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Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 9 . 19 June 2020

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2452 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

As with everything, SMILE’s work has been interrupted by COVID-19.

We are here to remind you about SMILE and tell you about our new chat room.

SMILE is a student led program that aims to make school a better place for everyone. SMILE

mentors are senior students who care about their school community…that’s you.

As we grow, we learn… We learn about ourselves, other people.

It’s good to talk to others, to get different ideas about whatever is on your mind.

Or if someone just listens, it can help us process and feel better about ourselves and our life.

As SMILE Mentors, we have our one on one mentoring but there is simply not enough of us to

keep up with demand.

We would like to meet and connect with more of you, so we are starting a new meeting place in

room 17 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the breaks you can come and meet us and talk about

school, relationships, problems, life; anything really.

We want to meet you, hang out, whatever…You don’t have

to come with a particular problem. Just come and say hi; tell

us what’s good in your life.

You may not want to talk at all; we will also have some

games and activities available.

This is a new thing for SMILE and the school. And,

because SMILE is a program for students, we would love to

hear your ideas of what we can do in our chat room. What

would you like in this room? Do you have any ideas how

SMILE could make school a better place?

So drop in, say hi on a Tuesday or Thursday during breaks.

We are friendly, approachable, and want to meet you.

Hope to see you there.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Relieving Principal P.2

Information for Parents/Carers P.3

SMILE Chat Room P.4

Mathematics P.5

Year 7 Tech Mandatory P.6-7

Careers P.8-9

Community Notices P.10

A message from WHS SMILE mentors

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 19 June 2020 . Issue 9


It is fantastic to be able to run much of our rich

tapestry of curricular and extra-curricular activities

again. Our focus is on what we can do and what

we do well. Woolgoolga High School continues to

deliver a high quality, world-class education to our

students while the additional enriching experiences

are opening up again.

In Term 3, sport will run with an expanded range of

opportunities, once again including venues with

transport options from across our region. Planning

is going ahead for our Woolgoolga High Athletics

Carnival, scheduled for Wednesday 5 August. We

are preparing for the participation of students from

all age groups and of any ability level in track and

field events for a full day carnival. Although further

progression will not occur through Zone, Region

and State as per other years, there is still

enormous benefit in running this great event for

our students. We are all looking forward to great

house spirit, war cries and enthusiastic

participation.

Our Academic Achievement Centre has great

numbers again. It is wonderful to see so many of

our students benefitting from the tuition given by

experts in faculties from across our school. Come

along after school on Thursdays. Everyone is most

welcome.

Mr Dominey is asking for volunteers for the sound

crew, who will work together with specialists in the

field to develop their sound production skills. The

sound crew will run production for all school

events, including future performances such as our

MADD night and the school Musical. Mr Dominey

is also running a drumming group for students of

all ability levels, so see our music faculty if you

would like to be involved.

From the Principal’s Desk

During the break between Terms 2 and 3, our

teaching staff have scheduled HSC tutorial

sessions for their students.

SMILE Chat Room has opened up as a place to

meet. Junior students can drop into Room 17

during break times to say hi to SMILE mentors.

If any junior student would like to find out more

about SMILE and think about having a senior

SMILE mentor, please see their Year Advisor,

Mr Cook, Daniel Sweed or Ms Stockton. See the

poster in this newsletter and around the school.

During the break between Terms 2 and 3, our

teaching staff have scheduled HSC tutorial

sessions for their students. This is an excellent,

rewarding opportunity to engage deeply in the

content, working with their teachers and fellow

students. To be able to devote as much time and

support as needed is perfect at this time of the

HSC. Seniors need to check the schedule and talk

to their teachers and Mr Pursch. The Academic

Achievement Centre on Wednesday afternoons

continues to be staffed with senior curriculum

specialists from across the school. This is in place

specifically for Preliminary and HSC students.

Make the most of it!

Thank you to the wonderful parents and carers in

our school community who always work together

with our brilliant staff to create the best possible

experiences for the students of our school. Stay

safe and keep in touch with what is happening at

this fantastic school, Woolgoolga High School.

Iain Henderson

Relieving Principal



Important Dates for the Class of 2020

Thursday 25/06/2020 - Movie Night for Year 12 in the forum.

5pm to 7pm—proceeding under social distancing restrictions.

Friday 16/10/2020 - Year 12 Graduation Assembly.

To proceed if COVID-19 conditions permit.

Tuesday 20/10/2020 - HSC Exams begin.

Wednesday 11/11/2020 - Year 12 Formal at Pacific Bay Resort.

To proceed if COVID-19 conditions permit.

Attention parents and carers

Borrowed WHS devices

As our classes have transitioned quickly into face-to

-face learning, we require any borrowed technology

to be returned to the school. This will help us facili-

tate your children's learning. These devices need to

be returned to the front office. If there are any

issues in respect to this request please contact the

school administration office on 66541500

Safety First

Parents, carers and students are reminded not to use the staff car park for

dropping off or picking up their children, unless using the disabled parking bays.

Our car park is very congested, especially on rainy days directly before school begins and after school finishes.

Parking is available at the front of the school for safety and a covered walkway for students’ convenience leads from

the bus bay into the grounds.

Mobile Phones

Please do not call or message

your child during class time.

If it is an emergency call the office on

6654 1500 or leave it until break time —

11.10am-11.40am and 1.40pm-2.10pm.

Asthma

Students who require an asthma

puffer please ensure they bring it

to school and have it on their

person at all times. This is

extremely important during the

winter season.

Academic Achievement Centre

A learning initiative for our students voluntarily

staffed by teachers across a range of subject

areas.

Thursday 3.15pm – 4.30pm

Transport will need to be arranged by parents to

and from the school for their child to participate in

the program. Permission notes available from the

office.



Drop in and meet your SMILE Mentors



? Mary and Kim decide to walk home from

school a different way each day. By doing

this they hope to avoid meeting the scary

neighbourhood cat Scar!

The map shows all the streets between the

school and where Mary and Kim live.

If they don't want to walk back towards the

school, how many different ways are there?

Hint: Try writing at each vertex the number

of ways they can get there.

Remember to put your answer in the blue box outside the maths staffroom for your chance to win a

$5 canteen voucher!

The answer to last week's riddle was 2, 5 and 7. The winner of that $5 canteen voucher will be announced in

assembly on Monday.

Maths Riddle

In Maths, the Year 8 students are starting to learn about

number planes; how to plot coordinates on a graph and

the properties of linear problems.

This week some Year 8 students created a life-sized

number plane in the Forum. The students investigated a

range of different number plane properties such as the

different quadrants of a number plane. They also plotted

themselves and then connected the points to form a linear

line and finally arranged themselves into a spiral shape

and recorded their coordinates. Back in the classroom,

the students checked the correct points were recorded by

plotting these coordinates on a graph.

Taking maths out of the classroom and creating different

learning activities and experiences helps students learn

difficult concepts and develops a solid understanding of

mathematical principles. We are trying to inspire our

students to love maths just as much as all the staff in the

Maths faculty do!

Mathematics



Students in Year 7 Tech Mandatory

have been experimenting with dyeing,

learning new skills such as ironing, pin-

ning and using a sewing machine to

construct a tote bag. They have also

been learning about regulations that

must appear on labelling of textile items.

Year 7 students have completed a writ-

ten task on what the world would be like

without textiles.

Year 7 Tech Mandatory

What Would Life Be Like Without Textiles? - Keziah Friend

Without textiles life would be hard, boring and uncomfortable. Most of our daily life items are

textiles. Textiles are almost essential to live life the way we do. Textiles makes our life comforta-

ble, easy and interesting.

Can you imagine cold winter nights without textiles? How horrible would it be to sleep without a

warm doona or blankets and to have no soft pillow and mattress to rest your body on. Think

about getting out of a nice warm shower and having no towel to wrap yourself up in. Then going

to bed in a cardboard box or some other uncomfortable material. A winter night would be a

dreadful nightmare.

What if we had no textiles in school? We would probably all be carrying our books in plastic

bags. Also imagine moving from class to class in bulky, uncomfortable material. Without textiles

school would probably become more than twice as hard.

These were only two parts of our daily life and it already looks like a disaster! Imagine no textiles

for anything! Life would become so hard and our whole way of living would change. No textiles

would also most likely result in more plastic which would make the world become damaged

quicker. Living without textiles in general is a pure catastrophe!



A World Without Textiles—Ava Wilson

A world without textiles would not only be irritating but extremely impractical. Without textiles,

many problems and troubles within our everyday lives would be created.

Picture this, you wake up from a painful night's sleep and get up off your hard, plastic bed. To get

ready for the day, you grab your cold fork to brush through your mangled hair, and put on your

fragile paper clothes. This kind of lifestyle alone is difficult and would drive you mad!

Another problem we have to think about, is the long, cold and icy winter nights. There would be no

fluffy, long sleeve pyjamas, no compfy slippers or warm blankets. But worst of all, you wouldn’t be

able to snuggle up in your nice, warm bed and sleep all through the night.

Imagine if you got your skin cut open or got injured. You would need a cloth, band aid or bandage

to help stop the bleeding and help recover the injury. Without textiles it would be an even more

painful experience than it already is, as well as helping people and possibly saving lives.

We use textiles every single day and frequently take it for granted. Even just from these reasons,

we can see the benefits of textiles and why it is so essential to our society.



Job Opportunities

Local job opportunities, apprenticeships and

traineeships are now being listed on the

Woolgoolga High School Careers webpage at

www.woolgoolgahighcareers.com/. Current job

vacancies posted include 2021 Essential

Energy apprenticeships and traineeships,

Australian Defence Force gap year positions,

and part-time positions with local businesses.

Please visit the website regularly for recent job

listings. To access the job listings, follow the

steps on this page.

Careers

Engineering Your Future – registration is open – the Winter Engineering online event for students in Years 10-12+

Click to find the current program for Monday 13 – Friday 17 July, and register!

Please note, we warmly welcome interested students in Years 7-9; parents/carers.

Learn more about the vast scope of exciting work that Engineers do; the courses available at University,

TAFE and alternative pathway options; and the current and growing demand for Engineers and

Technologists. e [email protected]

http://www.woolgoolgahighcareers.com/

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-06/Engineering-your-future.pdf

mailto:[email protected]



Go.Forward

Educational Pathways Pilot Program

The first episode of EPPP TV,

an exciting new initiative of

the Educational Pathways Pilot

Program, is now live and availa-

ble for students, teachers and

parents to watch on demand.

The launch episode sees host Jazmine Huggins, a former VET student and Triple J pro-

ducer, talk all things EPPP with some of the people that are helping with the roll out of

the program.

EPPP TV Episode 1 guests:

• Jazmine Huggins, EPPP TV Host

• Rose Vujcic, Head Teacher Secondary Studies - Campbelltown Cluster

• Robyn Pemberton, Leader, Vocational Education for Secondary Students

Fi Shewring, President, Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT)

We can’t wait to keep exploring the subject of vocational learning in the next episodes of

EPPP TV. If there’s someone you think we should have on the show, please email the

EPPP TV team. For now, enjoy the first episode of TV. We hope it leads to some great

conversations in schools and at home.

We acknowledge the homelands of all Aboriginal people and pay our respect to Country.

http://t.mail.education.nsw.gov.au/r/?id=h446036,1b98fb3,1b999cd

http://t.mail.education.nsw.gov.au/r/?id=h446036,1b98fb3,1b999ce



http://t.mail.education.nsw.gov.au/r/?id=h446036,1b98fb3,1b999cf



Schools are safe and open for

full time face-to-face learning

This guide is for parents and carers

School students do not need to follow physical

distancing guidelines, but should follow good

hygiene practices like:

• Regularly washing hands

• Avoiding sharing drinks or food

• Coughing or sneezing into your elbow,

or a tissue which should be discarded

immediately.

• Bring water bottles and equipment.



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Available At Woolgoolga High School

A secure Westpac banking facility has now been added to the Woolgoolga High School website to allow

parents/carers to make online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments for things like voluntary school

contributions, excursions, sporting activities or sales to students.

To make a payment click on the link and go the “Make a Payment” tab: http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

We hope you will find this payment option convenient. Payments can still be made at the Woolgoolga High School

Office by cash, cheque or EFTPOS before school and during break 1.

Woopi High Canteen

fresh food daily

Volunteering in the canteen is a great way to give back and the

students always love seeing their family members helping out.

We are flexible with days and hours as any help is always

appreciated. Ring the school on 66541500 to speak to one of

the canteen team.

To view the menu and price list click here

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

https://woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/w/woolgoolga-h/localcontent/student-and-parent-information/CANTEEN_MENU.pdf

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