Newsletter No 8, Friday 27 September

News From The Principal

As we reach the end of another productive and busy term, we would like to extend gratitude to our students, staff and families for the incredible dedication shown towards fostering academic excellence, social growth and emotional wellbeing. Our focus on supporting students in all areas of their development continues to be a cornerstone of our work at Hobart City High School, and this term has been a wonderful example of that commitment. Throughout the term, we have seen significant growth in our students' academic achievements, with a focus on learning and embracing challenge.

This term, we were thrilled to host the Interschool Chess Competition, where students showcased their analytical thinking and sportsmanship. The competition fostered both intellectual growth and community spirit, with many of our students performing exceptionally well in their matches. Congratulations to all participants for their dedication and strategic prowess finishing third overall.

Our creative problem-solvers excelled in this year’s Tournament of Minds (ToM), tackling complex challenges with collaboration, ingenuity and perseverance. It was inspiring to see our students thinking outside the box and working as cohesive teams. Their efforts were rewarded with excellent results, and we are immensely proud of the way they represented Hobart City High School. We entered five teams, in Arts, STEM, Language Literature and two Social Sciences teams. Our STEM and Senior Social Sciences teams were awarded Honours, and our Social Sciences and Language Literature team won 1^st place and will be travelling to Sydney at the end of October to compete in the ToM International Final.

This term also saw our students take part in the Maths Relay, where their quick thinking and teamwork truly shone. Competing under pressure, our teams worked through challenging mathematical problems with great skill. The collaborative spirit and mathematical precision on display were remarkable, and we congratulate all involved.

As we conclude the term, we want to acknowledge the tremendous effort from every member of our school community in making this such a successful term. Your hard work, resilience, and enthusiasm continue to contribute to a positive, supportive and high-achieving environment at Hobart City High School.

We wish everyone a safe and restful break and we look forward to seeing you all next term for more exciting challenges and successes.

Overview Of Camps - Years 9 And 10 in 2025

Ski trip - Mt Hotham, Victoria
A thrilling six day ski trip in the alpine regions of Victoria. This is the perfect opportunity for skiers and 
beginners looking to experience the excitement of the slopes. There will be expert-guided runs, breathtaking 
scenery, and activities that make an unforgettable winter getaway. Whether you're honing your skills or hitting 
the slopes for the first time, this trip offers something for everyone. The approximate cost will be $2,600.

Japan Cultural Immersion 
Immerse yourself in the rich culture, history, and traditions of Japan. This trip offers a chance to practice
language, explore vibrant cities, experience Japanese school life, and engage with the local community for 
an unforgettable cultural experience. Some highlights of the trip will include a visit to our Sister School in 
Hyogo, exploring the history of the Peace Park in Hiroshima, Kyoto’s most famous temples, the excitement 
of Universal Studios in Osaka and shopping in the busy districts of Tokyo. The approximate cost will be 
$5,200.

Borneo 
This is an opportunity for students to step out of their comfort zone and challenge themselves whilst enjoying 
the beauty of Borneo. Activities include exploring Kuching, visiting Orangutans and Sun Bears, embracing 
the culture of a remote community and the Bako National Park. This is a life changing global adventure that 
builds leadership, resilience, and teamwork. The approximate cost will be $6,990.
For more information regarding Borneo please follow the link. World Challenge Presentation Hobart City High School (youtube.com) 

Thank you to those who attended the information evening on 19 September. If you have not already done so 
and your young person is interested in any of these opportunities, please click the link to express interest in 
any of the above opportunities. 
https://forms.office.com/r/LvSCbzLREp

Please contact us on 6228 8800 if you have any further questions. 

Term 3 Prefect Report

This term we have been hard at work organising events and supporting our peers in Year 10 and the younger grades. During Book Week, on August 20, we held a House Reading event where participants could go to the library on their campus and earn points for their house by reading. Students were encouraged to dress up like the characters in their favourite books and we saw some absolutely fantastic costumes! All in all, the House Reading event was extremely successful. Some of us also helped to encourage students participating in the House Chess tournament that happened at the Ogilvie Campus. The next big event that we helped to organise was Wear it Purple Day, where we encouraged students to wear the colour purple with their uniform in order to show their support for the LGBTIQ+ community. Thanks to Ms. Sutton and the catering classes, who made hundreds of cupcakes for us to give away to help raise awareness for the LGBTIQ+ community. On Friday, the September 20, we held our R U OK event to promote the power of connection and conversation and help to educate people on how to better support their friends. The day was a huge success, with our staff vs student futsal game ending in a 2-2 draw, and many conversations being had over the delicious cookies provided once again by our wonderful cooking and catering classes, with thanks going to Ms Rankin.

Lachlan Monk and Daniel Rayner, Communications Prefects. 

Redevelopment works

Hobart City High School redevelopment works

As Term 3 draws to a close, the $21.5 million redevelopment of our school is also drawing nearer. It has taken longer than anticipated to refine the concept plan for the works, and finalise the interim arrangements to ensure continuity of teaching and learning during the construction process. You can view the finalised concept plan and digital renders showing what the completed works will look like at the Department’s website here – https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/project/hobart-city-high-school/

The Department will release the tender for the building contractor in November this year, with the successful contractor appointed and construction works to commence in 2025.

Once completed, the works will deliver contemporary learning spaces at the New Town campus as well as improvements to the Ogilvie campus. This will be an exciting time for our school and your patience and understanding during the construction process will be appreciated as we work to deliver these improvements for our students and staff.

Tournaments Of Minds

Our school community worked together with the Tournament of Minds committee to bring this event to life on our Ogilvie Campus. Thank you so much to all who volunteered. Congratulations to all the teams that competed; you all worked tirelessly on your long-term challenges. As a school we have so much to celebrate. We were awarded the following: STEM team took out honours Senior SOCIAL SCIENCE team took out honours SOCIAL SCIENCE 2 team took out first place, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE team took out first place. The two winning teams will be off to Sydney in October for the international finals. Congratulations and thank you to all involved.

STEM Lessons with Our Feeder School

This term HCHS have hosted students from four feeder Primary Schools to participate in STEM lessons. Every Thursday Ms Wild would turn up in the “Magic STEM School Bus” and bring them to her HCHS science lab to have some fun! Students worked on activities to explore chemistry, biology and physics. We watched silver grow under a microscope, observed the structure of plant cells, pondered ocean acidification and played with light boxes exploring reflection and refraction. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to experience high school in a fun, friendly way and meet some potential high school friends. We hope all the students had fun, enjoyed the bus ride and learnt some new things along the way!

Tamania Training Awards

We would like to congratulate Eve Charlesworth and Aleira Chalker who were nominated for School-based Apprentice of the Year in the recent Tasmanian Training Awards.  A special congratulations to Aleira who won and will represent Tasmania in the Australian Training Awards in December.

Beacon Career Program

The Beacon Career Program celebrated the completion of the Beacon Career Program by our first group of students! Over the 8-week program, students learnt about their career clusters, explored pathways, developed important work readiness skills and built their confidence for the future. In their final session, they reflected on their achievements, shared their work experiences and spoke about the exciting opportunities ahead. We are incredibly proud of their hard work and growth, and it was an honour to present them with certificates of completion. 

Big Picture Camp - Ross Beaufront Property

Hobart City High Big Picture students overnighted in Ross at the Beaufront property. They planted over 500 trees for wildlife habitat corridors. There was music, cake and fireside chats with burnt marshmallows. The students organised the whole trip including pre-cooking the food. Prior to the trip they went to Nipaluna Nursery in small groups for a taster in growing seedlings. Big Picture then presented at the Tasmanian Youth Climate conference and shared some of their story with Costa!

Mid-Autumn Festival

Hobart City High School International Students celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival by making and eating mooncakes together. Students enjoyed celebrating their culture and sharing it with a friend in a hands-on learning opportunity. We used special mooncake moulds to shape our cakes and filled them with traditional bean paste and black sesame fillings.

News From The Science Titration Team

We would like to congratulate our Titration Team who achieved a great result of 3rd in the High School Division of the State Titration Competition.  The team consisted of Mark L, Abhi S and An L. The students put a lot of time into learning and practicing titrations and we are proud of their achievement.  An L received an almost perfect result with Mark and Abhi also achieving good results. All three students should be commended for their participation and for giving up many recess and lunch breaks.

Chess Tournament

HCHS hosted the third Inter-School Secondary Chess Tournament. Congratulations to our school team on coming third out of eleven teams. HCHS has qualified to take five players to the State Chess Finals to be held at The Friends School on Monday 21 October.

Young Archies Award

Congratulations to Erin M in Grade 8 who received a Highly Commended award for her portrait “Isabelle".

All the award winning artwork will now join the 2024 Young Archies Travelling Exhibition. For more information about when and where to see them, please visit the Young Archies Awards page.

Sarah Hawson - Visual Arts and Ceramics Teacher

News From Our School Health Nurse

Support Youth Mental Health on Headspace Day
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 

Pause, Reflect, and Reconnect with What Works for You This Headspace Day! 

Headspace, Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, is dedicated to providing early intervention mental health services for individuals aged 12-25. This Headspace Day, we invite everyone to join us in supporting youth mental health by taking a moment to pause, reflect and reconnect with what works for you.

Being a young person is a time of exploring new interests, developing life skills and envisioning the future. However, this exciting journey can also be overwhelming and stressful. This year’s theme, Pause. Reflect. Reconnect., encourages young people to find moments of balance and joy amidst life’s challenges. Whether it’s spending quality time with family, engaging in a beloved hobby, or simply taking a well-deserved break, self-care is crucial.

Not sure where to start? Visit the HCHS support team for guidance and resources that can help you on your journey. 

We urge you to visit the Headspace website for valuable information on how you can get involved, discover helpful tips and explore activities to support both your own wellbeing and that of others. Together, let’s make a positive impact on the mental health of our young people. 

Reflect. Reconnect. Pause.
headspace.org.au/our-impact/campaigns/reconnect/

School Health Nurse - Hayley Standen

Yearbook Sale

The 2024 Hobart City High School Yearbook is available for purchase! You can grab yourself a physical copy for $25 or a digital copy for $15. Jump on the Qkr! App to place your order.

Independant Education Review

Have your say on the future of Tasmania’s education system

The Tasmanian Government has established an Independent Review of Tasmania’s education system to improve the education system over the next 10 years. And they want to hear from families, children and young people of all ages, and members of the community.

There are multiple ways you can get involved:

1. Respond to the public Consultation Paper
2. Complete the survey for educators, families and the community
3. Complete the short survey for students
4. Submit a creative response to the question (for children and young people only): Imagine yourself at the end of school, what have you learned, what have you achieved and who do you want to be?

Submissions responding to the Consultation Paper must be submitted by Sunday 13 October 2024, and all other consultation opportunities will close on Sunday 27 October 2024.

Visit the Independent Education Review website to learn more or email contact@ier.tas.gov.au.

Fundraising With Entertainment

We’re fundraising with Entertainment!

Hobart City High School are fundraising with the popular Entertainment Memberships to raise funds.

The Entertainment Memberships are a digital membership, containing hundreds of ‘25% off’, and ‘buy one get one free’ offers, for many of Tasmania’s most popular restaurants, activities and chains. Businesses such as: The Drunken Admiral, Restaurant Tasman, Heart Café and Restaurant, Bread, Event Cinema, Woody’s Skate and Play, The Maritime Museum, San Churros and Cold Rock Ice Creamery.

Plus, every day offers such as: Woolworths, Shell Fuel, Big W, JB HI FI… just to name a few.

There are two types of Memberships, the single city contains local offers, and the multi-city Membership contains offers that can be redeemed through Australia, New Zealand and Bali. HCHS will receive 20% from each sale to go towards fundraising for school camps in 2025.

Click here to order: https://www.entbook.com.au/96h9659

Please share this post so we can make this fundraiser as successful as possible!

New Town Rivulet Clean Up

Members of the school community are invited to help keep the rivulet alongside the school grounds looking beautiful. The first official clean-up is this Sunday morning, 29 September. Meet at the pedestrian bridge that connects Central Avenue with the walking track along the rivulet, near the New Town High campus. Briefing and sign on at 10am and we’ll finish by 11.30am. If you’re late, you still need to sign on. Parking is in Gatehouse St and Central Avenue, Or just walk there. Please bring sturdy closed footwear, thick gloves, a pair of gumboots if you have them, and it’ll be handy if you have your own garbage bag. We’ll collect it all together and GCC will take it to the tip. We’ll be working on the section of rivulet between Main Road and Bowen Road-details will be in the briefing. See attached map for meeting point.

Brighton Bus Departure Location Change

Brighton Bus change to pick up location term 4.

Callows have advised us that due to operational requirements, there will no longer be a bus departing in the afternoon from outside the Ogilive Campus.  All students who catch the Callows bus service to Brighton in the afternoon are advised to walk to the New Town Campus to catch the New Town Brighton bus that departs from near the car park.  The bus will leave at 3:20. The morning service remains unchanged.  Please contact Callows Bus service if you have any questions.

Wall Of Achivement

Save The Date

Generation Connect Fun Day

Youth Speak Out

Important Dates

14 October - Term Four Commences

19 October - International School Library Day

21 October - State Chess Finals

21 - 25 October - Duke of Edinburgh Camp 

24 October - Public Holiday - Show Day

25 October - Student Free Day 

28 October - Big Picture - Richmond Excursion

4 - 5 November - Year 9 Outdoor Education Camp - Fortescue Bay 

5 October - School Association Meeting 5:30pm - 7:00pm

7 November - HCHS Art Showcase Ignite! - 4.30pm - 7.00pm - OC

10 November - Transgender Awareness Week   

11 November - Athletics Carnival - Domain Athletics Centre

11 November - Remembrance Day

16 - 17 November - Regional High School Tournament

21 November - Inter High Athletics Carnival - Domain Athletics Centre

25 November - Year 10 Outdoor Education Camp - Freycinet Nation Park

25 November - International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women 

30 November - State High School Championships

3 December - School Association Meeting - 5:30pm - 7:00pm

3 December - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

10 December - Human Rights Day

13 December - Year 9 and 10 Beach Day - Roches Beach and Seven Mile

16 December - Year 7 Beach Day - Kingston Beach 

16 December - Celebration Dinner - Wrest Point Casino - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

17 December - Year 8 Beach Day - Kingston Beach

18 December - Awards Evening - NTC 

19 December - Year 10 Final Assembly - NTC

19 December - Term 4 Concludes