Friday 8th December 2017 Week 2 of cycle Term 4 Vol 4

TERM 4

Dec

Friday 8th December Academic Awards Assembly

12noon

Monday 11th December Year 7 Camp

Tuesday 12th December Year 7 Camp

Wednesday 13th December Year 7 Camp returns

Activities Day 1

Thursday 14th December Activities Day 2

Friday 15th December Term 4 ends

TERM 1 2018

MONTH - Jan/Feb

Monday 29th January Term 1 commences

Staff return

Tuesday 30th January Year 7, 11 and 12 return

Wednesday 31st January Whole school returns

Sport House meetings

Friday 2nd February Swimming Carnival

Tuesday 13th February Open boys & girls basketball

Thursday 15th February U15s boys & girls Touch Football

Monday 26th February CHS Zone Swimming

Art excursion

On Tuesday the 21st of November Year 12 Art students along with selected

elective Year 9 Art students went on an excursion to view the Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition at Southern Cross University as well as the exhibitions on display at the new Regional Gallery in Lismore. Students were fascinated by the experience of viewing gallery works, in which they got to explore a range of artworks in various mediums with diverse concepts and notable presentational techniques. The experience generated a lot of conversation about the students’ own art making practice and inspired the foundations for some future body of works. I would like to thank all students who attended this cultural excursion for their enthusiasm, polite manners and maturity in conduct whilst representing KHS in a public setting and a big thank you to Pete Engle for driving the bus. Jess McPherson—Art Teacher

Art students enjoying the Art Excursion.

From the Principal’s desk Orientation Day Last Tuesday a very excited group of Year 6 students attended their Orientation Day at Kyogle High School. Thank you to Ms Mobbs, staff and Peer Support Leaders who provided mini lessons and support throughout the day to ensure the students are prepared for Year 7 2018. Head Teacher Special Education I am pleased to formally welcome Mr Nathan Chadderton to the position of Head Teacher Special Education. Year 10 – New Directions Program Thank you to Ms Rachael Rasborsek for all the hard work ensuring that the New Direction Program continued to be so successful this year. The objective of the New Direction Program is to help create a smoother transition for students into Year 11 & 12 while providing the opportunity for students to display quality and authentic evidence of learning, explore possible career choices based on their personal strengths, develop skills in communication, decision making, organisation, socialisation, self-discipline and interview skills. Well done Year 10. Class Allocation Process 2018 Year 7-10 Students will be allocated to classes by the Year Adviser with input from the School Executive. The following criteria will be used to ensure that the classes that are formed are in the best interests of ALL the students. These criteria are not in order of importance.

Friendships - students who need support from another close friend.

Friendships - students who are too friendly with another student and are best separated so both students can

concentrate on their studies.

Behaviour needs - students who are best separated so their learning and the learning of other students is not

affected.

Language - students who need to be together to provide language support for each other.

Learning Difficulties - students who are experiencing difficulties are allocated between available classes so they

can be withdrawn in small groups for specialist support.

Special Needs - these may be social, intellectual, emotional or physical.

Cultural Balance - each class is formed to have a range of nationalities and cultures.

Personalities - in some special cases the personalities of both teachers and students are considered before a

decision is made regarding the placement of a student.

Gender Balance - we also like to keep a balance of boys and girls in each class.

Consideration is given to whether a teacher and student have been together before.

As well as the above criteria, all classes will be formed to be academically and socially balanced.

Sports Award Assembly Yesterday’s Sports Assembly was a wonderful celebration of the Sporting successes of our students. A special thank

you to Ms Lisa Radley for the organisation but more so the huge effort she has put into our school in terms of internal

and external sport. We wish Ms Radley all the best with her maternity leave in 2018.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday period. Regards Gae Masters

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KEEP Here at Kyogle High School we are proud to support our partner primary schools and their students by running the Kyogle Engagement and Enrichment Program (KEEP) every year. This program involves special lessons presented by selected teachers throughout the year and culminates in these selected students developing and presenting a Personal Interest Project (PIP). This year the theme for students to research was ‘Reaching for the Stars’.

On Monday November 27, the completed PIPs were presented by KEEP students in a major presentation day in our school hall. The day was a great success with the wide range of high quality research undertaken delivered within very engaging and visually exciting ICT driven and hands-on presentations. It was great to see many parents were able to come in throughout the day and provide a bigger audience and offer further support. These students have clearly shown the rewards that can be achieved when high expectations are implemented within a quality learning environment - such as the one provided by the KEEP program.

It was very rewarding to support these students over many days during the year and to be able to witness the final outcome of all their focused efforts.

Warm regards from the KEEP Team.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Christian Life Church

Christmas celebrations Children's Extravaganza 10am on December 17th Christmas Family Celebration 10am on 24th December Christmas Eve Family Gathering 6pm on 24th December

K.H.S P&C 2018 UNIFORM PRICES GIRLS

Tartan skirts $25.00 White blouse $35.00 Everyday shorts $25.00 Everyday polo $30.00 Senior white polo $30.00 Sports polo $30.00 Sports shorts $25.00 Jacket $45.00 Jumper $30.00

BOYS Everyday shorts $25.00 Everyday polo $30.00 Senior polo $30.00 Sports polo $30.00 Sports shorts $25.00 Jacket $45.00 Jumper $30.00 Football shorts $20.00

For further information please contact:

Karen Slater - 0428 322313

School Office - 6632 1300

Cash or Cheque only

Reminder: if you have any old uniforms you wish to DONATE, please leave them at the Front Office.

2018 UNIFORM SHOP - OPENING TIMES

Tuesday, 5th December: 8.30 to 10am ( Yr 7 Orientation day) Thursday, 25th January: 8.00 to 2pm Monday, 29th January: 8.30 to 1.30pm Tuesday, 30th January: 8.30 to 1.30pm

For further information please contact:

Karen Slater - 0428 322313

School Office - 6632 1300

CANTEEN ROSTER

Friday 01/12: Monday 04/12: Tuesday 05/12: K. Carter, K. Crawter Wednesday 06/12: J. Whitney Thursday 07/12: S. Cormack Friday 08/12: Monday 11/12: Tuesday 12/12: C. Partridge, B. Harley Wednesday 13/12: J. Whitney Thursday 14/12: Friday 15/12:

If you are rostered on to help on a day and you cannot make it, please let Deb know as soon as possible. Phone: School - 6632 1300 OR Deb (Home) 6636 4261

The Canteen/P&C Christmas party Friday 1st December, 6pm at Kyogle Golf Club. All welcome.

Sun protection strategies Summer is here! Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world - now is the time to remind yourself and family to protect yourselves.

Seek shade between 11am - 3pm

Download the Sunsmart App on your phone to keep a track on the daily UV index.

Slip. Slop, slap, seek and slide

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Sports Awards Assembly The annual KHS Sports Awards Presentation Assembly was held in the KHS hall on Wednesday 6

th December. The

purpose of the assembly is to recognise the hard work and achievements of many of our students in the sporting arena. We were privileged to have Mr John “Buck” Heron as a guest speaker, and what an inspirational speech it was. The school captains did a great job chairing the assembly, and thank you to Mitch Carter from Birkbecks for his generosity with the awards. The significant achievements were:

Champion of Champions: Bridgette Hoffman Runner Up: Clayton Guiney

KHS Sporting Volunteer 2017: Caleb Clark

KHS Coach of the Year: Mr Nathan Chadderton

Premiers Sporting Challenge Medal: Ember Evans

Brolga of the Year: Joshua Jones

All Round Sporting Effort: Kaleb Dorsman & Jacob O’Reilly

Sporting Effort and Achievement: Teykoa Harley & Rocco Partridge

Female Sportsperson of the Year: Bridgette Hoffman

Male Sportsperson of the Year: Thomas Farragher *Thomas also represented the North Coast Region at the NSW State Athletics Carnival in the 400m, coming 6

th – this

was omitted from the assembly.

A big thank you to Mr Bradley Rasborsek for all the tireless work he does at a school, zone and regional level with sport. This is a massive job that he does and he does it very well.

Bridgette Hoffman Clayton Guiney Caleb Clark Jacob O’Reilly & Kaleb Dorsman

Rocco Partridge Teykoa Harley and Ember Evans Joshua Jones Thomas Farragher

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Swimming Age Champions: L to R Teagan Pederson, Jessie King, Noah Anderson, Shannon Murphy, Ruby Hill, Kal Spargo, Tanaya Harley, Aidan Gilmour, Teykoa Harley, Rhianna Gilmour, Bodhi Karam-Witcombe (Absent: Sonny Mercer and Rueben Flower)

Cross Country Age Champions: L to R Erika Whitton, Tobias Boyle-Harris, Connor Davis, Bridgette Hoffman, Clayton Guiney, Ember Evans, Dahnae O’Burn-Crocker, Jayden Davis, Dylan Ryan (Absent; Nicholas McIntosh and Eloise Crawter)

Athletics Age Champions: L to R Bridgette Hoffman, Laura Keys, Clayton Guiney, Ziah Piggott, Hope Porter, Ember Evans, Rocco Partiridge, Holly Walters, Brice Beale (Absent: Shania Porter and Sam Walters)

Northern Rivers Zone Champions L to R: Ziah Piggott (Northern Rivers Zone Athletics U13s Boys Age Champion)

Bridgette Hoffman (Northern Rivers Zone Athletics U13s Girls Age Champion)

Teykoa Harley (Northern Rivers Zone Swimming U15s Boys Age Champion)

Sports Awards Assembly cont..

Surf Life Saving Radio operators and Surf Rescue Certificate: L to R: Jamie King-Vidler, Ben Fields, Cody Baker-Alvos, Kaleb Dorsman, Aidan Gilmour, Connor McCormick, Kal Spargo, and Lachlan Reeves

Surf Life Saving Bronze Medallion: L to R: Shay-Lee Spargo, Isabelle Slater, Mia McDonough, Rhianna Gilmour, Teykoa Harley and Jacob O’Reilly

Zone Swimming Representatives: L to R: Olivia Wilson, Tom Farragher, Angus Coote-Parker, Kaleb Dorsman, Teykoa Harley, Shannon Murphy, Jacob O’Reilly and Kal Spargo

Zone Cross Country Representatives: Tobias Boyle-Harris, Connor Davis and Bridgette Hoffman

Zone U15s Touch Football Representatives: Rocco Partridge and Thomas Farragher (Absent: Layne Hardy)

Zone Athletics Representatives: Tom Farragher, Rhianna Gilmour, Bridgette Hoffman, Teykoa Harley, Rocco Partridge, Tom Partridge, Ziah Piggott, Hope Porter, Holly Walters, Jayme Walters (Absent: Jaden Baldwin, Layne Hardy and Arwyn Oss-Emer)

Zone U15s Rugby League Representatives: Tom Farragher, Kaleb Dorsman, Teykoa Harley, Jacob O’Reilly and Rocco Partridge (Absent: Layne Hardy)

North Coast Regional Representatives at NSW State Swimming: Teykoa Harley

Cross Country: Tobias Boyle-Harris

Athletics: Thomas Farragher, Rhianna Gilmour, Layne Hardy, Teykoa Harley. Rocco Partridge, Ziah Piggott

NSW All Schools Athletics: Rocco Partridge

Cricket: Bridgette Hoffman

Golf: Jayme Walters

U15s Touch Football: Thomas Farragher and Rocco Partridge

U15s Rugby League Far North Coast, North Coast and Presidents Cup: Thomas Farragher

SLR Friday Lunchtime Touch Football Competition The year 11 SLR class ran a round robin touch football comp, open to all members of the school, for 6 weeks during Friday lunchtimes this term. The finals were played last Friday and the results were as follows: Team Standings Pimp My Side 6

th – Caleb Clark (C)

Deli Dawgs 5th – Dylan Ryan (C)

Triple Threat 4th – Jacob Reid (C)

Mullet Mafia 3rd

– Jacob O’Reilly (C) Hide & Seek 2

nd – Thomas Farragher (C)

The Ball Grabbers 1st – Teykoa Harley (C)

Best & Fairest – Men Mr Nicholson – 13 points Teykoa Harley – 10 points Harry Crawter – 8 points Ronald Daniels – 8 points Best & Fairest – Women Ember Evans – 4 points Tanaya Harley – 3 points Gabby Fergus – 3 points Esha Oss-Emer – 3 points Top Try Scorer Clayton Guiney – 6 Tana Heron – 5 Nicholas McIntosh – 5 Nathanial Ord - 5

AGRICULTURE Primary Industries World Skills Competition On Tuesday the 28

th of November Lindsay Carter competed in

the World Skills competition for Primary Industries at Woodlawn College. Lindsay was judged over three categories; fencing, tractor operations and livestock handling. A total of 18 students competed from 5 different schools. The day provided a good opportunity to network with other students studying Primary Industries and to demonstrate and learn skills taught within the Primary Industries course. I commend Lindsay for taking the opportunity to participate in this event and challenging himself to develop the required skills to a high level.

Mrs Doman - Agriculture Teacher

Parents and Citizens Association

P&C Meetings are held in the Common Room at 5:30pm

The 1st meeting for 2018 will be confirmed in the new year. We wish everyone a safe and Happy Christmas

Louise Petherbridge - President

Rural Scholars Summer School

Thomas Masters, Year 11, was fortunate enough to gain a scholarship to attend The Rural Scholars Summer School at The University of New England (UNE) in Armidale.

The Rural Scholars Summer School is open to anyone 16 years and over who is interested in pursuing a career in medicine, and lives in a rural, remote or low-SES area.

Throughout the Summer School, attendees will experience the town of Armidale, the University Colleges and ultimately what it is like to be a Rural Medicine student with our school. Congratulations to Tom, we are sure you enjoyed the experience!

Careers Corner

2017 has been a very busy and productive year in the area of careers. Students were engaged in the SCU Uni Bound program, visited TAFE, and successfully completed TAFE delivered VET courses receiving awards at the Regional TAFE Awards night. Past students were successful in receiving university scholarships to help with the costs of their Tertiary education. All Year 10 completed Work Experience with a number of students being offered future employment. Three students completed their School Based Traineeships in local businesses. Five more completed their first year with several students being successful in their applications for School Based Traineeships beginning in 2018. The Year 12 students were successful in their early entry applications to Southern Cross University and University of New England in courses ranging from Pharmacy, midwifery, business and teaching to name a few. Some Year 12 students have taken up apprenticeships and full time work in the local and wider community. We wish them well in their future endeavours. Five students in Years 11 and 12 successfully completed the Head Start program at Southern Cross University giving them the opportunity for possible direct entry at the end of Year 12. Year 11 students interested in a career in health attended the university training facility in Lismore

for hands on workshops. Eight students in Years 10 and 11 have received offers into the Head Start Program in 2018. Mrs Riesinger

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Our year in pictures #KHS2017

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