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orara high school showcase
issue four
term two
week ten
twenty twenty one
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content
showcasing... 02
Safe on Social 08
OHS 50th anniversary 11
Spelling Bee championship 12
showcasing words
Science faculty
LiteracyPlanet 12
showcasing images
Science faculty upcoming events 13
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showcasing science
The science faculty at Orara High School consists of seven science
teachers working as a team to support students’ learning in the multi-
faceted sciences. We aim to deliver quality units of work that help students
explore our world and beyond.
Year 7 come face-to-
face with snakes
This year Year 7 have had
a few exciting adventures in
science!
Firstly students were visited
by Bob from Snake Tails.
This program was part of
the Classification unit in
Science.
The program gives It also creates a greater learning about this important
students an insight into our understanding of the animals and getting up close
Australian reptiles through environment today. and personal with a range of
a safe, interactive and fun reptiles brought in Bob.
performance. Year 7 had a wonderful time
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planning, preparation and
research time in class with
the practical component of
the task to be completed at
home.
A final report including all
aspects of the Scientific
Method, including analysis
of results, was submitted
earlier this term.
Some outstanding SRP
final reports, gaining marks
over 90%, were produced
by Sofia Broad, Unity
O’Shaughnessy, Georgia
Silvy and Tegan Slatte
Year 7 have also been investigate included:
introduced to many working • Does the temperature of Year 8 going green for
scientific skills to help them water affect how quickly the environment
in their science subjects for salt dissolves in water?
years to come. • What substances can Orara High School has an
prevent apple slices awesome bunch of Year 8
Year 8 from turning brown? students we call the “Green
• Which removes stains Leaders”.
Earlier this term, Year more effectively, soap or
8 students completed a detergent? They are Harmonie Johnson,
module called “Famous • Which brand of battery Samantha Sheridan, Mila
Scientists”. lasts the longest? Hewitt, Montana Loader,
• Does fertiliser make Emily Anderson, Pheobe
As part of this module, plants grow taller? Woodlock, Savannah-May
all Year 8 students were Winchester, Emily Addison
required to undertake a Students were given and Kyah McCoy.
Student Research Project
(SRP).
In this assessment task,
they were required to design
an experiment to solve a
problem of their choice.
Possible problems to
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professional and showed
the Coffs community that
our future is in good hands in
terms of local sustainability.
Year 9
Year 9 have appreciated a
productive semester 1.
They are now primed
to assist the Australian
Border Force in explaining
the issues that introduced
species could cause to our
native ecosystems.
Should any parent need
construct a strategic plan for assistance in building a
These students are the local environment. home extension, our Year
motivated towards 9 could now use their
protecting our environment On the final day, they knowledge of levers to
and working towards presented their plans to local explain which tools may
sustainability in our school. government councillors, and be best to use in different
other sustainability related situations.
They do recycling projects, people.
manage our Bush Tucker Their presentation was very Having completed work
garden and encourage staff
and students to think and
act sustainably.
At the start of June, nine
“Green Leaders” worked
outside the school for
four days with the local
“Oz Green” program to
conduct a full day of water
quality testing of the local
waterways.
They then spent the next
three days collating and
graphing the data to
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focusing on natural
disasters, our students can
now identify the cause of a
tsunami if it were to impact
upon the Coffs Coast and
provide safety guidance to
the community.
Alternatively, should our
bananas be hit with a
disastrous cyclone, never
fear; they could explain its
cause and effects!
Year 10
Year 10 have been studying
how Science is important in
society and conducting their
own investigations as part investigate the reactivity Stage 6 chemistry
of their Student Research of metals, studying trends
Projects. in the periodic table and Chemistry students in
building their understanding Year 12 have been heavily
They investigated a range of about how and why different involved with their depth
topics and strived to answer reactions occur. study into pure alcohol.
many important questions.
Some of these questions Stage 6 physics Students had to ferment
were: their own alcohol and distil
• What makes fresh Year 11 Physics students the product.
flowers last longer? have completed their depth
• Do shoes make you run study in term 1. The product was tested to
faster? see if it could be used as a
• Does temperature affect Students were actively fuel source.
how high tennis balls involved in investigating
bounce? Hooke’s Law as part of their Photographs show
• Is premium petrol better practical examination. chemistry students distilling
value for money? their ferment as well as
• Does colour affect the Year 12 Physics students creating an ester which can
flavour of jelly beans? have been involved with be a very smelly experiment.
their depth study on Malus’
They have then continued Law for the polarisation of Year 11 Chemistry students
their studies in chemistry light. have also been actively
by conducting tests to involved with the depth
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study into gas laws. They Years 9 and 11 marine ecosystems.
have undertaken practical studies
activities where they have This term Year 9 have been
investigated Boyle’s Law So far in Marine Studies learning about Dangerous
and Charles’ Law. this Semester, Year 9 and Marine Creatures, focusing
11 students have been on sharks.
Outstanding depth studies developing their skills in first
were submitted by Chloe aid, aquarium maintenance, Year 11 have been
Addison, Jakob Fisher and snorkelling, identification conducting an in-depth local
Morgan Smith. of ocean hazards, and the ecosystem study on the
organisms found in our local Coffs Creek.
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marketing and packaging
of the vegetables they are
growing at the school’s
agriculture plot.
Year 11 were able to conduct
a farm case study in term 1
and are now focusing on
conducting a plant trial to
ascertain the best lighting
conditions for snow pea
growth.
They are also working
towards developing a herb
garden for Food Technology
to be able to use in the
OHS’ aquaculture and planting for Stage 5 kitchen.
project Agriculture classes.
Year 12 have focused on
The water flows for the This tied in well with stage animal production in term
Orara aquaculture project. 5 assessment tasks, 1, focusing on digestive
as Year 10 focused on systems, nutrition and feed
Filtration and aeration creating television and conversion ratios.
systems are installed; newspaper advertisements
however, the site is still for vegetables and Year 9 Students are now examining
being secured for safety are currently working on the the dairy industry in term 2,
before operations can begin
with a test culture of stock.
It is anticipated that over the
school holiday break, the
refurbishment of the facility
perimeter will be completed
along with the installation
of the machinery and chook
shed for the ongoing use of
Agriculture students.
Agriculture
It has been a busy semester
1 preparing garden beds
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examining strategies that
farmers can put forward to
increase profit margins.
As part of this focus students
have enjoyed a case study
that examines cheeses as
a value adding strategy that
farmers can use to increase
profits, as well as marketing Each fortnight, we will bring Some of the most common
strategies to increase sales you current online safety reasons for using this option
through products such as news from Safe on Social, include:
chocolate milk. an organisation that works • Locating the source
tirelessly to provide in-depth information of an image
Both of these case studies online safety education. – i.e. the particular
included rigorous taste website.
testing to ensure that We hope that you’ll find • Searching for duplicated
products were meeting this information helpful content
market specifications. in supporting your child • Ensuring compliance
or children to use online with copyright legislation
platforms, like Snapchat and • Finding out further
Instagram, appropriately, information
effectively and ethically. • Determining if an image
is genuine or has been
How to reverse image faked
search • To locate a higher quality
version of the image
This concept can be
summarised as search There are multiple methods,
engine technology that for conducting such a
takes an image that appears search.
online or in documents you
have received, and solves Some are relatively simple
queries about its origin. and focus on specific search
engines, other include apps
Results are produced that that search ALL the search
relate to revealing where engines, forums and social
the image has come from, media platforms.
its original accreditation,
veracity and in provides They produce extremely
further information about detailed results.
the image, and samples of
similar images. Which you choose depends
entirely on your primary
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need. your computer. • Hold down the mouse
and drag the picture to
Methods can vary between For a URL the search box.
browser searches, and • Drop the image
those conducted on phones To Upload a file from your
with both Android and IOS computer. Note – Images that have
software. been reverse searched are
The result should include the only able to be stored by
This cheat sheet will break websites that have used the Google for a period of seven
down each of the above, image, a selection of other days.
and suggest one or two apps sizes for the image, and
that can be downloaded for images that have a similarity They will not appear as part
more detailed results. with the one searched. of your search history.
Browsers and desktop Dragging and dropping Google states it will only
computers. a picture into the reverse use them during that seven-
search engine. day period to make their
Google products and services more
This will require use of either effective.
This is the simplest of all Chrome or Firefox as your
options. browser. Android
Visit images.google.com. • Open as a browser either There are several different
Chrome or Firefox. methods of performing
Click on the small camera • Go to Google Images a reverse search on an
icon, seen on the right – then • Find the picture/file on Android device.
simply paste the URL of the your computer you wish
image you wish to search or to reverse image search Google’s Chrome browser.
upload an image file from • Click on the picture/file To do this for an image
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found online. • Scroll to the left to find photo gallery and browse for
the available option. The additional locations.
• Open Chrome and Request Desktop Site
locate the image you will show. Reversee – is available
wish to search for • Select the Request free from the app store.
• Tap and hold on the desktop site to load the This is an expansive search
image once located webpage tool that used multiple
• When a number of search engines to collate
options shows – choose Now, you are in familiar comparisons in a very fast
the Search google for Google image territory, and time.
this image link. should select the camera
option and follow the steps This app has the additional
When the image is stored on outlined previously. feature of becoming an
your device option through the share
If you do not wish to save feature on a Safari browser –
• Go to – ctrlq.org/google/ an image to your device, which will collect all images
images an alternate method is via on a particular webpage
• Choose the upload installing the google Chrome and then select any of the
picture options app to your phones. images to search on google
• Select ‘Files” provided
from your computer This can be chosen from the ImgOps – covers reverse
• Choose an image from App store, and downloaded images searches, and
your photo gallery for free. offers an array of tools more
• When this is uploaded specialised than those seen
select Show Matches Once downloaded, tapping on google.
and holding an image will
For an iOS device/iPhone offer identical options shown Metadata, editing, and
as above. a wide range of search
This is dependent on which engines are on offer.
browser you predominantly Selecting ‘Search Google
use on your device. or this image” will allow you Search by image – an app
to start a reverse image for Android users available
Given that Safari is the search. on the app store
default browser for iOS and
does not provide options Separate app options to All these apps and methods
that Google does, you will consider are very simple and involve
need to separately go to a basic step by step process,
Google Images to search. TinEye - very simple to use. that should allow you to track
Depending on the device down any image you need.
• Go to images/google. you are using the search
com results will vary, but you Choose the method of
• Select the share button are able to search images searching that best suits
from the bottom of the taken with your phone, your requirements, and
screen select images from your devices.
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Request for Orara High years?
School memorabilia
Please call into the school
Do you have any old office to provide your item
photographs, year books, as soon as possible so we
school uniforms, report can start to gather up all
cards, woodwork projects, items in readiness for the
drama scripts or any other week of celebrations starting
good old memories of Orara Saturday, 24 July 2021 with
High School locked away in an open day.
a dusty draw?
Please contact Christie
If so, would you be willing Brady on (02) 6652 1077 if
to loan your item to help you have any questions.
celebrate and look back
at Orara over the past 50
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Years 7 and 8 Spelling
Bee term 3, week 3
During Education Week
(term 3, week 3), Orara High
School will host its inaugural
Spelling Bee for Year 7 and
Year 8.
Why is spelling important?
Spelling is important for
three reasons:
• Communication: Spelling
is a critical component of
communication
• Literacy: Spelling and
reading skills are closely
related and help develop
overall literacy
• Employment: Spelling
quality has a direct
impact on employment
opportunities
Research has found that
spelling, reading, writing
and comprehension skills
are all closely linked.
A research study conducted
by L.C. Ehri for the Scientific
Study of Reading found that
spelling instruction improves
reading ability, as it builds a classes. Students have been
learner’s knowledge of the practising in class doing
alphabetic system as it is How can I help my child at ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’.
used in reading. home?
You can help your child
From now until the grand Students received the list practise by encouraging
final, students will be of spelling words and a them to do ‘Look, Cover,
practising ‘Look, Cover, practice booklet for home Write, Check’ in their spelling
Write, Check’ in their and school. practice booklets.
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Look, Cover, Write, Check word by checking, use literacy platform that
is a strategy used to help of dictionary, list, or comprehensively supports
children learn their spellings. computer spell-checker students’ learning through
• Combining and applying gamified activities and tasks.
To help your child, get them several of the above
to follow these steps: strategies. It covers all strand of literacy:
• look at the spelling word • phonics
and commit the spelling On the school website • sight words
to memory Spelling Bee page, we have • spelling
• cover the word over with provided a downloadable • reading
a piece of paper or their copy of the Spelling Bee • grammar & punctuation
hand booklet, which includes • comprehension
• write the spelling word ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’
in the space given in the pages so that you can Students can access
practice booklet support your child can LiteracyPlanet at home by
• uncover the spelling practise at home. going to the website (https://
word to check if they a p p .lite ra cyp la n e t.co m/
have got it right. Each Year 7 and 8 class login) with their school-
will complete a spelling test assigned login in and
What spelling strategies at the beginning of term 3, password.
can I teach my child at week 2.
home? If your child has forgotten or
All students who achieve lost their login and password,
In a thought-provoking study 100% will then move to please contact the school so
to investigate the five main the Spelling Bee knock out that we can give you those
spelling strategies used grand final held in term 3, details.
automatically by students: week 3.
• Visualising the word: We encourage you to explore
remembering the LiteracyPlanet the site with your child so
appearance and shape that you have a greater
of words; picturing the Students can also access understanding of how it
word in the mind the spelling words on works and can encourage
• Making connections: LiteracyPlanet. your child to complete the
for example, drawing games and tasks that will
on knowledge of word LiteracyPlanet is an English help boost their literacy.
families; recognising
syllables.
• Sounding out the word;
identifying the beginning
sound of the word and
then the rest of the word;
using syllables.
• Reflecting: verifying
the spelling of the
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Upcoming events
Term 2, week 10 Term 3, week 1
Jun 21 Jul 12
• Combined NAIDOC Week & Refugee • School development day (staff only)
Week assembly
• Clontarf community presentation
Jun 22 Jul 13
• Work Studies Park Beach Plaza • First day of term 3 for Years 7 - 12
Study students
• MNC Dance Festival and Dress
Rehearsal
• NAIDOC Week guest presentations
to students
Jun 23 Jul 14
• UNE excursion
• MNC athletics carnival
• NAIDOC guest presentations
• NAIDOC AFL/NRL clinics
• MNC Dance Festival and Dress
Rehearsal
• NAIDOC working groups
• AFL staff v students
Jun 24 Jul 15
• Girls’ tackle gala • NSW all schools cross country
• MNC Dance Festival and Dress • Mathematics Standard online HSC
Rehearsal study day
• Legal Studies mock trial
Jun 25 Jul 16
• Final day of term 2 • NSW all schools cross country
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