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24.01.2022 Year 10 moving into 11 subject selection booklets have gone home this week and selections are due by Monday 24th of August. If parents or students have any questions they can be submitted via this link below and will be forwarded to the most appropriate teacher. https://docs.google.com//1axRdzze3AsrPNkJlcrHwC2Yv/prefill Thanks, Ms Vine.... Careers Advisor See more

24.01.2022 What a lovely start to the day we’ve had at Murray the morning. Thank you to all the yr 6 students from Lavington East Public School and Springdale Heights Public School for coming and spending the morning with us for your first transition day. We hope you all enjoyed it, as much as we enjoyed having you all here. We look forward to meeting Group B next Wednesday! Ms Celin... Yr 7 Advisor 2021 See more

24.01.2022 Year 11 Hospitality This week we had the pleasure of a past student, Julie Kettyle, demonstrate a choux pastry master class to our students, as well as talk to them about her career pathway. Julie has gone from strength to strength in her career as a pastry chef. Julie was the first apprentice at Geoffrey Michael Patissier. Once qualified, she moved on to Versace Palazzo at the Gold Coast and then the Emporium Hotel in Brisbane, perfecting her craft along the way. Julie is ...currently moving to Hobart to help open a new restaurant, as her scholarship to travel Europe can not happen in the current circumstances. Thanks Julie for sharing your passion, knowledge, time and skills with MHS students you are truly an inspiration! We look forward to having you back again and wish you all the best. Donna Glass, Hospitality teacher

20.01.2022 Wear it Purple Day Murray High School staff and students splashed out in shades of purple on Friday for the annual Wear it Purple Day. This is an LGBTIQA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Wear it Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. ... Donna Glass, HT Wellbeing

17.01.2022 School Sport Great to see our students getting active this afternoon during Sport. Volleyball, AFL, Touch Footy, Basketball and Yoga just a few of the activities students are involved in each week. Mr Matthew Hogan... Sport Organiser See more

17.01.2022 Activities in English Ms Lambert’s Year 8 English class have been doing a fabulous job of working independently and learning their scripts for their class performance. Ms Montgomery... Head Teacher English See more

15.01.2022 YEAR 6 TRANSITION TOMORROW - GROUP B All students attending transition tomorrow: Students are to get their own way to MHS by 8.40-8.50am. There will be a bus provided to drop all student back to their primary schools at the conclusion of their transition day. ... Please remember due to COVID-19, students ONLY attending MHS next year are to attend the transition day tomorrow. If you are unsure about your child attending please contact me via email or phone the school, [email protected] Lucy Celin Yr 7 Advisor 2021

15.01.2022 Hello everyone. Mr Meader here with a message regarding school uniform. You might be aware that, with the impact of Covid-19, we were more relaxed with our uniform expectations over winter for obvious reasons. With summer well on its way I have let our students know that this will be very different next term. There are many social and educational aspects that support the wearing of a school uniform. These include:... giving students a sense of belonging and community; preparing students for workforce expectations; reduction in peer pressure and bullying; academic performance (yep I was sceptical about this one too, but this is backed by research. Students are found to score higher exam results if they wear the same outfit in their exams as they do in class. Go figure!); better learning environments with fewer discipline issues and improved listening; and more affordable than having a range of ‘in-vogue’ outfits. More simply, though, uniform is a Murray High School expectation. School expectations are the reflection of what is important to the school and its community. School expectations might not share equal priority with every individual, but school expectations are the makeup of a school’s social and moral fibre. Once set, school expectations are the ‘not negotiable’ ways of doing things. Wearing the school uniform at Murray High School is easy. If anyone finds it not easy, all they need to do is talk to any staff member about it. It doesn’t matter who we will be happy to help in whatever way we can. This is just being reasonable. What’s not reasonable, though, is refusal to wear the uniform. When this happens it’s not so much about the uniform but more about scoffing at the school’s expectations. It becomes a matter of being disrespectful to what our school community values as important. This, to us, is a very serious issue. Our teachers have my full support in upholding the need for students to meet the expectations of the school. One of the easiest ways to do this is by wearing the school uniform. If you are unsure about our uniform requirements, please use the following link to our General Information Booklet and scroll through to Page 9 where the uniform is fully explained. https://murray-h.schools.nsw.gov.au//General_Information_B

15.01.2022 Peer Support Training 30 Year 9 students took part and completed peer support training this week. The students showed maturity and respect and developed leadership skills throughout the two days. One of the challenges this year was to create group photos to the theme "Looking forward in 2021". ... Please hit the like button on your favourite group submission! Well done to all involved and thank-you to Mel Greene, Alex Lord and Lucy Celin for helping to facilitate the program. Ms Vine Year 9 Advisor.

12.01.2022 COVID INFORMATION FOR PARENTS In accordance with advice from NSW Health, parents and carers are reminded NOT to send children to school if they are unwell, even if they have the mildest flu-like symptoms. Schools will make arrangements for students who present as unwell or have flu like symptoms to be sent home. Students with flu like symptoms will need to provide a copy of a negative COVID-19 test result before being permitted to return to school. Please forward SMS test results to 0421 288 864. Please note that this number does not support MMS messages. A screen shot or a letter from your GP must be emailed to [email protected]. Please ensure that your child’s name is on the email/SMS.

11.01.2022 School Holiday Programs Students have the opportunity to get out of the house and involve themselves with some fun activities that have been organised by Retro Youth Programs, which is part of the Albury City Council. Donna Glass, HT Wellbeing

11.01.2022 Visualising Volume and Capacity Year 8 have been working on calculating volumes and determining the capacities of a wide variety of solids. They put their understanding to the test when estimating and measuring the capacities different solids. Mrs Daley... Mathematics Teacher See more

10.01.2022 Year 12 Visual Arts Congratulations to the Year 12 Visual Arts students for completing their Major Artworks to such a high standard. Students works are wide and varied from Digital Media, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics. Students and parents should be very proud of their accomplishments. Ms Greenhill... Visual Arts Teacher See more

10.01.2022 Remembrance Day 2020 School Captains 2021 Nicola and Mykayla attended the City of Albury RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance Day Service at St Matthew's Church to lay a wreath and pay respect to Australia's servicemen and servicewomen. Lest We Forget

10.01.2022 Good morning everyone. Mr Meader here with a Covid-19 update. Please be aware of the following information in connection to NSW-Victoria border restrictions: The temporary closure of the NSW-Victoria border, which was implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 from Victoria and to protect the health and wellbeing of NSW residents, remains in force. The border zone is defined as townships along the Murray River including Mildura, Wodonga and Echuca on the Victorian side. Un...der the amended Public Health Order, any person who already has a valid day school visitor permit will continue to be able to use this permit for 14 days, until midnight on Friday 21 August. This permit will expire after Friday 21 August. It will be replaced with a special schools permit for children who attend special purpose schools. Any child or staff member in the Border Zone will be able to continue crossing the border to attend school or work as long as they stay within the Border Zone. The changes include: Staff and students who reside within the border zone, on either side of the NSW-Victoria border, are permitted to cross the border to attend a school located in the border zone by obtaining a Border Zone Resident Permit. Victorian residents who reside outside of the border zone will not be able to enter NSW to attend school unless they obtain an exemption. Victorian residents who reside within the border zone but attend a school outside the border zone will not be permitted to cross the border without an exemption. HSC students and HSC teachers who reside beyond the Victorian border zone can travel to NSW schools provided they have been granted an exemption. All other Victorian staff and students who reside beyond the border zone will be supported to learn and work from home. Students attending a School for Specific Purposes will be eligible for a special permit through the NSW Government website. Visit the NSW Government website to apply for a border permit.

08.01.2022 Year 7 Chinese Students have completed these inspiring posters. Students write a series of sentences about themselves, likes and dislikes. Their artistic efforts and skills at writing Chinese, at this level are to be commended. ... Works are currently on display in the school library. Marianna Valeri, Language teacher

08.01.2022 Hello everyone. Mr Meader here with an end-of-term message. Firstly, what I really want to do is wish you all the best for a great term break. It's been a long time coming and I hope that you all reap the full benefit of the two weeks away from school. Apart from that, just a couple of reminders if I may. Firstly, don't forget that we are continuing to treat school uniform as a school expectation. You will see much more detail on this in my last FB message.... Secondly, mobile phones. I've had a serious discussion on assembly this week about the expectations around mobile phone use in the school. I'm keen to look into this process and, before this happens, it's crucial that we remain steadfast to the current school processes. While in class, phones are expected to be: * in students' bags or in the teacher's collection box; * not in use; * surrendered to the teacher if they are being used or visible; * surrendered to the head teacher if this intervention is necessary Nobody wants to inhibit communication between school and home. If messages need to be conveyed to students we have some of the very best reception staff in existence and they will be happy to take a call. Contact can also be made from school to home via the Reception Office if necessary. We are here to help. Once again, have a wonderful time away from school over the next fortnight. I very much look forward to being back with you next month.

07.01.2022 Year 12 Graduation Night This Friday, November 13th, we will celebrate the graduation of our Year 12, 2020 cohort. This year things will look a little different but regardless we are looking forward to seeing them off in style. The school hall will be the venue for this year's graduation, students may begin to arrive from 5.30pm with proceedings beginning at 6pm and the night coming to a close at 9pm.... A reminder that due to Covid restrictions the night will be limited to students and staff only. This graduation will be underpinned by COVIDSafe practices as directed by the NSW Department of Education. We are very excited to have Steve Bowen providing the entertainment and look forward to a fun night of celebrations. A note to parents and carers that students will need to be dropped at the Kaitlers Rd entrance and enter the school via the Kaitlers Rd gate. Pick up at 9pm will be from the same spot. If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact the school. Mr Matthew Hogan Year 12 Advisor

07.01.2022 STUDENT ABSENCE PROCEDURE - WEDNESDAY SPORT The Department of Education requires students in Years K-10 participate in a minimum of 150 minutes of planned moderate with some vigorous physical activity across the school week. This time includes planned weekly sport. At MHS all students in Years 7-11 are required to participate in 90 minutes of sport each week. ... Due to the current Covid restrictions, parents are unable to attend the school and sign their children out for sport. The following procedure will be enacted until further notice. Parents are requested to send their child with a note including the child’s full name, time and reason for departure. The note must be signed by a parent/carer and include a contact phone number. Requests for leave from sport must be presented to the Sports Organiser prior to 8:45am on a sport day. The stamped note should then be returned to the office. Students are to sign out through the front office at the time of departure and obtain a leave pass. If the absence is for a medical appointment a certificate will need to be provided. The absence will be recorded as unjustified until this certificate is received. The school will no longer be able to action phone calls signing children out on sports day. Norman Meader Principal

06.01.2022 Wednesday Sport Murray High School students have been making excellent progress refining their skills at archery. Yesterday students worked towards improving their aim and stance. All students are to be commended on exercising Murray High School’s core values of ready, respect and responsible. Mr Gough

05.01.2022 The White Card is a qualification students require to complete work experience on construction sites. Shawn from Thurgoona Training Academy has run 3 sessions this year for us and is brilliant with the students. Special thanks to YES unlimited and Brett from The Hive for assisting our students to achieve their white card qualifications today. Jen Vine... Careers Advisor See more

04.01.2022 COVID-19 UPDATE The latest advice from the NSW Department of Education Health and Safety Directorate with regards to student health and Covid-19 testing is as follows: If your child is unwell please keep them home from school... If your child has a temperature, cold or flu like symptoms they will need to be tested for Covid-19 or isolate for 14 days. A copy of the Covid-19 testing results will need to be communicated to the school before your child can return. Please follow the link below for information from Albury Wodonga Health https://www.awh.org.au/COVID-19 Mr Norman Meader Principal

03.01.2022 Year 12 students If you are currently studying any of the following courses; - Mathmatics Standard - Mathematics Advanced ... - English Standard - English Advanced - Chemistry Then you are eligible to sign up for FREE online HSC study days through CSU during the school holidays. https://inspired.edu.au/charles-sturt-university/ Ms Vine Murray High School Careers Advisor

03.01.2022 Check-in assessment for Year 9 Dear parents and carers, Our Year 9 students will be participating in a reading and numeracy Check-in assessment during Week 7, Term 3, 2020.... The Check-in assessment is a NSW Department of Education online reading and numeracy assessment, available to support schools to assess and monitor Year 9 student learning following the period of learning from home. The Check-in assessments supplement existing school practices to identify how students are performing in literacy and numeracy and to help teachers tailor their teaching more specifically to student needs. Students with disability may receive the same level of support during the assessment that they would normally receive in the classroom. Students will be asked to bring headphones or earbuds that plug into a computer to enable them to hear audio during the assessment. Earbuds used for mobile phones or other portable devices may be suitable for use during the assessment. The type of computer connection needed is a jack or USB. A limited supply of loan headphones will be available. Guy Lewis Acting Deputy Principal Instructional Leadership

02.01.2022 UPDATED COVID ADVICE FOR FAMILIES Schools are operating full time while actively following health advice. Schools continue to be safe, and operations are in line with Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and NSW Health advice. All students should be learning on campus unless they are unwell or have a medical certificate to support their absence....Continue reading

02.01.2022 COVID-19 UPDATE The following updated advice has been received today from Dr Kerry Chant, Chief Health Officer, NSW Ministry of Health. Schools should continue to exclude students and staff with even mild symptoms of COVID-19 and encourage them to seek testing immediately. Parents of symptomatic children will still need to provide evidence of a negative test result on their child’s return to school.... In the case of seasonal allergic rhinitis (Hayfever) or other condition that presents similarly to COVID-19 and in the presence of continuing symptoms, the child will need a negative COVID-19 test result and a letter from their GP confirming that the child should be permitted to return to school. If the child’s symptoms change from their usual symptoms, repeat COVID-19 testing should be performed. Non-essential adults should continue to be excluded from school unless involved directly in delivery of curriculum activities or health issues. Thank you for your continued support. Yours sincerely Norman Meader Principal