RESPECT - LEARNING - MATURITY - ACCEPTANCE

The Exeter Pride

Term 3 - Issue No. 2 - 12 August 2016 PRINCIPAL : Ben Frerk

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL : Paul Stevenson

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL : Andrea Saville GRADE LEADERS

Grade 7 Karley Blackberry / Naomi Cartledge

Grade 8 Allison Macpherson / Ty Stewart

Grade 9 Kym Knights / Angela Howie

Grade 10 Jo Robinson / Stefan Lendvay

SUPPORT SERVICES:

School Psychologist : Jessica Walker (Monday & Wednesday)

Social Worker : Esther Fleming (Monday & Tuesday)

School Chaplain: Nerida Green (Monday & Friday)

School Health Nurse : David Mackay (Friday)

Diary Dates Term 3 AUGUST

Tuesday 16 ICAS Mathematics Competition

Wednesday 17 Little Mermaid performance,

Princess Theatre, Grades 7 & 8, Limited Numbers

Friday 19 Last paper copy of The Pride

Monday 22 10B & 10D Rock Climbing, Gorge

SLC Fundraiser Free Dress Day

Tuesday 23 10A & 10C Rock Climbing, Gorge

RSPCA Cupcake Day

Thursday 25 Parents & Friends Meeting, 7:30pm

Staffroom—All Welcome! Friday 26 Newstead College visit, Grade 10

Wednesday 31 Whole School Social

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 1 Rock of Ages performance, Princess

Theatre, Grade 7 & 8, Limited

Numbers

Friday 2 SLC Fundraiser, Footy Colours Day Monday 5 10B Abseiling, Brady’s Lookout

Tuesday 6 10A Abseiling, Brady’s Lookout

Wednesday 14 10C & 10D Abseiling, Brady’s Lookout

Friday 16 Whole School Assembly

Wednesday 21 10C & 10D Abseiling, Brady’s Lookout

Thursday 22 Parents & Friends Meeting, 7:30pm

Staffroom—All Welcome!

From the Principal NAPLAN

In May 2016, national literacy and numeracy assessments were

administered to students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 throughout

Australia.

Parents of students in Years 7 and 9 will soon receive a report

that shows your child’s achievement in these areas. These

tests, in key areas of literacy and numeracy, provide parents

and educators with a snapshot of how students are

progressing – individually, as part of the school community

and nation.

NAPLAN results enable parents and teachers to see how

students are progressing, not just within their class but also

against national standards that have been agreed upon by all

state and territory governments.

How do I read the results?

The front page of the student report provides some general

information about the tests and an explanation of how to read

the report. The second and third pages have diagrams that

show your child’s results for each area (numeracy, reading,

writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation) on the common

assessment scale. The common assessment scale has ten

bands and is used to report the results for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9

students. However only the relevant six bands for each year

level are shown on the student report.

The diagram in the student’s report shows the range for the

middle sixty percent of students, the national average result

and the national minimum standard for each year level.

The final page of the report has a table that provides a brief

description of the skills students have typically demonstrated

in the tests at each band.

For more information about the national tests, please visit the

national NAPLAN website at: http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/

naplan.html

Learning:

At Exeter High School we have a very strong focus on

literacy and numeracy. Every day our teachers focus on

developing the literacy skills, knowledge and disposition in

students so they can interpret and use language

confidently for learning and communicating in and out of

school. We also work extremely hard on developing the

numeracy skills in our students so they can use

mathematics across all learning areas at school and in their

lives more broadly. This is why it is so important that

students attend school each day. An important fact is that

if a child is absent from school one day a week during high

school (7 -10), they will have missed nearly a full school

year by the time they finish their high school years. This

creates a big gap in the literacy and numeracy

development of young people.

Important Facts regarding Attendance:

By law in Tasmania, all children at the age of 5 years

old must attend school every day.

By law in Tasmania, after Year 10 and until they are

17 years of age, children must be:-

In school or registered for home education.

Studying accredited vocational education and

training courses at a registered training

organisation.

Undertaking a traineeship or apprenticeship.

How can you as a parent help your child get the

most out of their education?

By making medical appointments and other

appointments outside of school hours.

By arranging family holidays in scheduled school

holiday breaks.

By knowing what is happening at school.

It is very important that you don’t keep you child away

from school for minor reasons.

It is really important that if your child is absent from

school you contact the office and provide a reason. If you

have any problems with getting you child or children to

school please contact us for advice or support.

Building parents-school partnerships

Positive relationships between teachers, students and

parents is a vital step towards engaging learners and

allowing students to master 21st century skills. Having a

positive attitude about our school is fundamentally

important to improving student outcomes.

Research has proven, that parents who are proactive in

communicating with teachers about what their children

are learning, attending school events and having a positive

attitude about the school leads to students reaching their

full potential and living healthy and productive lives.

An excellent way to immerse yourself in the day to day

business of the school is to become an active member of

our School Association.

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

Next meeting will be held on Thursday 25 August commencing at 7:30pm in the

main staff room. All are welcome to attend.

Junior Football have won their first three games

comfortably but have been beaten by much stronger

St. Patrick’s teams in the last two weeks.

Notable performances from Jayden Hinds, Jonty

Sheppard, Toby Upson, Sam Sherriff and Brandon

Leary.

We are looking to bounce back this week against

Kings Meadows in an away game.

The senior footy team had a tough start to the

season, losing our first three games in a row as we

played Division 1 schools to determine which

division we would enter.

After being placed in Division 2, our season is now

back on track with comfortable wins over several

teams and two narrow one-goal losses to SPC and

LCS. With a firm 3rd position on the Division 2

ladder, we have finals set in our sights. With some

blood, heart and ticker, we know we have the

potential to make it all the way.

Tom Cooper

Student Success

Congratulations Caitlyn Turner for achieving some excellent

results in three national competitions. Caitlyn has achieved a

High Distinction in the Australian National History

Competition and has been named the Tasmanian Junior

History Champion. In the ICAS Digital Technologies

competition Caitlyn is one of the Tasmanian champions and

has been awarded a medal for her outstanding high

achievement. In the ASI Big Science Competition Caitlyn has

again achieved an excellent result and is one of only fifty-

four girls nationally to be invited to the Curious Minds

Conference. What an amazing effort Caitlyn, well-done!

Mr Ben Frerk

PRINCIPAL

I’m David your School

Health Nurse for Exeter

High School. My work is

part of the second stage

introduction of primary and

secondary school health nurses across Tasmanian

Government schools. The programme aims to support

schools to create a physical and social environment that

promotes health and wellbeing, and assists to improve

health and education outcomes for children and young

people in Tasmania. In secondary schools the focus is to

promote good health and wellbeing, and to work with students, teachers and the school community on issues that

may include body image, physical activity and nutrition,

mental health, addictions and risk behaviours, sexual health

and relationships, positive parenting for teenagers with

babies, and promotion of good health and wellbeing.

I offer one to one assistance, working with health promotion

activities, and being involved with health education where

requested. My background in nursing has been quite varied

but as well as acute nursing in the LGH, some years in

occupational health, I have worked in Youth Health for 16

years, based at The Corner Youth Health Centre, more

recently known as Headspace. In addition, I have served as

a member of the RAANC as a Nursing officer (reservist) for

many years. I really enjoy working with young people. Last

year I worked with students around relationships, cyber

safety, nutrition, sleep, puberty and hygiene. I am also able

to offer smoking cessation, resilience and life skills

programmes, body image and self-esteem as well as

programmes such as Friends, Drumbeat and Safe Landings

later in the year.

I’m based at four high schools, and will be at Exeter High

every Friday. I am located in room 111, which is the same

room as the Social Worker. Students can self-refer or

teachers and support staff are also able to refer; the office

staff are aware of my availability and have an appointment

booking sheet. I’m happy to work with parents when

requested, and can be contacted via the school office. if you

would like to make an appointment. Next month I will be

at Exeter on Fridays, August 19th, and 26th.

Just as a reminder, first aid needs still go through the

school’s usual process as I am not in the school every day.

David Mackay

School Health Nurse

Let me introduce myself… My name is Nerida Green and I

commenced work here at Exeter at the

end of July as the new school Chaplain,

replacing Crystal during her Maternity Leave. I will be

working Mondays and Fridays each week.

I was born and bred in Launceston and apart from a year in

Queensland recently and a year in California in the early

1990’s, have lived in Launceston all my life.

I enjoy walking, scrapbooking, crafts, reading, baking, and

travelling (as you can see by the attached photo of a very

recent trip to Africa).

My working life has seen me fluctuating between working in

administration in various industries and fields, to working in

and managing child care centres. After completing my

Diploma in Children’s Services in 1991, in 1992 I spent a

year in California working as a nanny just outside of San

Francisco. I still have contact with this family and feel

privileged to have been back to visit a couple of times and

see my “charges” grow into adulthood and have their own

children.

I currently work 3 days a week at a local church as an Office

Administrator and also teach Learn to Swim classes at the

Launceston Aquatic Centre.

I am also a trained Rainbows facilitator which is a

programme which runs for about 12 weeks with small

groups of children and deals with issues of grief. I am

hoping to run a similar programme here at Exeter in Term 4

called “Spectrum” which is for older students, but will keep

you posted on this.

I am looking forward to getting to know the staff and

students here at Exeter and supporting the school

community. My intention initially is to spend time in

different classes so that students know who I am and thus

build relationships that way. I want students to feel

comfortable to come and chat to me if they have any issues/

concerns or just need someone to be a sounding board for

them and encourage them.

Once I have “found my feet” a little and spent time with

students, I will be looking at running some lunch time

activities which I hope will not only be fun and enjoyable,

but will help build a sense of identity and leave “our” kids

feeling better about themselves and their place in the world

around them.

Thank you for the privilege of being a part of your child’s

school life.

Nerida

School Chaplain

Last Friday, the 5th August, eighteen pumped Grade 10s were

up bright and early ready for an action packed trip away in

Melbourne. We all boarded the plane and anticipated what

was to come. While some of us were looking forward to the

football and the large amount of shopping, others were

looking forward to the Pokemon that were waiting to be

discovered.

Once we arrived in Melbourne we piled into the party bus

and headed to our home for the next couple of days. We

dumped our stuff and headed off to our first stop. The MCG

and National Sports Museum, which required a lot of walking

to reach.

The National Sports Museum was filled with memorabilia

from every sport imaginable as well as great spots to take

our new profile pictures. After that we got the opportunity

to step onto the very grass where football greats get to play.

Soon after we continued to the Collingwood Football

Club which required more walking. When we arrived we got

a tour of the facilities and daily life of a Magpie footy player.

It was great having an insight into what a player at the

club experiences.

Once the tour was over and we were able to drag

the Collingwood fans out of the gift shop with their new

merchandise, we did even more walking which took us

to Rod Laver Arena. We were given a tour of the home of

Australian tennis and it was unreal being able to see first

hand the environment which famous tennis players

encounter at the Australian Open.

With MORE walking we headed back to the city. While most

of us took a break, Mr Clarke took on a magpie. The magpie

won.

We headed back to our hotel and settled in. Once we had

unpacked we went shopping at Melbourne Central. While

most of the group headed off to stores such as Nike and

Adidas, a small number of us went straight to Boost Juice.

This was the first of many of our daily Boost Juice trips.

After we'd finished shopping we mentally prepared ourselves

for the tram ride to the MCG which would be filled with

people and no room to move. We watched at least three

trams go before finally nodding our heads and saying "yep,

this is the one guys."

Friday night footy at the G was a great match between

Collingwood and Richmond which went goal for goal, with

the Tigers coming out on top. After the game we headed

back to the hotel and got some well deserved sleep ready

for the next day.

Day 2 was a rough start. We caught the tram out to the

zoo and ended up driving straight past the zoo by 30 stops

before we could get off. Once we finally made it to the zoo

we explored the exhibits and took happy snaps with all the

animals. Being at the zoo made us all very hungry, some so

hungry that pouring chocolate sauce mistakenly over a pie

thinking it's barbeque sauce became a good idea.

Once we'd wrapped up at the zoo we headed to the DFO,

ready for some good quality shopping. 99.9% of us came

home with a fresh pair of new kicks, even Mr Clarke’s son

scored a pair. While many of us enjoyed this shopping

experience, the rest (particularly the boys) couldn't wait to

get out of there. So it was time for some footy.

We travelled to Etihad Stadium and caught a tram which

had pre-show entertainment of Josh Shaw face planting. We

were all excited for the match between the Bulldogs and

the Kangaroos. We had seats up close to the action and we

were constantly waving our arms around trying to get on

TV. It was a great game with the Bulldogs claiming the win.

We headed back to the hotel for our last night in

Melbourne.

Day 3 our last day, started off with a trip to the Queen

Victoria Markets which was a great experience and our last

shopping opportunity, where we purchased a watermelon

which he happily ate on our remaining travels. And we

don't regret that purchase one bit.

We returned to our hotel, packed our bags and boarded

the party bus back to the airport. And yes, the watermelon

was still being consumed until we got into the airport and

could no longer carry this massive watermelon with us.

At the airport we formed a queue at Krispy Kremes, buying

the boxes by the dozen. Then we boarded the plane back

to Tassie.

All in all we had an unforgettable experience. We came

home with new unbeatable Pokemon and memories that

will last forever.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to Mrs Robinson, Mr

Clarke and Mrs Saville once again for organising the trip and

giving us the opportunity to attend.

Emma Summers and Lily Spencer

A call every 1.7 minutes - Kids Helpline

Over 350,000 young people aged five to 25 contacted Kids Helpline last year, with 209,803 calls, chats and emails answered. According to the Kids Helpline Insights Report 2015, the 24/7 phone support service for young people responds to over 4,000 contacts every week. Children and young people contact the service for a range of issues in their lives including mental and emotional wellbeing, bullying, drug and alcohol use, pregnancy, domestic violence, and peer relationships. Over half of the young people who contacted Kids Helpline were aged between 13-18 years and 71 per cent were female. Just over one in five calls were about mental health; other common reasons young people sought counselling were family relationships, emotional wellbeing, suicide, and dating and partner relationships. This provides invaluable insights into the key issues affecting young Australians. According to yourtown CEO Tracy Adams, mental health and emotional wellbeing is now the number one reason why children and young people contact the service for counselling. “Our services are ever evolving to meet the contemporary needs of children and young people in response to what they tell us and what academic research shows,” she said.

The report also revealed that 31 per cent of young people accessing the service came from regional and remote communities. Young people also accessed information via web and email services. The ‘Tips and Info” section on the website, which covers topics like dating, family, mental health and sexuality, had over half a million page views last year. This is closely aligned with the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ finding that 99 per cent of Aussie teens aged 15-17 use the internet and spend an average of 18 hours per week online. Of the 285 children and young people who responded to the 2015

Kids Helpline survey, two out of three felt more capable of dealing with their problems after speaking to a counsellor. Kids Helpline celebrates its 25th birthday this year. The service has responded to more than 75 million contacts from children and young people since its establishment in 1991.

Top 5 Concerns of all Kids Helpline

counselling contacts

Market Dates 2016/2017 2016

Sunday 4th September Sunday 2th October

Monday 7th November (Northern Tasmania Recreation Day)

Sunday 4th December

2017 Sunday 8th January Sunday 5th February. Monday 13th March

(8 Hour Day) Monday 17th April (TBC)

(Easter Monday)

Please note the following: Stall Holder Fees:

Outside Stall holders:

One 5 meter frontage site - $20.00 Trestles -$5.00 each

Food sites requiring power - $5.00 plus site fee.

Inside Stall Holders: Includes One trestle $20.00

Includes Two trestles $30.00

Stall holder fees will be collected by the Lion Club members between 9 am -10 am. Please ensure you have

your stall holder fees ready.

For more information, please visit our website

The school farm is selling garden mulch. $5 for

a 30L bag or $4 for 20 or

more. Orders can be

placed through the school

office by phoning 6394 4366.

Prepayment is required

when ordering and a pick up

time will also need to be negotiated.

Dental Van

The Dental Van will be at Exeter

Primary School until the end of

August. To organise a check up or

treatment please phone 6394 4757 /

6702 6088 for an appointment.

The SLC are planning a number of events for the

term. More details will be available as dates get

closer, so please keep a lookout .

Junior Sport Activity session every Tuesday at

lunch time in the Gym

Senior Sport Activity session every Thursday at

lunch time in the Gym

Free Dress/Fundraising Day Monday 22 August

in conjunction with RSPCA Cupcake Day. Gold

coin donation.

Whole School Social Wednesday 31 August—Theme to be advised.

Fundraising Footy Colours Day, Friday 2

September. Gold coin donation.

Important

Message School Newsletter moving to

paperless circulation

Parents, carers and community members are advised that

our school newsletter “The Pride” will soon become an e-

publication only.

The last issue to be circulated in paper form will be

distributed on Friday 19 August 2016.

From then on the newsletter will be available via our

webpage at exeterhigh.education.tas.gov.au our school

Facebook page or via the Exeter High School site on the

Skoolbag app which can be downloaded for free from the

app store.

Paper versions will continue to be available from the school

office in very limited numbers.

CONTACT DETAILS

Exeter High School

Glen Ard Mohr Road, EXETER Tas 7275

Phone (03) 6394 4366 Fax (03) 6394 4485

Email: exeter.high@education.tas.gov.au

OFFICE HOURS 8:30am-4:00pm 6394 4366

Beginners Sewing Course Alanvale Campus of TasTAFE, Newnham

Design and produce clothing Draft patterns No previous experience needed

Thursdays, 9am – 2.30pm (1/9, 8/9, 15/9, 22/9,(school holiday break), 13/10, 20/10, 27/10, 3/11)

Instalment plans available Full Fee $249.60 – Concession $83.20

Please contact Glenda Edmunds 6777 2637 Places limited.

LEAD, INSPIRE, GROW – Applications now open

Applications are now open for West Tamar

Council’s youth leadership program – Lead,

Inspire, Grow. The program is held over 3

days in the summer holidays at Camp Clayton, Ulverstone from

January 9th – 11th.

The camp features games, challenges and guests speakers and is

designed to build leadership skills. The camp is open to all West

Tamar residents aged 12-16 and free to successful applicants.

Places are limited.

To apply visit: http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/Your-Community/Youth/

L e a d e r s h i p - P r o g r a m o r c o n t a c t S t e w a r t

stewart.bell@wtc.tas.gov.au or phone: 63239206) for further

information.

Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Australia Day Awards and Grants.

Australia Day Awards Do you know an outstanding individual or group deserving of an award in one of the following categories: Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Young Sportsperson of the Year or Community Group/Event of the Year? Outstanding contributions and community service includes areas such as: education, health, fund-raising, charitable and voluntary services, business, sport, arts, the environment, or any other area that contributes to the advancement and wellbeing of a community. All residents of the West Tamar Municipal Area are eligible and nominations of non-residents who have made an outstanding contribution to the community will also be considered. Australia Day Grants West Tamar Council is offering grants of up to $2,000 to assist community groups in the West Tamar municipality to hold com-munity Australia Day events. On Australia Day we come together as a nation to celebrate what is great about Australia and being Australian. It is the day to re-flect on what we can be proud of and for communities to cele-brate together. In line with the National Australia Day Council, West Tamar Council encourages our valued community groups to Celebrate What’s Great.

NOMINATE AND APPLY NOW!

Nomination/Application forms and guidelines are available on Council’s website www.wtc.tas.gov.au. Submissions close on Friday 30 September 2016.

For more information or assistance completing the forms please contact Kaitlin Roach on 6323 9200 /

kaitlin.roach@wtc.tas.gov.au

Performances

The school office is still taking payments for the following performances.

The Little Mermaid, $10.00 Rock of Ages, $10.00

Numbers for these shows are limited so please return signed permission form and money to the office now.