Woolgoolga High School...P.2 Important coming dates P.3 Creative Expo P.4 Aboriginal Education P.5 Art Smart 2015 P.6-7 Year 10 Police Talks P.8 Tennis P.8 Grafton Pool excursion P.9

Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter

Issue 17 .

November 13, 2015

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

Creative Expo P.4

Aboriginal Education P.5

Art Smart 2015 P.6-7

Year 10 Police Talks P.8

Tennis P.8

Grafton Pool excursion P.9

Information P.10

Bushfire season P.11

Community news P.12-13

The National Puliima Aboriginal

Languages and Technology

Conference recently held in Melbourne

was attended by our Gumbaynggirr

Language Teacher, Larry Hancock.

Larry’s presentation entitled "Reviving

the Gumbaynggirr Language in a High

School" was very well received. Larry,

along with Michael Jarrett, sing in a

Gumbaynggirr Language group

(Janugiina) and this year they won the

'Australia's Got Language' Talent Quest

at the Conference.

Last week we had our annual Creative

Expo exhibition and performance

evening. Once again the talent of our

students was outstanding and appreci-

ated by our guests. Full story on page 4.

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 November 13, 2015 . Issue 17


Last Friday night many of our community

members visited our 2015 Creative Expo.

The Expo showcased many of our best

student works and in particular many of our

major projects that were marked as part of

this year’s HSC. Once again, the work was

outstanding! The artwork, the musical live

performances, our drama performances, our

hospitality classes created exceptional

coffee and food, and the major woodwork

and metalwork projects were of very high

quality. The multimedia presentations which

included sound animation 3D graphics and

video were astounding and the intricate

textile major projects were as good as you

can buy in some of our most exclusive

shops.

One area of particular interest this year was

the projects developed by our engineering

students. I was amazed at the miniature, re-

mote controlled robots that did battle with

each other trying to burst the other robot’s

balloon.

Visitors also could have a hands on

experience using our 3D printer. 3D printing

is beginning to transform many industries; I

wonder what we will be printing in 5 years

from now?

From the Principal’s Desk

We are indeed preparing our students

for a creative and successful future.

We have heard a lot recently from our new

Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, about the

need for Australia to become more creative

and build entrepreneurial skills in our young

people (and some old ones too). Our

students at Woolgoolga High School are

exactly targeting this new skillset and those

skillsets were front and centre at this year’s

Creative Expo. We are indeed preparing our

students for a creative and successful future.

It is not often that a Woolgoolga High School

staff member is asked to present at a

National conference. Last week Larry

Hancock, as mentioned on the front page of

this newsletter, presented at an Australia

wide indigenous languages conference in

Melbourne.

Congratulations to Larry on his hard work

and dedication over many years in develop-

ing quality teaching resources to help in the

teaching of the Gumbaynggirr language at

our school and in fact many other schools.

His tools and ideas are being shared for use

in many schools across Australia.

Congratulations this week to Ryan and Fiona

Cooper for being selected to attend a

student camp at Sydney University in the

upcoming holidays… Well Done!



Information Day

On Thursday 19th November all of Year 11 (ie. not on History excursion) are travelling to the Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) to attend the Reduce Risk Increase Driver Knowledge (RRISK) student workshops. Other local schools will be participating in this most valuable learning experience. This excursion is FREE. Permission notes to be returned to

Mrs Rook (History staffroom).

REDUCE RISK INCREASE STUDENT KNOWLEDGE

Year 12 Students and Parents -

Year 12 Formal Tuesday 17th November 5:45pm

for Group Photo, Novotel Pacific Bay Resort

IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Tue Nov 17 Year 12 Formal

Thur Nov 19 Year 11 RRISK

Mon Nov 23 Year 10 Clearance forms distributed

Mon Nov 30 Disco—Bollywood

Mon Nov 30 Years 7-9 Clearance forms distributed

Mon Nov 30 to Fri Dec 4 Year 10 Work Experience

Thursday 3rd December Year 6-7 Orientation Day

Book pack $40

Calculator $26

Woolgoolga High School Front Office : Cash, cheque or EFTPOS available

(no online payments please)



The Visual Arts students have achieved wonderful works

for their HSC, leaving many admiring their outstanding

abilities and imagination. Each student selected a theme

and explored this with a variety of mediums. They have

really excelled this year and should be congratulated on

their magnificent Art Works.

The HSC Textiles and Design students had a colourful

display of very detailed and intricate textile pieces that

were a credit to them. Many hours of work went in to

achieving these professional results. Junior Textile and

Design students also had a variety of work on display

with many outstanding quilts and garments.

Industrial Technology had a variety of Multimedia HSC

works displayed for the audience to watch and participate

in. There were movies, animations and digital games

created by individual students. Again they were a won-

derful display of our students’ ability and dedication.

Industrial Arts also had exceptional HSC wood work and

junior wood work displayed. Engineering was represent-

ed by a variety of structures made in junior classes and

tested for strength and function.

Visit the school’s website for more photos

We were entertained by the students’ performanc-

es throughout the evening. Drama students per-

formed an impeccable street theatre piece that

was executed brilliantly and was a pleasure for all

to watch. Music students sang, performed solos

and played as a band for the entire evening. The

music really set a wonderful atmosphere for the

crowd to appreciate.

Our Hospitality students worked tirelessly to feed

the audience and the food and beverages were

delicious and beautifully presented and served.

Thank you to these students for making everyone

feel welcome and well fed.

The Creative Expo is a wonderful evening show-

casing the talents of our high school students. I

would like to thank all the students who performed

on the night or served food and also thank the stu-

dents whose work was on display. This evening

would not be possible without the support of staff. I

would like to thank all staff who played a role in

presenting such an outstanding evening for the

parents and community of Woolgoolga High

School.

Jacqui Harrison

Head Teacher

CAPA



Blake Cox and Coby Lodge of Year 8 and

Luke Beresford, Russell Ryan, Jayden Per-

kins, Mereki West and Lachlan Nash of Year

9 attended the Standing Tall Indigenous

Leadership Program at Scotts Head on Mon-

day 26th October.

The boys experienced Scotts Head with the

Unkya LALC (local Aboriginal Land Council)

Eco tours. They listened to authentic creation

stories of the Gumbaynggirr people and

learnt how the ocean was created and how

the first wave was made. The boys got to

see ancient fish traps and learn about bush

tucker from our friendly guide Michael Do-

novan.

Once our tour was finished the boys were

keen to get to the Big Banana and test out

the new water park. We would like to thank

Lloyd Lynwood, Helen Lambert, Eric Lock-

wood and Josh Dooner for all their hard work

on another successful experience.

Indigenous

Leadership Program

Each year the Bunga Barrabugu program

attracts hundreds of motivated and talented

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

from around the country and this year there

were an unprecedented number of applicants.

This program offers students a range of hands

on activities with academics and university

students. They also learn about entry pathways

to the University of Sydney and support availa-

ble for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

students.

The Summer Program is not just about books

and studying - it’s fun too. Travis and Fiona will

experience the opportunities that come with

studying in the largest city in Australia and

enjoy extracurricular activities such as theatre,

a harbour cruise, a talent quest and more.

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

people from all over the country will form friend-

ships during this program which will last a life-

time.

We would like to congratulate Travis and Fiona

on their success and wish them an enlightening

and exciting trip.

Travis Ryan and Fiona Cooper of

Year 11 have been successful in

their applications to attend this

program in January 2016.

Summer Program Sydney University



Woolgoolga High School

2015 has seen an exceptional level of skilled and creative artworks entered in Woolgoolga

High School’s annual Art Smart Competition. The exhibition showcases the variety of work

completed at the school over the course of the year and is set up in the Visual Arts foyer area

for students to appreciate for a few weeks.

The competition is open to all years and has a variety of sections students can enter, including

painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. This year we had a significant number of entries

from a variety of year groups, all of an outstanding skill level.

We are fortunate to have Woolgoolga Art Gallery sponsor the prizes for this competition. Each

year Woolgoolga Art Gallery nominate one of its members to judge, in conjunction with other

staff from our school to make the selection for winners across each section.

Winners this year will receive a variety of great prizes, which will be presented at a school

assembly, and all artworks have been on exhibit in the Art Department over the past few

weeks. The winning entries were also displayed at the Creative Expo for parents and students

to view.

We encourage all art students to get involved and showcase their creative talents.



Judge’s awards winners

Junior Paint and Draw Award

Ist prize: Grace Harre

2nd

prize: Elaine Good

3rd

prize: Lily Hull

Senior Paint and Draw Award

1st prize: Patnaree Rojviboonchai

2nd

prize: Patnaree Rojviboonchai

3rd

prize: Aquila Hardman

Sculpture Award

1st: Abigail Henderson

2nd

: Lilly Robins

3rd

: Georgia Bartley

Photography Award

1st prize: Sophie Muggleton

2nd prize: Kayla-May Mann

3rd prize: Blake Power

People’s Choice awards winners

Junior Paint and Draw Award

Ist prize: Georgia Bartley

2nd prize: Lily Hull

3rd prize: Lily Hull

Senior Paint and Draw Award

1st prize: Patnaree Rojvboonchai

2nd prize: Aquila Hardman

3rd prize: Julia Bond

Sculpture Award

1st: Georgia Bartley

2nd: Amber Irwin

3rd: Lilly Robins

Photography Award

1st prize: Caitlin O’Connor

2nd prize: Kayla-May Mann

3rd prize: Sophie Muggleton

Highly Commended Awards

Isabella Oats Herrera

Conan Brisley

Aurora Spicer

Shannon Trinder

Monet Nutter

More photos

on the school’s

website!



Billy Flanagan represented Wool-

goolga High School and the North

Coast school sport team at the

NSWCHS Tennis Champion-

ships last week in Newcastle. The

North Coast team of 8 players

competed against 9 other teams

including some of the top metropol-

itan regions. Billy won 7 out of his

12 matches played helping the

North Coast team achieve 6th

place overall in the championships.

Well done Billy!

Congratulations!

On Friday, 6th March all of Year 10 benefitted from well

being talks as part of the school’s Welfare policy. These

talks, presented by our School Police Liaison Officer,

Senior Constable Snow and Gary Maher, our Youth

Outreach worker from Headspace, focussed on many

issues and challenges Year 10 students face at this

point in their school lives and at this point in their stage

of life.

The talks covered how to maintain a positive self image,

keep yourself safe, building resilience, road safety,

drugs and alcohol and making informed choices pertain-

ing to all these issues.



“It was a great day, had lots of fun”

“Wooohooo, it was sick!!”

“It was a cracker of a time.”

“I liked the waterslide when you went down with friends.”

“So fun”.

“Was heaps of fun; would do it again any day!”.

“So much fun, want to go back.”

What the students had to say…..

Grafton

Pool Excursion



Mention head lice and most of us

instantly develop an itch. You'll

find these little critters at every

school across Australia - and

probably the world - at some

point during the year.

While head lice and nits, (the eggs of

head lice) are certainly annoying and

persistent, they're not dangerous.

Here's everything you need to know to

rid your kids of head lice and nits.

Follow the link for information on

myths, removal and treatment.

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

wellbeing/health/removing-head-lice-and-

nits

Host Families Wanted

We are looking for caring families and

individuals to provide a wonderful home

away from home for international students

attending Woolgoolga High School. We are

expecting unprecedented numbers of

European students seeking enrolment at

our school in the near future.

Must be able to provide meals and a Work-

ing with Children Check for all adults.

Hosts receive $250 per week for a single

room.

Apply online to:

http://www.staydownunder.com.au or

phone school co-ordinator

Ms Genette Maniatis for further information

on 66541500.

Preliminary & HSC study guides Leaving students would like to pass on text

books which are no longer required.

Bargain @ $10 each.

Chemistry; HSC Physics, Advanced Eng-

lish, Mathematics, General Mathematics,

Ancient History, Modern History or Biology.

See Mrs Hart in the Library

Excursion Reminder

Year 8 students

to Dreamworld

on Thursday 3/12/15

Permission notes can still be

picked up from Miss Hansen and

must be returned by 20/11/15.

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/wellbeing/health/removing-head-lice-and-nits



http://www.staydownunder.com.au/





Whilst waiting at interchanges for our bus company, we ask children to wait in their initial bus wherever practical, until their next bus arrives. This ensures the safety of all children. If a child departs their initial bus for whatever reason, it is important that children stand well clear of the kerb/side of the road of the interchange point. This will ensure that they are clear of incoming buses at the interchange. There have been reports of children walking behind buses and on the road at the Korora Bus Interchange. Unfortunately our company cannot be held responsible if children are walking on roads or behind buses when they should be standing on the pavement away from the kerb at this interchange points. We ask for education from schools and parents to the children about the danger of standing behind buses or on the road at these interchanges. However, the safest method is to wait in the bus until the next bus arrives when-ever possible. Many thanks for your cooperation. Regards

Nigel Tooth Operations Manager

Ryans Bus Service

Woolgoolga Lions and Rotary Clubs are pleased to invite all volunteers and carers in the Woolgoolga area to our annual Celebration BBQ

Date: Wednesday 2nd December 2015

Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm approx

Venue: The outdoor BBQ area at C.ex Woolgoolga (Bowling Club)

Cost: $5 ph (meat/samosa, bread, salad, chips, soft drinks, tea & coffee, plates and cutlery provided) to be paid on the night

Drinks: beer, wine and basic spirits can be purchased (at normal bar prices) in the bbq area (participants are not to bring their own alcohol)

BYO: hat and mozzie protection

You might like to bring your own chair.

This is not a fundraising activity. It is just an opportunity for volunteers and carers to get together and enjoy each

others’ company. We are planning to have a couple of lucky door prizes.



PORT MACQUARIE

TRIATHLON CLUB

Enriched Health Care

Camden Haven

Triathlon Festival

Date change: 19th and 20th of March 2016

If taking holidays or long

term sick leave, greater than

5 days, please apply for an

exemption form from the

Front Office. These days are

not included as absences if

appropriate paper work is

completed.

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Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are generously supported by:

Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga Beach Street Woolgoolga

6654 8989 6654 2744

Tuition—Woolgoolga

All ages, all abilities

All subjects, Qualified Teachers

Individually tailored programs

(Art & Drama—Coffs Harbour

Phone 6654 8397

2/7-9 Market St, Woolgoolga

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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.

CanteenCanteenCanteen———Eat Fresh Eat Fresh Eat Fresh 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...P.2 Important coming dates P.3 Creative Expo P.4 Aboriginal Education P.5 Art Smart 2015 P.6-7 Year 10 Police Talks P.8 Tennis P.8 Grafton Pool excursion P.9