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Ogilvie High School Empowering girls

228 New Town Road, NEW TOWN TAS 7008

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Issue 7 - Friday 11 August 2017

CALENDAR

TERM 3 2017 1 Sep - OHS/NTHS Quiz Night 14 Sep - Grade 7 Social 15 Sep - RYDA (Grade 10) 19 Sep - Grade 7 Immunisations 21 Sep - Grade 10 Social 22 Sep - Walkathon 29 Sep - House Dance 29 Sep - Term 3 Ends

TERM DATES 2017

Term 1: 8 Feb - 12 April Term 2: 1 May - 7 July Term 3: 25 July - 29 Sep Term 4: 16 Oct - 21 Dec

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From the Principal We’ve had a very busy start to the term, with reports going home in the first week, and in week two

Parent/Teacher night. On the first day of term staff participated in professional learning workshops

facilitated by our staff, focused on using technology; particularly our #codelikeagirl project, Clickview

and Matman (attendance on a mobile device), as well as various topics ranging from Mindfulness,

Learning Plans, using SSS and Edi, our Extend, Engage, Enrich – Middle School project, Differentiation,

using Office 365, google docs, and other technology applications, Positive behaviour support and

student engagement. This term the Leadership Team are involved in supporting improved practice in

all collaborative teams and professional learning for staff is focused on observation of teacher practice

and receiving feedback from colleagues. The Leadership Team will also focus on specific projects to

address the goals in our School Plan. Next week two teachers will attend an accreditation workshop

for White Ribbon which is part of our implementation of the Respectful Relationships priority area.

We have started the term with some amazing achievements. Art students have work on show at the

Young Archies Exhibition at the UTAS School of Art and we are thrilled that Ogilvie students have

won both the 7/8 and 9/10 sections of this prestigious competition. Our combined OHS/NTHS band

has been on tour to Victoria and have won a platinum award. The RoboCup team won their category

at the Hobart Regionals and are competing at the State Finals in Launceston. These, and many other

achievements, are acknowledged in this Newsletter and I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading about these

successes. If you can’t make it to see the Young Archies exhibition, there is a virtual tour here: https://

www.google.com/maps/@-42.881173,147.3363228,3a,75y,245.18h,110.95t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipOQM2-

XlozieEUVUwD2F8MrLRybtSnM1THYXyv4!2e10!3e12!7i5376!8i2688?hl=en-AU Last Monday we welcomed students and staff from our sister school Kawanishi Meiho Senior High

School, to Ogilvie for a week’s visit. Our schools; Ogilvie, New Town, Meiho, have been sister schools

since 2010. This was the school’s fourth visit to Tasmania and Ogilvie teachers and students have

visited them twice. Some of the Meiho students hosted our students during our trip to Japan in April,

and some of the Ogilvie students who hosted Meiho students participated in the Japan trip, and were

hosted by Meiho students and their families. There is a strong relationship between our schools and I

thank members of our school community for showing such strong support for our exchange program.

Various opportunities are provided this term alongside the teaching and learning program, including

Year 8s participating in Figure 8 – a self-esteem program run by our School Chaplains over this term.

Coming up this term Year 10s will have their preliminary enrolments completed at Elizabeth College,

Year10 School Leaders have a visit to Parliament House for the Alliance of Girls Schools, hosted by

Elise Archer, and we look forward to meeting our incoming 2018 Gr 7 students at the Parent Evening

later in August. Staff and students will soon be visiting our feeder primary schools as part of our

transition program. Our primary students are encouraged to participate in our writing competition to

have their work published in Threads later in the year.

Julie Bird

Ogilvie and New Town High School

Band Tour On 2 August, the Ogilvie/New Town concert

band, comprised of around 50 students, played in

the Victorian school’s music festival. We won the

platinum award in the advanced section, the

highest section of the competition. This a huge

achievement for all involved. The players and

teachers are to be commended and congratulated

for their hard work. The Band attended the

Festival in 2015 where it was awarded Silver and

then again in 2016 awarded with Gold. In both of

these years the Band entered the Intermediate

Section.

Some others notable activities we participated in

during the tour included holding a workshop with

students at St. Kevin’s college, visiting the Percy

Grainger museum (now affectionately known as “that dude” museum) and participating in a stage band masterclass with the renowned

trombone player Daryl McKenzie at A.I.M music.

This was an entertaining and rewarding tour for all, with many memories and new friendships made. A massive thank-you is owed to all

the hardworking, dedicated staff that made this tour possible and so enjoyable.

Written by Jemima

Young Archie Awards 2017

The awards are based on the long running Archibald Prize held each

year in Sydney. The Young Archie Awards provide the opportunity for

the talent, originality and joy of student work to be shared with a

wider audience. We are proud to announce the following prizes

awarded to Ogilvie students:

Grade 7/8 Category awarded to Amelia from 7D and Grade 9/10

Category awarded to Nahhar from 9D.

The following students had work selected for the exhibition:

Zoe 8B, Abbie 8D, Jaime 8E, Marla 9D, Jacqueline 10B, Bridie 10A, and

Mikaylah 10D.

The exhibition will run for two weeks from 6 August to 20 August at

the Tasmanian College of the Arts, UTAS at 1 Hunter St, Hobart.

Do fairy tale princesses make good role models?

In Year 7 English all of the students complete a narrative unit where they explore the portrayal of fairy tale princesses in traditional and

more modern tales. Their culminating project is to fracture an existing traditional fairy tale, where they then present ‘their princess’ in

a different light to the original tale. The students are tasked with the challenge of:

Retelling the traditional tale with their new character’s perspective or from the

perspective of another character;

Including fairy tale elements in different, unique or unexpected ways;

Using a clear narrative text structure/ organisation;

Presenting their fairy tale creatively.

Students in Ms Boas’ 7D English class took up the challenge and have created some fun and

original narratives. The creative presentations include: choose-your-own-ending narratives,

story books, mobile displays, classified case files and narratives completely told in verse. The

stories are currently being displayed in their home room.

Amelia 7D Nahhar 9D

Bridie 10A

Abbie 8D

Jacqueline 10B Marla 9D

Jaime 8E

Mikaylah 10D Zoe 8B

Schools Tree Day - Friday 28 July

Thanks to Greens Alderman Helen Burnet from the Hobart City

Council for joining the Eco Schools team to celebrate Schools

Tree Day, re-establishing missing trees from the mature Avenue

of trees that lines the driveway.

Over recent years some of the trees have been lost. The trees

planted on Tree Day have helped to restore the Avenue,

maintaining the school’s park-like grounds as a significant

community landmark for years to come.

Organised by Planet Ark, Schools Tree Day, along with National

Tree Day on Sunday 30 July, combine to make Australia’s biggest

community tree-planting event.

Students, Harshika and Bridie were interviewed for Southern

Cross News and did a great job talking our magnificent grounds.

Please remember that it is everyone’s responsibility to keep our

school, both buildings and grounds, looking good. Show that you

are meeting the Ogilvie commitment to Be Respectful towards

the environment – clean up any mess you make and don’t drop

rubbish and leave it for someone else to pick up.

Water around the world with 7B, 7D & 7F

In HASS, we are looking and learning about water purity around

the world. Last week, Mrs Ley’s grade 7 HASS classes all got to

have a taste of what it is like for South Sudanese girls to walk eight

hours a day to get water. The water conditions in their country

are very poor and every 20 seconds, a child dies from water

related diseases. We put a 4kg medicine ball on our heads and

walked 100 metres. We realised that doing this each day (twice!)

with even heavier amounts of ‘water’ must be very hard. As well as

just walking for 8 hours, they also have to carry 20kg of water on

their heads. We also did some maths and found out that based on

our averages, the South Sudanese would walk about 43km a day

just to fetch water for their families. Here in Australia, we are very

lucky.

This year we have a record 10 Ogilvie teams participating in TOM. We are also very excited that the Tasmanian State Finals are being held here at Ogilvie on Saturday 9th September. As well as the 70 students who will be competing we also have a number of old scholars who are assisting as door monitors and guides. The School Association will be holding a ‘Sweet Things’ stall and of course there are the teachers and parents who are supporting the students through the six weeks they have to prepare their

presentation. We love the sense of community around TOM at Ogilvie and the willingness of so many people to give up their Saturday is amazing. Good luck everyone!

OHS Association

The Ogilvie School Association has a busy few months coming up

this term.

We are busily in the process of organising the annual combined

Ogilvie/New Town High Quiz night on Friday 1 September. The

quiz night is one of the major fundraisers we have in the year, it is

a great night of friendly competition. Each table at the quiz night

nominates whether they are playing for Ogilvie or New Town

High, at the end of the night scores determine which school wins

the Quiz Night Trophy. Last year New Town High were the

Trophy winners, it would great to see the Trophy back in Ogilvie’s

hands!! So please round up a table of friends and family, to support

a great fundraiser for your daughter. Bookings can be made

through the Ogilvie or New Town school offices. Please note that

the quiz night is a licensed event, so no BYO or under 18s please.

We are still seeking prizes and donations for the Quit Night, if you

or your workplace could make a donation to the Quiz night please

contact Hilary or Fiona at- [email protected]

The other event we are preparing for this term is a stall at the

Tournament of Minds. We have been asked to provide a stall of

“Sweet Treats” on the day, such as cupcakes, muffins and biscuits

(no items with cream). If you can contribute to this stall by

providing some baked goods or help run the stall, please contact

Hilary or Fiona at- [email protected]

Later in the term we are looking forward to helping to contribute

towards Ogilvie’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

Hilary Semmens

Chairperson

Where:

When:

Time:

Cost:

Bring a plate of supper to share with your table.

Drinks available for purchase on the night. NO BYO PLEASE

As this is a licenced event

children under 18 are not

permitted

School Information Brochure/Parent Fact Sheet Update

The current school information brochures available to parents have

undergone a change to their format size from tri-fold to a friendlier

A4 fact sheet format.

This online A4 format provides better accessibility and is mobile

device friendly. A full list of fact sheets is available by searching on

the Department of Education’s public website or by the following

link: https://www.education.tas.gov.au/parent-carers/parent-fact-

sheets/

If you prefer to have a printed copy, please contact the school

office and we can support your request and print out the required

fact sheet.

Free meningococcal W Vaccination Program for Years 10,

11 and 12

The Tasmanian Government is funding a free meningococcal W

vaccine for teenagers aged 15-19 years.

The program will commence during term three 2017 and run until

30 April 2018 and will be delivered at your school.

The vaccine provides protection against four strains of

meningococcal disease (ACWY) and is given as a single dose.

Meningococcal disease is a rare but severe bacterial infection that

can cause lifelong disability or death and can affect people at any

age.

Meningococcal bacteria are carried in the nose and throat of some

healthy people and are spread through close prolonged contact.

The bacteria are more commonly found in teenagers and young

adults. Adolescents are at increased risk of meningococcal disease

Meningococcal W has increased significantly across Australia from

2014 onwards. In Tasmania, cases more than tripled in 2016

compared with previous years. Tasmania has a higher rate of

meningococcal W disease than other states. Meningococcal W is

now the most common meningococcal strain in Tasmania.

You will receive further information and a consent form during

term three. Please complete the consent form and return to your

school.

To learn more about meningococcal disease and the meningococcal

W Vaccination Program, visit: www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/menw

Uniform Shop Winter Sale

The Uniform Shop has reduced prices on the following items:

White Long Sleeve Shirts – sizes 18 – 30 and size 8 – reduced

price $10

Maroon Knitted Vests reduced price $40

Maroon Soft Shell Vests reduced price $50

Uniform Shop Order Forms - Now available from the

school office. To make our Uniform Shop more available to parents we have

implemented a Uniform Shop Order form system. A completed

order form with payment can be left at the school office any time,

payment will be processed and the uniform items will be given to

your daughter to bring home. You can complete an order form in

person, over the phone or email a completed form to

[email protected]. Phone and email orders require

credit card details for payment.

Kawanishi Meiho Senior High School - Sister

School Visit Last week we had the pleasure of hosting 10 students and two

teachers from Kawanishi Meiho Senior High School, our sister

school in Japan. The Meiho students and their host sisters had a

wonderful time together. They went on excursions to

Bonorong Park and Richmond, where the Meiho students were

able to get up close and personal with our local wildlife, and

went crazy buying huge amounts of lollies to take back to Japan.

Everyone also learned how to make Smartie Cookies, and

explored the sights and sounds of Hobart on the last weekend

together. Without our host sisters and their families opening up

their hearts and homes to our visitors, none of this would have

been possible.

Glenorchy Fun Run participants

A number of staff and

students braved cold

windy conditions last

Sunday at Montrose for

the Glenorchy fun run.

All ran well taking up

the challenge and all

participants finished the

5km strongly.

RoboCup

On Saturday 29 July, the RoboCup Junior Regionals were held at

New Town High School. Ogilvie entered a team of eight: The

Robo Squad United Club Group Team. The team spent the last

two months programming robots to perform the Time Warp. A

lot of work went into it, with elaborate costuming, complicated

programs and even human choreography. The day turned out to

be a success, with the team placing first in the Open Dance

category. The next thing to focus on is the state competition in

August, where we will be competing in Launceston with the

same dance, against more teams. We hope to do just as well

there and would like to say a huge thank you to Dr. Bob Elliot

and to Anna Minchin for helping with the robots.

If you have concerns about the hearing or vision of your child/

ward, the School Health Nurses are available to conduct vision and

hearing screening upon request. Please contact the school office

to make arrangements for this.