Mackellar Girls Campus Newsletter 17 NOVEMBER 2017

Term 4, Week 6 Meeting the educational needs of girls

P&C Meeting AGM - Wednesday 29 NOVEMBER at 7.30 pm

Director General’s Award for Turning Potential into Performance

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Girls Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Programs

Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Pacific Islander Programs

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE -

Dear Parents, Staff and Students Presentation Day Our Annual Presentation Day in the School Hall will take place at 10.00 am on Tuesday 12 December 2017. Parents, family and friends are warmly invited to this significant event where the Mackellar community is able to showcase its many areas of excellence. Students are to be dressed immaculately in full school uniform. At the conclusion of the Presentation Day Ceremony, Years 7 – 9 Yearly Reports will be distributed. Our fabulous School Administrative Support Staff (SASS) This newsletter regularly records the triumphs and achievements of the students and teaching staff. Here I would like to impress on our community the significant contribution our school administrative support staff makes to our successful school. The long list of innumerable key jobs that are carried out so professionally and graciously, and with such patience, are integral to the functioning of our school. HSC examinations Year 12 has now finished the HSC. Ms Susan Van Gils, the Presiding Officer in charge of the examinations, reported that she was delighted with the most exemplary manner in which the students applied themselves to their work with due diligence and behaved impeccably. Our students should feel proud of themselves and their commitment to their studies. RYDA Year 11 was sponsored by Rotary to attend the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness program. It is a marvellous program that presents students with information about driving, from car maintenance to braking distances, the effect of alcohol and drugs on driving and first-hand stories of severe injuries resulting from dangerous driving. Our students impressed the coordinators of the program with their manners and mature approach to the day. The school continues to be most grateful for the wonderful work that Rotary does, the productive relationship between Balgowlah Rotary and us, and the generosity and support we receive. School Spectacular Each year I look forward with great anticipation to attending the Schools Spectacular, this year at the Quodos Arena at Sydney Olympic Park. It is one of the most outstanding displays of public education at its best, involving over 1 000 students from secondary and primary schools in NSW. It is very exciting that our students are involved as part of the choir, band and as featured and ensemble dancers. Tickets for Friday and Saturday nights, 24-25 November, are available from Ticketek. World Vision Mackellar girls are extremely community minded and often display their humanity in giving generously to charities.

Freshwater Community Bank is the proud Community Sponsor

of Mackellar Girls Campus Manly Vale

EMAILING THE SCHOOL - nbscmgirls-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au TEXTING THE SCHOOL - Dedicated SMS NUMBER for absences & late arrivals only - 0427 459 133

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Each year, World Vision is one of the charities that the girls embrace. This year, Mackellar Girls has raised the remarkable amount of $11 000 for World Vision. This donation will certainly facilitate many worthwhile projects in villages and communities to assist people fight hunger. Early Leave for Students Important learning for students in the classroom continues until the end of the school year, as students continue towards finishing the year’s teaching curriculum. The year’s syllabuses are not finished when yearly examinations are held; they must be completed after the examinations. It, therefore, is important that parents organise their family holidays in holiday time, not school time. If students are taken out of school early, as some parents have expected, for family holidays it greatly disrupts students’ learning. I am not able to approve lengthy leave of absence for early holidaymakers School Fees All outstanding school fees should be paid by the end of the school year. A number of students urgently need to get things up-to-date in their elective subjects – these fees cover the cost of the materials that students have used this year. Parents and students should be aware that most elective subjects carry additional fees. They may only be chosen to be studied by students if the associated fees are paid, unless discussed with the Principal. Congratulations for high achievement to: Nicole, Jina and Jordan (Y12) for their nominations for ARTEXPRESS, the exhibition of the best

HSC Visual Arts Major Works Tahlia and Natasha (Y12) for their selection for Texstyle, the exhibition of the best HSC textiles and

Design Major Projects Chloe, Nancy and Ava (Y12) for their HSC Visual Arts Major Works being selected to exhibit at the

Manly Art Gallery Rowena (Y11) for being selected by NSW Athletics to represent NSW in the 400m at the Australian

All Schools Competition in December in Adelaide Mia and Clementine (Y9) for their student exchange to the USA Jasmyn (Y9) for being selected to dance at the 2017 School Spectacular Ally (Y8) for her Encouragement Award Years 7-8 in the Northern Beaches Young Writers Competition Stefanie (Y7) for her selection in the Sydney Northern Beaches Interbranch team in Surf Lifesaving Camille (Y7) for winning Gold in her U13 relay and Silver in her 100 meters U13 sprint

Christine Del Gallo, Principal

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Term 4 Week 6

TERM 4 PREFECT NEWSLETTER SEGMENT This term so far has been exceptionally busy. We have been readily preparing for our Multicultural Day on Monday 4th December, have attended the NBSC Leadership Day at Manly Golf Club and have successfully organised the first Year 11 Sleepover.

The Leadership Day was a great opportunity to get to know the other young leaders from the College, and we participated in team building and leadership activities that were as fun as they were helpful.

Our Sleepover will take place in the school Hall on Friday 17th November and will be filled with games, pizza and Grease! All of Year 11 are excited for this night as it marks the beginning of our last year together and we are well aware that we won’t have another opportunity like this once our assessments and the HSC kick in.

Multicultural Day is always a great day where all students across the school can showcase their cultures while also experiencing the cultures of others. This year we have 20 different stalls representing different countries which will be serving food, drinks and providing cultural activities for all students. Tokens will be on sale at the front office during the week before Multicultural Day, so get in early to avoid the queues.

The School Captains, Vannia and Jaime, and Vice Captains, Andie and Laura attended a Leadership Day at Parliament House on Wednesday 15th November, with another day at Government House in February.

As we approach the end of term we would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. The Prefects

LIBRARY REPORT The library continues to be a hub of learning and fun. The Year 7, 8 and 9 Book clubs participated in a Halloween breakout in week five. The students enjoyed the challenge of solving the clues to break into the box. The teachers will be implementing this style of activity into their lessons in order to develop 21st century learning skills. The book clubs will spend the rest of the year creating new release book trailers, which will be displayed on the library TV screen.

The pictures books, created by Year 7 English classes, are now on display in the library. These amazing books demonstrate the talent and creativity of our students. Please encourage your daughters to come and view them over the next few weeks.

As part of Mackellar’s strategic goals to implement positive education, the library has a ‘what are you looking forward to?’ board for the girls. The aim of this is for the students to develop a positive mindset to recognise life’s opportunities. Rebecca Reed and Alice Brennan, Teacher Librarians

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PREMIER’S ANZAC SCHOLARSHIP Over the September holidays, I was given the amazing opportunity to travel to London, Belgium and France, as a part of the Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship. As a part of this trip, 21 other students from across NSW and I were able to visit and learn about the battlefields of World War I from an experienced historian who travelled with us, and commemorate the thousands of brave soldiers who fought valiantly 100 years ago. Our trip followed in the footsteps of the Anzac soldiers, travelling first to London to explore the incredible Churchill War Rooms, the iconic Trafalgar Square and conduct a brief service at the Australian War Memorial near Hyde Park. The tour then went to Ypres, Belgium, where we were able to attend the daily Menin Gate Last Post service, which has been held every evening since 1928, excluding the time in which World War II occurred. At this service, my fellow peers and I were lucky enough to stand as the Line of Honour at the ceremony. One of the most memorable events of the trip was attending the Polygon Wood Dawn Service, which commemorated the brave soldiers who had fought in the battle of Polygon Wood on the 26th of September, 100 years ago. It was a once in a lifetime event that allowed us to meet the Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove and Belgium’s lovely Princess Astrid. We then travelled around the major battlefields of WWI, including Passchendaele, the Somme, Bullecourt and Fromelles. We were given the opportunity to live like the Anzac soldiers for a day, receiving a traditional Bully-Beef meal, dressed in soldiers clothing, and conducting realistic military drills used by soldiers at the time. This was a serious eye-opener and allowed us to relate in a small way to the soldiers who fought. The most unforgettable and heartbreaking parts of the trip was visiting the thousands of white limestone graves, lined up in rows upon rows which seemed to travel endlessly. I was especially moved by the heartfelt epitaphs carved into some of the gravestones, one in particular reminding me that the immense sacrifice of the courageous soldiers over 100 years ago should never be forgotten or taken for granted. The epitaph inscribed was “sunshine passes, shadows fall, but true remembrance outlasts them all”. I am so grateful to have been given this incredible once in a life-time opportunity, where I have been given a new perspective of World War I and the soldiers who fought there. By Grace ,Year 10

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VISUAL ARTS

Three of our Year 12 students have received a nomination for Art Express, the prestigious HSC Visual Arts exhibition that showcases the most outstanding body of work submissions across NSW each year.

Paintings by Nicole and Jina have been acknowledged as amongst this year’s exemplary submissions. Nicole Finlay’s mural-format series titled “Today is Tomorrow’s Story” explores notions of family, migration and heritage across generations, and Jina Lewis’s work titled “The Agony of Aleppo” offers a critique on the refugee crisis in Syria. Jordon also received a nomination for her work “Quiet Battles”. Further to this, 3 students have had their work selected for display at Express Yourself at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum in early 2018. This exhibition is a platform for the most successful submissions from schools across the Northern Beaches, highlighting the talent and creativity of students across the breadth of expressive forms in the Visual Arts course.

Congratulations are extended to Ava for her Collection of Works titled “The Dismantlement of Time”, Chloe for her photographic and film submission, “Surveillance”, and Nancy for her sculptures, “Masks of the Common Era”.

Congratulations to all students on these commendations, and indeed to all of our outgoing Year 12 students for the outstanding effort and commitment they showed in bringing their HSC Bodies of Work to a successful resolution.

Nicole (above), Jina (below left), Ava (below right)

Katie Vanderbent, Head Teacher Creative Arts

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MUSIC NEWS -

Congratulations to the students in the Mackellar Big Band for their performance at BIG BAND BOOM. The jazz extravaganza was held in the Showroom at Dee Why RSL Club and had a jazz club atmosphere. The audience enjoyed a meal while listening to our Big Band along with other performers from the Brass Baton Big Bands and Barrenjoey High School. Our Year 12 students, Sophie and Brianna returned to perform at this gig and the girls were excited to have them back for this one last gig.

P&C THANK YOU EVENING and MULTICULTURAL DAY - The Stage Band and Big Band will entertain parents at the P&C Volunteers Night on Tuesday 28th November. Stage Band students are to arrive at 6:15pm and will finish at 7pm, Big Band students are to arrive at 6:50pm and will be finished by 7:45pm. Full performing arts uniform to be worn.

These bands will also be performing in the Quad as part of Multicultural Day on Monday 4th December. A reminder to Stage Band to remember instruments that day.

ORIENTATION DAY - The last performance for Concert Band will be at Orientation Day on Tuesday 5th December.

AMEB EXAMS - Setting goals and advancing musically can be assisted by sitting music exams. The benefit from sitting these exams then extends through to our band program, raising the standard. Congratulations to the following students for completing exams through the Australian Music Examination Board recently:

Nikita, Year 9 - Grade 6 Clarinet (A+) Lauren, Year 7 - Grade 4 Clarinet (B+) Laura, Year 11 - Grade 6 Clarinet (A) Matilda, Year 7 - Grade 4 Oboe (A) Alice, Year 8 - Grade 6 Alto Sax (A+) Chloe, Year 7 - Grade 5 Flute (C) Chelsey,Year 8 - Grade 5 French Horn Sacha, Year 10 - Grade 2 Double Bass Zoe, Year 7 - Grade 5 Clarinet and Grade 4 Piano for Leisure Madeline, Year 7 - Grade 3 Clarinet Urja, Year 7- Grade 5 Clarinet Brianna, Year 8 - Grade 4 Saxophone (A) Hanneke, Year 7 - Grade 5 Flute Georgia, Year 10 - Grade 7 Flute (A) Jessica, Year 7 - Grade 4 Clarinet (B+)

GIGS FOR CALENDARS:

Vanessa Patterson, Band Director

Friday 17th November

PERFORMANCE BAND and BIG BAND

Creative Arts Assembly 10am Performance,

rehearsal prior

Tuesday 28th November

STAGE AND BIG BAND P& C Volunteers’ night 6:30pm – 7:45pm

Monday 4th December

STAGE AND BIG BAND Multicultural Day During the Day

Tuesday 5th December

CONCERT BAND Orientation Day Morning assembly with rehearsal prior

Monday 11th December

BIG BAND Year 10 Assembly 9am – 11 am

10am Assembly

Monday 11th December

Performance Band with Strings

Presentation Day Rehearsal 3B-4B

Tuesday 12th December

PERFORMANCE BAND with Strings

Presentation Day 9am – 12noon

Assembly 10am

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS -

Orientation Day is fast approaching - Tuesday 5 December. Please take note that the Uniform Shop will be open on this day from 8am-3pm.

If you have a daughter or friend commencing at Mackellar in 2018, please try to come in early to fit her school uniform as Orientation Day is very busy and queues are usually very long.

Year 7 girls should be wearing NEW Year 7 PE Uniform, NOT old shorts or top.

Please advised if you cannot make your rostered days so I can attempt to find another volunteer.

Thank you.

Leigh McPherson, Uniform Shop Manager, uniformshop@mackellar-pandc.com

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIMES

Mon 5 February (9am-2pm)

Wed 7 February (12pm-2pm)

Mon 12 February (9am-2pm

Wed 14 February (12pm-2pm)

Mon 19 February (9am-2pm)

Mon 26 February (9am-2pm)

FEBRUARY 2018

Wed 28 February (12pm-2pm)

NOVEMBER 2017 DECEMBER 2017 JANUARY 2018

Mon 20 November (9am-2pm) Mon 4 December (9am-2pm) Sat 27 January (10am-2pm)

Wed 22 November - CLOSED Tuesday 5 December (8am-3pm)

ORIENTATION DAY Tuesday 30 January (9am-2pm)

Sat 25 November (9am-2pm) Wed 6 December (12pm-2pm) Wed 31 January (10am-1.30pm)

Mon 27 November (9am-2pm) Sat 9 December (9am-1pm)

Wed 29 November (12pm-2pm) Mon 11 December (9am-2pm)

Wed 13 December (9am-2pm)

LAST DAY OPEN 2017

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIMES

MACKELLAR GIRLS CAMPUS - TERM DATES - 2017 / 2018 ORIENTATION DAY 2017 – Tuesday 5 December 2017, 8.30am – 12.30pm OPEN DAY 2018 – Tuesday 20 February 2018 OPEN EVENING 2018 – Thursday 22 February 2018 ACADEMIC TEST – 22 March 2018

2017 - Term 4 Students and Staff return – Monday 9th October Last day for students – Friday 15th December Last day for staff – Friday 15th December

2018 - Term 1 Staff Development Day – Monday 29 January (no students) Tuesday 30 January – Yrs 7, 11, & 12 return Wednesday 31 January – Yrs 8, 9, & 10 return Friday 13 April - Last day for students and staff

Term 2 Staff Development Day – Monday 30 April (no students) Tuesday 1 May - Students return Friday 6 July - Last day for students and staff

Term 3 College Development Day - Monday 23 July (no students) Tuesday 24 July - Students return for Term 3 Friday 28 September - Last day for students and staff

Term 4 Monday 15 October - Students and staff return Tuesday 18 December - Last day for students

Cut out and keep

2017 DP’s - Cassandra Morrison Yrs 7, 9, 11 (Ext 103) Heidi Warne Yrs 8, 10, 12 (Ext 102)

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LIONS CLUB OF MANLY

Outlets for Lions Christmas Cakes Cakes and Puddings: Christmas Cake 1kg $13 Christmas Cake 1.5kg $17 Pudding 900g $13 Centenary 1.5kg Cake & Tin $22 MANLY - Bank of Queensland, Malouf’s Pharmacy (1kg only), National Australia Bank. MANLY VALE - Manly Vale Pharmacy, Chiropractic Osteopathy. DEE WHY - Nthn Beaches Credit Union, Westpac, St George Bank, Bendigo Bank. PITTWATER-MONA VALE - National Australia Bank, Johnson Bros Mitre 10, St George Bank (Warriewood Square). BROOKVALE - Westpac, National Australia Bank. FRESHWATER - Bendigo Bank. WARRINGAH MALL - Westpac, National Australia Bank, Northern Beaches Credit Union. AVALON - National Australia Bank, Johnson Bros Mitre 10. For bulk orders please contact Lion Nigel Jeny on 0411 016 675 manly@lionsclubssydney.org.au

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Mackellar Girls Campus Campbell Pde Manly Vale NSW 2093

T: 9949 2083 F: 9949 3028 E: nbscmgirls-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Director General’s Award for Turning Potential into Performance

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Girls Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Programs

If you email us at nbscmgirls-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au we can email the school newsletter directly to you. It can also be accessed online at www.mackellargirls.nsw.edu.au

Director General’s Award for Turning Potential into Performance Director General’s Award for Excellence in Girls Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education

Director General’s Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Programs

Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Pacific Islander Programs

Connect with Your Neighbours If you are fortunate enough to live with a sense of community, where you know the people who live near you, share experiences and help one another, then you'll probably agree, your life is richer for it. The Street by Street Project is seeking community minded people to turn streets into communities in your area, through simple social activities. We'll support you to do this. Contact Irene Opper at irene@streetbystreet.org.au or 0413 706 233 and see www.streetbystreet.org.au for more info.

Lifeline Northern Beaches Giant Book Fair: 24th to 26th November 2017 VENUE: St Augustine’s College Sydney, Cnr Federal Parade West & Alfred St, Brookvale ( next to Brookvale Oval). DATES/TIMES: Friday 24th November 4pm -- 9pm Saturday 25th November 9am -- 5pm Sunday 26th November 9am -- 2pm

Please note we accept Visa & Mastercard and also have EFTPOS facility available - entry by gold coin donation very much appreciated.

At the Book Fair there will be thousands of good quality books, at bargain prices, in many categories, including a wide range of children's books suited to all ages. For the enthusiast/collector we have a large number of award winning and collectible books. In addition to all the books we also have a wide selection of puzzles, jig saws, games, CD, DVDs, vinyls, etc so there’s something for everyone!

All funds raised support the activities of Lifeline Northern Beaches which, in addition to the crisis line (13 11 14) with a focus on suicide prevention, provides a lot of other services to our community, including 24 hour counsel-ling, bereavement support, anger management and problem gambling to name but a few.

Your support for our Book Fairs goes a long way in generating the funds required to continue providing these ser-vices to our community. With only just over 4 weeks to Christmas the Book Fair is a great opportunity to stock up on a book or two or puzzles/DVDs for your loved ones. See you there!

Need a Christmas Tree? Buy yours from Beacon Hill Guides & Scouts this year!

All monies raised goes directly to the Guides & Scouts

Where: Beacon Hill Reserve Soccer Fields, cnr Warringah & Willandra Rd, opp. McDonalds

When: Weekend 9 & 10 Dec from 7.30am Drive in – plenty of parking. Get in early, great choice, pick your own.

Hope to see you there.