Term 3 Issue 10
Friday 28th July 2017
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS VISIT Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a ‘member-based, community organisation that creates social value through engineering.’ They work on improving a number of areas around the world such as; Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Appropriate Housing, Clean Energy, and Digital Access. Some of the EWB were university students from UTS and some were qualified engineers. They ran a number of activities to challenge our students to come up and present actual solutions. The activities were housing solutions for flood prone areas; prosthetics; and power generation. Mr P Finlay—TAS teacher
From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Members of the School Community
Welcome back to Term 3. I am looking forward to another action packed term, full of exciting events for all of our school community.
STAFF CHANGES The second half of 2017 will see some staff changes within the school. Mrs Elicia Yates has also been successful through a merit selection process in gaining the Head Teacher Mathematics position at Cowra High School. Mrs Yates will commence this position at the start of Term 4, after her Year 12 students have started their HSC exams. Mr Nic Williams has also been successful through a merit selection process in gaining the Deputy Principal position at Denison College Bathurst Campus. Mr Williams will take up this new position at the start of Week 7 this term. We wish both Mrs Yates and Mr Williams all the best for their future endeavours. An expression of interest process will be conducted within the school to fill both of these positions. When I wrote to you at the end of last term I indicated Mr Matt Scott would relieve as Deputy Principal Quality Teaching for the remainder of this year. Since then his position of Head Teacher Innovation has been filled by Ms Kathy McIntosh. Kathy comes to us from Erina High School and we look forward to having her at our school for the next six months. We also welcomed Ms Laura Arman to the Mathematics Faculty. Ms Arman comes to us from Orange High School and she is a welcome addition to the school.
GIRLS ACADEMY I am very pleased to announce that the school has established a relationship with Role Models and Leaders Australia to establish a program to support Aboriginal girls within the school. Belinda Langlo and Nikita Mason have been employed to run this program and are currently busy getting organised. This academy will work in conjunction with existing programs in the school.
YEAR 12 TRIAL EXAMS Year 12 students’ preparation for the HSC Trial HSC Examination should be well underway. These exams will be held in Weeks 4 and 5 of this term and are an opportunity for students to practice HSC style questions. Students should continue to take advantage of the opportunities teachers give them for revision, particularly on Thursday afternoons in the STEM Centre. The more preparation students can do, the more confident they will be when they attempt these exams.
SCHOOL FINANCE Early in September the school will be implementing the new finance system of the Department of Education. The date of the launch of this in 4th September and impacts on most schools in the Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange and Cowra areas. By now all families should have received a letter about the impact that this will have on our school operations. The school will not be able to receive any payments (cash, EFTPOS, online payments) from 29/8/17 to 7/9/17. Families will also receive an account in the mail shortly for any outstanding fees. We would appreciate you paying these at your earliest convenience to assist us in making the transition. The weeks around the launch date have also been blocked out and no excursions will be planned during this time. There are some events that are not able to be rescheduled, and in these cases information will be sent home early to families and payments will be required earlier than normal. If students are not able to return notes and payments by these deadlines then they will unfortunately not be able to participate. We appreciate your understanding in this process.
SCHOOL UNIFORM As a school community we have a long standing tradition of being a uniform wearing school. As the weather cools down the number of students who are out of uniform can start to rise. Our school uniform provides a large number of options to ensure that students are warm through the cooler months. If you need assistance with 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 again in Week 4. With my warmest regards Kate Wootten
TCRTHS Calendar Look at what’s coming up... Wednesday 2nd August
Goodooga excursion—Indigenous games
Monday 7th August
Trial HSC Examinations begin
Monday 7th August
Wellington Dance Eisteddfod
Wednesday 9th August
Ski trip
Wednesday 9th August
Bathurst Job Expo
SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS Year 8 have been constructing circuits. There are two types of circuits that can be constructed — parallel and series circuits.
Year 10 have been studying the refraction of light particles/wave. Light refracts when it travels through one medium into another. This is the result of each medium having a specific refractive index.
Mr T Milson—Science teacher
ENGLISH FACULTY NEWS DEBATING Mayor’s Cup Schools Debating Competition Next Thursday, our senior debating team (Victoria Ruming, Kane Mitchell, Harry Betts and Kelson Freedman) will be competing in the Mayor’s Cup Schools Debating Competition. Canobolas won the Mayor’s Cup last year and we wish our team all the best as they defend the title.
Last year’s winning team Premier’s Debating Challenge Well done to our Year 9/10 debating team, consisting of Tanaya Pickering, Danielle Kiel, Kimberly Kiel and Justin Alexander, who competed against Orange High School on Tuesday afternoon. They were on the negative team for the topic, “We should ban drinking at public events like festivals and sporting events.” While all students spoke very well for their first debate, they were unfortunately unsuccessful this time around.
AUTHOR VISITS Tristan Bancks Children’s and teen author, Tristan Bancks, visited the school at the end of Term 2. Tristan Bancks has written a number of books, including Two Wolves and most recently, The Fall. He also has a background in film-making and acting. Tristan spoke to interested students in Years 7-10 about his writing and stories. The students found his talk extremely interesting and asked several questions about how to improve their own writing.
Fleur Ferris
We were very fortunate to have Fleur Ferris visit our school this week. She spoke to interested students in Years 9-11 about her books, Risk, Black and her new novel, Wreck. Fleur Ferris worked as a police officer and a paramedic for a number of years, roles which provided experiences and insight to inform her stories.
UPCOMING Zohab Zee Khan – August 16 In Week 5, students will have a unique opportunity to engage in a workshop with Australian Poetry Slam Champion, Zohab Zee Khan. This will be a fantastic opportunity for students to work closely with an incredibly talented performer and poet, allowing insight into the power of words in communicating meaning.
Mrs G Carter—Relieving Head Teacher English
CHPA athletes participated in a workshop presented by Orange Headspace. The athletes talked about a variety of stresses and self caring strategies to deal with stress. They also investigated into the different types of bullies and bullying. They were shown visually how hard it is to juggle everything in life and how sometimes something just has to give. Headspace provided us with lots of handy information and access to help in lots of ways when we need it...Headspace is the place to go with careers and work help also!!!
On Tuesday 23rd July, 17 girls participated in the annual Marianne Murphy Cup. The cup is a netball competition for 14’s 16’s and Opens, between all high school throughout Orange. Canobolas High School participated in the 14’s and 16’s competition and all players displayed great sportsmanship and school spirit throughout the day. The 16’s team took to the court and the girls played really well seeing they don’t all play together on the weekends and some girls actually don’t play at all. The team played 3 games, unfortunately didn’t get a win but improved throughout the day. All games were played with good spirit and sportsmanship. There a few outstanding players including, in shooting, Lilly Mitchell who played up an age group and did a fantastic job, centre court Tegan Wood, who actually played and umpired and in defence and Catherine Nicholson who played outstanding in all games. In first game, the Under 14 year girls came up against Orange Anglican Grammar School. From the very beginning, Canobolas showed their skill level and connected as a team. It was a very close game, with the ball going up and down the court but the girls never gave up. The girls fought to the end, walking away with a 1 point win. The team didn’t have a break all day, which was tough. The girls came across some pretty neat competitors but always tried their best and improved throughout the day. Well done to all the girls who played but a special mention to shooter Chloe Jones for her commitment in the shooting circle, Montanna McIlwain-Browne who ran all day in the centre position, showing great skill and to Teagan Masila for never giving up down the defence end. 14’s: Teagan Masila, Jorjah White, Chloe White, Naomi Smith, Montanna McIlwainBrowne, Keiara Johnson, Ashley Wood, Taliah Miller and Chloe Jones.
3 Day PDHPE Faculty Ski Trip!! #NOTES AND FINAL PAYMENTS ARE NOW DUE
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.
Year 8- Lifestyle Diseases- Week 4
Year 9- RESPECT Relationships- Week 8
Year 10- Road Safety Exam- Week 3
9 PASS – Event Management – Week 10
10 PASS – Sports Media- Week 9
9 Dance – Great Debate- Week 9
10 Dance – Stimulus Response Week 8
Prelim Dance- Performance and Composition Week 6 AND Appreciation Exam (Week 9/10)
Year 11 SLR- Research Task- Week 6 Prelim Exam (Week 9/10)
Prelim Yr. 11 PDHPE- Prelim Exam (Week 9/10)
HSC PDHPE- HSC Trial Exam (Week 4/5)
HSC SLR- HSC Trial Exam (Week 4/5)
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.
STEM CENTRE NEWS Year 7 STEM – Sphero’s Cage Following the visit to Dubbo Zoo last term, Year 7 STEM students were asked to reflect upon the Rhino exhibit and the type of enclosure used to keep the animals contained. Students working in teams were tasked with designing, creating and testing an enclosure for an out of control Sphero robot, inspired by the Rhino enclosure. Here are some photos of 7STE2 and their designs. For a video of a test, see our school Facebook and Twitter pages!
NEW BOOKS IN THE STEM CENTRE We have received quite a few new books in the STEM centre recently, check them out on the New Books stand. Here is just a selection:
HISTORY OF ORANGE DVD This DVD has been generously donated to our school. It contains lots of information about Orange and the surrounding districts. Included in the DVD is: Early history of the district, agricultural, mining and manufacturing history, Wiradjuri history, biographies of early settlers and well known local identities, heritage studies, scanned copies of many local history books, scanned copies of foundation stones and significant graveyard headstones, CWD negative collection index, sketchbooks of significant landmarks, tourist brochures, musical society history and programs. This is a great resource for any student studying the local history of Orange.
Positive Behaviour Learning News
This term our focus is ‘Speak Well’
Have you been caught speaking well and received a PBL ticket? Make sure you pop it in one of the PBL ticket boxes around the school to go into the weekly draw to win a $5.00 voucher at the canteen.
YEAR 7 2018 AT THE CANOBOLAS RURAL TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL Year 6 students are invited to join a Google Classroom to find out more about starting high school next year. The code is:
2unc85b
Miss Hollie McRae, Year 7 Adviser 2018, has created this classroom to distribute information to prospective students and their parents. Parents are reminded to return their child’s Application to Enrol in Year 7 2018 to the office at The Canobolas Rural Technology High School as soon as possible.
50th ANNIVERSARY BOOKS FOR SALE $45 FROM SCHOOL OFFICE PH. 6362 1677
PLEASE SAVE YOUR WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN TOKENS AND DROP THEM INTO THE BOX LOCATED IN THE FRONT FOYER OF THE SCHOOL.