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Term 2 Week 8 2017Half Yearly Assessment and ReportingAssessment and reporting are high on the list of priorities for the whole school at present. The school has upgraded our assessment and reporting software and in converting to new systems there have been some delays as the software is adapted for our needs. Year 12 Reports are currently being printed and will be distributed this week, providing an important record of student progress at this critical stage of their courses. Year 11 Reports are well underway.

Years 7 to 10 are in the midst of completing formal assessment examinations and other assessment tasks. The last of these will be completed in Week 9. One of our aims at Woolooware is to have each and every student achieve their personal best. In light of this, we urge parents to encourage our students to be positive in their approach to examination results – use the assessment feedback to target areas for improvement and ask our teachers for advice in improving problem areas.

Parents and students are also reminded at this time that information about upcoming assessment tasks is available on the school website under the ‘Students and Community ‘ menu. (http://www.woolooware-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/)

Parents & Citizens AssociationThanks to our dedicated band of P&C members for funding wireless access points and associated cabling for our Multi Purpose Hall (MPH). This will allow the MPH to be better used as a teaching resource and is an important option for future online assessment. The wireless facility will also service the area under our COLA following its construction.

Please continue to support our P&C through following their progress via the meeting minutes (available on the school website under the ‘Latest News’ menu) and fundraisers such as the “Buy a Brick” project that will soon be advertised. This will

allow community sponsorship of paving stones to be laid as a component of our 50th Anniversary celebration later this year.

SRC FundraisingOur SRC have planned a “Beanies for Brain Cancer” day on Tuesday 27th June. This will be via gold coin donation. All funds received from this and the accompanying ‘Bake stalls’ at recess and lunch will go to the ‘Mark Hughes Foundation’ We encourage all families to support this extremely worthwhile fundraising effort.

AllergensAs in all communities, some of our students have quite severe allergic reactions to particular allergens. Amongst the more common of these is allergy to nuts and nut products. Though a student may be aware of their own allergies, they may not be aware of the contents of another student’s food e.g. that a biscuit contains peanuts. For this reason students are advised not to share food, and we request that where possible the school community do not pack foods such as nuts.

50th Anniversary2017 marks Woolooware High School’s 50th anniversary. To mark this important milestone the school community will be undertaking a number of activities and events. These will include the creation of a time capsule, a formal ceremony and community paving project to raise funds through the P&C. Mr McDougall will be co-ordinating these activities.

Mr S FiSher, Mr r TuranSky and Mr r Mcdougall Senior execuTive

Photos from School and Zone Cross Country

Strive For ExcellenceFRENCH EXCURSION TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, CANBERRA

At the end of last term, Year 9 and 10 French classes from Woolooware High School joined with students from Port Hacking High School French classes on an excursion to Canberra to view the Treasures of Versailles exhibition at the National Art Gallery. This exhibition displays some of the art treasures from the Royal Palace of Versailles which is about 20km south-west of Paris.

From the golden bust of Marie-Antoinette to lavish furnishings, tapestries and other items showing the extraordinary opulence of the Palace, the students were shown how the Royal family lived and how the Palace was built and decorated. The picture below shows a barometer from the Palace. Yes, that is real gold.

The students spent nearly two hours going through the exhibition and had to be reminded that what they were seeing was a tiny fraction of the contents of the Palace. The coach ride down and back made for some interesting sights, like the red Ferrari that sped past us on the Federal Highway:

Marie-Antoinette’s harp proved interesting, as did the hands-on interactive display.

Mr r linkiewiczhead Teacher welFare, French Teacher

Strive For ExcellenceCONGRATULATIONS YEAR 9 DANCE!

Our Year 9 Dance Elective participated in a national competition, DanceLife Unite 2017, on Saturday, 27 May.

Students competed against a number of schools with Woolooware being the only comprehensive public school to perform in the lyrical/contemporary section.

It was an excellent experience for the girls! Special Thanks to Jo Peard for supporting the girls on the day of the event.

ROUND 2…they have also qualified for Sydney Region Dance Festival, 2017!

“The annual Sydney Region Dance Festival showcases Dance students from numerous Public Schools within the Sydney Region. Students involved are representative of the region’s talent and skills from years K-12. The festival promotes syllabus developed works with choreography taught by teachers aiming to develop skills set in the outcomes of the NSW Dance syllabus K-6 and 7-12” https://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/sydney-region-dance-festival/

Students will perform Monday, 19 June. This is an excellent opportunity for our elective dancers and qualifies them to audition for State Dance Festival in September.

The girls worked hard in the audition process, so their success is well deserved.

Our special thanks to former WHS student Deirdre Murray-Wallace, for dedicating her time in assisting with the choreography of their dance piece. Deirdre came 1st in the State for HSC Dance in 2016 and is now studying dance professionally. Her skills and willingness to volunteer are a valuable contribution to our students. Welcome back to the process Deirdre!

Thank you to parents, your support makes this process that whole lot more possible.

MS r Makhouldance coordinaTor

Strive For ExcellenceHIP HOP BOYS GROUP UNDERWAY!

For the first time, Woolooware High is offering an extra curricular Hip Hop dance group for Boys.Classes run on Tuesday mornings 8:00-8:45am in the Dance Studio, with choreographers Jonathan Nash-Daly and Matthew Geronimi from Ignyte Industries.

Check out Ignyte here: https://www.ignyteindustries.com

The boys involved have already begun learning a hip hop routine and proving their skills.

Classes will currently be running in 6 week blocks for terms 2 and 3.

All boys from any age are welcome! Inviting Hip Hop dancers, B-Boys, acrobat/gymnastic skills and any boy interested in getting on board.

See the Creative Arts Staffroom for more details!

r.Makhouldance coordinaTor

STudenTS in The newS

Aimee Y8 has been selected as a member of the 2017 Acrobatics State Team competing in June.

Jye Y7 has been selected as a member of a Little League Baseball competing in Lismore in June.

Parrish Y12 has been selected as a member of the NSW CHS Open Girls Basketball team competing in June.

Luke Y10 and Nathan Y11 have been selected as a member of the Sydney East Boys’ Touch team competing in June.

Gabrielle Y12 has been selected as a member of NSW CHS Girls Football team competing in June.

Emerald Y12, Rebecca Y12, Madison Y11 and Sienna Y12 are competing at the Equestian State Interschool Championship in June.

Jarrod Y12 has been selected in the NSW Public Schools 2017 Urban Dance Crew.

Strive For ExcellenceSchool croSS counTry

The School Cross Country was held on Friday, 12th May 2017 under great conditions down at Greenhills. Students elect to participate in this event, and it was great to see so many students keen to compete for the title of School Cross Country Champion.

Everyone competed in the spirit of sportsmanship and all students were very well-behaved. A special mention must go to Mr Donaghy for organising the day and Mr Monahan who was pipped at the post by Keira and will have to stand down as 13 years Girls Champion this year! Congratulations to all on a fantastic day of sport and activity. Our Zone Team competed at the Port Hacking Zone Cross Country on Friday, 26 May, results will be available a later date.

School Cross Country Champions

12 Boys 1 Ezekiel 2 Baxter 3 Josh

12 Girls1 Sarah 2 Piper 3 Evelyn

13 Boys1 Ben 2 Zane 3 Luke

13 Girls1 Keira 2 Killari 3 Jade

14 Boys1 Jax 2 Marley 3 William

14 Girls1 Samantha 2 Gabbi 3 Zoe

15 Boys1 Joshua 2 Tom 3 Luke

15 Girls1 Holly 2 Emily 3 Tess

16 Boys1 Luke 2 Lachlan 3 Gabriel

16 Girls1 Taylor 2 Emily 3 Matilda

17 Girls1 Evie 2 Shelby 3 Tyler

18 Boys1 Luke 2 Curtley 3 Tom

18 Girls1 Lili 2 Phoebe 3 Georgia

MS J Peard

Strive For ExcellenceZone Cross Country

On Friday, 26 May the Port Hacking Zone Cross Country was held at Miranda Park in beautiful conditions.

The following Woolooware students were successful in gaining selection for the Port Hacking Zone team to compete at Sydney East Cross Country.

Girls12 Years 3rd Sarah r 6th Piper 8th Elyse 10th Tamsin 13 Years 6th Keira 14 Years 10th Samantha 15 Years 7th Holly 9th Harper 10th Emily 16 Years 2nd Taylor 8th Emily 17 Years 7th Shelby 9th Evie 10th Tyler 18 Years 2nd Lili 3rd Phoebe 5th Georgia Juliana

Boys12 Years 2nd Ezekiel 14 Years 5th Kobe 7th Jax 8th Marley 10th William 15 Years 5th Tom 9th Luke 18 Years 10th Luke 11th Curtley

Congratulations to the 18 Years Girls team, consisting of Lili, Phoebe, Georgia and Juliana, who were the winning school team in their division.

As usual, the Woolooware runners represented the school with great sportsmanship and effort on the day. All the best to the team competing at the Regional Cross Country Carnival on Wednesday, 14 June at Miranda Park.

Ms J Peard

Strive For Excellenceyear 12 Food Technology develoP Food ProducTS

During the Stage 6 Syllabus Year 12 Food Technology students are required to investigate food products that have been developed from basic ingredients. This investigation encompasses a number of issues including societal change and other drivers for the development of food products, marketing strategies, target markets, technological strategies such as social media applications and product planning/pricing structures/placement and distribution avenues.

Students then have to develop a recipe with a high degree of technical difficulty to produce as part of the assessment.

It is a broad assessment that involves much application work and analysis. Students always continue to impress with their high levels of work.

MS i Moonhead Teach, TaS hoMe econoMicS

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Friday, 19 May

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We recently received a letter from our school sponsor child, Filemon. He is enjoying school and making good progress with his studies.

Strive For ExcellenceGreat Barrier Reef CampYear 10 Marine & Aquaculture Studies

Excerpt from Charles’s Travel Journal

The marine excursion that we had in Cairns was very exciting and fun. We went to Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, White Water Rafting, Reef Teach Talk, the Great Barrier Reef and Fitzroy Island and a number of waterfalls and lakes in the Atherton Tablelands. Our camp went for 4 days and 3 nights, because of all the places we went to and the time we spent there we had to pack a lot of equipment.

Once we arrived at Cairns airport we collected our bags and headed to Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures.

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures was really cool, it had a zoo vibe to it. We were able to go into their habitat with a tour boat where we looked at more than 15 crocodiles. We got to see the crocodiles eat their food as the tour guide held out a piece of meat on a rod so that the crocodile jumped out of the water to eat it. We then walked over to where they kept their baby crocodiles and found out how they get turned into handbags and boots, with people in the class being able to hold a baby crocodile.

After we saw the young crocodiles we went to see other animals that they keep in the zoo including cassowaries, kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, snakes and much more. When we saw these animals a caretaker would usually provide us with information about what they eat, how they interact with each other and humans and if they are dangerous or if they retaliate. The kangaroos and wallabies were in an open pen and we were allowed to feed them with fruits, seeds and vegetables. We were also allowed to feed the cassowaries fruits like peaches through the fenced off enclosure where they ate the food out of our outstretched hand.

On the second night we had pizza while we had the Reef Teach talk with Gareth. Reef Teach is a small company run by six people of all who are marine biologists. Gareth taught us about the types of animals we would be seeing the next day and gave us useful information about what to look out

for and how the Great Barrier Reef works. He told us about different species of coral, fish, stingrays and sharks. One fish that stood out to me was the parrotfish, it got this name because of its beak like mouth and bright colours. The Parrot fish feeds on algae and coral by scraping its beak on coral to scrape off the algae, its waste product is sand. I found this very interesting. The information made me want to see it when we went to the Great Barrier Reef.

BoatsWe took a TUSA dive boat out to Fitzroy Island, it took about 2 hours. The boat was two stories high and could hold over 50 passengers. After we landed at Fitzroy Island we went to see the turtle rehabilitation centre, where we got to see two turtles in recovery, both because of human attack. One turtle had lost one of its eyes in an accident or attack that happened when the turtle was young as her face and hard outer has grown around the eye hole. Information was given on how turtles are born and how they are able to find their way back to the beach where they were born 30 years later. We all donated $5 to the rehabilitation centre to help rescue turtles as they were once endangered and we don’t want that to happen again. As we were leaving we were also told to not use plastic bags and instead renewable shopping bags or make sure that our plastic bags go into a bin so they don’t float into the ocean.

SnorkellingWhen we arrived at our snorkelling spot everyone was excited to jump in; we donned our wetsuits, fins, and masks on the diving platform on the edge of the boat and once we were sorted out we jumped in. It was a really strange sensation snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef because we were in the middle of the ocean and couldn’t see a horizon yet the coral and sand floor were less than a metre or two from the surface. The coral and marine life we saw wasn’t what I expected but was amazing and extremely fun. With the help of our guides; that were working on the TUSA boat we saw many of the species of coral and fish that we learnt about at the Reef Teach Talk, like soft and hard coral. I saw a parrotfish swimming on its lonesome, I could identify it because of its beak like

Strive For Excellencemouth and I waited for it to eat the algae. Within 30 seconds I saw it scrape its beak on algae and swim away and then out of nowhere an explosion erupted behind the parrot fish (sand)!

White Water RaftingWhen we went white water rafting on the second day we butterflies that were native to the Tully area; these butterflies were bright blue and black in colour and their lifespan only lasts 3 days.

Outer Great Barrier ReefThe outer Great Barrier Reef was where we got to snorkel, it took us around 3 hours to get there from Fitzroy island but was worth the wait. When you are jumping off the boat into nothing but once you look down you see an abundance of marine life.

Tjapukai Cultral DinnerThe Tjapukai cultural dinner was one of my favourite experiences of the trip; learning about their belief system and feeling a part of their culture as I was placed into the wet side or season. We had entrees under the canopy as we waited for the session to begin and were served emu kangaroo and crocodile. Once the session started we walked over a bridge to see a dance in which we were all involved. We were also included in a fire making show with songs and dancing. At the end of the demonstration an aboriginal man threw a flaming spear into the river and a ‘ginormous’ fire machine started giving the appearance that the spear created the 5m high flame. After all the songs and dances we had dinner which was a buffet of all the foods that the traditional Tjapukai would have eaten

Waterfalls and Lakes

On the last day of camp we visted four lake and waterfall sites which were truly breathtaking. Our tour guide Sydney was extremely friendly making the bus trip fun by playing music and giving us information about where we were going and what we were passing. Our first stop was Mt Etna which

was a 3km wide lake that had a freshwater crocodile in it because a local had it as a pet and then left it in the lake. The second stop was Millaa Millaa falls the aboriginal word Millaa Millaa translated into english means waterfalls. This place truly was overwhelming as it had a 15 metre high water fall which you could walk behind and swim under. Our third stop was a natural rock slide where we were able to slide down a 7 metre rock and try to climb back up again with slippery moss underneath our feet; this site was the funniest site of all the ones we visited. We didn’t go swimming at the fourth site. We looked at it and were told a dreamtime story about a girl drowning there and luring boys to come join her so they end up drowning with her.

Return Journey On the last day of the camp, after we had visted all the lakes and waterfalls we were dropped of at Cairns airport. When we finally boarded I was extremely tired and read my book the whole flight until we landed in Sydney. The bus ride back home was less noisey on the way back to school than when we had departed school to the airport. Everyone was probably as tired as me and was thinking of sleeping in their own bed.

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Workshop 6.30pm . Aust Catholic Uni

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Work Opportunities for Women (WOW)

10583 NAT Certificate 1 Access to Work and Training This course is for women returning to work who want to build confidence and skills for employment. Choose from two introductory courses:

Computing and Introduction to Bookkeeping using MYOB

This course aims to update computing and office skills for employment. The program includes an introduction to Microsoft Word and Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint, Internet, email, file management, cloud storage, scanning and downloading digital images. Monday and Thursday 10.00am – 2.30pm

Emerging Technology for the Office.

This course provides an introduction to manual bookkeeping and MYOB.

Monday and Wednesday 10.00am – 2.30pm Classes start July 2017 – School Hours

Both courses include job seeking skills

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Free Graduated Licensing Scheme Workshops for Learner Driver Parents in the Sutherland Shire

Young drivers are three times more likely to be involved in casualty crashes. That's why the Roads and Maritime Services has introduced a new licensing scheme, with more supervised driving practice for learner drivers. To help parents in supervising learner drivers, the Roads and Maritime Services has set up a FREE 2 hour workshop for parents offering practical advice on how to help learner drivers become safer drivers. A FREE parents' workshop will be conducted by David Riches and hosted by Sutherland Shire Council on Wednesday, June 28 at Sutherland Shire Council Offices in Eton Street from 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm. Early bookings are essential, by phoning the Council on 9710 0341 now to reserve your place, or email mstuart@ssc.nsw.gov.au

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Opportunity to Attend One Day Parent / Carer Workshop for Parents of School Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum

Like all school-aged students, young people on the autism spectrum benefit from strong, positive relationships between home and school. Positive Partnerships uses evidence based materials and practical resources to help support these relationships by facilitating workshops for parents and carers. This workshop is collaboration between Positive Partnerships and The Department of Education. This workshop is suitable for parents, full time carers and grandparents. What will you gain? The Positive Partnerships parent/carer workshop intends to: •Increase understanding of the impact of autism on learning •Introduce a planning tool that can be used to share an understanding of your child •Explore ways to work in partnership with your school •Share information about how to access support both inside and outside of school •Provide an opportunity to network and share strategies with other parents/carer

Workshop Details

Venue: Riverwood Education Office, 11 Union Street, Riverwood

Date: Thursday 22 June 2017

Registration desk opens from 8.30am

Day starts at 9:30am and finishes at 2.30pm

Morning tea and lunch is provided.

Places are limited and will be on a first come first served basis.

For further information contact Mrs Morton on 9523 6752

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM WINTER 2017

New friendships Fun Great value Safe

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Bookings for our Winter school holiday program are now open! There are heaps of active holiday adventures to choose from around NSW. Led by qualified instructors, you can rest easy knowing your kids are in safe hands.

Residential programs for Winter 2017FOR KIDS:

- Adventurer- Cooking 4 Kids- Hook, Line & Sinker

FOR TEENS:

- Adrenalin Rush- Adventurer- Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice Journey

- Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Qualifying Journey

Don't want the kids to have all the fun? We also offer a Weekend Family Snow Sports Camp at Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Centre!

Also, check our website on1 June for a range of day programs in your local area.