<p>KADINA HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER Kadina St Goonellabah NSW 2480 T 02 6624 3133 F 02 6625 2137 E [email protected] www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au</p><p>ISSUE 3 I TERM 2 I WEEK 2 I 2017</p><p>Welcome to Term 2</p><p>Welcome back to school for Term 2, 2017. The effects of ex-cyclone Debbie are still being felt across the school and its community.</p><p>I hope you are all well, and those families affected by the flood are managing their situation and beginning to get their lives sorted. If we can help please let us know.</p><p>The staff attended a most excellent Staff Development Day with our colleagues across the Rivers Secondary College. We heard from a riveting key note speaker, Rabia Siddique and then met in Faculty teams to discuss the implementation of new curricula and general cross College issues. This day was most rewarding. Cross Country </p><p>We were again lucky to have a beautiful day for our rescheduled annual Cross Country at Lennox Head. Congratulations to all students who attended and walked or ran the course. Also to all of the students who took part in the many beach games and Inter-house Tug of War competition held after the Cross country run. Information for students selected to represent Kadina at Northern Rivers Zone Cross Country on Friday 19th May will be given out shortly. Selection will be based on times run at Kadina Cross Country (not placings)</p><p>Mr Dalli/ Mrs Larrescy/ Mr Wilson Sports Organisers Cross Country Results (House Pointscore)</p><p>1st Bradman 228 2nd Newcombe 220 3rd Fraser 214 4th Cuthbert 188</p><p>Has Fraser’s dominant run come to an end ?????? We shall see at the Athletics carnival in a few weeks.</p><p>The Rivers Secondary College Open Girls Soccer Team</p><p>On Tuesday the 2nd of May The Rivers Secondary College Open Girls Soccer team took on Casino High School at the SCU artificial pitch. The game started well for ‘The River’ with a bunch of possession in the opposition half. The match went on in a similar fashion for its remaining minutes with ‘The River’ holding onto the ball in a professional manner, having a huge chunk of the overall possession. However, the girls could just not get the ball across the line in regular time due to some handy stops from the Casino keeper. The game ended 0-0 which brought about extra time: ten minutes each way, golden goal and if still a draw, the dreaded penalty shootout. The first ten minutes went the same way as the regular time, ‘The River’ dominating possession but failing to squeeze one past the goalie. There were a few minor changes to the line up throughout the day, it seemed that anything that was tried wouldn’t work, until the second period of extra time. The girls were spent, many playing huge minutes in the match so far and trying everything they could to come away with the win. The minutes were being chewed up by substitutions from the Casino Coach. ‘The River’ had the ball. With a minute to go they headed into the opposition box then a blocked shot and a corner for the girls. The corner was taken quickly, and the Casino defence held strong to knock it out, back into the mixer with 21 seconds on the clock left, Dana gave a mighty right foot strike. It swiveled and bent in the air then it hit the top right hand corner. ‘The River’ Won! The game saw an almighty effort from all the players. Special mentions to Breanne, Dana, Kendelle, Jakira and Jazmin who gave more than 100% for their team and moved the ball around extremely well. I’d like to thank Mr John Eakin for his efforts in organising the day, the referees that officiated the match and the players for taking time off exams and school to represent the College. This ensures we progress to the next round of the CHS Knockout. </p><p>Well done to all. Mr Dan Bordin The Rivers Secondary College Open Girls Soccer Coach. ANZAC Day CALENDAR Kadina commemorated ANZAC day with a formal ANZAC Assembly NAPLAN held at school on the last day of term 1, which included an address by 9,10,11 May ex-serviceman Bob Mowle. </p><p>NAPLAN Back-Up Day Over 20% of Kadina students joined the Lismore ANZAC day 12 May commemoration on the 25th April, marching the length of Molesworth Street to the official service at the Memorial Baths. School captains Leo’s Trivia Night from all three campuses addressed the crowd with a reading at the 15 May memorial and laid a wreath to commemorate the sacrifices of soldiers Athletics Carnival from previous conflicts abroad. This ANZAC Day held particular 2 June significance for The Rivers Secondary College as it was the first year that Lismore High Campus, Richmond River Campus and Kadina Long Weekend High Campus marched together as a College. 12 June Mr Luke Wallace</p><p>P&C Meeting 3rd Monday of each month</p><p>KADINA HIGH CAMPUS Kadina St Goonellabah NSW 2480 </p><p>T 02 6624 3133 F 02 6625 2137</p><p>E [email protected] www.kadina-h.schools.nsw.edu.au www.facebook.com/Kadina-High-School</p><p>We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Elders past and present of the Wijabul Wiyabal people and other peoples of Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge that Kadina High School Captain Laetitia Binetry lays a wreath with her they are the first peoples of this land on which our school stands. community at Lismore Memorial Baths. Good News Story Ballina Relay For Life</p><p>Late last term Music students from Years 8 and 11 volunteered their time to perform at the Ballina Relay For Life cancer fundraiser. Frequency band members (Carly, Jennifer, Gary and Jaimee) played a great rock set including an original by the twins. Members of Tuesday Lunch (Mitchell and Jade) played an acoustic set including an original by Jade. The music from both bands was enjoyed by the audience. It was the first official community gig for Frequency and I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of them at future events. Bluesfest Busking Comp</p><p>The annual Bluesfest Busking Comp was held on the first weekend of the holidays and a number ofYear 11 and 12 VET Entertainment students gave up their weekend to run the live audio for the competition. It was held this year at the Byron YAC (Youth Activities Centre). On Friday afternoon students were responsible for packing the equipment and loading the equipment in to the van. On Saturday morning they bumped in the equipment to the venue then operated the mixing desk and provided on-stage technical support for performers throughout the day. The same process was repeated on Sunday, but in reverse. At the end of the competition the equipment was transported back to school where it was unloaded and stored for the holidays. Students were supervised by Mr Sassi and Ms Johnstone. The Entertainment students are to be congratulated for their excellent conduct and aptitude whilst doing their on-the-job training. A huge thank you to Anita Colenbrander and Melissa Moss of ACE Entertainment for providing this wonderful opportunity annually for our students.</p><p>The Bluesfest Busking Competition has now been held for six years, and goes from strength to strength. Mr Davies has been a resident judge since the competitions conception. For the past three years Nick DiDia an American record producer/engineer has also judged the competition. Since the early 1990s, Nick has amassed over 40 million in sales with a variety of artists including Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against the Machine, Powderfinger and Pearl Jam to name a few. The two other judges involved this year were local musician Marshall O’Kell and teacher Katie Rutledge. Katie is a singer with Queensland Opera and a local singing teacher. Kadina Soul Band at Bluesfest</p><p>The Rivers Secondary College Kadina High Campus Soul Band featured again this year in the Schools Showcase at Bluefest 2017 at Byron Bay. They performed on the Juke Joint stage on Easter Monday. The band rehearsed weekly to prepare for the gig and the students were very excited to be back performing live at such a prestigious event. They now have great memories from two performances at Bluesfest: their performances, the opportunity to meet other Australian and international performers in the green room and backstage, and the pleasure of watching the amazing talent on show throughout the festival. The band comprises students from the Kadina High and Lismore High campuses from Years 9 to 12.</p><p>Mr Davies has had the pleasure of co-ordinating a showcase at the Bluesfest for Eleven years starting from when he was Deputy Principal at Byron Bay High School. He remembers the first showcase featured a then Year Ten student Stan Walker who went on to win Australian Idol. Apra Amcos Songmakers</p><p>Kadina High has been chosen to take part in a national program about contemporary music. The College’s senior students will collaborate with some of Australia’s most successful musicians and producers, as part of SongMakers - a national mentoring program run by APRA AMCOS with support from The Australian Government. The program is offered to a select 50 Australian schools each year. Kadina High will transform into a kind of creative hothouse for sixteen budding songwriters and producers. They will work over two intensive days – 8th and 9th May - with award-winning mentors: producer/writer Robert Conley (Montaigne, Thelma Plum, Jess Mauboy, Ricky Martin, Destiny’s Child, Santana, <a href="/tags/Tina_Arena/" rel="tag">Tina Arena</a>) and Writer/performer and Potbelleez frontman, Ilan Kidron, who has also written for Ricky Martin, <a href="/tags/Jessica_Mauboy/" rel="tag">Jessica Mauboy</a> and Tina Arena, among others, to create and record new songs. SongMakers is all about contemporary music and is aimed at nurturing the next generation of hit-makers. Sixteen students across the three campuses of The Rivers Secondary College have been selected to take part in the program.</p><p>Apra Amcos Songmakers</p><p>Work Readiness Achievement Program (WRAP) students at Tafe</p><p>This year our WRAP students are again involved in Tafe courses on Fridays as part of their HSC studies. Students are participating in Horticulture and Hospitality studies. </p><p> v The Horticulture group have been propagating, planting and designing a planter box to be installed on the Tafe grounds. </p><p> v The Hospitality group have been busy preparing and cooking up all kinds of delicious creations. </p><p>So far, some of the food we have made are Fruit Salad, French toast with fried banana, Vanilla Doughnuts, Raspberry Sorbet, Apple Fritters, Vegetable Frittatas, Crumbed Fish with wedges and salad. All students have been enjoying their time in the kitchen. </p><p>At the moment our students are planning for their Market Stall, which will be held at Wollongbar Tafe in June. On this day they will be selling herbs/plants and food to the Tafe staff. Our students have decided that all money raised will be donated to the Lismore Flood Appeal. </p><p>Last year, during Term 4, our WRAP students participated in a Community Immersion Program. One of the community venues we visited was the local SES. During this visit David, one of our year 12 students, was inspired to join his local CFA. In his role with the CFA, David was recently involved in the local area clean up after the floods. </p><p>Mitch So and Gail Wergs </p><p>Information for parents and carers </p><p>WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DATA of disability in schools in Australia, and how to best COLLECTION? support them. </p><p>The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on WHAT ARE SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO DO School Students with Disability (the national data FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY? collection) is an annual collection that counts the number of school students receiving an adjustment All students are entitled to a quality learning due to disability and the level of reasonable experience at school. adjustment they are receiving. Schools are required to make reasonable The national data collection counts students who adjustments, where needed, to assist students with have been identified by a school team as receiving disability to access and participate in education free an adjustment to address a disability as defined from discrimination and on the same basis as other under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the students. DDA). The DDA can be accessed from the ComLaw website at www.comlaw.gov.au. These responsibilities are outlined in the DDA and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the WHAT IS THE BENEFIT FOR MY CHILD? Standards). The Standards require educators, students, parents and others (e.g. allied health The aim of the national data collection is to collect professionals) to work together so that students with quality information about school students receiving disability can participate in education. The an adjustment due to disability in Australia. Standards can be accessed via the ComLaw website at www.comlaw.gov.au. This information will help teachers, principals, education authorities and families to better support WHAT IS A REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT? students with disability to take part in school on the same basis as other students. A reasonable adjustment is a measure or action taken to help a student with disability access and The national data collection provides an opportunity participate in education on the same basis as other for schools to review their learning and support students. Reasonable adjustments reflect the systems and processes to continually improve assessed individual needs of the student, and are education outcomes for their students with disability. provided in consultation with the student and/or their parents and carers. Reasonable adjustments can be WHY IS THIS DATA BEING COLLECTED? made across the whole school setting (e.g. ramps All schools across Australia collect information about into school buildings), in the classroom (such as students with disability. But the type of information adapting teaching methods) and at an individual currently collected varies between each state and student level (e.g. extra tuition for a student with territory and across government, Catholic and learning difficulties). independent school sectors. WHAT INFORMATION WILL BE When undertaking the national data collection, every COLLECTED? school in Australia uses the same method to collect Every year your child’s school will collect the information. Therefore, a government school in following information for each student receiving an suburban Sydney collects and submits data in the adjustment due to disability: same way as a Catholic school in country Victoria and an independent school in the Northern Territory.  the student’s level of education (i.e. primary or secondary) The annual collection aims to, over time, lead to  the student’s level of adjustment nationally consistent, high quality data that will  the student’s broad type of disability. enable schools, education authorities and governments to gain a more complete understanding of students who are receiving adjustments because </p><p>National Parents/Carers Fact Sheet Version No. 5 as at March 2017 </p><p>The information collected by schools will be available HOW IS MY CHILD’S PRIVACY to all governments to inform policy and program PROTECTED? improvement for students with disability. Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all students and their families is essential and is an WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL explicit focus of the national data collection. Personal DATA COLLECTION? details, such as student names or other identifying The definition of disability for the national data information, are not provided to local or federal collection is based on the broad definition under the education authorities. DDA. Further information about privacy is available from For the purposes of the national data collection, www.education.gov.au/notices. students with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia or auditory processing disorder, as well as chronic IS THE NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION health conditions like epilepsy or diabetes, that COMPULSORY? require monitoring and the provision of adjustments Yes. All education ministers agreed to full by the school, may be included. implementation of the national data collection from 2015. This means that all schools must now collect WHO COLLECTS INFORMATION FOR THE and submit information annually on the number of NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION? students receiving adjustments due to disability in Teachers and school staff count the number of their care, and the level of adjustment they receive. students receiving an adjustment due to disability in their school, and the level of reasonable adjustment Information about the arrangements that may apply they are provided, based on: to your school in relation to this data collection is available from your child’s school principal and the  consultation with parents and carers in the relevant education authority. course of determining and providing reasonable adjustments FURTHER INFORMATION  the school team’s observations and professional Contact your child’s school if you have further judgements questions about the Nationally Consistent Collection  any medical or other professional diagnosis of Data on School Students with Disability.  other relevant information. You can also visit www.education.gov.au/nationally- School principals are responsible for ensuring the consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability. information identified about each student is accurate. An e-learning resource about the Disability Standards for Education 2005 is freely available for the use of individuals, families and communities at http://resource.dse.theeducationinstitute.edu.au/.</p><p>National Parents/Carers Fact Sheet Version No. 5 as at March 2017 </p><p>IT’S NOT JUST MATHS!</p><p>Accounting - want to know more? Hear TNR staff speak about what life is really like as an Accountant. About working in a team environment, problem solving and the training and educational opportunities. Come learn more at our Keen Street Office over soft drinks and canapés.</p><p>Information nights will be held on Tuesday 16th and Tuesday 23rd May at 5pm for students and parents. Please RSVP early to reserve your space. Call the HR team on 02 6621 8544 or email [email protected]</p><p>COME ALONG AND HAVE YOUR SAY! Attend the workshop and have a say on Aboriginal Languages Legislation in NSW. </p><p>Tuesday 6 June 2017 (9:30am – 1:00pm) Lismore Workers Club 225 – 231 Keen Street, Lismore </p><p>Full details at www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au </p><p>Parenting Program for Dads and Men in The Fathering Role </p><p>Family Support Network are running a fantastic parenting program for anyone taking on the fathering role Topics include: Child Development Behaviour Dads Changing Roles Week commencing Communication Monday May 22nd for 4 weeks…… Parenting Styles Light Supper Anger Once numbers are finalised, we will De-stressing contact you advising of times. Looking after yourself and much more </p><p>Limited numbers, please contact Family Support Network to be placed on our intake list. 66212489 143 Laurel Avenue Lismore Facilitator—Greg </p>