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29 MARCH 2019 TERM 1 ISSUE 9 THE HENRY LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGE, ACHIEVE49 SOUTH STREET, GRENFELL NSW 2810 02 6343 1390 www.henrylawso-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Year 12 jerseys have arrived just in time for the change in the weather.

Success at the Blayney Show!Please see the report on page four.

It was a pleasure to have lunch with our Stage 5 Food Technology class. I was invited to share the spoils of their International cooking/food program. The food presented looked and tasted great and is an absolute credit to the student’s attention to detail and love of food. I was able to share the following international food - butter chicken, rice and poppadoms, Turkish pied, traditional Italian pizza, sushi, pad Thai, chocolate mousse, black forest cake, Vietnamese rice paper rolls, honey chicken, chocolate chilli tart, Greek meatballs and yogurt, tabbouleh, hommos and yogurt bread.

Well done to Axl Delandro and Jesse Thomson-Jones who were chosen to be the local support act for this years, Festival of Small Halls, in Grenfell on April 11. They have been rehearsing hard for their upcoming performance and are grateful for the opportunity to be involved. It would be wonderful to see as many as possible of THLHS community supporting the boys on the night.Thank you and congratulations to all students who participated in the Blayney Agricultural Show last weekend and a special mention to Angus Kelly who won the overall Grand Champion Parader of the Show.

Congratulations to our Chessnuts, Sophia Huxtable, Brodie Petty, Dylan King and Peter Armstrong who have progressed to the next round of the NSW Country Schools Chess competition after defeating Red Bend in the 1st round.Congratulations to Rhys Hughes who has been selected in the Western Region Open Lawn Bowls team to play in the CHS carnival to be held in Wyong later in the year.Congratulations to Niamh Mitton, George Mitton and Tom Robinson who were selected to represent Western region at the upcoming CHS swimming championships in Sydney.Have a great weekAaron FlaggPrincipal

Principal’s reportA big congratulations to Caleb Haddin in Year 10 and Chrystal Hucker in Year 11 who have been awarded the Gunyah Craft Shop Achievement Scholarship. The students were nominated for the scholarship by the school executive based on current commitment and attitude towards school studies. Well done!

Congratulations to our very own Taylor Keppie, Jayde Hundy and Megan Wilson who were part of the U15 Western Women Rugby League Grand Final winning team. The girls defeated the Dubbo Goannas 46 – 22. The staff and students of THLHS are very proud. Well done!

I visited the Year 7 Science classroom recently. Students had the task of identifying unknown substances within a mystery mixture. They did this by designing their own separation experiment based on their prior learning knowledge on separation methods such as filtration, decanting, centrifuging, ink chromatography and evaporation. Students successfully separated and identified water, food colouring, dirt, wood shavings, sugar and salt from the mystery mixture.

Festival of Small HallsSt Joseph’s Primary School P&F are looking forward to hosting their third instalment of the Festival of Small Halls on Thursday 11 April.This year, international band The Once from Canada will be performing. The Once have received numerous awards including gongs at the Canadian Folk Awards and the JUNO Awards. Australian act is Melbourne folk artist John Flanagan. John is on his first fully fledged tour and has been linkened to James Taylor and Paul Kelly.Supporting these acts will be local boys Axl Delandro and Jesse Thomson-Jones. Axl and Jesse are students at The Henry Lawson High School and are looking forward to playing locally in front of their family and friends. Doors open at 6.30 with our local boys kicking off at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for concession holders and children under 12 are free. Tickets are available online at the Festival of Small Halls website, or from Spannerman and Gordon Garling Moffitt. Refreshments will be available. For further information please call Gavin Johnson on 0418274423.

Year 8 are currently selling tickets for their Easter Raffle. All proceeds go towards their end of year excursion.What Year 8 have to do:To help establish the prizes for the raffle we are asking that each Year 8 student donate a chocolate egg or an Easter related prize. We will collect these up and bundle them together to form several prizes.Each Year 8 student has been given a booklet of raffle tickets. Each Year 8 has the responsibility and ownership for their fundraiser and aim to sell all the tickets in their booklet. When:Tickets will need to be sold and returned to the office by Monday 8 April. Our monster Easter raffle will be drawn on Thursday 11 of April, just in time for the Easter holidays.

Success at the Blayney Show!Waking up to a cool and wet Friday morning, we were a little concerned for our first outing. However, we needn’t have worried as the sun shone through and ended in a sunny dry and successful weekend at Blayney Show! Our newly formed cattle team headed to Blayney with fifteen students and ten head of cattle. For the past six weeks, students have broken in and taught the cattle how to behave and be paraded, Blayney Show was our first test. The Angus section had a lot of strong competition. Devanah Anne, placed third in a strong class and the remainder of the Angus, while they paraded well, unfortunately did not place in their classes. We experienced more success with our Murray Greys. Grey Lady placed first and was awarded Reserve Champion with Bib second to Grey Lady. Infinity also claimed a second placing in her class. The students then competed in paraders against 100 students from surrounding schools. Faith White, Tatiana Hazell and Angus Kelly were named as finalists in their age groups Faith and Tatiana both received highly commended and Angus Kelly won his age group. There was great excitement as Angus then went on to win overall Grand Champion Parader of the Show. Congratulations Faith, Tatiana and Angus. The students and cattle received praise from bystanders at Blayney Show and were commended on their attitude, team work and presentation of themselves and their animals.I would personally like to thank our students, their families and our truck driver Donk (Rob Taylor Transport) for your efforts in getting our students and cattle to Blayney and to our students for your impeccable behaviour. Bring on Sydney Royal against hundreds of students, schools and nearly 1000 head of cattle!

Family Statements of Account have been mailed out this week.You may pay school contributions by cash or cheque or through our Parent Online Payment (POP) system. Please go to our school website at https://henrylawso-h.schools.nsw.gov.au and click on MAKE A PAYMENT in the ribbon bar at the top of the homepage. This link takes you to a secure on-line payment site administered by Westpac.

The P&C is seeking your assistance with a contribution of $5.00 per student for Student Injury Insurance cover that the P&C have paid for 2019. Having this insurance means your child is covered for injuries 24/7 whether at home or at school (conditions apply). Simply add $5.00 per student when you pay your school contributions using your preferred payment method (as described above). Please contact the P&C for further information.

Please note that instrument hire and tuition fees are being charged per term this year, however, if you wish to pay up-front for the full school year, a 10% discount still applies on these fees only. Please call the office at school to check the amount you will need to pay after discount.

A student assistance fund is available if you are experiencing financial hardship, and may be accessed by making an appointment with the principal. There is also the option to pay contributions by instalments.

English/History Assessment NotificationsYear 12 Advanced English - Module A Comparative essay: due 3rd May (week 1, term 2)Year 11 English Standard and Advanced - Why do we read? Why do we write?: due 5 April (week 10)Year 10 English - Pick-a-Poet Portfolio: due 11 April (week 11)Year 10 History - Rights and Freedoms topic exam: due 8 April (week 11)Year 9 English - Formal persuasive speech: due 8 April (week 11)Year 9 History - Movement of Peoples topic exam: due 8 April (week 11)Year 8 History - Art, Architecture and the Church research poster: due 1st April (week 10)Year 7 English - Research and compose an informative Text: due Week 11

HSIE Assessment Notifications

Year 11 - Business Studies - Nature of business task due: week 10Year 12 - Business Studies - Finance task due: week 10

Easter Raffle for Crohn’s & Colitis FoundationHelp Year 12 raise awareness and funds to support

The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation!

Three huge prizes to be won!Drawn Friday 12 AprilTickets $2.00 each or

3 for $5.00

Careers NewsCSU Explore DaysIf you’re in Year 10, 11 or 12, Explore Day is your chance to check out what university is really like. Choose from a range of workshops at Charles Sturt University and find out which uni courses are right for you.The dates are fast approaching.CSU Wagga: 15-16 April and 25 June CSU Bathurst: 12 AprilCSU Orange: 9 aprilFind out more and register here: https://futurestudents.csu.edu.au/unilife/social/events/ex-plore-day

UNSW Faculty Experience DaysRegistrations have now opened for the UNSW Faculty Experience Events. These give students a hands-on opportunity to solve real-world challenges, learn about UNSW degrees, speak to current students and experience the Kensington Campus. https://www.events.unsw.edu.au/

Year 10 Work Experience Year 10 students will be participating in work experience at the end of term 2. This is a great opportunity for gaining practical experience in the workplace and informing career choices. Please encourage your child to consider options for this workplace learning ASAP as we will begin paperwork soon.

For more information, please see Mrs Troth

Winter Uniform OptionsPlease see below for acceptable winter uniform.

Please note that hoodies and representative jumpers, coats and shorts are not acceptable uniform.

Junior girls uniform - Years 7 - 10 Navy and sky blue polo shirt Navy pleated skirt, navy tailored shorts or navy trousers Navy sloppy joe with emblem, navy jumper with emblem or navy jacket with emblem Black leather shoes White/black socks/navy stockings/tights Accessories - Navy beanie, navy scarf, navy gloves

Junior boys uniform - Years 7 - 10 Navy and sky blue polo shirt Navy tailored shorts or navy trousers Navy sloppy joe with emblem, navy jumper with emblem or navy jacket with emblem Black leather shoes White/black socks

Accessories - Navy beanie, navy scarf, navy gloves

Senior girls uniform - Years 11 and 12Pale blue blouse with emblem or navy and sky blue polo shirt Navy checked pleated skirt, navy tailored shorts or navy trousers Navy sloppy joe with emblem, navy jumper with emblem or navy jacket with emblem Black leather shoes White/black socks/navy stockings/tights Accessories - Navy beanie, navy scarf, navy gloves

Year 12 jersey (Year 12 students only)

Senior boys uniform - Years 11 and 12 Pale blue collared dress shirt with emblem or navy and sky blue polo shirt Navy tailored shorts or navy trousers Navy sloppy joe with emblem, navy jumper with emblem or navy jacket with emblem Black leather shoes White/black socks Accessories - Navy beanie, navy scarf, navy gloves

Year 12 jersey (Year 12 students only)

GRENFELL AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUBGrenfell Aquatic Centre details

Ph – 6343 1756 Mob: 0490 830 563

HENRY LAWSON FESTIVAL KING/QUEEN ENTRANTSwimming Club in conjunction with the Grenfell Bowling Club will have an entrant in this year’s King/Queen Competition. The major fundraiser this year will be a ball which will be held on Saturday 18 May 2019 at the Bowling Club. More details to come. We hope that everyone will consider supporting this event as all funds raised will be donated back to Swimming Club.LANE ROPES TO LEADERSHIP CAMPSwimming NSW conduct this camp which is open to 11-15 year olds from all over NSW. The weekend-long camp will include leadership, event management, technical official and coaching workshops, as well as fun team bonding activities. The aim is to up-skill teenagers so that they can make improvements at their home club and be incentivised to stay in the sport for longer either as a swimmer or in another capacity.Participants will need to nominate and be selected to attend.If any swimmers are interested in attending the Camp please contact Nicola for further details. DATES FOR THE DIARYMonthly meeting – 8 April 2019 at 7.30pmAGM – Monday, 13 May 2019 at 7.30pmEveryone is welcome to attend.

Country Education Foundation of Grenfell

Helping our local young people to achieve their dreams.

You can support us by donating; to find out more contact cefgrenfell@gmail.com or visit http://engage.cef.org.au/directory/foundation/3085/grenfell

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

April10A

Year 7 social

1 2 3

Lachlan Shield Cricket

4

Athletics round 1

5

April11B

CHS Swimming

8

Sydney Royal Easter Show

CHS Swimming

9

Sydney Royal Easter Show

CHS SwimmingFast-5 Netball

10

ANZAC Day Service

Sydney Royal Easter Show

11

Athletics Carnival

Sydney Royal Easter Show

12

Henry’s Hand Me DownsIt’s getting cold!There is a collection of quality jumpers, long pants and a small number of house shirts available at Henry’s Hand Me Downs. The cost for each item is $5. This money will be donated back to the school for student supplies.Please see Mrs Taylor or the front office.