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Term 3 Week 8

Industrial Arts NewsTerm 3 is always busy in the Industrial Arts faculty. Year 7 and 8 classes are finishing projects in readiness to commence new ones.Year 9 and 10 classes look toward finishing their main projects for the year.The most significant date on the Industrial Arts calendar is the submission of the Higher School Certificate Major Projects for Timber and Multimedia and their marking in September. These projects require a lot of time and effort on the part of the students and the teachers involved, so a huge measure of appreciation goes to Mr Steve McCrorey for his work with both of these classes, as well as to Mr Geoff Palmer for assisting the students in setting up their projects for the day of the marking.Anna RobinsonHead Teacher Mathematics and Industrial Arts

Two examples of excellent work presented by Year 12 students

Principal’s Report Last Thursday saw a wonderful coming together of our talented students (and teachers) at our biennial showcase event. The combination of art, music and dance was an outstanding representation of the talents and skills of so many of our students, as well as the culmination of much hard work and practise. Whilst it would not be possible to list all that were involved in the organisation of such an event, it would be remiss not to thank Mrs Donna Woolley for her wonderful support of our performers. I was a very proud Principal sitting in the audience and enjoying the awesome performances from our talented students. Well done!Last Friday we were fortunate to have guest speaker Jonny Shannon make a presentation to all our students and staff on the theme of mental health, anxiety and depression. He was an outstanding speaker and held the audience’s attention for the full hour with his interactive, sometimes funny and very practical session. This was organised by Anglicare in the lead up to RUOK Day this Thursday and came at no cost to the school. It was a great opportunity to remind us all about the help and strategies available to us in dealing with issues linked to our mental health. Never forget the importance of asking someone ‘Are You OK?’Our mobile phone policy was presented to the P&C at our last meeting and will be available for download on our school website shortly. Whilst students are permitted to bring their mobile devices to school, they must be off or silent and packed away before school, during recess and lunch and also in class. Apart from special considerations and emergencies, students should only have their phones out in class if given direct permission to use them by their teacher for something directly linked to the lesson (e.g. using a stopwatch app to time an event etc.) Students are permitted to check their phones at the end of the school day to check for messages from family. Students who use their phone outside this time and without direct permission will be asked in the first instance to put the phone away. If they use it repeatedly they will be dealt with through our discipline system. Please refrain from contacting your child via their phone until the end of the school day, so they do not risk getting in trouble for using it. You are always welcome to call our school office if you need to get a message to your child during the day.At assembly this week, we recognised many students for their great effort in demonstrating our school values of ‘Respect, Responsibility and Prosper’. Congratulations to all our recipients for their outstanding efforts, and particularly to Imogen Roberts for achieving a Silver Award, and Lauryn Needham for her Gold Award! Congratulations also to our participants in the Geography Competition that ran earlier this year. Vero JosephPrincipal

1 Crown Street, CROOKWELL 2583 T: (02) 4832 1421 F: (02) 4832 1966 E: crookwell-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au W: www.crookwell-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3

Canteen RosterWeek Beginning 10th September

MondayNeed Volunteers

Tuesday Jill Croker

WednesdayRie O’BrienDesma Horton

ThursdayCLOSED

FridayKay SlaterMichelle ClementsJulie Simpson

Week Beginning 17th September MondayNeed Volunteers

Tuesday Cathey O’Connor

WednesdayNeed Volunteers

ThursdayCLOSED

FridayNeed Volunteers

BIGGA ART GALLERYinvitation to

‘WINTER MONTHS’Come and see amazing artwork by

Crookwell High School students at theBigga Art Gallery this weekend!

Exhibition Open Every Saturday10.00am-2.00pm until 6th October

BINDA STREET BIGGA

Crookwell Summer Soccer Mixed 5-a-side competition, for ages over 13.(If you are 12 years old and played in the 2018 STFA Senior Winter Competition, you are also eligible to play)Venue: Lin Cooper Fields, Junior GroundsContact: Nicholas Harrop 0405 793 146 or nicholasharrop@gmail.com The Crookwell Soccer Club recommends players consider taking out personal injury insurance at their own expense.

Have your say: Priorities for Streetscape Works

Last year, the Shire’s very talented primary and secondary students took part in the Our Towns - Schools’ Ideas Competition.The Draft Preliminary Designs and a Draft Report for the Streetscape Project are available to view on Council’s website: www.upperlachlan.nsw.gov.au/streetscape-project-0. Council now wants to hear from you how these beautificaiton works for each town and village should be prioritised, so it is consisitant with the community’s needs and expectations.Everyone with an interest in this project is encouraged to complete the community survey via Council’s website before 4.00pm on Monday 17th September 2018.For further information please contact Council’s Project Delivery Engineer Asif Faisal at: afaisal@upperlachlan.nsw.gov.au or phone 4830 1000.

Boy’s Hockey Team in NSW Final 8!Winners are grinners! We have made it into the final eight. Beating Tuggarah Lakes Secondary College 2-1 after being down 1-0 . We equalised just before half time and then scored another in the second half. Both goals scored by Luke Cummins. All boys played well. Thank you to Mr Whittle for driving us. Mrs McCormack | Coach/Manager

Selling Legacy Badges On Friday, some of our Year 11 students sold badges to raise money for Legacy. This is such a worthwhile community cause that Crookwell High School is proud to support every year.Vero Joseph | Principal