NEWSLETTER Gooden Drive, Baulkham Hills, Telephone: (02) 9624 3133 Facsimile: (02) 9838 8407) Email: modelfarms-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Student Success Congratulations to Year 10 Drama students who have auditioned and were selected to perform at the Lights Up Festival at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith on 11th August. The school has had a long tradition of having students selected to perform in this festival and I’m sure our Drama students will do us proud. Congratulations to Lara Azzopardi of Year 9 who plans to attend the Banff Hockey Academy for August 2016 until July 2017. Lara has been an Ice Hockey player for a long time and this is one opportunity she cannot afford to miss. We will miss her but will look forward to her return next year. Good luck Lara. Payment Online I’m sure many parents will be happy to hear that from the 12th of August onwards, there will be an option to pay fees online. This has taken some time to get off the ground but the plans are moving well in that direction. There are still some issues for us to work out and parents and students will be informed of the new arrangements as we draw closer to the live date. Front Office Upgrade This is due to take place sometime in Semester 2 and there will be some disruption to our front office services while the work is done. We are at the mercy of the contractors and so I cannot give a firm start date yet but will keep everyone informed as soon as we have concrete information to give. Trivia Night Have you booked your table yet? Don’t forget that this is the major fundraiser for the P&C and that the school benefits from the tremendous efforts shown by the parents. It would be fantastic to see everyone support them and the school as well as help us celebrate 40 years of the Farms

Christina Bennet

Principal

24 June 2016 Term 2 - Week 9

CONTENTS

From the Deputy Principal Mr Grady p2 Upcoming Calendar Events p4 Sports Venue p5 Sports Report p6 Vaccinations p 7 English/Drama p8 HSIE p12 Max Potential p13 Mathematics p14 Creative and Performing Arts p15 P & C p20 Science p22 Helmsman p24 RAISE p25 Our Community and Supporters p26

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FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – MR GRADY

Recognition Assemblies As we near the end of Semester 1, Model Farms High School acknowledges outstanding student achievement and effort through our Recognition Breakfast Assemblies. This is an excellent program, where students, staff and parents have an opportunity to interact socially, before the formal part of the event. Each of these assemblies takes place in the school hall, with a light casual breakfast served at 7:30am. The formal proceedings take place at 8am and are concluded at 8:30am. Each award recipient is notified in the week prior to the event and are given an invitation, with an RSVP for catering purposes. The dates for the assemblies are below. Years 11 and 12 Tuesday 28 June 2016 Years 8 and 10 Tuesday 2 August 2016 Years 7 and 9 Tuesday 9 August 2016

We look forward to seeing as many students and families as possible at these assemblies, as we all take time to recognise the outstanding work of our students. HSC Study Guide Each year, the Sydney Morning Herald prepares study information to assist students with their planning and preparation. In 2016, the following link provides short videos designed to assist students for many of the courses undertaken by MFHS students. I recommend that each of our Year 12 students takes the time to watch these videos, to not only support their preparation for the HSC exams, but also the Trial HSC exams commencing in Week 1 Term 3. The videos can be found here, or via the url below. http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/hsc-study-guide Year 7 Office Monitor Program To support the school and enhance student’s understanding of the organisation and layout of Model Farms, Year 7 students become Office Monitors for a day. Student’s duties include taking messages to other students, staff members and assisting with the day to day administration of a comprehensive high school. During quieter moments, students complete a booklet identifying their personal interests and skills that helps them begin to understand the type of work that may be of interest in the years to come.

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We are fortunate to have such an excellent cohort of students that are always willing to assist.

Two of our fantastic Year 7 monitors. Sophie and Amirreza I would like to wish all of our community a safe and enjoyable holiday, and we look forward to seeing you back at “the farms” in Term 3.

Have a wonderful week, Mark Grady Deputy Principal

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TERM 2

Week 10 Monday 27th June .. .. ALL day FAME Rehearsal Tuesday 28th June .. .. FAME Matinee and Evening Yrs 11 and 12 Recognition Breakfast Assembly Yr 11 Economics Budget Task due Australian Mathematics Competition Wednesday 29th June .. FAME Matinee and Evening Lithgow Camp (Stage 2) Yr 7 Major Science Research Project due Yr 11 Agriculture Excursion Thursday 30th June .. .. Lithgow Camp (Stage 2) Pulse Choir Rehearsals and Concert Performance Friday 1st July .. .. Lithgow Camp (Stage 2) RAISE p3 Select Yrs 8 and 9 students Yr 11 Design and Technology Task 3 Yr 11 Modern History In-Class Assessment Support Rewards Excursion to IMAX Yr 10 Commerce Politics Research Task Yr 11 Debating MFHS v James ruse

TERM 3 Week 1 Monday 18th July .. .. School Development Day Tuesday 19th July .. .. HSC Trials Wednesday 20th July .. HSC Trials Thursday 21st July .. .. HSC Trials

Yr 11 Drama Class Production and Portfolio: Verbatim Theatre Study

Friday 22nd July .. .. HSC Trials Yr 7 Vaccinations Yr 11 General Mathematics Driving Assignment Task 3 7YFT2 Food Safety Assignment due

Week 2 Monday 25th July .. .. HSC Trials Yrs 7 and 8 Parent Teacher Night Yr 10 SALSA Training Tuesday 26th July .. .. HSC Trials Wednesday 27th July .. HSC Trials Young Women’s Leadership Seminar Thursday 28th July .. .. HSC Trials Young Women’s Leadership Seminar Australian Mathematics Competition Yr 8 High Resolves Program Friday 29th July .. .. HSC Trials Young Women’s Leadership Seminar Yr 11 Biology and Senior Science Excursion Yr 9 English Essay

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MODEL FARMS HIGH SCHOOL

Model Farms Training (for most)

BYE 29/06/16

GRADE SPORT VENUE ROOM TIME STAFF HT

BOYS GRADE

Open Soccer A Max Ruddock 805 12:15 – 2:40 Puleo JB2

15’s Soccer A/B Max Ruddock 710 12:15 – 2:40 Jimenez JB2

Open V’ball A/B MFHS 6L2 12:15 – 2:40 Edwards FH

Open’s OzTag A/B Gooden 501 12:15 – 2:40 Battistella JB

15’s Rugby League Torry Burns (vs. GR2)

502 12:15 – 2:40 Brown JB

GIRLS GRADE

Open Soccer Max Ruddock 712 12:15 – 2:40 Keen JC

15’s Soccer Max Ruddock 707 12:15 – 2:40 Hodgson JC

Op Basketball A MFHS 804 12:15 – 2:40 Wood RD

15’s Basketball A/B MFHS 6L4 12:15 – 2:40 Villagran FH

Open Touch A/B Gooden 504 12:15 – 2:40 Jones JB

15’s Touch A/B Gooden 711 12:15 – 2:40 Luttringer BM

MIXED Hockey Doyle Park (vs. JR)

802 12:15 – 2:40 Parker JB2

MIXED Frisbee Doyle Park (vs. GR)

807 12:15 – 2:40 Dawson JD

MIXED 15s Frisbee Doyle (MF1 vs. bye) (MF2 vs. JR1)

503 12:15 – 2:40 Hansen JB

REC SPORT

Rock Climbing $7.50 +bus The Edge Castle Hill

507 12:15 – 2:40 Rawat, P.Singh BM

Ten Pin Wondabowl $6.50 + bus Wondabowl Castle Hill

3A1 12:15 – 2:40 Relf, Stevenson MC

Anytime Fitness Gym (16yrs +) $5 Winston Hills 506 12:40 – 2:40 Cambaz JB2

Waves Gym & Trampolining $10 Waves 812 12:15 – 2:40 Forrest, Wawrzyniak FH

Ice Skating $8+ bus Sydney Ice Arena 505 12:15 – 2:40 Wawrzyniak, Connell JE

Flip Out $8 Castle Hill 702 12:15 – 2:40 Letherbarrow JC

B. Hills Squash $8 Baulkham Hills 811 12:15-2:40 Hietamaki, Vince JD

Tennis Olympus $5 Winston Hills 701 12:40-2:40 Georgopoulos, J.Singh JE

Rec Walking Around 801,809, 1TD, 708, 6L3

12:40-2:40 Manson, Cole, Tiedemann, Leghorn, Owen, Sanders

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House Sport School TLC 12:40-2:40 Estacio, Gardner, Medina, Snell, Bailey, Vince

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Chess School 3A2 12:40-2:40 Craglietto JM

YEAR 7 SPORT

7R Netball 3K1 12:40 – 2:40 Robertson JE

7N Flip Out ($8 + bus)

4L3 12:15 – 2:40 Martic BM

7E Soccer 704 12:40 – 2:40 Pappas JB2

7Y Volleyball 3MU1 12:40 – 2:40 Gregory JM

7J Modified Games 713 12:15 – 2:40 Jideh RD

7O Ice Skating ($8 + bus)

709 12:40 – 2:40 Bowen JB2

7U Soccer 4L2 12:40 – 2:40 Vella RD

NON SPORT School 4L4 12:40 – 2:40 D’Souza DD

SPORT DETENTION School 4L1 12:40 – 3:00 Burnand DD

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SPORT REPORT CHS Representatives

Well done to Connor T for making the CHS touch

team and Regan H for making the CHS Soccer team.

Some fantastic individual talent here at Model

Farms! Best of luck in your competitions.

CHS Cross Country

Good luck to Tim M, Hannah M, Tiana S, Sam H,

Danielle D and Leah M who are competing at the

NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships on

Friday 22nd July.

Zone Athletics

Well done to all MFHS

students who competed at

the Hills Zone Athletics

Carnival on the 21st & 22nd

June. It was a windy yet

sunny couple of days with

some great sporting

achievements. MFHS

placed 3rd overall in school

points which is fantastic. A

contributing factor in this

great achievement were

our relay teams.

Congratulations to Teigan

S and Caitlan T who were

Zone Age Champions for their age groups!

Get your Sydney West permission notes in ASAP. If you wish to nominate for the

following events at Sydney West, please let Miss Attenborough know by Week 10 -

[3000m walk, 1500m walk, 400m hurdles, 200m hurdles, Pentathlon]

You must have done these events before and have times/distances available and at what

competition this was recorded.

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Vaccinations

A reminder to all Year 7 parents that Vaccinations will be taking place again the first week back next

term. The second vaccination date is Friday 22nd July 2016.

The dates for Year 7 vaccinations this year are:

Term 2: 29th April - completed

Term 3: 22nd July Term 4: 25th November

YEAR 7

Human Papillomavirus (HPV vaccination) - 3 doses: Terms 2, 3 and 4

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (dTpa) vaccination - 1 dose Term 2

Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccination – 1 dose Term 4

Catch-up Program

Year 8 students (Year 7, 2015) who missed a dose from last year will be offered a catch-up dose this

year to complete the course. Please see Mrs Leghorn for more information if necessary.

Those Year 7 students who missed the first round of vaccinations this year will be having them this

round.

Any new Year 7 students to MFHS will need to see Mrs Leghorn before the end of term 2.

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FROM THE ENGLISH FACULTY

Debating News

Year 11- Miss Greer

Commiserations to our Year 11 Debating who lost by the narrowest of margins to Penrith

Selective High School in the Regional Semi-final of the Year 11 and 12 Premier’s

Debating Challenge. Arguing for the affirmative, the topic was ‘that both mothers and

fathers should take compulsory parental leave’. The team argued strongly that there

should be a small compulsory period with the option to extend the leave for those that

needed it; enabling autonomy and lessening economic strain on both families and

businesses.

While the team are now out of this competition, they are still in the Year 11 Metro

Debating Competition with one round to go before the zone is finalised. Best of luck with

the next debate, Simone Cao, Corinne Kennedy, Joanna Bennetts, Abbey Sim and Angie

Geng!

Year 10 - Miss Estacio

The Year 10 Debating team competed in their first debate for the year at Crestwood High

School on Wednesday, 15th June. They were eager to get their skills of argument into

gear as they'd been preparing in after-school workshops. The team, consisting of Emily

Deschacht, Aaron Morden, Pavani Subramaniam and Lance van Doorene, argued for

the negative that all athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs should be banned for

life. It was a close debate and our team spoke with clarity and passion for their ideas. In

her feedback, the adjudicator said it came down to the aspects of scope and justice in

each team's argument. Based on this, the team WON. Students were praised on their

ability to broaden the discussion to an international scale and raise issues of a fair and

just trial when punishing athletes who do the wrong thing. Well done to Year 10. The

final round of the zone competition will be held next Tuesday: MFHS As versus Bs.

Good luck to all debating students!

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Year 9 - Mrs Blockley

The competition is on and the debating has begun with conviction. The Model Farms Year 9 team, including Clare Hopkins as Speaker 1, Amy Broker-Towart as Speaker 2, Zoe Etchemendi as Speaker 3 and Angellina Sklavos as Team Adviser took on Crestwood High School 14th June. The topic was "That we should ban NAPLAN testing" and we had to argue the affirmative side. It was a challenging topic and the debate featured many thoughtful points and logical rebuttals. It was a close call and it was Crestwood High School who took out the win. However, the learning experience is the most valuable part of debating and we will strive to claim victory next time!

Thanks to Alana Genc and Lily Louden for being our Chairperson and time keeper and 70 for being a terrific audience. We wish the Year 10 team luck for their debate against Crestwood and we look forward to debating the Model Farms Year 10 team Tuesday 21st June in a Model Farms play off.

Year 8 and 7- Miss E Hoy

Congratulations to our Year 7 and 8 Debaters who competed in the first round of the Premier's Debating Challenge this week. We have two teams in the competition, with each member contributing valuable ideas and points to our debates. Model Farms A Team (consisting of Darcie Donaldson, Kieran Grady, Ashlea McCarrol, Adam Bust, Dillon De Silva and Olivia Bell) had the challenging topic, “that all teachers should work for one year in the country”, for which we argued the negative.

Model Farms B Team (consisting of Annabel Hayward, Phoebe Hendricks, Alex Garoosi, Kiran Konar and Alex McMillan) also had a very challenging topic, “that all schoolwork apart from Art should be done on computers”. While we did not win either debate, a valiant effort was put in by all students involved. We are looking forward to preparing for the next round.

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Year 12 English

On Thursday 19th May, Year 12 Standard English students travelled to the Giant Dwarf

Theatre in Redfern to view a production of their HSC prescribed text, “The Shoehorn

Sonata.” Year 12 English Studies and Advanced classes participated in a dedicated study

day on their latest modules.

“The Shoehorn Sonata excursion 2016 was an extremely valuable experience in the sense

that, as HSC students we were able to see the characters studied via script in the

classroom, brought to life in front of us. To witness poignant moments with such

commitment and emotion from the two actresses on stage enabled us to gain further

understanding of the atrocity experienced by the women in WW2 POW camps as well as

their stoicism and comradely. On behalf of all students we’d like to give thanks to all the

English staff for organising such a valuable excursion. Undoubtedly this experience will

come in great use in the lead up to the HSC.”

Cara and Jackie Year 12, 2016

The English Faculty would like to wish

Year 12 every success in their upcoming Trial HSC examinations!

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DRAMA at the Farms from Mr. Hodgson

Our HSC Drama students have been hard at work developing their Group Performance.

This will be performed at Fame at the Farms next week.

The Preliminary Drama students have been working towards their Verbatim Theatre

performance to be presented Week 1, Term 3. These students have been researching the

tragedy of the MH17 disaster. Students have engaged in a variety of exercises learning

the conventions of Verbatim Theatre, read a great number of articles and interviews and

used images as sources of stimuli to develop their performance.

Both our senior classes attended the Parramatta Riverside Theatre production of ‘Stolen’

on Tuesday 7th June. This excursion was a great success and the students learnt a lot

about the play that will help them with their HSC studies.

Year 10 Drama students have had a busy term creating a playbuilt performance called

‘After shocks’. This piece focuses on the tragedy of the Nepalese Earthquake. Exciting

news! ‘After shocks’ has been selected for LightsUP Festival on 11th August. Students

will be representing the school when they perform at the Joan Sutherland Theatre in

Penrith. Congratulation Year 10 Drama students!

The Junior Drama Ensemble has been working towards creating a playbuilt

performance called ‘Mighty Mikala’. This piece follows the vivid imagination of a

schoolgirl as she sits in class daydreaming. She becomes a secret agent and encounters

some strange characters including the evil red-haired Donald Dump, and a fierce and

frightening dragon. This performance will be presented at Fame at the Farms. We look

forward to seeing the talent continue to develop in these devoted performers. Great work

this term juniors!

Lastly, the Senior Drama Company is still hard at work rehearsing a production of

Bassett by James Graham to be presented Term 4. As part of their research, they attended

a production of Bassett at ATYP on 16th June. The evening was a great success and

students were able to mix with the professional cast afterwards and find out more about

the individual characters that they play.

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FROM THE HSIE FACULTY

As term two draws to a close, teachers of the HSIE faculty have been busy marking and writing reports. We hope that all students have a restful break and return reinvigorated and ready to commence Term 3 with us as at Model Farms High School. Year 7 have settled in well to the Geography course and have started to master some of the essential skills for the subject. At the end of week 7, Year 7 attended a Geography excursion to the Aquarium and Wildlife World. Students had a great time exploring the venues and observing the behaviour of the various animals on display. The guides at the venues spoke to the students to provide them with a better understanding of some of the animals. One group of students was lucky enough to listen to an echidna and snake talk and were also given the opportunity to get up close with these animals for pats. Students worked diligently to complete their excursion booklets and were frantically trying to find interesting facts about the animals on display. Students were particularly fascinated by the shark tank and spent a great deal of time observing the sharks up close.

Students were lucky to see the sometimes reclusive Tasmanian Devil. The HSIE faculty also ran a photography competition for the students, for which we had some fantastic entries! The winner was very difficult to choose and we ended up running a vote within the faculty to decide. We would like to congratulate all the students who entered their amazing shots from the day and stay tuned as the winner will be announced shortly.

Overall, we had a lovely day out

where we were able to give students the opportunity to consolidate their classroom learning about various global environments with the interactive experience of the excursion. This included the environments of coral reefs, rainforests and deserts and the types of animals that can survive in these various environments.

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Max Potential Connect Group Two

Our Year 11 students are halfway through the Max Potential Program and they are starting to integrate their personal leadership learning and develop their Community Service Project. The second Connect Group was held on Wednesday 8th June in Castle Hill RSL.

Each student gave a special Creative Personal Expression that highlights their learning thus far in the program through a creative meaningful presentation.

Well done to Corinne Kennedy, Lachlan Schuster and Amelia Kerney and their helpers Charlie Oliver and Mitchell Da Silva Pereira on their great presentations.

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FROM THE MATHEMATICS FACULTY

Congratulations to the following Maths merit recipients: Year 7 Madison B, Raashi C, Saffron H, Ryan M,

This Week’s News: We are now at the end of another busy term. The Half Yearly Examinations have been marked and the reports have almost been completed. We hope that you have a safe and relaxing holiday period and come back ready for a wonderful Term 3 at Model Farms!

Year 12 students avoid the end of Term rush and hand in your Maths merits as soon as possible so that we can issue faculty merits for you in time to have them count towards your bronze, silver and gold awards. Check all of the places at home that you could have left Maths merits over the last 6 years; desks, cupboards, wardrobes etc. You only have 13 weeks until graduation!!

Assessment Task for Year 11 General Maths: Year 11 have received their instruction sheet for their Assessment Task 3 on the Focus Study: Driving. The assignment is due on 22th July, which is the Friday of the first week of Term 3. Please refer to the Year 11 Preliminary Assessment Task 2016 booklet to refresh your memory of the requirements for the completion of assessment tasks.

Calculators: Please make sure that all students have their own calculator. The Casio fx-100AU is sold at the uniform shop for $35. Different brands of scientific calculators work differently and it is important that everyone in a class has the same calculator. Students need this calculator from Year 7. It is vital for their progress that students are familiar with their calculator and know how to use the different functions.

Coming Events We wish our Year 12 students well for their Trial HSC which will be held in the first two weeks of next term. If students haven’t changed their calculator batteries recently, we advise them to do so. We thank in advance the members of the Mathematics Faculty who are giving their time during the holidays to come in to prepare their Year 12 classes for these very important examinations. Have a Mathematical week, From Jackie Dalton and the Maths Faculty Staff

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FROM THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS FACULTY

Year 11 visual design Students designed a Calligram based on a music lyrics. Students then applied their calligram to develop a music package – CD cover, poster and merchandise.

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SELF PORTRAITS Students used a grid enlargement to draw their face from a photograph and then used the grid to develop a range of visual qualities they had experimented with in class.

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Year 10 VISUAL DESIGN Students chose a board game that they could design a stage set design for. The components included a backdrop, props and a lino print wallpaper.

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DANCE NEWS Congratulations to all the students in the Years 9 and 10 Elective Dance classes who recently performed at the Public Schools Synergy Dance Festival. The students had the opportunity to perform on a professional stage at the Evan Theatre, Penrith Panthers. It was a busy couple of weeks with dress rehearsals, Matinee performances and Evening performances but the students represented Model Farms well and their performances WINGED CREATURES and LOST DOLLS were well received.

Congratulations also to the Year 9 and Year 11 Elective Dance classes who successfully auditioned for the Celebrating the Arts Festival which will be held at Parramatta Riverside Theatres in September. Looking forward to seeing CHIVALRY and WINGED CREATURES performed at this great venue and another exciting performance opportunity for Model Farms Dance students. To the Year 12 Dance Students working diligently towards their Trial Practical Exam in week 10: keep focus and keep striving and “break a leg”.

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We need your help!

The Annual Model Farms High School P&C Trivia Night will be held on Saturday 6th of August. This year we are running a special night, celebrating the school’s 40th anniversary. Please assist by donating items suitable for prizes - gift vouchers, hampers, chocolates, non perishable food items for hamper packs, cosmetics....anything you would be happy to win! Please send these items to the school office by Tuesday 26th July or contact Narelle McMenemy on 0433120622 to arrange collection. Thank you in advance for your assistance...all P&C funds raised benefits every student of Model Farms High School!

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Micrograph of cardiac muscle tissue (heart) by Kieran Grady (Year 7)

Micrograph of a flea by Ruby Condell (Year 7)

FROM THE SCIENCE FACULTY While Term 2 comes to a close, staff in the Science Faculty have been busy finalising results and preparing experiments. We are glad to see that Year 7 are becoming comfortable with laboratory procedure and are now getting some hands-on experience with the lab equipment. On the right are some micrographs (photographs of microscopic images) taken by Year 7 students only in the last few weeks. Year 7 have their Major Investigation due on Wednesday Week 10, and we are looking forward to reading some interesting reports! We’d like to remind students that if they are ever unsure about what they need to do for assignments that they shouldn’t hesitate to ask their class teacher or other faculty members.

Faculty Merits The following students have received faculty merits for consistent achievement in Science:

Dillon de Silva (Yr 7)

Kiya Cateris (Yr 8)

Sabrina Walsh (Yr 8)

Nicholas Hernady (Yr 8)

Jasmine Lee (Yr 8)

Crystal Eggington (Yr 10)

Congratulations to all of you!

Macquarie University Astronomy Night On Saturday 14th May Model Farms High School’s Science Group attended the Macquarie University Astronomy Night. Students were able explore a range of activities at the university, including a laser maze, a robotics demonstration and telescope viewing outside. Students were fortunate to score a seat for the packed-out presentation from Fred Watson on gravitation waves. Professor Watson explained the recent discoveries in an engaging fashion which was easily accessible for both university students and the general public alike. Both Mrs Manson and Ms Owen would like to thank parents and students who took the time to attend.

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Professor Fred Watson (on right) with Science Group students in Mason Theatre.

Robotics Exhibit with MQ Robotics Students demonstrating controls to students and the public.

From Ms Owen and the rest of the Science Faculty

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The Helmsman Project During the final term of 2015, a group of eight, year 9 boys, were selected to participate in the Helmsman Project moving into year 10 for 2016 as part of Model Farms welfare program. The objective of their participation was to provide the students with opportunities to develop their skills in leadership, resilience and communication. The boys selected to participate in the project were Taylor Barnett, Thorne Blackman, Luke Bugeja, Jayden Chesson, James Conry, Joshua Kahane, Ethan Holland and Aaron Morden. The Helmsman Project is run over the course of a calendar year. Students are asked to develop, pitch and then implement a community project of their own. During this process, students partake in group and individual coaching sessions with mentors from the Helmsman Project on a weekly basis. Possibly the most challenging component of the project is the Outward Bound adventure that students partake in. This happens in two stages. The first being a two day introductory experience in the bush outside Canberra where students learn all the necessary skills to survive in the wild. This is followed a few weeks later by a five day experience which includes hiking, abseiling and many other physical and emotional challenges. The boys took part in the Outward Bound experiences at the end of term 1 and handled themselves with much aplomb. At times they were pushed to their limits and as a result achieved things that they may have not thought ever possible. Once term 2 rolled around, the boys focus shifted well and truly to developing their community project idea. After wrestling with several ideas the boys settled on harvesting produce in a garden here at school for sale to the community. The funds raised would be donated to a charity and used to keep the project going. On Monday 20th June, the boys presented their pitch to a panel from the Helmsman Project. They showed outstanding presentation skills, particularly in front of a camera. It was a mixed result, with provisional approval being given for the project. The boys will meet again later this week to nut out some of the finer details of the project to represent to Helmsman. I am extremely confident that they will achieve the result they are looking for. We were privileged to have such great coaches/mentors in Leon and Sheena, who provided the group direction and encouragement when required. It has been an absolute pleasure as well as a challenge working with this group of fine young men. Not only have the boys risen to all challenges before them, I too found that I could achieve things that I thought were near impossible. Thank you to Mrs Lumley and Mrs Bennet for the ongoing support of this program.

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BAULKHAM HILLS CRICKET CLUB INC

2016/2017 Season

Registration Day

For both Junior and Senior players

New players always welcome!

Sunday 24th July - 9:00am to 2:00pm

Saturday 30th July – 9.00am to 2.00pm Baulkham Hills Sports Club, Renown Rd, Baulkham Hills

Milo In2Cricket for 5-8 year olds – Friday nights from 6pm-7.30pm at Charles McLaughlin Reserve. The season runs from September to December only (approx 10 weeks)

Register in September

Junior Cricket We have teams in every age group. Family discounts apply.

Under 10’s (Modified rules) play on Saturday mornings 8.30am -11.00am from September to

March.

Under 11,12,13,14,15 & 16’s play on Saturday mornings 8.30am -12pm from September to March.

Senior cricket For age 16 & over

Senior cricket is played on Saturday afternoons 1.30pm -6.15pm from September to March. We normally field a minimum of 12 senior teams each year.

Junior training and grading will be held throughout August

Senior training and grading also in August

Whether you are a first time player or someone returning to the game, come & find out

why we are the biggest club in the Hills District.

Find more details on our website

www.baulkocricket.com.au