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Principal: Mrs M Crelley Issue No: 7 Term: 2 Monday 20th May, 2019

Staffing Thank you to Mrs Erika Collins for taking Mr Elliott’s classes after his departure for the first three weeks of term. Mr Shane Crosbie will fill this vacant HSIE position for the rest of the year. Mr Crosbie hails from the Newcastle area and we warmly welcome him to our school. Also, welcome to Mrs Natasha Deaton who has joined our support staff this term as well. P&C Cake Stall Our P&C held a cake stall fundraiser last Saturday. Thanks to Fiona Cain-McAliece for her organisation of the event and to all who helped out or baked. Funds raised will assist the P&C to continue to support initiatives at our school. Positive Behaviour for Learning Draw 17th May 2019 Our PBL focus for the beginning of this term is on using technology appropriately. In keeping with our updated Mobile Phone/Electronic Device Policy our PBL lessons will focus on appropriate use of technology and digital citizenship. The below students have been acknowledged for demonstrating our PBL values of being respectful, responsible learners at our PBL draw last Friday.

Wellbeing Assemblies Last week students in each year participated in Wellbeing assemblies which allow for Year Advisors and his/her team to work with students to explore a variety of themes, many based on the outcomes of our Tell Them From Me surveys. Year 7 participated in several activities offered at four different stations. Each station held different activities around the topic of bullying such as identifying and discussing what being a bystander or upstander is, identifying what behaviours are examples of bullying, listing the ingredients that make respect and a brain break activity. Students were fantastic.

Mrs Meagan Crelley Principal

Year Canteen Voucher Sportspower Voucher Brad’s Voucher Caltex Petrol Voucher Year 12 only

7 Neve Richardson Izabella McCormack Ethan Fazekas 8 Kasey Annetts Jordi Crowe Jordi Crowe 9 Maddison Sohier Remy Pages Ryan Eade 10 Marni Elliott Zoe Stockton Brooke Eglinton 11 Bree McKellar Lakaya Flew Taylor Moore 12 Daniel Barton Deegan Whiteman Sophie Smith

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“Educating young people for active and responsible citizenship”

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SQUASH UPDATE The Riverina Squash Trials were held last Friday and a huge congratulations to Brianna Gray-Mills, Cooper Holmes and Dion DeMamiel for making the team. They will compete in the CHS Championships from 2nd-4th July in Thornleigh, Sydney. Our Opens Girl’s squash team consisting of Brianna Gray-Mills, Dakota Boardman, Tayah Preston and Adele Thompson played their first round against Wagga Wagga High School and had an easy win 4-0. They then came up against a very handy Hay War Memorial High School team and went down 0-4. Our Opens Boys’ team consisting of Cooper Holmes, Dion DeMamiel, Blayne Thompson and William Rawle have played their first round against Young High School and won 3-1. They will now play Hay Memorial High School. We thank all our players for their commitment to continuing to make Leeton High School competitive in the sport of squash.

Open Girls Rugby Union Our Open Girls Rugby Union team travelled to Wagga to compete in the CHS knockout competition. The team had a mix of experience from those who play each weekend with the Leeton Diana’s, some who played in the finals in Sydney last year and several who have never played Rugby Union before. The first game was against Tumut High, which started out at a quick pace and was very physical. As the game progressed, our girls started to control the game and came away victors 25-5. In the second game the girls played Yanco Ag and quickly dominated all facets of play. The girls started the game by kicking off but quickly regained possession and scored thanks to the hard runs by Jemma Ah-Nau and Talise Rudd. The girls scored another 3 tries by half time, led by Felicity Allen at half back. As the second half started our reserves started to take the field and never let the team down. Brooke Schmetzer’s first experience of Rugby was tackling a hard running forward front on with great effect. Olivia Price followed up with good support play helping to secure the ball. The final score was 37-5 Leeton High’s way. In the final the girls came up against Wagga High, and in what ended up being a lop-sided score, Leeton won 37-0. The backs started well with Sarah Allen and Emily Wright easily accounting for the opposition in both attack and defence, while Molly Wright hit her straps in the forwards and was everywhere on the field. Again the girls with little rugby experience excelled and Teneal Preston-Warr scored two late tries in the final game.

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All the girls performed at a high level, led by those who have experience in the game and backed up admirably by those just starting to learn the game. As a result of their very successful day, the girls have been crowned Riverina Champions for a second year in a row, and will now head off to Sydney to play in the State finals on Wednesday 31st July. Good luck girls and well done.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Evan Johnston, Maanu Alexander, Chase Lee and Bella Franz for entering an original piece of poetry or short story. Each of these students has progressed to the next round of judging and will have their compositions published in the 2019 Write4Fun Anthology. Alanya Skewes HT English/CAPA

P&C NEWS I want to thank all those from the LHS community that supported our street stall this weekend. To all those that baked, helped at the stall or purchased goodies on the day we really appreciate your support. A huge thank you to stall coordinator Fiona Cain-McAliece for all her work leading up to and on the day!! Our next P&C meeting will be held next Tuesday 28th May in the school library. I extend an invitation to everyone within our school community to attend. P&C is a great way to become involved in your school, contribute to your community and meet other parents. Maria Ryan (President)

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Live Below the Line – Maria Tynan Year 10 Maria is participating in the Live Below the Line initiative starting next Monday. Live Below the Line is a fundraising campaign that helps Australians take action on poverty. It is a challenge that sparks thousands of conversations about poverty across Australia and is sponsored by Oaktree, who started Live Below the Line in 2010 as a way of enabling Australians to engage with the issue of poverty and to take meaningful action on it. Since then, over 50,000 Australians have raise more than $10 million for education and campaigning initiatives that help fight poverty. This year, thousands of participants, including Maria, will be putting change on the menu by feeding themselves on $2 a day for five days. That’s the Australian equivalent of the extreme poverty line. By taking the Live Below the Line challenge, Maria and others raising much-needed funds for work that helps end poverty. If you would care to support Maria with her fundraising, the donation link is: https://www.livebelowtheline.com.au/fundraisers/mariatynan

DATES TO REMEMBER Tue 21st May – SW Cross Country – Yanco Ag Tue 18th June – Western Riverina Careers Expo Tue 28th May – P&C Meeting - School Library Wed 19th June – SW Athletics - Griffith Wed 29th May - Yr 6 Transition Commences Fri 21st June – Riverina Dance Festival Tue 4th June – Years 11 & 12 Parent Teacher Interviews Tue 2nd July – Years 7-10 Parent Teacher Interviews

SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students on achieving awards:

BRONZE AWARD: Heidi Whyatt, Rosa, Salerno, Ethan Fazekas, Blake Eisenhut, Victoria Glenn,

Farhad Hussaini, Summer Fattore, Blake Eisenhut, Chase Lee, Kiesha Poulson (Year 7), James Hudson, Kade Godden, Ella Cregan, Shallan Stockton, Adelaide Meline (Year 8) and Amy Ryan (Year 10)

GOLD AWARD: Jenna Elliott (Year 12)

EXECUTIVE AWARD: Connor Cregan, Ethan Fazekas, Bailey Bennett, Evan Johnston, Jhie

Hammond (Year 7), Jana Deaton, Jessica Wells, Seth Sgroi, Madeline Irvin, Isabella Franz (Year 8), Teha Martin, Sophie Morgan-Smith, Sophie Mannall, Meghan Davidson-Curtain, Remy Pages (Year 9), Rhea Fairweather, Alison Moller, Brayden Simpson, Jessica Eldridge (Year 10), Taylor Moore, Bree McKellar, Michael Wang, Abbey Snell, Kaila DePaoli (Year 11), Lara Cameron, Tamara Bartram, Ella Saddler, Tess Chilby and Elise Holt (Year 12)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 18th June 2019

Western Riverina Careers Expo

Not long now till The Western Riverina Careers EXPO which will take place

at Leeton High School on Tuesday 18th June 9.30am-1.30pm. The event is

bigger and better than last year with over 80 exhibitors for the students to

visit and gain valuable information relating to their career path choices.

This year we have a wide variety of local industries as well as job networks, gap year

options, volunteer experiences and a huge presence of tertiary providers. Leeton High

School’s Years 10-12 will have allocated time slots to attend during the day. EXPO is ‘Open

to the Public’ and we encourage all parents and carers to come and experience what the

EXPO has to offer.

WIN PROGRAM

Group 1 - A reminder your work journals must be placed in the tray in the Front Office for checking each week. This is a mandatory part of the program.

Group 2 - Work Ready Day permission notes (green) are due back NOW. Please return them as soon as possible to the Front Office. The Work Ready Day is on Wednesday 29th at TAFE Leeton Campus for the whole day. You are required to be in school uniform and bring your recess and lunch. Look forward to a great day.

WHITE CARD COURSE NSW General Construction Induction (White Card) is required for all people, including work

experience/placement students who attend a construction site. This course has been

planned to satisfy mandatory Work Cover requirements, increase students’ awareness of

workplace safety issues and to enhance their career and employment opportunities. We are

hoping to run the course over the next few weeks. The cost will be approx. $100 (TBC). If

you are interested in the course please come and see us in Careers Central as soon as

possible.

With Mrs Goring & Mrs Palmer

Western Riverina

Careers Expo

Leeton High School

Tuesday 18th June 2019

Leeton High School Careers

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