Gundagai High School

NEWSLETTER

Strive to Serve

We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people who

are the traditional custodians of this Land. Page 1

Principal’s Message

THANK YOU

To Simon Bridgeman and Matt Bishop who relieved while I was on two weeks sick leave. Thank you to those who sent flowers and their best wishes.

Mrs Bronwyn Hunt and Matt Bishop for their positive promotion

of the school. Mr Bishop ran a Teacher Professional Development

Basketball Workshop in our MPC. Those teachers were also

forwarded a tour of the school and our Hospitality Trade Training

Centre from which their refreshments were produced.

(See Letter 1)

Mrs Bronwyn Hunt and students produced a highly recommended

lunch and morning tea for this group of teachers. They were most

impressed. Thank you for their time and effort. Well Done!

Mrs Bronwyn Hunt and Senior students for their meal preparation

for the residents and staff of Gundagai Hospital and Health

Service. (See Letter 2)

Mrs Bronwyn Hunt and Senior students for their morning tea

preparation for the NSW Governor’s visit to Brungle Primary

School Tuesday 27th May. There was very positive feedback.

SCHOOL REPORTS

The end of Semester 1 reports will be distributed in the last week of the

school term. Parents please look out for the report so that you will be

able to discuss your child’s achievements. There will be an opportunity

after the school holidays for parents to speak with your child’s teachers

about information in the reports and ways that you both can work

together to support your child’s learning.

Jennifer Miggins

Principal

Friday, 6 June 2014

Gundagai High School PO Box 107

157 Hanley Street

GUNDAGAI NSW 2722

Phone: 6944 1233

Fax: 6944 2180

Email:

gundagai-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

Principal: Jennifer Miggins

DATES FROM THE CALENDAR:

2014 Term 2:

Monday 23rd June

P&C meeting 7pm

Tuesday 24th June

Motivational Media

Tuesday 24th June

Yr11/12 Road safety day

Thursday 26th June

Yr 12 HSC Business studies

day

Thursday 26th June

Welfare excursion to Wagga

Friday 27th June

7-10 Reports handed out

Friday 27th June Last day Term 2

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Deputy Principal’s Message

Regional X-Country

The Regional X-Country carnival will once again be hosted by Gundagai High School on Friday 13th June.

Organisation for this is well underway. The P&C will again be catering at this event and look forward to many

parent helpers in the canteen. If you are able to help out in any way please contact Lizzie Britt on

0411888097.

Teacher Professional learning

Gundagai High School staff have participated recently in the following courses/activities;

Australian Professional Standards Forum

White Card Training

National Data Collection course

Learning Management and Business

Reform (LMBR) Conference for SASS staff

Beginning Teacher Conference

Regional Specialised Centre Info Meeting

CHS Basketball

Level 1 Basketball Coaching course

Simon Bridgeman

Deputy Principal

BOSTES Sydney Morning Herald HSC Study Guide 2014

Every year the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) works with Fairfax Media to

publish the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) HSC Study Guide that is relevant to the needs of HSC students,

teachers and parents.

This year the Guide will be available in print and digital format. The print version will appear in the SMH on

Monday 16 June.

The BOSTES Bulletin released on the same day will also provide a link to the digital version.

HSC students will receive an email from BOSTES on 16 June from 6pm onwards which will contain this link so

they can access the digital version.

School are asked to remind students to check their email so they can access the digital version of the Guide.

The move to digital has allowed for inclusion of a greater range of resources such as:

Videos of teachers answering HSC type questions HSC test yourself quizzes Links to relevant BOSTES endorsed resources Videos with comments from 2013 First In Course recipients.

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Subjects featured in this year’s Guide include:

English – Standard and Advanced, Extension 1, ESL Mathematics - Mathematics General 2, Mathematics ('2 Unit'), Extension 1, Extension 2 Science – Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Senior Science, Earth and Environmental Science Economics Business Studies Ancient History Modern History Geography Design and Technology Industrial Technology Textiles and Design Food Technology Information Processes and Technology Engineering Studies Aboriginal Studies Legal Studies Studies of Religion Languages VET - Information and Digital Technology, Human Services, Financial Services and Hospitality Visual Arts Dance Drama Music PDHPE Community and Family Studies.

Following the move to a digital version with its enhanced resources, Fairfax will no longer print additional

copies which were previously sent to schools.

In addition to the feedback opportunities included in the digital version of the Guide, BOSTES welcomes

direct feedback on the 2014 Study Guide to help us plan the 2015 edition.

For more information, contact:

Julie-Anne Scott

Communications Officer

julie-anne.scott@bos.nsw.edu.au

(02) 9367 8308

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222111sssttt CCCEEENNNTTTUUURRRYYY LLLEEEAAARRRNNNIIINNNGGG AAATTT GGGHHHSSS Following on from teacher training in the How2Learn and 2LS programs, and as part of our 21st Century

Learning, Gundagai has had a focus on literacy learning. During our fortnightly FOCUS period lessons,

students are introduced to a range of learning strategies, focused on comprehension and making

connections with prior knowledge and experiences. These same strategies are also used in the classroom to

target subject specific literacies. So far, students have been introduced to Mind Mapping, which is a

comprehension strategy (example below), ‘Before and After Web’ and ‘Brainstorming’ (strategies to connect

prior knowledge with new knowledge). Talk to your child and check out their schoolbooks to see these

strategies in action.

Mr Regan and Mr Bridgeman at the Riverina Learning Conference

Gundagai High

is a PBL School

(Positive Behaviour for Learning)

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EEEnnngggllliiissshhh FFFaaacccuuullltttyyy NNNeeewwwsss The English Teachers’ Association HSC study day is on Friday 20th June. This is a great opportunity for HSC

students to revise each of the texts and units for both the Standard and Advanced English courses. All

students in these courses should make their attendance a priority.

All students in years 7 to 9 are currently participating in the Premier’s Reading Challenge and it has been

great to see so much reading and thinking going on as a result. The English faculty has been encouraging

students to read quietly at home for at least 30 minutes each day. Reading fluency is a key to improved

literacy and comprehension skills, and encouragement from home will help all students to be more

successful.

Year 7

Year 7 students are currently working on their creative writing skills in the Reality and Imagination unit of

learning. Students have read a number of short texts and learned about how authors use real events,

together with their imaginations, to create stories. Students are now writing their own short stories and

sharing them with other students.

Year 9

Year 9 students are learning about the relationship between rules and conformity. There are formal written

rules and informal social rules that we all deal with daily. We usually conform to what is expected of us but

sometimes we challenge rules for various reasons. Nelson Mandela is just one of the many important figures

in history who challenged the unfair formal rules that black people faced in South Africa. His determined

challenge to the Apartheid policy of the government, which included 27 years in prison, is an example to all

students of the importance of being prepared to question and change society’s rules if they don’t agree with

them.

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On May 20th, Clare Tout, Stephanie Medwin, Samantha Gradon and Kathleen Graham spent a week at the Riverina Drama Camp (Years 8 to 11). We all were a bit nervous about going, not knowing what to expect. However, within the first thirty minutes we had made lots of new friends and were playing drama games. Everyone there was amazing and it was so much fun. We loved every second! Our drama tutors were inspirational! Most importantly, we learnt new skills and worked hard towards a final performance which we performed in at the end of the week. We recommend that everyone who enjoys acting and performing, and meeting new people go. You don't need any experience. We can't wait for next year!!!

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JJJuuunnneeeeee TTTrrriiippp tttooo MMMooonnnttteee CCCrrriiissstttooo aaannnddd LLLiiicccooorrriiiccceee FFFaaaccctttooorrryyy On Friday the 23rd of May, year seven students went on a trip to Junee. The trip was to help with our English

assessment task, to write a story about reality and imagination. Our first stop was to Monte Cristo,

supposedly “Australia’s most haunted house”. When we got to the house we broke up into two groups and

we all got a tour of the house. We went around the house room by room. When we visited different rooms

the temperature dropped which really helped give it that ghostly feel. The tour guide would tell us a little bit

about each room and its history and the furniture that was in there. We learnt a lot of information about

Monte Cristo.

What a great looking group of year 7 students. And not a ghost in sight!

Once we had finished the tour of the house we were off to our next stop, the Junee Licorice and chocolate

factory. When we got to the factory we had our recess and after that it was chocolate making time. We all

lined up and got our hair nets (which made us look very stylish), then we waited to make our chocolate

freckles. We poured the melted chocolate on the plate then tipped the sprinkles on the chocolate.

While we waited for our chocolate freckles to set we learnt about what ingredients were in the licorice and

chocolate. We also got to try their new raspberry licorice, chocolate coated almonds and, of course, licorice.

They were delicious.

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However, the licorice powder was definitely not

delicious!

After we learnt about the licorice and chocolate

we played a game of licorice bowling. It was really

fun. After the game we went and brought

chocolates and licorice. The line was really packed,

but we all got what we wanted.

Straight after that we had our lunch then we got

on the bus for our last stop. We were off to the

cemetery. When we arrived we got sheets of

questions and we had to use the headstones and our navigating skills to answer them.

Once we had finished answering the questions we got back on the bus and waited for everyone else to

finish. Once everyone had boarded the bus we were on our way home. Overall Junee was a fun and good

experience.

By Casey Polsen and Karleigh Bower

SSSccciiieeennnccceee UUUpppdddaaattteee Students in Years 7 and 8 have been studying Science

under a new program which is part of the newly introduced

Australian Curriculum for NSW. We’ve called this topic

“The Great Migration”, as students have been learning

about features of the Earth, such as tides, eclipses and the

magnetic field and how animals use these features for

migration.

Year 9 students have also been learning under the new

Australian Curriculum with a topic titled “Around the

World in 90 days”. This topic highlights cycles and how

these cycles are connected and reliant on each other.

Year 10 students are studying “Genetics and Evolution” and

have been learning about hereditary features, cell

reproduction and genetic engineering. One activity

involved creating vegetable babies, based on a given

genetic code for the parents. Examples of the “Vege”

babies and their parents and nannies can be seen in the picture.

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GGGrrreeeeeennn GGGrrrooovvveee OOOrrrgggaaannniiicccsss On Friday the 23rd of May Year eleven and twelve Business Studies

classes visited the Junee Licorice Factory “Green Grove Organics” and

Monte Cristo.

We started the day at Monte Cristo, Australia’s most haunted house.

We completed a tour with the owner Mrs Ryan.

At the Licorice Factory we completed a tour and then formed a line to

construct a giant freckle each. This gave us a “hands on” experience of

the operations of the factory. We met with the owner and manager of

the factory, Neil Druce. Mr Druce discussed the Operational functions of

the factory, the Human Resources and Marketing strategies and his

future strategic plan.

We were able to compare the different types of tourism businesses, a

factory and a residence that has been successful in making make a

profit.

We’d like to thank Mr Druce and Mrs Ryan for taking the time to talk to us about their businesses.

By Year 11 Business Studies

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Letter 1

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Letter 2

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Boys School Trousers

A small pair of brand new grey school trousers in new condition were found at

the skate park about a week or so ago, they are size 8, LWR brand. They are at

Mirrabooka with the Skatepark lost and found.

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Bronchitis Symptoms are coughing, a runny nose, sore throat and mild fever. The cough is often dry at first, becoming moist after a couple of days. There may be a slight wheeze and shortness of breath. A higher fever (typically above 39ºC) may indicate pneumonia.

... until they are feeling better. Antibiotics may be needed.

Chickenpox (Varicella)

Slight fever, runny nose, and a rash that begins as raised pink spots that blister and scab. ... for 5 days from the onset of the

rash and the blisters have dried.

Conjunctivitis The eye feels ‘scratchy’, is red and may water. Lids may stick together on waking. ... while there is discharge from

the eye unless a doctor has diagnosed a non-infectious cause.

Diarrhoea (no organism identified)

Two or more consecutive bowel motions that are looser and more frequent than normal and possibly stomach cramps. ... for at least 24 hours after

diarrhoea stops.

Fever A temperature of 38.5°C or more in older infants and children. ... until temperature is normal.

Gastroenteritis A combination of frequent loose or watery stools (diarrhoea), vomiting, fever, stomach cramps, headaches. ... for at least 24 hours after

diarrhoea and/or vomiting stops.

German measles (Rubella)

Often mild or no symptoms: mild fever, runny nose, swollen nodes, pink blotchy rash that lasts a short time. ... for at least 4 days after the

rash appears.

Glandular Fever (Mononucleosis, EBV infection)

Symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat, tiredness, swollen nodes. ... unless they’re feeling unwell.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

Generally a mild illness caused by a virus, perhaps with a fever, blisters around the mouth, on the hands and feet, and perhaps the nappy area in babies.

... until all blisters have dried.

Hayfever (Allergic rhinitis) caused by allergy to pollen (from grasses, flowers and trees), dust mites, animal fur or hair, mould spores, cigarette smoke

Sneezing, a blocked or runny nose (rhinitis), itchy eyes, nose and throat, headaches. ... unless they feel unwell or

are taking a medication which makes them sleepy.

Head lice or nits* (Pediculosis)

Itchy scalp, white specks stuck near the base of the hairs; lice may be found on the scalp. ... while continuing to treat head

lice each night. Tell the school.

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Generally if your child feels unwell, keep them home from school and consult your doctor.This chart and the information it contains is not intended to take the place of a consultation with your doctor.

Too sick for school?

Hepatitis A Often none in young children; sudden onset of fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes), dark urine, pale stools.

... for 2 weeks after first symptoms (or 1 week after onset of jaundice). Contact your doctor before returning to school.

Hepatitis B Often no symptoms in young children. When they do occur, they can include fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes), dark urine.

... if they have symptoms. Contact your doctor before returning to school.

... if they have a chronic infection (not the first outbreak) and no symptoms.

Impetigo (School sores)

Small red spots change into blisters that fill up with pus and become crusted; usually on the face, hands or scalp. ... until antibiotic treatment starts.

Sores should be covered with watertight dressings.

Influenza Sudden onset fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, muscle aches and headaches. ... until well.

Measles Fever, tiredness, runny nose, cough and sore red eyes for a few days followed by a red blotchy rash that starts on the face and spreads down the body and lasts 4 to 7 days.

... for at least 4 days after the rash appears.

Meningococcal Disease Sudden onset of fever and a combination of headache, neck, stiffness, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness or rash.

Seek medical attention immediately. Patient will need hospital treatment. Close contacts receive antibiotics.

Molluscum Contagiosum Multiple small lumps (2–5mm) on the skin that are smooth, firm and round, with dimples in the middle. In children, occur mostly on the face, trunk, upper arms and legs. Symptoms can last 6 months to 2 years.

Mumps Fever, swollen and tender glands around the jaw.... for 9 days after onset of swelling.

Ringworm* (tinea corporis]

Small scaly patch on the skin surrounded by a pink ring.... for 24 hours after fungal

treatment has begun.

Runny nose or common cold ... unless there are other symptoms

such as fever, sore throat, cough, rash or headache. Check with school.

Scabies* Itchy skin, worse at night. Worse around wrists, armpits, buttocks, groin and between fingers and toes. ... until 24 hours after treatment

has begun.

Shigella Diarrhoea (which may contain blood, mucus and pus), fever, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting. ... until there has not been a loose

bowel motion for 24 hours. Antibiotics may be needed.

Slapped Cheek Syndrome (Parvovirus B19 infection, fifth disease, erythema infectiosum)

Mild fever, red cheeks, itchy lace-like rash, and possibly cough, sore throat or runny nose. ... as it is most infectious before the

rash appears.

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

Starts with a running nose, followed by persistent cough that comes in bouts. Bouts maybe followed by vomiting and a whooping sound as the child gasps for air.

... until the first 5 days of an antibiotic course has been completed. Unimmunised siblings may need to stay home too until treated with an antibiotic.

Worms (Threadworms, pinworms)

The main sign of threadworms is an itchy bottom. Sometimes children feel ‘out of sorts’ and do not want to eat much. They may also have trouble sleeping, due to itching at night.

... and tell the school as other parents will need to know to check their kids.

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*It is important that the rest of the family is checked for head lice, scabies and ringworm