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- From Our Principal
- A Message from Chief Public Health Officer
- Uniform Fitting Sessions
- Canteen Volunteers Needed
- Dentist Visit
- Eringa Award Nominations
- Year 12 Examinations
- Year 12 Formal
- Staff versus Students Basketball
- Year 9 Camp - Mambray Creek
- Hachiojo Online Exchange
- Science - Granny on a Ramp
- STEM Innovation Experience
- Report a Hazard
- School Bus Bushfire Procedures
- Community Notices
Year 12 students - together from Kindy to Year 12 (Kapunda)
Cameron, Finn, Cody, Cayse, Jaydn & Callum (back) with Melissa, Taya, Tahlia, Tara, Tess and Nyree (front)
Best Wishes to the Year 12 Class of 2021
Friday, 22 October will be the last official day of formal Year 12 lessons for many of our Year 12 students. After that there will be final assignments to be completed, assessments to be sent for SACE Moderation, preparation for exams and of course the exams themselves.
Over seventy students have taken on the challenge to complete Year 12 programme this year. With COVID-19 restrictions having an impact over the past two years, education at times has looked very different to previous years.
Most students have displayed a high level of resilience and have handled the disruptions well; being very focussed throughout, using their class and homework time effectively, seeking regular feedback from their teachers, attending holiday sessions here at school and the Adelaide Tuition Centre, they have continually strived to achieve their best.
Students will have different measures of success. When results are released in December, the spotlight is generally on the handful of students across the South Australia who gain ‘perfect’ marks. Even locally, the focus is on the students who gain ATARs of 90+. While students who achieve these outstanding results deserve the accolades that come their way, it can sometimes lead many students who have worked very hard but not achieved such outstanding results to feel disappointed.
The fact is that all students who achieve their SACE are worthy of our congratulations and support.
For year 12's, the journey is not quite over. Many have final exams and assessments to complete and their year 12 teachers are hoping students remain connected, committed and dig deep to finish the year well to ensure efforts across the year are rewarded.
I sincerely wish each leaving year 12 student every success in the next stage of their journey. Often success does not come without hard work, challenge and persistence, so keep working hard to achieve your goals.
Year 12 students from Freeling & Roseworthy Primary schools to KHS
Year 12 students from Kapunda and Hewett Primary schools to KHS
Materials and Services Charges for 2022
Our Governing Council is recommending that Materials and Services Charges be $470 – this is an increase of $10 from 2021. This will be the first increase in two years, with a full schedule attached below.
All members of the school parent community are invited to attend the next Governing Council meeting on Monday, 1 November to contribute to the discussion regarding this. Alternatively, you can share your views on this matter by writing to the Chairperson, Mr Andrew Hayward (C/O Reception of KHS).
ADVANCE NOTICE: Term 4 Pupil Free Day
Monday, 29 November will be our final Staff Development Day aka Pupil Free Day, this provides an opportunity for staff to review achievement data for 2021, undertake moderation of student work and to continue the planning process for 2022.
Sun Protection
During the summer months, the UV rating consistently hovers around level 12 for most of the day. The UV rays come through the cloud layers and therefore even on a cloudy day, we need to be wearing broad-brimmed or bucket style hats and sunscreen to safeguard damage against these rays. Students and staff are required to wear hats in terms 1, and 4 and whenever the UV level is 3 and above in terms 2 and 3.The predicted UV level appears in the school's daily bulletin.
Staff and students follow the policy and are independently responsible for their future health by wearing the described hats or remaining in solid shaded areas when learning or being active in the outdoors.
Hats may be brought from home and be any colour. The hats may include logos, providing they do not promote alcohol, drugs make other illegal or inappropriate references. Alternatively, the school has a range of hats at affordable prices that are available from the Reception office.
- Reversible sports hats $9
- Bucket Hats $12
- Broad-brimmed $15
School Magazine 2021
Order your copy of this year's limited addition, full-colour school magazine - only $28!
Tim Jones
Principal
Under the management of Maree Thompson, our Kidman Kafé is gradually developing a new range of delicious foods to feed both staff and students. New and seasonal menu items are advertised in our Daymap daily bulletin.
Volunteers play an important role in being able to prepare for recess and lunch times.
Lunch orders can be made by students from 8:00am until the end of recess.
Nominations are open for the prestigious Eringa Award. This award acknowledges outstanding contribution from a student, staff member, parent/caregiver or community member and will be presented at our Presentation Evening on 6 December.
Previous winners have been Mr Grantly Bell, Mrs Kristin Hodge, Mr Andrew Mickan, Mrs Anne Hornsey, Mrs Debra Hook, Mr Peter Murphy, Mrs Carolyn Thorne and Ms Kristen Masters. Nominations for this year's award can be made by completing the form below or emailing tim.jones205@schools.sa.edu.au - maximum of 250 words. Nominations close on Friday, 12 November.
Information for Students
Students will not be permitted to enter the exam room if they are not in full school uniform, including shoes – no thongs/ugg boots.
Exam dates: 5 - 20 November (see schedule below)
For a 9.00am exam arrive at room 183 by 8.40am
For a 1.30pm exam arrive at room 183 by 1.10pm
If you are ill – you must still attend with a doctor's certificate.
Students are welcome to bring drinks and non-pungent snacks (ones that don’t smell). No plastic wrappers or overly crunchy food. Water will be supplied.
All electronic devices are placed on the front desk (turned off).
Year 9 Japanese students experienced an online exchange session with Hachiojo Junior High School in Japan. Previous years, Japanese students have visited KHS for a study tour.
Year 8 students were challenged in Science to engineer a ramp according to particular design specifications to enable 'granny' (marble) to move down a sloping board safely, ensuring 'she' did not fall off the ramp at any time and not get thrown about on the ride.
This year, Mr Raschella’s Science class are participating in the University of South Australia’s STEM Innovation Experience (STEMie). The experience is designed to increase Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics engagement in school and boost awareness of STEM in the wider community through STEM based tasks linked to curriculum and being student learning being highlighted.
The focus for the 2021 STEMie is 'Flood! Fire! Famine!', which will encourage students to explore the links between bushfire and the Australian climate conditions, flood mitigation and automated water level alert devices, industrial egg collection methods including welfare improvements, and agricultural afflictions that model livestock and crop yields.
We have begun the initial research to understand the links between these topics, leading students to design and construct prototypes or solutions. Representatives from the class will then present their learning at a regional showcase later in the year, where they are judged with other schools from the region. The winning school from each regional showcase will then progress to the STEMie state final to complete unseen challenges.
The science group exploring how heat is radiantly transferred through various house materials as a bushfire simulation.
The technology group are working on a flood mitigation prototype to alert civilians to an impending flood disaster event. Early designs have included using a buzzer along with LEDs to alert people to the rising water levels. This is all coded using Arduino and its components.
The engineering group are busy working on producing a Lego robot that can move a 3D printed chicken without its head falling off and collect an egg from the chicken’s nest.
The math group are creating a dynamic spreadsheet which can be used to model agricultural afflictions and demonstrate how, if a disease swarmed through a piggery farm, what impact it would have on the healthy population of pigs versus infected pigs.
Michael Raschella
STEM teacher
Kapunda High School is keen to provide a safe environment for staff, students and visitors alike. As with all workplaces, KHS must comply with Work Health and Safety legislation, policy and guidelines. As such, our school staff use a particular process to report hazards within the school, so that issues may be addressed to prevent accidents and injuries.
Our wider school community is also encouraged to report any concerns within the grounds. Hazards may be reported to the school Reception office and staff will follow on from there.
Should students mention that they have noticed a hazard, parents/caregivers should direct them also, to the school Reception office to share this information.
School Bus Bushfire Procedures
On days of forecast catastrophic fire danger rating for the Mid-North district:
Kapunda High School will remain open.
All school bus routes travelling to Kapunda High School will be cancelled.
Parents/caregivers of students who travel on school buses will be contacted via an SMS message to their mobile phone or a direct call to their landline (where a mobile has not been given to the school). This will generally occur the night before.
Kapunda High School will additionally ‘broadcast’ using Facebook and the website www.kapundahs.sa.edu.au to remind families of bushfire procedures.
If a bushfire is reported in the area during the day:
Affected bus runs will not leave the school until the roads are declared safe by emergency services authorities.
Parents/caregivers will be notified and students will be supervised at school until buses can run, or until parents/caregivers are able to collect their children.
If during a bus run, the bus driver sights a bushfire and there is concern that it may affect the routes ahead, then the bus driver:
Has the authority to abandon the bus run and return to school, or
If safer to do so, drive to one of the pre-planned emergency areas (or CFS safer places) and activate the emergency bus procedure.
To support student safety, parents/caregivers are requested to:
Ensure that Kapunda High School is informed of any changes to phone numbers.
Follow weather announcements through the media.
Ensure that they do not put themselves at risk when coming to collect students from school.