3rd June 2016, ISSUE NO. 8

National Art School Selections Calendar

Two students from Year 11 have been selected to attend the prestigious

National Art School (NAS) HSC Intensive Studio Practice. The two girls,

Brooke Hallett and Georgia Dent, will attend these intensive programs

during the July and September school holidays. The NAS program is

designed to enhance and extend students’ technical, conceptual and

intellectual skills under the direction of experienced, practising artists,

through intensive practical study in their selected medium. The NAS HSC

Intensive Studio Practice is endorsed by the NSW Board of Studies and has

been offered by NAS to Year 11 Visual Art students in all government and

non-government high schools since 2000. Brooke will be studying

printmaking and Georgia will be studying sculpture. At the end of the course

an exhibition of students’ works will be held. Students, their families and

Visual Art teachers will be invited to attend the exhibition. Attending the NAS

will be noted on the students HSC certificate as a one unit course but will

not contribute to the students ATAR count. According to their teacher,

Ms Angela Bagordo, the girls are extremely talented artists and this course

will enhance their abilities dramatically.

June 6th

Police Visit Years 10, 11 & 12

June 7th

Welcome to Year 7 social

June 8th & 9th

Coffs Harbour Eisteddfod

June 9th

Zone Athletics EJ Biffin Oval

June 17th

North Coast Cross Country, Murwillumbah

June 21st

Year 11 Biology excursion to Coffs Harbour

Botanical Gardens

June 22nd

P&C Meeting 5pm School Library

June 27th - 29th

State Squash Competition Coffs Harbour

June 28th

Brainstorm Productions Cyber Bullying

Years 7 - 9

June 30th

Years 11 & 12 excursion to Tweed River Gallery

Year 12 Newcastle University Open Day

July 1st

Term 2 last day

19th July

Term 3 first day for students Brooke and Georgia

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Community

All students in Years 7 to 11 have completed their half yearly examinations and teachers are now

busily marking exams and writing Semester One reports. Students will receive their reports during the

last week of this term and we will be holding our Semester One Parent/Teacher Evening on Thursday

21st July, which is the first Thursday in Term 3. The P&C will be offering supper (soup, cake, tea and

coffee) on the night as a fund raising event.

Next Tuesday we will be holding our Welcome to Year 7 School Social from 6pm to 9pm. The SRC has

been busily preparing the evening. Students need to remember that you must be at school on Tuesday

and not on a level in order to attend the evening.

Last week I signed an agreement with TAFE NSW – Western Sydney Institute for them to come up to the school for a week

in late August to train and qualify six teachers from NHHS and FPVC in the running of our Challenge Ropes course that is

situated at the back of the school.

Studies of adventure learning interventions consistently show positive benefits on academic learning and wider outcomes

such as self-confidence and self-esteem. The High and Low Ropes Course at NHHS is a school based adventure program

designed to address a range of personal development outcomes across the whole school in order to build the resilience of

our students. The outcomes of the Low Ropes Course are for participants to develop insights on: how individuals

communicate within the group, how the group works as a unit and how individuals behave within the group (called “group

dynamic”). The outcomes of a High Ropes Course are for participants to develop insights on: the individual’s self-belief, the

individual’s self-talk or inner talk (the ability to believe in yourself that you can do something) and the individual's reaction to

the challenge or risk (called “self-efficacy”). The High and Low Ropes Course will engage students in activities that require

group co-operation, communication and problem solving skills in an environment that is both supportive and personally

challenging.

The addition of a Challenge Ropes course into our curriculum will also enable NHHS to further improve our outdoor

education program that already sees us offer students the Duke of Edinburgh qualification and kayaking as a sport option.

This opportunity for our school community is just another example of how Gonski funding is being used to improve the

educational outcomes of all of our students.

Highlight of the fortnight

The start of another amazing NHHS school musical. Last Wednesday all interested students for the 2017 school musical

Disco Inferno started the journey that will come to its conclusion when the school musical will run towards the end of Term

One 2017. For those students involved this will be one of the greatest memories you have when, in thirty years time, you

think back to your school life at NHHS. If you have not yet tried out for the musical, but would like to, it’s not too late. Please

speak to Mr Janssen or Mr Gilbert about being a part of it. Enjoy the journey.

As always please contact me at the school if you have any questions in regards to your child’s education at NHHS.

Simon McKinney

Principal

Message to Parents/Carers

Keep Kids Safe: #parentscheckthecheck!

Parents or carers who engage the services of a private tutor or coach have an important role to play in helping to keep their children safe.

From 1st April 2016 adults who provide private tuition or coaching services to children will need to obtain a new Working With Children Check.

The Certificate for Self Employed People will no longer be valid after their expiry date and the certificate holders will need to apply for a new Working With Children Check.

Parents or carers should ask their child’s tutor or coach for their name, date of birth and their Working With Children Check number.

They must then go online and verify the tutor or coach is not barred from working with children in NSW.

Verifying that a tutor or coach can work with children is quick and easy – just follow the simple steps at www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/parentscheckthecheck

If you suspect that an adult is providing services to children without a Working With Children Check you can go online to make a confidential report or phone (02) 9286 7219.

Help to keep kids safe by sharing #parentscheckthecheck with your family and friends through your own social media networks.

Sports Report

It has been a very busy start to Term 2 in the Sports Department, and the rest of the Term looks like being just as frantic. Our

annual Cross Country and Athletics carnivals have been held and from these a number of students have attended - or will

attend zone carnivals - and then North Coast representations. Congratulations to all students who participated and had a go

at any carnival, and enjoyed their experiences.

Athletics Carnival:

The annual Athletics Carnival was held at EJ Biffin Oval on

Wednesday 18th May. Following on from the fantastic weather

we had for previous carnivals this year the day was again

beautiful. Participation in the different events was high with a

number of students breaking records. Record breakers were:

Ted Wikaira in the 15 years 100 and 200m, Ethan Hocking 15

years 400m, Olivia Langley 17 years 800m, Will Baker 17 years

Long Jump, Jamie-Lee Duckett 15 years Discus and Georgia

Dent 17 years Shot Put. Some of these records were over

twenty years old. The winning house on the day was Gordon

with 2003 points. Congratulations to these students. Any student

placing 1st or 2nd in any event now qualifies for the zone carnival

which will be held on June 9th at EJ Biffin Oval.

Zone Cross Country

On Friday 27th May a squad of twenty eight students travelled to

Kempsey to compete in the Zone Cross Country. Students again

produced some outstanding performances with four students placing 1st

in their age groups - Ella Williams 12 years, Isabella Ronan 13 years,

Molly Langley 16 years and Olivia Langley 17 years. We also had a

number of students finishing in the top five placings. Congratulations to

all students who competed on the day. Everyone showed great spirit

and sportsmanship during the carnival. Students who placed in the top

six have qualified to represent the North Coast at Murwillumbah on the

17th June.

North Coast Squash

Two students, Zahra and Ethan Hocking, attended the North Coast squash trials on Friday

20th May at the Coffs Harbour squash courts. Both students had exceptional games and

have won their way through to represent at the State competition. Zahra and Ethan will

represent North Coast from the 27th to the 29th of June again at Coffs Harbour. Both

Zahra and Ethan play in the local competition at Nambucca Heads and we wish them every

success in their competitions.

Ella Williams Kyuss Steele 12

Isabella Ronan Monty Wilson 13

Charlie Dent Bradley Stone 14

Charlotte Williams Isaac Hodnett-Daly 15

Pyper- Rae Wagstaff Jacob Fidirikkos 16

Georgia Dent Jason Warwick 17

AGE CHAMPIONS 2016

Monty Wilson Pyper-Rae Wagstaff

Kyuss Steele, Noah Burns, Cody Larkin

Isabella Ronan Molly Langley, Beau Langford

Ethan and Zahra Hocking

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School

Students with Disability

Notification for Parents and Carers

All Government and non-Government schools across Australia are required to participate annually in the Nationally

Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD).

All Australian schools will collect data on their students who are receiving adjustments to meet additional learning and

support needs in accordance with their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for

Education 2005. This data will be provided to the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent,

national picture of the education needs of students with disability.

The data provided to the Australian Government by the NSW Department of Education and Communities is provided in such

a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school.

General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government Department of Education and Training website at http://education.gov.au/fact-sheets-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability.

Privacy Protection

The NSW Department of Education and Communities follows the requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information

Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. Schools will collect, record, store and use

data about individual students in line with these requirements. Data security and protection is a priority and students’

personal details will be kept confidential.

Under Clause 52 of the Commonwealth Australian Education Regulation 2013, data collected by the NSW Department of

Education and Communities for the NCCD must be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education and

Training. This includes the number of students at each level of education, the number in each category of disability and the

number at each level of adjustment. The information is provided to the Commonwealth as a series of number sets that

cannot be used to identify any individual student or school.

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training follows the requirements of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 when handling any data provided by NSW Department of Education and Communities in connection with the national data collection. A privacy notice has been developed to by the Australian Government to provide students, parents and carers with important privacy information in relation to the data collection. This notice is available on the department’s website at http://education.gov.au/notices If you have any questions about the data collection please do not hesitate to contact the school.

PARENT ONLINE PAYMENTS (POP) It is now possible for NHHS parents/carers to make online payments to the school via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. 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 school’s website by selecting $ Make a Payment Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions and sales to students. There is also a category called ‘Other’. This covers items not covered in the previous headings.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:

the student’s name and roll class OR the student’s 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, if not just leave blank. 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.

If you have any questions regarding POP please contact the School Administration Office.

Sporting and Community Notices

Recently we were delighted to have a Japanese drumming workshop for all of Year 7 students. Mrs. Kiyomi Calwell came

with her skills and equipment, and everyone drummed up a roar with the TAIKO. Mrs Calwell explained to the students

importance of the correct use of the drumming equipment . Listening and learning to coordinate together as a group, made

the unique sounds. The students did the school proud with their excellent cooperation, and had lots of fun!! A big ARIGATOO

to the Principal, Mr McKinney, for making this amazing experience possible. Sensei

Japanese Drumming

Years 7- 9 students will be attending a cyber bullying program presented by Brainstorm

Productions titled “Sticks & Stones”. All students from these Years will attend the session that will

be free to everyone. The production will be on Tuesday 28th June.

Congratulations to members of our SRC who organised themselves and

some friends to help with the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal. Stefo

from our local Salvation Army attended our assembly presenting all

students who helped on the day with a certificate. She was most grateful

for the help from the students and could not thank them enough for their

efforts. She informed us that this year the local Salvo’s had hoped to raise

$17,000 which they accomplished with the students’ help. This money will

be used locally for emergency relief (floods, fires) and emergency

accommodation for victims of domestic violence.

Some of the students that helped out: Jasmine Smith,

Georgia Heffernan, Dane Saunders, Monty Wilson, Jade

Crawley, Elisha Linnett, Domynique Byrt, Abby Smith and

Stefo from the Salvos