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N a r r a n d e r a H i g h S c h o o l
Issue 4 Week 9 Term 2 Thursday 28th June 2018
Calendar TERM 2 Week 9 Saturday 30th June - Sunday 1st
July - PBS Rewards Trip - Sydney Week 10 Year 10 Work Experience all
week
TERM 3 Week 1 Friday 27th July - State Cross
Country - Eastern Creek, Sydney Week 2 Friday 3rd August - NAIDOC
Day Friday 3rd August - Regional
Athletics - Albury Week 3 Wednesday 8th August - Hands
on High School Week 4 Wednesday 15th August - U15’s
Girls Basketball - Narrandera Friday 17th August - U15’s Boys
Basketball - Leeton Monday 13th August to Friday
17th August - Science Week
PRINCIPALS REPORT
It was lovely to see the majority of students in their winter uniform
for school photos last week. This year we have decided to change
companies to Advanced Life School Photography. For those parents
that decided to utilise the online payment system, I have heard good
reports of how easy the process was.
Recently we have had both our Senior and Junior parent teacher
nights. It was fantastic to see so many parents and carers come to
meet and converse with their child’s teacher. Due to our increasing
enrolments and interest, we may have to look at having two different
nights next year to cater for the amount of parents. This is wonderful
news and we look forward to meeting more parents next year.
Due to the busy nature of schools, I would like to request that if a par-
ent wishes to see a particular teacher or executive member that they
call ahead to make an appointment. This is best practice to avoid dis-
appointment in a particular staff member not being available for what
could be a number of reasons, including being on class or in another
meeting. Front office staff will ask for a name, suitable time and what
the meeting is regarding. I ask that you please comply with this re-
quest.
Lastly, we recently had students compete at the regional cross coun-
try in Gundagai where we had four students qualify for state. These
students were Sarah Vickery, Mia Geddes, Alice Langley and Brandon
Hall. Sarah and Brandon came first in their age groups making them
Riverina Champions and Mia placed 2nd. This is a great achievement
for these students and for our small country school. Well done!
With two weeks left until the upcoming holidays, I would like to wish
all of our students a safe and happy holiday break.
Kyle Bryant Principal.
Chess Knockout
Term 2 has been a busy time for our Chess team in the Country Secondary Schools Chess
Teams Competition. After losing to Yanco Ag HS in Term 1, NHS entered the repechage
and were drawn to play Tumut away from home first up.
We travelled to Tumut and met some friendly opponents, who we then engaged in fierce
competition. In a titanic struggle back and forth, NHS emerged victorious 3-1 to progress
to the next round.
We then drew Marian Catholic College from Griffith, in a home game for us. In an unfortu-
nate turn of events, Marian could not travel to Narrandera so we organised to play over
the internet on laptops. After our young guns Jack and Ted both won and team captain
Lucas lost, it was all up to Krit as Marian held the tiebreaker in the event the match fin-
ished 2-2. In a timed game we set at a generous 3 hours (as no one plays for that long…) it
came down to a mad dash with Krit playing his last 3 moves inside the final 6 seconds on
his clock, getting the checkmate with 1.4 seconds to spare. This meant a 3-1 win and pro-
gression to the next round.
We have now drawn another home game against Finley HS, with the match to be played
before the end of term. There are only 11 schools in the entire Riverina (including both
government and non-government high schools) still competing in this event, which is a
great achievement for our school.
Pictured after our victory are team members Jackson Mars, Krit Jitgaroon, Lucas Burton and Ted Ostler.
Drama
Shakespeare Carnival
“Recently a group of our talented Drama students from years 9 and 10 competed in the regional Shake-
speare Carnival, entering in three categories: ensemble, mash-up and short film. Our students were for-
tunate enough to win the film category and will compete nationally in Sydney with their wonderful short
film version of Hamlet.
The ensemble group chose two scenes from Twelfth Night which told the story of a young woman ship-
wrecked on a foreign shore who must pretend to be her own brother to survive , it was a hilarious and
entertaining comedy. The mash-up was a reinterpretation of the classic play Romeo and Juliet. The stu-
dents changed the names of the characters to teenage girls Roma and Julie and explored the effects in
the modern interpretation of the issues. The film was a modern interpretation of Hamlet filmed in and
around Narrandera with many students joining the cast in this funny and ultimately tragic story. All
groups received excellent responses from the judges and applause from the audience.
Congratulations to all the talented students who competed!”
Miss K Hopping.
North West Equestrian Expo
Coonabarabran Alice and Kate Langley recently travelled to Coonabarabran to compete in the North West
Equestrian Expo which was held from Friday June 1st to Tuesday June 5th. Over 400 riders
from secondary schools around NSW travelled to Coonabarabran to compete in this
event. Both Alice and Kate competed in the eventing, pentathlon, show jumping, dres-
sage, six bar, sporting and the active expo ride. Kate successfully placed 4th in the Eva 95
eventing out of a field of 13 riders, Kate then went on to make it to the last round of the
six bar, with the smallest pony where the set height was 1.30m and placed 2nd with her
team. In the show jumping Kate placed 8th in the A2 show jumping (fastest and clear
round) with 30 riders in her class. In the expo ride Kate placed 2nd. It was Alice’s last
event on her horse Phoenix whom she had owned for over 5 years. She placed 7th out of
a field of around 30 in the pentathlon which included show jumping, a cross country run,
a bike ride, javelin throwing and a bending race. She successfully placed 10th out of a very
strong field in both her dressage tests. However, Phoenix and Alice performed very well in
the bareback class, winning the 17 years. Both Alice and Kate are excited to return to
Coonabarabran next year.
YEAR 7 MUSIC
Students in Year 7 are learning about the keyboard and how to
read sheet music. They are currently learning how to play the
Australian song 'Waltzing Matilda' and have done a great job
so far!
Stage 6 Food Technology Stage 6 Food Technology preparing and cooking sweet potato gnocchi and
serving it with a tomato pasta sauce. This class has been studying food manu-
facturing and different aspects of the Australian Food Industry.
Year 9 Food Technology
Year 9 Food Technology have been learning about different age groups and
their specific nutritional needs. They prepared and cooked macaroni cheese.
The class appreciated the higher quality of this home cooked dish in compari-
son to the quick ‘mac and cheese’ version.
NRL Open Girls League Tag Gala Day
On the 18th May a group of Year 8, 9 and 10 girls travelled to Leeton
to compete in the NRL Open Girls League Tag Gala Day. We competed
against teams from West Wyalong High School and Wade High School
and unfortunately, we were knocked out and did not continue on to
the final round. Considering some of the girls had never played
league tag before, and with input from assistant coach and experi-
enced player Janaya Irving Williams, the girls performed extremely
well. Some standout students on the day were Jacinta Smith, Zoey In-
gram and Jakaila Warren who received the player's player award and
a prize from the NRL.
Open Girls Netball In the heavy fog and cold the Open Girls Netball team travelled to Albury on the 14 th of
June to compete in the Riverina Secondary Open’s Netball Knockout. With a few late with-
drawals due to injuries from State Cup and a really bad hill start we managed to depart
Narrandera and arrive safely in Albury.
In our first game against Tumut in the blistering cold we were a bit slow to get going but
the girls worked hard around the circle and to get the rebounds despite lacking considera-
ble height. The second half saw some good short, sharp passing through the centre court
to bring the ball down to our shooters. Unfortunately the girls went down 16 to 9 goals.
The second game saw us take on Griffith High School and secure our first win of the day.
We played a much more controlled game with some excellent feeds from Lucy and Ivy in-
to Jacinta and Jade. Jacinta found her form in this game with some lovely shots out wide.
Ange and Alexa worked tirelessly in defence producing many rebounds and turn overs.
The girls won this game 16 goals to 9.
In our third game we played a very strong and tall Finley side. We fought hard in this game
and our relentless defence produced several turn overs and intercepts. Despite our efforts
we went down in this game and Finley High School went on to win the knockout. Thanks
to Ella Wickes for umpiring on the day.
AFL Gala Days Our AFL Gala days were off to a slow start this year when the year 7 and 8 Gala day was
cancelled when a number of other schools had to pull out of the competition, which saw
a lot of disappointed students, however, we had more luck with the U15’s competition
which enabled many of those 7 and 8’s to get their matches.
The U15’s day was held on May 25th with the boys playing at the Griffith Exies Oval and
the Girls at Collina Oval also in Griffith. Both teams played incredibly well with a mixture
of wins and losses. The boys went down to Wade High by only 2 goals in a very close
match, then were able to back up against RAP team and came away victorious leading
into the final game against St Francis. This game proved much tougher competition with
their spirits down at half time with a large score deficit, they were able to regain their
confidence in second half and restrict their opponents scoring. The girls also played cou-
rageously all day but were unable to come away with a win. Our players player for the
day were Dylan Johnson and Brooke Hall.
After many emails between a number of schools the Opens Teams were finally able to
confirm a date and with very short notice we were able to get 2 teams together to go to
Leeton and the 12th of June to play at the showgrounds. With St Francis, Wade and Nar-
randera the only schools able to field a side, both our girls and boys had 2 games each.
With no bench our teams played well and didn’t give up throughout their matches, with
both teams playing St Francis in the first game and coming to the realisation that we
could have benefited from a few more training runs. Soon it as time for our second
games against Wade. With sides being more closely matched our teams were able to
show a bit more of what they’re capable of with some great play by all, and a stand out
performance by Brooke Hall being chosen as the player’s player in the girls. The boys had
another close match with Wade going down by 2 goals yet again after leading at half
time. After some strong performances all round the ground, in particular Shaun’s ruck-
ing, Busters running, Connor’s new found glory in the forward line the player’s player
went to D’Andre for his tiresome effort in both games.
Well done and thank you for all that were involved in the 2 days especially those that
came to help out with goal umpiring and running water, they were very enjoyable days as
a staff member to be a part of.
Thanks
Mr Davies, Miss Hopping and Mrs Donaldson.
AFL
Zone Athletics 2018 59 students headed off in the fog to Griffith last Friday for Zone Athletics. May students
performed well at zone and qualified for Regional Athletics next term in Albury. Some of
the highlights of the day include:
Jacinta Smith – 2nd in 16 years high jump
Brayden Stewart – 2nd in 12 years Long Jump
Tyler Mohr – 2nd in Javelin
Ryan Hugo – 2nd in 12 years Shot put and Discus
Sarah Vicary – 1st in 17 years 1500m, 800m and 2nd in 400m
Angela Rainbird – 1st in 17 years Javelin and Discus
Lily Hewitt – 1st in 16 years Shot put with a throw of 13.09m
1st in 16 years Discus with a throw of 30.92m
Louis Deen – 2nd in 13 years 100m and 200m
Olivia Light – 1st in 13 years 100m and 200m
Jasmin Gilmour – 2nd in 13 years Javelin
Leah Smith – 1st in 13 years Javelin, 2nd in long jump, 2nd in Shot put and 200m
Georgia Rava – 2nd in 13 years Discus with a throw of 19.09m
Jackson Mars – 2nd in 14 years 200m
Grace Gillespie – 1st in 13 years 400m, 2nd in 100m and 2nd in Discus
Tyler Smith – 1st in 14 years discus
Drew Mathews – 2nd in High Jump
Brandon Hall – 1st in 16 years 1500m and 3rd in Javelin
Bradley Cussans – 2nd in 16 years 200m, 400m and 800m
Louise Mars – 1st in long jump with a jump of 4.22m
Paige Godden – 1st in 16 years 800m
12 years girls, 13 years girls and 16 years boys relays.
Well done to all students who attended and best of luck to those students who qualified
for regionals.
Zone Athletics 2018
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July
to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not
only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all
walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a
range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander community.
The theme for this years NAIDOC is Because of her, we can!
Narrandera School’s NAIDOC Committee and
the AECG invite all of our community to join us
on Friday 3rd August to celebrate NAIDOC Week
from 9am - 3pm
The day will consist of cultural activities, such as
traditional games, art and dance.
Narrandera High School Agriculture and TAS faculty
would like to thank Rachael Gawne for visiting our agricul-
ture students. Mr and Mrs Gillespie have also donated
wheat for our chickens.
Your time, effort and donations are greatly appreciated.