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SGHS NEWSLETTER
Week 7A Term 2 2020 A Message from the Principal Strathfield Girls High School has had another great week, as we continue to support our
girls to engage successfully in the learning process and achieve their personal best. This
term as mentioned previously all students will receive a report clearly outlining their
strengths and the areas for further development. I am so proud of all our students as
their achievements both in and out of school highlight their commitment to participate
and experience in new learnings and their dedicated teachers are offering additional
support to ensure that all learning gaps are addressed.
From Weeks 7 to 10, all students in Years 7 to 11 will remain at school during the normal
Sport periods on Tuesday afternoons. The table below outlines the organisation for the
next four weeks.
YEAR 7WEEK 7 English & Maths
WEEK 8 Sports
WEEK 9 Creative Arts/TAS
WEEK 10 Science/HSIE
YEAR 8WEEK 7 English & Maths
WEEK 8 Creative Arts/TAS
WEEK 9 Sports
WEEK 10 English & Maths
YEAR 9WEEK 7 HSC Minimum Standards Preparation
WEEK 8 HSC Minimum Standards Preparation
WEEK 9 HSC Minimum Standards Preparation
WEEK 10 Sports
YEAR 10WEEK 7 Subject Selection
WEEK 8 Subject Selection
WEEK 9 HSC Minimum Standards
WEEK 10 Careers Preparation - Morrisby
YEAR 11WEEK 7 Additional Classes
WEEK 8 English
WEEK 9 Maths
WEEK 10 Exams
Principal’s Message
Students are encouraged to continue with the online Sporting activities on their Year Adviser platforms and
should aim to complete all SIX TASKS by the end of the term.
Our Year 12 interviews have started and we are supporting the girls to achieve their educational goals and plan
for their career aspirations.
Year 10 Subject Selection is underway and I hope you are all discussing the information presented with your
daughters. Individual interviews will be scheduled for Weeks 9 and 10. Ms Maharaj has organised an outstand-
ing program that will facilitate discussion, knowledge of the HSC and ATAR requirements and courses offered at
our school. It is essential that every student reflects on their academic performance and future aspirations to
ensure that they make informed decisions that will allow them to achieve their personal best.
Year 11 reports have been finalised and will be distributed via the students on Wednesday, 10 June.
The school has introduced a new financial system called School Bytes for parents to be able to view student
statements of account. This is a secure platform which operates through the Department of Education Westpac
Parent Online Payment (POP) System. Please find, on the following pages, further information to support you
with accessing this new platform.
All parents will receive an email with an adjusted Statement of Account next week.
The support of all parents is requested in the payment of subject fees, P & C contributions and all outstanding
excursions and sport fees.
These, together, enable this school to provide a continuing high standard of education for all girls, and cover or
supplement costs associated with materials used in class, maintenance and upgrade of property and fittings,
and the provision of wider educational opportunities, many of which involve learning experiences beyond the
classroom.
This school has always enjoyed very high levels of parent prioritising of fee payments, and I thank you sincerely
for all your support in allowing us to maintain our high standards. I ask that this support continues. I know that
no parents will want anything other than a high-quality education for their daughters. Thank you, in
anticipation!
Have a wonderful long weekend.
SRC Report
Congratulations SRC 2020!
We would like to congratulate our newly elected SRC leaders! Due to the unforeseen circumstances this year,
we have had to put our leadership assembly on hold. The SRC aims to build leadership skills, resilience and con-
fidence in our students.
We work as a team to generate whole school initiatives that are beneficial to our school community and exter-
nal organisations. Moreover, we actively engage in the local community to strengthen our community partner-
ships with the local council and local schools. So far, a few of our students attended the International Women’s
Day morning tea at Strathfield town hall and listened to some inspiring speeches by empowering women. Our
leaders have also taken part in the ‘Clean up Australia day’ initiative last term where the student body took part
in a whole school clean up. Some of our SRC leaders walked along Albert Rd down to the local plaza to clean up
our local community. We look forward to all the great initiatives this year!
Year 7 SRC leaders:
Lily Kuo, Sena Turkoz, Layla
Margan, Eleanor Vlahos,
Diya Urs, Beyza Acar and
Jasmine De La Cerna
Year 8
Naja Abas, Serene Ghazal,
Alessia Luchini, Marie Fadel,
Rayan Aiche, Nadya Kasnur
and Shruti Barot
Statements of Account - Online Payment GuideStatements of Account - Online Payment GuideStrathfield Girls High School will be sending student statements of account & payment reminders directly toparents/caregivers via email using a system called School Bytes. These statements include a link to makesecure payment online through the Westpac Parent Online Payment (POP) system (Visa & Mastercardcredit/debit cards accepted).
To make an online payment for your child(ren)'s school contributions, please follow the steps below:
1. You will receive an email from the following email address ([email protected]) withthe subject 'Student Statement of Account''Student Statement of Account' or 'Payment Request''Payment Request'.
2. To make an online credit card payment, click the secure payment button in the email.
3. Once this button is clicked, you will be taken to a webpage on www.parentpayments.com.au. On thispage, you will see a list of all currently outstanding items for your child. By default, all items areBy default, all items areselected/ticked for payment.selected/ticked for payment.
Strathfield Girls High School: Online Payment Guide
4. If you wish to change the amount you would like to pay for an item, enter the desired amount in thenumber field under the 'Balance Owing''Balance Owing' column.
To not pay for a certain item, untick the checkbox in the left-hand column of the table next to the item youwish to remove.
5. Once you have selected what items you wish to pay, enter youryour name, phone number and email addressunder 'Payer Details''Payer Details'. This allows the school to identify which parent/caregiver is making the payment.
Now, press the 'Next''Next' button to be redirected to a secure Westpac site to finalise your online payment.
6. Once redirected to Westpac, you will see the following screen. Enter your credit card details into theappropriate text fields on this screen. Once completed, press the 'Proceed to Confirmation''Proceed to Confirmation' button.
IF YOU REALISE YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IN SELECTING WHAT ITEMS YOU WISH TO PAY ON THEIF YOU REALISE YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IN SELECTING WHAT ITEMS YOU WISH TO PAY ON THEPREVIOUS PAYMENT PORTAL SCREEN, PLEASE CLICK THE 'Cancel Payment' BUTTON.PREVIOUS PAYMENT PORTAL SCREEN, PLEASE CLICK THE 'Cancel Payment' BUTTON.
Strathfield Girls High School: Online Payment Guide
7. You will then see a payment summary screen where you can confirm your details. When ready, press thebutton at the bottom of the page to confirm and make your online payment.
NOTE:NOTE: To pay for another child in the family, return to the original email you received and click thepayment button with the other child's name on it.
The payment button/link located within the email remains active for 12 months. This means that at any pointwithin this time period you can use this link to see what items are currently owing for your family.
For information relating to the security & privacy of this service, please refer to the following webpage:https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/School-Bytes-Student-Privacy-Information.pdf
Strathfield Girls High School: Online Payment Guide
SRC Report
Year 9
Mariam Issa, Nayoung Lee,
Mary Ma, Jimin Song Khushi
Jain, Ashvita Sritharan,
Jessica Cocking and Jegataruni
Thiruchenthil Rajan
Year 10
Pragya Gunti, Tarrynina Lui, Arwa Khanbhai, Lydia Gao, Stella Cox, Irmak Yuksel, Tere-sa Chen, Winnie Lynn, Anna Nguyen
Year 11
Harshini Pappula, Serena
Vuong, Livia Wang, Ai Yuen
Lim, Rakshita Surisetti, Salam
Adra, Angela Yoo, Eda Yuksel
Book Review
Mr Cordi’s Book Recommendation
White Teeth – Zadie Smith (2000)
Zadie Smith was only 24 when she published her debut novel, White Teeth. Smith deals with the British post-colonial diaspora with affectionate irreverence, and what she has achieved in this novel is thoroughly entertaining. It’s brimming with characters, and her style is very fast-paced, having been described as “hysterical realism”. Whilst the novel is definitely laugh-out-loud funny, Smith still manages to provoke food for thought. The story centres on the unlikely friendship between Englishman Archibald Jones and Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and their families in London during the latter part of the 20th century. I loved the references to religion, tradition, race, politics, marriage and family – and the conflicting perspectives of the many characters. Samad’s struggle with his faith and how it impacts his family life is engrossing. It has been voted by Time Magazine as of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, and ranked 39th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century, and for very good reasons, I think.
CESE—Centre for Statistics and Evaluation
Strathfield Girls High School has been recognised as a school delivering exceptional online learning during
the COVID 19 remote learning.
Staff engaged in an online meeting, discussing a range of factors that made SGHS remote learning possible
and how effective it was for staff and students.
Art Espresso Cafe
Art Espresso……..
After a long break, Art Espresso re opened this
week and to kick it off, Year 12 Hospitality
Class served the Executive staff afternoon tea
as part of their Assessment Task.
The girls were all assigned 4 “customers” in
which they had the responsibility of taking their order, making the selected hot and cold beverages and serving
them.
Here are some photos of the simulated Café
event.
Mrs Da Silva
TAS Report
Year 8 Technology Online Teaching Success Story Our year 8 Engineered Systems Technology classes have created some excellent Rubber Band Powered Race Car prototypes, and this week some of them got to have a race. Each student had to create a prototype out of the materials they had at hand during the Covid19 learning from home period (no easy task) and the results were spectacular. We are very proud of their efforts and what they have created. It was a lesson in engineering and in resourcefulness, and our girls succeeded magnificently. Here are some photos of 8I during their races.
Wellbeing Reports
The SGHS Prefects resume Breakfast Club this week. At SGHS, we recognise the importance of Breakfast
for students to perform at their best in their studies. During this COVID19 situation, the school has en-
forced new rules to prevent cross-contamination between students such as:
Each student will be making their own breakfast.
The prefects will be supervising students as they make their breakfast.
The prefects will ensure a 1.5 m distance between all students or will allow only a few students into
the senior room at a time.
All students will be provided with disposable gloves before they make their breakfast. Hand sanitiser
will also be available.
Written by: Ma’Ata Taufa
Wellbeing Reports
Year 7 Newsletter– Ms Creevey
This week has been our second full week back at school and gosh are we excited to be back! We have had a
wonderful week playing with our friends at lunch and recess and being back in real classrooms with our
teachers standing in front of us. In Vitae over the last 2 weeks each of the classes has had the opportunity to
focus on stress. We learnt that stress is our body’s reaction in scary or unknown situations and have discov-
ered ways to deal with some of the stress that may have arisen over the last few weeks. Overall it has been a
great week and we are excited to come back next Tuesday and continue our learning!
Wellbeing Reports
Year 9- Ms Lee I would like to introduce our Year 9 SRC (Students’ Representative Council) Leaders for 2020. This year we have 8 SRC leaders and they are Jessica Cocking, Mariam Issa, Khushi Jain, Nayoung Lee, Mary Ma, Jimin Song, Ashvita Sritharan and Jegataruni Thiruchenthil Rajan. I am very glad to have such a bright and tal-ented group of students who have really demonstrated their leadership skills in this week’s year meeting. They reinforced the importance of wearing correct uniforms to school, spoke about National Reconcilia-tion Week and organised a piano performance by Queenie Chen. I hope they continue to develop and re-fine their leadership skills this year.
Wellbeing Reports
Year 12- Mr Koulouris
This Week Year 12 received their UAC guide to stay informed and update with pursuing tertiary education for 2021 and beyond. They have all been busy researching courses and universities, some planning with friends to continue studying together. The opportunities are endless, with some students showing interest to study overseas!
Exciting news as our end of year activities seem to be slowly coming together with our Yearbook com-mittee continuing to design and collate our memories, experiences and profiles for the SGHS Yearbook. As well as this, the Formal committee has been actively planning for the Year 12 formal in November with news that it will be going ahead. As diligently our girls have been researching tertiary education to find the perfect option for them. They are now equally busy scrolling online shopping to find the perfect dress for formal.
Year 12
SGHS P & C
Message from the P & C
The Uniform Shop will reopen on Thursday, 11 June dur-
ing the LUNCH BREAK. For now, the uniform shop will
only be open for students as parents are still not en-
couraged to visit the school.
The uniform shop will be open every fortnight during
lunch time on a Thursday.
Important Safety Message to all parents
