Heard on the Hill Term 2, Week 11
Bonjour à tous, well, I was not expecting to be writing this in this week’s Heard on the Hill. With Country Week cancelled school will resume usual operations for the week. Obviously, there will be many disappointed students, some of whom will exhibit that disappointment in challenging behaviour. Please be mindful of the root cause when managing this behaviour. It is natural to cycle through a wave of emotions when faced with a situation like this.
It is a good lesson for all of us in dealing with disappointment. I’m sure that many will have experienced times when they have been disappointed at work. It is important at these times to accept that you will feel different emotions and that you give yourself time to process that. When this does happen it is healthy to stick to your routines, continue with activities that make you happy and find something to plan and look forward to.
On a more pragmatic note, please monitor the evolving situation. Where I am given information I will update you through allstaff emails.
En Avant
Mike Sinagra
Principal
NUTS AND BOLTS
School Development Day
The 19 July is the first day of Term 3. It is a School Development Day. Lunch will be supplied. The agenda is being reworked after the cancellation of a presenter and will be sent out later this week.
Newsletter
Ellie is finalising the latest edition of the school newsletter. There have been some sensational activities running this term and I would like to capture them all. If you have any late items with photos, please get them to Ellie before Wednesday.
Student Surveys
Please remember that your PC will be finalising the Semester review early next term. Your input including feedback from our students on the teaching program and delivery is important to respond to the needs of the students.
Relief staff
Due to the cancellation of Country Week, Vicki will have surplus relief staff. If there are Learning Area priorities that you would like to address during this time, please ask your PC to put in a request for relief. It would be a great time to do some Peer Observation, plan for the delivery of your projects in 2022 etc.
BUILDING HIGH EXPECTATIONS
Building high expectation is not about authoritatively forcing students to accept a standard but rather helping them to see how their actions reflect a standard of themselves. This week we are reviewing no opt out. One consistency among champion teachers is their vigilance in maintaining the expectation that it’s not okay not to try.
No Opt Out
A sequence that begins with a student unable to answer a question should end with the student answering that question as often as possible. Even if it means that they are repeating after someone else. There are four formats
- Format 1: You provide the answer; the student repeats the answer
- Format 2: Another student provides the answer; the initial student repeats the answer.
- Format 3: You provide a cue; your student uses it to find the answer.
- Format 4: Another student provides a cue; the initial student uses it to find the answer.
Have a go this week and let me know how you go.
Access to last week's Leadership Meeting minutes can be found in the PDF below:
STAFF WELLBEING
Bunbury SHS is committed to creating a mentally healthy workplace. We want to ensure our workplace is somewhere people look forward to coming to every day, and where everyone feels supported.
Why is this an important issue?
We all know how difficult it is to achieve our best work and cope with general life when we're going through a tough time. It may surprise you that statistically, one in five of us is likely to be experiencing a mental health condition right now. Your wellbeing is important to us - it's part of our commitment to you. We also have a responsibility to make sure each and every one of you is safe while you're at work and that applies to both mental and physical health and safety. However, creating a mentally healthy workplace is everyone's responsibility, and we all have a role to play in our own self-care.
What can we do to help you with self-care?
As a school community working together, we can create a culture of self-care by making it an explicit focus. Whilst individuals may differ in what strategies work for them, support for self-care from our executive and leadership team can strengthen this culture. This might mean providing time, resources, and a budget towards supporting staff wellbeing and self-care. The benefits of self-care are invaluable and some of the best ideas can be free.
Over to you!
We want to hear from you! How can we support you? What is it that you need that can be provided by our school? We would love to hear your ideas!! Please share them on the following link below.
By taking action, we'll improve productivity, strengthen our relationships and reputation with our students and colleagues and make this an even better place to work – for everyone. Let's all make sure we support each other and work together to make this a truly great place to work. I look forward to your feedback, involvement and ideas!
STAFFING MATTERS - TEACHING
Congratulations to Xan Ashbury who recently applied for the advertised English Teacher position and was the successful applicant. Xan has been a fixed term staff member for two years and will commence her permanency as of Monday 19 July. Congratulations Xan.
Mark Woodland will be returning to Bunbury SHS in Term 3 as Student Service Manager. Mark will then commence LSL in Term 4. Xan Ashbury will continue as PC of English for the remainder of 2021.
Staff Farewells
Thanks to the following staff who have dedicated themselves to teaching at Bunbury SHS in Semester 1 and will not be returning in Term 3 as they are pursuing other interests:
- Kim Morrow
- Gale Gass
- Charmain Slater
Good luck ladies. We look forward to seeing you back in the school in the future.
New Staff – Term 3
We will welcome a number of new staff in Term 3 and they will be introduced to you on the SDD. They are:
- Lindsay Rae – Science(Physics) and Maths
- Wendy McMullen – English replacing Harry Platt who will be on leave for the remainder of the year.
- Belinda Rivera-Diaz – HASS replacing Nghia Nguyen as he moves into the HOY role in Student Services.
- Vanessa Bennett – English replacing Kim Morrow.
We will welcome back Sara Paterson and Leanne Risdon in Term 3.
We are still in the process of finalising some vacancies in Maths and Science.
Some of our regular fixed term teachers will return in Semester 2: Tine Rigg, Phil Ghasseb, Almarie January and Sarah Greene. Jamie Turnbull will return in the Shedworks program.
We have booked a couple of teachers for relief in Term 3 to maintain some regularity and continuity and they are Brad Hicks and Clayton Gibbs.
Support Staff
We farewell Teschna Taylor and wish her all the best in her new role as Student Support Officer at Newton Moore SHS.
We have recently run a recruitment pool for Education Assistants and will have three new staff commencing early next term.
BUNBURY SHS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!
We are on Instagram!! Our Instagram account has been designed primarily for our students to engage with our school community. We would like to use the Instagram account to promote school activities such as Library, Cafeteria, House competitions, positive education experiences etc.
If you would like to post something on our Instagram account that is about or aimed at our students, please use the Wufoo link below (same as our Facebook link) or send me an email directly.
Please note: Instagram is all about photos and images so please be mindful to grab a good picture to go with your story!
Head over to our page and follow us!
DOWNLOADING THE SCHOOLZINE APP
We understand that now more than ever, it’s essential for our school to have effective and efficient communication channels available to our school community and staff - accessible anywhere, anytime. Our communication platform "Schoolzine" offers that and more!
We encourage you to download the SZapp so that you have access to the latest news and events as well as important links in one convenient app.
Please follow the instructions on how to install the app in the link below.
BUNBURY SHS FACEBOOK
Something interesting happening in or around your classroom? Having an incursion or excursion this term? Please let me know! We love to share updates from the school with our community and would like representation from each area of our wonderful school; no matter how big or small.
Please submit stories for our Facebook page via the wufoo link below and include as much information as you can, plus a few images to accompany the article. If you are having trouble with the wufoo form, you can email the information to me directly.(ellie.mackay@education.wa.edu.au)
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and check out what our students and staff get up to.
What’s OnTerm 2, Week 11
|
|
|
Monday |
|
|
Tuesday |
|
|
Wednesday |
|
|
Thursday |
|
|
Friday |
|
|
Coming Soon |
|
Principal's Calendar
|
Monday |
|
|
Tuesday |
|
|
Wednesday |
|
|
Thursday |
|
|
Friday |
|