School Community Garden Project - Thank you Bunnings

Huge thank-you to Jodie Byerlee and Bunnings Victor Harbor for the generous donation of gardening supplies to help get our 'Sustainable Earth Day' school community garden underway. A project established by the 9E Geography Class studying 'Biomes and Food Security' will be maintained by the School Sustainability Group. We welcome all businesses who kindly donate to this garden to attend our school garden opening on Monday, 29 April at 11:00 am to celebrate Earth Day.

"Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection". #Bunnings #BunningsVictorHarbor #Schoolgarden #Earthday

SA State Tennis Championships

On Tuesday, three of our students, Hugo, Obe & Neil competed in the SA State Tennis Championships at Peake Gardens Tennis Club, Marleston. All the boys played very well and Neil was the Consolation winner for the Year 10 boys. Well done to you all.

2019 Wellbeing & Engagement Collection

The purpose of this collection is outlined below.

Young people’s sense of wellbeing is an important part of how they learn at school. The purpose of the survey is to seek students’ views about their wellbeing and their engagement with school.  Students in year levels 4 to 12 across the State will be invited to participate in the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. The information collected will help the education system and broader community to support young people’s health and wellbeing.

For more information please follow the link to this letter provided by the Department for Education.

Variety Club Grant - Thank you

Our students and staff are excited to now have access to our beautiful new basket swing. We thank the Variety Club of SA for the $12,000 grant we were fortunate to receive for this purpose.

Harmony Day - 21 March 2019

Harmony Day - 21 March 2019
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Harmony Day, recognising the success of Australia's multicultural society and the benefits of cultural diversity and belonging.

Victor Harbor High School staff and students will be celebrating this event on Thursday during lunch where cultural experiences via food and music will be shared across our school.

External School Review - 18 to 20 March 2019

As part of our continuous school improvement process, we will be involved in an external school review with a Department for Education review panel.

 The purpose of external school reviews is to support us to raise achievement, sustain high performance and provide quality assurance to build public confidence in government schools.

For more information please follow this link.

After the public holiday on Monday

VHHS Governing Council AGM - New members welcome

If you are interested in joining our School Governing Council you are welcome to come to the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 13th March 2019. This will be held in our Research Centre at 7pm. If you have any queries please contact the school.

Wanted - Parents/Caregivers Interested in School Matters

If you are interested in nominating to become a member of our School’s Governing Council for 2019 -2020 please complete a nomination form and return to the school marked ‘Attention: Governing Council Chair’ before 8th March 2019.

If you have any queries about what this role entails, there is a role description for parent members on our website, along with the nomination form. Here is the link. https://www.vhhs.sa.edu.au/publications-policies

Power to End Violence Against Women

The Power to End Violence Against Women program has been developed to raise awareness around the issue of violence against women and promote respectful relationships to young men in year 10 across schools in South Australia.

Developed with Centacare Catholic Services and the Department for Education, the Power to End Violence Against Women program provides young men the opportunity to discuss the issue of violence against women and explore respectful relationships.

The program provides the information and skills necessary for young men to make informed choices to prevent violent behaviours in society.

Victor Harbor High School students will be taking part in this program early next week.

For more details https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/community/power-community-ltd/programs/P2EVAW

Questacon Workshops - Great learning opportunities

On Wednesday the 27th February almost 60 students from across years 8-11 took part in a QUESTACON Smart Skills workshop.

Helen and Erin-Jane from QUESTACON took the students through a design thinking process to create simple designs that would either sink, hover, stick or fly in a vertical wind tunnel. The students used a wind tunnel app on a tablet device as their first trial. They quickly discovered which shapes provided lift and then took to the paper to make and trial as many designs as possible. The year 8 group created more than 90 designs, not bad for the smallest group of the day!

Students were then given the chance to refine their designs, bring in a few more simple (tissues, alfoil, paperclips) materials then trial these in the wind tunnels, aiming for a hover of at least 6 seconds.

All students were highly engaged in the hands-on activity and discovered new knowledge about aerodynamics, flight, indoor skydiving, and design thinking.

The Questacon staff were very impressed with the work our staff are doing in Innovation here at Victor Harbor High School in support of our student learning opportunities.

Swimming Success

VHHS swim team competed in the School Sport SA carnival at Marion Aquatic Centre Monday 25th February. Students posted many excellent results and were thrilled to finish 2nd overall from the 8 schools in our division. The boys won their division with the help of some enthusiastic exchange students. Thanks to Miss Ling, Jordan, Irene and Martina for their help with Marshalling and time keeping.

Questacon Smart Skills Student Workshop

Questacon Smart Skills is a FREE program that travels regional Australia delivering in-school workshops that immerse students in ideas, technology and creativity.

Guided by enthusiastic and engaging workshop facilitators, the hands-on, interactive and challenging STEM-themed workshops expose students to the process of innovation and refining their ideas through set challenges.

Questacon is visiting Victor Harbor High School on 27 February 2019.

For more information please visit this link https://www.questacon.edu.au/outreach/programmes/questacon-smart-skills-initiative/school-workshops

Disability Policy and Programs - PARENT FORUM

Year 9 Roundtables - E-portfolio Presentations Friday 7 December

All families are warmly invited to attend a special Year 9 E-portfolio Presentation traditionally called Roundtable - Friday 7 December.

15 minute time slots have been allocated to present their e-portfolio to their Mentor Teacher. The discussion is fully led by the student, and a opportunity to showcase their developed strengths over the year.

Can all Year 9 Parents please be aware that the students are only required at school this Friday for their 15 minute round table presentation.

Please note students are required to be in SCHOOL UNIFORM for their scheduled appointment.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school on 8551 1900

Site Closure & Bus Information for 29 November 2018

Dear Families,

I am writing to inform you that Victor Harbor High School will be closed until 12.15pm on Thursday 29 November 2018 due to a vote for industrial action by members of the Australian Education Union at this site.

The Education Director has approved the closure on the grounds that insufficient staff will be on duty to enable me as Principal to ensure that adequate standards of students’ safety and welfare can be provided.

Normal education programs will commence at the site from 12.15pm.

Please contact the school if you have any questions regarding this information Ph:  8551 1900 or Email:  dl.0799.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Bus Details

Due to morning school closure on Thursday November 29th, there will be changes to the school buses connected to Victor Harbor High School.

BUSES NOT RUNNING MORNING 29 NOVEMBER

• Currency Creek

• Goolwa North

• Port Elliot/Middleton

• South Lakes/Goolwa Beach

These Buses will not have a mid morning run to any of the government school. Parents are encouraged to find an alternative method of transport for your child to attend school that day

 These Buses will run as normal in the afternoon

BUSES THAT WILL BE RUNNING TO NORMAL TIMETABLE

• Hindmarsh Island (AM run, GPS only)

• Hindmarsh Valley

• Inman Valley

• Waipinga

 *Please note that the Back Valley Bus, connected to the Victor Harbor R-7, will not be running on the morning of Thursday November 29, but will run as normal in the afternoon

Uniform Survey for Victor Harbor High School

Late in Term 3 an email and DayMap message was sent to all staff, students and families/caregivers in relation to a Uniform Survey for our school.

If you have not received a link for this survey or are unable to access online, please contact our reception on (08) 8551 1900 and we provide a paper copy for you.

The survey will close on 14th December 2018.