West Wyalong High School

Newsletter SINCERITY Monday 17 February 2020 TERM 1 WEEK 4

30 Dumaresq Street West Wyalong NSW 2671 T 02 69722700 F 02 69722236 E westwyalon-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

After a settled start to the year it has been pleasing to

note that we have all staffing vacancies filled and we

have also secured a counsellor in training. We welcome

Ms Kate Woolfe to this position and she will base

herself at our school during her studies and will help

service our primary and high schools in West Wyalong.

Along with the additional services of Royal Far West,

who provide counselling support via video conference,

our student welfare needs are certainly being

addressed by a range of specialist services.

We continue to contract the family referral service to

assist our families in a variety of ways including help

with the NDIS and accessing a range of other

government services. Ms Perry continues her role as a

part time student welfare teacher, to touch base with

students experiencing difficulties and to provide some

guidance. Student welfare remains paramount to our

core values at West Wyalong High School and I believe

we are in a much healthier position to support our

students in 2020.

In regards to other staffing news, Mr Shane Spellman

has joined us from Canberra. Mr Spellman is a trained

music teacher and relieves for Mrs Wilson who is on

maternity leave. We are fortunate to secure another

music trained teacher in West Wyalong and we

welcome Mr Spellman to our community.

Please note that there has been a change to the dates

for the P&C annual general meeting. The meeting will

be held in the school library at 7.00pm on Monday 2nd

March. Hopefully we will have enough people in

attendance to fill the necessary executive team.

STAY CONNECTED A reminder to those students, parents, carers and family who have yet to “Like” our Facebook page, please do, so that you will receive notifications and important information about upcoming events.

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School Website: http://www.westwyalon-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

WEST WYALONG HIGH SCHOOL P & C MEETING A reminder to all parents that our first P&C meeting for

the year will be held on Monday 2 March.

The P&C meets only once a term (Monday of Week 5)

although this has been moved to Week 6 this term.

Meetings are held in the school library commencing at

7.00pm. All parents, including parents that are new to

our school are most welcome to attend.

WEEK 4

Tuesday 18 February Year 12 Chemistry excursion to Wagga CSU

Friday 21 February School swimming carnival

WEEK 5

Monday 24 Feb Year 7 immunisations

Wed 26 Feb – Fri 28 Feb Year 7 Excursion, Wollongong

WEEK 6

Monday 2 March WR Basketball Trial (Boys), West Wyalong

P&C Meeting 7pm

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SPORT - SWIMMING Starting from Monday 10th February (Week B) years 7 to 10 will be attending Holland Park Swimming Pool for sport.

The students will participate in water rescue, survival and fitness activities.

There is no cost to the students.

Students need to bring their swimming equipment to school on the following days:

Week A (week commencing 17 February)

Day Class Period

Monday Year 10 Period 3 (12:35pm)

Tuesday Year 8 Period 2 (10:40am)

Tuesday Year 9 Period 4 (2:10pm)

Friday Year 7 Period 4 (2:10pm)

Week B (week commencing 24 February)

Day Class Period

Monday Year 8 Period 4 (2:10pm)

Friday Year 7 Period 4 (2:10pm)

WWHS SWIMMING CARNIVAL Our swimming carnival will be held this Friday 21st February. Students will be expected to be at the pool by 9am for a roll call before the events begin. As always, students are encouraged to dress up in their House colours, however, please remember that they will need to be able to swim without making a mess or causing a safety hazard which may involve removing special costumes before swimming and putting them back on later. Year 7 and new students will be informed of their House group prior to the Carnival and House meetings will also be held. Students are reminded to bring swimmers, towel, sunscreen, water bottle and lunch if required. There will be a sausage sizzle run by Year 12 and the pool canteen will be open throughout the day. Parents are welcome to come along and watch or support the children at any stage throughout the day. Events are usually completed in the following order - Individual medley, 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 50m breaststroke, 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and relays. There will be a 40 minute lunch break around midday.

It is always a fun, enjoyable day for all involved and it is a great opportunity for our more competitive swimmers to perform at a high level and maybe even set a new school record! A copy of the current school swimming records will soon be on our school website. At this stage the Western Region Sports website has not been updated. When it is students will be notified. All students are encouraged to listen to the notices and assembly for information. Feel free to contact Mr Duncan if you have any enquiries.

AUSTRALIAN GRADUATE WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP Ms Bergan was a guest speaker at a Cowra CWA event on Saturday 8th February. She spoke to women and year 11 and 12 students about life, achieving goals and undergraduate, masters and Ph.D

She was awarded the winner of Australian Graduate Women Scholarship at the Cowra CWA event. Congratulations Ms Bergan - we are very fortunate to have your skills and knowledge at WWHS.

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MAKE BULLYING HISTORY WORKSHOP On Monday 10th February, students in years 7-10

attended the “Make Bullying History” workshop, lead

by Brett Murray. This program is rated the number one

health and well-being program in NSW - it was

incredibly beneficial for our students.

Brett works alongside the Sharks NRL team as part of

their community engagement and has spoken in

schools for the last 18 years.

He discussed what bullying is and what it isn’t and went

deeper into the mindset of bullies. Brett explored

emotional responses as opposed to logical responses

with the students - which was very positive for them to

hear.

Brett highlighted the importance of accountability,

self-discipline and responsibility for your actions. He

encouraged all of our students to encourage each

other with words and actions and eventually people’s

beliefs systems about themselves would start to shift.

“The only time success comes before work is in the

dictionary”

This was a great program for our students to attend

and West Wyalong High School would like to extend a

huge thank you to Brett for his time.

ANGORA WETHER & SKILLS WORKSHOP

2019

Was held on a hot, windy day at the West Wyalong

showgrounds on 5th December. Participants came from

Condobolin High, Narrandera High, Molong Central,

Narromine High and West Wyalong High. The crowd of

students, teachers, guest speakers and on-lookers

were amply catered for by West Wyalong High’s senior

Hospitality class – a fastastic job was done! Guest

speakers included Craig Clancy from AMMO, Meagan

Mrowka, Michael Mrowka, and Sarah Hanlon. We were

also joined by AMMO Chairman Brett Grant, who came

along to see what it was all about! West Wyalong

High’s Principal Mr Greg Sheens also joined us for part

of the event as well. The West Wyalong Show Society

kindly donated ribbons for the events. The event was

put together and organized by Mandy Statham from

Willow Glen Angoras. Teachers who accompanied their

students included Matt Shady – Narrandera, Anne

Earney – Condobolin, Sally Pokoney – Molong Central

and Mandy Statham – West Wyalong.

Sessions included:

What is Mohair - Mohair types - Craig Clancy – AMMO

Tips for Angora Paraders - Meagan Mrowka

Angora Paraders Competition with a twist - Judge Michael Mrowka

Young Judges Competition - Judge Michael Mrowka

Angora Wether Health Matters - Sarah Hanlon BVetBio/BVSc

Craig from AMMO brought along many mohair samples

of the different classes of mohair, along with some

samples of fault lines that can be encountered. It would

have taken him some time to gather and prepare such

a display! Students were a little shy at first but soon got

into the swing of things asking many questions and

benefitting from Craig’s expert knowledge.

Meagan Mrowka from Narromine High spoke to

students about Paraders guidelines, what to do as an

Angora Parader as well as what a Judge of this

competition would look for. Meagan was amply

qualified as she has had much success as a Parader in

her youth and as a Judge in her recent years.

Meagan’s little brother Michael gave up his valuable

time from his work to come and Judge the Paraders

with a Twist and the Young Judges Competitions. The

Paraders competition format was changed to

accommodate the great number of participants.

Michael from his successful experiences was able to

give the students many tips and what to look out for in

such events.

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The day was concluded with a presentation by local vet

Sarah Hanlon who gave everyone valuable information

about animal health matters for their angora wethers

and what to expect at Sydney Royal.

A huge THANK YOU must go to all our presenters who

made the made the day vastly interesting and a huge

success!

Angora Paraders Winners: L to R: Meagan Mrowka, Claire

Miller (Narrandera), Condobolin, Brooke Smith (West

Wyalong), Naomi Norton (West Wyalong) and Michael

Mrowka.

Students participating in Paraders with a Twist.

SELF DIRECTED LEARNING PROJECT

As part of their Self Directed Learning project in term 4

of last year, Jess Glasgow and Amelia Rees chose to

decorate a wall in the girls' bathroom. Their goal was

to contribute to the improvement of their peers

wellbeing and to deliver the message of positive

mental health and self image.

The girls surveyed female students across the year

groups to gain more insight into their opinions about

body image, positive mental health and wellbeing to

determine the most meaningful and inspirational

quote. They also researched appropriate colours to use

in the background that would add to positive mental

health.

The end result is a beautiful, bright wall that has

already received some positive feedback from the

students utilising the bathrooms. Well done Jess and

Amelia.

Thank you to the members of staff who have helped

support the girls to complete this project.

CWA NSW SCHOLARSHIPS

West Wyalong High School would like to extend a huge

thank you to the Country Women’s Association of

NSW. Four of our students received Phillip Group

Education Grants today at our assembly. We thank

everyone involved in the CWA for the continued

support that they offer our students.

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BROWER’S WALK

SAVE THE DATE

28 MARCH 2020

FURTHER DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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WOW is happening 23-27 March 2020

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