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NEWSLETTER ISSUE 6 JULY 7 2017

DIARY DATESFirst Day Term 3 Mon July 24

Stage Band Camp Wed Aug 2 to Fri Aug 4

Open Night Wed Aug 9

Governing Council Wed Aug 6

Snow Tour Sat Aug 12 to Sat Aug 19

Pupil Free Day Thu Sep 7

School Closure Fri Sept 8

Governing Council Wed Sep 13

Sports Day Fri Sep 15

Parent/Teacher Mon Sep 18 and Interviews Wed Sep 20

TERM DATES 2017Term 1 Jan 30 - April 13Term 2 May 1 - July 7Term 3 July 24 - Sept 29Term 4 Oct 16 - Dec 15

STAFF LEADERSHIPPrincipal Tricia RichmanDeputy Principal Jenna HewlettBusiness Manager Christine RehnSenior Leader Donald Gapp

www.whyallahs.sa.edu.au

Broadbent Terrace, Whyalla SA 5600 P 08 8645 8844 F 08 8645 0057 E dl.0822.info@schools.sa.edu.au

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FROM THE PRINCIPALDear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of another term and half way through the school year. It has been a very busy term, with a range of exciting and engaging opportunities for the students. This is a credit to the hard working and dedicated staff at Whyalla High School.

Staffing UpdateI am very excited and pleased to announce that Ms Jenna Hewlett has won the Deputy Principal position for the next three years and Mr Don Gapp has won the Senior Leader position for the same tenure.

Ms Hewlett and Mr Gapp have worked very hard to ensure the ongoing improvement journey at Whyalla High. I would like to thank them both personally for their ongoing help and support to me in the day to day running of the school.

At the end of the term we farewell Ms Pritika Sharma and Ms Eloisa Oria.

Ms Sharma’s contract has ended, but she will be continuing in her position at Whyalla Town Primary School.

Ms Oria will be taking maternity leave. We wish her all the best and look forward to hearing about her new arrival in September.

Ms Reshniel Chandra has returned from maternity leave and will be taking over Ms Oria’s year 9 classes. We hope that Ms Chandra enjoys her return to work in year 9.

Next term we have a new staff member Mr Alex Brook joining our team. He will be teaching mainly year 9 and PE subjects.

ReportsStaff have been working hard to write mid year reports over the past few weeks. Reports will be posted home at the end of the week.

If you have any questions about your child’s report, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school on 8645 8844.

Open NightWhyalla High will be hosting its annual Open Night on Wednesday August 9, with the first tour departing at 6.30pm. While this night is aimed at new year 8 families, all parents and community members are welcome to come and see what the school has to offer middle school students.

Art Room RelocationMr Gapp and Mrs Reese have been extremely busy in preparation for the relocation of the Art room. As of next term, the Art room will have a new home in the building next to Tech Studies. This has been on the agenda for quite some time, so it is very exciting to finally see the new room transform into an Art room.

I am sure that Mrs Reese and her students will be very happy with the new working space and facilities.

Important Dates for Term ThreeAugust 1 : Netball Carnival

August 12 : Snow Tour Departs

September 7 : Pupil Free Day

September 8 : Whole School Closure

September 15 : Sports Day

I wish all students, staff and parents a safe and relaxing holiday break and will look foward to seeing you all again in term three.

Tricia RichmanPrincipaltricia.richman777@schools.sa.edu.au

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8/9 KNOCKOUT FOOTBALL On June 29 the 8/9 boys Knockout Football team travelled to Port Pirie.

We came up against two very strong teams in St Marks and MNSEC. Our boys played MNSEC in the first game. We started off extremely strong and played some really good football, but ended up going down 9.6 - 60 points to 4.0 - 24 points. Our second game saw us come up against an extremely strong St Marks side. Our boys put in a solid effort against the bigger bodies, losing 16.11 - 107 points to 0.1 - 1 point. Stand out performances went to our captains Jackson Taylor and Khye Holmes, along with Reece O’Callaghan, Brodie Stuart, Blake Newsham and Max Ingram. All the boys should be proud of their efforts.

Mr Ellidge

CHEF TO THE STARSBen Rogers always knew he wanted to be a chef, and this knowledge helped him to remain focused and passionate about his schooling. He was a standout student in Kitchen Operations (VET) and his story shows that TAFE pathways can be every bit as rewarding (and challenging!) as university.

There comes a time in school when you start to think about what you want to do when it finishes. Everyone is all about giving advice on what to do, pursue etc, but everybody is different. I kept it simple. Do something you enjoy, and better yet, do something you’re good at. I decided to become a chef because I was told I was good at cooking, and that my job probably won’t be replaced with a robot in 30 years.

I started with a school based apprenticeship at Percy’s on Playford in my last two years of school, this was more about getting my foot in the

door. It wasn’t long before my head chef said I could go further and bigger than Whyalla. I spoke with Ben Sharp and within a fortnight I had arranged a week’s worth of work experience at Augé Ristorante in Adelaide. In my school holidays, I drove down to Adelaide to do this, I worked over 65 hours in five days and loved every second of it. My passion must have been picked up on as I was asked if I was interested in an apprenticeship, I accepted without hesitation. After finishing school that year on the Friday, the Saturday morning I moved to Adelaide and started working full time on the following Monday. Straight into the busiest time of the year, the month before Christmas. The only thing I remember from that month was I had to start a risotto three times over as I didn’t have my ‘mise en place’ ready in time.

Slowly over the next year, I got better, faster, and more time efficient, meeting new chefs in the hospitality industry my professional network began to grow. I started attending TAFE and then Career Employment Group for ‘trade school’ training, where I met a lot of people in the industry that I keep in regular contact with today. Halfway through my second year I moved to Public Café, earlier hours, faster paced. I do not miss the days of getting up at 4am for work. It was here that I met my idol Heston Blumenthal, I still kick myself to this day for not getting a photograph. It wasn’t long until one of my previous head chefs called me unexpectedly one day with a job offer, basically saying if I wanted the job, I needed to start in two weeks. I don’t normally make spontaneous decisions over the phone, but sometimes the boat is ready to sail before you know it. That’s how I ended up at Africola working under Duncan Welgemoed. The knowledge and skills I learnt working there, you could never buy with money. I never thought I would be cooking over open fire and coals, breaking down whole animals like pigs and lambs, and cooking a whole cows head. I also worked with legendary chefs through pop up dinners including David Moyle, Victor Liong and Luke Burgess. It was here that I also cooked for Katie Perry in 2015 (turns out she doesn’t like the heads left on her prawns, who knew?)

After a while, I started noticing I was

becoming run down, tired, and sore. The last few years of not looking after myself by not eating and exercising well, and pushing myself day after day had caught up. I stepped away from Africola and took a step back. I started doing some casual chef work to keep myself busy. I then got a phone call from Career Employment Group to do Training and Assessment for students starting commercial cookery. I did this part time for six months, loved it, showing someone how to cook then coaching them through it, over time you step back and watch them do it on their own. Then they come up to you and say they want to be a chef. Job accomplished.

It was through this I realised a new goal for me, to start a network of young chefs and apprentices for the ever-changing industry of cooking. The next generation of chefs working together. This was just an idea at the time. I would have continued teaching; however, the workload just wasn’t there. Then it just so happened I got another phone call with a job offer (this had been a reoccurring thing over the last 12 months, once a month on average. I hadn’t used my resume in over three years by this point) about a possible head chef position. I laughed at the opportunity at first, thinking I wasn’t ready for such a role, until someone asked why not.

After a lot of thought I accepted the position and I am now the Senior Chef de Cuisine of the Hotel Richmond in Rundle Mall, only 6 years after leaving school.

Through this position, I hope to continue with my goal of networking young chefs by holding dinners where the menu is created and cooked by young chefs in Adelaide.

Ben Rogers Whyalla High School Student 2008-2010

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ITALIAN This term 8C and 8D have been studying Italian.

They have learned some Italian language as well as learning about the culture of Italy. Over the course of the year every year 8 care group will get the opportunity to participate in Italian lessons. Here are some thoughts from some of the students involved in the course this term.

Ethan 8D - I enjoyed all of the lessons. Some of what we learned was facts about Italy, school in Italy and looking at the map. I enjoyed this amazing time in class.

Marley 8D - I enjoyed lerning about Italian schooling.

Madison 8D - In Italian we have studied how to say hello and goodbye and objects in the classroom. We have also learned how to write some sentences about what we like. We did a drawing of our family and wrote the Italian words for it. I really enjoyed learning how to write sentences of what I liked.

Mrs Birch

YEAR 9 MELBOURNE CULTURE TOUR On Monday June 5, we woke up at an extremely early time to catch a bus to go to Adelaide.

We got to Adelaide and got on a plane to go to Melbourne.

During the week, we visited lots of places including the Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne Museum and the Arts Centre. We went on

tours of the MCG and Margaret Court Arena. We liked playing tennis because it was interactive and fun.

One of our favourite things was going on the Melbourne Star because it was really pretty.

On Wednesday night, we went to see Disney’s Aladdin at Her Majesty’s Theatre. The actors were very attractive and the Genie was really funny.

Most of the food was heaps good. We ate at a Thai place, but we didn’t all like it - we preferred Nandos! The teachers were fab and the students were fabber.

Overall, the camp was awesome!

Hanna Palmer and Taitem Percy.

JUNK TO FUNK DRESSESThe year ten textiles class are still busily working on their dresses for the Junk to Funk Fashion Parade Here is a quick update, we hope you enjoy our creations!

Ms Murphy

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MATILDA CAMPDuring week nine, year 9 and 10 Learning Centre students had the opportunity to attend an overnight camp in Adelaide to see Matilda the Musical.

Students read Roald Dahl’s novel and watched the film, as part of their English curriculum, to compare the two text types. Seeing the musical allowed the students to experience Matilda from a third perspective, viewing a live show.

Students thoroughly enjoyed the show, identifying the similarities and differences, then finished the evening off with dinner at an all you can eat buffet.

Below are some comments from the students.

Aidan: “In the book the newt landed on Mrs Trunchfull’s chest and in the musical it was on her leg and crawled up into her knickers.”

Jess: “Seeing how they did all of Matilda’s magic was awesome.”

Aaliyah: “I really liked the part when we found out that the story Matilda was telling was about Miss Honey’s parents.”

Buddy: “I liked the jumping pillow at the caravan park.”

Stacey: “It was cool how Miss Trunchbull threw Amanda Thripp by her pigtails.”

Dianna Pickert Learning Support Coordinator.

HEALTH UPDATEAsthma

According to www.asthmaaustralia.org.au

1 in 9 Australians have asthma - around 2.5 million.

Medicine for asthma is most commonly taken through an inhaler, which gets the medicine straight into your lungs where it is needed. There are lots of different inhalers and it is very important that you know how to use yours properly. Up to 90% of people are thought to use their inhalers incorrectly, which means the dose of medicine isn’t getting into the lungs.

A puffer, or ‘metered dose inhaler’, is the most common type of inhaler. Puffers can also be used with a spacer to get more of the medicine into the lungs. Using a spacer with a puffer makes it easier to take

the medicine, and also gets more of the medicine into the lungs so it works better. Generally, using a spacer with a puffer is much better than using a puffer alone.

All children should use a spacer to take their medicine, both in reliever and preventer puffers.

Adults and adolescents are recommended to always use a spacer with their preventer puffer, though they can use their reliever puffer with or without a spacer.

Asthma in schools

Everyone with asthma should have a written asthma care plan written by a relevant health professional. A copy of this care plan and a completed medication authority for all prescribed medications should be provided to Student Services when a student enrols with Whyalla High.

These care plans and medication authorities are reviewed annually and if the document is out of date, will need updating.

If you choose to store a puffer and spacer at Student Services for a student’s personal use, they must be in the original container in which dispensed.

The medication needs to be labelled with a pharmacy label and within the expiry date.

Student Services Opening HoursMonday 8.15am to 2.30pm

Tuesday 8.15am to 3.45pm

Wednesday 8.15am to 3.45pm

Thursday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Friday 8.15am to 3.45pm