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TERM 1

MAR

16 Yr.10 Commerce excursion International Day Planning

Meetings (ASSEMBLY BELLS) Yr.10 Commerce excursion KO Basketball SRC meetings at lunchtime

17 Yr.11/12 Dance excursion KO Water Polo

18 Yr.9 PASS Surf Camp Duke of Edinburgh Parent

Meeting, Library, 6:00pm P&C AGM, Library, 7:00pm

19 Yr.7 STARR Day Yr.8 Red Cross Calling, p.1 Yr.12 Chemistry excursion Yr.7 Parent Evening, 6pm, Library

20 KO Softball Yr.7/10 Big Sister activity, p.3

21 Harmony Day

23 ASSEMBLY

24 Regional Swimming Carnival Disruption to internet today due to

maintenance

25 KO Cricket

26 Rehearsals for International Day (technical and performers)

International Day Meetings (assembly bell times)

27 INTERNATIONAL DAY

30 Yr.10/11 VET Work Ready Day

31 Yr.7 Powerhouse excursion Great Book Swap excursion to

Sydney University Yr.12 talk: managing HSC stress

APR

1 NSW CHS Swimming Carnival Captains to Parliament House Screening and Q&A in Hall,

5:30pm, Kayla Hill Passion Project School Council Meeting

2 NSW CHS Swimming / Diving

3 NSW CHS Swimming / Diving

4 Borneo trip fundraiser BBQ at Ashfield Bunnings

6 BEP Tour 6-8 April ANZAC ASSEMBLY

7 School Cross-Country Carnival BEP Tour day 2

8 BEP Tour day 3 Yr.12 Nan Tien Temple excursion

9 Yr.12 Nan Tien excursion day 2 Last day of term – no payments

10 Good Friday public holiday ``

TERM 2

APR

27 School Development Day for staff

(Week 1A)

28 First day of term for students

Winter Grade sport trials

29 Yr.10 Hospitality Coffee School

30 Yr.8 Future Proofing Survey (bring laptops)

P&C MEETINGS, 7:00pm, Library

18 March (AGM), 20 May, 17 June

Burwood Girls High School

EVENT Volume 19, Issue 2, 16 March 2020

We acknowledge the homelands of all Aboriginal people and pay our respects to Country.

From the Relieving Principal The school year is now in full swing and students are engaged in lots of wonderful learning opportunities both within and outside the classroom. Our Year 7 students have settled in well and thoroughly enjoyed their camp, even if the weather was a little miserable. Our first field study day provided enrichment to the curriculum, as does our wide range of co-curricular clubs organised by staff for students.

Ms Muscat & Maths Club participants get creative

Happy Year 7 students logging on for first time

I would like to thank our amazing P&C for hosting a wonderful and well-attended Year 7 Welcome BBQ last month. Our school is also very proud of our collaboration with Burwood Council to develop a new resource for local schools called Stronger Minds, Stronger Youth.

P&C volunteers welcoming new

students and parents Burwood Council launch of Stronger Minds, Stronger Youth board game.

We congratulate our school community for reacting calmly and sensibly to the COVID-19 situation. We do advise extra caution with any illness and ask that students or staff who are unwell stay home to get better. We have supplied ample soap and hand sanitiser to limit the spread of germs, and will continue to keep you up to date with information from the departments of health and education.

I would finally like to congratulate all students and staff who participated in the World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation. Charlotte Fletcher raised a large portion of the $8,134 currently donated – a fabulous effort. Also to be congratulated are Anicka Silink, Kasia Madden-Wernik, Natasha Wagner and Tanushka Singh. I am so proud that our students live and breathe their school motto Not for Ourselves Alone. Photo on last page.

I hope to see many new faces at our P&C Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 18 March.

Karyn O’Brien

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Year 7 Camp

Report by Lorus Hi, Year 7 Student Adviser

On 4 March, the Year 7s attended their first high school camp at the gorgeous Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Centre. While the rain made it difficult, the students showed resilience and perseverence in completing every activity. They completed hikes around the bay, participated in a variety of team-building exercises including building a raft and many had their first go at archery. It was great to see the students working and supporting each other as a team and developing positive and long-lasting friendships.

Rain could not dampen Year 7’s enthusiasm for camp!

More Year 7 camp activities

United Nations Youth State Conference

Report by Mieke Barratt, Year 12 Prefect

Alongside more than 200 students from across the state, Thu Tran (school captain) and I had the incredible opportunity to attend the United Nations Youth State Conference for 2020 in Collaroy. The weekend consisted of workshops, listening to passionate and influential guest speakers, interactive-problem solving scenarios, testing our knowledge with trivia, grooving on the dance floor, and imitating a state member in a Model United Nations debate at UTS.

We explored the meaning of leadership, diplomacy and advocacy, practiced debating and public speaking skills, and befriended a variety of students. The theme for the conference, The Politics of Development, explored key issues of international development and global inequality that are pivotal in shaping international conversation.

We returned with an ignited passion for social justice and politics, feeling motivated to create positive change in our local and global community.

UN Youth State Conference 2020 at Collaroy

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English and Drama Report by Pauline Hageman, HT English and Drama

Year 11 English students were treated to a fantastic Field Study Day on 6 March, where students were a fabulous audience for a sensory movie day at Event Cinemas, Burwood. Students viewed Jo Jo Rabbit and a new production of Austen’s Emma, both of which engendered much conversation. These films will contextually inform their learning in Stage 6 English as well as being suitable related texts for the first HSC module: Texts and Human Experiences, in Term 4, 2020.

Debating and Writesmart workshops are in full swing in the library every Monday afternoon, 3:20-4:15pm. Extension opportunities are also available to all Year 8 and 9 English students who are invited to extend their learning by taking part in the 2020, Semester 1 English Showcase. This web-based series of projects is for students who enjoy English and wish to extend their understanding and develop their skills as autonomous learners. Kate Stavert and Tristan Carey have developed these extension challenges and will be coming around to English classes over the next couple of weeks to outline the projects.

Year 12 Drama spent the day at Belvoir Theatre to watch recordings of past productions including, ‘The Laramie Project and ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ which form the basis of the HSC area of study, ‘Significant plays from the 20th century’. Congratulations to three students from BGHS, Yasmine Tabikh, Olive FitzGerald and Amelia Pieri who performed in Newington College’s production of Urinetown at NIDA Studios, which was highly entertaining and appreciated by a large audience of family, friends and teachers.

BGHS students performed in production of Urinetown at NIDA

BGHS Years 9 and 10 Theatre Sports teams have begun their rehearsal process every Tuesday afternoon in the movement studio. There are still places available in Theatre Sports, so if you are interested in joining please see Mr Gallaway.

Science

Year 9 Field Study Day

Report by Eva Kreutzer, Emmelina Ho and Sarah Jessup, 9SE

On Friday, 6 March, all of Year 9 embarked on a journey to the Planetarium at the Science Centre at Wollongong University. We spent a day being involved in a range of science experiences that embodied how scientific and technological discoveries have become reality.

The first fun-filled experience was the ‘Liquid Nitrogen’ show. We watched in amazement, the unique effects of liquid nitrogen freezing everyday objects such as rubber balls, leaves and flowers to the point where they shatter in thousands of tiny pieces when gently pressed with your fingers or even hit with a hammer. Did you know that liquid nitrogen boils at a temperature of -196oC? Our volunteers had to be very careful and wore protective gloves when encountering this amazing chemical. This is because it can very rapidly freeze the water inside and between the cells in your body, thus killing them!

Year 9 students learning about liquid nitrogen

The planetarium film viewing of ‘We are All Stars’ was the ultimate time space adventure! It allowed us to sit back, relax and explore the secrets of our cosmic universe and explosive origins. We learnt how everything on Earth including, you and me, originated from an explosion that happened 13.8 billion years ago that inevitably formed stars. Yes! Now I can definitely appreciate that we are in fact, STARS in every way!

Lastly, in small class groups, we were given the opportunity to go through over 100 interactive science related exhibits. It was fascinating watching how and why things work. All in all, we had a wonderful time being inspired by the discoveries from our past and look forward to what the future holds. We feel it has empowered us to help change it for the better.

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Year 9 students exploring the Science Centre at Wollongong

Science Extension and UNSW Summer School

Ankita Paudel, Year 12, reports on her experience with Science Extension and the UNSW Summer School, which

she attended in January this year.

HI. I am currently studying Science Extension (SciX), which is a one-unit course, focusing on the scientific process. This course is student dependent, as it moves at the students’ pace, in which students learn about the scientific process by engaging in a scientific research project. For my topic I have chosen “Eye motion and Fatigue”, which looks into transport fatigue and its effect on transport safety.

I am currently being mentored by a PHD student from UNSW who is doing her research on a similar topic. UNSW offers a weeklong summer school for its mentees, in which the mentors help students develop a hypothesis and a research question. The summer school helped me achieve a major milestone in my research, allowing me to work on my project independently. For the week I was at UNSW, I was able to gather primary and secondary data for my research investigation.

SciX is based on students’ choice of research, so when I resumed school at the start of 2020, I was able to continue from where I left off at UNSW summer school. Burwood GHS also provides immense guidance and support for this course, ensuring you never feel like you don’t know what you are doing. Even though the Year 12 workload can get overwhelming at times, it is still a great experience. Thus, I would highly recommend future Year 12 science students consider Science Extension.

HSIE

Year 10 Field Study Day at Jewish Museum

Report by Olivia, Hope & Fololina On 6 March, all of Year 10 went on an excursion to the Jewish Museum for history. We were all assigned into day groups with allocated tour guides. Our tour guides lead us around the museum showing us artifacts, clothing, videos/photographs of the holocaust history. We learnt about the treatment the people involved in the holocaust received by the Nazi party and their journeys to concentration camps from their homes.

We also had the opportunity to listen to a holocaust survivor named Egon. Egon shared his testimony about his experience of the holocaust and it was very interesting to listen to someone who had actually experienced this many years ago.

Overall, it was a great experience, learning and extending our knowledge about the holocaust by witnessing and learning about its history. We definitely would recommend it for the younger year groups.

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Report by Jaera, Ahlem, Lily & Julia At the Jewish Museum we were shown artifacts which were saved by the survivors during the Holocaust. These artifacts included things like old uniforms, a bag of private belongings, photos etc. These artifacts helped us understand what they went through and how bad their living conditions were during the Holocaust.

We were also spoken to by a survivor (Egon) who lived through the holocaust. His story explained to us the hardships that he experienced, like being discriminated against by people he thought were his friends, constantly having to run away, changing his name, having his possessions stolen by the Nazis and watching innocent people such as his grandparents die right in front of him. By having this first-hand account, it makes us realise the realness and severity of the Holocaust.

Overall, the trip to the museum was very informative and helpful for our understanding of the events that happened during the Holocaust.

Year 10 students at the Jewish Museum for Field Study Day

Report by Olivia The Year 10 excursion to the Jewish Museum was a great experience. We learnt many things about the Holocaust and the terrifying tragedies that people had to go through during those times. It was a very sad but very educational day for all students. The whole year had a chance to listen to Aviva and ask questions to her as she is a survivor that had such a difficult time growing up as a child during the Holocaust. Listening to Aviva's story was sad but she was able to share her story. It shows that she got through such a horrible time but she managed to keep her faith and hope. We all sympathised and learned in life no matter what happens you have to have hope and keep the peace.

Another student report On the history excursion, we visited the Jewish museum and met the Holocaust survivor Aviva Fox who shared her experience. She talked about her life experience and how she had to live in hiding in order to not get caught and she also talked about how everything affected her and how she travelled across countries and finally found connections to her past and her life. We were led by a tour guide who showed us many artifacts and sources from the Holocaust and learnt about the lives of the survivors, the guards, and the execution squads. We also learnt a lot about the lives of the people in ghettos and concentration camps.

Artifacts at the museum

Students talking to a Holocaust survivor

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Year 10 students at the Jewish Museum for the History

Field Study Day

Share your favourite recipe!

To commemorate 90 years of Burwood Girls High School and International Day, we welcome families and members of the BGHS community to contribute a recipe to the BGHS cookbook.

Our aim is to create a beautiful lasting memory of family favourites designed to be passed along for future generations. Cooking brings families and people together and we hope this cookbook will do the same, connecting generations of Burwood GHS students and teachers to celebrate everything that is wonderful in our community.

Please submit recipes by end of Term 1, Thursday 9 April at https://www.createacookbook.com.au/submitrecipe.

Let us know in the description box where you got your inspiration from. Is your recipe based on another food author or published cookbook or is this a special family recipe? Please share your story with us.

Family names of contributors will be included in the cookbook. Your email will not be published. If we receive multiple versions of a popular recipe, we may ask for alternatives.

If you have any questions, please contact Monika Di Maio, Head Teacher HSIE at monika.dimaio@det.nsw.edu.au

Please share this with any members of the Burwood GHS community you know. Looking forward to your amazing recipes!

Creative Club 2020

Creative Club has started and is in full swing this term. Students are currently brainstorming installation concepts for the Rookwood Sculpture Walk – HIDDEN.

HIDDEN is an outdoor sculpture walk hosted by the Rookwood Cemetery. The exhibition invited Burwood Girls High School to participate in order to ponder over history, culture, remembrance and love.

Creative Club is run by Ms Sewani and Mr Baldwin on Mondays 3:15 to 4:15pm in room 39.

Creative Club students brainstorming installation concepts

for the Rookwood Sculpture Walk – HIDDEN

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TAS

We have had an extremely busy start to the year in TAS,

however, we have already had many successes in all areas

and are looking forward to everything still to come.

What’s happened so far?

Year 7 and 8 Technology (Mandatory) are continuing with new units that have been developed and are evolving around the new syllabus that was mandated for Year 7 in 2019.

Year 7 will be rotating through the following units: Grow and Thrive – Agricultural and Food

Technologies Bollywood Lights – Material Technologies or My

Treasure Box – Material and Digital Technologies Crack the Code – Digital Technologies.

All classes during their Crack the Code unit of work will be attending workshops or the EXPO at the Powerhouse Museum. The first of these being on Tuesday 31 March. The students have received their permission notes in class. Notes are due to the TAS staffroom by Thursday 26 March. The cost of the excursion was included in the $100 Technology fee.

Year 8 have commenced new units of work that are generally practical based.

Year 8 will be rotating through the following units: Delicious Dairy – Agricultural and Food Technologies PJ Party – Material Technologies Let’s Accessorise – Material Technologies and Digital

Technologies The Ride of Your Life – Engineered Systems.

Year 8 Technology

Year 8 Technology this year are working on a unit ‘Delicious Dairy’, where they are learning about the importance of the Australian dairy industry and eating dairy foods to sustain good health. Students will participate in many practicals throughout the unit, allowing them to explore the characteristics and properties of numerous dairy foods, so as to make informed choices in their everyday lives.

The first practical was Three Cheese Muffins and was enjoyed by all students. The recipe has been included for you to try at home. You won’t be disappointed!

Ms Slocombe, TAS Faculty

Three Cheese Muffins

Between 2

Ingredients 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour 1 tablespoon caster sugar 1/3 cup shredded fresh basil leaves 2 green onions, finely chopped 3/4 cup milk (additional milk up to 100mL may be required) 1 egg, lightly beaten 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1/2 cup grated vintage cheddar cheese 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese 100 grams feta, crumbled Method 1. Collect all utensils and ingredients. 2. Preheat oven to 190°C/170°C fan-forced. 3. Grease a 12-hole, 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pan or line with

paper muffin cases. 4. Combine the flour, sugar, basil and onion in a bowl. Make

a well in centre.

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5. Add milk, egg, oil, garlic, cheddar and parmesan cheeses. Mix until just combined.

6. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in 2/3 feta cheese. 7. Spoon mixture evenly between holes of prepared pan. 8. Top with remaining feta. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until

golden and just firm to touch. Stand in pan for 2 minutes. 9. Carefully turn onto a wire rack to cool. Serve.

Serving Suggestion Serve warm or cold with tapenade or dip.

Hints Muffins are best cooked on day of serving. Avoid overmixing the muffin batter or it will result in a tough texture. Year 8 went to Jamberoo for their first Field Study Day on Friday 6 March to gain inspiration for their Engineered Systems – The Ride of Your Life, where they will be designing and drawing a ride suitable for a fun park. This will be linked with the knowledge, skills and understanding gained in the work they did in the STEM Project – Burwood Goes Ballistic, last year.

A massive thank you to all the teachers who attended this field study – all your efforts were greatly appreciated.

Year 8 – Jamberoo FSD

Report by Ellie Charalambous and Year 8

On Friday 6 March, 168 Year 8 students and their teachers set out for their journey to Jamberoo. After a few hiccups we were finally on our way.

Jamberoo was a really rewarding experience. It was so much fun going around with our friends and going on rides. The bus trip there and back was really fun because we sang and played a few games. My friends and I went on the Taipan the most because it was so much fun (and some of my friends were scared to go on the other ones). We also went on the green racing slides a lot, and of course, I won every time!

At the end of the day, we wanted to get an ice-cream before we left, but unfortunately we didn’t have time, but we saw that the teachers were enjoying these massive cones.

Jamberoo was so much fun and I am so glad we had the opportunity to experience it before our upcoming assessment task.

Thank you to all the teachers who organised it and accompanied us on this fun day.

Year 8 enjoyed their visit to Jamberoo for field study day

Teachers also enjoyed Jamberoo, especially the ice-cream!

Year 9 – Food Technology, Design and Technology and Textiles Technology

All Year 9 classes have commenced work on new units that meet the requirements of the new Stage 5 syllabi that are mandated for implementation in 2020.

Watch this space for the numerous projects coming up.

Year 11 and 12 Textiles and Design and Design Technology are off to the Powerhouse Museum to view the SHAPE exhibition and attend seminars on the Major Projects that need to be completed as part of their course work for the

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HSC. The SHAPE exhibition displays selected exemplary 2019 HSC Major Works from around the state. The seminars were most useful and reassuring for the students to know that their teacher is on the right track.

If you have a chance to view the exhibitions, it is most worthwhile as they are extremely motivating and inspirational and show real life examples of what can be achieved in these subjects.

We look forward to seeing you all at the BOW Exhibition here in our school hall in Term 3 when our Year 12 students display their Major Works.

Year 10 – Hospitality

The students have all received their uniforms ready to wear for all their practical lessons as well as their work placement later in the year.

This is the first year that students have started early commencement in Hospitality. They have commenced Stage 6 Hospitality, which will allow them to complete the course in Year 11 and sit for the HSC in this subject if they elect to continue studying it in 2021. It is advantageous in many respects, mainly that one of their HSC subjects would be completed in Year 11, freeing them up to concentrate on their other units in Year 12.

We look forward to how this progresses throughout the year and feedback as well.

Year 11 – Hospitality

Year 11 Hospitality had their first function on 26 February. They catered for the Year 7 Meet and Greet Parent Evening, preparing and serving up some lovely fruit platters for the guests.

Their next function will be their Cluster Task – Preparing and Serving Sandwiches.

Year 11 Hospitality and their fabulous fruit platters

Year 11 Hospitality serving at Year 7 parent function

Café on Queen

Café on Queen will be starting up again soon. Please watch for notifications in

the daily Sentral notices and continue to support the students as they work towards completing their training, whilst you treat yourself to a hot beverage, delicious muffins, mini quiches or a filling warm bacon and egg roll.

Upcoming events in TAS

March 11 – Year 11 Design and Technology, SHAPE exhibition at Powerhouse Museum

March – Year 12 Design and Technology, SHAPE exhibition at Powerhouse Museum

March 31 - Year 7 (designated classes), Powerhouse Museum STEAM EXPO

April 1 – Year 11 Hospitality barista course at The Coffee School

April 29 – Year 10 Hospitality barista course at The Coffee School

June 18 – FSD #2: Year 10 Gets Creative - TBA

Subject contributions

Thank you to parents and carers who have paid their daughter’s TAS subject contributions, either in full or in instalments. It is greatly appreciated as these contributions cover the cost of consumables used in their classes.

Contributions are payable at the front office or online via the school’s website under ‘Make a Payment’. Students bring receipts to the classroom teacher.

Thanking you all for your understanding and support in this matter.

If you have any queries about any TAS subject, please do not hesitate to contact me on 97473355 or by email rosemary.patonay@det.nsw.edu.au

Rosemary Patonay, Head Teacher TAS

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Sports

Burwood Girls HS Swimming Carnival

On Monday 17 February, the BGHS annual swimming carnival was held at Enfield Aquatics Centre.

It was a mixed bag of weather, however the carnival proceeded and we experienced rain, humidity and heat. The students and teachers alike still enjoyed the day and participated with excellent enthusiasm.

The House Cheer and Best Dressed competitions were supported with an array of ‘Australian Iconic’ concepts by both the students and the teachers.

Many students took the plunge and entered into races to gain those valuable house points which was fantastic to see and Year 12 definitely enjoyed their last House Scramble.

I would like to thank the spectators who came and supported the students as this added to the atmosphere of the day.

One HUGE thank you goes to the hardworking staff of BGHS. Without their efforts, the carnival would not have been such an amazing event.

However, there can only be one winner and the 2020 winning house was Cumbora! 2nd place went to Kurrajong, 3rd to Yorrell and in 4th place was Kayeroo.

Age Champions for 2020: 12 yrs- Emma Ji, 13 yrs- Isabelle Yi, 14yrs-Georgia Atherton, 15yrs-Rachel Goh, 16yrs-Lykke Fuda, 17+yrs- Charlotte Fletcher

We wish all the 1st and 2nd place getters, all the best when they compete at the Northern Suburbs Zone Swimming Carnival at Macquarie University Aquatics Centre on Monday 2 March 2020.

Jan Gianotti, Carnivals Coordinator

School Swimming Carnival 2020

Presentation of Age Champions

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Lucia and Imogen accept the Swimming Cup for Cumbora

Northern Suburbs Zone Swimming Carnival 2020

On Monday 2 March, BGHS students travelled to Macquarie University Aquatics Centre to compete at the zone swimming carnival.

It was an incredibly hot day (38 degrees) but our team still swam with a huge amount of energy and commitment throughout the day. All our age relays, the 6 x 50m relay and Opens medal relay had convincing wins. Congratulations to Emma Ji in Year 7 who is the Zone 12yrs age champion.

A special thank you to Ms Sander Burns for her assistance at the carnival.

All swimmers will progress to the next level of competition on Tuesday 24 March at the Sydney North Regional Swimming Carnival at Sydney Olympic Aquatics Centre, Homebush. We wish them all the best of luck.

Jan Gianotti, Carnivals Coordinator

6 x 50m relay team at Zone Carnival

Year 12 students Nabin, Charlotte, Rhiannon and Bella, who have represented BGHS for six years, at their final Zone swim

NSW All School Triathlon Championships

The NSW All School Triathlon Championships were held on Thursday 27 February. A very early start allowed students and teachers to witness this beautiful morning sunrise.

Despite the morning cloud, the sun managed to come through, increasing daily temperatures. Racing conditions proved to be more difficult throughout the events of the day, in particular for the Senior Team. Regardless of this, all teams dedicated themselves to performing at their highest level for their events.

Intermediate Team: Edie Bloomfield, Lucy Finch, Georgia Atherton - Placed 4th

Intermediate Team: Amber Simpson, Freya Taylor, Jemma Veneran - Placed 6th

Senior Team: Charlotte Fletcher, Olive FitzGerald and Alex Papamichalakis - Placed 10th.

We are very proud of their fantastic effort for this huge event. Congratulations to all the participants for their exceptional teamwork and display of sportsmanship.

BGHS teams at NSW All School Triathlon Championships

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We would also like to thank Mr Papamichalakis, Mr Bloomfield and Mrs Veneran for transporting sporting equipment to the venue. It would not be possible to enter this fantastic event without your ongoing support.

Olga Dalageorgos, PDHPE Faculty

Rowing news

Congratulations to Ela Huber in Year 10 on her recent success at the NSWCHS Rowing Championships. Ela’s first competition at this level was amazing as she placed 1st in the Under 17 yrs 2km single scull. This result has led to Ela being selected to compete at the International Rowing Regatta at the end of March. Ela will be competing in the Under 19s 2km single scull, and in a quad team in the Under 19s category. We wish her all the best at the competition.

A shout out must go to Ela’s coach- Alexandra Lowe who is an ex-Burwood girl, who also represented the school at rowing. Thank you for passing on your knowledge and skills to Ela and for keeping the rowing tradition at BGHS alive.

Under 14’s Girls Cricket Team play in the boys competition

The Under 14 Girls Grade Cricket Team is making history by playing in a boys’ competition. The third game of the season demonstrated their high level of skill as they defeated Hunters Hill High School. That’s right, the girls beat the boys in cricket! The team is highly motivated after the Women’s T20 World Cup and are committed to more wins.

Most importantly, the girls have been complimented by opposing teams for their excellent spirit and sportsmanship. It has been an outstanding effort by all girls involved.

Mr Stewart-Thomson, Coach

P&C News

AGM: WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

The P&C Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday 18 March 2020 at 7:00 pm in the school library.

Everyone is welcome to attend P&C meetings and we warmly invite parents to join our discussions and find out more about programs and initiatives that may benefit your child. Please come and share a cup of coffee and a chat. We extend a special invitation to Year 7 parents, and we are always happy to see more dads!

Kathy Totidis, P&C President

Minutes of previous meetings are available on the school website along with information about the P&C: https://burwoodg-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/supporting-our-students/parents-and-citizens--p-c--association.html

Students enjoying the Year 7 Welcome BBQ hosted by P&C

Contacting the school

Administration office hours 8:00am-4:00pm on school days.

Parent payments In person

Parents may pay at the front office anytime from 8:30am until 2:00pm (cash, eftpos, cheque to ‘NSW Government Schools’), except Friday at recess (closed for weekly staff meeting). We are also closed for payments on the last day of each term.

Online Online payments can be made at any time via our website, under MAKE A PAYMENT. Please pay two days before due date, to allow for online processing.

Current problem with phone communication Due to a Telstra issue, the school has limited phone capacity at this time. Please be aware that phone calls to the school cannot be transferred. If you wish to speak to someone outside of the front office, please send us an email and we will forward your message to the appropriate member of staff. Email: burwoodg-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Community Notices

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA

THE GREEK SCHOOL OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX PARISH AND COMMUNITY OF BURWOOD AND

DISTRICT ST NECTARIOS

Come and learn Greek with us!

Ελάτε να μάθετε μαζί μας Ελληνικά!

We invite all teens, of both Greek and non-Greek background, to study Greek with us, as a second language (non-HSC).

Classes for teens will be held, for both beginners and continuers, at the Cottage of St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church, 5 Burleigh St Burwood, on Mondays 4:15-6:15pm. Start date: Monday 2 March.

Creative Kids vouchers may be redeemed with enrolment fees.

Greek classes may count as a skill as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and other similar programs.

At St Nectarios Burwood we have taught Greek in the area for fifty years. We are passionate about teaching Greek, and pride ourselves about the quality of our teaching.

We also have classes for children and adults.

For further details, email Fr George Liangas at greekschoolstnectarios@gmail.com, or call 0415-124-709.

GALLERY

Students lived up to the school motto Not for Ourselves Alone, by participating in the World’s Greatest Shave at the school on Friday 13 March, raising over $8000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. See principal’s article on front page.

On 9 March, we celebrated International Women’s Day with a special assembly, followed by a screening from this year’s All About Women festival.