Nelson Street, Wauchope 2446 phone (02) 65851400 fax (02) 65852445

email: wauchope-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au website: www.wauchope-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Wauchope High School

Term 1 Week 9 March 2010

WAUCHOPE HIGH..

AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WAUCHOPE

COMMUNITY

The Circus Skills and Drama students at Wauchope High School are often in attendance at Wauchope’s Community Celebra-tions. Last week saw our students entertaining the town at the Lasiandra Festival Mad Purple Street Market. With the stilt walk-ers, jugglers, balloon animal makers and mimes , our students are becoming recognised as a creative force in the Wauchope Community. Last year the Drama and Circus Skills students provided entertainment the at the Comboyne festival as well as staging a number of theatre nights at the school and a twilight night of Drama and Song.

WAUCHOPE HIGH’S SHINING SPORTS STARS!!

These students have excelled in their sports to be selected to represent Zone, Regional or in the case one student, NSW CHS sports. She came 5th in Australian Triathlon (under 14 years)

Forming the majority of the NSW North Coast Regional Volleyball team at the State Carnival this week are 6 Wauchope High students:.

Congrats!!!

ENTERTAINING

THE CROWDS

OF

WAUCHOPE!!

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Principal’s Report

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy, (NAPLAN), will again be conducted across Australia for all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

It is important that all students in Years 7 and 9 attend school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 11 to 13.

Students in Year 7 and 9 will sit for the Language Conventions and Writing assessments on Tuesday May 11. The Reading assessment will be conducted on Wednesday, May 12 and the Numeracy assessment on Thursday May 13.

It is expected that all students in Year 7 and 9 will do the NAPLAN, however there is provision for students to be withdrawn from the assessment. Withdrawal is a matter for consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the school Principal. If you wish you child to be exempt please make an appointment to discuss the matter with me and we will ensure that proper processes are followed.

Uniform

Several staff and community members have commented positively on the presentation of our students so far this year. We would like to thank all students and parents who have supported our uniform code and ask for your continu ed support during the cooler months .

Your support is essential for us to maintain a positive uniform standard and our data on uniform referrals certainly indicate our “out of uniform” problems escalate as the weather gets cooler. It appears that many of our students prefer to wear hooded jackets in winter and to accommodate this our P&C Uniform Shop have ordered hooded jackets in the school colour, with a school badge.

As winter approaches we ask for you support when purchasing winter clothing for students to wear to school. Please do it through our uniform shop, ensure that it is in accordance with the school uniform code and encourage students to wear it and any extra layers that need to be worn should be worn under the official uniform.

We have had some cases of students wearing thongs to school. Regardless whether students have a note or not wearing thongs is not acceptable as it poses too many Occupational Health & Safety problems. In these instances students have been either sent home to change, parents have been contacted to come in and pick up their children or students have been confined to the “sick bay” for their safety.

If there is a medical reason that prohibits a student from wearing protective footware for a period of time please do not simply write a note and send your child to school, come in as see us and work with us to determine which classes are safe to attend and help make alternative arrangements for those that pose OH&S risks.

Combined High Schools Representation

In the last Newsletter we congratulated Laura Cook on her selection in the NSW Combined High Schools Triathlon Team.

Last Thursday Laura competed in her age division against the best Triathlon students, from both public and independent schools, in Australia.

In this most elite company Laura was placed 5 th. This is an excellent achievement by an outstanding young athlete, congratulations Laura.

Mr Robert Henry (Principal)

YEAR 9 BRIDGING THE GAP!

On 19th March, 25 students attended the Intergenerational Forum organized by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council in the function room at the Water Treatment Works, Rosewood Road, Wauchope. This forum is designed to build positive relationships across the generations, bringing youn g and older people together to promote the spirit of co-o peration and provide for intergenerational connections. Students and older people were grouped together to allow for information sharing, discussions and fun activities. Areas of discussion were about the levels and type of crime in our area and to address the fear and perception of crime. All students were well behaved and were commented on their neat and tidy appearance, proving what great ambassadors our students are for their school. It was a great day and the plans are for the groups to come together again, possibly a BBQ to further build these relationships.

Yvonne Chegwidden

YEAR 9 CAMP IS ORGANISED!

A camp for Year 9 has been organised for Week 9 in Term 3, 14 – 17th September. The students will travel to the Gold Coast, staying at the Cedar Creek Lodges, Thunderbi rd Park, Mt Tamborine and going to Wet’n’Wild and Movieworld . Movieworld has offered to take the students prior to opening to educate them in different aspects of movie production, makeup, dance, movement and costuming. It is also a great opportunity for students to build relationships with their peers in a fun, educational experience. At this stage, approximately 70 students have indicated that they will be attending this camp however, as 2 buses have been booked, we can accommodate up to 90 students. If you are still interested in coming, please complete the Camp permission note and submit a $50 deposit. Further payments can be made on a regular basis to spread payment over several months. The cost of the camp is $380.00. If you have any questions please contact Mrs Cheg.

CSIRO Visit

WANTED BILLETS FOR NORTH COAST REGIONAL RUGBY TRIALS…..

Lower North Coast Sporting Zone is hosting the North Coast Regional Rugby Trials on Wednesday 31st March 2010. Players from Tweed Heads will be attending the trials and Wauchope High School Community is being asked to open their homes to billet 40 visiting players.

The billeting is for one night only (30th March 2010) and with Wauchope’s exceptional billeting past, the organising committee (Mr Hancock, Mr Palmer aand Mr Whittock) are asking for your help for these young men.

Please complete the note sent home with your child or contact the school on 65851400 if you are able to help Mr Hancock, Mr Palmer and Mr Whittock

A number of Year 7 to Year 10 students witnessed the recent visit of the CSIRO Education Team. Some interesting displays were shown.

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Welcome to Year 7 Parents… sharing a BBQ while they m eet the teachers!!

WAUCHOPE BLUES COACH WHS GIRLS OPEN RUGBY UNION TE AM

Competition Dates coming up:

Science ICAS : Wednesday 9th June Australian Chemistry Quiz: Thursday 22nd July

On March 3 the Wauchope Blues U16’s Rugby League team coached by Greg Healy hosted the Wauchope High School Girl’s Rugby Union team at Lank Bain Field.

The girls joined the boys and all worked on their fitness, defence and attack. The afternoon concluded with a game of football with the girls following the rules of Rugby Union and the boys following the rules of Rugby League. At times some of the boys joined the girl’s team.

It was a wonderful joining of the codes and the sexes and it is hoped that we will be able to do it again. Thanks from all the WHS Rugby Girls to Greg Healy, Fez, Shane Bromfield and all the boys.

Look out for Mr Houlahan at the Australian Ironman this Sunday in Port Macquarie. He will have 659 on his back and be in the colours of Cronulla Sharks (blue, black). With a 3.8 km swim, 180 km ride and 43 km run, we can expect Mr Houlahan to be in top fitness next week!!!

A member of the parent body of the Wauchope High Community is also competing, Mr Warren Martin (father of Karla –Year7).

Good luck to all contending the endurance event!

LOWER NORTH COAST CHAMPIONS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR: G IRLS OPEN HOCKEY

Success again for Wauchope High School’s Open Girls Hockey Team who recently defeated Westport High School and then Melville High School to become the Lower North Coast Champions for the fourth year running.

The girls will now play Grafton. Five girls were selected for the Lower North Coast Team: Alanna Donald, Brittany Madden, Kathleen Ostler, Emily Jones and Emily Thomas . Congratulations to all the girls.

Meet the Year 7 Parents and Teachers Night was a chance for some friendly interaction between the school and community. Many parents with Year 7 students attended, and Mr Pikes BBQ was definitely a tasty supper..

2011 potential Year 7 students attended a Twilight Tour this week to have an advanced look as Wauchope High as their prospective high school. It was well attended.

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MULTICULTURE AND OUR INTERPRETATION OF IT!!

ANOTHER GREAT SOCIAL BY THE SRC , MRS MOY AND STAFF!!

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PARENTS: Wauchope High School Web Page www.wauchope-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

The new Wauchope High School Web Page is being built and changed from its basic form that was supplied to us by the NSW Department of Education. At this stage the school can only modify the front home page. On this page is a bank of generic stories that come from the department and Wauchope High adds to this bank with its own stories. In addition there is room for 5 photos on the front page. The idea is that stories and photos from the bank are randomly picked and displayed each time someone logs on. (At a later date, the school will have more control over the web site).

Our school protocol is not to mention students names with photos. Before loading up photos to the web site, a question pops up to query that this has not been done. Even the newsletter, that is attached by a link, is a special version where the student’s name have been removed from the photos and generic comments are added.

Even without names attached, some parents may not wish their students images to be placed on the internet. Look at the web page and if you do not wish your child’s photo be added to the school web page within these guidelines, complete the following form and return to the school via the front office or by mail. Mr Robert Henry (Principal)

NON INCLUSION OF STUDENT IMAGE FROM WAUCHOPE HIGH SCHOOL WEB PAGE

Knowing that names will not be attached to images , I wish that my child/ ward’s image does not appear on the Wauchope High School Internet Web Page

Name of Child ……………………………………………….. Roll Class ………………………………………………………..

Name of parent/ carer …………………………….. Signature…………………………………………. Date …..……..………

EXCLUSION FOR YOUR CHILD’S PHOTO TO APPEAR IN THE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER AND THE LOCAL PAPERS ( WAUCHOPE GAZETTE AND THE POR T NEWS)

If you do not want your child’s photo to be printed in the school newsletter during 2010 or the local papers because of personal or security reasons , please complete the following slip and

return to the front office .

NB: No child’s photo will be displayed on the internet’s new school website (later in 2010) without direct written permission for each photo.

2010 EXCLUSION OF CHILD IN SCHOOL PUBLICITY

I , (name of parent/ carer) ………………………………………………………………….. do not want my child/ward

…………………………………… of Roll Call class……………… to have their photo ; (Please circle the following option/s)

• in the school newsletter

• in the local newspapers

• On TV news broad casts

Signed………………………………………………………….. Date: ………………………………..

WHS ‘s Strong REPRESENTATION IN ENDURANCE MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE

Wauchope The Pivot 12 hour and Gordon Street Cycles 6 hour mountain bike endurance races were held on the weekend at the Telegraph Point mountain bike track. The 12 hour started at midnight on Saturday, while the 6 hour race started at 6 am Sunday. The students from Wauchope High showed their true mettle by managing their nutrition and sleep deprivation over 12 hours while attending to their bikes maintenance . Teacher Mr Dragos reported that all of the Wauchope students demonstrated their ability to work as a team and impeccable behaviour during the whole event. 6 hour race ( Over 88 kms): Alec Malcolm and Benji Mackiewicz came 1st place in 2 person team Nigel Malcolm, Ned Parker (and Jess Bushell): 1st place in 3 person team 12 hours race (Over 136 km): Nic Andrews, Brad Mead, Jack White and Lachy Mackiewicz: 3rd place in 4 person team event:

Blood Bank Thanks to all of our student donors this term. Blood donors still urgently needed during the Easter break. Please donate and register with Wauchope High School.

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CANTEEN ROSTER MARCH 2010

Mon

Tue

Wed

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30/3

31/3

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Amanda Thomas

Leona Graham

Jackie Bowser

Dale Copland

Mon

Tue

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Thu

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21/4

22/4

23/4

Pupil Free

Kerrie Pead

C Mackenzie

Dale Copland

Helen Haigh

Kerry Williams

HELP NEEDED PLEASE! WHS CANTEEN ON

6585 3366

P&C MEETING 21st April 2010

( 3rd Wednesday of month at 7 pm ) UNIFORM SHOP

MONDAY 2.50pm—3.30pm FRIDAY 8.30am—9.00am

Coming up at WHS!! Term 1&2 2010

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WK 10

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Year 12 Half Yearly Year 12 UNE Excursion (2 day) Sport: CHS Swimming, Reg Rugby Union (31st) Good Friday (no school)

hols Easter Holidays

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WK 1

A P R

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Staff Development Day (no students ) All students return to school P&C Meeting Common Room 7pm Zone Touch Opens

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WK 2

A P R

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Anzac Day (Public Holiday) Zone Netball (28th)

T2

WK 3

M A Y

7 HSIE Excursion (temporary)

T2

WK 4

M A Y

10 School Council 5:30 Common Room Art Excursion (Art Express) Yr 11 PI and Yr 12 MEN Work Placement

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WK 5

M A Y

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Immunisation Yr 7 and Yr 10 P&C Meeting Common Room 7pm Excellence Assembly Year 7 Camp

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WK 6

M A Y

Year 12 Construction Work Placement

T2

WK 7

J U N

3 Parent Teacher Night Yr 7 and Yr12

Year 10 Exams

Wauchope Hockey Club Registration Day 27th March at Port Macquarie Hockey Field

(Ocean Drive) 9am to 11am. 2010 Season begins in April.

ONLY $50 rego. NEW players get a FREE hockey stick, shin pads, a ball and mouth guard. Enquiries Phone: Juniors – Paul Mason

6587 4255 or Greg Price 6585 9309

CAN YOU HELP?? Attention: Farming Families

Agriculture teacher Mr Starr is looking for Primary Industry Work Placements positions for Year 11 and Year 12 WHS

TVET Primary Industries students.

Ring Mr Dave Starr or leave your name and num-ber at the front office for the

Ag Dept

Yr 8 International Project Awards

Year 8 students are being encouraged to enter the Yr 8 International Project Awards, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West. Interested students see Mrs Logan. Students are to complete a project on a topic that is a matter of international significance using printed material or multimedia. Everything that concerns the people in more than one country is an international matter.

The project can win one of 3 prizes in our school. $100 for gold, $50 for silver and $25 for bronze and an Award Certificate. The gold winning entries will be invited to present their work at the Rotary club meeting, to compete for additional prize money of $150.

There you are something to do in the holidays if you wish! Students may be clever enough to talk to their Mind Matters teacher and incorporate this task into their Mind Matters task later in the year.

For more info contact Miss Logan or your Geography teacher.

FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SEMINAR

GLASSHOUSE CENTRE

PORT MACQUARIE 29th April 6:45pm to 9:00pm 22nd April

Register with Chris Rule 02 03828203 or

c.rule@blackdog.org.au

(Black Dog Institute)

HAVE A

GREAT &

SAFE

H O L I D A Y

Can you donate any old 3 point linkage implements ?

KIDS SCHOOL HOLIDAY Multi-Sport & Tennis Clinic (Tennis, Soccer, Volleybal l,

Bowling,) Tues 6th, Wed 7th, Thursday 8th April

9am to 12 noon $30 per day or $70 for 3 days All Ages . To Book phone Steve Taylor’s Tennis Coach-

ing on 65855908 or 0411488123 NEXT TERM: Friday Domino Pizza Competition $5.00

Girls Open Soccer Success!!!!!

On the 10th March, our girls open soccer team travelled to Wayne Richards Park in Port Macquarie for the 2010 Lower North Coast selections and knockouts. Our first game against Camden Haven boosted our confidence, when goals from Georgia, Lauren, Hayley D and Madi resulted in a final score of 7-3 (our way).

In our second game against Westport, our girls were again triumphant, scoring 4 goals to Westport’s 3. Goal scorers Hayley D, Rebekah B, Madi and Brittany. Round 3 we face Macksville.

Congratulations to Hayley Dixon, Georgia Petersen, Hayley Burn and Dannielle Burn, who were selected for the LNC.