Last week we farewelled one of our leadership team, Mrs Cara Howlett as she commences a new leadership AST role at Port Dalrymple School working in the Years 5-8 Sector. Mrs Howlett’s appointment is for one year and we hope to see her back at Scottsdale High in the near future. Mrs Howlett has been a valued member of the school’s leadership and teaching team – her strong commitment to improving student outcomes, caring for students’ wellbeing and her in-depth knowledge of our local community have been greatly valued by staff, students and parents.

We are delighted to welcome Mrs Liz Sharp to Scottsdale High. Mrs Sharp has extensive experience in teaching in NSW.  She will be teaching Year 7-10 Music, Year 7 Foods, Years 11/12 Essential Skills English and will have a role as a Support Teacher for Years 9-10. We are very fortunate to gain a teacher who can deliver a music program to our students as we have a number of budding musicians at school. We look forward to seeing our students’ skills grow in the music area.

Photo Day – Tuesday 28th February

Our photographers praised our students for their excellent conduct and manners on Tuesday.  Thanks to  parents/carers for supporting your child in wearing the school uniform. It was delightful to see students taking pride in their appearance and we encourage students to wear their school uniform with pride every day.  

Student Helpers at Scottsdale and Bridport Primary School Athletics Carnival

Well done to the following students who assisted at Scottsdale Primary School’s Athletics Carnival on Monday and Tuesday and Bridport Primary on Wednesday.  We received very positive feedback about our students’ leadership on the days!

Hamish , Jorja, Charlotte, Damien, Tori, Zoe, Zavier, Matilda and Molly. Some of these students are pictured below.                                                     

Year 11/12

Year 11 and 12 students have made a very positive start with their learning. Enrolments  continue to be strong and we are able to offer a number of TASC subjects and VET courses.  Students have been participating in a range of activities and are enjoying the flexible , modern learning space, and catering facilities. Our Year 11/12 Centre is a space where our students learn to be young adult learners and become independent, self- directed learners who take advantage of the opportunities that come their way.   

School Association

The first School Association meeting for 2023 was held on Wednesday 15 February. The next meeting will be on Wednesday 29 March at 7.00pm. We have moved to a later meeting time in the day based on feedback given. There will be a short AGM then general meeting. New members are welcome to join. Meetings run for approximately an hour. This is a great opportunity for parents/carers to be kept informed of our improvement journey. Nomination forms are below.

Welcome BBQ

On Tuesday afternoon we were able to hold our Welcome Barbecue which we have not been able to do since COVID! It was wonderful to meet new and current parents and families and our teachers enjoyed making connections with our families. Thanks to all who attended and to the staff who assisted with the BBQ, especially Mark Bosworth!

Sporting Carnivals

This year Scottsdale High School has needed to  change the times of the Swimming and Athletics Carnivals. This is to fall in line with changes that NHSSA (Northern High School Sports Association) has put into place.  As such, our Athletics Carnival will be held at the Scottsdale Recreation Ground on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th March.  Our Swimming Carnival will be held in early November with date to be confirmed shortly. The Cross Country Carnival will remain in Term 2 on Thursday 18th May. Further details about next week’s Athletics Carnival can be found in this newsletter.

These events help to build school culture and provide time for students to build connections with one another and their teachers. From these Carnivals, our school’s interhigh teams are chosen.

Elizabeth Williams

Principal

Below are the year 9-10 Assembly awards for the last fortnight

For accepting other’s differences – Caitlyn 

For always being polite – Leila-Jayne

For always being polite – Grace 

For always giving your best effort in all learning tasks and areas – Tori 

For always giving your best effort in all learning tasks and areas – Larissa 

Students in Year 10 are currently completing their first written assessment for English. Students have studied and analysed the film 'Ten Things I Hate About You'. Students are now completing a series of short answer responses and undertaking a thematic essay to explore key themes within the text. Assessment tasks will be due to next week. 

Students in Year 9 are currently completing their first summative assessments for English. Students have studied and analysed ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’. Students are now completing a series of short comparative questions and composing a short creative story. Assessments are due next week.

Sherri Rainbow

Our Cattle Show Team have competed at Chudleigh Show recently with excellent results. We took a team of ten cattle from both SHS Stronach View and Three Mile Spring.

1st Angus Cow and calf

1st & 3rd Angus Heifer

Champion Angus Female

1st & 2nd junior pair

1st & 2nd junior group of 3

2nd 15-17 years handling - Molly

Congratulations to our team Molly, Caitlyn, Charlotte and Adara. They did a wonderful job to prepare and exhibit a large team of ten cattle.

Congratulations to Scottsdale High student Tom, who won Champion Handler of the show, with cattle from his family stud Heatherfield.

Thank you to Jones Transport for our transport and Matt for driving and for Parents for assisting on the day.

Kylie Rattray 

Teacher

Last weekend Scottsdale High School students had the opportunity to attend the Tasmanian Junior Beef Expo at Deloraine Showgrounds. Students entered the competition and were supplied stud cattle from Scottsdale High’s Stronach View Angus Stud and Three Mile Spring Angus Stud. The three day program was made up of workshops, cattle breed class competition, beef handlers class and junior judging. During the weekend the participants are also judged against Herdsman criteria, with the winning participant receiving an Angus heifer from Richmond Hill as the prize. Workshops included carcase and MSA grading, clipping and blow torching, fitting cattle, judging and assessments of cattle, vaccination techniques, ringcraft, cattle preparation to name a few.

Results

Breed Classes

Heat 4

2^nd Stronach View S19 – Led by A’Jana

3^rd Stronach View S10 – Led by Pearl

Heat 5

2^nd Stronach View S2 – Led by Caitlyn

3^rd Stronach View S1 – Led by Chelsea

Handlers Classes

Intermediate

1^st Adara

2^nd Ajana

Sub-Intermediate

1^st Molly

2^nd Matilda

3^rd Chelsea

Novice

Champion – Pearl

 Junior Judging

2^nd – Matilda

Sub-intermediate Encouragement Award – Matilda

Reserve-champion Sub-intermediate Herdsman – Matilda

Our Athletics Carnival will be held this coming Thursday 9th and Friday 10th March.

Students from Years 7-10 will be participating in selected events.

Wear your colours to support your House!

The following Kiosk items will be available on both days

• BBQ – sausages $2 and burgers $3
• Fruit cups $2
• Packets of chips $1.20
• Slices $3
• Selection of chocolates/lollies $2
• Fruit boxes $1.50
• Zoopa Doopas if it is hot $1

Students from the Working With Children class recently travelled to Riverbend Park in Launceston to analyse the play areas and outdoor spaces.

Discussions for the day were centred around gross motor play, sensory play and identifying the risk management tools used in each area.

It was a great learning opportunity, and the students are congratulated on the positive way they represented our school.

Tiah Simmons