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Principal’s Report Welcome to our Tahitian students and teachers. It is a pleasure to have you at South Sydney High School and

many thanks to the families who are hosting the students.

Congratulations to the following students for their achievements:

Participation in the Computational Thinking Challenge:

Hayden Ingle

Matthew Sanders

Team: Matt Wong & Chris Chu

John Chaidemenakis

Seb Geoffroy

Ernie Gilshenan

Team: Logan Ingle & Ihi Jamieson

Team: Antonio Padilla & David Dinkin

Selection in the Sydney East AFL team: Liam Mungovan

Selection in the Sydney East Baseball team: Mitchell Driver

Regional Swimming students:

Calling all senior students to our Senior Tutorial Centre!

It was wonderful to see so many students at the first weeks of the Senior Tutorial

Centre in the Library. I would strongly encourage all Year 11 and Year 12 students to

make the most of the Senior Tutorial Centre occurring every Tuesday afternoon

from 2.45 pm – 4.00 pm. UNSW Master of Teaching students and teachers (Maths)

are available to assist with course work, study preparation and past papers. Stu-

dents do not have to attend each

week, but remember it is an ideal op-

portunity to have a quiet place to work and utilise the support

available. We will also be investigating an alternative time for the

students who attend TAFE on a Tuesday afternoon.

HIGH SCHOOL

Newsletter | Term 1 Week 10| 31 March 2017

Jake Aguilar Easton Churchill Zachary Elmes

Thomas Galloway Jessica Hausman Jed Hay

Ryan Hescott Ihi Jamieson Andrew Klimentev

Aaron Macey Sandi Makowski Makayla Manu

Maddison McGuigan Baylei McGuigan Simon Mravec

Liam Mungovan Sebastian Munoz Brendan Wardrop

Dana Schmidt was placed 1st in the 100m and 200m Freestyle, 2nd in the 200m IM and 3rd in the 400m Freestyle.

Empowering Young Women’s Workshop

We are very fortunate to have many influential business links which provide outstanding opportunities for our

students.

Ms Stell led an exciting workshop focusing on leadership, goal setting

and emotional intelligence at the Empowering Young Women’s Day

held last week at T. Rowe Price on the 50th floor – what a view! This

was a wonderful opportunity for our Year 10 girls to foster and nur-

ture leadership aspirations and ambitions.

School Improvement continues on….

Painting of school buildings and classroom continues throughout the school. The Senior Common Room is also

getting a facelift and additional seating has been purchased for the senior outdoor area.

Contrary to the Michael Daley newsletter you may have received in your letterbox, our school is looking really

smart and our grounds and gardens continue to flourish.

Staffing News

Ms Parker is taking extended leave from the beginning of Term 2 and Ms Mifsud will relieve as Head Teacher

Science and Mr Yasman will be teaching in the Science Faculty. Ms Lee, a highly experienced Mathematics

teacher will be replacing Ms Bacon.

Uniform Update

We are currently working with our school community – students, parents and teachers to update certain

aspects of the school uniform. Some of these changes may include long sleeve shirts, culottes/shorts for girls

and a light weight spray jacket. Student leaders will be communicating this information via the Assembly, Year

Meetings and P&C Meetings.

For your diary

On Tuesday 4th April from 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm, the Year 7 and Year 11 interim report night will be held in the

Teachers Common Room and C Block rooms and we hope many parents will be in attendance for this

important night. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Kind Regards

Robyn Matthews

MEETING DATES

Our meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of the month (unless this falls within school holidays in

which case we move the date) at 7.30pm in the Common Room.

Last meeting, we voted to change this time for a trial period of 3 months to commence at 7pm. Please be

aware of this time change, and we hope this may enable more people to attend. Our aim is to keep the

meeting to 1 ½ hours.

Entry is via the side gate via the carpark entrance from Paine Street. After entering the carpark gate the side

gate is on your right. Go through the gate and the common room is on your right.

We warmly welcome all parents/caregivers to come along and offer your ideas. Please note: the AGM was held

in November, so you are safe!

List of meetings for the year:

4 April – (unfortunately we have had to cancel this meeting as this date clashes with the Year 7 and Year 11

interim reports which is taking place on the same night).

9 May – 7pm start

13 June – 7pm start

18 July (delayed 1 week due to school holidays) – 7pm start

8 August

12 September

10 October

14 November – AGM

12 December – Christmas wrap up meeting

P&C EXECUTIVE

President: Debbie Ross

Vice Presidents: Pam Bregonis & Justine Jennings

Treasurer: Michael Grimshaw

Secretary: Joanne Boufous

SECOND HAND UNIFORMS

The second hand uniform shop will not be open for the remainder of

the term due to Year 12 exams occurring in the hall. It will not be open

this Friday 31st March or next Friday 7th April. Apologies in advance to

all for any inconvenience this may cause.

HOLIDAYS

The P&C would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and look forward to working with you all again

in Term 2.

P&C News—31 March 2017

Perform—High Impact Beacon Program

Yr 9 History Rock WWI with a Bar Fight

On Tuesday 14 March Year 11 were involved in a wonderful high impact

program facilitated by Lani Zavelsky from the Beacon Foundation. The host

venue was Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers in Park Street, Sydney.

The students were guided through a series of activities designed to highlight

ways of impressing a prospective employer. The activities included group

discussions, demonstrations and individual contributions to role play and the

do’s and don’ts when attending a job interview.

Students were able to identify with personality types and they then discussed

the advantages and disadvantages of these in the work force. Our Year 11

students responded very well to the activities which were relevant and fun.

The facilitator Lani was a dynamic presenter who was able to gain 100%

involvement from our students and he has our sincere thanks. We are also

grateful to Colin Biggers & Paisley for looking after us so well and providing a

wonderful conference room on the 42 floor and a superb lunch which all

students enjoyed.

Mrs Brookes

Careers Adviser

On Friday period 6 we decided to gain a better understanding

of what it would have been like if the causes of WWI were

talked about as if they were a bar fight! Much fun was had with

students representing a country and playing out the events

that led up to and then ended the first world war. Of course, it

ended with Germany being blamed for everything! Thank you

to Ms Stell for putting it all together!

Yr 9 History GG

Ambulance Fees Covered by the Department of

Education

Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge Results

Interest in Dance Club

Please note that the Department of Education will cover ALL Ambulance expenses if your child is injured at

school.

NSW Ambulance services are provided free of charge to children attending NSW Government Schools.

Full details can be found at the following NSW Government website entitled “Health - Ambulance Service of

NSW”:

http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Accounts--Fees/Exemptions-from-ambulance-fees.html

Congratulations to the following students on their fabulous results:

Hayden Ingle - Credit

Matthew Sanders - Distinction

Team: Matt Wong & Chris Chu - Credit

John Chaidemenakis - Participation

Ernie Gilshenan - Credit

Team: Logan Ingle & Ihi Jamieson - Credit

Team: Antonio Padilla & David Dinkin – Credit

The challenge will run again in October. If you enjoy problem solving, sequencing and reasoning then Ms Kelso

would like you to have a go!

I’m thinking about running a dance club (possibly on an afternoon after school). The aim would be to do blocks

(say 4 or 5 weeks at a time) of different dance styles including Lindy Hop and solo vernacular jazz (vintage)

(Swing dancing), African and Hip Hop. Some of the blocks would require a fee to pay the teacher who is coming

in. At this stage, I would like to get an idea of numbers of students interested to see if it would be feasible/

worthwhile. If students are interested - please see Miss Mifsud in Science, or email her on

brock.mifsud@det.nsw.edu.au

Microsoft comes to South Sydney There is no better way to spend a rainy day! Two members of the Microsoft (Store) team conducted a

fantastic workshop with Ms Kelso’s Year 9 Information and Software Technology class on Friday 17th March

during periods 3 + 4. Both presenters spoke about their career pathway that has led them to work for

Microsoft.

In session 1, students were mesmerised by the hardware contained in a laptop computer. They watched on

for 75 minutes whilst the laptop was taken apart and were given lots of tips and tricks should they want to

build their own PC. One of the most fascinating things that the students learnt was that you do not have to

study IT to be employed by Microsoft.

Session 2 was hands-on, using creative cloud software to design a movie post-

er. Many of the students were able to do this independently, some required assistance.

The visit was extremely worthwhile as it was linked to our curriculum.

We look forward to another visit from Microsoft in August.

Ms Kelso

History Club The HSIE Faculty has started a History Club this year! The aim of the Club is to give students a chance to explore

a variety of topics from historical events to current affairs that they might not get to cover in classes. It is open

to all students with an interest in History and Current Affairs from Years 7-12. Topics will be chosen from a

variety of sources; some planned by the teacher and some after suggestions by the students.

When: Friday lunchtime

Where: C2

Mr Davidson

Empowering Women Program Success at T Rowe Price On Thursday the 24th March- 26 yr 10 girls were taken to investment company T. Rowe Price to participate in

our annual Empowering Women Program. Thanks to our friends at United Way we were able to connect with

T. Rowe Price who funded this program by providing the venue- their boardroom, mentors, and lunch for our

students. The day was fantastic as we workshopped important issues pertaining to women in the workplace.

These issues included resilience, strategies for success, gender inequality and very interestingly emotional

intelligence. We were very lucky to have some very impressive and successful female mentors participate and

help us through the workshop. We came away far more fearless than we thought we would have! Thank you to

Mrs Stell and Mrs Wilson for presenting and a very big thank you to both DB Schenker for presenting the session

on emotional intelligence and of course United Way and T. Rowe Price.

Kodie Andrew, Amta Audesh, Polly Kurbanova

Student Beacon Ambassadors

Prefect Profiles

1. Name: Amber Bailes

2. Position: Year 12 Prefect

3. Favourite Colour: Tiffany Blue

4. Sports Team followed: Roosters

5. Favourite TV Show or Movie: Pretty little liars and Shameless

6. Where will you be in 5 years? University

7. One quality a good leader should have and why? People skills. Being

able to engage with people.

8. What would you spend your last $10 on? A new phone case.

1. Name: David Mould

2. Position: School Captain

3. Favourite Colour: Green

4. Sports Team followed: Manchester United

5. Favourite TV Show or Movie: Deadpool

6. Where will you be in 5 years? Travelling the world

7. One quality a good leader should have and why? A good leader leads by

example and is proactive and a role model to younger peers.

8. What would you spend your last $10 on? Massaman Curry

1. Name: Declan Parkee

2. Position: Year 12 Prefect

3. Favourite Colour: Puce

4. Sports Team followed: Arsenal

5. Favourite TV Show or Movie: Walter Mitty

6. Where will you be in 5 years? In a foreign country.

7. One quality a good leader should have and why? To be role model for

others to follow and look up to.

8. What would you spend your last $10 on? Two minute noodles.

Prefect Profiles

1. Name: Hayden Taylor

2. Position: Vice Captain

3. Favourite Colour: Blue

4. Sports Team followed: Cronulla Sharks

5. Favourite TV Show or Movie: Get Hard

6. Where will you be in 5 years? Hopefully playing footy

7. One quality a good leader should have and why? Respect

8. What would you spend your last $10 on? A big bottle of water

1. Name: Rebecca Petrie

2. Position: Vice Captain

3. Favourite Colour: Baby Pink

4. Sports Team followed: The roosters or the Sydney Swifts

5. Favourite TV Show or Movie: The Vampire diaries, Pretty Little Liars

6. Where will you be in 5 years? Finished uni and working, travelling

7. One quality a good leader should have and why? A good leader is

someone who takes others opinions and is able to share responsibility

with others

8. What would you spend your last $10 on? Food

Name: Serina King

Position: School Captain

Favourite Colour: Pink!

Sports Team followed: I don’t have a favourite sports team

Favourite TV Show or Movie: Stranger Things

Where will you be in 5 years? Travelling the world

One quality a good leader should have and why? A good leader should be re-

sponsible, optimistic and a good role model

What would you spend your last $10 on? Cucumbers, cool sunglasses or food

(mainly food)

Changes to the HSC

Open Day Comments—CAPA & TAS

What’s happening in Yr 9 Child Studies?? As part of the first module, we take a look at an expectant mother’s diet and foods that she should and should

not be eating. We also looked up recipes suitable for and found out the nutritional requirements in the diet of an

expectant mother, then chose and prepared a dish that was suitable.

Mrs J Lawrence—class teacher

http://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/Understanding-the-curriculum/curriculum-development/senior-years

N E W S T A G E 6 ( 1 1 - 1 2 ) S Y L L A B U S E S : E N G L I S H , M A T H E M A T I C S , S C I E N C E A N D

H I S T O R Y

The new Stage 6 syllabuses in English, Mathematics, Science and History, including five Life Skills courses are now available on the NSW Syllabuses site. The Mathematics Standard and Life Skills syllabuses have been released for familiarisation and planning ahead of implementation for Year 11 students in 2018.

NESA is releasing final drafts of the Stage 6 Mathematics Advanced, Extension 1, and Extension 2 syllabuses for further, targeted consultation. NESA has released a draft syllabus for Stage 6 Science Extension for consultation.

a focus on ‘depth’ of content studied rather than ‘breadth’ of topics covered

online format for easier programming and navigation

links to teaching and assessment resources, and

the incorporation of Australian Curriculum content.

Use the link below:

Following extensive consultation over three years with teachers, educators, academics, school sectors, parents, business and the community, the new syllabuses feature:

Prefect News

Medieval Day at SSHS The year 8 History classes enjoyed an educational and highly entertaining view of medieval life by James Adams.

The presentation began with James showing the students weapons and armour. We were lucky to be able to try

on mail and plate armour which is much heavier than we expected. Law and order and torture methods were

also covered with most of us getting the chance to put our heads on the line in the pillory. There was a variety

of weapons we were allowed to handle, from axes to longbows and halberds to flails. James Adams also demon-

strated the awesome power of the ballista, a kind of giant crossbow.

It was a wonderfully interactive presentation and we thank James very much for sharing his extensive

knowledge of medieval and Viking history.

2017 has been a great year for the prefects in that we have achieved or are working towards many of the goals

we had set upon being elected. This term we successfully held a morning tea for all staff in honour of our

hard-working female teachers on International Woman’s Day as well as created a video presentation about

International Woman’s Day and all the influential women in our lives. We also held talks with the junior school

about Bullying on the National Day of Action Against Bullying. The Prefects have also partnered with the SRC in

2017 to create events and activities for Harmony Day and Valentine’s day which has seen much success.

We are pleased to say that one of our many efforts to make SSHS students voices count has been a SUCCESS!

Our prefect suggestion box that has been set up in the library is one of the prefects many ways of

communicating with students and we would like to let you know that as a result of your suggestions we have a

survey on the school canteen for further student opinion to be gathered and we have been working on

introducing shorts into our girl’s uniform.

We would like to thank you for all your help and ask that you

please continue to put suggestions in our suggestion box so we

can make your ideas a reality.

SSHS Prefects 2017

Removing Acrylic paint from clothes

We are painting in Visual Arts classes

A number of painting tasks are underway and students are being asked

to take care. Even though we supply aprons paint can find its way onto

clothes which is why we use acrylic paints. Please use the following

washing instructions if you find paint on uniforms.

Removing Acrylic Paint from clothes

Washing Instructions

Wet paint can be washed out immediately in cold water. If paint has

dried, soak garment overnight in cold soapy water then hand wash in

lukewarm water using ordinary soap.

Do not use: Hot Water, Laundry Detergents, Spray-on stain removers.

DO NOT MACHINE WASH

Tournament of Minds Serious training for TOM will commence first Tuesday back after the holidays and continue at this time for the

duration of the program. A group of seven will eventually be chosen to represent the school at Sydney Girls” High

on Sunday, 27th August,2017. TOM offers students the chance to engage in the simulation of real-open ended

challenges, develop creative problem solving approaches and techniques, and enjoy cooperative team work. The

final challenge will expect that students work with commitment on the selected real world long term

challenge. Students will also present responses to a spontaneous challenge on the day of the Regionals. More

information can be found on the TOM website.

Facilitator

Jennifer Tilby

WRITING NEWS

At least thirty students have decided to show that they care about some relevant issues in society today and have

entered the Whitlam Institute’s WHAT MATTERS 2017? Writing competition. Students can still submit entries

until the 5th, May 2017. Students must compose a 400-600 opinion piece and share what is important to them.

More information can be found at Whitlam.org/whatmatters.

Other aspiring writers who are keen for an enrichment activity and especially over the coming holidays, might

like to enter the 2017 Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Short Story competition. Students must compose a short

story of up to 2500 words on a subject of their choice. The closing date for the competition is 31st August 2017.

More information can be found on the Fellowship of Australian Writers website. KEEP THINKING,CREATING and

WRITING!

Coordinator

Jennifer Tilby

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

National Day of Action Against Bullying And Violence

The seventh National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence was held on Friday, 17th March 2017. This an-

nual day is Australia's key anti-bullying event for schools, and encourages all students to 'take a stand together'

against bullying and violence in schools, the classroom and beyond. At South Sydney High School all students

from year 7 to year 9 actively participated in workshops throughout the day. These workshops were facilitated by

our school prefects and peer support leaders who did a fantastic job. All students received wristbands in support

of this day. South Sydney High School has a zero tolerance policy in regards to bullying and violence.

SSHS Welfare Team.

From the Year Advisers

Year 7

A big congratulations to Malikye Kessie in year 7 who won a gold medal at the NSW State

Athletics Championships last weekend. He achieved a first place in the U12 Long Jump and second place in the

U12 Triple Jump.

Mr J. Spencer

Year 8

Congratulations 8 Yellow on their amazing collaborative PDHPE First Aid presentations. Their presentations

were creative and innovative.

Ms J. Graham

Year 9

Over the last week since the recent Year 9 Achievement Assembly, it has been very pleasing to see so many

students from this year group coming forward to start applying for their Principal's Awards. These awards

recognise student’s achievements across the four fields of Academics, Performing Arts, Sport and Civics and

Leadership.

Kimberley Keegan is currently competing in representative level Equestrian eventing, and has recently been

selected to participate in the NSW Junior Development squad. Congratulations Kimberley! Mr M. Wagg

Year 10

Year 10 Girls benefited greatly from their recent Empowering Women day. They got to address many issues

facing women and it was of great benefit to them all. Mr G. Davidson

Year 11

It’s nearly the end of term one for year 11. Only two more terms until year 12 begin. Hopefully, all students

have settled into their subjects and new routines. It was really good to see so many students receiving

certificates at the year assembly. Those who did not receive one, it should be your priority to achieve one next

term. I hope to see all parents on Tuesday night to hand out interim reports. Mrs J. Lawrence

Year 12

Congratulations to Year 12 students who have been studying hard for their Half Yearly exams that start on

today. We wish them all the best. Mrs J. Wilson