MRSHS NEWSLETTER Margaret R iver Senior High School

Issue 4 June 2007

OUTDOOR EDUCATION @ MRSHS

NO FEAR!

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Lower School Reports are currently being prepared and will be posted home before the end of term.

Parent – Teacher interviews will be held on Monday, 23rd July 2007, where teachers will be available (by appointment), to discuss student performance from 12.00 pm until 7.00 pm.

Each report will contain:

Focus Outcomes

These are the specific areas of skills and knowledge for a particular subject. Eg. In Mathematics, focus outcomes are Number, Measurement, Space, Chance & Data, Algebra and Working Mathematically.

Work Habits and Efforts

These will be reported by assessing participation, behaviour, organisation, meeting deadlines and working independently.

Values Development

These will be reported by assessing commitment to achieving potential, showing self acceptance and respect, demonstrating social and civic responsibly and demonstrating environmental concern.

You will also receive a teacher comment for each subject.

I would encourage all parents to telephone our Front Office on 9757 0700 to reserve appointment times with teachers before the end of term.

Mrs Vicki Williamson

Acting Deputy Principal

LOWER SCHOOL REPORTS

ARRANGEMENTS FOR YEAR 11 & 12 STUDENTS DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF TERM 2.

MONDAY 2ND JULY TO FRIDAY 6TH JULY. This week has been dedicated to Countryweek for Rural Schools throughout Western Australia. For 2007, Margaret River will be represented by six teams of Upperschool Students .

During the same week, Year 11 students who are enrolled in Work Studies will be working out in Industry as part of their Structured Work Place Learning Program.

With such a large number of Upperschool students out of the school during this week, no formal Year 11 & 12 classes will be conducted.

For Upperschool students who are not involved in Countryweek or SWL we have made the following arrangements. They may :

Make appointments to work with their regular classroom teachers. Make arrangements with their classroom teacher to complete practical work. Book into the Library to work independently. Complete any assigned or outstanding work from home.

Student are strongly encouraged to use this time effectively and to ensure that all Semester I course requirements are completed before the start of Term 3.

Students are reminded that when they are on campus they must be in full School Uniform.

Merv McKillop

Senior School Executive

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

Margaret River Senior High School

will conduct

PARENT - TEACHER INTERVIEWS

ON

Monday 23rd July STUDENT FREE DAY

12:00 pm - 7:00 pm ALL PARENTS are encouraged to meet with classroom teachers to discuss their child’s Semester 1 Report.

Teachers are available by appointment ONLY. Please call the office on 9757 0700 to book times with the teachers you would like to see.

INFORMATION SESSIONS Year 8/9 - 4:00 pm

Year 10 - 5:00 pm

Year 11/12 - 6:00 pm

All Information Sessions will be in the Auditorium Year 11 Reports will be posted to parents early in Term 3, however all parent’s are encouraged to make

appointments with teachers to discuss their child’s progress.

The first semester saw a gradual increase in registered hours of Community Service from Margaret River Senior High School Year 10 students. 68 Year 10 students (or 49.64%) have now registered some Community Service time with me. Year 10 students have completed a total of 493.25 hours, or 22.02% of the total re-quired Community Service time to date (20 hours x 137 Year 10 students).

Congratulations to Ash Lucas for being the first Year 10 student to have completed 20 hours of Community Service. Ash completed the time through public performances as part of the Schools Spectacular.

The number of hours completed varies with most students having registered less then 7 hours at present. However, many students are currently completing Community Service projects or have not yet registered their service.

Students are encouraged to seek Community Service opportunities in Community organisations, groups or sporting clubs. All school departments are in the process of including opportunities for service learning into the curriculum. Students that have completed Community Service hours are encouraged to obtain evidence from the organisation, group or club to register the time with me. As CSP coordinator I oversee the correct application of the programme and the registration of time.

For questions related to the Community Service programme, please contact me on 9757 0711.

Kate Marzohl-Duffy, Coordinator, Community Service Programme

Community Service Update

Ash has completed 20 hours of Community

Service.

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The Structure of the Student Council The Student Council has a new structure this year comprising now of student representation from Years 8-12.

Years 8-10 are represented by 4 students each and Years 11 and 12 are represented by 8 students each, forming a council of 28 students in total.

Another change to tradition has been the replacement of Head Boy and Head Girl with a President and Vice-President in Years 11 and 12. These students were elected by their year group and staff. Congratulations to the following students who won this leadership role.

Year 11

President: Corinne Kissell

Vice-President: Therese Colman

Year 12

President: Kristen Pavlinovich

Vice-President: Casey Hodgkinson.

Also, congratulations to the 12 lower school students who were nominated and voted onto the Student Council for 2007. (Pictured on opposite page).

What’s been happening so far?

Leadership and Organisation Workshop Earlier this term, all students participated in a leadership and organisation workshop at the Zone Room. This meeting gave Student Councillors the opportunity to get to know each other, discuss ideas and begin planning for the remainder of this year. It was a very successful workshop, and it was evident the group as a whole are a vibrant and enthusiastic council.

Meetings The Student Council meets every Thursday at 1.50 in Room 4. This term, was meeting is chaired by Corinne Kissell and the minutes were recorded by Therese Colman. The chair and secretary is rotated between Upper School Students.

So far the meetings have been productive and well run.

Students are encouraged to seek out their year representatives if they have issues they would like to have discussed.

Sausage Sizzle Last Friday the Student Council held a sausage sizzle to raise money for charities they would like to support, one of these being a deaf orphanage for children in Bali.

Thank you to the Lower School Councillors for all your hard work in setting up the sausage sizzle and to everyone in the school who supported the event. Your donation will go a long way to helping someone else who is less fortunate.

Mrs Barker

Year 10 Maths Enrichment Program Ten students from Mr Stewart’s Year 10 extension mathematics are participating in the Gauss Enrichment Program. Gauss was one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, often ranked with Archimedes and Isaac Newton. This course presents information and exercises on a range of topics, little of which is taught in secondary school. Each chapter in the book introduces new mathematical concepts , presents some key mathematical ideas followed by some illustrative examples with suggested approaches and sets of exercises for which there are fully worked solutions.

Students have now completed 5 chapters from the book and have gained some valuable insight into some amazing theories, proofs and concepts.

A Gauss problem:

The cockle shells that grow in Mary’s garden need exactly ten litres of water every day and they can be watered only once a day. She has two jugs of nine litres and eleven litres capacity respectively and a pool full of water. Can she water her cockle shells as required?

(Note: The water can only be poured onto the cockle shells once!!)

Solutions:

Next newsletter

MATHS CORNER

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MRSHS STUDENT COUNCIL

2007

Claire Reeves

Yr 8

Jayde Roberts

Yr 9

Tash Rigby

Yr 9

Mathew Keevil

Yr 9

Kirra Holley

Yr 9

Henry Rogers

Yr 8

Amelia Leavesley

Yr 8

Mishka Marzohl

Yr 8

Jesseca Brake

Yr 11

Therese Colman

Yr 11

Matthew Driver

Yr 11

Tom Wood

Yr 11

Georgia Campbell

Yr 10

Ben Wightman

Yr 10

Daniel Yates

Yr 10

Amy Burgess

Yr 10

Corrine Kissell

Yr 11

El Williamson

Yr 11

Billie Larkin

Yr 11

Ella Jones

Yr 11

Tony Gleed

Yr 12

Braedie Marsh

Yr 12

Jacob Sutton

Yr 12

Kristen Pavlinovich

Yr 12

Casey Hodgkinson

Yr 12

Moana Lutton

Yr 12

Bonnie Moxon

Yr 12

Zac Bruce

Yr 12

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LOWER SCHOOL NEWS

YEAR 9 SOCIAL NIGHT/DISCO THIS THURSDAY In Year 9 82%of students have endorsed the up-coming social night/Disco on Thursday. The evening will start at 6 pm and will go until 9.30 pm. All Year 9 students are required to bring a parent permission note for the evening. The organising committee has worked very hard to make this a successful night, and students are encouraged to come to the Auditorium in good spirit. This is the first social night/disco in years, so LETS WORK TOGETHER to make this night a success!!!

Parents are reminded that the night finishes at 9.30. Please be prompt to pick up your daughter/son.

PEER MEDIATION TRAINING SHOWS SUCCESS Fourteen Lower School students have been trained as Peer Mediators during this semester. They learnt the SCRAM method of conflict resolution.

Peer Mediators carry out the following duties:

help in keeping a positive school environment by monitoring peers and stepping in when conflicts arise;

assist administrators, teachers and students with resolving conflicts amongst students;

mentor students to provide a long-term resolution in bullying situations;

support new students to the school;

identify isolated and ostracised peers and design ways to integrate them with their peer group.

Peer Mediators have been involved in five bullying situations to date. These situations were resolved and the Peer Mediators continue to monitor the social situation in the yard. Thanks to the dedication and commitment of the Peer Mediators, Margaret River Senior High School is further improving the already positive interaction amongst students. YEAR 8 STUDENTS ‘ADOPT’ A DIGGER I n l a s t w e e k ’ s assembly, the Year 8’s invited 82-year old Able Seaman Eric Walter Barnard to their assembly to present him with a plaque and to thank him for his service during World War 2. Mr Barnard talked to the students about some of his experiences during the war. The initiative ‘Adopt a Digger’ was organised by Society and Env i ronment teacher Angela McCoy. The plaque will be on display in the library.

Year 8 Student Councillors Henry Rogers, Amelia Leavesley, Claire Reeves and Mishka Marzohl present a

plaque to Mr Barnard.

Lower School News Brief

Year 11 Building and Construction students erect benches for Year 8’s.

Year 8’s adopted a “Digger” in last week’s assembly.

Thursday Year 9 Form Reps are planning a social night/disco.

Year 9 Healthy Relationships Pilot Workshop involving ten Year 9 girls has started.

Year 11 subject presentations during the Year 10 assemblies now completed.

Year 10 Student Councillors plan a submission for an extension of the bag racks.

Lower School Subject Selection talks are being held this week.

Community Service reports show great participation of Year 10 students.

Peer Mediation training has now been completed.

Change of assembly days: Monday Year 10, Tuesday Year 9, Wednesday Year 8.

Uniform reminders: permissible colours are only bottle green or black.

This week is Littering Awareness week.

Subject awards are being prepared for top students in Years 8-10.

Attendance is stronger again for all Lower School classes.

Winning Forms and 20 Reward Point club members presentations next week.

Semester courses in Years 8, 9 and 10 finish next week.

Film Festival will be the first week back after the holidays.

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YEAR 9 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PILOT WORKSHOP

Ten Year 9 girls have been selected to trail a new workshop. In this workshop, students look at interpersonal communication and discuss strategies to maintain healthy relationships. Students also learn about relaxation techniques, social and emotional wellbeing, stress management and others. The five workshops are conducted by Kathryn Davy from the Youth Pathways Mission Australia.

It is envisaged that this course will run for all students in Years 8 and 9 next year.

Left: Jaymee Crosby, Elisa Musgrave, Adrianna Russell, Elizabeth Kowalski, Rebecca Howard, Alex Miller, Shani Wright, Amanda Waterhouse, Pip Wenman and Jess Spargo.

The Year 8 German class went to the Recreation Centre to play European Handball and Völkerball after having recorded interviews. left: Scott Guthrie-Phelps in handball action, and above: Ricky-Lee Pow and Elise Elliott during the recording of their interview.

The Year 8’s have taken the lead again in the weekly attendance tally. As the graph shows, early Term 2 featured a drop in attendance compared to the second half of Term 1. Thanks to all students and their parents for making a fantastic effort and for bringing in absentee notes straight away to keep the unexplained absence rate low.

Parents are reminded that all Lower School programmes will run until Friday, July 6th, the last day of school. The 100% Attendance club membership for Term 2 is still available to many students in Years 8, 9 and 10. These students will be awarded in the first assembly after the July holidays.

ATTENDANCE IN LOWER SCHOOL FEBRUARY TO JUNE 2007

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INDONESIAN

Year 8 Indonesian students enjoying their ”Nasi goreng” (Fried Rice) and “Mie goreng” (Fried noodles) cooking class this term.

Australian Language Certificates I and II (ALC) Competition

Indonesian Language - Year 8 and Year 9

The 2007 Australian Language Certificates I and II will be held in Term Three on 7th and 8th August. Our forty Indonesian Language students will participate in the competition. In 2006, ten of our Indonesian Language students participated in the

competition for Certificate I with the following results;

• All our 10 students were in the top 10% in Australia

• 2 students received Full marks (100%)

• 8 students achieved Distinctions (80% or above).

Angela McCoy

above:Our Year 9 Indonesian students and Year 7 students from Margaret River Primary School having Indonesian cultural activities together in class. Our special thanks to Janice Dunlop, Indonesian Language teacher

from Margaret River Primary School for her tireless support.

“BONJOUR”

New international arrival to Margaret River Senior School, Solenne Labbe from France.

Solenne will be at the school until August.

HELLO and GOODBYE

“CIAO”, “AUF WIEDERSEHEN”, “AU REVOIR”

The school will farewell three Year 12 international students at the end of the term: Vittorio Conti will return to Italy, Antonia

Haase to Hamburg in Germany, and Charles Baud to Toulouse in France. All three students have enjoyed their stay in

Margaret River immensely and are sad to leave. They wish to express their thanks to the school and the local community for

the warm reception and wonderful experience here.

Ringraziarla ed arrivederci!

Danke und Auf Wiedersehen!

Merci et au revoir!

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Welcome to the Library Information Technology Centre

It has been very busy this term in the library.

Mrs McMahon has been actively working with the reading classes – lots of students reading happily! A reminder for students to enter the WAYRBA – WA Young Readers Book Awards

Read and vote now! Great prizes await!!! The more books you read the more entries into the prize draw – they must be in by August!!

New books are coming in every week so check out the new book displays!

Computing Club has been running on Tuesday nights – thank you to all of the Year 9 and 10 student Mentors and to all of the keen Year 8’s attending! This term, the students have been working on video editing ready for Mr Marzohl's school wide video competition. Remember any students can join in to learn or to be a mentor.

If you are interested just come along on Tuesday afternoons – 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

Wednesday Study Club is warming up with biscuits, hot drinks and excellent tuition from Mr Smith, Mr Cameron, Ms McKinney, Mrs Williamson and more! A reminder that all students are welcome to come and do their homework, study or read after school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Free Antivirus Software for Your Home Computers.

From the Department of Education

The Department recently established an software license agreement for the provision of McAfee anti-virus software to all DET staff and students for your

personally owned Windows-based computers.

Free World Book Encyclopaedia Online access from Home.

The library has purchased World Book Encyclopaedia Online and has licenses for all students and staff to use at home.

If you would like to access this software for non-commercial use at home - come to the library to obtain instructions and passwords.

Petra Stene, Gail McMahon, Michelle Walker, Sue Pateman & Judi Westaway

COMPUTING FREEBIES

Library Information Technology Centre

Parents: Put this on your calendar - Support our students School Play Coming Soon…..

The school’s very own Lighthouse Theatre Productions will present Dennis Potter’s

Blue Remembered Hills, August 16th, 17th & 18th. Directed by Ed Lacy, this play (duration 70 minutes) explores a childhood world of mischief and

cruelty during World War II and stars students from Year 9 to Year 12.

Tickets will go on sale from our Administration Office 30th July onwards.

Not to be missed. You will be entertained.

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On Thursday 17th and Friday 18th May, fifteen Year 10’s, two staff and “Team Hadley” (father Shayne and son Hans) travelled to Wellington National Park, east of Bunbury, for a true mountain bike experience.

Once set up at Honeymoon Pool campsite, the group set off for a three hour cross-country ride on the Pile Road Trail System. This tested the boy’s endurance, many resorting to pushing their bikes up the long climbs.

On the second day the group, after packing up and a campsite clean up, headed to the Wellington Mills Downhill Track, used as part of the State Downhill Series. This track is fast and technical, steep, slippery, jumps, rock drops, expect anything! Thanks to the expertise of the Hadley’s, Shane’s explainations and Hans’ demonstrations, the group managed to negotiate the track with only a few crashes, some bruising and a little skin loss. Not a bad result considering the difficulty of the track and the speed which the boys were attacking it .

Many thanks must go to Shayne and Hans Hadley whose knowledge and experience with both the site and mountain biking in general made this camp

possible. Also thanks to Glenn Anderson (Prac. Teacher) from Edith Cowan University for his help.

This is the second year this camp has been held at Wellington National Park. Each time the trails and surrounding area become more familiar resulting in a safer, more streamlined and rewarding experience.

Here’s to 2008!

Stuart Kupfer-Hollis

Year 10 Outdoor Education

Two absolutely fantastic roping days were recently held with the Year 9 Roping classes at Wilyabrup.

Students had an opportunity to tackle climbs of varying difficulty or abseil off “Stainless Steel”, a 40 metre sea cliff overlooking an angry ocean.

Both groups took full advantage of the activities on offer and conducted themselves safely, constantly encouraging one another onto new heights (so to speak!).

Thanks to Glenn Anderson (Prac. Teacher from Edith Cowan University), for his help on the first day.

Special thanks must go to Mick Dempsey of The Margaret River Climbing Company whose expertise particularly with respect to climbing and whose professionalism and general rapport with students are second to none. Mick is a very easy man to work with.

Lastly, thanks to the weather gods who despite having two days of rain forecast, decided to bless us with perfect weather for roping.

Stuart Kupfer-Hollis

Year 9 Outdoor Education

Year 10 Mountain Bike Camp 2007

Year 9 Abseiling and Climbing Days

Olivia Payne and Maddy Giralt Carrying Equipment Brent Kevill

Ryan Conroy-Welby gets some air

Nick Arnold comes unstuck

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On the week of Tuesday 5th June to Friday 8th June, twenty two Years 11 and 12 students undertook the annual Upper School Outdoor Education Hiking Expedition. The expedition serves as a vital tool to complete a number of assessments ranging from observations of performance with respect to hiking, camp craft, navigation and leadership to completion of an expedition logbook which shows the students’ planning as well as a record of personal experiences on expedition.

The group set out from Margaret River Senior High School Tuesday morning and travelled to the Pemberton Camp School for final preparations. Once kitted out with all the necessary equipment and food selections made for the four days, we were back on the bus for our drop-off point.

The hike was on the northern side of Pemberton, incorporating three campsites on the Bibbulman Track, Boarding House, Beavis and Beedalup. Day one consisted of a 4 km transection which involves simply following a designated bearing through untracked bush until a predetermined landmark is reached, in this case the Bibbulman Track. Days two and three consisted of 20km walks between campsites (long days). Day four was an easy 6km walk to our pick-up point. In pairs, the students took turns at leading the group over the four days, navigating and pacing. In addition, students were required to give accurate grid references at various points to show they were aware of their exact location at all point of the walk.

It must be remembered that at all times students had a backpack (~15kg) on their back containing all their food, cooking equipment, clothes, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, fluids, tent, etc. ….. everything required to survive the four days.

The weather gods smiled on us with only a little rain late on day three and early day four, with mild temperatures at night.

Overall the group put in an exceptional performance, remaining positive and focussed even in times of duress. The group dynamic was fantastic.

I would like to thank Mark Hudson, Principal of the Pemberton Camp School, for his assistance over the four days and organising a large component of the equipment used. Furthermore, thanks to Glenn Anderson and Nadia Trotter (Prac. Teachers from Edith Cowan University) for their help on expedition and serving as extra sets of eyes to make more complete observations of student performance.

Stuart Kupfer-Hollis

Outdoor Education MRSHS

Year 11/12 Outdoor Education Hiking Expedition 2007

Daire and Mitchell

Harry and Ami

Pieta and Johnno

The Long Haul

Lunch Time

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Country Week preparation is all but complete with less than a week to go until our 2007 team departs for Perth. This year we have a smaller team utilising only upper school students from Margaret River. We are sending a team of only 66 students over six sporting teams, a speech and a debating team. Due to issues with our accommodation venue from the previous year, we will now be staying at the Perth YHA on Wellington Street in Perth.

This year has also seen an increase in the cost of Country-week by $10, but with the rise in food and entertainment prices, bus charges and general fees, this increase in the overall price is inevitable, but hopefully affordable. Much fundraising has been organised for the students this year, with a major raffle and community donations just some of the means of reducing costs. In all, over $15,000 was fundraised this year, which has significantly reduced the final cost for each student. I would like to thank the many businesses and parents who supported our Country-week push this year.

I would like to take this opportunity to also wish all teams and coaches the best of luck for their upcoming week in Perth. Many have trained hard for the best part of five months, and I hope that they all enjoy themselves in Perth.

COUNTRY-WEEK 2007 RAFFLE RESULTS

The raffle was drawn and the winners are;

Prizes Supplier Winners

1st Prize 6” 8’ Fish Grubb Surfboard Grubb Surf Mandy

Surfboard Carry Bag Grubb Surf Ticket: 2867

Surf Shirt Gath Sports Pty Ltd

Skate Helmet Gath Sports Pty Ltd

3 Day Surf Course Josh Palmateer

Mixed Dozen Wines Vasse Felix

2nd Prize 1 night’s accommodation for two Bunker Bay Rebecca Lawson

Quay West Resort Ticket: 6527

Dinner and Drinks at D’Vine Margaret River Hotel

Clothing Voucher M.R. Hemp Co.

Twin Pack of Wine Stocker Preston

3rd Prize Mixed Dozen Wines Watershed Wines Tony Gleed

Gift Voucher Hanu Day Spa Ticket: 0915

Dinner for Two All Seasons M.R.

4th Prize Mixed Dozen Wines Becketts Flat Amanda Dixon

Gift Voucher Seabreeze Beauty Ticket: 6590

Assorted Sweets Candy Cow

5th Prize Assorted Hardware Mitre 10 Hardware Michelle Rogers

Socket Set Witchcliffe Farm Services Ticket: 0262

Twin Pack of Wine Stocker Preston

Assorted Fudge M.R. Fudge Factory

6th Prize Twin Pack of Wine Tassell Park Wines Tony Gleed

Gift Voucher Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics Ticket: 0914

Gift Voucher The Berry Farm

COUNTRY WEEK 2007

THANK YOU Becketts Flat Howard Park/Madfish Wines Stocker Preston

Bunker Bay Quay West Resort Margaret River Dental Services Tassell Park Wines

Candy Cow Margaret River Fudge Factory The Berry Farm

Cape Mentelle Vineyard Margaret River Hemp Co. Vasse Felix

Dean Kemps Mitre 10 Margaret River Hotel Watershed Premium Wines

Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics Margaret River Tourist Park Witchcliffe Farm Services

Gath Sports Pty Ltd Redgate Wines Witchcliffe Liquor Store

Grubb Surf Sails Cafe Voyager Estate

Hanu Day Spa Seabreeze Beauty Margaret River Print Wise Wines

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The weather forecast was bleak and storms were brewing but this didn’t stop the enthusiasm of the MRSHS girls. They trained hard, honing their skills and practising their footy game strategies.

The first game was against Busselton Senior High who looked much bigger and intimidating.

The girls exploded after the first siren and were 30 points up at half time. Busselton tried hard to catch up but we were able to keep our lead and the final score was 41- 35.

The second game was against McKillop who had just won their last game. Margaret River dominated in all areas of the field and kept them scoreless for the first half. The heavens opened but this didn’t dampen the eager spirits of the Marg’s girls. The second half saw McKillop score one goal and a quieter half from our team but the final score was still 45 – 6. Awesome defence by all!

The final game was a pearler! Georgina Molloy came out on a mission not having won a game but we quickly dampened their spirits by our tenacity and skill. This game displayed fantastic team work across the field and a passion for the game. The final score was 50 – 0 which was a wonderful way to end the day.

Best Players – All the team should be congratulated for their effort but I must make mention of Tash Rigby, Olivia Payne and Ingrid Colyer who played exceptional football all day. Their energy and focus was amazing!

A big thank you to Tristan Fairey (Super Coach) who attended all training sessions and was a wonderful assistant on the day. Another thank you to Kael Jose and Dylan Jennings who helped with boundary and goal umpiring.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with this fantastic group of students. Thank you for the experience.

Kara Beecham

On Thursday 24th May a team of twenty two Year 8 and 9 boys represented MRSHS in the Smarter Than Smoking Cup Football Carnival held in Busselton.

In very windy and difficult conditions the boys played some excellent team football against some much bigger opponents.

The boys played three games on the day, winning one and losing two. The outcome may well have been different if they managed to be more productive when kicking with the strong wind that prevailed throughout the day.

The eventual winner of the boys competition was MacKillop Catholic College who went through the day undefeated. To our boys credit, they matched MacKillop in most areas and had their chances to snatch victory in the last minutes of a tightly fought contest.

Final scores for the day were as follows;

Busselton: 8.4 (52) defeated Margaret River: 1.4 (10)

MacKillop: 4.2 (26) defeated Margaret River: 3.4 (22)

Margaret River: 7.5 (47) defeated Georgiana Molloy: 3.3 (21)

All players contributed at some stage during the three matches. The most consistent players throughout the day were;

Angus McColl, Areef Walker, Harry Marsh, James Herbert, Seve Grantis, Jake Ziere, Ashley Biddulph and Jacob Payne.

Goal Scorers throughout the three games played were as follows;

Seve Grantis 3, Angus McColl 3, Matt Gozzi 2, Brendan Martin 1, Jesse Gautry 1 and Ashley Biddulph 1.

The boys are to be congratulated on what was a great day.

Jason Nelson

SMARTER THAN SMOKING FOOTBALL CARNIVAL - BOYS

SMARTER THAN SMOKING FOOTBALL CARNIVAL - GIRLS

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Congratulations to all the students who were selected in the Interschool Athletics Team. It was a great day in Busselton and a great team effort!

The Lower School Team were second overall and the Upper School Team were a close sixth with very few points between schools.

There were some notable individual performances with many students achieving a placing. All students should be proud of their individual contributions.

Congratulations to Givenjiri Lamperd (Yr 8) and Natasha Rigby (Yr 9) for their outstanding performances in winning Champion Girl in their respective age groups. An excellent achievement!

Thanks also to the Physical Education department for their support and Mr Beecham, Mr Anderson and Mr Gurney for their help as officials on the day.

Mrs T Cameron

Congratulations to all the Lower School girls who represented the school in the South West Netball High School Cup. Excellent results were achieved by all teams, with great team work and sportsmanship.

Final Results:

Year 8 - 3rd

Year 9 (Pool B) - 2nd with a Grand Final play off. Year 9 (Pool A)- 2nd in Pool A, by 1 goal!! Year 10 (Pool A) - 2nd with a Grand Final play off.

By attaining second place in the Grand Final the Years 9 and 10 girls have earned the right to be included in the regional Netball High School Cup to be played in Perth. This is a great achievement, well done girls!

Currently the girls are training on Monday afternoons 3:30 - 4:30 pm to fine tune their court strategies.

The girls will be travelling to Perth in the first week of next term on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th July. Costing and final details will be available soon.

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS

Champion Girls Tash Rigby and Givenjiri Lamperd

NETBALL - HIGH SCHOOL CUP

TEAMS Year 8

Brittany Burton

Eloise Elliot

Kaylin Hooper

Bronte Macaulay

Gemma Bayens

Brooke Gordin

Claire Reeves

Ella Thomas-Spall

Year 9 Pool A

Kate Ryan

Sophie Noske

Jess Cameron

Olivia Payne

Ingrid Colyer

Ellie Williams

Maddy Giralt

Marianne Campbell

Paris Bedford

Year 9 Pool B

Ainslee James Ross

Kirra Holley

Tahnee Hughes

Brittany Chadwick

Brittany Curtis

Coco Adrian

Gabby Bartolone

Jayde Roberts

Sophie Ross

Year 10

Amy Lindsay

Lauren Johnston

Tash Turner

Ella Meiklejohn

Darcy Matthews

Emma Lightly

Taylah Roberts

Yani Ford

Anne Hickey

Thanks to our

Coaches + Umpires

Coaches;

Miss Nadia Trotter

Taylor Hughes

Sue Angel

Sophie Kaleta

Umpires;

Wendy Nolan

Karli Hughes

Cassie Smart

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Pizza Chicken Chilli or Ham + Pineapple $2.00

- Plain Cheesy $1.00

Soup of the Day $2.50 Spaghetti Bolognaise

Small $2.50 - Large $4.50 Vegie Sub $3.00

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Pizza Chicken Chilli or Ham + Pineapple $2.00

- Plain Cheesy $1.00

Vegetarian Cheesy $1.20

Chicken + Corn Roll $1.50

Vegie Roll $2.00

Toasted Sandwich

Ham -Cheese Tomato - Onion

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- Plain Cheesy $1.00

Vegetarian Cheesy $1.20

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R E C E S S O N L Y L U N C H O N L Y

Pizza Chicken Chilli or Ham + Pineapple $2.00

- Plain Cheesy $1.00

Soup of the Day $2.50 -

Hot Cheesy Pasta Small $2.50 - Large $4.50

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Garlic Bread $1.00

Plain Cheesy $1.00

Vegetarian Cheesy $1.20

Beef Pie - Potato Pie Vegie Pastie

$3.00 -

Spinach & Ricotta or Sausage Roll $2.20

Soup of the Day $2.50 -

Hamburger or

Vegie Burger

EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS Vegemite Roll $1.00 Peanut Butter

Roll $1.00

Canteen Slice $1.00 Canteen Muffin $1.20

Lebanese Rolls, Sandwiches & Rolls

loaded with your choice of fillings

Ham - Chicken - Tuna - Egg - Cheese

&

Fresh Salad Lebanese Rolls $3.50

Roll $3.50 Sandwich $3.00

DRINKS

Water $1.50 Milk 600 ml $2.00

Choc Milk

Choc Chill

Iced Coffee

Mocha

Small $2.00 Large $3.00

Fruit Box

Apple - Blackcurrant

Orange - Pineapple

$1.20

Orange Juice Small $1.50

Large $2.50

100% Juice

Orange - Pineapple

Apple + Blackcurrant-Apple

$2.20

SNACKS Fresh Fruit $0.50

Fruche $1.50 Yoghurt $1.50

YOGO

Chocolate or Dirt

$1.50

Quench Sticks $0.50

CANTEEN WINTER MENU

16

DATES TO REMEMBER 25th June - 6th July

Year 11 SWL

29th June

Years 10, 11 & 12 Acpher Dance Festival

2nd July - 6th July

Country Week

6th July

Last Day of Term 2

23rd July

Student Free Day

Parent Teacher Meetings

24th July

Term 3 Commences

16th, 17th & 18th August

School Play - Blue Remembered Hills

158 Bussell Hwy Margaret River WA

6285

WE’RE ON THE WEB

www.margaretrivershs.det.wa.edu.au

MARGARET RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Phone: 9757 0700 Fax: 9757 2253

email: mrshs@mrshs.wa.edu.au

Contributions & Charges 2007

A big thank you to all families who have paid their 2007 Contributions & Charges.

A friendly reminder to those who have not yet paid, the

school would appreciate your payment as soon as possible.

Any families experiencing financial difficulties are

welcome to come and see me.

Thank you

Jo Stephen

Registrar

Hamish Kane Gibson Nickname: ‘Gibbo”

Age: 28

Learning Area: Mathematics

Sporting Background: 1990 Commonwealth Bank Cup Squad Member (State), Junior State Basketball League, Hawks Junior Football.

Interests: Surfing, Reading, Learning Technologies, Family

Brief Work History:

2002 Graduated

2003 - 2004 Meekatharra School of the Air

2004 - 2005 Manjimup

Family: Wife, two children, daughter (5) & son ( 2 1/2 )

Favourite Music: Easy listening ‘roots’ music

eg. Matt Grisham, Jack Johnson

Favourite Food: Mangoes, Seafood, & South West Beef

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