Senior School

Weekly

A Message from our Head of Senior School

Mrs Ramadan

An exciting week around senior campus as we set to finalise our HSC

programs and commence preparations for the end of Term Year 12

campaign as parents, students and staff will join in celebrations on

Thursday 26th September to farewell our Class of 2019. In other

aspects of life on campus it is pleasing to see our students absorbed in

curriculum initiatives including National Young Scientists Program and

Visual Arts Ashura Program.

Our NAPLAN results are available for schools only at this stage, and

student profiles will be sent home as soon as the College receives these.

I am proud to inform you that the senior school experienced greater

than expected growth. College trends for growth in aspects of testing

including Numeracy and Language conventions is evident and data from

the educational authorities indicate there is significant improvement in

college benchmarks. The partnership between college and parents is

critical and we remain focused on this partnership for continued

improvement.

This week’s update gives insight into various college frameworks

including careers, sports, student achievement and wellbeing. I have

included an article from one of Australia's leading parenting educators

Micheal Grose, “Why self-sufficiency is paramount”. Hope you enjoy.

Welfare Awards highlight student achievement in areas of

academic, social, emotional, and spiritual development. Special

mentions for this week….

Consistent Academic Achievement

STEM Gabriel Mazloum 8RCH

CALE Sedra Bakhtyari 10RCM

PDHPE Hisham Ahmadi 7RCR

HSIE Chantel Karaki 10RCM

Code of Conduct Award Batoul Tawbe 10RCH

Citizenship Award Dana Hariri 10RCM

Attendance Award Faraz Rahimi 7RCR

Uniform Award Sakina Kazmi 10RCH

Term 3, 2019

ICAS English will be held on

Tuesday 17th September

ICAS Mathematics will be on

Thursday 19th September

2019

Duke of Edinburgh coming up

Friday 20th September

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 12 Graduation Assembly

Thursday 26th September

Term 3 Recognition Assembly

Friday 27th September

Australian SELFY Program

for our Year 8 & Year 9

Money Invest Financial

Program

Year 9

Things to come…..

Welfare Awards

We sadly farewell Mrs Christina Kowal. She has been a valuable member of the Bellfield team for over 9 years.

We wish her the best of luck with all her future endeavours. We held a special presentation on Wednesday and

students and staff presented a gift on behalf of the college. Mrs Kowal plans to spend more time with her family

and to travel around Australia.

Welcome back Ms Bazzi & Mrs Haidar from Hajj and Congratulations on your Pilgrimage. May the joy of this holy

journey change your spirit and life forever. May your sins be forgiven, and Allah's blessings fall upon you.

We also welcome back Miss Chanel Jbarah & Miss Sarah Fisher from maternity leave. Miss Jbarah has settled

into her English and HSIE faculty and Miss Sarah has settled into her role with the Senior School team.

Our student body is a mix of years 7-12 students from various cultural

backgrounds and student abilities. Students applied for positions on the

Student body and recently participated in interviews for first round

applications. Shortlisted candidates were informed on Thursday and they

will now prepare for their speech assembly before elections next Friday 20th

September. The SRC Campaign aims to develop students’ knowledge,

understanding and skills in civics and citizenship. Whilst the selection

criteria emphasises the need to be a responsible learner throughout college

life.

Candidates: Rida Saif, Sarah Alzamily, Hoda Kadhim, Batoul Tawbe,

Mohammad Hayek, Fatima Toufaili, Chantel Karaki, Layal Ibrahim, Ali

Chokr, Mariam AlShaboot, Abed Hayek

Mary is 4 years older than Jimmy. 24 years ago, Mary was twice as old as Jimmy. How old is Jimmy now?

Staff Changes

2019 STANSW

Young Scientist Awards

Ms Sharma has been selected to judge student

projects at the 2019 STANSW Young Scientist

Awards.

For over 35 years, STANSW Young Scientist Awards has been supporting students to develop

their investigative skills by providing a competition for them to showcase their research and

inventions.

Bellfield Senior has 8 students waiting to be judged at the National level including Sabilla Karnib,

Ali Assaf, Susan Azra, Rayan Bazzi, Abdullah Waqar.

Our students entered; Project Clean water and sanitation solutions and informative report.

Sydney judging for Science projects begins Friday 13th September & Saturday 14th September

University of Western Sydney Community Engagement program.

Senior Campus partnered with the University of

Western Sydney our University Mentor and Engineer

Ammar El Masri supported students on campus

during Term 3. Ammar worked closely with selected

year 10 students as we prepared them for stage 6

Mathematics. The students enjoyed the opportunity

to work with external subject experts and we will

continue to focus on integration of community-

engaged learning throughout the curriculum.

Ali Hammoud year 10 and Ammar Elmasri- Mentor

Ali Hammoud year 10, Mrs Ramadan, Ammar Elmasri- Mentor

SPORTS at BELLFIELD

As we are all aware, sports at Bellfield is growing. Friday sports has been a great success. Stay tuned

for winner and results as the draw intensifies. Week 8 competition results.

Kick Ball: 8B1 vs 8B2

Score: 17 - 5

Winners: 8B1

Player of the match: Syed Basit Abbas Zaidi

Dodgeball: 9G v 10G

Score: 12 - 10

Winners: 9G

Player of the match: Leila Zeineddine

Oz-Tag: 7G v 8G

Score: 3 - 0

Winners: 8G

Player of the match: Fawziah Albisherawy

Congratulations to all teams and MVP's on their contribution and participation.

Kickball: 7B1 v 8B2

Oz-tag: 7B2 v 8B1

Walking: 7G and 8G

Soccer: 10B

Dodge ball: 9G

Goodluck to all and don't forget, there is no "I" in Team. Work together and be positive :)

Celebrating Success Ibrahim El Reda - Year 10.

Congratulations to Ibrahim.

We are proud of this achievement. You are a rising star

both on the field and off the field.

Arncliffe Aurora FC VS Connells Point at Ador Park,

Rockdale. The score was 3-1 and Ibrahim El Reda and

captain plays as centre back and Ali

Hammoud (10RCH) plays as mid fielder.

YEAR 7 TAS

Year 7 Technology have been enjoying the new unit “Grow and Thrive”.

The unit explores the impact of agriculture on the environment as well

as the water usage required by differing industries.

Students are also looking at products such as pasta and how we can be

conscious of water usage in the kitchen. They worked wonderfully in their

groups to produce their delicious Italian Pasta dish.

Great work class!! - Students will be making their own water efficient

herb planter for their project assessment.

Sahar Safa Ali Faezah Hatif - Fatimah Ghadban - Mateen Hossaini Susan Sharifi - Yasmine Hammoud - Mariam Kobeissi -

Jamil Karimi and Mohibullah Mobin

Year 7-10 Careers.

It's never too early to start looking into your future!

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Visit https://www.jobjump.com.au/

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Why self-sufficiency is paramount

Recently, a mother of two primary school children thanked me for the impact one of my presentations had on her parenting style. When I asked what was it that made the difference, she said that one particular question I posed in the presentation had the most impact.

The question was “What are you regularly doing

for your children now that they can do themselves?”

This mother attended my Parenting for Independence seminar after reading my book Spoonfed

Generation. My message of developing self-sufficiency in children from the earliest possible age stayed with her. She said that the independence message really came home to roost when her children went to an international school in Germany two years later. Self-sufficiency was expected at the school so the training she provided them as a result of the seminar such as in teaching them to pack school bags, preparing snacks and assisting with meals, doing daily chores, and getting themselves up each morning helped to prepare them for the expectations of an international school. Why is self-sufficiency important? Self-sufficiency, of the ‘I can do it myself’ kind, is the basis of self-esteem and resilience. One of the main developmental tasks is for children and teenagers to gain a sense of control and mastery over their environment. This mastery begins by gaining basic competencies such as being able to feed and dress yourself as a toddler and then gradually adding new competencies as physical and mental capacities allow. The development of children’s independence can be frustrating and time-consuming, particularly if you are time-poor or have a strong perfectionist streak. But that is the price of independence-building. Step back to allow kids to step up Respected US parenting and child development expert Dr. Debora Gilboa (aka Dr. G) believes parents need to step back to allow children to step up. It’s a smart phrase that infers that parents need to take on the role of their child’s teacher rather than be the person who is always solving their problems and doing routine tasks for them. Gilboa says, “It’s crucial that you take a step back and let your kids make mistakes and learn from their experiences. You aren’t going to be there in adulthood to clear the obstacles they face or solve their struggles.” It is through dealing with their own frustrations and learning from their mistakes that kids develop the resilience needed to stand on their own two feet. Self-sufficiency tips Gilboa gives the following three tips to develop self-sufficiency in children at any age: Problem-solving. When your child or adolescent comes to you with a problem, resist the urge to fix it. Invite them to resolve the problem themselves. Welcome failure. This is hard in our perfectionistic world but expect them to struggle and talk about what they can do to get back on their feet. Expect them to help. Give them tasks that help the whole family, not just themselves and make sure they do them well. Be patient, but firm. Self-sufficiency has many forms and many faces, including the ability to problem-solve, emotional self-regulation and taking responsibility for your actions. It’s easiest to develop in children when they are young. This is also because not every child in a family will take to independence as willingly as others. If developing independence is something that you haven’t focused on before, don’t despair. It’s not too late to start. Begin where you feel comfortable, rather than make huge changes straightaway. Persist rather than give in when you have resisters; the notion of independence is too important for children’s future success.

Michael Grose