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THE PENINSULA PRESS
Open Day at Barrenjoey
BARRENJOEY HIGH SCHOOL
Phone: 9918 8811
5th March, 2021 Term 1 Week 6
FAREWELL Ms ETHERIDGE We will miss you! Dear Parents, Carers and members of the Barrenjoey High School Community, It's a bittersweet feeling this week at Barrenjoey. Our much loved treasure of Barrenjoey High School, Alison Etheridge who works in our Front Office area, will be leaving us at the end of this week. Alison has seen almost all Barrenjoey has to offer, with having spent 27 years of her life dedicated and committed to our school. The relationships she has formed with staff, students, parents and our local community are absolutely amazing - and that's an understatement. We are so proud of her extremely professional work ethic, whilst at the same time ensuring that every student who asks her a question or seeks her assistance, obtains her 100% attention and care. The countless phone calls, assisting parents and staff and work in our sick bay will never be forgotten. Which such experience and longevity at our school, no wonder she is called our 'Oracle'. Her corporate knowledge will be difficult to replace, however, we have employed Jess Thomas to replace the 'one'. We welcome Jess to our wonderful school and we wish her many years of joy whilst working at our school. Alison is also packing her bags and leaving the local area to move up to sunny Queensland. We know that her moved to Queensland was not an easy decision, however, know it's the right one to be with her family. Alison - we wish you the all the best for the next stage of your journey! You will be very missed at our school. We will ensure we have you on speed dial, just in case we need the answer to life as we know it! Onwards and Upwards our colleague and friend! Mark Robinson Principal
OPEN NIGHT 2021
TELL THEM FROM ME - Survey Dear Parents and Carers, TELL THEM FROM ME Student Survey This term, Barrenjoey is taking part in the Tell Them From Me student survey. The survey will provide us with valuable feedback on what our students think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help them improve. The survey is completed online and is run by an independent research company, The Learning Bar which specialises in school-based surveys. Staff in schools will not be able to identify individual students from their responses. To ensure confidentiality, participating students will receive a unique username and password. Where fewer than five students respond to a question, the results will be suppressed. The survey typically takes 30 minutes or less to complete and will be administered by the school during normal school hours. Once the surveys are completed by students, reports are prepared and in most cases are available to schools within three business days. As well as schools getting student feedback, the Department of Education, through the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE), has access to data from across NSW and is running a research project to look at state-wide patterns of student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. The research is looking at how these things impact on student outcomes, including academic performance. Individual students will not be identified in any CESE publications, and all information will be handled in accordance with the relevant privacy legislation. Students’ personal information will not be disclosed by the department to any other person or body other than as required by law. This research will help schools in New South Wales to better understand how to improve student wellbeing and engagement. It will also help teachers and principals discuss what works to improve student outcomes. If, during the survey, your child is uncomfortable, he/she can choose to stop the survey at any time. The majority of questions in the survey can be skipped. In the next week you will receive a Non Consent form and letter. If you do not want your child to take part in the survey, please complete the form and return it to the school. Mark Robinson Principal
WELLBEING TERM 1 Wow! What a big term for wellbeing activities. After Covid rules left us being unable to run events last year, we have started 2021 with a bang! Year 7 enjoyed ‘Getting to Know You’ with Miss Hutchinson and Miss Claridge, where they met in small groups to make new friends, play games, complete craft activities and make connections with their year advisor and assistant year advisor. In response to growing concerns and discussions in the community and national media, we are leading discussions and workshops around consent and sexual assault. Year 10 girls completed the Back Off program and the boys completed Secret Blokes Business, aiming to empower them to understand informed consent. These programs have been running at Barrenjoey for the past 20 years, and are always highly impactful. Year 11 and 12 boys completed the Tomorrow Man workshop - Breaking the Man Code, which ‘disrupts old-school male stereotypes and redefines a more positive version of masculinity to live by’ and was exceptionally well received by all the young men in the program. Year 11 and 12 girls completed the Tomorrow Woman Workshop, which aims to ‘unpack the history, expectations and facts of modern day womanhood to support women to reinvent an unapologetic version of femininity for the women of today and tomorrow.’ Again, this was an excellent workshop, where the girls fostered deep connections with each other. In coming weeks, Year 9 will be completing a workshop called Smashed on risky behaviour and LoveBites - a program on respectful relationships and Year 8 will be getting to know Miss Attard and Miss Dickinson in small group workshops. All parents have been emailed a letter detailing the events and costs for wellbeing for 2021. Thank you for your support of wellbeing through prompt payment of the wellbeing contribution. Sarah Saunders Head Teacher Wellbeing
WORKING BEE – CAN YOU LEND A HELPING HAND!
Saturday 13th March
Week 7 Term 1
9AM -12PM
Morning Tea Provided
Our beautiful library sparkling and new,
is stacked with books just waiting for you.
We have tales of many sorts, of all different kinds,
Ready to entertain your brilliant young minds.
Sorties of wizardry, of sports and pacts,
Colourful books filled with gruesome facts,
Kids! Get reading, take the trip!
Your world upside down it will flip.
So come in today, borrow a book to read,
If it grabs you, "Don't end!" you will plead,
If it doesn't,
then give up you mustn't,
See the librarian, ask for a suggestion,
We'll fit you to perfection!
Maddison PhoTeacher of French
Barrenjoey High School
WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE – LET’S SUPPORT THIS GREAT CAUSE
Year 7 student Tully will
shave his long locks
Mr Mason
Barrenjoey has a team participating in the World's Greatest Shave this March. All money
raised goes towards the Leukemia Foundation.
The catalyst for the event was Tully Poppleton of Year 7, who has been growing his hair
specifically for the event and is going to have it all shaved off.
Connor Mason is joining the team (getting a short haircut) and a few more students are
getting permission to be involved.
The 'Great Shave' will take place at our next school Assembly on Friday 26 March. The SRC
will be promoting our team and participants over the coming weeks. We'd love your support to
promote to the students and community, as well as sponsorship if you are able!
If you wish to participate more directly, let me know!
http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/barrenjoeyhigh
EXCURSION INFORMATION
EXCURSION YEAR DATE OF PAYMENT COST
GROUP EXCURSION DUE DATE
Medieval Incursion 8 12/3/21 5/3/21 $21
Physical Theatre 10,11 12/3/21 5/3/21 $27
Workshop
Modern History 12 12/3/21 5/3/21 $35
Incursion
HSC Ancient History 12 9/3/21 2/3/21 $20
Taronga Zoo 10 18/3/21 11/3/21 $35
Fieldwork
Bronze Duke of Ed – 9 16-18/6/21 Total $400 Balance
Walk 1 Deposit Due $250
31/3/21 $150
Year 7 Camp 7 28-30/4/21 Total =$310 Balance 1/4/21
Deposit 5/3/21 Balance = $200
$110
STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEW SCHEDULE 2021
Please note: Year 8,9 and 10
schedule TBC for Term 2
SPORT NEWS Soccer Liam plays rep soccer for Manly United and participated in the Bathurst Cup last weekend. The tournament brings in teams from all over NSW and ACT (over 1000 players) in the 13, 14, 15 and 16 age groups. The teams which participate come from various leagues around both States and in NSW there are teams which currently play at NPL1 and NPL2 levels. Liam’s team was not expected to win but they did!! Here is small excerpt from another source about it. 6 games and 6 wins over 2 days!! Cricket Davidson Shield Cricket On Monday February 22 our Open Cricket team played Killara High School at Hitchcock Park. Despite fielding a side comprising mainly year 7, 8 & 9 students, Barrenjoey performed admirably. Killara batted first and amassed a total of 4 - 311. Sam Pace led the bowling attack , taking 2-10 off 4 overs. Good batting performances from our skipper Oli Kantor- Smith 25, Max Arnold 21, Riley Osborne 14 & Isabella Zovi. Thankfully our friendly duck appeared only 5 times this game. Looking forward to term 4 games for our u/15 Manly Shield & Open Manly Cup teams.
SPORT NEWS CONT: Barrenjoey Boys CHS open knockout basketball team travelled to Killarney Heights High school last week for their round 1 fixture. In a very closely fought match the Barrenjoey “Court Prowlers” were unfortunately defeated by a classy Killarney side; 41-32. MVP was Kaleb Georgeson Smith. Congratulations boys and good luck for next year! Last Friday the Year 12 Sport Lifestyle & Recreation class visited “Jumpd” trampoline center at Brookvale as part of their studies into active leisure pursuits. As you can see from the photos, the students all had a really great time!
NSW JUNIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to Josie Robinson who competed last week for
Avalon Surf Lifesaving club at the Junior State Championships in
Surf Lifesaving at Swansea Belmont. Josie came 6 th in the U12
1km soft sand run.
Well done Josie.
Well done to all our students who competed at the State
Championships. Our surfboat rowers are heading down to
Mollymook this weekend to compete in the ASRL Open
Championships! Good luck Rowers!
Love was in the air at Barrenjoey this week as staff
WORLD COMPLIMENT and students celebrated 'World Compliment Day'
DAY on Monday 1st March, by sharing messages of
gratitude, encouragement and positivity. Students
and staff actively made an effort to
give compliments about some of the things we
value in our community. Students received and
passed on compliments such as "I like spending
time with you" and "I bet you make babies smile"
with many students even taking these compliments
beyond the gates of BHS, into the local community.
Students told our reporters that it made them "feel
hunky-dory to give a compliment today" and "I was
so happy because I got given two compliments
today." Students were also surrounded by
compliments that adorned the hallways,
playground and classrooms. We hope the
compliments don't stop here and we want to
remind you again, you are awesome just as you
are!
Ms ClaridgeEcojoey
What’s happening in Ecojoey this week ……………..
• Clean up Australia day will take place on Friday 5 March period 4. Ecojoey will be participating
by cleaning up the Beach area. Miss Bubalo and HSIE faculty are running the clean up and we
want to thank them, and all the students involved.
• Bamboo Cutlery - Our aim is to sell bamboo cutlery ( keep cutlery) at the canteen, uniform shop
and cafe as soon as they arrive at our school. Watch this space .
•
• Open night Ecojoey had a stand in the library where we showcased our activities that we have
been working on this year along with our goals.
• Peter Rutherford from Kimbriki is coming on the 19 of March to talk to Ecojoey …. Friday 19
March lunch 1 C block flexible learning space
• Soft plastics - Make sure to keep using our soft plastics bin in B block. Thank you to Eliza and
Brooke who take our soft plastics to Redcycle deposit area.
• We can now afford to buy a few benches made from the soft plastics….. We are presently
organising these in conjunction with the overview of our school outdoor plan
By Noah Smith
ARTIST OF THE WEEK
Year 11
Photography
student
Tayah Cuthbert
uses the wacom
pen and
Photoshop
software to
create this
multilayered
digital artwork.
It represents
her personal
connection to
Avalon beach at
sunrise.YEAR 11 GEOGRAPHY EXCURSION
On Friday 19th February the year 11
Geography class accompanied by Mrs
Ferry spent the day at the coastal
environmental centre Narrabeen. We
were lucky enough to have ex
Barrenjoey student Tim Seaton as our
presenter and guide on the day.
The excursion supplemented work
being done on Biophysical
Interactions in class with the study of
Narrabeen lagoon and Collaroy
beach.
During the day students enjoyed the
view of the lagoon, drew sketches of
the coastline and undertook fieldwork
investigations. Students took
measurements and recorded data
within the environment.
At Collaroy students observed
different methods used to combat
coastal erosion.
The weather was excellent all day and
we enjoyed a fun and informative day
out.
Jack Allison Year 11 GeographyCONGRATULATIONS FLYNN
HIGH DISTINCTION
Personal Interest Project Award - Society and Culture
On Friday 26th February, Flynn Poelmann was awarded a Society and Culture Association High
Distinction PIP Award. The Award recognises Flynn's outstanding achievement in his Personal
Interest Project, and was one of 12 High Distinction projects from a subject cohort of over 4500 in
New South Wales.
The evening was held at the State Library NSW who have a long history of supporting students of
Society and Culture and who gratefully accepted copies of the High Distinction PIP’s to become
part of their permanent collection. Flynn was also selected to deliver a speech on the night on
behalf of the Award recipients. Well done Flynn - Barrenjoey are extremely proud of you!
Tara Claire
HSIE Teacher & Year 9 AdviserCLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
FRIDAY 5th MARCH Period 4
UPCOMING
YEAR 11 ANCIENT HISTORY EXCURSION
TUESDAY 9TH MARCH
(Sydney University)
EVENTS GIRLS KNOCK OUT SOCCER
THURSDAY 11TH MARCH
(Cromer Park)
YEAR 8 MEDIEVAL DAY
FRIDAY12TH MARCH
WARRINGAH ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL
YEAR 7 VACCINATIONS
MONDAY 15th MARCH TUESDAY 16th MARCH
(Warringah Aquatic Centre) Year 7 Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
Dose 1
SYDNEY NORTH SWIMMING CARNIVAL Year 7 Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis
THURSDAY 25th MARCH Year 8 (Catch –up) Human
Papillomavirus Vaccine
(Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre)
BARRENJOEY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY EXCURSION
WEDNESDAY 31st MARCH THURSDAY 18TH MARCH
(Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen) (Taronga Zoo)
Do you have a story to tell us!
We love to celebrate students achievements sporting, academic and cultural. Please email the
school with your article to barrenjoey-h.school @det.nsw.edu.au and a photo if possible so we
can run your story in the Peninsula Press.DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE A SCHOOL APP
DOWNLOAD THE BARRENJOEY SCHOOL APP NOW! IT’S FREE AND USER
FRIENDLY - USED OFTEN AT SCHOOL TO KEEP YOU INFORMED
TYPE IN SCHOOL STREAM IN YOUR APP OR PLAY STORE
Go to App Store or Play Store and type
in SchoolStream.
Follow the prompts :Barrenjoey High
School
and say YES/ALLOW for notifications.
Then you are up and running!
It’s Free!
Please update your students scholastic year asap
Dear Parents and Carers,
If you are registered with flexischools (school
canteen) please remember to change your child’s
year group to their current year.
If you could please do this asap! Thank you!
CHANGE OF DETAILS – Any changes please notify us asap
Dear Parents/Carers, if any of your contact details have changed, email
address, residential address, phone numbers or emergency contacts
please notify the school asap via email on
barrenjoey-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au or call Ph: 9918 8811BARRENJOEY UNIFORM STORE
Regular Uniform Store Opening Hours
You are now able to order
Barrenjoey school uniforms
bhsuniformstore@gmail.com
through Flexi Schools
https://www.flexischools.com.au/
Monday 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Wednesday 3.30pm – 5.30pm
Thursday 8.30am – 10.30am
The Barrenjoey Careers Website is a great resource for students, parents
and staff with information on careers and post school.
Good Afternoon,
Here is the link to this week's Careers Newsletter.
bit.ly/3sDkq3w
If you have any questions or would like to book a Careers meeting please contact me ASAP.
- School Phone – 99188811
- Email - michael.moylan1@det.nsw.edu.au
- Senior Students can post or message via the Year 11 or 12 Facebook Groups
Regards, Michael Moylan Careers Advisor Year 11 Advisor 2020You can also read
