As you sow, so

shall you reap

YANCO AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL

Newsletter

Aug 23

DESI Travel

Day

Aug 27

DESI Travel

Day

Aug 27 - 29

Dubbo National

Merino Show

Sept 1st

Lake Cargelligo

Show

Sept 3rd

Grandparents

Day

Sept 12

Ram Sale

Sept 18 - 20

Henty Field

Days

Sept 21

Melbourne

Royal - Cattle

Sept 25

Year 12

Commendation

Lunch

Sept 27

Yr 12 Grad.

Sept 28

Last Day

Term 3

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 24th August, 2018

Term 3, Week 5.

Private Mail Bag Ph: 02 66951 1500 YANCO NSW 2703 Fax: 02 6955 7297 EMAIL: yancoag-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NATIONAL LAMBEX YOUNG GUN WINNER /HIGH

SCHOOL DIVISION - LINDSAY BROWN

LambEx 2018 Young Guns; Jamie Nykiel, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Lindsay Brown, Yanco Agricultural High School, New South Wales, and Dr Danila Marini, University of New England, Armidale, NSW.

Congratulations Lindsay Brown. See article in TAS Report.

The Buchan Shield Semi Finals team.

CALENDAR ITEMS

YEAR 12 GRADUATION : Thursday 27th September @ Leeton Soldiers Club. Start time 6pm.

HSC EXAMS : Start Thursday 18th October Finish Friday 9th November

2018 DESIGNATED LEAVE WEEKEND TERM 3 Students return to school: Sunday 22nd July Day 1 Term 2: Monday 23rd July Designated Leave Long Weekend: Students travel home Thursday 23rd August Students return Monday 27th August Last Day Term 3: Students travel home Friday, 28th September

2018 DESIGNATED LEAVE WEEKEND TERM 4 Students return to School: Sunday 14th October

Day 1 Term 4 Monday 15th October

DESI Long Weekend

Students Travel home: Thursday 15th November

Students return: Monday 19th November

Last day Term 4 Wednesday 14th December

Parents must pick up Students as no travel arrangements will be made.

ABSENTEE NOTIFICATION

If your child is going to be absent from school for any reason please call or email the front office with this information. All absentee information must come through our front office administration on 6951 1500 or yancoag-h.admin@det.nsw.edu.au in order for your child’s ab-sence to be recorded correctly. Weekend leave is to be in and signed by Wednesday each week. Duty staff are better able to check student numbers when these simple rules are followed.

Office hours are from 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday. After 4pm the phone will be answered by

Duty Staff.

When returning your child to school PLEASE remember to sign them back in at the front office during school hours (8am – 3pm) and at the Duty Room outside of school hours (before 8am and after 3pm) or they will be marked absent.

Where a student is absent from school, a note explaining the absence must be received by the school within seven school days. Where a note is not received the absence will be recorded as Unjustified Leave. This cannot legally be changed should a note be received after seven days. Absences both justified and unjustified are recorded on school reports.

CHANGE OF DETAILS If your contact details have changed please contact the Front Office, By email, with your new details.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Changes to Work Health & Safety (WHS) in the Education Department will affect the signing out of

students at the school. After Desi break, if you are unknown to the duty personnel, you may be

asked for photo identification which could be photocopied. If anyone other than a direct relative is

signing out a student they will be required to present photo identification which will be photocopied.

This is now a requirement across all schools and you will need to make people aware of this if you

are asking them to collect your child.

Work has started on the Tennis Courts with a finish date before the end of this term. The irrigation

contract has also been handed out with work to commence before the end of term. The tender for

the barbecue has also gone out and we await to see who wins the tendering process. This will

hopefully also be finished by mid next term. The Sheep yards have now been completed and we

are looking at covering some of this area. One of the next projects the school is looking at is the

extension of the exclusion fencing starting at the western end near Euroley Bridge. The number of

animals coming onto the school property to look for food has increased sharply. The school is also

like most people looking to reduce stock numbers to help cope with the current conditions.

Many of the school’s parents are doing it tough under the present drought conditions and this also

at times affects a student’s behaviour here at school. If you believe your son or daughter is being

affected by this please notify people at the school so we can monitor / assist with the situation. The

obvious people for this is the two Head Teachers of Welfare, Mrs Arnall and Mr Sachs. Several

parents have also asked for extensions to payments etc which the school is happy to look into. For

auditing purpose’s I can only do this as a response to a written request. These should be

addressed to myself the Principal through the School Administration email account. The school’s

SRC is also looking to donate money to the NSW drought relief program through fundraising and

raffles. As a part of this, many thanks to Mr David Booth and his brother for volunteering to cut and

split wood on the school property last Saturday morning for the students to raffle off. The students

have decided to donate a trailer load of this wood to Barellan for their drought raising fund

activities. School numbers at both Farrer and here for next year are down as a consequence of the

current drought conditions.

The School Prefects for 2019 have been elected and I congratulate all of the successful

candidates. The Prefect body for 2019 : Girls are Ireland Clancy, Emma Dixon, Audrey James,

Sophie Ryan and Bianca Smith, while the boys are Darcy Barr, Cooper Carter, Ryan Findlay,

Lachlan Hughes and Samuel Thomas.

Among all the great things the students are currently involved in, special congratulations to the

following: Lindsay Brown, winner of the National Lambex competition for his age group, ( see

report) and the boys Buchan Shield team who lost in the semi-finals to the current holders of the

shield for the past 2 years Tomaree High by 1 point. A fantastic effort!

I have recently spoken with the Executive Director of our region, Mr Geoffrey Pellizzer, about the

need to finally complete the extra dormitory for girls to replace the old temporary villages which

have been in place since 1993. I will speak with the school’s P&C as to how they may help to

support the finalisation of this building program, hopefully for the centenary in 2022!

Gary Hunt

TAS REPORT

ASC NSW NEXT GEN 2018

Yanco students, from Years 7-11, attended an Agricultural Industries day in Wagga Wagga held by

the ASC NextGen committee. The day was designed to enable students to develop their knowledge

about different industries and what to look for when judging. Students were divided into different

groups and moved around to learn about the different industries.

These ranged from Meat Sheep, Alpaca's, Poultry, Cattle, Fleece and Grain.

After students learnt about the requirements they then got to put into action

by participating in a Junior Judging Competition. With the top four of each

disection getting to present a speech, before being awarded places.

Out of the 80 competitors Yanco students were awarded the following:

Hamish Maclure: Champion Beef Cattle Judge

Lachlan West : Reserve Champion

Samuel Thomas: 4th place in Beef Cattle.

Darcy Lyons: Champion Meat Seep

Elizabeth Tracy: Reserve Champion Alpaca Judge

Mia O'Hara : 4th place in Poultry judging

Kim Weller | Agricultural Teacher

NEW SHEEP YARDS

Towards the end of Term 2, the farm staff and Primary Industries students started to dismantle the

old sheep yards to make way for the new custom designed sheepyards from Proway. Funds from

the 2017 White Suffolk Ram Sale contributed to the purchase of these yards. The photos show the

progress from a road base pad through the construction process, with Year 12 Primary Industries

reconstructing the Combi Clamp and Year 10 Animal Management road testing the yards for the

first time with the rams. They flowed and worked beautifully and the students were impressed.

Ellie Quinn | Agricultural Teacher

TAS REPORT

LAMBING 2018

Yanco White Suffolk Stud lambing is in full swing with over eighty ewes, from the Artificial Insemina-

tion mob, lambing during the past week. Students from Year 10 Animal Management and Year 11

Primary Industries have been rostered on to assist farm staff in weighing and tagging the lambs at

birth for the Lambplan Data for the Stud. Pictured are Thomas Lette and Jack Petrucci weighing a

lamb and Show Team volunteers Rohan Lacey, Ryan Thomas, Amelia Rawling and Sophie Smith

looking after some of the ewes and lambs who need a little extra assistance.

Ellie Quinn / Agricultural Teacher

ANNUAL RAM SALE

The 3rd Annual Yanco White Suffolk Sale will be held on Wednesday September 12th at 11:30am,

with inspection from 9:30am. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. There are 60 high perfor-

mance White Suffolk rams from some of the best genetics available in Australia on offer, starting at a

very affordable reserve price of $500. The sale catalogue will be available on the school website:

http://www.yancoag-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/…/yanco-white-suffo…

If you have any enquiries or would like a paper copy of the catalogue, please contact me at the

school on (02) 69511500. Ellie Quinn | Agricultural Teacher

AI AND PREGNANCY TESTING COURSE POSTPONED.

The AI and pregnancy testing course scheduled for the last weekend this term has currently been

postponed due to the drought conditions. We are currently endeavouring to see if we can have

stock here in November so that the course can be run at school in conjunction with a scheduled

cattle handling course. Those who registered and are unable to attend in November

(approximately 10th and 11th November) should contact the company directly for a refund. As

soon as we can confirm the availability of suitable animals we will let all registered students know.

Lisa O’Brien / Deputy Principal

TAS REPORT

High School Division Winner, Lindsay Brown

On the morning of the August 4th the alarm clock did its duty at

4:30 to start me on what was going to be an incredible and

invaluable experience. Dad and I flew out of Wagga to Sydney

later that morning to catch a connecting flight to Perth. Upon

touching down in W.A. we were graced with a downpour of rain

and greenery-the first thing different we noticed about the

place compared to home.

The following day was when the Young Guns finalists were

due to deliver their four minute speeches about their chosen

topic. We had to deliver our speeches to a crowd of approxi-

mately fifty people who consisted of industry delegates and

representatives from primary production, Meat and Livestock

Australia and Sheep Producers Australia (Formerly Sheep

Meat Producers Australia). I was the second to present in the

High School category. The four minutes went incredibly quickly

and soon enough the MC was giving me the nod to wrap it up. After the other Young Guns finalists

had made their presentations we attended the Leadership Forum run by Sheep Producers Austral-

ia. The forum consisted of presentations from people about increasing consumer trust in our indus-

try by Charlie Arnott the head of U.S. Food Security and the need to be innovative and proactive to

change.

After the adrenaline high settled after Sunday we had another big day ahead of us on Monday.

This was the day when LambEx officially opened to registered delegates. The day started with

lectures and presentations from various esteemed people in the industry ranging from industry

leading producers, researchers and market analysists. The afternoon session was when the

winners of each Young Guns category were to be announced. The MC called all the finalists onto

the stage in front of the delegates then proceeded to name the winners. By this point I was

incredibly nervous: ‘The winner of the Young Guns High School category…Is Lindsay Brown’. I

was astonished and almost speechless, it still hasn’t really sunk in yet.

The remainder of the conference consisted of the Australian Wool

Innovation sponsored dinner that night and more presentations

from accomplished people in the industry. Our time in W.A. had to

come to an end and before I knew it, Dad and I were flying out of

Perth back home and I was preparing myself for my impending

Trial HSC exams.

I can’t yet place value on the networks I was able to establish how-

ever the knowledge I was given about management, marketing

and the direction the industry is going, has already served my

interest (the $1000 prize money amount didn’t go astray either!). It

was really exciting and reassuring to be around likeminded

people in the industry and learn that views I have of the industry,

are held by other leaders in the industry. I would like to personally

thank again Mrs Quinn, Mrs Ormond, Miss Weller, Mark Flagg

Livestock and Property and finally mum and dad for all the support I have been provided with that

has undeniably contributed to my success.

NATIONAL LAMBEX YOUNG GUN FINALISTS REPORT

LACHLAN CARNEY AND BRYCE JOHNSTON

WorldSkills Australia National Championships hosted by Sydney is a competition in which apprentice tradies or VETiS (Vocational Education & Training in Schools) com-pete in their respective sections. More than 50 different vocational skills from a broad range of industries were on display in the championships including construction and building technology, creative arts and fashion; transport and logistics and information and communication technology.

One section of the competition is VET Primary Industries where Lachlan Carney, Brad Daunt, Bryce Johnston, George Anthony and Keely Ryan were nominated by Yanco Agricultural High School (YAHS) to compete in the regional event against Griffith High School.

From this event Lachlan placed first and Bryce placed second making them eligible to compete in the National Competition held in Sydney on 5th June, 2018.

In the Primary Industries section, the boys competed against ten other NSW competi-tors as there were no other entrants from any of the other states in Australia.

As livestock yards and area to put up fencing was needed, the Primary Industries event was held at Hurlstone Agricultural High School rather than with the other trades in the International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour.

Competitors were judged on skill level and knowledge in several competencies of the Primary Industry Course where the tasks included soil test-ing, observing weather, tractor operating, livestock husbandry (sheep drafting, drenching and weighing) and installing and repairing fencing.

At the end of the three day competition held in June 2018, the place winners in each event were announced at a WorldSkills presentation dinner. Australian representatives as part of the Skillaroos team will compete in Kazan, Russia in 2019.

All VETiS competitors’ expenses were paid for by WorldSkills including accommodation, travel, meals, polo shirts, back pack and badge.

Whilst Lachlan & I weren’t among the winners, being part of the WorldSkills Australian National Championships has proved to be a valuable learn-ing experience and encourages us to strive for excellence in our chosen fields.

As Brett Judd, Chief Executive Officer, WorldSkills Australia so wisely shared -

“Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.” and he witnessed a lot of “excellent attitude” from competitors. Perfection has to do with the end product, however, excellence has to do with the process.”

WORLDSKILLS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bryce Johnston & Lachlan Carney attending WorldSkills Australia National

Championships Awards presentation dinner.

the applicant for expenses that are current and/or outstanding.

Applications are now open to all eligible Year 8 girls enrolled at Australian Government

schools to apply for a Harding Miller Education Foundation scholarship commencing in

2019. Girls in economically disadvantaged families don't have access to the equipment,

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75 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2019

SPORT REPORT

Yanco won their game against Kiama on

Tuesday August 7th. The final score was

14—12. Congratulations to everyone

involved. A great game (and venue). The

next game will be against Tomarre.

Tara Arnall / Coach

BUCHAN SHIELD — KIAMA

BUCHAN SHIELD — TOMAREE

Our Buchan Shield Team unfortu-

nately went down 23-22 against

Tomaree High School . The 18 play-

er squad were playing the semi-

final trying to secure a spot in the

grand final. The overall game was a

close one and great rugby was

played from each team. Trailing

from the get go after a quick try was scored against us, the team never gave up. They

worked there second half well and got the game back from a 23-10 deficit to get within

striking distance but time became our enemy. The team certainly have done Yanco proud

with great comments on the quality of rugby

played.

Many thanks to Mr Weir for his time and support

especially driving the bus.

Congratulations to Mrs Arnall on her coaching,

no doubt the boys are keen for next year already.

Kim Weller | Teacher

SIRU RUGBY 7’S GRIFFITH

On Wednesday 2nd

August

three teams of rugby union

boys from Yr7-11 travelled to

Griffith to play in a schools

competition held by the

Rugby Brumbies squads.

The day consisted of two

fields with a round robin set-

up for each year groups7/8,

9/10 and 11/12. Unfortunate-

ly, due to the first grade

game the following day, we

were missing a few players with our Year 10 students playing up in the Yr 11/12

competition.

Following is a wrap up from each team:

The year 10 and 11 boys played four

games for the day although they didn’t man-

age to win any of the games they tried their

hardest and best to put up a fight against the

larger more experienced teams. All the boys

played hard with Darcy Barr working the front

row hard and having some good hit ups. The

boys managed to score five times through-

out the games with tries going to Samuel

Thomas, Daniel Trembath, Jack Marcus, Max

Finlay and Jacob Oxley. The boys all played well and had a great day on the field.

The Year 9 group of boys who went over to Jubilee park in Griffith to play three

games of Rugby 7’s consisted of a range of playing experience, with a couple of weekly

rugby players, but most of the team had never

really played Rugby 7s let alone Rugby. The

boys first played against St Francis who put up

a good fight and won. We then went on to play

Wade High School, in which we had a comfort-

able win and started to find our feet in the rules

of the game. The last game we played, which

was against Marian College, who just won by

one try. Marian was the toughest team to play

against and the boys did well to come close to

winning. Overall, the boys had a good day and

enjoyed the experience of Rugby 7’s.

SPORT

The Yr 7/8 team day was one that had lots happening;

our morning started with us doing a few warm ups to pre-

pare us for the match against our local rival Leeton High

School (LHS). Our skipper Dan James and Vice Tom

Hughes led us on the field with confidence even knowing

this would be the first Rugby Union game for half of the

team. LHS kicked off, with the support of the team new

comer Speedy Gonzales AKA Kai Hammond would then

give the back line a run for their money whilst blowing

straight past them and scoring 1st try of the match. We

then battled LHS with try for try until Yanco could give no more and finally LHS would be

the victors, LHS would leave us with a few bruises, experience and a good old bloody nose

to end Logan’s day.

With our gained experience, we then faced a strong

Wade High School, the first half of the match Yanco

would be leading on the scoreboard by one try.

After some strong clean outs and scrums we would

leave victors by a fair try. Big front rower Alex

Reschke showed Yanco our worth and toughness,

many mention to our strong lifters Alex, Kai, Tom &

Mick. We know Kai is fast but you may not have

know he is also has a knack for knocking people out and that’s just what he did by knocking

their tallest man on the field out for the day. Also a mention to the good hands of Dan

James with not losing a single line out. Coming from an injury can be very hard but not for

Will Ellis, making his debut when having an injured hamstring.

We would then clash heads with not so strong Marian High. With excellent coordination

from the backs Fred, Harvey, Nic and Adam. Special thanks to Harry for gritting his teeth

and putting his body on the line for his team. Fred Hermann coming from League had all

the tricks in the bag with a dummy here and a dummy there, to then go on and score. With

a bit of confusion at the end and Leeton losing to Wade would leave Yanco not advancing

to the finals. Try scorers: Kai, Fred & Mick / Conversions: Tom & Fred.

Special thanks to all the teams involved, adults and staff who accompanied them for a great

day out to play footy. Most importantly, we would like to thank Miss Weller for organising

the teams and Mr Weir for sharing his knowledge of the game.

SPORT

NATION OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE

Jayden Livingstone competed in the Nation's of

Origin - the biggest indigenous sporting event in

NSW during term break.. This is Jayden’s 4th year

at the event, leading the Wiradjuri Platypus in bas-

ketball playing 6 games, then taking his place in a

Rugby League team playing a further 6 games.

UNIVERSITY SHIELD — YANCO VS SINGLETON ….. BEFORE

………….AFTER.

SPORT

Our Yanco team were defeated 30—20 in the game against Singleton High on August 2nd.

They may have been defeated and disappointed but their school is proud of each and every

player.

SPORT

SHOOTING

On Saturday 18th August we took ten students to the Leeton

SSAA shooting range. They were ably assisted by two

members of the Range; Michael Blacker and Alf Lucchese

as well as Mr McVittie and Mr Sachs.

The students shot .22

Longarms at paper targets for

the morning. All students

performed well in extremely

blustery conditions where

aiming to the right by about

40cm was the order of the day.

The rain and wind did not deter the student’s enthusiasm for

the activity and I would like to thank them for their attendance,

behaviour and gratitude shown towards Michael and Alf.

The next shoot is on the 22nd

September.

Mr Sachs/ Teacher/Welfare

STATE CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to George Clark, Max

Findlay, Ryan Findlay and Amber

Langlands for making it to State Cross

Country which was held on July 27th.

RIVERINA ATHLETICS

On Friday, August 3rd, we took fifteen students to Albury for the Riverina Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to each athlete, especially to Casey Morris and Charli Cullen for qualifying for State in their events. A big thanks also to Matt Coelli for driving the bus for us.

Kelly Stockdale / PDHPE Teacher

BOYS BASKETBALL

On Friday 17th August the Under 15’s boys Basketball team headed to Leeton to compete in

the CHS Knockout. The first game saw YAHS go down to Leeton by a basket in the remain-

ing seconds going down 28-26. The boys showed sportsmanship in defeat. The second

game saw us up against Griffith High School with the boys going down 46-28.

MVP for both matches was Liam Owers in his first of hopefully many more basketball

games, scoring 80% of the points.

I would like to thank Fraser Menzies for coaching the boys for several weeks prior to the

knockout and coming in on the day to manage the team.

I would also like to make special mention of the strip worn by the players. This uniform was designed by the Indigenous students of YAHS during Naidoc week 2018.

Catherine Gray I PDHPE Teacher

SPORT

LEETON BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

SPRING REGISTRATIONS

Aussie Hoops (Kindergarten-Year 2) will commence on Monday, 3rd September for girls and Tuesday, 4th September for boys for a 10 week program.

$85 for new participants includes basketball pack. $65 for returning participants. All registrations are online, just click on the website : www.aussiehoops.com.au The Spring Competition (Years 3-12) of the Leeton Basketball Association is almost here, scheduled to tip off on Monday, 3rd September (Girls) and Tuesday, 4th September (Boys). We anticipate establishing the following competitions: Boys D Grade (Years 3 & 4) C Grade (Years 5 & 6) B Grade (Years 7 & 8) A Grade (Years 9-12) We now have the capacity to accept Active Kids Vouchers! Questions can be answered through private message to our Facebook Page.

Register now on-line through the link below

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE AT 11PM ON TUESDAY, 28TH AUGUST.

https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi? aID=12711&pKey=d454a9d7b27e8d016d069d37e71cc373&formID=54509

Girls D Grade (Years 3 & 4) C Grade (Years 5 & 6) B Grade (Years 7 & 8) A Grade (Years 9-12)

PERFORMANCE NIGHT

At the end of Term 2 students showcased their talents at our annual performance night. The

night was a huge success with all students involved from performers, backstage crew and

sound and lighting crews demonstrating amazing skill and talent. Congratulations to our

Equine Studies class for performing their first Equestrian Troop Drill.

MUSIC REPORT

DRUM CORPS

Term 3 has been a busy time for members of the YAHS Drum Corps. On Monday 6 August the

Drum Corps opened the Education Week festivities for the Riverina at the Wagga Wagga Market-

place. The following two days, students travelled to Griffith Regional Theatre to perform three shows

at KROP (Kid Rapt on Performing). The Drum Corps wowed audiences with their precise moves

and light up drum sticks. The Drum Corps were terrific ambassadors for the school and a highlight

of the event.

MUSIC REPORT

Year 7 were able to go over to Griffith to watch the

KROP Performance

ART REPORT

The Yanco Agricultural High School students in the Visual Arts classes have been working

on the art period of Surrealism. Surrealism artists were all inspired by the famous

psychologist Sigmund Freud; the movement was all about experimenting with imagination

and dream-like thoughts and images.

Years 7 and 8 completed Surrealistic collages and all enjoyed working on this task. Here is a small sample of some of their work which is currently on show in the Art room, feel free to come and have a look at them:

The Stage 5 students are hard at work on their Assessment Task ‘Document and Dream’

which involves ‘surreal’ photography and developing their images, they will have plenty of

work to show off very soon as well. I am looking forward to seeing all of their finished

projects towards the end of the Term 3.

Terry Babic I Visual Arts Teacher

YEAR 7

YEAR 8

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July

to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not

only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks

of life.

YAHS NAIDOC celebrations kicked off last week with the opening

of our Permanent Fire Pit. YAHS welcomed the Brungle ladies

including Aunty Sony, Aunty Phillis, Vina and Mel Elworthy.

Special mention to Ann-Maree Ingram from Leeton, who

welcomed us all to country. The women talked about the Brungle

area and the experiences they had growing up. Furthermore, they

produced a canvas artwork with the students, and taught the students how to make

damper. We enjoyed a fantastic camp oven lunch provided by the amazing dining room

ladies to finish off the day. A big thankyou to the farm staff Bianca and Steve and to Andy

and Matt in maintenance for all your help in building the fire pit.

Tuesday also saw the whole school get together and make a representation of the

Indigenous flag out the front of McCaughey. Special thanks to Stuart McVittie for taking

the photo with the Drone, and avoiding the attack of the cockatoos.

Thursday saw the first of hopefully many Indigenous touch knockouts at YAHS. With

some late withdrawals from surrounding schools, it ended up being a local derby between

two St Francis teams and two YAHS teams. YAHS 1 took out the tournament with a great

win over a competitive YAHS 2. A big shout out to all the players and referees who

demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship and participation and to St Francis for coming

out. Special thanks to Year 10 PASS Class for running the event and to Kim Weller and

her Year 12 students for providing an amazing canteen for the day.

Catherine Gray | Aboriginal Education Coordinator

NAIDOC WEEK

NAIDOC WEEK PARTICIPANTS

URGENT – CHANGES TO GREYHOUND BUS SERVICES

As below, Greyhound Bus Services will no longer transport any Unaccompanied Minor on their services from September 3, 2018. An Unaccompanied Minor is defined as any student between the ages of 12 years and 14 years inclusive.

This means that only students aged 15 years and above will be able to travel on Grey-hound services unaccompanied. Younger students can travel in the company of an older sibling and/or with a chaperone (not sure of the age requirements to be eligible as a chaperone). Discounted fares are also available for chaperones if accompanying a minor.

Please note this as we will no longer be able to place unaccompanied minors on Grey-hound services. I would suggest that you call Greyhound Customer Service for any further clarification or to express your opinion regarding this alteration to service.

SERVICE CHANGES UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN

Greyhound would like to announce that as of September 3rd, 2018 we will no longer be offering our services to Unaccompanied Children.

As a previous user of this service we wanted to make sure you were aware of it’s discontinuation. We do realise that you and families around Australia have used and even rely on this service and as such we have not made this decision lightly.

Safety of our passengers is the foundation upon which our company was built and continues to be the corner stone of our services. There have been a number of incidents recently by which people have not complied with our safety requirements of unaccompa-nied children using our services, which has lead us to making this decision.

In these circumstances, it is Greyhound Australia’s policy that we do not leave the child at their departure point unattended, instead we take them to the nearest police station. Whilst this ensures the safety of the child it then has an impact on all other passengers travelling on the service, causing delays and time added to their travel.

Whilst we make every effort to accommodate your travel needs, unfortunately it is ultimately with safety in mind that we can no longer offer this service.

For a child to now travel on our services from the 3rd of September 2018, they must now be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or chaperone.

TRAVEL

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS

Book Week Dress Up day is on the 28th August (Tuesday after Desi).

Students do not have to pay to participate and there are a number of prizes available to

students who participate in the parade, including Domino's vouchers, McDonald's vouchers,

novels and much more. There will be a 1st and 2nd prize available to every year group and

it would be great to see all students participating and could make for a really fun day at

school. So dig out those fancy dress costumes over the DESI break and join in the fun.

Melissa Carn / English Teacher

BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS

Workshop with facilitators Dr Natalie Shephard

and Ms Sandra Martin Yanco Agricultural High School P&C

FRIDAY 7th September

8:30 am registration and cuppa

9:00am—3:00 pm

Morning tea + Lunch provided

YAHS School Hall Euroley Road YANCO NSW 2703

RSVP to: Bronwyn Thomas 427433123

or Jen Hatty yancoagpandc.secretary@gmail.com

By COB 05/09/18

Revitalise your souls, mind and body