Model Farms High School NEWSLETTER · 5/27/2013 · Newsletter Page 1 Model Farms High School NEWSLETTER ISSUE 14 Term 2 – Week 5 Monday 27 May 2013 Gooden Drive, Baulkham Hills

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NEWSLETTER ISSUE 14 Term 2 – Week 5 Monday 27 May 2013

Gooden Drive, Baulkham Hills Telephone: (02) 9624 3133 Facsimile: (02) 9838 8407

Email: [email protected]

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE… Student Success

We appear to have a considerable number of international athletes at our school and their achievements continue to be reported to me. Year 10 student Siobhan Dobie is off to Noumea this week as a member of the Australian Climbing Team to compete in the Oceania Championships. The First Continental Sport Climbing Championship is hosted in New Caledonia and the three nations competing for the title will be Australia, New Zealand & New Caledonia. Siobhan has a tough climb ahead of her and we wish her all the very best of luck. Year 12 student Ashleigh Mannix has returned from her trip to the US where she competed in the World Championships for Cheering and Dance in Orlando,

Florida. Ashleigh gained a Bronze medal as a member of Team Australia in the Jazz section and two other Bronze medals in Jazz and Pom with her Dance studio team Bradshaw Elite. Ashleigh has done a fantastic job of travelling and staying on top of her Year 12 studies which she hopes will someday lead her to opening her own dance company. P&C Trivia Night Thanks I was unable to attend the Trivia night this year due to prior commitments but have heard how very successful the whole event was. I would like to thank the P&C for their tremendous work in organising, marketing and running the night and am eternally grateful for the financial support this will provide the school. We are extremely lucky to have such an active parent body such as the P&C as well as a community that supports us so wholeheartedly. Thank you to all.

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Executive Conference This week the executive team spent two days engaging in some sustained professional development with the sole purpose of enhancing those skills we need to guide us through the challenges ahead such as Departmental restructuring, the New curriculum, National Standards for teachers and increased regulations in terms of teaching and learning. We invited external speakers to address us, examined our management plan and had some very clear „blue sky thinking‟ on our purpose, practices and products. As a team we meet every Wednesday but this does not provide us with enough time to dig deep with the sort of strategic thinking that is so imperative for moving our school in the right direction. Each head teacher gave up teaching time and personal time to make the most of this event and I thank them on your behalf for their energy, passion and contributions. Athletics Carnival Permission Notes Model Farms High School is a large organisation with many excursions, events and activities happening on a regular basis. These all have educational value and are considered important if we are to develop our children in a holistic manner. The majority of these require parents to pay a nominal fee and provide a permission note so that students can attend. If these two things do not occur then the activity or excursion is in jeopardy. We are usually asked by venues and bus companies to provide numbers one week in advance and if we have not collected enough at that time then we can be placed in a position of having to cancel. If permission notes are not received on time then this places your child‟s safety at risk. Our athletics carnival is on next Thursday the 30th of May and we still have a large number of students who have not paid or returned permission notes. Please check your child‟s bag for the note or simply write a note and send it in on Monday so that we can finalise our arrangements.

Christina Bennet Principal

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FROM THE DEPUTY …

Following the completion of the half yearly examinations, Year 11 students were provided the opportunity to reflect on their results though a social skills lesson developed by Mrs Munroe. Students identified their strengths and weaknesses, reflected on the time spent and methods used in preparation for exams and set goals for themselves for their final Preliminary examination in Term 3. This activity proved to be highly worthwhile as reflection is a key ingredient to improve, that is often overlooked as we move onto our next challenge. Thank you to Mrs Munroe for developing this wonderful activity and to the teachers for supporting its delivery. As is usual with half yearly exams in Year 11, some students will be very pleased with their results, some reasonably satisfied and some disappointed. If you are disappointed, all is not lost. Ask your teachers what you can do to improve, talk to your parents about what needs to change and put together a plan. A favourite couple of quotes of mine are below and are valuable lessons for us all. I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan In the forthcoming weeks, invitations to recognition breakfasts and assemblies will be sent home, for those students who have performed to a high level during their half yearly examinations. This is an opportunity for the school to recognise the high academic achievement of our students, and celebrate in a casual environment, whilst enjoying breakfast with family. I look forward to all three of these events. I would like to thank the school executive for giving up their time last Wednesday evening to attend a one and a half day conference. The conference was designed to plan for the future at MFHS and to reflect on current practices, particularly with programming and registration to ensure we are in keeping with best practice. Well done to all attendees. Mark Grady Deputy Principal

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TERM 2 WEEK 5 Mon 27/05 Yr 7V English Reading Task Tue 28/05 - Wed 29/05 Yr 11 CAFS Literature Review

Due Yr 10 Major Science Project due Zone Cross Country

Thur 30/05 IEA Program School Athletics Carnival

Yr 7A, 7B, 7L, 7R, 7N & 7T English Reading Task

Fri 31/05 Yr 10 Commerce Excursion Yr 10 English Studies & 12ESL Excursion Yr 12 Std Excursion Shoe-Horn Sonata Yr 12EAD ESG and ESW English Seminar Day Yr 7 Mathematics ½ Yearly Exam 2

WEEK 6 Mon 03/06 Snr Company Production ‘The

Beauty Manifesto’ in TLC Yr 12 PDHPE Assess Task 2 Yr 12 Std English Listening Task

Period 2 Tues 04/06 Yr 12 Music Performance Task Snr Company Production ‘The

Beauty Manifesto’ in TLC Wed 05/06 ICAS Science Competition Thur 06/06 IEA Program Yr 10 Art excursion to State

Library Yr 12 Biology & Snr Science to

Sydney Childrens Hospital Yr 7 Iron & Clay Performance 2-

3pm Yr 12 S&C Popular Culture Task

due Yr 7 Geography Aquarium

Wildlife World Excursion Yr 10 Maths Assignment 2

WEEK 7 Mon 10/06 Queens Birthday Public Holiday Tues 11/06 - Wed 12/06 Yr 12 CFS IRP due Thur 13/06 IEA Program Yr 8 High Resolves Program Yr 12 Legal Studies Family In-

class essay Yr 12 Maths Assignment 3

(General/Maths/Ext1/Ext2) Fri 14/06 SRC Mufti-Red Nose Day Yr 12 HSC Modern & Ancient

History Study Day Yr 8 High Resolves Program

Day 2

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From the faculty that counts!

Year 7 Thimmiah Baduvanda, Chloe Cvetkovski, Scarlet Foster, Regan Hill, Ethan Holland, Katie Rigg Year 9 Emily Duncan, Alex Mendoza, Caitlin Turner.

Year 10 Nicholas West. Year 12 John Collison, Mary Daroy, Taneal Norman, Jayden Vickery

This week’s news: Maths In Surveying Excursion:

Last Friday a group of Year 10 students attended the „Maths in Surveying Excursion‟ at Homebush Bay. Our students participated in a range of activities with members of the Surveyors Association, engineers from the University of NSW and also hydrographers, both civilian and from the Royal Australian Navy. Geography, science and history were

also integrated into the activities. Our students displayed exemplary behaviour and remained completely focused on all tasks, even at the end of the day were they were all tired. They were an absolute credit to their school. Well done! Mrs Manson

Half Yearly Examinations: Year 10 have now completed their Half Yearly Examinations. Year 7 will be completing theirs in week 5.

Free Maths Tuition: Free Maths tuition is provided every Thursday afternoon after school from 3pm to 4pm. Years 7 to 10 are in room 8-07 and Years 11 and 12 in 8-06. It is fully supervised by the Mathematics Faculty.

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Calculators: Please make sure that all students have their own calculator. The Casio fx-82AU is sold at the uniform shop for $35. Students need this calculator from Year 7. It is vital for their progress that students are familiar with their calculator and know how to use the different functions. Fun with Maths: Year 7 will be studying „Integers‟ after their Half Yearly Examinations in week 5. Here is the link to a song that helps students understand the concepts of the number line and positive and negative numbers. It is called the Number Line Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EWq9EZmIKg Answer to last week‟s question: There is a one in two chance, because the sex of a child is not determined by that of its siblings. Have a Mathematical week, From Jackie Dalton and the Maths Faculty Staff

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FROM THE ENGLISH AND DRAMA FACULTY . . .

Congratulations to the following students who are merit award recipients:

Year 7: Taylan Arslan, Thimmiah Baduvanda, Scarlet Foster, Madison Hanley and Matthew

Swavley

A SUITCASE OF MEMORIES…

This term 7EV are exploring the concept of Memory through the close study of a text titled Hana‟s Suitcase. The book outlines the real-life journey of a young Jewish girl as she is torn from her home town in Czechoslovakia and ultimately from her family as well. 7EV started off the unit by bringing in one object that held special meaning for them and sharing these precious items, along with their stories, with the class. It was great to see the students engage with each other‟s

experiences and we are looking forward to learning more about Hana and what happened to her.

Ms Estacio

Year 11 Premier’s Metro Debating

The Year 11 Debating team were beaten in a very close debate on Thursday 23rd May by Northmead High School. The topic was “That all juveniles should be given community service instead of a custodial sentence”. It was a hot topic with both teams presenting valid arguments

Miss asked us to bring in an important item and I decided to share this book I won on Presentation Day last year. This was a big day for me because it was one of the last awards I ever won in Primary. It was great to have this show-and-tell so that I could

remember the best bits from Year 6! - Thorne Blackman

Last lesson I brought in my ballet point shoes that I’ve now grown out of. It was fun

learning about everyone’s stories and their prized possessions. I’m really looking forward

to reading about Hana and her story. - Gemma Barnett

It’s always interesting to read about other people and their experiences, especially

young people – children that we can relate to and learn from. I’m eager to see what

happens next… - Lance Van Doorene

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for and against the idea. Both Rhianna and Adam Evans put forward good arguments as first and second speakers with strong rebuttal and summary from Mitchell Hannah. Well done to Prabhjot

Kaur, who stepped up into the role of team advisor. We‟ll get them next round!

Drama at the Farms

Another productive week for our Drama students!

Year 12 is hard at work playbuilding and working toward their Stage 1 Group Performance Assessment in Week 7.

Year 11 are devising their ensemble performance that satirises the nature of truth of truth in

society and the tangled web a company of liars can weave.

Year 10 is hard at work studying the practitioner Tadashi Suzuki and his techniques of grounding

the performer through control and tension through the body. They are exploring the condition of

MS and have composed insightful and heartfelt moments for their audience. These students are preparing for a big term of auditions that is fast approaching. The West Sydney Region Drama Festival, Celebrating the Arts Festival and Pulse auditions are all being held this term for our

talented cohort.

Year 9 is working solidly on their scripted Drama performances studying the play Small Poppies. They have adapted the play for a contemporary audience and implanted their

own quirks and modern day translations to engage their audience and challenge their skills as young performers.

Common Terms for all Drama students to remember: The Elements of Drama

Vernacular

Body

Movement

Role

Proxemic Relationship

Tension

Mood

Focus

Dramatic Meaning

What do these terms mean? Test yourself!

Our Junior Ensemble have been meeting each week engaging in an array of theatre sports activated designed to steadily build their skills and confidence on the stage. Their improvisations have kept us laughing and their eagerness to perform is always inspiring.

Keep it up juniors!!

The MFHS Senior Drama Company is in

the final stages of rehearsal for their debut

production of Nell Leyshon‟s The Beauty

Manifesto. This production questions the

importance of our outward appearance and

the extremes society will take to be accepted.

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DRAMA at the Farms The MFHS Senior Drama Company is in the final stages of rehearsal for their debut production of Nell Leyshon‟s The Beauty Manifesto. This production questions the

importance of our outward appearance and the extremes society will take to be accepted.

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GOOD LUCK! To the following teams with competitions coming up over the next few weeks: Boys KO Tennis Boys KO Soccer Girls KO Soccer Zone Cross Country

CONGRATULATIONS!

DON’T FORGET! Kendra Adams & Jack for making it to HS for Netball & Lawn Bowls

The School Athletics Carnival fast approaches on Thursday 30th May at Homebush – please return your permission notes and money to the front office ASAP – if you have missed out on receiving a note, hot-foot it down to the PDHPE Staffroom and ask for one!

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FROM THE LOTE FACULTY . . .

IT IS HERE!!! The Language Perfect World Championships for 2013 have begun! Our French and Japanese students have been busily typing away, improving their language skills and vying for some really great prizes! We have been very fortunate to have been given a free trial of this program and so far it has proven a real hit with the students and teachers alike. Gone are the days of long vocabulary lists to learn by rote! After logging in, students choose their language and either a visual or aural presentation of the words, earning points for any correct answers. There is immediate feedback and students can see where they are coming in the class and the school on the topics we are covering in class. Keep working at it everyone! There is a World Champion amongst you, I am sure! Stay tuned for our winner of the iPod Shuffle in the next week! You've got to be in it to win it! Virginia Leghorn

FROM HT ADMIN . . .

Attendance and Reports

As many years complete their half yearly exams, staff are starting to prepare students half yearly reports. This includes compiling the attendance data that is included on these reports. Below are the reporting period dates for each year to be used on the half yearly reports. Please ensure that all absence notes are returned promptly so that your child does not have any unexplained absences on their reports. The DEC policy is that if an explanation is not received within 7 days it is supposed to remain unjustified but still explained. Thus returning notes to school before the 7 days is up is extremely important. NOTES RECEIVED FOR THESE DATES (ABOVE) AFTER REPORTS ARE COMPLETED, WILL BE UPDATED BUT REPORTS WILL NOT BE REPRINTED.

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Support The Faculty With Ability

News - Etiquette Lunch -

On Wednesday the 22nd of May all three support classes participated in their first etiquette

lunch.

Prior to the lunch, through their study of etiquette in Health class, the students were

required to create a placemat clearly labeling a place setting. The students learned how to

properly set a table and then how to conduct themselves whilst dining.

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Support News - Etiquette Lunch -

Ms Ljubicic, the students Health teacher, then organized the etiquette lunch, where all of this

theoretical knowledge could be put into practice!

The students set their own place setting, made a selection from the menu and displayed all of the manners required of any successful dining experience. Ms Ljubicic must be commended for her dedication, organization and commitment to ensuring this learning experience became the success that it was! The students conducted themselves with distinction and deserve to also be congratulated for their mature approach.

B. Maksimovic

Head Teacher Support

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FROM THE SCIENCE FACULTY

Science Projects

A reminder of the great websites that can help you with your Year 7 and Year 10 science projects. The following website may help you. In your student portal you have access to TaLe or you can search for it with Google, the full URL for the website is: http://www.tale.edu.au.

This resource is useful to help you design your experiment. To find this resource you can enter this save code X03BV, under the heading „OPEN‟ or search for it by name.

Using the ‘search for’ function can help you find other resources. All the best for finishing your project. Fiona Hoy Head Teacher, Science

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Sports Bus 052-001

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MODEL FARMS HIGH SCHOOL

Model Farms Zone X-Country Training 29/05/13 GRADE SPORT VENUE ROOM TIME STAFF HT

BOYS GRADE

Open Soccer A/B Max Ruddock 1W1 12:15 – 2:40 Cooper EL

15’s Soccer A/B Max Ruddock 7.10 12:15 – 2:40 Jiminez JB2

Open Volleyball A/B MFHS 5.3 12:15 – 2:40 Hietamaki JE

15’s Volleyball A/B MFHS 6L2 12:15 – 2:40 Edwards FH

Open’s OzTag Gooden 8.5 12:15 – 2:40 Puleo JB2

15’s Rugby League Col Sutton 3MU2 12:15 – 2:40 Neville GC

GIRLS GRADE

Open Soccer Max Ruddock 1W2 12:15 – 2:40 Vince EL

15’s Soccer Max Ruddock 7.12 12:15 – 2:40 Keen JC

Open Basketball A/B MFHS 4L1 12:15 – 2:40 Chand FH

15’s Basketball A/B MFHS 8.12 12:15 – 2:40 McKenna JB2

Open Touch A/B Gooden 5.4 12:15 – 2:40 Hoysted JB

15’s Touch A/B Gooden 5.9 12:15 – 2:40 Barnes JB

MIXED Hockey Col Sutton 6L3 12:15 – 2:40 Newton FH

REC SPORT

Rock Climbing $7.50 +bus

The Edge Castle Hill 809 12:15 – 2:40 Rawat, Relf BM

Ten Pin Wondabowl $6.50 + bus

Wondabowl Castle Hill

804 12:15 – 2:40 Woods, Munroe GC

Gym $8 + bus Waves 5.2 12:15 – 2:40 Fountis JB

Ice Skating $7.00+ bus Sydney Ice Arena 7.10 12:15 – 2:40 Bowen, D.Harney JB2

Squash $5 Winston Hills 4L2 12:40-2:40 Gardner, D’Souza GC

Tennis Olympus $5 Winston Hills 7.7 12:40-2:40 Estacio, P.Singh JC

Rec Walking Around 501 506 713

12:40-2:40 Ljubicic, Gregory Greer, McKnight, Manson, Wawrzyniak, Jideh, Snell

BM JD EL

House Sport Gooden Res School Oval

TLC 12:40-2:40 12:40-2:40 12:40-2:40

Attenborough, Atkinson, Georgopoulos, Kumar

Aldababas, Parker Leghorn

JD EL JP

Boot Camp School 807 12:40-2:40 Dawson, Daly JD

YEAR 7 SPORT

7I Soccer 704 12:40 – 2:40 Murphy JE

7B Blacktown Indoor 706 12:40 – 2:40 Broadbent, Weingarth DD

7R TBall 3C1 12:15 – 2:40 Dick JE

7A Blacktown Indoor 507 12:40 – 2:40 Varghese BM

7N Touch 3DR 12:15 – 2:40 Montgomery JC

7T Gymnastics 709 12:40 – 2:40 Middleton JB

7V Frisbee 6L1 12:40 – 2:40 Villigran FH

NON SPORT School 8CR1 12:40 – 2:40 Archer JP

SPORT DETENTION School LIB 12:40 – 3:00 Letherbarrow DD

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