Knowledge, Honour, Success

Katherine High School TERM 1, WEEK 5-6March 9, 2012

Key DatesWeek 7 • Indigenous Rugby Union Tournament Darwin Wednesday March 14 • Rugby League Game Darwin Thursday March 15 • Whole School Assembly KHS Gym Thursday March 15 All WelcomeWeek 8 • Harmony Day Celebrations Friday 23 MarchWeek 9 • Whole School Assembly KHS Gym Thursday March 29 All WelcomeWeek 10 • Final day of Term 1 Thursday April 5 • Public Holiday Good Friday Friday April 6 School closedSchool Holodays • Students resume Monday April 16Term 2 • SSS ‘Shine’ Program commences

Sports Academy Nomination forms are now available for the 2012 pro-gram. The KHS Sports Acade-my (KHSA) program provides a holistic approach to athlete preparation and training. The aim is to support athletes who aspire to represent their sport at the NT or National level. The KHSA is an NT Institute of Sport affi liated program and athletes will follow similar fi t-ness testing and fi tness train-ing guidelines as NTIS athletes. The focus is on individual long term athlete development and attaining excellence in the athletes’ chosen sport. Regular training days will be Monday 3-4pm and Wednes-day 3-4pm in the Sport Sci-ence Centre.Nomination forms can be picked up from Pam in the Sport Science Centre or downloaded from the KHS website. Nomination forms are to be handed in to Pam by Wednesday 14 March. *Please note athletes from the 2011 program will be re-quired to reapply for the 2012 program. Phase 2 of nomination pro-cess will be completion of a fi tness test on Wed 14 March at 3.00pm, athletes are to meet in the Sport Science Centre.

Pam FranklinSports Science

Shave for a CureKHS will be participating in fundraising for Shave for a Cure THE BIG SHAVE OFF! For $250 Mr Whitty will shave his head, Mr Weatherhead will shave his beard for $500 as will Mr Holland. Thursday March 15 students will be able to colour their hair from $2. Help us hit our targets by donating for a good cause. Donations can be made at the Front Offi ce.

Principal’s UpdateI hope everyone enjoyed the Swimming Carnival today. Thanks to Ms Mason and the PE staff for organising such a suc-cessfull day. More photos and report will be in the next news-letter.

Anne White Principal

Year 9 Summary What a fantastic start to 2012 it has been for the Year 9’s. There has been a hardworking and positive attitude displayed by Year 9’s as was demonstrated at last weeks assembly when many Year 9 students received Bronze Awards for good behav-iour and hard work. Well done to all those who achieved Bronze Awards and keep up the great work!The Year 9 Rugby excellence class have been training hard to prepare for the season. They travel away for their fi rst game March 15th to compete against Rosebery Middle School in Dar-win. Best of luck to the boys.The Year 9 Performing Arts class are in the process of creating their fi rst choreographed dance to either ‘Greased Lighting’ or Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat it’. Stu-dents are excited about having the opportunity to create their own costumes and dance. They will be performances not to miss.Our sports captains; TJ Solloway & Bonnie Fejo (yellow); Ehsan Al Hasnawi & Catherina Flores (red); Wade Gillet & Shania Potter (blue); Isaac Bell & Me-gan French (green) have been busy organising and building the team sprit for our Swimming Carnival. Congratulations on your selection as our Year Level House Captains. Only 4 weeks left in Term 1, keep up the good work.

Caroline ElliotYear 9 Coordinator

Swimming Carnival

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• Anne White (Principal) • Jodie Locke (KHS Council Chairperson) (08) 8973 8200 khs.council@ntschools.net anne.white@ntschools.net

School Contact Details

Maths Update It is Week 6 already and the maths courses are now in full swing with most students having taken a test or are nearing the end of an Assignment or Proj-ect. Each student has an As-sessment Schedule to indicate when the assessments are pro-grammed to occur (email the teacher if you require a copy).Each student in Years 7, 8 and most Year 9’s have a Mathlet-ics account paid for by the school. Math teachers have set up courses of homework for stu-dents to do outside of school to complement their class work. Each student should know their logon name and password by now (email the teacher if you require a copy).We have new staff in the Maths Faculty and welcome their new ideas and enthusiasm. Please go to www.katherinehigh.net.au to see an example of an ac-tivity Ms Sally Pannifex is doing with her School Ready girls

Stronger SmarterSistersWe have moved into our new room in X Block; the School Ready classroom is next door. This area gives us the opportuni-ty to add on an outside seating area for girls and parent groups to use when they visit. We are busy signing up new students, so any girls interested in being a member of the Stron-ger Smarter Sisters please visit X1 for an enrolment form.

Come and check out our new space at recess or lunch time. Our contact number is 89738290.

Rae BrownSSS Coordinator

Outdoor Education February 29Paramedics from St John’s am-bulance came to visit the Year 9 Outdoor Education Class.The students learnt how to ban-dage many parts of the body including wrists, knees and bro-ken arms.The two paramedics showed the class the inside of three dif-ferent types of ambulances; day time ambulance, night time troopy ambulance and volunteer ambulance.Highlights of the visit were:-• ‘wearing bandages and hearing the sirens’ -Mariela Fenquito• ‘walking inside the ambu-lance’ - Rose Fowler• ‘getting strapped into a stretcher and loaded inside the ambulance on the stretcher’ - Jessica Pearson• ‘learning that it takes 10 dif-ferent slings to bandage every part of the body’ - Shanaya Frean• ‘Hoping I never have to be inside an ambulance again’ - Jett Trappel• ‘seeing inside three different ambulances’ - Abram Vincent • ‘listening to the sirens’ - Joe Vincent

Star Employee Miss MasonCongratulations Miss Mason and the PE team on your ef-forts in making the Swimming Carnival such a great success. Thank you from staff, students and School Council.

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Community NoticesRivers Sport NTRivers School Sport NT desperately needs Managers and Coaches for some 2012 team events. If these positions are not fi lled teams will be unable to attend.

12 & Under AFL Championship Coache & Manager PALMERSTON May 2nd to May 4th12 & UNDER RUGBY LEAGE Manager DARWIN May 23rd to May 25th12 & UNDER BASKETBALL Boys and Girls Coaches & Manager ALICE SPRINGS May 30th to June 1st12 & UNDER FOOTBALL Boys Coach & Manager NHULUNBUY June 13th to June 15th12 & UNDER FOOTBALL Girls Coach KATHERINE June 13th to June 15thCC/TRACK & FIELD Coach & Manager DARWIN August 23rd to Au-gust 26th12 & UNDER TOUCH Coach & Manager DARWIN August 29th to Au-gust 31st12 & UNDER CRICKET Coach & Manager ALICE SPRINGS Sept 19th to Sept 21st All Managers and Coaches must hold an ochre card. If you are interested please contact the Rivers offi ce on 89712643 (ext 27) or email rivers.ssnt@ntschools.net for more information

Junior BowlsWednesday 5:13 - 6:30pmCome and have some fun at Junior bowls 8-18 yr oldsAt Katherine Country Club/bowls clubWednesday 5.15 - 6 .30pm$2.00 per gameBring a hat, water and sunscreenFor further infomation phone

Rivers Netball TrialsPALMERSTON!!

Mixed Championship 2nd to 4th May 2012

Tuesday 6th March 2012 4:30– 5:30 pm Wednesday 7th March 2012@ Clyde Fenton School OvalFor ages 10 – 13 years of age in 2012This will be a mixed team. Boys & Girls

If you require any further information, or you are interested in playing but are unable to attend any or all of these sessions, please call Kylie Biddle on 0408727757 or 89712643 ext 27

School BussesFeedback can be lodged via any of the following methods:• Online Feedback Form: www.nt.gov.au/transport/feedback• Email: feedback.dlp@nt.gov.au• Phone: (08) 8924 7096• Fax: (08) 8924 7841• Post: GPO Box 2520, Darwin NT, 0801For more contact information please visit the Public Transport Con-tact Us page: http://www.nt.gov.au/transport/public/contacts/in-dex.shtmlWhen providing feedback about bus services please note the fol-lowing information assists in actioning your feedback.• Bus Route number • Event date and time • Other information that can assist in actioning your feedback

Waverly Netball ChampionshipsAttention all female netball players!!! Katherine High School will enter a 15&U netball team into the 2012 Waverley International Schools Netball Championships. This is a school based competition that hosts netball teams from Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Singapore. We will be the fi rst team from the Northern Territory to participate in these Championships!The championships occur during the mid year school break and the KHS excursion is will occur Saturday 30 June – Monday 9 July.Students participating in the Championships will be expected to participate in netball training sessions 1-2 times per week. An extensive fundraising schedule has also been planned to assist with the cost of the trip.All interested players need to submit their name to Pam Franklin at the Sport Science Centre on or before Wed 14 March. Trials for the team will occur during week 8.

Rivers Rugby League TrialsDARWIN!!

Boys & Girls Championship 23 – 25 May 2012

Monday 12 March 2012 4 – 5 pm and Wednesday 14 March 4 -5 pm @ Casuarina Street Primary School- off Needham StreetFor ages 10 – 13 years of age in 2012There will be a mixed team.

If you require any further information, or you are interested in playing but are unable to attend any or all of these sessions, please call Renez Lammon on 0407483394

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Top End to W.A. Words by Mathew HamdorfPhotos by Mathew Hamdorf

13 young men from the Katherine Academy worked hard during the year to complete all work requirements and reach an attendance of 80% or higher. Upon achieving these results the boys where rewarded with an end of year trip to Perth.

LEADERSHIPKatherine Academy February 27, 2012

The trip started with usual trek up the Stuart High way to Darwin. Once we arrived it was onto the plane for our fl ight. We arrived in Perth to be greeted by Karl Pirrontina the Director of the Clontarf Academy in Perth. We then headed to Woodman Point where we would be staying. Once settled we had a quick dinner and then took part in the Ghost Tour of the site as well as learning a bit about the history of the camp site.

An early rise the next morning saw us on the bus and heading south to Bunbury. While in Bunbury we visited the Dolphin Discovery Centre, did some surfi ng at Yallingup beach and made our way into town to watch a movie on the big screen.

The next day we headed to Penguin Island. The boys were treated to some penguin feeding and got a close up look at some Sea Lions. That evening we headed into the city for dinner with the boys being treated to some pizza and parma’s. Once we had restocked our energy levels it was of to Pot Black pool centre were the boys quickly showed off the skills on the eight ball tables. After a long day the boys crashed into bed.

Wednesday provided us with some abseiling, fl ying fox and a rope challenge course in the morning, while the afternoon saw the boys working together in teams to complete the search and rescue course at Woodman Point. A quick lunch was had and then it was time to get into the water for some snorkeling. The boys were again challenged with their team work skills by taking part in the escape from quarantine challenge. This required the boys to fi nd certain objects around the camp site and report back to base.

Thursday morning arrived and the boys were treated to a tour of the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The boys got a close up look at what it takes to be a professional athlete. Both Keelan Fejo and Jamie Walker tested well in the vertical leap and the bench press. We were then treated to a BBQ lunch at Clontarf’s head offi ce in Burswood. With a full stomach it was then of to Adventure World for some fun in the sun. That night we were treated to a great meal at The Shed, and then it was time for some laser tag. Director Ryan Woolfe took the game very serious with many a commando roll in the building. The boys had a great time.

The next day the boys had the opportunity to meet some of the Clontarf Foundations partners. The interaction between the academy members and its partners was a great way for both parties to understand a little more about how each other operates and for the Katherine lads to show their appreciation to the Nickel West and Territory Resources staff.

Then we were off to Subiaco oval where tour guide Bob showed us around and educated us on the history of the oval and all the past great AFL players who had played there. We were then off to the famous Cottesloe beach where the boys enjoyed a great swim. The fi nal day of camp had come around way too quick but the boys were still full of energy. We were treated to an action packed day. We enjoyed a ride on the Swan Jet Boat followed by some Parasailing. The boys then hit the shops to spend up at Harbour town shopping centre.

That night we headed off to the Perth Heat baseball club where a number of boys got the chance to take part in the exhibition Baseball game against the Western Force Rugby Union team and Perth Heat. Ian Dempsey Kruger managed to make it home and the boys enjoyed hanging out in the dugout with the players from both sports. We then kicked up our heels and sat back to watch the major game. The boys entertained the crowed with all their songs and dancing in the stand with Lawrence Watego in particular putting on a great show to the tune of YMCA.

What a week, jam packed with great times and plenty of fun had by all. A big thanks to Woodman Point for their accommodation, to Karl Pirrontina from the Clontarf academy for letting us use the bus, and to all the staff at head offi ce for providing us with a great lunch. To all the providers of the activities well done to you all and fi nally to all the boys who worked hard during the year to make to trip a fantastic experience for all.