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- Assistant Principal's Report
- Mid-year Reports
- 2022 Levies
- Mining and Manufacturing Career Awareness Program (MAMCAP)
- Year 6 Parent Information Evening
- Inter-High Cross Country Carnival - 2022
- Parklands High School Musical Term 3 2022
- Back to the 80s - After school rehearsals
- Back to the 80's - Sponsorship opportunity
- A Term in Visual Art
- MND Fundraiser 2022
- ACE Guinea Pigs
- Alternative Learning Program (ALP)
- Meet Our Student Leaders - 2022
- Upcoming Student Events - Term 2
- Table Tennis Tournament
- Art Competition
- Book Club
- Parklands Pop-Up Pantry
- 2022 Tasmania Term Dates
- Voices By The Bay - Theatre Restaurant
- Penguin District School Production 2022 - Rapunzel
- The Smith Families "Learning for Life" Program
- Mission Australia
- Removal of Face Masks - Masks Update
- Changes to Close Contact Requirements
- Covid-19 symptoms - What to look out for
- Your Go-To Guide to Rapid Antigen Tests
Our school community has had a very busy and exciting couple of weeks. During recent weeks, we have held our school Cross Country Carnival and sent approximately forty students to participate in the Inter-High Cross Country Carnival at the Penguin Athletics track. We have also raised much needed money for Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and held our Year 6-7 Parent Information Evening for families of our 2023 Year 7 students! Wow! It has been evident that all of these events have been underpinned by a strong sense of community and high expectations from our staff and students. I speak on behalf of our school when I say thank you to all staff and students for making our school a great place to learn and grow. I personally feel proud to be a part of such a connected school community.
As we continue to grow, develop, and build upon a culture of respectful and caring relationships at Parklands, I challenge you to think about the following question: what is a problem-solving conversation and why are they so important for students and adults to feel safe and supported at high school?
At Parklands High School, we adopt a whole-school teaching and learning approach to problem solving called Restorative Practice. Restorative Practice encourages behaviour that is both supportive and respectful. Parents and carers are aware that the most profound learning experiences occur when there is a healthy relationship between your child and their teachers. The Restorative Practice (problem solving) process enables teachers, students, and families to build, maintain and restore relationships using a ‘no blame’ approach. It also helps build the capacity of students to self-regulate their behaviour and contribute to improving their learning outcomes. Parents play a pivotal role in educating their children by actively encouraging and using problem solving language at home. Below are some questions that are often used with between students and staff at Parklands to repair relationships and solve problems:
What happened?
This question allows students to have their voice and perspective heard, and parents and staff to understand and identify possible triggers for their behaviour.
What were you thinking about at the time?
This question that allows students, staff, and parents to connect to the emotions behind the actions or behaviours.
What have your thoughts been since?
Reflecting is a powerful tool to teach our students. It allows them time to process their behaviour and identify ways that they could be a better version of themselves in the future.
Who has been affected by what happened?
This is a question that provides the foundation for students to empathise with their peers or school staff. It is important that students are able to identify how their actions have impacted other people in our school community.
In what way have individuals been affected?
This allows students to describe the impact of their actions and acknowledge potential consequences.
What do you think needs to happen to make things right?
Students are able to contribute to and revise agreed, realistic and meaningful resolutions to solve the problem.
If the same thing happened again, what would you do differently?
Again, students have an opportunity to reflect on their actions and verbalise alternative strategies and behaviours.
We wish our school community a safe and productive final two weeks of term and urge parents to stay as connected as they can with our staff to ensure your child has a successful learning journey at Parklands High School.
Contact Information:
Key People |
Role |
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Magella Dudley |
Principal |
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Sam Wells |
Assistant Principal |
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Bianca Munday |
Assistant Principal |
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Angela Townsend |
School Business Manager |
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Administration |
School Communication |
parklands.high@education.tas.gov.au or Ph: 6464 0600 |
Bianca Munday
Assistant Principal
Levies
Levy payments are now due.
If your circumstances have changed, or if you are experiencing financial difficulty or financial hardship, or if you are receiving an invoice for levies and you shouldn’t be, please contact the school’s Business Manager, Angela Townsend or angela.townsend@education.tas.gov.au
You may be eligible for the Student Assistance Scheme. If you are eligible and your application is approved, you will not need to pay any levies. An application form is available from the School Office or you can apply online.
Mining and Manufacturing Career Awareness Program (MAMCAP)
MAMCAP Launch
Today TMEC successfully launched its Mining and Manufacturing Career Awareness program (MAMCAP) at Parklands High. With over twenty years of experience in the industry, Program Co-ordinator Ivan Markota delivered the program to a group of students keen to learn more about this industry with the potential for work experience and employment. The students brainstormed all the jobs available in the mining and manufacturing sector and were surprised at the variety of employment opportunities.
The Minister for Education, Roger Jaensch, was at the launch and said he was so pleased to have the program in the MDT area as he loved the wood smell and the feel of the work environment. He spoke of many opportunities in this growth area of mining and manufacturing in Tasmania. He encouraged our students to find all the jobs available in this industry in our local area.
Ben Maynard, the Chief Operating Officer of Grange Resources, was in attendance and is an ex-Parklands student. He walked down memory lane thinking about how he made a pencil case in the same MDT room about thirty years ago.
The students were tasked to build a Lego car powered by a balloon. They had to draft it, buy the components with only $15.00 to spend and compete against each other to see how far the car could go. It was an enjoyable learning experience, and when Ivan reminded the students that learning was a life-long venture, he said he too had learnt from our students today.
Our students will have many opportunities from this partnership with TMEC and The Beacon Foundation. We wish Ivan and the team well as they tour this program around Tasmania.
Cindy Wescombe
Packages Of Learning (POL)
Teacher
Year 6 Parent Information Evening
On Wednesday evening, we held our annual Year 6 Parent Information Evening. Parents and carers, along with their Year 6 students from our feeder schools, Romaine Park, Montello, Havenview and Ridgley Primary. Guests participated in a tour of our facilities amd were able to experience activities that helped showcase what we have on offer. There were tasty morsels to try, hoops to shoot, art pieces to marvel at, Parklands High School staff to meet and wonderfully insight speeches to listen too.
Year 10 Student leader and Burnie Deputy Youth Mayor provided students with an insite to her expereinces of starting high school.
My name is Taleah Smith, and I am a current year 10 student at Parklands. Transitioning from primary to high school is a very exciting time for many, but it can also be a daunting and overwhelming time. I would like to tell you about my transition from primary to high school.
I attended Montello Primary from Kinder through to grade 6. By the time I had reached year 6 I knew the school, the staff and most students. I had a few close friends and didn’t really know much about parklands. Transitioning to high school made me very nervous and I had a lot of questions.
- What if I get lost?
- what if people don’t like me?
- what if I forget my timetable?
- what if I don’t know how to unlock my locker?
Throughout year 6 we had many opportunities to tour the school, meet Parklands staff and students, and meet year 6 students from other primary schools. These transition opportunities helped answer my questions and helped me become familiar with the school before starting year 7. On orientation day, we were put into some mixed trial classes, and we spent the day learning more about each other and Parklands.
On my first day of year 7 I remember feeling super nervous. I had arranged to meet with a few friends and walk together to ease the stress a little. When we were put into our classes we focused on learning about our teacher, the school core values and learning more about the other students in our class. After a few days we had become familiar with the school and the people in our classes.
Throughout primary school and going into high school, I was a very shy and quiet student, I would struggle talking to new people, or talking in class and in front of a large groups. Parklands High, through a range of different opportunities, has allowed me to become the person I am today. Today I can confidently talk in front of a large groups, I am currently Vice President of Parklands High student leadership team and Deputy Mayor for Burnie Youth Council.
I love parklands, I look forward to coming to school every day. One of my favourite things is the staff at Parklands. The staff at Parklands always strive to ensure they have a good relationship with every student. They will try their best to make sure students reach their goals.
Throughout high school, you still may have questions and worries. At Parklands there are many trusted adults you can talk to. Your home room teacher, grade coordinator, our office staff, as well as our assistant principals and principal. Our student leadership team is also always there to help, you can identify a student leader by their blazer or the polos.
As you look around our facility’s this evening, please remember there is no such thing as a silly question so feel free to talk to any staff member or students including myself throughout the evening. If you think of any other questions after todays session you can contact the school office or Mr Hampton via email or phone. Your year 6 teachers would also be able to contact the school and ask for you.
Taleah Smith
Student Leader
Burnie Youth Council
Deputy Mayor
Inter-High Cross Country Carnival - 2022
On the 22nd of June, 40 Students travelled to Penguin to represent the school at the Inter-High Cross Country Carnival. After some strong performances in our school carnival, the team was ready to see how they shaped up against the best runners on the NW Coast.
The weather surprised us a little bit with an unexpected shower making the track a little bit slippery and difficult to handle in the early stages. The grade 10 boys kicked off proceedings with Mitchell Burley (5th) and Kaleb Turner (11th) performing well. Ava Crawford again proved she is one of the coast's best female runners, finishing 4th in the grade 10 girls race. The school's best result came from Hannah Frankcombe who handled the conditions well and finished an impressive 3rd! Ella Dummett (13th) and Deegan Emmerton (8th) both ran extremely well and showed that we will continually be competitive in the coming years!
On the back of their top 6 finishes Mitchell, Ava and Hannah have been invited to represent the NWHSSA at the All Schools Cross County that is scheduled to be held at Symmons Plains!
A massive thanks and congratulations to all runners on the day.
Mr Costelloe
HPE Teacher
Visual Art
What a term it has been! Our production Art crew are nearing the end of our major set and prop design projects; our year 7’s have had first hand experience working for a client and have put their colour theory and knowledge and understanding of street and graffiti art to the test at In The Zone; our year 8’s are extending their skills in drawing and clay and our senior pre-college students are currently exploring the world of sculpture, hybrid and experimental art and our photography students are taking off with some incredible work that is beginning to be displayed throughout our school.
Have a look at some of the great projects this term in the video below.
Miss Devlin
Visual Art Teacher
MND Report
On Friday, June 17, we held our annual MND Day. Staff and students came dressed in blue/white, or both. It was outstanding to look over the school grounds during break times and see a plethora of students kitted up and willing to donate to the cause.
At recess, the Student Leadership Group sold blue spiders and cupcakes. The spiders were sweeeeet and flew out the door. The cupcakes were delicious and not far behind in selling out. Some brave staff put their hand up to have students throw icy cold sponges at them for the duration of recess. There were some massive hits during recess which made for a good time for viewers, but maybe not the brave staff. A big thank you to Micah, Mr Triffitt, Craig, Mrs Harney, Miss Devlin, Steffi and Erryn for stepping up this year!
At lunch, Mr Bryan and Mr Willcox (on his day off) held an AFL 9’s round robin for staff and students to participate. Jack Gardam put in a solid performance from the square but it was Craig who showed us a blast from the past and took out Best on Ground honours. Also at lunch, the Student Leadership Group hosted a BBQ. The BBQ saw our profits soar as students flocked for a snag to warm them up. As we moved past our goal of $500, Craig completed the ice bucket challenge. Thank you Craig. You certainly went above and beyond!
A big thank you to all students and staff who supported the Student Leadership Group with the day. We are looking forward to our next fundraiser!
Newest Members of the Ace Family
On Monday the 4th of April, Mr Hay, Erryn, and I travelled to Devonport to collect the newest additions to ACE. Valentino and Oreo joined us when they were a mere nine weeks old and have been smothered in love and attention ever since. Along with being wonderful at supporting us with our schoolwork (or at least sitting on top of it) they have helped to bring out the calmest, happiest and most relaxed version of all the students that participate in the ACE program. Valentino and Oreo have stolen the hearts of both students and teachers alike and have helped us to build positive relationships with others around the school.
Alternative Learning Program (ALP)
ALP Update
Students have been participating in a range of Alternative Learning Programs for the duration of Semester 1. These have included Team Building, Social Skills, and Regulation as their focus respectively.
The students that have been participating in Team Building have been given a range of challenges to complete, such as the human knot, directing a blindfolded classmate, and some 3x3 basketball among much more.
The Social Skills group has been focusing on building social skills with adults and discussing how they would act in certain situations, followed by acting out some given situations. We have also been working on improving social etiquette when engaging in conversations.
Students participating in the Regulation topic have worked on a range of activities to use as possible strategies to regulate to be ready to learn. These include sensory drawing/colouring, making home- made stress balls using flour and balloons, and working on using the grounding technique.
Meet Our Student Leaders - 2022
Benita Leary
If you could tell a future student sonething about learning at Parklands what would it be?
It gets easy and hard but don't give up.
In my future I would like to be working as a ??
Im not sure what i would like to do yet. Possibly something to do with sport or dance.
The best experience I have had in Grade 9 is ...
Being a part of the Leadership Team in Year 9 has been awesome.
The thing I have enjoyed most at Parklands is …
I have really enjoyed meeting new people, taking part in the Cross COuntry and my Outdoor Education class.
If I could change one thing about the world now it would be?
I would change and help out the amount of teens and kids that are being bullied and cyber-bullied.
To be the best you can be at Parklands as a student you need to ...
Believe in yourself in everything that you do.
Voices By The Bay - Theatre Restaurant
Please come and support our talented Music Teacher Miss Codi Lincon in this fantastic Event. Tickets can be purchased at the below link.
Removal of Face Masks - Masks Update
An update on face masks
Public Health has advised that from Monday 27 June 2022, face masks are no longer mandatory in schools and Child and Family Learning Centres. This is because of reduced COVID-19 cases in our community.
It’s important to continue to:
- stay at home if unwell, and get tested
- practise COVID-safe behaviours such as frequent handwashing and sanitising
- be up to date with your COVID-19 vaccinations.
Students, staff and visitors are supported to continue to wear face masks if they choose to. Face masks are still available at our <school/CFLC> if you need them.
When face masks are required
If you’re a close contact, you are still required to wear a face mask indoors as per current Public Health advice.
From time-to-time our school might identify activities or situations where masks are required to be worn. We ask for your support when this happens and know that it is in the best interests of our students, staff and our school.
Our staff will continue to wear masks when working closely with students who are vulnerable to COVID-19.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly to discuss.
For more information about COVID-19, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website or contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.
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Changes to Close Contact Requirements
Changes to close contact requirements
Public Health has recently changed the rules for close contacts of COVID-19 cases so that they no longer need to isolate.
This means that if your child is a close contact – and importantly, symptom-free – they can attend school (except for support schools).
They would however need to pass a daily rapid antigen test before leaving home each day, for a seven-day period. Advice for close contacts is available on the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website.
You will only need to let us know if your child is a close contact if they’re not attending school.
Close contacts should practise COVID-safe behaviours including good hand hygiene, physically distancing from others when they can and staying away from school if they have any symptoms.
While primary aged close contacts are not obliged to wear a mask in school, they can still choose to if it is practicable for them and they are happy to do so.
If your child is medically vulnerable and you have concerns with the changes to close contacts, then you may wish to work with your child’s medical practitioner to identify further options to reduce the risk of COVID-19 to them. If you have any concerns, please talk to us about alternative learning options.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our school office.
For more information about COVID-19, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website or contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.
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Covid-19 symptoms - What to look out for
COVID-19 symptoms to look out for
Thank you to our entire school community for your cooperation this term by practising COVID-safe behaviours.
As you know, an important COVID-safe behaviour is to stay at home if you’re unwell and get tested for COVID-19 using a rapid antigen test.
Public Health tells us that the number of cases of COVID-19 in children is low, and they’re likely to have milder symptoms.
It’s a good reminder to be mindful of the symptoms of COVID-19 in children. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 in children are cough, fever, runny nose and gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
For more information, please visit the Tasmanian Government Coronavirus website or contact the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738, or Department of Education COVID-19 Support Hotline at COVID19support@education.tas.gov.au or on 1800 816 057.
If you need support translating or interpreting this information, please contact the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.