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The Creative Industries annual trip to Sydney guaranteed students experienced inspiring and life changing moments yet again. Students attended workshops at NIDA and had a choice of four activities. There was a special effects makeup workshop where students learnt to create bruises and wounds used in movies like Lord of the Rings and Alien. Dancers worked with a NIDA dance tutor who concentrated on body and form that would later support the students in performing at our regional dance festival. Drama students were treated to a workshop facilitated by a NIDA drama tutor, who inspired them to tell stories with their body using body language and facial expressions. Over 25 student at NIDA experienced a vocal workshop that prepared them to participate at Town Hall in one of the largest annual Public Education musical events of the year In Concert. All 55 students attended the In Concert performance at Town Hall supporting their peers who performed with Felix Riebl, lead singer from Cat Empire. The gruelling itinerary allowed the students to tour the Opera House, watch musicals, witness the Sydney Ballet Company rehearsals, attended a range of art galleries and Arts schools like the Australian Institute of Music, Australian Theatre for Young People and The Sydney Dance Company. Students quotes below best describe their

experiences

"I loved NIDA and the special effects workshop, the Botanic Garden drawing activity and the different experiences you got to choose each day." Paige Novak – McCutcheon

"Walking across the Sydney Harbour Bridge was pretty scary but amazing" Jasmin Davies

"The opportunity to go to Sydney for Creative Industries was amazing and the workshops and experiences were brilliantly memorable. Thanks heaps to the teachers and school who made it possible. I will remember this trip for a long time." Felicity Wilson

Owen Street Port Macquarie 2444 : 6583 1844 Fax: 6584 1632 Principal: Lorraine Haddon

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ACADEMY IN SYDNEY

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

FROM THE PRINCIPAL WEEK 6

Week 5 was an exciting week, Year 9 participated in their yearly camp and Year 11 completed their Mid Course examinations. There were some great cultural and sporting excursions for students to enjoy.

CAPTAINS ATTEND ROTARY

On Wednesday 24 May I had the privilege of attending the Port Macquarie Rotary Club meeting with three of our school captains; Shawn, Tayla and Arkitlah, Isabelle had to send her apologies as she was sick. The focus of the night was leadership. I spoke about leadership in the school in terms of students, teachers and the college itself. Shawn spoke about the SRC and Tayla and Arkitlah spoke about what it meant to them to be receiving scholarships from Rotary to go to Luminosity. The leaders of Luminosity explained how it started and what was in this year’s program. It was a wonderful night with the school being offered two more Luminosity scholarships and a business mentoring opportunity. I publically acknowledge our strong partnership with Rotary and the benefit it brings to our students.

INTERVIEW WITH SAMANTHA BRENNAN AND MICHAEL WALSH

I very much enjoyed watching Meander Down Broadway at The Glasshouse. Samantha Brennan

and Michael Walsh were part of the cast. Samantha has been presenting on the Glasshouse Stage since primary school. She cut short her Creative Industries excursion to Sydney to appear in Meander Down Broadway. She did a solo performance of, ‘Everything Else’ from the musical Next to Normal and was a lead in the finale, ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’ from Hairspray. Samantha enjoys the professionalism of working at the Glasshouse. She has appeared in several Players Theatre productions including Little Shop of Horrors, Camp Rock, Anything Goes and the Wizard of Oz. She was in our school production, ‘Popstars’ last year. Samantha is in the Stage 5 Creative Industries class. On the excursion she particularly enjoyed visiting the Australian Institute of Music and their professional studios. Her favourite musical is Hamilton and she can’t wait for it to be produced in Australia.

Michael is a trumpet player playing in the school band and an actor. He found his passion for acting in his Creative Industries Academy. He decided to forgo his excursion so he could concentrate on Meander Down Broadway. He likes straight theatre as well as musicals. He has been in Puss In Boots and his favourite musical is the Book of Mormon. He was in several of the ensemble sections of the production including Hello from the Book of Mormon. Michael enjoys the way theatre gives him amazing opportunities and the opportunity to meet



amazing people. I expect to hear more about the work of these outstanding students.

MY DAY WITH THE ‘COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF POLICING’

I have always been aware of the amazing job that the police do to try to keep our community safe. My admiration was deepened, however, by attending the ‘Community Awareness of Policing’ Program at the Port Macquarie Police Station. A wide range of business and community members attended. The day started with an Acknowledgement of Country by Uncle Bill and an introduction to a variety of police staff. It was explained to us that policing was becoming more proactive, with an emphasis on targeting repeat offenders. One of the detectives took us through a murder scenario from the crime, to investigation, to prosecution. We moved outside to get an insight into how police respond to emergency situations and we were able to see responses to situations involving knives and those involving guns. It was clear how highly trained the response officers were and how they put their lives on the line to protect us. In the afternoon we were witnesses to a mock crime and went through the process of investigation, arrest and prisoner processing. The day ended with a look at the latest highway patrol cars and their command centre. The whole day was an amazing insight into police

and the variety of the work that they do. I thank Mid North Coast Command for this wonderful opportunity.

THE RURAL AND REMOTE SECONDARY PRINCIPAL’S GROUP

Last Monday I flew to Sydney to attend a meeting of a NSW Principal’s Council (SPC) interest group. We were writing a position paper on rural and remote education from the viewpoint of high and central schools. It is important that we make clear what we feel is needed to promote quality, equitable education for those outside metropolitan areas (40% of all students in secondary education in NSW). We tried to focus on our key areas of staffing, student welfare and curriculum access. Our work will now go through a consultation process with the executive and members of the SPC.

We have a busy fortnight coming up with our Zenith evening and our Year 10 into 11 subject selection night.

Lorraine Haddon Principal

MATHLETICS

Our school has been entered into the Mathletics Open Month. This challenge is open until 16 June 2017 and focuses on students mastering the curriculum and practising their mental Mathematics skills. Prizes are awarded to top performing schools. Last year the school and some selected students attended the finals night. Both the students and the school won prizes. So don’t hesitate to join in on the fun and maybe you to could win a prize. If you can’t remember your username and password check with your teacher or come to the Maths Staffroom.

Come on Port Campus let’s unleash our Mathematical abilities and put our school on the map.



YEAR 8 MATHEMATICS DAY

On Friday 12 May we had seven lucky children attend the Year 8 Maths Day at the University of New England in Armidale. We started the day with a long bus trip departing at 5am with our fellow Hastings Secondary College Westport Campus. Unfortunately, we arrived a little late and the students had to take on the first two tasks, “free for all” and “jigsaw”, with an empty stomach. They still performed well and after a couple of servings of morning tea they took on some teams in the head-to-head challenge. They then did the ‘Smorgasbord.’ This activity contained questions they could choose ranging from 2 points, 3 points and 4 points. After this activity, they took on the team challenge, building the highest tower with 15 sheets of paper and some sticky tape. They made impressive towers but, unfortunately, they missed out on the prize. On the way home we called into the spectacular Apsley Falls. The students had a fun day working together. Thanks for a great day team.

Declan Pitt, Hector Skene, Bridget Flint, Mekhi Bennetts, Alyssa Katis, Ritchie Whitehouse and Isaac Long.

YEAR 7 TO 9 MATHEMATICS HALF YEARLY EXAMS

Your exams are on Monday 5 to 7 of June. Please ensure you bring a scientific calculator to the exam. We only have a limited supply for students who forgotten them.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

A beautiful Port Macquarie day greeted students for our Campus Athletics Carnival on 18 May. Participation was excellent, and there were many outstanding individual performances. The House games ran by Mrs Moylan and Mr Rogers were also a highlight.

The Age Championships are still alive, with a number of events like the 400, 1500 and triple jump due to be run during Sport time on Wednesday 31 May. These champions will be announced next week.

The highest house point score was easily won by Lighthouse who had the most participants and also scored more points in results. Well done to all students for your efforts, especially those dressed in yellow.



The Zone Athletics team for the carnival to be held at Nambucca Heads on 16 June is looking strong, and will also be finalised after Wednesday’s events. The team will be listed outside the PE Staffroom. The next newsletter will have final information.

UNDER 15’S BOYS FOOTBALL

The under 15’s boys football team bowed out in the second round on Monday after a loss to Westport Campus on penalties. After totally dominating them and even holding a two nil lead, the team squandered too many good chances. They let Westport back into the game after a great individual run from one of their players in which he went past 3 to 4 defenders and finished well. Then a long ball through to a quick striker was our undoing. It was to be one of those frustrating games! When the game went into extra time there was only one team that really looked like scoring (us) but, we didn’t take our chances and even hit the post at the end. When it came to the penalty shootout we missed our first 3 shots and they scored theirs. Thus the end for this year and the final chapter of the Bill Turner Cup for our 15 year olds in Year 9. Thanks for your service. We wish Westport Campus the best of luck in the next round.

ZONE CROSS COUNTRY

Over 30 cross country runners represented Port Macquarie Campus for the Zone Cross Country held at the Kempsey Racecourse. Each of these runners put in a fantastic effort, not only in running but also in being very supportive of their team mates.

Port Macquarie Campus came first in the overall point score, gaining 426 points. The second placed school was Nambucca Heads on 295.

The following students gained a place in their age group and will compete at the Regional Cross Country held at Murwillumbah on 9 June. Congratulations to the entire team!

Girls 14 Years -Kingslee Marks 3rd, Cassie Hoy 4th

Girls 15 Years - Teagan Wood 3rd, Bonnie Rudd 4th, Sarah Long 5th

Girls 16 Years - Skye Vaughan 4th

Girls 17 Years - Tiegan Munro 5th

Boys 12 Years - Bill Butlin 1st, Finn Hoy 2nd, Mason Heddles 5th

Boys 13 Years - Oliver Barry 2nd, Kaye Enfield 3rd

Boys 16 Years - Jack Terley 1st, Lewis Kranitis 2nd



STATE FOOTBALL CARNIVAL

Congratulations to Kane Pollard and Oscar Brotherston who represented the North Coast at the recent C.H.S. Carnival held in Griffith. Oscar is a courageous shot stopper in goals and Kane is an attacking forward with silky skills and speed. Both boys were noted by their coach as being outstanding representatives of their school who made significant contributions on the field to the performance of their team. Well done boys!

SORRY DAY MORNING TEA

Students from Hasting Secondary College Port Macquarie Campus were proud and respectful representatives at the Sorry Day Morning Tea hosted by the Birpai Local Aboriginal Land Council on Friday 26 May. After a Welcome to Country by Uncle Bill, Kellie O'Brien from Port Macquarie Hastings Council described the significance of Sorry Day. Uncle Bill and Acting Mayor, Lisa Intemann, then lit a candle for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were taken away. A bush tucker morning tea followed with a variety of tasty treats like lemon myrtle cheesecake, damper with local jams and specially prepared bush tucker jam drops.

Our students were praised for their participation in this event. They were wonderful ambassadors for our school.

ARTEXPRESS STUDENT RECIEVES HIGH PRAISE

Former student, Christian Familar, has received the highest possible praise for his work currently on display in the touring Artexpress exhibition. Christian’s 2016 HSC major works ‘After Archibald’ appropriates portraits of Archibald prize entrants. Christian recently received a personal message from artist Abdul Abdullah (pictured with original work) congratulating him on his excellent

work and commenting how much he liked it. Christian’s work is a part of the regional touring Artexpress exhibition and can be seen at Moree Regional Gallery, followed by Grafton Regional Gallery from 16 June.



YEARS 11 & 12 IMMUNISATION

The Years 11 & 12 immunisations for meningococcal will be held on Monday 26 June. Students have been given consent forms which need to be signed by a parent/guardian and returned to the school’s office before 26 June. If your child has not received a form they can collect one from the front office.

SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT BY ETHAN DENNIS

Year 12 student, Ethan Dennis, has written an essay about his views on Social Media and how they can affect your life in the future. Please read the essay that is attached to find out more.

HOST FAMILIES WANTED

If you are interested in hosting a Japanese student from Thursday 3 August until the Wednesday August 9 2017, please contact Mrs Wells on 6583 1844.

RUN SWEAT INSPIRE

On Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 5pm at Westport Park a walking /running group meets. Charlie Maher runs this group and everyone from children to oldies are welcome to come along and run/walk- 1km, 3km or 5km.

Hastings Secondary College Robotics Team 6508 extends an invitation to our College community to come and have a look at our robot and share morning tea.

You will hear about the program and students will share personal stories about their learning experiences including a demonstration of the team's robot in action.

Celebrate our students' success with a presentation of certificates and Hansard transcript by Leslie Williams, Member for Port Macquarie, acknowledging the enormous achievement in this new and innovative College program. We look forward to spending the morning with you on Tuesday 6 June at 10 am.

ROBOTICS CELEBRATION



YEAR 10 - 11 INTERVIEWS

Year 10 into 11 Program Study and Career Pathways interviews will be held at the Campus on Tuesday 20 June and Wednesday 21 June 2017

Interview times have been mailed to all Year 10 students’ parents/carers who have returned yellow appointment notes.

Please contact Ms Cowan if you have not received your appointment details letter by Friday 2 June.

Year 10 students do not attend normal classes on Tuesday 20 June and Wednesday 21 June. Students are only required to attend school for their scheduled interview appointment. Please arrive 20 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time and allow one and a half hours to complete your interview and discussions with staff.

Students are reminded to bring their HSC Study and Career Pathways Interview Sheet (yellow form attached to your appointment letter) with all relevant information completed, to their interview, 2018 Senior Studies Guide and 2018 Course Selection Sheet.

Please contact Ms. Cowan on 6583 1844 if you have any question

YEAR 11 2018 SUBJECT SELECTION INVITATION

The information evening will inform parents/carers and students of the subject selection process so that they can tailor their learning experience to meet their individual learning, career goals and aspirations. The College is also aware of the changes in the university entrance process and employment market and are here to be part of the support structure for students, parents/carers to assist in choosing and navigating these educational pathways.

Students entering Year 11 will move from a structure where they have sampled a range of subjects across faculties to a model where they begin to narrow their focus on chosen electives. College teaching staff, tertiary providers and external providers look forward to working together to assist students and their families with subject choices and career pathway options. We are pleased that you have decided to be part of Hastings Secondary College where we will offer you our ongoing support to achieve your goal of the Higher School Certificate. Come and discover the outstanding education at Hastings Secondary College. For more information phone our campuses on 6583 6400 (Westport Campus) 6583 1844 (Port Macquarie Campus).



Friday 2 June 2017

• Year 10 Exams • HSC Legal Studies Court House Visit

Monday 5 June 2017

• Year 7, 8 and 9 Exams • HSC Legal Studies Assessment task

Tuesday 6 June 2017

• Year 7, 8 and 9 Exams • Robotics morning Tea 10am Westport

Campus

Wednesday 7 June 2017

• Year 7, 8 and 9 Exams • Zenith information Night – 5.30 MPC

Thursday 8 June 2017

• HSC Biology Excursion - Sydney

Friday 9 June 2017

• HSC Biology Excursion - Sydney • Regional Cross Country

Tuesday 13 June 2017

• Year 10 into 11 Subject Selection Information Night – 6pm Westport Campus

• HSC Ancient History Assessment task

Wednesday 14 June 2017

• Zone Tennis • HSC Agriculture Assessment task

Thursday 15 June 2017

• Year 7 and 8 Best Days • Year 12 English Study Day


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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ACADEMY IN SYDNEY · Dancers worked with a NIDA dance ... CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ACADEMY IN SYDNEY . ... We have a busy fortnight coming up with our Zenith