Yea High School

NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER Racecourse Road, Yea, 3717 Phone: 57972207 Fax: 57972931 Email: yea.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au Website www.yeahs.vic.edu.au

Issue 12, 18th August 2017

IMPORTANT DATES TERM 3

AUGUST

22nd—Year 7 Hume Badminton

23rd-24th—Year 7 & 8 Science Excursion VSSEC

24th—Year 10 English Macbeth Excursion

SEPTEMBER

1st—Year 10 Planetarium Excursion

7th—Sport Round Robin 3

7th—Year 10 Information Evening

7th—Year 9 Science Excursion Ed Earth, Ballarat

BREAKFAST CLUB The Breakfast Club will continue to be open this se-mester to students Tuesday and Thursday from 8:35am – 9:05am. A big thanks to Vicky McMaster, Donna Slevin, Dan-ielle Sandford and Lauren Anglin for their donations to support the Breakfast Club. We are still looking for further donations to support the program and welcome – bread, UHT milk, milo, margarine and jam. Contributions can be dropped off at the General Office.

YEAR 10—GARDEN TO PLATE PROJECT.

Some of the Y10’s are working on a project to look at what’s involved in growing food and the different ways we can grow food and also preserve it and cook it. We are working with Zanni W from Yea Community Garden who has a lot of experience in sustainable gardening projects.

We would welcome donations of hay, compost, soil, seeds, jars for preserving etc. Please contact the school office or Ken Aitken or Sandy Reddan at the school for more information.

BOYS NETBALL On Friday the 11th of August, the Year 9 boys net-ball team travelled to Wangaratta to compete in the Hume Region competition. Despite only coming away with one win for the day, the boys showed much improvement and increased knowledge of the rules. Nick Gilbee, Jye Aldous and Jye Nitschke were outstanding on the day, assisting with the most turnovers for the team. A big thank you to Jordan Watts who came as official team scorer and Nikki Watts who umpired throughout the day.

PRINCIPAL’S TEAM REPORT

School Facilities Improvement

Over the September school holidays the school improvement works will provide new computer space in the school library. A proportion of the library will be out of action prior the holidays and short time into Term 4 as the space is reorganised.

Working with Children

Changes to the Working with Children Act have been flagged. The definition of direct contact with children has been expanded to include oral, written or electronic communication. The second change is that anyone engaged in ‘child-related work’ must have a working with children’s check. This includes volunteers or a visitor who is supervised by a teacher.

Parent Opinion Survey 2017

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey information is sent out to a sample of randomly selected parents.

It is designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents’ perception of school climate, stu-dent engagement and relationships with our parent community. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the field-work period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.

The survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September. Survey results will be commu-nicated to parents through annual reporting procedures.

Asthma, Diabetes, Anaphylaxis, Epilepsy

The school is required to have student health and management plans for students with any of these condi-tions. These plans need to be updated yearly.

If emergency medication has been prescribed the school must hold an Emergency Medication Management Plan signed by a doctor and provided by the family.

Absenteeism

Thank you to the parents who respond to our student absence alerts. The school has been working to put in place a system that tracks students as soon as possible on the day of a student absence from school. The school is working to ensure these reports are accurate.

NAPLAN

2017 NAPLAN results for students in Year7 and Year 9 are now at the school. Parents may pick up the stu-dent report from school or request that it be sent home; otherwise the school will post the report out with the student Term 3 interim reports.

Mr. Bruce Skewes & Mr Brian D’Arcy

STUDENT SERVICES @ YHS Yea High School offers Student Support Services to our students on a continuous basis.

The Department of Education and Training (DET) provides educational services for the Victorian Government. Student

Support Services are a part of DET. The purpose of Student Support Services is to assist children and young people fac-

ing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential through the provision of a

range of strategies and specialised support.

Student Support Services comprise services provided by:

· Psychologists and guidance officers

· Speech pathologists

· Social workers

· Visiting teachers

· Other allied health professionals

In the event of urgent response, the following services provide immediate support for distressed young people:

Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au

Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 or kidshelpline.org.au

Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 or sui-

At any time, parents/families or individual students

may seek out Student Support Services by

contacting Jacinta Byers (Student Welfare

Coordinator) on (03) 5797 2207 or

byers.jacinta.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

2017 TERTIARY OPEN DAYS

The following website lists information about institutional open days provided to VTAC. At open days, you can tour the campus, find out about courses that interest

you and get a taste of tertiary life. For further information, including dates, times and locations, visit

www.vtac.edu.au/opendays.html

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Students in Year 9 have spent two days completing their Level 1 Apply First Aid certificates as part of Commu-

nity Connections class. Students are building career portfolios that include resumes, Safe@Work certificate

and acknowledgements of their community work. The focus of Community Connections this semester is for

students to experience real world learning where they can choose to follow someone in a career of interest to

them or attend a personal excursion that links to their Big Picture learning, such as a museum.

If you have skills to offer our students, or are interested in having a student shadow for the day, please contact

Sally Nott or Amanda Hard on 57972207.

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon wins the 2017 Readings Young Adult Book Prize!!

This compelling novel takes us into the world of 10-year-old Subhi, a Rohingyar refugee born in a

detention centre. Subhi finds hope, curiosity and friendship in hopeless circumstances, but his optimism is

challenged by worsening conditions in the camp. 'The Bone Sparrow is one of those books that never

really leaves you.' – Lili Wilkinson

The judging panel were moved by Fraillon's powerful and compassionate storytelling, with judges

describing The Bone Sparrow as 'a call to empathy and hope for refugees' and a novel that 'deserves to

be read by people of all ages, not just young adults'.

This extraordinary Australian novel has garnered international recognition, being shortlisted for the

Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and being named the 2017 Amnesty

CILIP Honour book.

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

new titles/topics.