Newsletter

No. 10

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Korean ConneXion

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P&C Matters

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English Faculty News

- HSC Study Day

- ICAS Competitions

- 60 Minutes for MS

- Debating

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Drama News

Earle Page College

Politics Lecture

Michael Griffith -

profile

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2012 PDHPE Ski Trip

Sports News

- Athletics

- Cycling

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NIAS

Armidale Softball

Association

15 August 2012

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DATES FOR THE DIARY:

6-17 August: HSC Trial Exams

28 August: Parent/Teacher Interviews

28 August: HSC English Study Day - Tamworth

4-5 September: Armidale Arts in Concert

6-14 September: Year 11 Exams

Over the next fortnight we will be

revisiting our core value of

COMMUNITY. During PBL we

will discuss ways of beautifying

our playground and in doing so

enhancing our feeling of

COMMUNITY. PBL CO

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Recently Duval High School was host

to three overseas visitors from

Sungduk Middle School in Daejon

City located in the Republic of Korea.

Mr Kim (Head Teacher of English)

and school captains Po and Joon

arrived in Armidale on Tuesday, 7

August and later toured Duval High

School as part of the Australia-Korea

ConneXion Program. In the

following days both school captains

experienced day to day life as a

student at Duval High School, and

had firsthand experience of viewing

Dangar Falls on a cold winter‟s day

and patting a kangaroo for the first

time.

The Australia-Korea ConneXion

Program is an initiative that is run

through the University of New

England School of Education with

backing f rom th e Federal

Government and the NSW

Department of Education and

Communities. The program aims to

develop cultural exchange and

awareness between Australian and

Mr Cameron making presentation to Mr Kim of Sungduk Middle School

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technologies. By connecting digitally and with

regular video conferencing sessions, students

will enhance their attitudes and values not just

about a foreign culture but also their own.

The video conference started with Alana Smith

and Ella Ramsay (and their class 8C) presenting

an introduction about Duval High School to

Sungduk Middle School students in Korea. This

session also included presentations by the

Sungduk school captains Po and Joon

introducing Korea and the interesting genre of

music “K-Pop”, followed by a question and

answer session for each presentation. The

Duval and Sungduk School Principals and the

School Education Director, Mr Phil Jones, were

all impressed with the excellent presentations.

The visit by students from Sungduk and their

teacher Mr Kim has been such a success that an

arrangement has been made for Sungduk

Middle School and Duval High School to

become sister schools, utilising the Australia-

Korea ConneXion program as a stepping stone

for further relations. The future goal is to

broaden the Duval High School curriculum to

include Korean as a language in Year 7 and

extend the current cultural awareness program

including a proposed visit to Korea.

On their departure from Armidale on 10 August,

Mr Kim, Po and Joon expressed their gratitude

and enjoyment of their time with the Duval High

School community, and have offered to host

students and their teachers for a visit to Korea

next year. This is an enticing opportunity for all

involved and Duval High School is

looking forward to furthering the positive

relationship with Sungduk Middle School and its

students.

P&C MATTERS

Over the last few months Duval P&C has been

making a concentrated effort to prioritize and

fund a number of items on the school‟s wish list.

Funding received from the Voluntary

Contributions, canteen and fundraising projects

have enabled us to support and fund a number

of items/projects. Funding of approximately

$17,000 has been allocated to date.

The P&C were very interested in supporting

Lana Hardman‟s efforts with the Careers Festival

and put $1,500 towards supporting the event.

By all reports the event was very well received

and we hope it continues to grow into the future.

Congratulations Lana!

You may have seen the baritone saxophone,

drum kit, piano and sound equipment

showcased at the recent Creative Arts night. Of

course the students‟ performances were the

highlight!

The P&C has also provided financial support to

students who have represented the school in

state level sporting and creative arts events.

SCHOOL TIES

Would all students who have

borrowed school ties, please

return them to the school office.

Ties may also be purchased from

the office for $20.

Ella Ramsay and Alana Smith speaking to Korean

students during the video-conference

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Congratulations to those students for their

representation of Duval High School.

Others purchases have included:

Text books for the English faculty;

Goal posts and cardio-respiratory

equipment for PDHPE;

Blinds for the staff room;

Outdoor sunshade for sporting events;

and

the communication support that is

bringing you this newsletter.

ENGLISH FACULTY NEWS

HSC STUDY DAY

Year 12 students are invited to attend the HSC

Study Day in August. The day is open to

students in both Advanced and Standard

English courses. It will provide students with

the opportunity to further enhance their

understanding of the Modules, Area of Study,

and their texts.

The day will be held at Farrer Memorial

Agricultural High School in Tamworth on 28

August. This is a great opportunity for our

students, but places are limited. Please see the

English faculty for notes.

ICAS COMPETITION

The International Competitions and

Assessments for Schools (ICAS) are

independent diagnostic assessments with a

competition element. Students in Australia, New

Zealand and over 20 other countries including

Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South

Africa and the USA participate in ICAS each

year.

This year Duval offered students the opportunity

to participate in Spelling and English. On

Tuesday 19 June, N‟Dea Rumble, Zoe George

and Tanvee Islam of Year 7 participated in the

ICAS Spelling competition. The English

component of this competition was held on

Tuesday 31 July, with the abovementioned Year

7 students and Jol Choct, Aleisha Singleton,

Brandy Ritch, Rachel Dawson and Benjamin

Schutte-Malouff of Year 9 also participating.

Congratulations to all students involved.

60 MINUTES FOR MS AT DHS

If you like to read and think that the idea of

being able to read for 60 minutes sounds like

paradise, consider signing up for the '60

Minutes for MS'. It will cost $5 for you to be

involved. Ms Simes, Mrs Stroud and Ms

Hoddinott will provide you with a home cooked

morning tea and then you can spend the next 60

minutes reading! The event is on 24 August.

See Ms Simes or Mrs Stroud in the Library for

more information or to sign up for the event.

DEBATING

On 2-3 August, nine students travelled to

Tamworth to participate in the Arts Unit

Debating Flying Squad workshops hosted by

Oxley High School. Our students - Ellen Vince-

Moin, David Wilson, Winona Rumble, Courtney

Sim, Alma Geesink-Anton, Brianne Saxby - as

well as the Junior Debating team of Lucy Eddy,

Aleisha Singleton, Maddie Reckord and

Bethany Jedlicka, enjoyed the opportunity to

learn about debating and practise their skills.

Courtney Sim, Alma Geesink-Anton and

Brianne Saxby attended the Debating

Flying Squad

DRAMA NEWS

Rheyanon Shields and Katie Broomfield both

received call backs to the STC New England

Project auditions. Congratulations to all those

who auditioned and we look forward to seeing

the final performances of this exciting venture

with our schools and STC in October.

HSC Drama students are preparing for their

final HSC Practical Examinations to be held at

school on 28 August. Drama students will be

invited to attend the examinations as audience.

A public performance for parents, friends and

other interested people will be held in 'The

Rooftop Theatre' on Monday, 20 August. The

show will start at 7pm and will showcase all the

HSC performances for 2012. Gold coin

donation.

EARLE PAGE COLLEGE POLITICS

LECTURE

The Year 11 and 12 Economics and Legal

Studies students recently attended the Earle

Page College annual Politics lecture where

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young spoke.

After the lecture the Senator spoke with several

students about their interest in politics and their

future plans.

FORMER STUDENT PROFILE -

MICHAEL GRIFFITH

Michael Griffith, Sports and Family

Chiropractor, was a member of the Duval High

School graduating class of 2004.

He describes his time at Duval as “priceless”.

Due to the academic and sporting culture at

Duval Michael was able to excel in both areas.

On the sporting field he was a member of the

Duval open soccer team from Year 7 to Year 12.

During his senior years he represented

Northern NSW at the national titles in 2002,

represented North West for three years (2002-

2004) and also played for NSW school boys in

soccer for his last two years at Duval.

On an academic level Michael graduated with a

UAI of 94.5 and was accepted into Macquarie

University, Sydney to undertake his chiropractic

study. He graduated with Bachelor and Masters

degrees in Chiropractic in 2009 and then moved

to Hervey Bay, Qld where he worked in two

busy private practices. He has now returned to

Armidale and opened Northern Inland

Chiropractic, and is looking forward to helping

Armidale and the greater New England

community with their health concerns through

natural chiropractic care.

The practice is located at 225 Donnelly St. For

an appointment call on the new local number

5713 0055, email michael@nichiro.com.au or

check out the website: www.nichiro.com.au

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Michael Griffith at work in his

chiropractic practice

Senator Hanson-Young with Year 12 Legal

Studies student Matt Barton.

2012 PDHPE SKI TRIP

26 of our school community participated in the

PDHPE Ski Trip this year. Accompanying them

were Miss Cullen and Mr Harris. We set off for a

week long foray to the snow country and were

greeted with good snow conditions and chilly

weather, which were all part of the experience

for many students who hadn‟t seen snow before.

Our lessons were both insightful and at times

very humorous. Thanks to all those who took

the continual crashes with grace and dignity.

Students progressed quickly to the point where

most were capable of completing a „blue‟ run

without incident by the third day. A sincere

thanks to all the students who attended – your

behaviour and conduct were exceptional

throughout the week and each student was a

brilliant representative of Duval High School.

Peter Harris

SPORTS NEWS

ATHLETICS

N‟Dea Rumble, Kourtnee McFarlane, Winona

Rumble, and Anisha Rajanathan make up the

Duval High School 14 Years Girls 100m Relay

team. Two weeks ago at the North West

Regional Athletics carnival held in Tamworth,

the team qualified for the State Athletics

Carnival with a time of 55.58 seconds. They will

compete in Sydney on 5-7 September,

representing DHS and North West.

CYCLING

The NSW Junior Road Racing Championships

were held in Armidale last weekend (11-12

August). Two Duval students participated in this

event and their results were:

Sam Jenner - Time trial 4th

Criterium (DNF - crashed)

Road race 7th

Harrison Munday - Trial trial 12th

Criterium 4th

Road race 3rd

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Sam Jenner

Year 9

Harrison Munday

Year 11

Ski Trip group of 2012

Fiona Brunckhorst mid snowball fight during a

rest halfway down the Supertrail

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