1 Focus on Faculty—HSIE Monday 20th June 2016 Issue 9 Southern Cross School Distance Education Student Newsletter 2-40 Chickiba Drive, East Ballina NSW 2478 T 02 6681 0300 F 02 6681 0499 E sthcrossc-[email protected]W sthcrossc-d.schools.nsw.edu.au Our school stands proudly on Bundjalung land Attention Single Course Students Dear Students, At Southern Cross School Distance Education we are always looking for ways to improve our delivery of courses to students. I am sending a survey link to all Single Course Students. The survey is based on getting to know our students better, improving the way we teach and therefore building a better school. I would appreciate it if you could complete the online survey by the end of Term 2 - 1/7/16. This is your opportunity to tell us how we can improve. Click on the link below: it may ask you to log into the DET portal. After completing the survey press submit. http://goo.gl/forms/1yM4x3Cfw1v2XiEv2 Thank you for your contributions. Michelle Dowling Head Teacher Single Course HSC Information— 2016 HSC Study Guide The 2016 HSC Study Guide was published in the Sydney Morning Herald and Online Today, Monday 20 June. The guide is a joint project with BOSTES. It is a valuable resource for students, teachers and parents covering a wide range of HSC subjects. It contains: study advice oral, performance and written exam advice tips for finalising submitted works videos Contributors include BOSTES curriculum inspectors, experienced HSC teachers and markers, past HSC students and parents. 2016 HSC Study Guide: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/hsc-study-guide
Dear Students, At Southern Cross School Distance Education we are always looking for ways to improve our delivery of courses to students. I am sending a survey link to all Single Course Students. The survey is based on getting to know our students better, improving the way we teach and therefore building a better school. I would appreciate it if you could complete the online survey by the end of Term 2 - 1/7/16.
This is your opportunity to tell us how we can improve.
Click on the link below: it may ask you to log into the DET portal. After completing the survey press submit.
http://goo.gl/forms/1yM4x3Cfw1v2XiEv2 Thank you for your contributions. Michelle Dowling
Head Teacher Single Course
HSC Information—
2016 HSC Study Guide The 2016 HSC Study Guide was published in the Sydney Morning
Herald and Online Today, Monday 20 June. The guide is a joint
project with BOSTES. It is a valuable resource for students,
teachers and parents covering a wide range of HSC subjects.
It contains:
study advice
oral, performance and written exam advice
tips for finalising submitted works
videos
Contributors include BOSTES curriculum inspectors, experienced
HSC teachers and markers, past HSC students and parents.
• Grow your own fruit and veg (eating healthy will also save on medical expenses
down the track!)
• Save as much as you can – doesn’t matterhow much or how little
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTSTUDENTS
Engaging Through real worldgeographical issues
Geography has never been more exciting!This previous term students have beengiven the opportunity to participate inseveral research projects.
The Geography faculty have teamed up with the Science and PDHPE faculties and Dorroughby Environmental Centre to conduct several canoeing excursions on Jerusalem Creek at Black Rock National Park. During this field trip students are surveying marine debri and conducting water quality tests. Results will remain with Dorroughby Environmental Centre and placed into a national data base for marine debri. Geographical fieldwork and research inquiry is a compulsory part of the Geography curriculum. Participating in field trips and mini schools is a fun and informative way to achieve these geographical learning outcomes. Students, keep your eyes peeled as later this year there will be another chance to participate in this mini school.
The next Epic Mini School will be available again on 29th November and this time we will be filming our trip with drones so that the video can be shared with Indigenous students in Alaska.
Epic mini school
Geography enrichment dayThis term the Geography faculty offered students the opportunity to participate in a Landcare project in collaboration with Ballina Wetland Care. Learning about the threats to local populations of Koala, students will work alongside the experts. Wetland Care Ballina is attempting a crowd funding project that will result in a vegetation corridor on private property that will provide much needed habitat and protection for this endangered species.
If you missed out on the Geography Enrichment Day, keep an eye out as round two will occur in term 4.
Miss Ellis
CRIMEHow does the law balance the rights of victims, offenders and society?
Understand what judges have to consider before handing out a sentence to a person
found guilty of a crime.
When and why are juvenile offenders treated differently to adults?
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ?
Are international and domestic measures effective in protecting human rights?
What powers are available to the United Nations?
How effective is the Criminal Court of Justice?
Interested in a career in law or as a human rights advocate or just interested in the world around you?
STUDY LEGAL STUDIES IN YEARS 11 & 12 WITH THE SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SOUTHERN CROSS DISTANCE EDUCATION SCHOOL.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE MY HARD WORKING YEAR 12 CLASS OF 2016. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN AMAZING! I HOPE YOU ARE BEGINNING YOUR REGULAR REVISION NOW IN PREPARATION FOR YOUR HSC ON 2 OCTOBER, 2016.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A MOTIVATED GROUP OF STUDENTS!
RETAIL SERVICES
Want to work in one of the biggest industries in the world.
Retail is a people business and success relies on quality goods, services and
staff. It is a viable career pathway, and the skills developed are not only
effective in the workplace but also in everyday life. The retail industry is a
significant employer within Australia. Career options available cover a range of
jobs including people who work in customer service, sales, visual merchandising,
product management, marketing, support services and administration.
Looking for part time work while you are at school, or wondering what you will
do for a career?
Studying Retail Services at school can give you a clear advantage in entering the
retail workforce. You will be taught skills and strategies to ensure that you have
the knowledge and confidence to apply for a retail position.
Our students can obtain a Certificate 2 in Retail qualification on its own and can
also choose to sit the HSC in Retail services to obtain an ATAR score. It is a hands
on course with work placement within the industry and real life skills that will
help you well after you have finished your schooling.
If you have a passion for fashion or think you can nail a sale then you need to
look at undertaking Retail Services to give you the best start in your Retail
career.
STUD IES OFREL IG ION
Southern Cross Distance Education offers a uniquesubject to Full- Time and Single Subject senior students –and that subject is the fascinating world of Studies ofReligion. Students from many corners of the northernhalf of the State undertake Studies of Religion – from theHunter and Mid-North Coast, through the ClarenceValley and the Tablelands, to the Northern Rivers and upto the Tweed Coast.Studies of Religion is a Board of Studies -endorsed courseoffered at 1 Unit and 2 Unit levels to Yr 11 and Yr 12students. It is a comparative study of the world’s greatreligions, such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islamand the religions of the ancients like the Aztecs and theCelts. Students get a fascinating window -seat view of thehistory, beliefs, sacred texts and spiritual practices ofthese great world religions, which have so significantlyinfluenced the course of our world.Each year more and more senior students chooseStudies of Religion at Distance Ed., as students discoverhow interesting and relevant the subject is and thepopularity of the subject escalates. As one Yr 12 student recently explained her choice forthis subject , ‘It’s like Modern History, Ancient Historyand Society and Culture all rolled into one, but heapseasier to study and more relevant to understanding today’s multi-cultural society. When I go to a Thairestaurant now, I know what the Buddhist shrine meansin the corner. I know something of the history of Israelwhen I see it on the news and why Jewish people claim itas their homeland.’ Our teachers Tiffeny Cox and Paula Taylor have beenteaching the subject for more than a decade now. Theyhave gone from strength to strength in delivering acourse which is both engaging and accessible to studentsat all levels of academic ability. They actively pursue first-hand experiences of the religions they teach, fromattending the Dalai Lama’s Brisbane Buddhistconferences to weekends at Christian Missionary camps. Students are supported by phone, email, SMS and visits.See our photo of Ms Taylor with a Studies of Religion Yr11 student and her Supervisor/ School Chaplain atMelville High School, Kempsey, on the NSW Mid NorthCoast.
Anglican Ministers from
Arnhem Land @
the Northern NSW Christian
Missionary Society
Conference
Single subject student with
school Chaplin and SOR
teacher Paula Taylor
E- LEARNING IN HSIE
CANVAS
HSIE staff have been very busy learning about CANVAS so thatcourse materials can be sent to you online. We are excited by all
the learning possibilities this will bring to students.
Belle broke open her piggy bank. There were 20 coins in the bank. She noticed 7 of the coins faced tails up. She then mixed them (no flipping) and without looking separated the coins into two groups, one of 7 and one of 13.
She then flipped the group of 7 to their other side.
She noticed both groups then had the same number of tails facing upwards. She said, “No way!”
She borrowed another 10 coins from mum and mixed them.
This time there were 12 tails. She mixed them again and separated them into a group of 12 and 18 (no looking). She then flipped the group of 12 and again noticed both groups had the same number of tails. She said “No way squared!”
Suggestion—Try it with any number of coins, (make sure the group size is the same as the number of tails).
Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May - Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre
9am – 2pm
Tuesday 26 July, Future Options Day – Trinity Catholic College Lismore
Coffs Harbour :
Thursday 26 May - Coffs Harbour Racing Club 9am – 3pm
Wednesday 27 July - Future Options Day Coffs Harbour
Kingscliff :
Wednesday May 11 “Connect To Your Future” Kingscliff TAFE, Cudgen Rd,
Kingscliff 3.30pm – 7pm
Gold Coast :
Thursday 5 May - RACV Royal Pines Resort Convention Centre, Benowa
Gold Coast. 9am – 7pm
Tamworth :
Wednesday May 18 - Tamworth Regional Career and Business Expo,
Tamworth Entertainment Convention Centre
Contact your Year Adviser if you are interested in attending.
Alternatively, ask your parent/carer to take you along to your closest career expo.
2016 Careers Expos - Save the Date !!
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Online payments
The online payment portal linked to our school’s website makes it easy for you to pay for school related
payments.
This is a secure payment page hosted by Westpac.
What expenses can be paid online?
Voluntary School Contributions, Subject Contributions, Excursions,
Sport, Creative and Practical Arts, Sales to Students.
How?
Log onto School site at
http://www.sthcrosscd.schools.nsw.edu.au
Click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard.
Student Calendar 2016
Week 9
June
20
PBL Coffs
Harbour
21
PDHPE at Casino
PBL at Grafton
22
Maths at Murwillumbah
23
Technology Wood at
Tweed PCYC
24
Week 10
June/July
27
PDHPE at Ballina
28
PDHPE at Byron
29
PDHPE at Goonellabah
30
Technology Textiles at
Tweed PCYC
1
Last day of
term 2
Term 3
Week 1
July
18
Staff
Development Day
19 20 21 22
Week 2
July
25 26 27 28 29
Students Supporting Students
Handy Hints No one knows better than you what if takes to get through school. Your experience is worth a hundred text books. So tell us about it, please.
The editor of the SCSDE Newsletter is looking for students who have Handy Hints to share with their fellow learners on any subject from revising for exams to favourite food recipes to study by.
Send in your best tips and hints—the strategies that have kept you on task and engaged through your Distance Education days.
The Handiest Hints will be published every newsletter.
Please make sure you have signed and returned your Permission to publish form.
Urgent Request
To: Distance Education Supervisors
Please return resources that your student/s no longer
need for their studies.
Items such as:
Text books, Science kits, calculators, hockey sticks,
CDs, DVD’s etc.
Your help and cooperation in this matter is very much
appreciated as these resources are needed for
students this year.
Many thanks
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