Friday 8th June 2018 Week 2 of cycle Term 2 Vol 3

DIARY DATES - TERM 2

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JUNE

7 Monday June 11th

QUEENS BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY

7 Tuesday June 12th Rugby League - Country Cup

P & C Meeting

7 Thursday June 14th Vaccinations Year 10,11

8 Friday June 22nd Lovebites Year 10

9 Tuesday June 26th Captains to Parliament House

9 Friday June 29th CHS Zone Athletics Carnival

JULY

10 Tuesday July 3rd KEEP Excursion

10 Friday July 6th Semester 1 Awards

10 Friday July 6th Last day of Term 2

TERM 3

1 Monday July 23rd Staff return only

1 Tuesday July 24th ALL students return

BEEF WEEK

Kyogle High Schools involvement and celebration of Beef

Week commenced with students participating in the Beef

Education day on Friday the 4th May. Students had the

opportunity to learn about beef cattle nutrition, grooming

and parading with the conclusion of the day being a

schools paraders competition. Charisma Morgan-

McAninly and Zoe Davis had great success placing 1st in

junior paraders and second in the senior paraders class

respectively.

On Saturday 26th May Kyogle High School was well

represented with a steer donated to the school by Jacob

Daley and the three senior handlers that all lead in

different sections. We were fortunate enough to place 2nd

in the schools competition in a large and competitive

class. Beef Week concluded with the NCMC Beef

Industry day which included talks from presenters from

Ausmeat, MLA, NCMC and many more informing the

students of new technology in the industry and best

management practices to be able to produce a more

consistent and profitable product. The day finished with

the results from the carcase competition. Even though we

did not place in the carcase competition it is always a

highlight and useful learning tool to receive the statistics

from the carcase appraisal and compare this information

with the live assessment. Thank you to Robert Daley for

providing the steer and Stuart Brothers Butchers for

purchasing the steer in the live auction and for

consistently supporting the school.

Kathy Doman - Agriculture

This term is certainly flying by with our Junior School finishing exams today. I applaud the students who have shown diligence and application in completing exams under exam conditions in the Hall—this certainly places you in good stead for future exams.

Open Afternoon—Save the Date

Please save Tuesday 7th August in your calendar for our Annual Open Afternoon. It is a wonderful opportunity for past, present and future students as well as interested members of the community to come and see not only the great facilities we have, but also the teaching and learning occurring in our classrooms. The school will be open from 2pm-5.30pm.

Aerosol Cans

Can I ask parents to work with the school and remind students that aerosol cans are prohibited from our school. Unfortunately there has been some anti-social behaviour causing damage to our school using these cans as well as the medical issues that can arise with students suffering from asthma and allergies. If students do bring aerosol cans to school they will be confiscated and can only be returned to a parent.

Contact Details

Have you checked that your details and emergency contacts are up to date at the school? In a case of emergency, having current details is vitally important—if you believe your details may have changed since your student rerolled at the school either ring the front office on 66321300 or call in and fill out a ‘change of details’ form. Information is often sent out via email, so current email addresses are appreciated as well.

NCCD

All schools across Australia are required to participate annually in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). Please take time to read the notification for Parents and carers attached to this newsletter. If you do have any questions about this process, please do not hesitate to contact Penny Fields our Learning and Support Teacher here at school.

School Attendance

School attendance is important as well as essential for students to achieve their educational best and increase their career options. If your student is away sick, please provide verbal or written notice within 7 days. Families are encouraged to travel during school holidays however we do understand there are times that travel during the school term is necessary and this requires a discussion with me and in some cases, an Application for Extended Leave may need to be completed.

Have a great fortnight.

Gae Masters

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome to this issue of the KHS newsletter. Year 10 students enjoyed work experience last week. Over 70 students sought experience in trade and career options with employers across Kyogle, Casino and Lismore areas. KHS is very appreciative of the support local business give to our various programs and work experience for young adults is an essential educational experience. Thank you to all our valued employers and to C Riesinger for her organisation and support of Year 10 The Kyogle Enrichment and Engagement Program (KEEP) with our Community of Schools Year 6 students continues next week. The focus of this event will be KEEP in CAPA. Already students have enjoyed 21

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century learning experiences in English and TAS. Students will commence planning around their KEEP interest project which will be presented in Term 4. The Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) expectations

focus next week is on expectations before and after

school. Expectations are:

Before School:

After school:

David Hanley

DEPUTY’S REPORT

Be Safe

Walk into the school grounds

Keep hands and feet to self

Wait in designated areas

Be Respectful

Follow staff

instructions

Use school talk

Look after my

belongings

Be a Learner

Walk bikes and

scooters to designated area

Be Safe

Wait in designated area

Use equipment for its purpose

Walk

Be Respectful

Follow staff

instructions

Use a quiet

voice

Use school talk

Be a Learner

Walk bikes and

scooters from grounds

Keep all belong-

ings with you

June Pizza & Pages will now be on EVERY Month during school term @ Kyogle Library! For Tween/Teens 10-18 years old. Next P&P will be Wednesday 20th June 3.30—4.30pm FREE yummy pizza! FREE cool Tween/Teen Skin Care Workshop for guys & gilrs + a free Make’NTake home skin care potion! Giveaways for everyone attending! FREE fun for everyone, why not bring a Tween/Teen friends(s) TOO! NO bookings needed—just drop-in and join-in the fun! Contact : Kyogle Library staff phone 6632 1134

PARENT AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

Melinda McCormick - President

Talk to children about online privacy issues, making sure they know to never to identify personal information such as their full name, address, age, school and don't ever post photos in school uniform.

Teach your children to respect people’s privacy and don’t share anyone else’s personal information online without permission. Don’t tag photos of your children at their school if your accounts are not set to completely private. This is a child safety issue as anyone driving past can search the school on Instagram and see all of the photos that have been tagged at the school, often by parents who have not set their account to private on Instagram. If your account is not completely private, anyone can see your photos of your child, their name, the name of the cat, where you go on holiday, what your family does on weekends, when birthdays were and other information about your family and your life. Therefore, a complete stranger could make up a story that could be very convincing to your child by using the information you have shared in a public forum of more than 500million users.

If you are going to post anything with a significant fact,

check it first.

Teach your children to understand the importance of

passwords, keeping them private and changing regularly.

Learn how to recognise a scam. If it is too good to be

true, it probably is.

Make sure the apps you allow your kids to use are age

appropriate.

Don’t be patronising or insulting to anyone. This kind of

behaviour may validate bad behaviour in children as they

often see it if you are connected to young people on

social media.

Ban devices from the bedroom from as young as

possible. Set boundaries around use.

Share pictures and videos only with consent. And respect

the privacy of others.

Keep your love-life and arguments off social media.

Stay positive. If you see something you disagree with –

don’t engage.

Consider the fact that children in the background of

photos or videos you take at your child’s school may be

on “no publish” lists. Some children are in protective

custody or witness protection and an innocent

photo posted on social media could be disastrous.

Teach young people not to say, or repeat anything that

they wouldn’t say if the person were standing right in front

of them. Recognise that other people’s opinions may be different to their own and that does not give them permission to attack those opinions online. Remember that even an emoji can be taken out of context by someone reading it. Use your head and your heart. Don’t let emotion be the only thing driving you to post. Make sure you respect classification on games, they are there for a reason. Make sure the young people in your care know that under no circumstances they should go and meet up with anyone they meet online. Stranger Danger rules apply because they are now literally on digital steroids 24x7.

If you have any questions please get in touch:

wecanhelp@safeonsocial.com

SAFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

P&C MEETING 5:30pm

Tuesday 12th June

HUMAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE (HSIE)

Year 12 Ancient History students spent a productive day

in a HSC workshop led by a highly experienced exam

marker and university lecturer from UNSW. Students

were given the opportunity to read and mark sample

answers to give them an idea of the quality of work they

should be producing in their HSC exam. It was a very

useful day and the Year 12s should be proud of the way

they participated in the workshop.

TAFE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Congratulations to William McKenzie (Year 12). William has been studying a Certificate 3 in Information Digital Media and Technology. William won a TAFE Excellence Award at the annual TAFE awards ceremony held in Lismore recently. Williams Teacher, Ms Dianne Theakstone, stated that

“William holds leadership qualities that the other students

look up to, he is very polite and a positive role model. His

heart is in 3D and he works hard towards his end goal of

game development. Last year we did 2D units within a 3D

program, he immediately threw himself into it and

produced quality cycling animation that fitted all

elements. He turns up each week with his heart on the

line, follows every lesson task and soaks up all

information. He then goes home and practices. Due to

these qualities I allowed William to teach a class lesson

(Rubik cube challenge) in which he shone through and

delivered a fantastic lesson. I would highly recommend

William to employers and believe William will go to the

top of any industry he chooses to proceed in life”.

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE

Last week over 70 Year 10 students completed a week of work experience. The students found placements in a diverse range of careers/jobs. There were budding Vets, Doctors, Scientists, Teachers, Tradesmen and many more occupations. The feedback from both businesses and students was that it was a positive experience for all. I would like to thank all of the businesses that hosted our students as the work experience program is an important part of the students work readiness development.

Civil Construction

On Monday 4th June Years 9,10,11 and 12 students had

a presentation on the Civil Construction Industry. The

presenter Kaylene flew up from Sydney specifically to do

this presentation for Kyogle High School.

The presentation explained the diverse range of careers

available in Civil Construction.

MCC NEWS

COWS CREATE CAREERS! MCC students have been participating in the 'Cows Create Careers' program this term and have been caring for 2 poddy calves over two weeks. Students have been learning about how to care for the poddy calves including; feeding regimes, correct hygiene and signs of dehydration. The students are continuing to learn about the dairy industry through completing a group project. Thank you to our local Dairy Farmer, David Binney, for loaning the calves to KHS for this program. Kalista Scott

STEM CLUB

We spent a number of weeks looking at quadcopters,

drones and having some fun with virtual reality headsets.

Completing the five 'simple' beginner quadcopter

maneuvoure proved more challenging than we expected

but there was lots of fun to be had anyway.

Lachlan Eggins in Year 10 was generous enough to bring

in his amazing drone that he made - it really is a monster,

so much so that he was not even allowed to start the

rotors! We all had a look through the VR headset to get

an experience of what he can see when he's flying it.

Thanks Lachlan (and Dad)!

Last week we started looking into creating games

incorporating hydrolics - more on this in future news. We

also have a team of creative Year 8 students who are

brainstorming what a future school might look like and

there are some fantastic ideas being discussed - perhaps

we have a number of entrepreneurs in the group?

STEM Club is open to all students across Years 8-10 in

Room 23 every Friday Lunchtime. Come a check it out!

Ms Trudy Spargo

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Nationwide STEM outreach program for students in Year 9 or 10

A three-day or for a day hands-on practical STEM pro-gram, will be conducted again throughout 2018-19. These programs are non-selective and open to all students in Years 9 and 10. Each program includes a wide variety of practical activities, excursions, career information together with interesting presentations by leading Australian scientists and engineers. Further information and application forms are available from your local school science teacher (Ms Spargo) or The ConocoPhillips Science Experience website www.scienceexperience.com.au OR by phonong 03 97567534 or email; admin@scienceexperience.com.au. The ConocoPhillips Science Experience, PO Box 158 Monbulk Vic 3793.

ROSTER

Monday 11/6: Public Holiday Tuesday 12/6: C. Partridge, B. Harley Wednesday 13/6: Thursday 14/6: S. Cormack Friday 15/6: Monday 18/6: Tuesday 19/6: Wednesday 20/6: S. Cormack Thursday 21/6: K. Lawrence, A. Thomson Friday 22/6:

If you are rostered on to help on a day and you cannot make it, please let Deb know as soon as possible. Phone: School - 6632 1300

CANTEEN NEWS

Enjoy 3 or 4 days of Science, Engineering,

Technology & Mathematics

Perform interesting

experiments in a university laboratory

Cost: $190 for 3 days OR

$260 for 4 days