The next Executive
meeting is 8th February Week 3 Term 1 2012
See Calendar Page for more
details of planned
WeSSSTA events for 2012
2012 Membership forms are available NOW
(see membership page)
The
'Work Smarter'
(work studies) teacher inservice was held on 2nd
September. Feedback from the 30 teachers in attendance was very
positive. Allan Jones excelled with his organisation and presenters Bob
Mulas and Robyn Elks ensured the success of the day.
At the request of the participating teachers, a Work Smarter inservice
2 will be held on Friday 9th March (download flyer)
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content will differ from first inservice.
The 2011
Year 8 Hunter / Central Coast
Trivia day was held on Friday 2nd December at the Toronto Workers
Club. Students were keen and represented their school with distinction.
Congratulations to Merewether High who finished in top spots closely
followed by Lambton High. This successful day is planned to run
again in 2012.
Year
8 Geography
Trivia Quiz 2011 was held at St Marys Band Club Friday 28th October
2011. Over 300 Year 8 students and over 30 teachers/parents attended.
Feedback
on the day was extremely positive. Many schools travelled a great
distance to attend including Oak Flats High .
Congratulations to all
teams on the day for the way they conducted themselves . Music CDs and itunes cards were won from
the
floor. First timers, Georges
River Grammar,
took home the winning trophy.
The annual teachers
in-service was held at Penrith Paceway Wednesday 17th Aug 2011. An
enthusiastic group were treated to 'teacher trivia', presentation
skills and social interaction. About 50 teachers enjoyed the afternoon.
Thanks must go to Steve Etheridge for his compelling presentation and
trivia challenge.
NSW Geog Comp 2011
The 2011 results
are outlined below:
Cut offs for certificates were 50-40 High
Distinction
(top 8%), 39-35 Distinction (top 21%), 34-29 Credit (top 52%).
Around 10,000 students participated from 80 schools. The highest
mark
attained by three students in NSW was 49. The state average was
30.2, slightly up on last year (28.6).
Thank you to all the teachers in schools who coordinated this exercise
and to Steve Etheridge (president) who organised the
competition.
The 2011 NSW Geography
Competition certificates and result sheets have been sent
2011
Business Studies and Economics Student
Days were very successfully run during Term 2 2011. Thanks to Business
organisers Ian Biddle / Glenn Wilkins and the Economics team of Rose
Calfas /Steve Duclos.
Please note all
WeSSSTA information is sent to the CONTACT PERSON listed on the
membership form.
HELP! -
Our school database has not been updated for a while. If you know of
any new high schools opened in the last few years could you fax
(47303662) or email (enquiries@wesssta.net)
the school name, address, phone and fax number.
General Information
- WeSSSTA would like to thank all members. Your
support has enabled WeSSSTA to access bulk discounts which are passed
on to members. 2011 has seen another massive membership. THANK YOU.
Join NOW for 2012. See membership page.
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