HKHS Highlights25 August 2017

ISSUE NINE

Upcoming Events 

Principal's Report

Student News

School News

Middle School News

Sports News

Special Education News

Advertisements

28 August 2017                                                 School Readiness Test

28 August 2017                                                 Oztag Gala Day - Boys and Girls

30 August 2017                                                 I Believe

30 August 2017                                                 VISTAS Exhibition 6pm - 8pm - B and C Blocks 

1 September 2017                                           Years 9 and 10 Child Studies Excursion

4 September 2017                                           Performing Arts Night - MPC

5 September 2017                                           Performing Arts Night - MPC

6 September 2017                                           SRC Investiture - 10am MPC

6 September 2017                                           Northcott Athletics Carnival (Special Education)

8 September 2017                                           CHS Athletics Carnival (Special Education)

11 - 20 September 2017                                Year 11 Preliminary Exams

14 September 2017                                        Years 7 and 8 Netball Gala Day

19 September 2017                                        P & C Meeting - 7pm in the Nichols Room

20 September 2017                                        Year 12 Last Day

21 September 2017                                        Year 12 Graduation - 9.30am MPC

22 September 2017                                        End of Term 3                            

Upcoming Events 

 

2018 School Leaders

Following a selection process between a

fabulous group of young people, I am

pleased to announce that our school

leaders for 2018 are;

School Captains -           Joel Ryan

                                              Mae Johnson

School Vice Captains - Lachlan Muir

                                              Georgia Riley

School Prefects -            Jessica Atkinson 

                                               Sophie Bartlett

                                               Nikki Fraser

                                               Elizabeth Hegyessy

                                               Caylyn Dumpert

These students, along with out SRC Year

Representatives, will be inducted at our

SRC Investiture on Wednesday 6

September.

Max Potential

Congratulations to Lachlan Grabner of Year

11 for graduating from the Max Potential

Program  at their showcase event on

Wednesday 16 August. Lachlan undertook a

leadership project raising food supplies for

Coast Shelter, through which he challenged

himself and developed valuable skills,

including those of public speaking.

Congratulations to David Ardley, who was

also a community mentor through this

program.

GCLC CelebrationAssembly 2017

On Monday 31 July we hosted our annual

Gosford City Learning Community mid year

Celebration Assembly. This assembly is one

of our showcase events and is designed to

celebrate achievements across our

Learning Community  and was again a

fantastic event. Thanks to Helena for

representing the P&C and presenting

awards.

CC Education Awards2017

This a�ernoon the annual CC Education

Awards were held at Berkeley Vale Campus

to recognise the contributions of

individuals across the Central Coast to

public education. Henry Kendall High

School's recipients were;

Tracy Smith for her dynamic,

innovative and visionary leadership

of student services and wellbeing.

Jacquie Bennett for her leadership

of the school finance,

administration and non-teaching

sta�, and contributions to strategic

communications.

Regina Gilbert (Smith Family) for

her partnership with the school

supporting students through our

Maths Club.

Congratulations to these well deserving

recipients.

Principal's Report

Year 12 can see theFinish Line in Sight

Our Year 12 students have been diligently

undertaking their trial HSC examinations in

recent weeks. These exams are an

important aspect of the final stages of their

HSC preparation. Our students have

approached the exams well prepared and

very focussed, and we wish them well for

strong results.

 

Throughout this period, Year 12 students

undertaking courses that involve practical

submissions have also completed these

and submitted their work for HSC

assessment; and the students in music and

drama have their HSC performances

coming up in the next couple of weeks.

These, along with the submissions,

represent the culmination of many months

of commitment, creativity and passionate

application; achievements of which they

can all be justly proud.

 

Following the trial examinations, it will be

vital that Year 12 focus on course

consolidation, revision and final HSC

preparations. It is also the end of the

schooling journey and there are several

upcoming events to farewell the Year 12

cohort of 2017:

Target 20 nominees will begin their

program a�er the exams.

Last day of school will be

Wednesday 20 September 2017

which will involve a BBQ breakfast

and activities for the cohort.

Graduation will be Thursday 21 September

2017 at 9.30am. At this year's graduation we

are seeking to introduce a new ‘tradition’

into our school and our school’s culture

whereby the entire student body form

a  ‘guard of honour’ and clap Year 12 from

their graduation ceremony to their

celebration morning tea. It is envisaged

that this rite of passage is something that is

embraced by our sta� and students alike.

SAS Sta RecognitionWeek

School Administrative and Support Sta�

Recognition Week is 4 – 8 September 2017.

The school community is made up of a lot

of di�erent people, all of whom play a part

in the running of schools and the provision

of quality education to students.

 

School Administrative and Support Sta�,

whether they work in the o�ice, the library,

on the school grounds or in a classroom

setting, are important contributors to the

success of the school and students’

education. SAS Sta� Recognition Week is an

opportunity for the school community to

acknowledge the vital role and contribution

that SAS Sta� play in public education, and

to the culture and success of Henry Kendall

High School.

 

Our learning community recognises this

contribution and thanks our SAS Sta� for all

they do.

NAPLAN 2017

Henry Kendall High School has performed

strongly in the 2017 NAPLAN examinations,

reflecting the impact of the targeted

interventions we have developed over the

past twelve months. Highlights include;

We have again achieved results that

place us as one of the strongest

Central Coast schools in all areas.

Students achieving in the top two

bands in Writing, Grammar &

Punctuation, Spelling, and

Numeracy in Year 7 exceeds that of

the state data. Equally, those

achieving in the lower bands is

significantly below that of the state

data.

Across all areas our Year 7 students

have demonstrated significant

growth, again exceeding the

achievement of students across the

state.

In terms of Year 9 Band 8

attainment for Minimum Standards,

Henry Kendall students have again

exceeded the state in both Reading

and Numeracy – a significant

achievement.

In Year 9 reading, 75.9% of students

exceeded their expected growth. In

Numeracy this figure is 77.3%.

Mr Andrew Backhouse - Principal

Gosford RSL MaxPotential MediaRelease

Name: Lachlan Grabner                                        

              

School: Henry Kendall High School                 

             

Suburb of School: Gosford               

                        

Contact Number: 4325 2110               

                         

Email: henrykenda-

h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

 

Community Food Drive

My name is Lachlan Grabner and I am in

Year 11. I am currently participating in the

Max Potential program. Max Potential is a

program that helps young adults like myself

in achieving their goals and getting them

out of their comfort zone so they can grow

and become future leaders. It is a program

that is 22 weeks long program that also

gives back to the community by helping the

young adults complete a final project for

the program that helps the community. I

am keen to be apart the Max Potential

program because I can step out of my

comfort zone and grow as a person and

also give back to my community. The coach

that has been helping  complete this

program is David Ardley.

 

For my Community Service Project I am

collecting canned food from my school

Henry Kendall High School and the school

next door Gosford Primary School. Once I

have collected food from both schools I am

giving it to Coast Shelter. My project is

targeting everyone and the people who will

get the food are people who are less

fortunate and homeless and do not have

any money to get food for themselves.

People can be involved in my project by

donating food to Coast Shelter and people

who are homeless.

 

My community service project will take

place at Henry Kendall High School. The

dates for the food collection will be

between the 25 July to 9 August.

 

My community service project goals are to

provide food to those who are less

fortunate than the rest of us. I hope to keep

a tradition of food drives going on in my

school so Coast Shelter will keep getting

food to provide for the homeless.

 

Thank you to all the sponsors who have

made this happen, Max Potential, Gosford

RSL and Coast Shelter.

About Max Potential

Student News

Over 10 years, Max Potential has developed

an enviable reputation as a world-class

coaching program, making an impact

across city and regional NSW. Max Potential

connects emerging young leaders (aged 16

– 23 years old) with local community

leaders as volunteer coaches. The program

runs over five months with one-on-one

coaching, workshops and a focus on

delivering community service projects to

make a di�erence in the local region. It was

created in partnership with the Clubs peak

industry association -  ClubsNSW - and is

supported by not-for-profit registered Clubs

throughout NSW. There is also significant

support  from local business, community,

media and all levels of government –

including speeches of support in

Parliament.

 

 

VISTAS Year 12Exhibition

A celebration of our Year 12 CAPA and TAS

Major Projects with excellent work from

Photography, Visual Arts, Drama, Timber

and the Society and Culture Personal

Interest Projects. Wednesday 30 August

6.00pm - 8.00pm in B and C Blocks. Peoples

Choice Awards and light refreshments. 

Here are some of the Year 12 Photography

Exhibition photographs. Please come and

enjoy the excellence of our Year 12 students

and share their success. 

Careers

Year 12

  A reminder to any student applying for

early entry to Macquarie University through

the Global Leadership Entry Program that

applications close on 28 August - very soon!

 

Universities  Admission Centre (UAC)

applications are now open for processing at

a cost of $58. Once this process has been

completed, students are entitled to apply

through the Schools Recommendation

Scheme  (SRS) free of charge.  Students will

need to have this completed by

6 September.  The SRS o�ers will be out to

students even before their HSC marks. It

cannot be stressed too highly that all

university applicants should complete an

SRS application to increase their chances of

getting into university.

 

The best way to increase your chances of

entry to most universities is to obtain

feedback from your teachers on your Trial

HSC exams and take full advantage of

revision o�ered in class and to maintain

excellent attendance and participation.  

 

Prospective TAFE students in 2018 will be

able to browse courses’ online through the

Hunter TAFE website sometime in October.

Most courses undertake enrolment next

January but high demand courses may

involve registering interest before January.

For advice, ring 131 225 to find out more

about Hunter TAFE. Many of our students

find the Northern Institute TAFE commuter

friendly with a wide variety of courses on

o�er.

 

Apprenticeships, traineeships, scholarships

and job opportunities are relayed to

students in the daily notices and relevant

flyers can be obtained from the Careers

room door.

Maths & Milo

 

 

Need help with your Maths? Maths & Milo is

held every Tuesday from 8.00am in GL9.

Grab a cup of Milo from the canteen &

improve your mathematical skills.

School News

Relay for Life

Our students will be participating in the

Relay for Life at Mingara on 14 & 15 October.

This will be our 13th year and this year's

team is as enthusiastic as ever. It's not too

late to join, See Mr Luke Banks for a

registration form.

 

Mr Ardley is ready for Relay for Life!

The Power to Write

A wonderful article featuring our very own

Miss Carly Brien from Middle School,

outlining the improvements our students

have achieved with the Seven Steps To

Writing Success program.

https://www.sevenstepswriting.com/blog/t

he-power-to-write/

The Tell Them FromMe Student FeedbackSurvey (Term 3, 2017)

I am delighted that this term, our school,

like many other public schools in the state,

will participate in a Department of

Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me

student feedback survey. The survey

measures factors that are known to a�ect

academic achievement and other student

outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide

survey is on student wellbeing,

engagement and e�ective teaching

practices.

 

You may remember that our students also

participated in a Tell Them From Me

student survey in Term 1 this year. Asking

students to complete the survey twice in

one year allows us to identify trends in

student responses as well as track

engagement and motivation across the

school year.

 

The survey is a great opportunity for our

students to provide us with valuable and

quick feedback on what they think about

school life, how engaged they are with

school and the di�erent ways that teachers

interact with them. Schools in Australia and

around the world have used the Tell Them

From Me survey to help improve how they

do things at school.

 

More information about the survey is

available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

 

I want to assure you that the survey is

confidential. The survey is conducted

online and will typically take less than 30

minutes to complete. It will be

administered during school hours between

21 August and 13 October. Participating in

the survey is entirely voluntary.

 

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers

about the survey is being sent home with

students. If you do not want your child or

children to participate, please return the

form to school by Monday 18 September

2017. Copies of the form and FAQs are

available from:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information

-for-parents.

Partners in LearningParent Survey

This term, our school will be participating

in the Partners in Learning parent survey,

another part of the Tell Them From Me suite

of surveys (student, teacher and parent

surveys) on student engagement. The

survey asks parents and carers questions

about di�erent factors that are known to

impact on student wellbeing and

engagement.

 

Running this survey will help our school

understand parents’ and carers’

perspectives on their child’s experience at

school. These include: communication

between parents/carers and sta�, activities

and practices at home and parent/carer

views on the school's support of learning

and behaviour. This valuable feedback will

help our school make practical

improvements. 

 

The survey is conducted entirely online on

smartphones, ipads, tablets, laptops or

computers. The survey will typically take 15

minutes or less to complete and is

completely confidential. The parent survey

will be conducted between 21 August and

13 October. Although participating in the

survey is entirely voluntary, your responses

are very much appreciated.

 

Our school will provide further information

about how to access the survey. In the

meantime, more information about the

survey is available at:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/TTF

M_Parent_Survey_FAQs_Parent_and_Carer

s_T32017.pdf

Igniting Year 7 Students' Passionfor Poetry

Poetry can energise a classroom - yet so many students have

negative associations with it. The world of poetry is a wonderful

way for students to express emotions and think about the world

in a creative way. It is inclusive and sparks your curiosity

whenever you embrace it.

 

In our new Year 7 unit - ‘Poetry Performances’ students perform

poetry, collaborate, explore and create worlds, create film clips,

analyse poems, research poets and try on all di�erent shapes

and sizes of poetry. Our students are even using a new so�ware

called Adobe Spark to create poetry that can be published

online.

 

More and more students are sharing their own passions for

poetry and making the written and spoken word vibrant. We

always come out of a classroom more inspired than when we

walked in.

 

Some student work samples:

Middle School News

 

These are the kinds of things you want students to express.

Poetry, a�er all, is a safe way to get words out of your mind and

onto paper or even on the stage. Next time you might want

some inspiration, read some interesting poetry!

 

Mrs Tarley Jones and Ms Carly Brien - Middle School Teachers

Taekwondo WorldChampionships  

Congratulations Max  Clignett  in Year 12.

Max competed at the Taekwondo World

Championships in Argentina held on 10-13

August 2017. Max came away with a silver

and a bronze medal. What an amazing

result Max!

 

Personal Development,Health and PhysicalEducation

This term students in Years 7-10 have

participated in the dance unit. Students

have had fun dancing and socialising with

their peers. They have been working really

hard on their dance routines ready for

assessments starting this week, and their

e�ort and behaviour has been outstanding

throughout the unit. Students have

received written notification of the dates

and times of their assessment. There have

been some concerns over appropriate

costumes for the assessment – students

should dress in styles suitable to the dance

and these have been explained in class,

however smart, casual clothes they have at

home is fine. Parents should not feel

compelled to buy anything new. The

dances are as follows:

Year 7 – The Pride of Erin

Year 8 – Strip the Willow (bushdance)

Sports News

Year 9 – Cha-Cha

Year 10 – Rock N Roll

Students will need to remember to bring

their PE uniform for their next PE lesson

a�er the assessment.

Mrs Julie Starkey  

Head Teacher PDHPE (relieving)

Girls Oztag Team

On Wednesday 7 August, the girls oztag

team played in a Gala Day at Adcock Park.

Lead by Clare Norris, the team players were

Montana Tuckfield, Molly Brian, Taylor Gott,

Chloe Fuller, Natarsha Grimley, Maikiira

Barber, Kasey Boelhouwer, Sharnae

Bergan, Hayley McTeare, Jasmine Shearer,

Tegan Mann and Jolie Easton. The team

was coached by Mr David Lawler. They won

2 games and all did incredibly well against a

very high standard of teams. Well done

girls!

Recycling Team at HKHS

For several years the students in the Special Education Centre

at Henry Kendall High School have been involved in the Paper

and Cardboard Recycling Program. This has been a great

initiative as the students learn valuable work skills such as

reliability and responsibility. The program has been beneficial

for our school as we are managing our waste in a more

sustainable way and hopefully saving money.

Josh Lyons is one of the team members who collects cardboard

each day from the school canteen and takes it to the recycling

bin.

Parent Co ee Shop Visit

Parents of students in the Special Education Centre meet week

5 each term for a wonderful lunch and an interesting speaker.

Last week was no di�erent with 35 parents in attendance and a

presentation from Peter Yates on NDIS in schools. Parents are

encouraged to attend as it is a great way to meet other parents

and  stay in touch with services that can aid their children. We

send out invitations at the beginning of term or you can call and

book at any time.

Stay in Contact

We do have a closed group on Facebook that parents of the

students in the Special Education Centre are welcome to join

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hkhsse if you request to

join an administrator of the group will accept you. This is a

closed group for parents only.

Special Education News

Bunnings BBQ

Special Education are hosting the BBQ at the West Gosford

Bunnings this Saturday. Please drop by and say hello and buy a

sausage and a drink and support a great cause. We would like to

purchase communication devices to aid our students with ASD

as well as some extra playground furniture with the funds.

 

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