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Term 1 7 April 2016
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Term 1 7 April 2016
A reminder to students and parents of year 7 and 9, state wide NAPLAN testing is to occur in early May. The dates are: Tuesday 10 May- Literacy: Language Conventions (45 minutes) and Writing (40 minutes) Wednesday 11 May- Literacy: Reading (65 minutes) Thursday 12 May- Numeracy: Calculator (40 minutes) Non-calculator (40 minutes) Friday 13 May- Catch up day for students who missed the examination.
Students are to be reminded that these tests are very im-portant and they will be expected to adhere to strict test conditions.
The following items are NOT to be taken into the test area under any circumstances:
Mobile phones (students are to switch off their mo-bile phones and place into their bags which will be stored securely before the commencement of the
exam.) Smart watch or other internet or Bluetooth-enabled
device. Ruler.
The only items permitted in the test area are: Pencils or pens Pencil sharpener Eraser One blank piece of paper in the language conventions
test One blank piece of paper for planning in the writing
test One blank piece of paper for working in the numeracy
tests Calculators for the year 7 and 9 calculator-allowed
tests.
If you have any questions regarding NAPLAN testing, please don’t hesitate to contact the school.
NAPLAN INFORMATION: LITERACY AND NUMERACY TESTING
From our Principal’s desktop ……………… This term has seen the introduction of the school’s new Levels System
which was developed as part of our review of welfare and discipline procedures within the school. Staff have been implementing the procedures over the past five weeks and working with students to promote and learn about appropriate behaviour. All students have been notified about the Levels System and the implications it will have for them in regards to classroom monitor-ing and attendance of non-educational excursions.
We have also included detailed information about these procedures in earlier editions of our school newsletter and will keep you up to date with any further changes. We are currently developing the Positive Levels System and hope to have this rolled out by the end of semester one or early semes-ter two. Below is a brief summary of the levels system.
Positive Levels These are currently being developed for implementation.
Level 0: Green All students start on green level
Level 1: Yellow (10 Days)
Following classroom interventions and contact with parents students may be moved on to Yellow Lev-el. (Yellow classroom monitoring sheet completed by classroom teacher).
Completed each lesson for that particular class. Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory lessons recorded. 3 Unsatisfactory lessons will see student moved to Orange Level.
Level 2: Orange (10 Days)
Intensive monitoring by Head Teachers (Orange Monitoring Booklet issued). Student behaviour monitored every lesson. Unsatisfactory or satisfactory lessons are recorded daily. 3 Unsatisfactory lessons will see student moved to Red Level. Student is not to attend non educational excursions.
Level 3: Red (5 Days)
Intensive monitoring by Deputy Principals. (Red Monitoring Booklet issued) Formal Caution issued to student and parents. Student behaviour monitored every lesson. 3 Unsatisfactory may lead to further sanctions. Student is not to attend non educational excursions.
If you require further more detailed information please do not hesitate to contact the school to discuss the specific details of the
system.
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Staff vs Students
Congratulations
to our staff, the
victors.
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School community engaged in lifelong learning
Term 1 7 April 2016
Yr 9/10 All Schools Touch On Thursday 24 March, the Dubbo College South Campus Year 9 and 10 boys and girls touch teams participated in the “Year 9 and 10 All Schools Touch Football” Western Region qualifier. Students competed against various schools from around the region to gain entry into the “Year 9 and 10 All Schools State Final” which is held in Penrith in Term 2.
The competition took place at Dubbo Riverbank Ovals and involved a Round Robin format, followed by semi-finals and a grand final. Unfortunately the boy’s team didn’t make it past the round games due to being short on numbers and coming up against some very tough competition in their pool.
The Year 9 and 10 Girls team performed extremely well, displaying a strong attack and finishing the round games undefeated: Round Game 1- Dubbo South (4) v Dunedoo Central (1) Round Game 2- Dubbo South (9) v Parkes High School (0) Round Game 3- Dubbo South (3) v Mudgee High (1) Round Game 4- Dubbo South (2) v Red Bend Catholic Col-lege (1)
In the Semi Final Dubbo South versed Wellington High School and were convincing winners with the final score 3 tries to none. The day came to an end in a very exciting manner with Dubbo South versing Mudgee High School for a second time. The girls were very nervous going into the game, knowing that Mudgee were tough competi-tion, and they didn’t disappoint. The game could have gone either way with both teams strong in defence, keep-ing the score low. The game ended in a two all draw, leading to a drop off. The drop off continued until there were only 4 players left on each side and ended with the ball being passed out to Alex Couley on the wing, who sprinted from half way to score. Best players on the day were Maddison Chapman, Emma Blake, Hailey- May Ley- Andrews, Maddison McGuinness, Brianna Trappett and Alex Couley.
Lauren Brady
Bill Turner Trophy – Girls Soccer Dubbo College South Campus defeated St John’s College in the first round of the Bill Turner Trophy 4-nil. This year many new players joined the under 15’s girls soccer team. The game started off very even with a lot of ball movement around the field. Brianna Trappett broke the deadlock with a great long shot before half time to give the team a 1-nil advantage entering the second half. The team worked hard in the second half to open up many
scoring opportunities. Alex Couley netted two goals be-fore Jorja Fuller scored a final goal just before the end to finish the game off 4-nil. Special mention goes to Kate Duffy and Juliet Furner who played well in the midfield and backline. The team now progresses through to the second round of the Bill Turner Trophy which will be played at the start of Term 2 against the winner of Delroy and Cowra.
Shannon Hockey
Buckley Shield- Boys U14’s Rugby League Dubbo college South Campus won the first round of the Buckley Shield, which was played on the 24 March against Cobar High School with a score of 58 to 4. From the start of the game, Dubbo had a roll on and they didn’t back down. Cooper Whackett made some fantastic runs, beating 5-6 players each time and making an average of 20m per run. The same went for our captain Willie Nel-son, who also made a lot of meters in attack and provid-ed heavy defence. The game was controlled by Jayden Blake as he set up most of the tries and kicked 5 goals. Maclay Ryan was a standout; he worked very hard for the team in both attack and defence. Jamal Wells and James Finch were both standouts in the backline, with both stu-dents making a lot of meters in attack and performing some superb tackles. Well done boys, and good luck in Round 2, gaining considerable distance which will be played early Term 2.
Tim Long and Ged Winterton
Week 1 Open College Touch Final 8 Series- 29/4/16
Week 2 Rugby 7’s Bathurst- 5/5/16
Week 4 Schools Cup Netball (Yr 7/8)- 17/5/16
Country Cup League (13’s, 15’s and Girls
League Tag)- 18/5/16
Athletics Carnival- 20/5/16
SOUTH CAMPUS SPORT REPORT
Whats coming up in early Term 2?
Creating mature and responsible citizens
Term 1 7 April 2016
Term 1 has been a very busy 11 weeks, starting with the College Sport Trials. A good number of students attended these trails from the three campuses and many teams were finalised. Below are the results so far for our College Teams.
Boys Basketball were successful in winning the
first Gala Day at Dubbo and went on to place 3rd in the Western region.
Girls Basketball was also successful in winning
the first Gala Day at Dubbo. They then went on to win the next rounds and become Western Area Champions. They are now awaiting results from other regions to see who they will play in the preliminary and final 20 in the State Rounds.
Boys Cricket are now into the fourth round of the
Western Area Cricket competition after defeating both Wellington and Parkes. Their games will recommence in Term 4 of this year. Tom Barber, Strath Munro and Marty Jeffrey were selected into the Western Area Team that competed in Week 4 of this term at Bathurst.
Girls Cricket was defeated in the first round of
competition by Wellington High School. Chloe Ahern and Brittany Owens were selected into the Western Area Team that also competed in Week 4 of this term at Bath-urst.
Boys Hockey competed in the Gala Day at Bath-
urst and placed 4th in the Western Area. Dalton Medcalf was selected into the Western Area Team.
Girls Hockey received a round 1 bye so they are
waiting their round two match to be played in Term 2.
Boys Soccer (football) defeated Wellington in a
Round 2 game after a Round 1 bye. They are awaiting a Round 3 clash. Isaac Skinner was selected into the West-ern Area Team .
Girls Soccer defeated Nyngan in their Round 1
meet, but were unfortunately defeated in Round 2 by Wellington. Teagan Hall (Delroy), Brianna Trappett (South) and Charlotte Duffy (Senior) were all selected into the Western Area Team.
Boys Futsal (indoor soccer) placed third in their
preliminary meet, but have secured a wild card entry into
the state meet to be held later this year.
Girls Futsal (indoor soccer) were regional winners
in the preliminary meet, and have advanced to the state meet to be held later this year.
The Lawn Bowls Team won their Round 2
match against Yeoval and will now advance to the final Round 6 to be held in Week 11 of this term.
Girls Netball won their preliminary round games
and advanced to the final where they defeated Orange to become Western Area Champions. Abbie Merritt, Ally McLean, Anika Maestrom, Krystal Dallinger and Matilda Knaggs were selected into the Western Area Team.
Open Rugby League will play their Round 1
game against Narromine in Week 11 of this term. The fol-lowing students were selected into the Western Area team Tyson Fuller, Jaidyn Chapman, Luke Gale, Clayton Couley, Blaine Gordon. They will further trial for the Greater Regional Team in Week 2 of Term 2.
Boys and Girls Touch both one their Round 2
match against Gilgandra and will now play in the final 8 in the Western Area on Friday 1st April at Orange. Western Area selections will take place at this time.
Western Area Swimmers will compete at
Homebush in Week 11 of this term. They are: Billy Munn, Connor Stewart, Olivia Watmore, Tyson Fuller, Jayden Blake, Emma Blake, Mitchell Bebbington, Toby Stewart, Jack Wallbridge, Darcy Wood, Ned Manton, Tyler Ed-wards, Martha Munn, Matilda Irvine, Holly Keizer, Abby Knaggs, Abbey Murphy, Mitchell Harvey, Kelsey Rowe, Meg Keizer, Liam Farrell, Hannah Mackie, Robert Betts, Shenaye Moses-Bird, Isaiah Moses-Bird and Brandy Stew-art .
Term 2 will also be a busy term, kicking off with the Cam-pus Athletics Carnivals and concluding with the Astley Cup. Calender events are outlined below.
Week 11 Term 1
Monday-Tuesday 4-5 April State Swimming Homebush
Tuesday 5 April Rugby League
Wednesday 6 April: Final 6 Lawn Bowls- Parkes : Western Rugby Union trials
Friday 8 April: PSSA Soccer- Senior Soccer boys refereeing
College Sport Report
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clontarf foundation
Week 10
South Clontarf Academy boys travelled to the
Central Coast for their Incentive Camp where
they participated in the Raw Challenge Team
Building Obstacle Course. Activities involved
Go Karting, Team Building Activities as well as
beach activities and swimming and of course
shopping. It was a great
end of term camp and
the boys had a great
time.
Week 9 South Clontarf Academy boys
were invited to the Playmates
Cottage Child Care Centre to in-
teract with the children. The
boys had a great time and are
looking forward to visiting again
next term.
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Term 1 7 April 2016
Homework
Centre
The Homework Centre will be up and running
Tuesday afternoons from 3:20pm—4:20pm
Starting Week 2 Term 2 (Tuesday 3 May)
It will run in K-Block computer room
If you need help with homework or assessment tasks, this is a great op-portunity to come along and get help from Teachers and Clontarf.
Fruit and water will be provided as well as a lift home from Clontarf in the bus.
…………...continued from previous page College Sport Report
Term 2 Dates Week 1: Friday 29 April: Boys and Girls final 8 games and Western Touch Trials Friday 29 April: Boys and Girls Squash Parkes
Week 2: Monday 2 May: Western Squash Trials Tuesday 3 May: Senior Campus Athletics Carnival Wed 4 May: Delroy Campus Athletics Carnival Thursday 5 May: Boys 7’s Rugby –Bathurst
Week 3:
Week 4: Friday 20 May: South Campus Athletics Carnival
Week 5: Senior Campus Assessment Week Wednesday 25 May: Girls 7’s Rugby- Dubbo
Week 6: Senior Campus Assessment Week Friday 3 June: Western Boys Tennis Trials
Week 7: Senior Campus Assessment Week Tuesday 7 June: Dubbo College Cross Country Thursday 9 June: Boys Rugby Dubbo
Week 8: Wednesday 15 June: Western Cross Country Geurie
Week 9: Monday 20 June: Girls’ Western Tennis Trials
Thursday and Friday 23 to 24 June ASTLEY CUP-DUBBO
Week 10:
Wednesday and Thursday 29 to 30 June ASTLEY CUP—BATHURST
GO MAD ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE
On Monday 4 April I took 5 students to the Zoo to participate in an Environmental Forum with students from 9 other schools in NSW. The stu-dents were planning an environmental project for their school for the year. They will film the project, apply for grants and implement the pro-ject over the year. Keep an ear open to hear what ideas these kids will come up with.
Mr S Yaghjian HEAD TEACHER SCIENCE
Just a little TRIVIA
Which ocean goes to the deepest depths? The Pacific Ocean is the deepest ocean in the world; its deepest point, the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, has a depth of around 35,768 - 35,814 ft. Which is northernmost point of land on the Earth? The Kaffeklubben Island or The Coffee Club Island, which lies off the northern coast of Greenland, is considered the northernmost point of land on the planet. What's the most common non-contagious disease in the world? It may come as a surprise for many people, but tooth decay is consid-ered the most common non-contagious disease in the world. Which colours do colour-blind people have trouble distinguishing? There exist several different forms of colour blindness, but the most common form is the one wherein the person finds it difficult to distin-guish between the colours red and green.
Unique, innovative middle years programs within a wide and diverse curriculum
Term 1 7 April 2016
CHS State Swimming Championships
Congratulations to all the Dubbo Col-
lege South Campus students who recently competed at the CHS State Swimming Championships held over 3 days at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. All swimmers tried hard against some very tough competition with most swimmers achieving some PBs. Pictured Left: Meg Keizer, Hannah Mackie, Kelsie Rowe and Emma Blake
It’s a good thing that our Drama students are studying improvisation this term- as with the range of theatrical opportunities present at the mo-ment- it pays for students to be flexible and to embrace every adventure as it comes!
Many Drama students made the most of their visit to the Senior Campus on the 5 April to witness an abridged version of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies performed by the versatile, able and impressive play-ers from Bell Shakespeare. The set was minimalist, there were only four actors to play multiple roles and the dialogue was predominantly in iam-bic pentameter.
Nevertheless, every student who attended agreed that the performance was thrilling, entertaining and engaging. Something was rotten in the state of Denmark but it definitely wasn’t the performances of these tal-ented actors. Madness, murder and revenge combined in Hamlet: Out of Joint which was designed for senior students and combined critical anal-ysis of the text with entertaining stagings of the key scenes and soliloquies.
Future activities have been planned in the drama classroom making the most of the way this performance captured and represented this great work of Shakespeare. Students engaged in a ten minute long Q and A session at the conclusion of the performance and asked some poignant and interesting questions and participated willingly in the discussion.
Students from both year 9 and 10 Drama classes have entered many Speech and Drama sections of the City of Dubbo Eisteddfod, with several students enrolling in the Championship section. Good luck to all com-petitors!! Students are displaying great enthusiasm and are keen to start rehearsals right away. The Eisteddfod will be held on the 8th and 9th of June and students will be advised of their order of performance when the program is completed.
Congratulations to Samantha Bourke and Jordan Davis who wrote, di-rected and performed a poignant and compelling examination of the issues surrounding inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in our school “Close the Gap” assembly. They are to be com-mended for producing a thought-provoking piece of theatre with a mes-sage and students are urged to sign the pledge on the Oxfam website.
L. Ward Drama Teacher.
SOUTH CAMPUS DRAMA NEWS
Term 1 7 April 2016
Outstanding range of opportunities for individual success
DUBBO
COLLEGE
SOUTH
CAMPUS
Principal:
Mr R Gorrie
Deputy Principal:
Mrs D Baker
Deputy Principal:
Ms R Morrison
Head Teachers:
Mrs T Finlay
Administration
Ms L Ward
English
Mrs S Yaghjian
Science
Mrs B Livingston
CAPA
Mr J Austin
HSIE
Mr D Stuart
TAS
Mr C Pettit
PDHPE
Mrs R Smyth
Mathematics
Mrs H Jones
Special Education
Mr P Maher
Teaching and Learning
Mrs A Den
HT Wellbeing
Girls Advisor:
Mrs C Brown
Year Advisors:
Year 7
Mrs T Finlay
Mr T Long
Year 8
Miss H Friend
Mr M Smith
Year 9
Mrs W McLachlan
Mr B Madigan
Year 10
Mrs M Sharkey
Mr S Sampson
The P & C Associa-
tion meets in the
Library at 7.30pm
on the second Mon-
day of the month.
CALENDAR Term 2 2016
Wk 2016 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
APR
MAY
25
ANZAC DAY
26 School
Development
Day
27
28
29
2 MAY
2
3 4 5
AECG Meeting Orana Heights
6
3 MAY
9
10
NAPLAN Language Conventions
& Writing
11
NAPLAN Writing
12
NAPLAN Numeracy
13
4 MAY
16
17
18 19
20
ATHLETICS
CARNIVAL
5
MAY
23
EXAMINATION
WEEK
24 25 26 27
6
MAY
JUN
30
Assessment
Week
31
Assessment
Week
1
Assessment
Week
2
AECG Meeting Yarradamarra
3
7 JUN
6
7
CROSS COUNTRY (Pds 3 & 4)
8 9
10
8 JUN
13
QUEEN’S
BIRTHDAY
14
15 16
17
9 JUN
20
VACCINATION
CLINIC
21 22
23
Astley Cup
24
Astley Cup
10
JUN
JUL
27
28 29 Astley Cup
30 Astley Cup
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