Burwood Girls High School Centre of Excellence

Queen Street Croydon NSW 2132

P +61 2 9747 3355 F +61 2 9744 2797

burwoodg-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au https://burwoodg-h.schools.nsw.gov.au Dear Parent/Carer,

On Thursday 20 June 2019, all Year 10 students will attend a Field Study Day of creative learning activities, at school or other venues. This is a normal school day and attendance is compulsory.

There is a maximum number of students for each activity, so first paid will secure a place in their chosen activity. Please pay no later than 2:00 pm, Thursday 13 June. Please bring correct money when paying. NO ONLINE PAYMENTS for this activity, please.

The students are to CHOOSE ONE ACTIVITY – full descriptions on noticeboards near TAS and Creative Arts and emailed to your school email. Then take the permission slip to pay at the front office. If the chosen activity is full, students may need to make a different choice. Tick name of paid activity on the permission slip.

After paying at the front office, notes are to be returned to the TAS staffroom (for TAS activities 1 & 2) or Creative Arts staffroom (for CA activities 3 – 7) no later than Thursday 13 June.

Full school uniform must be worn for all activities.

Yours sincerely R. Patonay, Head Teacher TAS and A. Yongsiri, Head Teacher CAPA

1. Pay at front office in person (CORRECT MONEY please) by 2:00 pm, Thursday 13 June. (No online payments.)

2. Tick activity you have paid for. 3. Return permission note to the TAS or Creative Arts staffroom by Thursday 13 June.

I give permission for __________________________________________________ of Year 10 to participate in one of the Year 10 Field Study Day creative activities on Thursday 20 June 2019 (some involve travel by bus or train), at various costs, as listed below.

For external venues (tick ONE):

I give permission for my daughter to be dismissed at the venue to make her own way home.

I give permission for my daughter to be dismissed at Burwood Station.

Signed (parent/carer):_________________________________________________ Date:______________ Parent/carer’s daytime contact number:___________________________________ Student’s mobile number:__________________________________ Please list any medical issues / food allergies / dietary requirements (eg vegan) we need to be aware of:

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Please pay in person at the office (not online) by 2pm, Thursday 13 June.

1 PAY AT FRONT OFFICE 2 ACTIVITY YOU HAVE PAID FOR 3 TAKE THIS NOTE TO TAS OR CA

TAS ACTIVITY 1: High Tea at The Langham Cost: $55 Max. 40 school & city

TAS ACTIVITY 2: Sushi Making and Teppanyaki Cost: $55 Max. 40 school & city

CA ACTIVITY 3: Sam Lewis Peace Prize Cost: $7 Max. 22 school

CA ACTIVITY 4: Darkroom Photography Cost: $25 Max. 22 school

CA ACTIVITY 5: Screen Printing Cost: $15 Max. 22 school

CA ACTIVITY 6: Art and About Cost: Nil Max. 22 city

CA ACTIVITY 7: Reimagining the City Cost: Nil Max. 32 city & school

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ACTIVITY 1:

High Tea at the Langham!

VENUE: The Langham Sydney, 89-113 Kent St, NSW 2000

ACTIVITY: Students have the opportunity to dine at the luxurious 5–star Langham hotel in Sydney. Located in the heart of the Rocks district, The Langham is famed as the birthplace of the traditional Afternoon Tea, direct from their London flagship hotel. A custom Afternoon Tea menu will be on offer, served on Wedgewood fine tea ware. All pastries, truffles and macarons, are crafted by head pastry Chef Prashanth Krishan, at the Langham’s in-house Patisserie. The menu on the day is to include a set selection of:

Afternoon Tea Set Menu

Glass of pink lemonade on arrival & choice of pot of tea

Savoury

Smoked salmon and caviar vol-au-vent

Roast beef, truffle aioli, rocket finger sandwich

Egg and baby cress finger sandwich

Beef and burgundy pie

Sweet

Langham Rose macaroon

Champagne and strawberry cheese cake

Peach tartlet

Signature Scones with homemade Jam and cream

COST: $55 per person. Please bring your personal Opal card on the day and make sure it is in credit as there will be no time at the station to put money on your card. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 40

(Students are to be selected on a first come, first serve basis!) NOTE: Girls are to ensure they appear polished and presentable, wearing neat and tidy full school

uniform. An overview of fine dining etiquette will be presented to the girls beforehand.

ROLL CALL: 8.45am in Room 15 (TAS Kitchen).

If you have any further queries at all, please do not hesitate to see Ms Slocombe or Ms Papas in TAS.

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ACTIVITY 2:

SUSHI MAKING and

TEPPANYAKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

VENUE

School (Hospitality Kitchen), then train and walk to Hisshou Restaurant, Sydney. SESSION 1

In this session you will learn how to make different types of SUSHI and how to attractively plate this dish. Then of course, eat what you have made! REQUIREMENTS

Full school uniform

School apron (if you still have this from Year 7 & 8)

Shoes – full covered school shoes

2 tea towels

1 dish cloth SESSION 2

In this session you will travel to the Hisshou Teppanyaki Restaurant in George St, Sydney and experience ‘teppanyaki’ for lunch. Be ready for a great fun experience! At the end of the day, students will be dismissed in Sydney to make their own way home or they can come back to Burwood Station. COST

$55 per person – includes cost for all ingredients for sushi at school and lunch at Hisshou Teppanyaki Restaurant (including complimentary soft drink). Please bring your personal Opal card on the day and make sure it is in credit as there will be no time at the station to put money on your card. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS

40 (first in, first served)

ROLL CALL

8:45 am in Hospitality Kitchen. If you have any further queries at all, please do not hesitate to see Ms Patonay in TAS.

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ACTIVITY 3:

2019 Sam Lewis Peace Awards - Workshop

VENUE:

The Sam Lewis Peace Awards were established in 1983 by the NSW Teachers Federation to promote peace in our schools and communities. They are named after the teacher and Peace Activist Sam Lewis who died in 1978.

VENUE: School Music Area / Recording Studio

THE DAY

Students will work in teams to create multimedia entries for the Sam Lewis Peace Awards.

Win a Grand Prize of $500 or other prizes from a $4000 pool by entering this year’s Sam Lewis Peace and Environment Awards, open to students in NSW public schools and post-school educational sites

Theme “Peace is the gift of understanding. Schools are places of peace.” The importance of working together to promote peace and the benefit this can bring to the community.

Entries can be comprised of video, still image, scrolling text, original music and performance, spoken word (including poetry). The aim is to combine these into a video format for entry in these awards.

LUNCH:

Pizza and drink provided.

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS

School uniform, other clothes if needed in production

USB at least 8GB

A collection of still images – relating to the theme. These can be done on the day.

A story, poem or speech for recording “live” voice over. This can also be done on the day.

Original songs, music – to be recorded as part of an entry. These can also be created on the day.

COST

$7 for lunch GROUP NUMBERS

22 students (first in, first served) ROLL CALL: 8:45 am in IT Room

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ACTIVITY 4:

Darkroom Photography

THE DAY

Be swept away by the romance of working in the darkroom! If you have ever wondered how people created photographic images without using a camera, then this workshop is for you.

Students will be introduced to analogue photography and how to develop images in the darkroom.

At the end of the day, students will take home original photographic prints that they have developed.

Pizza is provided for lunch.

REQUIREMENTS

Students are to bring their laptops/device and a USB to help create their photographic artworks. WEAR

Full school uniform. COST

$25 per person. Includes all materials, tuition and a pizza lunch! VENUE

School darkroom. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS

22 (first in, first served) ROLL CALL: 8:45 am in the CLAY room.

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ACTIVITY 5:

CREATE YOUR OWN SCREEN PRINT

VENUE: School – Room 39 THE DAY

Students will be developing designs of their choice to be screen printed on a bag

Over the course of the day students will refine their skills to print a bag that they will take home at the end of the day.

Students can also bring other items for extra prints, such as t-shirts or fabric.

You will be provided with pizza for lunch.

REQUIREMENTS Full school uniform. COST $15 per person – includes the workshop materials and tuition along with lunch (pizza). MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS 22 per class (first in, first served)

ROLL CALL: 8:45 am in Room 39.

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ACTIVITY 6:

VENUE: Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay THE DAY

Students will have the opportunity to experience the Sydney art world by visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney. At the MCA, students will visit a number of exhibitions presented across Levels 1 to Level 3 galleries. Students will be engaged with the many ways that contemporary art is presented and experience installation works by Emily Floyd and see the MCA collection. Students will travel by train to Circular Quay from Burwood Station (personal OPAL card required) and visit the Gallery through a teacher guided walk through the Exhibition space. REQUIREMENTS

Full school uniform. COST

Nil. BRING

Please bring your personal Opal card on the day and make sure it is in credit as there will be no time at the station to put money on your card.

Lunch or money to buy lunch on the day MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS

22 (first in, first served) ROLL CALL: 8:45 am in Room 39.

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ACTIVITY 7:

Reimagining the city

Photography: Documenting the shapes, designs of the cityscape

into a montage design ready to print

Want to further develop or start your Photoshop and camera skills through using

fun montaged imagery? VENUE: China Town and Darling Harbour, then Media room at school. As a group, we will be exploring the city environment, looking for suitable elements of the cityscape to scrutinize from behind the lens of our camera. Using close-ups of detail and long shots we will gather a range of images which we then manipulate, with teacher guidance, using Photoshop (in the Media Room) to create fun and surrealistic images. LUNCH: Bring own money and feast on the yummy food at Spice Alley in Central Park’s

dining precinct at

Chippendale, near

Central.

COST: Nil except for train fare to and from Central in the city and money for food and drinks.

TRANSPORT: Train. Please bring your personal Opal card on the day and make sure it is in credit as there will be no time at the station to put money on your card.

BRING: Own DSLR if you have one, otherwise 1

school camera between 2 will be provided.

WEAR: Full school uniform.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS:

32 (first in, first served)

ROLL CALL: 8:45 am in Media Room.