8th JUNE

Queen’s Birthday - Public

Holiday

9th JUNE

Aboriginal iBELiEVE

Program – Year 7 & 8 ATSI

students

10th JUNE

Subject Selection Night –

5.30pm Start

12th JUNE

Star Struck Performance

15th JUNE

Year 10 Subject Interviews

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APPLETREE NEWS WEST WALLSEND HIGH SCHOOL

2 Appletree Road West Wallsend 2286

Email: westwalls-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Ph 0249532111 Fax 0249531886

TERM TWO, ISSUE SEVEN 2015

UPCOMING

EVENTS

STARS IN OUR EYES AND

OVER THE MOON

Stars in our eyes and over the moon!

In the wee hours of the night, a teacher sent in a hopeful and determined

submission. Up for grabs were free cutting edge Computing resources that

would give WWHS students the opportunity to expand their STEM skills

and future proof their workplace skills. The competition for the Intel Galileo

submission was tight and the wait was agonising. Recently, the teacher

opened an email and found the following:

"Congratulations. We are pleased to inform you that your application for the

Intel Galileo boards has been successful. Four Galileos are on their way to

your school. We have also been able to add some extra goodies to your

shipment. So be surprised!"

Surprised and elated didn't begin to describe our response! Both students and

teachers are over the moon with excitement.

What is an Intel Galileo?

The Intel® Galileo Gen 2 board is a prototyping board based on Intel®

architecture and specifically designed for makers, students, educators, and

DIY electronics enthusiasts. In short, it's a tiny computer that enables

students to dabble in the world of designing, building and innovating. Our

new Galileo boards and accessories have been donated by Digital Careers.

Now fully stocked!

Now open Wednesdays

from 3 p.m. until 4.30 p. m

Entertainment Books are now

available

P & C Meetings

3rd Monday of Every Month

Meet in the front foyer

5.30pm

UNIFORM SHOP

Mrs Peggy Mangovski

How will they be used?

The Computing staff are already implementing engaging strategies to implement these new resources

into learning programs across year levels. In fact, Year 12 Software Design & Development students are

working on a Galileo inspired project and two groups of students from varying year levels are

participating in the Young ICT Explorers competition with Intel Galileo Boards as a key part of their

innovation projects. By the end of the year, we aim to have enough Galileos for a class set that can be

used for student experimentation and collaborative learning in years 8 & 9 Computing elective subjects.

Having been successful in obtaining the four donated units has set us on the path to achieving that goal.

The possibilities for projects and applications using the Galileo boards are only limited by the

imagination of our students!

Why is STEM so important and how will the Intel Galileo resources benefiting our students?

In the next 20 years, 5.1 million current Australian jobs are at risk due to digital disruption and

innovation. Over 75% of those jobs will be replaced by STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics) careers. By providing WWHS students with access to technology and learning programs

that integrate the use of tools, such as the Intel Galileo, we are giving them the competitive edge in the

workforce. Today's students are tomorrow's innovators!

For more information on the impacts and future of STEM, read the PWC report by visiting

http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/stem/index.htm

STARS IN OUR EYES AND

OVER THE MOON

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Make Online Payments

It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a

secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or

debit card. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the schools website by selecting $ Make a

payment

Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions, uniforms, sales

to students and creative and practical arts activities (these include drama and dance). There is also a category

called Other this to cover items not covered in the previous headings, Other can be used to make a complete

payment of a school invoice.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:

the students name, and

class and reference number OR

the students name, and

date of birth.

Please note: Payment Description must be accurate. For example – Year 7 Camp,

Year 8 Science Zoo Excursion, Year 9 Home Science Fee, Year 12 Formal.

These details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment

system.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured

in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school.

You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed.

Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s

account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process please contact the School Administration Office on

4953 2111.

We are in the early stages of BYOD at West Wallsend High School. We cannot confirm a date when BYOD will

be implemented in our school at this time. This is due to a number of technical and policy changes within our

system. However, if parents are looking to purchase devices for home use, they would be advised to purchase

one of the recommended devices on the www.jbeducation.com.au/byod website, as these devices will be

compatible with our school once BYOD is implemented. The password for the website is DECNSW.

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE

NO MOBILES

TO BE USED IN

CLASS

(parent calls included!)

Schools are always working out the best ways to work with parents in

order to assist students. If you have any medical or health

specialist reports relating to your child’s learning, vision,

speech or hearing we would like to know about them.

In addition, physical and psychological conditions can also affect

learning. If you have any of the abovementioned reports that have not

been shown to the school already, could you please let the principal

know about them as soon as possible. All information provided remains

confidential.

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