132 Old Illawarra Road, Barden Ridge NSW 2234 Phone: 9543 8317
Email: [email protected] Fax: 9541 0036
‘HEIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS’
LUCAS HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
K-12
Term 4 Volume 17 November 2012
Year 5 at Sculptures by the Sea, Bondi
Uniform Shop Update
Please be advised that some changes
have occurred to the pricing for our
school uniform. These changes will take
effect as of Term 4, 2012.
Please refer to the updated price lists and
order forms when purchasing your
uniforms. These can be found in the
Front Office or by visiting the school
website at
www.lucasheigh-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Our prices continue to remain
competitive, and all profits from shop
sales directly benefit your children
through resources purchased for the
school.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Rebecca Embury Uniform Shop Manager, P&C
School Banking News
Thank you to all our School Bankers who
continue to make deposits each week. Your
deposits are earning money from the
Commonwealth Bank which directly benefits
our school.
Great news! USB’s are now available to
order. Please send in your redemption card
and tokens if you would like to order one.
Book Lights are still available to order, but
are taking a little longer to arrive than
anticipated. Please continue to send in your
redemption cards, as the CBA assures us
they will be arriving shortly. Frisbees are
being handed out as a token gift for your
patience, until your Book Light arrives.
Please be advised that the following
Dollarmites Rewards items are no longer
available to order from the
Commonwealth Bank;
2011 Rewards
Dollarmites Watch
Dollarmites Wallet
Dollarmites Lunch Box
2012 Rewards
Dollarmites Handball
Thank you for your ongoing support of the
School Banking Program.
Sincerely
Rebecca Embury and Rebecca Broadley
School Banking Coordinators
Uniform Shop Hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday 8.45 to 9.15am
2.45 to 3.15pm
Wednesday 8.45 to 9.15am
Thursday Closed
Friday 8.45 to 9.15am
2.45 to 3.15pm
Principal’s Report …. Last week, a DEC consultant presented to the
staff the results of an extensive survey she has
conducted on our school. Students, teachers and
parents were surveyed to gauge whether the
school was meeting expectations. The survey
results are encouraging and will also be
presented at next week’s P&C meeting.
You may have noticed that all of the covered
walkways in the school are currently having the
aging fiberglass sheeting removed and are being
re-roofed with colourbond steel. Several staff
have already commented on the improved
appearance. Along with these works; expect to
see over the next few months, the area where the
demountable buildings were in the junior school
leveled and turfed and a row of shade trees
planted along the western fence. This will
become a junior playground area as soon as it is
available next year. The area between the library
and M Block in the senior school will also be
asphalted with seating placed around the gum
tree in the middle of that area. The seating will
be similar to that which has been installed in the
senior quadrangle. There are further additional
works planned to improve the appearance and
amenity of the school grounds on which I will
report later.
From the beginning of next year, I expect all
students to wear the new school sock. The
decision to introduce a uniform school sock was
taken in 2011 after consultation with all
interested parties; students, staff and parents via
the representative bodies. A number of changes
were made to our uniform in 2011 most of which
have been enthusiastically received. Our school
uniform policy is only one of the school policies
we have reviewed recently and has been posted
for some time now on the school internet site.
Whilst uniform is only one small aspect of who
we are, it is also the first thing others see. Our
uniform compliance is excellent both in the
junior and senior schools and I expect all
students by the beginning of the 2013 school
year to be wearing our new school sock. Please
do not leave buying these until the last minute.
Whilst we keep adequate stocks in our uniform
shop, keeping large reserves of any one item
costs money that can be better directed to
learning resources. Please get in early so stocks
do not run out.
Any parent who may experience difficulties in
providing school uniform to their children is
welcome to contact the deputy principals or me
and we may be able to assist.
As this year draws to a close, I am looking
forward again to Presentation Night which is
Thursday, 13 December. Our Presentation Night
organising committee met yesterday afternoon
and I continue to be impressed with the level of
enthusiasm directed toward this event by all
staff and students involved.
Thank you for your support of your children’s
learning.
Kevin Haydon
2013 Return to School Dates
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Staff return
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Years 1 to 7 and Years 11 and 12
Half Kindergarten (Best Start)
Thursday 31 January 2013
Years 8, 9 and 10
Half Kindergarten (Best Start)
Friday 1 February 2013
All Kindergarten
Science Fair recount
Recently, Year 10 and Year 8 students have
been working on science projects, regarding
various topics. These projects were presented
in the library and judged by both Year 6
classes.
On Tuesday and Wednesday 6B and 6S
received voting guide lines, which included
information such as questions that could be
asked and how the voting system works.
Each Year 6 student received six stickers, two
red, two blue and two green. The stickers were
what we voted with, each colour sticker had a
different meaning. The blue sticker meant that
the project was well explained and
informative, the red meant that the project was
eye catching and presented neatly and the
green meant that the student’s chosen topic
was creative.
The project types varied (in Year 10) some
were on what type of chocolate melts fastest,
what type of throw is best, what breed of dog
is smarter and a lot more. The Year 8 students
were all given the same topic to test what
household substances are acids.
Most of the projects were presented really
well, both visibly and verbally. The projects
were bright, neat and pleasant to look at and
the content was easy to understand whilst
being extremely informative as well.
Personally, I think that the Science Fair was a
huge success, as all students participating
(including Year 6) learnt a lot and in an
enjoyable way too. I also look forward to
being more involved in the Science Fair in the
years to come.
Brianna M, 6B
Try Sailing Day –
4 November 2012
Try Sailing Day is a fun day where people can
be introduced to the sport of sailing. This free
event will be held on Sunday 4 November 2012
at a number of sailing clubs throughout NSW
and ACT.
All students need to do is turn up at the club of
their choice between 10.00am and 4.00pm and
they will be given the opportunity to try their
hand aboard various club boats under instruction
from skilled club staff. White soled shoes, a hat
and sunscreen are advisable. The local sailing
clubs they can attend are Woolooware Royal
Motor Yacht Club and St George Sailing Club
or they can check the web link provided.
The Boating Industry Association of NSW Ltd
and Yachting NSW organise this annual event.
Registration can be completed before the day via
the website www.bia.org.au/trysailing or on
arrival at the club. A parent or guardian must
accompany children under the age of 18.
Log onto the website www.bia.org.au for more
information.
Ms Julie Rogers, Science Head Teacher
An awe-inspiring event your family will be enthralled with...
but please ... make sure it’s an "eye-safe" experience!
Early in the morning on Wednesday 14 November, Australia will observe one of the
most spectacular solar system events:
A sunrise total solar eclipse!
The only Australian cities that will see totality (when the moon completely obscures the
Sun) are Cairns and Port Douglas, but every other Australian city and town, at or
shortly after sunrise will witness an awe-inspiring partial eclipse - a golden sun
hanging low in the sky, crescent-blackened by an invisible moon.
City Eclipse
begins Time of maxi-
mum
eclipse
Sun’s
altitude Maximum coverage
of Sun by Moon Eclipse
ends
Adelaide 6:42:54 am 7:30:49 am 16° 52% 8:22:27
am Brisbane 5:56:22 am 6:54:24 am 26° 84% 7:58:54
am Cairns 5:44:46 am 6:39:35 am 14° 100% 7:40:22
am Darwin 6:13:04 am 6:13:04 am sunrise 90% 7:01:04
am Hobart 7:26:10 am 8:14:54 am 27° 45% 9:07:08
am Melbourne 7:16:09 am 8:06:17 am 23° 52% 9:00:29
am Perth 6:12:02 am 6:12:02 am sunrise 36% 6:41:38
am Sydney 7:07:13 am 8:02:44 am 27° 67% 9:03:39
am
It is VITAL for eye-safety whilst enjoying the eclipse that children are made aware of
how to correctly view the eclipse
Millions of Australians will step outside in
the early morning to experience this
amazing sight. But looking directly at
the sun even when only the smallest
part is visible is very dangerous
especially for children and can result
in serious, permanent eye damage and
it isn't safe at any time to look at the
sun or the eclipse through film or X-ray
negatives or CD’s or sunglasses!
The danger to eyes from looking at the Sun
during an eclipse is from three sources:
Heat radiation
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation
Light from the blue segment of the light
spectrum.
The Sun’s UV rays can cause retinal
sunburn. The heat radiation can "cook" the
tiny areas of tissue where the light is
focused in the eye. The blue light
wavelengths can damage the macula (the
spot near the centre of the retina used for
central, high resolution vision) resulting in
later age-related macular degeneration.
Children are especially vulnerable,
because the yellow melanin coloration
which helps protect the eye from dangerous
overdoses of the Sun's rays takes until
adulthood to be fully laid down
And film or X-ray negatives, or CD’s, or
sunglasses DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION.
There are three tools for safely indirectly
viewing the Sun during an eclipse. These are a
Pinhole Projector, an Eclipse viewing box
and a Mirror projector.
We are now accepting
enrolments for
Kindergarten
and Year 7 2013
Lucas Heights Girls in
Colorado USA
In July three of our Year 10 students left
to live in Denver, Colorado for six
months.
They are participating in the Sutherland
Shire / Lakewood City student exchange
program. This student exchange program
has been running for 34 years and is only
open to students who live and go to
school in the Sutherland Shire. It is an
award winning exchange program.
At present Samantha G, Kate D and
Monique L are half way through their six-
month exchange. They all live with
different families and attend different
schools.
When they first arrived it was “summer
vacation” over there so they had five
weeks of holidays before starting back at
school. It was very hot so there was a lot
of time spent at the local lakes and
swimming centres.
They are involved in different activities
with their respective school and families.
Some of the school activities they have
enjoyed are meeting friends in the school
cafeteria, homecoming parades,
homecoming football games and cheer
leading sessions, homecoming dances
plus the big variety of subjects on offer,
eg team sports, physiology and anatomy,
forensic science and sociology.
There are also lots of after school groups
which you can join such as the Ultimate
Frisbee club, the Mountain biking club,
the Rafting club and Cheerleading.
Some of the things about school that they
especially love are … not wearing school
uniform, no assemblies, driving to and
from school, leaving school at lunchtime
to go to the mall to buy lunch and
chatting while at their school lockers.
The exchange organisers have also taken
the girls on trips to the mountains where
they went white water rafting and swam
in hot springs. They have also been on a
trip to Las Vegas, where they stayed at
the Excalibur hotel and to the Grand
Canyon where they went on a helicopter
tour.
They are looking forward to celebrating
Halloween and Thanksgiving the
“American way” and are hoping for a
white Christmas. On their way home in
January they will spend five days in Los
Angeles where they will visit Disneyland
and other attractions.
If there are any Year 9 students interested
in applying for this exchange for 2013
you can find information at
www.suthlak.com.
There is more to Australia than
Vegemite and Barbecues!
Bring a piece of the world into your home by
becoming a volunteer host family to an exchange
student from Italy, Canada, Finland or Brazil in
January.
Visit New Places – Revisit Old Favourites!
Hosting a student encourages families to see
Australia through the eyes of an exchange student.
Invite a motivated teenage student into your home
for a term, semester or year and gain a new family
member and friend for life.
Become a WEP Host Family – It’s Easy!
Simply submit your host family application and
choose your student. Before you know it you’ll be
communicating with your new family member
while everything else is organised by WEP!
FIND OUT MORE!
Contact Sylvia Kelly at WEP
today for a FREE information
pack.
Phone: 1300 884 733
Web: www.wep.org.au
Email: [email protected]
World Education Program (WEP) Australia is an
Australian, not-for-profit student exchange
organisation, determined to make a difference by
helping young people of different cultures gain
insight and understanding about other ways of life
and world views.
Leading Lights
On Wednesday 31 October the Under 15’s Girls
Netball knockout team played Sylvania High
School at Bellingarra Netball courts.
All girls played amazing netball, considering the
warm heat.
We finished the game with a win of 44 to 18 and
now move into Round 3 which a Gala Day on
14 November.
Good luck girls.
Ms Holden, Coach
Change of Details
Could you please let us know
if you have recently changed
your address or telephone number,
including your work number .
Please also let us know
if you are not receiving emails
or if your email address
has changed.
Thank you.
Year 10 Mock Interview Day:
Thursday 1 November 2012
Year 10 students got a sneak peak at the “real”
world of work today by participating in a Mock
Interview situation. Each student was given a 10
to 15 minute time slot where they were
interviewed by members of our business
community. Students presented their resume and
cover letter and then were critiqued on
punctuality, presentation, preparation,
confidence and their ability to think on their feet.
All students are to be congratulated for their
enthusiasm and participation. The endless hours
of organisation and preparation within the
classroom finally paid off for the students as the
day proved to be a huge success for everyone
involved.
We are very grateful to the following
interviewers and the Businesses they represent
for giving up their valuable time. Without their
assistance this opportunity would not have been
possible: Mark Rooney, Liz Clark, Wayne
Joyce, Ed Wilson, Dianne Lang, Paul Lehane,
Liz Graham, Barry Fisk and Kathy Wilkie.
Upcoming Events
Year 10 Work Experience: 26 November to 7
December
Work experience is only 3 weeks away, all
students should be in the process of finalising
their placements and returning their completed
paperwork to school. Remember there are lots of
benefits of work experience, including:
insights into what a job involves
structured, supervised, hands-on
experience
useful work skills that are recognised in
the workplace
confidence in your ability to learn and
become competent at new tasks
work/life skills, such as communicating
effectively, or working in teams
a chance to demonstrate how you can
contribute in a work environment
an understanding of the world of work
an opportunity to demonstrate
commitment and reliability
a new referee to add to your resume
employment opportunities.
Year 8 Introductory Careers lessons:
Students in Year 8 will participate in a number
of Career planning lessons as part of a Sydney
Region Secondary Transition program. The aim
of this program is to assist students to recognise
how the subjects they are taught at school relate
to possible future career occupations. In addition
to identifying this link it is hoped that students
will also begin to reflect on “who they are”,
“what they are good at” and “what they like
doing”. Students will participate in these lessons
during their Science classes where they will
learn about a range of occupations that are based
on the study of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Mrs Eagles and Ms Smith
Careers Advisers
PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
132 Old Illawarra Road
Barden Ridge NSW 2234
Telephone (02) 9543 8317
Facsimile (02) 9541 0036
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
P&C NEWSLETTER
P&C Meetings 2012 The P&C meets in the Staff Common Room (next to the
Library) on the first Wednesday of each month during school terms. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 7
November. Doors open at 7.15 for a 7.30pm start. We finish between 9.00-9.30pm.
Tea/Coffee/Supper is provided.
The Agenda for this meeting will be: Corin Fieldman DEC
Consultant regarding LHCS survey on our welfare system
Meeting dates for 2012 are:
Wednesday 7 November
Wednesday 5 December
P&C 2012 Committee Members
President Susan Ring
Treasurer Lisa Poore
Vice-President 1 Karen Hodgson
Vice-President 2 Parrish Hull
Secretary Julie O'Keeffe
Uniform Shop Manager Rebecca Embury
Uniform Shop Asst Manager Tania Petrou
Uniform Shop Asst Treasurer Kristy Fletcher
If you need to contact a member of the P&C Committee,
you can leave a message with the Front Office or email
your query to: [email protected]
P&C Meeting Minutes
If you would like to be kept up-to-date with a copy of the
Meeting Minutes you can have them emailed to you (send
email request to [email protected] attention to P&C
Secretary and your email address will be added), or you
can collect a hard copy from the Front Office or Uniform
Shop.
Shopping Bus Trip- held on 27 October- Social Day/
Fundraising
Legends bus shopping trip was held on 27 October 2012.
We had a lovely social day out and found many bargains at
the various shopping outlets. Our school was given a LCD/
LED TV as part of the Legends tours promotion which we
will raffle at a later date.
Bright Star Kids Labels-How to order
Lucas Heights Community School now has signed up with
Bright Star Kids Labels. If you wish to purchase stick on
labels or iron on labels they cater for all your children’s
clothing, school and sport items. They have great prices
and easy to use web site with fast delivery. Please use the
link http://fdr709.brightstarkids.com.au and for every sale
Lucas Heights will earn a commission. I was very
impressed I received my order of iron labels within 2 days!
Uniform Shop News
Please refer to the updated price lists and order forms
when purchasing your uniforms. These can be found
in the Front Office or by visiting the school website at
www.lucasheigh-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Our prices continue to remain competitive, and all profits
from shop sales directly benefit your children through
resources purchased for the school.
Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who give their
time to help others.
If you have any free time weekly, monthly or anytime at all,
and would like to help us in the shop, please leave your
details at the Front Office or drop them into the shop
during opening times. Its fun, it’s easy and it’s a great way
to meet new people.
Remember if you are too busy to visit us during our
opening times, you can also leave your order and payment
at the Front Office, or email it through to us at
Donations of second-hand uniform items
If you have clean good quality current uniform items for
donation then please send them to the uniform shop or
leave at the front office.
Susan Ring, President, LHCS P&C
AMDentalCare specialises in providing dental
services to all school students, not only those in
most need and with the least chance of accessing
quality preventive dental care, but also those
students wanting the convenience of the “dentist
coming to them”.
Dental decay is the most common chronic and
infectious disease in children today and annually
more than 60% of all children do not see a
dentist on a regular basis. This demonstrates the
need to establish a unique and innovative
delivery system by utilising up to date
technology and fashioning some of our own
creative solutions. We now extend our services
to numerous schools across Sydney and the
greater metropolitan area.
In the end, our mobile clinics offers a
convenient, thorough, child friendly and entirely
onsite dental service. For the budget conscious
school district and facility, there is NEVER A
COST incurred. Dental assessments are free for
those students who have the Medicare Teen
Dental voucher. AMDentalCare bills parents
directly for all dental services rendered, for
which majority of the funds can be claimed
back through private health insurance and/or
Medicare.
How do we operate?
1) Our Dentists help with screening and
examinations and our Hygienists and/or
Dental Health Therapists provide cleans,
fluoride treatments and dental sealants for
school students. If we find a child who needs
follow up care we will send out a quotation
to the parent for approval. Additional
appointment(s) will be scheduled to
complete the treatment(s).
2) Our Mobile Dental Clinics serve all
students with a completed Parental Consent
form and Dental Treatment Choice slip.
Dental services rendered will be billed to the
parents who can claim funds back from
Medicare and their private health insurance.
3) Our Mobile Dental Clinics are available at
any school site where more than 90% of
students have completed required forms. If
you have difficulty reaching this number, we
will assess the situation on a case-to-case
basis. Our clinics are available to set up at
any school site throughout greater Sydney
and surrounding areas.
Our mobile clinic teams remain dedicated to the
good health of the students entrusted to their care
and together we can improve the oral health of
all students.
IN PARTNERSHIP, WE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!!!
Unit 1/14 Anella Avenue | Castle Hill | NSW 2154 P.O. Box 6214 | Rouse Hill | NSW 2155 (02) 8850 3005 | Fax: (02) 8850 3003 |
Mob: 041 059 1327
www.amdentalcare.com.au
