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NATIONAL WORLD SKILLS COMPETITIONHayley-Ann Smith represented NSW at the National World Skills VETiS Business Services competition in Sydney. She competed against students from all over Australia. Hayley-Ann was eligible to compete after she won the Regional Business Services competition in October 2017 with an impressive score of 98.5 / 100. During the competition Hayley-Ann had to complete office administration tasks based on a scenario where she was employed with a business as an Administration Assistant. Her tasks involved filing, producing flyers, mailing, letter writing (including mail merging and labelling) giving an office presentation on Work Health and Safety to fellow employees on Safety Data Sheets, preparing banking, invoicing, proof reading and preparing policy documents, answering phones and relaying messages. Hayley-Ann stated that the constant level of work and the number of tasks meant that she had to work hard on her time management skills as different tasks were due at particular times during each day. At the end of the competition World Skills hold a presentation ceremony to announce the winners in each category of competition. The presentation ceremony was held on June 5 and after competing in a highly competitive field Hayley-Ann placed 5th. This is an excellent result and demonstrates what students from Dubbo College can achieve if they are prepared to try out new opportunities that are made available to them.

SENIOR RISE

What’s on?Monday 2/7/18 Elevate Parent Seminar 6-7pm

Wednesday Thursday 4/7/18 5/7/18 Astley Cup

Tuesday 24/7/18 First day of Term 3 for students

Monday 30/7/18 Parent Teacher night 4-6.30pm

Wednesday Thursday 1/8/18 2/8/18 and 8/8/18Ken Eggleton CupWednesday 8/8/18 Creative Arts and HSC works night 6pm School Hall

13/8/18-24/8/18 Year 12 Trial Examinations

Issue 4 Thursday 28th June, 2018

Term 2 – Week 9– 2018

Tony McGrane Pl, Dubbo NSW 2830PH 02 6882 4655 FAX 02 6882 4332 EMAIL dubbo-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au WEB dubbocoll-m.schools.nsw.edu.au

1.What is the best thing about being at Senior Campus?The students and staff of Senior Campus, and the way everyone contributes to the unique young adult learning environment. 2. What is your favourite subject? Why? I cannot be bias, I enjoy all the subjects that I teach including VET Business and Retail Services, Hospitality and Food Technology.3. Who inspires you and how?Oprah Winfery and Ellen Degeneres, as they are both two powerful women who send empowering messages about being yourself, following your instincts and passion, but more importantly be kind and respect yourself and each other.4.What is the best advice you have been given?Be yourself, and don’t be afraid to go outside your comfort zone, take advantage of every opportuni-ty; where there is none make one for yourself. 5. Where do you see yourself in 10 years.Happy, healthy and still doing all the things I enjoy.

1.What is the best thing about being at Senior Campus? Being able to work like a young adult with plenty of support. 2.What is your favourite subject? Why? Business Services, because I have gained extensive knowledge of working in a business environment that has taught me many skills I could carry on into my future career. 3. Who inspires you and how?Personally no one inspires me, I feel I inspire myself, as I am my own inspiration to do and achieve better in life. 4. What is the best advice you have been given?“Live for yourself, and not others” 5. Where do you see yourself in 10 yearsWorking towards owning my own Resort as I want to be a Resort Manager.

Alana Wykes Hayley-Ann Smith

Teacher and Student Profile

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PRINCIPALS REPORTAs we come to the conclusion of Term 2, we can reflect on another eventful term. The Senior Campus were the host of the WesternRegion Tertiary Day, University of Sydney Kick Start Program as well as The Western Region HSC Enrichment Days. These programs have allowed our year 12 students to access experts in the fields of HSC examinations as well as post school pathways. These programs have not only supported Senior Campus students but also students from across the Central and Far West to have same opportunities and exposure often only afforded to their peers in metropolitan areas.The Senior Campus has continued to work in partnership with Elevate Education with all students completing study skills seminars in examination preparation. This was done with the aim to ensure all students are best prepared for the Trial HSC Examinations that will commence on the August 13 next term as well as the Preliminary Exit Examinations that will take place from September 10.The Trial HSC Examinations are considered more difficult than the actual HSC examinations due to the reduced preparation time. With this in mind, we have ensured structures are in place to maximise student achievement and minimise stress and anxiety. Firstly, all Year 12 students will receive the Trial HSC timetable by the end of this Term. Along with the timetable students will receive an explicit study guide on how best to prepare for each of their examinations. Finally, our staff have committed to running Holiday Tutoring over both weeks of the July holidays. The timetable will accessible in the study guide. This booklet will also be emailed to all students and parents. With both the Astley Cup and Man of Steel College Production currently in full swing, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate and thank the staff and students involved in the running of these community events. We will be hosting Orange High School in the final round of Astley Cup on the 4th and 5th of July and encourage all community members to take part.

Miss Marisha BlancoDeputy Principal

DON’T FORGET!Please register for the new Dubbo College Senior Campus Parent Portal

If you haven’t aready received your email with the instructions, please contact the school.

web1.dubbo-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/portal

MAN OF STEEL REHEARSAL

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College SportNSW CHS NETBALL Dubbo College has three students Payton Harris, Natasha Janetzki and Tori Reynolds performing strongly at the NSW CHS netball championships. All three are part of the Western CHS team who after two days have had two wins over Hunter and Darling regions. They have also had two close loses in matches against North Coast and Sydney East. Well done girls.

OPEN BOYS RUGBY UNIONCongratulations to the Dubbo College Open Boys Rugby Union team who have been crowned Western Area Allschool champions after finals day in Orange. The team took on and defeated Orange High 20-12 in the first match. In the second match against James Sheahan Catholic School they they had an epic battle coming away 12-10 winners. At one stage they were down 10-0 before prevailing.

”ESSE ESSE QUAM VIDERI, OH BLACK AND RED ARMY, DUBBO ARMY”If Milla Ross and Hamish Grant have anything to do with it, 2018 will be the year Dubbo College regains the time-honoured Astley and Mulvey Cups.The two Senior Campus sports captains, together with the student leadership team, led the throng of students in the Astlely Cup assembly, with shouts of the College war cry ringing from the hall.

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The Bindyi Club, the ex-students association of Dubbo High School and Dubbo College, has overseen the inauguration of an updated honour board at Dubbo College Senior Campus this week.The honour board includes the names of 42 returned service men and women who had attended either Dubbo High School, Delroy High School, Dubbo South High School or Dubbo College, and who had served in various theatres of war since World War 1.President of the Bindyi Club Jill McCann said the club had seen the need for the updated honour roll during the Centenary of Public Education held in Dubbo in 2017.“A member of the Bindyi Club, historian Patrick Bourke undertook some wide-ranging research to come up with the names of 42 former service men and women to add to the Dubbo College records.The names even includeda former school captainwho fought during WorldWar 1.”The inauguration of thenew honour board was attended by members of the Bindyi Club including Mrs McCann, members of the Dubbo sub-branch of the RSL including president Tom Gray,as well as students and staffof Dubbo College.

Dubbo College Year 12 extension music students recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop with outstanding Australian art music composer Elena Kats-Chernin and well-known pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska at the Macquarie Conservatorium in Dubbo.The students, Robin Hall, Tim Connor and Peter Harrison attended the workshop with their music teacher Lyndal Powderly.Mrs Powderly said the workshop was presented in a question and answer format so students could gain an understanding of how to create a great composition.“Elena then went through how simple melodic and rhythmic material can be expanded and developed through compositional techniques,” she said.“These techniques are devices such as rhythmic and melodic; repetition, inversion, retrograde, augmentation, diminution, sequences, textural layering, instrumentation, pitch range, unity and contrast.“Her presentation allowed students to feel confident with the compositions they have already created and how to tweak them to achieve a great result. “Mrs Powderly said there were many different processes used by composers. She said her students were given an amazing insight into the processes of a great Australian art music composer, who is at the forefront of music composition in Australia and around the world!

YEAR 12 EXTENSION MUSIC WORKSHOP

HONOUR BOARD UNVEILING

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It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students, via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card, and can be made via computer, tablet or mobile phone. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the school’s website by selecting $ Make a payment.

Items that can be paid include voluntary school contributions, subject contributions, excursions, sales to students and creative and practical arts activities (these include band, drama and dance). There is also a category called ‘Other’ to cover items not covered in the previous headings, ‘Other’ can be used to make a complete payment of a school Statement of Account.

When you access the $ Make a payment you must enter:

• the students name

• class

• date of birth

These details are entered each time you make a payment as student information is not held within the payment system.

This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school.

You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school.

For any enquiries regarding the online payment process please contact the School Administration Office.

Dubbo College has been shortlisted in a group of eight finalists for Regional School of the Year in the inaugural Australian Education Awards.The college joins schools at Port Macquarie, Kangaroo Island, Fairy Meadow, Rockhampton, Albury and Mackay in vying for the award, and now has to provide a thorough report to the judges.The Australian Education Awards, supported by The Educator publication, School Notices Oz and Key Media, have been developed to recognize innovation and achievement in education from kindergarten to Year 12.The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Sydney in August and Dubbo College executive principal Stacey Exner said staff and students at the college were very excited to be on the shortlist.“Dubbo College has been shortlisted in the category for Regional School of the Year but there is also another 23 categories in the awards,” she said.

COLLEGE MAKES FINAL EIGHT IN REGIONAL SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

MAKING ONLINE PAYMENTS