Important Dates

Attention: Parents of Year 10

The science department is seeking copies of last year's Year 9 science text, Science Quest 9 2nd edition: Australian Curriculum.

The first 22 students who hand in this textbook to the General Office undamaged and marked attention Anne Thomson will receive a $25 credit to their school account.

Second Hand Books for Sale

The following second hand school books are still available available for purchase:

Year 7: Japanese and French text books

Year 8: English: Outsiders, Japanese text books

Year 9: English: Running Man, Japanese: Hai 5/6

Year 10: Hai Ima, Romeo and Juliet, Tapis Volant 2, Collins French Dictionary

Year 11: Accounting, Tapis Volant Senior, Yellow Wallpaper, Jane Eyre

Year 12: Accounting, Biology 3&4, Tapis Volant Senior

Email me direct (athomso@fhs.vic.edu.au) with requests/further queries or leave a note for me with your name and contact number at the General Office.

Anne Thomson,

Community Liaison Coordinator,

Frankston High School

Belongings at School

Students are advised not to bring expensive belongings to school other than equipment required for learning.

Frankston High School Council does not have the authority to reimburse parents or replace students’ personal belongings that are lost or stolen. For security purposes, parents please remind your children to always ensure personal belongings are placed in their lockers and then locked with their padlock.

Mrs Carolyn Florance,

Business Manager

Student Insurance

Parents are reminded that Department of Education and Training (DET) and Frankston High School do not provide personal accident insurance for students. Parents and guardians are responsible for the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including transport costs.

Student accident insurance policies are available for purchase through JUA Underwriting. Please phone 9909 7480 for further information.

Chaplaincy Fundraising Dinner with Serena Sanders - Marine Biologist

Inducted into the Frankston High School

“Back to School” Hall of Fame 2013

Annual Chaplaincy Fundraising Dinner

Wednesday 16 March 2016

6.30pm for 6.45pm start

Peninsula Golf Club

Cnr Karingal and Skye Roads, Frankston

Cost: $55

Drinks at bar prices

Pearl jewelry will be available to purchase

Contact Suzanne Caldwell (scaldwell@fhs.vic.edu.au or 9873 7955) to purchase your tickets.

Serena Sanders graduated from Frankston High School in 1977. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology in 1981 with Honours in Marine Zoology.

Serena has worked as a consultant on various projects including the Australian Pearling Exhibition at the base of Darwin Wharf, Pearl Luggers of Broome, Indigenous Aquaculture Working Groups off Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands, Ministerial Advisory Committees and private pearling workshops before sharing ownership in Queensland South Sea Pearl Company.

After 30 years up north, Serena now lives back on the Mornington Peninsula and has opened Sirene Sea Pearls shop in Dromana.

Frankston High School Vocal Ensemble

“inTune”

Frankston High SchoolVocal Ensemble starts on Thursday 11 February

Lunchtimes in Room 72

Enquiries to Mrs Bredin or Mrs Laughlin

Email: sbredin@fhs.vic.edu.au

plaughlin@fhs.vic.edu.au

All year levels welcome

Forget Valentine's Day: 14 February has been re-named Library Lovers' Day!

Libraries and library services across Australia provide so much for their communities — whether it is a hospital library providing the most up to date research for surgeons, a library van delivering audio books to the housebound or Frankston High School’s Resource Centre providing the foundations of lifelong literacy.

Take the opportunity to celebrate those who love and support libraries. Visit the Junior Resource Centre or Senior Resource Centre and meet our friendly library staff – Veronica Tuenker, Lee-anne Waters, Megan Edleston and Michelle Snooks – always happy to help.

Music Notes

Welcome back to all our music lovers.

Instrumental Music Lessons will commence this week and all ensembles will be up and running as per their usual times.

Training Band Recruitment Night

Our recruitment night for beginner Year 7 students will be held in the music centre on Wednesday 2 March, commencing at 7.30pm. Please see flyer below for more information.

Junior Concert Band

The Junior Concert Band will be required to perform at the recruitment night on Wednesday 2 March. Students will need to be at the Music Centre by 7.15pm and will be finished by 8.00pm.

Seeking Host Families for our Soweto Student

For more than a decade our student leaders have been actively promoting the wonderful relationship we have with our sister school, Letsibogo Girls High School in Soweto, South Africa. Each year Frankston High School sponsors a student from Letsibogo and provides her with the opportunity of experiencing life and learning in a privileged environment that offers opportunities they may otherwise never experience, which they utilise with success when they return to South Africa. The student is selected according to her potential to graduate from school and progress with further tertiary learning and a fulfilling career.

We are asking Frankston High School families to consider hosting our 2016 Letsibogo Girls High School student for a period of four weeks. Our Soweto student will be arriving soon and completing Year 11 at Frankston High School. Host families are needed from April 2016 onwards. Daily needs such as clothing, toiletries, pre-pay mobile phone, public transport costs plus a $30 per week allowance are provided by the school. However, we would be relying on the generosity of host families to provide accommodation and food.

Receipts from public transport, phone cards for overseas calls (available from a newsagency) mobile phone cards, etc will be reimbursed from the Finance Office on the 7-10 Campus.

Please contact Anne Thomson on 0409 835 541 or email athomso@fhs.vic.edu.au for further enquiries.

2016 Osaka Host Family Information

We have our annual visit from Osaka Seikei Girls School in Japan from Tuesday 15 March to Wednesday 23 March 2016 (eight nights).There will be approximately 20 female Japanese students aged 15-16 years and will be accompanied by their two teachers from Japan. The emphasis of the program is to experience our culture, our food and our language so interacting as much as possible with a host family in English and eating your food at meal times is recommended.

Year 10 Work Experience: 20 - 24 June 2016

The Work Experience program is in full swing with over 330 students expected to undertake a Work Experience placement this year as part of the Year 10 curriculum.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT THE WORK EXPERIENCE ARRANGEMENT AND TRAVEL FORMS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY 11 MARCH.

Due dates have been set early to ensure our students have arrangements in place, as many other local schools run Work Experience in the same week and competition for placements is high. Students who are still waiting to hear back regarding a placement need to inform the Junior Resource Centre (JRC) of the situation.

If your student has not organised their Work Experience can you please help them to find a placement in the coming weeks. The Work Experience Portal page is a great place to start as it has a list of past employers and placement ideas: FHS Portal (home)>Resource Centre>Year 10 Work Experience. Students can also get support from the JRC Work Experience Team at lunchtimes and recess, or by contacting Michelle Snooks on 9783 7955.

Students will be completing their first OH&S training module in class in the coming week in preparation for their placement.

Thanks to the students who have already submitted their forms.

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Frankston Rovers Junior Football Club

Mount Eliza Girl Guides

Are you interested in having fun, learning things and making friends?

Girl Guides in Mt Eliza now has vacancies available for girls 7-14.

Girls between the ages of 7-14 are most welcome to come along to try Girl Guides on a Monday at the following times:

Koala Guides (7-11) - Monday 4-5.30pm

Sugar Gliders (11-14) - Monday 5.30-7pm

The Girl Guide hut is on Old Mornington Road in the grounds of Toorak College on the corner of Old Mornington Road and Jacksons Road. (Entrance off Old Mornington Road)

You can come along and try for three sessions before you have to decide if you want to join. If you are keen please call Michele Coventry on 97878784 so we know to expect you! You just need to wear your school shorts and shirts and bring a hat.

Pines Junior Football Netball Club

Community Garage Sale

Join us for our mega Community Garage Sale for 2016. You can have a free stall to sell your goods & keep the profits, or visit to buy lots of bargains!

Friendly doggies welcome as there will be some rescue doggies attending - who knows, you may meet your new family member on the day!

There will also be a sausage sizzle, free giveaways, a raffle to win prizes, footy kick competition& lots more!

Date: 19 March from 8am

Location: Storage King Carrum Downs, 17-19 Colemans Road, Carrum Downs

Contact Maria on (03) 9775 0544 or carrumdowns@storageking.com.au to book your selling spot!

Here’s the link to the Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/926538200776135/

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps ensure that no student misses out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. It is part of making Victoria the Education State and the Government's commitment to breaking the link between a student's background and their achievements.

CSEF will be provided to eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

The annual CSEF amount per student is:

$125 for primary school students
$225 for secondary school students

How to Apply

Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form or download from the CSEF website

Key Dates

All applicants must complete and lodge their submission by 29 February 2016. This applies to 2015 applicants seeking funding in 2016.

Further Information

For the CSEF application closing dates and more information, please see:Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund

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