Dear Parents/Carers,  Friends and members of the Prospect High School community,

Career and Life Planning Workshop

Last week Prospect High students participated in a Career and Life Planning activity as part of a series that supports careers in the ‘Building and Construction’ sector, through a partnership between Beacon and Keystone Tasmania. The ‘Building Careers in Tasmania’ project supports students to understand key skills, attributes, and pathways into this growth industry. Students were able to put their skills to practice with mock interviews run by the business mentors. Many thanks to all mentors who gave up their time to support this program which include: Keystone Tasmania, Tas City Building, Beacon Foundation, Tamika Johnston and  Degree C Tasmania.

SES Presentation

Recently grade 10 students engaged in a SES presentation as part of their Drivers Ed unit in Health. Neil and Frances spoke to students about road accidents, causes and statistics using known scenarios and experiences. They also showed students their vehicle and equipment.

NAPLAN

Individual NAPLAN reports have now been provided to students or posted for families. If parents and carers did not receive the NAPLAN report, please contact us.  Please note that NAPLAN will be in Term 1 next year.

Arts Bazaar

The Arts team recently held a very successful Arts Bazaar showcasing and celebrating student work as well as raising funds for our school production, Aladdin JR which will be held in November. Congratulations to all involved in organising and producing the Arts Bazaar. A great range of activities, displays, and performances were included in the program. Thank you to catering students who made a lovely range of Middle Eastern delights. It was lovely to see so many families come along to support this event. Congratulations again and well done.

RYDA excursion

Each year Grade 10 students are invited to attend a RYDA session at Symmons Plains. This acronym stands for Rotary Youth Driver Awareness and is a road safety program facilitated by Rotary and other professionals. Although students may not be driving yet, staying safe on our roads as both drivers and passengers was the emphasis of the day. Presenters included Road Safety experts, driving instructors, police, people who had been in car accidents and survived and drug and alcohol educators. Students found this day to be very worthwhile and will provide students with five hours of time towards their learner’s licence. Thank you to our Grade 10 teaching team for organising and supervising this event.

Transition

Grade 6 students from our feeder primary schools spent the day yesterday enjoying activities as part of the transition program. This is one of many planned events aimed to help grade 6 students become familiar with our context and learning so they can have a smooth start to high school next year. Students were treated to some eats and music performances and a range of activities that included: Basketball, Art, Netball, Fitness, Science, Chess, Mountain biking. Many thanks to Mr Bergamin and Mr Poke for organising this.

Department of Education Name Change

The Department of Education and some services from Communities Tasmania will combine to form the new Department for Education, Children and Young People from 1st October. Schools will continue to have a focus on building relationships and serving our school community. Families have been sent a letter of explanation from Tim Bullard, the Secretary of the Department of Education, please see this letter below in Newsletter.

Shout Outs to:

• Gene Colgrave our school psychologist who works tirelessly with students and families offering a range of wellbeing supports. This week has been a week of recognition for school psychologists to acknowledge their work. Thank you, Gene.
• Grade 9 and 10 students who participated in a Peace Walk for Justice on Tuesday.

Student Success Congratulations to:

Taylah – winner of the Dannebrog Lodge Devonport Eisteddfod encouragement award for a promising secondary school student in speech and drama.

9/10 Girls Netball team for making the grand final in the Netball Tasmania – Northern Series.

7/8 Math Team for coming 4^th in the Maths Relay competition

9/10 Math Team for coming 2^nd in the Maths Relay competition

Finally, thank you to all members of our school community who have supported Prospect High School this term. Students have experienced a wide range of quality learning activities and participated in many extra-curricular events. I hope all students, families and staff enjoy the upcoming holidays and have a well-deserved break. Term 4 commences on Monday 17th October and I look forward to working with students and families for the final term of 2022.

Kind regards

Lee Barker

Principal

• As Covid restrictions are easing, usual PHS routines and procedures are coming back into play.
• As of Term 4, students will not be able to pay for items at the canteen with phones or smart watches. 
• To support this expectation students are encouraged, this term (as of now) to pay by cash, card or use the QKR app.
• We encourage students to start to organise themselves to pay without their phone (eg order a bank card if they don’t have one, organise lunch money).

 Thanks for your support.

During school holidays Mental Health Week will be running from 8^th to 16^th October. This year’s theme is ‘Awareness, Belonging & Connection’.

Awareness is understanding what you need to look after and maintain your mental health and knowing when or where to get help if needed. Taking a holiday/break, exercise and listening to music are all great ways to look after your mental health.

Belonging is looking out for each other, realising you are never alone and feeling safe and supported. Check in on your mates!

Connection is about relationships with the people in your life – family, friends, work mates and teammates. These networks help to provide happiness and health.

For more information, check out:

Mental Health Council of Tasmania- Home - Mental Health Council of Tasmania (mhct.org)

Black Dog Institute- Black Dog Institute | Science. Compassion. Action.

Head to Health- Welcome to Head to Health | Head to Health

Kids Helpline-  Kids Helpline | Phone Counselling Service | 1800 55 1800

Headspace- headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

Hoping you all have a wonderful holiday!

Nurse Mia

A wonderful performance by our Taiko drummers this week. This highlights one of our key learning dispositions ……Courage! Thanks to Mark from the PCYC for teaching our students each week. Very proud of our students performing in front of a large crowd!

9/10 Girls winning their way through to the grand final. 

Students learning the art of programming the new CNC Plasma Cutter.

Student Funding Support – The School Association supports students who have been selected to represent the State or Australia in a sporting or cultural academic activity. 

Submissions must be received by the Principal or School Association Secretary prior to the event or within three months of the event. No retrospective payments after the three-month period.

Application forms are available from the school office or via the Prospect High School Website.  Prospect High School (education.tas.edu.au)

Ella, 8-4: Ella deserves a working wonder for independently and collaboratively in helping to set-up and pack-up lab equipment in Science.  Ella helped with enthusiasm and dedication, which helped the investigation run smoothly.  Great stuff Ella.

On Thursday 29th PHS hosted all of our intended Year 6 students for an activity afternoon.  Students participated in a variety of activities which were self-selected before arriving.  These activities included Chess, Science, Art, Basketball, Netball, Bike Maintenance and Boot camp.  Each student was given a specially baked cookie by our catering and Hospitality class.  They have started their high school journey in earnest!  We look forward to working with our primary schools in Term 4. Have a safe a restful holiday break.

Thank you to all our wonderful student helpers on the day, and to Keeley, Sienna and Gabby for the talented musical performance.

Some more images from our Arts Bazaar Performances last week. Such a wonderful way for our Performing Arts students to finish up the term!

Useful information for parents and carers with children attending Tasmanian Government schools.

SCHOOL EXECUTIVE

Principal
Mrs Lee Barker

Assistant Principals
Mr Mario Bergamin and Ms Bonnie Hall

School Business Manager
Mrs Debbie Chancellor

GRADE TEAMS

Senior Grade Leaders
Grade 7 Mr Brendan Poke
Grade 8 Mr Brendan Liddell
Grade 9 Ms Anna Collins
Grade 10 Ms Sandra De Paoli
Years 11/12 Ms Jennifer Pollard

Grade Leaders
Grade 7 Miss Kirsty Wilson
Grade 8 Mr Brad Colson
Grade 9 Mr Steven Andrews
Grade 10 Mr Will Reynolds
Years 11/12 Mrs Jan Phillips and Mr Thomas Leydon

SUPPORT STAFF

School Psychologist
Mr Gene Colgrave
(Monday and Friday)

School Social Worker
Mr Brendan Dixon
(Monday, Thursday and alternate Tuesday)

School Health Nurse
Mrs Mia Blair
(Monday and alternate Tuesday)

Chaplain
Mr Tobias Verhaegh
(Monday and Tuesday)