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Kincumber High School
“Enabling to achieve and excel”
Bungoona Rd, Kincumber, NSW 2251
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"The Kincumba Learning Community acknowledges the Darkinjung people and their neighbours as the traditional custodians”
Issue 11 Term 3 – Week 2
25 July 2014
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
It was encouraging to see so many parents and students at the Subject Selection Evening held on Wednesday.
Subject choices in Year 11 are extremely important and must be in line with the things you enjoy, the content you
want to explore, the future you are interested in and your capabilities. Interviews with students will occur in the
coming weeks to ensure that students are making appropriate choices based on these points. If in doubt about
what is suitable please speak to your teachers, Mrs Barber, Mrs Maljevac, Mr Riley or myself.
Choices for Year 9 are also important and should be based on the subjects you enjoy and want to learn more
about.
The process is to be done on line and this information is in the Subject Selection booklet. You must ensure you
type in the link exactly as it is case sensitive. The site will be open until next week. Students should complete
choices, print the page and both parent and student need to sign the document. This should then be brought to
school and given to Mr Riley.
I need to point out that this is not the final selection as the first part of the process enables us to set up the lines
that are then available for students to choose. Subjects that only a few students want to do cannot be
accommodated as our staffing allocation dictates that classes need to be an average of 24 in the senior school.
Lines will be set up based on most popular and best fit for the cohort and then students are asked to choose
again. In most cases there may still be a third adjustment to the lines and subjects offered in the final round. It is a
complicated process that is overridden by staffing allocations and class sizes. We do our best to accommodate as
many students as we can but some are always asked to be flexible.
This Newsletter reports on many students who have performed at an exceptional level in a number of sports. I
congratulate all those students and thank the teachers who have supported them in attending these events.
Special thanks to Bruce Atcheson who has accompanied the Surfing Team at the State Titles. This was a
mammoth commitment but one he did willingly as he is so passionate about our students, our school and the
sport. Thank you also to parents for helping with the necessary support.
Bring Your Own Device Update
The BYOD program enables students to bring a personally owned
technology device to school to support their learning. In an exciting
development in education, the use of personally-owned devices presents
many opportunities to engage students in learning activities using the
device they know best. Four classes are currently participating in the BYOD
Pilot Program, or trial, for a four week period. The BYOD Pilot Program will
allow the school to work out any problems or issues that may arise, before
deciding on the nature of any school-wide implementation. You can follow
the progress of the BYOD program via a blog on the school website: http://
kincumberbyodblog.wordpress.com
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Not all devices can connect to the school wi-fi. For a list of devices that do and do not connect, please see the
BYOD page on the school website (under the Curriculum tab). There you will find a raft of BYOD information,
including FAQs, free software details and tips on how to be cybersmart. Teachers have their own blog to discuss
the impact of BYOD on the classroom and to share teaching strategies. A Parent Information Evening on BYOD
is being planned for later in Term 3. If you have any questions about BYOD, please contact Mr Matt Riley (Deputy
Principal).
Snowboard Team
Two of our Year 10 students, Nick Rendall and Manning Allen-Scott, represented Kincumber High School at the
NSW Interschools competition held at Thredbo in the recent school holidays. Both boys competed in Boarder
Cross (Boarder X) and Giant Slalom (GS), having two runs to determine their overall placing. Nick and Manning
both posted times that allow them to progress to the final round of competition or State level for the Boarder X
event. That is scheduled for early August. We wish the boys all the best for that competition.
Janine Debenham, Principal
Manning in the start gates for the Boarder X
Nick in the start gates for the Boarder X
CAPA News
Drama
Student of the Week Awards:
Year 9 - Annalise Nicholls
Year 11 - Olivia Bayliss
Other News:
Year 9 students, Jasper Davis and Seanne Kearney, are performing in Kincumba Shines.
The first week of Pantomime rehearsals have begun. We are off to a wonderful start and look forward to the
production period leading up to our performances in Term 4!
Rebecca Roth, Drama/English Teacher
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25 July 2014
Year 12 Careers News
This is a very important time of the year for all the Year 12 students who are considering
the option of university. The 2015 UAC Guide has been received by the school and was
distributed after assembly yesterday. The UAC Guide contains all the information the
students will need to know about the ATAR, university courses, university admission,
important dates if you are looking at university and information about the individual
universities themselves.
If you miss out please come and see Mrs Barber in the Careers Office.
All Aboard!
On Friday 27 June Kincumber High School students had the opportunity to complete their boat licence, equivalent
to the Maritime General Boat Licence log book practical lesson, on a fully equipped training vessel 4.7m Quintrex
Escape. Students gained skills in loading and unloading the boat, boat safety, radio communication and marker
identification. The fine weather was ideal for practising driving the boat in Brisbane Water and students look
forward to using their licence during their weekends.
Earthquake
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there is no
tsunami threat to Hawaii from a strong, deep earthquake
that struck near Fiji on Monday morning.
KHS seismometer detected an earthquake near Fiji last
week. The earthquake was centred about 62 miles north
northeast of Ndoi Island, Fiji, and 232 miles east
southeast of Suva, Fiji, at a depth of about 382 miles,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The warning
centre said no tsunami was generated because the
earthquake was too deep inside the earth.
Denise De Paoli, Science Teacher
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25 July 2014
SPORT REPORT
2014 NSW STATE SURF TITLES
On Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 July a group of five very talented surfers headed off to Port Macquarie to compete
in the NSW State Surfing Titles accompanied by Mr Atcheson, our previous KHS Head Teacher PDHPE. Results
are as follows:
Jasper Davis – stepped up into the team after Finn Hill broke his arm. He performed well after having stitches out
only the week before the competition.
Sandon Whittaker – made it all the way through to the Junior Boys semi-final, gaining equal second but was
unfortunately relegated to third on a count back and narrowly missed the final.
Sian Chapman — initially was knocked out in the first round but fought her way back into the competition,
progressing to the Junior Girls semi-final.
Our two standout performances came from Macy Callaghan and Kirra-Belle Olsson who won the Junior Girls
NSW State Schools Surfing Team Title, backing up with second place in the Senior Girls State Division.
Their Individual results were:
Macy Callaghan: NSW State Junior Surfing Girl Champion – Macy won this event and was named as an All
Star which means she now progresses on to the Australian Schools Surfing Titles.
Second place in the NSW Open Girls Division – Again Macy was named as an All Star and will represent NSW
at the Australian Titles in both divisions. This is a fantastic achievement for a student who only turned 14 this year.
Kirra-Belle Olsson - was placed third in the final of the Junior girls event and is now a reserve for the State team.
Kirra-Belle also performed well in the Senior Division. This is also a fantastic achievement for Kirra-Belle who only
turns 13 this year.
I would like to thank all the parents in attendance for their support of our students, Avoca Board Riders for use of
their minibus and a special thank you to Mr Atcheson for his great organisation and enthusiasm, who had nothing
but praise for the excellent sportsmanship and behaviour of our surfers representing Kincumber High School.
Most of our surfers have remained up the coast to compete in the NSW State Surfing Titles and we wish them the
best of luck!
OPEN GIRLS TENNIS TEAM
I would like to acknowledge the excellent performance of our Open Girls Tennis Team: Jasmine King, Jessica
Graves, Abbey Fletcher and Amie Couper who are the Sydney North Girls Champions. The students were to
compete at the State Finals in Gunnedah this week but, unfortunately, had to forfeit due to sickness and injury.
Avoca Beach Primary Soccer Match on Oval
I would like to thank the following students for their efforts setting up and taking down the soccer nets and running
the lines – Jai Gaffey, Wade McMahon, Lucy Kemp, Michael Martin and Lewis Martin for refereeing. Thanks
also goes to Mr Saines for again marking the field. It was greatly appreciated by the primary schools with Terrigal
Primary the victor 4:1.
VISIT A DOCTOR FOR FREE - KINCUMBER YOUTH CENTRE
Youth Clinic
The Youth Clinic is available for young people aged 14 - 19 years old to visit a doctor for free! All you need to
access this service is a Medicare card! No appointment necessary. The doctor is available on Wednesday
afternoons from 3pm - 5pm during school terms.
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25 July 2014
SYDNEY NORTH ATHLETIC CARNIVAL HOMEBUSH
Congratulations to the following students who competed at the Sydney North Carnival—Emily Andrew, Jai Angelo,
Kaya Ardita, Dylan Arrua, Helena Aubrey, Alesha Ball, Tom Barron, Isabella Black, Tonia Brooks, Finley Brown,
Edan Clarke, Otway Clarke, Lily Cracknell, Jordan Davies, Steele Davy, Sian George, Ayrton Gilbert, Eliza Giles,
Luke Goodley, Tom Hagistefanis, Harry Kemp, Georgia Lee, Emma Livingstone, Niamh Marsden, Jessica
McCarthy, Tayla Monteith, Zac Montgomery, Karla Nicholls, Dylan Richardson, Kiran Richardson, Jordan
Sanchez, Josh Sanchez, Ashley Sim, Nicola Sloan-Halliday, Anais Staff, Logan Staff, Rhys Stratton and Harrison
Williams.
Many of these students set new personal best records competing at the excellent facilities at the Homebush
Complex. Results that have come in so far with students qualifying for the NSW CHS State Carnival are:
Kaya Ardita:
1st 12yrs boys 80m hurdles
Helena Aubrey:
1st 16yrs girls High Jump
Tonia Brooks:
2nd 16yrs girls Shot Put
Edan Clarke:
1st 17+yrs boys 800m
Aryton Gilbert:
2nd 14yrs boys Discus
Zac Montgomery:
2nd 12yrs boys Shot Put
Dylan Richardson: 1st 15yrs boys 1500m walk
Kiran Richardson: 1st 16yrs boys 800m
Jordan Sanchez:
2nd 16yrs boys 100m
Rhys Stratton:
2nd 17+yrs Javelin
Tom Hagistefanis, Jordan Sanchez, Josh Sanchez, Ashley Sim: 1st 17+ Boys’ Relay Team
One of the many highlights was the final race of the day on Tuesday with our senior boys winning the Open Relay
race. These boys have worked hard on improving their baton changing and have gone from 2nd place at Zone to a
standout 1st at the Regional carnival! 13 students going through to the NSW CHS Carnival is a huge
achievement. Congratulations and good luck to all athletes competing at the next level!
Tammy Toy, Representative Sport Coordinator
NAIDOC Day Celebrations
Tuesday 29 July
All day activities. Parents welcome
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25 July 2014
Maths News
It has been quite an exciting start to the term; the start of the BYOD pilot program for 7K Mathematics, the
Australian Mathematics Competition will run on August 7 and Mr White has returned from his overseas jaunt.
While Mr White’s classes are happy to have him back, I would like to thank Mrs Waite for all of her hard work with
these classes during Term Two.
Maths will be running a Silver Award BBQ on August 1, recognising the consistent effort put in by so many of our
students. Students will receive an invitation next week if they have reached this level. Congratulations to Mr
Paszkowski’s 8K class, the majority of whom have now achieved silver level.
We would also like to recognise some recent ‘Student of the Week’ choices - well done Keely O’Toole, Bethany
Deakin and Sophie Randall who were all nominated late last term. The girls’ work on solving equations was
outstanding!
Mrs Woodley’s 7K Mathematics class has been involved in the BYOD pilot program. While we are still in the
‘setting up’ stage, reactions have been positive from the students. Access to mangahigh maths, edmodo, and
other activities aimed at consolidation of classwork has become a lot easier. We also have a new class set of
chromebooks destined for use in our intensive numeracy program, which load quickly and are pretty exciting to
use!
Interestingly, most 7K students have chosen apple products for this BYOD trial, mainly ipods, iPads and iphones.
Students in Year 10 who are still not certain about
their level of Maths in Year 11 (or indeed…IF they
should choose Maths at all) should come and talk to
Mrs Woodley about options. Students from 5.2 (10N)
who are considering attempting the Mathematics
course, in particular, will need to complete some
‘bridging’ work before commencing this course, as
the demands in algebra in particular are well above
5.2 standard. Even if you are coping well in class,
you should still come and see Mrs Woodley.
A reminder that calculators and workbooks are
essential for working productively in Mathematics,
even if you are using a ‘BYOD’. Mr White still has
some calculators which can be purchased – pay $22
at the front office and bring the receipt to the
Mathematics staff room.
Mrs J Woodley, Mathematics
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25 July 2014
Hunter Valley Wyandotte Show Excursion
Last Saturday ten students travelled to the
Maitland Showground to enter our beautiful
Wyandotte birds in the show. The day started at
5.00am with students catching the birds, and
feeding all the animals on the school farm.
The bus left on time at 6.00am, arriving at the
showground at 7.45am. We had a lot of pressure
on us as the birds had to be penned by 8.30am.
Everyone pulled together to wash the birds in nice
soapy water and put on some oil to make their
combs and legs really stand out. 20 birds were
entered by the ten students before the 8.30am
deadline.
Then it was time for breakfast. We went to
MacDonald’s for food and a quiet chat about what
we would do for the rest of the day. Upon returning
to the showground the students looked around the
poultry shed and soon realised the Kincumber High School birds were not as large as some of the other birds in
the show. They now realise the importance of a breeding program concentrating on traits that need improving.
The birds received many prizes. There was a reserve champion, two firsts and two seconds. Unfortunately, we
just missed out on the overall junior champion prize.
That is the end of the poultry showing season for 2014. The first chickens have already hatched out with the
Sydney Royal Show being the big target for 2015.
It was a great day.
Cattle Show Team Report
This term is a very busy with three
shows planned, the Tocal Live Show,
the inaugural Kincumber High School
parading and judging day, and the big
one, the Singleton Steer Show. The
students are busy parading the steers
most lunch times and are working on
reaching a very professional standard.
Over the past few years our students
have learnt that attention to every
detail is very important to winning. Our
students now look great in their
Agriculture uniforms and have great
gear to work with when training and
competing at the shows. It is now up to
the students to listen, practice and
improve to bring back the results that
they deserve.
The cattle will perform well in the ring as long as the students allow them to. I look forward to helping the students
improve their cattle handling skills during the term and watch them with pride compete against students from the
Central Coast and across the State.
Good luck this term.
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25 July 2014
Peas Peas and More Peas
Students from Year 7 Agriculture have been busy planting peas. Most students have said they have never eaten
fresh peas and have promised to try them when they are ready to eat. Each group of students was required to
plant their peas in two straight rows with equal distance between each seed. Students understand it will be
obvious to check their work once the peas have germinated.
The objective of the project is to have the students understand what is required to grow a successful crop,
especially fertiliser, weed and insect control. The students will be asked to take their peas home and include them
in their family dinner and report back to me on the results.
Can’t wait for the crop to mature.
Mr Boyd, Agriculture and Primary Industries
Dates for the Diary
28 July - Education Week
30 July - Kincumba Shine
6 Aug - Lizotte’s Music Performance Night
11 Aug - Year 12 Trial HSC Exams Begin
For more important dates check out the calendar on our website.
https://www.millenniumschools.net.au/kincumber/
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25 July 2014
Interested and Talented Dance Workshop
In Week One of this term 40 Kincumber High School students from Years 7 - 12 participated in a Dance workshop
for students who are Interested and Talented in Dance.
Guest choreographer Casey Natty from the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Program (NAISDA
Dance College) ran the workshop. Casey is in his final year of a Diploma in Professional Dance Performance at
NAISDA Dance College. He has been studying at the college for nearly four years and will graduate early next
year.
The students participated in three classes consisting of technical jazz, Indigenous inspired contemporary, and hiphop. All students enjoyed themselves thoroughly, learnt new and exciting things about Dance and were inspired
by Casey's background, training and knowledge of 'Dance as an Artform'.
The following is an excerpt from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on NAISDA Dance College that features
Casey Natty.
Casey Natty will graduate from NAISDA this year. Photo: Edwina Pickles
“When he was 16, Muswellbrook's Casey Natty took part in the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development
Association's inaugural ConnectEd workshop program, which identifies and develops dance talent in high
schoolers across the state.
Natty had always been a dancer – his uncle taught him traditional indigenous dances from a young age – but
never thought of it as a career. There was always rugby league and volleyball and basketball to worry about, and
none of his mates danced.
But over several days at NAISDA Dance College's Mount Penang headquarters, learning with students who had
travelled in from across the state just like him, a passion took hold.
''It makes you stronger to meet other indigenous mob who have the same life focus as you,'' he said. He was
particularly inspired by cultural tutors from Elcho Island, off the coast of Arnhem Land.
''Elcho is a totally different planet. I'm from mainland NSW, a long way away, but I felt a strong connection to their
dances.''
When he returned to Muswellbrook, Natty decided he would audition for NAISDA and, at the end of this year, he
will be the first person to graduate from NAISDA to have had their start in ConnectEd.“
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/young-indigenous-dancers-passion-built-through-connections20140626-zsmt4.html#ixzz38FMZPsD1
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Would you like to join one of the fastest growing sports in the world?
Then come and try Floorball at the Peninsula Leisure Centre!
Floorball can be described as Ice Hockey without the ice! It is a non contact sport which is fun, fast, and
very easy to learn. It is also very affordable at just $6 per game ($5 for siblings), and registration only
$15.00. Floorball sticks are provided for players’ use at no charge.
Intermediate and Youth games are held on Thursdays, with intermediate (under 13) teams scheduled
between 4.30-6.30pm, and youth (over 13) teams between 6.30-8.30pm. The competition runs each
school term - rain, hail, or shine.
So come along on a Thursday to give Floorball a go. The first two games are free, and Tanya, Julie,
Alan and Mitch from the Peninsula Floorball Association will make you very welcome.
Contact: Junior/Intermediate/Youth Co-ordinator - Tanya 0449 761 886
Seniors – Julie 0401001472 or Mitchell on 0424 605 780. www.peninsulafloorball.org or
pfcjuniors@hotmail.com
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Issue 11 Term 3 – Week 2
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