Woolgoolga High School · Woolgoolga High School Newsletter 6 March 9 2018 . Issue 3 CENTENARY...

Woolgoolga High School

Newsletter Issue 3 . March 9, 2018

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

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Principal P.2

Important coming dates P.3

U15’s Mid north coast AFL

Selection Trials

P.4

Zone Swimming P. 5 &11

Inter agency BBQ P. 6

Mid North Coast Zone Soccer

Team Selection

P.7

Year 9 Textiles P.7

Peer Reading Training P.8

Sport Carnival Dates P.8

Touch Football Gala Day P.9

Lochlan Beedie winner

of the District Lions

Youth of the Year

Competition

On Saturday night, Lions Youth of the Year

representatives from Yamba, Maclean, Wool-

goolga and Coffs Harbour represented their

individual Lions Clubs and their schools,

attended the District Final of the Competi-

tion at Woolgoolga Bowling Club.

The competition involves student individual

interviews, impromptu questions and a five

minute prepared speech. Students are

judged on their leadership, sporting and cul-

tural activities, citizenship and community

knowledge, general knowledge and academ-

ic ability.

Congratulations goes to Lochlan Beedie who

was awarded the 2018 District Lions Youth of

the Year.

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Augusta graduated from Woolgoolga High School in 1996

and has an outstanding career spanning many different

jobs in the creative industry sector. Currently she is the

Senior Manager of Engagement Partnerships and Develop-

ment at Create NSW helping development of the per-

forming arts in drama and on screen.

Augusta spoke at length to both Year 11 and year 12 stu-

dents providing an engaging interactive and down to earth

presentation that inspired many of our students.

Augusta is an amazing person and Woolgoolga High

School is proud to recognise her as one of our graduates.

The inter-agency BBQ was well supported by a large num-

ber of hungry students. The entertainment was also a

highlight. I would like to thank Headspace, The Wesley

Mission, ETC and Momento for providing a free BBQ to

highlight the work that each of these organisations do in

supporting our students. Each of these organisations work

with our students on a regular basis, providing the much

needed support that is so essential in 2018 for some of

our students in need. Thank you. Thanks also to NORCO

for their sponsorship of this event.

From the Principal’s Desk

We were fortunate to have ex-student Augusta

Supple visit our school on Thursday after she was

the keynote speaker at the 2018 Coffs Harbour

International Women’s Day Breakfast.

World’s Greatest

Shave

One of our brave students Sarah Goodman is raising funds

for the World’s Greatest

Shave to help find a cure

for blood cancer.

On the 17 March Sarah

will be having her head

shaved. Please show your

support. Donations can be

made by following this

link or by going to the

World’s Greatest Shave

and clicking on Sponsor

and typing in Sarah’s

name.

https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/registrant/

FundraisingPage.aspx?Referrer=%26Referrer%3ddirect%

252fnone&RegistrationID=700641

Breaking news and more details and pictures next news-

letter, Lachlan Rook won the senior mixed doubles at the

CHS state championships. Well done.

School Captain Lochlan Beedie won the District Lions Youth

of the Year Competition on Saturday night. A great effort

and an amazing speech. Congratulations.

The Year 7 Grafton Pool day was an outstanding success.

Thank you to Jon Green for his organisation. Well done.

It’s official. Camp Rock will be our School Musical in Term

4 this year.

Until next time

Guy Wright



The WHS P & C

meets on the

second Tuesday of

every month at

6.30pm

The clothing pool is in need of second hand school uniforms for emergency clothing etc. Donations of pre loved school uniforms in good condition which are no longer required are gratefully accepted at the front office.

IMPORTANT COMING EVENTS

Tue Mar 13 P&C Meeting

Thur Mar 15 Year 11 RYDA

Tue Mar 20 Dance and ATSI students to Bangarra CHHC

Fri Mar 23 Year 7 Vaccinations

Fri Mar 30 to

Mon Apr 2 Easter

Sun Apr 8 to

Tue Apr 10 NSW CHS State Swimming

Tue Apr 10 P&C Meeting

Tue Apr 10 Science and Engineering Challenge

Fri Apr 13 WHS Cross Country

Fri Apr 13 Last day Term 1

2018 Vaccination Dates

Term 1 – 23rd

March 2018 :

All Year 7 students

Gardasil (HPV Dose 1)

Boostrix (diphtheria, tetanus,

pertussis-whooping cough)

1 dose only

Catch up Year 8 Gardasil (HPV)

if required (only if commenced in

Year 7)

P&C canteen team are asking for

donations of Easter eggs to go towards

their soon to be held Eggstravaganza

Raffle. The more eggs donated, the

bigger the giveaways. Please get on

board with this fundraiser and donate.

P&C Fundraising



U15’s Mid north coast AFL Selection Trials On the Monday the 1st of March , thirteen Woolgoolga High School boys competed in the U15’s Mid North Coast AFL Selection Trials at Toormina. The Team consisted of Hunter Jefferies, Asher Goodman, Vishaal Chouhan, Preston Oake, Jake Hutchinson, Eli Anderson, Jo Murray, Ned Mcleod, Noah Woods and Manny Sutton. The boys won 3 out of the 4 games claiming 3rd from a draw of 7 teams. This was a fantastic effort espe-cially considering it was the first AFL experience for some of the boys. Well done to Hunter Jefferies, Preston Oake and Manny Sutton for being selected in the Zone team. Big thank you to parent drivers who allowed this great day to happen and Mr Chadwick for Organising and Coaching the day. Mr Chadwick

Request for Missing Information

Some families may receive a phone call over the coming weeks requesting im-

portant details missing from your child’s records.

This important information is used for statistics and helps provide for future

funding for your child’s education.



Congratulations to the following students listed below who represented Woolgoolga High School at the Mid North Coast Zone Swimming

Carnival last week.

Woolgoolga High School won the Zone Carnival on 537 points with Coffs Harbour High a close second on 529 points and Grafton High

coming in third place on 325 points.

It was a whole team effort by the Woolgoolga High School students with competitors contributing to the points score. Woolgoolga’s

dominance was especially evident in the relay events. Woolgoolga placed in the 3 teams out of 9 schools for all the relay events. Ten of

these relay teams have qualified for the North Coast Regional Carnival.

Woolgoolga’s 12 x 50m knockout relay (consisting of the 6 fastest girls and 6 fastest boys) and the following girls and boys relays are:

Boys relays: 12, 15, 17+, medley relay

Girls relays: 14, 15, 16, medley relay, all age relay

Congratulations to Sheldon Koopmans (Yr 10) who accumu-

lated a massive 50 points for Woolgoolga High School in his

seven individual events and was crowned Mid North Coast

zone 16 boys age champion. Sheldon also swam in four re-

lays in which 3 have qualified for the next level.

Thanks to all the parents who came and supported the

Woolgoolga High School students.

Special mention to Mrs Bear and Mr Morgan for their expert

time keeping skills that they displayed for the whole day.

Woolgoolga had 29 students in total qualify for the North

Coast Regional Swimming carnival in Murwillumbah last

Tuesday. Results and photos of this carnival will be in the

next newsletter.

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WHS GIRLS AGE WHS BOYS AGE

Layla Deighton 12 Samuel Moriz 12

Jaslyn Ross 12 George Wells 12

Milly King 12 Isaac Frewin-Davison 12

Zelie Purcell 12 Seth Tomlinson 12

Keira Turnbull 13 Baxter March 13

Aleisha Quay 13 Luke Taylor 13

Azaly French 13 Zachary Lye 13

Ashlee Ellaby 13 Hunter Jefferies 13

Jazmyn Hoppe 14 Nathan Dawe 13

Ella Bhatti 14 Jake Maric 14

Sophie Bartlett 14 Callum Roworth 14

Mikayla Holder 14 Zacheriah Dove 14

Alena Nieuwerth 14 Jake Jarman 14

Jesse Beresford 15 Peter Cohen 15

Caitlin Turnbull 15 Samuel Hodgson 15

Shania King 15 Mitchell Batty 15

Sophie Maric 16 Mitchell Della 15

Sarah Goodman 16 Lachlan Moriz 15

Alex Greenhalgh 16 Kai Nudd 15

Emily Hoppe 16 Sheldon Koopmans 16

Jade Egar 17 Grant Cook 17

Lucinda Gray 17 Liam Bartlett 17

Delilah Thorncraft 17 Addisen Mallett 17

Abby Nudd 17

Taylar Briley 17

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On Tuesday May 6th Year 9 students were treated to a free BBQ

during Break 1 due to the generosity of local Youth Service Provid-

ers that support young people in the Coffs Harbour region.

Representatives from the following organisations:

Headspace – (Young Peoples Mental Health);

Wesley Mission – ( supporting homeless Youth and providing

crisis accommodation);

ETC – (vocational training and support); and

Momento – (Youth housing services)

These organisations provided the BBQ and had the opportunity of

getting to know many of our Year 9 students while informing

them of the services that they provide.

Special thanks to Woolgoolga Woolworths and

Norco Mid North Coast for their generous

donation of food and drinks

Inter-Agency BBQ



Year 10 Textiles students have been busy learning about and experimenting with creative fabric decoration techniques for their

patchwork cushion project.

The white calico fabric has been prepared and bound by various shibori techniques and dyed in a synthetic indigo vat.

The results are eye catching and the students have really enjoyed this new project opportunity.

Stay tuned for more progress photos of their works!

Ms Donnelly

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected in Mid North Coast zone soccer

teams. These students will now compete at the North Coast soccer trials at Port Macquarie on the

16th of March, 2018. Good luck.

Maggie McLennan Yr 10, Tanisha Wallace Yr 12,

Jade Egar Yr 12, Nicholas Casey Yr 10,

Jack Taylor Yr 12, Luke Beresford Yr 12

and Addisen Mallett Yr 12

Congratulations on the mid north coast zone

soccer team selection!



2018 SPORT CARNIVAL DATES

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

SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO EVENT.

SPORT DATE CARNIVAL VENUE TERM

SWIMMING Sun 8 Apr to

Tue 10 Apr NSW CHS State Swimming

Olympic Aquatic

Centre Homebush 1

CROSS

COUNTRY

Fri 13 April WHS Cross Country Woolgoolga 1

Fri 25 May MNC Zone Cross Country Grafton TBC 2

Fri 15 June NC Regional Cross Country Nana Glen TBC 2

Fri 27 July NSW All Schools State Cross Coun-

try Eastern Creek 3

ATHLETICS

Wed 9 May

Fri 11 May

WHS Athletics Carnival - Day 1

WHS Athletics Carnival - Day 2

Woolgoolga

Sports Ground 2

Thur 21 Jun MNC Zone Athletics Carnival Coffs Harbour

International Stadium 2

Thur 9 Aug NC Regional Athletics Carnival Nambucca 3

Wed 5 Sept

to Fri 7 Sept NSW CHS State Athletics Carnival Homebush 3

On Friday 23rd February approximately 50 Year 10 students participated in the Peer Reading Training

Program where Mr Cook lectured students on how they will help identify Year 7 students in the Peer

Reading Program.

Topics included: Effective listening skills; Effective record keeping; Before reading, during reading

and after reading skills.

This program is ex-

tremely beneficial for

all those involved;

Year 7 students and

Year 10 tutors.

This program will be

conducted during

Home Group in the

library on a daily ba-

sis and aims to in-

crease the reading

skills of all involved.



On Thursday 22nd February Woolgoolga High School participated in an Under 15s Touch football gala day. This gala day also doubled as the selections for the Mid North Coast Touch Football team.

UNDER 15 BOYS TEAM Our boys came up against a very slick Toormina side in the first pool game. Despite scoring the first try and playing well, Woolgoolga were beaten 6-1. They played Bellingen in the next game and dominated the valley side, win-ning with a convincing 7-2 score line. We then played Coffs High, the top team in Pool B, in a hard and fast game. Coffs eventually beat us 7-4 and then went on to play Toormina in the final. Toormina were too good for Coffs and beat them 6-2. This was a very similar margin to our game with Toormina so plenty of credit goes to the Wool-goolga boys. They played fairly and rotated on and off the field without issue. Congratulations to Ryley Smidt and Emanuel Sutton who were both selected in the Zone Team.

UNDER 15 GIRLS TEAM

The girls’ first game was against Toormina High School. The game was a fairly even match, but unfortunately

Woolgoolga lost 3-2 when Toormina scored right at the end of the game. Our second game was against Bellingen

High school. During this game the skill of the Woolgoolga girls really shone. The team worked well together in de-

fence to make it very difficult for Bellingen to score and they played well in attack to come away with an 8-2 win.

The next game was an exciting semi-final against Orara High School. The end result was a 3 all draw forcing the

girls into extra time. Woolgoolga played hard for the next 5 minutes attacking and defending with all the energy

they had left. At the end of the extra time the game still remained a draw, fortunately on a count back system

Woolgoolga had scored more points than Orara throughout all of the games, making them the winner and ad-

vancing them to the final.

In the final Woolgoolga faced off against Toormina High School for the second time. The game went from end to

end with both teams fighting for the win as hard as they could. The end result was a 1 all draw, forcing Woolgool-

ga to play yet another round of extra time. Fortunately for Woolgoolga this time they were able to score first and

then defend well enough to stop Toormina from scoring at all during the extra time. The final score was 2-1 to

Woolgoolga making the Woolgoolga under 15 girls the winner of the gala day.

A huge congratulations to all of the girls who played and a special mention to Shania King, Jesse Beresford,

Aheisha McPhillips and Emma Nelson who were selected for the Under 15s Mid North Coast Touch Football team.

SMS Messages for Unexplained Student Absences

It is vital that you advise the school if your mobile number or

nominated contact to receive SMS messages has changed. You

can notify the school of this change in writing or via email.



Thursday March 8 was International Women’s Day. The staff at Woolgoolga High School wore purple clothing, or proudly wore Purple Ribbons like the one pictured, to show their support for Gender Equity.

The Colour of the Year 2018 is Ultra Violet. This colour communi-cates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future – where all boys, girls, men and women will be treated as equals!

The next newsletter will feature our Year 12 fe-male leaders representing Woolgoolga High School with pride at the International Women’s Day Breakfast in Coffs Harbour.

Generosity by Hart

https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/hair-with-heart-by-megan-hart/wizard/share

Our Librarian/Teacher Megan Hart has had an ultra hair

cut and generously donated her hair to Variety the Chil-

dren’s Charity . This heart warming story can be fol-

lowed at:





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WOOLGOOLGA HIGH SCHOOL

PRESENTS

AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD EARLY TERM 2

REHEARSALS WILL START DURING TERM 3!!!!

ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME. GET READY TO ROCK OUT.

SO STAY TUNED TO THE DAILY NOTICES FOR MORE INFO EARLY NEXT TERM.

REMEMBER IF YOU’RE KEEN TO JOIN THE MUSICAL, WHY NOT COME ALONG FOR OUR

ONE DAY TRIP TO SEE THE MUSICAL ALADDIN ON THE BIG STAGE IN BRISBANE.

See Mrs O’Halloran for more information



Dear Students, Parents and Staff Members,

Year 12 Students have decided to “Give Up” the traditional Easter Raffle and have committed to leading this Red Cross Charity Fundraiser, as they believe it is better to give than receive.

What will you GIVE UP to raise money for the Woolgoolga Red Cross Branch to keep their humanitarian efforts going? It should be meaningful, and challenging to achieve. We would like you, the community, to have the power to choose what you would like to give up, and for how long.

Once you have made your pledge, please ask your family and friends to sponsor you to honour your pledge, and monies raised will be collected and forwarded to Red Cross Woolgoolga on your behalf. All sponsorship forms and money must be returned to the school by Friday 23rd March 2018, so it is recommended that you limit your “Give it Up” time to 7 days or less.

Some Suggestions to get you thinking –

“I will GIVE UP Social Media for 5 days”

“I will GIVE UP Junk Food for 3 days”

“ I will GIVE UP watching videos / TV / Netflix for 7 days”

The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!

Parents – If you would like to be involved, please ask your children to obtain a sponsorship form on your behalf. We have several staff members interested in participating too – lets make this a genuine community effort!

Sponsorship forms will be issued next Monday during Assembly, so we can all make a difference in our local community.

Karen Dorahy – Year 12 Advisor



Homestay Hosts Wanted We are looking for caring families and individuals to provide a wonderful home away from home for international

students attending Woolgoolga High School.

Must be able to provide meals and a Working With Children Check.

Hosts receive $285 per week for a single room. Short (1 term) to long (4 terms)

stays are available.

Apply online at www.staydownunder.com.au

For further information contact Stay DownUnder on (02) 8901 4499

Or school co-ordinator Mrs Megan Hart (02 6654 1500)

Monster Auction Woolgoolga Rotary Auction of used household goods takes place the first Saturday

of every month except January for small goods, furniture and a whole lot of mixed

items. Location is the Rotary shed behind the CWA, next to the RSL club in Beach

Street (parking available behind the RSL club). Come down to grab a bargain!

For further information visit http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/

2018 University Roadshow

On the 20th February Woolgoolga High School hosted the 2018 University Roadshow. Representatives from Charles Sturt, Southern Cross and the University of New England spoke to more than 50 Year 12 students about university life, applying to university, early entry, UAC, scholarships, accommodation and much more.

This visit also focused on raising student awareness to many of the costs associated with university; such as rent, text books, transport, and the varied ways in which students can hope to pay these bills such as Centrelink, working and the generosity of their wonderful parents.

After the presentations, students were keen to patronise the three university stalls, collecting university hand-books, brochures and asking questions on an individual basis.

Mr Burton

$50 Year 7 Sport Levy

To be paid asap.

Reminders…. Update Student Details

Please ensure to update any change of student details: living

arrangements, address, phone contacts, medical details,

email address and court orders to Front Office

http://www.staydownunder.com.au

http://woolgoolgarotaryclub.org.au/



Years 7, 8, 9 receive vouchers from

McDonalds Restaurants

Pacific Highway Coffs Harbour

Years 10, 11, 12 receive vouchers from

Riptide Pizzeria

Fawcett Street Woolgoolga

Phone: 6654 8989

Woolgoolga Pizza Place

Beach Street Woolgoolga

Phone 66542744

Paid Advertising

Woolgoolga High School Silver Awards are

generously sponsored by:



Now 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.

Look for the $ Make a Payment button next to Contact Us at the top of our homepage.

For those experienced in paying online, the process will be familiar. Detailed instructions are

available by opening the Parent Online Payment Instructions on the Information tab on our website.

We hope that 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.

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

Volunteers needed to serve in only 1 hour increments:

8.30am - 9.30am

11.00am - 12.00 noon

1.00pm - 2.00pm

If you can help please ring the school on 66541500 or

follow the link on the school’s website to complete

the expression of interest.

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

See menu with price list on the school’s website

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

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