LAWSON’S LATEST

6 MAY 2016 TERM 2 ISSUE 2 THE HENRY LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGE, ACHIEVE49 SOUTH STREET, GRENFELL NSW 2810 02 6343 1390 www.henrylawso-h.schools@det.nsw.edu.au

Congratulations to our 9/10 agriculture students who competed at Dubbo over last weekend. Mrs Baker said they were a great group of students who worked really well as a team, doing all the mucking up work as well as ensuring that stud sheep looked their best for the judging. There were over 250 students competing this year, a big increase on previous years. Again our South Suffolk sheep were very competitive, a ram, taking out reserve champion, and a second tooth ram taking out a first place in their class. The junior parading was very competitive, with the judges having to be very fastidious about how the students presented the animals; though our students learnt a lot they were out-classed by more confident and experienced paraders. In the junior judging of the meat sheep, Marie Knight came second out of 122 students, and in the senior section Sophie Piper came sixth out of 125 students. Well done. The students looked great in their new shirts. Thanks to the P&C for their support. Thanks to all the parents who assisted especially Kelli Thomson-Jones and Peter Brown. Your support helps to provide our students with valuable learning and life experiences.

Students from Years 9 to 12 have had opportunities to consider the next step after secondary education this week. Years 9 and 10 visited the Job Expo at Young and Years 11 and 12 went to the Tertiary Awareness Day at Forbes. They all came back with bags and brochures and lots of ideas about the possibilities beyond school and what they needed to access the next step. Hearing from university students studying different courses, our students were able to gain a deeper understanding of course expectations and the nature of the learning. What the students are learning is that universities are setting standards about school achievement level: entry into teaching requires at least a band 5 in English and a maths course, and Sydney University is the first uni to say if you want to study a science or maths based subject you need to have studied 2 unit mathematics in the HSC.

Frazer Ryder has been selected as a possible/probable for the under 16s Combined High School Rugby union team – an amazing achievement. The open girls touch team competed in the gala day at Mudgee last week. Coach, Mr Harris, said the competition standard was very high and even though the team didn’t win a game, they certainly improved throughout the day. The players, very gracious in defeat were full of praise for the level of skills in the teams they played. The boys open tennis played their first round against Canowindra. The team of Dan Edwards, Hamish Starr, Jesse Thomson-Jones and Aaron Mawhinney played well to win the round. They will now play Parkes.

Our festival queen, Amanda Livingstone has a fundraiser on this weekend. As much as some of us might be confronted by it, at the end we will all feel great. Join the boot camp this Sunday at Lawson Oval from 9.00am. The P&C will be there doing the registration and will also be drawing the Mother’s Day raffle. Come along and support our queen and give yourself a healthy invigorating start to the day.

Grenfell Amateur Swimming Club Annual General Meeting Monday 9 May at the Grenfell Country Club 7.30pm. All welcomed.

Assessment Task Notification

HSC Mathematics Ext 1.In-class test to be held on Monday 20 June 2016.

Preliminary Mathematics Ext 1.In-class test to be held on Monday 9 May 2016.

If you would like to enjoy what students in public education can do, go to this link and enjoy this performance of Stravinsky’s Firebird, which features Francesca Fenton dancing. https://vimeo.com/165078864

All of the new uniform is now available through the canteen. Students can still wear the pale blue polo shirts and sloppy joes and as new items are required, buy the new uniform. Students have been told, that track suit trousers and sports shorts are Wednesday wear and that they do need to be wearing either trousers or dress shorts or skirts the other days of the week. If students don’t have these items yet, they do need to be purchased and worn. It is great to see so many students coming dressed in all the new uniform. They look good as so many have commented already.

On Friday afternoon, the process of transferring our technology network will commence. On Monday, the process will systemically work through every computer in the school as all computers are re-imaged to operate through the new server. On Monday classrooms may be more like they were 20 years ago.

On Monday afternoon, teachers will be completing the first two modules of How2Learn, professional learning that looks at the nature of learning and how we teach our students to be life-long learners. The teachers from Grenfell Public School will also be joining us in this learning. Modules 3 and 4 will be completed on Tuesday 31 May. These two evening sessions will be in lieu of working on 20 December.

Margaret CareyPrincipal

2016 ICAS – International Competitions and assessments for schools

SCIENCE

This is an independent skills-based assessment run each year by the University of NSW. Students completing the test will be able to identify patterns of strength and weakness and will be awarded certificates based on their achievement.The test costs each student $9.00 and will be held on Tuesday 31 May if enough interest is shown. If you are interested please bring $9.00 to the front office before Thursday 28 May.For further information student may see Mr B Harris.

Well-being Corner“The longer I live, the more I realise the impact

of attitude on life.”Charles Swindoll

The author of this quote goes on to say: “Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other

people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day … we

are in charge of our attitudes.This coming week:

I’ll choose my attitude wisely and positively.

School Fees A reminder that school fees are now due. There are a number of fees still outstanding, in particular, elective course fees. Reminders have been sent to those who have outstanding fees. Fees can be paid by cash or cheque at the office or by Internet banking. School banking details are:

BSB: 032 001 Account number : 147561

If paying by Internet banking, please use your student’s name as a reference.

Grenfell Town Library NewsTo mark Law Week, Grenfell Public Library is presenting a FREE thirty minute information session on Family Life and the Law on Wednesday 18 May at 2.30 pm in the Community Hub Conference Room to be followed by afternoon tea. Topics to be covered include laws around children and marriage, domestic violence and speaking with police and there will an opportunity for Q&A afterwards. The presenter is a senior out-of-town solicitor. These are issues you hope you won’t have to face but unfortunately many do at some stage. Please consider attending and encourage others for whom such information may be timely to come as well.

This year the P&C have available from the canteen on Thursday 5 & Friday 6 May

during recess and lunch colouring-in books for mum

Cost $5.00 each8 designs to choose from.

CANTEEN ROSTER

Monday Keryl McCannTuesday vacantWednesday Lyn HuckerThursday Carly BrownFriday Shirley Mawhinney

Years 7 and 9 NAPLAN 2016 TimetableWeek A of timetable

Years 7 and 9 Monday9 May

Tuesday10 May

Wednesday11 May

Thursday12 May

Friday13 May

DEAR As normal Line up outside hall as soon as rolls are marked and notices read

As normal

Period 1 NAPLANLiteracy

Languageconventions

NAPLAN

Reading

NAPLANNumeracyCalculatorallowed

Normal lessons all day

Period 2 Writing Non-calculatorRecess

Period 3 Normal lessons

Period 4 Normal lessons

LunchPeriod 5 Normal

lessons

Each student should have:• a calculator for the calculator allowed section of the numeracy test• a pencil (HB or 2B) or black ball point pen• a sharpener • an eraser.The school will have only a few spare calculators. Students should ensure they have a calculator with them to complete the test. Please note that calculators on phones or iPods are not acceptable as these devices are not allowed in the test.

   

   

ADULTS  BOOTCAMP    Sunday  2nd  April  

12  years  +  8:30-­‐10:00am  Lawson  Oval  $15.00p.p  

All  fitness  levels  we  

 

 THLHS  FESTIVAL  FUNDRAISER  

 

Why  not  support  your  local  high  school’s  queen  candidate  in  a  fun  and  active  way!  

 Exercise  professional  Amanda  Livingstone  will  be  conducting  a  boot  camp  this  Mother’s  Day.  Not  only  will  you  be  supporting  THLHS’s  fundraising,  but  you  will  also  be  enhancing  your  health  and  fitness  status.  Come  along,  be  active  and  have  some  fun  in  a  social  environment.  All  fitness  types  and  abilities  are  very  welcome  

to  attend.  

Adults  Bootcamp  13  yrs  +  

Sunday  8th  May  9:00-­‐10:30am  Lawson  Oval  $15.00  p.p  

All  fitness  levels  welcome    

Bookings  are  essential  and  can  be  made  by  contacting  Amanda  Livingstone  on  0401448353,  via  email  at  manda_livo7@hotmail.com,  or  on  the  Facebook  page  3C  Fitness.  

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Australian Government Mobile Service Centre

The Australian Government Mobile Service Centre is supporting rural communities by providing convenient access to Australian Government payments and services. This specialised vehicle offers a wide range of face to face and self service assistance for rural families, older Australians, students, job seekers, people with disability, carers, farmers and self-employed people.

You can visit the Mobile Service Centre:

Experienced staff travel with the Mobile Service Centre and provide friendly, face-to-face service, information and support. On this trip, the Australian Taxation Office will be available to assist with advice and information about tax and superannuation. If the assistance you’re after is not available, arrangements will be made for someone from the relevant organisation to contact you.

For more information, go to humanservices.gov.au and search for Mobile Service Centre or call 132 316.

Opposite the Library, Cnr Main & Forbes Streets

GRENFELL

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 10 am to 3.30 pm

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