Friday 6th April 2018 Term 1 Issue 5
SPACE CAMP USA 2018 Thanks to our reputation as a leading STEM School in NSW, Canobolas was approached by
Northrop Grumman Australia offering to sponsor two students and a staff member to attend
Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama in the United States of America. Huntsville is known as
‘Rocket City’, home of the Apollo space program Saturn rockets.
Students were required to submit a 200 word statement or 90 second video explaining why
they would love to go to space camp, what they hope to gain from the experience and how
they will share what they have learned from their peers. Staff were also required to submit an
expression of interest to be selected.
Recently, our Principal Ms Wootten announced Mark Selmes (Year 8) and Ella Draper (Year 7)
as the successful applicants for our two Space Camp positions. Mark and Ella will experience
simulated space missions, astronaut training and team rocket building activities in what will be
a life changing experience during Space Camp. They will be accompanied by Head Teacher
STEM, Mr Scott.
Mark, Ella and Mr Scott will leave for the USA on July 6th, joining students from Japan, South
Korea and the UK thanks to the kind sponsorship from Northrop Grumman Australia.
Congratulations!
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Parents and Members of our School Community
Space Camp
It is with great excitement that I am able to announce that our school has been chosen as one
of two schools in Australia to attend Space Camp in the USA in the July school holidays. This all
expenses paid opportunity has come about through the support of Northrop Grumman and
will involve two students from Year 7 and/or Year 8 and a teacher. Students and staff were
invited to submit an application that outlined why they would like to attend, what they hoped
to get from the experience and how they would share the experience. Ella Draper and Mark
Selmes were the successful student applicants, and Mr Matt Scott was selected as the staff
member to accompany them. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I am sure they will
remember for the rest of their lives.
Parent Teacher Night and Interim Reports
Parent Teacher Night will be held on Wednesday 11th April in our School Hall from 3:45pm to
5:30pm. This is an opportunity for parents from Years 7-12 to speak to teachers about how the
school year has started and any concerns that they have. If you are unable to make this
event please do not hesitate to contact the Front Office to make an appointment with either
your child’s Year Adviser, or a specific teacher.
Years 7, 8 and 11 received their Interim Reports this week. These reports are designed to give
an overview of how the school year has started for your child. If you did not receive your
child’s report, or have any questions about it, please contact the school.
New staff
It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce some changes to the staffing of the
school. Mrs Amanda Hurford has been successful in obtaining the Head Teacher PDHPE
position in a substantive capacity, whilst Ms Amanda Sullivan has become a permanent
teaching member of staff. The Clontarf Academy and Girls Academy have also expanded
their staff, with Tom Goolagong and Kayla Simmonds starting.
As you would be aware, Mr Chad Bliss, has been successful in gaining the position of Principal
of Orange High School after fulfilling the role of Principal School Leadership for the last 18
months. We thank Mr Bliss for the work he has done for our school and wish him well in his new
endeavour. The principal position for our school will be advertised early in Term 2, with the
successful applicant expected to take up the position at the start of Term 3.
Absences
If your child has a day off school can I ask that you provide the school with a note, or a phone
call, to explain the reason for the absence. All absences from school need to be notified
within seven days, and it is important that we are able to accurately record when students
have been away for legitimate reasons. This is particularly important when students are away
when an assessment task is completed in class or due for submission.
Look at what’s coming up...
Wednesday 11th April Year 7-12 Parent Teacher night
Thursday 12th April SRC Trivia Night
Friday 13th April Athletics Carnival
Friday 13th April Last day of Term 1
Wednesday 25th April ANZAC Day march
Monday 30th April Staff Development Day
Tuesday 1st May Students return for Term 2
TCRTHS
CALENDAR
NAPLAN
Year 7 and 9 will be sitting NAPLAN in Weeks 3 and 4 of next term. Further information will be
sent home early in Term 2. For the first time in 2018 all students at our school will be completing
NAPLAN online. There has been a great deal of preparation work done for this by both staff
and students, and all trials have been completed successfully. Completing the assessment this
way will allow the questions to vary in difficulty based on student responses and provide more
information on what skills students possess. If you have any questions about NAPLAN please do
not hesitate to contact Ms Sam Williams or myself at the school.
I hope you have a great school holiday period and I look forward to speaking with you early in
Term 2.
With my warmest regards
Kate Wootten
We celebrated Bullying No Way! Day on Friday 16th March at TCRTHS. As part of our day,
individual students delivered small speeches to the student assembly, which inspired one of our
parents to pen the following piece on the effects of bullying:
With the fantastic support of former student Sam Rodwell, our whole school participated in an
activity where all staff and students spelled out the Bullying No Way! message on the paddock,
with Sam catching amazing images with his drone. This footage will be used to develop a
Canobolas student multimedia clip on bullying and its effects that will be screened later in the
year.
Students were also invited to dress up in the colours of the rainbow to show their support for this
message and staff and students were able to have their photos taken in our pop-up photo
booth. These photos will also form our posters for the school to continue the Bullying No Way!
message throughout the year.
The whole school enjoyed a BBQ lunch, with students signing our Bullying No Way! Day sign as a
pledge against bullying. This will be displayed in the C-Block common area as a reminder to all
students that bullying is not accepted at TCRTHS.
I would like to thank all students for their involvement in the day and look forward to developing
our multimedia message on bullying.
Lisa Doherty – SRC Coordinator
“Bullying and harassment is the act or behaviour that makes someone feel threatened, intimi-dated, degraded, humiliated or offended. Sometimes it is not always obvious or apparent to oth-ers. We can feel:
Guilty— like it’s your own fault
Hopeless – a situation with no way out
Alone – no one for support
Don’t fit in with groups of people
Depressed and rejected or ashamed of something
Unsafe
Confused and stressed
Bullying can be direct (physical or vocal) or indirect (cyberbullying, Facebook, texting or ru-mours). People who threaten or intimidate are sometimes acting out their own life or find it’s the only way people take them seriously. We all have the right to education and feeling safe.”
Parent of a Year 11 Student at TCRTHS
Bullying No Way! Day 2018
Bullying No Way!
Day
CLONTARF EMPLOYMENT VISIT
MSM Milling Employment visit
Year 10 and 11 Clontarf boys had a great visit to the
MSM milling plant in Manildra. This opportunity was
kindly made to us by owners and directors, Pete and
Bob MacSmith, both who have had several visits to
and from Clontarf on site and in the academy room.
Genya Miller, who is their communications manager
has been very helpful in dealing with Clontarf and
ensures our visits run smoothly.
We had a total of 10 boys keen and interested in
taking the trip out to the plant and all made sure they
were ready to go at 9.00am. Many of the boys had no
knowledge of what they do and where the plant was
located, so it was a good adventure to somewhere
and something they have never done before.
The factory manager met us at the front office
and took the boys on an extensive tour of the
plant, explaining the process of how the canola oil
is extracted. It was a process of paddock to plate
process. (Picture shows Will Lucas looking at the
first step of the oil extraction)
Boys getting further understanding of
the oil extraction process.
Along with the production of the oil and by-products,
which is sold as stock feed, the other major operation at
the plant is the bottling and packaging of the oil.
The boy got to see the container manufacturing process,
which included all size drums and containers.
We discussed the various containers they are sent out in
from 600ml to semi-trailers tankers full.
The final activity of the tour was to watch the company
presentation which again described the process from
paddock to delivery dock. This is where the boys were
enlightened on the various employment opportunities that
exist and got the chance to hear what they would need to
do education-wise, to gain employment at MSM. Anthony
Ward, the plant manager explained what he looks for in an
employee. They are very similar what we look for in a good
Clontarf man:
Work within a team
Respect of your work and fellow workers
Openness to learn and look for opportunities
WANT TO WORK.
The trip was a good one for boys and highlighted the opportunities that will present to them
when they graduate from Year 12 and look to get into the work force. It was noted that they
have people with university degrees, trades people who have completed TAFE course and
employees who have no formal education and can get up-skilled in the work place by
completing courses.
Thank you MSM Milling,
James Grant- Director
Canobolas Rural Technology High School
Clontarf Academy
Mobile +61 437 111 018
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.clontarf.org.au
When: Friday 13th April 2018
Where: Canobolas High School
Remember to dress up in your House Colours, for a fun day of
Athletics. Please nominate for the events in your age group
prior to the day. See any of the PE Staff for a nomination slip.
A big thank you goes to Matt Tabbernor from Cricket
NSW for running a coaching clinic with our Open Girls
cricket team last Thursday. This clinic was in
preparation for our Open Girls cricket team first game
in the Western Knockout next week. Matt took the
girls through a range of batting, bowling and fielding
skills and drills as well as field positioning and match
strategies.
Our Open Girls Cricket team will play their first match
ever in the Western Knockout competition vs Orange
High School at Moulder park on Monday 9th April.
Good Luck Girls!
The Open Girls Canobolas High School Netball team competed in the
annual WSSA Netball Gala Day. The girls came up against some tough
competition on the day, unfortunately losing their first two games. The girls
finished the day on a high defeating Kelso High School. Defender of the
day went to Cailtin White and the best attacker was Jada Murphy.
Thank you to our Year 12 girls, Caitlin, Jada and Sarah Smith for their
contribution to netball at Canobolas over the past 6 years you girls will be
missed.
A big thanks to Miss Woods for coaching the girls on the day and Mrs
Hurford for her organisation.
INNOVATION FACULTY NEWS
Year 8 IPL – The Art of War Project
While learning about conflict in ancient civilisations, Mr Edwards 8 Clark class have been
investigating Feudal Japan. Students have been using Minecraft to model a virtual village from
Feudal Japan, as part of a trial of a Minecraft for Education on behalf of the NSW Department
of Education. Here are some progress photos of 8 Clark’s handiwork:
Year 8 ILP – Changes to Assessment
In order for all Year 8 classes to thoroughly complete the first assessable task in both Projects,
tasks due in Week 10 Term 1 in will now be due in Week 7 Term 2, not as stated in the
Assessment Booklet. This includes:
Project A: Waterworld - Animal species research presentation
Project B: Art of War - Historic Artefact
Project B: Art of War – Battle Scene
These tasks are now due for presentation at exhibition. Most classes are currently working on
these as they are likely to be completed over the next few weeks.
SCHOOL NOTICES
1 or 2 days each week doesn’t seem like much but ...
When your
child misses
just…
That equals
…
Which is … And over 13
year of
school is...
Which means the best your
child can perform is ...
1 day
each fortnight
20 days
per year
4 weeks
per year
Nearly
1 1/2 years
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 11
1 day
each week
40 days
per year
8 weeks
per year
Over
2 1/2 years
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 10
2 days
each week
80 days
per year
16 weeks
per year
Over
5 years
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 7
3 days
each week
120 days
per year
24 weeks
per year
Nearly
8 years
EQUAL TO FINISHING IN YEAR 4
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When: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Time: 3:45pm—5:30pm
Where: School Hall
Please contact the school if you require
any further information on 6362 1677
Parent Teacher
Evening Years 7-12
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