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Coronavirus - Department of Education statement

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:17:37 AEDT

The department is working with the Ministry of Health to monitor and respond to the unfolding international novel coronavirus situation.

Get up-to-date information about the department's response to novel coronavirus.

Are you #Ready2020?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:22:54 AEDT

Hints, tips and resources to make a great start to the new school year – whether it’s your first day of high school or you’ve been here a while.

We work hard to make sure every student is known, valued and cared for – even before they walk into the classroom on Day 1, Term 1.

We’ve got great advice and resources for high school, no matter what year you’re heading into...

For families of students starting Year 7:

download our Getting ready for high school booklet
read our top tips for a smooth transition.

For families of returning students:

visit the back to school checklist to make a hassle-free start to the year
download the 2020 calendar to stay organised all year
check out our hints for setting up a study space.

Video – #Ready2020: First day at high school

Duration – 1:00

NSW schools respond to bushfires

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:57:20 AEDT

Many schools are responding to the catastrophic fire rating that is affecting communities across the state this week.

We are continuously updating the School safety page with a list of government and non-government schools, as well as TAFE NSW campuses that are currently non-operational.

While some schools are temporarily non-operational due to localised fires, many others in high-risk areas are non-operational as a precautionary measure.

Schools in some areas are being used as emergency evacuation centres at the direction of the Rural Fire Service.

For schools that are currently operational, school pickups and dropoffs will continue as usual. If your school is currently non-operational, it will likely remain so tomorrow.

Large scale distressing events affect our school communities in many ways. Headspace’s mental health support resource (PDF 100.52KB) is available to help students, teachers and school staff respond to the bushfires.

Visit the School safety page for updates. The department’s Facebook and Twitter accounts will also provide updates during this period.

Grab a ticket to Schools Spectacular 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:19:11 AEDT

Will you be joining us at Schools Spectacular 2019? Tickets are on sale now. Experience our live show featuring a cast of thousands of public school students from across metropolitan, rural and remote regions of NSW.

Students from different ages, cultures and backgrounds will share the spotlight as they dance, play and sing for you. Choose from one of our four massive performances at Qudos Bank Arena on Friday 22 November and Saturday 23 November.

This year's events will feature:

more than 380 schools
5,500 performers
a 3000-strong choir
2,300 dancers
an 80-piece symphony orchestra
a world-class stage band.

Group bookings

Need to make a group booking for over 10 people? Complete the Schools Preview Order Form 2019 (PDF 110KB) to attend the discounted 11am Friday matinee. The Friday matinee is discounted for school students and accompanying teachers.

If you’d like to grab a spot at one of the other three remaining shows complete the Group Booking Form 2019 (PDF 110KB).

Tickets for you and your family and friends

Save you and your family a spot online or by phone on 132 849.

Video – Schools Spectacular 2019

Duration: 0:26

Book yourself in for Reading Hour

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:11:45 AEST

This Australian Reading Hour, encourage your child to discover or rekindle their love of a good book. Take the time to learn, escape and relax on Thursday 19 September and read for one hour.

Reading has been shown to reduce stress by 68% more than listening to music, going for a walk, or having a cup of tea.

Take the Book Swap Challenge

We all have favourite books that we come back to again and again.

To help celebrate Reading Hour take our Book Swap Challenge. We want students, teachers, staff and parents to try reading something new on the day. To get involved, simply pair up with someone and swap your favourite books.

Take a photo and tag it with #ReadingHour so we can see how you got involved.

Video – Ben Law asks students about their favourite author

Duration: 1:18

Author and #ReadingHour ambassador Benjamin Law talks with some of our students about their favourite books.

How to be smart and safe on social media

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:26:29 AEST

Use our new Digital Citizenship toolkit to empower your child to understand how their online behaviour affects themselves and others.

You and your child can find information on:

how to ‘be positive’ by understanding online behaviour and its effect
'be smart’ by thinking critically and being digitally aware
'be safe’ by protecting your security, privacy and wellbeing.

A toolkit to empower you and your child

You can find articles and videos to equip and empower your child to minimise the risks and maximise the opportunities in our digital future.

We’ve partnered with leading researchers to produce a curated toolkit – aligned to the curriculum – which teachers and you can share with the young people in your lives.

Guide your child through important concepts such as:

managing privacy settings in social media
collaborating online
avoiding scams and hoaxes
understanding the law when it comes to online speech
Internet banking, shopping online and much more.

Keep your child safe and happy online

Visit and bookmark the Digital Citizenship website. We’ll continue to add articles and resources to ensure the best possible tools are available to help you guide your child to be positive, smart and safe online.

Dubbo National Merino Show

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:59:28 AEST

What’s next after high school?

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:25:02 AEST

Is your child in Year 9 to 12 curious about their career choices? Now they can use LifeLauncher, a free online tool to explore and simplify their career choices.

Your child can explore courses and careers in-depth, at their own pace, anytime, anywhere and on any device. The tool includes 4,000 careers and 1,500 course options, all in one place.

How does it work?

Encourage your child to jump online and complete the 5-minute personality and subject quizzes to be matched to a range of career options that suit their passions and strengths.

If they take both quizzes, they’ll get more refined suggestions. They can even create free online pinboards to shortlist the courses and jobs that interest them.

When your child creates an account, they can save their searches and build a real understanding of the opportunities and pathways open to them.

What can your child learn about their career options?

Your child can explore the weekly salary of the career options they’re interested in. They’ll also find the employment and growth rates of those careers and the number of workers currently in those fields in Australia.

Each career option shows them the education they need as well as other related careers. They can follow links to other sites to find out more about a course to help them find the best provider for them.

Launch into the future today

Use this tool to chat with your child about their post-school options in a meaningful way.

Inspire your child to find their career match today at LifeLauncher.nsw.gov.au.

Helping Students Stress Less

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:56:21 AEST

Education Week – Every student, every voice

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:52:40 AEST

We are celebrating our students and their powerful voices this Education Week Monday 5 August to Friday 9 August. Every year Education Week celebrates the achievements of public schools, our students and the value of public education.

This year, the theme is Every student, every voice.

Join us for #EdWeek19 as we celebrate our students and their power to shape the world.

Video – #EdWeek19 – Every student, every voice

Duration: 0:34

Farewell Exchange Student Henry

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:34:35 AEST

At our Term 2 Merit Assembly, we said goodbye to Rotary Exchange Student, Henrique Mafra.

Henry is from Brazil, and has been here for 12 months attending our school and staying with local Rotary families.

He has made lots of friends and experienced a lot of local activities, including visiting Dunns Swamp, water skiing, Kandos Street Machine and Hot Rod Show and Rylstone-Kandos Show, just to name a few.

Henry was joined by his parents at this assembly as they prepared to travel back home.

It was great having Henry at our school and he will be missed.

NSW Chess Tournament

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:23:54 AEST

Kandos High School participated in the fourth round of the NSW Chess Tournament on Friday 7 May 2019. This round was played against Lithgow High School.

The team of Alec Murphy, Jackson Cunningham and Ethan Seget, welcomed Ryan Moore, and they all played exceptionally well, ending with a win for Kandos High School.

The team now progresses into the final round and are currently ranked 1st in the Western Region!

Singleton Cattle Education Day 2019

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:45:33 AEST

Agriculture students attended the Singleton Cattle Education day, sponsored by Glencore.

Students attended a range of workshops on junior judging, how to select cattle for breeding and careers in the beef cattle industry.

Kandos High School was extremely lucky and won a stud Angus heifer to commence their school breeding program. As part of the 'Win a Heifer Competition', Mrs White had to write a letter outlining why our agriculture students would like to win this heifer.

Three students Molly Best, Miah Currie and Brooke Howe, were then interviewed on the day by a panel of judges.

These girls spoke extremely well and should be proud of their efforts of winning our school a stud heifer.

Congratulations!!

Creative and Active Kids vouchers now available

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:27:19 AEST

Creative kids can now put a $100 voucher towards extra-curricular creative activities outside of school.

Together with Active Kids, this program aims to encourage more NSW children to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities such as coding, languages, circus, performing arts and visual arts.

Parents can apply for one $100 voucher for each child enrolled in school on the Creative Kids website and use it towards the cost of registration, participation or tuition. You just redeem the voucher with a registered provider in your area when making your payment.

This is a great opportunity for your child to become involved in a range of activities that will build on their education, growth and development.

Service NSW is working with industry bodies to deliver the program.

For more information, contact Service NSW on 137 788 or creativekids@service.nsw.gov.au.

The Game Changer Challenge is back

Fri, 31 May 2019 11:41:49 AEST

It’s not too late to become a Game Changer with applications for the Education Week challenge due by 7 June.

The Game Changer Challenge brings 16 teams from public schools across NSW – eight from primary and eight from secondary – to Sydney during Education Week in August for a three-day, intensive design-thinking workshop.

The Game Changer workshops, which start on Tuesday 6 August, includes teacher training in the use of design thinking as a teaching methodology and its application for school planning.

It also includes a team competition where schools will work under the guidance of experts from industry and academia to develop a solution to this year’s critical question: How might we humanise technology?

Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott has encouraged students and teachers to get behind the event as it highlights the critical thinking students will need to develop to succeed in the future.

“The Game Changer Challenge is an exciting initiative that helps educate and inform our students and teachers on how to integrate the problem-solving methodology of design thinking into the classroom,” Mr Scott says.

“It embraces the 21^st century skills our students will need to thrive in a globalised world such as collaboration, creative thinking and communication.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for our students at all levels to be involved in discussing and addressing a real-world issue that will affect their future lives. I encourage every school to get involved.”

The challenge is designed to make strong learning and teaching connections to the NSW syllabus specifically in the area of developing general capabilities such as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication and problem-solving.

The challenge also provides teachers with an opportunity to gain exposure to the design thinking process and includes teacher resources to introduce this creative problem-solving methodology into the classroom.

Finalists will be selected based on a 60-second video that showcases your team’s vision around the question of humanising technology.

For more information email edweek@det.nsw.edu.au or visit the Game Changer Challenge page.

Your NAPLAN questions answered

Thu, 09 May 2019 15:56:16 AEST

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The tests assess the foundational skills in reading, writing, spelling and numeracy that are essential for every child to progress through school and life.

This year NAPLAN takes place between 14 and 16 May for paper tests and between 14 and 24 May for schools participating in NAPLAN Online.

NAPLAN data is used to help monitor student progress over time against a national measure and to identify areas of strength and improvement. It is used in combination with other school assessments to guide and support student learning.

Watch students ask an expert the tough questions about NAPLAN.

Apply now for My Community Project funding

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:11:34 AEST

Do you have a great idea to improve your area?

My Community Project is a new NSW Government funding program that is all about local ideas, local projects and local decisions.

You can apply now for grants from $20,000 - $200,000 for projects that will make a difference to your community. Projects could include new playground equipment, sports facilities, paths or ramps to improve access, public art or a community service.

The local community can vote for their favourite projects in July and successful projects will be announced in September.

Project applications close 15 May 2019.

Apply for My Community Project funding

Bring back memories, not measles

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:19:03 AEST

With school holidays just around the corner, it’s time to visit your doctor to check that you and your family are fully protected against measles, before you travel overseas.

Measles is a serious, highly contagious, viral illness that is easily spread through the air when an infectious person coughs, sneezes or breathes. If you and your family are not fully vaccinated, or have never been vaccinated, you are at risk of contracting measles.

Not sure if you’re fully protected?

In Australia, the measles vaccine (MMR) consists of 2 doses. If you’re not sure whether you’ve had 2 doses of the measles vaccine, visit your doctor. It’s safe to receive another dose.

Children born in Australia

If your children were born in Australia, they may have received the measles vaccine at 12 months old and the second dose at 18 months, in accordance with the National Immunisation Program.
If you have a baby under 12 months old, consult your doctor about getting their measles vaccination.

Adults born in Australia

Born before 1966 – you were most likely exposed to measles as a child and are generally considered to be immune. If in doubt, ask your GP.
Born between 1966 and 1994 – you may not have received 2 doses. Talk to your doctor about the free vaccine if you’re unsure.
Born after 1994 – the National Immunisation Program offers 2 doses, and you can check your vaccination status using the Australian Immunisation Register.

For more information about the measles vaccination, visit NSW Health or consult your local doctor.

Moolarben Spirit Awards 2019

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:26:02 AEDT

Congratulations to Brody Mundey and Brooke Howe on their nominations for the Moolarben Spirit Award.

Local schools nominate a junior and senior recipient with an outstanding attitude towards their schooling and their communities.

Students from the local area who show positivity and consistent effort within their school and the local community, were recognised at the Moolarben Coal Spirit Award on Thursday 28 March 2019.

Centennial Coal Charbon Visit

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:29:43 AEDT

Students from Banksia accompanied by Mr Nassis and Mrs Mundey, travelled to Centennial Coal Charbon Mine on 6 March 2019 as part of their HSIE subject 'The History of Kandos'.

The excursion included a powerpoint presentation by Mr Greg Mundey on the history of Charbon Coal Mine, which also covered the commencement of mining in the area dating back to the 1920s, to the start of the existing Charbon Mine in the 1950s, through to the underground mine closure in 2014, open cut mine closure in 2015 and currently 'Charbon Mine Site Rehabilitation Project'.

The excursion also included a site tour which saw us viewing the old redundant bathhouse, closed entrances to the underground mine, the open cut mine and the 'history in the making' of the mine site rehabilitation, including the earthworks process of reinstating the site back to its original state pre-mining activities. This included inspecting areas at different stages of rehabilitation dating back to the early 2000s, to the recently completed areas during 2018.

Another stop on tour included an inspection of the Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Scar Tree site, that is protected and enclosed to preserve the site.

To finalise our day, the students were able to inspect the Train Loading Tunnel Facility, where the coal was loaded onto trains ready for export overseas when the mine was operational.

A few students were also lucky enough to find some fossils.

Thank you to Centennial Coal, who also provided a delicious morning tea.

Dubbo Merino Show 2019

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:20:00 AEDT

Selected Agriculture students travelled to Dubbo for the Merino Wether Challenge training day.

Industry representatives spoke to students about nutrition, genetics, judging wool and sheep meat, and careers in agriculture.

Al the conclusion of the day, all schools received 7 merino wethers to take back to school to care for, until the competition later this year.

Rylstone Kandos Show 2019

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:38:00 AEDT

On Saturday 23 February, the Rylstone Kandos community put on a fabulous show. KHS Ag students were successful and won multiple awards in Horticulture, Fruit, Vegetables, Apiary and Dairy.

Most successful in roses
1st - One bi-coloured rose
1st - Finest collection of roses
2nd - One yellow rose
1st - Dozen hen eggs brown
1st - Olives - 6 fresh
1st and 2nd - Junior vegetable bush marrow
2nd - Junior vegetable pumpkin AOV

Some of our fabulous students volunteered their time to assist Rotary with their BBQ and the Show Committee with set up and clean up afterwards, under the coordination of Helen Fuller and Kerry Reynolds.

Thank you for your representation, great work!

Western Region Touch Football 2019

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:28:00 AEDT

Congratulations to Year 9 student Jessica Reynolds and Year 7 student Halli O'Brien, who were both successful in securing a place in the Western Region Under 15s Touch team!

Best of luck to you both, when you play at the CHS State Championships at Wollongong in May.

2019 School Captains

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:23:55 AEDT

Congratulations to our elected School Captains Brody Mundey and Shannan Norbat, and Vice Captains Eliza Quarmby and Jasmine Robinson!

We are very proud of these outstanding young adults who will lead Kandos High School into 2019.

Follow your heart, not the herd

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:37:07 AEDT

We spoke with a group of Kindergarten students to find out what they had to say about going against the herd. They had some wise words for us on how we can care, respect and support each other in our schools.

Let’s start the year off right and prevent student bullying happening in our playgrounds, classrooms and online. If a group of 5-year-olds know the difference between right and wrong, shouldn’t everyone?

Video – Wise at 5

Duration – 1:08

Back to school

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:21:07 AEDT

The first day of high school and the return to school in the new year are busy times for your child – and for the entire family. To help you and your child get organised and enjoy the experience we've compiled some useful tips for each year group.

We want every student to be known, valued and cared for in our schools.

2019 school budget allocations

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:59:54 AEDT

Like all NSW public schools, this week we will receive a School Budget Allocation Report with our funding for 2019. The report will help us manage our total budget delivered through the Resource Allocation Model (RAM).

The RAM supports schools through needs-based funding to ensure a fair, efficient and transparent allocation of funds. Our school has the flexibility to make local decisions based on the specific needs of our students.

We will use our 2019 funding to support students and improve educational outcomes. The school executive will continue to work with the school community as we implement the school plan using this needs-based funding.

Learn more about the 2019 RAM funding.

Bullying - No Way Day

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Kandos High School celebrated the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. Students participated in a range of activities that included: writing positive messages that promote anti-bullying actions, a cake stall, anti-bullying photo booth and the creation of a giant NO in the playground.

In addition, students participated in 'mini' lesson during their timetabled classes where students developed their knowledge and understanding of bullying.

We encourage you to take the time to reinforce these concepts at home.

The national definition of bullying for Australian schools says:

Bullying is an ongoing misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that causes physical and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group of misusing their power over one or more persons. Bullying can happen in person or online, and it can be obvious or hidden.

Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long term effects on those involved, including bystanders.

Single incidents and conflict of rights between equals, whether in person or online, are not defined as bullying.

There are four types of bullying behaviour:

Verbal bullying which includes name calling or insulting someone about physical characteristics such as their weight or height, or other attributes including race, sexuality, culture or religion
Physical bullying which includes hitting or otherwise hurting someone, showing or intimidating another person, or damaging or stealing their belongings
Social bullying which includes consistently excluding another person or sharing information or images that will have a harmful effect on the other person
Online bullying carried out through the internet or mobile devices. Online bullying is also sometimes call cyberbullying.

Signs and symptoms

Being bullied:

Unspecified headaches, stomach aches (frequent requests to stay at home)
Outbursts of anger
Unexplained cuts and bruises, torn and mud splattered clothing
Hitting out, flinching
Tiredness ( often linked to sleep disturbance)
Loss of appetite
Unexplained crying
Unwillingness to walk or travel to school alone
Avoidance of students once called as 'friends'
Staying at home on evenings and at weekends
Stealing money
Staying late at school (to avoid encounters with students outside of school)
Becoming introverted, sullen and self-effacing
Expressing self-doubt
Greater uneasiness with expressing physical affection
Becoming easily distracted, forgetful (an indication that they are preoccupied with something else)

Bullying others:

Changes in friendship groups (particularly the loss of a friendship group)
An unexplained but overall decline in grades
Expressions of disaffection with school
Desire to show off, especially in front of others
Ownership of items or goods that could not have been bought without parental knowledge
Expessed anger or irritation with fellow students (including making disparaging comments about them or threating to hit them)
Frustration with homework
Domination or subjugation of siblings.

It is important that students become comfortable to report any bullying behavious to their teacher. We need to ensure that we provide a safe and positive learning environment to all students.

Presentation Day 2017

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Kandos High School would like to acknowledge and thank all of our sponsors for their donations towards our Presentation Day 2017.

Thank you for your continued support, which allow us to celebrate our student's achievements year after year.

Special mention goes to Kandos Community Charity Shop, KEPCO and Dr Ali - Kandos Family Medical Practice, for their generous contributions.

We would also like to thank community members and sponsors who attended our Presentation Day and also presented our students with their awards.

We also had 2 very inspirational guest speakers, Major Mathew Carroll and Dr Emily Clapham, we thank you for your time.

Guest presenters were:

Hon Paul Toole, State Member for Bathurst

Mr Andrew Gee, Federal Member for Calare

Councillor Des Kennedy, Mid Western Regional Council

Cassie Jones, KEPCO

Major Mathew Carroll

Colleen Yates, Kandos Community Charity Shop

David Fuller, Sibelco

Lynette Armitage, Relieving Principal Rylstone Public School

Tod Morley, Principal Kandos Public School

Kylie Pennell, Main St Mechanical

Greg Mundey, Centennial Coal

Glen Evans, Kandos Returned Services Sub Branch

Ray Agnew, Kandos Returned Services Community Club

Edwina McEgan, Kandos High School P & C

Emma Jenkins, Yancoal Moolarben Coal Operations

Robyn Oakes, Rylstone Kandos Rotary Club

Amanda Roach, YEZFIDAR

Kelly Anderson, NSW Teacher's Federation.

Once again thank you to all for helping to bring together our Annual Presentation Day.

For all the photos of our day, visit the Gallery here on the website.

New Garden

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

Thank you to the NSW Teachers Federation for the Tree Levy Grant for our school.

The grant was used to enhance the front of our school with new gardens.

During the September school holidays, parents, students and staff worked to build the garden.

Thank you to Trent O'Brien, Craig Parsons, Anthony Evans, Lee Kahler, Greg Jamieson, Julie Parsons, Terry Yates, Nick Nassis, Jack Nassis and James Armitage for their time and effort put into establishing the garden.

Thank you also to Lida Harris from Lana's Peppermint Grove for supplying the native trees and shrubs, and to COATES for their generous support with equipment hire.

International Science School

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

Every second year, in the July school holidays, the Professor Harry Messel International Science School is held over the span of two weeks to give intellectually gifted students from across the globe an experience they will never forget and encourage them to reach for their dreams.

The two weeks are packed full of lectures from leading researchers, professors and other influential people from all over the world, including Australia's very own Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, as well as demonstrations and hands on activities in all the major science departments across the University of Sydney and a day-long Science and Engineering Challenge from the University of Newcastle.

Daniel Chadwick was accepted into this prestigious program and spent the two weeks taking in

as much information as possible and making heaps of new friends as well.

Daniel was one of the 140 students from Australia, China, Japan, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand USA and United Kingdom who gained admission to this prestigious event. The scholarship he received was worth $3500 and was based on his achievements in Year 10 and 11.

We would like congratulate Daniel on his achievement.

New NSW Public School's Finance System

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

Kandos High School will transition to the new NSW Public School's finance system and a new bank account on 4 September 2017.

To ensure a smooth transition, there will be changes to the way we accept payments from parents and carers.

- Direct deposits: As of 25 August 2017, we will no longer accept direct deposits into our current school bank account as we prepare to close this account and transition to the new one. Any payments made using direct deposit after this date cannot be properly allocated to a student's account in a timely manner. Please ensure you have made any outstanding direct deposits before 25 August 2017.

- Cash and cheque payments: Between 30 August 2017 and 4 September 2017, we will also not be able to accept payments by cash or cheque as we prepare to close our current bank account and transition to the new one. Please ensure that you have made any outstanding cash or cheque payments before 30 August 2017. From 5 September 2017, cash and cheque payments will be accepted as before.

- EFTPOS: From 4 September 2017, we will have EFTPOS available when we move to the new system.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any questions, please contact the school.

Guidelines for Privileges for Consistent Wearing of Uniform

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

At Kandos High School, we would like to see our students in school uniform each day and wearing it with pride. Studies have shown that when students dress in uniform they are more likely to come to school with a positive learning attitude and feel more a part of the school. Wearing uniform gives a sense of belonging and inclusiveness. It also increases the student's personal safety by allowing them to be more easily recognised.

Privileges

Sudents will be rewarded for consistently coming to school in full uniform each day. These rewards/privileges will include but will not be restricted to:

- End of Term Disco - attendance at and/or receiving a discount of anywhere between 50-100% on the entry cost.

- End of year Privilege Excursion - students may be invited to participate in this highly valued excursion.

- Merit Awards - students would be given these for consistency and the merits go towards higher awards.

How this will work

- In Weeks 5 and 10 of each term, any student who has 100% uniform during that monitoring period will received a merit certificate.

- To qualify for the privileges, students must stay above 90% for the monitoring period by wearing full school uniform.

- Students out of uniform must see Miss Heilman and get an 'out of uniform' note before school each day. Students will be required to produce this note for any teacher who asks for it during the day. The issue of these notes will be recorded.

- Students often out of uniform without an explanation from home may not qualify for privileges.

What is our uniform?

Students at KHS have the privilege of wearing two distinct types of uniform:

Full dress uniform, to be worn on excursions, school photo day, formal assemblies and other occasions when notified.

- KHS school shirt

- Grey school trousers (boys) OR navy school slacks (girls) OR navy skirt (girls)

- Plain navy blue shorts or track pants (small white insignia is acceptable)

- Navy blue stockings or tights with skirts (girls)

- Joggers or black school shoes

- School jumper or school blazer.

Everyday uniform, full dress uniform, with the additional items listed below:

- Western Area or NSW Combined High Schools Representative shirt

- KHS Rep shirt (sport, SRC, etc), NAIDOC week shirt

- Western Area or NSW Combined High Schools representative jacket or track top.

Footwear in may practical subjects (Science, all Industrial Technologies, Food Technology, Hospitality, PDHPE) must be safe in order to protect students and avoid injury. (School Uniforms in NSW Government Schools) DoE School Uniform Policy 1.3.

N.B. DEFINITE NO:

- Footless tights or leggings (unless worn with a navy blue skirt)

- jeans

- shorts or skirts that end higher than half way up your thigh

- clothes of different colours or patterns or insignias/logos/stripes (especially brightly coloured)

- leather shoes of different colours, steel-capped boots (unless for specific purposes) and footwear that does not support or protect the foot or ankle (thongs or sandals)

- clothes or bags advertising inappropriate products such as alcohol or have inappropriate language on them.

IGA Sponsorship

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

KHS would like to say a huge thank you to Kandos IGA, who have come on board as major sponsors of our Breakfast Club.

The Breakfast Club was established in 2016 and provides breakfast for kids who may not get the chance to eat before coming to school, as well as providing support and resources to help them prepare for their day.

The program is run in conjunction with an exercise program run by the school's Welfare Officer that promotes healthy eating and lifestyle choices.

The funds provided by IGA are a huge boost for the Breakfast Club and will see it's continued success into the future.

Kandos Connective Educational Garden

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

Student learning at Kandos High and Public Schools has been enhanced by a new garden with a focus on environmental, sustainability and cultural education.

Funded by a KEPCO grant to the school, Skillset Environment Land Works were engaged to design the landscape and manage the project logistics and construction on the Kandos Connective Educational Garden.

Skillset's Land Works Coordinator, Landscape Architect, Ecologist and ex Kandos High student, Thomas Staff, designed the garden to be a physical barrier between the two schools that looks and acts like a connected holistic landscape. An educational walk through has 12 stops which students can engage with interactive signage via an iPad or smart phone. Each stop has a variety of information and illustrations describing various educational content. Functionally the garden has several usable spaces including an indigenous yarning circle outdoor classroom, synthetic lawn with shade cloth, raised sensory garden bed, eco-shelter that functions as a study pod, stage and shaded area, and eight grass squares that students can relax on. The garden's main features will be aesthetically pleasing, adding colour and texture to a concrete dominated landscape.

The garden features 12 key educational stops that relate directly to local ecology, sustainable living, and indigenous heritage.

As part of the holistic approach to the project and demonstrating their commitment to sustainable communities through both environment and employment outcomes, Land Works employed and trained three Year 11 KHS students to help complete the landscape preparation and garden construction. This opportunity provided the students with valuable training, experience and skills they can use in their future careers. All three received WHS certificates after completing Land Works training and have been advised the Land Works would like to employ them for future local projects. They expressed their pride in helping build such a wonderful garden in their school. T

he project has engaged with more than 30 students to help build or guide the educational content within the garden, The school in planning to encourage neighbouring schools to use their educational landscapes.

Our school has also engaged Skillset Environment Land Works to run two educational workshops with students to develop the content for the 12 educational signs.

We would like to thank KEPCO for the generous Community grant, and thank you to everyone who attended the official opening of the garden.

NAPLAN Information for Year 9 Parents

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

Attached are 2 letters from the NSW Education Standards Authority with information for Year 9 parents and students.

There is information for parents regarding HSC requirements and NAPLAN results.

There is also a message to Year 9 students regarding the HSC minimum standard for literacy and numeracy.

Message to Yr 9 Parents (pdf 96 KB)

Message to Yr 9 Students (pdf 113 KB)

Student Representative Council 2017

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

Congratulations to our new SRC members for 2017.

Year 7 - Coco Della Libera, Felicity Evans, Gina McDonald and Jessica Reynolds.

Year 8 - Bianca Annetts, Hannah Doyle, Liam Kennedy, Ian Payne and Laandi Buckland.

Year 9 - Tyler Boyton, Eliza Norbat, Tyron Reynolds, Lucy Waddell and Harley Endacott.

Year 10 - Chelsea Cunningham, Kevin Large, Brody Mundey and Shannan Norbat.

Year 11 - Zoe Brown, Daniel Chadwick, Jemma Keeley and Ebaney Pateman.

Year 12 - School Captains Riley Murphy and Jasmine Morgan, School Leaders Lucy Quarmby, Lana Gietzmann, Allanah Smith and Castle Vidler.

School Captains 2017

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Congratulations to our School Captains for 2017.

Riley Murphy and Jasmine Morgan - Captains.

Lucy Quarmby, Allanah Smith, Castle Vidler, Lana Gietzmann are School Leaders.

Bridget Baskerville 2016 Texstyle Exhibition

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Congratulations to Year 12 student Bridget Baskerville.

Bridget has received the exciting news of having her Major Textiles project and portfolio selected for the 2016 Texstyle Exhibition. This exhibition showcases the top HSC works in this area and will be on display at Rosehill Racecourse at the Stitches and Craft Show from Thursday 2 March to Sunday 5 March 2017.

Bridget created a wall hanging inspired by 'Alice in Wonderland'. Every component on Bridget's work has been hand created and includes a multitude of quality and creative techniques including Fabric Marbling, Digital Printing, Dyelon Printing, 80 creative embroidered 3D flowers, applique teapot spout and tea cups, silk painted butterflies, pieced 3D cups and hand stitched binding.

Accompanying Bridget's work is an exceptional portfolio tracing the development of her ideas and the extensive experimentation completed to develop her skills.

This is an outstanding achievement for a very hard working and diligent student.

Well done Bridget.

P & C Annual General Meeting

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

We would like to invite all interested parents and community members to the first Annual General Meeting as we restart our P & C.

The AGM will be held on Monday 17 October 2016, in the Maths Lab.

There will be a brief community meeting to restart the P & C at 5.30pm, where membership fees of $1.00 are payable.

This meeting will then be closed and the AGM will commence.

Mr Steve Carpenter, General Manager, P & C Federation, has accepted an invitation to attend.

All welcome.

Welcome to our new Deputy Principal

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

Kandos High School staff and students welcome our new Deputy Principal, Carol Heilman.

Ms Heilman is PDHPE trained and has been teaching for 31 years, and comes to us from Cowra High School, where she has taught for 11 years.

Ms Heilman is looking forward to working with everyone in

the whole school community.

Farewell to Mrs Janell Cole

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Staff and students say farewell and good luck to Mrs Janell Cole.

Mrs Cole has accepted the School Adminstration Manager's positions at both Wattle Flat Public School and Sofala Public School.

Mrs Cole has been at Kandos High School for 14 years in our front office, and we will miss her smiling face around the school.

Congratulations Janell!

Public Speaking

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

In Term 3 2016, Kandos High School was selected to hold the local final for the Legacy Junior Public Speaking competition.

Two of our Year 7 students entered as contestants. Charlotte Hoetink gave a prepared speech on climate Change, and Raynor Pirece gave her speech on Gender Equality. Both girls then had to give an impromptu speech on 'Inside or Outside'.

The event wouldn't have been possible without student volunteers. Bethany Vidler made an excellent chairperson, with Jasmine Kernaghan at her side as timekeeper. Hannah Doyle and Ava Vidler served as ushers, making sure the visitors to our school could find their way.

All students who took part were able to watch some excellent speakers and hear great advice from our adjudicator, Lin Eccleston.

As I seek to grow the Public Speaking and Debating program at KHS, I am happy to see I have such passionate, enthusiastic and talented speakers to work with.

Well done to those students.

Stephanie Momsen, Science Teacher

SMS Attendance Alerts

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Kandos High School has recently invested in a software system called Millennium that will allow us to continue to improve the support for your child's education and keep you informed of their progress at school.

As I am sure you are aware, attendance at school is a vital part of student's maximising their learning at school. To help ensure that school records are correct and to keep you informed when your child is not at school, a SMS system is being implemented in Millennium for attendance.

When your child is not recorded as being at school you will receive an SMS similar to : "Records show that student name is absent today. Please reply to this message to explain the reason for this absence. Please include student's full name in reply messages."

This message will be sent if your child is not at school, is late or has been incorrectly marked absent. If you receive this message you may reply with a text message outlining the reason your child is absent from school or advising that you believe your child is at school, this will allow us to immediately check our attendance records for your child and ensure they are accurate.

If you wish to, you may continue to contact the school directly or send a note explaining any absence when your child returns to school. If an SMS is sent to the school outlining the reason for your child's absence, then a written note is no longer required.

The SMS absentee system will only function for parents with an accurate mobile phone number in our system. It is important that you ensure the school has your current mobile phone number .

Reminder: please remember to include your child's full name in any reply SMS, this allows the system to accurately match the SMS reply to your child and assists the office staff to process your replies.

As with any new system, there may be problems initially, so we would appreciated your patience and most importantly, your feedback about the new system.

Farewell Mr Chris Bowen

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Congratulations to Mr Chris Bowen on his well deserved retirement, after nearly 17 years at Kandos High School as Deputy Principal.

With many good times and lots of different hairstyles, we will miss Mr Bowen's familiar face around our school.

We hope you will stay in touch and call in to see us occasionally.

Happy retirement!

Alarm Rollout

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:24 AEST

"Learning how to learn is teaching oneself" Max Woods

Students in Years 11 and 12 were introduced to the concept of ALARM, which is an acronym for A Learning and Responding Matrix. This model was designed by school teacher Max Woods, as a tool to teach students how to learn, thus empowering them to become critical thinkers.

The ALARM matrix works by asking a series of questions which can be applied to all curriculum areas as well as assisting with personal decision making.

Our students participated in an in-depth analysis of social media in an engaging and informative 50 minute session delivered by Miss Steinbeck and assisted by Mrs Brown.

Visual Arts

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

Congratulations to Jade Botham-Barnes for her selection and completions of the Dobell Drawing School Scholarship at the National Art School During the last school holidays.

The Dobell Drawing School offers 75, year 11 students from government schools, to work in a tertiary environment wit practicing artists and lecturers.

Jade has written about her time at the art school.

"In the school holidays, I was lucky enough to attend the National Arts School in Sydney". the program I attended was he Dobell Drawing Program for regional students. At the Art Camp, I participated in Experimental Drawing which included painting objects and the Nude. The materials I used throughout the week were inks applied with sticks, paints and different types of charcoal. I attended classes throughout the week and had my own studio space. We went on an excursion to the Art Gallery of NSW, which was fantastic! At the end of the week we had our own exhibition which showcased our best work. I found this experience educational challenging and rewarding and made some amazing friends. I'm very grateful for having this experience and I'm very grateful for everyone who helped make his happen."

KHS Chess Tournament 2016

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

The 2016 KHS Chess tournament is under way.

Thirteen students from year 8 to year 12 are 'battling it out' over the chessboard in a 'Rapid' double-round robin to determine who will receive top honours and of course the bragging rights which come with the winner's trophy.

The games thus far have been a mixed affair with some missed opportunities and blunders; whilst others have been interesting strategic encounters with play being cautious and measured with a few notable exceptions where positions have been blown wide open with some solid tactics.

So far it has been a lot of fun with great sportsmanship from all the participants, alongside some excellent kibitzing which has lead to some serious post-mortem analysis and a great deal of laughter.

Look out for updates, including a diagram or two from some recorded games, once chess notation has been fully mastered by the players!

Navigating Teenage Depression

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

Centre Care Wilcannia Forbes and Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMP) are partnering to present the following workshop for any interested community members.

Kandos Rylstone Presentation:

Kandos High School - entry through Dangar St

Wednesday 18 May 2016

5.00pm - 6.00pm

All welcome.

Anzac Day 2016

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:24 AEST

Well done to our students who proudly represented KHS in the Anzac Day march in Kandos on Monday 25 April, after which, our captains were invited to read during the Commemoration Service, as well as both dawn services in Rylstone and Kandos.

On Wednesday 27 April, our school held the annual Anzac Day ceremony.

Thank you to Kandos RSL Sub Branch members John Taylor and Ray Stout for their presentation and to Larry O'Connor and Ken Bevitt for their attendance on this important day.

Each year Kandos RSL invites students to participate in a speech writing competition celebrating the spirit of the ANZACS.

Congratulations to Carly Lomax (1st), who read at the Kandos service, Brody Mundey (2nd), who read at the Kandos dawn service, Jackson Cunningham, who read at the school service, and Liam Green who were both highly commended in the writing competition.

SRC Fundraising Success

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Every year hundreds and thousands of communities, often with no warning, lose their homes, their possessions and their livelihoods because of natural or man-made disasters. Every day they are faced with a battle for survival.

Last year, the KHS SRC co-ordinated a fundraising campaign to support the victims of the earthquake in Nepal and the hurricane in Vanuatu. The students decided that, rather than just donating money to an organisation, they wanted to use the funds to purchases items in need. The concept of Shelter Boxes were discussed and decided upon.

A Shelter Box is a large plastic lidded container, containing a range of items that will provide vital supplies to support communities around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis. The items supply an extended family with a tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. In addition to the tent, the boxes contain a range of their survival equipment including thermal blankets and insulated ground sheets, mosquito nets, water carrying bag and a lifesaving water purification system, multi-fuel burning stove, pots, utensils, bowls and mugs as well as some school items.

On Thursday 31 March, the SRC hosed Peter and Lorraine Croft from the Dubbo Macquarie Rotary Club at our morning assembly. The Crofts are an integral part of the Shelter Box Australia Team who co-ordinate the purchase and distribution of Shelter Boxes throughout the world. They displayed the contents of the boxes and explained to students the purpose behind each item, it's uses and relevance to families. The Crofts also passed on their congratulations to the students and staff of KHS for their amazing abilities to raise funds to purchase 2 Shelter Boxes. At $1000 a piece, they recognise the great efforts that were made to accomplish such an achievement.

If anyone would like to know more about Shelter Box, make a donation to their cause or purchase one themselves we encourage you to go to the website at http://www.shelterboxaustraila.com.au/index.php and take a look.

Helen Fuller SRC Co-ordinator

Youth Committee at the 2016 Rylstone Show

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

Congratulations to the KHS students who formed the inaugural Youth Committee for the 2016 Rylstone Show.

The 2016 Youth Committee consisted of Reece Oldfield (President), Riley Murphy (Secretary), Jemma Keeley, Tamika Desch, Quinn MacDonald-Webster, Callum MacDonald-Webster, Cameron Derwent, Bailey McKay and Jye Cork.

The Youth Committee supports the Show Society by helping in and around the showground with various tasks. These included a number of meetings to organise music, performers and sound equipment, also the young farmer's challenge, set up and assisting with the horse events, helping with sheep and cattle, setting up the main arena, bar, gazebos and the hall with exhibitions.

The Show Society acknowledged the Youth Committee at the sponsor's dinner at the Rylstone Club on Friday night before the show.

The Youth Committee was initiated by Mrs Leanne Neilsen, as students were showing in interest in being in the Show Society.

Thank you to Mrs Kerry Reynolds who was the School Coordinator, and assisted the students with their performances. The students who performed were Keiran Stokes, Jasmine Kernaghan, Jasmine Robinson, Zoe Brown and Kendall Goldspink.

Thank you also goes to Mr Scott Neilsen, who supplied the embroided shirts for the Youth Committee.

Well done to these hard working young adults, who contributed to a successful 2016 Rylstone Show.

Student Representative Council 2016

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

Elections for the Student Representative Council have been held and 20 students plus our four captains will make up our SRC. The number of representatives has increased from 18 to 24. Staff were very pleased with the number of students who accepted nominations for the position of SRC, showing willingness to be involved in school activities and take on responsibilities that will help them and others.

We would like to congratulate the following students who have been selected to represent their year group and trust that they will do a commendable job.

YEAR 7: Alex Morrissey, Brooke Howe, Harry George, Mackensy Farrar

YEAR 8: Angus Standfield, Eliza Norbat, Molly Best, Tyron Reynolds

YEAR 9: Brody Mundey, Callum MacDonald Webster, Carly Lomax, Quinn MacDonald Webster

YEAR 10: Jack Nassis, Jemma Keeley, Joshua Payne, Zoe Brown

YEAR 11: Jasmine Morgan, Lana Gietzmann, Riley Murphy, Lucy Quarmby

YEAR12: Grace Murphy (Captain), Reece Oldfield (Captain), Connor Boyton ( Vice Captain), Bridget Baskerville ( Vice Captain).

Mangahigh - Mathematics 2016

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

This year the Mathematics department are trialling a new online Maths resource called Mangahigh. Similar to Mathletics, we think it is an excellent resource for high school students.

We will be using Mangahigh with your children at school and they can also use it to practice their maths at home.

Each student in year 7 to 10 has a login for the program, all it requires is an internet connection.

Mangahigh works just as well on tablets and smartphones as it does on computers.

We can't wait for our students to get exploring!

Web address: https://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/

School Uniform Price List

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

New Scarves and Beanies now available at the front office.

Updated uniform price list and new items, please visit Uniform prices

IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL NOTICE

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

Parents\Guardians of Year 11 & 12 Students,

Kandos High School Received the following notification regarding a problem with batteries listed below.

Lenovo is expanding the voluntarily battery recall announced March 27, 2014. These batteries were manufactured for use with ThinkPad notebook computers that shipped between February, 2010 and June, 2012.

Students in years 11 & 12 and or Students in any other year have any of the devices listed below must either do one of the following ASAP.

1. Students can go to this link and download the software to try the Automatic Battery Check (http://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/rojo/LenovoBattery.exe)
2. However if this fails they will have to do it manually https://lenovobattery2014.orderz.com/
3. If you son or daughter needs assistance to complete this task, have them see Mr Campbell (Technical Support Officer) ASAP.

For further information on this safety recall please visit: http://support.lenovo.com/au/en/documents/hf004122

Affected Products
Lenovo sold the batteries with new notebook computers in the models listed below or as optional stand-alone or replacement batteries:
• Edge 11, Edge 13, Edge 14, Edge 15, Edge 120, Edge 125, Edge 320, Edge 325, Edge 420, Edge 425, Edge 430, Edge 520, Edge 525, Edge 530
• X200, X201, X200S, X201S, X220, X220T, X100E, X120E, X121E, X130E, X131E
• T410, T420, T430, T510, T520
• W510, W520
• L412, L420/421, L512, L520
• Option P/Ns 43R9255, 51J0500, 57Y4186, 57Y4564, 57Y4565, 57Y4625, 57Y4559, 43R9254, 0A36277

These models may have shipped with one of the following part numbers (FRU P/N) affected by this recall:
42T4695 42T4711 42T4740 42T4798 42T4804
42T4812 42T4816 42T4822 42T4826 42T4828
42T4834 42T4840 42T4862 42T4868 42T4874
42T4880 42T4890 42T4944 42T4948 42T4954
42T4958 45N1006 45N1012 45N1022 45N1050
45N1060

The Tell Them From Me student feedback survey

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:29 AEST

I am delighted that this term, Kandos High School, like many others in the state, will participate in a Department of Education and Communities initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey aims to help improve student learning outcomes and measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide our school with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. Schools in Australia and around the world have used the Tell Them From Me survey to help improve how they do things at school.

The following document will hopefully answer any questions that you may have Tell Them From Me FAQ (pdf 384 KB)

Kandos High Offical facebook page

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

Facebook Page

Kandos High is now on facebook. Use the link: Kandos High Facebook Page and like the page to have information from Kandos High included in your news feed.

Digital Education Revolution Parent Survey

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Parents are requested to complete the: DER Parent Survey

Nicole works to reach her "Max Potential"

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Nicole Neilsen, a year 11 student of Kandos High school, has been involved in the 2012 "Max Potential Program" along with other year 11 students from Mudgee and Gulgong schools.

Max Potential is a youth leadership development program that connects community leaders with young aspiring leaders in their local area. The program is a simple, yet active, learning relationship that guides individuals on how to maximise their lives and leadership potential. Personal leadership coaching accelerates people's ability to lead themselves and others effectively. Through one-on-one focused chats, individuals develop their leadership capacity.

Nicole has been mentored by Mr Peter Druitt from Rylstone who has provided 1:1 support to her, guiding the planning and implementation of her personal project , co-managing the school's website. To help her achieve this Nicole has called on staff of the Kandos High School to supply photographs of activities undertaken in various classes and other school functions (eg disco, sports carnival etc). During this process Nicole has collected over 300 photographs which she has had to sort through, label and establish their availability for the website. It has been a quality learning process, allowing Nicole to understand the wider issues relating to website use and management, as well as hopefully expanding the usage rate of the school's website.

2012 DER-NSW Parent Survey

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:24 AEST

2012 DER-NSW Parent Survey

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We seek your views on the NSW one-to-one laptop program.

A formal evaluation of the program is being undertaken by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training in collaboration with the University of Wollongong. It is an effort to determine how the DER-NSW program may impact on learning and teaching education across the state. The evaluation has taken place over 3 years.

Please go to the link below and complete the 2012 survey. It won't take you too long.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DER-NSWPr2012?c=8318

To access the link please enter it into the long address bar at the top of the page of your internet browser (not into a search engine such as Google) and press enter or go – this will take you to the survey.

Individuals cannot be identified in the data.

Evaluation reports to date can be viewed online: https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/about-us/how-we-operate/national-partnerships/digital-education-revolution/rrql/research.Thank you for assisting us.

Principal

Mr Colin Winter

Caitlen's Report from USA

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Caitlen's Report (pdf, 33 KB)

Caitlen in USA

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:25 AEST

Year 10 student Caitlen Dunn is currently on an exchange program in Alabama, USA. This is Scottsborough High where Caitlen is currently enrolled. See more pics on photo page.

Self Portrait

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Congratulations to Year 11 student Ryan Zhou on the selection of his self portrait for the Headspace 10:Self Reflections exhibition at the National Gallery.

The selection committee chose 100 portraits from around the nation. The exhibit reflects a range of issues and concerns from Year 7 through to Year 12. The works explore notions of identity and portraiture in the broadest sense using a variety of media and approaches to scale

SMS make it to Youthrock semis

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:28 AEST

Kandos High School rock band "SMS" has been selected as one of 40 bands to compete in the Arrive alive sponsored Youthrock competition. They are the only band from the central western region chosen to compete. The competition takes place at the Sutherland Entertainment Centre between 14-18 April. Congratulations to Fin Roach, Genevieve Fuller, Cameron Sack and Ben Selby on this wonderful achievement and the best of luck in the competition.

Interactive Classroom

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:26 AEST

Interactive Classroom (pdf, 13 KB)

News story

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:04:27 AEST

Year 7 Orientation Camp (pdf, 39 KB)