Faculty News

English Report

It’s Shakespeare season this term in English – the faculty’s favourite time of year. For most year groups this term, students will be studying a Shakespearean play:

• Year 8 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Year 9 – Romeo and Juliet
• Year 10 – Macbeth
• Year 11 (Advanced) – Othello

As a faculty, we are looking forward to exploring these plays with our students. In some cases, we will only be studying key scenes, in others, we will also be viewing modern interpretations. Students are encouraged to persevere with the sometimes difficult language, and appreciate why we still study the great playwright today.

I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students for their excellent assessment task results at the completion of Term 2.

Year 7 Young Achievers Program (Reflection essay) Emmett Hartley, Fletcher Hartley, Phoebe Kostalas, Alexander McGavin and Alistair Seabrook.

Year 8 (Coming of Age essay)

Paul Dowling, Mackenzie Goodhew, Mikayla Plant, Calli Sadd, Casey Stone and Keely Sullivan.

Year 8 Young Achievers Program (Reflection essay)

Maikiira Barber, Jessica Bartarseh, Megan Blair, Jessica Falkingham, Charlotte Hodgins, Arabella Kimber, Tram Nguyen, Jade Sweeney and Luca Zerdo.

Year 9 (Global Poetry essay)

Samantha Ryan, Jorgi Bradford, Jamie Fraser, Stephanie Peterson, Thy Pham and Eliza Zyryanova.

Year 10 (Documentary essay)

Nicholas Bartarseh, Jess Chen, Cynthia Li and Yasmin Long.

The English staff are looking forward to another productive term, working with students to achieve their personal best.

Mr Blake Wawrzyk

Relieving Head Teacher English

PDHPE Report

Year 7-10 Dance

Students in years 7-10 practical PE lessons will be undertaking their Dance Assessment Task in Week 6/7 . Below is the list of dances that students will be assessed in:

• Year 7 – Bush Dance
• Year 7 Young Achievers and Year 8 – Strip the Willow
• Year 9 – Cha Cha
• Year 10 – Rock n Roll

Reminder to all students that they will need to come dressed up in the theme of their dance on their assessment date.

Year 11 First Aid

All students in the Year 11 PDHPE course will be undertaking their Senior First Aid Course on Friday 17 August. This is to supplement the studies that students are doing in the PDHPE option: First Aid Unit. Students will be trained in CPR, Crisis Management, Management of Injuries and Management of illnesses. We look forward to a successful day.

Term 3 Sport

Term 3 sport started this week with paying and non paying options. A reminder to all students to bring their permission notes back to the staff member responsible for their sport. All payments for Term 3 sport should have been finalised at the office.

Sportsperson of the Week

A new initiative in Term 3 at Henry Kendall High School is the sportsperson of the week award. At the end of Tuesday sport staff at Henry Kendall High School will be nominating students who have been a positive role model or have shown some outstanding qualities throughout the Tuesday sport afternoon. Certificates will be provided to students at the Celebration Assembly and winners will be posted on the PE noticeboard.

Our first winner for Term 3 is Lara Hookway - Year 9

Stage 5 PDHPE Program - Term 3

This term, students in Stage 5 Personal Development Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) will be learning about a range of educational matters including risk taking, relationships, sexuality, sexual health and wellbeing. The school recognises this by teaching about these issues within the context of a developmentally appropriate program and by providing information to you about the program. The school program will be implemented in a manner that supports the role of parents and caregivers, and reflects the ethos of the school community.

PDHPE Stage 5 – (Year 9 and 10)

• Supporting yourself and others
• Valuing diversity and difference
• Developing equal and respectful relationships
• Recognising and responding to abusive situations
• Sexual health including the evaluation of safe sexual health practices, contraception and sexual behaviours
• Sexual choices and their consequences
• Planning and managing sexual health including reproductive and sexual health checks
• Consequences of unsafe road use and the causes of toad crashes
• Influences on health decision-making and risk behaviours

If you would like more information about the program please contact the PDHPE faculty

Mr Gareth Wright

PDHPE Head Teacher/ Sports Coordinator

Stage 5 Visual Arts

Year 9 and 10 100hr Visual Arts created a series of artworks in Term 2 based on the themes of Nature Up Close and Suburbia.

They created a Post Modern Interpretation of Henri Rousseau’s work and also created a perspective artwork of the school environment incorporating elements of Suburbia and Mambo design.

Miss Janelle Wilkinson

CAPA/Student Services Teacher

Visual Arts and Photography

Year 11 Visual Arts

Year 11 have produced some great artworks for their assessment on a post modern book sculpture self portrait, and a Central Coast landscape relief lino print. A special mention to the quality sculpture work by Madison Shearer, Luke Mirfield, Kira Morgan, Khaleesa Whittiker, Laura Eades, Karl Suczynski, Matthew Mott, Tiarna Houghton, Damien Errol, Elise Christie, Dee Behan and Desiree Balfour. The relief prints were quite rushed but  these students were a standout. Damien Errol, Karl Suczynski, Desiree Balfour, Kirsty Abigail, Khaleesa Whittiker, Matt Mott and Kuke Mirfield. Well done Year 11. Some very creative work.

Year 11 Photography

Part of our fun in the darkroom last term was experimenting with Photograms and Chemograms. A photogram is the process of creating an image out of see through materials or sharpies on clear acetate and exposing through to photo paper. A chemogram is using the developing chemicals to create images without using a negative or image much at all. This class made some very creative images and enjoyed the experience.

Year 7 Visual Arts Workshops

Our Visual Arts Workshops have been learning about mixing secondary colours and painting with gradation, and sponges to create texture. We have also tried to not use visual clichés and have painted crazy rainbows in a stormy sky. Here are some of the finished paintings. Well done Year 7.

Ms Dawn Keft

CAPA Teacher