New Town High School in New Town, Tasmania, Australia | Education

New Town High School

Locality: New Town, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6278 0400

Address: New Town High School, 6 Midwood Street 7008 New Town, TAS, Australia

Website: http://newtownhigh.tas.edu.au

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23.01.2022 We have a strong team of students representing New Town High at the Southern Inter High Athletics Carnival at the Domain today! The team was selected from the top performers at our recent Athletics Carnival, and we wish everyone competing the best of luck with their events! Check out the post below for live updates of events for the day.

23.01.2022 Today New Town High celebrated Wear it Purple Day (belatedly due to the Grade 10s being out of school last Friday), where we encouraged staff to show their support for all LGBTQIA+ members of the NTHS community by wearing purple. Students had the opportunity to buy rainbow ribbons and other items in home group. We also had cupcakes for sale at recess, with donations and sales going to Wear It Purple. We were very proud to see the cupcakes were sold out by halfway through th...e break! Wear It Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. Although things seem like they’ve improved of late, alarming levels of LGBTQIA+ youth still experience bullying and harassment because of their identity. We want our LGBTQIA+ students to feel accepted by, and included in, the NTHS community, to know they have allies on staff who will support them, and to give greater representation, visibility and voice to LGBTQIA+ individuals & issues. To learn more, check out www.wearitpurple.org and www.minus18.org.au.

22.01.2022 Congratulations to both our New Town High teams who took part in Tournament of Minds this year! Both groups worked well in the 6 week creative problem solving challenge and have placed with Merit in the Social Science Secondary division! Special thanks to Tournament Of Minds Tasmania for working out a way for the challenge to go ahead! Well done to all other teams who competed this year.

22.01.2022 Our 9/10 hockey team has made it to the Southern Tas Hockey Grand Final! After playing every Monday afternoon this term, our boys are now set to take on Taroona High in the final on Monday 15 September at the Tas Hockey Centre. The game will start at 4:15pm. This season has been full of close contests, with our New Town High team only recording one loss all term. The Grand Final promises to be a fast paced and entertaining match.... Go get 'em boys! We wish you the very best of luck.

20.01.2022 This week is Testing Week for Grade 10 students in their core subjects - Maths, English, HPE, History, and Science! Classes will run as usual, with one lesson per subject given over to formal assessment in test conditions. Class teachers have been giving Grade 10s clear outlines of the process and assessments, to allow students to add to and improve their marks. It's also a good opportunity for them to experience something close to what they'll see at college!

19.01.2022 2020 Athletics Carnival Day 1 finished up with two ripper events, the 100m races and the NTHS Gift, where our fastest 24 students in the school competed in 3 divisions. The video below shows the Division 1 race! Congratulations to all who took part and earnt points for their House! We look forward to the events tomorrow, and finishing with everyone’s favourite event, the 4x100m relays!

18.01.2022 #RUOKDay (Today, 10 September 2020) is a reminder that a conversation could change a life. This year, learn what to say after R U OK? so you can keep the conv...ersation going when someone says No, I’m not OK. Visit www.ruok.org.au #theresmoretosay

17.01.2022 Our new Year 11 and 12 building is really taking shape with the brick work nearly finished! Soon the windows and interal walls will go in. Check out the new video showcasing our Aquaculture subjects that will be taught in this new building next year at https://youtu.be/DprEYqQRFeQ

17.01.2022 ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR FREE TRAVEL? Eligible students can receive free travel to and from school with Tasmanian bus services. To see if you are eligible, apply fo...r a student bus pass for free travel, or renew your expired free travel entitlement, visit www.transport.tas.gov.au/buspass/apply Apply before 8 January 2021 and, if approved, you will receive your student bus pass for free travel before the start of Term 1. If you already have a student bus pass for free travel and you’re still eligible for free travel in 2021, you will be able to access your free travel entitlement with your existing card. TELL ME MORE! For more information on student fares and free travel, visit www.transport.tas.gov.au/student

16.01.2022 Digital STEM building update! The roof is now largely complete and brick laying has begun. We can’t wait until it’s completion next term.

15.01.2022 Are you interested in doing years 9-12 another way? The Hobart Big Picture learning is based on One student at a time, in a community of learners. Students and their families interested in finding out more are invited to come along to the Hobart Big Picture Academy, on Wednesday 23 September anytime between 3 and 5.30pm. Check out the details on the post attached!

15.01.2022 Community engagement for the Hobart City Partner Schools campaign is happening now! Talk to us about your ideas for the future of secondary education delivery in Hobart City. Visit www.education.tas.gov.au/get-involved, for more information. You can also email us at [email protected] or call us on 1800 816 057.

14.01.2022 The combined Ogilvie and New Town High School Theatre Production performances of 'Seussical' will be held in December at Ogilvie! Tickets to performances are now available on Qkr (see details on how to use the app attached). Price per ticket is $10. Due to COVID-19 restrictions numbers are limited to 100 audience members per performance. Get in quick to secure your spot!... There will be four performances: Wednesday 2 December at 4.30pm Wednesday 2 December at 6.30pm Thursday 3 December at 4.30pm Thursday 3 December at 6.30pm

12.01.2022 An amazing win on Monday afternoon for the team!

12.01.2022 The 2020 Coleman Cup will be played at Rugby Park on Monday 23 November at 4:45pm! New Town High Year 9 and 10 students will play defending champions, the Hutchins Barbarians, for the cup! Come and support our Rugby Union side in this match named after former student and Wallaby, Adam Coleman.

12.01.2022 After the cancellation of Grade 7 Peer Support Camps in Term One, we are pleased to announce a series of substitute excursions, to be held over the final two weeks of Term Three. Consent is required for students to attend. This can be given by parents / guardians by following the instructions in the detailed information letter that was sent last week via email. Any carers of Grade 7 students or Grade 10 peer support leaders who did not receive an email are asked to contact t...he school ASAP. Each Grade 7 class will spend a day at 'The Lea' where, accompanied by their peer support leaders, they will rotate through four activities: abseiling (conducted by Aardvark Adventures), archery, orienteering and team building challenges. Morning tea and lunch will be provided. Excursion dates: 7-1 --- Monday 14 Sept 7-2 --- Tuesday 15 Sept 7-3 --- Wednesday 16 Sept 7-4 --- Thursday 17 Sept 7-5 --- Friday 18 Sept 7-6 --- Monday 21 Sept The excursions have been designed to provide new challenges and experiences for all. Through participating in the various activities, students will further develop their communication, problem solving and teamwork skills (...and hopefully have lots of fun, too!).

12.01.2022 Congratulations and well done to the Inter High Athletics team that took out the boys trophy today! The whole team competed well and are pretty proud of their achievement. Co-Captains Braidy and Haney were presented with the trophy on behalf of the team.

11.01.2022 ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the weather forecast, the Peer Support excursion for the students in Home Group 7-1 scheduled for tomorrow has been POSTPONED. Monday 14 September will now be a normal school day for all members of 7-1 (and for their Grade 10 Peer Support Leaders). Please help spread the word by sharing this post and tagging/ messaging any friends who may be impacted.

11.01.2022 Students at New Town will have the opportunity to take part in the annual wellbeing survey in their HPE classes over the next two weeks. Talk to your son about their health and wellbeing! The survey will provide valuable information on their wellbeing post-COVID and identify key issues that may need addressing.

09.01.2022 For 2020 NAIDOC Week, students in 9-1 English listened to and discussed the song ‘The Children Came Back’ by rapper Briggs (featuring lutruwita’s own Dewayne Everettsmith). Learners then selected one of the First Nations heroes mentioned in Briggs’ lyrics to learn more about. Either individually or in pairs, students spent a lesson conducting research and creating their one-page profiles. Class members Bryce, Jackson and Nick took over an unused display board to create a mini... gallery of First Nations Peoples biographies for all staff and students to view and read. https://youtu.be/3-wMbFntrTo #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

09.01.2022 It's Legacy Week and you may see some of our boys volunteering with Legacy! We have students in the city and Northgate, stop by to say hello and buy a badge.

08.01.2022 The newsletter is out again today! Check out updates from the middle and senior schools, athletics carnival photos and important details on the upcoming Presentation Evening on Thursday 10 December. https://newtownhigh.schoolzineplus.com/schoolnews?nid=16

08.01.2022 The Grade 10 Leadership Board is organising for New Town High to take part in Mullets for Mental Health! It's a fundraising initiative through the Black Dog Institute which is looking to raise much-needed funds for mental health research. Our highlight event is a mullet shaving in the last week of the term for staff and students who have put their hand up to grow a mullet. Check out the planned events for the rest of the term! We will also be posting our Mullets for Mental... Health donation page later for anyone in the NTHS community who would like to help. 14-25 September Seeking donations from home groups 16 September Lunchtime sausage sizzle 23 September Mullet Shaving Event - teachers, prefects and students getting a mullet cut with commentary - gold coin entry donation 23 September Grade 7 activities afternoon - gold coin donation to participate 24 September Grade 8 and 9 activities afternoon - gold coin to participate

08.01.2022 In exciting news for our school community, the Minister for Education and Training announced today that, along with Ogilvie High, our school will become co-educational in 2022. This is wonderful news and supported by feedback through our community consultation. It will allow us to build on our already successful Hobart City Partner Schools’ collaboration with Ogilvie High and Elizabeth College. We are looking forward to working with you to bring this next stage of our partn...ership to fruition. Further information is available at https://www.education.tas.gov.au/community-and-engagement//

06.01.2022 The combined OHS/NTHS Choir performed to an audience of New Town Primary and Ogilvie High Year 7 students this afternoon. Thank you to Ms Reeves and The Arts team for your work in organising this.

06.01.2022 Today the Futsal short course class participated in the Imperial Futsal Tournament! Three NTHS teams played against other state high schools, and while they didn’t come away victorious they showed true New Town spirit! Well done to all players for an excellent day. Recently we also had the Soccer Athletics Development class take part in the Soccer Gala Day against similar schools. We love events like these as they are a clear indicator of student growth and success at school!

03.01.2022 Check out the newest fortnightly newsletter from New Town High! https://newtownhigh.schoolzineplus.com/schoolnews?nid=13 A strong focus of this update is around awareness and support for mental health, highlighted by the work of the Grade 10 Leadership Board and their plans for Mullets for Mental Health, and their work for R U OK? Day on Thursday 10 September - the photos shown in this post are some of the displays in the school library!... Other updates include work in the school garden - supported by our Old Scholars network, and a look at what's happening in the Year 11/12 area.

03.01.2022 Tomorrow is the big day for NTHS Mullets for Mental Health! The Grade 10 Leadership Board have organised a sausage sizzle, a mullet shaving event and a Grade 7 activities afternoon to raise awareness (and donations) for their chosen cause. Mullet Shaving Event - teachers, prefects and students getting a mullet cut - gold coin entry donation Lunchtime Sausage Sizzle - $2! Grade 7 activities afternoon - gold coin donation to participate... Don't forget we also have a donation page through the Black Dog Institute at https://tinyurl.com/NTHSmulletsformentalhealth

03.01.2022 The Peer Support excursions are in full swing this week (after a delay for one class due to the winds!) and the Grade 7s are having heaps of fun down at ‘The Lea’ with their Grade 10 Peer Support Leaders and home group teachers. Check out the timelapse taken this morning by Phil of Aardvark Adventures, showing two groups trying their hand at abseiling! It’s just one of the challenges and experiences they’re facing, and the groups are working well to succeed.

02.01.2022 Today New Town High commemorated Remembrance Day in a few different ways. A small cohort of our student leaders were invited to the ceremony at the Lenah Valley RSL, and we are very proud of our representation. On a whole school level we held a minute's silence at 11am, as well as a moment of tribute with the Last Post played in our Junior and Senior assemblies, along with a reading of "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.

02.01.2022 Check out the New Town High School 'Mullets for Mental Health' fundraising page through Black Dog Institute. https://tinyurl.com/NTHSmulletsformentalhealth All donations over $2 are tax deductible. Anyone who makes a donation on the online page will be instantly emailed their receipt.... #mulletsformentalhealth

01.01.2022 Well done to the Inter High Cross Country team that ran their ‘virtual race’ yesterday! This year we took part in the Great Australian Cross Country Challenge to race against other schools, although we were the only ones at the Domain! The boys ran 4km and were timed individually, their results were submitted to be judged against other southern schools, and we’re looking forward to the results soon!

01.01.2022 Interested in doing school Years 9-12 another way? The Big Picture Learning design could be for you. Students and their families are invited to an information s...ession: 5.30pm Tuesday 1 September, H block, St Johns Avenue, New Town. EOI for 2021 can also be made here https://ogilviehigh.education.tas.edu.au/year-11-12-big-pic or contact [email protected] See more