Term 2, Week 8

Highlights 18 June 2018

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SYDNEY SECONDARY COLLEGE | LEICHHARDT CAMPUS P: 9560 2355 | F: 9550 9397 | E: LEICHHARDT-H.SCHOOL@DET.NSW.EDU.AU

Dear School Community, We have had another busy fortnight at Leichhardt. One of the proac ve wellbeing ini a ves has been the Digital Thumbprint program for Years 7 and 9. The focus for Year 7 has been on protec ng personal informa on, behaving responsibly and staying safe online – especially as use of the internet, devices and social media sites increases significantly, when going from Primary to High school. For Year 9 the emphasis has been understanding how ac ons online can have a las ng impact on an individual and others . It’s important to develop a posi ve online presence and always be responsible online. Recently, I had a link passed on from a website ‘the conversa on’ with an ar cle

tled ‘Eight things that should be included in screen guidelines for students’ found at the URL: h p://theconversa on.com/eight‐things‐that‐should‐be‐included‐in‐screen‐guidelines‐for‐students‐95427 Perhaps you could use this as a star ng point of a conversa on with your child and we will be using it to inform our prac ce here at school. Eight recommenda ons for students’ use of electronic devices 1: Turn electronic devices off at least one hour before bed me to improve a student’s ability to fall asleep, and help them sleep longer. This can help improve students’ daily health and, subsequently, their learning. 2: Administer a 20‐20‐20 rule to break up unavoidable and prolonged periods of screen engagement. Advising students to look away from screens a maximum of every 20 minutes and looking 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. This can allow a shi in focus and allow the muscles around the eyes to be exercised.

3: Ensure a “one and two foot rule” for smart phones to be 30 cm and computer monitors/tablet screens to be between 50‐63 cm away from the head. The eyes can be strained from focusing on objects less than 30cm away. 4: Placement of mobile devices should be around eye level when reading/viewing to avoid low gaze angles which can impact on neck and head posture. 5: Evaluate whether an electronic device is essen al for students’ engagement in a set task. There is evidence students prefer reading off paper during set tasks. 6: Provide a screen intensity scale for students to showcase the different intensi es of electronics during their screen‐based learning ac vi es. The more intensity, the more regular breaks are required. Different types of screen use (interac onal, recrea onal or passive entertainment) and different devices require varying levels of engagement intensity. 7: Replace the term “seated games” in the guidelines with “passive games”. There are some seated games that could be healthy for students. This includes ac ve cycling games that may help meet recommended ac vity guidelines. 8: Ensure text on students’ screens is three

mes larger than the smallest size they can read from a normal viewing posi on. Device sizes vary significantly, so students should be advised on the size of the text on the screen to reduce eye strain. Don’t forget‐Student Progress Interviews for Year 7 are Wednesday 27th June star ng at 4pm and Thursday the 5th of July for Year 8. Kind regards, Vince O’Donnell – Relieving Principal

With the onset of

colder weather,

please ensure

your children

continue to wear

the school

uniform and have

extra school

clothing items to

allow for washing.

Only navy blue

jumpers and

pants. No logos or

hoods.

Your help is

appreciated with

this matter.

P&C Meeting

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Monday 2

July

7‐8pm

A reminder that parents should have registered for the parent portal for Sentral. This is how reports are distributed and interviews requested and granted for mid year student progress interviews. 2018 mid‐year student progress interviews will be held on the following dates:

Year 7—Wednesday 27th June 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm

Year 8 and all support unit classes –Thursday 5th July 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm

Year 9—Thursday 26th July 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm

Year 10—Tuesday 7th August 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm Students are required to a end with their parent/s. Bookings will me made online via the Sentral parent portal. Please make sure you have registered for the Sentral parent portal. Emails with instruc ons on how to set up your parent portal have been sent a number of mes this year. Please see previous entries in skoolbag and also on the school website for detailed instruc ons on how to set up your parent portal. Please no fy the school via the parent portal of any family details changes eg. email address, phone numbers, residen al address. Bookings will be available from Tuesday 5th June for year 7, 8 and all support students and close at 1.00 pm on the day of interviews. Bookings will, be available from Monday 18th June for year 9 and 10 and close at 1.00 pm on the day of interviews. For any enquiries or assistance please contact the school on 95602355 between 9.00‐3.00 pm Emails have been sent a number of mes to all parents with instruc ons for our student and parent portal in Sentral. The emails were sent to the email address currently on our administra on systems. If you did not receive this email then please contact the school to correct your email address we have on our administra on systems. Parents who have already registered in 2017 will s ll have the same access they set up in 2017 and not have to re‐register (even though a new email will be sent)

Parents will be asked to register online by: Logging on to the Internet and registering for access at Parent Register (there is also a link to the registra on site on the school website on the main page under the our school tab labelled parent portal registra on Parents will then prompted to create a username using their email address and create a password. To see informa on from the school and to link to your enrolled children, enter the access key provided in the le er emailed. Please note that the access key is case sensi ve so copy it into the box provided on screen, exactly as it appeared in the le er. The URL for con nued access to the portal is: h p://web1.leichhardt‐h.schools.nsw.edu.au/portal. There is also a link on the school website on the main page under the our school tab labelled Student and parent portal (this is where you would sign in a er registering) Once logged on parents can see their child's metable, messages posted for students, reports, the newsle er—highlights, calendars for assessment and school events relevant to students and parents, naplan results and a endance, as well as family contact details you have supplied the school. Parents can update family details in this portal and once entered a message will be sent to the school with the change, promp ng our admin staff to update the change. Student Progress Interviews (previously called Parent Teacher Interviews) bookings are be made via this Sentral parent portal. Parents will simply select a me slot to meet with their child's teacher/s. This will be on a first in first served basis. Your schedule is complete when you have finished booking‐locked in. Some changes will be able to be made if there are vacant me slots. This is the only way to make bookings with teachers. Please contact the school on 95602355 if you need assistance. Informa on about interview dates and mes are posted on the school website and skoolbag Any queries can be directed to the school on 95602355.

Parent Portal and mid-year student progress interviews

In week 9 of this term, year 7 will be comple ng their first ever student progress interviews at Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt. These progress interviews are a me for students to reflect on their progress throughout semester one. Whilst most teachers and classes will follow the tradi onal model of parent teacher interviews. A small group of year 7 teachers will be trialling the concept of student led conferencing. 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. 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. The trial will only be taking place in selected year 7 classes who have a teacher on the student led conferencing team. This means not all subjects and teachers of your student will be partaking in the trial. Prior to week 9, teachers who are a part of trial will be handing a note out to their year 7 classes that will provide more detail to parents. This note will indicate that your student progress mee ng for that subject will be a part of the student led conference trial. We appreciate your coopera on throughout the process.

Student led conferencing team

Student Led Conferencing

On the 25 May we a ended the 12th Annual Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander Servicemen and Servicewomen

Ceremony, which was held in Hyde Park. We were met at

Hyde Park by other Aboriginal students from our Balmain and

Blackwa le Bay campuses.

Firstly, we listened to the na onal anthem, which was sung

by the Goodgarga Choir in English and in Dharawal. Then,

there was a smoking ceremony which cleansed the air of bad

spirits. Next, there was an Acknowledgement of Country

given, and we also watched an Aboriginal dance performance

by school students. There were lots of speeches given by

experienced soldiers, and a key address was given by Private

Wayne Fourmile, an Indigenous soldier from Far North

Queensland.

There was laying of a special wreath into the Pool of

Reflec on and then schools and guests were invited to pay

their respects, by laying their wreaths at the Anzac Memorial.

Overall, it was a great experience and a great opportunity for

us to recognise those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people who fought and died for their people and our country.

By Eileena

Weatherall,

Ashlyn

Wimborne and

Sarah Rodgers.

Year 7 student

SSCL

In week 5, our Aboriginal students a ended this

terms Bro Speak and Sista Speak excursions. The

program this term saw the boys and girls a end

the second half of the story factory video crea on

project that was started in term one. Students

helped to create a film for our NAIDOC assembly

with a focus the theme ‘Because of her, we can!’.

The students were extremely crea ve in this

process, and we can’t wait to see the result!

The half of both excursions was at the Sydney

Mari me museum. We were guided through the

Gapu‐Monuk exhibi on. This exhibi on focussed

on the story of how the Yolŋu people of North‐East

Arnhem Land fought for Indigenous sea rights. This

was a fantas c cultural experience for the

students.

All students and teachers had a wonderful day out

and we can’t wait for next terms edi on!

Tim Paterson and Olivia Edwards

Bro & Sista Speak

12th Annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Servicemen and Servicewomen Commemoration Ceremony: Friday 25th May

SSC Instrumental Music Program On Sunday May 20th and Monday May 21st our IMP

Chamber Orchestra performed at the Fes val Of

Instrumental Music with conductor and IMP Music

Director Mark Stevens at the Sydney Opera House.

IMP Chamber Orchestra is the most senior of the three

strings‐based ensembles in the IMP, and is made up of

students from all three campuses. The Fes val Of

Instrumental Music is organised by the NSW

Department Of Educa on’s Arts Unit, and is hosted at

the Sydney Opera House over four days in May and

June.

Chamber Orchestra were invited to perform as a

featured ensemble, a huge privilege and showcase for

Sydney Secondary College. They played Palladio,

composed by Karl Jenkins, and did an outstanding

performance. Mark Stevens and Chamber Orchestra

are looking forward to doing it all again later in the

term in June; here’s hoping they play just as well!

For more informa on on the SSC IMP, please visit

www.sscimp.com

Team 4774: The Drop Bears, is a Sydney University based robo cs team, par cipa ng annually in the FIRST® Robo cs Compe on (FRC). The team has been compe ng every year since 2012, mee ng on Sunday a ernoons throughout the year to improve our so ware, mechanical and engineering skills. The Drop Bears has a strong connec on with the Sydney Secondary College ‐ it was originally started by Balmain students and currently has 15+ members and mentors with es to the college.

For 6 weeks star ng in January, we work together to build a 60kg robot in which we will compete in na onal and overseas compe ons. As soon as the compe on rules are revealed, our team designs and manufactures the robot, aided by experienced mentors and devices such as CAD and a CNC mill. Through hard work and dedica on, The Drop Bears are able to turn an idea into an autonomous and controllable robot. You can too!

Being a part of this team is an opportunity to allow

high school students in year 8‐12 an in‐depth experience into engineering, programming, media, marke ng and improve their STEM skills. If you are a high school student interested in any of these areas and you would like to find out more, feel free to contact the team and come along to our recruitment day.

Recruitment Day

4 ‐ 5:30pm, Sunday the 1st of July (Please arrive on me to see the robot demonstra on)

The Rose Street Building, Sydney University (Near corner of Shepherd Street and Calder Road, Darlington)

Parents are strongly encouraged to come along to the recruitment a ernoon to find out about the team expecta ons.

Contact Informa on

Email: skipper@thedropbears.org.au

The Drop Bears FIRST Robotics Team

Athle cs carnivals The results and updated records from the campus and college 2018 athle cs carnivals are on the school website. Congratula ons to all students who competed in these carnivals. The top two compe tors (highlighted yellow) from Leichhardt campus in the college carnival have qualified for the bligh zone athle cs carnival to be held at Homebush main arena athle cs track on Friday 22nd June 2018. Please note some events are 14 and under(1500m and 400m) and 13 and under (Javelin). Congratula ons to all students who broke records in either carnival. These are listed in the updated records on the school website. Congratula ons to the students who achieved the most points in their age group as listed below. Campus age champions are listed below: Danil Vasiliev, Skylah McNab 12 years Alistair Woods, Cindy Sha 13 years Henrique Loureiro, Serenity Mahoni 14 years Chris Fowler, Emily Grimes 15 years Kevin Du, Lucy Crawford 16 years College age champions are listed below: Ruby McIntosh 12 years, Orlando Travis 13 years, Lucas Newman 14 years, Serenity Mahoni 14 years, Chris Fowler 15 years, Hong Duncan 16 years Champion House pointscore Campus: 1st—Pearce, 2nd—Woods, 3rd—Sauvage, 4th—Stewart

College: 1st—Woods, 2nd—‐Pearce, 3rd—Sauvage, 4th—Stewart Cross country carnivals Congratula ons to all students who competed in the

Bligh zone cross country carnival on Friday June 1 2018

at Sydney Park.

Special congratula ons to:

Liam Kapsalis 12 years boys age champion.

Temeika Puri Wa 2nd 12 years girls

Charlie Barker 13 years boys age champion

Jake Evans 2nd 13 years boys

Beth Crawford 2nd 14 years girls

Aidan Connelly 2nd 15 years boys

Lucy Crawford 2nd 16 years girls

Luke Hayes 2nd 16 years boys

All students who qualified competed at the Sydney East

cross country at Miranda Park on 14th June 2018.

Congratula ons to the following students who qualified

for the Sydney East team to compete at the CHS cross

country championships at Eastern Creek on Friday 27th

July 2018.

Beth Crawford— 2nd 14 years girls

Liam Kapsalis – 3rd 12 years boys

Lucas Lam—8th 16 years boys

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