NEWSLETTER TERM 2 Number 18 24th June, 2011
WHAT’S ON:
Monday 27.06.11 Year 10 selections for 2012 – Ms Beek
Open Girls Basketball – Terrigal Mrs Wall and Mr Fryer
Tuesday 28.06.11 Open Girls Basketball – Terrigal Mrs Wall and Mr Fryer
NAIDOC Assembly
Wednesday 29.06.11 SRC BBQ at the Oaks Centre – Mrs Thompson
Thursday 30.06.11 NAIDOC excursion to Lismore – Mr Pietens
Friday 01.07.11 Last day of Term 2.
COMING EVENTS
04.04.11 – 18.07.11 School Holidays
18.07.11 School Development Day – Staff only.
19.07.11 School resumes for all students.
FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – Mr Wray
Golf – Tegan Hancock is heading to Dubbo to represent in the State Golf Championships. We wish
you all the best Tegan.
Basketball – Our Open Girls Team will take part in the state finals at Terrigal against some very
competitive sports high schools. Do your best girls and have a safe trip. Best wishes to you all.
P&C Meeting – to be held on Thursday 30.06.11 at the Casino RSM at 7.30pm has been cancelled.
Leos Club - Leos is a community based group for young teenagers aged 12-18 that allow you to gain
leadership experience, organisation, social skills, self esteem, decision making skills, teamwork,
problem solving skills, career possibilities and to have loads of fun and make new life long friends.
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You can travel around the world and meet new people too! Come to our sign up day on the 23 July
at 10am-4pm. Bring $2. Food, laser skirmish, movies and loads of fun will be provided. A canteen is
available. Venue is fully supervised.
This will be the last newsletter for Term 2. On behalf of the school I would like to wish all parents,
guardians, students and staff a very happy and safe holiday period.
Website – Please view the website newsletter for more photos of events.
NOTES FOR ABSENCES Zone Athletics:
In recent weeks many students have suffered winter colds On Wednesday over 40 students travelled to Riverview Park
and the flu and, as a result, have had days off school due to in Lismore to represent CHS at the annual Northern Rivers
illness. We would like to commend the many students who Zone Athletics Carnival. The students should be
remembered at the time to bring in Notes from home commended on their efforts on the field, as well as the fine
following such absences. display of behaviour in the stands. Overall the day was a
success with a large number of our students placing in the
With only a week to go to the end of Term 2, it is important
top four of their events. Congratulations to Christopher
that all outstanding Notes for absences of any kind during
Skinner who achieved the AWD 12-15 Years Boys Age
Term 2 be brought in before the holidays. If you have any
Champion and to Clark Gurne who placed 4 th in the 13 year
queries about your student’s absences, please phone the
school and we will readily assist you. old boys age championship. In addition, we had 20 students
who successfully qualified for the regional carnival in
Thanks to parents/carers for your support in this matter. Nambucca Heads early next Term.
K. E. Patino [Learning Liaison Officer] A list of qualifying students is placed up on the PDHPE
noticeboard. Students are to collect a permission note
Open Girls Basketball: from the PE staffroom and return ASAP.
Last Tuesday our Open Girls Basketball team travelled 12 Good luck to those students who were selected and a big
hours to Orange to play for the right to play in the final 8 of thank you to the parents for transporting students to the
the State-Wide Knockout Competition. With the girls being venue.
fatigued not only from the long trip, and for some of the
girls a gruelling 3 day netball carnival at State level, they Expression of Interest
took the court in Orange on Wednesday. With the home Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer
crowd and field advantage, Orange High got off to a quick Casino High School is seeking an enthusiastic
lead being 10 points up after the first 5 minutes of the game. Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander to help improve and
However the girls never gave up, and by the end of the 3 rd
promote regular and positive communications between the
quarter the girls were down by only 5 points. The girls were
school and Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander families on
tired but their strength and tenacity shone through. Half way
through the last quarter there was a time out and the Coach, educational goals. This position is for 12hrs per week or 2
Mr Glenn Fryer, gave a last few pointers before the girls school days with the possibility of flexible days.
went back on. In the last 5 minutes the girls played some of An information pack can be obtained from Vivian Lambeth,
the best basketball they had ever played as a team. The girls Aboriginal Education Officer, Jenny Maslen, Community
broke ahead, and with a foul made on Grace Amey she Liaison Officer or Casino High School’s office. Ph: 6662 3077
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received 2 free shots. Grace sunk them with ease which put Applications close 29 July at 3.30 pm.
the girls 5 points in front. The buzzer went not long after
and it was a very emotional celebration by the girls on the
court. Thank you to the students, staff and community for TAS FACULTY NEWS
their support for the girls, as well as a BIG thank you to the
coach Mr Fryer who organised the trip whilst providing Congratulations to Riley Lollback
invaluable coaching tips for the girls before and during the who is worker of the week. Riley
game. The girls have now successfully made it into the State has been nominated by Mr Bell.
Finals which will be played in Terrigal on Monday and His participation in the Timber
Tuesday of next week. Well done girls and we are wishing course is excellent. Riley is highly
you all the best for next week. skilled in the use of specialised
equipment and an asset in class,
willingly sharing his knowledge and skills with his fellow
students. Riley’s work is of an excellent standard.
CANTEEN ROSTER - WEEK 10 TERM 2, 2011
Monday 27.06.11 L. Beaumont
L. Hampstead, M. Baggley,
Tuesday 2806.11
A. Murray
Wednesday 29.06.11 J. Carbis, S. Nicholls
A Reminder to Parents/Carers of Year 12 Students
I would like to remind all parents and carers that I am Thursday 30.06.11 J. Martin, A. Murray
available to organise a study/revision timetable for all Year C. Battistuzzi, E. Rosolen,
12 students. The Trial Higher School Certificate begins Friday 01.07.11
S. Knight
Week 1, Term 3. It is very important that each student is
prepared for these examinations and score the best possible TERM 3 NEWSLETTER WILL PROVIDE A REPORT ABOUT
results. THE SRC FORUM.
Veronica Parker -Senior Learning Centre
NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS th
SUSS FORUM
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From the 18 to 20 June, four of our students, Abbey
Excursion Eggins, Jack Riggall, Justin Battistuzzi, and I (Ellenor
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Students will be attending an excursion on Thursday 30 McLeod), accompanied by Ms Thomson, attended the SUSS
June visiting the Lismore Heritage Park to join in with the Forum. SUSS, Students Using Sustainable Strategies, is a
celebrations and then move onto the Sports and Aquatic camp for students of the Northern Rivers who are
Centre for some swimming. Please return permission notes. concerned about the environment, and want to do
something about it, within their school and community. All
Assembly and Morning Tea together more than 60 students from 15 different schools
Parents, carers and community members are invited to attended. This year SUSS was held at St. John’s College,
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attend the NAIDOC morning tea on Tuesday 28 June at Woodlawn. One word to sum up Woodlawn - HUGE.
10.50am. The Assembly will follow at 12noon-1pm. Making our way to and from the dorms was quite an
Please phone 66623077 to confirm your attendance. adventure, as it was really easy to get lost. Day one was a
day to meet and greet all the other eager students. We all
participated in fun games to get to know one another,
Family Day which was a great highlight. We made our own eco t-shirts,
Lismore Campus (Plaza) Military Road, Lismore on Friday
a memory to take home from SUSS. Afterwards, we
July 8.
watched the movie Evan Almighty, not before being told
Come along and enjoy music, arts and crafts, information
the ghost stories about the school, which made an uneasy
stalls, face painting, workshops, sausage sizzle and kids
night for some people.
activities and the fabulous performers.
For more information contact Virginia.ingham@scu.edu.au Day 2 was a day jam-pack with workshops to educate
or phone Gnibi 6620 3955 students on sustainable strategies. We were split up into
our groups, and then watched an alarming presentation on
Djanenjam Preschool Celebrations global warming with some astounding evidence, which
Where: Walker Street, Casino greatly motivated students. Throughout the course of the
Time: 10am to 1pm day, we learnt how to conduct waste, water, energy &
Phone: Jeralee Brown or Hayley Freeburn on 6662 1113 for biodiversity audits, and we learned about our catchment,
more information. and did team building activities. As the day came to an end,
we regathered with our thoughts and ideas from the
workshops. After dinner, students were given options for
great activities to run through the night. One activity was
SCU STUDY SKILLS DAY 2011
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the ‘Living Library’, where people from interesting
On the 16 of June, 17 Year 12 students attended the 11th backgrounds were ‘books’, able to interact with us and
annual Southern Cross University HSC study day. This day answer our questions. We played a selection of indoor
was attended by all High Schools in the area and was aimed sports, went on spotlight walks around the grounds of
to best prepare us for the upcoming HSC trials and final Woodlawn, made sustainable bags and a banner to leave
exams. There were 20 different subject areas spread across our mark on SUSS history. We watched a movie again, this
6 one hour sessions. The presenters of these sessions were time Jumanji.
experts in their subject, with most being senior markers in
the HSC. These sessions included subjects such as English, Day three, our final day at SUSS was also filled with great
Maths, Design and Technology, Chemistry and Biology, just workshops. We learnt how to grow an organisation, write a
to name a few. But the session many considered most sustainability story, make our own sustainable gardens,
beneficial and informative was “General Study Skills”, bush tucker and got to do some tree planting. We then
educating us how to train our brain to retain the most planned what we were going to do at school, and were
information possible. The day was excellent, building our presented with certificates of appreciation. We then all
confidence to face our upcoming exams. shouted out words about SUSS, all positive. Finally, we
Michael Munro were treated to a performance from Rich Latimer and his
Year 12 band ‘Very Unique Existence’. Their songs were both
inspirational and catchy, with a great message about
sustainability. Afterwards, we had lunch, which like all the
Expression of Interest sort from students in other meals was delicious.
Years 9, 10 and 11 to attend - The 5th Biennial Equity
Conference 2011. Schooling for Futures, 22-23 August 2011 SUSS also made its way onto NBN news, and so did we .
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. And that was the end of SUSS. We said our goodbyes, and
COST: All costs will be covered by the school. left, feeling inspired and motivated. SUSS was a brilliant
This is an expression of interest only. The PSP committee experience. We all got some fantastic ideas for the school,
will have the final say as to who will be attending the and made great friendships and connections with other
conference. Parents can contact the school if their student schools. So don’t be surprised if you see something SUSS
is interested. going on at school.
Jenny Maslen -Community Liaison Ellenor McLeod- Year 9
NOMAD NIGHT