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Wonderful Welfie had a delightful day with the charismatic CAPA Faculty, being clever and creative. He is adventurous and artistic, he is a magical musician and is a the triple threat talented thespian.
A car boot full of Christmas goodies going to our local Coast Shelter at Wyong. Thank you to all staff and community members for their donations.
Welfie arrived in HSIE to have some fun medieval style. He went for a ride in the catapult. He then had a sneaky snack on some chocolates and ate them all. Mr Carey was not happy about that.
Scuba diving yesterday (14/2/20). Today was postponed due to the weather and visibility. Hopefully we will be able to continue tomorrow (16/12/20)
Zac D and Ella B.E represented the school at the annual Memorial for the Merchant Mariners on the 05th of December 2020 at Norah Head. Congratulations Zac and Ella on your speech and your continued support of our local community.
Looking for holiday activites? Please see Ms Manu or our SSO John in the hub for more details.
A massive thank-you to Ann-Marie and Bunnings Lake Haven for their amazing donation to the Central Australia Excursion. Gorokan High School held its first Central Australia BBQ in 2016 and have since held multiple BBQ's each year, with them being one of our biggest supporters. Bunnings Lake Haven have also kindly donated multiple items for us to use on our upcoming Central Australia Excursions in 2021. Their generosity is greatly appreciated and makes organising a trip to this scale that little bit easier. We look forward to working with you well into the future.
Thanks again,
Daniel Jonovski
Welfie came to Science to learn about heredity, however, misunderstood us when we said it "runs in your genes." It was a crucible mistake.
After some holiday activities? Contact Ms Manu in the hub for more details.
We have just returned from our adventurous journey to Barrington Tops National Park. The students were on an exploration of the area that included Selby Alley Hut, Basden Falls, Wombat Creek, Black Swamp, Polblue Swamp and the Manning River headwaters.
Mr Drelincourt
We look at celebrations undertaken at home, nationally and internationally. We focus on African art and its influence on Modern arts, Picasso and Cubism.
Students design and create their own ceramic mask and paint using a limited acrylic paint palette.
Last Friday 50 students selected from Year 8 participated in a literacy and numeracy skills session. The students spent two hours battling it out in teams to try and build their skills and earn the most points. These students are to be congratulated for their excellent work ethic and enthusiastic engagement with every activity. Well done and keep working hard!
Our annual SRC conference was held at DullBoys Social Co. at Warners Bay. We played bowling and putt putt golf, while enjoying pizza and chips for lunch. Our afternoon was then spent organising a survey that will be distributed to the student body before the end of the year. A good day was had by all, without forgetting that Mrs Wallwork beat everyone at bowling! Special thanks to Mrs Barlow and Mr Pascoe for sharing the day with us.
AusMusic T-shirt day was a great success … our students getting the opportunity to perform live in support of the Australian music industry
To our Gorokan High School Community,
This year our annual presentation ceremony will be held on Wednesday 9th December during school hours. Unfortunately, we will be unable to accommodate family and friends on school site during the ceremony due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. However, we still want the opportunity for our community to celebrate with our students, so a live stream of each of the presentation ceremonies will be on the Gorokan High School Facebook and Youtube pages throughout the day.
The following are the start times for each of presentation ceremonies:
Stage 4 - 9:00am
Stage 5 - 11:00am
Stage 6 and Support Unit - 1:15pm
Thank you to all members of the Gorokan High School Community for your support and we look forward to seeing you online as we celebrate the many and varied accomplishments of our students in 2020.
We have become aware of some incidents in the school concerning behaviour of Vaping. There are a number of issues related to this practice including the associated effects on individuals and those around them. As a school community we are infinitely aware of the danger this issue presents to young people due to their contents of nicotine, chemical flavourings and in some cases THC or even more sinister substances. When dealing with specific individuals around any such issue we will initially approach the topic from a welfare and harm minimisation approach in cooperation with parents/carers. There will be placement of the student on a behaviour monitoring card (Level 2/3) and the device will also be confiscated.
On Friday November 20, GHS will be taking part in AusMusic t-shirt day.
Wear your favourite Australian music/band t-shirt (or any music shirt) and make a gold coin donation.
All money raised goes towards SupportAct, an Australian charity that has been providing support to musicians during this Covid crisis.
More details to follow.
Congratulations to Arian, Lily-Grace, Charlize and Seth for winning prizes in the Core Faculty Creative Writing Comp!
With excellent entries across the board, it was difficult to pick winners so keep up the good work year 7 and you could win in 2 weeks time!
Marine Studies - Whale Watching - 30th October 2020
Marine Studies Students enjoyed a whale of a time out on the water at Port Stephens. We observed Bottlenose dolphins, Common dolphins, Hammerhead shark and a very frisky Humpback whale calf and mother . Thankyou to all for a fantastic day.
The Whitecard course is a compulsory course for all students who would like to do work experience or who in the future would like to obtain a trade in the Construction Industry. It is also essential for students who have chosen to study Construction for Year 11. The White card course is highly regarded amongst many employers as it educates participants about workplace safety.
GHS students attended the Whitecard course on October 28th. All students who attended were successful in gaining their Workplace Health and Safety (Whitecard) qualification.
We hope to hold another Whitecard course later this term for any students who have not already completed the course.
Mark Cooper the presenter of the Whitecard course commented on how well behaved and engaged in learning about safety in the workplace all our students were.
Well done to all students involved.
Book week was held in week 2 this term and was celebrated with enthusiasm by staff and students. We had a range of students displaying a variety of book characters and raised $250.00 for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. We had a variety of winners from Year 7-11 (see photos attached). Winning faculty went to Science paying homage to "Where's Wally" and overall staff winner was Mr Bennett. His portrayal of Sherlock Holmes was outstanding. Bring on 2021.
Term 4, New group of students for this term concentrating on presentation on pancake day.
Have you felt like something has been missing in 2020? Has there been an empty hole in your life that you haven't been able to fill? Are you sick of 2020 and would like to hear something other than bad news? Well then I have some good news for you!
Bunnings Sausage Sizzles are back!
Our Year 9 cohort has the opportunity to raise some funds for the Central Australia excursion in 2021. Come down to Lakehaven Bunnings on Saturday October 31st (between 9am and 4pm) for a snag and an ice cold drink served up by our very own students and staff! This will be a fantastic opportunity to support our GHS families, whilst also scratching the itch for a Bunnings sausage sanga you didn't know you had.
Looking forward to seeing you all there on the 31st!
Mr Pascoe
Last week I had the opportunity to hear from Year 9 students in Mr Carey's class as they presented their pitch for a business model that solved an existing environmental issue and was sustainable. The concepts these students presented were well considered and had immediate applicability. It was a real pleasure to see the level of self awareness the students demonstrated through their collaboration and presentation.
This was part of the Start Up Business Start pItch Competition. Congraduations team.... the future looks bright!
Mr Boake.
Please click on the following link for more information including the HSC timetable: HSC Higher School Certificate Examinations
Do you love art? Want to fill in some time in the holidays? Our Pride Group at GHS have been working hard to designing some of the artwork that will be painted on the "Big Chair Paint Out". If you want to join the fun this holidays, head over to Gravity Youth Centre during the holidays and participate in this wonderful opportunity. The big chairs will be installed at Canton Beach and Budgewoi. What a great way to contribute to the Community. Come and grab a brochure from Ms Manu in the hub at recess or lunch time.
Marine Studies students in Stage 5 were completing their Marine Mammals Presentations in class in front of fellow students. Students presented on their choice of Marine Carnivora, Sirenia and Cetacea. Discussing their unique biology and ecological significance and evaluating protection and conservation. Students have also been busy maintaining their tanks with hands on aquaculture management and aquarium care.
This term year 7 have been entering a series of creative writing competitions culminating in this week's short story task. Thank you to all the students who entered and well done to the 4 runners-up, Lillian, Indi-Rose, Maddison and Bella.
And a hugh congratulations to Evie who won the $100 prize with a superb story about getting stronger! Well done!
Throughout the term, so many students showed off their stylish, sophisticated, and stupendous writing skills and the good news is the competition will be run again next term so all year 7 students have another chance to impress with their creativity and win the big prize!
Year 7 Humanities classes have been getting their hands dirty lately. As part of their study on Ancient Egypt students mady clay peasant huts and pyramids. They have been discussing different theories of how the pyramids were built as well as the reasons behind the distinct design features of peasant houses.
Sandwich press cookery class efforts last week. Trying to solve the question of whether you can make a cake on a sandwich press. Vanilla layer cake with cream and strawberry jam and strawberries.
Year 9 is doing a topic on chemistry in science this term. The students in 9P worked with molecular model kits to construct covalent bonds.
GHS celebrated RUOK week. Students and teachers have participated all week in a variety of reflection activities and worked together during period one today on the four steps of RUOK. Year 11 Drama contributed beautiful by creating a unique performance giving students guidance and ideas for engaging in conversations. #goroCAN #RUOK #continuetheconversation
Congratulations to Evelyn, Carter and Lily-Grace for being runners up in week 8's Core Faculty Creative Writing Comp and a huge congratulations to Lily for winning with her excellent descriptive language and tense story!
Next is the big one - the $100 dollar prize for a short story. So year 7, get writing and hand in your short story by the end of week 9 for your chance to win!
Our 7S students have been busy maintaining our class vegetable and herb gardens, today they were able to harvest mixed herbs and baby dutch carrots to sell to our staff.
Well done, a fantastic start to the growing season!
Year 7 Humanitites students have been learning about the elements of drama. Yesterday they took advantage of the glorious weather to play some drama games outside where they used movement and space to act out some fun scenarios!
Our Year 12 students remain a prority for Principals across the Central Coast. Please read the important information on behalf of the Central Coast Secondary Principals. If you have questions relating to GHS, please contact the Year Advisor or Deputy Principal on 43937000.
Regardless of whether you have the title of "father" or not, thank you to those in our families and communities who fulfill this role. Happy Father's Day, we hope it was a great one.
Hospitality Kitchen Operations Year 11 students were excited to complete another of their catering events for the PBL staff meeting Tuesday 1st September. They served a variety of hot and cold canapes as well as a Lemon, Lime and Bitters slice that was greatly appreciated by all who were lucky enough to attend.
Online NDIS information event for students with disabilities transitioning to post school options.
https://eventbrite.com.au/e/nsw-school-leaver-information-session-tickets-117609680721
Mr Penfolds's - Sanwich Press Cookery - Year 7 Passion Projects
More exciting sandwich press cookery. Churros with sugar and cinnamon. Salted caramel dipping sauce made by our wonderful SLSO Kylie Mc.
This webinar is directed to students and parents from Central Coast Schools to build an understanding of local industry capability and demand for young, skilled workforce. It will assist students to understand and develop the skills they need to get a job within this industry.
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