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Mac Fields News Macquarie Fields High School

April 2010

2 Harold Street, Macquarie Fields NSW 2564 Phone 9605 3111 [email protected]

Issue 8 – Term 4 October 2017

Calendar Events

Week 3

Monday October 23 - Year 10 Testing Week 1 Friday October 27 Monday October 23 - Year 9 Testing Week Friday October 27 Monday October 23 P&C Meeting – 6:30pm

Week 4

Monday October 30 - Year 10 Testing Week 2 Friday November 3 Thursday October 2 Year 12 sign out – 10am-2:30pm

Week 5

Tuesday November 7 HSC concludes Thursday November 9 Year 12 sign out – 10am-2:30pm Friday November 10 Year 11 Reports distributed

Week 6

Monday November 13 Year Meetings Week Thursday November 16 Year 7 Immunisations

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE

Students absent from school

Please note changes to School Attendance Policy. Where a student is absent from school, a note explaining the absence must be received by the school within 7 school days. Where a note is not received the absence will be recorded as unjustified. This cannot legally be changed should a note be received after 7 days. Absences both justified and unjustified are recorded on school reports.

Recipient’s of PBL Raffle Prize Draw

NAME Year Wk/Term PRIZE Issam Syed 10 Wk2/T4 $20 Macarthur

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From the Principal …

Congratulations to our newly inducted

Student Leaders

We began our final term of the year with our

Commencement assembly, where we admit Year

11 students officially into the HSC course and

become Year 12 as well as announcing and

inducting our student leaders for the next twelve

months. I work very closely with the student

leadership team and I am very much looking

forward to working with such a splendid team of

young people, under the leadership and

guidance of Miss Rachael Shakespeare. Our

student leaders undertake a very stringent merit

selection process and they all thoroughly

deserve this recognition. Congratulations to our

Captains, Mabel Truong and Farid Faruq, Vice

Captains, Tegan Sharma and Isaac Tiata and

the Prefect team: Shivaun Narayan, Renee

Naidu, Rosanna Tupou, Maheen Imran,

Taneesha Singh, Kenya Tavui, Maliha Hoque,

Zen Obeido, Ashutosh Mishra, Jai Sharma,

Abdul Kanj, Avish Sharma, Matthew Dy and

Nathaniel Tran. I would also like to thank Miss

Shakespeare for her outstanding support of our

student leaders.

End of Term and the Vacation

We are fast approaching the end of the academic

year and I would like to take this opportunity to

October 2017

Issue 8 - Term 4 October 2014

remind parents of the need to complete an

application for Extended Leave – Travel, should

they wish to take their children away from school

during term time. When completing the

application, please provide an explanation as to

the reason for the travel and supply any relevant

documentary materials. Family holidays do not

come under the reasons for approval, according

to the Department’s guidelines.

If students are going to be absent for extended

periods at the very end of the year or start of

2018, a letter needs to be provided indicating

that you wish the child’s place at the school to be

held for them. We cannot hold the place if we do

not have this documentation. This is especially

critical if students are overseas during the annual

break but are delayed in returning. If you have

any questions about the requirements, please

contact the school on 9605 3111.

End of Year Events – Advance Notice

As the year comes to a close, I would like you to

consult our calendar for any significant events

that relate to you and your child. We love having

parents in attendance at the Semester Awards

(November 30), Presentation Day (December

11), our Art Exhibition and Ensembles function

(November 29) and the LEAPS Graduation

(November 29). Invitations will arrive in due

course!!

Term 4 is a very busy term at Macquarie Fields

HS and the run up to Christmas and the New

Year is hectic for everyone! That said, I am very

proud to be the principal of such a dynamic and

innovative school. It is an honour and a privilege.

I hope to see you at one or more of our events.

Mrs J Dolstra

Principal

October 2017


CAPA Faculty

The Creative and Performing Arts Faculty have

enjoyed a very busy 2017 to date. The faculty

consists of Ms Langely (Visual Arts), Ms Tran

(Music & Assistant Year Advisor), Mr Bozzetto

(Music), Mr Lee (Music), Ms Kensett (Drama),

Mrs Davidson (Visual Arts and CAPA Relieving

Head Teacher) and Mrs Metcalfe (Visual Arts

and CAPA Relieving Head Teacher).

All the CAPA staff are passionate about the arts

and understand the connections that are made

between the students in our classrooms and the

community. The arts enrich our students’ lives;

bringing communities together and enhancing

cultural awareness. A strong arts program

promotes the skills students need to be

successful and skilled our students most

certainly are! We are very proud of all our

Creative and Performing Arts students and their

achievements in 2017.

Being exposed to the arts sharpens critical and

creative thinking, promotes self-directed learning,

improves school attendance, helps with critical

thinking, improves confidence, concentration,

motivation and teamwork. What more could we

ask for?

Our students have successfully been involved in

many different learning opportunities both in and

out of the classroom and within the wider

community. Here is a sample of what we have

been involved in:

Music

Year 11 Boys Vocal Workshop - Several of our

Year 11 boys were part of The NSW Arts Unit

initiative in which they rehearsed and recorded

'Throw Your Arms Around Me’ by Hunters &

Collectors, in a combined primary/secondary

choir at the ABC professional recording studios.

October 2017


Fire in the Fields - Our Ukulele Ensemble and

Junior/Senior Rock bands performed at the

annual ‘Fire in the Fields’ concerts at Ingleburn

High School in August. A great achievement and

experience for these students.

The Cross Network concert was held in

September and we had over 40 students

involved in this amazing opportunity. Students

participated in music workshops and learned

performance pieces, for the performance nights

held at Bankstown Sports Club. Our very own

Mrs Davidson was the Cross network co-

ordinator for this special event. The students

loved this performance experience.

Combined Choir - In Concert Performance.

Our vocal ensemble performed in the In concert

performance in May. Students, performed with

Felix Riebl. Reibl is an internationally recognised

singer, songwriter and composer. This was an

amazing experience for our students, the

atmosphere in the Sydney Town hall was

amazing and our students were all smiles.

At school in class time-

We have had our amazing Music, Drama and

Visual Arts Year 12 classes work on their Drama

& Music performances and their Body of Work

submissions for the Higher School Certificate.

Below are a couple of photos of Year 12 Visual

Arts student works by Simon Bernardo and

Cynthia Nahn.

We look forward to hearing about their results in

December.

Simon Bernardo

Cynthia Nahn

October 2017


Mrs Metcalfe’s & Mrs Davidson’s Year 10 Visual

Arts students have been enjoying working on

their large paper mache sculptures inspired by

the famous American artist Keith Haring. In this

unit of work students learnt about Street art and

the restoration project of Keith Haring’s

Melbourne mural. Students of this class look

forward to creating their own installation of

sculptures to be on display in our annual art

exhibition to be held in Week 8 in our school hall.

Mrs Metcalfe’s Year 11 students have been

experimenting with the following expressive

mediums, oil and acrylic paint, clay and wire.

Students studied artists such as Ben Quilty,

Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Pablo

Picasso amongst others and created their very

own luscious thickly painted portraits and

beautiful flowing and curvaceous, small ceramic

sculptures, whilst studying the topic the Human

Form in Visual Arts. There is definitely some

talent in the class!

October 2017


Year 7 students have learnt about Still Life

drawing and Portraits during their time in Visual

Arts this year. They have enjoyed working in a

variety of different mediums and have created

some beautiful Still life and Self Portrait artworks

using acrylic paint, mixed media and watercolour.

October 2017


Variety Night 2017

What a blast we had in June with our Rock

Gods and Pop Divas Variety Night. The annual

event is a highlight and tradition at Macquarie

Fields High School. It was a showstopper!

Students in Year 7-12 were involved in this whole

school performance opportunity. They performed

in a variety of acts, singing, dancing, playing

bands. They entertained their peers and

parents. We had wonderful support from parents

and the local community. The CAPA staff would

also like to thank Mrs Dolstra, Mr Perrett and Mrs

Costa for their support of this event. The stage

looked amazing with the special lighting provided

by Macarthur Events, which Mrs Metcalfe

organised.

Nagoya Sister Exchange Art Exhibition

Four of our Visual Arts students had their works

selected for The Nagoya Art Exchange

Exhibition. It is the 39th year this Sister and

Friendship City Children’s Art and Calligraphy

Exhibition has been held in Nagoya, Japan.

These talented art students had works selected

out of 100 nominations within 30 Public Schools

from NSW who participated. The works will be

exhibited in Nagoya, Sydney, Los Angeles,

Mexico and Ninjing. Our talented artists are Paul

Dowling, Sabriyah Arshad, Bill He and Clarisse

Vargas.

October 2017


Fishers Ghost Art Exhibition

Ms Langley, Mrs Davidson and Mrs Melfcalfe

are very proud to have 15 entries in the 2017

Fishers Ghost Exhibition to be displayed in the

Campbelltown Art Gallery. Our students from

Year 7-12 have ceramics, paintings, mixed

media and photography works on display. Our

Year 9 students will be attending this exhibition

on an excursion in Week 9. Students will be able

to observe, learn and evaluate many works by

local school students.

Art Club has been running at lunch times where

dedicated and interested students have devoted

their own time to painting and revamping the

large murals outside the art block. Students have

been able to come up with their own

compositions and subject matter under the

guidance of Ms Langley. Felipe, Adam, Shayek,

James, Jan, Farid, Rosemary, Liba, Caitlin and

Pritha have all been making contributions to the

murals.

Other things our students have been involved

in include:

Our Concert Band and String

Ensemble, performed at Ingleburn Alive,

Anzac Day Ceremony and Celebration

Day under the guidance of Ms Tran and

Mrs Davidson.

The formation of the Junior and Senior

Rock bands under the guidance of Mrs

Davidson and Mr Bozzetto. This group

also performed at the Semester Awards

assembly.

Simon Bernardo performed at Ingleburn

Alive and Rotary Clubs 40th Anniversary

dinner.

Awen Davidson and Nikki Amos went to

the NSW State Music camp and

performed in the NSW Public Schools

Choir.

We look forward to seeing Sebastian

Kelly-Toiava perform as a solo vocalist at

the School Spectacular in November. This

is an amazing opportunity for Sebastian

and we wish him well for his

performances. We also will be in the

audience of the School Spectacular to

support our Vocal Ensemble members

who are singing in the combined schools

choir.

We have our ensembles night and annual

art exhibition still to come in Week 8 of

this Term.

Sebastian Kelly-Toiava

October 2017


I think come December 15 there will be some

very tired but satisfied and dedicated CAPA

teachers who will be ready for a holiday. We

really have enjoyed all our CAPA experiences in

2017 and we look forward to sharing all our

expertise and knowledge with our students again

in 2018. We truly are inspired by our students

and their interest, in our Creative and Performing

Arts subjects.

I would like to leave you with some quotes that

help me explain what it is about our connection

and our love of the arts.

Mrs K Metcalfe

Relieving Head Teacher CAPA (Mon-Wed)

October 2017


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