Term 1 Issue 5
Friday 6th April 2018
SPACE CAMP USA 2018 Thanks to our reputation as a leading STEM School in NSW, Canobolas was approached by Northrop Grumman Australia offering to sponsor two students and a staff member to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama in the United States of America. Huntsville is known as ‘Rocket City’, home of the Apollo space program Saturn rockets. Students were required to submit a 200 word statement or 90 second video explaining why they would love to go to space camp, what they hope to gain from the experience and how they will share what they have learned from their peers. Staff were also required to submit an expression of interest to be selected. Recently, our Principal Ms Wootten announced Mark Selmes (Year 8) and Ella Draper (Year 7) as the successful applicants for our two Space Camp positions. Mark and Ella will experience simulated space missions, astronaut training and team rocket building activities in what will be a life changing experience during Space Camp. They will be accompanied by Head Teacher STEM, Mr Scott. Mark, Ella and Mr Scott will leave for the USA on July 6th, joining students from Japan, South Korea and the UK thanks to the kind sponsorship from Northrop Grumman Australia. Congratulations!
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Parents and Members of our School Community
Space Camp It is with great excitement that I am able to announce that our school has been chosen as one of two schools in Australia to attend Space Camp in the USA in the July school holidays. This all expenses paid opportunity has come about through the support of Northrop Grumman and will involve two students from Year 7 and/or Year 8 and a teacher. Students and staff were invited to submit an application that outlined why they would like to attend, what they hoped to get from the experience and how they would share the experience. Ella Draper and Mark Selmes were the successful student applicants, and Mr Matt Scott was selected as the staff member to accompany them. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I am sure they will remember for the rest of their lives.
Parent Teacher Night and Interim Reports Parent Teacher Night will be held on Wednesday 11th April in our School Hall from 3:45pm to 5:30pm. This is an opportunity for parents from Years 7-12 to speak to teachers about how the school year has started and any concerns that they have. If you are unable to make this event please do not hesitate to contact the Front Office to make an appointment with either your child’s Year Adviser, or a specific teacher. Years 7, 8 and 11 received their Interim Reports this week. These reports are designed to give an overview of how the school year has started for your child. If you did not receive your child’s report, or have any questions about it, please contact the school.
New staff It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce some changes to the staffing of the school. Mrs Amanda Hurford has been successful in obtaining the Head Teacher PDHPE position in a substantive capacity, whilst Ms Amanda Sullivan has become a permanent teaching member of staff. The Clontarf Academy and Girls Academy have also expanded their staff, with Tom Goolagong and Kayla Simmonds starting. As you would be aware, Mr Chad Bliss, has been successful in gaining the position of Principal of Orange High School after fulfilling the role of Principal School Leadership for the last 18 months. We thank Mr Bliss for the work he has done for our school and wish him well in his new endeavour. The principal position for our school will be advertised early in Term 2, with the successful applicant expected to take up the position at the start of Term 3.
Absences If your child has a day off school can I ask that you provide the school with a note, or a phone call, to explain the reason for the absence. All absences from school need to be notified within seven days, and it is important that we are able to accurately record when students have been away for legitimate reasons. This is particularly important when students are away when an assessment task is completed in class or due for submission.
NAPLAN Year 7 and 9 will be sitting NAPLAN in Weeks 3 and 4 of next term. Further information will be sent home early in Term 2. For the first time in 2018 all students at our school will be completing NAPLAN online. There has been a great deal of preparation work done for this by both staff and students, and all trials have been completed successfully. Completing the assessment this way will allow the questions to vary in difficulty based on student responses and provide more information on what skills students possess. If you have any questions about NAPLAN please do not hesitate to contact Ms Sam Williams or myself at the school. I hope you have a great school holiday period and I look forward to speaking with you early in Term 2.
With my warmest regards Kate Wootten
TCRTHS CALENDAR Look at what’s coming up... Wednesday 11th April
Year 7-12 Parent Teacher night
Thursday 12th April
SRC Trivia Night
Friday 13th April
Athletics Carnival
Friday 13th April
Last day of Term 1
Wednesday 25th April
ANZAC Day march
Monday 30th April
Staff Development Day
Tuesday 1st May
Students return for Term 2
Bullying No Way! Day 2018 We celebrated Bullying No Way! Day on Friday 16th March at TCRTHS. As part of our day, individual students delivered small speeches to the student assembly, which inspired one of our parents to pen the following piece on the effects of bullying:
“Bullying and harassment is the act or behaviour that makes someone feel threatened, intimidated, degraded, humiliated or offended. Sometimes it is not always obvious or apparent to others. We can feel: Guilty— like it’s your own fault Hopeless – a situation with no way out Alone – no one for support Don’t fit in with groups of people Depressed and rejected or ashamed of something Unsafe Confused and stressed Bullying can be direct (physical or vocal) or indirect (cyberbullying, Facebook, texting or rumours). People who threaten or intimidate are sometimes acting out their own life or find it’s the only way people take them seriously. We all have the right to education and feeling safe.” Parent of a Year 11 Student at TCRTHS With the fantastic support of former student Sam Rodwell, our whole school participated in an activity where all staff and students spelled out the Bullying No Way! message on the paddock, with Sam catching amazing images with his drone. This footage will be used to develop a Canobolas student multimedia clip on bullying and its effects that will be screened later in the year. Students were also invited to dress up in the colours of the rainbow to show their support for this message and staff and students were able to have their photos taken in our pop-up photo booth. These photos will also form our posters for the school to continue the Bullying No Way! message throughout the year. The whole school enjoyed a BBQ lunch, with students signing our Bullying No Way! Day sign as a pledge against bullying. This will be displayed in the C-Block common area as a reminder to all students that bullying is not accepted at TCRTHS. I would like to thank all students for their involvement in the day and look forward to developing our multimedia message on bullying. Lisa Doherty – SRC Coordinator
Bullying No Way! Day
CLONTARF EMPLOYMENT VISIT MSM Milling Employment visit Year 10 and 11 Clontarf boys had a great visit to the MSM milling plant in Manildra. This opportunity was kindly made to us by owners and directors, Pete and Bob MacSmith, both who have had several visits to and from Clontarf on site and in the academy room. Genya Miller, who is their communications manager has been very helpful in dealing with Clontarf and ensures our visits run smoothly. We had a total of 10 boys keen and interested in taking the trip out to the plant and all made sure they were ready to go at 9.00am. Many of the boys had no knowledge of what they do and where the plant was located, so it was a good adventure to somewhere and something they have never done before.
The factory manager met us at the front office and took the boys on an extensive tour of the plant, explaining the process of how the canola oil is extracted. It was a process of paddock to plate process. (Picture shows Will Lucas looking at the first step of the oil extraction)
Boys getting further understanding of the oil extraction process.
Along with the production of the oil and by-products, which is sold as stock feed, the other major operation at the plant is the bottling and packaging of the oil. The boy got to see the container manufacturing process, which included all size drums and containers. We discussed the various containers they are sent out in from 600ml to semi-trailers tankers full. The final activity of the tour was to watch the company presentation which again described the process from paddock to delivery dock. This is where the boys were enlightened on the various employment opportunities that exist and got the chance to hear what they would need to do education-wise, to gain employment at MSM. Anthony Ward, the plant manager explained what he looks for in an employee. They are very similar what we look for in a good Clontarf man: Work within a team Respect of your work and fellow workers Openness to learn and look for opportunities WANT TO WORK. The trip was a good one for boys and highlighted the opportunities that will present to them when they graduate from Year 12 and look to get into the work force. It was noted that they have people with university degrees, trades people who have completed TAFE course and employees who have no formal education and can get up-skilled in the work place by completing courses. Thank you MSM Milling, James Grant- Director Canobolas Rural Technology High School
Clontarf Academy Mobile +61 437 111 018 Email: jamesgrant60@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.clontarf.org.au
When: Friday 13th April 2018 Where: Canobolas High School Remember to dress up in your House Colours, for a fun day of Athletics. Please nominate for the events in your age group prior to the day. See any of the PE Staff for a nomination slip.
A big thank you goes to Matt Tabbernor from Cricket NSW for running a coaching clinic with our Open Girls cricket team last Thursday. This clinic was in preparation for our Open Girls cricket team first game in the Western Knockout next week. Matt took the girls through a range of batting, bowling and fielding skills and drills as well as field positioning and match strategies. Our Open Girls Cricket team will play their first match ever in the Western Knockout competition vs Orange High School at Moulder park on Monday 9th April. Good Luck Girls!
The Open Girls Canobolas High School Netball team competed in the annual WSSA Netball Gala Day. The girls came up against some tough competition on the day, unfortunately losing their first two games. The girls finished the day on a high defeating Kelso High School. Defender of the day went to Cailtin White and the best attacker was Jada Murphy. Thank you to our Year 12 girls, Caitlin, Jada and Sarah Smith for their contribution to netball at Canobolas over the past 6 years you girls will be missed. A big thanks to Miss Woods for coaching the girls on the day and Mrs Hurford for her organisation.
INNOVATION FACULTY NEWS Year 8 IPL – The Art of War Project While learning about conflict in ancient civilisations, Mr Edwards 8 Clark class have been investigating Feudal Japan. Students have been using Minecraft to model a virtual village from Feudal Japan, as part of a trial of a Minecraft for Education on behalf of the NSW Department of Education. Here are some progress photos of 8 Clark’s handiwork:
Year 8 ILP – Changes to Assessment In order for all Year 8 classes to thoroughly complete the first assessable task in both Projects, tasks due in Week 10 Term 1 in will now be due in Week 7 Term 2, not as stated in the Assessment Booklet. This includes: Project A: Waterworld - Animal species research presentation Project B: Art of War - Historic Artefact Project B: Art of War – Battle Scene These tasks are now due for presentation at exhibition. Most classes are currently working on these as they are likely to be completed over the next few weeks.
SCHOOL NOTICES
1 or 2 days each week doesn’t seem like much but ... When your That equals child misses … just…
Which is … And over 13 year of school is...
Which means the best your child can perform is ...
Your Child
1 day
20 days
4 weeks
Nearly
each fortnight
per year
per year
1 1/2 years
Other Children
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 11
1 day
40 days
8 weeks
Over
each week
per year
per year
2 1/2 years
Your Child Other Children
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 10
2 days
80 days
16 weeks
Over
each week
per year
per year
5 years
Your Child Other Children
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 7
3 days
120 days
24 weeks
Nearly
each week
per year
per year
8 years
Your Child Other Children
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 4
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Parent Teacher Evening Years 7-12 When: Wednesday 11th April 2018 Time: 3:45pm—5:30pm Where: School Hall
Please contact the school if you require any further information on 6362 1677