LAWSON’S LATEST

20 MARCH 2020 TERM 1 WEEK 8

THE HENRY LAWSON HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGE, ACHIEVE49 SOUTH STREET, GRENFELL NSW 2810 02 6343 1390 www.henrylawso-h.schools@det.nsw.edu.au

MAKING A SPLASH AT WESTERN SWIMMING!Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at Western Region swimming trials on Thursday.Cheered on by their supporters, our swimmers had a lot of top ten finishes and we now have a large group qualify to compete at CHS Swimming Championships from 1-3 April in Sydney. Well done to our individual swimmers Mikayla Hughes, Niamh Mitton and Tom Robinson on their selection in individual events. Mikayla Hughes - 2nd 100m freestyle and breaststroke and 3rd 50m freestyle and 100m freestyleNiamh Mitton - 2nd 100m breaststrokeTom Robinson - 1st 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle and 200m freestyle.

Congratulations to our relay teams on their results: 1st Girls 13 years 200m freestyle relay - Mikayka Hughes, Xanthe Johnson, Sophie Berry and Sophie Hughes.2nd Boys 16 years 200m freestyle relay - Jaxon Greenaway, Riley Aspin, Angus Troth and Oscar Schaefer.2nd Boys 17-19 years 200m freestyle and medley relays - Tom Robinson, George Mitton, Hugo Fenton and Angus Kelly.

A full list of results is listed in this newsletter.

Regarding: COVID – 19The health and safety of our students is paramount. I encourage all parents to stay informed via our school and The NSW Department of Education.Our school is implementing safety measures and preventative health measures such as hand washing and surface cleaning.We are following social distancing requirements by not holding assemblies, excursions, inter-school sport and other whole school events.Monies held for cancelled or postponed activities will be refunded in full.If students are unwell with a possible infectious illness, they should remain home until symptoms resolve and seek advice from a medical practitioner. While at home remind your children to cover their mouth and nose when they cough or sneeze, and wash their hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds with soap and water. They should also avoid unnecessary contact with peers.We will continue to keep you informed to the best of our ability while we support students, staff and parents through this event. Do not hesitate to contact myself at the school if you have any questions or concerns.

Aaron FlaggPrincipal

Principals reportCongratulations to The Henry Lawson High School who are one of twenty-one schools selected to participate in the Local Schools for Local Industry - Entrepreneurial In Curriculum Program initiative that is proudly funded by the NSW Government.The program includes a professional learning workshop for teachers and identifies local industry and external stakeholders to engage with students. The program celebrates innovation, creative problem solving and entrepreneurship that culminates in a state wide competition. The Henry Lawson High School is delivering an entrepreneuring elective led by teacher Mrs Griffiths.

It was great to have Ms Steph Cooke MP visit the school to recognise and celebrate our inclusion in the program.It was amazing, but not surprising, to see so many of our students compete at the Western Region swimming trials. Our school and community are very proud to have such a big team qualify for the State Combined High Schools carnival in Sydney. Well done to everyone involved.

COVID-19 headspace Dubbo special edition newsletter - march 2020

how to cope with the stress related to novel coronavirus

This information is for young people affected by stress related to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). It can feel stressful and overwhelming during an event like the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and we can all be affected differently. You might feel overwhelmed by the information, conversations and the increased levels of stress in your community. It can be hard to know what information to trust especially in a situation where things are changing so quickly. It can be helpful to keep up-to-date but it’s also okay to switch off from the 24 hour media cycle if this is getting too much.

During this time some things in your life may be affected by attempts to contain the spread of the virus. You may have been looking forward to a gig or a trip that’s been cancelled. You may be affected by school, uni or your workplace temporarily closing. Or you may have a loved one who is directly affected by the virus.

It’s important to find the right level or type of support for you. And keep in mind that the type of support you may need can change as time passes. For many people staying connected to family and friends/loved ones is important.

Tips to maintain a healthy headspace during this time:

Be mindful of exposure to information through stories, traditional and social media. It can be helpful to take a break from the 24-hour news cycle.

Do things that make you feel physically and emotionally safe, and be with those who are helpful to your wellbeing

Engage in activities that promote a sense of calm and feeling grounded (use of alcohol and other drugs can be counterproductive with this).

Our 7 tips for a healthy headspace demonstrate simple and effective things that can help people to create and maintain a healthy headspace, irrespective of whether they have been affected by COVID-19 or not.

It can help to talk with a trusted adult if it all feels a bit much.

DUBBO WETHER CHALLENGELast Tuesday, a team of Year 8 students travelled to Dubbo TAFE to participate in a workshop on the wool industry. Students practised the correct husbandry skills needed for handling and feeding seven wethers, which were kindly donated to our school from Egelabra Merino Stud, Warren. Over 30 schools have received sheep that they will be responsible for until the wether challenge competition. The schools will break in their sheep to lead on a halter, so they can be judged for their wool and meat qualities. They will then rank the sheep according to their commercial value. When the students return to Dubbo for the wether challenge in August, they will compete in a junior judging competition for wool and another for assessing Merino sheep. Students have attended two workshops to train for these classes.The students and teachers were given a very comprehensive explanation and demonstration on how to judge wool samples and Merino sheep. When assessing wool in a junior judging competition the students need to visually appraise and score the wool based on trueness to breed, uniformity, soundness, handle, colour, density, character, evenness, top and noil. These terms are mostly new for the students and it was important that the presenters explained what to look for in the fleeces, and showed fleeces that represented different grades for each characteristic. The students have been enthusiastically practising breaking in of the wethers for halter training and also have assisted with weighing the sheep to help assess their weight gain.To keep the wethers in an ideal condition we are asking if anyone has any feed oats or cereal hay with grain that we could purchase at a reasonable price. Ideally, 1 tonne of oats and 1 bale should be sufficient for preparing the wethers.

Thanking you

Mrs Baker

Grenfell Soccer

Unfortunately, due to the current situation with COVID-19, Grenfell Soccer has decided to inactivate and suspend online registrations and cancel the face to face session on 25 March at Grenfell Public School. In light of all the information we have available, currently the season will go ahead. If all suspensions are lifted when mentioned, the season will continue as normal. However as we are in unknown territory, this decision is out of our hands. Please email grenfellsoccer@gmail.com of your intentions to play soccer this season so you can be added to our email list and be kept up to date with all information as it becomes available. Registration will be extended as needed once we get the all clear to go ahead.

AROUND THE GROUNDS ...

Trash to Treasure is designed to equip students with the understanding, skills, values and attitudes to be active citizens making environmentally conscious decisions in society. Students will be provided with a variety of practical and theoretical experiences to build knowledge and skills around waste management and recycling. They will work collaboratively and take responsibility for designing innovative and creative ways of reducing waste that ends up in local landfill. In week 2, we visited the Weddin Waste Depot with Brendan Hayes, Director of Environmental Services Weddin Shire Council. He gave us a tour of the facility and discussed local landfill and recycling issues. Some groups have started creating their projects and are well underway to reducing landfill!

The goal of the Video Project is to allow students to find a voice through video production. Students engage with an idea of interest and develop this through pre-production skills, including story-boarding to plan their work, production (filming) and post production (editing). Working in small groups, the students are exploring a diversity of themes in their project including a video presenting the school, humorous videos about stress relief and the things that annoy them, and films about the artistic process and welfare issues.

In the first six weeks of the project students have been introduced to the cameras, to planning techniques and shot types, They are currently learning to edit a small video using footage shot by the students at the swimming carnival. Their projects are evolving through the planning process and some students have started collecting their videos to edit.

PROJECT ELECTIVES

PROJECT ELECTIVES Stage 5 STEM have been digging into research around climatic problems that face Grenfell farmers. Using data from the CSIRO, they have clued in to significant climatic changes that are and will continue to be a problem for our farmers. Students have made some informative presentations on these issues and are keen to communicate their findings with the community.

Harrison Starr came to speak to the class in Week 7 about a solution his family are pursuing around combating drought conditions; regenerative agriculture. The class gained some insight into what is already happening now within the industry. Their next steps will be to start surveying and interviewing other industry spokespeople before planning their own solutions around feeding an ever-growing population.

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Mikayka Hughes

2nd 100m freestyle2nd 100m breaststroke3rd 50m freestyle3rd 100m freestyle5th 200m freestyle

Niamh Mitton2nd 100m breaststroke10th 50m freestyle11th 100m freestyle

Tom Robinson

1st 50m freestyle1st 100m breaststroke1st 100m butterfly1st 100m freestyle1st 200m freestyle

Xanthe Johnson

6th 100m breaststroke8th 100m butterfly9th 100m backstroke10th 100m freestyle

Angus Troth 6th 100m backstroke12th 100m freestyle

Riley Aspin6th 50m freestyle8th 100m freestyle10th 100m backstroke

Lily Holmes6th 100m freestyle7th 50m freestyle8th 100m backstroke

Hugh Nowlan 14th 50m freestyle11th 100m freestyle

Annabella Taylor 7th 50m freestyle11th 100m freestyle

Linda Hucker 17th 50m freestyle

Oscar Schaefer 15th 100m freestyle19th 50m freestyle

Sophie Berry 11th 50m freestyle

Jaxon Greenaway6th 50m freestyle6th 100m breaststroke7th 100m freestyle

Rhys Hughes 7th 100m breaststroke

Girls 13 years 200m freestyle relay 1st Mikayka Hughes, Xanthe Johnson, Sophie Berry, Sophie Hughes

Boys 16 years 200m freestyle relay 2nd Jaxon Greenaway, Riley Aspin, Angus Troth, Oscar Schaefer

Boys 17-19 years 200m freestyle relay 2nd Tom Robinson, George Mitton, Hugo Fenton, Angus Kelly

Boys 17-19 years 200m medley relay 2nd Tom Robinson, George Mitton, Hugo Fenton, Angus Kelly

Open girls medley relay 4th Mikayka Hughes, Xanthe Johnson, Sophie Berry, Sophie Hughes

WESTERN REGION SWIMMING RESULTS

2020 THLHS Spelling BeeDue to unforeseeable circumstances, round 2 of the spelling bee for Year 8 has been cancelled. Miss Hunter had the opportunity to run the second round for Year 7 in week 7, allowing them to flex their spelling

skills within the competition. Because we will not be able to run our championship assembly the champion spellers for Year 7 and 8 have been determined from the first 2 rounds.Year 7 Champions Year 8 ChampionsAmelia Donnelly Isabelle AbbeyAmber Taylor Mia BatemanNakarla Hardy Jake TrothSebastian Browne Emerson SquiresSpencer Mehrton Brayden DowdThomas Murphy Hamish bakerBrayden SmithBraeden Leibick

Our Year 8 champions have been determined by round one, each of these champions spelt every word correctly. Our Year 7 champions were our top spellers of round 2. The spelling bee shows students the importance of practising their skills, which is a goal that they should be continuously working towards as their vocabulary expand. Everyone should be proud of their achievements and the dedication that they applied towards challenging themselves. Our next goals for both Year 7 and 8 in the library will be the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

GRENFELL AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB NEWSLETTER

AROUND THE GROUNDSCongratulations to all of our swimmers who competed at Western Region in Dubbo. There were lots of PBs swum over both days and as a result there is now a large contingent of Great Whites heading to Sydney to compete at State level (subject of course to the coronavirus). Well done Great Whites!!Tom has been in Sydney this weekend competing at the NSW Open Championships. Tom had a pretty busy day 1 (Friday) competing against Rio Olympians (and his swimming heroes) in the 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and breaststroke. Day 2 saw Tom qualify for the B final in the 50m butterfly and he finished 18th overall out of 50 swimmers. Day 3 Tom competed in the 50m freestyle posting another PB and finishing 24th of 91 swimmers. Congratulations on your efforts Tom.PRESENTATION NIGHTOur presentation night will be held on Friday 27 March 2020 starting at 6.00pm at the pool.The club will provide the meat and bread and we ask all families to bring either a salad or sweet toshare. Swimmers will be given a can of soft drink.Families will also need to bring their own plates, utensils and chairs.

English/History Assessment Reminders Year 12 Advanced English: Comparative essay due Friday 1 May (week 1 term 2)Year 12 English Studies: Playing the Game Portfolio due Thursday 26 March 26 (week 9)Year 11 English Studies: Resume and letter due Thursday 26 March (week 9) Interviews Monday 30 March and Thursday 2 April (week 10)Year 11 Advanced and Standard English: Read to Write due Wednesday 1 April (week 10) Year 11 Modern History: Historical narrative and analytical essay due Monday 30 March (week 10)Year 10 English: Discursive essay due Wednesday 1 April (week 10)Year 9 History: Checkpoint 4 Empathy task due Thursday 2 April (week 10)Year 9 English: Persuasive speech and presentation due Monday 6 April (week 11)Year 8 History: Research and source analysis due Wednesday 25 March (week 9)

Year 7 News ~ Week 7This is a new section in the newsletter in which I hope to convey information about assessment tasks, homework and any other Year 7 happenings.• Two SRC Representatives for Year 7 will need to be elected next week. We will ask students

to nominate for these positions and a vote of all Year 7 students will be conducted. The successful representatives will be inducted at our next whole school assembly in week 9.

• Year 7 PD/Health/PE assessment task is due on Tuesday 24 March (week 9)• Year 7 Camp has been postponed. It will now take place on 30 April and 1 May (Term 2

Week 1). A note of What to Bring will be reissued at the end of this term.

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P&C meeting 7pm school

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SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM 1 2020