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Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 7 . May 25, 2018

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2452 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Over 70 employers attended our

2018 Careers Day. Thank you to

the Woolgoolga and Northern

Beaches Chamber of Commerce

for supporting this outstanding

initiative. This is what the

students had to say:

Careers Day 2018

Another Great Success!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Careers Day Session P.3

Important coming dates P.4

Ag Farm P.5

Debating P.6

Sport P.7-10

Food Allergy Week P.11

Mental Health & Well-being P.12

Uniform Shop Price List P.13

“Very useful, I also learned a lot on car mechanics.”

“Good to learn more about jobs I am interested in.”

“Very helpful and informative, I would have liked

more sessions.”

“Great speaking to experienced people.”

“Good insight into trades and jobs.”

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 May 25 2018 . Issue 7


Our school is so fortunate to have such an

involved and supportive community. In part-

nership with the Woolgoolga and Northern

Beaches Chamber of Commerce, our

Careers Day has run for the past eight years.

Last Wednesday saw over 80 industry

professionals present 30 minute workshops. I

have included in this newsletter a copy of the

52 sessions which ranged from medical

professions, through to animation, speech

pathology, plumbing and carpentry to

mention a few. See the following page for a

complete list.

John Hannaford, a member of the Woolgool-

ga Chamber, once made aware of the signifi-

cant demand for an animator, met the costs

to fly a presenter from Sydney. Thank you

John.

The organising committee made up of Ray

Willing, Alistair Milroy, John Hannaford, Tony

Ross and Scott Bocking from the Chamber

along with Peter Burton and Megan Hart are

to be commended on their efforts. Our office

staff including Jo Riley, Tara Mielke, Trudy

Mackay and Lena Inness really helped pull

the day together to ensure its success. Thank

you.

The feedback from presenters was excep-

tional, with many commenting that it was “the

best” Careers Day so far. Students similarly

praised the day and their feedback was most

positive.

Prime News covered the event which was

broadcast on Wednesday night.

From the Principal’s Desk

In partnership with the Woolgoolga and Northern Beaches

Chamber of Commerce, our Careers Day has run for the past

eight years. Last Wednesday saw over 80 industry profession-

als present 30 minute workshops.

All students in Year 10 attended as did those

students in Years 11 and 12 who wished to have

a look at three careers they may not have had

the opportunity to visit when they were in Year

10. Thank you once again to the Woolgoolga

and Northern Beaches Chamber of Commerce

for your ongoing support.

As we move into the colder months, please send

your child to school in full school uniform. Our

uniform shop provides first rate quality uniforms

with logos embroidered on the jacket. There has

been a recent addition of very stylish tracksuit

pants for boys and girls made in the same style

as the successful quick dry shorts. A price list is

included in this newsletter. The shop operates

from the side of the school hall on Wednesdays

and Fridays from 8.30am-11.30am and through

your support, a percentage of the sales helps

provide uniforms for students in need. If you are

in need of assistance just give me a quick call.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal

The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm



Career Session 1 Career

Lee Ahren Baking and Pastry Cook

Paul Bordignon Games Designer/IT Software Technician

Sam Broomfield Builder

Kylee Burton Fashion Designer

Jane Cameron Animator

Pardeep Grewal Law Clerk or Lawyer

Megan Hart Secondary Teacher

Sheldon Jacka Farming and Agriculture

Dr John Kramer Surgeon/G.P.

Duan March Animal Attendant

Karen Masson Occupational Therapist

Emma Peart Counsellor/Psychologist

Brendan Ray Film Director/Camera Operator

Senior Constable Snow Police Officer

Greg Wallace Park Ranger/Forestry Worker

Steven Young Civil Engineer

Career Session 2

Natalie Anderson Hairdresser

Sam Broomfield Cabinetmaker/Carpenter

Dr June Colgrave Nursing (RN)

Carmel Debreuil Artist

Stasha Dunn Dunn Accountant/Financial Manager

Tom Handel Engineering Roads

Jocelyn Lawry Interior Designer

Kate Mackay Speech Pathologist/Therapist

Vaughan Marsden Plumber

Gino Morel Dental Technician/Dentist

Brendan Ray Skyview Photographer

Kylie Reedy & Megan Hart Primary Teacher

Troy Rodham Electrician/Electrical Engineer

Tony Ross & Andrew Wilson Architect

Rachel Vercoe & Jasmine Minhas Journalist/Writer/Author

Greg Wallace Zoologist

Tyler Walsh Diesel Mechanic

Career Session 3

John Alford & Hannah Tunsted Paramedic

Peter Bartlett Bricklayer

Jo Besley Historian/Museum Curator

Scott Bocking Entrepreneur/Business Owner

Dustin Bowie-Ford Chef

Jane Cameron Graphic Designer

Michael Featherstone Vet/Vet Nurse

Dr Elaine Jefford Midwife

Ben Luffman Environmental Scientist/Engineer

Natalie Lye Early Childhood/Preschool Educator

Rex Madigan Actor

Dr Anna Scott Marine Biologist

Ian Stockton Fisheries Officer

Tyler Walsh Car Mechanic

Careers Day 2018 Thank you to our presenters



IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Mon Jun 11 Queen Birthday holiday

Tue Jun 12 P&C Meeting

Fri Jun 15 North Coast Cross Country

Thur Jun 21 Zone Athletics

Tu Jun 26 Year 9 Police Talks

Fri Jun 29 Year 10 Reports Issued

Mon Jul 2 to

Fri Jul 6 Year 10 Work Experience

Fri Jul 6 Year 7-9 & 11 Reports Issued

Year 10 students will be attending

the Coffs Coast Career Connections

2018 on Thursday 31st May at the Race

Course in Coffs Harbour. Universities,

TAFE and many other employers and

education institutions will be present. The

cost is $10, notes and further information is

available from Mr Burton.

Year 10 will be going out on one

week of Work Experience in the last

week of Term 2, Monday 2nd

July to

Friday 6th

July 2018. As a legal require-

ment, students must first complete the

"Work Experience Induction Course" to a

satisfactory standard before they are

allowed to present work experience docu-

mentation to employers. Failure to do so

would void this legal documentation and

the associated insurance.

Peter Burton

Careers Advisor

Year 10—Careers



I would like to farewell our first

cohort of Year 8 students who

after 13 weeks are moving onto

Food Technology. They have

been an outstanding group and I

would like to thank them for

showing such an interest in the

Agricultural activities at our

school farm.

The hot, dry weather throughout Term

1 has resulted in difficult growing

conditions for our vegetable gardens.

However, hand watering and lots of

mulch has helped to ensure that

everyone managed to grow some

wonderful vegetables which they have

sold to staff or taken home.

Happy farming.

Christine Duver,

Agricultural Teacher

News from the Agricultural Department

Lambing is now well under way with four lambs born so

far. More are expected in the coming three weeks.

Throughout Term 1 Year 8 students have been raising

layer chickens. They have monitored their growth and

development and spent considerable time learning

about stockmanship. These chickens are now all sold

and a new batch will arrive shortly for the next cohort of

students.

Students had fun harvesting the honey from our two hives,

spinning it from the frames and then sieving it, to obtain

honey of exceptional quality; receiving a credible second

place at this year’s honey competition at the Coffs Show.

We had an unwelcome visitor lately

who was stealing our eggs. Jason,

our farm manager, gave students a

chance to admire it, before relocat-

ing it well away from our chickens.



Woolgoolga High School has made a fantastic start to the 2018 debating season in both the Stage

4 and Stage 5 competitions.

This week the Year 7 and 8 debating team took part in a training day at Toormina High School.

The session was facilitated by the Sydney based Debating and Public Speaking Mentoring

Program, Masters Academy. This was the first time a metropolitan based company has travelled to

regional public schools for coaching and our students were enthusiastic participants in each of the

sessions. This training has left them confident and ready for the first round debate of the 2018

Premier's Debating Challenge at the end of the term.

Furthermore, our Year 10 Debating team faced off against Dorrigo High School in the first round

of the Year 9 and 10 Premier's Debating Challenge and came away with a resounding win. The

debate took place via video conference, on the controversial topic of whether or not teachers

should be allowed to search students' bags at school. Our team constructed a convincing model

and rebutted some challenging counter arguments from our opponents in order to secure the

win. Our second round debate will take place in Week 6 against Casino High School.

Debating



Opens

The boys travelled to Coffs to face off against

Toormina and South Grafton for a spot in the

next round of the University Shield. Sporting a

relatively young side, the boys came up

against the enormous Toormina side. Despite

a valiant effort and some good defence the

boys struggled to make inroads into the big

Toormina defence. Eventually going down 4

tries to 1. Blake Dennehy crossed for our only

4 pointer. Up next for the coveted second spot

was South Grafton. We were evenly matched

across the board and a much improved effort

saw the game come down to the wire. The

boys got within 2 points of the South Grafton

boys and a late try to them saw us go down

bravely. The boys deserve to be commended

on their effort and behaviour throughout the

day. Well done lads.

Under 14s

The boys were excited to hit the field in the

Under 14s Buckley Shield and faced off against

Orara High first up. In an end to end thriller the

boys were eventually toppled over by the much

bigger Orara team. Jake Hutchinson a noted

soccer player, had an absolute blinder, with

some barnstorming runs and some bone rattling

tackles. For a boy who is used to having the ball

at his feet, he proved he is handy with ball in

hand. Up next the boys faced off against what

appeared to be the South Grafton first grade

side. Some of these boys made Mr Newman

look small. From the get go the boys were under

the pump and struggled to keep the giants from

South Grafton out. The boys never gave in and

despite losing a whole bunch of players to

injuries, they kept turning up in defence and

trying hard. It was a very good day and the boys

all had fun. Thanks to Mr Newman for running

the boys and providing the drinks and shade for

the day. Good effort lads.

Rugby League

Congratulations to Emanuel Sutton of Year 10 who

represented the North Coast Combined High Schools

(CHS) Under 15 Rugby League team last week in Coffs

Harbour. Emanuel performed to such a high standard at

this tournament he has now been selected to attend the

prestigious NSW CHS Under 15 Rugby League trials

camp at Myuna Bay near Newcastle. Good luck

Emanuel at this four day camp in your quest for a NSW

CHS blues jersey.



Girls On Monday 14

th May, a group of 10 Wool-

googla High School students went to

Grafton to participate in the girls open touch

football gala day. In the first round the girls

came up against an evenly matched

Bellingen High School. The WHS team

fought hard and were able to come away

with the win to advance into the next round.

Round 2 was against the Toormina High

school, the reigning champions for the past

3 years. WHS went out and gave it every-

thing they had, surprising Toormina and

scoring 3 times. Unfortunately Toormina

had just a little extra left in the tank scoring

just before the end of the game to take the

win. WHS was then placed in the 3v4 play

off to receive their ranking for the competi-

tion, in this match they faced South Grafton

High School. Even though the girls were

disappointed about their previous loss, they

showed great determination to make sure

they came away with the 3rd

place rank and

defeated South Grafton convincingly.

Touch Football

Boys

After scrounging together a team in the

dying stages the boys all staggered in to

McKitrick Park, battered and bruised from

their weekend antics the boys ventured to

the outskirts of the oval to face off against

Bellingen High School. The boys played

outstanding, it was as if Bellingen didn’t

even show up. Fear had gotten the better of

them resulting in a trouncing at the hands of

the Woopi Boys. Bellingen actually failed to

appear, so we won through by default.

Through to the semi-finals, who would have

thought, the boys faced off against the

might of Toormina. In what proved to be a

see-sawing encounter, the boys eventually

got up 8-6 in a thriller.

Jacob Butterworth-Harvey the star with 4

tries, Noah Pilon and Ethan Duncombe

chimed in with two tries apiece. For a team

put together in 22 seconds they were prov-

ing that they were a force to be reckoned

with. Orara were the next victims of the

mighty Seahorses. From the get go Orara

were under the pump. And some nifty work

from Ethan got us up by 2 early, and from

there it was all over. The boys pressured

the hot favourites into submission, coming

away with a 5-2 win and the title. Next up in

the knockout is Nambucca and who knows

with a little practice the boys may get

stronger. Good effort lads.

Congratulations to all the girls who

played in the gala day but a special

mention to Jade Egar, Shania King and

Aheisha McPhillips who were selected

in the girls’ Mid North Coast open touch

football team.



Woolgoolga High School participated at two squash competitions

recently.

The Combined High Schools was held on Tuesday 8th May.

Charlise Sharp (Year 10) and Isabel Hallam (Year 12) competed

in the girls division. Although it was their first attempt at a squash

competition both girls played very well. Samuel Moriz (Year 7),

Ethan Pursch (Year 8) and Lachlan Rook (Year 9) participated in

the boys’ event. They triumphed over South Grafton in the semi-

finals but were narrowly defeated by Coffs Harbour in the finals.

In the Coffs Harbour Schools Secondary Squash Challenge,

Woolgoolga High School entered two U15 teams. Both

teams dominated through the round robin stages to meet each

other in the finals. Lachlan Rook, Damon-Leigh Striegher, Jacob

Roberts and Phoenix Versfeld played Samuel Moriz, Ethan

Pursch, Callum Roworth and Luke Taylor. The teams were very

evenly matched with the overall result going down to the last

point of the final match! Congratulations to Lachlan Rook,

Damon-Leigh Striegher, Jacob Roberts and Phoenix Versfeld for

winning for Woolgoolga High School the U15 division of the

Coffs Harbour Schools Secondary Squash Challenge for

the second year in a row. The competition even made The

Advocate newspaper on Saturday 19th May!

Squash News

PLEASE NOTE: DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT ARE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

2018 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM

CROSS

COUNTRY

ATHLETICS

Fri 25 May MNC Zone Cross Country Nana Glen 2

Wed 13 June NC Regional Cross Country Nana Glen 2

Fri 27 July NSW All Schools State Cross

Country Eastern Creek 3

Thur 21 Jun MNC Zone Athletics Carnival

Coffs Harbour

International Stadi-

um

2

Thur 9 Aug NC Regional Athletics Carnival Nambucca 3

Wed 5 Sept to

Fri 7 Sept NSW CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3



Congratulations to all Woopi High students who participated in this year’s Athletics carnival. The

weather was fantastic with sunny skies. Wonderful enthusiasm and sportsmanship was displayed

by all competitors.

A big shout out to Mrs Hall, the Art staff and all the Art students who made the incredible mascots

for each House. This really set up a great atmosphere for a sensational school Athletics carnival.

Well done to the Arrawarra house who won the War Cry competition on both days.

The MNC Zone Athletics carnival will be held on the 21st June, 2018 at the Coffs Harbour Interna-

tional Stadium. A full list of qualifiers will be published in the next newsletter. See Ms Schofield to

collect a permission note for Zone.

Thanks to Mrs Hyder and prac student Tish for all their hard work organising and running the car-

Age Girls Boys

12 Jaslyn Ross Kaleb Skinner

13 Zahlia Graham Baxter March

14 Aheisha McPhillips Callum Roworth

15 Jesse Beresford Peter Cohen

16 Emily Hoppe Sheldon Koopmans

17 Jade Egar Humraj Singh

WHS Athletics Carnival Results - 2018

Place House Total Points

1st Emerald 1117

2nd Diamond 915

3rd Arrawarra 908

4th Mullaway 857

Final

Pointscore

Congratulations

Woolgoolga High School

Age Champions for 2018:



On 14th May, Year 10, 11 and 12 students were shown two videos to increase their awareness of food

allergies. Year 7 – 9 will also see the presentation next Monday 28th May. The statistics about children with

allergies are alarming. One in ten children born today have food allergies and this figure is increasing rapidly!

Whilst treatments are improving, a reliable cure has not been found. The best defense is still prevention of

exposure to allergens. We all have a responsibility to keep each other safe, and to ensure all students with

any form of disability feel included in day-to-day activities.

If you have a friend with an epipen, ask them to show you how to use it, and to explain the types of

symptoms they may show when having a life threatening reaction.

Think about how your actions impact others – teasing or taunting someone with foods they are allergic to is

not acceptable.

If you have a friend with food allergies, think about how they can be included safely in celebrations.

Be Aware and Show you Care!



A certain level of anxiety is normal, but excessive levels of anxiety can reduce our ability to focus, affect our confidence and undermine our health. It

can also leave us tired and reduce our ability to function in life.



SIZE QTY TOTAL

SNR Navy Skirt

Boys

SNR Navy Shorts

Uni-sex

Tie

Chef Cap



Wanted

Homestay Hosts

We are looking for caring families and individuals

to provide a wonderful home away from home for

international students attending Woolgoolga High

School.

Must be able to provide meals and a Working

With Children Check.

Hosts receive $285 per week for a single room.

Short (1 term) to long (4 terms) stays are availa-

ble.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder

on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator

Mrs Megan Hart

(02 6654 1500)

The Rotary Club of Woolgoolga holds their monster auction on the first Saturday of every month (except January). A significant portion of the funds raised goes to supporting programs for local school students.

Head down to the Rotary compound and shed behind the Woolgoolga CWA building, beside the Diggers RSL club, and check out the bargains available.

Smaller items will be on sale from 10am, with the larger items to be auctioned off from 1pm.

A big thank you to each of the members of our community who have donated goods. If you have items for pickup, call Dick Matthews on 6654 1828.

Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga

Phone: 6654 8989

Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Beach Street Woolgoolga

Phone 66542744

Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards

are generously sponsored by:

http://www.staydownunder.com.au



Paid Advertising

Please mention this ad when making your enquiry



Now Available At Woolgoolga High School

A secure Westpac banking facility has now been added to the Woolgoolga High School website to

allow parents/carers to make online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments for things like

voluntary school contributions, excursions, sporting activities or sales to students.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us at the top of our homepage.

For those experienced in paying online, the process will be familiar. Detailed instructions are

available by opening the Parent Online Payment Instructions on the Information tab on our website.

We hope that you will find this payment option convenient. Payments can still be made at the

Woolgoolga High School Office by cash, cheque or EFTPOS before school and during break 1.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Volunteers needed to serve in only 1 hour increments:

8.30am - 9.30am

11.00am - 12.00 noon

1.00pm - 2.00pm

If you can help please ring the school on 66541500 or

follow the link on the school’s website to complete

the expression of interest.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/parent-information

See menu with price list on the school’s website

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

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