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Term 1, Week 6
Highlights 08 March 2019
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SYDNEY SECONDARY COLLEGE | LEICHHARDT CAMPUS P: 9560 2355 | F: 9550 9397 | E: LEICHHARDT-H.SCHOOL@DET.NSW.EDU.AU
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Monday
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March
Principal’s Report
I have really enjoyed returning to Leichhardt this
year. This week has been one of those week's
which reminds me how privileged I am to work
here. We had the P & C AGM on Monday night
where the 2019 office bearers were elected. It will
be wonderful to work with Jane Crawford again this
year in her role as P&C President. Our P&C is a
thoroughly commi ed, collabora ve and forward
thinking group of parents and carers.
On Wednesday a ernoon we held our 2019 Open
Night. With around 120 student helpers, all
teaching staff on deck and an enormous amount of
prepara on from our administra on staff and the
transi on team, it was truly a team Leichhardt
effort. It looked to me like we had around 1000
visitors in the hall for the formal presenta on at
the end of the evening. The sausage sizzle also ran
out as did the informa on bags so it may have been
the best a ended Open Night ever! In par cular, I
would like to thank Stephanie Bendeich who
organised her first Open Night and did a marvellous
job.
During this edi on of Highlights we have included
the newly released NSW Department of Educa on
School Community Charter. Much like our Posi ve
Behaviour for Learning program (The Leichhardt
Way) the charter sets out clear expecta ons for
respec ul communica on and rela onships
between all stakeholders. I encourage you all to
read through the new charter and contact me if
you would like to discuss anything further.
Today we are celebra ng Interna onal Women's Day at Leichhardt Campus with a range of events including a morning yoga session on McMaster Park, a recess staff v students netball game and then a bake sale and dancing at lunch me. Today's music on our bell system ‐ 'Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselvess'!
Melinda Bright
Pride Night
Pride Night will be held on Thursday, 14 March
at the iCentre from 5.30 ‐7.30pm. There will be
a light meal and refreshments.
Parents, carers and family members are invited
to a end to meet their child’s mentors and
discuss student goals for 2019.
Personal Learning Plans have been set up for
every Aboriginal student. Students have met
with their mentors to discuss their learning
goals for the year.
Parents will have the opportunity to
collaborate with teachers on Pride Night, to set
goals for their children.
— Maria Kokkolis
Ngara Ngara runs every Thursday a er school from
3.15 to 4.15pm for students that require
assistance with homework.
Teachers from a variety of facul es are
available to assist from week to week.
Sydney Opera House First Na ons work
experience program
Gabriel Raad, Year 9, is spending Week 7 taking part in
the Sydney Opera House First Na ons work
experience program. Gabriel and seven other students
will spend the week discovering what it takes to keep
a busy 24/7 performing arts centre in opera on.
Par cipants in the program work across a range of
areas at the Opera House, such as visitor experiences,
food and beverage, stage produc on services, and
marke ng and design.
This week we have seen some very innova ve Year
7 students crea ng their own instruments from
shoebox harps, pipe flutes to some very elaborate
homemade drum kits! They have been using these
instruments to create their own composi ons in
groups, notate composi ons using graphic nota on
and performing them to their classmates. Next
week they will be star ng to learn rhythmic
nota on and how to play a basic rock beat on the
drums!
Year 8 have had a great start to the year learning
about music from different cultures around the
world! They have started learning about Spanish
flamenco how learnt to play “Paso Doble” and
“Spanish Tune” on both guitar and keyboard. Their
next assessment will involve analysing both a
tradi onal and contemporary piece of music from a
country of their choice in groups. They will present
their findings in a PowerPoint presenta on and
also perform one of the two pieces they have
chosen to analyse.
Year 9 are exploring their improvisa on skills on
the music of Africa with our new Djembe ensemble
pack. Students have had the opportunity to layer
tradi onal percussion, drums and pentatonic
percussion in large groups to enhance their tonal
understanding. Students should now be preparing
for their individual performance assessments next
week in class.
Year 10 have been studying music from Australia
and have all just completed their first assessment
task for this topic. Students have performed either
individually or in ensembles and we have seen
some great pieces performed from ACDC’s
“Thunderstruck” to “Shoo ng Star” by Bag Raiders.
They are also looking at Australian Art Music and
how modes and other musical techniques have
been used in pain ng musical pictures of our great
Australian landscapes.
Open night performance demonstra ons included
Rock bands and piano recitals in the Prac room,
Guitar demonstra ons with keyboard
accompaniment in the keyboard room and
Voiceworx serenading in the corridors.
MUSIC
School Tour Dates for Year 6 starting 2020
In 2018, a small group of year 7 teachers undertook
a student led conferencing trial with their students.
This year, that trial is going to be opened up to all
of stage 4. This means that all students who are in
year 7 and 8 will be moving from the tradi onal
format of parent teacher interviews (where the
parent talks to the teacher), to a new method of
student led conferencing (where the student take
the lead).
Student led conferencing is a process that shi s the
focus of the night from the parents and teachers,
and places the focus on student reflec on of their
progress. The model encourages students to be the
centre of the interview. Students set goals, collect
evidence of mee ng these learning goals and
reflect on what they did well, what they need to
improve on and how they will improve on this.
In order to prepare students for this shi , teachers
will be se ng class goals in all of their subjects.
These goals will be worked towards throughout the
semester, with student collec ng evidence of their
learning for their student por olio. This will then be
used to help guide their student led conferences
with their teachers during the term 2 student
progress nights.
Students will be supported in developing a script
prior to the interview that will help them reflect on
their goals. This process empowers students to take
ownership of their own learning, and is heavily
dependent on parents and teachers taking a step
back and allowing students to do the talking.
We appreciate your coopera on throughout the
process.
Student led conferencing team
Student Led Conferencing Announcement
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