YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY HSC VISUAL ARTS – BODY OF WORK #1 As part of their Preliminary Visual Arts course, students are required to complete a body of work in a range of media, selecting a subject or theme to complete the work over a 15 week period, normally. This year, though, the process has been interrupted by the COVID19 pandemic. This meant that students had to work from home for most of the time period. So considering that, these students have done remarkably well to get the work completed to the high standard they have achieved.

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School Calendar 2020TERM 3Monday 20 July Staff Development Day P&C Meeting - 7pm School HallTuesday 21 July Students Return Monday 27 July Parent Teacher Interviews - TelephoneTuesday 28 July Parent Teacher Interviews - Face to FaceWednesday 29 July Parent Teacher Interviews - Face to Face HSC Study Day - Maths Extension Hunter Athletics - GlendaleThursday 30 July Parent Teacher Interviews - TelephoneFriday 31 July Parent Teacher Interviews - TelephoneMonday 3 August HSC Music Night

CANTEEN - Phone 65589963Tuesday 21 July ElonaWednesday 22 July MerrilynThursday 23 July MichelleFriday 24 July Elona

Monday 27 July ElonaTuesday 28 July AlisonWednesday 29 July TraceyThursday 30 July Christina & CindyFriday 31 July Elona

NEWSLETTER Friday, 3 July 2020

Care Achievement Respect Effort Responsibilty

Hayley Griffiths

Makayla Battams

Here is a selection of their works.

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORTWe have made it to the end of Term 2. Once again, I would like to thank the staff for the amount of extra work they have done during the term to bring students up to date with the planned scope and sequencing of teaching programs, and to parents and carers for their patience and positive feedback. It was a new and fast learning experience for all.

Semester 1 reports have been distributed to students. If your child was absent when they were handed to students, you or your child can collect their report from the administration office.

I would like to remind parents the importance of making an appointment if they wish to speak with a teacher in person or via the phone. Our office staff are more than happy to relay a message to the appropriate staff member and they can then contact you to arrange a mutually suitable time to have a discussion. Due to the complexity within a teacher’s day, please don’t assume they will be available for cold calls. It would be more beneficial if the meeting could be pre-arranged and any information/issues to be discussed, provided to the teacher before the meeting.

Monday 20 July is a Staff Development Day. The day will consist of CPR and anaphylaxis training for staff, a live stream meeting with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary from the Department of Education (planning for the next 4-year School Improvement Plan), online compliance training and programming for Semester 2.

Last newsletter I provided a link to an article from Parent Shop ‘Not every act of meanness is bullying’.

The next one in the package is about the use of digital devices during family time and the correlated link with poor behaviour.

https://www.parentshop.com.au/digital-devices-during-family-time/

Finally I would like to wish our families and staff a very relaxing holiday, keep safe and we will see our students back on Tuesday 21 July 2020.

Mrs Trudi Edman, Principal

HEAD LICEWe have been advised that nits/head lice have been found in the hair of a student. Please check your child’s hair for nits/lice tonight using the methods recommended in information from NSW Health (http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/headlice/Pages/treatment.aspx) a copy of which is attached.

If you find any eggs or lice please commence treatment as recommended.

Further information on head lice is available on the NSW Health website (details above) or through the Department’s website at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/studenthealth/conditions/headlice/index.php.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDWe are currenlty seeking volunteer helpers to assist in the preparation of and/or the serving of food for students.This means a commitment of time once or twice a term or less (if we get more volunteers) for two or three hours. Thisis an enormous, helpful contribution that you can make for the good of the school and its students. Please contact the Canteen Manager, Mrs Lisa Norrie, on 0447 727 388 if you are able to contribute some of your time.

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CAPTAINCY NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN!Do you have what it takes to lead your school?

SENIOR EXECUTIVE TEAM 2021Year 11 students have been given nomination forms for the senior Student Executive team. This team is made up of School Captains, School Vice Captains and SRC. Nominations forms are due by Friday 24 July (Week 1). Voting will occur in the first half of Term 3.

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PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS - TERM 3 Thank you for your response to our survey sent out with our last newsletter. We had great feedback and were pleased to receive your input to help determine our Parent Teacher Interview structure. As a result, this year, we are pleased to offer both face to face and telephone interviews.

Face to face Parent-Teacher Interviews will take place for Years 7 to 12 on Tuesday 28 July and Wednesday 29 July from 3.30pm – 6.30pm (Term 3 Week 2). Bookings will open from Monday 6 July and can be made through the Sentral Parent Portal.

Telephone interviews will take place on Monday 27 July, Thursday 30 July and Friday 31 July. Booking for phone interviews will open from Tuesday 21 July and can be made via the Sentral Parent Portal.

If you have not already registered for the Parent Portal, please follow the instructions sent via email. Further registration details are also available on our website https://gloucester-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/parents--carers-and-the-community/parent-portal.html or by phoning the school office.

Survey Results:FACE TO FACE OR PHONE INTERVIEW

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY OK?

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MIDCOAST COUNCIL COVID-19 DISCUSSION MidCoast Council will be supporting Youth Action to host a conversation with local young people (aged 12-24) about how COVID-19 is impacting them. Youth Action is the peak body for young people and youth services in NSW and they are working to make sure the voice of young people is included in the larger discussion around the impacts of the pandemic.

The discussion will be held via Zoom and at this stage participant numbers are limited to 25 on a first-in, first-served basis.

MidCoast Council is seeking young people from across the LGA to be involved in this opportunity!

The discussion and registration details are:

Date: Tuesday 14 July 2020Time: 3 - 4pmPlatform: Zoom (participants will be sent a link and password prior to the discussion)Registration link: https://youthspeakmidcoast-covid19.eventbrite.com.au

Participants will need to complete a consent form prior to the discussion taking place (sent to them once they register).

BULAHDELAH GALA DAY/CHRIS HOARE CUPWith sporting restrictions easing from Day 1 of Term 3, we have been able to schedule the annual Bulahdelah Gala Day incorporating the Chris Hoare Cup for Friday 7 August (Week 3 Term 3).

It is Bulahdelah’s turn to host the event this year. Travel to the Bulahdelah Showgrounds will be by bus with a cost to be confirmed. Permission notes will be distributed early Term 3.

Although sporting restrictions have eased to allow contact and semi-contact activities, some restrictions and practices will still apply.

Most notably, spectators (including parents and carers) are NOT allowed to attend sporting events in school grounds or events held during school hours. Where schools are using community venues “exclusive use” of the facilities must be obtained and again no spectators are allowed. Safe health practices and hygiene guidelines will also be applied. If any parents or carers have any questions in regard to this please contact Mr Cameron at the school.

Sports to be contested on the day are 15 years and under Soccer (Boys and Girls), Open Girls Touch Football, U14’s Boys Rugby League and Open Boys Rugby League (Chris Hoare Cup).

Good luck to all teams!!

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CATHOLIC CARE YOUTH DROP IN - TERM 3Starting Term 3, the Catholic Care Office will be open for informal Youth Drop-In after school each day. Any of our students are welcome to drop-in.

The Drop-In will be available from 3:30pm until 4:45pm with snacks and drinks available.

This time is to allow students to chat informally with others including Jenny Jensen (YOUTH AND PARENTING PARTNER CATHOLIC CARE SOCIAL SERVICES HUNTER-MANNING)

Venue: Catholic Care office at 47 King St (old Medical Centre just up the street from IGA)

If you would like any further information about Catholic Care or Jenny Jensen’s role at our school, please contact Ms Ribbons at school.

MATHS CORNER QUESTION (for students and parents)

Question: Rectangular cards, 2cm by 3cm, are cut from a rectangular sheet 24cm by 36cm. What is the greatest number of cards that can be cut from the sheet?

Previous Answer: Method 1. Make a table. Start with 30 x 5c and 0 x 20c coins. Then in each successive line, decrease the number of 5c coins by 1 and increase the number of 20c coins by 1, thus keeping to total number of coins as 30. Notice that every time we decrease the number of 5c coins by 1 and increase the number of 20c coins by 1, we increase the preceding total value by 15c. Thus there were 13 x 20c coins and 17 x 5c coins in the 30 coins.Method 2.Algebra: Let N represent the number of 5c coins and Q represent the number of 20c coins.Given (1) N + Q = 30Given (2) 5N + 20Q = 345Divide both sides of (2) by 5 (3) N + 4Q = 69Subtract (1) from (3) (4) 3Q = 39Divide both sides of (4) by 3 (5) Q = 13Substitute (5) into (1) (6) N + 13 = 30Subtract 13 from both sides of (6) (7) N = 17

* Maths corner questions have been provided courtesy of ‘Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO) Inc’ an advanced problem solving course currently being undertaken by some of our Year 7 & 8 students.

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YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY HSC VISUAL ARTS – BODY OF WORK #1 continued...

Chloe Rozynski

Felicity Fyfe

Sarah Griffiths

Josh Anniwell

Felix Snow

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YEAR 10 PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (PDM)For their first body of work, Year 10 PDM students were given the task of selecting 3 different techniques that they had to research and complete their own photos using ideas and techniques generated from their chosen artists. Given the interruption from the COVID19 forcing everyone to work from home, they have done remarkably well to get these works completed. Here is a selection of their works plus a brief comment from the students explaining what they have done in their photos:

‘All the Volleyballers are Looking at Me’ Ava Tuckwell - I used the blur effect in Photoshop to achieve this effect

‘Trippy’ Brooke Willis - on the camera, I changed it to a slow shutter speed to get this effect of blur and movement

‘He is Me’Haden Rae - I used Photoshop to create a negative, then I took it into the darkroom and exposed the photo paper and instead of putting the paper straight into the developer like normal, I used a paintbrush to drip the developer onto the photo to get the random and dynamic effect. I then use special photo paints to hand colour some of the images. I created a colour splash using Photoshop

‘The Hands’Jackson Smith - I took photos of the door onto the ramp outside the artroom and created a negative effect using Photoshop

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YEAR 10 PHOTOGRAPHIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (PDM)

‘Swim’ Jessica Kernahan - In the darkroom I used drips of developer onto the paper

‘Under The Umbrella’Savannah Ashby - On the DSLR camera I used low f/stops to create a shallow depth of field which creates a blurred foreground and background to put more emphasis on the main subject in the composition

‘Hands in One’ Temeaisha-Lee Martin - I created a negative from my photo using Photoshop, printed a transparency using the laser printer then took it into the darkroom and printed a wet photo. I then used special paints for painting photographs to hand colour the image

‘Overlay’Ben Leitch - I took photos at Ellenborough Falls in the afternoon. I created negatives in Photoshop and printed negatives from the laser printer. I took these into the darkroom, exposed them then dripped developer onto the paper to get this dynamic effect. I use Photoshop to create layers to overlay the images for this effect.

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CAREERS NEWSHunter New England Health 2021 Nursing School Based Traineeship ApplicationSchool Based Trainee Program

This program provides young people with valuable paid work experience in their local public hospital while completing the Certificate 3, Health Services Assistance. This is part of the HSC, Human Services Framework and contributes to the ATAR. The Certificate 3 can be used as a pathway into the Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) or the Undergraduate Degree at University (Registered Nursing). It also enables young people to work as Assistants in Nursing when they successfully complete.

About Hunter New England Health

• Nursing and Midwifery makes up the majority of the professional workforce with careers in many areas including acute care, community, education, management and research.

• HNE Health is committed to employing and developing local people within teams that is representative of the communities in which we live, work and operate

• HNE Health is committed to employing, developing and promoting young people in a career in health

Click here to find out more about Hunter New England Health.

The school based trainee role

If your application is successful, you will start your traineeship with HNE Health working as a School Based Trainee - Health Services Assistant.

Your responsibilities include:

• Assisting patients with activities of daily living including sponging and bathing

• Changing and making beds/cots

• Feeding people

• Assisting with pressure area care

• Transferring and positioning of patients

• Assisting patients with their mobility

• Weighing patients, measuring height and girth

• Taking patient observations as directed by the nurse in charge

Training

You will learn how to do your job through comprehensive training at TAFE with ongoing development and support from the nursing team at your local facility.

As part of the Traineeship you will be required to complete a minimum of 100 shifts during a two year period. Shifts are negotiated with your facility Nurse Manager or delegate.

How do I apply

If you are interested in applying for a School Based Traineeship in Health Services Assistance (Acute Care) at a Hunter New England Health facility please complete the online application by following the link below:

Hunter New England Health 2021 Nursing School Based Traineeship Application

See Mr De Angelis in the Careers office for more information, advice and support!

NEXTWAVE FILM COMPETITION OPEN FOR ENTRIES The Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival is again hosting the NEXTWAVE short film competition for young regional Australians this year – and would like some short film entries from our school!

All films need to be under five minutes and include the phrase “What’s Next”. Creativity is highly encouraged. The best films will screen at SWIFF next January during the Nextwave Youth Film Awards, and tens of thousands of dollars in prizes are up for grabs to students (and our school!).

All competition details are available at www.nextwavefilmfest.com.au.

Register for free Nextwave Online filmmaking courseIf your child isn’t sure how to make their short film, the Screenwave International Film Festival has made a step-by-step 10 episode video guide on beginner filmmaking, with episodes starting to roll out next week on the new Nextwave Online learning portal. To secure your child’s FREE access (thanks to Mid Coast Council), register here: https://nextwavefilmfest.com.au/workshop/

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LIBRARY NEWSThere’s been lots of borrowing happening here since our return to school. Well done to all those students engaging in regular reading, it’s a great way to develop such a wide range of skills and learn new things.

A great range of student artwork is currently on display in the library, including the Year 10 Photographic and Digital Media works shown in this newsletter.

Next term we are hoping to begin a collection point for Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. Our collection is off to a great start with the hard work of Danieka Wakefield. As part of her English assessment on sustainability, Danieka began collecting bread tags in her neighbourhood. What a great collection! For more information on how these tags are recycled please visit www.ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au you can start collecting over the holidays and bring them to the library next term.

Tess Nolan, Teacher Librarian

Principal Mrs Trudi Edman Deputy Principal Mr Mik WiselyAddress: 129 Ravenshaw Street, Gloucester NSW 2422Telephone: 6558 1605 Fax: 6558 1229Email: gloucester-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.gloucester-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

SCHOOL VISION STATEMENTGloucester High School aims to develop a supportive learning environment that engages all students,

teachers and community in the pursuit of excellence.