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Friday 26th May 2017
Term 2 Issue 7
50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS What an amazing weekend to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. There were great crowds , the weather was fantastic, the displays were amazing and it was great to see the friendships formed at school still continue after 50 years. Here are some of the comments from our visitor’s book: “What a great opportunity to catch up with everyone. Thank you.” “Really enjoyed teaching at TCHS.” “Great memories and excellent development for the future.” “Fantastic facilities for the students.” “Congratulations staff and students on a wonderful 50 years with the Orange community.” “ I had the great benefit of going to school with some of the best people I have ever met.” “Heaps more opportunities now that when we were here.” “Wonderful to visit old haunts.” “Thank you all for the hard work and dedication. Fantastic weekend of memories.” “Canobolas was great. Lots of wonderful memories made.” “Great school, wonderful teachers, lifelong friends.” “Fantastic displays, would love to come here now.” “Fabulous trip down memory lane.”
From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Members of the School Community
50th Anniversary Last weekend the school celebrated 50 years of education. The school was open, with many people taking the opportunity to look around at displays depicting both the history of the school, as well as what we are currently doing. The weekend started with the raising of the original school flag by Mr Tony Dobbin (son of Mr Fred Dobbin, the original Principal), Mrs Suzan Dickson (original student), Mr Col Taylor (original staff member) and Mr Kevin Chown (original P&C President). A sculpture designed by current student, Jack McGinley was also unveiled. This was inspired by the school logo and Jack’s Metal & Engineering classmates and the TAS teachers helped in its construction. This sculpture will stand as a reminder of the celebrations and will also house a time capsule that will be prepared later in the year. Saturday night saw the celebrations continue with a dinner at the Orange Function Centre. This was an opportunity for people to catch up with former classmates and teachers and to reminisce about the ‘good old days’. The P&C also used the occasion to recognise the contribution made by parents to the school by awarding Life Membership to Mrs Judith Gunner, Mr Kevin Chown and to the family of the late Mrs Alison Dutton. As these awards reminded everyone in attendance, parents play a pivotal role in the life of our school. A huge thank you must go to the organising committee who have worked on this celebration weekend for the last 18 months. Without their tireless dedication and hard work the weekend would not have been so successful. Over the weekend the P&C and school also had merchandise on sale, which is still available. The commemorative glasses and mugs can be purchased from the canteen, whilst school office has the historical photobooks and pavers.
Examinations and Reports As you receive this newsletter teachers are busily finalising Year 11 reports, which should be issued in the week starting June 5th. Students in Years 8-10 will have examinations in Week 6. A small number of subjects will have exams in the Hall, whilst all other assessment tasks will be completed in class time. Junior reports should be issued before the end of this term.
Girls Academy This week we have welcomed Belinda Langlo to the school, who has taken up the position of Director of the Girls Academy. This academy will work with Aboriginal girls to develop and empower them through youth leadership training, mentoring, sport and extra-curricular programs. Belinda will be supported in the establishment of the academy by a Development Officer, once the recruitment process is completed.
Uniform As the weather starts to get colder, just a reminder that students are still expected to be in full school uniform each day. There are a large range of options available to ensure that students stay warm, including the school jacket which is available from the Front Office. As always if you are having any difficulty in purchasing uniform please do not hesitate to contact me at the school. I hope you have a great fortnight and I look forward to speaking with you next fortnight. With my warmest regards Kate Wootten
Some of the original students from our school
TCRTHS Calendar Look at what’s coming up... Monday 29th May—Friday 2nd June
Junior Examination week
Tuesday 30th May
Year 11 and 12 Vaccinations
50TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND PHOTOS Former Teacher Librarian Susan Hannigan with Library Assistant Mrs Richard
Deputy Principal Mr Williams with former Principal John Archer
A former student recognises herself
Former Art teacher Trish Lovecek with her Picasso painting Art display
Cherilyn in her school blazer
First P & C President Kevin Chown with daughter Kerry
Big Picture and Hospitality students served the dinner at the Function Centre.
Uniform display
Former General Assistant Douglas Brooks with the 1982 Time Capsule
Matt Toia and Dale Jones entertained the guests at the Function Centre
PDHPE display
Science display Flag raising ceremony Former teacher Pam Bembrick
Tammy Nash with former Home Economics teachers
50 Faces of Canobolas project
Collins Bookshop display
Over 360 guests attended the celebratory dinner
Display at the Orange Show
BACK TO THE 60s MUFTI DAY
MEMORIES OF CANOBOLAS Some of the comments about their time at our school from former students: “An amazing principal and staff who inspired lots of ‘country kids’ to go far.” Heather Kjoller “Both met at Canobolas, now married with a family.” Matt and Stacey Yaroslavceff “Year 12 Muck Up Day—Mr Armstrong’s VW stuffed with newspaper and put in the stairwell.” Karen Orrock “Speaking to the then Prime Minister and telling Mr Howard that if he built us a hall I would get mum and dad to vote for him. First year to do HSC in the hall.” Maree Thomas “Deputy Principal Mr Jack Sparks (the plover lover) saying beware of the plovers.” Sue Gerken “Making friends for a lifetime.” Bettina Clarke “Wonderful friends and teachers, fantastic opportunities for learning.” Bruce Parker who came all the way from the USA “Breaking Mr Riles in!! LOL. Freezing assemblies every morning. Spending most of Year 11 and 12 at the Ag Plot.” “Mrs Jackson’s warmth to all students.” Gabrielle Yates “How cold it was, used to pretend to be sick to get into sick bay.” Margaret Black “Cold winters in the canteen, no gas in winter brrrr.” Robyn Maw (Yates) “Year 12 Farewell lunch insisting on fairy bread.” Jeanette Faulkner
HSIE MATTERS! We had a fantastic weekend meeting many past students and staff during the school tours of our rooms. We showcased the different ways learning is done now compared to in the past. Many visitors were interested in the changes to the furniture and room organisation, something we have a focus on at the moment to best cater for our students learning styles.
We found the responses to our room and displays really positive, and it was fantastic to learn about the different uses our A4 learning space has been over time: science lab, language room, art room, computer room and now a HSIE classroom.
Some of the common themes were the development of models by classes: this goes to show that what works with students is hands on practical activities, something we try to incorporate as much as possible into our classes.
Australia’s changing role in wartime was a popular exhibit, with many people interested in the range of topics we can cover with our students, such as stories of war romances, Chinese ANZACS, and Indigenous Service.
There was a lot of interest shown in our activities that have taken place outside of the classroom, from fieldwork in partnership with Orange City Council, representative opportunities debating at State Parliament, and connecting with Country with Wiradjuri Elder, Aunty Gloria Rodgers, a few years ago.
A big “Thank you” also goes out to our staff. Ms Hollie McRae, Ms Kirsten Lane, and Mr Craig Williams who all took time to spend some of their weekend at the A4 display. It’s their hard work and best practice that makes these displays possible. We all really enjoyed the huge community involvement we had for the tours through our room, and welcome any visits or questions you may have. Kirsten Hutchinson, HSIE Head Teacher
TAS FACULTY NEWS Year 10 Child Studies have been looking at Food and Nutrition for young children. They recently completed their assessment task where they had to come up with a healthy lunchbox for a child to take to family day care. Their lunchbox needed to include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. They conducted research on what a healthy lunchbox should contain and presented their finished healthy lunchbox the following week. Ms Sharp
Year 8 Technology have just finished their food technology unit, “My Restaurant Rules”. They had to come up with their own restaurant design, including a menu and designer milkshake. They researched milkshake designs, flavours and presentation ideas before making their designer milkshake in class during a practical lesson. They did a great job! Ms Sharp & Mr Kay Year 7 Technology 2 have just finished their food technology unit, “Eat Well, Live Well”. They had to design their own biscuit and packaging. We spent the term researching different biscuit designs and suitable packaging to keep their biscuits nice and fresh, including what information needs to be on their packaging such as a barcode and ingredient list. They had a great time making and presenting their finished biscuits during a practical lesson in class. Ms Sharp
Year 12 Agriculture Year 12 Agriculture students spent the morning a few Fridays ago at Bumble Hill Alpaca, which is a mid-sized stud with 300 animals located 1100 metres up Mount Canobolas. Julienne Gelber owner of Bumble Hill hosted the class for the morning. Students learnt about the sustainable farming practices and marketing of alpaca fibre. A big thank you Julienne for hosting Year 12. Ms J O’Donnell Agriculture Teacher
SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS Year 11 Chemistry Over the past term, Year 11 Chemistry having been studying metals. In particular their reaction with oxygen, water and acids. Through conducting an experiment to see how different metals react with oxygen, water and acids the students can then put the metals they tested in an order of reactivity. From this information, students will be looking at what metals are used for in society and how that relates to their reactivity level.
♫ MUSIC NOTES ♫ 50th Anniversary weekend Current and past students enjoyed spotting themselves in programs and photos on display in the music room during the 50th anniversary weekend. Choir students and Music students conducted Open Rehearsals as part of the Music display in B5 including, voice, guitars, drums, ukuleles. Photos: Left—students reminiscing about the 1985 production S'cool of which they were a part. Right—Wayne Scott designed the program artwork, standing with the show’s star.
Ellena excels At the school anniversary dinner Ellena delighted guests with her rendition of the old school song accompanied by former Canobolas Music teacher, Donna Riles. Ellena has been giving it all in her preparation for HSC Music 2 and Extension Performance. During the school holidays she had a lesson with the Head of Vocal and Opera Studies at the University of Sydney, Dr Rowena Cowley. She is a co-winner of the Orange Regional Conservatorium's 2017 Concerto Competition. This means she will sing the song cycle "I Hate Music" by Leonard Bernstein (one of her HSC pieces) with the Orange Youth Orchestra in a public concert. Recently she attended a vocal concert and sang in a masterclass with soprano Ayse Goknür Shanal, and pianist and vocal coach Andrea Katz. Both Ayse and Andrea have studied and performed extensively overseas and around Australia and were impressed with Ellena's sound. Last Friday - Sunday Ellena competed in various vocal sections of the Cowra Eisteddfod. She achieved great results and feedback and most notably she won the Cowra scholarship for Under 18s.
HSC Music Workshops Some Year 12s learned handy skills and tools for the exams at the HSC Music Workshops this week. Ellena performed I Hate Music in the HSC performance masterclass where she learned how to make the examiners love her music.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra 26 Canobolas Music students from Years 7-12 enjoyed seeing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform a concert at Orange Civic Theatre on Thursday. Miss Aldrick Music Teacher
STEM CENTRE NEWS Some exciting things happening in STEM at Canobolas this term: We have re-applied for funding to enter a team in the FIRST Robotics competition in 2018. Mr Boardman and Mr Oakden will be leading this initiative. Our student participants will count on your support in this competition over the next 10 months. We have a received a wildcard entry in the 2017 Aeronautical Velocity Challenge. Mrs Shepherd will be taking an all-girls team of Year 9 iSTEM students to compete in the state finals at Wollongong University early next month. As a STEM Action school, we will be hosting schools for a STEM professional learning session on Thursday 1st June and Wednesday 28th June. We are currently working with 16 schools state wide on this project. I will be giving a public presentation on Wednesday 7th June at 6pm in the Orange Regional Museum about my STEM Scholarship tour last term. If you would like to know more about what I discovered and where Canobolas STEM is placed, please come along! STEM will be hosting a future focussed career activity for iSTEM students in Science Week, thanks to an Australian Science Teachers Association grant, allowing us to buy a drone! https://goo.gl/c2aCCw
Year 7 STEM Over the last fortnight, Year 7 STEM classes have been developing 21st Century learning skills. Collaborating in groups, students had to creatively design, construct and test a tower made from 30 marshmallows and 30 toothpicks that stood 30cm tall and lasted 30 second on our Lego EV3 earthquake simulator. Groups that didn't establish a strategy early on found it harder to work together towards the common goal of a 30 cm tall tower. Following the testing, student wrote a reflection about the evaluation of their tower and sketched a detailed illustration of what it looked like. They then used their numeracy skills to calculate the cost of using marshmallows and nine other lollies for prototype testing and communicated the results in a column graph. Year 9 and Year 10 iSTEM tested their prototype air-powered rockets. Despite being tested dry (no water or fuel) one still managed to the roof of the A Block quad! Mr Matt Scott Head Teacher STEM
YEAR 11 RYDA EXCURSION Every year Rotary International organise a road safety education day of workshops for Year 11 students at Towac Park. This was held on the 5th of May with 30 Year 11 students attending along with other Orange schools. Students attended six interactive workshops over the day that ranged from practical speed and stopping skills to hearing confronting stories from road accidents. Students are provided with a booklet linked to each session to support their learning about driving. The six workshops students attended were:
Road hazards and distractions – students discuss strategies to avoid distractions while driving and how to be a good passenger. Speed & Stopping – an interactive workshop were a driving instructors use cars to show the impact of stopping distance when travelling at different speeds Road Choices – a workshop run by Police/Paramedics that involves road rules, demerit points/fines and real life examples that the instructor has experienced. Genevieve’s Story – a confronting story around a particular road accident that resulted in a death and how that impacted on the victim’s family. After the crash – an inspirational speaker session from a victim of a crash resulting in a serious head injury. The ‘I’ in Drive – a workshop that looks at student’s self-control and risk awareness when driving.
Year 11 would like to thank RYDA and Rotary for the opportunity to attend these workshops.
A huge welcome to Miss Beer, who is currently on Prac from CSU Bathurst. Miss Beer joined the PDHPE staff in Week 2 and will be finish her placement at the end of Week 6. She will be teaching a variety of classes throughout her time at Canobolas including Years 9 and 10 PDHPE, 9 PASS and Year 12 SLR. Miss Beer has been assistant coach for the 9/10 touch team, where she assisted the players with their game as well as helping with a few minor injuries off the field. Please ensure you make her feel welcome whilst she is at our school.
Hard at work planning her lessons
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Congratulations to Jack Connors, winning a Bronze Medal in the Heptathlon at the 2017 INAS Athletics Championships in Bangkok. Jack also won his 1500m event against a strong international field. A massive congratulations to Jack who has worked hard at his athletics to develop the skills in all the events of the Heptathlon.
Open Boys Basketball – Threepeat (of a kind) The Open Boys Basketball have successfully made the CHS Final 8 Basketball Tournament for the third consecutive year. A very slow and nervous start from both sides indicated the importance of the Round of 16 game against Deniliquin High. Deniliquin led the scoring for the first five minutes, until Lachlan Baker decided to go to work, scoring five of Canobolas’ first 10 points. A superb steal and behind the back full court pass from Ben Zegzula to a Matt Gray dunk set the tone for the rest of the quarter – Canobolas finishing the first break with a 24-12 lead. Canobolas upped the tempo defensively in the second quarter, allowing for multiple fast break opportunities. Our big men, Harry Betts and Matt dominated inside, combining for 20 of our 27 points for the quarter. Jayden Baker, despite only being in Year 8, displayed tenacious defence, with some awesome steals and blocked shots. Jayden Zegzula finished the quarter with a buzzer beater three pointer giving Canobolas a 51-24 lead. A change in defence from Deniliquin rattled the Canobolas guards allowing Deniliquin to stay level with Canobolas for the quarter until Ben Zegzula was determined not to be out done by younger brother Jayden, and hit his own three point shot on the buzzer. Going into the final quarter with a 70-40 lead, Canobolas slowed their scoring down, using the rest of the game to run through their offensive structure. Great leadership from James Gogala and Owen Burgess ensured that this worked well. Matt finished the game with a massive 50 points in the 90-56 victory. The student supporters that came to watch, really lifted the team’s confidence, and displayed great sportsmanship for the entire game. The team heads to Terrigal on the 14 and 15 June to contest the Final 8 Tournament. Carmen Dederer Coach
The sport dance groups have been working each week towards the eisteddfods in Term 3. This year we are planning on taking Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 to Wellington, Bathurst and Orange eisteddfods. Years 7 and 10 have finished their dances and are going to be polishing their movements and working on their formations and timing. Years 8 and 9 are almost finished their dances, which they will then need to go through and polish. All students in our sport dance groups are expected to be cooperative with one another, dancing to the best of their ability, willing to improve their dance skills, and be committed to the dance and the group.
Congratulations to our CHPA Dance group who have just been accepted into the Western Dance Festival in Bathurst! The group will be performing on the 7th of June with other Western Region public schools. They have been rehearsing bright and early before class time and will continue to work hard leading up to the festival. Great job girls! Next year we will work towards getting some of our sport dance groups into the festival as well.
On Wednesday the 3rd, the Year 9 and 10 boys and girls touch teams headed to Bathurst to play in the Western Region All Schools Competition, in the hopes of progressing to the state finals. The boys played against some very tough competition and came away with a win against Kandos and close losses to Oberon, Orange and Cowra High Schools. The boys progressively improved throughout the day and began to put together a great display of play against Orange High and were unlucky to go down by two tries. Callan Naden scored the try of the day with an elevated dive into the right hand corner against Cowra High.
State finals here we come………. The girls had an extremely successful day getting wins against Oberon (4-1), Kandos (5-2), and Cowra High School (5-3). During the rounds the girls went down to a strong Orange High side 4-1, but met them again in the finals to redeem the earlier loss. The final was close with Orange High leading throughout the game. With 5 minutes to go and the score tied at three all, Erin Naden produced a phenomenal intercept to run half the field and score. With the girls leading by one and only a minute left on the clock, Sharone Moore was able to capitalise on a defensive error to sweeten the win with another try. The girls now progress to the state finals at Parramatta that will be played later on this month. Best of luck to the girls!
A reminder to all Girri Girri girls that Reward excursions including GOODOOGA are coming up, so attendance must be 98% to attend these excursions. The Girri Girri Academy were lucky enough to have Macquarie Medi Spa come in to talk to the girls about skin care, hygiene, makeup and healthy eating last Wednesday. The girls were treated to an afternoon of fruit and cheese platters, hands on makeup demonstrations and nail painting. Each of the girls received a showbag full of goodies and information. A big thankyou to Karla and Taylor from the Medi spa. We hope to have you in again soon.
3 Day PDHPE Faculty Ski Trip!! #NOTES AND DEPOSITS ARE NOW DUE!! SEE PDHPE URGENTLY IF YOU STILL WANT TO ATTEND THIS EXCURSION
Qualifiers See Miss Somers for details if you have qualified for Western Region Athletics. Notes and details will be out soon but she has the events and qualifier details.
Sport has changed this year at Canobolas High, each year group will have a different sports day. Students are able to wear their sport uniforms on the following days:
Year 10– Mondays Year 9—Wednesdays Year 8—Thursdays Year 7—Wednesdays Rep Shorts and Socks!!! School sport representative shorts $40 and socks $10 are available for purchase for through the school office and PDHPE. Payments can also be made online.
PDHPE Assessment Reminders Many of the PDHPE classes across the years are currently working on assessable items both in class and at home. A reminder that if your child does not complete an assessment task and hand it in on time for marking it will affect the overall grade they are awarded for PDHPE. This grade also has a practical effort, attitude and participation mark for lessons where students participate in practical games, sports and various physical activities. Please note that this component of the course is compulsory and students may only be excused from these classes with a medical note during the time of injury recovery. Task
Due
Yr 8 PDHPE
First Aid Test
Should be complete
Yr 9 PDHPE
Educate Know Your Fate
Due 6th June
Yr 10 PDHPE
Safe Driving Exam
End of Term
Yr 11 SLR
Research Task
Term 3 Week 5
Yr 11 PDHPE
Movement Analysis
Term 2 Week 8
12 S Coaching
Preventing Sports Injuries
ASAP
Mark Skein- HT PDHPE
Calling for applicants for the Canobolas High Performance Athletes (CHPA) program Year 7 2018
Designed to holistically support and develop students who excel in sports, dance or athletic domains. Students who apply for a CHPA program placement must be able to demonstrate preelite representative ability (higher than club or school level) in particular sport/s and demonstrate positive attitudes, highly developed work habits, and respectful and responsible behaviour.
Further information and CHPA program applications can be accessed via our school website www.canobolas-h.schools.nsw.edu.au or by emailing Mark Skein HT PDHPE / CHPA Director mark.skein@det.nsw.edu.au.
INNOVATION FACULTY NEWS Integrated Project Learning Congratulations to all Year 7 students involved in Wednesday’s Integrated Project Learning exhibition. The students all presented their natural disaster shelters for the Natural Born Killer project, explaining the design features and selling points of their shelters. Students also exhibited their work for Mawambul, including their lip-balm, candles, artworks and portfolios. All of the students should be extremely proud of the work they produced and for having the courage to speak confidently in front of their peers and guests. Mrs Carter Coordinator - Integrated Project Learning (IPL) team
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