No 8 Newsletter June 2013 - Junee High School

Junee High School
News from English and History
The three new teachers who have joined our
department have blended in well. The talents of Miss
Hyland and Miss Kingwell are being put to use in the
upcoming production ‘This Isn’t Kansas’. In the
production the talents of the Glee Club (choir),
musicians and budding actors will be showcased. The
evening performance is Tuesday 11 June at 7:00pm.
Tickets can be purchased from the front
office. Adults $5.00 and Students $3.00.
Miss Kingwell has students from Years 7 to 10 involved
in the Premier‟s Debating Challenge and after a
successful first round win we wish them well in their
next round against Cootamundra and Murrumburrah
High Schools.
Miss Lamotte has taken room 7 and made it her own
with the walls endorsing specialist English words along
with a ‘What I have learnt’ board. Miss Lamotte‟s
computer skills in the use of blogging are not only
used within the classroom but the school as a whole.
Mrs Evans has been asked to give a presentation at the
Riverina Learning Conference this week. Her
presentation will be on secondary strategies to
encourage students in their reading and to develop
lifelong learning.
In consultation with staff Miss Littlejohn has taken a
group of students to the local Library to listen to a
visiting author to explain the research process she did
in order to write her book about the mother of Ned
Kelly. Miss Kingwell‟s Year 8 English classes have been
visiting the local library as part of the Book Borrowing
Extravaganza Program.
The mural stairwell project is in the design stage
assisted by Ms Glasgow and a group of Year 8 and 9
students.
Ms Mackay has her Year 7 LOTE classes speaking
various words and numbers in German and learning
not only another language but aspects of their culture
too. Not only are these people progressing, assessing
and reporting on students, they are involved in extracurricular
activities as well to give them as many
opportunities to develop lifelong learning skills.
Mrs Anne Higginson
Head Teacher English/History
Parents Transporting Students for
Excursions
You may have noticed that when your child brings
home a permission note, which involves private
transport to be provided by parents, that we request
that original driver‟s licence and registration papers are
sighted at school and a copy kept. This is a
Department of Education and Communities
requirement, which protects both you, as a volunteer
driver and the children travelling with you.
The following excerpt comes from this policy:
9.3.1 The transporting of students in the cars of staff
members, parents, caregivers, volunteers and other
students should only occur in those circumstances
where there is no feasible option available to provide
alternative transportation. This may only occur under
the following conditions:
a) Written permission from the parent(s) or
caregiver(s) of the students(s) being transported is
obtained
b) The driver is licensed and, if issued with a
provisional licence, complies with any relevant peer
passenger conditions
c) The vehicle is registered
d) The number of passengers in the vehicle does
not exceed the number of seatbelts
e) Current driver‟s licence and car registration
details are sighted by the school prior to giving
permission for students to be transported in the
vehicle.
Please note: Once you have brought your original
documents to school and a copy has been made, your
paperwork is then current for all further excursions
until the expiry dates on your licence or registration
are reached.
Mrs Kelly Richards
School Admin Manager
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