Newman Senior High School

Principal’s Address

As Week 7 of Term 1 comes to an end, we stop for a second to reflect on the amazing start to the 2025 school year. In this, the first edition of our newsletter for 2025, you can see the fantastic experiences our students and staff have been immersing themselves in. 

Our school community continues to grow and all new staff and students have settled in well.  We look forward to the final few weeks of the term and will bring you an update and the final overview of the term.

Kind regards

Charmaine Ford

On February 5 we welcomed all our school community back for 2025. In addition to our school year recommencing, we welcomed our new intake of Year 7's. 

Our new students spent the first 3 days navigating their way through their timetables and the school grounds.

Year 12 School-Based Trainees – Final Training Block at the TTC

 Our Year 12 School-Based Trainees (SBTs) have just completed their final block of training with TAFE Lecturer Dennis Chandler at the Trade Training Centre. While their traineeships will continue with ongoing workplace experience, this marks the completion of their formal training sessions under Dennis’s expert guidance.

A special thank you to Dennis for his dedication to training and mentoring our students. As he now heads into retirement, we wish him all the best for the future!

Well, done to our trainees for their hard work and commitment

Check out some snapshots of them in action.

Congratulations to all of our 2024 Year 11 students on their subject awards.

Sharing the love with our students this morning as they enjoyed some Valentines pancakes.

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We encouraged our students to jump onboard and get involved in Clean Up Australia day and they didn't disappoint.  We had 14 students actively involved in collecting multiple bags of rubbish, which has earned each of them additional individual Rise-Up points. Huge thank you to all students involved we appreciate your efforts in keeping our school clean.

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"Students who maintained their Good Standing through to the mid-semester of Term 1 were rewarded with ice cream floats during lunch in Week 5.

They enjoyed vanilla ice cream paired with refreshing fizzy drink options, which were a perfect match for the hot Newman weather. We hope students not only enjoyed their sweet treat but also felt recognised for starting the year strong by adhering to uniform, attendance and behaviour expectations."

Today marked International Women's Day for 2025 and what better way to celebrate than with our school community and sharing who inspires us.

Rise-Up put on a stall to do just that and offered wonderful cupcakes and cookies, supplied by a local mother and daughter duo (student attends NSHS) business in town "Baked With Love By SJ & Co" thank you so much for supporting our event.

Three of our Year 12 students were selected to attend an IWD luncheon held at Mia Mia, this was in joint venture with SCJV Sedgeman and Core Hub.  These ladies were able to hear the success story of Melissa Riganello Project Manager Western Ridge Crusher project, from when she commenced her working journey from hospitality through to her move into mining.

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On behalf of Newman Senior High School staff & students we would like to extend our thanks to everyone who contributed to the Election Day BBQ fundraiser for the Country Week & Canberra excursions. Your support is truly appreciated. A huge thank you to Woolworths Newman for their incredibly generous donations.

Your kindness means a great deal to us, and we are very grateful for your continued support.

“March 14th (3/14) was all about Pi (π) Day, and our school had a fantastic time celebrating the never-ending number! Students kicked off the morning by colouring in the digits of Pi and creatively arranging them into a “3.1415 9265…” display.

In the library, Rise-Up, kept the excitement going by engaging the students in Pi-themed activities during recess and lunch, sparking curiosity about this mathematical marvel.

Meanwhile, our teachers indulged in some well-deserved pie delicacies for morning tea, because what’s Pi Day without a little treat?A big thank you to Romy Lee, Sarah Williams, and all the Maths teachers especially Mr Barrymore, Mr Miller and Mrs Bourgy, who participated and made the day both educational and delicious!

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19 March Swimming Carnival

21 March Harmony Day

1 April Parent Teacher Interviews

9 April Anzac Ceremony

10 April Good Standing Reward

11 April Rise-Up Easter Activity

Term 1 finishes on Friday 11 April 2025.

Students return for Term 2 Monday 28 April