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The week ahead
WEEK A
MONDAY 4 MAY
 Year 12 English Speech
 Year 11 Physics Excursion (M Glabus)
 Year 9 History Task Paper 1 – Pd 6
 Year 9 Marine Science Assess. Task
 HSSSA Trials – Squash
 Physical Activity Workshop (E McKinnon)
The members of the Lambton- New Lambton RSL Sub-Branch
were moved by the remembrance of those who served our
country during times of conflict and crisis, and by the drama
performance which paid tribute to members of the Australian
Defence Force, those lost in training, on operations, the
wounded, injured and ill.
I would greatly like to recognise the Student Body for the
reverence and respect they showed towards our past and
present service men and women throughout the assembly.
TUESDAY 5 MAY
 Year 12 English Speech Pds 3&4
 Years 8,9 & 10 Cover Your Tracks – Music Concert
 Year 7 M,O & T Maths Test (non-calculator)Pd 4
 Year 7 N Maths test (non-calculator) Pd 5
 HSSSA Trials – Lawn Bowls
 Bill Turner Cup: Girls KO day (Mr Donaghey)
 Year 8 StarStruck Drama Rehearsals N’cle Uni Forum
(Mr Taylor)
WEDNSDAY 6 MAY
 Yrs 7-9 Buckley Shield Rugby League games 9am –
12 noon (Mr Keath)
 Year 7 L Maths test (non-calculator) Pd 6
 Year 7 T Maths test (calculator) Pd 3
 ANZAC DAY Drama presentation 7am – 12 noon at
Civic Theatre
 Local AECG meeting 9.30 am
THURSDAY 7 MAY
 Year 7T1 Exam – Pd 3 (Newbold & Foster)
 Year 7T2 Exam – Pd 3 (Newbold & Foster)
 Year 7T6 Exam – Pd 5 (Newbold & Foster)
 Year 7T7 Exam – Pd 5 (Newbold & Foster)
 Flu Vaccinations for staff 11am to 1pm
 Local AECG meeting 9.30 am
FRIDAY 8 MAY
 HSSSA Regional Cross Country
 Year 11 PLP interviews
 Year 10 Maths test Pd 4
 Year 8 Science task Pd 5
 Year 7 L & B: Maths test (calculator) Pd 1
 Year 7 A, M & O: Maths test (calculator) Pd 6
 Quality Training Program – Wetlands
From the Principal’s Desk
ANZAC ASSEMBLY
I would like to thank Ms Grivas and Mrs Corliss for their
organisation of the School ANZAC Assembly held on 28 April
2015. I would also like to acknowledge the following students
for their role in the assembly:
Molly Jordan, Beatrice Fraser, Siobhan Pickard, Courtney
Uradov, Oliver Macfadyen, Lisa Rondbjerg, Tyler Chapman,
Riley King, Rachael Lee, Tiegan Mannweiler, Isaac McKinnon,
Kirra O’Neil, Aneesha Sadien, Kallie Sans-James, Thomas
Wilton, Rachael Barr, Sophie Carson, Jenna Hall, Alex Long,
Annaliese Stojkovski, Memphis Bourne Blue (Capt.) Thomas
Ellis (Capt.) and Grace Riley (SRC)
School Captains Memphis Bourne Blue and Thomas Ellis
attended Lambton/New Lambton RSL Anzac Ceremony. They
presented a speech from a newspaper article entitled “The
History Digger” which was written about war correspondent
Charles Bean’s return to Gallipoli three years after leaving with
the Anzacs in 1915. Memphis and Thomas were excellent
ambassadors for the school in the local community.
Lambton High School continued their relationship with the
Lambton-New Lambton RSL by inviting veterans Warwick
Budden, Peter Kearns, Karl Menzies and Alan Proud back to
the school Anzac Day Ceremony.
HSC TIMETABLE
The 2015 HSC Examination Timetable has been released for
students to access via the NSW BOSTES Students Online
Portal. http://studentsonline.bos.nsw.edu.au
Students are reminded to:
activate their Students Online account using their student
email address
check their personalised HSC Examination Timetable
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check their personal details, including their pattern of
study
NSW Championships to win the tournament. Joseph
Parente went on to gain selection in the NSW team,
with Dominic named as a shadow for the squad.
It is strongly recommended that students enter a mobile phone
number if available to receive SMS notifications from the
BOSTES including their HSC results.
If any students have difficulties with this process or believe
there are inaccuracies in their records please contact Mr
Higginbottom for assistance.
NAPLAN TESTS
The NAPLAN tests will be conducted from 12-14 May 2015.
Please ensure your student makes arrangements to bring the
required equipment.
Pencil sharpener and eraser
One piece of blank paper for planning the Writing test,
which will be collected separately by the Test
Administrator at the end of the test
Blank paper for working in each Numeracy test
Calculators for the Numeracy Calculator Allowed tests
(student should use the calculator that they currently use
at school)
A book or material for some other quiet activity it they
finish the test early
In the Numeracy tests students do not require any measuring
tools such as rulers or protractors.
Parents have been mailed information regarding the tests.
These details are also available on the Mathematics Moodle
site.
COVER YOUR TRACKS
Our first major event of the year for the Music Departments'
concert series is coming up next week. COVER YOUR
TRACKS, a re-branding of the what was known as Unplugged.
It is going to be a themed concert each year presented by the
Elective Music students. This year the theme is, Australian
Music. Come along and enjoy some great tunes performed by
our great students. Tuesday 5th May, 7pm in the Tiered
Learning Theatre. $5 at the door with all proceeds going
towards the Music Department.
STATE AWARD FOR VOLUNTEER
LITERACY & NUMERACY TESTS FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS
Students in Years 10, 11 or 12 that intend to leave school can
take optional online literacy and numeracy tests. They are for
students who intend to leave school before completing their
HSC and are designed to show an overview of a student’s
level of achievement in these areas. The tests focus on the
literacy and numeracy skills required by school leavers for
employment and further education.
Congratulations to Year 12 student Shaun Farmer, having
been chosen as the recipient of the NSW State Emergency
Service “Young Volunteer of the Year 2015” Award. This was
in recognition of Shaun’s commitment and diligent service to
the City of Newcastle SES unit. Shaun was part of school
group that received Cadet training in an extra-curricular school
course conducted approximately 18 months ago.
CHS SWIMMING
There will be one test for literacy and one test for numeracy,
with concepts drawn from the Australian Core Skills
Framework (ACSF) developed and endorsed by the Australian
Government Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
Each test consists of 60 questions and is 60 minutes long. The
test results are reported separately from the RoSA and are not
a requirement for award of the credential. Students wishing to
sit the tests must see Mr Higginbottom.
Tests will be schedules for week 6 this term. Any student
interested should see Mr. Higginbottom.
At the end of last term, our students competed in the NSW
CHS championships at Homebush, as part of the Hunter
Region team. All of our swimmers performed creditably.
Swimmers were : Liam Farmer, Dayna Garside, Kate Hughes,
Harrison Little, Llewellyn New, Alexandra Rees, Eduardo
Sanchez-Gonzalez, Jayden Young, Shaun Farmer, Lana
Stavropoulos, Felissa Fairuz Riza, Amber Kidd, Rose
Schmieden, Eliza Rees, Megan MacClure, Kate Lintott, Cayley
Young, Georgia Seymour, Hannah Murphy, Molly Watkins,
Milly Hughes, Belle Humby, Amelia Bland, Jacob Honnery and
Isaac Cocking.
YEAR 11 & 12 PARENT TEACHER NIGHT
CHS BOYS BASKETBALL
Congratulations to Dominic and Joseph Parente on
their performance in the Hunter Region Open Boys
Basketball team. The team defeated all comers at the
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On Monday 18 May we will host a parent teacher night for all
year 11 & 12 students. I encourage parents to attend to gain a
clear understanding of how your child is performing at their
given stage of the HSC course. Please note that to book an
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appointment you are required to use our SENTRAL Parent
Portal, please note the following:
Instructions to book parent interviews via the parent portal
1. Ensure you have registered your account in the portal
using the activation key for your student contained in a
letter sent out to your household recently.
2. When you log in to your portal, you will see many active
links that will allow you to keep up to date with what's on at
LHS.
3. Parent teacher interviews for years 11 and 12 will become
visible and accessible via your portal (only if you have a
senior student) from 9 am on Monday 4th May.
4. Once you hover over the green interview link, the current
interview setup title will appear, select it. There are
instructions to follow on this screen.
5. You are now are in the booking section, scroll down to see
the subjects your student is enrolled in.
6. On the right you will see a button that when clicked will
display available time slots for your students teacher.
7. Once all selected, ensure you click on confirm
appointments
button
at
the
bottom.
Confirmation emails regarding your appointments will be
sent to the email address you used to set up your parent
portal.
STUDENTS SELECTED FOR ART EXHIBITION
The following students' work have been selected for exhibition
at Maitland Regional Art Gallery's "Showcase 3". Jacob
Bramble and Elaine Wang's work is featured in the attached
poster along with an outline of the exhibition.
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Annie-Rose Hayward 11
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Elaine Wang 10
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Iris Ma 9
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Jacob Hansen 10
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Jake Bramble 11
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Liana Lee 9
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Betsie Shaw 9
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Lily Blakemore 9
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Matthew Dryden 7
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NAPLAN 7 & 9
P & C meeting 7pm Library
City Zone Football Gala Day
Open Rugby League
WEDNSDAY 13 MAY
 Year 12 PLP interviews
 NAPLAN 7 & 9
THURSDAY 14 MAY
 Year 12 PLP interviews
 NAPLAN 7 & 9
FRIDAY 15 MAY
 Year 12 PLP interviews
P&C ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
Meetings are held at 7.00pm on the second Tuesday of each
month in the Library. Term 2 meetings will be held on:
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12 May 2015
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9 June 2015
Mr Martin Rosser- Principal
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2015 SPONSORS
Thank you to the following local businesses for supporting
Lambton High School with funding, products or services.
GENERAL NOTICES
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Reminder to students to return excursion notes for
Football Gala day and Rugby League game.
The week after
This calendar lists school events planned at the time of writing the Short-Takes
e-newsletter and may be subject to change.
WEEK B
MONDAY 11 MAY
 Year 11 PLP interviews
 11 Modern History – Jewish Museum excursion
TUESDAY 12 MAY
 Year 11 PLP interviews
 12 EES – Summerhill excursion
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