Care | Opportunity | Success SOUTH SYDNEY Principal’s Report HIGH SCHOOL Newsleer | Term 2 Week 6 | 07 June 2019 Congratulaons to: All students who aended and parcipated in the annual Athlecs Carnival. There were a number of fantasc performances and it was pleasing to see the high rate of parcipaon from our junior students. All students who braved the cold and parcipated in the Zone Cross Country Carnival. All the boys who parcipated in the recent Futsal carnival who displayed great sportsmanship and were great ambassadors for the school. Luisa, Henry, Brendan for their excellent presentaons at the Enrichment Informaon Evening held this week. Many thanks to the Mrs Fajwul who provided her own parental perspecves about the program. Thank you to Ms Walton, Ms Douglas and Ms de Paor for their excellent organisaon of the evening. The students who represented the school at the ANZAC Indigenous Commemoraon Service held at Hyde Park as part of naonal Reconciliaon week. All Year 10 and Year 12 students who aended the Careers Expo last week. Ms Brookes commented on their excellent behaviour and engagement with the various opons on offer. Many thanks to Ms Brookes for organising this excursion. Farewell The school farewelled Janeece Fiala our Senior Administraon Manager (SAM) last Friday aſter 15 valuable years. Janeece worked incredibly hard in the school office during a me of significant change at the Department especially in the area of school finance. Janeece was successful at interview for the SAM posion at the new Inner City High School.
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Care | Opportunity | Success
S O U T H SY D N E Y
Principal’s Report
HIGH SCHOOL
Newsletter | Term 2 Week 6 | 07 June 2019
Congratulations to:
All students who attended and participated in the annual Athletics
Carnival. There were a number of fantastic performances and it was
pleasing to see the high rate of participation from our junior students.
All students who braved the cold and participated in the Zone Cross Country
Carnival.
All the boys who participated in the recent Futsal carnival who displayed great sportsmanship and were
great ambassadors for the school.
Luisa, Henry, Brendan for their excellent presentations at the Enrichment Information Evening held this
week. Many thanks to the Mrs Fajwul who provided her own parental perspectives about the program.
Thank you to Ms Walton, Ms Douglas and Ms de Paor for their excellent organisation of the evening.
The students who represented the school at the ANZAC Indigenous
Commemoration Service held at Hyde Park as part of national
Reconciliation week.
All Year 10 and Year 12 students who attended the Careers Expo last
week. Ms Brookes commented on their excellent behaviour and
engagement with the various options on offer. Many thanks to Ms
Brookes for organising this excursion.
Farewell
The school farewelled Janeece Fiala our Senior Administration
Manager (SAM) last Friday after 15 valuable years. Janeece worked
incredibly hard in the school office during a time of significant change
at the Department especially in the area of school finance. Janeece
was successful at interview for the SAM position at the new Inner City
High School.
Senior Tutorial Centre
The Senior Tutorial Centre for Year 12 students is available every Wednesday afternoon from 1.30pm -
3.15pm in the Student Services Centre. Teachers are available to assist with course work, study preparation
and past papers. Students do not have to attend each week, but remember it is an ideal opportunity to have a
quiet place to work and utilise the support available.
NAIDOC Assembly
Under the theme – Voice, Treaty, Truth! - NAIDOC Week 2019 will be held nationally from Sunday 7th July
and continue through to Sunday 14th July, during the July school holidays. NADIOC week celebrates the
history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our assembly will be held
on Thursday 4th July at 9.15 am in the School Hall and Ms Wilson and Ms Cooley are busy working with
students and parents to acknowledge this important week in the nation’s calendar.
Multicultural Flag Day on Friday 2nd August
I would like to encourage as many parents as possible to put
this date into you diary.
This day reminds us about the wonderful cultural richness
which exists within our school and the wider community. I
would encourage all students to participate in this great
celebration of cultural diversity. Please see the Mr
Benischke to register your interest.
Kind Regards
Janice Neilsen
Gifted, Talented & Enrichment, Term 2
Gerric July Holiday Workshops
The July holidays afford high aptitude students a wonderful opportunity to engage in challenging and
stimulating workshops, run by the University of New South Wales, from 9th - 11th July. This school holidays
the workshops will be held at Matraville High School. We will share details of these workshops as soon as they
are announced by GERRIC. Parents who would like their child to avail of these workshops but would find the
SSCIM Club
Public speaking is proving to be a strong focus for those who come to SSCIM Club on a Thursday, at lunchtime.
It looks like we will have the wonderful problem of many capable junior public speakers to choose from, when
looking for two students to represent the school at this year’s Legacy Interschool Public Speaking Competition,
to be held in early Term 3. It was wonderful to have our new school Principal Ms Neilsen visit SSCIM Club on
Thursday 30th May. We look forward to inviting her to many SSCIM initiatives over the coming year. Over
these cold months, the Drama Room is opening its doors early on a Friday from 8.15am to anyone who would
like to avail of early morning SSCIM activities, such as, a game of chess in a warm friendly place.
Year 5 SSEP
The Year 5 SSEP Orientation day was held on Wednesday 29th May. Ms Neilsen, our school Principal
welcomed the parents & students and accompanied them on a tour of the school that was conducted by our
school prefects. Many thanks to Dobbin, Nikki and Lilou for their help with greeting parents and students as
they arrived at South Sydney High School and for running the tours of our school. Following Morning Tea, the
students undertook lots of ‘getting to know you’ and team building challenges in the Drama Room. They also
learnt about their preferred thinking and learning styles. It is wonderful to see so many siblings of students in
our enrichment stream attending our school for the Year 5 SSEP program this year.
HSIE winds up Medieval History with a Killer Thriller
cost a barrier are reminded that scholarships are available. The criteria for these scholarships are as follows:
• Applicants’ parents will have socioeconomic hardship as demonstrated by Centrelink documentation (‘Part
B’ of their tax statement)
• Applicants will provide a written statement outlining why they would like to attend the Junior Scientia or
Scientia Challenge Program
• Applicants are to provide recommendation letter of support from a school or community leader
• Applicants must provide written evidence of meeting the academic selection criteria for the programs (e.g.
test results or Opportunity Class placement).
Additionally, special consideration may be given to scholarship applicants who are:
Rural & remote students
Twice exceptional
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
English Language Learners
I am happy to assist eligible students who may wish to apply for these scholarships by assisting them with the
written statement and providing a letter of support.
Aine de Paor, Gifted Education Co-ordinator
As Year 8 Yellow winds up their study of Medieval History, they thought a trial would be the way to go! So with
Barnaby as the judge and Erin in the docks we role-played a trial with a jury. The verdict? Medieval History at
South Sydney High School is awesome! Erin however, for her crime of nagging, was to be punished in the
stocks!
Year 8 Yellow & Mrs Helen Stell
Year 7 students are currently studying classification and recently dissected fish to observe characteristics of
this animal group. Year 7 students are also currently growing crystals to enter the annual NSW Crystal Growing
Competition. They have been growing the alum crystals for about 6 weeks and will soon send them away to
be judged. We wish them luck!
Several Year 11 and 12 classes are starting, or have started, their Depth Studies and will have a chance to carry
out an investigation into an area in which they have an interest.
Year 12 Biology students are visiting the Museum of Human Disease at UNSW in Week 6, as a part of the
infectious disease module they are currently studying.
We wish all the Year 7-10 students well in their Half Yearly Exams.
Science News
AFL
Students involved are as follows:
Year 8 - Barnaby, Rick, Cormac, Jack, Jake, Laith, Aaron
