KANAHOOKA

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ISSUE No. 12 Newsletter 16 August 2019

Robert Street, Dapto 2530 Telephone: 4261 4011

Term 3 Parent/Carer/Teacher Interview Evening

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents and carers that were able to make it to our Parent/Carer/Teacher Evening on Tuesday. It was wonderful to see our school community come together to discuss and celebrate the learning progress that our students are making at Kanahooka. For parents and carers that were unable to attend, please contact the school if you require an elaboration on any of the details or comments on your child’s school report. Specifically, the Head Teacher of the subject concerned would be the most appropriate staff member to contact.

Year 12 Trial HSC Exams I am sure all of our Year 12 students are breathing a collective sigh of relief having finished their Trial HSC exams last week! I am looking forward to working with the Year 12 staff to ensure that the results are analysed and used to prepare our students to achieve their personal best for the upcoming HSC exams. This will include each teacher providing students with a personalised plan for success for each subject area, based upon their classroom learning progress and Trial HSC results.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Year 11 Yearly Exams Year 11 Yearly Exams are occurring this term. These will be the last exams our Year 11 students will sit before they start their Year 12 HSC studies in Term 4. Details for the Year 11 exams are as follows: Date: Monday 26 August – Monday 2 September (during Week 6 and the Monday of Week 7). Venue: School Library Time: During periods 1 and 2 Other information The Year 11 Exam timetable will be published and distributed to students during roll call in Week 5. Year 11 students will have their exams during periods 1 and 2 in the morning and then have normal classes for the rest of the day.

All the very best for your upcoming exams Year 11 and Year 12!

S Bird Deputy Principal

A message from the Principal ... On behalf of myself and staff at Kanahooka High School we would like to welcome and congratulate Mr Stephen Bird on being the successful person in gaining the position of Deputy Principal.

MATHEMATICS

Year 12 Mathematics Standard 2 My Year 12 class have just finished completing their trial examinations; getting a real taste of what the HSC exam will be like. The students have received feedback and will be looking further into the analysis of each question once they finish the course. They have just begun the last topic “Critical Path Analysis”. This is new content and has not been previously taught, so we are all on a new learning curve. Critical path analysis is a useful tool in project planning, management and logistics. It is a technique that identifies the activities required to complete a project or task, including identifying the time necessary to complete each activity and the relationships between the activities. Critical path analysis helps to predict if a project will finish on time. Below is a sample HSC question provided from NESA. See if you can offer a solution.

The network diagram represents a system of roads connecting a shopping centre to the on-ramp of a freeway. Traffic moves via several routes. For example, there are two routes from the shopping centre to P and one route from T to U. The number on the edge of each road indicates the number of vehicles that can travel on it per hour.

a) At present, the capacity of the network from the shopping centre to the on-ramp is not maximised. Which additional road(s) would increase the network capacity to its maximum? A. A road from P to U with a capacity of 20 vehicles per hour. B. A road from Q to T with a capacity of 20 vehicles per hour. C. A road from R to T with a capacity of 20 vehicles per hour and a road from T to U with a capacity of 40 vehicles per hour. D. A road from Q to U with a capacity of 20 vehicles per hour and a road from S to U with a capacity of 20 vehicles per hour. b) It is not possible to construct a road directly between the shopping centre and the on-ramp. Suggest ONE way that the network capacity can be maximised with additional road(s). Justify your answer.

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SCIENCE

Year 11 Mathematics Advanced This is a new syllabus and students have been busy completing the Trigonometry unit of work. They have just received the notification for their Preliminary examinations in Week 6 this term, and Trigonometry will be examined. With the new HSC in 2020, there will be common questions in the exams for each of the Mathematics courses. Below is a HSC sample Trigonometry question supplied from NESA, which is common to both the Standard 2 and Advanced courses. See if you can remember the rules to do this.

The diagram shows three towns , and . Town is due east of Town . The

bearing of Town from Town is N39°E and the bearing of Town from Town

is S51°E. The distance between Town and Town is 1330 km. A plane flies between the three towns.

a. Mark the given information on the diagram and explain why is 90°.

b. Find the distance between Town and Town to the nearest kilometre.

c. If the speed of the plane is 570 km/h, how long does the flight take from Town to Town , in hours and minutes?

d. The plane is going to fly from Town to Town , stopping at Town on the way. Leaving Town

, the pilot incorrectly sets the bearing of Town to S50°E. The pilot flies for 1650 km before

realising the mistake, then changes course and flies directly to Town without going to Town

Which is closer to Town : Town or the point where the pilot changes course? Justify your answer.

MATHEMATICS

Year 8, 9 and 10 Mathematics Year 10 have just been given their Common Assessment Task for this term. Students have been given a budget to cover floors on a house plan. They need to investigate the different flooring available and complete an Excel spreadsheet with all calculations on area of floors, the cost of each room and the total cost. The extension for this task is to include an outdoor area which is not rectangular. Let’s hope they can keep in budget. Year 9 will be issued their task this week as well. Students will be busy measuring heights and analysing the data using an Excel spreadsheet. 9MATW have worked on using statistics with Excel last term in readiness for this task. 8MATA have been busy working on Pythagoras’ Theorem and finding the missing sides of right-angled triangles. Their Common Assessment Task involves working with right-triangles and angle properties that lie on parallel lines. They will be issued this task this week as well. A Hood Mathematics Year 12 Year 12 are going to be running some fundraising activities aiming to keep costs down for the end of the year activities such as Mystery Day and the Year 12 Formal. One of these fundraising initiatives is a raffle with the prize being a brand new GoPro Hero, valued at $299, which has been kindly donated by Mr Wilson from the HSIE faculty. Tickets will be sold for $2 each or 3 for $5, and can be purchased from Mr Walton and Mrs Sammut as well as some Year 12 students. The winner will be drawn in Week 9 so be sure to get your tickets before then! A Walton and K Sammut Year 12 Advisers

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We are fast approaching the middle of Term 3 – the year is flying by! Your children will shortly be in the process of preparing for their first Semester 2 Assessment Tasks. There will be some scaffolding given in class but your child is expected to complete the majority of work at home. The After School Tutorial Centre on Tuesdays and Wednesdays is also a good place to get extra help. On another note, please make sure you child comes to class with the proper equipment. This includes a calculator, pen, pencil, eraser, ruler and, in some instances, a geometry set. It is often very difficult for the required work to be completed without the appropriate equipment. We wish all students the best in their Assessment Tasks and hope their results accurately reflect their ability and effort!

A Heffernan Mathematics

Working Hard in Maths Land

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Year 10 is working hard together solving unknown angles in quadrilaterals and triangles and using their algebra skills as well. Have a go.

Year 9 has completed their collection of data and is ready to embark upon their Excel based Assessment: How tall are my friends? Students will be creating Back to Back Stem and Leaf Plots, Histograms, Box and Whiskers and making sure Excel completes their calculations. D Ursino Mathematics

ENGLISH

Melodic Sounds of Strumming ... I walked out onto the oval today and was immediately taken by the sounds of guitars. It was a delightful soothing sound that immediately brought a calming effect over those in the surrounding area. A small crowd of students were sitting around listening to two of their peers playing their guitars. It was a wonderful sight to behold. {{ Marshall W and Charlie F, two Year 9 Elective Music students, have been so inspired by their time in Music, as well as their mutual interest and hobby, have gone out and purchased their own acoustic guitars. Marshall's interest is for popular ballad types of songs, while Charlie is currently teaching himself the Jon Bon Jovi classic: Dead or Alive. Guitar playing, according to these aspiring musos, produce cool sounds, and is a great stress relief after you get your head and fingers around the hitting the right strings. Charlie has been playing his own guitar for around six months, after seeing Marshall enjoying his own guitar, purchased around 18 months ago. Marshall's Uncle Daniel has been a role model to him. "Uncle Daniel owns heaps of guitars and even makes guitars as well." Student response to their music playing has been positive, "Hey, play us a song" is often said to the boys. They love hearing their sound around the school. Let's hope the boys continue to inspire each other, and the wider student population and achieve their goals of studying music into the HSC years and beyond. Hopefully Marshall will achieve that dream of owning his own guitar store and be teaching other students

Year 12 Students Create Kanahooka High School History Makalah W and Jannali E have created history at Kanahooka High School. Under the guidance of their teacher, Miss Page, the students have completed their practical examination as Kanahooka High's first HSC Dance students. Last Monday the girls completed their practical examination for the HSC Examiners who attended the school specifically to mark the students' work. Both girls had to complete a Core Dance Routine as the compulsory section of the examination. Following this, Makalah and Jannali had a choice of additional components. Composition was an elective they chose, and this required them to create a dance sequence individually and then work with junior students by teaching them the routine. The smile on the girls' faces at the end of the day, which went until 5.30pm was a delight to see. They had to master time management of their own schedules, as well as the schedules of the junior students, as well as overcome the life stresses that get imposed upon them as young teenagers. They did it! Now they are focusing on the written examination which they have to look forward to in October ad November.

Profile on Public Speaking Name: JOEL G Age: 13 Class: 7K Former Public School: Hayes Park Favourite Subject: All subjects are my favourite! Hobbies: Techno Wiz – Turning old tech programs into new ones Favourite Author: David Walliams – I love how funny his books are and they always have a twist. (A boy is trying to kiss a girl for the first time and as he leans in for his big moment she screams, “Yewwww, we aren’t that far into our relationship as yet, and not in public while we are eating chips!”) Why Public Speaking: Very interesting to learn about persuasive techniques. Good practice for job interview. A good skill to have in your life. How long have you been entering public speaking competitions? My first competition was back in Kindergarten. My skills weren’t as good then as they are now. Favourite Public Speaking Moment: 2018 when I won the Dapto Learning Communities Public Speaking Competition at Lakelands Public School. The topic was: That the Creative Arts are a Necessity in Life. I actually argued against the topic by saying whilst Creative Arts aren’t a necessity in life, they are a necessity for humanity. For example, animals such as birds, when selecting a place to nest, don’t consider a location with a beautiful beach view. They do what is practical, not what is beautiful. However, it is an instinct of human beings to be creative. Humans select locations with a view, they instinctively become creative when decorating their homes. Best Public Speaking Moment of 2019: I got to participate in the Year 9/10 Debating Team. The opportunity arose when someone was away. It was a last minute call up, and I only got to fill in the one time, but it was enjoyable. I got to learn how the older students structure and develop their speeches in a very different way to how we junior students structure a speech for English. As the 4th Member of the team my role was as Team Adviser, where I assisted my team mates in writing their speeches and contributed ideas on the spot to refute the arguments of our opposition. Future Public Speaking Goals: I want to improve my skills. There’s no point in continuing with my public speaking, and winning, if I don’t improve my skills along the way. J Philpot Head Teacher English

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TECHNOLOGY

Single Sign-in is coming - August 19!

What does that mean? Basically what it sounds like. Students will have to login as usual to their school computers (student.name@detnsw) and then that will be it. The idea is to free up time for students to learn and staff to teach.

Printing

As I spend lots of time on the internet, I occasionally come across competitions that I enter just in the hope that I can win something, although it usually ends up with more spam emails. So imagine my surprise when I entered another competition, not really expecting any kind of result, but three months down the track I received an email from FedEx about a package being delivered soon. I looked over the consignment note and noticed Polar3D in the company name. I checked through my emails from the last month and realised they had sent an email stating our school has won a 3D printer and curriculum/lessons etc. from GE/Polar3D. I’ve had a look at the review and I’m quite excited to get right into working with them. It looks like an upgrade from our previous Flash Forge printers. I hope to be working in conjunction with the Science and TAS Faculties over the next year to really get some students interested in STEM subjects. For anyone that’s interested the printer is a “Dremel Digilab 3D45” and there are some great reviews on YouTube. It even comes with a built in webcam so we can do time-lapse recordings of prints being built (and remotely monitor builds). https://digilab.dremel.com/products/3d45

If you’ve designed something on a CAD program and want it printed let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Our printer has arrived and should be operational shortly.

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Strong Women focus on being Creative

Creating beautiful silk scarves from natural and organic materials has been inspiring for the students in this program. Using ingredients you would find in your kitchen and objects from the bush, the students produced some simply stunning work.

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As a lead up to the Relay for Life we have organised several fundraisers:

1. A mufti day (with a pink theme) on Friday 30 August.

2. An extravagant morning tea outside under the front COLA near the new BBQ area on Friday

13 September.

3. A raffle with some fabulous prizes - more details to follow.

4. Merchandise for sale in the front office

Teddy Bears ($10)

Drink Bottles ($15).

Wollongong Relay for Life (WRFL) will be held on Saturday 12 October 2019 at Kerryn McCann

Oval Beaton Park Wollongong from 9.00am until 9.00pm.

We have put together a Kanahooka HS team in memory of Jackie Lynch

and would love if you could support this event.

Everyone is welcome to attend for as long as they would like…..from an hour to 12 hours.

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DANCE

COME ALIVE FOR SOUTHERN STARS 2019 Rehearsals for Southern Stars 2019 COME ALIVE are in full swing, with public school students taking part in a wide range of dance, music, drama and vocal rehearsals around the Illawarra and the state.

COME ALIVE, featuring 3000 public school students, will take place over four performances at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on Friday August 23 (10am and 7.30pm) and Saturday August 24 (2pm and 7.30pm). This year COME ALIVE features a circus, the NSW Millennial Marching Band, 2000 dancers, a 600 strong choir, a full orchestra, our hugely popular boys vocal ensemble, the Aboriginal Dance Ensemble Yanggaa Garaba, and the amazing talents of the best featured student vocalists and performers in Southern NSW, and much, much more! You don’t have to know someone in the show to buy a ticket. Southern Stars is a world-class arena spectacular show, which is suitable for all ages, and most of all is entertainment at its finest. Buy your tickets now before they sell out! Remember to purchase your tickets ONLY through the registered ticket seller - Ticketmaster at: www.ticketmaster.com.au

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The University of New England’s, Oorala Aboriginal Centre Youth Leadership Program is an introduction to university life, personal development and a range of life skills, as well as health, wellbeing and Aboriginal cultural awareness and pride. These camps are designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop important values and skills such as communication, leadership, mindfulness and respect. Aboriginal students interested in this opportunity please see Ben in Kullillah. Boys Camp Years 8-10 Application closing date: 21 August Camp Date: 18-20 September Girls Camp Years 8-10 Application closing date: 2 October Camp Date: 30 October - 1 November

The New South Wales Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Inc. (NSW AECG Inc.) in conjunction with West Connex will be conducting a STEAM Youth Development Camp for Aboriginal students from Years 5 to 11. This will be held at The Tops Conference Centre, Stanwell Tops. Accommodation and food provided. Any Aboriginal students interested in this opportunity please see Ben Rostron in Kullillah .

ATTENDANCE

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St Vincent de Paul

Breakfast club is open every Tuesday

All students welcome!

Open: 7:30-8:30am Location: Room 301

Pancakes, Cereal, Toast, Juice & more

YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS FOR 2020

All enrolment forms for Year 7 2020 are required to be submitted ASAP.

Please bring in your child’s Birth Certificate,

Immunisation Record and proof of residential address.

We can copy these for you.

Any enquiries please contact Vera Rupa on

4261 4011.

For any outstanding fees or excursion payments,

credit card phone payments and EFTPOS are available

at the school office or you can POP online via the

school website.

Early Departures Please be reminded that when writing out an early departure for your child that you put the following details:

Student’s Full Name Date and time

Reason Signature

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UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday 18 to Wednesday 21 August Ski Trip Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 August Southern Stars Performance Wednesday 21 Taster Yr 6

3.30pm - 4.30pm TAS - Timber Wednesday 28 Taster Yr 6

3.30pm - 4.30pm Maths Tuesday 17 September Year 7 Immunisations Wednesday 18 September Science Fair Thursday 26 September Year 12 Graduation

CANTEEN UNIFORM PRICES

Blouse (White with emblem) $20.00 Tailored Long Pants (Black) $33.00

Tailored Shorts (Black) $31.00 Skirt $28.00 Tunic $55.00 Polo Shirts (with emblem) $20.00 Jumper $22.00 Sports Shirt $32.00 Jacket (Black) $45.00 Long Pants (Black) $30.00 Shorts (Black) $22.00 Sport Shorts $22.00 Stockings $5.00

Uniform sales are now available from the Front Office between:

8.00am and 2.00pm Monday to Friday

Kanahooka High School After School Tutorial Centre

All welcome and it’s FREE!

Held in the School Library with Teacher supervision.

Refreshments provided.

Every Tuesday & Wednesday from 2.30 to 3.30pm

Come along and get help with your homework, assignments and assessments.