TED Point Champion

Congratulations to 

MATTHEW HEWINSON

who is the Fortis TED point champion for 2013 amassing an impressive 73 points. 

Mr Galati and Mrs Harrison Ismay will catch up with you early in 2014 to award you your prize. 

Runner Up was Tristan Bullock with 49 points

Third place was Michael Piontek with 47 points.

Well done to all the Fortis students who worked so hard to collect TED points throughout the year whether you earned 1 point or, like Matthew, 73 you are all stars. 

Horror Dance

After much anticipation on Friday 13th December 2013 the Middle School reward event Horror Dance took place. This dance was organised to reward students from the Blaze and Fortis sub-school for their attitude, behaviour and effort throughout 2013. Attendance was by invitation only.

Miss Panikoula and her devilish team worked very hard for weeks and especially on the day to transform the gym into  suitably scary venue complete with tombstones, skeletons and spiderwebs. 

A number of staff, many virtually unrecognisable in their costumes, dressed appropriately to supervise the spooky evening. Did you spot Mrs Potterton, Mr Gardener and Mr Galati? Check the photos!

Pizza, soft drinks and lollies were provided for the party-goers.

Prize winners for the evening were:

Best Costume: Liam

Door Prize: Daniel Masterson, 

Best Dancer: Ani Te Rangi and Chloe Austin

Thank you Miss P and your team for organising a great night. Those of you who did not attend missed a great evening.

[photos to come soon] 

TED Point Update Term 4 Week 6

Congratulations to Zach, Tristan and Hayden who are way out in front for this terms TED points. The rest of you need to check your bags, pockets and anywhere else you may have stashed a point.....
1. Zach Fisher 21
2. Tristan Bullock and Hayden Hewat-Lawrence 20
Jayvie Sagnip and Kayden Woodend-Marsh 12
Sydney Hutana-Ngateu, 
Emilyn Eggins, Conrad Kerton, Ahlia Marriner
Leah Brushett, Katelen Newell,
Ammaarah Ali, Simone Hunter, Jake Sletten
Taykea Boogaard, Lisa Day, Gavin Heggs, Jack Kirby-Wray, Joel Pearson, 
Weilin Chen, Mikaela Schoenfeld, Chloe-Lee Short, Eryn Smeed, Zane Tassone 2
George Bates, Emily Davies, Daniel Fisher, Sarah Fishwick, Aaron Fox, Dylan Gray, Matthew Hewinson, Shania Hutchins, Tobey Lee, Faith Preston, Michael Sara, Dakota Stubbe, Bodhi Watkins, Janever Watson 1 point

TED Point Champion Update
1. Matthew Hewinson 52
2. Tristan Bullock 49
3. Michael Piontek 47
4. Ashlea Tunbridge 44

Date for Your Diary..... 13th December 2013

The TED Reward Social will be taking place on Friday 13th December. Keep your eyes open for further details posted around the school.......

Fortis Buddies 2014

Calling all potential Fortis Buddies.

The selection process for students who would like to be considered as Buddies for 2014 begins this week. Students interested in applying should collect an application form from the Fortis Sub-School and complete it before returning it to the Sub-School office no later than 2.30pm on Friday 8th November 2013.

This is a great opportunity to participate in some personal development, meet new people and gain valuable skills that will benefit you on your career pathway. It would look really good on your resume!

An information session will be held at recess on Monday 4th November in F3. Come and find out what it is all about!

2012 Student Leadership Group

                                            Jessie, Rasharnda, Shania, Ashlea, Jim and Dylan

                     Looking through some photos I found this of the Fortis students from 2012.

Week 9 TED Point Update

The last TED point count for Term 3 has taken place and once again there are some significant changes on both the term and year tally. Jean Pu has leapt into the lead for the term 3 count closely followed by Kyle and Jake. It is nice to see that there are some new names appearing on the list too. The students listed below are the "Top 30" for term 3 and will shortly be receiving an invitation to attend the Movie reward Excursion taking place on Thursday 26th September. Congratulations to you all and keep up the great work :) All points gained now count towards the term 4 total.

Term 3 Final Count 
Jean Pu     22 points 
Kyle Kjellgren and Jake Sletten  20 pts
Aniheta De Tangi
T'Kiea Smith
Matthew Hewinson
Dylan Gray
Lisa Day
Zoe Muller and Mikaela Schoenfeld
Weilin Chen and Michael Piontek
Serena Bartkowsli and Jim Hoang
Emily Davies, Shania Grant, Sara Michael, Bethany Sealey and Chloe-Lee Short
Courtney Campbell, Imogen Foskew, Shania Hutchins and Jack Kirby-Wray
Ammaarah Ali, Sarah-Kate Alley, Taykea Boogaard, and Conrad Kerton
Fraser Ball, Katerina Danglis, Lyric Le Comte, Cameron Perrett and Kayden Woodend-Marsh   7 pts

Year Total - to date
We have a new leader! For the first time Ashlea Tunbridge has been replaced at the top of the Year Total Leader board. Come on Ashlea - don't let him get away!

Matthew Hewinson         51points
Michael Piontek             47 
Ahlea Tunbridge             44
Curtis Dansey-Smaller and Mikaela Schoenfeld  37
Jean Pu                          36
Bodhi Watkins                 34
Jake Sletten                   30

Making a Swiss Roll - Learn to Live 18th September 2013

Today the recipe was Swiss Roll and the results were amazing and they obviously tasted pretty good as they became the impromptu lunch for many.

The finished product

Learn to Live Semester 2 2013 - Week 8

This week the Year 9 Learn to Live Class have been making sponge cakes as part of their assessment task for this programme. It was an interesting set of classes with some unique approaches to the practicalities of cake making. Actually reading a recipe properly - or maybe at all - would be a great staring point. Despite this the results were all rather impressive and as Carys Gee, Casja Davies and Chloe-Lee Short can confirm, rather yummy.

Week 8 TED Point Leader Board

The week 8 TED points have been counted and there are some changes at the top of the leader-board with Kyle Kjellgren leaping to the top with 20 points. That is a great effort Kyle and you are throwing down a challenge to those behind you.

Kyle Kjellgren      20
Aniheta Te Rangi 18
Dyland Gray and Zoe Muller 13
Weilin Chen 12
Bethany Sealey and Chloe Lee Short 10
Emily Davies, Imogen Foskew, Shania Grant, Michael Piontek and Mikaela Schoenfeld  9
Sarah-Kate Alley, Matthew Hewinson, Jim Hoang and Shania Hutchins  8
Ammaarah Ali, Courtney Campbell, Katerina Denglis and Cameron Perrett  7
Taykea Boogaard, Sarah Fishwick, Jack Foster, Jack Kirby-Wray, Faith Preston, Janever Watson, Danielle Woodcock-Lawrence, T'Kiea Smith  6
Alannah Astone, Aleeshia Baldoni, Courtney Pritchard, Riley Robert, Sophie Stoner 5

Year to Date:
Ashlea now has a rival as Michael Piontek joins him as the year leader both with 44 points with Matthew Hewinson hot on their heels with 43 points.  Curtis, Bodhi and Mikaela are closing the gap on the three ahead of them amassing points quickly to create an interesting situation in the lead up to see who will be the first Fortis TED Champ.

Michael Piontek and Ashlea Tunbridge   44
Matthew Hewinson   43
Curtis Dansey-Smaller   37
Bodhi Watkins 34
Mikaela Schoenfeld 33

Great work everybody and just remember T E D - Treat Everyone Decently. 😃

10 pin bowling 28th August 2013

On the 28th August 9 Fortis Flyers -  students from our gold and silver academic achievers from Semester 1 - accompanied by Mrs Harrison Ismay joined Miss Panikoula and her group of Blaze high achievers for a fun afternoon 10 pin bowling at the local bowling alley. With some friendly rivalry and varying degrees of skill [expertise?] and some very interesting techniques - two handed, through the legs, throw the ball as hard as we can, roll gently... it was game on :)
With the incentive of a TED point for every strike scored bowlers tried to score that elusive all pins down with the first ball. Weilin, Shania and Ashlee all managed to score 1 apiece and Weilin scored the highest score to be the Fortis champ for this round. We look forward to a return competition when the semester 2 awards are presented.

It was a lovely afternoon and all the students were a credit to the school and themselves. Thank you for a lovely afternoon.

Fortis Rugby Team: RSHS v Darling Range

Ashlea Tunbridge: Top Academic Achievement student in Semester 1 2013

Congratulations to Ashlea Tunbridge for his consistent hard work which resulted in him being the top academic student and leading TED point winner for Semester 1.

Bendigo Bank Competition

Well done to all the Year 9 students who participated in the Bendigo Bank competition. The standard of presentations was very high. Congratulations to the finalists: Cameron Perrett, Dylan Petersen, Jack Kirby-Wray, Tristan Bullock, Madison Flack, Sarah Fishwick, Maia Nepia, Janever Watson, Weilin Chen and the winners Imogen Foskew and Emily Davies wjo will now present with winners from other schools in October.   Sarah Warner [HOLA English]

10 pin bowling reward excursion for Gold and Silver Badge inners

On Wednesday 29th August 15 students from the Fortis Sub-School will go 10 pin bowling as a reward and acknowledgement of their effort and hard work in gaining either a gold or silver academic achievement award.

Congratulations and a HUGE well done to the following students:
Gold Badge Winners:
Ashlea Tunbridge, Daniel Masterman, Simone Hunter and Lance Dennis

Silver Badge Winners:
Cameron Perrett, Shania Hutchins, Emily Davies, Mustafa Saeed, Morgan Sandison, Joel Pearson, Luke Bain, Kara Wilburs, Imogen Foskew, Weilin Chen and Heather Edmonds.

Keep up this great work guys and enjoy your bowling.
Watch this space for action photos next week!

We also acknowledge an amazing number of students who achieved their bronze award: -
T'Kiea Smith, Maia Nepia, Maya McGrath, Jessie Collard, Rakheem Tuuta Edwards, Zandalee Murphy, Kayla Ihaka, Leah Brushett-Punter, Sophie Stoner, Brock Clark, Rebecca Selby, Matthew Jordan, Taykea Boogaard, Dakota Stubbe, Jack Foster, Quentin Farrell, Brenda Dorogi-Kaposi, Kristie-Lee Cameron, Mikaela Schoenfeld, Serena Bartkowski,
Fraser Ball, Eryn Smeed, Zoe Fairhead, Emma Brushett-Punter, Georgia Tew, Lisa Day, Janever Watson, Jessica Sainsbury, Tayla Innes, Shanaya Fairey, Ammaarah Ali, Kyle Kjellgren, Mikayla Fielding, Charlie Cooper, Hayden Hewat-Lawrence, Krysten Tootill, Brianna McIntosh, Zach Fisher, Jonathan Chudleigh, Dayna Van Krieken, Katelen Newell, Chloe Merrigen, Gavin Heggs, Courtney Campbell, Emilyn Eggins, Patrick Hill, Zoe Muller, Jim Hoang, Chloe-Lee Short, Damien Pini, Zoee Hoefel.

Great effort to you all and keep up the good work and strive to achieve the silver award.

Week 4 TED Leader Board

Week 4 TED Point's Leader-board
We have a brand new entrant on the leader-board just to shake things up a little. :)
1. Aniheta Te Rangi 18 points
2. Kyle Kjellgren 12
3. Chloe-Lee Short, Imogen Foskew, Shania Grant 9 
6. Dylan Gray, Emily Davies, Jim Hoang, Sarah-Kate Alley, Shania Hutchins, Weilin Chen, Zoe Muller 8
13. Katerina Danglis 
14. Bethany Sealey, Danielle Woodcock-Lawrence, Faith Preston, Jack Foster, Janever Watson
19. Cameron Perrett
20. Bridget Lee Roberts, Connor Sattler, Conrad Kerton, Jack Kirby-Wray, Jake Sletten, Riley Robert
26. Alannah Astone, Braydon Elliott, Michael Piontek 3 Points

Get those points in the box ready for this terms movie excursion in week 8.

Year to Date Leader-board
1. Ashlea Tunbridge 44 points
2. Michael Piontek 38
3. Curtis Dansey-Smaller and Matthew Hewinson 37

100% Semester 1 Attendance

Congratulations and  what an outstanding achievement by the following Fortisians - there is that word again - who had 100% attendance in Semester 1. This means that they attended every one of the 184 days. That is an amazing effort. I now challenge you to see if you can maintain this for the whole year :) 

100% was achieved by:- Quinn Black, Weilin Chen, Madison Flack-Johnson, Imogen Foskew, Matthew Hewinson, Daniel Masterman, Chloe Merrigan, Morgan Sandison and Janever Watson .

WAMSE Testing Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August 2013

Next Tuesday all our Year 9 students will be sitting their Western Australian Monitoring Standards in Education tests in Science and Society & Environment in our gymnasium. There will be two tests each day with two Science tests on Tuesday starting at 8.30am and two Society and Environment tests on Wednesday also starting at 8.30am. On both days the tests will be finished by recess and students will return to their normal timetabled classes from period 3 until the end of the day. The best preparation for the tests is for students to read over their notes in Science and S&E, to get a good night’s sleep prior to each of the days and to eat a good, nutritious breakfast on the two days of the test. We will be providing toast outside the gym from about 8.10am to make sure everyone gets a chance to eat a good breakfast. Students do not need to bring anything to the test as we will be providing pencils, erasers and all paper required. They will need to bring their normal equipment for Periods 3 to 5. Rockingham SHS and all of its staff would like to wish our Year 9 students all the very best for the 2013 WAMSE assessments and I’d like to once again thank parents for their support of their students’ learning in our school. Rohan Smith

TED Point Update Term 3 Week 2

The TED Points have been counted as at 29th July 2013 and the totals are as follows: - 

Term 3:
Chloe Lee Short and Imogen Foskew both have 9 points. Well done Ladies, that is a great start to the term total.
Emily Davies, Shania Hutchins and Zoe Muller each have 8 points
Katerina Danglis and Shania Grant, 7 points
Bethany Sealey, Danielle Woodcock-Lawrence, Faith Preston, Jack Foster, Weilin Chen 6
Cameron Perrett, Janever Watson 5 
Bridget-Lee Roberts 4
Riley Robert 3
Ammaarah Ali, Taykea Boogaard and Teagan Grant 2

Year to Date:
Ashlea Tunbridge    44 points
Curtis Dansey-Smaller 37
Michael Piontek 36

Great work guys however Ashlea gained most of this total in term 1 and eased off a little in term 2 so a litle bit of effort and he can be overtaken!!! 

Who will be the first one to reach 50 points? 100 points? To be the Fortis TED Champion for 2013?

Term 3

Welcome back to Term 3 - halfway through year 9 already. It is shaping up to be another busy term with many things happening the most notable being WAMSE testing which will take place in week 3 and Yr 9 exams at the end of the term. 

A reminder that, as the cooler, wintery weather is upon us, that all students are expected to be in correct school uniform every day. This is either the designated RSHS uniform available in the school uniform shop or plain black bottoms, a school shirt and a plain black top with no logos or patterns blazened across them. Footwear should be closed in and appropriate for school. Leggings, Thongs, coloured sweatshirts etc are not suitable and should not be worn.

Date for your diary: The TED Reward excursion will take place on Wednesday 11 September 2013. Get your points in the box in the Sub-School and keep looking at the leaderboard, blog and Edmodo to see where you stand on the ladder. Dont forget you can also will the individual awards for achieving 5,10,20,50 and 100 TED points over the year. Who will be the Fortis TED point champion for 2013?

Monsters University Reward Excursion

Congratulations to  25 of the top TED point Fortis students for term 2 who participated in the Movie Reward Excursion to see Monsters University today. I hope you enjoyed the movie. As always the majority of you behaved perfectly and were great Ambassadors for the school. Sadly there were a few who did not behave in an appropriate manner and as a result we may have to reconsider whether the movies is a suitable reward activity for term 3.

How TED works

There is a little confusion as to how TED points work. So here is a [very] brief explanation. 

TED [Treat Everyone Decently] points are the reward system used at RSHS. Staff award TED points as a reward for "doing the right thing' both in and out of the classroom. Good behaviour, staying on track, a thoughtful gesture, completing a difficult task - all the things that are used to determine your ABE's [Attitude, Behaviour and Effort] are acknowledged by giving you a TED point. You then put the points you have earned into the collection box in your sub-school to be counted at the next tally. . The points are totalled on a two week cycle and the highest point winners for that cycle are listed on the subschool Fortis leader-board.

At the end of the term the top 30 TED winners for that term are invited to participate in a reward excursion or activity.

But there is more....

The points accumulate throughout the year and as you reach milestones there is a reward.

When you achieve 5 points you get a certificate, at 10 points you receive a $5 canteen voucher, 20 points - you are invited to a TED lunch [this happens once a term], at 50 points you earn a movie ticket and at 100 points there is a "mystery reward". Something to aim for!!

At the end of it all is the TED Point Champion for the year awarded to the student who has gained the most TED Points throughout the year.

But beware.....

We know that the majority of our students are wonderful but occasionally there is a small hic-cup when things do not quite go according to plan...... You get a "letter of concern "sent home or you lose your good standing. If this happens you will receive a penalty of 2 point deduction for every letter of concern and 5 points for loss of good standing.  If you are suspended for any reason you are not allowed to participate in any reward activities for that term and your name will not feature of the leader-board until you have regained your good standing. However, a letter of commendation will gain you bonus points. 

Hopefully that makes thing's a little clearer but if you are still unsure just ask Mrs H-I or Mr Galati and they will explain it to you.

Term 2 TED Points 2013

Congratulations to all the TED point recipients from Term 2. It has been fantastic to see so many of you collecting points and getting your name up onto the leader-board. There are lots of new names appearing on the list.

TED Point Champion for Term 2: 

Curtis Dansey-Smaller. Well done Curtis that is a great achievement.

Movie excursion invitees for term 2: 

The following students are the top point winners for term 2 and are invited to attend the excursion to see Monsters University on Wednesday 3rd July are:

Curtis Dansey-Smaller who has gained 25 points

Bodhi Watkins, Mikaela Schoenfeld, Michael Piontek, Robert Riley, Teagan Matthews, Trewyn Tehira, Michael Sara, Ammaarah Ali, Matthew Hewinson, Sarah Lansdowne, Shanee Holmwood, Sydney Hutana-Ngateau, Katerina Danglis, Brenda Dorogi-Kaposi, Jack Kirby-Wray, Neponsein Irankunda, Riley Allison, Alysa Sarich, Gavin Heggs, Conrad Kerton, Jack Foster, Alannah Astone, Bethany Sealey, Charlie Cooper, Jayvie Sagnip, Kingston Te Aotonga, Jake Sletten, Jessica Sainsbury, Jim Hoang, Mustafa Saeed and Rasharnda Long

Semester 1 winners:

TED lunch for achieving 20 points:

Ashlea Tunbridge, Michael Piontek, Bodhi Watkins, Riley Alliison, Matthew Hewinson

Canteen Voucher for achieving 10 points:

Term 1

Ashlea Tunbridge, Matthew Hewinson, Michael Piontek, Bodhi Watkins, Riley Allison, Conrad Kerton

Curtis Dansey-Smaller, Shania Hutchins, Paul Shuttlewood, Jean Pu

Term 2

Sarah Lansdowne, Triston Bullock, Conrad Kerton, Brenda Dorogi-Kaposi, Jesse Lawson,

Alannah Astone, Ammaarah Ali, Jack Kirby Wray, Shanee Holmwood, Charlie Cooper, Damien Pini

Jack Foster, Katerina Danglis, Robert Riley, Sarah Fishwick, Teagan Matthews

Certificate for achieveing 5 TED points:

Term 1:

Ashlea Tunbridge, Matthew Hewinson, Michael Piontek, Bodhi Watkins, Riley Allison, Conrad Kerton, Curtis Dansey-Smaller, Shania Hutchins, Paul Shuttlewood, Jean Pu, Jesse Lawson, Sarah Lansdowne, Ahlia Marriner, Alannah Astone, Kalsum Wazir, Marcus Rodrigues, Tristan Bullock,

Tyler Tann-Green, Damien Pini, Dylan Gray, Emma Brushett Punter, Jack Kirby Wray, Jessica Sainsbury, Mikaela Schoenfeld, Sarah Fishwick, Charlie Cooper,Chris Garlett, Courtney Campbell,

Daniel Masterson, Jonathon Chudleigh, Joshua Shiner, Katelen Newell, Leah Brushett Punter,

Simone Hunter, Sydney Hutana Ngateu, Weilin Chen

Term 2:

Brenda Dorogi-Kaposi, Ammaarah Ali, Shanee Holmwood, Jack Foster, Katerina Danglis, Robert Riley, Sarah Fishwick, Teagan Matthews, Teariki Rawiri, Bethany Sealey, Emilyn Eggins, Aleeshia Baldoni, Gavin Heggs, Kyle Kjellgren, Krysten Tootill, Zandalee Murphy, Zoe Muller, Bridget-Lee Roberts, Courtney Campbell, Franklin Mhovsa, Janever Watson, Joel Peterson, Mikayla Fielding

The Fortis Flyer Soars Again

In 2012 as the year 8, soon to be christened Fortis, coordinator I wanted to create an archive of events and highlights of the students journey through Rockingham Senior High School in the form of a termly newsletter. The Fortis Flyer was born. Unfortunately after three editions, which generally ended up strewn around the school, it became a time consuming labour of love with no real value at the end of it and despite my intentions and attempts to revive it the Flyer has somewhat crashed.

Over a similar time frame I have been learning more and more about creating a digital presence and began to think of how this could be incorporated into reviving the Fortis Flyer as a paperless, digital 21st century resource and so The Fortis Flyer is going to become a blog, updated on a regular basis as things happen rather than once a term and linked to the school website so that parents, friends and family can see the great things that the Fortis Students are involved in. It can be accessed as a link from the RSHS website and will, over time, become a record of the journey of the Fortis Sub-school.

#FortisFlyer