The Canobolas Rural Technology

High School

Friday 3rd June 2016 Term 2 Issue 8

Icely Road Orange NSW 2800 Ph: 02 6362 1677 Fax: 02 6362 4481

Website: www.canobolas-h@det.nsw.edu.au

The Open Boys Basketball Team had a long trip to undertake to compete in the Round of 16 in the NSW

Combined High Schools Basketball Championships. A bus ride, a flight, a night’s accommodation and

another bus ride took them to Lismore, to take on a strong Rivers College team.

A very slow start saw the boys down 15-26 at the first break. The Rivers College team were the biggest and

most physical team we have played so far and it took Canobolas a while to get used to the style of play.

Some great passing from Ben Zegzula and James Gogala allowed a 22 point haul from Matt Gray in the

second quarter, and a switch to full man to man defence saw the score tied leading into half time. Cody

Wright, Owen Burgess and Ben had the task of restricting their quick guards, and did so well. The third

quarter saw all the boys from Canobolas rally, with the scoring shared amongst them. Some great

rebounding by Lachlan Baker, Harry Betts and Luke Wilde led to some easy fast break layups and

Canobolas extended their lead until the final buzzer, to win 101-86. Matt scored a massive 61 points, and

was well assisted by Lachlan with 20.

Lucky we went all that way!

The team now heads to the Top 8 Tournament in Terrigal on the 15th and 16th of June, for

the second consecutive year.

Thank you to coach Mrs Dederer, Mr Riles for driving the bus and babysitting Mia, and Terry

Betts and Megan Baker for coming to support the boys as well as scoring.

From the

Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents and Members of our School Community

We are quickly heading towards the tail end of Term 2 and continue to be exceptionally busy at our

school. Students in Years 7-10 have just completed their half yearly exams and I look forward to

seeing some wonderful results over the coming weeks. It is important that students learn from the

feedback they receive after this exam period and they take on board recommendations from the

teaching staff about ways to improve. If you have any questions regarding the progress of your

child, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Formal School Assembly

Our formal assembly will be held on Tuesday 21st June at 11am in the school hall. This term we will

be celebrating the success of our students who have made either Bronze, Silver or Gold medallion

level as well as our Students of the Term. All parents or caregivers of students receiving awards have

been sent an invitation to attend the assembly. Any other interested family or community members

are also invited to attend.

Congratulations

Congratulations to our Open Boys Basketball team and their coach Mrs Dederer on their recent win

in Lismore. The boys have now progressed to the final eight teams in the state and will play their

next round of matches on 15th June in Terrigal. We wish them the very best of luck.

School Uniform

With the cooler weather upon us, I remind all parents again of the need to have students wearing

the correct school uniform at all times including school jumpers. If parents are unable to provide the

necessary uniform for their child, please make an appointment to speak with myself or Mrs Dillon in

the office who will arrange something for you.

Red Shield Appeal

Last weekend saw the Salvation Army door knock houses in Orange to raise much needed funds as

part of the Red Shield Appeal. We had a number of our students supporting the school and helping

the Salvos with the appeal. Thankyou to those families who were able to support this wonderful

cause.

Consequences Presentation – Year 12

Next Friday 10th June, Year 12 students will participate in a mock crash scenario hosted by the NSW

Police Force. The scenario titled “Consequences” will focus on what can go wrong if students make

the wrong decision on the road. The event will be held at the Civic Centre North Court and all Year

12 students are expected to attend. Students will be driven to the Civic Centre North Court by bus

and will be supervised by our school staff. If you do not wish for your child to attend this

presentation, please contact me before next Friday.

Support Unit Soccer Success

Congratulations to our students in the Support Unit who participated in a futsal competition last

week. Our students participated against students from other schools across Western NSW and our

team was successful in winning the event on the day. Well done to each of our students.

Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend

On Monday, 13th June the school will be closed due to the Queen’s birthday long weekend.

School resumes on Tuesday morning for all students.

I hope you have a wonderful fortnight and I look forward to speaking with you in two weeks time.

With my warmest regards

Chad Bliss

Principal

SHORT STORY SUCCESS Sidney Ewins' short story “His Last Act”, was entered in the WRITE4FUN competition and it will

be included in their publication this year. We found out the fantastic news last week and we are

really proud of her as this is a huge achievement. We will be informed in the next few weeks if she

has won the competition which has a cash prize of $1,000. Sidney is in the Year 9 ACTAL class.

Mrs Jackson

English Teacher

LANGUAGE CLASS Mr Wardrop teaches Wiradjuri language using

Aboriginal words to students in 7 Quay.

Buraay-Boy

Migay-Girl

Gibir-Man

Yinaa-Woman

Mayiny-People

Yamandhu marang-are you well/good?

ngawa baladhu marang-yes i am well /good

marang nganha-that good

ngawa mudyi marambang- yes friend very good/

well

The students played a bingo game which included

words that associate with Aboriginal people from

other Indigneous tribes in Australia.

SUPPORT UNIT NEWS On Tuesday 24th May several support students went to Bathurst and represented our school at the

Western Region Fustal competition for support students. The students did very well and went

through the tournament undefeated. They beat Carenne School Bathurst in the final 5-3.

Support students have been mixing acids and bases with Mr Rodwell in Science lessons.

SCIENCE FACULTY NEWS Mr Boardman’s Yr 11 Physics class doing cool things with iron filings and magnets …

… and Year 10 have been exploring forces and Newton's Laws. They had a lot of fun ensuring their

playdoh families survived collisions.

STEM CENTRE NEWS STEM Transition with Orange East Public – Orange Civic Theatre

This term OEPS are putting on a school production and Year 5

and 6 students are in the process of modelling the Orange Civic

Theatre stage. Mr Scott has been working with the classes on

coding so they can code a light show for their model stage. Last

week the Principal of Orange East, Mr Bourke stopped by and

students taught him some Arduino code!

Equipment Loan

Last week the STEM Centre took delivery of a Denford

CNC Mill. Worth $50,000, this computer controlled router

will allow students in 9 iSTEM to carve balsa into F1 cars

that have been designed and tested on computer. While

this machine is on loan, we are looking at ways that we

can acquire one of these on a permanent basis.

Year 8 STEM – Coding

8STEM classes are making a code powered keyboard

this term. How can we do this? Use our Makey Makey

microcomputer of course! The Makey Makey allows

you to attach things to it using alligator clips, and

these objects can then control the computer using

the Scratch online computer code. Here, 7/8 AcTal

STEM created a circuit of six students that could

control this laptop!

Following this, students used Scratch to code a

sequence controlled by playdough letters. When

the playdough letters were touched by a hand,

the corresponding letters flashed up on the

screen!

Year 9 iSTEM – Aeronautical Engineering

9 iSTEM have continued learning about aeronautical engineering. Students have applied their

knowledge of the four forces of flight into their corflute gliders designs, and tested them. Students

now need to control the yaw, pitch and roll of their gliders to try and get them to fly as straight as

possible.

Mr Scott

Head Teacher STEM

ENGLISH FACULTY NEWS

Students from Miss Lord’s 7/8 AcTal English class have been working through their lunchtimes to

produce a storyboard for Interrelate’s 2016 Festival of Films. The theme for this year’s competition

is ‘Cyberbullying – the effect and how we solve it.’ Eight finalists will be chosen to create their film

and these films will then be judged by a panel of industry experts.

Group 1 working hard on their

storyboard: Ayoub Mostafa,

Dylan Penrose and Lauren

Sanders.

Absent – Emma Klose

Group 2 working well together:

Joshua Martin, Lilly Mitchell, Isabelle

Kent and Zachary Miller.

CWA Public Speaking

In other English news, Kaitlin Parish (Year 7) and Joshua Martin

(Year 8) participated in the CWA Public Speaking Competition

held at All Saints College in Bathurst. Both students spoke about

the topic, ‘Books vs iPads’. They spoke extremely well and

demonstrated great personality in their speeches, which made

them a hit with the audience.

Jiachen Lang and Jacob Skelton Football Officials

The Canobolas Rural Technology High School’s Jack Lang and Jacob Skelton have been officiating

at the NSW PSSA football championships this week. They are just two of many Canobolas students

who in the last six months have gained their football refereeing qualifications through the school.

They were selected to officiate by the NSW Football Referees Coordinator.

Trent Wilde Western Boys Hockey Official

Trent Wilde (Yr 9) has successfully achieved his Level 1 NSW Hockey Umpiring Accreditation whilst at

the NSW CHS State Open Boys Hockey Championships at Pennant Hills. Trent was selected to

umpire for the Western Boys team based on his excellent performance at the Western Hockey trials

earlier in the Term. Congratulations Trent, you continue to be a fine representative of Canobolas

High School sport and the Western Region.

Calling for applicants for the

Canobolas High Performance Athletes (CHPA) program

Year 7 2017

Designed to holistically support and develop students who excel in sports,

dance or athletic domains. Students who apply for a CHPA program placement

must be able to demonstrate pre-elite representative ability (higher than club or

school level) in particular sport/s and demonstrate positive attitudes, highly

developed work habits, and respectful and responsible behaviour.

Further information and CHPA program applications can be accessed via our school website

www.canobolas-h.schools.nsw.edu.au or by emailing Mark Skein HT PDHPE / CHPA Director

mark.skein@det.nsw.edu.au.

Applications close on Friday 29th July 2016

Canobolas High School PDHPE is continuing to support the Red Cross in the form of blood donation.

Last term a group of 10 students donated blood and they were recognised as having the highest of

respectful and responsible behaviour of all student groups to attend the donation clinic. Canobolas

donated nearly 5 litres of life saving blood to commence our Red 25 group donation account.

Our aim is to have a regular booking enabling more students who are 16 or over to donate. If over

18yrs donations can be made every 12 weeks and under 18’s once

a year. There is no monetary cost and transport and donating is free.

You must be aged 16 or over

Weigh more than 50kg

Be healthy and not suffering from a cold, flu or other illness or

had recent piercings or overseas travel in some countries

Have photo ID

NOTES ARE DUE IN NOW for our next group booking which is Friday June 17 (Week 8)

See the PDHPE Staff for a note if you would to join the team

Eisteddfod season is nearing, ensure you have paid your

costume fees and weekly dance fee.

On Wednesday the 25th May, the girl’s league tag team travelled to Bathurst to participate in the

CRL Country Cup.

In our first game we faced Kelso High School. The girls were extremely keen and showed lots of

enthusiasm during their warm up. They went out firing from the start. The girls managed to score

early with Nailani Lang throwing a dummy from hooker and scoring in the corner. Emily Melnik

scored just before half time when she scooted through the defence, taking the half time score to

8-0. In the second half the girls were making lots of breaks through the middle with some great runs

by Destinee Navale, Caitlin White, Emily Merchant and Sammie Kudrins. This put the side in good

field position and Emily Melnik used this opportunity to catch the defence off guard, with a quick

run from hooker to score under the post. She then converted her own try, taking the score to 14-0.

Nailani then split the defence and used her speed to run away for the final try. The girls defence

was incredible and proved to be too strong, not enabling Kelso to break through at all. Leaving

the final score at 18-0.

In the second game we took on Parkes High School. The girls were once again fired up and

showing off their skills. Emily Melnik received the ball out wide and swivelled her way through the

defensive line and then sped off to score a try. Not long after Erin Naden crossed the line after she

was given a brilliant inside ball from Emily Melnik. This saw the half time score at 8-0. In the second

half the girls started to ask more questions in attack. Nailani once again showed her League Tag

experience and found a gap to cross the line again to make the final score 12-0.

The girls finished 1st in their pool which took them to the Grand Final against Orange High School.

This team was very structured and it was clear to see they had lots of experience. Both teams were

displaying excellent skill throughout the game. Kyiesha Dixon was the first to score after she

stepped her way through the defence. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful in the conversion for

this try. The girls’ great defence denied Orange High of a few tries, with try saving tags from Kalika

Fuller, Bek Turner, Connie-Lee Beletic and Savannah Moore. The girls went in to half time leading 4-

0. With five minutes remaining, some costly errors on our line left us defending 4 continual sets. This

proved to be difficult and the girls became lethargic, Orange High used this opportunity to score

and convert their try. This left Orange High the winners 6-4. The girls showed great sportsmanship

and behaviour throughout the day and should all be very proud of their performance.

Congratulations girls.

Netball NSW Schools Cup On Friday May 20, ten Year 7 and 8 students travelled to

Bathurst to participate in the Netball NSW Schools Cup, in the

7/8 Years Competitive section.

The first game of the day was against St Raphael’s from

Cowra. Being the first time the group had taken the court

together, this game was a warm up where the girls came to

familiarise themselves with each others style of play. While we

went down, the girls took it in their stride and had a number of

personal points to on which to work.

The second game against Kelso 1 saw the girls come out

strong, with Caitlin Masila working well in defence, and Lily

Mitchell demonstrating her strong skills in the shooting circle,

with Krystal Donohoe handy in support. Following our first

victory we came up against a strong team from Oberon. A

strong effort in midcourt from Briana Priest, and relentless defence from Lisa Collyer and Ruby

Nesbitt saw Canobolas sneak in front of the Oberon team, and came away with our second win

of the day. Chloe White, Savannah Cullen and Montanna McIlwain-Browne played consistently

well over the day, gaining confidence with every game we played, and showed improvement

against All Saints College. After suffering an injury during the third game, Tegan Woods decided to

take on the responsibility of umpiring and should be proud of her great effort.

Congratulations to all the girls on a fantastic effort.

Soccer Mentor Day A select group of our Year 10 and 11 Open Soccer team were invited by Orange East Public

School to assist in a mentoring program with the Central West Mariners. This day was aimed at

improving the soccer skills of primary aged kids and getting them out and enjoying physical

activity.

There was a range of different sessions which our students assisted in running, such as passing skills,

dribbling, shooting and blocking balls. The day ended with a full soccer game which our students

assisted with refereeing. This was a fantastic day and great experience filled with many valuable

learning tools for our Opens Soccer team who got to work on their coaching techniques.

The students from Canobolas High represented our school with great pride and respect and their

assistance with the day was greatly appreciated from all involved.

PDHPE Topics

During this Term each PDHPE year will be commencing a new topic, most years will have an assessment task

associated with the topic. To support your child in the completion of the classwork and the assessments

please check over their bookwork and discuss the tasks or revision for tests that they require.

Year 7 ‘Say No To Tobacco’

Year 8 ‘Live Strong, Live Long – Lifestyle Diseases

Year 9 ‘Educate know your Fate- Drugs

Year 10 ‘Reduce the Dead Load, Be safe on the Road

Year 11 ‘Core 2 / Option 1’- First Aid

Year 12 Completing Core 2, commencing Improving Performance Option

Year 12 SLR Athletics

PDHPE Assessment Reminders

Many of the PDHPE classes across the years are currently working on assessable items both in class and at

home. A reminder that if your child does not complete an assessment task and hand it on time for marking it

will affect the overall grade they are awarded for PDHPE. This grade also has a practical effort, attitude and

participation mark for lessons where students participate in practical games, sports and various physical

activities. Please note that this component of the course is compulsory and students may only be excused

from these classes with a medical note during the time of injury recovery.

Task Due

Yr 7 PDHPE Say No To Tobacco Week 9

Yr 8 PDHPE First Aid Test TBC– check teacher

Yr 9 PDHPE Drugs Task Week 7

9 PASS NIL

Yr 10 PASS Physical Fitness Week 9

Yr 10 PDHPE NIL

9/10 AcTal Educate Your Fate Week 7

Yr 12 PDHPE Study Notes Preparation ASAP

Yr 12 SLR Athletics Task OVERDUE

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Head Teacher PDHPE

Aeronautical Engineering

Over the past few weeks the Engineering students in Years 10 and 12 have been working on

developing and testing aircraft.

The Year 10 students developed a variety of planes and tested them for both speed and lift.

Once they had done their testing they engaged in a number of ‘dog fights’ where they had to

catch another plane and crash them out of the air.

The most resilient plane which withstood damage was the team of Keru Frost and Josh Beasley.

The Year 12 class have calculated more advanced engineering principles relating to lift, thrust,

drag and glide angles.

The students were involved in a range of problem solving tasks and worked in groups to

complete each activity.

TAS FACULTY NEWS

CANOBOLAS BIG PICTURE

From the start of Term 2, Big Picture students and advisors have been literally flying by the seat of

their pants in preparation for the much anticipated Big Picture Exhibitions. With such an exhaustive

yet productive first term it was time to showcase to the school community and support teams what

Big Picture was all about. From Monday to Friday of Week 2, six periods a day, each student

presented to a panel of five (teachers, parents/guardians, friends and mentors) their portfolio of

work and products from Term 1. Projects consisted of:

Past Maps: Visual representations via poster boards, powerpoints, books, 3D models, sculptures

Future Maps: Speeches, powerpoints, virtual games, 3D models

Oral History: Similarities, Differences and Interesting facts about 3 people via Informational

Interviews and outlined in an speech following the comparative essay format

Autobiographical Sketch: 3-6 page narrative style on a significant event in the students’ lives

A wide array of comments throughout the week were heard amongst the advisories such as: “I was

so stressed out it felt like I had 100s of butterflies shadow boxing in my stomach” to “OMG! I am so

nervous” along with “Gee, that was not too bad.” and “Thank god that’s over.” or even the odd

“Well done. That was great. I am so glad I sat in and observed your exhibition. I feel so much more

confident now that I have seen yours.”

Life skills such as time management, adequate preparation and organisational skills were evident

as the increased level of confidence indicated those who took on board the public speaking

techniques they had mastered throughout the term. This enabled most students to speak for 20 to

30mins about their proposals, products and reflect on the challenges they faced and how they

overcame them as well as problem solved issues throughout the term both individually and

collaboratively with their peers.

Proud moments were observed as students stepped up and were accountable for their learning.

Students had to get organised, schedule a time slot, deliver invitations, take on board honest and

constructive peer and panel feedback and of course, provide special treats as thank you gifts to

panel members (a highly sort after competitive arena here for Term 2).

A HUGE thank you goes out to all the parents/carers, mentors and the many Canobolas staff who

helped throughout Term 1 with projects ideas etc or who were in attendance as panel members

throughout the week. With such an impressive roll up of support, Big Picture students were able to

relish in self pride and celebrate success even with the shed of a proud tear here and there

amongst panel members.

Liverpool Boys High School visit

Good news certainly travels fast. Students, teachers and Deputies from Liverpool Boys High school

made the trip out to the country from the ‘big smoke’ to cast their eyes over the Big Picture

Program at Canobolas. The purpose of the visit was to experience first-hand what it would be like

to sit in a Big Picture classroom and to our delight the students in Advisory 1 and 2 welcomed the

visitors with beautiful smiles and firm handshakes. Over the two days, the Canobolas students

chatted to staff and students about the whole BP experience. Quirky personalities, similar interests

and funny conversations were heard amongst the advisories. Suggestions were even proposed

around perhaps even a little country road trip to the city could be on the agenda when the

school opens its Big Picture doors later this year in Term 4. This visit provided a wonderful

opportunity for all, as professional dialogue and resources were exchanged and enthusiastically

explored and networked for the future. Many thanks to all involved in making this visit a very

rewarding success for all.

Stay tuned as the journey continues …

Mrs Rose

Liverpool Boys High School visit

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