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Term 1 Week 7

Week commencing

Monday March 7th

Week A

Year 10 & Year 12 Recreational Fishing

Wednesday March 9th

Year 9 Water Safety and OSSA

Year 11 RYDA

Year 12 Study Skills

Friday March 11th

Final payment Year 7 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Year 9 Water Safety and OSSA

Term 1 Week 8

Week commencing

Monday March 14th

Week B

Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 Brainstorm

Thursday March 17th

Sydney North Swimming Carnival

Friday March 18th

Year 10 Marine Snorkelling

COMING

EVENTS

New timetable commences Monday.

Access via the student/parent

portal.

All students will receive an emailed

copy of the timetable.

From The Principal

A School’s Role in Creating a

Better Society

Students spend 13 years of their lives

in a school environment and, although

their core values come from their

families, it would be naïve to say that

schools don’t also have a place in

challenging students to be open-

minded, tolerant and kind as

members of the diversified society in

which we live. There are two

important events that take place in

March which encapsulate this thinking

about how the school works to create

a better future for all of its students:

1. International Women’s Day –

March 8th

The 2016 theme is to progress gender

parity; that is, to get rid of the glass

ceiling, to have equality in career

opportunities and pay, and to have

equal respect for the role of women in

our society. The IWD website asks

that

“Everyone - men and women -

can pledge to take a concrete

step to help achieve gender

parity more quickly - whether to

help women and girls achieve

their ambitions, call for gender-

balanced leadership, respect

and value difference, develop

more inclusive and flexible

cultures or root out workplace

bias. Each of us can be a leader

within our own spheres of

influence and commit to take

pragmatic action to accelerate

gender parity.”

At Kariong Mountains High School, we

pledge to provide the opportunities,

support and structure to ensure that

there is gender parity. We are also

working to improve our future focus, so

that girls are exposed to and can

aspire to those careers that will bring

down the glass ceiling and/or which

have been traditionally associated with

males. This will be particularly

important, as the careers requiring

competence in the STEM subjects gain

more prominence in 21st century

society.

2. National Day of Action

against Bullying and

Violence - March 18th

The website describes the event

as: “This annual day is Australia's

key anti-bullying event for schools,

and encourages all students to 'take

a stand together' against bullying

and violence in schools, the

classroom and beyond.”

This year, we plan to have some

specific activities with students to

reinforce that our school does not

tolerate bullying behaviour, be this

physical, verbal or via social media.

It is never OK to be violent or

advocate its use as a problem

solving strategy. This is a belief that

must be firmly adopted at home and

at school if it is to take root and

grow. Our anti-bullying message will

be supported via the Brainstorm

shows for students in Stages 4 and

5, taking place in March. Thank you

to the P&C for subsidising these

events.

Our anti-bullying plan is up for

review in 2016, so I hope that

we can once again have

representation from students,

staff and parents to develop a

plan that is effective in

sustaining this “bullying, no

way” environment.

Some parents may have

children whose friendship

groups have fallen out, creating

conflict amongst the group and

sometimes spreading to other

students connected with the

members of the group in some

way. Although, unfortunately,

this can turn into a bullying

situation, in the first instance, it

is usually two students upset

with each other and prone to

flinging hurtful comments at

each other. We have a

Supervisor of Girls and a

Supervisor of Boys who can

assist in this situation, by co-

ordinating a structured

mediation that focuses on

having respectful behaviour as

the outcome. If your child is in

a conflict situation, please ring

the school as early as possible

to avoid escalation and to

assist them in moving beyond

this conflict with confidence.

Ms Anne Vine

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Brainstorm Productions are coming

to KMHS on Monday 14th March for

Years 7 – 10. The students will be

watching a performance called

Verbal Combat. Verbal Combat is a

performance that discusses the

issues surrounding cyberbullying,

bystanders, social media and

exclusion. We believe that this will be

a great opportunity for students to

discuss and see the effects of

cyberbullying on others as well as

discuss cyber safety. The

performance is $2 a student, which

will be collected at the door on the

day.

Ms Monica Pallas

Head Teacher

Brainstorm

Parent Information: Monday, March 14 7:00 – 7:30 pm (before P&C meeting). In the Library

Talk by the Principal about the “School excursion code of conduct”

Next P & C Meeting: P & C AGM - Monday, March 14 2016 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. In the Library (sitting on the

lovely new furniture).

All parents and community members welcome.

P&C Meetings for the year: April - no meeting due to April school holidays

May 9

June – no meeting due to Queens Birthday

July – no meeting due to school holidays

August 8

September 12

October 10

November 14

December 5 – Christmas Dinner

UNIFORM DONATIONS NEEDED

Please donate your second hand uniforms to the school. We particularly need skirts. Just drop them off to the office any time

between 8:15 am and 3:30 pm. Thank you!

P & C News

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Canteen News……... . NEW VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR 2016.

Forget the washing, the cleaning, the housework, & the grocery shopping.

The KMHS canteen is where it’s all at.

Where else can you meet new people, talk to your kids teachers,

meet your kids friends, & maybe even meet our principal?

Volunteering in KMHS canteen is not a chore, it’s easy.

Your duties for the day will be:-

#making simple healthy canteen lunches for our fabulous

students & staff,

#meeting students at recess and lunch

#Stepping out for a long a-la-cate canteen lunch

#having a good laugh , lots of fun & a chat

# Make the day even more fun and bring a friend or two

with you & it’s all free

Please contact Marie Connolly on 4340 0246

Next fortnight’s roster-Term 1

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