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GOOD NEWS WEEK
Web address: www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au E-mail: woolgoolga-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Woolgoolga High School 23 August 2013 Issue No. 13
Year 11 started the year
with a practical project in-
corporating many different
skills. Free machine em-
broidery, couching, hand
embroidery, dissolvable
fabric work and many other
techniques. These cushions
demonstrated the elements
and principles of design
which they had been learn-
ing about in their theory
lessons. The girls complet-
ed their projects to a very
high standard and should
be proud of their efforts.
Inside this Issue
From the Principal Page 2 State Athletics Page 11
RYDA Pages 3-5 Parenting Tips Page 15
Ag Farm News Page 7 Canteen Roster Page 15
Debating Page 10 Community News Page 17
Our school enjoys the partnership of many external groups. This week the Rotary Club of Woolgoolga donated $750 toward our upcoming Getting Out There Day. This day is an important day on our Year 12 calendar and educates our graduates in life post school. Similarly, the Rotary Club has provided a cheque for $1000 to help fund our very successful S.M.I.L.E. Program. Thanks again to the Rotary Club of Woolgoolga.
The RYDA program is another important partnership with Rotary and was an excellent day. The information contained in this Newsletter highlights the program.
Thank you to Barbara Drury, a local journalist who ran a story on our Gumbaynggirr classroom on Monday 12th August in the Sydney Morning Herald. What a great article and it highlighted our innovative and exceptional program very well indeed: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/aboriginal-tongue-engages-young-20130811-2rpyk.html
SBS Radio and ABC Coffs Coast also conducted interviews with Larry Hancock (Gumbaynggirr teacher) and myself.
The Trial Examinations have just concluded and from all teachers we have a quality Year 12 this year. Year 12 need now to concentrate on the upcoming HSC examination.
The much-awaited time capsule was buried last week. Thanks to all who contributed and especially Mrs David.
Other highlights this fortnight was a visit to our assembly of the STARTS dance group (Services for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors). This group consisted of students from Orara, Bishop Druitt and Coffs Harbour high schools. The dancing was outstanding!
The Debating Teams continue to achieve success as well as our athletes. In particular Jonathon Gusman who was the 15 years boys Age Champion at the Mid North Coast Athletics carnival (this was not acknowledged earlier). Well done to all CHS qualifiers as per this newsletter.
Our staff are being trained in the latest technologies in school administration. Training will occur after school on the next two Mondays. The software SENTRAL will enable more access to information for parents. I will include more on this as we steadily implement this software across the school over the coming months.
The high school’s woodwork and textile projects were outstanding and have been submitted formerly. Well done students!
Until next time
Guy Wright
Principal
Issue No. 13 Page 2
From the Principal’s Desk
IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS
27th August Concert of Excellence
30th August Getting Out There Day
6th Sept Year 8 Doctor Talks
90 Year 11 and some Year 10 students at Woolgoolga High School recently took part in RYDA
proudly supported by Woolgoolga Rotary Club.
The RYDA Program is a one day out of school program
delivering practical road safety information targeting atti-
tude and awareness of young drivers and their passen-
gers.
RYDA targets 16-18 year old students and includes six
interactive sessions delivered to small student groups
covering topics such as hazard perception, distraction management, vehicle safety, stopping
distance, fatigue and experiences of a crash survivor. This event was held at the Woolgoolga
Bowling Club, Community and Senior Centres last Thursday 15th August. An informative and
emotional time was had by all in attendance throughout the day.
The Day was organised for the predominantly Year 11 group by Mr David Fayle (Roatry) and Mrs
Megan Hart (Teacher-librarian at WHS). It is a labour of love for Woolgoolga Rotary Club
members and Mrs Hart as they have collaborated on several projects over the last few years,
including Year 10 Careers Days, Rotary Auction (volunteers) and the upcoming Getting Out There
Day at Opal Cove Resort on 30th August 2013 involving Year 12. Three students are also being
funded by Woolgoolga Rotary to attend the Honeywell Engineering Summer School held later in
the year.
The partnership of Woolgoolga High School and local community groups continues to be a strong
and successful one, with Woolgoolga Lions Club sponsoring next week's Public Speaking competi-
tion - with a record number of entrants from Year 11 for the 2013 competition. Lions also support
Lions Youth Of The Year Quest and we look forward to seeing the results at the beginning of next
year for our current Year 11 students.
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A group happily preparing for the Stopping Distances workshop. This demonstrated the
distance it takes to stop a vehicle travelling at different speeds.
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The 'Plan B' workshop focussed on the role of
alcohol, drugs and fatigue and their impact on driver ability. (left) Student posters generated
on the day during the Plan B workshop
Head Teacher Welfare Mr Ian Cook
addresses the students as Rotary Group Leaders watch on in the
background. Thankyou to Woolgoolga Rotary
members who supplied a wonder-
ful BBQ lunch on the day!
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Senior Constable Snow leads an interactive session about the con-
sequences of poor choices on the road, from the tragic human toll to the financial and legal ramifications.
This interactive workshop familiarised students with the common crashes and how to avoid or minimise their impact by being aware
whilst on the road.
The My Wheels session investigat-
ed vehicle safety, covering such topics as the importance of ABS
brakes, car maintenance and in-surance - in order to protect your-
self and others on the road.
Many students were surprised to see and experience first -hand the
huge impact an extra 10km/h can have on the vehicle, themselves
and the consequence for pedestri-ans and those outside the car.
A crashed car was on
display, showing the impact of poor decision-
making and conse-quences for the driver
and passengers.
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Students’ Photographs
There are many occasions where we would like to publish photographs of students involved in various school activities, including reports for the local papers, school newsletters, and the annual report and on our school website.
If you do not wish your child’s photograph to be used for these purposes, please notify the school in writing.
Captured in Time
A huge thankyou to Mrs
David and her team for
collecting the items for the
Time Capsule, buried recent-
ly. A simple ceremony was
held with the Principal Mr
Guy Wright, Head Teacher
Welfare Mr Ian Cook and
WHS captains, Keely, Joshua,
Anika and Emmanuel in
attendance.
They were accompanied by
Mr Paul Woods and two of
his Construction VET
students Leslie and
Benjamin.
It is anticipated that the Time
Capsule will be exhumed in
2038.
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W e have kindly been donated a
whole roll of bird netting by Mr
Joginda Garcha ex-president of
Woolgoolga Lions Club.
Our school farm runs on a limited budget and we
are extremely grateful to receive donations like
this. The new net will be used to replace existing
netting over our vegetable garden area, which
currently has several large holes in it. Birds inevita-
bly find their way in and damage the wonderful
produce grown by our students.
Mr Garcha also donated a wire spinner which was
surplus to his requirements and this will prove extremely useful as
anyone who has ever done any fencing will know.
Above is a picture of Mr Henderson, Jason Lloyd our farm manager and Connor Lloyd who all helped to load the
heavy roll.
All the student gardens are planted and the peas, beans and radishes
have all germinated. Students are now busy weeding and mulching. Year
8 also have a dedicated spinach garden where they are competing for
significant prizes in the” Spinach- Popeye’s pick” organised by Coffs Har-
bour Garden club. I hope their tender loving care will pay off. They have
been out soil testing and making sure these plants have as good a start as
possible.
Our hydroponics unit looks fabulous and we are harvesting lettuce, Eng-
lish spinach and some Chinese vegetable crops. This unit gives students
another insight into successful plant growing techniques which are uti-
lised successfully in this area.
This term’s baby chickens are just growing out of the
cute little chick stage. Their growth and development
is being closely monitored by our new Tech. Manda-
tory Classes.
We also have some baby rabbits which were born last
week. Students will be able to handle them once their
eyes open.
Happy farming
Christine Duver
Agricultural teacher
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20% Off ALL ITEMS IN THE
UNIFORM SHOP
Last 2 weeks of term commencing
Monday 9th
September to Friday 20th
September
Available during normal shop hours ONLY
** Shop Stock Only ** ** No Exchanges ** ** No Refunds ** ** No Rain checks **
** No Lay buys **
The Canteen provides
healthy sandwiches, rolls
and lavash available to order every day
before school and during Break 1.
A variety of salad plates are also
available as a gluten free option.
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The staff and students donated to this worthy
cause and we are pleased to be able to donate
almost $500 to Westpac Helicopter Rescue
Fund who really need community donations to
maintain this invaluable service. They only re-
ceive 70% of the required funds from the Gov-
ernment with the rest coming from fund raising
efforts such as ours.
As an extra incentive Local Businesses who pro-
vide Take Away food donated vouchers to be
raffled as prizes to those who donated. Their
response was overwhelmingly positive and
greatly appreciated.
The businesses involved this time include:
Eagle Boys Pizza, The Emerald Beach General
Store, Bonettos, Surfside Seafood & Curry, Dee
Cees Chickens, The Sandy Beach General
Store, The Beachhouse, The Pizza Place, The
Woopi Bakery, Woolgoolga Take Away.
Please try to support these and all our local
businesses as we need to repay their ongoing
generosity and commitment to great causes
such as this one.
The winners of the raffle were:
Tessa Millican, Jaspreet Singh, Ashley Wake,
Mrs Donnelly, Dylan Verhoef, Cameron
Damjancuk, Mrs Fitzmaurice, Sam Browne,
Jesse Stevens, Maddie Sadler, Dayn Quiring &
Hope Brown.
WESTPAC HELICOPTER WESTPAC HELICOPTER WESTPAC HELICOPTER FUND RAISERFUND RAISERFUND RAISER
40 Hour Famine is coming up on the weekend of the 7
th September (Election
Day) and not on the 17th September as
advertised. Any student wishing to participate should see Bianca McNeil of Year 9 or Mrs Young.
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Our Woolgoolga High
Year 9 Debating Team has finished their speaking commitments with a
flourish, ending as runners-up in the North Coast
Region. Liljana Brain, Oliviah Swainson, Zoe
Schmidt and Patrick Mullan defeated Macksville in
the Interzone round before prevailing over Great
Lakes College from Forster in the Regional Semi-
final. They saved their best efforts for the Final
against Mullumbimby but were unable to convince
the adjudicators of their case.
All four team members worked well together with
Zoe and Patrick taking it in turns to operate as
third speaker. As they were often competing
against more experienced Year 10 students their
achievement of reaching the final was even more
commendable.
To put the icing on a well-baked cake, Zoe
Schmidt was selected in the North Coast Regional
team to compete against the other CHS Regions in
Sydney later in the Year.
On Thursday South Grafton travelled down to
Woolgoolga to contest what was actually the first
round of the Year 7/8 debate for the Zone which
our Year 8 team had been allocated. In a Catch 22
situation our team has already contested the sec-
ond round against another South Grafton team !!
Falling on our Half-day for the Coffs Cup meant
some emergency 'repairs' were necessary to field
a team. Thanks go to Isaac Noakes for stepping
up as team advisor and to Year 7 student Kiahni
Huthnance for taking on the third speaker role at
very short notice.
To cut to the chase - our regulars Luke Gustafson
and Aidan Humphries combined well with the new
blood to convince the adjudicator of the merits of
their argument that there should NOT be more
regular testing of car drivers.
DANCE GROUP WITH A DIFFERENCE
This week’s assembly was a little different to normal.
We were fortunate to be chosen as the inaugural outing
for a new dance troupe in town. The troupe is so new
they don’t even have a name yet!
The group of boys that make up the troupe came to-
gether from three different schools in the Coffs Har-
bour district, Bishop Druitt College, Coffs Harbour
High School and Orara High School. They are all stu-
dents from refugee backgrounds and have been mem-
bers of our community for only a short time. There are
seven members in this group, originating from six dif-
ferent countries in Africa .
Each of these students have suffered considerable
trauma throughout their journey to Australia and each
has their own story to tell. Fortunately with the help of
the STARTTS organisation (Services for Treatment and
Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) they
are able to find some healing through music and
dance.
The dancers enjoyed some social interaction after-
wards with a barbeque and a quick game of basket-
ball.
Congratulations to these boys for a great performance
as well as
the students
of our
school for
the welcom-
ing and en-
couraging
support you
offered
these young
men
throughout
their visit.
Issue No. 13 Page 11
Jayden Amos (Yr 7) 12 Boys Relay
Jade Egar (Yr 7) 12 Girls Relay
Trey Forrest (Yr 7) 12 Boys Relay
Isabella Heron (Yr 7) 12 Girls Relay
Renee Rovere (Yr 7) 12 Girls Relay
Humraj Singh (Yr 7) 12 Boys Relay
Tanisha Wallace (Yr 7) 100m
Brandon Webb (Yr 7) Long Jump Hurdles 12 Boys Relay
Paris Woodgate (Yr 7) High Jump 12 Girls Relay
Isaiah Koopmans (Yr 8) 1500m
Izack Smidt (Yr 8) 400m
Jonathon Gusman (Yr 9) 800m 1500m Hurdles
Nicole Gusman (Yr 12) High Jump Hurdles Pentalon
Jacinta Smithers (Yr 12) 800m 1500m
CCCongratulations to these
students who have qualified to compete in the
following events at NSW CHS State Athletics
Carnival at Homebush next month. Good Luck!
Age Champion
Belated congratulations to Jonathon Gusman who is
the 15 years boys Age Champion at the Mid North
Coast Zone Athletics Carnival. Due to an error in
results Jonathon was not announced with the
other age champion at the beginning of the term.
Photo: Jonathon Gusman leading the pack on the way to his
victory in the 800m race at the North Coast Regional Ath-
letics Carnival at Kingscliff last month. Jonathon also won
the 15oom race.
SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM
ATHLETICS Fri 5 Sep to Sat
7 Sep CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3
PLEASE NOTE: ALL DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT ARE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE SO PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT
IMPORTANT SPORT DATES 2013
Issue No. 13 Page 12
Well done Year 12 on the construction of their handmade three-tiered Year 12 Formal Invitations!
Also a huge "Thankyou" to Simone (Kalani's mum) for her assistance at the working bee.
Attendees can pay their $60 to the Front Office asap. The RSVP deadline is 6th September,
to assist with catering and placement of tables.
Congratulations to Year 12 for making their best effort in the recent Trial HSC exams. I am sure
you will be looking forward to 'The Big One' in early November! Photo: Year 12 hard at work,
studying for their exams in their Senior Study area.
Issue No. 13 Page 13
O n Thursday 15th Au-
gust Mr David King from Mullaway Public brought a
group of Year 6 students to
Woolgoolga High for a library orientation and fun maths ses-
sion. Mrs Hart welcomed them into the Library, with students
eyes opening wide to the range and variety of texts available for
borrowing. They were in awe of the facilities and this excitement level extended through to
the fun maths session held in room 23 by Head Teacher Maths Mrs Helen Young. Mullaway teacher Mr King reflected on the experience as a worthwhile one and one he would like to
replicate in the future, continuing the relationship between schools in the Northern Beaches Community of Schools.
More transition days will be happening throughout the second half of this term (including the
Transition Sports Day at Corindi Showground with 14 Year 10 Peer Leaders attending), culmi-nating in the first week of December with all of the partner schools having a visit to 'big
school' and to meet their Year Advisor Ms Chris Hansen and other members of staff. We look forward to seeing our Year 7 2014 students in Term 4!
Photos:
After initial Library orientation, Student Sup-
port Officer Ms Alison Fenton was able to in-troduce herself and speak briefly about her
role in the school Mrs Young overseeing the fun maths session
with MPS Year 6 students as Mr King looks on
in delight.
Year 10 get help with their financial
future with SmartStart.
All of Year 10 were treated to a two-
hour program designed to improve
their financial literacy skills. The
interactive and innovative sessions
covered topics such as Award
Wages, changing jobs, maximising
benefits such as superannuation and
the best ways to bank and invest.
Travis Hobbs travelled from Adelaide
to present this initiative - with
Woolgoolga High School being the
only public high school to benefit
from the program.
Issue No. 13 Page 14
Woolgoolga High School
P & C Fundraiser
Woopi Chat ’n’ Scrap!!!
Date: Saturday 14th September
Venue: Woolgoolga High School Library
Centenary drive, Woolgoolga
Time: 9am to 9pm
Cost: $25 pp includes Morn/afternoon tea & dinner (BYO
lunch)
Bring your own tools, projects & lunch a craft shop will be available on the day
as well as buy swap & trade table, see demos & learn new techniques. There
will be raffles throughout the day with lots of fantastic prizes & plenty of
opportunity to relax chat ’n’ scrap & check out all the beautiful creations. All
funds raised go to Woolgoolga High School P & C. All are welcome bookings
are required. Phone/SMS Pam 0431220139 or Cheryl 0432697277 or email
woopichatnscrap@gmail.com for more information
Issue No. 13 Page 15
Parenting Tips
Cyberbullying -
prevention tips for parents
The statistics around cyberbully-
ing are sketchy, mainly because
it often goes unreported. What we do know is
that the likelihood of children being bullied online
or over the phone increases as they get older
and use technology more frequently.
Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/
cyberbullying/say-no-to-cyberbullying
When lunch comes home ... again Almost nine out of 10 Australian par-ents say children's resistance is a major obstacle in their ef-forts to provide a
healthy diet, and in many cases school lunches are one of the battlegrounds. But it's a battle fam-ilies can do without and there are some simple steps to help avoid it. Find out more: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/food/when-lunch-comes-homeagain
How much screen time?
‘Screen time' used
to mean how many
hours you spent
watching TV and
playing on the com-
puter. However, with the growing number of digi-
tal devices on offer today, the question of what
screen time means now is far more complex.
Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology/using-
technology/screen-time
Helping your teen
study for an exam
Lots of chocolate,
last-minute cram-
ming, avoiding the
hard questions ...
there is a better
way for kids to study for their exams.
Find out more: http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-
study/english/english-tips/helping-your-teen-
study-for-an-english-exam
MONDAY
26 August
TUESDAY
27August
WEDNESDAY
28 August
THURSDAY
29 August
FRIDAY
30 August
Need Volunteer Vikki Fogarty Need Volunteer Need Volunteer Justine Bonney
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Lynn Mar Bev Moodie Cathy Bond Need Volunteer Pam Wright
Need Volunteer Need Volunteer Need Volunteer Need Volunteer Need Volunteer
Contact Kerri Green 6649 2303 or 6654 1500
If possible, please arrange a swap if you are unavailable on your rostered day
CANTEEN HOURS MON/TUE/THUR/FRI 10am to 2pm WEDNESDAY 10.30am to 1.30pm
Issue No. 13 Page 16
We’re on the Web:
www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
Woolgoolga High School
Centenary Drive
Woolgoolga NSW 2456
E-mail: woolgoolga-
h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
AMBULANCE SCHOOL COVER
EXCURSIONS
We have been advised that the Ambulance Service of NSW has reciprocal health care agreements
with all Australian states except Queensland and South Australia.
This means that, even though Woolgoolga High has Ambulance School Cover for students who
have an accident or fall ill whilst at school or at an organised school activity, they are not covered
while on school excursions to Queensland and South Australia.
Only students whose parent/guardians hold a Commonwealth Government Health Care Card or
have private health insurance (including ambulance-only cover) are possibly covered when on a
school excursion to Queensland or South Australia. It is strongly recommended that parents/
guardians who do have cover with a private health fund, check their family’s eligibility with re-
gards to travel to all the states.
Leave Pass for School Sport
Student and Parents/Caregivers are reminded that School Sport is a compulsory requirement
of schooling. Students who cannot avoid an appointment on a Wednesday afternoon during
sport time must follow the correct procedure to leave school grounds.
1. Students must bring a note from home and submit this to their relevant Deputy Principal be-
fore school on Wednesday morning.
2. After approval for leave is granted by the Deputy, students take their note to the front office
where a 'leave pass' will be given to the student stating the time they will be departing school
grounds.
3. Students may leave school grounds at the time that the 'leave pass' states.
Failing to follow the above procedures may result in your child having fractional truancy on
their record and a demotion in the school welfare merit system.
Ms Schofield
Years 8-10 Sports Organiser
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Belt it for the Bartyz !
Fundraiser and Golf Day for the Bartlett Family!
When: Sunday, 25th August, 2013
Where: Safety Beach Golf Club
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Activities:
** For the golfers - 3 person Ambrose (in groups of 6) 9 holes.
$20 per head. Book on the timesheet with Terry at the Pro Shop. Prizes!!
** BBQ – delicious food! ** Raffles – fabulous prizes!
** Live music! ** Friendship and fun!
Please come and along and spend a great afternoon with friends to
support this wonderful family.
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EFTPOS Facilities for
credit/debit card
transactions are now
available for making
payments at the school
office. There is no cash out
RITCHIES COMMUNITY
BENEFIT CARD PROGRAM
This program donates a percentage of the money spent by customers to their nominated club, school
or charity. Many schools and charities are receiving over $1000 every month.
By shopping at Ritchies’ Coffs Harbour IGA, you can help our school and benefit students. Ritchies’
Community Benefit Card saves you money and helps your favourite
organisation at the same time
The WHS P & C
meets on the
second Tuesday of
every month at
6.30pm
Pa
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Woolgoolga High School Silver & Bronze
Awards are generously supported by:
WOOLGOOLGA PIZZA PLACE
Beach Street, Woolgoolga
McDONALDS
Pacific Highway, Coffs Har-
bour
EAGLE BOYS PIZZA
Fawcett Street, Woolgoolga
Phone 13 14 33 or 6654 9433
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