Dear Parent(s)/Caregiver(s),

The term has certainly flown by with it being at the end of week 9 already. We wish you a

safe and happy Easter long week-end break and hope everybody comes back to school

refreshed and ready to tackle the last 2 weeks of term. Remember it is an 11 week term.

A reminder about the operation of school speed zones around the Easter holidays. School zones exist for the safety of our children and families; they will operate on Thursday 28th March, then resume on Tuesday 2nd April. Forty-kilometres-an-hour school speed zones operate across New South Wales at all school sites on gazetted school days, which are all days the school is open, even pupil-free days.

As the cooler weather approaches please keep in mind the uniform policy. For a student

to be out of school uniform they will require a note from home.

On another note, bullying is bullying wether through cyberspace or face to face. The

responsibility of keeping your child safe from cyber bullying will often fall onto you as the

parent or caregiver. Below is an interesting link.

Bullying knows no bounds When cyber bullying hits home - what one mum wishes she’d done differently. Because most cyber bullying happens in the home, parents need to be aware of the technology that young people are using. http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/cyberbullying/when-cyberbullying-hits-home

Please be aware we will most likely be undertaking pest control spraying at the start of the school holidays. The P & C are organising a prize draw which will include all students who have their fees paid before the 2nd last week in Term 2. There will be more information about this in coming weeks.

Have a good break. Ms P Greyling Deputy Principal (Relieving) Support, ED and Aboriginal Education

142 The Wool Road, Vincentia 2540 Ph: 4441 6766 Fax: 4441 6000 www.vincentia-h.schools.nsw.edu.au email:vincentia-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Vincentia Vibe - The voice of our school Term 1 wk 9A 28/03/2013

Your School Contacts

S Glenday Principal P Hogan Deputy Principal Ganya Garindja, Gumbari & Support Units G Brady Deputy Principal Stage 4 (Yrs 7 & 8) M Meehan Head Teacher Teaching & Learning Stage 4 T Lane Deputy Principal Stage 5 (Yrs 9 & 10) P Greyling Head Teacher Teaching & Learning Stage 5 P Taylor Deputy Principal Stage 6 (Yrs 11 & 12) F Loupos Head Teacher Teaching & Learning Stage 6 F Davis School Administration Manager (Relieving) G Cornell School Administration Manager (Relieving) W Bruffey Head Teacher Admin (Rel) R Gilbert Head Teacher English G Smith Head Teacher Mathematics M Reid Head Teacher Science (Rel) L Ryder Head Teacher CAPA S Corbett Head Teacher HSIE F Bachmann Head Teacher PDHPE A Newton Head Teacher TAS P Raftery Sports Co-ordinator S Clark Head Teacher Support J Scott Head Teacher Gumbari Unit A Glenday Head Teacher Wellbeing Learning Support K Lane Head Teacher Ganya Garindja Unit

Leadership and Social

Engagement Contacts

G Keogh & L Sweirenga Year 7 Adviser J Powter Year 8 Adviser M Tebbitt & J Lamond Year 9 Adviser P Raftery Year 10 Adviser S Brunswick Year 11 Adviser A Newton Year 12 Adviser

Term Dates:

Term 1 - 29th January to Friday 12th April Easter Break - 29th March to 1st April Term 2 - 29th April to 28th June Term 3 - 16th July to 20th September Term 4 - 8th October to 18th December

The school day starts at 8.15am and finishes at 2.21pm.

What’s happening

at VHS Wednesday 27th March 2013

VHS Indigenous Ranger Cadetship/

visiting local area

Yr 12 Half Yearly Exams

Senior Assessment Week

Thursday 28th March 2013

Half Yearly Exams

Yr 6 Triathlon Transition

Senior Assessment Week

Friday 29th March 2013

Good Friday

Monday 1st April 2013

EASTER Monday

Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Access Arts Connection in Cottage

P3 Mrs Taylor

VET Hospitality Work Placement

South Coast School Surfing Titles

Rennies Beach Ulladulla Mr Raftery

Senior Assessment Week

Djinggi Program VC in A9

Wednesday 3rd April 2013

VET Hospitality Work Placement

Senior School Representative

Soccer match Huskisson Football Fields Mr Von Stieglitz

Senior Assessment Week.

Thursday 4th April 2013

VET Hospitality Work Placement

Senior Assessment Week

CAPA News

The CAPA department welcomes Year 7 and lots of new enrolments this year! Our junior students are working hard in Art and in Music, some lovely sounds can be heard as students learn to play keyboard and guitar in music and staff are impressed with the quality of class work and homework being produced by Year 7,8. Keep up the great work. Elective classes and seniors are also hard at work and we welcome our first industrial tech ‘Ceramics’ class in Year 9, who have already produced some creative and technically proficient pieces. We look forward to seeing some lovely work in our VHS Art Exhibition ‘Places and Spaces’ in June at the Lady Denman – Vera Hatton Gallery. Have a great Holiday L Ryder HT CAPA.

CAPA TASTE OF HIGH SCHOOL DAY 19TH March, 30 students from 6 local primary school's enjoyed exploring our fabulous Arts facilities on Tuesday.

Students who chose to join the Guitar group were thrilled to spend the day with Mr Barkwith, our very successful HSC student and soon to be recording star - Danielle Colligan and guitarist Lisa Young. With this expert tuition, the group learnt and performed a very sophisticated version of the Gunners "sweet child of mine".

Those who opted to join the visual arts workshop, worked with Ms Roxby and Lara Norton, Zoe de Munck, Jamie Ferguson, Rosemary Defries, Keira Allan, Natasha Cook and Selina Elmer from our Talented Year 10 class, to produce a beautiful pastel still life and a creative wire sculpture.

The students enjoyed not only working in CAPA for the day, but also the opportunity to meet new friends from other schools and sample lunch from our school canteen.

Competitions:

Youth week 2012 Drawing Competition

“be active be happy be you” due to be judged at school Tuesday

Win an apple Ipad! See www.paragontech.com.au Paragontech Illawarra & Shaolhaven Schools free choice art comp. entries due first day back term 2

Shoalhaven Eisteddfod for Music, Dance, Drama see

www.shoalhaveneisteddfod.com.au

Places to go in the holidays:

Art Gallery of NSW Catch the train the Martin Place and walk through the domain to see the Archibald and Wynn and Sulman awards

Shoalhaven Art centre Margaret Dredge abstractions on until April 13

th.

ARTEXPRESS at the Armory - Sydney Olympic Park on until April 28

th. See

the best of 2012 HSC artworks or take part in a workshop.

www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au Catch the train to circular Quay and then a ferry to Sydney Olympic Park

Every year, for the last four years, the Mathematics Faculty has organised excursions for female students in years 9 to 12, to the University of Technology Sydney’s Women in Engineering and IT Hands-on Day. This year, it falls on 5th April. This one day interactive seminar provides opportunities for our female students to find out more about what engineering is, meet university students and professionals and explore the possibilities of engineering and IT as study options and careers. In the past, students were introduced to artificial heart surgery through simple experiments with magnets, batter-ies and wires. They also learnt about building and flying simple model aircraft, gained hands-on experience in constructing a Formula 1 style race car, built a Lego structure to demonstrate the importance of communication in engineering and discovered how mobile robotics engineering was used in recent natural disasters like the New Zealand earthquake. Those are just a few examples and who know what exciting activities await us this year. If you are interested in attending this excursion, please collect your consent forms from Mrs Brewitt from the Mathematics Faculty. Places are limited so first come first served. Thank you

Mrs D Brewitt

Careers News: In 2012 a fortnightly careers e-newsletter was developed to keep students and their parents up to date with current university, TAFE and workplace opportunities. In 2013 I would like to continue with this project to ensure everyone is aware of any important dates or activities that are coming up. If you would like to be added to this list please complete and return the end section of this form to the school. Please note if you registered your email address last year I will require you to resubmit as I am starting the list afresh in 2013. Looking forward to a positive and productive year in careers! Regards Holly Pastor

Parent email: ____________________________________________________________

Student email: _____________________________________________________________

Healthy Minds

School Project

On Thursday the 7th March at VHS an interactive student dramatic performance was held. This event was sponsored fully by the St George Foundation and the Shoalhaven Suicide Awareness Network (SSPAN). The project is designed to increase young people’s awareness in decision making, allowing them to explore consequences both positive and negative. Through professional actors our students chose how scenes unfolded, navigating how the actors communicated with one another. Our young people gained a clearer understanding of the impact of life choices from this entertaining experience. Vincentia High would like to sincerely thank SSPAN for this initiative and for their ongoing efforts to support our local young people. Over 80 students were fully sponsored to attend. It was wonderful to see students perform musically at this event and to see the beautiful student artworks that captured the enjoyment of life. You can make a tax deductible donation online to the Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention and Awareness Network online at www.sspan.org.au or buy a south coast entertainment book and all proceeds will go to this worthy cause. The book will be launched later this month and details will be available on how to purchase in a subsequent newsletter. Michelle Hudman (CAPA teacher)

NAPLAN Tests

Information for Parents: When: Tuesday, 14th May to Friday 17th May, 2013 Who: Years 7 & 9 Why: Information collected from the tests is used by the school to

target support to specific students and to plan teaching and learning programs.

OPPORTUNITY ‘C’ CLASS for 2014

(for academically gifted children)

Parents of gifted and talented children currently in Year 4 are invited to attend an

INFORMATION EVENING 6.00pm, Tuesday 9th April, 2013

at Illaroo Road Public School

A Year 5 Opportunity ‘C’ class will be formed in 2014 for gifted and talented students who are in Year 4 in 2013.

Phone Bob Lowe, deputy principal, on 4421 0422 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Newsletter

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Please return to the Front Office

President - Mrs Annette Bevan

Vice President - Mr Peter Dooley

Jnr Vice President - Mrs Melinda Creamer

Secretary - Mrs Louise Mayer

Treasurer - Mrs Sonja Hammond

Canteen Treasurer - Mrs Jenny Moffat

Vincentia High School

Triathlon &

Mountain Bike Fundraiser Bunnings, Nowra

Saturday, 27th

April, 2013

Each year Vincentia High School participates in many triathlon & mountain bike events. Over 100 students from our school participate in these events which are held as far away as Penrith & Can-berra, and to subsidise some of the cost of attending, transport, accommodation etc, the school will be holding a BBQ fundraiser at Bunnings, South Nowra.

We really need your help!!!

The BBQ runs from 7am till 6pm and we need about 5 people in attendance each hour. If you can help support this very worthwhile cause, please fill in the slip below and return it to Ms Boyce before 27th March, 2013. Volunteers need to be 18yrs of age or over.

Thank you for your support

Vincentia High School

Triathlon & Mountain Bike Fundraiser

Bunnings, Nowra

Saturday 27th

April, 2013

My name is _______________________________________and I can assist at the Bunnings

BBQ on Saturday 27th April between the hours of ____________.

My mobile number is ______________________________

My email address is _________________________________________________________

Community

News

P & C

Meeting Thursday, 23rd May 2013

7.30pm in the Common Room

We extend a welcome, especially to all new parents and look forward to seeing you at

the meeting.

For a $10 donation

the $2 Poppy Coin will come with a Certificate of Donation Australia’s first commemorative $2 coin in colour has been unveiled by the RSL

and the Royal Australian Mint. A unique Australian legal tender, this ground

breaking $2 coin is simply an outstanding keepsake for every Australian.

The coin depicts the red Flanders Poppy, which is synonymous with

Remembrance Day and the sacrifices made by Australians in conflict.

All funds raised go to support our vital RSL programs helping thousands of

Veterans’ and serving Defence personnel and their families in homes and

communities across Australia.

Available from the RSL National Office at Level 3, 65 Constitution Avenue CAMPBELL ACT

Phone orders can also be made through the National Office at 02 6248 7199.

Please note there will be a minimum postal charge of $5 per coin.

www.rsl.org.au

Bay and Basin Tutors

Dare to Achieve

Bay and Basin Tutors offers in-home tuition for:

Primary and secondary schooling

Mathematics Year 7– 10 Science Year 11 and 12 Biology English

Tuition is in the privacy of your own home by qualified staff, in the Bay and Basin Area. Reasonable rates offering 1/2 hour or hour sessions. Tailored to your child’s specific needs. Discounts available for 2 or more children receiving tutoring. Why not give me a call today to arrange a no obligation start up session for your child/children. Nicole Clarke BMedSc. GDipEd. (Science) Phone: 0417 692 669 Email: bayandbasintutors@gmail.com

Winter Appeal Charity Dinner

Saturday 4th May 2013

St Vincent de Paul Society Invite you to attend their

“Winter Appeal Charity Dinner” Saturday 4th May 2013

“BOMADERRY BOWLING CLUB” 154 Meroo Road, Bomaderry

Book your seat to enjoy a relaxed, fun night with friendly atmosphere.

Dress; Formal 7pm Arrival for 7.30pm seating

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Science Passport Program Update

The science educators at the Australia Global School will ‘shine a light’ on important topics in the current Biology and Chemistry senior school curriculum.

Various modes of delivery such as discussion, group problem-solving, digital interactive and “hands-on” tasks will be used.

These sessions are great for both introductory and revision purposes, and will cover background information to en-hance learning outcomes from the workshop, revision handouts and laboratory sessions.

Sessions will include:

Chemical Equations

Space still available for April

Bookings are still open for the April Science Passport – 15 – 19 April. Although the early bird rate has closed, con-cessions still apply for group bookings of five or more. Call the office on 02 6226 8880. Bookings can also be made online at www.globalschool.com.au/sciencepassport

Accommodation Update

Accommodation has been finalised for the April camp. A teacher-supervisor will be available at all times at the ac-commodation. We will be staying in the inner north of Canberra at Watson – perfect for our visits to the Australian National University and other science facilities in the National Capital.

Periodic Table and Mole Concept

DNA Delights

Balancing Biology

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What happens at Science Passport?

The five day program at the April Science Passport will be full and invigorating:

Key note science careers lectures held in The Australian Academy of Science Shine Dome

Laboratory work in the ANU science labs

Redox trial – fun team ANU campus challenge based on science knowledge, team creativity, technical skills and problem solving

Tutorial sessions and personal revision assistance provided by experienced teachers

Science Career panel with a focus on diverse careers e.g., science journalism, horticulture, researchers, medicine and engineering

Science tours – ANU, CSIRO, Australian Academy of Science, John Curtin Medical Research School

Canberra Icon Tours (depending upon student preferences)

o National Museum

o National Gallery

o National Film and Sound Archive

o Questacon

Celebration dinner event

Introducing…… Dr Brenda Grieve

With a PhD in biochemistry and more than 30 years of teaching science in state and independent schools, 11 of those as Head of Science at a leading academic school in Sydney, Brenda is a highly competent educator, recent NSW HSC senior advisor and current science author. Throughout her career she has aimed to nurture her students’ interest in science by encouraging them to participate in national research competitions and residential programs.

Always an adventurer with a love of water and natural environments, Brenda has led many school science field trips throughout Australia including to Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as overseas trips to the Galapagos Is-lands, the Amazon, a dinosaur dig in Argentina and Antarctica.

Brenda will provide expert guidance to students on key Year 11 and Year 12 curriculum biology and chemistry topics and will assist students in follow-up tutorial sessions.

She will be an active presence throughout the Science Passport program, leading various activities and providing formal and informal guidance on all matters science and science assessment.

Brenda thinks the NASA website is particularly interesting www.nasa.gov. For those interested in the environment, Bren-da suggests reading ECOS online www.csiro.au/Portals/Publications/Magazines/ECOS- magazine.aspx

Brenda is excited to be a part of the core teaching team for the Science Passport April program.

‘If we did all the things we are ca-pable of, we would astound our-selves’ Thomas A Edison

Web: www.globalschool/sciencepassport.com Email: sciencepass-

port@globalschool.com.au Phone:

(02) 6226 8880 Fax (02) 6226 8704

Brenda on her way to Antarctica!