Term 2 Week 8 Friday 21st June 2019

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Wauchope High School Newsletter

Key Dates Term 2

Wed 3rd to Friday 5th July Cumberland Interschool

Friday 5th July Last day for Term 2

Tuesday 23rd July Students return for Term 3

Just

when

you

thought

Year 11

couldn’t

have

any

more

fun.

See the

full

story

page 3

YEAR 11 TOAD DISSECTIONS

Year 12 Biology didn’t miss out on the

fun, they are studying a disease of their

choice. See the full story page 3.

YEAR 12 BIOLOGY

Congratulations to the students, parents and

staff who raised an amazing $726.

See the full story page 2.

BIGGEST MORNING TEA

See the full story page 4

Congratulations Paris Rock for organising

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea held last

Tuesday in the school grounds. Paris, along

with the help of Ms Sipkes, Lani and Shannah

raised $726 for the Cancer Council through

donations and raffle tickets. Thank you to the

sponsors who donated prizes and to all who

participated. Everyone enjoyed the sumptuous

morning tea and musical accompaniment

provided by Mr Wayne Brennan and his music students, Ebony and Abigail.

Year 12 Biology Depth Studies

Students in Year 12 Biology are currently completing their depth studies

on disease. The depth studies were launched with an excursion to the

UNSW Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie, where university lecturers

and medical students led the students through a model of a disease

spreading through a population. At the end the students were ‘tested’ to

see if they were infected, and from this they had to determine who patient

zero was. A highlight was getting to see the medical school’s plastinated

human specimens.

Students are now studying a disease of their choice, and conducting first

hand investigations related to that

disease. More on this to come in a

future newsletter.

Year 11 Biology Cane Toad Dissections

This term Year 11 Biology students have been learning about the

organisation of living things. A series of dissections have been

undertaken to help students gain a deeper understanding of

structures in multicellular organisms and how they relate to function.

For the culmination of the dissection series, male and female cane

toads were dissected by small groups of students. Nobody vomited

or fainted which was considered a win.

Year 7 Year 8

Year 9 Year 10

Year 11 Year 12

Olivia entertained us Thank you to family and friends who came to support the students

Our Year 10 students have been

out in the community enjoying work

experience, Laura at Wauchope

Vets, Ebony at Curly’s Café, and

Kurt at Momentum 4x4.

Thank you to our businesses who

take on Work Experience students

to give them a taste of life after

school.

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, PRT MACQUARIE CAMPUS LATEST NEWS

Changes to courses at University of Newcastle Port Macquarie campus

The University of Newcastle currently offers nursing, midwifery and primary teaching courses at

its Port Macquarie campus. Today Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky announced that the

University will no longer offer new undergraduate enrolments.

We will, of course, support all currently enrolled students in their local studies, continuing to

teach and support the existing full-time students through to graduation. The majority of current

students will complete their studies by 2022. The University will work closely with part-time

students to identify and plan individual pathways and options for completion of their degrees.

The University will focus its future efforts on post-graduate programs and research

opportunities, working collaboratively with Charles Sturt University, the Port Macquarie Base

Hospital and the Mid North Coast Local Health District, and other local stakeholders.

While this decision represents a change of focus, the University of Newcastle will remain a key

higher education presence in Port Macquarie and the Mid North Coast region of NSW, and I am

looking forward to continuing to strengthen our presence within your school.

The Wauchope High School Mock Trial Team chalk up another victory

On the 14th June Wauchope High School's Mock Trial team of legal eagles travelled to Port Macquarie with Mrs Thornton and Mr Johnson to compete against the team from St Columba. The outcome was another victory for Wauchope High School's team which continued its undefeated stretch. The setting was the Historic Court House with Mr Tas Tasdemir of Tasdemir Lawyers volunteering his excellent services as magistrate. He was well assisted in these duties by Wauchope High's own Marie Ely. With the setting providing inspiration both teams brought their 'A' game and

the legal battle came down to the final closing arguments.

Standing on the defence Wauchope had two first class witnesses, Larnah who was the picture of innocence despite being accused of trying to burn down her boss's house. And Tyler making his debut performance and channelling his inner Ryan Gosling. Helping Larnah get off the hook was solicitor extraordinaire Grace ably assisting top barristers Matthew and Piper . Proving that they could in fact handle the truth this elite legal team defended their client and tore into their opponents arguments and so won a well earned victory. Coffee cups and soft drinks were raised afterwards to victory, Legal Studies teacher Mr Houlahan and the next Mock Trial round to come.

Erin Mudford, Prac teacher Sam and Connor with their

construction

Welcome, to our new student

Tayla

Support Unit News

We have had Prac Teachers and an SLSO in training working in the unit

this week, welcome, we hope you enjoyed your time with us.

Anna Worthing SLSO and Dylan

Joey, Dylan & Erin

Reg, Jade, Brett Allen and Brayden

Rugby Union Gala Day Kempsey 18/6/19

Under 14

Our Under 14’s Rugby Girls played in a

Rugby Union Gala Day on Thursday 18/6 at

Kempsey. Our first game was against Great

Lakes College. We started off well with a 12

-0 lead. Great Lakes College came back

and narrowed the lead to 12-10. The girls

regrouped and started playing more as a

team, supporting each other and the final

score was 27-10 in our favour.

Our second game was against St Columba

which proved to be a much tougher. The

girls lost 26 points to 5.

Our third and fourth games were against John Paul

College Coffs Harbour and St Paul’s Kempsey. We

won both these games 30 points to 5 and 19 points

to 10 respectively.

A great team effort with every player contributing to

the team’s success on the day. Some valuable

performances were from Jade Pyke, Kate Brown,

Ellie McFadyen, Maddison Stritch and Sheniq Little.

Thank you to Matt Taylor, Bron James, Brett Allan

and Wauchope parents for their support on the day.

Under 18

Once again an outstanding effort by all the girls and they were winners of their age group

Glasshouse

Regional

Gallery

Wauchope High School had 4 students

attend #Litfest2444 on the 6th of June.

Litfest is a literary festival that caters to

school students and helps them to tell their

story through a variety of creative and

different platforms. Hayley, Gretchen, Maya

and Abigail followed a set program with

workshops which included object poetry,

writing suspense and Ekphrasis, which is

writing stories that are inspired from

artworks. Gretchen Martin made a beautiful

mono printed journal for her inspired writing.

Work Experience

Congratulations to Tom Purdy and Jack

Mansfield for an outstanding work experience

placement. Please read the comment below;

“Boys are going well, have worked hard for 2

weeks and have shown a lot of responsibility. I

had them in the cattle yards drenching cattle.

They have carried out a multitude of tasks over

the work period.”

Brad, Work

Experience

Supervisor

Morrow Taplin

received his

Stellar and Galaxy

awards from his

shared school,

Aurora College.

These awards

represent

Morrow’s

consistent student

contributions in

class, personal

best in

assessment tasks

and continuous

positive

application to

online learning.

Well done

Morrow!

Woolworths Earn and Learn 2019

Shoppers, we need you!!! Our school will be participating in the Woolworths

Earn and Learn program, all proceeds going to our Support Unit. From

Wednesday 1st May to Tuesday 25

th June, we are collecting Woolworths

Earn and Learn stickers. This program gives schools the chance to earn new

educational resources. All you need to do to make a difference at our school

is to simply shop at Woolworths and you will receive one Woolworths Earn &

Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards).

Then place the Woolworths sticker onto a Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet.

Completed Sticker Sheets and/or stickers can then be dropped into our collection box in the front

foyer here at school. Sticker sheets are available at our school from the office, Woolworths, or

you can download them from www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn.

Every sticker collected benefits our students by providing them with more educational resources.

The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for

Maths, English, Science, Arts and Craft, Sport and for our library.

If you’d like to know more visit www.woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn.

Thank you for your support!

Mobile phone awareness

Phones reduce the amount of time students are bored. Whilst this sounds positive, research has tested and

shown that boredom is a driver of creativity and productivity. Boredom allows the mind time to wander,

consider complex ideas and form opinions and perspective. People exposed to small periods of boredom

for example give more to charities, are kinder to others and actively become more involved in their

physical and social environment. Reducing student screen time might increase some boredom but will

improve their life.

Dear Parent/Caregiver

The 44th Annual Inter-School Visit between Wauchope High and Cumberland High will be conducted between Wednesday 3rd July and Friday 5th July 2019 at Wauchope High School.

The success of this long running program is highly dependent on our ability to provide comfortable and safe accommodation for up to 100 students travelling from Cumberland to attend the event. This is where we depend upon our school community to provide for the billeting of these students during their stay.

The school has seeking an indication if you are willing to provide accommodation for a student who is participating in the Cumberland Inter-School visit. This activity will involve the provision of accommodation for visiting students from 3rd to 5th July 2019. Billets will be required on the nights of 3rd and 4th July.

The school is very grateful for all offers to billet visiting students. You would be aware that the Department of Education and Training has introduced new policies, procedures and curriculum relating to child protection. The Department, as an agency responsible for the care and welfare of students in schools, has a charter to protect the young people in its care from all forms of abuse.

In order to be able to accept and formalise a billet, we ask that:

the primary parent/caregiver identified in the undertaking to provide a billet, completes and signs the undertaking provided with this letter and returns it to the school for consideration,

ensure all adults residing in your home are aware of this undertaking and the expectations within.

We hope you will enjoy having the billeted student in your home and anticipate that the student will benefit from the experience of staying with you. Please retain this section for future reference.

Return the completed slip below to Mrs Broderick or Mr Hancock, by Friday 28th June, 2019.

Yours sincerely

Glen Sawle Principal 20th May 2019

Wauchope High School Phone 02 6585 1400

wauchope-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Nelson Street Wauchope 2446

UNDERTAKING TO PROVIDE A BILLET AT WAUCHOPE HIGH SCHOOL

In light of the commitment of the Department of Education to providing a safe environment for students, I, as the

primary parent/caregiver agree to provide appropriate accommodation for a billet(s) during the Cumberland Inter

-School visit being held from 3rd to 5th July 2019. I advise that:

there is nothing in my history, or the history of people within this household that would preclude our hosting

a student(s) from Cumberland during this visit; (I have not been refused or have had a working with children check

clearance cancelled, nor am I currently subject to a ban on engaging in child-related work)

I undertake to provide a safe and secure home environment for the student(s) and to do my utmost to ensure

that the student(s) is/are not exposed to harm;

all adult members of this household have read and are aware of this undertaking.

Parent/Caregiver Agreeing to this Undertaking: ____________________________________________

Occupation: ____________________________________________

Telephone: ________________________ (Home number)

Emergency Contact No: __________________________ (mobile)

Street Address: _____________________________________________________________________

WHS Billeting Student’s Name: ________________________________________Roll Call: _________

I am offering to billet ___________ (number) boys or ___________ (number) girls

Specific Cumberland Student (if applicable):_______________________________________________

Signature: ____________________________________________Date: _______ (Signature of person agreeing to the undertaking)

Wauchope High School Phone 02 6585 1400

wauchope-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Nelson Street Wauchope 2446

Year 7 Literacy Transition Day – Term 3

To Parents and Guardians,

This event is organised by the WHS English and Library staff and led by your child’s Year

Advisor, Thomas Bedwell. The ‘Literacy Transition’ focuses on developing links in literacy

between Stages 3 and Stages 4. This partnership supports the ‘Bago Community of Schools’

mission to share expertise and resources between local primary schools and Wauchope High

School. In 2019 Huntingdon PS and Comboyne PS are our partners and will collectively

transport twelve Year 5 students to WHS. As a result of this program we aim to improve the

literacy of students as they progress between stages. It is envisaged that the program will

enhance their reading, comprehension and writing skills which can be applied to all future subject

areas.

The first 18 permission notes we receive will secure a spot. There will be an opportunity in 2020

for those who miss out this year. We look forward to a successful day.

Thomas Bedwell

Year 7 Year Advisor and English teacher

_______________________

Further details:

I give permission for my child ___________________to participate in the literacy day in Term 3

Signed _____________.

Location Wauchope High School library

Time 9 am to 3.30 pm

Date Term 3 Date to be confirmed

Items to bring

Pen, Pencil, Recess, Lunch

Dress Full school uniform

Returning permission notes

To Mr Bedwell only.