cumberland high school · 2019-10-11 · issue 9 – september 21, 2016 cumberland high school...

Issue 9 – September 21, 2016

Cumberland High School Excellence in Education

183 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford NSW 2118 Phone: 02 9871 7718 Fax: 02 9872 5381 www.cumberland-h.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]

Events for Term 4, 2016

22 Sep Year 12 Graduation Assembly

23 Sep Last Day Term 3

10 Oct Students and Teachers Return for Term 4

11 Oct P&C Meeting 7pm

13 Oct HSC Written Exams Commence

20 Oct Year 11 and 12 Poetry in Action Incursion

20 Oct Community Mentoring Breakfast

24 Oct Year 7 Exam Week

27 Oct Community Mentoring Celebration Breakfast

28 Oct Year 11 Drama Excursion – Riverside Theatre

31 Oct Year 8 Exam Week

01 Nov P&C Meeting 7pm

02 Nov First Year 12 Sign Out Day

07 Nov Year 9 Exam Week

11 Nov Remembrance Day

14 Nov Year 10 Exam Week

14 Nov Year 11 Hospitality Work Placement 2

Wishing our Year12 2016 cohort all the

very best for their HSC exams!


Principal’s

Message

Farewell Year 12

As we make final preparations for

our Year 12 Graduation

Ceremony, I would like to take

this opportunity to thank all Year

12 students and families for their

exceptional contribution to

Cumberland High School over the

past six years.

As I watched all of our Year 12

students grace the Curzon Hall

venue for their Year 12 formal

last night, I felt truly privileged to

have shared the schooling

experience with these charming

and elegant individuals and seen

them blossom into dignified and

accomplished citizens. What has

also impressed from this cohort is

the commitment to others and

their community-minded spirit.

I am very excited about the future

of each individual student and

hope, in years to come, that they

visit the Cumberland High School

grounds – always smiling and

with fond memories of those

relationships and experiences

that helped them carve out a very

bright future.

MAD 2016

Our MAD night provided again a

spectacular demonstration of the

talents of our Cumberland High

School students. We enjoyed the

artworks of our creative students

and musical talents of our concert

band, rock bands, musical

ensemble and vocal ensemble

groups. Congratulations to the

fabulous Mr Andrews, Ms Son,

Ms Kitson and Ms Roots for their

wonderful work together with

our Hip Hop choreographer,

Hernan Yoia who had our

students perform together with

Burnside Public School for the

first time! Congratulations to all

students involved for the

splendid night of entertainment!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Rim Manafikhi

(Year 11) who received the

prestigious Lions VET Award for

her outstanding achievements in

Hospitality.

Congratulations also to our

exceptional School Captains, Luke

Salt and Leonida Najdovska who

were the recipients of the

Minister’s Award for Excellence at

Parliament House on Tuesday 20

September. The Honourable MP

Piccoli acknowledged our school

leaders for their exemplary

leadership qualities and

contribution to our school and the

broader community.

Have a wonderful and restful

break and we look forward to

another enriching term,

commencing Monday 10 October.

Ms M. Pikoulas

Principal


Mr M. Andrews

Head Teacher - The Faculty of

Arts

Faculty of Arts

MAD 2016

Every year in early September,

the Faculty of Arts goes a little

MAD! This year was

Cumberland’s 10th MAD and next

year we will be looking back on

10 years of MAD.

MAD is our annual Creative Arts

showcase. Over 150 students

took part this year. We featured

numerous soloists (from Years

7-12) and all of our ensembles.

This included: Concert Band,

MAD Choir, Vocal Ensemble,

String Ensemble, Stage Band,

Junior Rock Band, Rock Band,

Girls’ Rock Band and Senior

Rock Band. We were thrilled to

have our Hip-Hop dance group

perform! This was a combined

item with the dancers from

Burnside Public School.

The MAD Choir (which was open

to all Year 7-8 students) sang

everything from 80s Rock to

Opera. Our amazing stage crew

ran the sound, lights and staging

elements. A huge ‘thank you’

goes to Mr. Tony Moffatt who

donated his time and lent us

some amazing equipment to

make our show look even better.

The Hospitality team served up

delicious hot drinks and our

wonderful P&C served food and

refreshments during the

intermission.

Congratulations to the staff and

students who made MAD2016

such a big success! We look

forward to seeing you all next

year.


Visual Arts

Our many talented artists in Visual

Arts were hard at work this year

creating some wonderful and

expressive artworks in

printmaking, drawing, painting

and mixed media. They explored

ideas from their world and the

world of artists, learning not only

some new techniques but different

ways to represent the world

through their art.

Shown are a selection of artworks

from some of our talented HSC and

Visual Arts students in Year 7,

Year 8 and Year 9.

Ms S. Kitson and Ms C. Roots

Teachers - Visual Arts


Anpachi Junior High School visit 2016

On August 4th, a group of students and teachers from

Anpachi Junior High School in Japan visited our school to

exchange knowledge and experience of both Australian

and Japanese schools and culture.

Our year 9 Japanese class assisted with the visit

throughout the whole day and were excellent buddies for

our Japanese visitors. They were able to spend time

together during recess, lunch as well as joining in a

normal classroom and meeting other Cumberland

students.

Our Japanese visitors also showed us a series of

performances and demonstration of various aspects of

the Japanese culture such as calligraphy writing, origami

and kirigami (folding and cutting of paper), traditional

Japanese dancing and martial arts. All Year 7 classes and

Year 11 Preliminary Japanese beginners’ students were

able to learn and participate in the cultural activities.

We received great feedback from our visitors and

congratulations to all students and staff for assisting with

this memorable cross-cultural experience.

Ms N. Wai

Japanese Teacher - Faculty of Arts


Drama Night 2016

The 2016 Drama Night was

another wonderful evening for

our talented students to

showcase their talent and hard

work. With performances from

the HSC Drama class, Year 10

Drama, and Drama Club, this year

proved once again that our

students are creative, driven

individuals who consistently

strive to be a part of the

community. Theatre is a vital

part of community and these

students who have written

original pieces and performed

solo, and as ensembles, have

demonstrated their humanity

and connectedness to their

community at its best. These

students give up their time to

create and rehearse and finally

perform in front of an invited

audience.

As the eighth performance

evening I have run here at

Cumberland I am happy to

announce that although our

nights do not get any bigger, they

constantly improve and the

students are forever surprising

me with their enthusiasm and

drive. I would like to thank these

great young performers as well

as the backstage, sound and

lighting crew for their incredible

efforts, without which this

evening would not happen.

Thank you also to the parents

and teachers who supported the

event.

Miss R. Nelson

Drama Teacher


Year

High Distinction Excellence

(Award for Outstanding Performance)

High Distinction Distinction Credit

11 Jingyuan Yin

Clio Li Vili-Valtteri Lind

Rohan Pearson-Bourne Arif Usman

Ali Hosseinianjadani Tom Mao Harry Yu

Patrick Adams Jennifer Bae Ivy Huang

Daniel Kowalski Calvin Zhang

12 Liying Cheng Kirush Jeyananthan

Ryan Kim

Yiqi Luo Liam O’Shea

Ankh Xu

2016 Australian National

Chemistry Quiz

Over 120000 students from 1463

schools of 17 countries took part

in this year's Chemistry Quiz.

Among thirty-eight Years 11 & 12

students from Cumberland High

School sat the Quiz on 21th July

2016, nineteen of them were

awarded Certificates of Merit.

Our Year 11 students also

achieved results above the

national average for Australia.

It is hoped that the Quiz will

interest students in the further

study of Chemistry and will

indicate to students the

important role Chemistry has to

play in our society. Other

students who like to share the

success should participate in the

2017 Australian National

Chemistry Quiz on 1 August

2017.

Congratulations go to the

students listed below.

Mr R. Tang

Chemistry Quiz Coordinator


Library News and

New Reading Lists

Many high school students spend

much less time reading than they

did during primary school years.

Sadly, this has led to a decline in

literacy standards. There are just

so many distractions to temp our

teens away from reading a good

book. So here are 5 tips to

encourage your students to keep

on reading in their high school

years.

2. Provide books that your student will enjoy reading. Finding the right book is more difficult in High school years as students become more particular about the books that they like to read. Books that are childish in content may no longer engage a teen reader. To assist with this challenge your school library has created suggested reading lists for all years in stages 4 and 5 and a special gifted and talented reading list with books that may appeal to the advanced reader. These reading lists are found on the Oliver Library webpage accessed via the student portal.

3. Model reading by reading a

good book yourself and

discussing what you read with

your son or daughter. Another

option is for you to read the

book that your student is

reading so that you may

engage in conversation about

the book.

4. Encourage the reading of non-

fiction books. Provide books

about the sport or hobby that

interests your student.

5. Visit the local library.

Parramatta library and its

branch libraries provide many

physical and online resources.

Parramatta library has a

brilliant collection of e-books

for members to download

onto reading devices. The

library provides access to

online videos, magazines,

encyclopaedias and journal

articles. There is also a free

online homework help service

where university students will

provide tutoring from 3pm to

10pm Sunday to Friday.

1. Set aside some time just for

reading. Reading is a great

way to wind down before

going to bed. Many studies

have shown that better sleep

is achieved if people have a

non-screen time before

attempting to sleep. Another

suggestion is to have one day a

week with minimal screens as

this allows students to focus

on other pursuits such as

sport, exercise, cooking and

reading. In my home we have

a “NO TECH TUESDAY” for my

high school student.

OLIVER LIBRARY

For Library Catalog and Reading Lists


HOMEWORK HELP

For help with essays homework and

assessment tasks.

Available from 3pm to 10pm

Sunday to Friday


Cross Country:

Boys Girls

12 Years Aro Biar Bella-Star Avery

13 Years Evan Nelson Chiara Thirimanna

14 Years Mehdi Baqeri Sarah Manafikhi

15 Years Yahyah Saeedi Alannah Kuka

16 Years Hiro Suzuki Grace Kim

17 Years Eddie Goodridge Gill Axia

18 Years Paolo Forlani Sakie Takenaka

Athletics:

Boys Girls

12 Years Isaac Kuka Bella-Star Avery

13 Years Noah Liu Ljubica Momcilovic

14 Years Jaian Dilim Sarah Manafikhi

15 Years Yahyah Saeedi Alannah Kuka

16 Years Kevin Bi Milly Phalaklang

Boys Girls

12 Years Thomas Bartolotti Samantha Caldwell

13 Years Jarrod Hooper Chiara Thirimanna

14 Years Joshua Kim Celia Thirimanna

15 Years Tim Marks Erin Chong

16 Years Tharusha Thirimanna -

17+ Years Paolo Forlani Leonida Najdovska

PDHPE

Sports Presentation Assembly

Monday 12th September.

The following recipients were recognised for their various sporting achievements over the past twelve months. Congratulations to these many talented students!

Carnival Age Champions 2016 Swimming:


17+ Years Darcy Brown Dusanka Momcilovic

Grade Sport – Most Valuable Players

Summer Competition: (Term 4, 2015)

Boys:

Basketball Opens A Kevin Shin

Basketball Opens B Vincent Diep

Touch Opens Joshua Hookey

Cricket Shreyan Deshpande

Basketball 15s A Kevin Bi

Basketball 15s B Jason Diep

Touch 15s A Jack Roser

Girls:

Oz-Tag Opens Tamara Lazarevic

Netball Opens Karissa Kuka

Netball 15s A Kimiya Zakerzadeh-Foroshani

Netball 15s B Gabriella Forlani

Mixed:

Waterpolo Lauren Strickland


Boys:

Baseball Stephen Yung

Cricket Zeel Nizama

Basketball Opens A Nicholas Lazarevic

Basketball Opens B Eden Caffyn-Clancy

Touch Opens Isaac Raffoul

Basketball 15s A Chandika Athula

Basketball 15s B Tim Marks


Girls:

Oz Tag A Karissa Kuka

Oz Tag B Hasti Taghinezad

Netball Opens A Libby Gross

Netball Opens B Jane Lim

Netball 15s A Alannah Kuka

Netball 15s B Pauline Bal

Winter Competition: (Terms 2-3, 2016)

Boys:

Soccer Opens Amirali Babaei

Oz Tag A Isaac Raffoul

Oz Tag B Hilal El-Hage

Soccer 15s Chandika Athula

Girls:

Basketball Opens A Sakie Takenaka

Basketball Opens B Gill Axia

Soccer Opens Jan Mendoza

Basketball 15s A Alannah Kuka

Basketball 15s B Pauline Bal

Touch Opens Milly Phalaklang

Grade Sport Premiers


Boys Basketball 15s A Team

Kevin Bi James McGuire

Travis Castenada Chandika Athula

Nikola Najdovski Bryan Perez

Victor Vitug Benjamin Ye


Zone Representation at Sydney West

Cross-Country:

Hiro Suzuki Darcy Brown

Athletics:

Alannah Kuka Noah Liu

Hiro Suzuki Chris Gribilas

Basketball:

Sakie Takenaka Kevin Shin

Sydney West Representation at State

Cross-Country:

Hiro Suzuki

Athletics:

Noah Liu

Lawn Bowls:

Jordan Peisley

Basketball:

Sakie Takenaka Kevin Shin

Year 12 Contribution to Sport Awards

Each year, we present award certificates to our departing Year 12 students who have involved themselves in the

various forms and levels of sporting competition at, or through, Cumberland High School, over the course of their

time here.

Amirali Babaei Vincent Diep Darcy Brown

Tom Butphachi Karissa Kuka Paolo Forlani

Eddie Goodridge Leonida Najdovska Dusanka Momcilovic

Paul Morian Lachlan Roser Liam O’Shea

Nattaporn Rakchat Luke Salt Zekriya Saeedi

Matthew Salmon Rehan Syed Nikola Sandalj

Kevin Shin Wilson Wu Sakie Takenaka

Howe Wu Umer Zubairi


House Sport Shield 2016 - ALGONA

The House Sport Shield is awarded to the sporting House which has accumulated the most points across the

three school carnivals – swimming, cross-country, and athletics, each year.

House Sport Captains 2017 Induction

Congratulations to the following House Captains for 2017:

Algona Brigalow Cumbora Derringbong

Samantha Caldwell Jocelyn Lay Bella-Star Avery Taylor Barrientos

Chris Gribilas Jeffery Hui Adit Patel Arjun Madab

Alannah Kuka Jane Lim Kiara Collier Aleks Najdovska

Hiro Suzuki Liam Anderson Aaron Sajan William Chi

Teams of the Year:

Boys: Knockout Hockey

Tim Marks Zekriya Saeedi Eddie Goodridge Nikola Najdovski

Wilson Wu Rehan Syed Jack Roser Jason Diep

Arian Namdar Aran Uthayakumar Lachlan Roser Paolo Forlani

James Kim Darcy Brown Liam O’Shea Amirali Babaei

Nikola Sandalj

Girls: Opens Knockout Basketball

Karissa Kuka Dusanka Momcilovic Neesha Bailey Joanna Kim

Rosary Vakauta Tamara Lazarevic Alannah Kuka Sakie Takenaka

Milly Phalaklang Grace Kim


Multicultural Soccer Awards

Champions - 2016 Team

Amirali Babaei Suha Eldidi Eddie Goodridge

Kirush Jeyananthan Zekriya Saeedi Matthew Salmon

Nikola Sandalj Rehan Syed Sakie Takenaka

Howe Wu Wilson Wu Khya Wickens-Clancy

Emilio Guttierres Ali Rizarie Ilham Saeedi

Premier’s Sporting Medal - 2016

Each year, the State Premier’s Office issue one medal to each school, to be presented to a worthy student to

recognise their efforts and achievements within the school’s sporting program. This year’s Premier’s Sporting

Challenge Medal is awarded to a young lady whose involvement in sport at Cumberland has been exemplary in

all facets – commitment, sportsmanship, loyalty and teamwork. She has been heavily and consistently involved in

Grade Sport, a wide range of Knockout teams and Wauchope teams.

Congratulations to: Libby Gross

Coaches of the Year:

Grade: Ms M. Frew

Knockouts: Ms K. East

Wauchope: Ms O. Nicholls

Sportswoman / Sportsman of the Year Awards:

Junior Sportswoman of the Year: Alannah Kuka

Junior Sportsman of the Year: Tim Marks

Senior Sportswoman of the Year: Sakie Takenaka

Senior Sportsman of the Year: Kevin Shin

Congratulations to all award recipients and their coaches for their contribution to sport in 2016. Thank you also

to Mr Pearson and the PDHPE staff for their organisation of the 2016 Sports Presentation Assembly.


Summer Grade Sport

The Summer Grade Sport competition begins officially in Week 1, Term 4. Team trials and training sessions will

be conducted in Week 10 Term 3. The sports on offer include:

BOYS

Touch 15s Baseball Basketball 15s

Touch Opens Cricket Opens Basketball Opens

AFL 15s

GIRLS

Netball 15s Volleyball 15s OZ Tag Opens

Netball Opens Volleyball Opens Softball

MIXED

Water Polo

Sports Uniform

A reminder that FULL SPORTS UNIFORM is required for Wednesday sport and for ALL practical lessons.

Failure to bring correct uniform will mean that students will not be able to participate in scheduled lesson

activities. Repeated occurrences may prevent students from meeting course outcomes.

Summer Sport Reminder:

Full sports uniform is compulsory.

Failure to meet uniform requirements may result in a grade team Forfeiting.

Sports uniform items may be purchased from the uniform shop.

SLIP-ON SHOES are NOT PERMITTED under any circumstance.

Ms A. Bovill

Head Teacher PDHPE

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