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Principal: Mrs M Crelley Issue No: 13 Term: 3 Monday 27th August, 2018

We have had a very eventful fortnight with some fantastic achievements to report. Congratulations to our U15s Girls Basketball team who were crowned Riverina Champions and The U15 Boys side who were narrowly defeated at the recent basketball gala day in Narrandera. Outstanding sportsmanship complimented great performances from both teams. Our appreciation goes to Mrs Locke, Miss Lucas, Ryan Newman and Junior Faoa for their efforts in preparing both teams to reach this level of success. Wednesday last week saw an evening gathering of family and close friends to watch our HSC Music and Drama students share their HSC performance pieces with the audience. I was highly impressed by our senior drama students who delivered very creative and complex monologues to the audience without fault. The group performances were also exceptionally entertaining. The audience was awestruck by our students’ confidence, commitment and courage to deliver what they did and we certainly expect them to do well for their HSC performances. Musical pieces were also a great addition to the evening and well done to our singers and musicians. Both Mrs van den Heuval and Mrs Skewes have excelled in preparing our students. Leeton Eisteddfod Our Eisteddfod performers continue in style with our senior and junior dance ensembles coming 1st and 2nd in multiple categories respectively. Congratulations to all our dancers and a heartfelt thank you to Mrs Goman for her tireless work and to our student choreographers Georgia and Ella Saddler and Charlotte Morschel for their vision and creativity to produce some top quality pieces. Japan 2019 Overseas Excursion Parent Information Session Monday 27th August Parents/Carers and students in Years 8-11 2019 are invited to attend an information session to be held on Monday evening to provide an overview of our proposed language and cultural tour to Japan in October 2019. The Information session will commence at 6.00pm in the Library. Please contact Miss Ling on 0269 53 2122 if you are unable to attend but are interested to learn more about this outstanding opportunity. LHS Fest Wednesday 29th August 2018 LHS Fest 2018 is fast approaching. Wristbands can still be purchased for $35.00 from the Front Office which includes free rides and activities all day. Leeton Idol will be held in the afternoon and is a great opportunity for the school to showcase the many talents of our students and staff. We look forward to another great event and I thank the P&C, especially Tracey Watson, for all the hard work that goes into organising this fantastic annual event for our school. All proceeds go to the P&C to raise funds for Leeton High School. Year 7 2019 Enrolment Forms Please provide the Front Office with Year 7 2019 Enrolment Forms as soon as possible. We need these forms back to establish how many classes we will have next year in Year 7. Please contact the school if you have any questions regarding the enrolment process.

“Educating young people for active and responsible citizenship”

P.O Box 843, LEETON 2705 Ph: 69532122 Fax: 69535085 leeton-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au ABN: 22 761 278 122

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Wear It Purple Friday 31st August 2018 Leeton High School will support the Wear it Purple initiative next Friday with the theme -Empower Together. Wear it Purple began in 2010 to support young people who felt bullied due to their sexuality or gender identity. From this, Wear it Purple grew to promote hope and acceptance, and to reinforce that all people have the right to be proud of who they are. Wear it Purple acknowledges every young person as unique, important and worthy of love. Students are encouraged to wear purple next Friday as a show of support. More information can be found at: http://wearitpurple.org/ Shine 2018

Tickets for the 'Shine-Once Upon A Time' extravaganza, hosted by the Leeton Community of Public Schools, are now on sale for the 5th and 6th September. This is a great opportunity to view the creative and performing talents of all our local public primary and secondary students at this spectacular event. Leeton High School choir, drama, dance and musical theatre ensembles will certainly impress. Tickets are available from the Front Office and also from the Leeton Trophy and Gift Centre. Three huge shows only-don’t miss out! Breakfast @ LHS

Breakfast Club operates on Tuesday and Friday mornings in front of the canteen. Thanks to our volunteer teachers and students, our wonderful canteen ladies and the Leeton IGA for their very generous support. Homework Centre Leeton High School offers a great opportunity to get on top of homework, assessment tasks and exam preparation with our Homework Centre open to all from 3.30pm-4.45pm Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Tuesdays is a great day to visit if you need help with Maths and Thursday will have English, Science, HSIE or TAS teacher there available to assist. Leeton High School recognises and values the importance of communication between home and school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on 69532122. Stay in touch with the happenings at your community high school via the School Website http://www.leeton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ or our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/LeetonHS.

Mrs Meagan Crelley Principal

SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students on achieving awards:

SILVER AWARD: Jordi Crowe (Year 7)

GOLD AWARD: Zac hall (Year 7)

EXECUTIVE AWARD: Matilda Ryan (Year 7), Jaylen Milvain (Year 8), Amy Ryan

(Year 9), Hannah Pianca (Year 10) and Brandon Catlin (Year 11)

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DEBATING The debating season is over for the students who entered the Premier’s Challenge Competition. On Thursday 23rd August the delightful Year 7 team debated against two teams at Griffith High School. The team consisted of Adelaide Meline, Madeline Irvin, Molly Gilmour and Shay Bandy. Molly took on the difficult role of third speaker at the last moment as Tatum Marks could not attend due to illness. All the girls have been wonderful ambassadors for our school. Their topics were difficult, however they produced good arguments and were complimented by the adjudicator and Griffith High co-ordinator for their conduct, ability and their uniforms. Despite two losses the girls were always positive and enjoyed their day. Especially with the ice-cream on the return trip home.

DATES TO REMEMBER Mon 20th Aug-Fri 31st Aug – HSC Trial Exams Mon 17th Sept-Fri 28th Sept – Preliminary Exams Wed 29th Aug – LHS Fest Fri 28th Sept – Year 12 Final Assembly Wed 5th Sept-Thur 6th Sept – Shine

GOLDEN APPLE DOCKETS

The Golden Apple docket promotion is running again this year. Please drop off all your dockets to the Front Office to support this great fundraiser.

will be held on Wednesday 29th August!!!!

The wristbands are $35 each and can be paid for

at the Front Office.

Each ticket will get 10 vouchers to put in the secret

boxes to give you the chance to win some

amazing prizes!!! Don't miss out on a fantastic

day!!!!

PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR BANDS BEFORE

WEDNESDAY MORNING

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UPCOMING EVENTS

COLLIER & MILLER

Collier and Miller will be visiting Leeton High School in Week 7 to discuss career opportunities to

interested Year 10, 11 & 12 school leavers. They will be promoting all positions that they have on

offer such as Apprenticeships, Traineeships & School Based Traineeships. This will be a great

opportunity for students looking to leave school and secure a fantastic career. Selected career

opportunities will be in: fitting & machining, welding fabrication, sheet metal fabrication, retail and

business administration. These opportunities are open to all boys and girls. Names are to be

placed outside Careers Central

There are limited spots available so get in early!!!!

WORK EXPERINECE WORKSHOP

Year 10 students attended a work ready workshop on Wednesday to prepare themselves for their

work placement which is towards the end of Term 4. They listened to Ron Arel from GetSet who

spoke about what employers look for and confidentiality in the workplace. Vanessa Pages from

Pages on Pine delivered a session on personal presentation and hygiene. All students are now in

the process of sourcing out places of employment.

WIN PROGRAM

Students have completed 5 weeks of their WIN program. Mrs Palmer and Mrs Locke have

commenced visits and are very impressed with the students work ethic, enthusiasm and the

positive comments from the students employers.

With Mrs Locke & Mrs Palmer

WHITE CARD

Students interested in gaining their

white card are to come and see us in

Careers Central. Numbers are needed

ASPA

Leeton High School Careers

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TAFE VISIT YEAR 10

Nicholas Wright the Leeton TAFE Services Coordinator visited all Year 10 Careers classes last week

and presented an informative session to students of what TVET courses are on offer in 2019. We

thank Nicholas for his time and students are now looking into TAFE courses to study during 2019.

Metal Work and Wood Work students from Years 9-11

participated in a presentation from The Civil Contractors Federation. Students learnt about

different careers within this company such as:

maintenance of Australia’s infrastructure, including roads,

bridges, pipelines, drainage, ports and utilities. A great

opportunity for these students to see what Careers they

could aim for in the future.

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