West Wyalong High School in West Wyalong, New South Wales | High School

West Wyalong High School

Locality: West Wyalong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6972 2700

Address: 30 Dumaresq Street 2671 West Wyalong, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.westwyalon-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

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25.01.2022 On Tuesday 27th of October, year 10 students were treated to a virtual presentation from the defence force as part of their studies in the subject of Futures. Leading Seaman Sam Johnston gave an engaging presentation on all the career opportunities available within the defence force including job roles, their gap year program and university sponsorship. He shared stories of his experiences and provided students with much general information about the army, navy and airforce. The session was interactive with students asking many questions and given the opportunity to win prizes sent to the school such as water bottles, pens, caps and USB's. Our students enjoyed the session and got much information from it. After the session Leading Seaman Sam Johnston stated that this was 'one of the best groups he’s ever presented to'.

25.01.2022 Congratulations Alethea! You gave a great speech and will make a great role model for our younger students.

24.01.2022 As we near the end of the school year West Wyalong High School would like to express our gratitude to the community, families and friends of our school. This year has been one like no other. We have dealt with change; we have experienced loss and we have had to adapt to a foreign way of schooling. In these times, our staff, students and school community showed great resilience. We want to acknowledge the support of our community. They have been understanding of the changes ...Continue reading

21.01.2022 Today West Wyalong High School students in years 7-10 had a visit from School Liaison police officer from Griffith, Senior Constable Alex Davies and Youth Liason officer Senior Constable Jasmine Hussain. The officers spoke to our students about cyber safety, alcohol and offensive behaviour. This was an incredibly valuable experience for our students and we extend a huge Thankyou to the officers for their time.

20.01.2022 Congratulations is extended to Tiarne Lloyd on recently been elected as one of West Wyalong High School's school leaders for 2021. We are confident in your ability to lead our school with pride. See below for Tiarne's candidate video.

20.01.2022 Our MC Class students Mia Baker and Ben Burgers continue to make fantastic things in wood technology. Thank you Mr Watson!

20.01.2022 This year we were not able to hold a face to face orientation day for all of our year 7 students for 2021. Mr Grintell travelled to surrounding schools to deliver an orientation session in the best way that he could. The video below was shown to schools, students were also given the opportunity to ask questions. We are very excited to see our new cohort of year 7 students next year. Reminder that school returns for all students including year 7 on Friday the 29th January.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to all of our award recipients from yesterday's presentation day assemblies. We as a school community are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication that our students continuously display.

16.01.2022 What a great day for our athletics carnival. More photos to come.

16.01.2022 YEAR 12 FAREWELL ASSEMBLY On the 20th November WWHS will hold our year 12 farewell assembly. This will be held at Ron Crowe Oval as an outdoor event. The assembly will commence at 10:30am. This assembly will include presentation day awards, including academic and sporting awards for 2020 as well as the farewell component of the assembly.... Unfortunately this is an INVITATION ONLY event. More information will become available as the date approaches. The rest of the students will be bused down to attend the assembly. This has been a difficult and trying year and we are directing all of our efforts towards making sure that our year 12 students get their well earned fare well. This event will be COVID-19 safe and will align with the Department of Educations COVID guidelines.

15.01.2022 Wednesday breakfast club! Ricky is our newly appointed Student Support Officer, each Wednesday there will be cheese toasties and cups of juice available for FREE. This will continue to run out of our school kitchen. Service will stop at 9am so get to school early!... Follow the link below to read more about the importance of eating breakfast! https://www.lifeeducation.org.au//the-importance-of-breakf

15.01.2022 Congratulations to our school leaders elected for 2021! Our leadership team is comprised of 10 fantastic young leaders and we are confident they will lead our school with pride. West Wyalong High School Captains are Rebecca Cumming and Luke Cameron. ... The leadership team includes Alethea Hung, Tyler Walsh, Rowan Duncan, Tiarne Lloyd, Bronte Daniher, Jorja Hill, Frazer Holland and Lydia wells. Well done to all students, this is a well deserved achievement.

14.01.2022 Year 12 2020. This week our wonderful year 12’s are celebrating the end of their schooling journey with daily dress up themes. Here you see them in their gender bender and inner child outfits.

13.01.2022 Congratulations on recently being elected as a school leader for 2021 Tyler. We are sure you will do a fantastic job in this role.

13.01.2022 Congratulations Rowan Duncan on being elected as a school leader for 2021. Well done Rowan we are sure you will be a great leader for our wonderful school. See below for Rowan's candidate video.

13.01.2022 Year 8 dissecting a chicken wing to look at how the muscles and bones work together at joints in a limb.

12.01.2022 Rural Aid through their Gift of Music program donated some equipment to the school. Rural Aid is an Australian charity that supports rural communities and organisations. The school received a new Yamaha keyboard along with some drum kit equipment to support the music program.

12.01.2022 Yesterday WWHS held our first netball gala day of term 4. All of our staff have been raving about the sportsmanship and positive attitudes that we saw among the students. It was a fantastic, fun filled afternoon and we would like to extend a huge thank you to our year 7 students for their excellent behaviour and to Mrs Duncan for her organisation. We look forward to year 8 students having a go next week! REMINDER: please bring a water bottle.... See below for photos taken yesterday.

12.01.2022 Congratulations Bronte! Bronte Daniher has been elected as one of our 2021 school leaders. We are postive you will be a great role model for our junior students. See below for Bronte's video.

11.01.2022 Year 9 science recording biotic and abiotic factors in local ecosystems!

10.01.2022 Farm Vehicle Safety Program. Year 11 Primary Industries learning about the safe and responsible operation of quad and two wheel motorbikes. Started with safety, risk assessments, pre-start checks and standard operation. Will continue to emergency braking, uneven terrain and obstacles tomorrow.

10.01.2022 OUT OF UNIFORM DAY TOMORROW Friday 23rd October, West Wyalong High School will be having an out of uniform day to show our support to our 2015 school captain Liam Martin who will be playing in the 2020 NRL grand final this coming Sunday. We as a school, are incredibly proud of Liam's hard work and dedication and are eager to show our support ... Come dressed in any footy guernsey or Panthers colours TOMORROW.

09.01.2022 GOOD LUCK LIAM! Former West Wyalong High School captain and 2015 dux, Liam Martin is playing in the NRL - National Rugby League grand final this weekend! Staff and students are so excited and would like to wish Liam the best of luck! ... Go Penrith Panthers! Music source: https://www.bensound.com

08.01.2022 School photos - Wed, 16th Sept. Parents who would like family photos taken, with all siblings together, must have them ordered by 5pm, Tues, 15th Sept (prior to the photo day). The Access code to place the online family order is: CZPBTSY6. After 5pm Tuesday, this code will expire and no longer work. This Access code is ONLY for ordering the family photos. Students will receive the cards with the unique ordering codes, on photo day, as has been the process in previous years.... www.creativeschoolportraits.com.au

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08.01.2022 Investigating Science studying the length of the microwave based on Percy Spencer's experiments about the microwave, and creating terrariums based on Joseph Priestley's experiments with oxygen.

08.01.2022 LoVEBiTES a respectful relationships education program that focuses on the development of respectful relationships and violence prevention for 15-17 year olds. LoVEBiTES is based on best practice standards for education programs as recommended by the Federal Government. The LoVE BiTES program consists of two interactive education workshops on Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault followed by creative workshops that consolidate the information. LoVEBiTES consistentl...y models respectful relationships between male and female students, teacher and workers. West Wyalong High School will be running this program for our Year 10 students during Term 4 beginning Tuesday of week 1. We are utilising our partnership with the Riverina Murray Family Referral Service to deliver this program. Students have been provided with an information sheet this week. If you have any questions regarding the LoVEBiTES program please do not hesitate to contact the school and speak to the program co-odinator, Mrs Leonie Meredith.

08.01.2022 The year 12 formal dinner last Friday was a fantastic night. It was lovely to see everyone all glammed up to celebrate the end of their schooling. We’d like to thank Dagmar McIntyre for making the beautiful muffins, Phoenix Catering for the lovely meal and Thom, Dick and Harry’s for the flower arrangements. Congratulations class of 2020!

06.01.2022 Fishing net making with the boys group! A huge thank you again to Miss Astley for sharing her expertise with our students!

06.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 Indigenous students went off to the wetlands and WWLLC for the first half of the day. A huge thank you is extended to to Lee, Linton and Kheely. Our students thoroughly enjoyed this experience and all returned to school with smiling faces! Yindyamarra.

05.01.2022 Over the next 6 weeks WWHS will be running sports gala days every Wednesday. This will be run with each year group participating on seperate weeks. Students will go over to McAlister Oval period 3 & 4 where they will participate in the sport of the week. The idea of these gala days is to encourage participation, inclusion and hopefully build on some of the bonds among year groups (which is the reason for year advisors being involved). There have been COVID safe measures imple...mented to align with the Department of Education guidelines. This is a student only sporting afternoon and is unfortunately not open to parents/spectators. Please see below for the organisation. WEEK 2- Year 7, Netball WEEK 3- Year 8, Netball WEEK 4- Year 11, Netball WEEK 5- Year 9, Netball WEEK 6- Year 7, Touch Football WEEK 7- Year 10 Netball

05.01.2022 Year 9/10 agriculture getting to know our new poddy calves! WWHS dairy jersey calves are going to be used to teach students about animal husbandry and leading.

04.01.2022 It is with great disappointment to let our community know about a spate of vandalism at WWHS. Last Thursday night and last night, our school has been attacked and violated by some individuals with an obvious grudge towards our community. Filthy comments and personal attacks directed at staff and students. I am saddened by the attitude of individuals within our community. I hope those involved are held accountable for their actions. I urge anyone with information in relation to seeing people at our school, last night or last Thursday night to contact our local police. My apologies for such a negative post at the end of a successful term at WWHS. As always, our community will band together and raise above this issue. Please help us catch these individuals. Thanks

03.01.2022 2020 PRESENTATION DAY WWHS presentation day will be held on Tuesday the 15th of December. ONLY parents/ guardians of award recipients will receive an invitation to attend however, must abide by strict COVID safe guidelines. Social distancing measures will be implemented and it is a requirement that you sign in upon arrival. There will be two assemblies that are taking place:... 10:40am- Years 7 & 8 12:35pm- Years 9, 10 and 11 Please see for the Department of Educations advice: Graduations and award ceremonies within the school Students and their parents and carers will need to be aware that graduation and award ceremonies will be conducted in accordance with a the COVID-19 Safety Plan for graduation ceremonies to ensure a COVID-Safe environment for all attendees. Requirements include: Guests will be invited based on the total number of people (this includes staff, students, parents & carer or visitors) who are able to be accommodated under the 4 square metre rule. Maintain a record of names and contact details for all attendees including school staff and contractors for at least 28 days after the event. This record will only be used for the purposes of contact tracing for COVID-19 infections and are stored confidentially and securely. All attendees including students, staff and guests attending are well and free of any flu-like symptoms. For seating arrangements, the school will need to: oEnsure there is enough space for distancing of 1.5 metres between non-household members. oSeated tables will be limited to a maximum of 30 attendees per table (updated Friday, 23 October 2020). External visitors will need to remain seated as much as possible to minimise mingling outside of non-household groups or close friend groups. Singing and musical activities at the event must adhere to the Department’s guidelines for singing, musical activities and creative arts consistent with NSW Health advice for group singing and musical ensemble. Students will need to bring their own pens if they wish to sign yearbooks or other items. External visitors will not be allowed access to areas outside of the designated event venue and should leave promptly at the conclusion of the event. For graduations and award ceremonies held outside of the school site, the organisers will need to ensure they follow the venue’s COVID-19 Safety Plan along with NSW Health advice of the day. Catering arrangements will comply with the COVID-19 Safety Plan requirements where appropriate.

02.01.2022 Year 10 creating models to represent a section of a DNA molecule.

02.01.2022 West Wyalong High School has set up a HP BYOD page. Buying directly from HP ensures your child has the right device and support to work in the school environment. Importantly, it guarantees the latest learning devices at affordable pricing, ensuring the most optimal learning outcomes. All devices have been selected by our school and meet the schools minimum device requirement.... Unique School Access Code: WestWyalong EXTRA 5% Discount Code: westwyalong5% Follow this link to take you directly to the page: www.hpshopping.com.au/westwyalongbyod See below for information posters

01.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS YEAR 12! Today we held our year 12 graduation and presentation day assembly. It was a COVID safe event and we are glad that we were able to give our graduating students the farewell that they deserve. Thank you to the families and friends that were able to attend and we hope that those who were not were able to watch some of the live streamed footage. ... Thank you to all of our wonderful staff for making such an event possible. We as a school wish the graduating class of 2020 all the best for their future endeavours.