tempe high school newsletter 8 · tempe high school newsletter 8 term 4 week 10 november / december...

Newsletter 8

Term 4 Week 10

November / December

2017

TEMPE HIGH SCHOOL

Unwins Bridge Road, TEMPE NSW 2044

Phone: 9558 2023 Fax: 9558 9460

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.tempe-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Office Hours : 8.30am—3.15pm

Innovation, Opportunity, Excellence

Principal’s Report Our school’s enduring success is anchored on our strategic planning, determination, and the dedication of students, staff and parents. I would like to thank Natalie Hale who relieved as Principal in Term 1 this year. Not only did she keep the school moving in the right direction, she instituted some positive changes that are all still benefitting the school. I would also like to thank my two relieving deputies, Anthony Murphy and Jeanette Trotter for their work this year. They have had to step up and have had to learn a great deal in a short time and in so doing we have increased our leadership capacity. Ms Trotter will be continuing in the roll next year and we will be welcoming back Ms Fountoulis into her Deputy Roll in 2018. Many teachers have had to assume higher duties this year and they have done so without complaint and have acquitted themselves admirably. This year has been the last year of our School Plan for 2015-2017. Our School Plan focused on three strategic directions: inspiring our students, increasing staff capacity, and enhancing our organisational effectiveness. We have implemented projects to address these strategic directions and ticked off milestones along the way. We now differentiate better for students with Disabilities and those who are learning English as a second language, our teachers are well supported to maintain their accreditation with Professional Learning and time to plan for curriculum changes. Administratively, we have changed the way we maintain our records for mark books, reports discipline and activities. We have also had to introduce a new financial administration system as part of a state wide change. These projects have been taxing but have led to a school that can better service the needs of our learning community Tempe High School prides itself on offering students a rich and varied Enrichment Program which gives our students many opportunities to showcase their talents in particular areas. As evidenced at our recent Recognition and Presentation Day Assemblies, our students continue to experience success in many sporting, curricular, extra-curricular events.

I look forward to seeing our 2017 HSC results and will be presenting an analysis of what I am sure will be excellent results in the first newsletter next year. I have already been informed of some top of the state results. Our 2017 NAPLAN results continue to be above state average, both in terms of achievement and growth, and I am particularly proud of the impact of our learning support team which has supported students to improve both their literacy and numeracy this year. Our Student Representative Council and leadership team under the stewardship of Fenella Palanca and Allan Tao have had a successful year of addressing issues around the school, planning for improvements and fundraising. They have established an excellent platform for the 2018 leadership team to bring a number of projects to future. Our P&C have done an outstanding job this year and I would like to thank the executive for the Audio Visual improvements to the hall as well as the stage apron which has made our hall a much better venue for official occasions and performances. The Band Committee and Cathy Miers in particular have done an exceptional job with the bands and have ambitious plans for 2018. An effective way to show your child that you are engaged with their education is to be part of the P&C. I urge you all to join our dynamic team and help to make a positive difference to our school. We have overcome many obstacles this year, but are all the stronger for it. I wish all our committee a restful and happy break and look forward to seeing you all in 2018. Mr S Dassaklis—Principal

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Jan 29 Staff start date

Jan 30 Yrs 7 11 and 12 start

Jan 31 Yrs 8 9 and 10 start

Feb 1 Feb 2

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Feb 5 Feb 6

R & A: Year 12 Ext 1 Task Speech Ms Taoube Onstage Performance

Feb 7

R & A: Year 12 Ext 1 Task Speech Ms Taoube

Feb 8


Feb 9


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Feb 12

R & A: Year 12 Ext 1 Task Speech Ms Taoube Elevate Study Skills Year 7

Feb 13


Feb 14


Feb 15

Elevate Study Skills Year 10 06pm - 07:30pm Open Night

Feb 16

THS Swimming Carnival

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Feb 19

Encore Performance 09am - 12pm Cyberia - Year 9 Mr Dias in Hall

Feb 20

Summer Grade Sport Start R & A: Year 12 Ext 2 Viva Voce Task Ms Taoube

Feb 21 Feb 22

09am - 10am School Tour

Feb 23

09am - 10am School Tour

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Feb 26

Bligh Zone Swimming

Feb 27 Feb 28 Mar 1 Mar 2

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Silver Picnic Report On the first of December, 2017, I went on my first Tempe High Silver Picnic ever. We had to turn up to school early but sat around for about half an hour and then left for Sydenham station. We boarded a train to Wolli Creek and then switched onto a train to Cronulla. We were finally on our way. The train trip took about 50 painstakingly boring minutes and once it was done, we were only halfway there. We had to catch a ferry to the beach which took 20 minutes to even arrive. The ferry was old, small and rocked so hard, we thought it was going to capsize but once we got to the beach, we knew it was all worth the wait. The beach was beautiful with clear water, great sand and it was almost totally deserted. Once we unpacked, changed and listened to the rules, we were finally ready to swim. We did a short swimming test to find out if we were confident swimmers and then we were allowed to go into the water. It was so nice and cool and I had fun splashing people. After that, I found a few hermit crabs and built them a prison with walls and moats surrounding them. Other people added to the hermit collection and soon we had a whole colony. After a few hours of this, we had lunch which was a sausage sandwich and a soft drink and we got seconds if we answered trivia questions from Mr Dassaklis. After lunch we had the choice to do some more swimming or to change. I changed and then sat around for a while until I saw people were going across the road to get gelato. I went with a few people and got a snickers gelato. Finally, it was time to leave and we walked back to the ferry stop. Waiting for the ferry we took a few photos until we saw the familiar old, small boat come round the corner. The rocking seemed even harder on the way back and we were scared for our lives until we made it back to the Cronulla train station. Tired, wet and cold, yet oddly satisfied; we made the arduous journey home. We all knew that the picnic was 100% worth the trip. by Sam Woodhouse—8Y

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HONOUR ROLL STUDENTS The following students have achieved a place in the School’s Honour this year. YEAR 7—Honour Roll

Stephen Anastasiou 7B Linda Cai 7W

Sandra Hoang 7B Cecilia Chan 7W

Jerry Hugh 7B Sharon Cheung 7W

Nhi Le 7B Justin Chor 7W

Zimo Luo 7B James Filacouridis 7W

Helena Ly 7B Rovitou Huon 7W

Willa Macpherson 7B Sasha Kayastha 7W

Aboli Marathe 7B Max Laaksonen 7W

Marcus Nguyen 7B Anthea Lau 7W

Olive O'Grady 7B Helen Ngo 7W

Felix Tanaka 7B Jarod Piltz 7W

Stephanie Yoong 7B Jessica Wang 7W

Yasmina Faiza 7G William Wang 7W

Brynn Frederick 7G Jennifer Wong 7W

Sarah Luc 7G Amy Zhong 7W

Steven Nguyen 7G Keira Mackenzie 7Y

Kiet Phan 7G Mikaa'il Martin 7Y

Saghan Phiyak 7G Tiffany Phan 7Y

Hoang Truong 7G Iggy Price 7Y

Ruichen Zhang 7G Jack Stearn 7Y

Maggie Le 7P Alex Van Berkel 7Y

Wesley Lim 7P Giorgio Vasiliades 7Y

Christian Mantilla Rodriguez 7P Amalia Vechi 7Y

Declan Murphy 7P Leo Whitehouse 7Y

James Nguyen 7P Oliver Whitehouse 7Y

Liam Smith 7P

Jaedon Stenhouse 7P

Vincent Su 7P

Patrick Condon 7R

Arthur Diep 7R

Shayla Do 7R

Marley Farquharson 7Y

Ruby Frank-Bokay 7R

Hana-Rose Isaia-Hardy 7R

Declan Mason 7R

Angela Nguyen Vu 7R

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YEAR 8—Honour Roll

Sophia Brewster 8B Alannah Ajmi 8W

Samuel Chen 8B Catherine Duong 8W

Amelia Greenaway 8B Emma Ferguson 8W

Pradeep Kandel 8B Connor Fourfouris 8W

Brian (Pui Yeung) Lau 8B Tom Gray 8W

William McKay 8B Jordan Le 8W

Belinda Nguyen 8B Alex Liu 8W

Ryan (Bach Son) Nguyen 8B Kevin Nguyen 8W

Eugenia (Shu Han Zhon) Tut 8B Hoang Nguyen 8W

Wing Yan Lai 8G Caelen Noesjirwan 8W

Po Gee Lam 8G Nathan Tanabe 8W

Minh (Tran Linh) Pham 8G Gabriele Tanca 8W

Henry To 8G Kelly Vuong 8W

Oona Bain-Morris 8P Angela Xie 8W

Jason Duong 8P Luciabella Andrews 8Y

Sophie Ying Sun 8P Taiki Arita 8Y

Yorick Cowell Guevara 8R Wassifat Chowdhury 8Y

Nathan da Cunha 8R Sharon Djong 8Y

Benjamin Ford 8R Callum Duffy 8Y

Dylan Ho 8R Gloria Gong 8Y

Jessica Le 8R Drishya Gurung 8Y

Thomas Lee 8R Stella Haydon-Smith 8Y

Grace Ly 8R Karen Luong 8Y

Ravi (Neeva) Malla 8R Emma Newton 8Y

Lewis Nairn 8R George Papacosta 8Y

Catherine Ong 8R Karl Smith 8Y

Jonathan Pham 8R Johanna Song 8Y

Lewis Poore 8R Michelle Tran 8Y

Rachel Sapalo 8R Samuel Woodhouse 8Y

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Rory Adam 9A James Agamemnonos 9Y

Helen Chen 9A Georgie Andrews 9Y

Alan Doan 9A Grace Carey 9Y

Tara Hogan 9A Rory Coleman 9Y

Natasha Hossain 9A Jacob Deathe 9Y

Stephanie Kim 9A Oscar French 9Y

Vivianne Le 9A Clancy Gleeson 9Y

Wendy Lee 9A Gilead Lacbungan 9Y

Jessica Li 9A Emily Miers 9Y

Cameron Lo 9A Anna Nguyen 9Y

Albert Luong 9A Rory O'Brien-Maclean 9Y

Stephanie Nguyen 9A Martin O'Flynn 9Y

Vivian Nguyen 9A Mary Phu 9Y

Alex Nguyen 9A Martin Schneider 9Y

Adam Powell 9A Jada Subasinghe 9Y

Vanessa Pui 9A Eric Tran 9Y

Jason Solanki 9A

Angelene Tan 9A

Daniel Yang 9A

Celena Galea 9G

Anjali D'Souza 9P

Dash Hibberd 9P

Mary Karydis 9P

Emily Lombardo Olsen 9P

Afiz Mahmud 9P

Vini Naidu 9P

Richard Bui 9R

Ilayda Candemir 9R

Ava Clarke 9R

Katherine Laokittichai 9R

Carlos Pham 9R

Valerie Phma 9R

Lucy Ahn 9V

Sandra Mitrov 9V

Norman Tan 9V

Amanda Wehbi 9V

Maria Yoo 9V

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Joshua Dinkin 10G Catriona Aird 10Y

Ozge Erdinc 10G Laura Anderson 10Y

Bryants Lam 10G Eloise Goodhew 10Y

Chanel Lu 10G Rohan Haydon-Smith 10Y

Jack Griffith-Saunders 10R Harvey Hayes 10Y

Angelica Moustakis 10R Skye McKinnon 10Y

Jason Nguyen Dam 10R Ryan Newton 10Y

Brianna Ta 10R Artemis Papacosta 10Y

Priscilla Tang 10R Ursula Reynolds 10Y

Harry Andrews 10A Aleksandar Ristevski 10Y

Selfia Angraini Umar 10A Schon Timothy 10Y

Milo Bennett 10A Alan Tran 10Y

Ali Chebli 10A

Sarah Giannou 10A

Suhit Gurung 10A

Freda Han 10A

Brandon Ho 10A

Marcus Ly 10A

Peta Macpherson 10A

Donna Nguyen 10A

Raiyaan Ruhi 10A

Vashna Singh 10A

Stephen Wang 10A

Carmen Zhou 10A

Basel Al-Akra 10V

Thuan Bui 10V

Gary Diep 10V

Adam Galimi 10V

Naufal Haidar 10V

Jacky Mo 10V

Jasmine Wang 10V

Brian Zhang 10V

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Isabella Aguilar

Chun Ang

Martina Bai

Vy Bui

Jordan Citraloren

Linda Dam

Kimberley Dang

Valerie D'Arney

Anh Duong

Harjit Kaur

Ashutosh Kumar

Angel Lei

Angelina Lim

Ben Limberg

Bevin Liu

Gloria Lombardo Olsen

Tristan Meza Mollo

Roisin Murphy (aka Young-Murphy)

Isla Nairn (aka Papadopoulos)

Lewis O'Flynn

Matthew Powell

Maia Protivinsky

McKenzie Read

Theo Richardson

Elissa Tam

Roan Tanuarta

Thao Thai

Mason Tran

Jasmine Xie

Charlie Xu

Joseph Xu

Jasmine Yip

Alvin Zhou

Angela Zhou

Six Students also received straight A’s

Year 8

Sam Woodhouse Callum Duffy Jordan Le

Year 9

Alex Nguyen

Year 10

Peta Macpherson Raiyaan Ruhi

Congratulations!!

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Year 10 Camp 2017

Year 10 students attended a camp at the Tops Conference Centre, Stanwell Tops between 20th November and 22

nd

November. The students participated in a range of activities to challenge their comfort zones and develop teamwork

and leadership skills.

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A big thank you for the teachers that came and helped and gave up their time to make camp such an enjoyable

experience—Ms D Davidson

Mr S Gouzoulis, Mr P Esposito, Ms V Au, Ms A Yin, Ms C Ibrahim

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Year 7 and 8 Supporting Respectful Relationships On different days this term year 7 and 8 students were split into girls and boys groups to speak to them about respectful relationships. Topics that were covered were the anti-bullying policy and how to be an upstander rather than a bystander. Students were given strategies on how to support each other if they see bullying. The boys also spoke about what defines a strong man in this day and age while the girls tackled the topic of “Rights and Responsibilities as a 21

st Century Learner at Tempe High”.

There will be follow up workshops next year with year 8 into year 9 students doing workshops in term 1. The boys were asked to use their technology to contribute to a brain storm about words that could be used to define a strong man. You can see their responses in the screen shot below. The information appeared to be well received. Our Anti-bullying, mobile phone and discipline policies can all be found on our website. If you would like further information about the Department of Education’s response to Bullying you can see their website at https://antibullying.nsw.gov.au/

PDHPE FACULTY

Open Girls’ Rugby 7s

Congratulations to the inaugural Tempe HS Open Girls’ Rugby 7s Team who finished 3

rd in the Shire 7s

Tournament on Friday 17 November at Port Hacking HS. In a field dominated by 17 year old girls our team comprised of students from year 8 to year 11 did their school proud by beating Kirrawee High School in the 3

rd place play off in hot conditions. The majority of the

team had never played before and their improvement throughout the tournament was exceptional; featuring exciting tries, big tackles and inspiring team work. In a squad full of great performances, Sieli and Daniela were voted by their peers as the players’ players. Hopefully this trailblazing performance will encourage more girls at Tempe HS to step outside their comfort zone and challenge themselves to trying new sports.

Mr Hartley– PDHPE Teacher

https://antibullying.nsw.gov.au/

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CAPA Semester 2 Highlights 2017 MUSIC: On Monday 4

th December, the CAPA held its annual Piano competition. The piano competition has been running since

2011 and has increasing participation each year. This year was no exception with 35 competitors from year 7 to year 11.

This year’s performances were of a very high standard and many students throughout the school were fortunate enough to make up the audience on the day. The judges were; Mr Norrish, (Relieving HT CAPA, Musical Director), Mrs Lalic, Mr Legg and Mr Condack.

The winners were as follows:

Junior Prizewinners; Anthea Lau & Cather Senior Prizewinners; Alan Doan, Tiffany Gunawan & Danny Zhou

Congratulations to all the competitors and prize-winners. We look forward to next year’s competition!

** Expressions of interest are still being taken for anyone interested in becoming an active member of the following music groups; Ukelele Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, String Orchestra or the

Technical Crew. Anyone interested should see any of the music teachers early Term 1, 2018

VISUAL ART: Isabella Aguilar completed year 11 Visual Art via Sydney Distance Education High School, (SDEHS) On Thursday 7

th December, the SDEHS held its end of year award ceremony to acknowledge the excellent achievements of their

students. Isabella was awarded 1st Place in Visual Art for Year 11. Congratulations Isabella, an outstanding

achievement!

Junior Senior

1st Prize = Catherine Ong 1

st Prize = Danny Zhou

2nd

Prize = Anthea Lau 2nd

Prize = Alan Doan

3rd

Prize = Sofia Nie 3rd

Prize = Tiffany Gunawan

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VISUAL ART continued… Another term of challenging artmaking projects has wrapped up 2017 with some outstanding efforts. Here are few examples of the amazing art works created this semester;

Sharon Cheung 7W – Printmaking Oliver Whitehouse 7Y – Printmaking Louie Vu 8P Sculpture

Thomas Lee 8R Yianni Droulis 8G

Xander Akkari 8W - Painting Krusa Neimligers 8W - Painting Willow Ferris 9Y - Printmaking

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Rory O’Brien-Maclean 9Y - Drawing

Laura Anderson 10Y – Oil Painting Maiya Irving-Mackinnon 11R - Printmaking

Ms D Palmer—CAPA Teacher

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SECOND HAND UNIFORMS

PURCHASES

The Noffs Shop in Marrickville has kindly agreed to sell

our second hand uniforms, with all proceeds being

returned to the Noffs Foundation. Originally named The

Wayside Foundation, the Noffs Foundation’s mission is

to help disadvantaged young Australians become

advantaged. Read more about the Noffs Foundation at

noffs.org.au

Address:

The Noffs Shop

Unit 3, 359 Illawarra Road, Marrickville

This is under the Revolution apartment complex, just next to Marrickville station

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm

DROP OFFS

Freshly laundered uniforms can be dropped off at both the school (main office) and

the Noffs Shop DURING OPENING HOURS only

Please do not leave donations while the shop is closed

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