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OberonHigh School

a: Ross Street Oberon NSW 2787 | p: 02 6336 1606 | e: [email protected] | w: www.oberon-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Educating the whole person for the whole of life.

Term 2 Week 7 - June 15, 2018

Last year Peta McGrath (Year 10) won a Premiers Anzac Memorial Scholarship (PAMS) and as a result, she will be heading off to visit significant WWI sites in France and Belgium later this month.With only a couple of weeks to go before she flies out, we caught up with Peta and asked her some questions on how her preparations are going for the upcoming trip to Europe.Q: What are you looking forward to most and why?A: Meeting new people and getting first-hand experience of what the soldiers did. It’s an important part of our history and I’d love to understand it better.Q: How have you been preparing for this trip?A: I’ve had to write a speech which I’ll have to present while I’m over there. I’ve been learning more about WWI in class. I’ve borrowed some books from the school library and Mr Wilcox from the RSL has lent me a WWI history book and I’ve been doing extra reading about WWI. Mr Inwood and Miss Grace have also been teaching me more about Australians in WWI.

Q: What have you learnt about the Anzacs fighting on the western front?A: I’ve researched a lot about Ruby Dickinson who was a nurse in WWI - she was recognised as a leader amongst the nurses - a woman to be admired, It must have been so hard for her and she was very brave. I’m currently reading more about our soldiers who fought on the western front. They had a really hard time.Q: What do you hope to get out of the trip?A: I’m looking forward to making new friends and gaining knowledge and getting a better understanding of the world that I can share when I come home.Q: When do you leave?A: We have a gathering of all the students, teachers and parents on Friday, June 29 and then we fly out later that day. I’m getting pretty excited about it now.Read more about Peta’s trip at the PAMS website

Peta’s ready for Europe

ABOVE: Canoeing at the Year 7 Camp. More photos on page 6

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The principal matters

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Oberon High School is a caring place and we are serious about the safety of all our students and staff.

We have a number of students and staff who are asthmatic with most being able to manage this successfully within an environment that can bring triggers unexpectedly.

We do, however, have a number of students and staff who are extremely sensitive to aerosol deodorants.

Keeping everybody Safe – Aerosol Deodorant

It is for that reason we have consistently asked students not to bring aerosol deodorants to school.

We understand that deodorant is an everyday item and used extensively, however, the health and safety of everyone on site is paramount.

Recently we have had several incidents where severe asthma attacks have been triggered by aerosol sprayed around the school. It is essential that deodorant or any other form of body spray of an aerosol nature, not be brought to school. Other forms of application need to be utilised for the safety of every person on site.

Last year Peta McGrath was announced as the successful applicant for this prestigious opportunity. Peta has been busily attending to the mandatory requirements for the overseas trip. The trip is being coordinated through the Office of Veteran Affairs and the Premier’s Department with a great deal of responsibility being placed on all participants to prepare themselves for a trip that combines an educational perspective with an ambassadorial side as they visit many important historical sites.

Peta and her family will be attending a farewell luncheon on June 29th prior to her flying out later that day. The school is very proud of Peta’s achievements to date and we are looking forward to her telling us about her journey when she returns.

Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship

I would also like to acknowledge the Oberon RSL sub-branch who not only took part in the selection process but from the outset promised to take the other participants (Ian Gaiser, Chloe Grozdanovski and Lydia Sinclair) on a trip to Canberra to visit the War Memorial and associated sites. These students, accompanied by students from the modern history class, will be heading to Canberra on 2nd and 3rd of July. In particular Bill Wilcox and Neville Stapleton, a big thank you!

Read an excerpt from the PAMS trip itinerary on the next page.

Read more about the scholarship.

“ ... the health and safety of everyone on

site is paramount.”



https://www.veterans.nsw.gov.au/education/premiers-anzac-memorial-scholarship/


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ABOVE: An excerpt from Peta’s itinerary

Project Based Learning is a classroom teaching and learning practice that is designed to develop higher order skills within the students. It includes curriculum outcomes from various subject areas combined together as student’s complete projects that have a variety of aspects. Last newsletter you saw Year 8 students speaking to local council about recycling. Year 8 currently are looking at flight and the engineering behind moving objects from the ground into the air and how this has impacted our world.

As part of this students designed kites and flew them – this was a great activity and provided great engagement and consequently a positive learning experience. Laura McKee is pictured here with her kite named Bellyflop.

Project Based Learning




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Mobile phones are a part of our life in 2018 – mobile phones come in all sorts of designs, however, they have become ever more powerful and ever more threaded through our daily lives.

The vast majority of our students have a mobile phone and the reasons for their ownership is varied. Irrespective of how they come to have one, the one thing that we must treat seriously is the issue of teenagers possessing very powerful devices but often not fully comprehending the responsibilities of ownership, particularly around the issues of what they access and how they interact with each other using them.

The inclusion of internet capabilities has changed the phone forever – for many students (and adults) the concept of a phone has been greatly changed. They are still a way of connecting but voice (conversational style) has been replaced by fingers as texting and social media presence is far more prevalent. The ability to post photos and video has also changed the landscape as people can invite the world into their personal surroundings without ever speaking directly to them.

This creates an issue with our teenagers as they are eager to be a part of this communication medium but in the main do not manage their presence very well. They often make judgement calls that have longer term consequences but they often are simply living in the present. Adults need to be good role models in this sense, but we can see through our own media feeds that this is often not the case.

Mobile Phones

“ ... the one thing that we must treat

seriously is the issue of teenagers possessing very powerful devices

but often not fully comprehending the

responsibilities of ownership ...”

“Adults need to be good role models in this

sense ...”




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Students need the advice and guidance of their parents and carers to manage their time on devices so that it does not become an addiction and start to adversely impact on other aspects of their life. It is well documented that young people are very susceptible to sleep deprivation along with the issues around inappropriate social contact leading to unwanted and sometimes stressful outcomes.

The school has a straight forward policy on phones. Students can bring them, utilise them during break times but put them away for class. Teachers, from time to time, may allow students to use their phones for an educational purpose, however, as the majority have a chromebook this circumstance is the exception not the rule.

We are grateful for the support of parents and carers in managing phones at school as our primary goal is learning for each child. However, I also know that management extends to your homes and at times this is stressful as you want your child to be safe online and this will create tension as other issues do in the teenager-parent/carer relationship.

You can find more information at the government’s esafety website and specialised resources can also be found on the website.

“ ... manage their time on devices so that it

does not become an addiction ...”

“We are grateful for the support of parents and

carers in managing phones at school ...”

“The school has a straight forward policy on phones. Students

can bring them, utilise them during break times but put them

away for class.”

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Mobile Phones (continued)

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This week Year 7 students attended their annual camp. I spent one day at the Burrendong based camp and thoroughly enjoyed my day with the students. Year 7 Advisor, Mr O’Neill will complete a more comprehensive report in the upcoming newsletter which will give you a far more detailed idea of activities and outcomes from the camp.

Mrs Abbott also spent a day at the camp and was impressed with our Year 7 students.

A big thank you to Mr O’Neill for organising the camp and Mrs Francey for accompanying the students.

Here are some photos from the camp. More will be published in the next newsletter.

Year 7 Camp

Craig LuccardaPrincipal

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From the Deputy Principal

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Last newsletter I looked at what particular attributes make a successful student. Becoming a Goal Setter was the first attribute that I mentioned. Mindtools.com has a simple way to help us set goals:

• Specific.

• Measurable.

• Attainable.

• Relevant.

• Time Bound.

Set Specific Goals

Your goal must be clear and well defined. You need goals to show you the way.

Set Measurable Goals

Include precise amounts, dates in your goals so you can measure your degree of success. Without a way to measure your success you miss out on the celebration that comes with knowing you have actually achieved something.

Set Attainable Goals

Make sure that it's possible to achieve the goals you set. If you set a goal that you have no hope of achieving, you will only demoralize yourself and erode your confidence. By setting realistic yet challenging goals, you hit the balance you need.

Set Relevant Goals

Goals should be relevant to the direction you want to take. By keeping goals aligned with this, you'll develop the focus you need to get ahead and do what you want.

Set Time-Bound Goals

Your goals must have a deadline. When you are working on a deadline, your sense of urgency increases and achievement will come that much quicker.

Until next time,

“Practice happy thinking every day”

Fiona AbbottDeputy Principal

Breakfast Club Gaining PopularityBreakfast Club has started up again and is run by Alex Cuttiford, the school chaplain with the assistance of the SRC. It’s on every Monday morning in the Hospitality area. Any students are welcome to come along and enjoy a free breakfast before school, from 8.15am until just before 9.00am.

Cereal, fruit, pancakes and juice are all on the menu. It’s a great way for all students to start the school week.



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On Tuesday, 29th May, students from the support class attended an indoor soccer competition at Bathurst Basketball Stadium. The day was aimed at providing students with a disability an inclusive sporting experience in a supportive environment, while also providing the opportunity to meet other students from the area with a disability.

SoccerAlthough other schools were much older, much bigger and also had reserves, our students played with heart and commitment throughout the day. Michael was our scoring machine, netting most of our seven goals of the day, including one from a penalty shot. Tye was excellent in defence and also helped move the ball forward, especially when our players were tiring.

Jack did not stop running! He headed the ball, tackled well and displayed some fancy footwork as well as added to our scoreline. Zane defended well on the court and also kept the opposition scoreless when he was in goals. Ben displayed natural leadership skills by talking to the team throughout the games. He and Taniesha also somehow managed to repel countless shots on goal against a particularly strong team. Our performance on the day secured us fourth position which was a great result. We are now hopeful of playing the next event, a 10-sport multi-sport day to be held in Bathurst.

We would like to give special thanks to both Jack and Taniesha for joining us to ensure we had enough players to participate.

Jodi FranceyMC Support Teacher

OUR TEAMBACK L to R: Tye Silcock, Zane Dusselaar, Jack Lewis, Ben

Stanton, Michael Duffy, FRONT: Taniesha Rusten

During term 2 five pre-service teachers have been working at our school. The trainee teachers come from CSU Bathurst and UNE in Armidale. During their time here they have been observing in the classroom, assisting in running classes themselves and learning the art of teaching in a practical way. This mandatory component of their tertiary studies allows them to see how the theory they have been learning at university translates into real life in the classroom. Our school has been generous in providing mentors for the pre-service teachers, knowing that it is important for our schools that a new generation of teachers is prepared to teach students in the future.

Ms Nicole Francis, Head Teacher of English and HSIE said, “We’re happy to host pre-service teachers and

I’m especially pleased that we can offer practical experience to former student Acacia Howarth (class of 2015). I know that she’s going to be an awesome English teacher when she graduates”.

New generation of teachers

ABOVE: Acacia Howarth assists Peta McGrath and Emma Schrader




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Western Area Cross Country

Beau Nicholl Sono Fitzpatrick Chloe Grozdanovski

Nathan Voytilla-Borg

Jake Foley Jasmin Noble

On Wednesday June 13, six of our students who qualified in the recent school cross country, travelled to Guerie to contest the Western Area cross country trials. All runners were in great form and the results were Jasmin Noble (7th), Jake Foley (7th), Nathan

Ten lucky senior Agriculture students attended a two-day TAFE course on the safe use of two- and four-wheeler farm bikes this week in Oberon. Despite the cold and rain, they persevered and have achieved nationally recognised qualifications. Thanks to Oberon Showground and TAFE Western Dubbo for helping this to happen.

Farm bike training

Voytilla-Borg (3rd), Beau Nicholl (17th) Sono Fitzpatrick (10th) and Chloe Grozdanovski (11th). Congratulations and good luck to Nathan who has qualified to compete at Eastern Creek at the NSW All Schools-Secondary Cross Country on July 27.




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Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

Notification for Parents and Carers

All Government and non-Government schools across Australia are required to participate annually in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD).

All Australian schools will collect data on their students who are receiving adjustments to meet additional learning and support needs in accordance with their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005. This data will be provided to the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent, national picture of the education needs of students with disability.

The data provided to the Australian Government by the NSW Department of Education is provided in such a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school.

General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government Department of Education and Training website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

Privacy Protection

The NSW Department of Education follows the requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. Schoolswill collect, record, store and use data about individual students in line with these requirements.Data security and protection is a priority and students’ personal details will be kept confidential.

Under Clause 52 of the Commonwealth Australian Education Regulation 2013, data collected by the NSW Department of Education for the NCCD must be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. This includes the number of students at each level of education, the number in each category of disability and the number at each level of adjustment. The information is provided to the Commonwealth as a series of number sets that cannot be used toidentify any individual student or school.

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training follows the requirements of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 when handling any data provided by NSW Department of Education in connection with the national data collection. A public information notice has been developed to by the Australian Government to provide students, parents and carers with important privacy information in relation to the data collection. This notice is available on the department’s website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

If you have any questions about the data collection please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Sinclair, learning and support teacher on 6336 1606.

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Data Collection Relating to Children With a Disability




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What’s happening @ the school

Career Planning interviews - Monday, 25 June to Friday, 6 July 2018 - Mrs Fitzpatrick

Breakfast Club - every Monday morning before school in the Hospitality area - Alex Cuttiford

Seminars on HSC topics @ CSU Bathurst - Tuesday 19 June 2018

English Study day @ Sydney Uni - Wednesday 20 June 2018 - Mrs Francis

Regional Futsal Championships in Orange - Thursday 21 June 2018 - Mrs Pringle

Small Schools Rugby League Gala Day @ Dubbo - Wednesday 27 June 2018 - Mr Bender

Parent Teacher interviews for Years 7 to 12 - Tuesday 3 July 2018

White Card Construction Induction training - Tuesday 3 July 2018 - Mr Boyd

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CALL TODAYGeneral dental treatment forchildren under 18 yearsof age is free at NSW PublicDental Health Clinics.

Clinic Locations:

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PHONE: 1300 552 626

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*Some specialist services require additional eligibility and/or may incur a fee.

The Western NSW Local Health District

Oberon Child Dental Clinic has moved to the Oberon Multipurpose Service located in the Oberon Hospital.

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