Coming Events. Term 4 Week 10 Friday 15th December 2017

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1 INVERELL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Term 4 Week 10 Friday 15th December 2017 Coming Events Term 1 - Week 1 Monday 29th January Staff Development Day Tuesday 30th January Years 7, 11 & 12 return Wednesday 31st January All students return Wk B Principal s Report Technology also achieved excellent results this year. All students who applied for early entry to university were successful. Congratulations and good luck in the future. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year It has once again been a very busy year. This week we had our annual Platinum Excursion and Gold Excursion. The Platinum trip also included our Support Unit students this year. All students had a great time. We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday and we look forward to next year. Congratulations to Year Once again our students have been very successful in the HSC this year. Mikayla Hobday is dux with an ATAR of 90.5 closely followed by Molly Saunders with an ATAR of The school received 11 Band 6 s in PDHPE, Aboringinal Studies, Community and Family Studies and Industrial Technology. Information Processing and Principal: Miss P. Colley Deputy Principal: Mr W. Fowke Brae Street, Inverell NSW inverell-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Ph Fax

2 Presentation Night 2017

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4 Clontarf Academy Awards Night The Annual Inverell Clontarf awards night 2017 was held in the Welch hall on Wednesday 6th of December 2017 with great community and school support, the boys looked stunning in their Clontarf gear and it was a great afternoon to celebrate what has been a successful year. Award winners: Best Trainer Ben Lombo Most Improved Ethan Kirk School Participation Maliek Connors Academic Award Myles Jerrard Clontarf Spirit Junior Award - Richard Blair Clontarf Spirit Senior Award Steven McIntosh Academy Member of the Year - Tyler Kent

5 Northern Schools Steer Competition at Manilla On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November the Inverell High Show Team made up of students from Year 7 to Year 11, competed in the Northern Schools Steer Competition at Manilla. The team members were Piper Tome, Georgia Hobday, Whitney Ellery, Abbey Cross, Bailey Whitton, Jaydan Cox, Jeb Cavenagh, Orrick Youll, Joshua Woodward and Jarrad Humphreys. We travelled to Manilla by bus on Tuesday arriving around lunch time after stopping at Bingara for morning tea and a Vinnies shop for the boys. It was $2 bag day and they were not going to miss out on a bargain. At Manilla we spent the afternoon washing the cattle and setting up our camp. Waking up early on Wednesday morning we took the cattle to get weighed and scanned, and then we prepared the cattle and got changed into our Show team uniform for the Paraders competition that afternoon. We had to compete against 10 Schools, 250 students and 60 steers. In years 7 & 8 we had Jaydan, Bailey, Abbey, Piper, Whitney and Georgia. Piper and Whitney getting top 2 in their heats and Piper getting 5th overall in the final. In the Year 9 and 10s we had Orrick and Jeb with Orrick making the final and 7th overall. Later that afternoon we competed in the Junior Judging competition which were split into two groups of under 16 s and opens. Several competitors from Inverell High went out into the ring to assess the cattle. Orrick with what he termed as an educated guess made it into the finals and after delivering his oral presentation eventually won his age group. Joining with all of the other schools, that night we competed in the farmer s challenge which included moving hay by wheelbarrow, constructing a panel fence, connecting a water pipe to fill up a large bucket, bobbing for an apple in the bucket, deconstructing the fence and removing the hay. This competition was done as a time trial. Our team was a combination of Inverell High and Farrer students. On Thursday our 6 steers competed in their weight classes against all the other steers. The cattle were judged on their conformation, muscle and fat cover. Inverell High were one of the only schools to bred their own steers and we did well in the heats getting a first with TIMOTHY led by Piper, then a 1st and 2nd in the next class AARON led by Abbey and BLAKE led by Georgia. TIMOTHY and AARON went back into the ring to compete for Champion and Reserve Champion and we were unlucky not to get first or second but AARON did place third in the final of all the steers in the competition. We are still waiting on the carcass results which will be announced next week. We would now like to thank some people who played a big part in the organisation of the competition. We would to thank Miss Rawson, Mr Luxford and Mr Neil McLane for all they have done to get us this far. We would like to thank Ms Colley, the school community and our generous sponsors for their continued support. The winning ribbons have been presented to the school and have been placed on display. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to Miss Rawson for her support and for the numerous extra-curricular activities she has organised for the students over the past twelve months. These activities have helped the show team members expand their knowledge and has provided them with exposure to the wider Australian cattle industry. I would like to congratulate every member of the Inverell High Show Team on a very successful year, they have shown comradery, courteousness and sportsmanship throughout every aspect of showing cattle. Congratulations, well done and I look forward to next year. Mrs McCabe Agriculture Teacher/Show Team Manager

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7 Platinum Rewards Excursion Evans Head and Gold Coast

8 Support Unit Christmas Celebrations

9 Art Department Creations

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11 $ 100 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Saturday 10th March 2018 YOUTH (SEE BACK FOR DISCLAIMER) Team Name: Team Contact: Phone: Team Member 1: Name: Sex: M F Date of Birth: / / Address: Phone: Signature: Date: T-Shirt Size I have read the disclaimer for the 2018 Inverell Toughen Up Challenge (Parent/Guardian Signature if under 18) Team Member 2: Name: Sex: M F Date of Birth: / / Address: Phone: Signature: Date: T-Shirt Size I have read the disclaimer for the 2018 Inverell Toughen Up Challenge (Parent/Guardian Signature if under 18) Team Member 3: Name: Sex: M F Date of Birth: / / Address: Phone: Signature: Date: T-Shirt Size I have read the disclaimer for the 2018 Inverell Toughen Up Challenge (Parent/Guardian Signature if under 18) Team Member 4: Name: Sex: M F Date of Birth: / / Address: Phone: Signature: Date: T-Shirt Size I have read the disclaimer for the 2018 Inverell Toughen Up Challenge (Parent/Guardian Signature if under 18) DIVISION (Please Tick) Competitive Female Division Male Division Mixed Division - Any Combination METHOD OF PAYMENT Youth Entries $40 each - $160 per team Entries close 10/2/2018 EFT Cheque On-line Registration BSB: Made Payable to: Account No: Pathfinders Ltd Account Name: Pathfinders Ltd Send completed entry forms to: Post: Our Community, PO Box 990, Inverell NSW lynnl@pathfinders.ngo