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Gang Gang 9844 2749
whs@warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au
www.warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au
Warrandyte High School Cnr. Warrandyte & Alexander Roads,
Warrandyte
Issue 4 | Term 2 | 2019
Football and Basketball Program Mathematics!
starting in 2020! Now is the time to register your non-binding
Correct – we are launching our very own expression of interest. Like anything, if we get
Basketball and Football Program next year! the numbers, the programs will go ahead! Simply
Open to all students, girls and boys, from Year 7 contact the office of myself to register your email!
through to Year 10 next year. There will be a cost The excitement I say!
Diary Dates
involved. At this stage it is looking like the annual Homework Club
cost will be around $1500! You cannot be in both
programs – only one! Correct – every Monday 3.30pm til 4.30pm in the
library is our awesome Homework Club! Why not
From the Assistant Principal
But what do you get for this cost I hear you take advantage of this learning opportunity!
asking? An intensive, skill based program run
Tuesday 7 May Mentoring Training For Year 8
MAY
by a basketball/ football coach. The coach turns
Senior Sports Day up to parent teacher interviews and the coach Students
Monday 13 May writes end of semester reports so you know how Twelve Year 8 students are participating in a
Boys Netball and Girls AFL your son/ daughter it progressing. There will be wonderful mentoring program which Warrandyte
around 300 minutes (5 hours a week!) of intensive High School and GATEWAY are jointly providing.
Tuesday 14 May
NAPLAN Testing commences training, skill building and competition playing. This engaging training program will culminate
In Year 7 and 8 – the time from the curriculum in our volunteer Year 8 students visiting both
Thursday 16 May will come from Italian and PE. (Students will still Anderson’s Creek PS and Warrandyte PS with
NAPLAN Testing concludes do Sport) There will also be one hour directly the purpose of speaking to the Grade 6 students
Thursday 16 May after school, one night a week. This is how we are about how to smoothly transition into high
Year 10 Careers Excursion looking to shape the program at this stage. It may school life. Our Year 8 students will indeed be
vary slightly but not by much. addressing any concerns or questions the Grade
At Year 9 and 10 – the time from the curriculum 6 students may have. The full support of both
will come from Taking the Challenge (Year 9) and Anderson’s Creek PS and Warrandyte HS is both
a 3 period elective at Year 10. Hence all students exciting and wonderful.
in the Basketball/ Football Program at all year Anti Bullying School
levels, will not be missing any English, Science or
Periodically here at Warrandyte High School we
like to officially remind all of our
stakeholders – parents, students
and teachers - that we are indeed
a zero tolerance anti bullying
school. No form of bullying – cyber,
physical, verbal and non-verbal – is
acceptable.
The moment we become aware of
any form of bullying we will work
together with you – the parents/
legal guardians and student(s) to
ensure this unacceptable behaviour
stops.
This message will again be officially
communicated to our student
body at the upcoming Year Level
(Principal’s) Assembly later this
term.
Exceedingly soon the opportunity
will be made available for a group
of our students to participate in
a student led forum designed to
promote Respectful Relations!
Principal: Dr Stephen Parkin Watch this Space!
Assistant Principal: Joseph Caruana Joe Caruana
School Captains: Assistant Principal
Skye Gedye, Nicholas Dodds
Stars at Warrandyte High School!
The Warrandyte Historical Society museum has THE MSG Sausage
a ‘Stars of Warrandyte’ exhibit. This features both
past and present ‘stars’ - those residents who Sizzle!!!
have made a difference to the community and A great result was achieved at this year’s
the town over the decades. This time they also Music Support Group Sausage Sizzle at
have some new ‘stars’. These include some of the Warrandyte Festival. We had a fantastic
the up and coming younger residents who are weekend and sold out of all our sausages
making a name for themselves on a wider stage and drink by late Sunday afternoon.
beyond Warrandyte.
A huge “Thank You” goes out to all our great
A poster is included in the exhibition which volunteers (even some who no longer have
features Warrandyte High School’s success at the children at the school!) and my fellow MSG
National Science Eureka Awards. The exhibition is members (Gary Foster, Roland Hambleton
on at the Museum, 111 Yarra Street Warrandyte. and Karen Sproat) and their families, WHS
The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays staff, Masterfoods who donated the sauce
1:30-4:30, but the poster of the Eureka Prize is in and to the Warrandyte Bakery who assisted by
the window of the Museum and can be viewed donating bread.
at any time.
The money raised will help support students
in the music program, and our presence at the
festival helps promote Warrandyte High School.
Margeret Kelly
MSG/ Parent at Warrandyte High School
Win a $1200 Visa gift card in our 2019 Photo Competition
The annual Manningham photo competition is on again for 2019 and we want you
to show us what you love about exploring Manningham. Upload your photo before
Wednesday 5 June for your chance to win.
This year we will be awarding a $1200 Visa gift card to the winners in both our under
18 and open categories. You can encourage your family and friends to vote for their
favourite photos from Friday 7 June to Friday 21 June. The top 20 in each category will
be shortlisted and presented to a judging panel to decide the final 2 winners.
Find out more: manningham.vic.gov.au/photo-competition
ANZAC Day despite the bloodshed in the First World War. Warrandyte High Anzac Day Tribute It was a popular tale among soldiers that the On Wednesday 24 April, Warrandyte High flowers gained their bright red hue from the School’s School Captains Skye Gedye and blood of the fallen that had soaked into the Nicholas Dodds were accompanied by a ground. These red flowers are placed on war delegation of student leaders, as they attended memorials as a symbol of remembrance, and the 29th Schools ANZAC Service organised by perhaps a reminder that out of sacrifice, new The Rotary Club of Templestowe. hope emerges. Entranced by the significance of the service, • Catafalque parties. A catafalque is a raised students from across the City of Manningham structure that holds a coffin. At a funeral as respectfully watched as the Australian and a sign of respect, four soldiers would stand New Zealand flags flew in unison over the about a meter away from the catafalque, memorial. They listened solemnly as Corporal facing in four different directions, with their Laura Hando from the Australian Defence Force- heads lowered and weapons held at reverse. School of Signals presented the ANZAC Address Mourners would pass by to say farewell to the remembering all Australians who served departed. On Anzac Day, you may see soldiers and died in war and on operational service standing in such a position again as a sign of and of their courage, mateship and sacrifice tribute. exemplified in working towards and preserving • Anzac Biscuits. These treats had a very practical peace. Once all floral wreaths were laid, The beginning. During the First World War, the Last Post echoed over the site, as students paid friends and families of soldiers would send solemn respect for those lost in battle while care packages overseas. Since any food they they listened respectful to the ANZAC Requiem. could send had to be resistant to spoilage and History of ANZAC Day Traditions full of nutrition, a biscuit made from rolled • Dawn Service. The Dawn Service is one of the oats, sugar, flour, coconut, butter, and a few most revered and popular ceremonies that other ingredients became a popular pastry to takes place on Anzac Day. It is thought to pack in boxes. To this day, Anzac biscuits are have originated in the military routine known one of the few products approved to bear the as the “stand-to.” Opposing armies often Anzac acronym, which is protected by Federal attacked in the partial light of dusk and dawn. legislation. Ever vigilant, the Australian military made it • Anzac Day Football. Although football had a practice to wake the soldiers and prepare been played on Anzac Day for a number them at their posts with weapons before of years, the match between Collingwood the other armies could strike. The stand- and Essendon did not become a standard to technique is still used by the Australian recurrence until 1995. When Collingwood military to this day. The Dawn Service seeks to and Essendon first squared off against each recapture those quiet moments in the near- other, it was not uncommon for AFL matches darkness, when soldiers had an opportunity to occur on Anzac Day, as donations from the to bond and reflect. day went to benefit the RSL. However, after • The Last Post. Often heard at the Dawn that first match between the classic rivals, Service and other memorials on Anzac Day, it became clear that this annual match was The Last Post is the tune that is played over a special way to pay tribute to the values of a bugle to signify the end of the day, or the Anzac Day; while deployed across the globe, final post. The soldiers could then take their football played by Anzac soldiers as a way to rest. At memorial services, this melody is sharpen their skills, keep up good humour, and played to suggest the last post as a metaphor. forge better connections with one another. The soldiers who are being honored can hear That same vein of spirit, courage, mateship, the tune and know that all duties have been and fairness runs throughout the day, at the completed, so he or she may finally rest in end of the annual match, the Anzac medal is peace. awarded to the player who best demonstrates • Red Poppies. The lines that follow in Canadian these highly valued Australian qualities. Colonel John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Christena Gazeas Field,” mention, “We shall not sleep, though Humanties Teacher poppies grow / In Flanders fields.” Red poppies were the first flowers to bloom on the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium
Specials
Monday - Baked Potato $5.00
Tuesday - Lasagne $5.50
Wednesday - Meatball & Cheese Wrap $5.50
Thursday - Home made sausage roll $4.00
Friday - HSP $6.00
Vicky Morgan
Canteen Supervisor
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