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Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 8 . 7 June 2019

CENTENARY DRIVE WOOLGOOLGA 2452 . 6654 1500 . [email protected] . www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Coming events P.3

Head Lice P.3

Textiles P.4

Food Technology P.5

Kindness Day P.6

MNC Cross Country P.7-8

WHS Athletics Carnival P.8-9

CHS Tennis P.10

2019 Sport Carnival Dates P.10

CHS Squash P.11

MNC Zone Champions

Cross Country

Congratulations to the 53 Woolgoolga High students who

competed at the Mid North Coast (MNC) Zone Cross

Country at Nana Glen Sports, Recreation and Equestrian

Centre on Friday 24 May. All Woopi students performed

extremely well.

1st

place champions:

Taharna Reid (Year 8) 14 years girls 4km

Shania King (Year 10) 15 years girls 4km

Peter Cohen (Year 10) 16 years boys 6km

Kaleb Hart (Year 7) 12–15 years boys 3km multi class

Squash

Congratulations to the boys team: Sam Moriz, Oliver

Gray, Jye Pursch and Ethan Pursch for their win at the

CHS Squash Competition. The girls’ team consisted of

Emma Nelson, Alicher Fogarty and Carissa Byrnes.

Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 2 7 June 2019 . Issue 8


Once again the front page of this newsletter high-

lights some of the many achievements of our sport-

ing elite. Congratulations to all who are achieving

at such a high level.

There was so much positive activity on Kindness

Day held last Tuesday. Over 600 positive messag-

es of kindness were delivered over last week.

Thank you to our SMILE mentors for putting

together this innovative day.

Technology is an important part of a student’s

education at Woolgoolga High School. All students

in Year 7 complete a computing fundamentals

course giving the basic skills of the internet, word

processing and spreadsheets. Our school has just

completed the purchase of new laptop computers

for use by students who cannot afford to buy their

own device to bring to school. Another 200 devices

have been purchased and will continue to supple-

ment those students who cannot bring their own

device to school. A reminder the school provides

an internet service and students are encouraged to

Bring Your Own Device. Simply see Luis Vera in

the library to connect your device.

Mobile phones are becoming a problem at school

and many schools are beginning to ban mobile

phones from their school. Please do not ring or text

your child whilst they are in class. If students

answer their phone in class it will be confiscated

and given to the relevant Deputy Principal for the

student to pick up at the end of the school day.

From the Principal’s Desk

Congratulations to all Woolgoolga High students who are

achieving at such a high level in their respective sport!

If you need to contact your child urgently

please contact them through the office

explaining that it is an emergency. The

student will be contacted immediately.

On Friday 7 June, Woolgoolga High was

awarded first place in the Coffs Harbour

Dance Eisteddfod Secondary Schools

section. Thanks to Claire O'Halloran for her

guidance and support. Well done with top

commitment from the team! An article will be

published in the next newsletter.

Until next time

Guy Wright

Principal

Winning team:

Teo Ross, Sophie Chapman-Cole,

Alex Rook, Chase Saban, Darcy Gibbons



COMING EVENTS

Mon 10 Jun Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tue 11 June P&C Meeting

Tue 18 June &

Wed 19 Jun MNC Dance Festival

Tue 18 Jun &

Tue 25 Jun Brianstorm Productions Yrs 7/8

Thu 20 Jun Crazy Sock Day

Fri 21 Jun NC Cross Country

Mon 1 Jul to

Fri 5 Jul

NAIDOC Week

Year 10 Work Experience

Thu 4 Jul Talent Quest TBC

Fri 5 Jul Year 11 Reports Issued

Last Day Term 2

The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

Head Lice

There have been reported cases of head lice at Woolgoolga High School. Please be

vigilant in checking your children’s hair, or asking them to check their own.

Head lice are one of the most commonly reported health complaints from parents and teachers.

Anyone can catch head lice regardless of their age, sex, or how clean their hair is.

Head lice move from one person's head to another via direct contact with the hair.

Head lice do not survive long when they are off a human head.

Head lice do not live on furniture, hats, bedding or carpet.

Head lice have built up some resistance to head lice treatments.

There is no single solution to eradication, only persistence.

Symptoms and signs – the scalp itches. Lice and nits (eggs) are found on the scalp. Scratches

may become infected and swelling of the glands of the neck can occur. Nits look like tiny white

specks stuck to the hair.

It is not necessary to keep those in contact at home. You should inspect all close contacts

regularly for lice and nits. All other family members living in the same house should be treated

at the same time when you are treating the affected person and again a week later to ensure

complete removal.

Sporting Grant

The Local Sporting Champions program provides

financial assistance for coaches, officials and

competitors aged 12-18 years participating in state,

national or international championships.

If successful, applicants will receive $500-$750

towards the cost of attending their championships.

More information on this program can be found on

the following link:

https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/

local_sporting_champions

https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/local_sporting_champions

https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/local_sporting_champions



Congratulations

Darcy Gibbons in Year 9 entered many projects

into the Coffs Show recently achieving numerous

awards for her work including the Most Successful

Junior Exhibitor. Darcy entered her bag which she

dyed and constructed in her textiles class this year. It

incorporated the skills of heliography a fabric dyeing

process using the sun's properties to create patterns;

hand embroidery, applique and general manufactur-

ing techniques to the construct bag. What a wonderful

achievement.

Textiles

Year 7 Textiles

Technology have tie

dyed their fabric.

Most students chose

very bright colour

combinations!

We are preparing

to commence the

production stage of

our re-usable bag

projects.

Year 7 Textiles Technology



The TAS department has a prac teacher working

with Mrs Fluechter. Miss Estelle Strachan planned

and prepared an engaging lesson for Year 10 Food

Technology students teaching them about the

sensory characteristics of foods. All students

thoroughly enjoyed this lesson.

Food Technology

They learnt how senses such as aroma, taste, texture, and visual appeal affects their taste and

enjoyment of meals. They were involved in taste testing experiments, listening to case studies and

coming up with word banks which could be used to describe meals on menus.

Woolgoolga

High School

Silver Awards

are sponsored by:

Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Woolgoolga Pizza Place Beach Street Woolgoolga Phone 6654 2744

Riptide Pizzeria Fawcett Street Woolgoolga Phone: 6654 8989



Kindness Day

Tuesday, 4 June was Kindness Day at Woolgoolga High

School. Our SMILE Mentors put on a fantastic day

celebrating the kindness we have every day in the

school. There was live music, Kindness cards along with

a BBQ and Bake sale raising money for charity.

Mentors invited students to write a kind message to any

person in the school on special cards provided by

SMILE. Students had the option to leave their message

anonymous adding mystery and selflessness to their

message.

Mentors are now in the process of sorting over 600

messages of kindness, gratitude and encouragement to

be delivered over the coming days and weeks.

Congratulations to the Year 9 girls who ran the ‘Cakes

of Kindness’ bake sale and raised over $300. Students

chose whether the proceeds of their purchase would go

to Headspace or Happy Paws Haven Animal Rescue.

Congratulations to Woolgoolga High School students and staff for being so kind and a huge thank you to SMILE mentors for such a successful event.

Send in your stickers ... 2 boxes outside library to pop your stickers

in as well as one at our local Woolworths store... the more stickers

the more rewards for our students.

SMILE officially launched the Kind is Cool competition. Students can write about a

kind person they know and both will have a chance at winning a hoodie and t-shirts

from kindiscool.com, who have generously sponsored this event.



Congratulations to the 53 Woolgoolga High students

who competed at the Mid North Coast (MNC) Zone

Cross Country at Nana Glen Sports, Recreation and

Equestrian Centre on Friday, 24 May. All Woopi

students performed extremely well.

1st

place champions:

Taharna Reid (Year 8) 14 years girls 4km

Shania King (Year 10) 15 years girls 4km

Peter Cohen (Year 10) 16 years boys 6km

Kaleb Hart (Year 7) 12–15 years boys

3km multi class

Other Woolgoolga High students who made the

presentation podium were:

Zane Quay (Year 7) 3rd

12 years boys 3km

Riley March (Year 7) 3rd

13 years girls 3km

Amos Roworth (Year 7) 2nd

13 years boys 3km

Lennox Fowler (Year 7) 3rd

13 years boys 3km

Baxter March (Year 8) 2nd

14 years boys 4km

Callum Roworth (Year 9) 3rd

15 years boys 4km

Valeria Albini (Year 11) 3rd

18 years girls 6km

In the MNC Cross Country School Championships,

Woolgoolga High School came in second, only four

points behind Coffs Harbour High School with

Bellingen High School coming in third.

Finally, thanks to Mr Oates, Mr Chadwick and Ms Hart

who were course officials for the day at Nana Glen and

to all the parents and guardians for their transportation

and their encouragement of Woolgoolga High School

Cross Country team. Your support is appreciated.

MNC Zone X-Country

A big thank you to the 14 students

who volunteered to help at the Zone

Cross Country carnival. Many staff

from the other schools commented

on how great a job the Woopi High

students did.



AGE GIRLS BOYS

12 Years Celine Shih Zane Quay, Nate Thompson

13 Years Riley March, Charli Daddow, Kyleah Stratton

Amos Roworth, Lennox Fowler, Brent Barbic Luxford, Caleb Hart

14 Years Taharna Reid, Prakaash Arkan Baxter March, Jack Burrows

15 Years Hope Christie, Macy Gardner Callum Roworth, Rory Corbett

16 Years Shania King, Sophy Simson Peter Cohen, Samuel Hodgson, Isaac Fowler, Kai Nudd

17 Years Alex Greenhalgh, Sienna Hill Sheldon Koopmans, Ryan Merrett

18 Years Valeria Albini

The following 29 Woolgoolga students have qualified to represent Mid North Coast zone at the

North Coast Regional Cross Country on 21 June at Nana Glen. Run hard and good luck!

Congratulations to all Woopi High students who participated at this year’s Athletics carnival. The

weather was brilliant with sunny skies and wonderful enthusiasm and sportsmanship was displayed

by all competitors. Even some of the youthful staff attempted sprint races this year. A big shout out

to Mrs Hall, the art staff and all the art students who made the incredible mascots for each House.

This really set up a great atmosphere for a sensational school Athletics carnival. Well done to Ar-

rawarra house who won the War Cry competition on the first day and Emerald house who won it on

the second day of the carnival.

The final house score was:

WHS Athletics Carnival Results

PLAC

E

HOUSE SCORE

1st Arrawarra 1033

2nd

Emerald 973

3rd

Mullaway 939

4th Diamond 675

Age Age champion Runner-up

12 Girls Grace Endycott Celine Shih

13 Girls Charli Daddow, Riley March (tied)

14 Girls Zahlia Dedman Hope Christie

15 Girls Aheisha McPhillips Nathalie Warden

16 Girls Shania King Sophy Simson

17 Girls Jade Tapfield Pavan Singh

12 Boys Zane Quay James Nicol

13 Boys Lennox Fowler Amos Roworth

14 Boys Baxter March Jacob Pauluzzi

15 Boys Callum Roworth Talon Mitchell

16 Boys Damon-Leigh Striegher Peter Cohen

17 Boys Sheldon Koopmans Kai Mildren

Thanks to Ms Hyder and Mrs Sandhu for all their hard work organising and running this year’s

carnival, and General Assistant Clem along with retired WHS teacher Steel Beveridge for hours of

hard work marking the athletics track.

Congratulations to the following Woolgoolga High School

students who were crowned Age Champions and Runners-

up for 2019.



Good luck to the following Woopi

High students who will be compet-

ing at the MNC Zone Athletics

carnival on Friday, 14 June at the

Coffs Harbour International

Stadium.

GIRLS

AGE NAME

12 Grace Endycott, Celine Shih, Natasha Sidhu, Tayla Walsh

13 Tailah Ashfield, Tenaya Baker, Molly Cohen, Charli Daddow, Layla Deighton, Jessica King, Milly King,

Riley March, Esha McCarthy, Kyleah Stratton, Lakisha Timms, Alexandra Walters, Ava White

14 Erica Sharp, Brydi Custance, Zahlia Dedman, Mia Donnelly, Jemimah Friend, Aleisha Quay, Taharna

Reid, Abby Stokes, Olivia Thompson, Skye Birkett

15 Melissa Bidlingmaier, Hope Christie, Jorja Flaherty, Kobie-Mai Fox, Macy Gardner, Jazlen Hooke,

Paris Kelsall, Aheisha McPhillips, Tara Stokes, Nathalie Warden

16 Talisha Harboe, Shania King, Georgia Parker, Sophy Simson, Jaye Smiles, Bronte Stacey

17 Alex Greenhalgh, Sienna Hill, Jessica Simpson, Jade Tapfield

BOYS

AGE NAME

12 Thomas Burrows, Joshuah Dodd, James Nicol, Zane Quay, Nate Thompson, Jett Williams

13 Cooper Cochrane, Lennox Fowler, Callum Hodgkinson, Eligh Pledger, Scott Priest, Amos Roworth,

Harjaap Singh, Seth Tolhurst, Leevon Young

14 Jack Burrows, Rory Corbett, Andrew De La Cruz, Zavia King, Zachary Lye, Baxter March, Jacob

Pauluzzi, Hayden Pearson

15 Chase Ballangarry, Charlie Greenhalgh, Jake Hutchinson, Talon Mitchell, Joseph Murray, Riley Payne

-Harvey, Callum Roworth, Chase Saban, Jalen Fitzgerald

16 Aaron Ballangarry, Peter Cohen, Isaac Fowler, Phoenix Keating, Jayden Nolan, Kai Nudd, Damon-

Leigh Striegher, Emanuel Sutton

17 Sevak Clair, Sheldon Koopmans, Kai Mildren, James O'Connor

18 Izaac Hovermann



PLEASE NOTE: DATES AND VENUES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING BUT ARE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

2019 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES

CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETICS

WHS Completed Completed

MNC Completed Friday 14/6/19

Coffs Harbour

NC Friday 21/6/19

Nana Glen

Thursday 8/8/19

Coffs Harbour

NSW Friday 26/7/19

Eastern Creek

Wed 4/9/19 to Fri 6/9/19

Homebush

Tennis

On Friday, 10 May the Woolgoolga High School CHS Tennis team played in the first round against

Bellingen High at the Woolgoolga courts. Our team comprising of Corey Pickett, Scott Priest, Robin

Worthing and Isaac Lee were unfortunately defeated, however, the sportsmanship shown from both

teams was commendable. Well done boys. Better luck next year!

Thanks to Bellingen High for travelling to play at our home courts and thanks also to Glenn Rook, of

Bayliss Tennis Academy who assisted in the trial and ranking of our team this year.

Melissa Donnelly.



The Combined High School Squash competition was held on Wednesday, 22 May. Woolgoolga

High School entered a boys’ and girls’ team. The girls’ team consisted of Emma Nelson, Alicher

Fogarty and Carissa Byrnes. They played South Grafton in the first round and were one match away

from progressing to the next round. Although the girls had never played before they participated with

excellent sportsmanship and enthusiasm.

The boys’ team consisted of Sam Moriz, Oliver Gray, Jye Pursch and Ethan Pursch. The first round

against Toormina was played very well winning all their matches. The second round was against the

Senior College whose players were two to five years of age older than our players. It was inspira-

tional to see our team play with courage and determination against much older opponents. The

Woolgoolga High players were outstanding and came out victorious. This win continues Woolgoolga

High School’s impressive record at squash. The boys’ progress to the next round in the state knock-

out and also have the opportunity to trial for the North Coast opens team to play for the state title at

the end of term.

CHS Squash Zone Champions!



Available At Woolgoolga High School

A secure Westpac banking facility has now been added to the Woolgoolga High School website to allow

parents/carers to make online Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card payments for things like voluntary school

contributions, excursions, sporting activities or sales to students.

To make a payment click on the link and go the “Make a Payment” tab: http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

We hope you will find this payment option convenient. Payments can still be made at the Woolgoolga High School

Office by cash, cheque or EFTPOS before school and during break 1.

Woopi High Canteen

fresh food daily

Volunteering in the canteen is a great way to give back and the

students always love seeing their family members helping out.

We are flexible with days and hours as any help is always

appreciated. Ring the school on 66541500 to speak to one of

the canteen team.

To view the menu and price list click here

http://www.woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

https://woolgoolga-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/w/woolgoolga-h/localcontent/student-and-parent-information/MENU_2018.pdf

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