RESPECT - LEARNING - MATURITY - ACCEPTANCE

The Exeter Pride

Term 1 Issue No.4, 29 March 2018

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL : Paul Stevenson ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL : Andrea Saville

GRADE LEADERS SUPPORT SERVICES Grade 7 Sharon Parish School Psychologist Jessica Walker Monday & Wednesday

Grade 8 Naomi Cartledge Social Worker Esther Fleming Monday & Tuesday

Grade 9 Liam Fox School Chaplain Robin Shearer Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday

Grade 10 Allison Macpherson School Health Nurse David Mackay Friday

Term 1

Wednesday 7 February to Thursday 12 April Easter- (Friday 30 March - Tuesday 3 April inclusive)

Term 2

Monday 30 April to Friday 6 July

Term 3

Monday 23 July to Friday 28 September

Term 4

Monday 15 October to Thursday 20 December

From the Principal

On behalf of all of our staff here at Exeter High School, I would like

to extend our best wishes to all of our students and their families

over the upcoming Easter break. I would also like to thank the

amazing staff here at Exeter High for their tremendous contributions during the

first term of 2018 and hope they have a wonderful break and have some time to

relax and enjoy time with their families.

Last week saw a group of Grade 9 students embark on a wonderful opportunity

of visiting Canberra. I would like to convey my appreciation to the teachers

Mr Lendvay and Miss Cartledge for organising and attending the trip. These

excursions are fantastic for our students to take part in, however, they would not

be possible without such dedicated staff as we have here at Exeter. Once again,

our students represented our school with pride and their behaviour was of an

exceptional standard.

Our Grade 7 and 8 students are currently being given the opportunity to

nominate themselves for their Grade’s Student Leadership Council. I recently

listened to the Grade 8 candidates give their speeches to their peers and was so

impressed with both the confidence shown by the nominees but also the respect

shown by the audience. We are very fortunate to have so many aspiring leaders

within our student population.

Last week, we received a call from the local Veterinary surgery. Three of our

students, Jobi Lee, Brock Bates and Blake Bates found a wallet in the main street

and took the time to go into the surgery to see if the owner was from there. The

local police became involved in returning the wallet to its owner and the police

officer was also full of praise for the maturity and honesty shown by these three

boys. It’s so wonderful to see that the high expectations we have of our students

upholding the school’s values of maturity and respect translate into everyday life. Mr Benjamin Frerk

PRINCIPAL

DIARY DATES TERM 1, 2018 MARCH Thursday 29 Inter-High Div 1 Swimming Carnival, Launceston Aquatics Centre INTERIM REPORTS HOME TODAY WITH STUDENTS Friday 30 Good Friday, School Closed

APRIL Monday 2 Easter Monday, School Closed Tuesday 3 Easter Tuesday, School Closed Wednesday 4 Staff and Students return to school today Thursday 5 Grade 7/8 Gala Cricket at NTCA Grade 7 My Education Day Newstead College Visit, Grade 10 Friday 6 Art Rage Excursion, Senior Art and Photography Students Supercars, Symmons Plains Monday 9 Grade 10 Mock Interviews Parent Teacher Interviews, 3.30pm- 6.30pm Tuesday 10 Grade 10 Mock Interviews ANZAC Day Assembly, 11:15am Parent Teacher Interviews, 3.30pm- 5.30pm Wednesday 11 Grade 10 Mock Interviews State Schools Touch Football Championships Thursday 12 Students finish Term 1 today Friday 13 Moderation Day, No students today Term 1 concludes TERM 2 Monday 30 Staff and students return to school today. MAY Wednesday 2 Grade 7 Camp, Camp Banksia Thursday 3 Grade 7 Camp, Camp Banksia Friday 4 Grade 7 Camp, Camp Banksia

Calendar is updated fortnightly

PRINCIPAL Mr Benjamin Frerk

School will be closed from Friday 30 March for the Easter break

and re-open on Wednesday 4 April.

World’s Greatest Shave

The total amount that we raised was $2029.65

Thank you to our willing participants and to all those who graciously supported this cause.

On Monday 19th of March, a group of twenty two students

from Grade 9, along with Miss Cartledge, Mr Lendvay and the school’s Chaplin Robin, embarked on their journey to our nation’s capital. All students were up bright and early with less than fresh faces to be at the Launceston Airport by 5:30am, however some people (Miss Cartledge and Mr Lendvay) had difficulty finding the airport…

Once everyone had found their way and we were ready to board, anxiety levels were high, especially for our first time fliers (Connor Betts). Just over an hour later, we’d arrived in Melbourne Airport, which was filled with many Krispy Kreme’s and over priced cookies. However it wasn’t long until we were back on our second plane and finally arrived at our destination.

Although everyone’s faces were filled with disgust once finding out they weren’t going to their cabins to sleep, everyone ventured on to their first stop; lunch. The day was then filled with many tours and activities such as; a tour of the museum of Australian Democracy, a trip up Mount Ainslie, a tour of Old Parliament House and then a tour of Parliament House before heading to our accommodation. Once everyone was settled into their cabins and had had dinner, everyone’s blood was pumping before heading off to laser tag. We were split into teams to compete and after an hour of intense yelling and far too many people tripping over, the red team came home with an obvious victory with Mr Lendvay scoring big.

Inter-High Diving Carnival Results Overall Exeter finished in 3rd place.

The following students finished in the top three

for their grade.

7 Girls Chelsea Wynne-Allen

8 Boys Liam Older

10 Boys Ned Whiting

All members of the team are to be congratulated

for an outstanding effort.

The next morning, the students awoke at 6am to meet the teachers at breakfast by 7am, and it was clear none of them were morning people. At 8:30am they were met by Ray the ambitious bus driver taking on the group. The next few days started off just like this one, with Ray taking them all through the nation’s capital on many guided tours.

Over the course of the week there were many chips devoured by hungry students and memorable moments made. Handstand competitions occurred to pass time, with Robin taking out first place and putting Mr Lendvay to shame.

During the trip the students tested their strength at indoor rock climbing, their not so great drawing skills at the National Portrait Gallery and their patience with the many late nights and early mornings, proving they don’t function so great on lack of sleep, along with developing their understanding behind our country’s capital and Australian history.

The hardest morning was certainly on the 23rd

, where everyone was awake by 2am to leave the accommodation by 4am, to be at the airport on time. On this trip the group learnt a lot more about themselves and each other and grew stronger friendships with people they never thought they would.

By Neve, Ellen and Emily

Clarinet/Saxophone Lessons

There is an opportunity for any

student who plays, or would like

to play, the clarinet or saxophone

to have lessons at Exeter High

School on a Tuesday afternoon from 12:30.

Tuition is $25 per ½ hour lesson, payable weekly or per

term. School instruments are available for use, so owning

your own is not a requirement. Lessons are with Mrs Joy

Spalding, a current Esk Band tutor.

For more information contact Mrs Angela Howie on 6394

4366 or by email angela.howie@education.tas.gov.au

What a busy week! Week 8 has come and gone and Easter is upon us. This week we had 6 certificates to present and they went to: Rachael Ford 7A (following all school values consistently), Daniel Jordan 7A (application to all subjects and organisation of books), Seth Bell 7B (application to studies and a great result in latest maths test), Jesse Kerkham 7B (showing great leadership and sportsmanship in PE), Amelia Wright 7C (following all school values consistently) and Daizi Blundstone 7C (following all school values consistently). Our respectful body language awards this week went to Emily Franks (7A), Joshua Knight (7B), Isaac Leslie (7C). Congratulations to all our award recipients.

Grade 10 Graduation Committee Easter Raffle

WINNERS 1st place Angela Howie

2nd place Rebecca Hyatt

3rd place Matilda Farley

4th place Jean Abbott-Shirley

Thank you to all who supported this fundraiser through chocolate donations and the selling/

purchasing of tickets.

CONGRATULATIONS!

A big congratulations to the following Grade 8 students

who were successful in their application to be on the

Student Representative Council for 2018. Following a

written application, these students presented a short

speech to their peers and were successfully voted in via

a democratic process. We look forward to their ideas,

organisational skills and endeavours to make Exeter

High School a great place to learn and succeed.

Hayley Bingley Ella Greenhalf Jenna Griffiths

William Jones Liam Older Jasmine Russell

NEWSLETTER UPDATE INFORMATION We are pleased and excited to inform you that we’ll be producing a new eNewsletter with Schoolzine. The move to this new format will enable us to communicate with the school community across multiple channels. It will promote and enhance our engagement with parents, students and the wider community. We believe you’ll find the eNewsletter highly engaging, as it will provide us with a more efficient and effective means of connecting with you. The new format will allow the inclusion of video, photo galleries, online bookings, mobile app, feedback forms, calendars and so much more. Our first eNewsletter edition will be published on Thursday 13 April.

CONTACT DETAILS

Exeter High School

Glen Ard Mohr Road, EXETER Tas 7275

Phone (03) 6394 4366

Email: exeter.high@education.tas.gov.au

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:00pm