It is important that parents study this booklet closely in order to be able to guide their children effectively. Students are expected to discuss their plans with parents at each stage of their schooling at Bunbury Senior High School.

Parents are urged to contact teachers if further guidance is needed. The curriculum contains both compulsory and elective subjects which enable students to further expand in their areas of personal interest.

Lower School Handbook 2025

Principles of Assessment at Bunbury Senior High School.
Lower School Assessment Policy

The Bunbury Senior High School Visual Arts Specialist Program (VASP) has been developed to help maximise the potential of talented students in the area of Visual Arts.

Students will have access to a unique, specialist program delivered by highly qualified staff throughout Years 7 - 12. In the Visual Arts Specialist Program students will learn through engagement in two-dimensional, three-dimensional and four-dimensional art and design practice, concept, theory, history and technique based on traditional, contemporary and commercial Visual Arts practice. To this end the program will facilitate four weekly contact hours. Two hours will be in Visual Arts, one hour in English and one hour in ICT throughout Year 7, expanding commitment and specialisation in Years 8, 9 and 10. The advanced level of skills taught will result in students being eligible for Vocational Education and Training (VET) certification in Visual Arts upon successful completion. Students will then undertake Visual Arts and/or Certificate ll and lll in Visual Arts, Applied Information Technology (AIT) and English or Literature in Year 11. Students will also be expected to attend Bunbury Regional Art Galleries for exhibitions and artist floor talks as well as other scheduled excursions.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Visual Arts have direct relationships with other subjects and these relationships are a key aspect of this program: Visual literacy and critical literacy skills will enable students to access knowledge, make meaning, express thoughts, emotions and ideas, interact with others and participate in a range of communication activities, using a range of printed, audio, visual and digital materials. Numeracy will be an implicit component of the program as students are asked to learn, design, make, create, evaluate and complete activities that require significant numeracy skills.
Throughout the program students will develop and use advanced information communication technology (ICT) skills through forming ideas, processes and solutions to challenges or tasks. In addition to this, students will:

• recognise the shaping role of arts in their immediate family and environment,
• understand how different cultures and groups use arts, and how arts reinforces social diversity,
• understand how arts confirm and change values,
• recognise the economic significance of arts, and the environmental impact that some arts forms can have,
• use the process of 'design, make, appraise' in the development of arts works and documentation of art making process,
• design web sites and art works using desktop publishing and computers,
• use language comprehensively to engage with arts experiences.

PATHWAYS
Bunbury Senior High School takes a long-term view of the involvement of students in The Arts.
In addition to any Arts-related outcomes, our students have the opportunity to participate in Senior School courses leading to University programs or to TAFE.

All students that participate in the specialist program will start their VET Certificate I in Visual Arts in Year 10 with the option of an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) pathway, continuing to Certificate ll and/or lll in Visual Arts in Years 11 and 12. Students will spend four hours per week of curriculum time in the program in Years 7-10.

TIME ALLOCATION
Students will spend four hours each week of curriculum time in the program in Years 7-10. In Years 11-12, the allocation will be a minimum 4 hours depending on student's course selections.

COST
There is a cost associated with participating in this program. In Year 10 VASP students will have the opportunity to participate in a week-long excursion to Melbourne designed to support learning and awareness of future educational and vocational arts-related activities. Participation is non-compulsory (but highly recommended). Please see current Contributions & Charges handbook for more information on costs for the VASP Program.

APPLICATION
Most students will enter the Program in Year 7. A small number of vacancies may occur in other year groups. A selection process will be used to identify suitable students. Consideration will be given to each student's focus on learning, perceived artistic ability and potential for role-modelling. The student’s current school may be asked to provide a reference. All students moving from primary school will be invited to a testing session held at Bunbury Senior High School.

FURTHER QUESTIONS
Please do not hesitate to contact the school to clarify any aspects of the program. Direct your enquiries to Head of the Arts on 9797 8900 or by email at: bunbury.shs@education.wa.edu.au

APPLICATIONS FOR 2020 AVAILABLE HERE

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The Bunbury Elite Sports Training (BEST) Program is an endorsed Department of Education Specialist Program only available at Bunbury Senior High School. The program has been developed to help maximise the potential of talented students in the areas of sport and sport science.

BEST students participate in a 6 year program based on contemporary sport science training principles for talented junior athletes. Our commitment is to support your child to be a self-managing athlete with outstanding age-related levels of fitness and sport science knowledge.

BACKGROUND
Community sport provides excellent opportunities for children to develop their individual skills, particularly as they move into representative squads and teams. The BEST Program value-adds to this by focusing strongly on student's conditioning. Specifically, this includes development of the following aspects of performance:

• Cardio-respiratory endurance
• Speed (including skill and power aspects)
• Power
• Strength
• Agility
• Flexibility
• Core Stability

In addition to this, students will develop their understanding of recovery procedures, nutrition planning, specific injury management, generic tactics and strategies, sport psychology, coaching and officiating.

The BEST Program won't develop students' skills in one particular sport exclusively; students will have the opportunity to work in a range of sporting contexts while in the program to develop their physical literacy. BEST involves demanding activity programs, sport and classroom lessons. While sports-minded students will find many aspects fun, the program is not designed to be fun! Our aim is ensure each student maximises their athletic potential, thereby providing them with the BEST opportunity to succeed in their sport of choice.

PATHWAYS
In addition to any sport-related outcomes, BEST students have the opportunity to participate in Senior School courses leading to University programs or to TAFE. Our cutting edge Physical Education Studies program, the availability of in-house Certificate II courses and our established links with TAFE ensure all students are given the best opportunity to succeed, whatever their chosen vocation.

EXTRAS
Bunbury SHS is a registered Coaching and Officiating Agency through the Department of Sport and Recreation and the Australian Sports Commission, enabling us to train and accredit students in umpiring and coaching. In each year BEST students will have the opportunity to participate in camps and/or excursions designed to support their learning, performance and awareness of future sport-related opportunities.

TIME ALLOCATION
Students will spend four hours per week of curriculum time in the program in Years 7-10. Currently this results in the completion of one less Arts and Technologies subject in Years 7-9. Students involved in BEST will not be able to participate in the school's Specialist Visual Arts Program. In Years 11-12, the course will be up to 4 hours per week which is dependant on each student's course selections.

COST
There is a cost associated with particpating in this program. Upon enrolment, students are also required to purchase specialised clothing and replace them as necessary thereafter. Year 10 students will be offered the opportunity to travel to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for a live-in camp. This is non-compulsory (but highly recommended). Please see the current Contributions & Charges handbook for more information on costs for the BEST Program.

APPLICATION
Most students will enter the program in Year 7. A small number of vacancies may occur in other year groups. A selection process will be used to identify suitable students. Consideration will be given to each student's history of sports achievement, perceived athletic ability, focus on learning and potential for positive role-modelling. Additionally, each student's current school will be asked to provide a reference. All students moving from primary school will be invited to a fitness evaluation. Upon completion of the application process a class of 25 students will be selected.

FURTHER QUESTIONS
Please do not hesitate to contact the school to clarify any aspects of the program. Direct your inquiries to Program Coordinator of Health & Physical Education, on 9797 8900 or by email at: bunbury.shs@education.wa.edu.au

APPLICATIONS for 2021 available soon HERE

Studiosity:

We want to go even further to help our students succeed in high school and in future academic pursuits.

That's why our homework and study support is available after the bell goes, each night and on weekends, so your child is always supported when they get stuck on a problem during moments of independent learning.

We want to provide personal help: specific to your child's questions, time of need and learning level. Studiosity is online, on-demand study help - right when you need it. As soon as your child has a question, they can connect to an expert tutor.

Many families have benefited from the schools' Studiosity service in previous years.

Studiosity website

Your child should have received their activation code from school, however if misplace please see admin for new activation code.

The Department of Education is providing the Connect Online Portal to allow for better communication of information to parents about their child’s education.

Connect provides secure online access for parents or responsible persons such as guardians, to teaching and learning information about their children. Parents will be able to communicate easily with teachers and stay informed with their child's learning anywhere, anytime.

Parents will be given their own secure login to Connect through the school. This will be a P-number as a user name and a starting password that can be changed. If you have multiple children you only need one login.

Connect is available on any device with an internet connection.

To see what the parent sign in pages looks like click here Connect Guide for Parents

Connect website

Aboriginal students : Follow the Dream:
The Partnerships for Success Program targets Aboriginal students with high aspirations as they commence their secondary education. Through individualised case management in the areas of academic acceleration, longitudinal subject selection, career and transition support students are encouraged to complete Year 12 and achieve results that enable entrance into tertiary studies.

The program can also include high achieving and motivated students undertaking vocational education and training (VET) school pathways, provided they meet the program selection criteria.

Program Objectives

• Achieve a WACE and enter university;
• Attend school regularly;
• Achieve high school grades and have high levels of literacy and numeracy;
• Have a broad range of post school education, training and employment options and opportunities;
• Achieve a successful post school transition;
• Have high self expectations; and
• Parents and communities have high expectations, involvement and pride in the success of the students.

Financial Information to Parents.

Download a copy of the 2019 Contributions and Charges Here