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Quality People, Quality Teaching, Quality Learning for Everyone
Ulladulla High School
Principal: Denise Lofts
Deputy Principals:
Barry Christiansen
Karen Lissa
Term 4 Week 9A 2-6 December 2013 Phone: 4455 1799
Fax: 4454 0759 Webpage: www.ulladulla-h.school.nsw.edu.au
Email Address: [email protected]
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‘Who We Are’ Exhibition Outstanding - at Dunn Lewis this week!! Over the year we have been encouraging our students to put forward their interpretation of “who we are “, what we love, admire, believe, do, and so on with photography.
The exhibition is open all this week at the Dunn Lewis Centre, Monday 2nd December until Sunday 8th December. View
photos that have been submitted for The Summit Times during the year. Outstanding photographers like Jakcob M, Leroy B
and others have their works on display. This Friday 6th December at 5pm we invite students, parents and friends of the photographers to a viewing and gathering to meet the budding young photographers. We have a lucky door prize, the
winner can select any photograph to take home. We have a special guest surf photographer who will be joining us to talk
about his work. It will be a fabulous opportunity! See you there!
STOP WORK MEETING FOR TEACHERS TOMORROW, TUESDAY, 9-11AM
Bring Your Own Technology As we make real world connections to prepare our students, I have had a number of students ask, MUST you bring a
device? Answer: The concept of Bring Your Own
technology is supported by our “addressing Equity”. That is,
a student will be disadvantaged if they do not have their own device. The following strategies are in place:
1) Pooled devices to be made available for students who do
not have access to a device. Currently we have a Q block set
and F block set of devices. There are enough devices from donations from our Year 12 leavers to make class sets.
2) DER laptops will be made available to students on a long
term loan basis 3) BYOD recommendations include devices with prices
starting from $169
4) Local suppliers have offered a ‘layby option’.
5) Planning is in place to have a set of higher end spec laptops for photography students in 2014, to facilitate
complex photography software
We believe in safe, responsible young people Being safe, behaving considerately and responsibly, includes when travelling to and from school.
We have a number of outstanding young riders...
however...
skateboards and scooters are NOT TO BE
BROUGHT TO SCHOOL
Students are not to use skateboards or scooters to travel to and from school. The school cannot take responsibility for
the supervision of students’ skateboards and scooters.
It is potentially dangerous and unacceptable behavior to use
the local shopping centres and carparks for skateboard or scooter riding.
If students want to ride their skateboards and scooters with
their friends after school they must go home first and pick up their boards and scooters, and then ride them to
appropriate places, ie the Skate Park - not the shopping
centres.
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde
Looking for the Motivation, focusing on the positive is our approach.
Rewarding activity gets you more of it. Punishing an activity gets you less of it.
Photo by
Jakcob M
Photo by
Leroy B
STOP WORK MEETING for teachers
Tuesday 3rd December Members of the NSW Teachers Federation will be
participating in a 2 hour Stop Work meeting from 9-11am, called to discuss the State Government policies on working
conditions, student learning opportunities and the
resourcing of our schools.
The staff at Ulladulla High School will be among those participating in the Stop Work meeting and, therefore, in
consideration of the safety of students, the school will have
minimal supervision. Parents and caregivers of all students are asked to make suitable alternative arrangements for
their children for the 2 hour stop work meeting. The
canteen will be open as usual for recess and lunch.
Normal school will resume at 11am and the following normal bell times will apply: Roll call: 11:05 – 11.25am
The remainder of the day will proceed as normal
starting with period 3 at 11.25am.
Denise Lofts, Principal , Ulladulla High School
Annual Art Exhibition Inspiring It was a great showcase of work by talented students from Years 7 - 12. The opening afternoon last Tuesday
showcased talented musicians and dancers as well! Great
work everybody!
Chaz R’s HSC Surfboard sculpture
The entertainers including
the dancers were excellent
Max M standing in front of his HSC works photographed
with his Mum and brother Tim, Year 7
Kesley E’s HSC
wearable sculpture
Last word from the principal….. The end of the year is a time to reflect on the things you’ve
done well and start to set goals for 2014.
APP of the week
EVERNOTE. For ipad, iphone,
home computer etc. It organizes all my notes in a cloud, to access
anywhere, from school to home to
on the road. Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and
small from your everyday life
using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. http://evernote.com
Monica R on guitar
Congratulations to Bonnie H and Luke T for their
participation in the Lions Youth of the Year Competition.
At the Branch finals on Wednesday 20th November, Bonnie claimed the public speaking prize and Luke was
declared the overall winner. Luke now progresses to the
next round of this prestigious competition. Bonnie impressed the judges with her humorous speech on the
influence of technology on society and Luke was excellent
as he spoke about organ donation, a personal passion for him.
School Captains Shine
Uniform Swap Shop
Open Tuesdays 8.30am-9am Location: J7 demountable
entry via South Street gates nearest to Camden St
We appreciate donations of clean preloved uniform
items - please leave at Reception or Student Services, or the Uniform Shop. Thank you.
Uniform Shop
OPEN WEEKDAYS
New Hours 8.00-10.00am Entry available through lower St Vincent Street gates
(Dial 152 on intercom to request gates to be opened)
Options of Payment: Cash or Eftpos or Credit card, Mastercard, Visa (parent/
guardian to make purchase in person)
No Layby and NO PERSONAL CHEQUES accepted Retain receipts for exchanges and tax purposes Online ordering and payment - go to
www.daylightsportswear.com/ulladulla and set up your account profile to place your order
Research shows ‘Wearing uniform reduces peer pressure, raises a school's pride, assists in discipline problems, gears focus more to learning, creates a
more work-like atmosphere and leads to less distractions.’
Uniform price list can be found on our website
http://www. ulladulla-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
P&C News Presentation Night is Monday 16th December and the Executive have been requesting support from our local
businesses for the door raffle (drawn on the night).
We would like to say a big thank you for the donations so far:
Funland 2 x $20 cards Twin Arcadia Cinema 2 movie passes
Bunnings $50 voucher
Civic Video movie vouchers Sydney Observatory passes
Dunn & Lewis bowling passes
We look forward to selling raffle tickets at Presentation
Night.
From Canteen
Red Food Day Wednesday
Nachos $2
Brownies $1
Donuts $1 + small range of confectionery
Go to http://www. ulladulla-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
for the Canteen menu & pricelist
and get your lunch orders in before 9am
Canteen phone number is now 4454 1758 Ext 149
Free vegemite toast available Tuesday and
Thursday mornings thanks to the SRC
volunteers and Ulladulla Anglican Church
Students of the Week
Amanda C, Year 12, UHS is proud
of Amanda Craig who had the
honour of being selected by author
Robin de Crespigny author of "The
People Smuggler" as mentor for this signed book within UHS. Chosen
for her interest in politics, refugees,
protests and her love of reading,
Newton H, Year 10, works
consistently and is a great role
model for all UHS students. This
quiet achiever works hard and
deserves the well earnt
acknowledgment for his efforts. Congratulations to Amanda and
Newton. Keep up the good work!
We look forward to bringing you next week’s students of
the week!
Promotion Roll Call
Who we are - Where we live… Photo by Max E
Are active kids less likely to be bullied? Researchers have found kids who do extracurricular activities
(such as sport or voluntary work) tend to be safer online,
encounter less cyberbullying, and are more resilient to harassment if it occurs. Find out more:
http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/cyberbullying/
kids-who-are-less-likely-to-be-cyberbullied
Rai Thistlethwayte Visit
Ulladulla High was recently chosen as one of six schools to pilot a new national in-school music program called Musos
in Residence. This gave 20 UHS music students and Mr
Grace the opportunity to work with award winning
songwriter and musician, Rai Thistlethwayte (best known as front man for Thirsty Merc) and producer-to-the-stars,
Robert Conley (Ricky Martin, Tina Arena, Beyonce, Kiss),
right here in the music rooms at our school!
An initiative of APRA/AMCOS and supported by The Australian Government through the Ministry for the Arts
and the Education Department, Musos in Residence is a
hothouse mentoring program about the creative process.
Students heard real-world advice from the industry
professionals about the business and creative side of being a professional musician and then worked in small co-
writing groups to write new music and have it recorded.
‘There are some very talented kids at this school,’ said
Robert, after Day 1. ‘We’ve got 5 great songs emerging very quickly from these groups.”
Following the pilot, which has involved three schools in
Victoria and three in NSW, the program will roll out to 50
schools nationally from early next year.
Lachlan C of roll call
10A is the ACT state
champion in 10m
Junior Air Pistol for the third consecutive
year.
He successfully defended his title in
November.
Well done Lachlan!
Food Technology Student Shines
“The brief was to make a
burger that describes you
and I would like to be a
pastry chef, so I made a
cupcake burger. The bun
was a caramel mudcake
that had green on the
bottom which was coconut
sweetened and coloured.
This was to represent
lettuce. The meat was a
chocolate pancake and
there were two types of
icing, vanilla and
butterscotch/lemon, to represent tomato sauce and mustard.
The meat patty was topped with strawberries to look like
beetroot, the bun was covered with sesame seeds and served
with a side order of chips (which were apple batons).”
Nathan M Y8
A comment from Mrs Murdoch (teacher): This is exceptional
work from such a young and talented student. It is moments
like these that remind me of why I am a Food Technology
teacher. Congratulations Nathan!
Heartfelt Thank You To All
“Dear Teachers, Friends, SRC and Office Ladies Thank you for supporting me after our recent house fire. I am very happy and thankful to everybody who helped me . I
am especially thankful to the SRC who put together a beauti-
ful and wonderful basket of gifts. Thank you so much every-
one…” From Alex J
Careers News
Many Emails are sent PLEASE
CHECK THEM regularly. Year 9/10/11/ check Senior Study for latest arrivals re
Open Days, posters etc..
YEAR 11/12
University Discovery Day will happen on Thursday 6th February 2014. Registrations open until 5.00pm
(Monday) - last chance.
Year 9 Naval Gazing Day
A report will follow soon.
Year 10, 11 and 12 An up to date Resume is mandatory for your Work
Experience. No Exceptions.
New Careers Information Now Available: Careers in Hospitality Industry check
www.discoverhospitality.com
Year 11 Summer school/Year 12 head start lectures..see www.tsfx.com.au
Note: There is a lot of information on
mhscareers.com so please LOOK: To view the news pages on the website:
Login with either: “student”, “parent”, “ca” or “other” Password: mhs 2013
Australian National University: Advisory Sessions
http://students.anu.edu.au/events/fut-event.php
University Admissions Centre: ATAR Release Date
Thu 19th December Students who have lost their PIN should
contact UAC Customer Service ASAP on 9752 0200.
University of New South Wales: A Day @ UNSW https://www.whatson.unsw.edu.au/egateway/
students.schedules_search?
p_event_id=36&p_high_school_id=&p_keywords=&p_event_ca
tegory=&p_event_unit=&p_year_for=&p_school_term=
University of Sydney: Free HSC Guide
http://sydney.edu.au/science/fstudent/undergrad/entry/uac/
downloads/getting_through_your_hsc.pdf
University Admissions Centre: Participating Institutions
Information http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/institutions/
University Bridging Courses
University of Tasmania: Interstate Relocation Scholarship http://www.utas.edu.au/law/scholarships/relocation-scholarship
Impresstik Pty Ltd: Pre-Press Apprentice & Apprentice
Printer Positions Available Contact: Rodney Luke on (02) 9743 6522 or
International College of Management Sydney: Information
Evening http://studyicms.com.au/info/
Australian International Conservatorium of Music:
Remaining 2013 Audition Days
http://www.aicm.edu.au/web/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=393
Australian College of Massage: Pre-Christmas Special – Save
up to 55% http://www.studymassage.com.au/news/pre-
christmas-special2013-20-off-for-20-days
National Youth Week: National Youth Awards 2014
http://www.youthweek.com/nya
Antipodeans Abroad: GapBreak Information Nights
http://www.antipodeans.com.au/info-nights.htm#gapbreak
The School for Excellence: HSC Summer School http://www.tsfx.com.au/?hsc-program=summer-school
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations: Employment Outlook to 2017 Contact: Carmel O’Regan on (02) 6240 2599 or
To read there report visit: http://lmip.gov.au/default.aspx?LMIP/
EmploymentProjections
Job Outlook
http://joboutlook.gov.au/
Readygrad http://www.readygrad.com.au
Vibewire Creative Space https://docs.google.com/forms/
d/1kHjBku_T8nudY4OXbMaErU98hyhENISI4H3sGMMN2RM
/viewform
Board of Studies NSW: HSC Showcases and Exhibitions
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/exhibitions/
Powerhouse Museum: Game Masters Exhibition http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?
sh=GAMEMAST14#.Uo6HfdKnqVM
The Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young
Indigenous Writers .http://overland.org.au/prizes/prize-
guidelines-and-entry/
John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship http://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/lawcouncil/index.php/about-the-
law-council-of-australia/scholarships/john-koowarta-
reconciliation-law-scholarship
Holland Code Personality Test
You can take the Holland Code test now:
http://personality-testing.info/tests/RIASEC.php
Defence Jobs: The Mentor – Experience Life as an Engineer
in the ADF
https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/thementor/#about-the-mentor
Casual & Part Time Jobs for 2013
Many retailers and fast food chains accept online applications and expressions of interest.
KFC: http://www.kfcjobs.com.au/
Coles: http://www.colescareers.com.au/
McDonalds: http://mcdonalds.com.au/#/careers
Woolworths: http://www.wowcareers.com.au/wowcareers/
woolworths/home/
Hope & Hope Gap Year Volunteering in Asia http://www.hopenhome.org
2013 W.B. Yeats Poetry Prize http://www.wbyeatspoetryprize.com/
‘Get Ready for Uni’ Resource for Students with Disability
Mr A DeGiovanni Careers Adviser
.
Ken S. Keyes, Jr. ”To be upset over what you don't have is to waste
Year 7 Coolendel
2014 Important Dates Tues 28/1 School Development Day (Pupil Free)
Uniform Shop Open 8am-12 noon
Uniform Swap Shop Open 9-11am Wed 29/1 Y7, Y11, Y12 First Day of Term 1
Uniform Shop Open 8am-12noon
Thurs 30/1 Y8, Y9 and Y10 Frist Day of Term 1 Uniform Shop Open 8am-12 noon
Fri 31/1 Uniform Shop Open 8am-12 noon
Thurs 6/2 School Photos
Mon 10/2 School Photos Back Up Day P&C Meeting 7pm Library
Tues 11/2 Swimming Carnival
Dates to Remember Mon 2/12 Y7 Parent Information Evening ‘Who We Are’ Exhibition, Dunn Lewis
Tues 3/12 Stop Work Meeting for Teachers
Wed 4/12 Y7 Orientation Day
Thurs 5/12 Friends of the School Luncheon Principal’s Tour 4pm
Fri 6/12 Viewing ‘Who We Are’ 5pm Dunn Lewis
Sun 8/12 Greenpatch for Y11 (all week) Thurs 12/12 Year 8 Fun Day at Jamberoo Theme Park
Mon 16/12 Presentation Night 7pm in mpc
Tues 17/12 Report Assemblies for Y7,8,9,10
Wed 18/12 Y10 Wet ‘n’ Wild
The winning team
‘Mel’s Miracles’