Woolgoolga High School · HSC Physics P.6 Semester 1 Gold Awards P.6 Year 7 Textiles Technology P.7 WHS Athletics Carnival P.8 State Cross Country P.9 Letter re Payments P.10 Community

Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 10 . June 30, 2017

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2452 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

PDHPE Faculty P.4-5

HSC Physics P.6

Semester 1 Gold Awards P.6

Year 7 Textiles Technology P.7

WHS Athletics Carnival P.8

State Cross Country P.9

Letter re Payments P.10

Community Notices P.11-12

On Wednesday this week Awal Maker was

invited to speak to the monthly meeting of

the Woolgoolga Probus Club. The Probus

Club is a thriving social club that is founded

on the aims of friendship, fellowship and fun!

The Club’s representative, Mrs Robyn

Rooth, introduced Awal as a remarkable

young woman who has achieved so much

since her arrival in Australia in 2011 as a

refugee from South Sudan. This included

learning to speak, read and write English,

and navigate a new cultural and social

environment.

Awal spoke with great purpose and dignity

about her amazing journey so far to a capac-

ity audience in the Woolgoolga Returned

Services Club auditorium.

She spoke about her passage through refugee

camps in Uganda, her role as a woman in

Sudanese culture and the conflict that arose

from her choice to challenge the cultural norms

imposed upon her by her family. Her choice to

not marry at the age of 14, her separation from

her family and the resulting placement in foster

care, demonstrates Awal’s strength and deter-

mination to pursue her dreams. She is deter-

mined to complete her education at Woolgoolga

High School and to go on to university to study

International Law and Human Rights and

Justice. We are all in awe of her strength and

sense of purpose in life and are certain that she

will achieve much success in the future.

Awal spoke with

great purpose

and dignity about

her amazing

journey so far

Awal speaks to the Probus Club

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Yesterday, the Talent Quest was once again an

outstanding success combining with business

studies students providing competitively priced

quality food from a variety of food stalls during

breaks. The Talent Quest is an excellent oppor-

tunity for our senior music students and

dancers to practice and showcase their skills.

The dancing was exceptional and awarded first

place and as always, I was impressed by the

quality of all of the performances. Thank you to

the local business Coopers Surf for providing

significant prizes for our most talented

students.

Awal Maker continues to grow as a public

speaker and spoke openly last Wednesday to a

large crowd at the Probus meeting. Around 80

community members were in attendance and

Awal was able to speak “off the cuff” and

answered many “deep” questions from an

informed audience. Thank you again to Carolyn

Byrne for her ongoing support and commitment

to our students.

I would like to thank in advance the many

teachers who will work with our Year 12

students over the upcoming holidays. We are

so fortunate to have such a dedicated staff and

it is no wonder that our last year’s HSC

academic results were of such a high standard.

Good luck to all cross country competitors in

the upcoming state championships.

From the Principal’s Desk

I hope everyone has a safe holiday and hope all students

return for a positive start to the second half of the year.

Important dates to note:

Term 3 for students begins –

Tuesday 18th July.

The Assembly of Excellence –

Wednesday 19th July at 9.30am.

The NAIDOC Assembly –

Monday 24th July at 10.00am.

Year 10-11 Subject Selection information evening – Tuesday 25

th July at 6.30pm in the Hall.

I hope everyone has a safe holiday and hope

all students return for a positive start to the

second half of the year.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal



The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

ACE the HSC Seminar – Years 10 to 12

Do you want to give yourself the best shot at your HSC?

Come along to the FREE seminar at our School Monday 3rd July (first day of

holidays) in the Library.

You will be enlightened on tips, tricks, and essential content from HSC experts to

prepare effectively for the Trial exams.

You will hear from past State Ranked students on what you need to do to achieve

your best in your upcoming exams.

How to work smarter, not harder.

Effective study timetables used by 99 ATAR students!! Learning techniques and

study skills. How to lock course content long term memory.

Relaxation techniques to maintain balance.

IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Jun 26-29 Work experience

Thur Jun 29 Talent quest

Fri Jun 30 Last day term 2

Fri Jun 30 Year 7-11 reports issued

Mon Jul 17 Term 3—staff development day

Tue Jul 18 Students return

Wed Jul 19 Assembly of Excellence

Fri Jul 21 State Cross Country

Mon Jul 24 NAIDOC Assembly

Tue Jul 25 Year 10-11 Subject Selection evening

Wednesday, July 19

From 9.30am

Assembly of

Excellence

Tuesday, July 25

From 6.30pm in the Hall

Year 10-11 Subject Selection

Students’ Photographs

There are many occasions where we would like to publish

photographs of students involved in various school activities,

including reports for the local papers, school newsletters, and

the annual report and on our school website.

If you do not wish your child’s photograph to be used for these

purposes, please notify the school in writing.



Term 2 Dance News It's been a very busy term for our extra curricula Dance

ensembles with Coffs Harbour Dance Eisteddfod held in

our school hall on Friday 9th June and the NSW Public

Schools Central Dance Festival held at CEX Coffs on

Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15

th June.

In the lead up to these events both students and student

choreographers worked tirelessly before and after school,

weekends and gave up their lunchtimes to complete their

dances and make them “stage” ready. For some it was

another wonderful opportunity to perform on stage, but for

others it was their first time ever stepping onto stage and

performing in front of an audience. It brought me great joy

to watch these particular students come buzzing off the

stage full of energy and excitement after their successful

first performance, saying how much fun they had. Dance

brings so much joy, it's wonderful.

Woolgoolga High School is blessed to have so many

amazing dancers who spend many hours learning and

developing their technique and skills from local dance

studios. Over the years we have also been very fortunate

to have students who rise to the challenge of assisting

with choreographing for our school groups. This year

Delilah Thorncraft (Year 11) did a fantastic job creating

"Strength In Love" which received a Highly Commended

at the Eisteddfod. Well done to Dee and the students who

performed in this group. Delilah is currently studying Year

11 Dance. "I Don't Care" was choreographed by Alex

Rook (Year 10). After taking some extra dance classes/

workshops in Sydney, Alex wanted to create a dance with

a commercial jazz feel. She did a great job, as this style

was picked up and mentioned by the adjudicator.

The Aboriginal Ensemble and Indian Ensemble both

individually performed well. A wonderful representation of

two cultures that exist within our school community. I am

hoping to expand the Aborginal Ensemble throughout the

rest of this current year and into the next.

Particular mention to Parveen Kaur Bajwa of Year 12

who performed in many Indian dance performances

throughout her time at Woolgoolga High School. She is

an excellent role model to her peers in junior years. I

hope that once Parveen moves on in the coming

months, others will step up to continue this tradition

sharing their culture.

"Saying Less Is More" was a very moving piece by some

of the exceptional dancers from Woolgoolga High

School, with nearly all of these students studying Dance

as part of their Preliminary studies. These young ladies

demonstrated not only a wonderful performance but also

a wonderful display of dance as an art form, the purpose

of Dance within our curriculum. Holly Barker-McKenzie,

Rhianna Birch, Grace King, Georgia Rea and Delilah

Thorncraft all collaborated together to create this piece.

It explores how movement can be our voice. At times we

can find it hard to find the words to express the powerful

and raw emotions we feel, how they can be trapped

within us only to be told through movement. The piece

has been nominated for the NSW Public Schools State

Dance Festival. We should hear if we are successful in

the start of next year.

An exciting new initiative is about to commence at the

start of Term 3. Central Northern Beaches Combined

Primary Ensemble will bring together students with an

interest in dance from Years 5 and 6 across our local

primary schools. Students will participate in a number of

Sunday workshops to learn movement for a new dance

item together. This is a wonderful opportunity for

students from all primary schools to work together as

well as provide an excellent transition activity for

students.

The next performance opportunity for all of these dance

pieces is the Annual Concert of Excellence held on

Tuesday 29th August. Look out for more details in

upcoming newsletters. We hope to see you there.

Pictured left:

I Don’t Care

Choreography by

Alex Rook

Pictured right:

Strength in Love

created by

Delilah Thorncraft



Year 7 Sport Awards This week, six students (one from each class) were recognised for their positive contribution and effort in sport so far this year. Aspects such as positive communication, supporting peers, regular wearing of sport uniform and good sportsmanship were just some of the criteria for these awards. Students were presented with a backpack and drink bottle. These were able to be purchased from Amart Allsports via the Wool-goolga High School Community Kickbacks Program. Thank you to our community members who support our school through this program. We are also able to make regular purchases of other sporting equipment for distribution via our positive award system (Woopi draws at Monday assemblies).

Congratulations to the students who received this award; Quinn Watson, Thidar Aung, Heath Kissick, Jordan Alexander, Flynn Drady and Zander Oake.

As part of their Strength Training Unit, the three Year 9

Physical Activities and Sports Studies (PASS) classes

have ventured to the local gym Strong Fast Fit. Here

they have taken part in a variety of Strength and

Conditioning exercises and learnt some valuable skills

from Coaches Chris and Jackson, both ex-students

from Woolgoolga High School. For some students this

experience added to programs they already participate

in at local gyms and for others this was their first

experience with Strength training.

Thanks to both Chris and Jackson.

Mrs O’Halloran

PDHPE Teacher

Year 9

PASS

Classes



Year 12 HSC Physics students took the opportunity to visit Woolgoolga Electrical Substation as

part of an enrichment excursion to supplement their learning during the Motors and Generators

topic.

They learnt about the safety and technical aspects of electrical distribution to customers. The size,

danger and expense elements of the substation were fascinating. It was interesting to learn that

the most common cause of blackouts is from tree branches and bats!

Students in the picture include Elliotte Hyder, Braeden Malone, Mark Benetti, Bayley White and

Jasmine Hovermann. Thank you to Mr John Jenkins from Essential Energy for giving our students

the opportunity to link learning from the classroom to practical real life applications.

YEAR 7

Jordan Alexander

Sophie Bartlett

Ella Bhatti

Chloe Chambers

Ruby Chisholm

Kylie Chivers

Charli Denblyden

Darcy Gibbons

YEAR 7

Ellen Hill

Gemma Hodgkinson

Mikayla Holder

Aheisha McPhillips

Talon Mitchell

Marley Toth-Attard

Ella Wilson

YEAR 9

Sheldon Koopmans

Taryn McCarthy

YEAR 10

Alex Rook

YEAR 12

Bayley White

Semester 1 Gold Awards



Year 7 textiles technology students

had fun tie dyeing their calico bags

last week.

We had some exceptional and bright

designs resulting from this task.

This is the culmination of 10 weeks

of learning about aspects of design

and technology and the development

of a variety of textile techniques.

M. Donnelly

Year 7

Textiles

Technology



2017 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES

PLEASE NOTE: DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT

ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM

CROSS COUNTRY

Fri 21 July NSW State Cross Country Eastern Creek 3

ATHLETICS

Fri 4 Aug NC Regional Athletics Carnival Lismore 3

Wed 6 Sept

to Fri 8 Sept

CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3

State Cross Country Qualifiers

Congratulations to the following Woolgoolga High students who have qualified to

compete at NSW State X-Country next term in Sydney. Good luck!

14 Girls: Abang Desalegn Bekele, Xanthi Hand, Madyson Cowling, Shania King (pictured) 13 Boys: Talon Mitchell 14 Boys: Peter Cohen, Isaac Fowler 16 Boys: Jaimon Cowling 17 Boys: Samuel Burke 18 Boys: Isaiah Koopmans, Alec Oates Herrera



WHS Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all Woopi High students who participated in this year’s athletics carnival. Despite

the challenging weather conditions, great enthusiasm was displayed by all competitors.

Well done to the Arrawarra house who won the war cry competition.

Congratulations!

Age Girls Boys

12 Zahlia Graham Luke Taylor

13 Aheisha McPhillips Callum Roworth

14 Jesse Beresford Kyle Wallace

15 Emily Hoppe Ethan Strieghter

16 Jade Egar Jaimon Cowling

17 Berach Desalegn Bekele Izack Smidt

The MNC Zone Athletics carnival was held last week at the Coffs Harbour International Stadium. Full results will be published in the next newsletter.

1st Diamond 1202 points

2nd Arrawarra 1166 points

3rd Emerald 1139 points

4th Mullaway 924 points

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19 June 2017

Dear Parents and Carers

Woolgoolga High School will transition to the new NSW Public Schools’ finance system and a new bank account on

4 September 2017.

To ensure a smooth transition, there will be changes to the way we accept payments from parents and carers.

EFTPOS payments: We will not be able to accept EFTPOS payments between 30 August 2017 and

5 September 2017. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding EFTPOS payments before

30 August, 2017. From 5 September 2017, EFTPOS payments will be accepted as before.

Cash and cheque payments: Between 30 August 2017 and 4 September 2017, we will also not be able

to accept payments by cash or cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account and transition to the

new one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding cash or cheque payments before 30 August

2017. From 5 September 2017, cash and cheque payments will be accepted as before.

Online payments (POP): As of 25 August 2017, payments to our current online payment facility will

cease. You will not be able to use the Department of Education’s Parent Online Payment (POP) system until

Monday 4 September 2017.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any

questions, please contact the school on 02 6654 1500.

Yours sincerely

Guy Wright

Principal

Woolgoolga High School Guy Wright (FACE)

Principal

Centenary Drive Woolgool-ga 2456

Ph (02) 6654 1500 Fax (02) 6654 1936

Email: [email protected] www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Change of Details

If you have not informed the school of your living circumstances or any other details have changed could you

please notify the Front Office ASAP. It is vital the school has up to date records should you need to be contacted in

case of an emergency.

Form is available from the front office or can be downloaded from the school website:

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/21717034/21724205/

change_of_details_annual.pdf

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/21717034/21724205/change_of_details_annual.pdf

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/21717034/21724205/change_of_details_annual.pdf







Homestay Hosts Wanted

We are looking for caring families and individuals to provide a wonderful home away from

home for international students attending Woolgoolga High School.

Must be able to provide meals and a Working With Children Check.

Hosts receive $285 per week for a single room. Short (1 term) to long (4 terms) stays are

available.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator Ms Genette Maniatis (02 6654 1500)

WANTED Seeking Host families for Rotary International High School student

from Denmark

15 years old female Year 10 Woolgoolga High School student

3- 4 months in your home

Commencing in Year 10 July 2017

Woolgoolga Rotary Club provides some funds to host families to assist with costs of student.

Working with Children Check will be required

Enquiries: Patty Delaney 66 542185

Mobile: 0467 072 905

email:[email protected]

Monster Auction—SATURDAY 1ST JULY Woolgoolga Rotary Auction of used household goods takes place the first

Saturday of every month except January for small goods, furniture and a

whole lot of mixed items. Location is the Rotary shed behind the CWA, next

to the RSL club in Beach Street (parking available behind the RSL club).

Come down to grab a bargain!

For further information visit http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/

http://www.staydownunder.com.au

http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/



Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga

Phone: 6654 8989

Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Beach Street Woolgoolga

Phone 66542744

Paid Advertising

Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are

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Now Available At Woolgoolga High School

A secure Westpac banking facility has now been added to the Woolgoolga High School website to

allow parents/carers to make online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments for things like

voluntary school contributions, excursions, sporting activities or sales to students.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us at the top of our homepage.

For those experienced in paying online, the process will be familiar. Detailed instructions are availa-

ble by opening the Parent Online Payment Instructions on the Information tab on our website.

We hope that you will find this payment option convenient. Payments can still be made at the Wool-

goolga High School Office by cash, cheque or EFTPOS before school and during break 1.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Volunteers needed to serve in only 1 hour increments:

8.30am - 9.30am

11.00am - 12.00 noon

1.00pm - 2.00pm

If you can help please ring the school on 66541500 or

follow the link on the school’s website to complete the

expression of interest.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/parent-information

See menu with price list on the school’s website

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Documents

Woolgoolga High School · HSC Physics P.6 Semester 1 Gold Awards P.6 Year 7 Textiles Technology P.7 WHS Athletics Carnival P.8 State Cross Country P.9 Letter re Payments P.10 Community