BARRENJOEY HIGH SCHOOL’S

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Phone: 9918 8811

11 April, 2018

The Peninsula Press

Term 1 Week 11

Athletics Carnival

well done to all

participants. What

a fantastic day!

Thank You for a great Working Bee

Last weekend, once again, I had the absolute pleasure of attending our latest Working Bee – we

had a wonderfully productive day with 31 people Joining Geoff Bateman (our General Assistant)

and me.

Our main mission was to completely revitalise the garden area in front of B Block. Garden beds

were weeded, planted and mulched and the pathway was tidied. The volunteers were successful

and the final product looks fantastic.

All morning our helpers shovelled, wheelbarrowed, planted, dug, weeded, carted, laid turf,

mulched and toiled and I believe the result looks great. Thanks to all who attended and to Amber

Waves Bakery and our P&C for generously providing the workers with morning-tea.

Once again, congratulations to the 31 Barrenjoey Community members, (who joined Geoff and

me) for ‘taking up the challenge’ and striving to continually improve our school. This was yet

another appreciated ‘turn-out’ at one of our Working Bees. We rely heavily on a solid turnout of

parents and students so that we can continue to develop our grounds and make our school a

beautiful environment for our kids to attend. I’m looking forward to seeing you all and hopefully

some new faces at the next Bee, sometime in Term 2 so we can continue our outstanding

development. A special mention to our Senior Leaders who (almost all) attended to help out –

thank you.

As requested by the TAS or Hospitality Dept, a range of plants were selected that could be harvested and

utilized by the students for the culinary delights mastered in the Barrenjoey kitchens. The following plants

were chosen a hedge of Bay and Kaffir Limes, Rosemary, Lemon Grass and Lemon Verbena, Lavender and

Nasturtiums.

Thanks to all the community members who helped at the Working Bee!

Kalinda Hawson Melanie Couston Dale Kentwell Kym Collins Col Thomson

Peter Thompson Nina Collins Sarah Thomson Danielle Newlyn Sally Mayman

Susie Burns Lee de Gail Michelle Parry Jenny Beashel Kerry Shimeld

Justine Nagle Nic Prandle Michelle Ring Rob Goodyear

Thanks to all the students who helped at the Working Bee!

Tom Colley Elijah Thomson Emily Grunseit Myles Pymble Axel Akerman

Jack Nesbitt Beatrix Twibill Hall Jett Pickering Jamie Nagle Tom Prandle

Ariel Wheeler Henry McGilchrist

Friday April 6 was the Yr. 12 ‘Report Day’

Well the special day for Year 12, a day where students

received their reports, attended presentations and

participated in report analysis is over for another year. In

Year 12, Semester One Reports are given out to students with

their parents present. Students and parents then discuss

results and analyse the report in a constructive manner to

support HSC students as they embark on their final six-

months of schooling.

Following the report distribution students were presented to by a number of speakers,

including myself and Mr Mackenzie Nix (Architect and ex-Barrenjoey student) as well listening

to speakers on study tips from last year’s graduating class, information on the HSC and ATAR

and ‘planning for their future’ with Mr Moylan (Careers Advisor) and Ms Sarah James (DP).

I would like to congratulate all those involved in the day, the parents who attended, the

students who participated, the staff who assisted and the presenters on the day. Behind the

scene Ms Kersten was the driving force and I would like to personally congratulate her and her

assistants for their meticulously detailed organisation.

This event allows parents to gain an understanding of how their child is progressing, while

providing a unique opportunity to engage with them on ‘affirming a direction’ for the remainder

of their course.

I will now be interviewing Year 12 this week to discuss individual progress, removing barriers

and goal setting.

Year 12… the midpoint of the HSC year

Year 12 received their school reports as part of the Report Day

last Friday.

Conducting interviews with all Year 12 students combined with

the Parent Teacher Night this week and the information-packed

reporting process allows us to tailor a non-judgemental learning

plan specific to the individual student while assisting them in setting realistic goals in a caring and supportive environment.

The Semester One Reports for the 101 Year 12 students, with a mean Grade Point Average

(GPA) of 3.5 were very pleasing with a number of individual highlights.

GOLD Principal’s AWARD recipients

Zac Abbas William Ballico Ciara Brady Kayla Carruthers

Ella Couston April Hawson Henry McGilchrist Kate McGrath

Megan Mulcahy Liandra Munene Finn Parsons Myles Pymble

Samantha Smith Cleapatra Stutchbury Sophie Thomas Elijah Thomson

Ariel Wheeler

SILVER Principal’s AWARD recipients

Axel Akerman Hudson Barry Chloe Blundell Macgregor Buckley

Hannah Dunwoodie Ella Goldsmid Elliot Gordeno Giselle Griggs

Emily Grunseit Mitchell Hrnjak Aiden Jones Lili Knowles

Sabreen MacGregor Georgie McDonald Aneka Morley Jack Nesbitt

Chloe Phillips Kyra Robinson Nathan Sheppeard Jamie Sinclair

Damien Slavec Jacob Stanley-Jones Joseph Tiernan Lachlan Treagus

Griffin Trinder Beatrix Twibill Hall Connor Walter Tully West

Ruby Whittaker Samuel Wilkins Cooper Wood Oliver Wyatt

REC AWARD recipients

Zac Abbas Axel Akerman Rachel Allen William Ballico

Hudson Barry Chloe Blundell Claudia Bowden Ciara Brady

Zoe Brigstocke Macgregor Buckley Victoria-Anne Campbell Kayla Carruthers

Tom Colley Ella Couston Cleo Crawford Matthew Cutrie

Hannah Dunwoodie Francesca Elder Kobe Ferguson Ella Goldsmid

Giselle Griggs Emily Grunseit Eliza Gunn April Hawson

Mitchell Hrnjak Bella Kibble Tara Kranenburg Sophie Le Fort

Sabreen MacGregor Georgie McDonald Henry McGilchrist Kate McGrath

Svenja Mueller-Byrnes Jack Nesbitt Saige Padilla Finn Parsons

Chloe Phillips Myles Pymble Flynn Quinlan Kyra Robinson

Jet Salz Nadeche Schaffer Nathan Sheppeard Keenen Sim

Jamie Sinclair Samantha Smith Jacob Stanley-Jones Cleapatra Stutchbury

Sophie Thomas Elijah Thomson Joseph Tiernan Griffin Trinder

Beatrix Twibill Hall Connor Walter Tully West Ariel Wheeler

Samuel Wilkins Taya Wilson

17 students received a GOLD Principal’s Award by achieving a GPA of 4.1 or above.

32 students received a SILVER Principal’s Award by achieving a GPA of 3.6 or above.

58 students received a REC (Respect, Effort, Challenge) award by having 100% of their

profile as Always or Usually participating in their learning.

As you know we acknowledge the contribution students make to their learning is paramount to

the overall success of their education. In recognition of students’ efforts the 58 REC Award

recipients in Year 12 are recognised below. Excellent result Year 12 as this is a new record for

the number of REC Awards received by a Year 12 cohort – well done!

Have a great week everyone and a safe and relaxing term break... Ian Bowsher

Night sky tours

by Professor

Fred Watson

BARRENJOEY SUCCESS AT CREATIVE CREATURES FILM FESTIVAL

on Sunday at Avalon Bowling Club

Congratulations to Barrenjoey's Year 9’s of 2016 for winning the U16 category for Best

Cinematography and to our Year 11’s for winning the Festival Director's Choice Award Willbe at the

Creative Creatures Film festival on Sunday!

A massive effort went into the production and thanks to Sally Mayman, our Artist in Residence, who

helped all the kids with the creation of the film for 6 over months . Also to Jackson Baker who won

THE GOLD Willbe AND the Best Music Score award at Creative Creatures Film Fest, for his movie

called Revive (starring Ryan McDonald & Sophie Downs)!!!

He wrote, filmed, produced, directed, wrote the music AND borrowed a Red Mustang for the movie!!

Congratulations Jackson!

Our Year 11 Film Crew were: Jonah Young, Zoe Kemp, Skye Holloway, Charlotte Harris

Year 8 - U Think U Know - Cyber Safety Talk

On Tuesday 10th April, Barrenjoey High School year 8 students took part in a ThinkUKnow

presentation.

ThinkUKnow Australia is a cyber safety education program that educates young people on

safe use of technology, the challenges they may face online, and how to help them overcome

these in a safe and ethical way.

ThinkUKnow Australia is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, Microsoft

Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank. The program is delivered in collaboration

with policing partners New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland

Police, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police, as well as

Neighbourhood Watch Australasia.

The presentation was delivered by Senior Constable Darren Cairnes, a local law enforcement

member and an industry volunteer. The presentation covered issues relating to children and

young peoples’ privacy and security online, their relationships with other users and their online

reputation. It provides insight into the devices young people are using, as well as the popular

websites, apps and social networking sites they’re accessing.

For more information, you can visit www.thinkuknow.org.au

Year 9 - Sexual Health Workshops

On 29th of March 2018, all of year 9 took part in a sexual health workshop. The aim of this

workshop was to look at ‘sexual health’, which focused on the transmission of sexually

transmitted infections, what they are and how they can affect you; decision making and choices

in relation to sexual health and relationships; and different forms of contraception and the

choices/decisions that individuals make and the consequences of those actions. Another focus

was on mutual consent and the difference of healthy and unhealthy relationships.

The feedback from this was as follows:

• The majority of the students (95%) who participated in the ‘Sexual Health’ workshop rated

the program between good and excellent

•This graph compares the student’s level of knowledge about ‘Sexual Health and

Contraception’ before and after the workshop took place. All of the students indicated that

after the completion of the workshop, their knowledge ranged between good and excellent.

• The graph below portrays how the participants felt the workshop helped them with their

decision making/problem solving skills in relation to sexual health / relationships. Almost

all of students (97%) indicated that the workshop enhanced their decision

making/problem solving skills.

YEAR 11 - ACADEMIC RESILIENCE PRESENTATION - KATE FITZSIMONS

In week 9, all of year 11 took part a presentation from Kate Fitzsimons, who shared her story of

hope and resilience.

Kate combines her expertise as a certified life coach with the powerful journey of rebuilding her life

after the loss of her sister.

Students learnt about the power of their own choices. They learnt how to take responsibility for

their personal responses to unforeseen and unwelcome circumstances by developing a 'growth

mindset.'

Armed with relatable, relevant, and practical tips to develop a growth mindset every day, students

are enabled to apply their new skills and adopt an improved sense of emotional empowerment and

resilience during difficult times.

All of these workshops form part of the wellbeing program for each year group and the costs are

covered by the wellbeing payment that parents contributed to at the start of the year.

Thank you for your continued support of wellbeing programs at Barrenjoey.

Sarah Saunders

HSIE Department & Head Teacher Wellbeing

REGIONAL SURFING - CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to all the students who competed last weekend at the Northern Beaches Regional

Titles at Long Reef Beach.

Here are some of the results from the competition:

Arch Whiteman (Year 10) 2nd U18 Boys

Van Whiteman (Year 10) 5th U18 Boys

Halina Morley (Year 9) 2nd U16 Girls

Tiya Collins (Year 10) 4th U18 Girls

With very tough competition, in 2-3ft swell , up to 30 talented surfers in each of the boys divisions

others competed and came very close to selection. Well done to Sam Partington, Oliver Heinz,

Hunter Roberts , Astrid Osborn and Tiya Collins.

Congratulations to Archie Mandin and Cooper Todd both of Year 7 who both made the quarter

finals in the U14 Boys.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL – 2018

With the Sydney Academy of Sport CANCELLING Barrenjoey's carnival booking less than a week out from

our school carnival due to track maintenance, a back up venue was quickly researched and plan B was set

in motion.

The Rotary Athletics Field at Lane Cove came to the rescue and a brilliant day of sunshine and light winds

saw all students have a great day of competing in track and field events to qualify for the Warringah Zone

Athletics Carnival and to crown the Age Champions for 2018.

A MASSIVE MASSIVE thank you to the PE staff for their hard work and diligence in managing such an

unforeseeable late venue change and all that goes with it and thanks to all staff for your hard work on the

day.

12 Years Boys

Curtis Fishburn

13 Years Boys

Charlie Andrews 13 Years Girls

Tia Loadsman

12 Years Girls

Frankie Thomson

CONGRATULATIOINS TO OUR AGE CHAMPIONS

14 Years Boys- Kaleb

Georgeson- Smith 14 Years Girls

Emily Weeks

15 Years Boys

Chris Hope

15 Years Girls

Jessica Doyle

16 years Boys

Shay Essenstam & Josh Kamara 16 Years Girls

Jacinta Rogers

17 Years + Boys

Aiden Jones 17 years + Girls

Annabel Ritchie

Warringah Zone Athletics Carnival is Friday June 1st, Week 5. Permission notes will be available

Week 1 Term 2. Team list is up on the notice board outside PE/LOTE staffroom. Top Two from

each event will progress, Top 4 in the 100m will progress as part of the 4 x 100m relay.

Well Done to all our athletes!

SOCCER – BILL TURNER CUP

On Thursday 5th April Barrenjoey HS played Covenant Christian College for the U/15 Bill Turner

Cup both Boys and Girls at Careel Bay Soccer Fields.

The boys match was a see sawing affair with the lead changing hands multiple times.

Unfortunately Covenant won the game 4-2. Players to note were Ethan Langridge who scored 2

goals and Callum Archibald debuted as goal keeper was outstanding!

The girls was definitely more one sided with the Barrenjoey girls dominating play from the kick

off. The game finished 6-0 to Barrenjoey. Goal scorers were Ella Collins 3, Sophie Johns,

Ashleigh Bateson and Eliza Cutrie all scoring 1.

The girls will play the 2nd round early next term. Awesome work girls!

Mr Moylan

CRICKET

On Tuesday 27 March, we were fortunate to have

Fi Penny from Cricket NSW work with our students

to enhance their cricket skill development. Year 7

boys had a session during Sport and Year 10 PASS

also enjoyed a coaching session working on batting,

bowling, fielding and running between wickets.

Teams will be participating in the Manly Cup and

Manly Shield Competitions during Term 4.

On Tuesday 10 April all Year 7 girls enjoyed a

session developing their Cricket Skills as a lead up

to forming teams of Year 7 and 8 girls for the T20

blast competition in Term 3.

All students really enjoyed these sessions and we

are very thankful to Fi Penny for sharing her expertise with our students.

PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT INTERVIEW EVENINGS

CAFÉ WILL BE OPEN

4pm- 6.30pm

Year 10 Parent/Student/Teacher interviews are on

Monday 7th May from 4pm to 7pm.

Bookings Open Monday 9th April at 12pm Bookings Close Friday 4th May at 3pm

Band is building up to its performance on ANZAC Day, April 25, supporting the RSL

ceremonies with a march through Avalon to the strains of Colonel Bogey, then returning to

Dunbar Park to play the National Anthems and Abide with Me, before entertaining the crowd

after the conclusion of the formal proceedings with more pieces from our repertoire. ANZAC

Day is our first public performance for the year, with normally a large crowd in attendance, so

we are happy to not only support this important community event, but remind people of the

fundamental value of the music and Band programs at Barrenjoey.

This Friday April 13 BHS rock band Colonel Skunk and the Spunk Monkeys entertain the

crowds in the final of the Northern Composure rock band competition at Manly Youth Centre,

Kangaroos St, Manly from 7.00-11.00 pm. Skunk needs as many supporters as possible to

come and cheer them on so get yourselves down to the Youth Centre this Friday for a great

night of rock (and some roll).

Congratulations Lachlan and Euan, for their promotions within the Combined Schools Band,

following the latest round of auditions. Lachlan now becomes Principal Sax and section leader,

while Euie moves up to sax 1.

BAND NEWS by Gerry Bates

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

SURVIVING YEAR 12

30 BOOKS FOR SALE IN FRONT OFFICE! FIRST IN FIRST SERVE

We only have 30 copies, so come

to the front reception to purchase

your copy! Just $10

Most importantly Dr Carr-Gregg offers

humorous encouragement to both students

and their parents on how to maintain

perspective and keep their sanity intact

during this important year. You will find a

special section inside just for parents.

We have 30 copies of this new edition of

Surviving Year 12, by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.

Australia’s leading adolescent psychologist ,

gives advice to students on how they can cope

with the pressure, work smarter and actually

enjoy their final year of high school.

Lily Davis Year 9 Ceramics has made a

great slab pot with underglaze and paper

stencil decoration.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FOR 2018

WEEK 1 (A) TERM 2

MONDAY

APRIL 30

TUESDAY

MAY 1

WEDNESDAY

MAY 2

THURSDAY

MAY 3

FRIDAY

MAY 4

Staff

Development

Day

Students

return to

school

Bump it up

Team Meeting

Band

Rehearsal

6pm-8pm

Year 11

Textiles and

Design

Barrenjoey

Cross Country

Carnival

Year 12

Geography

Fieldwork

Excursion

Band

Rehearsal

3.15pm-

4.30pm

MONDAY

APRIL 9

TUESDAY

APRIL 10

WEDNESDAY

APRIL 11

THURSDAY

APRIL 12

FRIDAY

APRIL 13

Barrenjoey

Cookbook

Photography

Year 12

Parent/Student/

Teacher

Evening 4pm-

7pm

Year 12 Physics

Prac Portfolio

Due

CHS Swimming

Carnival –

Homebush

Knockout boys

Touch Football-

Pittwater High

School 9am

Year 10 Tell

Them From Me

Survey

Year 9 PDHPE

Drug Expo

Year 12

Flexible

Learning Day

– HSIE

Workshop,

mathematics

for HSC,

Business

Studies &

HSC

Geography

Part 1

Year 10

Science

Research

Project Part 3

due.

Peer

Mentoring

Band

Rehearsal

6pm-8pm

Year 11

PDHPE

Task 1

Prac/Theory

Task in Hall

Year 12 CAFS

Excursion –

Wayside Chapel

Band Rehearsal

3.15pm-4.30pm

LAST DAY

OF TERM 1

WEEK 11(A) TERM 1

EXCURSION INFORMATION

EXCURSION YEAR

GROUP

DATE OF

EXCURSION

PAYMENT

DUE DATE

COST

WELLBEING 7 DUE NOW $30

WELLBEING

8 DUE NOW

$55

WELLBEING

9 DUE NOW

$30

WELLBEING

10 DUE NOW

$110

WELLBEING

11/12 DUE NOW

$30

SCIENCE COMP Various $10 & $6

DANCE

PERFORMANCE Various $200

Wayside Chapel 13 April $25.00

Year 8 Study Skills 8 8 May 1 May $15.00 Year 8 Study

Skills

Year 9 Study Skills 9 8 May 1 May $15.00 Year 9 Study

Skills

YEAR 7 CAMP 7 9-11 May Deposit

DUE NOW

$100 (deposit)

HSC English

Extension 12 27 May $50.00

Gibberagong 5 June 29 May $31.00

Macbeth 10 18 June 10 June $20.00

Australian Wildlife

Display 7 25th June DUE NOW $10

YEAR 11 CAMP –

JINDABYNE 11 5-10 August Deposit Due

28th March

$345 (deposit)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND DONATION

We would like to thank Charlotte Williams of Year 7 and

the Williams Family for their kind donation of a sandwich

press for the students to use at the canteen. Your

generosity is very much appreciated.

Obtuse Angles

Every alternate week the Maths staff will pose a

mathematical puzzle to ponder with a syllabus reference and

degree of difficulty (1 to 5 compasses) will be supplied. The

solution will be provided in the following issue.

This week’s question

By Gerry Bates

YEAR 9 & 10 EXTENSION ENGLISH – MAJOR WORKS

Over the course of 2017, the Year 9 and 10 Extension English students were challenged to

create a Major Work based on significant research and reading. Our young authors were

given autonomy to produce a body of work that reflected their interest and supported their

creative ambitions.

Their works have been published in a book that is now available for purchase. The

anthology features a range of styles, genres and forms from 21 talented Barrenjoey writers.

In this book you can read pieces of Romantic poetry, tales set in the Scottish Highlands,

journeys of magical realism and much more.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy (for only $15), please contact the school Treasury

office on 9918 8811.

In the phone shown below, some of the keys are swapped. What is the minimum

number of direct 2-key swaps required to restore the correct order of the keys?

Syllabus reference: Stage 4: MA4-17NA

THIS WONDERFUL PUBLISHED

ENGLISH BOOK IS FOR SALE

for $15.00. Please call the

Treasurer on 9918 8811.

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THURSDAY MORNING 8.30AM – 10.30AM

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 3.30PM – 5.30PM Phone : 9918 7569 during opening hours

UNIFORM STORE

Trading Hours

Email:bhsuniforms@gmail.com

CAREERS NEWSLETTER with Mr Moylan

Barrenjoey has launched its new careers website. It is a great resource for students, parents

and staff regarding career and post school information.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO THE GOOGLE DOCS PAGE: https://goo.gl/vMa6a1

FOR THE CAREERS WEBSITE http://www.barrenjoeyhighschoolcareers.com Please Contact Mr Moylan in the Careers Office if you have any questions or would like to

make an appointment for a Careers Counselling session.

Week 11 Term 1 CANTEEN ROSTER

MONDAY 9 APRIL Kate McGilchrist

TUESDAY 10 APRIL Help Needed

WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL Help Needed

THURSDAY 12 APRIL Help Needed

FRIDAY 13 APRIL Nicky Stanley Jones

CANTEEN ROSTER

Helpers Needed in the Canteen! If you can lend a hand for a few hours on any day please

call the school on 9918 8811. Many thanks

Week 1 Term 2 CANTEEN ROSTER

MONDAY 30 April Staff Development Day

TUESDAY 1 May Help Needed

WEDNESDAY 2 May Justine Nagle

THURSDAY 3 May Emma Watson

FRIDAY 4 May Stephanie Allsop