We believe in success

Respectful, Responsible, Successful

Our house, in the middle of our street

Our house, it has a crowd

There's always something happening

‘Our House’ by Madness from ‘Our House’

Colour Run

Our Colour Run is taking place on Friday, 14 December 2018. This will be a fun-filled and exciting event aimed at raising funds to improve our learning spaces and cool the school. We expect all students to get involved in this event and they can sign up here.

A Big School, Getting Bigger

In terms of my introductory quote, ‘our house’ at Cecil Hills High School definitely has a ‘crowd’ as we start our planning to welcome approximately 250 students in Year 7 in 2019. You can keep track of the proposed expansion of our school here.

Student Wellbeing

Cecil Hills High School has been recognised by the NSW Department of Education’s Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation as a model school for effective student wellbeing practice. Our school has been the subject of a major case study which will help other schools learn from our expertise. One of the department's priorities is that every student is known, valued and cared for in our schools. We are proud to have been highlighted as a centre of excellence for student wellbeing.

Edrolo

In Term 3, our school was involved in a trial of Edrolo software for Year 11 and Year 12. This software has online quizzes for students to complete, important video advice from HSC Senior Markers on a range of questions and revision of key content. Further information on Edrolo can be found here:

Due to the success of the trial, including very positive feedback from staff and students, our school has committed to using Edrolo for Year 12 in 2019. The cost of Edrolo will be included in our 2019 fees and is $25 per student per subject which gives them access to Edrolo for the entire year. This is less than the cost of one single tutoring session and will give our students an academic advantage. Our school will use Edrolo in these courses: Business Studies, Legal Studies, Ancient History, Modern History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, PD/H/PE, Mathematics and English.

Executive staff

Mrs Jo Tyson has been asked to assist at another school as Deputy Principal on a temporary basis.

I would like to thank Mrs Tyson for all of her hard work in the last few years as Deputy Principal and we look forward to her return.

In the meantime, Ms Mel Scott will be Deputy Principal for Year 7 and Year 10. Ms Lisa Saliba will relieve as Head Teacher – PD/H/PE and I look forward to continuing to work with both Ms Scott and Ms Saliba in these roles.

Congratulations

Well done to Celeste Wrona (Creative and Performing Arts teacher) for more public recognition of her fantastic work!

Schools Spectacular

Good luck to our performing students (Gianni Fava, Christina George, Vincent Huynh and Lachlan Hawkins) at this weekend's Schools Spectacular at the Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park this weekend. Schools Spectacular is an outstanding showcase of the talent in NSW public schools. In terms of sheer size, scale and scope, Schools Spectacular is unequalled in the world with a 2700-strong choir, 2300 diverse dancers, an 80-piece symphony orchestra, a world-class stage band and a huge number of outstanding solo performers.

Read here about Vincent's experience!

Tickets are still available.

Brought to you by Cecil Hills High School

Year 8 Create-a-Cake

Under the guidance of Mrs Byron, our Year 8 Create-a-Cake class students are busy preparing for their Cake Showcase event! We can't wait to see (and perhaps taste) their fabulous creations.

We extend an invitation to parents and family members of Year 8 Create-a-Cake Class to join us at this event - have a look at your children's wonderful cake creations, cast your vote and enjoy the festive atmosphere. We're looking forward to seeing you.

Wednesday, 5th December
1:10 pm in the School Library

P&C Meetings

Our next P&C meeting will be held at 6:30pm on Monday, 3 December 2018. There will be a repeat session at 9:30am on Thursday, 6 December 2018.

I look forward to continuing to work with the staff, students and parents of Cecil Hills High School, the best school in NSW.

Mark Sutton, Principal