PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Education Week is always a

highlight of Term 3 and there are

many opportunities to showcase

our incredible range of talent

across the creative and performing

arts as well as industrial

technology. We have been entertained by our

dance ensembles and singers at school and there

have been showcase performances for members of

our broader school community and the public at

Rooty Hill RSL and Mt Druitt Plaza. We have just

hosted the Colyton Learning Community’s (CLC)

Showcase of Performing Arts. What an amazing

two nights of entertainment by students across our

CLC primary schools and high schools.

Congratulations to all staff across the schools for

an amazing effort to make this happen and in

particular, Alex Lane and Amy Ciocca on our staff

for their outstanding professionalism and positive

energy in bringing it to Colyton High School as

hosts! A huge success and the start of a great

tradition!

HSC TIME

Term 3 saw Colyton High School students hitting

the ground running on some major projects which

have been undergoing assessment by HSC

Markers. Thank you to all the teachers across

Dance, Visual Arts, Industrial Technology and

Multimedia for supporting their students tirelessly

over the past two years, developing their skills and

exploring ideas to produce quality major works.

We also thank those parents for their considerable

support at home because the HSC can be quite a

stressful period, especially when these types of

deadlines are approaching. We wish all students

well for a good result! Preliminary feedback has

been outstanding, with many projects up there with

some of the best works ever produced at Colyton

High School. We are very proud of these students

and their teachers!

NAPLAN 2017

NAPLAN results for Year 7 and Year 9 students

are now out and should have been received at

home. They give a good snapshot of where your

September & October Dates

September 4 P&C Meeting

September 8 AIME Year 9,10&12

September 11- Y11 Examinations

September 22

September 21 Year 12 Breakfast

Year 12 Graduation

September 22 Last Day of Term

October 9 Staff & Students

Return

October 16- HSC Exams

October 31

October 23- Year 11 Hospitality

October 27 Work Placement

October 27 AIME Year 7/8

Experience Day

October 30- Year 11 Hospitality

November 3 Work Placement

October 30- Y7, 8 & 9 Yearly

November 3 Examinations

October 30 P&C Meeting

The next P&C Meeting will

be held on Monday September

4 in the Common Room at

7.00pm

All are welcome to attend

Colyton High School

child’s literacy and numeracy skills were at, around the time of testing earlier this year. The biggest changes

to NAPLAN in the future will be moves towards doing the testing online. This should allow improved

reporting times to schools and parents. Schools are currently undergoing trial testing this term to see how it

all works. Of course the biggest impact for students, already taken effect with this year’s and future Year 9’s,

is that all students who intend on studying for and attaining the HSC will need to have achieved Band 8 in the

Year 9 NAPLAN tests they sit.

NAPLAN CHANGES

For those students who aspire to the HSC and did not reach Band 8 this year, they will be given opportunities

in future years to re-sit NAPLAN tests online in an attempt to achieve at Band 8. Rest assured that Colyton

High School is doing everything possible to support students’ ongoing improvement in literacy and numeracy

and achieving Band 8 by the time they are in Year 9. We are continuing to implement Reading to Learn and

Curiosity and Powerful Learning strategies across the whole school and are building capacity of teachers to

differentiate their lessons so that students of all abilities can achieve. We will also provide strong learning

support to improve the skills of students who need extra help. Whilst achieving Band 8 is a more than

reasonable target for all students by the time they reach Year 9 and later, Year 12, in the event that any

individual does not reach this benchmark, they will still be able to achieve qualifications of the Year 12 ROSA.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at school to discuss any concerns about this for your child, now or in the

future. We encourage all students to work to the best of their ability at all times.

SCHOOL PLAN 2018-2020

Among the exciting things happening at Colyton High School at present is the planning process for our next

school plan. Keep a look out for your opportunity to contribute to the development of our School Plan 2018-

2020. We have draft strategic directions being developed and these include:

1. Developing connected, successful and thriving students

2. Developing great teachers leading inspired learning and

3. Building everyday leaders

We are very excited about our ongoing discussions to develop and expand on these three strategic directions

that will guide what we do and what we work to achieve over the next three years.

As always, thank you to all of our school community for their tireless efforts in improving opportunities for

your children at Colyton High School and beyond.

Kind Regards

DARYL BUTLER

PRINCIPAL

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

It's hard to believe that we are already so far into the term. Term 3 marks the last opportunity for Year

12 to complete their studies and refine their skills and knowledge in preparation for their final

assessments and the upcoming HSC examinations. For our students in practical courses, this has been a

particularly busy term as major works have been submitted.

As someone who is relatively new to Colyton High School, I have been pleased to witness the development of so

many students in such a short time. I have had the pleasure of seeing so many talented students creating amazing

works. Earlier this term, our HSC dance students under the guidance of Mrs Ciocca performed brilliantly at their HSC

showcase evening and undertook their final practical examinations over a two-day period. I was also fortunate to be

able to see fantastic, high quality Industrial Technology Timber and Multimedia works from Mr Burton's and Mr

Casey's classes as well as excellent Visual Arts major works from Mrs Grahovac's class.

With such a plethora of great student works, I am looking forward to seeing what our Year 12's can achieve in the

HSC exams. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the teachers of Year 12 for their hard work and

dedication that they have shown to Year 12. The hours of lessons, advice, marking, feedback and extra after hours and

holiday sessions is greatly appreciated.

The role of Year Adviser and Assistant Year Adviser can be extremely challenging and can also be even more

rewarding at times. The work undertaken by these teachers supporting and encouraging students, sorting out issues,

communicating with parents and teachers, advising students, advocating for them, organising events such as

fundraising activities, school jackets, graduation photos and the school formal just to mention some of the tasks

undertaken by Mrs O'Connell and Miss Fullbrook cannot be over-looked and we thank them very much for their

efforts.

I look forward to some big events on the Year 12 calendar including the Year 12 breakfast and graduation later this

term on September 21 and the Year 12 formal on November 16 at the Colebee Centre, Nurrangingy and look forward

to seeing and chatting with all Year 12 and their families at these events.

Finally, I would like to wish Year 12 all the best for their upcoming HSC examinations and congratulate them on their

achievement of a Higher School Certificate.

MR P KANAAN

DEPUTY Y9 & Y12

Yr12 Photography Congratulation to Chevi Mullholland and Tara Brown from the Year 12 Photography class who entered the

Penrith Show Photographic competition. Chevi received a second prize for the image of her friend Felicity

posing as the Girl with the Pearl Earring and Tara received a high commendation for her flower

photomontage. Both students received a cash prize and a ribbon for their effort. The winning photographs

are on display in an exhibition for the next month in Penrith City Library.

Below: Tara Brown receiving her prize from Mr Lu Vranich, the coordinator of the Photographic

Competition for the Penrith Show.

MS G VANDYK

CREATIVE ARTS FACULTY

HSC ART Well done Year 12 Visual Arts. Some outstanding and diverse art from a talented and creative group.

Students worked very hard to complete their Body of Work.

On behalf of the CAPA faculty, congratulations and don’t forget to study hard for the HSC theory exam

MS GRAHOVAC

RELIEVING HT CAPA

HSC Ancient History On Tuesday August 29, the Year 12 Ancient History class had a wonderful day at the Australian National

Maritime Museum where they had the chance to visit the ‘Escape from Pompeii: The Untold Roman

Rescue’ museum exhibit. The core study for the HSC course requires students to investigate how people

lived 2000 years ago in the town of Pompeii by using historical sources from the site. All students had a

wonderful day investigating the sources while being lucky enough to have a museum tour guide, take them

around the exhibit to explain all artefacts. The class should be very proud of themselves for representing

Colyton High School in such a respectful and enthusiastic manner. It was a wonderful experience for myself

to see how much my class had learnt over the past year and now had the chance to see the artefacts they had

been learning about in real life.

MRS L DODSON

HEAD TEACHER HSIE

HSC Ancient History Class 2017 Plaster mould (replica) of a female victim from Pompeii

2000 year old bread! Amphora (liquid storage jars) from Pompeii

The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge ended last Friday. We only had a few participants

that completed the challenge. We hope to see many more

participants next year. These students will receive a NSW Premier’s

Reading Challenge certificate at the awards ceremony in Term 4.

Congratulations to the following students – all from Year 8:

Claudia Heale

Diya Patel

Waimarama Rakete

Marianne Zammit

New Book Display Come and take a look at these new non fiction books from the Ponderables series.

Philosophy – An illustrated history of Thought.

The Brain – An illustrated history of Neuroscience.

The Elements – An illustrated history of the Periodical Table.

Physics – An illustrated history of the Foundations of Science.

The Universe – An illustrated history of Astronomy.

Engineering – An illustrated history from Ancient Craft to

Modern Technology.

Mathematics – An illustrated history of Numbers.

MRS J ABIWAHAB

TEACHER LIBRARIAN

Careers Corner

Dear parents/caregivers

I would like to wish all of my Year 12 students the best of luck with their exams, major works, bodies of

work, performances and final assessments. This term is a valuable time to prepare for the upcoming HSC

exams. I encourage student to use their time wisely with their teachers and to be productive, reflect, study

and prepare as best you can.

WESTERN SYDNEY APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP EXPO

On August 29, our many students attended this expo, met employers directly, and asked their questions. I

was there and helped students to meet the different employers. We are hoping that some of our students will

get the place in some kind of apprenticeship or traineeship.

JOBQUEST BREAKFAST BBQ

Our Jobquest students have organised breakfast BBQ on August 24, and it was very successful. Mr Butler

and many other teachers encouraged the students by supporting this event.

Current Job/apprenticeship/traineeship opportunities

Apprenticeship x 15 Closing date 15 September

Carpentry x 2

Electrical

Gardening x 4

Greenkeeping

Heavy Vehicle Mechanic x 3

Painting x 2

Plumbing x 2

http://blacktown.applynow.net.au/jobs/BC681-apprenticeship-x-15

Business Administration Traineeship x 9

Arts and Cultural Development

Blacktown City Information Centre

Civil and Park Maintenance x 2

Communications and Marketing

Events and Sister Cities

Finance

Human Resource Services

Records Services

http://blacktown.applynow.net.au/jobs/BC680-business-administration-traineeship-x-9

Childcare Traineeship x 24

These are more suitable for year 12 students who are thinking to work with children

Applicants of all ages are encouraged to apply, however you must be 18 years of age by 15 January 2018

to meet legislative requirements.

http://blacktown.applynow.net.au/jobs/BC679-childcare-traineeship-x-24

Contact Mrs K.Kaur for more information

YEAR 7 UPDATE The focus for Term 3 with Year 7 has been maintaining a high expectation as leaders for learning within all

areas of the school. Reports were handed out at the beginning of Term 3 and it was pleasing to see a number

of students achieving great results across a number of subjects. This demonstrates students have been

working hard consistently throughout the semester. It has been really positive for Miss Ciacciarelli and

myself who continue to see the large number of merits, Bronze and Silver awards that are be awarded to the

cohort.

Term 3 Silver Award recipients to be congratulated include:

Angel-Anne Spek

Aiden Nowland

Brock Smith

Chelsea Lyons

Luke Treller

Mendi Mousa

Mark Nuikore

Diana Jouhar

Keira Skerry

Mike Fiaavae

Daniel Keo

Domnick Woolfenden

Ali Al Sawafi

Tua Mataafa

Daniel Bailey

Ethan Page

Paige Kilmster

Sarah Sinno

Brodie Borg

Chelise Kita

Gabrielle Brown

Luke Manea

Sophy Brown

Dario Rivas Monestel

Our SRC member, Chelsea Lyons is to be commended on being the first student to receive a Gold Award

this term. This shows her hard working and consistent application across all subject areas, well done! A

number of other students are also close to receiving their first Gold award, which is an outstanding

achievement for the cohort.

A HUGE Congratulations goes to Chelise Kita and Katelyn Kos of Year 7 who represented Colyton High

School at the SYDNEY WEST Athletics carnival in week 2 this term. Katelyn was an outstanding at Zone

finishing age Champion for the U/12’s and Chelise a close second. Both students represented our school

with great pride and performed outstanding at Sydney West. Chelise finished 2nd in her throwing event shot

put and will be progressing to NSW CHS next week. We wish you all the best.

Miss Ciacciarelli and I have been working closely with Year 7 to maintain the high standard of dressing for

success at Colyton High School. It is encouraged that students wear their uniform with pride every day. Well

done to those students who continue to wear full school uniform daily. We are grateful to have the parent

community working with us and offering support to

the children throughout the term, especially in the

colder months.

Term 4 will be a busy term with a number of extra-

curricular activity opportunities available for

students. One of these opportunities include the

Swim School Program. Students are encouraged to

participate in a 3 day program where students are

given the opportunity to build confidence in the

water as well as develop a range of essential

lifesaving skills. Payments for this has commenced.

If you have, any queries or concerns please contact

Miss Ciacciarelli or Miss Grewal who are the

coordinators for the program.

MISS GREWAL & MISS CIACCIARELLI

PDHPE FACULTY

Year 7

Swim School Program

When: 29th Nov – 1st Dec

Cost: $20.00

Y7 students Naidoc Week

On the July 25, Colyton High School celebrated NAIDOC week. It was remarkable to see that we had five

outstanding Indigenous performers from the Year 7 cohort. Two of those students, Angel-Anne Spek and

Aaron Flaherty had the courage to be student speakers for the performance representing the cohort and

demonstrating the importance of their culture and heritage to rest of the school. Good leaders are

inspirational and these students demonstrate these qualities, well done!

African

Leadership

Program

Students have finished a 13 session DRUMBEAT program with Mr Tuza Afutu. The African DRUMBEAT

lessons were interactive and used experiential learning to enhance communication, leadership and team

performance. It was highly engaging, innovative and a unique experience for all the students. It’s an

exciting, hands on program involving drums, dancing and singing. A great way to inspire the rhythm in life

and culture!

Keep up the wonderful work. We are all so proud of you.

Previous pathways

scholarship recipients

Toby Stevens (Year 11)

I used the scholarship towards my school fees, excursions and

courses. The money also assisted with my purchases for school

equipment and uniform.

Keela Ellerington (Year 11)

I used the scholarship towards my school uniform including shoes,

text books, excursions, I paid my school fees and the remainder of

the money I will use to put towards my Y12 expenses and senior

jacket. The scholarship has been very beneficial.

Pathways

Scholarship

Year 11, 2018

Colyton High School is offering 3 scholarships for current Year 10 students

returning in 2018 to commence their Year 11 studies at Colyton High School. These

$1000 scholarships will be awarded towards the end of Term 4 2017.

For your chance to be considered, application forms are available from either Ms

White (Deputy Principal) or Ms Taylor (Year 10 Adviser), alternatively you can

download a blank form from the Colyton High School Website, find the link on the

front page – a blank application form is also available under the scholarship tab on

the Skoolbag App.

Good Luck

High School Entry

Scholarship

Year 7, 2018

Colyton High School offers up to ten scholarships for students enrolling in Year 7 for

2018 to provide assistance with starting their secondary education. The scholarships

will be awarded to successful students who attend one of the following Primary School:

Bennett Road Public School

St Marys Central Public School

Colyton Public School

St Marys South Public School

Oxley Park Public School

For your chance to be considered, applications forms are available from your current

primary school, alternatively you can download a blank application form from the

front page of Colyton High School website or the scholarship tab on Colyton High

School Skoolbag app