Camden Haven HIGH SCHOOL A Member of the Camden Haven Community of Schools PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE The Parent/Teacher evening held last week was most successful with a large number of parents taking the opportunity to meet with staff and discuss the progress of their students. It was also a chance for parents to see the large fan we had installed in the MPC last year which was donated by our P&C. It is a great addition and certainly makes for more pleasant conditions during assemblies, performances, examinations and everyday use of the MPC. It was also wonderful to welcome a number of new faces to our P&C meeting also held that evening. Hopefully an evening timeslot will be more accessible to parents and friends of the school and I look forward to welcoming others to our meetings in the future. Ms Cutler and Mr Hickson accompanied a group of students to the Royal Easter Show, an experience they all enjoyed despite the long hours and hard work preparing for events. Students worked tirelessly and attended lots of events outside school hours to qualify to compete at the show and it is a wonderful achievement for each of them. Congratulations to them, their teachers and parents and families who support their interests. The School Cup Assembly held this week was a highlight with a large number of students being recognised for their outstanding efforts and excellence during term one. It was a pleasure to see so many parents, family and friends attend the assembly to celebrate the achievements of these students. Well done to all those who have been recognised for their fine efforts. The last day of term is Thursday 2 April and I wish both staff and students a restful break which is also safe and happy. School resumes on Tuesday 21st April for all students and I look forward to another successful term. Mrs M Hutchinson NEWSLETTER Issue: 5 - 2 April 2015 Upcoming events 20/4 Staff Development Day 21/4 Students return 24/4 ANZAC Assembly 29/4 School Cross Country 5/5 Immunisation Day Yr 7, 11 & 12 7/5 Parent/Teacher afternoon Yrs 10, 11 & 12 CONTENTS ON-SITE HAPPENINGS DISTANCE EDUCATION NEWS SCHOOL NOTICES CAREERS NEWS SPORT NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS Valley View Road, Laurieton, NSW 2443 • 02 6556 8100 • [email protected] ON-SITE HAPPENINGS SCHOOL CUP AWARDS Camden Haven High School’s motto is Aim for the Highest. This is fostered by celebrating the academic and sporting achievements of students each term in our School Cup Awards assemblies. The assembly for Term 1, in which 192 students from Years 7-12 were recognised for their work ethic and performance in all subjects, was held on Tuesday 31 March. Age swimming champions also received awards. The assembly was conducted by Mr Garry Wykes, Deputy Principal for Stage 5, and the 2015 School Captains, Imogen Deutscher, Isaac Bruggemann, Kirsty Kneipp and Jordan Potts. Mr Dick and his Stage 6 Entertainment Industry students provided expert technical support. The musical item ‘Titanium’ by David Guetta and Sia was performed by two Year 11 students, Lindsay Kaul (keyboard) and Emily Stevens-Seers (vocals). The official party consisted of the Principal, Mrs Hutchinson, Deputy Principals Ms Westman and Mrs Clough, Year Advisers Mr Fowler, Mr Mackiewicz, Mrs Devine, Mr Hetherington and Mrs Bovey-Mendez, and Ms Cook, the Head Teacher of PD/H/PE. Two SRC members from Year 10, Max Wilson and Taylah Murray, assisted with the presentation of awards. The efforts of all these people ensured the smooth running of the assembly. Year Adviser’s Award recipients were Blake Kennedy (Year 12), Lindsay Kaul (Year 11), Alec Buttola (Year 10), Nicholas Taylor (Year 9), Drew Eade (Year 8) and Mikha Everingham (Year 7) Deputy Principal Awards were received by Dayne Sommer (Year 12), Tamara Gonzalez (Year 11), Taylha Murray (Year 10), Zachary Alchin (Year 9), Corin Puls (Year 8) and Kyra Evans (Year 7). Congratulations to all students who received awards. YEAR 7 CAMP On Wednesday 18 March, Year 7 went to Coffs Coast Adventure Centre to conquer their fears. For two sleepless nights and three fun-filled days we explored many on-site activities. These included the muddy commando course, the drenching canoes, the soaring giant swing, the terrifying mega drop, the tumbling zorb ball and the wobbly ladder logs. We also participated in night activities, where we played for gold in the ‘game extravaganza’ and fought to survive in ‘capture the flag’. One of our favourites was the zorb ball. As the zorb ball tumbled down the hill at lightning speed you could hear many screams and lots of laughter. But no-one could compare with Mrs Bovey Mendez’s ear-piercing scream as she hurtled down the hill. Another crowd pleaser was the commando course which showed people’s muddy side to prove they could ‘get down and dirty’ and overcome the twenty one treacherous obstacles laid out before them. We heard nothing but great reviews from all the students about their time at this awesome adventure centre. We would like to thank Mrs Bovey Mendez for organizing this great camp, Mr Irvin, Mrs Hicks, Mr Draper, Mrs Draper and all the camp guides who organised, prepared and supported us through this spectacular experience. By Emily Hollis, Elizabeth Legge and Ebony Nicholas. YEAR 8 MANDATORY TECHNOLOGY 8 Technology 2 have been very busy this term in Mandatory Technology - Textiles. The student’s first project was a pair of boxer shorts. Some students opted to be very creative with their boxer short designs by tie-dyeing the fabric or including lace or ribbon bows as part of their design. A marbling technique was used by the students to decorate their next project – a pencil case. Students not only learnt to use a marble effect as decoration for the pencil case but also further their practical skills by learning to insert a zipper. It has been a very creative and productive term for these students in Textiles. Mrs Turner YEAR 9 DRAMA Year 9 Drama, in partnership with the PBL team (Positive Behaviour for Learning) perform a play once a term at the school assembly. These plays are based on the school rules, expectations and work as reminders for the students of Camden Haven High School. This term the students have focused on the six school expected behaviours: 1. I can follow instructions. 2. I can listen. 3. I know how to ask for help. 4. I can work and let others work. 5. I can respect others by controlling what I say and do. 6. I can be on time and prepared. These performances are a fantastic opportunity for the student in Drama to practice their skills whilst also promoting excellence in the school. Well done Year 9 and remember to watch out for the next one! GATS SCIENCE CAMP Every July holidays, Sydney University offers the chance for students to participate in a week-long Science camp, gaining valuable experience with hands-on experiments and activities, usually with equipment not available in schools. To qualify for the camp, students in Year 9 undertake an examination in November of the previous year. From this the top 10% are offered a place at the camp. Last year we had ten students undertake the examination, for which they are to be commended for giving it a go. Congratulations are to be extended to Matt and Jack Shepherd who have both qualified for the camp. Mrs Devine ROYAL EASTER SHOW The Cattle Team has recently returned from participating in the Beef Competition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Only thirteen students attended the show, with two of these qualifying for their place in the Royal Agricultural Society parading competition at Wingham Show. Annalese Knaack (Year 9) and Rebecca Bennett (Year 12) were two of the nine students chosen to represent the Mid North Coast. Annalese has only paraded three times, so making it to the Royal Easter Show was a remarkable result. Both girls presented and paraded well, but were up against very tough competition and did not place. Jacinta Ostler represented the school in the School Paraders Competition, and was placed fifth in the state in her age division; a fantastic result! The students attended to the three of the schools steers, and prepared them for showing and judging. They also took the steers into a live auction, as part of the competition. Students in Years 10, 11 and 12 also had the opportunity to be part of the Q&A audience, for a country special which was filmed live at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Monday 23 March. The students were keen participants of the screening, and appreciated the opportunity to be part of a live audience. The Sydney Royal Easter Show 2015 Team was: Holly Dodge, Emma Kaul, Annalese Knaack, George Simiana, Jaimee Ashe, Talia Cranfield, Shania Madden, Jacinta Ostler, Montata Boardman, Claire Burgess, Brett Taylor, Rebecca Bennett and Felicity Lowe. These students demonstrated excellent teamwork and represented Camden Haven High School with pride in Sydney. YEAR 8 MEDIEVAL DAY 8A recently enjoyed a ‘Medieval Day’ as a culmination of the learning they have been doing in History this term. Year 8 have been learning about Medieval Europe with topics such as food, clothing, crime and punishment, the social system and the bubonic plague, just to name a few. The class was able to put the knowledge learned into practice by dressing up, eating the types of food that were available for peasants; such as bread and cheese washed down with beer (although we had ginger beer) and food that the nobility ate; such as sweet and savoury pastries. The behaviour of the students during the medieval fun was excellent and their teacher, Ms Hogan, enjoyed the experience as much as the students. They were also entertained by their classmates with the medieval stocks, sword fighting, musical interludes and even a jester! PLANET X IS HERE Last Friday, as part of the Enterprise Skills Program (ESP), students from Year 8 participated in the “Planet X” challenge day at school, The activities were designed to test the student’s teamwork, initiative, problem solving, and communication skills. The activity day had a ‘Sci-Fi Space Movies’ theme and many of the teachers came dressed up to help set the scene. Ten different teams competed in a wide variety of physical and mental challenges. With everything from maths, code-cracking, human architecture and the crossing of ‘lava’ pits, students had to use a range of strategies and skills to progress past each problem. With the temperature reaching into the high 30’s some water based activities were quickly added to help keep the students cool. It was great to note the high level of enthusiasm and teamwork shown throughout the day. Perhaps the most pleasing part of the day was to see that many different students were willing and able to contribute ideas and solutions. The teachers were assisted by the Year 11/12 Sports, Fitness and Recreation students who had the opportunity to practice their coaching and mentoring skills. The Year 8 students are commended for the excellent attitude they demonstrated throughout the day and ensuring that everyone involved at an enjoyable time. The winning team was ‘Alpha Squad’: • Ainsley Johnson • Alyssa Deutscher • Soul Lorenz • Jake Fletcher • Maya Marchment • Sophie Vanderveer • Joseph Hord • Olivia Stevens Seers • Layne Gibson • Drew Eade • Allison Murdoch LANGUAGES COOKING Indonesian Cookery Year 7 Indonesian classes have been doing a unit on Indonesian food. We have been learning about the wide variety of traditional dishes such as nasi goreng (fried rice) , mie goreng (fried noodles) , satay and many more. We watched several youtube excerpts of Indonesian cooking shows. 7R decided we should conduct our own version of master chef. The challenge: in groups of six, try to make the tastiest nasi goreng with the same set of ingredients (rice, egg, chicken, shallots, chilli, onion, soy sauce, garlic and kecap manis.) Mrs Hutchinson was the judge, and she commented that they all tasted good but she was surprised how different each group’s final product tasted. The winning group consisted of Imogen-Lee Barnes, Chloe Bickley, Maddison Eggert, Jada Moore, Maddison Symons and Josephine Umadhay. Congratulations Indonesian chefs! Japanese Cookery Year 7Y students ended the term with a tasty cultural activity. Students iced biscuits and decorated them with raspberry lollies to create a Japanese flag. The treats did not last long but I had just enough time to take a few snaps before they were all gobbled up. Marotte Sensei LIBRARY Winner of the booklove selfie competition, Matt Rosenburg, receiving his book prize from Mrs Rienstra. Premier’s Reading Challenge certificates were presented today to over 40 deserving students. Pictured are Paiton Wilkinson and Tynan Moores-Griffin with their certificates. BACK DISTANCE EDUCATION NEWS FIELD SERVICES FOR TERM TWO - 2015 Students in the Rutherford, Toronto and Broadmeadow Support Centre areas are now able to attend support centres every week. Camden Haven High School is very pleased to welcome Mr Leon Schmeider to be the regular teacher attending these centres. This will allow Camden Haven staff to attend other areas more while also providing greater support to students in these areas. Mr Williams will be contacting all eligible students over the next few weeks to book appointments. Planning for the term three DE Camp will begin soon. An exciting agenda with plenty of opportunities for teacher time as well as social activities will ensure that this DE camp will be very popular. If students would like to attend Camden Haven High School during the term, they are encouraged to call Mr Williams so he can arrange meetings with relevant teachers. BACK SCHOOL NOTICES NDIS If you are a Client, Carer or Service Provider interested in knowing more about the NDIS, then this workshop is for you. The Workshop will provide real life examples as to what the NDIS will mean for you from directly from the trail site in the Hunter Region. So come along and learn first hand what’s happening with the Disability sector and how you can prepare for the changes Thursday 30th April. 9.30am to 2.30pm @ West Diggers Kable Ave Tamworth Wednesday 29th April, 9:30am to 2:30pm@ Moree Service Club, Albert St Moree Costs: This is a FREE workshop provided as part of the Northcott Skill Development Program RSVP: By: 23 April 2015, to [email protected] or (02)67624902 Note RSVP is confirmation of a place. PARKING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS REMINDER The staff car park is for staff members only. Students need to be collected or dropped off at school in the drop off zone outside the school gates. NAPLAN NAPLAN-Notice for Parents and Carers NAPLAN will be completed by all Face-Face students in Years 7 and 9 from May 12th -14th 2015. Students who miss a test or are absent on the test day will catch-up during the test week and on Friday 15th May. Distance Education will be sent NAPLAN on Friday 15th May and must return the tests to CHHS by June 1st 2015. Face –Face students can refer to the timetable below for test times and dates. A “Letter to Parents” has been sent detailing more information on the NAPLAN tests and testing week. Distance Education Supervisors have received a separate letter and will receive further NAPLAN instructions in the first few weeks of term 2. If you have concerns or questions please speak to Helen Fletcher or Carol Rudder at CHHS. National Assessment Program 2015 Year 9 MPC Tuesday 12th May Period 1 Period 2 no assembly Yr 9 Period 3 Year 7 MPC Year 9 MPC Year 7 MPC Year 7 MPC Year 9 MPC Period 4 Wednesday 13th May Period 1 and 2 Normal classes until 10.50am Period 3 Thursday 14th May Period 1 Period 2 Year 7 MPC Exam Starting Times 9.10am – 9.55am Break 9.55am-10.15am 10.20am – 11.00am 11.35am – 12.25pm Break 12.25pm-12.45pm 12.50pm- 1.30pm Language Conventions 45 Minutes Writing 40 minutes Language Conventions 45 Minutes Writing 40 minutes 9.15am – 10.20am. Then supervised in Quad until 11.08am. Supervised in Quad for early recess by period 2 teachers at 10.50am 11.20am-12.25pm then supervised until beg. of lunch 9.10am – 9.50am Break 9.50am-10.10am 10.15am – 10.55am Period 3 11.40am – 12.20pm Break 12.20pm-12.40pm Period 4 12.45pm- 1.25pm Reading 65 Minutes Reading 65 Minutes Numeracy Calculator 40 Minutes Numeracy Non-calculator 40 minutes Numeracy Calculator 40 Minutes Numeracy Non-calculator 40 minutes Students must have their own calculator for Thurs Numeracy session. Please be prompt to your NAPLAN assessment in the MPC. BACK CAREERS NEWS UNIQUE STUDENT IDENTIFIER About the Unique Student Identifier (USI) Every year, an estimated three million Australians build and sharpen their skills by undertaking nationally recognised training. From 1 January 2015, all students doing nationally recognised training need to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). This includes students doing Vocational Education Training (VET) in schools. A USI is a reference number made up of numbers and letters. Creating a USI is free. It creates a secure online record of your nationally recognised training that you can access anytime and anywhere, and it’s yours for life. The USI is linked to the National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Data Collection, and this means an individual’s nationally recognised training and qualifications gained anywhere in Australia, from different training organisations, will be kept all together. The USI will: • link a student's VET achievements, regardless of where in Australia they did the course • let students easily access secure digital transcripts of their achievements (transcripts will be availa ble from January 2016) • give students more control over their VET information. Benefits of the USI initiative The USI initiative will provide accurate, accessible training records to build data that will allow government to target the skills that industry needs to ensure the future prosperity of Australian businesses. It will become the building block for a range of VET reforms and will bring many advantages to students, training organisations and for the future of Australian industry. For students and training organisations, the main benefits are: • Students will be able to get a complete record of their Australian-wide VET achievements from a single, secure and accurate online source. • There will be immediate access to VET records. This means they can be quickly given to employers, other training organisations etc as proof of VET achievements. • It will be easier for training organisations to assess students’ pre-requisites, credit transfers and Rec ognition of Prior Learning (RPL). For Australian industry and training organisations the USI information means: • less time in waiting for job applicants to confirm their nationally recognised training qualifications • sharing of training information will be made easier for training providers and for Australian busi nesses • smarter regulation that is evidence-based to address poor quality training and more transparency in the VET sector • greater efficiency in managing interactions with governments and regulators, simplifying govern ment VET program eligibility and entitlement processing. • streamlined assessment of course prerequisites, credit transfers and the assessment of eligibility for funding assistance Because the USI means capturing of longitudinal data on course completions, it will help to inform the development of future VET sector policy initiatives. The USI data will provide accurate and comprehensive information about students' training achievements and movements within the VET system. BACK SPORT NEWS RUGBY LEAGUE REPORT On Friday 6 March CHHS participated in a 9–aside Rugby League competition at Port Macquarie. CHHS had teams in all ages, from 13’s to the 17’s. It was an exciting day with five games running constantly all day. There were eight schools in all divisions. Our 17’s boys, made up of Years 10, 11 and 12, won two of their three games and finished equal third. Zac Hanlon was the standout player. The 15’s lost two games and had to withdraw from their third due to injuries and fatigue. The 14’s won two of three games and narrowly missed the final finishing equal third. Charlie Murray was the standout player. They also learnt a valuable lesson - to play only in the team that they trained with. About six players backed up for the 15’s when they were short of players, however, this meant they played three games straight, the third game is the one that they narrowly lost. The 13’s side was the surprise packet winning all their games including the final against Wauchope. It was a massive effort and very entertaining to watch. This team has been training for a month and are starting to look like they have played together for years. Mikha Everingham was the star player on the day and collected a prize for his outstanding effort. Congratulations 13’s and all CHHS players who conducted themselves maturely and cooperatively. Mr Anderson - Rugby League Coach SCHOOL NETBALL Congratulations to the Year 7 and 8 girls who participated in the All Schools Cup last Wednesday in Port Macquarie. The gils participated in good spirit and fun was had by all involved. TABLE TENNIS On Tuesday 24 March Camden Haven High School were successful in winning the first round of the CHS Table Tennis Knockout against Port Macquarie High School. After having played Port High for the last five years, this is the first time our team has been successful against them and the first time we have progressed beyond the first round. Our team only dropped one match out of five winning 14 games to 3. Our number one player, Corey Clarke, almost pulled the biggest upset of the tournament in a 5 set match in which he almost beat one of the best juniors in the district. Our success could be attributed to the depth of talent in the team with all four players displaying sound game strategy and having a psychological edge over the opposing players. Team players were Corey Clarke, Blake Hudson, Blake Clarke and Blake Farnsworth (‘Team Blake’). Congratulations boys and good luck for the next round. GIRLS BILL TURNER TROPHY On Monday 30 March our U/15’s Girls Football team faced Wingham High School at Vince Inmon Oval in round one of the annual Bill Turner Trophy. The game started at a fast tempo with CHHS taking initial control of the match with some silky plays through the centre of the park from Molly Gamblin, Leeah Brown and Taylar Dawson who all put substantial pressure on the Wingham defence. Though as promising as the start of the match was for us, it was swiftly turned on its head by some very mature attacking combination play from Wingham High’s centre-mid and striker to make it 2-0 in quick succession. This could have been more if it wasn’t for some heroic goalkeeping from Maddie Newman. The CHHS girls recovered and began to learn Wingham High’s ‘quick link’ style play and how to nullify Wingham’s attacking players with some inspiring defensive displays from Emma Austin, Casey ThorntonCollins, Lucy Draper and Ashleigh Simmons. As the match developed, so too did the CHHS attacks on the Wingham goal, with some brilliant breaks down the wing and “one-two” combination plays from Bre’Arna Hoole, Sacha Everingham and Lauren Hrabak who were unlucky not to yield any goals on a number of occasions. However, in a cruel twist, a late goal in the match was conceded, again against the run of play and put the game out of reach at 3-0. Special mention also goes to Wailagi Savou for an outstanding debut game of football. It was a game that was always going to be tough from the outset with Wingham High boasting some very talented players, which should see them go far in the competition. Football can be a cruel game and on any other given day the ‘Football Gods’ would have been on our side. However, regardless of the result our girls represented our school with pride and fought with courage and spirit right up until the final whistle. Man of the match goes to Lauren Hrabak for a truly gutsy performance. Mr Baker GIRLS CRICKET The junior girls cricket team travelled to Sydney on Monday representing the North Coast in the NSW cricket Milo T20 state finals. With the major prize being an all-expense paid trip to Melbourne to play the national finals on the MCG the girls where very excited. The girls where very keen to train and developed their cricket skills substantially in the weeks leading up the finals. Our first game at Drummoyne Oval was against Loretta Normanhurst. Our girls batted first and were very tentative but did amass a respectable score of 88. The CHHS girls bowled, caught and fielded very well and up until the last two overs where in front by one run. The highlight of this match for our team had to be the classic catch from Brittany Mobbs. But Loretta Normanhurst’s best player and eventual MVP of the finals came into bat and defeated Camden Haven by 15 runs. Loretta Normanhurst would eventually go through the finals unbeaten and be the successful team to represent NSW in Melbourne later in the year. The second game for the CHHS girls was against Illawarra High School from the South Coast region. Our girls where extremely dominant in this game, with nearly everyone hitting a six or a four. Molly Mullen hit six sixes from the six balls faced in her innings. Lizzie Bean and Rhiannon Britton also hit boundaries much to the glee of their cheering team mates. Bianca Williams, Carissa Davidson and Maddi Oram bowled very well each taking wickets. The third game was against Endeavour Sports High School. Unfortunately we were beaten by 20 runs by the school that arrived with teachers wearing ‘cricket coaching staff’ on their selective sports high school shirts. The highlight of this game was the bowling and fielding from Jordan Grieves who stopped everything that came near her and also got a run out by direct hit. The fourth game was the final for fifth vs sixth against Hornsby Girls High School. Unfortunately the Hornsby girls were just too good for us and defeated us by 30 runs. I am extremely proud of all of the team members; they all focussed on fun throughout the carnival. The enjoyed meeting Australian women’s cricket player, Erin Osborne, and significantly improved their cricket skills. BACK COMMUNITY NEWS Laurieton Street Market Easter Saturday 8am to 1pm - Bold & Seymour Streets, Laurieton LAURIETON STREET MARKET Proudly brought to you by Laurieton Public School P&C ` (RIDING, HANDLING AND BEHAVIOUR) 69797 1300 EQUINE Enrol & Complete Online www.horsecourse.com.au Overview: The Certificate III in Horsemanship (riding handling & behavior) provides relevant and informative units of competency that will equip you with the appropriate skills and confidence to benefit both horse & rider and promote safe an adequate riding and handling practices. It also provides relevant pathways to many employment opportunities in the equine industry and covers all government requirements for continued studies at a Certificate III Vocational Qualification level. Course Outline: The course can be completed via part time, flexible study with blended delivery and assessment (390 hours) Delivery Methods: Face to face learning (Including weekend clinics) Online / E-Learning or blended Course Entry Requirements: Be 15 years or over at time of entry into the course Horse, rider and all equipment to be used will be required to pass a safety/risk check to ensure student safety, the safety of others and the safety of horses in their care. Have adequate literacy and numeracy skills How to Enrol: You can book online at www.horsecourse.com.au or simply complete the application from and return with payment to the Australian Equine Institute or alternatively you can fax to (02) 4353 0920 or by mail to PO Box 3531, Tuggerah. 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