Woolgoolga High School

Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter

Issue 15 .

October 16, 2015

Rotary supports state athlete with individual scholarship

Toward the end of last term eight Woolgoolga High

School students travelled to the State Athletics Carnival

to compete at ANZ Stadium, Homebush Olympic Park,

Sydney. Results will be published in the next

Newsletter. To compete at an Olympic venue with

world class facilities was an outstanding achievement,

and an experience to remember.

The school community would like to thank Woolgoolga

Rotary Club for their kind donation of $200 to support

the accommodation costs for one of the athletes

Berach Desalegn Bekele. Rotary’s generosity ensured

Berach had an opportunity to compete at this elite

level. She represented our school admirably, but unfor-

tunately did not progress to the final.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

Careers P.4

Year 11 History excursion P.5

Collaborative online testing P.5

Gold Awards P.6

Year 7 tie dying P.7

Community News P.8

Sponsored advertisements P.9

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2456 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.school.edu.au

Woolgoolga High School is extremely fortunate to have the

support of a number of community groups, including

Rotary, that regularly support a range of initiatives. They

include individual student scholarships that allow students

to participate in curriculum activities, including sport, the

RYDA program for Year 11 students, Getting Out There Day,

the Assembly of Excellence that recognises student

achievement and the Annual Presentation Assembly.

GOOD NEWS WEEK 2 October 16, 2015 . Issue 15


From the Principal’s Desk

I have returned with many new ideas, how-

ever, I am open to other ideas and over the

near future will once again be looking to

work closely with all in our community to

make our school “the” leading school in

NSW offering the best opportunities for all

of our students.

Mr Henderson has been an exceptional

leader of the school over the past term as

has Mrs Bear who had a term as Deputy

Principal. Lindy Schofield has also been a

solid performer following up truancy as

Head Teacher Administration.

I am looking forward to Super Saturday

(Excel Class) tomorrow and will unveil a

new and exciting strategy which will ensure

the best education for some of our most

talented students.

I would like to thank Rotary for their continu-

ing support of our school. The article on the

front page re Berach is a testament to this

support.

It is great to be back as Principal of Woolgoolga High School.

After leaving at the end of June, I realised, in fact quite quickly,

that I was not ready for the quiet life of retirement. I am looking

forward to leading the school in many new and exciting avenues

over the coming years.

We have had two new staff appointed to our

school. Mr John Chadwick joined the Tech-

nology faculty but is also a Mathematics

and Science teacher. Beginning in 2016,

Ethan Hourigan will be teaching in the

English faculty. Ethan is a targeted

graduate and as such has been identified

as a quality beginning teacher.

Our Year 12 students are indicating they

are very happy with the first few HSC

papers. Good luck to our HSC students with

the rest of your exams.

The next trial of the Year 8 Collaborative

Science testing will take place on Monday.

We are fortunate to be participating in this

innovative initiative that tests our students

on collaborative online tasks across schools

in real time.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal

Students’ Photographs

There are many occasions where we would like to

publish photographs of students involved in various

school activities, including reports for the local papers,

school newsletters, and the annual report and on our

school website.

If you do not wish your child’s photograph to be used

for these purposes, please notify the school in writing.



IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Mon, Oct 19 Year 8 Collaborative Testing

Fri, Oct 23 AIMEE

Fri, Oct 30 Mufti Day / Red & yellow

Oct 16-Oct 30 HSC continues

The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

Year 7 Sport Swimming

Over the next 5 weeks Year 7 students

will be visiting Woolgoolga Swimming

Pool to complete a school based

Aquatic and Water Survival Unit.

Students will go during their time-

tabled sport lessons and the cost of

the activity is covered in the student

Sport Contribution fee. A reminder to

students to be sun safe - bring sun-

screen and a rash shirt.

A reminder has been

emailed to students to

return or renew all

overdue books. Emails

go out every month.

Welcome

John Chadwick to Woolgoolga High School. Coming from

Quirindi High School Mr Chadwick will be teaching in the

Maths and Science faculties. He has been appointed to the

position of Technology Coordinator and is looking to encour-

age the use of technology to engage students and increase

different learning conversations within the class room. John

looks forward to meeting and working with all members of

the school community.



It has been fantastic to assist so many

Woolgoolga High School Year 12 students

with their applications for a wide variety of

Universities. We wish them good luck with

their HSC and with their future direction.

The transition for Year 11 into Year 12 has begun.

With this, I would encourage all eligible students to

attend the following:

20th October: Senior Schools day at SCU – cost $10

includes bus travel and lunch. (This is a great

introduction for anyone considering university in the

future.)

3rd- 4th December: QLD University trip – cost $140

(we visit lots of universities and most food, transport

and accommodation is provided.) LIMITED SPACES.

We encourage all students, parents etc to utilize

both of the following websites:

woolgoolgahighcareers.com

jobjump.com

Julie-Anne Chivers

Careers Advisor

This term we are encouraging all

Year 10 students to complete Work

Experience. The dates for work

experience are:

30th Nov to 4th December

7th Dec to 11 December

This can be completed as a block

placement or two separate work

placements.

School based traineeships

A number of School Based train-

eeships are available for Year 10.

Students need to check their emails

for the application process. Contact

Mrs Chivers, in the Careers office if

further information is required.



Year 11 History ExcursionYear 11 History ExcursionYear 11 History Excursion

Year 11 is looking forward to the Senior History excursion heading to Sydney on the 18th, 19th and

20th of November. The Ancient and Modern Historians will be actively participating in hands-on pro-

grams run by the Australian History Museum at Macquarie University, the Nicholson Museum at

Sydney University as well as the Jewish Museum which provides courses for both senior History dis-

ciplines. We will get to experience genuine primary sources ranging from Spartan swords, Roman

statues and Egyptian mummies right through to artefacts from World War I as well as having the

privilege of meeting and talking to a Holocaust survivor. As a bonus, this year we will not only be

visiting the Sydney Sealife Aquarium at Darling Harbour, but also the Sydney Wildlife Park and taking

a trip up the Sydney Eye Tower (Centrepoint) as well as dining at Sydney’s leading Greek restaurant.

All of this is included in the price.

The cost of the excursion is $320.00 and we ask that all final payments are

made by Friday 23rd at the latest. Students who have paid more than the

$320.00 will have the overpayment refunded.

Just over one month to go!!!

Helen Rook

Working collaboratively online –

assessing skills for 21st

century living

Working collaboratively together in an online environment is an

increasingly common part of twenty-first century living and working.

ACARA, along with the NSW Department of Education, is part of a

global project which includes education agencies in Ireland and

Sweden. The project is investigating the development of innovative

high-quality online assessment methods and tasks that will give

reliable data on students’ collaborative problem solving skills.

Collaborative problem solving online assessment involves students

working together to solve tasks. For example, working with another

student online to find out why the fish are dying in a creek or why an

electric circuit is not working. The tasks assess the knowledge, skills,

behaviours and dispositions that will assist students to live and work

successfully in the twenty-first century and which are included in the

Australian Curriculum as general capabilities.

From 19 October, a week-long trial of online tasks will occur in twenty-

one schools from across Australia. This follows an initial test run of

one online task in a small number of schools in NSW in July.

The results of the trial will help ACARA better understand how to de-

velop valid and reliable online assessments of collaborative problem

solving skills that teachers may be able to use in their classrooms.

On Monday 19 October,

Woolgoolga High

School Year 8 students

will participate in the

second Collaborative

Online Testing Trial.



Year 7

Sophie Adams

Nimiah Anderson

Lachie Bell

Jorji Bradbury

Celeste Campbell

Nicholas Casey

Shannon Cave

Candice Constable-Love

Madyson Cowling

Levi Davison

Heather Dawson

Amy Decent

Kiana Dosanjh

Kaitlyn Dunn

Katie Dunning

Lara Enersen

April Flaherty

Kaela Forbes

Kasey Frahm

Joel Garrett

Tahshi Gatti

Sarah Goodman

Tayla Griffey

Hamish Hammond

Octavia Hand

Shayla Hills

Harrison King

Sheldon Koopmans

Sarah Langhorn

Matilda Mairinger

Sophie Maric

Kirra Marsh

Taryn McCarthy

Sasha McNab

Jack Meale

Ryan Merrett

Tyler Murray

Madeleine Nimbs

Michael Pauluzzi

La'Shonda Pierce

Sienna Reeves

Brodie Robertson

Latiesha Romans

Charlise Sharp

Yaaslin Sidhu

Sophy Simson

Sangam Singh

Bridget Skinner

Eliza Smith

Brooke Stewart

Brynd Storrie

Sukhjeet Tiwana

Emily Wall

Nirribi Williams

Abbey Woolford

Year 8

Swe Aung

Rajeena Chahal

Kaleb Darbin

Lynzi Fittler

Amber Goodwin

Meika Hennessy

Izaac Hovermann

Alex Rook

Harlin Sidhu

Samantha Zink

Year 9

Lochlan Beedie

Rhianna Birch

Taylar Briley

Andrew Collins

Joshua Dunn

Elaine Good

Lucinda Gray

Kiahni Huthnance

Simranjit Kaur

Pavanveer Mullee

Cameron O'Connor

Jade Prentice

Sherydan Simson

Delilah Thorncraft

Michael Tucker

Year 11

Clarence Harre

Katie Langhorn

Bianca Mcneill

Tarun Mills-izard

Patrick Mullan

Alisha Phoonie

Zoe Schmidt

Year 12

Saihaj Arkan

Jade Bromell

Jackson Della

Freyja Kross-Woodrow

Jessica Midavaine

Jeremy Rush

Holly Stapleton

Jessica Sutton

Caitlin Valentine

Year 10

Meg Beedie

Ryan Birchall

Tia-Rose Bodsworth

Milli Carr

Michael Chetwood

Lachlan Collins

Marlay Commandeur

Ellissa Enersen

Amy Garrett

Lani Goodman

Luke Gustafson

Aquila Hardman

Isabelle Hill

Jasmine Hovermann

Elliotte Hyder

Harkeerat Insan

Jaspreet Kaur

Caleb Kimpton

Japjeet Maan

Angelina Montague

Raman Phoonie

Samantha Sadlier

Parveen Singh

Jacob Sutton

Hana Truban

Kaela Twiss

Bayley White

Tyler Wisdom



Year 7 Technology

Mandatory tie dying the

calico bags they made

during Term 3. The bright

and unique dye designs

were fun to create.

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 avail-able at the front of

the school for safety and a covered walkway for students’ convenience leads

from the bus bay into the grounds.



Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are generously supported by:

Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga Beach Street Woolgoolga

6654 8989 6654 2744

Tuition—Woolgoolga

All ages, all abilities

All subjects, Qualified Teachers

Individually tailored programs

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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 availa-

ble 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 Wool-

goolga 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.

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See menu with price list on the school’s website

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