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The great educational outcomes produced by an exceptional institution such as Sydney Technical High School is a synergy of its community members.It was an absolute honour to be part of the annual Sydney Tech Presentation Day ceremony on Friday 14 February. Not only was it a day that recognised student achievement but it was a day where all stakeholders paused to celebrate a years’ work or more. I was excited to not only congratulate students and their parents but to celebrate the studious work of teachers and staff. It was amazing to see the induction of Old Boys into the Sydney Tech Hall of Fame and the joy it brought them, demonstrating pride and connection to Sydney Tech can be truly life-long. I was very impressed to meet and

engage with many members of Year 12 class of 2019. My many probing questions to them about their learning and their future beyond school were met by many questions they had for me. At times it felt like an interview or even a cross examination. It was perfectly fine as the boys just wanted to be sure I was going to take good care of their alma mater. I would like to acknowledge the hard work of staff and students to make this possible and acknowledge the never ending support by the Parents and Citizens Committee, the Old Boys and Departmental executive. I must however, name and thank Mr Trevor Trotman, Ms Cheryl Feigen and Mr Shane Gamage for their exceptional contributions in making the day possible. The intersection of staff, parents, students and “Old boys” and the positive interaction between them allow Sydney Tech to flourish. I eagerly look forward to the next significant whole school event, I’m certain the Prefect body are thinking it is the upcoming combined Sydney Tech and St George Girls dance. Steven SoPrincipal

686 Forest Road BEXLEY 2207 Phone: 9587 5899 Fax: 9553 [email protected] www.sths.nsw.edu.au

Tech Talk Sydney March Technical 2020 High School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

TABLE OF CONTENTSPRINCIPAL’S REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1PRESENTATION DAY PHOTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DEPUTY PRINCIPALS’ REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4SCHOOL NOTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6WELLBEING REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SCHOOL CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP DATES . . . . . . . 9PARENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM DATES . . . . . . 9LIBRARY REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10CAREERS REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12P&C REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14SCHOOLSTREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15GAMEAWARE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Geordie McSullea (Alumni Hall of Famer), Steven So, and Francis Zhou (2008 School Captain) at Presentation

Day

Amir Nadeem (Dux of Year 12), Mohammed Huda (Second) and Minsu Jung (Third)

March 2020 Tech Talk

An Academically Selective School for Boys

Presentation Day of Prizes Celebrating 2019 Academic Excellence


DEPUTY PRINCIPALS’

REPORT

ASSESSMENTSYear 11 will have their first Preliminary HSC assessment period from Monday 16 March until Friday 20 March. Students and parents are reminded to read the assessment book carefully, which is located on the intranet/Sentral documents under Year 11 Files. Any student who cannot arrive on time or is absent for a task, must phone Ms Wilson at the beginning of the day and provide a medical certificate upon return to school. Any student who is absent in the five days prior to the assessment week is also to supply a medical certificate. Year 11 interim reports will be distributed later this term and will communicate how your son has transitioned into the senior school in each of his subjects. Letters will be sent home to inform parents of students who are causing concern due to their lack of preparation and progress.Year 12 will have their next HSC assessment period from Monday 23 March until Friday 27 March. Students and parents are reminded to read the assessment book carefully, which is located on the intranet under Year 12 Files. Any student who cannot arrive on time or is absent for a task, must phone Mr Grinham at the beginning of the day and provide a medical certificate upon return to school. Any student who is absent in the five days prior to the assessment week is also to supply a medical certificate. Year 12 mid year reports will be distributed early in Term 2. Letters will be sent home to inform parents of students who are causing concern due to their lack of preparation and progress. SAVE THE DATE: Parent/Teacher Interviews for Year 12 is Friday 3 April 2020.

INTERIM REPORTSFor a few years now, STHS has provided the students and parents of Year 7 with an interim report at the end of Term 1. While not a comprehensive record of student achievement like that of the Semester Report which will follow at the end of Term 2, the interim report gives parents an indication of the progress their son has made in his transition to high school in terms of his organisation, attendance, socialisation and engagement. Beginning in 2018, a similar process also takes place for Year 11 as they will have interim reports completed by their teachers and provided to their parents indicating how they have commenced in their first term in the senior school. The Year 11 interim report will communicate a student’s dedication to their studies, organisation, attendance and appropriateness of the subject selection. The Year 11 interim report acknowledges the steep learning curve some students experience in their first term of the Preliminary HSC and how communication between school and home can support student achievement and wellbeing. These will be sent home to families at the end of this month.

SCHOOL STREAMExcellent communication with our school community is an important part of our overall strategic directions. Due to the ongoing generosity of the P&C, we recently launched an app – School Stream – that can deliver timely messages to families direct to their mobile device. The feedback from parents in 2019 was overwhelmingly positive. The app allows parents to access our school calendar and receive alert notification of important updates when they arise. See the flyer in this edition for more information. The app also allows interaction with Sentral and its Parent Portal. Having access to the Sentral Parent Portal is extremely important. Registration emails were sent to all Year 7 parents last month.


SPECIAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SRE)For those who wish to attend, SRE is offered once each term for Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant groups:Term 1Tuesday 10 March 2020 Year 7: 9.05-10.18am Year 8: 10.22-11.35amTuesday 17 March 2020 Year 9: 9.05-10.18am Year 10: 10.22-11.35amTerm 2Tuesday 9 June 2020 Year 9: 9.05-10.18am Year 10: 10.22-11.35amTuesday 16 June 2020 Year 7: 9.05-10.18am Year 8: 10.22-11.35amTerm 3Tuesday 1 September 2020 Year 8: 9.05-10.18am Year 7: 10.22-11.35amTuesday 8 September 2020 Year 10: 9.05-10.18am Year 9: 10.22-11.35amTerm 4Tuesday 24 November 2020 Year 7: 9.05-10.18am Year 8: 10.22-11.35amTuesday 1 December 2020 Year 9: 9.05-10.18am Year 10: 10.22-11.35am

Students have been allocated to SRE groups according to the religious affiliation stated on their enrolment forms. If any parent/carer would like to change the attendance/non attendance of their son please provide a written note to Mr Grinham prior to the first SRE session in Term 1.

COURSE INFORMATION BOOKS - YEARS 7-10Course Information Books for Years 7-10 can be found in the Sentral Portal and the Intranet, as can the Years 11 and 12 Assessment Books.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHSSchool Photographs will be taken on Thursday 5 March in the auditorium. Information will be distributed through roll call classes. The preferred method of payment is online but payment to the photographers on the day will also be accepted. All students are to be photographed whether they are purchasing or not. The photos are used for student ID cards. The schedule for the day will be on noticeboards around the school. Year 12 must have their portraits taken in their school blazer. Diane Wilson Kirk GrinhamDeputy Principal Deputy Principal

ATTENDANCE MATTERSOne or two days a week might not seem like much but…

If your son misses… That equals… Which is… And over 13 years of school that equals…

1 day per fortnight 20 days per year 4 weeks per year Nearly 1.5 years1 day per week 40 days per year 8 weeks per year Over 2.5 years2 days per week 80 days per year 16 weeks per year Over 5 years3 days per week 120 days per year 24 weeks per year Nearly 8 years

How about if your son is ten minutes late each day? Surely that won’t have an effect?

If your son misses… That equals… Which is… And over 13 years of school that equals…

10 minutes per day 50 minutes per week Nearly 1.5 weeks per year Nearly half a year20 minutes per day 1hour 40 minutes per week Over 2.5 weeks per year Nearly an entire year30 minutes per day Half a day per week 4 weeks per year Nearly 1.5 years40 minutes per day 1 day per week 8 weeks per year Over 2.5 years

If you want your son to be successful at school then, YES, attendance certainly does matter!


SCHOOL NOTICES

OFFICE HOURS AND PAYMENTSThe School Office is open from 8:15am-3:15pm for enquiries. Payments by students should only be made before school, between Period 1 and 2, at Recess and at Lunch. Payments will not be taken after the bell has gone at the end of lunch.Payments over the phone or at the front office can only be made from 8:15am-1:45pm.Payments on Line can be made using the link in your emailed statement or via the STHS website (see below). If you would like an account statement sent to you please contact the office.Website Payments -To make online payments, click on the ‘online payment’ link in the top right hand corner of the HOME page above the SEARCH box.

CHANGE OF MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSESIf you have changed your mobile phone number, email or mailing address, please contact the school immediately so that we can update our records.

SICK BAY AND YOUR SONIf you receive a phone call from the office informing you that your son is unwell and in sick bay, you must attend to this promptly and collect your son as soon as possible.Your son cannot be left in sick bay for lengthy periods of time.

ATTENTION PARENTS -SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND LEAVEIf your child is absent from school, an explanation must be provided to the school within seven school days from the first day of any period of absence.It is Departmental Policy that if your son needs to leave the school early for an appointment, then a letter must be brought to the school and it must be signed by one of the Deputy Principals before the start of the school day for leave to be granted.If you reply to an SMS about your son’s absence, please note his name, class and reason for the absence on the SMS.

SCHOOL SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOPThe Second Hand Uniform Shop is located in Vera’s Cottage. The Second Hand Uniform Shop is run by volunteers. Volunteers are needed - please contact the office with your name and phone number.During the school terms, the Second Hand Uniform Shop is usually open on the Second Tuesday of each calendar month, from 10:30am till noon. The shop will next be open on Tuesday 10 March 2020. Come along and grab a bargain. If you have any donations of used uniform items, please send them to the Office. See Page 9 of this Tech Talk for future dates.

VISITORS TO SCHOOLPlease be aware that it is a legal requirement for ALL visitors on school grounds during school hours to report to the School Administration Office for sign in and sign out. This includes parents and caregivers.

IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATIONA student in our school is currently receiving treatment which results in a lowered immune system. This means that the student is more prone to getting ill from infections. As the student is not contagious but has a chronic illness, it is important that he participates actively in the day to day school program without any major limitations. A major concern is that if this student develops measles, chicken pox, whooping cough or influenza, he could become seriously ill. It is important that we prevent this situation from occuring.If your child has or may have measles or chicken pox, it is important that you:1. Do not send them to school2. Notify the School Principal as

soon as possible.3. Take them to your GP or

medical centre to confirm diagnosis if possible.


BUILDING FUNDSydney Technical High School was relocated to the current site in Bexley from the city and the school opened in 1953. The building is very solid, but not very flexible and of course aspects of the school require constant upgrades.The financial support of our parent and alumni community is critical in renovating school facilities through support of our Building Fund. Every donation to the fund over $2 is tax deductible.At the moment, the Building Fund will be paying for the upgrade to the junior boys toilets. Recently, the Building Fund has renovated the senior toilets and there has been a major upgrade to the boys’ change rooms, completed in 2018. We also renovated the meeting room, a venue much in demand for parent meetings, faculty seminars and professional learning workshops.Can I urge you, on behalf of our school community, to consider contributing generously to this very worthwhile fund, as we all benefit, towards ensuring that our students learn in an environment which is fit for our purpose: OPTIMUM LEARNING!

LIBRARY FUNDWant to be ‘rich and famous’? Then make it a rule to read daily. Famous and very rich people like financier Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates read daily. A number of our students are avid readers and the 7-10 English reading program has given many students a great appetite for good books.Our Library Fund gives parents and alumni the opportunity to donate to the Library. Donations over $2 are tax deductible. The fund recently enabled us to renovate the whole area to make it modern, user friendly and a place to hang out. Open every day at 8am, the Library Fund lets the school keep interesting, thought provoking and modern books available for our students. The school introduced the READ program in 2018. Every student and teacher are required to read for 20 minutes every morning.Could I urge all parents to contribute generously to the Library Fund, so that we can keep up to date with the sorts of novels and series that your son enjoys, and put them on the path to becoming lifelong readers.

PAYMENTS TO THE BUILDING FUND AND LIBRARY FUND CAN BE MADE:• on line via the school website - Parent Online Payment (POP)

• at the school office with cash, cheque or credit card• by phone using credit card

Office hours for payments are 8.15am - 1.45pm

PARENT/TEACHER CONTACTAny parent who needs to make contact with a Year Adviser or teacher should

phone the school (9587 5899) or email the school ([email protected]) to arrange a phone call or

face to face meeting time.

PICK UP/DROP OFF OF STUDENTSParents picking up and dropping off

their sons to and from school are to do so in Ethel Street or Anderson Street, being careful to obey street signage.

Please do not enter the staff carparks or school ground for this purpose.

COURSE INFORMATION BOOKS - YEARS 7-10Course Information Books for Years 7-10 can be found in the Sentral Portal and the Intranet, as can the Years 11 and 12

Assessment Books.


WELLBEING REPORT

The 2020 school year is now well underway with many activities planned for our students this term. Year 7 are leading the charge, having already completed their transition program, a swimming test at Col Jones Swimming Centre, a Peer support lesson with their Year 9 Peer Leaders as part of the school’s wellbeing program and a three day school camp at Point Wolstoncroft. For all our other year groups, Wellbeing activities will be held in Week 8 and Week 10 of this term, and continue for the rest of the year with three topics each term. Each of the topics selected this year aim to reflect the students’ needs and interests thanks to data available from Sentral Wellbeing. The Wellbeing Team have managed to retain sessions in 2020 around organisation and establishing relationships for juniors, fit for excellence program, and a number of guest speakers and performers targeting issues such as bullying, resilience, study skills, goal setting, risk taking behaviour and mental health. Our Careers Adviser and Counsellors are also actively involved in delivering presentations to students at these Wellbeing Assemblies with sessions like ‘Living a Balanced Life’, ‘Year 10 Work Experience’, ‘University Pathways’ and ‘Scholarships’. The Wellbeing Team work tirelessly around developing this agenda so as to provide meaningful and engaging sessions for all students as a vehicle for allowing pastoral care to better assist student wellbeing and academic performance at STHS.

CAMPSThe Year 7 Adviser Mr Davis reports a most enjoyable camp at Point Wolstoncroft Sport and Recreation Centre that saw so many boys challenge themselves and encourage each other to complete the activities offered to them on camp. These included the Giant Swing, High Ropes Course, Archery, Kayaking, Sailing, Rafting and a Study Skills session which focussed on learning styles, home study environment, organisation and filing, time management, managing workloads and dealing with distractions. As an accompanying teacher on the camp it was great to meet the boys on a more personal level outside the normal routines of school. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the supervising staff who assisted on Year 7 camp: Mr Davis, Ms Steel, Ms Johnston, Ms Burgess, Mr Carter, Mr Kemp, Mr Gowan and Mr Werner. Next term we have the Year 11 Life Ready camp (formally known as Crossroads) at Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Centre with two guest speakers organised during the first day and night of camp. Howard Smith will be running a workshop for our students on financial literacy and Dr Prue Salter will speak to the boys about effective study skills. Ms Bilton has a special Scavenger Hunt activity planned for the second night of camp and has organised some fun outdoor activities during the day. We also have Year 10 attending the Broken Bay Sport and Recreation camp this year after they had their camp postponed in Term 4 last year due to the bush fires. A Year 9 Camp will also run later in the year which will be held at Nepean Adventure camp located in Douglas Park, south west of Sydney. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students that our school is a subscriber to Dr Prue Salter’s study skills website which aims to help your son/s develop essential skills for academic success. There are units of work on topics such as improving time management skills, how to study, research skills, summarising, technology use, brain and memory.


Basically everything you need to know about getting good marks at school can be found on this site. For example, learn how the colour of your room affects your ability to study, what the best study techniques are for your type of brain, how to improve your handwriting and useful software and apps to block yourself from technology distractions. You will also see lots of useful handouts, grids and planners at the bottom of the ‘THINGS TO PRINT’ page. To access the handbook, go to www.studyskillshandbook.com.au and login with these details:username: sths password: 686successThe more of this website you can work through the more you will set yourself up for academic success.

The NSW Department of Education has a very useful website for parents and students to access which contains information about many relevant issues at high school including: wellbeing, homework and study, transition, technology etc. It is also available as an App from the AppStore. The website is: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au Nick Stokes Head Teacher Wellbeing

SCHOOL CALENDARTerm 1 - 2020 March 2 Zone Swimming Carnival - Day 23 P&C Meeting - Common Room, 7pm5 School Photos10 School Photo Day Catch Up10 Second Hand Uniform Shop, 10:30-1217 Special Religious Education (SRE) Years 9 and 1026-27 Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Blue MountainsApril 2 STHS and SGGHS Combined Dance Marana Auditorium Hurstville3 Year 12 Parent/Teacher Interviews

* Running Club - Kempt Field 7:30-8:30am* Anime Club - Room 40 - 12:30-1:10pm* Debate Club - Monday Common Room 3-4pm

This calendar is a general guide. Sometimes event dates change unexpectedly. For a full up to date list of school

activities please refer daily to the school calendar via the school intranet.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP DATESTerm 1: 10 March, 14 April

Term 2: 12 May, 9 June

Term 3: 11 August, 8 September

Term 4: 10 November, 2 December (Year 7 Orientation Day), 8 December

PARENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - DATES FOR TERM 2YEAR 7

Monday 25 MaySentral and BYOD @ Tech

YEARS 8 AND 9Monday 25 May

Sentral and BYOD @ Tech

YEAR 10 Wednesday 27 May

Academic Adviser, Subject Selectionand HSC Minimum Standards

Testing InformationYEARS 11 AND 12Thursday 28 May

University Pathways and Scholarships


LIBRARY REPORT

NEWS FROM THE CHARLES KINGSFORD

SMITH MEMORIAL

LIBRARY

HOW LIBRARY FUND DONATIONS HELP YOUR CHILDThe beginning of the school year is always a busy time for our library. Not only are we on hand to steer the Year 7s through our collection, we are also here to teach them the kinds of research and study skills that ensure they get the most of their time here at Tech. While Year 7 students have visited the library with their teachers to work on their first assignments, we have helped them to find keywords, guided them from copying and pasting information to paraphrasing and helped them to assess various sources from the internet. Our mission is to help them to take control of their own learning. In week 6, the Year 7 will have their first library lesson as part of Year 7 Orientation and will be invited back to build on these initial lessons throughout the year. Senior students also need refreshers for these skills, especially evaluating the validity of internet sources. We have been promoting the criteria that they should be using when doing research online to help them to make better choices than just their go to website of Wikipedia.Your donations to our school’s library fund have been vital to many changes that you will see this year in the STHS library that will benefit your children daily.

• New fiction, nonfiction and reference books are constantly being added to the library’s collection to enable you child to have access to the latest bestsellers, the most recent research publications and current HSC study guides and textbooks for all subjects taught at STHS or through Distance Education. Last year, we purchased more shelving to hold these resources. Students also have access to a wide range of ClickView videos.

• Magazines and periodicals have been ordered to help your child to keep up with current events including The Economist, Time, Choice, New Internationalist, BBC History, How it Works, Inside Sport, APC (tech), Rolling Stone, Cosmos, Men’s Health, National Geographic and more. These provide essential resources to students on current issues.

• The library will continue our Author in Residence program, providing an opportunity for students to meet and interact with authors and illustrators. Last year, we hosted a graphic artist who led a workshop on creating manga and a slam poet who led a creative writing and public speaking workshop. Both were funded by the library to provide free access for any student who desired to take part. Our school values these creative opportunities for our students. In 2020 we are planning to host a climate scientist to educate our students on how scientists study climate change, and an engaging historian who uses humour to bring history to life for his audience.

• New games have been purchased and have proved essential to students who have cemented relationships before school and during breaks with others. Games bring opportunities for communication, interaction, skill and a mental break from a difficult curriculum that most students face daily. We have a wide range of card games, board games and chess sets available to students. In a world of people glued to technology, these interactions are vital to boys’ formation of relationships and for building a sense of community and building emotional intelligence.

“What a school thinks about its library is a

measure of what it feels about education.” ― Harold Howe


• Quiet time for silent reading is another thing the library offers to your sons. To aid in this, the library has purchased more soft seating in addition to the popular bean bags, with the favourite spot being nestled under the stairs for a cosy reading nook. This furniture helps the students to relax and unwind and provides a wide reading area for classes in the library. Anxiety and depression are common problems with gifted students, and this time for reflection and relaxation can help them unwind mentally.

• Books at Breakfast was our student run book club where our students discussed a wide range of issues facing adolescents today through discussions of books set in the modern world with teenagers as the protagonists. Reading and discussing these issues, according to Morris Gleitzman “help young people to develop empathy, insight into themselves and other people, interpersonal communication skills and a capacity not only to develop creative problem-solving strategies, but to recognise that their problems are alive, organic and ever-changing as we are and can only be defeated with bravery and resilience”. Our first selection for our new Lunch Bunch Book Club is “Dear Evan Hansen,” based on the hit musical, which is an examination of the modern life of a teenager. Students of any age can join this student run book club, which will meet at lunch on 30 March.

• Collaborative and independent study space for our senior students is available upstairs in the library. The library purchased more tables and seating for this area last year. When informally polled on what they wanted in the senior section, students responded with more soft seating to sit and read and more space to work together. New furniture arrived last year with plans for more in the works.

• Students are each given a certain amount of printing per person for each term to print assignments, essays, posters, brochures, etc. Library computers are available for students to do research or to create their own work to submit to teachers. We also have laptops for loan. School supplies such as rulers, calculators or USBs are also available for short term loan.

• The library purchased security cameras last year to replace an old, broken system. Cameras assist us in keeping students and their personal belongings safe.

• The library also provides equipment for assessment purposes such as headsets with microphones for speaking and listening components of exams in various faculties and for distance education.

• Educational books, DVDs and journals aid our teachers by supporting curriculum and keeping staff up to date with the latest professional research and best practice. These include resources for our Learning and Support Teachers (LaST) who work with students in the library.

• Along with building our collection, we promote books in different genres so that students can read widely about the world around them. These include Life Skills such as understanding how to pass their Driver’s Test and get their Ls, being able to cook a few basic meals, learning how to write a CV properly and how to interview for a job.

We thank the families who have contributed to the STHS Library Fund and hope that you see how important your donations are to the daily life of students and staff. “A good library supports every area of learning within the school, making the practical application of the more curriculum based areas of learning so much more potent.” -- Morris Gleitzman, author and Australian Children’s LaureateElizabeth GreavesRelieving Teacher Librarian


CAREERS REPORT

2019 COHORT DESTINATIONSThe compilation of data from the 2019 Sydney Tech cohort has now been completed. Of the 162 students who completed the HSC last year 160 are starting university and the other two students are taking a gap year before commencing university next year.Again, our university of choice was overwhelmingly the University of NSW. Our top three universities of choice and the number of students attending them are:UNIVERSITY Number of students enrolledUniversity of New South Wales 96University of Sydney 30University of Technology, Sydney 16

These figures show a doubling of the number of students attending the University of Sydney. Some contributing factors to this increase are:1. The university offering adjustment factors matching UNSW2. An increase in the number of students enrolling in the vocational Allied

Health degrees offered by the university3. A rejection of the trimester system that UNSW has adopted

Courses chosen by the 2019 cohort is consistent with the students of the past few years. The courses chosen are:COURSE Number of studentsCommerce 41Engineering 34Computer Science/IT 28Applied Health 16Medicine 7Actuarial 7Law 6

CAREERS IN THE SPOTLIGHTDavid Liu from the class of 2018 was our first presentation in the series of Alumni talks scheduled for this year.David is enrolled in a Bachelor of Business degree through UNSW and the Australian Defence Force. About 30 students from Years 10-12 listened to David talk about his journey from Sydney Tech to ADFA. He outlined the process involved and then spoke about the benefits of joining the program. David also showed us an outline of the various jobs that are associated with each degree that can be undertaken. He spoke about the Gap year opportunities that exist within the Defence Force.


YEAR 12 PARENTS AND STUDENTS INVITATIONI would like to invite all Year 12 parents and students to a presentation from the University Admission Centre (UAC). It is being held in our Auditorium on Tuesday 7 April from 6-7pm. This presentation will outline the process of how each student applies to university. That is, how to order your five preferences and how to accept multiple offers. UAC is also the organisation that scales the HSC results to form an ATAR. This process will also be addressed in the presentation. I look forward to seeing you.

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCEAll of Year 10 have now completed their work experience lesson. This year, work experience will occur in Term 3 Week 4. All of Year 10 are expected to hone their job seeking skills and find relevant work for the week. A copy of the powerpoint lesson has been emailed to all students for reference. A list of employers from last year is also attached to this email. The students also have further information on Moodle - Careers - Year 10.

As part of the lesson, they all completed the Career Voyage. Career Voyage is an internationally recognised, high quality career planning system designed for career seekers above the age of 15. This Jig-Cal package requires the students to answer multiple questions and then offers job and/or career suggestions. The completed paperwork is due by the end of Term 2.Jerry MouzakisRelieving Careers Adviser

UNIVERSITYADMISSIONSCENTREINFOEVENINGWHENTuesday 7th April6–7pmWHERESydney Technical High School Auditorium686 Forest Road Bexley

Event forYear 12 and

ParentsFEATURING

UAC SpeakersATAR

ScalingScholarships

EASApplying toUniversity

PARTICIPATINGSCHOOLS


P&C REPORT

Upcoming P&C Meetings

in the Common Room

7pm

3 March 2020

7 April 2020

All Parents Welcome

The first month of the school year always goes very quickly for all involved. I hope all the new and returning students have all settled down into the school environment and their new class timetables and ready for the big year ahead.

FIRST MEETING OF THE YEARIt was great to see a really big turnout for the first P&C meeting of the school year. It was especially great to see so many new parents of the school attending and keen to get involved and help with the P&C. We hope to see all of you and many more attending future meetings so that the P&C can make the best decisions to maximise the benefits for our diverse student and parent groups.The first meeting also acted as a great opportunity for parents to get to know each other and set the vision for the P&C for the new school year. One of the main goals for the P&C over the past few years is to improve parent communication. The school communicates with parents via many channels, be it from a simple note home via the student, SMS message to parents, the school website, via parents teacher meetings or by parents attending the Parent Partnership program presentations. The school also has a fantastic Facebook page which is updated frequently with relevant and timely information about the happenings at the school. The Schoolstream app (see opposite page for instructions to download) is definitely another great communication channel from the school as it provides timely information straight to your phone.As well as these, the P&C has its own P&C Facebook Group as well as a Whatsapp chat group for each of the year groups to further encourage information flow between parents at the school.However, no matter how much communication or how many channels in which information is being delivered, it is only useful if we, as parents engage with the information. I’m not suggesting we should all know about every part of our child’s school life but at the same time it is important to know enough so we can support, guide and encourage them through the teenage years and bring out their best self.

WELCOME BBQA few weeks ago, we had the P&C Welcome BBQ for all the year 7s as well as other new students to Sydney Technical HS. The event was well attended and it was great to have met all of you who were there. All the boys had a great time playing volleyball and basketball while the parents had a chance to meet each other in person rather than just over the Whatsapp chat group. A big thank you to all of the P&C helpers as well as the teachers who worked tirelessly to make this event a success.Warren MakP&C President


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