KELSO HIGH CAMPUS NEWSLETTER

DENISON COLLEGE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
KELSO HIGH CAMPUS
NEWSLETTER 3 rd August 2012
Delivering excellence, innovation, opportunity and student success
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Principal’s Report
Welcome back
…to Term 3 at Kelso High Campus, with the promise
of some pretty exciting events in store. First on the
list has been the Senior Girls Soccer team who
defeated the highly fancied Elderslie High School
from Camden last week on our beautiful new school
oval surface. The 3-1 victory was notable for the skill
and sportsmanship shown by a talented group of girls.
It’s now off to Sydney to take on their quarter final
opponent from southern Sydney. Best of luck to the
squad and their coach, Mr Warner. Thanks also to the
parents who have assisted with transport on this trip.
The Blitz
This was a systematic targeting of areas of England,
especially London, in World War II by the German
Airforce. It was designed to destroy the morale of the
English, to enable invasion to follow.
I believe it is time to have a blitz here at Kelso High,
but there won’t be bombs involved. There have been
blitzes previously and they have been successful for
being on time to class, being ready to learn, and being
in the right place at the right time.
The blitz about to commence will be on uniform,
especially the correct warm top and correct shoes. I
am sounding like a scratched CD here, however the
Raben style shoe is illegal in schools at any time. It is
not sturdy enough to protect feet, and should not be
worn to school. The blitz will mean consequences
over time for those who persist in wearing these,
including loss of privileges. I ask parents to send their
children to school in stout joggers or leather shoes
that suit the demands being at school presents – not
Rabens.
What Do You Want To Be?
Kids hate that question, however that time has come
for Year 10 students. The Future Directions process
commenced last week with the information evening
and distribution of booklets. Denison College students
are lucky to have such an exhaustive process of
interviews and panels that ensure that the most
suitable pattern of study is chosen for Years 11 and
12. Try to think about what you are good at, what you
enjoy, and what will set you up in the fields of work
that appeal to you. Don’t use your friends’ choices as
a guide – make smart decisions.
Important Dates
8 August P&C Meeting
10 August Immunisations for Years 7 & 10 –
Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis
9-10 August Japanese Students Visit
10 August Year7 & Year10 Immunisations
13-17 August Future Directions Interviews
13-24 August Trial HSC
13-17 August Future Directions Interviews
15 August iLEARN
22 August iLEARN
23 August Rock Eisteddfod in Sydney
28 August Essential Energy Cup - Cowra
29 August iLEARN
27 August Mind Marathon – Glebe
31 August Essential Energy Cup –
Canobolas at KHC
6- 7 September CHS Athletics in Sydney
10-21 September Preliminary Examinations
14 September Year 7 Immunisations
21 September Year 12 Presentation Assembly
21 September Last day of term
Parent Teacher Night
Happened on Tuesday 31 st of July, and it was the first
such evening where electronic bookings were trialled.
Parents took the opportunity to use this simple
system, and we had a full gym on the night.
School Development Day
Was on Monday 16 th of July and selected staff at
Kelso HC conducted workshops for their colleagues
that focussed on doing things in a different and
innovative way that challenges and enriches.
I am grateful to Peter Low, Meg Relf, Andrew
Trevillion, Craig Luccarda, Craig Miller and Kesh
Pillai for sharing the quite brilliant initiatives they are
already doing in their classes. Contract learning, cross
faculty projects, great use of technology…the list goes
on. It’s great to see such a spirit of innovation in the
place.
Keith Peasley
Principal

College Principal’s Report
The Future Starts Now!
Year 10 students began their Future Directions
journey on Tuesday 17 th July, when they received
their Senior Studies Guide, Transition Action Plan
and an invitation for them and their parents to join me
and staff from both campuses at Charles Sturt
University on Wednesday 25 th July, starting at 6:00pm
sharp in S15.
Representatives from CSU, TAFE, Central West
Community College, Skillset and a number of other
local employment and training organisations were
also invited to attend in order to help students plan the
next steps in their transition to further education or
employment.
Parents and carers were also being invited to attend
planning interviews with their children and Denison
College staff during Weeks 5 and 6 of this term.
These interviews are invaluable in supporting students
in planning their transition into further study or into
the workplace.
Interviews at Kelso High Campus will be held during
the week commencing Monday 13 th August, with
interviews to be held at Bathurst High the following
week.
For further information relating to Future Directions,
contact the Head Teachers Senior Studies, Mrs
Wendy Murphy (Kelso High Campus) or Mr James
Browning (Bathurst High Campus).
HSC Seminar Day
The annual Central West HSC Seminar Day,
organised by Denison College, held at Charles Sturt
University on Tuesday 19 th June was a huge success.
Hundreds of students from schools throughout the
region attended and the feedback was excellent.
My thanks to Mr Browning, Mrs Murphy and Mrs
Kissell and their team for their work in coordinating
this major event. Thanks also to CSU for their
ongoing support of Denison College.
My thanks, too, to the presenters - teachers from
Denison College and other schools - for their
professional approach to working with students to
improve results.
Breakaway!
Breakaway is an enrichment program specifically
targeted at Aboriginal girls in Year 10 involving
students from both campuses, as well as Mackillop
College.
This trial program will run every Wednesday during
this term and involves input and seminars from a
number of community partners, including Headspace,
Central West Community College, Police, Veritas
House, TAFE, and OCTEC.
Following a successful evaluation, we anticipate that
Breakaway will provide the basis for an invaluable,
ongoing program which will enable teachers and
community partners to make a significant difference
in the lives of participants.
Craig Petersen
College Principal
Commendations and Merits
Well done Kelso High Students!!!
In Term 2, Week 10, Thursday 28 th , over 630
commendations were given out to students who
excelled or showed great application to a subject.
Years 7, 8 and 9 had a lovely turn-up of parents and
friends. Years 10, 11 and 12 parents and friends were
fewer in numbers, however, it was a great celebration
for these students.
In addition to this, the highest achievers in the
Rewards and Recognition system for each year group
were acknowledged. Each of these students had the
largest number of merits up to Week 8, Term 2, in
their year group. A $10 ‘Cotton On’ voucher was
given as a prize to them. Many other students were
close to these students, so be encouraged to keep
working hard in class and at school.
Year 12 Students
Cal Brady Heidi Annand
Year 11 Students
Amy Constant Luke Malart
Year 10 Students
Chloe Fulthorpe
Year 9 Students
Zoe Gedling
Year 8
Kym Muldoon
Year 7
Lauren Rozyn Vicki French
At the recent whole school assembly I dealt with these
MYTHS.
1. Bad kids are getting lots of merits.
WRONG - of all students who have over 30
entries about breaking the 3 school rules, no
student has more than 3 merits.
2. No students are getting the merits.
WRONG - 1,939 merits were handed out in a 16
week period!!!
3. Teachers aren’t handing out merits.
WRONG - as merits are entered into our welfare
system, each teacher is recorded and yes, they
have been giving them out. Yes, Year 12 have
only 89 for the whole year. Year 11 have 134,
Year 10 have been handed out 356, Year 9, 376,
Year 8, 384 and Year 7, 600. As time
progresses, it is my hope that there is better
equity. It is only early days for the new system,
however, all feedback is positive from staff,
students and parents so far.
Just for your information though, at the end of
each mid-term week, I run off a whole school list
of merit recipients, check them with current poor

ehaviour entries and interview students who
may be breaking school rules and endangering
entry to a level or progression up a level. It is
important for students to realise loss of privileges
(LOP), will cause their merits to be withheld (as
in a bank, with no access to them or credit!).
When they are off LOP, after 5 weeks they have
access to the “bank” of merits again.
Please feel free to call me on 63314544, and catch up
if you have any questions.
Mrs K Baker
Year 10 Vaccination –
NSW School-Based Adolescent Vaccination
Program 2012
The Greater Western Area Health Service will offer
the Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccination on
10 th August 2012.
A Parent Information Kit was sent home to all
parents/guardians. Parents should read the
information, complete the consent form and return it
to school if you wish your child to be vaccinated. If
you do not wish for your child to be vaccinated DO
NOT RETURN THE FORM.
Original consent forms must be used – photocopies
will not be accepted. Consent forms are to be returned
intact to the school office NO LATER THAN 8 TH
AUGUST.
A record of vaccination will be provided to each
student. Parents/Guardians should ensure that this
record is kept for future reference.
The Aboriginal Garden
At the back of the school an area has been set aside to
develop a garden dedicated to the plants that have
been of significance to the local Wiradjuri people. The
garden will be an outdoor education area for all
students of Kelso High.
A number of students have been participating in the
project. The area has been marked out and prepared
by the school’s Waterwatch team. The construction
class will be constructing the fence around the garden.
Recently a working bee was held at school with some
of our students constructing the path through the
garden.
The plants have been obtained and cared for by the
Waterwatch students. The students have also
propagated some of the plants for the garden.
Over the next few months it is hoped that the garden
will finally be completed. This project was originally
planned when we were in the demountables. It is good
to see that progress has finally occurred.
Students working on the Aboriginal Garden project

Australian Geography Competition
Students from Year 7 participated in this competition
earlier this year. I am very pleased to announce the
following results:
High Distinction: Bud Lambeth
Ben Sennett
Lachlan Stericker
Distinction:
Sean Hanrahan
Jeremy Anderson
Joshua McInerney
Dominick Ormsby
Credit:
Elise Porter
Caroline Harvey
These students are to be congratulated on their
success. Their awards were presented by Ms Brown at
the recent school assembly.
Mrs Poole
Senior Girls’ Soccer
Western Region Champions
The senior girls’ soccer team are now the Western
Region champions after they defeated Mudgee High
in the final 2 goals to 1.
The game was played at a very high standard
reflecting the level that the two teams had reached,
justifying the ranking as the two top teams in Western
Region. We were a little nervous before the game
losing two of our players but we brought into the team
Esther Hotham who proved to be a handful in attack
to the Mudgee defence. We began the game strongly
showing strong ball skills passing and finding our
players causing problems for the Mudgee defence.
Mudgee’s defensive players were strong stopping our
girls from getting a clear shot on goal. Mudgee’s
game plan was to feed the ball to their mid-field, kick
the ball behind our defence for their forwards to
chase. For most of the game our defence was able to
continually repel their attack. Midway through the
first half Mudgee was able to take advantage of this
ploy by scoring a goal. This was one of our only
defensive lapses. The girls did not give up keeping to
the game plan, working as a team setting passing the
ball around setting up our forwards to attack our goal.
Esther Hotham and Natalie Hugo were causing a lot
of trouble at the front but could not get the equalising
goal.
The second half continued in the same way with our
girls dominating the possession and field possession.
We continued the attack but could not get the final
equaliser. It took to 8 minutes before full time when a
shot from Brooke Inwood hit the post deflecting
across to Natalie Hugo to put the ball into the net. The
goal took us into extra time when Esther Hotham
completed an attacking passing raid by our girls to put
the ball into the net for the winning goal.
The game was a great team effort. Aimee Morris was
particularly strong in the backs, not only continually
repelling the Mudgee attack but turning the game
around into an attacking raid by our girls. In the backs
she was well supported by Ebony Fenton, Olivia
Sheehan, Carol Prosser and Cassie Talbot. Dana
Grenfell supported Aimee in the defence linking up
with the mid-field and forwards. Our mid-field
dominated the game with Jasmine Rae and Jaimi
Inwood combining well together to control the game.
Our wings of Brooke Inwood, Caitlin Morris , Jordyn
Hayter and Kelly Baker caused a lot of problems
down the side creating chances for our forwards .
The win places us in the top 16 of the state. Our next
game is against Elderslie High, which will be played
on the school oval. We are hoping to improve on the
effort from our girls’ team from 3 years ago when we
were State semi-finalist.
Score 2 – 1
Goal Scoers : Natalie Hugo and Esther Hotham
Kelso High Western Region Champions
Senior Girls Soccer
The Kelso High senior girls’ soccer team are now
through to the state quarter-finals after a hard fought
win against Elderslie High. The win means the girls
now travel to Kirrawee in Sydney to attempt to at
least equal our best effort from three years ago when
we were State semi-finalists.
The girls are showing that they are a talented team.
They are working well together as a team. A comment
from the opposing coach was that we won the game in
the first 15 minutes as the girls gained control and did
not let Elderslie settle into an organised game plan.
The team work passing has been of a high standard
with all girls continually looking for our players to
move the ball on to. In defence we also shut down the
Elderslie team. In the opposition was a girl from the
Junior National team (Young Matildas) who was their
centre-pin of play. Our girls managed to keep her
enough under control to lessen the effect of their
attack.
Even though the whole team excelled the work of
Kelsey Sherman and Morgan Sherman in the middle,
Aimee Morris and Jaimee Inwood in the back and
Natalie Hugo and Jasmine Rae in the front deserve a
special mention. Thankfully we have Jess Daymond
in the goals who throws her whole body on the line to
keep the goals out.
The goal scorers were Cailtin Morris, Natalie Hugo
and Kelsey Sherman. The final result was 3 goals to 1.

Kelso High Senior Girls’ Soccer Team Defeated Elderslie High
Girls Senior Soccer
The senior girls’ soccer team travelled to Kirrawee in
Sydney for the quarter-final of the CHS Errea Trophy
competition.
The game began at a very fast pace with Kirrawee
team causing a lot of damage to us with their speed.
The Kirrawee team plan was to play the game wide
and use their speed to outrun our girls. This team was
the fastest team that we had played against. This did
result in a goal midway through the first half. Our
girls gradually got into their rhythm with solid passing
and defence playing the game more up the middle.
This resulted in a goal to Morgan Sherman late in the
first half.
In the second half the girls continued the way they
finished off the first half. Both teams had chances to
score with both goalies kept hard at work. Throughout
the second half we probably had more scoring shots
but could not achieve the winning goal. Our best
chance came just before full time when Kelsey
Sherman hit the post after very good leadup work.
The game finished 1 all.
We then went into extra time with the game
continuing in the same way as before. Both teams
again having the chance to win the game. After
another 20 minutes the game was still locked at 1 all.
A penalty shootout was the only way to separate the
two teams. Kirrawee managed to defeat us by scoring
3 goals to 2 in the shootout. Even though the girls
may have been disappointed in the result they were
gallant in defeat. It was a great effort to reach the top
8 teams in the state.
Kelso High Senior Girls’ Soccer State Quarter
Finalists

All Schools Cross Country 2012
On Friday 20 th July 2012, five students represented
Kelso High and Western Schools Sports Association
(WSSA) at the NSW All Schools Cross Country
Championships at the Eastern Creek Racing Circuit.
The early morning was very chilly; it was Sydney’s
coldest morning in more than a year! Later the day
became clear and sunny, ideal for cross country
running.
Kelso High Results
Larissa Kilby 12y girls 3000m
95 th /102
Courtney Barnett 13y girls 3000m
90 th /103
Brandon Martin 14y boys 4000m
42 nd /97
Corey Chapman 17y boys 6000m
79 th /91
Matthew Booth 18y boys 8000m
68 th /70
Congratulations to each student. To compete against
the very best runners in New South Wales is a great
achievement. With the exception of Matthew, who is
in Year 12, all students have time to improve on their
performance in 2013.
Girls’ Open Hockey
On Friday the 15 th June the Kelso High girls’ open
hockey team played in the semi-finals of the WSSA
knockouts against Lithgow High School. The girls
started well in the competition, beating Oberon 16 to
nil, but unfortunately the lead in to the semi’s was
poor as the girls missed the previous rounds game due
to Cowra forfeiting the game.
The girls travelled away to Lithgow with a squad of
14 players. The game was very close with both sides
working really hard for the ball in very warm
conditions. Lithgow made the most of their goal
scoring opportunities and the game finished up 4-2 to
Lithgow. There was some exceptional talent on
display and the girls should be pleased with their
performance.
The team consisted of:
Kate Brown (GK) Brittney Hands
Madison Tattersall Gina Grenfell
Kyra Frogson Kelly Baker
Jess Watterson Sarah Watterson
Maddie Boyce Maddie Lippiatt,
Abbie Mair
Esther Hotham
Aimee Ashcroft Hanna Evans
Girls’ Open Hockey
Farewell to SUJI YESUDASS
We are no longer sponsoring Suji through World
Vision as her parents have moved away from their
community to seek employment. We had been
sponsoring her since 2009.
Suji was from India. She is now 11 years old and the
second child in her family and her father Yesudass
worked as a driver while her mother Lalitha worked

as a labourer day-to-day. She was from a village in
the south of India (Nilgiri Area), in a hill region called
Blue Mountains or Queen of Hills. It is surrounded by
forests, waterfalls and teagardens. Most villagers
work as labourers in the tea & vegetable gardens. Her
diet is mainly rice with vegetables such as carrot,
beans, cabbage & cauliflower.
Here is a direct translation of her farewell letter to us:
Dear Sponsor,
This is the Farewell letter that is written by our dear
sponsor child Suji. Here my family and I are all doing
well and fine. In the same manner, eager to know
about you and your family too.
Because of all the help that you have been doing for
me and my family my community and all of us here
have developed to such a large and great extent. Very
specially are the programs of night school education
and tuition centres for the children, education
materials needed for the school such as note books,
school bag, raincoats, watch are some of the things
that the organisation have provided for all us here.
They have provided the self help group of women
with economic assistances as a group to develop the
family income through the tea plantations, better
hygiene for households through individual toilets, old
house renovations by providing them with the
materials for the renovations and hence our
community has developed to a large extent. They
have also provided training for the youth boys without
employment and have provided them with the driving
licence.
There has been a great change in the lives of their
children through the training programs like the life
school programs has taught them good values and has
brought a transformation in their lives. There are 6
selfhelp groups that are functioning in my community
and developing themselves and their families too.
And hence this letter my family, community and I
would like to thank you once again for all the help
that you have been extending to all of us for so many
years. Thank you very much once again.
From your sponsored child, Y. Suji
Facts, figures and fiction about the numbers 65
and 66
• The rows, columns and diagonals of a 5x5
magic square always add up to 65.
• CHALLENGE: A party of students went for
a Chinese meal. Every 2 people shared a dish
of rice, every 3 people shared a dish of soup
and every 4 people shared a dish of chicken.
If 65 dishes were eaten altogether, how many
students were in the party? See Stroevey with
your answer.
• 66 is a triangular number. There are 66 books
in the bible. Apparently you can get your
kicks on Route 66.