KHS Newsletter Term 2 - katoomba-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

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June 2021

● Fri 4th Jun- Careers Market

Years 10 & 12

● Mon 7th - Fri 11th Jun -

Year 10 Work Experience

● Fri 11th Jun- Breast Cancer

Awareness Day

● Tue 15th - Fri 25th Jun -

Year 12 Trial Examinations

for nominated subjects

● Thu 17th - Fri 18th Jun -

Zone Athletics Carnival

Scuba Camp in Kiama

On the 29th of April, a group ofsenior Katoomba High students,accompanied by teachers MrsWilson and Mr Simone, travelledin the mighty Tarago to ScubaCamp in Kiama NSW. Thestudents and Mrs Wilson thenspent the next three days carryinghalf their body weight in gear,diving into depths they’ve neverbeen to before, all whilst Mr

Simone experienced thechallenges of a modern ‘househusband’ to seven wide eyedteenagers.

Day one included studentsspending an extremely hungry sixhours practicing essential scubadiving skills to protect themselvesfrom the possible dangers ofopen-water diving.

Over the next two days, diversprogressed down into deeperdepths of the ocean, seeing thewonders of open water from awhole new perspective. Studentswere lucky enough to divealongside the beautiful andcurious grey nurse shark beforereturning to land and completingthe very last test for their openwater diving licenses!

~ Annabel Lawday Yr 12

KHS Overall Winners ofZone Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to all competitorswho were a part of the ZoneCross Country which ran on the3rd of May. We have 22competitors moving forward to theRegional Cross Country on the9th of June. Katoomba HighSchool has also been named theoverall winners of this carnival!12 Year old Females - 3rd AngelinaHamilton

13 Year old Females - 1st Tani Hoffman,2nd Julia Ross, 4th Allyssa Ng-Saad

15 Year old Females - 5th Mia Bryant, 8thElla Wallace

16 Year old Females - 1st AlanaDe-Bortoli Dodson, 2nd Lili Roth, 3rdMeiling Holland

17 Year old Females - 1st Ella Mortensen

12 Year old Males - 8th Joel Bryant

13 Year old Males - 2nd Finn Kliej, 6thJoshua Barratt, 9th Txai Davies

15 Year old Males - 2nd LewynMortensen

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17 Year old Males - 1st Thomas Murphy,3rd Russell Topp, 4th Ryan Starr, 5thWilliam Corlett, 7th Jordan Buckley

18 Year old Males - 1st Dan Kelly, 2ndJack Roth.

A massive effort by all our competitors onthe day!

Miss Jones

KHS Students Selected forYouth Parliament Camp 2021Congratulations to Lotte Weber(Yr 12) and Ariel Fraser (Yr 10)for being selected to representKatoomba High School in July atthe Youth Parliament Camp 2021.Well done to our students! Welook forward to hearing all aboutit.

Yr 10 Drama Students toAttend Shakespeare Carnival

Congratulation� Y� 10 Dram�!

These talented students willrepresent our school at the 2021Shakespeare Carnival, a NSWState Finals Event that will beheld at the Seymour Centre -6thJune.

KHS Legal Eagles Mock TrialSuccess

The Katoomba High School MockTrial team has progressed into thethird round of the competitionafter impressive wins in the firsttwo rounds. The Mock Trial is aprestigious inter-schoolcompetition for public and privateschools coordinated by the LawSociety of NSW.

The participants must learn howto make legal submissionsbased on precedents, rules ofadmissible evidence, how toexamine and cross examinewitnesses and how to respondto submissions from their

opponents. A Mock Trial team ismade up of barristers, solicitors,witnesses and court assistantswho each must learn how to playout their role while competingagainst the opposing school.

In round 1, the KHS teamdefeated Montgrove CatholicCollege at Orchard Hills and inround 2 defeated Richmond HighSchool.

Each trial involves many hours ofteam meetings and individualpreparation, which students havecommitted to in addition to thenormal demands of study andassessment tasks for theircourses.

The team of Year 11 LegalStudies students have showngreat skill, composure and teamwork in each trial and should bevery proud of their performancesand achievement. The team isRuby Byrne, Rose Cooke, MiaFrater, Almass Kadr, HannahPatton and Alice Ridley. Theyhave already begun theirextensive preparations for round3.

Students are required to learncomplex courtroom rules,procedures and strategies as theyprepare to argue their case in aMock Court presided over by amagistrate who is an experiencedsolicitor or barrister. ~MrTony Gasparre






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2021 Athletics Carnival atPitt Park.

Congratulations to everyone whocame along and participated inthe Athletics Carnival on Tuesdaythe 25th of May. The weather wasperfect.

We had many records broken onthe day:

100 metres -13 Male - Edward Tomlinson 13.21 sec

17+ Female - Keeli Brown 13.91 sec

200 metres -17+ Male - Jordan Buckley 24.65 sec

13 Female - Chloe Flugge 30.69 sec

16 Female - Caitlyn Martin 28.71 sec

400 metres -13 Male - Edward Tomlinson 1'07.57

17+ Male - Dan Kelly 56.02 sec

13 Female - Allyssa Ng-Saad 1'12.53

16 Female - Caitlyn Martin 1'05.63

17+ Female - Keeli Brown 1'24.97

800 metres -13 Male - Finn Kleij 2'37.02

17+ Male - Dan Kelly 2'08.29

13 Female - Julia Ross 2'48.27

16 Female - Caitlyn Martin 2'41.23

17+ Female - Ella Mortensen 2'49.41

Discus -12 Male - Tyler 17.17m

16 Male - Jason Jordan 32.77m

15 Female - Emmagen Cronshaw23.01m

17+ Female - Kaleigh Martin 21.14m

High Jump -12 Male - Joel Bryant & Tyler 1.2m

17+ Male - Dan Kelly 1.75m

12 Female - Olivia Pellegrini 1.15m

13 Female - Chloe Flugge 1.32m

14 Female - Annabel Dignam 1.31m

15 Female - Mia Mulligan 1.30m

17+ Female - Lucia Gerontakos & KeeliBrown 1.25m

Javelin -13 Female - Allyssa Ng-Saad 11.7m


17+ Female - Imogen Denis 17.02m

Long Jump -12 Male - Joel Bryant 4.48m

16 Female - Caitlyn Martin 4.23m

17+ Female - Keeli Brown 4.32m

Shot Put -12 Male - Tyler 13.30m


17+ Female - Ruby Byrne 8.43m






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Thanks to Nicholas Long& Charmaine Tully for thebeautiful photos of ourathletes & friendshipgroups.






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Year 10 & 11 Participate inTomorrow Man/WomanWorkshops

The first workshop was held on6th May. We are a trial for theextended program over threeyears. The next sessions will beheld in August, October, &November.

The program explores genderstereotypes, proactive mentalhealth and wellbeing, finding avoice and listening to others.

Delivered by specialist facilitators,it was clear that thecontent/activities were powerfuland there was great emotionalenergy, maturity and respectshown in each classroom. Thefirst session explored thebreaking down of genderstereotypes, building mentalhealth, supporting others,self-identity and more.

Our kids are tomorrow’s future.

IDAHOBIT Ceremony

Monday May 17th was theInternational Day AgainstHomophobia BiphobiaIntersexism and Transphobia(IDAHOBIT). For a number ofyears the Blue Mountains CityCouncil has held a Rainbow Flagraising event to celebrate.Wonderful to see so manystudents from a number ofmountains schools there.

Katoomba High students had theduty of raising the flag at thisyear’s ceremony. Well done to allwho participated.

Outstanding LeadershipRecognized

Our very own principal JennyBoyall has been awarded aprestigious Harvard Principals’Scholarship in recognition of heroutstanding leadership.

As an awardee, Ms Boyall andtwo other principals will undertakea professional education programspecifically designed tostrengthen the skills ofeducational leaders.

In 2013, enrolment at KatoombaHigh was just 520 students,while in 2021, 90 per cent of localstudents (~970 students) - arenow enrolled at the high school.

Ms Boyall said the scholarshipwould provide an “amazingopportunity to learn fromeducators across the world”.

“From what I have heard frompast recipients, it is alife-changing experience thatallows leaders to reflect, refocusand renew their commitment toeducational leadership,” MsBoyall said.






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“I am thrilled to have received thescholarship and look forward tolearning from others who are alsopassionate about publiceducation.”

We are so lucky to have Jenny,with her focus on the well being ofall students and staff being ofutmost importance.

Yr 7 Agriculture

Angelina & Tani with IndianRunner Ducks

Charlotte with an Isa Brown

Child Studies Assisting inLiteracy at Primary School

Mrs Holder - Technology Teacher-has begun organisingexcursions for Year 10 ChildStudies students to make regularvisits to Katoomba Public school,where they assist teachers andstudents in the classes ofKindergarten and Year 1.

This experience has beenwelcomed by the KPS teachers,who love the extra help, and theirstudents really enjoy theinteraction and personal attentionfrom the high school students.The Year 10 students can also putthis experience on their resumesas it helps them to gainconfidence and employability.

They have written an interviewabout their experiences withthese excursions:

1. What did you first notice aboutthe classrooms when you wentthere?We were shocked by how littleeverything was - the chairs andthe students. The classrooms arevery busy and there is a reallearning buzz of excitement in theroom.

2. What has your experiencebeen like going to the school tohelp the children?Very fun and exciting experience.It is the highlight of the week forme.

3. What have you learned whenworking with the primary students- Kindy and Year 1?I've learned that these childrenhave so much fun to offer. Theirlittle brains are learning so fast.






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4. How do you interact with thechildren?

The children love the company-so we join in and spend lots oftime talking and sitting with them.

5. How do you help the childrenwith their learning?We help with painting - there is alot of organising and cleaning thatgoes into art time and we arehappy to help with this. We alsohelp with drawing letters andreading words.

6. What was your reaction abouthow the children communicatewith each other?They are very loud and busy andwe help them with theircommunication- setting a goodexample of listening and takingturns at talking.

7. How do you interact with thechildren?Calmly and always trying to breakinstructions down so they canunderstand the tasks.

8. What is the difference in theway the teachers teach at theprimary school to how yourteachers teach you?Their teachers let them get awaywith a lot more and they have tohelp a lot more with personal careissues such as opening lunchboxes and organising their work.

~Mrs Holder & the Yr 10 ChildStudies students

Student Voice

Have you noticed the silver“mailbox” near the front officecounter? This is where studentscan offer suggestions & requestswhich will be considered andhopefully accommodated if at allpossible. Then the display boardkeeps track of what new initiativesare being introduced as a directresult of of student suggestions.

At this week’s Enviro Collectivemeeting, the group came up withan idea to have morecommunication from StudentVoice via the newsletter. Watchthis space as another great ideaunfolds!Enviro Collective meets Tuesdaylunchtimes.

SAVE THE DATE:SATURDAY JULY 17 @ 7 PMRSL KATOOMBAP&C Trivia Night

The KHS Massive Murray Paddleteam is hosting a ROCKWIZtrivia night fundraising eventfor the KHS P&C. This funevening will feature live music,prizes and lots of musical trivia.Gather your friends for a table,come dressed as your favouritemusician or musical era and testyour musical knowledge. Ticketinformation available soon. Allprofits for the KHS P&C for thelong term goal of a newgymnasium for the school.






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Prize Donations Neededplease!a huge thanks to those whohave kindly offered to donatefabulous prizes, which so farinclude such treats as:

● a selection of items fromthe ‘Mt. Vic & Me’ Shopfrom Kara Cooper

● Wine from Jon DarraghWines

● An Air BnB Weekendthanks to the Van DenDolder Family fromWentworth Falls

just to name a few...and an extra shout out to theKatoomba RSL for donatingtheir fabulous venue for thenight!The KHS Massive Murray Paddleteam is obliged to raise funds fora charity as a condition of entryfor the race and have chosen theKHS P&C this year. If you areable to donate any items orservices or experiences, pleasecontact Community LiaisonOfficer Marina Brown:[email protected](or at school Tuesdays) or JanicePrice 0466 587 131, a parentcoordinator for the paddling team.

The paddlers are gettingorganised and looking forward togetting back on the water thisyear. Spots are still available onthe team. Please contact JanicePrice, if you are interested or visitwww.massivemurraypaddle.org.au for more general informationabout the event.

CAPA needs your old MobilePhones!

They will be transformed into aninstallation to be created by year10 Art Students as part of aworkshop hosted by two worldrenowned local artists. Theinstallation will then be ondisplay at the Blue MountainsCultural Centre.Remove the SIM cards and bringthem to us.Donations of any unwantedmobile phones can be made viathe front office.

thanks!

New South WalesDepartment of Education

Online Enrolment Project

The Online Enrolment System isdesigned to provide flexibility forour parents to submit anenrolment application online andat the time that best suits you.The application can be accessedon all browsers and mobiledevices including iOS andAndroid.

The online application process iscurrently restricted to:

● Enrolments into localschools only

● Children who areAustralian citizens, NewZealand citizens orpermanent residents

● Children who live in NSW.

Please Note:

For high schools, it iskey to note that for themoment, this system doesnot cater for Year 6-7transition, and should onlybe used for new studentsfrom years 8-12. For anyYear 6-7 transitionstudents, please followyour usual processes.

Further information aboutonline enrolment can be foundon the websiteeducation.nsw.gov.au


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Creative Kids Vouchers

Creative Kids voucher: allschool aged children are eligiblefor one $100 voucher percalendar year to use on art,music, drama, dance, gymnastics,language, STEM activities, etc

Active Kids Vouchers

Active Kids voucher: everyschool aged child is eligible fortwo x 100 vouchers. Manyfamilies have been enjoying thebenefits, however there are stillmany who don’t access them,losing out on the opportunity to

enjoy the benefits of being active,making friends and having fun.

Uniforms

If any students need help withacquiring a uniform, please seethe front office for assistance.





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