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How do I like to learn?

Duval High School’s 2018 Prefect Group was announced at our Year 12 Valedictory Assembly on

22 September. They were presented their badges by the outgoing 2017 Prefect Group. See page

9 for more photographs of the Valedictory Assembly.

Page 2 Armidale Future School

SRC News

Page 3 Year 10X English

Hearts for Hannah

Page 4 Creative Arts

Australian Mathematics Competition

Page 5 Emu Gully Sports Camp

Page 6 Textiles Award

NAIS 2018 Sporting Programmes

Page 7 Library News

Page 8 Valedictory Assembly—

Farewell to Year 12

Page 9 Get Active: Come & Try

Positive Parenting Programme

Page 10 Community Noticeboard

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DATES FOR THE DIARY

16 Oct Beginning of HSC Written Examinations

17 Oct Combined DHS & AHS P&C Meeting

17-20 Oct Year 7 Warrumbungles Excursion

27-30 Oct Celebration Choir @ Sydney Town Hall

15-18 Nov ‘Seussical the Musical’

Newsletter

No. 16

10 October 2017 2018

PREFECT GROUP CAPTAINS VICE CAPTAINS

Fahad Algahtany

Robert Wilson

Angus Lawrence

Bradley Lucas

Angela Fittler

Ruby McDonall Bailey Swain Kristen Smith

Elizabeth Bizo Oliver Dowling

Isabelle Winter Max Westhorpe Jessica Thomson Dylan Ramsey

PREFECTS

Publication of this newsletter is made possible through the generous support of the

Duval High School Parents & Citizens Association.

10 October 2017 Page 2

SRC NEWS

ARMIDALE FUTURE SCHOOL

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Have Your Say on the Name of the New

Armidale Future School:

We encourage you to vote now on the

name of Armidale’s new Future School.

The Project Reference Group, who is plan-

ning the new school, is encouraging as

many people as possible from the commu-

nity to have their say to ensure a wide vari-

ety of opinion is heard.

Voting is easy at :

http://yoursay.education.nsw.gov.au/

have-your-say-

There is a list of school names in develop-

ment, so you can vote on your favourites,

provide feedback on them, and make addi-

tional suggestions.

Current poll results as at Week 1 of Term 4

are listed in the table.

Upcoming Community Information

Sessions

The next round of community information sessions are just around the corner, on Thursday 12 Octo-

ber. This includes the Aboriginal Education Services and Disability Support Needs sessions. We’d like

to see a great turn out at these events, so go to the Armidale Future School website to register:

http://armidalefutureschool.com.au/Calendar

Stay Informed

Sign up for the Armidale Future School newsletter to stay up-to-date on important information at:

http://armidalefutureschool.com.au/

On Friday, 1 September, members of Duval High School’s SRC participat-

ed in the annual Legacy Badge Day fundraiser.

The funds raised from badge sales help Legacy continue to assist approxi-

mately 65,000 widow(er)s and 1,800 children and people with disabilities

Australia-wide, with essential services such as counselling, special hous-

ing, medical, advocacy and social support.

Ms Verwayen

10 October 2017 Page 3

YEAR 10X ENGLISH

Year 10X English embarked upon a challenging

yet rewarding project last term, when they each

created a wunderkammer to represent their lives.

The term wunderkammer is German for ‘cabinet

of wonders (or curiosities)’ and harks back to the

renaissance habit of building great collections of

art, natural history, archaeology, relics and so on.

Year 10X have studied Anh Do’s Happiest Refugee

and worked hard to represent their own lives

through imaginat ive and invent ive

wunderkammers, including filmed digital

versions, and a range of creative text types based

on special times in their lives.

It was wonderful to see my students rise to meet

the challenges of this task, and they should be

very proud of themselves. By maintaining such

mature levels of motivation and dedication these

students will be off to a good start next year in

senior school.

Mr Mulligan

HEARTS FOR HANNAH

Duval s tudents

s h o w e d t h e i r

support for Ben

Venue student and

friend, Hannah

W h i t t o n , b y

organising a mufti

day during the last

week of Term 3.

Hannah’s family has

been donated $474

to assist them in

travel expenses as

they await a heart

transplant. Elizabeth Lee

Hadi Hussein

Katherine Harwood

Joseph Feitz

Amelia Randell

Kyanna Villano

Vaishnavi Pradeep

Brian Torio

Adam Lucas

Annie Winter

Zoe Davidson

10 October 2017 Page 4

CREATIVE ARTS

Congratulations to Year 12 students who have

achieved outstanding results in their HSC works:

Stuart Browne

Nominated for HSC Drama ‘OnSTAGE’. Stuart

performed as Sam Byck in a scene from

‘Assassins’.

Hanna Kwan

Nominated for HSC Music ‘ENCORE’. Hanna has

excelled as a contemporary jazz vocalist during

the year, and in her final recital performed ‘I

Wish You Love’, ‘Nature Boy’, ‘Gravity’, and

‘Dindi’.

Elayna Moens

Nominated for HSC Dance ‘Callback. Elayna’s

selection is for her HSC Core Performance

component.

Isaac Clark

Nominated for HSC Dance ‘Callback. Isaac is

nominated for both his Core Performance and

Major Study Performance components.

Mr Grafton

AUSTRALIAN MATHS COMPETITION

This year Duval had a number of students

participate in the Australian Mathematics

Competition. We congratulate all students who

participated in this challenging competition and

particularly commend the following students on

their results:

Year 7

Distinction Awards: Kasey Cochrane, Peter

Gooley, Noah Craven

Credit Awards: Charlotte Hall, Lucy Mair,

Tahaf Omar, Andre Cooper, Joshua Dunbar,

Zoe Weiley, Brock Parsons, Lydia Byerlee,

Liam Harrington, Yuho Takayama

Year 8

Distinction Awards: Mehdi Ahsan, Bertie

Lynch

Credit Award: Ehan Boshoff

Year 9

Distinction Award: Alonso Geesink-Anton

Credit Award: Ahmad Talal

Year 10

Distinction Award: Adam Lucas

Credit Award: Sai Yarram

Year 11

Distinction Award: Bradley Lucas

Credit Award: Michael Kuchlmayr

Ms Gow

10 October 2017 Page 5

EMU GULLY SPORTS CAMP

Last term, Year 9/10 PASS students went to

Pindari Dam, to Emu Gully Adventure

Camp. There was a heap of awesome activ-

ities, including buggies, orienteering, mo-

tor boating on the dam, ropes courses

around the rocks, gully hikes and bonfires

at night.

We passed time on the buses down and

back with “Roses are Red” poems. The ori-

enteering was funny because our friend

who has been to nationals for orienteering

got lost. The activities were great and chal-

lenged us all to get out of our comfort

zones.

We got army-issue mess kits and had to

cook all our own food and make our camp

super clean for inspection each morning.

We had to choreograph group dances to

show our teamwork skills.

The skills we learnt will help us achieve at

school. Overall it was a great camp and

everyone should go if they get a chance.

Bailey Pattinson

Year 9

10 October 2017 Page 6

TEXTILES AWARD

Jackson Cook (Year 10) has been recognised for

his outstanding textile projects by receiving a

Highly Commended Award for the Teacher

Educators Association (TEA) Textile Art Piece

Challenge.

Congratulations, Jackson, on your creative work!

Mrs Munday

NAIS 2018 SPORTING PROGRAMS

The Northern Inland Academy of Sport (NIAS) has

great pleasure in announcing applications for the

2018 sporting programs are now open.

NIAS is seeking athletes throughout the North

West and New England regions who are

passionate about developing their potential both

on and off the field and looking for opportunities

on the pre-elite sporting pathway.

Sports for 2018 include (age of applicants turning

in 2018):

- AFL (boys and girls) - 13 to 17 years

- Athletics (boys and girls) - 13 to 17 years

- Basketball (boys and girls) - 14 &15 years

- Football (boys and girls) - 16 years

- Golf (boys and girls) - 12 to 18 years

- Hockey (boys and girls) - 16 to 18 years

- Lonestar (Individual sports) - 14 to 18 years

- Mountain Biking (boys and girls) – 12 to 15

years

- Netball - 14 to 16 years

- Rugby League - 15 years

- Rugby 7’s (boys and girls) 15 & 17 years

- Tennis (boys and girls) – 13 to 16 years

Sporting programs will consist of skill

development sessions and camps, which will be

held within the region from November 2017, with

most programs running approximately six

months depending on the individual sport. The

skills program follows a structured approach

concentrating on a range of individual skills and

development. Fitness sessions focusing on the

importance of building core strength to improve

balance and technique, tailored specifically for

each sport. Guest coaches ensure that the

program remains fresh and motivating where

athletes are presented with new ideas and

different perspectives to encourage their

development.

In February 2018, athletes will attend the NIAS

Induction/GROWTH Day in Armidale. This

program covers education sessions on Goal

Setting, Resilience, Opportunities beyond sport,

Wellness and Nutrition management, Testing

catered for each sport and Healthy mind/healthy

body.

On Saturday 4th August 2018, all athletes will

attend the NIAS Academy Awards night in

Tamworth which is a celebration of all athletes,

managers, coaches’ and volunteer’s

achievements throughout the program year.

NIAS is also calling for nominations for

enthusiastic and motivated coaches (head coach,

assistant coach and team manager) across all

sports. This is a great opportunity for coaches to

further develop their skills both on and off the

field. Nomination forms are available from the

NIAS Office.

For more information on NIAS 2018 sporting

programs, please visit www.nias.org.au or phone

6766 2526.

10 October 2017 Page 7

LIBRARY NEWS

A library space in schools has become much more than a place to put books and hold

resources… it is an important space to build a sense of belonging for students, as a place

within the school that everyone feels comfortable.

The digital revolution means that school libraries are transforming into very different plac-

es. Printed books are still important in the spectrum of learning, but digital technology al-

lows for mobile, instantaneous fact-finding. As a result, libraries are not needed as much

for access as they are for space to encourage learning. “Instead, the [students] require a

place that encourages participatory learning and allows for co-construction of understand-

ing from a variety of sources. In other words, instead of being an archive, libraries are be-

coming a learning commons,” (Beth Holland for Edutopia.org).

Duval High School library is focusing on:

transforming our library into a learning commons

continuing the development of makerspaces for student socialisation, collaboration

and creativity

establishing learning spaces that encourage self-directed learning, differentiation,

and project-based learning

how to use social media as a platform for students to access information.

Adapted from Scholastic Library Publishing (2015), School Libraries

Students or staff no longer have to visit the school library to get information, so the library

has to encourage people to come in for different reasons. Students need somewhere to so-

cialise, create, collaborate, study, undertake group discussions or on-line learning. With

this in mind, Duval High School has rebadged its library to “The Hub” our Learning and

Resource Centre to encourage a new focus on this important resource.

Sandra Cotton

Teacher/Librarian

A New Image—A New Age

10 October 2017 Page 8

FAREWELL TO 2017 YEAR 12

- VALEDICTORY ASSEMBLY -

FRIDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER

10 October 2017 Page 9

Nordic Walking, New England Martial Arts, Pilates,

Cub Scouts & Scouts, Yoga, Volley-Bounce,

Beginning Basketball, Total Body Workout,

Mountain Biking, Tabata

10 October 2017 Page 10

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS YOUTH GROUP

The Fighting Temptations Youth Group will be starting again on Friday , 13th October (fortnightly)

5:30pm – 7:30pm.

Volunteers Urgently Needed The Fighting Temptations Youth Group are seeking volunteers to help out with running the group. We run

from 5.30pm – 7.30pm on a Friday night. If you are interested or have any questions, give Jim Parkinson a

call on 0468 388 955. If you are a university student, it could be a great way to get practical experience

working with children.

All Volunteers will require a “Working with children check” prior to commencing

Where : 28 – 30 Claude Street Armidale

When: Every Friday between 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Food Provided

Transport: Pick up / drop off (Call 0468 388 955).