Friday 12th June 2015
Newsletter Date
NEWSLETTER
hastingssecondarycollege.com.au
Printmaking Studio.
Hot off the press, student works have been
completed in our new Printmaking Studio.
Year 8 students have successfully completed their drypoint engravings. Students
made a monogrammed print, based on
their initials. The new press is up and running and some exceptionally fine work has
been created by this industrious class. The
task is called "INKED UP".
The purpose of the print is a Bookplate.
Watch out at BookFace for our mini exhibition!
Issue Date:
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What’s Happening at Hastings Secondary College this week...
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Monday 15th June
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Tuesday 16th June
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Wednesday 17th June
Thursday 18th June
Friday 19th June
Production Week
One Day ‘Numeracy in Action’ Program Yrs 7-10
Yr 11 Metals Work Placement
Yr 12 Retail Work Placement
Write On! - Creative Writing Group Lunch 1 Rm11
The ToM ToM Club - Tournament of Minds group 2015 Lunch 2 Rm11
Choir rehearsal - Port Macquarie Campus (2.30-4pm)
Homework Centre TODAY 2.15 - 3.45pm
Production Week
Yr 11 Metals Work Placement
Yr 12 Retail Work Placement
JOLT meeting Lunch 1 and Lunch 2 Tiered Learning Room
Riding for the Disabled excursion
Production Week
Yr 11 Metals Work Placement
Yr 12 Retail Work Placement
Homework Centre TODAY 2.15 - 3.45pm
Big Breakfast Deal at the canteen
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Production Week
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Production Week
Yr 11 Metals Work Placement
Yr 12 Retail Work Placement
Yrs 10-11 Careers Market at Racecourse
Yr 10 Peer Support Leaders meet with Yr 7 Period 2
Cross Campus Concert Band rehearsal - Port Macquarie Campus (2.30-4pm)
HATCH Big Band rehearsal - Port Macquarie Campus (4.30-6pm)
HSC Business Studies – Course Revision Yr 12 at Panthers
Yr 11 Metals Work Placement
Yr 12 Retail Work Placement
WASCALS meeting Lunch 2 in Room 2. New members always welcome
Monday 22nd June
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Tuesday 23rd June
 Barista Course Yr 11 HOS
 Riding for the Disabled excursion
 JOLT meeting Lunch 1 and Lunch 2 Tiered Learning Room
Wednesday 24th June
 Wednesday pancakes
 Homework Centre TODAY 2.15 - 3.45pm
Thursday 25th June
 Yr 12 Students excursion to Newcastle University
 Yr 10 Peer Support Leaders meet with Yr 7 Period 2
 Cross Campus Concert Band rehearsal - Port Macquarie Campus (2.30-.4pm)
Friday 26th June
 WASCALS meeting Lunch 2 in Room 2. New members always welcome
 LAST DAY OF TERM 2
Yr 11 reports distributed
Barista Course Yr 11 HOS
Write On! - Creative Writing Group Lunch 1 Rm11
The ToM ToM Club - Tournament of Minds group 2015 Lunch 2 Rm11
Choir rehearsal - Port Macquarie Campus (2.30-4pm)
Homework Centre TODAY 2.15 - 3.45pm
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TACKING POINT PUBLIC SCHOOL SPEECHES
Stage 3 winners
Last week I had the delightful honour of adjudicating the Multi-cultural public speaking competition at Tacking Point Primary School. Students from years 3 to 6 shared
their views on multiculturalism, choosing from a variety of set topics such as Refugees, What constitutes being an Australian, Respect and When does a migrant become an Australian? . The chance to learn about the family histories shared by some
students through topics such as Growing up together and Every family has a story
was greatly appreciated. Having listened to the amazing talents of these students, I
am looking forward to the opportunity to teach them when they start high school.
Hellene Underwood
Stage 2 winners
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Notice regarding changes to
uniform sales
Dear Parents and Carers,
Starting from Thursday 11th June,
Westport P & C will re-open an onsite uniform shop at Westport Campus. This will be run by our wonderful
parent volunteers.
Opening hours will be from 7.30 8.30am every Thursday for the remainder of Term 2, with further
times available in Term 3. Initially the
shop will only be able to accept cash
for purchases. EFTPOS facilities will
be available soon, hopefully by the
beginning of Term 3.
Future information will be communicated through our newsletter, Facebook page, Skoolbag app, electronic
sign and daily student notices.
We appreciate your understanding
during the transition from Coast 2
Coast to an on-site shop and welcome any offers of help or suggestions from our families.
Pricing of school uniform items remain the same and can be found on
the back of this letter. Please take
advantage of the Grand Opening
Winter Specials, which are also included.
Kind Regards
Ian Gowan
Principal
The P & C held another successful Sausage Sizzle
at Bunnings on Sunday 7th June. Thank you to
our volunteers, especially students: Brandon
Thomas, Ashleigh Spindler and Gabriel Herron
who gave up part of their Sunday to help.
More volunteers will be needed for our next
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle, which we are hoping to
hold at the end of the year.
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Master Builders Award
Among the students recognised at a formal assembly recently at the Westport
Campus of the Hastings Secondary College
were Nathan Faux and Sam Pearce. They
were presented with their prizes by Ian
Chegwidden and Caleb Rose from the
North Coast Institute of TAFE. Both students took part in the Construction Section of a skills based competition held at
the recent Careers Market at the Port
Macquarie Racecourse.
Two hundred and twenty-four students
from the Hastings were involved in the
event.
Prizes were donated by Master Builders,
Oxley Division and Fast Plast.
Mr Rose praised the boys’ obvious skills
and suggested that they would have a
bright future in the construction industry.
Caleb Rose, Ian Chegwidden, Nathan
The Westport Campus Spirit Award
Craig Barnett from First National Real Estate
presented Kalea Boughton with ‘The Westport
Spirit Award’, which included a cash prize, for
her volunteer work in the end of term production of Circus Fantastica. Mr Barnett has had a
long association with the school and takes
great pride in
recognising
these young
people’s
achievements.
Etienne Smith, Kiara Irving,
Eden Cooper-Marsden and Shay Cradock.
Westport Campus Bronze Awards
Bronze Awards are awarded to students
who achieve 30 ‘Positives’ in the
school’s merit recognition scheme.
Among those honoured at the recent
formal assembly were Etienne Smith,
Kiara Irving, Eden Cooper-Marsden and
Shay Cradock.
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FUTSAL
Over 3 days (18th – 20th May), Westport Campus competed in the 2015 Hastings School
Futsal Titles. Westport entered seven teams
(13 boys, 14 boys, 15 boys, 19 boys, 15 girls,
16 girls, 19 girls). We had three teams that
qualified through to the next competition. We
also have some students who have been selected into representative teams (to be announced shortly).
13 Boys – RUNNER-UP
Team: Travis Chandley-Pascoe, Edward Smith,
Bailey Spokes, Bailey Carfi and Joshua
Schofield. The boys won their first two games
easily with a combined total of 23 goals. Their
third game was a well fought draw with a win
coming in their final pool game. The boys finished top of the pool and came up against
Port Campus in the semi-final. The boys were
once again successful moving onto the final
against St Columba. Unfortunately, after five
games, the boys were completely spent and
could not keep up with St Columba in the final. All five boys played with a high level of
sportsmanship. Games were as follows:
Game 1: Win 11 – 0 vs Port Campus
Game 2: Win 12 – 1 vs St Columba (green)
Game 3: Draw 1 – 1 vs St Columba (white)
Game 4: Win 5 – 4 vs Camden Haven High
Semi-Final: Win 4 – 1 vs Port Campus
Final: Loss: 3 – 0 vs St Columba (white)
14 Boys
Team: Brock Larance, Joshua Witherspoon,
Joel McManus, Coen Wright, Billy Antram,
Brendon Tilston, Jason Onley. The boys unfortunately started their campaign poorly with
three losses and a draw. The boys then rallied
to win their final game ensuring them a spot
in the top four on goal difference. In the semifinal, the boys put in a gallant effort with
them being in the game right up to the last
few minutes when the opposition scored a
couple
of goals in quick succession. Overall, the boys
played well over the day enjoying the challenge
set from the opposition teams. Well done boys.
Game 1: Loss 4 – 2 vs Port Campus
Game 2: Loss 5 – 0 vs St Columba
Game 3: Loss 4 – 3 vs Camden Haven High
Game 4: Draw 2 – 2 vs Wauchope
Game 5: Win 7 – 2 vs Heritage
Semi-Final: Loss 6 – 1 vs Port Campus
15 Boys
Team: Brayden Kruger, Brayden Bink, Brayden
Witte, Jayden Carlson, Max Smith, Tom Preen,
Mitchell Stevenson. The boys had a tough first
game going down by a few goals. In their second
game, they had a hard fought draw and in their
final pool game, they had a comfortable win finishing second in their pool. In the semi-final, the
boys put in a tremendous effort in defeat. Well
done boys.
Game 1: Loss 6 – 2 vs St Columba
Game 2: Draw 2 – 2 vs Port Campus
Game 3: Win 5 – 2 vs Camden Haven
Semi-Final: Loss 6 – 1 vs Camden Haven
19 Boys
Team: Sam Hutchison, Brendon McRae, Steven
Hughes, Moby Preen, Lachlan McGrath, Bailey
Chandley-Pascoe. The boys played five games
with enthusiasm and enjoyment even though
they were not able to notch up a win. Results
were as follows:
Game 1: Loss 4 – 0 vs Wauchope
Game 2: Loss 5 – 1 vs Taree
Game 3: Loss 5 – 3 vs St Columba (white)
Game 4: Loss 10 – 1 vs St Columba (red)
Game 5: Loss 3 – 1 vs Camden Haven
15 Girls
Team: Nonie Bishop, Grace Larance, Jennifer
Bobongie, Sharna Elford, Bree Dorrington, Jess
Clarke, Shae Cradock. The girls who have never
played together before had a great day competing to the best of their ability over six games.
Nonie and Jess led the team putting constant
pressure on the opposition’s goal keeper. They
displayed enthusiasm and sportsmanship even
though they did not register a win. Well done
girls.
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Game 1: Loss 5 – 0 vs Westport (red)
Game 2: Loss 4 – 1 vs St Columba (red)
Game 3: Loss 4 – 1 vs Wauchope
Game 4: Loss 4 – 0 vs Camden Haven
Game 5: Loss 4 – 0 vs St Columba (white)
Game 6: Loss 6 – 0 vs Port Campus
16 Girls – CHAMPIONS
Team: Jessica Hayes, Michaela Elford, Elise
Goodwin, Chloe Johnson-Sullivan, Kate Clarke,
Hannah Faux, Melissa Martin. The girls played
eight games, winning seven to take out the
Hastings Schools Futsal Title. They were a formidable side including 2 under 14 players Hannah and Melissa who were both goal scoring
machines thanks to excellent support from
Jess, Michaela, Elise, Chloe and Kate. The girls
finished second in the pool and played Camden
Haven in the semi-final which they won easily.
In the final they face Port Campus who managed to get a few early shots on goal which
were kept out by our magnificent goal keeper
Elise. After about five minutes the girls settled
in and managed to put three goals in the back
of the net to take out the win. Congratulations girls.
Game 1: Win 5 – 0 vs Westport (white)
Game 2: Win 6 – 0 vs St Columba (white)
Game 3: Win 3 – 0 vs Camden Haven
Game 4: Win 6 – 1 vs Port Campus
Game 5: Win 3 – 2 vs Wauchope
Game 6: Loss 3 – 2 vs St Columba (red)
Semi-Final: Win 6 – 1 vs Camden Haven
Final: Win 3 – 0 vs Port Campus
19 Girls – RUNNER-UP
Team: Elissa McKinnon, Georgia Clarke, Tayla
Heck, Chloe Cooper, Michaela Elford, Jessica
Hayes. The girls played 7 games, winning six
games to finish as the runner-up in the Hastings Schools Futsal Titles. They played with
skill and determination through all their round
games going undefeated to finish at the top of
the pool thanks largely to some excellent goal
keeping by Tayla Heck. They won their semifinal by four goals but just couldn’t get over
the line in the final going down by three goals.
It was a great effort by the girls who have qualified through to the next competition later in
the year.Game 1: Draw 1 – 1 vs Heritage
Game 2: Win 3 – 0 vs St Columba (green)
Game 3: Win 2 – 0 vs Camden Haven
Game 4: Win 4 – 1 vs Wauchope
Game 5: Win 3 – 0 vs St Columba (white)
Semi-Final: Win 4 – 0 vs Wauchope
Final: Loss 3 – 0 vs Camden Haven
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ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS TM
PARENT COURSE
Parenting skills for resolving teenage behaviour problems
A three-session program for parents and carers
WHEN: Thursday 16th, 23rd, 30th July 2015
WHERE: Training Room – Mingaletta Building
7 Sherwood Road, Port Macquarie
TIME: 10am – 12pm
COST: FREE
all materials & light refreshments provided
Learn:
Some common ground shared by parents
Some reasonable expectations to hold about adolescents
A three-option model & flow chart for decision-making
Self-check-in for parents
Building relationships with your teenagers
Making the best of your non-crisis conversations
Skills for tough conversations; handle those problems you just can’t ignore
The Trainer:
Vicki Rankin
Vicki completed Parentshop® Engaging Adolescents training in April 2013 and is a
qualified Family Worker with Hastings Family Support Service at UnitingCare
Burnside.
Contact Vicki on 6581 6600 to register for this course
Simple, sane, effective.
An end to the arguing & yelling!
It saved our
lives.
This course is being run by a Parentshop® licensed practitioner.
Year 12
Please submit your baby photos to Ms Simpson for the
Graduation ceremony photo morphing. Show the school
community how far you’ve come. Two photos please. One
baby and then one when you’re a little older. Preferably with
you facing the camera and your lovely face nice and clear.
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CAREERS CORNER
Year 10 are currently going through the process of subject selections for their senior
years of study. Panel interviews will be held
for all students next week but students who
are unsure about any issues dealing with selections are encouraged to visit the Careers
Office beforehand to sort through concerns
or gain insights into possible selections.
Completed selection sheets are to be returned to the Year 10 Year Adviser Mr Jacobs by Friday 19th June.
23 year 12 students have indicated they will
be attending the Newcastle University
Schools Visit Day on Thursday 25th June. This
excursion will give those students attending
an opportunity to find out information on
degrees offered, accommodation available
and to get a feel for the campus and university life. Please finalise your permission note
and bus fare if attending.
A celebration of 100 years of women in the
police force will be held on the Town Green
on Tuesday 16th June. From 11am recruiting
information and displays on forensics, the
dog squad and police vehicles will be on
show. Senior students interested in a career
in the force and who would like to attend
this celebration are asked to register their
interest by adding their name to the list on
the Careers Office door.
AFS Student Exchange Scholarships are now
on offer for students in Years 9-11. An opportunity to live in another country and
study at a local high school for between 4
weeks and 11 months and receive a scholarship to do so could be yours.
The Future Moves team at Charles Sturt University are conducting their first Senior Success Program for Year 12 students on Tuesday 16th June at their Grant Street Campus
between 6-7.30pm. So far only a single Year
12 student has shown interest in attending.
Expressions of interest need to be returned
ASAP. Last week’s Year 11 program at the
same venue had a very disappointing turnout
with no Westport Campus students in at
tendance.
A number of part time jobs are currently available and have been advertised in the daily notices – visit the Careers Office if you want further
details on these positions or any other of the
above information.
Lance Kedward
Careers Adviser
Maths B.E.S.T. Day at Port Campus
On Thursday 4th June and Tuesday 9th June
Years 7- 10 students from both the Port Macquarie and Westport Campuses of the Hastings
Secondary College were involved in the Be Everything Succeed Together (B.E.S.T.) program. Activities held over the two days gave the top performing Mathematics students a chance to engage in some hands on problem solving and Engineering challenges as well as an opportunity to
build on their study skills.
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STAFF PROFILE
Ian Mavin
1. What subjects do you teach?
Currently, I teach Year 7 , 9 & 10 Science classes and also Senior Science in Years 11 and
12. I also teach several students from our Port
Macquarie Campus in both senior classes.
2. Is it true all Science teachers have a wardrobe full of white coats?
They don't stay white for long, so no, this is
not technically true!
We also have many, many shirts with front
pockets, to put our many, many pens in.
3. What exciting things are you currently doing with your classes?
In the coming weeks, my Year 7 class will be
designing and building balloon powered cars.
Year 8 are trying to stop an egg from breaking
when dropped 2 storeys
Year 9 will be determining the best way to
make exactly 100mL of carbon dioxide gas.
Year 10 are currently building various electric
circuits and sending Morse Code messages to
each other.
Year 11 are growing and experimenting with
plants by subjecting the plants to conditions
like detergents and fertilisers to see the effect
on plant growth.
Year 12 have been looking at fibre optics cables and how waves allow us to communicate.
4. What's your favourite experiments?
Year 7 - Soft drink cans imploding (the opposite of exploding)
Year 8 - Heart dissections
Year 9 - Making plant indicators to distinguish
between acids and bases
Year 10 - Building electric circuits
5. What upcoming events in the Science faculty should we be looking out for?
As usual, we will have a fantastic display in
Lab 4 on Wednesday 13th May for the Year 6
into 7 Information night, with plenty of opportunity for hands on experimentation.
We have a guest speaker joining us in a couple
of weeks to speak to Year 10 about reef destruction on the Great Barrier Reef.
In June, students will be competing in both the
Science ICAS competition and The Big Science
Competition.
In the coming weeks, we will have baby chickens
at our School Farm which will no doubt be very
popular again with our agriculture students.
In Term 3, we will also have several day old
calves for the Cows Create Careers program
where students will bottle feed them several
times a day for a couple of weeks.
In August, several Year 9 students will be helping to run the K-2 Science Fair at Westport PS
and some Year 10 students will be involved in
judging at the Tacking Point PS Science Fair.
As you can see, the Science fun never stops . . . .
6. What's your best science joke?
Why did the hipster chemist get burnt?
Because he touched the Bunsen before it was
cool.
7. What's your favourite scientific quote?
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for
tomorrow.
The important thing is to not stop questioning.
(Albert Einstein)
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To all Parents / Carers of students attending Hastings Secondary College –
Westport Campus,
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on school students with educational
accommodations – 2015
Westport Campus is participating in the collection of nationally consistent data on school
students who require additional educational accommodations to help access the curriculum.
We will be collecting information already available in the school about the support that is
being provided to students with a disability or who required a modified curriculum
(academic or social). Better data will help Government plan for these students.
The data collection will have no direct impact on your child and they will not be involved in
any testing process.
The NSW Department of Education and Communities will provide data to the Australian
Government from all NSW public schools in such a way that no individual student or school
will be able to be identified. In this way, we will ensure the privacy and confidentiality of all
students.
All information is protected by privacy laws which regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. Information about the Australian Government’s Privacy
Policy can be found here: http://education.gov.au/condensed-privacy-policy. Information
about the NSW Government’s privacy policies can be found here:
http://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/
If you do not want your child to be counted in the data collection could you please notify
Duncan Kirkland (Head Teacher, Student Wellbeing). A decision to exclude your child will
not affect the support they currently receive.
Further information about the data collection can be found on the Australian Government
Department of Education website:
http://education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability
If you have any questions about your child being included in the data collection please contact the school.
If you need help with English to make an enquiry contact the Telephone Interpreter Service
on 131 450 and ask for an interpreter in your language. The operator will call the number
you provide and get an interpreter on the line to assist you with your conversation. You will
not be charged for this service.
Kind regards
Ian Gowan
Principal
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Hastings Junior Baseball.
Come and try day.
June 14th 2015 Blackbutt
Park ,Wauchope. 8.30am for a
9am start.
Boys & Girls 4 to 15 years.
Come and try
T Ball, Zooka, Liveball.
Then stay on to watch the
seniors play baseball.
Canteen will be in operation.
[email protected]
come and ... DISCOVER ENGINEERING Information Evening
The Mid North Coast Group of Engineers Australia would like to
invite you to an information evening of 'Discover Engineering".
The evening aims to build the profile of engineering as a career choice
amongst school students, teachers and parents as well as build the awareness of engineering within the community.
Students are invited to come along and hear some of the many ways engineers influence our everyday lives and hear how to achieve a rewarding
career in engineering.
Areas to be addressed include:
* Why be an Engineer?
* What do Engineers do?
* How do you become an Engineer?
*What is it like to study Engineering?
This FREE forum is for all high school students and will be held on Monday
22nd June 2015 at The Chapel, St Columba Anglican School, 3 Iona Avenue
(off Major Innes Road), Port Macquarie from 5.30pm.
Registration is essential by Thursday 19th June 2015. Please visit https://
www.engineersaustralia.org.au/events/discover-engineering-2015-portmacquarie or phone 4911 7310.
Office hours:
7.45AM—2.45PM
Ph: 65836400
Fax: 65840335
WEP Student Exchange – Learn and Discover the World!!
WEP Australia is a not-for-profit student exchange organisation
registered with the Education Departments in NSW, QLD and VIC.
Applications for short and long-term programs commencing from
November 2015 onward are open now. Students can choose from
over 25 countries to live with a volunteer WEP host family and attend an overseas high school for a summer, semester or year. To
request program information for your family, visit
www.wep.org.au, email [email protected] or call 1300 884 733.
SUNDAY MARKET
Tutoring and MENTORING for
EVERY 2ND & 4TH
SUNDAY OF THE
MONTH
students
School life is a complex mix of personal, social and academic growth.
Expectations are ever increasing and time is scarce.
Are you dedicated to your child’s success?
Do you want your child to be the best they can be?
HELP IS HERE!
Tutoring and Mentoring Packages for 12-20 year olds are now available at:
Port Macquarie Youth Hub
Maths, English, Personal Development & Peak Performance Coaching
For more information contact:
Andrew
0410 02 6060