Where There’s a Will There’s a Way

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NEWSLETTER Cobar High School

Principal - Shane Carter

14 February, 2019 Issue: Term 1 Week 3

Term 1

Boys Cricket Wednesday 20 February

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Boys & Girls Soccer Wednesday 27 February

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Preston Campbell NRL player and

Indigenous leader Wednesday 6 March

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Mid Term Break Friday 1 March

Monday 4 March ………………..

Open Basketball Monday 11 March

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Term 1

2019 Western Area

Secondary Swimming Trials Dubbo

Friday 15 March ………………..

Aboriginal Dance

Brewarrina Tuesday 19 March ………………..

Last day of Term 1

Friday 12 April ………………..

Term 2

Staff return Monday April 29 Students return

Tuesday 30 …………………

Term 1 Awards Assembly

And SRC Induction School MPC

10am Friday 3 May

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League Gala Day Friday 10 May

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School Photos Tuesday 28 May ………………..

Cobar High School P & C

Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 12 March 2019 7:30pm

School Library

All Welcome

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Assessments due Week 5 ( 25 February - 1 March)

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Positive Behaviour for Learning Vision Statement:

“Cobar High School strives for excellence in a safe and respectful environment”.

- Respect - Excellence - Safety -

Assessments due Week 4 ( 18 February - 22 February)

Year 7: English History

I would like to welcome all students, parents and staff to the 2019 school year.

We have several new staff including; Ms Andrew—Music, Ms Hitchins—PD/H/PE, Mrs Neale—HSIE, Ms Devereux—Special Education, Ms Whitford—Science, Mrs Aird– Administration and Ms Obrien—teachers aide.

I would also like to welcome 3 Exchange students to our great little school. Azumi Kota (from Japan) and Lucine Proudhon (from France) have joined Year 11 whilst Bastien Clausse (from France) is in Year 10. We hope these students enjoy their time at our school and teach our students as much as they learn from the experience. I would also like to welcome back Montana Tatchell who completed a student exchange to Canada at the end of last year.

We had a fantastic Swimming carnival yesterday with leadership and sportsmanship displayed by many of our students throughout the day. Thankyou to Ms Sutton and her band of helpers for organising a great carnival.

Our senior students are settling into their studies. This year, on top of the courses offered at Cobar High, students are studying 6 different courses through TAFE (including Electro technology and Primary Industry) 7 courses through Distance Education (including Dance and French) and 3 courses through Aurora College. Our students can achieve anything from Cobar and the school will always help them follow their dreams.

Holly Marsden and Stevie Toomey have started Early Childhood school based traineeships. The girls will get practical work experience 1 day a week at Cobar Preschool whilst completing their HSC courses at Cobar High. Well done girls.

Preston Campbell NRL star and Indigenous leader will be in the school on the 6th of March. He will speak to all students throughout the day. Thanks to Hutchinson Builders for organising the visit.

John Carswell Rlg DP

No Assessments due

On Wednesday 13 February. 2019 Cobar High School held its 2019 Annual Swimming Carnival. It was a great day for a swimming carnival, cool but not too cool. Well done to all students that participated and attended the Carnival. Students that attended had a great day. Congratulations to Chesney, Age Champions and Raymond Jones on breaking records in all 5 individual events he competed in. Students would like to thank Ms Sutton and staff on a terrific day and they say “Students Rule!”. The students relay team showed a ‘stacked’ teacher team how to swim in a Relay, coming in metres ahead to win! Congratulations everyone involved and thank you to parents, carers and community members who where able to attend the carnival.

House Points: Chesney; 502 Great Cobar; 432 Fort Bourke; 429 Occidental; 362

Age Champions: Girls Boys U12: 1st Dakota Connolly Oisin McMullen 2nd Chloe Seng Dustin Crotty 3rd Jayden Morris

U13: 1st Molly Carter Luke Giurin 2nd Ebony Aumua Damon Bruce 3rd Katie Nicholson & Bella Fullager Wyatt Fairfull & Kai Taylor

U14: 1st Neve Carter Tadgh McMullen 2nd Heidi Trudgett Bayley Milliner 3rd Tommy Bryan

U15: 1st Ruby-Belle Stingemore Raymond Jones 2nd Bridie Bruce Zac Broughton 3rd Georgia Boland Ryan Urquhart

U16: 1st Lucy Bell Jacob Clark 2nd Hannah Carroll Ben Griffiths 3rd Ted Smith & Maverick Palazzi

17+: 1st Zoe Carter Liam Richardson 2nd Abby Carswell Conor McMullen 3rd Cooper Bartlett

Records: U15 50m Freestyle Record: old record held by D Prince (2010) 27:05 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 26:74 U15 50m Backstroke Record: old record held by D Prince (2010) 33:36 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 32:15 U15 50m Butterfly Record: old record held by D Prince (2010) 29:77 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 29:53 U15 50m Breaststroke Record: old record held by B Robinson (2003) 38:25 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 38:16 U15 200m Individual Medley Record: old record held by D Prince (2010) 2:45.14 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 2:38.41 U15 100m Freestyle Record: old record held by D Prince (2010) 1:02.64 new record Raymond Jones (2019) 1:00.98

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WHAT IS YOUTH WEEK ? Youth Week began as a NSW Government initiative in 1989, and has since grown to be a celebration of young people in every state and territory across the country. It is organised by young people, for young people, in communities across NSW and Australia. Following the success of the NSW Youth Week program, Youth Week became a National event in 2000. National Youth Week is jointly supported by the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and Local Governments. National Youth Week is an opportunity for young people to:

share ideas attend live events have their voices heard on issues of concern to them showcase their talents celebrate their contribution to the community take part in competitions have fun! Who is responsible for Youth Week in New South Wales? The NSW Government invites all Local Councils in NSW to jointly fund Youth Week activities in their area. As part of their funding agreement with the NSW Government, Councils agree to involve young people in all aspects of Youth Week, including the planning, development and management of activities. Youth Week is managed by your local Youth Council, if you feel you have ideas please contact Narelle ( at Youthie , or a youth council member) .

Youth Week 2019 Design Competition Entries are now open for the NSW Youth Week

Design Competition.

Have you always wanted to wear your own creative design on your clothing? Do you care about young people having their voices heard?

Enter the NSW Youth Week 2019 Design Competition for an opportunity to have your design printed on shoe slides.

To celebrate Youth Week, the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP) is inviting you people between 12 and 24 years of age in NSW to enter. One winning design will be selected and printed on shoe slides. The winner will be presented with an award and they will receive shoe slides for themselves, their family and friends at the NSW Youth Week Forum at NSW Parliament House on Monday 8 April 2019. All you need to do is download the template, create your design and submit your application form.

Your design can be a drawing, painting, photograph or digital illustration. It’s not about being a good artist, it’s about showing us what inspires you.

Youth Week is a time for young people to celebrate and participate in a variety of activities organised by young people for young people. This year, Youth Week runs from 10-18 April. The theme for 2019 is: Coming together to Connect, Share, Speak Out and Celebrate.

Selected entries will be showcased on the official Youth Week website and will feature in ACYP’s upcoming events.

Entries close Sunday 17 March 2019. See Narelle Kriz

Cobar Youth and Fitness Centre Manager Cobar Shire Council | Harcourt Street (PO Box 223) | Cobar NSW 2835 P: (02) 6836 2360| F: (02) 6836 5889 | E: cobyouth@bigpond.net.au W: www.cobar.nsw.gov.au

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Cobar Girl Guides Resumes on Tuesday 12th February 2019 All current & new girls invited to join us. Ages 5-7 years - 4pm-5pm Ages 8-10 years & 11-14 years - 5pm-7pm Brennan St. (near Ward Oval) Contact: Cathy Manns 0419 697 794 More information about Girl Guides on Website: www.girlguides-nswact.org.au

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