principal’s report - chester hill high school · support and guidance to help them redeem their...

CHESTER HILL HIGH SCHOOL TELEPHONE: 9644 1099

KENWARD AVENUE FACSIMILE: 9743 7174

CHESTER HILL 2162 APRIL 2014

http://www.chesterhillhighschool.com/

Principal’s Report

New Website

I'm very pleased to announce that CHHS has

a brand new website format. This is the result

of many hundreds of hours of work by David

Criniti and Michael Barnes. The new site is

a huge leap forward in terms of interactive

capability with our entire community. The

new site has much greater capacity through

connections to YouTube, School Tube,

Facebook and Instagram to be immediate and

dynamic. For instance, the photos from the

Athletics’ carnival were available during the

day the carnival was held. This type of

interactivity will become a standard feature

of the site. Amongst other features the site

contains an online system for staff to share

electronic resources with students. For

example:

*Staff can create quizzes, online forms /

questionnaires for students to complete,

promoting the development of digital as well

as traditional literacies.

STRENGTH IN UNITY, EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

*Students can store files online, using the

my-ebox feature

( www.chesourl.com/myebox)

*Students can keep their own online journal,

and control whether their entries are private,

or able to be viewed by staff or students

( www.chesourl.com/journal ).

*Students can engage in discussions on

online courses conducted through the site,

and have feedback provided on their work

digitally.

*selected student groups such as the SRC will

have the capacity to add news items to the

site.

Eventually, most students will be submitting

their assessment tasks through the website. In

future, this newsletter will mostly be

distributed through our website. While no

decision in regard to this matter has been

made (we will consult widely) the website

has the capacity to share all the coloured

photos that grace the actual newsletter. What

you receive at home is only the black and

white (and expensive) version of our

colourful world. Again I'd like to thank David

and Michael for their great work in keeping

Cheso contemporary and relevant.

Term 1 Issue 2

Assessment Policy

All CHHS students and staff are bound by the

rules of our assessment policy. The current

policy was developed in conjunction with our

community and it contains the rules by which

we run our assessment and reporting. The

policy states that students in Years 7-9 will

incur penalties if they submit their tasks late

and if they fail to submit the task three days

after the due date, they will receive zero.

Students in Years 10-12 will receive zero if

the task is late. The policy also states that

whether a student has received zero for an

assessment task, that student is still

required to submit the task. This policy is

not about punishing the student but to ensure

that the student’s learning still takes place. To

help ensure that learning is at the forefront,

we are having a ‘catch-up’ day to assist those

students who failed to submit a task by giving

them time to redeem. These students will not

get any marks for their work as per the policy

but at least they will have completed some of

the learning. This catch-up day will become

part of a regular, once-a-term event at CHHS.

The day will be run in Week 11 of this term.

There will be teacher assistance available on

the day and the identified students will be

kept behind until 4:00pm to finish off their

work. Teachers have already started to

identify the students. Letters will be sent

home giving details of the process.

Parents should note that the CHHS

Assessment Policy also stipulates that

students who fail to meet the syllabus

(course) outcomes may jeopardise their

progression into the next year. As a school,

we realise that any student who does not


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progress with the rest of their year could feel

ashamed in front of their peers. We

acknowledge by enforcing our Assessment

Policy a number of students have not

progressed into the next year. We know that

those students and their families are not

happy about this outcome. However all

students affected by the policy were offered

support and guidance to help them redeem

their overdue work. It was made clear to

every student that the consequences for not

trying to redeem could result in non-

progression.

The school makes assessment our number

one priority after student safety. Our school

has tracking and support systems to ensure

that all students meet the learning outcomes.

Support and help is readily available if your

son or daughter needs it. The current

Assessment Policy has resulted in a much

higher submission and redeeming rates for

assessment tasks. All details of all

assessment can be found through our

website and along with the previously

mentioned Assessment Policy. Please take

time to read through the policy as the rules

outlined in this document will be the basis

of any decision concerning your son’s or

daughter’s assessment.

CHHS Community Forum

I would like to again appeal to interested

parents to attend our Community Forum

meetings. The majority of our current group

of parents have served our school with

distinction but their ‘children’ have finished

Yr.12 and they will not be serving in the

Forum this year. The Community Forum is a

body that discusses school policy and gives

advice to the Principal. It is not a fund-

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raising body. For example, at this year’s

Forum we will be discussing the CHHS

response to the Department of Education

and Community’s BYOD (Bring your own

device) ICT policy.

This policy is a major change of direction for

the DEC. Previously under the DER program

students in Yr.9 were supplied with a laptop.

Now the DEC is allowing students to bring

their own technology to school to use in the

classroom. A number of state high schools (and

not necessarily rich ones) have requested that

parents purchase a particular laptop to be used

by the incoming Yr. 7 students. We will need to

make a considered response to this BYOD

policy. One way you can have your say is to

come along to the next meeting and hear the

discussion on how our policy will be shaped. If

you can, could you please make the time

available to attend this important meeting. It

gives you direct access to the Principal and the

school’s senior executive if you would like to

discuss any other issue. The meeting date for

the next forum in Term 1, 2014 is April 7th

in the school Library at 4:30.

2014 Athletics Carnival

On Thursday the 20th March we conducted our

Athletics Carnival at the Crest complex. A

number of school records were broken

throughout the day. The carnival was an

outstanding achievement due to two factors,

the organisation of the carnival by the PD/H/

PE faculty and secondly by the excellent

participation and behaviour of the students. I

want to personally congratulate everybody

involved for this wonderful experience. It is

days like this that make Chester Hill HS a

very special place.

Grounds Projects

There are three building projects that will

commence in the school holidays; a

performance space, an outdoor learning

space next to the school hall and an Art

‘shed’ for art making and exhibitions. This

will add to the great range of curriculum we

offer here, especially in the creative and

performing arts areas. Thank you to Mr.

Rosewall for researching and organising

these projects.

Mr B. Miller


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SWIMMING CARNIVAL

We held our Annual Swimming Carnival on Thursday 13th February at Birrong pool. It was a

great success, thanks largely to the terrific effort of our students who swam on the day. It was

wonderful to see so many students turn up to support their peers from the stands and cheer

them on. The day belonged to Hillary house once again.

Congratulations to all students who swam and especially our age champions and the students

who made it through to our zone swim team.

AGE CHAMPIONS

Mrs Grant and Mrs Mason

BOYS GIRLS

U12 Alaa Agha Emmy Phung

U13 Antony Pham Jennifer Nguyen

U14 Luke Page Sandy Akil

U15 Andrew Tran Taylah Bailey

U16 Matthew Ambrose Rhiannon Minett

17+ Delian Kotevski, Zolfacar Mousavi,

Jamal Serhan

Melek Yilmaz

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From the Cheso Mathematics Faculty

Term 1 has been a busy time for the Mathematics Faculty! Here is some

information about our expectations in Mathematics this year:

You must bring your book to every lesson and keep your notes

neat and organised.

You must bring your calculator to every lesson. Calculators

may be purchased from the school for $20. Our preference is

the CASIO fx-82 AU PLUS model. All students need a

calculator. If you cannot purchase one for any reason, please

contact Ms Blue directly.

Use a blue or black pen to write your notes and a pencil for

graphs and diagrams.

Bring a glue stick to every lesson to make sure all your

worksheets are glued into your book.

You must write your homework in your diary each lesson.

You must score at least 300 points on www.mathletics.com.au

as part of their homework each week. Use your unique

username and password to practise the topics you are

studying in class. (Years 7 – 10 and Year 11 General only)

Room E15 is open every Wednesday at lunch for students who

need to do their Mathletics homework or need

help with their Maths assignments.

CHESO NUMERACY CORNER

Each Newsletter we will give you an idea about how

to talk with your child about numeracy at home.

Talk about information used to advertise food products,

and why the company has chosen to show this

information. Does it make the food look

healthy? Is the company trying to hide

something? For example, a product

advertised as 97% fat free is low in fat, but it may have

high levels of sugar and salt. This information may not

be highlighted so you need to look at the nutrition labels

carefully. Remember “Sodium” means “salt”.


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CHESO THE VOICE Week 2 Term 2

Flag Day

We are one soloists

On Flag Day we are looking for the best 4

singers in the school to sing the final song.

This is the most important part of Flag Day

and the search is on for the final 4!

If you can sing see Mrs Fields and put your

name down for Cheso The Voice Auditions.

When you audition you can sing any song

you like you can sing with a backing track

or get someone to accompany you but you

must sing on your own - not with a friend.

Auditions will take place in the Hall or

music rooms. Listen for announcements and

start practising!!!!!

CHESO THE VOICE!!! Audition to be one of the four best singers at Cheso Blind Auditions Week 2 term 2

2014 Want to perform? See Mrs Fields to put your name down to

audition.

Be one of the four best singers in the

school to sing the big Flag Day song at the

end of the ceremony.

Debating Report A good start to the new year!

The Premier’s Debating Challenge has

begun for 2014 and teams representing

Chester Hill High School have either

been chosen or will be in the upcoming

weeks. It can be quite a daunting,

nevertheless rewarding experience for

both old and new team members as the

average speaking time is 6 minutes on a

topic the team chose only an hour

earlier.

The Year 11 team has two new

members for 2014 and consists of

Aadarsh Prasad, Zainab Ashrafi,

Kristine Tran and Conor Hussey-Smith.

The Year 12 team are a tried and tested

team who have had many successes in

the past and members are Anika Synthi,

Chelsea Fisher, Timothy La and Bao

Nguyen.

Successes have already begun for both

teams who won against the mixed Year

11 and 12 teams of Sefton High School.

The first round of debates were on the

issue of Education and the topics

explored were "Schools should only

make rules for schools" and "Private

schools should be banned”.

Hopefully their successes are an

indicator of the year to come in

subsequent debates on the issues of

Media and Politics.

For more information on the Premier’s

Debating Challenge, please visit the

following site:

http://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/

speaking-competitions/premiers-

debating-challenge

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Change of website!

In 2013 I introduced the website

www.seek2b.com

It has had a name change to…

Hence the website: www.jobjump.com.au

All students and their families are invited to

use this website to explore career pathways.

At this stage we do not need a password.

Some features include:

Find My Career: Personality Quiz to help

you select a career that suits you.

Earnings: How much money you earn in

various occupations.

Calendar of Events: For 2014

Videos on a wide variety of careers.

Mrs Patrizi – Careers Adviser

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nue,

Miller 2168

OPEN: Monday to Friday 3 - 9pm

Ph: 9608 6999

Membership Prices:

Juniors (Under 18’s): $10

Concession: $17

Seniors: $25

Our Mission:

We get young people active in life

We work with young people to develop

their skills, character and leadership

We reduce and prevent crime by and

against young people

Activity Day Time Price

Boxing Coach: Alf Davies

Monday to Thursday

6 - 7:30pm $8

Junior Boxing (7 to 14

years) Coach: Alf Davies

Monday and Thursday 5 - 6pm $5

Full Volume Studios Recording & Rehearsals

Booking Req. Booking Req.

Call Aaron on 0439 797 904

Zumba Instructor: Jacki

Thursday 7:30 - 8:30pm $10

Stina’s Tiny Steps Tuesday 3-5 years 6-6:30pm 6-12 years 6:30-7:15pm

$8 $8

Kick Boxing Coach: Harpe

Monday-Thursday 5pm By agreement

PCYC Open Mic Nights Friday Fortnightly TBA Gold coin donation

Basketball

Monday-Friday 3 - 9pm. Members Only

Drop In (Pool Tables, Foxtel, Ping

Pong)

Monday - Friday 4 - 9pm Members Only

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (12 yrs – Adult)

Sensei: Evan

Tuesday, Thursday and

Sunday

Tuesday 7:30 - 9pm Thursday 7:30 - 9pm Sunday 6 - 7:30pm

By agreement with Evan. $15/ session $80 a month

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (4-12 yrs)

Sensei: Evan

Tuesday & Thursday Tuesday & Thursday 6:15 – 7:30pm

By agreement with Evan $7.50 / session

Current as of 27/02/2014

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Safer Drivers Course What is the Safer Drivers Course (for Young Learner Drivers)?

The Safer Drivers Course is a combined theoretical and practical

course for under-25-year-old learner drivers who have completed 50

hours of log book driving hours.

PCYC, in partnership with the NSW Driver Trainers Association, has been awarded accredited

provider status for this course by Transport for NSW and Roads and Maritime Services.

Where is PCYC delivering this course?

PCYC is rolling out this course to 44 locations across NSW.

What does it involve?

The learner must have completed 50 hours of actual on-road driving experience to be eligible for

the course. Credits gained under the 3-for-1 Scheme cannot be included in the total.

The course involves two modules:

• Module one: A three-hour facilitated group discussion on how to manage risks on the road.

This will involve a maximum of 12 participants.

• Module two: A two-hour in-vehicle coaching session to develop low-risk driving strategies.

This will involve two participants and a coach. Module two MUST be completed within one

month of the date of Module one for the participant to be eligible for the log book credit

What are the Course Learning Outcomes?

The course concentrates on developing risk management skills designed to improve the

safety of the young driver as they prepare to drive solo for the first time.

The learning outcomes of the course are:

• understand they’re at highest risk of crashing when they first move from supervised to inde-

pendent driving;

• understand they can reduce their risk of crashing by adopting safe driving behaviours, mini-

mising risk-taking and making low-risk on-road decisions;

• understand their vulnerabilities and the relationship between typically poor novice driving be-

haviours (e.g. following behaviour, gap selection, hazard perception, speed selection, distrac-

tion) and increased crash risk;

• understand and build resilience to the impact that peer influence and passenger behaviour can

have on crash risks; and

• develop strategies to address risks such as late-night driving, drugs and alcohol and general

lifestyle pressures that can lead to speeding and driver distraction and fatigue.

The cost of the course is $140.00.

Payment may be made by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or cash, EFTPOS, credit card or

cheque in person at a club.

Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW is one of Australia’s leading youth organisations.

State office: 1C Mimika Ave, Whalan NSW, 2770 Phone: 9625-9111


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LEARN ABOUT

YOURSELF !

As Abraham Lincoln said “The

best way to predict the future is

to create it”

Volunteer to host an international

high school student in February

2014 through Southern Cross

Cultural Exchange. Help determine

the future resilience, diversity and

global awareness of your children

and family.

Carefully selected students will

arrive in July 2014 for one term,

one or two semesters from France,

Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway,

Denmark, Finland, and Spain. They

will attend a local secondary

school, arrive with their own

spending money and

comprehensive insurance cover –

all arranged by Southern Cross

Cultural Exchange. Visit us at our

website: www.scce.com.au,

Email: [email protected] or

call us toll free on 1800 500 501,

request our international student

profiles, and capture the spirit of

family and friendship.

Under 15 Girls Basketball Knockout

The Chester Hill under 15 girls basketball

team played a very competitive Leumeah

high school in round one of the knockout

competition. In a very close game, our

girls eventually triumphed over Le-

umeah,

44-40.

Round two resulted in Chester Hill play-

ing against Cecil Hills high school. Our

skills and team play had greatly improved

since round one. Unfortunately we lost

27-12, but should be congratulated on a

terrific team effort.

Mrs Grant

Year 10 P.A.S.S. Excursion

This term year 10 P.A.S.S. were lucky

enough to spectate the GIO National

Wheelchair Rugby Championships at

Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. The

Championships featured players from the

GOLD medal winning Australian Team

(The Steelers), from the London 2012

Paralympic Games.

The students were then treated to a guided

tour of SKODA Stadium, home of

Australia’s newest AFL team, the Greater

Western Sydney Giants. Some of the

highlights of the tour included walking a

lap of the stadium and seeing the amazing

facilities available to the Giants.

As a follow up to the excursion, Year 10

P.A.S.S. students then participated in the

Wheelchair Sports NSW Roadshow. This

allowed our students to play wheelchair

basketball in the school C.O.L.A. and

listen to an inspirational talk on road safety,

risk taking and living in a wheelchair.

The students gained an incredible insight

and understanding of physical activity for

the disabled as a result of these experiences.

Mrs Grant and Mr Chahrouk

Athletics Carnival

Our athletics day was held on Thursday

20 March and a fantastic day was had by

all. There were records broken, personal

bests beaten and a bevy of super heroes

and other characters roaming The Crest.

We should know shortly which house

reigns supreme for the day, but

congratulations to all competitors and

spectators for making it another

successful event.


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Boys Volleyball CHS Knock-out.

9 Boys represented the school in the CHS

Knockout volleyball competition against

Punchbowl Boys High School on Thursday

the 6th of March. The boys had little time to

prepare for the game however represented

the school and themselves with pride and a

competitive spirit. Ms Poon gathered the

team and arranged the game unfortunately,

due to illness she was unable to attend the

match. The opposition was a strong and a

well- established team with many

motivating chants of congratulations and

exhilaration. The Cheso team had a loss of

3 sets to 0 however they improved as their

communication between players improved.

Ahmad Jivad was an experienced player

who took on a leadership role with his

team. Congratulations for stepping up!

With more efficient practice in an indoor

venue the boys would have given their

opposition a run for their money. It was a

privilege for me to be a part of the team.

The team included:

Andrew Lam, Anthony Ho, Ben Ly, Mahdi

Moussavi, Rashad Nadir, Jimmy Nguyen,

Bil Phong, Ali Amin and Ahmad Javid.

Mrs Lykouras

Boys Knockout Basketball

On Friday 28th February, 12 school

representatives competed in the Sydney

South West Boys Basketball knock out.

The boys were selected after a try out at

school. The game was against Fairvale HS

and held at the school. The boys were very

calm yet still nervous before the game as

they were missing their pivotal player Alex

Sesay. He had been selected to play for the

Zone Basketball team on the same day.

Alex had trained and directed the team in

the lead up training sessions. A special

thank you to Alex for his dedication to the

school and team. The boys were

outmatched with students who had played

many years of basketball. Stanley did his

best at standing in as assistant coach and

directing the team. Special thank you to the

players of the many codes of football that

helped fill in because of their height and

fitness level. The boys played very well and

started to make a comeback on the score

however time ran out and the boys had a

loss 30-35. Congratulations to the whole

team for playing as respectful sportsmen

and performing at their best.

Also on the day some representatives from

the year 11 Sports Coaching VET course

attended the knock out. Each student was

given a role in which they were required to

attend to throughout the day. Some of these

roles were distributing and collecting

uniforms, organizing and refilling drink

bottles, scoring and filming. All of the

students proved to be assets and contributed

to the smooth running of the competition.

Congratulations on their first official role to

coaching.

1 Jad Ismail

2 Stanley Sesay

3 Adam Hajimohamed

4 Bessie Aufaga

5 Vincenzo Lasalosi

6 Jordan Tang

7 Zachary Janus

8 David Kavea

9 Ben Ly

10 Jye Kemp Brown

11 Arsalan Hamidpour

12 Mohamed ElMocheyi

Dear Basketball Fans,

Our zone basketball team performed

admirably at the Zone tournament

winning all of our pool games by an

average winning margin of 20 points. The

high pressure defence that we ran was too

much for other teams to handle and the

boys 'worked hard' for each other.

Unfortuantely by the time the semifinal

match came around, the unfavourable

draw that had us competing against a

team that only played two games, as

opposed to our three, proved critical as

our boys ran out of legs.

We should all be very proud of the boys

who showed great sportsmanship and

cameraderie. Three parents attended and

they remarked how much they too

enjoyed the experience.

Thankyou for allowing me the honour of

coaching such a team. Congratulations to

the three boys: Jason Edwards of East

Hills, Fulati Yilihan and Yogan

Rajayogan, who were selected for the

regional squad.


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Peer Support and Year 7 Clean-up

Peer Support is an ongoing activity that is

practised for several weeks. Year 11’s

volunteer to become Peer Support leaders.

Their duties include hosting activities in

which all year sevens are expected to

participate. This is so the year 7’s can benefit

and get the most out of each lesson. During

these few weeks, Peer Support leaders help

the newly arrived students settle in through

advice, encouragement and fun educational

games.

“I think that Peer Support is a great

opportunity!” Anthony reports.

We congratulate all Peer Support Leaders for

their effort and time, which has helped the

school in many ways.

School Publicity, SRC

SRC and Year 7 joined together to show

their community spirit by clearing the

grounds of unwanted rubbish. Many large

garbage bags were filled and the school

never looked better.


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School Uniforms—Boys and Girls

Any parents/guardians who have any school

uniform that they no longer need, as kids

have outgrown them or finished school,

please kindly donate them to the school.

School Website

The school has a new face to the world

via the internet.

After many long hours slaving at the

keyboard, Mr Criniti has created an all

purpose website that can accommodate

most of the requirements of Teachers,

Students and Parents.

To read the documents on the site e.g.

assessment tasks, you’ll require Adobe

Reader X or higher. We have placed icons

in relevant positions to make updating

easier.

Where you see this icon,

click on it and follow the prompts.

Happy surfing!


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General Announcements

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Week Day Date Event

1B Monday 28.4.14 * SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY

Tuesday 29.4.14 * Students return to school

2A Friday 9.5.14 * SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY - Recess +

3B Monday 12.5.14 * YEAR 11 EXAMS Preliminary Half Yearly Assess Period Commences

* COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING (4.30pm) (All parents welcome)

Tuesday 13.5.14 * NAPLAN 13/5 - 15/5

Wednesday 14.5.14 * NAPLAN 13/5 - 15/5

Thursday 15.5.14 * NAPLAN 13/5 - 15/5

4A Monday 19.5.14 * VIETNAMESE PARENT MEETING (6.30pm – 8.00pm)

* ZONE CROSS COUNTRY

* YEAR 11 EXAMS Preliminary Half Yearly Assess Period Continues

Wednesday 21.5.14 * NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTED

5B Wednesday 28.5.14 * Year Meetings

6A Monday 2.6.14 * YEAR 12 PARENT/TEACHER NIGHT - Reports 4.30pm-6.30pm

Thursday 5.6.14 * Year 10 Formal Interview Day (Students Only)

7B Monday 9.6.14 * PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Queen’s Birthday

Thursday 12.6.14 * REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

8A Monday 16.6.14 * COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING (4.30pm) (All parents welcome)

* ARABIC PARENT MEETING (6.00pm - 7.30pm)

Tuesday 17.6.14 * PACIFIC COMMUNITY PARENT MEETING (10am-12.00pm)

Thursday 19.6.14 * MULTICULTURAL FLAG CEREMONY - (9.45am and 12.45pm)

Friday 20.6.14 * MULTICULTURAL FLAG CEREMONY - (11.15am tickets ONLY)

9B Wednesday 25.6.14 * NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTED

* KAREN PARENT MEETING (6.00pm - 7.30pm)

* ZONE ATHLETICS

Thursday 26.6.14 * Year Meetings

* ZONE ATHLETICS

Last Day Term 2 – Friday 27.6.14 First Day Term 3 – Tuesday 15.7.14

Please Note: Dates/Times correct at time of publication

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