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Junior School NewsOnce more the Junior School is buzzing with busyness and special events.The Prep and Kindergarten Orientation days were held last week. It was excitingto have all the very keen parents and students visiting. I was thrilled with thewarm generosity of the present Danebank parents who hosted the morning tea,to welcome the new comers and provide assistance for a smooth and happytransition into our school. Wonderfully positive feedback was given for the caringand responsibility demonstrated by the Year 5 students who are the Kindergartenbuddies.DiscoThis was followed by the Junior School Disco. There was a huge team of parentswho superbly organised every aspect of the evening to ensure a fun filled and safeevent for the girls. Again I was so encouraged by their willingness to serve theDanebank community and uphold both the School Motto and Ethos.Instrumental AfternoonThis week we had the Instrumental afternoon for all the Year 3 and 4 students andparents, and band members. It is so rewarding to see the increased impact of thisprogram across the School. The world of musicianship is an additional opportunityfor the Junior School students. As students develop a greater mastery andinvolvement, their school life is greatly enriched and the influence is long term.Student ElectionsThe Year 5 students participated in their leadership training, and then at school theywere given time to prepare their speeches to deliver to their peers. Voting then takesplace for students and teachers for the House and Prefect positions for 2013.Early in 2013 all students will be given leadership responsibility for their newKindergarten student and the choice to nominate for Class Monitor responsibility.It is essential for all girls to maintain an excellent standard of attendance to facilitatetheir preparation for and involvement in the end of year activities.Calendar DatesI hope everyone has the Junior School Carol Night and Speech Night reserved intheir diaries.Junior School Special Assembly – Friday, November, 30 at 1.00pm in PACDiary Dates: Junior School Carol Night – Tuesday, 27 November at 6.30pm in PACSpeech Night – Wednesday, December 5 at 7.30pm in the Sydney Town HallMrs L. LucasHead of Junior SchoolOur ShowcaseEvening was abig hit with allpresentDANEBANK News page 3

Other NewsDanebank AquaticCentrePlease advise any changes to yourchild’s swimmingby Friday 9 th NovemberCHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SWIMMINGPROGRAMWeek 1: Learn to swim onlyMonday 10 th to Friday 14 th DecemberCost: $60Week 2: Learn to Swim & SquadMonday 21 st to Friday 25 th JanuaryCost: $60SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS CAMPDanebank Tennis CourtMonday 17 th & Tuesday 18 thDecember.9am-3pmCost: $115 per day (or $60 per day)Register at Aquatic Centre Office.DANCE/DRAMA HOLIDAY CAMPDanebank GymnasiumWednesday 16 th & Friday 18 thJanuaryCost: $60 per day.Register at Aquatic Centre Office.Adult ‘Learn to Swim’ classesavailable for the DanebankCommunityExperienced, patient and qualifiedinstructors - small groups available.Adult Squad – Great cross trainingfor other sports.8.45am - Monday & FridayCost: $10.00 casual visit or $9.00Paid by the termTerm 4 Fitness Classes for theDanebank CommunityFitball Classes Tuesday 4.15 –5.15pm in the Gym.Aquatone Wednesday 4.30 – 5.30pmat the Aquatic Centre.Swim caps are compulsory to wear atthe Aquatic Centre. Squad swimmersare requested to bring their ownflippers labelled with their name in anet bag.Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads 2012Congratulations to the following students who entered in the Secondary Schoolsection (Years 7 and 8) of the Australasian Problem Solving MathematicalOlympiads for 2012:Year 7Helena Ye – Highest Individual Score (Trophy) + Top 25% Achiever (Patch) +CertificatePartheneya Mikhail – Top 25% Achiever (Patch) + CertificateYear 8Catriona Calantzis – Highest Individual Score (Trophy) + Top 10% Achiever (Pin) +Top 25% Achiever (Patch) + CertificateSophie Anderson – Top 25% Achiever (Patch) + CertificateSabrina Jiang – Top 25% Achiever (Patch) + CertificateThese awards will be presented to the above girls at the Special Assembly on 30 thNovember.Other Certificates of Participation will be issued in class by Mrs Dunn (7B) and MrsLynch (8MA1).Mr D. MitchellHead of MathematicsOperation Christmas ChildThank you to the hundreds of students and their families who filled shoe boxes withsuch love and care for the Operation Christmas Child appeal. Some classes in theJunior School and BOND groups in the Senior School had fun putting together giftsto create a collective box.Operation Christmas Child is a unique project of Samaritan’s Purse that brings joyand hope to children in desperate situations around the world through these gift-filledshoe boxes.The response from the Danebank community was fabulous and many children indeveloping countries will experience joy this Christmas through these beautiful gifts.Thank you for shining a light on someone’s life this Christmas.Mrs M. Jamieson,Junior School LibrarianCareers NewsBulletins on iDanenethttp://www.danebank.nsw.edu.au/thedanebank-results/careers-bulletins/Caps (latex & silicone), goggles andflipper bags are on sale at the AquaticCentre office at competitive prices.Enquiries to Sue Tonkiss 9580 8747or sue.tonkiss@danebank.nsw.edu.auSue Tonkiss, Extra Curricular &Aquatics Co-ordinatorDANEBANK News page 4

DANEBANKScholarships2014AcademicScholarshipsDANEBANK will award full andhalf scholarships to studentscommencing 2014. All applicantswill sit for the ACER examinationsto be held onSaturday February 23rd 2013Academicfor entry to Years 5, 7 & 11.Old Girls Scholarshipawarded to the daughter of a formerstudent entering Year 7Year 11 All Rounder ScholarshipAwarded to a student whoexhibits qualities such as integrity,leadership, initiative, care andcompassion for others andpersonal responsibility.Music Scholarshipsfor entry into Years 7, 8 or 9.Academic test and audition.Apply: online atwww.danebank.nsw.edu.auApplications close Monday 4thFebruary 2013.Life SkillsScholarshipA Life Skills Scholarship for aLearning disabled student isawarded annually to a studententering any of Years 7-11. TheScholarship is means-tested.Go to www.danebank.nsw.edu.auApplications close FridayFebruary 22nd 2013DANEBANK News page 5St. GEORGE EISTEDDFODS AUGUST/SEPTEMBER RESULTS - 2012Sabina Xie 7yrs Verse - 3 rdTaylor Yeung 7yrs Verse – Highly CommendedElizabeth Heard 11yrs Verse - 1 stAlexandra Tzavellas 10yrs Monologue - 2 ndStephanie Sekulovska 11yrs Monologue - 1 stElizabeth Heard 11yrs Public Speaking - 1 stStella Ladikos 14yrs Public Speaking - 1 stZahra Patel 6yrs Verse - 2 ndKrista Simmons 6yrs Verse - Highly CommendedBrighton Stokes 6yrs Verse - 3 rdCourtney Lapka 11yrs Prep. Read. - 2 ndAlexandra Tzavellas 11yrs Prep. Read. – 3 rdStella Ladikos 14yrs Monologue - 3 rdStella Ladikos 14yrs Prep. Read - 1 stNatalie Mocan 9yrs Prep. Read. Section A. - 2 ndAngie Xu 9yrs. Prep. Read. Section A. - 3 rdBianca Chong 9 yrs. Prep. Read. Sect. A. Highly CommendedThea Tong 9yrs. Prep. Read Sect. B - 3 rdSky Peters 9yrs. Prep. Read Section B Highly CommendedNatalie Mocan 9yrs Verse - 2 ndAngie Xu 9yrs Verse - 3 rdSophie Lui 9yrs Very Highly CommendedThea Tong 9yrs Very Highly CommendedSophie Lui 9yrs Public Speaking - 2 ndThea Tong 9yrs Public Speaking - 3 rdBernadine Pizzardi - Very Highly CommendedThea Tong 9yrs. Aust. Verse - 2 ndCourtney Lapka 10yrs Aust. Verse - 1 stIshani Gangopadhyay 10yrs Aust. Verse - 2 ndCourtney Lapka 10 yrs. Verse - 2 ndEmily & Chloe Wallace 13yrs Poem for Two - 1 stStella Ladikos 13/14 Aust. Verse - Highly CommendedIMEB SINGING PERFORMANCEBrighton Stokes Level I 88Mia Gerbino Level I 85Sky Peters Level I 93Emily Wallace Level II 90Rebecca Israel Level II 78Charlie Torr Level III 91Julia Trussler Level III 88Chloe Wallace Level III 91AMEB THEORY EXAMINATIONSMichelle Arcidiacono Grade 6 High DistinctionStephanie Sekulovska Grade 3 High DistinctionIMEB THEORY EXAMINTATONSAngela Chen Grade 6 HonoursMadeleine Sinnis Grade 7 HonoursBianca Borgnolo Grade 7 HonoursChristina Arcidiacono Associate Honours 2011Danebank pupilsKyrani Harris Associate Honours 2011Danebank pupilsIMEB PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONSOlivia Sader Preliminary 90 HonoursKrista Simmons Preliminary 91 HonoursMia Gerbino Preliminary 89 HonoursTaylor Yeung Preliminary 94 HonoursAnnabelle Koumoukelis Preliminary 92 HonoursZoe Wang Preliminary 88 HonoursZahra Patel Preliminary 88 HonoursAngela Wu Preliminary 85 HonoursSabina Xie Preliminary 89 HonoursBrighton Stokes Preliminary 90 HonoursCharlotte Armstrong Pre Grade I 89 HonoursZoe McNamara Pre Grade II 87 HonoursCharlotte Heard Pre Grade II 86 Honours

Opportunities: KatokeSeconday SchoolTanzania1. Deputy Head.Volunteer Christian teacherwith leadership/administrativeexperience.2. Bursar.Volunteer Christian business managerfor East African school.This is an effective school located innorth west Tanzania with anAustralian Head. A challenging, rewarding,life-changing experience.For details: Call Assoc Prof AlanWatson 0422 225 556a.watson@unsw.edu.auAngie Xu Pre Grade II 92 HonoursNatalie Mocan Pre Grade III 91 HonoursRebecca Israel Grade I 86 HonoursThea Tong Grade I 91 HonoursSky Peters Grade I 92 HonoursEmily Wallace Grade I 88 HonoursSophie Lui Grade II 96 HIGH DISTINCTIONEmily Maythers Grade 2 88 HonoursCharlie Torr Grade 2 94 HonoursAlexandra Tzavellas Grade 3 94 HonoursChloe Wallace Grade 3 94 HonoursElizabeth Heard Grade 4 90 HonoursBianca Borgnolo Grade 7 82 CreditI wish to congratulate all my girls on their achievements this year inSinging|Speech|Drama. A wonderful effort! AMEB examinations take place 27-29 th November and two of Danebank’s ‘old girls’ sit for their practical Associate ofSpeech and Drama in February. By all accounts – a successful year!Parents, please consider entering your girls in at least one section of Eisteddfods ifthey are returning next year. This form of performance is preparing them to speak infront of larger crowds, whereas examinations evaluate their standard.Thank you for giving me your girls to teach this year. On the whole we have had ahappy, successful year.Barbara Gall, MA, F.IMEB, Dip (PP) AGM, LSDA, ASDA, A.MUS.A. MAGMRExtra Subjects Teacher – Speech/Drama/SingingStage 2 Inaugural Reading RegattaBelieve it or not, on Tuesday, we had a regatta here at Danebank, with absolutelyno water involved! Competing in the line-up were ten teams: Crazy Canoes, DaringDragon Boats, Fab Ferries, Jumping Jetskis, Gorgeous Gondolas, Luxury Liners,Cool Catamarans, Super Subs, Yahoo Yachts and Outrageous Outriggers.Firing up these teams were the students of Year 3 and Year 4, who were propelledinto the magical world of books by participating in five different activities during themorning. They went on magical carpet rides in an Arabian tent, crept into roomswhere wild things were, drew storyboards, wrote alliterative sentences aboutGorillas, acted out characters, read and watched books on interactive white boardsand found feelings represented in picture book images.After a fun lunch at Hurstville Oval Park, the students all gathered in the PAC,where teachers shared favourite books and memories of books, interspersedwith fun songs. This was a really successful regatta and ended with a photo finishbetween four teams and Luxury Liners winning by a “nose”.Stage 2 students will definitely be looking forward to this fabulous day next year.Mrs Karen Shannon-Duhigg, Stage 2 Co-ordinatorDANEBANK News page 6

ociationp to Year 6Parents & Friends AssociationJunior School DiscoA big thank you to all the Mums andDads who helped in organising thedisco.Your assistance ensured itwas a great afternoon for all.The event raised $2,631 which allgoes back to purchasing valuableextra's for the students.Save the date:The Danebank SchoolAutumn Fairnext year will be heldonSaturday 11th May201312Uniform ShopSchool Term Shop Hours: Tuesday 8am–3.30pm,Thursday & Friday 8am-2pmShop Phone Number: 9585.2016Payment can be made by cash, cheque, eftpos,mastercard or visa (no Amex).Uniform Orders can be placed by phone with paymentby credit card.Updated price lists available from the shop.The Shop is open on Saturday 17 th and 24 th November,2012 from 8am -12pmAppointments are advised!The last day for appointments for new students 2013and current Year Nine Students isThursday 6 th December, 2012January 2013 opening dates:Thursday 24 th January9am-2pmFriday 25 th January9am-2pmTuesday 29 th January9am-2pm (Staff only)Wednesday 30 th January8am-3.30pm (Orientation)cklace)Thursday 31 st January8am-2pm (All students return)Mrs E. BrownKS $2,UniformCHIPSShop Manager$2Clothing PoolShop Hours: Tues 8–9.00 am, Thurs 8.45–10am andFri between 8-9.30amPayments: cash, cheque, credit card and EFTPOS.All clothing donated to the Clothing Pool must be freshlylaundered and all blazers dry cleaned.Clothing with broken zips, tears, hemlines down or stainswill not be accepted.Your name, address and phone number written on anenvelope or card should be pinned securely onto eachitem of clothing. You may price the garment or we willprice the item for you.Any enquiries can be directed to the Clothing PoolConvener, Mr Will Leong 0430 533 112 or Edna Davis0419 273 936.Mr W. Leong,Clothing Pool ConvenerBirthday BooksThe Danebank community wishes to say ‘HappyBirthday’ to the following students:Junior School:Grace Ferrington, Ishani Gangopadhyay,Manuella Gigis, Sophie Le,Melanie Megale, Alisa Pontifix,Hannah Sheaffe, Sabina XieSenior School:Christina Di Meglio, Holly PankhurstTracey Weetman & Silas Dassakis, BirthdayBook ConvenorsParents enquiries to the P&F are welcome. Please send them to: pandf@danebank.nsw.edu.auDANEBANK News page 7

Canteen NewsPlace your lunch order with Munch Monitor – www.munchmonitor.comRemember to submit your order before logging off. If you have any problems please email Munch Monitor: help@munchmonitor.com$50.00 dollar notes will not be accepted at the Canteen.Junior School Canteen• If your daughter is away and she has a Lunch Order you can cancel it before 9.00am or ring the Junior Office and wecan remove the order.• If your daughter has any snack, ice-cream or drinks ordered can you please let them know and remind them to pickthem up at the Canteen• White Slips: If your daughter has a White Slip, the money will now be taken off the Munch Monitor. If your daughterdoes not have Munch Monitor she will still need to bring the money in the next day.• Please place your lunch orders via Munchmonitor by 9.00am please - canteen closes at this time everyday.Senior School CanteenNote: Please assist by having the correct money or small notes.• Please do not order Drinks, Snacks or Ice-creams if ordering on Munch Monitor. These items are to be purchaseddaily from the Canteen. You may only order hot food or sandwiches.• Students please check the Daily Bulletin for Specials.Canteen Roster:Wednesday 21/11/12 Rachael TsangFriday 23/11/12Lynne OzanneMonday 26/11/12 Robyn ConnonIf you would like to volunteer your time email Kathy Murray at Canteen@danebank.nsw.edu.au - your assistance will begreatly appreciated.Mrs K. Murray, Canteen ManagerSports NewsSports NewsGo to:http://sport.danebank.nsw.edu.au/IGSSA Wet Weather No:Number to TEXT only- 19922767Congratulations to Nicole Harris who left Danebank in 2010. Nicole has beennominated for Athlete with a Disability at the NSW Sports Federation. The awardsnight is on 1 st December. Nicole is indeed a very talented athlete in a number ofsports and I am sure we will see her name in lights in the future. Good luck Nicole!Junior School Indoor Hockey Results Week 5Monday 5 th NovemberRaspberry Ripple won 2-0 Excellent team effort! MVP RebeccaBanana Blast drew 0-0 Good work girls, keep working on spacing. MVP TaylorMango Magic lost 0-3. You are starting to understand positions and working well asa team. MVP Nicola.Pineapple Crush lost 0-3. Good improvement on your defence. MVP MikaylaTutti Frutti had a close game but went down 0-1. Well done on keeping sticks down!MVP Charlotte.Hokey Pokey lost 0-5. Keep trying your best girls, you made some great saves!MVP StephanieTuesday 6 th NovemberRainbow Bliss won their match 2-0. Basic fundamentals let us down. Patterns areworking well, just need a bit more desire when attacking the ball. MVP Amelia.Fairy Floss had a fantastic win 4-0. A great game for everyone and they used theboards well! Good job girls! MVP CamrynCosmic crunch had a great win 3-0. They had a good team performance. Finlay setup the game with a great goal. MVP FinlayChoc Swirl won 2-0. They displayed good support in defence. Just make sure youare trapping the ball first to gain control! MVP ChenniaMrs R. Ackland, PD/H/PE DepartmentDANEBANK News page 8

SwimathonWhat a great day of fun, food, colour,music, and of course lots of swimming.The junior school kicked off proceedingsin the morning with the following totals:Year 6 – 855Year 5 – 755Year 4 – 839Year 3 – 921Then there was an invasion of seniorstudents and staff. Actually, I think therewas more floating and talking thanactual lap swimming, but everyonecertainly contributed in their own way.The staff – 8 swimmers - swam a totalof 500 laps. Congratulations to VeronicaWilliamson – Language Staff – whoswam 106 laps, and to Bianca Smith –Year 11 – who swam 101 laps.It was great to see so many girlsparticipate, not only in the pool, butalso baking and donating their cakesand biscuits to be sold. Thank you alsoto the donations from the pink muftiday that everyone enjoyed. So far weraised $2100 on the day (excludingsponsorship money).A really big thank you to Sue Tonkissand her amazing pool staff – Mandy,Janine, Aaron and Andrew, for keepingeveryone safe in the pool.Finally the biggest thank you’s go tothe amazing prefects, ably led by LilleeForrester and Mollie Rae; and all theYear 11’s who helped on the day.You were all so organised and efficientand kept everyone on task throughoutthe day. Mrs Parkes, our wonderfulPDHPE Co-ordinator who died in 2007after a long battle with breast cancer,would be so proud of your outstandingefforts.Now all we need to do is get thesponsorship money into the senior officeso we get the money off to the McGrathFoundation.Water PoloCongratulations to Mollie Williams who was selected in the IGSSA Water Polo squadand trialled for CIS. Mollie has been selected as first reserve. Hopefully she will geta go at the All Schools Trials early in 2013!For the IGSSA competition this term Danebank is having a great season with teamsin the top 4! Only finals will be played this year and they will be 1 st December. Keepgoing all and hopefully we will make some finals!Results so far after week 4 -Danebank 5 and 8: 1 stDanebank 7: 2 ndDanebank 2 and 4: 3rdDanebank 1 and 3: 4 thDanebank 6: 7 thJunior School Indoor Hockey Results Week 6Monday 12 th NovemberBanana Blast won 2-0. A massive improvement on teamwork! Keep it up guys! MVPChloeMango Magic unfortunately lost 0-2. Great teamwork guys! Just need to be a little bitstronger in defence. MVP SydneyPineapple Crush unfortunately lost 0-2. Good teamwork girls just got to rememberthat we need to trap to control the ball before you push. MVP BiancaCookies n Cream unfortunately lost 1-3. Improving each week guys! It was anunfortunate loss. Keep up the good work! MVP AlexandraTutti Frutti had a great win 2-0. Good work girls! A big improvement and greatlistening! MVP JessieHokey Pokey had a double header this week. They unfortunately lost both games:0-4 loss the first and 0-2 loss. There was lots of improvement. You are really gettingbetter and better each week. MVP Grace and Isabella KTuesday 13 th NovemberRainbow Bliss had a great 6-0 win. Need to maintain intensity when things are easy.Need to remember to always work hard. Good win girls! MVP NatashaFairy Floss were so unfortunate to lose right at the last minute losing 0-1. Greatdefence, just need to remember to have a shot at goal at first opportunity. MVPCamrynCosmic Crunch won 4-1. Got to communicate with each other but it was a great wingirls. MVP AlexandraChoc Swirl had a great win 2-0. Great goal by Isabella! Girls you are reallyimproving each week, keep it up guys. MVP IsabellaMrs R. AcklandPD/H/PE DepartmentThank you again, it is such a joy workingwith you for such a worthy cause.Mrs A. Lees, Head of PD/H/PECongratulationsCongratulations to Caitlin McConnell(Year 11) who has been selected forthe NSWIS Elite program for Netball.She has been selected in a squad ofonly 24 girls and will attend trainingand games for State League Division1 instead of her club commitments.This is a fantastic achievement andwe may see her in the Swifts teamsoon!! Good luck Caitlin!DANEBANK News page 9