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10 AUGUST 2018 TERM 3 ISSUE 3 THE HENRY LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGE, ACHIEVE49 SOUTH STREET, GRENFELL NSW 2810 02 6343 1390 www.henrylawso-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

EDUCATION WEEK 2018COMMINITY RECIPIENTS

Mrs Katherine Brenner - Local businesswoman and former student Katherine Brenner kindly closes her business for a couple of hours each year to present a session on sun-sense and skin care to our Year 9 girls. Her session is both popular and valuable.Ms Elly Schiller - Grenfell Community Health social worker Elly, is a champion of our students and can always be relied upon to deliver health and well-being sessions to our students. She also provides invaluable support to school staff in our well-being programs.Ms Jaime Elms - Jaime has been of great support with many Year 9 girls’ days over the years through volunteering to take a session on movement and body image.Mr Phillip Diprose - Phillip has been an active supporter of student learning at THLHS. In 2017 he was the main driving force behind the successful school and community project – “Sunshine on the peaks”. As part of the Grenfell Men’s Shed and as a Councillor he actively seeks every opportunity to develop and enhance opportunities at THLHS both in learning and improvement of facilities.Mr Phil Eyles - Phil has provided ongoing support for 10 years to the Agricultural department and has assisted every year by coming up to the school to deliver demonstrations of wool judging to our students.Mr Scott Lawler - Mr Scott Lawler is a former student and is currently the Service Manager with McClintock’s in Grenfell. Scott’s willingness to participate in our Work Placement program has been greatly appreciated. Scott previously worked at Cadia Mines in Orange initially underground as a Drill Fitter and then became the Maintenance Scheduler. Prior to his time at Cadia Mines, Scott worked in the workshop at McClintock’ Grenfell. Scott brings with him a wide range of expertise in dealing with young people in the workplace, as he provides excellent guidance and mentoring. The school community thanks McClintock’s Grenfell for their contribution to education in the local area.Mr Roger and Mr Scott Baker - Mr Roger and Mr Scott Baker are both past students who have generously donated hay, grain and chemicals over several years for the Agricultural department.Mrs Tracey Hewen - A former student and the Hotel Service Manager at Grenfell Hospital, Tracey has been passionate about offering young people experience in the workplace and developing skills that will contribute to their job readiness. The willingness of Tracey and her team to accommodate our students and their individual needs has been unfaltering over many years.

STAFF RECIPIENTS Ms Sarah Higgs & Ms Emma Griffin - Being a teacher is a wonderful career and should be celebrated, even at the start. It does take years of study and once you start there is a requirement to gain accreditation with the NSW Education Standard Authority. Accreditation is recognition that a new staff member has the skills and enthusiasm to have a positive impact on students and their learning. Today we celebrate Sarah Higgs and Emma Griffin reaching their first milestone as successful and talented teachers by presenting them with a certificate to recognise their accreditation with the NSW Education Standard Authority.Mrs Tracey Cartwright - An organisation can only excel with the support and commitment of its staff. When staff have dedicated years of service to an organisation it should be formally recognised. 20 Years is a dedicated career. Mrs Cartwright is an enthusiastic school member who adds value to student education here at THLHS. Her commitment to learning as a school executive member, a timetable leader, the assessment team leader and HOW2Learn leader is greatly appreciated by all the school community. The school, community and education department thank Mrs Cartwright for her ongoing contribution to education.Mr Ross Hunter - Today we recognise an outstanding former teacher Ross Hunter who provided over 30 years of committed service to public education in NSW. Since the early 1990’s to 2016 Ross was a strong leader and team member in our school and a dedicated educator of the students in his charge. He was always our “go to” man when anything needed to be done, and nothing was ever too much trouble. A special mention from the school’s agricultural department for the 10 years of support in assisting students complete their farm case studies on his property. The school, community and department would like to acknowledge Ross on his outstanding career by presenting him with the department of education’s service medal on his retirement.Ms Margaret Lynch - Ms Lynch is a passionate and committed educator, and the school and department would like to acknowledge her contribution to student well-being programs in particular girls well-being as Girls Supervisor through ongoing support and programming of girls days and activities.Mrs Colleen White - Colleen has served the Grenfell education community for many years. Anyone who visits THLHS is greeted at the door, every day with a positive ‘Colleen’ smile. As part of the staff at THLHS she excels in her role, actively seeks to assist everyone in any way possible and goes beyond her role as part of the school’s learning support team. Colleen supports students beyond school as a committee member of the Grenfell Branch of the Country Education Foundation. Much of this is done in her own time and is above her normal duties.

Mrs Hannah Troth - Mrs Troth has been nominated by the THLHS P&C Association. Hannah Troth brings enthusiasm, fresh ideas, and a willingness to get involved in many aspects of our school community. Her commitment to being a part of both our parent and teaching community is unique. As a parent she has organized and coordinated fundraising events and has been the driving force behind our garden improvement projects from garden design and planning to plant acquisition and the initial planting phase. Thank you Hannah for your outstanding contribution and involvement in our P&C and our school community.Abbey Joyce - For the past 18 months, Abbey Joyce has been employed as a School Based Apprentice Trainee in the school administration and support staff team at THLHS. At the same time, she is completing the Higher School Certificate at school and the Certificate II in Business Services at TAFE by flexible delivery. Throughout this time, Abbey has become a highly valued member of the administration staff. She capably performs a broad range of administrative functions, always to an exceptional standard. Abbey readily takes on every challenge presented to her and shows enthusiasm for learning new skills. As her workplace employer, THLHS has nominated Abbey for a 2018 Excellence in Vocational Education and Training Award in recognition of the achievements she has accomplished in the workplace.

STUDENT RECIPIENTS Year 7 - Emily Brenner - Emily has taken to high school with a diligent approach to being involved in all opportunities presented to her. She is the first to volunteer her time to support her school community and always applies her best effort to class tasks and extra-curricular activities. It is a pleasure to see Emily fully embrace all of the opportunities that high school has offered her. Year 8 - Nikki-Lea Chalker - Nikki-Lea is being recognised as a consistently kind, respectful and supportive student who values her learning.Year 9 - Hugo Fenton - Hugo is acknowledged for his strong commitment to education, and his genuine love of learning across all areas of schooling.Year 10 - Breannan Troy - Breannan has demonstrated resilience and persistence in her learning to improve upon her skills and achieve her best.Year 11 - Ethan Reid - Ethan is being recognised for his leadership within the school’s Indigenous community.Year 12 - Ziyin Xia - Ziyin is acknowledged for her improved effort and application towards her senior studies.

WEDDIN MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE 2018During week 9, from 19-21 September, our Year 9 students will take part in the annual Weddin Mountain Challenge. This year however, we are hoping to make a few changes and we are very excited to be inviting 20 students from Sir Joseph Banks High School, our partner school in Revesby, to join us. The students from Sir Joseph Banks come from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds and it will be a wonderful opportunity for our students to make some new friends and connections.This means that our program will be slightly different to that which we have followed in the past. We will camp out at the mountains on the Wednesday night and walk over the mountain on Thursday, from Ben Hall’s cave to Holy Camp Road, returning to school in the afternoon for showers and a freshen up before dinner at school and evening activities. Students will spend Thursday night sleeping at the school before heading out for a farm visit on Friday morning.With planning well underway, and to assist with this process, we would like to ask if there are any farmers in our community that may be shearing at this time and would be happy to host a visit from our ‘city cousins’. It will be a great opportunity for us to showcase the Weddin Shire and the advantages of living in a regional area. We would also like to invite Year 9 parents to join us out at the mountains for both, or either, the camping and walk over the mountain. It is always lots of fun and at this time of the year we are generally lucky with the weather. More information will follow as we finalise details over the next few weeks. If anyone can assist with the farm visit, or any Year 9 parents would like to book in for the camping, please contact Nicola Mitton at school, 6343 1390.

WESTERN REGION ATHLETICS - FRIDAY 3 AUGUSTLast Friday saw an intrepid team of ten athletes travel to Dubbo to represent the school at the Western Region Athletics Carnival, which serves as the selection trial for the team that represents Western Region at the State Athletics Carnival. The weather conditions were less than favourable, but despite the wind and dust, all our athletes were strong competitors in each of their events. Five of our athletes were successful in making it through to the next round of competition which will be the State CHS Athletics Carnival in September. Congratulations to the following students:• Zoe Gavin, 1st in 400m, 800m, and 1500m• Lachlan Smith, 1st in 100m, 2nd in Long Jump and 3rd in 200m• Frazer Ryder, 2nd in 100m, 2nd in 200m, 3rd in High Jump• Adam Hewen, 2nd in High Jump• Annie Armstrong, 1st in Discus.Thanks must go to all the parents that transported students to Dubbo on the day.

SRC NOMINATIONS SRC nominations will take place on Monday 20 August. This is a great opportunity to develop leadership skills for the future, so make sure you get your nominations in.

Principal’s ReportState athleticsCongratulations to the students who have qualified for the State Athletic Carnival. Great work! Thank you to all the students that attended the Western Region Athletics Carnival and did their best. Good luck to our school representatives at the state carnival later this year. See results in this issue.Education Week assemblyThursday saw us celebrate our school and Education Week. At our assembly we recognised some of the many people that make learning great at THLHS. There are probably thousands of local people who in a small or large way support and make our school a great place to learn. This year’s Education Week theme, Today’s Schools – Creating Tomorrow’s World reminds us all that we are equipping young people with the skills and capabilities they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. It was great to hear about past student Bronte Enright’s learning journey and we thank her for sharing her work experience with Qantas as well as staying after the assembly to work with our students in a careers class. Thank you to those recognised at today’s assembly – people who influence and build the leaders and learners of tomorrow.

NAIDOC DayThank you to all the staff, students, parents and community members that helped with the running of our NAIDOC Day celebration last Friday. It was the very first performance by our newly formed Aboriginal boys dance group who then led us all in a traditional dance. Our vision is to expand the group over the coming twelve months to one that represents all schools and the community. Great to have St Joseph’s, Grenfell Public and Grenfell Preschool visit us on the day. There was much for students to learn about including flag-raising, smoking ceremony, boomerang throwing, face painting, dance, Johnny cakes, bush tucker and Aboriginal art. Thank you to our organisers and parents, Chad White, Bec Shepherd, Uncle Dick, Troy Mehrton, Terry Carroll, Janine Richards, Julie Ferguson, Shirley King, Steve and Angela Hundy, Jillian Reidy, Jenny Bell, Brett Harris and our Indigenous students for organising and creating a successful day. We are looking to expand on the activities for 2019, building towards an event that the whole town can share with us.

School’s Netball CupOur Year 8 and 10 boys school’s cup netball teams enjoyed the chilly second round of competition in Orange last Wednesday. Our Year 8 boys made the final and Year 10 boys tried hard and played well. Great to see the boys enjoying themselves, being active and trying new sports. Well done!

Junior judging workshop and competitionStage 5 Animal Husbandry students travelled to Eugowra last Thursday with growth mindsets to learn as part of the junior judging workshop. On the day, the students participated in a junior judging competition. Well done to all students who participated and to Stephanie Davies, fourth place in Meat Sheep Judging and Josh Carpenter, fourth in Wool Judging out of 115 competitors. Thank you to Mrs Baker for organising this great learning opportunity.VET work placementYear 11 VET students are on work placement this week as part of their studies. Thank you to all the local employers who support our students on work placement throughout the year. Employers helping out this week include Mr Chris Dixon, Grenfell Multi-purpose Health Service and Grenfell Preschool and Long Day Care Centre.Next week: • Year 11 interviews will be conducted with Ms McCulloch

and Ms Crossley to discuss NESA entries, check how students are going, determine subjects completed, review subjects for 2019 and review plans for beyond 2019.

• Year 10 subject selection night – Wednesday 15 August, 7 pm. It is an important time for Year 10 to consider subjects they wish to study in years 11 and 12. This will be followed by the Year 10 subject expo on Thursday where students find out more about subjects from our current Year 11 or 12 students.

• Verto information session – Friday 17 August; a talk with Year 12 about next steps including apprenticeship, employment and training needs.

Coming up Parent teacher interviews – Monday 20 August. Please come along and be involved in the education of your student. Our goal is to speak with every parent.Principal’s five - parents, students, community and staff learning togetherAccountability looks and sounds like:1. Being accountable for things that are directly related to our

lives.2. Being accountable for broader social, ethical and global

issues.3. Helping others to be accountable.What does accountability look and sound like?• I showed that my works and actions matter and I am

responsible for them.• I helped someone make a good choice.• I played an active role during group learning time.• I spent time learning about issues that are prevalent in my

community/world.• I treated other people with respect.• I went out of my way to help someone when they needed

it.• I showed that I care for my environment.• I actively contributed to my school/world in positive ways.• I accepted consequences when I made a poor choice.• I actively showed that I was trustworthy/responsible.• I showed that I care for other people/places/things.

Have a great week!Ian Pattingale

YEAR 10 CAREERSYear 10 have the opportunity to attend the Bathurst Jobs Expo – an opportunity to pursue job, career and learning opportunities. They will also attend a 45 minute motivational lecture. We will be travelling by bus to BMEC, Bathurst. Parents are invited to attend, however transport may depend on student numbers.What: Bathurst Jobs ExpoWhen: Tuesday 21 AugustTime: 9.30 am – 4.30 pmBring: Money for lunch at McDonalds, (or bring your own packed lunch). Bring your own recess food and drink.Wear: Full school uniformCost: $18.00Please have your note and money to the office by Friday 17 August to secure your place on the bus.Contact Ms McCulloch with any queries.

ASSESSMENT REMINDERSYear 8 English Imaginative Response to Novel: due Thursday 23 August week 5.Year 9 English Creative Writing task: due Friday 31 August week 6.Year 10 English Telling and Re-telling Fairytales group presentation: due Wednesday 15 August week 4.Year 11 Advanced English Critical Essay: due Friday 21 September week 9.Year 11 Standard English Writing portfolio: due Friday 21 September week 9.Year 12 Advanced English Analysis and evaluation of texts: due Thursday 23 August week 5.Year 12 Standard English Pecha Kucha presentation: due Friday 24 August week 5. Year 12 Modern History Research presentation: due Friday 17 August week 4. Year 12 Ancient History Research Essay: due Monday 20 August week 5.

SCHOOL PHOTO DAYA reminder MSP Photography will be coming to take school photos on Thursday 23 August 2018. Please ensure that you hand in your photo order envelope to the front office by Monday 20 August 2018. We ask that all students wear their best school uniform on the day.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWSWe welcome all parents to attend our parent/teacher interviews on Monday 20 August 2018. Interviews will be held between 4 pm and 6 pm. Students have been given a booking sheet to nominate a time that best suits.If you are unable to attend, please contact the school on 6343 1390 to organise an alternate time.

YEAR 9 AND 10 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGAs our year 9/10 Science and Engineering Team prepare to take on the top schools in the state at the NSW Super Challenge on 28 August, we’d like to take this moment to thank the community for all their support in helping fund raise to alleviate some of the financial burden of getting there. Special thanks to the Grenfell Bowling Club for allowing us to use their inaugural monthly trivia event to support the team; it was a fantastic opportunity to have community and school come together at a great social occasion.

Country Education Foundation of Grenfell Helping our local young people

to achieve their dreams. You can support us by donating; to find out more contact cefgrenfell@gmail.

com or visit http://engage.cef.org.au/directory/foundation/3085/grenfell Scholarship applications are now open.

YEAR 10 SUBJECT INFORMATION EVENINGDATE:

TIME:

WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2018

7 PM

LOCATION: THLHS LIBRARY

RSVP: MONDAY 13 AUGUST 2018 We ask that Year 10 students please return the RSVP slip to the front office.

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YEAR 10 SUBJECT EXPO Year 10 subject expo will be held period 5, Thursday 16 August. Year 10 students will have the opportunity to speak to students from Years 11 and 12 in relation to subject choices.

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STUDY SKILLS TIP FOR AUGUSTSome students are naturally able to find a good balance between all the facets of their life: schoolwork, sports, activities, friends, family, technology and all of the other aspects of life that keep us busy from when we wake to when we sleep.Other students struggle to fit their schoolwork in during the evenings and weekend. Some students come home after school and just sort of ‘wait’ until they feel like working; and what happens is that they never feel like it so they just don’t get started!Some students start work not long after they get home, but they drag their work out over the whole night doing work in front of the TV, or the computer or their phone. It takes them the whole night, but they hardly get any work done and they don’t feel like they have had a break at all.A much more effective way to approach home study each evening is to keep your school work and your personal life separate. Don’t do your work in front of the TV, don’t do it while on social network sites or while using messenger apps. Instead, work in 20-30 minute blocks of time and during this time make the conscious choice to actually remove or turn off things that are going to distract you. As it is only for a short block of time, it is bearable. Train yourself to have breaks from your distractions for the blocks of time when you do schoolwork. By doing this you will learn to really focus and concentrate on what you are doing for a block of time.You will be amazed at how much work you get done and how productive you are during this time. Then at the end of that half hour period you have a proper break and really enjoy your free time. You can find special software for blocking distractions on computers and phones in the Dealing with Distractions unit on www.studyskillshandbook.com.auOur school’s subscription details to this online study skills website for high school students are –www.studyskillshandbook.com.auUsername: THLHSPassword: 49success

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WELL-BEING CORNER“Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself”. George Bernard ShawTrying to find yourself is like looking for your sunglasses when they’re on top of your head; they were never lost in the first place and neither are you! Perhaps you could think of yourself in terms of raw materials; body, brain, ears, mouth, eyes, strength, skills, potential. Imagine that you are an artist, working with those raw materials to create something entirely new and wonderful – a painting, a sculpture … Now see the final product in your mind. What kind of self can you create?

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