Hello

Hello to everyone at OLSH. I am working at the Canberra Institute of Technology in the Learning Centre. I have been here since January 26 and I have been learning lots of new things. I hope everyone has welcomed the new library assistant at Traeger and any other new staff. If anyone would like to contact me you can send an email to peri.robertson@cit.act.edu.au . I wish everyone a happy and successful 2010. I already bumped into some OLSH students at the airport yesterday in Canberra. I hope to see many more in the years to come.

New staff

Welcome to our 2 new school ISA's - Mrs Hunter and Mrs Dutton. They will be working with students from all year levels so please make them feel welcome if you see them around.

What in the world is that?

It's an axolotyl!

by Maria Box

New blog

A new blog has been created specifically for library news. You can follow this link to the new blog
http://traegerlibrary.blogspot.com/

Naidoc Week 2009

Today Traeger celebrated Naidoc week with a bbq and the official presentation of the Indigenous mural. The mural was created by the students at Traeger along with the support of the IEW's . Special guests, staff and students witnessed the unveiling of the beautiful display of artwork. It is mounted on the wall outside of the Gilchrist hall and looks amazing. Thanks to everyone that worked on the mural and those behind the scenes such as Mr Ray.

Art at Traeger

On display outside of the library you will see a beautiful arrangement of art that the students in Ms Richters classes have created. Lots of thought and hard work went into these creations. Please come by and have a look but please don't touch.

Traeger staff and students collecting coins for a good cause.

Today all students along with their homeroom teachers competed to make the longest line of coins in the Gilchrist hall in order to raise funds to support the Sadadeen staff and students who are heading to East Timor. Each homeroom placed their coins in a line on the ground to see who had the longest. Thank you to everyone who got involved. Lots of fun was had.

T & D news

The old Traeger staffroom has been redone into a T & D room. For those of you who have not had the chance to see it I can assure you that the transformation of this old, dreary room into a bright, fresh workspace is amazing. Thank you to everyone that made this happen. Staff and students look forward to spending some quality time in there creating some masterpieces.

Term 3

Welcome back to term 3. We hope you all had a restful break and are ready for another busy term. Coming up soon is the college concert and the school fete. Stay tuned for further info. Welcome to our new staff - Miss Ayako Shimado (Japanese) and Miss Tamika Uzzell (PE). A warm welcome also to Peter Welsh who will be filling in for a couple of weeks.
Enjoy the term.

What in the world is that????

It’s a Double-nosed Andean tiger hound!!!!
The Double-nosed Andean tiger hound is a rare breed of hound that has been seen in Bolivia. Many people believe the double nose increases their scent discrimination abilities; however, there is no research to indicate whether the double nose is a benefit or a hindrance.
The "double nose" appears to be a normal dog's nose, but with the nostrils separated by a band of skin and fur dividing the nose all the way to the dog's upper lip.

by Maria Box

Congratulations

Well done to the Desert Rebels little league baseball team. The boys came 5th out of 12 teams representing states and territories in Australia. They all played great and we are very proud of them. The boys from Traeger are Scott Bielefeld, Josh Davies, Mark Conrad, Ethan Pellegrin, Michael Rindahl, Vic Mutuota and Darryl Russell. Good job!!

Welcomes and farewells!

Welcome:
Shamiso Katumba 6.2
Twanda Chichewo 7.1
Angelica Ponado 7.2
Jade Stevens 5.3

Good bye:
Hansani Tennakoon 7.4
Senuri Tennakoon 5.2

Disco

Blue Light Disco

Come and support the Blue light Disco fundraiser. It will be on Saturday 16th of May. It is a family fun night that has been organised by the PNF. It will be held at Bath Street Campus from 6pm-9pm. There will be lots of food and and loads of fun will be made. So come and participate in the Blue light Disco to show off all your moves.
by Sara Casteneda

Traegers favourite authors and books

THE BEST AUTHORS!

I have researched and asked about the best authors for kids aged 8-12 and these are the results. I have also put in the best selling books from them.

Andy Griffiths-the JUST_____ series.
Ages8+ for girls and boys.

Stephenie Meyer-the TWILIGHT series. Ages12+ for girls.

Roald Dahl- EVERYTHING!!!
Ages8+ for girls and boys.

J.K Rowling-the HARRY POTTER series. Ages8+ for girls and boys.

R.L Stine-the GOOSEBUMPS series.
Ages8+ for girls and boys.

Emily Rodda-the DELTORA QUEST and ROWAN OF RIN series.
Ages8+ for girls and boys.

Meg Cabot-the PRINCESS DIARIES.
Ages10+ for girls.

Robert Muchamore-the CHERUB series.
Ages10+ for girls and boys.

Christopher Paolini-the INHERATANCE series {ERAGON, ELDEST, BRISINGR.}
Ages9+ for girls and boys.

Zizhou Cordia-the LION BOY series.
Ages9+ for girls and boys.

By Connor Cresswell.

Desert Storm Update

Basketball 20-22 May
Hayley Newman, Jasmine Tilmouth, Jemma Tilmouth

AFL 20-22 May
Kieren Parnell, Darcy Puls

Tennis 15-17 June
Tabatha Saville, Kyle Hampton, Lachlan Sullivan

Rugby League 10-12 June
Jacob Bonanni

Netball 2-6 June
Jordan Manu-Preston, Charlotte Said-Omar, Amy Pankhurst, Charlene Mutuota, Nadine Van Der Nest

Best of luck to all of our students representing Traeger and well done to the following students who have already competed at the Desert Storm Tennis competition,
Jesse Russell, Ben Hurley and Rachel Dash.

Desert Rebels update

The Desert Rebels have been training hard to prepare for the Australian Nationals Little League Championships. The team will leave Alice Springs on June 2nd and return June 9th. We wish them lots of luck and hope they have a lot of fun and make some new friends. Go Rebels!!

Desert Storm soccer

Congratulations to Daniel Geppa and Nathen Arezzola for being selected for the Desert Storm boys soccer team and to Sarah McAllan for being selected for the girls team. Both teams are off to Darwin on the 14th of June. We wish them well.

Mother's Day

When: 10th of May - this Sunday
Get working on making something nice for your mum. Ideas can be found at http://www.dltk-holidays.com/mom/index.html

Stephi Thampi

Founders Day

Founder’s day is about remembering and celebrating on the history of our school. Founder’s day is mostly for new students that are new to the schools, but also for old students to remember the background of OLSH. Founder’s day will be held on the 5th June at the Telegraph Station. There will be a liturgy, activities for all of the houses. Bath Street will be focusing on St. Marcellin Champagnat. Traeger will be focusing on Jules Chevalier and Sadadeen-OLSH sisters

Sara

Murder under the microscope

During Activities a group of students are competing against the rest of Australia to figure out a fictional environmental murder in NSW. Mrs. Neyland, the agents leader, is helping the team as much as she can so they can win this awesome competition! We wish them the best of luck this term.

Julia Bass

MS Readathon

It's that time of year again when we need to all start thinking about reading and raising money for the MS Readathon. See the link below for details or ask Mrs Robertson.
http://www.msreadathon.org.au/default.asp

Lets try to achieve greater than last year.

Term 2

Welcome back to Traeger. Hope you all had a great break and had the chance to catch up with friends and family. The weather is already getting a little colder so don't forget to label the kids jumpers/jackets ready to wear to school this term. There is always a large number of lost property items at the front office. The year 7 camp will be coming up this term which should be lots of fun for those involved and also the Bangtail Muster, ANZAC Day and preparations for the Alice Springs show. Enjoy the term.

Congratulations

The Desert Rebels were undefeated at the NT Little League Baseball Championships over the holiday break. They played against teams from Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs. Well done to those boys in the team from OLSH Traeger and good luck at the Australian Championships in June at Surfers Paradise.

Rounders Update by Jessica B

Yr 7 rounders score:
1st round Achoa
2nd round Gillen and Bennett in a tie

Total score at the moment is
Yr 7 rounders score:
Bennett 131
Standley 69
Achoa 13
Gillen 64

End of term 1 by Hannah M

It’s the end of term everyone! Time to kick off your shoes, have fun, party and stay up late! Reports will be coming around too… Hope everyone’s tried hard to get good marks, after all the work everyone’s covered in the 10 weeks. So have fun, relax, for a week and a bit, and be ready for term 2!