Jamison High School

Year 11 Senior Jackets have ARRIVED! and how good do they look!?

2024 EP English World Championships Update

Year 9 English students: Lily, Keon, Rathish, Emily, Sukhreet and Taylor continue to power along in the competition. 1st in category, 1st in NSW and 1st in Australia. These are 6 amazing students!

Some of the brilliant artworks from Year 11 Visual Arts students as they explored the conventions of still life through a range of various mediums.

2024 Education Perfect English World Championships

Congratulations to our Year 9 students, Keon, Emily, Rathish, Lily and Taylor who are off to a great start in the online competition. Jamison High School: 1st in our category worldwide, 1st in Australia and 1st in NSW. The competition ends 3.00 pm 21st June 2024.

This is Week 8B.

On Wednesday the Year 10 Fast Forward cohort attended a WSU on-campus day at the Hawkesbury campus. The students found out about courses offered by WSU, the specialist facilities available on the Hawkesbury campus and participated in activities to further their understanding of a university pathway. They also met and collaborated with other Year 10 cohorts from a variety of schools.

Congratulations to Daniel of Year 12 pictured back row - 3rd player in from the left.

Photo courtesy The Western Weekender

https://westernweekender.com.au/2024/06/unbeatable-penrith-basketball-teams-incredible-winning-run/

Tree planting on World Environment Day.

Year 7 and 10 parents have been sent information through School Bytes for the School Vaccination Clinic to be held on Thursday 13th June, 2024.

Year 10 students will receive the Meningococcal ACWY vaccination.
Year 7 students who missed the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis (dTpa) vaccines at the first visit will be able to receive it at this visit.
Catch-up will also be offered to any students who returned a consent in 2022 or 2023 but missed any vaccine(s).

Consent for students to receive the vaccinations are to be provided online at https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage.

Please contact the Head Teacher Wellbeing, Ms Larwood if you have any questions.

Congratulations to Nathan Pentecost who has made the Australian team for wheelchair curling. The first Australian camp is in July and the ultimate goal is to get to the winter Paralympics in 2026. This will also be the 4th sport that Nathan has represented Australia.

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This is Week 7A. Pack for Tuesday.

Over the past 2 days, some Year 10 students have been involved in the 'Polish' career preparation program hosted by the Beacon Foundation. They have participated in a workshop that included developing their interview skills and an elevator pitch, identifying their transferable skills and participating in a mock interview with an industry guest. They were also treated to a networking lunch provided by the Jamison High School Hospitality cohort. A big thank you to Matt from the Beacon Foundation, our guests from the retail, hospitality and law industries & Mr Broome and the Jamison High Hospitality students.

https://beaconfoundation.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/thelogcabinhotelpenrith

Enjoy the long weekend. Monday (10 June 2024) is a public holiday so school is closed.

On Wednesday some of our students attended the 'Careers in Healthcare' event hosted by Westmead Hospital. They learnt about the wide variety of careers in the healthcare industry, watched simulations and also listened to various healthcare professionals who talked about what their day at work entails. They heard about the career paths and day-to-day activities of people in jobs such as a doctor, midwife, physiotherapist, speech pathology, dental technician, radio therapist and social workers.

Sydney West Cross Country

Notes are due to the PE staffroom by Friday 7th June 2024. All runners must wear a Nepean Zone Singlet. Payment of $20.00 can be made at the front office and the singlet collected from the PE staffroom.

With the arrival of winter, a reminder about our School Uniform expectations. For all uniform needs, our Uniform Shop is open Tuesdays 12:30 - 4:30 pm and Fridays 7:30 - 11:30 am.

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Whalan Reserve has been closed by Council.
Football has been cancelled
Students are expected to attend school at Jamison High School as normal on Tuesday 4/6/24. Be prepared for regular school lessons.

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Looking forward to supporting our students and families as they make decisions about 2025 at Subject Selection Evening tomorrow night.

This is Week 6B.

The Year 11 geography students conducted surveys at Southlands Centre as part of their research for their geographical investigation. Students engaged with members of the public asking them about their views of various environmental issues in Penrith.

As we approach the end of Reconciliation Week, It was great to host our Aboriginal Community at school and share afternoon tea on Wednesday.

We want to end the week by sharing an artwork completed by some of our Aboriginal students, "One Mob".

This artwork was created over the span of an 11-week program. The Deadly Dreaming program aims to reconnect kids with their Indigenous culture by facilitating contemporary Aboriginal art programs, Traditional Aboriginal dance programs, history of Indigenous people. It also aims to educate young people on their physical & mental health as well as providing information on the effects of drugs and alcohol.

This artwork is called ‘One Mob’.

The artwork tells the story of mob from all different walks of life and all different parts of Australia, coming together to share culture. In the centre of the artwork, we have the symbol that represents a meeting place, and surrounding it we have the symbols for men and women. The students wanted to depict the landscape of Australia, and represent Mother Earth and Father Sky. They have done this by painting the sunset with symbols for stars, which touches on Aboriginal people being the first astrologers. The stars serve as calendars, a law book and inform all aspects of daily life. They have also painted the river (representative of the local Nepean River) along with some totems, symbols for waterways and white dots to represent the flow of the water. The tree represents the connection to mother earth. Much like the roots of a tree, it indicated the deep connection that Aboriginal people have with the land.

The collaborative artists are as follows:

Lillian, Karalee, Katelyn, Myah, Temiah, Tyreace, Violet, Nagari, Caleb, Alex and Drake.

*Indigenous peoples’ rights to Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP) are enshrined in article 31 of the United declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Year 11 Semester One Reports have been emailed to parents.

Nepean Zone Athletics Carnival

Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th June 2024

Notes for each day have been sent home via school bytes and are due by Friday 31st May 2024 8.30am. Please ensure that your child has checked at the PE staffroom which events they are in and know which day that they are going. Enquiries to PE 0247316150.

Today a number of Year 12 students participated in the University of Sydney Future Focus day. They found out about admission pathways, scholarships and early entry opportunities. They also did a tour of the facilities and participated in a workshop in their area of interest for tertiary studies.

📍This Saturday and Sunday, students from Jamison High School , Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School, Kingswood High School Official and Springwood High School participating in the Building Young Men program, will be completing a 24 hour challenge; a continuous walk around BlueBet Stadium in the lead up to, during and after the Penrith Panthers match against the Dragons. Say hi and cheer them on if you see them during the game 📍