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27 SEPTEMBER 2019 TERM 3 ISSUE 10 THE HENRY LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGE, ACHIEVE49 SOUTH STREET, GRENFELL NSW 2810 02 6343 1390 www.henrylawso-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

FAREWELL YEAR 12 2019.

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR HSC!

The Henry Lawson High School is currently taking enrolment enquiries for 2020. Appointments can be made with Aaron Flagg

by contacting the school on 02 63431390.

Principal’s ReportCongratulations to our Year 12’s who have completed their formal schooling. The celebrations such as assemblies and the graduation dinner are fantastic way to end thirteen years of schooling. Good luck to all of our Year 12 students sitting their HSC examinations over the following months.

Remember the future is not defined by your exams. The future begins after they have finished. It is always important to give everything you do your very best shot, but make sure you keep some perspective. When you walk out of that final exam, you have the world at your feet.Tonight will be the final send off for our Year 12’s. The dinner is a fantastic occasion, made even better as it is organised and run by our volunteer parents, staff and students. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to help support our Year 12 students as they graduate from THLHS.Last Friday our Year 10 students attended the Funds for the Future workshops held at the Grenfell TAFE. This was a community organised event that was hugely successful. It’s always amazing to see what can be achieved when resources are combined. A big thank you to all the community members who gave up their valuable time for the benefit of our school. See this newsletter for a full report.

Our Year 9 students thoroughly enjoyed the Weddin Mountain challenge held last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We were again joined by Sir Joseph Banks High School from Sydney to make the event a special one.Thank you to all the staff, parents and students that made this such a great activity, and in particular to Ms Nicola Mitton who worked long and hard on the planning, organisation and execution of this very large and important event. See this newsletter for a full report.Congratulations to Anna Hunt and the NSW under 18’s football team. Anna and her team mates took out the School Sport Australia 2019 football championship in Queensland last week. Well done Anna on your inclusion in the team and on your successful tournament. A terrific achievement.

Have a great break and recharge the batteries. I am looking forward to seeing everyone fresh and ready to go in term 4. School will resume for students on Monday 14th October.Aaron FlaggPrincipal

Good luck Steph!Year 11 student Stephanie Davies will be traveling to Perth next week as part of the NSW team to compete at the ASC National Young Judging Merino Fleece finals.Steph has been honing her skills at local shows as well as attending a weekend workshop with other NSW representatives. Good luck Steph and we look forward to hearing your results.

Funds for the FutureOn Friday 20 September, Year 10 were involved in the Funds for the Future Day. The event was sponsored by National Australia Bank and consisted of members of the community and surrounds running workshops on a range of financial issues.Jag a job was presented by Gordon, Garling and Moffit lawyer Mrs Rachael Power, explaining to students how to present themselves in an interview, how to prepare a resume, questions to ask, research the job and goal setting.Representatives from the National Australia Bank shared tips and tools on how to save money through a range of apps and bank accounts.Mr Mark Aspin showed the students how to prepare a budget, using real life examples. This exemplified how easy it is to live beyond your means, especially when you first go out into the real world.Balance accountants worked through the tax system and superannuation, explaining how deductions work and the purpose of superannuation.All students were supplied with a lovely morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea catered by our Year 11 hospitality team.A huge effort and thank you to Mr Phil Diprose, Mrs Beth Knight, Sarah Knight, TAFE and the presenters on the day. It was a great community initiative that will be a benefit to the students in the future.

TELL THEM FROM ME!We encourage all parents and carers to complete the online survey.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/knn3yUse this link to go directly to the page. You can complete the survey on your phone,

tablet, laptop or desktop computer.The more responses we receive, the greater our understanding is of how we can

better meet the needs of our students and parents.The survey 25 October 2019.

Thank you.

Eugowra Show 2019On Saturday 14 September Miss Whale and six students travelled to Eugowra Show with the goal for some students to qualify for the 2020 ASC State Finals for beef cattle parading. With a team of four exceptionally well behaved and cooperative heifers, George Mitton and Hugo Fenton started the day in the novice paraders competition with both moving to the finals. From a field of thirty competitors Hugo Fenton was awarded Champion Novice parader and with George Mitton receiving 4th place. Angus Kelly, Tara Schaefer, Tatianna Hazell and Stephanie Davies all competed in the ASC Group final to vie for one of ten championship places and the opportunity to for the state championship held at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 2020. Our students competed against sixty students from across the region with Angus Kelly, Tara Schaefer and Tatianna Hazell all qualifying. This is a huge achievement - congratulations Angus, Tara and Tatiana. Stephanie Davies also competed in the other young judging competitions, once again winning the Merino Fleece judging - great practice leading up to the national finals held next week in Perth! Good luck Stephanie!

Young Show 2019On Sunday 15 September, our show team of fifteen students and eight cattle travelled to the Young Show. The morning saw our students compete in the junior judging with Harrison Keppie and Tyler Stevens moving through to the under 14 years oral presentations. Kiara Warnke, Angus Troth, Jaxon Stock and Faith White progresses through to the oral presentations in the over 14 years age group. Upon the completion of the orals Harrison Keppie was awarded 1st place and Tyler Stevens was 3rd in the under 14 years age group and Faith White placed 3rd in her age group. Our success continued in the ring with Tatianna Hazell parading Double A Bib owned by Miss Whale to Junior Champion Female, Grand Champion female and then Supreme Exhibit of Young Show. Angus Kelly paraded the Reserve Junior Champion female Lachlandale Azalea or more commonly known as Lulu also owned by Miss Whale. Following the cattle judging all 15 students then competed in their paraders competition. Our students received a number of placings, with Angus Kelly receiving Reserve Champion Parader overall. Congratulations to our show team on preparation, parading, judging and their presentation and their ongoing success on the local show circuit.

OFF TO PARLIAMENT HOUSEJoshua Carpenter has been selected to participate in the New South Wales State Schools Constitutional Convention at Parliament House to be held in Sydney in November.The topic for this year’s convention is: Change and the Australian Constitution (Amending the Constitution). Joshua wrote his entry on Indigenous people within the constitution.Thirty students from across New South Wales have been selected to participate in this convention. A great effort by Joshua. Well done and all the best for November.

WEDDIN MOUNTAIN CHALLENGELast week Year 9 students travelled to the Weddin Mountains for the annual Weddin Mountain Challenge. This year we were joined by nine students from our partner school Sir Joseph’s Banks High School in Sydney. This was a great opportunity to meet with our pen pals from last year as well as some new faces. We had a great time climbing the mountain, testing some student’s fitness levels. We walked to Ben Halls Cave and Seaton’s Farm which was a great experience for the Sir Joseph Banks students to be involved in. The Sir Joseph Banks High School students joined in new experiences of camping as well as rounding up sheep at Paul Taylor’s farm. It was great to see everyone from both schools interacting with each other, sharing the different aspects of each schools culture. A big thank you to parents, teachers, especially Mrs Mitton for organising the trip. A great time was had by all. Nikki Chalker

POSSIBLE ENCORE PERFORMANCE FOR JESSE? While the HSC examinations are still a month away, our music students have already had their performance pieces marked. Based on these performances, Jesse Thomson-Jones has been invited to audition for possible inclusion in ENCORE, a program of outstanding performances and compositions by students from the HSC music examinations. We wish Jesse all the best and look forward to hearing the outcome.

Important information for students/parents/carers Year 10

The LoVE BiTES program will be presented to Year 10 students at school on Monday 21 October (week 2). At its core, LoVE BiTES aims to educate young people on the nature of healthy relationship dealing with issues such as sexual assault and domestic and family violence. The program, conducted in schools throughout the state, is delivered by professional health workers.LoVE BiTES will be presented in the form of two workshops, followed by another session which will consolidate the information and result in the production of student-developed artwork, inspired by the theme of prevention of violence against women. Past students have found the day to be informative and valuable.Year 10 students do not need to wear uniform on this day, (keep in mind, you will be painting in the afternoon), but must wear closed-in shoes. The program will run to about 2.45 pm. Students will attend LATS as usual.Should you have any concerns regarding your student attending all or part of this event, please contact Monique Taylor at the school.

GRENFELL AMATUER SWIMMING CLUB NEWSLETTERWelcome to the 2019/2020 swimming season. The Pool will open for the season on Monday 30 September 2019. The first night of swimming club will be held on Friday 18 October 2019.2019/20 Season FeesNon- swimmer $23.00Swimmer - 8 & under $70.00Swimmer – 9 & over $93.00Squad training Squad training will begin on Monday 30 September 2019 at 4pm. Squad training will be held Monday – Thursday. For all squad training related enquiries please contact Leann at the Aquatic Centre.UniformFor anyone wanting to order a uniform please contact Leann at the Aquatic Centre before Friday 18 October 2019.DATES FOR THE DIARY18 October 2019 – 1st night of swimming club1 November 2019 – Welcome BBQ (more details to come)8 December 2019 – GASC Development Carnival27 December 2019 – no swimming club16 February 2020 –Business House Relays

Grenfell Aquatic Centre detailsEmail – aquaticcentre@weddin.nsw.gov.auPh – 6343 1756 Mob: 0490 830 563

6862 3825www.facebook.com/pcycparkes

Next course date: PARKES- Tuesday 8th October- Module 1FORBES- Wednesday 9th October Module 1

MODULE 2 – Participants will be phoned to arrange Module 2

For more information, see Ms Kuhn.

Country Education Foundation of Grenfell Annual General Meeting Monday 14 October at 7.30pm at the Grenfell Bowling Club. Regular meeting to follow.New members welcome.

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

October1A 14 15 16

Year 9 Mentor Training

17

HSC Exams Commence

18

October2B

Year 10 LoveBites

21 22 23

Year 7 Vaccinations

Beef Bonanza Scone

24

Beef Bonanza Scone

25

October/November

3A

28 29 30Assembly

31

Year 6 Orientation

1

November4B 4 5 6 7 8

November5A

11

Year 9 & 10 Exams

12

Year 8 SydneyYear 7 Canberra

13

Year 8 SydneyYear 7 Canberra

14

Year 8 SydneyYear 7 Canberra

15

November6B

18 19 20Assembly

21

Year 6 Orientation

22

November7A 25 26 27 28 29

December8B 2 3 4 5 6

December9A

Year 10 Work Experience

9

Year 10 Work Experience

10

Year 10 Work Experience

11

Year 10 Work Experience

12

Year 10 Work Experience

13

December10B

16Gold Merit Day

17

Presentation Day2019

18SDD

19 20

Are you purchasing a laptop for your student? When purchasing a BYOD device (laptop) for school, please do not purchase a chrome book as it does not support the free software available for all students through the school portal. For more information, please refer to the Year 8 subject booklet or contact the school.