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Bunbury Senior High School

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Haig Crescent
Bunbury WA 6230
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Bunbury Senior High School

Haig Crescent
Bunbury WA 6230

Phone: 08 9797 8900

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Heard on the Hill Term 1, Week 7

  • From the Principal
  • Deputy Principal (Kelly Anderson)
  • Deputy Principal (Andrew Healey)
  • Staff Wellbeing (Lauren Dragon)
  • Lead House Coordinator Role
  • Publications (Ellie Horsfall)
  • What's On

From the Principal

From the Principal

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Bonjour à tous, and Wanju

Across the weekend we had the largest group that we have ever had complete the Education Department’s GAT testing with over 170 year 6’s registered to take the test. Around 40 more than last year completed the test. Special thanks to Andrew Healey and Kylie Ward who managed the students across the weekend. Later that Saturday evening, at the opposite end of schooling, our Year 12 students attended the 2023 School Ball. It was a fabulous evening and all those involved in getting to happen should be congratulated. Particularly Mel Bulman, Danelle Field and Tim Fry.

You might or might not remember but it was this time last year that we were bracing for the Omicron wave. Thankfully that is not the case this year. All stations are go for our Swimming and Athletics Carnivals.

It won’t be long before we will be meeting the Year 10 students regarding their selections for 2024. Scary! This year we are focussing on providing the information to the students to make informed decisions on their future schooling needs. For example, there is no better place to study ATAR in Bunbury than Bunbury SHS. We have had and continue to provide the greatest value adding to students' Year 9 NAPLAN score. That is in Year 12 students achieve beyond expectations. If they are a VET student, they can access CertII’s, CertIII’s and CertIV’s. All students who choose a certificate course from the BRTTC receive a $1000 subsidy towards the cost of the course. 

Our range of pathways is about to enter a new phase. The notion of ATAR or not will disappear. As we try to create opportunities for students to study at the highest level, they are capable of and mix and match pathway components to create the most appropriate and highest-level portfolio of which they are capable. The Research Project course in Year 11 for students was not well-chosen last year but this concept is still a great opportunity for students to build industry links and will be offered next year with a new business partner. Skill set offerings from SRTAFE and micro-credentials from universities will also open the opportunity for students to gain useful credentials.

Alongside our: magnificent location; ever updating buildings; the integration of the city and the beach into our campus; and the network of successful students and Alumni that a student can build; Bunbury SHS is a very special option for any senior school student.

En Avant

Deputy Principal (Kelly Anderson)

HARMONY WEEK

For use in classes

Harmony Week 15 – 21 March is an opportunity to foster students’ intercultural understanding a general capability in the Western Australian Curriculum. As Diversity is one of our school values, we hope that by highlighting Harmony Week we are encouraging students and staff to celebrate the amazing cultural diversity within our school and our community. If you can find a way to make a connection to cultures through your classroom activities, this would be fantastic.

Staff can also support Harmony Week by wearing orange throughout the week. You can also wear green on St Patrick's Day on Friday 17 March.

The Cultural Inclusivity Committee has put together a range of activities, supported by many staff, for the week. Here is the schedule of activities (some of these are still to be finalised at time of HOTH publication).

From Monday 13 March - Tuesday 21 March

  • Displays near Student Services (national costume) and in the Library (French masks).
  • Colouring in and origami – will offer near the face painting outside Student Services.
  • Map and flag display in Cafeteria – the cultural backgrounds of students and staff at Bunbury SHS.
  • Cafeteria selling culturally specific foods during this week.
  • Video about various students and staff and their cultural backgrounds – shared to all staff to be played in the classroom.
  • An Acknowledgement of Country in AUSLAN – by PBL class of 2022 – video to be shared to staff to play in the classroom.
  • Read about different cultures in the Daily Notices.
  • Music from different cultures will play at break times throughout the week at the front of the school.
  • Movie Club – will offer a range of films highlighting a range of cultures.

Wednesday 15 March

  • Year 8 Market Day - Lunch 1&2

Thursday 16 March

  • Flag Parade Lunch 1
  • Japanese calligraphy activity outside Student Services - L1
  • Face Painting by Year 10 VASP students on the front lawn - L1

Friday 17 March

  • "Living Library" guest speaker, Widi Asturi, in Room 10 - L1
  • AUSLAN alphabet lesson with Theresa Ugle in Room 10 - L2

Monday 20 March

  • Face painting by Year 10 VASP students L2 outside Student Services
  • Diablo and Patanque on the front lawn L2

Tuesday 21 March

  • "Living Library" guest speaker L1 in Room 10 - Edana Minahan
  • Music Performance - L2 at the Amphitheatre

Aspirant Program

The Aspirant Program is a series of professional learning sessions that I am delivering once a fortnight. The next session is on Thursday 16th March in Room 10.

If you are interested in attending, please send me an RSVP by COB Monday 13th March, for catering purposes.

Japanese Students Visiting Bunbury SHS 27-31 March

Approximately 20 Japanese students, ranging from Year 7 through to Year 11, will be visiting our school during Week 9 (Monday 27 - Friday 31 March).

These students will be hosted by some BSHS families, as well as other local families, during their stay in Bunbury. The host families will have their visitor in their classes with them, and other visitors will be buddied up with student leaders.

Phil Ghasseb will be the Teacher Supervisor for the group, and there will be some activities that will require both the visitors and the hosts/buddies to be out of class during the week. The list of our students involved is still being finalised by external agents. I will provide more details in Week 8 at the latest. The activities schedule so far (draft version) is:

Monday 27 March

  • Period 1 – Visitors and BSHS hosts/buddies attend a meeting with Phil Ghasseb, issue timetables and the activities schedule, tour of the school, do some icebreaker activities.
  • Period 2 - Welcome Morning Tea 10am in the Cafeteria - with special guests, plus the visitors and their hosts/buddies.
  • Period 3 - Visitors to go into their first classes with their host or buddy.
  • Lunch 2 – Visitors and their hosts/buddies to meet at amphitheatre stage for a check in with Phil G.


Tuesday 28 March (Also Whole School Athletics Carnival)

  • Excursion – Visitors only. Phil to accompany the group. Visit to Adam Road PS. Pop in to the BSHS Whole School Athletics Carnival for lunch. Then go to Big Swamp Wildlife Park.

Wednesday 29 March

  • Visitors and Hosts/Buddies go to classes on their timetable. Phil to wander around and check on them.
  • Period 2 until 11.30am - Visitor and Hosts/Buddies offsite activity: Explore the city centre.

Thursday 30 March

  • Visitors and Hosts/Buddies go to classes on their timetable. Phil to wander around and check on them.
  • Lunch 2 only - Visitor and Hosts/Buddies onsite activity: Eat lunch together as a whole group – catch up about what they have been doing in their classes and after school.

Friday 31 March

  • Visitors and Hosts/Buddies go to classes on their timetable. Phil to wander around and check on them.
  • Periods 3 & 4 - Visitor and Hosts/Buddies offsite activity: 11.15am – 12.45pm Visit the Back Beach
  • Period 5 Afternoon Tea 2.30pm - host families invited to join us.

Deputy Principal (Andrew Healey)

Visible Learning Extract

Below is a graph from John Hattie on Visible Learning.

The key question is how this difference comes about. It is not that expert teachers constantly assign loads of work aimed at deep understanding. Logically, that is unattainable for any teacher as the workload itself is non-sustainable. Surface learning is critical before moving to deep learning. Hattie’s observation is more along the lines that experienced teachers spend too much time on surface learning and so miss the moment to move into deep learning.

 

To move across to deeper learning start with:

  • Ensuring the goals you are setting are clear to you
  • Make sure tasks are differentiated as much as possible
  • Make it clear what learning success involves and how it should be made visible

 

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Staff Wellbeing (Lauren Dragon)

FREE 8 week Health and Fitness Program

The South West Sports Centre is running a FREE health and fitness program called Move for Life, which is a falls prevention program aimed at supporting participants of all ages and abilities to gain strength and fitness.

Move for Life runs for eight weeks under the guidance of our qualified personal trainers, and can help participants new to physical activity, or who have been identified by a medical professional due to age, illness or rehabilitation to need a slower paced base-level program or introduction to exercise.

Supported by Injury Matters and the Stay on Your Feet program, Move for Life will take participants through supervised easy-to-follow exercises to improve range of movement, posture, and balance with modification options to suit individual needs.

All participants will undergo pre-exercise screening and fitness testing, including the 4-Stage Balance Test and the 30-second chair stand falls risk assessment, and may require a medical clearance before commencing the program.

We can tailor individual exercises for participants, based on their health needs and fitness levels as indicated by the pre-exercise screening process.

The Move for Life program will commence 21 March 2023 and will run Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30am to 12:30pm.  Each session will include 30 minutes of exercise followed by a 30-minute educational talk regarding a range of topics, including nutrition, medication and falls prevention.

If you feel this may be beneficial to you or anyone you know, please get in touch today by emailing your expression of interest to manderson@bunbury.wa.gov.au or call (08) 9795 2249.   Alternatively, I have attached the information flyer for your reference as required.

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Strategies to support yourself and students leading into NAPLAN

Excerpts of article from Be You - https://beyou.edu.au/

Creating a safe and supportive environment for children and young people is important for their mental health and wellbeing, and how they feel going into the NAPLAN tests. 

While stress can be a normal response to the demands of work, prolonged or excessive stress is not good for anyone. Sources of stress in the lead up to NAPLAN may include:  

  • Increased time pressures and workload
  • Conflict with management and colleagues
  • Adapting and implementing change influenced by NAPLAN
  • Supporting students who may experience increased anxiety during this period, which may appear in the form of lack of motivation and effort, disrespect, or challenging authority.

What are the strategies educators can put in place to support their learning communities? 

Of course, wellbeing strategies should be top of mind all year round, however, the NAPLAN period does provide an opportunity to acknowledge, review, build on, or introduce wellbeing strategies. Strategies include: 

  • Build into your daily routine strategies to support your wellbeing, such as taking breaks, going for a walk, eating healthy snack, taking deep breaths or listening to your favourite song 
  • Ensure you are help-seeking when needed and reaching out to colleagues for support
  • Review and implement structures and processes to minimise work-related stressors
  • Access staff wellbeing resources such as the Be You Educator Wellbeing resources (https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/wellbeing ) or the resources through Heads Up (https://www.headsup.org.au/your-mental-health ) to gain information/resources on how to support your wellbeing
  • Improve your connectedness with young people and colleagues
  • Ensure staff receive appropriate recognition for their work

Lead House Coordinator Role

Lead House Coordinator JDF 2023

The Lead House Coordinator will be responsible for:

  • Devising and implementing a strategic plan to build the House program into the culture of the school.
  • Leading and directing the work of the other House Coordinators;
  • Overseeing House competitions and activities;
  • Sourcing and delivery of an appropriate student leadership development program for the student House Leaders Yrs7-11.
  • A House and its student leaders (see detail below).

This role provides an opportunity for aspirant leaders to demonstrate high level outcomes as outlined within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL).

This role attracts a 0.1FTE and SRA Band 4 financial allowance [$46.55/fortnight]

This role reports directly to the Program Coordinator Student Services.

 

House Coordinator Key responsibilities:

  • Manage a House Leadership Group – one lunch time student meeting per week
  • Help organise and deliver an ongoing leadership training program focussing on key aspects of leadership including but not limited to; meeting protocols, public speaking, personal presentation, working in a team etc.
  • Meet formally with other House Coordinators on a regular basis (before or after school) for planning purposes (typically 3-4 times per term)
  • Contribute to the development of a House Competition Events Schedule
  • Ensure scheduled House competition events are completed
  • Assist Student House Leaders to conduct their leadership role
  • Physical set up of Whole School Assemblies as per the appropriate assembly schedule (chairs, flags, podium etc)
  • Manage allocated budget in consultation with PC-SS
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Publications (Ellie Horsfall)

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Social Media Content

Welcome back to all staff and I hope you have had a great start to the year.

We love seeing students in action, whether in a classroom setting, in an incursion or off-site for an excursion or camp.

If you are conducting any activities you think are suitable for our school's Facebook or Instagram pages, please submit your content through the link below.

Please contact me with prior warning if you would like me to attend a session, lesson, activity etc if you would like me to take photos/videos to accompany your story.

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If you have taken photos on your phone/iPad and are unsure of how to transfer these to me, please send me an email or come and visit me and I can assist you.

Submit your Facebook post using the link below.

Facebook post submission https://bunburyshs.wufoo.com/forms/z11e20yz19m4foz/

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What's On

What’s On

Term 1, Week 7

Monday

  • Staff Meeting-3.15-4.15pm
  • WS House Assembl Pd2 (Athletics Carnival)

Tuesday

  • P&C Meeting - 6pm
  • Interschool Swimming

Wednesday

  • Leadership Meeting
  • Interschool Cricket
  • NAPLAN
  • Year 8 Market Day
  • Harmony Week

Thursday

  • Board Meeting
  • NAPLAN
  • Harmony Week
  • Yr 11/12 Engineering Perth Uni Excursion

Friday

  • NAPLAN
  • Have Sum Fun Lower School - After school
  • Harmony Week

Coming Soon

  • NAPLAN
  • Harmony Week
  • BEST & VASP Enrolments Open
  • Prefect Camp Leadership Conference
  • Morning Tea - Art, Admin & Music
  • Newmont Mines Pinjarra - Yr 7-12 FTD
  • Boardies Day - Prefect Event

Mike's Week

Monday

  • Meeting - 2-3pm

Tuesday

  • Regional Office Meeting - 9am-10am
  • School Board Training - 1.30pm-1.50pm
  • P&C Exec Meeting AGM - 6-7pm

Wednesday

  • Leadership Meeting - 7.45am-8.40am
  • Prospective Parent Open Night - 9.30am-10am
  • Yr 8 Market Day
  • ECU SW MOU Follow Up Meeting -1pm-2pm
  • Meeting- 2pm-3pm

Thursday

  • Meeting - 9am - 9.30am
  • Meeting - 9.30am - 9.50am
  • Meeting with Staff member 10am-10.30am
  • BRTTC Alliance Meeting - 10.30am-11.30am
  • Meeting 12.30pm - 1.30pm
  • Ed Exec Meeting 2pm-3pm
  • Aspirants Session - 3pm-4pm
  • School Board Meeting - 5pm-7pm

Friday

  • Exec Meeting - 9am-10.30am
  • School Captains Meeting - 1.30pm-2pm

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