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ORACLEORACLEWarialda High School newsletter

Providing advantage through diverse educational opportunities for every student

A proud School of the Gwydir Learning Region

Apollo Avenue, Warialda NSW 2402

T 02 6729 1000 I E warialda-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dates for your Diary

20185 February: Staff return to School

6 February: Year 7, 11 & 12 Students return to school

7 February: Year 8, 9 & 10 students return to school

Issue 5 - Term 4 - Week B Th ursday 14 December, 2017

Dux for 2016 Claudia Cush

Presentation Evening

Year 12Rhiannon Byers: First in Course - Sport Lifestyle and Recreation Studies, Kakadu Captain and SRC Representative, Reuben F Scarf - Award for Commitment, Award Visual Arts, Premier’s Sporting Challenge Medal, Overall Girl’s Sports Champion, Team of the Year Recipient (Capt)

Adam Carpenter: Achievement - Industrial Technology Timber, Award for Industrial Technology

Kaylah Fenton: SRC Representative and School Vice Captain

James Gilmour: First in Course - English Studies, First in Course - General Mathematics 1, Peter Zellers Prize - Male, Service to the School - Senior male

Jai Hardy: First in Course - Anicient History, Achievement - Biology, First in Course - Business Services, Peter Zellers Prize - Female

Jacob Hodge: Achievement - Hospitality, SRC Representative and School Captain, Citizenship & Sports Leadership Award

Phoebe Jane: First in Course -Visual Arts

Stacey Morton: SRC Representative and School Captain

Wade Newcombe: Kakadu Captain and SRC Representative 2016 to 2017

Hope Smithies: Achievement - Food Technology, Gwydir Shire Mayoral Achiever Award, Science Award

James Williams: First in Course - Standard English, First in Course - General Mathematics 2, First in Course - PDHPE, First in Course - Primary Industries, SRC Representative and School Vice Captain, Caltex - Best All Rounder Award, Long Tan Leadership - Yr12, University of New England Vice-Chancellor’s High Achievement Prize - Yr 12 Student, University of Newcastle -Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence in Year 12, Achievement in Food Technology, Agriculture Award, PDHPE Award

Year 11Alliarna Brazel: Achievement - Primary Industries, Excellence - Standard English, Excellence - General Mathematics, Excellence - Agriculture, Excellence - Animal Studies, Overall Encouragement Award Senior

Tegan Brown: Excellence - Hospitality, Excellence - Primary Industries, Annual Library - Award

Corey Clark: Achievement - Computing Applications, SRC Representative, Elected Vice Captain for 2017-2018

Stephanie Cleal: Team of the Year Recipient

Ted Hamilton: Achievement - Standard English, First in Course - Industrial Technology, Achievement Sport Lifestyle and Recreation Studies

Jessica Hall: Team of the Year Recipient

Phoebee Hardy: Excellence - Biology, Excellence - Advanced English, Consistency and Effort in English

Tyler Hardy: Excellence - Physics, First in Course - Information Processes and Technology, University of Newcastle - Year 11 Excellence Award

Luke Hobday: Achievement - Hospitality

Molly Kennedy: Team of the Year Recipient

Clare Mead: Achievement - Automotive

Ruby Mitchell: Excellence - Business Services, First in Course - Visual Arts, Music Award

Holly Phillips: Excellence PDHPE, Service to the School - Senior female, Sportsmanship Award - Warialda Sports Council Trophy

James Skinner: Excellence - Modern History, First in Course - Mathematics, First in Course Extension 1 Mathematics, First in Course - Chemistry, Modern History Award, Numeracy Award - Stage 6, Award for Art

Holly Smith: Excellence - Food Technology, First in Course - Business Services, First in Course - General Mathematics, First in Course - Visual Arts, Literacy Award - Senior

Nicholas Waller: Excellence - Music, NSW State Senior Wind Band Represenative, University of Newcastle - Year 11 Excellence Award

Joe Woodward: Achievement- English Studies

Year 10Brodie-Jane Baker : Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement Work Education

Jackson Booth: Acheivement, Information Software & Technology

Petah-Jayne Butler: Team of the Year Recipient

Charlie Cush: Excellence - Physical Activity & Sports Studies, Overall Boy’s Sports Champion

Paige Delanty: Excellence -Science

Lucie Hawkins: Team of the Year Recipient

Cameron Jane: Achievement - Commerce

Montenna Johnson: Achievement- Science, Excellence - Work Education

Jordan Johnston: Achievement - PDHPE, Excellence - Science

Joshua Jones: Achievement - History, Achievement - English

Christopher Keeley: NW Representative - AthleticsDenham Marchant: Excellence - History, Excellence - Industrial Technology Metal, Award for Encouragement and Enthusiasm in Rugby League

Sarah Miller: Achievement - Agriculture, Excellence - Mathematics, Excellence - History, Regional Selection In School Spectacular and CAPERS Choir, The English Literature Prize

Heidi Mills: Excellence - Design & Technology, Excellence - Industrial Technology Timber, Achievement - Mathematics, Excellence - English, Excellence - Work Education, Encouragement Award for Industrial Arts Junior Student

Will O’Sullivan: Excellence - Agriculture,

Achievement -PDHPE, Overall Encouragement Award-Junior

Dakota Perrett: Achievement - Agriculture, Achievement - Music, Excellence - Visual Arts, Regional Nomination for State Senior Wind Band

Nicola Robinson: Team of the Year Recipient

Alisha Sleiman: Excellence - Food Technology, Acheivement - Geography, Achievement - Geography, Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - Science, Achievement - English, Excellence - History, Achievement - PDHPE, Team of the Year Recipient

Calee Tranter: Achievement - English

Renae Walker: Achievement - Geography

Emma Weatherall: Achievement - Food Technology, Achievement - Geography, Achievement - Science, Long Tan Leadership - Yr10

Year 9Lance Allison: Achievement - Geography, Achievment - Science

Madeline Armstrong: Achievement - Agriculture, NW Representative - SwimmingJackson Booth: Achievement - Industrial Technology Metal

Toni Jane Brown: Achievement - Mathematics

Hunter Brown: Achievement- PDHPE

Lillian Delanty: Achievement - Work Education

Cordelle Dunnicliff: Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - History, Achievement - English, Achievement - Work Education

Clayton Gardner: Achievement - PDHPE

Louisa Gilmour: Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - Music, Excellence - Geography, Excellence - English, Excellence - English, Excellence - Science, Excellence - Visual Arts, Excellence - Work Education, NSW State Senior Band Representative, Service to the School - Junior

Lily Hamilton: Acheivement - Design & Technology, Achievement - PDHPE

Savannah Hughes: Achievement - History

Andrew Marle: Achievement - Food Technology, Achievement - Mathematics

Keziah McIntosh: Achievement - Visual Arts, Excellence - Agriculture, Excellence - Mathematics, Excellence - Geography, Regional Vocalist - School Spectacular Core Choir Represenative, Literacy Award - Stage 5, Numeracy Award - Stage 5

Blake Mintoff: Achievement - English

Maverick Mitchell: Excellence - Work Education

Emily Nolan: Achievment - Science, Achievement - History

Skye Parker-Rose : Achievement - Geography, Achievement - English, Excellence - Food Technology, Excellence - History, Excellence - Science

Chloe Read: Acheivement - Design & Technology

Banjo Riley-Connell: Achievement -Work Education

Hunter Rose: Achievement - PDHPE, Achievement -Science

Connor Rowan: Achievement -Information Software and Technology

Alexander Smith: Excellence - Industrial Technology Timber

Hannah Tooley: Achievement - Agriculture, Achievment - Science, Excellence - PASS, NW Representative - Athletics, NW Representative Swimming

Year 8Stacey Allison: Achievement - Music, Excellence - Visual Arts

Isabel Biddle: Achievement - English, Achievement - Technology, Excellence - Science, Achievement - Geography, Achievement - PD/H/PE

Brock Byers: Stage 4 Citizenship Award

Rachel Coulton: Achievement - English

Rachel Coulton: Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - Music, Achievement - PD/H/PE, Excellence - Science, Excellence - Technology, Excellence - Visual Arts, NW Representative Swimming

Zack Crouch: Achievement English, Achievement - Geography, Achievement - PD/H/PE, Excellence History, Excellence - Science

Charlie Dawson: Achievement - Mathematics

William Delanty: Achievement - History

Abbiegail Dunnecliff: Achievement -Music

Kane Evens: Achievement - History, Achievement - English, Achievement - Geography

Dylan Fenton: Excellence - Visual Arts

Brittany Ford: Achievement -History

Emma Hall: Achievemen - Visual Arts, Excellence - English, Excellence - Mathematics, Excellence - Science, Achievement - Geography, Excellence - History, Excellence - PDHPE, NW Representative - Swimming, Numeracy Award - Stage 4

Mardi Klingner: Achievement - Mathematics

Byron La Fontaine:Achievement Technology, Achievement - Visual Arts

Charlotte Lockyer: Achievement - Music, Excellence - Technology

Grace Lockyer: Achievement - Music, Excellence - Geography

Michael Nolan: Achievement - Science

Eric O’Sullivan: Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - Visual Arts

Alexander Smith: Achievement - Technology

Lachlan Wood: Achievement - PDHPE

Year 7Isaac Armstrong:

Excellence - LOTE - Italian, NW Representative - SwimmingNicola Briggs: Achievement - PDHPE, Achievement - English

Paige Collings: Achievement - LOTE - Italian, Achievement - Visual Arts

Brendan Cook:Achievement - History

Madalyn Crouch: Achievement - English

Amica Cuell: Achievement - LOTE - Italian,Achievement - Music, Achievement - PDHPE, Achievement - Technology, Excellence - Visual Arts, Excellence - Geography, Excellence - Mathematics, Excellence - Science, Excellence - English

Jack Digby: Achievement - Music, Achievement - Geography, Excellence - Visual Arts

Daemon Fohmsbee: Excellence - LOTE - Italian, Excellence - Visual Arts, Excellence - Mathematics, Excellence - Technology

Bedelia Johnson: Achievement - English, Literacy Award - Stage 4

Abbie Kent: Achievement - History

Lucy Lockyer: Achievement - Music, Achievement - Science, Achievement - Technology, Excellence - PDHPE

Opel Manttan: Achievement - Science

Brayden Miller: Achievement - Technology

Western Mitchell: Achievement - Mathematics, Achievement - Music, Achievement - PDHPE, Achievement - History, Excellence - Science, Achievement - Geography

Nathan Tooley: Achievement - History

Nickolas Williams: Achievement - Mathematics

More Presentation Evening PicturesA big congratulations to the many award recipients. Have a safe and enjoyable well deserved school holiday. See you all next year.

Wait, There’s More

WelcomeWelcome to Warialda High School’s newest staff member, Mrs Helen Young, pictured in front of the schools new sign, donated by the P & C . Mrs Young has taken up the chair as Relieving Principal over the past two weeks and next year will be in the seat as Deputy Principal. We all wish Mrs Young all the best at our school. If you would like a meeting / appointment with Mrs Young please organise this with tour staff in the school’s front office.

Meet the Deputy PrincipalHello,My name is Mrs Helen Young and it is with great pleasure that I have been appointed as Deputy Principal at Warialda High School. I want to use this opportunity to tell you a little about myself. I am originally from Mount Gambier in South Australia, went to university in Melbourne at Monash University studying Mathematics, taught in 2 country high schools in Victoria before spending more than 2 years travelling around Western Australia and down the centre. Upon returning to Victoria, I took up a mathematics position at Wesley College. After 3 years I moved to the North Coast of NSW settling in Emerald Beach, north of Coffs Harbour. I taught at Grafton High for 8 years then transferred to Woolgoolga High and have been there for 19 years. I have been Head Teacher Mathematics for the past 8 years and now look forward to many happy years here as your children’s Deputy.

My interests include a love of cats and AFL, with Geelong being the team I support, along with being involved in the community through Rotary, in particular. I have 2 sons, who have left home; one residing in Darwin and the other a Civil Engineer in Coffs Harbour.

I am looking forward to becoming a part of the Warialda community and would welcome any opportunity to chat with parents whether it be down the street or over the phone.

Contibuted by Helen Young

Year 8 Spend Quality Time With Warialda Hospital ResidentsChristmas came early to Warialda MPS residents when Year 8 students with Mrs Gilmour (teacher) and her Santa Helpers,Mrs Janet Shafik-Bailey and Mrs Brown, came for a visit ealier this week. Students helped write Christmas cards and joined in fun activities learning from experienced and wise elders of our community.

The Warialda High School P & C

would like to thank everyone who supported this years raffl e.

It was won by Peter Dawson

NEWS FROM ITALIANWhat better way to celebrate the end of a great year of Italian than with food. This celebration could not have happened without the help of Jack Williams’ Nan, Mrs Joan Nieddu. Mrs Nieddu taught us how easy it was to make the traditional pasta dish gnocchi. Gnochhi, is a dish of little dumplings made from potatoes, semolina, flour, or a combination of these ingredients. We learnt how to roll the flour until it was smooth. After it sat for a while then rolled the pasta using a gnocchi pasta machine and a more traditional method of rubbing the dough onto a serrated board. Gnocchi is a labour of love and we sure enjoyed making it. The gnocchi, was then served with a rich tomato sauce. The tomato sauce recipe was not shared with us as it is secret family recipe. Thank you again Mrs Nieddu.

Contributed by Mrs Jane (LOTE Teacher)

Six Practical Ways to Manage Stress in the School HolidaysSchool holidays can be a happy time, but they bring their own pressures to individuals and families. Parents may feel stressed as they balance time between work and home, maintain a family routine, and manage the additional financial strain Christmas and the New Year can bring.

Children may find changes to regular routines cause them to feel stressed, isolated, and in need of support. This is particularly true for children with added challenges like Autism Spectrum Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. These simple steps to reduce family stress come from the Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic in Adelaide and are based on their extensive work with families.

•Encourage connection: We know that strong, supportive relationships help us manage challenges and for young people, social relationships are essential to wellbeing. While it’s okay to take time out for themselves, encourage children to keep in contact with friends over the school holidays.

•Balance structure and freedom: Children need boundaries that are consistently followed and balanced with age appropriate freedom. Maintain a structure that includes a bedtime/curfew and wake-time, without being too rigid.

•Encourage independence: The school holidays are a perfect time to create opportunities for older children to have extra responsibilities such as helping with shopping, cooking or preparing for visitors and celebrations. Involve children in decisions and give them responsibilities to carry these out. For example they may be entrusted to decide what to eat for dinner and have a role in preparation.

•Manage technology: Too much screen time undermines recharging or health promotion that should come with a break. Limit children’s screen time to 90 minutes in the morning, and then have a different plan for the day. It’s worth noting that the police often report an increase in cyber-bulling during school holidays, so start a conversation about this and be aware of your children’s on-line activities.

•Pre-empt issues: If children are worried about returning to school and a new class, discuss their concerns and devise an action plan. Do some orientation activities, visit the school grounds, or look up some information online together.

•Recognise concerning behaviour: Holidays are a good time to tune into a child’s emotions, pay attention to unusual behaviour, and try to open up communication. If you notice your child or young person appears to be more irritable, angry, stressed or worried than usual, is withdrawing from you and others, develops unusual sleeping habits, or expresses a lot of negative thoughts, it may be time to get the appropriate support to encourage healthy coping strategies.

Source: The Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic (adapted)

Schlieffen PlanThis term, HSC students in Modern History have been exploring their Core Study: World War One. On Tuesday 12th of December, students began the arduous task of recreating the Schlieffen Plan.

Pictured: Nicholas Waller and James Skinner.