Term 4 Week 4 2017
Issue 16
2 November 2017
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Albury High School Proud Member of Crossing Point Learning Community
‘Creating our Future’ __________________________________________________________
Learning for all through Tradition, Innovation & Excellence
625 Kiewa Street PO Box 3187 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
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Last Thursday and Friday we held the annual ‘ASTRA’
event where we showcase samples of student’s work,
cooking skills, various performances and
achievements. There were interactive displays where
families and students could get involved, and a variety
of Nepalese style curries and Vietnamese Spring Rolls,
made by our students, on sale. We hope you enjoy the
sample of photos of this event on the front cover. A
huge thank you to Ms Mortimer, the ASTRA committee
and students for their efforts in producing another
fantastic event. Congratulations to all who were
involved.
Thank you to the parents who participated in the ‘Tell
Them From Me’ survey. The results of the survey have
now been collated, we are currently analysing the data
and will advise you of the outcome once this has been
completed.
Mr Darryl Ward
Principal
YEAR 8 VALID ASSESSMENT WEEK 5
The Validation of Assessment for Learning and
Individual Development (VALID) program provides
online end-of-stage assessments for the science key
learning area. The assessments assist schools to
monitor student achievement and inform planning,
programming and assessment practice. Albury High
School students will complete the assessment in
normal class time from Monday 6 November to
Wednesday 8 November. Students are reminded that
they will need to bring headphones on their allocated
test day. If you have any questions or concerns, please
fell free to contact Miss Basquil on 6021 3488.
Miss Sarah Basquil
Head Teacher Science
DRAMATIC MINDS THEATRE FESTIVAL
At the beginning of Term 3, 15 year 9 and 10 students
got together in the PAC. They spent an entire term
(and some of the holidays) creating and rehearsing
pieces of theatre that they could enter in the annual
Dramatic Minds Theatre Festival at HotHouse Theatre.
The festival looks at youth mental health, as well as
where to get help and how to support friends going
through a tough time.
THE RESILIENCE PROJECT - SAVE THE
DATE! Hugh van Cuylenburg will be running a parent
session as part of ‘The Resilience Project’ on
Tuesday 21 November from 7:00 - 8:30pm in the
school hall. Staff will be trained and students in
Years 7 to 11 will be attending workshops in regards
to the project during the same week.
More details in regards to the program are available
on the Resilience Project website:
https://theresilienceproject.com.au/schools/
Mrs Deb Harvey
Head Teacher Welfare
COLOURED PENCILS NEEDED! The Learning and Engagement
Centre is creating some artwork
to brighten our foyer space. If you
have an unwanted box of old
coloured pencils lurking in a
cupboard somewhere please send them into school.
(Broken, split or short pencils all gratefully accepted).
Thanks.
CLOTHING POOL We are currently in need of good quality second
hand uniforms especially girls summer uniforms,
school ties and jumpers. If your child has outgrown
their uniform, please consider donating unwanted
items to the school.
Your support is appreciated.
Mrs Cheryl Johnson
School Office
FARM SALES Fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables along with free
range eggs (subject to availability) are for sale from our
school farm.
Cash sales can be made between the hours of 8.30am
and noon at the farm gate near the new shed - enter
via Kiewa Street near the bridge.
Mrs Tracey Lee
Agriculture
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Both groups created incredibly insightful pieces of
theatre, along with Drama teacher Miss Habermann
and an Albury Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Service Clinician, Shanna Tuwhangai.
Congratulations to:
Ellie Zilberman, Chevy Parker, Ainslie Hunter, Lili
Burgess, Charlie Bates, McKenas Davies, Laura
Gilard and Olivia Shepherd on their piece ‘Hey
Charlie’, and Raiyne Peatey, Ashlyn Ridgeway,
Alesha Mackinnon, Johanna Ratnik, Sarah Mills, Billy
Dominguez and Darcie Campbell on their piece
‘Group Session’.
Miss Gretchen Habermann
CAPA
SPORTING NEWS GIRLS CRICKET
Last Wednesday, the AHS girls cricket team played
both Corowa 1 and 2, at Noreuil Oval.
We won the first game by 102 runs, with Ebony
Hoskin and Charlotte Beavan the two leading run
scorers with 31 and 29 runs to their names. Great
bowling from Willow Fox taking 2 wickets and
Nivetha Pathmanathan taking 1 wicket.
The second game was closer, only winning by 4
runs. Great fielding from Ruby Martin, Rylee
Sheppard and Hannah Parr, saved a few runs, with
excellent wicket keeping from Evy Brew and Ebony
Hoskin, throughout both games. Charlotte Beavan
had a great batting performance scoring 31 runs, and
Nivetha Pathmanathan also had a good all round
game scoring 18 runs and taking 3 wickets.
Mr Toby Pargeter
PDHPE
COMMUNITY NEWS
ALBURY WODONGA SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL
Join the Sustainable Living Festival this November and learn how you can make a change in your home or business. Attend a range of workshops, talks, demonstrations and exhibits showing tools to help you reduce, reuse and save money. Highlighting the Festival is the Fair on November 18 at Junction Square, Wodonga. For information regarding all the events visit www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/slf2017
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Calendar of Events: Term 4 - Week 5 2017
Term 4 - Week 6 2017
Tuesday 14 November Year 12 Graduation
Wednesday 15 November Year 12 Graduation Ball
