Term 2 Week 10 2016 (MW)

St Ives High School - where choices create infinite possibilities

Principal Matters by Mark Watson Happy Holiday Once again we have reached the end of another term. I cannot believe how quickly they seem to be com-ing around. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a happy break from school over the coming two weeks. Please note that Friday is a School Development Day, which means it is a staff on-ly day, students do not attend. This day is the postponed School Development Day from the first day of this term. All students will return to school for Term 3 on Tuesday 19 July. Monday 18 July will be the School Development Day for Term 3. Students do not attend on Monday 18 July. Voting The school hall will be used as a polling booth for the Federal election this Saturday. This is a wonderful opportunity for the school and the P&C to raise funds. Voters will be able to purchase coffee and a buy food from the barbecue. A cake stall and bookstall will be operating. Items made by students in their Technology classes will also be on sale. Also on sale will be tickets in the Gold Raffle with prizes being an 1882 British Gold Sovereign valued at over $350, Gold Class Movie tickets and Gold Medal Winning Wines (see page 3). So make sure you come to the school to vote and purchase something from one of the stalls. Encourage everyone in your street to vote at the school and, most importantly, purchase something! School Development Day As mentioned, Friday this week will be a pupil free day. The day will focus on wellbeing, stress management and mind-fulness. Staff will also take part in ICT workshops to support BYOD, subject specific activities and technology training. Monday 18 July will also be a School Development Day. On this day, staff from Killara, Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai and Chatswood high schools will combine with our staff and participate in master classes on a range of topics. This year, the venue for this day will be Killara High School. Stage 6 Study Skills Seminar Last Friday morning, a study skills seminar was conducted for students in Year 11 and Year 12. The seminar was held before school in the Library. It was presented by Mr O’Brian a former practicum student at the school this term. Thanks to Mr Lawler for organising this event. Bronze Duke of Edinburgh The sudden cold snap did not stop our Bronze Duke of Edinburgh students from setting out on their adventurous jour-ney on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Students completed a section of the Great North Walk. They camped out overnight and really enjoying the fire on Tuesday night to keep themselves warm. Thanks to Ms Paterson for organising the walk and to Mr Hepburn for assisting her.

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Election day book stall AND CAKE STALL Volunteers are still needed to man these stalls on Saturday, 2 July. If you can help it's easy to book your spot by:

1) Clicking on the VolunteerSpot link: http://vols.pt/smE88U 2) Reviewing the options listed and choosing the spot(s) you like. 3) Signing up!

It's easy and you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

If you have baked for our cake stall, please deliver the goods to school on Friday or

on the morning of the election. If you don’t bake, we will gladly accept a donation in lieu.

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Visit by Dr Daryl Le Cornu, a Former Student It was a great delight to welcome back to the school, Dr Daryl Le Cornu, a member of the class that graduated from St Ives High School in 1972. Dr Le Cornu is now a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, a board member of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons) and the Co-Vice President of the NSW Division of the United Nations Association of Australia. He spoke to students studying Year 11 and 12 Legal Studies about the threat from nuclear weapons, which is relevant to the topic on world order in the syllabus. Thanks go to Mr Noronha for organising this enrichment activity.

Reports Update Reports for Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 are currently being finalised and will be emailed home before the end of this week. If you did not receive your report in the mail, please contact the school at the start of next term to arrange for a replace-ment report. Thanks to Mr O’Connell for all of his efforts coordinating the task of emailing reports home. Student Symposium A student symposium was held at Killara High School on Thursday afternoon this week. The aim of the symposium was to encourage student debate and creativity and to build collaboration with students from other schools. Students from our school joined with students from other NS5 schools to share innovation and inspire ideas with other teachers within the NS5. Thanks go to Pat Gettens for all of her efforts to make the event a success. Leave During Term Time Teachers are increasingly finding it difficult to get through an entire teaching program within the allotted time. This is due to a number of issues including the amount of content covered in syllabuses and the number of days lost to teaching due to variations to routine and student absences. Families should avoid holidays during term time. If a student cannot sit an assessment because they are on leave participating in a holiday, it is likely they will be awarded zero marks for the assessment task. Congratulations This week congratulations to: The Year 9 Debating team who have had a number of recent successes in the Premier’s Debating Challenge. See

the report in this newsletter for details. The under 15 (Junior) Boys Basket Ball team who have progressed to the third round of knock out competition after

defeating Epping Boys’ High School 34 to 38 this week. Erik F (Year 9), Kirsty F(Year 7), Joshua D (Year 10) and Jamie E (Year 12) who have been selected to represent

North Sydney at the State Cross Country carnival next term. All four qualified for the State carnival based on their placing at the recent Regional Cross Country carnival.

Best wishes Mark Watson Principal

STAFF VS YEAR 12 : SCORE STAFF 0 STUDENTS 2


TERM 3 PARENT TEACHER NIGHTS Years 8 and 10 - 19 July 2016 Years 7 and 9 - 26 July 2016

Do you need an interpreter for the parent/teacher interviews?

If so, please email [email protected] by Friday, 8 July 2016

YEAR 7 GATS ART EXCURSION On a windy and cold Friday students in 7VA1 and 2 headed into the city on an art excursion. We started on the Goods line in Ultimo, sitting in the sun and learning about the UTS Frank Gehry building, which has been described as a crumpled brown paper bag. Walking through to Broadway we had lunch and saw the Central Park One tower with its heliostat and walls of greenery, which has won many design and sustainability awards. Our final destination was the White Rabbit Gallery, where contemporary Chinese art is shown, the current show called Heavy Artillery included a leather tank, with links to Tiananmen Square and a suit of armour made of knitted paper from pages of banned textbooks. The excellent guides loved our Year 7 students saying they were the "most engaged, perceptive students" they had had at the gallery. Well done girls and boys!

Patricia Gettens Gats and Student Leadership Coordinator Visual Arts Teacher

YEAR 9 DEBATING

Last Friday, the Year 9 Debating team had another victory in the Premier's Debating Challenge. The debate was against Kellyville High School and the topic was "That voting should not be compulsory". We were the negative team and won the debate on points centered around the needs of the key stakeholders in elections; voter choice; and overall, the power of young people using their electoral rights as 'architects of their future'. Previously, we won a debate against Epping Boys’ High on the topic that "Contact Sports should be banned for young people". Again, we successfully argued the negative case. Congratulations to Daniel P, Georgia B, Katie F and Kate T on a job well done. Jennifer Jaeger Debating Coordinator

YEAR 8 WOODWORK Throughout term two, Year 8 have designed and created clocks in the woodwork unit as part of the technology course. Students were given freedom on their choice of design for their projects, with each student incorporating their artistic skills into their designs. I am very proud of their efforts and each are to be congratulated on their work. These are the completed designs of 8TTE-1 and 8TTE-8. Adrian Zaboklicki TAS teacher



NEW PAU DANCE INITIATIVE

STARTS WEEK 1, TERM 3 WEDNESDAY MORNINGS IN B5 : 7.45 - 8.45am

$100.00 PER TERM

JOIN THIS EXCITING NEW DANCE CREW AND LEARN THE LATEST HIP HOP DANCE MOVES

Hip Hop stems from a range of genres including Jazz, Popping, Contemporary and House. This class will see male and female students exposed to a range of Hip Hop styles from Nu Style to Lyrical,

whilst also learning some foundations of break dancing and other popular street styles.

Introducing … ISAAC BRADLEY Trained in a range of Performing Arts styles, Isaac fell in love with Hip Hop after undertaking further dance training in the United States. During his time there he learnt from some of the industries’ best choreographers at the International Dance Academy and Broadway Dance Centre (NYC) and was lucky enough to work with the Casting Directors of Glee, Supernatural and the Step Up Series. Recent stage roles include Twig in The Australian Premiere of Bring it On - The Musical which toured the Gold Coast in January 2016, Seaweed in Hairspray and Bernardo in West Side Story. We are very excited that Isaac will be bringing his unique style to St Ives High School in Term 3.

IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES Term 2 Friday, 1 July School Development Day for staff Term 3 18 July School Development Day for staff 19 July Students return to school 19 July 4 pm Years 8 and 10 Parent Teacher night 26 July 4 pm Years 7 and 9 Parent Teacher night 1-12 August Year 12 Trial Exams 3-5 August Year 9 Ski Camp and School based activities 10 August Year 7 Gala Day 15 August PAU Acting for Theatre “The Good Doctor” 16 August ICAS Maths Competition 19 September Year 12 Celebration Day 21 September Year 12 Formal 22 September 6 pm Year 12 Graduation 23 September Last day Term 3


CAREERS UPDATE Applying for university timeline UAC Guides and disadvantage (EAS) forms arrive in schools early term 3-see Mr Holmes to collect. Online applications open through UAC on Wednesday 3 August. On-time applications close Friday 30 September. Year 9 & 10 TAFE Courses for Term 3 The following TAFE courses are running next term: Computer Games Development, Hair & Beauty, Plumbing, Making Films, Child Studies, Horticulture & Landscape, Café Skills, Automotive, Carpentry and they are at 4 different TAFEs. I have sent the application forms to your school email address so if you want to do a course next term complete the application form and return to me this week. Applications are due 22 July but if you don't get them in early you will miss out. You can also pick up an application form from the careers office. myfuture career videos For a wide range of career videos visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/myfutureAustralia/videos Study overseas information session On Wednesday 31 August Years 10, 11 and 12 students and their parents can talk to over 20 tertiary institutions from North America, UK, Europe and New Zealand about studying overseas. The study overseas information session, hosted by Ascham and Kambala Schools, includes an expo of over 20 tertiary institutions and workshops on the North American and UK application processes from 6.00pm, which will be repeated so attendees have an opportunity to attend more than one. Time 4.30pm - 7.30pm Venue Ascham School, 188 New South Head Road Edgecliff Booking Trybooking registration opens Wednesday 20 July Event enquiries to Gillian Sloan, Tertiary Education and Careers Adviser at Ascham School at [email protected] UTS GENERAL COURSE UPDATES, CHANGES New Courses at UTS Science - Forensic Science Bachelor of Forensic Science - Our new revamped Forensic course has four majors to choose from - Crime Scene Investigation, Digital Forensics, Chemistry, Biology, and multiple combinations of forensics degree with international studies, creative intelligence and law. New Courses at UTS Science - Bachelor of Biotechnology Biotechnology is the science of the future. Our newrevamped Bachelor of Biotechnology has for majors to choose from - Medical biotechnology, Environmental biotechnology, Computational biotechnology, and Biosensor technology. http://www.science.uts.edu.au/future Open Day at UTS Science Come visit UTS Science at Open Day on August 27. Join Info Sessions on all of our degrees, careers and entry pathways, chat to academics, and take a tour of our Super Lab and Crime Scene Simulation House. More Information: http://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science/events/uts-open-day-2016 Apprenticeships & Traineeships The 6th Annual Hornsby Apprenticeship and Traineeship Expo is organised for Wednesday 10th August at The Hornsby War Memorial Hall, next to the RSL. The Expo is a FREE event, will run from 4pm to 7pm and is close to Hornsby Train Station. UNSW Women in Engineering Camp - The UNSW Women in Engineering Camp is a 5 day residential camp for girls going into years 11 & 12 who are interested in science and maths. The week involves hands-on activities, site visits, and the opportunity to meet engineering professionals and students. The 2017 Camp dates are 9-13 January 2017 Applications open 1 July and close 25 September 2016 More info: http://unsw.to/wiec

For more information on any of these or other careers matters visit the Careers Adviser or email Mr Holmes at [email protected] or call the school on 9144 1689 ext 116.

Visit my free careers website at http://www.careeradvicensw.com to view career videos, take career tests, view subject

selection resources, links to all universities on bonus points, scholarships, elite athletes schemes, alternate entry to university, the job market, SRS and more. The site is available 24/7.


P&C NEWS

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS? The P&C values your feedback and suggestions, please send your email to [email protected] Wishing you all a happy holiday break. Keith Oliver President

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK 2016/2017 The Entertainment Book 2016/17 is here and available now. Books are available from the school office, or you can go for the digital version, which is becoming more popular each year, because it is always with you on your smartphone, and has so many useful features. All you have to do is click on this link below and order and pay online. I will get an immediate notification and will authorise the supply of your book. Or you can just pay cash/cheque at the desk. The digital version will be e-mailed to you. Don't forget, even if you hardly ever eat out, you can still save 5% on all your shopping at Woolworths, BWS Liquor, Dan Murphys and Cellarmasters simply by purchasing Woolworths WISH Gift Cards online via your Entertainment Book. A $100 card will only cost you $95. Several people I know saved over $1,000 last year on WISH Gift Cards alone. Go for the e-Gift Cards, e-mailed to you within an hour or so, with no delivery charge. And you get 10% off David Jones Gift Cards... Last year we saved the cost of the book in one day. And 20% of the cost price goes to St Ives High School (via the P&C). Don't miss out … order now. Just click on: www.entbook.com.au/200s463


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Term 2 Week 10 2016 (MW)