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Term 3 Week 2 Friday 2nd August 2019
Email :[email protected] website: http://www.wauchope-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Wauchope High School Newsletter
Key Dates Term 3
Parent Teacher Evening Thursday 8th 4-6pm
Year 10 in 11 Subject
Information Evening Thursday 8th 6-7:30pm
Sky Stories Friday 16th August 5-8pm
Year 12 Trial HSC
Examinations
Monday 12th-Friday 23rd
August
SKY STORIES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SUCCESS
LUMINOSITY
Full story page 5 Read all about it page 2
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Have you visited our web page lately? Click on the link
to view our virtual tour
Week 4 Monday August 12th
Tuesday August 13th
Wednesday August 14th
Thursday August 15th
Friday August 16th
9am Start
English Paper 1 Texts and Human Experiences
English Paper 2 Modules
Primary Industries (2 hours) English Extension I (2 hours) Ancient History (3 Hours)
Mathematics (3 hours) Standard Maths (2.5 hours)+ 10MinutesReading Time
Chemistry (3 hours) Food Technology (3 hours)
Eng Advanced (1.5 hours) Eng Advanced (2 hours) IT Timber (1.5 Hours) Info. Pro. & Tech(3 hours)
Eng Standard (1.5 hours)
Eng Standard (2 hours)
Business Studies (3 Hours) Modern History (3 Hours)
Week 5 Monday August 19th
Tuesday August 20th
Wednesday August 21st
Thursday August 22nd
Friday August 23rd
9am Start
CFS (3 hours) IT Metal(1.5 hours)
Physics (3 hours) History Ext (2 hours)Biology (3 hours)
Agriculture (3 hours) Geography (3 hours) IDT (2 hours) Legal Studies (3 hours)
Hospitality (2 hours)
Drama (1.5 hours) PD/H/PE (3 hours)
2pm start
Music Performance 2pm in H1 at school Drama Performance
2pm in G4 at school
Music Aural at 1230pm at RSL Club
Year 12 HSC Trial Examination Timetable
Year 12 students please take note of this information from NESA
HSC students who do not make a serious attempt at the examination may not receive an award in the course concerned. This
may render some students ineligible for the award of Higher School Certificate. Non serious attempts include those where only
multiple choice questions are attempted.
White Card Success
Congratulations to all the 29 students from years 9, 10 and 11 who successfully completed the
Statement of National WHS General Construction Induction Training on the 1st and 2
nd of July.
Commonly referred to as a “White Card”, the Master Builders General Safety Induction course
teaches the knowledge and skills required to work safely on any construction site. A White
Card is needed for electrical, plumbing, building and carpentry careers.
The successful students are listed below:
Darcy, Ethan, Dylan, Caitlin, Samuel, Jozef, Joshua, Brayden, Jackson, Latrelle, Mitchell,
Tallis , Kyron, Wayde, Georgie, Mitch, Shawn, Tarj, Zarn, Logan, Jedd, Aiden, Charlotte,
Lachlan , Jeremy, Tkarni, Kayden, Kurt and Jesse.
Mark O’Brien- Relieving Careers Adviser
Parent Teacher Evening
Thursday 8th August from 4pm to 6pm
To make an appointment log on to www.schoolinterviews.com.au
School event code : yzbtu
Take a few minutes before the meeting to jot down any questions or comments you have. Common questions may include:
What are the children working on now?
Is there anything about my child’s needs that I should know?
Does my child ask questions, participate in class discussions and other activities?
Is my child’s progress satisfactory?
Is there anything I can be doing to help my child at home?
Do you have any concerns about my child?
What is the best time and way to contact you if I have a concern?
Also, list anything that might be happening at home that may be helpful for your child ’s teacher
to know. If your child has seen a specialist for example, there may be some information that is
important for the teacher or the school counsellor to know.
LUMINOSITY YOUTH SUMMIT 2019
The Luminosity Youth Summit is a dynamic national forum
which encourages young people to explore
dangerous ideas for success. This year 14
students from Wauchope High gained
sponsorship to participate in this three day
event, which was held at the Glasshouse in
Port Macquarie. Compassion, Vision and
Innovation were the focus themes for the 2019 summit.
Feedback from the event was extremely positive, with students finding many of
the sessions “inspirational” and “motivating”.
A huge vote of THANKS to the local businesses and charities who gave financial assistance to our students. We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors: Wauchope Rotary Club, Port Macquarie Hastings Legacy, Wauchope High School P&C, Discover Magazine, Holiday Coast Credit Union (Regional Australia Bank), Headspace and Mid North Coast Area Health.
Wauchope High School Careers Term 3 2019 -What’s happening at Wauchope????
Key dates for 2019
Term 3
NSW Students Online-NESA site. Check your confirmation of entry to ensure
your name, courses, address, email and phone number are correct. Change your
school email to your private email. HSC/ATAR results will be sent to your email
and phone. See me if you need assistance to access your account.
8/8/19 Year 10 into 11 night. Year 12 are more than welcome to have a “chat’ with the
universities and Mid Coast Connect.
School library 6:00-7:30 pm.
Four universities will be available for Year 12 to have “chat”. Charles Sturt Universi-
ty, Southern Cross, University of New England and University of Newcastle. Mid
Coast Connect Training will be there. Great opportunity to discuss a wide variety of
career options.
9/8/19 University of New England (UNE)
9:15 am Library
Zoe from UNE will be available to answer questions about courses, scholarships,
early entry and accommodation.
Open to year 11 and 12 students
12/8/19 – 23/8/19 HSC Trial Examinations – Held at Wauchope RSL Club
16/09/19 – 25/09/19 Preliminary Yearly Examinations – Held at Wauchope HS
26/09/19 Year 12 Graduation Assembly
Important Dates
UAC on time applications close: Monday 30th September 2019
UAC Application Fee - $70 – Year 12 2019 - one off fee. BIG late fees apply if you apply after
30th September.
HSC – results released by NESA – Tuesday 17th December 2019
ATAR – released by UAC – Tuesday 17th December 2019
These can be accessed online – you need a separate PIN for these.
NESA PIN – you need to activate your account – see https://studentsonline.nesa.nsw.edu.au and
set up a PIN
UAC PIN - will be emailed by UAC to the email address on your NESA Confirmation of Entry form.
This should be a Non-school email account such as Gmail etc.
Hastings Education Fund
https://cef.org.au/foundations/hastings/
Application Dates Open: August 1- Close: September 30
CRITERIA
Grants are available to local youth who have lived and/or attended school in the region for the ma-
jority of their high school years. Your local HEF does not focus on applicant’s academic success.
The four essential selection criteria are:
· That you have demonstrated financial need;
· You are aged 16-25 years;
· That you have gone to school or currently reside in the region covered by your CEF; and
· That you have shown commitment to achieving your goal.
Combined High Schools Knockout Volleyball Finals
Wauchope High School travelled to Homebush to play in the
final 16 teams in the state for the knockout Volleyball finals
on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25
th July 2019. Captained
by Molly Styles, the girls were seeded to play a powerhouse
side in Ryde Secondary College in the first game to achieve
a position in the top 8 teams. After a marathon 2 hour, 5 set
game (set 1 25 – 23 WHS, set 2 27 – 25 RSC, set 3 26 – 24
RSC, set 4 29 – 27 WHS, set 5 15 – 13 RSC) Wauchope
lost to Ryde. An awesome game that involved some of the
best Volleyball seen throughout the tournament. The girls
then went on to win their next 3 games in the tournament
defeating James Meehan HS in 3 sets, Ballina High School
in 2 sets and then Baulkham Hills High School in 3 sets. This
placed them 9th in the state. This is the culmination of hours of training in their own time and pro-
gression through many knockout games to even make the state
finals. I would like to thank the parents who have helped get
them to this level and for all their support and assistance over
this entire year coming to support at games, transporting the
players and just being so encouraging to what the girls have
been able to achieve. It is truly remarkable from a little country
school.
The mighty Wauchope High School
Girl's Rugby Team continued their
fantastic run at state level today defeating
Leeton High School, Callaghan Senior
College Newcastle and Nyngan High School
to make the final of the U18's CHS Champs.
Unfortunately a state title wasn't to be and we
went down to Westfields Sports High in a
bruising encounter. 2nd in the State. Well
done all.
Thank you coach....Mr Taylor
A full report to come in the next newsletter
Wauchope wins 44th Cumberland visit It took until the third and final day of competition, but Wauchope High School has successfully retained the Parsons Memorial Shield in the 44
th annual Cumberland Interschool visit. This
year’s event was closely contested throughout, with Cumberland seeking to achieve their first ever win on Wauchope soil, but again they feel agonisingly short as the locals won every contest on Friday, when the shield was on the line.
Day One began straight after the Welcome Assembly with Wauchope claiming victory in the Junior Boys Touch 7-5 and the Open Girls Hockey 2-0. Jade Millward scored both goals in the Hockey. Cumberland countered with an emphatic 6-0 win in the Open Boys Soccer and a victory in the Mock Trial.
This took us to the first ever Futsal night held at Wauchope as part of the competition, and as was the case last year, the action was fast and furious in all four matches and provided excellent entertainment for the large crowd in attendance. These games were also split 2-all, as Wauchope won the two Girls matches 3-0 and 2-0, while Cumberland dominated the Boys 7-1 and 8-0. At the end of Day One, the scores were level at 8 points each.
Some morning drizzle on Thursday was fortunately not enough to cancel the Athletics, and there were some tremendous performances by athletes from both schools. Brave runs from Ellie Raymond, Callum Jones, Molly Styles and Grace Kucera contributed to a terrific team effort by Wauchope which allowed them to take both the Boys and Girls Athletics points.
Cumberland seemed deflated after the losses and this seemed to set the tone for the day as Wauchope went on to win the Open Girls Touch 17-0, Open Boys Touch 12-3, Junior Girls Touch 8-2, Open Girls Softball 12-4 and Open Girls Netball 44-9. The only bright point for Cumberland was another big win in the Junior Boys Soccer 6-1 with Kurt Ward scoring the lonely goal.
At this point, it appeared that Wauchope was powering to victory with the score at 20-10, but the second night session changed the complexion of the visit completely. The visitors decimated Wauchope in the basketball particularly, winning the Junior Girls 18-10, Junior Boys 61-1, Open Girls 25-23 and Open Boys 39-19. They also took the Open Boys Volleyball 3-1, but Wauchope managed to win the Open Girls Volleyball with a polished 2-0 result, leaving the overall score delicately poised at 22-20 going into the final day.
Wauchope started the last day on the front foot to easily win the Junior Girls Netball 27-7 and then pulled off a nailbiter in the Open Boys Netball to escape 17-15. The Open Girls Soccer team were simply too classy in a 6-0 win and the Open Boys Tennis finished in a 3-all draw, making the final
overall score 29-21, giving Wauchope yet another victory.
Recent retiree Neville Parsons came in on behalf of the Parsons family to present the shield to the Wauchope captains Flynn and Caitlin and spoke about the history of the visit after it started in 1976. Neville also presented the Most Valuable Team Member plaques to Reece Anderson and Charlotte Wilton for Wauchope, and Tim Marks and Jocelyn Lay for Cumberland.
Wauchope High and the team members from both schools would like to thank the Parsons family for their ongoing commitment to this event, as it remains the highlight of the school calendar and a source of pride for the participants and the Wauchope community. We would also like to thank the families who took billets in this year,
as this is critical to the organisation of the event. As always, a great number of friendships were created, which is why the visit continues to be so successful.
Late last term Mr Houlahan visited the Liberty
Domestic and Family Violence Office in Port
Macquarie in order to make a donation to this
service. As the name implies this organisation
provides services for people who are victims of
domestic violence in the district.
The donation was a sum of $100 which was
raised through the collection of recyclable
containers which were collected in the school
grounds over the last 12 months. This meant that
1,000 containers were collected that did not go
into landfill.
It is hoped that over the rest of the year more containers will be collected to further aid this worthy cause.
Mock Trial Team
Last Thursday the Wauchope High School Mock Trial team made the trip to
Coffs Harbour for the North Coast Final of this competition. Our opponent was
the formidable Trinity Catholic School, based in Lismore, who made the state
final last year in a competition that started with over 200 teams.
Our form up to this point was outstanding with Wauchope winning all 4 of our
cases to date as had our opponents. We were the defence where our witness,
Larnah Smith had, allegedly, defrauded an elderly gentleman in a cyber-love
scam. Our case was not strong as Larnah admitted to the fact that she lied
about her age, name, and occupation to the victim. She was hammered about
these facts in cross examination although she claimed mental health issues
were the cause of her predicament.
Her supporting witness was Tyler Mathews who was a lifelong friend. Although
supportive of the defendant his credibility was dubious due to the close
relationship between the two. Tyler argued strongly but was like a sailor with his
feet in two boats, thus in a perilous position.
Trinity’s witnesses held all the cards, the victim a poor, lonely man who was only
looking for love. Our first barrister Matt Gibbs hammered him about his motives
for sending Larnah money. Naïve, yes, sending money to someone they had
never met.
Their second witness was a police officer of 25 years standing so was very
credible. This officer presented factual evidence to the court which made it
difficult for Piper Theofanou, our second barrister to discredit.
Piper received a nice complement from the Judge in regard to her closing statement achieving an almost
perfect score. Ellen McKittrick stepped in for this case to be the solicitor as Grace was in Los Angeles on a
family holiday. Although Grace was missed Ellen performed very well providing great support to Matt and
Piper.
Marie Aly, acting as the Court Officer, carried out her duties with a quiet assuredness.
Alas, Wauchope was just pipped on the post and lost the trial by the barest of margins, even closer then
Manly’s mighty win over Melbourne on Saturday night. The team is now eliminated from the competition
for 2019. Trinity was a very strong opponent and will go deep into this competition.
Credit must go to Mr Johnson for managing the team when Mr Houlahan was on his European sojourn.
The most credit should go to the team that won 80% of its cases this year. Matt, Piper, Larnah, Chloe,
Grace, Tyler, Ellen and Marie have developed advocacy skills which will aid them in their future
endeavours.
Donuts were shared by the team although after Mr Johnson and Matt ate 6 each there were none left for
Mr Houlahan.
Pictured
Mr Houlahan and Alison from Liberty Family & Domestic
Violence Office Port Macquarie
10 Students and 1 staff member had decided they were interested in visiting the
United States of America.
For the past 2 years, (2017-2018) students were saving to pay off this adventure,
applying for passports and entry visas into the USA. 18 Days of travel, including
Los Angeles, San Diego (where students and staff were hosted by fabulous
American families) and San Francisco.
A visit to La Jolla Cove (pronounced La Hoy-ya). A small coastal area
where the constant wave action has worn little caves and holes in the rock
walls. These are also littered with pelicans and seals. We were able to
walk up very close to them as they sunned
themselves before the rain returned. The
behaviours of the students was probably more
interesting than the wildlife themselves.
Afterwards, since Seaworld was closed for the
day and the rain began to fall, we went to a shopping mall to spend the
rest of the day dry and warm. We went to the movies and I can say
that now that I have seen Spiderman – Into the Spiderverse, I don’t need to see it again.
We spent the next day with our hosts at school. This is where we went to each of the classes
our hosts had on the day. The students were mesmerised with the content and amount of work
completed in each lesson.
We spent the weekend with our hosts. Many spent the weekend relaxing, others went further
site-seeing whilst others went camping. The NFL playoffs were also on for us to watch on
television.
Martin Luther King Public Holiday
Since we had missed visiting
Seaworld on our allocated day, we
had re-organised to visit today. What
a place to visit. It was spectacular.
An amazing amount of sea creatures
to sea up close and sometimes
personal. Touch tanks where you
could touch and feed a variety of
rays and fish that would eat the dead
skin cells off your hands and arms.
There were some rollercoasters for those that needed a bit more of a thrill
but the Orcas were the highlight. Their grace and power as they swim,
jump and perform in front of the crowd was overwhelming. Be prepared to
get wet. The amount of water that is displaced as they swim, tail slap and
jump is unbelievable.
The weather was fantastic for us today. Some didn’t make the day as they had pre-organised
to go camping on this long weekend. They too thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
From here, it was back to our host schools to then return to our families away from home for
the last night. Our hosts put on a surprise for us, with a feast back at Granite Hills High School.
A wonderful mixture of foods for us to indulge in and reflect upon the time with our hosts that
Days 12 –16
January 17th - 21st 2019
G’Day USA is back in 2021
Hayley Mitchell from Educational World Travel (EWT) will be at the School’s Library on Tuesday
13th August from 6pm till 7pm to talk to interested students and their parents/carers about the
upcoming trip to the USA.
Travel will be in January 2021 during the school holidays.
A pamphlet outlining the trip and its cost was handed out on Monday’s assembly. If you are
interested in having your child visit the USA then they can get the pamphlet (if they have not
already done so) from Mr Grimson in the Mathematics Dept. The tear off slip must be returned to
him or the front office ASAP.
Students will have 18 months to pay for the trip.
Feel free to contact Mr Grimson at the school if you have further questions and come along to the
information evening.
Mr Grimson
Head Teacher Mathematics
was about to come to an end.
What a great feast. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals as if it was a
big family gathering and everyone interacting. Afterwards, to burn
off some energy, the kids decided to play Frisbee football outside.
With it getting late and very dark, a glow-in-the-dark Frisbee would
have been ideal. It didn’t take long for our American friends to
grasp the idea behind the game and it became competitive but
friendly.
As the night wrapped up and we returned to our home away from home, the emotions of our visit began to set in. Many students began to be upset that this was their last night with them.
These students were the participants in this amazing opportunity in 2019, would you like to be
included in the next trip in 2021? See below for details
Year 11 Biology Field Trip
As part of their mandatory pattern of study preliminary Biology students are required to undertake
practical work. Wauchope High students undertook an ecological survey of the rock platforms at
the Southern end of Shelley Beach. They were practicing surveying skills such as running a
transect and using quadrats to evaluate population abundance and distribution of common
invertebrates. The students were excellently behaved, learned a lot and had a great day. The
highlights included finding a pair of large common octopus that were happy to play with the
students.
Year 11 Modern History
Analysing the intricacies of the Schlieffen plan as part of their study on World War One.
Australian National Science Week 2019
Hastings Science Fair
Australian National Science Week is from 10 - 18
August. To celebrate the role that science plays in our
lives, Camden Haven High School, Hastings
Secondary College and Wauchope High School will be
jointly holding the inaugural Hastings Science Fair on
Monday 12 August at Port Macquarie Panthers.
The Hastings Science Fair will showcase the work of
our Year 8 students’ Techno Museum tasks which
explore the question “Is everything better now than it
used to be?”, based on a task from the Flinders
University Australian Science and Mathematics School.
WAUCHOPE LITTLE ATHLETICS
Little Athletics is an athletic program for 6 to 17 year old's that encompasses Fun, Family, Fitness, we also run a 12 week ‘tiny tots’ program for 3 to 5 year old's.
If you’d like to come and along and see what Little Athletics is all about we are having two “Come and Try” nights on Friday August 23 and Friday August 30 at Blackbutt Park. These nights give you a chance to try out some events, talk to athletes and committee members and discuss registration.
We are also running an information session at The Bago Maze Jazz day on Sunday August 11. Come and see us on the BBQ and we’ll answer all your Little A’s questions.
For returning athletes: Registrations are now open online, your second Active Kids voucher can be redeemed during registration. Season starts Friday September 6 at 5.15pm.
For further information please visit our Facebook page: Wauchope Little Athletics Club or email us at [email protected].
