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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

13 - 17 Mar Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Homework Centre starts

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Sydney Thunder Cricket Program

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Bushcare

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8

20 - 24 Mar Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Year 11 Maths General Assessment Period 1– 2

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Sydney Thunder Cricket Program

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Neighbourhood Aid

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Year 10 M/P Mandatory Fieldwork – Iron Cove

Year 12 HSC Half Yearly Exams Wk 7-8 Year 7 ABHS/CGHS Social Inclusion Day

27 Mar - 1 - April

Year 11 Ancient History-Oral

Presentations Year 7 Optus Digital Footprint Workshop Tell them from Me Student Survey

Year 11 Ancient History - Oral

Presentations Year 8 Optus Digital Thumb print Workshop Sydney Thunder Cricket Program Tell them from Me Student Survey

Year 11 Ancient History-

Oral Presentations Bushcare

Year 11 Ancient History-

Oral Presentations Year 10 Mandatory Fieldwork - Iron Cove Tell them from Me Student Survey

Year 11 Ancient History - Oral

Presentations Year 9 Optus Digital

Footprint Workshop Year 11 Maths Assessment - P7&8 Hall

The next three week for your diary TERM 1 WEEK 7 2017

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Volunteering Celebration It was a delight to attend the Inner West Neighbourhood Aid Celebration for Senior Citizens’ Week with our Year 10 volunteers and Ms Gorton on Wednesday. The event celebrated the work done by the organisation and the leadership of the boys. Guests at the event were mostly all over the age of 92 years old with many centenarians attending. As part of the volunteering program the boys assist the senior citizens to maintain their independence through shopping. It is a wonderful leadership opportunity of the boys which really develops their confidence, social skills and intergenerational understanding.

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Rebecca Welling-

Mobile Phones Lots of the boys in Year 7 appear to have been bought new mobile phones to coincide with their travel to “big school”. When used appropriately these are a great way of keeping in touch with your son. However they can also be a huge distraction, especially for many boys of this age who struggle with the maturity to use them properly. Use of mobile phones in class is not permitted unless sanctioned by the teacher for an educational purpose. Could I please ask that you do not call your son throughout the school day or ask him to call you. If there is a family emergency please contact the school the old fashioned way! It’s always best that bad news is delivered to kids by an adult rather than over the phone. Vehicle Safety I have been asked to remind parents about safety when driving their sons to school by the police at Ashfield LAC. The police will be conducting a campaign targeting school zones, speeding and illegal parking.

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

YEAR 10 VOLUNTEERING

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Students of 7 Tao made posters to celebrate Pi day.

Pi day is celebrated on March 14 (3.14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter ) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant-the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter-which is approximately 3.14159……

Pi DAY – 3.14

Mr Tenefrancia 7 Tao Mathematics Teacher

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'Feeling Connected' by presenting their public speaking skills to each other! The task has made up the final assessment for the topic and has provided a platform for the boys to connect with each other's past experience and their personal interpretations of the variety of text-types studied in class. The boys have worked hard in showcasing their analytical skills, yet have also ignited the spark of a creative flare in our English classroom.

Rebecca Wellington English Teacher

FEELING CONNECTED

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YEAR 9 VISUAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Students use adobe Photoshop skills to re-create a photo of a car in motion.

Mr Li Computing Teacher

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SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SCIENCE LABORATORIES

Year 11 Chemistry students have worked well in teams to tackle more complex experiments in the laboratory, including the decomposition of copper carbonate.

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Year 8 has continued investigations of the human body systems with kidney and heart dissections. The boys’ skills in dissecting have improved with each incision. Perhaps some future surgeons?

Caroline Osborn Science Teacher

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QUICK MENTAL PRACTICE

Students in 7 White are practising mental calculations to prepare them for the topic of Integers. Not only are they practising addition and subtraction mentally, they are learning to work with constraints and conditions given in puzzles. Students realise that checking the correctness of each answer is essential in finishing the magic square puzzles. In other puzzles such as the number maze, they can see that multiple routes and combination of numbers can reach the same result.

You can only move in two directions, right or

down. You add the numbers in the boxes

you pass through. Enter from the top left and

exit through the bottom right.

Find a path which gives you:

a) a total of 24.

b) the largest total.

c) the smallest total.

Ms Wendy Wei Mathematics Teacher

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CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY

Last Friday, Year 7 was torn away from the thrills of English to do their bit for Clean Up Australia Day! Despite the grimness of the weather, the school grounds were filled with a sea of bright, white hands and eager smiles as the team worked towards a break area that was cleared of their forgotten lunch scraps. Looking forward, the experience inspired the class to resolve their responsibility to care for their environment by being mindful of their waste, and educating others as well

Rebecca Wellington English Teacher

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ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Last Thursday the Zone Swimming Carnival was held at Olympic Park. Despite having the smallest squad, all our boys performed to the best of their ability. The standout was Connor Anagnostopoulos who finished second in 50m breaststroke. As a result, he will represent our school at the Regional swimming carnival that will be held next Friday at Olympic Park.

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Our best basketball team lost to Killarney Heights HS, in round two Sydney North knockout competition. The opponent had a great start scoring the first seven points of the game and gradually increasing the lead. Half- way through the first half our boys lifted in defence preventing the other team to score for six minutes.

However, we did not fully capitalise on this great defence as we still struggled to score points. At the start of the second half, our coach Mr Dobrowolski decided to give all players a chance to play as the game was already out of our reach. "Despite the loss this was a great experience and I look forward to representing our school next year as well" said Alan He, Year 11 student.

A MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH TO CLIMB

FOOTBALL GALA DAY

The second SNWSSA football Gala day was held at Blackman Park, Lane Cove. Our team drew two games (Homebush 1-1, Asquith 1-1) and lost the third game 2-0 to Epping. The standout player was Caelan Hinckson who dominated in attack with his superb speed and technique. Ahmad Al Hassan's debut will be long remembered as he managed to score a magnificent goal, though in his own net. Next Thursday our team will play against Davidson HS in a first round of Sydney North knockout competition.

PDHPE Faculty : Team effort!

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2017 GRADE/RECREATIONAL WINTER SPORT

This note is a description of the sport selections available for 2017 Winter Sport. It is compulsory for every student in Years 7-10 to participate in sport on Wednesday afternoon. For senior students (Years 11 and 12) Grade sport is optional. If any Year 11 or Year 12 student makes a Grade team, he is expected to be fully committed to his team throughout the entire winter season. The Winter sport selection will take place in (Week 4, TERM 1). If your son is absent for sport selection, he is responsible for contacting Mr. Calic (in PDHPE staffroom) by the end of Week 4. Failure to comply with this instruction will result in a pre-allocated sport selection. The trials for all Grade Winter sports will be held on 8th, 15th and 22nd March 2017. All Recreational sports start on 8th March. The list of sports and estimated cost for the season is indicated in the tables below:

Badminton 1st/2nds $25 Badminton Olympic Park $50

Badminton U15’s $25 Volleyball Olympic Park $50

Hockey 1st $90 Table Tennis Olympic Park $50

Hockey U15’s $90 Futsal Olympic Park $50

Rugby 1st $35 Basketball Years 7-8 $15

Rugby U15’s $35 Basketball Years 9-10 $15

Rugby U14’s $35 Power Walking $15

Rugby U13’s $35 Multi-Sport 7-8 $15

Football 1st /2nds $45 Power Yoga for Strength and Flexibility

$15

Football U15’s $45 Outdoor Fitness $15

Football U14’a $45 Swimming/ Mind Games $15 + $2.50 visit

Football U13’s $45 Theatre Sports $70

Table Tennis 1st /2nds $25

Table Tennis U15’s & U14’s $25

Tennis 1st / 2nds $85

Tennis U15’s and U14’s $85

Lawn Bowls 1st/ 2nds $65

Lawn Bowls u15’s $65

Transport: All students who travel to sport using public transport MUST have a personal Opal Card with sufficient credit for the journey. A student’s School Opal Card will not operate for travel to sport.

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15th March – Grade Sport Organisation - Trials Week 2

Assembly

Point

Sport Venue Opposi-

tion

Coach Leave

class

at:

Assemble

and Sit

at:

Game

Time

A Badminton Open ABHS Gym

BYE

Dobrowolski

12:34

N/A

B Badminton U15’s ABHS Gym

BYE

Dobrowolski

12:34

N/A

D Football Open Hammond Park

BYE

Calic Curran Zubac

12:34

N/A

E Football U15’s Hammond Park

BYE Hathi

12:34

N/A

G Football U14’s Centenary Park

BYE Phillips Lam

12:34

N/A

Oval Football U13’s Centenary Park

BYE

Mahmud Richardson Wellington

Lam

12:34

N/A

I Rugby 1st

Ashfield Park

BYE Burford

12:34

N/A

K Rugby U15’s

Ashfield Park

BYE Surman

12:34

N/A

L Rugby U14’s

Ashfield Park

BYE Pieterse

12:34

N/A

M Rugby U13’s

Ashfield Park

BYE Tyler

12:34

N/A

N Table Tennis 1st

ABHS Hall

BYE Yoon

12:34

N/A

O Table Tennis

U15’s & U14’s

ABHS Hall

BYE Yoon

12:34

N/A

Start Finish

Z

Sick or

Injured With Note

F5 Prasad Assemble at 12:30 12:34 2:31

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Futsal – Olympic Park Sports Centre booking

times:

8,15, 22 February (Court 2)

1 March (Court 1) 22 March (Court 2)

Table Tennis- Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8,15, 22 February

1, 8, 15 March

Volleyball - Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8,15, 22 February 1, 8, 15 March

Badminton - Olympic Park NSW Netball

Unavailable dates:

RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 2

Assembly

Point Sport Venue Coach

Assemble and Sit

in Year 7 quad at:

Start

Time

Finish

Time

1 Badminton OP Olympic Park Zhang 12:05 1:00 2:31

2 Volleyball OP

Olympic Park Pool

12:05

1:00 2:31

3 Futsal OP

ABHS Oval

Chu

12:34

1:00

2:31

4 Table Tennis

OP

Olympic Park Smit

12:05

1:00 2:31

14 Power Walk Local area Jones Prasad

12:34

12:34 2:31

8 Multi-Sport ABHS Oval Markou

12:34

12:34 2:31

6 Power Yoga F2/F3 Marks

12:34

12:34 2:31

15 Outdoor Fitness Ashfield Park Fasan Jovicic

12:34

12:34

2:31

13 Basketball Years 9-10 Centenary Park Tenefrancia

12:34

12:34

2:31

10 Basketball Years 7-8

ABHS B’ball Outdoor Court Li

12:34

12:34

2:31

7 Swimming Ashfield Pool Beretin Belle-Page

12:34

12:34

2:31

12 Theatre Sport D9 Whitting

12:34

12:34 2:31

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