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PARENT BULLETIN JUNE 2012 Elderslie High School Educating all students to achieve their personal best Page 1 FROM THE PRINCIPAL What a great success for our students! The SWS Region Dance Festival was held in May this year. Ms Dennis and Ms Donaldson accompanied all our performers on both days. I have it on good authority that everyone was outstanding. I was also extremely honoured to be invited to attend the VIP night and I witnessed first- hand the performance of Brooke Murray and Lachlan MacDonald. Both Brooke and Lachlan were invited by the Region to compere this event. It is a great honour to be invited and the Region could not have selected two better students. The Regional Director, Mr Dizdar, approached me towards the end of the event and acknowledged their exceptional performance. Well done everyone! At our last parent meeting concern was raised in relation to our school assessment schedule. In particular, but not limited to, Years 7 and 9. It was clearly articulated by parents that there were far too many tasks due within a short period of time, including NAPLAN, and this had a signficant impact on students and their families. I would like to reassure all parents that the school is looking into our Years 7 to 10 assessment schedules for Semester 2 this year, and for all year groups in 2013. The draft 2013 schedule will be presented to parents for comment at the first parent/community meeting in Term 3. Recently the Textiles and Design/TAS teacher positon was filled by merit selection. Elderslie High School would like to congratulate Ms C Golden on her success to the position. Ms Golden will commence at the beginning of Term 3. A big thank you must also go to Mrs Lindsay and Ms Wheeler who were outstanding panel members. There are a number of significant events held this term, one being Parent/Teacher interviews. This year the school is trialing one afternoon/evening, from 3.30pm to 8.30pm. For this to be a success, parents will need to book interview times and teachers will need to keep to set time schedules. It will be a busy event for staff and families. If parents require additional time to the 5 minutes scheduled on the evening to discuss their child’s progress with teachers, they would be best to arrange another time. Unfortunately at our last P&C meeting there were not enough parents for a quorum, so it was decided to continue with a school report and a question/answer session. Parent evenings such as the one held earlier this term will continue to be advertised on the regular P&C meetings dates and times. It is hoped that during the second meeting in Term 3 the executive positions of the Elderslie High School P&C will be finalised. I look forward to seeing all Year 7, Year 10 and their parents on Wednesday 20 June 2012 when the Subject Selection Evening for Year 8 and 11, 2013 is held; all parents at our parent/teacher evening on Monday 25 June 2012 and all our musical buffs on 28-30 June to watch our 2012 Musical ‘Singin’ in the Rain’. Using Technology! Future editions of the Parent Bulletin will be posted on the School Website and emailed to students. If parents would like a printed issue a small number will be available at the Student Admin Office. Mrs Fawcett Principal PARENT BULLETIN JUNE 2012 Upcoming Events 12/6 P & C Meeting 14/6 Regional Cross Country 20/6 Yr7 to 8 Sub Selection Night 6pm 20/6 Yr 10 to 11 Sub Selection Night 7.30pm 25/6 Yr 7 – 12 Parent Teacher Night 27 & 28 /6 Zone Athletics 28/6 School Musical Performance Matinee & Evening 29 & 30 /6 School Musical Performance Evening See back page for more details Inside This Issue Principal’s Report 1 Biggest Morning Tea 2 Volunteering Awards 3 Laptops, Welfare 4 Library 5 Rotary, Leadership Camp 5 Sport Highlights 6-7 CAPA News 7-8 Proposed Calendar 10

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL What a great success for our students! The SWS Region Dance Festival was held in May this year. Ms Dennis and Ms Donaldson accompanied all our performers on both days. I have it on good authority that everyone was outstanding. I was also extremely honoured to be invited to attend the VIP night and I witnessed first-hand the performance of Brooke Murray and Lachlan MacDonald. Both Brooke and Lachlan were invited by the Region to compere this event. It is a great honour to be invited and the Region could not have selected two better students. The Regional Director, Mr Dizdar, approached me towards the end of the event and acknowledged their exceptional performance. Well done everyone!

At our last parent meeting concern was raised in relation to our school assessment schedule. In particular, but not limited to, Years 7 and 9. It was clearly articulated by parents that there were far too many tasks due within a short period of time, including NAPLAN, and this had a signficant impact on students and their families. I would like to reassure all parents that the school is looking into our Years 7 to 10 assessment schedules for Semester 2 this year, and for all year groups in 2013. The draft 2013 schedule will be presented to parents for comment at the first parent/community meeting in Term 3.

Recently the Textiles and Design/TAS teacher positon was filled by merit selection. Elderslie High School would like to congratulate Ms C Golden on her success to the position. Ms Golden

will commence at the beginning of Term 3. A big thank you must also go to Mrs Lindsay and Ms Wheeler who were outstanding panel members.

There are a number of significant events held this term, one being Parent/Teacher interviews. This year the school is trialing one afternoon/evening, from 3.30pm to 8.30pm. For this to be a success, parents will need to book interview times and teachers will need to keep to set time schedules. It will be a busy event for staff and families. If parents require additional time to the 5 minutes scheduled on the evening to discuss their child’s progress with teachers, they would be best to arrange another time.

Unfortunately at our last P&C meeting there were not enough parents for a quorum, so it was decided to continue with a school report and a question/answer session. Parent evenings such as the one held earlier this term will continue to be advertised on the regular P&C meetings dates and times. It is hoped that during the second meeting in Term 3 the executive positions of the Elderslie High School P&C will be finalised.

I look forward to seeing all Year 7, Year 10 and their parents on Wednesday 20 June 2012 when the Subject Selection Evening for Year 8 and 11, 2013 is held; all parents at our parent/teacher evening on Monday 25 June 2012 and all our musical buffs on 28-30 June to watch our 2012 Musical ‘Singin’ in the Rain’.

Using Technology! Future editions of the Parent Bulletin will be posted on the

School Website and emailed to students. If parents would like a printed issue a small number will be available at the Student Admin Office.

Mrs Fawcett Principal

PARENT BULLETIN JUNE 2012

Upcoming Events

• 12/6 P & C Meeting • 14/6 Regional Cross Country • 20/6 Yr7 to 8 Sub Selection

Night 6pm • 20/6 Yr 10 to 11 Sub

Selection Night 7.30pm • 25/6 Yr 7 – 12 Parent

Teacher Night • 27 & 28 /6 Zone Athletics • 28/6 School Musical

Performance Matinee & Evening

• 29 & 30 /6 School Musical Performance Evening

See back page for more details

Inside This Issue

Principal’s Report 1

Biggest Morning Tea 2

Volunteering Awards 3

Laptops, Welfare 4

Library 5

Rotary, Leadership Camp 5

Sport Highlights 6-7

CAPA News 7-8

Proposed Calendar 10

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BIGGEST MORNING TEA Thank you to Tony Burden and the SRC for organising our Biggest Morning Tea event raising funds for cancer research Elderslie invited Year12, the SRC leaders and staff to get together in the common room for morning tea on Thursday 31st. May. We were delighted that parents and businesses in our local community donated raffle prizes. Special thanks to Enzos Pizzaria Restaurant of Camden, Helen and Con Floros parents of Chris and Coffee Gossip of Narellan. All staff at Elderslie supported this event by attending the morning tea, buying raffle tickets or wearing pink and blue. We raised $1000 –a fantastic effort, well done everyone! M Moore, STLA

Photo’s from the “Biggest Morning Tea”

TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES

YEAR 11 COMMUNITY AND FAMILY STUDIES

This Term, Year 11 Community and Family Studies are working on a unit titled “Individuals and Groups”. The assessment task for this unit required the students to research a group they are a member of and present their findings to the class. Many groups were covered including family, friends, dancing, swimming, soccer, running and youth groups. Some very interesting and amusing PowerPoint presentations were shown to the class. The students felt they all know a little more about each other after completing this activity. R Ulrich, CAFS Teacher YEAR 12 COMMUNITY AND FAMILY STUDIES On the 31st of May the Year 12 CAFS classes were fortunate enough to have Jodie Dench, the Community Project Youth Officer at Camden Council came to visit our classes to talk about youth in the Camden area. Jodie gave us useful information on youth services such as the Camden Youth Council and how to access such services. She was really interesting and taught us a lot of things, especially about available youth services that we didn’t know about. We received study notes, Council information on Youth and a Camden service directory. We learnt about innovative places to get employment and access to services such as doctors (medicare) and recreational facilities. At the end of the lesson Jodie invited us to contact her if we ever had a query or wanted to become a member of the Camden Youth Council. The information given on Youth was extremely useful and will be most valuable for our study notes for the HSC examination. Bridie Rossetta, Erin Mills, Alana Kane, Caitlin Hill & Olivia Hansell

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YEAR 9 HOODED TOWELS FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS

At the moment in class we have been learning about preschool children and safety issues both indoors and outside. Some of these topics were pool safety and sun safety. Our practical with this unit is to sketch, design and sew a hooded towel in the form of an animal. The towel is suitable for children because being in the form of an animal grabs the child’s attention and they will want to wear it. It is also suitable because children can wear it at the beach and after swimming lessons as it is easy to put on and it keeps them warm and dry. We created the towel by getting two towels, one for the body and the other for the hood of the towel. Next we cut out the shape of the hood with a template and then decorated it with eyes, beaks etc, then we cut into the body of the towel and sewed on the hood. I did a yellow duck with a beak. I had a lot of fun doing this and enjoyed creating the towel. Alex McMurdo

Year 9 Child Studies Class displaying their Hooded Towels

PREMIER’S STUDENT VOLUNTEERING AWARDS May Report

On the 25th May, 2012 the Regional Black Opal (over 150 hours of volunteering) Awards Presentation Breakfast was held at the Bankstown Sports Club. Emily Wilson, Lachlan Bain, James Craven and Nicholas Palmer were presented with their awards by Regional Director, Murat Dizdar. It was amazing to see the variety of volunteering undertaken by all of the 30 students achieving the top award. It is satisfying to have over 40 students currently completing their hours of volunteering but there are many other students not taking advantage of the scheme to add to their resume. We have 70 students refereeing/

umpiring for the PSSA Gala Day and many students helped at our Athletics Carnival. All of our tutors, mentors, SRC, Orchestra and sports helpers should sign up. So if you are in Years 9 or 10 see Mrs Rouen, Ms Zammit, Mr Kafartaris, Tim Hiron or Lachlan Arundall to sign you up and get your hours counted. Mrs Rouen

Emily Wilson

Nick Palmer

James Craven

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HUMAN SOCIETY & ITS ENVIRONMENT Year 11 Ancient History Excursion Nicholson Museum, Sydney University

On the 4th of May Mr Raeburn’s and Ms White’s Year 11 Ancient History classes went on an excursion to the Nicholson Museum at Sydney University. (The other two classes had gone the day before). We went because it ties in with our current topic, which is ‘Ancient Egypt’, and also with our previous topic on ‘Archaeology’. On the day we got to experience many things. Besides being on a university campus for the first time, we were able to handle artefacts from different civilisations of the Ancient World, guided by an archaeologist from the university. These artefacts included Egyptian canopic jars, Celtic jewellery, a tomb robber’s lamp, pottery from Pompeii and statues of Egyptian gods. We also went on a tour of the Nicholson Museum, which happens to be on site at the University. We were able to see the largest collection of ancient artefacts in the southern hemisphere. These included mummified human and animal remains (such as a seven year old Egyptian girl, cats and baby crocodiles), Greek vases, ancient weapons and statues of Roman emperors.

DER LAPTOPS Years 9-12 Over the past few weeks I have been notified by staff that an increasing number of students are loading games, movies and excessive amounts of music onto their DER laptops. I would like to remind all students with DER laptops that the User Charter Agreement clearly states that personal use must be kept to a minimum and internet and online communication services is generally used for genuine curriculum and educational activities. The use of unauthorised programs and intentionally downloading unauthorised software, graphics or music that is not associated with learning is not permitted.

To monitor this situation more closely, I will be conducting more regular laptop checks in the coming weeks. Students need to ensure that this material is removed from the laptop, and all school work is backed up on a USB. If any inappropriate material is found on their laptop during a check, I will be required to reimage the laptop and all information will be lost.

Year 9 The Year 9 DER laptop hardware update is rapidly approaching. The laptops were collected during History & Geography lesson period 3 on Tuesday (5th of June). Any student who was absent on the day will need to bring their laptop to me in the library asap. We hope to start returning laptops to students on Wednesday Week 8 (13th of June) and expect that all of Year 9 will have their laptops back by Tuesday Week 9 (19th of June).

Any laptop that does not undergo the update during week 7 will need to be sent away to have this process completed.

All students need to ensure that they backup all work onto a USB before they hand in their laptop. T Arkell Technical Support Officer

WELFARE

Vaccinations Update Next visit by the nurses will be Monday, 6th August. Year 7 will be receiving Varicella (chickenpox) booster PLUS there will be a catch-up for boys for dTpa (diphtheria, tetanus whooping cough) for those who missed their last injections.

Year 10 will also be vaccinated for dTpa. Cards will be issued soon. Please sign them and have your child return it to the Year 10 labelled box in the student office.

REMINDER TO STUDENTS & PARENTS: If students are sick or injured, they must speak with your teacher, get a note and report to sick bay. The office staff will phone your parents if required. DO NOT TEXT OR PHONE YOUR PARENTS YOURSELF.

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NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY We’re celebrating the National Year of Reading with some $25 book voucher giveaways.

There’s 2 ways you can be in the running:

Read at least one of this year’s short-listed CBCA ‘Books of the Year’ (see our library display). Then write a mini review and post it on our ‘Library loop’ blog https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/700756-libraryloop/ Post something on our ‘Desert Island Book’ blog... Which book would you take with you and why? https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/roller-ui/landing.rol You can access both these blogs from your Student Portal page. Just log on and follow the link: http://student.det.nsw.edu.au R Van der Zwaag (Teacher/Librarian)

(RYPEN): ROTARY YOUTH PERSONAL ENRICHMENT Charles McDermott and Zeke Mullins-Tait from EHS were selected to attend a Young Leaders Course at Stanwell Tops. We wish to thank Camden Rotary for sponsoring them both.

It was a great learning experience for the two students, as they met other children from various different schools, and learned from the mentors at the camp, as they told their different life stories and experiences.

Now a word from Charles and Zeke: While we were at the camp we gained leadership and various other skills. During our accommodation stay at Stanwell Tops, we met many different people, who taught us different lessons that can be used regularly in life. These people had accomplished so much in their life, and then passed on their skills to us.

Both Zeke and I would like to express our gratitude towards the Camden Rotary Club. Also, a very big thank you to Mrs Moore for the opportunity. Without both we would not have been able to attend this course.

Overall RYPEN was an extremely fun, enlightening and inspiring experience and we are both very happy that we were able to go and get the most out of it. We feel we have both made some lifelong friends and learned some amazing things.

STUDENT COURSE CHARGES Schedule of payment notices were last week mailed to all families with amounts still outstanding. With almost 2 terms of elective and senior course work now completed the course charges for these subjects are now overdue. Payments can be made at the Student Office between 8.30am and 3.15pm. The following payments options are available, Cash, Cheque EFTPOS/Credit Card. Also for your convenience payments can be accepted over the phone. If parents have difficulty in paying the whole amount, partial payments can be made. Where difficulties exist, please provide a letter briefly outlining the circumstances marked “Private and Confidential” to Mrs Fawcett (Principal). In some circumstances we may be able to provide access to the Student Assistance Scheme. If there are any problems with the schedule of payments/invoices eg. Incorrect elective course, then please contact the student Administration Office as soon as possible so that the necessary amendment/s can be made and a corrected invoice issued.

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SPORT HIGHLIGHTS

ZONE CROSS COUNTRY

The school Cross Country team went to compete in the Macarthur Zone carnival on the 23rd of May. Well done to all students who competed and good luck to the students who will be representing Macarthur Zone at the Area Cross Country at Hurlstone Agricultural HS on Thursday the 14th of June.

Zone Cross Country Results Elderslie 771 Picton 1333 Camden 1170 Elizabeth Macarthur 1513 Mt Annan 1374 Robert Townson 1918 Thomas Reddall 2367 Macarthur Zone X- Country Age Champions 2012 The following Elderslie HS students were Macarthur zone age champions:

12Yrs Girls Hannah Wright 13yrs Boys Troy Chauvin 15yrs Girls Taylah Nasko 17yrs Girls Tayla Merrick The following Elderslie HS teams were selected to participate in the SSW Area Cross Country Carnival:

12yrs Girls Hannah Wright, Jamie McMurdo, Brearna Palmer, Stacey Kearns 13yrs Boys Troy Chauvin, Cooper Hanagan, Nathan Campbell, Ben Green 14yrs Boys Jordan Cracknell, Keaton Bates, Nicholas Landouw, Daniel Taiba 15yrs Girls Taylah Nasko, Jessica Liardo, Alley Hanagan, Karlee Franek 15yrs Boys Connor Powers, Adam Storey, Kain Stewart, Brayden Warne 16rs Boys Jake Schot, Joshua Howes, Richard Thackery, Corey Sarcia

Congratulations on an excellent effort by all these teams to make it into the Area Carnival, as well as all the other students who participated for the EHS team!

NSW CHS STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

DATE: 1st – 3rd April 2012 VENUE: SOPAC, HOMEBUSH

The positive morale of our competitors was great to see, with the majority of swimmers competing to their ability and some achieving person bests along the way. We achieved 3 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals. In the overall school point score we continued our great success from last year and finished in FOURTH (4th) place. However, Elderslie High was crowned

champion school in the girls Pointscore. Well done to all our female swimmers. Brittany Stoker was awarded the Eyeline Encouragement Award for her overall effort and teamwork.

The withdrawal of a few competitors required a number of changes to our relay teams so a very big Thank you to those who filled in and performed well. Finally, thanks to all the parent support throughout the 3 very long days and for all your efforts at our previous carnivals, it is much appreciated. Again, Congratulations to all swimmers and wishing you all continued future success.

GOLD MEDALS Dean Chambers Boys 15yrs 100m Breaststroke Brittany Stoker Girls 14yrs 100m Backstroke SILVER MEDALS Stacey Kearns Girls 12yrs 100m Backstroke Stacey Kearns Girls 12yrs 200m Freestyle Stacey Kearns Girls 12yrs 100m Butterfly Brittany Stoker Girls 14yrs 200m Freestyle Brittany Stoker Girls 14yrs 50m Freestyle Daniel Taiba Boys 14yrs 100m Breaststroke BRONZE MEDALS Karlee Franek Girls 15yrs 100m Breaststroke Brittany Stoker Girls 14yrs 100m Freestyle Taylah Nasko Girls 15yrs 50m Freestyle David Arthur, EHS Team Manager

OTHER SPORTING NEWS Congratulations to the following students and/or teams:

* Nathaniel Stewart was selected in the NSW U16 All Schools boys Hockey Team.

* Elizabeth Ralston, played in the SSW Girls Soccer team and was then selected in the NSW CHS team.

* Keaton Bates, Adam Barnes, Matt Harris, Corey Sarcia, Josh Ripoll and Jayden Phillips were selected in the Sydney South West boys Open touch football squad.

* Jordan Bates, Tayla Merrick, Casey Hope, Abbey Fawcett and Makiah Pippen were selected in the Sydney South West girls Open touch football squad.

* Tayla Merrick and Jordan Bates were selected in the Sydney South West Area girls open touch football squad.

* Josie Talbot was selected in the NSWIS Track Cycling Squad.

* Ashleigh Schofield was selected in the shadow Open Girls CHS Hockey Team.

* Mitchel Dawson was selected in the NSW Men’s Gymnastics Team to compete in the Aust Championships.

* Natalie Cull and Abbey Smith represented Macarthur in the U/13 Division at the Campbelltown City Women’s Hockey Association Junior Carnival (see report next page).

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U13 GIRLS’ REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY

Two EHS students, Natalie Cull (Yr8) and Abbey Smith (Yr7), represented Macarthur at the Campbelltown City Women’s Hockey Association Annual Junior Carnival recently in the Under 13 Division 1 team (See picture below) where they played teams from Newcastle, Goulburn, Sydney, Campbelltown and Illawarra. They were successful in winning the carnival for their age group/division after a riveting final which went into extra time, then after still drawing went to penalty strokes and then sudden death strokes. The girls will be representing the region again in July at the State Championships in Grafton.

GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM The Year 9 Gifted and Talented students, in conjunction with Mr Burke and the VET Entertainment students prepared an entry in the Great Schools Showoff competition. Very soon you will be able to view this entry on our School Website. Congratulations to all who were involved in this project.

It is now time to welcome fifteen Year 7 students into the Gifted and Talented program for 2012. The Teacher Nomination process is happening at the moment. Students will be notified very soon if they are to be invited to join this program.

Twelve boys from the Year 7 and 8 Gifted and Talented program will be participating in Mind Marathon on Friday, 31 August 2012. Many of the students from the Gifted and Talented program will be participating in Tournament of the Minds later in the year. Details about these events will be available very soon through the Daily Notices.

Please take some time to take a look at the list of programs on offer in each faculty area for Gifted and Talented students. It is now available on our School Website.

Stay tuned for more exciting things happening for the Gifted and Talented students at Elderslie High School. Gifted and Talented Team

NEWS FROM CAPA

Debating and Public Speaking Update

The Plain English Speaking Award is an annual event held by The Arts Unit. The competition was held on Friday, 4 May 2012 at Elderslie High School. This year Caitlin Hooper and Suzanna Moschetti from Year 12 represented Elderslie High School in the competition. Caitlin won this event and went on to also win the Regional Final on the 23 May 2012 at The Arts Unit, Lewisham. Good luck to Caitlin in the State semi-final on Friday, 15 June, 2012.

Brooke Murray and Lachlan Macdonald from Year 9 were selected to host the VIP Showcase of the South Western Sydney Dance Festival during Week 4 of this term. Congratulations to Brooke and Lachlan!

Good luck to Lauren Franek and William Bancroft from Year 11 in the Quota Club of Camden’s Student of the Year event.

Congratulations to the Year 12 Debating team, consisting of Suzanna Moschetti, Alicia Sullivan, Kahli Bailey and Mitchell Christie on their win over John Edmondson High School in Round 3. The Year 12 team has now won the zone and is waiting to move through to the Regional Quarter-Final in the next week.

Unfortunately the Year 11 Debating team, consisting of Claire Meikle, Clair Garrity, Jennifer Freeman and Isabella Wisniewska were narrowly defeated in Round 1. Good luck in Rounds 2 and 3 in the coming weeks.

The Year 9 and 10 Debating teams participated in a Debating Workshop on Friday, 25 May 2012 in preparation for their first round against Elizabeth Macarthur High School. Good luck Years 9 and 10!

The Year 7 and 8 Debating team will begin training in the next few weeks. Good luck to all of our teams in the weeks to come!!!

Ms Dennis

CAPA Update

The Creative and Performing Arts Polo Shirts and Singlets are now available in all sizes from the Studio. Students must pay at the student office and present their receipt to Ms Dennis in the studio to collect their Polo Shirt/Singlet. Polo Shirts are $25.00 and Singlets are $15.00.

The Year 7, 8 and 9 Drama students attended a performance of Romeo and Juliet on Thursday, 24 May 2012 at the Sydney Opera House. The students had a great time taking in the sights of Sydney and enjoying a fabulous presentation of this much loved Shakespearean play.

Later this term the Year 10 Dance class and members of the Year 10 Drama class will be competing in the Regional Final of the Shakespeare Festival. They will be presenting

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pieces for the Mash up, Monologue and Movement sections. Good luck to all!

Congratulations to the Dance Company, Dance Ensemble and Junior and Senior Ballroom Dance Ensemble on gaining selection for the South Western Sydney Dance Festival. The students performed very well and represented Elderslie High School with pride.

We are also pleased to announce that Elderslie High School has been successful in gaining 12 places in the Combined Dance section for Schools Spectacular 2012. Stay tuned for more information!

The Dance Transition Program with Mawarra, Cobbitty and Elderslie Public Schools is in full swing, with two of our four rehearsals complete we are well and truly on our way to creating a fabulous routine for the Sydney Eisteddfod on Sunday, 29 July 2012 at the Science Theatre, UNSW. The Dance Ensemble and Dance Company will also be competing in this event. Permission notes are due to the box in the Studio by Wednesday, 18 July 2012.

The Year 8, 9, 10 Dance Elective classes, the Dance Company and Ensemble will be competing at the Dance Blitz Eisteddfod on Sunday, 26 August 2012 at Ambarvale High School. Permission notes will be available soon.

Congratulations to Taylor Boys from Year 8, Kara Valente and Brittany Smith from Year 10 who have been selected to attend the Senior State Dance Camp which will be held at Sydney Dance Company Studios from 12 – 15 June 2012. Well done girls!

The Year 10 Drama students will be attending a performance of Hamlet on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at the Seymour Theatre Centre. The students will gain a much clearer understanding of this engaging Shakespearean play. Permission notes and money are due to the Student Office ASAP. The CAPA Faculty has booked tickets to attend an evening performance of Legally Blonde, The Musical on Tuesday, 20 November 2012. If your child is a CAPA student and is interested in attending the excursion, permission notes are available from the Studio. Hurry or you might miss out! We would also like to thank the hard working Stage/Hall Crew for all their hard work in the past few weeks. Your efforts are very much appreciated. CAPA Faculty

The Creative and Performing Arts Faculty proudly present…

“Almost Famous” launches @ Elderslie High School

Classes at Elderslie High School Hilder St, Narellan

Ph: 46581110

Thursday Night 5.30 to 6.15pm ZUMBA 7.30 to 8.15pm Ballroom/Latin/ New Vogue

$8.00 per class

Bridal Couples available upon request $15 each/45 Minutes

All profits made through “Almost Famous” support Performing Arts at Elderslie High School

Dance classes catering to Adults. “It’s time for the parents

to have some fun!”

P & C MEETINGS ALL parents of students and interested members of the

Elderslie community are invited to these meetings.

Meetings are held in the Staff Common Room on the second Tuesday of each month starting at 7.30pm

Dates for 2012 are as follows:

12 June 14 August

11 September 9 October

13 November

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PROPOSED CALENDAR EVENTS:

Wk MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

8B

11 June QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

12 June Ext Musical rehearsal

Dance Transition Program P & C Meeting 7.30pm

13 June Rural Youth to Mawarra PS

14 June Regional Cross Country

Peer Tutor TAFE Training Pd1

15 June Careers Workshops

Plain English Spking State Semi-final, Newtown PAHS

9A

18 June 19 June Yr 9 Drama to ‘Hamlet’ Yr 8 Commerce to IMAX

20 June Yr 7 to 8 Sub Selection

Night 6.00 pm Yr 10 – 11 Sub Selection

Night 7.30pm

21 June

22 June

10B

25 June All day Musical rehearsal Yr 7 – 12 Parent/Teacher

Night 3.30 – 8.30pm

26 June All day Musical rehearsal

27 June All day Musical rehearsal

Zone Athletics

28 June School Musical Perf, matinee & evening

Zone Athletics

29 June School Musical Performance

evening (+ Sat 30/6)

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

1A 16 July

Staff Development Day 17 July

Yr12 Ass Pd 4 Trial HSC exams begin

18 July 19 July 20 July CHS Cross Country

2B

23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July Yr11 IT Timber exc to Sydney Wood Show,

Homebush Bay

3A

30 July EDUCATION WEEK

31 July HSC CAPA Evening

1 August Regional Athletics

Recog Assembly Yrs 10/11 Maths Competition

2 August Recognition Assembly Yrs

7/8/9 Regional Athletics

3 August Recognition Assembly Yrs

7/8/9

4B 6 August

Yr 7 & 10 Vaccinations 7 August 8 August

Yr 11 Maths Task 3 9 August 10 August

5A

13 August HSC S & C PIP, T & D

projects, IT major works handed in

14 August P & C Meeting

15 August 16 August 17 August

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