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STUDENT SUCCESS Congratulations to the following students who excelled at the recent Manly Surf Lifesaving Club Carnival. This is one of the bigger Carnivals around so these results are outstanding. In the U13's, Grace Gurr came 5th in Iron Person, 2nd in Board and 5th in the Board Relay, and Mali Garling was 6th in Beach Sprint and 4th in Flags; In the U14's, Isaac Smith came 1st in Iron Person, 2nd in Surf Swim and 1st in the Board while Keelan Smith was 4th in the Beach Sprint and 3rd in Flags. Mr Mark Page, Head of Grammar FROM THE CAREERS AND TERTIARY ADVISOR Work Experience All the very best to the Year 10 students who will be attending Work Experience next week. I know that they will all be great ambassadors for our school, reflecting our school values. If there are any problems please email or phone Mrs Murray. Contact details and final instructions will be given to all Year 10 students on Thursday and Friday of this week, at the Year 10 study days. End of Year Program for Year 10 Permission notes for the activities are due back to Mrs Murray as soon as possible. The first events are the Study Days, this Thursday and Friday. On Friday please remember that we will be taking a campus tour around the University of Sydney. Full, correct, tidy and neat uniform is required - especially shiny shoes!!! Looking forward to the program of events ahead. TPHS HSC LEGAL STUDIES AND THE CASE OF INSIDER TRADING Year 12 Legal Studies students were extremely fortunate to witness the operations of the adversarial system within the Supreme Court of NSW recently. Our students were able to observe a full day of court proceedings which focused on a case of insider trading. The charges for the criminal case were brought forth by Commonwealth DPP after a lengthy investigation by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). Mr Todd Alexis SC (Chairman of the Board at TPHS) kindly arranged for our students to visit the Darlinghurst Court House to experience aspects of the criminal legal system at work. The excursion was carefully orchestrated, allowing students to witness a powerful cross-examination of the accused. Our students were then able to meet with both the Crown Prosecutor and the Defence Barrister during a short court recess, where they heard a short summation of the trial from both perspectives and were able to ask questions afterwards. The access to both Barristers made this excursion a particularly powerful experience for our Year 12 Legal Studies students. In addition to this, Mr Alexis had also arranged for the Honourable Justice McCallum to speak with the students regarding her role as a Judge of the Supreme Court. She too made herself available for questions from our students. We feel most fortunate to have been involved in such a unique and valuable excursion. The experience Pittwater House students enjoyed will not only enhance their understanding of legal pedagogy for the HSC, but will also have a great impact on their lifelong learning experience. YEAR 12 BUSINESS STUDIES VISIT TO PHARMACARE The Year 12 Business Studies class, accompanied by Mr Lawry and Ms Jeffery, were fortunate to visit the head office of PharmaCare in Warriewood last Tuesday. The visit was kindly organised by Pittwater House parent Craig Dunlop who is the Operations manager for PharmaCare. This was an invaluable experience for all the students as it allowed them to see in a real world context much of the content that is covered in their first HSC topic of Operations. The students enjoyed a one hour presentation by Michael Halter, the Operations Director, who touched on the history, growth, product offerings and strategies employed by PharmaCare. They were then walked through the PharmaCare warehouse and saw all the challenges of running such a complex operation in particular in relation to technology, staffing, temperature control, customer demands and stock control. School Sports SPORT NOMINATIONS FOR AICES / CIS / ALL SCHOOLS 2013 If any students would like to make a nomination for any of the following AICES / CIS / All Schools Sports trials please read the criteria relevant for each sport and email Ms Barnett at least 1 week prior to nomination dates at: sue.barnett@tphs.nsw.edu.au HouseNews Issue 2012 / 21 Page 8 of 14
Term 1 2013 All Schools Triathlon – Nominations Due Week 1 You can either enter a relay team or compete as an individual in the three following categories: Junior (12 – 14yrs): Swim 400m Bike 10km Run 3km Intermediate (15 – 16yrs): Swim 600m Bike 15km Run 4km Senior (17 – 19yrs): Swim 750m Bike 20km Run 5km Individual Events: Events will be held in all 3 age divisions on the day for Girls and Boys. Relay Events: Teams for each age and gender division. Three Athletes; one swimmer, one cyclist and one runner per relay team. Cyclists must bring their own bike. CIS Boys Baseball 17 Years and Under – Nominations Due Week 1 Trials are for any male baseball players that are 17 Years and Under as at 1/6/13 that plays A grade or representative level baseball. A team of 15 will be selected from CIS schools to represent CIS at All Schools. AICES Open Tennis – Nominations Due Week 1 Trials are for both male and female players, 15 Years and over. Limited positions are available. AICES Nomination Policy: A maximum of 48 players will be admitted to each draw (boys and girls). This will consist of 8 pools of 5 and two pools of 4. All players with a current Australian ranking will be admitted to the draw first. This is followed by one player from each school. This process continues until each school is exhausted of players or all places are full. If a school has more than one nomination without a ranking they must list the rank order of those players to ensure the strongest are admitted to the draw first. CIS Girls Cricket 19 Years and Under – Nominations Due Week 1 Trials are for any female player that is 19 Years and Under that plays A grade or representative level cricket. A team of 13 will be selected from CIS schools to represent CIS at All Schools. CIS Girls and Boys Golf Open and Juniors (Years 7, 8 and 9) – Nominations Due Week 2 Trials are both male and female players that are 18 Years and Under as at 31/12/13. All Schools Canoeing – Nominations Due Week 5 Students must be proficient in paddling and manoeuvring their craft in the conditions applying to events, can capsize and exit their boat wearing full gear (including spraydecks) and get themselves, their boat and paddle safely to shore without assistance. EVENTS: Slalom Wildwater (Downriver) Wildwater Sprints Flatwater Sprints Freestyle* * Conditions Permitting AGE DIVISIONS: 12 Years and Under 14 Years and Under 16 Years and Under 17 Years and Over - Open AICES Additional Swimming Entries for CIS – Nominations Due Week 6 Students who would like to compete in the below events at CIS need to submit their events and times. 400m Individual Medley 400m Freestyle 100m and 200m Breaststroke 100m and 200m Backstroke 100m and 200m Butterfly PITTWATER HOUSE TEAM SPORTS UNIFORMS Please return any Soccer shirts, Basketball singlets and Rugby jerseys to either reception or Ms Barnett’s office. These uniforms need to be returned and put back into stock for team sports in 2013 SEMI FINALS Congratulations to the following teams that have made it into the semi-finals this week, Good luck to all teams. Basketball – P6 The Prep 6 boys will be playing their semi-final at the Pittwater House Sports Centre on Wednesday 28 November. HouseNews Issue 2012 / 21 Page 9 of 14
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