Grade 10 – 12 Celebration Dinner

Two weeks ago we were excited to celebrate our Senior School students with the Celebration Dinner. It was a lovely night to get dressed up and engage with our young adults. I would like to pass on my congratulations to them for their presentation and behaviour on the evening - The Cannery staff expressed their pleasure at having them and the staff. Thanks to The Cannery at Port Cygnet for having us.

Industrial Action: Wednesday, 9th November 

Once again it is looking like industrial action will impact the school next week. We are awaiting further details and be sure to communicate this information to our families and community as soon as we are able.

Celebrating Student Success

Congratulations to Daniel in Year 10 for being named as Swimming Tasmania Stroke Champion of the Year in Backstroke, Breaststroke and the Individual Medley. An outstanding result Daniel, as a result of your dedication to your sport. 

Whole School Assembly

We are enjoying getting back into the swing of things and having our fortnightly assemblies. In spite of what your child tells you, parents and families are more than welcome to join us and help celebrate our student’s success. Assemblies are Tuesday from 12.00pm–12.35pm in Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 in the Huonville Primary School's multipurpose room.

Until week 6.

Kindly,

janelle.reeves@decyp.tas.gov.au 

A quick reminder for our students and school community: safety is our first value. It’s absolutely vital to us that all our students are safe, known and learning. This means that when students arrive at school in the morning, they need to remain with us until 2.55pm. We have legal duty of care from the moment each student arrives on site so if anyone leaves, we need to follow up. Every student matters, it’s not the same without all of us here!

MANY THANKS to those that responded to the 2022 Staff and Families Surveys - we thank you for your participation and valuable insights! For those that participated, your school(s) will be provided a summary of responses in the coming weeks.

Janelle Reeves
Principal

janelle.reeves@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Hello and welcome to Term 4 of 2022. What a busy year we’ve been having! It seems like not so long ago our new year 7 students were starting their very first day at Huonville High School. Now we are in the last term of the school year and our Year 7s are so close to being year 8s. The students have grown, not only intelligently, but also in height. As we come to the last term, please remember that your child attending school is very important. Each day at school counts and we love being able to see your child each day. An exciting opportunity has come up for our year 7s: next year we will be lucky enough to have some of our students represent our grade for leadership for the school. Students can apply and become the voice of our grade.

English

In English this term the students are studying the film The Little Prince. Students are analysing the different cinematic techniques that influence an audience and how different narrative structures can change the audiences' connection to characters. Later in the term, students will be constructing their own narratives with intersecting storylines and elements from The Little Prince. The students have been enjoying the beginning of the unit, learning to analyse shorter films such as The Birds and Dug’s Adventure (Pixar short films). I look forward to sharing the students' creative writing in coming weeks!

Jess Lowe
English Teacher

jess.lowe@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Science

In week 3 some of our Grade 7 students attended the Marine Discovery Centre at Woodbridge to broaden their skills and knowledge within the Biology field.  Students looked at the classification of marine species and their ecosystems.  Students had an opportunity to go on a research boat and travel across the Channel, collecting organisms and water data.  Fun is to be had! Unfortunately, bad weather forced the Centre to cancel one of the days, but the rest of the Grade 7 students will get the opportunity to participate on Thursday, 10th November.

Traci Cooper
Science Teacher

traci.cooper@decyp.tas.gov.au 

History

The Year 7s have been hanging around the ancient world so far this year and lately they’ve witnessed the rise of one of the world’s greatest superpowers, Rome. Students have learnt about Romulus and Remus, twin brothers discarded by the Tiber River by a jealous uncle, only to be saved by a she-wolf and then found and raised by a shepherd and his wife.  Students have also learned about the exploits of Rome’s first boogeyman, Hannibal (not the cannibal), a man who nearly brought the Romans to the brink of destruction. Students have considered and compared sources to build a character assessment of Hannibal. Currently the Y7s are examining Roman social groups – they used epigraphical evidence from tombstones to piece together the role of women in Roman society.  

Adrian Dorrington
HASS Teacher

adrian.dorrington@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Visual arts

In Visual arts this term Year 7 students are looking at the elements of space. They are focusing on positive and negative spaces. Students have been tracing designs onto lino and learning how to safely cut it out.

Bobby-Jack Bowen Butchart
Visual Arts Teacher

bobby-jack.bowen.but@decyp.tas.gov.au 

In Grade 8 Homeroom, classes are beginning to look at results from the student wellbeing survey and unpack what the data is telling us. One of the things they’ve noticed is that ‘school climate’ – how they show respect and help each other – could be improved in Grade 8. Over the next couple of weeks, staff will listen to students’ ideas for what needs to change. Their ideas and feedback will inform the homeroom program for the rest of the term and we’re excited to see what they come up with!

In English, Grade 8s have had a brilliant start to Term 4, preparing to view the Australian film, ‘Girl Asleep’ and learn about how it uses allegory to present its themes.

Students have been getting familiar with “the olden days” in which the film is set: 1970s Australia. They have done this by reading up on the big shifts that took place in Australia at that time in society, culture and fashion and using this new knowledge to make predictions about what they expect to see in the movie. Please note, permission slips for viewing the film will be coming home very soon, so keep an eye out!

Amy Richardson
Grade 8 Coordinator

amy.richardson1@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Jed studying heat energy and the energy given off when salts like strontium chloride are placed into the flame of a Bunsen burner. The ‘hook’ was, ‘how do fireworks get their colour?’

Jason Lunden
Science Teacher

jason.lunden1@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Last term we were delighted to have Mrs Dean’s Grade 2/3 class from Huonville Primary School visit us in the Science Department. 

Students were very excited to come and use our microscopes to have a closer look at a wide range of organisms.  There were leaves, flies, spiders, hairs, cells, and much more!  It was great to see young people learning how to use microscopes and we hope to see them again soon. 

Many thanks go to Jason Lunden and Romea Gorisch for running the session and guiding the students through the activities. 

Traci Cooper
Science Teacher

traci.cooper@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Welcome back to our final term for what promises to be a very busy final 7 weeks of the school year. In the past two weeks we’ve had celebration dinner and a halloween event to kick off the term. This leaves the Grade 11 transition to finalise as well as exams and last-week-of-the-year events to lock in before we say goodbye to 2022.  

Let’s get started with week one, where we had a celebration for our Grade 10-11-12s at a celebration dinner. So much appreciation goes out the families and carers in our community for your support of the event this year as we celebrated the journey of learning our young people have been taking. The stand out for me was watching them all arrive in their vehicles, from flash cars, big trucks, horses and a tractor to top it off, which was the personal highlight for me. The Port Cygnet Cannery put on an amazing event with the space really catering to all the ages and stages of the evening. The comment from the venue after the event was how well behaved and respectful the students all were and they look forward to having us back next year.

Photos of the event are all up for purchase from the Yaleena Bridges photo page: https://YBridgesPhotos.pixieset.com/huonvillehighleavers/ You will need a code to access the pages of the event, which is the year we are in ‘2022’. Get in touch with me if you have any questions about how to do this.  

Transition to Grade 11 is hotting up, with students finalising their course selections this term. Whether students are staying on at Huonville High or moving on to another site, we have the supports in place to make it a smooth transition.  

As always, get in touch with the school or me directly if you have any questions about the rest of the term.  

Regards,

Bobby-Jack Bowen Butchart
Grade 10 Coordinator

bobby-jack.bown.but@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Year 10 exams will take place in Week 8 (from 5th December) and will run for four days.

Exams will be one subject per day and will have a double period of time allocated. Subjects will be English, Science, HASS and Maths.

The purpose of these is two-fold: preparation and experience in tests/exams beyond Year 10, and the chance for students to improve their result in time for final end-of-year reports. Please note that a poor result in an exam will not result in their end-of-year results going down.

In the coming weeks a timetable for the exam week will be put together.

Clint Rottier
AST 9-10

clint.rottier@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Andy Koppleman
Music Teacher

andrew.koppleman@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Year 11/12 end of school year dates and deadlines:

Level 1 and 2 TASC Courses:

Formal lessons will be conducted up to and including Friday, 11th November.

Teachers will be in attendance and providing support for students to complete assessment tasks until Thursday, 17th November.

Students’ final internal ratings will be submitted to TASC by teachers on Friday, 18th November.

VET Qualifications:

Formal lessons will be conducted up to and including Friday, 11th November.

Teachers will be in attendance on Tuesday, 15th and Thursday, 17th November, and provide support for students to complete assessment tasks.

Level 3 Courses:

Formal lessons will be conducted up to and including Monday, 7th November.

English 3 External Assessment Exam will take place on Wednesday, 9th November 9:00 am

General Mathematics 3 External Assessment Exam will take place on Thursday, 10th November 1:00 pm

All exams will be conducted at Hobart College.  Students will be transported to and from the college by their teacher in the school bus.

Jane Fricker
AST 11/12

jane.fricker@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Grade 8

It has been an exciting start to the term for Grade 8 drama students. This term our focus is game shows! We started this week by studying an old favourite called Takeshi's Castle. The students learnt about the algorithm from the show and then had to create a game show based on the structure. We had two fantastic game shows which featured Chloe’s Castle and Noah's Entertainment. Each week our Year 8 students will be studying different game shows ready to develop their very own towards the end of the term. The team skills in our Year 8 drama class are fantastic, with each student being able to work with anyone in our class with no issues at all. I look forward to sharing with you the different game shows our very talented Year 8 drama students come up with.

Grade 9/10

In our Year 9/10 drama class we have been working hard to have our polished school production ready to go. Students have been practicing their lines, creating props and planning last minute changes. We are very excited to be sharing the production with our fabulous community - you can buy tickets from the front office. We look forward to seeing you in our audience on either the 24^th, 25^th or 26^th November for a fantastic show!

Jess Lowe
Drama Teacher

jess.lowe@decyp.tas.gov.au 

The last term of the year is focused on students finalising their ideas into visual representations and reflecting on their making processes. Immersed in their final projects, the Grade 10s are achieving so much when it comes to demonstrating independent and self-directed learning. What we do in the art space is building students up to the point where they are the leaders for their own learning and making choices. This is no easy feat for a young person - to develop an understanding of visual mediums and how they best articulate their vision using these mediums - but hats off to this group as they are doing it in spades.  

The Grade 9s are at the early phase of developing these skills, but this cohort is demonstrating they are on track to hitting those curriculum achievement standards by this time next year.  

Grade 8s are completing their learning of the elements and principals of art and design rounding out their year with ‘proportion’ and ‘disproportion’ in a portrait. They will be enjoying using caricature to manipulate celebrities' faces to emphasise what is unique about them.  

Grade 7s are learning about ‘visual space’ and how to apply it by developing their understanding of ‘positive & negative’ space using lino cutting and printing processes.  

Bobby-Jack Bowen Butchart 
Visual Arts 

bobby-jack.bowen.but@decyp.tas.gov.au 

The following students successfully completed the “Bounce back program” over Term 3.

The program aims to facilitate personal change through education and building confidence, trust, self-esteem and improved physical, social and mental well-being. Students participated in a variety of activities including: cyber safety, mental health, healthy relationships, sexual health, party safe and a great deal of physical training.

Senior Constable Stephen Rose, and PCYC personal trainer Tomas Gunka, who facilitated the exercise portion of the program, found that the participants in this group were fantastic, engaging in all aspects of the program. They were polite, respectful and showed a high level of comradery.  

All participants have been issued with a 12-month PCYC membership (those who were already members had their memberships extended).

Daniel Shilcock was crowned the Swimming Tasmania Stroke Champion of the Year for Backstroke, Breaststroke and Individual Medley. This is no mean feat to be crowned the best swimmer of the State in three separate categories. Daniel was also awarded the HC Swim Club Spirit Award for showing great dedication, focus and determination, as well as respect for others and setting a great example for other swimmers. Well done, Daniel!

Lachlan Job represented Huonville High School at the Tasmanian All Schools Track and Field Championships on Saturday, 29^th November and Sunday, 30^th November.  Lachlan won the U14 boys Javelin, Shot Put and Discus events. We congratulate Lachie on his clean sweep at the championships!

Jessica Norris represented Huonville High School at the 2022 Inter School Horse Trials winning her category in the low-level eventing. Great work Jessica!

Mr Mislov took a group of students to the Reclink Cricket Tournament where students were treated to some fantastic weather at Claremont Oval. Well done to all students involved.

Mr Belstead took a group of Grade 9/10 students to the Girls Southern School Netball Championships at the end of Term 3.

These students made it through the group stage with a loss to The Friends School, and a dominant win over Bayview Secondary College. The girls then made the semi-final in which they fought in a 1-for-1 goal contest with Mackillop College up until the fourth quarter where the fatigue set in as a result of no substitutes. Well done on representing the school with pride!

Year 10 students also participate in wheelchair basketball as part of their lifelong physical activity unit. Thanks to Richard Jones from ParaQuad Tasmania for running this session.

James Belstead
HPE Teacher

james.belstead@decyp.tas.gov.au

Riley Mislov
HPE Teacher

riley.mislov@decyp.tas.gov.au 

The Huonville High School Association met last Thursday to finalise the purchase of 20 brightly coloured bean bags, as well as approve new permanent seating for the canteen and outdoor learning areas. We anticipate the bean bags to be in place by the end of this year, and if successful, we will look to invest in more for around the school and the 11-12 spaces.  

Discussion on the placement of a fixed sign along the Huon Highway as people drive into town promoting the school are progressing. The advertising will aim to promote the school as the school of choice for families of the Valley.  

Our joint funding with Huon Valley Council and Bendigo Community Bank of the new school murals by local artist Rueben Oates will be finalised by the end of this year. The timeline for completion of the second mural at the front entrance to the school is early December.  

With a new school year approaching we are seeking new members from our parents and carers community who would like to help direct the investment and growth of the school for 2023. We hold two meetings a term and they run for 1hr at the teachers' staff room in H Block.  The next meeting of the School Association is on Thursday, 1st December, from 5.30-6.30pm - all welcome!

Get in contact with Eloise Foo at eloise.foo@utas.edu.au.  

Thank you very much.  

Bobby-Jack Bowen Butchart 
Secretary of the School Association

bobby-jack.bowen.but@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Greetings from Nurse Katherine …

October was Cyber Security Awareness Month, a good yearly reminder for all Australians to continue to learn to stay safe online.  This year’s theme is ‘Have you been hacked?’

There is great cyber security information for adults here: https://www.cyber.gov.au/acsc/cyber-security-awareness-month-2022

To help teach your kids to stay safe online, check out the poster below, and visit:

https://www.cyber.gov.au/cyber-security-kids

Katherine  Lee
School Health Nurse

https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/healthy+living/top+tips+for+healthy+living/keeping+healthy+this+winter;
https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/S_T/Staying-healthy-in-winter

katherine.lee@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Students will be sitting NAPLAN between 15 and 27 March 2023.

The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning at school. On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students are not expected to do so.

NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance; however, students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers.

This is the first year NAPLAN will be held in March, having previously taken place in May. This change was made so school systems would have access to results earlier in the school year, so they can be used to inform teaching and learning plans for the remainder of the year.

 Why NAPLAN is conducted online

NAPLAN online provides a better assessment and more precise results.

One of the main benefits of NAPLAN online is that it uses tailored (or adaptive) testing. This means that students receive questions better suited to their abilities, so they can show what they know and can do.

Online testing also allows us to provide a wide range of accessibility options to support students with disability to access NAPLAN.

Feedback from students is that they find the online test more engaging.

Parent information brochures and other resources

Your questions answered on NAPLAN and what it means for your child:

NAPLAN information brochure for parents and carers

The link will take you to the official National Assessment Program (NAP) website.

Please contact the school if you have any further queries.

Kye Vincent
Assistant Principal

kye.vincent@decyp.tas.gov.au 

Due to several cost increases across materials and equipment used by students, we have had no option but to increase our Levies for 2023. We have not increased our levies for several years and have gained approval from the School Association to do so in 2023. We understand this will impact on some families so we encourage you to make part-payments throughout the year.

Below are the levies for 2023 - invoices will be sent out around March 2023.

Families may be elibible for STAS:

• The Student Assistance Scheme (STAS) provides help to low-income families with the cost of levies for students enrolled from kinder through to Year 12.
• The scheme is paid directly to schools and colleges rather than to families.
• Parents who have a current concession card as listed below can apply for dependent students for assistance under the STAS:
  • Services Australia – Centrelink Health Care Card, Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card
  • Department of Veteran Affairs – Pensioner Concession Card.

Click below for more information:

Jess Dunbabin | Human Resource Officer
Human Resources Branch | Department of Treasury and Finance

Phone: (03) 6145 5421   Email: jess.dunbabin@treasury.tas.gov.au

Need urgent advice on medicines?

Feel free to contact the Pharmacist Afterhours Advice Line 1300 742 769, a free remote service for all Tasmanians only, specifically designed to connect you with registered and experienced Pharmacists after operational hours (6pm-midnight 7 days a week), to get you the support you need

What happens after the call?

✅ You and your Doctor will be provided a summary of advice via email for your records

✅ If your call requires urgent medical care or is outside the scope of the Pharmacist, you will be referred onto another service

✅ You will be offered a follow-up call from the Pharmacist

SZapp is a mobile app that’s free for parents to download. SZapp allows the school to send notifications to parents, as well as being a platform where the school's important information is available to parents anywhere, anytime, on their mobile device.

Some of the features and applications that are already available on the app or will be added in the coming weeks include:

• Link to call the school directly or to access the school website
• Comprehensive school calendar that will be continually updated
• Forms and Documents – which will provide digital access to all forms sent home in hard copy
• Newsletter subscription link and archive of all previous newsletters
• News Feed – which will allow us to send notifications as a reminder of things that are coming up
• Bus details
• Staff email contacts
• And much more…

Download Schoolzine for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pidigi.schoolzine&hl=en_AU&gl=US

Download Schoolzine for Apple https://apps.apple.com/au/app/szapp/id982105479

Once you've downloaded the App, open it and search for Huonville High School by searching the region for Asia Pacific, then click on Huonville High School - your screen should look like this:

* If your child no longer attends HHS and you don't want to receive further newsletters or notifications, please email huonville.high@decyp.tas.gov.au