Positive Learning
Promoting Positive Behaviour for Learning.
As a PBL school LIHS rewards students who are respectful, responsible and safe in every setting.
Our school values:
RESPECT ⎜RESPONSIBILITY ⎜SAFETY
HAVE A POSITIVE APPROACH
SPEAK IN A POSITIVE MANNER
HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
We show RESPECT by being tolerant and accepting of everyone, being polite and considerate of others, using appropriate language and wearing the school uniform.
We show RESPONSIBILITY by being at the right place, right time, staying on task in class and being prepared, following procedures and instructions including putting rubbish in the bin and caring for our surroundings.
We show SAFETY by following instructions, keeping our hands to your self and having a smoke free zone.
LIHS Harmony Day
Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. On Thursday 21 March students and staff at LIHS celebrated inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for all Australians, from the traditional owners of the land to those who have come from many countries around the world.
The ongoing theme of Harmony Day is ‘everyone belongs’. Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect for all. As a school we participated in a variety of activities, so as to learn and understand how all Australians equally belong to this nation and enrich it. Activities included food stalls and the playing of music representing various countries. A number of classes also conducted cultural diversity puzzles and quizzes.
Orange is the colour chosen to represent Harmony Day. Traditionally, orange signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. It also relates to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect. Both staff and students could choose to wear something orange to show their support for cultural diversity and an inclusive Australia.
PBL Lessons
In Week 8, LIHS daily morning roll call classes were presented a variety of lesson focused on ‘everyone belongs’. Each daily lesson centred on a different theme.
The four focuses were: Respecting/accepting differences
Cultural diversity
Inclusiveness
Sense of belonging
Students were presented with engaging activities through directed discussions.
Merit System and Vivo Online Rewards
Vivo Miles is one way we reward students as they progress through school life at LIHS. Teachers award electronic points called Vivos - the new student currency- which students can then spend on an exciting range of products.
Students can earn Vivos for all kinds of things, including:
Demonstrating respect, responsibility and safety to all
Improved attitude and behaviour
Helping and assisting a member of staff
Participating in extra-curricular or lunchtime activities
The Vivo shop has many varied items on offer, including:
Event Cinema gift voucher
School and stationery products
EB game card
Donations to various charities
iPad
Food treats etc.
Students can check how many Vivo points they have earned by logging on to their account through the vivomiles website.
LIHS staff would like to congratulate the following students from Year 7 - 12 who are currently leading the Vivo league table this term:
Year 7 Lilli Anger and Alyssa Bazzano
Year 8 Ben McLean and Tenielle Lenartowicz-Wilkinson
Year 9 Mursal Wahab and Molly Yates
Year 10 Kasey Yates and Miranda Perceval
Year 11 Chantell Hore and Jordan Cady
Year 12 Brittany Skeen and Samantha Gibbs
Focus Value: RESPECT / RESPONSIBILITY
Week 9: Responsibility. We show responsibility when we strive to achieve our personal best.
Week 10: Responsibility. We show responsibility when we always try to do our best. Our skills and understandings improve by doing our best.
Special Provisions for HSC Examinations 2019
Disability Provisions for the 2019 HSC examinations are now open.
Disability Support provisions are practical support for students with a disability. Students’ special examination needs may include learning (literacy difficulties), medical (including diabetes, epilepsy, chronic pain), vision or hearing difficulties.
Examples of provisions available include: braille or large-print papers, use of a writer and/or reader, use of an oral interpreter, extension of test time, rest breaks, separate examination supervision and permission to take medication.
If your child is considering applying for Disability Support (formerly known as Special Provisions), here is some important information from BOSTES regarding changes to Disability Support:
· Evidence should be no older than term 4 of the year prior to the HSC.
· Students experiencing an anxiety disorder should seek appropriate treatment or therapy prior to applying for provisions to ensure they have adequate strategies to cope in an examination situation. A course of evidence-based treatment often removes the need for disability provisions. Applications are likely to be declined unless the student has first undertaken treatment or therapy. If treatment has not adequately addressed the issues, only then should provisions be sought to assist the student in an examination situation.
Examiner aware - speaking or performance: for a student in a speaking or performance examination who may
require accommodation where, for example, the student:
- has a stutter or is unable to maintain eye contact
- lip reads and needs to face the examiner
- is on the autism spectrum and may miss drama cues
- requires enlarged stimulus material where appropriate
NESA prefers that applications for existing conditions are submitted to them by the end of Term 1, 2019. It is possible to lodge a late application.
If you have any queries regarding Disability Support applications, please contact either W. Chandler or M. Jeuring Learning and Support Teachers (LaST) 42963844
Mr. W. Chandler
Learning and Support Teacher
Weekly Programs
Homework Centre
Every Thursday Afternoon
2pm in the Library
All students welcome.
Breakfast Club
Every Tuesday and Thursday Morning
8am
In the cooking rooms.