Heard on the Hill Term 3, Week 4
Bonjour à tous.
This week there was a noticeable shift in the weather. We are emerging from the wild, windy, wet days of Makuru (June and July) and into Jilba (August and September). Jilba is a season where the winds begin to ease, the days are still cool (cold) in the mornings but by midday, the air has warmed. The days are sunnier with less wind and rain. It is the time of planting the seeds.
This is the time to assist the students to put in the foundation work and to develop the habits they need that will help them reap the fruits of their labour in Term 4. It is time where our strategies for high expectations will pay dividends later in the semester. I have included a link for your reference to help develop those high expectations.
Year 11 timetable construction is almost complete and the enrolments process for Year 7’s will be closing soon. There is a region-wide drop in student numbers in the 2022 Year 7 group. The numbers continue to evolve. Student numbers also is a consideration in the decision making process for VASP and BEST selection process. This process is all but finalised.
En Avant
Mike Sinagra
Principal
STAFF SHOUT OUTS!
Congratulations to Nic Andrews. Nic and Janelle are the proud parents of Kai Nixon Andrew. Born on 03/08/2021 at 2:34 pm and 3.445 kg. This is Nic’s third child. He is an experienced hand at fatherhood now. I’m not sure what is going on in the Mathematics LA but I warmly recommend wearing a mask and practising good hand hygiene.
A massive thank you to Neesha Copley for volunteering the night before to accompany the music students on their Senior Band Camp.
Well done to Leon Rose. The Numero Challenge students finished second and are off to the state championships.
Kelly will be heading into a knee operation this week and we all wish her well.
Congratulations also to the HPE staff with the result from the interschool cross country championship. Bunbury Senior High School has blitzed the field taking home champion school and winning champion school for each individual category as well.
QUESTIONING AND FEEDBACK
Check for understanding
Rosenshine’s central principle is that more effective teachers will systematically check for understanding.
Cold Call – Asking what, not if.
After an input or practice it is better to ask “Trevor, what have you understood?” rather than “Trevor have you understood?” This allows the student to simply answer yes or no. Explaining what they have understood helps to develop the knowledge into long term memory.
Follow-up with more checking
After one student has responded select another and repeat the process.
Explore differences and details
Very often there is rich material in exploring differences between student explanations. This is a time where a common misconception can be spotted and rectified. You can also spot if new vocabulary/concepts have been used correctly.
Reteach, defer or move on
Using your knowledge of the students and the material at hand, decide whether the students have understood enough for you to move on. Otherwise, give more questions, re-teach or move on with a note to return to clear up a misconception.
NUTS AND BOLTS
There is a lot going on this term and we need to keep a close eye on the communications channels. The leadership team is putting the final touches on the IPS desktop review submission. This will be sent off on the 17 August and then we will have the scheduled interviews on the 25 August. Reference group people will be invited to these interview sessions once the schedule has been finalised.
The Ministers visit preparations are also ramping up. This will occur in the same week as the IPS review validation visit.
To view last week's Leadership Minutes, please click the link below.
New Staff
Today we welcome two new staff members to Bunbury SHS:
Satish Mahendran in Science and Julie Doherty to our team of EA’s.
Please make them feel welcome and we will have a feature on them in the next edition of Heard on the Hill.
Year 8 & 9 students moving into Year 9 & 10 in 2022
Current Year 8 & 9 students have been emailed information and individual log in details to make elective choices for Year 9 & 10 next year. Please encourage students to check their @student.education email address for the process.
BSHS EMAIL POLICY
Email is an important and convenient means of communication that assists our school to provide more effective communication to each other and our school community. We are committed to ensuring communication is respectful, measured, sensitive and constructive and used within DOE ICT Guidelines.
With this in mind, a Bunbury SHS Email Policy has been developed to clarify general etiquette and guidelines when using our @education.wa.edu.au email.
The aim of these guidelines is to:
- clearly articulate the School’s commitment to positive use of the email system for communication between staff and our community.
- establish clear expectations for staff, students and parents in the use of email.
Please find attached the BSHS Email Policy which can also be found on M:\Policy Documents\School Policies\Email Policy.pdf
Each week, Kristy will share with us a Noongar word of the week!
This week the word is: Djilba
Djilba is the Noongar season of conception and runs from August to September. It is a transitional time of year where flowers are starting to bloom.
Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers starting en mass.
Djilba is a transitional time of the year, with some very cold and clear days combining with warmer, rainy and windy days mixing with the occasional sunny day or two.
This is the start of the massive flowering explosion that happens in the South West. This starts with the yellow flowering plants such as the Acacias. Also, colours that are around at this time of year are creams, combined with some vivid and striking blues.
As the season progresses and the temperatures continue to rise, we'll start to see the flower stalks of the Balgas (Grass Trees) emerging in preparation for the coming Kambarang season.
KINGIA ARTICLES
A reminder to please submit your articles for the Kingia Magazine as soon as possible! All articles are due by Friday 3 Sept.
Submit all content via the link below.
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.
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