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iCano

Canowindra High School

Browns Ave Canowindra NSW 2804 T 6344 1305 F 6344 1085

Email: canowindra-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.canowindra-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 3 Monday, 29 October 2018

Contact List Principal Neryle Smurthwaite Deputy Principal Darryl Ball Deputy Principal Lee-Anne Jones Head Teacher English / HSIE Sheridan Wilkins Head Teacher Maths / PDHPE / Comp Rod Jones Head Teacher Science / CAPA Peta McKenzie Head Teacher TAS Karen Pickering Year 7 Adviser Warren McKenzie Year 8 Adviser Gillian Halstead Year 9 Adviser Andrew Phelan Year 10 Adviser Bronwyn Porter Year 11 Adviser Louise Gregson Year 12 Adviser Patricia Daniel Teacher Librarian Lisa McCallum Careers Adviser Kathy Davis (Rlg) Sports Coordinators Warren McKenzie Zachary Rue Student Welfare Teacher Wayne Symons LAST Sonya Mason School Chaplain Samara Geier

Busy, fun times in the Science faculty at the moment, with HSC study sessions and examinations, new HSC courses beginning in Biology and Chemistry, Year 8 VALID testing next week and Years 7 – 10 examinations in the next 2 weeks. In addition, we enjoyed a Science session with the visiting Year 6 students last Thursday, with Mrs McKenzie, Mrs Balcombe

and Mrs Coutanche each leading a group of students through a problem-solving challenge activity involving the density of different liquids. All students in Years 7 – 10 Science have Semester 2 examinations coming up in Week 4 or Week 5. Each year group will complete two examinations: one which examines the Knowledge and Understanding outcomes covered this year, and the other which examines the Working Scientifically outcomes for their Stage. Students are encouraged to engage in home study and revision. Things to consider include: revisiting past topics and reading over class notes, completion

of revision provided and writing key word lists or summary notes for each topic. As always, see your teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

Next week, all Year 8 students will complete their VALID testing. VALID is the Validation of Assessment for Learning and Individual Development program. It involves Year 8 students completing an online assessment. It is an end-of stage Science assessment tool which assists the school to monitor student achievement and helps inform planning, programming and assessment practice. Results will be available to the school in December, with results being distributed to students early in 2019. An information letter was sent home with all Year 8 students two weeks ago. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school.

The Science Team

Year 8 VALID

Monday 5th November 2018

All students should bring headphones / earbuds

to use during the test

Faculty in Focus -

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Principal’s News

Congratulations to our P&C on another very successful open garden day last Saturday. The weather was amazing and the gardens all spectacular. A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to the day, in whatever capacity, it was truly a team effort. Additionally though I would like to give a special acknowledgement to the garden owners for allowing us to visit their homes and enjoy the fruits of their hard work. What a fantastic outcome for our Cows Create Careers team who last Thursday were the district winners of the competition. Congratulations to Claire Wright, Maisie Harrison, Rhian Pengilly, Chloe Bellach and Kathleen Pace on their success and to Mr Kama for overseeing their participation on the day. This Wednesday afternoon the teaching staff will be once again staying on at school for three hours to complete an alternative staff development session. The focus of the afternoon will be on reporting procedures and the development of the 2019 school milestones. This Saturday from midday to 3pm the Lions Club of Canowindra will be holding an event at Morris Park to assist our local farming community. The school supports this initiative and would like to encourage families to attend this worthwhile event. Congratulations to Rianna Reeves for being the winner of our canteen voucher last week.

Neryle Smurthwaite Principal

Australian National Field Days Excursion Last Friday, students from Years 9 & 10 Agriculture, Year 10 Farm Maintenance and Year 11 Primary Industries attended the Australian National Field Days in Borenore. It was a great opportunity for our students to make first hand contact with industry experts. They were able to ask questions and have a look at a wide range of machinery, tools and other equipment, as well as a variety of plants and animals. One of the highlights of the day was the Pig Show that attracted a huge audience. Overall the day provided a very practical and educational experience for our students, hopefully increasing their knowledge and enhancing their learning in the future. Mr Kama & Mr Wilson.

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Cows Create Careers Success! On Thursday 25 October, our Year 9 Agriculture Class attended the Cows Create Careers Presentation Day in Cowra. The Cows Create Careers Program, which students have been working on throughout Term 3, is part of the Year 9 Agriculture course and is an important component of the Dairy Cattle topic. As part of the program students had to write and submit a formal business letter addressed to Australian Dairy, take a funny photo with the dairy calves at school and create an Agricultural 3D Model of Dairy Farming for external judging. The Presentation Day was attended by all the schools in the Central West who have been studying the same course. At the awards ceremony, Canowindra High School were the overall winners. Our Year 9 Agriculture students did extremely well by winning the following in competition with the other schools:

Won 4 of the 6 challenge activities on the day Were in the top 2 of the 3D Model presentation Won the Best Cows Create Careers Photo submission in the Central West with “Cow Girl Up”. The winning team,

as pictured below, consisted of Rhian Pengilly, Kathleen Pace, Claire Wright, Maisie Harrison and Chloe Bellach. Overall Winner of all the participating schools on the day.

The students were ecstatic with their success and were great representatives for our school. Congratulations to everyone involved in this great achievement. Mr Kama.

“Cow Girl Up”

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P & C Open Gardens Day Huge Success - Thank You The warm weather brought many visitor to our 5th annual Open Gardens Day over the weekend, which was a great social community event and a wonderful showcase for the school and students. Seven gardens were open around Canowindra, and lunches and morning and afternoon teas were served at the High School Canteen. There was also a raffle and plant stall, and barista trained students served fabulous coffee. This year we welcomed items of metal work for sale. Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way: visitors to the gardens, the volunteer students who helped grow and make items for sale and helped at the school or at each garden, the teachers, parents and grandparents who donated home baking, helped at the gardens, made floral arrangements, organised new signage and easy to erect posts, our extraordinary crew who prepared all the food, and the P & C committee who put in a huge amount of work preparing and coordinating the event. Thank you to Canowindra Tyre Service, Yates garden products and Isubscribe for donating the raffle prizes. The business owners of Canowindra were also very supportive as were our local media. The day also involved a lot of pre work with staff and helpers- in the garden, at the working bee, organising the roster, growing veges and making metalwork items to sell, and as well as copious amounts of support and printing by the Admin staff – thanks to all! Lastly a very big thank you to all the garden owners for opening their gardens, and for all the time and effort they have put into making them look fantastic. We cannot hold this type of fundraiser without their generosity, and feedback about the day and the variety of gardens was excellent. There were 285 admissions to the gardens and 100 lunches were served. Costs have yet to be calculated but estimates are close to $5,000 profit for the P & C. Profits from previous years have gone towards improvements for students at the school. This year the P & C has donated $10,000 towards the hall curtain upgrade, funded the purchase and installation of a 2nd water cooler, and helped with excursion costs for extracurricular activities. The P & C welcomes suggestions to improve the school for the benefit of the students, and are looking for projects to fund. Any ideas welcome via the P & C (contact Ash Wright 0427 448480) or SRC. Thanks again to all involved! Winners of the raffle were: 1st Prize: Jean Leggatt: $250 voucher from Canowindra Tyre Service

2nd Prize: Catia Nowan: Yates Gift Pack 3rd Prize: Bianca Morrison: Isubscribe gift voucher. We have been unable to contact this person on the phone number

provided. Please contact the school if she is known to you.

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P & C Open Gardens Day Huge success - Thank You

Donate your old batteries!!

Canowindra Tyre Service provides a wonderful community service by recycling old and used batteries to raise funds for our local schools, including Canowindra High School. They are hoping to increase the numbers recycled in 2018, and therefore the amount of money raised, and so are happy to accept any batteries for disposal. If you have any old or used batteries-car, truck, tractor etc, you can either contact the shop on 042804430263 or drop them into the shop. Thank you for supporting this fabulous initiative!

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Lemon Butter

Our Hospitality Department are

now selling jars of delicious home-

made lemon butter for $4.00 each.

Jars can be purchased from Mrs

Pickering, with all proceeds going to

the Hospitality Department.

This weeks

$5 LUNCH SPECIALS at The Hub

Monday: Marinated Chicken & Fried Rice Tuesday: Spaghetti Bolognaise

Wednesday: Honey Mustard Chicken & Rice Thursday: Pasta Bake

Friday: Oven Baked Fish & Chips w/salad

Also available to order every day: meat & salad bowls $6.00; chicken Caesar salad $6.00; meat & salad wraps/rolls $4.50; Caesar or sweet chilli wraps $4.50; assorted sandwiches $4.00.

Canowindra CWA Music & Voice Scholarship 2019

The CWA Canowindra Branch are offering a scholarship to go to a local student of music or voice for 2019, with money available to further tuition or purchase equipment.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE THIS FRIDAY!!! Application forms are available from the school office.

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What’s On

Week 3A Term 4

Monday 29 OCT HSC Exams

Tuesday 30 OCT HSC Exams Y7 Scripture Pd4

Wednesday 31 OCT HSC Exams

Thursday 1 NOV HSC Exams Music Count Us In RYDA Y11 GRIP Leadership Conference

Friday 2 NOV HSC Exams

Week 4B Term 4

Monday 5 NOV HSC Exams Six Foot Track Hike Y8 VALID RAP Y7 Pd3

Tuesday 6 NOV HSC Exams Six Foot Track Hike Y7 Scripture Pd4

Wednesday 7 NOV HSC Exams Six Foot Track Hike

Thursday 8 NOV HSC Exams

Friday 9 NOV HSC Exams

Assessments Due

Week 3A Term 4

Week 4B Term 4

Y9 & 10: English, Mathematics, Science, Agriculture, IT Timber, Metal & Farm, Music, PASS, Visual Arts