Thursday 30 October 2014 Week 2 of cycle Term 4 Vol 2

CALENDAR—2014

Thursday, 6th Nov. P&C Meeting 5:30pm Friday, 7th Nov. Last HSC Exam

Monday, 10th Nov. Junior Exam Week Tuesday, 11th Nov. Remembrance Day Assembly Yr 9 Residential SCU Wednesday, 12th Nov. Year 12 Formal

Wednesday, 19th Nov. Tourism Camp Thursday, 20th Nov. Tourism Camp Friday, 21st Nov. Tourism camp Year 11 Academic Assembly/ Induction/ Sports Awards

KYOGLE HIGH BEEFS IT UP!

Kyogle High School again presented cattle at the North

Coast National this year. The North Coast National had a

fantastic line up of 78 steers including 5 quality Kyogle

High School calves. The students in Year 11 Primary

Industries including Zoe Mackay, Karina Olive, Susie

Everitt, Jazmyn Unwin, Jade Cole, Dion Kenman, Martin

McMahon and Kristen Wimble of Year 9, ensured the

cattle were adequately

prepared for showing.

The cattle were led on

Thursday afternoon firstly

in the schools competition

where a total of 26 school

steers from local schools,

western schools and inter-

state schools, competed

in the Hoof competition.

Kyogle High School achieved 5th and 6

th placing in their

respective classes. Following this was the Opens Hoof

competition where our calves presented well though did

not place.

On Saturday afternoon the Hook (Carcase) results were

presented. Our Limousin calf which was donated by Mick

Carter of Kyogle placed 3rd. This was a satisfying result

for the students as he was up against 33 other steers in

the 360kg-430kg class. This Limousin calf also placed 2nd

in the Schools Carcase competition behind Holy Trinity

Inverell and was awarded overall Reserve Champion

School Calf.

On behalf of the students at Kyogle High School I would

like to thank Mick Carter, Paul and Wendy Carter and

Neil Warne for their donation of quality steers. Without

this support students would not have the chance to

present cattle worthy of showing at events such as

the North Coast National.

J Kelly

Agriculture Teacher

WEEK 5

WEEK 6

WEEK 7

A couple of weekends ago my husband and I were fortunate to be given tickets by our daughters to go and see The Seekers live at Strathpine in Brisbane. They are a remarkable group of Australians who have shown an amazing resilience in an industry that at times has been short-lived for some performers. They were doing the last concert to celebrate their 50 Year tour. They talked about writing with Paul Simon, John Lennon telling them they weren’t half bad and working with a small unknown group in England in days gone past…the Rolling Stones.

Our history and our legacy is important and we sometimes need to be reminded that everyone has a part to play in ensuring they leave the world a better place. It doesn’t have to be a grand gesture, it doesn’t have to be well known…they just need to think about being compassionate, kinder or making some-one else’s life better.

As Year 12 come towards the end of their exams and are thinking of their future, I’d like to thank Raema Perkins and her team for the difference they make every year to the lives of our students sitting their HSC. I look forward to seeing our Year 12 in all their finery at the formal.

This will be my last newsletter for some time. I would like to thank the staff, students and community for their support in raising great Kyogle High School students. We are committed to always improving on the work we do and this has been made easier by the community of Kyogle. I hope that I am leaving Kyogle High School in a better place from when I came. I am so proud of the staff and students and will miss them. I look forward to catching up in the future. Gae Masters will be relieving in the Principal position and I am sure you will support her as you have supported me. In the words written by Bruce Woodley (for the

young ones…a member of The Seekers)

“We are one,

but we are many

And from all the lands on earth we come

We’ll share a dream

And sing with one voice,

I am, you are,

We are Australian”

All the best.

Janeen Silcock Principal

Principal’s Report From the Deputy’s Desk

Term 4 is always a busy time of the year with HSC exams, formals, end of year examinations for the junior school and the wrap up of the great extra-curricular programs we have running such as KEEP and the Oral Portfolios. The oral portfolios have been a great success for our Year 10 students who have gained valuable skills in goal setting, reflection, organisation, decision making and communication. This program will conclude with Year 10 students presenting a selection of their academic achievements throughout the year to a panel of teachers, students, community members and parent representatives on Thursday 4 or 11 December. KEEP students are also busy working on their Personal Interest Project at Kyogle Public School and these will be presented at Kyogle Public at 4pm on Monday 8 December. I am sure I am joined with the school community wishing Mrs Silcock all the best in her position at Alstonville High School. She will be back for our Year 12 Formal and hopefully other important occasions in our school calendar.

Lindy Ruangsri, Russell Grove (ex Vice Captain and Dux of KHS1968), and Janeen Silcock at the Year 12 Farewell Assembly. Gae Masters Deputy Principal

Name: Mikailah Piggott Year: 10 Sport: Athletics

Why is Mikailah a Kyogle High Sports Star? Mikailah or as her friends like to call her ‘Mok’, has been selected as this week’s Kyogle High Sports Star for her continued effort to represent the school and the North Coast at state level in athletics over the past four years. Mikailah started running competitively in Kindergarten and credits her Mum for getting her into the sport to burn up some energy as she was (and still is) a very energetic individual. To get to state level athletics once is an amazing accomplishment, but Mok has achieved this three times now, attending in Years 7, 9 and 10 and has kindly taken the time to answer a couple of our questions.

What are your best achievements in Athletics? In 2009 I was selected as the Kyogle Primary School Sports Person of the Year. Also in Year 7 I came 5

th in the state for my age group in the 100m sprint.

How much training per a week are you involved in? What sort of diet do you have to have with these sports? I train twice a week under Larry Condon and also run twice a week at home. Now that its warmer I have also been participating in Point Scores at the pool and swimming laps each week for general fitness. I usually eat anything and everything, but when racing I like to have a banana before the race for an energy hit. I have been known to have a pie after a race for a bit of a treat.

What are your future sporting goals? I want to continue on with athletics and hopefully make it to the Olympics. I would also like to put all my training

knowledge towards being a personal trainer one day too.

Who inspires you to run and compete? Sally Pearson motivates because she has done so well and also because I’m starting to learn hurdles at the moment and that’s what she is really good at. Also Usain Bolt because he is so fast and he is always doing inspirational things like helping others who are in need.

As you’ve just read, Mikailah has certainly represented her school and the broader North Coast well over the years. We would like to wish Mikailah all the best in her efforts to achieve her sporting goals in the future. If you know of anyone who has had outstanding success in sport recently or you yourself would like to share your sporting accomplishments, please make a nomination at the PDHPE staffroom. Each KHS Sports Star that gets published in the newsletter receives a $5.00 canteen voucher for their achievements.

CAREERS CORNER YEAR 7 Thirty one Year 7 students attended the Southern Cross University Unibound program “Uni Opens Your World” on October 16. The program for the day consisted of all of the schools in the Unibound program attending talks by university personnel including a presentation on Storytelling. Kyogle students linked with Lismore High and attended smaller workshops; these included a hands on Aboriginal Dance presentation where the students were split into groups of males and females and learnt the respective moves which when put together produced a traditional Aboriginal dance. Overall it was an enjoyable day allowing the students to have a hands on interactive introduction to university. YEAR 9 The Year 9 SCU Unibound Residential will be held on November 11 and 12. Transport information will be sent out this week. If you are able to help transport students to the university and/or transport them back to Kyogle, please let Mrs Riesinger know. YEAR 10 The Indigenous Tourism course is in its second week. This course has enabled Year 10 students to learn about the Tourism industry with an Indigenous perspective. The final component of the course is a three day camp to Lake Ainsworth on November 19-21. HSC All My Own Work It is a requirement of the Board of Studies for all students to complete 5 modules; Scholarship Principles and Practices, Acknowledging Sources, Plagiarism, Copyright and Working with Others. The students will be given two booklets; an information booklet and a work booklet. They will complete this program in class, keeping the information booklet for future reference. This will be completed by November 17. Barista Course—Permission notes will be distributed by November 7. Year 11 Approximately 25 students will be attending SCU Senior Schools Day on October 30.

Year 12 2015 Confirmation of Entry forms will be sent home for parent signatures by 14 November. Please read

these carefully and make any amendments if required and return by 21 November.

Grafton Equestrian Challenge

"Hawthorne Park" South Grafton 29th & 30th November 2014 Closing Date for entries : In Grafton by Wednesday 12th November 2014 Closing Date for Merchandise: In Grafton by 4th November 2014. Programs have been given to interested riders - I am happy to co-ordinate KHS riders and send personal cheques and entries together in one package or parents can organise team managers and post entries directly to Grafton Club. Please be advised that merchandise orders can be directly posted to Grafton Pony Club. Programs can be downloaded from

http://www.grafton.pcansw.org.au/

Contact Janet Andrews 66321300

When: Saturday 6th December When: Saturday 6th December @6pm@6pm Where: KHS School HallWhere: KHS School Hall Cost: $20 pp, tables of 8Cost: $20 pp, tables of 8 RULES!RULES! No under 18s or school studentsNo under 18s or school students Dress in your best 70s xmas gearDress in your best 70s xmas gear BYO food and beverages!BYO food and beverages!

Kyogle High 70s

Christmas Trivia Night

Hosted By Hosted By Mandy NolanMandy Nolan

This Trivia Night will be the school’s major fundraiser for the 2015 school year and funds raised go towards supporting student leadership opportunities. Tickets can be purchased from Kyogle High School office or at Gateway Office Supplies.

Kyogle gets a GRIP!

On the 27th of October a number of students had the opportunity to attend the ‘Grip’ Leadership Conference. All the participating schools in attendance had the option of choosing two specialised interactive lectures. I at-tended ‘The Importance of Communication’, where we were given the job of writing a 30 second speech on the following: 1. Convincing the P & C to put Crocs in the school

uniform 2. Bringing back the dance craze of ‘Gangnam style’

and 3. Participating in the lunch time activity of ‘Digging to

China’. This was designed to teach us different techniques and the use of body language. The other class I attended was ‘Roles of leadership in different situations’. It was there that I learnt about the capabilities of different leadership styles, learning my limitation of my leadership style will help me in all my group decisions. And who could forget the ‘Loud Noise Boys’ who popped up in random intervals of the day to play games and make everybody relaxed and comfortable. With the ‘Boys’ we played a huge game of ‘Scissors, Paper, Rock’, charades (where we struggled to act as Humpty Dumpty), a mini dance party to a Taylor Swift song and an amusing spelling game. Overall it was an excellent day, I wish I had attended this day in previous years, and strongly encourage anyone and everyone to attend regardless of your leadership status. Thankyou to Mr McKee for a great day. Karlie Harris, Year 11

To

being held at the Kyogle Bowling Club on Wednesday 12th November, 2014

5:30pm for 6:00pm start

Tickets are on SALE NOW. $30/person and can be purchased from the Front Office. Tickets NEED to be finalised by Friday 31st October.

FORMAL/GRADUATION DINNER

CANTEEN ROSTER Fri 31/10: Help Needed, Mon 03/11: T Cullen, C Campbell Tues 04/11: K Crawter, K Carter Wed 05/11: Help Needed Thurs 06/11: N Hand, M Crocker Fri 07/11: V Davis Mon 10/11: Help Needed Tues 11/11: J Bulmer Wed 12/11: J McBride Thurs 13/11: N Anderson, K Little Friday: 14/11: P Price

The canteen is always looking for more volunteers. If you can help out please phone Faye Rose on 66321300.

P&C Meetings are held in the

Common Room at 5:30pm

Next Meeting— Thursday 6th November 2014

The HSIE Department would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the P & C. Recently the HSIE Department were able to purchase a Tablet with funds kindly donated by the P&C Association. The addition of an extra tablet means we now have an entire class set.

A big THANK YOU from the Teachers and Students of KHS!

MATHS PUZZLES! Maths Puzzle: Fill in the magic square: every row, column

and diagonal has the same sum.

3 9 2 1

7 6

6 1 3

10 9 0

5 4 9

Maths Joke:

I always feel a little bit sad when I think of

parallel lines. They have so much in

common, it is a shame

they will never meet.

SCIENCE NEWS Year 8 students will be participating in the ESSA test in Week 6. Information regarding this state wide test is being given to students this week. Any enquiries please contact Mr Deszecsar.

TRIVIA NIGHT We are looking for donations for the Trivia Night. If you could spare some items for a hamper please drop them into the school office. Many thanks Mia McDonough

GREEN ARMY POSITIONS Applications for joining a Green Army team are open now with 72 positions available on 8 projects in the Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay, Grafton and Coffs Harbour areas.

Online applications can be completed at http://www.envite.org.au/Green-Army-Application.html

Information about local Green Army projects and a hard copy application form are attached. This information is also available at www.envite.org.au/Green-Army/

AIR FORCE CADETS - Information Night Friday 7 November at 6pm

For ages of 13 and 18 years Airforce Road East Lismore

Come and along and find out what Air Force Cadets are all about.

SCOUTING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Did you know that Kyogle now runs Cubs for children aged 8-10, Scouts from 11-15 and Venturers from 15-18? Currently we have positions available in all youth sections and we need two new leaders for Cubs and Scouts.

If you are interested, come along any Wednesday night at 6pm to the Scout Hall at the showground or call Ian Judd—Group Leader on 66323987.