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September 2012From The Principal Dates To Remember

PD/Health/PE Report P&C News

Career's News Electric Vehicle Bike Challenge

Year 7 Welfare Day Sport's Report

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From The Principal

It has been a busy start to the term and with so much sickness around I’d like to thank parents for keepingtheir ill children at home. I’d also like to thank students for their tolerance with so many staff off sick as well.I’d also ask parents to ensure their contact details are accurate in case of emergency and if any medicationsneed to be administered, please contact the office staff.

Election of captains will be taking place shortly. A great number of quality students have been nominated forthis position. I wish them all luck for their interview, presentation and election.

SRC

The SRC attended a recent “Leadership Day“ with Mr de Beer. Feedback has been exceptional. Thanks toMr Trayhurn for his organisation. The SRC also led recent Commendation Assemblies and we thank themfor their leadership of this event. Jeans for Genes was also successfully held.

Year 12 Practical Works

Thanks goes to the staff who have been putting in lots of extra hours to get the major works completed. Thestandard of work in Technology Timber, Music, Textiles, Society and Culture, Visual Arts and ExtensionEnglish 2 has been very impressive. Great job Year 12- it takes a lot of commitment. Good luck, too, to themusic class who have their performance examon11th September.

Yr 12 Music

Yr 12 Music at Lizottes on 3rd September. A great night was had by all and what terrific rehearsal for yourexams.

Year 12 University Admission

A meeting was held on 28th August for students to learn about this process and their opportunities throughNewcastle University. Friends on Campus, a program designed to mentor students through the early stagesof course selection, enrolment and timetabling has also been offered to students.

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Don’t forget Graduation Night is Thursday 20th September at 7pm. A photographer will be available forfamily shots if you are interested.

Healthy Schools, Healthy Future

Jodie Lewis has been appointed as our new worker for this program. We held a family meeting recently

whish was poorly attended. This presentation will take place at the next P&C meeting 12th September at7pm.

The HSHF project is a 3 year initiative of the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England PopulationHealth that is being conducted in 32 schools (DET and CSO) across the Hunter New England regiontargeting Years 7 - 10 students. The aims of the intervention project are to increase adolescent resilienceand mental health and wellbeing, and to decrease participation in/uptake of the harm behaviours of alcohol,tobacco and marijuana use, and unsafe sexual practises. There is also focus on strengthening connectionsbetween the school, home and community, increasing awareness of and access to support services, anddevelopment of the skills to build and maintain positive and supportive relationships.

The purpose of conducting the Community Workshops is two-fold. Firstly, it is a way to inform the schoolcommunity (i.e. parents/families, students, staff) and community organisations within the local area about theHSHF project and our aims/targets over the intervention period. And secondly, to provide a forum forparticipants to collaborate and have input as to how they feel student resilience needs can best besupported, how community organisations can be better promoted and accessed, and how communityorganisations and parents can have greater engagement and involvement within the school (i.e. in events,decision-making, implementation of resilience-based programs/educational opportunities).

These Workshops also provide community organisations with an opportunity to advocate the programs andservices they can provide/offer students and families within and external to the school, and also a chance tonetwork with other organisations. We encourage organisations to promote their services, and have resourcematerial (i.e. posters and brochures) displayed and available for schools and parents to access both at theWorkshop and within the school after the event.

MADD Night

Congratulations to all students and staff who were involved on the night. Unfortunately I was unable toattend but people tell me it was one of the best. Reports have also come to me about the difference thenew lighting has made.

Thanks to P&C

Thanks for the six new interactive whiteboards that have been installed.

Year 7 Welfare Day

Thanks to Ms Osborne for your organisation. This day looked at the issues of cyberbullying.

50th Anniversary

Remember to let people know this is on. We are having an open day on Saturday 6th August. Displays,memorabilia, a commemorative Munibung and even the capacity to make a tax deductible donation for theair conditioning of the library will be available. Barbecues and coffee and cake will also be available.

Employability Passport Program

I had the pleasure of being invited to this graduation. Congratulations to Dylan Wills, Jake Vella, LukeMclean and Lachlan Arkley.

Congratulations to Emmily Hourigan

Her aerobics team came fourth in the National tittles held recently.

NSW Development Touch Team

Congratulations to Kirsten Stanton, Caitlin Moran & Matt Jarrett who have been selected and will becompeting in Port Macquarie soon.

Hobart Cup

Zac Lloyd and Cameron Jefferson have also represented Lake Macquarie Soccer in the Hobart Cup inTasmania. Well done boys.

GATS students

7L and Year 10 students presented a wonderful array of independent work recently. It is terrific to see thestandard of interest, skill and knowledge on display as well as the great use of technology.

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On Saturday 25th August Ashley Link and Hayden Wilson, with the support of Mr James, competed in this

competition. They created and electric powered bicycle. They went on the come 4th of the 28 entrants. Welldone boys.

Blood donors – thank you!

Matthew Gardner Lachlan Knaus Ethan Phillips

Benjamin Smith Melissa Edwards Shanae Tuck

Daniel Kirkwood Anthony Rothapfel Lani Hugo

Jake Iacconi Lucas Blanch Grace Keating

Kylie Millington Keira Moojen Blake Pinkerton

Lenden Pratt David Singler Chloe Morris

Dean Razmovski Brad Roser Aden Blanch

Amy Crook Jayden Fennell Madison Griggs

Alyssa Luck Abbey Mateer

Maddison Jones – Success in Equestrian Championships

Maddison Jones has been selected to represent NSW for both Novice and Elementary dressage levels at the

National Interschool Championships 2012 that will be held in Toowoomba from Sunday the 31st September

through to Friday the 5th of October, 2012.

Touch Football

International Youth Day 2012 Touch Tournament was held 10th August at Tredinnick Oval, Speers Point.Congratulations both teams who were successful in making the finals. Our girls lost to Hunter Sports High 2-1. Our boys successfully defeated Hunter Sports High.

Girls:

Kirsten Stanton Kaneisha Beitsch Tyra McCarthy

Caitlin Moran Shae Donovan Leketa Tahu

Ebony Thompson Morgan Hiamau-Ikihele Abby Jaeger

Gina Jaeger Lilli Gordon Eliza Gordon

Boys:

Kayden Hooper Kylie Hunt Shannon McKellar

Ray Steadman Matthew Jarrett Sam Morgan

Sam Ryan-Allen Cody Griffen Lenny Pratt

Gavin Coates Alex Armstrong Heath Gibbs

Blake Pinkerton

Building and Construction

Thanks to the following boys were involved in a building day at school down on the back oval. Lots of workexperience skills learned as well as lots of jobs completed.

Lachlan Arkley Rhys Budden Tyler Budsworth

Alex Armstron Frank Cannon Jordan Croese

Nathan Dos Matthew Gardiner Nathan Gibson

Cameron Herring Jacob Maher Luke McLean

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Timothy Simpson Raymond Steadman Mitchell Straumer

James Walters Dylan Wills

Dates To Remember

September 10-21 Year 11 Exams

September 12 P&C Meeting 7pm

September 20 Year 12 Graduation

September 21 Last Day of Term 3

October 8 Start of Term 4 (All Students)

October 10 Year 9 MicroSCOPE Interviews

October 10 P&C Meeting 7pm

P&C News

A review is in progress, due to the low attendance at the recent parent/teacher interview this term.Consideration will be given as to whether there was adequate advertising and/or other reasons why.

If you would like to make comment please contact the P&C by sending an email marked to the attention ofthe P&C to [email protected] or drop a note into the office.

Reminder that nominations for the Community Volunteers Award close 30 October.

I give a Gonski! Have you registered your support for fairer funding in public schools? Over 40,000 peoplehave now registered their support at www.igiveagonski.com.au.

The next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday, 12 September at 7.00pm in the administration staffroom.Everyone welcome!

Regards

Kim Knight

P&C President

Career's News

What has been happening! And what is Upcoming!

Year 11 Study Skills Sessions

Congratulations to all the Year 11 students who attended their study skills session, the sessions were set upto address issues for students such as what and how to study, barriers to study and how to manage theirtime to enable them to study.

RSA

There will be a Responsible Service of Alcohol course run on the 11th September 2012 for students in Year12, students wishing to attend this course need to get a note from Mr.Clape and pay at the school office $85for the course.

White Card

On Saturday 4th of September, Congratulations to the 15 students from Cardiff High completed their WorkHealth and Safety Construction Induction course, they will now receive their Work Cover White Card whichallows them to work on construction site.


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UAC Information day

Year 12 had the opportunity to meet the University of Newcastle Ambassadors, work closely with the UoNFriends on Campus and attend a parent information session on UAC applications, University life, courseselections and preferences congratulations to year 12 on their attendance for theses sessions.

NSW Fire Rural Fire Brigade Cadetship Program

Congratulations to those students who have been taking part in this program, the program ends the lastFriday of term with the students graduation from the program in week 3 term 4. The program aims todevelop a range of School to Work skills in students including safety, leadership, teamwork and initiativeskills. Students selected have been given the opportunity to develop new skills with the NSW Rural FireService on Fridays, periods 1-2 in Term 3.

Employability Passport Program

The next round of students for the Employability Passport Program can now pick up an Expression ofinterest form from Mr.Clape the EPP allows students to experience a variety of career building sessions andvisit further education venues as part of the course, it is an excellent opportunity to see what avenues arearound the hunter for employment.

Upcoming Important Dates

UAC Applications

Wednesday 8 August 2012 Applications open

Friday 28 September 2012 On-time applications close

Wednesday 31 October 2012 Late applications close with late fee* 119

Friday 30 November 2012 Late applications close with late fee* 137

Thursday 31 January 2013 Final close of applications with late fee* 147

HSC and ATAR

Wednesday 19 December 2012 NSW HSC results e-released by Board of Studies

Thursday 20 December 2012 ATARs released by UAC

TVET Applications

Year 10 students interested in attending a TAFE course as part of their HSC must ensure that they areaware that first round admissions close on 7th September. Please ensure you have completed yourapplication completely and all extra forms for high demand courses and have handed it to Mr.Clape

For more information on TAFE or UAC dates and procedures visit

www.uac.edu.au

www.hunter.tafensw.edu.au/tvet

Regards

Cardiff Careers Team

Carolyn Gibson and Daniel Clapé

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Year 7 Welfare Day

On August 27 Year 7 had the pleasure of having Brett Murray at Cardiff High School to present issuesrelated to bullying in a positive manner to the students. Brett demonstrated through life experiences ways toovercome bullying. He spoke about an air balloon and demonstrated to the students how the character ofthe individual can take off with you as the pilot to follow your dream through determination and passion.

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Thank you very much Brett for organising such an enthralling, entertaining seminar. The presentation showedways to deal and cope with bullying. Brett displayed to the students that the past, media and truth shape theindividual but ultimately you make the CHOICE as to how you lead your life.

Brett has been seen on many television programs promoting making Bullying History. He has even had hisown program where he turned around the lives for many youth who had troubled lives.

Students completed the day with the activity to plan their dream; to think about where their life is headingand to reaffirm with positive affirmation.

Thanks go to RUSH for sponsoring Brett to come to Cardiff High, as well as offering to the students theopportunity to have mentors.

Kara Osborne

Girls Adviser

Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Festival

2012 EV PRIZE Competition

Our school was invited to enter the 2012 EV Prize competition in the schools division. We were late to startcompared to the other teams and had some delays on delivery of parts. Never the less we managed tomake the race day and were very pleased with our results coming first out of all of the public school entrantsand first of the first time competitors. Plus we were only two laps off the winning team after one and a halfhours of racing.

On Sunday the 26th Ashley Link and Hayden Wilson went to Newcastle Kart Racing Club raceway at 5Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park accompanied by Mr James to race Cardiff High’s “state of the art”electric bike. It was a great day with good weather, a fantastic venue and a great atmosphere. A deliciouslunch was provided by Rotary and it was nice to receive a hat, shirt, drink bottle, pen, writing book and othergoodies just for participating. There was a great range of electric vehicles varying in designs, shapes and











sizes to look at.

We had to overcome many adversities to achieve our fantastic result. Our project had problems that had tobe solved. We had mismatched parts and a motor that didn’t arrive until the Friday before the race. Howeverthis did not stop us but only provided us with opportunities to use our problem solving skills and develop ourpractical skills. After we had overcome those challenges we had two separate punctures in our rear tyre tocontend with. One while undergoing scrutineering and another in time trials for the grid starting positions.Luckily we were able to repair the puncture during the recharge window before the actual race.

Once the tyres were fixed, we went in the race with Ashley Link who rode for 30 minutes, then HaydenWilson who rode for 60 minutes. At the end of the race both riders quote “The seat would be veryuncomfortable after 90 mins” which I bet it would’ve been. Both riders did a magnificent job to follow therace plan and rode the bike in an economic fashion. But Ashley and Hayden were not the only ones in theproject and Jarrod Goninan, Jason Horn, Harvey Durrance, Isaac Naylor, Gavin Caleb and Joshua Crouch-Reeves deserve recognition for their contributions.

We would like to thank the support that we received from many people along the way. One of these was JonEggenhuizen who gave up his time to come in to assist us sharing his knowledge and skills about buildingelectric motor vehicles. Another was Helen Link who put us in contact with The University of Newcastleengineering. The two students from the university that came and brain stormed ideas with us and returned toassist with problem solving and the build. Plus the support of the Industrial Arts teachers who gave usaccess to the Industrial Arts rooms and resources. We received sponsorship from Lake Macquarie CityCouncil and the University of Newcastle and the bike parts were donated from Bike Ecology. Catavolt wasour source of electric motor, controller and lights.












Sport Report

SPORT CONGRATULATIONS!!!

State Tennis

Congratulations to Adrienne Harvey (Yr8) who competed with the girls open tennis team in the recent

NSWCHS open Ladies Tennis Championships. Adrienne & her team performed well finishing in 3rd place.

State Athletics

In this Olympic Year Cardiff High School athletes are continuing to strive Higher, Faster, Stronger. We’vehad fantastic results at the recent Hunter Region Athletics Carnival with 5 students(more than ever before)earning themselves a place in the Hunter Region team to compete in the NSW Athletics Championships tobe held in the Sydney Olympic Stadium in Homebush, Sydney on September 6,7 & 8 September. Thosestudents are:

Jake Bawden (yr 8) – 14yr boys Javelin

Morgan Haimau-Ikihele (yr 7) – 13yrs girls Discus, 13yrs girls Shot Put

Adam Lanske (yr 7) - 13yrs boys High Jump

Sam Wilson (yr 8) – 14yr boys High Jump

Wayne Wyborn (yr 7) 13yrs boys Long Jump, 13yrs boys Javelin

Congratulations & good luck to you all!

TERM 4 SPORT SELECTIONS

It’s that time of term again when students in year 7-10 will be required to choose a sport for term 4. Term 4Sport Choice Selection will be held on Thursday 13 September 2012. Students must bring a completedand signed consent form, along with any bus fare ($50/term) or upfront payment as required. Selection of asport is possible with just a signed consent form (with payment to follow at a later date) however preferencewill be given to students who have upfront payment.

If your child is absent/ will be absent on Thursday 13 September 2012, get someone else to return theirselection form for you or they should see Ms Harvey on the lunch of the day they return to school.

Term 4 will see the introduction to some new sports and venues to Cardiff High School Wednesday Sport.Below is a brief outline of each of the new sports. The full list of sports being offered will follow.

Crossfit @ Strength Republic

Crossfit is one of the most popular methods of improving fitness at present. It is one of the fastest growingsports and will give students the opportunity to develop their strength and conditioning in a fun and safeway.

CrossFit is great for developing a broad base of fitness; it builds strength and increases endurance. Ratherthan working muscles in isolation, CrossFit exercises involve the entire body, a method that gets balancedresults much quicker than traditional programs. It is the perfect application for any committed individualregardless of experience and conditioning who is looking to become leaner, stronger, faster, more fit andconfident. CrossFit uses Olympic lifting progressions, basic gymnastic skills and high intensity cardiocombined with many other movements, beneficial in day-to-day life.

Whether you want to lose weight, increase your functional strength and fitness, training as an elite athlete, inthe armed forces, a housewife or a grandparent, CrossFit is for you and will benefit anyone ready to acceptthe challenge.

Martial Arts @ Strength Republic

The martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices. They are practiced for a variety ofreasons, including self defence, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental, physical, andspiritual development.

During sport, students will get the opportunity to learn a mixture of martial arts to help them with fitness andself defence. They will be instructed by qualified martial art instructors.

Judo–School Hall

Judo is the 2nd most practiced sport in the world (2nd only to soccer).

Judo is the only sport based martial art where you practice full contact grappling skills in standing and onthe ground every time you train. These are the skills you need most in order to defend yourself masterathletic techniques, build strength and fitness.











Judo is also ideal for children as it promotes physical, mental and character development, combining safeand fun gymnastic skills with a form of self defense that is much less likely to injure someone than martialarts involving striking (kicking, punching etc.)

At the moment Cardiff High School have Samurai Judo Academy operating out of our school hall on aTuesday & Friday afternoon /evening. The instructors at Samurai Judo Academy have made themselvesavailable to run a Judo class during the Wednesday afternoon sport. Students electing to do Judo for sportwill be taught by professional tutors (senseis).

Miss D Harvey

Sports Co-ordinator

PD/Health/PE Report

With the end of the term approaching, it is timely to look back on the year- especially with our Year 12 classcompleting their HSC studies. This year has seen the following activities occur in PDHPE to date:

Fitness assessmentsDecathlons and pentathlonDancing – bush dance, square dance, social dance (The Pride of Erin!) and Latin American danceAssignments – Who am I? Body Image, Anti-Bullying, Youth Health Services, Sandwiches! Artefactstasks and more….OrienteeringArcheryUltimate FrisbeeOz Tag / touch football and flag footballDecision ballDrug educationLearning about pubertyThe Ski Trip!

All these (and more) activities have taken place in PDHPE and PASS classes this year – when you considerall the things we do, PDHPE is much more than just playing games. It is through the efforts of the PDHPEstaff and the input of students that makes a difference – we hope that the students continue to applythemselves to their work and that we are able to maintain the range of activities.

Cardiff HS Moodle website

As you are aware, Cardiff HS has a website using the “Moodle” format. It is on this website that many classactivities and assignments are placed. In Term three, the PDHPE faculty has placed several of these ontoour Moodle section - to access this, go to the following web address:

http://web1.cardiff-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/moodle/course/category.php?id=20

From here, students AND parents can access the relevant year group and material that has been placed onthe website. I encourage parents and students to check the Moodle site regularly to keep up to date withwhat is happening in their subjects.

Farewell Year 12

The end of this term sees our Year 12 PDHPE students complete the HSC course, with the HSC Exam for

PDHPE set for the morning of the 31st of October. We wish them well and know that they will spend theirtime between the end of term and the HSC commencing busily studying and revising for the exams. Iextend an invitation to our students, should they wish to, to use the library at the school for study and feelfree to keep in touch with the PDHPE staff if they have concerns about the exam or would just like to touchbase – the door is always open.

Regards,

The PDHPE Faculty

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STARTS – WEDNESDAY 10TH OCTOBER

FINISHES – WEDNESDAY 12TH DECEMBER

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Newcastle Junior Oztag

Where: Smith Pk Hamilton

When: Wed afternoons

Starts: October

Cost: $60 per player

Mixed boys and girls teams10 players per team

Rego nights are 6/9 and 12/9

4.30 - 6pm at Hamilton North Bowling Club

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