Ali Baba and the Raiders of the Lost Pyramid

On Friday September 15, I had the immense pleasure of attending the opening night of the 2023 Burnie High School Production Ali Baba and the Raiders of the Lost Pyramid. What a marvellous show! The highly polished acting, singing, dancing, music, costumes, lighting, and set changes all came together to wow the audience and provide a memorable night of entertainment. I particularly enjoyed the subtle humour that was woven into the script and the vibrancy of the singing and dancing. I thank all students involved in the production, and Mr Ben Lohrey, Miss Maree Welsh, and Miss Bronwyn Darvell, for their commitment to rehearsals that have been underway for all of this year.

I also thank the cast, crew, band and additional staff members Mr Joshua Salter, Miss Eloise Crocker, Mr Kamil Douglas, Miss Brittany Turner, Miss Eliza Jones, Mrs Carly Dilger and Mrs Emma Cohen for their dedication to turning up and giving their best during the performance season.

Last, but not least, thank you parents! Without your support the show would not happen.

Our school community wishes the cast, band, and crew all the very best for the remainder of the performances over this weekend.

Hellyer Enrolment Meetings

A reminder that from 3:00pm to 6:00pm on Monday September 25 and Tuesday September 26 our Grade 10 students and their parents will be meeting with a Hellyer College enrolment counsellor at Burnie High School to complete their preliminary enrolment for the 2024 school year. This is an exciting time for our Grade 10 students who we know have been thoroughly prepared by the Grade 10 teaching team for making their course selections for the next step of their learning.

For those students who plan to transition into apprenticeships or traineeships at the end of Grade 10, it is still important that you have completed a preliminary enrolment as a back up plan.

NW High School Netball Championships

The Burnie High School Grade 7/8 netball team played five games of netball on Tuesday September 19 in the NW High School Championship. The team were successful in their initial pool, coming away with three very easy wins. The team then played a cross over semi-final and were victorious, taking them through to the grand final match against Marist. The BHS team fought hard in what turned out to be the closest game of the day, pulling away at one stage to a 3-point lead before the score was again levelled by Marist. Some timely turnovers in defence allowed the BHS team to regain their lead to win the game by two goals. The team will compete in the High School State Final in November. We wish our 9/10 team the best of luck on Thursday 21 September.(we can probably add something in here once this is over)

Oscar Young - Australian Cross Country Championships

One of the great parts of my job is hearing from students about their endeavours in out of school activities. This week I was thrilled to receive the following report from Oscar about his experience at the 2023 Australian Cross County Championships. I encourage all students to let me know about your extra curricula endeavours.

Report from Oscar 

I developed a love of running about a year ago and have been training under a coach since then. This year, I ran well at school and inter-high cross country. A second place at Symmon's Plains earnt me a place on the team to represent Tasmania in the Australian Cross Country Championships in Canberra.

The course was a 6km undulating grass circuit which included some hills and hay bales to make it more authentic. There were over 100 athletes on the start line, as my race had U17 and U18 males combined. The day was warm with little wind and it was a tough race. I acheived a personal best time but Australia and New Zealand have some fast runners, so my placing was 36th for U17. 

The trip included an excursion to the National Museum with the Athletics Tasmania team on the Sunday and wrapped up with relay and time trials on the Monday. A highlight was travelling/staying with some of my training buddies and having my coach, Daniel Reeves come to support us in the race. 

Tasmanian Mathematics Relay Competition

Good luck to the following students who will be representing our school in the North West heat of the Tasmanian Mathematics Relay competition on Monday 25 September.

Grade 7: Floyd Hook, Joe Langerak, Ellie Rayner, Ada Duncan, Jordan Wise

Grade 8: Tom Menger, Nixon Parker, Maitland Sayer, Nethani Lowe 

Grade 9: Isla Jones, Aiden Bonney, Maggie-May Gale, Morgan Ling, Ethan Good, Tobi Schumann, Olivia Bonney, William Stirling, Paige Hook, Caitlin Jones, Ayden Dougall, Elyse Kennelly, Chilli Binstadt, Cadel Barry

Grade 10: Harry Mason, Jase Chapman, Isabel Gitzinger, Bella Charles

End of Term 3

The last day of Term 3 is Friday 29 September, with Term 4 commencing on Monday October 16. For Term 4 we welcome back Mrs Melanie Murphy to our Grade 10 Humanities team following her period of leave during Term 3. I want to express a bit thank you to Ms Grace Lozoraitis-Jones for stepping into this vacancy for us. I know I speak for the staff and the students in commending Ms Grace Lozoraitis-Jones for her outstanding work.

Trudy Durkin

Principal

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Congratulations to our Grade 7/8 Netball Team who competed on Tuesday. They showed great maturity and resilience throughout the day and faced a tough Marist Regional College team in the Grand Final. In a close game they took out the final 12-10. 

This team has qualified for the Statewide competition to be held in November, well done!

The Grade 9/10 Netball team travelled to Ulverstone to also compete in the High School Championships for their age group yesterday.

They played three games which they won easily, moving into the Grade final against Marist regional College. BHS were down by 6 goals at half time but clawed their way back to be level at full time. Four minutes of overtime with a golden goal finish from Taya Munday and Takiri Bourn gave BHS the win in a nail biter!

The team will now compete in the State Championships to be held in Ulverstone in November.

A great result from both the 7/8 and 9/10 teams who both made it to the state finals.

Grade 9 and 10 Senior Woodwork classes are completing their latest project: Wine Table.

Students use their technical drawing skills to draw and design their project prior to constructing it. Many variations of the theme have been created using different timbers and incorporating a variety of technologies such as CNC routing, Resin Inlay and Pyrography.

Completed tables have been sprayed with a polyurethane lacquer to protect the finish.

Many outstanding tables have been created and will be heading home to households shortly. The next project for woodwork students is a wooden stepladder.

Young Tasmanian aged 12 to 18 years are encouraged to apply to join the Department of Health's Children and Young People Advisory Group (CYPAG). 

What is CYPAG?

• CYPAG provided a way for Young Tasmanians to inform the Department of Health (the Department) abou how it can improve its services to children and young people. 
• Membership will be for 2 years 
• Members will be asked for their opinions/insights on health issues, how they affect young Tasmanians, and how the Department can improve its services to children and young people.

Who can join?

• Tasmanians aged 12-18 years. 
• Applicants don't need any previous experience to apply.

We want to hear from young Tasmanians with lots of different life experiences and insights. We particulary encourage applicants from:

• young Tasmanians with experience of using Tasmanian Government helath services, such as our public hospitals 
• Tasmanian Aboriginal young people
• young people with disabilties 
• young carers
• young Tasmanians with refugee and/or migrant backgrounds 
• young Tasmanians from rural, regional and remot areas