Farewell Year 12

Ode to Year 12 2010

Kathryn A – Now is not the time to deny and fight, we all know you’re a huge fan of Twilight.

Cherie B – To put it simply you’re beautiful, tall and absolutely loved by all.

Mitchell B – We’re all more than willing to walk, swim or jog, to go see the hot guy who works at The Loaded Dog.

Melanie C – After six years of reminding us every single day, we agree you are awesome in every single way.

Joseph C – In a sense you’ve beat the rest of us, having the longest nickname “Jossepi Clarkadopolous”

Jordan C – We know you put up with all too much teasing, since that time when you asked if “ the rocks were breathing?”

Grace E – It’s safe to say you’ll be remembered forevs, as the girl who always says “whatevs”.

Monique F – It’s evident that you aspire to be a star, maybe one day even bigger than Gaga.

Kristopher G – Leaves us saying “oh my gosh!” when we observe him playing squash.

Samuel G – Deceptively quiet is the rumour, but be aware he has a sharp sense of humour.

Dylan H – It’s very well known that it’s your aim, to be the best in the world at every video game.

Nerissa K – With a smile as bright as a disco ball, you will indeed be missed by all.

Jessica L– ls it your wish for you to be known as “Lavish”?

Carl R – Do you only play guitar just for fun? You could potentially be the next Angus Young.

Mitchell S – We love Mitchell he’s our man, he rides a bike further than anyone can.

Courtney T – We know you as a “legal eagle”, but you keep it as cool as Snoopy the beagle.

Jake T – We have all come to better know you as, that farmy boy that goes by “Gaz”.

Stuart T – I think I speak on the whole school’s behalf, when I tell you have a truly unique laugh.

Timothy W– The humour at this school will never be the same, we’ll miss the “Tim jokes” that were never lame.

Emma W– She may not be six foot tall, but she shines bright and gives her all.

Lauren W – We’re sad that you’ll be gone ever so long, please promise us to not return as a pom.

Samantha W – Where ever you go you’ll be the one to beat, but always remember you’re Grenfell’s own athlete.

Thank you, Year 12, for everything that you have done for us and the school. We’re going to miss you and we wish you all the best for the exams and all your plans for the future. Year 11.

And from me - farewell Year 12 2010, we've enjoyed your company and delighted in watching you grow up.  We wish you well and look forward to catching up with you in the future.  Best wishes for the HSC and remember: 'As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do'.  Zachary Scott (1914-1965).

Golden Girls Visit

 Past school captains

At this week's induction of school leaders ceremony, we were delighted to have five past school captains participate in the official proceedings: Jean Livingstone (nee Walmsley) - 1937, Pat Aston (nee Simpson) - 1944 and Edna Simpson (nee Chivers) - 1940.  Also there was Mayor Maurice Simpson, school captain  1950 and current staff member, Damien Johnson, school captain 1988.

New House Captains

Our new house captains and vice captains 2011:


Lehane - captains - Sophie Hancock and Alec Walsh
  vice captains - Emma Knowles and Steven Dinham


McCabe - captains - Ellena Lynch and Emrys Owen
  vice captains - Holly Bowerman and Matthew Cashen


McNamara - captains - Emily Crutcher and Ben Peterson
  vice captains - Alice Fennell and Stephen McAway


Congratulations!

Meet our new school leaders!

Elections are the talk of the nation, as indeed, they have been here at The Henry Lawson High School, only we've moved on from the federal election and this week held our SRC election.  Well done to all those students from Years 7-11 who accepted nomination for the SRC and congratulations to those elected to office.

Thank you to the outgoing SRC for the valuable contributions you have made over the over the last twelve months.

Our vice-captains elect are Gerard Smith and Jessica Millar.  Our captains elect are Grace Walker and Jason Causer.  They will make great team leaders!

Sporting success!

Great stories from the sporting arena!  Firstly, Emily Crutcher is back from Canada, having competed in her first international event - the World Youth Games.  Emily is ranked number 1 female in the world in her age group (under 16) for high jump.  It was all very exciting as well as nerve wracking for Emily over in Canada, and she was disadvantaged by an ankle injury.  However, she now has the experience of an international event under her belt.  Next on Emily's schedule is Paris (2011) and then Barcelona (2012).  Of course, Emily also has her sights set on qualifying for the London Olympics.  Go you good thing!

Matt Clarke is currently in Dubbo representing NSW schools at the national level, and our school team which includes Matt, his brother Joseph, Mitchell Steenbergen and Tim Walker are concentrating on making it to the state final. Congratulations and best wishes to all.

Congratulations also to Sammie Wood who has succeeded in achieving her long-held dream of being selected to play in the Australian All Schools Under 19 Football Team. Sammie too has been plagued by injury in recent times and worked very hard to make the team.  Last week she travelled to Melbourne with the NSW team to compete against other states in the national championships. It was during this tournament that Sammie made her mark on selectors, so that in January she will head off to China, then Japan to compete internationally.

Education Week: leading the learning with technology

Teaching and learning with technology is the theme of our Education Week celebration.  In line with that theme, the official assembly was used to unveil the school's new website;  it's not quite ready to go live yet, but very near to it, so look out for our web address coming soon.

Helen Sweeting, representing Samaritans Purse, presented Ms Margret Roper with a certificate of appreciation to our school for our continuing contribution to the Operation Christmas Child project. Ms Roper is the school's liaison on on this fundraiser which works to support children who are victims of war, famine, natural disaster, poverty and disease.

 

Also at the assembly, many people from the school community were aknowledged for their contributions and achievements.  Community members included Lisa Eastaway, Mark Liebich, Gerry Perceval and Joanne Simpson; students were Grace Best, Emily Crutcher, Stephen MacAway, Cherie Bernard, Courtney Taylor, Stuart Taylor and Sammie Wood; from our SASS, Tony Fenech, Denise Fennell and the library's very own Jill Hamilton (pictured left, with Principal Margaret Carey), and from our teaching staff, Megan Crossley, Ross Hunter, Damien Johnson and Barry Jones.  Congratulations to all!

Welcome back!

Everyone seems to have had an enjoyable break from school but it's already week 2 so we are all back in the swing of things. Emily Crutcher returns from Canada next week and we look forward to her telling us all about what it is like competing in high jump at international level; and well done to Matthew Clarke  who has been selected to represent New South Wales in squash.

Education Week next week and we read that there are many plans for the day's enjoyment. Do come to our special assembly if you can, drop in on classes and be sure to visit the new science block while you're here.

Speaking of assembly, we had a great one this week. Our SRC presented an anti-bullying skit:  Stuart Taylor, Courtney Taylor and Tim Walker gave accurate and entertaining impersonations of Mr Hunter, Ms Lynch and Mr Jones, though the real Mr Jones seemed to have difficulty working out who was who. 

We also had a guest speaker, former student Matthew Hunter here to promote awareness of cystic fibrosis.  Matthew and other 'old boys', Paul Taylor, Daniel Cooper and Luke Armstrong will take part in the The Great Escape  -  a charity motoring event that travels through the Australian outback raising funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis Australia. We wish them well on their road trip. We too will run a fund raising event here at school this Friday.