The Canobolas Rural Technology

High School

Friday 26th May 2017 Term 2 Issue 7

Icely Road Orange NSW 2800 Ph: 02 6362 1677 Fax: 02 6362 4481

Website: www.canobolas-h@det.nsw.edu.au

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

What an amazing weekend to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. There were great crowds , the weather was

fantastic, the displays were amazing and it was great to see the friendships formed at school still continue

after 50 years. Here are some of the comments from our visitor’s book:

“What a great opportunity to catch up with everyone. Thank you.” “Really enjoyed teaching at TCHS.”

“Great memories and excellent development for the future.” “Fantastic facilities for the students.”

“Congratulations staff and students on a wonderful 50 years with the Orange community.”

“ I had the great benefit of going to school with some of the best people I have ever met.”

“Heaps more opportunities now that when we were here.” “Wonderful to visit old haunts.”

“Thank you all for the hard work and dedication. Fantastic weekend of memories.”

“Canobolas was great. Lots of wonderful memories made.”

“Great school, wonderful teachers, lifelong friends.”

“Fantastic displays, would love to come here now.”

“Fabulous trip down memory lane.”

From the

Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Members of the School Community

50th Anniversary

Last weekend the school celebrated 50 years of education. The school was open, with many

people taking the opportunity to look around at displays depicting both the history of the school,

as well as what we are currently doing. The weekend started with the raising of the original

school flag by Mr Tony Dobbin (son of Mr Fred Dobbin, the original Principal), Mrs Suzan Dickson

(original student), Mr Col Taylor (original staff member) and Mr Kevin Chown (original P&C

President). A sculpture designed by current student, Jack McGinley was also unveiled. This was

inspired by the school logo and Jack’s Metal & Engineering classmates and the TAS teachers

helped in its construction. This sculpture will stand as a reminder of the celebrations and will also

house a time capsule that will be prepared later in the year.

Saturday night saw the celebrations continue with a dinner at the Orange Function Centre. This

was an opportunity for people to catch up with former classmates and teachers and to

reminisce about the ‘good old days’. The P&C also used the occasion to recognise the

contribution made by parents to the school by awarding Life Membership to Mrs Judith Gunner,

Mr Kevin Chown and to the family of the late Mrs Alison Dutton. As these awards reminded

everyone in attendance, parents play a pivotal role in the life of our school.

A huge thank you must go to the organising committee who have worked on this celebration

weekend for the last 18 months. Without their tireless dedication and hard work the weekend

would not have been so successful.

Over the weekend the P&C and school also had merchandise on sale, which is still available.

The commemorative glasses and mugs can be purchased from the canteen, whilst school office

has the historical photobooks and pavers.

Examinations and Reports

As you receive this newsletter teachers are busily finalising Year 11 reports, which should be

issued in the week starting June 5th. Students in Years 8-10 will have examinations in Week 6. A

small number of subjects will have exams in the Hall, whilst all other assessment tasks will be

completed in class time. Junior reports should be issued before the end of this term.

Girls Academy

This week we have welcomed Belinda Langlo to the school, who has taken up the position of

Director of the Girls Academy. This academy will work with Aboriginal girls to develop and

empower them through youth leadership training, mentoring, sport and extra-curricular

programs. Belinda will be supported in the establishment of the academy by a Development

Officer, once the recruitment process is completed.

TCRTHS

Calendar Look at what’s coming up...

Monday 29th May—Friday 2nd June Junior Examination week

Tuesday 30th May Year 11 and 12 Vaccinations

Uniform

As the weather starts to get colder, just a reminder that students are still expected to be in full

school uniform each day. There are a large range of options available to ensure that students

stay warm, including the school jacket which is available from the Front Office. As always if you

are having any difficulty in purchasing uniform please do not hesitate to contact me at the

school.

I hope you have a great fortnight and I look forward to speaking with you next fortnight.

With my warmest regards

Kate Wootten

Some of the original

students from our school

50TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND PHOTOS Former Teacher Librarian Susan Hannigan with

Library Assistant Mrs Richard

Former Art teacher Trish Lovecek with her Picasso painting

Deputy Principal Mr Williams

with former Principal John Archer

Art display

A former student recognises herself

First P & C President Kevin

Chown with daughter Kerry

Cherilyn in her school blazer

Big Picture and Hospitality students served

the dinner at the Function Centre.

Former General Assistant Douglas

Brooks with the 1982 Time Capsule

Matt Toia and Dale Jones entertained the

guests at the Function Centre

Uniform display

Former teacher Pam Bembrick

PDHPE display

Science display

Flag raising ceremony

Collins Bookshop display

50 Faces of Canobolas project

Tammy Nash with former Home Economics teachers

Display at the Orange Show

Over 360 guests attended the celebratory dinner

BACK TO THE 60s MUFTI DAY

MEMORIES OF CANOBOLAS Some of the comments about their time at our school from former students:

“An amazing principal and staff who inspired lots of ‘country kids’ to go far.” Heather Kjoller

“Both met at Canobolas, now married with a family.” Matt and Stacey Yaroslavceff

“Year 12 Muck Up Day—Mr Armstrong’s VW stuffed with newspaper and put in the stairwell.”

Karen Orrock

“Speaking to the then Prime Minister and telling Mr Howard that if he built us a hall I would get

mum and dad to vote for him. First year to do HSC in the hall.” Maree Thomas

“Deputy Principal Mr Jack Sparks (the plover lover) saying beware of the plovers.” Sue

Gerken “Making friends for a lifetime.” Bettina Clarke

“Wonderful friends and teachers, fantastic opportunities for learning.” Bruce Parker who

came all the way from the USA

“Breaking Mr Riles in!! LOL. Freezing assemblies every morning. Spending most of Year 11 and

12 at the Ag Plot.” “Mrs Jackson’s warmth to all students.” Gabrielle Yates

“How cold it was, used to pretend to be sick to get into sick bay.” Margaret Black

“Cold winters in the canteen, no gas in winter brrrr.” Robyn Maw (Yates)

“Year 12 Farewell lunch insisting on fairy bread.” Jeanette Faulkner

HSIE MATTERS!

We had a fantastic weekend meeting

many past students and staff during the

school tours of our rooms. We showcased

the different ways learning is done now

compared to in the past. Many visitors were

interested in the changes to the furniture

and room organisation, something we have

a focus on at the moment to best cater for

our students learning styles.

We found the responses to our room and

displays really positive, and it was fantastic to

learn about the different uses our A4 learning

space has been over time: science lab,

language room, art room, computer room

and now a HSIE classroom.

Some of the common themes were the

development of models by classes: this goes

to show that what works with students is

hands on practical activities, something we

try to incorporate as much as possible into

our classes.

Australia’s changing role in wartime

was a popular exhibit, with many

people interested in the range of

topics we can cover with our

students, such as stories of war

romances, Chinese ANZACS, and

Indigenous Service.

A big “Thank you” also goes out to our

staff. Ms Hollie McRae, Ms Kirsten Lane,

and Mr Craig Williams who all took time

to spend some of their weekend at the

A4 display. It’s their hard work and best

practice that makes these displays

possible. We all really enjoyed the huge

community involvement we had for the

tours through our room, and welcome

any visits or questions you may have.

Kirsten Hutchinson, HSIE Head Teacher

There was a lot of interest shown in our

activities that have taken place

outside of the classroom, from

fieldwork in partnership with Orange

C i t y Co un c i l , r e p r e s e n t at i v e

opportunities debating at State

Parliament, and connecting with

Country with Wiradjuri Elder, Aunty

Gloria Rodgers, a few years ago.

TAS FACULTY NEWS

Year 10 Child Studies have been looking at

Food and Nutrition for young children. They

recently completed their assessment task

where they had to come up with a healthy

lunchbox for a child to take to family day

care. Their lunchbox needed to include

morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

They conducted research on what a

healthy lunchbox should contain and

presented their finished healthy lunchbox

the following week.

Ms Sharp

Year 7 Technology 2 have just finished their food

technology unit, “Eat Well, Live Well”. They had to

design their own biscuit and packaging. We spent the

term researching different biscuit designs and suitable

packaging to keep their biscuits nice and fresh,

including what information needs to be on their

packaging such as a barcode and ingredient list.

They had a great time making and presenting their

finished biscuits during a practical lesson in class.

Ms Sharp

Year 8 Technology have just finished their

food technology unit, “My Restaurant

Rules”. They had to come up with their own

restaurant design, including a menu and

designer milkshake. They researched

milkshake designs, f lavours and

presentation ideas before making their

designer milkshake in class during a

practical lesson. They did a great job!

Ms Sharp & Mr Kay

Year 12 Agriculture

Year 12 Agriculture students spent the morning a few Fridays ago at Bumble Hill Alpaca,

which is a mid-sized stud with 300 animals located 1100 metres up Mount Canobolas.

Julienne Gelber owner of Bumble Hill hosted the class for the morning. Students learnt

about the sustainable farming practices and marketing of alpaca fibre.

A big thank you Julienne for hosting Year 12.

Ms J O’Donnell Agriculture Teacher

Year 11 Chemistry

Over the past term, Year 11 Chemistry having been studying metals. In particular their

reaction with oxygen, water and acids.

Through conducting an experiment to see how different metals react with oxygen,

water and acids the students can then put the metals they tested in an order of

reactivity. From this information, students will be looking at what metals are used for in

society and how that relates to their reactivity level.

SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS

50th Anniversary weekend Current and past students enjoyed spotting themselves in programs and photos on display in the

music room during the 50th anniversary weekend. Choir students and Music students conducted

Open Rehearsals as part of the Music display in B5 including, voice, guitars, drums, ukuleles.

Photos: Left—students reminiscing about the 1985 production S'cool of which they were a part.

Right—Wayne Scott designed the program artwork, standing with the show’s star.

♫ MUSIC NOTES ♫

Ellena excels At the school anniversary dinner Ellena delighted guests with her

rendition of the old school song accompanied by former Canobolas

Music teacher, Donna Riles.

Ellena has been giving it all in her preparation for HSC Music 2 and

Extension Performance. During the school holidays she had a lesson

with the Head of Vocal and Opera Studies at the University of Sydney,

Dr Rowena Cowley.

She is a co-winner of the Orange Regional Conservatorium's 2017

Concerto Competition. This means she will sing the song cycle "I Hate

Music" by Leonard Bernstein (one of her HSC pieces) with the Orange

Youth Orchestra in a public concert.

Recently she attended a vocal concert and sang in a masterclass

with soprano Ayse Goknür Shanal, and pianist and vocal coach Andrea Katz. Both Ayse and

Andrea have studied and performed extensively overseas and around Australia and

were impressed with Ellena's sound.

Last Friday - Sunday Ellena competed in various vocal sections of the Cowra Eisteddfod. She

achieved great results and feedback and most notably she won the Cowra scholarship for

Under 18s.

HSC Music Workshops Some Year 12s learned handy skills and tools for the exams at the HSC Music Workshops this

week. Ellena performed I Hate Music in the HSC performance masterclass where she learned

how to make the examiners love her music.

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 26 Canobolas Music students from Years 7-12 enjoyed seeing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

perform a concert at Orange Civic Theatre on Thursday.

Miss Aldrick Music Teacher

STEM CENTRE NEWS

Year 7 STEM

Over the last fortnight, Year 7 STEM classes have been developing

21st Century learning skills. Collaborating in groups, students had

to creatively design, construct and test a tower made from 30

marshmallows and 30 toothpicks that stood 30cm tall and lasted

30 second on our Lego EV3 earthquake simulator. Groups that

didn't establish a strategy early on found it harder to work

together towards the common goal of a 30 cm tall tower.

Following the testing, student wrote a reflection about the

evaluation of their tower and sketched a detailed illustration of

what it looked like. They then used their numeracy skills to

calculate the cost of using marshmallows and nine other lollies for

prototype testing and communicated the results in a column

graph.

Year 9 and Year 10 iSTEM tested their prototype air-powered

rockets. Despite being tested dry (no water or fuel) one still

managed to the roof of the A Block quad!

Mr Matt Scott Head Teacher STEM

Some exciting things happening in STEM at Canobolas this term:

We have re-applied for funding to enter a team in the FIRST Robotics competition in 2018. Mr

Boardman and Mr Oakden will be leading this initiative. Our student participants will count on

your support in this competition over the next 10 months.

We have a received a wildcard entry in the 2017 Aeronautical Velocity Challenge. Mrs

Shepherd will be taking an all-girls team of Year 9 iSTEM students to compete in the state finals

at Wollongong University early next month.

As a STEM Action school, we will be hosting schools for a STEM professional learning session on

Thursday 1st June and Wednesday 28th June. We are currently working with 16 schools state

wide on this project.

I will be giving a public presentation on Wednesday 7th June at 6pm in the Orange Regional

Museum about my STEM Scholarship tour last term. If you would like to know more about what

I discovered and where Canobolas STEM is placed, please come along!

STEM will be hosting a future focussed career activity for iSTEM students in Science Week,

thanks to an Australian Science Teachers Association grant, allowing us to buy a drone!

https://goo.gl/c2aCCw

Every year Rotary International organise a road safety education day of workshops for Year 11

students at Towac Park. This was held on the 5th of May with 30 Year 11 students attending along

with other Orange schools.

Students attended six interactive workshops over the day that ranged from practical speed and

stopping skills to hearing confronting stories from road accidents. Students are provided with a

booklet linked to each session to support their learning about driving.

The six workshops students attended were:

Road hazards and distractions – students discuss strategies to avoid distractions

while driving and how to be a good passenger.

Speed & Stopping – an interactive workshop were a driving instructors use cars to

show the impact of stopping distance when travelling at different speeds

Road Choices – a workshop run by Police/Paramedics that involves road rules,

demerit points/fines and real life examples that the instructor has experienced.

Genevieve’s Story – a confronting story around a particular road accident that

resulted in a death and how that impacted on the victim’s family.

After the crash – an inspirational speaker session from a victim of a crash resulting in

a serious head injury.

The ‘I’ in Drive – a workshop that looks at student’s self-control and risk awareness

when driving.

Year 11 would like to thank RYDA and Rotary for the opportunity to attend these workshops.

YEAR 11 RYDA EXCURSION

A huge welcome to Miss Beer, who is currently on Prac from CSU Bathurst. Miss Beer joined the

PDHPE staff in Week 2 and will be finish her placement at the end of Week 6. She will be

teaching a variety of classes throughout her time at Canobolas including Years 9 and 10

PDHPE, 9 PASS and Year 12 SLR. Miss Beer has been assistant coach for the 9/10 touch team,

where she assisted the players with their game as well as helping with a few minor injuries off

the field. Please ensure you make her feel welcome whilst she is at our school.

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Congratulations to Jack Connors, winning a

Bronze Medal in the Heptathlon at the 2017

INAS Athletics Championships in Bangkok.

Jack also won his 1500m event against a

strong international field. A massive

congratulations to Jack who has worked

hard at his athletics to develop the skills in all

the events of the Heptathlon.

Open Boys Basketball – Threepeat (of a kind)

The Open Boys Basketball have successfully made the CHS Final 8 Basketball Tournament for the third

consecutive year.

A very slow and nervous start from both sides indicated the importance of the Round of 16 game against

Deniliquin High.

Deniliquin led the scoring for the first five minutes, until Lachlan Baker decided to go to work, scoring five of

Canobolas’ first 10 points. A superb steal and behind the back full court pass from Ben Zegzula to a Matt

Gray dunk set the tone for the rest of the quarter – Canobolas finishing the first break with a 24-12 lead.

Canobolas upped the tempo defensively in the second quarter, allowing for multiple fast break

opportunities. Our big men, Harry Betts and Matt dominated inside, combining for 20 of our 27 points for

the quarter. Jayden Baker, despite only being in Year 8, displayed tenacious defence, with some

awesome steals and blocked shots. Jayden Zegzula finished the quarter with a buzzer beater three pointer

giving Canobolas a 51-24 lead.

A change in defence from Deniliquin rattled the Canobolas guards allowing Deniliquin to stay level with

Canobolas for the quarter until Ben Zegzula was determined not to be out done by younger brother

Jayden, and hit his own three point shot on the buzzer.

Going into the final quarter with a 70-40 lead, Canobolas slowed their scoring down, using the rest of the

game to run through their offensive structure. Great leadership from James Gogala and Owen Burgess

ensured that this worked well. Matt finished the game with a massive 50 points in the 90-56 victory.

The student supporters that came to watch, really lifted the team’s confidence, and displayed great

sportsmanship for the entire game.

The team heads to Terrigal on the 14 and 15 June to contest the Final 8 Tournament.

Carmen Dederer Coach

The sport dance groups have been working each week towards the eisteddfods in

Term 3. This year we are planning on taking Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 to Wellington, Bathurst

and Orange eisteddfods. Years 7 and 10 have finished their dances and are going to be

polishing their movements and working on their formations and timing. Years 8 and 9 are

almost finished their dances, which they will then need to go through and polish.

All students in our sport dance groups are expected

to be cooperative with one another, dancing to the

best of their ability, willing to improve their dance skills,

and be committed to the dance and the group.

Congratulations to our CHPA Dance group who have just been accepted into the

Western Dance Festival in Bathurst! The group will be performing on the 7th of June with

other Western Region public schools. They have been rehearsing bright and early

before class time and will continue to work hard leading up to the festival. Great job

girls! Next year we will work towards getting some of our sport dance groups into the

festival as well.

On Wednesday the 3rd, the Year 9 and 10 boys and girls touch teams headed to Bathurst to play in the

Western Region All Schools Competition, in the hopes of progressing to the state finals. The boys played

against some very tough competition and came away with a win against Kandos and close losses to

Oberon, Orange and Cowra High Schools. The boys progressively improved throughout the day and

began to put together a great display of play against Orange High and were unlucky to go down by

two tries. Callan Naden scored the try of the day with an elevated dive into the right hand corner

against Cowra High.

State finals here we come……….

The girls had an extremely successful day getting wins against Oberon (4-1), Kandos (5-2), and Cowra

High School (5-3). During the rounds the girls went down to a strong Orange High side 4-1, but met

them again in the finals to redeem the earlier loss. The final was close with Orange High leading

throughout the game. With 5 minutes to go and the score tied at three all, Erin Naden produced a

phenomenal intercept to run half the field and score. With the girls leading by one and only a minute

left on the clock, Sharone Moore was able to capitalise on a defensive error to sweeten the win with

another try. The girls now progress to the state finals at Parramatta that will be played later on this

month. Best of luck to the girls!

The Girri Girri Academy were lucky enough to have Macquarie Medi Spa come in to talk to the

girls about skin care, hygiene, makeup and healthy eating last Wednesday. The girls were

treated to an afternoon of fruit and cheese platters, hands on makeup demonstrations and

nail painting. Each of the girls received a showbag full of goodies and information. A big

thankyou to Karla and Taylor from the Medi spa. We hope to have you in again soon.

A reminder to all Girri Girri

girls that Reward excursions

including GOODOOGA are

coming up, so attendance

must be 98% to attend these

excursions.

3 Day PDHPE Faculty Ski Trip!!

#NOTES AND DEPOSITS ARE NOW DUE!!

SEE PDHPE URGENTLY IF YOU STILL WANT TO

ATTEND THIS EXCURSION

PDHPE Assessment Reminders

Many of the PDHPE classes across the years are currently working on assessable items both in class and at

home. A reminder that if your child does not complete an assessment task and hand it in on time for

marking it will affect the overall grade they are awarded for PDHPE. This grade also has a practical effort,

attitude and participation mark for lessons where students participate in practical games, sports and

various physical activities. Please note that this component of the course is compulsory and students may

only be excused from these classes with a medical note during the time of injury recovery.

Task Due

Yr 8 PDHPE First Aid Test Should be complete

Yr 9 PDHPE Educate Know Your Fate Due 6th June

Yr 10 PDHPE Safe Driving Exam End of Term

Yr 11 SLR Research Task Term 3 Week 5

Yr 11 PDHPE Movement Analysis Term 2 Week 8

12 S Coaching Preventing Sports Injuries ASAP

Rep Shorts and Socks!!!

School sport representative shorts $40 and socks $10 are available for purchase for through the school

office and PDHPE. Payments can also be made online.

Mark Skein- HT PDHPE

Qualifiers

See Miss Somers for details if you have qualified for Western Region Athletics. Notes

and details will be out soon but she has the events and qualifier details.

Sport has changed this year at Canobolas High, each year group will have a different

sports day. Students are able to wear their sport uniforms on the following days:

Year 10– Mondays

Year 9—Wednesdays

Year 8—Thursdays

Year 7—Wednesdays

Calling for applicants for the

Canobolas High Performance Athletes (CHPA) program

Year 7 2018

Designed to holistically support and develop students who excel

in sports, dance or athletic domains. Students who apply for a

CHPA program placement must be able to demonstrate pre-

elite representative ability (higher than club or school level) in

particular sport/s and demonstrate positive attitudes, highly

developed work habits, and respectful and responsible

behaviour.

Further information and CHPA program applications can be accessed via our school

website www.canobolas-h.schools.nsw.edu.au or by emailing Mark Skein HT PDHPE /

CHPA Director mark.skein@det.nsw.edu.au.

Integrated Project Learning

Congratulations to all Year 7 students involved in Wednesday’s Integrated Project Learning

exhibition. The students all presented their natural disaster shelters for the Natural Born Killer

project, explaining the design features and selling points of their shelters. Students also

exhibited their work for Mawambul, including their lip-balm, candles, artworks and

portfolios. All of the students should be extremely proud of the work they produced and for

having the courage to speak confidently in front of their peers and guests.

Mrs Carter Coordinator - Integrated Project Learning (IPL) team

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