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Students with Disability

P & C News

Building Fund

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Uniform Shop

Zone Cross Country

All Schools Swimming

Vaccination Clinic

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Telephone: 96344199 Facsimile: 9899 6527 Email: castlehill-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.castlehill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

2018 Musical “We Will Rock You” We are in full swing with our 2018 musical, “We Will Rock You”. Most of you probably have already surmised that this musical will feature songs from the 80s rock group Queen and that would bring a smile to most people’s faces. Rehearsals are in full flight, sets and props are being sorted, the band is fine tuning and there is, as always, a sense of ordered, calm, managed and strategic chaos, of course! There’s a great expectant buzz in the air.

I hope you take the opportunity to come along. It’s one of the highlights of the year.

Tickets may be purchased from Room 1 between the hours of 8.15am to 1.20pm Monday to Friday and also on each of the nights they will be available at the door.

Opening night is on Wednesday May 30, followed by Friday June 1 and closing night on Saturday June 2.

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Relay for Life Another institution in this school is participation in the Hills Relay for Life. On Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19 Castle Hill HS students, staff and parents enthusiastically walked, supervised, cooked for and supported this worthy cause, to raise money for cancer research. I’m delighted to say that we raised over $7000.

Can I thank the many staff who participated, including Mr Terry Gainey, Ms Toni Smith, Mr Brad Tudman, Ms Jennifer Rhodes and Mr Ricky Chamberlain who not only participated, but braved the cold and precious family time to sleep overnight supporting students and the cause. Of course, as always there were many parents who gave their all for this event. What would we do without them.

I do say we are a small country town. This event, our endorsement of and participation in it, is testament of this.

Curriculum Review It has been announced that the Government will conduct a comprehensive review of the NSW curriculum, the first in 30 years. I do recall the last review, chaired by Mr Barrie McGaw, when I was asked to participate in the committee, (the then Education Minister John Aquilina wanted “a woman from the west” so for some reason I was nominated) and learned much from this experience. The aim of this current review is to ensure that students are being adequately prepared for jobs of the future, a worthy and important agenda. The premier has indicated that there will be stronger emphasis on English, Mathematics and Sciences and will seek to implement the findings of the latest David Gonski report into Australian School Education. Also, there will be an investigation of new technologies and teaching methods in delivering the curriculum. NAPLAN Students in Year 7 and 9 completed their NAPLAN tests last week. Last year the school implemented a detailed program of preparation for NAPLAN as these tests were to be used as a prerequisite for HSC achievement with a minimum standard of achievement being set. These rules changed at the beginning of this year so I am pleased to say the school approached these tests in the exact way they were intended: as a diagnostic test to provide teachers with additional data on literacy and numeracy. Pleasingly, students were ready and focused, and the organisation, thanks to the relentless work of the deputy principals, was seamless. Vicki Brewer

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Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability

Notification for Parents and Carers

All Government and non-Government schools across Australia are required to participate annually in

the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD).

All Australian schools will collect data on their students who are receiving adjustments to meet

additional learning and support needs in accordance with their obligations under the Disability

Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005. This data will be provided to

the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent, national picture of the

education needs of students with disability.

The data provided to the Australian Government by the NSW Department of Education is provided in

such a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school.

General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government

Department of Education and Training website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-

consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

Privacy Protection

The NSW Department of Education follows the requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information

Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. Schools will collect,

record, store and use data about individual students in line with these requirements. Data security

and protection is a priority and students’ personal details will be kept confidential.

Under Clause 52 of the Commonwealth Australian Education Regulation 2013, data collected by the

NSW Department of Education for the NCCD must be provided to the Australian Government

Department of Education and Training. This includes the number of students at each level of

education, the number in each category of disability and the number at each level of adjustment. The

information is provided to the Commonwealth as a series of number sets that cannot be used to

identify any individual student or school.

The Australian Government Department of Education and Training follows the requirements of the

Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 when handling any data provided by NSW Department of

Education in connection with the national data collection. A public information notice has been

developed to by the Australian Government to provide students, parents and carers with important

privacy information in relation to the data collection. This notice is available on the department’s

website at https://www.education.gov.au/what-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-

disability

If you have any questions about the data collection please do not hesitate to contact the school.

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Zone Cross Country 2018 The Zone Cross Country Carnival was held at Macquarie University Sports Field this year. The students who attended the carnival produced some outstanding results on the day. The students provided excellent support for their other team members and the behaviour of the group was outstanding as all students were very helpful throughout the day. Congratulations to the following students who represented the school at the Zone Carnival:

Libby Morris, Hanna Kebede, Taylah Chebaia, Sara Elkass, Lily Dinh, Celestia Tjandra, Josh McCahery, Hamish Bevan, Lachlan Ng, Ethan Trimmer, Joshua Chau, Brendon Hegner, Lukas Graham, Julian Hincapie, Josiah Barrett, Catherine Richter, Maggie Donkin, Sienna Hilal, Payton Hardey, Chelsea Garnett, Kate Bebonis, Ella Hoye, Kanako Delaney, Ella Morris, Lulu Tucker, Daniel Stewart, Sandip Srini, Mason Elliot, Zane Capovilla, Simeon Oosterhoff, Caleb Knight, Ronan Mann-Betanzos, Thomas Hills, Sujay Mody, Seyedamirali Nik Eftekhari, Caitlyn Thatcher, Jessica Dommersen, Kayla Wong, Bethany Vallis, Chloe Wilson, Sophie Turner, Jessica Edwards, Ella Broome, Zac Bloem, Connor McCahery, Liam Ramsay, Ben Frost, Rubens Tandog, Aiden Hawron, Matthew Hungerford, Jaden Lee, Zara Munroe, Abigail Palm, Trinity Loader, Sidney Burrell, Georgia Burns, Alannah Hungerford, Alex Kean, Ethan Saphier, Josh Atkinson, Malachi Covington, Zac Fairnham, Tim Organ, Dipinpal Chaggar, Jamie Trimmer, Griffin Sainsbury, Marcello Gamez, Alicja Krotofil, Olivia Burns, Phoebe Bray, Gabby Gedny, Natalie Conyngham, Jiwon Hu, Georgia Garnett, Tiarne Flavin, Hayley Thorndyke, Darren Sutton, Charlie Rose, Max Kownacki, Tom Shaw, Garrett Swearingen, Kaidon Brown, Andrew Vesperman, Adam Amico, Aaron Jack, Thiolin Naiker, Susma P Benjamin, Suchitra P Benjamin, Lucia Zembjak, Josie Lenaz, Charlotte Sainsbury, Kaitlyn Eagleton, Hannah Eagleton, Carley Thomas. A special mention for the following students who were Zone Champions on the day: Garret Swearingen, Zac Bloem, Josh Atkinson, Kayla Wong, Sidney Burrell, Georgia Garnett, Carley Thomas.

NSW All Schools Swimming Results

Congratulations to Simone Barlaam and Alex Weeks who attended the All Schools Swimming Championship on the 11th May. The event took place at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

Congratulations on the following results: Simone Barlaam: 1st place 50m Freestyle 2nd place 50m and 100m backstroke Alex Weeks: 5

th place 100m freestyle

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2018 Vaccination Clinics at Castle Hill High School

On Friday 8 June NSW Health will be running the second of three vaccination clinics at Castle Hill High

School. All Year 10 and Year 11 students have been issued with a letter and a Parent Information Pack

which contains a consent form, and an information sheet/privacy statement. For students to take part in

the program, a completed and signed consent form must be returned to Mrs Heinrich (Library) by

Monday 28th May. Students who did not receive a vaccination consent form must see Mrs Heinrich to

collect one. This clinic will also provide an opportunity for any year 7 or year 8 students to receive catch

up vaccinations.

Date

Year Group Vaccine

Friday 8th June – 9am

Year 10 and Year 11

Year 10 Meningococcal ACWY Year 11 Meningococcal ACWY

Friday 14 September – 9am

Year 7 Year 7, 2nd dose HPV

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CALENDAR

WEEK 5A Monday 28 May Musical Rehearsal – All Day Hills Cup RL Game Juniors vs Marian College

Tuesday 29 May Musical Matinee Sessions 1 – 6 Mosque Excursion 12SAC Hills Cup RL Game Intermediates vs Marian College

Wednesday 30 May Musical Opening Night – 7.30pm Walanga Muru Incursion – Sessions 1 & 2 Hills Cup RL Game Seniors vs Marian College

Thursday 31 May Musical Matinee Sessions 1-6 AFL Boys Gala Day

Friday 1 June Year 12 Reports Distributed Open Boys and Girls Futsal Tournament Years 11 & 12 Debating Year 10 CCF Excursion - Koala Park Musical - 7.30pm

Saturday 2 June Musical - 7.30pm

WEEK 6B Monday 4 June National Reconciliation Week Years 11 & 12 Debating Years 9 & 10 Debating Hills Cup RL Game – Juniors vs Gilroy College Tuesday 5 June Wednesday 6 June Assembly Years 7-10 Years 11 & 12 Debating Years 7 & 8 Debating

Thursday 7 June Chemistry Excursion Year 9 PLO Seminar 9.30am – 10.30am Regional Drama Festival Audition Synergy Dance Festival Rehearsal - Penrith

Friday 8 June Years 8, 10 & 11 Vaccinations Open Girls Touch - Sydney West Titles

WEEK 7A Monday 11 June Queen’s Birthday - Public Holiday

Tuesday 12 June Estelle Lazer Ancient History Incursion Synergy Dance Festival – Evening Performance

Wednesday 13 June Year 7 Science Zoo Excursion Assembly Years 7-12 Sydney West Cross Country Synergy Dance Festival – Evening Performance Hills Cup RL Game Seniors vs Gilroy College

Thursday 14 June Year 9 Scripture Seminar The Hills SRC Leadership Program – Day 2 Synergy Dance Festival – Matinee Performance Macleay College Visit

Friday 15 June Year 7 PLO Seminar – Session 2 – Hall Notre Dame University Visit Titration Competition

HTA History Study Day