Inews Update 2

Yr 7 Picnic

Thanks to everyone who contribted to this year's wonderful parent-teacher-student welcome picnic. About 400 people attended to enjoy great music, conversation, food and the amazing race around NHS!

Music 

TUBA AND BASSON SCHOLARSHIPS

Congratulations to Alex Herbert and Zain Goodblood who have been awarded the Friends of Music tuba scholarships and to William Leslie, who has been awarded the Friends of Music bassoon scholarship.

FRIENDS OF MUSIC COMMITTEE

The first meeting of 2016 for the Friends of Music Committee will take place on Wednesday 24th February in A1 at 7pm. All families are very welcome to be a part of this important group that provides support at concerts and fundraises for the Music program.

PLACES AVAILABLE IN SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS

There are a small amount of places available in instrumental lessons on the following instruments:

Trombone, Violin, Tuba, Bassoon, Viola.

If you are interested in joining the Music program, please contact 94882336.

Maths @ NHS 2016

Northcote HS Mathematics faculty would like to develop each student’s passion for understanding the real world through Mathematics. We emphasise problem and collaborative problem solving in our classrooms. We endeavour to develop students “21st century workplace” skills through challenging and motivating tasks that emphasise strategic/flexible thinking, decision making abilities, clear reasoning skills and creativity. To ensure students experiences in the classroom we expect all students have the appropriate materials available including: workbook, problem solving book (Y7-10), technology and calculators.

Math Support

The Maths Faculty provides Math support on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 – 4:50 pm. This is support is available in the upper B-block rooms including B12 / B13. The Math support team provides assistance and guidance for both Junior and Senior students. Students are recommended to arrive prepared with specific questions or tasks.  Students may also review content covered in class, engage in content above and beyond the scope of the curriculum, review assessment tasks, and receive support for problem solving activities and investigations.

Maths Enrichment & Competition details are enclosed

NHS GreenTeam

Would you like to be involved in many environmentally friendly projects around our school and revegetating the Strathbogie area at Landcare camp? Join the NHS Green Team! Meetings are every Monday lunch in D1. Everyone is welcome. See Miss Greenwood-Smith and Mr Barrett for more information.

Visiting artist in Studio Art

As part of Unit 3 Studio Art, we invited Sculptor Donald Stewart to give us a talk and workshop on sculpting techniques. Don has been a sculptor for over 30 years. He works mostly with papier mache and resin and his work focuses mainly on the human figure. He is also a passionate environmental activist in his local community in Port Fairy. Don talked to us about his ideas and inspirations and he also showed us a range of sculpting techniques, such as making small figurative sculptures using wire and newspaper, how to create a silicon mould from a small sculpture and resin application techniques on large scale sculptures. Under Don¹s direction, some of us made a small figurative sculpture based on our drawings. The sculpting process was very interesting and we have had a lot of fun making these figures, which will be finished in the coming weeks as part of our folio.

Claire Cottrell and Amelia Batchelor