Progress with Pride

Wadalba Community

School

Newsletter 2016

Term 1, Week 11

“Learning for all is first and foremost”

(School Strategic Direction 1: 2015-2017)

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April/ May 2016 Calendar

8 April Anzac Ceremony

27 April Term 2 starts for students

5 May AVID Excursion

6 May Y11 Exams commence

Wadalba Community School

Creating a positive and dynamic learning community where all students strive to achieve their full potential to enable active

participation in tomorrow’s world

Principal’s Message

Academic

Congratulations to Y12 for com-

pleting their half yearly exams. This

should be the next launching pad

for them in their studies.

Congratulations to the many stu-dents across the school who have completed quality work, including submission of assessment tasks over the term and achieved their learning goals from the start of the year.

Feedback from the Y11 Elevate

Education study seminars was pos-

itive from students about the value

of the day. Ninety-five percent of

students would recommend the

seminars to other students and

described the seminars as time

well spent. Below is a sample of

student comments:

How would you rate the overall program? “It actually helped me to under-stand how to effectively study and focus” “Ten out of ten. I learnt a lot and realised what I need to improve myself” “The program is great as it gives you an advantage with study skills and time management”.

What was the most important thing you learnt today?

“That I don’t have to give up the things I enjoy doing” “Time management. Don’t overload myself with work but don’t ignore it either” “Practice tests are good for studying” “By using the syllabus” “How to manage time and procrasti-nating” “Study for a short amount of time but constant” “How to develop a study timetable around stuff” “Doing the things you love first and then fitting homework around it” “Past papers online”.

https://au.elevateeducation.com/parents/

articles/view/114

Mr Jason McGrath

Happy Holidays and Reading

We wish all families a happy

holidays. It is timely to remind

our children and young people

to be diligent and make good

decisions with crossing roads

and other safety matters.

Deputy Principals

We are moving into Week 11

next week so term one is

coming to an end, there has

been so many exciting things

happening over the past cou-

ple of weeks and the stu-

dents are definitely looking

forward to the holidays. The

Easter break gave students a

chance to refresh for the last

two weeks.

Over the past week Yr 12

have started their half yearly

higher school certificate ex-

ams, students have been

working very hard leading up

to the exams and preparing

well.

At the beginning of Term 2 when the

students receive their results will be

an excellent time for them to reflect

and evaluate the current progress they

are making to ensure they are ade-

quately preparing for the Trial HSC or

if practices need to change. I am defi-

nitely available for both students and

parents/carers if any assistance is re-

quired in any area.

We are continuing with getting to class

on time initiative where

student are sent to a Deputy to get a

note to get back into class. Students

are responding well and moving to

class on the first warning bell.

There are several maintenance proce-

dures occurring across the school over

the next week and into the school holi-

days. Some of our demountables are

being moved, the Community Centre is

getting painted and the primary play-

ground is being upgraded with syn-

thetic grass. We are continually trying

to maintain our excellent facilities.

We are fortunate enough to have a

“Stop and Drop” zone at the front of

the school to assist us with the

student’s safety to and from school.

Can Parents and carers please ensure

that they drop off their child and pull

away safely as some people are park-

ing for long periods of time and it is

causing congestion near the pedestri-

an crossing.

Over the school holidays can we get

have a look to see if last years school

jumper still fits so that we can contin-

ue to keep up the great effort with full

school uniform. A reminder to the girls

that tights are not part of the uniform

yet blue pants for Yr7-9 and black

pants 10-12 are acceptable.

Thank you to the students and

parents for a successful term and

look forward to productive term

2.

Ms Jane Harris

ENGLISH REPORT

As Term 1 draws to a close, the

English Faculty would like to con-

gratulate all students on their

excellent work and attitude in

this first part of the year.

Our Year 12 Advanced and

Standard students have now

completed the Area of Study and

Module B studies and assess-

ment. A group of students

attended the ETA Area Of Study

Day in Sydney earlier this term

and we would like to thank Mrs

Louie and Mr Williams for their

organisation of this event. Year

12 English Studies classes have

just completed their mandatory

study ‘We Are Australians’ with

their assessment task due on the

first day back in Term 2.

Year 11 Standard and Advanced

students are currently preparing

for their Half Yearly Examination.

Please note there will not be an

examination for English Studies

until the end of Year 11.

Could Year 11 students who wish

to change from Standard/

Advanced to English Studies, or

from Advanced to Standard,

please see Mrs Holmes this term

to receive the necessary forms.

These forms must be signed and

returned before the end of term

to make the changes as smooth

as possible for both students and

staff.

Students in Years 7 to 10 have com-

pleted a range of writing and litera-

cy tasks in Term 1 and, again, we

congratulate them on their work

ethic and levels of engagement.

Year 7 Academic Classes completed

a study of Narratives including the

Hero’s Journey and Reading Circles,

while Year 8 have studied Poetry

and Shakespeare. Year 9 have com-

pleted the Area of Study and a Visu-

al Texts study of different types of

covers. Year 10 completed a close

study a Poet’s work and Websites as

visual texts. The standard of work

produced in classroom and assess-

ment tasks has been very pleasing –

well done!

Next term our junior classes will

engage in novel studies with a relat-

ed assessment task due at the end

of the term. Years 7 and 9 will begin

the term with NAPLAN preparation

before the NAPLAN tests take place

in Week 3.

Term 2 will also see some exciting

excursions. Mrs Jones has organised

a visit to Sydney to see a perfor-

mance of The Shoehorn Sonata for

Year 12 Standard students and Mr

Atmore will be organising an excur-

sion for Year 9 students to attend

the Sydney Opera House for a Bell

Shakespeare production.

Notes for this excursion will be is-

sued early in the term. Meanwhile,

Mrs Louie and Miss Kokinovic will

also have the Public Speaking and

Debating events underway so it will

be a busy term!

We wish everyone a happy and

restful holiday!

Mrs Brenda Holmes

HT English

Careers and Transition Team

Congratulations to our 5 Indigenous

students who were successful in

gaining In School Traineeships with

Central Coast Local Health District

Wyong and Gosford Hospital: Kayla

Wetzler, Mikayla Hall, Caley Pintata-

ra, Kaitlyn Sloan and Kirra Law-

rence. Kadija Allam was recently

signed up with the Commonwealth

Bank at Tuggerah. They add to our

long list of School Based Trainees

including: Jasmine Hennessy-

Garvey Commonwealth Bank, Corey

Silk CCLHD Gosford Hospital, Caitlyn

Neilson and Brayden Kane Reece

Plumbing Tuggerah, Meghan Britton

Central Coast Group Training, Kristy

Lucas Ali Baba Tuggerah, Kyle Wil-

liams CC Alternative Care, Jessica

Stewart Wyongah Take Away, An-

drew and Lachlan Lawes McDon-

alds, Grace Kilpatrick McDonalds,

Rachel Gray KFC and Taylor Waters

soon to be signed up McDonalds.

Well done for representing our

school in a positive way in our local

community.

Middle School Report

In Humanities this term students have been engaged in the nov-el, Ranger’s Apprentice, set in Medi-eval times. The novel follows the journey of Will, the main character, as he develops from a young boy, to a young hero!

The students have enjoyed pre-dicting the upcoming events in the story and the many discussions raised regarding the various con-flicts that arise. Sketching the different weapons and the beast like animals that threaten the char-acters has also been enjoyed by the students.

As we near the end of the story students are excited and hoping to find out who Will’s father really is!

Please remind students that they need to bring a reading book for every Humanities lesson.

Miss Moffat

Middle School/Humanities Teacher

Art and About

50 Visual Art students travelled to

Sydney last week to view exhibi-

tions at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Students we split into groups with

Ms Norris, Ms Florido and Ms

Barnes to explore the gallery.

ArtExpress proved to be another

crowd pleaser with all students

amazed at the talent and variety of

themes past HSC students created.

Our Yr12 students eager and a

luitter scared to get back to work-

ing on their own Body of Works.

The Binnale of Sydney had lots of

colour and encouraged students to

interact with the artworks and al-

lowed them to colour and leave

their mark at the gallery alongside

these amazing artworks.

Yr9 Visual Arts students were excit-

ed to see works they had been

studying and discussing in class on

the walls of the Gallery.

Seeing Brett Whiteley’s favourite

colour Ultra Marine in his works

and Picasso’s cubist style with

colour and shape made the prac-

ticals works in class seem more

personal. Standing in front of one

of Ms Norris’s favourite works by

John Olsen helped them to un-

derstand and appreciate art even

more.

Students are to be congratulated

on their exceptional behaviour

and engagement at the gallery.

Wadalba Showcases at the

Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Wadalba was one of five schools

selected across NSW to represent

their various districts.

The District Exhibits is one of the

most widely viewed displays at the

Royal Easter Show, the school sec-

tion just in the room beside is a

smaller scale of these amazing dis-

plays.

The CAPA GAT Visual Arts crew

were handed this enormous task

earlier this year and had their work

cut out for them.

Lots of hard work painting, seeding

and arranging produce they were

able to create a beautiful visual

presentation of the Science and Ag

departments vision. Firestick to

Firewall is a representation of the

timeline of Agriculture used across

Australia by the indigenous people

through to modern day computers.

Well done to all involved. Next year

we are planning another fabulous

visual display.

PDHPE

We would like to remind all students

in Years 7-10 about our school and

faculty policy in relation to bringing

and wearing correct PDHPE uniform

for all practical lessons. For health

and hygiene purposes, students are

required to use the change rooms

provided by the school before and at

the end of practical lessons to change

into their uniforms. Students that fail

to meet these requirements without

valid reason will be issued lunch

detentions by their class teacher.

The PE uniform is made up of a dark

blue polo shirt with the school

emblem, light blue on the sides and

blue piping around the collar and na-

vy blue shorts with the school em-

blem. In winter, students may be

able to wear navy blue tracksuit

pants. TSP shirts can be worn on

Tuesdays (for sport) or for PE lessons.

Students are unable to wear the light

blue school shirt for practical lessons.

The TSP Rugby League training uni-

form is not to be worn to school as

uniform, it can be worn for TSP practi-

cal uniforms, TSP sessions or PDHPE

practical lessons only.

Sport

Students in years 7-10 are currently

making selections for Term 2 sport.

Parents and carers are reminded to

have a conversation with their son or

daughter in relation to making an ap-

propriate sport choice to reduce the

need for changes to be made during

the term. Mr Benham will be our new

sport coordinator for the remainder

of 2016 as Mr McLennan has accept-

ed a transfer to Tomaree High School

from the beginning of Term 2.

Mr Benham can be contacted in

the PDHPE staff room and will

be dealing with all questions

and concerns in relation to

Sport for the remainder of the

year.

Carnivals

Our secondary school Athletics Carnival was held on Friday 11th March at Woongarrah Athletics Track. Congratulations to the following Age Champions:

Mr Sawyer

HT PDHPE

Athletics Age Champions 2016

12G Holly Jacovides

12B Bailey Hodges

13G Skye Loder

13B Eli Jeffreys

14G Courtney Doyle

14B Talin Davies

15G Rylee Cassidy

15B Manase Foa'i-Auimatagi

16G Georgia Corbett

16B Rhys Barwick

17+G Taylor Waters

17+B Jessie Baillo

AGE+COST DATE+LOCATION ARCHERY INDOOR - Get on target & challenge the kids with this great Olympic sport. 10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm. If program fills, another date may become available for those waitlisted depending on numbers.

8-15 years $20

12 April, Gosford

CANOEING/KAYAKING - Experienced guides will ensure safety is the number one priority, followed closely by lots of fun. Participants must be able to swim 50 metres. 10am-12:30pm

10-16 years $33

18 April, Avoca Lagoon

CIRCUS SKILLS - Clown around! This action-packed workshop and, try riding a mini clown bike, spin a plate on a stick, use a flower stick, have a juggling lesson, walk the slackline, and more! Learn to make your own balloon animal or flower to take home.– 10am-1pm (3 hours).

6-12 years $43

15 April, Niagara Park

CIRCUS AERIAL WORKSHOP - Aerial skills are great fun and in this workshop you will get to have a go on the aerial hoop, the static trapeze and the silks. All participants will need to arrive on time to join in a warm-up and basic tumbling skills before participating in the aerial skills.10am-11:30am (1.5 hours).

8-16 years $34

15 April, Niagara Park

GYMNASTICS INTRODUCTION – 2 day program. This introductory program includes basic fundamental movement and gymnastic skills will be taught which would include specific apparatus safety in a fun and friendly environment with accredited coaches. 12pm-2pm both days (4 hours in total)

5-12 years $30

11 and 12 April, Berkeley Vale

PARKOUR - Parkour is a non competitive physical discipline of training to move freely over and through any terrain/surface using only the ability of the body principally running, jumping, climbing improving attributes required for movement which include functional strength, fitness, balance, spatial awareness, agility, co-ordination, precision, control and creative vision. When booking, please advise your child's experience (if any) with Parkour. 3-5pm (2 hour program in total)

7-13 years $20

11 April or 18 April, Berkeley Vale

STAND UP PADDLE - It’s fun and easier than you think. Within just one lesson, we will have you up and paddling. This program is jampacked with useful tips and techniques so you quickly gain skill and confidence. 10:30am-12:30pm

11-16 years $33

19 April, Avoca Lagoon

SURFING - Learn to surf with Central Coast Surf School in a fun, safe environment with professional experienced instructors. Soft surfboards, wetsuits, rash vests and sunscreen are supplied. You’ll be stoked with your progress in our 3-day program. (4.5 hours in total).

7-16 years $95

13, 14 & 15 April and 20, 21 & 22 April at Umina or Avoca Beaches (times vary at both beaches, please check on booking)

TENNIS WYONG- 3 day program. This clinic caters for all levels. It covers all aspects of the game including court etiquette, technique and rules of the game. Play games, mini-tournament and a small party on the last day. 9am-11.30am (7.5 hours in total) & includes a small party on the last day.

5-16 years $67 (third sibling free)

11, 12 and 13 April, Wyong

TENNIS GOSFORD - This great value clinic for 5 to 16 year olds is run by experienced coaches from Gosford Tennis Centre and caters for all levels. It doesn't matter whether you have never played or if you want to improve your skills. This clinic covers all aspects of the game including court etiquette, the different shots (forehand, backhand, volleying etc) and learning the rules, matchplay and scoring. Lunch is included each day. If torrential rain or extreme heat (38 degrees & above) is predicted, the program will go ahead, however, we will do our best to contact clients beforehand to see if they would like to still attend on that day of the extreme weather event. If not, a partial refund may be offered. 9am-3pm (13-15 April - 18 hours in total for 3 day program or 21-22 April - 12 hours in total for 2 day program).

5-16 years $130 (3 day 13-15 April) Or $90 (2 day 21-22 April)

13, 14 & 15 April or 21 & 22 April, Gosford Tennis Centre

April 2016

All program fees include GST. For bookings and more information on each program, please phone 4362 3184, 13 13 02 or see www.sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au

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New South Wales Netball Association Limited - Hunter Region Netball NSW has a number of School Holiday Clinic Programs on offer at 4 locations across the area in the April school holidays.

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Singleton Netball Association

Rose Point Park, Rose Point Park Rd, Singleton

From 9am – 12pm

Registrations close: Friday 1 April 2016

Register here

View the flyer for more details

Friday 15 April 2016

Woy Woy Netball Association

Lemon Grove Netball Courts, Lagoon Street, Woy Woy

From 9am – 12pm

Registrations close: Friday 1 April 2016

Register here

View the flyer for more details

Tuesday 19 April, 2016

Maitland Netball Association

Maitland Park, Maitland

From 9am – 12pm

Registrations close: Friday 8 April 2016

Register here

View the flyer for more details

Wednesday 20 April, 2016

Muswellbrook Netball Association

Karoola Park, Hastings Street, Muswellbrook 2333

From 9am – 12pm

Registrations close: Friday 8 April 2016

Register here

View the flyer for more details

If you have any questions or require further information please do not hesitate to contact me on 0420 960 886. Thank you in advance for your assistance with promoting these programs.

Kind regards,

Nicole Bowles Regional Development Manager New South Wales Netball Association Limited PO Box 171,Woden ACT 2606 AFL NSW/ACT, Launceston St/Furzer Street, Woden ACT 2606 direct: (02) 6214 2303 | p: 0420 960 886 | f: (02) 9951 5099 | e: nbowles@netballnsw.com