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T2 Week 7 Week 7 Starting 11 June Monday

11/06/18 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 12/06/18

Year 12 - FDT Practical Assess Task Year 10 - NESB Young Women’s Forum Year 10 - PASS Laser Tag Year 9 - Links to Learning Year 9 - PASS Laser Tag Illawarra Schools University Forum South Coast Quarter Finals Touch Football Vietnamese School Exchange

Wednesday 13/06/18

Vietnamese School Exchange

Thursday 14/06/18

Year 12 - Senior Science Assessment Task Year 12 - Maths In Class Task Year 12 - Legal Studies Year 11 - SLR Laser Tag Year 9 - PASS Laser Tag Beanie for Brain Cancer SRC Fundraiser Vietnamese School Exchange

Friday 15/06/18

Year 12 - HSC History Study Day Year 10 - Maths In Class Assess Task Year 9 - Maths In Class Task Vietnamese School Exchange

T2 Week 8 Week 8 Starting 18 June Monday

18/06/18 Year 12 - Senior Science Assessment Task Year 12 - Student Recognition Ceremony Year 11 - Student Recognition Ceremony Vietnamese School Exchange

Tuesday 19/06/18

Year 12 - Economics Assessment Task Year 12 - Geography Assessment Task Year 10 - NESB Young Women’s Forum Year 9 - Links to Learning Year 8 - Visual Arts Excursion Year 7 - Visual Arts Excursion Vietnamese School Exchange

Wednesday 20/06/18

Year 12 - HSC Business Studies Excursion Year 10 - FDT Incursion & Assessment Task Year 8 - Visual Art Enrichment workshop Year 7 - Visual Art Enrichment workshop Defence Force Information Session Vietnamese School Exchange

Thursday 21/06/18

Year 12 - Music Assessment Task Year 12 - Ancient History Assessment Task Year 10 - Photography Assessment Task South Coast Mountain Bike Championships Vietnamese School Exchange

Friday 22/06/18

Year 12 - Food Tech Assessment Task Year 10 - Photography Assessment Task Year 7 - Science Taronga Zoo Excursion Vietnamese School Exchange

Year 12 Purple Year 11 Olive Year 10 Blue Year 9 Red Year 8 Green Year 7 Orange

Thoughts from the Principal

At the start of Week 7 we welcomed 18 international visitors from Vietnam to Figtree High School. The students will be here for two weeks and will be staying with families from our school. International student exchange is a wonderful opportunity for young people to connect with others beyond their immediate community and learn about life in other countries. At Figtree we support student exchange in a number of ways and we look forward to the two weeks ahead with our Vietnamese visitors. The students have a full program of events while they are here, enjoying many of the sites of Wollongong and Sydney. An important part of their time will include a few days at Figtree High School to experience life in an Australian school. The many talents of our students in the sporting arena continues to be impressive. Frequently we have students selected in South Coast representative teams. Most recently we enjoyed considerable success at the Regional Cross Country. Seven of our runners were successful in their age groups. Congratulations to Ned Glasgow, Caley Tallon-Henniker, Logan Mathie, Jayden Smileski, Keegan Whitten, Cameron Lodge and Jessica Buffett who now progress to the state final. Last week we held a number of events to mark National Reconciliation week. These culminated in our participation in the Community Walk for Reconciliation at Bellambi. This was an important community event with over 2000 students, parents, Aboriginal elders and community representatives showing their support and action for reconciliation. In the first week of next term we will be celebrating NAIDOC week with a number of school based activities planned. Congratulations to the Figtree High School Dance Company who recently represented the school at the South Coast Dance Festival. They performed a dance called Time that was choreographed by Tanya Bennett and Teagan McKeen. Building on our achievements in

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Term 2 Week 7, 14 June 2018

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the performing arts, a number of our students are currently preparing for our Shakespeare Festival. It is a big undertaking and our students will be showcasing the creative and performing arts talent we have at the school. There will singing, dancing, acting, art displays, and music. These performances will be all supported by our VET Entertainment students who will be developing their industry standard competencies as they operate light and sound for the evening. The festival will be held on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 June. Come along and support the efforts of our students. Mr Glyn Trethewy Acting Principal

PBL Core Values

WEEK 7: Safety Play approved games only in the playground

WEEK 8: Learning Move quickly back to the classroom at the end of the break

Deputy Principal Report

We are now over halfway through the term and I have enjoyed meeting a number of students and parents in my capacity as Deputy Principal. Parent Teacher evening will be held for Year 8, 9 and 10 on Thursday 5 July. At this time students will have received their reports and I encourage all parents to attend the evening. More information will be distributed closer to the night. Year 8 Last week Year 8 attended the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. The feedback that I received from the teachers who attended was extremely positive and I am looking forward to discussing it with the Year 8 students when they return to school on Tuesday.

Year 10 A number of assessment tasks will be occurring at the moment. It is extremely important that students are prepared for these and complete each task to the best of their ability. When a student does not complete an assessable task on time, an N warning is sent home. These N warnings need to be rectified in order to achieve their ROSA (Record of School Achievement). In the coming weeks I will be reading all of Year 10 students reports and will be making phone calls home to parents who I am concerned with the progress of their child. Year 12 Last Friday the school wore mufti clothing to assist Year 12 with fundraising for a gift for the school. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the school body get behind Year 12 and wear clothing that showed support for their team. Student Success Assemblies will be held for Year 11 and 12 on Monday 18 June. This is where student success is celebrated in front of peers and parents. Mrs Jemma Lawson Relieving Deputy Principal Year 8, 10 and 12

TAS Faculty Report

In Technology and Applied Studies this semester we have been extremely busy preparing for the implementation of the new Stage 4 Technology Mandatory syllabus in 2019. This has been an exciting time as we have been able to trial and prototype units of work and designs. STEM underpins the new syllabus and provides opportunities for different types of thinking to be incorporated from a variety of context areas into the

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knowledge, understanding and skills strands. The new syllabus aims to enable students to become confident users and developers of technologies and as such there is a large portion of the mandatory hours devoted to coding and computational thinking. The new context areas include;

• Agriculture and Food Technologies • Digital Technologies • Engineered Systems • Material Technologies

LANDCARE GRANT In order to prepare for the effective delivery of the agriculture and food technology strand the faculty was successful in obtaining a grant from Landcare. The money from the grant enabled us to design and build a small kitchen garden. Many of the Stage 4 students, as well as students from the Work Studies class, have been involved in the design, purchase and creation of this garden. Vegetables that have been grown in this space have then been used in the weekly food practicals. This process has given students a new appreciation of where their food comes from, recycling, as well as the importance of the slow food movement. The faculty has plans to include Indigenous artwork in the space and optimistically a watering system in the future.

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STAGE 4 METAL WORK This project involves students researching and designing a metal artwork or book stand. Students bend and mould their projects into unique and creative works of art. Mr Solah and Mr Liddle have been impressed with the end results and take great pleasure in assisting with the final decorative finishes.

VISITORS TO OUR CLASSROOMS This semester we have been privileged to have members from the local school community come and visit our classes. We absolutely love when professionals and specialists come and share their expertise and stories. This not only enhances the curriculum we are teaching but provides students with first hand experiences of work in real world scenarios. We were fortunate to welcome DEVIKA, a local technology company based at UOW, to come in and work with our Stage 5 Information and Software Technologies classes.

The students experienced Virtual Reality technologies and took part in simulations.

CHILD STUDIES The Stage 5 Child Studies class had two visitors on the same day, both graduates from Figtree High School. This experience provided students with valuable information related to working in the child care industry. Samantha Grech spoke about her role as a child care worker, working in a child care centre and outlined her roles and responsibilities in this field. Haley Newman discussed her experience as an Au pair working in the United States. The students expressed their enjoyment in participating in this experience and ensured they were further prepared for their Assessment Task, which involved having a computerised baby to care for overnight and creating a journal of their experience. Many of the students were very keen to return the babies back to the staffroom at 8am the next morning and speak about their sleepless night.

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INFORMATION SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY Students from Year 9 have been learning about Digital Media. They have gained an understanding of the data types and during this process have completed small individual and group projects. The students have had the opportunity to use a variety of software; Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, Prezi, Pivot and Movie Maker to create short animations. The class then enjoyed “Movie Time” where they ate popcorn and viewed their peers short films based on a “Rose” theme. We had mummies who rose from the dead and Star Troopers holding singles roses.

STAGE 6 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TIMBER Our Stage 6 Industrial technology Timber students are well into the completion of their major wood projects. The students, with the assistance of Mr Solah, have been busy designing and building their own creations. It is quite exciting to witness students design and build such amazing works. The students have gained confidence and skills and have quickly learnt the importance of time management, particularly when it comes to creating the associated digital portfolios.

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QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS In our faculty, we continue to create and cook amazing food. The culinary skills of our students’ continue to impress. It is not surprising that many of our graduates’ gain employment in the Hospitality Industry and we definitely enjoy hearing of their continued success, especially when they return to demonstrate and share their expertise.

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Mrs Karran Williamson Head Teacher TAS

SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL What a fantastic day we had at our School Athletics Carnival on Friday 25 May. We had a large number of students participating in both track and field events. The students that won a $5.00 canteen voucher for participation were: Cleo Bennett, Kelsie Frankham, Karly Fox, Harry Morgan, Samuel Newton, Alicia Grogan, Zerlina Beeche, Luis Vaughan, Mya Rodrigues, Caycie Rogers, Emily Howarth, Daniel Moss, Zali O’Brien, Callum Kirby- Hays, Ella Giles and Abbey Lemmon. There were a large number of records broken on the day. Congratulations to the following students who broke these records: Caley Talon Henniker

• 100m new record 12:00 • 200m new record 28:28 • 400m new record 1:12.63 • 1500m new record 6:12.43

Zali O’Brien • 1500m new record 6:42.57

Zoe Newton • High jump new height 1.40m

Nikita Stanford • High Jump equalled the record of 1.47m

Teagan Williams • 100m new record 12:10, • 200m new record 26:94

Natasha Hynoski • 100m new record 12:31

Payton Williams • 100m new record 12:66

Zac Tagliapetra • equalled the 100m record with a time of 12.22

Blake Barklay • 100m new time 11.26

Logan Mathie • 1500 new time 4:54.35

Keegan Whitten • High Jump new height of 1.40m

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Our Age Champions for Athletics are: Boys 12 Years Keegan Whitten 13 Years Kaylen Craft 14 Years Hugo Kutassy 15 Years Nicholas Borg 16 Years Benjamin Plumb 17+ Years Blake Barklay Girls 12 Years Caley Tallon-Henniker 13 Years Zali O’Brien 14 Years Hannah Sheridan 15 Years Alyssa Parks 16 Years Natasha Hynoski 17+ Years Payton Williams

Congratulations to the winning house Gurri. The Zone Athletics Carnival will be held at Beaton Park on Friday 29 June 2018. Students who placed in the top 2 at school will progress through to this level. Mrs Tanya Markham Sports Organiser

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