Wauchope High School

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Canteen Roster

Tue 6/10 L McKenzie

Wed 7/10 K Williams

Thur 8/10 D Copland

Fri 9/10 C Harris

Mon 12/10 R Williams

Tue 13/10 P Treacy

Wed 14/10 L Williams

Thur 15/10 C Wade

Fri 16/10 J Emanuel

Calendar of events

Term 4 students return Tuesday 6th October

HSC Commences Monday 12th October

Parent Teacher Evening Year 7-10 Tuesday 20th October

From the Principal: Today was a very special day as we celebrated the end of 13 years of schooling with the

graduating class of Year 12 2015. Their final assembly was well supported by family and

friends and included a number of heartfelt and moving speeches by students and

teachers as well as recognition of the significant achievements by a large number of

students over the past 12 months.

I would like to acknowledge the large amount of work done by staff in making sure that

the assembly and morning tea that followed went smoothly and was a fitting celebration

for students and their families. Thank you and well done.

In farewelling the 2015 Year 12 cohort we wish them well for the future and encourage

them to aim high, work hard and never give up on their dreams. We also hope that they

keep in touch with the school over the coming years and let us know of their

achievements and successes.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our new Student Leadership Team for 2015-16. Our new School Captains, Chloe Houseman and Dean Hollis will be ably assisted by our new Vice Captains, Samantha Mead and James Scott. Our congratulations also go to Maryjane Casey who was elected as our new SRC President. I look forward to working with this team over the coming 12 months. In passing I would also like to thank Eliza Colby, Willis Thompson, Riley Bromfield, Cameron Lindsay and Stephanie Hallam who have been a fantastic team to work with over the past 12 months. I would like to invite all parents to peruse our revised Student Representation Policy which was sent home with all students on Thursday. As indicated in the introduction to the documentation representing Wauchope High School is a privilege that students must earn through their effort, attitude and application, both within and outside of the classroom. While we encourage as many students as possible to try out for and participate in these activities this participation cannot be at the expense of their academic progress. We seek your support in ensuring that our students are successful in all aspects of their education. As we move into the school holiday break I would like to thank everyone for their work and support over the past 10 weeks. I encourage everyone to have a relaxing break, however, I do expect those students who still have HSC examinations to sit to use this time wisely in preparing for those examinations. We look forward to welcoming all students back to school on Tuesday 6

th October.

Regards Glen Sawle

Inside this issue:

Good Luck Year 12!

2

Year 12 Hospitality 6

Staff Equestrian

Achievement

Bronze Medallion &

Rowing Courses

7

NSWCHS Athletics

Open Girls Football 8

Sky Stories 9

Community Events 10

PMHC Sport Awards 11

Term 3 Week 10

Page 2 Good Luck Year 12

Lions Club of Wauchope Award Willis Thompson & Eliza Colby Rotary Club of Wauchope Award for Leadership Cameron Lindsay, Reilly Bromfield & Stephanie Hallam Mid Coast Connect Award Tiarna Deegenaars Ros Cooksey Memorial Award Mel Parsons Reuben F Scarf Award Dylan Hoffman Bob Peate Memorial Chemistry Award Eliza Colby Hastings Co-Op Award Alex Thomas ADFA Long Tan Award James Blackburn Gabriel Mathematics Awards Willis Thompson for Mathematics & Mathematics Extension 1 Jacob Johnston for Mathematics General 2 Rachel Hyde for Mathematics General 1 2015 Caltex All-Rounder Vaida Shaw Year Adviser’s Award Laurran Tully Equal Sixth Place in Year 12 Zoe Murphy 2nd in General 2 Mathematics, 3rd in Biology, 3rd in Chemistry, 3rd in Standard English Equal Sixth Place in Year 12 Jasmin Waite 1st in CFS, 2nd in Legal Studies Fifth Place in Year 12 Caitlin Turner 1st in Legal Studies, 2nd in CFS, 4th in Standard English, 4th in Biology Fourth Place in Year 12 Vaida Shaw 1st in Ancient History, 1st in Extension I English, 2nd in Advanced English, 3rd in PD/H/PE Third Place in Year 12 Eliza Colby 2nd in Biology, 2nd in Chemistry, 2nd in PD/H/PE, 2nd in Mathematics Second Place in Year 12 Jacob Johnston 1st in General 2 Mathematics, 2nd in Ancient History, 2nd in IPT, 2nd in Hospitality, 3rd in Advanced English WHS Outstanding Achiever 2015 Willis Thompson 1st in Biology, 1st in Chemistry, 1st in PD/H/PE, 1st in Advanced English, 1st in Mathematics, 1st in Extension I Mathematics

Special Awards

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Year 12 Excellence Awards

Bradley Anderson Excellence in Mathematics Life Skills Deanna Atkins Excellence in Agriculture Deanna Atkins Excellence in English - Standard Deanna Atkins Excellence in Mathematics General 2 Deanna Atkins Excellence in Ancient History Maddison Bower Excellence in Textiles Maddison Bower Excellence in Agriculture Reilly Bromfield Excellence in Legal Studies Reilly Bromfield Excellence in Physical Education Ourgust Buthmann Excellence in Furniture Making Eliza Colby Excellence in Mathematics Eliza Colby Excellence in Biology Eliza Colby Excellence in Chemistry Eliza Colby Excellence in Physical Education Stacey De Joux Excellence in English - Standard Tiarna Deegenaars Excellence in Agriculture Tiarna Deegenaars First in Primary Industries Victoria Goddard Excellence in English Life Skills Victoria Goddard Excellence in Mathematics Life Skills Stephanie Hallam First in English Studies Dylan Hoffman First in Physics Isaac Hoskins Excellence in Agriculture Sarah Hunt Excellence in English - Standard Sarah Hunt First in Standard English Rachel Hyde Excellence in Mathematics General 1 Rachel Hyde First in General 1 Mathematics Jacob Johnston Excellence in Mathematics General 2 Jacob Johnston Excellence in English - Advanced Jacob Johnston Excellence in Hospitality Jacob Johnston Excellence in Ancient History Jacob Johnston First in General 2 Mathematics Lachlan Lenehan Excellence in Legal Studies Lachlan Lenehan Excellence in Hospitality Lachlan Lenehan First in Hospitality Cameron Lindsay Excellence in Physical Education Cameron Lindsay Excellence in Mathematics Cameron Lindsay First in Agriculture Hayden McCristal First in IPT Matthew Mumford Excellence in Hospitality Zoe Murphy Excellence in Biology Zoe Murphy Excellence in English - Standard Jayden Newman Excellence in Mathematics General 2

Johnathon Ostler Excellence in Physical Education Johnathon Ostler First in SLR Johnathon Ostler First in ITT Melissa Parsons Excellence in Textiles Melissa Parsons Excellence in Ancient History Melissa Parsons First in Textiles & Design Kristy Roods Excellence in Legal Studies Kristy Roods Excellence in English - Standard Kristy Roods Excellence in Hospitality Vaida Shaw Excellence in English - Advanced Vaida Shaw Excellence in Legal Studies Vaida Shaw Excellence in English - Extension Vaida Shaw Excellence in English - Advanced Vaida Shaw Excellence in Ancient History Vaida Shaw Excellence in Physical Education Vaida Shaw First in Ancient History Vaida Shaw First in Extension 1 English Michael Smith Excellence in Legal Studies Michael Smith Excellence in Agriculture Michael Smith Excellence in Mathematics General 2 Willis Thompson Excellence in Mathematics Willis Thompson Excellence in Mathematics Extension 1 Willis Thompson Excellence in Biology Willis Thompson Excellence in Chemistry Willis Thompson Excellence in English - Advanced Willis Thompson Excellence in Physical Education Willis Thompson First in Biology Willis Thompson First in Chemistry Willis Thompson First in PD/H/PE Willis Thompson First in Advanced English Willis Thompson First in Mathematics Willis Thompson First in Extension 1 Mathematics Laurran Tully First in Work Studies Caitlin Turner Excellence in Legal Studies Caitlin Turner Excellence in English - Standard Caitlin Turner First in Legal Studies Jasmin Waite Excellence in English - Advanced Jasmin Waite Excellence in Legal Studies Jasmin Waite Excellence in CFS Jasmin Waite Excellence in English - Advanced Jasmin Waite First in CFS Teila-Jayne Young Excellence in Mathematics Life Skills

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Year 12’s Final Week at WHS

Super Heroes

Dream Careers

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FRIDAY FORMAL ASSEMBLY

Hawaiian

Mrs Bloomfield with her Year 12 Hospitality Class for the last lesson

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Mrs Bloomfield makes all of her year 12 students a chef hat as a parting gift.

Peking Duck, Garlic Bread,

Ribs , Asian salad, sticky

Date Pudding and Meringues

What a feast!

Not only are our students amazing, so too our SAS staff

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Congratulations Sarah for winning 2015 NSW Amateur Owner Rider Preliminary

Champion at the recent NSW State Dressage Championships held at Sydney International Equestrian Centre.

Bronze Medallion Course

There will be an intensive Bronze Medallion course run through the Wauchope/Bonny Hills Surf

Club in the first week of the September School Holidays.

For more information, ring Tony Kee on 0427 836 855.

Rowing

Each Saturday morning at 8.30am, there is a learn-to-row group operating from the Rocks Ferry

Reserve, using a boat from the Wauchope/Bonny Hills Surf Club.

For more information, ring Tony Kee on 0427 836 855.

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NSWCHS Athletics Carnival

Wauchope High had eight students qualify to attend

the CHS (State) Athletics Carnival at the Homebush

Olympic site between Thursday 3rd

to Saturday 5th

September. Of these eight students, the 13 Years

Boys 4 x 100M Relay team of Jayden, Corey, Jack

and Nathan finished 12th in the State after finishing

3rd

in their heat, David won a Bronze medal in the 14

Years Discus, Rhianna won a Silver medal in the 14

Years Long Jump and Nathan won both a Silver

medal in the 13 Years 80 Metre Hurdles and a Gold

Medal in the 13 Years Javelin. What a fantastic

achievement by these students, and congratulations

from the entire school!! Well done!!

The girls show off their medals

The Lions Club of Wauchope presented a cheque to Vaida on Monday to help with the costs

involved in their recent winning campaign.

Open Girls Football

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This term in Science, year 8 students have been learning

about astronomy. As well as learning about modern astrono-

my, students were taught about Indigenous knowledge and

perspectives of the sky. One lesson involved a member of

the local indigenous community, Trish McInherny, telling

the story of ‘The Emu in the Sky’ and its significance to Abo-

riginal peoples throughout Australia. The lesson also offered students the opportunity to cre-

ate their own ochre paintings representing their personal relationships with the sky.

The culmination of the Sky Stories project was a stargazing night held at Sancrox Reserve,

which was attended by over 250 people from the local community. The evening involved some

sky stories and cultural activities with thanks to the Djiyagan Dhanbaan Choir and Dance

group, as well as the Wauchope High School dance group. Experts were also on hand from the

Mid North Coast Astronomy Group to provide instruction and advice on telescope setup and

use. It was a fantastic opportunity to view the night sky through state of the art telescopes

and astronomical binoculars as well as a laser guided sky tour with details and information

about stars, planets and the Milky Way

in general.

Charles Sturt University initiated the Sky

Stories project and supplied each of our

school with a great new reflecting tele-

scope with which to explore the sky,

even during the daytime. Thanks goes to

them and everyone else who helped

make the project a massive success.

Sky Stories

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Floral Display “Comboyne Remembers” ‘Coo-ee Café

4B3 Art Exhibition Kid’s Entertainment

Troppo Bob Magic Shows Live Music

Car Club Capers + Classic Bikes Doug Moseley local artist blacksmith

Working Machinery Clydesdales Horses

Biggest Ever Street Markets Plenty of Food & Coffee

9 A M – 3 P M Entry $5 Under 18’s Free

w w w . c o m b o y n e v i l l a g e f a i r . c o m

CHECK YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES

The school holidays are a good

time for students to check and re-

plenish their essential school sup-

plies.

Equipment that is needed each

day includes:

Blue, black and

red pens

Lead pencil

Coloured pencils

Eraser

Ruler

Glue stick

Scissors

New notebooks may be required.

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KNOW AN OUTSTANDING SPORTSPERSON?

Think about nominating them for the PMHC Sports Awards.

Entries close 5pm 30 September. Nomination form on the following page.

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