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Term 2 Week 6
WHS
NEWS
5 June 2020
Knowledge conquers all
On the front page:
Sorry Day flag raising
WELCOME
BACK STUDENTS
Term 2 Week 6 Page 2
WELCOME BACK STUDENTS A message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Carers
It has been wonderful for students and staff to begin to return to some sense of
normality in our work in the important business of continuing to educate our
students. I would like to thank you all for your support and cooperation during the IN THIS
period of intense isolation we were forced into.
While we are starting to see a return to schooling with many aspects returning to ISSUE
normal we are still unable to run excursions, interschool sports and other activities
that add to the experiences our students are able to access during their schooling. Sorry Day & Reconciliation
This will gradually change and also return to normal, however for now we must
move forward slowly, carefully and thoughtfully.
Week - pages 3-5
In keeping students at school safe and in ensuring that we keep our families and Charlie excels in Nanga
community safe I require that students who travel to and from school on school
buses do that in the most direct route possible. While we have returned to our usual Mai Awards - page 5
finish time of 2:48 pm on Mondays, continuation of this will only be possible if those
students who catch buses on Monday afternoons remain on school premises Chad's Shave is happening
between 2:48 pm and the time they are called to get on their bus at the High
School bus bay. Students are not permitted to board a bus at the Primary School. soon! - page 6
Students who walk home need to go directly home and not make stops at other Captured! - page 6
schools, unless picking up siblings, or who have arrangements in place that they
meet with you or a family member straight after school. The more we limit
movement outside of the school at the end of the school day the greater the Drama, Drama, Drama! -
chance of keeping everyone in our community safe. Thank you for your support in page 7
this matter and would you please discuss this with your child?
As we begin to restore normality back to our school day I will also seek your Les saisons with Year 7
support to ensure that your child is at school every day, is supported and praised French - page 7
for being in every lesson and engaged with the learning taking place. Sometimes
this is a simple as asking your child what they learnt today – be aware that
“nothing” is probably not an accurate reflection of their day or their learning. If From the Careers desk -
your child needs support in page 8
ensuring that they have the correct equipment for learning, please talk to your
child’s year adviser as the school can assist in these matters.
2020 Merit Scheme
I am also seeking your support in ensuring that all students are in appropriate
school uniform. This is one way we can continue to build and create a strong sense changes - page 9
of school community and pride. It also helps to ensure that students don’t stand out
for the wrong reasons or are criticised by other students for what they are wearing. The Quiz - pages 10-11
Again I can offer school support if there are difficulties in providing appropriate
school uniform. Please let the school know if and how we can assist you in this
matter.
Again thank you and have a relaxing and enjoyable long weekend.
FACULTY AWARDS
Every Monday on assembly a different faculty presents
their Faculty Excellence Awards. Students are chosen for
being consistently engaged and achieving academically
within that subject area. Congratulations to all students CITIZENSHIP
who received awards from the PDHPE faculty this week. AWARDS
The citizenship awards recognise
students who display good behaviour
and service to our school community.
Congratulations to Sophie and Alex
who are this week's award recipients.
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Term 2 Week 6 Page 3
SORRY DAY - 26TH MAY
FLAG RAISING CEREMONY
KINCHELA BOYS HOME VIDEO CONFERENCE
Late last year we were very fortunate to have members of the
Kidnapped Generation come to the school to share their stories.
This was part of an educational program run by Kinchela Boys
Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC). We had the same
experience organised for this year, however, COVID threw a
spanner in the works.
"...hearing Uncle Bobby's
story was a very powerful
moment."
Mrs McGufficke
When the opportunity arose to participate in a Zoom (video
conference) with the members of the Kidnapped Generation we
saw this as a powerful learning opportunity for our students. A
number of students from Year 10, Year 12 and students from the
Support Unit were a part of the session and despite the technical
difficulties experienced, hearing Uncle Bobby’s story was a very
powerful moment. This has provoked many conversations about
our past as a nation and enabled others, students and staff, to
begin to share their own stories. We are so appreciative of his
willingness to share his story with us. Openness about the past
will allow for healing. This was a significant event to mark Sorry
Day at the school.
I would like to thank Shonekqua Donovan for her
Acknowledgment of Country and the students who asked
questions of Uncle Bobby.
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Term 2 Week 6 Page 4
RECONCILIATION WEEK
RECO
NCILI
ART ATIO
PIECE N
Students were invited to take
part in a large Reconciliation
Art Piece that will displayed in
the school as a way of coming
together to connect and share
pride within our school
community, and to
acknowledge our
commitment to reconciliation.
Students gave up their lunch
times to be a part of the
project and
should be proud of what they
have made.
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Term 2 Week 6 Page 5
RECONCILIATION WEEK
"IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS"
VIEWING
On Thursday 28th and Friday 29th students were invited to view the
newly released film “In my Blood it Runs” in the school library over lunch.
We had an amazing turnout of 35 students who viewed the film and
enjoyed connecting with one another over popcorn and snacks.
The movie is based on a ten-year-old Dujuan who is a child-healer, a
good hunter, speaks two Aboriginal languages, but is ‘failing’ in school.
We walk with him as he grapples this educational schism and somewhere
in-between finds a space to dream, imagine and hope for his future self.
The film focuses on education in and beyond the classroom, and
magnifies the profound successes that are rarely captured by
mainstream narratives.
"Everyone talks about making
our children ready for school,
but we have to make school
ready for our children."
Margaret Kemarre Turner
OAM, Arrernte Elder and
advisor
CHARLIE EXCELS IN NANGA MAI AWARDS
The Nanga Mai Awards are an annual
awards ceremony held by the Department of
Education to celebrate the outstanding
achievement of Aboriginal students.
Nanga Mai is an Eora (Sydney) word
meaning ‘to dream’.
Charlie was nominated as an outstanding
Aboriginal student and demonstrated
excellence across a diversity of areas.
Congratulations Charlie on your
achievement.
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CHAD'S SHAVE UPDATE!
The new date of Chad’s Shave is fast approaching!
The big day is Wednesday the 10th of June.
Students are encouraged to dress in the World’s Greatest
Shave colours of blue and orange for a gold coin
donation.
A message from Chad:
"We have a new date!!!
My shave was originally going ahead on the 6th
April, but with Covid-19 arising and the
complications it bought with it my brother and I
decided to postpone our shave. The new date is
the 10th June (next Wednesday).
I’d like the thank everyone who has donated
towards this amazing cause, and encourage
anyone who has not yet (even if you can only give
a little during this time).
You can still donate! Follow the link
Thank you everyone who has supported Flynn
below:
and I during this journey. There will be a video of
http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/ our Shave posted on the day!"
chadmcgovern
CAPTURED!
around & about WHS this fortnight
Email: wauchope-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: http://www.wauchope-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
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DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA!
After a long break, junior students are so excited to be back doing Drama! Year 9 are
finessing their improvisation skills with some Theatre Sport games.
They work in partners or teams to bring a scene to life with no preparation! Plenty of laughs
and collaborating going on here!
Year 8 are doing a unit on Masks in theatre! Although they cannot wear them yet, they are
having so much fun looking at different types and seeing how they add to a performance!
As an alternative, they are designing masks based on ideas they have seen!
Firstly, they design them on paper, then they will put our design on plain white masks,
ready for when they can use them on the stage.
LES SAISONS - SEASONS
The cool change in weather is
the ideal time to learn about
seasons in French. Year 7
students are developing their
skills using a foreign
language dictionary and
learning to describe the
weather in French.
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Term 2 Week 6 Page 8
FROM THE CAREERS DESK
Year 12 students interested in Charles Sturt University
Apply for an early offer at Charles Sturt.
The Charles Sturt Advantage early offer program helped more than 700 students secure an offer into their dream
course in 2019. Now it’s your turn.
We’re looking beyond academic skills and searching for people with soft skills – things like emotional intelligence,
collaboration and communication skills, resilience and a commitment to creating a world worth living in. The skills
employers are really looking for.
If you’re successful, you’ll unlock a world of possibilities. Not only will you receive a conditional study
offer before you sit your exams (and an adjustment to the ATAR you’ll need to achieve), you’ll become part of an
exclusive support program that will help you transition to life as an official Charles Sturt student.
Don’t forget: the Charles Sturt Advantage early offer program is open to everyone – whether you’re finishing Year
12 this year or coming to uni from the workforce.
Applications open: 1 June 2020
Applications close: 31 August 2020
We’ll tell you the outcome: mid-September 2020
Start your course: March 2021
Please see Mr O'Brien for further details and assistance.
WE ARE NOW A RECYCLING
SCHOOL!
Recycling has many benefits to
the community, including;
- diverting waste from landfill
- creating recyclable material
- saving the school and council
money
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Term 2 Week 6 Page 9
MERIT SCHEME CHANGES
Wauchope High School Merit Scheme 2020 changes
With the disruptions that have been experienced since the beginning of the school year the WHS Merit
Scheme award points scores have been revised down.
The points float in a normal year is set at 120 but for 2020 it will be 90.
This means that in order to achieve a bronze award and a $4 credit you will need 106 points, a silver
award and a $14 credit will require 125 points, a gold award and a $42 credit will require 160 points and
a platinum award and a $80 credit will require 190 points.
The points can be checked on your parent/student portal.
Accruing points will remain the same with Faculty Excellence Awards, Excellence Awards, WAPA's and
Wauchope Warriors all contributing to the student's point tally. Each award acknowledges different
aspects of your school community development and as such has a different points value as set out
below. Normal WAPA scores will resume in term 3.
A new reward for WHS Gotcha's!
Gotcha's are Wauchope High
Schools targeted behaviour reward system.
For
the rest of term 2 teachers will be looking for the correct use of the new
yellow recycling bins positioned around the school. Instead of
receiving a $5 canteen voucher weekly, one lucky student will be able to
ask 10 friends to join him/her for a hot lunch fortnightly. The student
will be drawn out at assembly on Monday week B.
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WQ 15: 1/06/20
Weekly Quiz
1. True or false, Australia's first human trials of 9. Tesla boss Elon Musk and his partner
a potential COVID-19 vaccine began in Grimes have changed the name of their
Melbourne last week? baby because it wasn’t acceptable under
California law. The baby was originally called
2. Which country quit its membership of the X Æ A-12 and is now called …?
World Health Organisation last week? • a. T-Esla
• a. China • b. Zippy
• b. United States • c. XÆ A-Xii
• c. Russia
10.Australia's largest publisher News Corp, has
3. Who was hit by wild weather, the remnants announced they will be closing …?
of ex-tropical cyclone Mangga? • a. 13 newspapers across the country
• a. Western Australia • b. 54 newspapers across the country
• b. Queensland • c. over 112 newspapers across the
• c. New South Wales country
4. Which US city is at the centre of violent 11.Which athlete has topped the Forbes list of
protests after a man died while being top female sports earnings for the past year?
arrested by police? • a. Maria Sharapova
• a. Minneapolis • b. Naomi Osaka
• b. Boston • c. Serena Williams
• c. Seattle
12.Health authorities are scrambling to manage
5. What was held on Tuesday 26 May? a COVID-19 outbreak on the Al Kuwait,
• a. Pink Ribbon Day currently docked in Fremantle, after six
• b. National Sorry Day cases were confirmed among its crew. What
• c. National Tree Day sort of ship is the Al Kuwait?
• a. a cruise ship
6. Why has climate activist Greta Thunberg • b. a navy ship
been in the news recently? • c. a live export ship
• a. she is travelling to Antartica on a solar
powered ship 13.Multi-national company, Hertz, has filed for
• b. she has been speaking out about bankruptcy in the US. In what industry is
wastewater being discharged into a Hertz one of the largest operators?
strait between two European countries • a. Food production
• c. she led a protest against a new runway • b. Hotel Chains
being built in a London airport • c. Rental Cars
7. Why is Donald Trump upset with Twitter? 14.Tapas is a common style of food in which
• a. they have added fact-checking country?
warnings to his tweets • a. Egypt
• b. they are refusing to publish his tweets • b. Spain
• c. they are lowering the limit of tweets • c. Hungary
someone can send in 24 hours to just
90 tweets 15.What new feature of NRL Rugby League
games has been controversial with fans?
8. How many people were tested for COVID-19 • a. games are 10 minutes shorter
in Wuhan over 10 days? • b. fake crowd noise has been added to
• a. 500,000 broadcasts
• b. 1.9 million • c. Half-time has been increased by 5
• c. 9 million minutesWQ 15: 1/06/20
Weekly Quiz - Visual
What type of animal is shown in 1
1 2
1 Name this sport
this image from the news? that returned at the
a. Murder Hornet b. Giant Cricket weekend to quiet
c. Periodical Cicada stadiums like this.
Which company teamed up with NASA to
launch these men into space?
a. Tesla b. Rocket Lab c. SpaceX
3
1
4
1 5
1
Which country is Who is this celebrity and business
represented in this image? woman who has been in the news?WQ 15: 1/06/20
Weekly Quiz - Answers
1. True or false, Australia's first human trials of a potential 11. Which athlete has topped the Forbes list of top female
COVID-19 vaccine began in Melbourne last week? sports earnings for the past year?
True - Clinical research organisation Nucleus Network will b. Naomi Osaka - The 22-year-old tennis player earned
be in charge of the early stages of testing the vaccine NVX- US$37.4 million ($61.5 million) over the past 12 months
CoV2373, before the trial expands to Brisbane. About 130 from endorsements and prize money, eclipsing Serena
healthy people between the ages of 18 and 59 were Williams for the year. It is a new record for a female athlete,
involved in the program. topping the previous mark of US$29.7 million set by Maria
Sharapova in 2015. Osaka is the 29th highest paid
2. Which country quit its membership of the World Health sportsperson overall.
Organisation last week?
b. United States - President Trump said he is severing US 12. Health authorities are scrambling to manage a COVID-19
ties with the World Health Organisation over the UN outbreak on the Al Kuwait, currently docked in Fremantle,
agency's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. after six cases were confirmed among its crew. What sort of
ship is the Al Kuwait?
3. Who was hit by wild weather, the remnants of ex-tropical c. a live export ship - There were 48 crew members in total
cyclone Mangga? on board the Al Kuwait, which was supposed to transport
a. Western Australia - The wild weather is a result of 56,000 West Australian sheep to the Middle East. In addition
remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Mangga, combining with a to the six infected crew members who are already in
cold front and trough. Tens of thousands were left without isolation, another 27 have been taken to a Perth hotel for
power, roofs were ripped off buildings and trees felled. quarantining as a precaution.
4. Which US city is at the centre of violent protests after a man 13. Multi-national company, Hertz, has filed for bankruptcy in the
died while being arrested by police? US. In what industry is Hertz one of the largest operators?
a. Minneapolis - Massive protests have swept across US c. Rental Cars - The company - which began operating a
cities following the police killing of a handcuffed black man, century ago in Chicago with a dozen Model T Ford cars -
George Floyd, in Minneapolis. had already furloughed or laid off 20,000 employees, or
around half of its global workforce, in response to the
5. What was held on Tuesday 26 May? pandemic.
b. National Sorry Day - This day gives people the chance to
come together and share the steps towards healing for the 14. Tapas is a common style of food in which country?
Stolen Generations, their families and communities. b. Spain - A tapa is a small portion of any kind of Spanish
cuisine. Tapas can be combined to make a full meal, with
6. Why has climate activist Greta Thunberg been in the news dishes often shared amongst the group.
recently?
b. she has been speaking out about wastewater being 15. What new feature of NRL Rugby League games has been
discharged into a strait between two European countries - controversial with fans?
Greta Thunberg lashed out at authorities in Denmark over b. fake crowd noise has been added to broadcasts - With no
reports that since 2014, over 35 billion litres of unfiltered fans inside the stadium, broadcasters have been playing
sewer water have been pumped into the Oresund Strait virtual crowd noises to enhance the atmosphere of the
during heavy rains because Danish treatment plants could match. Opinion has been divided as to whether it is
not handle the large volume of water. The strait runs effective.
between Sweden and Denmark.
7. Why is Donald Trump upset with Twitter? VISUAL ANSWERS
a. they have added fact-checking warnings to his tweets -
Trump accused Twitter of "interfering in the 2020 1. c. Periodical Cicada - After spending 17 years underground,
presidential election” after Twitter added fact-checking millions of cicadas will be emerging in parts of the United States.
warnings to some of Trumps tweets. He has also signed an Periodical cicadas are expected to come out in early summer
executive order which challenges some of the legal across southwest Virginia, parts of North Carolina, and in West
protections social media sites have. Virginia. The last time the cicadas emerged in many of those
regions was in 2003 and 2004, though some areas saw an
8. How many people were tested for COVID-19 in Wuhan over emergence in 2013.
10 days? 2. Rugby League or League - Live professional sport returned
c. 9 million - Authorities have used pool testing, to test 9 to Australia last Thursday as the National Rugby League
million of the city's 11 million residents in 10 days. Pool restarted its season. The competition was given the green light
testing is quick but can sometimes lead to inaccuracies. for a return by state officials in NSW, Victoria and Queensland on
the condition it followed strict social distancing protocols and
9. Tesla boss Elon Musk and his partner Grimes have changed players were regularly tested for COVID-19.
the name of their baby because it wasn’t acceptable under
California law. The baby was originally called X Æ A-12 and 3. c. SpaceX - Astronauts have launched to orbit from the United
is now called …? States for the first time in nearly a decade. Crew Dragon is the
c. XÆ A-Xii - The baby’s name was changed because first-ever private human vehicle to head for orbit, the result of
California law prohibits Indo-Arabic numerals in names. years of hard work.
10. Australia's largest publisher News Corp, has announced 4. Italy
they will be closing …? 5. Kylie Jenner - Forbes magazine has revaluated Kylie
c. over 112 newspapers across the country - News Corp Jenner's worth, and alleges that the makeup mogul had inflated
Australia announced the bulk of its regional and suburban her net worth, and is no longer considered a billionaire.
community papers will go digital-only from June 29.You can also read
