7th

October

Students return

11 - 12th

October

Leeton Show

14th

October

HSC Exams start

18 - 19th

October

Cootamundra Show

Murrumbateman

Field Day and

Fishing Club to

Booligal

26th

October

Junee Show-Poultry

26 - 27th

October

Shooting @Leeton

28th

Oct – Year 7-9

Exams begin

1st – 2

nd November

Albury Show

5th

November

Albury Carcase

viewing

8 - 13th

November

Year 10 Exams

14th

November

Students leave for

Desi

15 - 17th

November

Fishing Club @

Tuross

17th

November

Students return from

DESI

18 - 29th

November

Year 10 Work

Experience

20 - 22nd

November

Year 7 2014

Transition Program

2014 Wednesday

January 29th

Students return to

school

Private Mail Bag Telephone: 02 69511500

YANCO NSW 2703 Fax: 02 69557297

Email: yancoag-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Friday, 20th September, 2013

Term 3, Week 10

As you sow, so

shall you reap

Yanco Agricultural High School

Newsletter

UPCOMING

EVENTS

Platinum Award Recipients

Year 12 student, Harriet Condon, being presented with her Minister’s Award for Student

Achievement by Mr Mark Speakman, representing the Minister for Education and

Director General Michele Bruniges.

The citation reads: Harriet is recognised for her commitment to the local community,

dedicating her time to coordinating activities with disabled students, enriching and benefitting

all those involved. A talented sportswoman, she was selected in the NSW Cricket Academy in

2012, the first female player in the school „C‟ grade boys team which won the local town

premiership. As school vice-captain she demonstrates exceptional leadership, consideration and

cooperation.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The graduating class of Year 12 2013 have

completed their formal lessons and now eagerly

await the Higher School Certificate which

commences in week 2 of Term 4. It was a busy last

week at school with Year 12 marching to their final

Commendation Assembly by a slightly longer route

than normal. Perhaps the largest number of

Platinum Awards ever presented at one assembly

was a highlight and the students should be

applauded for their efforts in gaining the highest

award available in the school‟s welfare system.

PLATINUM AWARDS

Year 12 - Emma Carmichael, Courtney Cheers,

Harriet Condon, Grace Cornish, Sabrina Finch,

Laura Gaffey, Erin Goldsworthy, Johanna Graetz,

Carrie Hammet, Rowan Horne, Royce Johnston,

Keejana Zhang-Mackellar, Alexander McMaster,

Keiley O'Brien, Vanessa Patey, Rachel Skinner.

Year 11 - Jessica Johnston, Demi King

The Graduation Dinner on the last Thursday was

highly successful and the Graduation Action Team

led by Mrs Thurgood put together a wonderful

function that was enjoyed by all. Year 12 student,

April Worland, was awarded the prestigious

“Yanconian of the Year” Award.

Year 12 student, Harriet Condon, was recently

awarded a Minister‟s Award for Student

Achievement. Harriet has been a real initiator in

many programs in the school and follows through

with her efforts. The highly successful association

with Gralee Special School that Yanco has

developed was largely due to Harriet‟s efforts and

persistence. Harriet is to be applauded in receiving

this award with only 31 being granted in NSW and

only three in the Riverina.

At the recent Commendation Assembly many

students were recognised for their achievements.

All students are to be congratulated on their efforts

in Term 3. A list is enclosed and many students are

included. Listed below are the students who also

received Gold and Silver Awards in the school‟s

welfare system. Congratulations to these students

and they are encouraged to try and continue their

efforts to go further up the level‟s system.

GOLD AWARDS

Year 12 - Lucy Simmonds, Billie Stenhouse,

Cherie Potter, Trevor Dowton, Timothy Hillam,

Jesse McDonald, Madeline Stevens.

Year 11 - Brittany Whiteley,

Year 8 - Annalise Potts

SILVER AWARDS

Year 11 - Keira Sanderson

Year 10 - Geoffrey Hillam, Luke Horrobin, Samuel

Larsen, Grace Skipworth, Darcy Skipworth, Ryan

Van Gemert.

Year 8 - Blake Paulston, Jake Smyth, Lawson

Stenhouse, Brooke Streat.

Year 7 - Sebastian Clarke, Georgina Hughes, Abbie

Hurst, Emily Kearines, Zoe Thomas.

Recently the Prefects body achieved their aim of

having the Student‟s Memorial Wall completed and

the first student to be acknowledged was unveiled.

This student was Wes Bonny who lost his battle

with cancer at age 26. This initiative had been in the

making for nearly 2 years and it is great to see this

completed. Students who lose their life within 10

years of leaving Yanco will have a plaque attached

to the wall. The wall is situated on the library wall

and looks out onto the main quad. Well done to the

Prefects on a task well completed.

Year 12 students marching to their final

Commendation Assembly.

At the Commendation Assembly last Wednesday,

Year 12 student James Hincenbergs, played a

presentation he had prepared on Wes Bonny. To say

it was moving is an understatement and the effect

on the assembled students and staff was profound

and lasting. James has since placed the presentation

on U-Tube. Have a look as it is a tremendous piece

of work.

In this news you will see the major works from both

Industrial Technology and Textiles and Design. The

students have spent an enormous amount of hours

preparing them and they are of a very high standard.

The school wishes all students all the best for the

HSC. A huge thanks to the teaching staff that

supported these students as they also offered many

hours outside their normal teaching time. Some of

these works have been on display in the school

foyer and many thanks to the students to allow this

to happen.

A number of students have continued to perform

well in various fields. Congratulations to all listed

below:

1. Lilly Serafin, Remi Wilton – selected in the ACT

Brumbies 7‟s Rugby Union team. They will

compete in the National Carnival on the Gold Coast

in mid-October – see story this issue.

2. Damien Johnston was in the run on team for

ACT Brumbies under 15‟s Rugby Union team

which was narrowly defeated by NSW recently –

see story this issue.

3. Sally Smyth was placed first in the Meat Sheep

Breeds Junior Judging at Royal Adelaide Show.

4. Tim Hillam – Best and Fairest award winner in

the Group 20 Under 18 Rugby League competition

for Bidgee Hurricanes.

5. Courtney Menzies - Placed 3rd in the Riverina

Football & Netball League Vote count for A

Reserve playing for Ganmain, Grong Grong and

Matong.

The recent School Art Show was highly successful

and thanks go to the many members of the P & C

and teaching staff who ensured the success of this

annual event. The team led by Scott McGrevy and

ably supported by John Pattison and Monique

Owen did a wonderful job in making the event

successful. See a report in this issue.

In the last week of this term eleven Year 10

students graduated from the LYNKS program with

many achieving wonderful reports on their efforts.

Thank you to GetSet for running this fabulous

program and congratulations to the students who

were acknowledged at a luncheon presentation on

the last Thursday of the term. A report will appear

in the next news.

Also in the last week of term staff and students

represented the school at the Henty Field Days. The

weather on the first two days was very average but

enquiry remained strong. A huge thank you to the

staff and students who represented the school over

the three days. Thanks to Bruce Hammond for his

organisation of this event.

Over the last few weeks our livestock teams have

been very successful at a number of Shows.

Congratulations to the students involved and thank

you to the staff for their efforts. In the first week of

the present holidays there is a large contingent of

students and staff at Royal Melbourne Show with

sheep, cattle and equine teams. This is big

undertaking for our staff and students and the

school appreciates their efforts in what would

normally be a break for them. I look forward to

seeing their successes at Melbourne.

An important request for all families. There are a

large number of prospective students who have

undertaken interviews for acceptance into Yanco

in 2014. Unfortunately we will have only limited

spaces available. If your family have decided that

your child will not attend Yanco in 2014 please

inform the school so that we will be able to

maintain our numbers and ensure opportunities

become available to other families. At this stage

the Year 7 number looks to be about 50 students.

April Worland

YEAR 12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY - HSC MAJOR WORKS

John Duryea

Joshua Horrobin

Kieran Fair

The Class

Nicholas Allan

Tom Gilvarry

Will Armstrong

Tavia's fairy style dress

Harriet's duvet cover

YEAR 12 HSC TEXTILES AND DESIGN

MAJOR WORKS

Year 12 students have now completed major

projects for their Textiles and Design course. The

products have been sent to Sydney for marking. The

students have to make a product from one of five

focus areas. This gives them a lot of scope when

making their choices. This year the students chose

apparel, furnishing and costume as the focus areas.

Along with the making of a product, a portfolio

must be completed and accompany the product to

Sydney. The portfolio is worth the same marks as

the product, so extensive time and effort is also

extended to the building of it. The portfolios have

also been very well done this year, culminating in a

stressful rush close to the trial HSC examination

period.

Tavia Dalton made a fairy style dress with some

very tricky techniques. The bodice is made up of

approximately forty curved pieces of satin joined to

create a flowing ocean style effect. These pieces are

black, rich purple and silver. The skirt is short and

gives a feeling of fun and frivolity. There are three

layers. The base is a purple satin, overlayed with

layers of black net. The petals on the top layer are

many and varied. They are made from soft voile

and hand painted with matching purple, black and

silver fabric paints. Tavia has finished her fully

lined garment with an invisible zipper at the back.

Harriet Condon spent many hours perfecting the

colour scheme for her duvet cover and matching

pillowcases. Harriet has used many different

techniques incorporated into her patchwork based

cover. She adopted an autumn/spring feel with her

colour scheme, while creating interesting texture

into the product. 30% shrinkage fabric was used on

some panels to give a high texture effect and varied

pattern. A modern form of guipure lace was added

over printed fabric to create an interesting pattern

and texture. Hand screen printed bird panels were

stitched into the patchwork patterns to add further

variety of technique. Harriet finished her cover with

a front opening just under the pillowcase line. She

added double yo-yo‟s finished with button centres

for a fresh young look. The accompanying

pillowcases were piped along the patchwork edge.

Emma Freeman’s evening gown is made with

satin, chiffon and crystal organza. Completion of

the underskirt used tulle and bemberg silk for an

underskirt, fullness and a full lining. Hundreds of

diamantes were added to the pink and white leaf

pieces before they were sewn to the gown. The

corset front is finished with a Chantilly lace over

satin and lacing for the closure at the back. A

diamante studded belt was designed and hand made

by Emma to finish her garment. Emma‟s gown was

given a very modern look by raising the front

hemline and creating a flowing train at the rear

hemline.

STATE WIND ENSEMBLE 2013

From August 24th

to the

27th

, I attended the State

Senior Wind Band along

with about 50 other

students from high

schools all over the state.

On Saturday the 24th

and

Sunday the 25th

we

rehearsed at the Arts

Department in Sydney

for 6 hours both days, working on bringing all our

different sections together as an ensemble. On the

Monday and Tuesday we had sound rehearsal at the

Sydney Opera House for an hour and then at night

we performed in the NSW Department of Education

and Communities Festival of Instrumental Music.

On Monday night we played Overture to

“Candide” and on Tuesday night we played Music

for a Festival. As there are only two of us at Yanco

that play a wind instrument, it was nice to play with

a larger ensemble and experience the sound

difference, especially in the Opera house.

Ellen Shepherd

LEETON EISTEDDFOD RESULTS 2013

Jasmine Boyland:

1st – Country - 16 Years & Under

Highly Commended - Champion Vocal Solo

- 16 Years & Under

Vy Owen:

3rd- Character Song- 12 Years & Under

Highly Commended- Vocal Solo - 12 Years

& Under

2nd- Country- 12 Years & Under

Nathan Morris:

1st- Piano solo from Memory - 15 Years &

Under

2nd- Jazz, Swing, Rock, Blues or Pop

Music- 15 Years & Under

Highly Commended- Piano Solo- 15 Years

& Under

1st- Piano Championship - 16 Years &

Under

Encouragement Award- Leeton Eisteddfod

Society Trophy awarded to the most

promising competitor in any piano section.

YAHS Drum Corps:

Percussion Band - High School

1st- YAHS Junior Drum Corps- Leeton

Eisteddfod Trophy- Instrumental Ensemble

Highly Commended YAHS Drum Corps

Nathan Morris and Adjudicator,

Mr James Muir

Front of Emma's gown

Back of Emma's gown

Former YAHS student Annabel Lugsdin standing with her

acquisitive prize winning piece titled “Boots” – Art &

Photography Judges Noel Forbes & Lanelle Lee Chin

accompanying.

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

REPORT

This year‟s Art & Photography Exhibition was a

huge success, enjoyed by the school and wider arts

community. Opening night was well attended,

drawing a crowd filling the top level of McCaughey

Mansion. The audience enjoyed a significant

display of regional and schools‟ art accompanied by

the music of Ricky Worland and food by the

talented year 11 Hospitality team.

Many guests commented on the increased number

and quality of entries in this year‟s show. Our

official judges Noel Forbes (of Leeton) and Lanelle

Lee Chin (of Hay) spent hours deliberating the

award of section entries and the hotly contested

$1000 acquisitive prize.

Lanelle Lee Chin gave the following comments for

Annabel Lugsdin‟s winning piece “Boots”:

“Selected by both judges for a warmly portrayed

subject matter, that also makes references to Yanco

Agricultural High School‟s relationship to working

with the land. It is a beautiful photograph that is

careful and considered in composition. It has

qualities that are also timeless – and will have a

place within the McCaughey mansion building for

many generations.”

The show was also complemented by the artist in

residence program, attended by professional painter

Suzanne Lindhorst. On the day of the show‟s

opening Suzanne mentored students from Yanco

Agricultural High School, Hay War Memorial High

School and Leeton High School. Thirteen YAHS

students participated in the workshop which

involved drawing and painting landscape scenes

from the Murrumbidgee River surrounding Yanco.

The resulting art works are of exceptionally high

quality. They demonstrate the enthusiasm and talent

of our Visual Arts students and the quality of

Lindhorst‟s tuition.

As Visual Arts teacher and on behalf of my students

I would like to sincerely thank the school P&C for

affording the artist in residence program. I would

also like to thank the very long list of teachers and

parents who lent a hand to make to make this year‟s

show the success it has been. A special thank you to

the commitment made by YAHS parents Monique

Owen, John Pattison and Ellen McMaster – with

your efforts this year‟s show has been a great

success.

Great appreciation also to our sponsors:

Ally McGrevy Illustration & Design

Bidgee Carpet Cleaning

Leeton Shire Council

Lillypilly Estate Wines

Lion Dairy & Drinks

Mr G & Mrs PA Hetrel

Owen Painting & Decor

Sunrice

Toorak Wines

Travel Leaders Leeton

YAHS Canteen

Yanco All-Servicemen’s Club

Report by Scott McGrevy (Visual Arts & Japanese

Teacher)

Bryce Johnston from Year 7

Alison Treloar from Year 8

The Year 11 Food Technology class enjoying the shop, at

the Licorice Factory in Junee.

Keira, Barry, Remi and Amy

checking the cheese curd.

Grace, Ellen, Tori and Justin with

their curds and whey.

Mr Neil Druce speaking to the class at

the Junee Licorice Factory.

YEAR 11 FOOD TECHNOLOGY

The class was able to visit a food manufacturing

plant as part of their course work and as a lead into

the Year 12 topics. The Junee Licorice Factory is a

niche market dealing with organic products. The

class had the chance to speak with the owner, Mr

Neil Druce. He spoke about all aspects of the

business. This question and answer time was

valuable for the students to gain knowledge on how

a business is set up and the entire behind the scenes

work, time and money that is expended to make the

factory operational.

The class then did the normal tour of the factory to

see the processes taking place. At the end of the

tour the shop proved very popular for snacks to take

on our road trip to the next adventure. We would

like to thank the staff at the Licorice Factory for

looking after us.

Our next stop was the Coolamon Community

Centre to visit Barry Lillywhite. Barry was formerly

in charge of CSU cheese. The class made their own

batch of cheese

under Barry‟s

guidance. They

were in two

groups and using

stock pots and

basic tools

produced Feta

cheese. The cheese

making is a

lengthy process,

where cleanliness

is of the upmost

importance. The

students enjoyed the afternoon with a few games

when time lapses were needed in the cheese setting.

At the end of the

process the class

were able to bring

their cheeses back

to Yanco to finish

off the maturing

and brining. The

next week they

were able to cut

and bottle the

cheese and of

course eat some

of it. This batch

of Feta cheese is

the best that has ever been made! We thanked Barry

for providing this course and wish him well in his

endeavour to set up a Cheese Factory in Coolamon.

YEAR 11 FOOD TECHNOLOGY -

INDUSTRY VISITS

On August 27th

the Year 11 Food Technology class

headed off in the bus with Mrs Rolfe at the wheel to

visit two beverage factories. They were Casella

Wines and the Berri orange juice factory. This visit

followed on from a visit to a small factory at Junee

last month.

Casella wines has the largest packaging plant in the

world, so the students were able to see how such a

large scale food manufacturing facility operates and

all equipment and consumables are available as

needed. The class were able to ask questions and

Justin, Amy, Remi, Tori, Ellen, Les Worland (our guide),

Zoe, Keira and Grace at Casella Wines in Yenda.

Year 11 Food Technology students

learn about the technical testing of

orange juice in the Laboratory at

Berri juice factory.

Miss Giles with the 16 Year Boys Relay Team: Sebastian Webb,

Eaden Turner, Ryan Van Gemert and Cooper Thatcher.

Emily Parker

observe all aspects of the industry, from the

growing of grapes, receiving at the intake pits,

pressing, fermenting, clarifying, storage, bottling

(the equipment and technology used), resources and

employment. The sheer scale of holding tanks and

the storage shed amazed the students. They were

also surprised to learn that 45 containers a day of

product leave the factory, mostly for export. The

class would like to thank Les Worland and the

Casella family for letting us in to see their factory.

The group then travelled back to Leeton and had a

tour through the Berri orange juice plant. It is the

largest orange juice plant in Australia. Although it

is a much smaller plant than Casella, it was

interesting to view

how differently

the juice is

processed and

packaged. Mr

Mark Harrison, an

old Yanconian,

provided expert

knowledge on the

industry. The

group was able to

see the fresh

orange removed

from its skin,

pasteurised,

cooled and packaged. They learnt that everything

has to be done quickly to get the product fresh into

the marketplace. After many questions, some taste

testing and a big thank you to Mark, we returned to

school.

CHS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2013

On Thursday the 5th

till Saturday the 7th

of

September, ten students from Yanco Agricultural

High School competed in the CHS Athletics

Carnival at Homebush Stadium, Sydney.

I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the

Riverina Athletics Managers, so was able to watch

all of our students compete. It was an amazing

experience and seeing some students from other

regions with their personal coaches at the carnival

was mind blowing! Seeing our students competing

and conducting themselves with pride and integrity

was a very special moment for me.

Our students did very well across the 3 days and

thoroughly enjoyed the experience of competing at

Homebush.

The 12 Year Girls Relay team consisting of Annie

James, Amber Bevan, Olivia Reid and Annabella

Thorpe had a brilliant run, finishing 17th

overall.

The 16 Year Boys Relay team consisting of Cooper

Thatcher, Sebastian Webb, Eaden Turner and Ryan

Van Gemert all ran fantastic legs of their event and

finished 14th

overall.

Chantelle Gorman

competed in the 15 Girls

Javelin, throwing a distance

of 23.93 metres and

finishing 15th

overall.

Emily Parker competed in

the 15 Girls Long Jump and

had some brilliant jumps.

Emily was successful in

making it into the top 8 where she jumped a

personal best of 4.78m. An absolutely incredible

achievement!

All students who participated in the carnival had

amazing experiences and represented the school and

region with pride and commitment. Thank you to

the parents who travelled to Sydney with their

children to support them in their endeavours.

Without, you this wouldn‟t be possible.

Congratulations again to the students who reached

to State level! Well done!

Alison Giles

RUGBY 7’S REPORT YRS 9/10/11

On Tuesday September 10th

, Years 9, 10 and 11 put

together two teams to play 7 a side Rugby Union.

Our first game was at 10.30 am. This was against

Yanco One and Saint Francis. Although Saint

Francis was a tough team to play, Yanco won. Lilly

Serafin, Remi Wilton and Brydie Mannion scored

for the first game.

The second game was Yanco Two against Wagga

High. Having played Wagga before, the girls were

nervous. Yanco were beaten by quite a lot and

didn‟t score. But that doesn‟t mean they didn‟t try

their best. They kept their heads high and embraced

the next game against Yanco One with confidence.

The game was certainly a hard one. The Yanco One

team won easily enough with Remi Wilton, Brydie

Mannion and Belle Turner scoring a try or two. It

was Yanco One and Wagga High for the fourth

game. This was a very good game considering both

teams were great. But Wagga turned out to be the

strongest when they won.

The last game for the day was against Yanco Two

and Saint Francis. This was especially tiring for the

girls because they had used a lot of energy. They

kept their heads high though, and tried their very

hardest. They didn‟t quite get there losing by quite a

lot again. Yanco Two didn‟t win any games and

Yanco One won two out of three. It was a fun day.

We would all like to thank Miss Weller for putting

in the effort to train us. We would also like to thank

Damian Johnston and Cameron Ingram for helping

out.

Erika Lucas

LEETON JNR CRICKET REGISTRATION

Saturday Oct 12th - 9am to 12pm - LHS Ovals

Saturday Oct 19th - 9am to 12pm - LHS Ovals

Cost $70 per child, $50 per extra child.

Rego forms available from Lanham's Jewellers

Comp starts November 2, 2013

And ends March 1, 2014

Yanco Team Two

Yanco Team One

RUGBY UNION GAME - YEAR 7/8 REPORT

On September 10th

sixteen girls awoke excited and

a bit nervous. For many of us today was our first

Rugby Union game. Even though we were only

playing each other, we were still quite nervous. We

had been training hard every week for this event

and now that it had finally arrived the feeling was

unexplainable.

After a nutritious breakfast, hopefully setting us up

for the two games ahead, we headed down to the

gym to prepare for the matches ahead.

For the matches we had to compete against each

other, because no other secondary schools had a

team. The teams were made up of year 7‟s and 8‟s.

The first game started off quite easy, with a couple

of scrums and one or two line outs. I was quite

nervous. The girls were playing really well, and

making great ground. Half time came up very

quickly; we had a quick discussion with our coach,

and then went back into the second half. Full time

came up quickly and everyone had tried very well.

After our game we sat down and watched the older

girls play again.

Our second game was better as we had gained more

confidence. There were more tries scored in this

game than in the previous. Everyone was on fire.

The second game went way to fast; it was a lot of

fun.

At the end of the games we had some photos taken,

and we went and got changed. Everyone played

really well and we had a lot of fun. At the end of

the day it was a fantastic learning experience!

By Zara Carlson

ACT SCHOOL GIRLS BRUMBIES REPORT

Earlier in the year there was a call out for girls

throughout the region to try out for the ACT school

girls Brumbies Rugby Union squad. Due to DESI

we were unable to make it to selection games but a

few dedicated girls took it upon themselves to bribe

their parents to get them there. These girls were

successful in making the ACT 15‟s team and, with

many miles spent travelling to training, have seen

their efforts pay off.

Damo’s Team

Cameron’s Team

Elizabeth, Remi and Lilly

Lilly taking the ball up

Remi during the game

With training on

every Sunday in

Canberra since

making the

Schoolgirls

Brumbies 15‟s team,

three of Yanco‟s

girls came to their

first game on August

25th

. The ACT

Brumbies squad,

which included Remi Wilton, Elizabeth Turner and

Lilly Serafin, travelled to Canberra to play against

Western Sydney. In previous years the Brumbies

had come away unsuccessful, being beaten many

times before. With Lilly at wing, Elizabeth at full-

back and Remi at scrum half, they took to the field.

The girls came away with a win of 36-5.

The second and last game for the 15 a side was

played in Sydney on September 3rd

against CHS

NSW. The team

was strong and

obtained the ball

most of the game.

Our girls did well

to keep them from

scoring, but

unfortunately went

down 15-0. The

Yanco girls played

well with Remi

awarded best back on the field.

Out of these two games the Brumbies 7‟s Team to

represent the ACT at the Gold Coast Nationals was

selected. Remi and Lilly both made the team.

Unfortunately Elizabeth just missed out but well

done for making it that far. The National will be

held later in the year and will see the girls take on

the best in the country.

We would like to thank Miss Weller, Zoe Howe,

Cailtyn Beer and Bec Ritchie for making the trip to

Canberra for our first game. Thanks for the support!

WEEKEND LEAGUE TAG REPORT

The girls League tag

season started out

well with a brand

new team. More than

half the girls hadn‟t

even played before.

But we kicked off to

a great start winning

our first game.

Throughout the

season, we learnt many new skills and techniques to

help us through to the semi- finials, where we had a

tough game against Yenda Pink. We were players

short and still

managed to come

out on top, making

it into the grand

finale.

We then travelled

to Darlington Point

to play our last

match of the season

against the Black

and Whites. With beautiful weather and a nice

crowd we kicked off and in the first half both teams

have scored. After

half time they then

scored another 2

times and converted

both tries. After a

tough run, we were

sadly defeated with

the remaining score

4-14 to black and

whites. We have

had a great season with the girls and only losing

two games throughout the whole season, both times

to black and whites. We would just like to thank

our Warren Weir, for coaching us and putting the

time and effort to help us achieve better.

Team Players:

Kymberley Brain, Hayley Smith, Brydie Mannion,

Kaitlyn McKay, Chelsea Pratt, Chelsea Pike,

Hayley Fairfull, Sarah Oost, Janaia Booth, Katie

Dowton, Phoebe Priestley, Annie James, Olivia

Reid, Chloe Ward, Vy Owen, Brianna White.

The Team

Best and Fairest awardee,

Jayden Pippin takes the ball up

YANCO AG UNDER 13’S RUGBY LEAGUE

This season our under 13‟s team started out slow

with 1 win and 3 losses at the Yanco Ag Knockout,

our coach was a great help with our season and was

able to start to turn us around.

About round 5 we started to develop, with many of

our players improving as they went. By round 10

we were 3rd on the ladder; we had defeated both

Yenda and Leeton teams who were sitting 1st and

2nd on the ladder.

Round 15, 16 and 17 we had to play against Leeton

which was a tough battle, we won the first game but

went down in the second and third.

The Finals soon arrived with Yenda still leading the

ladder, Leeton 2nd; we were 3rd and Hay/CDP 4th.

Yenda defeated Hay/CDP.

Our team was very nervous about the Semi-final

game we were about to play against Leeton. Matt

Coelli (our coach) sat the team down for the

coaches talk, the main message he tried to tell us

was that all we had to do was give it our best shot.

We had beaten those boys before, all we had to do

was focus on our game and our game plan.

Unfortunately we went down in that game 28- 22.

The team was devastated after that game but we

played well and had come a long way during the

season.

About a week after, we had our presentation night

with a few boys taking out awards. Cameron Saul

was awarded the Coaches Award, George Clark

received the Managers Award, Jayden Pippin was

awarded Best and Fairest and Dylan Van Gemert,

Runner up Best

and Fairest.

So overall, I think

that our team went

pretty well for a

team that had

never played

together before.

We were very proud of ourselves as

we had finished third and made it to

the semi-finals. On behalf of our team

I would like to thank Mr Coelli and

Mr Weir for all their help with

coaching us and helping organise the 2013 season.

We all look forward to next season.

Jayden Pippin

ACT BRUMBIES U15’S VS NSW

Damian Johnston made it in

the ACT Brumbies U‟15‟s

side against NSW on Sunday

in Canberra. He gained a run

on jersey, as a Lock (No.5)

won plenty of lineout ball and

made a lot of hitups. His side

was expected to get a flogging

off the highly rated NSW, but

only went down 17 to 7, in an extremely close

game, which at one point they were leading.

This finished a big rugby year for him, where he

also played for Southern Inland, played in the

Phantom‟s U15‟s Grand Final side, which was

defeated, but backed up in the Phantom‟s U17‟s

side, which won their Grand Final a week later.

Brian Johnston

Dylan Van Gemert runs the ball up

Toby Commens

during the clipping

competition

NATIONAL ALL BREEDS HEIFER SHOW -

PARKES

On Thursday 5th

September

18 students, Miss Weller

and Mr Collins set off for

Parkes with our 7 steers

and 3 heifers. It was a long

trip, leaving at 7:15am and

arriving at 11:30am. When

we arrived we unloaded the

truck and started to unpack.

Some people then started

washing the animals while

others started setting up the

beds.

On Friday it was a day full

of learning. We learnt lots about the beef industry

and marketing of specific types of cattle that buyers

want today. A former student Hannah Powe

demonstrated how to parade an animal around the

ring and also how to stand it up to how you want

the animal to look towards the judge. After Lunch

two students, Toby Commens and Laura Harris

entered the grooming

competition. In this

competition each competitor

has to fully clip an animal

and present it in the ring

within 1-2 hours.

Unfortunately Toby and

Laura did not receive a place

but the animals looked great.

That night we had a BBQ for

dinner supplied by the

National All Breeds

committee. On Saturday we had junior judging and

we also had to parade our steers and heifers for their

classes. Junior Judging

was the first competition

that was held. We then

had to judge 2 classes of

heifers and 1 class of

bulls. The results of

junior judging are –

Intermediate division - 1st

place and Champion of

the intermediate division

was Brittany Whiteley,

3rd place was Hayley

Fairfull, 4th place was

Zoe Howe and 5th place

was Caitlyn Beer.

Next were the steer and heifer classes, in the first

class of light weight steers “Steady Eddie” lead by

Odette Mara received 5th place. Also in the last

class of steers “Big Wheels” received 5th place,

these two animals being the most successful

animals of the Yanco team. But two Heifers that

were borrowed from the Alcorn Family for the

show received 2nd place lead by Mitchell Cattle

and Jess Johnston and 3rd place lead by Jess Alcorn

in the commercial heifer class. That night we went to the RSL for dinner and a bit

of a dance. It was a fun night getting to catch up

with friends and meeting new people.

Finally the last day, Sunday, had come and only

Paraders were held. This went for most of the

morning.

The results for Paraders:

Junior division Highly Commended - Laandi Holland and

Cameron Saul

Sub-intermediate division –

2nd

Place (also receiving Reserve Champion) was

Natalie Grylls,

5th

place - Adele Ruigrock and

Highly Commended - Logan Manwaring.

Intermediate division

Highly Commended - Toby Commens, James

Littlehales and Brittany Whiteley.

5th

place - Laura Harris

4th

place - Jess Johnston.

Natalie Grylls - reserve

champion sub- intermediate

paraders and herdsperson

Laura Harris with school bred steer Big

Wheels, who placed 5th in his class

Team captain Zoe Howe with

Rebecca Ritchie

After lunch they held

the presentation, they

gave out prizes to the

people who had won

ribbons throughout

the weekend but also

handed out prizes for

Herdsmen and also

Novice prizes.

In the Herdsmen Natalie

Grylls received reserve

champion in the sub-

intermediate division. In

the Novice awards,

Hayley Fairfull received

10th and Cameron Saul

receive 4th place.

Finally we got to pack

up and make our way

back to school.

It was a fun and successful weekend. We would like

to thank Mr Collins and Miss Weller for taking us

to the Parkes National All Breeds Heifer Show and

also the

people that

donated the

heifers to

some of our

students. It

was greatly

appreciated.

Written By Hayley Fairfull, Rebecca Ritchie, Adele

Ruigrock and Caitlyn Beer Yr 10

MATHS CHALLENGE DAY

An enthusiastic

team of budding

mathematicians

accompanied by Mr

Gifford, Mr Sachs,

Breanna Carr and

Jeremy Hillam

attended the annual

Maths Challenge Day at Coleambally High School

for a day filled with brain boggling fun. Four

separate teams were entered into a large field of

twenty-five teams. The competition was fierce

throughout all the challenges, which included

Tetronimoes, Dissections, Origami and the tricky

Hexahexaflexagon.

After a tough day, the results for the groups were:

Right Angle Triangles: 4th

, Circles: 14th

, Rhombus:

17th , Pentagons: 21st

Breanna Carr

DIXIE CHICKS FIRST STRIKE FOR 2013

The beginning of an

overcast and chilly

day of Saturday 24th

saw the intrepid

poultry team

consisting of Dicko,

Breanna Carr, Jacqui

Ervin, Loren Gregory

and Hayley Dowling, load up the menagerie of 19

courageous birds for the first show of the season,

Ganmain. Arriving at the impeccable facilities, we

spent an hour cleaning and prepping the birds to

perfection, before placing them in their pens.

Judging commenced

around 9:30am and didn‟t

finish until after midday,

with Breanna Carr being

asked to steward for the

judge of the Soft Feather

and Waterfowl sections.

After intense judging and

patience the results were:

• First – Hamburg Male (Kevin)

• Second – Hamburg Male (Runt)

• First – Hamburg Female (Kevin‟s Daughter)

• Second – Hamburg Female (Pedita)

• First – Plymouth Rock Male (Hercules)

• First – Any Other Variety (A.O.V.)

Soft Feather Male (Garfunkel)

• First – Rosecomb Bantam Male (Cyril)

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Bantam Female

(Lucy)

Barellan Show

After parking the

ute and trailer,

Jacqui Ervin,

Breanna Carr,

Loren Gregory,

Hayley Dowling

and Alison

Treloar prepped

the chickens

before penning

them. Barellan turned out to be a very successful

show with the Poultry Show Team receiving:

• Reserve Champion Bird in Show (Hercules)

• Champion Soft Feather Bantam Male

(Superman)

• Champion Soft Feather Large Male

(Hercules)

• First – Plymouth Rock Male (Hercules)

• First – Pekin Male (Superman)

• First – Pekin Female (Snuggles)

• First – Wyandotte Female (Juliet)

• First – Wyandotte Male (Romeo)

• First – Rosecomb Male (Cyril)

• First – Rosecomb Female (Daisy)

• First – OEG Hen (Jaffa)

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Female (Lucy)

• First – Hamburg Female (Pedita)

• Second – Hamburg Female (Kevin‟s

Daughter)

• Second – A.O.V. Soft Feather Large Male

(Garfunkel)

• First – Soft Feather Bantam Breeding Pair

Sebrights)

West Wyalong Show

An earlier start then usual saw the Poultry Show

Team consisting of Jacqui Ervin, Breanna Carr,

Hayley Dowling, Alison Treloar and Hannah Kolve

to West Wyalong. The results were:

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Bantam Female

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Bantam Male

• First – Pekin White Male (Superman)

• First – Pekin White Female (Snuggles)

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Large Male

• First – Wyandotte A.O.C. Female

• Second – Wyandotte A.O.C. Male

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Large Female

• First – Rosecomb Female (Daisy)

• First – Rosecomb Male (Cyril)

• Second – OEG Blue Red Male

• Second – Plymouth Rock Male

Narrandera Show

The poultry section was not quite up to the Show

Teams expectation but Jacqui Ervin, Alison Treloar

and Hannah Kolve still managed to pen the birds

and organise everything. The results were as

follows:

• Champion Soft Feather Bantam Male

(Cyril)

• First – Rosecomb Male (Cyril)

• First – Pekin Male (Superman)

• First – Pekin Female (Snuggles)

• First – Plymouth Rock Male (Hercules)

• First – Silkie Female

• First – OEG Part/Clay/Wheaten Female

(Jaffa)

• First – A.O.V. Soft Feather Large Female

• Second – A.O.V. Soft Feather Large Female

By Dicko and the Dixie Chicks

FISHING CLUB REPORT

On Saturday September 14th

the YAHS Fishing

Club camped overnight on the school beach near

Euroley Bridge on the Murrumbidgee River. We

were very lucky with the weather as Friday night

we had 6mm of rain and the Sunday night and

Monday we had another 45mm. It was quite sunny

Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.

A total of 56 fish were caught by 18 students:

44 Carp mostly around the same size

(360- 420mm)

8 Yellowbelly (6 between 310 – 330mm and 2

small ones).

1 Silver Bream (400mm)

3 Murray Cod (700mm, 530mm and 430mm)

(all returned to the water)

4 Female lobsters

All native fish were

returned to the water

unharmed. Our next trip is

to Booligal where we will

be catching fish on the

Lachlan River and yabbies

in the dams. This trip will

be from Friday October 18th

to Sunday October

20th

.

Alan Briggs

NATIONAL MERINO CHALLENGE

Six Yanco students, along with more than 60 other

students from 10 schools, colleges, universities and

TAFE Colleges across Australia, met for the

inaugural National Merino Challenge (NMC) in

Dubbo, this August.

An Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) initiative,

the NMC involves presentations and

demonstrations from industry professionals to allow

young people to develop their industry knowledge,

skills and networks. Students participated in seven

'mini-challenges' across two days, testing their

knowledge of Merino fleece, production and

breeding and selection.

The mini challenges were:

1. AWEX Typing

2. Wool Valuing

3. Visual Score Assessment

4. Condition Scoring

5. Calculate Ewe Nutrition & Feed Budget

6. Ewe Selection

7. Ram Selection

Techniques from several well-known industry

initiatives, such as MerinoSelect, Lifetime Ewe

Management, Bredwell Fedwell and Visual Sheep

Scores, were used throughout the NMC, giving

students a realistic and practical insight into the

tools available to growers to make more informed

decisions.

The competition was fierce, but Sam Barnes took

out the Secondary Division Champion and Jack

Moran-Turner placed third. Sam also took out the

Top Performer in the Breeding Section, and Harry

Carey was the Top Performer in the Production

Section. Yanco was awarded the Champion

Secondary School, with the four best performing

students; Sam Barnes, Jack Moran-Turner, Jessica

Johnston and Bailey Taylor. Ellie Quinn was

awarded Champion Secondary School Trainer.

Each winning student was awarded a Woollen

Doona, Bag, blanket and Australian Sheep and

Wool Handbook.

A highlight of the program was the National Merino

Challenge Industry Dinner, held on Saturday night

at Macdonald & Co Wool Brokers and attended by

more than 130 people. Adding to the atmosphere of

holding a Merino Industry Dinner in a wool store,

there was excitement in the air as the participants

had the chance to meet woolgrowers, woolbrokers

and researchers.

Sam Barnes

Jack Moran-Turner

Winning Secondary Team

Tom Schlunke at Ram Subjective Appraisal

YEAR 11 SKI TRIP REPORT

On Thursday August 1st Year 11 students, along

with Mr Coelli, Mr and Mrs Cassilles and Miss

Giles left Yanco and headed up the mountains. We

spent a full day on the road before arriving at our

motel at Berrydale where we were fitted out with

our ski gear, filled up with food and tucked into bed

ready for the big day ahead.

The first day, as it turned out, was the best day of

weather we were to have and we commenced our

lessons early in the morning. Mr Coelli was lucky

to make the lessons as he missed the first train up to

the snow. After two hours of lessons some of us

had progressed quite remarkably, while others

confidence had progressed further than their ability.

After lunch the winds picked up at Blue Cow so we

moved over to Thredbo and many students elected

to tackle some of the slopes there. There were

numerous stacks, bruises and even some tears but a

great time was had by all.

On Friday evening Mr Press met up with us, along

with a kangaroo on the way up the mountain. Mr

Press accompanied us to the snow the following day

with his brand new ski boots.

On Saturday we again had two hours of lessons in

the morning and we began to master some turns and

stopping and progressed onto some harder slopes.

Adam Saul progressed onto some much harder

slopes after missing the “Beginners stay left” and

the “Beginners do not come past this point” sign.

However Adam made it to the bottom of the

rollercoaster safely without damaging himself or

anyone else.

On Saturday evening there were some very sore

bodies however we were keen to give it one more

go on Sunday morning before heading home. We

completed another two hours of lessons on Sunday

and around two hours of free time on the slopes and

most skiers had mastered turning and stopping and

really began challenging themselves. Thankfully

everyone came home unscathed, except Jess

Hanrahan‟s nose.

Overall the trip was a great learning experience and

something very new to most of us. Big thanks must

go to the staff who accompanied us.

Jack Turner

HUNGAPPA LEADERSHIP CAMP 2013

During Term 3,

Cameron and I went

on an Aboriginal

leadership camp at

Borambala on 12th-

14th of August.

When we arrived at

Borambala we had

lunch then we got to

go to our rooms and

meet our roommates. After unpacking and settling

into the camp, we went to do some activities, the

first activity we did was archery. The next day we

did a lot of workshops and activities. Each activity

went for 30 minutes. We did a recap of the movie

Rabbit Proof Fence, team building using straws

where we had to build a bridge that was the longest

and the strongest and it had to hold a bottle of

water, career profiling and drum beat. Lloyd Dolan

from CSU came and talked to us about what classes

we could take and how the university could support

us. Then the girls and the boys got split up and did

some „get-to-know-each other‟ activities and we

talked about how racism affects us and what we can

do to stop people using racist terms. On the last day

we had to pack our bags and get ready for the trip

back to school. Then we did rock-climbing and if

you were confident enough you could do it

blindfolded. Then we had to say our good byes and

drive back to school. After the three days I was very

happy that Mr Brooker asked me to go on this camp

because it gave me the opportunity to meet new

people and I hope I can go on the camp again next

year.

Cody Brown Year 9

COMMENDATION ASSEMBLY

RECIPIENTS

18th

September 2013

YEAR 12

William ARMSTRONG; Emma CARMICHAEL;

Courtney CHEERS; Tavia DALTON; Trevor

DOWTON; John DURYEA; Emma FREEMAN;

Laura GAFFEY; Thomas GILVARRY; Jane

GOLDSWORTHY; Johanna GRAETZ; Carrie

HAMMET; April HARVEY; Timothy HILLAM;

Rowan HORNE; Sharnee HORTON; Melanie

JENKINS; Royce JOHNSTON; James LEANE;

Robert LEANE; Denise LITTLEHALES; Caitlin

MCAULIFFE; Jesse MCDONALD; Vanessa

PATEY; Lauren PATTISON; Emily PIKE; Cherie

POTTER; Natalie RAYMENT; Murray SMITH;

Sally SMYTH; Madeline STEVENS; Alexander

STEWART; April WORLAND;

YEAR 11

Grace ALEXANDER; Edward BOOTH; Steven

BUTLER; Amellia BUTT; George CALMAN;

Emily CRICK; Jacquiline ERVIN; Melanie

GUTTLER; Madalene HADDRILL; Jessica

HANRAHAN; Emily HEAD; Zoe HOWE; Demi

KING; Dustin MANWARING; Hayley MILDREN;

Amy MILLER; Scott O'HARA; Lachlan PELLOW;

Ashley PIKE; Cameron READ; Tori

ROMANELLI; Samuel RYAN; Adam SAUL;

Ellen SHEPHERD; Jack WEBSTER; Chelsea

WHYTCROSS;

YEAR 10

Jane ARNDT; Harry BEAL; Caitlyn BEER; Emily

BELLING; Jasmine BOYLAND; Breanna CARR;

Bailey COX; Katie DOWTON; Emma GALE;

Andrew HAENIG; Colleen HEAD; Geoffrey

HILLAM; Gabrielle HOLGATE; Georgia

HOWARD; Isla HUGHES; Heidi JOHNSTON;

Jennifer LE COMPTE; Will MCLEAN; Jock

MCPHERSON; Nathan MORRIS; Rose

NEVINSON; Sarah OOST; Donald PARRY; Will

PETERSON; Jack PIPPIN; Meg POTTER; Phoebe

PRIESTLEY; Erika QUINN; Mitchell RYAN;

Laura SEYMOUR; Darcy SKIPWORTH; Eaden

TURNER; Marnie WHYTCROSS; Bradley

WILLIS.

YEAR 9

George ALEXANDER; Olivia ALEXANDER;

Grace ARMOUR; Amber ARTHUR; Justin

BOLAM; Kymberley BRAIN; Eleanor BRETZ

MCNALLY; Kimberley BUTLER; Claudia

CHEERS; Claudia CHEERS; Patricia CROMACK;

Zoe CUMMING; Bronte DOYLE; William

ERVIN; Nicole FAIRLEY; Ryan FORBES; Liam

JAMES; Deanna JOHNSTON; Meagan LETTE;

Sally MCNIFF; Courtney MENZIES; Ryan PIKE;

Mitchell PIPPIN; Claire TAGLIAPIETRA; Shanae

UEBERGANG; Lucy WEBSTER; Angus

WILTON; Nathan ARNOLD; Janaia BOOTH;

YEAR 8

Reid BURLEY; Zoe CUNIAL; Grace DAUNT;

Benjamin DAVIS; Loren GREGORY; Luke

HOWARD; Abbie HURST; Grace KALININ;

James KEARINES; Hannah KOLVE; Kathy

MARA; Simon MILLER; Reba NICHOLSON; Zoe

POTTER; Connor RICCIARELLI; Zac SADDLER;

Lawson STENHOUSE; Brooke STREAT; Alison

TRELOAR; Kyla WALMSLEY; Sebastian WEBB;

Dylan WHILEY; Matthew YOUNG;

YEAR 7

Jessie ALCORN; Michael BENSLEY; Sarah

BLAKE; Tyler BROWN; Zara CARLSON; Ellie

CASTLE; Sebastian CLARKE; Brad DAUNT;

Hayley DOWLING; Jackson DOYLE; Mitchell

DUNNE; Georgina HUGHES; Grace HUGHES;

Annie JAMES; Joel JENKINS; Bryce JOHNSTON;

Emily KEARINES; Thomas KIMPTON; Zachary

LILEY; Lachlan LINDER-RYAN; Lachlan

MACMASTER; Brianna MCAULIFFE; Kaylee

RADBURN; Beau ROUTLEY; Cameron SAUL;

Zoe THOMAS; Annabella THORPE;

Final Year 12 March