Glen Innes High School NEWSLETTER Thursday 6th December 2012 Year 6 Transition Mural—Rainbow Serpent Inside story Year 12 Formal Japanese Murals Photos —— 3 2013 Return date —————-4 Edward Street, PO Box 405, Glen Innes 2370 Student Achievements —— 5 Phone: (02) 6732 1322 Fax: (02) 6732 1972 Email: [email protected] Principal’s Message —–——– 7 SRC & Library –——–—— 9 1 End of Year Laptop From The English Department Information Last Tuesday, we had the absolute pleasure of hosting The Bell Shakespeare Players at the Old Hall at the High School. They performed interactive abbreviated versions of Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth for the junior school, as well as lead- ing a group through an entertaining two hour workshop on Ham- let. Any students who think that they will not be returning to Glen Innes High School in As a rural school it can be difficult to give students the same ac- 2013 are requested to return their laptops cess to live Shakespeare performances as their competitors in ur- and chargers to Ms Cooper in the English ban areas. While we are privileged to have live theatre in our Staffroom by the end of term. These lap- town, productions of prescribed texts every year would not be a tops will be stored until Term 1 2013, and viable option. Bell Shakespeare company have been sharing their should you return, you will not lose any of love and knowledge of the 'Bard' for over 20 years around Aus- your personal items. tralia which makes this an opportunity we could not miss. If you know a graduating Year 12 student, Students who had a professed dislike for all things Shakespearean please remind them to drop their laptop to walked out of the hall enthusiastically asking for more; those Ms Cooper so the laptop can be graduated with an abiding love of the bard had our passions renewed and and they will receive their free Microsoft those who attended out of curiosity had their interest decisively and Adobe licences. rewarded. Not only were the students spellbound but also the su- pervising staff, from all subject areas, were held as willing cap- This time of the year is an opportunity to tives. check that your child’s device is working correctly as the “Green” Lenovo Thinkpad As this touring production was only made possible due to the fi- will run out of warranty in early February nancial support of the Professor Hon Foundation, as well as small 2013. If any parents or students have any contributions from the students and families, we would like to questions please do not hesitate to contact take this opportunity to thank all those that have assisted Bell me. Shakespeare to our region. Ms Cooper TSO Cindy Moor Under 14s Cricket On Monday November 19, twelve students travelled to Armidale to play against Duval. We won the toss and elected to bat .The captain was Jayden Every who opened the batting with Ed Malone. The batting order then was Matthew Campion (10) , Luke Hodgson (12), Hugh Mitchell (9), James Cameron (3), Jay Kemp- ton (0, not out) , Tom Chard (3), Adam Kerr (1), Luke Potter (1), Zac Willis (0), we were all out for 89. The openers got on to a cracking start. Ed was very lucky as he got bowled off a no-ball but soon after that he got caught he was very disappointed to get out for (8). That brought Matt Campion to the crease. He and Jayden had a good partner- ship together but shortly after Jayden went for a big shot and got caught on the boundary (40). Then the middle order collapsed. Matthew Campion bowled very well he picked up 3/24 off 6 overs and Luke Hodgson also took 1/18 off 3 overs Lachlan Jerrett was twelfth man. He kindly did not bat so he was on the field the whole time while Duval was batting. He caught a magnificent catch in mid off. It was a good Day. Our thanks go to Mr Russell Meehan who drove the RSL bus and umpired for us and also had to put up with Jayden Every Thanks to Toby Shannon and Cody Hogan who came to do the scoring and help warm up the players. Thanks to Mrs Malone for organising the day. 2 Recently students from year 7-10 showed incredible teamwork and skill in creating a huge eight panel artwork for the school. The students worked for three days with community artist Ms Ky Curran and Art Teacher Ms Abi Sparks. The subject of the murals were Japanese seasons and were created to decorate the side of the new language centre (facing the oval). The visiting artist commented that this was one of the most cohesive groups of students that she had ever worked with and this was how we were able to achieve such a high standard of work in a very short amount of time. Pictures of the beautiful Japanese Murals created by the students 3 LANGUAGES REPORT Footware requirements for Workshops and Kitchens 2012 has been a marvellous year of language learning at GIHS, with our first HSC cohort in many years for Japanese Next Year. Beginners, a very promising class of Japanese Continuers, a wonderful Year 9 elective class and hard-working Year 7 As we approach the end of the year, please be in- students who completed their mandatory year of language formed about the requirements for students under- study. Highlights included cooking days, Japanese movies taking subjects in the Kitchen and Workshops next and an increase in the average marks for the yearly and half year. They will be required to wear the correct foot- -yearly exams. Congratulations to all students involved. wear or theory work is to be completed. This will In a huge finish to the year, we saw 3 students accepted to give you a chance to buy the correct footwear over the 2012 Kizuna scholarship program. Year 12 Captain Jason the holidays ready for the new school year. Zomer, along with Yr 11 student leaders Grace Barratt and (Extract from DEC WHS Directorate.) Sophie Newsome, will visit disaster-affected areas of Japan In accordance with the Safe Working Policy, the Department and witness the international recovery efforts now under- has identified areas of its workplaces where appropriate foot- way. Glen Innes High School achieved very highly to have 3 wear must be worn by staff, students and visitors to ensure students selected for this hotly-contested program, as only their safety. 200 places were available across Australia. Areas where enclosed leather footwear (or other material The Japanese garden is on-track for completion as an out- confirmed by the manufacturer to be suitable, refer to Austral- ian/NZ Standard 2210: Safety Protective and Occupational door classroom in 2012, and a spectacular Japanese-themed Footwear) is required are: mural has been developed by Ms Sparks with a dedicated Industrial Arts and trades workshop areas crew of Art students. Science laboratories Canteen or Food Technology (Kitchen) areas 2013 will see the commencement of Korean languages and an Aboriginal languages "taster" course in Ngoorabul and Sandals, open footwear or high heeled shoes are not permit- Bundjalung. ted in these areas. If students present for a class or activity Wishing everyone a restful and enjoyable holiday, and an with inappropriate footwear the student should be offered exciting year of language study ahead in 2013. alternative educational activities until they are wearing appro- priate footwear. Mercurius Goldstein The above list is not exhaustive. Appropriate safe footwear Teacher— Languages may also be identified as a requirement in relation to other areas or activities, documented procedure or a documented risk assessment .e.g. Another example is wearing enclosed leather footwear (or suitable safe alternative) in agricultural What day the students go back areas/activities. to school in 2013? Years 7, 11 & 12—starts on Wednesday 30th January 2013 Years 8, 9 & 10—starts on Thursday 31st January 2013 ALL Staff starts on Tuesday 29th January 2013 Welcome to Year 6 students who are coming to Glen Innes High School in 2013 4 Sarah Byrne and Regional Final Madison Cook for Open Boys Cricket Sarah Byrne and Madison Cook competed in individual events at the CHS Athletics carnival this year. Both girls achieved excellent results Glen Innes High School are into the regional final of the th th Open Boys Cricket Knockout after a two wicket win over in their events including Madison 4 in 200m run and Sarah 11 in Tamworth’s powerhouse Oxley High School on Monday 26th 100m run. These achievements are overall results in NSW from in their individual age groups. From this competition Sarah and Madi- November. son have been selected to compete internationally in Canada. The team consisted of Scott Hodder (Captain), Sports Travel Australia are the coordinators of the event and recent- Nathan Marzulli (VC), Jay Gallgher, Nick Whan, Cody Hogan, ly rang and selected our two students to be invited. They base their Tobias Shannon, Michael Chard, Jayden Ehsman, Brock selection on the times athletes run at the CHS carnival in NSW, Simpkins, Jacob Howard, & Jayden Every. Victoria, and QLD. Sports Travel Australia select students whose times are close enough to compete internationally, but may not It was a tremendous effort by the local boys to beat a much have achieved a top 3 placing at the CHS carnival. They also look to bigger school, who also has a strong record in cricketing select students who have demonstrated outstanding potential and competitions, including the 40 over open boys competition.