Newsletters

Each year students, staff and the school community celebrate and promote our acclaimed, award winning Arts Department, showcasing all of the excellent opportunities offered at ASHS. 

During this week at ASHS, we will see our school come alive with the vibrancy and creativity of our esteemed Arts Department.

We invite our school community to join us for the opening night of ARTS@ASHS Exhibition and SHOWTIME, our Drama and Music Performance on Tuesday 8 November.

• ARTS@ASHS Exhibition opening in the school Library 4.30pm to 5.45pm – light refreshments served. Please RSVP to australind.shs@education.wa.edu.au for catering purposes.
• ARTS@ASHS Exhibition awards for judges and teachers choices announced at 5.15pm – students will be advised by their teacher if their artwork is being displayed.
• ARTS@ASHS Exhibition will showcase over 200 artworks from students from Year 7 to Year 12.
• SHOWTIME Drama and Music Performance, featuring our Year 10 Drama and our Specialist Jazz Band, commences promptly in the Performing Arts Centre at 6.30pm, please arrive by 6.15pm.
• SHOWTIME Drama and Music Performance is a free – but ticketed – event. Please visit the Front Office to secure your free tickets to attend.

A reminder to our school community that this Friday 28 October, is a School Development Day and students do not attend school on this day.

Dear students, parents and carers,

Welcome back to school for Term 4.

The first day of Term 4 is Monday 10 October with our student free School Development Day later in the term in Week 3 on Friday 28 October 2022

As we commence this term we would like to bring to your attention some important reminders:

Traveling to and from school:

Students are reminded to be both safe and respectful when travelling to and from school. Ride bikes, skateboards and scooters with care and watch for pedestrians and other vehicles. If travelling by bus please respect the bus travel expectations, be sensible and respect the rights of other bus patrons. Be courteous in all situations.

Students are very identifiable when they wear the Australind SHS uniform. We wish to ensure that it is worn with pride and is reflected positively in the community.

Regular attendance:

·        It is a legal requirement that students attend school every day.

·        Is an essential part of students building on their learning and assists with your positive engagement with peers and school staff.

·        Is the responsibility of the parent/carer and the student.

·        absence and attendance is recorded every period.

·        Parents/carers are contacted when students are absent.

·        An absence will impact the student percentage attendance.

·        School procedures reflect the importance of attendance.

In the table below is an example of the impact of absences and what the percentage attendance reflects:

*The accumulation of Period absences has a very significant impact on the % student attendance.

Uniform:

Wearing correct school uniform is an expectation of the school. We wish to thank parents and student for their continued support of this expectation.

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS):

PBS endeavours to raise everyone’s awareness of the importance of acting in positive and constructive, and recognising positive and constructive actions and behaviours. This is reflected in the agreed values of Respect, Kindness and Responsibility in the school PBS matrix. Engaging positively with peers, school staff, the community, and taking a constructive approach to school work and the school environment are all aspects of PBS that we encourage. We will always try to “catch them doing something good” and look for positive ways to acknowledge the many good habits that are possible.

We look forward to a busy and productive Term 4 as we farewell out Year 12 Leavers in Week 1 and then also welcome our 2023 Year 7 student cohort through our transition activities later in the term, with a lot happening in between. Please stay connected to us and we look forward to continuing to work closely with you.

Yours sincerely,

10 October 2022

Students Driving to School:

While we celebrate the importance of our students becoming more independent, we must also recognise the responsibilities that this brings. We do have a large number of students now driving to school. We would ask that parents and carers continue to encourage and remind these inexperienced drivers to be safe, respect road rules, and to ensure that they drive to the conditions.

It is also important that they take care in the decision that they making in relation to parking near the school. As an attendance requirement students must arrive at school on time and they should not go to their vehicle or use their vehicles during the school day to leave the school site.  All attendance requirements and participation expectations have been shared with you and the broader school community.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

10 October 2022

Parents, carers and students are reminded of the Leave Pass Procedure.

Regular attendance:

·        It is a legal requirement that students attend school every day.

·        Regular attendance is an essential part of students building on their learning and assists with your positive engagement with peers and school staff.

·        Regular attendance is the responsibility of the parent/carer and the student

·        Student absence and attendance is reported every period.

·        Parents/carers are contacted when students are absent.

·        This will impact the student percentage attendance.

Movement during class time:

·        Students should not be out of class during class time without the approval of their teacher and they must have a movement pass.

·        Class time movement is limited.

·        Student should ensure that they organise their personal needs during the break.

Students arriving late to school:

·        Students must sign in at the Attendance Window when they come to site after the bell to signal the commencement of the school day.

·        Students cannot be admitted to any class or entered onto the roll unless they have signed in and been provided with a late note which they must hand to their teacher.

·        A teacher should not accept a student into their class if they have been absent and have not followed this procedure and do not have a note/pass to admit them. Compass will show a timestamp for when they arrived.

·        Parents/carers will be notified that their child is late.

·        This will impact the student percentage attendance.

Student leaving site: It is a duty of care requirement that once students have come onto the school site they cannot leave the site.

·        If a student does need to leave site for an appointment, they must report to the Attendance Window next to the canteen and have evidence to verify why they need to leave site. 

·        We will contact parents/carers as reasonable and appropriate.

·        We would ask that parents and carers only support genuine reasons for students leaving site and these may or may not be authorised by the school.

·        If students leave site without permission, contact will be made with parents/carers and an appropriate arrangement put into place

·        This absence will impact the student percentage attendance.

10 October 2022

Important information for Year 11 students was recently communicated through Connect, including dates and student requirements from Deputy Principal, Tamara Nurse. Please also find below the Year 12 2023 Booklist.

Dear Parents/Carers

RE:  VOCATIONAL STUDENT ATTENDANCE IN TERM 4

All Year 11 Vocational students are expected to attend Australind Senior High School until the end of Week 7, Term 4. This will allow students to complete required units of competency for Certificate courses, and complete any outstanding assessment tasks in their General courses.

Students studying Year 11 ATAR Mathematics Applications will be required to sit this exam on Monday 24 October.  Students will not be required to attend school on the day of their Maths exam, but will be required to attend all other days. Students are required to attend in school uniform and arrive early. This exam will be conducted in EW 3 and 4 unless advised otherwise.

Vocational students studying ATAR Mathematics Applications will receive exam feedback and begin lessons for Year 12 Mathematics Applications from Monday 31 October. Classes will continue with the Year 12 program until Friday 25 November, which marks the last day of school for all Year 11 students.

By beginning the Year 12 program early for Mathematics Applications we believe that students will be better prepared, have more time to complete their course and thus have more revision time toward the end of 2023.  Consequently, these 4 weeks will be a period of formal study with an assessment component that will comprise a part of their Year 12 course grade.

Students that are not continuing with their current courses or at risk of not completing Year 11, will need to meet with myself, Mr Hillier or Mr Blackmore to discuss what they need to do to best prepare for 2023. You may also be asked to attend a meeting at the school to discuss a plan of action.

I have attached the resource list requirements for Vocational courses to this letter. It would be desirable if your child is studying Year 12 Mathematics Applications to have this Year 12 book arrive by the Monday 31 October, before Year 12 course commencement, so orders will need to be made to Campion Educational Supplies by Friday 7 October 2022. All other course requirements can be purchased at a later date.

Should you have any questions in regards to any of the points covered in this letter, please feel free to contact me on 9797 4400.

Yours sincerely

TAMARA NURSE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents/Carers

RE:  START OF YEAR 12 ATAR STUDIES DURING TERM 4 2022

As you may be aware, Year 11 ATAR students will undertake their internal exams during Week 3 of Term 4.

The Year 11 ATAR Exams will commence on Friday, 21 October and conclude on Thursday, 27 October.  Students are required to attend in school uniform and arrive early.  All exams will be conducted in EW 1 and 2 unless advised otherwise.

Students must be at school on Monday, 31 October to receive exam feedback and begin lessons for Year 12 ATAR courses.  Classes will continue with the Year 12 program until Friday, 25 November, which marks the last day of school for all Year 11 students.  A very few students may be required to attend beyond that date, to complete any unfinished assessments.

By beginning the Year 12 program early we believe that students will be better prepared, have more time to complete their courses and thus have more revision time towards the end of 2023.  Consequently, these 4 weeks will be a period of formal study with an assessment component that will comprise a part of their Year 12 course grade.

Students that are not continuing with their current courses will need to meet with myself, Mr Hillier or Mr Blackmore to discuss what they need to do to best prepare for 2023.  If there are concerns regarding your child’s progress, you may be asked to attend a meeting at the school to discuss a plan of action.

I have attached the resource list requirements for ATAR courses to this letter.  It would be desirable to have these Year 12 books arrive by the Monday, 31 October before Year 12 course commencement, so orders will need to be made to Campion Educational Supplies by Friday 7 October 2022.

Should you have any questions in regards to any of the points covered in this letter, please feel free to contact me on T: 97974400.

Yours sincerely

TAMARA NURSE

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Return to School and the impact of COVID-19

As we welcome students and staff back to school for Term 3 we are seeing increasing numbers of COVID-19 and other related illnesses across the Southwest. This will have some impact on our school and our operations.

We will continue to remind students to maintain positive hygiene practices.

Although mask wearing is not compulsory it is strongly recommended. Students may choose to wear a mask in settings where social distancing is not possible.  

We look forward to seeing everyone back to school on Tuesday 19 July and will work towards a term that can be a normal as possible.

DOMENIC CAMERA

PRINCIPAL

A reminder of the term dates for the remainder of 2022.