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<strong>Issue</strong> 1 <strong>Term</strong> <strong>II</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
NEWSLETTER<br />
An International Baccalaureate<br />
World School<br />
Academic • Christian • Caring<br />
The da Vinci Decathalon <strong>2017</strong><br />
TIGS<br />
The Illawarra Grammar School
HEADMASTER<br />
Mrs Judi Nealy<br />
Acting Headmaster<br />
What is the purpose of the school newsletter?<br />
• to celebrate achievements<br />
• to tell the many good stories of our school and community<br />
• to increase awareness around educational issues and thinking<br />
• to create connectedness<br />
This term I looked at the calendar to see what has happened since the last newsletter and this is<br />
what I could quickly see:<br />
• Junior School OZ Opera<br />
• TIGS DANCE Evening<br />
• Elective Music Concerts<br />
• Easter Service<br />
• School and NASSA Cross Country<br />
• Regional da Vinci Decathlon for Year 5 – Year 10 (three separate events)<br />
• AICES and NASSA Touch football<br />
• CIS AFL Trials<br />
• Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition<br />
• CIS Swimming<br />
• Continuing rehearsals for the production Mary Poppins<br />
• Planning for the Mother’s Day Breakfast<br />
• ANZAC Day Services<br />
What conclusions can be drawn from this exercise, and what conclusions do I hope our community<br />
sees?<br />
Firstly, breadth. Our school offers an astounding breadth of opportunities to grow, learn, develop<br />
and shine. TIGS graduates are typically confident and willing to step out into various opportunities<br />
that are presented to them. This is because our students have the opportunity to follow their talents<br />
and passions and develop that confidence through the many opportunities offered here at our<br />
School.<br />
Secondly, diversity. Our learners are multifaceted, they can be athletes and linguists, artists<br />
and academics or any other combination of gifts, talents, opportunities and interests. This week<br />
we hosted the da Vinci Decathlon for Years 7 to Year 10 and competed in the Junior School<br />
Decathlon at another school. The da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to<br />
challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. Students compete in teams of eight across<br />
10 disciplines: Engineering, Mathematics and Chess, Code Breaking, Art and Poetry, Science,<br />
English, Philosophy, Creative Producers, Cartography and General Knowledge.<br />
Finally, community. TIGS is unique in the support given to all of our learners by staff and by the other<br />
young people in finding that special area where they experience “flow” and developing their skills<br />
and expertise in that area. This is really exciting because when I observe one person shining at<br />
the front of the stage, athletics track, classroom, or any other area in our School, I typically see a<br />
supportive network of community surrounding that person, assisting them to achieve to that level
<strong>2017</strong> ANZAC Dawn Service. Three staff and 17 students from Year 10, 11 and 12 participated in a 3-day<br />
expedition to Splendour Rock in the heart of the Blue Mountains to commemorate ANZAC Day. Two of our<br />
students, Remi Moores and Darcy Fisher, had the privilege of leading the National Anthem which brought<br />
many of the attendees to tears.<br />
as well as celebrating with them as they achieve it. We also enjoy the benefits of strong parent<br />
and community involvement and this is currently being lived out by our group of dads working<br />
hard to organise the Junior School Mother’s Day Breakfast and the “Understanding How the HSC<br />
Works” workshops being organised by the P&F.<br />
This combination of community, diversity and breadth results in a wonderful learning journey for the<br />
vast majority of students at our School. I encourage families to continue to seek out opportunities<br />
to be involved in the broader life at TIGS and benefit from the experiences, connections and<br />
growth that can occur as a result.<br />
Over the holiday break I have finished reading a great book by Dr Phillip Dow on Intellectual<br />
Character Development. In this book, Philip Dow presents a case for the recovery of intellectual<br />
character. He explores seven key virtues - courage, carefulness, tenacity, fair-mindedness, curiosity,<br />
honesty and humility and discusses their many benefits. The recovery of virtue, Dow argues, is not<br />
about doing the right things, but about becoming the right kind of person. I look forward to sharing<br />
some of the thinking about each of the virtues with our school community over the coming weeks.<br />
Staffing Changes in the Finance Department<br />
TIGS Business Manager, Mr Ben Marsh, has accepted a position as Business<br />
Manager at Malek Fahd Islamic School and will be finishing up at TIGS on 19th<br />
May.<br />
Ben has been a great asset to our School and we wish him much success in his<br />
new role. He is excited about the challenges of a new school with a very large<br />
enrolment (over 2400 students) and three campuses.<br />
Allan Munro will take carriage of the Finance Office for the immediate future.<br />
Please direct any inquiries concerning fees or payments to Allan after 19 May<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.
Against the Flow<br />
I was blessed to enjoy some Long Service Leave<br />
during the second half of <strong>Term</strong> I. A part of my leave<br />
was spent in the United States. I enjoyed three weeks<br />
travelling with one of my sons. Much of our time was<br />
spent walking the streets of San Francisco, New<br />
Orleans and New York. We averaged around twenty<br />
kilometres a day. It’s a great way to get to know a<br />
city.<br />
I had been to the States once before. On that<br />
occasion, I did a lot of driving or commuted via<br />
public transport. That shielded me somewhat from<br />
an experience I had this time as a pedestrian. We all<br />
know that Americans drive on the right-hand side of<br />
the road. What I hadn’t fully appreciated was how<br />
profoundly our traffic rules impact us as pedestrians.<br />
As pedestrians, we tend to walk according to<br />
our traffic laws. It’s just something we do without<br />
thinking. For example, when passing someone going<br />
the opposite direction on a footpath in Australia we<br />
take to the left almost as if we were in vehicles on<br />
the road. In the U.S., however, pedestrians take to<br />
the right in agreement with their own traffic rules.<br />
Rev. James Rogers<br />
Chaplain<br />
In the Bible, God presents to us a true construction<br />
of life. Sometimes this agrees well with the way we<br />
have constructed things ourselves (we have good<br />
instincts; we are made in God’s image). At other<br />
times, we find we have got it horribly wrong (we<br />
are fallen people who tend to move in opposite<br />
directions to God’s good intentions for us). Following<br />
God’s way will occasionally cause us to bump up<br />
against those who are going the way of human<br />
construction (what the Bible calls ‘the way of the<br />
world’). This demands a decision from us. Which way<br />
will we go?<br />
It’s here that we need to remind ourselves that as<br />
the Author of Life God knows what’s best for us. We<br />
will do well to fall in line with him. God says this to us<br />
in Romans 12.2:<br />
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this<br />
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your<br />
mind. Then you will be able to test and approve<br />
what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect<br />
will.”.<br />
CHAPLAIN<br />
What this meant for me was that I had to consciously<br />
reorient myself from the left to the right as a<br />
pedestrian. My mind had to be engaged because<br />
my instincts, born out of many years of conditioning<br />
in Australia, had me on the left. Needless to say, I<br />
slipped into automatic on many occasions (too<br />
many!) and found myself bumping into goodhearted<br />
Americans who were navigating their own<br />
paths in automatic. Sometimes (fortunately not too<br />
often) I incited the ire of those whose path I was<br />
impeding.<br />
It was somewhat of a revelation to me how our<br />
conduct as pedestrians was so dictated by the<br />
traffic rules we had established. That got me thinking<br />
how this is true of much of life. As human beings, we<br />
construct a norm for living. We tend to fall in line with<br />
this construction. We are usually fine with this until we<br />
bump into someone taking a different path. We are<br />
caused to wonder who has it right.
JUNIOR SCHOOL<br />
School Dismissal Procedures<br />
Our School Campus is a busy place with multiple<br />
things happening every afternoon. We need the<br />
support of all parents and our whole community in<br />
ensuring that the children are supervised and safe.<br />
Recently I have noticed children playing around<br />
campus whilst not under the direct supervision of<br />
an adult (either teacher or parents). This is a difficult<br />
situation for both the staff and for other children<br />
whose parents are either in Car Line or not on<br />
campus.<br />
This week, staff have been directing and reminding<br />
students of the dismissal procedures that apply to<br />
all children in the Junior School. Thank you to our<br />
parents who support us in reminding their children<br />
of these rules and the reasons why they must be<br />
implemented. For your information, the requirements<br />
are as follows:<br />
After School Activities<br />
Students participating in after school activities must<br />
wait quietly on the Amphitheatre or the Breezeway<br />
for their activity to commence. They are not to play<br />
handball or any other game. At the conclusion of<br />
the activity, they are to be collected by parent/s<br />
and if not, will be escorted to TIGS Extend.<br />
Car Line<br />
Junior School students can only be collected<br />
from Drummond Drive Car Line. Students are not<br />
permitted to walk up to the Powell Street car park<br />
or to Western Avenue to wait with older siblings. All<br />
Junior School students being collected by car must<br />
sit in the supervised area and be escorted to the car<br />
by a staff member. Parents are also asked to check<br />
for people walking behind their cars before opening<br />
car boots and tailgates.<br />
Buses<br />
Students travelling on TIGS buses must wait on the<br />
Amphitheatre until the teacher on duty collects<br />
them to walk to the bus.<br />
Students catching buses from the Princes Highway sit<br />
in the supervised car line area until their bus arrives.<br />
Students Walking Home<br />
Students who walk home of an afternoon are to wait<br />
on the Amphitheatre until 3:10pm when they are<br />
dismissed by a teacher to walk home.<br />
Mrs Narelle McRae<br />
Acting Head of Junior School/<br />
Director of Student Wellbeing Junior School<br />
Library Access<br />
Students in Year 6 only may access the School<br />
Library in the afternoon for quiet study or homework.<br />
These students meet on the Amphitheatre and are<br />
directed to the Library at 3:10pm when Senior classes<br />
conclude. They must sign in at the Library reception<br />
and be signed out when they are collected by<br />
parents. They must remain in the Library until they<br />
are collected. Please note that the Library closes at<br />
4.00pm on Fridays.<br />
Access to Playground Equipment<br />
Students are not permitted to play on any play<br />
equipment unless directly supervised by a staff<br />
member or their parents. This is an important safety<br />
rule and any students noted doing this will be<br />
escorted either to the car line waiting area, the<br />
Amphitheatre waiting area or to the Junior School<br />
office.<br />
Prep Siblings<br />
Siblings of Prep students are provided with a<br />
supervised waiting area in a Junior School classroom<br />
and must be collected no later than 4.00pm.<br />
Students still in the room after 4.00pm will be taken<br />
down to TIGS Extend.<br />
The Prep student must be in attendance on the day<br />
for the Junior School student to be able to attend<br />
the Sibling Waiting Room facility.<br />
Before School Arrangements<br />
Supervision is provided on the Amphitheatre from<br />
8:00am until play commences at 8.20am. Children<br />
arriving early to school are to come straight to the<br />
Amphitheatre with their bags.<br />
Music Lessons<br />
Children having music lessons before or after school<br />
are to be under the direct supervision of their tutor<br />
or parents. Siblings are not to play near the music<br />
tutor rooms during the lesson, they are to follow the<br />
procedures outlined above.<br />
It is very important that we have routines and<br />
processes to keep our students safe before and<br />
after school. I appreciate the assistance of all school<br />
families in making sure we know where the children<br />
are before and after school and in keeping them<br />
safe at school each day.
SPORT<br />
Junior School Cross Country<br />
Well done to all our Year 3 to Year 6 students on their wonderful participation in the Cross Country last Wednesday.<br />
The House competition was close and tightly contested. Congratulations to Aranda on first place followed by Coligan,<br />
Wolgal and then Kogara House.<br />
Age Results<br />
8/9 Years<br />
Thomas Partland<br />
Daniel Llewellin<br />
Hamish Lepp<br />
Cate Giason<br />
Charlotte Wall<br />
Annaliese Brunskill<br />
11 Years<br />
Christian Vujic<br />
Alexander Vartazarian<br />
William Hernandez<br />
Jessica Llewellin<br />
Allegra Fock<br />
Emily Sutherland<br />
10 Years<br />
Ben Harman<br />
Alexander Gallagher<br />
Alec Rix<br />
Ella Fennell<br />
Popi Tsaganas<br />
Charlotte I’Ons<br />
12/13 Years<br />
Angus Kiang<br />
Connor Burrows<br />
Jacobus Newhouse<br />
Pia D’Rozario<br />
Sarah Partland<br />
Rebecca Winn<br />
A team of 64 runners will travel to the Sydney Equestrian Centre on Thursday to compete in the NASSA Cross Country Carnival<br />
and attempt to return the Champion School shield to TIGS.<br />
MOTHER’S DAY STALL<br />
It is that time of year again where the Junior School children will have the opportunity<br />
to participate in the Mother’s Day Stall Fundraiser. The children are always very<br />
excited to be able to choose from a wide selection of presents for their loved ones.<br />
Each present will be $10.00<br />
$5.00 of this, as always, will be for School fundraising. For your child to participate,<br />
please go to the Flexi Schools link below, log in and select each student that will be<br />
purchasing a gift.<br />
https://www.flexischools.com.au<br />
(Please remember NO gift is required)<br />
The Mother’s Day Stall will be held over 2 days:<br />
Monday 8 May<br />
Cooinda, Marana & Elanora<br />
Kindergarten<br />
Years 5 & 6<br />
Friday 12 May<br />
Cooinda, Marana & Elanora<br />
Years 1 – 4
JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS<br />
MERIT<br />
CERTIFICATES<br />
Academic<br />
Popi Tsaganas<br />
Eva Still<br />
Odette Sperring<br />
Cohen Sawyer<br />
Arya Patil<br />
Nikole Noveski<br />
Ryan Molnar<br />
Ella McIlwraith<br />
Roscoe Kambouris<br />
Nicholas Happe<br />
Reid Gunther<br />
Cate Giason<br />
Naomi Fock<br />
Emily Clark<br />
Henry Chen<br />
Riya Bahl<br />
Anushka Bartholomeusz<br />
Service<br />
James Gardner<br />
Rebecca Winn<br />
Personal Presentation<br />
Mackayla Hutchinson<br />
EXTEND @ TIGS<br />
KM<br />
KP<br />
1R<br />
1S<br />
1Y<br />
2M<br />
2S<br />
2T<br />
3D<br />
4G<br />
4J<br />
4R<br />
5C<br />
5M<br />
6C<br />
6H<br />
6Y<br />
WEEKLY<br />
AWARDS<br />
Soren Palmisano, Daniel Ushindi<br />
Ben Garvin, Boyu Hu<br />
Nikole Noveski, Arya Patil<br />
Ava Bentley, Gretel Alexander, Joshua Mumford<br />
Vishaal Rindani, Odette Sperring<br />
Lauren Carmody, Harrison Stone<br />
Naomi Fock, Zara Clark<br />
Arwen Bowman, Aushada Ranamuka Rallage<br />
Nicole Choi<br />
Astrid Sperring<br />
Ayaan Chabungbam, Kayden Merrit, Annabelle Sheargold<br />
Ryan Molnar, Nelle-May Makowski, Spencer Newhouse, John Perri<br />
Nicole Mau, Cohen Sawyer<br />
Ali Matar, Ella McIlwraith<br />
Oscar Ryan, Tess Rowland<br />
Reid Gunther, Nykita McIlwraith<br />
Cody Maynes-Rutty, Molly Buikstra<br />
Awards listed in the <strong>Newsletter</strong> will be presented at<br />
Assembly/Chapel the following Thursday at 12.10pm<br />
Assembly<br />
4G will be hosting<br />
next week’s Assembly<br />
in Rees Hall from 12.10pm.<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
Last week we had a great time starting the school term with new experiences, we have a brand new MP3 speaker so we<br />
have been spending the afternoons dancing in the sunshine and trying out our brand new sports equipment, even the<br />
teachers were doing handstands and cartwheels! Come along and join the fun at TIGS Extend! Where the FUN never ends!<br />
Natalie, Team Leader<br />
Our Extend Superstar is:<br />
Subodh Parab, for always walking into Extend with a smile and always being positive!<br />
What’s on next week?<br />
Monday 8 May: Science Experience – Colour Transfer & Capture the Flag<br />
Tuesday 7 May: Tornado in a Bottle & Nature Hunt Bingo!<br />
Wednesday 8 May: 3D Handprints & Group Stretch Gymnastics!<br />
Thursday 9 May: Autumn Handprint Tree & Graveyard!<br />
Friday 10 May: Chocolate Cupcakes & Adventures to Play Gym!<br />
To check out what’s on visit our website at extend.com.au and book via the Extend Parent Portal.
SENIOR SCHOOL<br />
Mr Greg Lanyon<br />
Head of Senior School<br />
Welcome back to the TIGS community after,<br />
hopefully, a restful break at the end of a busy term,<br />
culminating with the successful ArtsFest Showcase.<br />
This great event was well attended by school<br />
families, friends, past and present students. There<br />
were several successes by students in the Senior<br />
School at the end of last term and over the Easter<br />
break.<br />
In Debating, TIGS hosted Round 2 of HICES Debating,<br />
in Week 9 of <strong>Term</strong> I. It was a very successful afternoon<br />
and evening organised by Mrs Burton, ably assisted<br />
by Mrs Bowmaker and Mrs Toland.<br />
Two of our middle teams won their debates, as did<br />
Year 11 Opens and the Senior team (by forfeit). In<br />
Year 7 and 8, Alexandra Wall, Nathaniel Makotsvana,<br />
Nicholas Chiaverini, Isabella and Charlotte Atkinson,<br />
Aditya Sinha, Nick Seal and Enuri Gamage acquitted<br />
themselves well with close losses. For several of these<br />
students it was the first time that they had been part<br />
of a formal debate.<br />
The following students were members of the teams<br />
who won debates in this round. Lachlan Boardman,<br />
Katie Gorham, Beth Michelmore and Ashton Mackay<br />
in Year 7. Lucy Koder, Aria Bacic-Johnston, Daniel<br />
Michelmore and Mackinly Zecevic in Year 8. Sam<br />
Aubin (Year 9), Francesca Lambert, Minseo Kang<br />
and Nicole Russo in Year 10. Daniel Dragutinovich,<br />
Jana Massingham, Zara Winter and Noah Koder in<br />
Year 11.<br />
Thanks also to Ella de Graaf-Clark and Lara<br />
Papadimitriou who were dedicated timekeepers<br />
and chairpersons for the evening.<br />
In the visual arts, students are encouraged to enter<br />
various state and national school art competitions<br />
and events. One such event that some of our students<br />
participated in last term was “Operation Art”, an<br />
initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in<br />
association with the New South Wales Department<br />
of Education. The Operation Art Program provides<br />
a forum for schools and students to demonstrate<br />
their visual arts achievements through exhibitions at<br />
the Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park and the<br />
Art Gallery of New South Wales and it also brings<br />
happiness to the children at Westmead Childrens<br />
Hospital https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/visualarts/operation-art-<strong>2017</strong><br />
Emily Choi (Year 8) entered in the Operation Art<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Touring Exhibition. Her work was one of 50 from<br />
thousands of entries to be selected to be hung at The<br />
Art Gallery of NSW from 12 – 23 April <strong>2017</strong> and then it<br />
will be given to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead<br />
to become part of their permanent collection. Emily<br />
is a keen art student who has attended Art from the<br />
Heart with Mrs Kallinikos throughout her junior years at<br />
TIGS and she continues to study art with Ms Colville.<br />
She has participated in this competition over several<br />
years and was very excited to be selected this year.<br />
We congratulate Emily on her selection and on the<br />
presentation of a special certificate awarded to<br />
her at the Art Gallery and look forward to her future<br />
achievements in Visual Arts.<br />
Over the break, Alex Saddi (Year 10), received the<br />
Australian Scout Medallion, which is the top award<br />
in the Scout section within Australia and awarded<br />
to only the top 5% of Scouts in the country. Alex<br />
is a member of the 1st Bulli Scout Troop and he<br />
earned his award as a Patrol Leader who displayed<br />
outstanding leadership, organisation and drive<br />
along with high-level practical scouting knowledge<br />
and skills. Of particular note, Alex organised a<br />
group of volunteers from the Sandon Point Surf Life<br />
Saving Club and Scouts to restore the gardens and<br />
surrounds of the surf club. Congratulations to Alex for<br />
his commitment to the Scouts.<br />
Also during the Easter break, Daniel Michelmore<br />
represented the School and the Illawarra region at<br />
the National UN Youth Voice competition in Hobart.<br />
This was a transformational experience for Daniel,<br />
his performance and achievement at this national<br />
event was extraordinary. He researched and spoke<br />
about two important topic areas: “How can we<br />
ensure that all Australians have access to adequate<br />
health services?” and “How can we create a fairer<br />
justice system for disadvantaged Australians?”.<br />
Congratulations Daniel.
HSC INFORMATION SESSION<br />
FOR YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6<br />
Thursday 11 May 5.00pm<br />
Friday 12 May 11.00am<br />
Tuesday 16 May 5.00pm<br />
Wednesday 17 May 10.00am<br />
Goodhew Research Centre (Library)<br />
Book NOW!<br />
HSC INFORMATION<br />
SESSION FOR YEAR 7<br />
TO YEAR 10<br />
Monday 22 May 5.00pm<br />
Thursday 25 May 5.00pm<br />
Goodhew Research Centre (Library)<br />
Book NOW!
SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT<br />
AICES Swimming<br />
On Thursday 30 March, TIGS took 24 students to represent NASSA at the AICES Swimming Championships. Our students<br />
produced some wonderful results in the water as a team. Last year we looked to our girls for the points and this year it was the<br />
boy’s turn to help out TIGS Swim Team and maintain the winning culture in the pool. Overall TIGS came away with the most<br />
medals. In the team point score our boys came first and the girls came fourth. It was pleasing to see this year that every age<br />
group in the relays progressed onto swimming at the NSW CIS Championships.<br />
A very big thank you to Mr Edgerton, our bus driver, and Mrs Lane for coordinating the events for the team.<br />
Results<br />
Year group Boys Age Champion Girl Age Champion<br />
12 equal 6th Kaleb Anderson 29th Zoe Turner<br />
13 1st Omar Matar<br />
7th Eva Katkjaer<br />
Equal 6th Ben Giason<br />
14 3rd James Healey<br />
19th Daniel Jiang<br />
10th Aria Bacic-Johnston<br />
15th Caitlyn Mortimer<br />
15 23rd Amy Logan<br />
16 4th Kyra King<br />
17 4th Nathan De Lutiis<br />
8th Timothy Gaynor<br />
Equal 12th Georgia Robson<br />
Equal 12th Jana Massingham<br />
19th Matthew Logan<br />
18 1st Ethan Dorrian<br />
Team Scores<br />
1st Boys<br />
4th Girls<br />
Co-educational Schools Medal Count<br />
1st TIGS<br />
Boy’s Swimmer of the Meet<br />
1st Ethan Dorrian (Year 12)<br />
2nd Omar Matar (Year 8)<br />
12th James Healey (Year 8)<br />
16th Nathan De Lutiis (Year 11)
Cross Country<br />
The <strong>2017</strong> Cross Country was another successful sporting<br />
event with excellent participation across the Houses.<br />
Congratulations to Kogara House who finished overall winners<br />
with 6872 points across the day. Kogara was closely followed<br />
by Aranda House in 2nd place on 6826 points, 3rd place was<br />
Coligan on 6435 points and 4th place was Wolgal on 5912<br />
points. The following students are to be congratulated for<br />
achieving Age Champion for <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Another important part of the carnival was the House<br />
Fundraising competition. Congratulations to all Houses for<br />
raising a total of $2690 for the four charities listed below.<br />
Aranda – Wollongong Homeless Hub: $1000<br />
Coligan – Sony Camp Foundation: $665<br />
Kogara – Anglicare: $692<br />
Wolgal – Crossroads Foundation: $333<br />
<strong>2017</strong> Age Champions<br />
12 Year Girls 12 Year Boys<br />
1st Katie Gorham<br />
1st Zachary Birch<br />
2nd Elizabeth Michelmore 2nd Jordan McRae<br />
3rd Alexia Loeser<br />
3rd Nathaniel Makotsvana<br />
13 Year Girls 13 Year Boys<br />
1st Eva Katkjaer<br />
1st Ben Giason<br />
2nd Adelaide Thompson 2nd Hugo Parrish<br />
3rd Alexandra Wall<br />
3rd Daniel Grieve<br />
14 Year Girls 14 Year Boys<br />
1st Victoria Summerill<br />
1st James Healey<br />
2nd Ella Vartazarian<br />
2nd Nicholas Seal<br />
3rd Ruby D’Rozario<br />
3rd Stephen Borg<br />
15 Year Girls 15 Year Boys<br />
1st Claire Smallhorn<br />
1st Luke Wilson<br />
2nd Margaux Chauvet 2nd Finley McLaren<br />
3rd Amy Logan<br />
3rd Thomas Main<br />
16 Year Girls 16 Year Boys<br />
1st Emmanuela Franco 1st Eden McCall<br />
2nd Ruby Crandell<br />
2nd Jonathon<br />
Michalopoulos<br />
3rd Joanne Karakousis<br />
3rd Griffin Spicknal<br />
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Nalgene<br />
Sherpa<br />
Scarpa<br />
RAB<br />
16 May <strong>2017</strong><br />
3.30pm – 7.30pm<br />
In the Multi Purpose Room<br />
17 Year Girls 17 Year Boys<br />
1st Rebekah Hutton<br />
1st James Seal<br />
2nd Georgia Robson<br />
2nd Elliot Hutt<br />
3rd Thea Johnson<br />
3rd Aiden Wingate<br />
18 Year Girls 18 Year Boys<br />
1st Elizabeth Martin<br />
1st Harrison Taranto<br />
2nd Sarah I’Ons<br />
2nd Nicholas Gulaj<br />
3rd Lucinda Paine<br />
3rd Ethan Dorrian
Surfing<br />
On Monday 3 April, TIGS students Joseph Druett (Year 9),<br />
Finley McLaren (Year 10), Tahlia Collinge (Year 9), Riley<br />
Hanlon (Year 10), Billy Fisher (Year 12) and Michaela McGrath<br />
(Year 12), represented the school at the South Coast All<br />
Schools Surfing Championships at Mollymook Beach.<br />
The championships, held each year, are open to all South<br />
Coast schools and are a qualifying event for the State<br />
Championships held later in the year. After surfing well<br />
against tough opposition, Billy, Riley and Joseph narrowly<br />
missed out on progressing to the finals. Tahlia (Juniors) and<br />
Michaela (Seniors) made the final five in their respective<br />
divisions and Finley won the Junior Male Division and qualified<br />
for the State Championships, a fantastic achievement!<br />
Australian Junior Athletics<br />
Championships<br />
Congratulations to the following students who competed<br />
at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Sydney<br />
during late March:<br />
Elizabeth Martin<br />
U20 Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: 7th 11:49.85<br />
James Seal<br />
U18 Men’s 1500m: 4th 3:55.87, U18 Men’s 3000m: 4th<br />
8:50.38<br />
James Gorham<br />
U16 Men’s Pole Vault: 7th 3.20m<br />
A special congratulations to Elizabeth Martin and James<br />
Seal who were selected in the Australian Junior Squad to<br />
compete at the Oceania Area Championships in Fiji at the<br />
end of June.<br />
Australian U/15 Hockey Championships<br />
Congratulations to Claire Smallhorn (Year 10) who<br />
represented NSW U/15 Hockey team at the Australian<br />
U/15 Hockey Championships in Sydney during April. Her<br />
team finished the competition in third place. A special<br />
congratulations to Claire for being named as the captain<br />
of the team throughout the competition.<br />
Dallas International Cup<br />
Congratulations to Margaux Chauvet (Year 9) who<br />
represented Football NSW at the Dallas International Cup<br />
in the USA. Her team finished second in their pool (the first<br />
team in the pool were the eventual champions).<br />
Photos courtesy of Nick McLaren<br />
Upcoming Sport Events<br />
AICES Open Football<br />
Monday 8 May<br />
CIS Boys Basketball<br />
Monday 8 May<br />
NSW All Schools Swimming<br />
Friday 12 May<br />
TIGS Senior Athletics Carnival<br />
Monday 5 June<br />
Bill Turner Trophy – Girls Football<br />
On Tuesday 2 May, our TIGS U/15 Girls Football team played<br />
against Woonona High School for the first round of the Bill<br />
Turner Trophy. TIGS was dominant on the day, taking a 2-0<br />
lead after 10 minutes and going in to the half-time break<br />
with a 3-0 lead. It was an impressive display from the girls<br />
who ended up winning the game 6-1.<br />
Goal scorers were Zoe Dribbus (4), Anastasia Grozdanov<br />
and Iluka Budai. The team was: Elena Papadimitriou, Carys<br />
Jenkins, Zoe Dribbus, Katherine Pennington, Charlotte<br />
Tregonning, Claire Nguyen, Margaux Chauvet, Anastasia<br />
Grozdanov, Iluka Budai, Katie Gorham, Adelaide Thompson,<br />
Victoria Summerill, Regan Norris, Amy Logan and Elizabeth<br />
Michelmore. Coach: Mr Deck. Manager: Mr Edgerton.<br />
Thanks to Trent Ledwidge and Arah Mizori for being linesmen<br />
for the game.
TIGS GREAT FETE<br />
TIGS Great Fete is just 2 weeks away and we need your help to make it a success! We love to see everyone<br />
in our School Community contribute in any way they can. Here are some ways you can help…<br />
Make a gift basket and<br />
drop it off at The Piper<br />
Centre<br />
Drop donations off at the storage<br />
container in the IGC carpark<br />
between 6.30am and 3.00pm<br />
weekdays. Items can include new<br />
and second-hand goods such<br />
as toys and games, books, DVDs,<br />
school uniforms, accessories,<br />
jewellery, handbags and<br />
homewares.<br />
Volunteer a few hours<br />
to assist on a stall. Email<br />
pandf@tigs.com.au<br />
and let us know your<br />
availability.<br />
Pack donations in your car-boot<br />
this weekend! On Monday May<br />
8 we will have staff available at<br />
the Junior School car-line from<br />
8am-9am to unpack donations<br />
from your boot. Raffle tickets can<br />
also be returned. No bulky items<br />
please.<br />
Bring donations for the wine<br />
raffle to the Junior School or<br />
Senior School office.<br />
Return your raffle tickets<br />
and money to the Junior<br />
School or Senior School<br />
office.<br />
Bake a cake or cupcakes.<br />
Cake boxes are available in the<br />
canteen. Don’t forget to let the<br />
stall coordinators know you will<br />
be baking! Email Nina at nfield@<br />
leukaemia.org.au to let her know<br />
you are baking a cake or advise<br />
Sharon on sgions@gmail.com if you<br />
will be bringing cupcakes.<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
Volunteer as stall<br />
coordinator for Face<br />
painting (equipment and<br />
consumables are ready to<br />
go) or White elephant and<br />
second-hand toys.<br />
Skip the queues! Pre-order on<br />
Flexischools. Order ride bands,<br />
sticky date puddings, Krispy<br />
Kremes, show bags and raffle<br />
tickets here.<br />
A big thank you for all your support and generosity in making this year’s Fete one to remember.<br />
Melanie Silburn, Jenny Evans, Lisa Wilson, Danielle Attorre and Joanne Danckwardt<br />
P&F Fete Co-ordinators
COMMUNITY<br />
Entries Close Sunday 7 May!
Tues - Thur<br />
9 - 11<br />
May<br />
Wednesday<br />
10<br />
May<br />
Friday<br />
12<br />
May<br />
Tuesday<br />
16<br />
May<br />
Saturday<br />
20<br />
May<br />
NAPLAN Exams<br />
Years 3, 5, 7 and 9<br />
DP and HSC Parent Information Evening<br />
(Year 9 and Year 10 parents welcome)<br />
5:30-6:30pm in the Goodhew Research<br />
Centre (Library)<br />
Mothers Day Breakfast<br />
Rees Hall at 7.00 - 8.00am<br />
Book NOW!<br />
Year 9 Camp and Duke of Edinburgh<br />
Information Evening<br />
Goodhew Research Centre (Library)<br />
5.30pm - 6.00pm Duke of Edinburgh<br />
6.00pm - 7.00pm Year 9 Camp<br />
TIGS Great Fete<br />
10.00am - 3.00pm<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Monday<br />
5<br />
Jun<br />
Senior School Athletics Carnival<br />
All Day Event<br />
Kerry McCann Athletics Centre, Beaton Park<br />
Find us on<br />