Term 2 Week 9 27 th June, 2019 KELSO HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER Student Leaders Unite Kelso High Campus Captains Lucy Butler and Marina Kamilic, and Bathurst High Campus Captains Abbey Kemp and Bradley Fearnley attended the Parliament of NSW Secondary Schools Student Leadership Program in Sydney. The Captains visited NSW Parliament House, meeting other school leaders from across NSW. They engaged in a forum with a variety of members of parliament, sat in on a bill in the Legislative Assembly and question time in the Legislative Council, and enjoyed afternoon tea with the NSW Governor Margaret Beazley at Government House. Congratulation to our wonderful School Captains for representing Denison College with pride. Telephone: 63314544 email: [email protected]PO Box 499 Fax: 6332 1678 web: www.kelso-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Bathurst 2795 www.facebook.com/KelsoHigh
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Term 2 Week 9 27th June, 2019
KELSO HIGH CAMPUS
NEWSLETTER
Student Leaders Unite
Kelso High Campus Captains Lucy Butler and Marina Kamilic, and Bathurst High Campus Captains Abbey Kemp and Bradley Fearnley attended the Parliament of NSW Secondary Schools Student Leadership Program in Sydney.
The Captains visited NSW Parliament House, meeting other school leaders from across NSW. They engaged in a forum with a variety of members of parliament, sat in on a bill in the Legislative Assembly and question time in the Legislative Council, and enjoyed afternoon tea with the NSW Governor Margaret Beazley at Government House.
Congratulation to our wonderful School Captains for representing Denison College with pride.
Principal’s Report Happy Holidays With only a week till holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a fantastic break. The behaviour of students this term has, on the whole, been excellent and the entire campus has felt calm and settled, with students focusing on their school work. A lot of this has to do with how well the staff work as a team, under the leadership of the Head Teachers and Deputy Principals. The data we use from our SENTRAL system also reflects this.
our minor negatives are down 48% on Term 1 + 15% same time last year
our negative majors are down 38% on Term 1
our suspensions are down 54% on Term 1 + 30% same time last year
Farewell Ms Townend It is with a great deal of sadness that we farewell Ms Anna Townend next week, as she is leaving Kelso High Campus to take up a teaching appointment at an international school in Shanghai. This move presents an amazing opportunity for Ms Townend, however, it is a great loss for Kelso High Campus. As I’m sure everyone would agree, Ms Townend is an amazing teacher and leader and a wonderful person. Her impact on Kelso High Campus over the past 5 years is enormous. We wish her all the best for this exciting change. Ms Karah Logan will take up the Deputy Principal role until the end of 2020. Ms Logan is a very experienced and capable leader and will add a lot to the executive.
Congratulations Mr Petersen Congratulations to our College Principal, Mr Craig Petersen who will be taking on the role of President of the NSW Secondary Principal’s Council for the next 12 months. Starting in term 3 this year. The key function of the Council is to represent and support Secondary Principals in NSW public high schools, including advocating for students and negotiating with the NSW Government and other key stakeholders. This is a wonderful opportunity for Mr Petersen, who has been a key member of the SPC executive and a Deputy President for several years.
I will be relieving for Mr Petersen as the College Principal during this time. This means my role will change, however, I will still be around, and still working with students and staff of Kelso High Campus. I will also be working with students and staff of Bathurst High Campus and looking for ways to build the connections between the two campuses. Ms Stephanie Scott will be relieving as Campus Principal. Ms Scott is an excellent Deputy Principal and she is perfectly placed to continue leading the great work at Kelso High Campus for the next 12 months.
Congratulations Mrs Murphy Congratulations also to Mrs Wendy Murphy who will be taking up a position as a Curriculum Adviser, working out of the Bathurst Schools Office, supporting public schools in the Bathurst/Orange area. This position is for 3 years. After that time Mrs Murphy will have the option to return to Kelso High Campus in her role as College Head Teacher. Mrs Murphy has done an amazing job as College Head Teacher and music teacher and we wish her all the best for the next 3 years. Mr Michael Feening will be relieving in her absence.
Top performances:
Lachlan Howard who has been selected in the NSW All-schools hockey side
Kayla Pett who has been selected to represent the Girl Sport Australian team at the Amateur Athletic Union Championships for Girls’ Volleyball in Orlando Florida.
Michaela Doungmanee made the Level 7-8 Combined Western team for gymnastics and will continue to the State Western Competition in August.
Zac Belmonte who represented Kelso High Campus at the United Nations Young Leaders Summit at UTS
Thursday 6th June – KHC girls competed in the NSW Combined High Schools Girls’ Football tournament in Kirrawee
16s boys and girls futsal teams who played in the Regional Championships last week. Special mention to the girls’ team who were crowned Regional Champions
Ms Courtenay has been appointed as manager of NSWCHS girls football team and Hayden James appointed as CHS boys volleyball coach
Please give me a call or drop by to discuss anything concerning your child and Denison College, Kelso High Campus.
Mick Sloan, Principal.
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Presentations with Senior Constable Jane Heffernan, PCLO
Kelso High were fortunate enough to have Snr Constable Jane Heffernan, Police Community Liaison Officer, visit with us to talk to our Year 7-10 students.
Snr Constable Heffernan covered the legal and social issues around cyber-bullying, assaults and harassment with the aim of educating and reinforcing the seriousness of these issues with our students.
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Transition Program
Denison College has commenced the Transition Program for 2019!
Over three exciting weeks we will be welcoming over 185 Year 6 students from 14 local primary schools to experience the facilities and subjects on offer at Kelso High Campus.
This term students are connecting with teachers and student leaders in Music, Science and TAS faculty workshops to experience some practical activities they will encounter in their Year 7 studies.
We look forward to having the students back again next term!
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Students at Work
Mr Sloan has seen some great student work and lots of learning over the past few weeks in Science, Music, Art, Industrial Technology and Hospitality.
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CAPA Awards
Cayla - Visual Art
Angus - HSC Music
TJ - Visual Art
Jeremy - Music
Mia - Dance
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Art Express
Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts students attended the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery to view Art Express; a collection of some of the best HSC artworks from 2018.
Kelso High Campus HSC Physics Students Gaining Real-World Experience
Year 12 physics students at Denison College - Kelso High Campus are participating in a world-first initiative providing real life experience in astronomical research.
As part of their depth study for the Higher School Certificate [HSC], the students are using an international network of telescopes to observe and graph star clusters in space.
The telescopes are part of the Las Cumbres Observatory's [LCO] global network, with observatories situated in the United States, United Kingdom, China, South Africa and Chile.
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Waste 2 Art Winner Emily Choi
Last term, in Science class, we learnt about ecosystems, especially about our dumping of waste in landfill and its environmental impact. One day, our teacher gave our class some information about a competition called Waste 2 Art and I decided to enter a piece made up of recycled things like plastic correction tape.
My art work is called "Our Pursuit, Our Perspective". The aim of this artwork is to contrast the devastation of our environment with a pure vision of our environment. It depicts a girl with a telescope (made from a plastic ice cream holder) on her eye. Behind her is a giant eye; this is to tell that the drawings inside of the 'eye space' are what we are looking at.
Beside her, there is a scene of burning papers and chopped trees which have been created by plastic structures such as the tape, and a turtle's nose bleeding with McDonald’s straws. I feel this is the most powerful image in my artwork.
I feel so grateful to have won the competition. I received a $50 gift card and I'll keep working to inform people the importance of acting for our Earth.
By Emily Choi (Year 9)
Parent-Teacher Interviews
Parents are invited to attend Parent-Teacher Interviews on the following dates: Tuesday 6th August - 4.00 pm till 6.00 pm - Years 10, 11 and 12 Tuesday 13th August - 4.00 pm till 6.30 pm - Years 7, 8 and 9
Parents will receive details about booking procedures for the Parent-Teacher interviews via post.
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Music at Kelso High Campus – Stage 4 (Year 7 and 8)
As a part of the Stage 4 Music Syllabus documents, the music department at Kelso uses a wonderful resource from Musical Futures Australia. The syllabus ensures that all students studying music in NSW have experience in listening and analysing, composing and performing music of all genres and eras. The performance element of the Stage 4 Music program means that students must play and sing progressively difficult music. At Kelso High, we work towards students ultimately performing for others whether it be on a stage, in front of peers or in front of their teacher.
In stage 4, the Musical Futures program allows students to perform on a large variety of instruments, including but not limited to, guitar and bass (electric and acoustic), keyboard and piano, drums (acoustic and electric), ukulele (acoustic and electric) and vocals. Students can choose any of these instruments and are encouraged to experience more than one.
Musical Futures has a focus on:
Making music learning relevant to young people, and connecting their in-school and out-of-
school interests and experiences
Working through a variety of formal and informal teaching and learning styles ensuring that
their individual learning needs are met.
Valuing students’ personal musical interests
Motivating students first before moving them onto more formal learning styles
Making use of aural learning, that fully integrates listening with practical music making,
improvising and composing
Technique, notation and other forms of written instruction being part of the process, but rarely
the starting point
Catering to students of all ability levels. The program can be easily simplified or used to extend
students who have studied music outside of school or who have a ‘natural ear’ for music.
Research into the Musical Futures approach to music performance training in 11 to 18-year olds has found that it increases motivation (52%), provides a more stimulating curriculum (29%), raises standards (22%), enhances musical skills (17%), provides professional development (16%) and increases the numbers of students taking Stage 5 and 6 Music (14%).
(see www.musicalfutures.org.uk/c/reports+and+articles for the full report)
The repertoire is extremely varied in the Musical Futures program. Students can find themselves playing a medley of Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars and the Beatles on guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals, learning the chords of G, C, Em and D to play ‘Shotgun’ by George Ezra, playing ‘Little Talks’ by Of Monsters and Men on the ukulele, working in small beginner groups on the bass by following the ‘Just Play The Bass-ics’ program or learn a rock drum beat by Chair Drumming.
This is an example of the information sheet students follow in the initial learning stage. It shows all chords for keyboard, guitar, bass and ukulele. Students learn the relevant chords for their chosen instrument at their own pace:
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Students then follow a shifting screen with the original song playing which walks them through each beat, what chord or beat they should be playing or lyrics they should be singing and illustrating the changes in these elements.
As teachers of music, we have found that the Musical Futures program has allowed us to feel more confident about facilitating student learning in a range of musical genres and teaching a range of instrumental skills. We have found teaching music more enjoyable, we consider ourselves more effective teachers, we feel engaged in more personalised teaching and we have adopted a more practical approach in the music classroom.
We have also noticed a sharp increase in both student engagement, numbers of elective students in Stage 5 and numbers of students interested in learning an instrument.
Why not ask your Stage 4 student about Musical Futures and their practical experience in Music!
For more information about the program, please visit: https://www.musicalfuturesaustralia.org/
Our latest All Day Every Day Award winners who are always respectful and on-task.
Keep up the great work!
Schools Spectacular 2019
Mia Ryan has been selected as a Featured Dance Ensemble member in Hip Hop and Musical Theatre for the 2019 Schools Spectacular.
Mia auditioned against over 230 other students.
Congratulations Mia on a massive achievement!
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Starstruck Exhibition
Year 9 Photographic and Digital Media students visited the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery to view the Starstruck exhibition. This exhibition celebrates 100 years of Australian cinema including watershed moments, iconic visions of Australian life, and a glimpse into the experiences of actors and crew.
During the excursion students viewed photographic portraits, candid behind-the-scenes shots, rare film posters, casting books and original costumes.
Students were walked through the exhibition by Lucie Shawcross from the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Girl Sport Australian Team - Volleyball
Kayla Pett has been selected to represent the Girl Sport Australian team at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Championships for Girls' Volleyball in Orlando, Florida.
Congratulations and best of luck Kayla!
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Reconciliation Week - Walk Together with Courage
Uncle Bill visited Kelso High Campus at our school assembly to celebrate Reconciliation Week.
The Kelso Girls’ Dance Group performed for us followed by a BBQ lunch.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Year 7 Barton class were invited to attend a Charles Sturt University performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to support their study of Shakespeare.
The play was performed by final year Theatre and Media students at CSU. The students really engaged with the performance and it was a really exciting opportunity to see the play performed in the Ponton Theatre.
The class were able to meet with the cast and crew for a Q & A session to explore Shakespeare's play and the process of preparing a production. Students asked really interesting questions about character, set design and how to understand Shakespeare and really made the most of this learning opportunity.
Thank you to the staff and students of the Faculty of Arts and Education and the marketing team of the Sprung Festival for welcoming us for the afternoon!
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Bathurst Winter Festival
Earlier this term, Cirkus Surreal’s Amy Parker and Demi Webber participated in the media launch for the Bathurst Winter Festival.
The Winter Festival will be held over two weekends in July, with students from Cirkus Surreal providing street theatre on the afternoons of Saturday 6th and Saturday 13th July.
A huge thank you goes out to parents Christine Christian, Fran Williams, Rachel Gunning, Penny Butler and Michelle Westman, as well as Deputy Principal Narelle Small, who have been helping create a new range of costumes to fit with the theme of this year’s Winter Festival.
Selina Ash HT CAPA
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Open Boys Hockey
The Open Boys’ Hockey team travelled to Orange to play in the knockout competition. With the score being 0-0 at half time the boys ended up losing 0-3. Congratulations to the team who demonstrated excellent determination and sportsmanship.
Under 15 Years Soccer
On 31st May the girls’ and boys’ under 15 years soccer teams competed in Round 3 of the State-wide Bill Turner Trophy and Cup competitions.
The girls’ team defeated Red Bend College in Forbes 3 goals to 1. This was an excellent result especially considering Kelso girls were down 2-0 at half time. Best player on the ground was Charlie Fox.
The boys’ team defeated Parkes High 6 goals to 3. This was a comprehensive win with the best players being, Caiden Barnes, Tom Judge, Nate Baker, and Jakob Lamberton.
Both the teams then travelled to Orange to play Rounds 3 and 4 in a gala day. The boys’ team were defeated by Bathurst High in Rounds 3 and 4. The girls’ team defeated Bathurst High in Round 3 but were then defeated by Cowra High School in Round 4.
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Futsal Teams
The U16 Boys’ and Girls’ and the Open Boys team competed in the regional futsal competition in Orange.
The U16 Girls’ were undefeated and came away with the gold.
The boys’ put in a hard-fought performance against quality competition, however, they did not make the finals on the day.
The girls proceed to the State Championships next term.
Thank you to all players and staff who attended. Well done to all!
Jasmin Christie-Johnston - PD/H/PE
NSW Combined High Schools Girls' Football Tournament
Kelso High girls Amy Parker, Tiana Monks, Charlie-Mai Fox and Laura Risch competed in the NSW Combined High Schools Girls' Football Tournament in Kirrawee.
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All School’s Hockey Team
Lachlan Howard has recently been selected to represent NSW in the All School’s Hockey Team playing as a defender from the 18th – 23rd August.
This was achieved after a week of intensive testing at a camp in Narrabeen.
This is a huge achievement for Lachlan as he received an injury during the State Championships in Lismore three weeks ago. We want to wish Lachlan all the very best in his upcoming tournament.
Lauren Dean - Year 10 Year Adviser
Western Region Trials - Gymnastics
A big congratulations to Michaela Doungmanee who made the level 7-8 Combined Western team for gymnastics and will continue on to the State Western Competition in August.
We wish her all the best!
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North West Equestrian Expo
A Denison team consisting of Rosie Forsyth, Elly Rudd, Rudy Rudd (KHC) and Emma Jackson (BHC) competed at the North West Equestrian Expo, which was held at the Coonabarabran Showground on Friday 31 May – Tuesday 4 June 2019.
The girls represented the school well over the 5 days. They are pictured here ready for dressage (two 1st place) and then ready for Polo Cross, in which they won their first game and made it into the finals the following night.
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Help!! We are on the Hunt for Kelso High Memorabilia It’s over 10 years since the original Kelso High burnt down, and an amazing amount of resources and memories were lost forever … or were they?
An archive of the school’s history is being created. All of the copies of the Panorama magazines since 1976 have been scanned and saved. Photos of the initial building of the school in 1977, the fire’s aftermath in 2005 and the new school’s construction in 2008 have been added.
Do you have copies of any photos, articles or documents about Kelso High School? It would be especially good to locate anything from the old pre-2005 building. If you have copies of anything you think would be a worthwhile addition, please email them to Hans Stroeve at [email protected] If you need him to scan them, leave him a message at the school on 63314544.
Stroevey Challenge
Number 252
OLDIE, BUT A GOODIE
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
