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Mullumbimby High School | The Lyrebird Term 1 | Week 5| MONDAY 24 February 2020

DATES ON YOUR DIARY Tuesday 25 February AFL 14s Byron

Wednesday 26 February

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Thursday 27 February Marine Studies—Bronze Medallion

Yr12 Drama in E1

Friday 28 February SCU Showcase Careers Roadshow

FNC Touch 15 Trials only

Tuesday 3 March

Yr7 in 2021 Info Night 5.30pm to 7pm NC Swimming in Coffs Harbour

International Womens’ Day

Friday 6 March

Griffith Uni women in aviation

FNC League 15s and Open Trials

Monday 9 March

P&C AGM in the school library at 6pm

Wednesday 11 March Yr6 Transition to High School 1pm

Monday 23 March

P&C Parent Forum “The Adolescent Brain and Risk Taking Behaviour”

6pm in the school library

SCHOOL UNFORM SHOP

Open only Mondays 8.30am—9am

TERM DATES IN 2020

Term 1 28 January to 9 April

Term 2 27 April to 3 July Term 3 20 July to 25 September

Term 4 12 October to 18 December

Year 6 students for Year 7 OPEN INFO NIGHT FOR 2021

Tuesday 3 March 2020 Starting 5.30pm

Mullumbimby High School — [email protected] — Ph. 6684 2600

Principal: Mr Greg Armstrong | Deputy Principals: Mr Cameron Johnson & Ms Kelly Spilstead

The Lyrebird

Principal’s Report School Leadership We have had a very good and yet busy start to the 2020 school year. Implementing a school funded second Deputy Principal has led to an even stronger Senior Executive Team to drive our teaching, learning and school organisation to new heights. Congratulations to Ms Kelly Spilstead who was successful for this 6 to 12-month Deputy Principal position. We have three of our Head Teachers on leave at present and so our 2020 Executive Team is comprised of the following:

• Wellbeing – Helen Bub-Connor • Special Education – Andy Browne • English – James Clarke • Mathematics – Janelle Molyneux • Senior Studies – Toni Elliott • PDHPE – Lachlan McKenzie • Science – Marshall Chang (relieving) • HSIE – Jack Staples (relieving) • CAPA – Jason Fletcher (relieving) • TAS – Adam Culbert (relieving)

We also have a dynamic Wellbeing Team led by Head Teacher Wellbe-ing Helen Bub-Connor. Here is an updated list of the advisers team:

• Transition – Abi Parker • Year 7 – Sophie Mount • Year 8 – Emily Langtry • Year 9 – Sharon De Costa • Year 10 – Jennifer Lindsay • Year 11 – Dave Steedman • Year 12 – Natalie Grant • Girls’ – Kayleigh Mast

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Student Learning, Innovative Pedagogy and 630 new Apple iPads The School has received 630 Apple iPads from the Department of Education. This is an extraordinary addition to our already expansive and well maintained technology equipment. The technology team led by Mr Dave Steedman worked tirelessly through out the holidays to ensure their smooth implementation from day one in 2020. They will be used as a resource to enhance and support:

1. Our pedagogy to better engage students; 2. Our pedagogy and professional learning for how we use them effectively in the classroom; 3. Our classroom organisation; 4. Our school leadership. Selected staff will use class sets of 30 iPads with their students in each Key

Learning Area to allow students to be immersed in innovative learning environments where:

• Learning and learner engagement are central to ensure students’ active engagement • Collaboration is practised and students can enjoy learning in a social and collaborative envi-

ronment • High expectation relations are key between staff and students and teachers know learners’

motivations and emotions • Individual differences are able to be better recognised and catered for • Learning is challenging but enjoyable • Horizontal and integrated connections across Key Learning Areas is promoted • Learning and Assessment are supported by on-going feedback

Bus shelters Finally, our bus shelters are to be constructed by Byron Bay Council in the Easter holidays. There will be three 8x30-metre shelters across the front of the school to protect our students from sun and rain. Cooler classrooms Over 60% of our classrooms will be airconditioned under the Cooler Classroom Project later this Year. Policy Implementation We continue to thank parents for their cooperation to implement our Attendance, Electronic Device/Mobile Phone and Uniform policies. During the recent wet and slightly cooler weather, we noticed stu-dents have not yet fully sorted their winter jumpers. It is expected students will wear the school’s blue hoodie (preferred) available from the school uniform shop or a plain black jumper. We appreciate your cooperation with this. Communication We want to have superior communication with the whole Mullumbimby High school community. I have outlined our present communication systems below. Our aim is to:

• Engage and work with the ‘WHOLE’ school community • Employ clear communication strategies which lead to improved student, staff, parent and com-

munity engagement, enhanced staff morale and positive consultative decision-making

a) Sentral, including DP/Staff updates Daily b) CARE (roll call) Daily c) Senior Executive meetings Monday 7:50am d) Assembly – whole school Weekly – Mondays 10:40am e) Executive meetings Weekly – Wednesday 1:30pm f) MMM (all staff) Weekly – Thursday 8:30am in the library



g) Faculty meetings Weeks 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11 h) Staff meetings Weeks 3,6,9 i) Newsletter – weekly update Mondays sent via email j) Newsletter (Lyrebird) Weeks 5 and 10 each term sent via email k) Parent Portal Regularly updated l) Website Regularly updated - new website soon to be launched m) Facebook 24/7 n) School sign 24/7

For urgent messages to the school community, we will send SMS, emails, Facebook messages, and display it on the school sign. If it concerns the school being operational during floods or other emergencies, we will ensure there will also be radio announcements on ABC radio/BayFM. We value any feedback on being better communicators and I thank parents who have already provided valuable feedback. As you will see in this edition of the Lyrebird, our aim for Mullumbimby High School — to always be a dy-namic school community — is alive and well. Please enjoy reading about our student learning opportunities and achievements. All staff are working diligently to ensure there are a variety of excellent opportunities for all students. We also appreciate the input from our parents/carers, especially our P&C and our commu-nity to support our school. I am very proud to be part of such a remarkable school community. - Greg Armstrong, Principal

School Sport Captains

Congratulation to our 2020 house captains and House Representatives:

Acacia Captains: Shelby Booth (F) Luke Caldwell-Wearne (M)

Vice: Kimberly Brabazon (F) Lachlan Belleville (M)

Jacaranda Captains: Anna Howard (F) Myles Gibson (M)

Vice: Shara DeCosta (F) Rumi Hagedoorn-Story (M)

Kurragong Captains: Sharni Orr (F) Erez Lebovits (M)

Vice: Chloe Lang (F) Kal Pritchard (M)

Yarrabin Captains: Bella Woods Ameena Suby

Vice: Jolina Wilbur Rosie Shires



Early Birds Specials at Mullumbimby High School!

Mathematics Extension Class — While most of us are a bit slow by Friday morning, we have some amazingly

dedicated teachers and students who turn up at 7.30am every Friday for their extension maths classes.

Breakfast Club — Another year has

started for Mullum High's Breakfast

Club. The student's get their weekly

fill every Wednesday, thanks to the

kind support of teachers and the

Mullumbimby Bakery, Woolworths

Mullumbimby, Kellogg's and Coles in

Ocean Shores.



Dear Year 7 Parents and Carers, I hope this message finds you well. Although we have many tired young people this week we're still seeing so many smiles and it's such a joy coming to school each morning to be greeted by such joyful faces, and I'm loving getting to spend time building relationships with each of your children both in and out of the classroom. Our Parenting Teenagers Course, run by BYS' Karim Kaufman, was a really wonderful opportunity for some of our Year 7 parents to connect, share and support each other. Karim's experience working with Young People, combined with the experiences of those in attendance, set the tone for a really lovely evening of fruitful discussion about what to expect of the upcoming teenage years, and allowed a space for everyone to reflect on our relationships with ourselves as parents, and our relationship with our young people. We look forward to hosting more events such as this to facilitate a strong sense of community among our Year 7 parents, so stay tuned for more information - or let me know if this is something you might be interested in, so I know to contact you in future. I recently sent home a couple of notes:

1. Year 7 Team Building Day note - our Team Building Day in Byron is always a lot of fun, and an excellent opportunity for students to develop new relationships. If you could return this note (White pages only) with payment ($15) to Student Services that would be wonderful.

2. Year 7 Camp Information Note - Our camp is not until Term 4, however, we understand that it is helpful for families to be able to budget for these events - as such you are now able to begin paying in increments of any value either online, or in person at Student Services. The initial $50 deposit is not due until Week 1 of Term 2.

Please note, there has been an amendment to the cost of the camp, and whilst the initial note reads the cost of $260, the total cost will now be $250 (which includes a cold treat on the first night's beach walk). Please find attached a copy of the note with the new cost which I will also send home with your children in the next week. Enjoy the rest of your week, and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns - or positives! Regards,

Ms Sophie Mount

Year 7 Adviser & Indonesian Teacher [email protected]



Camp for Year 7 Students Mullumbimby High School highly values school camps as part of our broader curriculum. Camps enhance the learning experience obtained in the classroom by allowing students to discover new strengths, friendships and capabilities in a fun and relaxed outdoor setting. Camps teach practical and physical skills while also improving each child’s resilience, self-confidence and social connections.

At the start of Term 4 (14 -16th October), Year 7 will be attending their first camp which is located in in beautiful Burleigh Heads. Students will participate in many fun activities such as tubing, surfing and night beach walks. This is a wonderful opportunity for our new Year 7 students to make new friends and get to know their teachers better in a relaxed environment. Notes have already been sent home with Year 7 students. A deposit of $50 and the Expression of Interest slip are due back to Student Service by 1st May. For more information, please contact our Year 7 Advisor, Sophie Mount ([email protected])

At the end of Term 3 (21 – 23rd September), Year 8 will be participating in a 3-day camp in the beautiful Numinbah Valley, located near the Natural Arch on the QLD border. This camp will provide students with the opportunity to camp overnight with their friends while completing activities such as mountain bike riding, flying fox, rock climbing, hiking and camp fires. Notes are coming home with Year 8 students today. The deposit of $50 and completed application form needs to be returned to Student Services by the end of

this term (7th April). For more information, please contact our Year 8 Advisor, Emily Langtry ([email protected]).

Families requiring financial assistance should contact their respective Year Advisor or Ms Bub-Connor ([email protected])

These pictures are from our camp last year!

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Indonesian

It’s been an exciting start to Indonesian in 2020 with courses running in Stages 4, 5 and 6 for the first time in a number of years. We’ve been so lucky to be a part of our iPad Pilot Program where Languages students have been enjoying using the iPads each lesson to research, consolidate learning and engage with exciting online competitions and quizzes. In Year 7, we have been focusing on greetings and introducing ourselves, whilst Year 9 are having a crash course of revision for their Stage 4 studies. Year 12 have begun their final three terms of schooling with gusto, and have been working non-stop to master some new grammatical concepts whilst exploring topics including health, celebrations and holidays. With Byron Harmony Festival coming up at Mullum Civic Hall on 21 March, there’s a wonderful opportunity for students interested in learning the Indonesian instrument Gamelan to take part in some free weekly workshops on a Monday afternoon from 4 to 5pm at the Steiner School, taught by some wonderful Indonesian musicians, with their efforts culminating in a performance at the Festival. If any student would like more information about this please see Ms Mount in the Maths staff room. — Ms Sophie Mount, Indonesian Teacher & Year 7 Adviser



YEAR ADVISERS 2020

Transition Ms Abi Parker Year 7 Ms Sophie Mount Year 8 Mrs Emily Langtry Year 9 Ms Sharon De Costa Year 10 Mrs Jennifer Lindsay Year 11 Mr Dave Steedman Year 12 Mrs Natalie Grant

Girls Supervisor Ms Kayleigh Mast HT Well Being Ms Helen Bub-Connor Careers Adviser Ms Vanessa Perrin Senior Studies HT Mrs Toni Elliott

ONLINE UNIFORM ORDERING IS AVAILABLE. Have a look at the uniform shops new website where you can order uniforms online. https://mullumhigh.wixsite.com/mullumhighuniforms/online-store (or search Mullum High Uniforms) Online ordering has the benefit of allowing you to order 24/7 at your convenience and you do not have to send cash to school with your student. Payment for online orders is by bank transfer and you nominate at checkout if you will be picking up your order or if it can be given to the student. Orders will be processed on the same days as the uniform shop is open on Monday 8.30 – 9.00am. The Uniform Shop will continue to be open Monday and payment can be made in store by cash, cheque, debit or credit card. Any uniform shop enquires can be sent to [email protected] Stock of second hand items is very low. The Uniform Shop would be grateful for any donations of uniforms

particularly blue polos in larger sizes.

P&C Notes

NEXT MEETING: The P&C AGM will be Monday 9 March, 6pm in the library. All parents wel-

come. The P&C provides an opportunity to engage with the school in a constructive way

and to be part of the conversation about enhancing educational opportunities, and sup-

porting parents.

PARENT FORUM: The Adolescent Brain and Risk-Taking Behaviour, Monday 23 March, 6pm, school library

We have received a grant to run our first parent forum, to be presented by Youthsafe and facilitated by

psychologist Peter Chown. All parents are welcome, although the event is aimed at parents of students in

Year 9 to Year 12, particularly those transitioning to L and P plate driving.

Places are limited – book at [email protected]

This event has been made possible with the support of a Transport for NSW Community Road Safety Grant.

Are you interested in knowing what’s happening but can’t make meetings? Join our mailing list as a non-

member, contact [email protected]

Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected]

Dr Laurel Cohn

President

https://mullumhigh.wixsite.com/mullumhighuniforms/online-store






LIBRARY NEWS Congratulations to Pearl Whitfield from Year 8

on the publication of her first novel Meya.

Meya is the first instalment in a fantasy trilogy

which she started writing when she was in Year

6. Pearl’s interest in writing started in Primary

school and one of her early memories was hav-

ing the Hobbit read to her when she was six.

These days Pearl enjoys reading many genres

although she says she enjoys Fantasy the most.

When asked about her favourite character in

her book she said it was Meya the fairy, who

she described as mysterious. Meya is

available to borrow from our school Library.

Our Library has a wide variety of fiction,

graphic novels and magazines which are

available for all students to borrow. It is great

to see so many students have been visiting the

library, borrowing and enjoying their reading.

Students are encouraged to always have a

book in their bag and to read regularly. The

Library is open for students to borrow before

school from 8:30 and at lunchtime.

This week Year 7 classes will be having a Library

Orientation where they will be completing a

survey on their favourite books. We do this

survey every year to find out what students

enjoy reading. We follow this up by purchasing books from student’s wish list. Students also participate in

a genre activity to help them find their way around the Library.

In English, Years 7 and 8 classes will be participating in Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) for 10 minutes

every English lesson. Students are encouraged to visit the Library to borrow a book that they enjoy and

keep it in their bag.

Students in Years 9 to 12 are invited to contribute to a wish list of books that they would like to see in the

Library.

All these strategies are being implemented to encourage students to read for pleasure as it is widely

recognized in research that reading for pleasure enhances literacy skills.

Printing and research: The Library is also open a 8:30am before school and at lunch time for students to

print and do research. Black and white printing is available for 20 cents per page. Colour printing is

available from the print room for 40 cent per page (the print room is closed on Fridays).

—Mrs Kerrie-Ann Eaton, Librarian

Pearl is standing in our school library with her newly published book



Youth Change Agent

Last week, two of our year 8 'Young Change Agent' teams participated in the Northern Rivers Final. Young Change Agents is a program that helps young people see problems as opportunities through the lens of social enterprise. Our new Young Change Agents pitched their social en-terprise solutions to problems they have identified and are passionate about! Mullumbimby High School ideas included an App that helped people with disabilities find suitable facilities that accommodate for their disability and the other team was all about turning plastic 'seabin' waste into alternate products including clothes. The teams presented to a packed audience, media and a team of judges including the Mayor of Tweed Heads, lecturers from Southern Cross University, as well as busi-ness owners who themselves are part of the social en-terprise.

High School Students Turn Social Issues into Business Opportunities

Changing the world isn’t easy, but one organisation is helping Northern Rivers High School students make it happen. Participants were given 48 hours to build a social en-terprise business, and the outcomes were staggering.

NBN Channel 10 posted a news item on those students

pitches! Click on the link:

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2020/02/19/high-

school-students-turn-social-issues-into-business-

opportunities/?

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In the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Department

Visual Arts & Film Classes Mullum HS visual art students have started the year off with a variety of exciting projects. Year 7 visual art students are about to launch into their “through the window” paintings. All of Year 7 will be busy sketching up ideas to turn into colourful painted masterpieces inspired by the work of Fauve painter Matisse. In the meantime we are practicing our understanding of colour and our painting skills. Year 8 are on a journey of discovery, reflecting on their own culture and connecting with others in the wid-er world. Students are learning about art and the Chinese cultural revolution as well as discovering how artists express ideas and experiences through their art making. Why not ask your children to tell you about some of the Chinese artists they are studying. Our charming elective Year 9 and 10 students are enjoying studio time, exploring and experimenting with a range of 2D media, developing their observational skills. They are building confidence in their ability to in-terpret the world through self-expression and creativity. With a focus on foundation drawing skills some clever observational sketches and compositions are taking shape. Currently, Year 11 are amazed by Modernism and how the industrial revolution saw an explosion of ideas, in particular how artists started to question and change how they expressed and represented the world through their artmaking. Just like the Modernists, Year 11 will be challenging their ideas about how to rep-resent the world through their own 2D compositions. Year 12 are immersed in the beginnings of their Body of Work, with painting, sculpture, printmaking, instal-lation and video all being investigated and developed to communicate concepts ranging from identity, reli-gion, and climate to virtual reality. Their first interviews are approaching where they will discuss their ideas and techniques with a panel of art teachers for feedback, advice and further direction on their exciting cre-ative journeys. The Film classes are learning the process of production and post production with Silent films, Documen-taries, Opening sequences and short films being developed as they earn their camera licences and practice techniques in lip sync, green screen and titling. Later this term, Senior and elective art and photography students are set to travel to Brisbane’s GOMA for emersion in gallery culture. Currently the galleries WATER and INDIGENOUS WOMEN PAINTERS exhibition is showing. Our high school believes it is an essential part of our curriculum for students to experience highly original, expressive and challenging artworks in a gallery setting to rouse curiosity and inspire crea-tivity in our children. We hope you will support us in encouraging students to participate in this wonderful excursion opportunity. Music, Performance and Production The Music programs from Year 7 to Year 12 is covering a broad range of genres and experiences. The Year 7 “Playing Music” topic has a focus on learning keyboards skills and introducing the musical lan-guage . Year 8 are being immersed in “The Blues”, looking at issues of historical and cultural importance while learning the 12 Bar Blues Form, Blues Scale and Walking Bass. The Yr 9 Elective Music class is eager and excited to be discovering more about “Australian Music” in its



many contexts. A performance assessment piece and their own composition is keeping them very busy. Year 10 “Music and Technology” is providing much in the way of current practice and industry standards, especially with access to our new ipads for reference and software applications. At present, the Year 11 Music class is learning all about “Methods of Notation” and are preparing a compo-sition for discussion in the form of a Viva Voce. Year 12 are investigating the roles of instruments in “Small Ensembles” through performance and applied musicology, and are honing their listening skills and written responses for the up-coming HSC Aural exam. Various music ensembles have been utilising our music rooms at recess and lunch for practice opportuni-ties. The Year 8 Choir run by Mr Fletcher, has began rehearsing and will be joined later in the term by the all new Year 7 MHS singing group for some combined performances. Worth a mention also is the work and commitment of Mr Ivett and his Stage Crew, who are currently setting up two Silent Rehearsal workstations in F Block to be used during class time. — Mr Jason Fletcher, HT CAPA (relieving) and Mrs Natalie Grant, CAPA Teacher

BASE Youth Women’s Leadership Awards Good luck to the following students who are all finalists, representing MHS at the BASE Youth Women's Leadership Awards. The awards will be held at Kingscliff on Friday 6th March! Community Service and Citizenship Award Lauren Williams Amelia Langton Sports Leadership Award Mollie Cheek Jordan Diehm Academic & Leadership Award Teal Jordan Creative Arts & Performing Arts Award Holly Azzopardi Elli Coleman Youth Spirit Award Jordan Diehm



Science

To kick off the year, the science faculty has been

focusing on getting students engaged in this term's

curriculum. Year 7 has been learning about the

nature and practice of science and of course the

highlight has been working towards getting their

Bunsen burner license. Year 8 has been busy with

learning about the scientific method, conducting

experiments and writing reports. Year 9 has been

learning about the importance of ecosystems and

with the recent fires and floods, this has been quite a

relevant unit of study! Year 10 has been exploring

Newton's laws of motion and getting a great

introduction into physics. Our agriculture students

have been braving the hot weather with our new

teacher Mr Ben Harris who is with us for this year.

They have been getting their veggie plots prepared

for the next growing season. Our marine studies

students have been learning all about CPR and water

safety to prepare for the numerous excursions and learning activities the course offers. And of course, our

senior students have been getting back into the considerable demands of the Preliminary and HSC courses.

Overall, it has been a busy but exciting start to the year and we look forwards to sharing more of it with our

learning community! — Mr Marshall Chang, HT Science (Relieving)



High School Swimming Carnival



Swimming Carnival 2020 February the 5th saw the Petria Thomas Swimming Pool in Mullumbimby a wash with brightly dressed MHS students singing their sporting houses themes. After the water had settled following the “Mullet Run” a participation-based event the real action commenced with 100m Freestyle. The day was progressing nicely until a storm began to make its way down the coast from Brisbane. The pace was accelerated and the mar-shals had to work double time to get races swum as quickly as possible. Unfortunately some distant lighting put a stop to the carnival half way through the Back Stroke races. Thomas Cheek was a stand out on the day breaking records in the three events he was able to compete in prior to the suspension of the carnival. He broke the 100 Free record of 1:03.5 recording a time of 1:00.61, the Breast Stroke record of 1:24.79 with a time of 1:21.72 and the Back-Stroke record of 1:16.6 with a time of 1:15.41. We have also decided that Thomas will be recorded as the MHS 100 Fly record holder after posting a PB at the zone carnival of 1:08.00. Outstanding results that are testament to the hard work skill and dedication Thomas shows towards his swimming. Congratulations to all of our age champions:

2020 Swimming Age Champions

The work that you all put into training shows your ability to commit to the achievement of your goals.

2020 Swimming House Points

Congratulation to the Captains Shelby Booth and Luke Caldwell-Wearne as well as Vice Captains Kimberly

Brabazon and Lachlan Belleville of the mighty Acacia. Your leadership in the senior pyjama relay as well as

an extraordinary amount of great swimmers with second names between A-C saw the smallest sporting

house in the school come up with another resounding win.

Congratulations to the students who participated in this year’s swimming carnival. Thank you to all of you

that made it an enjoyable and memorable day.

Age Female Male

12 years Monet Shortland Tristan Burgess

13 years Montannah Archibald Jacob Kerlin

14 years Zara Morris Joshua Hayes

15 years Pia Brittian Thomas Cheek

16 years Charlotte Archibald

Natasha Fraser

Myles Sigley

17+ years Mollie Cheek Erez Lebovits

Jnr AWD Hannah Sigley Myles Sigley

Snr AWD Isabella Cougle

Team Points Rank

Acacia 180 1st

Jacaranda 118 3rd

Kurrajong 88 2nd

Yarrabin 56 4th



FAR NORTH COAST ZONE CARNIVAL Congratulations to all our swimmers that went to Murwillumbah on Tuesday to represent Mullumbimby High School at the FNC zone carnival. Our talented swimmers fought hard and our school finished second in the zone, only 7 points behind Byron Bay High School. Multiple PBs were saw as our students again stepped up in the representative arena. PBs were saw on the day by: Cedar Eastwell if both Free and Beast; Charlotte Archibald in both 50 and 100 Back and 50 free; Natasha Fraser 100 Free and Breast and 50 free; Madison Caldwell-Wearne 100 back and free; Monet Shortland 100 and 50 free, Thomas Cheek 200 100 and 50 free and 100 fly; Seamus Graeme-Cook 100 back; and Lucas Grainey 50 free. Special congratulations go to Montannah Archibald, Thomas Cheek, and Mollie Cheek who are the FNC age champions for the 13’s 15’s and 17+ age groups. What a tremendous effort from these super talented young swimmers. The Mullum High team performed very well with so many students winning or coming a close second. With a top 2 finish needed to make it to North Coast it makes me very happy to say that the majority of our FNC swimmers will be representing the FNC and Mullumbimby High at the NC carnival in Coffs Harbour on Tuesday the 3rd of March. I would like to wish all our NC swimmers the best of luck when they compete in Coffs next week. - Mr Binkley, PDHPE Teacher and Sports Organiser



Far North Coast Swimming Carnival in Murwillumbah

Our incredible FNC swimmers at Murwillumbah (Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre)



HOLIDAYS DURING SCHOOL TIME A reminder to our school community that the NSW Department of Education requires that parents arrange holidays during school vacations. If your family holiday is during school time, you will need to inform the School Principal in advance and submit a permission to leave from the school. An application for leave should be provided at least two weeks prior to departure. Ask our office for an “Application for Leave” BEFORE the holiday.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

PARENT PORTAL All new parents have received a Parent Portal “key” via email with the instruction on how to set up their portal access. In the portal, you have access to your student timetable, attendance re-port, the community calendar, teacher messaging, etc. If you opened your portal last year, go to the link Parent Portal login and use the same username, email address and password you logged on with last year.

SCHOOL PHOTO All students present on the day had their photo taken. If you want to order them, and didn’t get a chance on the day, you can order and make payments online at www.schoolphotographer.com.au. Select “Click here for online payments” button and follow the on-screen instructions. Or call their office 9674 9824 and they will take your pay-ments. Our school code is X6016SEC42M ABSENT, LATE OR EARLY PROCEDURES If your child is absent from school, let us know they are safe. Phone: 6684 2600 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: 8:30am to 3:30pm - Monday to Friday Coming in late? School starts at 8.50am including senior students. If students arrive after that time and miss CARE, please call the school to explain why they are late or provide a note. All students who have missed roll-call (CARE) need to come to Student Services to inform us of their arrival at school. Parents will be notified by SMS of the late arrival of their student with no explanation. Leaving early? Only valid reasons approved by the Principal will be authorised. This note should be at Students Ser-vice before 9am and a leave pass will be processed. We highly encourage for appointments to be organised out-side of normal school times or during school holidays. Messages to students Only urgent messages will be passed on to students. Please call before 2pm. Thank you for your support.



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