Term 4 Week 5

9 November 2016

Narooma High School

NEWSLETTER

7181 Princes Highway, Narooma NSW 2546 Phone: 4476 4377 Fax: 4476 3953

email: narooma-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au website: www.narooma-h.schools.nsw.edu.au www.facebook.com/nhs8536

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to all our Year 12 students on completing your HSC exams.

We look forward to seeing you all together for your Year 12 Formal on Tuesday 15 November at the Narooma Golf Club.

Congratulations to Makayla Morris of year 7 on her selection for the Brumbies U14’s girls rugby.

Narooma High School P&C Narooma High School P&C are very keen for all parents at our school to become more involved in their child's

education. We would be pleased if you could take a couple of minutes to complete the short survey below. The

survey outlines a few simple ways in which you might be able to contribute positively to our school community.

Access the survey by clicking on the link below.

Alison Spurgeon

P&C President

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZWC6VF

STARR’s Award Congratulations to our winner for Week 5 Term 4 – Eliza Pemberton Yr7

UPCOMING DATES

Monday 14 Nov 2016 – Friday 18 Nov 2016

Years 7 ,8, 9 and 10 Semester 2 Exams

Tuesday 15 Nov 2016 –

Year 12 Formal

Year 7 Enrolments 2017

Just a reminder to parents with students enrolling in Year 7 next year to please return the enrolment forms

as soon as possible to the Narooma High School Front Office. Thank you.

Uniform Shop Hours

The school Uniform Shop, Stitches will be open at Narooma High School every Tuesday from 10.45am to

1.45pm, for all your uniform requirements.

Homework Centre

The school is again running a homework centre in the afternoons of a Tuesday and a Thursday from 3.30

– 4.30pm. Students can attend and will be supplied with some afternoon tea and will be able to access the

library facilities to help them with their homework and assignments.

Teachers who help out on these days are volunteers and give their time freely to support our students.

Call for Volunteers - Uniform Shop

The P&C are looking for parent volunteers to help run the Uniform Shop at school. The P&C will receive

a donation from Stitches for helping out. The shop is currently open on Tuesdays from 10.45am to

1.45pm. If anyone can come in for even an hour a month it would be appreciated.

Please contact Alison Spurgeon on 0487 184 327.

Firewood for Sale

The P&C are selling firewood from the school grounds. Cost $50 per trailer load unsplit – pick up from

the school.

Rotary Club - Rotary Solar Water Pump Competition

Aim: Encourage students to understand the science behind solar power and how it can be applied both here and

in developing countries

Background: Solar powered pumps are used around the world to deliver water for irrigation, for drinking water

and sanitation. Rotary Clubs worldwide support many humanitarian projects that involve a wide variety of

pumps. Broadly, there are two kinds of pumps; those that provide high volume but low head, and then there are

those that can pump up hill but at low volume.

The competition will be part of the Renewable Energy Expo which Rotary is organising. Our intention with the

expo is to encourage the uptake of renewables in our region, to support local businesses, and to showcase some of

the projects which Rotary International is undertaking in East Timor and Africa.

The website is: expo.naroomarotary.org.au

The competition: Construct a solar powered pump to lift a volume of 10 litres 600 mm high.

Conditions: The pump and associated solar components should be constructed on a base board not greater than

600mm x 600mm. All components should be contained within the footprint of the baseboard. The pump must be

totally solar powered using a maximum panel rating of 20 watts.

For safety reasons, the maximum working voltage needs to be restricted to 48V.

Auxiliary batteries, capacitors or other stored energy may be used in the construction but they must be fully

discharged at the start, ie the solar cells should be covered, and the pump demonstrated to not run.

The pump is required to pump 10 litres of water from a tank contained within the footprint of the baseboard to an

open discharge located 600mm above the 10 litre fill level of the supply tank. The discharge point must be

accessible for water discharge capture beyond the base plate.

Expression of interest for entry must be emailed to Narooma Rotary Club at secretary@naroomarotary.org.au

Additional and original documentation on the theory, design and application must be submitted on the day of the

expo.

The pumps will be assessed at the Sports and Recreation Centre in Narooma on November 26th at approximately

2pm. Exhibits will be available for collection after 3.30pm on Sunday 27th November.

WINNER: The competition will be judged on Saturday November 26th. We are hoping that the Hon. Dr Mike

Kelly will present the prizes to the winning team.

The winning entry will be judged on a number of criteria:

Ten points will be awarded in each of the following categories:

- speed of pumping 10 litres (quicker is better)

- height of pumping above 600mm (higher is better)

- quality of accompanying documentation, and an ability to demonstrate an understanding of the science

(subjective)

- innovation (subjective)

Six points will be awarded in each of the following categories:

- cost (cheaper is better)

- build (neater is better)

Prizes: The wining team members will each receive a NodeMcu WIFI Internet Development Board. These are

very capable microprocessors, which are powered by plugging them into a USB socket.

The school will receive a Raspberry Pi version 3.

Hints: A positive displacement pump can be made easily with 2 one way valves and some other low cost bits and

pieces.

Because solar panels are effectively constant current sources they cannot deliver extra power for starting like a

battery can, so some electronics called a maximiser can be used to overcome this.

Further questions: Expo Committee: Mr Frank Eden frankeden@gmail.com

Mort Family Scholarship

The trustees of the Mort Family Scholarship are now calling for applicatns for the Mort Family Scholarship,

2016. The scholarship is awarded based on information from respective High Schools re the applicant’s

scholarship and citizenship, and is designed to encourage students to continue their education into tertiary

studies.

To be eligible, applicants have to be ex-students of Bodalla Public School, in Year 12 and continuing their

education to tertiary level in 2017. The closing date for applications to be lodged at Bodalla Public School is

Monday 5 December 2016.

Further enquires can be made at Bodalla Public School.

WHITE RIBBON DAY

Saturday 26th November 2016

All are welcome to come along & take part in a short walk against violence.

WHERE: Russ Martin Park Rotunda to Riverside Park

WHEN: 9:45am for 10:00am start

WHO: everyone & anyone who wants to make a stand against domestic violence in our community

(wear a white shirt if you have one)

Then from 10.30am come along to Riverside Park, Moruya (adjacent to Moruya Markets) and enjoy a

BBQ, balloons, art and displays from local organizations.

Winner of the Posters for Peace Competition to be announced!

(2 x $30 gift vouchers to be awarded).

Wear a White Ribbon as a personal pledge not to commit, condone nor remain silent about violence

against women and children

Eurobodalla Domestic Violence Committee