SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

70-92 Brae Street, Inverell NSW 2360 Ph: 02 6722 3777 Fax: 02 6722 5829

Principal: Miss P. Colley Relieving Deputy Principal: Mr C. Drake

e: inverell-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au w: www.inverell-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

COMING EVENTS Wednesday 24th June Canteen is open

Friday 3rd July Last day of Term 2

TERM 2 - WEEK 10 WK B

Term 2 Week 9Wednesday 24th June 2020

TERM 2 - WEEK 9 WK A

I would like to thank the students, parents/caregivers for the settled return to full-time face-to-face learning this term. The department has now published guidelines for the return to full time face-to-face learning that covers activities for the rest of this term and for activities in Term 3. This document has been placed on both our Facebook page and Website. The reports for Year 11 and Year 12 have been published and distributed. Please contact the school if you want to discuss your childs progress or if you have any other concerns. Junior reports are being completed and will be published and distributed early in Term 3.

The school canteen has re-opened with limited food options, we thank you for your patience with this matter. With the onset of the cold weather I would like to remind families that full winter uniform is expected to be worn, please refer to the updated uniform policy on our schools website, if there are any issues or concerns please contact the schoolThank you to the Sapphire Wind Farm Community Fund and Inverell High P & C for your Shade for Schools project. Our marquee looks great and will be a wonderful asset for future outdoor events.Mr Chris DrakeRelieving Principal

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SUPPORT UNITAs part of our community access program the students of SU1 and SU2 went bush walking at Lake Inverell. All students had a lovely time, enjoying the warm weather, being outdoors and above all they enjoyed a drink from McDonalds shouted by Mrs Ludwig. Two students have shared their favourite moments while at Lake Inverell.Ben: “My favourite parts of Lake Inverell were the walking and talking with Mrs Alliston, watching ants – not normal brown ants but large meat ants - running around everywhere. I also enjoyed having a frappe at the picnic area”.Kiara: “I thought that Lake Inverell was very pretty. My favourite parts were seeing the black swans floating on the lake, the walking track and having a milkshake at the picnic area”.

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CHESS TEAMASX SHARE MARKET GAMEEarlier this year the ASX ran the first of its two annual national Australian Schools Share Market Games for 2020. The competition was well supported with a total of 17,018 entrants - 5,630 from schools in NSW. Students were given a virtual share trading account balance of $50,000 and 10 weeks to buy and sell shares from any of the top 200 shares on the ASX. Inverell High School had a number of students who entered the competition this year and Liam Downey of Year 11 placed within the final 20% of students nationwide. Liam finished the competition with a closing balance of $55,534, making a profit of $5,534 in a 10 week period. Top performing student, Zain from Whitebridge High School near Newcastle, NSW had an incredible result! Taking his starting balance of $50,000 and turning it into $116,468.60 in only 10 weeks. This was a phenomenal result, especially during such a volatile period for share markets globally, directly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Game 2 commences 19th August and will provide a second opportunity for students to learn how to manage investments in the Australian Share Market. More information can found at https://game.asx.com.au/game/info/school/about-the-game .

John DonaldsonMathematics Teacher

Inverell High Chess Team competed in Round 2 of the Country Secondary Schools competition against Macintyre High School. The team played online in the library, but unfortunately MHS were the stronger players on the day winning 3-1. There were some very close and long games and some disappointing regrets regarding moves, but it’s always good to learn from mistakes and improve on your game. We used the Lichess.org platform which has some great functions for anyone keen to practise their chess at home.Chess Club meets Monday’s in the Library at lunchtime. Due to COVID-19 cleaning guidelines for sporting equipment and games, we will be playing in the online format.

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Year 8 Technology class have been having a great time building their own Rubber Band Vehicles. The students then had some fun racing them in the MPU. Video has been posted on our Facebook page.

YEAR 8 TECHNOLOGY SPORT HAS RETURNED

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CLONTARF ACADEMYThe Inverell Academy have been busy over the past two weeks engaging boys back to school after the COVID-19 break.With regular pick ups each morning, delicious lunches and lots of activity in the Academy room we are slowly getting our numbers back to capacity.We farewelled Director Michael Watton at the end of last term, Michael is now the Director of the Moree Academy and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.With Michael leaving, Linden is now the acting Director and Luke remains in his role as Operations Officer. With camps not being possible at the moment, the Inverell Academy hosted a Pizza, Pasta and Footy night on Thursday 4th June. Around 23 academy members attended a great evening and are looking forward to our next activity.

We are now recruiting and there are many benefits to joining the Clontarf team:• The opportunity to work in some of the most unique locations in Australia• Be part of an organisation that is constantly growing and learning• Have a direct, tangible impact on the lives of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander menIf you are considering a career with the Clontarf Foundation, please complete and submit the Expression of Interest Form and one of our team members will contact with you.Candidates with relevant experience working with young people will be highly regarded.All Expressions of Interest will be treated with the strictest confidence to protect your privacy.https://clontarf.org.au/careers/

YEAR 7 FOODYear 7 Tech B completed their first food prac, fruit salad with homemade greek yoghurt as part of their Delicious Dairy unit.

MC 1 GARDENING

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Inverell High School Year 12 Charity 2020

Inverell Breast Cancer Support Group

Guess the weight of this giant pumpkin grown in the school garden

Pumpkin is on display at Elders Inverell

$2 per guess

Please drop the envelope provided with your guess & money in the box at

Elders Inverell or Inverell High School

1st Prize 2 trailer loads of firewood (if the correct weight is guessed by more than one person a draw from a hat will take place)

Good Luck

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This guide is for parents and carersA guide to NSW school students returning to face-to-face learningInformation has been updated as at 11 June 2020, until further notice.

NSW Department of Education

education.nsw.gov.au

8

In lin

e with

health

advice, sch

ools are op

erating

full tim

e, and

man

y add

itional

activities are now

able to recom

men

ce A

ll schools h

ave return

ed to fu

ll-time on

-camp

us learn

ing

. With

up

dated

h

ealth ad

vice and

chan

ges to state an

d n

ational restriction

s, schools are

able to recom

men

ce the m

ajority of school-b

ased activities from

either

15 Jun

e 2020

or the start of Term

3 (20 Ju

ly 2020

). Some activities are

contin

uin

g to b

e consid

ered.

The follow

ing

prin

ciples u

nd

erpin

these g

uid

elines:

• sch

ools contin

ue to b

e safe and

operation

s are in

line w

ith A

ustralian

Health

Protection

P

rincip

al Com

mittee (A

HP

PC

) and

 NSW

H

ealth g

uid

elines

• existin

g in

fection con

trol protocols at sch

ools, an

d n

ew h

ealth an

d safety m

easures p

ut in

p

lace will h

elp m

aintain

the h

ealth an

d safety

of stud

ents an

d staff

• all activities p

ermitted

at school are safe

and

app

ropriate in

a living

with

CO

VID

-19 en

vironm

ent.

School stu

den

ts do n

ot need

to follow strict ad

ult

ph

ysical distan

cing

gu

idelin

es, bu

t shou

ld follow

g

ood h

ygien

e practices like:

• reg

ularly w

ashin

g h

and

s•

avoidin

g sh

aring

drin

ks or food•

coug

hin

g or sn

eezing

into you

r elbow

, or a tissu

e wh

ich sh

ould

be d

iscarded

imm

ediately

• fillin

g w

ater bottles from

bu

bb

lers rather th

an

usin

g th

e bu

bb

ler directly.

School atten

dan

ce

All stu

den

ts shou

ld b

e at school u

nless:

• th

ey have a m

edical certificate w

hich

states th

at they are u

nab

le to return

to school d

ue

to an on

goin

g m

edical con

dition

and

the

expected

timefram

e•

they are cu

rrently u

nw

ell.

School activities/

school site u

sage

The m

ajority of school-b

ased activities can

recom

men

ce, as long

as the follow

ing

measu

res are ob

served:

• all visitors an

d extern

al to school p

roviders

mu

st adh

ere to relevant h

ygien

e, distan

cing

an

d safety p

rotocols•

prin

cipals m

ay contin

ue to restrict, lim

it or p

rohib

it activities if they are seen

as contrary

to the cu

rrent h

ealth ad

vice•

external p

roviders an

d visitors are req

uired

to d

emon

strate comp

liance w

ith h

ealth an

d

safety requ

iremen

ts inclu

din

g ad

herin

g to

strict gu

idelin

es and

comp

leting

relevant

forms

• n

on-essen

tial adu

lts are still not p

ermitted

on

school g

roun

ds or at sch

ool events – th

is in

clud

es paren

ts/carers un

less specifically

app

roved b

y the p

rincip

al.

Ph

ysical d

istancin

g

Ph

ysical distan

cing

of child

ren in

schools is n

ot req

uired

un

der th

e Au

stralian H

PP

C g

uid

elines.

Research

has sh

own

limited

transm

ission risk

associated w

ith sch

ool child

ren in

the sch

ool en

vironm

ent.

All ad

ults m

ust m

aintain

ph

ysical distan

ce from

each oth

er (1.5m) in

clud

ing

teachers an

d su

pp

ort staff, an

d p

arents.

Schools sh

ould

ensu

re school p

ick up

and

drop

off arran

gem

ents en

able p

arents to p

hysically

distan

ce from on

e anoth

er and

from staff.

School clean

ing

an

d h

ygien

e su

pp

liesYou

r school w

ill contin

ue to receive ad

dition

al clean

ing

in lin

e with

the A

HP

PC

gu

idelin

es and

ad

vice from N

SW H

ealth. Targ

et areas inclu

de

hig

h-tou

ch areas an

d oth

er hard

surfaces, d

oor h

and

les, lockers, ligh

t switch

es and

han

drails in

stairw

ays and

movem

ent areas. Th

ere will also b

e ad

dition

al cleanin

g of toilets an

d b

ub

blers an

d

topp

ing

up

of sup

plies like soap

.You

r school h

as received su

pp

lies of soap, h

and

san

itiser, toilet pap

er, pap

er towels, d

isinfectan

t w

ipes an

d p

ersonal p

rotective equ

ipm

ent. Th

e sch

ool is able to ord

er more as n

eeded

.

School activities

return

and

timelin

eA

ctivities/site usag

e that can

alread

y take place:

• U

se the sch

ool library

• E

ng

age in

non

-contact sp

orting

activities•

Can

teens an

d u

niform

shop

s can op

en at

prin

cipal’s d

iscretion•

Year 11 and

12 stud

ents on

ly may atten

d

classes/activities relating

to sub

jects only

available on

other cam

pu

ses is allowed

• V

ET w

ork placem

ent for Year 12 stu

den

ts is ab

le to proceed

from 1 Ju

ne 20

20. School

based

app

renticesh

ips an

d train

eeship

s can

recomm

ence on

ce the relevan

t workp

laces are b

ack in op

eration•

Trade Train

ing

Cen

tres can op

erate on sch

ool sites.

Activities/site u

sage th

at can take

place from

Mon

day 15 Ju

ne 20

20•

School assem

blies (lim

ited to 15 m

inu

tes and

n

o external visitors)

• C

hoirs an

d p

erformin

g arts at sch

ool, with

safety p

rotocols in p

lace •

Stud

ents m

ay attend

other sch

ools for essen

tial curricu

lum

related reason

s or p

lacemen

ts (e.g. au

dition

s or placem

ent tests)

• H

ydroth

erapy p

ools can b

e used

• In

cursion

s/external p

roviders can

provid

e activities th

at sup

port d

elivery of curricu

lum

(e.g

. mu

sic tutors, sp

ort skills develop

men

t p

rogram

s, science d

emon

strations, d

rama

tutors, H

ealthy H

arold).

• C

omm

un

ity use activities u

sed b

y stud

ents

such

as dan

ce classes, and

stud

ent sp

ort skills d

evelopm

ent, ou

tside of sch

ool hou

rs with

lim

ited ad

ult atten

dan

ce)•

Day field

trips to ou

tdoor location

s with

no

ph

ysical distan

cing

requ

iremen

ts can take

place

• Face to face TA

FE atten

dan

ce (see TAFE

w

ebsite for fu

rther in

formation

)•

School p

hotos

• D

epartm

ent of C

omm

un

ity and

Justice

services and

prog

rams.

Activities/site u

sage th

at can take

place from

beg

inn

ing

of Term 3

• A

ll school sp

ort and

activities inclu

din

g

comp

etitions alig

ned

with

curren

t health

ad

vice (inclu

din

g th

ose activities run

by

external org

anisation

s)

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ucation

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3A

gu

ide to N

SW sch

ool stud

ents retu

rnin

g to face-to- face learn

ing

– Gu

idelin

es for paren

ts and

carers

9

• In

ter-school stu

den

t events an

d com

petition

s (ch

oirs, sport , d

ebatin

g, p

ub

lic speakin

g,

perform

ing

arts, Selective Sports H

igh

School

trials etc)•

SRE

/SEE

lessons

• W

ork experien

ce for stud

ents

• V

ET w

ork placem

ents can

proceed

sub

ject to th

e availability of p

lacemen

t and

app

ropriate

risk assessmen

ts. For any th

at can’t p

roceed,

please see th

e NE

SA w

ebsite

• Sch

ool based

app

renticesh

ips an

d

traineesh

ips can

recomm

ence on

ce the

relevant w

orkplaces are b

ack in op

eration

• P

&C

meetin

gs – w

ith a stron

g p

reference for

on-lin

e wh

ere possib

le •

Paren

t/teacher m

eeting

s – wh

ere these n

eed

to take place – stron

g p

reference for on

-lin

e wh

ere possib

le un

less involvin

g seriou

s m

atters that req

uire face to face d

iscussion

•

Com

mu

nity u

se activities involvin

g g

eneral

adu

lt attend

ance (su

ch as com

mu

nity

markets).

Activities u

nd

er consid

eration from

Term

3Th

e followin

g even

ts will b

e reconsid

ered in

Term

3. For now

these even

ts mu

st remain

on

hold

.

• Sch

ool camp

s•

Excu

rsions (oth

er than

field trip

s explain

ed

above)

• P

arent atten

dan

ce at assemb

lies and

other

school even

ts (e.g. g

radu

ation cerem

onies or

stud

ent sp

eech even

ts)•

Paren

t volun

teers – e.g. p

arent read

ing

h

elpers (n

ote: canteen

and

un

iform sh

op

volun

teers are perm

itted)

• In

terstate excursion

s•

School b

ased activities th

at involve larg

e g

atherin

g of ad

ults are n

ot perm

itted at

this tim

e. These in

clud

e paren

t/comm

un

ity g

atherin

gs su

ch as p

arent fu

nction

s, workin

g

bees, fu

nd

raisers, school B

BQ

s, large p

arent

inform

ation even

ing

s, and

large on

-site cu

ltural even

ts. These larg

e gath

ering

s and

th

e followin

g activities w

ill contin

ue to b

e review

ed an

d assessed

based

on A

HP

PC

and

N

SW H

ealth ad

vice and

may b

e perm

itted at

a later date.

Activities th

at are cancelled

, d

elayed or n

ot perm

ittedC

ertain larg

e arts and

sports even

ts are can

celled or d

elayed b

ecause th

ey requ

ire feeder

activities and

have lon

g-lead

time org

anisation

al arran

gem

ents. P

lease speak to you

r schools if

you w

ould

like to know

more.

Intern

ational excu

rsions are can

celled u

ntil

furth

er notice.

Rep

orting

and

assessm

ent

You w

ill receive your ch

ild’s sem

ester 1 report

before th

e end

of Au

gu

st (Week 6, Term

3).Th

is will b

e a simp

lified version

of the rep

ort you

norm

ally receive. Schools are en

courag

ed to

discu

ss your ch

ild’s p

rogress w

ith you

before th

e w

ritten rep

ort is issued

.

Resp

ond

ing

to C

OV

ID-19 cases

There is a clear p

lan in

place for sch

ools to resp

ond

to any su

spected

or confirm

ed cases of

CO

VID

-19 in ou

r schools. W

e are workin

g closely

with

NSW

Health

and

will com

mu

nicate w

ith

paren

ts if a situation

arises. Find

out m

ore at th

e respon

se protocols p

age.

Transp

ortFor travel ad

vice to and

from sch

ool refer to the

NSW

pu

blic tran

sport service.

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2 2020

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es for schools

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