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CASINO H IGH SCHOOL

90 Queensland Road, Casino NSW 2470 Phone: 02 6662 3077 Fax: 02 6662 6390 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

Newsletter Issue No 3, Term 1, 6th March, 2020

Principal’s Message - Neil Schneider

It is that time of year again when Casino High School

progresses from the usual busy program to an even

busier program.

I look forward to the Student Representative Council

(SRC) Assembly on Monday 9th March where the

2020 representatives will be inducted and introduced

to the school and community. It is an honour for any

student to be on a school’s SRC but especially at

Casino High School which has a tradition of previous

representatives being high achievers.

Year 12 Students are completing their Half Yearly HSC

Exams and I hope this is a valuable learning

experience in helping them maximise their HSC

results.

Students have, and are presently, representing Casino

High School in a number of sporting events and are

gaining selection to both North Coast and State teams.

These include swimming (Sate Carnival), touch football

(Regional) and rugby league (Zone).

The rebuilding of the canteen, toilets and gymnasium is

progressing well and appears to be on schedule to

meet the expected completion date set for the end of

next month.

Week 7 Term 1 Week A Monday 09.03.20

SRC Assembly - 12.45pm The Len Walsh

Hall

North Coast Rugby Union Trials - Grafton

Year 12 SLR Casino Pool Excursion -

Period 3

Tuesday 10.03.20

Northern Rivers Zone Open Hockey Trials -

Goonellabah

LEAP 5 Excursion - Evans Head

Wednesday 11.03.20

Thursday 12.03.20

Year 11 Agriculture Excursion - Toohey’s

Dairy Farm

Friday 13.03.20

Year 7 Clean Up Australia Day

Week 8 Term 1 Week B Monday 16.03.20

Northern Rivers Open Boys & Girls Zone

Football Trials - Lismore

Parent Teacher Evening - 3.30pm to 6pm

Tuesday 17.03.20

Open Boys & Girls Basketball Gala Day -

Lismore

Wednesday 18.03.20

LEAP Opportunity Camp - Midginbil

Thursday 19.03.20

Regional Canoeing - Mann River


Girls League Tag - Casino

Friday 20.03.20

Regional Canoeing - Mann River


North Coast U15s Touch Football -

Bowraville

Events Calendar

Students are reminded to use the pedestrian

crossing at all times when crossing the

road at the front of the school, including when

walking to sports outside the school grounds.

Parent/Teacher Interview Evening

Our Year 7 to Year 12 Parent Teacher Interview

Evening will be held on Monday 16th March in ‘The

Len Walsh Hall’ where parents/carers are able to

discuss their child’s progress with teachers. Interviews

will be held from 3.30pm to 6pm.

Bookings are open and can be made via your Parent

Portal on Sentral. If you do not have access to the

Parent Portal please check that the school has your

current email address on record to enable us to send

you an access code. Please refer to the following

pages for access instructions and how to make a

booking.


PARENT INFORMATION

Casino High School

Parent Portal Access

Dear Parent/Carer, Our school has undertaken a new initiative, the Parent Portal, to provide parents & carers discreet information about each students’ progress in our school. Please log on to the Internet and register for access to our Parent Portal here: https://web1.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/portal/register You must use a valid email address to create your username. Once successfully registered you will be prompted to enter your username (email address) and the password you created. To see information from the school and to link to your enrolled children, enter the access key. The access key has been sent to you via the email you have registered with the school. Please note that the access key is case sensitive so copy it into the box provided on screen exactly as it appears on your email. The URL for continued access to the portal is: https://web1.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/portal I am confident that you will see the benefits of your registration immediately and be part of our journey in providing this facility to you and as we progress. I am confident that the Parent Portal will become more significant in your day to day management of your child/’s enrolment at Casino High School. Should you experience difficulties please do not hesitiate to contact the school for assistance. I also look forward to hearing from you about your experience with our Parent Portal, and any feedback will be gratefully received with a view to adding further functionality and improvement. Kind Regards,

Neil Schneider Principal Casino High School


PARENT INFORMATION

Casino High School

Parent/Teacher Interview Booking Dear Parent/Carer,

Our Year 7–12 Parent Teacher Interview Evening will be held on Monday 16th March in the ‘Len

Walsh School Hall’ to discuss your child’s progress. Interviews will be held from 3.30pm to 6pm.

Interview bookings will now be made via your Parent Portal on Sentral (see previous letter on how

to register to use your Parent Portal).

To arrange an interview please follow the below instructions. Interviews will be approximately 10

minutes duration.

1. Log in to the Parent Portal - To access parent-teacher interview bookings, you need to have registered on the portal. You can do this by following the instructions on the previous letter and email that have been sent out by the school.

2. Click session to make bookings – Click the ‘Term 1 Parent Interviews’ in the yellow bar, or

select the session from the ‘Interviews’ menu item.

Student

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PARENT INFORMATION

3. Select timeslot for each class – This page shows the student’s subjects/class/teacher.

For each teacher you want to meet, click the’Select Timeslot’ button.

4. Follow the prompts (1 – 7) – These are at the top of the page.

5. Ensure you confirm your appointments – You have a limited amount of time to confirm

your bookings.

6. Interview Summary – This page shows a summary of your bookings. Please check.

Changes can be made by clicking the green ‘Edit Bookings’. From this page you can

also print a summary. You should also receive an email confirming these bookings.

There will be a light supper available to those parents/carers that attend the evening.

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ENGLISH FACULTY NEWS

Speakeasy

As you all know, speaking is an important employability skill and it is one that our students usually do very well. Each

year we invite Marcelle Bernard to deliver her highly popular workshop on Public Speaking to Year 7. Marcelle is

entertaining and has a whole bag of tricks she shares with students to help them make the most of their speaking

skills. If you'd like to know more about Marcelle and what she does the links below will take you there. Marcelle will

join us at Casino High School on Thursday, 11th June.

http://www.pieproductions.com.au/performer_SpeakEasy_MarcelleBernard.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGN4U8zNz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRqbU1lExpo

Year 8 Dare to Dream An Upcoming Year 8 Excursion to Cape Byron Headland on Tuesday 2nd June.

Year 8 students are invited to attend

the Dolphin Dreaming workshop run

by Indigenous Arakwal guide, Aunty

Delta.

This excursion is run by the English

Department every year to

complement our unit of work on the

concept of Reconciliation.

Through story, dance and creative

expression, this program provides

participants with the opportunity to

learn about the life and culture of our

Arakwal people. Presented by

Arakwal Aboriginal guides,

participants join traditional owners in

art, dance and ceremonies, learning

about the significance of the land and sea and importantly dolphins to our people.

This Term 2 unit celebrates the diversity of Aboriginal Australian culture through a close study of a variety of texts

about and by Aboriginal Australians.

There is no cost to students as the school pays the fees for those attending the workshop.

http://www.pieproductions.com.au/performer_SpeakEasy_MarcelleBernard.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGN4U8zNz0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRqbU1lExpo

http://arakwal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/D_Dream-Delta-bush-web.jpg

And Poetry …. What would English be without Poetry? We have talented wordsmiths among us. A sample of recent works.



A Tree

I see

Beautiful shades of green

The smooth slender side of the trunk

Twigs sticking out at odd angles

Red apples growing

I hear

The wind whistling through the leaves

Water dripping from a leaf

Two leaves bumping together

A twig hitting the side of the balcony

I touch

The crease in a leaf

The smooth trunk

A rough twig

A soft feather

I long

To climb that tree

To be a bird

To lie on a leaf ,

To fly

By S.N.



Fishing Fishing is like watching paint dry, They might be shy. You have to have patience when they don’t bite. Just stay quiet. Change your bait. Get a sharper hook. And a bigger weight. Flick the rod, Cast out the line. Don’t lose your patience, it takes time. The best spot for fishing is in the river, Where the bull sharks make you shiver, Or at the beach where the great white make you quiver. You can go out in a boat or send it on foot, down gullies and streams, the home of the eels. Some days you get lucky some days you don’t, how you know is by watching your float. Watch for bubbles, coming from under the rocks where the old catfish hides, And under logs where the turtle glides. From sunrise when the rooster crows, to sunset when the daylight goes, there is always time for fishing. By M.B.

North Coast Opens Volleyball Trials

Seven students travelled to Byron Bay to compete for the Northern Rivers Zone Open Boys and Girls Volleyball teams at the North Coast Trials. The students were Cheyne Appleton, Piper Fletcher, Tallulah Mohammed, Felicity Peters, Adam Anderson, Ezra Frost and Brady Noll.

All students performed well with Cheyne Appleton selected as a shadow player.

Ms Evenden, Representative Sport Organiser


REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

Northern Rivers Zone 15s Touch Football Trials

Two touch football teams in both boys and girls competitions travelled to Woodenbong recently to compete in a gala

day and selection trials for the Northern Rivers Zone Teams.

Students are to be commended on their behaviour and their sportsmanship displayed throughout the day.

Congratulations to Grant Brown, Robert Simon, and Zac Williams who were selected in the Boys Zone Team and to

Ciara Close who was selected as a shadow player for the girls.

Thank you to the teachers who trained and helped out on the day: Ms Goode, Mr Fryer, Mr Nicholson, Bucky and Danielle.


REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

Northern Rivers Zone Swimming Carnival

Five students competed at the Northern Rivers Zone Swimming Carnival at Lismore with some tremendous results.

Brieanna Parker, Indigo Creighton and Kalani Ellis were awarded Northern Rivers Zone Age Champions. This is

such a wonderful achievement and it is great to see Casino High School students excelling in the pool, not only in

one event but many events. We had four of the five students qualify for the North Coast Swimming Carnival in Coffs

Harbour. They are as follows:

Indigo Creighton - 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 200m

Individual Medley, and 15 Girls 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay

Kalani Ellis - 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, and 15 Girls 4 x

50m Freestyle Relay

Xailyn Ellis - 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, and 15 Girls 4 x 50m Freestyle

Relay

Brieanna Parker- 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, and 15

Girls 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay

The girls all competed extremely well at the North Coast Swimming Carnival held at Coffs Harbour this week. Results

to come soon.

Ms Evenden, Representative Sport Organiser

15 Girls 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Team Brieanna Parker, Indigo Creighton, Kalani Ellis and

Xailyn Ellis.

OFFICE HOURS FOR SCHOOL RECEIPTING

The school office is able to receipt money from students from 8.30am - 9am and during Break 1 Monday

to Friday. Parents/Carers may personally come to the front office anytime between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

NO MONEY MAY BE RECEIPTED AFTER 1.30PM.

Payments may be received at the office via cash, cheque, EFTPOS and payments may be made online

through the School Website.

What expenses can be paid online?

Voluntary School Contributions, Subject Contributions, Excursions

How? Log onto School site at

www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard.

LEAP Opportunity Camp Regional Canoeing

Ref No. 466442 $50 Deposit Ref No. 425011 $80

$125 Remainder

$175 Full Cost

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 7 Term 1 Week 8 Term 1

Monday

09.03.20

L Roberts

Monday

16.03.20

L Roberts

S Campbell

Tuesday

10.03.20

E Rosolen

G Rosolen

Tuesday

17.03.20

G Rosolen

Wednesday

11.03.20

J Carbis

L Miller

Wednesday

18.03.20

L Davis

Thursday

12.03.20

L Roberts

Z Moss

Thursday

19.03.20

L Roberts

Friday

13.03.20

L Davis Friday

20.03.20

J Parmenter


SCHOOL NEWS

CORTYA & MERIT WINNERS Cortya

Charlotte Frank Year 8

Isabela McLennan Year 9

Brycen Slade Year 10

Merit Brock Holten Year 7

Bailey Powell Year 12

FACULTY AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students

who received LEAP Faculty Achievement

Awards this week:

Jurriaan Amey-Cravigan Lucas Law-Lollback

Claytan Clarke Jayden Marsh

Rozalie Franks Madelyne Matthews

Aleah Gaudry Symarah Mison

Onica Gaudry Nicholas Pickett

Kane Green Chloe Robson

Shaqueil Harrison Tyrell Sly

Careers News

Tax File Numbers – Important Step…

Any student will need at Tax File Number if they start

work (part-time and full-time or casual) and all students

planning on a tertiary education require one when they

enrol. Importantly, current Year 12 students are

reminded that they will be requested to provide their

Tax File Number (TFN) on enrolment to TAFE or

university next year, so it is worthwhile getting an

application submitted early! Students must now apply

for a TFN online and have their identity verified through

an interview at a participating Australia Post Office.

To apply and to find out about participating Post

Offices, visit Apply for a TFN or visit your School

Careers website > Important Information > Money

Matters > Tax file Numbers.

Mrs. Weir Careers Adviser.

Casino High School Careers Website

www.chscareers.com.au


COMMUNITY INFORMATION

If you’re walking down the RIGHT PATH

And you’re willing to KEEP WALKING,

Eventually you’ll MAKE PROGRESS.

Barack Obama

http://www.chscareers.com.au


COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Join us as we take you behind the scenes at Aruma!

Thursday 2 April 2020

10am - 2pm

Summerland Farm, 253 Wardell Road Alstonville

Here’s a little taste of what you can expect on the day…

Learn about who we can support (yes, it’s both adults and children)

Learn about the jobs we offer people with a disability (we call this supported employment)

Interested in accommodation? Learn about our Supported Independent Living and Short Term Accommodation

services Want to get the most out of your NDIS Plan? Our Support Coordinators can help

Learn about the Flexible Supports (or Daily Living Skills) we provide. We actually have a team of staff who

work with people in small groups and individually

Come meet the Aruma team and find out more

aruma.com.au

http://www.aruma.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/arumaservices/

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