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Narrandera High School

Issue 12 Week 4 Term 3 Tuesday 13th August 2019

We celebrated Education Week last week in spectacular fashion with our KROP

singers and dancers performing over two days at Griffith Regional Theatre. KROP

stands for Kids Rapt on Performing and is our version of ‘School Spectacular’ for the

schools in this region. It was wonderful to see our students perform so well especially

considering this was the first time Narrandera High had performed at KROP. We are

looking forward to even bigger and better things for KROP 2020. Sincere thanks to

organising teachers Julie Ramos and Brooke Gilmour for their effort and dedication

in preparing our KROP students so well.

Our final ‘Hands on High School’ was also held last Tuesday. Prospective students

and their families this time enjoyed a taste of PDHPE, Maths, Geography and Sci-

ence. Thank you to all families that attended and to the NHS staff who led activities.

We are looking forward to welcoming another large Year 7 cohort in 2020. Our for-

mal orientation program will commence in term 4.

At Narrandera High School we are always looking at programs we can adopt that

will ensure each and every one of our students is known, valued and cared for.

With this in mind, our Intervention Centre will commence a breakfast program for

girls which will initially operate every Monday and Friday. This will complement our

existing Clontarf training and breakfast program available for our boys.

Our NAIDOC Day that was held on July 31 was also a huge success. Our NAIDOC

mural connecting A Block and our Library, looks absolutely amazing!! Thank you to

Stewart James for designing this special artwork. Thanks are also extended to our

NAIDOC Day organisers Joy O’Hara, Glen Borg and Kay Dunbar.

The furniture for our new STEM Centre has also recently arrived and this space looks

great. We are very fortunate to have such welcoming and modern teaching and

learning spaces at Narrandera High School. We will continue to modernise our

classrooms moving forward in line with our focus on contemporary teaching and

learning.

Kind Regards,

Marni Milne

Relieving Principal


Term 3

Week 4

Wednesday 14th August

Year 9 Scripture

U15’s Boys Basketball

Stage 6 Maths task due

Leeton Eisteddfod Dance

Clontarf—Ross Kelly Cup Sydney

Thursday 15th August

Riverina wether challenge @

Deniliquin

Art Express Wagga


Last day ITT projects

Friday 16th August

Year 11 Year Day


Week 5

Monday 19th August

Stage 6 ESS task 3 due

Wednesday 21st August

Whole School Scripture

Clontarf Rugby League @ N’dra

CAPA Showcase

Thursday 22nd August

Stage 6 Hospitality Service Day

Leeton Eisteddfod Choir

Friday 23rd August

Year 10 Geography task due

Work Studies task 2 due

Australian Defence Force

presentation—Library

CALENDAR

Although no one

can go back and

make a brand new

start, anyone can

start from now and

make a brand new

ending. Carl Bard

Wednesday 14th August

Stage 6 Maths task #3 due

Monday 19th August

Stage 6 ESS task #3 due

Wednesday 21st August

CAPA Showcase @ NHS

Friday 23rd August

Stage 6 Work Studies task #2 due

Year 10 Geography task due

Monday 26th—Friday 30th

HSC Trial Examinations

NO AKI FOOD AVAILABLE IN THE CANTEEN ON

TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST

STUDENT INFORMATION


RFS CADETS GRADUATION

The NSW Rural Fire Service Secondary Schools Cadet Program held their graduation

ceremony on Monday 29th July at Narrandera High School where the student par-

ticipants received their certificates.

14 students from Year 7 to Year 10 participated in this years program. The students

were joined by their parents and also Member for

Cootamundra Steph Cooke, as well as the Shire

Mayor, Mr Neville Kschenka and other representa-

tives from the Rural Fire Service.

The program creates basic fire fighting skills, and an

understanding how fires behave. With this also

comes confidence, teamwork and leadership skills

that can create positive influences in the cadets

lives.

David Beard, Year 7, was also named Brian Miller

AFSM Memorial Trophy winner for Cadet of the Year -

MIA Zone. Congratulations David!!


HANDS ON HIGH SCHOOL

Another successful Hands on high school was held

last Tuesday 6th August.

Families participated in practical activities in

Maths, Science, PDHPE and Geography.

We look forward to welcoming our new students

next term at

our Orienta-

tion Days.

YEAR 7 2020 ENROLMENTS

Thank you to those families who have expressed an interest in enrolling in Year 7 2020

at Narrandera High School.

Enrolment forms have now been sent out. Please keep them coming in

If you have not received a form please contact the high school office on 6959 1744.


LEARNING SPACES

Intervention Centre↑

↓Aboriginal Learning Centre


NAIDOC DAY

As part of our NAIDOC Day celebrations, Stewart James joined us to cre-

ate a mural joining A and F block in the upstairs walkway. Our students

teamed up with Stewart as part of group rotations during the day to com-

plete a memorable addition to our school that will last many years.


YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY

Year 8 are currently completing an investigation of water

management in the Murray-Darling. 8S conducted water

quality tests at three sites around the school. Fieldwork is

a mandatory part of the Geography syllabus. Geogra-

phy teaches our students a broad range of skills that can

be applied to a variety of occupations and careers.

As part of our fieldwork, we tested the water tempera-

ture, pH, ammonia, and phosphorus levels as well as the

turbidity. Maintaining safe pH levels, minimising ammo-

nia, and phosphorus levels mean that our fish are able to

survive and thrive.

Our findings showed that the tank water was the clearest

with a pH level of 6.5 and phosphorus level of 1. The tap

water recorded the

highest phosphorus

level and 2 and a

pH of 8. The bubbler

water - though it

was the most turbid -

had a pH of 7.5 and

a phosphorus level

of 0.5. We know

what we’ll be drink-

ing!


SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos arrived back at school last week. Please check with your children if you

haven’t seen them.

For those that did not order photos, it is still not too late. (Your child’s photo was taken

regardless). Year Advisors will hand out a unique code for those that didn’t order. You

will be able to do this on-line.

Please contact the office if unsure.

**UPDATE** - There was an error in the printing of the student photo booklets. A number

of rows of children’s names where missed from the group shot. These are being reprint-

ed and will be sent back to school to hand out.


U15’S BOYS BASKETBALL

Narrandera High's Under 15 Boys Basketball team were the winners of

the South West Gala day in Leeton yesterday.

Narrandera defeated Murrumbidgee Regional HS 72-42 in their first

game which took them into a grand final matchup with hosts Leeton HS,

who had beaten Yanco Ag HS and RAP comfortably in their two prelimi-

nary games.

Our boys started strongly racing to a 20 point lead in the first quarter and

never letting Leeton get close, running out 63-38 winners with all ten

players contributing on the score sheet.

The next assignment for our boys is a home game against Deniliquin in

the Riverina final, with the winner to progress to the main draw of the

state knockout.


KROP

Narrandera High School com-

peted at its first ever KROP (Kids

rapt on Performing) festival last

week in Griffith

A mountain of work behind the

scenes from teachers Mrs B Gil-

mour and Mrs Ramos ensured a

very successful debut.

Our girls sang and danced over

two days at a night perfor-

mance and a matinee.

Bring on KROP 2020!!

Congratulations girls on your ef-

forts.


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Year 9 Food Technology got creative last week in the kitchen. NAILED IT!!!!!

We cooked the cupcakes at the start of the week and then iced them on Thursday.

They could either decorate their cupcakes as Cookie Monsters or Minions. It was

their first time using the piping bags and they picked it up really quickly. They really

enjoyed this lesson.


CAPA SHOWCASE


COMMUNITY NOTICES

↓The first class on 14th August is being held at Narrandera

High School Hall. This first lesson will be free for any Narrandera

High School students.


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.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

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