CASINO HIGH SCHOOL · chance last week with the first game being Volleyball. Staff rallied and got the numbers to play. They dominated the first set and rattled the students taking

CASINO H IGH SCHOOL

90 Queensland Road, Casino NSW 2470 Phone: 02 6662 3077 Fax: 02 6662 6390 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

Newsletter Issue No 20, Term 4, 13th December, 2019

Relieving Principal’s Message - Ms Kearney

The Year 10 Dinner Dance was held last Thursday at the

Casino Golf Club for the first time. This venue proved to

be a very fitting setting for such a lovely event. It was

fantastic to see the support of families as they enjoyed a

night where we acknowledged our students, some of

whom will leave school and move onto apprenticeships,

traineeships and further study at TAFE. We wish them

well and I would also like to thank the P&C for their

organisation and support of this event and Mrs Rachel

Earley for her work as Year Adviser.

On Thursday staff were treated by the LEAP faculty to an

amazing morning tea to celebrate the end of the school

year. LEAP staff and students worked very hard during

the term to make lots of wonderful products for staff to

purchase including plants, environmentally friendly

shopping bags, cutting boards, wooden toys, fudge,

scrunchies and many more beautiful handmade crafts. A

massive shout out to the LEAP faculty as this provides

the students with a wonderful way to showcase their

skills and practice their community engagement skills by

manning stalls and communicating with staff.

Today we held our end of term draw to reward students

who have shown positive behaviour during Term 4 . This

was a great way to finish the term and the fact that we

had an extensive number of students who were recorded

with positive behaviour for this term to draw from, is a

positive reflection on our students and their approach to

school on a daily basis. Well done. This week students

will receive their yearly reports and next week we will

recognise those students who have excelled

academically at the assemblies on Monday and Tuesday.

I would like to congratulate the large number of students

who have made a commitment to their studies this year.

As this is the last newsletter for 2019 I would also like to

thank the staff and students for their support over the

term and year. Casino High School staff work tirelessly to

provide opportunities for every student to be known,

valued and cared for, allowing them to succeed to their

full potential. This is only made possible by a team effort

from staff, students and our community.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and

enjoyable break.

Week 10 Term 4 Week A

Monday 16.12.19

Years 7, 9 & 11 Academic Awards Assembly -

10.10am in The Len Walsh Hall

Tuesday 17.12.19

Years 8 & 10 Academic Awards Assembly -

10.10am in The Len Walsh Hall

Wednesday 18.12.19

Last Day for Students -

Activities Day at School

Thursday 19.12.19

Staff Development Day

Friday 20.12.19

Staff Development Day

Calendar Events

Week 1 Term 1 Week A

Monday 27.01.20

Australia Day Holiday

Tuesday 28.01.20

Staff Development Day - No Students

Wednesday 29.01.20

Years 7, 11 & 12 Students Return

Year 7 Swim Survival Challenge

Uniform Shop Open - 8.30am to 3pm

Thursday 30.01.20

Years 8,9 & 10 Students Return


Friday 31.01.20


Term 1 2020


SCHOOL NEWS

FACULTY AWARDS

Congratulations to the following Year 8 students who received TAS Faculty Achievement

Awards this week:

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 10 Term 4

Monday

16.12.19

L Roberts

S Campbell

Tuesday

17.12.19

G Rosolen

Wednesday

18.12.19

L Davis

Thursday

19.12.19

Closed

Friday

20.12.19

Closed Head to the library to check out their fabulous Christmas

display which includes many books suitable for holiday

reading.

Ebanee Dawson

Emma Blain

Jayden Marsh

Hamish Walkinshaw

Graci Patino

Charlotte Campbell

Christian Macqueen

Dylan Gilbertson

Paige James

Jorjia Sharp

Jasmine Allen

Bryce Chapman

Kassadee Appleton

Madison Hartley

Ezra Frost

Luke Child

Bailey Handcock-Kelly


LEAP FACULTY NEWS

2019 has been another fabulous year for The LEAP Centre – finishing with our celebratory end of

year morning teas for both the staff and parents/carers and families.

Students set up a mini-market for their produce

selling beautiful timber breadboards and

platters, homemade fudge and goodies,

bunches of freshly grown garlic, hand-sewn

scrunchies and shopping bags as well as a

nursery of stunning succulents, frangipanis and

potted plants. There was also a display of

outstanding timber toys made by some of our

students attending wood technology classes.

The LEAP centre would like to thank all the mainstream staff (teachers, SLSOs (School Learning

Support Officers) and our amazing office staff) who work so closely with our faculty throughout

the year supporting our students to achieve such outstanding outcomes on a day to day basis.

This year we especially celebrate a number of students who have completed TAFE courses and

found full time employment. Well done! We also congratulate all of our students who have

achieved their individual goals which they diligently work towards throughout the year and those

that are still plugging away. We say goodbye to some of our favourites who we will certainly miss

and we look forward to seeing the rest of our students in the new year.

Thank you to our wonderfully supportive families who work so closely with us when it is not

always easy. We appreciate your support and the close communication you keep with us.

Finally I would like to acknowledge and thank the incredible staff here in the LEAP Centre,

Teachers and SLSOs. This hard working and highly skilled group of people often come to school

very early, leave late, roll in during holidays and generally go above and beyond demonstrating

their commitment to our students. They are a pleasure to work with and a fabulous team!

Wishing you all a very happy and safe Christmas and looking forward to doing it all again in 2020!

Minnie Wilson

Head Teacher LEAP

Martin Roberts and Dane Townsend Garlic, breadboards and bags for sale


LEAP FACULTY NEWS

Minnie and Trudy enjoying

the morning tea and markets LEAP 2019 Montage

Staff with nursery items potted by students

LEAP 4 Fudge Boxes

Dshanti serves fruit punch to staff

Scrunchie Stall


SPORTS AWARDS ASSEMBLY

Our annual Sports Awards Assembly was held on Thursday 28th November (Week 7). This

assembly recognises the sporting achievements of our students at representative level, whether

it is at a Zone or Regional level or in Knockout sporting teams. Many students received awards

on the day with our major sporting award winners as below:

Most Successful Sporting Team Award:

Canoeing Team: Zentay Cormick, Callie Ellis, Casey Ellis, Declan Ellis, Danny McGovern, Coen

Powell, Mackenzie Soutar, Dennis Swan, and Corbin Woods. Coached by Mr Mark Ellis

House Champions for 2019:

Irving House

Olga Ferguson-McElligott Sporting Encouragement Award:

Jaru Fraser & Hakeem Torrens

Adam Hollis Memorial Award:

Luke Judson

NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medal:

Tallulah Mohammed

Spirit of Sport Award:

Cheyne Appleton

Junior Sportswoman of the Year:

Kalani Ellis & Taleesha Lambeth

Junior Sportsman of the Year:

Lewis Armstrong

Senior Sportswoman of the Year:

Faith Pittman

Senior Sportsman of the Year:

Ezra Frost

Congratulations to all the award recipients. Let’s look forward to 2020 and even more successful

achievements in the sporting arena.

Miss Evenden

Representative Sports Organiser



Some members of the Canoeing “Team of the Year”:

Declan Ellis, Coen Powell, Callie Ellis, , Danny McGovern and Zentay Cormick.

Olga Ferguson-McElligott

Sporting Encouragement Award:

Jaru Fraser and Hakeem Torrens



Junior Sportswoman of the Year:

Taleesha Lambeth & Kalani Ellis

NSW Premier’s Sporting

Challenge Medal:

Tallulah Mohammed

Spirit of Sport Award:

Cheyne Appleton

Adam Hollis Memorial Award:

Luke Judson

pictured with Ms Kearney



Junior Sportsman of the Year:

Lewis Armstrong

Senior Sportsman of the Year:

Ezra Frost

Senior Sportswoman of the Year:

Faith Pittman


SCHOOL NEWS

Staff vs Year 11 Volleyball

Year 11 had been itching to take

on the Staff in the sporting

challenges for some time and now

that they have commenced their

Year 12 studies they finally got the

chance last week with the first

game being Volleyball.

Staff rallied and got the numbers

to play. They dominated the first

set and rattled the students taking

the set 21-15.

Year 11 had a big pep talk after losing the first set and got off to a great start in the second set

and even held the lead at one stage. Staff began to come back and there was a massive rally

with countless hits between the two opponents. Staff however narrowly took the second set 22-

20. As it was the best of three games, Staff won the match.

Thank you to both Staff and students for participating. We are all looking forward to some further

matches in 2020.

Students be prepared to try and salvage some sporting glory and Staff let’s continue to perform

well and win the Staff vs Year 12 Sporting Challenge Shield again!

Quicksmart Certificate Presentation Ceremony

On Tuesday, 10th December family and community members attended the Quicksmart Certificate

Presentation ceremony in The Len Walsh Hall as guests of the 2019 Quicksmart students.

Students received certificates of ‘Congratulations’ if they had completed three terms of

Quicksmart lessons. Students who had completed one or two terms of lessons received a

‘Progressing Toward’ certificate - this indicates that good work has been achieved but also

acknowledging that their program has not yet finished.

At the conclusion of the ceremony a delicious morning tea was enjoyed on the TAS lawn for

Quicksmart students and their guests.

Our thanks to the many guests who came to acknowledge the work of the Quicksmart students.

Special thanks must also go to the many helpers who made this event possible - the cleaning

staff, canteen staff, general assistance staff, office staff, TAS staff as well as the tutors and other

members of the teaching staff. Volunteer students from the TAS and CAPA classes also assisted

with our ceremony and the morning tea that followed – your assistance and support were very

much appreciated. To anyone who helped us in any way, you all did an awesome job! Thank

you!

Christine Bell Quicksmart Co-ordinator


ANNUAL SPELLING BEE

On Friday 6th December, 10 students were selected as finalists to participate in the Casino High

School Annual Spelling Bee. This is a Gifted and Talented program for students in Years 7 to 10

which has been offered to students for the past 5 years.

In the weeks leading up to this event, 35 students were selected to participate and went through

elimination rounds to test their spelling skills in order to qualify for the Grand Final.

The Grand Final consisted of 5 rounds:

Round 1: (Written Test) Consisted of 10 words where students were required to write

words such as exhilarating, hallucination, advantageous.

Round 2: (Team Spell) Students line up and took it in turns to say the next letter of the

given word. Examples of words students spelt: Remorseful, appreciate, compulsory.

Round 3: (Word Flip) Students were given 10 seconds to write down the given word and

had to flip their page over for the audience to check their spelling. Examples: Manoeuvre,

plagiarism, brilliance.

Round 4: Students were given a sealed envelope with three words written on the inside.

Each student was given 30 seconds to view and memorise the words. The piece of paper was

then taken away, and they had to spell all three words out aloud to the audience. Examples:

Humiliate, philosophical, circumnavigate.

Round 5: Students were given two different words to spell out aloud to the audience.

Examples: Qualification, publicity, solicitor.

At the completion of the five rounds, we calculated the scores, and had two winners.

CONGRATULATIONS to our Spelling Champions:

Stage 4: Graci Patino

Stage 5: Angela Gawiran

The winners will now have their names

engraved on the perpetual trophy.

Also, WELL DONE to all of the following

students who made it through all of the

elimination rounds and performed very well in

the Grand Final:

Stage 4: Hayden Mison, Isabela McLennan,

Abby Frame, Zoe Brus

Stage 5: Calem McGregor, Sara Cole,

Thomas Lee, Brielle Wenham.

We are now on the lookout for who might be our 2020 Spelling Bee Champions! Could it be you?

Mr Myers

Spelling Bee Co-ordinator


SCHOOL INFORMATION

OFFICE HOURS FOR SCHOOL RECEIPTING

The school office is able to receipt money from students from 8.30am - 9am and during Break 1 Monday

to Friday. Parents/Carers may personally come to the front office anytime between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

NO MONEY MAY BE RECEIPTED AFTER 1.30PM.

Payments may be received at the office via cash, cheque, EFTPOS and payments may be made online

through the School Website.

What expenses can be paid online?

Voluntary School Contributions, Subject Contributions, Excursions

How? Log onto School site at

www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard.

VET Entertainment Sydney

Ref No. 491252 $485 Total Deposit $150

Drama Sydney

Ref No. 491255 $500 Total Deposit $150

***Uniform Shop Opening Hours - January 2020***

Tuesday 21st 8.30am - 3pm

Wednesday 22nd 8.30am - 3pm

Thursday 23rd 8.30am - 3pm

Friday 24th 8.30am - 3pm

Wednesday 29th 8.30am - 3pm Year 7, 11 & 12 students return

Thursday 30th 8.30am - 2pm Year 8, 9 & 10 students return

Friday 31st 8.30am - 1pm


GENERAL INFORMATION

CORTYA & MERIT WINNERS

Cortya

Heath Barrett Year 7

Kane Green Year 7

George Smith Year 9

Shakaya Williams-Torrens Year 11

Merit

Anna-Lee Northfield Year 8

Connor Frame Year 11

Spelling Bee certificates were presented at this weeks

Assembly.


END OF TERM DRAW

Congratulations to the winners of the End of Term Draw. Many thanks to the sponsors of the prizes:

Casino Dominos, Chicken Mania Casino and Casino High School Canteen.

Merit

Woolworths

Kyella Davidson-McLennan Year 7

Thomas Marsh Year 7

Danielle Bennett Year 9

Jessica Fleming Year 11

Ella Smith Year 11

Cinema

Jared Armfield Year 7

Liam Saunders Year 8

Brielle Wenham Year 9

Rozalie Franks Year 10

Nat Yates Year 11

Dominos Casino

Connor Reeves Year 9

Ayla Forster Year 10

Curtis Gill Year 10

Dehklen Mann Year 10

Clarissa Gill Year 11

Chicken Mania Casino

William Watson Year 8

Hannah Rouse Year 9

Josiah Thomas Year 9

James Green Year 10

Will Vidler Year 11

Casino High School Canteen

Caleb Glowka Year 8

Lilyana Lyon-Clark Year 8

Kara Porter Year 9

Rachel Hammond Year 10

Blair Haynes Year 11

Cortya

Woolworths

Amelia Philip Year 8

Payton Lotz Year 9

Ma Jessa Salceda Year 9

Aleah Gaudry Year 10

Tamara Smidt Year 11

Cinema

Mika Parker Year 7

Jyron Robinson Year 7

Faith Bartimote Year 8

Jack Callaghan-Lake Year 11

Hemirua Korewha Year 11

Dominos Casino

Skye Cooke Year 7

Dakota Scott Year 7

Jasmine Blasche Year 8

Sarah Stewart Year 8

Jacob Gunthorpe Year 10

Chicken Mania Casino

Caylem Harvey Year 7

Letisha Torrens Year 7

Elyce Richards Year 9

Sam Choi Year 11

Briellen Keenes Year 11

Casino High School Canteen

Aisha Powell Year 7

Isabela McLennan Year 8

Robert Wilson Year 8

Mikaylah O’Malley-Grayndler Year 9

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