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As we race towards the end of Term 2 and the halfway point of the school year, Hunter Sports High is a hive of activity with exams now completed and reporting being finalised, our students competing in many sporting fixtures and steady progress being made in the redevelopment, despite the wet weather over recent weeks. I would really like to thank all our staff and students for their patience over the last few weeks with the construction moving along very quickly. The rain over recent weeks did make things very difficult and I have been working closely with the site managers from Hansen Yuncken to ensure that the safety of all community members is paramount and that we minimise any disruption to teaching and learning. The project is moving very quickly with work started on the new hall where the old car park used to be. This week we prepare for the demolition of the Admin/Canteen block. On June 26 Hansen Yuncken will take over these areas and prepare them to be demolished during the school holidays. Staff from Maths, HSIE, English and PDHPE will be moving into the temporary staff house while our administration staff, including the deputy principals and myself, will also move into the temporary admin block this week. Please bear with us while we make this transition. The Admin block is located on the grass at the front of the school. Parents will still be able to park in the current car park and access to the demountable admin entry will be by a new concrete path. The current front entry for the admin block will not be accessible after this week. The school canteen will also move this week (Tuesday). A map is included further in the newsletter showing where the new demountables will be located and students will be reminded of this during school assemblies. Last week I was in Sydney attending the NSW Secondary Principals Conference. The conference invited Principals to engage with leading thinkers and educationalists with a focus on STEAM education. STEAM education is the learning of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics in an integrated approach. It opens up opportunities for students gain and apply knowledge, deepen their understanding and develop creative and critical thinking skills within an authentic context. It can also include inquiry and project-based learning. It was an inspiring conference and will play an integral part as we begin preparations for our new 2018-2020 school plan. A reminder that school photos are scheduled for Friday 23rd and Monday 26th June, with all individual, family and year group photos on the Friday and TSP photos next Monday. Students must be wearing full school uniform.

Rachel Byrne – Principal

Hunter Sports High Spectator

TERM 2 – WEEK 8 – 2017

BALANCING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT

SCHOOL PHOTOS Friday 23 June (All)

Monday 26 June (TSP)

FULL UNIFORM PLEASE!

Top: Congratulations to our Boys Basketball team (and coaching staff) who put in a valiant effort at the CHS State Championships last week, finishing the comp as Runners Up. Above: Year 12 art students are

working hard on their HSC Bodies of Work this term.

Hunter Sports High Spectator TERM 2 – WEEK 8 – 2017


TAS Classes Learn Product Process

During Term 2 our Stage 5 (Year 9 and 10) TAS classes have created some high quality final products in Food Technology and Design and Technology courses. Classes have used the Design and Technology process to investigate, produce ideas, test, evaluate and complete a final product.

As the photos above display, the students in Stage 5 have developed efficient practical skills and worked cohesively with teaching staff to complete these products.

The Stage 5 (Year 9) Marine Studies class have studied ocean and water environments throughout Terms 1 and 2. The students have progressed towards creating and maintaining their own water environment and are working in groups to study the effects and changes that take place in a living water-based environment.

As a faculty, we have been pleased and impressed with the examples that students have been able to design and produce.

Upcoming Events DATE EVENT Monday 19 June Support Unit Leaving to Learn Primary School Athletics Carnival Tuesday 20 June Drumbeat Program Centre for Hope Mitji Ngwali Bridge Journey Program 2 Kaiyukan Kawuma Circle Boys Hockey Knockout v Kotara Baseball Gala Day (Years 7-9) Wed 21 June Centre for Hope PCYC Girls Program Rage Program Oztag Regionals State of Origin Rewards Excursion Insight Day – Ourimbah Campus Buckley Shield v Endeavour Boys Hockey KO Regional Finals Wednesday 21 & Thurs 22 June

Open Girls Final 16 State Softball

Thurs 22 June Creative Times GAL Program Insight Program Aerospace Careers Day Marine Studies Excursion Thursday 22 & Friday 23 June

University Shield v Farrer (Tamworth)

NAIDOC Dance Performances Friday 23 June SCHOOL PHOTOS Shine Program Experimentfest @ Newcastle Uni Sista Speak Brospeak Windale Primary Athletics Carnival Monday 26 June SCHOOL PHOTOS PBL Lesson Support Unit Leaving to Learn Tuesday 27 June Drumbeat Program Bridge Journey Program 2 Wed 28 June Brainstorm Productions Cheap

Thrills Show Stage 6 CAFS HSC Enrichment Day TSP Fitness Session NAIDOC Dance Performances Thurs 29 June NAIDOC Day Year 10 Insight Program AFL Training Day with GWS Friday 30 June LAST DAY OF TERM 2 Open Mixed Touch Football Brospeak Monday 17 July Staff Development Day Tuesday 18 July Students Return for Term 3



Culture Clash: Art Speaks Japanese

Year 9 students are working on their entries for the ‘Art Speaks Japanese’ competition run by The Japan Foundation. Students have developed their own plans for their work and are putting a lot of effort into their entries. Year 10 have been experimenting with the Japanese artform of chigiri-e as part of their studies of Japanese tattoo imagery and symbolism. This involves the creation of artworks by layering small pieces of paper to create a collage of a greater image. These will also be entered into the ‘Art Speaks Japanese’ competition later in the year. See examples above. Year 7 will soon be learning about the ‘Tanabata’ festival which is celebrated in Japan on July 7. One popular Tanabata custom is to write one's wishes on a piece of paper, and hang that piece of paper on a specially-erected bamboo tree, as pictured above, in the hope that the wishes become true. Students will learn to write their wishes in Japanese. All students have recently completed Half Yearly Examinations in Year 7, 9 and 10 in Japanese. There have been some wonderful efforts by students especially when performing their speaking examinations. Hearing students speak in Japanese is wonderful. So many students performed their speaking examinations confidently and concisely. Congratulations to the following students who performed well in all areas of their Half Yearly Examinations in Japanese. They have achieved great results in all skill areas of speaking, reading, writing and listening. Year 7: Nabil Ali, Imogen Bailey, Antonio Calma, Izaak Clifford, Noah Clifford, Jed Cranfield, Lucy Edwards, Laylee Fitzsimmons, Amber Ford, Aliyah Haskal, Xander Hayes, Lachlan Jones, Murdoch Joseph, Ethan Melksham, Chelsea Palmer, Patrick Russell, Ryvah Shoesmith, Joey Summers, Savannah White and Levi Winter. Year 9: Shayla Dwyer, Jasmin Evans, Demi Hilditch and Hannah Worley. Year 10: Natasha Hockeridge and Issac Power-Fryer

Sculpture & Self-Portraits It’s been a busy term in art classes with most of our year groups working on their sculptural techniques. Year 7 have explored self-portraits this term. They began with understanding the proportions of the face to create realistic portraits and develop their drawing skills. They then transferred this knowledge to create their own self-portraits working in a three-dimensional mode using clay (pictured above). These works are currently underway and Year 7 will have an array of faces to display for Term 3.

Year 8 are mid-way through creating their ceramic fantasy sculptures. They’ve finished building their work and are now deciding colour schemes. Year 9 are finishing their ceramics unit. They have made a variety of pots and containers, learning about different ceramic techniques along the way. Year 10 have finished their ceramic sculptural work and are now mid-way through painting a variety of portraits, while our Year 12 students are busy working on their HSC bodies of work (pictured on front page).



We have had a busy term in our music classes. Year 7 and 8 are involved with group performances and rhythm-based activities. They are also beginning to learn how to read music and are playing simple keyboard, guitar, and ukulele riffs. Year 9 are busy creating music with the loop pedal and other new technologies. Year 10 are learning about pop styles after the 1980’s and are beginning to look at the MASCHINE (our multi-colour pad beat-production workstation) to create some techno-pop pieces. Year 11 and 12 are working towards their HSC with polished performances and quality listening lessons. Good luck for ‘Grease’ A big good luck to our students who are performing in the Grease Arena Show in Newcastle on Friday 14th July to Sunday 16th July. What a great experience to sing and dance alongside some great and experienced performers! So why learn music? Music is beneficial to a child’s education and growth. Here’s just a few reasons why:

In other exciting hockey news, ex-student Mariah Williams has been named as the Commonwealth Games Australia Ambassador for Hockey. Well done Mariah!

Music Matters

Semester 1 has been a very successful time for the Hunter Sports High TSP hockey squad. Under the guidance of their very experienced coach Judy Laing, the squad trained solidly in Term 1 in preparation for games and regional selection trials. The commitment and hard work paid off this term with Bianca Cheetham, Brendan Crouch, Aiden Heath, Michael Taylor and Ryan Simpson (pictured below left) all chosen in Hunter Region teams.

Bianca was a part of the Hunter Girls Team who were crowned State Champions. She was rewarded for her strong performance over the week with selection in the NSW CHS team to play in the All Schools trials next week.

Brendan, Aiden, Michael and Ryan were runners up at the Boys State Championships. Brendon was selected in the NSW CHS team at the conclusion of the tournament. Michael Taylor and Ayden Hutchinson have both been selected in the NSW CHS U16 team to attend a week-long camp vying for selection in the NSW U16 All Schools team.

Our girls knockout team had a successful start to the state knockout competition beating Toronto High School in the first round. Despite us only fielding only eight players, Kiara Bassam and Gabby Wright controlled the play. In round two, the team played a very evenly-matched game against Merewether. Three quick goals to Merewether put the girls on the back foot not long after half-time but a goal to Hunter Sports lifted the girls’ spirits, however, unfortunately they were unable to come back from the deficit. Bianca Cheetham led the team well and we had some players with very limited experience play extremely well and we look forward to them playing with us again next year. The boys knockout team has cruised into Round 3 with a first round bye and then a last-minute forfeit by Belmont. The boys are very keen for their game against Kotara High on June 20th.

It’s certainly been a big term for all of our hockey squad and we would also like to thank those students from other squads who play in our knockout teams!

Hockey Highlights



Year 12 English students are currently studying Tim Winton’s classic ‘Cloudstreet’ and were tasked with emulating the Australian author’s style of language in a creative writing exercise. They had to begin with the line ‘Will you look at us…’ and many students painted a beautifully vivid image of their own families (or fictional characters) in domestic and natural settings. Below is a selection of their opening paragraphs: Will you look at us laughing our worries away at table nineteen. It’s the side I rarely see of them, the side that makes me laugh. And laugh we do, until our empty bellies hurt while we wait for our meals. The parents, those old larrikins, laughing louder than the kids. They ain’t gettin any younger. The bags under their eyes stand out even more as they sit beside us fresh faced children, like they have transferred all their energy into nurturing us, which they pretty well have. Tonight though, they are livelier than us kids because nights like this they’re allowed to behave like kids. They forget about the never-ending list of responsibilities and truly enjoy themselves. While we, the ones they call kids, take on the responsibility of paying attention to the tickets being drawn out of the raffle by the local members of the bowling club. Nell Gibson

Will you look at us. Ever present and whole. Together for one day in three-hundred and sixty-five, or so it feels like. And we've chosen to do nothing. Nothing but embrace the presence of each other and play games. Filled with moments of awkward laughter and despair. Here sit the five of us, in a circle, crowded by snacks and beverages. Cards flying into the middle, as we arm ourselves for battle against one another. The battalions of Leanne, Leyla, Kain, Todd and Riley reacting to the slightest reactions, as cards flip one by one into the middle. The smell of baked perishable drifts in the air as a moment of breath is caught. The sun falling into the shadows of the tomorrow. But for us, the afternoon was still ours and it looked like one to remember. Riley O'Dea

Will you look at us by the creek! The whole rowdy bunch of us frolicking along the sloppy embankment overlaid with our plaid patterned mat in the luminescent sunshine, entertaining and captivating all that migrate on this path, this path that evokes curiosity and recollection. Kayaks race down the channel before an overlooked flurry with irritating seagulls gliding above them, the country town with the forever changing backdrop, all moments and limits of looking glass illuminate down to the creeks edge. Jordann Johnson

Will you look at us… racing from the car to the water’s edge, not daring to waste a second of the afternoon’s last rays. The clouds faded into the heavens as the children laid on their eyes on the gleaming surface of the water. Patches of bindies, that when stepped on, mimicked the feeling of knives breaking the skin, spread throughout tufts of green grass that caused hesitation in the children’s eager spirits. They chucked on their thongs and threw foot in front of foot in the direction of the scalding sand; it was a race. Ankles were clipped, elbows were dug into ribs, but as always, he won the race. He always won. Her resentment for his ability to be the best diminished once she felt the water’s cool touch on her burning skin. Nicole Foote

Excellent English Examples

Regional Cross Country

On Friday 2nd June, 27 students from Hunter Sports High School attended the Regional Cross Country Carnival at Cessnock Racecourse. Even though the day started at a very chilly 4 degrees, it was a magnificent day for cross country running.

The students ran between 3km and 8km, depending on their age. Hunter Sports represented in every age group and the students all displayed great attitude and enthusiasm. Five students were selected to represent at the State carnival later in the year. Congratulations to Imogen Bailey (13), James Piggott (14), Regan Black (15), Bianca Cheetham (17) and Nell Gibson (18).

Support Unit Sports Fun Our Support Unit students enjoyed a fun day of sport last week at the Newcastle University Forum’s Multi-Sports Day for students with disabilities. Run by the Hunter Schools Sports Association, our enthusiastic students learnt new skills in a range of individual and team sports including netball, cricket, bowling, hockey and tennis.





STUDENT WELFARE at HSHS: Keeping Our Students Safe Our student welfare page lets students, parents and carers know about some of the great programs and support services that are available to students and their families at Hunter Sports High School and in the local community.

Quote of the Week:

Welfare Conference

Our youth worker Keira and Welfare Coordinator Mrs Ward travelled to Sydney last week to take part in the Positive Schools Conference. They met fellow colleagues from our Community of Schools and enjoyed presentations from experts in their fields. Some of the topics touched on included: The Deeper Purpose of Education; Supporting Teacher Resilience and Wellbeing; A Positive Education for ALL Students. Pictured above is a presentation by one of the programs we have running at Hunter Sports – DRUMBEAT – designed to engage young people resistant to talk based approaches.

Shine Program

Shine on is the message! This is a beautiful and highly enjoyable program for our girls to help with self-esteem and confidence. It is about the sixth program that has been run through our school. The girls are pictured here with our presenters Elyse and Prue.

Say NO to Bullying

Students in Year 7 and 8 have received a yellow pamphlet regarding conflict management at HSHS. Pictured here is an important section – the responsibility of the student in the prevention of conflict and management of bullying. Please read carefully. Year 9 – 12 will receive their pamphlets in the next few weeks.

STUDENTS IN YEARS 10 & 11 – JUST A

REMINDER OF THE BRAINSTORM

PRODUCTION – CHEAP THRILLS – COMING ON WEDNESDAY WEEK 10

PERIOD 4!



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