CHAMPION BAY SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL

TERM 3 ISSUE 2

Newsletter

Principal News

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HIGHLIGHTS  

Aleesya Amirizal and Thea Volkerts (Year 9) werewinners in the Geraldton chapter of the EvattCompetition – UN Youth Australia. Thea and Aleesyadefeated speakers from Years 10,11 and 12 fromseveral secondary schools to represent Geraldton inthis event in Perth on Friday 30 August

CBSHS students helped at Wandina, MountTarcoola and Allendale Sports Carnivals  

Staff member Liam Hunt is a member of theGeraldton Buccaneers Basketball team that won the2019 State Basketball League title      

Randolph Stow Young Writer’s Award winners:Lower Secondary Prose winner Jordan Mitchell,Highly Commended: Middle Secondary ProseAleesya Amirizal and Lower Secondary Poetry-Charlotte McGowan

 Students Ashleigh (Year 7) and Schenay Blignaut(Year 9) and Sophie Auld (Year 8) entertained guestsat the recent Randolph Stow Young Writer’s Awardshosted by CHSHS at the Suncity Christian Centre

Charlotte McGowan (9.7) has been invited to attendthe Curious Minds program at ANU – thisprestigious event is by invitation only

National History Competition: Brayden Wishart (8.10)received High Distinction, Matilda Attwood (9.7)received a Distinction, Vanessa Burn (8.10) receiveda Distinction and Riley Blair (7.3) received aDistinction

Year 7 and 8 students have won the Round 1 of theWestern Australian WordMania competition    

Welcome to the last newsletter forTerm 3. As I write, this term is justabout finished and we will be intoTerm 4 in mid-October. Unlike 2018,we will not be faced with fenceswhen we return – isn’t it amazingwhat a difference one year makes!

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THIS TERM

First day for students (Term 4)

Young Writers workshops

CBSHS Inaugural Athletics Carnival

OLNAThe second round of OLNA testing is underwayfor students who have not yet demonstratedproficiency in Reading, Writing and Numeracy. Parent Teacher EveningThis event was held on Tuesday 27 August andproved to be an enjoyable event. We had a recordnumber of interviews booked across all LearningAreas. Executive Team PL Half DayOn Monday 2 September, the Executive Team metto determine some key planning outcomes for2020. First among these was the organisationalframework for 2020. There will be four Year 7/8/9Student Teams consisting of roughly 130 studentswithin each team. One Year 10 Learning AreaTeam with a Year 10 Coordinator and one Year 11Team with a Year 11 Coordinator. The decision tobring the Year 9 students back onto the StudentTeam framework was made to cater for this groupwho are the last ‘full’ cohort for CBSHS and tobalance numbers. It will also allow growth for a2021 development of possible Year 7/8/9 StudentTeams and Year 10/11/12 Learning Area Teams. A full review of Student Services is also underwaywith the roles of team members to be refined andprograms conducted to be evaluated. The datagathered will inform Student Services planningbeyond 2020.

Tuesday 15 October

16-18 October

Friday 1 November

CBSHS P&CThe P&C held a Sausage sizzle at the ParentTeacher evening – it was a great addition to theevening and continues to raise the profile of thegroup in our community. It is great to see asecondary school P&C out in the widerGeraldton community. The P&C have finalised araffle for a bike kindly donated by Ian BlayneyMLA. Tickets were $2.00 and the raffle ran formost of this term, with funds raised to be puttowards a playground to be constructed on thegrounds after the removal of the old ClontarfAcademy transportable buildings. Congratulations to the successful ticket holders. Geraldton Network SchoolsA case for change is being formulated for thisgroup. The group is investigating consistency inpractice in teaching and learning across thenetwork, with a low variation approach betweenindividual classrooms and schools to improvethe effects of transiency and low attendance.

Champion Bay Senior High SchoolNational Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (Years 3,5,7,9) Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (for years 10-12 who have not qualified in NAPLAN in Year 9) Western Australian Certificate of Education (successful completion of Year 12)Australian Tertiary Admissions RankVocational Education and Training

CBSHS NAPLAN OLNA WACE ATARVET

A word from our Associate Principals

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As we look towards Term 4, Year 10 students who satRound 2 of the Online Literacy and NumeracyAssessments will receive these results in Week 2. Year10 students will also sit examinations in English,Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics andScience in Week 6. Applications for Year 10 specialexamination arrangements are due by the 8 November(end of Week 4). The examination timetable will bepublished to students in Week 2 next term.   Study Guides are now available on ConnectDoes your child regularly tell you they don't have anyschool work to do at home? You can now view anddownload course-specific Study Outlines in Years 7 to10 for English, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences,Mathematics and Science from the Champion BaySenior High School Connect. These are found in theLibrary folder - Course and Assessment Outlines andStudy Guides.   The Study Outlines are year group-specific and providea weekly guide for students and parents of somerevision activities, terminology or glossary lists, practisequestions, and note-making activities to inform studyand preparation for assessments. Term 4 guides will beadded shortly.  How much study at home should a student be doing?As a guide - all students should be reviewing thecontent learnt in their classes each day, in addition tothe weekly activities listed on the study outlines, andbackground reading for that course.  Year 7 - 45 minutes of study each night or 3.75 hourseach weekYear 8 - 1 hour each night or 5 hours each weekYear 9 - 1.5 hours each night or 7.5 hours each weekYear 10 - 2 hours each night or 10 hours each week.   Third Technologies Rotation in Years 7 and 8Student courses in Technologies changed in Week 8 asYears 7 and 8 students started their last rotation forTechnologies. This means that over the year they willhave completed courses in Digital Technologies,Materials Technologies and Food Technologies.Technologies grades for the second and third rotationswill be included in the Semester Two report. The ARTScourses remain unchanged as they started a newcourse at the start of Semester Two.

Year 9 Electives for 2020Year 8 students will receive their ElectiveInformation Pack for 2020 in Week 2 ofTerm 4. In Year 9, all students select twoelective courses to study each week forthe semester. However, some electives,such as Class Music are studied for thewhole year. One elective choice mustcome from the Arts and one electivechoice from Technologies. Any studentwho is learning a musical instrumentthrough Instrumental Music SchoolServices(IMSS) at school must select ClassMusic to continue learning theirinstrument in Year Nine. Certain electivesattract a higher cost than others andrequire a deposit before students will beallocated a place in these classes. Thehigher cost options are very popular, sostudents are allocated a place on a ‘firstcome, first serve' basis. All Learning Areashave low-cost options to choosefrom. Please discuss your child's choicescarefully with them.  The forms need to be read carefully andreturned to the school by 8 November2019. Students who do not return theirforms by this date will be placed intoElective courses where there is room.There is very little opportunity formovement once classes have been set, soplease make choices carefully.  Helen LydonAssociate Principal

As the weather gets warmer, it is time again to reflect onthe term that has been. It has been another successfulterm with many of our Year 7 and 8 students beginningto show great maturity and personal growth. Thehighlight of my days is interacting with students duringrecess and lunch. Conversations are always sorespectful, insightful and friendly. I have also thoroughlyenjoyed visiting a range of classes and have evenextended my knowledge on species in Science,obtaining a refund on a bought item in HASS, numberpatterns in Maths and parts of speech in Literacy.Unfortunately, I missed the Year 8 Science lesson whenstudents dissected lamb hearts. I received an enormousamount of positive feedback from the students and eventhough it was "gross", according to some girls, it was funto learn in a practical task.

Attendance for Semester 2: (2019 Target)

Attendance Rate (81%) = 78% 

Regular Attendance (45%) = 44.0% 

Unexplained Absences (35%) = 40%

A word from our Associate Principals

Left is the current attendance datafor Semester 2 as of the 23rdSeptember 2019. It is expected as theweather improves and sicknesslessens, that Term 4 will see anincrease in attendance.   There is a lot of behind the sceneswork done by staff to follow up onabsences, which is often time-consuming and resource-intensive.To assist the school, parents andguardians are reminded to pleasecontact Student Services, FormTeacher or Team Leader when yourchild is away to explain theirabsence(s). Contact can be madeeither by phone, email or a note inyour child's school diary.  Students are encouraged to makeevery school day count. Absencesadd up. Too many, excused orunexcused, can keep students fromsucceeding in school and life.Students are encouraged to pushtheir reset button for attendance atthe start of Term 4 and strive toachieve 90% and above attendance inthe last term.   I wish all students a restful andpeaceful break and they areencouraged to start Term 4 refreshedand ready to go! Waneen Bennett Associate Principal

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"Year 9As term 3 approaches its end, I would just like to saythank you to all the wonderful staff and students thathave let me into their classrooms over the term. It is trulya pleasure to see such amazing learning taking place,from triple jump in Physical Education to trench warfarein Humanities and Social Science to Pythagoras inMathematics.   The Premier’s Anzac student tour 2020. It is with great privilege that I would like to announcethat Aleesya Amirizal from 9.7 is a state finalist. We wishher all the best with her interview on the 4th of October.Good luck Aleesya!    AssemblyWe held another Year 9 assembly on the 10th ofSeptember to celebrate all the students displaying ourschool expectations of Respect, Aspire and Resilience.Thank you to Mr Goforth and Miss Bright for organisingit. The staff and students are fortunate to have you at thehelm with your dynamic and caring approach.Congratulations to all students that were acknowledgedat the assembly.         EnrolmentsWe have been busy reminding students in form and atassemblies to get their enrolments in for 2020 to ensurethey have the best possible opportunities in year 10. Ifyou need assistance or have not yet completed you cancontact the front office or GSHS if attending there in2020 to ensure your child is enrolled.        ICT UpdateTraining sessions  run weekly for students that are newto Champion Bay Senior High School or have previouslymissed the training to ensure everyone has access to aniPad. Just a reminder you can support your child athome through ‘Connect’ or ‘Education Perfect’ andplease remind them of the Network Agreement andOnline policies to avoid any issues with their iPad atschool.  On a final note I have a happy and safe holidays and Ilook forward to continuing the exciting work with theYear 9’s in Term 4. Neil WyattAssociate Principal

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Term 3, blink and you've missed it.  To Team 1 and everyone associated with this team, thank you forall your hard work. I applaud you for making this machine runsmoothly.  To Team 3, thank you so much for all your support and hard workthis term, the team would not run as smoothly as it does withoutyour awesome attitude and collegiality. I'll leave you with thefamous words of Michael Jordan "Talent wins games, butteamwork and intelligence win championships."   Our Term 3 focus was: Life is all about having a positive attitude. Abad attitude is like a flat tyre; you won't go anywhere with one. Iencourage you all to aspire to always try your best, this only startswith having a positive attitude.  Congratulations to Amber Westwood for winning the DCP artcompetition that was held this term. A fantastic effort!                    Student of The Week This initiative is run by our awesome Student Services team andcelebrates students that follow our school values. Students getnominated each week according to the following criteria, 1)Attendance greater than 80%, 2) Correct school uniform, 3) Showrespect towards staff and students, 4) Aspire to do their best at alltimes. With an excellent term of attendance and behaviour, 115Year 7 and 8 students attended the end of Term 3 student of theweek celebrations during Week 9. Mr Tapper and the StudentService team arranged for a quick bus trip to Southgates wherethe students had a fun couple of hours sandboarding and tumblerolling down the dunes. The wind was blowing and there was acouple of big wipe-out's but that did not stop any of our incrediblyresilient students from climbing back up that sand dune andhaving another go. What an excellent morning it was.  RAR Certificates & RAR TicketsWe were lucky enough to have 3 students who won RAR prizes inour apple draw. Congratulations Amber, Jayden and Hunter. Keepcollecting those RAR tickets, the more entries, the better yourodds of winning.     UniformAs the weather is warming up just in time for the school holidays,the year 7/8 cohort is holding on strong to its sense of pride withits uniform. Nearly all students are still wearing the correct jumperand CBSHS shorts. Year 7/8 Celebration AssemblyWe had so many awards of commendations at our year 7/8celebration assembly. Congratulations to all the students whoreceived an award there are just too many names to mention.

Year 7/8 Learning Teams

RU OK Day  This term the teams have held assemblies to celebrate differentthings that have happened.  CBSHS had its first R U OK day. R UOK day reminds us all it doesn't hurt to ask anyone if they are okor how they are travelling. Student services did a massive jobpromoting this.                                 Team captainsWith pride in mind, we would like to thank our year 7 leaders fortheir term three help, Mr Tapper has been so stoked workingwith you guys. These include Team 1: Amber Westwood and Lote Blick. Team 2: Bianca Clarke, Olivia Elliot. Team 3: Mia Thompson and Jordan Lucas McDonald.   Thank you to our outgoing Year 7 team captains. You guys did astellar job, and I hope you can put your newly learnt leadershipskills into action. A reminder to our year 7 students to please put their namesforward for team captains in Term 4. All nominations to TeamLeaders or Form teachers before the end of Week 1, Term4.                   Shine Pamper sessionsEvery now and then we nominate students to attend a Shinepamper session for displaying our school values. Recently thesegirls were spoiled by the Shine team. Thank you, Jodi andcongratulations Vilma Hodder and Georgie Mitchell.    AIM Sandboarding excursionThe AIM boys in our team went on a few excursions thatincluded sandboarding and a Chapman River walk. Fun in thesun and getting the legs pumping was what we did.           Assemblies.We will continue to have our team assemblies every fortnight.These assemblies do not affect class time and are extremelyimportant to get together as a team and discuss issues, generalinformation and successes. We will also do RAR ticket drawsduring these assemblies where students can win stationary,vouchers or other random prizes on offer. RAR tickets can alsobe traded in for icy poles, free time, milos, muffins and manymore awesome things, as an individual or form class. Have agreat holiday, and see you all in Term 4!  Team 1 – Mr. PritchardTeam 2 – Mr. CroftTeam 3 – Mrs. Overstone

RAISING FUNDS FOR RELAY FOR LIFE

ICE BUCKET

CHALLENGE

Students Excel in Australian Geography Competition

Students from Champion Bay Senior High School recently tested their Geography skills and

knowledge against students from all around Australian in the 2019 Australian Geography

Competition.

A number of students performed to a very high level in the Competition with five students gaining high

distinctions (Kiona Fry, Mathilda Attwood, Annabelle Goforth, Etienne Horn and Michael Whiteside) six

who gained a distinction (Savannah Clarke, Edmarlein Benetez, Daniel Bowen, Jasmin Joyner,

Shannon Wild and Cooper Booth) and six students receiving credits (Alfred Criddle, Charlotte

McGowen, Brynie Wright, Kayla Jonker, Brooke Taylor and Georgia Thill).

More that 73,500 students from 792 school across Australia entered the geography competition so the

results give us an external benchmark as to how our students are going in certain aspects of

geography.

History Students

On the 5th June more than 18,000 Australian School Students from year 7, 8 and 9, competed in the

National History Competition. The competition which comprised of 50 source based multiple choice

questions tested the students' knowledge, skills and understandings of their respective History

Curricula.

The results for Champion Bay Senior High School year 7 students were in line with the national mean

and above the state mean, with Riley Blair achieving a distinction, Cooper Booth, Bianca Clarke,

George Goforth, Aeza Culallard and Lincoln Turner achieving credits.

The Year 8 students achieved above the national mean and in line with the state mean, Brayden

Wishart achieved a high distinction, Vanessa Burns achieved a distinction, while Austin Breen,

Annabelle Goforth, Tristan Maeder achieved credits.

The Year 9s were marginally below the national and state mean, with Mathilda Attwood achieving a

distinction, Casey Bartlett, Renae Crowe, Charlotte McGowan, Christopher Pasutti, Ashleigh Puls, Cael

Robson, Moana Smith and Holly Turner achieving credits.

Congratulations to all the students who entered.

Colleen Byrne

HolA HASS

HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS EXCEL

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LIBRARY

Finish the year on a high and improve your grades by coming along tohomework club, Wednesday 3.00pm – 4.15pm.Homework club is free but parental/guardian permission must be obtained;collect a note from the Library.  

In term 4 the Talented Young Writer’s Workshop will occur in Week 1:      

Wednesday 16 October Year 6 students at CBSHS;·       Thursday 17th October Year 7 and 8 students at CBSHS;·       Friday 18 October year 9 – 12 students at GSHS.

The visiting author is Meg Mckinlay.  Have a safe holiday.  Mrs CotterellTeacher Librarian

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first kick of that competition that held the test oftime. At the end of the football, we had a relayrace around the oval.    The Champion Bay boyssaluted the judges before the race. A spirit award was given out to one participant perteam, not necessarily to the best player, rather theperson who helped, tried their best and put theteam first. Once presentations and clean up were all sortedall teams headed straight for the Aquarena for aswim and some fun on the BIFF, Tarzan Rope andwater slide. This is one of the new initiatives wecame up with this year to really make a day of itfor the lads and they seemed to really enjoy it. Following the pool, the travelling teams all wentand had their own dinner and then we all metback up at the cinema to watch a movie togetherand chill out after a pretty tiring day. With the smaller number of teams competingadding in the extra activities helped to make theevent another raging success and we look forwardto the Midwest Cup in 2020. Dale Baynes Midwest Football Academy

The 2019 instalment of the annual Midwest Cuphas been run and won on Thursday 19thSeptember at GBSC Sporting Park and it wasanother raging success for the Champion BayClontarf Academy. This year we changed a few things up to make it amore vibrant carnival as fewer teams participatedfor various reasons.  We kick-started the football with a coin toss fromCity of Greater Geraldton Mayor, Shane Van Stynand from there the action was on. All boysparticipating showed skill, flair and tremendousamounts of enjoyment, regardless of what thescores looked like. That is exactly how we like ourClontarf carnivals to be played.  At the end of the day, it was Clontarf College whotook home the Cup as they were too good forChampion Bay, Karratha and CarnarvonAcademies. There was a Long Bomb Competitionheld throughout the day however, it was the very

Midwest Cup

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BAND CAMP 2019

In Week 8, the Batavia Coast Concert Bandheaded to Perth for their annual band camp.Students from Champion Bay SHS, GeraldtonSHS and Strathalbyn were in the mix. The firstnight we settled at camp then headed to theGalleria for dinner and a light shop, we thenheaded to ECU Mt. Lawley to the WA Academyof Performing Arts where students received atalk about the courses offered then watched afabulous concert. We woke bright and early onFriday to rehearse then headed out to LazerBlaze where the students shot at each otherand had a heap of fun. We then got preparedfor our performance at the Australian Band andOrchestra Directors Association (ABODA) BandFestival. The students played wonderfully andreally made the school proud. After a pizzadinner in Kings Park we headed back to camp.The next day was packed with Bounce, a visitto the Zoo, back to ABODA to watch someother schools perform then back to campwhere we held a quiz and a self-guided tour ofthe camp, which used to be a QuarantineStation.   Massive thanks to Mrs Todd and Mr McGillvraywho gave up their time to assist with the bandand also to our Champion Bay parent helperAdel Blignaut. Thanks also to SCC teachersJosh Gibson, Steve Vigilante and Roni Talbot.  Ms Anne Williams Instrumental Music Teacher