Thursday 8th September 2016 Week 2 of cycle Term 3 Vol 4 I MPORTANT DATES AUGUST/S EPTEMBER Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 12 * Year 11 exams 13 HSC Music 14 * 2017 Captains Speeches 15 P&C Meeting at 5.30pm 16 * AIME at SCU 19 *Year 11 Exams 20 *Parent - Teacher Evening 4 - 6pm 21 22 * Year 12 Final Assembly 23 26 HOLIDAYS 27 28 29 30 Amber outshines her opponents August 15th was the date set for the ISKF Shoto (Karate) World Cup in South Africa. This competition involved 34 countries, with the Australian team consisting of 27 Athletes, with only 2 girls in the 16-18 year age category. One of those girls was our very own Amber Bryant (Year 12). Amber represented Australia in four events. She placed first in Kata; 2nd in Kumite, 3rd in Team Kumite and 4th in Team Kata. Not a bad effort for a young lady from Kyogle! Amber trains 6 nights a week in Lismore, Bangalow, Lennox Head and Brisbane. Amber has now been scouted for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics! Kyogle High is extremely proud of Amber and we wish her all the best in her quest for the Olympics!
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Thursday 8th September 2016 Week 2 of cycle Term 3 Vol 4
IMPORTANT DATES AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
12 * Year 11 exams
13 HSC Music
14 * 2017 Captains Speeches
15 P&C Meeting at 5.30pm
16 * AIME at SCU
19 *Year 11 Exams
20 *Parent - Teacher Evening 4 - 6pm
21 22 * Year 12 Final Assembly
23
26 HOLIDAYS
27 28 29 30
Amber outshines her opponents
August 15th was the date set for the ISKF Shoto (Karate)World Cup in South Africa. This competition involved 34 countries, with the Australian team consisting of 27 Athletes, with only 2 girls in the 16-18 year age category. One of those girls was our very own Amber Bryant (Year 12). Amber represented Australia in four events. She placed first in Kata; 2nd in Kumite, 3rd in Team Kumite and 4th in Team Kata. Not a bad effort for a young lady from Kyogle! Amber trains 6 nights a week in Lismore, Bangalow, Lennox Head and Brisbane. Amber has now been scouted for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!
Kyogle High is extremely proud of Amber and we wish her all the best in her quest for the Olympics!
Year 12 In a very short time I will be speaking to Year 12 students and their families at their Graduation Assembly 10am on Thursday 22 September. This will obviously be an extremely significant occasion for all concerned and I look forward to families and friends of our students attending. As usual, our wonderful friends of the combined churches will be hosting a breakfast for Year 12 and teachers prior to the Assembly. This is a very special tradition for Kyogle High School and I thank all those involved to make this happen.
The Farewell to Year 12 Social was held last Monday night and was very well attended. Thankyou to Mr McKee and the SRC for hosting this event.
As we near the end of Year 12 attending school, I do remind our students to uphold our school values and make wise choices concerning their behaviour both in and out of school. It is also a time to finalise the work they have been doing in class and seek sound advice of study schedules and revision before the HSC exams.
Geo-Photography Competition Once again the Geo-photography competition run by Ms Clarkson and Mrs McPherson was an outstanding success with the display at the Roxy Gallery complimented by the community. I congratulate all the students who entered the competition, our sponsors and of course our staff who put so much time and effort into the event.
Facebook Page Keep up to date with the latest announcements and events happening at Kyogle High School with our Facebook page managed by Ms McDonough. Thank you to our community who take the time to like announcements or comment on events that happen at school
State Athletics I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate all our students who made the State Athletics squad. It was certainly a huge accolade for both our school and our community. A special thank you to the parents who gave up their time to travel to Sydney with the students and supervise them over the three days – your support is greatly appreciated.
Wishing all of our school community a great fortnight.
Gae Masters Principal
Principal’s Report
Welcome to this issue of the KHS newsletter. As Term 3 comes to its conclusion, it is timely to look at the effort the executive of the school has made to include all our valued members in the decision making, planning and development that continues to occur. Our continued collaborative and transparent aim is to develop and implement a best practice model within the school. The traditional areas such as P&C, SRC and school committee teams allow parents/carers, students and teacher the ability to help shape the future of our school. Parents/carers, students and teachers have participated in a number of school based reviews of areas within the school and in surveys, including the Tell Them From Me Semester 2 survey and the Readiness for Change and Improvement survey. All these opportunities give voice and construction to improved outcomes for all students. I encourage parents/carers to participate in the Tell Them From Me Survey online. The link for the TTFM survey is https://www.tellthemfromme.com, and it is open at this time. The generic username and password to use are: username = .\localuser and password = localuser
It remains important to be as involved as possible in the school’s development and to be confident and able to contribute. For all of us, it also becomes not only a right but a responsibility, as members of our school. And the proof of our collective great efforts and challenges has come in KHS very impressive NAPLAN results for 2016. With support and excellent teaching, our Year 9 students have grown their literacy rates at almost double the state average. Well done for all involved.
Dave Hanley Deputy Principal
Deputy Principal’s Report
14 Years Boys STATE Relay Team
SPORT TERM 4 2016 & Term 1 2017 Permission notes are due back by Friday September 16th. Gym - Circuit Training and Canoeing are only for students in Year 9 or above. Please remember this when choosing your sport.
Fri 09/9: Help needed Mon 12/9: L. Scott Tues 13/9: C. Partridge, R. Harley, S. Smith, J. Bulmer Wed 14/9: Help needed Thur 15/9: M. Warry, S. Cormack Fri 16/9: W. Durrant Mon 19/9: L. Scott Tues 20/9: S. Cormack Wed 21/9: J. McBride Thurs 22/9: S. Pederson Fri 23/9: Help needed
If you are rostered on to help on a day and you cannot make it, please let Deb know as soon as possible. Phone: School - 6632 1300 Deb (home) 66364261
With the Trivia Night only 2 weeks away, it’s time to get your friends together and buy your tickets! You can purchase your tickets at the Front Office - see you there! Our next P&C meeting is set for Thursday 15th September at 5:30pm in the Common Room. Congratulations to those students who participated at State Athletics this past week!
Louise Petherbridge - P&C President.
Year 7 have been busy at Kyogle High in the TAS Department. They have been utilising the digital printing and laser cutting machine in order to applique their design onto the aprons they have made.
This has all been done under the guidance of Mrs Kendal Bryant. Don’t they look great!
Kyogle Touch Football Association
Registrations Open Now
Round 1 starts on the 12
th of October 2016, the
competition will run until Easter 2017.
Team captains need to register the team prior to any players being able to register. The team captain will be issued with a TEAM CODE, each player will need the team code to register themselves to that team. Registrations are available at http:www.kyogle.mytouchfooty.com or by going to our
Facebook page and clicking on the link, but of course if anyone has troubles they can always call, message or email Kim Clark.
BreastScreen North Coast’s mobile unit will be visiting Kyogle from
mid-September until early October 2016 to provide free screening for women in the local area. The mobile breast x-ray unit will be conveniently located outside the KMI in Stratheden Street. Free screening is also available all year round at BreastScreen’s Lismore clinic (29 Uralba St, Lismore). This service is free for all women over the age of 40, however women aged 50 to 74 years are given priority and actively encouraged to attend screening.
Tuesday 6th September. The Futsal girls travelled to the Casino
Indoor Sports Stadium for the u16s Northern Rivers Zone Futsal
Knockout. The girls played Woodenbong and went down four - one.
Rihanna Gilmour scored the goal.
Thanks to Mr Raz for his organisation, Mrs Brus for her expert
coaching and Neve as the manager. The girls looked good in the
new soccer shirts and represented Kyogle High with pride.
Miss Radley
Year 11 PDHPE First Aid
Nine year 11 PDHPE and SLR students have achieved their Applied First Aid Qualification. They completed an online component and then participated in the practical assessment on Friday 2
nd
September. This was offered to them as part of their PDHPE and SLR preliminary courses through NSW Royal Lifesaving. Thanks to Paul Tiernan for assessing the students and ensuring they are competent first aiders.
McIntosh looking on while Emily Ferguson is demonstrating the defibrillator under Paul’s watchful eye.
Closing the Achievement Gap
Noticeable effects from 25 to 30 minutes of independent
reading every day.
The more time
students spend
independently
reading, the greater
the positive effect
on student
achievement.
APPLICATIONS FOR YOUNG ADVISORS Nationals Member for Lismore Thomas George has encouraged young people to consider applying for a position on the 2017 Youth Advisory Council and get involved in Government decision making.
Applications close at 5:00pm Friday 30 September 2016.
For more information and application forms please visit the Advocate for Children and Young People’s website www.acyp.nsw.gov.au or phone (02) 9248 0970
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Release of HSC results – time to update student details 2016 HSC results will be sent to students via email and text message from 6.00am on Thursday 15 December. Students will also be able to access their results at the same time via Students Online.
It is important BOSTES has accurate student contact details. So please encourage your students to log into Students Online and check that their email addresses and mobile phone numbers are correct. If a school email address is recorded, they should consider changing it to a personal one, as students will have left school when results are released.
Students who do not wish to receive their results by email or SMS can opt out before 5pm on Wednesday 14 December via Students Online > My Details. Information on online security can be found at www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/public-safety-and-law/online-safety.
Students will be able to download all their BOSTES credentials as a PDF from Students Online on Wednesday 21 December. Eligible students will receive their HSC testamur in the post between 18 – 20 January 2017. Students will be able to order another copy of their testamur or a printed Record of Achievement and course reports at a cost of $17.00. Alternatively, they can print all of the documents themselves from Students Online. For further information, go to Students Online, or call 1300 13 83 23
HSIE Whatsi The HSIE faculty have been busy presenting and completing many whole school activities to enhance the learning of our students. Here is a snapshot of some of the things they have participated in during the busy 2016 school year:
On Tuesday the 16
th August, Week 5, students in Years 7 – 11 participated in the
StartSmart Financial Literacy Roadshow.
Consisting of six different workshops, students were presented with lectures on
choices, earning, saving, spending, investing and enterprise.
It was a successful reconnection with getting all our students financially literate in
making better choices for savings, investments and general habits to
encourage smart decisions.
Kyogle High School has formed a stronger partnership with the Southern Cross
University School of Law and Justice. The school hosted a writing, research and
literacy workshop during Term 2. The aim of this was to improve the literacy of
the group from a Legal Studies perspective.
It was an invaluable opportunity to bring this
workshop to KHS and assist in improving
the skills in research and essay writing for
the Legal Studies classes.
The Year 12 HSC Legal Studies class went
to Southern Cross University with schools
across the Northern Rivers to prepare for
their Higher School Certificate examination
in around 8 weeks time. It was a great day
for the class to see and hear from HSC
markers tips and tricks to tackle the HSC
Legal Studies exam.
Way back in April, 3 of our Legal Studies
girls attended Bond University to participate
in the Bond Mooting competition. We were the only New South Wales School
and incidentally the smallest to compete against public and private schools in the
greater South – East Queensland region. The students had to present legal
arguments around a legal scenario. In this matter, it was an issue of whether or
not an accident was the fault of an operator of an extreme sports park or the rider
themselves who was a young person. It was a tremendous opportunity and
experience and assisted the girls in gaining confidence in public speaking, being
able to think on the spot and articulate points of law.
The Commerce and Business Studies students have also been active this year
and are currently participating in the second Australian Stock Market Schools
Game. Students are given $50 000 and for the next 10 weeks can trade shares.
They can purchase, sell and make a profit or loss choosing stocks from the top
