■ Newsletter Edition 12 ■ Week 4, Term 3, 2018

Batemans Bay High School

School Matters

■ Phone: (02) 4478 3600 Bridge To The Future

■ Fax: (02) 4472 8173 Batemans Bay High School

■ Email: batemansba-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au 2 George Bass Drive

■ Website: www.batemansba-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Batemans Bay NSW 2536

Hector Brewer with

Ann Sudmalis MP

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Calendar Term 3, Week 4

Mon to Fri

13 – 17 Aug Year 12 Trial HSC Exams

Tues 14 Aug South Coast Drama Festival

Tues 14 Aug Basketball u15s

Fri 17 Aug AIME students to UOW

Fri 17 Aug MUNA, Old Parliament House

Term 3, Week 5

Thur 23 Aug School Social

Term 3, Week 6

Mon to Fri

27 – 31 Aug NAIDOC week celebrations

Wed to Sun

29 Aug to 2 Sep Southern Stars Wollongong

Term 3, Week 7

Mon 3 Sep Maths Study Day, Year 12

Thu 6 Sep Vaccinations

Fri 7 Sep AIME students to UOW

In this issue… Principal’s Message ..................................................................... 3

Coming Up: ................................................................................ 3 From the Deputies ....................................................................... 4

Learning ....................................................................................... 4 School .......................................................................................... 4 Acknowledging Students and Staff .................................. 5

Sport News ..................................................................................... 5 Regional Athletics .................................................................... 5 Under 15 Girls Basketball ..................................................... 6

Vocational Education & Training Awards ........................... 7 Djaambii Wood Technology .................................................... 7 Year 11 Snow Trip ........................................................................ 7 HSIE Japanese Kendo ................................................................. 9 Community Announcements ................................................. 10

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Hector Brewer with Ann Sudmalis MP

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Principal’s Message

Education has the potential to open incredible doors of

opportunity for students. Providing our students with a

variety of educational experiences gives them

opportunities to learn both in and out of the classroom

and ensures that they are able to learn about

themselves and the world around them. When looking

at the opportunities at BBHS, it seems we are on the

right track. Looking just at the first few weeks of term

and into next week, our students and staff have taken

up the following opportunities and in turn have

challenged themselves and involved themselves

wholeheartedly in learning.

Firstly, there have been opportunities for our athletes to

participate and compete in a number of sporting events.

These have included the South Coast Regional Athletics

Carnival at the AIS in Canberra and the school boys

U15’s basketball and school girl’s netball teams

competing in their knockout competitions.

Last week, the annual Year 11 Snow Trip took place. 28

of our senior students headed to Jindabyne and

Thredbo to challenge themselves in an alpine

environment and learn new skills. In the past, this has

opened student’s eyes to a whole new world of snow

sports and potential employment in the industry.

Students have gone on to travel overseas to Canada,

Japan and Europe to work as ‘lifties’, instructors and in

hospitality.

Our SRC members and Ms Bass represented BBHS at the

Eurobodalla Youth Forum in conjunction with the

Eurobodalla Shire Council.

We are actively involved in Student Exchange Programs.

Hector Brewer is going to France on exchange.

Mrs Ann Sudmalis, Federal Member for Gilmore, made

a special visit to our school to give Hector a pack of

Aussie memorabilia to pass on to his host school. We

have also welcomed Andrea Gentile from Italy in recent

weeks and wish him a fantastic experience while on

exchange.

We participate in academic challenges such as the

Australian mathematics competition. Students are

encouraged to test themselves and utilise their maths

skills to achieve excellence.

Year 12 Trial HSC exams are still in progress for all our

Year 12 students to practice their exam techniques and

complete required assessment for their HSC.

Coming Up:

The Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) allows

senior students to engage in an amazing opportunity at

old Parliament House. The aim of the event is to involve

secondary students in a hands-on experience of a UN-

style conference to increase international

understanding and goodwill.

The Illawarra Drama Festival will include performances

from our talented Year 9 drama students and allows

them to gain valuable performance experience at the

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.

The Student Environment Council (SEC) are actively

organising a more efficient way to recycle our waste.

New bins to sort rubbish with the intention to reduce

waste going to landfill will soon be seen around the

school.

The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)

is a mentoring bridge between university and high

school and is part of our school culture. It provides our

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students from Year 9-12 with opportunities to engage

in tutoring programs to improve educational outcomes.

The Aboriginal Learning Centre (ALC) has forged strong

links to the UoW Batemans Bay Campus and our

students have developed meaningful relationships with

their mentors.

Lastly, we also provide an opportunity for our students

to dance, sing and enjoy each other’s company in a

supervised and safe environment. School socials are a

regular part of the school calendar and are run by senior

students with staff supervision on the night.

It is evident that educational or learning opportunities

are many and varied at BBHS. It is up to the students to

get involved, challenge themselves and be an active part

of the school community in as many ways as possible.

This involvement will ensure that opportunity turns into

learning experience and a chance to grow as an

individual. I encourage all students to make the most of

all the school has to offer.

Ms Fiona Saunders

Relieving Principal

From the Deputies

The Term is flying by and the school is buzzing again

with many learning and wellbeing activities. Year 12 are

currently sitting their HSC Trial exams and Year 11 have

just returned from a very exciting and fun excursion to

the snow. Year 10 are also returning their subject

selections for the senior years and we have just capped

off Education Week with a highly entertaining and

informative student teacher debate at the Batemans Bay

Plaza.

Learning

We all live in a very different world compared to eight

years ago. What happened eight years ago? You may

ask. In 2010 the first smart phones crept into our lives

with many notable side effects. Parents, teachers and

the community are continually overwhelmed by their

impact on our children.

These devices are fantastic and ingenious, as they

replace the need for a planner, camera, alarm clock,

watch, video, GPS, mail, computers and you can even

call people. One of the unexpected changes was the

exponential interest and addiction to social media and

the want for approval from online friends. Students now

judge their popularity by the amount of friends they

have on Snapchat or Instagram. The addiction comes

from a hormone in the brain called dopamine.

Dopamine is the feel good hormone that is normally

associated with rewards, examples include; having a win

at sport, foods like chocolate, or any other pleasurable

experience. Mobile phones are causing students to have

dopamine loops.

School

What is a dopamine loop? — With the internet, twitter,

and texting you now have almost instant gratification of

your desire to seek. Want to talk to someone right

away? Send a text and they respond in a few seconds.

Want to see what your friends are up to? Go to

Instagram. It's easy to get in a dopamine induced loop.

Dopamine starts you seeking, then you get rewarded for

the seeking which makes you seek more. It becomes

harder and harder to stop looking at email, stop texting,

or stop checking your cell phone to see if you have a

message or a new text, no matter what time it is or what

you are doing.

The side effect of all this is that we now live in a

generation of young people who find it very difficult to

stop looking at their devices, and this is causing a whole

range of side effects from sleep deprivation and

cyberbullying to anxiety and depression. Parents,

teachers, medical professionals and the community are

concerned about these effects as they also distract from

engagement in meaningful activities like sport, learning

and real life face to face social contact. I had the

privilege to accompany Ms Davies and Mr Smith to the

Generation Next workshops in Sydney last Friday and

they presented the latest facts and trends on social

media, the mobile phone and the effects on the current

generation.

These facts and information needs to be presented to

all parents of school age children so they can find

practical ways to prevent the problems discussed above.

One fantastic online resource is the Office of the eSafety

Commissioner, esafety.gov.au. This online site provides

great information, hints and programs to equip and

guide parents through the solutions of these online

problems and it is continually updated to assist with the

latest apps and how to block unwanted material. This is

a community concern and the quicker parents become

involved and build their knowledge in this area the less

problems they will face in the future with their own

children.

Batemans Bay High School

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Acknowledging Students and Staff

We would like to acknowledge the work of our Special

Education Teachers and their School Learning

Support Officers (SLSO) as they consistently work in

highly demanding situations. Their approach is always

calm and professional. A special mention to their Head

Teacher Ms Kerryl Davie for her dedication and

assistance.

Mr Gerard O’Keeffe and Mrs Caroline Preston

Relieving Deputy Principals

Students’ Achievement

Cody Gunson Year 9

Congratulations to Cody for making it through to the

NSW State Athletics Championships in high jump. We

wish him all the best for the beginning of September.

Sport News

Regional Athletics

Batemans Bay High School took a team of nineteen

students to the Australian Institute of Sports athletics

track and field stadium in Bruce in Canberra on Friday

3 August.

The team consisted of; Stephen Gagetti, Jarni Hulme,

Johnathan Lalor, Oscar Scognamiglio, Ziak Summerell,

Jack Bartlett, Amiee Caldwell-Wlasak, Rielly Collins,

Akasha Combo, Connor Gill-Potts, Nioka Kerry,

Hunter Backo, Kai Canham, Cody Gunson,

Calhoun Meehan, Jack Stewart, Alexa Warwick,

Justin Boyles and Dayne McCartney.

The athletes performed well all day with many close

finishes. Cody Gunson was the only competitor who

made it through to the State tournament, finishing

second in the 14 boys high jump with a jump of 1.55m.

We all braved cold conditions early on but were greeted

with a beautiful day in Canberra where it actually got

quite hot if you were sitting in the sun. The students

were very well behaved and a pleasure to take on the

excursion and I enjoyed watching them challenge

themselves and striving to do their best.

Thank you to all parents/carers and grandparents who

helped to drive and support their student.

Mr Rod Hatton

PDHPE Teacher

Alexa - high jump

Jonathon – discus

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Connor, Ziak, Jonathan, Justin, Kai, Alexa, Jack

and Cody

Akasha, Nioka, and Jarni

Hunter – shot put

Jack – 1500m

Under 15 Girls Basketball

Last week the Under 15 girls and boys basketball teams

travelled to Moruya to compete in the South Coast

Basketball Knockout. Both teams played exceptionally

well to come out victors and move on to the Regional

finals.

The girls came up against Narooma, Bombala and

Monaro High schools; however, the skill level and team

work of the Bay girls was at a much higher level than the

opposition. As a result they came away with three

convincing wins. The girls teamwork and sportsmanship

were exemplary as always.

The team consisting of Tabitha Beauchamp, Alexa

Warwick, Jaymi Hudson, Jazlyn Breust, Ashlyn Breust,

Lucy Hanlon, Tayissa Brierley, Summa Ladmore, Ylaiza

Secro, will now be playing in the South Coast Finals at

Bomaderry on Tuesday. We wish the girls good luck in

their games.

Ms Kerryl Davie

Basketball Coach

Batemans Bay High School

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Vocational Education & Training

Awards

On Wednesday 1 August, the Far South Coast Schools

Excellence in Vocational Education and Training Awards

2018 were held at the Moruya Golf Club.

Batemans Bay High School was well represented with

seven award recipients on the night. Dylan Usher Smith

(Construction/Furniture); Ilea Blake, Emily Winter, Cara

Hodge and Lexus Knight (Hospitality Award); Bradley

Ebert (IDT) and Jake Mitchell (Construction).

A huge thanks goes to the Vocational Education

Teachers, Mr Gavin Street, Mrs Darlene Dallos and

Ms Jaqueline Meacham for nominating their students

and working tirelessly with them every day to achieve

their vocational aspirations.

Thanks also to all of our employers for hosting and

mentoring our students and to Ms Julie Sheers and

Workplace Learning South Coast for hosting the night.

Mrs Chantal Bradshaw

Careers Advisor

Pictured left to right; Mr Street (Teacher/VET

Coordinator), Dylan, Ilea, Emily, Cara, Lexus, Mrs Dallos

(Teacher) and Ms Saunders (Relieving Principal).

Djaambii Wood Technology

Year 8 student Connor Gill-Potts recently constructed

this impressive and stylish coffee table using recycled

materials. The top was made from a discarded pallet

while the hardwood legs were designed from timber

mill off-cuts. What essentially was heading to the tip or

the fireplace was turned into a piece of furniture.

Big thanks to Mr Gavin Street for accommodating and

assisting Djaambii students and staff at the construction

shed.

Mr Paul Hardy

Special Education Faculty Teacher

Year 11 Snow Trip

On Sunday 5 August, 27 students from Batemans Bay

High school attended the annual Year 11 snow trip at

Jindabyne/Thredbo. Many students had never been to

the snow before and took to the challenge with

beaming smiles and a tad of uncertainty in their ability

to master the complicated new skills of skiing or snow

boarding.

We arrived at Jindabyne to a massive change in weather

conditions and quickly got organised with snow gear,

ski boots and snow board fittings. After a night of

nervous broken sleep, students were up ready to

conquer the mountain at 6am.

Thredbo greeted us with a magical first day of snow.

This was exciting and beautiful, but also very cold.

Adjusting to new conditions was interesting, but with

two hour ski or snow board lessons straight away it

meant you had no time to stand around getting cold.

Students were split into three groups, one ski group and

two snow boarding groups. We met with our

professional instructors Dom and Annie and got

straight into learning the basics of standing, stopping

and moving. Our day was full of lessons and free time,

after progressing to the top of Friday Flats at the end of

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the first day. Students left Thredbo full of confidence

with their new found ability to ski or board.

When we woke in Jindabyne on the Tuesday morning

we were welcomed with beautiful snow (something that

hadn’t happened in a few years). The next few days saw

students conquer new heights of Merritt’s and

Gunbarrel Trails.

Our nights at Jindabyne consisted of playing pool,

competitive games of spoons and table tennis, plus

early nights to bed after exhausting days. It was a great

trip full of many laughs. Thank you to all the students

and staff who attended. I know it is a trip we will never

forget.

Mrs Kelly Cameron

PDHPE Teacher

Batemans Bay High School

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Uniform Shop

Open Tuesday and Thursday

8 – 11am during school term

Uniform Pool

Do you have any unused school uniforms? Any articles

of clothing to our uniform pool would be greatly

appreciated by families in need.

HSIE Japanese Kendo

As part of the Japanese society and culture element of

HSIE, Mrs Flynn visited our Year 8 and 9 students to

demonstrate the martial art of Kendo.

Parents & Citizens Association

Held third Monday of every month

Next meeting 20 August

7.00pm in the school library

All are welcome to attend

Our parents & citizens’ association brings the

school community together. Parents, teachers and

community members can help meet the needs of

the school community and contribute to decisions

about the school.

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Community Announcements

Batemans Bay High School Newsletter regularly

includes community information and advertisements.

The School does not endorse or accept responsibility

for these activities. Attendance at or use of these

services is at the discretion of the students.

Lifeguard Jobs Available

Information evening regarding employment

opportunities for students and parents.

(Batemans Bay – was 10 August)

Moruya – 15 August, Swimming pool 6-7pm

Narooma – 16 August, Swimming pool 6-7pm

Refreshments available

Phone Belinda 4476 2398 for more information or

email Belinda@communityaquatics.com.au

Moruya Town to Surf Fun Run

Sunday 9 September

Open to all ages with junior entry just $25 and

adults $30

Entries include a free event shirt

Runners and walkers can register online via

www.moruyasurf.org.au

Email: funrun@moruyasurf.org.au

Phone: Karyn Starmer 0427 522 227

Providers of the Safer Drivers Course for

Young Learner Drivers

Ulladulla, Batemans Bay,

Narooma, Merimbula

Visit: www.proactivesaferdriving.com.au

(For all course dates, bookings and more information)

Next course: Batemans Bay 28 August

Narooma 1 October

Pro-Active Safer Driving caring for the

community

Batemans Bay High School

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University of Wollongong

Batemans Bay Open Night 2018

Come along from 5:30-6:30pm and chat to students and

staff about degrees offered at UOW Batemans Bay, your

options or how to get into Uni. This is your chance to

see what it’s like being at one of Australia’s best modern

universities.

Wednesday 29 August

5:30 – 6:30pm

UOW Batemans Bay Campus

Hanging Rock, 4472 2125, uow.edu.au

Ydrive Learner Driver Mentor

Program

The Eurobodalla Shire Council is offering an opportunity

for young people of our shire to participate in the Ydrive

Learner Driver Mentor Program.

Funding has enabled the program to offer 30 places for

young people aged 16-24 to undergo 120 hours of

supervised driving required to acquire their P1 driving

licence.

For more information, and to fill out the application

package, please go to Ydrive - Eurobodalla Shire

Council. Or phone Angie from the ESC on 0417 359 705

or 4474 7456 if you have any questions.

ADHD Webinar for Parents (free)

Please find information here:

https://mycarespace.com.au/adhd-navigating-

your-way-through-the-maze