On The Waves Banora Point High School

2 Eucalyptus Drive Banora Point NSW 2486 T 07 55131 960 F 07 55 131 220 E banorapnt-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 2A Monday 4 February 2013

REACH FOR THE STARS

The Gold Coast Stingrays Gridiron club visited our school in Week 10 of Term 4 2012 to take our Tal-ented Athlete students through their paces and in-troduce them to the world of American Football. With a basic introduction to the sport and some of the key rules and concepts our students where shown how to throw, receive, run and block opponents. We then broke up into 3 teams and were taken through some of the more strategic parts to the game with the students given the chance to follow some set plays and then create their own. Kaleb Green, Koen Sleba, Mekala Knight, Tye Gleeson, Nathan Glen and Emily Montford showed their tactical abilities by becoming the champions of our round robin on the day. A big thankyou to The Gold Coast Stingrays for their excellent efforts and coaching. Did you know ….. For a sport that only requires 11 players on the field at one time, a typical NFL squad will have over 60 athletes on their full time pay books.

by Mr Ian Williams

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Talented Athletes—Gridiron (Cont’d)

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From the Principal

Mr Greg Smith

Welcome back to the 2013 school year and a special

welcome to our new students and their families. We have

made a sensational start and I would like to take this

opportunity to thank both students and parents for the

strong support that they have given to the focus on im-

proved uniforms. I would like to particularly thank our

senior students and student leaders who have been pre-

pared to lead by example in this area. The vast majority of

students arrived on day 1 with plain black shoes. There

seemed to be no fuss and students readily responded to

our requests to wear the appropriate uniform.

We have one new permanent member of staff. Dr Bruce

McConachy is our new librarian and he has replaced Mr

Phil Whitehead who retired in 2012. Mr Phil Meehan has

had his contract extended and will not be commencing as

Deputy Principal at our school. Mr Bristow will continue in

the relieving role and we hope to have a permanent DP

by the start of term 2. Ms Marelda McLean will continue

as relieving Head Teacher English. Ms Jasmine Duncalfe

has replaced Ms Connah as SRC co-ordinator.

Staff have made numerous comments about the excel-

lent attitudes that our students have shown on their re-

turn to school. Our seniors have settled back into their

HSC preparations very quickly and we are very excited

about the year ahead.

There have been a large number of inquiries about buses

in the first week of school. Queries regarding eligibility

and application forms for surfside buses are available at

our school office. For queries about the issuing of a bus

pass, timetabling, or route information please refer to

Surfside Buslines at www.surfside.com.au then click on

Schools Services tab – if you still need further infor-

mation telephone 07 5571 6555, their staff are endeav-

ouring to respond to enquiries within 48 hours.

Our online marking of rolls will start this week but we will

hold off sending SMS messages until we are confident

that we have got the process finely tuned. When we go

live with the SMS messages, messages regarding unex-

plained absences will be sent out at 10.30am each day.

You do not have to respond to the SMS, but should sup-

ply your child with a note to bring the next day. If you wish

to respond to the SMS there will be a charge. If you have

changed your mobile number and haven’t informed the

school, please send a brief note with this information so

that we can update your details. The start of the year is

also an excellent time to update any other contact details

that may have changed.

During the year we will be focusing on improving commu-

nications with students’ families. Several information

meetings have been organised to assist students and

their parents at the start of the school year. Tonight (4th

February) there will be a meeting in the hall at 6.00pm

for Year 11 and 12 students and their parents. Next Mon-

day there will be a meeting of Year 9 and 10 students

and parents at 6.00pm. We are also holding a barbeque

for Year 7 and their parents to welcome them to our

school. This will occur on Thursday 7th February, also at

6.00pm.

Our first P&C meeting for the year is on tonight (4th Febru-

ary) at 7.00pm in the Administration area. We look for-

ward to seeing new parents come along. Our school will

continue to improve through strong community support.

The recent storms have resulted in a number of trees

falling over in our car park and other parts of the school.

These are currently fenced off and should be removed

soon. We sincerely hope that members of school com-

munity have not been too badly affected by the storms.

I look forward to working productively with all members of

the school community as we continue to strive to improve

learning outcomes for all of our students.

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Ph: (07) 3216 8280 Fax: (07) 3216 8850

Dear Parents,

We will be photographing your school on Monday 11th February 2013 & Friday 15th Feb-ruary 2013..

You will receive a Flyer/envelope for each of your students explaining the products avail-able. Please ensure that each student returns his/her own envelope even if payment is made in the eldest child’s envelope. Envelopes are not to be placed inside other envelopes Students are to bring envelopes on or preferably before Photo Day.

We have an auto-mated system for payments by credit card. You can go online to www.advancedlife.com.au for easy to understand payment instructions. You will receive a receipt number which MUST be written on the order envelope in the space provided. You can also make payments by cash, cheque or money order.

Sibling Photos are also available for students at the school, please collect a “family order envelope” from your school & return it to the office.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces!

Your Team from Advanced Life Photography

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by Russ Timbs

EMA entertainment are offering one lucky singer-songwriter the opportunity to produce a demo recording of their song, perform it live, and get paid, and have it promoted via social media. Known as the Emerging Artist Grant Program, this is the first time EMA entertainment has the pleasure of announcing this grant. The successful grant applicant will receive assis-tance to the value of $1000 as follows: * 5 hours of artistic and production mentoring * Professional production of a demo recording * Perform your song live – and get paid for it * Have your song professionally promoted via social media All applications must be submitted online at: www.emaentertainment.com.au, along with a website address that contains 2 samples of music and a current photo, by Feb-ruary 28, 2013. The grant is open to all unsigned, emerging singer-songwriters of south-east Queensland and Northern NSW who are willing to travel to Brisbane for mentoring, rehearsal and perfor-mances. For more information please contact Eileen on 0488 774 815. www.emaentertainment.com.au

SCHOOL and STUDENT NEWS

P & C MEETING

The first P&C Meeting

for 2013 will be held on

Monday 4 February at 7.00pm DST

All new parents are most welcome to come

along to support your child’s school and meet other parents!

Our AGM will be held on Monday 4 March

at 7.00pm.

All committee positions will be declared vacant.

If you would like to have more of a say in

what happens in your school perhaps you would like to nominate for a position

on our committee

We would love to see you!

$1000 SINGER-SONGWRITER GRANT

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The Back to Basics Schoolwear and Sportswear uniform shop endeavours to

supply Banora Point High School with good quality

uniforms at the lowest prices. To achieve this we must keep our running costs to a minimum.

Please note the opening hours for the the begin-

ning of 2013.

Back to Basics take cash and EFTPOS/Credit Cards – we do not accept cheques.

The NEW hours for the Uniform Shop for Terms 1 & 4 are:

12.30—3.00pm Every Tuesday

8am—11am

Every Thursday

Monday 4 February Y11/12 Student/Parent Information Evening— 6pm

1st P&C Meeting of year—7pm

Tuesday 5—Friday 8 February Ecoman @ Griffiths University – 4 year 11 students in-

volved

Thursday 7 February Year 7 In Touch Evening for parents and students—6.30pm

Monday 11 February School photos. Student to hand in order and money to

photographer.

Y9/10 Parent/student Information Evening—6pm

AECG meeting at Banora Point High School (4pm)

Wednesday 13 February School photos for absentees on 11/2/13

Thursday 14 February Swimming Carnival—Club Banora Swimming Pool.

Tuesday 26 February Vaccinations year 7 and 9 boys

Friday 1 March School Clean-up day

Monday 4 March P&C Annual General Meeting

SCHOOL AND STUDENT NEWS

Focus: Taking responsibility for

my actions.

This means:

I leave my mobile phone off and out of site

I do not bring valuables to school

I make sensible choices I accept the consequences of my be-

haviour. This means that if I do some-thing wrong and a teacher puts me on detention or asks me to move or

pick up papers I do as I have been asked.

STUDENT BEHAVIOUR

COMING EVENTS UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

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Tweed Valley Relay For Life

Have you been looking for a way to get out in the local area and

show your support for community events? Or trying to find a way to

lift moral and build team spirit?

Relay For Life events have been connecting individuals to communities in their fight against cancer and

raising much needed funds for cancer research and support. Participants have been walking or running to

inspire HOPE and prove that no-one is alone in the fight against cancer.

Have you been looking for a way to get out in the local area and show your support for community

events? Or trying to find a way to lift moral and build team spirit?

WHAT IS RELAY FOR LIFE?

Relay For Life is an event, where teams take turns to walk, jog or run around a track to raise money for

Cancer Council NSW’s vital research, prevention and support services. The aim is to have one member on

the track at all times during the event.

With entertainment, activities and moving ceremonies through the day, it’s a great chance to come to-

gether to fight cancer.

Your local event is the Tweed Valley Relay For Life held on Saturday March 23rd & Sunday March 24th at

the Cudgen Leagues Club oval in Kingscliff.

GETTING INVOLVED IS EASY!

Register your team and create your online event page. A team can be 2 - 20 people made up of work-

mates, friends or family.

Raise funds by asking people to sponsor you. We’ll send promotional posters, fundraising tips and raffle

books to help you spread the word and get everyone excited.

Choose your challenge and work out how you want to Relay: Try to have someone from the team on the

track at all times. If you think 18 hours is too much, why not do the 12 or 6 hour challenge?

Decide on a fundraising target and go and exceed it! Make a real difference to the lives of those affected

by cancer. Work out how much your team wants to raise and tell everyone you know to sponsor you. Every

bit counts!

EVENT BENEFITS:

You are contributing to the fight against cancer!

You generate interest and goodwill within the local community.

Relay For Life is a great team building exercise for family, friends, work colleagues, sport clubs, schools and

community groups!

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Surfside Bus lines are pres-

ently conducting a program

encouraging students that

do not have a bus pass, to obtain one. If you are eligi-

ble, you travel FREE on their

buses and this in turn helps the environment with less fuel emissions, mums and dads time, conges-

tion at school entrances and buses run on time with

less traffic congestion.

Application forms are at the school office so fill one

in and see if you are eligible. Surfside also state that if you have a bus pass, then you are also eligi-

ble to enter a future completion with a HUGE first

prize!!! Details in the coming weeks.

COMMUNITY NEWS

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Lessons from $50

Surfside Bus Lines

Pedals Driving School

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COMMUNITY NEWS—FREE TAFE COURSES

Work Opportunities for Women and Men Do you w ant to develop your confidence, written communication and computing skills to go

onto w ork or further training? Units include:

Internet and email

Word processing

Job application documents

Writing for w ork

1 ½ days per week, Thursdays 12.00pm – 3.00pm, and Fridays 9.00am – 3.00pm for

18 weeks

FREE COURSE Course Related Charges: $25.00

For further information please contact:

Shary n Lane, Head Teacher

Education, Employ ment & Support - Kingsclif f Campus

Phone: 0266 747 267

Email: shary n.lane@taf ensw.edu.au

Kingscliff Campus Cudgen Road, Kingsclif f NSW 2487 Ph: 0266 747 200

Communicating in the Computer Age

This course is for adults w ho want to develop their computer and communication skills for w ork and/or further study. You will learn how to:

Plan f or education and employ ment Access and use the internet

Word Processing

Document and communicate personal stories on a computer

Communicate inf ormation using v isual techniques on a computer

Students are encouraged to learn new technology that can make you current in the age of computers. 2 days per week Mondays and Wednesdays, 9.00am – 3pm for 18 weeks

FREE COURSE

Course Related Charges: $25.00

For further information please contact:

Shary n Lane, Head Teacher Education, Employ ment & Support - Kingsclif f Campus

Phone: 0266 747 267

Email: shary n.lane@taf ensw.edu.au

Kingscliff Campus Cudgen Road, Kingsclif f NSW 2487 Ph: 0266 747 200

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PARENT EMAIL ADDRESS

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER We now endeavour to email our School Newsletter to parents directly to their email address. Our goal is to

have our Newsletter a paperless one. We would appreciate it if you would update us with changes to your

email address in order for us to keep you in the loop. Please fill in the section below and have your child bring it to the front office.

Our fortnight Newsletter is available on our website at www.banorapnt-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Student Name/s: ______________________________________________________Year: ___________________

Email Address School Newsletter to be forwarded to: _____________________________________________

The school is installing a new roll marking/sms network system which requires up to date changes in email addresses and mobile telephone numbers of carers/parents. If you have changed your mobile in the past

and feel you may not have informed the school would you please complete this form along with the email

address.

Student Name ........................................................................................................ Year:....................................

Father’s Mobile No. ........................................................... Mother’s Mobile No. ..............................................

Home Telephone No. ........................................................ Emergency Contact No. .........................................

Comments .......................................................................... .................................................................................

CHANGE OF INFORMATION