Thursday 9th February 2017 Week 2 of cycle Term 1 Vol 1

SWIMMING CARNIVAL TERM 1 CALENDAR

MONTH - February/March

Monday 13th February

15 Years Touch Football Year 9 ‘Think Smart, Stay Smart’

Tuesday 14th February

Boys and Girls Basketball

Friday 17th February BRAINSTORM Production

Tuesday 21st February

University Showcase LOVEBITES

Thursday 23rd February Boys and Girls Soccer

P&C Meeting at 5.30pm

Friday 24th February

ZONE Swimming Lismore

Tuesday 28th February

15 Years and Open Rugby League

Friday 3rd March

Open Rugby Union

Tuesday 7th March

REGIONAL Swimming

Thursday 9th March

Senior Girls AFL

Tuesday 14th March

OPEN Netball

Friday 17th March

Year 7 VACCINATIONS

Monday 20th March

OPEN Boys and Girls Touch Football

Thursday 23rd March

ELEVATE - Years 11 & 12

Friday 24th March

Principal’s Column

Welcome to the 2017 School Year. While the end of a school year carries with it a happy and celebratory mood, equally the start of a new school year is an exciting time, with every anticipation of a successful year with many outstanding opportunities for our students. Given the heat we have been experiencing, our students have settled in to the new school year extremely well, which is what we have come to expect from Kyogle High School students. Well done to all. Swimming Carnival Given the hot conditions the swimming carnival was a great respite from the heat and was enjoyed by all. Student behaviour and participation was excellent and the outstanding organisation by Mr Rasborsek and Miss Radley ensured the day ran smoothly. Students leave during the Term A reminder to our school community that the NSW Department of Education and Training requires that parents arrange holidays during school vacations. If your family holiday is during school time, you will need to inform the School Principal in advance and submit a ‘permission to leave from the school’. An application for leave should be provided at least two weeks prior to departure. Leave forms can be obtained from the Front Office. Australia Day Awards Miles Brown and Eloise Crawter represented Kyogle High School on Australia Day at the local ceremony, as part of the official party. Their speech was thoughtful, well presented and was well received by the public – I was very proud to be there to hear them speak. Once again our students were nominated in all sections and the nominees and award recipients should be very proud of themselves. Thank you to Ms McDonough for posting pictures from the day on our school FaceBook site. Online Survey Last Friday an online survey was emailed out to parents. The survey is designed to provide information for the school executive to use with future school planning as well as reflect on parent satisfaction of our school. Information will be used in the 2016 Annual School Report.

I thank the families who have already completed the survey.

Regards

Gae Masters

From the Deputy’s Desk

Welcome to this issue of the KHS newsletter, the first for 2017. Already our school has returned active and engaged commencing with our swimming carnival last Friday. Congratulations to Mr Rasborsek and Ms Radley for their successful format which drew greater participation and interest across a very warm day. On Wednesday 15th February at our 10am assembly the school will induct our 2017 SRC members and House Captains. Family are invited to join us at this time. I extend a warm welcome to Year 7 students, new students and new staff joining KHS in 2017. This year continues the school focus on Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) with student and community consultation. As part of our commitment to developing positive community members KHS has collaborated with a number of agencies to bring to the school the following programs:

Yr 7 & 8: The Hurting Game. Friday 17th Feb

Yr 9: Think Smart, Stay Smart. Monday 13th Feb

Yr 10: Love Bites. Tuesday 21st Feb These are important social programs and all students are expected to attend. There are a number of issues that I would ask for everyone’s co-operation:

Wearing of school uniform

Remaining on school grounds unless students have a leave pass

Communicating in a respectful way with everyone we encounter in our day at KHS

As always, my office remains open to all students, staff and community members and I look forward to your company in 2017.

Regards

Dave Hanley

National Computer Science School (NCSS) The National Computer Science School (NCSS) is a ten day summer school for students going into Years 11 and 12. NCSS brings together talented young people from around Australia for an intensive course of computer programming and website development in the School of IT at the University of Sydney. Isaac Flower, Year 11 was successful in gaining entry into this prestigious course over the summer holidays. Isaac enjoyed the school as it gave him an insight into many aspects of University life. They stayed at The Womens College and attended lectures, site visits (including Google). Isaac thoroughly enjoyed himself and highly recommends the school to interested students. Congratulations Isaac!

CAREERS CORNER Year 12: The 2017 University Showcase is on Tuesday 21st February at 9:15am in the Hall at Kyogle High School

Year 10: All Year 10 need to bring their Medicare Card or a copy of it to class for Tuesday 14th February. This is needed to create a USI - Unique Student Identifier number that is required for students to receive results for some courses

that they will be completing this year. Mrs C Riesinger - Careers Advisor

CANTEEN ROSTER

Friday 10/2: Help needed Monday 13/2: Help needed Tuesday 14/2: C. Partridge, B. Harley, S. Smith Wednesday 15/2: J. McBride Thursday 16/2: M. Warry Friday 17/2: Angela Monday 20/2: Help needed Tuesday 21/2: Help needed Wednesday 22/2: Help needed Thursday 23/2: S. Pederson Friday 24/2: 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.

CANTEEN NEWS Hi there, my name is Deb Skinner and I NEED YOUR HELP! I would like to invite mums, dads, grandparents and community members to come along for a free morn-ing tea and lunch. Any day of your choice, bring a friend along with you and share the travel.

5 hours: 9am - 2pm

2.5 hours: 9am - 11:30am

One day a month

Volunteering at the canteen is a great way to see the wonderful work environment and learning place your children and grandchildren enjoy at Kyogle High. Come along and meet new people or catch up with friends.

Phone: School - 6632 1300 (Deb home) 6636 4261

FROM THE OFFICE Welcome back to Kyogle High School. We look forward to the 2017 school year and would like to remind parents and carers that we are open from 8:00am - 4pm. Can parents/carers please update any:

phone numbers

addresses

Any changes or additional medical conditions students may have or developed over the holidays.

Thank you Front Office Staff

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Congratulations to all students who attended the school swimming carnival last Friday. This year there was greater focus placed on Sporting House spirit and participation. The carnival also required students to nominate for races prior to the day for competitive racing. Students responded well to the changes, seeing a boost in attendance and participation from previous years. Teykoa Harley was outstanding on the day, breaking the 15 Years Boys 50m Freestyle record. Originally held by Jye Rogers in a time of 29.54 seconds, Teykoa dropped it down to a solid 28.84 seconds. Teykoa was also successful in setting a new 15 Years Boys 100m Butterfly record in a time of 1:21.72.

Congratulations to all relay teams entered on the day in each age category for your competitive spirit and enthusiasm. As it was a new format in forming Stage relays you are all now record holders in the school. This relay format will continue in an effort to support students in participating from small age groups.

The Sporting House point score was won by Lindesay on 950 points, second was Larkin on 911 points, third was Fegan on 897 and fourth was Richmond on 843 points.

Congratulations to all the following students who achieved Age Champion Status: Girls: 12 Years Shannon Murphy 13 Years Ruby Hill 14 Years Tanayah Harley 15 Years Jessica King 16 Years Rhianna Gilmour 17+ Years Teagan Pederson

Boys: 12 Years Noah Anderson 13 Years Kalahni Spargo 14 Years Aidan Gilmour 15 Years Teykoa Harley 16 Years Bodhi Karam-Witcombe 17+ Years Sonny Mercer and Rueben Flower (joint winners)

All Age Champions will be presented with a Merit Certificate to go towards My House Rules and presented with Age Champion certificates and medallions at the School Sports Award Assembly held in Term 4.

CHS Zone Swimming carnival will be held in Lismore on the 24th February 2017. Permission notes will be distributed to all successful students in the next week.

Brad Rasborsek and Lisa Radley - Sports Coordinators

PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

Welcome to the 2017 School Year. I hope your children are all settling in at Kyogle High School.

. Our Uniform Shop was kept very busy in the holidays. Thankyou to Sharon Pederson, Marne Petherbridge and Karen Slater for volunteering their time to run the shop. We are very proud of our school uniform.

Our first P&C meeting will be on Thursday 23rd February at 5.30pm in the school staff room. The P&C are a relaxed group of parents who work well together to support the students at Kyogle High School. We welcome new and old parents to our meetings which are always informative and well run. Please drop in to our first meeting to meet other parents and introduce yourself. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Louise Petherbridge - President

OUR SCHOOL CAPTAINS

Kyogle High School is an integral part of our lives and we have always appreciated the dedication and compassion displayed by its diverse community of staff and students. The core values of our school are held high and shared by the entire school community. It is our privilege to promote these values of Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be a Learner. As School Captains and Vice Captains for 2017 we look forward to the contribution we will be able to make in conjunction with our highly committed Student Representative Council. We all represent different areas of the school, Eloise coming from a background of Agriculture and Student Leadership, Miles from Sport, Sonny from Leadership and English and Moesha from the Hospitality area. Kyogle High School IS dedicated to providing a high level of education in all areas of the school, respecting each individual student and ensuring that the support needed for each student to achieve their personal goals is provided. Every student is highly encouraged to discover and pursue their own special and individual talents here at KHS. As we embrace the challenges that will come with our final year of schooling, we want to wish the entire Kyogle High School family the best in all endeavours and challenges they face throughout 2017. We encourage all students to give their best and to embrace all the opportunities the school has to offer.

Eloise Crawter, Miles Brown (School Captains) Moesha Davies, Sonny Mercer (Vice Captains)

P & C Meetings are held in the Common Room at 5:30pm

Next meeting Thursday 23rd February

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kyogle Soccer Club

Season 2017 Calling all soccer players young and old, our season is about to start. Senior training commences on Tuesday the 31st January at 6pm Junior training will start on Thursday the 16th March Players should register online using the “My Football Club” Website Working bee on Sunday 19

th February from 8.00 am to

11.00 am please bring a whipper snipper or brush cutter Any questions can be directed to kyoglefc@ffnc.net.au or to Glenn Rose on 0418 264 968

Kyogle Pony Club Sign-On Day Saturday 11th February Kyogle Showgrounds (Pony Club area) 5 - 6pm NO HORSES PLEASE Enquiries: Jodie 0415 857 690

Casino Bulls Rugby Union Club Junior Sign-on dates 2017 Monday 13th February 5pm - 6pm Albert Park - Casino Fees: ALL NEW Juniors will receive FREE membership fees!! FIRST 50 Juniors to sign up receive a FREE shoulder bag Poddy’s to Under 10s - $20 Under 11s to 17s - $70 Fees include Insurance, Bulls socks, shorts, training shirt and gear bag. **shoulder bag includes Bulls drink bottle, cap, ruler, pen, keyring, can cooler, 2 x tape**

Richmond Valley Just Dance and Cheer TUMBLE! STUNT! JUMP! DANCE! Classes from $8, held Fridays at the Casino Indoor Sports Stadium. (Only pay for your initial class if you choose to continue) Minis, Junior & Senior Recreational or Competitive Contact Tammy on 0409822565