Lake Illawarra High School Fortnightly Newsletter

173-179 Reddall Parade Lake Illawarra NSW 2528 T 4296 3844 F 4296 3948 E lakeillawa-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Tuesday, 25 March 2014 Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Issue 40 Term 1 2016 Week 11

Thank you to everyone who make up our wonderful

Lake Illawarra High school community for a very

hectic but very successful Term 1.

Our students have been rewarded for some outstanding

achievements over the term. Whether it has been in the

academic field, on the sports field or through

performance, cultural or leadership activities there has

been much to be proud of. It is very satisfying to see

the vast majority of our students taking responsibility

for their learning and starting to "have a go" in different

areas that they may not be comfortable, as we know by

doing this and making mistakes we are learning, which

is what life is all about!

On behalf of the Lake High community I would like to

congratulate Christine Campbell on her appointment as

Deputy Principal to Albion Park High. Christine has

worked tirelessly for the students and staff of our

school since she was appointed in a temporary position

at the start of 2015. She has brought a great deal of

professionalism, knowledge and empathy to our school

and she will be sadly missed by us all. I am sure you

will join with me in wishing Christine all the very best

in her new role.

On a much brighter note we welcome Mr Tim Wilson

to our school next term as our new Head Teacher of

PDHPE.

Tim comes to us as already having been Head Teacher

PDHPE at Campbelltown Performing Arts High school

and I am sure that he will be a fantastic addition to our

Lake High team.

Once again thank you to everyone for your efforts and

support over Term 1. We look forward to seeing

everyone on Wednesday 27/4/16.

Please take care of yourselves over the break.

It is with a great deal of sadness that I write my final

Deputies Report for the Lake Lines. I will be moving

to Albion Park High School next term to take up a

permanent Deputy Principal’s job. Although this is an

exciting opportunity that I am looking forward to, the

joy is tinged with sadness and a real sense of unfinished

business. Personally, I can’t believe that Term 1 has

come to an end. For the staff at Lake High, we have had

an amazingly busy term.

There are so many awesome learning opportunities

happening in our school that I never cease to be

inspired. Most of these amazing things are a direct

result of the hard work, care and passion of our

amazing teachers. As a staff we started a journey

together last year to make this school a great place to

learn. We’ve been strategically working to put learning

for staff and students at the forefront of everything we

do. For every student we want the best outcomes

possible and we believe that every student has the

capacity to achieve their best, all it takes is a positive

and growth focused mindset and attendance at school!

To the staff, students, parents and the community I

challenge you to continue this journey. You can make

Lake Illawarra the comprehensive High School of

choice in the area.

To the wonderful students I’ve worked with over the

past 5 terms especially Year 7, 9 and 11, thank you. It

has been a pleasure to get to know you and watch you

grow and develop as people. To the staff I also say

thank you. Working with you all has been a pleasure

and a privilege. I have learned a lot and will take with

me to Albion Park a little bit of the Lake.

As Term 2 approaches, the weather tends to cool down.

Could you take the opportunity over the holidays to dig

out your school jumpers and long pants to make sure

they fit. The school expects that all students are in full

school uniform every day and this includes jumpers. If

you need to purchase new uniform, items are available

]

Tony Hicks

Principal

at Lowes Stocklands Shellharbour. Sports shirts are

available from Betty in the School Canteen.

Have a safe and well deserved Term 1 break.

All the best

Mrs Christine Campbell

Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible Mrs Powell, Mr Munn and Mrs Campbell

Deputy Principals

CAREERS EXPO

The Career Expo has been annually organised for

nearly 40 years by the Illawarra Careers Advisers

Network and is again held at the Illawarra Credit Union

Sports and Hockey Stadium at Waples Road,

Unanderra. High school students from across the region

will be attending sessions and Year 10 and 12 students

from Lake Illawarra High School are booked in to

attend on WEDNESDAY 11TH

MAY. Permission notes

have been distributed and the cost to travel to the expo

is only $5.

Members of the public are also invited to attend the

Parent Session on Tuesday 10th May between 3:30 and

5:30pm.

The Expo is a great opportunity for students to seek out

hundreds of career options and speak to the variety of

representatives all in one place. TAFE, universities,

apprenticeship centre and the defence force are only but

a few of the organisations in attendance. Please make

sure students don’t miss out on this great event.

Facebook site for the Expo is:

https://www.facebook.com/IllawarraCoalCareersExpo/

CAREERS WEBSITE and FACEBOOK

Remember to use the Lake Illawarra High School

Careers website http://lakeillawarrahighcareers.com

as it has lots of information for you to research or help

students in planning future ideas. All Year 10 students

have been actively using the website in Careers lessons

this year.

The Lake Illawarra High School Careers Facebook

page also has useful information of upcoming events,

jobs and courses. It is important to like the page to

know what is happening here at school and in the wider

community.

As always, I am here to help you.’ Rhonda Willingham - Careers Adviser

Date Title Description Start

Time

End

Time

8/04/2016 Year 12 Half Yearly Exams

8/04/2016 Year 10 & Jet students Work

Experience

8/04/2016 Debating - S.Mcloughlin Debating - S.Mcloughlin - Smiths Hill High 9:00:00 14:50:00

8/04/2016 Last day of school for Term 1

11/04/2016 to 22/04/2016 School Holidays

25/04/2016 ANZAC Day Public

Holiday

26/04/2016 School resumes for

Term 2

As a part of the Year 9 Visual Arts program, which is

currently focusing on Off the Wall art of the streets,

skating and surfing, students have been very busy

creating their own Off the Wall designs for a personal

‘slap sticker’. The task focused on creating an easily

identifiable personal symbol, text or image that could

be professionally replicated as a series of stickers. The

stickers can then be used for students to identify their

equipment, projects or personal possessions. All

students are keenly awaiting the arrival of their stickers

from the manufacturers. Some of the fantastic designs

are included below.

In addition to this, students have been learning and

refining their drawing skills by making detailed, direct

drawings of skating and surfing equipment and are now

ready to work on designs that will be transferred to

actual skateboard decks. I’m looking forward to seeing

the creation of some fantastic skateboard designs –

watch this space!

Yr. 9 Food Technology class in conjunction with the

Multicultural Communities Council of the Illawarra

(MCCI) and sponsored by the Shellharbour Club took

part in a Multicultural Cook-off on March 24th

. This

event was a collaboration between Mr Bain, Anthony

Scerri (Youth Project Officer) and Gordana Spirovska

from the MCCI.

Seven local ladies from Bosnia, Croatia, India, Italy,

the Netherlands and the Philippines worked with

students in small groups over a period of five weeks

studying a culture and a specific food/recipe and on the

24th they prepared each recipe from scratch, presented

the food with a five minute speech to the invited guests

and their peers and then everyone sat down to enjoy a

delicious feast.

Many of these recipes were very labour-intensive

including making pasta and pastry from scratch. I had

concerns that the students would not have time to

complete everything in the limited time of the cook-off;

however, with the expertise of the multicultural ladies

and the effort of the students involved everything was

completed on time and was absolutely delicious.

The students had an amazing time and we have not

witnessed the enthusiasm displayed during the event in

many years of teaching. I am extremely proud of every

student that participated in the cook-off and was

honoured to take part in this event.

This event could not have happened without the

sponsorship of the Shellharbour Club, the input of the

MCCI and the efforts of Mr D Bain in developing the

program. Hopefully this will become an annual event.

Behind the scenes Westpac has been working on an

upgrade to the Parent Online Payment webpage

attached to the school’s website.

In the past using the ‘$ Make a payment” page through

a mobile device or tablet has not been as easy as on a

computer. Now, automatically, when parents click on

this page, via a mobile device, they will be able to

complete the online form with ease. You may wish to

provide this information with parents in any

correspondence going out to parents over the next few

weeks.

Below is a picture of the page running on a mobile

device for you information.

The Year 10 formal is not to be paid online or to the

school as this is being organised privately.

Please don’t forget to download our new

school app. You can go to the apple store

or play store and search for “School

Stream” download the app and search for

“Lake Illawarra High School” If you have

any problems please do not hesitate to call

Kellie in the office on 42963844. Thanks

In week 8 our school was visited by a group of

Japanese exchange students. While the visit was short,

they experienced a variety of diverse and engaging

activities at Lake Illawarra High School. I was very

impressed by our own students, many of whom

volunteered as buddies for the Japanese visitors, who

showed our visitors around our school and welcomed a

diverse culture with interest and enthusiasm. They

Japanese visitors had an amazing time and thoroughly

enjoyed their time in our community and at our school.

The Monday kicked off with a tour of the school. Lake

High buddies did a fantastic job including our visitors

in activities, well done. The Japanese visitors

particularly enjoyed seeing the giant pumpkins grown

at our school, the friendly sheep in the Agriculture Plot,

our school library, and the many beautiful artworks and

mosaics around our school. After the tour, both student

buddies and Japanese visitors enjoyed a session of

playing games in the library. We realised that our

Japanese visitors are very skilled at Jenga and Uno!

During Period 3, some may have seen select Year 9

students, with our Japanese visitors, running around our

school on a scavenger hunt. This was a lot of fun and a

great way for our visitors to experience the layout of

our school. Well done to the orange team for winning

the hunt!

An excursion to Windang Beach took place on Monday

afternoon with Lake High buddies and Japanese visitors

trying to find different native animals and plants on the

way. The Japanese students loved the scenic walk and

really enjoyed digging into some Australian fish and

chips, provided by Shoreline Cafe. A huge thank you to

Shoreline Cafe for the delicious food!

Tuesday was a great day for our Japanese visitors as

they enjoyed most of the day in classroom integration.

A big thank you to the wonderful teachers at Lake

Illawarra High School for including our visitors into

lessons and ensuring they had a great time.

On Tuesday afternoon we hosted a Japanese

Graduation Ceremony and our visitors were presented

with certificates and gifts. This was an excellent

opportunity for our visitors to experience traditional

Aussie food, as they tried fairy bread, ANZAC biscuits,

Tim Tams, Caramello Koalas, and they even tried

Vegemite! However, they didn’t quite enjoy the

Vegemite…

The Japanese visitors had a great time at our school and

a huge thank you to all of our lovely students and

families who hosted Japanese visitors. Everyone has

worked well to ensure our visitors had a memorable

and enriching experience. Thank you to everyone

involved.

Shannon McLoughlin

Last week over 30

students from our

school enjoyed

participating in the

Australia wide online

Bebras Challenge.

Bebras is designed to

promote Computational

Thinking among school

students.

The tasks could be answered without prior knowledge

about digital technologies, but are closely related to

digital technology concepts. To solve the tasks,

students were required to think in and about digital

technologies, discrete structures, computation, data

processing, and algorithmic concepts.

Participating students received a login and password so

they can login and receive their results next week.

A second challenge will be held in September and is

again open to any interested students at our school.

Students can try past questions from 2014 and 2015 on

the Bebras 365 website:

http://www.bebras.edu.au/bebras365/ by choosing the

appropriate level in the green section.

Mrs D. Bartlett, IST teacher.

Thanks for your support this term. Hopefully most

students are engaged in learning in their Maths classes.

We will be doing class changes towards the middle of

next term for the second half of the year.

Next term is a busy one with many exams and reports

being done.

In week 3 of next term are the NAPLAN tests. We

encourage all students to participate in these tests as

they give us important feedback on areas that need

extra attention. The numeracy co-ordinator goes

through the responses to identify problem areas that we

as a school need to address. One of the Numeracy Tests

involves the use of calculators. As such, all students

in Years 7 and 9 need their own scientific calculator. These calculators may be purchased from the

Mathematics staffroom for $22, are approved by the

Board of Studies, and will be sufficient for use through

high school to the HSC and beyond.

Also in week 3 is the Year 8 common test and the end

of week 2/beginning of week 3 is the Year 10 exams.

At the beginning of next term we will hand out

notifications and revision for all of the above.

(NAPLAN Years 7 & 9, Year 8 and Year 10 common

exams). If you want revision over the holidays please

ask your teacher.

Please contact us with any concerns about your child’s

learning; we are trying to improve the outcomes of all

students, especially those who wish to achieve a better

understanding of Mathematics.

Regards,

Steve Morley

HT Mathematics

Earlier this term, Year 9 and 10 DIG students attended

an excursion to The Rocks in Sydney. DIG is an

elective History subject that gives students the

opportunity to select topics that they are interested in

and investigate them in detail. Students select this

subject for a total of two years and some of the topics

students have chosen in the past have been fascinating.

Year 10 had just finished exploring the issue of ‘Crime

and Punishment’.

A common punishment for British citizens in the 18th

and 19th

centuries was convict transportation to

Australia. Many convicts ended up building the Rocks

in Sydney and made a life for themselves there.

Students were taken to significant landmarks that

reflected and documented convict life and investigated

important structures that were built by convicts. We

then indulged at a lovely lunch at ‘Pancakes at the

Rocks’. All students enjoyed the day and were

excellent representatives of Lake Illawarra High

School.

The Red Belly – by Kyphen

Once in the Dream time, there was a black snake and

because he had no arms or legs and he wanted to be

colourful like the other animals.

He thought he was boring because he was black with

scales and the other animals were teasing him because

of his colour. Snake was plain old black.

One day snake lay on a red hot rock sunbaking in the

steaming hot sun and stayed there for days. When

snake went to find some food, he noticed he had a red

belly so he called himself a red belly black snake.

Soon he was friends with the other animals and didn’t

have to hide in the shadows all the time. Now he could

slither to everywhere he needs to go and not be

embarrassed about himself because he is not just black

now, he is a red belly black snake. Snake is living the

life of his dreams.

Just a reminder; that spray-on deodorants

(any type of aerosol cans) are banned from

Lake High due to the dangers they pose to

people who suffer from asthma. This is a

NSW Department of Education policy that

applies to all public schools. Please look after

your fellow Lake High colleagues/peers and

bring role-on deodorant instead. Thanks for

your understanding.

What is (and what is not) Bullying?

The key point is that bullying is targeted,

intentional, and repetitive. It involves a real or

perceived power imbalance. The behaviour is

repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over

time.” Bullying is a pattern of behaviours that harms a

child, and bullying can take various forms.

Four categories of bullying:

1 – Verbal Bullying

This includes teasing, name-calling, inappropriate

sexual comments, and taunting.

2 – Social Bullying Often referred to as relational bullying, social bullying

happens when someone is trying to deliberately hurt

another’s reputation. This includes spreading rumours,

repeatedly excluding someone, and telling other

children not to be friends with someone.

3 – Physical Bullying This includes hitting, pushing, tripping, stealing

possessions, and sexual assault. Boys are more likely

to participate in physical bullying than girls.

4 – Cyber-Bullying

Cyber bullies use the internet (social media, mostly) to

target their victims. Rumours and insults can quickly

spread through social media, and it’s nearly

impossible to eradicate them.

Sometimes, we may categorize certain behaviours as

bullying, but they’re not deliberate or repetitive.

Conflict and drama are not always bullying.

Bullying is NOT:

1 – Excluding someone It is not considered bullying if children exclude

someone on the playground now and then or don’t

invite someone to a party. Repeated and deliberate

exclusion, however, can be bullying.

2 – Disliking someone

Children may verbally or nonverbally communicate

their dislike of another child. This is okay, as long as

they don’t start rumours or verbally abuse the other

child.

3 – Accidental physical harm

A child might unintentionally bump into or trip

another child. This it is not bullying if it is not

deliberate.

4 – Being “bossy”

It is natural to want friends to play a certain way, and

some children take the role of being the director.

Learning to lead skilfully is a lifelong process, and

most kids haven’t mastered it.

5 – Telling a joke about someone (once) While this is not great behaviour, it is not considered

bullying unless there are repeated instances. Of course

we should teach our children that one single joke

about someone may hurt that child’s feelings, and it’s

not okay.

6 – Arguments We all argue, and arguments will inevitably happen at

school.

While the above six behaviours are not ideal, they are

not bullying. As parents and educators, we should

teach children to refrain from acting in ways that may

hurt another, whether it’s a one-time thing or not.

Nonetheless, it’s important to understand the

difference between bullying and general conflict or

unskilled behaviour.

“When someone says or does something

unintentionally hurtful and they do it once, that’s rude.

When someone says or does something intentionally

hurtful and they do it once, that’s mean. When someone

says or does something intentionally hurtful and they

keep doing it, - even when you tell then to stop or show

them that you’re upset, that’s bullying.”

Bus Zone

No parking (You can stop to drop off)

This sign means that in the direction

of the arrow or arrows you are not

allowed to stop your vehicle unless

you are driving a bus.

Hours of operation may apply to

some signs. This means restrictions

apply for those times only.

You must not stop for more than

two minutes in a No Parking area.

You must remain in or within three

metres of the vehicle.

Hours of operations may apply to

some signs. This means restrictions

apply for those times only.

Mobility Parking Permit holders

are allowed to park for up to five

minutes

The Education Act 1990 requires your child to attend

school each day that instruction is provided unless

prevent for doing so by sickness or another approved

reason. The Principal will only grant leave for the

following instances:

Sickness where the absence is satisfactorily

explained as being due to illness

Misadventure or unforseen event

Domestic necessity such as serious illness of an

immediate family member

Attendance at funerals

Recognise religious festivals or ceremonial

occasions

If a student is absent, a note explaining the absence

should be handed in to the roll call teacher on the first

day of their return. The explanation should contain:

1. Date that the note was written;

2. Student’s name

3. Days/dates the student was absent from school

4. The reason why the student was absent

5. The signature of the student’s parent or

caregiver.

Students can collect an absence note book from their

roll call teacher or the Front Office Staff. This makes

absence note writing easy as it ensures all relevant

information is given to the school.

Parent/s and caregivers are required by law to provide a

written or verbal explanation to the Principal within

seven days of any absence as to why their child was not

at school. It is important that the school receives a

written or verbal explanation because:

1. It is the parent’s legal obligation to explain their

child’s absence within seven days

2. It is a requirement that the school investigate all

unexplained absences

3. It is the way the school knows your child was

legitimately absent and not truanting from

school.

Failure to explain your child’s absences within seven

days of their occurrence will result in an unjustified

absence being recorded. This will be displayed on your

child’s report.

It is important for parents to make attending school a

priority. Allowing children days off for birthdays, to

look after younger children, to go shopping, to keep

you company or because they were tired from a late

night, not only send the wrong message to your child, it

is against the law.

Children who get used to having days off school for

these kinds of reasons develop an attitude that their

attendance at school is not very important. This can

become a big issue as a child gets older.

An attendance rate of 95% or above is a good target.

This equates to no more than three days absent per

term.

A reminder to parents to notify the school about your child’s health

We welcome information from parents about your

child's health, even if you are not requesting specific

support from our school. Our school asks for medical

information when you enrol your child. It is also

important that you let us know if your child’s health

care needs change or if a new health condition

develops.

Information about allergies, medical conditions such as

asthma and diabetes and other health care related issues

(including prior conditions such as medical procedures

in the last 12 months) should be provided to the school

by parents. Please provide this information in writing to

the principal. This will greatly assist our school in

planning to support your child’s health and wellbeing.

Please also remember to notify staff in the school office

of any changes to your contact details or to the contact

details of other people nominated as emergency

contacts.

We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure

you that any information you provide the school will be

stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in

order to support your son or daughter’s health needs or

as otherwise required by law.

Justified reasons

Doctor’s/Dentist

appointment – must provide evidence, such as

a Doctor’s/Dentist certificate or letter

Appointment with

other health care professional or similar service –

must provide evidence, such as an appointment

card or letter

Special family

circumstances – note/verbal

explanation must be provided

Bus delayed – school will check

to verify

Interview with

Principal, Deputy/Assistant

Principal, Counsellor or other school

personnel – staff involved must inform the front

office

Unjustified reasons

Sleeping in/

alarm not going off

Missed the bus

Traffic/ road

works

Walked to

school

Waiting for

parent

Minding sibling

Shopping

Other similar

reasons

Please note: A note from a parent or verbal explanation from parent who drops student at school for any reasons listed above as ‘unjustified’ DOES NOT make the reason ‘justified’.

Payments can be made using either a Visa or

MasterCard credit or debit card. The payment page

is accessed from the front page of the schools

website by selecting $ Make a payment Items that

can be paid include voluntary school contributions,

subject contributions, excursions, sales to students

and creative and practical arts activities (these

include band, drama and dance). There is also a

category called other this to cover items not covered

in the previous headings, other can be used to make

a complete payment of a school invoice. When you access the $ Make a payment you must

enter:

the students name, and

class and reference number OR

the students name, and

Date of birth.

These details are entered each time you make a

payment as student information is not held within

the payment system. There is also the option to enter

the Student Registration Number and Invoice

number if you are aware of them, these are optional

fields.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac

to ensure that your credit/debit card details are

captured in a secure manner, these details are not

passed back to the school.

You have the ability to check and change any details

of the payment before the payment is processed.

Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the

school where they will be receipted against your

child’s account. As a receipt has been issued from

the payment page a further receipt will not be issued

by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment

process please contact the School Administration

Office.

Thanks

Ria Douglas

SAM

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Need some NIGHT TIME log book hours? An

opportunity for you and your supervisor to

experience a range of driving conditions including

Random Breath Testing, a driver fatigue stop and

a Speed Check.

The Log Book Run will start at the Lake Illawarra

PCYC and finish at McDonalds Family Restaurant,

Warilla concluding with a PRIZE GIVEAWAY.

A Learner Log Book Run will be held on Tuesday,

12 April 2016 between 6.00pm and 8.30pm.

Learners must have at least 40 log book hours to

be eligible to participate. Bookings are essential

please call Jenny Davies on 4221 6124.

Jenny Davies Road Safety Officer

Lamerton House, Lamerton Crescent,

Shellharbour City Centre 2529

Locked Bag 155, Shellharbour City Centre, NSW

2529

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