Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

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Byron Bay High School

Telephone: 02 6685 8188 Fax: 02 6685 8119

Email: byronbay-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

Member of the Lighthouse Valley

The Future is Ours

Byron Bay High School stand proudly on the traditional land of the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation

Dear Parents and caregivers,

Drama performance

Parents, friends and community members had the great pleasure of watching Year 12 Drama students perform their monologues and group performances last night in the Performing Arts Centre.

It was wonderful to celebrate the hard work and creativity of our Drama students, in what were a series of inspiring performances. Congratulations to all students and our Drama teachers Ms Phoenix Rogan, Ms Anouska Gammon and Mr Rob Owens.

Petro Scalcerle

Students from our Italian exchange school Petro Scalcerle in Padua will be arriving in Byron Bay late on Monday night. We are hosting 15 students and two staff. The students will be here for three weeks of exchange activities. Thank you to the parents and host families for welcoming these students into your hearts and homes.

Jake Fitzpatrick

Congratulations to Jake Fitzpatrick who has qualified for 5 events at the NSW CHS Athletics championships to be held at Homebush Stadium on 7 - 9 September.

Jake is a remarkable athlete who runs and competes without fear despite being unable to see. Jake epitomises courage, perseverance and resilience. We wish him well in all his events.

Jujitsu Champions

Byron Bay High School produced its second Jujitsu World Champion!! Jarra Sherlock U17 undisputed Champion of the world and his brother Marley received a silver medal @ the 20 August California USA!

Above: Jarra (middle) received gold Above: Marley (left) received Silver Mr Peter King, Principal

What's Coming Up! WEEK 7

29 August- 16 September Italian exchange students

29 August (Day 6) -

30 August (Day 7) - 31 August (Day 1) - 1 September (Day 2) Year 11 Business Studies - Dreamworld

2 September (Day 3) Year 10 Violence Protection (MATE)

Workshops

Year 9 Northern Network Mathematics Quest

SRC Students - Byron Legacy, Byron Bay Town Centre

WEEK 8

5 September (Day 4) - 6 September (Day 5) - 7 September (Day 6) TVET Hairdressing @ Wollongbar TAFE

8 September (Day 7) - 9 September (Day 8)

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Payments Now Due

Year 9 Walk the Line Binna Burra/O’Reilly’s $150

Year 11 Business Studies Dreamworld - $65

Cambodia 2017 Term 3 payment - $800

Italy 2017 Term3 payment - $700

Year 11/12 TVET Hairdressing - $12

All years - School Fees

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

News from the Deputies Desks Year 8 and Year 10 students have now made their subject selections for 2017. Any student who has a concern about their pattern of subjects will need to see myself or Mr Lee as soon as possible.

Both of these year groups will be involved in targeted welfare workshops during Term 3. Year 8 will participate in a Drug Awareness workshop in Week 8 of this school term. Year 10 will be participating in violence prevention workshops.

Candy Baker is inspiring fourteen Year 10 students to explore their individual creativity. These students are participating in workshops lead by Candy to expand their thinking patterns and learn to approach work from different angles.

Year 12 students are heading down their last stretch as students at Byron Bay High School. All students have been issued a Tutorial Timetable for the remainder of this term. The timetable outlines all topics to be covered in each class in every subject. The term ends with our Year 12 Breakfast and Presentation Assembly. We look forward to celebrating these students’ schooling achievements together as a school community.

Ms Janine Marcus, Deputy Principal Years 8, 10 and 12 Year 7 are hitting their strides and becoming very comfortable within the school, it's hard to believe that it's past halfway! I am proud of their commitment to the school and all of their lessons. We are pleased to announce that we raised $800 from the Showcase and we put this towards a native bush tucker garden which many of the students have shown great enthusiasm in watering!

Year 9 students have some significant assessment tasks this term. At this time students should be working on their Science Student Research Project, a task that asks students to design and carry out a scientific investigation. Mathematics will have a class test in Week 8 on the topic of Earning Money and Investigating Data. Students and parents are reminded they can find course and assessment information for all Year 9 courses now at the school website Year 9 2016 Topic and Task Maps

Year 11 examinations will be held in the last two weeks of this school term. This will be the final assessment for Year 11! Term 4 sees the formal commencement of Year 12 (HSC). Year 11 Reports will be issued in Week 4 of Term 4.

Mr Mark Smith, Deputy Principal Years 7, 9 and 11

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

Students help out at Small School Athletics Carnival

A big thanks to our year 10 students who helped out the Small Schools Athletics Carnival recently. Reports back were the primary school kids had a great day and our students were exceptional workers.

Pictured from left are: Brady Fuhrmann, Shae Mulligan, Tonaya Basso, Benson Lockyer and Amber Chegwyn (missing from picture is Georgia Willey)

Mrs Kelley Caoyonan, Sports Organiser and Sporting Excellence Program Coordinator

Careers Information

Transition to work is a new service to support young people aged 15-21 on their journey to employment. The service will provide intensive, pre-employment support to improve the work-readiness of young people and help them into work (including apprenticeships and traineeships) or education. To find your local Transition to Work provider visit the Find a Provider page on the jobactive website or view the list of successful Transition to Work service providers.

Please see the following links relevant to 2017 university admissions in NSW, Qld and Victoria:

University Admissions Centre NSW

Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

Great episode of the ABC: The Checkout if you are considering a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Course after school.

Don’t forget to visit the Byron Bay High School Careers page to help navigate your future career options.

Mr Brian O’Connor, Careers Advisor

Get online with Byron Bay High School

There are a number of ways to keep up to date with Byron Bay High school -

Visit your Parent Portal to communicate with your child’s teachers, see student timetables, check attendance, etc. If you are unsure how to log on please call our friendly office staff to assist you.

Go to the Byron Bay High School website.

Click Make a payment for school fees, excursions, school sport, etc.

Keep up to date with the exciting things that are going on at Byron Bay High School by becoming friends with us on our Byron Bay High School Facebook Official page.

Senior years visit our very informative Byron Bay High School Careers page

Year 8 Indonesian

Year 8 students studying Indonesian enjoying the festivities celebrating Indonesian Independence Day.

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

Year 6 Transition Project

What would a waterpark in Byron Bay look like?

Over the last few months Year 6 students from the local area have been working on a Transition Project with Mr Galletly from Byron Bay High School to support their move into Year 7. All students involved have been using Edmodo, an educational social networking site, to share ideas and help one another with their work.

Part of the project involved creating a solution to the question: “What would a waterpark in Byron Bay look like?’ On Wednesday 10 August the students visited Byron Bay High School to present their work and meet their future friends and teachers. The quality of work was outstanding, innovative solutions using sustainable ideas and imaginative models, booklets and Minecraft projects were presented with confidence and enthusiasm throughout the morning.

As you can see from the photos, the students worked extremely hard to produce such well-crafted and impressive solutions to the issue. Year 6 students peer assessed each other’s work in small mixed school groups, assisted by Year 10 students. Many of these Year 10 students will become mentors and accompany the Year 7 on the 7-11 camp in 2016.

During the afternoon, whilst the rest of the school was taking part in sport, the Year 6 students completed a Treasure Hunt in the school grounds, assisted by their Year 10 mentors.

Congratulations to all students who took part and presented themselves so well, Byron Bay High School is looking forward to welcoming you all again soon.

The next opportunity for Year 6 students to visit Byron Bay High School will be in Term 4 when they will accompany their parents to an information morning.

Mr Stuart Galletly, Head Teacher HSIE

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

New Library Resources

Fiction Non-Fiction 300 Minutes of Danger Ancestry: stories of multicultural Anzacs Another Night in Mullet Town Behind the Doors: an art history from Yuendumu Black The Girl From the Great Sandy Desert Black Sunday I'm Not Racist But ... 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act The Bone Sparrow Much Ado About Shakespeare : the life and times of William The Boundless Sublime Shakespeare: a literary picture book Breathing Under Water Ngintaka [Indigenous art] Dragonfly Song Pacific: the ocean of the future An Eagle in the Snow Prehistoric Marine: life in Australia's inland sea The Fire Horse Girl The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Caged and Aviary Birds: Forgetting Foster a practical family reference guide to keeping birds, The Girl of Ink and Stars with expert advice on buying, feeding, Making Bombs for Hitler understanding, breeding and exhibiting birds The Memory Book One Would Think the Deep Biographies The Riders of Thunder Realm Her Father's Daughter [Alice Pung] The Road to Winter May Gibbs: more than a fairytale : an artistic life Stolen Child Ugly: a beaut story about one very ugly kid When Friendship Followed Me Home Whisper to Me Graphic Novels Wolf Hollow Survivors of the Holocaust You Know Me Well Series Picture Books Let’s Relate to Genetics: Animal Cells Ali's Story...: a real-life account of his journey from Cells Afghanistan Juliane's Story...: a real-life account of her journey Issues in Society: Cancer Prevention from Zimbabwe Methamphetamine Use and Addiction Maps Multiculturalism and Australian Identity Phasmid: saving the Lord Howe Island stick insect Organic and Genetically Modified Food Our Working Future Series Ender Saga: 4. Children of the Mind Waterfire Saga: 3. Dark Tide

15’s Basketball Boys and Girls Far North Coast Champions!

Both teams played some great games and were a step above the rest , but remained humble against their opponents and displayed great sportsmanship. Well done 15’s.

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

Year 12 Farm Product Study

The Year 12 students for their Farm Product Study studied the production of milk after it leaves the Farm gate. They were given a behind the scenes tour of the Norco Ice Cream factory at Lismore by the Factory manager Mark Harrison. It was an amazing experience to observe the advanced technology and engineering in the value adding of milk.

They later had tour of the pecan orchard and the processing factory at the Pantry Eltham. The day was an eye opener into the technology and science that is applied in biological farming practices and value adding of products in Agribusiness.

Brisbane Royal Show

The important value of Agriculture to Australian society is displayed at the Ekka- Brisbane Royal Show. Byron Bay High School Agriculture and Lighthouse students had the opportunity to visit the Ekka for a rewarding and fun excursion.

Friday 26 August 2016 Term 3 - Week 6

The Future is Ours

Farm Case Study excursion

The Year 11 Agriculture class went on a Farm Case Study excursion to The Farm at Ewingsdale where they were given an inspiring behind the scenes tour of the sustainable farming practices of the enterprise. At Wadsworth’s Dairy Coorabell they participated in a day at the farm first-hand experience working with dairy cattle and milking. The year 11 Agriculture students study the production of milk to The Farm gate.

Uniform Shop Roster - 8.30 to 9.30 Wednesdays

31 August Sue Davenport and Joan Hazlett 7 September Claire Smith and Joelle Baker 14 September Sue Davenport and Joan Hazlett 21 September Claire Smith and Kim Pollock

Complete an order form from our website email or fax it back to us and we’ll deliver it to your child.

Term 3 - Week 7 Canteen Roster Reminder for canteen helpers:

Monday 29 August Catherine Dietrich Tuesday 30 August Help needed Wednesday 31 August No Help required Thursday 1 September Help needed Friday 2 September Help needed

Phone 6685 5381 or email byronbay-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au