CASINO H IGH SCHOOL

90 Queensland Road, Casino NSW 2470 Phone: 02 6662 3077 Fax: 02 6662 6390 Email: casino-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

Bulletin Issue No 19, Term 4, 22nd November, 2019

Deputy Principal’s Message - Miss Bennett

Year 12 Formal

The Casino High School Year 12 Formal was held

last week. It was a very special night being the

last official ceremony after 13 years of school for

the students.

The organising committee did an exceptional job

of creating beautiful decorations and atmosphere.

A big thank you to the Year Adviser, Mr Tim

Myers and his merry band of helpers who put in a

supreme effort.

Congratulations to the many students who have

been offered entry to a number of Universities,

TAFE courses, gained apprenticeships and

fulltime or part-time employment.

Best wishes Year 12 on your future endeavours.

Please don’t be a stranger - come back and visit

us!

School Spelling Bee

The annual Casino High School Spelling Bee is

being conducted this week and next week with

participants from different year groups within the

school. Good luck to all students who will be

participating.

Year 6 into Year 7 Orientation Day

We look forward to welcoming our 2020 Year 7

students on Tuesday 26th November. A big thank

you in advance to all the staff and students who

will be involved in making the day a huge

success!

Sports Awards Assembly

Our Sports Awards Assembly will be held on

Thursday 28th November at 12.45pm in The Len

Walsh Hall. We look forward to acknowledging

the many sporting talents we have here at Casino

High School.

Week 7 Term 4 Week B

Monday 25.11.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 7 2020 Parent Information Night - 5.30pm

in the Library

White Card Training

Tuesday 26.11.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 7 2020 Orientation Day - Welcome

Assembly at 9.30am in The Len Walsh Hall

Wednesday 27.11.19

Year 10 Work Experience

White Card Training

Thursday 28.11.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Sports Awards Assembly - 12.45pm in

The Len Walsh Hall

Friday 29.11.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 - TAFE Yes Program

Week 8 Term 4 Week A

Monday 02.12.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Tuesday 03.12.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 Dinner Dance - 6pm Casino Golf Club

Wednesday 04.12.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Thursday 05.12.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Friday 06.12.19

Year 10 Work Experience

Northern Rivers Zone Opens Volleyball - Evans

Head

Events Calendar

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS

Griffith University

Studying Science provides the technical and problem-solving skills you will need in your job. In

the next decade 75 percent of all jobs will need skills in Science.

On Friday 8th November a select group of Year 10 students travelled to Griffith University on

the Gold Coast. The idea was that the students would experience different activities to increase

their awareness of what is possible at University and also aim to increase their problem solving

skills in order to tackle anything that life in general will throw at them.

Sophie McGregor, Bradon Evans and Seth Hill took part in Analytical Chemistry: Qualitative

Analysis of Sunscreens. In this activity they were asked to provide or select from a range of

different sunscreen/zinc products to compare their relative effectiveness at blocking harmful UV

radiation. They extracted and isolated the active compound from the product using a solvent

and centrifuge/micro filter then using UV-Vis Spectrophotometers, determined the specific

wavelength spectrum that the original product protects us from.

Isabella Ennever, Jasmine Boyd, Emma Jacobsen and Brianna Stewart

took part in Mammalian Skull Analysis. They compared and contrasted

several animal skulls to learn about the animal's evolution and map

different stages in animal diversity. The skull and teeth can tell us a lot

about an animal's physical and behavioural characteristics. Looking at

the teeth can help determine what types of food the animal would

typically have eaten which can help us make predictions about a variety

of animal traits.

Daniel Owen, Adam Anderson, Bradon Evans,

Seth Hill and James Green took part in the Build

Your Own Electronics Devices Activity. They

learned how to operate a soldering iron, construct

a simple analogue circuit and have a bit of fun

building an electronic dice that can be "rolled" by

clicking a button.

Isabella Ennever, Jasmine Boyd, Sienna Scott

and Felicity Peters took part in a totally sweet

research experience. Glycomics; The Sweet and Sticky Language of

Biology. This gave the students an opportunity to hear from leading

scientists, about their ground-breaking research and exciting opportunities available in a

biomedical research career. They learned how medical research plays such a vital role in our

everyday lives and had the opportunity to experience hands-on research, as well as taking part

in a Q&A with students and researchers.

Kayne Blasche, Mackenzie Soutar, Joel Brus and Ezra Frost

worked through the LEGO Building Activity. They were

challenged to build a self-standing tower with a maximum

benefit value within 90 minutes using different types of

building bricks. On completion, the towers were measured

and benefit value calculated based on the number of LEGO

bricks used and design concepts applied.

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS

Another school had too many students so Casino High School with their fantastic sense of fair

play and community agreed to work as a team with two of these students. The team came a well

deserved second place.

Curtis Gill, Kyle Blain, Lachlan McNeill, Sophie McGregor and

Daniel Owen also took part in this activity in the afternoon.

They produced a great looking tower with solar panels on the

roof using their knowledge and problem solving skills learned

at Casino High School. Their sense of team work also

impressed myself and Mrs Earley.

Kayne Blasche, Mackenzie Soutar, Joel Brus and Adam Anderson

argued their way to first place overall in the Strongest Tower

Challenge. They explored engineering design concepts by building

the strongest tower possible from given materials to a specific height

in the time allocated. The towers were then tested on their ability to

see which tower supported the largest weight. Their tower withstood

nearly 100kg!

Kyle Blain, Curtis Gill, Lachlan McNeill and James Green took part

in this challenge in the morning. They showed that Casino High

School students have great ability in Engineering and Science by

coming first in their session. Their tower held a mass of nearly 80kg!

Sara Cole, Angela Gawiran and Ezra Frost were the third team to

take part in this challenge. Their tower didn’t reach the dizzying

heights of grandeur of the others but their tower was fantastic

looking and their design was complemented on by the judges.

Unfortunately the glue let them down.

Emma Jacobsen, Brianna Stewart, Sara Cole and Angela Gawiran

took part in the Build An Autonomous Chat Box Activity; have you

ever received an automatic response to your queries on Facebook

messenger? In this workshop they created a similar version of Chat

Box/Messenger and coded creative instructions to receive an

automated response.

Students had a great day and were an absolute credit to Casino

High School. They were all surprised by how spread out the Griffith

University campus is and how good the facilities are. They were

well mannered and completed every activity to the best of their

ability. Mrs Earley and I were very impressed with them all.

Rory McPherson

Head Teacher Science

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

SCHOOL INFORMATION

Quicksmart Certificate Presentation

Parents, carers and community members are invited to attend the Quicksmart

Presentation Ceremony for 2019 on Tuesday 10th December commencing at

10.25am in The Len Walsh Hall.

Details of the Quicksmart Programs at Casino High School will be shared and certificates will

be presented to students who have attended lessons regularly and completed the final testing

requirements of the program. Afterwards morning tea will be served by our Technology students

on the lawn area in front of Rooms 9 and 10. Students will need to attend their Period 3 lessons

following this celebration.

We hope that many parents, carers and community members will be able to attend this

occasion to acknowledge the achievements of Year 7 and Year 8 students who have been

involved in the Quicksmart Programs in 2019.

Please reply to the invitation letter that was sent home with your Quicksmart student earlier this

week. For catering purposes your reply needs to be given to the office or to one of the

Quicksmart tutors by Monday 2nd

December .

Kind Regards Christine Bell Quicksmart Co-ordinator

FACULTY AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received Maths Faculty Achievement Awards at

Assembly this week:

Gemma Horton Sarah Stewart Coen Powell

Tyra Fraser

Aisha Powell

Holly Vout

Sophie Goldthorpe

Thomas Lee

Kianna Avery

Michaela McGregor

Blair Haynes

Kara Porter

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

SCHOOL NEWS

OFFICE HOURS FOR SCHOOL RECEIPTING

The school office is able to receipt money from

students from 8.30am - 9am, 11.10am - 11.45am

Monday to Friday. Parents/Carers may

personally come to the front office anytime

between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

NO MONEY MAY BE RECEIPTED AFTER 1.30PM.

Payments may be received at the office via cash,

cheque, EFTPOS and payments may be made

online through the School Website.

What expenses can be paid online?

Voluntary School Contributions, Subject

Contributions, Excursions.

How?

Log onto School site at

www.casino-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Click on “Make a Payment” and follow the prompts

to make a payment via Visa or MasterCard.

White Card

Ref No. 340301 $28.50

CORTYA & MERIT WINNERS

Cortya

Heath Barrett Year 7

Cohen Small Year 7

Lincoln Close Year 8

Abby Lyon-Clark Year 11

Merit

Jasmine Blasche Year 8

Paige James Year 8

CANTEEN ROSTER

Week 7 Term 4 Week 8 Term 4

Monday

25.11.19

L Roberts Monday

02.12.19

L Roberts

Tuesday

26.11.19

C Campbell Tuesday

03.12.19

R Fleming

Wednesday

27.11.19

J Carbis Wednesday

04.12.19

J Carbis

L Miller

Thursday

28.11.19

L Roberts Thursday

05.12.19

L Roberts

A Welch

Friday

29.11.19

L Davis Friday

06.12.19

E Rosolen

G Rosolen

Casino Lions Club wish to advise that the date of the Casino Carols by Candlelight event

which was to be held on Saturday 30th November has been changed to Sunday 8th December.

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

Tuesday 11am to 2pm

Friday 8.30am to 11.30am

CASINO HIGH SCHOOL

YEAR 7 2020 ENROLMENT

DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday, November 25, 2019

Welcome to Casino High School

5:30pm Welcome to Casino High School/BYOD (Library)

5:45pm Subject Displays/Demonstrations

7:00pm Light Refreshments

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Year 7, 2020 Orientation Day

9:30am Welcome Assembly in The Len Walsh Hall

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

ENGLISH NEWS

Poem by Brielle Wenham Year 9 No one cares about the power of speech All they care about is going to the beach Not about how far their words will reach But speech is a leech It sticks and holds on to every person that it meets The ones who don’t think that they can greet their ability to speak But look at Hitler He had men And his men had guns Guns with bullets that could go faster than a cheetah can run He used his words to create ruin Ruin that blew in the houses of innocent people Sons were against sons And their sons against their sons Until it was an endless line of sons hating sons And we wonder why we hate the Sun Ruin was the start of a revolution in evolution A revolution caused by speech Abominable was his actions Misused power was his downfall But it’s not always like that Just remember Letters are people Without them cities would be like unplanted seeds Waiting for another’s kindness to give them life Words are like hidden cities Waiting with baited breath To see who will unearth their long forgotten secrets But speech is an empire Consuming every person, plant or object in its path And you You are the conqueror You have the power to change the world You have control over people, cities and empires Just the same as you have control over letters, words and speech You have the power to change the world.

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

COMMUNITY NEWS

Student Helpers

A big thank you to the group

of helpful students who

recently volunteered to be

reader/writers for other

students during the many end

of year examinations held

recently throughout all junior

year groups.

Individually We Achieve, Together We Excel

COMMUNITY NEWS

December,