Friday 23rd February 2018 Term 1 Issue 2 JOHN COUTIS VISIT On Monday 12 th February, we were lucky enough to have John Coutis visit our students to speak about his life. He is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered him a double amputee, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today he gets around on a skateboard and travels the world inspiring people to block out the negatives and be the best that they can be. John spoke to our students from Years 7 through to 12 about tackling life head on and accepting all the challenges that life throws at us, regardless of our circumstances. He inspired many students and staff throughout the sessions, with a few tears shed listening to his experiences with bullies and illnesses. We hope to see John again during the year! Ms Lisa Doherty SRC Co-ordinator
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Friday 23rd February 2018 Term 1 Issue 2
JOHN COUTIS VISIT On Monday 12th February, we were lucky enough to have John Coutis visit our students to speak
about his life. He is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered him a
double amputee, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today he gets around on a
skateboard and travels the world inspiring people to block out the negatives and be the best
that they can be.
John spoke to our students from Years 7 through to 12 about tackling life head on and
accepting all the challenges that life throws at us, regardless of our circumstances. He inspired
many students and staff throughout the sessions, with a few tears shed listening to his
experiences with bullies and illnesses.
We hope to see John again during the year!
Ms Lisa Doherty
SRC Co-ordinator
From the
Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Members of our School Community
It has been a busy two weeks since our last newsletter, with all of us getting back into the
routine of the school year.
Excursions
As the school year looks to get even busier just a quick reminder about excursion
permission notes. It is essential that students who intend to attend an excursion return the
original permission note to the front office prior to the excursion leaving. The school is
unable to accept hand written notes or verbal permission for student to attend excursions.
Students are always able to collect a spare permission note from the front office if
necessary.
If at any stage the cost of attending an excursion is posing a difficulty please do not
hesitate to contact the school to organise a payment plan, or student assistance. All
matters are dealt with in a confidential manner.
Year 7 and 8 Exhibitions
It is with excitement that we look forward to the first exhibitions of Year 7 project work. All
Year 7 students and teachers have been working hard in the first five weeks of the term on
the “Pieces of Me” project which will be exhibited at the end of Week 5. Year 8 students
will exhibited their first projects later in the term
Student Pick Up
To ensure the safety of all students and staff can I ask all parents and carers to pick up
students outside the school grounds, and not drive into the staff car park or bus bay. We
have a large number of buses that use our school as an interchange each day and the
volume of traffic is causing some concern at the moment.
Contact details
Can I ask that parents and carers ensure that contact details, including emergency
contacts, are up to date. It is essential that we are able to make contact with you when
necessary. If you need to update any details please collect a form from the front office.
I hope you have a great fortnight and I look forward to speaking with you in week six.
With my warmest regards
Kate Wootten
TCRTHS
Look at what’s coming up...
Monday 26th - Wed 28th February SRC Leadership Camp
Thursday 1st March Year 7 IPL Exhibition
Wednesday 7th March Year 7 Vaccinations
Calendar
Deputy Principal Mr Riles, right, was
channelling David Attenborough, whilst
taking care of a European wasp’s nest that
had made its home on the school’s cricket
nets.
The herb garden near A Block is doing well
despite the summer heat. The school grounds
have benefitted from the recent rainfall during
the storms this week.
AROUND THE GROUNDS
From the Archives Ken Shambler, right, was the first foreman
cleaner, then Senior General Assistant at The
Canobolas High School from 1968—1982. He
packed the 1982 time capsule.
The copper capsule was made by Kevin Mitchell,
Industrial Arts Master.
The concrete, brickwork and statue construction
in which the capsule was housed, was
supervised by John Lonie, Special Master. The
time capsule was buried in A Block.
It was a terrific day at the Orange Aquatic Centre on Monday, 12th of February, where Canobolas Rural Technology High
School held their annual swimming carnival. With something for everyone, the program included main events for all age
groups, and concluded with some intense relay’s between the houses.
The new house captains: Jack Connors, Taneisha Burns, Lachlan Griffith, Ayla Frost, Callan Naden, Erin Naden, Jayden Zegula
and Caitlin White stepped up and showed their team spirit and led their teams with confidence.
Neutrons were able to achieve amazing triumph over the other teams, finishing the day with a massive 1560 points. Their
closest rival was Electrons on 1196 and were followed by Protons on 798 and Mesons on 650.
Some outstanding performances were recorded by individual swimmers with PB’s being broken throughout the day.
Our new age champions for 2018 were announced and are to be congratulated on their performances on the day:
12yr Male Champion- Jai Anlezark
13yr Female Champion- Karlee Bell
13yr Male Champion- Mitchell Basford
14yr Female Champion- Harmity Jade Munday
14yr Male Champion- Tom McGinley
15yr Female Champion- Heidi Bell
15yr Male Champion- Jayden Baker
16yr Female Champion- Phoebe Showell
Senior Female Champion- Courtney Rose Munday
Senior Male Champion- Dyson Percival
An enormous congratulations and thank you to Miss Somers, Miss Morrissey, Mrs Hurford, Mr
Skein, Mr Gibbs-O’Neil and the CHPA and Sports Coaching students who facilitated a fantastic
day for all involved.
By Jamie Macdouall
Tarik Sullivan and Zora Hines represented
NSW at the Ivor Burge National Basketball
Championships in Gosford from the 7-11
February.
Tarik’s NSW side finished 5th with a strong
win over WA in the playoff game. Tarik
led his team for rebounds, and
contributed to all games well, with high
scores and a high number of assists and
steals.
Zora was a key member of her SILVER
Medal winning NSW side. She played
significant minutes every game and often
led the scoring, as well as producing
excellent numbers in steals, assists,
rebounds and blocks.
Sport has changed this year at Canobolas High, each year group will have a
different sports day. Students are able to wear their sport uniforms on the following
days:
Year 10 – Thursday Periods 1&2
Year 9—Tuesdays Periods 5&6
Year 8—Thursdays Periods 3&4
Year 7—Wednesdays Periods 5&6
Year 7/8 Support—Thursdays
Micaylah Downey recently competed at the Ten Pin
Bowling State Championships in Campbelltown.
After 17 games over Saturday and Sunday, Micaylah
was crowned Female State Champion. Well Done
Micaylah, what a fantastic effort!
Term 1 Western School Sport Team Trial Dates If students are interested in trialling for Western Region Sports Teams this term please see the PDHPE staff for more
details. Please note that parents would be expected to transport their child to the majority of these trials if they
choose to attend. The details of the up and coming trials are below.
Sport Date Location Nominations Close Teacher to see
Volleyball 16th Feb Bathurst
Kelso High School At trial Miss Woods
U/15s Touch
Football 23rd Feb
Orange
Waratah’s Sporting Club 11th Feb Miss Somers
Basketball
Girls 26th March
Bathurst
Basketball Stadium 14th March Mrs Dederer
Swimming 15th March Dubbo
Dubbo Aquatic Centre 20th Feb Miss Somers
Football
Girls 5 th March
Orange
Jack Brabham 7th March Miss Morrissey
Hockey
Girls 16th March
Molong
Multi-Purpose Field 2nd March Miss Somers
Basketball
Boys 12th March
Orange
PCYC 4th March Mrs Dederer
Golf 26th March Cowra
Cowra Golf Club 10th Feb Mr Skein
Football
Boys 3th April
Orange
Jack Brabham 11th March Miss Lee
Netball 5th April Orange
PCYC 11th March Mrs Hurford
Rugby Union 9th April Orange
Endeavour Oval 1st March Mr Curran
Hockey
Boys 16th March
Bathurst
Bathurst Hockey Centre 14th March Mr Skein
Lawn Bowls 6th April Parkes
Parkes Bowling Club 28th March Mrs Abrahams
Rugby League 5th April Blayney (regional)
Peak Hill (area) 16th March Mr Curran
The CHPA group of 2018 embarked on their annual Testing and Induction camp on
Wednesday 14th February at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst. The camp ran for 3 days,
where students participated in a variety of activities. The camp kicked off with a
campus tour where students were shown the layout of the CSU Bathurst campus and
the main areas they would be accessing for the next few days. The CHPA students
were required to undergo a variety of different tests conducted by Dr Melissa Skein and
her exercise science staff of CSU and our local physiotherapists from Phyzx, to see
where the students are at physically, and for the continuing athletes - how far they had
come since being in the program.
Some highlights from the camp included Laser Tag, Bootcamp with the Believe 2795
team, Ice Baths, Mount Panorama photo shoot, Vo2 Max testing and the academic
session. A big thank you to our Year 12 helpers Connie, Caitlin, Ayla and Sarah for
making sure everyone was well fed and hydrated over the three days.
Thankyou to Miss Somers, Miss Morrissey, Mr Skein and Mrs Carter for all their hard work in
organising and running the camp for our CHPA students.
It has been a very positive start to the year for the CHPA students, we look forward to
the year ahead.
STEM CENTRE NEWS
Do you like to play CHESS?
Then come to the STEM centre at lunchtime
and you can play a game on our large chess
board. On Wednesdays we will be running
a round robin chess tournament. There are
also checkers, Scrabble and Monopoly
games to play as well.
Today, Philip Donato, MP, Member for Orange, visited the Canobolas STEM Centre to learn
about our STEM Program and our role as one of the seven NSW Department of Education STEM
Action Schools. Year 7 STEM have been learning about water pollution through the ‘Murray
River Story’. Substitute pollutants such as soy sauce (motor oil) and blue food dye (pesticides)
are added to clean water as it flows down the Murray. Students measure how polluted it
becomes using a Lego EV3 light meter, and learn the purpose of the water cleaners they will
make prototypes of later this term.
Thanks Mr Donato for the interest you have shown and the support you give our program.
NEW BOOKS IN THE STEM CENTRE
FEATURE BOOK
Alex has been sent from Sydney to
stay with her aunt in a small coastal
town to finish her final year of
school. She feels like a fish out of
water, so she spends her savings on
an old yacht, Indigo Blue, and
throws herself into restoring it. But
when Alex meets the sailmaker’s
apprentice, Sam, she feels an
immediate attraction and can’t help
but be captured by his mysterious
ways. The author is Jessica Watson, a
young, record-breaking Australian
sailor.
Check these
books out on
the New
Books stand
in the STEM
centre.
During the holidays C7 has had a makeover to
accommodate the new senior study room. The room
now known as the FOCUS (Focus On Choices Using
Studies) provides an accommodating and relaxing
learning environment. The room primarily used by
Senior Students with a study period will be a hub for
teacher communication and student directed
learning. Maintained by Mrs Bunworth (Senior Study
Mentor), organisation and study goal setting is a focus
within the room. Mrs Bunworth will also be working with
individual students on assessments, study patterns and
wellbeing.
FOCUS room
Focus On Choices Using Studies
SCHOOL NOTICES
Assisted School Transport Officers Anson Street School has many students who access the Assisted School Transport run by the
Department of Education through Wollongong. Some of the students need assistance on the buses or
taxis when travelling to and from school. There are a few people who work the shifts however, many
places are still available. If you are interested, please see the information below.
Expression of interest for Assisted Travel Support Officer (ATSO) positions
The Assisted School Travel Program (ASTP) often provides additional support to students with disabilities
on transport. Assisted Travel Support Officers (ATSOs) support students with complex health or
behaviour needs to ensure their safe travel to and from school. An ATSO must be 18 years of age or
over, physically able, have good communication skills, be respectful and understanding of students with
disability, and be able to work collaboratively with others.
If you are interested in temporary part-time work as an ATSO the following website contains information
