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P&C Association
Notice of
Monthly Meeting
The next SGHS P&C meeting will be on:
Date: Tuesday 11 February
Time: 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
(6 pm for tea and coffee)
Place: Staff Common Room
Topic: Welcome Meeting
For more information, please contact:
Louise Fleck
P&C President
Email: [email protected]
Principal’s Message
Welcome to 2020 and to the new
school year to all members of the
SGHS community. A particular
acknowledgment of our new students,
the Class of 2025, who have
commenced their secondary school
journey in Year 7. The youngest
students of the school have
commenced their time at Sydney Girls
in a very impressive fashion, working
cooperatively with their new friends
and colleagues, as well as responding
to the helpful guidance of their Year
10 Peer Support Leaders, classroom
teachers and their Year Advisor Ms
Chau. We are also delighted to meet
the small number of new students
who have accepted an offer into
vacancies in the junior years, as well
as the cohort of Year 11 students who
gain entry each year into the senior
school. Given the fact that a change to
a new school is always accompanied
by some challenge, I would like to
encourage all students enrolling for
the first time this year to be confident
in asking for assistance or clarification
of any process or issue that is causing
a problem or providing any concern.
All staff and students are here to help
and the culture of the school is one of
friendship and caring for others. This
tenet was emphasised in the
inaugural speech to the school by our
current School Captain Amy Wade.
Additionally we are very pleased to
welcome new teaching staff to the
school. After the retirement of long
term teachers Mr Kalina from the
Maths faculty and Ms Joannou from
Technologies, as well as HSIE
teachers Mr Lunney and Mr Sinclair
moving to Head Teacher roles in other
schools, we welcome new teachers to
these vacancies. Mr Harrison Jones
commences his teaching career with
us in Mathematics, Ms Natalie Leung
likewise in HSIE. Mr Nicholas
Fernandez has joined us as a senior
Legal Studies teacher after a very
successful career at Cherrybrook
Technology High, and Ms Olivia Saul is
working as a temporary teacher in
Technologies following her impressive
internship in 2019. We wish them all
well in their time at Sydney Girls High
and thank them for their
contributions.
We return from the summer vacation
with a nation subdued by the events
of the unprecedented bushfire season
and the shock of the impact on
people, property, wildlife and the land.
Students across the school are
attuned to, and part of, the mounting
concerns of citizens who seek greater
action to protect the environment.
They are also well read across the
body of research from climate
scientists who globally have presented
a united response to world leaders
about the evidence. It is anticipated
that in 2020 the issues relating to
protection of the environment will
become even more prevalent in the
minds of students and the discussion
of significant issues will intensify. As
our young people are the future
leaders and agents for change we
look forward to supporting articulate
communication which is evidence-
based and aimed at remediating
some of the sensational media and
misinformation on these important
issues.
Unfortunately the 2019/20 holiday
season and return to school has been
negatively affected by the outbreak of
another global health disease, Novel
Coronavirus. Thanks are due to all
families who have contacted the
school with information about student
travel throughout January. The
situation was made complex by the
very late directive from the NSW
Department of Education asking for
cooperation from families where
students had been in mainland China
or in transit through there.
While the time away from school has
been unsettling for those students
affected, Year Advisors will stay in
touch and classroom teachers will
accommodate students who have
missed work through online
communication and the connection of
class buddies. Any auditions or try
outs for teams will also be
accommodated on return to school.
Thank you to all members of the
school community for the generally
calm and sensitive approach to the
issues relating to this health outbreak,
which has the potential to isolate
students, physically and emotionally, a
phenomenon which we are working
hard to avoid.
Best wishes
Andrea Connell
Principal
Educating young women since 1883 HiHo January/February 2020
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Welcome to all returning and new
students, staff, parents and old girls.
2020 will be an exciting year with the
continued building of the Governors
Centre echoing the work of a century
ago when the ‘new’ school began
construction on this site in readiness
for the move from the Elizabeth street
premises in 1921.
The school building has had upgrades
and repairs over the holidays involving
some further painting and carpeting.
The Cleveland Street Quad and
surrounding carpark and pathways
have also been resurfaced to improve
safety for foot traffic. There has also
been a renumbering of rooms to
correct anomalies that have occurred
over the past 100 years. From 2020
onwards all rooms that are learning
spaces will be identified by a three-
digit number. The basement level
numbers start with 0. Those on the
ground floor start with 1, the next floor
up start with 2 and the highest level
rooms start with 3. For example, the
Library is 201, moving
clockwise the adjacent
classroom is 202, etc.
To improve safety, all rooms
now have new improved
evacuation maps clearly
indicating the appropriate
path to follow in the case of
an emergency. There are a
couple of other safety issues
that are also worth reflecting
on. In the December 2019
issue of HiHo, Mr Denyer
described the program of
transition to light rail services
that will occur throughout
this term. Essentially the new
Year 7 will continue using the
610 bus service to and from
Central Station for the
duration of the term while
students in other Years will
have the option of using
buses or the new light rail
system. The important thing
for all students to remember
is that they need to be aware of the
movement of the light rail carriages in
and around both Central Station and
associated tracks.
The availability and use of Public
Transport have always been an
important factor in the life of Sydney
Girls High. Students develop a
confidence and resilience in
negotiating their travel to and from
school which leads to greater
independence and sense of
responsibility. Many students who live
nearby also travel to and from school
by walking or by bicycle.
There may always be some days on
which parents need to drop off or pick
up at the school. It is extremely
important that in these rare cases,
vehicles enter via the school grounds
via Gate 5 (Cleveland Street, leaving
by Gate 6) or Gate 8 (Anzac Parade,
leaving by Gate 7). Please do not drive
into the rear carpark as there are
always students walking through that
area between the basketball courts
and the main building. Cars should
stay on the outside driveways moving
closer to the exit gate before dropping
off their passengers. Even these
driveways are shared traffic for both
pedestrians and vehicles so a
restricted speed limit is in place.
Gregg Harrison
Deputy Principal
Deputy Principal Report
Please send your interest to Ms Surbey’s email to be part of
The Drama Parents Support Group for 2020.
There is one meeting per term but a great atmosphere of support
for the entire Drama program curricular and co-curricular.
Evening performances, FOH support, Showcase and fundraising
WE NEED YOU!!!
STUDENT LEAVE
Parents are reminded that if you
wish to apply for leave for your
daughter YOU MUST do so in writing
to the Principal. Applications are to
be submitted well in advance.
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Congratulations to our Year 9 medal
winners who received their award at
the end-of-year Merit Assembly. The
medal is awarded for continuous
participation in the Challenge from
Year 3 to Year 9 inclusive. Some of
the medal winners are pictured below:
Claire and Olivia have participated
every year from kindy. Claire enjoys
reading, and is greatly encouraged by
her mother, who stresses the
importance of reading. She likes
fantasy, dislikes romance, and
particularly enjoys dystopian fiction
which she finds realistic, as it
highlights certain aspects in society.
Some favourite examples are “1984”
and “Grimsdon”. She also enjoys
Agatha Christie, especially “Then there
were none”, which is realistic and has
an unexpected ending.
As Junya enjoys reading, entering the
Challenge was a good way to keep
reading. She particularly likes short
stories, which she reads between
doing homework. This provides a
useful break. The only problem is if a
story is extremely interesting and she
wants to keep reading. In primary she
used to read a lot of fantasy, and still
likes rereading past favourites, e.g.
from the Harry Potter series, as it
reminds her of when she and her
friends used to share their favourite
stories. She now prefers crime fiction.
Olivia enjoys romance and fantasy,
and recommends the fantasy novel
“Throne of Glass”. She reads a lot on
her Kindle as it saves carrying books
around. She also likes the school’s
eBooks which she downloads onto her
device from the eBooks icon on the
school intranet. She would like to
write a book one day, but so far has
not progressed beyond the first
chapter. Fantasy interests her in
particular, as an entirely new world is
created.
Ms Williams
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Co-Ordinator
Ethel Turner Memorial Library
NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2019
Alanna Vo, Olivia de Wit, Junya Wang, Claire Oberdorfer, Deleena Gamage, Mia Vinciguerra
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Debating
Welcome back to school to Years 8-12
students and to the new Year 7s:
welcome to Sydney Girls High School!
2019 saw many successes in
debating, and I hope 2020 is just as
exciting. I will take you through how to
join debating for 2020 and also give
you a brief overview of the many
debating opportunities we offer.
How to join debating
Year 7: There will be a meeting in E3
on Monday 3 February at lunch time
and again on Tuesday 4 February in
E3.
Incoming students in Years 8-11:
There will be a meeting in E3 on
Tuesday 4 February in E3 or check for
the registration email.
Current Years 8-12 students: please
check your school emails for the
registration email. This must be
completed if you want to join
debating.
Permission notes are available on the
table outside of the English staffroom
and on the intranet.
Coaching
Coaching takes place on Thursdays
from Week 3 in Term 1 to Week 5 in
Term 3. Year 7 classes will go from
3.30pm to 4.30pm (5.00pm for
competitive teams) and all Years 8-12
classes will go from 3.30pm to
5.00pm.
All our coaches are highly experienced
and are typically involved in
intervarsity, state, national and
international competitions. Coaching
gives all students the opportunity for
valuable experience in debating
regardless of whether they choose to
participate in competitions or not.
The 2020 annual coaching fee is
$220. This covers 22 weeks of
coaching from Term 1 to Term 3.
Eastside Competition
Eastside is a competition run on
Friday evenings between Sydney Girls
High School, Sydney Boys High
School, Sydney Grammar School,
SCEGGS Darlinghurst, The Scots
College, Rose Bay Secondary College
and Reddam House.
There are 5 rounds of debates that
run during Term 1 and the remaining
rounds and the finals run during Term
2. The participating schools take turns
to host the debating evenings.
Debates are in a round robin format
before semi-final and final rounds.
Years 7, 8 and 9 teams arrive at
4.30pm for additional coaching. They
will then prepare at 5.30pm and
debate at 6.15pm. Years 10 and
senior teams arrive at 5.30pm for
additional coaching. They will then
prepare at 6.30pm and debate at
7.15pm.
The Semi and Grand Finals will be
held on 15 May 2020 and 22 May
2020, respectively.
Students participating in this
competition will need to be an
additional levy to cover the cost of
competition entry fees and additional
coaching.
Friday Evening Debating
FED is a debating competition for high
school students in schools all over
Sydney that aims to provide debaters
an opportunity to debate in a friendly
competition against debaters with
similar skills throughout all stages of
the competition.
There are 7 rounds of debates that
run during Term 1 and the finals will
run during Term 2. The participating
schools take turns to host the
debating evenings.
Debates are in a round robin format
before semi-final and final rounds.
Years 7 and 8 debaters will be
required to arrive at the venue by
4.30, ready to commence preparation
at 4.45pm. Debates for this first group
should commence by 5.30pm.
Debaters in Years 8 and 9 will form
the second round of debates. They will
be required to arrive at the venue by
5.30, ready to commence preparation
at 5.45. Debates should commence
by 6.30pm. Finally, Years 10, 11 and
12 need to be at the venue by 6.30,
ready to commence prep at 6.45.
Debates will start at 7.30pm.
The Quarter-Final will be held on 8
May 2020, the Semi-finals will be held
on 22 May 2020, and the grand final
will be held on 12 June 2020 at St
Aloysius.
Students participating in this
competition will need to be an
additional levy to cover the cost of
competition entry fees.
Premier’s Debating Challenge
Sydney Girls High School enters
teams in the following state-wide
competitions run by the Arts Unit (of
the Department of Education and
Training) during school hours:
Year 7 & 8 Premier’s Debating
Challenge
Year 9 & 10 Premier’s Debating
Challenge
Year 11 Premier’s Debating
Challenge (Karl Cramp
Competition)
Year 12 Premier’s Debating
Challenge (Hume Barbour
Competition)
Students participating in this
competition will need to be an
additional levy to cover the cost of
competition entry fees and additional
coaching.
Schools Days and other competitions
Sydney Girls High School typically
participates in the following one-day
competitions run by various
universities as well:
UNSW Senior Debating
Tournament
University of Sydney Union Training
Day
University of Sydney Union Junior
Debating Tournament
University of Sydney Union
Women’s Debating Tournament
University of Sydney Union Senior
Debating Tournament
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Debating
New South Wales Debating Union
The NSWDU hold workshops and trials
for the NSW Schools Debating Team.
In 2019 the workshops and trials
were held at SGHS and Sydney Girls
students could participate for free as
a result.
Combined High Schools Debating
Students from Years 11 and 12 are
nominated by coaches in consultation
with the teacher coordinator for
selection trials.
Junior State Debating Championships
A Year 10 debater is nominated by
coaches in consultation with the
teacher coordinator for competition
held over three days at the end of
November.
Social Debates
Social debates are usually offered
alongside the Eastside Competition
for juniors, and in Term 4 social
debates are arranged according to
demand during with schools such as
Sydney Boys High School.
Team Selections
The aim of our debating program is to
give all students an opportunity to
participate in competitive, university
or social debates.
Selection of students to represent the
school in inter-school competition is
based on trials held at weekly
coaching sessions. Students are
selected by the coaches in
consultation with the teacher
coordinator. Commitment, availability
and ability are considered of equal
importance in the selection process.
Students who are selected to
represent the school at competitions
must attend all competition debates
and coaching sessions.
Debating Parent Support Group
We have a keen group of parents
eager to support and promote
debating within Sydney Girls High
School. We warmly welcome any
parent who is able to assist with
debating suppers, transport,
fundraising and newsletters. If you
would like to be involved in any way
please contact Tran Nguyen, via the
email address provided below.
Tran Nguyen
English Teacher
Teacher Coordinator: Ms Tran Nguyen [email protected]
Debating Captain:
Vice Captain:
Ava Broinowski
Swara Hegde
[email protected] [email protected]
Head Coach Indigo Crosweller [email protected]
Support Group Coordinator: Ann Sloan [email protected]
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Languages
A most impressive end to 2019 for
the Languages Faculty with 3 first
places in the HSC: Yitong (Candy)
Huang 1st place in French Continuers;
Catherine Nguyen 1st place in Latin
Extension; and Anna-Sophia Zahar 1st
place in Chinese Extension. Anna-
Sophia studied Chinese at NSW
School of Languages in her final two
years, however, we must not forget
the foundation she built from Years 7
to 10 with Ms Zhou! Placings were
also awarded for Harris Ledvinka
(2nd) in French Extension; Qiyu
(Annie) Xue (3rd) and Wanying (Cindy)
Meng (4th) in Chinese in Context; and
Catherine Nguyen (2nd) in Latin
Continuers. Remarkable
achievements for all these talented
students. The rest of our HSC
Languages students achieved an
average of 77% Band 6s across the 7
courses which is a wonderful outcome
for their hard work and tenacity. As I
say each year, these results would not
be possible without the superb
teaching of all our Languages staff,
junior and senior, who inspire our
students to reach their personal
bests. Heartfelt thanks to each and
every one.
This year is our biannual Language
Festival! The whole school community
is very much looking forward to this
event. All Languages students will be
involved and sometimes other
students like to organise food stalls
from their country of origin. Students
are reminded to check their emails
regularly to know when to attend
meetings concerning this. Harmony
Day Assembly will be taking place the
day after where prizes will be awarded
for best national dress from the
Languages Festival. I look forward to
seeing the characteristic enthusiasm
and energy this day holds for our
multicultural school.
French
At the end of last year three of our
talented Year 10 students won their
age category for the Alliance
Française Song Competition, however,
on Friday 6 December at the Awards
Ceremony they received overall
winners with Si t’étais là! Mrs
Kritharides, Mrs Fiene and Mrs Wang
joined me in celebrating their
daughters’ impressive achievement.
Organisation is underway for the
France Tour 2020 taking place in the
October holidays. Following a very
successful information evening in
Week 9 we had sufficient numbers for
the Tour to take place within a record
two days! 30 members along with Mr
Treacher, Ms Tilker and I are hard at
work preparing the necessary
documents. Tour members and their
parents/ guardians have paperwork
due to the Languages faculty by the
end of week 1 2020.
Corinne Grant
Head Teacher Languages
Japanese
The Year 7, 8 and 9 students of
Japanese entered the annual
Australia-Japan Relations Essay
Contest in August. This is an essay
contest that is open to all secondary
students held by the Embassy of
Japan every year. The aim of this
essay contest is to encourage and
develop a better understanding of
Japan, and Australia-Japan relations,
amongst secondary school students in
NSW and NT. In the senior division,
students were asked to respond to
the question:
With the advent of the new Japanese
Imperial era of "Reiwa" (令和), how do
you expect Japan-Australia relations to
continue to develop, given the
significant developments and
milestones that occurred during the
preceding "Heisei" (平成) era?
Congratulations to Lara Grosser in
Year 9 on receiving a highly
commended award. She attended the
award ceremony hosted at the Consul-
General’s Official Residence on the
4th of December.
Shoko Kuroki
Languages Teacher
On Thursday, 5 December, 50 SGHS
Year 8 Japanese students piled
together on one bus, curiously
awaiting the experience that the
Japan Foundation had in store for
them. The group learned about
Japanese culture. We were given a
unique experience to learn how to
wear a Yukata, a casual summer
kimono that consisted of a long robe,
a thin strip of cloth to secure the
garment (koshihimo こしひも), and a
sash (obi おび).
Once we had successfully put on our
Yukatas and took a variety of photos,
we sat back down at our work stations
to learn how to wrap items using
furoshiki (ふろしき) (a square of
Japanese fabric). Akahane sensei
taught us how to use the furoshiki
fabric to make a water bottle carrier, a
bag and wraps for presents. We also
learnt some new vocabulary and now
know how to talk about different
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Languages
shapes.
We would like to express our many
thanks to Ms Kuroki and Ms Xu for
putting in the time and effort that
ultimately made this day as enjoyable
as it was.
Marissa Chu and Shekinah Lowe
Year 8
Latin
At the end of 2019, a busy and
exciting year for our Latin students,
we played a variety of games to
develop flexible thinking and
collaboration, and to review the broad
spectrum of knowledge and skills we
developed in the year. We also viewed
some films to compare ancient forms
of entertainment to modern ones and
to consider how and why the
representation of characters and the
stories themselves change over time.
The Class of 2023 are also looking
forward to viewing I Clodia, the
performance for the 2002 CLTANSW
Drama Festival. This is particularly
relevant to them as they will be senior
students when the next Festival
comes around in 2022, and be able to
audition for roles in Alcestis, a tale
about a mythical queen of Thessaly,
and paragon of ancient feminine
virtue.
Looking to 2020, the international
exams for Latin students take place
very early in our academic year;
registration payments are due at the
office now. As students read for the
upcoming International Mythology
Exam the many adventures of the
Greek hero Perseus and the wretched
wanderings of the Trojan hero and
refugee Aeneas, they can reflect on
how blessed they were to enjoy the
certainty of a lengthy summer holiday,
and engage in their own enjoyable
escapades. A troupe of our students
across years 9 to 12 are also eager to
tell us of their experiences at the Latin
Summer School at the University of
Sydney.
As we welcome two new classes of
Latin students in Year 7, we can
consider the impressive example set
by the just graduated Class of 2019,
as reflected on the labores that
allowed them not only to conquer the
authentic texts that they studied, but
also to challenge their expectations of
what they thought possible when they
too had just embarked on their
journey of Latin learning as Year 7
students.
Alison Chau and Michael Vella
Languages Teacher
Visual Arts staff welcomes all students
and parents to the 2020 academic
year and extends a very special
welcome to Year 7 students and their
parents.
We have wonderful plans for Years 7
to 12 with a host of excursions and
incursions, artists’ in residence
workshops and many competitions as
well as exhibitions. Our Annual
Exhibition, to be held in August and
will exhibit works from students in
Years 7 – 11 and Year 12 HSC bodies
of work. It promises to be a vibrant
exhibition of completed works and
their development.
Congratulations are extended to Year
12 Visual Arts students 2019 who
achieved excellent results in their HSC
examination.
Best wishes.
Ms Wise
Visual Arts Coordinator
Creative and Performing Arts – Visual Arts
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Creative and Performing Arts – Drama
Welcome Year 7 to DRAMA
I extend a warm welcome to all Year
7s and their parents and encourage
everyone to become involved in
Drama. Students will receive an email
outlining involvement in co-curricular
activities as they indicated their
interest on Orientation Night . There
are no auditions for many experiences
so join the Junior Drama Ensemble,
with before school classes and /or
create an exciting contribution to the
Shakespeare Carnival later in the
year.
Check the intranet (once you have
access) and the Drama noticeboard
near the Year 12 common room and
CAPA staffroom.
Drama at SGHS is amazing, from the
Shakespeare Carnival in Term 1 to the
7-10 Directors’ projects in Term 3. We
encourage you to get involved and
immerse yourselves in the Arts. See
Ms Surbey or the Year 10 Drama
Class and the 2019 Drama Captain
(Darlena Roshan) and Vice-Captain
(Pat Dullur). Don’t skip out on any
drama opportunity.
Students of Co-Curricular will be
invoiced once classes begin. Don’t
hesitate to contact me directly with
any enquiries regarding any of our
programs. Best contact is via school
email [email protected]
2020 Co-Curricular DRAMA Schedule – Campbell Hall
Week 1
Friday 31st January - Lunchtime –
year 7 and 8 All Co-Curricular Q&A
and sign up
Week 2
Monday 3rd Feb Lunchtime –
Stage Crew sign up / ALL Co-
Curricular Sign up
Friday 7th Feb period 2 – Stage
Crew Training and Update –
including booking for events
Friday 7th Feb Lunchtime –
SHAKESPEARE CARNIVAL info
session (OPEN ALL YEARS)
Shakespeare Carnival / Senior
Ensembles / Theatresports /
Music / Dance)
Junior Drama Ensembles – Year 7s
ONLY - begin Week 3 – Thursday 13th
OR Friday 14th before school – 7.45 –
8.45am
Year 8 Drama Ensemble – Year 8s -
begin Week 3 – Tuesday 11th Feb
after school – 3.30 – 5pm
Shakespeare Carnival – Notification
form to complete – EXTRA support
meetings lunchtime in CH (TBA)
AUDITIONS Public Schools State Drama Ensemble Auditions
The NSW Public Schools Weekly
Drama Ensemble program is now
open for applications. If you are a
student in a NSW public school who
will be in Years 5-12 in 2020 you are
welcome to apply. The program meets
every Wednesday at The Arts Unit in
Lewisham from 5-7pm during term
times in Terms 2 and 3 and perform
at the State Drama Festival in October
in Term 4.
Students will work with some of the
state’s best teachers and theatre
practitioners to devise original works
to enhance their experience and skills
in the art of drama.
If you are interested in applying or
learning more, go to their website
at https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/
drama/weekly-ensembles
How to Apply – forms found online –
Drama Teacher Endorsement
required.
New Students: Please complete the
Audition Booking Form and the
Endorsement Form.
Returning Students: Please complete
the Endorsement Form.
New students (and their parents/
schools) will be emailed of their
audition date for those selected for
audition. Returning students go
straight to Callback Audition (ie they
do not need to attend the first
audition date but will require an
endorsement from the
school) https://
www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/drama-
ensembles
CO-CURRICULAR DRAMA Term 1 starts
2020 Co-Curricular DRAMA Schedule
– Campbell Hall
Week 1
Friday 31st January - Lunchtime –
year 7 and 8 All Co-Curricular Q&A and
sign up
Week 2
Monday 3rd Feb Lunchtime – Stage
Crew sign up / ALL Co-Curricular Sign
up
Friday 7th Feb period 2 – Stage Crew
Training and Update – including
booking for events
Friday 7th Feb Lunchtime –
SHAKESPEARE CARNIVAL info session
(OPEN ALL YEARS
Shakespeare Carnival / Senior
Ensembles / Theatresports / Music /
Dance)
PERMISSION NOTES AND FEES
DETAILS AT DRAMA NOTICEBOARD
AND ON THE INTRANET
Theatresports Competition Playoff
Students are offered training in
Theatresports in all levels. The
competition level begins with
intermediate and seniors from May.
The year 9s through to 11s compete
in teams up to 5 students at a special
event night. Incredible fun and great
humour is often the flavour of the
night. Don’t miss this - calling
competitors and audience –
Theatresports Playoff – Wednesday
May 6th – 6.30pm – CH. Juniors may
present demonstration games only as
they will have a special playoff later in
the year with their competition not
formally held until term 4.
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Creative and Performing Arts – Drama
Youth Shakespeare Carnival – Sport for Jove supported
The Youth Shakespeare Festival
provides a unique hands-on approach
to getting to know Shakespeare’s
works. This Festival is driven by the
young participants themselves as they
explore Shakespeare’s work though
performance, music composition,
movement & dance, and design. It
celebrates their response and
interpretation of the plays, creating
ownership of Shakespeare’s words
and themes. As a result, students find
that being part of the Youth
Shakespeare Carnival has added to
their understanding and appreciation
of Shakespeare, Drama, English,
Design and the Performing & Visual
Arts in the classroom.
Shakespeare is best understood
through active engagement rather
than only reading or watching.
At SGHS we host an in-school guest
adjudicated Carnival celebrating
Shakespeare in performance.
Students receive school based
performance recognition for their
participation. Then we can join a
celebrated Regional Carnival
organised by Sport for Jove Theatre
Company.
This event is so very popular here we
have 2 dates for your calendars, the
first a preliminary preparation for
juniors in school time on Tuesday
31st March. The final evening event is
Wednesday 8th April from 6.30pm in
Campbell Hall.
Early registration for the Shakespeare
in-school festival will mean ongoing
support is more readily available.
There might even be senior mentors
available for directing juniors in their
festival entry. Lunchtime meeting
early in the term to join up.
Preliminary Junior Shakespeare –
Tuesday 31st March – p.1-2 CH
SGHS Formal Shakespeare Carnival
Wednesday April 8th 6.30pm
CAMPBELL HALL
HSC OnSTAGE at the Seymour Centre
Students may wish to purchase
tickets to this event and visit the
display of best of projects from HSC
2019 as well in the foyer.
Don’t hesitate to contact me directly
with any enquiries regarding any of
our programs.
Best contact is via school email.
Elizabeth Surbey
Drama Coordinator
Sam Lewis Peace Prize 2019
On Saturday 23 November at the NSW
Teachers Federation House in Surry
Hills, Teonie Quach of Year 8 was
awarded the Sam Lewis Peace Prize
for her animated video Speak Up For
Peace. The judges chose her video
from over 300 submissions from
public schools and TAFEs from across
the state.
Con Kominos
HSIE Teacher
Jeannie Lewis, musician and stage performer, the daughter of the late Sam Lewis (for whom the award is named) and an Old Girl of SGHS (Class of
1961), presented the prize to Teonie at the State Council conference.
Teonie with Jeannie Lewis and her parents after she received her prize A still from Teonie’s animated video
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Welcome back to the 2019/2020
rowing season. Sydney Girls and
Sydney Boys High Schools will host
the Combined High Schools, (CHS),
regatta, at SIRC, at Penrith, on Friday
21st February. This is an important
and fun regatta on the rowing
calendar. Sydney Girls usually does
very well, so we encourage you to
watch your daughter row and also stay
and help behind the scenes if possible
to find the time.
SGHS will also host our own rowing
regatta, at Iron Cove, on Saturday
15th February. Thank you to the many
parents who have volunteered to help
on the day. At the SGHS regatta we
will sell refreshments to the families,
friends and students of our school
and participating schools. Usually, all
the money raised goes to SGHS
rowing programme. However, this year
we have decided to donate the profits
from our spring roll stall to the Euro
Coast Little Athletics Club, based in
Broulee, near Mogo, on the NSW
South Coast. Bushfires damaged the
building where the Club kept its
equipment. Many children in the area
have also lost their homes, together
with their Little Athletics uniforms and
shoes.
Former Captain of Boats, Sara
MacDonald, who finished school last
year and is now one of the SGHS
rowing coaches, has been helping
fight bushfires, on the South Coast,
over summer, in her capacity as a
member of the Rural Fire Service. She
believes Mogo is one of the towns
worst hit by the fires.
Head SGHS rowing coach, Tim
Hughes, has also been involved in the
bushfire recovery. He is a member of
the Army Reserve which has been
deployed to the South Coast to help
those communities. Due to these
commitments, Tim was not able to be
at the first rowing regatta for
the year, the Roseville Regatta
and he will be away for a
number of weeks. Matteo
Villani will replace Tim during
his absence. SGHS performed
well at the Roseville regatta,
at Iron Cove, on Saturday 1st
February. Here are the results:
First: Maya Grosser, Mia
Vinciguerra, Josephine Perry,
Zoe Krakowszky, Zara
Greenwood.
Second: Charlotte Steel,
Sydney Wang, Bianca
Tzioumis, Samara Kleiman,
Jacquie Ryan, Josie Richards,
Nancy Su, Abby Swan, Sarah
Blaney, Cassandra Szmajda,
Lorien Wong, Zara
Greenwood, Soe Krakowszky,
Mia Vinciguerra, Josephine
Perry, Deleena Gamage,
Ananya Hari, Jacquie Ryan.
Third: Mina Mishima Ha, Akhila
Sivarajah, Ally Xie, Avishi Raheja,
Lillian Sun, Mina Mishima Ha, Akhilia
Sivarajah, Misha Bendall, Bianca
Tzioumis, Samara Kleiman.
Jayne Anderson
Rowing Parent
Rowing
Sydney Girls and Sydney Boys High Schools will host the Combined High Schools (CHS) regatta.
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Saturday Netball is a popular sport at
Sydney Girls High School. In 2019, we
had 20 teams (about 180 girls)
playing each week, with girls from all
years participating.
With so many teams, we are able to
cater for players with a range of
abilities and experience. So whether
you are an experienced player or have
never played before, think about
joining up and playing netball in a
school team. It’s a great way to meet
new friends and to participate in the
school’s extra curricular life.
We play in the Northern Suburbs
Netball Association (NSNA)
Competition on Saturdays at Bi
Centennial Reserve, Small St,
Willoughby (adjacent to Willoughby
Leisure Centre and the swimming
pool) easily accessible via the Eastern
Distributor and Warringah Expressway
and by public transport. Junior girls
(12-15 year olds) play in the morning -
seniors in the afternoon.
Coaching/training. Senior teams are
allocated a professional coach and all
other teams are allocated a student
coach from a more senior year who
hold additional training sessions at a
mutually acceptable time (either
before or after school, or at lunch
time) and mentor the girls.
The school netball uniform (netball
dress) is available from the School
Uniform Shop.
Each team must have a parent
manager who will attend games or
create a roster to ensure there is a
parent present at each game.
NSNA will not register a team without
a parent manager. The parent
manager is also responsible for the
“kit” containing balls and bibs.
Although the teams play as SGHS
teams, there will not be a teacher
present at the games. Parents should
therefore understand that
participation by their daughter in this
competition is their own responsibility.
Registration and payment will be
online. http://
netball.resultsvault.com/common/
pages/reg/welcome.aspx?
type=1&id=36080&entityid=43361
Assistance will be given during
lunchtime Monday 3rd – 14th
February 2020 in the PE rooms.
The cut-off date for registration is
THURSDAY 13th February 2020. No
registrations made after that date will
be accepted.
Registration fees are $190, $90 after
the rebate. The Active Kids Rebate
can be used for SGHS Netball. The
link to Service NSW: https://
www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/
apply-active-kids-voucher: https://
www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/
apply-active-kids-voucher Please
obtain your voucher number through
Service NSW and enter this code at
point of payment when registering.
Please note the voucher code must be
entered without any spaces or it will
not be accepted. It cannot be
redeemed after registration.
GRADING DAY will be held on SUNDAY
16th FEBRUARY 2020 in the
multipurpose hall commencing at
10.30 – approx 4.30pm for Years 7 –
11.
For any further information contact
School Netball Parent convenor: Ms
Julia Elliott [email protected]
School Netball Co-Ordinator: Mr Jason
Invernon [email protected]
Grading Day will be held on SUNDAY
16th FEBRUARY 2020 in the
multipurpose hall
Year 7 (10.30 to 11.45pm)
Year 8 (12.00 to 1.00pm)
Year 9 (1.00 to 2.00pm)
Year 10 (2.00 to 3.00pm)
Year 11 (3.00 to 4.30pm)
All players to arrive 15mins before
their timeslot.
Jason Invernon
PE Teacher
Netball
As another year draws to a close I
would like to thank the players,
coaches, umpires, and support staff
for another great season of netball!
This year w,e had four teams make it
through to the grand final with two
winning overall, and many more
through to the finals series. As ever
Sydney Girls showed their competitive
nature combined with their good
sportsmanship. Our end of season
party was lots of fun and a great
opportunity to reflect on what was a
fantastic season we had. We have
said thank you and goodbye to our
wonderful umpires' convener of the
last two years, Daphne Zhang, and
welcome Kelly Li to the role.
In 2020 we look forward to gearing up
again for another promising season.
Grading day will be held on Sunday
16th of February 2020 in the multi
purpose hall commencing at
10:30am. The first game of the
season is on Saturday 28th of March.
More information will be sent out at
the start of the term. Registration
must be completed before grading
day and will be done online again. The
link will be sent out at the start of
need c term. The fees will remain the
same as 2019 at $190. The active
kids voucher will be available again
and you can apply for yours at any
time from January 1st from service
NSW.
Hopefully we will have lots of year 7's
join the netball club next year. It's a
great game and a very popular sport
here at Sydney Girls
Julia Elliott,
Parent Convenor for Netball
Saturday Netball 2020
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Competition 3
Friday night basketball comes
to end with the conclusion of
the third and final CSBA
Competition for the year.
SGHS had 6 teams qualify for
the finals: Inferno Year 11/12;
Fusion Year 10; Blaze Year 9;
Thunder Year 9; Wildcats Year
8; Tigers Year 8. From the
semi final fixtures, we had 3
teams progress to the Grand
Final.
Congratulations to Grand
Finalists:
Inferno - Christina Li, Yolanda
Ly, Jessica Nguyen, Mai-Linh
Nguyen, Lesley Yu, Lucy
Zimmerman, Vivi (Jiawei) Zhao
Blaze - Sabina Chong, Khushi Dahiya,
Jessica Ho, Sabrina Vo, Angela Wang,
Chantelle Wang, Hannah Wang,
Celina Wu
Wildcats - Mai Dong, Rebecca Lee,
Jennifer Li, Juliana Schembri,
Chantelle Troung, Isabella Ye,
Jadelyn Young
Both Grand Finals were close and
hard fought contests, with the lead
changing hands several times.
Waverley Warriors 30 defeated SGHS
INFERNO 24; SGHS WILDCATS 20
defeated SGHS BLAZE 18
Annual Presentation
The Annual Basketball Presentation
was held on Monday 9th
December. Congratulations to the
individual players listed who were
recognised by their teammates and
coaches. Two players from each team
were awarded trophies.
Award Recipients by team
Year 7 - Panthers MVP: Karen Wang
Most improved: Ashlee Talbot
Year 7 - Lightning MVP: Fiona Ridout
Most improved: Sally Su
Year 7 - Avengers: MVP: Melissa Liu
Most improved: Eugenia Chen
Year 8 - Wildcats MVP: Jadelyn Young
Most improved: Rebecca Lee
Year 8 - Flash MVP: Jenny Zhou
Most improved: Portia Palmerlee
Year 8 - Tigers MVP: Ellie Shi
Most improved: Sophia Wu
Year 9 - Flames MVP: Jessica Chen
Most improved: Mirabella Shang
Year 9 - Blaze MVP: Khushi Dahiya
Most improved: Sabrina Vo
Year 9 - Fury MVP: Rosie Sewell
Most improved: Rimsha Laiqa
Year 9 - Storm MVP: Bao Zhao
Most improved: Emily Huynh
Year 9 - Thunder MVP: Amy Rowe
Most improved: Sarah Lim
Year 10 - Fusion MVP: Bianca Xiao
Most improved: Lesley Lu
Year 10 - Bolt MVP: Emma Chen
Most improved: Darlena Roshan
Year 11/12 - Inferno MVP: Jessica
Nguyen Most improved: Vivi Zhao
The inaugural award for "Commitment
to SGHS Basketball" was awarded to
an outstanding Year 12 student who
played Cocurricular Basketball every
year of high school.
Congratulations to Christina Li, SGHS
Basketball 2014 to 2019. Christina
consistently excelled on and off the
court; maintaining an amazing
standard across a range of
commitments - Knockout Basketball
representative, Cocurricular
Basketball Vice-Captain, Year 12
Prefect Christina, while STILL playing
Friday night basketball throughout her
HSC exams! (Stop press: i just read
about Christina's brilliant HSC results
in the Sydney Morning Herald! ie All
Rounder; Top Achiever; AND
Distinguished Achiever!)
A very warm welcome and
congratulations to our new Basketball
Captains - Bianca Xiao & Nicole
Lee. Bianca and Nicole were selected
by the playing group from a quality
field of candidates from Year 10. Our
new captains have been extremely
busy and are already demonstrating
their aptitude and commitment to
their new roles. They displayed
excellent organisation skills during
Orientation and the Presentation. I am
really looking forward to working with
another wonderful pair of young
leaders.
Finally, a reminder that Competition 1
2020 starts on Friday 7th February ie
week 2 of Term 1. We have entered
15 teams for Comp 1 2020. Welcome
to our newest players!
- Training schedule will be released
next year.
- Permission notes will be due by
Thursday 6th February.
- Comp 1 fees are $181 - payable
AFTER receiving invoice.
- CSBA registration fee is $112 -
payable online at the Association's
website. The NSW Government Active
Kids Voucher can be used for the
Registration fee.
Yours in Sport,
Ms Michelle Howes
SGHS Basketball Coordinator
PDHPE Faculty
Basketball
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Basketball
On 18 December, the
final day of school in
2019, SGHS hosted
North Sydney Girls
High (NSGHS) at
Alexandria Stadium
for the annual
Shierlaw Ng Cup.
This event is one of
the highlights on the
basketball calendar.
Over 200 students
from both schools
played 24 games over
4 hours.
As always, the
competition was
played in great spirit -
highly competitive but
with great respect and
sportsmanship.
NSG were the current
Cup holders, winning
in 2018. Last night's results were:
2 draws
7 wins to SGHS
15 wins to NSG
NSG retained the Cup for 2019, and
have now won 6 times, in the 7 year
history.
The event also includes the ever
popular and fiercely contested - Old
Girls Game - played between former
alumni of both schools.
The SGHS team:
Euginia Chen 2015
Whansae Chung 2015
Deborah Lee 2016
Yihong Li 2017
Christine Lu 2017
Julie Anna Ly 2018
Mai Otaki 2017
Christine Wu 2017
Jonita Zhou 2015
I am very happy to report SGHS won a
thrilling and high quality Old Girls
game, 25 to 19 points. The speed,
skill and athleticism of the young
women involved in this game was
outstanding.
Kind regards,
Michelle Howes
SGHS Basketball Coordinator
PDHPE Faculty
SGHS vs NSGHS Basketball
Waterpolo
Hi everyone,
It Jess and Lucia, your water polo
captain and vice captain for 2020.
SGHS water polo is a great way of
staying active during your studies,
making new friends and having fun!
This extracurricular activity offers
immense flexibility through the option
of just doing training, playing games
or both. If you would like to join you
don’t need any prior experience only a
positive attitude and eagerness to
learn a new sport! SGHS enters a
number of different water polo
competitions throughout the year in
Term 1 and Term 4. The fee per
student for each competition covers
competition entry costs, pool entry at
UNSW, coaches and training sessions.
Information will be sent out at the
start of each term about upcoming
competitions. Girls can commit to play
for just Term 1 and then decide on
other competitions as the year
progresses. The current parent
coordinator for water polo is Justine
Nolan ([email protected])
however we are looking for a parent to
take over the role. Please feel free to
contact her for more information. The
first training session will be Sunday 2
February from 9-10am at UNSW pool.
We hope to see you there!
Jessica Xu and Lucia Wakim
Year 11
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Thank you to our Volunteers
The Canteen
Committee is
extremely grateful
to the 48 parents
who helped in the
canteen during 2019. Many helped
on a regular basis each term; some
specifically took time off work to help
whilst others found gaps in their busy
schedules to help. To all of you that
spared some time – thank you so
much!
For the school canteen to run
effectively, we do rely on volunteers.
So please, if you have previously
expressed an interest in assisting in
the Canteen or would like more
information, we would love to see or
hear from you. Please email
to [email protected] with
subject “Volunteer”, leave a note at
the canteen or contact Philip Sewell
0418 290 342
The Canteen is keen, through our
cooking to acknowledge cultural and
religious feast days. On the 2
December, the Canteen celebrated
Christmas. On the 4 February we
celebrated the Lunar New Year. If you
would like the Canteen to put on
special meals (and would like to help
too!) to celebrate a specific cultural or
religious day please do email us at
[email protected] with your
suggestions
Canteen Committee
The Canteen Committee is part of the
P&C with responsibility for overseeing
the running of the School Canteen
and generally meets once a
term. 2019 was a particularly busy
year for the Committee:
We introduced an online ordering
system in Term 3 which has helped
shorten queues and reduce waste and
has provided more transparency for
students and the canteen alike.
We also made changes to our canteen
menu in order to meet the mandatory
State requirements for a Healthy
School Canteen. We are particularly
indebted to Carrie Waring who tackled
the extensive auditing
and application process needed to
meet the State requirements
We expect 2020 to be much easier
for the Committee. However, we
urgently need new members and are
particularly keen for someone to take
on the Treasurer role. If you would
like to know more about the
Committee, please do get in touch
with us Please email
to [email protected] with
subject “Canteen Committee”, leave
a note at the canteen or contact Philip
Sewell 0418 290 342
Best regards
Philip Sewell
Canteen Committee
Canteen
Canteen Volunteers 2019
Amy Linh Jenny Gao Michelle Parlor
Angela Li Jessie Do Monica Harus
Anna Tzarimas Joyce He Natalie Salah
Annette Truong Julia Elliot Ning Jiang
Cemi Oberdorfer Karen De Witt Paphavee Sriwattanavanit
Cherith Rinaldi Kaylene Kritharides Phil Dang
Cindy Zhang Leanne Fuelling Philip Sewell
Daisy Tan Lenny Kam Ping Yang
Eve Chan Likang Wang Soo Chong
Gabrielle Mane Limeng Zeng Sumin LIM
Gerri Minshall linda Leong Susan Chau
Hiliary Steel Linh Tran Suwaty Lim
Ivan Wong Margaret- Anne Otton Svetlana Gebrian
Jan Wu Maria Dos Santos-Lee Xiao Suo Wang
Jason Chu Mario Vinciguerra Yaguang Bai
Jenny Chang Mehves Arya Yinxia Sun
SGHS Online Canteen is now
Open
The School canteen is now taking
online orders via App and website
based systems, using Qkr! A
payment application developed by
MasterCard. Qkr! has been used
by the School Uniform Shop for a
number of years and is being used
by many other schools.
More information are provided on
the School’s intranet, parent’s
portal and website https://
www.sghs.nsw.edu.au/
Community/Canteen.html
We will continue to allow cash for
over the counter purchases, but
we believe the advantages of the
online ordering system will
encourage most students to use
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February 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
2
3
Debating sign
up for Year 7 and
other new
students
Stage Crew sign
up
4
Debating sign
up for Year 7 and
other new
students
5
Year 7 Camp
6
Year 11
Debating Trials
Year 7 Camp
7
Year Meetings
Year 7 Camp
8 9
10 11
Meet the Music
P&C Meeting
12
Years 11 & 12
Visual Arts
Masterclass
Year 12
Economics ABE
Annual
Conference
13
SRC Induction
Day
Debating
Coaching Session
1
14
House Meeting
FED Debating
Round 1
15
SGHS Regatta
16
Netball Grading
Day
17
18
School
Swimming
Carnival
19
Year 7 Faraway
Films Workshop
20
School Photo
Day
Debating
Coaching Session
2
21
Dux and SRC
Assembly
NSW CHS
Rowing Regatta
FED Debating
Round 2
22
Old Girls Union
Council Meeting
23
24
Year 7
Vaccinations
25
Year 7 Meet the
Teacher
Selective
Schools
Language
Conference
26
27
Debating
Coaching Session
3
28
Student
Leadiership
Assembly
Eastside
Debating Round 1
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CONTACT Sydney Girls High School Address: Anzac Parade, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010 Phone: 9331 2336 Fax: 9360 9702 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sghs.nsw.edu.au
