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BATHURST HIGH

CAMPUS NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2016

Presentation Night and Musical Performance

Presentation Night 2016

On Tuesday night, 6th December, Bathurst High Campus celebrated the academic, sporting and cultural

achievements of students for 2016 at the annual Presentation Night. The new school captains Eve Currie

and Nick Johnson, welcomed our distinguished guests, parents, staff, friends and carers. Eve and Nick

were joined by the new vice captains Ella Purser, Jacob Zammitt, Holly Davis and Sam Neary. The six

leaders need to be congratulated on the excellent way they conducted themselves as MC’s. The recipients

were:

Year 7: Alannah Baldwin, Chiara Bicanic, Miranda Campbell, Tianna Copeland, Tahlia Cosgrove,

Chloe Gibbons, Taleiha Gorman, Nash Hutchings, Josephine Jackson, Brendan Johnson, Zoe Peters,

Jasmine Kennedy, Katelyn King, Levi Letcher, Jonathan Limbrick, Oliver Liu, Arwen McLean,

Leo Meares, Jacob Mounce-Stephens, Zara Sheader, Sophie Thomas, Taylah Wade, Bridget Warne,

Abbie Writer and Isabel Whalan.

Year 8: Lucinda Begg, Elouise Clark, Ella Davis, Ben Denmead, Thomas Elibank Murray, Elise

Fowler, Kacey Fox, Ivy Foxall, Lilly Jabour, Finella McBurney, Jarrod Neill, Nicole Nichols, Timothy

Porter,

Konrad Oakes-Barber, Samantha Schultz, Harvey Shead, Tahlia Spicer, Kayla Su’a, Sabine Trevillion,

Sebastian Veilande and Alex Wallace.

Year 9: Maeve Beuzeville, Jacob Bicanic, Sam Denmead, Saskia Dorsman, Callum Goldfinch,

Reggie Happ, Jack Hogan, Abbey Kemp, Jessica Kennedy, James Kim, Charlton Lew, Emily Lindsay,

Hannah McNarey, Bradley Mounce-Stephens, Isaac Neary, Lydia Nichols, Tanya Rege, Grace Thomas,

Montanah Tickle, Jemima Warne, Melissa Yahyaoglu and Angus Yeoman.

Year 10: John Attard, Leah Barber , Emma Brodie, Alexa Browett, Marcus Dege, Sophie Dinger ,

Olivia Doble, Charlie Dunbar, Cooper Fox, Damian Mays, Niamh McAdam, Aidan McBurney,

Rameez Merchant, Kristen Mitchell, Isaac Nicholls, Lachlan Pietsch, Bharosha Poudel, Bobbi Ralls,

Rosa Press Hayes, Jake Sheader and Sam Sloan.

Year 11: Luke Ayoub, Kane Bar tlett, Matthew Browning, Felicity Caldwell, Riley Cheshire, Kiana

Coe, Chiquita-Anne Cooper, Eve Currie, Isaac Darlington, Dylan Dukes, Scarlett Elliott, Nardia English,

Adam Fearnley, Grace Finlayson, Natalie Fowler, Rose Goldsmith, Zoe Graham, Patric Henderson,

Nick Johnson, Olivia Johnson, Kate Kennedy, Paul Lautaru, Edward Liu, Matthew McCauley,

Harriet McLean, Lachlan Mellor, Jack Mobbs, Lachlan Morrison, Loretta Morrison, Brenna Nichols,

Bethany Osborne, Johnny Palumbo, Ryan Peacock, Molly Peters, Ella Purser, Will Robinson,

Cameron Smith, Chloe Suringa, Chloe Toole, Henry Veilande, Dylan Warman, Katelyn Witherspoon and

Jacob Zammitt.

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Presentation Night cont….

Dux 2015: Cameron Jones

The Excellence in Academic Achievement recipients are the top 3 of their Year , based on an average

of Semester 1 and 2. There was a tie in Year 9 and 10.

They are:

Year 7: Zoe Peters, Sophie Thomas and Chiara Bicanic

Year 8: Lucinda Begg, Ella Davis and Sabine Trevillion

Year 9: Saskia Dorsman, Grace Thomas, Jemma Warne and Jacob Bicanic

Year 10: Jake Sheader, Niamh McAdam, Lachlan Pietsch and Marcus Dege

Year 11: Jacob Zammitt, Brenna Nichols and Molly Peters

The principal Mr Geoff Hastings and his wife Dr Wendy Hastings, launched the Hastings Family

Scholarship, which will be awarded to a Year 10 and Year 11 student each year. The recipients of this

wonderful scholarship were Kiana Coe and Isaac Nicholls.

Congratulations to all our Award Recipients.

The Dux for 2015, Cameron Jones gave an inspirational address and Bathurst High Patron Trent Copeland,

NSW cricketer, made a surprise visit and presented the Kenny Beale memorial award for Rugby league.

The audience was entertained by the Concert Band led by Mr Andrew Smith and a wonderful performance

by BHC Vocal Group led by Ms Veronica Manock. An audio visual presentation of the highlights of 2016

was shown, which was compiled by Ms Aleeah Maffesoni.

Denison College principal, Mr Craig Petersen, gave the closing address and after his acknowledgement of

Mr Hastings, the audience gave Geoff a standing ovation. Mr Hastings did shed a tear!

A special thank you must go to Mrs Janine Browning (pictured right) for

her outstanding organisation and coordination of the highly successful

evening and she expresses her thanks to the Leadership Team members

for their assistance during the day and at the Presentation.

Denison College

Principal Mr Craig

Petersen pictured with

retiring Principal

Mr Geoff Hastings.

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Presentation Night cont…...


Band Report

Bathurst High Campus Bands and Vocal

group have been busy preparing for the end of

year activities and concerts in recent weeks.

On Tuesday 29th of November the music

department hosted band and vocal workshops

with students from the local primary schools

as part of the Iexplore program. Over fifty

young musicians and vocalists came and

worked with our experienced music students

and staff in a challenging and enjoyable day

of musical learning. Band students

concentrated on the complexities of ensemble

playing and improvisation techniques while

the vocal students learnt about harmonisation

and breath control. The day culminated in a

short but entertaining concert at the Year 7 2017 information night. Congratulations to all involved in this

successful program!

The Bathurst High Vocal group has also been busy preparing for their annual showcase held in the Theatre

foyer on Thursday 1st of December. These events have always offered high quality vocal entertainment and

this year was no exception.

The Bathurst High Concert Band featured at the annual presentation night held in the gym on December

6th. The band worked hard to develop new and challenging works for this event.

The annual Swing Factor and Chill Factor Concert will be held in the Bathurst High Theatre on Tuesday

the 13th of December. This event will again offer the highest quality Big Band music to be seen in this

region. Our award winning bands are performing at the highest level and this is an event not to be missed.

Doors open at 6pm!

Congratulations to all musicians, vocalists,

teachers, parents and friends involved in our

Music Ensemble program on another success-

ful year.

The Arts and Public Education are alive and

well in the Bathurst Community.

Mr Andrew Smith

Director Musical Performances




News from the Principal

Geoff Hastings

Principal

Thank You Bathurst High Community and thank you to these wonderful staff

The last few weeks have been a little bit of a blur but I am pleased to say that most of the staffing is in

place for 2017. A quick summary of our staff who are leaving and a huge thank you to all of them.

Sandra Chapman—English Head Teacher and Head Teacher Senior School, Sandra transformed the

teaching of English and Ancient History at the school, Sandra has been an integral part of the leadership of

Bathurst High for nearly two decades. She will be taking leave for a year before officially retiring at the

end of 2017. There are generations of students and teachers who have been influenced and mentored by

“Chappers”. She is a legend of the school.

Janine Browning—has been casual and permanent at Bathurst High since the late 1980s. Mrs Browning

has been a “go to” Maths teacher and an outstanding Mathematics practitioner. She has made maths

understandable for thousands of students. She is deeply embedded in Bathurst High and has been our

major events organiser—Year 12 presentation and presentation night, for many years. She will be missed.

Catherine Reid—as the Acting Head Teacher Creative Arts for the last two years she has overseen a large

and diverse faculty and transformed it. She has also been an outstanding teacher of dance for over ten

years and her commitment has resulted in a huge increase in our dance elective and dance ensemble

numbers. She is moving to Kuringai High School as Head Teacher Creative Arts.

Also to some of our teachers who have not been at Bathurst High as long as the above but we wish them

all the best. All are leaving for positions elsewhere and this is a tribute to their talent and willing to

develop professionally. Thank you to Mr Luke Gillmer who has, with Ms Strickland, been a formidable

Year 7 student advising team. To Ms Lisa Cebokli who has achieved some wonderful HSC results in

Chemistry, Ms Angela Forbes in Science who has been with us for two years and has developed into an

outstanding teacher, Mr Chris Bell who has taught English and our literacy/numeracy class wonderfully.

Mr Bell also lobbied for, and occupied the position of boys advisor. Mr Mark Harlor who has occupied

many teaching positions within the school with great professionalism and energy. He has also used his

musical expertise to assist with many performing arts productions.

I wish them all well on behalf of the community of Bathurst High and thank them for their service.

Start of School 2017

The arrangements for the start of school in 2017 are similar to previous years. Full details will be on our

website but the first day ( 27th Jan) is a school development day for teachers and administration staff. Any

contact with the school can be made through the school email address [email protected]

which will be monitored through the holidays at various times.

Thank you and Goodbye

I can’t express my thanks to the whole of the Bathurst High community easily. Constantly I am told by

outsiders of the outstanding “culture” of our school. That comes from the students and staff working

together every day. Difficulties and disputes arise and that is absolutely normal but I thank all the parents

and students who work with staff to try and look for solutions in a respectful way. Bathurst High is a great

school and I am so lucky to have had the privilege of working as a Head Teacher and

Principal here for fifteen of my thirty seven years in public education. I will watch the

future journey with interest and support the school from a distance. Have a safe and

happy Christmas and others will all do it again in 2017.



College Principal’s Report

College Staffing

As we approach the last days of 2016, there are a number of staffing positions that I am aware will change.

Mrs Chapman (Head Teacher Senior Studies, Bathurst HC) will take leave prior to retiring. Mrs Chapman

has been a tireless worker who has kept me very organised over the last couple of years. I know that

students, parents and staff alike have appreciated her expertise in all things to do with shared courses,

Future Directions and HSC Seminar Days.

Ms Burt has been relieving in the role of Head Teacher Junior Studies, Bathurst HC, since Mrs Bertolin left

for Canobolas Rural Technology HS at the beginning of 2014. Ms Burt has done an outstanding job

coordinating School Within a School, enrichment programs and supporting Iexplore with our partner pri-

mary schools. Now that Mrs Bertolin has been confirmed as a permanent Deputy Principal at Canobolas,

Ms Barr (currently Head Teacher, Science, Bathurst HC) has moved into this position.

I am in the process of upgrading one of the College Head Teacher positions to Deputy Principal status, in

order to further enhance the work of the College Executive. This will be largely funded through an

allowance that the College receives due to my position as Deputy President of the NSW Secondary

Principals’ Council.

Of course, Mr Hastings is retiring after 11 years as Principal,

Bathurst High Campus. During his extensive career, Mr Hastings

has provided outstanding service to schools throughout the cen-

tral west of NSW as well as serving as an executive member of

the NSW Secondary Principals’ Council. As well as being

named a Life Member of SPC in June this year, I was privileged

to be present when he received a prestigious National Award

from the Principal Australia Institute. I wish Mr Hastings all the

very best for the next phase of his career. I am already aware of

other avenues that Mr Hastings will be pursuing and I know that

he will be quite busy in 2017!

High Achievers’ Reception

Parents of our top achievers in Years 10 and 11 at both campuses will have already received their invitation

to the Annual High Achievers’ Reception, to be held at the Charles Sturt University School of Engineering

on Tuesday 31st January. This is the first week that students are back at school, and is a great way to kick

of the academic year.

Year 12 students will receive their invitations as soon as the HSC results are released on Thursday 15th

December.

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday to all!

Craig Petersen

College Principal

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