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Welcome Welcome back to Term Two! I am excited for next week when many students will venture back to school. If you are on Facebook but not on TPHS website, search us and look at the short clip by our Leadership Team – made by their own initiative. Thank you girls and guys for your words of support. Students, parents and teachers have worked hard to transition to on-line learning. All associated information has been sent via email and parents should save the documents for future reference. ANZAC DAY At The Ponds High School, we have been proud of our excellent and engaging ANZAC Ceremonies that have tapped into families and guests from the local area. This was replaced with a 10 minute presentation prepared by the HSIE faculty, incorporating one minute of silence. Thank you to students like Jeramie, Year 12 Principal’s Representative, who played the Last Post and the Reveille at the end of his driveway keeping the Anzac Spirit alive.

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SCHOOL UPGRADES I thought there would not be much to say in this newsletter as we sent out Week 3 updates this week, however, there are other updates to share.

The school looks great – thanks to rain and the hard work of our General Assistants: Peter and Bob. The work completed includes:

Replacing the lights outside the hall with LED lights. Electrical upgrades. The HSIE space – pictured in the last newsletter. Weeding and mulching the gardens. Drainage in the senior area has been fixed and completed. Extension to the bike racks area. Hanging of artworks in HSIE new open space classroom. With no pollution, the views of the green grounds and the crystal clear mountains are amazing!

MERITS The TPHS Merit System involves collecting 3 KLA small certificates and ‘cashing them in’ for KLAs which contribute to higher awards. We have focused on KLA certificates to denote recent online presence and excellence. TPHS Front Office staff sent by post over 200 KLA certificates for students brilliantly engaging in the new learning environment.

EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE Last Friday the Executive Team met, well-spaced out, in the Library to discuss Validation and the future directions that The Ponds High School would like to head. We are at the conclusion of the last planning cycle and are looking to the next 4 years of planning. In the near future, we are looking for parents who would like to contribute to this planning cycle.

HSIE ART COMPETITION

Thank you to all students who entered the HSIE Open Space Art Competition for History and Geography. Enjoy the entries on this newsletter. I am excited to announce the winners: Senior Category: Alex A Year 10.I “Flowed Beauty” Geraldine T Year 11.8 “We are the World” Junior Category: Purva D Year 8.3 “Aboriginal Camp” Harshaa SB Year 7.1 “Three Sisters” Highly Commended: Phoebe C Year 9.E “World War I Recruit” Janani J Year 10.E “Night Lights” Tarini S Year 10.H “Gateway to India” Madeesha K Year 7.3 “Summer & Winter” Prascheetha M Year 7.6 “Geography” Savio J Year 8.10 “Around the World” Vivian M Year 8.2 “Rainbow World” Tejasi P Year 8.8 “Frida” Thijn vB Year 7.3 “Knight Fight” Eva D Year 7.1 “Egyptian Beauty” All entries will receive a KLA certificate. Prized and certificates will be handed out to when students are at school next week. See the art works on the following pages.

WINNERS SENIOR CATEGORY

Geraldine T: “We are the World” Alex A: “Flowed Beauty”

WINNERS JUNIOR CATEGORY

Purva D: “Aboriginal Camp” Harshaa SB: “Three Sisters”

Highly Commended

Phoebe C: “World War I Recruit” Jananai J: “Night Lights”

Vivian M: “Rainbow World” Tejasi P: “Frida” Madeesha K: “Summer & Winter” Tarini S: “Gateway to India”

Prascheetha M: “Geography” Savio J: “Around the World”

Thijn vB: “Knight Fight” Eva D: “Egyptian Beauty”

OTHER ENTRIES

NEW MEDIA ROOM Staff at The Ponds High School now have access to a new Media Room. This facility has a production quality video camera with access to a green screen and television backdrop. In addition to this video camera, there is a smaller camera setup to capture work created on a light board (backlit glass panel used with fluorescent pens). A Rode Podcaster has also been setup, enabling staff to create audio files for students. Professional development will be commencing next week on the use of this equipment.

THANKS YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

HSIE SPACE BEFORE

HSIE SPACE AFTER

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor

Term 2 2020 Week 3

Monday 11 May Senior High Achievers Morning Tea

Tuesday 12 May Year 10 into 11 Subject Selection Evening

ONLINE FORMAT AS DIRECTED

TPHS STAFF WISHES YOU

ALL A WONDERFUL & SAFE

MOTHER’S DAY

NOTE TO PARENTS

SKOOLBAG - TPHS APP Did you know that you can download The Ponds High School App? Search for The Ponds High School and install it.

Skoolbag currently includes:

Alerts, Events, Newsletters, News eForms, Online Payments School Map, Bell Times Students 7 Parents Portal Canteen (Flexischools) Kool Kontent

School information and updates will be sent via your family email, TPHS Facebook page and Skoolbag app.

VISUAL ARTS Stage 4, 5 and 6 Visual Arts students have been working hard to continue to develop their technical skills and art making techniques whilst working from home. Teachers and students have been challenged during this time to find new and exciting ways of creating works at home, without having all of the usual art making materials available to them that we have on a daily basis whilst working in our Visual Arts Studio spaces.

Please enjoy a collection of works from our Visual Arts students across Years 7 – 12.

Kim Morrison Relieving Head Teacher CAPA

Year 8 MUSIC "The ongoing adventure of online learning in Term 2 sees Year 8 challenging themselves in new and exciting ways. In Music, we're doing our best to challenge and support our students using a variety of music learning experiences, all delivered through our fantastic online learning platform CANVAS. This term we are diving head first into the world of 'The Blues' and exploring the music of several well-known musicians who have had an impact on the musical landscape we see today. To build on

their theoretical knowledge and utilise techniques and skills they learn as a part of this unit, Year 8 will be composing their very own '12 Bar Blues' composition, using the online music composition software known as 'Flat'. We're incredibly fortunate in music that there is a multitude of learning tools that we can utilise at this challenging time for learning. I look forward to seeing all the fantastic compositions when they are completed!" Mr Nick Macfarlane Music Teacher Year 8 Music-Coordinator

YEARS 9 & 10 MUSIC Elective music students in Years 9 and 10 have been studying Australian music. In these examples, students were asked to compose and arrange a song in a traditional colonial folk song style. The song was to fit the style and the time period both musically and lyrically. Some students chose to write their own lyrics inspired by the stories of our colonial history, and some researched famous poems from writers such as Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson or Dorothea Mackellar. The lyrics were then linked to each musical note to create the finished product. Mr Cameron Kinsey Music Teacher

Stage 4 Agriculture and Food Technologies

Ms Briggs Stage 4 students are very eggcited and have been experimenting with recycled items to grow indoor microgreens using egg cartons and eggshells, (Ms Briggs made a Frida Kahlo inspired one), from our handmade Gnocchi and Mini Banana Bread Loaf practicals. We are not ‘Farmers’, however, we are growing a selection of herbs such as chives, oregano, basil, rocket and baby spinach. These will be planted in TPHS Ag plot garden beds and used for the scheduled Assessment Task during Term 1. All students are busy looking after their Self-Watering Planter project at home, monitoring and recording growth and bringing in soil samples for analysis!

Please make sure you all check the Careers Facebook Page www.facebook.com/The-Ponds-High-School-Careers Year 12s please engage with the Yr 12 Careers ACNVAS Folder. Welcome to the TPHS Careers Team Mrs Geraldine Hodkinson

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