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Goulburn

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1/12 15th February 2017 goulburn-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Former GHS student, Ellen Ryan, the new Under 25s Open

Singles World Champion in Bowls

Ellen travelled to England for 20 days to attend the World

Professional Indoor Bowls Championships and returned with a

wonderful trophy, saying ‘usually I only get medals’, as she laughed.

2017 started as a very successful year for Ellen, who began to play

bowls 11 years ago ‘just for fun’ at our own Goulburn Railway

Bowling Club. She recently moved to the Cabramatta Club where

she receives support and mentorship from Karen Murphy, another

player at Cabramatta and a fellow competitor. Ellen recalls that ‘it

was a real eye opener to be the only girl in the competition and watch

all the top players from England and Scotland’. Congratulations,

Ellen, GHS is very proud of you.

Principal’s Report

Since this is my first Principal’s Report for 2017, I

would like to welcome staff, students and our parent

community to Goulburn High School.

I am very excited about the year ahead and what

students will learn, the skills and talents that will be

further developed by being a student at Goulburn High,

the experiences that they will participate in and share,

not only with each other but with staff, and the working

relationships that will develop between class mates and teachers.

Goulburn High School is a full uniform school. As our local high school, we are preparing

students to effectively engage and participate in life outside. All areas of work have ‘dress

codes or requirements’ across the full range of possible careers. Students who are already

participating in part time work realise this. Attending Goulburn High School is no different.

Our uniform shop is open Mondays and Thursdays and has our full range of school and sports

uniforms in stock.

Last Friday was our Swimming Carnival and it was exceptionally warm. The highest

temperature recorded on the day was 39 C. Students were reminded to wear their house

colours, wear a hat, sunscreen and adequate clothing, and to remain hydrated throughout the

day. After a few difficulties with the 50m pool’s pump, the competitions and activities began

in earnest. More on that on page seven in the Sports Report.

I will take this opportunity to make parents aware of our General School Contributions that

will be used for the replacement/purchase of teaching resources such as text books and elective

fees that cover elective subject materials for those students that are undertaking elective

subjects from year 9 through to year 12.

Last but not least, Goulburn High is a Positive Behaviour for Learning school, and has as our

three core values, Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. These three values are what will

drive student learning so that Goulburn High will develop young people that the Goulburn

community can be proud of. Paul Hogan

Last August, I went to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the rest of my year

and two other schools.

Before the orchestra started playing, we were introduced to the musicians by

the conductor, who showed us all the instrument families and explained them

to us. After that we listened to the orchestra play an wonderful composition.

The music really was amazing. It makes you think of how much practice the

musicians put into it, with all the perfect timing and harmony ... it could give

you goose bumps.

The next time I had Music, our teacher explained that the class had to write an

essay about the orchestra and that we would have the chance, if one of us wins,

for it to be published in the ActewAGL magazine and to win tickets for another

performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. I honestly thought I had no

chance, but I did it anyway of course, only to find out a few months later that I

had won!

It really was a shock, and I’m definitely glad I entered and I hope they have it

again for the new year 7’s this year. It was a fantastic experience and who

knows, you might just win as well. Brooke Hudd

Goulburn High School teacher, Ash Kara, is the new

Mixed 17s Youth Trans Tasman Australian Manager

Ms Kara went to New Zealand during the holidays to represent Australia as the Mixed

17s Youth Trans Tasman Australian Manager. They versed the New Zealand team in the

Youth Trans Tasman test series in Touch football, best out of 3 games.

They won all three games 7—5, 11—8 and 11—10. Congratulations to Ms Kara and her

team. Ms Kara is pictured with Jessica Potts from Newcastle and Aaron More from

Brisbane, the two team captains.

Brooke Hudd, year 8, won an

essay competition amongst

hundreds of contestants

Year 7-10 PDHPE students will take part in two practical and two theory based lessons a fortnight. During

practical lessons, students are expected to bring their sports uniform and runners to change into. For

theory lessons the student’s books are required.

The outline below is a brief summary of the topics students are studying for Term 1 this year. If you have

any questions please don’t hesitate to call the PDHPE staff at the school on 4821 4022.

Year 7

Theory – Getting To Know Myself

Students explore sense of self by investigating:

Influences on sense of self.

Changing nature of sense of self.

Interdependence of and changing significance of factors impacting on sense of self.

Body image.

Personal meaning of health.

Relationships between components of health.

Health as a constantly changing state.

Practical – Game Sense & Swimming

Students will learn and refine fundamental movement skills in a range of game contexts:

Swimming—Students will participate in aquatic skills and lifesaving units that aim to improve and

reinforce their skills in and around water.

PDHPE Faculty Term 1 2017

Year 8

Theory—Young Consumers

In this unit students will:

Review their own dietary habits and compare those to the recommended habits for young people

using the Australian guide to healthy eating.

Analyse lifestyle diseases and investigate the link between lifestyle diseases, diet and physical activity.

Recognise the cultural and social influences on food choices.

Design a weekly eating plan for a family, involving costing, variety and suitability.

Prepare a meal for a group.

Practical – Recreational Games

Students will participate in a variety of movement activities to demonstrate and enhance body control,

body awareness, object manipulation, anticipation and timing:

Swimming - Students will participate in aquatic skills and lifesaving units that aim to improve and reinforce

their skills in and around water.

Year 9

Theory – Safe or Sorry

In this unit students will:

Learn about rights and responsibilities in relationships and sexual relationships.

Develop ground rules and boundaries when forming new relationships.

Identify and evaluate safe sexual health practices, including methods of contraception.

Investigate STI’s and how to protect themselves from STI’s.

Practise trust, talk, take control as a strategy for dealing with abusive situations.

Practical – Contemporary Games

Students will work individually, in pairs and in groups to experiment with

offensive and defensive skills in a range of contemporary games through modified and traditional

participation:

Swimming - Students will participate in aquatic skills and lifesaving units that aim to improve and

reinforce their skills in and around water.

Year 10

Theory – Are You Geared to Drive?

In this unit students will:

Investigate “what makes a good driver”.

Propose strategies to promote safe road use attitudes and behaviours.

Use simulation software and goggles to make health decisions and solve problems relevant to young

people.

Investigate the consequences of unsafe road behaviour through examining statistics and articles

relevant to young people.

Practical – Let’s Kick On

Students will demonstrate movement skills playing a range of games that incorporate kicking skills and

movements:

Swimming - Students will participate in aquatic skills and lifesaving units that aim to improve and

reinforce their skills in and around water.

If you wish to discuss any content being taught or your child’s progress please call the PE faculty.

Swimming Carnival 2017

Lumsden win!!! Again……

On Friday the 10th of February Goulburn High School held their annual swimming carnival. We were greeted

by an extremely hot day with temperatures reaching 39 degrees.

During the morning a pool malfunction delayed the start to the carnival as engineers worked on getting our

students into the pool. During this time, students were fantastic, participating in volleyball, novelty

activities and the Ironman/Ironwoman competition.

Around 11 o’clock we were in the pool. The amazing talent of many of our students was again on full

display with many students breaking personal bests on the day. After the competitive events, we concluded

the day with a brief house novelty competition in the pool. Unfortunately, due to time constraints and

losing time in the morning, we were unable to hold relays and the belly flop competition.

All students are to be congratulated on their outstanding behaviour and participation.

Our age champions for the carnival were:

12 years Tilly Stewart and Buster Strickland

13 years Gemma Holland and Connor Primmer

14 years Emily Madden and Lachlan Handley

15 years Emily Hunter and Zane Wild

16 years Janice Barry and Brandyn Law/Cooper Doggett

17+ years Natasha Dawson and Ryan Goad

Congratulations to these students!

The House Championship was run and won, with Lumsden continuing their recent domination to again take

out the Swimming Carnival. The points were:

Lumsden 877

Knopp 623

Southwell 462

Taylor 255

Congratulations to all students in Lumsden house!

The Zone Carnival will be held on Thursday the 23nd of February at Queanbeyan Swimming Pool. Students

who qualified first or second in an event will receive a note to compete.

Contributing photographer: Kieren Edworthy, Year 12

Inspirational quote : “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've

been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And

that is why I succeed”. – Michael Jordan

GENERAL SPORT NEWS

Welcome to 2017 and what will hopefully be a successful and enjoyable year ahead in sport. We have a busy

schedule ahead of us this year with weekly sport, CHS trials, CHS knockouts and the Cross Country Carnival this

term as well.

Yearly Sport: It is a compulsory requirement that all students in Years 7-11 participate in structured sports

activities. Students are reminded to be prepared by bringing the correct uniform for their sport lessons. Each Year

has different timetabled periods so it is a requirement that students understand when they have sport.

South Coast Trials are held throughout the year. Students will be notified at assemblies, in daily notices and on the

PE noticeboard. Students must enter their name with the sports organiser by the cut-off date to gain a place in

these selections. All interested students must see Mr. Russell.

FROM THE

SPORTS DESK

HOUSE CAPTAINS

The House Captains for 2017 are:

Knopp

Captains Lauryn Backhouse and Eric Badodo

Vice Captains Xanthe Britton

Lumsden

Captains Hollie Deaton and Jack Elder

Vice Captains Josie Herman-Meylan and Tiffany Edwardson

Southwell

Captains Aleisha Price and Joseph Moloney-Kremer

Vice Captains Georgia Noack and Genesis Octaviano

Taylor

Captains Leai Unasa and Thomas Taylor

Vice Captains Rebecca Torrance & Elise Thornthwaite

Around the Grounds

This year in Sport we are wanting to showcase the wonderful achievements of our students in community sport.

Students who have made representative teams, won competitions or who have achieved excellent results are

encouraged to pass on their achievements to the PE staff.

1. Who won the T20 BBL in 2015/2016?

2. Who won the NRL minor premiership in 2012?

3. Which player in world cricket has scored 100 x 100s?

4. Who won the NBA Championship in 2014?

5. Which country will host the 2020 Olympic Games?

UPCOMING SPORTING EVENTS

Zone Swimming Carnival Thursday 23nd February

SOUTH COAST REPRESENTATIVE TRIALS – interested students need to see Mr.Russell in the PE

staffroom to nominate

All Schools Triathlon Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd February

Boys Basketball Monday 27th February

Boy’s Opens Rugby Union Wednesday 1st March

U15’s Boys & Girls Touch Football Friday 3rd March

Girls Basketball Wednesday 8th March

AFL Tuesday 19 March

Girls Soccer Tuesday 19 March

Boys Soccer Wednesday 20 March

Rugby League Wednesday 27 March

Answers to Quiz 1. Sydney Thunder 2. Canterbury Bulldogs 3. Sachin Tendulkar 4. San Antonio Spurs 5. Tokyo, Japan

Another successful year at Goulburn High has flown by and here we are in 2017. The P&C would like to

extend a warm welcome to our new principal Mr Paul Hogan, our incoming year 7 students and families

and to all our other new students and families to our school. We look forward to working together and

are sure you will find your time here at Goulburn High School enjoyable.

The uniform shop is back in full swing and has been extremely busy over the school holiday period. I

understand how extreme the weather has been lately, although going off last year there were some

winter items (jackets) that seemed to sell out very quickly and become unavailable. Maybe it would be a

good time to think of this now before it becomes too cold, as we know it will!

Our meetings are held the second Wednesday night of the month during school terms. These meetings

are always advertised through Skoolbag and the external school notice board. This year we have only 7

meetings and I have listed our dates below. The meetings are friendly and definitely a great place to be

if you would like to stay up to date with changes at school and your child’s learning. Of course we would

also love to see new faces and you will not be pressured into taking on executive roles.

Goulburn High School utilises the SKOOLBAG APP for smartphones. Important information,

newsletters and general reminders will be published through this regularly.

Once again welcome to all our new faces around the school. If anyone has any concerns, questions or

requests they can always contact me through the school.

Renee Woodberry

P&C President

GOULBURN HIGH SCHOOL P&C MEETINGS

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 7PM STAFF COMMON ROOM

Wednesday March 8th

Wednesday May 10th

Wednesday June 14th

Wednesday August 9th

Wednesday September 13th

Wednesday November 8th (Annual Christmas Dinner)

Deputy Principals’ Report

Welcome back

Welcome to all our new students and families and welcome

back to our returning students and families. We are looking

forward to working with all of you to ensure that we provide

the best learning environment to cater for the needs of all the

students. Mr Mani will be responsible for years 8, 10, 12 and

Mrs Reece will be responsible for years 7, 9, and 11. This

report will be on behalf of both Deputy Principals.

Uniform

Our students started the year looking fantastic in their uniforms and most students are in

correct footwear. A reminder that students must be in plain black enclosed polishable leather

shoes with plain white socks. Our uniform shop opened during the holidays and has been a

great success. The quality of the uniform is excellent with a large variety of sizes and

options. The uniform shop has a percentage of sales going back to our P and C.

Mobile technology

At Goulburn High students are only permitted to use mobile technology if they have

sought the permission of the class teacher. Students are not permitted to receive phone calls

in class. If you need to contact your child, please call the front office. Although the school

provides awareness programs to students on a regular basis, we would encourage parents to

get advice and support related to the use of technology from the following website http://

www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/technology to help raise awareness and counter the

inappropriate use of technology by their child.

Communication

Goulburn High School has been expanding our communications with parents and carers

through our school app, parent portal, school webpage, Facebook and Twitter feeds. An

integral part of clear communications is that we have correct contact and emergency

information. For some of our students, this information may be five or more years old. In

some cases, students have only one contact number available for use. In an emergency, it is

important to be able to call parents, carers or failing that, emergency contacts. A change of

details can be made in our school app or parent portal or using a form at the front office.

Please let us know of any changes to your contact and emergency information.

Mr Mani & Mrs Reece

CAREERS DESK

University of Wollongong Discovery Day – 7th February 2017

Forty Year 12 students, Mrs McLean and Mrs Kennedy headed to Wollongong at 7am for the annual visit

to Wollongong University for Discovery Day. In November last year students chose their lectures and

tutorials covering a range of topics from specific courses and faculties, scholarships, accommodation,

international study and much more. Upon arrival students received their timetables and then joined 1000

fellow students in the great hall to hear reflections and advice of a 4th Year student who is in the last year

of his studies. Students attended four timetables sessions throughout the day, breaking for lunch at the

Duck Pond with a DJ. We are all very grateful to UOW for funding the bus and for providing students with

an invaluable insight into university life.

Important date for those interested to enter the

police force:

Open Day at Goulburn Police Station on 26th

February 10.00am - 2.00pm. Highway Patrol, Police Rescue, Mounted Police, the Dog Unit will all be there, plus a free

sausage sizzle.

Mathematical Murmurs

Welcome back everyone.

We would like to remind parents/caregivers and students that students should come to class with all

necessary equipment. This includes workbooks, textbooks (if issued), pens, pencils, rulers and approved

calculators.

Students are required to have a scientific calculator. Phones are not acceptable as a replacement.

If you are unsure which calculator would be suitable then it is recommended that they be purchased

from the school canteen.

Congratulations to Tiffany Ezzy ( yr 9 ) who was one of 60 students selected from around the state to

attend the innovative DigIT Program at Macquarie University during our recent holiday. DigIT is a six

month program that combines practical activities and a mentoring program designed to improve

engagement in ICT and STEM.

Watch this space for future information and activities.

Mrs C Kelly

YEAR 7 INFORMAL PARENT

AND TEACHER NIGHT

Thursday 16th March 5:00 to 6:30pm

Library

A chance to meet the Year 7 teachers

and mingle with other parents.

Nerina Eagles (Year 7 Advisor) will be

present to address any concerns.

Light refreshment will be provided.

Any questions contact the school 4821 4022

or

Email nerina.eagles@det.nsw.edu.au

Year 12 Students 2017 vs Staff Cup Game

On Friday 2nd December 2016 the first official game for the Student vs Staff Cup took place with slap hockey in the school hall. The match included a team of eight staff members: Mrs Stephenson, Ms Kara, Ms Jordan, Ms Handley, Mrs McLean, Ms Herman-Meylan, Mr Russell and Mr Sheehan. The students of Year 12 had a strong side with 10 students which they rotated around during the 20 minute match. The student team included: Aleisha Price, Lachaln Tozer, Justin Taylor, Heather Davey, Lauryn Backhouse, James Byrne, Cory Roberts, Jasmyn Ruffles, Sarah Wilson and Eric Badodo. The student team were leading at half-time before the teachers made a comeback with final score 5 Staff vs 4 Students. Our next event will be a Family Feud style quiz at the end of term 1.

Goulburn High School Farm Sign

On Friday 25th November 2016, Year 12 presented their present to the school, a new Farm Sign, with a cutting of the ribbon ceremony. Year 12 have been working hard fundraising money throughout the year with various events including the Colour Me Fun Run and donations made from the Goulburn High School Parent and Citizen Association and Aaron’s Tree Service.

Goulburn High School, together with Southern Region Business Enterprise Centre, would like to express our gratitude to the following local businesses that have supported our students who took part in the Structured Workplace Learning Program in 2016:

All State Power Allmac Welding

Astor Hotel Motel

Australian Stockyard Co.

Awesome Automotive

B & J Kitchens

Best Western Centretown

Brad Writer Constructions Pty Ltd

Carol James Real Estate

Deliciously Wicked

Divall's Earthmoving Bulk Haulage

Fireside Inn Restaurant

Ganter Constructions

Gavin Rowley

GCR Welding & Fabrication

Geissler Motors

Gill Waminda

Glenn Swift Tiling

Goodwin 4 x 4 Mechanical Repairs

Goulburn Car Sales & Auto Wreckers

Goulburn Community College

Goulburn Country Motors

Goulburn Court House

Goulburn Masonic Village

Goulburn Mulwaree Council - Administration Goulburn Mulwaree Council - Plant & Equipment Work-

shop

Goulburn Santosa Restaurant

Goulburn Soldiers Club

Hayden Neale Bricklaying

Hibernian Hotel Bistro

HSV Property Group Pty Limited

Ian Cumming Building & Electrical

Illawarra Institute of TAFE - Goulburn

Integrated Building Group

James Argyle Plumbing

Jason Montgomery Constructions

John Ayres Electrical Services

Landmark Goulburn

LJ's Carvery & Sandwich Bar

Michael Staines

Micheal Montgomery Tiling

Nigel Vaughan Builder

Nina Dillon Accounts & Auditors

O'Neill & Brown Plumbing Co. Pty Ltd

Oxley Timbers

Peter Grant Constructions

Posthouse Blue Plate Restaurant

Professionals Real Estate

R & B Steel

Radio Goulburn

Railway Cafe

Raine & Horne

Roselea Corner Cafe

Shane Elliott

Sodexo

Southern Cross Care - Tenison Apartments

Sunset Lodge

Target - Goulburn

Tatts Corner Bakery

TBP Baking Pty Ltd

The Workers Bistro

Travel Bureau

The Structured Workplace Learning Program is for students enrolled in HSC industry recog-nised courses. These Vocational Educational and Training courses have compulsory work placement requirements for successful com-pletion of the HSC.

The coordination of Structured Workplace Learning is funded by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education under the Structured Workplace Learning Pro-gram and delivered by Southern Region Busi-ness Enterprise Centre. For more information visit www.srbec.com.au