Our great school community
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone.
‘Memory’ by T.S. Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Webber from ‘Cats'.
School Development Day
Welcome back to Term 3! At our recent school development day, our teachers worked on plans to expand our C.E.C.I.L skills from our Year 8 innovation electives (which is where they are currently taught) to our broader Year 7-10 curriculum. Students will need these skills of communication, engagement, collaboration, innovation and leadership in order to be successful workers in the 21st century. In terms of my introductory quote which refers to the moon, as we know it has been fifty years since humans first landed on the moon. If we consider the innovations that have occurred in the last fifty years, it is impossible to fully understand the jobs that will exist fifty years from now. This is why we are starting to emphasise these soft skills or general capabilities in our curriculum so that students are prepared to undertake any sort of job that emerges in their working lifetime.
New Enrolment Policy
The NSW Department of Education recently revised its enrolment policy and principals are in the process of being trained in these new procedures. The new policy may have implications for any out-of-area applications for our school but every child is able to attend their local designated school. I will provide more information on the new enrolment policy in due course.
Student Success
Congratulations to Violeta Bozanic of Year 10 has just released her debut EP and single. We're all very proud of her achievements in the music industry. Having appeared on Australia's Got Talent in 2016, Violeta has gone to achieve so much.
Read Violeta's story and listen to her music here.
Staff appointments
I am very pleased to announce that three of our temporary English teachers have been successful in gaining permanent teaching positions at our school.
Mr Trent Robinson is one of our Year 11 Advisers and has significant experience as an English teacher from his previous school and now with us.
Ms Diana Kulevski is our Aboriginal Education Coordinator and works with our Yarn Connect group each morning.
Ms Nikolina Cupac is our Year 7 Adviser for 2020 and has been completing work with Year 6 during this year in preparation for the role.
All three teachers have been welcomed additions to the English faculty over the last few years and I look forward to continuing to work with them in a permanent capacity. I know you will join me in congratulating these teachers on attaining these positions.
P&C Meetings
Our next P&C meeting will be held at 6:30pm on Monday, 5 August 2019. There will be a repeat session at 9:30am on Thursday, 8 August 2019.
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