11 August 2017

OCTOBER 2015 Batlow Technology School Pioneer Street, BATLOW NSW 2730

Phone: (02) 6949 1208 Fax:(02) 69491666 Email:batlow-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 - Week 4 (B)

WHAT’S ON AT BTS

Every Thursday

Home Learning Club 3 pm – 4 pm

Lego Robotics 3 pm – 4 pm

Monday 21 August 2017

Book Week and Book Fair

Wednesday 23 August 2017

Book Character Parade

Year 10 into Year 11 Information evening

Friday 1 September 2017

Teddy Bears Picnic

Riverina Athletics PSSA

Monday 4 September 2017

Year 11 Exams begin

Year 12 Trial exams begin

Tuesday 5 September 2017

Immunisation Year 7

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Variety Night

Friday 22 September 2017

Year 12 Final Assembly

BATLOW TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL

BATLOW

TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL

Principal

Mr Greg Hodges

Assistant Principal

Mrs Vicki Dodd

Head Teachers

Mr Mark McDonell

Mrs Amanda Gorman

ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS

Three students have qualified in athletics for the

State Final to be held in Sydney on 6 September

and 7 September 2017.

Congratulations Jack Gould and Hannah and

Ryley Collins.

A report by Jack Gould appears elsewhere in this

issue.

LEAGUE TAG SUCCESS FOR ZOE

Zoe Taylor from Year 3/4 attended the Trent Barrett

Shield on Wednesday 9 August and was awarded the

best player in her team. Congratulations Zoe.

A report on the Trent Barrett Shield appears

elsewhere in this issue.

Principal’s Message

In recent weeks with the cold weather, parents have been asking about the

annual ski trip to Mt Selwyn. I have decided to offer the snow ski trip every two

years due to the re-structuring of our other major excursions. Our very active

Wellbeing Team, co-ordinated by Mrs Arnall and Mr Bell, have established a

schedule of major excursions. These excursions will be on a bi-annual basis, commencing in 2017.

This has been arranged to reduce the financial burden on families without their child missing out

on terrific educational experiences.

This now brings me back to the arrangements for the ski trip. The next ski trip will occur in 2018

and will not be to Mt Selwyn. I have proposed that our students will be offered a three day

excursion to the major ski fields. As with all excursions offered at Batlow Technology School, this

opportunity will be subsidised to allow maximum participation of students.

Your child may have made comments on the absence from school of Mrs Arnall. Mrs Arnall is

recovering from a health issue and will be re-joining our team in about two weeks. Mrs Arnall

cannot help herself in providing for our students. I get daily emails outlining events that need to

occur in her absence which further support our students. We wish her a speedy recovery.

I was delighted with the athletics achievements of Hannah Collins, Rayleigh Gould, Ryley Collins

and Jack Gould at the Riverina CHS Regionals. From our small team, Hannah, Ryley and Jack

have now qualified for State Athletics. Jack has prepared a detailed report in this edition of

“Scoop”.

Exciting educational opportunities continue to be provided to our students. This week, all female

students in Years 7 - 11 have been involved in a very select program, ‘Get Girls Coding’.Through

the determination of Mrs Wainwright, our school was selected by the Commonwealth Bank as the

only regional school in NSW to be offered the opportunity for the intensive five day program.

Already the girls are achieving impressive results under the tuition of two highly accomplished

technology staff provided by the program. Following this amazing opportunity, all the girls will be

invited to Sydney as guests of the Commonwealth Bank, where they will be further exposed to

successful females in technology. Mrs Wainwright’s report is in this edition.

In the next week, both students and parents will be provided the opportunity to complete an online

survey directly related to our school. The ‘Tell Them From Me’ survey provides information that

staff analyse to continue to improve our practice. If you would like to participate and require access

to a computer, then please contact the school. All survey responses are totally anonymous.

Our annual ‘Variety Night’ is scheduled for Wednesday 20 September 2017. As with every year,

staff endeavour to include every student in the performances.

Transition programs have commenced in readiness for 2018. Part of the process is to establish

senior students’ individual patterns of study. An information evening is to be held on Wednesday

23 August 2017 at 6.00 pm in the Learning Hub. This is a fantastic opportunity to discuss courses

on offer with relevant staff. TAFE staff will also be attending.

Next week we will have a display of suggested school jumpers for the future. Students will have

the opportunity to state their opinions on response sheets .This information will then be collated for

further discussion at the next P&C meeting on Monday 4 September 2017.

Have a great week!

Mr Hodges

Level Promotions

SILVER Michael Egginton

Emma Swan

Jinqiao Wen

Presentation of

Certificates These students will

receive their certificates

at the Whole School

Assembly in Week 5

GOLD Owen Bates

Justin Egginton

Noah Gardner

Chayse Membrey

Amy Murphy

Emily Murphy

Akira Speechley

PLATINUM Rayleigh Gould

Jim Howell

Georgia Pate

Andrew Wainwright

Luke Wood

BRONZE Corey Saunders

Bronze Certificates are

handed out by class

teachers

CODER ACADEMY WORKSHOP

This past week our female students from Years

7-11 have been involved in designing and building

their own website. It has been a very intense week

of learning how to code, create HTML pages and

use CSS to ensure the website looks attractive and

professional.

Students were also involved in learning how an

ATM machine works and the coding behind the

workings of these machines.

Students were encouraged to help each other and

their teacher when they were finding coding difficult

and I would like to congratulate all the girls on their

maturity, resilience and perseverance when the

going got tough.

All students should be congratulated on their total

engagement with this program. The two teachers

from the Coder Academy in Sydney were

impressed with the commitment our students

displayed and expressed many times how quickly

the girls learnt new techniques.

This opportunity has enabled our female students to see and understand the scope of future

careers in this field and has allowed them to increase their understanding and knowledge of

creating web pages and the intricate knowledge required to carry these applications to the end.

Mrs Wainwright

BATLOW TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL

ANTI-RACISM CONTACT

Mrs Amanda Waters is the

Anti-Racism contact at Batlow Technology School. If

you have any concerns regarding this issue please

contact Mrs Waters.

DRUMMING WORKSHOPS

Russell from the Murray Conservatorium of Music in Albury visited Batlow Technology School on

Tuesday with a car full of drums. Russell held a workshop for Primary students and we all had a

fantastic time beating out the rhythm to songs like “We will rock you”.

A second workshop will be held in the near future featuring ukuleles.

TRENT BARRETT SHEILD

Zoe Taylor represented Batlow Technology School in a Year 3/4 Rugby

League Tag competition along with other girls from Brungle and Nangus

schools. The team was coached by Mrs Annetts, Principal of Nangus.

Results of the games were; a 4 all draw with Adelong Public; losses to

Gundagai 6-1 and Franklin 4-3, with a win against MacAuley Central 4-0.

Zoe enjoyed the opportunity to play with the other girls and made many

friends on the day. Zoe was named as the best player in her team by the

coach and awarded with a prize of a league tag football.

RIVERINA CHS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Rayleigh and Jack Gould along with Ryley and Hannah Collins attended the CHS Riverina

Carnival on Friday 28 August 2017. Rayleigh placed fifth in the 12 years Girls 800 metres,

Rayleigh started out well and led the first lap but couldn’t hold onto the lead after suffering a sore

ankle. Ryley placed third in the 15 years Boys 1500 metres, running at a solid pace and not letting

the lead runners get too far in front. In the 3000 metres Ryley placed second, qualifying for the

State event.

Hannah Collins placed first in the 17+ years Girls 800 metres, she led the entire way and finished

30 metres in front and qualified for State. Hannah also ran in the 200 metres and placed fourth.

Jack Gould won the 14 years Boys 800 metres and just missed out on breaking a 30 year standing

record by 60 milliseconds, he finished 110 metres in front of the next runner. Jack won the 400

metres finishing 50 metres in front of the second runner and missed out on breaking the record by

one and a half seconds. Jack also ran in the 3000 metres but had to withdraw with muscle

tightness.

Congratulations to all the team and good luck to those attending the State Carnival in September.

Monday 21 August 2017 to Friday 25 August 2017

READING RAINFOREST

“GO WILD FOR BOOKS!”

Please join our students during the week and browse the books on offer at

the Book Fair. The school receives a percentage of all sales which goes to

purchasing more books for our library.

For every $10.00 transaction, tickets will be allocated and placed in a draw

and one lucky person will receive a $50.00 selection of books from the Book

Fair. Entries for the $50.00 will close on Friday at lunchtime.

The fair will be open from 8.45 am until 3.30 pm each day Monday to Friday.

Community Notices

Important information PRIMARY STUDENTS LUNCHES

All Primary students should come to school with lunch in their bags or

a canteen order.

A number of students have been coming to school without lunch.

Could parents please ensure that their children have lunch each day.

Students learning and behaviour can deteriorate when they don’t eat

lunch. Thank you.

Vicki Dodd

Assistant Principal

TUMUT REPRESENTATIVE BASKETBALL TRIALS

Trials for the 2017/2018 season, Tumut Basketball Stadium,

Sunday 13 August 2017 and Sunday 20 August 2017.

11.00 am – 12.00 pm for U12’s and U14’s

12.00 pm – 1.00 pm for u16’s and U18’s

All players must attend the trials to be considered for rep teams.

Enquires to Jason Bevan 0418 430 905

PRIMARY LIBRARY TIMES FOR TERM 3

Primary classes have one lesson in the Library each week.

During the lesson students are given the opportunity to return

and borrow books from the Library. Students are encouraged to

bring their Library bags on the following days for Library lessons.

K/1/2 Monday

Years 3/4 Thursday

Years 5/6 Tuesday