11 September 2020

Bellingen High School

NEWSLETTER Telephone: 02 66551 315 Fax: 02 66552 630 Website: http://www.bellingen-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

From the Principal

Hello everyone as we move towards the end of a long and difficult term.

Congratulations to Year 12 on completing their Trial HSC examinations

and to those who submitted PIPs, SPG’s and Major Works - thank you

and congrat’s also – what a load off your mind – you can now

concentrate on what is left to prepare for. Today I looked at the

Aboriginal Studies Major Projects and what a diverse array of talent and

work developed, implemented and completed. All were beautiful in

their detail, but far more importantly, all were significant in the way the project has

helped these students connect to their culture and for two, particularly, to their

personal, family heritage. Regardless of the project, the diary accompanying certainly

told of facts and information learned and personal growth and development. I was

honoured to have been asked to view these works and am in awe of what was

presented.

A huge and hearty congratulations to Rebecca Hodgson for receiving a Highly

Commended in the Dame Marie Bashir Awards for Young Women, for service to her

school, wider community and involvement in community programs raising awareness

for women and for skills building. Some of our Year 12 students have also already

received Early Entry nominated acceptance to some university courses – this is quite

an achievement and we expect there to be more in the next few weeks.

Reports are now being written before the final fortnight of your time as a Year 12

student. This provides an excellent time to reflect on your educational journey. This

is also a great time for Year 11 to learn from all of you as they head into their final

exams before they commence their HSC campaign. The rest of the school are also in

peak assessment task submission mode with the end of term looming.

Sadly, there was a social media issue this week, worldwide, with a video posted of

an horrific event. Even worse, the video then became embedded in Tik Tok videos

of puppies and kittens so innocents would open those and then this other video

would pop in. We were very aware of this issue before school – our contact at Safe

on Social notified us by 7.30, though I had heard of it on the 7am radio network

news. Please find some information produced by our good friends at Safe on Social

– especially for parents – on how to discuss these matters with your students as well

as information relating to how to discuss suicide with your students also. Good,

positive global citizenship and the responsible use of social media should be topics for

family discussion at the dinner table regularly.

At school we have had a successful Wear it Purple day; a

thoroughly enjoyable Indonesian Fashion Parade and a

terrific Sheep and Lamb show – all of which are covered

in the pages herein.

Until next time …….

Yours in Education

Kim Dixon

TERM 3 ASSESSMENT TASKS Year 7 Week 10B Music – Final Performance

Year 8

Week 10B

Music – Final Performance Science – Depth Study: Liquids (TBC) Industrial Technology – Breakfast Tray and Folio (25/9/20)

Year 10

Week 10B English – Shakespeare Discursive Article Music – Final Performance and Hand in Composition

Year 11

Week10B Aboriginal Studies (21/9/20) Society & Culture (24/9/20)

YEAR 11 EXAMINATION TIMETABLE 2020

DAY SUBJECT START TIME VENUE PAPER LENGTH

MONDAY 14 September Week 9A

English Advanced English Standard

Modern History Hospitality Chemistry Industrial Technology Metal

9.15 9.15

12.30 12.30 12.30 12.30

MPC MPC

MPC MPC MPC MPC

50 min + 10 min 50 min + 10 min

2 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min 1.5 hr + 10 min

TUESDAY 15 September Week 9A

Mathematics – Advanced Mathematics – Standard 2 Business Services

Society And Culture Primary Industries Aboriginal Studies

9.15 9.15 9.15

No Exam No Exam No Exam

MPC MPC MPC

No Exam No Exam No Exam

2 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min 1.5 hr + 10 min

WEDNESDAY 16 September Week 9A

Business Studies Earth And Environment Music 2 PDHPE

Economics

No Exam 9.15 9.15 9.15

12.30

No Exam MPC MU1 MPC

MPC

2 hr + 10 min 1.5 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min

2 hr + 10 min

THURSDAY 17 September Week 9A

Geography Ancient History Drama Work Studies

English Extension 1 Maths Extension

9.15 9.15 9.15

No Exam

12.30 12.30

MPC MPC MPC

No Exam

MPC MPC

2 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min 45 min + 10 min

2 hr + 10 min 1.5 hr + 10 min

FRIDAY

18 September Week 9A

Biology Visual Arts Physics Legal Studies

9.15 9.15 9.15 9.15

MPC MPC MPC MPC

2 hr + 10 min 1.5 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min 2 hr + 10 min

SATURDAY 19 September Week 9A

Music Practical MU1

Stymie Focus

From the TAS Faculty

Year 11 Hospitality

Year 11 Hospitality prepared a Breakfast for the Executive Staff on Friday 4th

September, as a Practical Assessment Task. Excellent feedback was received from the

staff. Well Done Year 11, particularly for coming in at 6:45am.

Year 10 Food Technology

Year 10 Food Tech had their Practical Assessment Task for

Food Service and Catering on Tuesday 8th September, for

their unit Food Service and Catering. They made a dish that

they would sell at their pop-up cafe or food truck (theory

task). Here are some of their creations.

Jesse Jeanes

TAS & VET Hospitality Teacher

Fantastic Food

This week our Year 8 Technology class developed their own version of a healthy

lunchbox using a variety of vegetables, fruit, proteins and carbohydrates in the

Fantastic Food Unit.

Amanda Meldrum

Food Technology, Hospitality & TAS Teacher

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Tips for Parents:

1. Be as involved in your child's online life as you are their offline life. To them, it is just "life" it is so blurred now there is no definition in the eyes of a young person.

2. Think about the age recommendations; it is not illegal for a child to use social media under the age of 13yrs with their parents' permission but think about what they are being exposed to. When we sign up to use apps, there are extensive terms and conditions of use. By ticking that box accepting them, you are signing a document that puts all the onus back on the user. You are signing up to be a data generating commodity, handing over personal information that can be sold

and shared at the app's discretion. When you click "I agree" to most terms and conditions on social media platforms – you give it up by legal contract. And you probably didn't even read them. Most adults don't let alone a child.

Carnegie Mellon researchers estimated that for an average individual to read all the terms and conditions we should – it would take 76 days. So, you could legitimately argue the impossibility of this. Instagram's Terms and Conditions are over 5000 words long. Facebook sits at around 15,000. Tik Tok has a couple of pages; Google's terms and conditions are shorter than Facebook.

The practice of tech companies is to either: bombard you with so much detail, it is incredibly unrealistic to expect anyone ( especially a child) to read through them all, or to create brief terms and conditions that are deceptively simple, and in effect, sign away all rights to your content, and personal information by using vague legal speak. Some of the things they state are:

"you grant us a non-exclusive, transferrable, sub-licensable, royalty-free worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with the app."

Pictures, videos, posts, private messages, ANYTHING you have on your page is licensed to the app and can be sold or shared for media and marketing purposes.

It also includes:

All device information, your connections, what you share, and what you delete.

What groups you are members of and what you follow.

Your location and your IP address and the length of time you spend online.

How you bank, your billing details, delivery, and home address.

What your friends post about you.

Wi-Fi nearby and Bluetooth "handshakes."

Mobile towers nearby, mobile number, connections speeds

Your ISP and all the cookies that are stored on your device.

3. Use parental controls where possible to minimise exposure to harmful and distressing content.

4. Engage with them about their favourite social media app and get them to teach you about it so you can at least know the basics. Get them to show you how to block and report so you can be sure they know how to.

5. Put healthy boundaries in place. Don't ban them from their device if they forget to do a household chore or are naughty for something totally unrelated to their device. Do not take it off them if they speak up about something that has happened online because you are scared. This is the quickest way to drive all the conversations that you want to be having underground. Instead, if you have a healthy boundary like all devices are banned from the bathroom or bedroom. So then if they are caught with their device in either place, you ban them for a week. This way, they will learn that it is safe to speak up about what is going on online without punishment unless they break the rules about device use. Limit use to the family room with younger kids so that you can monitor them.

6. Be a good role model. Keep your screen time in check. There is no use banning the phones from bedrooms if you go to bed with yours each night, for example.

Careers News

TAFE Tasters

TAFE Yes Program is recommencing in Term 4 for students in Years 9, 10 and 11,

although Year 8 students may also be considered. If interested, please collect an

information sheet and Expression of Interest Form from the Careers noticeboard.

Ex Student Career Update

Name

Jess Snow

Year left Bellingen High School

2009

Current job title Employment Job Coach

Subjects studied in Years 11/12 English, Maths, Senior Science, Ancient History,

PDHPE

Inspirations

Family and friends

Career pathway since leaving school

Since leaving school I worked in hospitality, retail then sales. I am currently an Employment Job

Coach in the Macksville area. My work involves training and helping people with a disability retain

employment.

Challenges along the way

Being in sales for a long time I worked weekends for the last 15 years. I missed a lot of birthdays and family events, but I have finally found a career that has a

work life balance that I love.

Favourite school memory Playing soccer and cricket with Mrs Hoy!

Advice to current students

Be brave and trust yourself.

Year 10

Shirts – Today is the last day to order shirts (Friday 11th September). Shirts should

arrive within 2 weeks if orders are placed on time.

Work Experience - Starts Monday 16th November 2020 and runs for two weeks.

Please remember to return your work experience forms by the end of term. The

employer's Covid plan must be attached. There are spare forms and Covid Plan

templates in the Careers Office. If students are travelling in the employer's car, there

is an additional form to be completed - see Mrs Gorman.

Camp - Year 10 camp has been postponed due to Covid/Health and Safety. The re-

scheduled dates are 23rd - 26th March 2021. Raffle ticket sales have been extended

until December. Don't forget any unsold raffle tickets must be returned, so please

keep them in a safe place.

If students leave Bellingen High School before March, arrangements to have camp

payments refunded can be organised when signing out of school. As previously

stated, raffle ticket sales cannot be refunded.

Careers Facebook Page

Don’t forget to follow the new Bellingen High Careers page for the latest careers

news: https://www.facebook.com/CareersBellingenHigh

OH&S White Card

This is being offered in school on Tuesday 20th October by Maurice from HIA. Cost

is normally $125 but thanks to a subsidy from Bellingen High Careers, cost to students

will be $80. Course starts at 8.30am and finishes at 3.30pm. The OH&S White Card

is required to work (or undertake work experience) on a building site. Forms are

available from the Careers Noticeboard

Year 12

Reminder for interested students that Early Entry for Southern Cross University closes

today, Friday 11th September and Schools Recommendations Scheme Early Entry

through UAC closes on Sunday 20th September.

Frieda Gorman

Careers Advisor

Write a Book in a Day

Sixty students from Bellingen High students took on the challenge of writing a book in

a day to help raise money for childhood cancer research. Our Library was the venue

and the students teamed up to produce 7 books – this involved planning, writing,

editing, illustrating and submission within the time limits of the competition.

Down at the Farm

Cattle Sale

Two Red Poll cows, Lilah and Kayla, and our bull Agent K have been transported to

the Dorrigo saleyards. It is assumed that Agent K is infertile and this is why he has been

sold. We are currently searching the Red Poll world for a new bull.

On Monday afternoon the Year 11 Primary Industries class tagged Agent K with a NLIS

tag and filled out the transfer paperwork.

A huge cattle truck arrived on Tuesday afternoon. The Year 10 Agriculture class loaded

him and the cows onto the truck. It was so sad seeing our much-loved animals leave

the school.

Tractor Training

Year 9 students have begun their tractor operating training course. All are doing well

and so far there have been no accidents, or even near misses. Enjoy the photos below.

Stage 2 of the tractor driving course will commence next week, with most students

receiving their licence early in Term 4.

Super Peas!

Wow, what a crop. This is possibly

the best pea crop in the history of

Bellingen High School. If the shows

were on, this crop would win

Champion Pea Crop of the World!

Well done, Year 10 students.

Chicken Chat

One hundred eggs are due to hatch in week 10. Everyone is hoping for lots of fluffy

Silver Pencil Wyandotte chickens. The previously hatched chickens are all doing well

and much loved by the chicken club members.

Monstrous Mulberries

This year we are concentrating on

harvesting all products on the school farm,

so the students have really enjoyed

harvesting, judging, and eating many

mulberries. Next week we are going to learn

about value adding and turning the

mulberries into an expensive food product.

We are making organic free-range mulberry

conserve. Can’t wait to try it!

Report by Lily Dwinger

Year 11 Primary Industries

Tell Them From Me Survey

We are seeking feedback from parents and invite you to take part in the Tell Them From

Me parent survey. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them

From Me survey to help them improve. The survey is completed on-line (you can use

your mobile phone) and is run by an independent research company, The Learning Bar,

which specialises in school-based surveys. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary

and anonymous. More information about the survey and the research is available on the

CESE website: https://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents by completing the

survey you can win vouchers to the Old Butter Factory and Hyde.

Please use the link below to complete the parent survey before Friday 23 October 2020.

This link will also be available in the school Facebook page and in Skoolbag.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/tjfr8

We look forward to your feedback.

Haridian Ramirez

Coordinator / Teacher Librarian

Bellingen High School P&C invite you to the next scheduled

Zoom Meeting Monday 14 September

Topic: Bellingen High School P&C

Time: Sep 14, 2020 06:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79690924622?pwd=M2VoZlAzNk05aDRDcmQ2eE9pREZwdz09

Meeting ID: 796 9092 4622 Passcode: 2LsZBg

Any items to discuss, please let the Committee know before the

meeting – email: bellingenhighpc@gmail.com

The Zoom sessions usually only run for 45 minutes.

We would love your input. See you on the big screen!

Bellingen High School

SENIOR SPORTS DAY Tuesday 22 September

WHY: Give an opportunity for Year 12 students to have a

final sports day – to have FUN!

WHEN: Tuesday 22 September - Periods 1-4.

Followed by Year 12 vs Teachers Netball and Volleyball

at Lunchtime

WHERE: MPC, School Oval, Basketball courts, Bottom oval

SPORTS OFFERED: Basketball Touch Football

European Handball Modified AFL

Ultimate Netball

Lacrosse Softball

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

1. Support the day by being involved.

2. Find a friend and put your names down at the PE office – by

Tuesday 15 September.

You will then be put in a team with your friend. All teams will

have a mixture of males and females, Year 11 and Year 12,

sporty and not quite as sporty participants.

3. The teams will be published on the sports notice board. Check

your team then you must:

- Select a suitable name and team colour (which you must

wear on the day) – first in best colour!

- Decide (with your team) what 2 sports your team would

like to play – by Friday 18 September.

- Draws will be out on Monday 21st September.

4. Turn up ready to play on Tuesday.

5. Have FUN

DATES TO REMEMBER

SEPTEMBER

14 P&C Zoom Meeting

14-18 Year 11 Exams

21-25 Year 11 VET Work Placement

22 Year 11 & 12 Sport Day

23 Year 12 Farewell Year Meeting

24 Year 12 Reports Issued

25 End Term 3

Did you know?

Gentoo penguins propose to their life

mates with a pebble.

‘Digging a hole to China’ is theoretically

possible if you start in Argentina.

When watermelons are grilled or baked,

they lose their granular texture and can

even be used as a meat substitute - a

‘watermelon steak’.

People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to

their brain shutting down the reflex.

FOUR is the only word which has letters

equal to its value.

Handmade Fabric Face Masks 4 Sale

$5 each (covers material costs)

BYO fabric if you would like one custom made - 100% woven, lightweight cotton (no stretch or synthetics) – quilting squares, poplin etc. is good. Sizes: Small / Medium / Large

Our Front Office has a supply of masks or alternatively you can order online via email to Fiona.mcaulay@det.nsw.edu.au with payment to the Front Office.

If anyone has any spare elastic at home we would love it – there is currently a shortage