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Billabong Highlights Term 2 Week 3 Monday 7 May 2012

Student Achievements Congratulations to the following students and teams for their outstanding recent success. Alyssa Savill representing NSW All

Schools Tennis Team at the Australian Championships in Queensland last week.

Carrington Melbourne who received notification last week that she is one of ten NSW Student Volunteers to receive a $2,000.00 Educational Scholarship.

Claudia Wright who will be receiving a Diamond Volunteering Award for 80 hours of volunteering.

Gemma Wall will be receiving a Highly Commended Award for being nominated by Riverina for the State Awards.

Paige Mathewson who has been selected in the NSW/ACT U18 Youth Girls AFL Team to contest the National Championships in

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Adelaide. Matthew Klemke and Samuel

Murray who will represent Riverina at the State U15 AFL Championships.

Emily Jones and Mikaela Webster who are participating in the Riverina Central Regional Choir at the NSW CHS Performance in Sydney today.

The Senior Debating Team won two debates against Albury High School and James Fallon last week and are now the Zone winners and move onto the knockout stage of the State Competition. This was their third win in the competition.

The Lawn Bowls Team won their third game against Griffith High School. One more win will place them in the final 16 teams in the state. They have to play Finley for one of the two Riverina spots in the state finals.

P & C Meeting The next P & C Meeting will take place this Tuesday at 7.00pm in the

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common room. A Can teen Committee Meeting will take place at 6.00pm. All interested parents are invited to attend the P & C Meeting. New members are most welcome.

Woolworths School Promotion The school has a collection box in the foyer for stickers/sticker cards in the Woolworths School Promotion. Students are encouraged to bring stickers/sticker cards in as the school will benefit at the end of the promotion time.

School Cross Country The annual School Cross Country will take place this Wednesday. This is the third of our major whole school carnivals and I look forward to seeing all our students participate on the day.

Construction Update There is currently a lot of construction work being undertaken at the school. A progress report includes: a) The lift should be handed over to

the school this week. b) Work on the Trade Training

Centres in Hospitality and Construction is well underway.

c) Work has started on replacing the entire floor in the hall.

NAPLAN Tests The 2012 NAPLAN Tests will take place next week for students in Years 7 and 9. All students in these Years sit the tests across Australia. The tests wi l l run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Students who miss an exam will have the opportunity to catch up on Friday. It is important that all students sit the exams as they provide valuable diagnostic information to the school.

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Senior Football Report Billabong’s senior football team played its first game in the ASSSFA Ross Henshaw Shield competition against Catholic College Wodonga at Culcairn Sportsground on Wednesday 2nd May.

The Billabong team, led by Dylan Hore and Joshua Jones, were competitive in the first half, due mainly to a super defensive effort by all players against a CCW team that played strong running football and boasted a forward line with several strong marking players. At half time, Billabong was 13 points down – still in the game but with a lot of work to do.

CCW kicked away in the second half, scoring eight goals in each of the next two quarters to record a decisive victory 21.13 (139) to 5.4 (34). The loss of co-captain Josh Jones just before half time, did not help Billabong’s cause, but the strong defensive effort of the first half, also depleted the energy of our players.

Strong performances from Dylan Hore, Josh Jones (until injured), Isaac Muller, Steven Bradshaw, Luke Carmen and Hamish Casey in a losing team were a highlight for Billabong and those players playing their first game of senior football received a valuable lesson about the standard of the AWSSFA competition.

State Lawn Bowls Knockout On Thursday Billabong defeated Griffith High in the third round of the State Lawn Bowls Knockout. It was another sound win 29—7. One more win and they will compete in the

Calendar—May

8 P & C Meeting

9 BHS Cross Country Carnival

4 Year 12 HSC Drama

Study Day Years 9 & 10 Debate at BHS

9 BHS Cross Country Carnival

11 CHS Netball Knockout in Albury Riverina Lawn Bowls Trials in

Wagga St Josephs & Culcairn Public School Athletics Carnival on

BHS Oval

14 Zone Tennis Finals at Albury

High School

15-17 NAPLAN Tests

State Final at Warrilla later this term. Congratulations to Cassidy McAliece, Rachel Hensel and Jeremy Finlayson and good luck for the finals.

Juniors Play Good Footy—Catholic College Too Strong The BHS Junior Footy Team played Catholic College Wodonga on Wednesday morning at the Culcairn Oval. It was a good day for footy and great to see a few parents there to support the boys. The CCW team were big and fast, but our team were hard at the ball and showed excellent spirit. The BHS combination were able to match them for two quarters, but the opposition were able to kick multiple goals in bursts and went on to win comfortably.

Final score: CCW (81) defeated BHS (22) Special thanks to Myall Hoffmann’s Dad, Ross, who was goal umpire and thanks also to Liam, Hamish, Lachlan and Myall for helping with boundary umpiring and water.

Best on ground: Our captain Matty Klemke played an outstanding game and provided inspirational leadership. Other fine players included: Alex Dougherty, Sam Murray, Harrison Macreadie, Damien Andrews and Nick Wright (inspiring determination and tackle technique).

Goals: Matty Klemke, Coby Ross and Keegan Jenkins.

Congratulations to the team on a fine effort.

Junior Boys Coach – Peter Schneider

SPORT NEWS Week 3

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Woolworths Earn & Learn It’s simple to participate :

From 9 May, when staff and parents shop at Woolworths they can collect stickers from the checkout operator and place them on sticker cards. There’ll be one sticker for every $10.00 spent. Stickers or completed sticker cards can be placed in the collection box in the foyer at Billabong.

Sports News Cont...

Hayden Webb’s Golf Success Hayden Webb has had a very busy golf and travel schedule lately. He finished third in the Riverina stroke-play on Friday 16th March and followed this up by winning the Riverina match-play championships on Thursday 22nd March, by defeating Joel Sheilds (off 1) in the semi final 2up, then in the final Hayden defeated Lachlan Stewart (off 3) 6 and 5. As a result of this success, Hayden has been picked in the Riverina team to play at the state carnival being held at Koohindah Waters Golf Club in Wyong at the end of this term.

Continuing his busy schedule, Hayden over the 1st and 2nd of May, played in the State Schoolboys Individual Stroke-play at Wentworth Falls, Hayden was not at his best and finished in the middle of a very strong field. On the 3rd of May he played in the State Match-play at Blackheath, but lost in the first round to Harrison Endicott who was the winner of the stroke-play two days beforehand.

Hayden is also travelling to and playing on a weekly basis in a Melbourne pennant competition to further hone his skills competing at a higher level. We congratulate Hayden on his success and wish him all the best for the state carnival later this term.

Bushrangers Cup and Junior Girls Football Squads will be announced later this

week for the up-coming (18th May) Bushrangers Cup and Junior Girls Football teams, interested players should have placed their names outside the PE staffroom.

Aylssa’s Successful National Tennis Championships Alyssa Savill was a key member of the NSW all schools tennis team that dominated the recent National School Tennis Championships held in Toowoomba QLD. The team remained undefeated after playing all other state teams. More specific details of Alyssa achievements will be presented in next week’s Billabong Highlights.

Riverina Football Team Selections Congratulations to Matty Klemke and Sam Murray who have been chosen to play for Riverina in the CHS state carnival to be played in Wollongong during week five. The boys performed very well at the trials and deserved their selections, we wish them all the best.

Cross Country Hopefully this Wednesday’s weather will be dryer than last week’s for the running of the school cross country. Both the junior and senior race will take place during this Wednesday’s sport period.

Careers News University Sponsorship: Get sponsored to study and gain a rewarding career. If you are a student interested in pursuing an Engineering or Health discipline at an Australian university, you should consider applying for a Defence University Sponsorship. For an undergraduate student who has completed one year of a three or four year course, or two years of a five or six year course, a sponsorship salary of $43,266 p.a. (plus other benefits) is available. Upon graduation, you can enter a career in the Army, Navy or Air Force. Sponsorship is for Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Radiography and Environmental Health. For more details, see Mr Taylor or visit defencejobs.gov.au/unisponsorship.

UNSW Law Parent & Student Information Evening for High Achieving Year 11 & 12 Students interested in Law. 10th May 2012. This is an opportunity for students and a parent to visit the UNSW Law School, meet with the Dean and current Law students and to take a tour of Law building and UNSW campus. Subsidised accommodation is available at the Medina Executive Apartments, Coogee for interested students and a parent or guardian. More details are available from Mr Taylor.

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NAPLAN testing The annual National Assessment Program testing for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 takes place from 15-17 May. Students are tested nationally in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. For more information including FAQs, a parent brochure and past results, go to: www.nap.edu.au/.

Stewart House Day (11 May) The Department of Education and Communities’ official charity, Stewart House, provides support for children who are in need of a break from their everyday life. Each year 1,800 public school children in need come to Stewart House from many parts of NSW and the ACT. During their stay, they are given optometric, dental and medical treatment as well as emotional support. This is balanced with health and educational programs and out of school activities to boost their self-esteem and to promote a healthier lifestyle. This year, 11 May is Stewart House Day. We encourage you to make a donation to Stewart House to help support the great work that this charity provides. www.stewarthouse.org.au

International Composting Awareness Week (7-12 May) This week draws awareness worldwide to the importance and value of restoring health to our soils and the natural environment. Check with your local council for composting and worm farming workshops in your area – some offer free composting bins for completing a short course. Get the children into the garden and grow some healthy organic vegetables for winter eating. Many vegetables can be grown in balcony gardens or by easy no-dig gardening. So, go on, get your hands dirty and reap the benefits. For local information, go to: www.compostweek.com.au/core/

CANTEEN ROSTER—MAY

8 Jennifer Bourke 10 Allanna Harnetty 11 Natalie Schilg 14 Carla Bender

ANZAC wreaths supplied every year by Mrs

Knobel—a magnificent contribution to this special day in the Australian calendar.