Hostel manager Wayne Rogan and his staff place family life and Christian teaching as a high priority when looking after the boarders.

Wayne instills a sense of security and trust between staff and students which enables students to come to the staff if they have issues or concerns just as they would at home. Staff are keen to ensure that boarders receive training in life skills and are able to participate in local sport competitions.

The hostel staff are committed to enriching the lives of the young people in their charge, ensuring a happy and wholesome stay.

With a good mix of physical activity, positive encouragement and varied entertainment, students find that their stay at Wongutha is memorable and supportive of their educational program.

Friday November 30th saw 130 staff, students and special guests, gather at the Esperance Civic Centre for the annual Wongutha Prize Night and Graduation Ball.

For students, this a culmination of a years hard work.

Nearly 80 awards were presented with some students receiving more than one accolade.

Congratulations to the 10 year 12 students who graduated. We wish them well for their future.

The night unfolded with some excellent entertainment from local staff group, “Segue”, made up of Steve and Bec Briggs along with Brendon Franzone. Their classy style made for easy listening.

Later in the evening the Wongutha band entertained with a combination of original and covered songs.

Our wonderful school cook, Merl, organized a spectacular meal that was served by the fantastic team from Teen Challenge.

A wonderful night was had by all.

WONGUTHA CAPS

AWARDS NIGHT

2007

1. Rotary Award – Highest Achievement – Year 12

Talisha Graham

Presented by Graham Mackenzie

2. Esperance Shire Award –Best All Round Student

Johanen Nugget
Presented by Councillor Christine Smith

3. Citizen of the Year (Peter Florisson Memorial Perpetual Trophy)

Lauren Yeeda
Presented by Beryl Florisson

4. AHL Hostel Awards

Presented by Harry and Pauline Graham

Girls – Best Effort – Darrylynne Bumba

Girls- Runner Up – Amber McCarthy

Boys- Best Effort – Jesse Deegan

Boys- Runner Up - Bradley Tigan

5. Positive Image Award

Talisha Graham – Perpetual Trophy

Presented by Jenny Florisson

6. Go For Gold – 3 Gold medals:

(Graham Jacobs’) Awards

Presented by Graham Jacobs

Highest Achiever

Truan Cox

Runners Up

Bevan Laurel

Leith Stevens

7. Westscheme VET Awards –Medallion, certificate, portfolio and $100

presented by Bec Briggs and Andrew Waters

Amber McCarthy – Business and Administration

Bevan Laurel – Automotive Servicing

8. Australian Defence Force Long Tan Awards for Leadership and Teamwork

Presented by Harry Graham

Year 12 – Talisha Graham

Year 10 – Jesse Deegan

9. Bushrangers

Presented By Gary Paul

Best Effort Over All

Truan Cox

Best Effort (runner up) – Bevan Laurel, Lauren Yeeda

10. Belle of Ball

Bevan Laurel

11. Beau of Ball

Amber McCarthy

SUBJECT AWARDS

English EALD 2A-2B (year 12)

Completion of 2A-2B- Certificates – Talisha, Johanan

Most Consistent – Johanan Nuggett

Highest Achievement- Talisha Graham

English EALD 1C-1D (year 11)

Highest Achievement- Henry Skeen

Completion of 1C/1D certificates – Henry, Amber, Stacey

National Accelerated Literacy Program

Highest Achievement Best Effort/Most Improved

Class 1 Shane Meyer Truan Cox Hylton Laurel

Class 2 Bec/ Gaye Ada Stokes Nuala Evans

Class 3 Flora Robinson Bradley Tigan

Bible -Harry Graham – Best Achievement Year 11 – Jesse Deegan

Best Acievement Year 12 – Amber McCarthy

Maths – Year 12 – Mr Florisson – Johanan Nuggett

Year 11 – Mr Robinson’s Class Level 5- Marcus Ball

Gaye Graham’s Class Level 1- Quinston Costaine

Jay Gordon’s Class Level 4 – Samantha Donaldson

Tim Ross’s Class level 2 – Truan Cox

Bec Brigg’s Class Level 3 – Jenise Gunyan

Agriculture

Equine - Mr Ross Level 1 – Nuala Evans

Level 2 – Samantha Donaldson

Horticulture - Gary Robinson Level 1 – Darrylynne Bumba

- Gary Paul Level 2 – Isobelle O’Brien

Poultry – Harry Graham Level 1 – Patrick Laurel

- Jay Gordon Level 2 – Henry Skeen

Aquaculture Andrew Waters – Level 1 – Jenise Gunyan

Level 2 – Cecilia McCarthy

VET Subjects Achievement Effort

Automotive Servicing (A Waters) Leith Stevens Hylton Laurel

Automotive Panel (M Leary) Jesse Deegan Kimse Jack

Business( B. Briggs/ G. Graham) Breeanna Trott AmberMcCarthy

Building & Construction(T. Buckley) Talisha Graham Lauren Yeeda

C.A.L.M (G Paul, H Graham) Darrylynne Bumba Naomi Tumbler

Hospitality/ Kitchen Ops (T Ross) Cecilia McCarthy & certificates

Metals & Engineering (J Gordon) Henry Skeen

Plant Operating (V Mack) Marcus Ball Dallas Cox

Stock & Station (D Clark) Guy Evans Quinston Costaine

Structured Workplace Learning – Mentor Awards

Bec Briggs – Samantha Donaldson

Terry Buckley – Edwin Gunyan

Jay Gordon – Johanan Nuggett

Gary Paul – Jesse Deegan

Shane Meyer – Talisha Graham

Andrew Waters – Leith Stevens

Tim Ross – Stacey Evans

Naenon Sommerville – Darrylynne Bumba

Music Medallions – Steve Briggs

Henry Skeen Kelwin Laurel

Tristan Laurel Hylton Laurel

Truan Cox Bevan Laurel

Samuel Costaine

Congratulations to all winners.

A game of skill, endurance, perseverance and youth.

on Monday 27th, the staff challenged the students to a friendly match. I did say friendly.

The staff spent the first 15 minutes warming up while the students shot some baskets.

Game on….

New arrivals Mr Rose and Jeremiah Bennett face off in the first tip off.

Referee, Mr Buckley and Bevan Laurel look on.

Fast and furious action followed with staff clearly out aged if not outclassed.

Mr Waters shows his stuff….?

Darren Kleehammer Tackles Mr Lundy

Uncle Harry lines up a shot.

Mr Gordon (5′6″) v Jeremiah (6′3″)

Darren Kleehammer does it easy.

Marcus Ball Gets up a sweat.

A fantastic time was had by all with the students taking the day by 10 points.

A re-match has been planned for a future date.

Marcus lays up

Edwin Gunyan

Uncle Harry

Marcus makes a statement.

Wongutha is in the grip of the building bug.

Several projects are on the go including renovations to the Tech Block, the boy’s and girl’s hostel and the construction of a new laundry.

The Tech Block has been added too with a new construction area and a complete refurbishment of the outside of the entire building. with a new state of the art classroom, this area will be a huge plus for our students.

Both the hostels are being upgraded with the boy’s getting an

internal refit and the girls getting an extention.

The school has outgrown the laundry and we have begun the process of building from new. We are at the internal fitout stage with the roof being finished this week.

The weekend away was made up of leaving Wongutha at 6am, driving to Kalgoorlie, a quick talk about the house rules at the Camp School, then a morning of shopping.

The afternoon was spent between the football and the Oasis Sports Centre.

Church followed by lunch on Sunday, then a return trip home, brought the weekend to an end.

Pizza at home and then a well earned sleep.

Introducing…..

“Bazza”

“Rosie”

“Dinki”

“Ruby”

“Beverly”

Don Clark with “Bazza”

Wongutha welcomes some new residents. A small herd of Dexter cattle.

The Dexter is a hardy little beast renowned for its small stature and fantastic production of both meat and milk, as well as ease of handling. This little heard will be a fantastic addition to the Wongutha cattle program.

Combined with a proposed station hands course, the students at Wongutha will benefit immensely from this acquisition.

16 year old Haysen Lockyer is keen to learn about the construction industry.

As part of his studies, he learns general building in Mr Buckley’s construction class.

On Wednesdays, Haysen joins the Wongutha building/maintenance team, and assists in the renovation and building projects that are currently being undertaken.

Haysen is a keen worker and a quick learner. He should do well when he leaves school and pursues a career in building.