South Grafton High School Excellence and Innovation Week 4 – Term 4

4 November 2016 Principal: Mrs Megan Johnson

South Grafton High School, Tyson Street, South Grafton, NSW, 2460. Telephone: 6642 1466, Facsimile: 6643 2027,

Email: sthgrafton-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au, Website: www.sthgrafton-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Page 1

Diary Dates Monday 7 November Year 12 Sign Out Day Monday 7 November P&C Meeting Wednesday 9 Nov. Hospitality Excursion Thursday 10 Nov. Senior ATSI Study Day Monday 14 Nov. Core of Life Tuesday 15 Nov. Core of Life Thursday 17 Nov. NAPLAN Rewards Day Thursday 17 Nov. Stellar – SCU Coffs Excursion Friday 18 November Year 7 Orientation Day Friday 18 November Year 9 Marine Studies Excursion

Jacaranda Children’s Party and Drama group It was great to see some of SGHS’s drama

group help with the children’s party for Jacaranda on Saturday morning. However,

it may have been difficult to recognise them in their outfits! The students, who were Kirsten Knight, Accarlia Davey,

Bianca and Cody Staggard, Casey Moore and Isabelle Lancaster, endured the heat,

being unable to see where they were going and even being bailed up by a dog. Also on the agenda were punches, high

5’s, hugs and a couple of tumbles, all instigated by young children, as well as

lots of photos, the Macarena and the Chicken Dance. Well done!

The whole gang

Dragonboat Regatta Again the South Grafton team put in

a valiant effort in this year’s regatta. The Year 11/ 12 crew was consistent in

its efforts, by coming fourth in every race, against CVAS, Maclean HS and 2 Army Cadets’ teams. CVAS has been

consistently first, so the challenge will be one for next year to swap places!

A team fashion effort! Well done!

Fundraiser for the Cooper family

On Saturday, 19 November a Helping Hands trivia night will be held at the

GDSC as a fundraiser for the Cooper family. Austin, Elliot, Lewis and Bayden

are all past and present students of our school. Tables of 8 are $100 and can be organised by ringing the club on 6640

3200. Prizes can also be donated for the night by contacting Arthur Lysaught via

the same number. Upcoming Art exhibitions

From Week 8 this term, Year 12 major works will be on display in an exhibition

held in the SGHS library. Everyone is invited to see our school’s senior artistic talent.

From 14 December until 4 February, an

Art Express exhibition will take place in the Grafton Regional Loft Gallery, comprising selected major works of our

Year 12s, alongside those from Maclean and Grafton High Schools.

AIME Tutoring All Aboriginal students are welcome to

attend AIME tutoring held in SGHS library every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30pm.

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South Grafton High School Newsletter, Week 4, Term 4 - 4 November 2016

Bandanna Day was a great success and

the SRC raised $342 for CanTEEN. The SRC would like to thank everyone who

bought bandannas to support such a worthy cause.

The SRC is also preparing for their

planning day, to be held on 8 November, where they will set their goals for 2017.

Attendance is on the rise! Attendance certificates are currently being

presented to students who have had over 94% attendance, which equates to 3 days

or less absent during the term. Please note that students’ attendances are not penalised for absence on Jacaranda

Thursday.

The Principal will be holding a tea party soon, to acknowledge all students who

have had 4 days or less absence throughout the entire year.

SMILE On Wednesday 2

November 2016, a group of Year 10 students

participated in the first training day for SMILE. SMILE

stands for Support, Mentor, Inspire, Listen and Encourage, which also represents the programs five core values at South

Grafton High School. These students received valuable information about how

to mentor younger students and were very positive about the future

of SMILE at our school.

Guest speakers came to speak

with the students about mental health

issues impacting

on young people and this was

facilitated by a professional from

Headspace with many years’ experience in supporting young people in the area and a wealth of

knowledge and education to share with the students. They also learnt the basics

of mentoring, used photo language to discuss and share their ideas and gained valuable insight into their mentoring role.

Sarah Landrigan also returned to speak with students about the program and how

it operates at SGHS. SMILE is a great initiative to be part of and with the great students volunteering and showing their

interest it will continue to grow and gain

momentum in the school community. Students will undertake further

training early next year and will be paired up

with a Year 7 student. Thankyou to all

students who participated and

brought their positive attitudes and

great ideas. Thankyou also

to Mrs Fisher and Ms McGregor who also helped out on the day.

Djehuti Smart and MultiLit End of Year Celebration

Last Thursday more than 40 students,along with their families and

staff, attended the SGHS Djehuti Smart and MultiLit Awards ceremony held in the library. Our students were involved in

hosting the event - giving the Acknowledgement of Country, speaking to

the audience about their experiences with the programs – even Mrs Wood’s Accelerated Hospitality class made the

delicious SGHS Djehuti Smart/MultiLit professionally presented cake.

South Grafton High School, Tyson Street, South Grafton, NSW, 2460. Telephone: 6642 1466, Facsimile: 6643 2027,

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The Principal, Mrs

Johnson, presented certificates of

participation as well as awards for achievement,

including Big W vouchers and other

goodies. Our Learning and Support

teachers Ms Loveridge, Ms Kinny and Ms Heath and our SLSOs who tutor the

MultiLit and Djehuti Smart students – Allison, Deb Morris, Deb Welch and Lexie all helped give out certificates. Ms

Loveridge spoke about the history and value of the programs and how well the

students have been working.

Comments

from some of the students who are involved in the

programs: “It was good to

have my family there!” “The other

students did a good job!”

“The cake was tasty!”

Thank you to the canteen for healthy and yummy catering. Congratulations to the

over 40 students who received certificates and who are developing their numeracy

and literacy skills through their consistent effort and attendance. A big thank you also to Ms Heath for her fine organisation

and continued encouragement and support in helping so many SGHS

students to develop their confidence and skills.

Agriculture For sale – 8 Wiltshire Dauper x 6 month

old ewes. Excellent shedders, no need to shear, would make a great start up herd or backyard lawnmower. Fully vaccinated

and drenched. $70 each. If interested contact SGHS on 66421466

Open Girls Cricket

South Grafton High open girls cricket team defeated Bellingen High School in

round 2 of the CHS knockout. Bellingen won the toss and elected to bat

first and hit a total of 49 runs all out. The best bowlers for South were Megan Vitali 3 wickets for 11 runs, Natasha Rudder 3

wickets for 16 runs, Krystelle Lentfer no wickets for 16 runs and Natalie Avery 2

wickets for 6 runs. Southies reached the target of 49 runs in the 12th over with the loss of 3 wickets.

Kya Broughton – 2 runs and Lilli Waters – 2 runs opened, Natasha hit 7 runs before

being caught. Krystelle – 12 runs and Megan – 1 run were not out. The girls now play Grafton High. Good Luck Southies.

Frontiers Showcase

On Tuesday 25 October 2016, a group of Year 9 students participated in the Youth Frontiers Showcase. This was an amazing

program for students to be a part of and was the result of over 6 months hard work

dedicated to an issue that they feel strongly about in the Clarence Valley. Myra Cross, Bianca Staggard, Kirstian

Knight, Lex Bagster, Scott Rose and Matt Dalton each worked tirelessly with

mentors to complete their fantastic projects. Some included girls roll call rugby, cleaning of the memorial park

cenotaph and maintaining our sporting fields in the Clarence. The students

benefited greatly from the program and the mayor, Jim Simmons came to see

what the students had been working on. Overall, this has been a fantastic program for the local community and our students.

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South Grafton High School Newsletter, Week 4, Term 4 - 4 November 2016

Canteen Roster

Monday 31 Oct. Julie Anne Brett

Tuesday 1 Nov. Wendy Rhodes, Joanne Dunn

Wednes. 2 Nov. Help Appreciated

Thursday 3 Nov. Canteen closed Jaca Thursday

Friday 4 Nov. Tina Bultitude, Kay Power

Monday 7 Nov. Julie Anne Brett

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