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      GRANVILLE SOUTH CREATIVEAND PERFORMING ARTS

    HIGH SCHOOL

    SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ISSUE 1 2016 

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    VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764

    FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Granvillesouthcreativeandperformingartshighschool

    News from the administration office ….. 

      Fee letters have now been posted and I would like to remind parents

    that school fees may be paid in A Block office, before school, recess

    or lunch. We accept EFTPOS however if using EFTPOS it must be before 1.30pm.

      Thank you to the parents/carers who have supported our school in this way and in

    many other ways.

      It is most important that the school has up to date contact numbers, both telephone

    and email and an emergency contact name and number. If you change your numbers

    please advise the office immediately.

      We have limited stock of school uniform at a very reduced price.

    Mrs S Grinyer

    Business Manager

    Granville Creative and Performing Arts High School Pastoral Care Youth Worker  

    This year we welcome Yusuf Mehcur into the role of Pastoral Care Youth Worker.

    This has been possible through National Chaplaincy Programme Funding and the support of

    STARTTS (Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) and

    our school P and C.

    Yusuf Mehcur will commence this position in the next few weeks in a part time capacity and

    will continue his voluntary role in delivering scripture lessons to students on a Friday.

    Mr Mehcur will support students in years 7-12, including the implementation of programs in

    the school that support student well-being. This can be on an individual or group basis. He

    will also run a welcome program for students transitioning from Intensive English Centres.

    At times the role will involve working with parents, community organisations, agencies and

    external professionals to support the growth and development of our students.

    Students and parents will be able to make appointments to speak with or meet with Mr

    Mehcur to discuss issues relating to student well-being by contacting the school office

    during school hours.

    Front page photos:  Courtesy of School Archive

    IMPORTANT NOTICES

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    VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764

    FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Granvillesouthcreativeandperformingartshighschool

    We near the end of term 1 I would like to take the

    opportunity of reminding both students and their

    families of the importance of pedestrian safety at

    the end of the school day.

    Students are required to leave the school via the

    pedestrian gate only. No student should walk

    through the upper carpark.

    This carpark is strictly out of bounds for obvious

    safety reasons. Students catching buses are

    reminded that they should line up inside the gate

    nearest the bus bay and await the directions of the

    Head Teacher on duty.

    There are also strict speed limits in school zones.

    The police and council rangers have indicated that

    patrols of school zones are conducted regularly to

    monitor driving habits and issue infringement

    notices. I encourage parents to pick up students

    further up Rowley Rd, or at the back of the school

    so as to ease traffic congestion directly at the front

    of the school.

    May I take this opportunity to wish our students

    and school community a safe and relaxing holiday.

    Mr T Price

    Deputy Principal

    Welcome back to school in Term 1, 2016.

    This year saw the start of many inspiring Initiatives

    and projects to increase students’ learning

    opportunities and engagement. 

    As we are a Positive Behaviour for Learning school,

    the LEARN expectations have now been placed in

    each classroom for students to comply with in class,

    in the canteen and in the playground. This is to

    explicitly ensure that students know what our

    expectations are in terms of to their roles and

    responsibilities at school.

    We welcomed to our Year 7 students and parents;

    who have made steady progress in their studies and

    continue to follow our LEARN expectations.

    Year 9 students have been enjoying their learning

    and are performing well in their subjects.

    Throughout this Term, students have been

    participating in many activities to help increase

    their love for learning; some of those include our

    i-Connect project including the digital stories from

    2015 and Flashmob this year:

    DEPUTY PRINCIPALS REPORT

    Deputy Principal

    Mr Price

    Deputy Principal

    Ms Issa

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    VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764

    FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Granvillesouthcreativeandperformingartshighschool

    The school welcomed the following special guests

    to present students and parents with certificates of

    participation in the 2 components of the iConnect

    project presented by: Mr Hakan Harman CEO of

    Multicultural NSW and Ms Randa Kattan CEO Arab

    Council Australia.

    The school was presented with an award from Arab

    Council during the Annual General Meeting on

    31.3.16.

    Our Welfare is on track with our students’

    wellbeing programs, Year Advisers and Assistant

    Year Adviser have mentored and coached students

    to make good choices and achieve personal goals.

    They have worked with the Learning Support Team

    to cater for our students’ needs and ensure thatthey have access to the curriculum according to

    their ability through the creation of Individual

    Education Plans to improve students learning

    outcomes and cater for their needs.

    The Learning and Support Team have been

    collating Data for the Nationally Consistent

    Collection of Data NCCD. This process provides the

    school with accurate information and details ofstudents who need accommodation, differentiation

    and adjustment in their learning styles.  This

    process will be completed by the end of Term 1. A

     job well done to team!

    Our school was fortunate enough to have the CEO

    of Multicultural NSW as a guest speaker we

    celebrated Harmony Day which was held every year

    on 21st of March to coincide with the United

    Nations International Day for the Elimination of

    Racial Discrimination.

    The message of Harmony Day is: “everyone

    belongs”. It’s a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity

     – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls

    Australia home. A great contribution from the

    team!

    Our Senior Year 11 students have signed off on

    their Preliminary Studies and received their

    Assessment booklets outlining our expectations for

    their journey into their future aspirations.

    We are here to help our students through the

    Learning Centre every Friday during periods 5&6and our Homework Centre will operate in term 2

    after school. The days will be determined and

    notified to parents in term 2.

    Our scripture lessons are on every Friday during

    period 4, please ensure that you have signed the

    permission notes and returned them to the front

    office. Check out our Facebook page for a

    download.

    We would like you to participate in the upcoming

    celebrations of our 50th anniversary; there will be

    an open day, fun activities, dinner and many special

    surprises! Please check our 50th Anniversary

    Facebook page 

    Ms.D. Issa

    Deputy Principal

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    VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764

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    As part of Granville South Creative and Performing

    Arts High School’s Harmony Day celebrations, agroup of handpicked students attended a star-

    studded event down at Merrylands Oval on Friday

    the 18th of March.

    In its fourth year, the NRL Harmony Day festival

    promotes social inclusion and helps celebrate

    cultural diversity in rugby league and in the wider

    community.

    A group of ten Granville South CAPA High School

    students attended the day, including our three Year

    11 NRL ambassadors. The group, along with over

    100 students from schools all across the Sydney

    West region, viewed an opening ceremony

    presented by Rugby League star Nathan Hindmarsh.

    There were also addresses by local Aboriginal elders

    and members of the local parliament, listened to

    Rugby League stars Robbie Farah and Nathan

    Merritt talk about diversity and were treated to an

    exceptional Polynesian dance performance.

    Schools also competed against each other in a

    friendly touch football competition and the

    Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High

    School team is to be congratulated on coming away

    undefeated. A great day was had by everyone and

    the students involved deserve special recognition

    for their behaviour on the day.

    Mr White

    HT PDHPE 

    Allanah Macatangay and Maryam El-Ahmad of Year

    11 represented Granville South Creative and

    Performing Arts High School at the Women’s

    Leadership Seminar held at Parliament House on

    10th of March 2016.

    The seminar aimed at awakening a sense of

    curiosity with an explorer’s mind while

    simultaneously upholding their high family ideals.

    The audience comprising of year 11 students from

    various public and private schools experienced the

    incredible exposure of balanced family lives along

    with flourishing careers. The female

    parliamentarians talked about their lives while

    giving lessons on prioritising ethical career choices

    in order to be pioneers rather than ‘shaving the

    yack’ as the guest speaker rightly pointed out. 

    NRL Harmony Day Festival

    Women’s Seminar 

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    The speakers also advised girls on choosing a

    partner sensibly for a naturally evolving good

    quality life. To be resilient, compensate negative

    reaction with empathy and networking continually

    is essential in order to be an active member of the

    present highly demanding society.

    The incredible speeches inspired the girls to have

    natural intuition for volunteer work, limit accidents,

    be flexible, and own mistakes in order to be a better

    person. Critical thinking and meeting diverse

    section of society is vital to identify the new vision

    encompassing our society.

    Every speaker emphasised on adaptability in order

    to move from job to job and involve family and

    children in every adventure in order to strengthen

    the sane society where females are a pivot around

    which various social and professional fragments

    revolve.

    Shams Hussain

    Learning and Support

    The SRC have been hard at work this term with

    various events already well underway and planning

    for 2016 in full effect.

    On the 29th February Granville South CAPA was

    proud to support HeartKids’ national Sweetheart

    Day campaign. HeartKids supports and raises

    awareness for the innocent lives of children born

    with Childhood Heart Disease. The SRC organised a

    range of fundraising initiatives leading up to this

    important event. The SRC sold Sweetheart pins to

    staff and hosted a lolly jar guessing competition for

    staff and students. Congratulations to both our first

    place winners Hanna Yaakub and Laara Elhassan.

    The SRC also hosted a “Wear a Splash of Red Day”

    for staff and students. In total the SRC managed to

    raise an impressive $417.00. All funds raised were

    donated to the HeartKids Foundation.

    On the 3rd March selected members of our Year 11

    and Year 12 leadership group attended a staff

    meeting after school. Here students presented an

    update to staff about current structures and future

    goals and initiatives of the SRC. Congratulations toIasinita Fangupo, Raven-Lee Kairua, Layla Saddik

    and Mary-Tania Tolo Faaoloii for their outstanding

    leadership and presentation.

    On 15th March our school captains Raven-Lee Kairua

    and Khaled Ahmadzai along with Mr Abbas

    attended the 2016 Civics

    and Citizenship School

    Leadership Program at the

    NSW Parliament House. 

    The civics and citizenship

    program offers Year 12 school

    leaders the opportunity to

    develop their knowledge of

    systems of government and

    parliamentary proceedings, and the role of the

    Governor. Both our leaders represented Granville South

    CAPA with pride and honour. 

    Student Representative Council

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    VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764

    FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Granvillesouthcreativeandperformingartshighschool

    The SRC are currently in the planning stage for the

    following upcoming events:

      Harmony Day – 21st March 2015

      Character Day – Education wk (August 1-5)

      50th Anniversary Open Day

    Mr Abbas Ms Katrib and Ms Cameron

    SRC Coordinators

    On Monday 29th February 2016 the Open Girls

    Softball team played their first round knockout

    match against Rooty Hill High School. It was a closegame, with the girls very unlucky to come away

    with a win. Congratulations to the following

    students for their effort and outstanding

    performance:

    Haitelenisia Sio

    Brodie Dillon

    Akosita Masima

    Atelina Rakuli

    Suliana TaukoloIasinita Fangupo

    Allanah Macatangay

    Yasmin Abdallah

    Veisinia Mainuu

    Jade Johnston

    Marian Lee Abbas

    Siu-Ki-Moana Finau

    Oceana Taula

    Ali Dulleh for his role as an assistant coach.

    Miss Rama and Miss Collins

    Open Girls Softball Coaches 

    Open Girls Softball

    On Tuesday 9th February 2016, the following

    Year 11 and 12 students assisted staff at the

    school swimming carnival in a number of duties

    including timekeeper, runner, marshalling and

    novelty events to gain experience in carnival

    planning and running a carnival:

    •  Brodie Dillon

    •  Karim Jebara

    •  Maryam El Ahmad

    •  Amanda Charrouf

    •  Heidi Irving

    •  Kohlahse Cherrington

    •  Faafua Mainuu

    On Thursday 18th February 2016 the following

    Year 11 and 12 students assisted staff at

    Blaxcell St PS Swimming Time Trials as time

    keepers:

    •  Heidi Irving

    •  Khaled Hamdoun

    •  Ali Al Tameemi

    •  Karim Jebara

    •  Cooper Avery

    •  Yasmin Abdallah

    •  Maryam El Ahmad

    This experience allowed students to become

    extremely confident and competent in the role

    of a timekeeper and in the use of equipment.

    i.e. using stop watches to record race times.

    Recently students in the preliminary course

    have been assisting staff at Blaxcell St PS during

    sport on Friday afternoons. This allowing

    student to improve their confidence levels as

    coaches and also gain experience as an

    assistant coach in a variety of sports. This will

    continue throughout the year.

    Miss Rama

    VET Sports Coaching Teacher

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    The i-Connect project was supported by Arab Council Australia and funded by

    Multicultural NSW. There were students from years 7-12 including support unit

    students as well as parents involved in the project. The project included student

    enquiry and interviewing of parents, preparation of digital stories from the

    interviews, and the presentation of a flash mob in Parramatta Centenary Square. At the time of publishing this newsletter there were 15,079 viewings online of the

    flashmob and over 2,000 likes. The school would like to acknowledge the

    fantastic team of staff who helped make this project a success.

    These staff included, led by Ms Issa, Ms Cristie Collins – HT CAPA, Ms Amina

    Husic – Visual Arts Teacher, Ms May Jouni  – CLO, and Ms Tsaloukas - Support

    Unit Teacher.

    The iConnect project was designed to bring communities, family, staff and

    students together. Students had different workshops that they participated in and

    were taught many things. For example how to ask positive questions so they

    receive a positive answer, how to ask open ended questions, how to interview,how to edit etc. Students interviewed parents about their journey through life.

    One thing that students were invited to participate in was a flash mob. A flash

    mob is a group of people that gather and perform. When the performance is done

    the group of people normally disperse. This is usually done at a random time and

    it organised through social media or the internet. This was planned by Arab

    Council Australia and Multicultural NSW Unit through the iConnect project.

    Students rehearsed several times and eventually performed at Parramatta Town

    Hall. Everyone had fun participating in this event.

    Emma Roulston and Josefa Toga

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    “ iConnect project has two components: the first

    was through the digital

    stories, parents told

    their stories through

    interviews by students

    who were trained to

    ask appreciative inquiry

    questions, which in

    turn built their

    communications skills,leadership skills and sense of belonging and the

    second component was Flashmob which harnessed

    a sense of identity and creativity through expression

    and built students' self-esteem. - Ms Issa 

    "It is part of

    celebrating our

    50th 

    Anniversary at

    Granville SouthCreative and

    Performing

    Arts"

    “Flashmob aims at bringing about unity and

    community harmony, with staff, students, and

    parents, through a creative and performing arts

    focus”

    “It is also about

    embracing social

    inclusion and

    understanding of

    diversity in our

    wider school

    community”. 

    “We work especially hard as a school and with the

    community to make sure no one feels excluded and

    that all cultures are accepted and celebrated.” 

    Ms Issa said… 

    “iConnect is about bringing our peers, parents,

    teachers and the community together and

    celebrating all the different cultures in our

    community,”

    “It allows us to learn more about each other’s

    culture. It was fun being able to socialise with

    everyone, especially younger students and act astheir mentors.” 

    “The idea was to bring about social inclusion and

    community harmony. Being from a different culture

    I try my best to understand and learn about

    different backgrounds. That was one of the main

    reasons I wanted to be a part of this project and I

    think I am so grateful for the opportunity.” 

    Nita Fangupo

    Ahmad Eldirani, who played the Lebanese drum -known as the durbakke - said it was important to

    highlight his culture in the area.

    “Flashmob is about unity and community and

    coming together to accept all cultures,”

    “I’ve played the drums since I was in Year 4. It’s

    been a part of my upbringing since I can

    remember.” Ahmad Eldirani 

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    Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High

    School’s 50th Anniversary preparations are coming

    along well.

    Dinner

    Tickets are now available through Trybooking

    (http://www.trybooking.com/180589) for the

    Dinner night, which is being held on Saturday 30th 

    July 2016 Holroyd Function Centre, Merrylands.

    Open Day

    The Open Day is on Saturday 6th August and we

    welcome students (past and present), parents,teachers and the community to come and celebrate

    the 50 years of the school with us. There will be

    tours, student performances, photo displays and

    stalls. If you are interested in having a stall on the

    day, contact details are below.

    Taking at trip down memory lane

    This term we will be covering 1981-1990, which

    was quite a busy decade! The end of term 1 in1981 the Environment Club was established by a

    group of junior students. Their goal was to raise

    money and awareness for animal or environment

    projects along with making the school

    environment a better for all.

    Two years later they then went on to start up the

    Environment Centre; this later became the

    Community Garden.

    The high fence was to keep vandals out of the two

    areas of the garden, one section which grew plants

    and flowers and the other was for keeping animals.

    September in 1982 saw the History Faculty organise

    a Medieval Day for the students and this became a

    yearly event.

    Students and Teachers dressed up as Kings, Queens,

    Slaves, Wenches, Jesters and Damsels to recreatethe medieval period. Whilst some students wore

    armour and battled, others chose less serious

    events such as wrestling, apple-bobbing, skittles

    and jelly eating.

    The day ended after lunch with a medieval feast

    which consisted of a feast of cheese, fruit, chicken

    and damper.

    The “Back to Guildford” Festival which was held on

    Saturday 24th October 1983 had students turning up

    to the school to prepare their entry to the Float

    Competition.

    Their entry was a recreation of the court of Ancient

    Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses XI.

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    The float was covered in gold and silver, with

    students dressed as Egyptians handing out balloons.

    The float ended up winning First Prize in the

    competition!

    The first computer room was opened in A block in

    1984 with help from the Ladies Auxiliary and P&C, it

    consisted of eight computers linked to a master

    computer and printer. This was then moved in 1987

    to D Block class D3, by this time there were 13

    computers and a new Apple computer was

    installed.

    The first bilingual vocational officer was appointed

    to the school in 1984 with the job of helping to

    communicate with those from non-English speaking

    backgrounds and increasing multiculturalawareness. Mr Neil Kadomi also helped to form

    links with the community, organisations and advise

    students of job opportunities.

    Now one of the biggest milestones that took 12

    years of campaigning by the school, P&C and the

    community was achieved, the School Hall was

    finally completed in September 1986 after the area

    was originally sited in 1974. The completion of thehall meant that students could now sit their HSC at

    the school. This also meant future performances

    could be run at the school. 

    The first performance to grace the new Hall was in

    1987, a musical production created by the students

    called The Merchant of Venice (With Apologies to

    Will Shakespeare).

    This musical comedy was a large task undertaken by

    students totalling 50 actors, singers and dancers as

    well as 20 musicians. The 2hour performance ran

    for a two week season; improving each time.

    The school decided to go all out again in 1988 with

    the musical “It’s a Great War Mate!”.

    Somehow the students managed to produce a

    musical that not only educated and unveiled the

    realities of war but also managed to bring some

    laughter and humour to the sadness of WW1.

    And just to prove they could do it again but better

    1989 saw them do another performance which

    consisted of 3 shows over a week. “Bye, Bye Birdie”

    had over 200 students from years 7-12 participatingwhich was such a success that people came to

    multiple shows.

    The ‘Computer Education Program’ in 1989 saw the

    school gain IBM compatible computers to add to

    the Computer rooms which were well enjoyed.

    The 25th Anniversary of the school was held in

    October 1990 and attended by 570 ex-students and

    staff.

    Let’s try to top that with our 50th Anniversary this

    year!

    For up to date information about our activities

    please visit our Facebook page

    https://www.facebook.com/gscapahs50thanniversa

    ry/ 

    Contact Leia Tookey at the school on Tuesdays

    between 9am – 3pm on (02)98922654

    Leia Tookey - 50

    th

     Anniversary Team

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    CAPA Faculty

    Ensemble Classes: New Year 7 

    Following an extensive audition process at the

    beginning of the year, we have welcomed a total of

    25 Year 7 students into our Circus, Dance, Drama,

    Music and Visual Arts Ensembles classes. 7C have

    proven to be a hard-working, talented group of

    students who have already demonstrated some

    outstanding learning habits. As the semester

    progresses, we look forward to seeing the impact

    these new students will have in their individual

    Ensembles classes and hope to be able to celebrate

    their individual successes at performance and

    showcase events.

    HSC Excursions

    During February our Dance, Drama and Music

    students attended the OnStage, Callback and

    Encore performances held at the Seymour Centreand Sydney Opera House. These events are held

    each year and showcase the outstanding Higher

    School Certificate performances from the previous

    year. Our students really enjoyed watching these

    outstanding performances and each came away

    with a greater understanding of the work and

    commitment required in their senior CAPA studies

    to achieve their best HSC marks.

    Performance at Parra Town Hall

    Students from the Music and Dance Ensembles

    performed at Parramatta Town Hall in February aspart of a Cultural Exchange program. 50+ students

    from Northern China toured the local area,

    performing for many schools, and our school along

    with one other was invited to join them in their

    Tour Finale Concert held for local community

    members. Our students valued the experience to

    engage with students from different backgrounds

    and share with them the different cultures that

    make up our school community. A wonderful time

    was had by all students involved.

    FACULTY REPORTS

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    School Spectacular Auditions

    Akosita Masima and Angel Tairua have now

    submitted their auditions to be involved in the 2016

    Schools Spectacular to be held at Allphones Area in

    November. Angel, as part of the Talent

    Development Project and a performer in last year’s

    showcase, immediately progresses to the live

    audition stage. Being the first time she has

    auditioned for Schools Spectacular, Akosita has

    recorded and uploaded a 5 minute audition video in

    the hope to move to the second stage of auditions.

    We wish both Angel and Akosita the best of luck as

    they look to proudly represent our school at this

    outstanding showcase event.

    Ms Collins

    HT CAPA

    50th Anniversary Celebrations

    The CAPA faculty have begun the preparations for

    our contributions to the 50th Anniversary

    celebrations here at Granville South CAPA HS.

    Ensemble classes will have a big part to play in

    the events we will hold throughout term 3 to

    celebrate our schools achievement over the last

    50 years.

    The Visual Arts Ensemble have designed and

    started work on a large mural that will be hung in

    A Block. Students lucky enough to have their

    Visual Arts classes in B10 will get to see how this

    piece progresses, but everyone else will need to

    wait until it’s unveiled at our Open Day. The

    Senior Music Ensemble have also been hard at

    work writing and recording two school songs with

    help from Matt and Chris at Granville Youth andCommunity Centre. These students are also

    working on a documentary film that outlines the

    process involved in this project.

    For regular updates on the happenings in the

    CAPA faculty make sure you “like” and follow the

    GSCAPAHS Facebook page.

    Intergenerational lunch

    On Thursday 7th April, 4 students accompanied

    Principal Melissa Johnston to Auburn Girls High

    School for a lunch funded by Auburn Council. This

    enabled senior members of the community to

    dine with youth and engage in discussion.

    Josefa Toga, Karim Jebara, Maryam El-Ahmad and

    Iasinita Fangupo represented our school at thisevent. 

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    PDHPE Faculty

    Year 11 Crossroads – Wheelchair Basketball

    A compulsory part of Year 11 study this year is

    the completion of the BOSTES required course

    ‘Crossroads’. Crossroads is a course that aims to

    teach Year 11 students about health issues thatyoung people face at this important ‘crossroads’ 

    in their life, when they are nearing the end of

    adolescence and about to embark on the next

    stage of their lives as young adults. Issues

    discussed include road safety, resilience, alcohol

    and drug use and mental health.

    Under the organisation of PDHPE faculty member

    Mr Latulipe, Year 11 students, as part of theirCrossroads course, were given the exciting

    opportunity to participate in the highly

    entertaining activity of Wheelchair Basketball.

    After an insightful presentation from NSW

    Wheelchair sports on the importance of being

    safe on the roads and in particular, refraining

    from ‘texting’ while driving, Year 11 students

    participated in a Wheelchair Basketball

    competition in the school canteen. Students

    thoroughly enjoyed this experience and where

    highly enthusiastic about participating in an

    activity outside their comfort zone. A big

    thank you to Mr Latulipe for his organisation,

    NSW Wheelchair Sports for their time and Year

    11 for their outstanding participation and

    behaviour. 

    David White

    Head Teacher PDHPE

    Parent Discussion Morning Tea

    In my role as CLO, I can

    organise information session

    on topics of interest for

    parents.

    I would like to invite parents to attend a

    discussion Morning Tea to find out what is of

    interest to our parents. The morning tea will be

    held on ParTuesday 10th May 2016 from

    10:00am – 12.00 noon

    We have a number of community organisations

    that are able to assist in providing information

    sessions on different topics. I will be inviting

    these providers to attend our Parents Discussion

    Morning Tea.

    Please contact May Jouni on 9892 2654 during

    school hours.

    Dear parents 

    You are cordially invited to a:

    Mother’s Day Morning Tea 

    Where: A Block (common room)

    When: Thursday 19th May

    Time: 10:00am -12:00pm

    RSVP May Jouni: 98922654

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    The Young Worker Toolkit - The Australian

    Government has a website to help you

    find information about your workplace

    rights and obligations Visit

    http://www.fairwork.gov.au/  

    MoneySmart Rookie Campaign Learn

    more about managing your money,moving out of home, studying, budgeting,

    credit cards, debt and more. Visit:

    www.moneysmart.gov.au/life-events-and-

    you/under-25s

    RESUME Template - Available in Careers

    office.

    Need a TAX FILE NUMBER: Do you have a

    tax file number (TFN)? If you don’t, you

    will need one soon- for employment,

    youth allowance or for the Higher

    Education Contribution Scheme (HECS).

    Schools no longer process the Tax File

    form. The application process requires you

    to apply online and visit your nearestAustralian Post Office. For more

    information visit:

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    file-number/

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