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BARRENJOEY HIGH SCHOOL’S
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Phone: 9918 8811
Term 2 Week 10 Click on the logos for direct access to: Barrenjoey HS Website
Bilgola Plateau PS Newsletter
Avalon PS Newsletter
Peninsula Community of Schools Website THE PENINSULA PRESS
28 June, 2017
ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!
Sunset over
Barrenjoey Lighthouse
As we draw to the end of term two, the upcoming two week break will be approached in many
different ways by both students and families alike.
School holidays are usually an opportunity for children and families to relax and have a break.
For some, school holidays can be a big change in routine that need consideration and planning.
While others will spend the time revising, completing major works and assessment tasks with
the knowledge there are only ten weeks of school remaining before HSC examinations
commence.
With all of that extra time at home, below is an article by Paula Sinclair, Adolescent and Family
Counsellor at KYDS Youth Development Service, regarding Connecting with Teenagers.
When communicating with teens, it is important to avoid disconnectors:
• Avoid closed questioning. Instead, make statements to share and open up conversation.
To gather information, ask open-ended questions (eg “What happened at school today?”).
Ask yourself “What do I really want to know?”
• Don’t lecture. Allow time for them to respond to any comments you make.
• Avoid interruptions, as well as instructions, opinions, views and advice.
• Don’t solve their problems. Help them to find a solution through problem solving.
In order to build connection:
• Be entirely present, ensuring your teen feels special.
• Be genuinely interested and curious even if what they are saying is difficult to hear. Stay
focussed on the topic.
• Be open and honest. Check your body language reflects this.
• Practice active listening (concentrate, understand, respond and remember what is being
said). Repeat what they say in your own words to ensure you have understood. Ask for
clarification if needed.
• Be empathetic. Try and enter their world to see what it feels like for them.
• Control your own feelings while validating theirs. Reassure them that it is okay to have
those feelings (even if you don’t agree with them). Validation helps them to feel accepted,
heard, understood, and connected. Help them to name their emotions.
Parenting can be hard
work, and maintaining
strong connections with
your teenagers can be challenging.
ENJOY THE TWO WEEK BREAK – USE YOUR TIME WISELY
Remember, disagreements are okay. They help to develop negotiation and conflict resolution
skills. The important thing is to keep the emotions under control, and to keep communication
going!
Remember Monday 17th July is a Staff Development Day. All teaching staff will be at Pittwater
High School participating in a combined PCS staff development opportunity with Professor John
Fischetti (Head of School at Newcastle University, School of Education).
I would like to take this opportunity to thank staff and the community for the wonderful way we
all work together to support all students, and each other, at Barrenjoey.
Wishing you all a happy and safe Semester break………………..Jeff Brown
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ANDREW EDMONSON
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY
PARALYMPIAN
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POPPY STARR OLSEN
WORLD CHAMPION
WOMEN’S SKATEBOARDER
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GLEN GERREYN
MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER & AUTHOR
Click here
Year 8 recently went to the
International Convention Centre in
Sydney to the Stand Tall Event. This
event inspires High School Students
to stand tall and make positive
choices. Over 2000 students attended
this wonderful day to listen to
inspirational speakers who powerfully
address many of the critical issues
confronting today’s High School
Students. Click on the links below to
read about these inspirational
speakers who attended the event.
The ‘Stand Tall Event 2017’ was a very fun, entertaining and inspirational experience that Year 8
were lucky enough to attend. The Stand Tall Event this year focused on the concept of hope,
and how our generation should believe in and work hard to follow our dreams to have a
successful future.
We listened to guest speakers Glen Gerreyn (inspirational speaker and author), Talitha
Cummins (News Reader for Channel 7), Aminata Conteh-Biger (refugee from Sierra Leone),
Derek Rabelo (Brazilian blind surfer), Andrew Edmonson (Rio Olympics Rugby Wheelchair star),
Eloise Wellings (Rio Olympics Track star), Poppy Starr (World Champion Skateboarder) and
even Cyrus (winner of the X Factor)! They all spoke well and told us about their pasts and the
struggles they had to overcome in order to achieve their goals and dreams. They all had very
different background stories, yet each of them talked to us about the same key idea; hope.
I found it to be a very inspirational and motivational experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I
would definitely recommend it to other students.
YEAR 8 STAND TALL EVENT 2017
By Elise Inger
As we got to the Convention Centre we entered
the theatre and were greeted by a band preforming
songs and music to start our day. We then listened
to some incredible, inspirational speakers with
heaps of stories to tell.
They were all about overcoming addictions,
surviving abuse and being a sex slave, reaching
dream goals, living with disabilities and achieving
the impossible. It was all very touching and
moving. Personally, I loved hearing all the inspiring
stories about overcoming hard times and changing
into the person they are today. All this was
followed with a final performance to wrap it up by
Cyrus (the X Factor winner). Overall it was an
amazing experience which I recommend for future students. By Madison Thomas
Year 8 student Jesse Hardwick-Morgan
meets Stand Tall Ambassador, Derek
Rabelo, blind surfer from Brazil. To
see Derek’s amazing story Click here
DEREK RABELO
BLIND SURFER
THE PITTWATER SHORT STORY AWARD 2017
Congratulations to Tia Parkes (Year 10) and Bruna Gomes (Year 9) whose stories were
shortlisted for the Pittwater Short Story Award 2017.
I Was Here
by Tia Parkes
Category 2:
Writers
Aged 13-16 Years
The Night Tour
by Bruna Gomes
Keep up the
great work!
Jake Boffey from 9PDM
has created a composite
photograph using multiple
images. This "Joiner" is
inspired from the work of
photographer David
Hockney and his interest
in capturing a scene from
different viewpoints and
perspectives.
ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Winter Tides by Jacinta Rogers
Body shudders from icy mist
Teeth chatter as white clouds are exhaled
Feet sprint across blades of emerald and grains
of broken shells
Hands grip the rails of fiberglass
Board flies over frothy whitewash
Torso lands on wax
Arms dig in and stretch back pulling cold
morning milk
Eyes red glassed over by the bitter salt spray
Cheeks pierced by shattered glass
Flesh frozen by the winter tides
The sun catches fire on the horizon
Dancing on waves of molten gold
Painting lines on a blank canvas
Ripping into a fresh silk wall
Carving sculptures from melted ice
Sheltering from inside the green room
Arms dig in and pull back the cold afternoon milk
Feet grip wax
Hands grip rails
Tucked under a sheet of glass
Heading towards the white light
Spat out from the barrel Into the sun’s last strike
Eumerella; valley of plenty,
Watch dandelions dance,
Fireweed the poison to brumby,
Golden maidens at first glance.
Stones are skipped and ripples drawn,
The water a reflective canvas,
Frost the veil of early dawn,
His footprint stands timeless.
Damp logs spit and hiss and whistle,
A descant to the fire’s slow-burning song,
Horses graze the untamed thistle,
Nostrils flared; steamy breath blown
strong.
Dewy speckles adorn kangaroo paw,
A serendipitous sketch,
Trails of dusty wombat spoor,
Before her softened silhouette.
Eumerella; valley of plenty, A place to savour your every memory.
2017 DOROTHEA MACKELLAR POETRY AWARDS
Nina Paton’s Poetry Competition Sonnet
Year 9 English Poems submitted to the
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards.
DEBATING TEAM
It is has been an exciting term of Debating with our Year 9 and 10 Debating Team who
participated in the Premier's Debating Challenge. Our two teams competed in three rounds with
Turramurra High School. Our topics covered sport, education and politics.
Our Barrenjoey team worked feverishly to develop their structure and arguments. Team work
was a core component of successful debate and our teams were fantastic at pulling together a
cohesive argument on difficult topics such as 'Our States should be abolished'.
It cannot be under estimated how challenging it is to develop arguments under timed, public
speaking conditions, and our teams did an absolutely amazing job representing our school.
Miss Wilson
TERM 3 STUDENTS RETURN ON TUESDAY 18TH JULY, 2017
Year 9 Interviews are in Term 3 – Interviews will open Week 2, you
will be notified when they open/close. Interview Date is Thursday
10th August 4pm-7pm.
Barrenjoey Blackout!
On the 28th of July, Barrenjoey will be holding
a sleep out. In conjunction with Avalon and
Bilgola Plateau Primary schools, we have
begun raising money and awareness for the
WWF (World Wildlife Fund), and this will be
the theme of our sleep out. We will watch an
animal themed movie, have a WWF Kahoot,
assemble solar lights from the WWF for
communities in Ethiopia and much more!
fightonthebeach
proudly supporting
Fight on the Beaches Fighting for a cancer cure!
www.fightonthebeaches.com
Follow us: D fightonthebeaches afightonthebeach
Northern Beaches School Mufti-day
The PCS schools are hosting a mufti Day to
raise money for Fight On The Beaches, through
a mufti day fundraiser on Friday the 21st of July.
This money earned from this fundraiser shall go
to research and help for cancer patients in the
Northern Beaches. Barrenjoey is supporting this
by holding a "pyjama day" school-wide mufti
day.
We will be holding this our fundraiser on the
same day as other PCS schools will hold their
“Christmas in July” fundraiser, on the 21st of
July.
A gold coin donation is required by all students
on the day to aid in raising money for Fight On
The Beaches.
To learn more about the cause, visit
http://www.fightonthebeaches.com/about-
us.html
Our Year 12 boys from the Barrenjoey Reds
basketball team have qualified for this
Friday’s Grand Final in the Manly Warringah
Basketball Competition. The 9 players are:
Jackson Baker, Ben Cramer, Cooper Excel,
Antony Hawke, Alex Moran, Cameron
Neale, Jack Phillips, Ben Reay & Trystan
Ziemer, coached by Brett Nicholson.
Congratulations on making the Grand Final
and best of luck on Friday! If you would like
to support the Barrenjoey Reds, game is on
at 5.20pm at the Northern Beaches Indoor
Sports Centre (NBISC) on Friday 30th June.
GOOD LUCK BARRENJOEY REDS – GRAND FINALISTS
GAME ON this Friday 30th June at 5.20pm Court 5!
NSWCHS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
CONGRATULATIONS
Year 10 student Annabel
Ritchie recently competed
for Sydney North at the
Girls NSWCHS State
Football
Championships.
Sydney North were Silver
Medallists losing 1-0 in the
Grand Final.
Annabel was selected into
the shadow squad as
goalkeeper.
What a great experience
Annabel Well done!
MATHS WEEKLY PUZZLE TO PONDER
ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE
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 next week’s issue.
OBTUSE ANGLES
Mr Seymour’s Weekly Science Fact!
This week’s question:
Julius has a strange code. It turns some numbers into other numbers. When his friend says ‘five’ Julius says ‘four!’ When his friend says ‘six’, Julius says ‘nine!’ When his friend says ‘nine’, Julius says ‘one!’ What’s going on? Can you work out what Julius would say when his friend says 12?
* Syllabus reference: Stage 4: MA4-2WM
There is about 120 000 million million million gas molecules in each breath of
air that we inhale. Over time these molecules, which are then exhaled, spread
throughout the atmosphere. We normally take about 12-14 breaths per minute,
or about 500 million breaths (60 nonillion molecules – 60 followed by a further
30 zeros) in an average lifetime. You can be quite sure that every breath you
take contains a molecule that was once breathed out by Albert Einstein (or
Charlie Chaplin or even that last dinosaur to roam the Earth).
BAND NEWS
The Concert Band completed a major performance last Sunday at the Northern Beaches
Instrumental Festival. Our conductor, Josh Hughes, received much favourable commentary from
other Band Directors on the quality of our performance.
As usual, our Band really stepped up to perform their repertoire with energy and enthusiasm; and
the soloists landed all their contributions. A great night for us and much to look forward to in
second semester.
WANTED: Percussionists and Bass Guitar.
Whilst anyone who plays an instrument is invited to join Band, we have particular vacancies at the
moment for Percussion players and a Bass Guitar.
Send us an email at [email protected]; come and check us out at rehearsals; or
talk to Layne Visser, our school liaison teacher.
Gerry Bates [email protected]
It’s nearly time for the annual P&C Fundraising Trivia night - a night at Wimbledon! And we
would like to ask for donations of prizes, both big and small!
If you’ve got something of value that you can donate to be sold off at the silent auction please
email Claire Delaney at [email protected]
We need small prizes too! Think bottles of wine, gourmet food and skin care, or anything you’d
be happy to receive in a hamper. Prizes can be dropped to the office anytime before the 5th of
August.
Watch out for more information on how you can help make the night a success.
Tickets on sale at the Uniform Store or directly through www.trybooking.com/QBOJ
BHS P&C Annual Trivia Night - We Need Your Help!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
MONDAY
26 JUNE
TUESDAY
27 JUNE
WEDNESDAY
28 JUNE
THURSDAY
29 JUNE
FRIDAY
30 JUNE
Trial HSC
Examinations
Year 9 into 10
subject selection
presentation
Year 9
Accelerated
HSC Parent
Information
Evening
Year 7 Maths
Assessment
Task 2
Trial HSC
Examinations
Big Band
Rehearsal
5.15pm –
6.15pm
Concert Band
Rehearsal
6.15pm-
8.00pm
Trial HSC
Examination
Year 11
Mathematics
Half Yearly
Examination
Trial HSC
Examinations
Year 11
Mathematics
Extension 1
Assessment
Task 2
Trial HSC
Examinations
Year 12
Flexible
Learning
Activity project
workshop
Concert Band
Rehearsal
3.115pm –
4.30pm
Jazz Combo
Rehearsal
4.30pm-
5.30pm
WEEK 10 (B)
LAST WEEK OF TERM 2
MONDAY
17 JULY
TUESDAY
18 JULY
WEDNESDAY
19 JULY
THURSDAY
20 JULY
FRIDAY
21 JULY
Pupil Free
Day
Staff
Development
Day
STUDENTS
RETURN TO
SCHOOL
Year 12 IT
Multimedia
Assessment Task
Year 12 Flexible
Learning:
*History Extension
Major Project
Workshop
*Drama Major
Project Workshop
*Textiles and IT
Multimedia major
project workshop
Big Band
Rehearsal 5.15pm
– 6.15pm
Concert Band
Rehearsal 6.15pm
– 8pm
Year 8 Report
Distribution &
Analysis
Year 7
Welfare
Production
Year 12 IT Timber
Assessment Task
Year 12 Design &
Technology
Assessment Task
CHS Cross
Country Carnival –
Eastern Creek
Year 11 SOR &
Year 12 S & C
Excursion (Nan
Tien Temple)
MUFTI-DAY
“pyjama day” for
all students – Gold
coin donation
Week 1 (A) TERM 3 FIRST WEEK BACK TO SCHOOL
EXCURSION INFORMATION
EXCURSION YEAR
GROUP
DATE OF
EXCURSION
PAYMENT
DUE DATE
COST
Leep 7-10 Various OVERDUE $10.00
Year 11 Study Skills 11 9 Oct $30.00
YEAR 11 JINDABYNE
CAMP
11 30th July to 4th
August
BALANCE
Due Now
Due $250
Balance = $250
Total = $1075
Nan Tein Buddhist 11-12 21-22 July OVERDUE $130.00
Snake Tails 7 21 Sept $10.00
Duke of ED – Silver 2-4 Aug 21st July $325.00
Adam Hill
Performance
7 25 July 28 June $10
To make a payment please contact the school on
Ph: 9918 8811 and ask for Treasury.
Thank you
MONDAY
24 JULY
TUESDAY
25 JULY
WEDNESDAY
26 JULY
THURSDAY
27 JULY
FRIDAY
28 JULY
Sydney North
Athletics
Carnival –
Sydney
Olympic Park
Athletic
Centre
Formal
Assembly
Year 12 JC Burke
Talk
Year 11 Flexible
Learning Activity
– English
Advanced &
HSIE Study
preparation
workshop
Year 10 Science
Incursion
Year 7 Visual Arts
Incursion with
Adam Hill
Big Band
Rehearsal
5.15pm-6.15pm
Concert Band
Rehearsal
6.15pm – 8pm
Opportunity
Class Placement
Test – in School
Hall
Year 10
English
Excursion –
Macbeth ,
Sydney
Opera House
Year 9 Report
Distribution &
Analysis
Year 7 HSIE
Incursion
SRC
SLEEPOUT
Concert Band
Rehearsal
3.15pm-
5.30pm
Jazz Combo
Rehearsal
4.30pm-
5.30pm
WEEK 2 (B) TERM 3
CANTEEN ROSTER – Term 2 Week 10
Monday June 26 Jo Willmore
Tuesday June 27 Help Needed
Wednesday June 28 Help Needed
Thursday June 29 Emma Watson
Friday June 30 Stephanie Allsop
CANTEEN ROSTER –Term 3 Week 1
Monday 17 July Staff Development Day
Tuesday 18 July Help Needed
Wednesday 19 July Help Needed
Thursday 20 July Kerryn Langridge
Friday 21 July Bridgit Osborn & Pauline Wright
HELP NEEDED IN THE CANTEEN!
If you can spare any time on the dates above please feel
free to contact the school on 9918 8811
NEW CANTEEN MENU FOR TERM 2 AND 3, 2017
Menu
Coffee:
Regular with full cream milk $3.00
Regular with soy milk $3.50
Espresso
Ristretto
Long Black
Cappuccino
Flat White
Café Latte
Tea:
Peppermint Tea $2.00
Tea $2.00
Drinks:
Chai Latte $3.00
Milkshakes $4.00
Chocolate . Strawberry, Caramel
Hot Chocolate $3.00
ASK US FOR OUR SPECIAL FOR THE DAY
Snacks:
Chocolate Chip
Cookies 50C
Raisin Toast $1.50
Banana Bread
$2.00
Delicious Muffins
$2.00
The sandbar café is officially open to staff, students and friends of
Barrenjoey.
(CLOSED FOR REST OF TERM)
We have been practicing our coffees and now ready to serve our
community not only coffees but also milkshakes, teas, and some
delicious food items.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU AT SANDBAR CAFÉ.
Yoghurt Berry
Muesli Cups
$3.00
UNIFORM STORE TRADING HOURS
2017
UNIFORM STORE OPERATING HOURS
MONDAYS 8.30am – 10.30am
TUESDAYS 3.30pm – 5.30pm
THURSDAYS 8.30am -10.30am
Uniform Store Phone Number: 9918 7569
Email: [email protected]
On Special this week:
Yoghurt Berry Muesli Cups $3.00
Cheese Toasties $2.00
Bacon & Cheese Mini Quiche $1.00
Barrenjoey has launched its new careers website. It is a great resource for
students, parents and staff regarding career and post school information.
http://www.barrenjoeyhighschoolcareers.com/
My weekly careers newsletter can also be found on my website
http://www.barrenjoeyhighschoolcareers.com/?page=newsletter
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.
CAREERS NEWSLETTER with Mr Moylan
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE PENINSULA
GIVING BLOOD
FEELS GOOD Every donation can save three
lives.
SCHOOL APP
DON’T FORGET TO INSTALL THE BARRENJOEY SCHOOL
APP. THIS IS FAST BECOMING YOUR QUICK AND EASY WAY
TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL, VISIT THE WEBSITE AND SEE
THE POP UP NOTIFICATIONS ON EVENTS HAPPENING DAY
TO DAY.
BARRENJOEY HIGH SCHOOL 40 YEAR REUNION
Barrenjoey High School 40 Year Reunion - Class of 77
Where: Avalon Surf Club
When: 6pm Saturday 28 October 2017
Cost: $80
Partners welcome.
Please contact Narelle Pitt for further information
0402 875 068
With winter only days away and the
weather turning cold, now is the perfect
time to buy your CURE beanie.
Click on the #onebeanieatatime icon
below, and help us in our bid to help find
a cure for brain cancer.
Instructions for installing the Barrenjoey High School
APP from your device
Installing iPhone/iPadiOS Android/Tablet
1. From your mobile device go to the
Play Store search for Barrenjoey
High School.
2. Tap the Barrenjoey High School
listing
3. Tap the INSTALL button
4. Tap the ACCEPT button
5. Wait for the app to install then tap
the OPEN button
6. Tap the DONE button in the top left
Installing
DOWNLOAD YOUR SCHOOL APP NOW
1. From your mobile device go to the App
Store search for Barrenjoey High School
2. Tap the FREE button to the right of the
Barrenjoey High School listing
3. Tap the INSTALL button
4. Enter your APPLE ID and Password and
tap OK
5. Wait for the install icon to change to OPEN
6. Tap the OPEN button
7. You will be prompted to accept push
notifications, you will need to select
ALLOW
To get your paver online you can
click on this link below:
http://www.barrenjoeyhighschool.co
m.au/foundation/how-to-donate/
Contact the school to get a flyer on
Tel: 02 9918 8811
Email: [email protected]
HOW TO DONATE
Term 2, 2017