PREP NEWS | FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017 - Head Master's Bulletin · PREP NEWS | FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017 NEWS & NOTIFICATIONS From the Master of the Preparatory School ‘Be joyful in hope, patient

PREP NEWS | FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017

NEWS & NOTIFICATIONS

From the Master of the Preparatory School‘Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.’ Romans 12:12

Communication With Parents – Prep News, School Calendar And The Record Book

Prep News is our main vehicle for communicating with parents about the week’s activities, upcoming events andimportant information about school life. Over the last year or so there have been numerous changes in the wayPrep News and the School Calendar are delivered to parents. I take this opportunity to remind parents that inaddition to the version of Prep News that is delivered via email each Friday afternoon, it is also accessiblethrough the Trinity Community website http://community.trinity.nsw.edu.au/. Previous editions of Prep News arealso available through this site or through this link. A number of parents have indicated that they preferred theprevious PDF format of Prep News. This is also accessible by following the link to ‘PDF version’ positioned in thetop right hand corner of Prep News when accessed through the website.

Whilst the Record Book continues to be an important and reliable source of information about upcoming events,the online version of the School Calendar provides additional information about upcoming events. I encourageparents to bookmark this site http://community.trinity.nsw.edu.au/navbar/calendar/calendar.html so that it canbe used as a reference point, particularly for week to week activities. The contents of the calendar can be filteredto only list Prep-specific events.

The Record Book is an important document for each family in the Preparatory School. As a tool for your son, ithelps him to organise himself with his homework and provides information on school events and expectations. Itis also an effective communication tool for parents and teachers. Additionally, parents are able to see upcomingPreparatory and whole school events. Please note the colour scheme for diary entries in the Record Book is;Black – Whole School, Dark Green – Middle and Senior School, Light Green – Preparatory School, and Blue – JuniorSchool. I encourage all parents to monitor their son’s Record Book on a regular basis.

Winter Sport

Last week was the first week of winter sport and there were some very promising results. It also marked a newera for the Prep School as we moved to a new, temporary home ground at Cooke Park. The Coffee Van willcontinue to be a regular fixture at Cooke Park each Saturday morning to provide parents with their coffee fix forthe morning.

Please ensure that you are aware of your son’s commitment. It is imperative that he is on time to the game,arriving 30 minutes before the scheduled starting time so that an adequate warm up can be undertaken andinstructions can be given by the coach. Please keep in mind that requests for leave for family events need to bedirected to me with sufficient notice so that replacements can be made if required.

I refer all parents and players to the Trinity Grammar School Sport Code of Conduct, which can be viewed byclicking Sport Code of Conduct. I ask that you reinforce these principles with your son and uphold themyourselves of a Saturday. At Trinity, we encourage boys to be gracious in winning as well as in defeat. Theshaking of an opponent’s hand at the completion of any game is expected and good play from an oppositionteam should be acknowledged in an appropriate manner. No player should criticise any teammate and there is tobe no swearing or fighting on the playing field for any reason. All Trinity teams are to be immaculately turned outin the correct playing strip and non-Trinity items of clothing are not to be worn.

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Team lists are published each week. Please be aware that the coaches have the final say in terms of teamselections. This is quite often a difficult process and sometimes selectors do get it wrong. Some boys may feelthey have been misplaced. I encourage any boy who feels this way to do his best on Saturday to play anoutstanding game. Consistently strong performance is the way to show your talent and give the coach themessage that you have been placed incorrectly.

NAPLAN

Next week our Year 3 and 5 boys will participate in the NAPLAN assessments. These assessments are animportant part of our academic tracking processes. However, it is also important to note that these assessmentsand the data which is obtained from them are only one piece of the ‘reporting’ pie, alongside all otherinformation parents receive about their son’s learning.

Chris WyattMaster of the Preparatory School


ACADEMIC

Awards for the Week | Preparatory SchoolIB Excellence AWARDS

Mr Hull awarded: Class of 1O Appreciative

Rory Ashcroft 1C Open-Minded

Chenyu Liu 1C Inquirer

Jayden Paskaranathan 1C Open-Minded

Emmanuel Velkou 1C Curiosity

Jerrie Zhang 1C Open-Minded

Vibhav Jairam 1E Commitment

Mohammed Khaznadar 1E Curiosity

Jude Kim 1E Integrity

Ronak Biswas 1O Open-Minded

Christian Farah 1O Respect

Harris Yang 1O Curiosity

Louis Do 2C Cooperation

Kavin Sivapirabu 2C Independence

James Stylianou 2C Tolerance

Andrew Lin 2M Enthusiasm

Eric Liu 2M Independence

Preston Lo 2M Independence

Ben Gerges 2O Reflective

Ryan Jamil 2O Commitment

Sonnie Liang 2O Cooperation

Ruben Lim 3C Creativity

Rick Mao 3C Inquirer

Benjamin Simonds 3C Reflective

Justin Do 3P Curiosity

Julian Grehan 3P Caring

Harry Jang 3P Commitment

Aveer Shah 4B Curiosity

Malikrehaan Tamboli 4B Integrity

David Wu 4B Respect

James Cicuta 4D Confidence

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Michael Kordian 4D Respect

Michael Nasr 4D Principled

Aaron Soosay 4D Open-Minded

Nathan Tsang 4D Thinker

Max Lau 5G Risk-Taker

Jonathan Nam 5G Balanced

Dhruv Bharadwaj 5H Enthusiasm

Stefano Furlan 5H Thinker

George Louizos 5H Inquirer

Benjamin Chau 5O Commitment

William Cicinelli 5O Commitment

Hayden Hoang 5O Commitment

Luke Leckie 5O Commitment

Luke Raptis 5O Independence

Bo Hai Xie 5O Commitment

Ryan Barclay 6K Inquirer

John Hrsto 6K Commitment

Benjamin Kwan 6K Independence

James Moore 6K Caring

Brendon-Omar Moses 6K Integrity

Ari Tashtan 6K Caring

Maanav Bhandari 6M Reflective

Timothy Chin 6M Caring

Mark Gadalla 6M Communicator

John Mitrothanasis 6M Caring

Sami Nasr 6M Reflective

First Bronze

From 24th March

Jesse Cha 2M

Jonathan Chau-Vuu 2M

Aarav Cherukuri 2M

David Fisterman 2M

Lucas Fitzroy 2M

Athan Fudeh 2M

Henry Grewal 2M

Andre Laurent 2M

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Preston Lo 2M

Bailin Ashcroft 3P

Ethan Eswaran 3P

Edward Germanos 3P

Ryan Le 3P

Max McLeod 3P

Ashvin Nagaratnam 3P

Ayman Parker 3P

Isaac Sandroussi 3P

Lachlan Yuen 3P

Roy Ma 4D

From 31st March

Anthony Cheng 2O

Ben Gerges 2O

Alex Hu 2O

Ryan Jamil 2O

Lennard Suen 2O

This week:

Nicholas Cai 1C

Christopher Konstantinou 1C

Jerrie (James) Zhang 1C

Mohammed Khaznadar 1E

Sergio Rodriguez Chavez 1E

Kevin Wang 1E

Ali Bazzi 2C

Zachary Hovilai 2C

Isaac Ismail 2C

Kingston Nguyen 2C

Aaron Patel 2C

Jake van Nes 2C

Matthew Yang 2C

Yousef Bakir 2O

Christian Ghannoum 2O

Oscar Heralt 2O

Maurice Marroun 2O

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Ace Sharma 2O

Danny Tamergi 2O

Samuel Wu 2O

Eesa Bokhari 3C

James Hendry 3C

Ryan Hoang 3C

Ruben Lim 3C

Daniel Lok 4E

Matthew Nasr 5H

Oliver Hanania 5O

Timothy Chin 6M

Alexander Jacob 6M

Aneesh Nagaratnam 6M

Gabriel Simoes Peixeiro 6M

Oliver Cardiff KW

Kerry Chen KW

Luke Gerges KW

Aydin Hossain KW

Nicholas Khouzame KW

Jake Lim KW

Marcus Quach KW

Maximilian Quach KW

Second Bronze

Luke Raptis 5O

Marcus Smith 5O

William Chang 5O

William Hunt 2M

Charlie Zhou 1O

Thomas Ko 2C


Library News | Preparatory School

Library Remodelling

During the April holidays the Prep School Library was remodelled to try and utilise the space more efficiently. Wehave new inbuilt wall shelving around the perimeter of the room and new mobile shelving for the fictioncollection.

The mobile shelving is easily moved to create a more flexible learning space. The shelves are also at a standingdesk height, allowing them to be used as tables for boys to work at with their chrome books. In addition to themobile shelving we also have new flip tables for the back classroom area. These can also be relocated orreconfigured depending on needs and the learning taking place. The remodelling has also seen the addition offour new iPad’s to allow the students to access the library catalogue. These are positioned around the library oniPad stands or mounted brackets. These take up less space than the desktops and are more easily accessible tothe younger students.

The boys have been very positive and enthusiastic about the changes in the library. We have included some ofour favourite comments below.

‘I like your new style’‘Did you buy more books?’‘This is so modern!’‘I can find books easier now!’‘This shelf doesn’t wobble when we make domino chains!’‘It’s good’

The library is open to parents for borrowing from 8:10am - 8:45am and in the afternoons from 3:15pm to3:45pm. If you would like to set up a parent account please speak to any of the library staff and they are happyto help.


Author Visit For Years 5 & 6

Year 5 & 6 will have the author Allison Tait visit on the 26th of May. Ms. Tait is the author of The MapmakerChronicles, an exciting adventure series about the race to map the world. Boys are highly encouraged to readone of her books in preparation for the upcoming talk. Year 5 will be working in class groups in a hands-onworkshop called ‘Mapping Your Story’. Year 6 will participate in a presentation which looks at where ideas comefrom and the main elements of a narrative. This will be excellent preparation for when the Year 6 boysparticipate in Write a Book in a Day later in the term.

Kindergarten

This week Kindergarten planted broad beans in library as part of their unit, Sharing the Planet. They will berecording scientific observations of the beans growth over the next few weeks. The boys have also predictedwhat they think the bean will need for growth and survival. They identified that it would need water and sunlight,they also mentioned it would need ‘food’. We also planted a seed in a box to see what would happen if it had nolight and predicted what might happen. The boys will be continuing to monitor their beans over the comingweeks and will hopefully have a seedling ready for planting in week 4 or 5.

Claire Elliott | Teaching Librarian



Mystery Measurements | Year 4Year 4 boys have commenced their inquiry into measurement. They are investigating if accurate measurement isessential when recording and communicating processes. During the provocation, the boys mixed quantities ofPlaster of Paris without instructions and using informal measuring tools.

The boys are looking forward to excavating their hidden gem after the mixture dries.

VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4yJFuXQ-f6INWNmWkpYTDYyQWM/view?usp=sharing

Sally Bailey | Stage Two Teaching and Learning Leader, Year Four Teacher


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4yJFuXQ-f6INWNmWkpYTDYyQWM/view

Canberra Camp 2017 | Year 6Recently, boys from the Prep School Year 6 classes have undertaken an education tour of the national capital.They were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’shistory, culture, heritage and democracy. Over the course of the three day trip, the boys visited ParliamentHouse, Old Parliament House, The War Memorial, The Australian Electoral Education Centre, The Royal AustralianMint, The National Capital Exhibition and Questacon.

Through guided tours and participation in role plays, the boys were able to develop a greater depth of knowledgeand understanding of their current unit of inquiry into ‘How We Organise Ourselves’. The experiences were wellreceived by the boys and their level of engagement in their learning was impressive.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the nationalcapital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion theAustralian Government is contributing funding for each student under the Parliament and Civics EducationRebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

Mrs Kathryn Lonze | Year 6 Teacher



SPORT

Sportsmaster | Prep School

Saturday Sport Round 1- Saturday April 29

It was a satisfying start to our Winter sport last weekend with some strong displays and great results.Congratulations to the 2nd and 3rd XI football teams recording victories against Newington Wyvern also to the11A Rugby who managed to snatch a last minute victory against a strong Central Coast Grammar team, and tothe AFL team who beat St Aloysius 91-6.

Football Skills

I have had a number of enquiries about the Saturday morning Football Skills Programme. The programme wasput in place to cater for the boys who have not yet been able to make a football team. We did not want to forceboys to play a sport that they weren't interested in and did not want to dishearten them from playing sport. Theprogramme gives those boys an opportunity to develop their skills and continue to push for positions in teams. Ifa boy from a team is granted leave, then a boy from the skills programme will be asked to replace him. MrsRobinson is assisted by an external coach to provide skill development and game-based activities.

Absences From Sport

Saturday Sport is a compulsory facet of School Life for Boys in Years 4 to 6. We understand that at times familieshave commitments that occur infrequently such as weddings or religious commitments. If you need to be awayfrom sport please write to Mr Wyatt so that he can approve your leave. If your son is sick or something else hasstopped your son from attending sport then a simple text message to the Sportsmaster (0414 747 396) would beappreciated.

James Bremner | Sportsmaster

Saturday 29th April Sport Result

Football

1st Trinity 1 vs Newington Wyern 3

Best and Fairest Noah De Barros

2nd Trinity 6 v Newington 0

Best and Fairest Noah Blomfield

Encouragement Gabriel Simoes Peixeiro

3rd Trinity 3 v Newington 2

Best and Fairest Ryan Ma

Encouragement Pravin Nagaratnam


11A Prep School 1 v Junior School 4

Best and Fairest Matthew Nasr

Encouragement Marcus Smith

11B Prep Schoo 0 v Junior School 6

Best and Fairest Luqman Radwan

Encouragement Bo Hai Xie

11C Prep School 2 v Junior School 6

Best and Fairest Kevin Tran

Encouragement Jadon Wong

10A Prep School 2 v Junior School 6

Best and Fairest Matteo Portolesi

Encouragement Kiran Siva

10B Prep School 5 v Junior School 2

Best and Fairest Dominic Willis

10C1 Prep School 3 v Junior School 7

Best and Fairest Daniel Lok

Encouragement Nathan Tsang

10C2 Prep School 1 v Junior School 1

Best and Fairest Benny Chen

Encouragement Marcus Yang

Rugby

1st XV TGS 17 v Augustines 34

Best and Fairest Clark Foley

Encouragement Joel Maher

Open 7's (G) TGS 4 v St Pius 4;TGS 3 v Newignton Linfield 7

Best and Fairest Alex Fisterman


Encouragement Tom Ferguson

11A XV TGS 17 v Central Coast Grammar 15

Best and Fairest William Vaughan

Encouragement Christian Sedrak

U'11 7s (G) TGS v Scots;TGS v Cranbrook

Best and Fairest James Chamoun

Encouragement Joshua Yazbeck

U'11 7s (W) TGS 3 v Kings 3;TGS 3 v Scots 3

Best and Fairest William Cicinelli

Encouragement Domenic Furfaro

U'10 7s Prep (BLUE) TGS 5 v Kings 2;TGS Blue v Trinity White

Best and Fairest Noah Ming

Encouragement Gerard Shalala

AFL

Yr 5/6 Prep School 91 v St Aloysius 6

Best and Fairest Filip Lujic

Encouragement Matthew Warrillow


CO-CURRICULAR

Music News | Preparatory School NewsDo you know that our soul is composed of harmony? ~ Leonardo DaVinci ~

The final two neurological benefits that music can provide are:

Enhances self-confidence and self-esteemMakes you more creative

“Music improves cognitive and non-cognitive skills more than twice as much as sports, theatre or dance”

***Concert Band rehearsal has been cancelled next Monday 8th May due to the Gala concertrehearsal being held on the Summer Hill Campus.

AMEB

Notification has been received concerning the following exams:

Date Instruments Location

26th May Woodwind Summer Hill Campus

30th May Strings Preparatory School

2nd June Brass AMEB - City

2nd June Piano Preparatory School

Good luck to the over thirty boys preparing for these exams.

Junior Percussion Ensemble

This ensemble began rehearsals last week on a Wednesday from 1pm-1:45pm in the Beethoven Room with MrsSwanton and more members are always encouraged to join. This group aims to cater for those boys who arecurrently not involved in a music co-curricular group and have been learning their instrument for at least twelvemonths. Please contact Mrs Campbell if your son would like to be involved.

Gala Concert – Trinity Singers

Trinity Singers will be attending external rehearsals at Summer Hill on Thursday 1st June 2017 and at CityRecital Hall, Angel Place on Thursday 8th June 2017 in preparation for the final Gala Concert for Mr and MrsCujes. Permission notes will be distributed soon.

Musica Viva

All Preparatory School students will be attending a presentation by the Musica Viva Group ‘MARA’ on Friday 2ndJune. This ensemble supports the Unit of Work based upon Cultural Identity.


Instrumental Lessons Cancellation Notification

I draw your attention to the procedure for cancellation of Instrumental Music Lessons as outlined in the MusicInstrumental Tuition Handbook. Requests for cancellation of enrolment should be made directly to the Director ofMusic. Notice in writing will then be required four weeks prior to the end of the term or semester.

Geraldine Campbell | Director of Preparatory School Music


EVENTS

Society of the Arts | Baby et LuluDobson & Goodridge’s vocals entwine; two lovesick songbirds in a melancholic pas de deux. Superb... —AUSTRALIAN STAGE

It’s hard not to be swept away by the irresistible fun and folly which takes place whenever ARIA nominees Babyet Lulu make music together.

Baby et Lulu is the truly magnetic partnership of much loved artistes Abby Dobson (Leonardo’s Bride) and LaraGoodridge (FourPlay String Quartet).

They will be performing a selection of classic and contemporary chansons including Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Piaf,Camille, Charles Aznavour and more, as well as their own original compositions written in French.

Voices that blend so beautifully, romance and seduction expressed so intelligently and humorously – these arerare commodities rightfully turning heads everywhere.

Join them and their prodigious band in a celebration of la vie française.

Seating is strictly limited and tickets won’t last - so secure yours rapidement!

Feauring Matt Ottignon on flute, sax and clarinet; Julian Curwin on guitar; Marcello Maio on accordion; MarkHarris on double bass; and Hamish Stuart on drums.

When: Tuesday 16 May, 7.30pmDuration: Approx 60 mins (no interval)

Venue: Delmar Gallery, Victoria St gateTickets: $30 full / $20 concession / Free for Trinity students & Society of the Arts MembersBOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: click here to book now

Enquiries: 9581 6070 (Wed to Fri) or email [email protected]


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Society of the Arts | CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Join us for the official launch of Aris Georgiou: Circumstantial Evidence with guest speaker the Consul General ofGreece in Sydney, Dr. Stavros Kyrimis, on Sunday 7th May at 2pm.

Curated by Jack Pam and produced by the Australian Museum of Contemporary Photography, this is the firstmajor survey exhibition by Greek photographer Aris Georgiou to be shown in Australia.

Spanning a period of thirty years, the exhibition presents a selection of photographs examining the social world,our built environment and layers of history. With a powerfully romantic, creative sensibility, the artist engagesthemes of memory, hope, dreams and love through the passage of time.

Aris Georgiou (b. 1951) is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. Since 1977 he has exhibited his paintings andphotographs at numerous exhibitions in Greece and abroad. He has produced more than 17 publications of hisphotography and is seen as a key member in the establishment of the photographic medium in Greece.

Georgiou will be travelling to Sydney to attend the exhibition launch. He will be giving a free artist talk onSaturday 13 May, 2.30pm.

RSVP essential to the exhibition launch: http://trybooking.com/PRUL

Venue: Delmar Gallery (Victoria St gate)Exhibition dates: 26 April to 21 May, 2017. Gallery open Wednesday – Sunday 12-5pm. Free admission.Official launch: Sunday 7 May, 2pm. RSVP required.Artist talk: Saturday 13 May, 2.30pm. Free event.

Image: Aris Georgiou, Athens Downtown 1989


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COMMUNITY

Absentee Reminder ABSENTEE INSTRUCTIONS

Listed below, in preference order, are the methods available for Absentee reporting that would assist the Office:

1. Use the Trinity Grammar School phone APP and follow the prompts (From the APP home page selectPreparatory School the select Absentee Form to open the absentee form). Instructions for installing theAPP on your phone can be found by clicking here

2. Using the Absentee email address [email protected]. Also, if you wish, you can ‘CC’ theclass teacher on this email.

3. Lastly, you can phone 8732 4658 and leave a message with your son’s name and class


http://community.trinity.nsw.edu.au/news_links/2012/community/12_tgs_app.pdf

Trinity Prayer Group | Preparatory SchoolThe Prayer Mornings are run on a rotational basis, on alternate weeks, at the Preparatory School campus and theSummer Hill School campus.

Preparatory School Strathfield - meet in the Christian Studies Classroom Strathfield, on odd weeks of term(Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9)

Term 2: May 9th, 23rd, June 6th, 20th

Term 3: August 1st, 15th, 29th, September 12th

Term 4: October 24th, November 7th, 21st, December 5

Contacts:

Stuart Smith | Assistant Chaplain, Strathfield email [email protected] Gill (Strathfield) mobile 0432 011 351


Canteen News | Preparatory SchoolMonday 8th May To Friday 12th May, 2017

Monday 8th May – Xin Zhou, Volunteer needed

Tuesday 9th May – Smitha Simonds, Tracey Menegazzo

Wednesday 10th May – Shenuka Nagaratnam, Vanessa Russell

Thursday 11th May – Liying Yan, Chi Dao

Friday 12th May – Yasi Yoganathan, Jo Gerges, Joumana Moore

Please call Mary Saba on 8732 4654, if you can spare some time to volunteer.Please Note- When ordering your child’s lunch, could you please write a separate bags for drinks and hot food.

We are in need of volunteers on Mondays, and Wednesdays, if you can spare some time to volunteerjust one day a month, please call Mary Saba on 8732 4654.

Mary Saba | Canteen Manager


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PREP NEWS | FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017 - Head Master's Bulletin · PREP NEWS | FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017 NEWS & NOTIFICATIONS From the Master of the Preparatory School ‘Be joyful in hope, patient