Newsletter Issue 6 3rd May

2019

TERM 2

Week 3 Monday 6th —Friday 10th May

Monday 6th Grade 6 Parent Information Evening

Yr 10 Road Safety Guest Speaker

Monday 6th Period 4 Whole School Assembly

Monday 6th Year 10 Road Safety Guest Speaker

Tuesday 7th Yr 10 GTAC Excursion

Thursday 9th Vaccinations Yr 7 and Yr 10

Week 4 Monday 13th —Friday 17th May

Tuesday 14th NAPLAN Yr 7 and Yr 9

YEA HIGH SCHOOL Racecourse Road, Yea 3717

P: 03 5797 2207 F: 03 5797 2931

E: yea.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au

W: www.yeahs.vic.edu.au

ANZAC DAY

Thank you to the students who represented Yea High School at the ANZAC Day memorials throughout the community. In Yea we had Archie Jacobsen and Hannah McMaster. In King-lake Declan Thomas and the Flowerdale service was attended by Layla Calder. All the students were very respectful and did a lovely job representing the school.

A Maths Support Class are held from 1-00pm until 1-30pm in room 7. All students are welcome to attend, bring some work and some ideas about the help needed. If stu-dents just want to come and catch up with Maths work, that's great. Any information needed, contact Mr Lockey.

Staff & students are

asked to please refrain

from spraying aerosols

at school, (deodorants)

due to the effects on

allergy sufferers.

HAVE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS CHANGED?

If any of your contact details have changed please login into the Compass Portal and update or call the School Office on ph: 5797 2207 and you can change them over the phone.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 2

The holiday break provided time to re-energise. Grade 6 information evening is on Monday evening 6th May. NAPLAN testing for Year 7 and Year 9 students is scheduled for the period 14th May to 22nd May. School Council meets on Tues-day 14th May.

ANZAC DAY

Yea High School students participated in ANZAC day services in Kinglake, Flowerdale and Yea. Students supported the activities in the ceremony or laid wreaths to honour the occasion.

WELCOME TO BACK

Sally Nott has resumed teaching at Yea High School after taking maternity leave.

COUNTRY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (CEP) YOUTH AMBASSADOR

Daniel Exton was selected as one of 20 country youth ambassadors to work with the CEP to provide a student voice and advice to the Department of Education and Minister of Education on country education. Daniel will meet with the other youth ambassadors throughout the year in Melbourne

NAPLAN TESTING

The NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy) assessment for students in Years 7 & 9 will be conducted from Tuesday May 14th to Thursday May 22nd. Students throughout Australia in Years 7 & 9 sit the tests. The results provide a global indication to state and federal education authorities the levels of literacy and numeracy with-in different age groups. The data also informs the work of the school to improve student outcomes over the next twelve months. Parents also receive a confidential report of the outcomes.

STUDENT MEDICAL ADVICE

Parents are required to ensure that the school has up-to-date information on students with allergies, asthma or anaphy-laxis. Students with asthma or anaphylaxis conditions are required to have a plan provided by a doctor.

BUS TRAVEL

Students must request permission for casual travel on the school buses. The bus system provides transport for eligible bus travellers for travel to school and return. Bus passes are issued after a note from a parent or carer is provided to the school administration giving details of drop of and/or pick up details. Seat belts must be worn if fitted to the bus.

WHY STUDY MATHEMATICS

Children and young people need increasingly sophisticated levels of language and mathematics in order to take care of their health and wellbeing, participate in the workforce and make a posi-tive contribution to a democratic society. Mathematics supports us to analyse and reason about the nature of the world.

Literacy and numeracy underpin the acquisition of more complex skills. An understanding of num-bers and a robust knowledge of mathematical concepts enables children and young people to make connections between related ideas and progressively apply their understanding in new and unfamiliar contexts.

Number, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability are common as-pects of most people’s mathematical experience in everyday personal, study and work situations. Equally important are the essential roles that algebra, functions and relations, logic, mathematical structure and working mathematically play in people’s understanding of the natural and human worlds, and the interaction be-tween them. Students are exposed to increasingly sophisticated and refined mathe-matical understanding, fluency, reasoning, modelling and problem solving. These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by em-ploying mathematics to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.

Mr Brian D’Arcy

Mr Bruce Skewes

The AFLs, Richmond Football Club sent 6 of their players to Yea Friday 26 April. Yea

High School hosted the players for lunch which was followed by a kick to kick and photo

op on the oval. The senior students were lucky enough to have a Q& A with 2 of the

players which was really beneficial.

LIBRARY NEWS

CBCA NOTABLES LIST The Children’s Book Council of Australia have announced the 2019 shortlist for the Book of the Year Awards. I am pleased to report the YHS Library has copies of all of the books in the category for Older Readers and most of the titles in the notables list too. Please come and see our display of these, look for book strips with the theme for Book Week this year, ‘Reading is my secret power’. Visit http://www.cbca.org.au/shortlist-2019 to see the shortlisted titles. DONATIONS Thank you to Glynis Vickery for her generous donations of books to the YHS Library. Glynis donated some fantastic titles that have helped liven up our shelves, particularly in the senior fiction section. LONG SERVICE LEAVE I will be taking a short period of long service leave for the last week of term 1 and the first week back in term 2. Apologies for any inconven-ience caused by my absence from the library. The library may be staffed on certain days by my helper Di, please come and see her to borrow or return books, or ask your English teacher for assistance. BOOKFLIX Some of you may have noticed our Bookflix display behind the loans desk. Come and have a look at the display to find titles of books we have in our collection that are also available to view as TV series or movies on Netflix, e.g. Watership Down, The Hunger Games, A Series of Unfortunate Events and many more. If you enjoyed watching, why not pick up the book! Happy reading! Belinda

Visit the Yea High School library now to

check out this fantastic new book. If

you can’t locate it please ask the

friendly library staff for assistance.

Likewise, if there is a particular book

that you are interested in and you

don’t know if the library has it, just ask!

We are always on the lookout for great

Book Profile

From the author of The Hate U Give, (now a major motion picture).

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day.

As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has

unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much a part of Bri’s life as beats and rhymes. With bills piling

up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it—she has to make it.

On the Come Up is Angie Thomas’s homage to hip-hop, the art that sparked her passion for storytelling and continues to in-

spire her to this day. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; of the

struggle to become who you are and not who everyone expects you to be; and of the desperate realities of poor

and working-class black families.

SECONDARY SCHOOL VACCINATIONS IN 2019

The Secondary School Vaccine Program offers free vaccines to Year 7 and 10 students. These vaccines

provide protection against:

Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) – one dose for year 7 students

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – two doses for year 7 students

Meningococcal A,C,W,Y – one dose for year 10 students

Parents/guardians of year 7 and 10 students should look out for the vaccine consent card booklet coming

home from school with your child. You need to read the information, complete and return the card regard-

less of whether your child is being vaccinated at school.

The Wodonga Council immunisation service may contact you about the Secondary School Vaccine Pro-

gram. Schools are authorised to provide basic parent/guardian contact details to local councils for this pur-

pose. Contact the school by 29 March 2019 if you do not want your contact details given to the Wodonga

Council immunisation service.

To learn more about the Secondary School Vaccine Program, the vaccines, the diseases they protect

against, or how you can prepare your child for vaccination, go to betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Additionally, the Commonwealth government is funding vaccinations for all children under 20 years of age

who missed any scheduled vaccines, including a catch up program for Meningococcal ACWY vaccine for

adolescents aged 15-19 years of age who have not already received the vaccine in school. If students

have missed vaccines, either in childhood or adolescence, and require catch-up vaccines, they should

speak with their immunisation provider. (ie. local council or GP).