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Term one 2018 quickly got off to a smooth start as staff and students settled intoa routine very early. I was pleased to accompany four of our ATAR students to aceremony run by the City of Mandurah acknowledging their over 90 and 95ATAR results. Also impressive was the number of our students who haveachieved dual certificates and Certificate IIIs. These students move into theworld with increased currency to make them competitive in the workforce.

Halls Head College Magazine, Term 1 2018

Message from Principal

Our intention to provide more authentic opportunities for our students was also furthered this term with our BreakawayCafe opening. This adds to our Avante Printing business that we launched last year to provide our students with hands onexperience in marketing, customer service, budgeting and builds their confidence to give them an edge over theircompetition. I need to acknowledge our P&C for their substantial support in both these initiatives. Our P&C over the pastfew years in particular have significantly impacted on the opportunities that our students and staff have to really embedrelevant skill sets and promote a positive, safe and supportive learning environment. Our school diaries are anotherexample of the proactive nature of our wonderful P&C. They have supported this rollout to our students and most of ourstaff and students are using these to hone organisational and planning skills from years 7 – 12.

Another notable event was Lyn Beazley accepting our invitation to become the first of our patrons. We are thrilled towelcome her and already she has injected her enthusiasm and influence to our community. We are looking forward toseeing where this will lead us and are currently exploring ways in which we can move to a more carbon neutral footprint andwill be seeing more of Lyn in the future. She is certainly an inspiring individual and a wonderful mentor for us.

Talking of mentors, our leadership group have led the way with assisting City of Mandurah in shaping more opportunitiesfor our youth. It has been wonderful to see our students leading the way and actively having a voice in ensuring there aremore opportunities for young people in this wonderful location we live in.

Our students have excelled in academic, sporting, cultural and civics pursuits; our staff have worked hard to set the bar highand it has been a positive start to the year. Our college Alumni also joined former HHC student, mayor Rhys Williams andstaff in town to share how they can value add to our college and share their significant experience and networks withcurrent students. Harmony day reminded us of what tolerance and understanding is all about and there is a real sense ofpositivity and purpose about at Halls Head College. This augers well for a year that sparkles.

Bronwyn White Principal


Friday 9th February, Sebel Mandurah

We had an opportunity to catch up with our High AchievingATAR students as Mayor Rhys Williams acknowledged allstudents in the City of Mandurah who achieved 90+ ATAR.

Heta and Ethan are both looking forward to beginning their nextchapter by entering University to study architecture andphysiotherapy (respectively) at the end of this month. Kiana wasproudly represented by her mum (Maya) and sister (Shinae) andthey shared with us how excited Kiana is to head into a career ofMidwifery.

Shinae is a former Halls Head College student and was acontender for the prestigious Dux Award. She has since studiedPsychology and was inspirational to speak with. I hope to seeShinae around our school during the year passing on thatinspiration to some of the 2018 ATAR students.

This was a fantastic initiative from Mayor Rhys Williams andthe City of Mandurah.

LYN BEAZLEY

B y C h a n t a l B r e w e r

O U R P A T R O N We are proud to announce our very first Patronof Halls Head College: neuroscientist, 2015 WAAustralian of the Year, the first woman on theWestern Australian Women's Hall of Fame,recipient for the 2012 Govenor's Award forGiving... and she even has a Sea Sponge offRottnest Island named in her honour;"Manihinea lynbeazleyae" - Lyn Beazley.

Lyn will be working closely with us at Halls HeadCollege and will be regularly seen around ourcollege grounds. Students and staff have hadthe privilege of speaking with Lyn about amultitude of issues and her wealth of knowledgeis mesmerising.

When deciding who we'd like our first patron tobe, we were looking to seek patronage in theform of information, inspiration and passionfrom a leader who excelled and led in their field.We were seeking someone who has value addedthe community and specifically, our Mandurahcommunity. Lyn Beazley is the epitome of thepatronage we were searching for. Thank you,Lyn, for accepting our invitation as ourinaugural Patron. What a fantasticrepresentative for our students at Halls HeadCollege. N O M A D I C | 2 4

SCULPTURES BY THE SEA

F r i d a y 9 t h M a r c h 2 0 1 8 S c a r b o r o u g h B e a c h , P e r t h

I was one of the Year 12 Art Program students who went to visit Sculptures by the Sea,an outdoor art gallery held in Cottesloe that features an array of sculptures from manytalented artists from around the globe.

During the excursion students met artists and got the opportunity to ask questions andhear stories and discuss processes. Students were also given the opportunity to go on atour of the gallery and learn more about the pieces.

Overall, the day was a lot of fun and many of the stories and context behind each piecewere interesting to hear.

Year 12 Art students were fortunate to listen to talks from artist Andrea

Vinkovocs at Sculptures by the Sea and gain an insight into the design process

and execution she undertook for the sculpture, 'The Seed'. Rima Zabaneh also

spoke with our students and discussed her work created with Berenic Rarig,

'Ziptide', a sculpture made from 50,000 cable ties (pictured.)

In the afternoon students were privileged to a guided tour of the exhibition

which featured both local and international artists, finished off with each student

experimenting with creating a small piece from air dry clay.

This excursion opportunity was a fantastic compliment to the senior school

General, ATAR and Certificate courses as they allow students to engage in the

visual arts industry in a hands-on way and develop ideas for the sculptures they

are creating in class.

Connor Stewart-Green - Year 12

Ms Pike - Visual Arts Teacher.

The Arts;Australian

Art

'Alice' Production

casting complete

14th & 15th June

Introducing;

'Alice' - Jenae Pozzi 'Doormouse' - Tia Stephenson

'Mad Hatter' - Catherine Broom'March Hare' - Navana Funnell

'Caterpillar' - Brody Collier 'Duchess' - Timea Mathe

'Cook' - Ebony-Rose Clifford

HALLS HEAD COLLEGE P&C

2017 YEAR 7-10 FUN DAY


On Friday 24th March our students created a festival atmosphere to celebrateHarmony Day in the best way possible.... by coming together as one. Studentswere encouraged to embrace their culture and came dressed in clothing thatreflects the immensely diverse cultures within our college. Festivities beganwith a Pancake Breakfast and carried on within the college throughout thebreaks in our day.

Central Park is where most of the excitement was happening on the MainStage, with students taking part in musical performances, slam poetry, facepainting and aboriginal activities. An international pop-up food hall wascreated which students could visit and taste foods from all parts of the world.Mr Ursishitz, our college Chaplain, had arranged cultural games for ourstudents who were able to try their hand at something new.

Halls Head College students were chosen by Reconnect: Mission Australia tocreate a Mandala masterpiece in which they contributed to painting a segmentof the mandala and this was then kindly gifted to Student Services.

This Harmony Day mandala is a reminder of our celebration of the multi-cultural backgrounds within our college that meld and come together just asbeautifully as this painting.

Thankyou to our dedicated staff and students who worked hard to make theday so successful for us all to enjoy.

HARMONY DAY

Halls Head College students were in overwhelming attendance at

ANZAC Services throughout Mandurah representing and

participating in the Dawesville RSL Dawn Service and also the Main

ANZAC Service in Mandurah.

It was a proud moment for our students and their families who

showed COMMITMENT in their respect to our ANZAC's and the

sacrifices they made for the life we enjoy in Australia today.

Our students on camp in Coral Bay were also out in force, attending

the Coral Bay Dawn Service.

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W A R M E M O R I A L

M A N D U R A H F O R E S H O R E

On Friday 9th April year 11 & 12 students, studying Hospitality and Tourism with Mr Green opened their doors to some

lucky VIPs to celebrate the official launch of Breakaway Cafe. The Cafe will be opened to the public from Friday 1st

June.

Students have been 'practising' in their new fully functioning enterprise within the school grounds since last year and

their COMMITMENT paid off today as all of our guests were impressed by their service, food and drinks.

VIP guests included College Board members, our friends from RAAFA, P&C members, Mandurah Mail, 2015 WA

Australian of the Year; Lyn Beazley, representative for Zak Kirkup MP; Amanda Burton and Halls Head College Alumni.

Apologies were sent from Mayor Rhys Williams, who stated that he was excited about this student venture and looks

forward to visiting for a coffee next term.

Direct entry for the public to Breakaway Cafe will be from opposite the bus bays. Stay tuned for opening hours.

Breakaway Café is an on-site café in which the whole community can patronise and engage withour Hospitality and Tourism students.

Breakaway Café is the second fully functioning enterprise operating at Halls Head College; offering authentic learning for our students who are obtaining Certificate II and III qualifications. Realenterprise learning supports our students in becoming workforce ready in a city which thrives economically on hospitality and tourism. The initiative supports our local businesses in enhancingemployment strategies.

Students are given a unique opportunity to up-skill and become highly competitive as they enter the workforce and gain invaluable experience of marketing, budget, stock control, food and drinkservice within the hospitality and tourism trades.

We are excited to be able to offer this service to our local community members. Our students have been working towards this Grand Opening for fifteen months in their preparations with MrLuke Green, who has his own lengthy credentials as a chef.

STUDENT LEADERS 2018

M A N D U R A H Y O U T H F O R U M - 2 6 T H M A R C H 2 0 1 8 D A W E S V I L L E Y O U T H R E C R E A T I O N - 1 1 T H A P R I L 2 0 1 8

Halls Head College Magazine, Term1 2018

Our Student Leaders have been busy demonstating the COMMITMENT to their roles within the college this term: brainstorming with City of Mandurah,discussing issues and solutions for young people in Mandurah. After two in-house sessions, Student Leaders participated in the Mandurah Youth Forum at MandurahPerforming Arts Centre with other School Leaders within Mandurah. The information that was raised will now feed into the City of Mandurah's new Youth Strategy for2018-2022.

Student Leaders were also called upon for vital input into decisions to be made on aYouth Recreation Area which will be established in Dawesville. This meeting was successful and generated fantastic ideas that will now be raised to the Shire to allow themto forge ahead. Some of the ideas students raised were rollerskating, rock climbing, BMX/ mountain bike track, a recreation centre, paintballing, ice skating and gaming centre.Feedback from the visiting committee was positive in that they were able to confirm that kids want to get outside and be active.

"We have some

brilliant minds thathold our future."

Photo courtesy of Daniel Wilkins

Photo courtesy of Daniel Wilkins

On Thursday 8th March our Leaders attended National Young Leaders Day. Rick Arden, AndrewEmbly, John Coutis and Sarah Jamieson were guest speakers who spoke about goal setting, perseverance and inspiring our leaders.

Pictured is guest speaker John Coutis, who was best remembered, when speaking to our leaders, for his enthusiasm about the need to keep going and create your own journey. Mrs Bell wrote down a few of herfavourite quotes from the day, one of them being when John advised students at the conference that "people say the grass is greener on the other side.... well, water your own lawn!"


N A T I O N A L Y O U N G L E A D E R S D A Y8 T H M A R C H 2 0 1 8 ,

On March 8th, our Leadership Group had the opportunity to experience what the National Leadership Day had to offer! We had thechance to listen to inspirational speakers who flew from around Australia for the one-day event.

Guest speakers talked about the difficulties thatwe may face as the new leaders in our future at Halls Head College. Speakers also spoke about how to overcome some of our fears, worries and to enjoy the little things in life.

One of the most powerful messages we took back with us, after the day ended, was to stick up for others when being put down and not to worry ordwell on the negative things in life... just continue to push forward.

In our words....From the Student Leaders

Halls Head College Magazine, Term 1,2018

IN THE HOUSE

The last day of Term 1 saw many of our students take part in the annual AFL House Competition. It was a successful day with a great display of sportsmanship, positivity, leadership and of course skill, particularly from our AFL Sports Academy students.

A special mention to the Year 11 & 12 Cert II Sports Coaching students who came along to coach teams and lead the way through the day. Phys- Ed: Miss Hughes.

Results are as follows;

YEAR 7/8 Boys 1st - Avalon 2nd - Bluebay 3rd - Melros4th - Miami

Year 9/10 Boys 1st - Bluebay2nd - Melros 3rd - Avalon 4th - Miami

Girls 1st - Avalon 2nd - Melros 3rd - Bluebay4th - Miami

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

AFL HOUSE COMPETITION

Year 7/8 Boys Care, Courage & Commitment: Koby JYear 7/8 Boys Most Valuable Player: Lewis P

Year 9/10 Boys Care, Courage & Commitment: Malachy W Year 9/10 Boys Care, Courage & Commitment: Girffin SYear 9/10 Boys Most Valuable Player: Bailey F

Girls Care, Courage & Commitment: Bethany M Girls Most Valuable Player: Jess E

Our Year 7 students in Phys Ed had a training session with

Mandurah Magic players: Jamal and Carly. It was a fantastic

opportunity for our students who were privileged to meet with

our local professionals.

Year 7 to 10 Sports Academy students studying basketball are

fortunate to be receiving training from the Mandurah Magic

players for the remainder of this semester, focusing particularly

on skills.

If that's not enough, our Year 12 students studying Sports Coaching will also be working closely with

Mandurah Magic over this semester.

The summer heat didn't stop the COMMITMENT of these super keen athletes who are studying Sports

Academy.

Year 9 students for netball and AFL Sports Academy worked hard on strength and conditioning preparing for

their upcoming season and competitions. Good luck, Team Halls Head!

You can follow the progress of our

Halls Head Teams throughout the year

on Facebook by searching for the

Facebook Group "Halls Head College

Sports Results". The Phys-Ed

Department will continue to update

scores and progress as the year rolls

along.


Students in Year 10 at Halls Head College are studying “An Unequal World” in Humanities and

Social Science this term. Students are learning about poverty around the globe and how our

everyday lives in Australia differ; being in such a fortunate Country.

Mr White’s class took the initiative to raise awareness within the college and community by calling

for donations of Personal Hygiene essentials to be sent to unfortunate students in a very poor and

remote village in Sri Lanka, which was devastated by the Boxing Day Tsunami and a thirty-year civil

war.

Bags of donations were received from families and students and within a week, students had raised

plenty to be sent off to the Sri Lankan students. Toothpaste and toothbrushes were sent to the

community nurse, who has a Medical Centre next to the school, and will use these items to teach

oral hygiene to the Sri Lankan students. Soap will be sent for students to use within the school.

This is an amazing example of the CARE and COMMITMENT initiated by the staff and students at

Halls Head College. Previously, Mr White has sent 60 backpacks filled with stationary for writing

which were donated by the community and teachers within our school.

"Thank you to students and parents who brought in Care Packages forour Sri Lankan students. We have such a fantastic community!"


To celebrate Earth Hour with 180 countries around the world, Year 7 students in Mr White's HASS class

made a poster of the New York skyline.

Students urge parents and friends to consider the effects of climate change and turn off their lights on

Saturday 24 March from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

A N Z A C D A Y S E R V I C E

L E A R N I N G F O R L I F E

C A R E | C O U R A G E | C O M M I T M E N T

PositiveStudents PositiveLearning POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SCHOOL

Halls Head College is proud to be part of PBS Learning.

Term 1 had three foci points for our students that were

embraced whole-heartedly and are essential when

entering the workforce;

1) Wear our uniform with pride

2) Bring all necessary equipment

3) Always arrive on time

Support from our families and community has been

brilliant in assisting our students to meet their challenges

each fortnight.

Students who continually met their PBS Foci were

rewarded with icy poles which were distributed out by our

Student Leaders. Students eagerly lined up for their

Zoopa Doopers in what was a very hot end to the summer.

YEAR 7: STUDENTS TRANSITIONED

Year 7 students have happily settled into their new

surroundings at Halls Head College and slipped straight

into college life perfectly.

Our new students have shown outstanding organisational

skills and it is noted how impressive it is that they are

heading off to their classes prior to each siren and

preparing themselves for their teachers arrival.

"Wear your uniform

with pride!"

T H E B I G G E R P I C T U R E

Our Navana.. This term we announced proudly that Navana Funnell in Year 11 Big Picture, was selected as a finalist in the

Young Women in Peel Award, hosted by Zonta. The award is to honour local women under the age of 30 for their

contribution and COMMITMENT to the region. Navana has forged ahead in tackling Mental Health within the

youth of our community and her natural empathy to CARE made her the perfect candidate.

When Navana discussed her nomination she was very humble about the work she has done which includes raising

money for Beyond Blue through her talent in music and performing at fundraisers such as Relay for Life. Navana is

also responsible for co-ordinating and initiating the event “Young Guns” which is a musical event aimed at

boosting confidence and creating opportunities for young people in the music industry.

At school, Navana embraces and flourishes in opportunities such as an Internship at Mercy Place Aged Care

Facility and participating in “People Who Care”; a Big Picture initiative at Halls Head College.

Though Navana lucked out in receiving the overall award she was a finalist of three . Political representatives,

influential media and highly regarded individuals at the event knew of 'our' Navana and highly respected her

nomination.

Although this was a personal achievement for Navana, she made the decision to wear her official school uniform,

which she became a perfect ambassador for Halls Head College. Navana's COMMITMENT, CARE & COURAGE

shone through almost as clearly as her natural empathy for which she was nominated.

Don't forget to congratulate our little local celebrity, Navana, if you see her around. Although she didn't 'win' the

award, she most definitely WON as our ambassador at Halls Head College.

Halls Head Year 11 and 12 students studying Biology,

Marine & Maritime, Psychology and Conservation and

Land Management visited Rottnest at the beginning of

the Term 1. Students stayed in three self-contained

cabins at the Governor’s Circle section of the Kingston

Barracks.

Whilst exploring Rottnest Island there were a range of

educational activities such as: Curious Quokkas,

Amazing Race Challenge and Compass Navigation

Challenge. All these activities provided a hands-on

experience in a protected and rare eco-system.

Students also learnt about the Noongar Seasons

Activity; Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and

Kambarang the Noongar seasons on Rottnest.

Our students were lucky to have also spent the day

snorkeling at the basin observing lots of the local

marine life. It was a great opportunity for our students

at Halls Head College.

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Miss Simone McCann & Mr Peter Rye


My fellow year 11 & 12s explored the amazing

Rottnest Island for three days. During those three

days we were able to learn a lot about the culture

and wildlife.

As we arrived we were given questions that needed

us to find the answers to explore the island. After

these activities finished we were able to visit the

beaches close to where our dorms were situated.

On our second day we went to the basin, which is an

amazing snorkeling area, and spent four hours there

exploring the reefs and marine life. We saw plenty

of fish, coral and other wildlife.

As it got darker we went on a star gazing tour, which

was great as we learnt about the stars and their

meanings.

On our last day, everyone was so tired and excited

to go home and sleep their own beds, but before we

went home we explored the Fremantle markets and

got some delicious food.

Rottnest was an amazing trip and I would love to go

again.


Emily Cormie, Year 11

CERT II OUTDOOR RECREATION y KARIS McCARTHY

26th -29th March 2018

Year 12 students studying their Cert II in Outdoor

Recreation attended a camp for one night to

demonstrate their competency in Sea Kayaking as

part of the course unit.

Kayaks were launched in Bouvard and students

paddled in the peel Harvey inlet to the Herron Point

Campground.

Upon arrival at the campsite the students bush walked

and then went crabbing.

Students eagerly set up their tents to camp the night

and prepared their own dinner on a 'trangia', which is a

cooking system designed for backpackers.

In Term 2 our Outdoor Recreation students will be

learning how to rock climb at the local indoor rock

climbing centre.


Workplace Learning aims to prepare students for employment by providing them with knowledge about what is valued ina work environment. Participating in a supported structured workplace-learning program, based on employability skillsand involving a number of different workplaces, assists students to make informed decisions about their futures. Thesedecisions are vitally important for students to move successfully from school to further education, training, employmentand participation in the community.

Meet Year 11 student Nathan Corkhill; Nathan is currently undertaking a work placement at Primero Group Pty Ltd inBibra Lake. Primero are a multi-disciplinary engineering group who specialize in delivering turnkey design, constructionand commissioning solutions to the global resources, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Whilst at Primero, Nathan has been assisting tradesman in electrical, mechanical and fabrication work in the constructionof a gas plant that is due to be transported to the Pilbara within weeks. Nathan catches public transport via train &buses and his work placement mentor could not speak more highly of Nathan and his abilities to not only show initiateand self-management but fit into the work place environment with Primero employees.

Nathan had been undecided as to what career pathway he wanted to pursue in Year 10 via the year 11 VET in Schoolsintake, so he sought out a work placement that would give him the opportunity to “have a go” at a range on industryareas and he could decide which one suited him best. In 2019, Nathan will pursue a pre apprenticeship as a MechanicalFitter via VET in Schools, Senior School Transition Program.

Kathy Roser - Training Pathways Co-ordinator

In Profile - Nathan Corkhill

TRAININGPATHWAYS

Industry Links via Work Placement Opportunities


Representing Western Australia & Australia"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is

less than the one you are capable of living."— Nelson Mandela

SPORT..

Gold, U19 Youth ChampionshipsRepresenting Australia for Oceania Championships

ACHIEVEMENTS..

Super 8 Boxing

Blade Cherubino

Dane deKlerk

Sophie Ingledew

NEXT STEPTOWARDS GOAL..

AIBA Youth World Championships

Youth Olympic Games - Argentina


2018 BMX World Championships

SPORT..

Silver in his division Australia National Championships

Gold in his division Oceania Championships

ACHIEVEMENTS..

BMX Racing

SPORT..

2 x Golds team and individual divisionsACHIEVEMENTS..

Karate


2020 World Cup

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