14 September 2017 Term 3 Week 9

KELSO HIGH CAMPUS

NEWSLETTER Delivering excellence, innovation, opportunity and student success

Telephone: 63314544 email: kelso-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au PO Box 499

Fax: 6332 1678 web: www.kelso-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Bathurst 2795

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2018 Year 12 leaders for Kelso High Campus have been announced! We are delighted to have

Madeleine Howle, Claire Sheehan, Jacob Parker and Jay Webber as our captains they will be joined

by four school prefects - Caitlin Doolan, Kylie Taylor, Ethan Hamer and Jackson Howle.

Our Captains

Madeleine Howle Claire Sheehan Jacob Parker Jay Webber

Our Prefects

Ethan Hamer Caitlin Doolan Jackson Howle Kylie Talyor

Farewell Year 12

It is with mixed emotions that we begin to farewell our Year 12 students, the class of 2017.

With only a week left of school, most students are still working hard in preparation for their

exams. On Thursday next week Year 12 will be celebrating with a uniform free day and a range

of activities, including the traditional assembly presented by Year 12 to the rest of the school.

The Year 12 formal assembly is on Friday 22 September at 9.20am. This is my favourite time of

the school year and I’m really looking forward to next week as Year 12 celebrate their final

week of school.

School Leaders shine

As one group prepares to depart, another is stepping into their leadership roles.

Congratulations to our 2017-18 Year 12 Leadership Team of Caitlin Doolan, Ethan Hamer,

Jackson Howle, Madeleine Howle, Jacob Parker, Claire Sheehan, Kylie Taylor and Jay

Webber. This is a most impressive group of young people and they will be a wonderful

leadership team. Special congratulations to Jay, Madeleine, Jake and Claire who are our

captains following last week’s election process.

Parent Voice

We would love to hear from our parents in the Tell Them from Me survey, which was released

a few weeks ago. It is not a very long survey and should only take 10-15 minutes. The survey

can be accessed at https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/kelsohighcampus2017. I would

encourage all parents to complete the survey. In addition to the survey, we will also be

phoning a random sample of parents over the next few weeks to seek their opinions to inform

our future direction at Kelso High Campus.

Enjoy the break

I would like to thank everyone at Kelso High Campus for the work they are doing. Term 3 is

very hectic for everyone, and in particular our senior students and teachers. There are some

very tired people who have earned their holiday! I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing break

and enjoys some beautiful spring weather following this cold and long winter period.

Top performances:

Cole Mutton: selected as shadow for the Australian Schoolboys football team – an outstanding

achievement.

Abbey-May Brown selected for the Cerebral Palsy World Games in Spain in 2018.

TJ Henderson, Bailey Honeyman, Sebastian Honeyman, Matt Bignell who all achieved High

distinctions in the Mathematics Challenge for young Australians.

Cirkus Surreal delivered another outstanding performance in the Mad Hatter of Mayfield on

Sunday at Mayfield Gardens.

HSC students who have produced some excellent major works and projects. Our Industrial

Technology tasks were marked 2 weeks ago and our art and photography pieces were displayed

last Friday and were sent off this week for marking.

Students who assisted in the Primary schools Gala Day: Sebastian and Bailey Honeyman, Tait

Borgstahl, Thomas Judge, Jacob Ryan and Justin Stephens. Kelso High students are providing a

lot of support to primary schools in the area.

KHC dancers who performed exceptionally well at the Bathurst Eisteddfod: KHC company came

first and the Denison College ensemble placed 3rd.

The Denison College Concert Band – awarded first place ahead of all other schools in Bathurst

at the Bathurst Eisteddfod.

The outgoing Year 12 leadership team: a wonderful group of people, who have left their mark

on Kelso High Campus and lifted the bar. Thanks and best wishes Mark, Caroline, Emily, Sammi,

Suzie, Macca, Felix, Lachlan.

Please give me a call me or drop by to discuss anything concerning your child and Denison College,

Kelso High Campus.

Mick Sloan

Principal

JAPANORAMA

Japanese student visits in August by Ms Alliband

August is the summer holiday season in the northern hemisphere and the most popular time for

Japanese students to visit us here at Kelso. This year we accepted visits from a number of groups,

including three groups over a few days in August.

Visitors were shown around the school by year 9 and 10 students, and year 8 students took part

in some activities for the first time.

Year 8 observations on the visit included:

“they greeted us by bowing and holding our hands”,

“it was surprising how much English they spoke”,

“their uniform was so formal”,

“they seemed happy…and excited to meet us”,

“they were surprised at how different their school was to their school”,

“they loved learning how to play cricket”,

“they took lots of photos with us”,

“they got to see diversity at our school”,

“they were very respectful”,

“some of their mobile phones were really different to ours”.

We were lucky enough to host groups this August from KSKK (a cultural exchange group with

students from different schools), Motosu City in mid-Japan and Onojo City in southern Japan. All

students seemed to enjoyed the cultural exchange very much, and we hope they can visit us

again next year! Many thanks to all students and teachers who helped to make the visits a

success.

Playing Twister together Japanese—Australian Quiz challenge

Teachers smiling after a successful day Comparing coins & enjoying a snack of fruit

Janken PON! (Scissors Paper Rock!) Exploring Kelso High Campus

We loved their ‘yukata’ traditional dress Bowling together was heaps of fun!

HSC Bootcamps are coming to KHC!

Year 12 students complete their lessons at the end of Term 3 and continue their preparation for the HSC examinations through independent study. This year, Year

12 students have the opportunity to participate in guided revision during Week 1 of next term to make the most of staff expertise in their final week of preparation. The bootcamps will give students the opportunity to revise syllabus content and

prepare ideas for their responses that will help them maximise their results in the HSC. Each session is designed to help students boost their exam marks, write better

responses and revise content using a range of study skills and techniques.

View the session timetable in this newsletter and see Miss Hertel if you have any questions.

The Tell Them From Me parent feedback survey (Term 3, 2017)

This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey,

another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent

surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about

different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives

on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between par-

ents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the

school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our

school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or

computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is

completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 21 August and

13 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses

are very much appreciated.

To access the survey for our school go to:

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/kelsohighcampus2017.

More information about the survey is available at:

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

Parent FAQ document for the parent survey:

Schools should provide parents with the following additional document: http:// http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/TTFM_Parent_Survey_FAQs_Parent_and_Carers_T32017.pdf

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Hi, my name is Abbey-May Brown and I'm in Year 10 here at Kelso High Campus.

I am a competitive swimmer and compete in carnivals all around NSW. I hold numerous records including 6 state records and have been selected for the "Cerebral Palsy World Games" in Spain (Barcelona) in August 2018.

At this stage the swimming team have not yet been confirmed, depending on the number of competitors able to attend as this is a massive financial impact on families.

Updates will be in our newsletter regarding the games and hopefully I will get everyone's support to help me achieve my dreams competing at an international event wearing the Australian uniform.

Stroevey Challenge

Number 233

Any Difference?

If you drop a steel ball weighing 5 kg from a height of 5 m, will it fall faster in water 20 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 degrees Fahrenheit, or will

there be no difference at all?

Solutions given later in newsletter

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SMALL GROUP BAND LESSONS

Dear Parents,

The Music Department at Kelso High Campus has the opportunity to trial a small group band program for the remainder of 2017.

This program is aimed at Year 7 and 8 students only in the near future, but opportunities for other year groups may become available in 2018.

We have the privilege of having the services of Mr Phil McDowell to help us with this program. Phil was the owner of Sack Music in Bathurst and is now using his considerable experience in helping us expand our rapidly growing Stage 4 Music Program.

The groups will consist of 6-8 students of similar ability and allow students to experience and learn either the bass, guitar or drums in a 30-minute session during class time. Students will be expected to catch up on any missed work from these classes.

At this stage, the cost will be $10 per student per session. This will be payable to the office at the beginning of each term. The cost for Term 4 will be $90 per student. There will be no lessons in Week 10 of the term.

At this stage, we are hoping to have some trial lessons at various times in the remainder of Term 3 and start the program proper in Term 4. This is simply an expression of interest letter.

A permission note will come out later in the term.

Please indicate your interest below with your child’s name and class.

We look forward to an exciting Term 4 in the Music Department of Kelso High Campus.

Mrs. Oriana Zanon

Music Teacher

________________________________________________________________

I am interested in my child being involved in the Stage 4 Small Group lessons in Term 4 2017.

Child’s Name: _____________________ Class: _____ Signed: ___________________________

CALENDAR TERM 3, 2017

Notice to Parents and Students

There has been a change to the front office opening hours on Wednesday mornings. The office will

now operate between 9.15am—3 .45pm

This change will allow our front office staff to undertake training to better serve you. Opening Hours: Monday 8.30am—3.45pm Tuesday 8.30am—3.45pm Wednesday 9.15am—3.45pm Thursday 8.30am—3.45pm Friday 8.30am—3.45pm Students are able to access services (payments of excursions) at the front office before school, recess and lunch times only.

YOU CAN STILL GET MATHSONLINE IN 2017? ONLY $20, I have set up an account through the front office where you can register & pay for the 2017 Mathsonline

program. I will then be able to issue logins and passwords.

Please consider if you would like to take advantage of this discount price (full membership is usually $197),

and if so, could you please pay at the front office

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Maths Online is a high quality, independent online maths tutoring program based on

Australian state curricula for Years 7 - 12. It was developed by experienced Australian

teachers. The program features hundreds of fully animated and narrated maths les-

sons with over 15,000 exam-style questions to test a student’s mastery of maths. It

was provided free to every student in Australia.

Some of the features that this program has are as follows;

800+ Full lessons for each concept with a voice over and numerous examples of varying difficulty.

Every lesson has a pause and rewind facility to help students grasp concepts at their own pace.

Every lesson has an accompanying printable lesson summary & worksheet to consolidate the con-

cept, with full worked solutions provided also.

A student’s ongoing use and progress in the program is stored for theirs and their teacher’s perusal

at any time.

The program can be accessed from any internet ready site, not just at school.

The entire year 7 to 12 program is available to every student, not just their particular year group.

Given that the program covers most of the concepts that we teach, and as good as this resource is, the

school wishes to make it clear that it was never intended by its creators to replace the work that our math-

ematics teaching staff already do. This program is best used as a support/supplement to the classroom

teaching/learning experience.

If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity please pay $20 to the front office.

Regards,

Hans Stroeve

Solution to Number 233

ANSWER

The ball will fall faster in the 40 degree water. Why? because water is frozen at 20 degrees Fahrenheit..

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