Newsletter

From the Principal

From the Acting Deputy Principal

Uniform Policy

Effective Communication

Parent/Carer Communication Flowchart

Term 4 2020

Year 6 Transition Days Week 9 Term 4

Term 4 Week 9: Enjoying the Break

Year 7 Language - Week 9

Year 7B Students with their Personalised Work Art Gift from Miss Turner

Excellence Week - Week 10

Screen Printing Project

2020 Pictorial Review

Thank you Madonna Moore

End of Year Mailout

Swimming Carnival 2021

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Effective Communication is important and we encourage all partners to take an active role in communicating with Miles State High School. To assist in this process we have attached our Miles State High School Parent/Carers  Communication Flowchart. Please follow the steps below to contact your child's Curriculum Teacher or Care Class Teacher.

If unsuccessful in attempts to contact teachers of staff, please contact the office on 4628 5111.

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Food and Fibre - Mr Desjardins

The Year 6s had a fun afternoon in the kitchen as they baked fresh scones. No smoke alarms were set off, so… SUCCESS! I hear some parents loved them enough that they are expecting more scones to be made at home. I wish the Years 6s all the best in continuing their scone-making adventures!

Science - Mr Van Zyl

The year 6 group played a little bit with fire in Science during their transition day. The objective of the activity was to identify a few chemicals based on the colour of the flame it produced when being burned.

The students worked in groups of four, but each student had the opportunity to use a Bunsen burner and burn the chemicals on a paddle pop stick. Safety was our top priority and all students wore eye protection while conducting the experiment.

English - Miss Clayton

On Monday the 30th of November, Year 6 students from a range of primary school came to Miles State High School to participate in a transition day. One of the activities that the students participated in was a short experience of High School English. Students participated in creating a visual story board from a song that was explored in class. The students looked at a song as a form of poetry and identified and explained what the composer was communicating through the piece.

What made you interested in learning Chinese language? 

If you are a beginner Chinese learner, you will struggle to learn it as you are not familiar with it. To inspire more students to learn Chinese positively, I have tried to use Music to open their heart for a new language, Chinese.

I remember my high school music teacher said that, “Music is a language of soul. People can listen to a song in an foreign language, but they still feel its vibrancy and momentum.” Therefore, I taught one of my Year 7 class how to sing a Chinese Pop Song to gain their interests. 

Another main reason to use Music to encourage them to learn is because majority of students feel stress in learning a new language. They have a lack of confidence to know that they could learn it. So, I believe Music is another tool that could make them feel relax and excited to learn Chinese language and culture. 

Mr Leong

The Year 7-9 students put their maths skills to the test in our Scavenger Hunt. Deciphering Cartesian map co-ordinates, interpreting the campus map, and searching high and low in the correct area to find their tokens, students had fun finding the treasure tokens.

Mr Desjardins

Students in literacy completed a cooking exercise with Mr Zuurbier, in Miss Clayton's class room students completed a series of games designed to develop communication skills.  

In Humanities, students have solved a series of mysteries from the past that have become better known as conspiracy theories. They had to use their deductive reasoning skills in order to develop plausible explanations.

Miss Clayton and Mr Zuurbier

On Monday the students participated in a STEM challenge using Lego.  Each group selected an image of a famous landmark and attempted to construct it using their best problem solving skills.

Miss Turner

We are very glad to have an opportunity to collaborate with Miles State School to run the Screen Printing Project. This is a project to screen print t-shirts and donate them to the Miles Kindergarten. It is a very meaningful project, so we have invited a few primary students to participate in this project, and learn how to contribute to the community. Through this positive experience, it has been so much fun for the Year 6 students to connect with the art teacher in Miles State High School and understand what they could learn in the High School Art Class.