Taroona High School Department of Education Key Dates for 2016 Wed 3 August – 7.00 – 8.30pm Grades 8, 9 & 10 Course Information Evening Thu 4 August – 7.00 – 9.00pm Grade 10 College Information Evening Hobart College Sun 7 – Sat 13 August Senior Band Tour, Queensland Mon 15 August – 7.30pm School Association General Meeting Wed 17 August – 7.30pm Steve Biddulph Workshop – Raising Boys THS Gym Thu 18 August – 7.30pm Steve Biddulph Workshop – Raising Girls THS Gym Thu 25 August Subject Preferences for 2017 Due Thu 1 September Grade 10 RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness), Hobart Show Grounds Tue 13 September Grade 7 Immunisations Wed 14 September – 4.30 – 9.00pm Spring Arts Festival Fri 16 September Reports go Home Mon 19 September – 7.30pm School Association General Meeting Wed 21 – Wed 28 September New Caledonia Trip Thu 22 September – 3.00 – 8.00 Parent Teacher Evening Fri 23 September End Term 3 Taroona Views Issue 7: 1 August 2016 From the Principal I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as Taroona High School’s Acting Principal for the remainder of 2016. I want to pay tribute to John O’Rourke for his outstanding leadership over the last five years. I also thank our school community (students, parents and staff) for their confidence and support shown me so far in this role. I intend to continue John’s great work to steadily guide the learning in our school without altering its tenor. Students Students in Years 7, 9 and 10 are now in new semester courses. A big thanks to all our parents for preparing and supporting our students so well in making this transition. We welcome many new students, including 12 new international students and several exchange students. We now have 35 international students, being competently managed by Susan Weston Smith. The 2017 course selection process will commence soon. Please read the article in this newsletter and try to help your child consider choices and make decisions based on what they are good at and what they enjoy, rather than what their friends might be selecting. My Education (Further information is on the next page of this newsletter). Our staff professional learning day was spent learning about and planning for teaching My Education to all our grades. Our teachers are now well equipped to teach this new subject and all students are participating in these classes with their Home Group Teachers. Staff Changes While I am working as principal, Michelle Andrews is now Assistant Principal managing transition, staff professional learning and supporting student welfare in Years 7 and 8. Claire Taylor and Rachael Graham are now working as Grade 7 coordinators. We welcome new teachers, some of whom you will already know: Laura Hannan (English SAH), Alison Young (Maths/Science for Clint Rottier), Jennifer Morgans (Art for me), Hannah Chapman (Wellness for Wade Nation), Harold Vanderplas (Maths/Science). We are pleased to announce the return of Mr David Perkins who is with us to teach one lucky Maths class and in coming days, Ms Roxanne Pritchard-Christie, who returns from maternity leave. It will be great to have her back on our teaching team. External School Review Yesterday, a team of four principals spent the day at our school interviewing students, staff, teachers and parents about the school. They will combine these interviews with our school’s quantitative data to formulate a report on our progress and areas for improvement. Thanks to everyone for your support and participation on the day. The areas of investigation centred around the following: Are we maintaining our high standard of student achievement, engagement and well-being as the school numbers continue to increase? Karena Gregory Acting Principal
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Taroona High School
Department of Education
Key Dates for 2016
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Wed 3 August – 7.00 – 8.30pm
Grades 8, 9 & 10 Course Information
Evening
Thu 4 August – 7.00 – 9.00pm
Grade 10 College Information Evening
Hobart College
Sun 7 – Sat 13 August
Senior Band Tour, Queensland
Mon 15 August – 7.30pm
School Association General Meeting
Wed 17 August – 7.30pm
Steve Biddulph Workshop – Raising Boys
THS Gym
Thu 18 August – 7.30pm
Steve Biddulph Workshop – Raising Girls
THS Gym
Thu 25 August
Subject Preferences for 2017 Due
Thu 1 September
Grade 10 RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver
Awareness), Hobart Show Grounds
Tue 13 September
Grade 7 Immunisations
Wed 14 September – 4.30 – 9.00pm
Spring Arts Festival
Fri 16 September
Reports go Home
Mon 19 September – 7.30pm
School Association General Meeting
Wed 21 – Wed 28 September
New Caledonia Trip
Thu 22 September – 3.00 – 8.00
Parent Teacher Evening
Fri 23 September
End Term 3
Taroona Views Issue 7: 1 August 2016
From the Principal
I am honoured and delighted to be appointed as Taroona High School’s Acting Principal for
the remainder of 2016. I want to pay tribute to John O’Rourke for his outstanding
leadership over the last five years. I also thank our school community (students, parents and
staff) for their confidence and support shown me so far in this role. I intend to continue
John’s great work to steadily guide the learning in our school without altering its tenor.
Students
Students in Years 7, 9 and 10 are now in new semester courses. A big thanks to all our
parents for preparing and supporting our students so well in making this transition.
We welcome many new students, including 12 new international students and several
exchange students. We now have 35 international students, being competently managed by
Susan Weston Smith.
The 2017 course selection process will commence soon. Please read the article in this
newsletter and try to help your child consider choices and make decisions based on what
they are good at and what they enjoy, rather than what their friends might be selecting.
My Education (Further information is on the next page of this newsletter).
Our staff professional learning day was spent learning about and planning for teaching My
Education to all our grades. Our teachers are now well equipped to teach this new subject
and all students are participating in these classes with their Home Group Teachers.
Staff Changes
While I am working as principal, Michelle Andrews is now Assistant Principal managing
transition, staff professional learning and supporting student welfare in Years 7 and 8. Claire
Taylor and Rachael Graham are now working as Grade 7 coordinators.
We welcome new teachers, some of whom you will already know:
Laura Hannan (English SAH),
Alison Young (Maths/Science for Clint Rottier),
Jennifer Morgans (Art for me),
Hannah Chapman (Wellness for Wade Nation),
Harold Vanderplas (Maths/Science).
We are pleased to announce the return of Mr David Perkins who is with us to teach one
lucky Maths class and in coming days, Ms Roxanne Pritchard-Christie, who returns from
maternity leave. It will be great to have her back on our teaching team.
External School Review
Yesterday, a team of four principals spent the day at our school interviewing students, staff,
teachers and parents about the school. They will combine these interviews with our school’s
quantitative data to formulate a report on our progress and areas for improvement. Thanks
to everyone for your support and participation on the day. The areas of investigation
centred around the following:
Are we maintaining our high standard of student achievement, engagement
and well-being as the school numbers continue to increase?
Karena Gregory
Acting Principal
Taroona High School My Education Update-2016
My Education is a Kindergarten to Year 12 approach to career and
life planning in schools that will support students to develop the
knowledge, skills and attributes needed to successfully plan and
make informed choices for their future. All state schools from
Years 7-10 are working with students on My Education. Years 11
and 12 will be operating fully next year, as will the K-6 sector.
Taroona High School Grade 7-10 students are all participating in
this program. Students will be able to involve parents in this
work by sharing the class work that is in a Fronter program (THS
My Education). Grade 9 and 10 students will be able to discuss
with parents future ideas of careers, educational programs,
institutions and opportunities by accessing MY Education Online.
Students will be able to operate on both of these programs at
school and at home. Students will need to bring their laptops,
tablets or IPads to school to every lesson. Grades 9 and 10 have
many hours of research and decision-making tasks across a year
and this work will require devices they can use. We have
discovered that phones are not compatible with the software they
will be using. Grades 7 and 8 will spend time working on Fronter
and this will require them to have their laptops with them.
My Education is a coordinated, whole-school curriculum approach
to preparing all of our students for their future. Taroona is using
a 50 minute lesson once a week to deliver the My Education
program. Students will continue this program in Years 11 and 12.
Ensuring that students have the skills, knowledge and
understanding to make well-informed learning, work and life
decisions is essential to an individual’s social and economic
wellbeing and that of the broader community. These procedures
aim to provide opportunities for our students to see the
significance of education in their future and allow them to develop
personal attributes to successfully manage the multiple transitions
they will experience throughout their lives.
Julianne Blackaby
My Education AST
UNSW English Competition
This will be held on Tuesday, 2 August. Those people who are
taking part are reminded of this, as the closing date was several
weeks ago. They will need to report to Room A113 straight after
recess with the necessary pencils, rubber etc.
School Facebook Page
You do not need to log into Facebook to view
this school page: www.facebook.com/taroonahigh.
2017 Course Selection Process
This week students in Grades 8 and 9 were issued with a 2017
Course Selection Guide which will assist them in choosing their
courses for next year.
The Course Guide, not only gives details of the courses offered
from each of the Learning Areas, but also provides students with
guidelines for choosing subjects. It also contains instructions on
how to select courses electronically. Students are asked to
complete this process by Thursday 25th August. Before they do
this, however, students should consider their choices carefully and
should only make their decisions after close consultation with their
teachers and parents/carers.
Parents requiring more information about courses are invited to
attend the 9/10 Course Information Evening on
Wednesday, August 3rd. We will be selling hot drinks at this
event to raise money for our school in Bangladesh.
Grade 7s also choose subjects for next year but on a more limited
basis. Information about 2017 Grade 8 Courses were issued to
Grade 7s via an assembly. At this assembly, Grade 7 students
received the Grade 8 Selection Guide which they should have
brought home to parents/carers. Once again, as with the Grades 9
& 10, courses are chosen on-line.
ALL students in Grades 7 - 9 have been given their personalised
details and log-in code for choosing their courses online. If they
lose their copy, they can get another one from Student Services or
from Ms Flinn.
Maths News
The Australian Maths Competition was held on 28 July with more
than 60 students participating.
The Tasmanian Maths Relays are being held at Rosny College on
Sunday 21 August. Students who are interested in being
considered for a team must collect a letter/form from
Mrs Andrewartha. These must be returned to her as quickly as
possible as membership of one of the teams is very competitive.
Good Character Check
Good Character Check forms are required by the Department of
Education for parent help and school excursions. These are
required by the Department until the 1st September this year.