Scotts Head Public School Newsletter

Term 3 | Week 8 | 8 September 2020

Principal's Column

Hello, Giinagay, Hai

Scotts Head Public School (SHPS) is a unique and highly influential entity existing amongst the mainstream educational arms of the Department of Education - New South Wales (DETNSW). This small regional school achieves exceptional outcomes in a variety of contexts - local, national and global.

The school has recently completed an external validation process which occurs every four years and is an important component of a systems–wide approach to school excelling. Our school regularly self–assess our improvement measures using evidence to support our reflections and then an external validation panel considers the school's evidence, on our relentless focus on school improvement.

The Panel stated…In the domain of Leading in the element of Educational leadership the evidence presented indicates the school is operating at the Excelling stage.

One of the driving factors in these achievements is the existence of the Bilingual Indonesian Program (BIP), found exclusively here at SHPS, the one and only Bilingual Indonesian school in the entire country.

SHPS’ current mission is the proliferation of Intercultural Literacy (IL) and long term offer a successful model to the greater educational community of the DETNSW.

What makes SHPS unique?

1.    The established and highly successful K-6 Bilingual Indonesian Program.

2.    The unprecedented Indonesian Language Continuity Cooperative (ILCC) operating successfully at Macksville High School (MHS).

3.    International influence extended through positive and active relationships with diplomatic missions and global media agencies – both Australian and Indonesian.

The Bilingual Program

This program has been in operation at SHPS for 11 years after a successful application procedure to the DETNSW.

The program has expanded to MHS including extension class for Year 7 for our current students, then a transition and an accelerated HSC pathway, currently in its third year of operation.

We are so fortunate to have Pak Karl who is an experienced Indonesian teacher who works at both SHPS and MHS. He travels between the two schools on an almost daily basis. He teaches the year 7 Extension students and also enters the other year 7 classes together with Melissa Urquhart scouting for talented students. The uptake of learners of Indonesian in MHS is increasing significantly and there is no doubt that further expansion will ensue. We are privileged to have the skills and talents of Bu Emily, Bu Nik and Pak Mur with Alfira as part of our school team.  

This table shows the numbers of students in Indonesian classes at MHS currently and into the future. The symbol ~ shows an approximation. The other figures are definite.

 

2020

2021

2022

Yr 7 Mandatory 100 hours

105

125

~125

Yr 7 Extension

5

15

~10

Yr 8 Elective

25

25-30

~25-30

Yr 9 Elective

12

22

22

Yr 10 HSC Preliminary – accelerated

 

9

15

Yr 11 HSC Continuers – accelerated

 

 

9


In 2019, a total of 72 students from a HSC candidature of 74,140 students completed the Continuers Indonesian course across the state. Nine successful students from a Government school in a rural setting will prove a marked increase in the total number of individuals.

Students positioned to engage with Indonesia and the rest of Asia into the future, as our country moves into deeper involvement with Asia- Pacific, in particular our neighbour Indonesia – the fourth largest nation in the world. Such as theThe Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) entered into force on 5 July 2020.

https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/in-force/iacepa/Pages/indonesia-australia-comprehensive-economic-partnership-agreement

Thanks, yaarri yaraang, terima kasih.

Bu Gillian

Gillian Stuart - Principal

Our School Values

This Week's Award Winners

School News

Surfboards

A few weeks ago the 5/6 class was split up into 5 different groups and were each given the task to design and create a surfboard for the school. They were each given a cardboard cutout and started from there.  The surfboard had to represent the school using the four values. The surfboards were to be hung up in the 1/2 classroom. Here are the pictures of the surfboards and the winning team. 

By Roman 

Kidz Newz

Our Kidz Newz team of year 5/6 students have been working hard on Thursday to publish reports for our internal school website. They have been collecting photos, videos and interviews which are shared with the student body at Scotts Head Public School! 

Little Whales Transition to Kindergarten Program

Shoshana and Brandon went to the park on Monday morning to deliver some Learning Packs to Little Whales families!

All Little Whales families will be getting learning packs every second week, supporting families who are getting ready for Kindergarten 2021.

Bu Bettina

Parent Information

Book Club - Issue 6

Book Club Issue 6 orders are due back by Friday 11 September.

Thursday is Library Day

Every student will have the opportunity to go to the library each Thursday. Please make sure your child has a library bag and brings it to school each Thursday. 

Please make sure you bring any overdue books in this week.

School Absences during Covid

With the current Covid-19 situation, if a child is unwell they should contact a medical practice in case a Covid test is required.  If a student does have a Covid test they are unable to come back to school until results have been received.  This can be up to 3 days.   A copy of the negative result should be forwarded to the school.

Students are asked to stay at home if unwell.  If your child is unwell at school, they will be sent home.

Parents/carers need to either ring, email, use our Skoolbag app or send a note on the student's return to let the school know why their child is not at school.  The school needs to be notified every time a child is absent from school.

If a student is unwell for 3 days the child must obtain a medical certificate which should be forwarded to the school on the student's return.

Indo News

Our Award

Our school received our award in the mail last week.  

Please have a look at the children's winning performance using the link to our Facebook page below:

“Laskar Pelangi”

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=276391070478831&extid=0ImTb4jLlYMPv3GU

Indonesian Plays by 1/2

This week students in 1/2 have been practising their acting skills and Indonesian at the same time, by rehearsing a short role-play about going to the hospital. Here is one of the top performances, featuring Doctor Indy and patient Myla with a sore foot.

Check it out here: https://youtu.be/D4wFJ3SKH88

Resep Nasi Kuning (Yellow Rice Recipe)

Since the Nasi Kuning was so popular on Indonesian Day, Pak Mur did a cooking demonstration for students in 1/2 and 2/3/4 to show them all the ingredients and how easy it is to make. They then got to eat it again at recess. This dish is usually served only on special occasions such as weddings, anniversaries or birthdays. But it's so delicious you might like to cook it every week! Here is one variation you can try at home, either in a rice cooker or on the stove top. Enjoy!

https://whattocooktoday.com/nasi-kuning.html​ 

Indonesian Karaoke Practice

For the final few weeks of Term 3, students in 4/5 and 5/6 will be practising a new Indonesian song with Pak Mur, called Begadang Dua. ​It's about staying up late and hanging out with friends. It would be great if students could practise the song at home and teach their younger siblings too - who knows, we might even win another singing competition! Here is a link to the song with lyrics on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lT6YrIjoh0​ 

Selamat menyanyi! (Happy singing!)

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