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PO Box W268 West Kempsey NSW 2440 Phone 65 626166 Fax 65628570

Email kempsey-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Issue 3, Term 1. 2012.

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Events:

APRIL Fri. & Sat. Students from KHS at 20th. & 21st. Wachope Show. Tues. 24th Students return to School. Cattle Team and student

stewards at Kempsey Show. Anzac Ceremony 12.15pm Parents invited. Wed. 25th. ANZAC DAY Holiday Students assemble for

march next to pool 10.15am

Fri. & Sat. Students from KHS at 27th. & 28th. Macksville Show

Kempsey High School

P&C MEETING

WEDNESDAY 3rd. MAY 2012

7.15pm in School Library

Everyone Welcome

HOMEWORK AND TUTOR CENTRE

KEMPSEY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY

3.30pm to 5.00pm

MONDAYS, TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS

ALL STUDENTS WELCOME

Light refreshments available

Help available for assignments, assessment tasks and homework.

Transport is available for out of town students:

TUESDAYS – Armidale Road to Bellbrook

THURSDAYS – Frederickton, Collombatti Road & Clybucca

Parents may need to meet their students at the drop off points.

The centre provides support to any student who is having difficulties in any

School Council

There are parent vacancies on

the School Council. The

School Council works with

the principal on evaluating

programs and developing

school policies. It also acts as

the finance committee.

Any parents willing to

volunteer their time for this

are asked to talk to or phone

the principal, Mick Eller.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Congratulations

Several student leadership events

occurred in the latter part of this term.

We congratulate Taylor ‘Kelly-

Scholes, Shari Roberts and Filisha

Smith who attended the 2012

Aboriginal Education Consultative

Group Youth Forum. Eleven

members of the SRC worked with the

staff from ylead to deliver leadership

training to students from Aldavilla,

Frederickton and Kempsey West

Public Schools. Ricky ... and ..

attended the Youth Environment

Council Leadership Camp at Cascade

Environmental Centre. Finally, ten of

our senior Hospitality students helped

to serve our senior citizens at the

Seniors Week luncheon held resently

at the Kempsey Macleay RSL. Well

done to all these students who gave

so generously of their time and

represented the school so well.

Year 7 Camp

The year 7 team building camp was a

great success. Year Advisor Liz

McMahon organized the camp which

offered a range of physical and social

activities to build students’

confidence and strengthen new

friendships. Staff members, Nathan

Barker, Sandy Jackson, Jed Peisley

and Natalie Smith all put in huge

efforts to make the two day Coffs

Harbour event the great success that

it was. Well done everyone.

International Women’s

Day

Congratulations to KHS Captain

Kinnie Ring and fellow year 12

student Olivia Willis who have

played parts in this year’s celebration

of International Women’s Day.

Kinnie spoke to a gathering of

women as part of a Women In

Educational Leadership (WIEL)

event. She had previously attended

the 2011 WIEL state conference.

Olivia’s winning Waste Into Art

work was depicted on the entry form

and cover of the art exhibition held to

commemorate the 101st. anniversary

of International Women’s Day in

early March 2012.

Parent Focus Groups

In 2011 the School Council sought

the views of parents for the 2012

School Plan through a discussion

group process. Members of that focus

group have continued to meet to

provide input into the school

planning process. Parents are

welcome to join a focus group to give

parents’ points of view into school

programs. Any parent who would like

to be involved is asked to contact Mrs

Louise Ryan who assists with the

organization of these meetings.

Future meetings are planned for

Willawarrin, Millbank and Bellbrook

and advice will be mailed to parents

of Kempsey High students and future

students soon.

State Swimming

Bianca Roberts and Jake Davison

represented Kempsey High and North

Coast Region at the NSW CHS State

Swimming Carnival that was held at

the State Swimming Centre in

Sydney last week. Jake was Lower

North Coast Zone Age Champion (12

years) and both Bianca and Jake

recorded great times. Well done

Bianca and Jake.

Jake Davison Bianca Roberts

Hydrated and Healthy

A generous sponsor of the School has

donated a ‘filtered water’ bubbler/tap

station to our school. A straw-poll of

our student body reveals a high

propotion of students do not drink

Kempsey tap water. Many thanks to

Ross Davies from Bunnings

Kempsey for the copper pipe,

Osborne and Dowling for the

donation of the trench digger, Ben

Paix for the valuable plumbing skills

and a million thanks to the welding

class at the Kempsey Tafe.

So please encourage our students to

bring a (BPA Free) plastic water

bottle to

school so

they can refil

during the day

and stay

hydrated and

healthy.

Opens Rugby League

For the first time this year the

Country Rugby League has created a

Macleay Valley division for the

Country Cup, so we could play at

Verge St instead of having to travel to

Coffs Harbour or Port Macquarie. We

played two pool games and a play

off.

The first against St Pauls resulted in a

two tries but ultimately a loss. We

showed enthusiasm in the ruck and

tackle but communicated poorly and

did not create enough pressure to win.

The second game was against the

eventual winners – Macksville. They

played some excellent football to beat

us, with wonderful support play

keeping the ball alive despite

determined quality tackling from

Kempsey. Their football showed the

benefit of playing and training

together consistently over time.

In the final consolation match,

Macleay Vocational College had

suffered some injuries and we agreed

on an eleven-a-side match. The

eventual score was five tries to two.

The day was well organised and run

by the CRL. There was some

excellent Rugby league played and

players really enjoyed the

camaraderie, the games and the day.

Year 7 Camp

This term Year 7 went on a team

building camp for 2 days at the

Coffs Harbour Beach School.

The students were taught team

building and social networking

skills though a variety of

activities. This was done by

splitting the students into 3

groups, providing the chance for

them to meet their fellow

students and put names to faces.

Various games and activities took

place including, ping pong, pool table

games, air hockey, basketball, beach

and night games. High ropes was a

popular activity where the students

were required to scale up a 30 metre

tower of rope helping and

encouraging their fellow group

members. Also Zorb Ball was well-

liked, (It involved a huge plastic ball

that holds a person inside).

A special thanks to the teachers and

mentor students from the school’s

SRC who participated in all the

events

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Maths News

Recently, four students from the

Extension 1 Mathematics course

attended the Year 11 and 12 North

Coast study day. Jack, Yi Bei, Zac

and Zubair enjoyed this great

opportunity and put their skills to the

test against a much larger group of

students from schools as far south as

Bulahdelah. The boys also

participated in lectures to improve

their knowledge and understanding of

various topics such as parametric

equations, circle geometry,

integration and differentiation.

On another note...Why not try this

math puzzle.

Applying for disability provisions for Higher School Certificate examinations.

Parents of students attempting this year’s HSC are advised that they may apply

for disability provisions. Parents are asked to contact Mrs Secomb or the School

Counsellors Mrs Hauville or Mrs Curtis, An application will be made by the

school to the Board of Studies and evidence of the student's disability will be

supplied.

SRC News

Students from the School’s SRC have

been extremely busy in the last

couple of weeks. Students with Mrs

Sneddon went to the State SRC

conference, where they took part in

leadership skill development

workshops, team building activities,

motivational presentations and a BIG

IDEA session where they proposed

their one BIG IDEA about how to

enhance student life.

Riley ... and Aesha Awan made a

presentation to the Kempsey Council

as part of YAC (Youth Advisory

Council), where they discussed

Youth Week, Keep Safe programs,

the Aprilla Youth Concert, scary

movie nights and youth drug issues.

The mayor and councillors where

very pleased with the presentation

and were happy to have the support

of the YAC.

The SRC has been fundraising for the

Ronald McDonald House. They held

an out of uniform day at the school to

help drum up support. One hundred

and forty four dollars was donated to

the cause. Thank you to all those

students who contributed.

SRC students were also involved in

YLead at Frederickton Public School.

SRC leaders participated in this

leadership training and mentoring

program for year 6 students from

local primary schools.

Kinnie Ring was invited to speak at

the Women in Education Leadership

(WIEL) conference held at Coffs

Harbour where she spoke about

women in leadership embracing

young women. Kinnie with 60 other

women from the Mid-North Coast

took part in the conference with the

aim to foster and nurture leadership

skills amongst women leaders and

women aspiring to leadership in a

supportive and collaborative

environment.

Several SRC students were mentors

at the year 7 camp. There they

participated in all the games,

challenges and activities with the

Year 7 students. This was a great

positive opportunity for both the Year

7’s and the mentor students. Special

thanks to Sam, Sarah, Crystal, Tykea

and Nick.

State Softball Champion

This term, Katherine McCafferty of Year 12 went to the CHS State Softball

Championships as part of the North Coast Team . The team was placed equal

first in the regional competition and Katherine was named “Most Valuable

Player” for the North Coast team. Congratulations Katherine.

2012 Year of the Farmer

The Kempsey High School cattle team was named the most successful exhibitor

at the Camden Haven Show last month. The Students took 6 steers and 1 heifer

to the show and more than 14 ribbons were won, making it one of the school’s

most successful shows to date. 1st, 2

nd, and 3

rd placing were given to Lachlynd

Byrne, Jen Mitchell, Joshua Heuston, Emily Saul and Merinda Kyle.

Mr Saul, along with the 21 students, is now planning on taking more ribbons at

the Kempsey, Macksville, Wingham and Wauchope shows.

University

Roadshow

Year 12 students recently

visited Melville High who

hosted the Regional

University Roadshow. The

event brings together

representatives from the

University of New England,

Charles Sturt University and

Southern Cross University to

talk with HSC students.

This presentation provided students

an insight into the university

application processes, university

costs, life as a university student and

course information.

Approximately 120 students from

Kempsey High, Melville High and St.

Pauls College attended the Roadshow

Presentation.

KEMPSEY HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Students Participating in Drumbeat at the student parent morning tea