CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Volume 3
09/03/2017
‘To Seek a Worthy Goal’
ACHIEVEMENT ● EDUCATION ● INVOLVEMENT ● RELATIONSHIPS ● RESPECT
Principal: Sharryn Daly
IMPORTANT DATES
Deputy Principal - Middle School: Nina Thomas
March 2017
Assistant Principal - Senior School: Matt Linn
8th-10th—Year 7 Camp
13th—Public Holiday
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
16th—Clare High School Athletics Carnival
21st-22nd—Senior School Parent/Teacher
Interviews
23rd—Lower North Athletics Carnival
28th—29th—Middle School Parent/Teacher
Interviews
April 2017
1st—Year 12 Formal
3rd—7th—Year 10 Work Experience
11th—SSSSA Athletics
12th—Year 8 Immunisations
14th—Good Friday—Term 1 Ends Dismiss
2:25pm
17th April to 5th May—UK/Ireland Trip
May 2017
1st—Term 2 begins
17th April to 5th May—UK/Ireland Trip
5th—Generations of Jazz tour to Mr Gambier
22nd-24th Year 8 Camp
29th—31st—Henley High Netball
Exchange
June 2017
5th—9th—District SAPSASA Netball and
football
20th—Year 8 B & G Immunisations
21st—SACE Stage II Implementation
Workshop at CHS
On Monday the 27th February, Clare Primary and
Clare High School staff participated in a common
Professional Development Day. Garry Costello, retired
Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Mount
Gambier High School, facilitated the day and focused
on how to build a positive and student-centred School
Culture. The strength of working together as “One
Clare Community” is in the continuity of high
expectations, the delivery of learning opportunities and
personalised support for every child and young person
within our wonderful community. We have all
committed to ongoing work that will bring our staff
together to improve the wellbeing, learning outcomes
and lifelong opportunities for every child. This is very
exciting work!
As a key stakeholder in the Mid North Partnership,
Clare High School hosted the Network Learning Group
Launch last Wednesday afternoon. These professional
learning teams allow educators from our Pre-school,
Primary Schools and the High School to work together
in small groups to further develop their knowledge and
skill in education. Examples of the various focus areas
are: Numeracy Improvement, Student Wellbeing,
STEM learning, the Flipped Classroom and the SHINE
program. I hope that you will hear more about their
learning as they progress over the coming year.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics) Project Update:
I met recently with the STEM Project team to
Elliot Street Clare SA 5453
Phone: 88422788 Fax: 88422153
Email: [email protected]
www.clarehs.sa.edu.au
T/A South Australian Government Schools
CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A
consolidate the way forward in the redevelopment
of the Middle School/STEM facilities. This project
is a major priority for the Government and so once
the final concept is decided then works will begin
immediately. The plan is that a more detailed
building plan is developed with actual costings to
be assigned. The project will involve demolishing
the current ‘old 70’s’ buildings. I have requested
that this take place in the October holidays with
the rebuild occurring in 2018. This will of course
require some reshuffling of classes during this
time but I will work closely with the builders to
minimise the disruption to student learning.
The Clare High School Athletics day is next
Thursday 16th March. This is always a fantastic
opportunity for parents, staff and students to share
the experience and for so many of our students to
participate (more information is further on in this
edition). I look forward to catching you on this day.
Have a great week!
Sharryn Daly
Principal
UNIFORM UPDATE
The Clare High School backpacks are now back in
stock – cost is $65.00
The Clare High School fleecy windcheaters are
now selling for $20.00 each (down from $40.00)
due to a large stock numbers.
The old sports tops are selling for $15.00 each –
these would be good as a spare for PE lessons.
Heather Guthrie
Business Manager
2017 Materials & Services
charge are now due and payable
If you are eligible for School Card, forms are
available from the school (remember that you
have to apply each year for school card).
School Card applications close on 24 November 2017.
If you wish to pay by instalments, please see
me asap to organise a part payment plan.
A Note from the
Deputy Principal
I can’t believe we are nearly half way
through the term already. Where has the
time gone?
I would like to take this opportunity to say a
big thank you to all the students, staff,
parents and caregivers who have made my
first 5 weeks as Deputy Principal at Clare
High School so welcoming. I actually feel
like part of the furniture already! This term
has been off to such a busy start and the
fantastic turn out from the community for
our Middle School Parent Evening and
Senior School Information Evening
provided a fabulous opportunity for me to
meet many of you.
For those of you I haven’t had the pleasure
of meeting, I hope to do so in the near
future.
I am really passionate about student
learning and excited to be part of such an
amazing and supportive school and wider
community over the next 5 years!
Nina Thomas
Deputy Principal
Heather Guthrie
Business Manager
CANTEEN NEWS
Thank you to the following people for their
support for the canteen and for providing
produce for the canteen:
Shannon Robinson, Diedre Earle & Mel
McHugh for volunteering. Leeanne
Williams, Lesley Squires & the Agriculture
Block for produce.
If you have some time or produce you
can donate to the canteen. We would
love to have it. Thank you.
The canteen staff
SRC inducon Assembly
Clare High School’s wonderful student leaders were welcomed and inducted at a formal assembly for the whole school on
Friday 10th February.
We were fortunate to have several guest speakers share their leadership experiences with the assembled students. Lea
Hooper, along with several students, recounted their amazing journey to Cambodia late last year, volunteering in schools and
building huts for the locals. Etabez Donato thanked the 2016 SRC for their dona+on which assisted her to improve condi+ons
for locals when she returned to her birth village in Ethiopia over the holidays. It was a moving presenta+on, which really
highlighted how fortunate our students are to receive the opportuni+es that they do.
Ex-student, Bryce Eldredge, returned from Sydney to share his leadership journey and his current des+na+on. He spoke of ‘The
Rural Network’, an ini+a+ve that he and his partner, ex CHS student Ashley Schultz, had begun. He reinforced that leadership is
developed in many situa+ons, and that making the most of opportuni+es presented is a must.
Principal Sharryn Daly, and Heather Lymburn, our Governing Council Chairperson, spoke briefly, as did our Head Prefects,
Travis Kuchel and Etabez Donato. They all reflected upon the importance of student leadership and the ability to make a
difference.
Following the formal presenta+on of our SRC, the students and their parents enjoyed a morning tea supplied by the school. We
congratulate our student leaders, listed below, and look forward to working with them this year.
Michelle Rowe and Mandy Knight
SRC Coordinators
School Leaders 2017
Head Prefects
Travis Kuchel, Etabez Donato
Deputy Head Prefects
Joseph Hillard, Holly Wood
House Captains
Sco9: Joseph Lally, Ellie Falconer
Weinsmith: Emily Lymburn, Peter Cornwell
Stanley: Oliver Barre9, Etabez Donato
Gleeson: Chloe Cook, Josh Earle
Year 12 Prefects
Ashley Smith, Caitlin Pink
Year 11 Prefects
Georgia Meyer, Brodie Rimmer, Bree
Nield, Neve Pra9, Caitlin Bolitho
Zack Holland, Will Nickolai, Kellie Smith,
Chloe Smith, Ella Cornwell
Year 10 Prefects
Yr 9 Middle School Captains
Nikita Morgan, Thomas Lymburn
Yr 9 Deputy Middle School Captains
Alyssa Pawelksi, Zack Longbo9om
Yr 8 SRC
Elizabeth Cornwell, Isla Baum, Jack Weckert, Aimee Cusack, Ma9 Holland
Yr 7 SRC
Alex Head, Jordan Hentschke, Ryan Stocker, Ashley Randall
Head Prefect Etabez Donato speaks
about her trip to Ethiopia
Ex- student Bryce Eldredge shares his
leadership journey
Pro Tennis Tour
Our Year 7s were lucky to attend the tour last week as a guest of
Tennis SA. Students were able to have a talk from two of the tour
players, join in with some tennis activities and watch some great
games!
Ms Liebelt
BOOK CLUB!
Come along to the new
book club.
Where: P84
When: Tuesdays—
Weeks 3, 6, 9 at
Lunchtime (1.15pm)
Share the books you’re
reading, ask others for
recommendations, share
ideas & opinions on
novels & authors.
Be prepared to join in
some discussion around
your favourite books and
to receive some
information about the
club itself.
Readers of all years and
skill are welcome!
Any questions? Please
see Miss Mooney
Year 10s Paying It Forward
As a part of Mrs Mensforth’s Year 10 English class, we have been conducting some research around the Pay It Forward
Foundation and what their mission is. We were looking at the foundation with the question of, ‘what can this motion do for us in
the Clare Valley?’ We viewed the Pay It Forward film and now have a sound understanding of the profound impact this could
have within our school and wider community. Each student has committed themselves to an act of kindness and we are in the
midst of creating a social platform to share our success using the Pay It Forward Foundation’s hashtag of #sharekindness.
Here is some of what the students had to say:
“The Pay It Forward Foundation is about acts of kindness among strangers making a chain effect from one person to the next
and onwards. This foundation inspires countless acts of kindness and is made to inspire people from all over the world. It is
important for everyone to take part in this foundation to bring kindness, generosity and thoughtfulness into the community and
for us all to help each other.”
“It is important to Pay It Forward because our lives would be so much easier and so much more enjoyable if we all just did some
good deeds once in a while to make someone else happy and ourselves happy also.”
“The Pay It Forward foundation is a foundation promoting acts of kindness towards others by giving other foundations the
resources and funding they need to help communities across the globe. The program inspires people to create the pay it
forward reaction. A chain reaction that lightens up the world.”
“The foundation also helps schools like how they help pay for 1,500 books for teachers to use with their students and provided
by the Pay It Forward Education Program.”
“The Pay It Forward thing is where one person does three big nice things for three people, then those three people do three
things for three other people and so on. I think the Clare Valley Community should participate in the pay it forward motion
because there would be a lot of generosity around the Clare region.”
From here we are looking forward to jumping into writing our discussion essays based on the following topics:
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Is it possible for one idea to change the world?
•
Could the idea of ‘paying it forward’ actually work?
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Is it worth doing something nice for someone else, with absolutely no expectation of receiving anything in return? What
about if the person wasn’t appreciative? Do we always expect something in return for everything we do?
•
Are there any opportunities where we can do good for others, or do we fail to notice them?
As a class, we also encourage you to take on the challenge of paying it forward within our community and spread the vision of
the Pay It Forward motion.
Mrs Brionie Mensforth
Year 10 English Teacher
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS.
In term 1 2017, Clare High School will once again hold Parent Teacher Interviews over 2 separate weeks.
We will be holding Senior School interviews (Year 10 - 12) on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd
March, Week 8 of Term 1, and Middle School interviews (Years 7 – 9) on Tuesday 28th and
Wednesday 29th March, Week 9 of Term 1.
We will continue with our online booking system called Parent Teacher Online.
This system allows you to manage your interview bookings with ease, allows the management of booking
for all of your children who attend CHS and more efficiently than a paper trail. Information regarding
placing bookings will be released via email and to students via hard-copy over the next few days.
If Clare High School does not have your current email address, please contact Lynda Johnson at CHS
reception via phone (08 8842 2788) or email [email protected] to update your email
information and receive your log in details efficiently.
Thank you,
Matt Linn
The Order of Operaons
Brackets, Exponent, Division, Mulplicaon, Addion and Subtracon
•
Always remember that for :
•
Division and Mulplicaon work out which ever comes
first in the expression working from le to right.
•
Addion and Subtracon work out which ever comes first
in the expression working from le to right.
Look at the following expression:
2+3x6=?
Is the answer 30 or 20? It’s 20…… because if you follow the order the
mul+plica+on comes before the addi+on, so this is what you do:
1.
3 x 6 = 18
2.
2 + 18 = 20
How about this one:
20 - 6 x 2 + (3 x 2)
The answer is : 12
Top Right: Wes McNair & Chloe Cook
Top Le4: Shield Winners
Centre: Clare High School Lower
North Zone Swimming Team
Bo5om: Age Champions
Layer Pullets For Sale
As part of our Agriculture program this semester students have been raising layer chickens.
They will be available for pick up from 3rd April
The cost is $13.00 per layer.
If you would like to purchase some please fill out the form below and return to school ASAP.
For more informa+on please contact Lesley Squires
A9en+on: Lesley Squires
Name : __________________
Contact number;______________________
Number of layers @ $13.00: ___________
Total amount payable:
____________
Payment needs to be made before chickens are collected.
The Acvity Space – A4er School Program
Would your family benefit from an aMer school program designed for teenagers and pre-teens with a disability?
At SA Country Carers, we are con+nually striving to find ways to further support those caring for their loved ones who are
living with disability. AMer consulta+on with a number of carers, we believe that a tailored aMer school program – The Ac+vity
Space (TAS) could do just that.
Maybe you would like the opportunity to work more than you are currently able, maybe you would like to par+cipate more in
your community, or have the +me to spend with friends. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do all of this whilst feeling confident
that your child is being well supported by qualified staff to enjoy a wide range of recrea+onal and skill-building ac+vi+es.
Our vision for TAS is that it would be tailored to each of the par+cipants. There would be high staff to child ra+os ensuring
each par+cipant receives the highest quality of care and the required support to enable them to par+cipate in ac+vi+es. We
will focus on providing a posi+ve, fun and sensory friendly environment that promotes con+nual growth of independence,
social and self-help skills. Transport from local schools to TAS would be provided by SA Country Carers.
Par+cipa+on in TAS would be funded by your child’s NDIS plan at the relevant group rates or clients without NDIS funding
may pay a ‘fee for service’. Feel free to contact us for more informa+on about this.
Our respite team are currently gathering informa+on on how best we can support your aMer school care needs. If the TAS
program is something you think you may u+lise, please contact us for an Expression of Interest form by phoning Laura on
1300 686 405.
FOOTY UMPIRES WANTED
The San Remo NEFL Green Shirt Program for first
year umpires are looking for anyone interested to
register their interest.
Do you love footy, like to keep fit, see great local
games and earn some cash? Your umpire
course, uniforms and mentoring and training are
all supplied as part of the program. This is open to
girls and boys who think that umpiring footy
could be a good career path. Students in year 9
and above are encouraged to consider.
We are also looking for interest in forming a
boundary umpires panel. You also will be
supplied uniforms, coaching and earn some cash
and stay fit. This is a great stepping stone if you
think central umpiring would be for you later on.
Also open to boys and girls. This is perfectly suited
to playing your team sport in the morning, then
joining the umpires panel in the afternoon.
If you are interested
please register interest
with Ms Katie Liebelt.