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Term 4 - Week 3 - 2019

N E W S L E T T E R

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Term 4 is off to a fl ying start with Chatham High School successfully winning one of the My Community Project grants for a food van. Thank you to everyone who voted in support of

our students and the learning opportunities that will come with this great facility.

As you may be aware, our Principal Daryl Irvine is on leave for the remainder of the year. During this time I will be relieving as Principal and Bharti Joon will be relieving as Deputy Principal. These changes have been made to continue the effective operation of the school

and minimise disruption to teaching and learning.

We look forward to sharing in the success of your students at some of these events.Kind regards,Joel Wood Principal (Rel)

Year 12 Senior Leadership Team - Elissa Turner, Hannah McClenahan, Blake Murray, Keira Bosher (Vice-Captain), Rhys McCartney, William Sawyer (Captain), Ben Crossingham,

Veronica Rosellas (Captain), Joseph Yarnold, Cooper Armstrong (Vice-Captain), Cassandra Williams, Samantha-Jo Gill

Term 4 is a very exciting term as we wrap up another year of learning with many events for you to add to your calendar, most notably the Semester 2 Academic Assembly and Presentation Evening. The full calendar of events is on the back page of this newsletter.

More recently it was with great pleasure that we welcomed our newly appointed captains, vice captains and 2020 leadership team during assembly this week. Thank you to the parents and carers who came along to the induction. Congratulations to Captains, Veronica Rosellas and William Sawyer and Vice-Captains, Keira Bosher and Cooper Armstrong. Please see the photo of our complete SRC team further on in this newsletter. Well done to all our student representatives! The SRC came together this week for their fi rst planning and

team building day to prepare for a productive 2020.

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National Recycling Week

MidCoast Waste Services is celebrating National Recycling Week by sponsoring the latest “Waste Not” books to school libraries. Some nine inspiring titles have arrived and are being picked up by our teachers to help with sustainable living topics in the classroom.Our Hospitality and Food Technology teachers are looking at the ‘waste-free’ techniques and are pleased with the additional donation of food scrap recycling buckets. Our school kitchen food scraps are popular with the school’s chickens which are kept as part of our agricultural program.Thank you to Meagan Griffi ths, Education Offi cer at MidCoast Waste Services for organising this.

Welcome to our newly inducted Student Representative Council who came together for their fi rst planning day this week. Congratulations to you all, we look forward to participating in the exciting activities you have planned for the new year.

Chatham High School’s Student Representative Team for 2019-2020.

Back row LtoR: Elissa Turner, Hannah McClenahan, Ryan McKay, Chloe-Marie Campbell, Joseph Yarnold, Jack Baines, Blake Murray,Ben Crossingham, Rhys McCartney, Riley Watson, Sienna Agnew, Nathan Stone, Tynesha Fernance, Lachlan Maher, Leo Fairhall-Kirkman , Selwyn Tan, Molly Wilson, Ashleigh HeffernanFront row LtoR: Cassandra Williams, Samantha-Jo Gill, Madalyn Birt, Samuel Bendall, Georgia Bosher, Charli Payton, Cooper Armstrong (Vice-Captain), William Sawyer (Captain), Veronica Rosellas (Captain), Keira Bosher (Vice-Captain), Seth Fernance, Trent Sendah, Brayden Fleming, Abbie Mitchell.

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Ag NewsTaree Show

Chatham High Agricultural Show Team attended the annual 2019 Taree Show and are very proud of the awards and ribbons won over the two days. We had great success with the vegetables, eggs and the well prepared cattle in the ring.Some of the big prizes won were: Champion Eggs, Most Successful Egg Exhibitor and Most Successful Vegetable Exhibitor.We also won a good number of prizes with the cattle in the

ring, which are prepared by the students from the Ag Show Team, including Champion Parader - Bridie Stone and Grand Champion Led Steer.Five of our students qualifi ed for the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Dom Wyse and Gypsy-Lee Marshall qualifi ed in the Fruit and Vegetable Judging, Bibiannah Peattie and Kate Allomes-Flemming qualifi ed in Grain Judging and Dom Wyse and Ryan McKay qualifi ed in Meat Sheep Judging.

We are all very proud of the achievements, awards and ribbons won over the two days.Briny BullockYear 9

Camden Haven Show

On October 19 the Ag Show Team attended Camden Haven Show. Our students represented Chatham High with pride. The students did really well in both the Junior Judging and Paraders. Our school was named most successful school of the show based on the number of ribbons we

won which lead to us being donated an Angus Steer from the Show Society’s Chairperson and Secretary, Sean and Jody Gleeson. We were lucky enough to walk away with the Champion Led Steer and the Gordon Ramsay Memorial Award for the Best British/British X Steer. Overall it was a very successful show and we thank Mr K and Mrs Deas for allowing us to attend such an amazing show.Gypsy-Lee Marshall

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Gypsy-Lee Marshall

Congratulations to our very own Gypsy-Lee, who, as a result of her previous success at the Royal Easter Show, was selected to be the Fruit and Vegetable judge for the Camden Haven Show. The judging was conducted during the afternoon with approximately 50 pieces to be judged. This was a great experience for Gypsy as she prepares for the 2020 Royal Easter Show where she will once again participate in the Junior Vegetable Judges State Competition.

Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza

The annual Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza in Scone was truly memorable. Chatham High participated for the 4th year running and 2019 was our most successful one yet. Not only did our students come home with 7 parading ribbons but we were also fortunate enough to win quite a prestigious ribbon with one of our animals. Our Limousin steer “Parker” was crowned the Reserve Heavyweight Champion of the show much to the delight of all our supporters which was spearheaded by Mr Peter Longworth from Kundle Park. This year we exhibited 7 animals of various breed types provided to us by a number of local breeders, our animals included 3 Limousin steers from Kundle Park Limousin Stud, 2 Senepol steers from Eagle Ridge Senepols, 1 Hereford steer from the Gill Family and an Angus x Charolais Heifer bred by one of our teachers Mr Brian Adams.

Congratulations to:Nicholas Orchard placed 5th in his heat. Madison Gill placed 3rd in her heat. Bridie Stone placed 4th in her heatChloe Bisley (attends Taree Christian College but participated under the CHS banner) came 5th in her heat. Mitchell Sheldon placed 3rd in his heat. Lacey Mills placed 3rd in her heat. All the students should be congratulated for their hard work during the offseason.

Mr Kleynhans

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As you may be aware, in Term 3 we focused on students wearing school shirts and jumpers. Thank you to all the families who supported us in this effort. When looking out into the playground it’s great to see most of our students in the correct uniform. In 2020 we will be focusing on coming to school prepared to learn with exercise books, pens, pencils and rulers. Again we would like to ask for your help and support so that your student can get the best education.

Following is the list of equipment required for all students at Chatham High School. Book packs are available from Offi ceworks in Taree or may be purchased separately from any stationery supplier.

Checklist:•1 x 192 page book (English) •1 x Casio fx-82AU PLUS II calculator•1 x 96 page book (LOTE) •1 x 10cm protractor•1 x 128 page book A4(Geography) •1 x compass•1 x 96 page book A4(History) •1 x sharpener•1 x 192 page book (Science) •1 x large eraser •1 x 96 page book (PDHPE) •1 x HB pencil•2 x 48 page books (Technology Mandatory) •2 x black, red and blue pens•1 x 240 page grid book (Maths) •1 x ruler•1 x display folder with plastic sleeves •1 x glue stick (Technology Mandatory)

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Dates to Remember - Term 4

Week 4Nov 5 Year 8 Science VALID testNov 6 Year 7 Maths Enrichment DayNov 7 Year 7 VaccinationsNov 8 Bro Speak Excursion

Week 5Nov 11-15 Stage 5 Yearly ExaminationsNov 11 Remembrance Day Nov 12 AIME Program - GirlsNov 13 Year 12 Formal AIME Program - BoysNov 13-15 Clontarf - Fox Sports Corporate Day Week 6No 18 -22 Stage 4 Yearly ExaminationsNov 18 Year 9 Olympics Unleashed ProgramNov 19-21 Year 9 CampNov 21 AECG Meeting - Tinonee Public School

Week 7Nov 27 Year 10 Interview Skills Nov 29 Insight Day - iBelieve Students

Week 8Dec 2 Year 7 2020, Parent Information EveningDec 3 Year 7 Orientation DayDec 3 Clontarf Regional Cricket CarnivalDec 4 -5 Year 10 Authentic AssessmentDec 5 Clontarf End of Year Awards Night

Week 9Dec 10 Deadly Awards NightDec 11 Semester 2 Academic AssemblyDec 12 AECG Meeting - St Joseph’s Taree Public School Annual Presentation EveningDec 12-13 2020 Clontarf Mid North Coast Year 12 Leadership Camp

Week 10Dec16 Clontarf Big Day OutDec 17 Griff Fest Dec 18 Last school day of the year