Thursday 19th March 2015 Week 2 of cycle Term 1 Vol 4

Thursday 19th March

Common Room - 6:00pm

New members welcome!

WELCOME YEAR 7 SOCIAL

Important Dates

March

Thur 19 Year 7 Swim & Survive

Thur 19 School OPEN NIGHT

Fri 20 School photographs

Wed 25 Year 7 Excursion

Thur 26 Year 7 Excursion

Fri 27 Year 7 Excursion

Tues 31 Parent Teacher Meeting

April

Thur 2 Cross Country BALLINA

Fri 3 GOOD FRIDAY

Mon 20 Term 2 starts

Tues 21 ALL students return

Wed 22 ANZAC Day Assembly

One of the things which makes Kyogle High School such a great school is the students who come here every day. The majority of our students are friendly, respectful and wanting to achieve success at school. They reflect the expectations of their families and the communities from which they come from. Over the last couple of weeks both Mr Landers and myself have interviewed a small minority of students who have made poor choices either while they have been at school, or outside school and then allowing the consequences of these poor choices to follow them to school. Neither of us take pleasure in having to contact parents or carers in order to discuss their student‘s behaviour and how, should it continue, the behaviour may lead to a suspension from school. The only thing worse is discussing a student‘s actual suspension. I would like to define clearly my approach to both suspension warnings and suspensions from school. A suspension warning, is issued to a student who has broken school rules on a number of occasions, despite the interventions of teachers. Examples might include repeated truancy, repeated failure to follow instructions, repeated failure to complete assigned detentions or repeated harassment towards other students. When a student is officially cautioned over a particular behaviour, both they and their parents or carers understand that any repeat of that behaviour will, in most cases, result in a suspension from school. In the majority of cases, support between school and home for the student means that a suspension rarely occurs. Suspensions from school are, overall, not pleasant for anyone concerned. We certainly do not enjoy issuing them. They are intended to be a time of reflection for the student, under the supervision of their parents or carers, and a time for the school to consider how best to plan for the student‘s return to school so the situation which meant they were suspended is eliminated or minimised. The length of a suspension generally reflects the time needed by the school for this planning. Suspensions from school are only effective if the student, their parents or carers and the school are all able to attend a suspension resolution meeting which addresses the issues which led to the suspension in a constructive way and plan together how they will ensure these issues will not cause further problems.

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Principal’s Report

The Department of Education and Communities requires suspension for the following behaviours:

Continued disobedience, as described above, often involving the issuing of an official caution, suspension warning, before a suspension is assigned.

Persistent misbehaviour which interferes with the work of teachers or the learning of other students.

Aggressive behaviour, both physical and verbal. This includes the use of offensive language, which is not tolerated at Kyogle High School.

Physical violence which causes pain and/or injury to others.

Criminal behaviour, for example vandalism, theft or damage to the property of students or staff.

The possession, or use of, alcohol or illegal

drugs

The possession or use of weapons, implements that could be used as weapons or replicas of weapons.

As Relieving Principal of Kyogle High School, it is my intention to defend the rights of all students to high quality teaching and learning every day they come to school by enforcing all of the above. I know that this is what our community expects and I take very seriously the role that I, along with all teachers at Kyogle High School to ensure a quality learning environment.

Gae Masters

Relieving Principal

Kyogle Soccer – Season 2015 Junior Training commences on Thursday the 19th March Mini Roos ( ages from 4 – 11 ) are at 4pm at Don Gulley Oval Players should register online using the ―My Football Club‖ Website Any questions can be directed to kyoglefc@ffnc.net.au or to Glenn Rose on 0418 264 968

Contemporary & Classical Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Starts 14th April 2015

Tuesdays 7.00—8.15pm

Location : Our Lady Of Sorrows parish hall 8 Wyangarie Street, Kyogle

(near St Brigids School)

Contact: Melanie Farmer 0404 223 767

Email: zanaihealth@yahoo.com.au

Melanie has over 20 years of Middle Eastern Dance experience.

Did you know... Women make up 51% of the world‘s population. And yet, women‘s sport makes up only 7% of all Australian sport coverage. Last Friday, 6

th March 2015, teacher Miss Leila Gray, School Captain Karlie Harris, Vice-Captain Holly Mitchell, SRC

President Marne Petherbridge and myself attended the International Women‘s day festival at the Hilton, Surfers Paradise. The festival is organised to celebrate the inspiration and the local and global growth through the work of women. This is to encourage young women to be inspired and informed about future possibilities for women in leadership. The program featured speeches and presentations from many strong, powerful and influential women. Employee of Google, Stephanie Boardman, shared her experience with the global corporation; who strive to ―create technology to improve the world.‖ Google embodies DIVERSITY as the key component to their success. They believe that to reach and cater to every individual user in the world; they must utilise a divergent workforce to reflect their users. The company‘s ―googly‖ nature empowers creativity and an audacious environment to stimulate innovational thinking. To foster the creative workplace, Google allows pets at work, provides ‗sleeping pods‘, free food, showers, games and bright, colourful fun spaces, plus many other ‗cool‘ aspects which exemplify their ―work hard play hard‖ motto. Google embraces such an important message and invests in the value of diversity- which I believe is the doorway to a more ethical and better future for all. So, in light of International Women‘s day, why not support Google‘s message and embrace diversity.

Elizabeth Clark, Year 12 Student

Hi All—Mum‘s, Dads and extended family. I am hoping to encourage you to come along for 4 hours just once to experience life as a canteen volunteer. You will enjoy a very stress-less, social day which gives you an opportunity to observe what goes on in our children‘s school. You will meet teachers and students and you will be helping to raise funds which benefit our children. As far as the jobs on the day go, Faye makes sure you only do what you feel comfortable with—that is if you don‘t like dealing with the money or serving, you can do something else. We have lost a number of parents and as such we really need some more helpers. So please, give it some consideration. I promise you will enjoy a lovely day, your lunch will be provided, your help will be greatly appreciated and I am sure you will be happy to come back! So, if you are willing to help, please call Faye on 6632 1300, we would love to hear from You!

Cheers—Jo Bulmer Parent Volunteer

P&C Meetings are held in the

Common Room at 6:00pm

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 19th March 2015

James Excels at Australian Titles.

James McPaul, Year 11 has been on a whirlwind running ride since the School Carnival last year. He has just finished competing at the Australian Titles in

Sydney over the weekend, with great results. James competed in the 400m and made the final. Running a Personal Best time of 50:06. What a fantastic effort! On the Sunday, he was selected to run in the 4 x 400 metre Under 18 NSW Championship team. They just missed out on winning the Australian Titles and came home with a SILVER MEDAL!! Well done James!

The NAPLAN tests will be conducted from 12-14 May 2015.

TUESDAY 12 MAY WEDNESDAY 13 MAY THURSDAY 14 MAY Language Conventions Reading Numeracy (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) Writing

Upcoming Events

UNSW Medical Faculty will be visiting the school at 9am Wednesday 25 March the to give a talk to students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are interested in following medicine as a future career option. Students who are interested will need to let Mrs Riesinger know.

Year 10 Mandatory Work Experience – May 4-8 (Week 3 Term 2) All Year 10 students should have received their paperwork – if not see Mrs Riesinger immediately. All required forms must be handed in by the end of Term 1. If any student is having problems finding a placement please see Mrs Riesinger.

SCU Year 8 UniBound Workshops on May 12 2015. These workshops are run at KHS and all Year 8 are expected to participate.

Northern Rivers Career Expo – May 14 Students in Years 10, 11 and 12 will have the opportunity to attend the annual Northern Rivers Career Expo at the Goonellabah Sports and Aquatic Centre. Information and notes will be given out Term 2 Week 1.

**NOTE: Information regarding Careers including upcoming events is available on

kyoglehighcareers.com – this site is Kyogle High School Careers one stop shop for up to

date information relevant to senior students. The information is not just school based but

looks at the wider picture for senior students, having options to view relevant information

from other states. There is also a secure student site which enables students to create a career plan, list

achievements and complete quizzes. This information is totally secure and is saved so that students can access and

keep up to date records to help with achieving their future goals. Mrs Riesinger—Careers Advisor

Visual Arts Assessment Tasks Assessment Tasks have been distributed to students in Years 7,8 and VSO classes. These Assessment Tasks, along with the resources used in class and supplementary examples used to support students to achieve outcomes can be viewed on the KHS Moodle. At this stage Year 7 tasks are due in week 10 however the due date may be extended to

term 2 to ensure students have adequate in class time to complete their tasks. Students from each year have class time provided for these tasks and some students have already made great progress through homework. Please ask your son or daughter about these tasks and whether they are enjoying the opportunity to have options to choose from to demonstrate their understanding. Mrs Andrews—Head Teacher CAPA

CRANKFEST ART PROJECT During Lunchtime (March 23) in Room 22, a group from CRANKFEST will be meeting with students interested in being a part of a PUBLIC ART PROJECT. This meeting will be an opportunity for students to plan and speak with the Artist KARMA BARNES. Students will work with this artist in preparation for an artwork which will be created on April 18th in Evans Head during CRANKFEST. Free transport is provided. Two workshops in Lismore will also be arranged. This is a great opportunity for students interested in Art, Event Management and being a part of the Community to become involved. Lunch 1, Room 22…..all interested students from any years are welcome. More details will be available after this meeting. Janet Andrews—Head Teacher CAPA

CANTEEN ROSTER Fri 20/03: P Haydock, C Howes Mon 23/03: S Pederson Tues 24/03: C Howes Wed 25/03: C Judd Thurs 26/03: K Crawter, K Hoffman Fri 27/03: H Koturaj Mon 30/03: C Campbell Tues 31/03: K Carter Wed 01/04: H Koturaj Thurs 02/04: T Mazzer Friday: 03/04: Good Friday Canteen Committee Meeting—Annual General Meeting to be held 30th April 2015 at 4.30pm in the Staff Common Room. Come along and have your say on the running of our canteen. Faye.

Kyogle Swimming Club Kyogle Championship Carnival will be held on Sunday

22nd

March commencing at 1pm. This is open to all registered Kyogle swimmers, nominations for this

carnival will close on Friday 13th March. On Friday 27

th

March a fun night will be held at the pool instead of normal races. Also could anyone with perpetual trophies

from last year please return them to the pool.

HANDS ON WITH TECHNOLOGY In one class of the Stage 4 Technology this term students have been working on HTML coding, photo editing, animation and features of word processors. During the later part of this term students are working on an individual computing based project. Each project is of their own choosing and requires students to develop a portfolio that documents their design process. Students are to select the project on the basis of interest and it seeks to develop their own self directed learning. Pictured are Year 7 students Emily, Harry and Ember who are currently working on computer hardware. Using an old computer they have dismantled it and are now reassembling it. Other examples of student projects include music production, robot development, video production, web sites and game development. Mr O’Meara

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We have been building a Lego robot called the SPIK3R. We are doing an assessment task in Technology for Mr.O‘Meara. ‗We all sat down and decided to build a Lego robot. The Lego robot has 1 out of 4 stages to complete the build. We are working to program the SPIK3R‘. Caleb, Kaleb and Teykoa—Year 7