High Notes, Vol 17 No 33, October 28 2016
High Talent
Rudraksh Ahi (10R) has been short-listed for his poetry entry
in the Lionel Bowen Young Writers competition. He will be representing Sydney Boys High at the
award ceremony on 23 November at UNSW. Good luck with your entry, Rudi! Congratulations to our
senior tennis teams for their effort last Saturday against St Ignatius. All grades from 1-6 won
against a traditionally strong tennis school. Our first basketball team played well
together with five or six players making big contributions to a tough win.
Solar Power Generation
Thanks to the expertise and commitment of our
Network Administrator, James Rudd, we now have our monitoring of power generation and consumption
up and running for our two arrays of solar panels and two inverters. We have a daily generation
capacity of up to 29kW in the most advantageous conditions on a clear hot day. If you are
interested in renewables you can see the data on https://sbhs.co/solarweek. For any eco warriors out there we can still accept any
donations towards funding our renewable footprint through our donations page on our website
www.sydneyboyshigh.com/donations
Year 11 Reports
All students in Year 11 should have brought home their
reports to discuss with you. It is an important decision point for boys to set up their best ten
units to maximise their ATARs. Many boys do not have tertiary course plans and should complete
‘Career Voyage’, our free online career guidance survey, on the student portal and
research the ‘Careers Website’. Uncertain students and those lacking focus or
motivation are advised to seek an appointment with Mr Cipolla, our Careers Adviser, to discuss
some big decisions about their future.
Summer Sport Co-payments: Term 4
The rolls for summer sports and activities
have now been finalised. In many activities co-payments are levied for the season - in this case
Term 4 2016 and Term 1, 2017. Other sports have a policy of fixing co-payments on a term-by-term
basis. In either case, invoices have now been posted. For Years 7-10 this means that the summer
invoice will be included on individual Clearance Forms. These will need to be cleared prior to
boys receiving their reports. The base co-payment for sport for a season is $152
Term 4 2016, as adjusted for 18% on costs charged by DoE. Higher charges are levied in some
expensive sports such as sailing ($305 per term), rowing ($535 juniors / $555
seniors), rifle shooting ($400 small bore / $500 full bore), archery ($184), tennis ($180), water
polo ($200 juniors / $250 seniors) and cricket ($200). It would help the MICs for these sports
greatly if families could pay for their sports in the next ten days.
Resource Allocation Model Funding 2017
In 2012, the NSW Government
announced its Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) reform for NSW public schools. This reform
places students at the centre of school decision making. It gives principals and school
communities a greater say over how they use the available resources to best meet the needs of
their students. To enable the shift of resources to the school level, a Resource Allocation Model
(RAM) has been developed. The RAM provides a simpler, fairer and more transparent distribution of
government school funding and changes the way resources are managed in our school system.
Our RAM funding allocation for 2017 is: a base allocation for staffing (93.72 FTE) at $9,336,176;
school operational funding $815,380; staff professional learning $81,724; beginning teacher
support $16,323; minor maintenance $25,959; and equity loadings for socio-economic background,
Aboriginal background, English language proficiency and low level adjustment for disability -
$117,217. Total school RAM funding for next year is $10,422,779.
Cars Travelling On School Grounds
Parents and visitors to the school must
travel at a safe speed (10km/h) whilst in the school grounds. When entering from Cleveland Street
by Gate 2 they should park rear to the buildings or tennis courts. Parents and visitors
should not use the Anzac Parade entrances. Three-point turns in the bus bay area have posed
serious risks to students walking beside the Great Hall and the buses or walking along the path
next to the tennis courts and coming down the stairs. The bus bay area is not a drop-off point
for students. Parents should drive in gate 1, drop off their sons and drive out gate 2, as per
school policy. Please be vigilant in the interests of the safety of our boys!
Dr K A Jaggar
Principal
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