Narrandera High School · al!” Everyone really enjoyed Scot’s Tips and Tricks for Writing …as you can see below from our student feedback! Scot Gardner is an Australian writer

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Narrandera High School

Issue 9 Week 8 Term 2 Tuesday 18th June 2019

Term 2 has so far been a very busy and successful one at Narrandera High. Our students

have engaged in a variety of academic, sporting and cultural endeavours and our

school continues to progress in a positive direction.

As you would be aware, Narrandera High has recently engaged in encouraging changes

in practice that have seen a significant reduction in negative student behaviour. It is even

more important for our school to ensure our classrooms are productive places where con-

temporary learning and a relentless priority on improvement are the expectation. This

year our professional learning agenda has focused on teachers working together in

teams through our teacher learning communities. You may have also noticed that stu-

dent assessment is becoming more varied and balanced with students given a variety of

different tasks, rather than just traditional tests and exams to demonstrate their achieve-

ment.

Moving forward, our school will continue to focus on formative assessment rather than just

assessing students at the end of a unit or topic. Formative assessment includes a range of

strategies used in the classroom on a daily basis designed to generate feedback on stu-

dent performance. This is done so teachers can make changes in teaching and learning

based on student need. It involves finding out what students know and do not know, and

continually monitoring student progress during learning. By using formative assessment,

teachers are able to recognise if a student requires additional help or if a student needs

extension. This information can be acquired on a daily basis in the classroom rather than

waiting till the traditional end of unit summative assessment to gain this information. It is

this minute by minute, fast feedback which keeps students engaged and focused on

their learning goals. Educational researchers such as Professors John Hattie and Dylan Wil-

liam have endorsed that the student gains in learning triggered by formative assessment

were amongst the largest ever reported for educational interventions.

Last Thursday we held a highly successful Term 2 Formal Assembly. It was wonderful to rec-

ognise a variety of students for their application and effort. Congratulations should also

be extended to our Choir and Band students for their excellent performance of our an-

them. It was also wonderful to hear Phoebe Romeo perform her own original song. One of

the priorities of our current school plan prioritises improving our participation in the arts

and creating a performance culture at Narrandera High.

Last week our school engaged in a positive VET (Vocational Education and Training) Au-

dit. This involved auditors coming into the school to examine our Stage 6 Hospitality and

Construction programs and compliance with course requirements. Congratulations to VET

Co-ordinator Brett Ireland and VET Teachers Scott Rowlings and Liz McLay for their hard

work and commitment not only towards this process but delivering these courses at our

school.

Our PBS Rewards focus has been highly effective this term. This Thursday, 20 June a signifi-

cant number of students will attend our Term 2 PBS Rewards trip to Wagga. Our major PBS

prize of a laptop computer will also be drawn at the end of this week. The weekly prizes of

an itunes or canteen voucher have also been well received. It is extremely important that

we continue to recognise students who consistently display our PBS values of respect, re-

sponsibility and learning.

Kind Regards,

Marni Milne

Relieving Principal


Term 2

Week 8

Wednesday 19th June

Links to Learning Year 10

Clontarf RIVMED Health checks

RFS Cadets Period 3&4

Zone Athletics@ Griffith

Girls Group—Teloca House

Thursday 20th June

Work Studies community volun-

teering

PBS Rewards Trip

Friday 21st June

Whitecard course @ NHS

Stage 6 ITT Task 2 due

Opens Netball KO @ Wagga

HSC Legal Studies Study day @

Wagga

Casual Clothes Day

Week 9

Monday 24th June


Year 10 Work Experience

Tuesday 25th June



Wednesday 26th June

RFS Cadets P 3 & 4


Girls Group—Teloca House

Thursday 27th June


HSC Biology Study Day

Band Practise @ Lunch

Friday 28th June


EES Depth Study due

Monday 1st July



CALENDAR

PBS WINNERS

“No matter how you feel. Get

up, dress up, show up, and never

give up”

ZONE ATHLETICS

Wednesday 19th June @ Griffith

WORK EXPERIENCE—YEAR 10

24th June—5th July (Week 9 & 10)

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY—TIMBER—

ASSESSMENT 2 DUE

Friday 21st June

EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE—

DEPTH STUDY DUE

Friday 28th June

STUDENT INFORMATION

Congratulations to our Week 7 Winners……….

Joseph Foley

Charlie Absolom

Logan Ingram

Dylan Whiteman


RFS CADETS

Every Wednesday in Term 2 The RFS (Rural Fire Service) have been coming to Narrandera High

School as part of the Cadets program. Students have been learning about basic first aid, haz-

ards in a fire, different types of fires and the roles of the different organisations during a fire.

Additionally, the students have been given the opportunity to be the fire crew in the firetruck

and respond to a fire in the STEM centre!!! (Just to let you know, it was pretend)

Date: 13/6/19

Time: 1115

Location: Narrandera High School STEM Centre

Crew: RFS CADETS 2700 (Co-Captains - Madeline Rainbird and Ella Vidler)

Description: The building was seen on fire at 1102. Brett Ireland and Lewis Saunders alerted au-

thorities when they saw the building on fire. At 1115 the firetruck arrived carrying some expert

Cadets, co-captained by Ms Rainbird and Ms Vidler. The co-captains contacted the director

back at the call centre to disconnect electricity from the building and get the Police to come

as crowd control was becoming a real issue. Two hoses were rolled out and connected to

the water pump so the fire could be attacked from all necessary directions.

Result: It was positive, the building attained minimal damage and it did not spread to nearby

buildings.

Great Work

RFS CADETS

CREW!

Top Left: Fire truck arrives to extin-

guish blaze.

Above & Below: Personnel inspect

the burning building.


YEAR 7 CAMP


YEAR 7 CAMP


DRAMA

GIRLS GROUP

Relaxation is necessary for health. Yesterday the Girls Group learnt about the im-

portance of relaxation and identified individual relaxation techniques that are benefi-

cial to them. The girls dabbled in painting with water colours, drawing with pastels and

collaging glass jars with vibrant fabrics. Being creative is a powerful relaxation tool. The

girls have worked particularly well as a team over the past few weeks. Our Girls Group

is one of our new initiatives operating through our Intervention Centre every Wednes-

day.

Year 10 and Senior Drama students thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Griffith to watch the

community production of Legally Blonde. They enjoyed the musical aspect of the play

and are looking forward to incorporating some of the skills they saw into their own per-

formances next term.


A lot of our students reported that they really enjoyed the day!

SCOT GARDNER VISIT

Years 10, 11 and 12 ENGLISH classes were treated to Writing Workshops by visiting au-

thor Scot Gardner. His advice to our young writers was to “use the real world as your

inspiration and write what you are passionate about.”

“…our worlds are jam packed full of stories…” Scot told them…. “…to make lies

sound real, make them odd enough to be interesting but ordinary enough to be re-

al!” Everyone really enjoyed Scot’s Tips and Tricks for Writing …as you can see below

from our student feedback!

Scot Gardner is an Australian writer known for his young adult novels. He has worked as - a landscape gardener, waiter, masseur, home dad, truck driver and musician - plus counsellor and youth worker - before becoming a full-time novelist. Scot Gardner grew up in Greens-borough, a suburb of Melbourne, until his family moved out to the bush at Yinnar South, when he was thirteen

BORN: 16 August, 1968, Melbourne

FAMILY: Married to Robyn Grant and has Children Jen, Belle and Bryce

notable works:

White ute dreaming

HAPPY AS LARRY

The dead I know

Sparrow

Changing Gear (Shortlisted 2019 CBCA Book Week awards)

NOTABLE AWARDS: WA Premiers Award, CBCA Award for Young Adults

https://www.google.com.au/search?safe=strict&q=WA&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3sDAxL1zEyhTuCAAtuQG5EQAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3o5rnztPiAhUWfysKHYoJAyYQmxMoATAXegQIDRAL

https://www.google.com.au/search?safe=strict&q=Young+Adults&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLUz9U3MM5Ny0tbxMoTmV-al67gmFKaU1IMAO5EISgcAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3o5rnztPiAhUWfysKHYoJAyYQmxMoAjAXegQIDRAM


“I thought that it was pretty good. The guy was re-

ally funny and entertaining and I think he gave us

some good story tips.”

SCOT GARDNER VISIT

“Scot was a really nice bloke. He told me interesting ways in working out dif-

ferent problems he faced when writing. I am a bit of a story teller myself and

have shared my writing on ‘Watt Pad’. Scot said he knew of the site too. We

ended up talking about Writer’s Block, at lunchtime, and he said when he

gets in a muddle he goes for a walk and writes - which helps. This helped me

as I often ‘hit a wall’ when writing. He said when you do have a block to write

ideas down anyway and then edit them later or have someone else help you

edit. When describing the features of his characters he likes to leave it to the

imagination of the reader rather than writing a full, detailed description. He

often just tells you about their actions etc. and lets you imagine. So helpful! ”

Elizabeth

“He was a very funny guy. When we did tasks with Scot, he ex-

plained and helped people, who didn’t have a name for their char-

acter, really well. I liked his character. He simply just said what he

wanted to say and almost all of the things he said were funny!” Cy

“The author was hilarious and entertaining. I learnt a lot about

writing books and how he comes up with his ideas and creations.

I’m grateful that he decided to some here. THANK YOU Scot

Gardner!” Ella

“The author was very entertaining and useful. We have learnt a lot

about writing and how to process ideas into writing. We appreci-

ate Scot Gardner coming and teaching us new skills.” Hannah


REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

CASUAL CLOTHES DAY

Congratulations to all our run-

ners who competed at

Gundagai on Friday. The fol-

lowing students have made

the Riverina team for State

Cross Country:

Jasmin Gilmour

Ky Bloomfield

Campbell Lyons

Connor Smith (1st reserve)


STAGE 6 PDHPE

Stage 6 PDHPE students dissected

hearts with Mrs Lister. They really en-

joyed this activity where they were

able to see the chambers of the heart

and follow the direction of blood flow

through the heart. Last week Stage 6

PDHPE students also participated in a

practical lesson with Mr Chappell

where they applied the varying energy

systems and were able to identify the

transition from the Alactic energy sys-

tem, to the Glycolytic energy system

and then the Aerobic energy system.

2019 Riverina Combined Schools Music Camp and Tour

Saturday 17 August—Friday 23 August

Venue: Borambola Sport and Recreation Centre

Host and managing school: Wagga Wagga High School

Coordinator: Cheryl Walker

Southern Arts Website http://sourthernarts.det.nsw.edu.au/


CLONTARF

Clontarf boys visit

partners CopRice

The Clontarf Year 11 students

visited CopRice Leeton recent-

ly.

CopRice have proudly part-

nered with NARRANDERA

Clontarf and from this partner-

ship it will give our boys future

employment opportunities.


COMMUNICATION

School office hours are 8:00am to 3:30pm. Sometimes it can be confusing to know

exactly who to contact about an issue or concern at school. The following has

been developed to try and help you get in touch with the right person to assist you.

If calling the school, our administrative staff WILL ask you what your call

is about. Please cooperate with this request as they are simply trying to

put you in contact with the appropriate person, otherwise you may end up

talking to someone who can’t help you.

Classroom Teacher

Concerns regarding a specific class

Questions or concerns regarding an assessment task from a specific class

Behaviour concerns in a specific class (Step 1)

Head Teacher

Questions regarding N Warning Letters

Extensions on assessment tasks or appeals

Doctors certificates relating to a medical issue impacting an assessment task

Class placement concerns or question (Year 9 and 10)

Behaviour concerns in a specific faculty (Step 2)

Bullying issues

Girls Supervisor

Any issue where the student would feel more comfortable discussing it with a

female member of staff.

Year Advisor

Welfare issues (wellbeing, concerns regarding social issues)

Class placement concerns or questions (Year 7 and 8)

Ongoing medical issues that the staff need to be made aware of that is im-

pacting their schooling

Most other concerns (if in doubt, the Year Advisor should be the first point of

contact with the school. They can then assist you to find the right person)

Deputy Principal

Behaviour or discipline issues of a whole school or serious nature (Step 3)

Questions or queries about subject selection or timetabling

Principal

Long term absences from school that require Principal approval

Enrolment interviews

School leavers

** Your cooperation is appreciated **


COMMUNITY NOTICES

2019 Narrandera Show Saturday 7th September 2019

The Narrandera Show Inc., in conjunction with the Showman's guild (responsible for amusements at

show) are this year offering a bonus dollar coupon which must be pre-paid and can be used on any-

thing in sideshow alley, whether it is on rides, games and novelties or to buy food at various can-

teens. Please note: This doesn't include show bags.

This is a great opportunity to help families afford the cost of the show my making regular payments to

purchase the coupons:

Buy a block of 30 tickets for $25

Single tickets 1 for $1

Payments can be made in person on Thursdays & Fridays at Get Stitched Embroidery - 149 East Street

(Next door to MI Vet) or direct deposit. Bendigo Bank BSB: 633-108 A/C: 1311 64022. Account Name:

Narrandera Show Society Inc. please use surname and initials

This offer will run from 8th February to 19th July (23 Weeks) and tokens to be collected from the show

office Friday 6th or 11:00am on the day of the show.

* THESE COUPONS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON SHOW DAY *

There will be NO REFUNDS available - only in exceptional circumstances, where prior arrangements

have been made with the show society.

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Narrandera High School · al!” Everyone really enjoyed Scot’s Tips and Tricks for Writing …as you can see below from our student feedback! Scot Gardner is an Australian writer