Term 2 Week 2A 2 May 2016

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Billabong Highlights

Welcome back to all students and staff. Term 2 is

well underway and we have settled back into teaching and learning. With ANZAC Day falling in the school holidays, we conducted a special assembly on the last day of Term with the aim of recognising our servicemen and women, and also raising awareness and knowledge amongst our students. Thanks to Mr Schneider for organising some moving and informative presentations, including a wonderful speech from our special guest, Chief Petty Officer John Blackstone of the Royal Australian Navy.

With the Billabong High School “footprint” covering so much of the Greater Hume Shire, we did our best to attend as many local events as possible. Students and staff paid their respects and represented the school at Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook, Yerong Creek, Walla Walla, Burrumbuttock, Brocklesby and Pleasant Hills. I was proud to see how well presented our students were at these events, and I thank our staff and

PRINCIPAL parents for assisting with coordination of this important day.

This Wednesday is the school cross country race and should be a fun time for students and staff to get out and get active. I see physical health and fitness as integral to the development of a successful and happy person, and it is certainly an area in which adults can lead by example. I look forward to running and seeing just how fit some of our students are!

Finally, I am asking parents to spread the word amongst our community for some assistance with our farm. Our Agricultural Assistant is on leave for an indefinite period, and we would like to increase the pool of potential casual workers who may periodically work in this role. The job would suit a retired farmer, and involves a variety of animal husbandry and associated tasks such as feeding, shearing, fencing and general maintenance. Interested people should leave their name and phone number at the front office and they will be contacted with further information. Mr K. Wawszkowicz, Principal, Billabong High School

BHS students preparing for the Holbrook Anzac Day March

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played in the last week of term one. Rosewell put in a strong performance to defeat Fraser. The SRC would like to thank our entertaining commentators, Michael Driscoll for umpiring, Mr Mackinlay for scoring and in particular, Robbie Mackinlay from Cricket NSW, who also umpired and presented best on ground – which went to Zach Wilson.

Football Tomorrow will see the 2016 school football season begin with the senior boys and girls teams competing against other local high schools in a gala day format. The teams will play a round robin of shorter games. The boys will play at Xavier while the girls will be at The Scots School. The bus will leave Billabong at 8.30 sharp, please be on time.

On Thursday this week, the under 14 boys, under 15 girls and under 16 boys will play Murray High in the first round of the Albury Wodonga Secondary Schools Football Competition. The games will be played at Urana Road Oval. Bus will leave at 9.00am students are asked not to attend roll call. Notes need to be in tomorrow.

Cross Country This Wednesday will see the running of the BHS Cross Country races. The two races (junior and senior) will run during normal sport time. Senior students will need to remain after period four in order to compete. A bell will ring at the end of lunch one (1.50 pm) and an assembly will take place under the COLA. Seniors will start on the oval while the juniors will start on Munro Street.

Riverina Representatives The following students have been chosen as Riverina Representatives: Girls’ AFL—Faith Doyle (Emergency), Georgia Way, Lucy Way, Isabelle Cottrell, Ebonie Takle. Boys’ AFL—Taylor Clark, Mitch Thomas, Michael Driscoll. Soccer—Isabella Law. Lawn Bowls—Sam Harrison.

BBB Cricket The final of the Billabong Big Blast cricket was

Calendar

Tuesday 03/05/16 Cultural Infusion

Year 12 Hospitality Catering at Henty Community Centre

Bill Taylor Cup Girls/Boys AFL in Albury

Wednesday 04/05/16 Multi-Sport Day MC & Learning Support students at Bolten Park, Wagga Wagga

School Cross Country Carnival

Thursday 05/05/16 Murray High School vs BHS AFL in Albury

Tuesday 10/05/16-Thursday 12/05/16 NAPLAN

Billabong High students attended the Henty Anzac Day March

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Asia Wise Competition Students in Year 8 completed the Asia Wise Competition which involved two weeks researching the answers to fifty multiple choice questions about geography, history, society, culture and politics in Asia. Congratulations to all students who participated and a special mention to Daniel Hawkins who achieved a Credit Award (82%) and Adrian Ralston who achieved a Merit Award (72%).

P & C News

The next P & C Meeting will be held week 3 Tuesday night May 10 at 7.00pm in the Staff Common Room.

The Canteen Committee will hold a meeting at 6.30pm beforehand.

We encourage any parents and community members to attend. The meetings are very informative about the running of Billabong High School.

Our next fundraiser will be a wood raffle. We will be looking for donations of trailer load of wood from the community.

Donna Parker, P & C President

Service NSW Self-Service Kiosk Service NSW and Greater Hume Shire Council are working together to provide more access to online NSW Government services via the website service.nsw.gov.au and the Service NSW Self-Service Kiosk in Culcairn.

Your Culcairn Self-Service Kiosk will allow you to complete transactions including:

Renewing your vehicle and boat registration.

Applying for an eTag or eToll account.

Changing a residential or mailing address with Roads and Maritime Services.

Renewing an individual contractor licence.

Checking a builder or tradesperson licence.

Applying for a NSW Seniors Card.

Paying a penalty notice.

Ordering a National Parks annual pass.

Applying for a Recreational Fishing Licence.

For more information about Service NSW or the Culcairn Self-Serve Kiosk,visit service.nsw.gov.au, call 137 788 or download the mobile app.

Piano Tutor at Billabong

We have the possibility of gaining the services of a piano tutor from The Murray Conservatorium of Music. We will need five students to take advantage of this opportunity. Any students interested in piano lessons at the school please see Ms Taylor for an application form.

BHS students preparing for the Culcairn Anzac Day March

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CANTEEN —TERM 2 2016 WEEKLY SPECIALS

Monday Hot Chicken Gravy Roll $3.50 Potato Wedges $3.00 Butter Chicken & Rice $5.00 Crispy Chicken Strips 3 for $2.00

Tuesday Toasted Chicken, Avocado, Sour Cream & Cheese Roll $5.50 Steamed Dim Sims 3 for $2.00 Nachos $3.50 Chicken Crackles 4 for $2.00

Wednesday Chicken Burger with Lettuce & Mayo $4.50 Potato Wedges $3.00 Sweet Chilli Chicken Tenders $1.00ea

Nachos $3.50 Toasted Bacon, Chicken, Tomato & Cheese Roll $5.50

Thursday Beef Lasagne $5.00 Hot Dogs $3.50 Toasted Ham, Tomato & Cheese Sandwich $4.00 Chicken Nuggets 4 for $2.00

Friday Fried Rice $5.00 Steamed Dim Sims 3 for $2.00 Potato Wedges $3.00 Chicken Crackles 4 for $2.00

Canteen Roster

Tuesday 03/05/16 Jamie Evans Wednesday04/0516 School Cross Country Thursday 05/0516 Amanda McGrath Friday 06/0516 Debbie Clancy Monday 09/05/16 Annette Trethowan

Holbrook Walla Walla

Local Anzac Marches

Culcairn Walla Walla