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Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 17 . 9 November 2018

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2452 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

GRIP Leadership Conference P.4

Technology & Applied Science P.5

Year 6 Orientation P.6

Share the Dignity Drive P.6

U/14s Cricket P.7

AECG Art Competition P.8

RRISK Newsletter P.9

2019 Carnival Dates P.10

Community Notices P.11

On Tuesday 30 October, 27 students from Years 8 to

12 attended the GRIP Student Leadership Conference

in Coffs Harbour. Students attending included Student

Representative Councillors, School Prefects, current,

and future SMILE Mentors. The conference focused

on creating an amazing school culture through dynam-

ic student leadership.

Those attending came away inspired with fresh ideas

to strengthen already well-established programs at

Woolgoolga High School.

The school is proud of our culture of students helping

students and the conference has helped this tradition

to continue well into the future.

Read what the students said on page 4.

GRIP Student Leadership Conference

Those attending

came away inspired

with fresh ideas to

strengthen already

well-established

programs at

Woolgoolga High

School.

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 9 November 2018 . Issue 17


From the Principal’s Desk

Last week 27 students attended the GRIP Leadership course in Coffs

Harbour and another 10 students were given the opportunity to develop

their leadership skills in their attendance of the Halogen Conference in

Brisbane.

One of our school’s most important challenges in today’s world is to help create and support lead-

ership across the school.

Last week 27 students attended the GRIP Leadership course in Coffs Harbour and another 10

students were given the opportunity to develop their leadership skills at the Halogen Conference

in Brisbane. It is so important for students to pass these positive attributes on to other students in

our school.

I am looking forward to hearing directly some of the outcomes of the GRIP Leadership day next

Wednesday where group representatives will address the Executive meeting. Student voice is an

extremely important reason as to why our school is achieving so much in many areas across the

school.

Our SMILE program and our Academic Achievement Centre are two such programs that have

come about by listening to student voice.

I hope the students bring some great ideas to next Wednesday’s meeting.

Last night I attended the Zonta Young Women in Leadership public speaking awards in Coffs

Harbour. Our school captain Alex Rook, took out the Pat Funnell Award which was presented by

Dave Funnell (a retired Principal of Woolgoolga High). The Mayor, Denise Knight was in attend-

ance and commented very positively on the calibre of the speakers on the night. Congratulations

Alex!

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal

SAVE THE DATE

Primary Schools Performance:

Wednesday 28th November 2018

Evening Performances:

Thursday 29th, Friday 30th November and

Saturday 1st December 2018



IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Tue Nov 13 P&C meeting

Wed Nov 14 Year 12 formal

Wed Nov 28 Musical performance primary school preview

Thur Nov 29—Sat Dec 1 Musical evening performances

Tue Dec 4 Year 6 orientation

Tue Dec 4 Year 8/9 excursion to Port Macquarie

Mon Dec 10—Fri Dec 14 Year 10 work experience

Tue Dec 11 P&C meeting

Thur Dec 13—Fri Dec 14 Camp Koinonia Year 7 excursion

Tue Dec 18 Annual presentation assembly

Tue Dec 18 Reports issued Years 7-10

Wed Dec 19 Last day for students

School Camp Year 7

IMPORTANT NEWS!

The last day to finalise payment

for the end of year school camp is

Friday 23 November.

Be sure to make payment at the

front office so you don't miss out.

The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

AMBULANCE SCHOOL COVER—EXCURSIONS

We have been advised that the Ambulance Service of NSW has reciprocal health care agreements with all

Australian states except Queensland and South Australia.

This means that, even though Woolgoolga High has Ambulance School Cover for students who have an

accident or fall ill whilst at school or at an organised school activity, they are not covered while on school

excursions to Queensland and South Australia.

Only students whose parent/guardians hold a Commonwealth Government Health Care Card or have private

health insurance (including ambulance-only cover) are possibly covered when on a school excursion to Queens-

land or South Australia. It is strongly recommended that parents/guardians who do have cover with a private

health fund, check their family’s eligibility with regards to travel to all the states.

Angela Poultney of Year 8 with her gold

medal from the Australian Goalball Cham-

pionships which she attended in Perth

during October (full article in previous

Newsletter Issue 16).



GENEROSITY Willingness to use what you have been given (time and resources) on behalf of those you seek to influence.

RESPONSIBILITY We all have a responsibility to develop what we have and help others to live well.

INTEGRITY A commitment to truth and honesty in dealings.

PEOPLE Every human being is of great significance, and has a purpose to fulfil.

On Tuesday 3 October, a large group of students

including SRC, prefects, SMILE mentors and

captains of Woolgoolga High joined the leaders

from other local schools to attend the GRIP Lead-

ership Conference at Coffs Harbour.

The conference was organised into different

sessions. Each session taught us how to maxim-

ise our leadership skills by learning strategies to

involve more people in school events, maximise

our contribution to the leadership team, and how

to create dynamic school culture. We learnt that

we can have a real impact on the attitude and

behaviours of other students by using strategies

to support and involve them in school activities.

The sessions were a lot of fun and we gained

knowledge and confidence to lead students in the

best possible way.

All students who attended the conference agreed

that tips and strategies they learned are useful

and can be implemented for the wellbeing of all

students at our school.

Submitted by Komalpreet Kaur and

Nimratdeep Gill

GRIP Leadership Conference



Metalwork and Ducklings - the new technology syllabus for Years 7 and 8;

integrating learning in technology areas of metalwork, agriculture, engineering and digital

technologies.

Early this term saw Year 10 Food Technology busy

designing recipes, organising ingredients and

creating their own ‘freak shakes’. Freak shakes are

milkshakes topped with everything and anything

you can imagine. As part of their practical and

theoretical lessons, students had the opportunity to

innovate, refine their cooking skills and practice

multiple techniques. All students did a wonderful

job! Here are some of the creations.

L. Ogilvie & M. Donnelly

Year 10 Food Technology



An Orientation Day for incoming Year 7 students

will be held at Woolgoolga High on Tuesday 4

December 2018. Parents are invited to attend

an information session in the hall from 9.20am for

approximately an hour while students stay on to

experience a day of high school. Students will be

able to take the bus home in the afternoon.

A letter will be sent home with details of the Orientation Day to all families.

Book packs will be available for purchase at the school canteen on Orientation Day and after that

at Woolgoolga Newsagency. Woolgoolga High School is a school uniform school, you can

purchase uniforms from the school’s uniform shop which will be open on Orientation Day.

The first day of attendance for Year 7 students next year is Wednesday 30 January 2018. The

day will begin with an Assembly in the Hall at 8.55am.

Please contact the school immediately if your circumstances change and you no longer wish to

proceed with this enrolment. We will then offer this vacancy to another student on our waiting list.

WHS Year 6 Orientation Day

The "It's in the Bag" Christmas campaign

asks the community to donate a handbag

that you no longer use, fill it with items that

would make a woman feel special and

even pop a thoughtful note into the bag to

show her that someone cares and that she

matters. A combination of essential and/or

luxury items can be included which will

make any woman feel loved.

Woolgoolga High’s staff and students

would love the community to get behind

this initiative and donate goods and bags.

There are pink bins outside the home sci-

ence staffroom that students can leave

items. The students in Year 11 community

and family studies will spend a morning

filling the bags with items such as the ones

listed.

Community & Family Studies “Share the Dignity” Program



U/14s Cricket

On Tuesday 30 October the Woolgoolga High

School Under 14s cricket team travelled to

Connell Park in Bellingen to participate in the

second round of the National Bank Shield.

Although it started out as an overcast day, the

weather cleared and both teams enjoyed the

competitive nature of the day. After the tossing

of the shoe (no coin available) Woolgoolga

batted first, setting a roaring total of 134 runs.

Opening batsmen Hunter Jefferies and Callum

Roworth set the scene for the day with a

scorching 48 and 30 runs respectively. They

were supported by their teammates with fast

running between the wickets.

In the field the boys played well, with steady

batting from the opposition. A diverse range of

bowling occurred with the following results:

Jack Dudgeon 4 overs, 1 for 5 runs

Manveer Clair 4 overs, 0 for 11 runs

Callum Roworth 4 overs, 2 for 22

Isaac Hart 3 overs, 0 for 7 runs

Hunter Jefferies 4 overs, 4 for 5 runs

Ryan Barnes 4 overs, 0 for 10 runs

Judd Watters-Campbell 2 overs, 1 for 6 runs

Ethan Pursch 3 overs, 1 for 12 runs

Harjaap Singh 1 over, 1 for 2 runs

A huge thankyou to Mr Pomroy from Bellingen

High School for organising the home game and

parent Mr Perry (with Mrs Hart) for scoring.

Thanks for the support from parents for bringing

the cricketers to the game and to Mrs Hart for

organising the Woolgoolga High side. We look

forward to playing Toormina High School on

Monday 12 November at the High Street fields.

Submitted by Ethan Pursch

Pictured (top row L-R):

Isaac Hart

David Wall

Manveer Clair

Robin Worthing

Harjaap Singh and

Ryan Barnes

(front row)

Judd Watters-Campbell

Zachary Welch

Ethan Pursch

Callum Roworth

Hunter Jefferies and

Jack Dudgeon.



Newsletter 2

Alcohol and Young People

Trends relating to young people and alcohol are increasingly improving. Specifically, there has

been an increase in the age at which 14–24-year-olds first tried alcohol, from 14.4 years in

1998 to 15.7 years in 20132. Also, fewer people aged 12–17 are drinking alcohol and the pro-

portion abstaining from alcohol increased significantly between 2013 and 2016 (from 72% to

82%)

2 http://www.aihw.gov.au/alcohol-and-other-drugs/ndshs/CHECK

3 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122765890

However, whilst more young people aged between 12 to 17 years of age are abstaining from

alcohol than in previous years3, almost 5 million people in Australia aged 14 or older (22%)

reported being a victim of an alcohol-related incident4.

Young people are less likely than adults to be concerned about potential negative conse-

quences of alcohol and are at greater risk than adults (being both physically and psychologi-

cally vulnerable).

Current research suggests the brain is not fully developed until about 25 years of age. Binge

drinking alcohol before this age can result in permanent brain damage5, affecting memory,

learning, decision making and problem solving.

Recognising the serious impact of alcohol on young people, NSW Office of Liquor and Gaming

have changed the laws regarding supply of alcohol to young people. Under Section 117 of the

New South Wales Liquor Act 2007 it is illegal to supply alcohol to people aged under 18 years

in a private home unless it is supplied by:

• the child’s parent or guardian, or

• an adult who has the approval of the child’s parent or guardian.

A person convicted of secondary supply in NSW can be fined up to $11 000 for each underage

drinker involved.

For more information on the effect of alcohol on the developing brain, see http://darta.net.au/

wordpresscontent/uploads/2013/02/ALCOHOL-AND-THE-DEVELOPING-BRAIN.docx.pdf

Mental health

Drinking at a young age increases the risk of mental health problems. For more information or

support contact Beyond Blue www.beyondblue.org.au 1300 22 4636

Look for information about the RRISK Program and risk taking at our website

www.rrisk.com.au



PLEASE NOTE: DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT ARE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

2019 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES

SWIMMING CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETICS

WHS Wednesday 6/2/19 (whole school) Woolgoolga Wednesday 13/2/19 (competitors only) Woolgoolga

Friday 12/4/19 Woolgoolga

TBA Woolgoolga

MNC Thursday 28/2/19 Coffs Harbour

Friday 17/5/19 Nana Glen

TBA Coffs Harbour

NC Tuesday 5/3/19 Murwillumbah

Friday 14/6/19 Nana Glen

Thursday 8/8/19 Coffs Harbour

NSW Monday 8 to Wednesday 10/4/19 Homebush

Friday 26/7/19 Eastern Creek

Wednesday 4 to Friday 6/9/9 Homebush



Dear Parents and Carers

DMMSG provides high quality, on-site, general dental care services to children aged 2-17 years.

Under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS), funded by the Australian Federal Govern-

ment, our services are at no cost to eligible students. We can provide dental services to eligible

children who are covered under the Medicare scheme.

We provide children with essential dental treatment & education using the latest technology in

portable dental units.

Our program involves:

Dental education about oral hygiene and the importance of maintaining great oral health Comprehensive oral examination Scale, polish and clean

Topical application of Tooth Mousse (decay prevention)

To be eligible for CBDS:

Children must be aged between 2 to 17 years old Must be enrolled in Medicare

The family must receive Family Tax Benefit Part A

If the child is NOT eligible for CBDS they:

Can participate in the dental education Can receive the Dental Service at a discounted rate of $69.00

For further information, please contact 02 8631 2415.

Kind Regards DMMSG



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Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga Phone: 6654 8989

Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Beach Street Woolgoolga

Phone 66542744

Woolgoolga

High School

Silver Awards

are generously

sponsored by:



Wanted

Homestay Hosts

We are looking for caring families and individuals to provide a wonderful home away

from home for international students attending Woolgoolga High School.

Must be able to provide meals and a Working With Children Check.

Hosts receive $285 per week for a single room. Short (1 term) to long (4 terms) stays

are available.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator Mrs Megan Hart (02 6654 1500)

The Rotary Club of Woolgoolga holds their monster auction on the first Saturday of every month (except January). A significant portion of the funds raised goes to supporting programs for local school students.

Head down to the Rotary compound and shed behind the Woolgoolga CWA building, beside the Diggers RSL club, and check out the bargains available.

Smaller items will be on sale from 10am, with the larger items to be auctioned off from 1pm.

A big thank you to each of the members of our community who have donated goods. If you have items for pickup, call Dick Matthews on 6654 1828.

http://www.staydownunder.com.au



Now Available At Woolgoolga High School

A secure Westpac banking facility has now been added to the Woolgoolga High School website to

allow parents/carers to make online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments for things like

voluntary school contributions, excursions, sporting activities or sales to students.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us at the top of our homepage.

For those experienced in paying online, the process will be familiar. Detailed instructions are

available by opening the Parent Online Payment Instructions on the Information tab on our website.

We hope that you will find this payment option convenient. Payments can still be made at the

Woolgoolga High School Office by cash, cheque or EFTPOS before school and during break 1.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Volunteers needed to serve in only 1 hour increments:

8.30am - 9.30am

11.00am - 12.00 noon

1.00pm - 2.00pm

If you can help please ring the school on 66541500 or

follow the link on the school’s website to complete

the expression of interest.

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/parent-information

See menu with price list on the school’s website

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

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