Term 3 Week 3 2019 Issue 12 8 August 2019 1 Albury High School Proud Member of Crossing Point Learning Community ‘Creating our Future’ __________________________________________________________ Learning for all through Tradition, Innovation & Excellence 625 Kiewa Street ALBURY NSW 2640 Website: www.albury-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]Twitter:@Albury_High Phone: (02) 6021 3488 Fax: (02) 6041 3782 Pකඑඖඋඑඉඔ’ඛ Mඍඛඛඉඏඍ Eඌඝඋඉගඑඖ Wඍඍඓ This week is education week, where we celebrate the achievements of our students across public education. We are a proud comprehensive High School with a strong P&C and student voice through the SRC and prefects. Our students succeed in a multitude of areas both within the school and in the wider community. We strongly believe in the notion of ‘one years growth for one years learning’ and strive for this as a minimum for all children. We have sound programs in the areas of student resilience and wellbeing. Our staff are experts in their fields, constantly looking to improve student learning. The Albury Project is our latest partnership, which includes: YES, Headspace, CAMHS and all public high schools in Albury. The Albury Project aims to have early intervention strategies for students at risk of homelessness and leaving school early. This research backed Project is a state pilot which we have played a leading role in developing in our community. I would like to thank staff, students, parents and our community for their support of AHS and its endeavours. Gකඍඉග Aඋඐඑඍඞඍඕඍඖගඛ Our students continue to achieve great results as individuals, teams and members of the wider community. Some recent sporting achievements include the AHS Under 15 Girls Soccer team who competed in the Bill Turner Cup. The competition started with 400 schools from an area stretching from Cairns to Melbourne and our girls have made the quarter finals to be played later this month. Thirty five students competed at the Riverina Secondary Athletics Carnival. All students demonstrated excellent behaviour, attitude and effort on the day with many students now continuing to the NSWCHS State Athletics Carnival in September. We also had 18 students representing the Riverina in the NSW All Schools Cross Country in Eastern Creek. Outside sports, some achievements include the F Block Garden Project which has been successful in receiving a $1000 grant from the Life Education Yates Garden Grants program. Only ten grants were selected out of the 987 applications made to the program. The F Block Garden Project aims to establish a micro permaculture garden to allow for the planting of seasonal vegetable, herbs and native plant species with the aim being to sell plants once established. Sixty Year 10 students were involved in planting 2500 trees as part of the establishment of a wildlife connection between Wonga Wetlands and Nail Can Hill. Their plantings replace pine trees that were cleared in this area. This brings the total of trees planted by AHS students in the past three years to approximately 7000. A fantastic effort by the Year 10 students in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Darryl Ward Principal ICAS Aඛඛඍඛඛඕඍඖග ඖගඍඛ ඉඖඌ ඉඡඕඍඖගඛ ඉකඍ ඖඟ ඌඝඍ Albury High School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments in September. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling and Digital Technologies. Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition. Every student will receive a certificate and an online result report. ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based assessment. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results.
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Term 3 Week 3 2019
Issue 12
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Albury High School Proud Member of Crossing Point Learning Community
P ’ M E W This week is education week, where we celebrate the achievements of our students across public education. We are a proud comprehensive High School with a strong P&C and student voice through the SRC and prefects. Our students succeed in a multitude of areas both within the school and in the wider community. We strongly believe in the notion of ‘one years growth for one years learning’ and strive for this as a minimum for all children. We have sound programs in the areas of student resilience and wellbeing. Our staff are experts in their fields, constantly looking to improve student learning. The Albury Project is our latest partnership, which includes: YES, Headspace, CAMHS and all public high schools in Albury. The Albury Project aims to have early intervention strategies for students at risk of homelessness and leaving school early. This research backed Project is a state pilot which we have played a leading role in developing in our community. I would like to thank staff, students, parents and our community for their support of AHS and its endeavours. G A Our students continue to achieve great results as individuals, teams and members of the wider community.
Some recent sporting achievements include the AHS Under 15 Girls Soccer team who competed in the Bill Turner Cup. The competition started with 400 schools from an area stretching from Cairns to
Melbourne and our girls have made the quarter finals to be played later this month. Thirty five students competed at the Riverina Secondary Athletics Carnival. All students demonstrated excellent behaviour, attitude and effort on the day with many students now continuing to the NSWCHS State Athletics Carnival in September.
We also had 18 students representing the Riverina in the NSW All Schools Cross Country in Eastern Creek. Outside sports, some achievements include the F Block Garden Project which has been successful in receiving a $1000 grant from the Life Education Yates Garden Grants program. Only ten grants were selected out of the 987
applications made to the program. The F Block Garden Project aims to establish a micro permaculture garden to allow for the planting of seasonal vegetable, herbs and native plant species with the aim being to sell plants once established.
Sixty Year 10 students were involved in planting 2500 trees as part of the establishment of a wildlife connection between Wonga Wetlands and Nail Can Hill. Their plantings replace pine trees that were cleared in this area. This brings the total of trees planted by AHS students in the past three years to approximately 7000. A fantastic effort by the Year 10 students in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Darryl Ward Principal
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Albury High School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments in September. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling and Digital Technologies. Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition. Every student will receive a certificate and an online result report. ICAS Assessments are now online, a move that reflects a sector-wide transition to computer-based assessment. This allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results.
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The cost of participation will be partly subsidised by the school with the cost to participants being $10.00 per assessment. If your child is participating, please ensure that the note nominating which assessments you wish your child to complete, and payment of $10.00 per assessment is returned to the school office by Monday 12 August.
Kristina Schaeffer Teacher Mathematics
S I P : AHS City of Wodonga will be offering vaccinations to Year 10 students at this school on Thursday 22 August. You should have already received Parent Information Kits for the Year 10 Meningococcal ACWY Program that includes an information sheet, consent form and privacy statement. To consent to the vaccination of your child, parents/guardians are asked to complete and sign the consent card in BLUE OR BLACK PEN ONLY and return to the school before the return date listed on the front of the consent pack. Please ensure that your child is wearing a short sleeve shirt on the day of vaccinations (without too many layers underneath), this will enable a smooth vaccination process. Parents/guardians who wish to withdraw their consent for any reason may do so by writing to the school Principal or phoning the school. The Procedure for Withdrawal of Consent is available on the NSW Health website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation. If you have any enquiries regarding the NSW School immunisation program, please contact your local Public Health Unit on 1300 066 055.
Carolyn Ratcliffe Head Teacher Welfare (relieving)
NSWCHS NSW A S C C R Congratulations to the AHS students who represented Riverina SSA at the state championships at Eastern Creek on 26 July. Students at this age run in double ages and their results are released at NSW All Schools, then in their sector, which for our students is CHS. It was great to have so many students who have followed this pathway to the state event. Thank you to the families for supporting their running endeavours.
Damian Toohey Deputy Principal
Name Age All Schools
CHS
Kate Aldrich 18+ 69 53
Erin McKelvie 18+ 50 34
Jake Telford 18+ 66 47
Laura Gillard 17 30 6
Will Maclean 17 61 15
Nikola Salinger 16 103 33
Tilly Willinck 15 164 62
Jonathon Gillard 15 106 40
Brielle Pedler 14 137 50
Jacob Horn 14 157 63
Liam Willcox 14 74 14
Chelsea Isaac 13 118 60
Ashleigh Carty 13 105 52
Noah Spry 13 82 45
Joseph Hill 13 113 64
Kirra Blackmore 12 191 70
Jeremy Carpenter 12 DNF
Lachlan Thomas 12 187 72
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Calendar of Events:
Week 4, Term 3
Monday August 12 Albury Project Survey
HSC Trials begin
Tuesday August 13 Homework Centre 3:30pm ‐ 5:00pm Wednesday August 14 Informa on Night for 2020 Yr 11 HSC 7:00pm ‐ 8:30pm
Kool Skools—Melbourne
Week 5, Term 3
August 17 ‐ August 23 Riverina Music Camp
Tuesday August 20 Homework Centre 3:30pm ‐ 5:00pm
Thursday August 22 Vaccina ons Year 10
Friday August 23 HSC Trials finish
Jesus Christ Superstar You are invited to attend Revolution Theatre Productions' Jesus Christ Superstar, being performed at the Albury Entertainment Centre from 12-15 September 2019. By doing so you will be supporting the following students from Albury High School who are in the production: Beckett Currie – Apostle John and Ensemble Abygail Hurst – Ensemble Alesha Mackinnon – Ensemble
Director, Christine A Duff, Musical Director, Paul Brosche, and Choreographer, Cazz Kardol, together with their cast, have put together an inspiring new take on this Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera classic. This emotion-charged piece of new theatre will be on stage for FIVE shows only: Tickets are available online from the Albury Entertainment Centre or by contacting the box office on (02) 6043 5610.
Revolution Theatre Productions give back to the community. As the fundraising arm of Albury Wodonga Community Chest Incorporated, 50 per cent of the net profits from each production generates funds for charitable gift giving work by Albury Wodonga Community Chest Incorporated. Past beneficiaries have included Belvoir Special School, Wewak Street School, Mercy Health, Betty's Place and Albury Wodonga Cancer Foundation, to name a few. The other 50 per cent is for support of future productions for fundraising.
Annette Challis Production and Administration Manager
Revolution Theatre Productions
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