BUT WAIT,

 THERE'S MORE 

GOOD NEWS... 

Taking a look at the good things that happen...

Lexi O. submitted an artwork this afternoon for the Youth Week art competition. See her drawing below. It's great to see her tap into her creative side. ✍️🎨

When a visiting youth worker walked into the school he was approached by some smiling year 7 faces who were excited to ask him “do we have you today”. It was also so lovely to hear from him that, “if you could just be a senior teacher, he would consider changing careers” because that’s how amazing our year 11’s were in The Gathering yesterday. 🙃

 Top Blokes recently worked on ways to improve their mental health. Facilitators reported that lots of the boys suggested working on their sleep patterns.  Good sleep is more important than you think🙌🏼

Megan, or SSO spoke to at least 5 parents this week who were very happy with the support we provide throughout the school, it's great to get such positive feedback.🤗

Yesterday, Ms Wasson our Librarian launched the Premier's Reading Challenge with Year 7 and 8 and boy oh boy - she's amazing!!!!

It was so lovely seeing students excited to borrow books and sharing their enthusiasm for reading with us. Ms Wasson's energy is something else and she is slowly but surely building a reading culture at Kurri Kurri High School!

The Gathering - Year 11

Huge raps to all of Year 11 who participated in “The Gathering” workshop recently. Students were well behaved, engaged and very respectful. Students learnt about reducing harm when at parties and the differences with standard drink sizes. 

Interesting/key facts taken in by the students: 

1. On average 32 young people die each week from accidental overdose. This includes alcohol. 

2. Young people who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs can call for help without getting into trouble from Police. 

3. Standard drink sizes - students also received a cup with different drink sizes labelled on it. 

4. That you shouldn’t leave your drunk friend in a bed unattended and putting them in the recovery position is helpful. 

JAECG Daycare Visits!

Ten JAECG members participated in our first daycare visit for 2025. Last year we had 4 visits and this year we have 2 visits a term booked in! The purpose of these visits is for our students to use their leadership skills to teach their pre-school friends about their culture. Today was all about Aboriginal symbols, our students discussed and showed their friends some different symbols and told them what they are used for and what they mean. They then led three different sensory activities that allowed the pre-school children to build and represent the symbols in different ways. Everyone had lots of fun and can’t wait for our next visit in week 9! The highlight of todays visit was Brock M. connecting with a boy who in his words “is just like me”!!!