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Canowindra High School

Browns Ave Canowindra NSW 2804 T 6344 1305 F 6344 1085

Email: canowindra-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.canowindra-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 11 Monday, 9 April 2018

Contact List Principal Neryle Smurthwaite Deputy Principal Darryl Ball Deputy Principal Lee-Anne Jones Head Teacher English / HSIE Sheridan Wilkins Head Teacher Maths / PDHPE / Comp Rod Jones Head Teacher Science / CAPA Peta McKenzie Head Teacher TAS Karen Pickering Year 7 Adviser Warren McKenzie Year 8 Adviser Gillian Halstead Year 9 Adviser Andrew Phelan Year 10 Adviser Bronwyn Porter Year 11 Adviser Louise Gregson Year 12 Adviser Patricia Daniel Teacher Librarian Lisa McCallum Careers Adviser Kathy Davis (Rlg) Sports Coordinators Warren McKenzie Zachary Rue Student Welfare Teacher Wayne Symons LAST Sonya Mason

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The annual athletics carnival will be held this Wednesday 11th April. Students will meet at the sports trust oval at 8.53am for morning roll call under the pavilion. WHO IS INVITED? For students, attendance is compulsory, as this is a normal school day. Those students who anticipate they will not be there must provide a note in advance to the Deputy Principal. If students are away, then a note must be provided the following day. The carnival is a great opportunity for parents and families to join us and watch the students compete. MEAL ARRANGEMENTS A number of food items such as sausage rolls, pies, snacks, as well as drinks, will be for sale from the canteen throughout the day. Otherwise bring a packed lunch, snacks and plenty of water, as it is important to keep well hydrated on what we anticipate will be a warm day. WHAT TO BRING Students are permitted to wear house colours to the carnival however no inappropriate dress, including singlet tops, will be accepted and students must wear covered shoes. During the carnival it is recommended that students have

hats, shirts and sunscreen to prevent over exposure to the sun if it is warm. We are all looking forward to a great day! Mr Rue.

SKI TRIP 2018 Personal Development, Health and

Physical Education (PDHPE), Sport, Lifestyle and

Recreation (SLR), & Physical Activity and Sports Studies (PASS)

Canowindra High School students, in particular those studying Senior PD/H/PE, SLR, or Year 9/10 PASS, are invited to a faculty based ski trip to be held at Perisher Blue. We are combining with our snow loving peers at Cowra and Canobolas High and travelling alongside them to save costs. We will be leaving Canowindra High School on Wednesday 15th August and travelling via coach to Jindabyne where we will stay at the “Snowy Valley Resort”. On Thursday we will travel to Perisher for a full day of lessons and skiing. We return to the Jindabyne that evening for dinner and night time activities. On Friday 17th August we will again travel to Perisher for another days skiing to refine our newly learnt skills. Mid afternoon our session on the snow will end and we will return to Canowindra, arriving late in the evening at approximately 11:00pm. Participation in this activity is an extension of the Outdoor Recreation Module in PD/H/PE, SLR and PASS. An information session for interested students will be held at the beginning of Term 2. Mr McKenzie.

Faculty in Focus—PDHPE

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Principal’s News It is hard to believe that we are at the end of first term and have successfully worked our way through eleven weeks of classwork, assignments, sporting competitions and carnivals, excursions, socials and countless other events that have kept us all busy. It has been wonderful to be able to share in these experiences with our students and to watch them learn and grow. I look forward to returning in week five next term after my leave and being involved in their learning throughout the remainder of the year. This week we will be holding our annual athletics carnival, end of term assembly and school ANZAC service. I would like to invite parents to come along to any of these events to share in the experience with our students and staff. Congratulations and thank you to Mr Andrew Phelan and Mrs Janeen Coutanche for the very successful Duke of Edinburgh hikes last week. This is a massive excursion to organise and would not be possible without the commitment and hard work of staff. I would also like to acknowledge and thank Mr and Mrs Kinsela, Mr and Mrs Austin and Mr and Mrs Stanley for allowing us the use of their farms. This week we will welcome our Director, Mr Duncan Auld

and Principal School Leadership, Mr Chad Bliss to the school. The purpose of this visit is to discuss the achievements of our last school plan, development of the new school plan, school practices and procedures in monitoring HSC requirements and the future directions of our school. This will be Mr Auld’s final visit to our school in this capacity as next term we will welcome Mr David Lloyd as the Director, Public Schools NSW for Lachlan. Congratulations goes to Kirralee Thomas and Mary Talbot for being this week’s winners of our weekly merit draw and the final winners for the term.

Neryle Smurthwaite Principal

STAFF PROFILE

Name: Sonya Mason

Position/Role: Learning and Support Teacher

Years Teaching: 23

Years at Canowindra High: 1

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, Travel, Theatre, Film, Horses

Last book I read: Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor

Best thing about being a teacher: I love helping students to do their best

and become the best people they can be.

Did you know? I went to Sri Lanka twice last year!!!

What do I do when…..

I HAVE A SCHOOL CARNIVAL?

The Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country carnivals occur during each school year. Students are required to attend

school on these days and are encouraged to participate in these carnivals and support their house team. Parents/

caregivers are always welcome at these events.

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Our School

CANOWINDRA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL POLICY At Canowindra High School the Student Representative Council (SRC) hold school socials every term for the enjoyment of our students. All socials, which are fully supervised by teachers, raise significant funds which are spent on improvements across the school.

Organisation SRC ensure WHS procedures to be explained to students and visitors such as DJs. SRC to ensure enough staff supervision is available as part of the planning of discos (approximately 1 staff member per

30 students).

Behaviour Normal school rules and expectations apply at all times. Students are responsible for behaving in an orderly fashion. If students engage in physical violence they are managed according to the school’s behaviour policy. Students are not permitted to consume alcohol and/or drugs before, during or after the school social. They will be

managed according to Canowindra High Schools behaviour policy. Executive teaching staff to follow through in terms of consequences.

Students are required to wear footwear at all times. Crowd surfing is prohibited. Students will receive a warning if caught crowd surfing and if they repeat this behaviour

parents will be called to collect the offending student. Clothing and accessories to be appropriate. (No alcohol or other inappropriate brands, mid-riff tops, etc). No inappropriate contact with other students is permitted during socials. Students who are not enrolled at CHS are not permitted to attend the social.

Venue

Students are not permitted to leave the JSMH for the duration of the social unless accompanied by a teacher or guardian. No entry after 7pm unless pre-arranged.

Ticket sales Students are required to purchase a ticket prior to the event. If any student does not purchase the ticket they will; be denied entrance unless they have the executive and SRC co-

ordinators permission and they must purchase their ticket that night. Students with attendance of less than 80% will not be permitted to attend. Any students suspended within 10 school weeks of the social will not be permitted to attend.

Prohibited Items School socials are a school function and thus any item prohibited during the normal school time is also prohibited

during socials. Glow sticks are strictly prohibited. Any student that brings prohibited items to the social will be asked to leave and their parents will be called to collect

them.

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Farm Case Study On Thursday 5th April, Year 11 Agriculture and Primary Industry students travelled to Greg and Louise Hamilton’s property “Charlesville” to conduct a Farm Case Study. The students had a great day and learnt a lot about the farm and the enterprises that are run there. A lot of discussion was held on the particularly dry conditions facing our farmers at present. Thank you to the Hamilton’s for hosting us. Mrs Parker.

Pictured left: Brendan Livingstone, Codie Reid, Patrick Wythes, Jamie Austin, Ella Gruessing, Georgia Cole and Mr Kama.

Under 14 Buckley Shield On Friday the 6th April, Canowindra High School took on West Wyalong High School in Round 2 of the Under 14’s Buckley Shield. The boys got off to a strong start forcing West Wyalong to make various mistakes in the first 10 minutes. Mid way through the first half, fatigue began to set in and West Wyalong broke the line for consecutive tries. Canowindra was reluctant to go down without a fight and Dylan Slattery found the line with a strong run, which was converted by Michael Coady to bridge the gap, 28- 6 at half time. Under the very hot conditions the boys rallied at half time aiming to close the deficit in the second half. Dylan Kemper led the charge with some strong defence on the bigger West Wyalong team. His efforts inspired his team mates to rally together for a comeback. Hugh Breen latched on to an intercept and streaked down the sideline looking for a try where he was captured by West Wyalong’s cover defence. Two tackles later Dylan Slattery got his second try of the day which resulted in a successful conversion for Michael Coady once again. Unfortunately West Wyalong continued to pile on the points, however Canowindra refused to throw in the towel and Dylan Slattery got himself a hat trick of tries in the final minutes allowing Michael Coady to complete a 3 from 3 with the boot. West Wyalong ran out winners on the day 60 - 18 Congratulations to all the boys for the effort they showed in some testing conditions. We would like to thank West

Wyalong for supplying a referee as well as Hayden Cummings and Lane Fisher for being linesmen on the day. This Tuesday the boys

will be going around

again as under 13’s and

15’s in the Country Cup

Rugby League Gala Day

at Tom Clyburn Oval.

Mr Rue.

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A Little Taste of French Culture On Tuesday of Week 9, Year 7 LOTE classes learnt a little about French Easter traditions. Canowindra High School students participated in an egg-rolling competition, followed by an Easter Egg hunt. French children celebrate Easter in similar ways to Australian children. As 90% of the French population are Roman Catholic, the French follow the Catholic celebrations of Easter. Unlike Australia, church bells are silent from Good Friday (the death of Jesus) until Easter Sunday (when Jesus rose). French children are told that the church bells fly to Rome to visit the Pope on Good Friday and return with chocolate bells, chocolate eggs and chocolate fish on Easter Sunday. French children play a range of games on Easter Sunday, including egg rolling and egg tossing. Children roll a raw egg down a small hill or toss an egg in the air repeatedly until a final egg remains. The egg rolling is meant to symbolize the boulder being rolled away from Jesus’ tomb. Mitchell Stephens (7X) and Deegan Hogan (7Y) managed to be the last students with an unbroken egg, while Cooper

Scifleet (7Y) and Kyra Fisher (7X) rolled their eggs the farthest in each class. Cooper was the overall champion with his egg

rolling approximately 15m. Mrs Curtis.

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School Uniforms:

Winter is coming and it is time to be organising your winter uniform items!

New items: These can be purchased through Mr Embroidery in Cowra or alternatively, the school has a large number of second hand black polar fleece jumpers available for purchase. Please be aware that school jackets are not available off the rack and will need to be ordered through Mr Embroidery.

Layering: As it becomes colder we need more layers to keep warm. White t-shirts or tops are best for this. Please remember that coloured hoodies are not appropriate.

Sport: Black tracksuit pants can also be purchased from Mr Embroidery. If purchasing another brand please choose those without stripes or coloured logos. Any logos should only be of a small size.

Labelling: Please remember to always label your uniform items, especially jumpers, jackets and tracksuit pants. This makes it much easier to return them if found. If an item is lost and has no name, it will be put in the Lost Property room which is located in the locker room.

Duke of Edinburgh News

Adventurous Journey Well done to our Duke of Edinburgh students who last week completed their Adventurous ‘hiking” Journey. Bonze level students completed a 2 day hike, whilst gold and silver level students completed a 3 day hike. Special thanks to Helen and Martin Kinsela, Carolyn and Bruce Austin, and Anna and Ken Stanley for the use of their farms, and to Mr Phelan and Mrs Coutanche for organising the hike and accompanying the students on what was a very hot few days!

Balloon Target Team

Good luck to our bronze level Duke of Edinburgh students who, during the second week of the school holidays, will be volunteering as part of the target team for the Canowindra International Balloon Challenge!

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Should you listen to music when studying? In an ideal world we would probably say no music while doing schoolwork except classical baroque/instrumental music which actually can help your memory by getting the brain into a relaxed state. But a good compromise is as follows. 1. If the work is not very difficult, and fairly routine, then you can have whatever music you like on. It will make you feel

relaxed, it will make you feel like the time is going faster and help you stick to completing the work you need to do. 2. But if the work requires higher order thinking skills, i.e. studying for a test, trying to understand something difficult,

doing an essay plan, trying to learn or remember anything – then switch the music off. Otherwise it will end up tak-ing you much longer to complete the task and to retain what you are learning (even though you are convinced it is not affecting you!).

3. Just get in the habit of stopping and asking yourself each time before you start work whether it is the type of work

that requires you to really focus and concentrate and if it is – switch the music off for awhile. The same approach goes for doing work in front of the TV. You might also like to visit the Dealing with Distractions unit at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au for some more ideas and in particular blocking software for technology distractions. Our school’s subscription details are – www.studyskillshandbook.com.au Username: canowindrahs Password: 22success

Study Skills Hand Book

Newsletter Item for April

This week at The Hub $5 LUNCH SPECIALS

Monday: Kebabs & Potato Bake Tuesday: Jacket Potatoes w/ toppings

Wednesday: Athletics Carnival Thursday: Hamburger w/ salad

Friday: Hot Dog & Drink

Athletics Carnival: canteen facilities will be available. Items for purchase include pies, sausage rolls, snacks and cool drinks. A reminder that, on regular school days, students are also able to order a range of fresh salads and sandwiches/wraps. Meat and salad bowls $6.00; chicken Caesar salad $6.00; meat & salad wraps $4.50; and assorted fresh sandwiches $4.00.

School Fees

School fees are now due. These can be paid online, or by cash, cheque or eftpos at the front office. Please note that non-payment of subject fees will affect participation in all non-curriculum based excursions such Rural Cup, which will be played Friday Week 2 Term 2 in Molong. Thank you to those families who have already paid their child’s fees. If you are experiencing problems paying your child's fees please contact the front office on 63441305.

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Cabonne Youth Newsletter April 2018

The latest edition of the Cabonne Council Youth Newsletter is out now! This monthly publication includes information regarding National Youth Week (13-22 April), ANZAC Day Services, Relay for Life 2018, the NRL Football Clinic, Youth of the Month and Local Youth Services. Copies are currently available in the front foyer.

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What’s On

Week 11B Term 1

Monday 9 APR Year 12 Exams

Tuesday 10 APR Year 12 Exams Country Cup Rugby League Gala Day

Wednesday 11 APR Athletics Carnival

Thursday 12 APR End of Term Assembly, 10am JSMH Bill Turner Cup

Friday 13 APR School ANZAC Day Service Last day of term

Week 1A Term 2

Monday 30 APR SDD

Tuesday 1 MAY Students return Rycott White Card Course

Wednesday 2 MAY Rycott Squash Knockout Competition

Thursday 3 MAY Rycott Y11/12 Modern History “Impressions of War” Exhibition Excursion

Friday 4 MAY Rycott Y12 Facts Day, Bathurst

Assessments Due

Week 11B Term 1

Week 1A Term 2

Y11: Ag (1); Legal (1); Visual Arts (1)

Canowindra High School will be participating in the ANZAC Day March on Wednesday 25th April. Students are encouraged to come and join the school in marching. Please wear full-school uniform and meet outside The Junction Hotel at around 10.20am.