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WEEK A
TERM 1 WEEK 7 … 9-13 March, 2015
TUESDAY 10
VARIATIONS TO ROUTINE
MONDAY 9
o David Shield Cricket Knockout comp
o Art Club – 3-4pm
o Yr11 & 12 Art Express excursion
o Open Netball Knockout comp
Assessment Tasks
o Yr8 Chinese Culture project
o Yr8 Science Oral (during Wk7)
o Yr10 English
o Yr10 Media Industry Studies
o Yr12 PDHPE
Assessment Tasks
o Yr8 English
THURSDAY 12
FRIDAY 13
o Symphonia Jubilate School Camp
o Combined High Schools Music Camp
o Selective HS Placement test
o
o
o
o
o
o
Assessment Tasks
o Yr10 Chinese Culture
o Yr11/12 SLR Task 1
o Yr12 Industrial Tech Task 2
o Yr11 Legal Studies (P4)
WEDNESDAY 11
o GATS Applications CLOSE
o Symphonia Jubilate School Camp
o Combined High Schools Music Camp
o Yr9 Commerce excursion
Assessment Tasks
o Yr9 Chinese Culture project
o Yr9 PASS Task 1
o Yr12 CAFS Task 2
Symphonia Jubilate School Camp
Combined High Schools Music Camp
Assembly – Junior
Peer Support (P4)
Yr11/12 Scripture (P3/4)
Yr7 Immunisation
Assessment Tasks
o HSC Maths Gen 1 Task 2
A LOOK AHEAD ... 2015 Term 1 Weeks 8, 9 & 10
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WEEK 8
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WEEK 9
B
WEEK 10
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17
o Year Assembly Week
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o
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7 PDHPE Task 1 (during Wk8)
o Yr7 Science Oral (during Wk8)
o Yr9 Commerce
o Yr9 Drama (journal, playbuilding &
improvisation)
o Yr11 Economics
o Yr11 Physics (during Wk8)
o Yr11 Art – Structured Essays
Year Assembly Week
Regional Swimming Carnival
GATS 2016 test
Peer Support (P2)
Art Club – 3-4pm
P&C Meeting (7pm)
Formal Assembly – Yr8 (P1) Yr11
(P2) Yr9 (P3)
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19
20
o Year Assembly Week
o School Photos
o Year Assembly Week
o School Cross Country
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o
o
o
Assessment Tasks
o Yr8 Maths Task 1
o Yr8 French Research
o Yr8 Italian (Lang2) Research
o Yr10 Food Tech Task 1
o Yr10 Graphics Task 1
o Yr11 Maths (P1&2)
o Yr11 English exam (P6)
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7/8 Tech Mandatory
o Yr8 Italian (Lang1) Research
o Yr8 Japanese Culture project
o Yr9 Food Tech Task 1
o Yr9 History Elective (P1)
o Yr9 Wood Tech Task 1
o Yr9 Geography Task 1
o Yr10 PASS Task 1 Part 2
o Yr11 PDHPE Task 1 Part 2&3
o Yr11 English Standard
o Yr11 English Advanced
o Yr11 English ESL
o HSC Drama (Tragedy
Performance) (P5/6)
27
Year Assembly Week
Yr12 Midcourse exams
Yr11 Scripture (P3)
Formal Assembly – Yr12 (P1) Yr7
(P2) Yr10 (P3)
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7 Maths Task 1
o Yr10 Commerce
o Yr11 Japanese Continuers
Speaking
Assessment Tasks
o Yr11 Italian Continuers Speaking
o Yr11 Japanese Beginners
Listening
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o Yr12 Midcourse exams
o Yr12 Midcourse exams
o Australian Informatics competition
o Art Club – 3-4pm
o Yr12 Midcourse exams
o Peer Support (P6)
o Yr12 Midcourse exams
o Yr10 History excursion
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o
o
o
o
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7 English
o Yr9 English
o Yr11 French Speaking
o Yr11 Italian Beginners
Assessment Tasks
o Yr11 French Listening
o Yr11 Italian Beginners Speaking
o Yr12 Geography half yearly
3
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7 English
o Yr7 Music – Aural
o Yr8 Music – Aural
o Yr9 Music Performance (during
Wk9)
o Yr9 Science skills (during Wk9)
o Yr9 PDHPE Task 1
o Yr10 Maths (5.1, 5.2) (P6)
o Yr11 EES Field Report
o Yr11 Biology
o Yr11 Ancient History
o HSC Biology, Chemistry, Physics
o HSC English
30
Assessment Tasks
o Yr10 Drama Monologue (P2/3)
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2
o Yr12 Mid-Course exams
o Peer Support (P5)
o Yr12 Mid-Course exams
o Art Club – 3-4pm
o Yr12 Mid-Course exams
o Yr12 Mid-Course exams
Assessment Tasks
o Yr7 Art Archibald Prize
assignment
o Yr8 PDHPE Task 1
o Yr9 Art – Mixed Media Painting &
VAPD task
o Yr10 Drama Monologue
o Yr10 PDHPE Task 1
o Yr11 Chemistry (during Wk10)
o Yr11 Chinese Beginners Speaking
1
o Yr11 Music 1 Composition
o HSC Biology, Chemistry, Physics
(during Wk9/10)
Assessment Tasks
o Yr9 Maths Task 1
o Yr10 Monologue Performance
Night
o Yr11 Geography Task 1
o Yr11 Photography – Artwork &
VAPD
o Yr12 Drama half yearly (Wk9/10)
Assessment Tasks
o Yr10 Maths (5.3) Task 1
o Yr12 Music 1
o Yr12 Music 2
Assessment Tasks
o Yr9 IST Task 1
o Yr10 IST Task 1
o Yr10 Wood Tech Task 1
o Yr11 Maths Gen 1 Task 1
o Yr12 Art
FINAL DAY TERM 1
Yr12 Midcourse exams
Mind Matters Launch
State CHS Swimming Carnival
Assembly: Junior
Ext 2 English workshop
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
It has been a very busy week, particularly with our Open Night on Tuesday. This was a great night
where we hosted visitors, particularly students and parents from the Primary School. We had large
numbers of our current students assisting staff in running activities and displays for the visitors and they
all did a great job. Many thanks to them all.
Last week I had the great pleasure of attending the International Student
Awards, in company with our International Students Co-ordinator, Ms Ogilvy.
These students are an important group in our school and we always have
some wonderful achievers among them. This year Martina (Hyun) Gim was
our Academic Award nominee and Joy Yao was our nominee for the School
Service Award. Both girls performed very well and are great ambassadors
for our school. The photo shows Joy being congratulated by the Executive
Director of Schools, Ultimo, Mr Murat Dizdar.
On Thursday evening we hosted our annual Information Evening about the GATS program. If you
have friends or family interested in entry to this program, please let them know to obtain an application
th
form from the Front Office. They must be returned by 3:00pm Wednesday 11 March.
To celebrate International Women’s Day this week, a group of girls will be attending the Zonta
International Women’s Day Breakfast, accompanied by Ms Pandelios, our Girls Adviser.
Congratulations to our fantastic Zone Swimming Carnival competitors. Despite the poor weather for
our carnival last week, we were able to run the events and select the team for Zone. They competed on
nd
Wednesday, with outstanding results: 2 in the Zone, overall. Congratulations to everyone in the team!
As an addition to our School Welfare Program, in order
to support students, our school is introducing a new
Mentoring Program. This will assist some students in
Years 8 & 9 in setting and achieving goals and making
informed choices. The program is run in partnership with Raise Foundation. Raise Foundation is a
registered Australian Charity which provides mentoring programs for young people, using qualified and
vetted volunteers. They are supported by the NSW Government and they have worked with many
schools in Sydney previously. We welcome them to partnership with our school.
At our formal assemblies this week, it was great to be able to acknowledge the achievements of some
of our VET students in Yr11, as well as several students who achieved Gold Merit Awards. I would also
like to congratulate our amazing musical performers at the assemblies, Sophie Woolaston, Daniel Kim,
Karen Chang and Paul Lee. They displayed a lot of talent!
Thank you to the Year 7 parents who responded to the Year 7 Parent Survey last week. To make it a
little easier for more of you to respond, we have also produced it in a Survey Monkey format. Please
click on the link below and assist us by completing this survey. It will only take a few minutes.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RTTVVRN
Mrs Jacqueline Koob
Principal
FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPALS
YEAR 12 ATAR CLUB.
This club runs weekly sessions that focus on improving student performance to gain a higher
ATAR. This week we will look at, Research and Stress Management.
Year 12 half year exams start in Week 9 of this term.
THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS
We would like to recognise and congratulate the following students for their assistance at the
Open Night on Tuesday 3 March. The following students assisted staff, spoke to visitors,
organised activities and gave up hours of their own time to represent the school. These
students displayed maturity, initiative and work ethic that represented the Concord way to our
visitors.
Jenny Cho, Daniel Choi, Marian Kwon, Paul Lee, Sophie Woolaston, Nicole
Hwang, Jack Callander, Karen Chang, Christina Kim, Daniel Kim, Carlos TennentSerra, Veronica Wood, Tony Min, Benjamin Wood, Ari Draper, Louis Pusenjak,
Jack Garbutt, Jordan Smith, Seth Hennessy, Milos Savic, James Brookshaw,
Emily Rose McLauchlan, Jordan Singh, Lloyd Caetano, Lachlan Koziollek, Lara
Franzi, James Brookshaw, Phoebe Pride, Richard Seo, Christian Angelopolous,
Ethan Davies, Jordan Mastrogiannis, Nick Lawrence-Palmer, William Hughes, Zoe
Rush, Benjamin Brown, Zoe Rush, Georgina Di Camillo, Isabella Cheng, Adam
Robertson-Hodder, Leon Millard and Mathew Ianitto
ENVIRONMENT GROUP
Meeting is this week Monday Week A in Common 1. Please encourage your eco warrior to
come along.
PERSONAL LEARNING PLANS FOR ATSI STUDENTS
Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mentors are collecting information from staff to
complete personal learning plans for our ATSI students. Parents and families please expect a
call and invitation to attend a meeting to have your say in the plans.
UNIFORM AND LATE STUDENT DETENTIONS.
Students who are late or out of uniform are continuing lunch detentions. If your student is late to
school please provide a note or call the Side Office 9745 3777 ext 136. If your student is not
wearing correct uniform please provide a note. Please ensure that you continue to support full
school uniform and punctuality to class. Our image and reputation in the community is quickly
lost by such visible infringements.
Mrs Jody Engisch (Years 7, 9, 11)
Mr Craig Anderson (Years 8, 10, 12)
SCIENCE FACULTY
The Science department received a lot of positive feedback on their
displays from Open Night. Prospective parents and students loved
the hands on experience offered by the staff and in the animal
room. As such the Science department would like to say a few
thankyous.
Thank you to the P&C for support in financing the aquaponics
system and thermoregulation of the animal enclosures.
We would also like to formally thank Mr & Mrs McLauchlan for the
ongoing support that they and their daughter Emily Rose provide to
the Science department, particularly the Animal room. Such projects
require significant labour, time and financial investment without
which all students would miss out on the exciting and unique
opportunities offered by the hands on experience with the bearded
dragon, Stimsons python, multiple frog species, leaf tailed geckos
and the giant burrowing cockroaches who are now happy parents.
Anyone who is
yet to view the
animals up
close and
personal please
contact Mr
Sloane.
IMMUNISATION PROGRAM 2015
NSW Health will be offering YEAR 7 students’ free vaccines three times this year.
All students have been given information kits and permission forms. Those
students, who are still to return their immunisation cards, please do so by
Wednesday March 11, to Ms Iconomou.
The schedule for the visits is as follows:
Visit 1:
Visit 2:
Visit 3:
13/3/15
12/6/15
30/10/15
Year 7: HPV, dTpa
Year 7: HPV, Varicella
Year 7: HPV
It is important that students have breakfast on vaccination day.
If you have ANY questions about the vaccinations themselves, or your child’s vaccination history,
please contact The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register on 1800 653 809, as the school is
unable to provide this information. Information on the School Vaccination Program is available in
languages other than English at:
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/Immunisation/school_prog/languages_forms.asp
Any other questions regarding the program, please phone Mrs Milligan HT Welfare
Up until this point in Peer Support, students have been encouraged to respond with open
thoughts to challenges and be optimistic about pursuing positive outcomes. This kind of thinking
allows them to believe that new skills and strategies are beneficial and can make a difference to
the outcome.
Over the next few weeks students will discuss and practise a range of skills and strategies they
can adopt when inevitable setbacks occur.
This week we discuss reflection as a way of taking responsibility for our actions and considering
how we might alter them in the future.
We redefine failure as the absence of effort, recognising that results simply inform us of the next
steps to take.
Students are reminded that perseverance is not a case of doing the same thing over and over.
Persevering in any situation requires much effort, constant reflection and sometimes a number
of strategies.
Congratulations to the students listed below, who have been awarded a Merit this week. Well done!
Student
Daniel ENNIS
Amy FALSON
Briony O'DONOGHUE
Mustafa Ali ORCUN
Odile PUSENJAK
Daniel SAMUEL
Hobin SEO
Chris SON
Cooper STEEN
Joshua NGUYEN
Ivan MA
Bonnie LI
Marco GALLO
Naomi GARBEN
Lachlan GEORGIADIS
Blanche HUNT
Kyla GRAY
Thomas JAMES
Grace KIEFER
Jeremy KWOK
Scarlett THUELL
Max TRAPNELL
Angelina ZAMORA
Grace CHENG
Luigi SALVADOR
Joel SHAPIRO
Zac BALLICA
Natalie POLITO
Lauren PERRIN
Natalie POLITO
Michelle COLLINS
Alec YU
Nikki ARMSTRONG
Elanisa KAVUZLU
Gillian BARTLETT
Aamir KHAN
Cameron RICHARDS
Michael RICHARDS
Bryn MEYERS
Christian ANGELOPOULOS
Michelle LEE
Loic JUILLARD
Jake CONTEMPLACION
Brenton LOWE
Michael CHUN
Kenny YEUNG
James LEE
Award
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Leadership: Leading an Initiative
Leadership: Leading an Initiative
Leadership: Leading an Initiative
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Student
Julian YANG
Max BRENNER
Terry YU
Regan FUNG
Joshua ARMSTRONG
Louis BACK
Oscar BOWHILL HAYES
Benjamin COMER
Gordon CO
Lucas CHABO
Kisha CHABO
Jack CALLANDER
Francesca BULL
Sasha BACK
Emily Rose MCLAUCHLAN
Josie FEDELE
Jiyun LIM
Lee-Ann CHEN
Lee-Ann CHEN
Lucianne SWAIN
Louis MITCHELL
Joshua BARTLETT
Abby FRENCH
Francesca BULL
Ethan DAVIES
Madison DRING
Jack BAKKER
Lee-Ann CHEN
Emerald WILLIAMSON
James BROOKSHAW
Lachlan KOZIOLLEK
Lara FRANZI
Phoebe PRIDE
Richard SEO
Lloyd CAETANO
Emerald WILLIAMSON
Emerald WILLIAMSON
Jordan SINGH
Award
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Participation in school teams (Grade
or Knockout)
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Sport: Zone Representative
Head Teacher Award: Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit: Bronze Merit
Gold Merit Award: Gold Merit Award
Faculty Award: Bronze merit
Year Adviser Award: Bronze Merit
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
School Service: Visits to Primary Schools
Principal's Award: Silver Merit
Bronze Merit: Bronze Merit
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
Gold Merit Award: Gold Merit Award
Principal's Award: Silver Merit
School Service: Open Night Guides and
Leaders
Once again there were many highlights in the sporting world at Concord High School.
The following students have displayed outstanding sportsmanship and on field
talent at sport on Tuesday. Congratulation to these students:
Name
Tylah Lomas
Jordyn Hagan-Gaunt
Kiara Mederiros
Kyla Gray
Kimberlee Walters
Christian Angelopoulos
Zachariah Newport
Benjamin Antonio
Dylan Lockley
Sean Wang
Linus Draper
Jarrod Henderson
Kayleb Cantali
Joshua Abisaab
Year
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
9
10
10
Sport
14 Girls European Handball
14 Girls European Handball
14 Girls Touch Football
14 Girls Touch Football
14 Girls Softball
14 Boys Cricket
14 Boys Volleyball
14 Boys Volleyball
Open Boys Cricket
15 Mixed Volleyball
Open Mixed Volleyball
15 Boys Touch Football
Open Touch Football
Recreation Futsal
On Wednesday the 4th March, Miss Brown, Mr Bilbjia and Mr Slocum took 31 talented Concord
swimmers to the Zone Swimming Carnival. Our competition for the day included Burwood Girls
High School, Fort Street High School, Hunters Hill High School, Marsden High School and Ryde
Secondary College. Overall Concord came second with 528 points, 35 points shy of Ryde
Secondary College on 563 points.
Everyone performed at a high standard in the pool and the team bonded together cheering on
their teammates in the water. There were some outstanding results, including seven records
broken, five of which were broken by super fish Ben Comer!
Ben smashed the 12 years Boy 200m freestyle, 100m 50m backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
and freestyle. Ben was also named age champion.
Chris Son was named the 14 years boys aged champion, winning the 200m freestyle, 2nd in
200m individual medley, 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly.
Thomas James won 5 individual events including 200m, 100m and 50m freestyle as well as
the 50m butterfly and backstroke. Thomas was the overall boys 15 years age champion.
Thomas also joined Cooper Steen, Marco Gallo and Mustafa Orcun in the 4x50m 17+ Boys
Freestyle Relay. Not only did they win but they a smashed that has stood for 9 year record by
4seconds. This was a special day for the boys as it will be the last zone carnival they swim as a
team together, as Cooper and Marco are currently in year 12. Last year the boys came second
at National.
Other outstanding individual swimmers, who will be representing the zone at Regional on the 17th
March include: Kisha Chabo, Hobin Seo, Lachlan Georgiadis, Jake Contemplacion, Mustafa Orcun and
Marco Gallo.
The following swimmers will be competing at the regional as a team in relays.
12 Girls 4x50m freestyle:
Grace Kiefer, Angelina Zamora, Naomi Garben and Scarlett Thuell
13 Boys 4x50m freestyle:
Louis Back, Ben Comer, Ivan Ma and Hobin Seo
14 Boys 4x50m freestyle:
Chris Son, Lachlan Georgiadis, Josh Nguyen and Jake Contemplacion
17 Boys 4x50m freestyle:
Thomas James, Marco Gallo, Cooper Steen and Mustafa Orcun
All Ages Boys 6x50m freestyle:
Ben Comer, Hobin Seo, Mustafa Orcun, Jake Contemplacion, Thomas James and
Marco Gallo
On Tuesday, the Open Boys Knockout Basketball team travelled to Balgowlah Boys High
School for their first round match of the competition. The game was very close with no more
than five points separating the teams throughout most of the game. Unfortunately, the boys did
not come away with the win, however it was very pleasing to see the never give up attitude the
boys displayed. Great effort boys!
Last week, I reported that Amy Falson, Kyla Gray, Francesca Bull, Jared McKenna, Ely
Corliss and Lachlan Georgiadis were competing in the NSW All Schools Triathlon
Championships. The boys finished in the top 30. Well done to all participants.
Everyone found the experience challenged but rewarding at the same time. Thanks to Mrs
Falson for the fantastic team shots!
Talented Athletes
Concord High School has a range of talented athletes. We are excited to hear students’ achievements in their
different sports, both inside and outside of school. Please encourage your child to come and share their
achievements in sport with the sports coordinator, Miss Brown at school in common 8 or they can email their
achievements to [email protected]
ART NEWS
Exciting news … Luigi Salvador and Ravenna Finch in year 10 have
both been accepted into the Dobell Drawing School at National Art
School. Congratulations to both students, a great achievement.
http://www.dobellartfoundation.org/our-work/current-upcomingactivities/299-nas-year-11-student-drawing-workshop
View Concord High Art Clubs exploration of cultural diversity
through the mask. Consider Local students’ analysis of the
various influences in the creation of a mask through a
variety of mediums on show at Concord Library.
When
Monday 16 March – Sunday 29 March
Where
Concord Library
For further information please contact our
Youth Services Specialist on 9911 6314
Concord Library, 60 Flavelle St, Concord NSW 2137
Tel 9911 6210 www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au
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