~Kadina News~ No 8— Term 2— 1st June 2012

Kadina Street, Goonellabah 2480

Telephone: (02) 6624 3133 Facsimile: (02) 6625 2137 Email: kadina-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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

Principal: Mr Ian Davies

This school is built upon the Lands of the People of the Bundjalung Nation

On Friday May 25th the school had the pleasure of a visit from Southern Cross Uni-versity Chancellor, the honourable John Dowd. He spoke to a selected group of stu-dents from year 10 as well as our Year 12 Legal Studies students. For information on Mr. Dowd go to http://thehonjohndowdaoqc.com/

I have reprinted his response emailed to me after his visit. “Thank you again for the trouble that you took in providing me with lunch and the opportunity to meet and address your students. You should be very proud of your school and staff. It was a very impressive atmosphere with some most exceptional high achieving stu-dents. I look forward to having some of your students at our graduation in Septem-ber. Kind regards

John Dowd The Hon John Dowd AO QC” SCHOOL UNIFORM Our school is a strict school uniform school and this is strongly supported by our school community. The overwhelming majority of our students wear the correct uni-form to school every day! At our school: 1. Student uniform is checked each day to ensure that all students are appropriately dressed for school. 2. Students must have a note to explain the need to wear non uniform items on a particular day and must report to their roll call teacher for a uniform pass. 3. Students are expected to wear plain all black shoes. 4. All uniform items are available from our school Canteen, except for shorts, shoes and socks. The start of cooler weather usually means a high demand for some of the most popular uniform items and sizes - especially jumpers and jackets. New supplies of these items are now available. SHOPPING FOR NEW SCHOOL SHOES ??? NSW Department of Education and Communities guidelines in relation to safety and footwear in schools prohibit students from participating in practical activities such as cooking, woodwork and Science experiments if they are not wearing substantial foot-wear - leather or equivalent —which encloses the foot. Unsafe shoes include those with platform or high heels, shoes made from unprotective open weave materials such as canvas and shoes which do not enclose the whole foot, such as ballet type shoes, sandals and other open toe foot-wear. School shoes should --

be plain black, with black laces have a leather upper or equivalent, with a sturdy sole enclose the entire foot, including the upper section of the foot have a low heel.

Diary Dates June 5 Yr10 into 11 LCOSS information Night 6.30pm Lismore Workers Club Netball Gala Day (Maclean) June 8 Celebration points due June 11 Queens Birthday Public Holiday June 14/15 School Musical ‘Ma Baker’

Being a Kadina student means that you: CARE FOR YOURSELF CARE FOR OTHERS CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT CARE ABOUT LEARNING

LATE FOR SCHOOL Please support your children by encouraging them to arrive on time. All late arrivals need to be sup-ported by a note with your child’s name and roll class signed by a parent/guardian explaining the reasons for the lateness.

Win a $5 or $10 Canteen voucher

Two prizes for this newsletter Prize Jackpot– Last week no-one could spell Czechoslovakia so this week it’s worth $10 if you dare to have a go and get it right (no looking). $5 voucher for the person who can tell me the Capital of Sweden. Mrs Champion

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BOARD OF STUDIES UPDATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YEAR 10 STUDENTS 2012 In 2011 it was announced that:

There will be no more School Certificate tests in NSW There will be a new credential created for students who leave school after completing Year 10, but

before receiving their HSC While there will be no tests at the end of Year 10, schools will still need to provide grades for those stu-

dents at the end of the year The Board will provide more details on all aspects of the new credential, and its implementation,

throughout 2012. The new credential will: Provide an ongoing, cumulative record for students Record grades for courses students complete in Year 10 and in Year 11 Report results of moderated, school-based assessment Introduce optional, online literacy and numeracy testing for school leavers, with further details to be

provided by the Board Provide the opportunity for students to incorporate extra-curricular achievements into their leaving cre-

dential. This means that: Year 10 students must now attend school up to and including the last day of Term 4, as for all other

students Individual students will receive their NSW Record of School Achievement on the day each student leaves

school, with most students not receiving the certificate until the end of Year 12 A Year 10 Graduation Assembly will no longer be held, as most students will now graduate at the end of

Year 12. An LCOSS Year 10 into Year 11 information evening will be held between 6.30pm and 7.30pm on Tuesday June 5th at the Lismore Workers Club. Ian Davies Principal

TAFE TASTERS A SUCCESS!! On Monday’s for six weeks of this term some of our Year 10 students have been participating in the Wollongbar TAFE– TVET Taster Course. Three of the students; Corey Owen, Dom Andrews and Wilson Lahoud, travel out to Wollongbar TAFE with Mr Pickard where they get hands on experience in a different area of potential study. So far the boys have participated in Automotive (worked on cars and motorbikes, wheels and brakes), Carpentry (made a CD Rack and a moneybox), Paint/Panel beating (painted a sheet of metal) and most recently Metal Fabrication where they have made the tool boxes pictured below. The boys tell us this was a wonderful experience and they would recommend for others to do it ‘if you get the chance’.

“An excellent experience, I now have an idea of what I'd like to do”

Dom Andrews, Wilson Lahoud and Corey Owen

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Newspapers in Education NIE

Back Row L to R: Brayden Fletcher, James Van Den Bogart, Alinta Cullen, Bridie Gray, Dave Kirkpatrick ( Editor in Chief), Kaitlyn Pratten, Isabelle Tremayne, Mrs Jan Fryer(Teacher)

Front Row L to R: Jordan Lees, Cheryleen Finlay, Jessica Thornton

Kadina is once again involved in the Northern Star Newspapers in Education programme. A team consisting of Year 10 students pictured above were introduced to journalism by the Northern star Editor in Chief, Dave Kirkpatrick. After a morning of learning the ropes about writing feature and news articles, the students brainstormed their arti-cle topics. James was elected the Editor. Those with good editing skills will be the sub editors and students are writing their articles in pairs for the June 19th deadline. Their articles will appear in the Northern Star on June 26th. Support our students by buying a copy of the Northern Star on that day. Jan Fryer Kadina NIE Coordinator

Uniform Pool If you have outgrown school uniform tops the school are willing to take them off your hands to place in the school uniform pool.

Just drop them off at the school canteen during school hours. Your support is appreciated.

For your convenience Kadina now has EFTPOS for the payment of excursions or fees, no need for cash!

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National Rural Health Students Network Visit

The NRHSN is a national body of medical and allied health students and their visits to schools nationwide is to provide information and opportunities to Yrs 10-12 rural high school students. Their visit last Tuesday afternoon included information sessions and practical workshops. Our students were told of the varied health careers they can study at a number of universities, how to apply, the nature of study and a descrip-tion of available accommodation and snippets of life on a university campus. The workshops included having a go at the emergency plastering of an injured arm; exploring human anat-omy using “Gutsy Gus”, a plastic take-apart dummy; using medical tools to check blood pressure, heartbeat and reflexes currently used in examinations; participating in a “brain busting” trivia test for medical knowl-edge. Quite a few students attended and asked many questions of the group of young students whom they could easily relate to. They particularly enjoyed the trivia quiz and the practical sessions. Many thanks to Mrs Champion, our Careers Advisor, who organised the visit.

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ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2012 Our annual Athletics carnival was held in beautiful autumn conditions at Riverview Park in South Lismore. I would like to congratulate the students in attendance for their co-operation and participation. It was disappoint-ing that some students did not attend – these are always good days for staff and students to have a relaxing day together based on exercise. Well done to all students who participated in running, throwing and jumping

events to the best of your ability. It’s all about participation so well done to those who did just that! Congratulations to those who performed well and gained a place in events. SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS to two students who broke records on the day! Amy Youman from Year 12 in the Long Jump jumped 4.75 metres (record previously held by our very successful Kadina athlete Kylie Newton – 4.73 metres in1989) and Daniel Sproule from Year 11 also in 17+ years Long Jump. Daniel jumped 6.20 metres (record pre-viously held by Glen Gilchrist – brother to Adam 1987 – 6.18 metres.) Congratulations Amy and Daniel – a great achievement.

CONGRATULATIONS to CUTHBERT HOUSE who won!!

2nd was Fraser, 3rd Bradman, 4th Newcombe. I will be distributing permission notes very soon to those who gained a place to com-pete in. the Northern Rivers Zone Carnival at Riverview Park on Friday 22nd June. The North coast Carnival will be hosted by Far North Coast on 27th July. Many thanks to Sheryl Ryce and her help-ers for transferring our school canteen to Riverview Park to ensure all our children were well fed! Thanks to the students and teachers who competed against Year 12 and Year 11 in the Relay event. Special congratulations to the staff in the Masters division! Mrs Jenny Seymour: Sports Organ-iser/PDHPE Coordinator WELL DONE AGE CHAMPIONS 2012 – a great effort! 12 Years Callum Knox Laetitia Binetruy 13 Years Lachlan van den Bogert Kirasie Tate 14 Years Tyson Walker- Stephenson Alana Knox 15 Years Wally Kelly Breanna Rippon 16 Years Todd Boan Lauren Brett 17+ Years Daniel Sproule Amy Youman

BILLETS REQUIRED PLEASE.

The North Coast Area Cross Country Carnival is in Lismore this year on Friday 8th June hosted by Northern Rivers Zone. The Lismore high schools as well as Alstonville high are responsible for billeting the Lower North Coast students on Thursday evening. Thank you to some of the families in the Cross Country team who have already volunteered to billet students on Thursday evening 7th June. I still need LOTS MORE ! Please see me if you can help out by taking a visiting student into your home on Thursday evening 7th June. Their bus will pick them up from school on Friday morning to take them to Lismore Racecourse for the North Coast Cross Country event (or families can deliver them there if more convenient). Please ask Mr Rose for an information sheet if you can assist by looking after these visiting students . THANK YOU! Mrs Jenny Seymour: Sports organiser/PDHPE Co-ordinator

2012 Age Champions

Daniel Sproule Amy Youman

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GIRLS KNOCK OUT HOCKEY

On Wednesday 23rd May our Girls Hockey team played against Evans River K-12 school. The girls were short of players but still managed to win 5-3 (with only 9 on the field for the whole game!) Captain/Coach and North Coast representative Abby Vantaggiato led by example controlling the centre of the field with skill and finesse AND scored two goals. She was strongly supported by fellow Academy of Sport player Jennah Hughes who was deadly in the circle with strong shots on goal and great attacking and defensive play. Jennah scored a goal too. Hollie Clark was deter-mined to play well on her 15th birthday and that she did! Another great goal was scored by Hollie. Millie Burnett

demonstrated skill and intelligence both in attack and defence and was also rewarded with a fine goal. Brooke Stevenson isn’t playing club hockey at present but definitely hasn’t forgotten how to play good Hockey (how were the muscles the next day Brooke??) and Peta Garland transferred her Soccer knowledge to the Hockey field showing determination on the wing. Our two new play-ers to the team Bridget Kennedy and Alanna Waters from Year 7 are great additions to the team, demonstrating skill and fitness. Tahlia Brice put the Goalkeeper pads on and played with confi-dence even stopping a Penalty stroke! Well done girls! It was a pleasure to spend a morning with such a great group of young sportsgirls. Our next game will be against Lismore High which will determine the Zone Champions. We will have two strong Year 11 Players Claire Davis and Tegan Elliott back from exams so LOOK OUT LISMORE HIGH!

BOYS KNOCK OUT HOCKEY

The Kadina Boys team faced a formidable opponent in Alstonville High. The Kadina team was shocked to go 1 nil down in the first 20 minutes. The Kadina Boys then scored two quick goals before half time to lead 2-1. Alston-ville scored the first goal in the second half tying the game 2-2. Both teams had competitive spirits resulting in a few strong challenges and tackles. A number of long individual solo runs by Brad Hughes created numerous scor-ing opportunities that could not be capitalised on. Kadina were the next to score to take the lead 3-2. Alstonville had numerous scoring opportunities that were held out by some brilliant goalkeeping by Daniel Sproule. After a number of turnovers by the Kadina team Alstonville were able to convert to tie the game again at 3-3. Kadina took the lead with 5 minutes remaining! Alstonville had one last scoring opportunity with 10 seconds left but hit the side of the net. Kadina held on to be the victors in an exciting physical game. Outstanding Players : Brad Hughes, Daniel Sproule, Zac Grace, Denva Blanch, Roy Finlay and Jacob Finlay. Well done boys ! Our next game will be against the winner out of Lismore High and Casino High.

Mr Brad Hassett – Hockey Coach

STOP PRESS !!!!!! BRAD HUGHES FROM YEAR 10 IN TWO STATE TEAMS. Brad has been selected in NSW Under 16’s All Schools AS WELL AS NSW CHS Opens team. A fantastic achievement – MORE DETAILS next News-letter

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MUSIC

Earlier this month two Year 7 students spent a week at Lake Ainsworth to participate in Regional Music Camp. They share their experiences below: Alanna Waters Music Camp was a great experience for me to have. It extended my knowl-edge of music to a new level completely; I learned new things like the circle of fifths, and that’s just one example. I also learnt other things like how to sweep the dining room floor thoroughly and that it can be fun, too. I had fun doing rock climbing and archery, but there was also bike riding that I could do, too. We had night games where we all joined in in a variety of games, all of them a lot of fun. I made new friends for life from different schools, all of them I’d never be able to get to know without the opportunity of music camp.

Laetitia Binetruy Music Camp was certainly a great and fun musical experience to have, considering that I have always had a love for music. I not only learnt more on the flute, but singing also. Yes, they did work you hard, but in three days you achieved so much! Music wasn’t the only thing on the program though. Recreational activities and night games were also in-cluded. We also participated in electives where you could choose what you wanted to participate in. There was rock band, percussion, show band and more. I was involved in the flute ensemble. At the end of camp everyone came together to perform a couple of pieces from their group. The concert was probably the best part because you got to see everyone up there and doing what they love. I definitely recommend music camp to anyone who is interested in music or singing. It is a camp I will never forget.

SCU Practicum Student Mr Chris Crane will be teaching selected music classes over his four week practicum period. He has already impressed students with his singing talent and musical experiences. We welcome Chris to the CAPA faculty and appreciate his assistance during the lead-up to the musical “Ma Baker’s Tonic”. He has been practising his conducting skills during band rehearsals.

He is pictured here working with 7T stu-dents on his Musical Bingo creation.

STOP PRESS!! “Ma Baker’s Tonic”, the school musical will be presented during Week 8. Tickets are on sale now at the office (see the poster).

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The You Can Schools Program gives your school the opportunity to not only help young Australians survive cancer and contribute to a greener planet, it is also an easy way to get amazing educational products for free!

Sounds easy and it is. ‘You Can’ is a charity initiative created by CanTeen and Sony Foundation to raise much-needed funds to help Australian teenagers survive cancer. Our school can help and all without donating a single dol-lar. ‘You Can’ is simply recycling old mobile phones to raise the necessary funds. There are over 20 million unwanted phones lying in bottom drawers around Australia. By helping to collect these phones our school will be rewarded with free Sony products. Plus, you will have the chance to win a Sony Music Superstar performance at your school assembly. So please we need you help– collect and send in all old mobile phones to the box at the office.

For more information please visit www.youcanschools.org.au

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Want to get back into work or study but not sure where to start?

Wollongbar TAFE’s Preparation for Work and Study Course is a great stepping stone to your goals. It is flexi-ble so you can choose the subjects that suit you for get-ting back to work or preparing for a future study area. With Job Seeking and Study Skills and 2x2 hour com-puter sessions each week, you’ll get the edge. The course includes the option of work experience. Suppor-tive and friendly, within school hours; Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursday each week of term. There are no fees. For more information for Semester 2, July 18 2012. Phone Wollongbar Campus on 66204700

Sickness Procedure

Students & Parents are reminded that if a stu-dent becomes sick at school they should first inform their teacher or any teacher if in the playground. The student should then report to the main office with a note & parents may be contacted. It is policy that parents are contacted, and asked, where possible, to pick their child up. Do we have your current mobile num-bers?? Please ensure we have your current con-tact numbers so we can contact you in case your child becomes ill or injured.

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Coal Seam Gas The Musical. Thursday 28th, Friday 29th & Saturday 30th June at 7.30 p.m.

Lismore Workers Club, 7.30pm. All tickets concession price: $20.00

Raising funds for CSG Free Lismore.

Tickets on sale at Caddies Bean Shop, Carrington Street Lismore (66223346), or call Jally on 66895136