28 September 2017

Newsletter Articles

Key Dates

Friday 29 September – Last day of term.
Monday 2 October – Friday 13 October – School holidays.
Monday 8 October – Friday 14 October – Mental Health Week 2017.
Monday 16 October – Term 4 commences.
Wednesday 18 October - Don College Transition – Information evening.
Thursday 19 October – Cambodia information evening (7pm).
Monday 23 October – Thursday 26 October – School Oral Health Program.
(Sheffield Campus: 23 – 25 October, Railton Campus: 26 October).
Wednesday 25 October – EMUsicions Tour (K-6).
Friday 3 November – Student Free Day.
Monday 6 November – Recreation Day.
Friday 10 November – School Show.
Monday 13 November – Railton Pool hire season begins.
Wednesday 8 November – Assemblies (Years 7 – 12: 12pm, Prep – year 6: 1.30pm).
Wednesday 15 November – Don College Enrolments.
Friday 17 November – Athletics Carnival.
Tuesday 21 November – iParty – Year 10.
Friday 1 December – Devonport Show Day.
Tuesday 5 December – Orientation Day.
Thursday 7 December – Arts Concert Evening (7pm).
Wednesday 13 December – Cattle Handlers Dinner.
Thursday 14 December – Year 10 Celebration Dinner.
Thursday 14 December – Picnic K-6.
Friday 15 December – Last day Year 11/12.
Wednesday 20 December – Picnic Year 7 – 10.
Wednesday 20 December – Christmas Assembly P – 6.
Thursday 21 December – Year 10 Assembly.
Thursday 21 December – Last day of term (students).

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents,

We have reached the end of yet another busy term. Over the last few weeks we have held a number of assemblies, celebrating and recognising the efforts of many of our students as well as acknowledging the fantastic support of our school and local community. Two special mentions;

SRC greatest shave fundraiser - $4000 raised, one local business donated $1000, what a wonderfully generous community!

Railton Campus - Outdoor Learning Area made possible through funds donated by The Hub Inc.

Many of our students have also had the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities, such as excursions, camps, work exposure activities, and earlier this week the 3 day cattle handling breaking-in program. I would like to acknowledge the support of our staff and members of our wider school community in enabling many of the extracurricular activities to take place.

Hagley School visit

School Satisfaction Survey

Thank you to all parents who completed the School Satisfaction Survey recently, the feedback from this survey, as well the staff and student survey will assist to inform our priorities and planning going forward.

Staffing

Mrs Emma Dobson will be returning to Sheffield next term. Mrs Dobson will be teaching a year 9 and year 10 History / Work Studies class, an LAC class, a Sports Science class, IT, as well as supporting across a range of other classes and roles. Both Mrs Midson and Miss Eastburn will be reducing their teaching loads to 4 days a week.

Railton Campus Pool

In recent times we have had a number of phone calls regarding the Railton campus pool. Bookings for the upcoming pool season will be taken at the commencement of term 4. The pool season will commence Monday 13 November 2017, continuing through until Sunday 1 April 2018. This will be a 20 week season. The pricing structure for booking the pool from 2016/17 will be maintained this season. (Information attached).

Respectful Relationships Framework

The Tasmanian Department of Education maintains a whole-of-system, research based approach to developing and maintaining respectful relationships education. An essential element of the Tasmanian Government’s Safe Homes, Safe Families Action Plan has been the development of an extensive range of resources targeted at supporting schools, communities and individuals to understand why family violence occurs and how to reduce the occurrence of it.

At the centre of this initiative is an online and publicly available resource identifying strategies, processes and skills to guide schools and communities in the explicit teaching of respectful relationships. The resources are designed to support school communities’ model positive environments and appropriate behaviours in which individuals know, understand and engage in equitable and respectful relationships.

Respectful Relationships Education ensures that all Tasmanian communities value a culture of respect.

The main author of the documentation and Respectful Relationships workshops Janice Atkins will be running an information session for parents on the Respectful Relationships school program at our school on Tuesday 24 October commencing at 5pm in the Recreation and Related Arts Music Room. More information in the attached flyer.

Student Achievement

At the Sheffield Football Club end of year awards recently three of our year 10 students were acknowledged for their performance and effort this season, with Adam Norris winning the reserves encouragement award, Corey Foley the reserves most improved and Cameron Dunlop the senior encouragement award. Congratulations boys!

Abbey Boutcher is the Sheffield School Pierre De Coubertin Award recipient for 2017. To be nominated for this award the student needs to not only have excelled in an Olympic sport, which in Abbey’s case is rowing, but also consistently demonstrate and model the ethos of the Olympic Movement. As a part of this nomination Abbey was required to complete a written submission on Olympism and the Olympic Movement. Abbey will represent the school at the Academy Day on Friday 20 October, which is conducted by the Tasmanian Olympic Council. Congratulations Abbey.

Please have a safe and restful term break, ready for what will be a busy 4th term.

RON DALY
PRINCIPAL

Assembly Awards

Railton Campus - Thursday 21 September 2017

Cooking with Kids

Crazy Hair Day

MasterShef 2017

During term three the year 9/10 cooking class have been extending their skills with weekly challenges. Students were given the design brief at the beginning of term and each week were required to source recipes, work within budgets, order their required ingredients and garnishes and produce a top class dish. The categories were Sensational Sangas (sandwiches), Pie Perfection, Sponge Cake, Delicious Desserts, Marvellous Mains and Chef Tribute. The finale was a two course pressure challenge. The theoretical knowledge of the students was also tested with class activities.

We were very appreciative of our willing judges who came along and taste tested each week. The students enjoyed the feedback and are now contributing their recipes to a folder which will be transformed into a recipe book. The MasterShef winner will be announced at our first assembly next term and will receive a $50 movie voucher. All of the competitors will receive a copy of the recipe book.

Savoury

Sweet

Judging tables

Mental Health Week (8 – 14 October 2017)

Respectful Relationships Information Evening

Samaritan’s Purse – Helping Kids in Need

This year during our History lessons, 8A and 8B have decided to work together to make gift boxes to send to children in Developing Countries. The students will sort the donations and buy gifts to put into separate gift boxes for boys and girls between the age groups of 2-4, 5-9 and 10-14. The boxes are passed onto the Samaritan’s Purse organisation, to sort and send over to a country in need.

Leading up to sending the gift boxes, we will be holding a casual clothes day and we will be taking around a jar of smarties for a whole week leading up to the casual clothes day, for students to bring a donation and guess the amount of smarties in the jar. The casual clothes day will be held on Friday 27 October to raise money for the Samaritans Purse Organisation. If students, parents or community members would like to donate suitable items to go into the gift boxes it would be greatly appreciated. Items can be delivered to the main office at both campuses no later than Friday 3 November.

Thankyou in advance.

By Olivia Taylor (8A)

Ideas for Shoe Box.

Items not accepted due to Quarantine and Border security regulations:

Items that will leak or melt (these can ruin the boxes and what’s inside) including toothpaste,
shampoo and conditioner, bubbles, plasticine, playdough or batteries.
Any food, lollies of any kind (due to shipping regulations, including medicines and vitamins).
Any used or damaged items due to customs regulations including clothing and toys.
Any breakable items: glass, mirrors or porcelain.
Any items that can scare or harm a child including knives, war related and toy guns.

School Canteens

Tasmanian Pony and Riding Club

Northern Schools Dressage and Show Jumping Competition

On the weekend of 16 and 17 September, the Tasmanian Pony and Riding club held its annual Northern Schools Dressage and Show Jumping competition. Sheffield School fielded three entrants in the event, namely: Sophie Richardson, Brooke Foster and Sharna Dolbey.

On the first day of competition the girls competed in the Dressage section of the event and achieved great individual and team results. Sophie Richardson placed first, whilst Sophie Richardson came runner-up and Brooke Foster an impressive sixth position. These outstanding results enabled the team to combine their scores and win the School Teams Dressage Trophy. Congratulations on an outstanding result!

On the second day of competition the show jumping was conducted and once again the girls competed in an enthusiastic manner, with Brooke placing sixth and fourth, whilst Sharna finished first and second in her categories.

Congratulations to the girls for a very successful weekend of equine sports.

Community Notices

123-Go Kids’ Race

Kentish Rowing Launch

Light the Night in Devonport – Leukaemia Foundation

Play Cricket

Riverbend Spring Holiday Camps

Shimjang Taekwondo Academy

Slipstream Circus

White Butterfly – Memorial Service for Remembrance of Pregnancy & Child Loss