reasons for student absences from school. -Download previous student Half Yearly and Yearly reports. -Book and manage bookings for Parent Teacher Afternoons. Students -Daily journal for use in classes.Go to the school website http://www.brokenhill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au and click the Student & Parent Portal link near the top of the page. A reminder to parents to notify the school about your child’s health We welcome information from parents about their child's health, even if you are not requesting specific support from our school. Our school asks for medical information when you enrol your child. It is also important that you let us know if your child’s health care needs change or if a new health condition develops. Information about allergies, medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes and other health care related issues (including prior conditions such as medical procedures in the last 12 months) should be provided to the school by parents. Please provide this information in writing to the principal. This will greatly assist our school in planning to support your child’s health and wellbeing. Please also remember to notify staff in the school office of any changes to your contact details or to the contact details of other people nominated as emergency contacts. We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure you that any information you provide the school will be stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in order to support your son or daughter’s health needs or as otherwise required by law. The Partners in Learning parent feedback survey 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 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 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 conducted between 17 August and 16 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, however, your responses are very much appreciated.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents If you wish to participate in the survey please copy and paste the link below into your web browser: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/j_acegi_security_check?j_username=parent16876&j_password=Bro8105!

Assessments Due

All assessment tasks will be posted through the parent portal by their classroom teacher. If there are any concerns or enquiries please contact Mr Gauci at school.

Year 11ITF - Bedside Table & Folio - 18th September Mandatory Technology (Years 7 and 8), and Agricultural Technology (Year 8) Assessment task due dates:

Year 8 Agricultural Technology Task (Industries in Agriculture poster) due on 11 September, Friday (Day 5, Week 9, Term 3).

Please submit your assessment tasks as due to your teacher by 9:00 am on the above due date(s).

STAFF/STUDENT PROFILES: This year we will be featuring staff profiles, so you will know a little about our staff.

Name: Louise Williams Role in BHHS: Science Teacher High School Attended: Cardiff High School University Attended: Macquarie Uni Part Time Work whilst at School/Uni: Casual at McDonalds, Darrell Lea Chocolate shop, Typo and balloon decorator Schools you have taught in: Broken Hill High School. Sports Played: Tennis, snow skiing, hockey Sports Person you Support: Roger Federer Hobbies: Birdwatching, collecting bird books, aviculture, painting. Greatest Achievement/s: Being awarded a bird research award for my Honours Degree at Uni.

Name: Shelby Mackay Role in BHHS: Support Unit Teacher High School Attended: Willyama High University Attended: Uni of Canberra Part Time Work whilst at School/Uni: Hosted the VIP sections at Canberra Stadium and Manuka Oval, (Canberra Raiders, Brumbies, GWS, Australian Cricket Games). Part of the opening team at Jamie’s Italian. Schools you have taught in: The Woden Special School, Canberra Sports Played: Basketball, Netball Sports Teams you Support: Adelaide Crows Hobbies: Playing with my dogs and planning my wedding. Greatest Achievement/s: Playing basketball for my University and getting engaged!!

The$ Max$ Potential$ Showcase! was! held! at! the! Demo!Club!on!25!August.!This! is!a!program!of!mentoring!and!training! with! community!and! business!leaders.! The!young! participants! were! encouraged! and!assisted! to!successfully!create!and!implement!a!community!project.!!!

!!Broken! Hill!High! School! students!who!completed! this!wonderful! program! included! Cobain! Heffernan,! Toni!Maher,! Andrew! Donnelly,! Alana! Stellini! and! Hazel!Mendoza.

Footy Colours Day: As has been the tradition for many years Broken Hill High School participated in Footy Colours Day this year to raise money for the Fight Cancer Foundation.

We had fantastic participation from students and staff and raised $342.55, which almost doubled the money raised last year.

We had 7 students participate in the Best Dressed competition and they won a $10 Big W voucher.

A special mention goes to Jackson Page of Year 10 who graciously recognised the needs of other students and swapped his prize for chocolate.

Thank you to all staff and students who donated and participated on the day. - The PBL Team.

Junior Academy

Structured Development Program Starts 6pm October 12th

at the Broken Hill Soccer Grounds. Contact your Club or the BHSA for further

details Ages 6-16

The Homework Centre is still open for 2015 every Monday and Thursday afternoon from 3:30-pm in the Library. Come and work on your homework, assessment tasks or any general interest projects that you have. It’s a quiet place to study and you can access the Internet and printer. Afternoon tea is provided and you can bring your own laptops/Ipads/tablets if you wish. Staff from different faculties will be assisting in the homework centre each week so that you can access help from your teachers. There will be work for ALL SUBJECTS and ALL YEAR GROUPS. All students should make use of this fantastic facility, especially seniors. Please see Miss Perry in the HSIE staffroom if you have any questions.

NSW Parliament Plein Air Art Prize

Students working at Keenan Lookout in the cold weather. Eilis Quinn and Lauren Schenk working in

the classroom. Selected Year 10 and 11 art students braved the cold and windy conditions to paint the view from the top of the Joe Keenan Lookout on Thursday, 3 September. Sydney artist Brigiat Maltese tutored the students in ‘en plein air’ painting – painting on the spot ‘in plain air’. Students painted their choice of views of Broken Hill from the lookout until lunchtime. Local MP, the Honourable Kevin Humphries, and the Barrier Daily Truth visited the students just before lunch. After lunch, the workshop moved back to the classroom to put the finishing touches on the artworks. Yr 11 student Tyler Brown was awarded the Telstra gift voucher for the best effort and artworks on the day by Ms Maltese. Lauren Schenk and Gracie Gribble were also recognised for their work. Caitlin Evans, Ebony Pascoe, Chloe Stenhouse, Finlay Moroney, Eilis Quinn, Kristi Walton, Lizzie Wilson, Phebe Whitelaw and Kaine Bower also participated in the workshop. The Plein Air Art Prize selects the top 6 artworks from workshops around the State to be exhibited in the NSW Parliament House during 2016. The art prize targets high school students and is sponsored by Telstra. Ms. Maltese was very impressed both by the artworks and the attitude of our students. ‘They have been so good and haven’t complained once.’ She told the students that they lived in a fantastic location and should take advantage of it.

The students’ en plein air artworks up on the art room display board.

Supported by the DEC.

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SNAP! LAP OF THE MAIN DRAG SATURDAY 12TH SEPT 2015 We are ready to show the World that....” Life Outback is Never a Drag! ” NOMINATED PERSON/S:_____________________________________________________________

(Male or Female) ____________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

OR/ THE ENTIRE CREW FROM :________________________________________________________

Will join in on the memorable event “ Lap of the Main Drag in... Drag/Priscilla Inspired Outfit/What my mates dared me to wear “

(Over a game of Snap or Other not listed) (Note Indecent Exposure Laws still apply)

I understand that I could win $500 for my Organisation or Charity of my choice.

I will see you in the Main Square Saturday 11th

Sept at Midday

I am proud of Broken Hill and wish to help make this festival a Success.

I will be Bold, Be Proud & Be Beautiful!

CONTACT PHONE:______________________

Same Day Nominations Allowed. Pre-Nominations Preferred

Please send Details to Broken Heel Festival c/ Palace Hotel 227 Argent St. Fax 8087 6240 Email: priscilla@thepalacehotelbrokenhill.com.au Questions call Esther 0408 691 408

www.bhfestival.com Celebrating Priscilla’s Queen of the Deserts 21st Birthday