NEWSLETTER 16 TERM 4 WEEKENDING FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER 2017

(Last Newsletter for 2017) FINAL PRINCIPAL REPORT 2017 Wrap Up! Last week the school recognised academic success and citizenship contributions at the annual Presentation

evening. The Presentation evening is an opportunity for representatives from each year group to share

highlights and for the Principal to give an overview. The students who spoke for their year groups were

superb public speakers providing an insight into the life of a student, the amazing array of opportunities

provided by the school all with respect, wit and formality. Congratulations to each of the speakers.

Highlights included

the school camps for Years 7 and 9;

sporting successes, including individuals who have competed at National carnivals in athletics,

netball and touch football, the Under 16 Rugby Union team who won the State knockout

competition, the open boys football who placed second and the girls basketball who placed fourth;

excursions and field studies to support classroom learning;

the success of the Year 8 Literacy and Numeracy lessons as demonstrated by increased performance

on diagnostic tests;

the success of Year 9 students who have pre-qualified for the HSC minimum standard and do not

need to sit the online tests, 31% in reading writing and numeracy, 50% in at least 2 aspects and 70%

in at least 1;

the front of school upgrade and drop zone;

the positive press which resulted in visits by a number of Federal and State parliamentarians;

the range of social justice programs organised by the SRC including cooking at Central Coast shelter

every month;

the large number of CAPA events including Avoca Beach Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, the CAPA soiree

and art exhibitions;

the election of a junior Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and their mural and yarning

circle projects and performances at Gulangfest;

the feedback from students and parents through the Tell Them From Me surveys that Terrigal High

School is a safe place for students and the wellbeing program support student growth and resilience

building;

the leadership development opportunities for Year 9 students through the Rotary Youth Program of

Enrichment RYPEN; and

the outstanding Max Potential projects completed by Year 11 students to raise understanding on

youth mental health.

2017 HSC results

There would be many families across Terrigal who would be rightly proud of their children’s HSC results this

year. The hard work, perseverance and acceptance of feedback has paid off. This year students achieved 39

Band 6’s (90% +) and 149 Band 5 results (80% - 89%) across 16 of subjects. Of particular mention were the

outstanding results in Modern History, Hospitality, Extension History, Extension Mathematics, Dance, Drama

and Music. Congratulations to all students. As a school we are proud of not only the Band 6 and Band 5

results, but the positive value-added data which shows students are working at their personal best.

Staff changes

It is with a sad heart that we farewell 4 outstanding teachers from Terrigal High School. Mr Guthrie left us

during Term 4 as he was successful in securing a Head Teacher Science role at Brisbane Water Secondary

College and Mr Ward who has secured a Head Teacher Administration role at Erina High School and have

been respected leaders across the school community. Ms McCabe has worked with us in a casual capacity

throughout 2016 and 2017 secured a permanent position in Science at Erina High School. Ms McCabe is a

successful Science teacher and initiated the STEM club at Terrigal High. I wish each of these teachers well as

they progress their careers.

The final staff member leaving us Mr Falzon who, although officially retired 3 years ago, has continued

working in the English faculty and has had a long and successful career across a number of schools. Mr Falzon

will be travelling Australia next year and I wish him well in retirement.

TEXTILES AND DESIGN/INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TIMBER Congratulations to the 2017 HSC TAS students on the successful completion of their Major Projects in Textiles and Design and Industrial Technology Timber. Pictured below is a selection of their quality project items.

Made by Teegan

Gardner-Harrex and

Modelled by K-Jean

Purnell

Made by Ruby Porter and modelled by HSC

Dance Student Emma Mele

Made by Lara Tang and modelled by HSC

Dance Student Hannah Sewell

Made and modelled by Celeste Parkinson

Rachel Lisle

Ben Way

Matthew Polmear Cameron Caffell

Nathan Carter Wilkie Kennedy

A special congratulation goes to Eloise Price who has been selected to exhibit her project in the

2018 Texstyle Exhibition. Texstyle is an annual exhibition that profiles the excellence of

Textiles and Design from the HSC. Eloise’s stunning garment reflected all of the elements

required in an outstanding project: creativity, a high degree of difficulty and quality

manufacturing techniques.

Made and modelled by Eloise Price

THE ILLUMINATE NEXTGEN BUSINESS CHALLENGE. Throughout week 7, our Year 10 students were involved in the Illuminate Nextgen Business Challenge. In teams of 6-7 students, each team came up with a business idea around the theme of 'sustainability' and during the course of the week, attended presentations on marketing, finance, note-taking, presentation skills etc, and were required to produce real world business documents, including a business plan, financial forecasts, idea pitches and marketing collateral. Throughout the week, lectures, presentations and pitch feedback and judging were delivered by local business and community leaders - experts in their fields, and we extend our thanks to these people for their valuable input, once again. Points were awarded to teams for each part of the challenge.

The week culminated in a trade display in our hall at lunch time on the Friday and teachers and students from all years, were able to listen to teams 'sell' their idea, enabling them to cast their votes for best business idea and trade display.

On the Friday evening, parents were invited to attend the trade display and award ceremony presided over by our local Member of Parliament, Adam Crouch MP.

Madison Garcia, Tahni Deathe, David Ashton, Scarlett Evie Baldwin, Jason Hong, Isabella Anderson, Macy Arthur, Hannan, Kyandra Welch, Oliver Butcher & Noah Lyons Kade Ashton, Declan Bergman-Wilson & Rhys Hopkins

The week was a highly successful week, whereby students not only learnt about important entrepreneurial and business skills, but important 21st century life skills including stress and team management, independent learning, budgeting, planning and time management, responding to both negative and positive feedback, meeting deadlines, innovate and creative thinking, public speaking and the importance of a strong work ethic.

Madison Garcia (Team Leader), Tahni Deathe, David Ashton, Evie Baldwin (Team Leader), Jason Hong, Macy Arthur & Scarlett Hannan, Kyandra Welch, Oliver Butcher & Noah Lyons. Isabella Anderson.

Students are:- Evie Baldwin, Kade Ashton, Students are:- Samara Watson & Fletcher Pilon Macy Arthur and Jason Hong.

Students are:- Evie Baldwin, Kade Ashton, Macy Arthur and Jason Hong

Students are:- Ashleigh Elliss, Owen Cummings & Lili Gallagher

We are very proud of our student’s achievements during this week and we thank the team at Illuminate Education for their guidance throughout. Dale Massie (HSIE Teacher) and Elyce Bates (Careers Adviser).

Careers Newsletter

CAREERS FACEBOOK PAGE Don’t forget to check out the Terrigal High Careers Facebook page. This will have the most up to date information regarding Courses, Jobs, Apprenticeships/traineeship, and University information.

TERRIGAL HIGH CAREERS WEBSITE The School now has its own career website it is www.terrigalhscareers.com Students and parents can use this site for a wide range of career information. This site is particularly useful for students in the senior years; however, other students can access information on part time employment while they are still at school. If students resister in the "Student Only" area they will be able to make use of many of the proformas available. They can develop a resume, a cover letter, find out how to act in an interview, what to wear for an interview and many other things.

EVET Students have now been informed of their acceptance into TAFE for 2018. If you require any further information on this please see Ms Bates in Careers. If you missed out on this opportunity, you will have a small window of opportunity the first week back of Term 1 2018. You will need to make sure you see Ms Bates to find out what is available as it will depend on numbers and what courses are left.

UNI - MEDICAL INFORMATION Attention medicine hopefuls! MedEntry will be conducting an intensive Medical Interview Training workshop in all major cities in Australia and New Zealand from November to January. The sessions are conducted by Doctors for Doctors-to-be and are specific to the university/course for which you are applying. Due to popularity of this unique program, classes have already started to fill up. Places are strictly limited. Details at: http://www.medentry.edu.au/

Ms Bates – Careers Adviser

STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY (PASS OUTS) At times throughout the school year, your child may need to leave school early for a valid reason. To ensure that your child is ready to leave on time, please provide a signed note requesting permission to leave which states:

• the christian name and surname of your child and their year • a valid reason for leaving early • the time that they are required to leave.

Students should present this note one of the Deputy Principals prior to the commencement of the school day for approval. On the rare occasion when a note cannot be provided due to last minute arrangements, please notify the school in advance via a phone call to the school switch - 4384 4677. When parents arrive at school to collect their child without prior notice, some delays are to be expected while the request for leave is processed and the student is retrieved from their classroom.

REDBUS IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please be advised we have made a minor alteration to the route of School Bus S658 Tuesdays only. This service will now extend to the End of Wattle Tree Rd for the convenience of Students and will also reflect School Bus S657 route Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri. Danny Moloney, Infrastructure, Planning & Incident Officer, P.O BOX 3186, Bateau Bay NSW Australia 2261. Phone +61 02 4332 8655 Fax +61 02 4332 1512 or Email danny@redbus.com.au

SCHOOL SECURITY Is everyone’s responsibility. If you are driving past the school and see anything suspicious we urge you to contact School Security on 1300 880 021. Let’s all band together to stop any building or ground vandalism.

LOST PROPERTY

If you have any lost property please ask your children to go to the Science Prep Room to claim their items before the end of this term. Any items that have not been collected will be donated to the Salvation Army.