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2018 Term 4 Weeks 3-4
Newsletter
Barham High School
Enabling students to successfully transition to future learning and employment Principal: Glenn Buchanan
Gonn St Barham NSW 2732 | T: 03 54532322 | F: 03 54533259 | E: [email protected]
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
Calendar Term 4, Week 5
Mon 12th November Tues 13th November Thurs 15th November Friday 16th November
Stage 5 Exams Stage 5 Exams Cows Create Careers - Yrs 7/8 to Shepparton HSC Ind Tech Timber 1:55pm Teen Mental Health First Aid Yr 10 School Counsellor VALID 8 window closes World’s Largest Mental Health Lesson – S5 P3 Yr 12 Formal
Term 4, Week 6 Mon 19th November Tues 20th November Wed 21st November Thurs 22nd November Fri 23rd November
Stage 5 Exams Stage 5 Exams Stage 5 Exams Stage 5 Exams School Counsellor Teen Mental Health First Aid Yr 10 & Yr 8 Stage 5 Exams Teen Mental Health First Aid Yr 8
Reminder: Assembly – every Tuesday morning “A Weeks”
Year Meetings – every Tuesday morning “B Weeks”
Feature Photo
Tatum Boyd represented BHS recently as a member of the Riverina tennis team. Well done Tatum!
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Principal’s message
Cyber Safety Information Evening It was an absolute delight to welcome so many
interested parents to our cybersafety information
evening last week. Police Youth Liaison Officer, Paul
Ebsworth, delivered a highly interesting, informative and
engaging session about the benefits and pitfalls of
modern day technology, especially around the areas of
social media. His no-nonsense presentation style was
extremely well-received and he was most generous with
his time, staying and answering a multitude of questions.
Paul was thrilled with the number of people who
attended, saying that it was the largest group in
attendance in all the years of working in his current role.
It is a testament of the concern that our community has
about this issue and it indicates the level of care and
dedication we all have for our young people.
One of the first tasks I performed when I got home that
night was to change many of my passwords which, as
Paul pointed out, were not really secure enough.
Thank you to both the primary and high school P&C
committees for organising the wonderful event and for
catering on the night. It was very much appreciated.
The Department of Education is currently reviewing the
use of mobile phones in schools. More information can
be found at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-
us/strategies-and-reports/our-reports-and-
reviews/mobile-devices-in-schools
School Excellence Validation This week, I had the privilege of visiting a high school in
the Wollongong area and conducting their external
validation process. As I have mentioned previously, every
school participates in a validation process where they
compare themselves against the Schools Excellence
Framework. The framework consists of the three
domains of Teaching, Learning and Leadership with each
domain containing a number of Elements including:
Wellbeing, Assessment, Effective Classroom Practice,
Professional Standards, and School Resources.
Once in every five-year cycle each school is externally
validated by a peer principal and a senior executive from
the Principal School Leadership (PSL) team. In this
process, schools nominate where they position
themselves against the Schools Excellence Framework
and provide evidence to support their position which is
validated by the external team.
I thoroughly enjoyed the process of engaging with the
school leadership team and conducting professional
dialogue around the process of school improvement. The
whole process is very long and exhaustive with many
hours spent going through the school’s submission and
gathered evidence sets whilst comparing against
departmental processes and procedures. It was probably
some of the best professional learning I have done and I
look forward to putting the skills and knowledge towards
BHS validation process.
HSC At the time of printing, our Year 12 students have
completed their HSC examinations!
Congratulations to all. I look forward to celebrating with
you at the farewell dinner on Friday night.
Glenn Buchanan
Principal
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
Cyber Safety Session @ BHS
On Monday 29th both the BPS and BHS P&C Associations
hosted an information evening on cybersafety. We were
very lucky to have Senior Constable Paul Ebsworth, the
Murray River Police District Youth Liaison Officer address
a large gathering of about 60 community members. He
commended the audience on attending and showing
their support for our children, saying we were the largest
group of parents and community members that he has
presented to. Constable Ebsworth presented some very
valuable (and frightening at times) information about
generally keeping ourselves and most importantly, our
children, safe online.
Thanks must go to the P&C members who generously
donated food, to Barham High for the use of their library
and to Paul for presenting the session and giving us a lot
to think about and some realistic strategies to use in this
very technology-centred world. If any parents/carers
would like to know more information about a particular
topic, Paul is very obliging and would love to return at
any time and give his assistance. Do not hesitate to let
your P&C know and we will organise it for you.
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
TAS/PDHPE Report Stage 5 PE
This term the Year 9 PE class is completing their fitness
unit. Today the girls headed out to the Gunbower creek
for a brisk bush walk. The girls thoroughly enjoyed it
over there and set a good pace.
O’Donnell shield
BHS played Wade High over at the picturesque
Koondrook Cricket Oval. Barham won the toss and
elected to bat first and made a solid 120 from their 40
overs with Kade Watts and Ash Molin making a very
handy partnership. Wade HS then headed in to bat.
They looked nervous early on, before they took the long
handle approach and started making the runs quickly.
Thank you goes out to Tim Coote for organising the
wicket, and well done to the boys as this match was the
third round, we did very well to progress this far.
U15 Netball
The U15 Netball side played in Albury last week and
came up against some tough opposition but played some
good netball. The girls won one, drew one and lost two
narrowly. Well done girls!
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
TAS/PDHPE Report cont……………
Tennis Representative
Tatum Boyd travelled to Gosford last week after being
chosen to represent Riverina in tennis.
Tatum was selected as the number 4 girl (out of 9) in the
team, which is a great achievement as she is still only in Year
9. She won a number of her singles and doubles matches,
often playing girls much older than her. She remained
focused at all times and was a great team member. One
huge attribute was her attitude on and off court, never
giving up on any point.
Riverina achieved an overall position of 7th in the State
(after narrowly missing out by 1 set on 6th position on a
countback).
Vick Breust (Riverina Tennis Convenor & Riverina Girls
Manager) said Tatum was a privilege to take away and she
has represented Barham High School in an excellent
manner. She was very courteous on and off the court.
Maths/Music/LOTE Report
Maths Competition Winners
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
Science/Vis Arts/Careers Report
Questacon Science Circus
Catching Marshmallows
Last Wednesday, Ayla and Aaron from the Questacon
Science Circus wowed us with spectacular science
shows! Barham Primary Years 5 and 6 students had a
fabulous time learning all about structures and friction,
participating in a range of experiments and
demonstrations. The High School students got to see
some cool demos with liquid nitrogen, including an
awesome liquid nitrogen cloud! They also learnt about
air pressure and how it behaves, and a lucky few even
got to shoot marshmallows at Miss Dennis, who clearly
won’t be joining the Australian cricket team with her
catching skills any time soon! Thanks for visiting us
Science Circus, it was fabulous!
Year 7
Static Electricity
Barham High School Diligence & Integrity
Science/Vis Arts/Careers Report
cont……………….
Line Rockets
Year 7 students have been busy continuing their
investigation of Forces. They’ve been investigating
electrostatics with the Van de Graf generator and using
Newton’s Laws to make rockets fly across the classroom.
A reminder, we are in need of recyclable items for their
assessment task, starting next week. Anything you have
would be greatly appreciated!
Year 8
Year 8 completed their VALID Science test this week. This
state-wide test is a great opportunity for the students to
show off their science knowledge and skills and is
essential to our planning and programming.
Congratulations to the students for giving it their best
shot.
Stage 5 Stage 5 will complete their exams in Weeks 5 and 6.
Students are reminded they have been given a revision
sheet to help them with their preparation. We can’t wait
for you to show us what you’ve learnt!
Visual Arts Stage 5 will have their exams in Weeks 5 and 6. Please
keep an eye on students’ diaries for more specific dates.
A heads up to save the date for our SHOWCASE for 2018.
It will be held on the evening of Tuesday 27th November,
which is in Week 7. This is a fantastic opportunity to see
the incredible works that students have created
throughout the year.
Careers Year 10 have been busy getting organised for their
upcoming Work Experience week. Students who have
organised placements will be heading out in Week 8.
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the term and
well done to the students for their superb organisation.