COWRA HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER NAIDOC WEEK SHOWCASE CONCERT
Preparations are in full swing for NAIDOC Week, which the local schools are celebrating in Week 10 of this term (25 – 29 June). One of the highlights this year will be an Indigenous Showcase concert, which will be held in our school hall and attended by students from all the local schools. This will be held on Tuesday 26 June from 12 noon to 2.30pm. Due to limited seating, only the following students will be invited to attend ~ Years 7 & 8, all Aboriginal students Years 7 – 12 and Years 11 & 12 Aboriginal Studies students.
Cost is $5 which is to be paid to the clerical office by Friday 22 June. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The concert will feature song and dance by performers from the local area as well as from Sydney.
Performers include Ebony Williams,
Michaela Jeffries, the Wagambirra Dance Group, Josh Simpson, Steven Taylor & Warren Williams, Joe Williams, Letetia Harris & Leroy Johnson, Kyunn Pitt, Bruce Carr and Evelyn Willie. Make sure you don’t miss it.
READ WITH ME SEWING GROUP
A few Cowra High students have been regularly joining adults every Monday at the Read With Me sewing group held at the Yalbillinga Outreach building. This group is supporting the push to promote reading among Aboriginal children by sewing library bags and large cushions for youngsters to sit on. The organisers greatly appreciate the involvement of our students Telissa Blair, Takisha Pollard & Tanesha Simpson, as well as Robyn Coffey who transports them to Erambie.
Telissa Blair at the sewing machine
Page 3 STUDY SKILLS TIP FOR JUNE REVIEWING YOUR WORK ON A DAILY BASIS
Did you know that if you don’t look at what you are learning for a second time within 24 hours you forget 80% of the detail! This is why your teachers encourage you to review what you learn each day when you get home from school.
One of the best habits you can develop is the following ~ each afternoon, even before you start your homework, spend 10-15 minutes reviewing what you learnt at school that day.
There are lots of different ways you can do this review ~ here are some ideas (and you can do something different every day):
1. Highlight the key points in each lesson. 2. Write down the top 3 things you learnt in each lesson (you could do this in a separate book or at the bottom of the day’s class work).
3. Make a mind map about what you have been learning in class.
4. Try and explain what you did in each lesson that day to a family member (or even to the cat).
5. Go on a Google adventure ~ do some research on one interesting thing from each lesson.
6. Write up on a whiteboard one main idea from each lesson (a whiteboard in your room is a great tool for secondary students).
7. Write down for each subject a question you could ask about what you learnt that day.
There will be a fabulous payoff to doing this, more of what you learn at school will stick in your head, you will have less to learn at test time, and it will make your assignments and projects easier when you can recall what you have been learning.
Learn more about the Brain and Advanced Memory Techniques
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When: Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 June Time: 7pm Where: Cowra Civic Centre Cost: $10 per ticket
Tickets available from Jolly Roger, Browse-a-While or the school
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