Friday 12th March 2021 Week 7 of cycle Term 1 Vol 3

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 1

Monday 15th March Year 7 2021 camp North Coast Rugby - Grafton

Tuesday 16th March Open Soccer Trials - Lismore

Wednesday 17th March Year 7 camp returns

Thursday 18th March Titans 9s - Tweed Heads

Water Polo - Alstonville

Friday 19th March School Photographs

Monday 22nd March Open Touch - Goonellabah

Tuesday 23rd March Girls League Tag - Casino

Chess Competition - Round 1 Parent/Teacher evening 3:40pm - 6pm

Thursday 25th March Bill Turner Cup (boys) - Casino

Friday 26th March NC Rugby League - Ballina

Wednesday 31st March University & Buckley Shield - Ballina

Thursday 1st April Cross Country - Evans Head Term 1 ends

Term 2 Monday 19th April

Staff Development Day

Tuesday 20th April Students return

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

Kyogle High School SRC is up and running with lots of enthusiasm for 2021! The Student Representative Council exists to provide opportunities for students to address the interests and concerns of students and to develop leadership skills. KHS has representatives from each year group and the council is as follows: SRC 2021 President: Ben Field Vice president: Ciska Laarhoven Secretary: Georgia Duley and Nikoa Endres Treasurer: Felicity Duley and Nate Walters Media personnel: Tyvan Catford and Kody Tobler Researcher personnel: Georgia Thomas Council members: Hayley Butler, Mitchell Cannington, Olivia Flower, Faryn Johnston, Mikayla Sneath, Tom Moorhouse, Larrah O’Reilly, Rebecca-Star Pazos, Charlotte Whitehouse. GRIP Leadership Conference Members of the SRC recently attended the GRIP leader-ship conference, where they experienced a range of in-formative sessions based around the 4 core values of leadership: GENEROSITY, RESPONSIBILITY, INTEGRITY and PEOPLE! The students had a great day and look forward to utilising the skills they have learnt in the up and coming weeks! Ms Mia McDonough

DEPUTY PRINCIPALS REPORT

Welcome to this issue of the KHS newsletter. Congratulations to all students, parents and carers who have engaged with our school uniform and ensured at all times our students are proudly wearing uniform. It has been especially pleasing to see our school in uniform from the stage during assembly. Wearing uniform is both a measure ensuring student safety and a sign a student respect for their school. That is 2 of our 3 of our Positive Behaviour for Learning expectations being actively supported. I encourage students, parents and carers to continue to invest in wearing uniform and maintaining a safe and respectful position throughout 2021, especially as our weather turns cooler and on wet days. KHS uniform expectations are:

Most excursions (sporting, cultural, and educational) require school uniform to be worn, again as a safety and respect measure. Students not wearing uniform on an excursion MAY BE prevented from attending the excursion. The following clothing is not considered uniform and is not approved for wearing at KHS: exercise tights, extra short shorts and football shorts, tops and jumpers. Clothing and caps with bold emblems, slogans and motifs are also discouraged. Substantial and appropriate footwear is also required. Students who cannot wear school uniform due to an unavoidable situation are required to bring a note of explanation from home on the day and hand this to the Front Office and receive an Out of Uniform Pass for the day. Students should dress in clothes that are similar in appearance to school uniform. This should only occur on rare occasions and should not be a regular occurrence.

Let our uniform in 2021 continue to distinguish our students as safe and respectful learners at KHS.

Regards—David Hanley— DP

Girls Uniform Boys Uniform

• White blouse with green trim, tie and embroided school emblem

• School tartan skirt with embroided school emblem OR

• School polo with school emblem to be worn with school shorts

• School black shorts with embroided school emblem

• Long black pants for winter (optional)

• Bottle green fleecy sweater or jacket with school em-blem

• Black substantial closed in shoes with black or white socks

• School polo shirt with emblem

• School black shorts with school emblem

• Long black pants or track pants for winter (optional)

• Bottle green fleecy sweater or jacket with emblem

• Black substantial closed in shoes with black or white socks

PRINCIPALS REPORT

Year 7 Coffs Coast Adventure Camp The eagerly anticipated Year 7 Camp happens next week. This is a fantastic opportunity for team building and creating strong unity among the group. A huge thank you to Mr O’Meara for the preparation to ensure this will be a memorable event for all the students.

P&C It was great to meet with the P&C at the school after such a prolonged period of not being able to meet face to face. The next meeting on Wednesday 28 April is the AGM so I encourage as many parents to come along and be an active member.

Strategic Improvement Plan (SiP) As a school we have been continuing to work around our strategic improvement plan 2021-2024. Our three broad directions are Student Growth and Attainment, Teaching, Leading & Learning, and Equity Focused. Within this plan there is a strong focus on collaboration, literacy and numeracy, a culture of high expectations, effective classroom practice and effective feedback. At the last two P&C meetings I have discussed aspects of the plan and I thank the parents who are providing feedback on the readability of the plan from a parent perspective.

Parent Teacher Afternoon With the relaxing of some restrictions for schools we are holding a Parent/Teacher Afternoon for Year 7 on Tuesday 23 March 4-6pm. To adhere to Covid guidelines we will have each ‘faculty’ in classrooms and parents will be directed where to wait. All parents must sign in using the QR code and sanitiser and wipes will be made available. I hope we get to meet many of our Year 7 parents.

Mobile Phones Mobiles for the most part are used by students within our guidelines (switched off/on silent and out of sight during class). There are however a few students who use the phones in class which distracts from the teaching and learning process. If any student uses their phone in class or even has it out, they are initially warned to put it away, if they don ’t it is confiscated for the day. If a student has their phone confiscated three times, a parents must come to school to collect it. Please remind your student of these very simple guidelines that ensure that we have a productive learning environment. Have a great fortnight. Gae Masters—Principal

Come and meet and join our vibrant P&C group. We warmly welcome everyone in the school community, especially new families. KHS P&C is a great way to get involved with the school and to connect with other families. Light refreshments will be served!

Melinda McCormick - President

P&C MEETING WEDNESDAY 28th

APRIL 5:00pm

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Volunteers are always welcome

9:00am - 12:00pm each day Please contact Deb at the school if you are interested on

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Ordering at the canteen Recess and lunch orders are available every day. Please make sure your orders are in by the following times: Recess: Orders in by 10am Lunch: Orders in by 11:30am

Orders can be given directly to the canteen from 8:30am

every day.

Deb Skinner - Canteen Supervisor

KYOGLE MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB EASTER - 3 & 4 April - Trail Building Workshop

Free for club members. Others welcome, cost TBC (approx $100). Extra session for competent excavator operators $25

more info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/3743181799106922

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PDHPE

Students across the school have been testing their fitness levels in various PDHPE classes. The junior school in core PDHPE and the senior students in PDHPE and SLR. Fitness testing is a great way to monitor and assess students' ability as it relates to aerobic fitness, strength, and flexibility. It can also help students understand how healthy they are and learn to set goals to improve their health-related fitness.

PDHPE Department

P&C ASSOCIATION

YEAR 7 TRANSITION

This week we had a visit from ‘The Truth Project’, which is designed to empower senior high school students to create their own version of success. It is a one-day interactive workshop for Year 10, 11 and 12 students that aims to enhance their knowledge and encourage a more positive post-school journey.

Mrs Riesinger - Careers Advisor

THE TRUTH PROJECT

Year 7 Respectful Behaviour Year 7 students are settling into Kyogle High with very few students becoming lost or unable to read their timetables. Students are improving at working in classes and meeting the Positive Behaviour for Learning. A focus in Year 7 classes this Term at KHS has been ‘Being Respectful’.

To improve across our Year 7 classes all students need to follow our simple rules to ensure each student in class has an opportunity to learn. Respectful behaviour in our classes limits class disruptions and allows our teaching staff to give attention to students who need extra support. At Kyogle High we aim to have quality classrooms with engaging lessons each period so our students enjoy learning and attending school.

Each Term we are also aiming for each student to maintain high levels of attendance. Students learning is affected by attendance and we require parents/carers to notify the school regarding absences. We have rewards for maintaining high attendance at Kyogle High and encourage students to always explain their absences with a letter/phone call from their parent/carer. Mr O’Meara - Year Advisor

STAGE 5 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY - INDUSTRIAL

Students studying Timber Technology in Years 9 and 10 have been developing their first projects. Students are making a serving platter with timber inlaying and a small turned bowl. Pictured is Jack and Imogen roughing out their blanks on the lathes.

MATHEMATICS

It’s puzzle time! Any attempts submitted to the Mathematics Staffroom will earn a WINZ Award. All correct submissions will also earn a Merit Award. Solutions will not be published in the newsletter so you will have to drop by to see if you ’re on the right track. Interested, confused, smug or frustrated community members can email the office with subject line “Attention Mathematics Faculty”.

Junior Mathematics

Senior Mathematics

Project Euler (computer coding) The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29. What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143? Chess

SPORT REPORT

Zone Trials We have had a couple of Northern Rivers Zone Trials. Kyogle High School has had some success in the following:

Open Girls Hockey: Hannah Harris who played at the North Coast Trials at Goonellabah on 10th March. A great feat considering she is only in Year 8, playing with Senior girls.

Open & U15s Rugby League: Ronald Daniels, Lincoln Walker, Oscar Kennett, Rusty Charnley with Bailey Guiney and Jake Alvos who have been chosen as reserves. They play at the Far North Coast Trials in Ballina on 12th March. Ben Field and Ronald Daniels have been chosen as reserves for the boys Open Basketball side who play at the North Coast Trials Port Macquarie on 18th March. Good luck to Lani Piggott, Larni Ingram, Wyatt Constable, Tom Moorehouse and Eoin Lines who will be trialling for opens (soccer) football in Goonellabah on 16th March. Congratulations to our sporting students and good luck with the next level. Open Boys and Girls Basketball On Thursday 25th February the Northern Rivers Zone Open Basketball Gala Day was held at Lismore Stadium.

The boys and girls team’s both drew Evans River in the first round. The boys held strong up until the last 10 minutes, eventually going down. The girls fought gallantly winning by two points.

The boys then played against Woodenbong, drawing with them and then went down by two points to Casino in the last game. Top scorers for the boys were Ben Field, Ronald Daniels, Gabe Boota, Oscar Kennett and Lynton Close.

The girls played in the final against an older and more experienced Rivers College side. They never gave up but inexperience got the better of them. Top scorers were Charlotte Schneider, Daisy Schneider and Rani Tiffin.

Thanks to Mrs Condon for taking the girls team. Upcoming Representative Sport

12/3 - Northern Far North Coast League Trials - Ballina

16/3 - Open boys and girls football (soccer) zone trials - Lis-

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18/3 - Titans 9s (16 ½ ) boys rugby league - Ballina

22/3 - Open Boys and Girls Touch Football - Goonellabah

23/3 - Girls League Tag - Casino

25/3 - U15s Boys Soccer - Casino

29/3 - U15s Girls Soccer - Kyogle

1/4 - KHS Cross Country - Evans Head

SPORT REPORT

U15s Touch Football On Friday 26th February the U15s Touch Football Zone Trials / Gala ay was held in Woodenbong. Both the boys and girls teams played 4 games each. It was a very hot humid day and both teams played really well. The boys won all their games and the girls drew a couple and lost by one or two tries in the other games. Best players on the day were: Makayla Sneath, Madelynne Durrant, Daisy Schneider, Hannah Harris, Rusty Charnley, Lynton Close, Jake Alvos and Malachy Laarhoven. Thank you to Mr Packer for taking the boys team and Oscar and Clayton for refereeing on the day.

North Coast Regional Swimming Championships

On Tuesday 2nd March the North Coast Regional Swimming Championships were held at Coffs Harbour.

Kyogle had 3 individual entries Harry Charnley in the U12s 50m free, Brendan Owen U15s 100m free and Oscar Kennett U16s 100m breast, fly and free and 50m free.

We also had 3 relay teams compete: U13s girls: Alexis Lazaredes, Tara Cooper, Georgia Duley and Matilda Crane. U13s boys: Jimmy Keevers, Harry Charnley, Declan McAuley and Wyatt Galvin. U14s boys: Nate Walters, Finn Wilkie, Cohen Bateman and Blythe Crane. A big congratulations to our regional swimmers and the effort they have made to get there. Thank you to their parents for getting the swimmers there on the day. Ms Radley - CHS Sports Coordinator

U13s girls relay team: Tara Cooper, Alexis Laza-redes, Georgia Duley and Matilda Crane

U13s Boys relay team: Wyatt Galvin, Jimmy Keevers, Harry Charnley & Declan McAuley