Tumut High School Newsletter

By Don Dixon, Principal

This term so far we have focused on our PBL value of Respect with mini lessons held to reinforce the expected behaviour for each value. Students who demonstrated this behaviour were given an extended recess. We would like to encourage our families to use the PBL language at home with their children.

Lesson 1. Be polite - It is socially acceptable and expected to be polite. Being polite will help students gain employment and improve personal relationships. Using positive language and listening to others speak are good ways to show politeness.

Lesson 2. Follow instructions - It is socially acceptable and expected to follow instructions. Following instructions will help students maintain employment and assist with maintaining structure and order in our society. Accepting authority and the law in all situations are good ways to follow instructions.

Lesson 3. Be tolerant - It is our social responsibility to create social harmony and a sense of belonging by being tolerant. Accepting differences in race, religion and gender for example will help everyone understand that differences in people enrich our lives. Including others in friendship groups and community events are good ways to be tolerant.

- Year 12 Farewell Thursday, 12th November.

- Year 8 Kianinny Camp Wednesday, 2nd to Friday, 4th December.

- Last day of Term 4 is Wednesday, 16th December 2020.

- First day of school for staff in 2021 is Wednesday, 27th January 2021.

(Days for student return will be advised at a later date)

Tumut High School P&C Association arranged with our canteen to bake yummy morning tea for our teachers and support staff to acknowledge World Teachers Day. Thanks so much to canteen staff for providing a much appreciated treat for our great staff at THS.

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study

is one day with a great teacher"

Thank you to all our teachers and support staff at Tumut High School.

Our school magazine "The Bogong" 2020 looks great and details for ordering will be advised via Facebook and Skoolbag in the coming days. 

We are very proud of all the students who have included in the magazine their photos and articles displaying their work. Special congratulations to Nieve Taylor in Year 9 for her art design being chosen for the cover. 

Thanks to Miss Coleman for driving this project and engaging the staff and students to enable the production of the magazine.

Stay tuned for how to order!

Our school Canteen has donated $3000 to the THS P&C who in turn have donated the funds to Tumut High School to go towards a new projector and screen in the MPC.

The P&C were successful in a UNICEF grant of $3000 and this too was donated to the school for the MPC project.

Pictured are Principal Mr Dixon, Canteen Manager Mrs Pendergast, Canteen Assistant Mrs Wickman and THS P&C representative Mrs Dodds at the presentation of $6000 to the school.

To ensure your app is up to date please visit 

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To ensure you are receiving notices specific to your child's school year please update your year group. To do this open up Skoolbag App and click on our school logo icon at top of the page. Then click on GROUPS. Click on Add/remove groups to update your year groups. 

Reading for pleasure is an important life skill. It helps to lower stress levels, improve literacy, empathy and attention span. With the increase of time spent on devices, reading for pleasure can help to reset the tendency for skimming and scanning of information to encourage deep thinking and prolonged concentration.

Our Resource Centre is regularly receiving new books and a lot of them have been requested by our students.

Jayda from Year 7, is all smiles borrowing the new book "Top End Girl" from the Resource Centre. Jayda saw this book listed on our Oliver Library Management system and patiently waited for it to be covered and ready for borrowing.

We have lots of new books in the Resource Centre that are being introduced to our students during NAIDOC Week and are on display opposite the Circulation Desk.

Mrs Stroud would like to remind students in Years 10 to 12 to regularly check their emails for information including details on future study and employment paths.

For loads more careers information visit Tumut High School Careers Facebook page;

Year 10 students will commence the Year 10 Transition Program in Week 6 until the end of year. Details on this Program, aimed at raising student responsibility, can be found attached below or under news on our website.

To obtain a white card, you must attend the course with an accredited Registered Training Organisation. During the white card training,  students learnt construction site safety practices, how to keep a safe environment, and proper measures to take in case accidents happen.

Congratulations to the 18 students who completed this course during the term at THS and thank you to Careers Adviser Mrs Stroud for organising.

There are 16 students from Year 10 and 2 student from Year 9  who are participating in the YES (Youth Engagement Strategy) Program at TAFE this term. Students will be attending either Childcare Skills,  Welding  or Beauty classes over 4 weeks to get a taste of TAFE and get an insight into the industry.

Our Year 7/8 debating team are still smiling having lost their debate against Kempsey High School arguing the negative "That school canteens should only sell Australian products.". Coach Mr V said the girls were professional and raised some good points. Congratulations to the girls Allie, Jemma, Marianna and Brooke for being Zone Champions and being so enthusiastic in their first State level debate.

Year 9 music students worked in small groups improvising Film Music to produce tension. They included techniques they discovered from listening to contemporary film and game themes.

Congratulations to our Year 9/10 debating team who had a victory in Round 3 of the Premier's Debating Challenge against Blakehurst High School. It was a really difficult topic related to politics -"That the Federal Government should have a Minister for Youth." We were affirmative. The team performed their best in this debate. Coach Mr V was very impressed with their model. The team argued how it would give young people a sense of having a voice in the political realm. Well done Abbey, Megan, Eddie, Daniel and Mr V.

That is 3 from 3 for this team with more debating to come.

Our Year 11 Drama students had a taste of Year 12 course work via zoom as they participated in a drama seminar with Illuminate Educate. Students explored one of their HSC texts and had a great time. A big thank you to Miss Sutherland for organising such a fantastic seminar.

Year 12 students attended their last school assembly on Friday, 16th October where they received their reports, Graduation certificates and  awards including PBL Values awards, Academic Achievement Awards, All Rounder Awards and Encouragement Awards. Some students were presented with special awards as shown in the photos below.

The videos from this special occasion can be viewed on our school Facebook page and the photos can be found in the Gallery on our website: 

https://tumut-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/gallery/year-12-2020-assembly---16th-october-2020.html 

Congratulations to all our Year 12 students and we are looking forward to further acknowledging your end of schooling at the Year 12 Farewell on Thursday, 12th November.

Please familiarise yourself with this invaluable website which offers help for all Australians to have safer, more positive experiences online.

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