Term 1 Wrap-Up – Connection, Learning & Growth

As Term 1 comes to a close, it is a great time to reflect on the achievements, progress, and shared moments that have made this a strong and positive start to 2025 at Wynyard High School.

We have placed a strong emphasis on our school value of Connection this term – in classrooms, across year levels, and with our wider community. From the Year 7 PCYC program, to Year 8's settling into routines and growing in confidence, through to the real-world engagement seen in Year 9 Packages of Learning and the leadership shown by our Year 10's through fundraising efforts – there has been a strong sense of working together.

A standout has been our student-led initiatives, including fundraising for the Cancer Council and support for the Year 7 Camp. These efforts show the power of collaboration and kindness in action. Our thanks go to every student and staff member who has contributed to building a culture of care and connection.

We also extend our sincere thanks to local businesses and industry partners for their generous donation of prizes for our Year 7 Camp Raffle. Your support helps us create opportunities for our students and is a fantastic example of the strong community spirit we value so deeply at Wynyard High School.

As we look ahead to Term 2, our focus will shift to our shared value of Respect – for ourselves, for each other, and for our environment. We want every student to feel safe, heard, and valued. Recent student feedback shows that while many feel respected at school, there is room to grow. We are committed to working together to build a school culture that reflects the kind of community we all want to be part of.

Thank you to all families for your ongoing support. It was great to see so many families at our final Term 1 Assembly, celebrating student success together. We hope everyone enjoys a safe and restful break and we look forward to welcoming students back in Term 2, ready to build on the strong foundation laid this term.

On Thursday, 20 March, Wynyard High School proudly hosted its own Relay for Life event. The entire school came together in the morning to walk the first lap with the baton. Throughout the day, each class took turns carrying the baton around the oval in 30-minute intervals, ensuring it stayed in motion and the spirit of the relay lived on.

The school community embraced the event with enthusiasm, dressing in the official Relay for Life colours—gold and purple—and raising over $700 for the Cancer Council. It was heartening to see students and staff unite for such a meaningful cause.

We extend our sincere thanks to Sarah Hirst from the Cancer Council for supplying the equipment that helped make the event possible. A huge thank you also goes to the SEC and staff at Wynyard High School for their planning, organisation, and energy in hosting such a successful and memorable event.

Written by Willow and Rhani.

On Sunday, 30 March, our dedicated staff and members of the Student Executive Council fired up the grill at Bunnings Burnie to raise funds for our upcoming school camp. With tongs in hand and plenty of enthusiasm, they served up sizzling sausages to the weekend crowd, bringing in an impressive $900.

A huge thank you goes to Inglis River Meats for their generous donation of sausages, which ensured the day was a success. 

The event was not only a great fundraising effort but also an opportunity for students to develop teamwork and leadership skills in a real-world setting. A special mention goes to Byron, whose cooking skills earned high praise from both staff and customers—perhaps a future chef in the making!

Thank you to everyone who supported the BBQ, whether by volunteering on the day or stopping by to grab a snack. Your contributions help make our school camp possible. 

The Bits and Sips Festival, held on Friday, 4 April and hosted by the PoL Hospitality and Tourism and Option Cooking classes, was a fantastic success. Students and staff enjoyed live music and vibrant food and drink that celebrated seasonal produce grown, harvested, and prepared by students. A big thank you to Ms Dornauf, Mr Taylor, Joan, Jen and all the students involved for their hard work and enthusiasm - it truly paid off.

For the third year, Wynyard High School entered lambs in the trade lambs section at the show. This year we were able to enter 2 pens of three lambs, both in the lightweight class. There were two other pens of lambs, however these lambs were in the heavier class. The school lambs presented well, coming away with first place.

In addition, the Line 3 Animal Care option also helped organise the animal nursery. A variety of different animals were sourced – pigs from Burnie High, Winston, Opal and the silkie chickens from Wynyard, goats from Yolla District School and three Highland heifers from a local breeder. An extra big thank you must go to Claire M and Amelia D for spending much of show day talking and interacting with members of the community as they walked through the animal nursery.

This year with the help of Ms Dornauf's Horticulture class, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables were entered, achieving many first places. The points awarded for these entries ensured the school received the most points for a school. Mrs Moore’s cooking class produced some amazing cooking for the Industrial Hall, coming away with many placings. Well, done students.

MasterChef comes to a close with an exciting grand finale. It has been a very difficult time for a the chief judges who decided the winners, which were announced this week. The students used these dishes as an entry in the THA (Tasmanian Schools Term 1 Cooking Competition - International Cuisine) English Beef Wellington, Russian Honey Cake, English Strawberry Short Cake, many Mexican dishes to mention a few. 

Jonathon from Youth, Family and Community Connections (YFCC) will continue visiting our Year 8 classes this term to facilitate a series of important workshops. These sessions are designed to cover a range of topics focused on promoting health, safety, and informed decision-making. The workshops empower students with valuable knowledge and skills to navigate challenges they may face and encourage them to make positive choices in their everyday lives. We are excited to offer this opportunity and believe it will greatly benefit our students as they continue their personal development. Jonathon will be working closely with our Year 7 cohort in Term 2. 

The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) has given all Tasmanian schools access to Seesaw, an online platform allowing schools to communicate and share information with the families of students. During the second half of Term 2, teachers at Wynyard High School will be sharing samples of students’ work with their families through this platform. Families will be able to view only their own child’s schoolwork by logging into the Seesaw website or through the Seesaw app. During the first half of Term 2, the main contact (contact number 1) for each child will receive an email inviting them to register with Seesaw. The email address to which the invitation will be sent and therefore will be associated with each Seesaw student account, will be the email address recorded as belonging to the main contact on our records. 

More information will sent out to families in Term 2.

As part of Willow’s Gifted and Highly Able Online Course, she was tasked with writing about her local area. She needed to describe where she lives, highlighting its unique features, the benefits of living there, and any challenges it presents.

Willow’s response beautifully captures the essence of what makes a place special—not its appearance or reputation, but the way it feels, sounds, and smells. 

By Willow

My patch is the kind of place that is often underestimated by the naked eye. My patch does not appear like anything special to the average by-passer or the rare car that accidentally made a wrong turn up my street. My patch is hidden but in plain sight.

I live in Wynyard, smack bang in the middle of a small town where nothing much happens. It is quiet and most would say boring—I am not most. My patch is not a beautiful acreage, a gorgeous beach home, or an antique building amidst the bustling city. It is not anything special; no one gasps at the words ‘town home’ or asks follow-up questions.

But to me, it is not about the label of the home, but how you make it your own. My mother is the reason my patch is special. She articulately decorates the space with homemade or marketplace pieces that belong exactly where they are placed. My patch smells like homely candles, burning incense, and the wildflowers in the garden. It sounds like the pattering of my dogs’ paws on the concrete and wooden floorboards to the beat of the radio playing calmly in the background. It tastes like home-cooked meals, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.

My patch is not the most impressive place, but it is mine—my patch, my home.

We were incredibly impressed with Willow’s response, as was her teacher, who praised her ability to capture the essence of her community. 

Active travel means walking, cycling, scootering, skateboarding or any similar transport where human energy is spent to travel. The health benefits of active travel are well recognised, particularly as an alternative to motorised or sedentary forms of transport. Using public transport almost always includes walking to and from destinations, and therefore also can be considered as active travel. 

Active travel can also make a significant impact on carbon emissions. Cycling, e-biking or walking can help tackle the climate crisis, even if you swap the car for active travel just one day a week - according to a first of its kind, 2021 UK study. 

“We found that those who switch just one trip per day from car driving to cycling reduce their carbon footprint by about 0.5 tonnes over a year.” 

Walking or biking to school is an early experience and obvious opportunity for ‘utility cycling’ which is cycling for transport and not just for fun. Utility cycling regularly through childhood typically leads to higher rates of walking and cycling for daily trips into adulthood. It is therefore valuable for encouraging a longer-term, city and potentially state or nation-wide modal shift towards more active mobility. 

Since children learn by example, and parents and carers can be powerful role models, we are taking this opportunity to ask parents and carers about their school commutes and opportunities for active travel to and from school.  

Safe and Active Routes to School Survey 

This survey helps us to learn more about how you/your children travel to and from school, why you choose to travel this way and your day-to-day experiences regarding safety and movement. The survey is targeting the Wynyard and Somerset community of schools, but anyone in the Waratah-Wynyard LGA can provide answers. 

We will use this information to help inform future decision-making around infrastructure improvements and other measures we can all use as a community to share the streets.  

Your participation is voluntary. The survey should take around 5-10 minutes to complete. 

Link to survey: https://forms.office.com/r/ayyaHXEYiZ 

Recognition for our School Health Nurses

School health nurses play an important role in our school community, delivering health education and promotion, and supporting student wellbeing.

The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) has recently introduced the internationally recognised DAISY Award program in schools through the School Health Nurse program.

Those with a health background may already be familiar with this program. Run by the DAISY Foundation, it is a way to acknowledge and celebrate the care and compassion that nurses deliver to the people they care for each and every day.

The program is run in 38 countries, but this is the first time anywhere in the world it will be delivered in a school setting.

Nominations are now open for the DECYP DAISY Award.  If you or a family member have had a positive experience with a school health nurse and would like to see their work recognised, why not consider nominating them! 

You can nominate them using this form, by sending an email to daisy@decyp.tas.gov.au, or getting in touch with school staff for help or more information.

Whether you’re a student, parent or carer, or a DECYP staff member, anyone can nominate a school health nurse you think is worthy of recognition.

Nominations will close on 13 June, with winners announced at an awards ceremony on 4 July. For more information, you can also visit DECYP’s website.

We would like to remind our students of the importance of drinking water. Please bring a water bottle (preferably full) to school with you every day.

Price List - Recess

SAVOURY TOAST                                      $2.00
SAVOURY ZUCCHINI MUFFIN                    $2.00
SAVOURY SCROLL                                    $2.00
GARLIC PIDES                                           $3.00
SAUSAGE ROLLS                                      $4.00
CUP NOODLES                                          $3.00
BANANA BREAD                                        $2.00
SWEET MUFFINS (HOMEMADE)                $2.00
PEAR AND BLUEBERRY BREAD                $2.00
FRUIT BUNS                                              $1.50

Price List - Lunch

THE GOOD PIE (MEAT PIE)                       $5.00
THE GOOD SAUSAGE ROLLS                   $4.00
TOASTED SANDWICHES         FROM        $3.00
SALAD WRAPS / SALAD ROLLS                $5.00
CHICKEN CHILLI WRAPS                           $5.00
CHICKEN BURGERS                                  $5.00
CHEESE BURGERS                                   $5.00
CHICKEN SAUSAGE ROLLS                      $3.50
FRIED RICE                                               $4.00
PIZZA SUBS WHS WAY                              $4.00
CUP NOODLES                                          $3.00
SMALL PASTA                                            $4.00
HOMEMADE SOUP (IN COOLER MONTHS)   $3.00
GARLIC PIDES                                           $3.00

Price List - Extras available recess and lunch

WATER                                          $2.00 & $3.00
JUST JUICE BOX                                       $2.00
JUICY ISLE POP TOP JUICE                      $3.00
NIPPYS MILK                                             $3.50
CLASSIC MILK                                           $4.00
UP AND GO                                                $2.50
SLUSHIES – LUNCH ONLY                         $3.50
BERRI 99% JUICE FROZEN TUBES           0.50c
FROZEN FRUIT                                          0.50c
FRESH FRUIT SALAD CUP                        $3.50
YOGHURT & BERRY CUPS                        $3.50
FROZEN YOGHURT                                   $3.00

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 9:00AM ON THE
QKR! APP OR AT THE CANTEEN

EXTRA SPECIALS DAILY. CHECK ON ANNOUNCEMENTS OR THE QKR! APP FOR AVAILABILITY

Frequently Asked Questions

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS (School Holidays)

14 April to 17 April - 8:30am to 3:00pm

21 April to 25 April - CLOSED

Just a reminder that our phone number (SMS only) for students that are/will be absent is 0448 098 383. This number is for TXT notifications only and will not be answered by voice.

Our office phone number for enquiries or attendance reporting is 6442 2385.

Emails can be sent to wynyard.high@decyp.tas.gov.au

You can also be reported absences through the link on the top of this newsletter, or the Schoolzine app.

School uniforms are no longer available to be purchased at school. Cassovic Tasmania is a local supplier who was awarded the contract to supply Wynyard High School with school uniforms.

To order uniforms, please contact Paul on 0419 247 249 or by using the link below