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Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 4 . April 7, 2017

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

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

Science & Engineering Challenge P.4-5

Harmony Day P.6-7

Year 10 Drama P.8

Head-Start P.9

Shave for a Cure P.9

Art Department P.10-11

Wellbeing P.12

Music P.13

State Swimming P.14

Sport P.15

The Coffs Coast Science and Engineering Challenge was hosted for the third consecutive year at Woolgoolga High School on April 4, 2017. Thirty five students from our school participated in the event. There were over 200 students partici-pating from other local high schools as well. The Science and Engineering Challenge is a nationwide outreach program presented by The University of Newcastle to inspire students to consider future scientific career paths, and encourage students to study STEM subjects in their senior school years.

A huge thank you goes out to the sponsors – The University of Newcastle, Sullivan

Nicolaides Pathology, Engineers Australia, Clarence Consulting, Pacific Complete, Wool-

goolga Rotary Club, Woolgoolga Lions Club and Woolgoolga High School P & C for their

generous donations. Full story and photos pages 4 and 5.

The event attracted local media attention. To view the NBN news segment please go to:

http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/04/04/students-get-a-taste-of-how-fun-science-is/

2017 Science and Engineering Challenge

http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/04/04/students-get-a-taste-of-how-fun-science-is/

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 April 7, 2017 . Issue 4


The Science and Engineering Challenge was

once again a complete success. I would like to

thank Head Teacher Science, Phil Dalton; the

organising committee, Dennis Houghton, Peter

Lacey, Gordon Letts, Michael Hope, Patty

Delaney and Leslie Casey; and in particular the

Rotary and Lions Clubs of Woolgoolga for their

ongoing commitment to education across the

Coffs coast and Woolgoolga High School

students. Australia does indeed need many

leading scientists, mathematicians and

engineers and this program aims to encourage

students to look seriously at a career in these

innovative fields. Thanks also to the University

of Newcastle.

Harmony Day showcased a wide array of talent

from across our school. We are indeed fortu-

nate to have such cultural diversity.

The World’s Greatest Shave once again shows

our school’s support of many charities. Thanks

to all students and staff who had their hair

shaved during assembly for this great cause.

Congratulations to our state swimmers! Full

story and results appear on page 14 of this

newsletter.

School returns on April 26. I hope all

students have a great holiday.

From the Principal’s Desk

The annual ANZAC Day march will take place in Woolgoolga on

Tuesday, April 25 from 11am. We are hoping that students and

parents can come along to commemorate this special occasion.

Please meet outside the National Australia Bank at 10.30am. We

ask that students wear school uniform.

Next term we welcome new staff to our school:

Careers Adviser – Peter Burton

Maths – Peter O’Neill and Chris Young

English – Jon Baggs-Green

PDHPE – Christine Hansen

Monday, May 1 is our parent teacher night for all students commencing at 3.15pm till around 7.00pm. Students have been issued with appointment sheets.

The annual ANZAC Day march will take place

in Woolgoolga on Tuesday, April 25 from

11am. We are hoping that students and

parents can come along to commemorate this

special occasion. Please meet outside the

National Australia Bank at 10.30am. We ask

that students wear school uniform and march

in lines of 8 across the road. The School

Captains will lead the Woolgoolga High group

holding our school banner proudly. A special

wreath laying ceremony will follow.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal



The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

Woolgoolga High School

Parent – Teacher Evening

For All Students

Years 7 – 12

MONDAY, MAY 1 From 3.15 pm

Students have been issued with

appointment sheets

IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Apr Fri 7 WHS cross country

Apr Fri 7 Last day term 1

Apr Mon 24 Staff development day

Apr Tue 25 ANZAC day march 11.00am

Apr Wed 26 Students return term 2

May Mon 1 Parent teacher evening

May 2 Tue P&C meeting

May Wed 3 Athletics carnival

May 9 Tue NAPLAN years 7 & 9

May 15 Mon Zone cross country

May 17 Wed Careers day

May 19 Fri Vaccinations Years 7 & 8

May 5 – UNE Armidale

Open Day for Year 12:

limited spots available,

see Mrs Chivers for a

permission note.

May 17 – WHS Careers Day

June 26-30 :WHS Work

Experience

November 27–December

1 : December 4-8 –

REMINDER

NO use of aerosols at

school due to health

and safety of our

school community.

Please buy a roll on

deodorant alternative.



Science and engineering

challenge

The activities students participated in required

problem solving skills, determination and team-

work. There were two new activities this year –

“confounding communications” which involved

the development of a “light” coding system to

send messages without words, and “Flat Pack”

which required students to design and build a

model sized table and chair. The flat pack ac-

tivity also required considerable mathematical

skills as the students had to “purchase” the

materials for construction and the cost of their

design was considered in the final points tally

for the activity. There were eight activities that

ran on the day. The Bridge Building Challenge

is always a crowd favourite, and this year’s

Bridge Challenge was expertly judged by Gigi,

the civil engineer responsible for the construc-

tion of the 190 bridges on the highway up-

grade, from “Pacific Complete”.

I can proudly say that the students from Wool-

goolga High worked well in teams and learnt

how to overcome adversity when tackling

some very challenging problems.

The event would not be possible without

community sponsorship and the tireless efforts

of the volunteers from Woolgoolga Rotary and

Lions Club.

There were also some ex students and retired

science teachers who came along to assist in

the activities and share their passion and

enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering

and mathematics (STEM).

An event such as this requires months of plan-

ning and co-ordination to ensure the day runs

smoothly. The students would like to thank our

Science Head Teacher, Phillip Dalton for his

ongoing commitment to ensure Woolgoolga

High School continues to be the host school for

such a prestigious event.

All of the Woolgoolga High School participants

were actively engaged in the day’s activities and

should be congratulated for their efforts. The

students are already talking about next year’s

competition, and have inspired many of our

younger students to join in the fun for future

competitions.

Congratulations Woolgoolga High School stu-

dents. I hope all of you enjoyed the experience

as much as I did. It was an honour to be your

team captain for 2017.

Mrs Karen Dorahy



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Harmony day was celebrated last Friday at

Woolgoolga High School. The theme for this

celebration was STRENGTH IN HARMONY.

Each year the whole school comes together to

promote cultural inclusion and the acceptance

of our culturally diverse community.

This year we welcomed Uncle Michael Jarrett,

a local Gumbaynggirr elder, as a special guest.

He engaged the audience with a traditional

story about the Muurrbay tree, a tree of life.

The story told of neighbouring tribes living in

harmony.

The audience was also treated to a display of

amazing skill and cultural pride. Parveen Kaur

Bajwa and Komalpreet Kaur delighted the

assembly with their energetic, colourful and

flawless dance, a traditional Bhangra dance

from northern India. Similarly, Octavia, Gloria

and Xanthi Hand were mesmerising as they

performed a contemporary Aboriginal dance.

Their younger brother Ray, from Woolgoolga

Primary School, displayed his exceptional skills

on the didgeridoo. A truly talented family!

SRC member, Rhianna Birch, wrote a poem

about anti-discrimination and the importance of

inclusion in our modern multicultural world. It

was delivered at the assembly by Komalpreet

Kaur, Awal Maker, Berach Desalegn Bekele and

Harlin Sidhu. These students represent some of

the diverse cultures at Woolgoolga High School.

The poem is also published in this newsletter.

A huge thank you to the parents and relatives of

Dom Mamuang, Berach Desalegn Bekele and

Parveen Kaur Bajwa for helping to cook the

traditional food that was served at the canteen

at Break 2.

The afternoon was again filled with the sounds

of drumming and competitive sports as the

whole school enjoyed some more favourable

weather for this year’s celebration. Thank you to

Woolgoolga High School’s leadership teams of

SRC and SMILE mentors who worked together

to deliver another day of awareness of the

importance cultural diversity, inclusion and

harmony.

Harmony Day



DISCRIMINATION

You cannot discriminate against one race

And claim you are not intolerant in any way

Few people like to be intolerant

“We are not!” you hear them say

Intolerance is born of ignorance

And ignorance to the ignorant is bliss.

That difference makes people more interesting.

A point some people seem to miss.

Our days can be measured in minutes

And our lives can be measured in hours

And those we see as different,

Have blood no less red than ours.

When some people talk of a fair go

They do not mean a fair go for all

But a fair go for their own kind

In their ways some are very small.

People should not be disadvantaged

Due to their place of birth or race

In the human world of the future

For such there is no place.

I do pity those who discriminate

Which may be a strange thing to say

In the darkness they surround themselves

While they seem to be losing their way

In shaping the future of the human world

No part are they destined to play

Their thinking seems outdated

In the multicultural world of today.

By Rhianna Birch - Year 11

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FREE Excel HSC Survival Guide available from the Library for students in Years 11 and 12 . Lots of tips on how to reduce stress, time management and study timetables. Even coupons to the value of $65 included in each text.

New 2017 photo galleries now on our school website: http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/gallery

House Captains 2017, Academic Achievement Centre, RYDA, S.M.I.L.E., Term 1 Representa-tive Sport and Harmony Day.

Students have just completed a monologue for their first Assessment and costumed

their performances. Each student had to adapt a short piece and perform in

character for 3 minutes. It was entertaining, fun and the audience loved the variety.

Well done Year 10!

Woolgoolga High School is hosting this

challenge on June 1.

See Mrs Hart in the library for more information.

Year 10 Drama

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



Thanks to The Coffs Coast Advocate for publishing this wonderful story about the high-achieving students from your school. Coffs Coast Advocate Head-Start students

Southern Cross University has warmly welcomed 149 senior high school students into the SCU Head-Start Program for 2017. Students from across the NSW North Coast and south-east Queensland are participating in the program at each of our campuses, including 32 high-achieving Years 11 and 12

students from the Coffs Harbour and Clarence regions at the University’s Coffs Harbour campus. Head-Start provides the opportunity to study a unit at university to gain direct entry and advanced standing into a variety of courses offered at Southern Cross University scu.edu.au/headstart.

On Monday April 3, Woolgoolga High once again participat-

ed in the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave

with three students and one teacher putting their heads up

to shave for this worthy cause. First up Meg Beedie, one of

our token Year 12 students, was very brave shaving her

hair and raised an amazing $700. Meg was an extra special

candidate as she donated her hair for wig making. Zac

Dove, a Year 8 student went completely bald and raised

over $250 for this amazing cause. Miles King also went

bald, and raised over $300. The amazingly brave

Mr Chadwick stepped up and shaved off his beard for the

entertainment value. Not to be outdone there were count-

less students who coloured their hair for the occasion. All

these students deserve commendation especially those students who shaved. I would like to thank Katie,

from Little Rippers Barber Shop in Woolgoolga for volunteering her time and effort to come and shave our

students’ heads. The money raised will go towards this brilliant cause and it is good to see Woolgoolga

High making a difference. Well done everyone involved.

HEAD-START

https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/bright-students-get-given-a-head-start-at-scu/3151231/

https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/bright-students-get-given-a-head-start-at-scu/3151231/

http://scu.edu.au/futurestudents/index.php/147/



Yellow Door Art Exhibition

Art students from Years 9, 10 and 11 have recently submitted

works for the Yellow Door Art Exhibition which will showcase

student works at Coffs Central Shopping Centre throughout

Youth week from Friday, March 31 to Sunday, April 9.

Yellow Door is an Art Exhibition that represents how art

connects all people and can open doors for young people with

barriers such as mental health.

Yellow Door will also be hosting creative workshops during

Youth Week.

Art Students from Year 10 have also been encouraged to

exhibit their work at our local Woolgoolga Art Gallery and

compete for excellent prize money in the Human Rights Art

Exhibition. This Exhibition will be held from June 2 to June 28.

Works must be submitted by May 26 for those students who

are entering.

Sydney Art Excursion

Once again our Visual Arts students were given the

opportunity to travel to Sydney to see a variety of Art

Exhibitions and performance. Leaving Woolgoolga

with 47 students at 5.30am all bright eyed and bushy

tailed ready for an adventure.

We arrived in Sydney at 1.30pm to see the Museum

of Contemporary Art. It was raining when we arrived

in Sydney, so our short walks to and from the bus

were very brisk! Students found many works inspir-

ing, as well as challenging their ideas about what art

could be. The Contemporary Art Museum exhibits

only Australian artists with work from the past 10

years. The aim of the gallery is to promote recent

Australian

developments in the Visual Arts.

After the Museum of Contemporary Art, we checked in to our luxury accommodation readying ourselves for the evening ahead. Students toured Paddy’s Markets, found dinner and a few places to invest in some Sydney shopping. From here we ventured to The Lyric Theatre to see ‘Shen Yun’, a display of tradi-tional Asian dance. Our students were in awe of the many talents on show and made celebrity status with the Asian community at the end of the night.

Friday morning, we all ventured down to an early

breakfast before hitting the road to more galler-

ies. We started at the NSW Art Gallery to see the

Artexpress exhibition. This is a display of the top

HSC Visual Arts Bodies of Work from 2016.

Students found themselves inspired by what was

possible and recorded many ideas to assist with

their own art making. The standard of work was

incredible and really confirmed that our young

people can be leaders in the art world. We were

also fortunate enough to tour the John Olsen

exhibition. To see his works in reality was such a

privilege. The scale of many of his works gave us

a deeper understanding of his practice and will go

a long way to support students’ HSC written

responses.

Artexpress was also on display at the Armory Galley at Homebush. Students loved the setting of this old world gallery. The works on display here were equally inspiring and we saw some of our local students’ works on display. Again the talent displayed was inspirational for both our students and staff. Many leaving the exhibition with plans to start new canvases or add to their own ideas on our return.

News From the Art Department



Then began our journey home, with a stop first for a late lunch. With a

very tired group of eager Art students we travelled in much better

weather than the previous day watching a variety of movies to keep us

all entertained. There were many pit stops along the way to allow for all

necessary requirements to refuel both bus and students finally arriving

back in Woolgoolga for a well-deserved sleep. Our students again

made us proud to take them to the big smoke, they were thoughtful and

considerate throughout the entire journey, and we thank them for

making it so pleasant.

Jacqui Harrison, Head Teacher Visual Arts



On Tuesday April 4, eighty-eight students

from Years 7 and 8 joined Year 6 students

from Woolgoolga Primary School to enjoy a

School Performance Tour titled “Six

Decades of Bullying”.

The performance focused on dramatic

re-enactments from real life scenarios

|involving texting, social networking, face to face and Youtube. It allowed our students to have a

very real insight into the effects of bullying, whether it be taunts, physical assault or in cyber form.

The students also gained useful insights into the topic of law and punishment in regard to the

perpetrators of bullying and the perils of creating false online identities.

Far from being a heavy drama, Six Decades of Bullying had an easy to follow often comic touch,

that entertained our students without detracting from the seriousness of the topic.

This performance was a useful reminder to our students following on from the wellbeing and anti- bullying talks they had at the start of the year.

YOUTH WEEK To recognise National Youth Week (April 3 to April 7) local service providers dedicated to youth in

the Coffs Harbour area joined forces to offer a free BBQ to the students of Woolgoolga HS on

Wednesday April 5 during break one. This was an opportunity to recognise youth homelessness in

our community and get to know some of the local Coffs Community Youth services. Many thanks to

staff from Mission Australia, Wesley Youth Services, Headspace and Interrelate for donating their

time for our students and special thanks to Woolworths Woolgoolga for the donation of sausages

and to Big River Milk and Norco for their generous supply of drinks.



State Swimming Congratulations to the eight individual

students and ten Woolgoolga High School

relay teams who competed at the

NSWCHS Swimming Championships in

Sydney at the beginning of the week. This

is the biggest team (28 students in total)

Woolgoolga High has ever sent to the

State carnival.

All students proudly represented

Woolgoolga High School and swimming

many personal bests in the Sydney

Olympic Pool.

The 12x50m knockout relay team placed

6th in the entire state.

Under 13 girls relay team made the final.

Taylar Briley (Year 11) won bronze medal

in the 16-19 girls MC 50m Freestyle and

100m Freestyle.

Taylar also came 4th in her 50m breast-

stroke event.

Thank you all the parents for their contin-

ued support of the Woolgoolga High

Representative Sports program.

Pictured from top: 13 girls relay: Jasmyn Hoppe, Mikayla Holder, Sophie Bartlett, Ella Bhatti

15 girls relay: Emily Hoppe, Sophie Maric, Aleisha Quay, Nathalie Warden

WHS 12 year champions—Luke Taylor and Aleisha Quay

Knockout relay : Aleisha Quay, Sophie Bartlett, Jasmyn Hoppe, Mikayla Holder, Caitlin Turnbull,

Sophie Maric, Emerson Bhatti, Sheldon Koopmans, Liam Bartlett, Ryan Birchall, Jacob Sutton,

Isaiah Koopmans



SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM

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Fri 7 April School Cross Country Woolgoolga 1

Mon 15 May MNC Zone Cross Country Grafton 2

Fri 9 June NC Regional Cross Country Murwillumbah 2

Fri 21 July NSW State Cross Country Eastern Creek 3

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Wed 3 May

Thur 4 May

School Athletics Carnival - Day 1

School Athletics Carnival - Day 2

Woolgoolga Sports

Ground

2

Thur 15 June MNC Zone Athletics Carnival Coffs Harbour Interna-

tional Stadium

2

Fri 4 Aug NC Regional Athletics Carnival Lismore 3

Wed 6 Sept

to Fri 8 Sept

CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3

2017 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES

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

ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

ADDISEN & TANISHA

Congratulations to Year 11 students

Addisen Mallett and Tanisha Wallace

who have been selected in the North

Coast Regional Open Soccer teams.

Both students will compete at the

NSW CHS State Championships

next term. Addisen travels to Griffith

and Tanisha to Glenwood in Sydney

to play in these championships. Well

done and good Luck! Oops!

Apologies Luke! It was incorrectly reported in the last newsletter that Jack Taylor was a member of the Woolgoolga High School 12 year’s boys swimming relay team. Luke Taylor of Year 7 was the member of this team.

EMMANUEL SUTTON

Congratulations to Emanuel Sutton of Year

9 who has been selected in North Coast re-

gional under 15 rugby league team. Eman-

uel will now play a 2-day tournament at

Coffs Harbour next term in the quest to be

chosen in the Greater North rugby league

team. Well done Emanuel and good luck!

CONGRATULATIONS



Legacy Writing and Visual Arts

Competition 2017

Coffs Coast Legacy, for the second time, is offering prizes for Year 10 and 11 to en-

ter their Writing and Visual Arts Competition in 2017.

What is involved?

All students will read two texts, ‘TAG’ and ‘Well Done Those Men’ by Barry Heard.

The competition attempts to give students a short yet intriguing insight into war

and its effect on service men and women. Students are invited to reflect on their

learning and reflect on their own values.

Writing Competition

Students will put their reflections into a piece of writing.

Visual Arts Competition

Using the language of visual arts, students will show their reflections and convey

the purpose of Legacy through this medium.

The competition opens from the beginning of Term 2 – 2017, and entries must be

submitted by Friday 22 September 2017.

Coffs Coast Legacy will be running a workshop and panel discussion with Barry

Heard and Legacy Representatives to allow competitors the opportunity to fully un-

derstand the concepts that need to be addressed in the competition. This will be

held towards the end of Term 2.

Prizes

Year 10 Writing Year 10 &11 Visual Arts

1st Prize $2000 1

st Prize $2000

2nd

Prize $1000 2nd

Prize $1000

Highly Commended 5 x $100 Highly Commended 5 x $100

For more information and entry forms please phone the Legacy Office on 1300

534 229 and ask for Community Services.



Homestay Hosts Wanted

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

available.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator Ms Genette Maniatis (02 6654 1500)

Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are generously sponsored by:

Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga Beach Street Woolgoolga-

Phone: 6654 8989 Phone: 6654 2744

http://www.staydownunder.com.au



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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 availa-

ble 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 Wool-

goolga 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 fol-

low the link on the school’s website to complete the expression of inter-

est.

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

See menu with price list on the school’s website

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