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TERM 2

MAY

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ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

NSW All-Schools Diving

14 NAPLAN for Years 7 & 9

15 NAPLAN for Years 7 & 9 Duke of Edinburgh information

evening, 6pm in Library

16 NAPLAN for Years 7 & 9 Iftar Dinner, 4:15pm – all

welcome! See flyer inside.

17 NAPLAN for Years 7 & 9 catch-up day for missed sessions

Yr.10 English to Macbeth

18 P&C Democracy BBQ and Cake Stall, near canteen (Election Day)

Yr.12 Drama combined schools workshop at Ashfield BHS

Yrs.9-12 T&D and D&T to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

19 Yr.12 English Ext.1 Study Day

20 Choir ‘In Concert’ rehearsal Yr.7/10 Big Sister activity ASSEMBLY

‘What School Could Be’ excursion SRC Meetings, lunchtime Choir ‘In Concert’ performance,

7:00-9:30pm, Sydney Town Hall. See flyer inside for ticket information.

22 VARIETY NIGHT, 6pm in Hall –

all years performing – all parents and friends welcome! See flyer inside.

23 Girls in Property excursion

27 ASSEMBLY – Reconciliation Day

Yr.9 to Made to Measure play SRC Meetings, lunchtime

29 Zone Cross-Country, Marsfield Yr.11 Reports on portal NSW Parliament Leadership

Conference (School Captains) Yr.12 Biology to UNSW Museum

of Human Diseases School Council Meeting, 6pm

30 Yr.12 Economics Study Day Yr.11 Hospitality Barista Course Yr.9 English to ‘Follow Me Home’

at Riverside Theatre

31 Yr.10 STARR Day

JUN

3 SRC Meetings, lunchtime

4 Yr.10 & 12 UAC talks at school

5 Yr.10 Vaccinations Futsal Regionals 14s

6 Futsal Regionals 16s Yr.8 English to ‘A Midsummer

Night’s Dream’ at Seymour Yrs.8 & 12 Parent/Teacher/

Student interviews in Hall, 4-7pm

8 Futsal Regionals Opens Choir to PULSE rehearsals

10 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

13 VIVID Sydney puppet performance by Yr.8 students at Barangaroo, 6-7:45pm

P&C MEETINGS, 7:00 pm, Library

15 May, 19 June, 21 August

Burwood Girls High School

EVENT Volume 18, Issue 3, 13 May 2019

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

From the Principal What a fantastic end to Term 1 – our International Day which coincided with our 90th Anniversary celebration was a great success, despite inclement weather! Christine Anu spectacular, fabulous support from the community, great presence from ‘old girls’, wonderful student support and a magnificent organising committee (Ed Kent, Amy Yongsiri, Monika Di Maio).

School holidays involved two overseas excursions – one to Korea and the other to Europe with 53 band students. Wonderful experiences for both groups. Marching band also returned in time for city march on Anzac Day.

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Korean Tour

BEP Europe Tour

Our students shared their ideas for learning for the future at our School Development Day.

The next P&C Meeting on Wednesday 15 May will focus on student leadership, with guest speakers Amy Yongsiri and Karyn O’Brien. I look forward to sharing more Burwood GHS successes at this event.

Mia Kumar

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LOOKING GOOD!

At Burwood Girls High School we expect students to dress in full school uniform and take pride in their appearance. As the cooler months approach we remind students to ensure they have suitably warm uniform items ready to wear.

All uniform items are available from Lowes and we also have a good range of sizes of second hand uniform here at school. Please see Ms Kalogeropoulos if you would like to donate uniform items that you no longer use – Not For Ourselves Alone.

Information on the correct school uniform can be found in the student diary on page 8, but here is a basic summary: Shoes: flat heeled, enclosed, black leather shoes Socks: white or black socks or black stockings Trousers: navy blue tailored trousers Skirt: BGHS skirt, mid-blue check fabric (for juniors) and

plain navy blue BGHS skirt (for seniors) Jumper: navy blue wool blend with v neck Jacket: navy blue microfiber jacket with school crest Cardigan: navy blue wool blend Scarf: navy blue or white

In addition, Year 12 students may wear their school jersey. Students should not be wearing: non-leather shoes and shoes that are not black; hooded or non-school jumpers, jackets or sloppy joes; coloured socks and scarves; or tracksuit pants.

We have recently put in place new procedures for the small number of students who do not follow the school’s uniform policy. There will be lunchtime uniform detentions on Wednesdays and Fridays for any students who are out of uniform without permission. If a student in roll call is out of uniform, they will be sent to the front office to get a uniform pass or detention slip. If a student in class is out of uniform without a uniform pass, this will be noted by the teacher on Sentral and the student will be required to attend a uniform detention during Lunch 1 in Room 17.

Karyn O’Brien & Kathy Lye Deputy Principals

INTERNATIONAL DAY 2019 – BGHS TURNS 90!

This year, International Day was held on April 5 with a massive celebration of our multicultural school, which reaches the milestone of 90 years this year. We incorporated the theme of coming together to celebrate 90 years of Burwood Girls in

our festivities for the day, inviting members of the community and former students of the school to join us. With special donations from the community, we were able to raise over $15000 for our selected charities around the world and here in Australia.

With a few changes to our regular International Day structure, the event was held on the school sport field – open to the weather, but the rain did not dampen our spirits. We had a little bit of ‘Sunshine on a Rainy Day’ in the form of Christine Anu as our guest performer! Ms Anu performed a number of her songs, including ‘My Island Home’, alongside some interesting tales of her experiences growing up in the Torres Strait Islands. She even had time for some photos afterwards, and joined the Tiddas girls on the Indigenous Australian stall cooking some kangaroo meat skewers on the barbecue before she had to rush off.

The Close the Gap activity planned for the entire school to perform the song ‘Took the Children Away’ was postponed.

The food stalls were magnificent! This year a new token payment system was introduced, as well as environmentally

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friendly packaging and cutlery (in an effort to reduce excess waste).

Community groups supported us with stalls. Games and activities were run by the GWS Giants and the Canterbury

Bulldogs sporting teams, and we also had special visits from the local police and SES, as well as some of our Old Girls who appreciated the mini display in our pop-up history museum.

International Day was well supported by our wonderful students, who turned up in costume and prepared to pitch in with the stalls, perform in the concerts, strut their stuff in the Parade of Nations, and managed the whole sound system for all concerts.

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Special thanks to all staff for their assistance and support in making this year’s International Day a memorable one for all.

Amy Yongsiri, Ed Kent & Monika Di Maio

Thank you to our sponsors:

Club Burwood

Wests Ashfield Leagues Club

Burwood Council Croydon PS

GWS Giants Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Pure Gelato Golden Globe Restaurant

Thank you also to:

and Burwood & Campsie Police

for their support

ENGLISH AND DRAMA FACULTY NEWS Report by Pauline Hageman, HT English and Drama

Term 2 has started well with Year 7 students studying Play-texts Year 8 studying novels focusing on Representing Women Year 9 studying novels focusing on Representing

Teenagers, and Year 10 examining the contexts and values of the Regency

Period in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and comparing those with values in a contemporary appropriation of the film, Bridget Jones’ Diary.

This term’s work for Year 10 English students will culminate with an extended response in exam conditions in the school hall which will provide an additional indicator of the level of English students might want to undertake in Year 11. Our current senior students continue to work diligently on their programs, with the HSC students braving Module B for the new 2019 HSC syllabus, for the first time.

Public speaking can spark nerves in the most highly confident of people, however our public speakers are rarely daunted by this challenging task. Students confidently expressed their own ideas in the “Rostrum Voice of Youth”, competing against a broad range of schools in the region. This year three Year 7 students, Aditi Kamath, Ruby Hensley and Mali Proepper, gained valuable speaking skills and experience by competing,

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while our senior team of Lucy Liu and Grace Lagan also spoke eloquently on their chosen topics. Special mention to Grace Lagan who once again proved her mettle, coming runner up in her heat. Thanks to Kirsty Millar for facilitating participation in the competition.

Rostrum “Voice of Youth” public speaking competition Term 1 saw the start of BGHS debating workshops and this year we have expanded the debating program to provide opportunities for more students to learn new skills and take part in organised debates. During Week A workshops, students develop their communication and reasoning skills as well as participate in debate prep as part of a debate team. Then, in Week B workshops, students test their skills in a formal debate with their peers.

In addition to debating workshops, our school participates in the Premier's Debating Challenge for Years 7-12 and our 11&12 division team were successful in their first two rounds. BGHS vs. Canterbury Girls High School was held at school on the topic of Education, with the BGHS team successful in arguing against the motion ‘That Aboriginal studies should be a compulsory subject for all senior subjects’, citing the importance of a more practical cross-curriculum integration of Indigenous perspectives and knowledge as a key argument against a compulsory subject for senior students.

Round 1 debate vs Canterbury GHS

In a subsequent debate at Newtown High School on the topic of The Media, the Burwood Team was again successful in arguing against a motion, ‘That journalists should be compelled to reveal their sources’. The Burwood team were at their best and developed a strong argument and demonstrated impressive insight into the workings of the news industry. Thanks to Tristan Carey, our Senior Debating coach.

Round 2 debate vs Newtown HSPA Year 11 Drama attended a performance of These Brilliant Things at Belvoir Street Theatre at the end of last term. Their eyes were opened by the unusual performance style based on audience interaction in the play which dealt with issues of depression and its effects on the community in an engaging and often comedic way. Thanks to Michael Gallaway for facilitating this experience.

Year 12 Advanced English students had a brilliant experience at the Henry IV:1 Symposium at The Seymour Centre where Sport For Jove theatre performed crucial scenes from the play followed by an insightful deconstruction by Damien Ryan, managing Director of the Company who has directed and performed in the play on a number of occasions.

Henry IV:1 was the most popular play Shakespeare ever wrote during Elizabethan times and many theatre academics still consider it his best play due to the fact that it

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encompasses the whole world of Henry IV during his reign from 1399-1413; from the Court, to the pub in Eastcheap, to the “Carriers” or the couriers of the day living in poverty. It was also fascinating to see the subversion of gender represented where the roles of Hal and Hotspur were played by women.

HSC Students will be writing a critical response of Henry IV:1 for Module B, so an experiential exploration means they will be able to recall scenes from the play while sitting their exam. Thanks to Daniel Whittemore and Tristan Carey for accompanying me on this excursion; it was an invaluable experience for us as Advanced English teachers of the new HSC curriculum, 2019.

Henry IV symposium for Year 12 Advanced English students

MATHEMATICS NEWS Report by Gavin Parker, Head Teacher Mathematics

ChooseMATHS Mentoring

Thinking about a future in STEM?

Want to know about real careers in STEM related fields?

Want a mentor to talk to about the mathematics needed in real life?

Try ChooseMATHS Mentoring!

Currently running nationally, CHOOSEMATHS Mentoring is linking Australian maths professionals with Year 9 & 10 high school girls and aims to strengthen the engagement of girls and women in maths. This peer-to-peer mentoring links maths champions with students via an online forum to support learning and answer any questions the students may have about mathematics. Students are able to ask questions, seek advice and explore career avenues from professionals across the country.

Each group contains a number of high school students, university students and career professionals allowing you to see a variety of experiences and opinions.

If you are interested please contact Mr Parker in the Maths staff room or email: gavin.parker@det.nsw.edu.au

Notes about the program The program involves attending a total of ten mentoring

sessions over the year (these may be before school, after school, at lunchtimes, or during lesson time)

The program is about confidence building, not about achievement. This means that you don't need to be the best maths student, just interested in a STEM career!

This is not a tutoring program. The mentors will not help students directly with their school work!

Maths Club!

Our first Maths Club to kick off Term 2 will be exploring the Binary number system. Students will learn to read and write numbers in Binary, as well as understand the difference between our three number systems (decimal, binary and hexadecimal) and how they’re used. We’ll be finishing off the session with some mathematical origami! All years are welcome!

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Maths Pathway

Term 2 has started and students are continuing to demonstrate high rates of growth on their individualised learning. Thank you to all the students who completed the Term 1 survey and we will continue to survey you at the end of each term. It is important to complete modules at home and revise your work prior to each test. Parents can access a comprehensive record of what has been completed and mastered.

Year 8 will be working on lots of exciting activities leading up to the Ilumin8 projects and Year 7 have ongoing rich tasks to develop their problem solving skills.

Take any two-digit number. Reverse the digits, and subtract your answer from your original number. What do you notice?

BGHS COMMUNITY IFTAR DINNER

Burwood Girls High School is known for its sense of community and the way that it brings individuals together without judgement. In this spirit, we are once again holding our Community Iftar Dinner and we would like to invite the whole school community.

Please bring your family along and join us for a lovely night of delicious food and interesting culture. Please bring a savoury dish that contains no pork, alcohol or non-halal meat or if that is all too hard please contact Mrs Dib who can organise a plate.

This year we are supporting Human Appeal Australia to fund the building of a well in a third world country. Please show your support for this organisation. https://www.humanappeal.org.au/

Erin Dib, LOTE Faculty

YEAR 8 NEWS

Jemma Neilson in Year 8 will compete in the World Transplant Games in Europe in August. The sporting event promotes the physical success of transplant surgery. Good luck Jemma!

Aeny Silva-Atiya, Year 8 Adviser

PREFECT REPORT

Term 1 was an active time for all Burwood Girls prefects who demonstrated their commitment to their leadership role by organising well-being and community building initiatives for our school.

To celebrate Lunar New Year, the prefects organised a wishing tree for everyone to mark the commencement of the Year of the Pig. Students wrote heartfelt wishes on festive coloured pieces of paper and tied these to the wishing tree in

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bloom. We also organised a food stall with delights like fortune cookies, which provided a cultural treat to enjoy on this festive day.

Prefects celebrating Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year wishes

We celebrated the love of our students on Valentine’s Day by selling chocolates and sending messages to a friend, classmate or an appreciated teacher. It was a well-received initiative and was particularly thrilling for prefects to see the faces of students who received roses and special messages from others.

To mark International Women’s Day on 7 March, the school Captains Mehak Bokhari, Grace Lagan and Harine Somasundaram and Prefect Coordinator, Ms Lazos, attended Flourish Australia’s International Women’s Day Breakfast. This organisation provides support and opportunities for women with mental health issues and their children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They were privileged to sit with Flourish Australia board members, Dr Josey Anderson, Jeremy Thorpe and Robyn Carmody but the highlight was the phenomenal personal story by keynote speaker Kath Koschel, a former Australian Women’s Cricket team player and the founder of Kindness Factory. Her inspirational story of success, proves that when we have the determination to achieve our goals, anything and everything is possible. The Captains have been fortunate in securing Kate Koschel as a guest speaker for the Burwood Girls Youth Empowerment Forum, which will be held on 12 June in our school hall.

Captains with Kate Koschel at Flourish Australia’s International Women’s Day Breakfast

On 7 March the prefects hosted their annual Prefect Afternoon Tea which was a tremendous success with over 100 students from government, independent and private schools across Sydney attending. While it was a social afternoon involving leadership activities in the form of a Mini-Olympics, It afforded prefects opportunities to network and share initiatives that may potentially benefit all schools. Prefects regularly represent Burwood Girls by attending Afternoon Teas hosted by other schools, proving that it is a popular event on the leadership calendar.

To celebrate Easter, the prefects hosted a series of frivolous activities on the last day of term. A Chubby Bunny game, Carrot Eating competition and Easter Trivia certainly tested the healthy rivalry between students and teachers and provided a lunch time of amusement. The frivolity was also supported by a bake sale offering various scrumptious treats for students to enjoy. However, the new feature of a pop-up photo-booth brought the greatest joy to our social media savvy students who donned Easter accessories and took memorable photo snaps with friends.

Easter frivolities!

Term 2 began just as eventfully as Term 1 with Mehak Bokhari, Heer Shah, Nikki Stamoulos and Vanessa Sun attending the School for Life Foundation Breakfast, ‘The Transformative Power of Education; Learning of all kinds, for all people' on 2 May. These prefects had the privilege of meeting Eddie Woo, founder of 'Wootube', author of Woo's Wonderful World of Maths, recipient of Australia's Local Hero Award in 2018, Finalist in the Global Teacher Prize and Education Ambassador for Sydney University as well as the

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Director of Schools, Janepher Nansubuga. They were offered first-hand experience of how transformative education can be to communities of people living in rural Uganda and hope to organise an initiative aimed at fundraising to offer access to education for children in Ugandan communities.

LANGUAGES NEWS

Korean Trip, 15-23 April 2019

Report by Kiatterath Kawsittiwong, Year 9 This year’s Burwood girls HS 2019 Korea trip was such a fascinating trip for all of us students and teachers. We experienced a lot of stunning places like the royal palaces the Gyeongbokgong and the Cheongdokgung palace that we visited and really spotted on the beautiful olden architectures that goes along with our beautiful traditional clothing that we all got dressed up in.

Students in Korean hanbok

We also visited the National Museum of Korea that exhibited variety of cultural art and information about Korea. We entered a small cooking class at K-style Hub which we got to make snacks and drinks that we really enjoyed making.

Visiting our sister school, Sehwa Girls Middle School was such a pleasure for us as we spent the whole morning and afternoon with the students and some of the staff that warmly welcomed us.

Visit to sister school, Sehwa Girls Middle School

Entertaining places we visited such as Lotte world where all of us enjoyed the thrilling rides and the luxurious indoor and outdoor activities. The NANTA cooking show was also full of excitement and enthusiasm where everyone enjoyed with laughter.

We also visited SM town and I'm sure the students who are big Kpop fans loved that very much. Kpop does not only end at SM town but luckily, we received an opportunity to experience watching the Mnet countdown live performances by many Kpop artist such as BTS, IZ*ONE, Momoland, Pentagon, Straykidz etc. Not to mention the delicious food we ate and the massive shopping we did throughout the days of this trip.

Giving a big thank you to Mr An who organised this trip for us and shouting us out the delicious Korean traditional meal. Another big thank you to Ms Sandow and Ms Hong who took really good care of us especially for Ms Sandow at organising our fundraising money for that local Korean BBQ night and for other of our expenses.

Also we are really thankful of all the staff and members that offered us opportunities to visit most of the places that without them we would never been able to experience such good times.

Awaiting flight to Korea

Experience authentic Korean cuisine

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STEAM NEWS

iLumin8 Launch

Report by Genevieve Yi, Year 8 iLumin8 2019, a STEAM program for all Year 8, was launched on 28 March.

WHAT WE DID For the iLumin8 launch we collected milk cartons and washed them out. We worked in science class groups to make our designated letter for the word iLumin8 with the help of our science, maths and art teachers. We used LED lights, batteries and masking tape and milk cartons. Each of the letters were then lined up in order to spell iLumin8 in different colours.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT The letters will now be used to display at the entrance to iLumin8. We will now work collaboratively in our science, art and maths classes to create a variety of light installations for the iLumin8 evening. These light displays will be interactive and made with coded sensors, coding and recycled materials. We will also electronically display our work from visual arts and in dance.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT iLumin8 was inspired by Sydney’s light festival – VIVID. The iLumin8 festival is a collaborative project for all year 8 students and teachers in different faculties. We dedicate a term to prepare for iLumin8 to show to the parents, student and school community. Each class designs a project to construct and display around the school. iLumin8 is a great opportunity for Year 8 students to enhance their creativity, problem solving and critical thinking.

The 2019 iLumin8 Festival will be held in the grounds of Burwood GHS on Tuesday 2 July from

5:30 to 7:00 pm – flyer below. Please come along! More information:

https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/ilumin8/home

Photos from the launch in March 2019

BURWOOD ENSEMBLE PROGRAM

Europe Tour, April 2019

During the school holidays 53 members from the band ensemble program had the wonderful opportunity of going on an overseas tour to Europe. Throughout the tour we went to three countries, The Netherlands, Belgium and France. After a long 24 hours of travelling, we finally arrived at our first stop which was Amsterdam. We saw the beautiful city of Amsterdam while enjoying a canal cruise, visited the Anne

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Frank house and travelled to Zaanse Schans, an old Dutch village where we saw the historic windmills.

We then performed in the Flower parade in Lisse. We marched for a long 7km (1hour 30mins) whilst playing. During this performance we witnessed 4 seasons in one hour! It snowed, rained, sleeted and then was quite hot and sunny.

In Belgium we went on another stunning canal cruise, enjoyed a walking tour of Bruges and saw the highlights of the charming medieval town. We went to Ypres and did yet another walking tour. We then performed at the St George Memorial Church. After that, we participated in the evening memorial at the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate where we performed two songs and our Year 12 students laid two wreaths on behalf of our school and Burwood RSL.

We then travelled to France and we saw many beautiful highlights. We went on a tour of the Sir John Monash Centre in Amiens, had a workshop at Villers-Bretonneux, a tour of the Opera Garnier in Paris, performed in the Jardin du Luxembourg and saw the amazing Notre Dame Cathedral, a week after the damaging fire. We also visited the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. On our last day we had a full day at Disneyland Paris (formerly called Euro Disney) where we performed in the parade in front of thousands of people. Throughout the trip we did nine performances, four of them were exchange performances with other orchestras and two were marches in the Flower parade and at Disneyland. We also had two masterclasses.

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We would like to give a special thank you to our band conductor Genevieve Campbell for the inspiration, to our strings conductor Andrea Ng for accompanying us, and to our teachers Ms Kalogeropoulos, Ms Lye, Mrs Kumar and Ms Field for looking after us throughout the whole trip. It was such an amazing experience and something we will never forget.

By Angelica and Hannah

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD SCHEME

The Duke of Edinburgh Information evening for 2019 will be held on Wednesday 15 May at 6:00 pm in the library. We will go through the information booklet and requirements of the program and how the school supports this and show presentations of the current Year 12s completing their silver and gold adventurous journeys. This meeting is for students planning on starting their bronze or silver awards and their parents and caregivers. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Heather Oh, Coordinator

DANCE NEWS

I’m excited to announce that Dance Company and Dance Ensemble were both success-ful in their applications for this year’s In The Spotlight Dance Festival. This year the festival has made some changes to ensure more parents are able to purchase tickets and see their children perform at the Seymour Centre, so they have changed the structure of the festival. There will now be 2 short shows each evening (6:30pm and 8:15pm) with each show featuring different items, rather than 1 long show with an interval as in previous years.

To help make sure parents purchase tickets to the correct shows, they have named them ‘Program 1’ through to ‘Program 20’. Dance Company will be performing their item ‘A Sense of

Home’ on Monday 17 June in Program 2 at 8:15pm. Dance Ensemble will be in Program 16 on Wednesday 26

June also at 8:15pm, performing their item ‘Roll, Fold, Scrunch’.

Tickets go on sale through the Seymour Centre’s box office at 9:00am on Monday 20 May. All festival merchandise will also have to be purchased directly by parents/guardians online this year.

For more information on buying tickets and merchandise, visit In The Spotlight Dance Festival’s website www.inthespotlightdancefestival.com.au and click on the ‘Purchase’ tab.

We would also like to congratulate Rachael Adair Connolly, Emi Barnier Davies, Nabin Kim, Alexandra Lusty, Greta Anfuso, and Sadie Shanahan for making it into the second round of the Schools Spectacular Featured Dancer Auditions. We wish them all the best in the coming weeks as they audition for an array of styles such as jazz, hip hop, ballet, contemporary and musical theatre. We are so proud of their efforts!

We also can’t wait to see our Tap Ensemble, Hip Hop Ensemble, Kapa Haka Ensemble, as well as Dance Company and Dance Ensemble performing at the school’s Variety Night on Wednesday 22 May (see flyer on last page).

We’d love to see you all in the audience to support all our dancers, so please come along to all the shows!

Ana Welsh, Dance Coordinator

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GIFTED & TALENTED PROGRAM NEWS

I am pleased to report that selections for the Gifted and Talented Program are under way and will be completed by Week 3 this term.

The photos below showcase a range of very engaging, well researched and sophisticated project presentations by the 2018 team members at the end of last year.

There is no doubt the 2019 team will equal the talent and depth of enquiry shown by the 2018 team.

Margaret Nowak, English Faculty, Gifted and Talented Program Coordinator

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HSIE NEWS

Reports by Kristal Foon, HSIE Teacher

Year 8 has been studying Landscapes and Landforms in Geography and most recently they researched different mountain environments around the world, the people that live there and how these people live in such harsh environments. Here are some of the interesting facts that 8A found out:

Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania, a country in Africa, and is made of three volcanic cones. The native people of the area are known as the Chaga people and have survived for a long time because of their agricultural techniques and abilities.

Eloise and Keira

The grounds of Mount Hengshan in China were used as a Buddhist area, and it was commonly believed that buildings on the mountain were inhabited by monks and Taoist builders, who were drawn to the mountain for its peaceful and serene atmosphere.

Tamzin and Emmelina

In the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, the Indigenous people believe that the formation known as the Three Sisters are based on sisters named Meehni, Wimlah and Gunnedoo who were turned into stone. The story of the Blue Mountains begins some 300 million years ago and the ancient rocks under the Blue Mountains are around 470 million years old.

Veronica, Lena and Miranda

The Sherpas of Mount Everest call the mountain ‘Chomolungma’ and worship it as ‘mother of the world’.

Eva, Skye, Chihiro and Lydia The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world, located along the western edge of South America. The people that live there are called Andean people and they are either Spanish or Indian. There were many groups of people who lived on the Andes; one of the largest groups being the Incas.

Stefi, Claudia and Rachel In Japan, people worship Mount Fuji religiously. Japanese people pray to the mountain for prosperity and hope they are called Fujiko. There are three different ways people display their devotion to the mountain; one is a pilgrimage called Tohai, when Fujiko people climb the mountain to obtain prosperity and hope. There is a temple dedicated to the mountain and it is listed as a Cultural World Heritage site.

Kirthika and Manisha The Alps is the largest mountain range in Europe and it has a permanent snow blanket, meaning there is snow there all year round!

Christina, Nina S, Gen, Chiara At 8,848m above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, known as one of the world’s Seven Summits. A total of 295 people have failed to survive this mountain. Mount Everest is spread across the border of China and Nepal and the people that live there are called the Sherpas.

Cici, Sara, Olivianne and Kardia Ifugao is a province located in Luzon, Philippines. The Ifugao culture revolves around rice and the people build terraces along the mountains in order to grow rice in the mountains. The people believe in a God called the Forth Skyward who bestowed animals and plants on those who control the transplanting of rice.

Mena and Angelina

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Mount Kenya, in Africa, is approximately 3 million years old. The main ethnic groups living around Mount Kenya are Kikuyu, Ameru, Embu and Maasai, who all believe that Mount Kenya is an important part of the cultures.

Anjali, Nina and Anneke

9ComY learning about comparison shopping

Last term Year 9 Commerce learnt all there is to know about being a smart consumer. They ended the term by presenting their findings about comparison shopping they had done in regards to purchasing an electronic device.

Here are some of their results (as you can see, Apple has a firm hold on the youth market!):

Angelica, Olivia, Violetta, Eva, Hayley, Michaila, Chloe and Fololina all chose to purchase the iPhone XR, as they all felt that the iPhone XR provided better features and value for money over other smartphones, as well as over other Apple branded smartphones.

On the other hand, Ivy and Daina decided to purchase the lower model iPhone 8, recognising that it still has great features compared to the iPhone XR, however choosing this model meant they could use the extra money to get this smartphone with higher storage.

Philippa and Monica also chose a lower model of Apple’s range of smartphones, the iPhone 7. Not only did they find that it suited their needs, it was good value and came with Apple’s renowned after sales service and warranty.

Rachel and Cindy looked at smartwatches and despite considering different brands, their final choice was the Apple Watch Series 4. They saw it as providing functionality and fashion rolled into one!

Khushi, Manvi, Lucia and Astrid decided that they needed a new laptop, comparing three different brands based on features and value for money. They decided that the Apple Macbook Air came out on top!

Aly and Evelyn compared three different brands of tablet. Consideration was given to features, quality, value for money, warranties and choice of retailer, and ultimately, they felt that the Apple iPad Mini 4 met their needs.

Deetya and Kate opted for the convenience and mobility of wireless earphones. They considered three different brands, and even though Apple was in the running, their final choice was the JBL Endurance Peak True Wireless Sports Earphones!

Katya and Apekchya discovered the world of professional photography and investigated different cameras, choosing to buy the Canon EOS 800D for its high storage, longer battery life and overall superior quality.

Khyati and Sofia considered the convenience, accessibility and affordability of purchasing an e-reader. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite proved to be the most worthy!

SPORTS NEWS

NSWCHS Diving

On Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 April, Imogen O’Brien, Year 10 and Lily Finch, Year 7 competed in the NSWCHS Diving Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic centre. Both girls dived beautifully and represented our school and the zone with outstanding sportsmanship.

Imogen won a gold medal in the 15yrs springboard and medalled in the Open Platform and Syncro event. Lily also won a gold medal in the 12 yrs springboard and medalled in the Open Platform and Syncro event as well.

We wish them both the best of luck at the NSW All-Schools Championships on Monday 13 May.

Janelle Gianotti, Carnivals Coordinator

CHS Diving champions

Knockout Football

The BGHS Knockout Football team had to restructure the team this year, as many senior players finished Year 12 last year. We were able to recruit some very young, but highly skilful and talented students. The team managed to reach Round 4 of the competition, playing against Narrabeen High School on Wednesday 1 May. The team managed to score an early first goal and held off a strong opposition of predominantly senior players. Unfortunately, we were unable to overcome a very strong team and lost 2-1.

Knockout Football team

Ms Dalageorgos would like to thank all students for their hard work and efforts throughout the competition. A special thank you to our senior players, Christina Spathis, Marissa

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Papoulidis, Sara Irace and Sophie Galasso. Your presence, passion and commitment on the field will be hard to replace. The team will be in training early next year in preparation for another season of Knockout Football.

Olga Dalageorgos, Coach, PDHPE Faculty

TAS NEWS

Year 10 Child Studies

During Term 1 students have been learning about Play and the Developing Child. This unit has allowed students to not only learn the about the importance of play in a child’s life but to be involved in fun interactive learning experiences. Students were given the opportunity to make play dough then use their imagination to create a variety of tactile, colourful and innovative objects.

Ms Slocombe, TAS Faculty

Year 10 Child Studies making and working with play dough

Year 12 AKIRA/SHAPE 2018

‘As a designer I want to make things that are emotionally or spiritually connected to people.’ Akira Isogawa, 2018

On 26 February, Year 12 Textiles and Design students had the opportunity to attend the Akira Isogawa and Shape 2018 exhibitions held at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, accompanied by Ms Papas.

Known for his fusion of Asian tradition with Australian ease, Akira Isogawa is one of our most loved and celebrated designers. This exhibition is the first to explore his career of more than 25 years, revealing the background, impulses and cultural influences that have contributed to the making of a fashion original.

The curated exhibition featured a wide range of garments drawn from Isogawa’s personal archive. Famous for his reimagining of the vintage Japanese Kimono, the exhibit highlighted his design process and experimentation with origami techniques to generate three-dimensional patterns on fabric. The space also featured notable collaborative work with the Australian Ballet and textile designer Florence Broadhurst.

Year 12 were then able to view the Shape 2018 showcase which featured a selection of outstanding major projects from the HSC across Design and Technology, Industrial Technology, and Textiles and Design disciplines. Year 12 were greatly influenced by the major works and designs of Akira, and came away with many valuable insights and inspiration to ready them for the completion of their Major Textiles Projects!

Ms Papas, TAS Faculty

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Year 12 Textiles and Design students

VET Work Ready Day

Work Ready Day on 8 April 2019 was an opportunity for all Year 11 students studying VET subjects (Entertainment and Hospitality-Food and Beverage) to find out about all the requirements before they go into the real world and do work placement.

We would like to say thank you to all our guests who contributed to Work Ready Day:

Lisa Blanche from Ultimo RTO

Kate Giagtras and Nicole Crump, Work Placement Coordinators

Ms O’Brien, VET Coordinator

Ms Latini, a former restaurant owner

Ms Sim, Entertainment teacher and Ms Milovanovic, Hospitality teacher

Kiara and Amelia with the student’s act

former Entertainment students Pip and Lilian and current Year 12 Hospitality students Irini and Alex, who came along to tell us about their experience while doing work placement.

Ms Milovanovic, TAS Faculty

Year 12 Hospitality

Year 12 Hospitality students (Kitchen Operations strands) had the opportunity to show off their skills as part of their cluster D Assessment Task Quality Café Meals, by catering for Ms Scott’s 60th birthday celebrations.

Happy Birthday Ms Scott! Ms Milovanovic, TAS Faculty

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Year 12 Hospitality (Kitchen Operation strand)

Woolworths ‘Earn and Learn’ – 2019

Woolworths Earn & Learn started up Wednesday 1 May and anyone can collect stickers to support our school when they shop at Woolworths.

With every $10 spent in a single transaction at Woolworths, one sticker is collected. These can be placed onto the Earn & Learn sticker sheets and dropped into the purple collection box at the front entry to our school or Woolworths in Westfield, Burwood.

Last year we collected 14780 stickers and our goal for 2019 is 15000. The more stickers we collect the more resources we can choose.

THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR STUDENTS WHO COLLECT THE MOST STICKERS.

This Woolworths promotion runs 1/5/2019 - 25/6/2019. Any questions please see Ms Patonay in TAS.

Subject Contributions

Thank you to everyone who has paid their daughter’s TAS Subject Contributions either in FULL or in INSTALMENTS. It has been greatly appreciated. A friendly REMINDER that the next instalment is due on Friday 17 May. Contributions are payable at the front office and receipts need to be brought to the classroom teachers.

If you ever have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on 9747 3355.

Rosemary Patonay, Head Teacher TAS

P&C NEWS

NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

The next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 7:00 pm in the school library. All parents are welcome to attend.

Our guest speakers will be Karyn O'Brien, Deputy Principal Senior School and Amy Yongsiri, Head Teacher Creative Arts, on the topic "Student Leadership".

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

Kathy Totidis, P&C President

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

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR BGHS ELECTION DAY BBQ AND CAKE STALL!

Another Election Day is looming, Saturday 18 May, and it's Democracy BBQ (and cake stall) time. If you can help out in any way, big or small, please let the Coordinator, Elaine Huber know - contact details below.

At the last election we raised $2,500 for the school and we feel certain we can do this again on 18 May, with your help. P&C fundraising priorities include grounds improvements and the proposed new performance space; plus the BBQ is a great way to engage with the local community. We're using SignUp.com again to organise our volunteers. Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/go/Qyyrwjt 2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like. 3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com. Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

We are also looking for cake donations, big and small, slices, biscuits, whole cakes, muffins, cupcakes - you bake it we will sell it!) You can drop off at the school office on the Friday before (17 May) or on the morning of the election at the cake stall, just outside the canteen. Thanks in advance for your help! Elaine Huber, BBQ Coordinator, P&C & Year 9 parent.

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YOU’RE INVITED!

BGHS Choir performing at ‘In Concert’ on Monday 20 May 2019