From the Principal
From the Principal
Bonjour à tous, and Wanju
“Bunbury Senior High School is not an Education Department Music Specialist school. “
That sentence is hard to fathom. With over 10% of our total school population playing in one ensemble or another. But it is not just the participation rate - the quality of the music being made is outstanding.
If you did not attend the Music Showcase on Thursday night – let me tell you it was outstanding. It was a lovely night in the amphitheatre. Great music, voices of angels, and the sun slowly setting. There were kids running around and laughing, the P&C were actively involved, cooking a sausage sizzle and selling raffle tickets, the sense of community was fabulous.
It is a real credit to the Performing Arts team (Billie Larkman, Geoff Ogden and Siobhan Maiden) and the culture that they have created. The show was mostly produced by the students, in particular Erin Lever and Jonah Golds.
Students Who Take Music Classes Also Do Better Academically, Study Finds | Discover Magazine
However, it is not just the performing arts students that have been on show recently. Remember the national visual arts award that I spoke about last week. Today we heard that; a large number of our students have also medalled in this competition. They have just missed collecting the national gongs in other categories.
Last week Paul Reynolds took a small group of students to paint a mural in the Bunbury Regional Hospital. The artwork was designed by Year 11 student Kassidy and is fantastic. The Minister for Health was visiting and stopped by to talk with the students.
This week the Year 8s will be away on the Health and Wellbeing Camp. This is a great culmination of the SEL program for Year 8s. Thank you to Kim for organising it and the team of staff that will avail themselves to assisting. If you haven’t filled in the reflection survey sent out by Tina, please do that to help shape that program to get the best outcome for our students.
En Avant
Mike Sinagra
Nuts and Bolts
Program Coordinator – Manager of Operations
As you know with Sue leaving, we have the task of finding a new Manager of Corporate Services. I would like to congratulate Kylie who will be moving into this role in 2023. This creates an opportunity for the school to review the previous structure and reprofile some roles.
In 2023, the Manager of Education Services position will become an Education Act position, L.3 Program Coordinator – Manager of Operations, fixed term for 12 months, commencing 27 January 2023.
We will be looking for Expressions of Interest from staff for this role. Please see the below document for the roles and responsibilities. For further clarification, interested staff members can see Mike Sinagra. Expressions of interest should be;
- One A4 page (no more than two A4 pages) addressing the criteria in the context of the roles and responsibilities
- emailed to sinagra2@education.wa.edu.au
- will close Monday 12/12/2022