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Reminders Week 10 Term 4 2016 will be busy! n Monday to Wednesday:

normal timetabled classes. n Monday Dec 12:

Recognition Assembly rehearsal.n Tuesday Dec 13: Annual Day of

Recognition, MPC, 11am – Reports 7-10 issued at end of school day (All families welcome to attend assembly, please be seated by 10.50am)

n Wednesday Dec 14: CAPA excursion to Aladdin, remaining students will be combined in classes in their Years.

n Thursday Dec 15: Picnic Day Years 7-11- all permission notes available on website.

Year 7: Darling Harbour: Madame Tussauds & Chinese Gardens.

Year 8: Robertson Reserve: Watsons Bay.

Year 9: Cockatoo Island. Year 10: Barangaroo and

Strike Bowling King St Wharf. Year 11: Manly. n Friday Dec 16 is last day of the

school year for 2016. n CANTEEN WILL BE CLOSED

FROM WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY so bring your own food & drinks on these days.

n The school will be closed Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 December as staff development days 4 and 5 have been completed in after school sessions through the year.

The 2017 school yeaR commences as follows:n Friday 27 January 2017: Staff

Development Day 1, staff return.n Monday 30 January 2017:

Years 7, 11 and 12 return.n Tuesday 31 January 2017:

Years 8, 9 and 10 return.

congratulationsn Ms Lalita Venkatesan (below) who

has been appointed Head Teacher Secondary Studies.

n Two of our early career teachers, Ms Wilson and Ms Naisbett, who were recognised for significant achievement at the District Excellence Awards (pics next page.)

Schools Spectacular 2016.

Public and Proud

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CONTENTSReminders; Congratulations ...... 1-3

Farewell To; Thank You to ......... 4-5

CGHS News & Events: Diary Changes 2017; Transition Tours for 2017; Crossroads; Year 9 Science Engineers Without Borders; Being Human .............6-7

CGHS News & Events: Year 9 LEAPS; Farewell Sirin ........ 8

Year 7 Parent Information Evening ... 9

Andrew Anderson, DP Report ...............................10-11

P&C Yoghurt Workshop ............... 11

Faculty News & Events: Theatresports; LOTE Chinese Spectacular; CAPA Music News; French News ...........................12-13

Faculty News & Events: Visual Arts; Congratulations; Drama ZEAL Theatre; Year 8 Geography; Maths Faculty News; Farewell to some old number crunchers ... 14-15

Faculty News & Events: Summer Grade Sport; St George Zone Recognition Day, 20/20 Cricket ...............................16

FACS HS Scholarships ................17

CGHS Student Leadership Global Dignity Day; Mentor Training Day; SEA Bee News; Halogen Leadership Conference ...............18

Tiana Tutor Rescue; Helen O’Grady Drama .................19

Student Wellbeing & Support Careers News - Work Ready; Year 10 ABW + Presentations; National Disability Awards Team News ........................... 20-21

Bus To The Beach; AFL Team Invitation .............. 22-23

Being Human Short Film Festival ......................24

Dates for the Fridge, School Reminders, CGHS P&C 2016 .....25

Ms Lalita Venkatesan

n All students and staff involved in MADD – another triumph of our creative and performing arts program. See pics on page 13.

n Kool Skools participants who will be performing at Kool Skools Awards night (see names and info about tickets on page 12)

n Our Junior Theatresports team for making it to the District Finals with Ms Slattery.

n Year 10 for completion of their exams week, and for their great participation in Crossroads, Work Ready, Australian Business Week and Work Experience.

n Teams who were victorious in the grand finals - U15 Volleyball, U15 Softball and U14 A & B Table Tennis (pics on page 16) and their coaches Ms Cooper, Ms Wirtz and Ms Burgess.

n Six CGHS Students who received awards at the St George Zone Recognition Day, A Anae & L Taukeiaho Year 12, Jenny Nguyen Year 12 & Jemma Nguyen Year 10, E Costas & A Kelly Year 7. See pics and report on page 16.

n The 20/20 Cricket team and their coach Ms Naisbett who were in the State Final.

n Nell Bryson-Smith Year 9 who will be a representative of the Sydney East Cricket team. Well done Nell!

n Caitlin Maloney Year 7, Lily Spencer-Tighe Year 7, and Zoe Viney Year 11, who were part of the NSW Public Schools Singers in Schools Spectacular, and Naomi Agius and Lucy Melville of Year 10, also members of the Singers. These girls have had multiple recognitions in 2016 for their fantastic efforts in this group. Zoe has been a member since Year 4!

n Our Schools Spectacular choir and dancers, and their dedicated teachers Ms Flannery, Ms Reed and Ms Conroy, also assisted by Ms Neves (who apparently did a spectacular pizza rescue mission!) who have rehearsed so hard since mid October for the Schools Spectacular on November 25-26. It was a truly slick and spectacular event and broke a world record for the number of performers on stage in a finale! A wonderful opportunity for our students’ talents to be involved in such a diverse and inclusive performance event. Special mention to the dancers who had to wait backstage for long periods in the rehearsal process

and during the performances; your teachers were so impressed with your patience and good humour throughout. See pics on page 13.

n Marie Ikonomou Yr 9 and Buia David Yr 7 who were part of the NSW Schools Aboriginal Dance group for Schools Spectacular and are dancing in the Bangarra Dance Company schools program as well. Again, fantastic efforts all year from these two talented students and a highlight to be in the Spectacular in 2016.

n Our performers at the Public School Excellence Awards who provided entertainment items; you were acknowledged by many for your fantastic talent. A showcase of the talent in our schools - well done! (See photos are on page 13).

n Cuiming (Tracy) Liu for her High Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition (see photo on page 14).

n Maggie Lin, Joanna Yu and Candy Chen in Year 8 for their Mathletics awards.

n Lily Coe and Liliyana Gabey, who will be undertaking a school based traineeship for Aboriginal students at the Department of Justice in 2017.

n Ariana Costas and Jemma Nguyen who will undertake

traineeships with Bluefit in 2017.n Pearl Joseph for her nomination

in for the 2016 National Disability Awards. See the full details of this prestigious nomination on page 21.

n Eve Eleftheriou who did some work with “I-Manifest & Vivid” and as an Alumni has now been offered a 3 month full-time paid internship with advertising company Clemenger BBDO.

n Yasmina Sadiki Yr 9, who has been actively involved in an initiative called Let’s Find a Cure - which recently raised $43,000 for the Galvin Institute and Breast Cancer research. What a remarkable contribution! Well done to Yasmina, who has been raising funds for 8 years.

n Jessica Aird Year 11 and Sophia Koulis Year 7 who were victorious in the Majestic Ice National Iceskating Championships, with Jessica’s junior team earning gold and Sophia’s mixed age team gaining silver. What an achievement! The many hours outside of school to attain such a great result is testimony to their talent and dedication. Well done girls, we are very proud of you.

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The 20/20 Cricket Team.Nell

Bryson-Smith

Naomi Agius and Lucy Melville. Marie Ikonomou and Buia David.

NSW State Public Schools singers Zoe Viney, Lily Spencer-Tighe and Caitlin Maloney.

Maggie Lin, Joanna Yu and Candy Chen.

Liliyana Gabey.Lily Coe.

Pearl Joseph.

Jessica Aird and Sophia Koulis, Majestic.

Majestic Ice National Iceskating Championships, links to videos:

Day 1: MIA Junior Short - skip to 5:15:17https://livestream.com/iceskatingvictoria/afsc-day1

Day 2: MIA Junior Free - skip to 39:43https://livestream.com/iceskatingvictoria/afsc-day2/videos/142819223

Day 1: MIA Mixed Age - skip to 6:36:46https://livestream.com/iceskatingvictoria/afsc-day1

We are proud to acknowledge the achievements of two of our early career teachers Kate Wilson and Stacey Naisbett, who received awards for their commitment to teaching during their early career at the Principals Network Awards for District Excellence in Public Schools recently. As members of the CAPA and PDHPE faculties both Ms Wilson and Ms Naisbett make substantial contributions as classroom teachers and in extracurricular programs. Ms Wilson is a familiar sight conducting the school band at its many performances, both here at school and in the community. Ms Naisbett is also a key team member in Student Wellbeing as Year 11 Adviser and coordinator of LEAPS and Parent-Daughter programs.

farewell to:n Gayle Gibson Head teacher

Mathematics. Ms Gibson has completed her teaching career at Canterbury Girls High School in 2016, having joined us from Strathfield Girls HS. An exceptionally talented classroom teacher, she has been pivotal in making Maths fun and rewarding for countless students. What better impact can a teacher have? She has made significant contributions to our student reporting system, putting in many hours to ensure the smooth functioning of this vital component in our school’s relationship with its families. Under Ms Gibson the Maths faculty has enjoyed a resurgence with a revitalised profile in the school. Maths jokes and puzzles have adorned the noticeboard, inspirational Maths quotes are a part of Maths classrooms, Maths has been promoted as a part of the everyday and students want to improve and excel in Maths! This is all due to Ms Gibson’s influence as Head teacher. Ms Gibson was particularly proud of the High Distinction attained by a Canterbury Girls student in the Australian Mathematics Competition this year. She has ensured students had opportunities to be extended and enriched mathematically through opportunities such as Maths Olympiad and Battle of the Minds. She leaves us to enjoy retired life and we wish her every happiness.

n Marion Gifford – Mathematics teacher. Another stalwart of the Maths faculty Ms Gifford is better known as Professor when Year 5 students join us for enrichment days each year. Ms Gifford coordinated the enrichment program for over ten years at Canterbury Girls and her attention to detail and skills in liaison always provided students with a quality introduction to high

school learning. Additionally Ms Gifford has been the lynchpin of our numeracy support program, supporting targeted students who have benefitted from her one to one and small group teaching; as well as the provision of an effective Peer Numeracy mentoring program engaging Stage 5 students in assisting Stage 4. Like Ms Gibson she is leaving us to take up retirement.

n Robin Graeme-Holder school counsellor, is leaving Canterbury Girls to take up a transfer to Earlwood Public School. We wish her all the best in this new chapter of her career. Ms Graeme-Holder has been our School Counsellor since 2011. We thank her for her contributions.

n Dan Luzinsky Head Teacher TAS will be teaching in 2017 at Westfield Sports High School after his appointment at Canterbury Girls ends. During his time here he has instigated a Student Film Club and, famously, been a competitor to rival Mr Nolan in the teacher’s race at the Athletics Carnival! Additionally Mr Luzinsky has worked hard in all areas of the school’s ICT and supported staff in their technology related professional learning. We wish him all the best at his new school.

Thank you to: n All students who took the risk to

prepare and present a Learning Achievement Presentation to their parent(s) and staff members. A daunting but rewarding process!

n Parents and families who made time to attend their daughters’ Learning Presentations in weeks 7 and 8 of term. A highly valuable student-centred addition to learning which evaluates achievement and sets goals for future improvement, involving parents as partners in learning. An initiative we plan to expand in the future.

n Ms Barford and Ms Delmas for coordination of Recognition Day academic and sporting awards.

n Ms Fox for coordination of the International Day of Disability Assembly to be held Monday December 5.

n Ms Andrews and the Science faculty for organising a fantastic enrichment excursion for Year 9 Science, Engineers Without Borders.

n Ms Slattery for accompanying our two teams to Debating Gala Day.

n Ms Jenkins and Ms Conroy for accompanying students to Halogen Leadership Conference.

n Drama and English staff for the fantastic afternoon of Theatresports in the MPC.

n Staff and students involved in performing on a Sunday at Concert for Congo (pics on page 13).

n Ms Fox for supporting students requiring additional transition to high school meetings, tours and buddies.

n Ms Venkatesan for her ceaseless hard work to make Australian Business Week an annual success and all staff who contributed as mentors in this program, and the HSIE faculty and VET team who have co-coordinated.

n VET staff who spend many hours ensuring our VET students in Business Services and Hospitality have quality work placements - time consuming and intensive work!

n Ms Matos, Ms Papadimitropoulos and Mr Safi for many hours of work arranging the annual week of Year 10 Work Experience which is in Week 9, December 5-9. As always a great range of placements across many sectors including child care, health, retail, education, animal care, theatre, politics, the arts and law!

n Mr Safi, for his unstinting advocacy for students whose progress in learning requires additional support, whether it be in completing assessment tasks at the weekly Homework Centre, organising work experience, transition to work or other education, or addressing other complex scenarios. His experience in supporting young people make their way in their school and community is highly valuable.

n All staff who work so very hard to make each day of learning worthwhile for our students throughout the year, and who do much in addition to classroom teaching to provide enrichment and extra curricular programs. Included in this thank you is a huge acknowledgement to our SASS team, headed up by Heather Finnan, who staff the Office, TAS kitchen, Library, and Science labs, act as School Learning Support Officers, and manage First Aid. A huge and varied job every day and we thank everyone, including our fantastic General Assistant Dave Ralph and IT Support team Ondrej Zima and Phillip Kaczorowski, for their commitment.

n Workers from Breakthru who support our students in making

a difference through workshops on positive relationships, family liaison and individual support.

n Constable James Bottalico Youth Liaison Officer, Ashfield Police, who along with his colleagues is in and out of our school and around the community consistently sending the message on safety for young people on public transport and in public spaces. Additionally Constable Jim is a trusted adult able to deliver wise advice to adolescents as they navigate the varied scenarios of growing up, helping to reduce risk and any potential for harm to themselves and others.

n All our volunteers in Classroom Connect and MultiLit programs who truly make a difference to our students’ progress and learning through their one-to-one tutoring. A highly valued contribution to our school for which we are extremely thankful. We wish all a happy holiday season!


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Dan Luzinsky

Robin Graeme-

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Gayle Gibson

Constable James Bottalico

See all excursion and information notes on the website for download:

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Learning Achievement Presentations.

DIaRy chanGes 2017 – no more school diary in 2017!! In 2017 we will no longer be bulk purchasing student diaries for sale to students. This decision was made when school diary sales and use dropped, and uptake of the online version of the school diary was relatively small. Students prefer to use their own hard copy diaries which can be purchased cheaply and personalised as they choose. Or, students prefer to use an electronic calendar and To Do list. Our CGHS Student Calendar (link on website) provides Years 7-12 assessment dates.

The key message, which is the case whether or not the school has its own diary, is that all students must take responsibility for organising their study routines. Strategies can include:n A hard copy or electronic diary / calendar to record key

dates of homework, tests and assignments, as well as excursions, rehearsals and other important events.

n A wall calendar at home by the month, term or year to be a reminder for the most important upcoming deadlines and key dates.

n A TO DO list which is updated daily or weekly, and which can be grouped according to Must Do/Should Do/Could Do Today OR This Week - in this technique the Could Do items will eventually become the Must Do.We will provide some templates on our school website to

support homework and study organisation, which will assist students in the transition to providing their own tools to track their commitments.

crossroads at cGhsLast week students at Canterbury Girls completed the Crossroads Program.

Crossroads is a mandatory program for students in Years 11 and/or 12 in NSW government schools.

Crossroads is designed to help senior students address issues of health, safety and wellbeing at a time when they face significant changes and challenges in their lives. Crossroads aims to prepare and support these students as they encounter situations related to identity, independence and their changing responsibilities.

Crossroads aims to build students’ sense of empowerment and respect for themselves and others.

These are some activities, other activities were a presentation on drugs and addiction, and self- defence.

The Crossroads program aims to empower young people to take positive action to protect themselves and promote positive and respectful relationships.

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Entries Close 6 March 2017RED CARPET INTER-SCHOOL

GRAND FINAL 6 April 2017 at Canterbury Girls High School

Use your film to share and promote ideas of human

commonality, compassion and understanding and did we mention you can win stuff!

1st and 2nd place winners from each school’s mini festival go into the grand final to be held

at Canterbury Girls High School on 6 April 2017

Enter your 1 to 5 minute film for a chance to win great prizes and your film could be shown in New York at

a special screening of finalists in support of 108lives.org

www.beinghumanfilmfestival.com

A SHORT FILM COMPETITION FOR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN THE INNERWEST

How to EnterGo to: www.beinghumanfilmfestival.com

1. Read the terms and conditions and guidelines then make your film

2. Upload to YouTube or Vimeo

3. Complete the online registration form

email [email protected]

Explore and celebrate what we all have in common : Being HumanFull details can be downloaded from www.beinghumanfilmfestival.com

and twitter. See page 28 for more details.Clockwise from top: Family Planning, Rock Climbing, Wheelchair Basketball, Self Defence.

year 9 science engineers without bordersEngineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia, is an organisation which encourages change through humanitarian engineering and education. EWB ran a free workshop for students on Friday 25th November. EWB promotes engineering awareness, STEM education and provide free STEM workshops to high schools to give students an insight into engineering with hands-on engineering activities.

EWB ran 2 workshops. The first was a Biology based biomedical engineering activity where students made a ‘prosthetic leg’ out of simple, everyday materials. The second was a Physics and Chemistry based civil engineering activity where students used the concepts of buoyancy to create a structure that floated and held a weight while using minimal material.

This was an excellent incursion showcasing how learning is made by doing and developing solutions to real world problems. All involved developed creative solutions, were highly engaged and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity.

student comments:# I enjoyed EBW because we had to think outside the

box which gave a creative and challenging aspect to the workshop.

# working with the EBW engineers was really fun! I enjoyed all the activities including making a fake leg.

#I learnt how to make a prosthetic leg and a floating house. I also learnt that engineering is not just about building bridges.

# learning about EWB was quite fun and interesting. I enjoyed solving problems and building things with everyday resources.

Transition Tours for students in year 6.


year 9 leaPsYear 9 LEAPS visited court at the Downing Centre to round off the year of lunch workshops with their lawyer mentors. The LEAPS graduation is coming up on December 5th. Thank you to our LEAPS coordinator Ms Naisbett for her efforts to ensure another group of LEAPS graduates complete the workplace mentoring program successfully.

farewell sirin!Here are a few final pictures of our exchange student from Finland Sirin Bjoerkstam, who was part of our Year 10 cohort during her stay in Sydney. As noted on our twitter feed when she departed, Sirin was a great student during her time with us, who fitted right in to Canterbury Girls. Here we also print a copy of the handwritten note of thanks she gave to the school when she departed.

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learning Presentations Congratulations to every student in Years 7, 8 and 9 who gave their Learning Presentations to a parent and staff member!

Presentations were of an outstanding quality, and gave participating teachers a hugely important insight into teaching and learning within the school. It is without doubt one of the highlights of the school year!!

Can I strongly encourage all Years 7 and 8 parents to participate in the 2017 Learning Presentations, to be held in Weeks 7 and 8 of Term 4 next year?

students and Parents as Partners for learningYou would be aware that throughout the year, I surveyed parents and students to get their views on ways we can strengthen the role played by students and parents as partners for learning. As a consequence, we trialled a Reflection Sheet on Assessment Tasks in Mathematics, a Term Reflection Sheet in English and a Parent Reflection Sheet in relation to Student Learning Presentations.

Feedback from parents, staff and students trialling these was generally very positive, so we have decided to implement these strategies across all subjects with Year 7 in 2017. The intention is to have a strong learning focussed partnership established form the time students start our school. An Information Meeting is being held on February 14 4.30pm to 5.30pm to inform Year 7 students and their parents about this initiative.

aboriginal education Programs Mrs McLelland continues to work this semester to mentor our Aboriginal students and provide learning support. Mrs McLelland is currently working with Aboriginal students and families to update students’ Personal Learning Plans for 2017 to ensure every student is afforded the support needed to achieve her personal best next year.

ReportsYear 11 reports were issued several weeks ago. Reports for Years 7 to 10 will be issued following Recognition Day on Tuesday December 13. Reports not collected will be posted home the next day so it is important that every student is here for Recognition Day. If there are any issues with the reports – invariably glitches occur from time to time – please contact the school so we can address the issue and re-print the report. A reminder that all subjects 7-12 now have a teacher comment for all subject areas. Year Adviser and Principal comments are optional however, and may not appear on the reports.

Parent Teacher nights - assessment I wanted to flag two Parent Nights early in 2017 to present Assessment Booklets to Years 10 and 11. Nights will commence at 6pm in the Cantabrian Hall and conclude at 6.30pm. The dates are:

- Tuesday 7 February, Year 11

- Tuesday 14 February, Year 10

I hope all parents are able to attend and receive this important information. Keeping parents informed about assessment requirements supports their role as partners in the learning process, and enables them to better support their daughters also.

Personal best The Personal Best program was introduced into the school in 2015 to build student knowledge and resilience about age relevant issues, and to promote positive mental health. For example, Year 7 examines issues related to bullying and friendship; Year 8 examines cyber-safety and Personal Relationships; Year 9 examines resilience and decision-making, and Year 10 examines planning for the future and mental health.

Successfully completing this program leads to a positive entry being made onto both a student’s record and her yearly report. If your daughter is in Years 7-10 does not have Personal Best listed on her report, can you please follow up with her as to why this program was not completed? Students were given an hour each week during Thursday and Friday DEAR to complete Personal Best; the school’s expectation is that everyone will complete it. Students involved in other DEAR programs such as Mentoring are exempted however.

subject selectionYears 7, 8 and 10 have successfully completed their subject selections for 2017. Students are able to change their choices up until Week 3 of next year.

However, change will be dependent upon parent permission being given in writing and a vacancy existing in the elective the student wishes to change to. Please be aware of the Friday Week 4, 17 February, cut-off, as no changes will be available after that.

ongoing Issues Travel to and from School. There continue to be issues with students not paying attention walking to and from school - listening to ipods, talking on iphones, and disregarding traffic signals and other safety related issues around them. Would you please continue to revisit this issue with your daughters and

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remind them to be alert at all times when traveling to and from school, to not have any valuables such as iphones visible, to observe all traffic light commands and to travel on main roads and in groups where possible.

Cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is an extremely serious issue which needs to be eradicated from the life of every individual. Would you please ensure that you contact the police should cyber-bullying occur? Should you require information regarding this or any other safety issue, please speak to James Bottalico, Police Youth Liaison Officer, 9797 4099.

Thank youI would like to sincerely thank all students and parents for their support, efforts and dedication throughout the year – I couldn’t work with a better school community!!! I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday period and a fantastic 2017!!!!Andrew Anderson, Deputy Principal

Learn to make Traditional Yoghurt and LabnehAn ideal Christmas gift for yourself or family and friends.

Learn to make your own yoghurt and labneh and how to marinate and preserve labneh over two short sessions in our CGHS fund-raising workshop in February 2017.

Make your own yoghurt and labneh and you’ll maximise the health-enhancing probiotics, calcium and proteins in yoghurt, and avoid the additives and excessive sugar found in many commercial yoghurts – while saving money too.

Workshop notes and ingredients (including milk and yoghurt starter, which you can keep using) will be provided.

The workshop will end with a yoghurt and labneh tasting and a glass of wine. Gift vouchers are available. All profits will go to CGHS P&C projects.

Workshop fee: $40

Venue: Canterbury Girls High School Kitchen Participants will need to bring a clean wide-neck

thermos or plastic (not electric) yoghurt maker (e.g. EasiYo or Hansells) to the workshop.

When: 6–8pm, Friday 24 February 2017 and 2–4pm, Sunday 26 February 2017

Further details: Pam Swinfield on 0408 862 992 or [email protected]

Register and pay ($40) or order a gift voucher via the school website by 15 December 2016. The description should read: P&C Yoghurt. Following online payment please send the registration details below to Heather Finnan (Office C). CGHS P&C Yoghurt and Labneh Workshop.

Name of purchaser: ...........................................................

Email address: ......................................................................

Phone contact: ....................................................................

If this is a gift? Voucher required? Yes No

Name of person attending: .............................................

Email address: .....................................................................

Phone contact: ....................................................................

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english faculty TheatresportsFor the first time this year Impro Australia extended its competition to Year 8 students. Canterbury Girls entered the competition with a talented team of Eve Byrne, Lilli Pollard, Hester Legge, Saraswati Orwin and Rebecca Thomas. Competing in two rounds of the competition here at Canterbury Girls and at Ashfield Boys, the girls performed brilliantly a range of impro games, especially stunning in the Genre Replay game. The team are looking forward to the 2017 Competition.

Jessica Tennent.

loTe chinese spectacular Ms Liu with Year 9 Chinese students who have received their certificates for the 2016 Chinese Schools Spectacular.

french news Year 7 French classes were asked to create a drama production for their Term 3 assignment. We read a comic strip (Bande Dessinée) with all the words and phrases we are learning. The comic was about a group of friends helping the main character Quentin to buy a pet. Unfortunately they couldn’t choose because he didn’t like anything. Then, after lots of rehearsing and practising pronunciation, we acted it out to our class. We were allowed to use props and costumes and Ms Mavris arranged to have a backdrop painted for the production. By doing this we learned lots of French animals and adjectives in a fun and exciting way.

By Caitlin, Mieke & Imogen, Year 7

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caPa mUsIc newsYet another jam packed month full of performances! First we had senior students, the choir and percussion ensemble play an African set of music at the Concert for Congo in the Pitt St Uniting Church which helped raise funds to purchase ducks for villages. Then only days later the same ensembles performed at the Public Education Excellence Awards which recognised teachers and the community for their contributions to education. These students performed multiple items and impressed other principals and the wider community with their professionalism and performance skills.

The next day saw all students performing original songs from Kool Skools, the string ensemble, rock band, concert band for MADD 2016. We finished off the night with combined ensemble that consisted of the band, strings, choir, percussion and dance ensembles perform “Shake it Off”. To cap off a busy month members of the choir attended many long rehearsals to perform in this year’s Schools Spectacular. There was excitement, thrills, choralography and animal years, not to mention the singing! Kate Wilson

Schools Spectacular.

Schools Spectacular.

Public Education Excellence Awards Public Education Excellence Awards Concert for Congo.

MADD Night.

MADD Night.

School Spectacular Choir & Dancers:

Catie Broadbent

Hailie Brown

Sofia Goulding

Jessica Grabham

Kiara Green

Edie Harris

Ava Haywood

White

Emma-Cate Lymn

Caitlin Maloney

Zoe Morris

Emily Moudanidis

Meg O’Grady

Zara Ottaway

Anouk Povaly

Sabriyah Shamim

Lily Spencer-

Tighe

Juanita Takapo

Mieke van Wel

Sarah Veitch

Hannah Veitch

Helena Williams

Maddie Whereat

Dancers:Isabelle

Austin-Boyd

Angie Beilin

Buia David

Angelina Kera

Imani Pender

Kate Rooke

Lucy Rooke

Jorja McDaniel

Arame Nicolls

Emma Drayton

Eleanor Dunstan

Franki Eastment

Marie Ikonomou

Georgia

Kirkwood

Milele McNamara

Evie Muir

Taylor Whereat

Kool sKools awaRDs nIGhT The following students will perform at Kool Skools Awards Night 11th December:

Naomi Agius, Stella Conlon, Xanthia Marinelli, Sofie McKeever Ford, Alex Scouller, Franki Eastment,

Abbie Holt, Maya Wood-Thomson, Oonagh Murphy, Amaani Fieldes-Busingye, Juanita Takapo, Honey Spence,

Juliana Temple. Free Tickets available from Ms Flannery:

NSW AWARDS Night 2016, SUN DEC 11 from 6.30pm

NAGLE COLLEGE PAC, 58A Orwell St, Blacktown, NSW 2148.

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year 8 Geography studentsYear 8 Geography students have been working on an advocacy project where they have chosen humanitarian and environmental causes. See this fantastic film clip and look out for a full report in the first edition next year of their lunchtime expo, held a day after this edition’s deadline.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyrCrbRX7P8&feature=youtu.be

The film was made by the girls and highlights inequalities experienced by those in developing countries, contrasted with life in Australia.

Visual arts Any parents/guardians who have an analogue SLR (vintage!) camera that they are no longer using, the school would appreciate it as they are difficult to source.

congratulations to Eve Eleftheriou of Year 12 who did some work with “I-Manifest & Vivid” as an Alumni has now been offered a 3 month full-time paid internship with an advertising company called Clemenger BBDO beginning in 2017. Thanks to Cathy Jenkins who organised the opportunity for many of our students to be involved with this program.

maths faculty – mathletics 2016Each year 3P Learning identifies students who have made ‘stellar’ progress and achievement in Mathletics and awards them a certificate. This year three students, Maggie Lin of Year 7, Joanna Yu and Candy Chen of Year 8, received this award. Congratulations to all three girls from the Mathematics staff.

Pictured here is Cuiming (Tracy) Liu who was the proud recipient of a High Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition certificate. We reported the results in our September edition and the girls received their certificates at an assembly earlier this term. See our Twitter feed for this pic and message of congratulations to Tracy, our HD recipient this year!

Year 8 Geography promotions at assembly

farewell to some old number crunchersAs 2016 come to a close the Mathematics Faculty finally farewells its three oldest members; Boo Seng Sim, Marion Gifford and myself, Gayle Gibson.

Mr Sim has not been at school all this year as he has been using up his Long Service Leave to have a year of extended travelling visiting his sons who live all over the world. Mr Sim worked at Canterbury Girls for well over 20 years and was our resident ‘Maths Genius’. This year we have all missed having him around to answer our really difficult problems and we have also missed his funny sense of humour and his fabulous cooking at our regular Friday Maths lunches. Mr Sim’s retirement comes into effect at the end of this year and so from the thousands of students who have benefited from his teaching, all the Maths teachers who have had the pleasure of knowing and sharing staffroom life with him, we thank him for his amazing service to Public Education over his career.

Ms Gifford came to Canterbury in 2005 and has worked tirelessly for the last 12 years teaching Maths and supporting students at all levels in Numeracy. In her time here Ms Gifford initiated the Number Crunchers competition that saw students from across local primary schools and our school compete against each other (in Spelling Bee fashion) for the title of ‘Number Cruncher of the Year’. She also designed and implemented the Year 5 Enrichment program which has just had its 10th anniversary this year. This program has seen a dramatic rise in the popularity of Canterbury Girls as the preferred local high school with students loving all the fun activities that take place. She also took up an idea that I brought from my previous school and so began Peer Numeracy. In this program Ms Gifford trained the best mathematicians from Year 10 to work with students across Years 7, 8 and 9 during DEAR on the Numeracy demands of other subjects. In addition her daily teaching job had Ms Gifford working with small withdrawal groups of students making sure that

each girl was given the skills to reach their potential. Again, I know that hundreds and hundreds of young woman from Canterbury Girls would want to thank Ms Gifford for the help, care, time and effort she put in to each one of them throughout her career. The Maths staff also thank Ms Gifford for her generous nature, warm smile, poetry and whistling in the staffroom over the years.

And now for me. When I arrived at Canterbury Girls as the new Head Teacher Mathematics in 2011 I was as excited and scared as any new Year 7 student might be. But I shouldn’t have worried because I was welcomed into a warm, friendly, fantastic family of students, parents and teachers. It has been a delight working with the Maths faculty over the last 6 years – they are the most hard working, motivated and fabulous people that you could imagine. No matter what I have asked them to do they have done it beautifully and with a smile on their face. We have all worked towards change and improvement in all of our practices in the Maths Faculty so that we can make and see a difference in the learning outcomes of our students. I am particularly proud of our HSC results from last year where Maths was above the state average in every course. In these last 6 years I have taught the most wonderful students - the equal to any school in the state. They have been friendly, funny, talented, driven, diligent and quirky, but the thing that strikes me about everyone here at Canterbury Girls is that everyone is happy – happy to be here learning, working and playing together. This is a testament to the hard work of all the teaching, executive, office and support staff at Canterbury Girls.

As I am retiring I will no longer have the opportunity to work with the amazing young women who have been such a huge part of my life and so I thank you all for making the last years of my career so rewarding on every level. Thank you to everyone here at Canterbury – it has been a pleasure.

Gayle Gibson.

Gayle Gibson.

DRama: Zeal Theatre @ ashfield boys high school

Recently, Year 8 and 9 Drama students from both Elective and Ensemble classes, had the opportunity and privilege to take part in a theatre workshop run by Zeal Theatre Company at Ashfield Boys High. The workshop followed an emotional and heartfelt performance of The Lucky Country, an original play that looks at current global debates of the refugee crisis and the role of the Australian media in shaping our views on socio-political issues.

Throughout the workshop, both schools collaborated in a mature and professional manner, to create “moments of gold”, as described by Zeal Theatre Company’s Stefo Nantsou. Following the performance students were also engaged in an open forum where questions were posed to the actors about various topics, ranging from the process of putting together a live performance to the contemporary issues that resonate within the play.

I think an important take home message, reinforced by actors on the day, is how the theatre can be used as a great tool to start a simple conversation with our friends and family about issues that impact us, both as members of a community and as global citizens.

Thank you very much to the CAPA Staff at Ashfield Boys High for a wonderful day of watching and creating drama, and for their generous hospitality!

Athanasia Costa, Drama Intern


Marion Gifford. Boo Seng Sim.



Congratulations to the U15 A volleyball team who defeated Kogarah High in the final for the summer competition. The game showed off the skills of both teams, with some spectacular volleys and serves. The game went to 3 sets in the end, our team winning 2 sets to 1. Well done also to the B team who just missed out playing in the final during their semi final. Mrs Cooper is very proud of the determination and commitment of both teams, (who trained consistently throughout the year in their lunchtime.)

summer Grade sportCanterbury Girls High School had another very successful Summer Grade season with a total of six Summer Grade Premiers. A big congratulations to 2nd Grade Mini Soccer team (coached by Ms Sokolovska), 2nd Grade Table Tennis (coached by Ms Liu), 15 Softball (coached by Ms Burgess), 15A Volleyball (coached by Ms Cooper) and both 14A and 14B Table Tennis (both teams coached by Ms Wirtz). All these teams will be recognised in our end of year Recognition Assembly. Congratulations to all Grade teams and their coaches for a fantastic Summer season.

st George Zone Recognition DaySix students from Canterbury Girls High School were recognised for their sporting achievements at the annual St George Zone Presentation Day which was held on Friday 11th November 2016. Alison Anae (Year 12) and Louisa Taukeiaho (Year 12) were both awarded a Zone Sporting Blue for Volleyball. Elena Costas (Year 7) was named 13 years swimming age champion while Jemma Nguyen (Year 10) was awarded the 15 years swimming age champion. Jenny Nguyen (Year 12) was awarded the 17+ years swimming age champion runner up. In cross country, Ada Kelly (Year 7) was awarded the 13 years cross country age champion. Congratulations to all students for an outstanding effort this year.

15A Volleyball with Ms Cooper.

CGHS 20/20 Cricketers.

14A and 14B Table tennis with Ms Wirtz.

Left: Jemma Nguyen receiving her award. Right: Elena Costas receiving her award.

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Global DIGnITy DayOn Friday 21st October, two of our Year 10 students represented Canterbury Girls High School at the Parliament of New South Wales for Global Dignity Day, an initiative to educate and inspire young people and help them to understand their self-worth and goals. Michaelie Trenbath and Paloma Jackson-Vaughan participated in the day which included a thought provoking address by the keynote speaker, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane. They also worked in groups with many students from other schools discussing what dignity means and the many impingements on dignity people endure in our country. The day finished off with students sharing their stories of discrimination they have suffered which our students found very stirring.

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Our school community was thrilled to receive the following letter from the National Disability Awards Team honouring our senior student Pearl Joseph who was nominated for The Lesley Hall Award for leadership.

I am writing to congratulate you on being nominated for the 2016 National Disability Awards.

Your nomination demonstrates that you are making an important contribution towards improving the lives of people with disability.

The Awards serve to honour and recognise the achievements of individuals and organisations that have actively improved outcomes for people with disability. They highlight best practice that can be then replicated nationally in improving mainstream responses from individuals, organisations, businesses and governments. It is important that as a society, we are all encouraged to start thinking in terms of an inclusive, non-segregated, rights-based Australian community.

The judging panel particularly noted the high calibre of the 23 finalists and winners in demonstrating exemplary inclusive best practice, as well as their extraordinary drive to go above and beyond their day-to-day roles and their own personal achievements.

I would encourage you to continue your important work in striving for greater inclusive practices where people with disability are included in all aspects of social, economic, sporting and cultural life alongside people without disability.

The Awards are a major part of the Australian Government’s celebration marking International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), held each year on 3 December. Last year, over 1,000 events were held across Australia. The United Nations 2016 theme is “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want”, which draws attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and how these goals can create a more inclusive and equitable world for persons with disabilities. IDPwD event registrations are currently open – to register an event, go to http://www.idpwd.com.au/celebrate/event-registrations/. To ensure you receive your free promotional products in time for your event, you must register by Friday, 18 November 2016.

Congratulations once again on being nominated for the 2016 National Disability Awards.

national Disability awards TeamPearl has been a great leader in our school in general and leader advocate for students with disabilities in our school and wider community. Pearl has

volunteered at numerous school and community events and when a job needs to be done Pearl is the one who sees it and gets the job done.

Pearl has led her fellow students as Sports Captain, SRC Representative and SRC Vice Captain. Pearl devised and leads the Autism Peer Support Group in our school. She represented our school at a Leadership Conference for Students with Disabilities and addressed the assembly at International Day of People with a Disability and generously shared her story and was an inspiration to all. She addressed our assembly at International Autism Awareness Day. She was the proud recipient of the Zonta Citizenship Award and again championed the cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder in her acceptance speech. She is the director of our film exploring experiences of disability in our school. Pearl works tirelessly for our school and disability advocacy as she studies for her HSC. We are proud to nominate Pearl for a National Disability Award.

The staff and students at our school learn a great deal about awareness and understanding of ASD and disability through Pearl’s advocacy. The visiting student teachers had their experience of teaching greatly enhanced by hearing Pearl address our assembly. The younger girls with ASD are finding their voices through Pearl’s example.

At our yearly reviews students with disability and their parents often mention the positive impact hearing this advocacy has on them. Teacher programs and teaching are enhanced by the awareness that Pearl’s advocacy brings. The wider community is also greatly impacted by this raised awareness and this leads to greater acceptance and automatic inclusive practices.

We are very proud of all Pearl has achieved and privileged to have her in our community.

caReeRs: work Ready

abw Presentations 2016

year 10 australian business week 2016

On Thursday and Friday of week 7 Year 10 participated in a Careers Work_Ready Program to prepare them for week 9 work experience. This included CV writing workshops, mock interviews, and workshops on motivation and presentation in the job seeking process by Glenn Gerryn of Oxygen factory, and the organisation Turning Point.

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Two teams: Under 12s and Under 15s

Jubilee Oval Glebe (right next to the Light Rail station) www.glebejafc.org.au

Free BBQ Fun & friendly social club

Accredited coaches Did we mention? GIRLS ONLY!

CALLING ALL GIRLS 5-15!

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RemInDeRs for familiesPlease ensure that if your address or phone number has been changed the school administration is informed. A Change of Contact Details Form can be collected from Office A.

excursions: The school is more than happy for students to pay overnight excursions off across the year as long as a $50 deposit is paid prior to departure. One day excursions must be paid in full before departure.

newsletter by email: All families will receive an SMS when the newsletter is available on the webpage. This comes out each month and issue dates are on the calendar on the website. The newsletter is emailed to all students as well. If you wish to have a hard copy your daughter must collect this from Office A.

school calendar: Remember to check the student calendar on the CGHS website for excursion dates, upcoming events, rehearsal times and assessment items.

www.canterburg-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Parents and citizens association2016 P&C EXECUTIVE President: Jennifer ChildsVice Presidents: Heather Veitch & Gemma HaigSecretary: Lynne Scouller Treasurer: Shane McCardle

: Canterbury Girls High School P&C

Meetings: 4th Wednesday of the monthWednesday 22nd February, 2017.Wednesday 22nd March, 2017.Cantabrian Hall, entry via Church Street.

Dates for the fridge n Monday 5 Dec – Friday 9 Dec: Year 10 Work

Experience, Year 12 Hospitality work placementsn Tuesday 6 December: Year 7 2017 Orientation Dayn Thursday 8 December: Friday 9 December

- 2017 Musical Pre-Production Daysn Monday 12 December: Zeal Theatre excursion

Years 7-10 Drama & Ensemblesn Tuesday 13 December 2016: Recognition Dayn Wednesday 14 December:

CAPA excursion to Aladdin musicaln Thursday 15 December 2016: Picnic Dayn Friday 16 December 2016: last day of Schooln Friday 27 January 2017:

Staff Development Day 1 - staff returnn Monday 30 January 2017:

Years 7, 11 and 12 returnn Tuesday 31 January 2017:

Years 8, 9 and 10 returnn Tuesday 14 February 2017:

Year 10 assessment Eveningn Thursday 16 February 2017:

High Achievers Assemblyn Friday 17 February 2017: School Photo Dayn Wednesday 22 February 2017: P&C Meetingn Friday 24 February 2017:

School Swimming Carnivaln Tuesday 28 February 2017:

Year 7 2018 Open Nightn Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 March 2017:

Zone Swimming Carnivaln Tuesday 7 March 2017:

Prefects Grip Leadership Excursionn Thursday 16 March 2017:

Years 7 to 12 Field Study Dayn Friday 17 March 2017:

National Day of Action Against Bullyingn Wednesday 22 March 2017 - P&C Meetingn Tuesday 28 March 2017:

Year 7 vaccinations round 1n Tuesday 4 April 2017: Years 7, 11 &

12 Parent Teacher Evening 3.30-6.30n Wednesday 5 April 2017: School Cross Countryn Thursday 6 April 2017: P&C Film Award Nightn Thursday 6 and Friday 7 April 2017:

School Production Preparation dayn Friday 7 April 2017: last day Term 1

We wish all families a safe, happy, restful holiday season!! See you in 2017

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LeaD the chaLLenge • LeaDership • exceLLence • achievement • Diversity

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BEing HumanshortFilmfestival

A P&C INITIATIVE | CANTERBURY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Entries Close 6 March 2017RED CARPET INTER-SCHOOL

GRAND FINAL 6 April 2017 at Canterbury Girls High School

Use your film to share and promote ideas of human

commonality, compassion and understanding and did we mention you can win stuff!

1st and 2nd place winners from each school’s mini festival go into the grand final to be held

at Canterbury Girls High School on 6 April 2017

Enter your 1 to 5 minute film for a chance to win great prizes and your film could be shown in New York at

a special screening of finalists in support of 108lives.org

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A SHORT FILM COMPETITION FOR PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN THE INNERWEST

How to EnterGo to: www.beinghumanfilmfestival.com

1. Read the terms and conditions and guidelines then make your film

2. Upload to YouTube or Vimeo

3. Complete the online registration form

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Explore and celebrate what we all have in common : Being Human

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