November 8, 2013

Bellingen High School NEWSLETTER Telephone: 02 66551 315 Fax: 02 66552 630

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

Careers Expo and Forum

Bellingen High School students

travelled to the Coffs Harbour Racecourse on Thursday 24th October

to attend the Careers Expo. Exhibitors from a range of further education,

employment, industry and training organisations attended to offer career

information that is current and relevant.

Year 10/11 SMILE Program

A successful first meeting of Year 10 and Year 11 students interested in becoming SMILE mentors, took place recently. It was exciting to see so many students wanting to become involved in this inspiring program. The official training day for the mentors is Tuesday 17th December. Students are reminded to please mark this date in their diary! Any student who missed the Meeting and would still like to be involved, please see Mrs Gorman ASAP.

Frieda Gorman/Benn Wolhuter Coordinators

SRC Celebrates 1$Day

Our SRC recently celebrated “1$Day” by holding a cake stall at Recess and Lunchtime plus

collected donations during Roll/RATS. Congratulations to all involved and to everyone who

donated to this worthy cause.

From the Principal

Congratulations again to our String Orchestra who were invited to perform at the Sydney Opera House recently in the Endeavour Concert as part of the Choral Festival 2013. Below is copy of another email sent about their exemplary performance.

Dot Panaretos

“I attended the ENDEAVOUR CONCERT at the Concert Hall last

night to see my daughter from Petersham Public School perform

in the Combined School Choir. My husband and I have attended

many of these evenings for both my son and daughter.

We were absolutely floored by the performance given by your

STRING ORCHESTRA. It is simply the best individual

performance we have seen through 7 years of attending these

events. The playing standard and musicality of the orchestra

was exceptional and their combined composure and

professionalism was testimony to the great work you must be

doing at the school.

Congratulations to the Orchestra and to Ann Phelan for her

amazing work. The response from the audience was huge, so I

hope they all know how brilliantly they did. What an amazing

achievement.

All the very best with your continued success.”

Years 9 and 10 Exam Timetable

DAY/DATE PERIOD/S YEAR/SUBJECT

Monday 11 November 3 and 4 Year 9 English

Tuesday 12 November 1 Year 9 History

Tuesday 12 November 5 and 6 Year 9 Science

P&C MEETING

6.30pm

Staff Common Room

Come to the all new Bellingen High School P&C

Sport News 14’s Boys Cricket

On Thursday 24th October our Years 7 and 8 boys’ cricket team played Orara High

School in a 40 over game. After winning the toss, electing to bat, we got off to a

slow start with the Captain dismissed for 1 in the 2nd over. Some brilliant batting

by Byron Auld (73) and Beau Alty (68) steadied the ship with a partnership of 141.

After a middle order batting collapse the whole team finished with 221, which was a

great score.

Orara got off to a great start with 1/90 off the first 14 overs. After a drinks

break, the team improved their bowling and began to field much tighter. Some

brilliant bowling by Sam Taylor, Byron Auld, Beau Alty and Joel Kearsley saw Orara

fall 33 runs short with Sam Taylor getting 4/39 (8), and Beau Alty 2/22 (8). Well

done boys. Our next game is against

Dorrigo High.

14 Years Girls Cricket

The Bellingen High School 14’s girls’ cricket team played Coffs Harbour High School

in the first round of the North Coast Knockout on Friday, 25th October at Connell

Park. For most of our girls it was their first ever game of cricket, so when we got

sent in to bat, many of the girls were quite nervous. Captain Katie opened the

batting with Alex McNeil and both looked comfortable out in the centre, however,

on a number of occasions forgot to run. Wickets were to fail quite regularly and

unfortunately, the girls were unable to bat out their 20 overs and were all out for

78. Sarah Ludwig top scored with 12 not out, showing that she will have to be

moved up the order.

With this modest total to defend it was always going to be hard, however, the girls

never gave up and fielded very well. The bowling was a little inconsistent with too

many wides and no balls, so something to work on. Coffs Harbour passed our score

in the tenth over with the loss of four wickets.

Some real highlights of the game included:

* our girls getting the prized wickets of their two representative players;

* great wicket keeping by both Jazz Brightwell and Niamh Hiller-Stanbrook

including two stumpings to Niamh;

* fantastic fielding by all;

* a supportive and positive attitude throughout the day;

* Special thank you to Asama Radford and Jordan Newbound for umpiring on

the day; and

* Most of these girls will still be in the team next year

Well done girls!

Jon Winfer/Liz Hoy Sport Coordinators

14 Years Boys Cricket

Last Thursday (31st October) the U14 boys cricket team travelled up to Dorrigo to

play their 2nd knockout game. We lost the toss and were sent into bat. After

getting off to a great start Captain Beau Alty fell for 22 (caught). Then Byron

Auld and Sam Taylor got into a rhythm took our score to over 130. Highlights for

the batting included Byron Auld hitting 92, Sam got 35 and Jack Meenahan just

falling short on his 50 on 48. The lower order put in a great performance with Joel

Kearsley not out on 11, Jonah Mitchell 5 and Aaron Rigney not out 5 off 2 balls.

Total score was a whopping 251!

Back row - Sarah Ludwig, Niamh

Hiller-Stanbrook, Jazz Brightwell,

Storm McLean, Annalie Bardsley,

Taya Kostas, Tymeka Murcott

Middle row - Kristin Mason, Lia

Grosvenor, Alex McNeil

Front row - Katie Thorn, Jasmine Nolan

Taking to the field we were switched on and enthusiastic. The bowling attack saw a

massive collapse in Dorrigo’s middle order. Bellingen bowled Dorrigo out for a paltry

90 runs. Bowling figures were: Beau Alty 2/10 off 5 overs, Byron Auld 2/7 off 4,

Leighton Borthwick 2/1 off 2, Isaac Allman 1/4 off 1, Cooper Kearsley 1/8 off 2,

Aaron Rigney 1/10 off 2 and Jonah Mitchell 1/13 off 2.

Well played boys! Great effort to all! Looking forward to playing Coffs High School

next Thursday in Round 3.

Beau Alty and Byron Auld

Australian Futsal Titles

The first teams to compete at the Australian Futsal Champion of Champions were

the 16 years girls and the 15 years boys. The 16 years girls did extremely well

through the entire tournament. Their passing game was second to none with the

biggest concern, could they go the distance!

Day 1 – the girls up and ready to go

Bellingen High defeated Camden Haven High 8-2

(Jess Marks 4, Sam Barker 2, Brie Thomas 1, Stella Robinson 1)

Bellingen High defeated St Andrews College, Cairns 7-4

(Sam Barker 4,Jess Marks 2, Brie Thomas 1)

Bellingen High defeated Maclean High 9-6

(Jess Marks 5, Brie Thomas 2, Zali Rees 2)

Day 2 – the girls a little tired

Bellingen High defeated Chancellor College 4-2

(Jess Marks 4)

Bellingen High lost to Marsden College 2-3

(Jess Marks 1, Brie Thomas 1)

Bellingen High defeated Sarina College 10-3

(Jess Marks 5, Zali Rees 2, Sam Barker 1, Amelia Brewin 1,

Millie King 1)

Bellingen High defeated St Peter Clavier 5-3

(Jess Marks 4, Sam Barker 1)

Day 3 – the girls very tired

Bellingen High lost to Robina 3-5

(Sam Barker 2, Brie Thomas 1)

This meant we finished in 1st place overall as we had more goals than Marsden High

School and would have to take on Chancellor College in the semi-final. In a game

where Bellingen dominated it appeared more and more like the ball could not or

would not find its way into the net. Brie Thomas slotted one in to put us in front

but as the game went on the score did not change despite many brilliant lead up

plays. In the last two minutes Chancellor scored to tie the game up and put us into

golden goal extra time. Finally great lead up work saw Jess Marks score and we

were into the final.

This meant our 10th and final game would be against other semi-final winner St

Andrews who defeated Marsden in a penalty shoot-out. The girls were pumped for

the final when they took the court. Both Jess and Sam hit the post early in the

game and things were looking like it would be hard to score. Sam put a great long

ball to Jess at far post who headed it in putting us one up. Then towards the end

of the half Sam scored a great shot from wide near half. The girls were happy at

half time with the score 2-0 but there was still 20 minutes to go. They took the

court second half and St Andrews scored almost straight away. This sparked the

opposition who began throwing everything at us. Unfortunately, the girls started

getting injured and running out of legs, as constant substitutions had to be made.

St Andrews were relentless as the game slipped away and the final score blew out

to 5-2. The girls were gallant in defeat and worthy runners up at the Australian

Titles. After 9½ games it was the last 20 minutes that beat them.

Sam Barker was deservedly named in the All Stars team. Great work to one and

all.

16’s - Back row (left to right) Zali Rees, The whole crew heading off Amelia Brewin, Jess Marks, Sam Barker, Brie Thomas Front row (left to right) Millie King, Stella Robinson, Olivia Cooke and Gita Pastro

Jon Winfer/Liz Hoy Sport Coordinators

LOTE Faculty BERITA DARI LOTE (INDONESIAN)

Halo tahun 7 dan orang tua

Kami sangat beruntung istilah ini memiliki

Purwanti datang dan menunjukkan kepada

kita bagaimana memasak makanan

Indonesia.

Purwanti adalah seorang wanita lokal, lahir

di Indonesia dan telah bekerja sebagai koki

di Australia.

Dia akan mendemonstrasikan makanan

lezat seperti sate, mie goreng dan kami

akan mencicipi makanan penutup manis.

RABU 11 DESEMBER

Biaya $ 6 - (membawa wadah takeaway)

Menantikan hari besar makan

Jody Newhouse

LOTE Teacher

LOTE Faculty

News From LOTE (Indonesian)

Hello Year 7 and parents

We are so fortunate this term to have

Purwanti come and show us how to cook

Indonesian food.

Purwanti is a local lady, born in Indonesia

and has worked as a Chef in Australia.

She will be demonstrating the delicious

foods such as satay, mie goreng and we will

be tasting her sweet desserts.

WEDNESDAY 11th DECEMBER

Cost $6 - (bring a takeaway container)

Look forward to a great day of eating

Jody Newhouse

LOTE Teacher

Year 10 Futures

Wednesday 13th November every day until Friday 22nd November

Get excited …… it starts straight after exams. Be a barista, sign up as a volunteer fire fighter, de stress through yoga, discover careers in Industrial Arts and the Police Force, Shake and Blend creative beverages, kick away your stress, become an art or movie critic, gain the most out of your study time, listen to real stories about organ and tissue donations, find your voice or ask for advice! These are just a few of the skills that you will obtain during the FUTURES PROGRAM!

Don’t forget:

* Wear your school uniform every day.

* Bring your personalised program.

* Go to Roll Call (there will be daily messages for you).

* Check the Futures Noticeboard everyday (outside Ms Newhouse’s office) – there

may be room changes or venue changes.

* First Aid students need to bring their completed booklet and their Student ID.

* If you are away, please ring the school.

HELP NEEDED for the Futures Program

On Friday 15th November, the Year 10 students have ‘Pizza in the Garden’ from 2pm–

3.15pm. We urgently need 1 parent to assist the volunteer students to make the dough

and prepare for the feast. We also need 1 or 2 parents to assist/monitor the Bellingen

Garden Pizza Oven - keep feeding it wood to get it hot enough to make the pizzas and

assist in putting the pizzas in the oven. YOUR HELP WOULD BE GREATLY

APPRECIATED! Contact Ms Newhouse on 6655-1315

Jody Newhouse and Frieda Gorman Year 10 Futures Coordinators

DATES TO REMEMBER

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

11 P&C Meeting 3 Silver Excursion

8-12 Years 9 and 10 Exams 3-4 Gold Excursion

8 CLAPPER Awards 13 Presentation Day Assembly

8 North Coast Surf Lifesaving 13 Years 7 to 10 Reports Issued

13-22 Year 10 Futures Program 18 End Term 4

19-10 North Coast Cricket (Boys) JANUARY 2014

25 Year 10 Work Experience 28 School Development Day

26 North Coast Cricket (Girls) 29 Students in Years 7, 11, 12 start

30 Students in Years 8, 9, 10 start

Canteen Roster

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

11 November 12 November 13 November 14 November 15 November

Annette Mason Debbie Rose Jenny Harry

18 November 19 November 20 November 21 November 22 November

Sharon Hearps Cassandra Robinson

25 November 26 November 27 November 28 November 29 November

Debbie Bardsley Ruth Battis

2 December 3 December 4 December 5 December 6 December

Jo Barr Helen Trist

9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December

16 December 17 December 18 December 19 December 20 December

DEVELOPMENT DAY DEVELOPMENT DAY

Are you a parent of a teenager in the

Coffs Harbour area? This may be useful for yo

Monday 2 December 2013 9:30am to 2:30pm

@ Headspace Coffs Harbour Shops 27-30. Northside Shopping Centre

81 Park Beach Road, Coffs Harbour

For more information and/or to register to attend please ring and talk to

Bec White on 6651 1788 or email becwhite@midcc.org.au Bookings are

essential. Places are limited.

This is a joint project of the Mid Coast Communities

in it Together (iiT) service, CRANES FRSP and Headspace.

Workshop for Parents of Teenagers

Understanding Anger

in Your Family

This FREE workshop is for parents/significant adults of young people aged 12-17 years

old who live in the Coffs Harbour Area.

Is Anger a problem in your family?

Staying calm when kids stress out.

Help your young person understand and express their anger in healthy ways.

Understand the dynamics of anger in your family.