Principal Report Student Achievements I would like to formally acknowledge the contribution made by Year 10 students and Year 11 Drama students to the Year 6 Orientation Day that was held last Thursday. All the students helped to make the day a success.

Congratulat ions to Harrison Macreadie and Andrew Yates who have been selected in the Riverina Swim Team to contest the NSW CHS Championships later this term. Both swam exceptionally well at the Riverina Championships.

Hayden Webb represented the school with distinction at the Lions Youth of the Year District Final at Strathmerton on the weekend. Unfortunately, Hayden didn’t progress through to the Victorian Final of the competition but he did an excellent job of representing the Albury region.

Culcairn Show The Culcairn Show Committee is seeking input from young people in the organisation of the 2011 show. If any

students are interested there is further information later in this newsletter.

2011 DER—NSW Parent Survey A formal evaluation of the DER Program (laptops) is currently being undertaken. I would encourage parents to be involved.

Please go to the link below and complete the 2011 survey. It won’t take you too long. h t t p : / / w w w . s u r v e y m o n k e y . c o m / s /RWN6ZS7?c=8503.

Individuals cannot be identified in the data. The results of last year’s base line survey can be viewed online: DER-NSW Evaluation Phase 1: Before the laptop rollout.

P & C Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the P & C will be held next Tuesday 22 March at 7.30 pm in the common room. This is a very important meeting and I would encourage as many parents as possible to attend.

Stewart House A donation envelope for Stewart House is attached in this newsletter. Each year a number of our students attend this facility in Sydney for two weeks. If you would like to donate please return the envelope and money to the front office.

P Carroll

Email: billabong-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Web Address: www.billabong-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Billabong Highlights

Term 1 Week 8 Monday 14 March 2011

P & C Annual General Meeting

22 March— 7.30pm

New Year 7 parents especially please consider this

ALL WELCOME

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Shave for a Cure Shave for a Cure will be taking place this Friday, lunch 2 (1-36 pm) in the hall. All parents and friends are welcome to attend. Entry is via a gold coin donation.

Shaving: Dana Gibbs, Elizabeth Leov, Mary Leov, Taliah Towns, Hayden Webb and Hayden Webster.

Colouring: Taylor Boswell, Keisha Follett, Mikayla Heir, Emily Saunders and Lynne Reid.

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Uniform Shop Opening Hours

Tuesdays 9am—12pm

Thursdays 1.30pm—4.30pm

For enquiries contact Sandi on 02 6029 7236 0488 521 988 Make cheques payable to ‘Daylight Sportswear P/L’ Mastercard & Visa accepted

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Riverina Swim Success Harrison Macreadie and Andrew Yates both had a successful day at last Monday’s Riverina Swim Trials and as a result have gained selection in the Riverina Team to compete at the State Carnival between March 24 and 26 at Homebush. Andrew qualified in the 12yr 100m backstroke and was extremely unlucky in the 100m

Breastroke which he won by 5 seconds only to be

Parent Survey About School Sport As part of our school’s self-evaluation, we would like to know the opinions of parents and caregivers on different areas of school life. Survey completion is voluntary. Please take the time to fill out our survey as your input is valued. Return to the front office by Wednesday 16 March 2011.

disqualified. Harrison continued his good form to qualify in the 13yr 100m Backstroke (1st place), Breastroke (1st), Freestyle (2nd), Butterfly (1st) and the 50m Freestyle (2nd). Well done to all these swimmers.

Other encouraging efforts came from the 14 yr girls relay (Emma Parker, Shantelle Cocking, Maddison Lieschke and Isabelle Kane) who placed 5th. While Elise Merkel gained a 6th place in the 17yr girls 100m Breastroke and Maddison Lieschke 4th in 14yr girls Breastroke.

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Milliken Cup Victory Billabong secured a place in the Milliken Cup Grand Final with a hard fought win over Xavier High School last Tuesday. Played at the Culcairn Sports Ground in perfect conditions, Billabong received a surprise when Xavier’s skipper, Andrew Mackinlay, elected to bowl after winning the toss. But this decision was soon vindicated when Xavier quickly had Billabong reeling at 3 for 7 as all three members of the Billabong upper order failed to cope with the pace and accuracy of Xavier’s Adrian Sawyer. When all seemed lost, Joshua Jones and William Heriot put their heads down and played solid basic cricket until the drinks break which steadied the ship. After the break, Joshua moved into a more attacking role, and was well supported by William, who displayed clever shot selection and running between the wickets. When Joshua fell for 44, chasing quick runs and William for 23, they had placed Billabong in a position of maybe being an outside chance of victory. With some handy

contributions from the lower order, including Jeremy Finlayson, Billabong finished 7 for 105 from their 35 overs, setting Xavier a modest run rate of three per over. Despite some excellent early bowling from Captain Bryce Swift, Patrick Murray and William Heriot, Xavier made a very good start and quickly moved to 20 without any loss of wickets. Dylan Hall replaced Bryce and was immediately on target, two sharp slips catches by Bryce netted Dylan the Xavier opening pair, while

Patrick, then William Heriot maintained line and length to keep Xavier at bay. Jeremy Finlayson replaced Dylan and bowled three excellent overs to finish with 1 for 1. Suddenly, Xavier where in real trouble when Bryce replaced Jeremy and claimed a key middle order wicket. Needing just over 36 runs from the final 6 overs Xavier lost direction and crumbled against the sustained pressure applied by the Billabong bowlers and fieldsmen, to be all out for 78. The team deserves full credit for the manner in which they fought back from early disaster to earn an outstanding victory and a place in the final against Albury High School, this Thursday at Noreuil Park, Albury.

G Mackinlay Sports Coordinator

Volunteering program

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Calendar

March

15 Motivational Media -

‘What About Me’

17 Year 7 Injections

18 ‘Shave for a Cure’

Zone Final of Tennis Competition

21 Harmony Day

22 P & C Annual General

Meeting

School Contact: 02 6029 8377 02 6029 8833

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Be Involved in this Year’s Culcairn Show If you have aspirations in event management, media or secretarial duties and would like to gain some experience in these fields, helping plan this year’s Culcairn Show might be just the way to do it.

The Culcairn Show Society Committee is inviting young people to become involved in

this year’s community event to bring some new ideas and assist in planning the attractions and stalls for the day. The 2011 show will be held on Saturday 1 October.

Last year we had Home and Away’s Luke Mitchell come along and support the event, maybe you can too. It could be a great addition to your resume as well!

For more information about the opportunity please contact Rosie O’Keeffe via email roslle@hotmail.com or mobile 0415 034 577.

Education Tax Refund Parents and caregivers are encouraged to keep their receipts from education related expenses to take advantage of a federal government tax initiative.

The Education Tax Refund (ETR) gives you refunds of 50% on a range of primary and secondary education expenses.

You can receive refunds up to a maximum of $397 per primary school student and $794 per secondary school student.

To see if you are eligible to apply for the education tax refund, see www .educationtaxrefund.gov.au.

Canteen Roster

15/3 Lindy Terlich 16/3 Jane Yates 17/3 Julie Pitson Sue Govan 18/3 Helen Raven 21/3 Donna Parker Dominique Heriot

Term 1 finishes on

Friday 8 April.

Students return for Term 2 on

Thursday 28 April.