Dungog High School Vision : Dungog High School educates individuals to be contributing members of a modern global society. It provides a positive working and learning environment where people feel valued and are responsible, knowledgeable citizens.

We focus on respect, responsibility and personal best We respond to our local, national and international contexts and student needs

We encourage initiative, innovation and leadership We provide a range of experiences that challenge individuals to explore and interact with the world.

We value individual differences We provide a broad, responsive curriculum focussed on excellence.

Dungog High School News

Prosperitati Specto : I Strive for Success

Eloiza Street Dungog 2420 T: 49923022 F: 49923125 E: dungog-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

WEBSITES: DHS - http://www.dungog-h.schools.nsw.edu.au DHS Careers - http://www.dungoghighcareers.com/

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School Hours: 8.58am-3.20pm; Office Hours: 8.30am-3.30pm during school terms

Term 1 Week 9 20th March 2017 Principal

Mrs Janene McIntosh

Uniform

The cooler months of the year are upon us and I would like to remind students and parents

that our students should only be wearing the school jumper or jacket, purchased from the

school uniform shop. We are stocked with plenty of jumpers and jackets, ready for winter and

will not accept students wearing out of uniform layers. Students should also be wearing

completely black, leather shoes that are protective and compliant (See examples below). If

any student or family requires financial assistance to be wearing full school uniform, please

see the front office.

In term 2, week 4, we will be holding a uniform forum for consultation on our uniform, where

our Student Representative Council (SRC) will be presenting on the school’s uniform history

and where displays will be proposed for some fabric and style changes being considered for

2018 and beyond. There are no major changes to colour or logo being considered, in order

to preserve the history of the school and our image; however, fabric and style may be

modified to give a more formal uniform style and presentation, particularly for the senior

students.

If you are a former student and would like to be interviewed about our school, participate in a

focus group or loan historical items to the school for our forums, please contact the school on

49 92 30 22.

Example of suitable shoes

From the Office:

Want to make a payment?

Parents Online Payments

Go to the schools website,

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

and the $ Make a Payment link will be on

the front page. By selecting the link you will

be taken to a secure Westpac Quickweb

payment page.

There is an instruction manual on the

website http://www.dungog-

h.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/schooling-

costs

Please cease depositing directly into

the school’s bank account.

Parent Portal (Sentral)

Sentral's parent portal provides parents with

24/7 access to important information about

their child/children.

To use the Parent portal, you will need to

register as a parent user. New parents have

been sent a letter from the school by Mr

O’Hearn, our Sentral Coordinator,

explaining this simple process and providing

you with a unique access code. You cannot

register without this code. If you do not

receive a letter, or if you lose your

registration access code, you can contact

the school for a new one.

You will be able to register for the Parent

Portal at any time after receiving the letter.

Student Letterbox

To save students lining up and waiting to

hand in notes or pay for excursions, fees,

etc we have started a new system with a

‘Student Letterbox’. Students can drop the

following in the Letterbox: permission notes, absence notes, correct monies with permission note in a sealed envelope, and early leaver requests – (note all Thursday early leaver requests must FIRST be signed by the Deputy).

If a student does need change and/or a

receipt to take home they will need to stay in

line, or come back later to collect it.

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Examples of unsuitable shoes

Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group

I would like to congratulate the following students on being successful at being selected to be an Executive Student Representative on the

Junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (JAECG) at Dungog High School for 2017:

Sam Russell, Ellie Wallace, Sarsha Venables, Rachael Somerville, Elaina Black, Alex Rooke, Grace Greenham, Kobi Greenham and Jacob

Bates.

The aims of the JAECG in our school are:

To promote improvement in the school (in conjunction with the school SRC);

To empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students through real and active participation in school decision making;

To provide a forum for Aboriginal students;

To promote Aboriginal Education; and

To promote “school spirit” and culture.

The structure of the JAECG team at Dungog High School is as follows:

1. Two Presidents from Year 12 – Male and Female – these students from part of the Senior Student Leadership team of the school;

2. Two Vice Presidents

3. Two Secretaries; and

4. Two Flag Bearers

I look forward to working with these student leaders in 2017.

Mobile Phones

The widespread ownership of mobile phones (and similar devices such as tablets and iPods) among students requires that the school and

parents take steps to ensure that such mobile devices are used responsibly at school, to ensure student safety and to avoid any disruption to

our learning environment. Dungog High School has an Acceptable Use Policy for mobile phones, which is on our website at:

dungog-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

This policy is designed to ensure that potential issues involving mobile phones can be clearly identified and addressed, ensuring the benefits

that mobile phones provide (such as increased safety) can continue to be enjoyed. Students, their parents or guardians are invited to read

and familiarise themselves with the Acceptable Use Policy if students intend to bring mobile devices to school. All year groups 7-12 are

having this policy explained to them in Year Meetings over the coming weeks, and this policy will be supported across the school.

SOME CALENDAR DATES FOR 2017

Week Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

9

Mar 20 Mar 21

Construction Induction

Course

Mar 22

Yr 7 Camp

Mar 23

Yr 7 Camp

Mar 24

Yr 7 Camp

10

Mar 27

Baker Shield Cricket

Mar 28

U15 Rugby League

Yr10 Geography Field

Study

Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31

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Apr 3 Apr 4

Construction Induction

Course

Apr 5

Newcastle University

Schools Visit

Apr 6

School Leaders to

Sydney

Apr 7

Athletics Carnival

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Mobile Device Policy Summary

Applies to Mobile phones, Music devices/ headphones, Laptops/ tablets/ computers

Each lesson teacher indicates this lesson you may have:

TECH on (approved devices/ approved use of device-eg. Mobile use for a specific purpose)

OR TECH off (no technology of any sort)

STRIKE 1

Use of a device without teacher permission

Consequence- warning given, device turned off or put away

STRIKE 2

Device again used in the same lesson without permission or refusal to turn off

Consequence- student asked to place device on teacher desk for

remainder of lesson

STRIKE 3

Refusal by student to surrender device

Consequence- contact HT (or DP if unavailable), device confiscated until end of school day- place in an envelope, clearly mark student name

and give to office, Student to collect from Office at end of school day. Record incident on Sentral.

Janene McIntosh

Principal

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Student of the Week Nominations

Student of the Week

Week 8 - Joel Wevers – for his leadership in Peer Support. He is an organised and responsible student who is always

prepared for Peer Support. He comes to each and every meeting and is friendly and supportive of Year 7. Such a lovely

young man.

Week 9 - Jessica Watson – displayed outstanding sportsmanship at the netball gala day and in the same week demonstrated

exceptionally the Dungog core values during the Biology Wetlands excursion.

Tabatha Beisler – for assisting a Year 7 student who had injured herself. Tabatha made the student feel comfortable and stayed with her

until she recovered. She took control of the situation until the teacher arrived.

Amy Henshaw – for assisting a Year 7 student who had injured herself. Amy made the student feel comfortable and stayed with her until

she recovered. She took control of the situation until the teacher arrived.

Amy Magri – for consistent application in Science and a positive and proactive attitude. Amy is also a dedicated touch footballer, who

recently completed her level 2 referees course, making her the youngest person to do so in the Maitland area.

Felix Cortis-Shaelton – for continued focus and commitment in his studies in HSIE.

Jacob Whitbread - for continued focus and commitment in his studies in HSIE.

Kiara Quirk – has been working diligently this term. She applies herself in all aspects of work and goes out of her way to assist students in

need. Kiara displays the PBL core values of respect, responsibility and personal best.

Oskar Mella – for excellent work and dedication in Mathematics and upholding the core values of the school.

Jasmine Bates – for commitment and excellence across all subjects and upholding the core values of the school.

Emma Steele – for working consistently in HSIE and always displaying the schools three core values, respect, responsibility and personal

best.

Chloe Taylor - for working consistently in HSIE and always displaying the schools three core values, respect, responsibility and personal

best.

Jackeah Robinson-Farrell – outstanding attitude and effort in practical lessons in both PDHPE and PASS classes.

Allissa Redman – has worked diligently in English contributing positively to class discussions. Allissa presented an outstanding presentation

that showed great insight and sophistication.

Bailey Rowe – for assistance with piloting Google Classroom Document Management System in the TAS Faculty. Bailey suggested

changes to the task submissions and implementation of new online quizzes with links established on Google Classroom.

Sam Russell – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Ellie Wallace – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Sarsha Venables – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Rachael Somerville - showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Elaina Black – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Alex Rooke – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Grace Greenham – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Kobi Greenham – showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

Jacob Bates - showing pride in their culture and commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal Culture at Dungog High School.

All nominees receive a certificate and Joel and Jessica also receive a $25 gift card

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Student Recognition and Excellence Register

Elena Norley Gardening Group - Agriculture

Ella Holmes Gardening Group - Agriculture

Clare Richardson Jnr High Jnr Cattle Judging. Champion Jnr

Judge

1st Place

Emma Steele Jnr High Jnr Cattle Judging. Jnr High Jnr

Cattle Paraders

3rd Place

Clare Richardson, Emma Steel & Jack Steele

School Team Event 2nd Place

Jennifer Fisher, Ella Rumbel, Ellie Threlfo & Emily Kuhne

Gardening Group - Agriculture

Amy Magri Touch Football Level 2 referee. Youngest in the Hunter. Refereed at

State Cup.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

WEDNESDAY 8TH MARCH. 2017

On the 8th March, Dungog High School celebrated a very significant global event, “International Women’s Day.”

The theme for International Women’s Day this year was “Be Bold For Change” and as a School we acknowledged the social, economic,

cultural and political achievements of all women all around the world. Through a special Assembly we made a pledge to be part of a call for

action to accelerate the need for gender parity and gender equality in the workplace.

The Staff and S.R.C. all wore purple ribbons in recognition of the day, which represented Dignity and Justice for all women in all parts of the

world.

Our Guest Speakers for the Assembly were our School Principal, Mrs. Janene McIntosh and ex-student Zoe Tolhurst, who is now working as

a Marketing Co-ordinator and Graphic Designer. Both speakers were very inspiring and informative and the students gained insightful and

valuable knowledge from the presentations given.

Ellie Huckstadt and Eva Davies are two of our Year 12 Visual Art students who spoke to the School about a particular 1950’s Art Work by

Barbara Kruger, entitled ’We Don’t Need Another Hero.” The girls helped us to consider what it means to be strong as individuals – is it our

physical strength or is it our strength through resilience to the situations that we face in life.

Year 10 Drama students performed a wonderful Item called “Be Bold For Change” which was about the prediction that the Gender gap may

not close until 2186……..this is a long time to wait for such a change to take place.

We also had an All Girls Musical Performance of the iconic song, “I Am Woman” by Gabi Griffith, Taylor Hack, Annie Shumack, Shannon

Smith and Aimee Turner which was very entertaining.

Thank you to the CAPA Faculty, S.R.C. and our hard working Sound Team - Georgia Stewart, Amelia Ney, Adina Poschadel-Slade, Jesse

Griffith and Thomas Field for your support and assistance in making our International Women’s Day Assembly truly memorable.

Louise Knight

Girls Adviser

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MUSIC AT ASSEMBLIES

Our Music students have had a busy term so far with three Formal assemblies. Annie Shumack sang ‘Our Day Will Come’ with backing

vocalists Shannon Smith and Gabi Griffith and as always Music students perform the Australian National Anthem. Musical items always

enhance an Assembly at Dungog High.

DUX ASSEMBLY WEEK 4.

Congratulations to all recipients of awards at our annual Dux Assembly. Thanks you also goes to our performers, Jamie Black who sang one

of Elvis Costello’s hits ‘Alison’ and Nyah Jones with her beautiful rendition of the Panic at the Disco song ‘This is Gospel.’

We also thank our tireless Stage and Sound crew together with the Audio Visual boys who set up for each of these events. They are an

important part of school life and are always appreciated.

Sport News If your child has been achieving their personal best at sport, please fill out the tear off slip below to ensure they get the acknowledgement they

deserve. Slips can be returned to the PDHPE staffroom

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student name: _____________________________________ Year: _____________ Achievement: _______________________________________________________________ Brief description:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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DUNGOG HIGH SCHOOL Eloiza Street, Dungog 2420 (PO Box 147) Tel: (02) 49 923022 Fax: (02) 49 923125

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

Dear Parents and Carers

Dungog High School will transition to the new NSW public schools’ finance system and a new bank account on 24 July 2017.

To ensure a smooth transition, there will be changes to the way we accept parent or carer payments.

1. Direct deposits: We no longer accept direct deposits into our current school bank account as we prepare to close this account and

transition to the new one.

2. EFTPOS payments: We will not be able to accept EFTPOS payments between 17 July and 24 July 2017. Please ensure that you

have made any outstanding EFTPOS payments before 17 July 2017. From 25 July 2017, EFTPOS payments will be accepted as

before.

3. Cash and cheque payments: Between 17 July 2017 and 24 July 2017, we will also not be able to accept payments by cash or

cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account and transition to the new one. Please ensure that you have made any

outstanding cash or cheque payments before 17 July 2017. From 25 July 2017, cash and cheque payments will be accepted as

before.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any questions, please contact our

office on 49923022.

Careers News

WHITE CARD COURSE

Students who plan to do work experience in the construction industry will need a White Card. A SafeWork NSW approved trainer from Asset

Training has been booked to deliver a course at school on Tuesday 21 March. The course size is limited to 16 students. The cost is $85

payable to the school office. This price is for school students only. Payment is required a week before the course is scheduled. Students will need to fill out and submit an enrolment form including their USI number (go to www.usi.gov.au) using Asset Training’s online system at http://www.assettraining.com.au/enrolment-form This is a new government requirement and students will not be able to sit the

course if Asset Training does not have their submitted enrolment form a day before their training.

A second course has been booked for 4 April but will only run if more than 10 students apply. Students must be at school on the day to start at 9am. The course runs for the whole school day. Late arrivals will not be admitted to the course and will not be able to receive a refund. Judith Smith

Careers Adviser

Science News The Agriculture/Science faculty would like to thank Graham and Kathy

Lambert for the generous donation of a trio of show quality Ancona’s to

the school. The pullet and rooster have been entered in the Royal

Easter Show. It is hoped that the students gain some tips on presenting

poultry from the Lamberts as they have been National Champions and

have a wealth of knowledge on selecting and preparing birds for

exhibition.

Students in Year 8 Agriculture will benefit significantly by working with

the quality stock and gaining knowledge shared by the Lamberts.

The students have named the pullet Polly, the hen Filly, and the rooster

came with the name Greenie.

After the Royal it is planned to enter the birds in the Stroud and Dungog

Shows.

Mr S Young

Jarod Hunt, Brendan Lambert and Logan Armstrong

Photo by Marcos Mudryk

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School Bus Travel If you have not applied for bus travel for your child/children please do so as soon as possible. Details can also be updated if anything has

changed. You can go online to apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updatedetails or call 131500.

Canteen AGM will be held 27th March 2017. We are seeking an interested person to take on the secretary position. The Canteen Committee meet 4-5 times a year at 3.45pm on a Monday. The Canteen is the sole fundraiser for our school and is responsible for making $25000 - $35000 per year. This money is distributed via the P&C Committee for resources to help all of our children. The committee is very small, the meetings are short and we are in need of some more members to continue to keep it viable. Please consider joining and you will be welcomed with open arms.

GET YOUR FREE FEDERALLY FUNDED KEYS2DRIVE LESSON

A Keys2Drive lesson has been proven to reduce a Provisional drivers risk of crashing by 47%.

Go to www.keys2drive.com.au and follow the prompts.

For further information contact Keys2drive instructor, Allen Shrimpton,

on 0438 922 091

Dungog Tennis Club expressions of interest Tennis for high school aged players- intermediate level

Social tennis on Mondays- 27th March and 3rd April

Competition to commence Monday 1st May

Time- 7- 8:30 Cost- $4 per night

Names/ enquiries to Lisa Stewart 0428923258

James Theatre Manchester by the Sea (M) Drama Saturday 1 April, 7.30 pm

Set in the North Shore of Massachusetts, Manchester by the Sea is written and directed by Kenneth Lonergatells, and was awarded this

year’s Oscar for Best original screenplay. It tells the story of the Chandler family. Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck, winner of the 2017 Academy

Award for Best Actor) is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a

call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) has suddenly died, and Lee's been named legal

guardian to his 16-year-old nephew (Lucas Hedges). Lee is forced to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his wife Randi (Michelle

Williams) and the community where he was born and raised. As if losing his only sibling and doubts about raising a teenager weren't enough,

his return to the past re-opens an unspeakable tragedy.

DUNGOG HIGH SCHOOL CANTEEN Roster

Week 9: 20th to 24th March

Mon J Hipwell, D Muddle, N Paterson

Tues C Briggs, Y Barrell, K Boyton, S Boyton

Wed M Milburn, R Bridge, P Lieb

Thurs K Eyb, K Hudson, S Lawrence

Fri N Pearce, K Fisher

Week 10: 27th to 31st March

Mon J Chant, H Simmonds, T McNaughton

Tues G Edwards, C Everett, S Hooke, L Kearney

Wed J Vasic, K Flannery, D Boyton

Thurs J Czaplewski, M Townsend, S Mella

Fri J Ross, T Kennedy

If you are unable to be here by 9.30am could you please let Margaret Edwards know, by phoning the school on 49923022.

Dungog High School Vision : Dungog High School educates individuals to be contributing members of a modern global society. It provides a positive working and learning environment where people feel valued and are responsible, knowledgeable citizens.

We focus on respect, responsibility and personal best We respond to our local, national and international contexts and student needs

We encourage initiative, innovation and leadership We provide a range of experiences that challenge individuals to explore and interact with the world.

We value individual differences We provide a broad, responsive curriculum focussed on excellence.