SGHS NEWSLETTER

Thank you to everyone still collecting the Earn & Learn vouchers – please keep up the good work! This will provide useful resources and equipment for SGHS. The SGHS collection box is located outside Woolworths and there is another box in our school foyer. The promotion will continue for a few more weeks and your assistance is greatly appreciated. 

Are you needing help in Maths? The Maths Staff are offering assistance on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the Library. Come on your own or get a group of friends together. All are welcome.​

               

Last month, Year 11 student, Jackson Slomczewski, was accepted and participated in the Defence Force Work Experience Program at the RAAF Base, Townsville. The work experience program is designed to provide students with an overview of the range of career opportunities available within an Army Aviation Regiment. Jackson said the activities were interesting, informative and lots of fun. For example, going for a passenger flight in a helicopter and learning about how the helicopters work and are maintained. Well done Jackson for taking on this fantastic opportunity and for representing our school well.

Last week, Year 10 students were given the opportunity to participate in the Careers Expo in Coffs Harbour. The event included over 60 local career and tertiary education based providers and employers who gave information and advice to the students. The aim of the event was to increase student awareness of possible future study and career pathways. This is important for Year 10 students as they are in the process of considering which subjects to choose in Years 11 and 12.

YEAR 11 students will attend a workshop next Tuesday in the library. We are committed to supporting our students at SGHS in readiness for year 12 and beyond.

BOUNCEuP- is a sport approach to Resilience  and takes a holistic and proactive approach in covering all aspects of resilience to help students improve their own wellbeing and achieve ongoing success and quality of life. Topics that are covered include:

What is resilience?

Knowing Yourself

Falling off your bike (Coping with difficult situations)

Training (Taking action to promote resilience)

Practice (Maintaining your resilience)​

Y 7 cooking dairy based food for the Great Ocean Road dairy competition. All students received an apron and pen. Hope we win!

The year 11 Legal Studies class had an interesting day at the Grafton District Court House. The case was really intriguing and illustrated many things they have been learning about so far. There was a jury sitting, and Barristers in full regalia which made for an exciting day. Many discussions took place during the break times to unpack what was going on in the courtroom and we all felt the seriousness of crime and the court judicial system. A huge thanks to Ms McCarthy for her organisation and for the executive in allowing the excursion to proceed at such short notice. It was an amazing experience as always!

Some parents have made enquires about outside Mathematics Tutoring for their students.

We have a number of senior students who are keen to offer this service at reasonable rates. This is an outside of school service that SGHS supports.

Benefits of Mathematics Tutoring:

*building confidence

*extra explanation of content not understood in class

*greater speed and accuracy in answering question

*focussed learning time

*setting goals and managing due dates

Feel free to phone Mrs O’Connor (Head Teacher Mathematics) for a Senior Student Tutors’ contact details if you are interested.