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Young Endeavour Youth Scheme

The Young Endeavour (cont’d)....

The Young Endeavour Youth Scheme is a not for profit organisation which provides young Australians with a unique, challenging and inspirational experience at sea. Our voyages increase self-awareness, develop teamwork and leadership skills and create a strong sense of community responsibility amongst members of the youth crew. Thank you to Bendigo Bank for sponsoring 1 of the 2 students who embarked on this life changing voyage.

Young Endeavour speech Sarah I am Sarah and this is Kai and we were the two people who got the chance to go on the Young Endeavour voyage 05/19 on the 15th of April. We had the trip of a lifetime, and throughout the 11 days at sea were pushed to our limits, with exciting challenges, physical difficulty, little sleep and 90 second- sometimes cold- showers.

Kai On Monday the 15th of April, we arrived at Fleet Naval base Sydney, and upon boarding the ship and stowing away our bags, we mustered at midships for our first brief of the voyage. We were introduced to the staff, as well as given a voyage overview, sorted into our watches and then it was time to wave goodbye to our family and friends, and head out of the port. That night we anchored at Athol Bay, right outside Taronga Zoo, and immediately undertook ‘first climbs’, climbing all the way up to the top of the 35 metre mast- a feat that would not have been achievable without our watches- we had only known them a few hours and already we were bonding closely. Upon climbing 35 vertical metres, we were then asked to climb out on the yards to wait on our fellow members of our watches. Sitting 35 metres above deck, in the pitch black with a beautiful view of the Harbour Bridge and Sydney skyline we thought it couldn’t get any better. We were wrong.

Sarah We awoke bright and early the next day, with the sun rising over Sydney Harbour, and the crew bombarding

us from the get-go with information. Before that though, we started off with the Ceremony of Colours- a traditional naval ceremony which involved raising both the Australian White Ensign and the Australian Navy Flag, then singing the national anthem. After the ceremony, we were introduced to ‘happy hour’, which happened every day in the morning for an hour, because, as our watch leaders kept telling us, a clean ship is a happy ship, and a happy ship is a happy crew! After happy hour, and a morning filled with an information overload on the ship, sails and ropes, the anchor was hauled up, and mid-afternoon we set out for Jervis Bay! Heading out of the Sydney Heads, we were greeted by our first pod of many dolphins, and we got our first taste of the swell. For some, that meant lots of sick bags, for others, falling over constantly. Heading alongside the coast, both of our watches had a chance to set a sail, our first one of the voyage! It was amazing to see a sail set by our watches, and that afternoon we set and furled, set and furled, set and furled countless sails. Just before dinner, the crew decided we were ready to do our first tack! This involved turning every single sail in order to catch the wind to turn the boat the other way, and each sail had to be done in a particular order. Our first tack was very exciting, all watches listening and communicating with their watch leaders as well as they could, and we successfully tacked the boat. The night concluded with another amazing dinner, and a final tack at 1830, with the watches settling in for their first round of night watches, four hours each, starting at 1800 and ending at 0800. Not a lot of sleep was gained this voyage!

Kai The next morning we were woken up for another bright and early start, and after another super entertaining morning brief from the staffies, we were heading into Jervis Bay! After lunch, the anchor was lowered and the rope swing opened- a super long rope tied to the lower yard- and we were all able to swing into the blue water below. Only

the next day did we get told that it was shark breeding season in that bay! After all swinging like tarzan off the boat, we headed ashore to Honeymoon Bay to swim at the beach, play a massive game of tug of war and team building exercises. After a couple hours ashore, most were feeling rejuvenated and a little less rocky, we headed back to our pirate ship for showers and a on- deck BBQ for dinner. After an amazing dinner we held out three way talks- a way to get to know everyone and find out a little more about people. We settled into our anchor watches- one hour watches held by small groups of three- and tried to catch up on a bit of sleep.

Sarah Day four saw another Colours Ceremony held right at the beginning of the day, and red watch got the chance to climb aloft again to cast loose the gaskets (untie the little ropes around the square sails) in order to set them for the first time. Day four was all about learning the basics of navigation, and setting the square sails for the first time! Our ship really looked like a pirate ship, with all of its squares set, and with that, we headed in the direction of Broken Bay, our next anchor point. As we were back at sea, four hour night watches commenced as usual, and deck games kept us all in amazing spirits!

Kai During the night watches between day four and five, each watch being instructed to do a challenge. Sarah’s watch was challenged to set the storm jib- a small sail only used in very high winds- without instructions or help from her watch leader. This took them 90 minutes in the pitch black, with freezing feet and hands, and was a real test of their watches bond. My watch was instructed to turn the square sails without talking. To start this challenge our watch leader told us to allocate someone to get the instructions off of him and for those instructions to be communicated to the rest of our watch using any form of communication apart from talking or writing. Our watch did very well as we did constructed a way to

communicate by certain flashes of a torch letting us know when to heave in or check away on the ropes. This challenge really helped bring our watch together as we all had to have complete trust in each other and taught us a lot about the importance of communication when working with others.

Sarah After a night of watches, the Young Endeavour was finally anchored in Patonga, and we got to run ashore again. Some of us opted to go for a bush walk to a lookout, while others opted to go and buy hot chips from the only shop in town. This run ashore was some much needed down time with a lot of freedom to just relax and take in the view of the beach and our gorgeous boat. We all boarded on the boat again at around 1600, and red watch got the opportunity to re-attach the gaskets on the square sails. We had another amazing dinner and settled back into achor watches with a view of Patonga.

Kai Day six bought on a 17th birthday! Laura turned 17 on the sixth day of Young Endeavour, and was woken up by Jack singing her happy birthday over the loudspeakers. This day was dedicated to fine-tuning out sail theory and knowledge in order to prepare us for command day which was fast approaching! We all practiced setting and furling as many sails as possible, and got many more blisters on the palms of our hands. As this was the last night at sea before command day, our watches at night were taken up with setting and furling sails, last minute questions to our watch leaders if we wanted to go for a leadership position on command day.

Sarah Day seven- the last day before command day saw us doing the Captains Setting and Furling Task, where each watch was called up on deck by the Captain and told to either set or furl a particular sail without our watch leader being present. This exercise was to make sure each watch was able to successfully

set sails without the input of a staffie in preparation for command day. We all passed with flying colours, and were thrown straight into a meteorology brief, and how that ties into sailing of the ship. On the conclusion of the brief, the staffies bought the ship to a complete halt, and as a challenge, we were to set the sails and get the ship underway again. Although we did go veryyyy close to the cliffline, we were able to get the ship moving from sailpower alone, therefore passing the test. The day ended with elections for command day, and I successfully got elected as Red Watch Leader for command day by our fellow youthies.

Kai The next day- Command Day- started with the leadership positions being able to talk to their staffie counterparts, and Sarah was able to talk to the Staffie Red Watch Leader (morgs) in order to gain last minute tips on being a good watch leader. Then came the handover of the boat from the Staffies to Youthies for 24 hours. The elected command team (captain, sailmaster, navigator and watch officer) got handed the list of tasks, and got to work furiously planning for the day ahead, whilst the Youthie Crew got stuck into a massive chalk mural depicting our time onboard the Young Endeavour. The command day was an intense 24 hours, filled with several late night tacks, long watches, lots of climbing, getting every single youthie to ‘man the yards’, setting sails and learning from our Youthie ‘life skills’ masterclasses. This 24 hours was one we will never forget- the opportunity to work as a team all together, with people we had only known for eight days and sail a Naval tall ship with no help from any staff- a feat we were not sure achievable at day one.

Kai With the 24 hours of Command Day over on Day 10 at 1000, we all went ashore to Port Stephens for some well- earned ice cream, chips and lollies, (We also learnt 8 litres of ice cream is a bit too much for 6 people) and yet another brief- this time on the good parts and the not

so good parts of command day, and we ended the night with Sod’s Opera- a series of skits each watch made up about Life on the Young Endeavour.

Sarah Day 10 came- community day! We welcomed the Disability group Showstoppers onto our boat for a day sail around Newcastle Harbour- our way to give back to the community after this amazing voyage. We gained so much knowledge from these amazing people, and loved getting them involved with setting and furling sails. That night, the slideshow and poem of our voyage was presented to us- it bought a lot of tears to everyone's eyes (especially George’s!) and was a time for us to reflect on how far we’d come, both as individuals and as a group.

Kai The last day of the voyage was started at the hour of 0400 as we got up for the Dawn Service in Newcastle. This was such as amazing experience, being able to pay our respects to fallen soldiers with Naval Personnel by our sides. On arrival back to our boat, we took her out of the harbour one last time- and all manned the yards in order to come back in and fire our cannons. With the whole Youth Crew aloft, we were able to sing shanties and the National Anthem and fire our saluting cannons to see our family who had come to greet us. We all climbed back down the yards and got presented with our final awards from our captain, and just like that, with lots of tears and hugs, our voyage was over.

Sarah We gained so much from this voyage. The ability to work as part of such a close knit team in such confined quarters, the importance of friends, the different skills needed to build a successful team, as well as how to sail a tall ship! This really was the trip of a lifetime, with many friends and what we consider now as family gained, and we would like to take the time to thank you for this amazing opportunity.

Sarah Cairns and Kai Brady

The Young Endeavour (cont’d)....

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Monday 24 JuneYear 10 Study Skills pds 1&2Year 12 Trial HSC examinationsYear 10 Boys Program pds 1&2

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Monday 1 JulyYear 12 Trial HSC examinationsYear 7&8 Parent Teacher NightExcursion Hub 3 Community Access - MarshIncursion - Author in residence program - Years 7-10Incursion - Boys Program filming and BBQ

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Saturday 27 JulyMMB Rehearsal - Andrus

Sunday 28 JulyMMB Rehearsal - Andrus

Homework ClubHomework Club operates every Wednesday afternoon from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

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Welfare Faculty Focus...

Year 7 Orientation and CampThe Welfare Team at Galston has had another busy start to the year. We began with Year 7 Orientation on their first day of High School. This involved working with the House Leaders and staff with fun getting to know you games and learning more about Galston High School. Within their second week of High School they were whisked off to Year 7 Camp. Camp was a great opportunity for Year 7 to get to know each other in a fun and safe environment. There were lots of games, laughter, facing of fears (by staff as well), tears and of course fun was had by all. The outcome of this is that the students get to know one another, feel less anxious about high school and are ready to face the challenges that lay ahead.

Young Healthy Minds ForumA number of Health Forums have been attended by our students so far this year.

In term 1, ten Year 10 girls were sent to Macquarie University and thirty Year 9 and 10 girls were sent to Castle Hill Entertainer Theater for a one-day workshop empowering young people to discuss mental health and how they can support each other through adolescence and school.

The day was designed to raise awareness of the important themes around mental health and resilience. There were opportunities to hear young people talk about their experiences as well as work in groups on projects which can be taken back and implemented in their respective schools making it a relevant and personalised experience for each school attending.

A group of Galston Girls jumped on a bus to attend the Young Healthy Minds Forum 2019. This was an event that allowed us, as youth, to come together and listen to others’ experiences with issues such as mental illness, overcoming adversity, seeking help and developing strategies to give us the tools to act as leaders to both our peers and our school. It was all about providing students with a safe space in which to feel they can open up and get rid of the stigma surrounding mental health. We learnt that through trying to hide our problems or ignoring what we see around us we create this idea that it’s something that shouldn’t be spoken about. This is not right and this is what we, as a society needs to break. During this forum they had a panel with doctors, psychologists and real people who have lived through different stories. We all texted all sorts of honest questions through about not only issues surrounding the youth of today but also about different situations and illnesses. Through this Q and A panel, we learned more about mental illnesses and the stigma surrounding it.

Through hearing real people discuss their experiences with issues such as depression and anxiety it gave us the confidence to have a voice and develop a plan on how to spread awareness and positivity at our school and use the knowledge that we have learnt. The forum also had a series of stalls set up from different groups and organisations which were handing out information’ on various things and provided information and novelty items that highlighted in a fun way, how we can get help and how we can provide help. The forum gave us the opportunity as a school to come together and brainstorm a plan of attack on how we, the students can work with our teachers to combat mental illness in our school. We all came up with so many ideas to make this happen in our brainstorm and now, our focus is to work with Mr Van Baarle and the Student Welfare Team to make this plan a reality.

By Emilia Ward – Year 9

Welfare Faculty Focus (cont’d)...

Men’s Health ForumIn Term 1, twenty Year 10 boys attended the Young Men’s Health Forum. The objective is to provide students with keynote speakers who possess real stories and unique perspectives on the various issues concerning young men’s health. Each keynote speaker has a perspective, which has been drawn from first hand experiences. Following each speaker, small group sessions were used to reinforce key principles, stimulate discussion between students and provide students with the practical tools to deal with these issues.

On the 29th of March, 20 boys from Galston High School went to the Parramatta RSL to attend a forum for guys. Once there we were split into different groups with boys from all different schools. Once assigned and seated we were kept with this same group all day and got to know some of the boys from different backgrounds and were given the opportunity to discuss many things about numerous topics such as friendship, relationships, drugs, suicide and leadership.

This Forum had key speakers that presented and spoke about their lives and stories.. They spoke about issues such as having resilience and

emphasised how important it is as men to support each other and open up. At the end of each talk we would end up going back to our groups and talk about what we learned, we wrote down quotes and linked the talks to our everyday life and how through this knowledge we could help our mates and ourselves. The knowledge ranged from; what groups of people we should be talking and hanging out with, how a split second decision can change your whole life for better or for worse and the dangers of drugs and alcohol, the most important thing that we got from the day was the knowledge of why we should be talking about our problems and, how we can always bounce back from negative events and to always trust our guts.

Every speaker there used personal stories of what had happened to them and how it had impacted their lives to give us more of an understanding of what can happen to us. One person lost their dream scholarship. All of their hard work went down the drain because of one split second choice. Another almost lost his life. Influenced by drugs and alcohol hiding it from other people he gained suicidal tendencies and came very close It shows that talking to someone can always help. E.g. school counsellor.

Boys program and mentoringThe aim of the program is to encourage the boys to evaluate their perspectives on pivotal issues concerning men’s health, whilst equipping them with the relevant tools to improve decision making. The focus of the program is to:

Facilitate personal reflectionPromote individual responsibilityPresent factual information and practical examplesStimulate and enhance decision making skills

Topics addressed include: Identity RelationshipsResilience Mental HealthDrugs AlcoholLeadership What it means to ‘be a man’

At the completion of the program it is our hope that many of these boys (if they wish to) will enter into various leadership positions throughout the school, becoming mentors for younger boys and trainers of the future group. Over time we hope to have a group of leaders/mentors that we can draw from in Years 10, 11 and 12 to support junior students. The Year 10 students are officially linked to mentoring a Year 7 student.

These issues are hard for people to hear and face and often we don’t want to admit it's going on. This is what the whole day was about. Breaking the stigma of having to always “be a man” and getting or giving mates help if we need it.

In the end it was a great day and everyone who went got something out of it

By Caleb De Ramirez and Bowen Copeland – Year 10

2019 YEAR ADVISERS

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Prefect Report...

New chapter for school library after blaze By Kristie Kellahan June 13, 2019 — 6.00pm

Jade Arnold thought she was dreaming - a very dark, bizarre dream - on the night she learnt the library at Galston High School had burnt down.

The teacher librarian remembers receiving the news via text; the truth didn’t sink in until she woke in the morning and saw news of the devastating fire over the TV.

A spark from an electrical fault had started the blaze. In addition to widespread destruction of thousands of books and the building structure, the fire also destroyed servers and other critical infrastructure.

Fast-forward five years - and a major rebuilding effort - and Arnold says the library is “stronger because of its loss”.

Last week the future Prefect team applicants presented their speeches, in order to gain a position on the Prefect team. We have a multitude of applicants, who are all positive role models in the school and the local community, and we congratulate them all on their speeches.

We also had the zone athletics carnival on Wednesdya of week 7. Our students never disappoint in striving to achieve their personal best at the carnival, and always come back from the carnival with a sense of school pride and personal accomplishment.

As our school musical progresses, and the cast are starting to put the final touches on the production and the stage has been constructed.. This is an exciting time for many students in the musical, as this gives an end date as to when the rehearsals are going to finish and the musical is going to start. Galston High School would also like to thank Ryan Cook, a former Galston High student, for coming back to school to help construct the musical stage. Tickets are now on sale for the musical and we look forward to seeing you in the audience.

Teacher librarian Jade Arnold (third from left) with author Will Kostakis (third from right) and students.

THE WIZARD OF OZBy L. Frank Baum

With Music and Lyricsby Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg

Background Music by Herbert StothartDance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard

OOrchestration by Larry WilcoxAdapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company

Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned byTurner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by

Warner Bros.

“The Wizard of Oz” is presented by permission of ORiGiN™ Theatricalon behalf of Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.

Tuesday 30th July 10:00am - Limited spaces available Wednesday 31st July 10:00am - Limited spaces available

Thursday 1st August 7:00pmFriday 2nd August 7:00pm

Saturday 3rd August 7:00pmSunday 4th August 2:00pm

ticket salesadults $20 concession $12

For performances on 2nd, 3rd and 4th August visit www.flexischools.com.au1. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select “Guest” in the dark section of the page2.Type in Galston high into “what’s on at your school”3. Under current location on right hand side of the screen select guest from the drop down4. Choose “start new order” and select your performance4. Choose “start new order” and select your performanceFor performances on 30th and 31st July and 1st August tickets available from GHS Fees Office on 9651 2222 ext. 134

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Parenting Through the Ups and Downs of Adolescence 

 Monday 5th August 2019 5.30pm‐7.30pm 

  

 

A seminar for parents of high school students discussing: 

Understanding Adolescent Development  Challenges  of  Parenting  Adolescents 

with  strong  emotions,  including  self‐harm and suicidal ideation. 

Parent  strategies  and  tips  to  help parents  remain  calm  and  be  a  resource for their adolescent 

 

 

To register please call CYMHS on 9485 6155  VENUE:  Hornsby Hospital Meeting Room 1 near Gate 1, 

Reception/Switchboard, entry via Palmerston Rd.   Please allow enough time for parking and arrive 10 minutes before the 

registered start time.   Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare facilities and are unable to have 

infants/children attend with their parents.  The seminar is available to families who live in the Hornsby Ku‐Ring‐Gai local 

government area.   The cost of the seminar is $10. Correct money would be appreciated. There will 

be no charge for concession card holders.   Registration is essential as groups fill quickly.   Participants will be asked to complete feedback forms.   The service reserves the right to postpone or cancel seminars in the case of 

insufficient registrations. 

  

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