November 14, 2014

Bellingen High School NEWSLETTER

Telephone: 02 66551 315 Fax: 02 66552 630

http://www.bellingen-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Champion Surf Life Savers

On Friday 7th November four boys represented Bellingen High School at the

North Coast Combined High Schools Surf Life Saving Championships held in Byron

Bay. Murky, cold water was to greet Max Shaw, Fred Mitchell, Jonah Mitchell

and Jedd Mitchell. The boys contested

in the beach sprints, flags, swim, board

and ironman events.

There was silence in the crowd when

Bellingen High School was announced

winner of the Boys Teams score.

Officials could not believe that 4 boys

from Bellingen could beat 19 boys from

Byron Bay in their own backyard.

Great competitiveness and

sportsmanship was displayed by all 4

boys.

Jedd Mitchell (pictured) took out the

U/16 North Coast Surf Life Saving

Champion.

On Sunday, 9th November all 4 boys were at it again this time at Woolgoolga

Beach. After the Carnival, Max, Fred, Jonah and Jedd were selected in the

North Coast Branch Representative Team to contest the NSW Interbranch

Championships at Newcastle - another great performance by Bellingen High

School students.

Liz Hoy/Jon Winfer Sport Organisers

From the Principal

On Wednesday we had the pleasure of hosting Years 7 and 8 Chrysalis students who are enrolling in our school in 2015. The visiting students had an opportunity to shadow one of our students for the day to experience a day in the life of a Bellingen High School student. Parents were given a tour of our great facilities and had the opportunity to ask a range of questions to find out as much as they could about how our school works, and how we can work together to ensure their kids have a positive experience at our school. I am

looking forward to seeing them integrate and flourish as many of our Chrysalis kids have done in the past.

This is a time of school planning for the next three years with many opportunities for the community, parents, students and staff to have input about what is great about our school, and what improvements we may be able to work on. On Monday night we had over twenty parents attend a parent planning session where there were some great conversations and ideas for the future. Can I take this opportunity to encourage you to complete the following surveys that are relevant to you. This is another way for us to gather some detailed information that will be used to direct our strategies into the future.

Bellingen High School Uniform Survey

Parent Survey about Learning

Teacher Survey about Learning

Student Survey about Learning

The links to these surveys have been emailed to parent contacts via our school distribution lists. If you would like to be on the list please call or email the Front Office for a link - bellingen-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Paul Holding

Bellingen High Uniform Survey

A reminder to students, staff and parents about completing our online uniform survey. If you have registered your email address with the school to receive our Newsletter you should have received an email in regard to the survey. Any parents who would like to receive our Newsletter electronically plus the uniform survey please contact the school’s Front Office with your email details.

From the Science Faculty Down at the Ag Plot!

G’day from the Ag plot. It’s been very dry for the last few weeks; the few drops of rain we have had have been sucked up by thirsty ground and haven’t really reached the waterways. It’s so dry in the school paddocks that the old road is starting to appear next to Crown Street.

The Dorrigo Show is rapidly approaching and Bellingen High students are keen to compete. If you haven’t anything organised for Saturday 22nd November why not take a lovely drive up to Dorrigo and come to the Show for the day to support our local community…

The school has some livestock for sale see the advert in this Newsletter. If you are interested please contact Mrs Lockman our Ag Assistant for more information.

Hooroo ‘till next time Trainee Farmer Hook

Year 10 Shirts Year 9 are well organised with their shirt for next year, having chosen a design for the back and the style of shirt. Students have spent the last week confirming names and figuring out what size they need. Hopefully there won’t be too many growth spurts over the holidays! Parents and carers should have received a note about payments and due dates, but the key figures are outlined below. Total Cost: $40.50 Deposit: $20.00 due Friday 21st November Remainder to be paid by Friday 5th December. Should you wish to purchase more than one shirt, a deposit needs to be made for each. Once the full amount has been paid, the shirts will be ordered. This will guarantee delivery in time for Day 1 2015! I’m looking forward to seeing a very snazzy Year 10 group next year.

Rebecca Lackey Year 9 Advisor

Gold Excursion

A friendly reminder that the balance of $200 is to be paid to the Front Office by next Tuesday 18th November.

The Gold Excursion is for students who have achieved Gold Level (that is 20 or more Bronzes), and not been on Level 3 or above of the School's Level System.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Julie Taylor/Rob Wickham Coordinators

DATES TO REMEMBER

NOVEMBER

17-21 Year 10 Futures Program

24-28 Year 10 Work Experience (commences)

28 CLAPPER Awards

DECEMBER

1-10 Year 10 Work Experience (continues) 2-3 Gold Excursion

8 Year 6 into 7 2015 Orientation Day

8 Year 6 into 7 2015 Parent Evening

8 P&C Meeting

11 Year 10 Clearance Day

12 Presentation Day

12 Years 7 to 10 Reports issued

15 Year 7 Family Picnic Day

17 End Term 4

18-19 School Development Days

JANUARY 2015

27 School Development Day

28 Years 7, 11 and 12 students start

29 Years 8, 9 and 10 students start

MARCH

19 School Photographs

APRIL

2 End Term 1

20 School Development Day

Sport News Netball girls head to Grafton

The girls in the U14’s Netball team travelled to Grafton last Tuesday to compete

in the Mid North Coast U15’s Knockout Gala Day.

The girls played 3 full games and a half game and came up against some very

experienced teams, most who have played on the weekends and have represented

at State level.

From game one we knew it was going to be tough but that didn’t stop them. The

improvement from game one to the very last game was incredible, each girl

playing a vital role in the team.

Game one saw our team go down against a much bigger and very experienced

Grafton High team. This game meant we are now out of the State Knockout but

thanks to the great organisation of South Grafton we were able to play another

2½ games giving the girls much needed playing time and good knowledge of what

we will be up against next year.

We might not have won a game but the girls came off smiling. They should all be

very proud of how they played and improved on the day especially for a team who

have never played together before.

A big thank you to our

fantastic umpire and all the

parents who helped with

transport on the day.

Sissiel “Supercoach”

Team photo Back Row: Emily Stalder, Aziza Yusuf, Katelyn Perry, Gypsy-Rose Eggins

Front Row: Kylah Scott, Jacqueline Kambere, Lauren Rigney, Kelsey Williamson-Leslie

Bellingen High School true Champions!

Bellingen High had 4 Futsal teams representing at the Senior Australian Futsal

Championships held at Oxley, near Brisbane, over three days from 7th to 9th

November. The Championships brings teams together from Cairns in the north to

Sydney and Melbourne in the south. With four teams representing their school,

Bellingen High had the largest amount of teams at the Championships. The teams

were playing from 8am through to 8pm over the three days, which in itself is a

big challenge.

19 Years Girls

The 19’s girls took on local team Robina State High in the first game where they

cleared away the nerves and the cobwebs to dominate scoring 8 goals to 5.

Game 2 against Marsden

State High School gave a

dominant display of their

passing game. At the end of

the first half the score was

already 6-0. This allowed

the girls to trial some new

plays and save some energy.

Final score was 8-1.

Day 2 the heat increased and

the girls took on St Peter

Clavier in a hard fought

tussle. Another tidy display resulted in a 3-1 victory. Later in the day the girls

had to play the girls from the Football Academy from Harristown State High.

This was a cracker of a game with the girls coming away with a well-deserved 7-

5 win.

With one preliminary game to go the girls were already assured 1st place so the

game against Calvary made little difference. Calvary played well to draw with

the girls 7-7. This put the girls into the semi-final against 4th placed Robina

with Harristown and St Peter Clavier to fight out 2nd vs 3rd. Robina were never

really in the game as Bellingen dominated possession and booked a place in the

grand final with a 5-2 victory.

The Grand Final against Harristown was a hard fought game with the Bellingen

girls playing their passing game and Harristown just slamming any loose balls

towards the goal. Sam Barker finished two Jess Marks passes, while Jess

finished one. Half time score was 3-2 and it was anyone’s game. The girls went

on in the second half with renewed determination despite some injuries and

tiredness. They kept Harristown at bay while displaying their skilled passing

game to set up opportunities to score. Jess Marks scored two more and Simone

Fuller-Byrne one to make the final score 6-3.

The support for the girls was amazing with parents and students all cheering the

girls on. This was truly a well-deserved win as this team has gone through all

three stages of the competition undefeated. It was particularly nice for the

girls that last year were beaten in the grand final of the 16’s competition. It

was also a wonderful way for two of the players to finish their school life -

Jemara Imrie and Hannah Taylor have both just completed their HSC and they

will be greatly missed.

Jess Marks wins the golden boot award with 21 goals for the tournament, while

Sam Barker was named in the All Stars Team. At this point it must be said that

the reason this team was so successful is because they play as a team and all

contribute to the success of the team in different ways. Gita Pastro was our

amazing goal keeper who never took a step backward and owned her area.

Hannah Taylor is a solid defender whose reading of the play allows her to set up

many attacking plays from the back as well as making overlapping runs which

scored her 4 goals. Amelia Brewin, who had to move up from the 16’s to give the

19’s a full squad, whose passing game set up many opportunities and Alex

Jandzio-Fry who always added energy on the court with her never-say-die

attitude. Simone Fuller-Byrne whose quick strike of the ball amazed everyone

and netted her 7 goals. Jess Marks is a truly talented play-maker who can

change the fortunes of a game and her partner in crime Sam Barker whose

control of the ball enables her to dominate the court. Finally Captain

Courageous, Jemara Imrie, who leads by example. There is no better mover off

the ball than Jemara who draws defenders repeatedly to make gaps and ensures

everyone is doing their job on the court.

16 Years Girls

The 16 years girls had a setback prior to leaving Bellingen with goalkeeper, Bess

Condran, dislocating her knee. This meant young Jackie Kambere (only 13) had

to step up to the position. Due to another withdrawal the team ended up with 4

girls 14 years or younger. They had started their campaign early Friday morning

against the highly favoured Assisi College. It took a while for the girls to adjust

to the conditions but pressured the opposition scoring 4 goals. Unfortunately this

was not quite enough and the girls went down by the smallest of margins 5-4.

The second game against Bishop Druitt College was a see-sawing game that

displayed the importance of finishing. It seems that ball just didn’t want to find

the net. Despite being the dominant attacking team the girls lost 3-2 in the

closest of finishes.

The third and final game for the day was against Chancellor College. The girls

were down 3-1 at half time but really rallied in the second half to pressure the

opposition to see us even the score to 3-3. Unfortunately history was to repeat

itself and against the run of play Chancellor scored in the dying minutes -

another loss by one goal 4-3.

At the end of the first day the girls had three losses all by only one goal. This

was to make the rest of their campaign very difficult.

Day 2 and the girls

had to play

Clontarf Beach

High first getting

their first win 3-1,

followed by a draw

with St Andrews

1-1. The final

game of the day

was against

Harristown (the

eventual winners}

and proved difficult

with the girls going

down 5-0. Their

final game on day 3 was against Mercy College. Finally the girls seemed to get

everything together and show what they were capable of doing. They scored a

massive 8 goals to 2. This finished them in 5th position just out of the semis,

however if just one of those early games was a draw they would have been in the

semis. It just show how important every goal is. This was a very young team

who learnt a lot and should be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

‘SAVE THE DATE’

YEAR 7 FAMILY PICNIC DAY

Monday 15th December

12.30pm – 2.30pm

Bellingen Swimming Pool

If you would like to participate in the short survey, please go to: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1826558/Parent-Guardian-Survey-NSW-Measles-High-school-Catch-up-Program-2014

Many thanks for taking the time to read this information

YEAR 12 ASSESSMENT TASKS – TERM 4 SUBJECT WEEK TASK WEIGHTING

Ancient History Week 8 Task 1 15%

Biology Week 7 Task 1 20%

Business Studies Week 9 Task 1 25%

Community & Family Studies Week 10 Task 20%

Drama

Week 9

Week 11

Task 3

Task 2

30%

10%

Engineering Studies Week 8 Task 1 30%

English Advanced Week 10 Tasks 1/Task 2 10%/10%

English Standard Week 10 Tasks 1/Task 2 10%/10%

IT Metal/Timber Week 8 Task 1 15%

Mathematics Week 10 Task 1 15%

Mathematics Extension 1 Week 10 Task 1 15%

Mathematics Extension 2 Week 11 Task 1 15%

Mathematics General Week 10 Task 1 15%

Modern History Week 9 Task 1 20%

Music 1 Week 10 Task 1 15%

Music 2 Week 10 Task 1 15%

PDHPE Week 9 Task 1 15%

Physics Week 7 Task 1 20%

Society & Culture Week 9 Task 1 30%

Sport Life & Rec Weeks 8 & 9 Task 1 25%

Visual Arts Week 10 Task 1 20%

SHEEP FOR SALE WHAT A BAA RGAIN!

White Ewe (2011 drop) with ewe lamb $150

White ewe (2012 drop) with wether lamb $150

White ewe with twin lambs $200

Wether (2013 drop) $ 50

If interested or require more information please phone Amanda Lockman our Ag Assistant on

0477 314 526 or 66551 315