LEADER OF THE MONTH

Evey New is a year 12 Lambton High School Prefect. She is a strong leader both within the school and in the community. As a prefect Evey attended the 2015 Halogen National Young Leaders day which she found beneficial in her role as a prefect. She has achieved academic excellence medals from years 7-12 and also received ROSE awards from years 7-12. In 2013 Evey was presented the Principals Award. Evey has been active in supporting and organising various fundraisers like The Nepal Disaster Relief, 40Hr Famine and currently she is helping in the planning of RU OK Day. Evey is a keen sportswoman and has competed at The Australian Open Swimming Championships in 2014 and 2015 in Brisbane and Sydney. She has previously been Captain and Vice-Captain for the local swimming club and has assisted in coaching. Evey has also volunteered at local sporting events like The Colour Run. Evey hopes to attend university and study Medicine.

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SECRETARY FOR A DAY On the 27th and 28th of July, Andrew Gay and Ellie Bright had the opportunity to participate in the Secretary for a Day Program at the Department of Education in Sydney. Andrew shadowed Dr Michelle Bruniges in her role as Secretary NSW Department of Education. “During the first day, I got the chance to attend the launch of Education Week at The Jannali High School, where high profile figures such as the NSW Governor, His Excellency, the Honourable David Hurley, and NSW Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione were guest speakers. It was a great experience meeting these men and hearing their stories about how public education played a role in their life. I then returned to the Bridge St Office where I shadowed the secretary. It gave me an insight into the nature of a higher order workplace and the importance of leadership skills in senior roles”. Ellie shadowed Mrs Jane Thorpe in her role as Director of Employee Performance and Conduct (EPAC). “EPAC manages all allegations of misconduct against staff of the Department of Education. It also includes designing teacher improvement programs and assisting principals to manage issues when staff breaches the Code of Conduct.

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During the day I had the opportunity to meet the fifty-five different employees that work for EPAC including lawyers, investigators, teachers and police officers. During this first day it was a great insight into the Department of Education and the different roles that go on behind the scenes”. Whilst they were in Sydney, Ellie and Andrew had the chance to meet another eighteen other students from all over the State that had different roles in the Department of Education during the day.

This program was extremely beneficial and such an amazing opportunity to have been involved with. It was a rewarding experience meeting the participants and the senior officers at the Department of Education. Ellie and I would like to thank Mr Rosser and Mrs Hayden and for their organisational skills and support in regards to the Secretary for a Day Program. Andrew Gay and Ellie Bright, Presidents of the SRC

CLIMATECAM STUDENT AND TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP Chloe Doyle, Rhett Prado and Monique Rosser gave a presentation on Green Day activities and organisation at the ClimateCam Student and Teacher Training Workshop at the Wetlands on 6 August. They addressed the topic “holding an environmental event at your school”. The purpose was to inform students and teachers from local schools about Green Day at Lambton. They presented a PowerPoint on the curriculum activities that lead up to the day as well as those that occur on Green Day.

“Meeting the students was a great way to share ideas about how other schools run different functions and activities through their SRC. By completing team building activities it was a great way to create new friends that we will be keeping in touch with as there is more to come from the Wellbeing Forum we attended on Tuesday the 28th of July. This forum had different activities and seminars that presented different information on wellbeing in all public operated schools in NSW. This was a great chance to see the work the Department of Education is doing and is hoping to achieve during the next few years”.

Chloe, Rhett and Monique were excellent ambassadors for the school. The experience was an opportunity for the students to develop their communication, leadership and teamwork skills.

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The prefects and SRC collected a gold coin donation at the beginning of the day and raised $712.

JEANS FOR GENES Students and staff wore jeans on Friday 7 August to support Jeans for Genes. Since 1994 Jeans for Genes has raised over $62 million which was used in medical research to discover cures for conditions affecting children such as cancer, epilepsy and a range of genetic defects. Funding has achieved the following – 

Found a single genetic defect that causes cleft lip and palate

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Identified the components of telomerase, which is important for treating 85% of all cancers.

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Partnered with the Children’s Hospital Westmead on a cure for genetic liver disease

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Discovered a new class of drugs for treating epilepsyonation at the beginning of the day

YEAR 12 2016 - REACHING INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL MENTOR PROGRAM Students in Year 11 are currently in the process of selecting Mentors for the Reaching Individual Potential (RIP) Program for Term 4 2015 and 2016. RIP (otherwise known as mentoring), is a schoolbased scheme which aims to maximise the student’s performance in Year 12, culminating in the Higher School Certificate. It has been found that by fostering certain study skills and habits, improved learning can take place. The program encourages students to set realistic goals and to work towards achieving them with the assistance and guidance of a teacher mentor. It is also designed to provide 3

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senior students with the support needed to achieve excellence in the HSC. Every Yr. 12 student at Lambton High School selects a teacher to be their mentor for the year. Teachers volunteer to be a mentor and this is not calculated in to teaching time. What does a Mentor do? Mentors:  advise, coach, counsel, teach and model successful behaviours. These roles vary depending upon the needs and abilities of the student;  improve academic skills by helping with organisation of school work and the use of appropriate resources;  assist with goal setting;  explore the world of employment and help with planning of a possible career path; and  broaden knowledge by providing opportunities to explore new situations  the student is also encouraged to seek help from their mentor when needed. Throughout Year 12 sessions in mentoring are offered on studying, getting ready for exams, reflecting on exam performance, applying for university, accessing BOS information, answering extended response questions, stress management, lectures and participation in the Elevate Education program. Mentor sessions are scheduled on Wednesdays during assembly time. Yr. 11 students were asked to select mentors for their HSC year by 29th August. The program will begin in Term 4 of this year.

This year’s Yr 12 participating in stress management techniques with Mr Geoff Coburn, as part of mentoring.

ROBOCUP On the 6th August Lambton High School's first robotic athletes entered regional competition at Newcastle University's Forum. Many hours of training and preparation at school proved valuable in the heat of robotic battle. The Robocup teams were made up of year 8 students with an interest in the area of robotics. They were presented with changing courses of obstacles that their individually designed robots had to manoeuvre around, controlled by programs developed by the students themselves. The teams ranked 14th, 18th and 21st in a field of 34 teams. These results are very pleasing considering this is the first year of competition in this event for Lambton High School. The day was enjoyed by all the students with a good deal of experience gained for the next regional competition. I would like to thank the students who participated and represented our school in an exemplary fashion. Many other forms of robotics were witnessed by the students with many expressing the desire to 4

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return to compete in different formats, for example, robotic soccer. The day was hosted and supported by volunteers from industry and universities, some having had experience as competitors in Robocup in their own school years. These people now have careers in robotics and mechatronics and are keen to see younger people enter the work force in this emerging field of work. Our representatives were Oscar Slatter Matthew Hayes Cameron James Jake O'Loughlin Angus Graham Jimmy Chung Cameron Gaddes Fahad Al Maraee Ethan Hodge Wesley Todhunter Trace Evans Brock Linsell William De Lore Elliot Yates Kelvin Gurung I would also like to thank the wonderful parent drivers for assisting us in making it to and from the competition venue, Ms Julie Dalgiesh, and Mrs Robyn De Lore. Looking forward to the next event. Mr McCudden

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GOLD AWARDS

Students receive their awards at Assembly

Congratulation to Rjordan Davies and Anita Schwarzer of Year 9 on receiving The Lambton High GOLD Award for academic excellence.

HOSPITALITY

On Friday the 21st of August Year 11 Hospitality held Café Alfresco. Staff was invited to order a meal which students prepared and served. It was a great success and staff are looking forward to seeing more of Café Alfresco.

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CAPA REPORT

MUSIC Alive and Cookin at Lizottes was once again a huge success with students for years 9-12 taking to the stage to perform. The audience was filled with parents, staff and members of the community. There were some outstanding performances and all students demonstrated a high level of professionalism. 7

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feedback from our guest markers (Daniel Kavanagh from Hunter School of the Performing Arts and Ms. Kathryn Andersen from Terrigal High School). It was wonderful to feel the positive energy and atmosphere that was present on this night as a result of the way Year 12 all supported each other to make this night the success that it was. These students have their final HSC Performance Examinations on August 26 and 27 and we wish them all the very best of luck!

DRAMA The last month has been extremely busy for Drama! It has been amazing to see how many of our Drama students have been representing Lambton High School and the CAPA Faculty at school, regional and state level!

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HSC Drama students recently performed at their Trial Performance evening where family and friends were invited to attend and view these performances and projects. Year 12 performed well, gaining valuable 8

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justice and equality. The celebrity judges on the day commented on the sophisticated and in-depth nature of their piece and that it was communicated really well in their performance. Year 10 were announced as state champions! They won: 

Three Year 11 Accelerated boys – Tim BaileyColes, Ty Johnstone and Caleb Leneham – have had their HSC Group Performance selected for the Newcastle Drama Showcase! This means they have the opportunity to perform their work to a wider audience, and gain feedback from more people, in the lead up to their HSC Performance Examination. This is opportunity is a major blessing for any HSC Group! They will perform at the Civic Playhouse on Monday August 24. The Newcastle Drama Showcase will also feature Rachel Barr and Alex Long, from Year 9 Accelerated Drama, and Oliver MacFadyen, from Year 10 Accelerated Drama, who will performing their pieces that were developed as part of the DramaWorks Festival earlier in the year.

Best Drama Production in New South Wales  Best Current Affairs Story in New South Wales They were also nominated for several other awards:  Best Cast/Ensemble  Best Group Acting  Best Creative Movement  Best Performance Teamwork  Most Sustainable Production As well as all of this exciting news, some students from the Year 7 CAPA class have created their own Drama Club which meets at lunchtimes to play fun drama games and develop key performance and teamwork skills. This is a great thing as it is helping them prepare for Year 8 Drama!

Year 10 Drama had the great opportunity to travel to the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney to compete in the 2015 Wakakirri competition. This is a national competition that requires students to create physical theatre performances to communicate a clear message to an audience. Year 10 used the skills they learnt in class to create a performance which communicated ideas about the environment, the economy as well as social 9

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Year 10 Drama at the 2015 Wakakirri Drama Competition

Some HSC Drama Students who complete their HSC Performances on August 26 and 27

Some members of the Year 7 Drama Club

VISUAL ART It has been a very busy month for art with HSC students completing their Body of Work. The artworks were on display at the annual SHOWCASE exhibition along with artworks from years 7-11. The artworks were marked by Ms J Robinson Head of CAPA from Newcastle who also opened the exhibition.

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Year 9 , Year 8Acc & Year 9Acc Visual Art are invited

Archibald Exhibition and The Contemporary Art Gallery on Wed on an EXCURSION to The

the 16th of September. This will be a great opportunity so be quick to get notes and payment in to the office. Below are a series of photos taken of HSC artworks and showcase.

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SPORT REPORT The month of August has once again seen Lambton HS sporting teams and students record a number of achievements. We continue to have various students achieve representative status in their chosen sports along with several other sporting events having occurred in recent times. The Open Girls Football Team has been the most dominant Lambton HS sporting team over the last few months. After comprehensively defeating Merewether HS in the Hunter Region Final and winning their Round of 16 match against Castle Hill, the team was pitted against Sydney South winners Woolooware HS. The team travelled to the Sutherland Shire in an attempt to qualify for the NSWCHS Semi-Final. Despite having the better chances in the first half, the team trailed 10 at the break. Woolooware made it 2-0 before Lambton was able to claw a goal back through REMEMBER – For all the latest Creative and Performing Arts Faculty news go to our Facebook page. It has been quite successful letting students know about the entire goings on in the CAPA Faculty, celebrating the success and awesome things that the students are doing. Information regarding auditions for concerts, tickets, assembly performances, excursions, exam timetables, due dates and all the opportunities on offer both at school and for career and course options post-school.

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captain Libby Copus-Brown, yet it would not

competitive sports, is an outstanding feat. It is

prove to be enough as the girls went down 3-1.

anticipated that team will perform to the same

On behalf of the school I would like to

standard in 2016 and Mr Raschke would like to acknowledge the following Year 12 students departing the team: Lauren Deveson, Taylah Baker, Tayla Naismith, Mikaela Evans, Tori Farley, Anne Thorn, Isabella Crowe and Libby CopusBrown.

congratulate the girls and Mr. Raschke on their achievements this year. For a comprehensive High School in Newcastle to progress to the Top 8 in the NSWCHS competition, in one of the most

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awarded a place in the NSW All Schools Championships to be held later in the year.

Following on from the success of the Open Girls Football Team, the Lambton HS Open Girls Tennis Team, consisting of Talia Herbert, Adrienne Harvey, Holly Pearson and Eliza Rainey, surprised

While the previously mentioned teams have had

everyone with their recent performances. After

success at state level, other Lambton HS sporting

initially being eliminated from the NSWCHS

teams

competition by Hunter Sports HS in the Hunter

competitions. Both the U15s Boys and Girls

Region Final, the team was awarded a wildcard

Basketball Teams played Kurri Kurri HS at Kurri

entry into the Final 16 stage of the competition.

Kurri at the end of Week 6. Both teams were

With only a day’s notice from the Hunter Region

comprehensive winners of their first round

Sports Office, the girls travelled to Nelson Bay to

matches and will progress through to the second

contest the NSWCHS Finals. To many other

stage of the competition. A full match report of

schools surprise, the girls progressed through the

these matches can be found below. Additionally,

tournament

and

the Year 7/8 Boys and Girls City Zone Soccer Gala

comprehensively made their way to the NSWCHS

Day is fast approaching, with Mr. Long and Mr.

Final. After finishing four sets all against Grafton

Donaghey ensuring that our junior students have

HS in the final, team was deemed to be placed 2nd

the opportunity represent the school in sport.

as

Hunter

B

qualifiers

are

in

the

early

stages

of

their

in NSWCHS only on a count-back of games won. This is an exceptional achievement that both the

The representative sporting scene has also seen

girls and coach, Mr. Lorang, should be proud of.

various student accomplishments in recent times.

Their efforts have also seen the girls been

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I would like to congratulate the following

go to Grace Jeffrey, who set a new Hunter SSSA

students on their achievements:

record for 17+ Girls Shot Put with a throw of

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David Wake – 2nd 13 Boys High Jump.

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Sam Graham – 1st 13 Boys 200m.

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Bohdi Ninevski – 1st 13 Boys Discus and Shot Put, 2nd in Javelin.

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Byron Sutherland – 2nd 13 Boys Shot Put.

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2nd

Patrick Achurch –

14 Boys 100m,

200m, 400m, Shot Put, Discus and Long Jump.

13.65m. Additionally, congratulations to Patrick Achurch, who was named 14 Boys Age Champion. Once again, Lambton HS was very well represented at the carnival (with over 25 students, Mr. Fletcher as an official and Mr. Keath as City Zone Manager) and our school placed fifth in the Hunter Region. Yet again, the most pleasing aspect of our performance at the carnival was the manner in which the Lambton HS students

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Riley Thompson –

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Elijah Harrison – 1st 15 Boys Long Jump.

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Saye Morris – 1st 15 Boys 100m.

In addition to the successes of our students in

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Molly O’Neill – Qualified for 15 Girls

athletics, Lambton HS has had students attain

3000m Walk.

further representative selection. I would like to

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1st

14 Boys Shot Put.

Grace Jeffrey – 1st 16 Girls Shot Put and Discus.

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15 Boys Relay – 2nd – Elijah Harrison, Saye Morris, Nando Fameli and Aiden Goodbun.

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16 Boys Relay – 2nd – Alex Colley, Lewis

conducted themselves.

formally acknowledge and congratulate the following students who have recently been selected in their respective representative sporting teams: 

Debeljak, Carter Smith, James Mace.

Garside, Flynn Lanz, Will Bradley, Tim

Well done to each of these students on their performances. This group has achieved Hunter SSSA representation and will proceed to the

Hunter SSSA Trampoline Team: Dayna Bailey-Coles and Lachlan Croker.

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NSW All Schools Diving Team: Eliza Carey and Declan Elbourne.

NSWCHS Athletics Championships at the

Still on representative sport, Lambton HS and

beginning of September. Both the Lanz brothers,

NSW All Schools Baseball representative Jake

Jonti and Flynn, also qualified but unfortunately

Bramble has just returned from two weeks at the

will not be able to attend. A special mention must

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Program on the Gold Coast. Only seventy-five

determine the 2015 champions. There are strong

promising young baseball players from across

rumours that GloboJim will make it back to back

Australia, New Zealand and mainland China were

premierships, yet there is bound to plenty of

chosen to attend the Academy. The aim of the

competition and controversy. Thanks go to the

program is to develop their talent towards a

PDHPE Interns from the University of Newcastle,

career in the professional baseball system. This is

Mr. Wade and Miss Miller, for organising and

a great achievement for Jake, who is a student

officiating the games. The full report on the

who excels in both the academic and sporting

tournament will be published in the September

domains, and we wish him every success in his

edition of the Lambton Leader.

future endeavours.

Finally, I would like to remind all students to pay attention to the Daily Notices and the Sports Notice Board outside the PDHPE staffroom for all information regarding sport. This is particularly important for future representative trials, team sport information and the conduction of our At the intra-school level, the Lunchtime Dodgeball Competition will commence in Week 7. The

Lunchtime Sporting Competitions. Mr Keath – Sports Organiser

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Match Report – U15s Boys and Girls Basketball On Friday the 14th August, both the Under 15s Boys and Girls Basketball Teams travelled to Kurri Kurri HS to play the first round in the NSWCHS knockout.

Matthew and Nicholas allowed for the boys to maintain their lead. Saye and Eli displayed excellent

sportsmanship

and

performed

consistently throughout the game. Thank you to Dale King for assistant coaching on the day alongside Coach Phil Cassel. Also thank you to

The U15s Girls Team, consisting of Chole Doyle,

James Murray-Cassel for coaching the boys in the

Elaine Wang, Lilly Doyle, Amelia van Der Zwan,

lead up to their first match.

Siobhan Pickard, Amy Mason, Emily Parkes, Sarah Martin and Sophie Island, played first. With a strong start from the girls they scored a couple of

A big thank you to all the parents that travelling to Kurri Kurri HS to support the students.

quick baskets placing them in the lead at the end

Final results for the day saw Lambton High win

of the first quarter. Strong defence from Amelia,

both games. Girls 71 – 8 and Boys 50 -10.

Lilly and Siobhan, and some outstanding baskets from Sophie, Elaine and Emily the girls were able to increase their lead. Amy, Chloe and Sarah all played well, in creating fast turnovers and ball carrying up the court. Thank you to Jactina Pinkerton for coaching the girls.

Miss Cohen & Miss Miller – Coaches

PDHPE REPORT Currently students in PDHPE are participating in dance. Year 8 are doing Australian Bush Dance, Year 9 Social Dance and Square Dance and Year

The U15s Boys Team, consisting of Trace Evans,

10 Social Dance- focussing on Latin American

Riley Markovich, Patrick Murray-Cassel, Trystan

Dance. Students are enjoying the units of work

Platt, Nicholas Bright, Saye Morris, Matthew

and Year 8 have been assessed recently by their

Robards, Connal Murray-Cassel and Eli Young,

teachers. After learning 5 traditional bush dances

played next. The first quarter saw both teams

students were required to choreograph their own

play equally as well, scoring basket for basket.

bush dance and perform in front of their peers.

Impressive baskets from Trystan, Trace, Patrick

Most students performed creditably and

and Connal saw Lambton take the lead in the

exhibited outstanding creative ability. Year 10

second quarter. Kurri Kurri showed a strong

will be assessed shortly and they will be asked to

offensive attack, however the defence from Riley,

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with a partner. The PDHPE staff are eagerly looking forward to their performances.

G. Coburn

Students in Year 9 Physical Activity and Sport Studies classes have been participating in cycling

Under 15's girls Basketball

in their practical periods. They have been riding

Lambton High school's under 15's girls basketball

around the local streets and cycleways in

team played the second round of the CHS

preparation for a day long excursion along the

knockout, at the Newcastle basketball stadium on

Fernleigh Track later this term

the 27th August 2015. Our opposition was Warners Bay High School. The starting 5, Sophie Island, Lilly Doyle, Chole Doyle, Amy Mason and Elaine Wang set the pace for a fast game with strong defence by Amy and great ball carrying skills from Sophie. Lilly and Sophie worked together and proved to be a great team on the fast breaks. The first quarter was tight but some great rebounds from Elaine saw Lambton in the lead at the end 8-4. Strong defence by Sarah Martin and Amelia Van Der Zawn helped Lambton increase their lead in 19

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the second quarter, making the score 20-8 at half time.

The end score of 38-26 sees Lambton High progress to the next round which will be a gala

The third quarter saw the score start to even out again, due to the strong defence of Warners Bay, decreasing the gap to only 10 points. However,

day in Maitland on the 9th September 2015. Angela Cohen.

excellent defence and fast breaks from Lilly, Sophie and Elaine helped Lambton maintain the lead with the score at 27-16 going into the final quarter. A combination of Siobhan Pickard, Emily Parkes and Samantha Hiles excellent passing and Amy and Chloe's shooting game meant that Lambton were able to dominate the game and hold on to the lead throughout the last quarter.

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Sport Star of the Month – Patrick Achurch AUGUST   

Hunter SSSA Athletics 14 Boys Age Champion Lambton HS U14 Cricket Team Lambton HS U14 and U15 Rugby League Team

PLAYER PROFILE – FAST FIVE 1. What is your favourite sport and why? Rugby League – Because it is a tough sport. 2. What do you hope to do after you leave school? Play Rugby League professionally. 3. Who is your favourite athlete? James Tedesco – Wests Tigers 4. What is the best advice you have ever been given? “Always try your hardest” 5. What is your favourite pre-match meal? Milkshake – vanilla with two eggs.

Sport Coach of the Month – Mr Fletcher COACHING DETAILS  

Open Girls Touch Coach Hunter SSSA Athletics Official

COACH PROFILE – FAST FIVE 1. If you were not a teacher, what would you be? Professional Rugby League Tipster 2. What is your greatest sporting achievement? 6th at the World University Games in 2009 in Belgrade - Serbia 3. What is your favourite sporting quote/motto? “Nothing is more painful than regret “ 4. What was your least favourite subject at school? English 5. If you had a choice of free tickets to attend any sporting event, what would it be? 2016 Rio Olympic Games

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Coming events for Term 3 P & C MEETING

2015 Date

Event

The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday October 13th 2015 At 7.10pm in the School Library

4/09/15

Staff Development Day

8/09/15

RU ok Day

14/09/15

Year 7 Immunisation

16/09/15

Visual Art Excursion to Archibald and The Contemporary Art Gallery.

All parents are most welcome to attend.

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