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N E W S L E T T E RK A D I N A H I G H C A M P U S
Kadina St Goonellabah NSW 2480 T 02 6624 3133 F 02 6625 2137E
[email protected] www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
I S S U E 2 I T E R M 1 I W E E K 9 I 2017
The R ivers Secondar y Col lege Recording Projec t
On March 15th and 16th there was great excitement across the
three campuses of The Rivers Secondary College as students from the
combined vocal and instrumental ensemble took to the revamped
Studio A at Southern Cross University to record Pete Murray’s
“Opportunity”. After three rehearsals the group was ready to put
together their version of the song which included three-part vocal
harmony, a string trio, mandolin, guitar, bass, keyboard,
percussion and drums.It was a fantastic experience and a steep
learning curve for the students and music teachers (Virginia
Johnstone, Ben Wordsworth and Paul Brady) to work alongside the SCU
audio engineer, Steve Law, in a professional recording studio. The
students gained a great insight in to the recording process, doing
a number of takes for each section.The “Opportunity” recording was
a very valuable and rewarding project for all concerned and it was
great to see new student friendships and professional relationships
forged through the process.Congratulations to all involved.
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ST Patr ick ’s Day
To get in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day on March 17th, the
school Celtic instrumental ensemble, Beltane, plus staff guests, Ms
Johnstone, Mr Sassi, Mr O’Keeffe and Mr Graf played a few sets of
Irish jigs and reels to entertain the students in the canteen quad
at recess.
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C A L E N DA R
Kadina St Goonellabah NSW 2480
T 02 6624 3133 F 02 6625 2137
E [email protected]
www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
www.facebook.com/Kadina-High-School
K A D I N A H I G H C A M P U S
Year 12 1/2 Yearly Exams31 March - 5 April
North Coast Rugby League30 March
Cross Country6 April
Anzac Day Assembly7 April
Last Day of Term 17 April
Staff Development Day24 April
Anzac Day March25 April
Students Return 26 April
P&C Meeting 3rd Monday of each month
We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Elders past and
present of the Wijabul Wiyabal people and other peoples of
Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge that they are the first peoples
of this land on which our school stands.
Celebrat ing 40 Years of Ser vice
March 13th 2017 saw a very special celebration at Kadina High
Campus when Mrs Michelle Mortimer was recognised for achieving 40
years continuous service. Mrs Mortimer has always been a thorough
professional whether it be in the Science Department, the library
or in the main office. Her commitment to team work is exceptional,
always demonstrating her generosity and always offering to help
others by giving extra hours. Mrs Mortimer has an encyclopaedic
knowledge of students, policies and procedures always performing
her duties with equity, compassion and understanding. Mrs
Mortimer's team members praised her greatly during the special
morning tea celebration which highlighted the outstanding loyalty
and kindness which Mrs Mortimer displays on a daily basis at
Kadina. Over the 40 years Mrs Mortimer has contributed to many
successful fundraising events which students, staff and the local
community have appreciated.
Ian Davies, Principal, wished Mrs Mortimer a wonderful day with
beautiful flowers and a touching speech of thanks for her years of
dedicated support to Kadina. We all hope we can continue to share
her smiling face for many more years to come.
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The Rivers Secondary College, Open Boys and Girls Soccer
On Tuesday 21st March the senior boys and girls soccer teams,
representing The Rivers Secondary College travelled out to Bonalbo
for the first round of the CHS Knockout. The Girls played first,
putting on a fantastic display of both skill and teamwork. Each
side played the game wholeheartedly with ‘The Rivers’ Girls coming
out the victors with a convincing 14-0 win. Brea, Tahli, Madison
and Hayley all scoring 1 goal each, Dana and Kendelle put two in
the back of the net and Alinta and Bella bagged hat-tricks (three),
making it a great first game for our College.
The Boys game was up next and got off to a flying start with
‘The Rivers’ team controlling play from the get go. Isaac scored a
great goal, Bob and Bodhi both scored two, including a great
‘header’ from Bob, while Jayden showing fantastic composure in
front of goal, netting three goals also. The game ended with a
score line of 9-1, after an own goal from the Bonalbo team. Credit
where credit is due though, huge congratulations must go to the two
Bonalbo teams. Each played their games in a spirited and positive
nature, making the day excellent for everyone involved. I’d
personally like to thank the efforts of Boys coach, Mr John Eakin,
who organised the day, putting in huge hours to ensure that
everything ran smoothly. The River’s teams should be proud of their
efforts and we look forward to moving into the next round with
positive intent.
Dan Bordin‘The Rivers’ Girls Coach.
Col lege Spor t
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Congratulations to our Rivers Secondary College girls team who
have been crowned Northern Rivers Zone Basketball Champions. Our
Rivers Secondary College Open Girls team consists of :Kadina High
Campus students- Tywana Caldwell, Merinda Smith, Maddie
Meufells-Pethers, Amelia Jones-Wright, Danielle Bindley and Olivia
Gellatly. Richmond River High Campus students- Macie Nixon, Natasha
Rosa & Tyler Thorley.
Above: Our Rivers team in action. Above: Our Rivers Secondary
College Team 2017 Our next CHS Knockout round game
Our next CHS Knockout round game is late next week against
Southern Cross K-12 School. This game will be played at the Lismore
Basketball Stadium. On behalf of The Rivers Secondary College, I
would like to thank the support of Jacob Leu from Lismore
Basketball for hosting our Open teams for competition days as well
as ensuring training times were available for our Open girls team.
Please be sure to check our Campus Facebook pages for date and time
of our upcoming game against our Ballina Coast opponents.
From this CHS North Coast Knockout day, seven of our students
made the Open Girls Northern Rivers team that travelled to Byron
Bay last Thursday for the North Coast Selection trials and
Championships. Our team were very competitive against our
neighbouring zones in the North Coast area with scores as follows.
Against mid North Coast narrowly defeated 32-25, Far North Coast
winners 26-25 and 28-24 against Lower North Coast. Our Rivers
Secondary College representatives in the Northern Rivers Zone team
were Macie, Tyler, Maddie, Tywana, Merinda. This year it has seen
Tywana represent Northern Rivers for four years in a row-
Congratulations Tywana! It has also seen Maddie represent Northern
Rivers for three years, Congratulations Maddie!
Touch Football
Students from across the College have been selected to play in
the Northern Rivers Zone carnival. Some of our Under 15’s girls
team made it into the Open side, obviously showing and displaying
their talent in an older age group. Kadina High Campus will have
the following student represent our College soon at Hepburn Park
Lismore, we wish them well and look forward to the report once the
knockout day is able to be played early next term. Girls selected
for the Open Rivers team were: Lala, Olivia, Georgia, Mia and
Krystal. Georgia, Krystal and Mia also represented in our Under
15’s team more recently. Boys selected for the Open Boys Rivers
team were: Solomon, Keely and Isaiah.
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This summer holidays, Riley and I, Lachlan travelled to
Macquarie University to participate in the AMT digIT computer
coding program. We stayed there for five days, during which we
learned the basics of three coding languages, engaged in a robotics
workshop, and were introduced to algorithmic techniques. Languages
included Scratch, used for animations, games and education, HTML,
used for creating webpages, and Python, a powerful language used
for building apps. For robotics we used a kit known as a Sphero, a
tiny, spherical robot controllable from a phone. We also visited
the UTS Data Arena, which is a 360 degree 3-D projector, and the
Google Sydney office. Over the course of the first half of the
year, we hope to develop our coding skills which will eventually
culminate into a tech-support website. We recommend trying out
coding, and websites such as Grok Learning and Codecademy can help
introduce prospective coders into the craft. All of the teachers,
speakers and organisers at digIT did a fantastic job of
co-ordinating a superb learning opportunity for us both.
digIT Coding Program
A frisbee-throwing robot used in robo-sport competitions.
Using stored electricity in fruit to operate computer
programs.
We really enjoyed our trip, and hope to see some of you coding
soon!
Article by Lachlan J.E RobertsonPhotographs by Riley Couch
ANZAC Day March Apr i l 25th L ismore Cit y
ANZAC Day March April 25th Lismore City
Students are asked to be ready at 8:30 am for a 9:00 am
departure from the Browns Creek/Campbell car park behind the police
station. The parade should take about an hour with a 35 minute
service thereafter.
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On the summer holidays from the 10th till the 24th of January I
was invited to a Maths Summer camp (NMSS) at the Australian
National University. I had applied several months before, writing
about my future aspirations with maths, and why I'd like to come.
My teacher also wrote a recommendation sheet. Arriving on campus we
stayed in student accommodation at John XXIII. There were about 60
students, all keen and extremely able, from across the country
(some from Mildura, Alice Springs, Perth and Adelaide). Every day
we went to a morning lecture, on several advanced maths topics such
as Projective Geometry, Number Theory and Automata. We then had a
tutorial, in which we worked on problem sheets from the lecture
with our classmates and tutor. They were quite tough, several
problems I couldn't solve. We were told it doesn't matter if we
can't solve all of them, find a problem you find interesting and
work on it. After the morning tutorials we walked back to the
accommodation hall for lunch. It was prepared by the chefs there
and was absolutely delicious. After lunch we went back to the
lecture hall for the afternoon lecture, on a different topic, and
then had our tutorial. After which we had free time until dinner.
So we played board games, cards, went to play soccer on the uni
oval with the lecturers (a Maths professor and postdoc student) and
had a water ballon fight. After our scrumptious dinner we had
private study by ourselves and our tutor or the lecturer would come
around see how we went with the problems. During the weekend some
went to the movies after bowling or ice skating. The Sunday we all
went to see Canberra, the museum, Questacon, the War Memorial and
art galleries. One terrific part of the camp was the quest
speakers; a heart surgeon, ecologist and optimisation programmer.
They gave us several interesting talks about how they use maths in
their work, all being previous attenders of the Maths Camp as
students. Another special aspect of the camp was at evening
announcements, we got our tutors and lecturers to each tell a maths
joke every night. The experience was unbelievable and
unreplicatable, I met several good friends who I'll probably see
next year, along with having a better perspective on
Mathematics.
-Jaco van Tonder-
Maths Summer Camp
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ON Stage Excurs ion 2017
Students studying HSC Drama in the Rivers Secondary College
Community, have recently been on an excursion to Sydney attending
‘On Stage’, the showcase of HSC Drama works from the 2016 cohort.
Over two nights at the Seymour Theatre, University of Sydney, we
witnessed 20 individual and Group performances of Band 6 quality
from around the state. There was also a foyer exhibition which
showcased other Individual Projects such as Costume Design, Set
Design, Lighting Design, Program and Publicity, etc. Again the
quality of work was inspiring. We also had the opportunity to
attend Art Express at the Art Gallery of NSW which showcased the
most outstanding HSC Visual Arts Projects, as well as visiting
Belvoir Street Theatre for a private screening of ‘Stolen’, by Jane
Harrison.Congratulations to Kadina Campus students Hannah Oliver
and Kashmir Salmon Miller, and all the Richmond River Campus
students for conducting themselves so beautifully for the three
days.
Mr Sassi
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Univers i t y Roadshow
Emily and Aaron meet with Tim from SCU at the University
Roadshow where 5 Universities came to Kadina library to discuss
future options with very interested students.
By no means was I the most academic student at Kadina High but
my time at Kadina has left a lifelong impression of who I have
become, forging lasting friendships which continue to this day. I
currently work for Southern Cross University in Student
Recruitment, graduated Kadina High School in 2002, obtained a
Bachelor degree in Sports Science and am currently studying my
Masters in Business degree. After perusing a gap year in 2003 I
found myself traveling to Europe living mainly in Germany, where I
remained for over 7 years. Employment in the sports science sector
saw me work at the Winter Olympics in Turin, 2006 FIFA World Cup in
Germany, Le Tour de France and many more international sporting
events. After lengthy travels via Asia and the USA I returned to
the Northern Rivers in 2013 currently residing in Ballina. I will
never forget my time at Kadina High School. The breadth of
curriculum enabled me to study my passion in my senior years and
the teacher support was second to none. It provided me the
foundation to enter into the larger world and pursue my goals. But
most of all Kadina gave me memories and mates.
- Timothy Day, Student Recruitment Officer, Southern Cross
University
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Invites you to the
Australian Defence Force Academy Roadshow
The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) combines military
and leadership
training with a world class degree from the University of New
South Wales (UNSW) for the future leaders of Australia’s Navy, Army
and Air Force.
As you have commenced an application or are eligible to apply
for ADFA, please join us for an evening of special presentations
and canapés that may help assist
you in your application process.
Monday 20th March 2017| Defence Force Recruiting Gold Coast|
6:00pm a
The evening will provide an opportunity for you to interact
special representatives from ADFA and UNSW to discover how you can
become a world
class leader through the Australian Defence Force Academy.
This invitation is for you and up to 2 guests.
To register please visit:
http://events.defencejobs.gov.au/event/Z2GW4O/
Please contact [email protected] for any further
questions.
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Dear Parents, Please find below information that you may find
valuable as a parent/care or student of Kadina High.
School attendance
1. Roll marking Years 7- 10 students’ start of day commences at
9.10am with rollcall. When arriving at school before 9.20am
students go directly to their rollcall and are marked present.
Senior Students: are required to sign in and out at the office on
arrival and on leaving school every day they attend. You will be
marked absent for the whole day if you do not sign in at the kiosk
on arrival- affecting your attendance records and accountability in
times of emergency. The Rivers Secondary College Students: Students
are required to sign in and out at the Kiosk on arrival and leaving
Kadina campus. School ID cards are issued to students every year on
receipt of school photos (for students who have a photo taken). All
students should carry with them there school ID card to allow for
faster signing in and out at the kiosk when required. Any student
ID card issued by Kadina, Lismore High or Richmond River High
Campuses (including from past years) can be used.
2. SMS and Email Absence Notification SMS and emails are sent
out daily to parents/ carers daily- advising of student’s
non-attendance at school for that day. It is preferred that your
response is via reply SMS or email or alternatively you can call
the school office. To make changes to the parent/carer who receives
this notification please contact the office.
When replying to the absence SMS or Email please consider your
response and be specific when notifying reason for
non-attendance.
3. Late to School procedures Students who arrive late are to
report to the Front Office with a note explaining their lateness.
After signing in through the Attendance Kiosk, students will be
issued a pass. They should then proceed to class where the teacher
will mark them present. Late arrivals without a note must sign in
at the front Office and a note of explanation is to be provided the
following day.
4. Leave As per the Department of Education Attendance Policy
“Families are encouraged to holiday or travel during school
vacations, if taken during the school term this leave is recorded
as an absence from school” An application for Extended leave-
Travel is available at the front office. Please refer to The
Department of Education website for full details on school
attendance, including policies –
www.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/student_admin/attendance
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Communication with the Kadina community
1. Updating Your Contact Details Please advise the office when
you have had a change to any of your contact details; address,
phone numbers, email, emergency contacts – form attached. This
becomes particularly urgent in case of injury or emergency and can
be distressing for students when we are unable to contact you or an
emergency contact. Please refer to the attached form ‘Update of
Student Details’
We are looking to move toward emailing as our primary form of
communications in the future. It would be appreciated if your
preferred email contact could be provided to us at your earliest
convenience, if you have not already done so.
2. Keeping update with the goings on at Kadina There are a few
ways that we communicate with our community.
- Schoolstream- a free app. Once downloaded search for Kadina.
You will likely see here that all three campuses of The Rivers
Secondary College have this app. With Schoolstream you can ‘Access
the entire breadth of school life directly from School stream
including: School news, sporting fixture information and updates,
events, assessment notifications, school transport timetables,
school canteen menus, uniform shop pricing, photo galleries and
more’
- Facebook To get to it, logon to Facebook and in the search bar
type in “The Rivers Secondary College Kadina High Campus official”
This is kept up to date with lots of articles and pictures about
what is happening at Kadina.
- Website Our school website is
http://www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ - Newsletter A campus
newsletter is produced on a monthly basis. It can be accessed via
our
website, face book and the Schoolstream app. Alternatively if
you would like the newsletter emailed to you log onto whichever
email account you would like it sent to and send an email to
[email protected] and type “subscribe me” in the
subject line.
- [email protected] for general enquiries please
use are school email address
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From your mobile device go to the App Store (iPhone/iPad) OR
Google Play (Android) search for School Stream and download the app
to your phone
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Make sure you agree to push notifications
Once School Stream has nished installing, open the app, type
your school name into the search THEN select your school
For more detailed instructions go to
schoolstream.com.au/download
How to download your FREE app
Receive school information, instantly and directly to your
smartphoneYour school now has a FREE app
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Subscr ibe Me! ! . . . . .
I would like to remind parents you can subscribe to the school
newletter email distribution list. It is easy and it is free. All
you have to do is log into whichever email account you would like
to receive the newsletter from and send an email to k
adina-h.admin@det .nsw.edu.au with “subscr ibe me” in the subject
line.
Newsletter Distr ibut ion! ! . . . . .
Our newsletter is also accessible in the following ways:
1. Email Subscription (see above for information)2. Facebook -
like page or simply visit and look for our current newletter link
(every 4 weeks)3. School Website - visit our page at
kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au and navigate to the newletters section
to view current and past publications.
