FROM THE ADMIN TEAM – Clare Roser, Kate Fleay and Morgan Dezotti-Hartnup IPS Progress

As you are reading this week’s newsletter, Ros Marinoni and I will have presented Kojonup District High School’s bid to

become an Independent Public School. We faced a panel of three principals and a moderator who listened to our

presentation and that of 4 other schools. Sessions began in Perth on Wednesday, continued on Thursday and finished

in Bunbury today. In all, there were 35 schools in this IPS round. Successful schools will be notified by 26th June. If

successful, this will be a wonderful step forward to re-invigorate.

Reports

Staff are currently preparing Semester One reports. These will go out with students on Friday 3rd July. No reports will

be released before this date, so if you are expecting your child to be absent, you will need to pick up the report from

school in Term Three.

You will notice that this report will not be as informative as previous reports, for all subject areas. Primary students will

receive an individualised comment for English, Maths and General Comment. Other subject areas will have an effort

and may have a brief comment mentioning progress and content taught. There will be NO learning area grades, this

semester. Most Secondary students will receive a detailed comment for Maths, English and HASS, along with a rating

for attitude, behaviour and effort for all subjects taught. The General Comment; usually written by the Form Teacher,

will be done by Mrs Fleay or Mrs Roser, this semester. The Department of Education have included a short explanation

for the changes you will see for the Semester One report. Reports for Semester Two, will be detailed for each subject

and include a learning area grade for all subjects.

Career Counselling

Our Year 10 students have been receiving some targeted career counselling from Mrs Webb as part of their HASS

studies. This will be complimented by a visit from Mr Lindsay Campbell, next Wednesday. Mr Campbell heads the

Engagement and Participation Team in Albany and is expert in designing and giving advice on Year 11/12 pathways,

including TAFE and Work Placement options. He will be conducting an individual meeting with each Year 10 student

and will then develop a plan to share with parents. I will advise parents regarding the schedule for meetings, in Term

Three, to conduct student/parent conferences.

Ms Norrish

Today we farewell Ms Megan Norrish. Megan has been working in the Year 5 class as part of her final teaching practice

before becoming a fully qualified teacher. I have observed Ms Norrish on several occasions and am confident she will

excel wherever she is placed. From all of the students and the Kojonup District High School community, we wish you all

the best for the future and thank you for the care and interest you have taken, in working with our Year 5 class.

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Clare Roser

Hello to our school Community, Week 8 finished already! Time has flown with such a huge amount of work being

completed despite all of the COVID interruptions.

School Photos

Many of you will be wondering why you have only just received your photo information with photos being on Tuesday.

We had originally had the date of Tuesday 23rd June pencilled in but when the COVID disruption took place the

company were going to cancel that appointment. Only a couple of weeks ago they let us know that they were still going

to go ahead as planned on the Tuesday. The school returned all the paperwork our end but have only just now received

the ordering pages. We got them out to you as soon as we could. We know that this means ordering in that time frame

will be difficult for some of our families so I have spoken with MSP Photography and they agreed to extend the payment

date beyond the 6 days, until the 3rd of July. I hope this helps.

KOJONUP DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

Blackwood Road, Kojonup, WA, 6395

Phone: 9831 3300

Canteen: 9831 1403 Email: Kojonup.dhs@education.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER TERM 2 WEEK 8

19th June 2020

Further Careers information

Worklink are also partnering with our school and will be coming to visit over the next semester to teach job seeking skills

to our students. This includes resume writing, interview techniques and how to match their skills to advertised positions.

The Rotary Club of Kojonup are also interested in running the Mock Interview program earlier than Term 4 this year to

help in students’ preparations for Bursaries at the end of the year.

Palmerston Youth

Narrelle Parker who many of your Secondary kids may know from Drumbeat, is a part of the Palmerston Youth

Counselling program and is more than happy to see parents/guardians with their children. If you would like to find out

more, please contact one of the admin team.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Kate Fleay

FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE – Annie Hornby Hello families, There are a couple of cases of Molluscum in the primary school, I would just like to emphasize the importance of covering Molluscum with band-aids on areas of skin that are exposed ie. arms, legs, face and neck and the importance of hand washing if your child has them. They are highly contagious via linen or contact with the Molluscum itself. They may stay for a week or up to several months. Treatment is as noted below. What do they look like? Molluscum usually are a small round raised area, similar to a wart appearance. They usually cluster but are not normally itchy unless irritated.

GREEN TEAM NEWS We are pleased to say Kojonup DHS is moving forward and making another positive environmental change. As you are

aware, during COVID-19 isolation period the newsletter was only available in digital form and we have decided to keep

this as a permanent change.

On average, we were using 4 reams of paper per term, which equals to 2000 sheets! This in itself is a great positive

change for our future, but wait there is more benefits to this change.

Not only are we having a positive impact on the environment by saving on paper and printer ink, we are also saving

on costs!

Per term we would spend on paper and ink an average of $500 per term, that’s $2000 each year spent on the newsletter!

Now, not only are we actively doing our bit for the environment, we are also saving on costs, which can be spent on

other resources within the school.

Our newsletter is also available on our website https://www.kojonupdhs.wa.edu.au/

MERIT AWARD WINNERS – 5th June

Gracie Stehbens Colby Wallam

Ethan Sutcliffe Georgia Schinzig

Dustin Michael Mitchell Holland

Jayden Jones Maddix Goodhill

Charlotte Smith Dexter Lowe

Mitchell Schinzig Max Fardig

Emma Cowie Thea Lawrence

Jonny Webb Connor Waldron

Gemma Michael Lucy Gregory

Mia Draper Brock Donaldson

Taylor Watson Tess Webb

Brooke Milne Flynn Roser

The Year 6 Class

PBS (Positive Behaviour Support) Student engagement does not occur spontaneously – it is the result of a teacher putting specific effective strategies into

place that are proven to foster engagement. This ensures we actively engage students as an effective classroom

module we teach to support all students in their education.

PBS YELLOW TICKET ACHIEVEMENTS

25 Yellow Tickets

Mitchell Schinzig Jacob Marsh Sonny Radford Charlotte Smith Oliver Hunter

George Leitch Gypsee Maunder Matilda Tunui Harri Waldron Fen Fleay

Kaiden George Marcus Gregory Braydan Michael Jarvis Robinson Robert Webb

Kordell Smith Tona Watene Jenna Bilney Ava Chitty Justice Hamilton

Eloise Plowman Max Miller Alexis Thomas Emanuel Fleay Derick Wood

50 Yellow Tickets

Olivia Kelly Georgia Schinzig Keisha Smith Stephanie Ladyman

PBS Team Purpose Statement;

Our Purpose is to create and promote a transparent, consistent and fair

environment, where staff and students demonstrate positive behaviour.

KDHS SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS

HAVE PRIDE

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

SHOW RESPECT

BE SAFE

CROSS COUNTRY FUNDAY – 10th & 11th June The KDHS Cross Country took place on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th of June. Due to Covid-19 we had to

change up the format, however, the event was very successful with a great atmosphere present over the two days.

There was lots of competitive spirit as well as students dressed up in some wacky costumes displaying some awesome

dance moves on the course. Congratulations to Hercules and all prize winners. A special thank you to the staff and

students who helped out throughout the two days and made the event successful. Please see the winners below.

Congratulations to the following students on achieving new records: 6 Year Girl – Kaitlyn Jones – 5.11 mins - previous record 5.15 mins 6 Year Boy – Rihari Romic – 4.43 mins - previous record 4.44 mins 7 Year Boy – Fletcher Clifton – 4.27 mins - previous record 4.41 mins

Champion Runner Up

5 Year Girl Paige Nagtegaal Madeleine Macfarlane 5 Year Boy Taj Wells Tyler Milne 6 Year Girl Kaitlyn Jones (NR) Polly Eatt 6 Year Boy Rihari Romic (NR) Harri Waldron 7 Year Girl Zoe Milne Chrylah Peneha-Patea 7 Year Boy Fletcher Clifton (NR) Hugh Zacher 8 Year Girl Britney Donaldson Tess Webb 8 Year Boy Houston Clarke Trent Thomas 9 Year Girl Sophie Zacher Brooke Milne 9 Year Boy William Fleay Sam Waldron 10 Year Girl Amelia Webb Matilda Clifton 10 Year Boy Jayden Jones Mitchell Hills 11 Year Girl Charli Fleay Samantha Malady 11 Year Boy Ethan Retallack Harry Hart 12 Year Girl Amy Williams Pippa Radford 12 Year Boy Joshua Sanders Cooper Watson 13 Year Girl Montana Arnold 13 Year Boy Max Miller Flynn Roser 14 Year Girl Danielle Evans Libby Hardingham 14 Year Boy Brodie Hills Cody McIllree 15+ Year Girl Sharee Arnold Mikaela Gibbons 15+ Year Boy Ashton Morrison-Gianatti Ryan Bellotti

HERCULES – 1301 AQUILA – 1139 PHOENIX – 822

Winners for best dressed and best mover. BEST DRESSED BEST MOVER 5 year old Lucy Gregory and Tiah Crabb 6 year old Geron Alizer Steven Antao 7 year old Emma Cowie Connor Waldron 8 year old Robert Webb Chase Lever 9 year old Maddix Goodhill Taylor Watson 10 year old Olie Jenik Caitlin Thomas 11 year old Harry Hart Georgia Holland 12 year old Jackson Cowie Shelby Watene 13 year old Blake Simons Todd Gibbons 14 year old Terehia Potaka-Osborne Hereina Tunui 15+ year old Ashton Morrison-Gianatti Charlize Anderson

2020 SCHOOL PHOTOS TUESDAY 23th JUNE Please make sure your child/ren come to school in their school uniform. Class Photos/Portraits: Every Student will have their photo taken, whether they are purchasing photos or not, for the school’s pictorial history.

The school has chosen to use the online ordering system. Sent home today was your child’s online ordering instruction slip and a unique student code for you to follow and place your order online via the internet.

The expiry date for online ordering is the 3.07.2020. Any orders received after this date are treated as re orders and will incur a $30.00 reorder charge on top of your order you wish to purchase. You can email your order request through to reorders.perth@msp.com.au or call our office on 08 9240 8000

Family Photos: Order forms were sent home today to the families that requested a sibling photo.

Please ensure that your family order form with enclosed payment is handed to the front office.

Please note: The Photographers are not permitted to open the envelopes and cannot provide change.

Special/Sports Group Photos:

If your child is in a group photo, ie: School Captain, Sports Captain, you will receive a link and password to the online gallery after photo day, where you can view and order these photos if required. These photos will be packed and delivered with the school’s bulk order.

Please Note: Class Groups, Individuals and Family Photos are not available to view online

MATHEMACTICS COMPETITION The Australian Maths Trust is running a nationwide Mathematics competition. This is an online mathematics competition

that will be offered to students, during school time, on Thursday 30th July. The competition is divided into 4 categories,

Years 3 & 4, Years 5 & 6, Year 7 & 8 and Years 9 & 10, includes 30 questions and lasts 30 minutes for Primary School

and 75 minutes for High School. There is a cost of $6 per student for participation. If you would like your child/children to

participate could you, please complete the attached permission slips with $6 to school by the 24th of July.

Practice questions can be found using the following link;

https://competitions.amt.edu.au/index.php?action=user_competitions

Online participation

We’re sitting these competitions online which mean personal information about your child, including their first and last

name, date of birth, gender, school and school year will be recorded on the online provider’s platform. The online

provider’s platform is hosted outside of Australia.

What you need to do

As per the Australian Privacy Principles, if you want your child(ren) to participate in the competitions above, we will need

you to provide your consent as below.

Your child can participate under an alias if you prefer. This means the school will only provide the AMT with the alias

and the results will be attached to this alias. Please note the AMT will not be able to generate certificates to students

undertaking the competition under an alias.

PLEASE FILL IN BOTH PARTS BELOW AND RETURN WITH $6 BY 21st JULY 2020

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I hereby provide my consent for my child to participate in the Australian Maths Trust 2020 online competition(s).

Name of student:

School:

Name of parent/guardian:

Signature of parent/guardian:

Date:

Student alias (if you do not wish your

child to participate under their legal

name):

I _________________________________________________ (parent/guardian name) would like for my child ____________________________________ in Year _______ to participate in the Australian Maths Trust Mathematics Competition in 2020. I have enclosed $6. ____________________________ ____________________

Signed Date