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Principal: Mr D Crelley Deputy Principal: Mrs F Jackson

Phone: 02 69482500 Fax: 02 69482611 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tumbarumba-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

2010 Dux of Tumbarumba High School –

Lachlan Vogan

I am proud to announce that Lachlan Vogan has been awarded the Dux of Tumbarumba High School for 2010. Lachlan is currently studying at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga and is a worthy recipient of this award. Lachlan will be presented with his award at a special assembly on Tuesday 5 April 2011. On behalf of the entire school community we wish him the best in all of his future endeavours. School Uniform

I am always delighted to stand at the front gate most mornings and see the large proportion of our students wearing their school uniform with pride. We have received a great deal of positive feedback from the community about the standard of uniform our students maintain. With this in mind, I ask parents and carers to ensure they stock up on winter uniform, including the correct jackets, jumpers and pants over the coming holidays to ensure we maintain the high standard we have set in term 1. Any student who is consistently out of uniform will be offered an item from the pool of lost clothing; will lose extra-curricular privileges and may not be eligible to represent the school. Denim jeans, ugg boots and surf wear are NOT part of our uniform. Please assist us to maintain a

high standard and demonstrate pride in our school and community by supporting the wearing of correct school uniform over the coming winter months.

The Riverina Highlands Learning

Community Term 1 2011 has seen significant change and progress in the way we educate our students. This is more noticeable for our year 11 students. Apart from being one of the largest senior cohorts the school has seen for some time, they are also the first group of students to undertake their senior studies with the learning devices. This has presented both opportunities and challenges to their teachers who are working on the most effective method of delivery for these classes. The Riverina Highlands Learning Community has also been consolidated in 2011 and our year 11 students are integral to this exciting program. There are currently four classes running across three schools. I am very proud to say that we are delivering three of these classes – Biology (Mrs McGrath), Information Technology (Miss Amey) and Modern History (Mrs Crelley) – whilst Senior Science is being delivered to our students from Gundagai (Mr White).

Issue 10 Date 4 April 2011 Next P&C Meeting: 18 May 2011, Conference Room 7.30pm

Coming Events 8/4 Last day of term 1 8/4 Kokoda trekkers depart 25/4 ANZAC day 28/4 Students return to school

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The teachers have gained significant new skills in the authentic use of video-conferencing technology and the creation and implementation of the Moodle program that allows students to access and submit course work over a closed site, 24 hours a day. The Riverina Highlands Learning Community will be holding a series of Gifted and Talented days for students in years 5, 6, 7 and 8 (Middle School) over the next two terms and will include students from as far north as Gundagai. Congratulations to all of our dedicated teachers and support staff, our fantastic students and their parents for making the first term such a successful one. Our year 7 students have settled into their high school routine with seamless ease and the vast majority of our students come to school each and every day prepared to learn and improve their knowledge and life prospects. It is worth remembering that our school will only be as good as the people in it, so let’s ensure we choose a positive attitude everyday to ensure that Tumbarumba High School is a safe, happy and productive place to be. I would also like to take this opportunity to personally acknowledge the fantastic work undertaken by our SASS staff. Mrs Ireland and her dedicated team are an integral and essential part of our school and regularly go beyond the call to ensure reports and other documents get home on time to parents. They do a great deal of work which assists teachers and students and the majority of the time it is at the last minute. Please take the time to acknowledge the fantastic work done by these wonderful colleagues next time you call or come to the school. I look forward to seeing everyone back in term 2, after a few good sleep-ins, and wish all of our community a safe and relaxing break.

Term 1 finishes on Friday 8 April. Students

return for Term 2 on Thursday 28 April. The

office will be open on Wednesday 27 April.

The Arts Unit

Is your child developing their skills in music, dance, drama, visual arts and speaking competitions to their full potential? Or are they

missing out? The Arts Unit is a leader in arts education and one of the specialist programs within the NSW Department of Education and Communities. High profile public performances, exhibitions and competition opportunities exist for your child with a range of statewide initiatives on offer for students in Kindergarten to Year 12. And what’s more, in 2011 you can apply for one of these programs online. Go to www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au to check out the full range of creative arts, performing arts and public speaking activities with which your child could get involved. Register for the Arts Unit e-newsletter to keep up-to-date with the latest opportunities! www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/new-opportunities-arts-unit School holiday tips

Holiday reading

Looking for holiday reading? If you are unsure of an appropriate book for your child, why not try something from the Premier’s Reading Challenge list? Great lists of books in various categories sorted by age group can be found at: https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html Farm safety

Provide a safe and secure play area for children and supervise them to reinforce the following safety rules: � always wear seatbelts or child restraints in

farm vehicles � don’t ride on tractors, all-terrain vehicles

or on the back of utes � always wear helmets when riding bikes,

motorbikes and horses. More farm safety tips at www.community.nsw.gov.au/docswr/_assets/main/documents/survival_kit/farm_safety.pdf

D Crelley

Principal

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ANZAC DAY CEREMONY Tumbarumba High School will once again play a role in this year’s ANZAC ceremony to commemorate the sacrifices made by our ancestors. It would be very much appreciated to have as much student and parent support and presence as we could for this solemn occasion. This year’s ANZAC day occurs towards the end of the school holidays. Full uniform will be necessary to march. Students are to meet at the War Memorial prior to the march.

M Crelley

KOKODA 2011

The following is taken from the Comradeship Newsletter of 2/14th Battalion. The article was written by Trevor Pryor, a former Principal of Tumbarumba Public School. “On April 8, a group of 20 plus students and leaders from Tumbarumba High (NSW) and the local Rotary Club will depart to walk the Kokoda Track. This is the third team to make the trek and last year the group was awarded a $50,000 prize for the community/school program thus ensuring its continuation. The program was the brainchild of teacher Grant Harris and Rotarian Bruce Wright, son of Lance Corporal Noel (Mick) Wright, 7 corps of Signals. They emphasise to students the historical events and the human aspects of those who fought along the Track. They have also explored local connections to the Track including many relatives who were involved. This year the group has again been divided into 4 groups named after identities connected in some way. Bisset – after Captain Stan Bisset (2/14

th Bn) -

prior to his death last year a great supporter of our project Pryor – after Sgt. Tom Pryor (2/14

th Bn) – the

father of our greatest supporter, Trevor Pryor Tongs – after Capt. Bede Tongs (3

rd Bn) – our

great friend

Muggleton – after Cpl Joseph Muggleton

2/12th

Bn) – a Tumba lad killed in action during the Battle of Buna. Many of the trekkers were in primary school when they were visited by Roy Watson and Jim Sartori who spend the day at the school talking to the students. Prior to the first group leaving in 2007, Ted and Peg Armstrong also visited. Ted almost scared a couple off making the trip and his presentation at a Rotary dinner was hailed as its best ever. The past 2 groups have been sent wishes of support from Stan Bisset and have responded by singing Danny Boy at Butch’s memorial at Isurava. Grant and Bruce have attended a Brisbane reunion and have formed a close bond with the 2/14th Battalion. Thanks to dedicated learership these youngsters will keep the history alive”.

Trevor Pryor

Literacy Support

1. Simple Sentences – A simple sentence has a

subject and feature or action.

• Every sentence has at least one finite verb (a verb that has a subject). Eg The boy chased

the girl.

• Subject: “The boy”

• Action or feature: “chased the girl”

• Eg The girl went to the shop. The shop was open. The girl bought a drink.

2. Compound Sentences

• A sentence which has two or more clauses (a

group of words containing a subject and

feature or action) joined in such a way as to give each equal status as a statement.

• Eg Angus let the dog in then he pulled its

tail.

• Eg Firstly Elizabeth cooked the dinner and

then she cleaned up.

It is essential to encourage students to use

compound sentences instead of simple sentences

as they make a student’s writing more

interesting.

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3. Conjunctions

• A conjunction connects sentences, clauses and words.

• Coordinate Conjunctions – join words that are a similar part of speech. Common forms are: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet. eg The girl

who rode to the shop was tired and hungry.

• Subordinate Conjunctions – Join parts of a

sentence. Common forms are: when, before,

after, as, because, until, however, therefore,

etc. eg I was late to school because I missed

the bus. The teacher was late to class;

therefore he will lose some of his pay.

EXPLORING EMPLOYMENT

Defence Forces Expo

When: 26 May 2011

Where: The Army Reserve Depot located on the corner of Docker and Dobbs Streets in Wagga Wagga.

Time: 10am – 1pm

Description:

The day will run with 4 sessions, each holding a maximum of 30 students who will rotate through the sessions as a group. The sessions will be a combination of classroom and outside activities.

1. ADF Recruiting (inside)

2. Weapons / Equipment viewing (outside)

3. Army Reserve (inside)

4. Either physical training course or night vision simulation (outside, and still to be decided on)

Each session will last for 20 minutes

Interested students please see Miss Pholi

RSA and RCG Payment due by this Friday 8

April 2011

Please pay the front office this week for the RSA and RCG courses so we can finalise numbers with the training provider.

1 course $65 - both courses $120.00

R Pholi

SPORT

Rosewood Cricket Ground was the venue for girls’ one day game between Billabong High School and Tumbarumba High School on Friday 1 April.

In the ensuing 4 weeks leading up to this match, the team grew slowly, putting into practice the new found skills they had learnt .

Paige Kynaston and Emma Alomes were elected by the team to share the responsibilities of leading the girls in the day’s play.

After losing the toss, the girls were sent into the field. Due to the time restraints put foward by the visiting side, it was decided to play a 25 over match.

Tumbarumba High School held Billabong High School side to 5 for 106 by the end of the innings.

The early breakthrough was brought about by a superb ball by Emily Waters and an equally impressive catch in first slip by Paige Kynaston.

Billabong High School fought back from the early loss to put on a 53 partnership to steady the ship before strike bowler Amylea Lawson combined with safe hands of Jakoba Alomes behind the stumps to remove their other opener.

The following over brought about great fielding effort by the girls, resulting in a great throw to the bowler’s end to have Emma Alomes whip the bails off to end the wicket of another Billabong player.

The next wicket to fall had to wait until after the drinks break before Emily Waters brought about the end of another Billabong player.

The fifth wicket to fall came with the score at 80 from a catch by Emma Alomes with Emily Waters picking up her second wicket for the day.

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Billabong High School put on another 26 runs to end their innings on 106, leaving the Tumbarumba High School girls an exciting target to chase.

Requiring just over 4 runs an over the girls came into trouble with the early loss of Tamikah Hoffman with the team score at 10 and Emma Alomes a couple later with the team score at 16.

Amylea Lawson continued to plunder at the other end and combined with Paige Kynaston to put on a suberb 56 run partnership until Paige held out just after the drinks break in an effort to lift the run rate with the score at 72.

Two more quick wickets fell with Jakoba missing the ball exposing the off stump and Emily Waters the very next ball to leave India Masters to block out the hat trick ball.

The girls continued to steadily edge closer to the target only to find themselves an agonising one run short at the end of play.

The girls will have taken away a lot from the game and with a young side, the Tumbarumba High School girls’ cricket team has a very bright future.

Tumbarumba High School Girls side:

Paige Kynaston and Emma Alomes Co-Captains. Amylea Lawson, Tamikah Hoffman, Jakoba Alomes, Emily Waters, India Masters, Emily Dodwell, Tia Bell, Silvia Laing and Sarah Munday.

Thank you to Jonathan Edye and Alexander Morris for umpiring and scoring on the day, Ms Cattle, Ms Dyason and Mr Edwards for training and taking them to the game.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL REPORT On Monday 28 April Tumbarumba High School held its annual Athletics Carnival. This year three records were broken:- Cayden Wilesmith breaking the 15 year boys’ high jump and discus records, while Anthony Foster broke the 13 year boys’ shot putt record.

The senior boys have continued to set an example for junior students with a high level of participation from this group. Hughes continued their reign once again winning another carnival. Well done to all students who participated.

AGE CHAMPIONS

12 YEARS – Nikita Currey, Tyron Casey 13 YEARS – Tamikah Hoffman, Anthony Grady 14 YEARS – Roxanne Vujcich, Tim Carmichael 15 YEARS – Claudia Cook, Cayden Wilesmith 16 YEARS – Jessica Hope, Matthew Bremner OPEN - Brigid Rhynehart, Keith Horseman

K Guthrie

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YEAR ADVISER AWARDS YEAR ADVISER’S AWARDS Year 7 Bob De Abel Jake Hawke Dillon Holm Nicholas Radford Mollie Taylor Emily Waters Bradley Wilesmith Jemma Wolfe

COMMUNITY NEWS

Youth Week 2011

BMX Skate/Scooter competition for participants 12-25 years on Sunday 10 April at the Skate Park, Bolton Park, Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga from 9am. Sections: Scooters – Under 13 and Under 15 BMX – Under 14, Under 16 and Open Skateboards Under 14, Under 16 and Open More information on Tumbarumba Shire Council’s website. Entry forms can be obtained from the Rural Transaction Centre, Council Offices and High School Office. Holiday Activity

In conjunction with Tumbarumba Shire Council children who are over the age of 8 years who live in the Shire are invited to participate in a Scooter, Skateboard and BMX Clinic on Friday 15 April. The clinic will run from 9am to 12.30 pm at the Tumbarumba Skate Park and registrations are necessary. YMCA Melbourne will be conducting the clinic and it is open to anyone under the age of 18, free of charge. The instructors who are nationally accredited by the Australian Sports Commission, will focus on skill development, injury prevention, skate part etiquette and board, bike and scooter maintenance. Lessons offer skateboards, BMX and scooter riders of all ages the skills and knowledge to actively participate in their sport and use skate parks in a safe and responsible manner. Safety gear and equipment will be supplied by YMCA However, it is essential for participants to have their own helmets for these clinics. A sausage sizzle and drinks will be provided by the Tumbarumba Shire Youth Council. Enrolment forms are available from the School Office, Council Offices and the Rural Transaction Centre. For more information please contact Marilyn Gilbert on 69489163 or call at the RTC week days.

M Gilbert

Community Grants Officer

Tumbarumba Shire Council

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Deb Ball News All Saints Deb Ball 2011 will be held on Saturday 22 October. Debs and their partners wishing to participate are asked to contact All Saints School on 69482395 with names and a contact number. Debs and partners must be over 16 years of age or currently in Year 10. A meeting with Debs, partners and parents will be held later in term 2 with dance practice to commence 10 weeks prior to the Ball.

Anne Richards

Indoor Soccer Indoor Soccer will commence Wednesday 4 May at the Sports Stadium at 4pm. Registration will be on that day. Any enquiries, please contact Sandy Powell on 69483369.

Sandy Powell

TAFE Riverina Institute Beauty School for Teens Are you interested in gaining experience in beauty? This course provides an introduction to using beauty products and techniques for teenagers. It covers how to successfully use beauty products for different skin types and complexions. It also provides an introduction to the beauty industry and the training and careers that the industry offers. If you want to learn more about using beauty products or are considering doing a beauty course at TAFE in the future this intensive one day course is a great investment. When: 20 April from 9am to 3.30 pm at TAFE NSW Tumut Campus. Cost is $90 (includes all materials). For more information or to enrol please contact 69814800.

More photos from the recent Athletics Carnival

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ASSESSMENT PLANNER

Year 7 Year 7 Subject Teacher Details of Assessment/Homework Task Due Date

Maths Mr Harris Topic test at the completion of each topic

Maths

Mr Harris/Mr McGrath/Mrs Smith

Term test

Week 11


Maths Mr Cattle Topic test at the completion of each topic

Maths Miss Cattle Term Test Week 11

English Mr Blenkins Picture Book – Numeracy Skills Focus Thursday Week 11


Maths

Mr Harris/Miss Cattle

Topic test at the completion of each topic

Maths

Mr Harris/Miss Cattle

Term test

Week 11


English Mr Blenkins/ Mrs Godby

Aural Assessment (Comprehension & Language & Literary terms)

Week 11

Maths Miss Cattle Topic test at the completion of each topic

Maths Miss Cattle Term test Week 11

English Mr Blenkins & Mrs Godby

Aural Assessment (Comprehension, Language & Literacy terms)

Week 11

Geography

Mr Laing & Mr Simmons

Research Action Plan on Geographic Issues

Thurs Week 1 Term 2

History Mrs Crelley Finish and submit assessment task Week 11


IT – Timber Mr Powell Minor Project number 1 29.4.11

English Mr Blenkins/ Mrs Godby

Growing Up Experience related materials assessment Task

Week 11

Maths General Mr Harris Informal assessment task at the end of each topic

Maths Miss Cattle Informal assessment task at the end of each topic

English

Mr Blenkins & Mrs Godby

Area of study – tutorial and related material summaries

Week 11

Modern History Mrs Crelley Finish 3 Moodle worksheets Week 11


IT – Timber Mr Powell Major project and folio Term 3

Legal Studies Mr Smith Half Year exam Week 11

Business Studies Mr Smith Half Year exam Week 11

Business Services Mr Smith Half Year exam Week 11

Advanced & Standard English

Mr Blenkins/ Mrs Godby

Area of study assessment task – - Writing folder

Term 2 Week 2

Art Miss Ikier Half yearly Exam Week 11



Half yearly English examination

Week 10-11

Maths

Mr Harris/ Miss Cattle

Half yearly Mathematics examination

Week 10-11



Practice essays; composing tasks; related material collection and analysis – Half yearly exam preparation

Week 10-11

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