May 15, 2015

Bellingen High School NEWSLETTER

Telephone: 02 66551 315 Fax: 02 66552 630

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

Bellingen Show Winners!

This year a Bellingen High student took home a ribbon for Champion Exhibit in the

Pavilion. Congratulations to Brie Thomas in Year 11 for a magnificent timber side

table made from Camphor Laurel and Blue gum. Brie received a $25 voucher from

Office Choice.

The quality of all projects was very high this year and received much praise from

the community.

John Gaite with his

3D printed vice

Show Superstars

Champion Exhibit Brie Thomas $25

Highly Commended Timothy Gresser Woodwork

Brock Russell Woodwork

First Prize Brie Thomas Article of Woodwork $13

Toby Churches Article of Woodwork $10

Jake Tuhi Article of Metalwork $ 5

Oshun Richards Small Mosaic/Tile Article $ 3

Bryce Batchelor Article of Metalwork $ 5

Hugo Couper Article of Metalwork $15

Second Prize Finn Lawson-John Article of Metalwork $ 3

Kia Brightwell Article of Metalwork $ 3

Emily Ruming Article of Woodwork $ 3

Nadja Birch Felt Bag $ 3

Sam Taylor Article of Woodwork $ 3

Lilee Flanagan Small Mosaic $ 3

Our Agriculture students also had a successful

show with many awards being given out for cattle

and produce. Well done and thank you to everyone

who contributed, helped out etc.

Jordan Brock

Jacki Tim Lee

Left to right - Joel, Tom, Jasmin,

Cooper and Toby

Lia Jacob

Bellingen High School emphasise the importance of mental health by holding

an R U OK Day every term. Our Term 2 R U OK Day involved everyone

receiving a fact sheet to keep and read during RATS. At lunchtime our SMILE

mentors organised a mini cupcake stall - students, in groups of 4, committed to

looking out for each other, and in return received a cupcake with R, U, O or K

on top!

Cyberbullying Poster Competition

Year 8 IT classes were involved in a class

competition designing posters showing the

detrimental aspects of cyberbullying.

The winners of each class were:

8O Fred Mitchell & Harrison

Knight (poster bottom left)

Matthew Richardson

Raphael Kirby-Pitkin & Monte Payn

8G Sian Banks (poster bottom right)

Jorja-May Hearps

Gypsy-Rose Eggins

8V Chloe Gant (poster left)

Paris Young

Calin Lyttle

It was great to see students keen to show their

views and interpretations.

Sigrid Van Dam IT Teacher

Hi from Home Economics

This term Year 10 Food Technology classes

have been looking at Food Trends in Australia

and around the world. This week the students

made sponge cakes with jam and cream as a

treat for Mother’s Day (however we doubt

many cakes made it home to mum as the

students gobbled them up pretty quick, sorry

Mum!).

Students are now working on their selected

themed recipes and look forward to

presenting their meals in the coming weeks.

Miss Stewart & Mrs Bosshard

Student Teachers – TAS Faculty

CAPA Music Notes Music Composition Workshop

Our senior music students had the wonderful opportunity on Monday of working with Paul Jarman, one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary composers. Paul gave our students excellent advice for their HSC compositions! Our students left highly motivated and ready to go that ‘extra yard’ on their HSC compositions. He was extremely impressed with the work done by the students and keen to do more with them!

Ann Phelan Head Teacher CAPA

P&C News People to People Exchange 2015

The P&C, in partnership with Bellingen Rotary Club has a great opportunity to raise funds, but we need your help.

On Sunday 12th July until Tuesday 14th July Bellingen will be host to around 50 young people and their leaders from the United States who are here as ambassadors on the People to People program. The youngsters, between 11 and 14 years of age are taking part in the program in order to experience a taste of life in another country and will be in Australia over a two week period travelling along the east coast staying at various venues. One very important part of their trip is to have a homestay in an Australian home to gain a firsthand idea of how ordinary Australians live.

We are therefore looking for around 25 host families who can accommodate and feed two students each (2 girls or boys, or more if you can!) for the two nights 12th and 13th July. Students arrive at about 4pm on the Sunday and leave again at 9am on the Tuesday. The Rotary Club will be organising their day on the Monday (although if you want to do something with the students and your own family, that’s fine). All adults in the household on those two nights must have a Working with Children Check. As it is a volunteer check there is no cost involved, but once the online submission is made individuals need to present at a motor registry with their number and photo ID e.g. drivers licence. This can take up to 2 weeks to process (but is usually much quicker). The website address is:

www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/Working-with-children/working-with-children/check

Please help us if you can – an information sheet is available from the school’s Front Office.

As you know the P&C is in great need of funds and this opportunity will help us a lot.

Careers News

Year 10 Careers Expo is on Thursday 21st May at the Coffs Harbour Racing Club.

This is a great opportunity to explore options, gather information, ask questions

and develop an understanding of a career pathway before Year 11 subject

selection. Please return permission notes and $5 to the Front Office by this

Monday 18th May.

We have a Subject Selection Night coming up for all Year 10 students heading into

Year 11 2016. It will be held on Monday 25th May from 5pm to 8pm in the

school’s MPC. Students were issued with their booklets today containing details of

all the courses on offer. Subject Selection Parent/Teacher Interviews will

commence Week 7 (1st June) – more details to follow.

Years 11 and 12 upcoming events this term include "Get Psyched" at Southern Cross

University, Newcastle Uni Excursion and HSC study day for Year 12.

Students are encouraged to follow the school approved Senior Facebook page for

details of all events and more!

Frieda Gorman

Relieving Careers Advisor

What’s cookin’ in the Canteen?

BBQ Chicken Burgers - $5!! A yummy Chicken Schnitzel on a Roll with

Lettuce, Cheese, Pineapple and BBQ Sauce mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!

Keep a look out for special items such as spaghetti bolognaise, Singapore noodles, delicious soups and steamed dim sims!

We would like send a special THANK YOU to the students who give up their personal time to volunteer in the Canteen. We genuinely appreciate and value your commitment. THANK

YOU!! Deanne Johnson

Canteen Supervisor

School Fees

Thank you to all the families who have paid subject fees and voluntary contributions for their children.

We do accept part payment of the fees, you could pay weekly/fortnightly whatever suits your budget. Payments can be made over the phone with a credit card or at the school’s Front Office with cash, cheque or Eftpos.

If you are experiencing financial difficulty please enquire at the Front Office for a Student Assistance Form. All applications are treated confidentially.

Sport News CHS Tennis Stars!

Bellingen High played extremely well in the first round against Dorrigo winning

6 to 2 sets in the boys and 7 to 1 sets in the girls.

A large crowd of parents

watched the games which

were played in hot

conditions however Bellingen

came out on top easily and

will proceed to the next

round against Coffs.

Well done Aaron Scheef,

Justin Alford, Jacob

Thorn, John Gaite, Abbey

Hart, Georgia Wylie,

Kelsey Grover and Bess

Condran on your great

tennis sportsmanship.

Ian Dillon Supercoach!

Zone Final Double Header

The Bellingen High School Open girls and Open boys football teams are both in

the Mid North Coast Zone Final.

The Open boys team earned their position in the final against Orara High School,

defeating them and then in a close tussle with Coffs Harbour Senior College saw

them winners 3-2.

The Open girls have had it somewhat easier defeating Orara High 24-0 and then

a very sound win over Woolgoolga High 6-2. The game against Woolgoolga saw

the Woopi girls come out firing with the wind behind them, putting repeated

pressure on our defensive line. With a few uncharacteristic defensive mistakes

Woolgoolga scored not once, but twice, in the first ten minutes.

However, this is where the girls displayed their class. Great teamwork with

excellent passing saw the girls repeatedly put pressure on the Woolgoolga goal.

At half time the score was 3-2 in our favour. The second half saw three more

unanswered goals with the final score 6-2. The girls will take on Coffs Harbour

High School in their final.

Front Row Kate Jandzio-Fry, Simone Fuller-Byrne, Hannah Watt, Gita Pastro, Jordan Healy, Moala Mackenzie

Back Row Karlee Clements, Amelia Brewin, Jess Marks, Alex Jandzio-Fry, Katie Thorn, Ochre Pastro, Sam Barker, Brie Thomas

Girls continue to dominate

Our Bill Turner Trophy team (15 years girls’ football) played their second round

game of the competition against Macksville High. It didn’t take long for the

girls to open the score converting a goal in the second minute of play. The girls

continued to dominate with the full time score of 15-0 after their first round

score of 18-0 against Dorrigo High.

These girls are a strong team that pass the ball well and have many good

finishers. This is displayed in the fact that in both games the goals were shared

between 6 players. Their next game will be against the winner of John Paul

College and Coffs Harbour High.

Back Row Maddi Allen, Hannah Watt, Katie Thorn, Gaia Malcisi, Iona Macdonald, Willow Neal, Kate Jandzio-Fry Middle Row Claudia White, Lauren Rigney, Emily Ruming, Moala Mackenzie,

Jordan Healy, Athea Lesay Front Row Jazz Brightwell, Jasmin Nolan

Bellingen High School P&C Meeting

Monday 15th June 6.30pm

Staff Common Room All Welcome!

Young Champion

Riley Neaves is back from representing North Coast

CHS in the 15 year AFL team. Riley had to travel to

Newcastle to compete for a position in the Northern

NSW team. North Coast had to play Hunter and

Northern Sydney team as part of the trials.

Despite being only 14 years old Riley was selected in

the Northern Stallions AFL team and will now travel

to Sydney to compete in the NSW State Carnival in

Sydney on 2nd-4th June.

Riley is also a member of the Sydney Swans

Academy and it’s great to see all his hard work

paying off.

Liz Hoy/Jon Winfer Sport Coordinators

Term 2 Assessment Tasks YEAR 10

SUBJECT TASK DUE WEIGHTING

Drama Melodrama Performance Script writing Analysis

Week 9 Week 9

Week 10

15% 15% 5%

English Contemporary Issues in the Media/Persuasive Speech Speaking Reading

Week 8 Week 8

15% 5%

Film & Video Practical Mockumentary in groups Theory Progress report on Mocko

Week 9 Week 5

25% 5%

Marine Studies

Dissection/Fish Biology Practical – Complete work book on fish anatomy/ Mid-year Local area study (Solitary Island Marine Park Report)

Week 8

Week 5

15%

25%

Music Composition Performance of Original Composition

Week 7 Week 9

20% 5%

PDHPE Overhaul Assessment and Analysis Term 2 Photography Practical Portfolio

Theory Task Week 10 Week 9

20% 10%

PASS Coaching and Leading Test

Weeks 5/6/7/8 10% 5%

Science Practical Test 2 Week 9 15% Visual Arts Art making Task 2

Art History/Criticism Task Week 10 Week 9

15% 15%

YEAR 11

SUBJECT TASK DUE WEIGHTING

Ancient History 2 Week 6 15%

Biology 2 Week 7 20%

Business Studies 2 Week 8 20%

Chemistry 2 Term 2 20%

Community & Family Studies - Week 5 25%

Engineering Studies 3 Week 8 15%

English Advanced 3 Week 7 15%

English Extension 1 2 Week 9 15%

English Standard 3 Week 7 25%

Hospitality - Term 2 20% + 20%

IT Metals and Engineering 2 / 3 Week 5 / Week 7 20% / 20%

IT Timber 3 Week 5 20%

Music 2 Week 8 25%

PDHPE 2 Week 8 20%

Physics 2 Week 6 20%

Society & Culture 1 Week 7 20%

Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation 2 Weeks 8/9 25%

Visual Arts 3 Week 8 15%

YEAR 12

SUBJECT TASK DUE WEIGHTING

Ancient History 3 Week 7 20%

Business Studies 3 Week 7 25%

Chemistry 3 Week 5 20%

Community & Family Studies - Week 5 25%

Engineering Studies 3 Week 6 15%

English Advanced 4 Week 5 15%

English Extension 2 2 Week 6 / Week 8 15% / 25%

English Standard 4 Week 5 15%

Hospitality - Term 2 20%/20%

Mathematics General 3 Week 8 15%

Mathematics 3 Week 8 15%

Mathematics Extension 1 3 Week 8 15%

Mathematics Extension 2 3 Week 8 15%

Modern History 3 Week 7 25%

Music 1 3 Week 9 20%

Music 2 3 Week 9 15%

Music Extension 2 Week 9 50%

PDHPE 3 Week 10 20%

Physics 3 Week 5 25%

Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation 3 Weeks 7/8/9 25%

Visual Arts 3 Week 6 20%

Ideally families with same sex children between 7-11 years, who agree to no electronic devices around the children, no processed foods and a respect for the cultural differences and a willingness to enjoy this incredible opportunity. Billeting families need to be able to transport the children to organised events. There are a few other restrictions that can be discussed with interested families.

Tickets for both events need to be purchased online as all their events to date have been sell-outs. Please go to:

http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=123077 (workshop)

http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=123007 (concert)

Please contact Di McQueen on 0411 097 275 or eventsqoh@gmail.com if you are interested in billeting or for any other enquiries.

The African Children’s Choir is coming to Bellingen during their Under One Sky Australian Tour.

They will be holding a workshop on Saturday 6th June at 1pm and a concert at 7pm. Both events are at Bellingen High School MPC.

The tour fundraises for the wonderful work being done in the slums of Uganda, helping children discover a brighter future and is an awesome opportunity for cultural exchange.

We are also looking for families to billet the children and chaperones and would love to hear from anyone that might be interested. They arrive Wednesday 3rd and depart Monday 8th June. The configurations are either 2 or 3 children and 1 same sex chaperone. The children ideally share a double or queen bed and a separate room is required for the chaperone. Mattresses on the floor are perfectly acceptable.

WHAT TO DO IF I AM BULLIED

If I feel hurt or upset by what someone else has said, written or done.

I tell a teacher or my Year Advisor

or

A friend tells my teacher or Year Advisor

or

I use the Bully Box in the Library

First Report Teacher will tell the bully to stop and help work out the problem. My Year Advisor and Mrs Gorman will be informed.

I may want to talk to the School Counsellor

Second Report Mrs Gorman or my Year Advisor will help me work out a solution. The bully will be given a warning by Mrs Gorman.

My parents may be involved

Third Report Mrs Gorman will inform the Deputy Principal. The bully will be given a warning by the Deputy Principal

I will receive continued support from teachers, Mrs Gorman, Counsellor and Deputy Principal

Fourth Report or IF I AM IN DANGER Deputy principal or Principal will interview the bully. Bully may be suspended.

DATES TO REMEMBER

MAY

17-19 Choir Excursion 21 Year 10 Future Directions Careers Expo

18 MNC Zone Cross Country 25 Year 10 into Year 11 2016 Subject Selection

18-21 Year 9 Core Exams 26 National Sorry Day

19-21 NSW CHS Hockey 26 NCCHS Squash 19-21 NSW CHS Football (Boys) 27-3/6 Reconciliation Week

21-22 MNC Futsal 28 Coffs Harbour Eisteddfod

21 Years 7/11/12 Vaccinations 28-29 Athletics Carnival

JUNE

1-2 Years 10/11 UNSW Medicine Work Exp. 15 Choir to visit Bellingen View Club

5 NC Cross Country 16-18 NSW CHS Touch Football 8 Queens Birthday Holiday 19 Year 12 Music Performance Night

9 Armidale Eisteddfod 22-26 Senior State Music Camp

11 MNC Athletics 23-25 Quirindi Visit

12 Year 12 Study Day (CHEC) 24 Social

12-17 Junior State Music Camp 25 University of Newcastle Excursion

15 P&C Meeting 26 End Term 2

JULY

13 School Development Day 20 Year 8 into 9Student/Parent Info Night

14 Term 3 starts – Week A 27 Years 7/8/9 Parent/Teacher Night

17 NSW All Schools Cross Country 27-31 Education Week

20 P&C Meeting 31 NCCHS Athletics

AUGUST

3-14 Year 12 Trials 14 Year 9 Love Bites

10 P&C Meeting 18-20 Ag Quip

10-11 Northern SW Futsal 21 Year 10 Coastal Excursion

11 NCCHS Tennis 21 CAPA Night

13 Year 10 Love Bites

SEPTEMBER

1 Captains/Prefects 2016 Induction Assembly 11 National RUOK Day

3 NSW CHS SSA Athletics 14 P&C Meeting

7-11 Year 11 Exams 14-18 Year 11 VET Work Placement

10 RUOK Day (No 3) 18 End Term 3

OCTOBER

5 Labour Day Holiday` 12 P&C Meeting

6 Term 4 starts (students return) – Week A 20 Year 11 Senior Schools Day

8 Years 7/11/12 Vaccinations 22 R U Ok Day (No 4)

12 HSC Exams Commence

DATES TO REMEMBER (continued)

NOVEMBER

2-6 Year 8 Core Exams 16-20 Year 10 Futures Program

3 MNC Cricket Trials 17-18 NC CHS Cricket Trials (Boys)

6 NCCHS Surf Lifesaving 20 CLAPPER Awards

6-8 Australian Senior Futsal 24 NC CHS Cricket Trials (Girls) 6-10 Year 12 Society & Culture PIP Conference 27 Year 6 Small Schools Orientation Day

9-13 Years 9 & 10 Core Exams 27-29 Australian Junior Futsal

11 Remembrance Day 30-8/12 Year 10 Work Experience

13 Year 12 Formal

DECEMBER

1 Silver Excursion 11 Presentation Day Assembly 1-2 Gold Excursion 14 Years 7/8 Picnic Day

4 Year 6 Orientation Day 14 P&C Meeting

7 Year 6 into 7 2016 Parent Night 16 End Term 4