Principal: Jane Ferris Website: www.pittwater-h.schools.nsw.edu Deputy Principals: Rachel Fleming, Sharon Behringer , Martin Hardy (rel) Email: Pittwater-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

PITTWATER PRESS BE RESPECTFUL ASPIRE BE RESPONSIBLE

18 June 2019

Congratulations to our newly elected prefect body for 2020

Jade Bramham Ethan Couch Hamish Cummings Alex Dunlop Claudia Forbes Emily Hardman Julia Hardy Lexi Harrison Sarah Kjaer Nicholas Koutsos Cameron Kruger Andrew Lin Amy Le Blang

Caly Maguire Rowan Mitchell Georgia Peisley Madison Peisley Thomas Poppleton Drew Power Evelyn Robinson Jorja Searle Max Shaw Max Straetemans Rose Van Mierlo Chloe Wang Ella Williamson

Captains 2020 Vice Captains 2020 Jorja Searle Caly Maguire Max Straetemans Ethan Couch

Year 10 It is great to see Year 10 engaging with their senior school subject selections, talking to teachers and senior students for advice and attending the Careers Market, returning with sample bags and lots of ideas and questions to raise in their careers lessons with Jocelyn Bates. Year 10 are a terrific year group and it was wonderful to see a record number of nominations for House Captains and to talk to students at the Peer Support leaders’ morning tea on Friday. Many students spoke fondly of the ongoing relationship they have with their Year 7 group, sometimes a simple hi in the corridors or the playground or a longer chat. The Year 10 leaders spoke about how much they had gained from working with younger students, developing their own personal and leadership skills. These students are looking forward to further leadership opportunities and one student mentioned that in twelve months he could be a prefect and presenting his speech for school captain to the whole school. E Safety Commissioner An excellent website to explore is https://www.esafety.gov.au and the Commissioner is responsible for promoting online safety for all Australians. As parents and carers you know your child better than anyone and have the best opportunity to support and guide them to have safer online experiences. This guide covers some of the key online safety issues for young people and includes a range of practical tips and advice on what to do if things go wrong. You can also find a list of important services that are available to offer extra support.

The site is very useful for parents, including help-ing your child deal with the big issues in online safety such as cyberbullying, sending or receiving explicit images, time online and unwanted contact.

Phones-off and away! Congratulations to all students for responding positively and with good humour to our focus on learning by having mobile phones off and away in class and at assembly. We

also appreciate parents only contacting students in lunch breaks or contacting the front office if the communication is urgent. If students have phones on their desk the phone will be confiscated for the day and locked up in the Deputy’s “post box” for the day. It is the responsibility of the student to collect the phone at the end of the day, other-wise pick up will have to wait until the next day. There are even some students who recognise that their learning is so much better without the distractions of their phone and they bring their phone to the DPs as a way of self-regulation! “Hands Off”

A reminder to students that Pittwater is a “hands off” school as we frequently find that “mucking around” or “play fighting” results in tears

and students being hurt. We are pleased to see students being active at lunch time playing handball, basketball, soccer and touch foot-ball, but these activities must not involve body contact, especially tackling. We do not want to ban touch football, in particular from the oval.

Rachel Fleming, Sharon Behringer, Martin Hardy and Carol Roulston

This is a learning area

OFF AND AWAY

As the weather becomes cooler it is important that all students remain in the correct school uniform. There are many students who are coming to school in the incorrect jumpers and shoes on a daily basis. These students are placed on the daily detention and if they fail to turn up, are then placed on a Tuesday after school detention. As you can imagine, teachers and the deputies would much prefer to be spending their time creating wonderful lessons to teach in the classroom than having to chase up the same repeat offenders who are letting down the school with their poor uniform choices. The following has been communicated clearly a number of times to all students and your assistance in reinforcing this at home would be greatly appreciated: All black leather shoes are the only approved footwear for school with white or grey socks. No black socks. Students must wear the approved school sloppy joes, blue Pittwater jacket or senior jacket. There are to be NO hoodies worn underneath school jumpers or school shirts at any time. White, plain long sleeve tee-shirts can be worn underneath the school top, but must not have any writing on the sleeves. In extra cold weather if an additional layer is worn it must be added underneath the school jumper and not be able to be seen. Senior students are not to wear another jumper that can be visible with their senior jackets. All students are expected to have a school jumper.

The school approved track suit pants are only to be worn for Wednesday sport. On other school days the boys must wear long grey pants and girls the approved black school pants or stockings with their school skirt. Leggings and other tracksuit pants are NOT to be worn at any time and are not part of the uniform. Long grey pants can be purchased at shops such Lowes and Kmart and the approved black girls pants from the uniform shop. If for any reason your child is out of uniform, they must provide a note from home and come to the A7 to see Ms Roulston to get a green note before school. These green notes will only be issued for a few days at most, not an extended period of time. Please note that school jumpers are now back in stock at the uniform shop. The uniform shop is open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 8.15am – 11.15am. For your convenience online orders can be placed and paid for in advance at: https://phsshop.com/ We would appreciate your support in ensuring that your child is wearing the correct school uniform every day. Ms Gudmunson PHS Uniform Co-ordinator

Senior Boys Senior Girls Junior Boys Junior Girls Sport

Year 7 and 8 students collaborated on a painting for the Pittwater Community of Schools Art Exhibition. The opening of the exhibition will be on Thursday 20 June with the official ceremony starting at 5.30pm, at Warriewood Square Shopping Centre. The participating students were Finn Webster, Linus Wang, Luisa Marihno, Jack Halling, Oliver Czerwenka, Chloe Avedissian, Joshua Tailby and Olivia McDonald. This collaborative collection of self-portraits were completed in unrealistic colours that are reminiscent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. They remind us that skin colour is not always indicative of Aboriginal descent and that all Australians are lucky to share in the rich culture of the original inhabitants of this land.

PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS’ LEAVING SCHOOL SICK It is important that students who are needing to go home sick follow the correct

procedures. We have made this request several times recently and thank those who are doing the right thing, but there are still significant numbers who are not.

Students who become unwell at school MUST go to Sick Bay to be signed out of school by the

Student Services’ Receptionist.

If a student is unwell in class, they must ask their teacher for permission to attend Sick Bay. The teacher will issue a green note which they hand in to the Student Services’ Receptionist. She

will contact parents to arrange student collection from school.

Students must NOT contact their parents directly It has come to our attention that some parents are still making arrangements directly with their children for them to leave school. Parents will be contacted by Student Services if their child is

sick and the appropriate Deputy Principal has approved that they need to leave school. Parents giving permission over the phone to their child means that we are unaware that they

are off the premises, which has serious repercussions for staff who may be challenged with looking for them during emergency evacuation. If an issue occurs outside school there can

also be repercussions for the student if they are still signed in.

Students – the administration staff must be the person to contact your parents. Parents – please do NOT make arrangements for your child to leave school during the day. If they contact you directly, please advise them of the correct procedure (green slip from

teacher then down to Student Services) and then await a call from the school.

It is for the safety of our students that we rely on you to follow the correct procedure. Thank you.

On Friday 8th June, Year 7 classes and invited parents were treated to a showcase of sketch comedy, presented by Year 8 Drama who performed commendably in classic roles devised by Monty Python, Rowan Atkinson and the Comedy Company in the 1970’s and 80’s. Audiences delighted to see memorable sketches including: The Parrot Sketch – Monty Python Fatal Beatings – Rowan Atkinson The Argument Sketch – Monty Python Two Dogs – Comedy Company The Restaurant Sketch – Monty Python The Stump – Comedy Company The History of the Joke – Monty Python The Last Supper – Monty Python Vocational Guidance Counsellor – Monty

Python All Year 8 students performed admirably considering they only joined the elective class at the start of the year, and at times the crowd was over 100 deep. Performers gained in-valuable experience in comic timing, public speaking, collaboration as well as characterisa-tion.

Congratulations to Year 8 Drama on a wonderful day of hilarious moments. Parents interested in hearing more about the Drama program at Pittwater High School should contact Dave Gleeson (Drama Teacher) for details.

Year 9 Ceramics have been studying the work of Merron Esson and creating clay slab artworks. Students are producing a body of work using various skills and techniques involved in slab construction. They have been experimenting with slab rolling, cardboard structures and various textures found around our school. Students are also researching creative ideas and techniques in applying underglaze to their work. All students are excelling in this unit of work and are demonstrating creative ideas. Keep up the wonder-ful work and high level of effort Year 9 Ceramics.

Mrs Reynolds

Composition is an essential component of the music syllabus and all music stages are expected to create music – either through improvising, experimenting or notating their musical ideas. Year 9, 10, 11 & 12 students are all currently working on composition assessment tasks related to their topic area for study. Year 9 Elective Music This class has been studying Australian Music, which is the compulsory topic area for the Stage 5 music course. The students of this class have been actively analysing Australian Folk music and are embarking on writing their own 16 bar Australian Folk song. The students have all been given the same lyrics to use and are composing a piece for voice, guitar, keyboard, bass and a percussion instrument. This piece is to represent the simplicity of folk music and demonstrate the students understanding of chord progressions and how triads are used to create multiple parts. They are using the program noteflight to fully notate their compositions in a written form. Year 10 Elective Music This year group are currently studying Film Music and have been learning how music in film can evoke a time and a place, create an atmosphere or a mood, convey the emotions of characters and enhance the action on screen. They have been provided with a one-minute film clip that depicts a man running through the bush and they have to compose the music to accompany the action on screen and convey the emotion of the character. Any notation or music creation software can be used to create the music for this task as each student embarks on experimenting with a wide range of music creation tools and deciding which one is the best to create the backing music.

Year 11 - Music 1 This class has been studying Music for Small Ensembles and their composition task is to compose a rock or pop song for voice, guitar, keyboard, bass and drums that demonstrates the characteristics of the style and their understanding of chords to create all parts. As with Year 10, they can experi-ment with any notation program such as Garage Band, Logic, Mixcraft, Soundtrap, Noteflight or Musescore to create their piece of music. The facility to record the composition for submission is available. Year 12 - Music 2 The Music 2 course requires students to write a compulsory composition for the HSC. This composition must reflect the Mandatory topic Music of the Last 25 Years and should be no more than 2 minutes in length. This composition task is completed over the HSC year and submitted to NESA for marking externally as part of the HSC mark. The students are required to complete an extensive portfolio documenting the composition writing process. This portfolio is marked internally and forms part of the school based assessment mark. Good luck to Year 12 as they are finalising drafts of their compositions and refining musical ideas to submit to NESA next term.

Year 11 composing music during mufti day.

Last week, Year 11 VET Hospitality Students completed 35 hours of mandatory work placement for Hospitality. The students worked in a number of quality restaurants and function centres across the Northern Beaches. The opportunity of work placement enables the students to be part of a team, working in a commercial kitchen. They also gain valuable experience with the day to day running of a hospitality establishment. Some of the tasks the students completed involved making desserts, cutting up bags and bags of vegetables, washing and peeling kilos of fruit and preparing dishes from scratch. Although the week was hard work and the students were tired from the long days, they all seemed to enjoy the experience and learnt a huge range of new skills they can utilise back at school. Congratulations to all students involved. We are very proud of your participation and dedication during the week. We would like to thank the various workplaces who hosted our students for the week, including Pittwater RSL, Miramare Gardens and AquaFresca Dining. Mrs T Lagois (Hospitality Teacher)

Recently we formally thanked our fantastic, dedicated Year 10 Peer Support Leaders with a “thank you” morning tea, expertly prepared by our Year 10 Food and Beverage class. An array of delicious delights were provided and enjoyed by all, in the beautiful sunshine out-side our Trade Training Centre. The 46 Year 10 students, who formed our Peer Support leaders, were a group of patient, supportive and capable students who willingly gave up their time to assist and guide the Year 7 students, ensuring their transition

into high school was a smooth and enjoyable experience. Thank you to all our Peer Support Leaders for an outstanding effort this year. Mrs T Lagois and Mr B Bryant

This year, Pittwater High School had three teams which have participated in the Metropolitan Secondary Schools Chess Teams Competition. Games have been played on a Friday afternoon during Term 2 on a home and away basis against schools such as Manly High, Mosman High, North Sydney Boys High, Pittwater House and Saint Augustine’s College. Team members are:

The students are to be commended for their commitment and dedication to the competition and for representing Pittwater High School in an exemplary manner. Mrs Alison Mumford Chess Co-ordinator

Intermediate Team (Years 9 and 10)

Junior A Team (Years 7 and 8)

Junior B Team (Years 7 and 8)

Thiago Ortiz Aaron Hughes Jaden Garvey

Sebastian Wellings Katie Gillings

Rafael Ortiz Kai Garvey

Max Callaghan Jake Clarke

Quentin Wan Linus Wang

Skye Waterhouse Jorja Powhiro

Parents/Carers - Please don’t hesitate to contact me via phone or email if you have any questions.

YEAR 12 The University Admission Centre, (UAC) opened for university applications on 3 April, much earlier than in previous years. Early bird applications close 30 September. Some Early Entry programs have opened too. See me for further information.

Year 10 Careers Classes - once a fortnight, during lessons, we will be investigating: Skills and Abilities and Work Values Interest Tests

Creating a ‘Career Planner’ scaffold for students’ E-Portfolio

Subject Selection for 2020-2021

PHS Careers Expo Exhibitor Tables

Years 10-12 Please check department emails regularly for jobs/courses/etc.

I am always available in the Library Careers Office if you need to discuss any plans.

For LOCAL JOBS: browse the Manly Daily on Saturdays and checkout www.seek.com.au for more jobs. YEAR 10, 11 AND 12 STUDENTS: Please log onto: The MHSCareers website is now called Study, Work, Grow! and advertises current careers events. To login: use “Pittwater” then password “water”. Newsletters are emailed each week.

Pittwater High Careers website, please have a look. We encourage you to register!! JobJump website for students and parents, login password ‘pittwater’. Newsletters are also emailed each week.

J. Bates, (Careers Adviser) PH: 99994035 EXT 128 jocelyn.bates@det.nsw.edu.au

Skills and Thrills Careers Showcases for parents: Helping parents to assist their children in making informed decisions surrounding post school pathways.

The Skills and Thrills careers showcase is an engaging, informative and entertaining showcase, created to highlight vocational education and training (VET) and the success stories that emanate from VET pathways. The Careers Showcase will help parents better understand vocational pathways, including apprenticeships, traineeships and school-based apprenticeships and training and also give parents the knowledge they need to help their children make informed careers choices post high school. Through the showcase, parents and students will learn about the following; Apprenticeships and Traineeships TAFE/ Private Training Providers Funding options available (Smart and Skilled) In school options (SBAT's) Where to find information Who can assist/ resources available Opportunity to speak with parents and students who have chosen/ whose child has chosen

a VET pathway (Q&A) The Skills and Thrills showcase will be held on 4 July at 6-7.30pm at Forest High School. Attendees must register via the online registration link- https://theforesthigh.eventbrite.com.au We encourage you to attend with your high school aged children.

Collect the Earn and Learn stickers from 1 May to 25 June when you shop at

Woolworths to help our school earn new equipment for our classrooms. Please

drop any stickers into the office or give them to your child to deliver.

Alternatively, drop them in the Pittwater High School box which will be positioned

outside the registers. Thank you.

ROSTER Tuesday 18 June Alison Brown Wednesday 19 June Leah Bartlett, need Volunteers Thursday 20 June Sabrina Gereaux, need Volunteers Friday 21 June Jen Masters (AM), Caroline Thomas

Monday 24 June Sheridan Femia, need Volunteers Tuesday 25 June REALLY need Volunteers Wednesday 26 June Kerri Paul, need Volunteers Thursday 27 June Suzanne Humphreys, Sarah Jones Friday 28 June Meredith Julliard, Emma Haynes

Monday 1 July Kate Macgregor, Natty Dryden Tuesday 2 July Georgia Bramham, need Volunteers Wednesday 3 July Linda Newman, Di Brian Thursday 4 July Peter & Margaret Woods Friday 5 July Sandra Avedissian, Corrina Bouman Volunteers - Please contact the canteen on 9979 6968 or email phscanteen@gmail.com if you are unable to make it. It’s never too late to volunteer. We welcome extra help so we can serve the students faster and make more food! Wholesome homemade food equals contented students and teachers. We would like to encourage the students to order their lunch to reduce queue times. Check out the specials board for what is on each day. We would also like to encourage the students to order the pasta or rice dishes and we will have them heated and ready to go. This will prevent the hold ups and delays at the microwaves. They can order at Lunch 1 for Lunch 2. NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH Flexischools is a great hit. Please make sure you have received an email to confirm your order as we have students coming for their lunch and their name is not on the list. We have got a system in place and the students are receiving their lunches promptly. Examples of the menu for winter are: Hokkien noodle with teriyaki chicken or tofu- serving it warm on the really cold days. Teriyaki chicken or tofu salad wrap Mexican poke bowl or burritos Pulled pork & coleslaw on a pide roll or chickpea & sweet potato pattie with coleslaw Morrocan chicken or halloumi salad served on couscous Morrocan chicken or halloumi salad as a wrap Roast vege salad, feta or tuna patties Korma chicken bowl or wrap Potato & bacon or pesto potato salad Bali budda salad, satay sauce without peanuts Frittatas, sweet potato & bacon or zucchini & sundried tomatoes Chicken schnitzel & salad or avocado/feta/sundried tomato salad wrap Lamb kofta or falafel tabouli salad or as a wrap. Where we can we make it on site, come down & see what we do.