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LEEMING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL vOLume 2, MARCH 2022

principal's address

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you to all the parents who are letting us know about various COVID-19 situations in your households. It makes our time critical job of contact tracing so much easier. Thank you to all the parents who, when called, have provided information or come to collect your child for testing. COVID-19 is spreading in our community and we need to reinforce protocols such as correct mask wearing, social distancing, and staying home when unwell. During Week 7, we were up to 5 cases per day. In Week 8, this increased to up to 10 cases per day. Household close contacts are up to double these figures. If you are unsure of current protocols around isolating, please see the Health Department website. If your child is considered a school close contact, I will send you an email. Please make sure your contact details we have on record are correct. If you are unsure if we have updated records, please contact reception on 9237 6800.

At the beginning of this term, we shut down many events, from the Swimming Carnival to the Year Group Assemblies. We are trying to bring in some fun and meaningful events at a time when we all need a bit of a lift and something to look forward to. Our house captains organised food trucks for Year 11 and 12 students. They shifted every couch they could find out to the oval. Our Act Belong Commit committee organised crazy hair and odd socks day to promote a national day of action against bullying. This fun event was accompanied by classroom activities to celebrate differences.

We trialled parent/teacher interviews via phone during the term rather than face to face. Feedback from staff and parents was very positive and all preferred it to the traditional style. After discussions with staff, P&C, and the school board it was decided to have the new telephone format for our second parent/teacher interviews. Feedback from eastern states schools has also been very much in favour of electronic communication. This certainly does not exclude face to face interviews. If you have concerns about your child’s progress, please contact the teacher or year coordinator.

Our student services team are trialling various assembly formats. Year 7 and 8 are doing assembly via WebEx and Year 9 and 10 in smaller house groups.

Normally at our first whole school assembly, our school captains introduce themselves and outline their focus to the whole school. They have been unable to do that, so they presented via the school PA system. Sophie and Mitch launched a recycling cans and bottles program for house points. As well as a competition and recycling, the program will raise funds for a school mural.

As we are unable to hold an open day in 2022, we have produced a video to showcase our school during COVID-19 times. When available we will put the link onto our website. It shows how we are getting on with the job, masks and all.

Wishing you all a safe holiday and a happy Easter.

The last day of Term One is Friday, 8 April. The first day of Term Two is Tuesday, 26 April.

Mr B. Wallwork, Principal

2021 scsa award recipients

Congratulations to our Year 12, 2021 students recipients of a SCSA Award. Unfortunately, due to the COVID restrictions, we haven't been able to recognise their accomplishment at a Whole School Assembly.

Anurag, Daniel and Isla collecting their award

Mr B. Wallwork, Principal and Mr D.Atthowe, 2021 Deputy Principal Year 11 & 12

TERM 1 & 2 PARENT PLANNER 2022

DATES TO REMEMBER

compass PHONE application

If you downloaded Compass at the beginning of the year, you might have noticed that some of the features we announced late last year are not active yet. Unfortunately, due to the workload added by the COVID contact tracing, we haven't been able to fully launch the Compass App as we had planned. Please, bear with us while we navigate these busy times, and we will let you know as soon as we can launch more Compass features. In the meantime, here's a reminder of the current available features.

Students' Information and Absences

Currently the Compass App allows you to see the student's timetable, Chronicle notifications, attendance and to notify the school of your student's absence.

When notifying an absence, please select from the drop-down menu. Please write details in the Comment section. If your child is absent due to COVID please use the Notified as Sick and write on the Comment section whether your child is a positive case or a household close contact.

If you want to check that your absence request has been received in the system, click on Approvals and a list of all your child's latest absences will appear.

If you haven't done so already, please remember to download the App on your phone. For details on how to download the App, refer to an e-mail sent on Monday 6 December 2021 with the link and your personal code. If you can't find it, please e-mail our IT Administrator brendon.lewis@education.wa.edu.au.

The school's Schoolstream account will cease to be active in April.

Secondary Assistance Scheme Applications

HASS

As the annual Humanities and Social Science Teachers of WA Conference showcases best practise teaching, it was a great honour that no fewer than four Leeming Senior High School teachers were asked to present their cutting edge programs to over 150 delegates. Ms J de Beer and Ms C English first shared the Year 7 innovations pioneered by the HASS Team, while Ms D O’Brien and Ms R Murray unveiled the new Year 10 Psychology elective to delegates from as far away as the Goldfields and Great Southern. Under a “HASS Bites” theme and COVID-19 safe virtual environment, LSHS presenters utilised tech savvy teaching skills to promote Leeming Senior High School to the state’s finest.

Bites of the Best

Liveable Leeming

With international travel once again before us, Mr D Webb’s Year 7 students whet their appetite for adventure through Geography; investigating and evaluating the liveability of world famous cities, in a whirlwind tour. But with a Leeming liveability baseline, students found that the renowned cities needed to be shown some especially liveable characteristics if they were to compete with home.

WW1 Millionaires

Studying for a World War One History test just got combative, with the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” game joining Ms Britton’s Year 9 HASS students in battle against fiendishly difficult questions and each other. Despite daring attacks and a valiant rearguard action, finally it was Charli G. and Hector F. who triumphed, finding that their knowledge of history was worth a million marks.

Welcome to HASS!

HASS is delighted to welcome Heather Mogridge to the HASS teaching team as she returns to work after becoming a mother. Heather brings her passion for History in addition to the expertise and experience gained from her 12 years of teaching, most lately from Applecross Senior High School coordinating academic extension.

HASS Week is coming!

HASS Week celebrations will kick off in Week 10 with exciting events planned for all HASS areas. The events will include games, model making, amazing races, business demos and shark thanks. Watch this space!

Ms R. Murray, HASS Teacher

ARTS
Building Guitars

Part of the extension activities offered in The Arts, is a project that enables a student to build an electric guitar from scratch. Johan P. one of our Year 12 Music students is learning not only how to sand, detail and paint a guitar, but how to set up the electrics, learn about string tension, scale lengths and set up for playing.

Johan P.

Johan P. through all of these STEM activities will end owning a guitar which he has made himself. The Arts has a number of exciting extension activities planned. See Mr M Williams, Mr R Angus, Ms E Brooks or Mr G Ryder for ideas and details.

Johan P., Ben VB., Louise VB., & Mitchell R

Mr M. Williams, Music HoLA

Year 10 Classroom Music

Trifle and the Baroque!

You may be wondering what has Trifle got to do with Baroque music? Well, it is all in the layers!

Year 10 music students have been studying the Baroque period, looking and listening to the absolutely wonderful and exciting music, the characteristics of Baroque music, and the new forms of the day, the fugue and ritornello forms. The biggest gift to the world from the Baroque period was the major/ minor tonal systems which are still used today in 2022, and nothing, or rather no one has ever needed to improve these systems as they are perfection in themselves, used by millions of people around the world, every, single, day! Of course there were other gifts by the Baroque period, the invention of Opera to name one, but, back to the trifle, Baroque music is the specialist in polyphonic texture and counterpoint. Polyphonic texture is where you have layers of sound happening at the one time, or, more than one melody being played at the same time. Which one do you listen to? Well, all of them! How? It’s magic! It just happens, that you hear all melodies at the same time. It is like eating trifle. Eating all the different layers of cake, fruit, jelly, custard, cream and grated dark chocolate……..all in a mouthful…….and it is amazing, delicious, it’s magic, it’s Baroque! Year 10 students have become acquainted with the rock stars of the Baroque period, notably; J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, George Federick Handel, Johann Pachelbel and others.

Please use the following URL’s to listen to some of the top hits of the day, some of which you probably have already heard. Enjoy!

Ms M. Damos, Music Teacher

Library
Kindness Culture

In a world where you can be anything – BE KIND

The Library set up a large display for the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. Choose Kindness. There were loads of books available to read both fiction and non-fiction as well as different activities to celebrate Kindness.

Kindness Tree

Throughout the week, students wrote positive affirmations and added them to the tree. There was also Mindful Colouring with Kindness sheets, Jigsaw puzzles and movies as well. There were some very interesting odd socks to be seen.

The Kindness Tree affirmations increasing over the week.
Take a stand against bullying!

ePlatform ebooks

eBooks are becoming increasingly popular, particularly as they are accessible every day 24/7 from at home or at school on your device. Students are enjoying listening to Audio books on their phones outside of school. ePlatform is great when students have a request for a book and we can upload it and they are able to borrow the eBook and be reading it within 5 minutes. How to borrow - Go to the School Portal (https://portal.leeming.wa.edu.au) Click on ePlatform . Add your school username and the password is 1library

Year 7 Study Smarter Sessions

Study Smarter Sessions after school on Monday are open to all Year 7 students. The focus this term has been organisation skills both at school and at home. The information is posted on the Connect Study Smarter page so that all students have access to the information.

Chess Club

Due to the restrictions at the moment, the Chess Club has been difficult to run. Hopefully next term, we will be able to be up and running across Year groups. In Week 7, each day at lunchtime quite a few students came in and competed in their year groups.

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Ms C. Steel, Teacher Librarian

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English
Author in Residence

As a new initiative in 2022, the English Department invited award-winning West Australian author, AJ (Amanda) Betts, to spend four days in the school, working with Year 11 ATAR students to develop their creative writing skills

AJ’s workshops were enthusiastically received by all students and she had them captivated as she shared her tips for responding originally to images they might encounter in the Composing section of the ATAR exam.

Key Take-Aways

  • Tip 1: Begin with setting + character + mood.
  • Tip 2: Introduce the unexpected – stories need something to happen.
  • Tip 3: Causality and change - whatever happens must start a chain reaction of events that lead to something being different at the end.

AJ’s advice to build narratives around action, dialogue and exposition, and dedicating about a third of the piece to each, was particularly useful to our ATAR students.

Ms S. Dyson, English Teacher

Mathematics
Maths

March 14 is celebrated as Pi day, which is a mathematical constant π. It is celebrated in countries that follow the month/day (m/dd) date format, because the digits in the date, March 14 or 3/14, are the first three digits of π (3.14). Some Year 8 students had fun “Discovering Pi” as they measured paper curls to calculate the value of π.

Students in Years 7 to 9 have been working on their second module “Measurement” in their classes. Some used trundle wheels to measure and calculate perimeter of courts in school whilst others measured their body parts to improve their estimation skills.

In Term 2, STA students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be invited to participate in Australian Mathematics Competition and Have Sum Fun Online activities. Students who are keen to participate, can start preparing for these competitions by accessing online practice material. See your Maths teacher if you require guidance.

Maths Homework Club

We run homework club every Monday from 3 to 4 pm in Maths Central. Students are encouraged to attend this club if they experience any difficulty with their work or if they wish to discuss any concept with a Maths teacher.

With Term 1 almost complete, it is time for our ATAR Maths (Applications/Methods/Specialist) students to commence their exam preparation. Students should now be in a study routine and should be keeping up to date with their course material. It is suggested that students use some of their study time to develop (no more than) one page of revision notes per topic. They can summarise the main learning points, relevant formulae, examples with worked solutions and tips for the unwary.

Mrs S. Karla, Maths HoLA

Science and Technology
Science

Slime Time and Marble Run Challenge

The Year 7 STA students were invited to participate in the Slime Time and Marble Run Challenge. The Marble Run Challenge is a STEM engineering challenge whereby students are given an amount of cardboard and masking tape, and are posed the challenge of making the marble move for the longest amount of time. Students were given an hour, and a height limit of the seat of a chair to work in teams and create their run. Congratulations to Nate C., Ethan S., Darcy B. and Jack R. for the best time on Monday with 11.7s, and Liam B. and Oliver C. for the best time on Thursday, and overall with 17.2s.

Slime time was an opportunity for the students to relax their competitive streak, and create some slime! Students used their investigative skills to measure amounts of materials used to create the best slime, which they related back to their understanding of states of matter.

Scitech - Blackmail incursion

On March 16 Stephanie from SciTech came with the CSIRO Lab on Legs to demonstrate a program called The Blackmail. In this program students carried out forensic tests, collected data and used that data to solve a crime. This was an opportunity for students to experience the application of Science and Science Inquiry Skills in real-life situations.

Drone Challenge

This semester, a group of 15 Year 8 students participated in a series of drone challenges; the Obstacle Course, the Red Bull Air Race and the Fighter Pilot Challenges.

The obstacle course required students design a small obstacle course to fly their drone through. To be successful, the drone must take off, fly through and land without manual commands. Congratulations to Zabrina P., Roylisa P. and Shubda P. for successfully programming their drone through their course forwards and in reverse!

The Red-Bull Air Race required students to fly their drones through a set of obstacle courses manually, using the camera on their drone as their view of the race track, much like a pilot in an aeroplane! The course was set in slalom style obstacles whereby students were able to race each other in 1v1 battles. Congratulations to Ash C. who accumulated the most wins with 5.

The final drone challenge was the Fighter Pilot Challenge. The aim of this challenge was to manually manoeuvre your drone to take a photo of another team’s drone to score a point. Students have to strategise to find ways take photos of the moving drones, and avoid the camera of the other team! Congratulations to Zabrina P., Roylisa P. and Shubda P. for scoring 21 points.

Term Challenge

The first term challenge this year is the bridge building challenge. Students were given 25 pop sticks to build a bridge spanning 25 centimetres, with an aim to hold as much weight as possible without the excessive use of glue! The challenge also requires a poster presentation of their bridge design, with a diagram and an explanation of their design. So far there has been some excellent submissions, I look forward to seeing and testing more innovative designs later this term.

STEM Literacy Challenge

The STEM literacy challenge is designed to foster students’ interest in a number of the many facets of STEM, while developing comprehension skills. In this challenge students can choose STEM news articles that interests them, write a summary of the key points presented in the article and present these in a display book or scrap book which can be handed in the last week of each term. STA points are awarded for each article reviewed. Further information and summary tools are available on the STA Flexi Class on Connect.

Mind Mash

In Term 2, Year 8 and 9 students will be invited to participate in a 6-week series of robotics and coding workshops presented by Mind Mash. The series will be facilitated by Mr Peter Atkinson from Mind Mash who specialises in the delivering of coding and robotics programs, across all year levels, using the EV3 Lego Mind Storm robots. Mind Mash brings STEM alive for school-aged children, with modern, fun and energetic programs. The cost of the 6-week program is to be finalised, but includes tuition and rental of the EV3 Mind Storm robots. Costing and permission forms will be sent out through Connect early in Term 2.

Term 2 Challenge - Tank-Stand Slam

The 2022 Term 2 challenge will be the Tank-Stand Slam. This will be a design-based challenge where students must carefully use their materials to create the strongest build. The information and rules relating to this challenge will be sent out via Connect in Term 2.

Mr J. Stubberfield, Science and Technology Academy Coordinator

LANGUAGES
Japanese

Japanese Specialist Program Year 9 & 10 : Online Exchange: Term 2 (Weeks 1-10)

Year 9 & 10 Japanese Specialist students are invited to join the Term 2 : Online Exchange Workshops. Students will exchange information with a Japanese school student by using an online platform to introduce themselves, and exchange pen-pal letters. Workshops will be held in the LE7 classroom on Tuesdays during Term 2.

For permission slips see Ms Sgro

Complete and return to Ms J Sgro. or Mr E Lee. by Tuesday, 5 April to join in the Exchange Program.

Ms J. Sgro, Japanese Specialist Teacher

French Club - Les Petits Francais

Since Week 3 of this term Les petits Français have been learning about the region of Brittany and the Gaulois via the movie Astérix et Obelix contre César. We started by researching background information about the movie which is based on the bande dessinées comic books The Adventures of Astérix – the author, the different characters, and a little bit about the history.

After viewing the movie in French (with English subtitles) the students are now creating a series of exercises to send to their French counterparts in Toulouse prior to a video conference planned for Week 9 where the students will be able to discuss the movies (the students in Toulouse viewed Nemo which aligns with their curriculum on l’Environement).

Alliance Française Poetry Competition

For the third year in a row, students from Leeming Senior High School in Years 7 to 10 are encouraged to participate in the Alliance Française's Poetry Competition. Students undertaking this competition gain insight into the French culture, practice their pronunciation and learn new vocabulary while learning a poem in French. This year, the poems for high school are in fact the first verses of French songs 'Raïsa' of Arthur H. and 'Ennemis' of Têtes Raides. Students are welcome to join the competition and attend practice sessions on Mondays at recess for Year 8s (LE6), and Wednesdays at recess for Year 7s (LEC) and 9s and 10s (LE6).

Submissions are due by Friday, 6 May and finals in front of a French jury at Alliance Française de Perth in Nedlands will be held on Saturday, 25 June.

Mme. Robert, French Teacher

Physical Education
Year 10 Outdoor Education

In the Year 10 Outdoor Education class this term, the students have had the opportunity to learn basic skills of canoeing. Each Friday morning, they have attended early sessions at the Marine Education Boatshed in East Fremantle, to learn about handling of water craft and safe practices when canoeing. They have had the opportunity to apply their communication skills, working as a team, to learn an array of different strokes. Capsize drills and performing T-rescues are always a highlight, seeing the students develop into competent canoe handlers, utilising teamwork skills to rescue their friends from the water.

Mr R. Boughton, Physical education Teacher

Year 12 Outdoor Education

Since the start of the year the Outdoor Education class has been working on achieving the Recreational Skippers Ticket qualification. The process involves passing a theory test as well as demonstrating the basic practical skills of driving a boat.

The students are attending the Marine Education Boatshed in Fremantle to undertake the training.

The last few weeks of term will see the students complete practical assessments where they will attempt the eleven separate tasks and attempt to demonstrate at least 56 out of 62 key points on the tasks. We wish the Year 12 class the best of luck for this challenge.

Mr S. Ellis, HoLA Health and Physical Education

Student Services
National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

The 2022 student leaders were instrumental in leading the celebrations that marked Leeming Senior High’s recognition of this important day across Australia.

Food Truck Event

On Tuesday, 15 March, Year 11 and 12 students were invited to participate in the first Food Truck event for the year. The north oval was a hive of activity, as four local food truck vendors were invited into our school to offer lunch to our Senior School students. This event, expertly organised by Mr Nelson, is designed to recognise the extra pressure on our Senior school students and one simple way that the school shows support and encourages a sense of togetherness and wellness amongst our older students.

Both the Student Councillors and House Captains lead the promotion of the events, assisted in the selection of the food trucks and supported Mr Nelson to set up on the day.

Sausage Sizzle and Crazy Hair and Socks

On Friday, 18 March, the whole school celebration of Action Against Bullying and Violence took place. This is the day that people across the country stop to recognise the importance of reflecting on what we do to promote kindness and acceptance in our communities.

Our Student Leaders helping at the Sausage Sizzle

It was fantastic to see our leaders carry off their first major event with such confidence and good spirit. Their amazing organisational skills saw 290 sausage sizzles across two serving stations in under 20 minutes at recess and lunch.

As well as feeding students in Year 7-10, our leaders collected gold coins across the school for Ukraine and the generosity of our school was on show. A total of $532.45 was collected and will now be sent to UNICEF, and then to the people of Ukraine, who are currently experiencing the worst kind of bullying.

The leadership team would like to recognise all of the staff on the ABC Committee who assisted on Friday, but we must specifically mention stand-out performances by Mr J Beattie, Ms I Hayrebet and Mr C Hough for their continued assistance with key logistics. Without their generosity, these events would not be the success that they are.

Ms S.Dyson and Mr M.Nelson on behalf of the 2022 Student Leadership Team

Leeming Senior High School’s Instagram Queens!

If you follow our school on Instagram, you will have noticed an increase in the volume of posts. Two of our Student Councilors, Rumehsa S. (Year 12) and Tegan P. (Year 11) - are now contributing to our Social Media Platforms. Rumesha S. and Tegan P. are always looking out for post-worthy happenings around school. They are doing a wonderful job raising our school’s social media profile.

Thank you, girls!

Please stay up to date with what our student leaders are up to, as well as other Leeming Senior High School events, by following our Instagram and Facebook pages:

Ms S. Dyson, & Mr M. Nelson, English Teachers & Student Council Coordinators

Act Belong Commit Committee

The ABC Committee together with the student’s leaders worked hard to ensure the National Day of Action against Bullying was celebrated across the school. The theme of odd socks and crazy hair was to ensure that together we are accepting of people’s differences and that we exhibit kindness to others. This was demonstrated through our amazing sausage sizzle buy a sausage and get one to share with your friend, as well as through spending time with senior school friends at the food truck lunch. The committee also ensured all students had the opportunity to take part in House Groups activities to gain an understanding on how to help peers/ friends who are being bullied, take part in a survey and watch a video. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to the committee as well as student leaders for all their work in making this an exceptional day.

Ms N. Simms, Deputy Principal Year 11 & 12

Work Place Learning
Workforce Development

As with the last few years, workplace development will require tricky navigation this year, however, we are forging ahead with several students attending short courses to improve their skills ready for work and, in some cases, in order to get a job.

We also have a number of students embarking on their work experience journey during the upcoming holidays, with students completing placements in childcare, hair and beauty, mechanics, aviation and boiler making.

It will be an exciting year, with many more opportunities on the horizon, as always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries or any ways that I can support.

Ms N Bunch, Workforce Development Co-ordinator

CHAPLAIN'S CHAT
Chaplains Chat

Ms B. Carter, The Chaplain

Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is power, remember what you learn at school today helps you grow, and become top of your game.

In 1918 Ford Motor company was having a problem with a massive generator in its manufacturing plant, and his top electrical engineers couldn’t solve what was wrong with it, so Henry Ford called Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician and Electrical Engineer) to the factory, upon arriving, Steinmetz rejected all assistance and asked only for a notebook, pencil, and a bed.

According to the plant manager, Steinmetz listened to the generator and scribbled computations on the notepad for two straight days and nights. On the second night, he asked for a ladder because he was too short to reach the spot. He climbed up and made a chalk mark on its side. Then he told Ford’s engineers, who were very sceptical, to remove a plate at the mark and replace sixteen windings from the field coil. They did, and the generator performed to perfection.

Henry Ford was thrilled until he got an invoice from General Electric to the amount of $10,000, which was a huge amount at that time. Ford acknowledged Steinmetz’s success but balked at the figure. He asked for an itemized bill.

Steinmetz responded, personally to Ford’s request with the following:

  • Making chalk mark on generator $1.
  • Knowing where to make mark $9,999.
  • Ford paid the bill.

Mr C. Hough, The Chaplain

Health Centre
Health News

It has been a very busy, productive term with COVID-19 in full swing but the school, staff and students have all managed very well. Wishing all students, staff and parents a safe, happy and healthy Easter Break and a well-deserved school holiday. See you all in Term 2

National Ride 2 School Day

Leeming Senior High School celebrated active travel day on Friday, 25 March. Many students supported this event by either walking or riding to school. Parents please continue to encourage your children to walk or ride to school every day while the weather is still good.

  • Students feel fresh and alert at the beginning of a school day.
  • There are fewer cars around the school which eases drop off congestion.
  • Students are more likely to reach the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity they need each day.
  • Students feel happier, healthier and perform better in the classroom.

Unwell Student or Staff Member

If a student or staff member shows possible symptoms of COVID-19 they will be sent home and asked to seek testing at public free COVID-19 clinics or with a RAT test at home.

Parents, I strongly advise you to please keep your child home if they are unwell with COVID – 19 symptoms.

Anyone with symptoms, even mild, should get tested! Fever, cough, sore throat, difficulty breathing, runny nose and loss of taste or smell.

Medical Conditions

If your child has a medical condition or develops a medical condition, for example, asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes or epilepsy please contact me or Administration Officers for an Action Plan if you have not already done this. This is so that we can manage your child’s medical condition appropriately whilst they are at school.

Anaphylaxis - Parents/Guardians, if you have a child at the school that has Anaphylaxis can you please make sure that their Anaphylaxis Action Plan is updated 12-18 monthly as this is the Department of Education Policy.

Provide the school with your child’s ASCIA Action Plan for Anaphylaxis completed and signed by your child’s doctor. Update the plan (including a photo of your child) when the adrenaline auto injectors are renewed (usually every 12-18 months).

Action Plans are available from www.allergy.org.au. Help the school to develop an Individual Health Care and Risk Minimisation Plan for your child.

Health Centre Visits

The Health Centre has been extremely busy this term with non-urgent matters in class time! Reminder to students and parents that the health centre can only be accessed by students for non-urgent matters during students' own free time; for example before school, during recess, during lunch breaks and after school. Only emergencies will be seen during class time; for example severe pain, bleeding, anaphylaxis, asthma and breathing problems.

Head Lice

Parents are reminded to please check your child’s hair frequently for head lice as these little critters appear every so often and even in high school!

Tips for Preventing Head Lice

  • Check your child’s hair regularly for head lice and eggs (‘nits’). Use a metal fine tooth ‘nit’ comb and plenty of hair conditioner applied to the dry hair, to make the task easier and more effective. To help children sit still for this, offer distracting activities, example; play a favourite video, provide games, encourage reading, offer a head massage.
  • Tie long hair back. Braid long hair and/or put it up if possible.
  • Consider applying hair gel or mousse. These do not prevent or repel lice but may help to keep stray hair strands from contact with other heads.
  • Avoid sharing combs or brushes.
  • Remind your child to avoid head-to-head contact with other children, for example; when working at the computer with others, or when playing, or hugging.

For more information: The Head Lice Fact Sheet available from the school visit www.public.health.wa.gov.au/2/261/2/head_lice_fact_sheet.pm

MEDICATION

Parents and students are reminded that the nurse is NOT allowed to give paracetamol or other medication to students. Parents/Students are reminded that they can bring a dose of paracetamol to school to take if they have pain for example; headache, period pain, toothache etc.

Ms D. Kitak, School Nurse

Community News

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

The Entertainment Book is now fully digital. Membership lasts for 12 months from the date of purchase. If you are interested in buying it, consider doing it through the Leeming Senior High School link below. All proceeds go directly to projects for the benefit of all students!

TELL YOUR STORY!

Tell your story is a free, two-day performing arts course for young culturally and linguistically diverse people aged 14-17 years. You will have the opportunity to participate in improvisation, acting technique, and movement workshops. You will explore how to create stories for an audience and meet people from other communities who share your passion for drama and performance.

  • Dates: 11 and 12th April 2022
  • Time: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Where: Herb Graham Centre, Mirrabooka

Limited spots are available please contact: Edyll Ismail atellyourstorypap@gmail.comt tfor more information or check out the Website https://www.tellyourstoryarts.org

COCKBURN YOUTH CENTRE HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Our next Newsletter will be published in Term 1, Week 10, 2022

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