West Wyalong High School Newsletter SINCERITY MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 TERM 1 WEEK 11

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

Term 1 wraps up with a busy fortnight of activities

Congratulations to our students and teachers who have been involved in a number of extra-curricular activities over the past two weeks. To say there has been a lot happening would be a complete understatement. We have had sporting teams represent our school in basketball, netball and rugby league, students have travelled to Lake Cargelligo to play chess, our show team have been at the Royal Easter Show showing their prized Angora goats and we have had a number of students developing their leadership skills through a NRL coaching experience. WWHS continues to provide a broad range of volunteering and extra-curricular activities for our students and we continually excel for a small school of just over three hundred students.

The Department of Education have recognised some of the great experiences provided to our students from our school and have decided to use our town and schools to advertise the advantages of teaching in a rural location like West Wyalong. The film crew arrived last Saturday and have been interviewing some student leaders and some of our staff. The film crew are loving their time and have enjoyed meeting a variety of people within our school community. I look forward to seeing the final product in several months’ time after they complete the editing.

As this is our last newsletter for the term, I hope everyone had a nice Easter break and they enjoy the upcoming two weeks of school holidays. During the last week of the school holidays our traditional involvement in the ANZAC day ceremony will take place. I encourage all students to participate in the march on Wednesday the 25th April. Please assemble at the front of Thom, Dick and Harry’s before 10.30am with the march commencing at

10.45am.Check the local paper for the confirmation of details and we will publish this on Facebook.

I would like to thank all of our staff for their hard work and dedication during the term and I hope they have a well-deserved break.

Week 11 Monday 9 April HSC Half Yearly Exams

Tuesday 10 April Gala Day – Mod League Year 7 Parent Teacher Night (A-L)

Wednesday 11 April NRL Gala Day Year 7 Parent Teacher Night (M-Z)

Friday 13 April Last day of Term 1 TERM 2 Week 1

Monday 30 April Staff Development Day

Tuesday 1 May Students Return for Term 2

Thursday 3 May Y8/9 Writers Festival Excursion

Friday 4 May Y8/9 Writers Festival Excursion Week 2

Wednesday 9 May Y9 Parent Teacher Night

Thursday 10 May Y10 Parent Teacher Night

SCHOOL INFORMATION The newsletter is published every fortnight on a Monday and is emailed to those students who have given the school their email address. For any student who has not given the school an email address or requires a hard copy, they can be collected from the Front Office on Tuesday at either Recess or Lunch time. If you haven’t returned your information update forms could you please do so. Don’t forget to have a look at our school Facebook page and our school webpage,

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www.westwyalon-h.schools.nsw.edu.au for regular updates. SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW REPORT 2018 On Sunday night 25th April the Angora Show team and Willow Glen travelled during the night to the Sydney Royal Easter Show and Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush. At the show we were joined by open competitor Angora studs Cullbookie, Dulark, Rivers as well as Molong Central School, Yveol Central School, Bossley Park High and Queanbeyan High.

After inspections and setting up our pens, display and organising our accommodation huts the Mohair fleece competition was judged. Willow Glen gained ribbons in all but one class entered. Willow Glen was awarded first placings in the Fine Hair and 5kg Kid Mohair classes.

Paraders classes followed the Mohair fleece classes. Sarah Morris and Brianna Worner once again showed their excellent Paraders skills.

Sarah was placed 5th in the Angora Youth Paraders and went on to win the Angora Led Wether Paraders competition with Brianna placing a very creditable 3rd.

Tuesday was the stud judging with the following results:

1. Doe Kid under 6 months – Willow Glen 2nd and 3rd

2. Doe Kid 6 – 12 months – Willow Glen 1st with Willow Glen Rahmosteffanie going onto taking out Champion Angora Kid Doe, Grand Champion Kid, School’s Champion and Best Angora in Show as well as the RAS of NSW Award of Excellence for Best Angora Goat in Show 2018. Steffanie was proudly and capably paraded by Gracelyn Norton.

3. Buck Kid 6-12 months – Willow Glen 1st and 2nd. Willow Glen Thor who won this class went onto being awarded Reserve Champion Buck Kid.

4. Doe 12 – 18 months – Willow Glen 1st and 3rd. 5. Angora Buck 18 and under 24 months – Willow

Glen Thierry 2nd. Who went onto being awarded Reserve Champion Junior Buck.

6. Sires Progeny under 12 months – Willow Glen 1st and 2nd.

7. Sires Progeny over 12 months – Willow Glen 2nd.

8. Group of 3 Angoras – Willow Glen 2nd. 9. After each open class Schools classes are held – it was a tussle between Bossley Park High and West

Wyalong High with the School’s Champion and School’s Reserve Champion being awarded to West Wyalong High. West Wyalong High also won the Schools Sires Progeny and Group of 3 Angoras.

Wednesday was the Production classes where the animals are shorn by Champion and well known shearer Ian Elkins. The fleeces were classed, then weighed and assessed for their carcass value. The two components are combined on a 60% fleece and 40% carcass combination.

The results were:

1. Open Production class under 12 months – Willow Glen 1st and 2nd.

2. Open Producton class over 12 months – Willow Glen 3rd.

3. Schools Wether Production class – WWHS 1st

and 2nd. 4. Schools Wether Project Presentation – WWHS

3rd. 5. Schools Wether Herdsman Competition –

WWHS 1st.

Most Successful School – West Wyalong High School

Friday was the RAS State Final for the Angora goat and Mohair Young Judges Competition. Competitors have to assess and place 4 Mohair fleeces and 4 Angora goats. After which competitors are required to give an oral presentation as to their reasons for their choices.

Molly was Reserve State Champion for the third time, with Sarah placing 4th and Brianna Worner 5th.

Molly once again has qualified to compete in the National Angora Goat and Mohair Young Judges Final in Adelaide in September this year.

We would like to thank Mr Andrew Kelleher who drove the bus, Mr Michael Mrowka who helped with gear organisation and driving and Ms Irene Norton who was our Chef. All gave up their valuable time to assist us with this excursion. Also thanks to Miss Statham for all her organisation and effort in getting us to this great event!

We are all looking forward to our trek to Bendigo in July for the Australian Sheep and Wool Show where we will catch up with the Victorian Studs and Schools.

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GIRLS OPENS NETBALL On Thursday 29th March the opens girls’ netball team travelled to Orange to compete in the first round of the CHS competition. After a very early start to the morning and a pit stop for food, we finally made it to Orange for our first game. The girls come up against Henry Lawson in their first game where they quickly woke up and established an early lead. Henry Lawson worked well in attack however were unable to score on a few occasions due to great defence from our girls. The girls managed to maintain a healthy lead with the final score at 20-3.

The second game saw them come up against a very strong Cowra outfit. The Cowra girls came out firing however, our girls managed to keep the score even for the first quarter. Unfortunately, Cowra were much taller in the centre court making it very difficult for our girls to get the ball down the court. They managed to turn over a few of our centres and quickly got a small lead. In the end after a strong fight from our girls, Cowra maintained the early lead to come out victorious 17-8.

Our third game for the day was to be against Orange 3. These girls were a very young team without a great deal of experience. However, what they lacked in experience they definitely made up for in speed. They had our girls quite pink in the cheeks by the end of the second quarter but with experience on our side, we managed to take the win, 18-3.

This final win put us at second in Pool C. we then had to play a crossover game against Forbes High. Our girls came out firing, ready to prove themselves after the loss against Cowra. This game was magic to watch. The girls moved to ball brilliantly down the court and intercepted the ball on numerous

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occasions. The rebounding on both attack and defence was astounding and the centre court worked tirelessly. They girls managed to win this game convincingly with the final score being 54-29.

At the completion of the rounds, they held Western Region trials with five of our team trialling for a position. This took place outside where the girls were put into their three nominated positions. The process was quite gruelling with them girls only getting a brief break between games and the temperature above 30 degrees. They all trialled well and Paige Hanrahan was selected to go on to the next round of trials the following week.

A big thank you to Mal Davies for driving the bus, Miss Astley and Mrs Milsom for coaching and Mrs Duncan for helping with selections.

SCHOOL RETURNS – TERM 2 As this is the last newsletter for Term 1 we wish you all a happy and safe holiday. Reminder that there is a Staff Development Day on Monday, 30th April and the students will return to school Tuesday 1st May 2018. ANZAC DAY ANZAC Day will fall during the school holidays this year. All West Wyalong High school students are invited to march. Please assemble at Thom, Dick & Harry’s corner in Main Street at 10.30am.