PRINCIPAL‟S REPORT Welcome Back to Term 3

Staff and students have returned to Term 3 with a great deal of enthusiasm.

All teaching and non teaching staff were involved in the

inaugural combined schools of the Dapto Learning Community, Professional Learning Day on Monday. Non teaching staff from the seven public education Dapto schools met at Kanahooka High, while 250 teaching staff

from the schools met at Dapto High School. It was a wonderful opportunity to share and learn from each other in an effort to improve the learning experience for all students attending public schools in Dapto.

Students returned to school on Tuesday and looked resplendent in their uniforms. They quickly settled into their learning, after being issued with revised timetables for Semester 2.

Student attendance will be closely monitored this term and parents are asked to provide letters of explanation

quickly, following a legitimate student absence from school. Student attendance is seen as a crucial ingredient for improvement in learning to occur and your assistance is of equal importance.

Kanahooka Students Shine

“On behalf of the students and teachers that participated in the Dapto District Stage 2 Touch Football Gala Day at

Lakelands Oval on Friday 24 June, I would like to thank the following students – Jay Fancourt, David Forno, Danny Davis, Michael Coote, Benjamin Smith and Tyron Azzopardi.

All these students did an outstanding job of not only refereeing, but also coaching and assisting children that were new to the game. They also developed a very good rapport with the younger students.

Their efforts contributed to the success of the Gala Day and there were many positive comments from both

parents and teachers.”

David Dark Dapto Public School

Priority Schools Program

Kanahooka High School has been fortunate to qualify for

additional staffing and funding over the past seven years from this program and will be seeking continued placement on the program for 2013-2016. A survey of the families of students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be carried out early in Term 1, 2012.

Official Opening of the Intensive Language Centre

This event will be held on Tuesday 2 August from 10am at

the school and interested parents and community members are invited to attend the opening which will be officially opened by Member for Throsby, Stephen Jones. This building was provided by the Commonwealth Government under the National School Pride – school

building refurbishment program, and is a very welcome addition to the schools teaching and learning spaces. Please contact the school office to let them know if you are able to attend this event, which will last about 1 hour.

Mr Peter K Jones

Year 10 Interview Day During the last week of Term 2, 29 of June, the Year 10 students had their mock interview day. We prepared for our interview in our English and Career classes where we put together a resume, cover letter and skills sheet

tailored towards a specific job we chose.

We all had to dress in formal business wear and turn up

15 minutes before our interview, everyone looked very clean and smart.

Employers from a range of different industries around the Illawarra came in to conduct the interviews. We were marked on such things as our experience, our appearance, posture, politeness, eye contact, speech, grammar, communication, self confidence, job knowledge, company

knowledge and skills/aptitude.

Overall the day was a success and has helped us gain the skills needed to go into an interview confident and come

out with the job.

By Elise Gersbach and Danielle Aikman

COLES SPORTS FOR

SCHOOLS Kanahooka High School is participating in the Coles Sports for Schools program in 2011.

Collecting vouchers is easy! Every member of the school community will earn one voucher for every $10 spent in a Coles, Coles Online, BI-LO or Pick 'n' Pay store from 11 August till 18 October, just for doing their regular shop!

Thank you to all the students, staff and family who helped collect a total of 17,860 vouchers in 2010.

They were redeemed for the following items.

7 Steeden Classic Touch Balls 13 Vortex Howlers 1 Yard Tennis Ball Kit - 60 + Mesh Bag 1 Spalding High Bounce Balls - Bucket of 20 5 Gator Skin Volleyballs

Let’s all put in a great effort this year and

support our school!

Woolworths Earn & Learn

Program Kanahooka High School is taking part in the Woolworths

Earn & Learn Community Program. This year, they are giving away more than $5 million worth of educational resources for Primary and Secondary schools all over Australia, including ours!

From 18 July to 18 September 2011, Woolworths will give you one Earn & Learn point for every $10 you spend in store (excluding the purchase of cigarettes, alcohol and

gift cards). Points will automatically appear on your shopping dockets. All you need to do is save those dockets and bring them to school (Woolies have given us a special collection box). You will be able to track our progress on our points barometer poster at school or

online at woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

At the end of the 9 week program, we can redeem our collection of points against a choice of more than 7,000

educational resources. The list is extensive and includes library books, classroom equipment, art & craft materials and much, much more...

There‟s no limit to the number of points we can collect, so

your participation will really make a difference. The more points we earn, the more resources we can order!

Kanahooka High School Email: kanahooka-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

PO Box 302, Dapto NSW 2530 Web: www.kanahooka-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 4261 4011 Fax: 4261 4700 Term 3 - Week 1 22 July 2011 KANAHOOKA HIGH SCHOOL IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DAPTO LEARNING COMMUNITY

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 29 July Schools Tree Day

Monday 1 - Friday 5 August

Year 11 Work Placement

Tuesday 2 August Official Opening 900 Block

Thursday 4 August SRC Assembly

Monday 15 August

Year 10 into 11 Subject

Selection Evening

6.00 - 8.00pm

Ski Trip Reminder

Students still paying money for the

ski trip should be paid in full by

8 August 2011 to the Front Office

Total cost $575.00

YEAR 11 LAPTOP UPGRADES The Digital Education Revolution (DER) Program will be conducting an upgrade on the Lenovo S10e laptops supplied to Year 11 students, for the purposes of completing a number of tasks that include:

• Upgrading hinges for the S10e

• Replacing the hinge caps for the S10e

• Replacing the LCD screen cover for the S10e

• Replace the bottom cover of the S10e to remediate

battery rail faults

The DER Program is working closely with Lenovo and their sub-contractor IMI to complete this upgrade on the school premises during school hours starting in Term 3. Technicians will arrive at school on 2 August 2011.

In addition to the work being conducted by IMI, the TSO will complete the following tasks:

• SOE S3 refresh (inclusive of the BIOS Upgrade)

• Annual stock take of devices and

• Identification and repair of secondary faults (existing or

new)

Students are asked to hand in their laptops to the TSO office before 2 August 2011. As the laptops will be reimaged and all data (homework) will be erased during the format process, it is therefore necessary for students

to backup their data to an external device for future use.

We also recommend you backup all files stored on

MyLocker due to it being deleted during the refresh.

Please label your laptop with student‟s name and roll class.

The technician will undertake the various upgrades and repairs and it is therefore important that students return their laptop prior to 26 July 2011.

The laptops will be returned to students as soon as they are completed and that will include any extra repairs identified during the stock take phase.

Help Nick get to Los Angeles -America! Nick Summerfield has been selected to be part of a singer/songwriter program which

involves a group of talented artists writing 8 tracks in Sydney and then travelling to Los Angeles to produce the album.

This program is a great opportunity for Nick who is a local talent. He attended Hayes Park Public School and was 2004 President of the school. Nick then attended Kanahooka High School and that‟s when he discovered his

love of music. It was during Year 10 (2008) that he wrote his first song.

Nick needs your support to help him get to Los Angeles.

There will be a benefit night on Saturday 13 August at the Dapto Citizens‟ Bowling Club, Fowlers Road, Dapto. The

night will be hosted by Anthony Maroon from Sydney‟s Classic Rock 95.3FM – formerly from i98FM. Tickets can be purchased from Lowes in Dapto Mall, Beds R Us Dapto or by calling Nick on 0401 357 576. Tickets are $35 which

includes a light Chinese meal.

Nick will perform and there will be lots of raffles selling on the night. Donations can be made by calling Nick on

0401 357 576. You can listen to his music by typing: Nick Summerfield into Google and search.

Bored? Feel like doing something FUN with your life? Are you 14.5 to 18 Years? Don‟t know where to start? How about trying Venturers?

You need no prior experience in Scouts just come along to the Westlake Venturer Unit

Information Night on 25 July from 7pm at Dapto Scout Hall in Toronto Ave, Dapto.

Things you can look forward to in Venturers:

Hiking, Swimming, Canoeing, Abseiling, Rock Climbing, Bon

Fires, Travel, Paint Ball, Camping, Making your own RULES, Sailing, Discos, Laser Skirmish, Movie Nights, Outdoor Challenges, Meeting other Venturers

Youth Group 2530 Our Dapto parish youth group, run for teens Years 7-10, begins Term 3 on 31 July directly after 6.00pm Mass in the mini hall. It will continue to run fortnightly within the school term. Cost is $3/night unless we head off to the movies or laser skirmish etc. Activities this term include a trivia night, a land party, a fashion fundraiser for St Vinnies and a few other interesting events.

Come along on the night or call Suzanne Wilson for more information - 0417 280 081.

WOW – Kanahooka NAIDOC Week 2011 was MASSIVE

The week started with a gathering of over 80 students, community members and elders joining together for our annual „Yarn Time‟. The day was a raging success

with meaningful discussions around Aboriginal identity and a sharing of stories of the past and hopes for the future. Elder, Aunty Di wrote a thankyou card to the school congratulating students and staff on their efforts and expressed her thanks for the day.

Tuesday was the highly successful K-Factor and creation of the Sea of Hands for Reconciliation! After lunch all students and staff took a hand and placed it in the ground at the rear of the school as a sign of solidarity and support for reconciliation and NAIDOC.

On Tuesday night the talented students of Kanahooka High and a couple of students from Dapto High, strutted their stuff on the awesome stage and raised the roof. This may very well be an annual event on the NAIDOC calendar with students from all backgrounds and tastes in music joining together to show the staff and parents who has „The K-Factor‟. Big

congratulations to Cyrus Villanueva for taking out 1st place with his moving rendition of Hello, Tyler Kelly 2nd and Yasmeen Sykes in 3rd place and showing us all true K-Factor.

Our final official event on the NAIDOC calendar was the combined schools Mixed Touch Footy Knockout held here at Kanahooka. 14 teams competed for the coveted prize of

the best Indigenous touch team 2011. It was an amazing effort by all teams with Kanahooka High taking out the shield for 2011.

A big thank you must go out to our major sponsors and supporters of NAIDOC week – The wonderful volunteers of Lions Club Dapto, The Dragons, Careways, NSW Police, our volunteer referees, NSW Sport & Recreation, Coca Cola Amatel, Jamie McGava of Event Draping and Bakers Delight. As ever the staff and students must be congratulated for

their efforts and contribution to making NAIDOC week.

Thank you all ... Jos