LEAD THE CHALLENGE • LEADERSHIP • EXCELLENCE • ACHIEVEMENT • DIVERSITY VISIT: www.canterburg-h.schools.nsw.edu.au 1 CONGRATULATIONS TO: n Carol Hoang, Year 11 who spoke very well at the recent Zonta Citizenship Award evening. n Fauziah Hambali, Year 11 has been accepted in the National Art School Intensive Studio Practice in the July and October school holidays. This is a highly prestigious opportunity. n Huge well done to the Cast and Crew of Skellig. n Theatresports teams – Senior team Chloe Smith, Kimberley De Visser, Orani Abeyewardene and Helen Eade of Year 12 and Junior team Kasey Clarke, Rosie Schofield, Ruby Paredes, Rosie Baxter and Jennifer Goodwin of Year 10 – both teams did brilliantly, but got knocked out at the last hurdle – Regional final. n To all students in Year 7 and 8 who auditioned and competed in the Pyramid show. Special con- gratulations to Pyramid edition winners – Lucinda Dunstan, Javiera Scarratt, Year 7 and Oriel Parfenow, Ruby Hilton, Year 8 – see a report on page 4. n Aoi Hallam, Year 10 and Jamile Kibby, Year 7, who performed in the NSW DET Performing Arts Showcase on the 31.5.11 at the Seymour Centre. n The Student Representative Council and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island students who participated in the Reconciliation Forum with the Honorable Linda Burney, above, Member for Campsie and Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition. See a report on page 3. THANK YOU: n Ms Strachan and Ms Slattery who have given up several nights to support Theatresports teams. n Ms Strachan, Ms Slattery, Ms Marquet, Mrs Jones, Ms Samsa, Ms Love, Mrs Laris and Mrs Kiel-Elliot who attended the Year 10 and 8 camps. n All the members of the P & C who assisted with Skellig in so many ways. n All those staff who assisted with ticket sales, supervision, door management and in so many other ways for Skellig. n Individual parents who have recently given/offered assistance to several other activities or projects – Mailin Schuting, Olive Barry, Patrick Walsh, Don Smith, Vanessa Worrall, Cheryl McCarthy. ALL THE BEST TO: n Year 12 students preparing for the Trial HSC. n Gold and Blue Dance Ensembles performing at the Regional Dance Festival next week at the Seymour Centre. Public and Proud JUNE 2011 NEWSLETTER GHS CONTENTS Congratulations, Thank You, All the best to ........... 1 Performing Arts Dates, Mobile phone use at School, Captains Report........ 2 Reconciliation Forum .. 3 Debating News, Canterbury Girls TV Debut................. 4 Pyramid ...................... 5 New Technology Tools, Internet Safety Awareness Training, 2011 Federal Budget. 6 Cantabrian Voices, Green Dear .............. 7 Year 10 Camp Report .. 8 Year 8 Camp 2011....... 9 P&C Trivia Night ......10 P&C, Parking, Parent Reminders ...............11 Year 10 into Year 11 Subject Selection Evening, Invitations to Parent Teacher Evenings...................12
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Lead the ChaLLenge • Leadership • exCeLLenCe • aChievement • diversity
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Congratulations to: n Carol Hoang, Year 11 who spoke very well at the recent Zonta Citizenship Award evening.n Fauziah Hambali, Year 11 has been accepted in the National Art School Intensive Studio Practice in the July and October school holidays. This is a highly prestigious opportunity.n Huge well done to the Cast and Crew of Skellig.n Theatresports teams – Senior team Chloe Smith, Kimberley De Visser, Orani Abeyewardene and Helen Eade of Year 12 and Junior team Kasey Clarke, Rosie Schofield, Ruby Paredes, Rosie Baxter and Jennifer Goodwin of Year 10 – both teams did brilliantly, but got knocked out at the last hurdle – Regional final.n To all students in Year 7 and 8 who auditioned and competed in the Pyramid show. Special con-gratulations to Pyramid edition winners – Lucinda Dunstan, Javiera Scarratt, Year 7 and Oriel Parfenow, Ruby Hilton, Year 8 – see a report on page 4. n Aoi Hallam, Year 10 and Jamile Kibby, Year 7, who performed in the NSW DET Performing Arts Showcase on the 31.5.11 at the Seymour Centre.n The Student Representative Council and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island students who participated in the Reconciliation Forum with the Honorable Linda Burney, above,
Member for Campsie and Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition. See a report on page 3.
thank you:n Ms Strachan and Ms Slattery who have given up several nights to support Theatresports teams.n Ms Strachan, Ms Slattery, Ms Marquet, Mrs Jones, Ms Samsa, Ms Love, Mrs Laris and Mrs Kiel-Elliot who attended the Year 10 and 8 camps.n All the members of the P & C who assisted with Skellig in so many ways.n All those staff who assisted with ticket sales, supervision, door management and in so many other ways for Skellig.n Individual parents who have recently given/offered assistance to several other activities or projects – Mailin Schuting, Olive Barry, Patrick Walsh, Don Smith, Vanessa Worrall, Cheryl McCarthy.
all the Best to:n Year 12 students preparing for the Trial HSC.n Gold and Blue Dance Ensembles performing at the Regional Dance Festival next week at the Seymour Centre.
Public and Proud
June 2011newsletter
GHS
ContentsCongratulations,
Thank You, All the best to ........... 1
Performing Arts Dates, Mobile phone use at School, Captains Report........ 2
Reconciliation Forum .. 3
Debating News, Canterbury Girls TV Debut ................. 4
Pyramid ...................... 5
New Technology Tools, Internet Safety Awareness Training, 2011 Federal Budget . 6
Cantabrian Voices, Green Dear .............. 7
Year 10 Camp Report .. 8
Year 8 Camp 2011....... 9
P&C Trivia Night ......10
P&C, Parking, ParentReminders ...............11
Year 10 into Year 11 Subject Selection Evening, Invitations to Parent Teacher Evenings ...................12
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school leaders in our year from different regions of Sydney (unfortunately there were only a few good looking boys).
We acquired knowledge of their leadership style and experience and what they did at their school and it cannot go unsaid that it was a valuable experience indeed because there are certain ideas in which we are tickled like Elmo to share! We even got to meet a few newly inducted politicians who were very friendly and amusing to watch as they explained their role and their goals for NSW in the near future. One politician had suggested that he is looking to reduce house prices in the not too distant future (yay!)
Afterwards we had a brief morning tea of choc fudge brownies and carrot cakes and exchanged information with different leaders. We then had a short tour of the legislative council chambers where we were informed of the procedures in which certain political discussions and voting for a bill to pass occurred. Finally lunch had come, and most of us had to endure the pains of growling stomaches that were not missed by other schools (talk about embarrassing). This was then followed by a mini tour of the media room where press conferences occur when certain politicians do media releases for the public to see.
Then finally the day ended quite elegantly at the State Governors House that was down the road from the Parliament House. What magnificent views of the Harbour Bridge! Governor Marie Bashir gave all of us a detailed recount of her role as State Governor and what she had achieved, and being an all girl’s school, it was mesmerising to hear the first female state Governor. We were lucky to be only the few Captains to get a picture with her as well!
The day concluded with a glass of lemonade and cookies and after exchanging farewells to the other leaders, we made our way back home, with tired but happy looking faces. That’s all for now. We hope to bring you more next time!
The School Captains: Chloe, Helen, Caitlin and Debby
reconciliation ForumOn Friday the 3rd of June 2011, Linda Burney, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, visited Canterbury Girls High School. Selected students were invited to speak to Linda Burney about our thoughts and understanding of reconciliation.
It was very interesting to listen to Linda Burney as she spoke about her past as an Aboriginal woman and explained what reconciliation means to her. I learnt some things about Aboriginal history that I had never learnt about before, such as some interesting facts about my tribe, “The Wiradjuri” tribe. It was also very interesting to hear other students’ point of view on what they think reconciliation is and what it means for Australia.
What I enjoyed most about the forum was listening to Linda Burney discuss her background as well as the importance of gaining an education. I think Linda Burney is a great advocate for Aboriginal people and it was a pleasure to meet her.
Charlotte Edwige 7C
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n Percussion and the Tap Ensembles who have submitted an audition tape for an upcoming concert at the Opera House.n All students who are competing in the upcoming Zone Athletics Carnival.
PerForming arts – Claim the DateUpcoming performances for Term 2 and Term 3:22nd June: Sydney Region Dance Festival,
Seymour Centre, Blue Dance Ensemble.24th June: Sydney Region Dance Festival,
Seymour Centre, Gold Dance Ensemble.24th June: Engadine Band Festival,
String Ensemble.30th June: Word for Word, Year 10
Drama night, Cantabrian Hall.21st July: HSC Drama & Dance Night,
moBile Phone use at sChoolThere have been several recent instances of students using Mobile phones inappropriately during school time. This includes texting, playing games, accessing Facebook and accessing banned websites during lesson time. This is an important loss to learning time and a distraction to all students.
The schools policy is that students will have the phone confiscated in these instances and returned to them at the end of the day. On a second offence the phone is returned to an adult member of the family. If the problem persists the student will have to hand in the phone at the beginning of the day and have it returned to them at the end of the day. Accessing Facebook during any school time including lunch and recess is not within our policy.
I would ask that all families whose students have a Smartphone which includes Facebook access please insist and support us on this being an out of school hour’s phone application.
New Smartphones have constant internet access, camera and video capability and a range of other features that students will use and don’t necessarily think about the consequences in a school setting.
We appreciate parent support on this important issue.
Sue Holden, Principal
Captains report: leadership day at the Parliament houseAhoy ahoy! Captains here, to give you our brief recount on our excursion to the Parliament House on the 19/05/2011!
One of the great things about being a school leader is that you not only hold responsibility of assisting the principal on how the school operates, teachers also place great trust in you to make your own way to certain venues. Now most of us have been at the Parliament House before for other school business, but what makes this visit so special is that we congregated with other
Above: the Honorable Linda Burney, Member for Campsie and Deputy Leader of the
NSW Opposition with CGHS students.
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Debating newsThe 2011 Premier’s Debating Competitions are almost all under way. The Year 12 team of Orani Abeyewardene, Chloe Smith, Lucy Chen and Nina Hill-Potter were narrowly defeated in their zone by Sydney Boys High (the team that were the 2010 Year 11 State Champions). The adjudicator commented that she had seen no other team get as close to defeating Sydney Boys as our team.... well done Year 12.
Canterbury Girls will host the regional semi-final of this competition on June 23rd.
Our Year 11 team, Jasmine Hare, Carol Hoang, Helen Wang and Lily-Ann Nguyen have debated Fort Street High in round one of their competition, performing strongly but unfortunately not being victorious. They will debate Canterbury Boys in round two on Friday 10th June.
Year 9, Leni Loueizi, Lillian Darke, Nafisa Abedin and Alicia Gusmardy were successful in their first round debate against Alexandria Park School, while Year 10 Rosie Schofield, Kasey Clarke, Rosie Baxter and Sarah Jeffrey, narrowly lost their first round debate, also against Alexandria Park.
The Year 7 and 8 teams are about to commence their first round debates in Week 8 against Ashfield Boys High School and we wish them the best of luck.
Canterbury girls tV Debut!!!On Friday May 20th students from Years 7 and 8 who had been successful in their first audition for television, spent a hectic day at Fox Studios as contestants and reserves in the Channel 9 afternoon quiz game show PYRAMID. In the program student teams compete against each other with the help of celebrity team leaders to see who can identify as many correct words from the clues given.
More than 25 students auditioned on May 13th and ten were selected based on their excellent vocabularies, and ability to quickly think and communicate using clever verbal and non-verbal clues. After an exhausting day of filming, five half hour shows were recorded from 7.30am to 3.30pm; two of our teams were victorious.
Congratulations to Oriel Parfenow and Ruby Hilton and to Javiera Scarratt and Lucinda Dunstan for winning their episodes against teams from North Sydney Boys High School. Congratulations also to Megan Hodge, Imogen Smith, Morgan Poumako, Adelaide Phan, Fonzelina Falesita and Yasmin Atwani for their television debut.
Many thanks also to these students for attending as standby and reserve contestants and as audience: Eva Baxter, Elisha Maher, Maya Musico, Ellie Cott, Eliva Andriamora, Tania Durham, Jamile Kibby, Veta Tala, Alison Cooper, Alyssa Graf and Alannah McCarthy.
The episodes of Pyramid featuring Canterbury Girls will be screened sometime in August; the final dates are yet to be confirmed and will be published when known. Well done girls on your enthusiasm and endurance.... TV is hard work!!!
Ms Slattery
PyramidA few weeks ago, we, Lucinda Dunstan and Javiera Scarratt, competed in Pyramid, the Channel 9 TV game show. Here is our day in chronological order:8.38 We started school as normal.9.55 We left maths to wait out the front for
Ms Papadopoulos. She marked our names off, and then took us outside.
10.00 We jumped into the bus (literally, we were a “little bit” excited …)
10.40 We got off the bus at Fox Studios … the fans were clicking away, we were blinded by the bright lights … maybe, or maybe not.
10.45 We waited.10.50 We waited some more.11.00 Starting to get a little bored.
(Getting an idea about television yet?)11.15 The lady came outside to take us inside
the studio. The lady promised us snacks a bit later. (We did get them – they were revolting).
11.17 The lady gave us a talk on safety and exits etc.
11.20 The lady ushered us inside to watch the other episodes being filmed. (It was really boring and long – the sound kept stuffing up)
12.00 Lunch.1.00 Bored. Nothing doing.1.30 More boredom.
(still want to be a movie star?)2.29 Nearly there!2.30 Fixed our hair and makeup.2.31 We got tiny microphones.2.32 Met our celebrities, Hockeyroo players
(girl’s national Australian hockey team).2.35 Talked to the manager/boss about
what to do etc.2.40 Started filming!!! (All very exciting!)
We played North Sydney Boys.3.00 Host made a very silly mistake … CUT!3.05 Started filming again.
The boys are in the lead.3.20 We realised that if we got more than 15
points in the last round we would win!!!3.21 WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!3.25 Prize round. We got 4 prizes out of 6. (If
you watch the show, you will understand)4.10 Got back to school. Went home.
So now you know that TV isn’t always as glamorous as it seems – except when you win. That makes up for the waiting.
By Lucinda and Javiera (Movie Stars)
Vinnies needs your help. The SRC are collecting your unwanted
clothing, books, shoes, toys and manchester for the winter season. For the next few weeks, you can drop off your generous
donations at A6 or The Common Room (next to A3 and the English Staffroom).Your donations are greatly appreciated
and are going to a great cause.
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new technology tools for your studentOver the next few weeks students will see their student portal change with a new look, enhanced features and a new URL. Four new student portals have been developed to support the different needs of students: Kindergarten to Year 2, Years 3-6, Years 7-12 and TAFE.
On 14 June 2011 Year 9 students will receive their new student portal. Year 9 will be followed by Year 10, Years 7 and 8, Years 11 and 12.
From 14 June 2011 all school students will access their student portal, from home and at school, from a new URL: http://student.det.nsw.edu.au, whether or not they have access to the new student portal.
Students will be able to search, access and organise information for school task’s via their student portal on computers used at home or at school, at any time. The new student portal will have timetable and calendar portlets for students to add their own details. Students will also be able make their portal look the way they want by changing the colour scheme and rearranging, opening or closing portlets.
internet safety awareness training As part of its Cybersmart Outreach Program, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) offers free general internet safety awareness presentations for parents and students. These hour-long presentations cover a range of issues including:n the ways young people use the internet and emerging technologies, n potential risks faced by young people when online such as cyberbullying, identity theft, inappropriate contact and exposure to inappropriate content, n tips and strategies to help children and young people stay safe online.
For more information visit: www.cybersmart.gov.au/outreach.aspx#ISAP
2011 Federal Budget - Did you know?In the recent Federal Budget Papers there is a table that lists the top 20 programs by expenses for 2011-12, that is, the twenty programs across the entire Federal budget that receive the greatest levels of funding. ‘Non-Government Schools – National Support’ now ranks at number 8. (The Non-Government Schools expenses ranking in the 2009-10 Budget was 11).
Funding to Non-Government Schools, according to this list, now exceeds funding to the entire higher education sector, and is ahead of Air Force, Navy and Army Capabilities but just below government subsidies for pharmaceuticals.
After the top 20, which represent 62.4 per cent of total expenses in that year, they don’t bother listing the others.
And by the way, in case you’re asked, funding of Government schools does not make it into the top 20 programs.See: http://www.budget.gov.au/2011-12/content/bp1/html/bp1_bst6-02.htm[The page reference is Budget Paper 1 Statement 6-10 Table 3.1 Top 20 Programs by Expenses in 2011-12.]
The Budget does provide additional funding for students with disabilities, with $200 million to be allocated over three years to 2013-14 to both government and private schools. However, this will extend the advantage in funding for students with disabilities in private schools. On average, students with disabilities in private schools are better funded than those in government schools because, in addition to direct funding, they receive additional indirect funding through the link between SES funding and government school costs.
In contrast to the winding down of the major equity programs, the Budget provides for new market incentives and mechanisms which extend beyond 2014-15. A total of $1.3 billion in bonus payments will be paid to the top-performing teachers in government and private schools over eight years from 2013-14. Bonus payments to government and private schools that improve their literacy and numeracy results will be extended to 2016-17 at a cost of $388
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million. A further $481 million will be provided over six years to 2018 to increase local autonomy in decision-making for school budgets and staffing in government and private schools.
Bonus payments for teachers have been shown not to improve student achievement and even have a negative impact by setting teacher against teacher and undermining collaboration in schools. The weight of evidence on local autonomy in budgeting and staffing is that it has very little impact on student achievement.
Improving equity in education is the greatest challenge facing Australian education today.
attention all ex studentsDear Ex Canterbury Girls High Student, we would love to invite you to be part of a special project called
Cantabrian Voices Throughout history, people have been captivated and interested by stories, and engaging with the processes of telling, listening and remembering the past.
Canterbury Girl’s High School is currently working on a project whereby we record our former students’ personal stories. The aim of this project is to record a selection of some of the remarkable histories of the ex students who attended Canterbury Girl’s High School across the generations. The history of Canterbury Girl’s High includes a history of the waves of migrants who have settled in Australia and strived for success in a new country, and also made Australia the rich melting pot of cultures that it is today. Canterbury Girl’s High today remains a school of rich cultural diversity with students coming from nearly 50 language groups, from Aboriginal students to new arrivals from Africa and Asia.
This project will take a number of forms.We live in a digital age so some of these stories
will be oral histories which will be recorded by the current Year 10 Elective History students and published on the school’s website. This will allow the interviewees to easily tell their unique histories, ensuring that ordinary people can
share what happened from their own perspective and viewpoint.
Other stories will involve a written account, and these will be published on the website and hopefully in a book to be published at some stage in the future.
We are inviting ex students who are interested in talking about their life journey or reminiscing about their school days to let us know so we can work with you to record in whatever format you prefer your Cantabrian voice.
Please contact us to discuss further if you would like to be part of this project. If you know someone else you went to school with who also might like to participate, please pass our invitation on.
Please contact by email: [email protected] or [email protected] for further details. Be part of what our current students think is a great opportunity to record some great history for the generations to come.
green DearGreen Dear recently (6.6.2011) observed World Environment Day and is always proud to take initiative to contribute to the betterment of the environment.
Green Dear’s new initiatives are to create a herb garden at the school to provide herbs to our food technology classes. Any extra will be sold to the staff and money raised will go to improve the garden. We have also planted two native Australian trees in memory of our beloved Melissa Kamara, and we are planning to make a native garden with yellow flowers, as yellow was Melissa’s favourite colour.
Last year Green Dear won a $1000 community citizenship grant to go towards school projects and this grant is being used for making the herb garden. We will continue to make our school environment a better place. Listen closely for announcements about our projects, all help will be greatly appreciated.
Amy Murray, Year 10
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their own. This was the last activity for day one and we had free time until dinner, everything was fresh and made on the farm and tasted great.
We watched a movie and then went back to our rooms and went to sleep....not really we were all in our rooms whispering and laughing until all hours of the morning.
The next morning we had breakfast and went down to the stable to watch a horse riding demonstration, we got to feed cows in the fields, do archery and best of all we went horse riding. Everyone was so excited for the horse ride and I’m sure the horses were all very tired by the end of the day from going back and forth on the trail. We rode through the fields and along the water before going back to the dining room for dinner. When we got back to the cabin at the end of the day we were told to get ready for a night of bush dancing, we were taught how to bush dance and did dances like the chicken dance and the hokey pokey. After the dance everyone was very tired and most of us went to sleep regretting the late night we had. On the last day at camp everyone was in a good mood and ready for the day’s activities. Blair took us out to the shearing shed and talked about how to shear a sheep and what farmers are doing for the economy. We got to watch their sheepdog round up some sheep although she was retired and didn’t seem to be bothered. We got to have free time for a while and we walked the dogs around and watched a horse have his shoes changed. After free time we got to choose which activity we were going to do, the people who hadn’t done archery got to do archery and we went down to the sports field. After that we had to pack our things and get ready to go home, there was chaos at the cabin and everyone was running back and forth trying to get all of their things and clean their rooms. When everyone had finished running around and had put their bags in front of the lodge we went to have lunch. After lunch we went to the souvenir shop and then it was finally time to go home. Everyone was sad to go but happy to be on our way home. Mowbray Park was lots of fun and we learnt a lot about farm life.
Madeleine Gill , Year 10
year 10 Camp reportOn the 25th of May Year Ten started the journey to Mowbray Park. Excited and still slightly tired from the late night of last minute packing we set off, the bus was loud with chatter and singing all the way there. When we finally got off the bus I think almost everyone wanted to get back on, mainly because the temperature outside would have had to be below zero, we got our bags and they were loaded onto a little tractor and taken away to our cabin.
We sat in the barbeque area and waited while Blair, the man who owned the farm, talked about the animals and activities we would do. When he was done we were led back to our cabin “Cheddington Lodge” to ready ourselves for the beginning of the day. As we looked around the place we would be staying for the next few days there were squeals and even more chatter. There were bedrooms that would sleep eight people and in the lounge room there was a TV and a heater. Everyone was appalled to find that there was only one bathroom until someone announced that there was a set of stairs leading down under the house where there were more toilets and showers as well as a ping pong table
When everything had finally died down we went back to the barbeque area to meet our guides. We were split up into groups and went off in different directions. My group went down a steep hill to the nursery. There was a small shed and off to the side there were small paddocks that held donkeys, ponies and sheep. We fed the animals and then someone noticed two cows in an iron fenced field. Someone asked why they were kept alone and our guide told us they were dinner. Everyone began to laugh until she said quite seriously “I’m not kidding.”
After that we decided to leave the animals and went into the shed to hold the rabbits and pet the calves and piglets, we then milked a cow and some of us even got to taste the milk. When we were done we went on to the next activity, whip cracking and boomerang throwing. Everyone had a go and nearly all of us found out what it actually feels like when the whip hits you, it stings...a lot.
After whip cracking we had lunch and after lunch we went to make damper. Everyone was fighting for the hottest place in the fire and after a lot of dough falling off the sticks we got to taste it with golden syrup. I think most people were making up for the small amount of lunch they had because they forgot they had to pack
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Left: The milking experience. Above: Making damper over the fire.
year 8 Camp 2011Hey, everyone this is Eliva and Tania from Year 8. We are here to give a taste of our awesome Year 8 Camp. Firstly, let’s start with how nice and caring the teachers were.
On the first day we started with numerous activities such as whip cracking, boomerang throwing, damper making (and eating!) and then we went down to the nursery to milk the cow and feed the animals.
On the second day we were put into four groups and we each had a turn at horse riding, canoeing, hay riding where we fed the cows and a very long but fun bush walk. Canoeing was really amazing after everyone came out of the canoes, we all started to flick water at each other and even our teacher got wet. After what happened Ms Elliot will never go to camp with us again. Luckily, we all warmed up by throwing ourselves around at the Bush Dance that night.
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end and so on the last day we started to pack up all our things and put them on the veranda of our lodge. Then we went down to the Nursery to get our last photos with some of the cute little animals and listen to the owner speak about the history of Sheep Shearing in Australia.
We were also given a peek at how a sheepdog rounds up the sheep. Then, off to the sporting field for some activities, where Ms Samsa showed us how ‘good’ she was at playing soccer assisted by Mrs Jones and Ms Elliot. A visit to the souvenir shop gave us time to buy some souvenirs to remind us of the awesome time we had had at Mowbray Park. Then sadly it was goodbye to the park and the staff.
We had a really good time at Mowbray Park and that is not even counting all the delicious dishes we ate.
A big Thank You to all the Teachers who accompanied us on the camp.
Eliva and Tania, Year 8
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8 Parents anD Citizens assoCiation
2011 executive:President: Karin BadartV-Presidents: Ian Flowers and Dimity FlowersSecretary: Jo SchofieldAssistant Secretary: Tania Jackson-VaughanTreasurer: Karen GoesAssistant Treasurer: Sue Paredes
the next meeting is on Wednesday 22nd June, 2011 in Cantabrian hall at 7.30pm(entry via Church street).
Guest speaker for this meeting is Ms Jane Slattery, Head Teacher English, who will be speaking about Literacy Initiatives at CGHS.
Parking adviceCanterbury Council regularly conduct parking blitzes across the whole block of both Canterbury Girls High and Canterbury Public. Please take note of any parking restrictions signs especially in Church Street. Our student’s safety is paramount consideration and the signage has been designed to ensure student safety.
reminDers for families
Fees and excursionsThank you to all families who are paying fees off across the year.
The school is more than happy for students to pay overnight excursions off across the year as long as a $50 deposit is paid prior to departure. One day excursions must be paid in full before departure.
Change of Contact DetailsPlease ensure that if your address or phone number has been changed school administration is informed. A Change of Contact Details Form can be collected from Office A.
newsletter by emailPlease email the school at: [email protected] and confirm your email address to receive the newsletter by email instead of snail mail.
school CalendarPlease check the student calendar on the school website for excursion dates, upcoming events, and rehearsal times:www.canterburg-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
invitation to years 8, 9 and 10 Parents and CaregiversThe School cordially invites you attend a Parent Teacher Evening. The purpose of this evening is to disseminate the half yearly reports and to enable discussion concerning your daughter’s progress.
Date: Tuesday 28 JuneTime: 3.30pm – 6.30pm Venue: Multi Purpose Centre (entry from Princess Street) Your daughter will receive an appointment card so that she can book times for you to meet with her teachers.
Please contact Andrew Anderson, Deputy Principal, by telephone on 9718 1805 or by email at [email protected] should you have any requires concerning Parent Teacher Evening.
The school’s staff members look forward to meeting you at this important event.
invitation to years 7, 11 and 12 Parents and CaregiversThe School cordially invites you attend a Parent Teacher Evening. The purpose of this evening is to disseminate the half yearly reports to Years 7 and 11 and to enable discussion concerning your daughter’s progress.
Date: Tuesday 26 JulyTime: 3.30pm – 6.30pm Venue: Multi Purpose Centre (entry from Princess Street) Your daughter will receive an appointment card so that she can book times for you to meet with her teachers.
Please contact Andrew Anderson, Deputy Principal, by telephone on 9718 1805 or by email at [email protected] should you have any requires concerning Parent Teacher Evening.
The school’s staff members look forward to meeting you at this important event.
year 10 into year 11 subject selection evening
an invitation to year 10 and their Parents/Caregivers
We will be holding the Year Ten Subject Selection Evening on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 at 6.00pm in the Cantabrian Hall.
The evening will provide students, parents/caregivers with important information to support appropriate senior school subject selection. Parents will be able to hear from experts from within the school and Sydney Institute of TAFE. Most importantly, the evening will provide parents and students with an opportunity to discuss issues relating to subject selection, TAFE, career planning and Higher School Certificate requirements. A number of school staff will be in attendance and available to offer advice and support.
Please contact Mr Anderson by telephone on 9718 1805 or by email at [email protected] should you require additional information about the evening, or about the school’s Year Ten subject selection program.
We look forward to seeing you at this important school function.
