8 June 2018

Bellingen High School

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CAPA News School Musical

The big week is drawing closer for Bellingen High School’s bi-annual musical. This year we are taking on Beauty and the Beast, with a stellar cast from across the age groups. Rehearsals are going well, with lots of hours put in by our diligent students. Please come and support us! For the first time we are running a Saturday matinee, to allow for the littlies in town to come and witness the magic. Tickets at the door!

Lynda Lane CAPA Faculty

Mathematics News Year 8 Maths Day Success

On Friday 18th May four

talented students from Year 8,

Etienne Axelsson, Matt Borgert,

Sam Case and Byron

Livingstone accompanied Mr

Webb to the University of New

England in Armidale to

compete in the annual Year 8

Maths Day competition. This

competition has been running

for over 25 years and this year

there was a total of 54 teams

competing.

The competition was divided into five sections throughout the day:

1. Free for all contest where teams answered 25 questions collectively.

2. Jigsaw where each team member is given a clue to a problem, then the teams

put the clues together to find a solution.

3. Head to Head contest where the teams compete against another team solving

number pattern questions. This was repeated 5 times against other teams.

4. Smorgasbord where teams tackled a series of graded problems with points

awarded according to the degree of difficulty.

5. Construction activity where the students were required to build the tallest free

standing tower as possible out of 10 sheets of A4 paper, 4 foam drinking cups

and some sticky tape.

The four students worked extremely

well as a team with vigorous debate at

times. By the end of the day they

had accumulated enough points to be

announced as the overall winners.

This is the 2nd time that Bellingen

High has won this competition in the

last four years and shows excellent

work that is happening at our school.

Lachlan Webb

Head Teacher Mathematics

From the TAS Faculty Hospital Education Day – Year 9 Child Studies

Students from Year 9 Child

Studies recently attended an

Education Training day at the

Coffs Harbour Health

Campus held in the SIMLAB.

The day included a number of

hands-on experiences for

students in the Simulation

Lab and introduced students

to many possible careers in

health, as well as some

valuable sessions on personal

safety and health-related

issues for young people.

The Centre trains doctors, nurses and health professionals from many fields, so

Bellingen High students are very fortunate to be able to participate in this program.

Huge thanks to Rob, Belinda and Natasha for their time, expertise and humour!

The students who attended enjoyed the day immensely, were outstanding ambassadors

for our school and impressed with their thoughtful questions and engagement

throughout the day.

Fiona McAulay

TAS Faculty

Crown Street Car Park

We would like to remind the community that the top of the Crown Street car park

beyond the music buildings is for staff, trade and delivery vehicles only. No student

drop off or pick up past this point, thank you. Cameron Walmsley

TAS Faculty

Year 10 High Tea

Year 10 Food Technology are

having their High Tea Practical

Assessment Task this term. Here

is a photo from Miss Jeanes' class,

with some wonderful sweet and

savoury delights, prepared by the

class, served with a range of teas.

Jesse Jeanes

TAS & VET Hospitality Teacher

Wednesday 20th June

Raising money for Write a Book in a Day

Bellingen High students are raising funds for Write a Book in a Day in support of childhood

cancer research not only with the Write a Book in a Day project but also by:

Hosting a Crazy Sock Day on Wednesday

20th June, where everyone goes silly with

socks and bonkers with bouffants (if you

want to match your socks), in return for a

gold coin, to be handed in at the Library.

Jellybean Guessing Competition in the

Library. A gold coin gives people the

chance to guess how many jellybeans are

in the jar. Whoever gets closest to the

actual amount wins the jar! Second

closest guess gets a $5 voucher from the

Canteen!

Haridian Ramirez

Librarian

Year 11 Aboriginal Studies Meditating and Creating Stories in Sand

Throughout this semester our Year 11 Aboriginal Studies class has welcomed many Elders and community members to our lessons. Aunty Maureen and Uncle Troy have joined us for many of our evening classes where they have shared stories, songs, knowledge and personal experiences. Recently Aunty Maureen guided us through a meditation and visualisation to help us connect to Country, everyone shared stories, then expressed their learning creatively through sand mandalas. We are grateful to Aunty Maureen and Uncle Troy for bringing their expertise, knowledge and guidance to our classes.

The journey continues with students currently undertaking a Local Community Case Study on an area of special interest to them in our Gumbaynggirr Community. Many Elders and community members have joined us for discussions and yarning, walking on Country and interviews. Some of the topics the students are investigating are Art, Music & Song, Land and Land Rights, Aboriginal Language Education, Didgeridoo, Bush Tucker, and Dance.

We are fortunate to have so many people in our Community who are passionate about sharing Culture and impress on our students the importance of passing on knowledge and stories. Respects to Uncle Michael Jarrett, Aunty Gloria Mercy, Kieren Brown, Ricky Buchanan and Nelli Gallop for their contributions.

Fiona McAulay, TAS Faculty Jenni Farrands, Aboriginal Education

Careers News TVET and TAFE Taster Students

Please remember you are expected to attend TAFE each week unless you have an assessment task or exam. If for some reason you do not attend TAFE, you must inform the school’s Front Office. TAFE and school regularly check attendance patterns. Don't forget to join our Facebook group - "Bellingen High School Careers - Parents of Year 11/12 Students" if you are a Facebook user.

Year 12 Year 12 Excursion to Charles Sturt University Port Macquarie is on Tuesday 19th June - permission notes are now overdue. Year 12 Excursion to Newcastle University is on Thursday 5th July, cost $40. Permission notes are now available from the Career's Noticeboard.

Year 10 Careers Expo - Year 10 had a wonderful time exploring a multitude of career options last week thanks to Coffs Coast Career Connections. Popular exhibitors and presenters included the Police Force, NSW Ambulance Service, TAFE Hair and Beauty, NSW Health, Costa Berries and Lindsay Bros Transport. Sydney Excursion - Just a reminder that final payments and raffle ticket sales are now overdue.

Frieda Gorman Careers, Welfare & VET Teacher

From the Ag Plot Poddy calves now have names

The calves have been at school for five weeks now and finally, the names are settled. They are P-Nort, Pepa, Pepsi, Phenix, and Prince.

The students have been busy looking after their every need and now realise how demanding calves can be. Year 9 and Year 10 Agriculture students can now prepare and feed the calves milk, importantly clean the buckets preventing disease, provide pellets, fill the hay net, and provide clean drinking water.

Bellingen and Coffs Harbour Poultry

Club Shows

The show Poultry Show Team have been competing at the local poultry club shows over the last two weekends. Both our large and bantam Rhode Island Red birds took out major breed prizes, with a rooster awarded Reserve Champion.

They are our last shows until the spring. It is now time to collect the eggs, hatch out some cute fluffy chickens, and hope they become champions next year.

Bellingen High Seedling Enterprise Takes Off

Every student has planted a number of seedling trays this year. We sell them at Norco and the proceeds provide some of the necessary funding to run our Agriculture program. This enterprise is a great way to explain how four small seeds costing a few cents, turns into something profitable. Now, profit is interesting to students.

The Bell-Hy Red Poll Breeding Season is over

The cattle were artificially inseminated last Thursday and Friday, with straws from Eurimbla Gladstone, Eurimbla Fonz and Eurimbla Leopold. Our bull returned to the farm on Sunday with a sad face. Thank you to Alister Dieckmann from Promised Land Angus Stud, for your support. The calves are due in March. The students are looking forward to seeing beautiful Red Poll calves in 2019.

Year 11 Primary Industries Update The class has nearly completed Cluster 1 and Cluster 5. When finalised they have gained competency in the care for the health and welfare of livestock, able to handle livestock using basic techniques, identify and mark livestock, and carry out regular livestock observations following correct WH&S processes. Well done on completing the first part of the course Year 11!

Looking for Cattle Agistment

If you have a paddock that could house our beautiful Red Poll herd for a month or more, please contact the school. Our Red Poll herd currently has five cows and calves, and our bull Roselee Agent K. Stephen Boyd Agriculture and Primary Industries Teacher

Sport News Records Smashed

The annual Bellingen High School Athletics Carnival was held on Thursday afternoon

31st May and all day Friday, 1st June in fine and sunny conditions. Participation was

high and colourful skirts in House colours the obvious theme.

The first record to fall was the 12 years girls 2oom record when Yasmin Ball

smashed a 42 year old record by 1.26seconds running a 28.74. Yasmin went on to

break the 12 years girls’ Triple jump record by 12cm jumping 8.29m.

Sophie Boyd ran the 14 years girls 800m

in a record time of 2.36.87 to take over 6

seconds off a 20 year old record.

There was one more record to fall with

Dane Cross taking over a minute off the

1500m Walk event in completing a great

walk race where he lapped all other

competitors.

Age Champions on the day were hotly

contested as you nearly had to go in every

event to enable you to amass the greatest

number of points.

Jacob McBaron throwing his

winning Javelin throw

Age Champions and runners-up were:

AGE GIRLS

12 years Bonnie Malt (Champion)

Yasmin Ball (Runner up)

13 years Paige Keough (Champion)

Serenity Ellacott (Runner up)

14 years Sophie Boyd (Champion)

Laeli Couper (Runner up)

15 years Emily Kilpatrick (Champion)

Ashley Sticker (Runner up)

16 years Willow Neal (Champion)

Brynne Couper (Runner up)

17 years+ Gaia Malcisi (Champion)

Kelsey Williamson-Leslie (Runner up)

BOYS

12 years Sam Borgert (Champion)

Kynan Henwood (Runner up)

13 years Kyan Upsall (Champion)

Malachi Bailey (Runner up)

14 years Peter Conroy (Champion)

Hunter Cruickshank (Runner up)

15 years Isaac Malt (Champion)

Jacob McBaron (Runner up)

16 years Will Thomas (Champion)

Ethan Cheers (Runner up)

17 years+ Dane Cross (Champion)

Jackson Boyd (Runner up)

About 90 students have qualified for Mid North Coast Zone Athletics and if they all

can attend it will be the biggest team ever to attend from Bellingen High School.

Peter Conroy way out in front in the 800m

Sophie Boyd proudly representing

Dunstan while setting a new

record in the 800m

```````````````````````````````````````` Peter Conroy throwing over

30 metres in the Discus

Elroy Mackenzie proudly

representing Jones in the High Jump

Cross Country Champions

Bellingen High had 41 runners represent at the Mid North Coast Cross Country

Championships at Nana Glen on Friday 25th May. Conditions were cool and overcast

making it excellent for Cross Country running.

So excellent conditions and excellent results! Out of the 9 schools in our area

Bellingen High School had five champions on the day with Brodie Young, Bonnie Malt,

Kyan Upsall, Willow Neal and Nadia Birch all winning their respective age groups, and

many more outstanding results seeing a total of 24 runners being selected to go on to

the North Coast Regional Championships in two weeks.

Those that qualified were:

12 years boys

Brodie Young 1st

Sam Borgert 2nd

Kynan Henwood 6th

12 years girls

Bonnie Malt 1st

Yasmin Ball 3rd

Caitlin Errey 10th 16 years champion girls - Jessica Bailey,

Sophie Keough, Willow Neal and Brynne Couper

13 years boys

Kyan Upsall 1st

Malachi Bailey 5th

Kai Shirley 10th

13 years girls

Paige Keough 2nd

14 years boys

Ben Luppi 3rd

Hugo Fortin 9th

14 years qualifiers - Hugo Fortin and

14 years girls Ben Luppi

Demi Bowd 6th

15 years girls

Ashley Sticker 3rd

Elena Leek 4th

16 years boys

Lachlan Sole

Jackson Rose 9th

16 years girls

Willow Neal 1st

Brynne Couper 3rd 15 years qualifiers - Ashley Sticker

Sophie Keough 4th and Elena Leek

Jessica Bailey

17 years boys

Jackson Boyd 2nd

Kain Selem 7th

17 years girls

Nadia Birch 1st

17 years Champion girl – Nadia Birch

with proud father Matt

Bonnie Malt finishing strongly Quinella in the 12 years boys -

to win the 12 years girls division Brodie Young and Sam Borgert

Five teams through to the Northern NSW

Titles

Bellingen High School had 9 teams competing at the Coffs Coast Futsal Titles.

Teams came from as far away as Tamworth, Armidale and Maclean to compete in

these titles so the competition was fierce. Teams need to finish in the top 2 to

qualify for the Northern NSW Championships to be held in Port Macquarie in August.

The boys 19 years team found the going tough and lacked a little cohesion in their

play-making despite having trained well prior to the tournament. They enjoyed their

time and will look forward to next year, as many of them were Year 11.

In a closely contested tournament the 16 years boys displayed flashes of brilliance,

unfortunately the boys couldn’t catch a break on or off the court with some disputed

results. Disappointingly this resulted in the boys missing the final.

The 14 years boys played a very strong tournament displaying great improvement

from last year. They finished in first position after the preliminary games, which

put them in to the final against Oxley High School. In a hard fought and often

physical battle, the game was tied at 3-3 at full time, taking the game in to golden

goal extra time. In the second period of extra time, against the run of play, Oxley

scored the winning goal. This left the boys as runners up and qualifiers for the

Northern NSW Championships.

The 13 years boys played tremendously well in the first tournament developing their

tactical awareness. They came up against a strong Bishop Druitt College team in the

final and were down 3-1 at half time. They fought back well eventually going down 4-

3 at full time. Again, runners up and qualifiers.

The 19 years girls had a very successful tournament to finish in first place after the

preliminary rounds. In the final they had to take on old foes in Bishop Druitt after

having disposed of Maclean

High. The final was a one-

sided affair with the girls

winning 5-2 to be Champions

on the day.

The 16 years girls had 2 teams in the competition with both faring well and both

teams making the semis. The yellow team (15 years girls) had to play Oxley High

School in their semi and lost 2-0 in a close game. The blue team had to play Bishop

Druitt and won a one-sided game 5-0. This put them into the final against Oxley

High from Tamworth and unfortunately did not play their best game going down in a

close encounter 2-1. Runners-up on the day, and with only one team going through

there will be more depth (and less tired legs) at the next level.

The 14 years girls also had 2 teams experiencing their first tournament – only two

girls had ever played before. Many of the girls were 12 and 13 so the future looks

bright. The Yellow team had many of the younger players and while improving their

understanding of the game, failed to win a game. The Blue team made the semis and

had to play Bishop Druitt who they beat in their preliminary round 4-0. However,

nothing is predictable in this game where close games can change so quickly! The

girls were down 3-0 with 7 minutes to go when the girls realised they needed to win

to compete at the next level. Sophie Boyd slotted in 3 unanswered goals before full

time to take the game to golden goal extra time. The extra time could not split the

teams so a penalty shootout was to determine the result. Clementine Whiteley in her

first tournament ever at 13 years of age had to face the Bishop Druitt shooters as

goalkeeper. Three girls were selected to take the penalties – Summer Hogan (13),

Indiana Brodbeck (12) and Sophie Boyd (14). All four girls stood up to the pressure

Champion 19 years team -

Back row - Shellby Osland,

Hannah Watt, Emily

Ruming, Sophie Russell,

Jordan Healy

Front row - Willow Neal,

Lauren Rigney, Gaia Malcisi,

Kelsey Williamson-Leslie

as the shootout went through 4 rounds before the deadlock was broken and Bellingen

High won and went on to play the final. The final was against Oxley High and despite

leading early, the girls went down in the dying moments 3-2. These girls get to

progress to the next level having experienced and learnt so much.

So overall a very successful day with one champion team and 4 team’s runners up and

all 5 qualifying for the Northern NSW

Championships.

Liz Hoy/Jon Winfer

Sport Organisers

Sophie Boyd about to shoot Elena Leek strong in defence

Jackson Boyd attacking the ball Finn Baron and Coby Henwood

challenging for the ball

14 years Girls - runners up

Back Row - Yasmin Ball, Ruby

Kohlhagen, Indiana Brodbeck,

Summer Hogan

Front row - Laeli Couper,

Clementine Whiteley, Bonnie Malt

In front - Sophie Boyd

ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES – TERM 2

YEAR 11

Ancient History Week 8 Tuesday 19 June

Business Studies (in class) Week 7 Wednesday 13 June

Chemistry Week 8 Wednesday 20 June

Drama Week 8 Wednesday 20 June

English Week 9 Monday 25 June

Legal Studies Week 9 Friday 29 June

Maths Advanced Week 8 Thursday 21 June

Maths Extension Week 8 Friday 22 June

Maths Standard Week 8 Thursday 21 June

Modern History Week 9 Monday 25 June

Music (performance) Week 7 Friday 15 June

PDHPE Week 10 Monday 2 July

Primary Industries Week 10 Friday 6 July

SLR (in class) Weeks 8/9/10 Tuesday 19/6; 26/6; 3/7

Society and Culture Week 10 Tuesday 3 July

Visual Arts Week 9 Thursday 28 June

YEAR 12

Agriculture (in class) Week 8 Monday 18 June

Ancient History (hand in) Week 8 Friday 22 June

Biology Week 7 Thursday 14 June

Business Studies (hand in) Week 10 Friday 6 July

Chemistry Week 7 Friday 15 June

Earth & Env Science Week 7 Tuesday 12 June

English (hand in) Week 8 Thursday 18 June

Maths Advanced (in class) Week 8 Thursday 21 June

Maths Extension (in class) Week 8 Friday 22 June

Maths General (in class) Week 8 Thursday 21 June

Modern History (in class) Week 7 Friday 15 June

Music Week 8 Friday 22 June

PDHPE Week 9 Wednesday 27 June

Physics Week 7 Thursday 14 June

SLR (in class) Weeks 8/9/10 Tuesday 19/6; 26/6; 3/7

Society and Culture (in class essay) Week 10 Monday 2 July

Bellingen High School P&C Meeting

Monday 18 June 2018

6pm Staff Common Room

All Welcome!

NB Our P&C Meeting has been moved to the 3rd Monday of

this month due to the June long weekend

DATES TO REMEMBER

JUNE SEPTEMBER 11 Queens Birthday Holiday 5 NSW CHS Athletics

15 NC Cross Country 6-8 Year 12 Business Studies Excursion

18 P&C Meeting 10 P&C Meeting

19 Year 11 2019 Information Evening 10-14 VALID Test – Year 10 Science

20 Write a Book in a Day OCTOBER

21 MNC Athletics 17-18 NC Cricket 24-28 Year 10 Careers Excursion 18-20 North Coast Nationals 26 Year 11 History Parent Evening 29-2/11 VALID Test – Year 8 Science

28-30 School Musical NOVEMBER

JULY 2 MNC Beach Volleyball

1-8 Year 11 Aboriginal Studies Excursion 7 NC SLS 1-6 Senior Music Camp 8-11 Futsal Championships (Senior) 8-15 NAIDOC Week 12 P&C Meeting 22-27 Junior Music Camp 15 MNC Netball Gala Day (15’s) 23 Staff Development Day 19-21 Year 10 Geography Excursion 24 Students Return Term 3 20 NC Beach Volleyball 27 NSW All Schools Cross Country 22-25 Futsal Championships (Junior)

AUGUST 26 Year 10 Work Experience Starts

7 MNC Basketball (15’s) DECEMBER 9 NC Athletics 10 P&C Meeting 13 P&C Meeting 12 Year 10 Work Experience Ends 13-16 Northern NSW Futsal 19 Final Day for Students 19-24 Year 11 HSIE Sydney Excursion 20-21 Staff Development Days

20-31 Year 12 HSC Trial Exams 21-24 Year 10 Science 1/Maths 1 Excursion

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