College News
Glen Innes and Guyra Shows
PHOTO: Experience and success at the recent Glen Innes Show.
The Agricultural Show season is well and truely in full swing and representatives from the College have been busy showing their stock and skills at Glen Innes and Guyra recently.
The Armidale Agricultural Show is on the weekend of the 6-7th March 2020 and once again, our student involvement will be extensive. Thank you to Mrs Janet Price the Agriculture Farm coordinator who assisted by Mr Anthony Kelly has accompanied our students to these events.
Glen Innes Results
Merino Sheep
1st Angela Ryan
3rd Analiese Wark
British Breed Sheep
1st Angela Ryan
Fleece
1st Angela Ryan
2nd Will Starr
3rd Quinn Dalton
Grain
1st Analiese Wark
3rd Tom Lockyer
Vegetables
2nd Phoebe Colvin
Glen Innes Show
PHOTO: O'Connor students represented the College at the Glen Innes Agricultural Show recently.
Guyra Show Results
Sheep Judging
Jnr
1st Angela Ryan
2nd Tom Lockyer
3rd Jack Lockyer
6th Isabel Kelly
Snr
2nd Ben Jones
3rd Hain van Eyk
4th Ryan Simpson
5th Analiese Wark
Fleece
Jnr
1st Eve Porter
2nd Abby van Eyk
3rd Phoebe Colvin
4th Jack Lockyer
Encouragement Emily Simpson
Snr
1st Analiese Wark
2nd Sam Fittler
3rd Dan Ryan
4th Hain van Eyk
5th Isabel Hine
Encouragement award Ryan Simpson
Vegetables
Senior
1st Lucy Barley
3rd Alex Baker
4th Sam Fittler
6th Aaron Coop
Junior
1st Lucy Campbell
5th Phoebe Donnelly
6th Hayden Kratz
Cattle
Finalists
Jack Deshon
GALLERY: O'Connor students gaining valuable life experience at the Guyra Agricultural Show last weekend.
Year 12 Senior Success Parent Night
The Year 12 Senior Success Night is on Monday 9 March at 6pm in the Library Learning Centre. All Year 12 students and their parents and carers are invited. Students need to bring a pen and their student diaries along. The night will be divided into three parts; Pastoral Academic Care for Year 12, Student Wellbeing (Mr Daryl Harper) followed by a Senior Success Workshop (Mrs Glenda Lemon).
University Roadshow
Representatives from Charles Sturt University, University of Newcastle, Southern Cross University, University of New England and the University of Wollongong visited the College on Monday to provide an information session for all Year 12 students. See the Library News & Career Corner page for a full report.
2020 Activities Fair
Friday last week saw a gathering of staff and students for our annual Activities Fair. Students were able to sign up to activities of their choice. The College is fortunate to have a staff with such a variety of interests, who are also keen to facilitate these activity groups on a regular basis. Groups of offer were:
Agriculture Club, Basketball, Chess, Dance, Debating Club, Drama Club, Environmental Club, Hockey, Horse Sports, Music Ensembles, Mountain Biking, Netball, Rugby League/Rugby Union (Boys), Learning Hub, Rugby Union (Girls), Soccer, Vinnies Group, Touch and League Tag, Youth Group, Z Club.
PHOTO: Students make enquiries at the Zonta Club (Z-Club) information stall.
GALLERY: Plenty of interest in our College activity groups this year.
Did you know?
Did you know that the College has over 2000 e-books in their library collection? They are all accessible from home as well. See the Library News and Careers Corner page of the newsletter for access details.
Year 11 Assessment Night
Great interest was shown in our Year 11 Assessment night. Every Monday evening at 6pm for the first few weeks of Term 1, the College is holding information nights for the various College year groups. For those who couldn't attend the Year 11 night, assessment booklets are available
through the school. Please contact the Year 11 Year Leader Mr Fulloon to access a copy .
Year 9 Parent & Carer Night
The information night for Year 9 Parents & Carers is to be held next Monday 2 March in the College Library Learning Centre. The night will address areas such as the Pastoral Academic Care (PAC) system in Year 9, school camp, RoSA, grading and reporting, careers, paxis/enrichment and home learning.
National Servicemen's Commemoration Service
PHOTO: (L TO R) Mrs Vicki Channon, Kieran Wicks, Liam Smith, Abbey Thomas and Ruth Toakley.
College leaders and students accompanied by Mrs Channon, attended the National Servicemen's Commemoration Service held at the National Servicemen's Memorial in Central Park yesterday. College Leaders Liam Smith and Ruth Toakley laid a wreath and O' Connor students Harrison Selby and Jack Simmons represented the Air force Cadets.
PHOTO: (L to R) Harrison Selby and Jack Simmons.
PHOTO: Liam Smith and Ruth Toakley lay a wreath on behalf of the College.
Student Classwork
Next issue we will be having a page dedicated to snapshots of student classwork. Hudson Williamson in Year 8 shared the following with us.
Some sage advice
“You have to shout before you can sing”
Life is a hard and difficult thing...Everyone experiences hard times, some more so than others but we all do. There are days in everyone’s life when they don’t feel like doing anything...but it’s what they do on these days’ that determines the outcome.
In everything someone does there is the basic and there is the complex. People always want to be the best but once they have the basics and things get hard they stop pursuing their dream because it’s ‘too hard’.
There is a small amount of people that once they can shout they strive for the best and they go all out to be able to sing. Then they work on that to reach further than the sky. There is a quote that I really like, “don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footsteps on the moon” - meaning that there isn’t a limit, everyone can always be better than what they are today.
Hudson Williamson (Year 8)
SRC Voting
On Thursday, the Student Representative Council ballot occurred, students and staff of the College participated in the voting process.
PHOTO: Year 8 Students making their vote count in Thursday's SRC elections.