Friday 22nd February 2019 Term 1 Issue 2

FAREWELL MRS JACKSON Last Saturday night the Canobolas community farewelled Mrs Maxine Jackson. Over 60 guests,

including family members and current and former colleagues, gathered to celebrate her

outstanding teaching career of 37 years. A lovely meal was served and several speeches were

made, then Mrs Jackson was presented with a gift, flowers and a celebratory cake made by

Miss Neve. It was a great night for acknowledging a stellar career and also for renewing old

friendships.

Mrs Jackson was also a student at our school before becoming a teacher here, so has had a

long association with Canobolas. Mrs Jackson had a special gift for teaching and is beloved

by many of her former students. Farewell and enjoy your much-deserved retirement Mrs

Jackson.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Canobolas Rural Technology High School provides a supportive, safe and happy environment. In order for

students to achieve to their potential they need to be at school and in class. Regular attendance in the

learning opportunities that our teachers prepare, develop and refine, will prepare students for the rigor of

further study and for the challenges of employment. Without regular attendance and class participation

your student may miss essential information that will help them to achieve.

Not only are parents and carers responsible for ensuring that students are at school, so are students

responsible for attending and participating in every lesson. Students are reminded that class teachers

record class attendance for every lesson. Attendance has always been a priority for our school and this

focus will continue in 2019 and beyond. We are developing a streamlined process to inform our

community and provide additional information about attendance at school and lessons. For your

information I have included the link to the Compulsory School Attendance policy for the information of all

students, carers and parents.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/attendance-behaviour-and-engagement/school-attendance

Over the last fortnight we have run two expression of interest panels to fill some temporary vacancies

within the executive team. I am pleased to announce that Mr. Curran has been successful in applying for

the role of Deputy Principal. Mr. Curran will take on responsibility for Years 8 and 11. Additionally we have

run a panel to find a Head Teacher Science and I welcome Mr. Boardman to the executive team.

Wednesday 27 February is our school swimming carnival and your student will have brought home a

permission note. The Swimming Carnival involves a number of different swimming events held for the entire

school. Students have a chance to qualify to represent the school in zone and compete against other

schools. This is a normal school day and all students are expected to attend even if they do not participate

in events. Students are split into their houses and are to sit with their respective houses for the day. Teachers

supervise the day. Students should bring water, lunch and sun protection. There is a canteen available,

however the lines can be long. Students are encouraged to dress up in their house colours to represent

their team.

I would also like to thank the community for the emails of acknowledgement of the hard work of our staff.

There have been a number of emails this year recognising the regular contact home and the work that

our staff are doing to support students in their learning. This has been across years and for a number of our

staff. These messages and phone calls affirm the important role that our teachers play in the delivery of

education to your student. Scott Paterson, Principal

Look at what’s coming up...

Tuesday 26th February Year 10 & 11 Elevate sessions

Wednesday 27th February Swimming Carnival

Wednesday 6th - 8th March Year 7 Camp

Friday 8th March Wear Purple Day

Thursday 14th March School Photographs

Thursday 28th March Year 7 Vaccinations

CRTHS

CALENDAR

Congratulations to all the students who are continuing to display a high level of effort in theory and

practical lessons.

A reminder for students to bring appropriate equipment to theory lessons including book, pen and ruler!

And ensure we bring our positive attitude to learn and try our best at all times.

It is an expectation that all students participate in ALL practical lessons and sport and follow all instructions

given by their teacher. Medical reasons for exclusion from a sport or PDHPE lesson are only possible with a

medical certificate signed by a doctor accompanied by a letter from the

parent.

A reminder that it is a good idea to bring along a hat and ensure that your

child has a drink bottle to use each day with the warm weather we are

currently having!

If students would like to represent the school in a sporting team, they must listen out to the daily notices in

roll call or on morning assembles about putting their name down and attending trials. It is compulsory to

attend trials in order to be selected in a school team. If your child, has any questions please come and see

the friendly PE staff in the hall.

-Miss Morrissey (Head Teacher PDHPE)

We’ve had a number of changes within the PDHPE Faculty this year. We warmly welcome Mr

Tim Francey and Mr Eric Morris joining the team this year. They both bring many years of

experience coaching sport and teaching PDHPE and have settled easily into to Canobolas. We

are very lucky to have such talented and caring staff work with us in sport and PDHPE lessons.

Sport has changed this year at Canobolas High, each year group will have a different sports

day. Students are able to wear their sport uniforms on the following days:

Year 10 – Tuesday Periods 3&4

Year 9 – Friday Periods 5&6

Year 8 – Thursdays Periods 3&4

Year 7 – Wednesdays Periods 5&6

Year 7/8 Support – Thursdays

Date Trial Venue

Friday 15th February WSSA Swimming Dubbo

Friday 15th February WSSA Volleyball Kelso High School

Bathurst

Monday 25th February WSSA Boys Basketball West Wyalong

Tuesday 5th March WSSA U/15s Touch

(boys & girls)

Orange

Thursday 7th March WSSA Netball Orange

Friday 8th Match WSSA Hockey (boys &

girls)

Molong

Wednesday 20th March WSSA Lawn Bowls Orange

Friday 22nd March WSSA Rugby Dubbo

Monday 25th March WSSA Girls Basketball Bathurst

Thursday 28th March WSSA Rugby League Blayney

Friday 29th March WSSA Golf Cowra

Monday 13th May WSSA Touch (boys &

girls)

Mudgee

Wednesday 12th June WSSA Cross Country Geurie

Tuesday 30th July WSSA Girls Tennis Dubbo

Friday 2nd August WSSA Athletics Dubbo

The table below contains the Western School Sports Association trial dates for the WSSA teams

for 2019. If you are interested in trialling for these teams please see Miss Somers in the PE

staffroom.

The Western School Sports Association has all trial information for each of the sports listed below.

https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/Home/RepresentativeSchoolSport?cache_id=be4a5

Welcome back to a new school year with fresh opportunities for dance and performance!

Sport Dance

Students will once again have the option to choose dance for double sport, which will be

the allocated time for building technique and learning routines for eisteddfods such as

Wellington, Bathurst and Orange.

Once students have had a chance to try out dance, an information note will be sent home

and they can decide whether they will commit to the three terms of dance for eisteddfods

and the concert.

Ensemble Dance Groups

This year, Miss Lee will be running two ensemble groups on Tuesdays (Contemporary) and

Fridays (Jazz/Hip hop) at 8am. Auditions will be held for students to be accepted into these

ensemble groups. Students can express their interest by writing their names down outside

the PE staffroom and must listen to the notices for audition times.

Schools Spectacular

Students who are interested in being a part of the audition video for the 2019 Schools

Spectacular, must also attend the ensemble auditions and tick the box on the sign up sheet

outside the PE staffroom. The routine for this audition will be taught on either the Tuesday or

Friday ensemble times.

After a few weeks of trialling dance, students have now been sent

home with an information note regarding the expectations of

Canobolas dance. Please read through the information with your child

before they commit to dance. It is important that students understand

the expectations and can commit to dance till the end of term 3 as

they will be a part of eisteddfods and the concert.

Students who have participated in dance for sport have had the

chance to try styles including contemporary, hip hop, jazz and musical

theatre. They have participated in fitness sessions and learnt a variety of

dance techniques.

Miss Lee is looking forward to working with some of the great dancers

she’s seen so far and seeing the improvements that will be made. Below

are some pictures of our year 7 and 8 dancers!

Congratulations to our 2019 Ivor Burge Women Gold

Medalists - NSW Country! 66-55 against Basketball

Victoria to claim our first title since 2016! Well done girls!

Statistics

4th Average in Points 17.83

3rd in Average Rebounds 12.5

2nd in Average Assists 3.67

1st in Average Steals 5.5

4th in Match Points 107

19th-20th February 2019– Captain Cook Softball Fields

Woolooware

CRTHS HOUSE CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED!!

With the Swimming Carnival fast approaching, each house came together to

nominate for their House and Vice Captain representatives.

Students were formally recognised with their captaincy badges on assembly by Mr

Paterson and Miss Meys in front of the school and they will also be featured in the

local paper alongside the captains of the school.

This is a huge honour for the students and the following students should be

congratulated:

Students should be looking ahead to next week when the WHOLE SCHOOL

SWIMMING CARNIVAL takes place on Wednesday 27th February.

This is a great time for the houses to band together and cheer each other on.

All students should have submitted their permission notes so a friendly reminder to

ensure that this has been done to include maximum participation.

PROTONS MESONS ELECTRONS NEUTRONS

House Captain Tegan Wood Ebony Hay Katie-Lee Bennett Sharone Moore

Jayden Zegzula Brock Gibbs-Britten Tyren Dixon Charles Pike

Vice Captain Aaliyah Tumai Isaiah King Heidi Bell Montanna McIlwain-

Sam Tester Bonnie Kennedy Isaac Borys Patrick McGinley

INNOVATION FACULTY NEWS

In History Club we watch, discuss, play and create.

History club is for students who have an interest in both modern and ancient

history and feel like they don’t get to study their passion areas in class. It is

also for those students who feel they need some extra help understanding

history, either learnt in classes or with their assessment tasks.

History Club is held every Tuesday lunchtime in A11.

All are welcome and you don’t need to turn up every session.

See Miss McRae for further information.

NEW BOOKS IN THE STEM CENTRE

“The mystery unfurls at a

deliciously escalating pace, filled

with believable red herrings and

shocking twists. Readers will

furiously turn pages until the

satisfying end with well-earned

thrills and spooky atmosphere

worth sinking into.”

Mila lives in a small forest cabin.

One night strangers arrive

seeking shelter. The next

morning, the strangers have

gone, taking Mila’s brother with

them. Fearing for his safety,

Mila and her sisters set out on a

journey to bring him back.

By the author of “The Hate U

Give”, this novel focuses on 16

year old Bri, who wants to be

one of the greatest rappers of

all time. Her first song goes viral

for all the wrong reasons and

she finds herself a controversial

figure.

Unstoppable is about twins, Roxy

and Kaine, both sports stars who

used to be close but now have

drifted apart and are now hiding

dangerous secrets.

SCHOOL NOTICES

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GRANDPARENTS WHO CARE—SUPPORT GROUP

An informal support group for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

An opportunity to meet, share information and get support from other grandparents

in a similar situation

Learn what services are available

Enjoy a casual cup of tea

Anyone interested please phone Orange Family Support Service for more information on

6361 1004

Our first get-together will be on Friday 1st March 2019 at 10am at 211 March St, Orange.

Photo order envelopes have been sent home

this week with students. Sibling/family photo

order envelopes are available by request

from the front office.

All orders are due by the 13th March.

Play Rugby

Register now – kids 4 to 17 years old

Register online here: https://myaccount.rugby.com.au/

Or with the Rugby Xplorer App

Don’t forget to use your $100 Active Kids Voucher

For more information contact:

Lisa 0424 163 086 or Keryn 0421 210 492

or email emusjuniorsregistrar@gmail.com