Principal Tricia Richman

Deputy Principal Jenna Hewlett

Business Manager Christine Rehn

Senior Leader Don Gapp

DIARY DATES

Snow Tour Sat 12 to Sat Aug 19

Year 8/9 Boys Soccer

Tue Aug 15

Governing Council Wed Aug 16

Book Week Mon 21 to Fri Aug 25

Year 9 OED Camp Thur 24 to Fri Aug 25

Science/Enviroweek Mon 28 Aug to Fri Sep 1

Pupil Free Day Thur Sep 7

School Closure Fri Sep 8

Year 9 OED Camp Mon 11 to Wed Sep 13

Year 10C/D Camp Tue 12 to Wed Sep 13

Sports Day Fri Sep 15

Parent/Teacher Conversations

Mon Sep 18 Wed Sep 20 Mon Sep 25

Year 10 OED Camp Wed 20 to Fri Sep 22

TERM DATES

Term 1 2017 Jan 30—April 13

Term 2 2017 May 1—July 7

Term 3 2017 July 24—Sept 29

Term 4 2017 Oct 16—Dec 15

Literacy & Numeracy Week

Mon 21 to Fri Aug 25

WHYALLA HIGH SCHOOL RESPECT, INCLUSION, RELATIONSHIPS, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT

Number 7 Newsletter Date: August 17, 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,

Welcome back to a very busy and exciting Term Three.

There are a range of engaging

events taking place this term for the students. They include:

Knock Out Netball Stage Band Camp

Knock Out Soccer Snow Tour

Year 9 Outdoor Ed Camp

Year 10 Outdoor Ed Camp Knock Out Basketball

Literacy and Numeracy Week Science Week

Sports Day

Staffing Update

This term we welcome three new staff members to Whyalla High School.

Mr Alex Brook : teaching year 9, year 10 and HPE

Mr Scott King : teaching year 8, year 9

and Outdoor Education Ms Jasmine Hart : teaching Year 9 Maths

and Science At the end of week two, we farewelled Ms

Rebecca Brook, who resigned to take a

position at a private school in Adelaide. We wish Ms Brook all the best for the fu-

ture.

Knock Out Netball Carnival

Congratulations to all the girls that played in the Knock Out Netball Carnival in Week

Two. Your behaviour and participation in this

carnival was a pleasure to watch. I was really impressed with your team work and

support for one another.

Well done to the year 8/9 Division One team, who won the carnival, and now go

to Adelaide on 28 August to complete in the State final.

Junk to Funk Congratulations to Ms Kober, Ms Murphy

and their students for their involvement in the recent Junk to Funk.

Ms Murphy and her class entered some

amazing creations to the event, which were displayed in our last Newsletter.

Ms Kober and her VET class provided the catering for the evening. I am still re-

ceiving positive comments about the

quality of the food served. Well done to all of you. This was a fan-

tastic fundraiser for the Whyalla Special Education Centre.

Open Night

Last Wednesday night was our Annual

Open Night. It was extremely successful with 206 visitors coming to have a look

at the school and what we have to offer. Thank you to Mr Sean Sheedy for his

very careful organisation and coordina-

tion of the evening. If you know of any parent who was una-

ble to attend Open Night but would like a tour of the school. Please encourage

them to ring the school to make a time to have a tour with one of our leadership

team members.

Snow Tour

On Saturday the Year 10 students left for our Annual Snow Tour in Falls Creek.

After a very long 19 hour bus trip, they

are all safely in Falls Creek and have had their first day of skiing.

This is an amazing experience for the students involved and I look forward to

hearing all about it when they return.

Year 10 Subject Selection Interviews

During Week Three Ms Emma Hunter and Year 10 caregroup teachers worked

with staff from Edward John Eyre, to conduct the subject selection interviews

for our Year 10 students.

This was a very successful process for Year 10 students and parents in prepara-

tion for Year 11 next year. If you were unable to attend these interviews catch

up interviews are being scheduled in the

near future. Bevan Braves Basketball Club is looking for new and existing players to join for their

Summer Season, if this interests you or your child, U7’s to U17’s Boys and Girls, please contact us at bevan@whyallabasketball.com.au

KNOCKOUT NETBALL

On Tuesday 1 August Whyalla High School convened the Western District KnockOut Netball carnival. It was a superb day for netball. Whyalla High took three 8/9 netball teams and one year 10 team. To choose these teams we had a trial

period and an enormous amount of girls came and participated in this process. The students we took to the carnival

were all supportive, helpful and fantastic sports on the day and throughout the trials. The girls represented the school with fabulous school spirit and all of our teams won at least one game during the day, which is a brilliant result. A huge

thankyou goes out to the Whyalla Netball Association for their support and each of the staff members that helped put together this day. A huge congratulations to the first year 8/9 netball team, who won the division one competition and

will now head to Adelaide in week 6 to compete in the state finals!

Miss Keating

8/9 – Team 1- winners of division one competition

Taitem Percy, Sarah Stirling, Courtney Manfield, Tyra Spirat, Mr Sean Sheedy, Chloe Saunders, Gemma Yendall,

Brittany Jackson, Sienna Caban, Lucy Cole (C) .

8/9 Team 2

Halle Devalle-Beaty, Rylea Kelly,

Gemma Wynands, Tia Goldsmith,

Miss Katie Edwards,

Olivia Hudson, Natalie Edwards,

Chloe Manfield, Clare McLean.

8/9 Team 3

Laura Heritage, Hannah Cayetano, Imogene O’Bona, Casey Coulter, Natalia Lock,

Miss Daisy Keating, Trinitie Fazah, Georgia Travis- Birch (C), Yalanda Taylor,

Brittany Ellis

Broadbent Terrace, WHYALLA, S.A 5600 Ph: 08 8645 8844 Fax: 08 8645 0057 Email dl.0822_info@schools.sa.edu.au Website www.whyallahs.sa.edu.au

‘Where the Outback Meets the Sea’. They used old curtains, tissue paper

decorations and tree leaves to create

a dress that displayed the earthiness of the outback and the flow of the

ocean. Georgia Woolford, Jessica Childs and

Clare Hunter created a dress that utilised bio degradable garbage bags

and caution tape. The dress was

striking on stage with the garbage bags flowing as the model walked

the runway.

The girls and I would like to thank

Mrs Norman for her support and ex-

pertise when creating the garments.

Without you, our dresses wouldn’t

have been as successful as they

were.

Miss Murphy

STUDENT VOICE

Student Voice has had a busy start to

the term and is eager to continue the

pace for the rest of the year! Below is a quick update about what we have been

up to in the last few weeks.

On Wednesday 9 August, selected

members of the Student Voice attend-ed a meet up with all of the other

schools on the Eyre Peninsula. Students were able to share their experiences

and goals that they have at their individual sites to develop leader-

ship skills and plans for the future.

It was interesting to compare the

younger leaders and senior leaders ide-as about what already is happening

and what could happen in the future at

Whyalla High. Surprisingly, both our senior and junior leaders identified con-

necting with community to enhance learning as a priority for the Student

Voice Representatives. The leaders also

enjoyed the time to connect with other schools to make comparisons between

different schooling experiences.

The year 10 leaders have also being running anti-bullying programs with the

Year 9 Care Groups on a weekly basis.

These sessions have been planned and created by the Leaders, and it is up to

them to negotiate with teachers to make sure that they work for each

class. The leaders involved so far have

shown fantastic leadership skills and brilliant resilience to challenges

they have encountered. The year 9 students are excited and engaged in

these sessions which is fantastic to see!

Miss McKinna

INDIVIDUAL SPORTING

SUCCESS

Hannah Ewings (Year 8) – made the

state under 16’s football team which competed at the National champi-

onships in Perth. Her team came 4th

out of 8. She played all over the ground, mainly through the mid-

field. Last year Hannah was chosen to play in the Multicultural team and

with her strong performances in that, she now has the chance to

make the All Australia team. A fan-

tastic achievement Hannah, well done.

Reece O’Callaghan (Year 9) – Com-peted in the state 8 ball champion-

ships where he finished 3rd out of

15 competitors. Reece was success-ful in making the State team which

will compete in the Australian Titles next year. Well done Reece.

SPORTS DAY HOUSE CAPTAINS

Sports Day for 2017 is on Friday 15

September. The following students have been

selected as house captains and vice captains by their peers. Congratula-

tions to the following students.

Young Captains – Adam Rogers and Emma

Ainsworth Vice Captains – Liam Vasey and

Hannah Ewbank Laura

Captains – Nicholas Gale and Caitlin

Hector Vice Captains – Liam Heron and

Emily Boundey Hummock

Captains – Daniel Arbon and Billie

McMillan Vice Captains – Tyson Richman and

Martilette Allers

Mr Sheedy

HPE Coordinator

STUDENT SERVICES

Parents who come into to school to

drop off lunch, money, books etc please remember that you need

to drop it off at Student Services.

Your child will be notified to collect it from Student Services or it will be

delivered to them. Please do not go into the school yard looking for your

child.

JUNK TO FUNK

In year 10, students are provided with an opportunity to complete a Vocational

Education Training (VET) Certificate I in Hospitality. Students attend lessons

every Monday to develop their cooking

skills and understanding of the require-ments of working in the Hospitality In-

dustry. As a part of the Hospitality program,

students were involved in catering for

the Whyalla Special Education Centre’s Junk to Funk fundraiser. Student’s pro-

duced a two course supper for 160 guests consisting of a tasting plate and

an apple rose for dessert. VET students were able to gain an in-

sight to the Hospitality Industry and the

importance of Food Safety and Hygiene practices. Students did an outstanding

job, demonstrating effective team work, communication and time management

skills.

Students that attended on the night included: Beatrice Andal, Bradley Whit-

ing, Charlize Chenelle, Janice Kloppers, Abby Lawrie, Martilette Allers, Jimwell

Aran and Cat Bishop. They all did an

amazing job should be very proud of what they achieved.

A huge thank you also to Tara Lampe,

Shannon Parsons and Don Gapp for

assisting and supervising on the night,

Veronica Harvey and Paige Murphy for

assisting with food preparation and to

the volunteer waiters Georgina Wed-

ding, Brooke Vitaljic, Josef Agius, Geor-

gia Travis-Birch, Samuel Keen, Mikaela

Wastell, Taitem Percy, Chevez Gepp,

Tyrone Coulter.

Miss Kober

JUNK TO FUNK

On 5 August the Year 10 Textiles class from semester one participated in the

Whyalla Special Education Centres (WSEC) Junk to Funk Fashion Parade.

This is the major fundraiser for the

school that provides the students with new equipment and resources.

The WHS students worked on their dresses during term two and put the

finishing touches on them in week one

of this term. They were taken to the WSCE to be judged ‘on the hanger’ this

is where a judge carefully inspects the dresses construction and the amount of

recyclable materials used. On the Fri-day before the event the students prac-

ticed walking the runway in preparation

for the night, excitement was building as the girls practiced their poses and

discussed what they would say during the interview section.

The night was a success with each stu-

dent confidently modelling their gar-ment and answering the MC’s ques-

tions. Emily Evans, Kathryn Ewbank and Amalia Evans received runner up

for their fairy floss inspired creation.

The girls used old Whyalla High School promotional banners and blue and

white hair nets from the cooking practi-cals.

Dayna Jenkins, Maggie Hill and Lisa Reupana created a contemporary dress

inspired by the amount of denim prod-

ucts available in op shops. Their dress was titled ‘Denim Distress’, the judges

commented on their effective use of denim flower detailing and how the

dress could be worn in everyday life.

Renee Copley, Jessica Bennett and Car-la Broadbent created a dress that was

inspired by the Whyalla motto of

Pupil Free Days Please mark in your diaries that Whyalla

High School has two pupil free days

coming up. The first is Thursday 7 September,

when staff will be involved in a Visible Learning PD session.

The second is Friday 8 September when the school is closed for both staff and

students. This day is due to the Royal

Adelaide Show.

Mobile Phones Can I please remind all parents and stu-

dents that mobile phones must be kept

in school bags on silent during lesson times. It is not okay for students to

have their mobile phones in their pock-ets or pencil cases.

Students have full access to their phones during recess and lunch time

breaks.

If you need to make contact with your child during lesson time, please ring

Student Services and not their mobile phones. Staff will ensure that your child

gets the message.

If students are found with mobile phones in class, they will be taken and

stored at Student Services for the re-mainder of the day.

Parent Learning Conversations Please note that this term staff will be

having Parent Learning Conversations with parents about your child’s progress

and areas of development. The dates for Parent Learning Conver-

sations this term are Monday 18 Sep-

tember, Wednesday 20 September and Monday 25 September.

If you have any questions or concerns

about your child’s learning at Whyalla

High School please feel free to contact myself or Ms Jenna Hewlett at the

school on 8645 8844.

Tricia Richman Principal

tricia.richman777@schools.sa.edu.au

STUDENT SERVICES

OPENING HOURS

Monday 8.15am to 2.30pm

Tuesday 8.15am to 3.45pm Wednesday 8.15am to 3.45pm

Thursday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Friday 8.15am to 3.45pm