Tumut High School Newsletter

By Don Dixon, Principal

Our Wellbeing and Health In Reach Coordinator is often referred to as the WHIN.

The WHIN is a registered nurse who provides a range of health supports to children, young people and their families. The WHIN is employed by NSW Health and will assess and identify children and young people's health needs and coordinate access to relevant services.

The WHIN works with the Learning and Wellbeing team at each school, this team may identify that a referral to the WHIN would be helpful.

Each primary school can provide you with a WHIN intake referral form. Secondary students can self-refer to the WHIN.

Mrs Caitlin Larter is the WHIN at Tumut High School and can be contacted on 0436 605 371 or email caitlin.larter@health.nsw.gov.au.

Mrs Larter is available Monday to Friday including school holidays.

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

https://www.esafety.gov.au/

Our canteen has introduced online ordering through My School Connect. 

To register and download the app follow link https://myschoolconnect.com.au/

Over 100 families have registered for this service and find it so easy to use.

Features include quick and easy sign up, option for payments, order for more than one child and order for more than one day.

We are delighted to be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments this year in the subjects of Digital Technologies and English.

For more details please see Permission Note attached below.

Registration closes 26th July and the unique access code for Tumut High School is CRA467.

https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/shop/

(If visiting the website we suggest going through Google Chrome for best results.)

To ensure your app is up to date please visit 

https://skoolbaghelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015536632-How-to-update-to-the-new-SkoolBag-App 

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. 

Introducing the NSW Department of Education School Updates app. ??

Opt-in to receive notifications when public schools have temporarily ceased operations due to adverse weather, bushfires or other emergencies.

Find out more and download the app now: https://bit.ly/2PD2jd3

*Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

Thank you to our students for sharing their love of reading and giving the Librarians suggestions for popular books and authors. 

The Resource Centre is delighted to purchase the student requests and has new books to cater for all levels of reading.

Look for more new books and photos next term as student requests keep coming in. It is great to be adding to the many book series already in the library.

Many of our new books are great reading options for students who are participating in the Premier's Reading Challenge.

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.

The document below is a good read on preparing for the digital workforce of tomorrow.

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

On Friday the 29th May, Tumut Clontarf Academy member Daniel Hibbens took part in a Zoom meeting with the Governor General, His Excellency General the Honorable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley. The meeting took place as part of Reconciliation Week.

For more details on this great story and more Clontarf news check out their latest newsletter below.

Year 8 Drama students have been sharing new experiences during their lessons learning about and exploring storytelling through shadow puppetry.

Year 10 Science students are currently exploring DNA and genetics as a part of their Changing Genes topic in Mrs Friend's Year 10 Science class.

During this lesson students created a double stranded bracelet which represented the complimentary base pairs seen in all DNA.

Each student's bracelet represented a different organism including human, brown trout, butterfly and flesh eating bacteria.

Year 11 Chemistry students are currently exploring acid-base reactions as a part of the Reactive Chemistry Module in Mrs Friend's Year 11 Chemistry class.

During the lesson students performed a number of neutralisation reactions, including making a 'rainbow tower'.

To do this, students mixed universal indicator, sodium carbonate and vinegar in a measuring cylinder of water to create a gradient of colours, from red through to purple, which is caused by a difference in pH as the chemicals reacted.

Congratulations to Year 11 student Harry Bottero who has been accepted to become part of the NSW Rural Youth Ambassadors program for 2020.

Harry will join other young people from across rural NSW in a range of forums and discussions exploring key areas of interest relating to rural life and education, as well as being provided with a range of opportunities to further develop leadership skills with other sensational rural young people.

We look forward to hearing from Harry on his involvement in Term 3.