Woolgoolga High School...Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 6 March 23 2018 . Issue 4 CENTENARY DRIVE...

Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 4 . March 23, 2018

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

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

TexStyle P.4

Special Guest Augusta Supple P.5

Int. Women’s Day P.6

Give It Up For Red Cross P.7

Grafton Pool P.8-9

NC Regional Swimming P.10

Sport P.11-13

Community Notices P.14

I was privileged to travel to Sydney with one of my very

talented Year 12 Textiles and Design students, Jasmine

Hovermann and her mother for the TEXSTYLE Awards

night on 7th March. Ashley Wake, who was also selected

for this exhibition, was overseas and unable to attend.

“Tonight is the night! We can't wait to celebrate the

achievements of the 2017 Textile and Design

Student Recipients with you.” That was our welcome

to an amazing event held by The Technology Educators

Association at the Main Grandstand, Rosehill Gardens

Racecourse, Rosehill, Sydney.

A whole new range of creative, textile wearable and

creations were on display to inspire future HSC students

at the show showcasing student projects with a focus on

proficiency, creativity and innovation in relation to the

Stage 6 Textiles and Design Syllabus and Marking

Guidelines. Ashley and Jasmine’s projects also included

a written portfolio that explained their investigation into

their ideas for their projects, which resulted in a very

creative showcase.

See full article on page 4.

HSC Texstyle Awards

Sydney

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 March 23 2018 . Issue 4


I am pleased to announce our new Deputy

Principal is Lyndall Nickell. As Deputy Princi-

pal at Wagga Wagga High School Lyndall

comes with a wealth of experience, capabili-

ties and energy and I know she will be a re-

al asset to our school when she begins at

the beginning of Term 2. I would also like to

thank Phil Dalton and Wayne Bailey (Head

Teacher Science) for stepping up into these

leadership roles for this term. Both have

done a marvellous job.

The Science and Engineering Challenge or

Year 10 students will occur on Tuesday 11th

April. We are looking forward to working with

our local Rotary and Lions Clubs as well as

Newcastle University to make this day

another successful educational event on our

calendar.

What a great photo on the front page of this

newsletter. We are so fortunate to have such

great teachers and quality students at our

school.

It is extremely important for our school to

have up to date information about our |

students and their families. Over the next

few weeks, Office staff will be making some

calls to families to update details. Some of

this information is now used as a basis for

extra funding our school receives.

Our clothing pool is in need of donations of

second hand uniforms. If your child has

grown out of a uniform, we could issue it to

other students at our school as needs arise.

From the Principal’s Desk

It is extremely important for our school to have up to date

information about our students and their families. Over

the next few weeks, Office staff will be making some calls

to families to update details.

Congratulations to Lochlan Beedie who

represented Coffs District Lions Club and

Woolgoolga High School last Saturday at

Gunnedah. What a great opportunity for

Lochlan to achieve such a level in the

competition.

As usual, our athletes are performing

extremely well this year and congratulations

to all of these sports people, and in particu-

lar the large number of swimmers who are

competing at very high levels.

Advance notice:

Parent teacher night for years 7-12 will be

held on Monday 7th May. Hope to see

most of you there!

Upcoming notice NAPLAN 15th to 17

th

May.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal

PARENT TEACHER NIGHT

Years 7-10

Monday 7th May



The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Fri Mar 30 to Mon Apr 2 Easter

Sun Apr 8 to Tue Apr 10 NSW CHS State Swimming

Tue Apr 10 P&C Meeting

Tue Apr 10 Science and Engineering Challenge

Fri Apr 13 WHS Cross Country

Fri Apr 13 Last day Term 1

Mon Apr 30 Staff Development Day

Tue May 1 All students return to school

The clothing pool is in need of

second hand school uniforms

for emergency clothing etc.

Donations of pre loved school

uniforms in good condition

which are no longer required

are gratefully accepted at the

front office.

Request for Missing

Information

Some families may receive a

phone call over the coming weeks

requesting important details miss-

ing from your child’s records.

This important information is used

for statistics and helps provide for

future funding for your child’s

education.

HSC HUB Year 12

A reminder that ALL Year 12 students

have access to this valuable resource.

Personal logins have been sent to

student emails. In preparing for upcom-

ing exams, it is strongly advised these

clips are accessed as they give great

summaries and worked past HSC

questions.

Good luck Year 12

in your HSC Trial Exams Wednesday 28th March to

Wednesday 11th April



Toni Robinson President of the TEA gave a speech on the night, not only congratulating the students on

their fantastic Major Textile Projects but also expressing her appreciation to the executive of smaller region-

al schools for supporting their staff. Toni was delighted that Executives of schools were enabling both the

staff and students to attend and have their work recognised for its outstanding level of achievement. She

even went on to tell an anecdotal story of a Principal in a small regional area of Woolgoolga organising

mannequins to be delivered from Bonnyrigg High to Canley Vale High to then be transported to Rosehill.

She spoke of how she received a phone call from her front office staff explaining to her of an unusual event

taking place up at the office; that being the Principal Michael Bryce from Bonnyrigg was taking photos of

himself delivering the mannequins and messaging them to the Principal, Guy Wright of Woolgoolga High.

She was impressed at the lengths that Principals would go to ensure staff and students were supported.

It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to be recognised for their outstanding commitment to their

studies and their fantastic achievements. It was also a wonderful achievement for the school to get not one,

but two textile items selected for the exhibition.

As a teacher in a regional area I loved having the opportunity to view and analyse the exhibition – show-

casing the 2017 Textiles and Design – HSC MTP Works of Excellence. It was also a proud moment when a

photo of Jasmine’s work was also used in the marketing of the Stitches and Craft show where the Exhibi-

tion was being held.

Textile and Design Teacher: Fiona Fluechter

TexStyle Awards — Sydney



Senior Talks

We were fortunate to have ex-student

Augusta Supple speak to our senior students

Thursday 8th March. Before speaking at our

school, she was the key note speaker at the

International Women’s Breakfast.

Augusta has had many opportunities since

attending Woolgoolga High School. Augusta

shared her journey with our senior students,

from her experience at university in Sydney,

through her many job opportunities, and how

she ended up in her impressive creative arts

position today. She shared stories of her trials

and tribulations and encouraged students to take every opportunity in life as she has. She shared

her experiences of rubbing shoulders with entertainment royalty and her thoughts about ‘Imposter

Syndrome’ and ‘Fake it until you make it’. She spoke about the wonderful staff at Woolgoolga High

School and in particular Gareth Berglund and how they have affected her life.

Her goal is to motivate young people to achieve their best and share her experiences to show it is

possible to achieve anything with the drive to do so, no matter where your beginnings are.

We would like to thank Augusta for her time spent with our students and hope that some of our seniors took away a positive view on their future options for a wonderful and fulfilling life.

Special Guest Augusta Supple Senior Manager – Engagement, Partnerships and Development - Create NSW –

Arts Screen and Culture Division – Department of Planning and Environment

A Heartfelt Tribute to

Mr Gareth Berglund

"Many of the most useful lessons at

Woolgoolga High happened in the music

rooms for me—playing music with other

people taught me about having the confi-

dence to play my part, listen to others and to

"just keep going" even if I played an off note.

So many things taught to me by Mr Berglund.

It was great to visit and see him and how

he's transformed the music room into The

Wall. It gives me great heart to know the

music continues!"



It was a very proud moment for Woolgoolga High School

when the Zonta Club of Coffs Harbour contacted us to in-

vite two of our Indigenous students to deliver the Acknowl-

edgement of Country at the International Women’s Day

Breakfast in Coffs Harbour on Thursday 8th March.

Thanks go to Kelly Hine for accompanying these girls to

the event.

Sherydan Simson of Year 12, a finalist in

the Zonta Young Women in Public Affairs

competition, organised a table of six Year

12 students to attend the event. The Year

12 Advisor, Karen Dorahy, had the pleasure

of accompanying them, along with

Sherydan’s mother,Kellie Simson.

Augusta Supple, proud Alumni of Woolgoolga High School,

was the Keynote Speaker at the IWD Breakfast. Her words

were truly inspirational and prompted the 300+ women in the

room to realise they can be strong and independent, and do

not need to be silent about gender inequality. She also spoke

very highly of the lessons she had learned at our great

school.

Left: Augusta Supple and Aunty Bea Ballngarry Photo courtesy of Guardian News

International Women’s Day Breakfast 2018

Girls in Years 7, 8 and 9 were reminded at assembly this week of the importance of protecting them-

selves by using social media appropriately.

Students have been offered ongoing support and assistance if they are unsure whether particular

uses of social media and digital technologies are deemed appropriate or inappropriate, safe or risky.

Activities such as posting or sending photos of themselves, requires students to seriously consid-

er the potential and long lasting effects. Parents and carers are asked to please monitor and sup-

port their teens to stay safe when participating in online activities.

Ms. Donnelly

Message from the Female Supervisor



Some personal highlights of this experience were “the

Spanish Dancer” and, of course, “Queen of Hearts” from

Alice in Wonderland!

The donations have started coming in, and we encourage

anyone reading this Newsletter to donate whatever they

can afford to this cause. Even if it is 50 cents, it all adds up

to a lot over time for a local family in need. Donations can

be left at the School Office, or passed on to Mrs Dorahy

through the students. Receipts for donations will be issued

on request for taxation purposes.

I look forward to sharing the final donation tally with you in

the next Newsletter.

It is “Wonderful” to see how large the collective “Heart” is in

our school,

Mrs Dorahy

Year 12 Adviser

Give it up for Red Cross — Year 12 Fundraiser

Year 7 having been studying a Design unit based on

Flight. We have designed and made parachutes,

gliders and this fortnight's activity was to design and

make three paper planes for two competitions. The

first was for the plane that flew the greatest distance

and the second one for the plane that flew for the

longest time. Students had to decide on the best

design for each.

The winners won a TANGO voucher for 1st, 2nd

and 3rd place. Zac Lye was a standout winning 1st

place in both competitions.

Year 7 Technology Mandatory

Woolgoolga High School’s Give It Up For Red Cross

Year 12 Fundraiser is progressing nicely, with over 30

Students, teachers and Parents (collectively) participat-

ing.

The Red Cross Woolgoolga Branch is very impressed

with the number of volunteers, the range of different

creative ideas adopted by the students, and the lengths

that “some people” have gone to, to draw attention to

themselves for the greater good! (Mrs Dorahy, Year 12

Advisor, accepted the challenge put to her from Wool-

goolga Red Cross members (the same challenge the

local Red Cross Volunteer members were using to raise

funds) to wear more feminine attire to work for a week –

no shorts were allowed and make up was to be worn

every day but Mrs Dorahy decided to make it even more

of a sacrifice and dress boldly “in costume”.



Friday, March 9th saw the majority of Year 7 attend Grafton Pool for a fun filled day of activities.

The weather held out for us allowing us to enjoy the day’s activities with the heavens only opening

up as we were leaving to return to school.

Activities designed to build positive relationships amongst peers were implemented and students had a blast with squeals of delight being heard from all areas of the pool.

As Year 7 Adviser I am tremendously pleased with the good conduct

and maturity shown amongst the cohort. I am also very pleased with

the way in which students supported one another especially during

the more challenging activities. Thank you Year 7 for being so

wonderful.

Mr Green

Grafton Pool



All of Year 7 had an amazing day with plenty

of laughs. The water slide and diving board

were by far the best, even Mr Green had a

go on the diving board! Overall it was an

awesome day; all of Year 7 want to go

again!

Arabella C.

On 9th March Year 7 went to Grafton Pool.

The purpose of this trip was to get to know our

peers better whilst having fun. We went

through an abundance of activities such as the

diving board, pool, slide and we learned some

team working skills. Thank you to all the

teachers who made this great day possible.

Year 7 had an amazing time.

Emma W.

Last Friday, Year 7 went to Grafton pool. It was a fun and

exciting experience that I will remember forever!

Thanks Mr Green!

Lotus F.

I really enjoyed the Grafton pool

excursion. My favourite part was the

water slide followed by the diving board

but I was a bit disappointed that the top

diving board was closed. Overall it was

a great day.

Marcus B.

This is what some of the students had to say:



Congratulations to the following

students who competed at the

North Coast regional swimming

carnival at Tweed Regional

Aquatic Centre in Murwil-

lumbah. Despite the very grey

rainy day all students repre-

sented Woolgoolga with great

spirit and sportsmanship.

Thanks to all the parents, Mrs

Hyder and the P&C for assis-

tance with transportation and

support on the day. Full results,

state qualifiers and more

photos to come in the next

newsletter.

Below: Mrs Hyder and Ms Schofield working hard as MNC Swim Managers

North Coast Regional Swimming

WHS GIRLS AGE WHS BOYS AGE

Milly King 12 Samuel Moriz 12 Aleisha Quay 13 George Wells 12 Jasmyn Hoppe 14 Bojae Woodgate 12

Ella Bhatti 14 Seth Tomlinson 12 Sophie Bartlett 14 Jake Maric 14 Mikayla Holder 14 Peter Cohen 15

Alena Nieuwerth 14 Samuel Hodgson 15

Caitlin Turnbull 15 Mitchell Batty 15

Shania King 15 Mitchell Della 15

Sophie Maric 16 Sheldon Koopmans 16

Sarah Goodman 16 Grant Cook 17

Alex Greenhalgh 16 Liam Bartlett 17

Emily Hoppe 16 Addisen Mallett 17

Delilah Thorncraft 17

Taylar Briley 17

Above: 12 Year Boys Relay

– Seth Tomlinson, Samuel

Moriz, Bojae Woodgate,

George Wells

Right: Alena Nieuwerth, Emily Hoppe, Alex Green-halgh, Sarah Goodman, Sophie Maric, Jasmyn Hoppe, Aleisha Quay, Mikayla Holder, Sophie Bartlett, Ella Bhatti



Rugby League Congratulations to Kai Choice (Year 10) and

Emanuel Sutton (Year 10) who have been se-

lected in Mid North Coast Zone Under 15 Rugby

League Team. The boys will now travel to

Macksville to play against Lower North Coast

team in the quest to be selected in the Southern

North Coast Under 15 Rugby League team. Well

done Kai and Emanuel and good luck!

Rugby Union Congratulations to Jack Killen (Year 10) who has

been selected in Mid North Coast Zone Open

Rugby Union team. Jack will now compete at the

North Coast Rugby Union trials at Macksville.

Well done Jack and good luck!

Open Girls Soccer Congratulations Tanisha Wallace (Year 12) who

has been selected in the North Coast Regional

Open Girls Soccer team. Tanisha will compete at

the NSW CHS State Championships next term in

Wollongong. Well done Tanisha and good Luck!

Australian Rules Football Congratulations to Emanuel Sutton (Year 10)

who has been selected in the North Coast under

15 Australian Rules Football team. At the begin-

ning of next term Emanuel will travel to Newcas-

tle to compete in a gala day in the quest to be

chosen for the Northern NSWCHS Under 15

Australian Rules Football team. Good Luck

Emanuel!

Softball

Last month I went to Newcastle to represent the North Coast region at the NSW CHS State Softball Championships. As a team we worked really well together scoring one win and one tie out of nine games. We were all very proud of our efforts as we played amaz-ingly having never trained together and only meeting at the North Coast trials. Thank you Woopi High for giving me opportunity to play representative school softball. Ilana Bakon (Year 11)

Tennis Success

Earlier this month, Lachlan Rook (Year 9)

travelled to Sydney to compete at the CHS

Individual Tennis Championships held at Par-

ramatta Tennis Club. He chose to compete in

the Open Age Singles division rather than the

U15’s, finishing in the top 20 out of 128 en-

trants. In the Open Mixed Doubles he and his

partner Alanna Harrison from Orara High

School were successful in winning the Gold

Medal.

Lachlan is currently ranked No. 4 for his age

in NSW and 521 in Australian Open Men’s.

Lachlan is one of 32 players from across Aus-tralia who has been invited to enter the U14 Australian Grass Court Championships to be held in Adelaide in next month. Good luck Lachie!

Sports Congratulations

North Coast Girls Softball Team



PLEASE NOTE: DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT ARE

2018 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM

Sw

im

Sun 8 Apr to

Tue 10 Apr NSW CHS State Swimming

Olympic Aquatic

Centre Homebush 1

CR

OS

S

CO

UN

TR

Y

Fri 13 April WHS Cross Country Woolgoolga 1

Fri 25 May MNC Zone Cross Country Grafton TBC 2

Fri 15 June NC Regional Cross Country Nana Glen TBC 2

Fri 27 July NSW All Schools State Cross Country Eastern Creek 3

AT

HL

ET

ICS

Wed 9 May

Fri 11 May

WHS Athletics Carnival - Day 1

WHS Athletics Carnival - Day 2

Woolgoolga

Sports Ground 2

Thur 21 Jun MNC Zone Athletics Carnival Coffs Harbour

International Stadium 2

Thur 9 Aug NC Regional Athletics Carnival Nambucca 3

Wed 5 Sept to

Fri 7 Sept NSW CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3

Open Girls Netball

On Monday, 12th March the Woolgoolga Open Girls

Netball Team participated in the MNC

Knockout Netball competition at Sportz Central.

The first of our two games was very challenging as

our competition was very strong. The second

match was a thriller against Orara High School

resulting in a draw.

All games were played with a high level of sportsmanship and enjoyment as it was many team

member’s last opportunity to represent Woolgoolga High School in Netball.

Congratulations to Abby Nudd and Pavan Singh for being selected in the MNC Zone Team.

Thanks to our umpire Mark Jones for volunteering his time; and parents/carers for providing

transport.

Team: Lucinda Gray, Payton Priest, Hanah Ruttley, Abby Nudd, Pavan Singh, Ellie Gillespie, Maddie McAallister, Tahlia Gillespie, Isabella Oates Herrera.



On Tuesday, 27th February 30 boys turned up in extreme heat to three gruelling trials for the Open

Boys basketball team at Sportz Central Coffs Harbour. The team was then narrowed down to 10

players. We were lucky enough to have Yusuf Qaafow an Ex NBL player come and help select the

team.

The Woopi Open boys’ first game was a tough one against Grafton High which was stacked with

Seniors. The Woopi team consisting of players from Years 9 to 11 did a great job averaging 8 points

a quarter against a highly skilled and big team. The boys went down 60-24. Not once did the boys

drop their heads. A stand out in this game was Levi Davison and Jacob Butterworth-Harvey who

played both offensively and defensively and Conan Brisley who had to dig deep to play nearly a full

game. Unfortunately this meant the boys were knocked out. The boys then had a game against Jet-

ty and a third game against Bellingen. The boys went down in both these games but enjoyed the ex-

perience. Best player of the day from the coach goes to Jacob Butterworth-Harvey who gave his all

every game and never gave up. He played an excellent defence each game and contributed to most

offensive plays. Well done.

A big thank you to Bellinger Valley Braves for the loan of a set of singlets for the day and to Yusuf

Qaafow for coaching the boys in their first game.

Open Boys Basketball

SMS Messages for

Unexplained

Student Absences

It is vital that you advise

the school if your mobile

number or nominated

contact to receive SMS

messages has changed.

You can notify the school

of this change in writing or

via email.

AMBULANCE SCHOOL COVER EXCURSIONS

We have been advised that the Ambulance Service of NSW has

reciprocal health care agreements with all Australian states except

Queensland and South Australia.

This means that, even though Woolgoolga High has Ambulance

School Cover for students who have an accident or fall ill whilst at

school or at an organised school activity, they are not covered while

on school excursions to Queensland and South Australia.

Only students whose parent/guardians hold a Commonwealth

Government Health Care Card or have private health insurance

(including ambulance-only cover) are possibly covered when on a

school excursion to Queensland or South Australia. It is strongly

recommended that parents/guardians who do have cover with

a private health fund, check their family’s eligibility with

regards to travel to all the states.



Homestay Hosts Wanted

We are looking for caring families and individuals to provide a wonderful home away from

home for international students attending Woolgoolga High School.

Must be able to provide meals and a Working With Children Check.

Hosts receive $285 per week for a single room. Short (1 term) to long (4 terms) stays are

available.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator Mrs Megan Hart (02 6654 1500)

Monster Auction Woolgoolga Rotary Auction of used household goods takes place the first

Saturday of every month except January for small goods, furniture and a

whole lot of mixed items. Location is the Rotary shed behind the CWA, next to

the RSL club in Beach Street (parking available behind the RSL club). Come

down to grab a bargain!

For further information visit http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/

International Youth Exchange: The Rotary Club of Woolgoolga Inc.

We are also currently seeking students aged from 15 -17 who are interested in going overseas in

2019 for a twelve month period on Rotary Youth Exchange. The Rotary Club of Woolgoolga have

been supporting students to go on Rotary Exchange since 1990 with 27 Northern Beaches

students over that time enjoying the opportunity of a lifetime. If you would like to live in another

country for a year, go to school, be hosted by local families and to learn their language and their

culture please contact us. Your family do not need to be Rotary members.

More information is available on our web page https://www.rotaryyouthexchange9650.com.au/.

To discuss this opportunity telephone Patty Delaney; Youth Exchange Counsellor . The Rotary Club

of Woolgoolga Inc. : 66 542185 [email protected]

http://www.staydownunder.com.au

http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/

https://www.rotaryyouthexchange9650.com.au/



Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga

Phone: 6654 8989

Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Beach Street Woolgoolga

Phone 66542744

Paid Advertising

Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are

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Now 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.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us at the top of our homepage.

For those experienced in paying online, the process will be familiar. Detailed instructions are

available by opening the Parent Online Payment Instructions on the Information tab on our website.

We hope that 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.

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

Volunteers needed to serve in only 1 hour increments:

8.30am - 9.30am

11.00am - 12.00 noon

1.00pm - 2.00pm

If you can help please ring the school on 66541500 or

follow the link on the school’s website to complete

the expression of interest.

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

See menu with price list on the school’s website

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