OUR NEW SCHOOL LEADERS Last week our candidates for 2017 delivered their

speeches to the whole school outlining what

‘Leadership’ meant to them and discussing a leader

from history that upholds their ideals..

I congratulate all nine candidates: Stephanie Baart,

Georgia Calub, Karlee Funnell, Kailen Graham, Elllie

Hamer, Adelle Hutchings, Jack Standing, Jett

Townsend and Holly Uhr on their outstanding speeches.

They certainly made the job of voting very difficult, as

each and every one of them would make outstanding

School Captains

However, there can only be 4 leaders and following the

voting process I am proud to announce our 2017 School

Leadership team is

Captains

Karlee Funnell

Jett Townsend

Vice Captains

Holly Uhr

Kailen Graham

Congratulations and I look forward to working with you.

NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 18 TERM 3 - WEEK 8 5 SEPTEMBER 2016

Our 2017 leaders - Kailen, Karlee, Jett and Holly

YEAR 12 FINAL DAYS After 13 years of school the countdown is on in earnest.

The remaining time for our HSC students will be a

balance of polishing for the upcoming exams and

celebrating the achievement of having successfully

completed the courses.

Students will be given a letter that will include all

arrangements for the remaining three weeks. During

this time we have many formal and informal

celebrations planned and I urge students to enjoy

themselves responsibly and celebrate in a manner that

brings credit to themselves and Blayney High School.

FACEBOOK As many have already discovered our Facebook page

was launched last Wednesday. If you haven’t seen it

yet check it out and let us know what you think. In

addition to keeping everyone informed about what is

happening in the school we believe demonstrating good

Digital Citizenship is a key aim for our page. As such

please note the ‘Community Social Media Guidelines’

posted on the page and feel free to comment.

The Facebook page is there for us all to enjoy and

celebrate everything that if wonderful about our school.

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COMING EVENTS

ASSESSMENT TASKS

WELCOME CLARA A big welcome to Clara Geenens our new exchange

student from Belgium who is currently enrolled with our

Year 11 cohort.

Clara pictured with Year 11 Adviser Nick Berry

Week 8

All Week

Tues 6 Sept

Wed 7 Sept

Thur 8 Sept

Signature Week

Valid Testing Year 10

Heritage Band Day

Cross Country Periods 1 and 2

Week 9

All Week

Thur 15 Sept

Fri 16 Sept

Year 11 Examinations

Year 6 to 7 Transition

Year 12 Luncheon

HSC Practical Music Exam 9.00—11.30 am

Week 8

Preliminary

HSC

Assessment Free

Assessment Free

Week 9

Preliminary

HSC

End of Course Exams

Assessment Free

CONGRATULATIONS ZACK Zack Farr recently spent the week competing at the

NSW Combined High Schools (NSWCHS) Lawn Bowls

Championships in Newcastle. Zack was part of an 8

person Western squad which was managed by Orange

High School teacher Ben Callaway. The Western side

competed against teams from the North Coast, North

West, Riverina, South Coast, the Hunter and 5 Sydney

teams.

Western came first overall in their pool, but then went

down in the first semi, which then put them out of

contention for Gold and Silver. The best they could

hope for now was either Bronze or 4th

place. On the

last day of play after a nail biting game against Sydney

South West, the Western team eventually came away a

few shots ahead to take out the Bronze position, the

regions best result in many years.

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WOOL EXPO It was a brisk Thursday morning in Blayney and a group

of ordinary Blayney High students and the wonderful

Madi and Trisha travelled to Canowindra listening to Mr

Jones’s (Narrabri Open Show Jumping Champion)

exhilarating and adventurous stories full of drama and

good times whilst Mr Giddings’s captained the Magic

School Bus (which was actually the hospital bus).

Once finally arriving after an emotionally draining trip

listening to Mr Jones blabber on about his action

packed life and his strong opinion on Bio-dynamic

Agriculture, we went inside a shed and were warmly

welcomed by Mike Pora and a very much missed

former Blayney High Teacher Ms Dunford #megzy.

To begin with, we watched a shearing and wool

handling demonstration by a right handed and left

handed shearer. One of these shearers has world

titles, being the best in the world in 2005. From there,

we went and watched Phil Balcombe scan pregnant

ewes, to determine if they were actually in lamb and

how many lambs there are.

We then went to a competition where we were put to

the test to determine which fleece was used to create

what garments, after feeling the garments and fleeces

we then wrote our answers on the sheet, we then

placed our answers into a box and waiting for the

results.

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Hecton is a New Zealand owned and made company,

making sheep yards, crushes and cradles that make

working with sheep easier. We were given a

demonstration on how numerous products worked.

Mr Jones’s favourite Hecton product was this…

It’s a very simple product designed to hold up a ewe

with a calcium deficiency and unable to stand by itself,

this is usually because of having more than one lamb. It

has cut outs for the four legs and udder. They stay in

this product until they are strong enough to get

themselves out of it.

The last place we went was to the wool stalls – Bryton

Wool Brokers.

There, we had a guided tour of where the wool is

stored, sorted and processed. We were also fortunate

enough to view the wool testing, where an expected

400 bales were to be done in that one day. The testing

involves taking a sample from the bale and sending it

away to have it classified, these classifications gives us

an almost immediate reading of the characteristics of

the wool, microns etc.

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2016 TECHNOLOGY TIMBER MAJOR PROJECTS Wednesday 31

st of August saw the marking of this year’s Yr 12 Timber Technology Students’ Major Design Projects

by the HSC Marking team. The course entails design concepts, planning, joinery skills, meeting critical deadlines and

project management including a folio to document the production of the project.

The projects and folios proudly displayed by the students comprised of a sun lounge constructed by Michael Toohey,

a bass guitar by Martin Okon, workbench by Jordan Hobby, bench seat by Jack Zideluns and a double rocking chair

built by Ryley Oborn. Mr Arrow

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Showcase Photos Courtesy of

Matthew Begbie

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TOM KEMP HOCKEY On Friday 26th August the under 16’s girls hockey

team travelled to Bathurst to play three games of

hockey against Kelso, Mudgee and Wellington. The

girls fought hard for wins in all three games and were

very successful with wins of 2-0 against Kelso, 5-0

against Mudgee and 8-0 Wellington with the good

attack of Tiffany Davis, Abbie Uhr, Tegan Lymbery

and Emily Anderson along with the very aggressive

midfield of Monique Allan, Samantha Hartwell, Paige

Selten, Kimberley Anderson, Amber Forster and

Summer Davis. We also has a very aggressive attack

of Allira Simmons and Tayla Hoadley. With the goalie

Ainsley Hamson only touching the ball once because

of this great defensive line.

Emily Anderson and Ainsley Hamson

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“The P&C would like to thank the Hewitt &

Corbett families for their hard work at the recent

Winter Wonderland Movie night. The P&C would

also like to thank Newmans Service Centre for

the use of their slushie machine and products.

Without either we would not have raised over

$400 on the night.”

Junior Cricket Registration days will be this week only

Thursday 8th

September (3.15pm to 5.30pm) and

Saturday 10th

September (9am to 12 noon).

Both days will be held in the foyer at IGA/Bernardi’s Marketplace.

Registration fees will remain the same as last year being $80 competitive players (11+). 10% discount for families with 2 or more registered players.

Any questions please call Julie on 0419 376 440.

2017 BLAYNEY SHIRE MUSIC

SCHOLARSHIP

Blayney Shire Council in conjunction with

Mitchell Conservatorium and the Orange

Regional Conservatorium are offering music

tuition scholarships and encouragement

awards for students aged between 7 and 18

years who live in the Blayney Shire and wish

to further their music studies.

Application forms are available for download

from

http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/

The form must be returned fully completed to

Council by 21 October 2016. Applications

attract a non-refundable entry fee of $11.00.

Late applications will not be accepted.

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