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29/07/2016 HKHS Highlights Issue Seven

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HKHS Highlights29 July 2016

I S S U E S E V E N

Upcoming Events

Deputy Principal Report

Year Adviser Reports

Student News

Classroom News

Universities Admission Centre

HKHS Wellbeing Corner

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1 August 2016 GCLC Mid Year Celebration - 9.30am MPC1-5 August 2016 Education Week2 August 2016 Parent Sudy Skills Workshop Years 9 & 10 - 7pmLibrary2-5 August 2016 PE Elective Ski Trip3 August 2016 Stage 5 Elective Evening - Year 8 into 9, 20174 August 2016 Shine-Celebrating Our Local Schools (see below)8-19 August 2016 Trial HSC Exams16 August 2016 P&C Meeting 22-23 August 2016 Performing Arts Night24-25 August 2016 Central Coast Showcase31 August 2016 Wellbeing Parent Information Evening

Upcoming Events



UniformThank you to parents for yourcontinued support of the schoolsuniform policy. In the winter monthsplease be mindful of the following:

Hooded jumpers are not uniformBlue jumpers for juniors. Black isnot to be worn.Black tights are acceptable to beworn with the girls skirtsTracksuit pants from Lowes areavailable to be worn for sportsdaysBlack sport shorts are new thisyear. Please ensure studentswear the correct shorts.

All uniform items are available fromLowes Gosford, and can be orderedonline.

Year 11, 2017

JacketsPlanning for Year 11 2017 senior jacketis underway. Year 10 will be receivinga note within the next week in regardsto ordering and paying a deposit forthe senior jacket. The $20 deposit ispayable at the front o넒偨ice ASAP. The school is planning to have thestudent jackets available by the end ofTerm 1 2017. Prompt response inordering will support this process.

Year 11Year 11 are currently completing theirPreliminary courses in readiness fortheir pathway to the HSC starting Term4. A reminder of key dates for Year 11:

Preliminary Examinations:Monday 12 September to Friday23 SeptemberYear 11 into 12 interviews:Tuesday 11 October.

Further information will be issued thisterm in regards to these key events.

Year 12 Trial HSCYear 12 are about to begin their trialHSC examinations. Thank you toparents for your ongoing support, weare aware this is a stressful time forstudents.

Deputy Principal Report



Stress management for students isimportant in helping them finish theHSC journey. Please refer to the linksbelow for some practical and usefultips in helping your child at this time: http://hsc.csu.edu.au/study/stress.htm http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/nov/06/students-ten-ways-to-beat-stress

Stage 6 Prep

Program- Year 10

This program is an important part ofthe schools commitment to preparingstudents for the transition to seniorpathways next year. A note was issued to Year 10 parents atthe Senior Pathways InformationEvening in regards to implementationof this program starting week 7 Term 4.Additional notes are available on theschool website and at the front o넒偨ice.Please be reminded to pay the depositfor this course ASAP to the front o넒偨ice– full course payment of $80 isrequired by Friday 16 October 2016.

Combined Sta

Development Day

Term 3

Friday 22 July 2016 our schoolcommunity of Henry Kendall HighSchool, Point Clare Public School andGosford Primary School, combined fora very successful Sta넒偨 DevelopmentDay. Keynote speakers were SimonBreakspear and Reuben Meerman. Inaddition sta넒偨 could choose from anumber of skill workshops to assisttheir professional development. Theday was extremely successful and agreat opportunity for collegial andprofessional work with all colleagues. Mrs Donna James - Deputy Principal

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/study/stress.htm

http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/nov/06/students-ten-ways-to-beat-stress



Year 11 ReportWelcome back, Year 11. This is anexciting term, as many students in theyear group will nominate forleadership positions around theschool. By the time this report ispublished, a number of Year 11students will have had prospectiveSchool Captain interviews with MrsJames, Mrs Kostalas and myself.

I am very proudof the matureand responsiblecandidates wehave in thecohort. Each ofthe studentswould make afantastic SchoolCaptain or ViceCaptain. HousePatrons are also

expecting a number of students toapply to become House Captains tolead their house to glory in 2017.Hopefully someone can finally knockAraluen from the top of the table! Later this term information will be senthome about the Year 11 CrossroadsCamp to be held at MangroveMountain in Term 4. This is a

compulsory one-night camp. I had thepleasure of attending last year withthe current Year 12 group, andeveryone had a brilliant time. I encourage each and every student tothink carefully about their subjectpattern, as this is the last term of thePreliminary courses. They should seekadvice from their teachers, Mrs LynHawker, Mrs Donna James or myselffor clarification as to which pathwaymight best suit them in the HSC year(which begins next term! Eeeek!) Mr Blake Wawrzyk - Year 11 Adviser

Year 7 ReportYear 7 have made an excellent start tothe semester and I encourage them tocontinue the good work demonstratedSemester 1. It was gratifying to seethem involved in so many greatprojects and hopefully they will havegained the confidence to be moreinvolved in school activities. Yr 7 was well represented in this week’sRegional Athletics with excellentperformances by Sophie Boyd andArchie Tebbutt who will both be

competing at CHS in September.Sophie Hoyle represented the schoolin snowsports and Hayley McTeare indance as part of the Regional DanceEnsemble.

The YAP nightwas enjoyed byall who attendedand thestandard of workandcommitmentshown by thestudents wasoutstanding.

This term Year 7 will be participating ina welfare day. The focus of the day willbe positive peer relations and willinvolve workshops, guest speakersand lots of interactions anddiscussions. This day should make avaluable contribution our overallwelfare program. Many thanks to Tarley Hawke who dida wonderful job looking aꥨ獢er Yr 7 whileI was on leave at the end of last term. Mrs Julie Starkey - Year 7 Adviser

Year Adviser Reports



The Fallen of Fromel...

Samantha WardleOn Thursday 14 July,Samantha flew to Europe representingour school on the Anzac MemorialScholarship.

On day 6 the group was at the town ofFromelles to commemorate the 100thanniversary of the Battle of FromellesJuly 19 1916. This battle was the firstmajor battle for our troops since theyleꥨ獢 the bloodbath that was Gallipoli.

Samantha is of course very excited andgrateful to have been given thisopportunity. I have attached a document aboutFromelles that covers some morepersonal perspectives.

The 100 year anniversary was onTuesday 19 July and we have anopportunity to share this with ourstudents. Mr David Ardley - HSIE Teacher

Sophie HoyleNorthern NSW InterschoolsSnowsports Championships

During the recent holidays SophieHoyle in Year 7 competed in theInterschools Championships in theGiant Slalom and Boarder Crossevents.

The weather on the race day was verytesting with snowfall turning to heavyrain making the courses rutted anddi넒偨icult in addition to the very coldand wet conditions the competitorshad to endure for hours. Sophie won a bronze medal in theSnowboard Giant Slalom event to addto her collection; and a well-earned5th place in the Boarder Cross event.These placing’s qualify her torepresent HKHS in both events in theNSW State Championships nextmonth.

Student News

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Over the holidays Sophie did a trainingday with Australian Gold and SilverMedal Olympian Torah Bright andother professional snowboarders,which was a wonderful opportunity tolearn from the best."

Congratulations Sophie and good luckin the State competition! Julie Starkey - PDHPE Teacher

Mikhail VolkovMikhail Volkov, Year 11 Visual Art, oilpainting on canvas board.

Mikhail's usual medium of choice iswatercolour, although, he hasproduced this amazing work aꥨ獢er heparticipated in an oil paintingworkshop with Mr Andrew Backhouseand Ms Dawn Keꥨ獢.

Congratulations

Sophie BoydSophie Boyd in Year 7 competed at theCHS Cross Country event on Friday 22July 2016. Sophie won a bronze medal in the 12Years Cross Country. Congratulationsand a fantastic result Sophie!

Sydney North

AthleticsSome of our Special Educationstudents attended the RegionalAthletics competition on Tuesday 26July.

We had some fantastic results:200m - Jessica Buth 1st - 16-19 Years Ebony Wright 1st - 12-15 Years Luke Reeves 4th - 16-19 Years Oliver Lee 2nd - 16-19 Years Long Jump - Oliver Lee 3rd - 16-19Years Jessica Buth 1st - 16-19Years

Jessica Buth now goes to the StateCompetition to compete in the 200mand Long Jump. Ebony Wright willcompete in the 200m. Great results from all who competedand good luck for the StateCompetition Paul McNally - Special Education



Year 10 Interview

DayOn Tuesday 19 July Year 10 studentscompleted a formal interviewregarding their proposed careerpathway plan for 2017. Students hadto present a resume during theinterview that they had been workingon throughout Careers lessons in Term1.

Students were dressed in suitableattire and the interview provided anopportunity for them to practisevaluable interview skills, eachinterview taking approximately 20minutes.

Visual ArtsLast term Year 10 studied drawing in aunit 'Landscape and Self'. Students blended concepts of self withelements of landscape, exploring theways in which our environments shapeus. Below is link to a website to showcasetheir amazing work. https://hkhs10drawing.wordpress.com/ Miss Chanel Sohier - Teacher

PhotographyStage 5 Photography have completedtheir 'Nature Up Close' topic andpresented some great views of thenatural world that surrounds us. Theylearnt to use the macro lens on theNikon DSLR cameras and the manualfocus and did a bit of editing to tidy upthe images. The dahlia's grown by theScience Department in G Block were agreat subject.

Classroom News

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Experiment Fest

ExcursionSenior students attended theNewcastle University OurimbahCampus on 27 June 2016. Theexcursion was to support work in theclass room in Physics, Chemistry andBiology.

Young Achievers

Program - LOTEBoth Year 7 and Year 8 YAP languageclasses have had a very successful firstsemester in 2016. The films shown atthe Celebration Night were a tribute tothe e넒偨ort and collaboration skillsdemonstrated by the students in class.

In Week 3 this term 7A will becompeting in the “Great 7A GermanSpelling Bee” to challenge theirGerman alphabet knowledge. Staytuned next newsletter to find out whoour champion German speller will be! Mrs Jean La넒偨an - LOTE



The Universities Amission Centre Informationbooklet was given out to students on Friday 29 Julywith the following information. If any questionsarise, contact UAC or myself for further information. Mrs Lyn Hawker - Careers Applying to the Universities Admission Centre

1. Refer to Contents. (Pages 3 and 4). The formatof this book has not changed in the last 2decades because it is so user friendly.

2. Register an on-time application byFriday 30 September 2016. Do not leave it tothe last minute. The cost jumps from $41 to$166 aꥨ獢er this date. Select your preference/s.You can change them later on - the importantthing is to register!

3. Your preferences can be changed free ofcharge using the ‘check and change’ option upuntil the 6 January 2017 for the main round.This makes sense because it allows you tochange your preferences at will well aꥨ獢er yourHSC results have been released.

4. Your ORDER of preferences is CRUCIAL. Youcan always be o넒偨ered a course higher on yourpreference list than the o넒偨er you receive butNEVER further down your list than your o넒偨er.

5. Students who have received an early o넒偨er andwish to pursue it must register this course astheir number 1 preference. Of course, if youhave changed your mind you can also changeyour preferences to other things if you havehigh enough results to realise your newpreferences.

Universities AdmissionCentre



6. You can start applying on 3 August. Once youhave lodged your UAC application, you canthen apply for the Schools RecommendationScheme. It is highly recommended that youapply for this scheme. Your application forSRS will be assessed by the school rather thanUAC.

7. Sta넒偨 will be available to assist with yourapplication an individual basis. The schoolwill run a series of lectures on how to apply ata date to be determined.

8. It would be advisable to attend an Open Dayfor your institution/course to obtain moreinformation and assess travelling times etc.This information and all course information isavailable for each institution as per ContentsPage. The Index of Courses starting on p509 isvery useful.

9. Consider whether you would be eligible toapply for the Educational Access Scheme (EAS) due to long term educationaldisadvantage.

10. Use contact phone numbers and e mailaddresses to ask universities questions or tomake enquiries about future study.

11. Always remember that each university oreducational institution has its own rules,incentives and/or early entry schemes,scholarships, bonus points etc. Researchthem.

12. Don’t overlook simple instructions.Remember to accept your o넒偨er in 2017 whenyour receive it and nominate a contact ifneeded.



Work, study,

friends, family,

sport…… there’s so

much to t in!

Getting back into

the swing of term

can be daunting.

Physical wellbeing

can have a huge

impact in our lives.

High School can be a stressful time forsome students. Some factorscontributing to this stress includerelationships, friendship groups,school work, puberty, family life andpeer pressure. With all these factors(and more) to navigate, it can be hardto prioritise staying fit and healthy. It'stherefore important that teachers andparents encourage students to formhealthy lifestyle habits and supportthem in having a healthy body andmind. Within the school communityteachers and parents should promotehealthy eating, sleeping and physicalactivity habits through

Talking about the benefits of ahealthy lifestyleSetting a good exampleProviding students withknowledge on how to createhealthy habitsEncouraging and supportingstudents to break bad habits

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fact sheetsWhat is healthy eating?Benefits of healthy eating.All about getting active.Creating your own exercise routine.Health at every size.How to get a good night's sleep.Having trouble sleeping.

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