Thursday 23rd MAY 2013 Principal: Phil Rogers

Assistant Principal: Jennie Ward

www.rutherglenhs.vic.edu.au

Email: rutherglen.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 02 6032 9483 Fax: 02 6032 9185

Absence Line: 02 6032 9818

Sheridan’s Bridge Road (P.O. Box 84) Rutherglen . Victoria . 3685

Rutherglen High

School Newsletter

Kerrie Ware and Mark Nesbitt

The Principal has “left the building”..temporarily, but the staff carries on. Phil has returned to hospi-tal, and if he allows himself to recuperate appropri-ately, he will be back at work in approximately two weeks. The School community wishes him a speedy recovery, and urges him to recover properly.

In the meantime we continue to celebrate some wonderful achievements.

The Athletics Carnival’s Overall Aggregate was won this year by the Orange House “Suns”. With the new system of three houses, the competition is much closer and the difference between 1st place and 3rd place was only 20 points. A small selection of photos from the Carnival has been included in this newslet-ter, and a more comprehensive display of the ath-letic talent our school boasts and the good humour of the day, can be seen later in the year in our ‘Warriwillah’. Our congratulations to Ms Claire Megarrity and Miss Grace Jones for the organisation of a very successful day and a thank you to all staff who helped make the day a great one. Do take the time to read the report by the organisers.

Our Alpine School students have returned from their highly regarded Leadership Camp. The stu-dents; Emma King, Ben Jones, Harry Taylor, Trevor Coulthard, Isabella Muir-Kommer and Jane Eggleston have all had a life changing experience over this last Term. Mr. Phil Rogers and Mr. Peter Jakober drove up to see the students on their Pres-entation night and were, as always, inspired by the quality of the work, the students’ maturity and the feedback given to them by the Camp. Our students are always spoken of highly by the Camp organisers and leaders, and we know the leadership skills ac-quired will be put to good use in the coming years. We urge current Year 8 students to start thinking about the opportunity for next year.

Well done to the staff members who organised the Year 9 Melbourne trip on Monday to Melbourne and who dealt with a student’s illness in such a pro-fessional and thorough manner. The student’s fam-ily, and the school, acknowledge your work as being beyond the call of duty and very much appreciated.

The Year 10 Urban Experience Camp in Melbourne takes place next week, from the 28th to 31st May. The students have selected the activities they are undertaking, and have been practising their map reading and navigation skills in preparation for this invaluable 4-day experience. We wish them a suc-cessful and safe trip and we are sure they will repre-sent the School well.

The ‘Shave-for-a-Cure’ cancer awareness & fundraising was extremely successful, raising over three thousand dollars! Our ‘good sports’ included Sarah Lumby, Mr. David Janis-sen, Caleb Cleveland and Daniel Webb. Congratulations again to the SRC and thanks to the peo-ple who supported the volun-teers.

Naplan 2013 has been com-pleted and students are to be congratulated for their ap-proach and attitude to the National Testing. We are re-minded that the tests are only one of the many opportunities students have to show their skills. One such example is the Corowa Free Press Persuasive Writing Competition that many of our junior students have entered. See Corey Hill’s piece in this newsletter.

Finally, a reminder that GAT is on Wednesday 12th June for all students who do at least one VCE Unit 3 & 4.

But wait... there is one more thing… Remember, The Vine Restaurant is running again next week, Wednesday 29th , and if people miss the boat, the next one is Friday 21st June. This is a culinary experience that has the North East regions gourmands fighting for tables! Highly recommended.

Twitter, the sound of a bird communicating,

just like I was last night! No I’m not a bird,

there is another meaning for twitter. Twitter is

not just a bird making a high pitch nose, it is

also a worldwide social media site used by

people all around the world. Ladies and gentle-

men I’m here today to show you that social

media websites like Facebook and twitter are

not that bad.

“Twitter, tweet,” the first thing that may come

into your head when you hear these words is of

course a bird. But that’s not the sort of tweet

you hear today. Twitter now is known for being

a social media website. Tweet is when you talk

to someone on twitter much the same as birds

tweeting to each other. Twitter is just our way

of communicating with each other.

Facebook is a word you may hear a lot lately,

but it’s not a book with a face, or a book with

lots of faces in it. It is social website where you

can talk to people all over the world. You may

hear of people getting bullied and bad stuff like

that, but statistics have shown that only 2% out

of 100% get bullied and all it takes is the press

of a button and you can block them (they can’t

talk to you) and they will never be able to talk

to you ever again. Look at it like a big book in

space. Every page you turn you see a new face,

a new story, or a pitcher of a friend that you

may not have seen for a long time. Facebook is

a great way to communicate with family or

friends all around the world.

You still may think that Facebook and twitter

are bad but really, they are not. It is a free way

to communicate with your family and friends

who might live on the other side of the world.

Why pay lots of money on phone calls to them

when you can just talk to them on Facebook or

twitter for free. Facebook is also good because

you can go look at photos of the same friends

and family at any time and see what they are

up to. Facebook and twitter are also very easy

to use these days since you are able to access

these websites on your phone. Facebook and

twitter will only make life easier, not harder.

As you have heard tonight Facebook and twit-

ter are really not that bad. As Mark Zuckerberg

the creator of Facebook said, ”We live on one

big planet. There are 7 billion people in the

world. Facebook is just a way to ensure we

don’t feel so isolated.” Communication is

something we have to do every day and Face-

book and twitter only make that easier. That is

all I have to say, except that I really hope you

think start to think differently about these two

great websites. I encourage you to go and

“sing” up now.

by Corey Hill, Year 9

Assisted writing task

F a c e b o o k a n d t w i t t e r

On Wednesday 15th 21 Year 11 students plus Mt Thomas, Linda Elkington and Mrs Foster headed to the Wangaratta Per-forming Arts Centre for the P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) outreach program. There were 6 local Secondary schools in attendance. The day began with an in-troduction followed by 5 different ses-sions:

Critical Care 1 – Emergency Sce-nario and Critical Care ICU Scenario

Trauma Equipment activity

Trauma Rehabilitation activities and injury survivor

Myth busters Activity & Safe Parties

Ambulance Victoria’s 4 Steps for

Life

Below are comments from the Year 11s who attended

Some interesting ways of seeing things.

It was good being able to see what happens to trauma patients, the bad side was seeing the pain they continuously feel.

It was an interesting day, I learnt new things.

Now know what affects alcohol and drugs can have on and how they can impact a teenagers life.

Great that it was directed at teen-agers. I would have liked some more time in some areas.

It made you open your eyes to what can actually happen.

Shows you the consequences of your choices.

I found it to be great as they were-n’t saying you couldn’t / shouldn’t go out and have fun but be aware of what could happen and how to party safer.

It was good to learn some tech-niques on how to party safe and experience what Anthony (quadriplegic as the result of being hit by a car) went through.

It was good because we got taught how to party safe and all the bad consequences if you don’t.

It was interesting learning about the different types of recovery and rehabilitation involved after being in a trauma accident.

Being able to see the results / con-sequences after a traumatic accident and hearing some-one’s story of everyday living.

Seeing the consequences and how they outweigh the risky deci-sions. That it is okay to have fun but to not make bad deci-sions.

It was quite interesting learning about the amount of work that the nurses in ICU have to do and the consequences that alcohol can have on your deci-sion making.

Seeing the outcomes of the bad decisions people have made makes you think again about doing things like not looking when you cross the road.

All of the above.

It was good and very informative.

It was shocking to see how such a terrible accident can affect your whole life in so many different ways. It was good to use all the different equipment and hear different stories. An-thony’s story was so good and sad.

On Thursday the 16th of May, organisers Sarah Finch and I (Rylie Atkins)

along with all of the VCAL and Applied Learning students from Years 10,

11 and 12 ran one of our many successful activities.

In conjunction with improving our practical ‘Employability Skills’ we ran an

Amazing Race format activity all around Corowa. Participants needed to work in

teams and complete the set tasks which included visiting local venues to collect

clues, taking photos of landmarks using map reading skills and making a choco-

late freckle at the Chocolate Factory. All this was for the coveted VCAL Amazing

Race trophy, awarded to the fastest fully finished team. It was a great turn out

with every team intensely competing to be the first winner of the iconic trophy. All teams tried but

there can only be one winner. Congratulations to Jayden Vandermeer, Aaron Lewis and Leslie Clink-

aberry for completing the all the tasks correctly and more efficiently than all others.

We would like to thank everyone who supported us on the day, including all local businesses and ven-

ues. A special thanks to Mrs Skate and Mr Thomas for all your help and making sure the Amazing

Race was as successful as it was. The rivalries between teams this year will ensure next year’s race

will continue to be fiercely contested. - Riley Atkins

Hair today,

gone

tomorrow!...

SRC fundraiser for Save for a Cure

Friday May 10th was warm and sunny….luckily for our brave ‘shavee’s’.

Mr David Janissen, Sara Lumby, Caleb Cleveland and Daniel Webb who volunteered to have their heads shaved to help raise money for the

Leukaemia Foundation and cancer research.

As part of their efforts they raised money by calling on family, friends, neighbours, sporting groups and the school community for donations

or sponsorship. All money collected from a ‘casual clothes day’ also went toward their goal.

They had hoped to raise $1000 but together they raised over $3000.!! A mighty effort!

Our talented hairdresser on the day was Megan Scott. Fast and painless! She did a remarkable job creating their stylish, low-maintenance

‘do’s’. Thank you to everyone who got behind them and supported this cause or who came along to watch and cheer them on. Thank you

also to the families who supported their kids (and bought them beanies to wear)

Of course our biggest thanks must go to our four generous ‘baldies!’ Without them the day would not have been such a success!

Year 12 Rutherglen and Beechworth High School students along with Year 11 Corowa High School students will be attend-ing a “Cool Heads” – Driver Safety Program.

The program is more than just a road safety message; it is an opportunity for young drivers and parents to un-derstand fully the consequences asso-ciated with road trauma and to discuss safe driving with NSW and Victorian police and guest speakers. The pro-gram aims to educate young and inex-perienced drivers of the consequences of risky and dangerous behaviour when driving a motor vehicle.

The "Cool Heads" program was devel-oped in 2008 by local police to address the high incidence of road fatalities and serious injury collisions on local roads involving young drivers. The program is not designed to teach young people how to drive; it is de-signed to address the attitude of young drivers and advise them of the real consequences of taking risks on our roads. The reality is that 16 to 21 year old drivers are at the highest risk of being killed or seriously injured on our roads.

“Cool Heads” is a realistic, interactive and confronting program which rein-forces that every risk taken on the road, whether small or large, can have extremely serious results, not just to those involved in an accident, but to

their families, those attending the scene and the general community.

The high schools have been extremely fortunate to receive large amounts of support and financial assistance from the Corowa and Indigo Shires and local business, such as the Victoria Hotel, Rutherglen, Jasper’s and Cann’s bus lines, Complete Body Craft, Rutherglen Lions Club, SES and Neighbourhood Watch as well as Rutherglen Police and Road Safe North East.

The “Cool Heads” presentation will take place on Thursday 13 June at the Rutherglen Memorial Hall, beginning at 9:30 am and running for approxi-mately two hours. All community members and past students are wel-come to attend the presentation. Entry is free.

Further information for students in-volved and their parents will be sent home in the coming week.

COOL HEADS

An excellent effort was put in by all staff who worked alone on events for the day and we really appreciate it.

Well done to Suns for winning the Athletics Carnival for 2013 and we look forward to your continued support in 2014.

Cheers, RHINA Federation. Ms Megarrity and Ms Jones

AGE CHAMPIONS

BOYS GIRLS

13s Jayden McCluskey Zoe McLeish

14s Haresh Sitharather Grace Ronnfeldt

15s James Morris April Burmeister

16s Mitchell Carmody Melinda Curran

17s Adrian Oats Georgia Stewart &

Eva Redman

20s Caleb Boxall Chloe Jones

Suns — 1462.5

Power — 1456.5

Storm — 1350.0

Thanks to everyone who made such a great

contribution at our Athletics Carnival today! Your efforts made the day such a great success!

A special thanks to all those who helped set up early in the morning and packed up in the after-noon.

Thanks to Mr Janissen and Mrs Skate for dragging the trolleys around and a special mention to Alex for dragging the trolley around with Mr Webb on the back!

A huge thank you to Mr Nesbitt and Mrs Nancar-row for running the state of the art electronic timing system; the times have never been more accurate!

A special thank you to Miss Jones for her good humour. A great effort along with Mrs Skate on the computer today; their excellent work on SportsTrak meant that results were in on record time!

The French Connection, Mr Le, ensured the cor-rect sequence in the Hop, Skip & Jump was per-formed.

A huge thank you to the House Captains for their organisation in getting all students to their events on time.

Several records were broken; most memorable was the veteran hammer-throw event which was a late inclusion to the program, taken out by Mr Webb (coached by our own Mr Jakober) who easily defeated Mr Janissen. Mr Webb also took out the coveted Short Jump, which landed him the Over-40s Championship.

The excellent display of teamwork by Marshalls, Mrs Foster and Mrs Barras together with ‘trigger-finger Mr Dutneall’ ensured that the program ran to schedule.

Mr Phillpot’s clear-as-crystal annunciation meant that all present were kept well-informed.

Ms O’Brien single-handedly ensured that all stu-dents were given the accolades that they de-served.

Field events coordinator Janissen needs a mention for keeping a watchful eye over all field events, including ensuring the correct weight of javelin was used for all events. Well done! And while we’re at it, thanks to Mr Anderberg for introduc-ing the Scandinavian sling technique of throwing the shot put. Outstanding relay coordination by Mr Thomas allowed the smooth transition be-tween runners. H

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CHILTERN/RUTHERGLEN

aRTS RUTHERGLEN — INDIGO SHIRE COUNCIL

WORKSHOPS FOR 2013

DATE ARTIST TYPE VENUE COST

MARCH

done

CHRIS PHILLPOT WELDING

BASIC

R.H.S. $105

booked CHRIS WELDING

BASIC

R.H.S. $105

open CHRIS WELDING

SCULPTURE

R.H.S. $105

15/22

June

LINDA FISH

CONCRETE

WITH RECY-

CLED MATE-RIALS

t.b.c 8 – 10

people

$105 2 days

27th July

10th Aug.

LUCY PORTER MOASIC Hotson's Cherry

Farm Old Ceme-

tery Rd. Chiltern

8 - 10

$85 PLUS KIT

2 days

AUGUST

25th

JOANNE DIVER

NATURAL

HABITAT

t.b.c

8 – 10

$85

To be confirmed. SAM ANDERSON WIRE SCULP-

TURE

VALHALLA TO

ORGANIZE.

SEPT.

14th

JENNY KING

BERNADETTE

MCINESS

SCULPTURE

IN RELIEF

LINO CUTS

J. KING'S

19 GLASGOW St.

R'glen

8 – 10

$85.00

materials sup-plied

Bookings Emma & Matt( Chiltern Post Office )

Kathy& TonyGillman ( Gillman Real Estate)

Contact Lois Hotson hotson@westnet.com.au or

Frances Walsh 0417364441 fwalsh19@bigpond.com

2-Day Workshop to create sculptures using

concrete & implanted recycled materials with

Linda Fish

Linda’s artwork aims to transform real-life events into positive artworks. She is interested in the contradictions and paradoxes in life. Her sculp-tures are usually cast with Ciment Fondu but recently she has made a series of small figurative bronze sculptures depicting her journey with cancer.

When: Saturday 15th & 22nd June Where: tbc Time: 10am – 4pm Cost: $110 materials sup-plied

Mosaics for Beginners or those with some ex-perience – With Lucy Porter.

Decorate a shovel or spade for a great garden centrepiece.

Learn the techniques to create beautiful mosaics

whether functional or decorative. It requires only a few basic tools and materials.

Tiles will be provided as part of the kit together with a couple of designs to choose from. You will learn to select the colour scheme and cut the tiles to suit your design. Feel free to bring along any found objects or preferred materials for your project.

Lucy has conducted successful classes for us in the past and has been creating mosaics for a number of years.

Requirement list : BYO shovel or spade. Advice will be given beforehand in its selection.

Tile nippers if possible. Avail at hardware stores

When: 2 Saturdays 27th July & 10th August Where: Hotson’s, Old Cemetery Road, Chiltern

Time: 10am to 4pm Cost: $95 + kit ( approx $30)

One Day Natural Habitat Workshop with Joanne Divers (straight from Chelsey Flower Show London.)

Create a piece of sculpture or garden art using recycled, salvaged or found materials. Using simple techniques, organic materials and a hand/power tool or two, transform your junk into a decorative wildlife habitat that will attract

pollinators, insects and little birds into your garden.

What to bring? ….Found materials, organic materials, twigs, branches, string, wood, rusty stuff or salvaged items. Pictures of your garden and an idea of what type of critter you’d most like to welcome into your garden.

When August 25th Where t.b.c Time 10 am– 4pm Cost $85.00

‘Sculpture in Relief’ Lino Cuts. with Jenny

King & Bernadette McInnes

Jenny & Bernadette are experienced printmakers, who will assist you with design and techniques to

involve you in an exciting innovative workshop.

Participants will be carving lino experimentally in the techniques of printing onto a variety of paper.

When: Saturday 14th September Where: Jenny

King’s 19 Glasgow Street, Rutherglen

Time: 10am – 4pm

Cost: $85 all materials supplied

Wire Sculpture workshop with Sam Anderson. Following the success of the last workshop, this will be offered again at Valhalla Wines. Date to be advised.

“Recently I was nomi-

nated to attend a Lead-

ership Camp at How-

man’s Gap, which ran

from the 10th to the

12th of May.”...

Howman’s Gap provides many activities to

help you develop leadership skills. These

included: archery, rock climbing, a teamwork

challenge course, two different 20-metre high

rope courses and a giant swing which was

around 30 metres high.

Going into this Camp I had barely any confi-

dence in myself but the outcome of it was

unbelievable. I met many great people, tried

different things that took me out of my com-

fort zone, and faced my fears. I learnt many

new things about myself. I also learnt a saying

that will be very important to me for the rest

of my life; “What you put in is what you get

out of life.”

Most importantly I have developed a belief in

myself. This Camp was an indescribable ex-

perience and I would love to have the oppor-

tunity to go on this again.

- Daniel

NOTICEBOARD

Please note that there have been a few

changes to Volunteer dates due to recent

events/camps...PLEASE phone the School if

you able to help out for a couple of hours

on the many VOLUNTEER NEEDED days!

MAY

Fri 24th—Bronwyn Henry

Mon 27th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Tues 28th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

(Year 10 Melb Camp)

Wed 29th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

(Year 10 Melb Camp)

Thurs 30th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

(Year 10 Melb Camp)

Fri 31st—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

(Year 10 Melb Camp)

JUNE

Mon 3rd—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Tues 4th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Wed 5th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Thurs 6th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Fri 7th— SRC BBQ

Mon 10th—QUEEN’S B’DAY HOLIDAY

Tues 11th— Helen & Geren Whelan

Wed 12th— G.A.T.

Thurs 13th— Elita Rogers

Fri 14th— Kaylene Lumby

Mon 17th— Leesa Winray

Tues 18th— Jodie Sorenson

Wed 19th— VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Thurs 20th— Louisa Dunne

Fri 21st— Jane Bromich

Mon 24th— Maryann King

Tues 25th— Jackie Pianto

Wed 26th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Thurs 27th—VOLUN TEER NEEDED PLEASE

Fri 28th— Louisa Dunne (last day Term 2)

CANTEEN ROSTER

NOTICEBOARD

Rutherglen Hospitality Stu-

dents ‘The Vine Restaurant’ @

school.

The Vine will be open 3 times a term

with the students cooking and wait-

ressing with their teachers help. It

will take the form of a La a carte

menu, kids menu and drinks avail-

able at reasonable prices. The dates

that we will be open this Term are:

Wednesday 29th May

Friday 21st June

We will be open from 6pm to

9:30pm. Please ring and make a

booking at the School Office. Book-

ings are essential as numbers are

limited.

Ph: (02) 6032 9483

N.B. We will only be accepting cash

on the night. Thank you.

DATES TO REMEMBER

featuring …

Sunday 9th June

@ Memorial Hall,

Rutherglen

$30 per person — finger food provided —

— Drinks at Bar prices —

— 7:30pm till Late —

Phone Matt on 0418211876 or email mjdun-

ne74@gmail.com to book your tickets

MAY

Fri 24th—Yr 9 Fieldwork Excursion

Mon 27th—Yr 10 Health Workshops

Tues 28th to Fri 31st— Yr 10 Urban

Experience Camp, Melb.

Wed 29th—O&M Cross Country

Wed 29th— ‘The Vine’ Restaurant OPEN

Thurs 30th—VCAL RACV Transmission,

Melb. Excursion

Fri 31st—VCE Eng; Guest Speaker

JUNE

Mon 3rd to Tues 4th—Yr 9 New Skills Camp

Mon 3rd — TRANSITION — YEAR 6

Information Night, for 2014

Year 7 students @ 6pm in Room Lj7

Thurs 6th— Yr 7/8 O&M Football