Dates for Calendar

Term 1

Swimming Carnival—

Wednesday 6 February

HSC Monitoring Day—

Monday 11 February

P&C Meeting—Monday

11 February

Year 7 Best Start Ex-ams—Tuesday 12 Febru-

ary

Gundagai Show—

Saturday 16 February

MURRUMBURRAH

HIGH SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL:

DALE RANDS

1 January 2019 Mercury

Mercury

Welcome back to Murrumburrah High School for 2019.

We extend a very warm welcome to all students, and in particular

to Year 7 who begin their High School education.

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Principal Report Welcome to 2019 at Murrumburrah High School.

I am very happy to inform our school community that as of Day 1 2019 of the school year I have been

appointed as the substantive Principal of Murrumburrah High School. I am very proud and excited to take

up this new role and am very much looking forward to working with the school and its community in build-

ing and extending educational opportunities for all our students. I was born and raised nearby in Temora

and attended Temora High School as a student before starting my teacher training all those years ago. I

have spent many years in larger high schools but always had the desire to get back to a smaller rural school

and continue improving outcomes for rural students. I have a strong passion for public education and firmly

believe in its ability to provide a well-rounded education for all students.

Murrumburrah High School has a small but strong staff platform that is very experienced and can provide

the education for your child that should make you very happy each and every day. The school is currently

looking into ways of extending this strong base to include more positive experiences to provide growth opportunities for every

student from year 7 to 12. The school is also embracing innovative ways to support future focused learning and our hard-working,

dedicated staff continue to be both adaptive and responsive to the needs of all our learners.

I look forward to meeting all the parents and families of our students and am very happy for you to make appointments to come and

meet with me at any time. Thank you to the many parents that have already taken the time out of their day to do so already. Please

call the school to arrange a suitable time. It is only through strong communication that we can make things better.

I look forward to our future.

Mr Dale Rands

Principal

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

On behalf of the Murrumburrah High School Parent’s & Citizen’s Association, we warmly welcome you and your student/s to

the 2019 school year at Murrumburrah High School.

As our children venture off to high school, we often as parents, begin to feel a bit redundant in the day to day going’s on of

school life, with the students growing and learning to take responsibility for these things themselves.

With this being said, I would like to extend an invitation to you, to come along and become part of the school P & C so that

you can continue to play a very important role in your student/s education and wellbeing.

The P & C’s purpose within the school is to work with the Principal, Executive Staff, Teachers and students to ensure that Mur-

rumburrah High School continues to provide a positive learning environment with great community spirit: an environment in

which our children will thrive.

We also oversee the canteen at MHS. We have a fantastic Canteen Manager, Kirsty Summerfield, who has been working tire-

lessly since her appointment in 2018 to bring the canteen menu into line with the Healthy Canteen guidelines developed by the

NSW Department of Education & the Ministry of Health.

Becoming a member of the P & C has many wonderful benefits such as developing strong friendships with other parents, the

ability to get to know your student/s and their friends in their school environment, enjoying a close working relationship with Teachers and Staff and you will be informed of the issues and news within the school as it unfolds.

To stay up to date with what the P & C is working on, and to see what else is happening in our school community, please visit

and like our P & C Facebook Page- Murrumburrah High School P & C Association. We also have an email address that can be

used to contact us if you have any questions or concerns and cannot make it to a meeting- murrumburrahhigh-

pandc@gmail.com.

Our first meeting for the year will be held on Monday 11th February @ 6pm in the Staff Common Room and we would love to

see you there. This would be a great opportunity to meet our new Principal Mr Dale Rands.

From the MHS P & C Committee— Sarah, Vanessa, Mel & Paula

P&C News

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2019 starts off with a bang with preparations for Royal Shows well underway.

Farm Club is a great way to get to know new friends and students in older years that can make life easier at MHS.

We try to make Farm Club as affordable as possible. In doing so we have a lot of clothing pool items to help kids out

in dressing the correct way for the showring.

What do you need to start? Work boots, Sports shirt, Plain Jeans, Belt, Hat, Parading shirt.

Permission notes are important. They cover both the student and the teacher at shows for insurance related matters.

Please return permission notes promptly. Money can be paid in instalments or if you are experiencing financial difficul-

ty we can assist.

Any questions you may have please contact Mrs Jan Young on 6386 2755 at school or on her mobile 0412 774 094.

Calendar Dates

Gundagai Show—Saturday 16th February

Canberra Royal Show—Wednesday 20th February to Friday 22nd February

Boorowa Show—Saturday 2nd March

Yass Show—Sunday 24th March.

New Parading Yards During the school holidays students in Farm Club worked in the heat to assist Mr Simon Pavitt

in dismantling the old parading yard and helping to construct the new parading yards. Students who

assisted were Chad Webster, Elden Rowan, Tom Manwaring, Tara Parker and new year 7 stu-

dent Blake Parker. The 3 older boys came back for more work over the following 2 days and learnt

to site posts, mix cement, use a variety of tools in order to prepare the work site for the next phase.

A big thankyou goes out to these resilient students who donated their time and energy throughout

the holidays.

Steers being prepared for Sydney

We are preparing 8 steers for Sydney.

2 x Victor Chang Angus steers from Milton Stud Yerong Creek

2 x Milong Angus Steers from the Day Family at Young

2 x Simmental Steers from Tennysonvale Simmental stud Illabo

2 x Belgioum Bluex Angus steers from Steve and Kay Nash Boorowa.

Hospitality Excursion—Term 4, 2018

At the end of last year, Hannah, Will, Brad and myself enjoyed a Hospitality excursion to

Canberra. The day was planned to see different cafes and restaurants and enjoy eating new

foods. The first café which was chosen was The Cupping Room. This is a trendy café where

the waiters did not have a set uniform, they wore casual clothing. Paitezz was our next café, and after a hot walk over, the students chose a refreshing

‘freakshake’.

Finally, we decided to get dinner, we ate appetisers from three different locations, The East,

Aulac and the Village Indian restaurant.

We all had a great day, despite the hot conditions.

Miss Irons

Farm Club News

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Best Start Year 7 Assessment Our school will participate in Best Start Year 7, an online literacy and numeracy assessment available to secondary

schools on Tuesday 12 February.

Best Start Year 7, assesses key literacy and numeracy skills of Year 7 students. It is designed to assist teachers to

identify students who may require additional support in developing their literacy and numeracy skills.

Best Start Year 7 is just one of a range of assessments the school uses to assess students.

Please inform the school if your child has special needs requiring support to complete an online assessment.

Optional advice:

Students will be asked to bring headphones or earbuds that plug into a computer to enable them to hear audio dur-

ing the assessment. Earbuds used for phones or other portable devices may be suitable for use during the assess-

ment. The type of computer connection needed is a jack or USB. Please let us know if your child needs earbuds pro-

vided by the school.

MURRUMBURRAH HIGH SCHOOL

MHS School Driver Training Program

1 hour = 3 Log book hours

Contact the School to find out more

Reminders—School Procedures • Enrolment / Student Forms—Thank you to those parents who have already returned their forms, if you have

not can you please return these by Monday 4th February.

• School starts at 9am. It is expected students are at school by then. School concludes at 3.25pm.

• Should a student need to leave school during the day it should be for a valid reason. They need to bring a note

from home and present it to the Deputy Principal before school. Phone calls to the office should only be used

in emergency situations. Phone calls and texts on a student phone will never be accepted.

• The school has a very strict policy on phone use in the school. Phones are never to be used in class unless

under the direct supervision of the teacher and then only for educational purposes. If a student is using their

phone in class they will be given a direction to turn it off and put it away. If the student doesn’t put their

phone away they will be directed to take their phone to be locked up at the front office for the remainder of

the day. Continual offenders may have to have their phone collected by parents.

• Basic everyday uniform is a school shirt and navy shorts (not black). Jeans, jean shorts, and leggings are not

uniform and are not to be worn to school. Inappropriate clothing, including revealing items or those with inap-

propriate logos and slogans are not acceptable. Parents will be called to bring up appropriate alternate cloth-

ing or take students home.

• Parents are required to explain students absences on the day of their return. This could be by directly replying

to the SMS from the school, phoning the school or sending a note with an explanation.

• Returning Permission Notes—Parents and students are reminded that notes and money must be returned on

or before the date specified, or your child will not be allowed to attend the excursion. Payment plans may be

put in place in special circumstances, but must be organised ahead of time.

• If you have any concerns about your child please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

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Murrumburrah High School - Term 1, 2019

Feb-

ruary

2

4 5

6

Swimming Carnival

7 8

9 10

3

11

HSC Monitoring

Day @ St Clements

P&C Meeting

12

Year 7 Best Start

Assessments

13 14 15

Mercury

16 Gund

agai

Show

17

4

18 19

20

Royal Canberra

Show

21

Royal Canberra

Show

Zone Swimming

Carnival @ Tumut

22

Royal Canberra

Show

23 24

5

25 26

27 28

Year 7 & 10 Needles

1

Mercury

2 3

Marc

h

6

4

Riverina Swimming

- Leeton

5

Rotary Engineering

Day @ Uni Newcas-

tle

6 7 8

9 10

7

11 12

13 14 15

Mercury

16 17

8

18 19

20 21 22

23 24

9

25

26

Year 6, 2020 Parent

Meeting

27 28 29

Mercury

30 31

April

10

1 2

3 4 5

6 7

11

8

State Swimming

Homebush

Royal Easter Show

9

State Swimming

Homebush

Royal Easter Show

10

State Swimming

Homebush

Royal Easter Show

11

Royal Easter Show

12

Athletics Carnival

Royal Easter Show

Mercury

13 14

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Term 1

• Wednesday 30 January 2019 to Friday, 12 April 2019

School Holidays

• Monday, 15 April 2019 to Friday, 26 April 2019

Term 2

• Tuesday, 30 April 2019 to Friday, 5 July 2019

School Holidays

• Monday, 8 July 2019 to Friday, 19 July 2019

Term 3

• Tuesday, 23 July 2019 to Friday, 27 September 2019

School Holidays

• Monday, 30 September 2019 to Friday, 11 October 2019

Term 4

• Monday, 14 October 2019 to Wednesday, 18 December 2019

School Holidays

• Monday, 23 December 2019 to Monday, 27 January 2020

2019 Term Dates

School Canteen Menu Subject to change

The school canteen is operated by the P&C. The canteen is open every day throughout the

school term.

Murrumburrah High

School

Smith Street

Harden NSW 2587

Phone: 02 6386 2755

Fax: 02 6386 3048

E-mail: murrumburr-

h.school@det.nsw,edu.au

MURRUMBURRAH

HIGH SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL:

DALE RANDS

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