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2 November 2020

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From the principal’s desk: The HSC exams enter the third

week. All has continued smoothly

apart from the disturbance last

Tuesday. The school was

evacuated to the playing fields at

the back of the site because of an

emailed threat. It was clearly a

hoax but we have a safety and

emergency plan which must be put

into practice. Part of that plan

involves the Police taking over the

school and confirming that we can

re-enter the buildings.

Unfortunately, it took four and a

half hours for the Police to

respond. It meant that all students

and staff missed lunch and our HSC

students had one exam

interrupted and two other exams

had to be done at other venues.

We are very grateful to our

neighbouring schools who printed

extra exam papers and provided

space and supervision for our

displaced HSC students. All other

students were forced to leave their

bags and other possessions in their

classrooms when it was time to go

home. We have since had a

meeting with the Commander of

Castle Hill Police and we have come

to an understanding such that they

will respond to our calls more

rapidly in future. Cont. P2

Cover

In this issue: From the Principal’s Desk

Baulko News – Peer Support Leaders 2020-2021

P&C News

Photos from Year 12 Picnic Day

School Travel Information 2021

Careers News

ReachOut's top tips for beating stress

Website Link: http://www.baulkhamhillshighschool.com.au

Peer Support Leaders 2020 - 2021

http://www.baulkhamhillshighschool.com.au/

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Calendar 2020

This calendar is subject to change so please check carefully each

week for any alterations. A whole year calendar is on the school

website at www.baulkhamhillshighschool.com.au Term 4

Week 4 Monday 2 November - Y7/10 Yearly Examinations 2/11 to 6/11 incl. - HSC Examinations 20/10 to 11/11 incl. - Y8 Duke of Ed Meeting Lunchtime TLC (Iaconis) Tuesday 3 November - Wednesday 4 November - Thursday 5 November - Support – Sydney 200 Bungarribee Dreaming Excursion (Simpson) - Music students – Meet the Music Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Kim) - Y7&8 Cadets Parade Starts after school (Iaconis) Friday 6 November - Y11 and Support Unit Reports issued - Y9/11 HSC Geography - Sydney Northern Beaches (Filewood) Week 5 Monday 9 November - Y8/9 Yearly Examinations 9/11 to 13/11 incl. - HSC Examinations 20/10 to 11/11 incl. - Y11ES Engineering Excursion (Maricic) Tuesday 10 November - Y12 Biology Incursion Depth Study (Kuksal) Wednesday 11 November Thursday 12 November Friday 13 November - Y12 Graduation Assembly – 2 Sessions:-

- Student Surname A-M (9am – 11am) - Student Surname N-Z and Support Unit (1pm – 3pm) Week 6 Monday 16 November Tuesday 17 November Wednesday 18 November Thursday 19 November - Y11 Recognition Assembly - Y9 PASS Raw Challenge Excursion (Renwick) Friday 20 November - All years – SRE Seminar P3&4 - Y9 YLead Peer Support Training (Fletcher/Iaconis) Week 6 Monday 23 November - Y11 Buffer Week 23/11 to 27/11 incl. - Y12 Formal Tuesday 24 November Wednesday 25 November - Y9 Duke of Ed Camp 25/11 to 27/11 (Chapman) Thursday 26 November - Y7 History Medieval Show Friday 27 November - Y10 Reports issued - Y11 Business Studies HSC Task 1 in class P7&8 (Mogoko)

Those HSC students who were impacted

by the evacuation have been included in

a Group Illness/Misadventure application

submitted by the Presiding Officer and do

not need to do anything themselves with

NESA. Some individual students may still

feel the need to apply for personal

Illness/Misadventure, particularly those

students who went from one exam to

another exam without the chance to have

lunch.

Some students are still not following our

COVID-19 protocols. If your child has a

regular ‘flu-like’ symptom, such as

sneezing or coughing as a result of

hayfever, they must produce a medical

certificate which clearly states that the

symptom is usual for that student. If they

do not produce such a certificate we will

be forced to send them home and

request a COVID test.

Year 10 have started their annual exams

today and Year 7 will do their exams later

in the week. Then Years 8 and 9 will do

their exams next week. Best wishes to all.

Congratulations to:

• Ian Park (Year 7) who was part of

a team which won the NSW

finals of ‘First Pitch For Kids’

competition – an

entrepreneurship competition.

They then moved to the national

finals and were successful at that

level too.

Jeanne Bathgate

Principal

http://www.baulkhamhillshighschool.com.au/

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Baulko News

BAULKHAM HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

Peer Support Leaders 2020-21

Congratulations to the following students who have been appointed as

Peer Support Leaders for 2020-21:

Syed Ahmad, David Ahn, Abhitha Angiti, Diya Arora, Shasrica Arunachalam,

Anika Bahinipati, Ashvitha Balamurali, Hazel Bektas, Ivy Bi, Shayan Bidiwale,

Elina Bir, Ella Caruana, Alivia Chan, Le Chen, Nicole Chen, Hanush Chettiar,

Isaac Cheung, Holly Cusack, Dominique de Guzman, Kritin Desai, Samuel Eun,

Michael Evans-Grinham, Tara Fernando, Meera Gandhi, Xinxin Gao, Parleen Gill,

Vanessa Ho, Thomas Ho, Taylor Hutchings, Edita Ibtisam, Riya Jani,

Deljin Javadi, Ethan Khisa, James Lee, Hannah Lee, Edwin Leung, Michael Li,

Emma Liang, Melody Lin, Manuel Mathew, Sohum Mogale, Ginger Morandin,

Aishwarya Muthukumar, Zoila Owais, Anoushka Pandey, Raine Park, Luke Prior,

Krishi Raghupathi, Krithi Raghupathi, Raaghav Raguramankumar, Rohan Raj,

Sruthee Rajendran, Mahathi Ramasubramanian, Trisha Roy, Willow Sammut,

Borna Sangsari, Ankhita Sekhar, Stephanie Seo, Arishan Shankar, Daniel Shin,

Sivasiny Sivadhasan, Shivani Sujay, Chris Sullivan, Aaradhya Tere, Isaac Truong,

Raahul Umaharan, Tejas Valluripalli, Jesse Vella, Varun Vyom, Kerry Yang, Eric Yin,

Joel Yoffe, Declan Zhang, Judy Zhang, Cindy Zhao and Kevin Zou

Ms Fletcher and Mr Iaconis, Peer Support Coordinators

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P&C News

Term 4: Virtual P&C Meeting

The next P&C Meeting will be held on:

Date: 10 November (Tuesday)

Time: 7-8pm

The meeting will start with the Principal’s report (10-15 mins), please make sure you log in on

time.

Meeting invites will be sent to everyone in the P&C mailing list. (Kindly be informed we are

unable to blind CC in the meeting invitations. If you do not wish to be included in the meeting

invites, please let us know by emailing us at [email protected].)

No registration is needed for the meeting, just click on the link

or scan the QR code provided to join. All login information will

be provided in the email. If you are not in the P&C mailing list,

please email [email protected] so we can include

your email.

(Note: Scanning the QR code does not work with WeChat.

Use your phone camera instead.)

Year 7 (2021) Uniform Fitting: Volunteers Needed

With the restrictions further relaxed, we have been able to arrange uniform fitting for incoming

students. The Uniform shop is calling for volunteers to help on the following 3 Saturdays: 21 &28

Nov, 5 Dec, from 8am to 12pm

All COVID safety guidelines will be followed during the fitting with face masks made

compulsory and hand sanitizer in place.

Please email the uniform shop at [email protected] if you can help. We appreciate

any help, even if you are not able to help with the full shift. One or two hours on any day will

be a big help to us.

Thank you!

Sau Wan Liew

P&C President

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Photos from Year 12 Picnic Day

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School Opal Card Information for Years 8 to 12 in 2021

From January onwards, there will be a number of School Opal cards expiring, as the physical

card has reached its lifespan.

These are cards for students who will be in years 8 to 12 in 2021, and only those Opal cards

which haven’t been replaced in the last five years.

Impacted students and/or their parent/guardian will be contacted directly by Transport for

NSW via email or post. They will be asked to confirm their details online in order for a new School

Opal card to be sent to the correct postal address in time for the new school year.

If contacted by Transport for NSW, details should be submitted online by December 1, 2020 at

the latest. Affected students who do not confirm their details in time will have a new School

Opal card posted to the address we currently have on file.

Transport for NSW

https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/schooltravelpasses#/

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Careers News

Careers Resources/Subscriptions for all Year 10/11/12 students & parents • Career Central

• Study Work Grow

• The Careers Department

• Morrisby Online Careers Profiling

• Google Classroom resources

• Motivational Mapping (Youth Maps)

• Subject Compass (Year 10)

• Course Compass (Year 12)

• myfuture

Careers Update for Year 12 Parents – UAC Educational Access Scheme (EAS)

Dear parents of Year 12 students

I wanted to inform you of the following information that has been provided to Year 12 via Google

Classroom about new categories of under UAC’s EAS (note that students need to have completed and

paid for their UAC application before they can access EAS via the same portal):

For students who have been disadvantaged by either the recent bushfires or by financial

consequences of COVID-19

These disadvantages will be available for selection from 1 August 2020.

If a student has already applied, they will be able to add these disadvantages to their existing application

from 1 August 2020.

https://au.careercentral.school/https://studyworkgrow.com.au/https://thecareersdepartment.com/https://www.morrisby.com/https://www.motivationalmapsyouth.com/https://www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/subject-compasshttps://www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/subject-compasshttps://www.uac.edu.au/course-compass/https://myfuture.edu.au/footer/assist-others

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Virtual Work Experience available for senior school

students (Years 10/11/12)

Inside Sherpa

Inside Sherpa is an organisation founded by and aimed at uni students getting professional experience before

they complete their degrees, therefore it is suitable for students at a selective high school. Students complete

in their own pace at their own time and can sign up anytime (for free). They receive a certificate which lists the

tasks they have undertaken. Placements are mostly in the corporate sector and include placements with

Microsoft, BCG, Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte and a number of top tier law firms in the areas of technology,

business and law amongst others. There is also a program in human rights law, one with the NSW Government

and a general Work Readiness Program.

The Careers Department

The Careers Department is a subscription-based platform that Years 10/11/12 have access to. Students receive

detailed feedback in a certificate after they complete a brief given by the organisation. The virtual work

experience can be completed at any time and includes a wide range of experiences across different sectors

including:

• Medicine (Ethical Conduct – question to help prepare for UCAT)

• Bioinformatics/Genomics – Research Scientist (Genetic Technologies/DNA/Disease & Genetic Counselling)

• Social Work (Hospital)

• Nursing

• Vet Technology

• Business Innovation & Commercial Property

• Contract Law

• Artificial Intelligence

• Social Media

• UX/UI Tech Design

• Web Design

• Architecture

• Interior Design

• Landscape Design

• Graphic Design

• Dietetics/Nutrition

• Sports Marketing

• Police

• Event Management

• Marketing

• Journalism

• Early Childhood Education

• Primary Education

• Secondary Education

Ms Hardy

Careers Advisor

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ReachOut's top tips for beating stress

Everyone experiences stress at some point, but there are heaps of simple ways to minimise its

impact on your life. Right now is a great time of the year to work on stress management skills

and be ready for when the stress- deluge comes (exams).

Stress can be mild or intense, and it can make people feel frustrated, anxious and even

hostile. Ever been grumpy because of stress? There you go. Stress can get in the way of

sleep, cause headaches and change your appetite. It can also reduce your ability to

concentrate and make it harder to remember course content.

ReachOut has lots of fact sheets and practical tools for beating stress. Here are a few:

• All work and no play? Bad idea. Make time every week to completely

forget about study and do something you enjoy, like playing sport, hanging

out with friends or watching TV. Taking regular breaks and 'me-time' to clear

your head will also help you study more productively:

au.reachout.com/taking-regular-me-time

• Feel like you're not achieving what you're capable of? Sit down and set

goals at the beginning of each term. Define your goal, set sub-goals and

make a plan of action. Then you'll know what you're aiming for and it'll be

easier to stay focused: au.reachout.com/how-to-set-goals

• When you're feeling stressed, it helps to have a proven strategy lined up to

help you deal with it. It could be something like reducing the number of

commitments you have, telling a close friend you're stressed and talking

through it, or even using positive self-talk strategies: au.reachout.com/building-better-coping-skills

Sometimes it might feel like stress is unbeatable, but it's definitely manageable. For more

info on keeping it in control, check out these fact sheets on ReachOut.com:

• Tips on managing stress: au.reachout.com/managing-stress

• Helping someone with stress: au.reachout.com/helping-someone-with-stress

• Ways to relax: au.reachout.com/ways-to-re!ax

• Tips for problem solving: au.reachout.com/all-about-problem-solving

• Information on anxiety: au.reachout.com/how-to-manage-anxiety

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FOR SALE – Gymnastics equipment (Vault and Pommel Horse)

The PDHPE faculty is updating our learning resources and have some equipment that is

currently not being used.

We are selling a Vault and Pommel horse.

Both are in good condition, but not used for the past few years.

Please contact the school for further information and price.

Regards,

Mr McDonell

Head Teacher PDHPE

Baulkham Hills High School

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Symptoms of COVID-19

Symptoms of COVID-19 include

• Fever (37.5 ° or higher) • cough • sore/scratchy throat • shortness of breath • loss of smell or • loss of taste.

Other reported symptoms include • fatigue • runny nose • muscle pain • joint pain • headache • diarrhoea • nausea/vomiting • loss of appetite.

In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia with severe acute respiratory distress.

When COVID-19 symptoms appear

The amount of time between exposure to the virus and the first appearance of symptoms is usually 5 to 6 days, although it may range from 2 to 14 days.

People who might have been in contact with someone who is confirmed to have COVID-19 should self-isolate for 14 days.

You should prevent the spread of viruses, by keeping your hands clean, not touching your face and keeping your distance from other people.

https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/self-isolationhttps://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/domestic-cleaning.aspxhttps://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/social-distancing

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