SEFTON NEWS
Term 4 2018
Sincerity Scholarship Service
Welcome to the final edition of the Sefton News for 2018.
By Humayra Autoshi Year 10
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE It is hard to believe but the end of the 2018 school year is rapidly
approaching. Perhaps it is the incredible busyness and energy that
pervades Sefton High School or me getting older or a combination of
both but the time has flown by.
This term has seen a collective effort to ensure the HSC examinations
went off without a hitch. The Year 12 sign out process and the formal
have taken place, examinations for Years 7-11 have occurred, marking is
nearly completed and end of year reports are about to be written.
In addition, Mr Dimopoulos, Ms Dike and the faculty Head Teachers are
busy arranging the school’s curriculum and timetable for next year, Mr
O’Riordan and Mr Beggs have put together a splendid Sport Assembly
and we have recognised our elite athletes at the Bankstown Zone Sports
Assembly.
Contents Principal’s Message ............. 1
Principals Network Awards . 4
Naplan 2018 Analysis .......... 5
New Head Teacher
Mathematics ....................... 6
Junior Legacy Public
Speaking .............................. 7
National Success Junior
Legacy Public Speaking ........ 8
Australian Geography
Competition ......................... 8
Visual Arts News .................. 9
Year 10 Commerce CSI ......11
Year 10 Science Excursions –
UTS & ANSTO .....................12
Year 7 Jeans For Genes
Day .....................................14
Fundraising For Breast
Cancer ................................14
Careers Advisory Service and
Website .............................15
A Bit of Magic at Premiers
Reading Challenge .............16
Bankstown Zone Sport Award
Recipients ………………………. 17
Pretty in Pink Fundraising…18
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Year 10 have undertaken Peer Support Training ably led by Ms Auzins. In addition, Ms Stone and
Mrs Sciberras in the front office are busily ensuring that our 2019 Year 7 cohort are enrolled and
ready to launch themselves into Sefton HS on Orientation Day, which fast approaches. If that is not
enough I know that arrangements are also well under way for what is one of the big events on the
school calendar – Presentation Day. This list is certainly not exhaustive but you get a sense of some
of the many exciting activities that are occurring at this time of year.
Speaking of exciting I do have some further good news to share.
First and foremost a big blue welcome to Sefton High School to Ms Najem our new Head Teacher
of Mathematics. We are delighted to have Ms Najem with us, having commenced in Week 3 of this
term replacing the fabulous Ms Murray. I know our School Captains, Chris and Joy, went and
introduced themselves to Ms Najem and interviewed her so I trust you will enjoy reading their
report.
Secondly we have decided to adopt a new school website platform. There are a number of reasons
for this but mainly we wanted a website that would allow for greater use of images and to have
language translation facilities for families. Our new website is part of the Department of
Education’s website service, this means that both Departmental as well as Sefton HS content can be
simultaneously incorporated. My thanks to two of our talented office staff Mrs Hope and Mrs
Sciberras, who are the drivers of this project and the support of Mr Blaker and Mr Dimopoulos, to
have us ready to “go live”.
Thirdly a big congratulations to Mrs Coombes and Mr Dimopoulos who were recently
acknowledged at a splendid awards ceremony for their respective contributions to the educational
leadership of Sefton High School. Eighty schools across four networks took part in this event which
acknowledged outstanding contribution and service. It was a delight to have Executive Director for
Metropolitan South Sylvia Corish and Chullora Network Director Educational Leadership Andrew
Fielding on hand to congratulate and recognise both Mrs Coombes and Mr Dimopoulos. Both Mrs
Coombes and Mr Dimopoulos are very worthy recipients and leaders to whom staff, students,
parents and I, in particular, owe a debt of thanks. Their vision and leadership has placed our
dynamic school as a leader of quality education and a school of first choice.
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Lastly and most importantly, huge congratulations to Janet Diba of Year 9 who represented NSW to
finish second nationally in public speaking. Janet spoke passionately about the issue of
homelessness and went beyond identifying statistics and causes to boldly suggest solutions. I
understand that it was a very close decision between Janet and the winner. Congratulations goes
also to a very excited Ms Tran who mentored Janet and attended to the logistics of the various
rounds of this competition.
I would also like to extend my congratulations to our new School Captains and Prefect body for
2018-2019. These students were selected after a very exhaustive process. Testimony to the quality
of the elected leadership group is the number of high quality students who missed out on selection.
The new student leaders are
Captains Joy HANNA Christopher PREDIC
Vice Captain Kylie DANG Brian ANG
Senior Prefect Jessie TA
Prefects Mai-Linh DAO Thomas LAM
Daena Alessandra DE LUNA James MAI
Victor Minh Hieu HUYNH Catherine PHUNG
Sharmay HUSSEIN Zinmar SWE
Divyasha KUMAR Justin TEK
I have prepared a 2018 NAPLAN analysis for parents which is included in this edition of Sefton
News. This year, NAPLAN reports to schools and parents were delayed as authorities sorted out
issues that impacted on this year’s NAPLAN, due to having two systems running side by side.
Some schools trialled a new adaptive online testing system whilst other schools (Sefton HS
included) remained with the traditional pen and paper test.
As with any new trial there were problems and this year the big problem with the online testing is
with school comparisons. Nonetheless I have analysed the critical information for you that relates to
Sefton HS and let me tell you once again our results are outstanding. That said, we are never
satisfied and will continue to look to find ways to continuously improve the literacy and numeracy
capabilities of every student so that they are best placed to move into an ever changing world where
one of the few constants is the essential need for high levels of literacy and numeracy.
There are a number of upcoming dates for our school community to be mindful of. These are
4 December Year 6 into 7 Orientation Day
10 December - 21 December Semester Two Reports for Years 7-10 Distributed
13 December HSC Results released to students and schools
14 December Presentation Day
14 December ATAR Results distributed to students only. Please note schools do
not get notified of ATAR results and as such we really would love
Year 12 to ring or email these scores through to us.
19 December Last day of school for 2018 for students.
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30 January 2019 First day for 2019 for Years 7, 11 and 12.
31 January 2019 First Day for 2019 for Years 8, 9 and 10.
Finally as we transition to greater electronic communication can I ask that all parents ensure that
you give our office staff a current email address and ensure that you ‘like’ Sefton HS on Facebook.
Mr K Humphreys
PRINCIPALS NETWORK AWARDS Mrs Coombes and Mr Dimopoulos have been awarded through the Principal Network for
outstanding service to Sefton High School
Sandra Coombes
Chullora Network
Sandra’s career is one that has pursued confidence, brilliance and
inspiration. Beginning her career in 1969 as a teacher of English and
History, Sandra’s passion and devotion to education has had no
bounds. Expanding her knowledge and experience into various facets
of the education industry, Sandra consolidated a strong aptitude for
leadership.
It has been recognised that she has instilled a durable legacy in her
eighteen year principalship at Sefton High School, one that focused
faithfully on promoting high standards of literacy and numeracy.
Sandra has strived to “create a culture of high expectation” for her students and ultimately to
admirably blur the line between selective and community based students.
Through her firm discipline and avid leadership, Sandra has evoked a school atmosphere that
endeavours to reach high, and sustain a devoted community of learners.
Her outstanding career is one that will be valued and remembered by not only her school
community, but her colleagues around the network as well.
Bill Dimopoulos
Teacher in an Executive Role
Bill has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills, particularly in
whole school organisations and systems.
He has been instrumental in establishing and maintaining exemplary
and comprehensive whole school policy frameworks and procedures
which guide staff in their daily operations.
He has almost singularly developed and maintained the schools
information database that supports wellbeing and student
administration.
Bill's support to transition the new Principal and ensure the smooth
running of the school in this period was superb and testimony to his
passion for Sefton HS.
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NAPLAN 2018 ANALYSIS In 2018, the NAPLAN testing regime has come under fierce criticism from many sources. Sadly for
many groups, NAPLAN testing and preparation has become an industry rather than its original
intended purpose – a diagnostic assessment of students capabilities at one point in time.
NAPLAN is simply one measure of one students literacy and numeracy capabilities based on one
day’s testing. In 2018 the waters of NAPLAN have been muddied with some schools continuing
with pen and paper testing whilst others have trialled adaptive on line testing. These two testing
regimes are very different and as such comparisons between schools must be treated with extreme
caution.
Sefton High School will regard NAPLAN for what it is able to tell us and for what it was originally
intended. The key areas, we will focus on are
What do NAPLAN results for individual students reveal in terms of areas for ongoing
development?
What do NAPLAN results for Year groups reveal to us in terms of broad item analysis e.g.
in writing, in grammar and punctuation, in aspects of numeracy?
Do our broader NAPLAN results support our strategic directions or indicate areas for
greater concentration?
NAPLAN 2018 – A SNAPSHOT OF OUR RESULTS
Year 7
73.6% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Reading (State average is 51.0%).
61.6% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Writing (State average is 23.9%).
80.8% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Numeracy (State average is 53.4%).
Year 9
79.3% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Reading (State average is 47.5%).
64.9% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Writing (State average is 33.4%).
84.4% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Numeracy (State average is 49.0%).
Comment
You will see from these statistics that students’ writing is, and continues to be, an issue state wide.
This is why Sefton High School continues to place great emphasis on the implicit teaching of
writing and of traditional methods of pedagogy.
Value Added Value added data displays information about learning growth of students in schools and is
considered a fair, reliable and accurate indication of school effectiveness. It is a measurement tool
that is highly regarded by schools and the system.
Both 2017 and 2018 NAPLAN data shows that the value added of Sefton High School students
from Years 7-9 is at the very top end of scores state wide, with our result being amongst the highest
in the state two years running.
We are delighted with this measure as it is one of the key indicators of the success of our school
plan and focus upon the explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy in junior years. There is a very
high expectation placed upon our teachers and students in Years 7-10 that their focus will be upon
core foundational skills, in reading, persuasive and narrative writing, guided scaffolds to support
student writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and detailed feedback by staff to students.
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Our numeracy focus is all about explicit teaching through Mathematics but also that each key
learning area is embedding explicit numeracy strategies within their programming.
Conclusion
As with each year, staff will spend considerable time in reflective practice and formative
assessment in the end of year staff development days undertaking individual and class based
NAPLAN analysis to inform their 2019 teaching.
We will continue to strive to raise the standards of students who identify as needing additional
support as well as using the data to find areas where we can continue to improve the teaching and
learning processes to obtain ongoing enhancement of students capacity.
NEW HEAD TEACHER MATHEMATICS Transcript of Ms Najem Interview
Q: What is your goal for Sefton?
A: I hope to achieve the best results and outcomes for students. I
intend to work together with my staff to propel students to the best
of their ability to achieve optimal results.
Q: Why join the community of Sefton?
A: I have read many great things about Sefton and the high
expectations it sets for its students and staff. There is a strong
academic presence here with a nurturing environment for success
providing the best opportunities for students. My values aligned
with that of Sefton and I was eager to be a part of the community.
Q: If you weren’t a Math teacher, what would you be?
A: Previously, I enjoyed working in the Financial Industry which
was very fast paced and competitive. I guess, combining my love for maths, data and statistics leads
me to say a Data Analyst.
Q: What were you doing before Sefton?
A: I worked at Moorefield Girls High School as the Gifted and Talented coordinator and Mathematics
teacher. I have worked as a Curriculum writer for state office, developing diagnostic tasks for stage
4 and 5, as well as editing Numeracy resources. Earlier in my career, I was the recipient of the Sydney
Director Award for an inspiring beginning teacher.
Q: Tell us about yourself.
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A: I have a passion for Mathematics and about providing the best opportunities for students to be
successful. I believe in maintaining respectful relationships amongst staff, parents and students to
achieve the best results. My hobbies include fishing, travelling, reading and the NRL (Bulldogs fan).
Q: What about your personal life?
A: Besides my life of teaching, I enjoy my family time and spending time with my kids including
taking long drives together to the Gold Coast and Thredbo.
Q: What is your education?
A: I attended UTS and UNSW. I studied a Mathematics/Statistics degree and then applied for a
Bachelor of Education before completing my Masters in Education.
CONCLUSION: Ms Najem is a very humble individual who was reluctant to discuss her many
achievements. Sefton is fortunate to have her join our community and this is best demonstrated in a
quote from Mrs Najem herself; “It’s not about where you come from or the University you attended.
It is about your integrity, your ability to communicate respectfully, sense of humour and humility
which helps you stand out.”
By School Captains Christopher Predic and Joy Hanna
JUNIOR LEGACY PUBLIC SPEAKING
1st PLACE in STATE FINALS JANET DIBA
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NATIONAL SUCCESS JUNIOR LEGACY PUBLIC
SPEAKING
2nd PLACE in NATIONAL FINALS
JANET DIBA
A cohort of public speakers and debaters recently attended
the State Library of NSW to support Janet Diba in her efforts
at the National Finals of the Legacy Public Speaking
Competition. This is the largest junior public speaking
competition in Australia, and certainly one of the most
competitive in the world.
Competitors from states across Australia assembled to present
amazing prepared speeches about a variety of topics they
were impassioned about, including slave labour, the
importance of protecting our environment, and the necessity
of respecting the ANZAC legend. On this day, Sefton High
School’s Janet Diba spoke with clarity and flair about
Australian homelessness.
The prepared speech section was followed by the impromptu
speech, for which the topic was: What’s old has become new
again. Speaking about our warped and ever-changing relationship with privacy, and its role in an
increasingly interconnected world, Janet laid out an argument about how we should be approaching
privacy law and regulation – how we, as consumers and citizens, have a responsibility to do more
than passively allow privacy to become a thing of the past.
A valiant and impressive effort in both sections of this competition earned Janet the position of
National Runner Up for the Legacy Public Speaking Competition.
Well done and congratulations Janet!
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION In Term 2 this year 101 students from Years 7 to 12 participated in the 24th annual Australian
Geography Competition. Over 70 000 students from around Australia entered the competition
which was a joint initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal
Geographical Society of Queensland
With current international affairs, Geography is a vital subject that all young people should consider
pursuing as part of their academic growth. Understanding place and people, and the socio-economic
interactions at local, regional and international scales is important to the economic future of
Australia.
This year the competition focused on interconnections. Interconnection emphasises that phenomena
in Geography are linked together, rather than existing in isolation. For example, the effects of
climate on vegetation and urban expansion on biodiversity.
Students’ understanding was tested in a series of challenging multiple-choice questions. Our
school’s results were most pleasing with 24 credits, 18 distinctions and 5 high distinctions.
A special congratulation goes to Isha Baldeo in Year 10 who scored in the top 1% in Australia.
Sefton High School students will be invited to participate in the 2019 competition early Term 1.
Ms Manno
Social Sciences
Ms Tran and Janet Diba
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VISUAL ARTS NEWS On Wednesday 21st November, HSC Visual Arts students
attended the Art Gallery of NSW to view Masters of Modern
Art from the Hermitage.
Our day began with an introductory lecture about Modern Art,
which outlined the evolution of art and the different ways
artists express their ideas.
The lecture focused on the artists that we would soon see in
the exhibition, covering the movements from Impressionism;
with artists like Claude Monet, to Cubism; with Pablo Picasso
and Abstraction with Kandinsky and Malevich.
After the lecture and before we viewed
the Masters of Modern Art exhibition,
we viewed the gallery’s 17th and 18th
century collection of works which
contained highly realistic paintings and
sculptures including Édouard epic
Detaille’s Vive L'Empereur. This
experience gave us a good understanding
of how much art had evolved when we
eventually entered the Masters of
Modern Art exhibition.
Here we saw all the ground breaking
artworks discussed in the lecture such as
Monet’s Poppyfield and Wassily
Kandinsky’s Landscape: Dünaberg near Murnau. There were many impressive artworks to view
and there was also a room displaying French artworks about dance and song.
Overall, our visit to The Art Gallery of NSW was not only enjoyable but it also provided an
important learning experience giving us a deep insight into the evolution of art.
Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage will be on show at the Art Gallery of NSW from 13
October 2018 – 3 March 2019.
Ashley Sisavanh, Nicole Su, Gordon Wang Year 11
It has been very pleasing to see great work and effort from our Stage 4 Visual Arts students this
semester.Year 7 Visual Arts students have been working on a unit of work stimulated by their
study of selfportraiture in Visual Arts and their study of the art practice of Chuck Close. The
students were asked to create a series of self portraits in response to this theme.
Students began with a series of lessons progressing from learning about grid drawing techniques to
experimentations with the use of colour in acrylic painting. The final result was a series of
successful drawings and paintings which demonstrated their development of skills in 2 dimensional
media.
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Year 7 Artworks by Nicky Au, Natalie Lam, Michelle Lai, Kylie Nguyen, Tranchau Nguyen, Nicholas Thach, Ethan Tran
Some of our Year 8 Visual Arts students created surreal digital artworks using photoshop. Their
artmaking was informed by their study of Rene Margritte, a Surrealist artist whose work featured
the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions. Students used their imaginations and critical
thinking skills to create surrealist rooms exploring the idea of reality versus fantasy and illusion!
Ms Simic - Visual Arts Teacher
Kylie Huynh Year 8 William Phan Year 8
Ethan Duong Year 8 Julia Pham Year 8
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YEAR 10 COMMERCE CSI
On Friday 14 September, 10 Commerce walked into their F11 classroom on what was meant to be
another normal Commerce lesson, only to fine the ‘bodies’ of three of their classmates. They were
tasked to find the ‘killers’ and bring justice for their fallen peers.
These interactive hypotheticals were set up by Miss Chon to help develop our understanding of
criminal law and how it operates in real life.
Our skills in problem solving and teamwork were developed as we tried to track down the ‘killers’.
After thorough examination of the evidence, it was apparent that the ‘murderers’ were among us!
The class then collectively decided on a verdict of the ‘killers’.
This gave us a glimpse into how the criminal system operates. This helped us to apply the
knowledge and skills we learnt in previous lessons and we’d like to give a big thanks to Miss Chon!
Humayra Autoshi, Daphne Ly, Julie To,
Tiffany Mai, Christina To.
Jacob Ghamrawi
Stephanie Duong, Catherine Vu, Sarah Quach,
Natasha Tea
Written by Humayra Autoshi and Daphne Ly
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10 Commerce Cn
YEAR 10 SCIENCE EXCURSIONS – UTS AND ANSTO Reports by students
On the 25th and 26th October, the Science Faculty organised an excursion for the Year 10 Cohort to
visit the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) campus and the Australia's Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation (ANSTO) research facility over two days.
Our trip to UTS gave us the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities and learn more about
science courses available at UTS. Upon arriving, we were ushered away in our respective classes
and went to engage in one of the three interactive experiments. The forensics lab allowed us to use
our skills of deduction in areas of a crime scene. We were able to observe how a forensic scientist
would properly inspect a body and handle the evidence for further investigation. We then tried our
hands at being our own budding forensic scientists by doing activities like looking at blood
splatters, which included determining the cause of certain blood splatter patterns, and
fingerprinting, in which we were able to collect and keep our own fingerprints.
We then had a fascinating presentation with one of the PhD students of UTS, Alission Ricafrente.
Alisson gave us a presentation of her work on parasites, microbes and host immunity and her
findings. She hopes to develop a way to deliver the correct genes into host cells to treat autoimmune
disease. The other two workshops involved experiments in the field of microbiology and physics.
The microbiology workshop had students analysing urine samples for infection and chicken
samples for salmonella bacteria under a microscope.
In the physics workshop, we learnt about sources of electricity and the sustainability of these
methods, including Peltier tiles where you use the differences in temperature to generate a current.
The students had an opportunity to flex their creative problem-solving skills by finding ways to
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maximise the output of the Peltier tiles using only the equipment available to them. The competition
amongst ourselves was electrifying!
The day rounded off with Alission informing us about the various courses offered at UTS that
definitely peaked some students’ interest. Overall, the day was incredibly rewarding with engaging
workshops that improved our scientific knowledge and skills in different fields, with presentations
on what is studied and investigated at UTS! Finally, we’d like to thank the Science Teachers,
especially Ms Rampal, for organising these excursions!
- Daphne Ly
When my teacher told me that Year 10 was going to see a nuclear reactor, I was exhilarated. I
thought we were going to see something like the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a volatile mess
run by a world class idiot like Homer Simpson. But on my tour, I saw that ANSTO was an
immaculate facility run by an army of talented scientists who made sure that the power plant was in
perfect condition at all times. The tour guide saw my dismay at this and decided to take me to the
waste-management area, yet again my spirits were raised. I expected to see tonnes of radioactive
waste being dumped into a river like Mr. Burns did. Yet again, I was wrong. 92% of the waste
ANSTO produced was cloth, gloves, plastics, filters and paper which could be discarded as normal
rubbish after temporary storage. The other 8% of radioactive waste was covered with radiation-
proof rock and stored away. At that point, I realised ANSTO wasn’t for me and sat away from my
class sulking in a corner. Seeing me the tour guide said, “Want to know what we actually make
here?” He gave a little smile and rubbed his hand together.
“Just show me the nuclear warhead already,” I said.
The man looked at me funny and said “ANSTO uses infrastructure,
capabilities and expertise to build knowledge and optimise the
beneficial impacts of nuclear science on human health, produce
current and future nuclear medicine, and enable research in
prevention and improved detection, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases.”
“Do you at least make nuclear crystals like in The Simpsons”, I asked.
Again, he looked at me funny and said, “ANSTO is the home of Australia's nuclear expertise. As the
operator of Australia's only nuclear reactor, we address key scientific questions in the nuclear fuel
cycle for both the current generation of nuclear reactors and future systems. The nuclear fuel cycle
begins with the mining of uranium and ends with the disposal of nuclear waste.”
Comprehensively, what this excursion taught me was that you shouldn't visit ANSTO if you are
looking to see the Springfield Nuclear Reactor but you should visit it if you are looking to expand
your knowledge of nuclear reactors and the multitude of purposes that they serve.
In all seriousness, we were enlightened with real-world examples of nuclear technology. ANSTO
produces all of the radioactive material necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer at
hospitals. In the discovery centre, we engaged in a workshop rotating between many activities
about radioactivity that left us ‘radiating’ with knowledge, not like the green aura in The Simpsons.
- Prasanna Rajouria
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YEAR 7 JEANS FOR GENES DAY
The Year 7 Leadership Team is a diverse group of
students who care about raising awareness for important
issues in society today. This group graciously
volunteered their own time and energy to run Jeans for
Genes day at Sefton High School in order to raise
money for our chosen charity, the Children’s Medical
Research Institute (CMRI). The CMRI works hard to
find the causes and new treatments for childhood genetic
diseases, which affect 1 in 20 Aussie kids.
Our Leadership Team spoke
with students from the other
grades about CMRI’s important work, created beautiful posters, sold
merchandise, and ran a highly successful Krispy Kreme doughnut stall.
Through these activities, students in the Leadership Team developed
valuable leadership, organisational, creative and critical thinking
skills… and they raised $1320 for CMRI!
Thank you to everyone at Sefton High School who supported Jeans for
Genes Day by wearing jeans, purchasing merchandise and eating
delicious Krispy Kremes. I would also like to give a special thank you
to the following students who ran Jeans for Genes Day: Noelle Bahwach,
Stephenie Beales, Alexandra Dinh, Cindy Do, Zahra Hatif, Sheree Huynh,
Salma Mardawie, Vivian Nguy, William Russell, Katelyn Siu, Esra Taiba,
Sreypich Wang and Vicki Vu. Here is an excerpt from the personalised
thank you letter that was sent to our school.
Dear Year 7 Leadership Team,
I want to personally thank you all for your support and wonderful
contribution of $1320 – that’s amazing! On behalf of all of us at the
Children’s Medical Research Institute, thank you so very much.
Regards
Kylie
In 2019, we hope more people join our Leadership Team in order to make our charity events even
bigger and better. To our 2019 Year 8 cohort, please consider joining the Leadership Team so that
you truly support the ethos of our school: sincerity and service.
Ms Castino
FUNDRAISING FOR BREAST
CANCER Congratulations to Year 10 and all students and staff
for your extraordinary effort in fundraising for the
National Breast Cancer Foundation. You have raised
$2542.25. Well done!
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CAREERS ADVISORY SERVICE AND WEBSITE The NSW Department of Education has career information to help students, parents and carers to
explore post schools options. It will run on Friday 14 December, Monday 17 and Tuesday 18
December 2018 from 9am to 5pm.
The Careers Advisory Service is a professional, friendly and impartial telephone, email and chat
service with experienced NSW public school career advisers. The service meets the educational and
career counselling needs of school leavers across NSW, following the release of the HSC results
and Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). It provides high quality, expert, up to date and
impartial career information including relevant study options.
The service complements the range of career support provided by schools during the year and so is
not meant to be a holistic career information or career planning service. The Australian
Government’s www.myfuture.edu.au is a quality, current and unbiased career information and
exploration service to support these broader aspects
The Careers Advisory Service is supported by information and resources on the website
www.careersadvisoryservice.com
Tax File Numbers A tax file number (TFN) is a unique nine-digit number. It
identifies each taxpayer and one issued, it’s yours for life so
you need to keep it in a safe place.
When you start a job, your employer will ask you to
complete a form called a tax file number declaration. This
provides them with your TFN and other information so they
can calculate the correct amount of tax to withhold from
your pay.
Everyone needs a TFN to:
Apply for a job
Open a bank account
Access Centrelink allowances
Lodge a tax return
Defer your higher education fees
Set money aside for superannuation
The easiest way to get a TFN is to apply online then drop in
to an Australia Post office to prove your identity.
www.ato.gov.au/gettfn
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A BIT OF MAGIC AT PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE Sefton High School Students are keen readers as sown by the library borrowing statistics below
Loan Statistics by Year (30 Jan 2018 – 23 Nov 2018)
Year No of Loans No of Renewals Total
7 2979 81 3060
8 1415 19 1434
9 1490 27 1517
10 1217 35 1252
11 890 53 943
12 294 10 304
Total 8285 225 8510
This also shows that the culture of reading supported by all teachers in all faculties and the various
programmes such as Premiers reading Challenge, guest authors and visits to places such as the
Children’s Book Shop and State Library maintain the effects of valuing reading beyond the Year 7-
9 programmes.
The 345 students’ completed the Premiers Reading Challenge in Years 7-9 this year. The students
read 20 books each, in order to receive a certificate from the Premier of NSW commending their
achievements.
The Year 9 well above average NAPLAN results also reflected the students’ passion to reading and
the effectiveness of programs in the school supporting reading.
Ms Repin and Mr Boyko
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BANKSTOWN ZONE SPORT AWARD RECIPIENTS On Friday 30 November, the following students were recognised for their sporting prowess at the
Bankstown Zone Sports Awards.
Abdulrahman Aljabery - Athletics Age Champion 17 yrs
Xavier Hun Rosendale – Swimming Age Champion 12 yrs
Jaffar Kabaili – Athletics Age Champion 14 yrs
Navid Alizada – Cross Country Age Champion 12 yrs
Julianne Cinco – Athletics Age Champion 13 yrs
Students not present on the day were
Justin Lang Swimming Age Champion 17 yr
Chloe Marie Tang Cross Country Age Champion 17 yr
Jennifer Vi Mati Athletics Age Champions 15 yr
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YEAR 10 FUNDRAISING EVENT – PRETTY IN PINK
Throughout the year, 90 Year 10 students got together with Mr. Lu to prepare for a remarkable
event on Friday 24 August 2018. Fundraising for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the Year
10 grade came together to prepare a grand event named “Pretty in Pink”. This “Pretty in Pink”
Fundraiser featured pink socks, pink bows and pink everything as students and teachers dressed in
pink to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
It was a challenging day. The grey sheets in the sky
decided to huddle together to create sprinkles of rain,
and with quick challenges of plan, the recess event
occurred in the hall. By lunch however, the bright sun
took over the grey sheets in the sky, and all events
happened, as usual, in the Quadrangle. Needless to say,
the event was a great success with a variety of stalls
selling baked goods, sausage sizzle, ramen, hot and cold
drinks, popcorn, pizza and a Photo Booth was also set.
There was music pumped into the playground to keep the
atmosphere upbeat! With the generous donations from
students and teachers and dedication by everyone
involved, the fundraising event was very successful
raising a grand total of $2542.25, going towards the
National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research and will contribute to achieving the organisation’s
aspirational goal of zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030.
Fundraising for this event was a great delight to the Year 10 Fundraising Committee, who have not
only had fun and built friendships through this, but also supported an illness that is acquired or
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indirectly affected by a lot of the population. Yet the students have been restless, working day and
night to make this event possible, and we are delighted to raise over $2000 with the support of
everyone at Sefton High School! This amount surpasses our grade’s previous record by more than
double the amount!
This was a fantastic opportunity for students to gain experience and learn various skills of team work,
organisation and leadership. For that, the Fundraising Committee would like to give a special thanks
to Mr. Lu for the dedication and guidance given, and to the teachers who assisted in making the day
possible. A big round of applause and thank you also goes to everyone who supported the fundraiser
through donating, promoting and supporting our fundraiser! For now, we would like to invite you all
to wait in anticipation for our next major event!
- Vanessa Yip and Sheela Bhattarai (Year 10 Fundraising Committee Executive Members)
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