NEWSLETTER

HARVEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

August 2020 Term 3 Issue 1

Contact us:

Tel: 08 9782 3800 51 South Western Hwy Harvey WA 6220 Email: harvey.shs@education.wa.edu.au

Absentee Text Messages to: 0437 415 660 Website: www.harveyshs.wa.edu.au

Principal News…..

Upgrade and Refurbishment Announcement Earlier this week the Premier announced the Major School Upgrade package - totalling $492.2 million – this includes $319.2

million of new funding for upgrades and refurbishments at 63 public schools around the State.

We have been advised that we have been allocated $1.2 million for infrastructure upgrades or refurbishments at your school.

This will see improvements in Home Economics including Textiles, Information Technology and Visual Arts and in the Can-

teen.

We are very grateful and happy with this funding which will greatly enhance our facilities. I will keep you up-to-date as further

details are unveiled.

Maintaining vigilance

With COVID-19 still front and centre in the news, we need to consider ourselves very unfortunate that we have not been

impacted as have those who live and work in the eastern states and territories.

We need to, however maintain vigilance by keeping and reinforcing the physical distancing plus the health and hygiene

messages. I have been asked to remind our community of the current requirements to maintain good hygiene practices and

physical distancing of adults.

We are continuing with our daily cleaning regimes, students and staff have access to hand sanitiser and we actively promote

hand hygiene, physical distancing and coughing/sneezing etiquette through signage. This will serve to keep Western

Australia as safe as we can during Phase 4 of the WA Roadmap to Recovery.

National School Opinion Survey – out soon Every 2 years we need to complete this survey. When you receive this in the next two weeks could you please complete and

return to our school. We will be using this data to develop our new Business Plan.

ATAR 2022 We are currently working with our Year 9 students and are in the very early developmental stages of determining what the

Pathways for Senior School students will look like from 2022.

Despite some of our past students successfully entering into university on alternative entry pathways, it is now time to con-sider the ATAR alternative. Initially we will work with our current Year 9 extension class on developing the suite of courses before consulting with the broader community. If you have any queries regarding this please do not hesitate to call me during

school office hours.

I hope you are enjoying the longer daylight hours.

Di Clayton

Seek Truth

Ye a r 7

WE ARE FOCUSING ON Respect for others: Actively listen to others.

WE ARE ENCOURAGING/ ACKNOWLEDGING Students who listen to the teacher and follow instructions. Students who listen to others during class discussions.

PARENTS PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES: Avoid distracting behaviours whilst others are talking Avoid interrupting others

NUMBER OF RESPECTABLES THIS TERM: Week 1 - 99 Week 2 - 263

Congratulations to Neve Mullinger and Tenesha Watson who have received a Gold Certificates for 100 Respectables!

At Harvey Senior High School, we show Respect for Self, Others, Learning and the Environment.

Respectables - Term 3, Week 1

Letter of Commendation (10)

Bronze Certificate (25)

Silver Certificate (50)

Letter of Commendation (75)

Gold Certificate (100)

Nerita Hayden Cheyenne Bennett Cheyene Bennett Jake Smith Neve Mullinger

Tate North Riley Clarke Tahleisha Greenland

Robert Davies Madison Smith

John Tyler Garritty Henry Tupou

Luca Watson

News in Teaching and Learn ing

Writing Nationally has been declining in NAPLAN results over the past few years. As a result, Harvey has volunteered to participate in using the program Brightpath with our Year 7 and 8 cohorts. Brightpath is based on over a decade of pioneering research at the University of Western Australia.

The software records the results of assessments and reports a range of formative and summative information to teachers and principals. This provides an informed basis for developing teaching programs targeting the needs of individual students. Through the Brightpath process we are able to track student growth over time. Our Year 8 cohort have just completed a narrative task and will receive their individualised report detailing their strengths and weaknesses on Monday 17 August. Please ask your child for their report so that you can see where they need support and where they have gone well in narrative writing. Please feel free to contact their classroom teacher or myself if you wish to discuss their report further.

Jodi Dyson

Harvey Senior High School

Year 12 Engl ish and Senior School Photography Excursion

On Tuesday 28 July, the Year 12 students along with the Year 11 Photography students hit

the road around the Harvey Shire to complete tasks for this term.

Students were asked to step into the shoes of journalists and photojournalists for the day.

The Year 12 English class went out aiming to gain information to create a magazine article

to promote a destination in the Harvey Region. To help them with this task the Photography

students became their photojournalist to help capture the essence

of these beautiful places through photographs.

Throughout the day the students showcased great respect and engagement for the people and places

on the tour. They visited many locations including the Big Orange, Stirling Cottage, Binningup Beach

and Brunswick Anglican Church. There was nothing like finishing our day at one of the biggest growing

businesses in the area, Harvey Cheese, with beautiful cheese tastings and ice creams! The students

are now currently in the process of editing their portfolios and writing their articles. Stay tuned!

Photograph by Nova Pizon, Year 11 Photograph by Tayla Brown, Year 12

Photograph by Tarlesha Mckenzie Clark-Winnard, Year 12

Photograph by Jessica Mante, Year 11

‘It was good to get out of school and spend some

time with the Year 11’s, it was our first excursion

together. It was good to experience the places and

learn more about them.’ - Tarlesha Winnard

Photograph by Francis Barola, Year 11

‘I liked going to Binningup Beach because it was so

refreshing, and loved taking photos there because

it’s something we don’t get to see all the time.’

- Jessica Mante

Photograph by Kate David of Nova Pizon, Year 11

‘I liked going up the Big Orange

because it has been closed but

they let us go up.’

- Justhyne Padua

Photograph by Kate David, Year 11

Lower S choo l Engagement P r ogram

Seek Truth

The Construction Training Fund (CTF) works closely with specialist construction Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to provide schools with the opportunity to experience a three day course for Year 9 and 10 students. The Try-A-Trade course is 100% funded by CTF and as such, is no cost to our students.

Try-A-Trade gives students hands-on experience across a range of different trades, and each course is delivered by professional lecturers who guide students through practical

activities and teach key trade skills. Industry Training Advisors also deliver presenta-tions with helpful information about the next steps in a trade career and education.

Each Try-A-Trade course focuses on 2 or 3 specialist trade areas, and they include, but are not limited to:

Bricklaying Carpentry Painting & Decorating Plumbing Tiling Electrical Civil Construction

Anthony Martella, Tyson Baggetta (pictured above), Robert Davies and Matthew Piggott all attended different Try-A-Trades and all reported positive experiences, providing them with ideas for future pathways. If you would like any further information on Try-A-Trade, please call Jennifer on 97823800.

Students completing their School Based Traineeship (SBT)

Timothy Hooper commenced a Certificate III in Retail as a school based trainee in 2019 with Home Hardware, now trading as Mitre 10 Harvey. Mick and Michelle Trickett employed Tim for 2 days per week for the duration of his training. Tim has recently submitted his final units to complete the 18 month traineeship. A SBT is a fantastic way for students to complete a qualification while gaining hands-on experience. While Tim was working and studying he was also earning a wage. A SBT can be done in most areas of employment as long as there’s a certificate course that complies with the type of vocation that has been chosen. If a student is able to engage an employer to give them the opportunity to do a traineeship whilst still at school this is a great combination. The ideal time to commence a School Based Traineeship is at the commencement of Year 11, it can be done in

Year 12 but extra commitment is requirement from the student to complete it within 10 months.

Tim completed a Certificate II in Engineering at SR TAFE last year and then started his traineeship after that. Mick and Michelle have been extremely supportive to Tim and have given him extra work on weekends when required. It has been a huge achievement for Tim and our school is very grateful

to Mick and Michelle and employers like them.

This year we have trainees at the Wokalup Tavern for a Certificate III in Hospitality and two at the Harvey Shire doing a Certificate II in Business. Jorja Alexander is near completion also and has also worked hard this year to get this result. Thank you to the staff at the Shire who have been wonderful

in supporting our students and our school over the years.

Karlique for Hair also employed Justhyne Padua in 2019 for a SBT and Justhyne completed this last term. Justhyne did extremely well with her practical tasks and written tasks as well as her ability to work in the salon with the team at Karlique. Thank you very much to Ester Italiano and her staff they were very supportive during the whole traineeship. Justhyne did her traineeship as a

Certificate II in Salon Assistant for one day per week.

Our school community is very lucky to have such supportive employers undertaking programs

like School Based Traineeships or Workplace Learning. Thank you to you all.

Harvey Senior High School

Lower S choo l Engagement Pr ogram

SSEP Step Up t o Breast Can ce r… . .

Staff and students at SSEP are taking on the challenge of Stepping up to Breast Cancer by walking 10,000 steps per day per person for the month of August.

“The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is Australia’s leading national body, funding game-changing breast cancer research with money raised entirely by the Australian public. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with 1 in 7 women being diagnosed in their lifetime. However, statistics show that 1 in 4 breast cancer diagnoses are potentially preventable. The funds raised from Step Up to Breast Cancer will help fund cutting-edge research to deepen our understanding of the different risk factors that may contribute to breast cancer development or recurrence, and ultimately stop deaths from breast cancer.”

Please head to our Facebook links and donate much needed funds for research for this very common

disease.

Now that life has returned to normal, we are so ridiculously busy here in the LSEP. Within our first two weeks we have: Began our "Girls health and relationships" program with Nurse Louise and Chaplain Sophie; Welcomed Madison from Headspace in to talk

with us about anger management and resilience;

Almost completed the first drafts (before going to canvas) of our Aboriginal Creation stories,

storyboards;

Spent time with Paul Kenyon, "The Snake Whisperer" who came to talk with us about snake handling and first aid. He showed us how to handle the non venomous snakes and lizards as a part of our animal conservation curriculum. The photos are

of us with various snakes, including "Crusher".

Seek Truth

R e l a t i o n s h i p s I Q P r o g ra m w i t h Ye a r 9 G i r l s

At the end of Term 2 we had the last lesson for Relationships IQ program. This 10 week program aims to increases student Relationship Intelligence by provid-ing understanding to the issues surrounding sexuality and relationships, and equipping teens with tools to negotiate life's challenges. The girls brought in some yummy delights to share together for our last lesson together and they were also asked to complete an evaluation of the program. The girls also had the opportunity to make a Mindfulness Glitter Jar they could take home with

them. The benefits of Mindfulness Jar include:

1. Helps people calm down if feeling anxious or angry

2. Teaches focusing skills by not getting distracted by any surrounding

sounds or movement

3. Helps regulate emotions

4. Increases sensory awareness

5. Increases self-awareness.

Some of the comments received form the evaluations including "it's fun", "all activities have been good and interesting". When asked for any suggestions all the comments were "no" and one student said "no improvements needed because its good as it is". When asked to comment about what they've learnt from the program the comments were "pregnancy", "consent", "we learnt how sexuality can vary", "contraception", how to cope with social pressures", "cyber safety", "pregnancy and consent", "whole person sexuality". Some other comments for Interest-ing activities included: 3 comments of making glitter jars, doing role plays, contraception methods and scenarios, best life

cards, and video of foetus developing in utero.

This term there are 2 groups of Year 9 girls that will be participating in the program every week.

Louise McDonald - School Health Nurse

Y E A R 7 S O C I A L S K I L L S P R O G R A M S After the Year 7 girls successfully graduated from

their program, In Real Life – Real Friends, the boys were able to launch into their program, In Real Life – Equip for Life. Through a series of lessons, the boys will have an opportuni-ty to discuss and learn about communication styles, healthy friendships, overcoming life’s obstacles and staying safe on social media. Their first lesson focused on team work and positive communication, and their activity involved cup stacking – with a difference. The boys were not allowed to touch the cups with their hands and had to work together to pull on four pieces of string that were attached to an elastic band in order to move the cups into place. It was a good lesson in communication and team work and it certainly brought out the competitive nature in the boys! They faced the challenge with a positive approach and were suc-cessful in completing the challenge. I look forward to working with the boys

in the coming weeks.

Sophie Bach

Chaplain

Harvey Senior High School

Last term, Year 8 students studied fossils. We were very lucky to have our very own fossil hunter display some of her findings. Thank you very much Ali Philips for your enthusiasm and knowledge.

Friday 31 July students and staff participated in Jeans for Genes fundraising. For a gold coin donation students donned their jeans. The total amount raised was $104.

1 in 20 children face a birth defect or genetic disease. Every dollar raised goes directly to Children’s Medical Research Institute to help find treatments and cures for children’s genetic diseases.

Quality Education close to home!

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13 July 14 15 16 17 18 19

Wk 1

20 July

SDD Day

21

Students Resume

22 23 24

25 26

Wk 2

27 July 28 29 30 31

1 August 2

Wk 3

3 August 4

Cross Country

Day

5 6 7 8 9

Wk 4

10 August 11 12 13 14 15 16

Wk 5

17 August 18 19 Country Week Carnival

Yr 4,5,6 Bwk PS & YPS Transition

20

Lightning Carnival

21

Daffodil Day

22 23

Wk 6

24 August

Book Week

25 26 27

Yr 6 HPS High School Experience

28 29 30

WK 7

31 August 1 September 2 3 4 5 6

WK 8

7 September 8 9 10

Day

11 12 13

Wk

9

14 September

Principal’s Lunch

15 16 17 18 19 20

WK 10

21 September 22 Merit Assembly

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Winter Carnival

24 25

End of Term

26 27

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Term 3, 2020 Calendar