■ Newsletter Edition 19 ■ Week 8, Term 4, 2017

Batemans Bay High School

School Matters

BBHS Interact Club

Donate Beach Access Chair

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Batemans Bay High School

Calendar Term 4, Week 8

Mon 27 Nov Work Ready Program, Year 9 girls

Mon 27 Nov ALC Meet and Greet Evening

Mon 27-29 Nov PASS Camp, Year 10

Tue 28 Nov Excursion, MC Class

Wed 29 Nov Swim Program, Djaambii

Thur 30 Nov ALC & PCYC Cultural Introduction

Thur 30 Nov Student Achievement Assembly

Fri 1 Dec Work Ready Program, Year 9 boys

Fri 1 Dec Swim Program, Djaambii

Term 4, Week 9

Mon 4-6 Dec Kianinny Camp, Year 9

Mon 4 Dec Work Ready Program, Year 9 girls

Tue 5 Dec Splendour in the Bay

Tue 5 Dec Year 7 2018 Orientation Day

Tue 5-7 Dec ALC & PCYC Cultural Introduction

Tue 5-6 Dec Leadership Camp SRC, Durras

Wed 6 Dec Swim Program, Djaambii

Thur 7 Dec Swim School, Year 7

Thur 7 Dec Primary Schools Tour, Year 10

Fri 8 Dec Jamberoo Excursion Year 7

Fri 8 Dec Careers Day, Year 10

Term 4, Week 10

Mon 11 Dec Swimming Carnival includes 2018

Year 7

Tue 12 Dec Presentation Day Year 7 – 11, 9:00am

Wed 13 Dec Swimming Carnival backup day

Wed 13–15 Dec Indigenous Cultural Immersion

Program

Friday 15 Dec Last Day For All Students

Term 4, Week 11

Mon 18 Dec Staff Development Day

Tue 19 Dec Staff Development Day

Feature Photo

BBHS Interact Club

Donate Beach Access Chair

In this issue… Principal’s Message ...................................................................... 3

Sporting Blues ........................................................................... 3 Interact Does It Again ............................................................. 3 Premier’s Reading Challenge ............................................... 3 Victor Chang Award ................................................................ 4 Concert Band ............................................................................. 4 End of Year Presentations ..................................................... 4 Swimming Carnival .................................................................. 4

From the Deputies ........................................................................ 5 Learning ....................................................................................... 5 Acknowledging Students and Staff ................................... 5

Shakespeare Performance ......................................................... 6 Year 12 Formal 2017 .................................................................... 6 Eurobodalla Schools Chess Day .............................................. 7 Peer Support Leader Training .................................................. 8 2017 Swimming Carnival ........................................................... 8 Year 9 Food Technology ............................................................ 8 7ENT Magazine Covers ............................................................... 9 Careers ........................................................................................... 11

Volunteering............................................................................ 11 Scholarship............................................................................... 11

Community Announcements ................................................ 12

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Batemans Bay High School

Principal’s Message

Sporting Blues

Much to their embarrassment, I have never hesitated to

mention the sporting success of two of our departing

Year 12 students. Usually their achievements speak for

themselves, but both have just been awarded accolades

which deserve attention and explanation.

The award of a sporting “blue” has its origins in the

fierce yet friendly rivalry between Oxford and

Cambridge universities. For the last 200 years or so,

these famous institutions have competed in the annual

boat race on the Thames River. The rowers from Oxford

are traditionally identified by dark blue colours, whilst

those from Cambridge are adorned with light blue.

From this, the term “blue” was adopted to recognise

sportspeople who had performed at the highest level

and this spread to other universities around the world.

This tradition continues in the NSW Combined High

Schools Sports Association. Only a handful of students

across the state are awarded sporting blues each year.

Recipients must demonstrate a commitment to school

as well as sport, and uphold ideals of respect and fair

play.

Kateia Barenaba travelled to Sydney last Friday to

receive her NSW blue for volleyball. She is the first

Batemans Bay High School student to receive this

honour since 1989. This places her in esteemed

company among many now famous international

athletes.

Nathan Meacham is another outstanding sportsperson

and one who might consider himself unlucky not to

receive a NSW blue. However, Nathan has earned a

South Coast (regional) blue for swimming, a rare and

outstanding achievement in its own right. He will be

presented with his award this Tuesday in Wollongong.

As proud as I am of Kateia and Nathan’s sporting

prowess, I am even more impressed by the example they

have set for others. They are humble and unassuming

young people, both with great attitudes to learning.

They prove that academic ability and sporting ability are

not mutually exclusive.

Interact Does It Again

Our very own Interact club continues to put service

above self in assisting the local community. Each year,

the club decides on a project that will contribute in

some unique, meaningful and practical way. The goal for

2017 was to purchase a beach wheelchair for the

Batemans Bay Surf Life Saving Club. This would enable

people with disabilities to make the most of a trip to the

beach, something many of us take for granted in the

summer months. I am pleased to report that the goal

was achieved ahead of schedule, with representatives

from the surf living saving club receiving the chair at the

last school assembly.

The Interact Club would like to thank Maureen

Manning and Alan Russell from the Rotary Club of

Batemans Bay for their unwavering support. Without

their impetus and advice, projects such as this might

never come to fruition.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) aims to

encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in

students, and to enable them to experience quality

literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each

student to read, to read more, and to read more widely.

The PRC is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to

Year 9 in government, independent, Catholic and home

schools. Of the Batemans Bay High Schools entrants this

year, Chloe Morton in Year 9 was the top student,

earning a PRC medal for her efforts. Tara Doran and

Shanae Alvey in Year 7 were also amongst the top

readers.

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Batemans Bay High School

Victor Chang Award

The 2017 recipient of the Victor Chang Science Award is

Joshua Paranethoiene. The award aims to nurture

future Australian scientific research and encourage top

science students to pursue careers in the field.

Dr Joshua Ho from the Victor Chang Cardiac Research

Institute presented Joshua’s award at Figtree High

School a few weeks ago. Dr Ho congratulated him on

his performance in Physics and Chemistry, which Joshua

hopes will translate into a strong ATAR when he

completes his HSC.

Concert Band

Music teacher Mrs Kathie Harris has been devoting

considerable effort over the past 12 months to

establishing a concert band across the Batemans Bay

Community of Schools. This is a genuine partnership

with Sunshine Bay and Batemans Bay Public Schools,

sharing our expertise to provide students with a

specialised music education. It will offer a pathway into

high school and, judging by the band’s popularity, is

fulfilling a previously undisclosed need.

The band performed on Friday after a day of rehearsal

at our school. The band members were eager to show

what they had learned on their clarinets, saxophones,

flutes, trumpets and trombones. Mrs Harris must be

feeling a real sense of satisfaction with their progress

and I can’t wait to hear these students perform when

they reach high school.

End of Year Presentations

Please set aside two dates in the last three weeks of the

year. Our Student Achievement Program recognition

assembly is on at 9am on Thursday 30 November.

Around 240 students will be acknowledged, our highest

number since the program’s inception. Parents should

have received information about any awards their

children will be receiving. Our annual Presentation Day

will be held on Tuesday 12 December, again at 9am,

where our top performers in 2018 will be acknowledged.

Swimming Carnival

The school has decided to move our swimming carnival

to the end of the year. More details on the December 11

carnival are included later in this newsletter. This is a

significant change and the intention is to address some

of the issues we face with a February carnival. The new

timing minimises disruption at the start of new school

year. It also allows the chance for rescheduling in the

event of rain. Year 6 students have been invited to

participate and new enrolments can still submit their

times to be eligible for the zone carnival.

If you require any further information, please contact

the PDHPE staff Mr Greg McDonald

Principal

Student Achievement

Emily Kinnane Year 12

Emily Kinnane is an inaugural and deserving winner of

the Southern Phone STEM Scholarship. Awarded to one

student from each of the Eurobodalla high schools, the

$2000 scholarship supports students entering tertiary

Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics

degrees.

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Batemans Bay High School

From the Deputies

Three weeks now till the end of school and we must say,

this year seems to have gone so quickly. Exams and

assessments should be finishing up soon and reports

will be written and handed out during the last week of

school.

We have discussed many and varied topics this year

from assessment, exam skills, wellbeing, positive

reinforcement, policies and procedures and new

initiatives. With all this we are aiming to continue to

build a lasting and meaningful partnership with you as

parents so that together we can work to get the very

best outcomes for your children and our students. We

are always reminded of the quote “It takes a village to

raise a child” and we believe that sharing our thoughts

and ideas on education helps to create an increased

understanding between us.

Learning

With that in mind we recently became aware of the

government initiative titled Active Kids which was

released in November this year and aims to change the

physical activity behaviours of children and young

people in NSW with an incentive for families in the form

of a rebate. We hope that all of you will take advantage

of this is a terrific Initiative.

Ministerial media release: Active Kids Rebate

Download Active Kids Recipient Guidelines

As Deputies we often lament how many of our students

tell us “I used to do sport or an activity when I was

younger but I don’t now that I am in high school”. We

see the continuation of physical activity as vital to the

child’s development and how it can have a significant

impact on so many areas of their life and especially their

learning. With this new Government Initiative we hope

we will see many of our students taking advantage of

the wonderful opportunities that exist in our local area

to be involved in physical activity.

Exercise and its importance to student learning:

Exercise and the Brain

In a study done by Georgia Health Sciences University,

researchers had 11 to 17 year olds who were overweight

commit to 20 to 40 minutes of vigorous play every day

such as jump rope, running games, and hula hooping.

The activity was done every day after school for three

months and the results of their MRI scans at the end of

the test period showed an enhancement in brain activity.

All of the students showed remarkable improvements in

their math skills but the students that exercised the most

also showed an impressive 3.8-point increase on standard

I.Q. tests. However, improving test scores is not the only

positive effect physical activity has on learning in the

classroom.

Exercise in the Classroom

Recently a teacher in Canada decided to test what effect

exercise had on her students and found some amazing

results. The teacher added two weekly bouts of exercise

that were 20 minutes each and conducted them while still

teaching her regular subjects like language, arts and

mathematics. At the end of the four-week trial, the

teacher found that every single student went up a full

letter grade in reading and math; some of her kids even

went from F’s in vocabulary to A’s. This was similar to the

findings of the study done by Georgia Health Sciences

University.

This four week test on the effects of physical activity on

learning not only found an increase in test scores, but also

found that the kids had an improved ability to

concentrate and could work for longer periods of time

without interruption. Additional benefits included

significantly improved student attendance, and an

impressive 67% drop in disciplinary problems.

https://www.fitnessblender.com/articles/the-benefits-of-

exercise-in-the-classroom-effects-of-exercise-on-

learning-and-education - Google Search

Acknowledging Students and Staff

An acknowledgement of all the staff and parents who

have coached, managed and provided transport for

students to compete and participate in sport and

physical activity as part of the comprehensive high

school experience offered at our school.

Mrs Caroline Preston and Ms Fiona Saunders

Deputy Principals

Due to our school Presentation Day,

our next edition of School Matters will be

Wednesday 13 December

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Batemans Bay High School

Shakespeare Performance

On Tuesday 24 October students were treated to a

performance of Romeo and Juliet. The four young actors

transformed into many different characters, using props

and costumes, to perform an abridged version of the

play. Complete with sword fights, humour, romance and

tragedy the play was a fantastic experience. One of the

highlights of the afternoon was the question and answer

session conducted after the performance. Our students

asked clever, thoughtful and interesting questions and

the actors commented that this was the best Q&A they

had ever held! Considering the actors have been

performing at schools across NSW and QLD for over a

month, this was a real compliment and a testimony to

our excellent students here at Batemans Bay High

School.

Students behaved in an exemplary manner during the

show and were an excellent representation of our

school. As well as this, many students commented that

they very much enjoyed the show and found they

understood more of Shakespeare through the

performance.

Please enjoy some photographs from the performance

and look out for more opportunities to see live shows at

BBHS.

Miss Alyssa Coursey

Head Teacher English

Year 12 Formal 2017

On Thursday 16 November, we gathered at the

Batemans Bay Soldiers Club to enjoy a Formal dinner

with our graduating class of 2017. It was a great night

enjoyed by all. We wish all of our graduating students

the very best for a bright future. We know that you will

shine.

Chantal Bradshaw

Year 12 Year Advisor

Lily Attwood, Connor Art and Harry Aiken

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Batemans Bay High School

Eurobodalla Schools Chess Day

Our Junior Chess Team entered the annual Eurobodalla

Schools Chess Day at Bodalla Public School on Friday 10

November. The students were keen to participate and

played several timed games. Our team was placed

second and all students received a certificate of

participation. Students have been developing skills in

their weekly lunchtime chess games with Miss Peters

and Mr Carter and are encouraged to keep playing

chess weekly. They have all been playing to their best

and looked forward to playing in the annual chess

tournament.

Miss Cath Peters

Support/Special Education

Left to right – Max Hyam, Bonnie Johnson, Kai Canham,

Bailey King and Thomas King

Bonnie Johnson and Max Hyam

Bailey and Thomas King

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Batemans Bay High School

Peer Support Leader Training

On Tuesday 21 November 2017, eighty students

travelled to Hanging Rock to attend peer support leader

training. Throughout the day the students participated

in various activities including practical games and

lessons on how to be a good leader. After a provided

barbeque cooked by students, groups had to design

and create a costume made out of newspaper, scissors,

string and tape. During this activity students were

required to communicate and cooperate as a team. This

was many students’ favourite part of the day. Year 9

took many great ideas and skills away from this day

which can be used next year when we will welcome the

Year 7 students through peer support. Thank you to the

teachers for organising and making this day possible.

Also thankyou to the year 10 students who volunteered

their day to help out.

Kelarney Blunden and Josie Baff

Year 9 students

Likewise, I would like to thank the staff and students for

making this a very successful day. Many students

demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and

some students may have even surprised themselves. As

a school we find that the peer support program provides

students with an opportunity to give back and excel

outside the classroom and within the schooling

community. It was very pleasing to hear that students

enjoyed the day as much as they did. I would personally

like to thank students for their exceptional behaviour

and positive attitudes as it created an enhanced learning

environment where everyone was made to feel

welcome.

Ms Claire Leechman

Year 9 Year Advisor

2017 Swimming Carnival

Batemans Bay High School will be holding our annual

swimming carnival on Monday 11 December. Students

competing in the carnival will have the chance to be

selected for the BBHS swimming team to compete at the

Zone carnival early in 2018.

This is a whole school event and ALL students are

expected to attend. Students have been given a

permission note which must be returned on the day in

order to participate; parents must indicate their child’s

swimming ability on this note.

Parent permission to attend the Swimming Carnival is

required. Parents are welcome to attend as spectators

and are encouraged to join in with the running of the

carnival. Please phone Miss Gilligan or Ms Dunajcik at

school for further information.

Date: Monday 11 December 2017

(Students may warm up in the pool from 8:45am)

Venue: Batemans Bay Swimming Pool

Cost: $3.90 to be paid directly at pool

Transport: School buses will drop off and pick up

students at the pool on the day. A bus will be available

at school at 9:00am to transport students to the pool.

Students may also arrange their own transport.

What to Wear: Appropriate swimwear, house colours,

sports uniform, protective clothing.

Houses are Surname A-C: Acheron (Yellow)

Surname D-J: Burrawarra (Blue)

Surname K-P: Richmond (Red)

Surname Q-Z: Murrumurang (Green)

WHAT TO BRING: Towel, hat, sunscreen, food and

drink, and a positive attitude.

CANTEEN: The pool canteen will be operating.

Miss Hannah Gilligan, Mrs Kelly Cameron

Sports Organisers

Ms Danielle Dunajcik

Head Teacher PDHPE

ZOOm Calendar

Our talented Year 9 Photography students have

produced a 2018 calendar from their experience at

Mogo Zoo. Available to purchase from our school

office.

12 monthly A3 wall calendar

Full colour on glossy paper

2018 school and public holiday dates

$5.00

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Batemans Bay High School

Year 9 Food Technology

In Food Technology this term we have designed and

created our own dessert products inspired by literary

sources.

What a talented and creative group of students!

Mrs Darlene Dallos

Food Technology

Uniform Shop Opening Hours Term 4

Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 – 11:00am

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Batemans Bay High School

7ENT Magazine Covers

Students in 7ENT have been working hard this term to

create magazine covers using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Students were asked to select a theme that appealed to

them for their magazine, decide on a name, find a cover

image and then create cover stories that would entice

their audience to buy their magazine. The class then

learnt how to use many of the tools in PowerPoint to

create their covers. I think you will agree many of

these samples look like professional magazines and

Ms Koprivec and Miss Coursey are very proud of what

these students have achieved in a short time frame. We

look forward to being able to publish more of their work

in the future.

Miss Alyssa Coursey

Head Teacher English

Brandon Jackson

Charlotte de la Rue

Jada Large

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Batemans Bay High School

Careers

Volunteering

Volunteering is the single most overlooked skill on

resumes. If you knew that as many as 86% of influencers

believe that volunteering would make you more

competitive among a pool of job seekers, wouldn’t you

make sure to put that activity front and centre on your

resume?

If you are a student and are told that most scholarships

are given to people who volunteer wouldn’t you go out

and volunteer.

If you are a student applying for entry to a university

medical course and you’re told that doing volunteer

work in a hospital or aged care facility increases the

chances of entry, wouldn’t you volunteer?

In the recruitment world of jobs and job seekers,

recruiters are overwhelmingly in favour of volunteering

as a professional development tool. Among the

findings:

92% believe volunteering expands an

employee’s professional skill set

85% are willing to overlook resume pitfalls

when an employee includes volunteering on a

resume.

82% are more likely to choose a candidate with

volunteering experience

80% believe volunteering is an effective way to

boost leadership skills

73% believe people who volunteer are more

successful

On this last point a European study found young

people's involvement in volunteer initiatives stimulates

the development of creative thinking and the ability to

quickly adjust in new situations, it forms tolerance for

others' values, social sensitivity and an active civil stance

- skills which can be capitalized on when both searching

for a job and starting a business.

These skills make young volunteers much more

successful on the labour market, compared to their

peers, who lack volunteering experience.

One of the important conclusions from the study

analysis is that there is a correlation between the skills

young people acquire while volunteering and the skills

employers look for. For students having volunteer

experience on their resume is extremely beneficial and

an advantage over those who don’t.

People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. For

some it offers the chance to give something back to the

community or make a difference to the people around

them. For others it provides an opportunity to develop

new skills or build on existing experience and

knowledge. Regardless of the motivation, what unites

them all is that they find it both challenging and

rewarding.

Resource Links -To find volunteer work go to:

Volunteering Opportunities in Australia |

Join the school Interact Club or Environment Club

Scholarship

I am pleased to announce that Batemans Bay High

School student Taylar Tisma, Year 12 has been awarded

a Banksia Village/University of Canberra (UC)

scholarship.

Taylar will be studying a Bachelor of Nursing at UC’s

Faculty of Health, commencing 2018.

Mrs Chantal Bradshaw

Careers Teacher

Uniform Shop 2018 Opening

January 2018

Wednesday 24 January 9:00am-2:00pm

Thursday 25 January 9:00am-2:00pm

Friday 26 January Closed

Monday 29 January 9:00am-3:00pm

Tuesday 30 January 8:00am-12 noon

Wednesday 31 January 8:00am-12 noon

February 2018

Thursday 1 February 8:00am-12 noon

Friday 2 February 8:00am-12 noon

Then every Tuesday and Thursday

8:00am – 11:00am

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includes community information and advertisements. The

School does not endorse or accept responsibility for these

activities. Attendance at or use of these services is at the

discretion of the students.

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