Jurien Bay

Email: Jurien.DHS@education.wa.edu.au
Website: www.jdhs.wa.edu.au
Location: 19 Hamersley Street, Jurien Bay, Western Australia, Australia
Phone: 08 9652 1014
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jbdhs

Secondary Assistance Scheme - closes Friday 12 April

Lowes Uniform Sale

Beach Carnival

From the Principal

Primary Assembly Certificate Winners

P&C News

You Could Win .....

March 20

P&C Meeting 3.30pm

March 25

Hawaiian Ride for Youth incursion

School Board meeting 4pm

March 27

Whole School Assembly hosted by Year 3/4

March 28 - 30

Emergency Services Cadet Camp

Dear Parents

Thank you to the many parents who attended our Beach Carnival last Friday. The weather was perfect and thanks to the excellent organisation by Ms Briggs and Mr Ferrara the event ran smoothly and was enjoyed by students, staff and parents. Congratulations to all students who participated and well done to our champions. Days such as this are often a challenge to students as they attempt new or different activities and speaks highly of their character through enthusiastic participation and support for class mates.

At the recent School Board meeting the Board endorsed the school’s Good Standing Policy. It is a requirement of all schools to have a Good Standing Policy and ours focuses on attendance, behaviour and uniform. The policy will not affect the majority of our student who already do “the right thing” every day but could restrict access to visitors, Reward days, camps and extra excursions for those who do not adhere to the policy. All students in secondary are aware of the policy and it will be carefully explained and discussed with all Year 3-12 students. A copy is included with this newsletter and I am happy to discuss any aspect of the policy with parents.

Last week we also had a cyber-safety talk presented by an expert for all Year 3-12 students focusing on the safe use of all media. At school we have chosen to block most social media as there is very little requirement to have access in most learning areas. We encourage all parents to be aware of their children’s use of technology to ensure appropriate and safe use at all times. With each newsletter we will include some cyber information to assist parents.

The Dental Van is now at school and over the next few weeks all students will have check-ups. I am old enough to remember the introduction of the School Dental Service and it genuinely has been one of the best government initiatives to support dental health.

As always if you have any queries regarding your child’s education please do not hesitate to contact the class teacher to arrange a suitable time to meet.

Dave Thomas

Principal

Please click on the following link to view, or print, our Good Standing Policy https://goo.gl/8NNP4A

Dear Parents

It has been a fantastic start to the school year for the high school at Jurien. Several new initiatives to better engage our students are well underway and already yielding positive outcomes.

Mr Auzins has commenced teaching a new General Course for Senior Secondary students – Marine and Maritime Studies. This course is focussed on oceanography concepts, exploring the marine environment and the sustainable management of Western Australian fisheries. This course has proven popular with our students and allows us to take advantage of our amazing local environment as a teaching resource.

The Aquaculture program is being re-vitalised by Miss Watterson as an option for our Year 9 and Year 10 students. The students who have selected this option have been busy exploring ways to expand the breeding program and undertake scientific investigations into ways to improve the aquaculture management.

Another popular new option for Year 9 and Year 10 students has been Photography, taught by Miss Noble. With the investment in some new HD cameras and some assistance from specialist visitors I am looking forward to seeing the results of our students work shortly.

Mr Ferrara has started Specialised Physical Education. The students are studying Basketball this semester and will be focussed on advanced strategies, skills and tactics, as well as coaching and umpiring. This option for Year 9 and 10 students is in addition to normally scheduled Physical Education lessons.

Finally, Miss Vandayar has initiated a Workplace Learning Program and our first students commenced in work experience placements this week. We are very thankful for the support from our local community in providing opportunities for our students to learn on the job, in the ‘real world’. We are sure this will be a large success and hope to develop it further in the future.

I thank everyone for the great start to the year and I look forward to seeing the amazing work that our students and staff do, come to fruition.

Todd Main

Secondary Deputy

Snapchat is currently the most popular messaging app amongst teens. Click on the link below for your Guide to being Safe on Social Media.

https://goo.gl/kmsLWz

YEAR 3

Girls

Champion - Zahala Taylor

R/Up - Lily Wilson

Boys

Champion - Logan Voss / Max Rosenthal

YEAR 4

Girls

Champion - Tayla Martin

R/Up - Charli Hill

Boys

Champion - Davi Araujo Carvalho

R/Up - Brock Blake

YEAR 5

Girls

Champion - Tara Kerle

R/Up - Xariana Taylor

Boys

Champion - Bayden Murdock

R/Up - Bly Sandow

YEAR 6

Girls

Champion - Olivia Cargill

R/Up - Sequoia Donovan

Boys

Champion - Tor Anda

R/Up - Sebastian Hicks / Riley McPhee

YEAR 7

Girls

Champion - Claire Wheatley

R/Up - Tegan Ward

Boys

Champion - Calvin Powell

R/Up - Zac Henke / Travis Williams

YEAR 8

Girls

Champion - Sari Cusens

R/Up - Tamarin Noble

Boys

Champion - Sean Thompson

R/Up - Arkyn Sandow

YEAR 9

Girls

Champion - Jordyn Peacock

R/Up - Olivia Robertson

Boys

Champion - Luke Johnson

R/Up - Dillan Cargill

YEAR 10

Girls

Champion - Kayla Jones

R/Up - Isabell Chambers

Boys

Champion - Connor Harris

R/Up - Cody Peacock

OPEN

Champion Boy - Regan Harris

R/up - Dashell Normington

Primary - Iron Man

Bayden Murdock

Primary - Iron Woman

Olivia Cargill

Secondary - Iron Man

Regan Harris

Secondary - Iron Woman

Kayla Jones

If you haven't already seen our new look website, click on the link below to check it out ...

it's fabulous!

https://www.jdhs.wa.edu.au/

On Tuesday 5 March, Kindy - Yr 2 students had a busy afternoon involving water, bubbles and lots of fun! Click on the link for more photos https://goo.gl/68Urqy

Jurien Bay District High School uses a communication service which includes a free smartphone app – School Star. School news, newsletters, event invitations, notices and general messages will now be sent through School Star. Only Jurien Bay District High School parents and community members can access content in this highly secure app.

Keeping parents and the community informed is very important to us and we will be regularly uploading content to School Star. You will receive up-to-date current information, newsletters and important announcements within minutes of the school releasing the information.

With School Star, you get the following benefits:

· Receive school news immediately, via the news feed.

· Filter your news feed to see just the news that relates to your child.

· Receive important messages from the school through School star, instead of by SMS

· Reply or send your own message(s) to the school for free, day or night.

· Find the phone number to call the school, quickly and easily.

We hope you enjoy using School Star. Watch this space for updates and new features that will make communicating with the school even easier. We look forward to improving our communication with you.

For information on how to download School Star, click on the link below.

https://goo.gl/Gp1K48

** Jurien Bay District High School no longer uses the Skoolbag app service **

Kindy

Piper Fiebig

Sahara Metcalf

Pre Primary

Louie Connell

Joseph Werrett

Year 1

Samuel Lyons

Sophia Passamani

Lochlan Young

Year 2

Loki Anda

Elijah Wood

Year 3/4

Ella Richardson

Addisyn Passamani

Year 4/5

Dane Brown

Brock Blake

Year 5/6

Ally Groves

Tara Kerle

Science

Ally Groves

Student Absences

If your child is going to be absent from school please phone the school office from 7.45am on 9652 1014 or send an SMS to 0407 384 038. Any unexplained absences will be sent through an SMS via School Star asking for an explanation of absence. We no longer use the Skoolbag App service.

Buses

The buses are currently very full with students travelling and there is no guarantee that there will be room for extra students. Please do not presume it will be okay. Check with the bus drivers first as they would hate to have to refuse a student.

Leeman bus driver - Sue Munns - 0418 864 048

Cervantes bus driver - Winnie Read - 0448 545 219

Badgingarra bus driver - Sue Pollitt - 0400 775 429

Contributions and Charges

These can now be paid for either at the front office (cash, cheque or eftpos) or alternatively they can be direct deposited into the schools bank account using your child’s name as a reference and the purpose of the funds eg: SMITH FEES, SMITH CAMP etc.

The bank details for this are: BSB 306 117 Account 4957511 Jurien Bay District High School.

• Primary students $60.00 per students
  
• Secondary 7-10 students $235.00 per students
  
• Year 11-12 Students will be invoiced for their subject charges including the subjects provided through SIDE.

As we step into 2019 we would like to thank everyone who has supported the cadets program in becoming what it is today and are looking forward to another year of growth and new opportunities.

Please click on the link below for a copy of

• Semester One program
• Community Service Schedule.
• Information booklet (copies also available from the front office of the school).
  
• Application forms
• 
  

https://goo.gl/cT4AxD

To keep up to date, like or follow our Cadets Facebook page and join the Jurien Bay ESCC Team App.

https://www.facebook.com/JBESCC/

To print a copy of the Term 1 planner, click the link below

https://goo.gl/rvYLRG

We wish to thank everyone who joined us for the Meet & Greet BBQ we had a lovely relaxed evening.

Thank you to everyone who supported the canteen by ordering their lunches for the Beach Carnival.

We wish to acknowledge and thank our canteen volunteers so far this term, names have been mentioned below in the roster. We have a few new volunteers started this term, we thank you for your support and hope you enjoyed the experience.

Please like our facebook page “Jurien Bay District High School P & C” and follow our exciting news.

Online ordering is coming soon to our canteen. This will mean you can order anywhere, anytime! Do the whole week at once! Not have to go digging for cash in our cashless society!

Our canteen is in need of volunteers. Katrina Willoughby is doing a great job of running our canteen single handed, but we need volunteers to help do prep work and serve at recess.

We would like to urgently fill Fridays as this is a busy day for our canteen.

Please contact Katrina on 0429 189 895 if you can help.

If you want to know more about volunteering at the canteen please read our Volunteer Welcome Kit by clicking on the following link https://goo.gl/Bxva54

For a copy of these menus and more, please click on the following link https://goo.gl/KyeQyP