Coming up Monday 30 October Raffle Tickets Yr10 fundraising Friday 3 November White Card Training Tuesday 7 November Sport excellence with David Alley Thursday 9 November Yr11 @ RRISK at SCU Monday 13 November P&C Meeng at 6pm 1st deposit for snow trip ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Tuesday 14 November ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Wednesday 15 November Café Care 8am to 9am ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Yr12 Formal Thursday 16 November Mullumbimby Music Fesval Wednesday 5 December Orientaon for Year 6 students Thursday 7 December Yr10 Formal Thursday 14 December Presentaon Day for Yr7—10 PAYMENTS DUE Yr12 Formal $300 Deposit Snow Trip $30 Yr10 Formal All school fees for all year groups HSC EXAMS From 16 October to 7 November FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, PAYMENTS CAN BE DONE THROUGH OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE 30 October 2017 Term 4, Week 4 Mullumbimby High School — www.mullumbimb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au — Ph. 6684 2600 Principal: Ms Donna Pearson Deputy Principal: Mr Cameron Johnson 2 Page 1 The Lyrebird—Mullumbimby High School — 30 October 2017 Dig, set, spike, high 5! by Mr. Gibbs On a sunny Friday in Coolangaa our beach volleyball teams baled it out with the hope to be crowned kings and queens on the court. We were met with some fierce compeon from our neighbouring schools of Ballina, Murwullimbah, Banora Point, Tweed River, Wollumbin and Kingscliff. Despite a short prep- araon, all teams remained compeve on the day with our best result coming from the Junior Boys who made the final but unfortunately lost to a very consistent Kingscliff team who won in three sets. Our open boys finished equal third and were noted for their teamwork and persis- tent banter, even when the scoreboard was not in their favour. A special menon needs to be given to the junior girls who only assembled a team three days before the tournament and finished equal fiſth. All teams showed good sportsmanship, ‘played the game’ and most importantly had a lot of fun. School Futsal Program News by Mr Hedge The Futsal Program connues to grow in num- ber and success. The latest tournament was on the 20-21 October and was held with the Fed- eraon of Australian Futsal organisaon at Coomera in Gold Coast in a stadium purpose built for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, a great experience for all the students involved. This trip was a new experience for most of the squad and a very steep learning curve which will help with seeing the benefit of further de- velopment of skills. Despite being outclassed in most games, all the students carried themselves with great dignity and applied themselves fully throughout every game regardless of the result. Meeng and witnessing new schools is another facet of such trips away and seeing people of the same age performing at various levels shows the possibility of achievement through applicaon and the opportunity to make new friends and connecons. On 28 October, we were in Brisbane for the U/15 boys to take part in the Chantelle Cramb Cup. The U/19 boys qualified for the Australa- sian Naonals and will travel to Brisbane on the 10th November. Mullumbimby High is also featuring in selec- ons in high levels of both Futsal and Soccer.
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Coming up Monday 30 October Raffle Tickets Yr10 fundraising Friday 3 November White Card Training Tuesday 7 November Sport excellence with David Alley Thursday 9 November Yr11 @ RRISK at SCU Monday 13 November P&C Meeting at 6pm 1st deposit for snow trip ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Tuesday 14 November ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Wednesday 15 November Café Care 8am to 9am ROSA exams for Yr9 and Yr10 Yr12 Formal Thursday 16 November Mullumbimby Music Festival Wednesday 5 December Orientation for Year 6 students Thursday 7 December Yr10 Formal Thursday 14 December Presentation Day for Yr7—10 PAYMENTS DUE Yr12 Formal $300 Deposit Snow Trip $30 Yr10 Formal All school fees for all year groups HSC EXAMS From 16 October to 7 November
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, PAYMENTS CAN BE DONE
THROUGH OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE
30 October 2017 Term 4, Week 4
Mullumbimby High School — www.mullumbimb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au — Ph. 6684 2600
Principal: Ms Donna Pearson Deputy Principal: Mr Cameron Johnson
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Page 1 The Lyrebird—Mullumbimby High School — 30 October 2017
Dig, set, spike, high 5! by Mr. Gibbs On a sunny Friday in Coolangatta our beach
volleyball teams battled it out with the hope to
be crowned kings and queens on the court. We
were met with some fierce competition from
our neighbouring schools of Ballina,
Murwullimbah, Banora Point, Tweed River,
Wollumbin and Kingscliff. Despite a short prep-
aration, all teams remained competitive on the
day with our best result coming from the Junior
Boys who made the final but unfortunately lost
to a very consistent Kingscliff team who won in
three sets. Our open boys finished equal third
and were noted for their teamwork and persis-
tent banter, even when the scoreboard was
not in their favour. A special mention needs to
be given to the junior girls who only assembled
a team three days before the tournament and
finished equal fifth. All teams showed good
sportsmanship, ‘played the game’ and most
importantly had a lot of fun.
School Futsal Program News by Mr Hedge The Futsal Program continues to grow in num-ber and success. The latest tournament was on the 20-21 October and was held with the Fed-eration of Australian Futsal organisation at
Coomera in Gold Coast in a stadium purpose built for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, a great experience for all the students involved.
This trip was a new experience for most of the squad and a very steep learning curve which will help with seeing the benefit of further de-velopment of skills.
Despite being outclassed in most games, all the students carried themselves with great dignity and applied themselves fully throughout every game regardless of the result.
Meeting and witnessing new schools is another facet of such trips away and seeing people of the same age performing at various levels shows the possibility of achievement through application and the opportunity to make new friends and connections.
On 28 October, we were in Brisbane for the U/15 boys to take part in the Chantelle Cramb Cup. The U/19 boys qualified for the Australa-sian Nationals and will travel to Brisbane on the 10th November.
Mullumbimby High is also featuring in selec-tions in high levels of both Futsal and Soccer.
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Zahli Currie from year 12 was selected for the Australian futsal team to tour the USA next year and compete in the USA National Championships and she has accepted the offer. Zahli is the second girl from our school to achieve this hon-our.
Reese Donnelly has been successful in her trial for Gold Coast United for soccer and will be part of that team for next years National Premier League competition.
Raf Gorman-Coates achieved selection for Gold Coast City in the same competition as did Julian Rutherford. These teams are part of the second tier competition just below the A League and are the pathway to positions with professional clubs so these are amazing achievements from these stu-dents.
Two former students are also featuring in high level competi-tions: Krista Ruehe and Deanna Thompson.
Krista, who graduated Year 12 last year, continues to shine in futsal having been selected once more for the National Open Championships in Sydney in January. She is currently playing Premier League Futsal in Sydney with Sydney Phoenix, one of the strongest teams in that league. She trialled with Peninsu-la Power Women’s team in the National Premier League in Brisbane and has been asked to attend further trials.
Deanna Thompson, another former student, featured in na-tional media this week with Gold Coast United very excitedly announcing the signing of Deanna.
Congratulations to all.
Music Festival A reminder that the Mullumbimby Music Festival is on again this year from 16 to 19 November. Apart from being a wonderful community festival, the event is also our biggest P&C/school fundraiser. We are looking for people to help with either our Pizza stall or, if you have your RSA, selling tickets for the bar. To book a time slot, you need to go to http://www.schoolinterviews.com.au and then enter the event code y357a. Everyone who does a shift will receive a one-day wristband for the festival. If you have never come along, this is a great day where you get to meet other par-ents, mix with the teachers in an informal setting and sample our gourmet wood fired pizzas.
Donna Pearson, PRINCIPAL
If your child is absent from school, let us know they are safe. Phone: 6684 2600 or Email: [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30am to 3:30pm - Monday to Friday Coming in late? School starts at 8.50am. If students arrive after that time, please call the school to inform us they are late or provide a note. All students who have missed roll call need to come to Student Services to inform us of their arrival at school. Leaving early or need to give a message to your child? Kindly organise your child’s schedule before school by sending a note with your child for an early leave pass. For urgent messages, please call before 2.00pm. Thank you for your support.
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Talking to Young People about Alcohol and Drugs It is best for education about alcohol and drugs to begin be-fore young people are exposed to personal decisions about their use. Young people who have accurate information, cop-ing and decision making skills and understand the issues, will be in a good position to make responsible decisions about alcohol and drugs. Parents are a powerful role model when it comes to drinking and attitudes to alcohol and other drugs. Take time to talk. Sitting down with the young person in your care and map-ping out a plan of action and what to say if they are offered drugs or alcohol can help equip them for the almost inevita-ble real event. Listen to what the young person in your fami-ly says about alcohol and drugs and follow up with a discus-sion. Take the opportunities when they come up during eve-ryday activities, for example:
When you pour a glass of alcohol
When alcohol or other drugs are mentioned on TV or other media
When using or giving out medicines
When your young person has an assignment on alcohol, smoking, medicines or other drugs.
It is important to understand that in some situations young people may take risks. Sitting down afterwards and helping them identify where things started to go wrong enables them to consider what they could do differently the next time they are faced with a similar situation. Australian Alcohol Guideline for Children and young people under 18 Not drinking alcohol is the safest option. For children under 15 Parents and carers are advised that children under 15 years of age are at the greatest risk of harm from drinking and that for this age group, not drinking is especially important. For Young people aged 15-18 years The safest option is to delay the initiation of drinking for as long as possible. Australian Alcohol Guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. National Health and Medical Research Council, 2009 can be found at http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/synopses/ds10-alcohol.pdf Look for information about the RRISK Program and risk taking at our website www.rrisk.com.au
Ms Vanessa Perrin, our school career adviser, is available for meetings and interviews. Please call the school to contact her or email: [email protected]
Attention medicine hopefuls!
MedEntry will be conducting an intensive Medical Interview Training workshop in all major cities in Australia and New Zealand from November to January. The sessions are con-ducted by Doctors for Doctors-to-be and are specific to the university/course for which you are applying. Due to popu-larity of this unique program, classes have already started to fill up. Places are strictly limited. Details at: http://www.medentry.edu.au/
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UNIFORMS—The uniform shop is run by the P&C and is open twice a week on Monday & Thursday be-tween 8.30am and 9.00am. Could you spare an hour of your time a couple of times a term to help in the shop? We are always looking for volunteers. Please phone Valmay 6680 1003 or email [email protected] if you wish to help.
