29 th July 2016 Email: rutherford-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.rutherfordhs.nsw.edu.au Telephone: 4932 5999

Fax: 4932 8166 http:www.facebook.com/RutherfordTechnologyHighSchool

OFFICE OPENING

HOURS

Please be aware the office is open Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm. Outside office hours a message may be left on the school answering machine.

Parents and caregivers are reminded an appointment is necessary before meeting with teachers as they have class, playground duty and other commitments during the school day.

Our next P&C meeting will be held on the 16th August at 6 pm in the interview room at the Front Office. We welcome any new or existing parents to attend and become involved with the school.

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

COMMITMENT

RUTHERFORD TECHNOLOGY

HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 1st August - NAIDOC Assembly 2nd Aug - Love Me Mission Workshop 2nd Aug - Computer Tutoring at MSSC 3rd Aug - Science & Engineering Challenge at Newcastle University 3rd Aug - LMG Education Week Awards Night 4th Aug - HSC Retail Excursion to Charlestown Square 5th Aug - RYDA Road Safety Day at Tocal 7th August - 12th August - Yr 11 Selwyn Ski Trip 8th Aug - Year 9 ‘Wellbeing Day’ 9th August - Computer Tutoring at MSSC 9th August - Yr 10 REACH program 10th August - Yr 10 Plan - It - Youth program 12th Aug - Motivate Pro-gram GENESIS GYM

SCHOOL MUSICAL AT RUTHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HIGH…. A FANTASTIC

SUCCESS!

SENIOR EXECUTIVE REPORT

Welcome back to term 3 another busy term at Rutherford Technology High.

POPSTARS Congratulations to all involved in a fantastic production. It is a testament to the fantastically talented students and staff at RTHS.

REPORTS Students in Years 7-11 received their reports on the last day of term 2. If students didn’t collect their reports they can do so at the front office.

PARENT TEACHER EVENING Thanks to all the parents who were able to attend the parent teacher evening on 20 July to receive feedback on stu-dent learning. Thank you to the teachers for giving up their time to enable this feedback to happen.

YEAR 12 Year 12 have just completed their HSC trial and many are now engaged in completing their major works and prepar-ing for major performances. It is important that Year 12 use all their time wisely for the rest of this term to maximise their HSC results.

MAJOR LEARNING INITIATIVES IN SEMESTER 2 There are 2 major focus areas this semester:

“Focus on writing” – across the school initiatives continuing from semester 1. “Assessment, feedback and reporting” –

the focus of our staff development day on 18 July

Investigating and reviewing how we can change assessment and feedback processes to enhance student learning.

N AWARDS AND N DETERMINATIONS We will be making decisions in the next few weeks about Year 11 and 12 students who have N determinations that affect their eligibility towards the HSC. It is imperative any students with outstanding N awards are making all en-deavours to rectify this.

EDUCATION WEEK- ‘SHARED STORIES, BETTER LEARNING, STRONGER COMMUNITIES’

Week 3 we are celebrating the great opportunities public education provides your children with our Rutherford Com-munity of Schools Education Week awards evening being held on Wednesday 3rd August from 5.30pm in the MPC.

NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS

On Monday 1 August we are celebrating NAIDOC week with:

A NAIDOC assembly

Indigenous activities

Indigenous All-stars versus staff touch football

Michael Whiting

Principal

UNIFORM

Rutherford Technology High School is a school whose community strongly believes in the wearing of school uniform. Uniform is monitored each day and all students are expected to wear full school uniform.

If you need assistance with uniform please contact the school.

EXECUTIVE REPORT

The first half of the year has flown by so quickly with everyone working so hard in English! Students in Years 7-10 have been working very well on their new units of work, with some outstanding classwork and assessment tasks being composed. It is also pleasing to see the number of students improving their skills through consistent effort and increasing completion of assessment tasks. Remember that all students were issued with a notice of the timing of the units being studied and the assessment due dates at the beginning of the year, so keeping track of this will help them to plan and incorporate preparation for these tasks into their regular study timetable. With a focus on develop-ing literacy skills, it is also important for students to be reading each day to help build these skills. Completing sum-maries and activities to improve comprehension should also be a part of students’ home reading program – we are more than happy to provide activities if needed – but sometimes a discussion of what has been read can be most helpful to students’ development. The Senior students have been working very hard as well, with Year 11 students adjusting to the demands of the Preliminary HSC course and Year 12 just finishing their Trial Exams. Year 11 should begin to prepare for their Year-ly Exams soon, as they will have a lot to study in the weeks leading up to these at the end of the term. The earlier they start, the easier all that revision will be. Year 12 are almost at the end of their HSC journey, but not quite yet! It is important to remember that a lot can be achieved between now and the HSC and that students must not only con-tinue their home study, but also attend class regularly in Term 3. There are still a lot of things Year 12 can learn and improve upon to ensure they achieve the results they desire in the HSC. Each lesson in English in Term 3 will be a necessary learning experience to develop essential knowledge and skills – don’t miss out on these! The courses are not over yet… We look forward to another exciting semester full of new and interesting learning experiences in English.

Mrs Stephanie Mole

HT English

POPSTARS THE 90S MUSICAL A hard working and dedicated team of Staff and Students spent a semester of intensive rehearsals to put our Popstars musical together. From set construction, lighting design, choreography, direction, promotional design mate-rials and band rehearsals (till we heard the songs in our sleep), it was a lot of hard work but very rewarding. May I congratulate the leads, ensemble cast and band students, who gave up a semester of their school life to at-tend dance, drama and music activities in preparation for the show. For attending the nine weeks of Wednesday af-ternoon rehearsals, the two full day Sunday rehearsals, and the many recess and lunch breaks spent in Drama and Music to learn all the dances, scripts and blocking of scenes and all those songs in time with the band. Many thanks to all of the many wonderful staff who made Popstars possible by assisting with the show. From those who helped with the numerous daily rehearsals, the dedicated and amazing production team and to those who simp-ly came along to the performances to help out. The show could not have come together without the wonderful students who volunteered to be our amazing crew. The students worked on sound and lighting, front of house ushers, the incredible backstage audio technicians, stage managers and stage hands, backstage costume and props, and finally the hall designers. Throughout the show we worked with Hunter based sound and lighting company “Lifelike Atmospheres”. We must thank the owners Jacob Harwood and Trent Pickles for their expertise in the technical sound and lighting aspect and design for the show. Thank you to all our parents, family, friends and our wonderful Partnership Primary schools who all came along and supported our production of Popstars. Ms Loretta Hornery HT CAPA Producer Popstars the 90s Musical

TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS

“I now dance all the time. This musical gave me confidence. There are times for silence and a time when a man must sing to save his buddies” – Tyson (Yr 10) “I really enjoyed my time in the musical. All the cast became a family and we loved going on stage together. I am incredibly proud of the entire talented cast” – Angel (Yr 10) “I have enjoyed the laughs and silly moments. We felt the pressure and were scared, but we held it together and pro-duced an awesome musical. As an ensemble member the other girls were kind and even went as far as helping me put my makeup on for the show. The musical has helped me make new friends and understand people at a new lev-el where I have opened up to new people by getting out of my comfort zone.” – Johanna (Yr 10) “Being in the musical was the best thing that has happened to me. Every time I showed up for rehearsals all I saw was happy faces. Thank you for letting me be part of the musical”. – Leteah (Yr 8) “I thought the musical was fun and very exciting. Every time I performed (in the band) it gave me more and more confidence and helped with my playing”. – Kyle (Yr 7) “The school musical showed me what it is like to have people really believe in me and make me feel like I can do anything”. – Caitlin (Yr 11) “Popstars was a fantastic experience, I loved working with ‘Lifelike Atmospheres’ and the lovely backstage crew. It was exciting to watch the actors so full of passion, the effort was outstanding. I loved the whole experience it is one I will treasure” – Ava (Yr 11) “The musical was the highlight of my year. I would do one again. It was filled with great students and teachers who feel like my second family” – Rhys (Yr 9) “I thought the musical was fun and great because it involved so many people regardless of their age and ability” – Rohan (Yr 7) “Being a part of the musical has by far been the best thing, I was happy to work with my close friend as part of the shows sound crew and do it amazingly well. The dances and the songs will be memories I will cherish forever”. – Jess (Yr 11)

ATTENTION STUDENTS If anyone would like to order from the Scholastic Book Club the current catalogues are in the li-brary so please feel free to come and grab one. The orders will be closed and sent off on Mon-day 1st August. Please bring your completed order form back into the library and place it in the

box on the table near the photocopier. Lots of great deals and books to suit all ages!

NEW TRADING HOURS FOR UNIFORM

SHOP

TUESDAY & THURSDAY

8am - 12 noon

HELPFUL HINTS FROM THE LaST ( Learning and Support Team)

SCHOOL FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE. There are many ways these can be paid. They include cash, cheque, Eftpos or direct deposit. Many families have been utilising the direct deposit option this year as it has proven to be popular if you cannot make it into the office during opening hours. Small weekly deposits can also be made if this is easier. Please use your child's name as the reference. A receipt and balance will then be sent out to you. The details for direct deposit are:

Account Name: Rutherford Technology High School Account #: 141100 BSB #: 032-001

If you have already paid your child's fees, we pass on our appreciation. If you need to discuss this further, please contact the office on 4932 5999. Many Thanks

Five tools to improve literacy have been explained in the past few Newsletters. These included Getting Knowledge Ready, Vocabulary, Reading the text aloud, Paraphrasing and What questions does the text answer? The sixth tool uses a combination of skills to help you understand the big picture.

6. SUMMARISING

WHAT IS IT? This is where you identify the main ideas of a text. This allows you to see the big ideas in texts, to link them together and compare them. It involves reducing the amount of text and bringing the key ideas together to restate the gist of the text as briefly as possible.

What’s in it for me?

This will help me to:

Highlight the main ideas in a text

Separate the main ideas from the supporting evidence and examples

Demonstrate my understanding of the text and ideas

Link knowledge across the text and to other previous knowledge

Compare information between texts

Condense large amounts of text

Remove unwanted detail from text

Improve my memory of what is read

OUR CLOTHING POOL IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF

DONATIONS. WE GRATEFULLY ACCEPT ANY

SECONDHAND SCHOOL UNIFORMS. PLEASE

LEAVE ANY DONATIONS AT THE FRONT OFFICE.

CATCH UP VACCINATION DAY FOR YEAR 7

STUDENTS

TUESDAY 2ND AUGUST Any Year 7 student that has missed previous vaccinations, catch up vaccinations will be

available from 9am in the interview room at the front office. Please contact Anne Young

on 49325999 with any enquiries.

COURSE & INSTITUTION INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS Whitehouse Institute of Design Open House 2016 Whitehouse Institute of Design, Australia Open House 2016 at the Sydney campus at 2 Short Street, Surry Hills, will be held on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 August 2016. For bookings phone 1300551433 or email enquiry@whitehouse-design.edu.au TOP Education Information Evening - Discover the possibilities as PwC and TOP Education join forces Come and learn more about our undergraduate degrees in law, business, accounting, finance marketing and Public Relations, and find out more about the alliance between Top Education Institute and PwC. Thursday 30 June 2016, 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Register now at www.top.edu.au/ GENERAL COURSE UPDATES, CHANGES New Courses at UTS Science - Forensic Science Bachelor of Forensic Science - Our new revamped Forensic course has four majors to choose from - Crime Scene Investigation, Digital Forensics, Chemistry, Biology, and multi-ple combinations of forensics degree with international studies, creative intelligence and law. New Courses at UTS Science - Bachelor of Biotechnology Biotechnology is the science of the future. Our newrevamped Bachelor of Biotechnology has for majors to choose from - Medical biotechnology, Environmental bio-technology, Computational biotechnology, and Biosensor technology. http://www.science.uts.edu.au/future COURSES & WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS Complementary workshop during school holidays at William Angliss Institute William Angliss Institute Syd-ney is offering a complementary workshop for students who are passionate about cookery, patisserie, barista and hospitality on 5 July! It provides a unique opportunity for them to get hands on experience and explore future career paths. For more information, please visit www.angliss.edu.au/trial-a-trade Pre- HSC Trial English Titorial Sessions These tutorial sessions are designed for HSC English students who need guidance, advice, tips and strategies to help your gain a Band 6 in English. Every Tuesday commencing 14 June to 30 August. 5-7pm, Cost $5 per session, bookings required http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/play/facilities/library/just_for.../students Whitehouse Institute of Design Registrations Whitehouse Institute of Design Registrations for the 2-day to 10-day 2016 Winter Workshops in Fashion Illustration | Image Styling | Sewing | Interiors Illustration are now open. The workshops will be held from 4 to 15 July 2016 at the Sydney campus at 2 Short Street, Surry Hills. For bookings phone 1300551433 or email enquiry@whitehouse-design.edu.au Whitehouse Institute of Design Registrations Whitehouse Institute of Design Registrations for the 2-day to 10-day 2016 Spring Workshop in Portfolio Development is now open. The workshop will be held from 10-11 November 2016 at the Sydney campus at 2 Short Street, Surry Hills. For bookings phone 1300551433 or email en-quiry@whitehouse-design.edu.au Whitehouse Institute of Design VET for Secondary School Students Certificate III in Design Fundamentals CUV30311 Stage 1 Second Block commences Monday 4 July to Friday 15 July 2016 at the Sydney campus at 2 Short Street, Surry Hills. For further information phone 1300551433 or email enquiry@whitehouse-design.edu.au JMC Academy and AFTT Workshops Workshops JMC ACADEMY Brisbane high school workshop 22 Sep-tember 2016 Melbourne high school workshop 09 July 2016 Sydney high school workshop September 2016 AFTT (Academy of Film, Theater and Television) Film Workshop 5 July 2016 Performance Workshop 6 July 2016 OPEN DAYS GET BEHIND THE SCENES OF MACLEAY BEFORE OPEN DAY! Get in before the hustle and bustle of Open Day on Aug 20th with a campus tour & workshop at Macleay College. A campus tour or workshop is a highly customised experience suited to your students needs and areas of interest. Students can ask any questions they might have about study, career paths, pathway programs and industry opportunities.. To book call 1300 939 888 or email study@macleay.edu. OPEN DAY: Sydney Design School -Build your own Interior Design Mood Board! Saturday 18 June Want to be an Interior Designer for a day? Get hands on at the Sydney Design School Open Day this Saturday – 10 till 12. Create a stunning interior mood board, guided by our passionate Educators who are all practising Interior Designers. The best board will win a free two day Masterclass in Interior Decoration! Level 2, 40 Oxley Street, St Leonards. Register now at sydneydesignschool.com.au

OPEN DAYS (contd)

Whitehouse Institute of Design Open House 2016 at the Sydney campus at 2 Short Street, Surry Hills, will be held on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 August 2016. For bookings phone 1300551433 or email enquiry@whitehouse-design.edu.au Australian College of Applied Psychology Information Session 24 August 2016 ACAP offers courses in Psy-chology, Counselling, Social Science, Social Work, Case Management, Coaching and Youth Work. Our free infor-mation session covers course workloads, academic pathways, entry criteria and career options. Meet ACAP lectur-ers and current students. Wednesday 24 August, 6.00pm at the Sydney CBD campus. Register online at http://www.acap.edu.au/future-students/info-sessions/. JMC Academy and AFTT Open Days Open Days JMC ACADEMY Brisbane 6 August 2016 Melbourne 27 Au-gust 2016 Sydney 27 August 2016 AFTT ( Academy of Film, Theater and Television) Sydney 17 September 2016 Charles Sturt University MyDay Agriculture Do you know of any students interested in Agriculture? CSU's MyDay Agriculture event will be running in the school holidays on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th July in Wagga Wag-ga, for students who are considering a career in Agriculture. Parents are welcome to attend. Students can register their interest at www.csu.edu.au/myday or call 026338 6010 for more information. Charles Sturt University Info Day Port Macquarie Charles Sturt University have moved into their brand new campus in Port Macquarie. CSU's Info Day will provide the opportunity for students, parents and the public to see the new facilities, attend UAC talks, parent talks and speak directly with Academics from all Courses being offered in 2017. Thursday 23rd June from 5pm-7.30pm and Friday 24th June from 10.30am-1pm. Call 026338 6010 for more info Charles Sturt University MyDay Dubbo Charles Sturt University will be running on a MyDay on Tuesday 28 June in Dubbo for students interested in Careers in Education, Nursing and Social Work. Students can register their interest at www.csu.edu.au/myday or call 02 6338 6010 for more information. Charles Sturt University MyDay Allied Health Charles Sturt University will be running a MyDay on Thursday 30 June in Albury-Wodonga for students interested in Careers in the Allied Health areas of Health & Rehabilitation Science, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatric Medicine and Speech & Language Pathology. Students can register their interest at www.csu.edu.au/myday or call 02 6338 6010 for more information. Charles Sturt University MyDay Communication & Creative Industries Port Macquarie Charles Sturt Universi-ty will be running a MyDay on Monday 4 July in Port Macquarie for students interested in Careers in Advertising, Graphic Design and Public Relations. Students can register their interest at www.csu.edu.au/myday or call 02 6338 6010 for more information. Charles Sturt University MyDay Medical Radiation Science & Paramedic Charles Sturt University will be run-ning a MyDay on Friday 8 July in Port Macquarie for students interested in Careers in Medical Radiation Science and Paramedicine. Students can register their interest at www.csu.edu.au/myday or call 02 6338 6010 for more infor-mation. Charles Sturt University Sydney Info Day Charles Sturt University will be running a Sydney Info Day at the Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St Ultimo on Saturday 27th August from 10am - 3pm. Come along to find infor-mation on CSU courses and living and learning at CSU. Open Day at UTS Science Come visit UTS Science at Open Day on August 27. Join Info Sessions on all of our degrees, careers and entry pathways, chat to academics, and take a tour of our Super Lab and Crime Scene Simulation House. More Information: http://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science/events/uts-open-day-2016 CADETSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS, TRAINEESHIPS Pre Apprenticeship Program MPGTC is excited to announce that commencing in July we will be running a 4 week Pre Apprenticeship Program. This program has been designed to give those interested in the Painting & Deco-rating industry hands on experience - FREE TRAINING WITH COMPETENCIES. Call Malynda today on 02 9758 8988 for further information. SCHOLARSHIPS Kenvale College - HIGH FLYER PROGRAM - Hospitality, Cookery & Events Scholarship Program If you have a real passion for Hospitality, Cookery or Event Management then our High Flyer Program is for you. This is a partial scholarship program for Year 12 students in 2016. Entries close Wed 22 June 2016. For more info contact Marianne Fidel: fidelm@kenvale.edu.au or 9314 6213.

Debby Elliott Galuwa Project Officer

ATTENDANCE INFORMATION If your child is absent from school parents are legally required to notify the school, explaining the absence, within 7 days. This can be done in a number of ways: Phone or email – If you know your child is going to be away from school please contact the school via phone (02 49325999) or email (rutherford-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au) to explain the absence. Letter – on the day your child returns to school after an absence send a note explaining the absence. This note is to be handed in at the school Administration Office. Reply to SMS - the school sends out an SMS message each day to notify parents that their child is absent. Please reply to the SMS stating if your child is sick or family business. Please note – you can only reply to an SMS on the day it is sent as the SMS number is only active for that day. Kris Turner Head Teacher Wellbeing (Student Attendance)

ATTENDANCE UPDATE Last week our Assistant Year Advisers focused on student attendance. During the week they spoke with parents, and also met with students whose attendance currently requires improvement. The reasons for student absences were discussed, and strategies implemented to support students as they endeavour to improve their rate of attend-ance. Rutherford Technology High School acknowledges excellent student attendance each term with a student BBQ, and at the end of the year with an excursion, which is subsidised by the school in order to keep the cost as low as possi-ble for invited students. The attendance excursion this year will take place in Term 4 on Friday 25

th November. The venue for this years ex-

cursion is Tree Tops at Minmi. If you require any assistance with your child’s attendance, please contact the school on 49325999. Kristine Turner Head Teacher Wellbeing (Student Attendance)

Rutherford Technology High School

UNIFORM SHOP

PRICE LIST

OPENING HOURS:

TUESDAY 8:00am - 12noon THURSDAY 8:00am - 12noon

CANTEEN ROSTER 2016

August 1 Volunteer needed August 2 J Lintott August 3 Volunteer needed August 4 J Lintott August 5 Volunteer needed August 8 Volunteer needed August 9 Volunteer needed August 10 J Lintott August 11 K Hobbs August 12 Volunteer needed

Rutherford Technology High School has an Official Facebook Page – just go to Face-book and look for “Rutherford Technology High School NSW Official Site” and click on “Like”. We will be using the Facebook page to keep everyone informed about events at the school, important dates for your diary, and general information about the school. Link: http://www.facebook.com/RutherfordTechnologyHighSchool

The staff and students who are involved in the Breakfast Club would like to acknowledge the generosity of ‘Bakers Delight’ at Rutherford who now provide us with bread. There are many local businesses who donate their time, service or products to our school. We express our appreciation and hope our school community can reciprocate.

THANK YOU TO McDONALDS RUTHERFORD.

McDonalds Rutherford continues to support our school in

many ways.