NEWSLETTER TERM 2 WEEK 10

29th June 2017

KOJONUP DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Blackwood Road, Kojonup, WA, 6395 Phone: 9831 2300 Fax: 9831 1643 Canteen: 9831 1403 Email: Kojonup.dhs@education.wa.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL – Peter Callaghan Dear Parents and Carers,

With the Week 10 Newsletter coming out we know we are just about due to send your children home for a break from classes. As much as we love having them here, we are also looking forward to a break, particularly as more and more of the team have been getting sick lately. I think the school and our offices need a good chance to clean out the germs!

Well what a Term it has been. I would like to thank the Kojonup Shire Council for their financial support of the visiting play, Kookoo Kookaburra which was presented here for all students in town from age 5 to 10. This small play carried a very positive and engaging message around the need to make and maintain friends and would have been too expensive for us to have without the Shires significant support.

We have had three sporting events that have taxed, but certainly not defeated, Ms Johnston and this is in good part due to the support she has received from parents. Thank you to everyone who has assisted with either of the Cross Country events or the Winter Carnival in Katanning.

Our regionally famous Kojonup Speech and Drama Festival was another resounding success although the medallions certainly seemed to be well shared amongst the visiting teams! Mrs Howe, along with an army of adjudicators and student assistants did a spectacular job and I was proud to be able to open each of the two days of this competition.

Another significant change has come to us through the assistance and commitment of the Rotary Club of Kojonup as thier members have taken on the Second Breakfast Club on Wednesday mornings, thereby giving our students a catch-up breakfast on three mornings each week with the other two days still run by Simon House and his team of stalwart volunteers. Making this up to four days is our Chaplain, Mrs Vicky Webb who provides a bowl of hot porridge on Tuesdays!

A few weeks ago I wrote to all parents of secondary students outlining the problems we have experienced with staffing in high school and the responses we have implemented to deal with it. When those secondary students bring their reports home on Friday there will be a much shorter but more precise letter from me in the folder. This is the letter that has been developed in partnership with the Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority and is something you may wish to keep with this Semester One Report.

I am pleased to be able to report that Mr Gill will be remaining with us next Semester and although I have reported this elsewhere, I can confirm that Ms Megan Baker will be here to teach Secondary English, HASS and a little H/Ed.

Finally, and most importantly, please note that there has been a change to our Term 3 Planner. The Professional Development Day currently listed as August 18 has changed, it is now the FIRST day of Term 3, Monday 17

th July,

students to return to school Tuesday 18th July 2017.

Enjoy the time with your children; we look forward to seeing them come back healthy and rested, ready for the second half of the year.

FROM THE PRIMARY DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – Dean Gill With the end of term looming, looking back to say it has been a busy term is somewhat of an understatement. Alongside assessing and writing reports we’ve had numerous community events such as the Speech and Drama Festival, Inter-House Cross Country, Inter-School Cross Country and Winter Carnival. We’ve had incursions such as Kookoo Kookaburra and Food Sensations and also assemblies throughout the Primary and High School areas of the school. Running these events is no easy feat and there are a number of people to thank because without them the events wouldn’t have been possible. Firstly with respect to Speech and Drama, Marcelle Howe has been an amazing organiser and a large amount of credit goes to her for the event. With respect to everything sport related, Maddelin Johnston and Deb Elliot have co-ordinated these events extremely well which is a true credit to these amazing ladies. Thank you to all the amazing volunteers: students, community and staff that helped out. As you know they are not small endeavours and they cannot happen without a joint effort.

Throughout the last few weeks we’ve had a number of sicknesses run through the school so this is a timely reminder to monitor the health and wellbeing of your kids. If your child is ill and you aren’t sure whether they are well enough to be at school, please by all means ring the school and we can ascertain the suitability of their attendance. This time of the year is also fairly disruptive as a number of staff can often fall sick which means they are replaced with relief, often at short notice. I’ve had to have a number of absences of late due to health and work related reasons so I’m very aware when administration personnel are away, the impact it has if you are attempting to communicate with us. I apologise for any disruption caused during my absences and particularly if you’ve been making the effort to contact me where there has been a delay in the response. If you do need to contact the school please remember that emails are always a good alternative option to a phone call.

I hope you all have a great holiday and enjoy the two weeks off. With so much that has happened this semester we are all looking forward to starting next semester on a better foot and spending a lot of time to improve the everyday schooling experience for our students.

NEWSLETTER TERM 3 WEEK 10

23rd September 2016

NEWSLETTER TERM 3 WEEK 10

23rd September 2016

FROM THE SECONDARY DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – Bob Trouchet I hope that stability will return to the secondary staff after the holidays. Megan Baker will be joining us to teach English and HASS and Malcolm McDonald will return after recovering from his surgery. Many thanks to all the relief teachers who have worked during Term 2 to help in these areas. Secondary students acted as coaches and umpires for the Primary Winter Carnival in Katanning. They did an excellent job and discovered how hard it can be when some of your team are doing handstands in the back row instead of watching the game they are part of! Miss Johnston has had a very busy time this term with Inter-House Cross Country, Inter-School Cross Country and Primary Winter Carnival in Katanning to organise within six days. She did a great job with the assistance of the Sports Management Committee and she is to be commended for this. Parents will have the chance to speak with secondary teachers regarding their child’s Semester 1 report during parent meetings on Thursday 27

th July in the school library. This will be in the second week of next term. Forms have been

included with secondary reports to indicate the teachers who you would like to meet with. Return the completed forms to the Front Office next term. I wish all students, parents and families an enjoyable break and hope that everyone is able to remain safe and healthy for next term (even if they have to avoid motor bikes to do so).

MERIT AWARD WINNERS 26TH May 2017 Tess Webb Titi Glen Kataraina Watene Hamish Eatt Tama Glen Jenna Bilney Keisha Smith Zoe Haenga Ashlyn Evans Amy Hope Max Miller Stephanie Ladyman Megan House Cheyenne Hallett Gibson Bell Kyron Riley-Woods Amy Leitch Aussies of the Month

Jacob Sullivan and Chelsea Evans

MERIT AWARD WINNERS 9th June 2017

Aussie of the Month Kataraina Watene

Primary Lexi Zadow Logan Miotti Jacob Marsh Max Ladyman Amy Leitch Caitlin Thomas Brock Donaldson Ethan Retallack Lacey Hallett Joshua Pexton Ebony Levis Todd Gibbons Asha Mason Matthew Vermeer Jayda Weazel Patrick Crapella Ben Hallett Jenna Bilney Sonny Radford Matilda Parker Secondary Liam Hunter Alesha Thorn Harmony Gissing Laura Macri Piper Daly Abby Rodda

KOJONUP SPEECH AND DRAMA FESTIVAL

On Wednesday 7

th June KDHS held the Primary Speech and Drama Festival; we had students from: Broomehill PS,

Cranbrook PS, Frankland PS, Gnowangerup DHS, Katanning PS, Kendenup PS, Kojonup DHS, St Bernard’s PS, St Patrick’s PS and Tambellup PS. The festival was opened by Mr Peter Callaghan with final instructions given by Mr Gill. We had three rooms in operation, each having their own judge, scribes and MC who had to judge over 195 performances in total. On Thursday 8

th June we held our Secondary Speech and Drama Festival; this year we were joined by Gnowangerup

DHS, Katanning SHS and Great Southern Grammar, which shared in 43 performances.

This year I had the privilege of watching some of the students audition, we have some absolutely amazing talent in this school. You were all amazing I just wish that we could have entered you all. Thank you to our wonderful teachers Mrs Hill, Mrs Dezotti-Hartnup and Mr Melville for all the work that they have done with their students in preparation for this event, you should be very proud; they were awesome. Thank you also to the parents for helping their child be ready for their performance. I had many comments from teachers from other schools regarding the high standard from our students. A huge thank you to our judges, scribes and MC’s: Pat Bunny, Karen Watson, Adele Ladyman, Jan Worts, David Forrester, Narelle Simpson, Sarah Pexton, Janet Evans, Andrea McGuire, Deb Elliott, Jen Egerton-Warburton, Jo Sullivan, Carissa Lawrence, Carol Nicholls, Julie Sullivan and Julie Parker. Without your help this special event would not be able to happen. Thank you to Annie Chomley, Annette Cooke, Tara Coole, Chantelle Evans, Lily Hope, Crystal Howell, Ashlee Ladyman, Toby McGuire, Harry Parker, Annabelle Trezise, Lochie Elliott and Zara Egerton-Warburton. You should all be very proud of yourselves and the way you represented our school; you all dressed smartly and behaved exceptionally. Thank you to the parents for allowing these students to help out. And thank you to everyone else that has contributed, your support is very much appreciated. Marcelle Howe Coordinator

KOJONUP SPEECH AND DRAMA WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED Congratulations to the following students: Year 4 Poetry Humorous Winner - Sarah Cussons - The Tooth Fairy Highly Commended - Matilda Parker - Sick Year 4 Prepared Prose Reading Winner - Matilda Parker - You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum Year 4 Mime Presentation Winner - Matilda Parker - Soup Highly Commended - Sarah Cussons - Masterchef Judge Highly Commended - Stephanie Ladyman - Feeding the Chickens Year 4 Choral Speaking Highly Commended - Todd Gibbons, Dane Moyes, Ruger Watson & Max Miller - Xbox, Xbox Year 5 Poetry Humorous Winner - Jessica Parker - Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf Highly Commended - Chelsea Evans - Brave Little Monster Highly Commended - Zoe Pexton - My Sister Thinks She is Santa Clause Highly Commended - Millie Plowman - The Ugly, Ugly Duckling Year 5 Poetry Other Winner - Chelsea Evans - For the Fallen Highly Commended - Millie Plowman - The Visitor Year 5 Prepared Prose Reading Winner - Josie Simpson - The Adventures of Nanny Piggins Highly Commended - Lanii Brown - How to Train a Dragon Year 5 Mime Presentation Winner - Lachlan Trezise - Fielding on the Boundary - Cricket Highly Commended - Isobelle Venn - The Movies Year 6 Poetry Humorous Winner - Lochie Elliott - The Scorpion Year 6 Prepared Prose Reading Highly Commended - Gibson Bell - Spirit Animals Year 6 Mime Presentation Winner - Abby O’Halloran - The Trouble with Chopsticks Year 6 Choral Speaking Highly Commended - Gibson Bell, Jack Mason, Brendan Evans, Ben Hallett & Patrick Crapella - Boomspray Highly Commended - Lochie Elliott, Josh Cussons, Jada Pedersen & Zara Egerton-Warburton – It’s fun to drive Year 7 Poetry Humorous Winner - Annie Chomley - If You Are Old and Have The shakes. Highly Commended - Harry Parker - Drafting Year 7 Poetry Other Highly Commended - Annabelle Trezise - Weary Will Highly Commended - Jy Bevis - I Think My Dad is Dracula Highly Commended - Annette Cooke - Don’t Quit Year 7 Duologue Winner -Annabelle Trezise & Lily Hope - Excuses, Excuses, Excuses Highly Commended - Ashlee Ladyman & Annie Chomley - Homework Excuses Highly Commended - Annette Cooke & Tara Coole - The Midnight Gang Year 7 Mime Winner - Lily Hope - Movies Highly Commended - Annabelle Trezise - Dinner Time Year 7 Prepared Speech Winner - Harry Parker - My Hero Year 8 Monologue Winner - Elyssa Sutcliffe - My Favourite Band Year 8 Duologue Winner - Crystal Howell & Chantelle Evans - Claire the Clever Year 8 Mime Winner - Elyssa Sutcliffe - Car Crash Highly Commended - Sophie Norrish - Travelling at Night Open Duo Mime Winner - Harry Parker & Toby McGuire - Going to the Vet

INTER-HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY Aquila – 1115 Hercules – 1107 Phoenix – 997

On the 16

th June, we held our annual Inter-House Cross Country/Adidas Fun-Run event. The event included Pre-Primary –

Year 10 and was a chance for students to fundraise money through Adidas Fun-Run (CUA School Fun Run) which goes towards the Physical Education Program at Kojonup District High School. In return students receive a prize. On the day, students ran courses of different lengths, from 1km up to 4.2km; through various terrain, including up at the School Farm (depending on age groups). Points received from placing’s went towards house points and championship points which resulted in a Champion and Runner-up Boy and Girl from each age group and a Champion House; the results are below. Congratulations to Aquila who were our House Champions and to the students who received winner and runner-up medals. Students had spent time in Physical Education improving their fitness by running the practice track, playing fitness games, doing the beep test and more. Students were also able to dress up in their house colours and put on a fashion parade, which resulted in a male and female winner from each faction. Thank you to everyone involved in the planning, organisation and delivery of the carnival and thank you to the students for fundraising around $3,500 for the PE Department! Such a fantastic effort and the day would not have been possible without the parent helpers, Sports Management Committee and staff. Congratulations to the following students on achieving new records: 5 year girl Tess Webb 6.02 old record 7.49 8 year girl Imogen Ladyman-Palmer 8.51 old record 9.07 9 year boy Cooper Watson 7.56 old record 8.06 11 year girl Danielle Evans 11.43 old record 12.32 11 year boy Gibson Bell 10.32 old record 11.40 13 year boy Jamaine Weazel 18.34 old record 19.11 14 year boy Sam Blewett 17.20 old record 17.36 Best dressed: Aquila: Ashton Morrison-Gianatti and Amelia Robinson Hercules: Isaiah Reid and Sarah Cussons Phoenix: Zoe Pexton

Participation Winner: Elyssa Sutcliffe

INTER-HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY MEDAL WINNERS

Winner Runner Up 5 Year Girl Tess Webb Britney Donaldson 5 Year Boy Kordell Smith Titi Glen 6 Year Girl Sophie Zacher Brooke Milne 6 Year Boy Sam Waldron Jaxson Manolini 7 Year Girl Eloise Plowman Caitlin Thomas 7 Year Boy Jayden Jones James Webb 8 Year Girl Imogen Ladyman-Palmer Samantha Malady & Georgia Holland 8 Year Boy Spencer Worts Josh Pexton 9 Year Girl Ashlyn Evans Pippa Radford 9 Year Boy Cooper Watson Henry Simpson 10 Year Girl Jayda Weazel Cheyenne Hallett 10 Year Boy Blake Simons Max Miller 11 Year Girl Danielle Evans Libby Hardingham 11 Year Boy Gibson Bell Lachlan Trezise 12 Year Girl Abby O’Halloran Alesha Thorn 12 Year Boy Broughton Collins & Isaiah Reid Toby McGuire 13 Year Girl Annabelle Trezise Ashlee Ladyman 13 Year Boy Jamaine Weazel Ben Gibbons 14 Year Girl Chantelle Evans Pania Watene 14 Year Boy Sam Blewett Taj Ramsden 15+ Year Girl Piper Daly & Claire Leusciatti Sophie-Lee Haenga 15+ Year Boy Kymani Allan Montel Miratana Participation Award – Elyssa Sutcliffe

INTER-SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

On the 22

nd June 2017, Kojonup District High School held the Inter-School Cross Country Carnival up at the School Farm.

Schools included Boddington, Jerramungup, Gnowangerup, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe and Wagin which was a fantastic turn out.

Competitors ranged from 9 years old to 15+ years old and distances were 2km, 3km and 4km. Tracks were marked in different colours and had students running through paddocks, creeks, up hills, down hills and around obstacles. All the students were very well behaved and the day ran smoothly with a strong breeze testing the runners and the recorders. We had many of our non-running students helping on checkpoints and in various other roles which saw an opportunity to experience and display maturity and responsibility.

Competitors were all very positive on the day and the sportsmanship I witnessed was admirable. I thank all the students for competing and doing so well.

Points received from placing’s went towards championship points which resulted in a Champion, 2nd

Place and 3rd

Place boy and girl from each age group, an Overall Winner and a Handicap Winner; there was also a number of records broken, the results are below.

Thank you to all the schools for attending, KDHS staff, parent help and Sports Management Committee for assisting in everything. A fantastic day was had by everyone and it is all thanks to the wonderful helpers in this community.

Congratulations to the following students on achieving new records: 11 year girl Danielle Evans 12.43 old record 13.02 11 year boy Gibson Bell 11.16 old record 11.33 13 year boy Jamaine Weazel 11.34 old record 11.36

Girls Overall Age Group Team Award – Total points 89 11 Year Girls – Danielle Evans 1st, Libby Hardingham 2nd, Isobelle Venn 4th & Zara Egerton-Warburton13th Boys Overall Age Group Team Award – Total points 92 11 Year Boys – Gibson Bell 1st, Lachlan Trezise 2nd, Matthew Vermeer 5th & Brodie Hills 6th OVERALL HANDICAP KOJONUP – 768 KOJONUP - 1158 BODDINGTON – 448 RAVENSTHORPE - 701 WAGIN – 405 WAGIN - 481 RAVENSTHORPE - 246 BODDINGTON – 448 JERRAMUNGUP – 136 JERRAMUNGUP - 435 LAKE GRACE – 89 LAKE GRACE - 319 GNOWANGERUP – 67 GNOWANGERUP - 199 FIRST SECOND THIRD

9 Year Girl Ashlyn Evans KOJ Matilda Norrish RAV Nicola Barr BOD 9 Year Boy Lucas Robinson LGR Brock Maynard BOD Angus Whiteford WAG 10 Year Girl Eilidh Kershaw RAV Stephanie Farmer WAG Tanisha Spinks JER 10 Year Boy Ryan Johnson WAG Darcy Bryant-Smith BOD Rhys Reynolds BOD 11 Year Girl Danielle Evans KOJ Libby Hardingham KOJ Gaige Kapene WAG 11 Year Boy Gibson Bell KOJ Lachlan Trezise KOJ Beau Readhead BOD 12 Year Girl Abbey Smith RAV Marli Spooner WAG Janae Thomas BOD 12 Year Boy Isaiah Reid KOJ Shaun Garlett WAG Jayden Morton JER 13 Year Girl Annabelle Trezise KOJ Ashlee Ladyman KOJ Atea Ogier JER 13 Year Boy Jamaine Weazel KOJ Blake Reynolds BOD Korben Halter BOD 14 Year Girl Enya Parker RAV Nikota Scholz BOD Chantelle Evans KOJ 14 Year Boy Christian Davy BOD Reece Messell WAG Travis Jones RAV 15+ Year Girl Aaliyah Woods GNO Claire Leusciatti KOJ Piper Daly KOJ 15+ Year Boy Keione Aird WAG Kymani Allan KOJ Ollie Cronin RAV

PRIMARY WINTER CARNIVAL On the 23

rd June 2017 the Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students headed to Katanning for the Winter Carnival. Students represented a

Year 3/4 team or a Year 5/6 team in Football, Soccer, Netball or Hockey. We had nine teams, all of which had two high school coaches who assisted on the day with equipment management, player rotations, position allocation, general team management and encouragement. We also took seven umpires (one netball, three football and three hockey), these students represented Kojonup District High School with pride and did a fantastic job. Thank you to all students who participated and a big thank you to our high school coaches and umpires. It is not an easy job and it was done so well by the selected students. Thank you to the staff who supervised and assisted with the preparation, management and on the day.

OPTIONS FOR ABSENCE REPORTING Kojonup DHS have many options for parents/caregivers to inform the school if their child/ren are going to be or are absent from school:

Message you Schools. You will receive a text from the school if your child/ren is marked absent on the roll call All that is required is a reply message from the receiver indicating reasons for absence Written note to class teacher Telephone call to the front office 98312 300 Email to Noelene.Fleay@education.wa.edu.au The school app Absence from school letter, please complete, sign and return to the front office ASAP.

Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

SCHOOL CANTEEN Please note there has been a price increase in some items from the start of Term 2. If correct money is not in order envelopes, orders will be adjusted accordingly. LOL drinks are no longer available, discontinued line.

Helpers are needed for the school canteen; if you can spare a few hours per term please return the following form to the school office or you can contact 9831 1403. Name: ______________________________________ Phone Number: _______________________________ Please indicate what day you are available: _________________________________________

TERM PLANNER WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 17 STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

18 STUDENTS RETURN

Kindy Day School Psychologist

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20 Kindy Day

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2 24 Kindy Day

25 Kindy Day School Psychologist

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27 Kindy Day Parent Bulletin Parent Teacher Interviews Yr 7-Yr 10 3:30pm – 6:00pm

28 Yr 1.1 Mrs Marsh/Mrs Tuckett Whole School Assembly 2:00pm

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1 AUGUST Kindy Day School Psychologist

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3 Kindy Day

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4 7 Kindy Day

Dance Week

8 Kindy Day School Psychologist

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10 Kindy Day Parent Bulletin

11 Yr 5 Mrs Dezotti-Hartnup Assembly 2:00pm

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15 Kindy Day School Psychologist

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17 Kindy Day Newsletter

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