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Dates for your Diary

Week 9Wednesday June 27: Netball Warialda v’s Bingara at Warialda Netball Courts

Friday June 29: “Where there’s a Will” Special Formal Assembly 2:20 PM

Week 10Monday-Friday 2-6 July: Year 10 Work Experience

Tuesday July 3: HSC Music Workshop in Tamworth

School Holidays Saturday July 7- Monday July 23

Saturday July 7: P&C Trivia Night at Warialda Golf & Bowling Club.

Term 3Week 1Monday July 23: Staff return to school

Tuesday July 24: All Students return to school

Friday July 27: North West Regional Girls 10-a-side League Tag at Inverell

ORACLEORACLEWarialda High School newsletter

Providing advantage through diverse educational opportunities for every student

A proud School of the Gwydir Learning Region

Apollo Avenue, Warialda NSW 2402

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Issue 4 - Term 2 - Week B Tuesday June 26, 2018

Opera House PerformancesCongratulations to State Representatives, Nicholas Waller and Dakota Perrett, who performed 2 concerts in the Sydney Opera House last week. Wariada High School is very proud of your achievements.

Athletics Age Champions Champion Runner-Up

12 Year Girls Lillee Sankey Matilda Barwick

12 Year Boys Angus Digby Zachary Guyer

13 Year Girls Georgia Curtis Paige Collings

13 Year Boys Darcy Wood Toby Bell

14 Year Girls Nicola Briggs Amica Cuell

14 Year Boys Western Mitchell Isaac Armstrong

15 Year Girls Courtney Barwick Emma Hall

15 Year Boys William Delanty Eric O’Sullivan

16 Year Girls Hannah Tooley Lillian Delanty

16 Year Boys Hunter Brown Cordelle Dunnicliff

Open Girls Alliarna Brazel Holly Phillips

Open Boys Denham Marchant Wyatt Laidlaw

Congratulations to all

awardees at last Friday’s

Formal Assembly.

Gold Certificate Lucie Hawkins & Jordan Johnston

Silver Certificate Paige Delanty, Montenna Johnson, Sarah Miller, Dakota Perrett; Emma Weatherall; Calee Tranter and Lance Allison

Faculty AwardsRecipients of Faculty Awards last week were Alexander Smith, Alisha Sleiman, Alyssa Siftar, Amica Cuell, Angus Digby, Brock Byers, Brooke Allison, Byron La Fontaine, Calee Tranter, Cassie Bailey, Charlie Cush, Corey Clark, Daemon Fohmsbee, Dakota Perrett, Emma Weatherall, Emma Hall, Eric O’Sullivan, Hannah Tooley, Holly Phillips, Isabella McIntosh, Jack Digby, Jackie Woodward, James Skinner, Keziah McIntosh, Lily Hamilton, Louisa Gilmour, Lucy Lockyer, Matilda Barwick, Maverick Mitchell, Montenna Johnson, Paige Delanty, Phillip Forster, Sarah Miller, Savannah Hughes, Ted Hamilton, Toni Jane Brown, Western Mitchell, Will O’Sullivan and William Delanty.

Special Formal

Assembly Friday June 29, 2:20 PM

The P & C are hosting a “ Christmas in July” theme, Trivia Night Saturday July 7 at the Warialda Golf & Bowling Club. This is always a great night of fun and entertainment. Over the last six months the P&C has purchased our digital sign at the front of the school costing $15,000 and also donated $10,000 towards the purchase of our new bus. Our P & C operate the school canteen and provide benefi ts continuously to our students. Get your ugliest Christmas (Rabbitohs!) jumper out, bring your friends and come to support our School. Bookings can be made by contacting Franca Williams on 0427 291 313.

STEM Sessions at Warialda Public SchoolOn June 15, Year 7 & 8 students headed down to Warialda Public School to participate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Throughout the day, students participated in sessions covering, Nutrition, Palaeontology, Sphero’s, Coding, Dynamic Bodies, Neuroscience, Sunny Solar and Curious Chemicals. Our students and accompanying staff members thoroughly enjoyed their day and experiences – many thanks to Warialda Public School for sharing this outstanding opportunity.

Special “Where There’s a Will” Formal AssemblyThis Friday, we are holding a special formal assembly during Period 6. We are fortunate to be hosting Pauline and Hilton Carrigan, who will address the school community about “Where There’s a Will” - a not for profi t charity established in the Upper Hunter in 2016 to address signifi cant mental health issues facing the community. The “Where There’s a Will” movement support schools to build positive learning communities that embed the teaching of resilience and wellbeing in their curriculum and in their schools. We would like to invite parents/carers and community members to the school at 2:20pm. Please RSVP for seating purposes by calling the Front Offi ce on 0267 291 000.

Cross CountrySuccessAngus Digby, Zachary Guyer, Eric O’Sullivan, Alyssa Siftar and Caleb Withers had outstanding results at the North West Cross Country trials at Coolah on Friday, June 15.

Eric O’Sullivan ( left below) fi nished 3rd in the U15 Boys division, he will be a North West Representative at this year’s NSW Combined High School’s Cross Country to be held in Sydney, at Eastern Creek Raceway on 27th July.

Angus Digby ( below right) fi nished 7th in the U12 Boys Division and will be the fi rst reserve should someone not be able to compete.

Netball KnockoutThe Northern Inland Schools Cup Netball Knockout was held at Inverell last Thursday, June 14. Our Junior and Senior girl’s teams were happy with their results. The training paid-off ! Thanks to Ms Pitt and Miss Boland for coaching the teams, providing transport and umpiring on the day. The manner in which our students conducted themselves was fantastic too – congratulations.

Silver CerificateExcursionThere are still some spaces available on our Silver Certifi cate excursion to Coff s Harbour planned for the end of Term 4, please get your notes and deposit in to the front offi ce ASAP. If you have any questions regarding the excursion and payments, don’t hesitate to contact the school.

Small Schools’ Country CupLast Thursday our team of U16 and U13 boys went across to Inverell and competed in the Small Schools’ Country Cup Rugby League Gala Day. The boys’ demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and came away with pleasing results. Thanks to Mr Beattie and Mr Butler for leading the boys throughout the day.

Walking for SportThe Walking Group have been enjoying the recent nicer weather. The not-so-cold weather has let us walk a little further each week and also enjoy some walks that are off the beaten track. The group have enjoyed wandering around through town as well as through the edges of the bushland around town. They are a very mature group and all get along very well; it has been a pleasure to be able to take them walking in areas that we have been unable to go previously.

Australian CuisineThis term the stage 5 Food technology have been exploring Austrlian Food.Their recent assessment task looked at the infl uence of other cultures on Australian Food.

Last week we cooked Beef Schnitzel recongnising German infl uences.

Today a delicious Spaghetti Bolognese acknowlegdes shared Italian heritage. The students have enjoyed the variations and are eager to experiment with traditional recipes.

Legacy CompetitionLegacy is a charity providing services to Australian families who are suff ering fi nancially and socially after the incapacitation or death of a spouse or parent, during or after their Defence Force service.

There focus is very much on the families. Many of there benefi ciaries are war widows from WWII. However, there is an increasing number of partners and children of veterans who have survived a modern confl ict but carry many injuries, both physical and mental, that they support.

Inverell Legacy has launched the following competition in conjunction with Legacy Week. September 2–8, 2018.

Legacy Inverell: School Based Communication Task 2018Closing Date: August 1, 2018

Open to Year 9, 10 and 11 students

Task: How did military service impact on the lives of the individual, family and/or community?

Select one or a combination of the components outlined above (individual, family and/or community)

More Dates for YourDiaryWeek 2Thursday August 2: Young Drivers Expo at Inverell for Year 11

Friday August 3: Formal Assembly commencing at 11.50 AM

Week 3Friday August 10: Regional Athletics Carnival at Tamworth

Week 7September 6-8: Year 11 Advanced English Excursion to Sydney

Term 4Week 9December 10-13: Silver Certifi cate excursion to Coff s Harbour

Week 10December 18: Presentation Evening

in any confl ict involving Australian service personnel. Legacy will be happy to provide assistance through discussions with student’s and face-to-face interviews with veterans may be possible if required.

The response may be in terms of:

• Aboriginal service personnel

• Women in the services

• The loss of a large number of men from a community

• The demands on the women and children left behind

• The diffi culties in dealing with the return to civilian life

• Any other aspect that may have aff ected the lives of the individual, family and/or community.

Judging: A panel representing Inverell Legacy judging the entries in a face-to-face format will do judging.

All presentations will be read/viewed by the panel and the student will be interviewed as part of the process.

One winner will be chosen from each participating school.

The committee reserves the right to withhold recognition of an entry if the entry does not meet the standard by the committee.

Contact Person: Sue Belford belfordsue@gmail.com

Possible Media:

Style Possible Sugges onsWri en Essay – Typed format, minimum 500 words only accepted, Poem, short play, music/songAudio Audio – only drama c presenta on, interview style presenta on, song music/songVisual Photographic, drawing, collage, pain ng, poster styleAudio-visual Power Point or simular presenta on so ware, movie with visual and audio elements which may

include music, sounds, voice over3D Diorama, sculpture, modelOther Personal presenta on e.g. monologue

Some resources that might be useful:

http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s4212656.htm (Col Savige - Founder of Legacy)

http://www.centenaryeducation.com.au/about_legacy.php

http://wwwlegacy.com.au/ViewLegacyvideo

http://www.legacy.com.au/assetts/9584/1/SLEG_222814_AnnuualReview2015-16_FA-WEB.PDF

Legacy Website - www.legacy.com.au

Legacy Facebook – www.facebook.com/LegacyAustralia

Legacy Australia YouTube Channel – www.youtube.com/user/Legacy1Videos

Australian War Memorial – www.awm.gov.au

ANZAC Centenary – www.anzaccentenaru.gov.au

Personal PTSD stories http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/03/12/2187247.htm Barry Heard

www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/johm-cantwell/7753238 Major John Cantwell