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ST GEORGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL<br />

INFANTS • JUNIOR • MIDDLE • SENIOR NEWS<br />

... be transformed by the renewing of your mind<br />

Romans 12:2<br />

FROM THE PRINCIPAL<br />

<strong>Issue</strong> 9 - 16 September, 2011<br />

Farewell to Year 12 - Year 12 is soon to complete their<br />

schooling with a number of celebratory functions planned<br />

to mark this critical transition. Their HSC commences early<br />

next term and I am sure you will join with me as we pray for<br />

them during the study period ahead of the exams.<br />

This is a fitting blessing for each one:<br />

“The Lord bless you and keep you;<br />

25<br />

the Lord make his face shine on you<br />

and be gracious to you;<br />

26<br />

the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”<br />

Numbers 6:24-26 2011<br />

NAPLAN <strong>St</strong>udent Reports<br />

The 2011 NAPLAN student reports were sent to parents in<br />

the week beginning 12 September 2011. These reports are<br />

a snapshot of student performance in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9<br />

when the assessments were conducted in May this year.<br />

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting<br />

Authority (ACARA), which oversees the delivery and<br />

reporting of the NAPLAN tests, introduced a persuasive<br />

writing task in 2011, replacing the narrative writing task<br />

which was tested from 2008 to 2010.<br />

Because students perform differently on the two types of<br />

writing tasks, ACARA has introduced a new and additional<br />

reporting scale for writing. This means that it will not be<br />

possible to compare the writing performance of students<br />

who completed the narrative task in 2009 with their<br />

performance in the persuasive task in 2011.<br />

Parents will still be able to measure their child’s growth<br />

in Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, Reading and<br />

Numeracy from 2009 to 2011, by comparing their 2009<br />

NAPLAN student report with the 2011 NAPLAN student<br />

report.<br />

The National Assessment Program in Literacy and<br />

Numeracy provides the school with detailed information<br />

that we use to assist with programming, resource<br />

allocation and planning. Parents will notice in their child’s<br />

report details of questions they answered correctly and<br />

incorrectly. This information has a diagnostic benefit as<br />

we identify areas of relative strength and weakness in the<br />

learning of students.<br />

The following graphs display these results and indicate<br />

many outstanding results. Again, the school’s NAPLAN<br />

results highlight our students as being significantly<br />

underrepresented in the lower two achievement bands,<br />

which is particularly pleasing in view of the specialist<br />

support staff and programs the school has in place to<br />

address the needs of students who may find academic<br />

pursuits more challenging.<br />

cont...<br />

‘Equipping Your Child For Life’


From the Principal cont...<br />

While these results inform us in many ways, it is important<br />

that we do not reduce the measure of a school or a student<br />

to performance in an assessment done every two years. A<br />

student’s performance may, for example, be inhibited by<br />

illness or family disruption ahead of or on the day of the test.<br />

I therefore encourage parents to use the NAPLAN report<br />

in discussions with staff where relevant and to encourage<br />

children in their achievements, recognising every stage of<br />

schooling brings its own unique set of challenges.<br />

Human beings, made in the image of God, demonstrate<br />

amazing capacity to learn, adapt and create, and we should<br />

therefore remain hopeful regarding our children’s future. This<br />

is a message all children need to hear from their parents.<br />

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;<br />

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”<br />

Ps 139:14<br />

UNIFORM CHANGE OVER PERIOD<br />

Please note that the summer uniform change<br />

over period is between 12 – 23 September 2011.<br />

All students should be wearing full summer<br />

uniform when they return to school on 10 October<br />

2011.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents may wear summer or winter uniform<br />

during these two weeks but not a combination of<br />

summer and winter together.<br />

James Honor<br />

Principal


Whole <strong>School</strong> News<br />

DATES TO REMEMBER<br />

DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK THE<br />

WEBSITE AND DEPARTMENT NOTES FOR UPDATES<br />

21/9/2011 Yrs 7-12 <strong>St</strong>ate Athletics Carnival<br />

10am Wild About Words - Junior <strong>School</strong><br />

23/9/2011 Yr 12 Presentation<br />

26/9/2011 <strong>School</strong> Holidays commence<br />

10/10/2011 <strong>St</strong>udents commence Term 4<br />

10/10/2011 Infants Hockey Competition<br />

17/10/2011 Yr 9 Exams commence<br />

HSC Exams commence<br />

18/10/2011 Evening of Fine Music -Shirelive 7pm<br />

21/10/2011 Yrs 7 & 10 Vaccinations<br />

26-28/10/2011 Yr 5 Transition Camp<br />

7/11/2011 Yr 10 <strong>School</strong> Certificate<br />

8/11/2011 Yrs 9-12 Parent/Teacher Interviews<br />

10/11/2011 Yr 3 2012, Orientation<br />

11/11/2011 HSC Exams conclude<br />

14/11/2011 Back to the 80's Musical - "Bump in"<br />

and rehearsals<br />

Yr 12 Formal<br />

14-18/11/2011 Yr 10 Work Experience<br />

15/11/2011 Back to the 80's Musical - Rehearsals<br />

16/11/2011 Back to the 80's Musical<br />

Evening & Matinee performances<br />

17/11/2011 Back to the 80's Musical<br />

Evening performance<br />

18/11/2011 Back to the 80's Musical<br />

Evening performance<br />

21/11/2011 Yr 10 Last Day - Picnic Day<br />

22/11/2011 Yr 10 Formal<br />

25/11/2011 Yr 8 Learning to Learn Presentation<br />

Yr 7, 2012 Orientation<br />

29/11/2011 Yr 8 Graduation Breakfast & Final Assembly<br />

1/12/2011 Infants Christmas Concert<br />

2/12/2011 Christmas In the Courtyard<br />

5/12/2011 Kindergarten Final Assembly<br />

5/12/2011 Yr 1 Final Assembly<br />

6/12/2011 Yr 2 Final Assembly<br />

6/12/2011 Yrs 9 & 11 Award Assemblies<br />

7/12/2011 Yrs 6, 7, 8, 9 & 11 Picnic Day<br />

8/12/2011 Last day of school for <strong>St</strong>udents<br />

8/12/2011 Presentation Evening<br />

9/12/2011 <strong>School</strong> Holidays<br />

Date: Thursday 27 October<br />

(Week 3, Term 4)<br />

Book<br />

Sale<br />

Hurstville campus library<br />

is weeding the book<br />

collection before the<br />

library is re-modelled.<br />

Books 20c each, 6 for $1<br />

Please bring a bag if<br />

you can.<br />

Doors open 8:00 am<br />

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED<br />

If you are interested in volunteering Senior <strong>School</strong><br />

Support need readers, writers, or both for exams.<br />

Please leave your contact details with the office,<br />

9547 2311 and someone from<br />

Senior <strong>School</strong> Support will get back to you.<br />

Your generosity in giving your time will<br />

be very much appreciated<br />

INFORMATION FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECTS<br />

Our school acts to avail itself of a range of Government funded projects that are on offer from time to time.<br />

To enable us to apply for this funding, we may need to provide information to the Association of Independent <strong>School</strong>s of<br />

NSW (AISNSW). This information would include your child’s first name and the initial of their surname. Your child cannot<br />

be identified from this process, which complies with the AISNSW’s Privacy Policy.<br />

If you do not give your permission to forward this information to AISNSW, we require that you advise Mr Honor in writing<br />

(by Thursday 22 September, 2011) that your permission is withheld.<br />

Thank you for your cooperation with this.


Infants<br />

Speech and Drama<br />

We are extremely proud of the following students who participated in the recent Speech and Drama Eisteddfod:<br />

Savannah Mijovski, Phillip Dzajkovski, Joseph Lin, Samson Rodway, Lani Berbeniuk, Joshua Noble, <strong>Christian</strong>a Kritikos,<br />

Daniel Lo and Hannah Cheung.<br />

Those awarded places were:<br />

1st Place: Jayden Chan Trinity Vamadevan<br />

2nd Place: Jana Setco Joel Tiddy<br />

3rd Place: Lyric McDougall<br />

4th Place: Will Zhao<br />

Highly Commended:<br />

Brian Chen, Jeremy Cosman, Flynn Gannon, Max Lewis, Jacob Lo, Troy Valcas and Eric Yacoel.<br />

Father’s Day Breakfast<br />

We had a lovely morning for the visit from our dads and grandfathers. After their hot breakfast they listened to their<br />

children singing and then we were privileged to hear the men sing to their children. James Honor reminded us that,<br />

even if our, not quite perfect, dads give us good things, then God certainly will.<br />

Excursions<br />

Kindergarten children were so excited to go on their first excursion. The bus took them to the Sydney Aquarium and<br />

they have written about their experience in a piece entitled: “Our Excursion to Sydney Aquarium”. Their writing and<br />

illustrations show great promise.<br />

We went to the Aquarium today. We saw fish, eels, jellyfish, crabs and coral.<br />

I like the fish - Angel Johnson<br />

We went on a bus to the Aquarium. We saw a great white shark. I<br />

liked the eel. Then we saw fish - Lenny <strong>St</strong>rachan<br />

We went to the Excursion. We saw a shark. I liked the jellyfish - Micah Bishop<br />

Year 1 children will be having a cultural experience in the last week of this term. They will view a production of “My<br />

Grandma Lived in Gooligulch.” This show is a musical tale of a city kit, Kate, who has to spend summer holidays with her<br />

eccentric Grandma in an outback town, Gooligulch, where the animals can talk!<br />

Year 2<br />

“What Am I” by Ryan Clayton<br />

I have spots.<br />

What can I do I can sleep<br />

standing up.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a giraffe)<br />

“What Am I” by Tina<br />

Dimitropoulos<br />

I have a good sense of smell.<br />

What can I do I can run.<br />

I do not like water.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a cat)<br />

“What Am I” by Samson Rodway<br />

I have spots<br />

What do I have I have yellow<br />

skin.<br />

I have a long tail<br />

I am not a pet.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a cheetah)<br />

What Am I”” by Faith Ambarita<br />

What do I have I have a smooth<br />

body.<br />

What can I do I can swim.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a dolphin)<br />

“What Am I” by Nicolaas Zou<br />

What do I have I have no legs.<br />

What can I do I can sleep in the<br />

morning<br />

I am long.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a snake)<br />

“What Am I” by Constantine<br />

Hardas<br />

What do I have I have fins.<br />

What can I do I can swim.<br />

What am I<br />

(Ans: I am a goldfish)<br />

Swimming<br />

Infants children are attending a swimming program for the last two weeks of Term 3. They are taught by expert<br />

swimming instructors and have an enjoyable lesson time at the pool.


Junior <strong>School</strong><br />

<strong>St</strong> <strong>George</strong> Performing Arts Eisteddfod<br />

Over the past couple of weeks, Junior <strong>School</strong>students have participated at the <strong>St</strong> <strong>George</strong> Eisteddfod.<br />

They presented Bible readings, poems, duologues, speeches and poems for two.<br />

The following are the results:<br />

1st<br />

Joshua Madden<br />

Gabriel Jessop-Smith<br />

Jacinthe Lau<br />

Luke Kasper<br />

Lachlan Fraser<br />

2nd<br />

Amie Lo<br />

Lachlan Fraser<br />

Zara Dobbie<br />

Janine Lau<br />

3rd<br />

Lachlan Fraser<br />

Janine Lau<br />

Caroline Dzajkovski<br />

Highly Commended<br />

Edward Ancora<br />

Allan Goodman<br />

Participation<br />

Rachel Luo<br />

Joshua Ko<br />

Sabrina Mijovski<br />

Elena Berbeniuk<br />

Isabella Pfahlert<br />

On 7 September, dads<br />

and grandads of our<br />

Junior <strong>School</strong> students<br />

were invited to a<br />

morning of healthy,<br />

fun activities. The<br />

competition was fierce,<br />

the level of excitement<br />

was electric and the<br />

humour was contagious.<br />

Many dads crawled<br />

around the carpet in<br />

their best suits while<br />

concentrating on<br />

blowing a ping pong<br />

ball along a course.<br />

Other dads soared into<br />

the air while skipping.<br />

I’m sure there were<br />

some sore backs and<br />

aching legs that night!<br />

Thank you to all those<br />

who made the morning<br />

so memorable.<br />

We raised $257 for<br />

Vanuatu. Well done!<br />

JUST<br />

DO IT<br />

DAD!<br />

A special time where students in Years 3-5<br />

share their writing with invited guests<br />

10.00AM<br />

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER


Junior <strong>School</strong><br />

Thank you for the extensive response to the questionnaire on the sleeping patterns of your children. This questionnaire was<br />

seeking to establish the sleeping habits of students in Junior <strong>School</strong>.<br />

Research has supported the general thesis of an article entitled “The Lost Hour” from the book ‘Nutureshock’, that around<br />

the world children are getting an hour less sleep than they did thirty years ago. Researchers maintain that “because<br />

children’s brains are a work in progress until the age of 21, and because much of that work is done while a child is asleep,<br />

this lost hour appears to have an exponential impact on children that it simply doesn’t have on adults”. In particular, “the<br />

brain shifts what it has learnt that day to more efficient storage regions of the brain. Each stage of sleep plays its own unique<br />

role in capturing memories. For example, … vocabulary is synthesised by the hippocampus early in the night during “slow<br />

wave” sleep, a deep slumber without dreams…. Children spend more than 40% of their asleep time in this stage (which is<br />

ten times the proportion that older adults spend). This is why a good night’s sleep is so important for long-term learning of<br />

vocabulary words, times tables, historical dates and all other factual minutiae.”<br />

This is interesting research that affects all of your children’s lives. As your child moves into the upper years of Junior <strong>School</strong>, it<br />

is important that this research on sleep is discussed with them.<br />

The survey which you completed, revealed overall confirming support of the need for children to have restful, prolonged<br />

sleep. To the first question: “What did your child do for the hour before bed”, the results showed that although some<br />

students were doing homework or playing on the computer, most children were involved in restful activities such as reading<br />

or family time for the time immediately before bedtime.<br />

To the questions on bedtimes and hours of sleep, most students averaged 10 hours per night which is seen as a minimal<br />

amount for this age group. It is a concern that a minority of students were having less than nine hours each night. Not only<br />

do the teachers observe that sleep deprived students struggle to engage in lessons, and are inattentive, but these students<br />

are less resilient in managing everyday relationships.<br />

The last weeks of this term are packed with many activities both in and out of school. Your child’s class teacher will not be<br />

setting the normal amount of homework so that students can have time to rest and unwind from the day’s events. I have<br />

found that a good way to achieve this restful mood is to read together as a family (the Narnia Series was one of our family<br />

favourites) or for each child to read quietly.<br />

Therefore, while homework routines will be relaxed from Week 7 to Week 10, each child should be read to or read every<br />

night.<br />

What did your child do for the hour before bed<br />

Year Reading/TV Computer/Homework<br />

3 69% 31%<br />

4 76% 24%<br />

5 45% 55%<br />

How many hours of sleep did your child have<br />

Year Ten Hours or More Sleep Less Than Ten Hours Sleep<br />

3 69% 31%<br />

4 71% 29%<br />

5 69% 31%<br />

Thank you for your support. I look forward to seeing you at “Wild About Words”.<br />

Lyn Barnes<br />

Head of Junior <strong>School</strong><br />

Yr 3-6 Sport<br />

CSSA Primary <strong>St</strong>ate Athletics Carnival<br />

Congratulations to the following students who competed at the recent CSSA Primary <strong>St</strong>ate Athletics Carnival at<br />

Blacktown on Thursday 25 August.<br />

Alexandra Clark (6S)<br />

Ashley Karagorgovski (6H)<br />

Nicola Leech (5F)<br />

Kobe Shannon (5G)<br />

Kurt <strong>St</strong>avrou (6H)<br />

Wyatt Tester (6H)<br />

Lucas Wong (6s)<br />

Open Girls 1500m<br />

12 Yr Girls 400m, 800m and Open 1500m<br />

Junior Girls High Jump<br />

Junior Boys Discus and High Jump<br />

Open Boys Turbo Javelin<br />

11 Yr Boys Discus<br />

11 Yr Boys 100m, 200m and 400m<br />

The following students came 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their event and therefore qualify to compete at the upcoming CIS<br />

(Combined Independent <strong>School</strong>s) Carnival at Homebush on 22 September: Kobe Shannon, Ashley Karagorgovski and<br />

Kurt <strong>St</strong>avrou. Congratulations! This is an outstanding result and we wish them all the best for their events.<br />

Rob Archer, Sports Coordinator


Middle <strong>School</strong><br />

What a Challenge!<br />

The spirit of enquiry and love of learning are fostered in an<br />

atmosphere of creative and divergent thinking<br />

The Regional Tournament of Minds Challenge Day 2011 was held on Saturday August 27 at the University of Western Sydney. Six Middle<br />

<strong>School</strong>s students, Isabella DeRieve, Jessica Fox and Joshua Wallis from Year 6 joined forces with Joshua Corby, Jacob Madden, and Noah<br />

Moynihan from Year 7 to represent SGCS in one of the most widely respected initiatives for Gifted and Talented students.<br />

During Semester 1 the team honed their agile minds by further developing diverse, creative and critical thinking skills to problem solve in<br />

two areas on the Challenge day. Each student brought important skills to the group. They worked cooperatively, committing many hours of<br />

preparation to get ready for the big day.<br />

On the Challenge day they participated in two aspects of the Tournament. Quick, creative thinking was required in the four minute<br />

Spontaneous Challenge and the Long Term ten minute response, which the team had been preparing intensively for over the past six weeks.<br />

Parents and teachers were thrilled and each team member was excited about the experience. Congratulations to each student for rising to this<br />

very demanding challenge.<br />

Mrs Tralaggan<br />

Facilitator<br />

THANK YOU MRS MORRIS<br />

FOR ORGANISING<br />

MIDDLE SCHOOL DAFFODIL DAY<br />

WE REAISED S628.30<br />

HOPE 103.2 HOODIE DAY &<br />

YEAR 8 SLEEP-OUT<br />

Helen and Aaron from Hope 103.2’s Breakfast Show visited<br />

SGCS on 25 August and presented us with lots of prizes for<br />

Year 8’s efforts with the station’s Hoodie Day!


Middle <strong>School</strong><br />

HOPE 103.2 HOODIE DAY &<br />

YEAR 8 SLEEP-OUT<br />

Continued...<br />

On Friday of Week 7, Year 8 arrived at school for the second time that day but we were not there to do school work,<br />

NO... we were going to experience something that thousands of youth experience every night’ we were going<br />

homeless. The first thing everyone did was buy some cardboard to sleep on. Some of us made little houses! At 9.30pm,<br />

Mrs Morris introduced a game to make us aware of what it would be like not to have enough food or clothes. After<br />

this we settled down with our pillows on the floor and watched “The Blind Side” which gave us some insight to what<br />

homeless youth have been through.<br />

Finally, it was time to rug up outside in our sleeping bags and try to get some sleep. It was a beautiful night with a sky<br />

full of stars but it was extremely cold. the girls slept near the Uniform Shop and the playground, the boys slept on the<br />

basketball court.<br />

Many of the boys stayed up playing cards, chess and Monopoly. The girls mainly chatted and eventually ran out of<br />

things to talk about. Some of us made glowstick pictures and many dozed off for a while but it was too cold to sleep for<br />

long.<br />

At around 5.00 am we were kindly woken up by some very loud birds. Everyone was packed up and eating breakfast<br />

by 7.00 am. A soccer ball was kicked around and the sun shone down on us.<br />

Overall, the whole night raised awareness of what it is like to be homeless. It was a memorable experience for all of us<br />

and hopefully will make us want to make a difference in a homeless youth’s life.<br />

Kathryn Pritchard


Middle <strong>School</strong><br />

From these two events<br />

(Hoodie Day and the Year 8<br />

Sleep out) students from Years<br />

6, 7 and 8 raised $1050.15 for<br />

the Salvation Army’s OASIS<br />

foundation.<br />

Well done, what a great effort!<br />

MINISPRINT COMPETITION AT UNSW<br />

On Saturday 3 September, the solar car and<br />

boat teams went to the Minisprint Competition<br />

at the UNSW quadrangle. The sun shone<br />

brightly; a perfect day to race our solarpowered<br />

vehicles.<br />

The car races were first. Unfortunately for<br />

the car Jacob Doyle, Joshua Florence and<br />

Thomas Kelly (Yr 7) created, the sun was<br />

blocked by the clouds for a moment. They lost<br />

the first round and were unable to compete<br />

for a place.<br />

“Frankenstein”, the car made by Monique<br />

Munro, Libby Ollerton, Adrian Loboz-Munos<br />

and Josephine Anugerah (Yr 7)came second<br />

with a lot of luck, sunshine, technical difficulties<br />

and fun.<br />

The boat races were next. Anna Sim’s (Yr 7)<br />

stunning maroon boat, “Sunseeker” didn’t<br />

make it past the first round but I think she<br />

should have won a prize for the best looking<br />

boat.<br />

Hamish Clark and Calvin Zhou’s (Yr 9) boat<br />

came 4th.<br />

The races were part of<br />

the UNSW’s Open Day so<br />

we took the chance to<br />

look around. We were<br />

obsessed with our freebies;<br />

red watches, collecting<br />

star shaped lollypops, the<br />

sundial and much more.<br />

The day would not have<br />

been possible without the<br />

help of Mrs Hack and the<br />

Year 12 boys and we thank<br />

them very much. We all<br />

hope to go again next year.<br />

Josephine Anugerah (7L)


Yr 7-12 Sport<br />

HOUSE DAY<br />

Congratulations to GREEN HOUSE for winning House Day for 2011.<br />

House Day is a sporting initiative of SGCS where each of the four House<br />

teams compete against each other in various sports. House Day has<br />

been an annual event since 2003. House day involves a round robin<br />

competition of soccer, netball, oztag and volleyball. <strong>St</strong>udents are<br />

selected in mixed teams and of various ages. House day is an informal<br />

environment where students are able to relax and relate to their peers<br />

and teachers in a different setting. It was great day for students to enjoy<br />

the sunshine, each other and play a range of sports. All students who<br />

attended participated with good spirits and there was plenty of<br />

fun to be had. Green House was the winning house, with<br />

Blue House coming a close second. There was an<br />

excellent game of soccer between the teachers<br />

and Year 12. The teachers won 3-1 this year.<br />

Congratulations teachers!!!<br />

CSSA SOUTH MET ZONE ATHLETICS<br />

On 24 August 2011, over 100 students from SGCS travelled out to Bankstown to the Crest Athletics Track. It was a beautiful day<br />

of sunshine and there was plenty of excitement on the bus on the way. We had a huge team this year which was fantastic,<br />

giving our school the best chance at success up against the other <strong>Christian</strong> schools in the South Metropolitan area. We had<br />

a lot of individual success and some relay team victories, with our 14 year girls and 17 year boys winning their events. As a<br />

school we did extremely well, coming 3rd overall, this is great! We also came 3rd at the Zone swimming this year putting us<br />

in a better position than we have been before, especially with both William Carey and Inaburra being much bigger schools.<br />

We continue to improve in all areas of sport.<br />

SGCS ZONE TEAM<br />

Joanne Anugerah, Josephine Anugerah, Jamie Ashton, Mark Ataya, Phoebe Au, Joanna Axiotis, Peter Axiotis, Dean Balding,<br />

Ben Beshay, Thomas Blackledge, Brigitte Bugave, Kristian Cassimatis, Laura Chambers, Joshua Chang, Nathan Chang, Eric<br />

Chen, Henry Chen, Amanda-Mei Christy, Nicole Chu, Gabriel Cox, Leo Diakou, Patrick Donelan, Alisha Doring, Joanne Farag,<br />

William Feng, Alex Fernandez, Vicki Fogarty, Carly Garlick, Sandra <strong>George</strong>, Emma Harvie, Tabitha Hirn, Elias Honor, Phoebe<br />

Honor, Abigail Howell, Alexander Ilievski, Sarena Joyce, Emily Junk, Marcus Kappel, Andrew Karvelis, Rachel Keeys, Thomas<br />

Kelly,Mia Kinmond, Kimber Leigh Landayan, Simon Leech, Joseph Lewis, Jacob Madden, Lauren Markovski, Amber Maxwell,<br />

Harrison McKeon, Murray Meller, Zachary Minty, James Mishevski, Lawrence Monro, Gabriella Moulos, Noah Moynihan, Grace<br />

Murray, Joshua Murray, Brendan Nelson, Michael Nikolovski, Grace O’Brien, Ladaesha Offiia-Hunt, Elizabeth Ollerton, Matthew<br />

Ollerton, Daniel Pahor, Ngere Papera, Cameron Papoulias, Jessica Payne, Ethan Pearson, Veronica Philips, Maygan Pippard,<br />

Ellen Power, Kathryn Pritchard, Annelies Reynolds, Philip Royal, Kieran Setco, Josiah Sherwen,Matthew Sherwen, Rachel<br />

Sherwen, Anastasia Sims, Joanna <strong>St</strong>avrou, Ashleigh <strong>St</strong>eed, Natasha <strong>St</strong>efos, Kate <strong>St</strong>ephens, Lindsey <strong>St</strong>evenson, Jacqueline<br />

Tester, Jai Thomas, John Thomas, Adrian Tsopanis, Sarah Watts, <strong>St</strong>ephanie Wilmshurst, Katrina Wong, Charlotte Wrench,<br />

Nathan Wrench, Breeanna Wyrsta, Ardem Yalcinkaya, Calvin Zhang, Matthew Zhang, Alicia Zhao.<br />

CSSA STATE ATHLETICS<br />

On 1 September 2011, 23 students from SGCS travelled to Homebush for the CSSA <strong>St</strong>ate Athletics Carnival. We were really<br />

blessed again with the weather, having another beautiful spring day. This is a big event with <strong>Christian</strong> schools from all around<br />

NSW. Our students competed very well with a lot of close competition, coming 3rd and 4th. Michael Nikolovski was in the 13<br />

years 100m and 200m. He ran these races very well, coming 1st in both. This means he will now run at the CIS <strong>St</strong>ate Athletics<br />

Carnival on 21 September at Homebush. Congratulations also goes to Kieran Setco who will also race at the CIS <strong>St</strong>ate<br />

Athletics in the AWD events.<br />

SGCS CSSA STATE TEAM<br />

Josephine Anugerah, Brigitte Bugave, Joshua Chang, Amanda-Mei Christy, Tabitha Hirn, Elias Honor, Emily Junk, Simon Leech,<br />

Harrison Mckeon, Lawrence Monro, Joshua Murray, Brendan Nelson, Michael Nikolovski, Grace O’Brien, Ladaesha Ofria-Hunt,<br />

Jessica Payne, Kathryn Pritchard, Philip Royal, Kieran Setco, Rachel Sherwen, Jai Thomas, John Thomas, Alicia Zhao.


Senior <strong>School</strong><br />

Year 12 Design and Technology students<br />

presented their Major Design Projects for HSC<br />

marking last Monday. This year presented<br />

quite a varied range of projects.<br />

Amber Maxwell focused on Graphic<br />

Technology with a focus on Interior Design.<br />

Amber decided to redesign her Nan's home<br />

with a focus on the needs of the elderly. Her<br />

extensive research included both physical<br />

and emotional requirements and how to best<br />

meet these by allowing our aging society to<br />

remain in their own home.<br />

Byron Minty focused on Textile Technology by<br />

redesigning a combined iPhone and wallet.<br />

His Project was based on his annoyance of<br />

having to carry too many items in his pocket.<br />

Byron also researched indigenous materials<br />

that would suit a cover that are currently<br />

presenting as wildlife concerns... Carp and<br />

cane toad anyone<br />

Matthew Sherwen focused on Timber and<br />

Engineering Technologies to develop a<br />

foldable skateboard. His project was based<br />

on his frustration that his skateboard did not<br />

fit into his school locker or his school bag. His<br />

solution now allows him to skateboard to<br />

school, fold it up and have it in his bag - with<br />

the added benefit of students asking him<br />

"where did you buy that"


Senior <strong>School</strong><br />

Year 9 History Excursion to Pylon Lookout &<br />

Museum of Sydney<br />

On Friday 19 August, Year 9 travelled to the city<br />

as part of their units of work on Australia during<br />

World War I and Australia during the Great<br />

Depression. Despite the overcast and rainy<br />

weather we were able to have a great day.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents went to two venues to learn more<br />

about life in Australia in the first half of the<br />

twentieth century. They went to the Museum<br />

of Sydney to learn about life for ‘enemy aliens’<br />

during World War I.<br />

Enemy aliens were those of German, Italian<br />

or Austro-Hungarian descent living in Australia<br />

between 1914 and 1918. They were treated<br />

with great suspicion and many were interned<br />

and deported.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents were able to take part in a<br />

programme learning more about how and why<br />

the Museum of Sydney was constructed.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents also walked to the Pylon Lookout<br />

on the Harbour Bridge. During the Great<br />

Depression, the building and opening of the<br />

bridge was able to provide jobs and hope for<br />

many Australians who were really struggling. It<br />

still stands as a testament to the Australian spirit<br />

of the time.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents were able to walk to the top of the<br />

Pylon to get a bird’s eye view of this amazing<br />

engineering achievement as well as looking at<br />

an exhibition about the construction and history<br />

of the bridge.


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