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Sydney Girls High School

Annual School Report 2014

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School context statement Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective state school located in Surry Hills in the Centennial Parklands. The school was established in 1883 and is the oldest state girls school in New South Wales.

The school has an outstanding reputation and a long record of achievement in all fields of human endeavour. The special nature of Sydney Girls High School allows gifted girls to focus on learning within a caring, challenging and supportive environment. All Sydney Girls High students are encouraged to achieve their ‘personal best’ and have the opportunity to participate in the rich co-curricular program offered by the school. A tradition of excellent HSC results ensures that all students attending Sydney Girls High School progress to tertiary study.

While academic achievement is the foundation stone of Sydney Girls High School, students today enjoy a dynamic and rich school environment which develops individuality and strength of character, while fostering a love of learning and enjoyment of the school experience. On offer is an extensive range of co-curricular opportunities, comprising sporting, creative, intellectual, artistic, and leadership experiences.

Girls who come to Sydney Girls High School are encouraged to broaden their horizons through volunteering and working in the wider community, particularly in the contexts of health, education, the environment, and social justice.

Principal’s Message 2014 has witnessed the continued success and standards of excellence on which Sydney Girls High has established its reputation as an outstanding school.

We were delighted to congratulate the previous years’ HSC class on exceptional results. Offers to prestigious universities, Cambridge, Princeton and Yale, followed the enrolment at Harvard of two outstanding SGHS graduates the year before. Our School Captain, Ruby Lew, inspired the student body with her success, winning the NSW History Teachers’ Association prize. Students at Sydney Girls achieve high academic honours

across a broad range of studies and proceed post-school to pursue diverse academic fields in professional life. There is no formula “right way” for success for our graduating students.

The values of the school continue to be upheld with a remarkable commitment from all students across the year groups in support of community programs, initiatives and charities. not only do girls give their time and effort in collecting for community groups such as Stewart House, legacy, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Jeans for Genes and Daffodil Day, the advocacy and understanding of the values and objectives of the programs, coupled with an awareness of the issues confronting people less able and less privileged, is genuinely advanced within the student body.

Outstanding in 2014 has been the growth of the Social Justice Program to include a broad range of socio-political issues. The range of topics has been a drawcard for many members of the school community seeking greater understanding of complex issues. Congratulations are due to the committed student leaders for establishing such a quality program.

Individual students continue to enhance the reputation of the school through their talents and commitment to their chosen fields. We have applauded the exceptional gifts of Theodora von Arnim who was Dux of the School, Katherine Allen of Year 11, and Bonnie Zhu of Year 10. As a gifted visual artist, it was not surprising that Bonnie’s work was chosen as a finalist in the young Archies portrait prize from over a thousand entries.

Katherine’s success in the world of opera continues to grow with her selection as a featured artist at the Schools Spectacular, as well as an invitation to join the Talent development Project in the DEC’s Arts Unit. Her operatic performances at school events have been enjoyed by audiences and we look forward to seeing where her exceptional voice may take her.

After six years of outstanding debating and public speaking, recognition of Theodora’s talent in public speaking was rewarded when she was announced the winner of the NSW Schools Public Speaking competition. Theodora then competed

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in the national titles, which she also won. Her prepared speech “Women’s Voices in the Media” was a sophisticated challenge to the notion of equality of influence in Australian public life.

The standards reached by students such as Theodora, Katherine and Bonnie are a tribute to their capacity to realise their gifts and choose to devote their time and energy to developing these into recognised talents. In a school such as ours it is important to reflect on these journeys because there are lessons to be learned. Changes within the school executive throughout 2014 have been successful and very positive. Welcoming Mr Gregg Harrison to the deputy Principal’s role has seen a smooth transition from his previous role as Head Teacher Science. Similarly Ms Corinne Grant has moved to the Head Teacher languages role after merit selection. The retirement from Maths Head will see Mr Peter Ladmore replaced in 2015 and we wish him well in the next phase of his life, hoping to see him remain connected to Sydney Girls High. The continued commitment of the school executive to evaluate and refine the learning programs, organizational approaches and student wellbeing strategies, ensures that the life of the school is one of development and positive change in response to opinions and evidence. It is a pleasure to work with the school’s executive team, whose members provide a depth of educational leadership and management, which provides confidence to all staff and students. The school’s deputy Principals, June Vickers and Gregg Harrison, provide outstanding leadership on every front. My thanks to the many parents and members of the school community who give so generously to the advancement of the school in many different ways; to the teaching staff for their partnership with students in realizing the potential of all the girls; and to the girls who make every day as Principal of Sydney Girls High a pleasure and a privilege. Ms Andrea Connell Principal

Student Representative Messages One’s time at Sydney Girls is like a race. You train for hours to win that Roy Reidy trophy, you run like crazy every day for the 610s, and you save enough for that sprint at the end, the HSC. You shut your eyes for a minute as you run and when you open them again, it’s all over. While High Girls may specialise in the discipline of academia, like true athletes we are talented and dedicated across a whole range of activities. Girls across all years have continued to excel in music, sport, drama, chess, da Vinci decathlons, and in 2014, I am delighted to add Scrabble to that list. The immense success that we enjoy at Sydney Girls wouldn’t be possible without the support teams behind us. The teachers at Sydney Girls are an unfailing source of support and inspiration and foster a love of learning in every High Girl. Year 12 has been a thrilling rollercoaster of study, free period runs to Bourke St Bakery and an excess of caffeine and tunic days, where we donned our beloved brown potato sacks with more enthusiasm than we ever did in the junior school. And here is where my analogy falls short; the people we run with are not our competitors but our friends. The support from my class of 2014 teammates has not only made it possible to complete this race, but they’ve also made it a joyful experience in the toughest of times. Thank you for the privilege of captain of this school full of such talented, conscientious, incredible girls and equally wonderful staff. Standing at the finish line and looking back, a pang of nostalgia hits me as I realise how far we’ve come. When I search the common room for those potato sack-wearing, huge school-bag wielding year 7 girls, I cannot find them. They have blossomed into brilliant young women who are ready to take on the world. Charmaine D’Souza School Captain

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Tip-toeing down the hallowed halls of Sydney Girls on my first day of high school conjured up images of wide-eyed Alice falling down the proverbial rabbit-hole. The enormity of the hero’s quest which lay ahead of me over the next six years seemed almost unattainable at the time. It was only as my final days at Sydney High came to a close that I realised that High girls are a special brand of awesome, capable of taking on any task and challenge. Over the last 12 months, Sydney Girls has endeavoured to strive and excel in the fields of academia, sport, extra-curricular activities and leadership. The Prefects in particular supported the royal institute for deaf and blind children. This provided an amazing opportunity to work closely with a truly accomplished organisation. Through various fundraisers, namely the (infamous) Bake Sale of 2014, we were able to raise awareness about the institute and the amazing service their staff provide to the community every day. As a cohort, the class of 2014 shared close ties with one another, united by the combined vision of achieving our personal bests during our HSC year. It has been a true privilege to serve as your School Vice Captain for 2014. I will forever hold close to my heart the cherished memories of my time at Sydney Girls. Just as Alice woke up from her whimsical reverie, so must I now take on a new realm outside the safe haven of Sydney Girls. However, the preparation provided to me by the exceptional teachers, staff and the executive have granted me the most solid foundation for the future. Stephanie Centorame Vice Captain

Student information It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all students be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.

Student enrolment profile

Gender 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Female 917 923 930 936 937 937 944

Student attendance profile

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7 97.0 98.0 97.3 96.9 97.9 98.6

8 96.5 96.9 96.7 95.6 97.1 96.3

9 97.0 96.9 95.8 95.7 95.3 97.4

10 96.1 97.0 94.4 95.7 96.1 95.6

11 96.1 95.6 96.2 95.3 96.2 96.7

12 92.4 93.0 93.8 95.8 95.7 96.3

Total 96.5 95.8 96.2 95.7 95.8 96.4 96.8

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7 92.3 92.6 92.5 92.4 93.2 93.3

8 90.0 90.5 90.1 90.1 90.9 91.1

9 88.8 89.1 88.8 88.7 89.4 89.7

10 88.7 88.3 87.1 87.0 87.7 88.1

11 89.4 89.1 87.6 87.6 88.3 88.8

12 89.4 89.8 89.2 89.3 90.1 90.3

Total 89.9 89.7 89.9 89.2 89.1 89.9 90.2

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School 97.2 96.4 95.6 97.8 100.0 97.9 91.3

State 60.3 61.0 62.7 64.7 63.4 64.5 53.2

Previous Methodology (SC to HSC apparent retention)

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university entry 0 0 99

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Using information provided by UAC, and including offers made in the December, January, Main and February Rounds, students at Sydney Girls High School were offered places at the following establishments: [some students were offered more than one place]: UNSW Australia 108 places University of Sydney 56 UTS 12 Macquarie University 9 ANU 8 UWS 3 University of Newcastle 3 University of S Australia 1 Griffith University 1 Bond University 1 Cambridge University 1

The courses for which our students received offers, and the numbers of offers made, were: Actuarial Studies 6 Arts 15 Business 8 Commerce 37 Commerce International 2 Communications 12 Construction & Management 1 Design [various] 8 Economics 3 Engineering 32 Environmental Management 1 Global Studies 2 International Studies 8 Law 31 Liberal Studies 5 Medicine 9 Medical Science 8 Medical Chemistry 1 Music 4 Nursing 2 Optometry 5 Pharmacy 2 Physiotherapy 2 Psychology 15 Science incl Adv & Applied Sci 35 Social Work 1 Veterinary Science 1 Year 12 students attaining HSC or equivalent Vocational educational qualification The Class of 2014 achieved splendid results, in line with past history at Sydney Girls High School. The students displayed excellence across the full range of subjects and are to be congratulated for the hard work and commitment which, along with a dedicated teaching staff, served them so well as they aimed for their goal. Using information released by the Board of Studies, the school is ranked 4th in the state based on the HSC results for 2014. In a cohort of 166 students, students achieved the following ATARs: the student numbers and percentages are both cumulative: 99 and over - 42 students 25.3% 98 and over - 67 students 40.4% 95 and over - 113 students 68% 90 and over - 47 students 88.5% 80 and over - 164 students 99%

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The Honour Roll records those students who achieved 90% or more in an HSC subject. · 157 students from Sydney Girls High School featured on the Honour Roll a total of 573

occasions. Many of these students were mentioned on more than one occasion

167 of the credits were for English

159 for Mathematics.

39 students gained mentions for each of their subjects.

The 39 Top All-Rounders gained 90% or above in 10 or more Units: Rachel Bayliss-Chan; Yumi Bhattarai; Stephanie Centorame; Zhuo Chen; Jessica Dai; Stephanie Dan; Charmaine D’Souza; Lorna Huang; Sarah Kabir; Rebecca Kriesler; Nina Lin; Erin Links; Catherine Mai; Jessie Thao Nguyen; Jessica Nguyen; Kathy Ni; Katie Pham; Madhu Prita Prakash; Maike Purcal; Anne Qi; Michelle Qiu; Christine Rho; Bessie Song; Vivian Tang; Ann Tran; Rachel Tran; Theodora Von Arnim; Janine Vu; Georgia Wilkinson; Xin Lin Wong; Lily Xiao; Danica Xie; Stephanie Xu; Di Yang; Sadia Zaman; Annie Zhang; Vickie Zhong; Angela Zhu; Lyn Zhu Students at Sydney Girls High School featured seventeen times in the lists for Best in Subject:

English Extension 1 Natasha Hau [5th in the state]

English Extension 2 Annie Zhang [6th in the state]

French Continuers Georgia Wilkinson [4th in the state]

French Extension Natasha May Class of 2015 [2nd in the state] Georgia Wilkinson [3rd in the state] Annie Zhang [5th in the state]

Heritage Chinese Mandarin Zhuo Chen [1st in the state] Helena Lu [ 2nd in the state] Yue Ying [3rd in the state] Lily Xiao [4th in the state]

History Extension Theodora Von Arnim [3rd in the State

Korean Continuers Eugenie Song [2nd in the state]

Legal Studies Theodora Von Arnim [3rd in the state] Erin Links [7th in the state]

Mathematics 2Unit Maggie Tong [17th in the state]

Mathematics Ext 2 Lily Xiao [6th in the state]

Modern History Georgia Wilkinson [14th in the state] University destinations and Scholarships for the Class of 2014 The Universities Admissions Centre - which in previous years has published in the newspapers details of offers made to students of university places – changed its practice this year. No listings were made in the media. From information provided by students in the Class of 2014, we are aware that Law, Arts, Medicine, Commerce, International Studies, Media and Communications, Music, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Fine Arts, Medical Science, Pharmacy, Education, Architecture, Fashion Design, Science, Advanced Science and Mathematics, Actuarial Studies and Economics are among the wide range of degree courses which our students will be pursuing in 2015. We have been advised that students were made offers of scholarships by the University of Sydney, UNSW and UTS and a number of students have also won scholarships made available by faculties within universities or by university colleges. Two students were made the offer of a Teaching Scholarship by the Department of Education and Communities. One student won a place to study at Cambridge University in the UK and one to the USA’s prestigious Yale University. We applaud the Class of 2014 for their outstanding results and we wish them every success in the coming years.

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Workforce information It is a requirement that the reporting of information for all staff must be consistent with privacy and personal information policies.

Workforce composition

Position Number

Principal 1

Deputy Principal(s) 2

Assistant Principal(s)

Head Teachers 10

Classroom Teacher(s) 48

Teacher of Reading Recovery

Learning and Support Teacher(s) 0.4

Teacher Librarian 1

Teacher of ESL

School Counsellor 0.6

School Administrative & Support Staff 10.1

Total 74

The Australian Education Regulation, 2014 requires schools to report on Aboriginal composition of their workforce.

Teacher qualifications

All teaching staff meet the professional requirements for teaching in NSW public schools.

Qualifications % of staff

Degree or Diploma 100

Postgraduate 23

Professional learning and teacher accreditation

In the 2014 School Year, 56 individual teachers participated in a range of external professional learning activities. The nature of the activities included syllabus implementation (including incorporation of the Australian Curriculum), use of technology in classroom practice, literacy and numeracy, quality teaching, career development, student welfare and beginning teacher programs. As part of the development of the School Plan 2015 – 2017, the whole school had significant input into developing strategies to build the capabilities of staff and the key priorities were defined. The major focus is the maintenance of accreditation and the development of personal professional development plans.

The average expenditure per teacher for professional learning was $926, with the total school expenditure being $56,486. All teaching staff participated in 4 full day school development days and 2 half day school development workshops. They focussed on compulsory compliance training (Anaphylaxis, Child Protection and Emergency Procedures), incorporation of ICT into classroom practice, especially changes involving the transition to a BYOD student computer program and student welfare. In 2014, there were 8 teachers working towards accreditation at “proficient” level with BoSTES and 8 further teachers maintaining accreditation at “proficient” level. No teachers have yet begun seeking accreditation at highly accomplished or lead level, although there have been a number of enquiries. Similarly, there are no teachers maintaining accreditation at highly accomplished or lead level.

Beginning Teachers

In 2014, beginning teachers were funded to allow additional release time for a number of purposes, notably working with mentors, liaising with supervisors in preparation of their accreditation report, identifying and annotating evidence and development of resources for teaching gifted and talented students in a girls high school setting. Funding was also provided to allow beginning teachers to attend identified courses aimed at professional development for teachers in the early years of their career and/or where the teacher/mentor/supervisor identified a specific area of improvement which could be targeted by additional professional learning opportunities.

Financial summary This summary covers funds for operating costs and does not involve expenditure areas such as permanent salaries, building and major maintenance.

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Date of financial summary 30/11/2014

Income $

Balance brought forward 606,112.07

Global funds 607,506.83

Tied funds 460,029.31

School & community sources 1,394,285.01

Interest 18,451.28

Trust receipts 397,110.55

Canteen 0.00

Total income 3,483,495.05

Expenditure

Teaching & learning

Key learning areas 208,432.07

Excursions 341,762.59

Extracurricular dissections 592,750.16

Library 1,003.05

Training & development 2,784.56

Tied funds 384,486.32

Casual relief teachers 90,431.60

Administration & office 493,171.59

School-operated canteen 0.00

Utilities 154,418.01

Maintenance 77,632.13

Trust accounts 390,918.46

Capital programs 254,169.29

Total expenditure 2,991,959.83

Balance carried forward 491,535.22

A full copy of the school’s 2014 financial statement is tabled at the annual general meetings of the School Council and/or the parent body. Further details concerning the statement can be obtained by contacting the school.

School performance 2014

Academic Achievements

NAPLAN

In the National Assessment Program, the results across the Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 literacy and numeracy assessments are reported on a scale from Band 1 to Band 10.

The achievement scale represents increasing levels of skills and understandings demonstrated in these assessments.

Year 3: from Band 1 (lowest) to Band 6 (highest for Year 3)




NAPLAN Year 7 - Literacy (including Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation)

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Percentage in Bands

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State DEC % in Band 2014

4 5 6 7 8 9

0 0 0 3 25 122

0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 16.7 81.3

0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 20.8 77.8

0.4 0.9 1.3 5.9 25.9 65.6

7.1 16.3 23.6 24.5 18.7 9.8

Average score, 2014

Skill Band Distribution

Number in Band

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Band

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Percentage in BandsSchool Average 2011-2014SSG % in Band 2014State DEC % in Band 2014


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0 0 6 25 58 61

0.0 0.0 4.0 16.7 38.7 40.7

0.0 0.2 4.0 16.3 36.0 43.4

0.7 2.8 8.7 19.2 34.5 34.0

11.0 26.1 26.2 17.9 12.6 6.2

Average score, 2014 499.0

State DECSSG

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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 94.7

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 10.5 88.6

0.4 0.7 1.1 4.7 20.2 72.8

7.3 9.8 20.2 28.7 22.6 11.4

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Average score, 2014 693.7 665.1 545.1

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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 4.0 95.3

0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 13.5 85.1

0.6 0.8 1.9 4.5 20.0 72.1

5.0 14.6 27.3 24.2 16.0 12.9

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Average score, 2014 718.8 670.7 538.5

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NAPLAN Year 7 - Numeracy

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4 5 6 7 8 9

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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 99.3

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 98.9

0.2 0.5 1.5 2.3 7.5 88.0

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0 0 0 4 42 102

0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 28.4 68.9

0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 38.7 54.8

0.5 1.3 2.2 13.5 47.3 35.3

10.6 19.0 23.8 23.3 16.4 6.9

714.0Average score, 2014

State DECSSG

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0.0 0.0 4.0 16.7 38.7 40.7

0.0 0.2 4.0 16.3 36.0 43.4

0.7 2.8 8.7 19.2 34.5 34.0

11.0 26.1 26.2 17.9 12.6 6.2

Average score, 2014 499.0

State DECSSG

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0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0 7.4 89.9

0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 18.6 79.4

0.7 0.9 2.8 10.7 25.8 59.0

10.2 13.5 26.1 25.4 12.6 12.2

687.0

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0.0 0.0 0.7 6.0 26.2 67.1

0.0 0.0 0.3 5.6 27.4 66.8

0.9 0.9 4.1 14.6 25.3 54.2

14.4 22.3 25.4 17.2 14.0 6.8

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566.5

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Average score, 2014

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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 96.6

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 97.7

0.6 1.1 2.1 2.5 5.4 88.4

4.3 21.9 27.5 21.1 11.9 13.3

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587.8Average score, 2014 783.8 780.2


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Reading 100.0

Writing 100.0

Spelling 100.0

Grammar & Punctuation 100.0

Numeracy 100.0

Higher School Certificate (HSC)

In the Higher School Certificate, the performance of students is reported in performance bands ranging from Performance Band 1 (lowest) to Performance Band 6 (highest).

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Other achievements ACADEMIC Australian Mathematics Competition 629 Entries: 2 Prizes, 23 High Distinctions, 246 Distinctions, 304 credits Prize winners: Amanda Lao & Christina Li. Shreegowri Aradhya received the Prudence Award Mathematics Enrichment Challenge 34 entries with 4 High Distinctions, 13 Distinctions and 6 Credits UNSW – ICAS Science Competition 23 High Distinctions, 222 Distinctions Big Science Competition – Year 7 18 High Distinctions, 38 Distinctions, 61 Credits. Science Competitions RiAus Science Haiku Competition - Elizabeth Yu Y11 (Winner Secondary Division) Human Genetics Society of Australasia DNA Day Essay Competition - Nina Lin (Winner) Sleek Geeks Eureka Prize - Ela Curic, Aurora Ward, Sachi Pirola (Highly Commended) RACI Crystal Competition - Neha Arghode, Amina Ferclouse, Cindy Meng, Soumiya Amalan, Shreya Vytheeswaran and Chanmay Do, Imogen Gray, Anna-Sophia Zahar and Sabrina McKindlay (Highly Commended) RACI Chemistry Quiz 22 High Distinctions, 36 Distinctions, 18 Credits Maggie Tong scored full marks on the Quiz Olympiad Qualifying Exam Helen Zhang - High Distinction (with Gold Medal) in Biology Fiona Phan - Distinction in Chemistry UNSW – ICAS English Competition 47 High Distinctions, 233 Distinctions ICAS medal winner (Catherine Hakim) Global Writing Competition Winner seniors category (Stephanie Chen) Asia-Wise Competition 9 students in the Year 9 Division achieved 88% and above. 9 students in the Year 8 Division achieved 88% and above.

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Ancient History 91.3 89.0 84.7 69.1

Biology 87.5 86.5 84.2 70.2

Chemistry 87.5 85.7 84.2 75.4

Economics 85.0 85.2 83.0 75.2

English (Advanced) 89.6 89.9 85.5 80.1

English Extension 1 90.6 90.0 85.1 82.9

English Extension 2 84.2 85.6 83.4 77.0

Information Processes and Technology 85.2 87.8 87.0 72.1

Legal Studies 93.8 92.1 86.9 70.4

Mathematics 89.6 87.4 86.6 77.3

Mathematics Extension 1 88.7 86.8 85.8 81.8

Mathematics Extension 2 86.4 86.0 86.2 82.8

Modern History 89.7 89.8 85.7 72.2

History Extension 89.4 90.1 83.7 77.3

Music 2 90.1 89.8 89.7 86.7

Physics 84.4 84.5 82.2 73.2

Visual Arts 92.8 92.4 88.4 76.4

French Continuers 92.5 92.2 91.2 81.4

Japanese Continuers 88.9 89.5 86.0 81.0

Latin Continuers 86.7 88.1 84.8 85.2

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Moneystuff Nieshanka Nanthakrishnakumar, Shahrin Shamim, Shakthi Elangovan were shortlisted for the Peoples’ Choice Award: CPA Australia 2014 EBE NSW Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition Anagha Kaluve was awarded 3rd place Sharon Ragunathan was one of seven finalists Australian Geography Competition In the junior division, 35% of SGHS students achieved a Distinction or High Distinction In the intermediate division 39% achieved a Distinction or High Distinction Yongqin Li was second in NSW Australian History Competition 77% of students achieving a Distinction or High Distinction NSW State champions (Niamh Braddock-Hanratty and Julia Ho) National History Challenge Year 10 student Sophia Min was the State and National winner of the Australian Democracy category with her essay entitled, “What would the acceptance of genocide in Australian History mean for the nation?” Sophia Min received the HTA “NSW Young Historian of the Year” award Social Sciences Championships 24th placed school globally 4th placed school NSW Silver, Bronze or Credit Awards: Catherine Cheng, Vienna Williams, Jessica Bao, Laura Choong, Wendy Ji, Sanju Vairav, Yameng Wu, Rowena Tan, Shirley Tao Alliance Française Concours Chanson Clara Chow, Jennifer Chen and Charmaine Li won first, second and third place Chinese Eisteddfod 1st Background Speakers - Janelle Sheen 1st Non-Background Speakers - Kirrali Schofield 3rd Background Speakers - Choessa Huang) 3rd place for Background Speakers (Group Adeline Jin, Winnie Sun, Emily Zhang, Hailan Wang & Summer Potten

International Examinations in Latin, Mythology and Classical Literacy high achievers 37 Juniors, 16 Seniors Malaxos Mythology Essay Prize 1st place Vivian Zhu; High Distinction: Sanju Vairav C.I.C.E.R.O. Competition Prize winners: Kyte Ma and Cherry Zheng CANSW Latin Reading Finals Highly Commended soloists Edie Griffin, Helen Zhang, Hannah Blount Year 10 Choral Group: 1st place NSW Highly commended preliminary finalists: Mouli Ghosh, Anna Ke, Edda Koo, Gladys Lai, Kyte Ma, Julia Manchester, Cherry Zhang CLTA NSW Latin Reading Competition 1st place Year 9 SGHS Choral Group 1st place soloist: Ema Harada-Krzyzanowska; 2nd place soloist: Glenda Chan NSW Kevin Lee Latin Quiz Mixed team - 1st in the state Year 10 team 3rd in the state Language Perfect World Championships and NSW Showdown High achiever: Jessica Bao International Language Competence Exams Chinese Certificate 2 78% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions in the Listening Section and in the Reading Section 83% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions. French Certificate 2 83% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions in the Listening Section and in the Reading Section 91% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions. French Certificate 3 85% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions in the Listening Section and in the Reading Section 100% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions. Japanese Certificate 2 93% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions in the Listening Section and in the Reading Section 78% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions. Japanese Certificate 3 94% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions in the Listening Section and in the Reading Section 100% scored High Distinctions or Distinctions.

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Australian Linguistics and Computing Olympiad In the State competition six of our teams won Gold awards and two of our year 11 teams reached the National Finals in the Senior division and represented NSW. As part of their award for representing NSW they were honoured with a VIP tour of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders at Macquarie University Young Australian Art Awards Alice Chiu Gold Medal Award UNSW – ICAS Computing Skills Competition 100 participants: 2 High Distinctions, 38 Distinctions, 43 Credits, Tournament of Minds First at the Australasian Pacific Final (Secondary Social Science Division) Honours at the Australasian Pacific Final (Secondary Maths Engineering Division) First at the NSW State Final (Secondary Language Literature Division) Da Vinci Decathlon – NSW Year 7 6th overall (2nd Creative Producers, 3rd Mathematics, 4th Philosophy, 4th Art & Poetry) Year 8 – 3rd overall (1st Code Breaking, 3rd Art & Poetry, 3rd Engineering, 4th English) Year 9 – 2nd overall (1st Science, 3rd Mathematics, 4th General Knowledge) Year 10 – 1st overall (1st English, 1st Cartography, 3rd Art & Poetry, 4th Science) National Decathlon Year 10 – 5th overall (1st in Science, 2nd Art & Poetry, 3rd English, 3rd General Knowledge, 3rd Code Breaking) Team placed 2nd overall in the ‘Race around the Sydney’ BBM Youth Support Awards Theodora Von Arnim (Year 12) Invited to 2015 International Plain English Speaking Award Competition, London The Education Minister’s Award for Student Excellence Awarded to School Captain 2014, Charmaine D’ Souza Medal of the Order of Australia, NSW Junior Division, for services to the community

Awarded to School Vice-Captain 2014, Stephanie Centorame NSW Young Historian of the Year Award HTA “NSW Young Historian of the Year” awarded to Sophia Min Roy Reidy Trophy Awarded in 2014 to SGHS to hold in perpetuity, in recognition of 19 consecutive years as the NSW high school which raised the most money annually in support of the work done at Stewart House Norman B Ridge Red Cross Shield Awarded to Year 10 cohort in raising the highest amount of donations Drama OnSTAGE Georgia Wilkinson nominated Rachael Bayliss–Chan nominated and selected for display Art Express Jasmine Phung’s nominated for consideration NSW’s Young Archie Art Competition Bonnie Zhu finalist & exhibited at the AGNSW Whitehouse School of Design Scholarships Daphne Zhang & Lola Kruszelnicki awarded a scholarship for Fashion Design Drawing workshop Raffles College of Design Fashion Drawing Competition Prizewinners Isabel Fang, Vivien Nguyen and Emily Yu Royal Easter Show – Arts & Crafts – Hand Embroidery 2nd Prize: Sanju Vairav Wool 4 Schools Wool Fashion Design Prize winner: Isabel Fang Highly Commended: Emily Yu BOS Texstyle Exhibition of HSC Major Works Kim Ly 20th World of Women’s Cinema (WOW) Film Festival & Tour Eugene Heo - film Lotus

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JENESYS 2.0 scholarships Vivien Nguyen, Prith Barai, Dora Lin, Jessica Yan and Stephanie Tedjasendjaja won 10 day scholarships to Japan Music Sally Yang and Queenie Pang of Year 12 were nominated for HSC Encore and were also joint winners of the Romantic section of the NSW Music Teachers’ Association HSC Workshop School Spectacular soloist Katherine Allen was the recipient of Opera Australia’s regional Student Scholarship Students performed in variety of festivals and performances as part of the Arts Unit Ensembles The String quartet performed for many parliamentary and DEC functions throughout the year SGHS Music Festival winner was Kelly Chung Lily Nguyen performed in Opera Australia’s Madame Butterfly Sarah Qui, Jonita Zhou & Daisy Wong to participated in the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) String Workshop Drama Shakespeare Regional Festival Representatives: Scene Category (winners) - Rachel Garrett, Talia Norman, Katherine Wong and Dimitra Dervenis; Duologue Category - Iris Simpson and Lucinda Langford; Mash-Up Category - Angela Nguyen, Henna Duong, Cindy Chen, Cassandra Tran, Sophia Huang & Chrisie Lironis; Solo Category (winner) Catherine Tsai; Movement/Dance Category - Orla Doyle and Christina Pham; Costume Design (Winners) - Mariya Shmelko and Jessica Zhang; Photography - Bethan Armstrong and Alice Ao, Sophie Jaggar Iris Lauren Glozier, Violet Hull, Nell McHugh, Anna O’Rourke and Chloe Sloane all successfully auditioned for the NSW Public Schools Drama Ensembles The Arts Unit State Drama Camp invitees - Caitlin O’Brien and Georgia Vella Improv Soap Opera invitees - Angela Prendergast & Georgia Vella Dance Junior Ensemble, Senior Ensemble and Company performed at the Sydney Region Dance Festival Karina Chan and Indigo Crosweller & Shannon Colley were selected to join the NSW State

Schools Senior Dance Company and Junior Dance Ensembles respectively, Debating Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 were finalists in the Eastside Competition Years 9 and 11 won the Eastside Debating Cup in their respective divisions Years 8, 10 and 11 were zone finalists in the Premier’s Debating Challenge Year 10 were regional finalists in the Premier’s Debating Challenge Year 11 were winners of the Sydney Region in the Premier’s Debating Challenge Year 11 were state finalists in the Premier’s Debating Challenge Year 10 won the University of Sydney Union Senior Debating Tournament Year 9 won the University of Sydney Union Women’s Debating Tournament – senior division Year 8 won the University of Sydney Union Women’s Debating Tournament – junior division Eden Blair (Year 10) and Theodora von Arnim’s (Year 12) NSW Debating Union team won the National Schools Debating cup Eleanor Kirk’s (Year 11) CHS debating team won the NSW Representative Debating cup Hannah Blount (Year 10) was selected to be part of the Junior State Debating Championships held at the University of Sydney Women’s College Romola Davenport (Year 11) was selected to be a member of the Commonwealth Day debate at Parliament House Theodora von Arnim (Year 12) and Eleanor Kirk (Year 11) were selected to be part of the CHS debating team Eden Blair (Year 10) and Theodora von Arnim (Year 12) were selected to be part of the NSW Debating Union team Eden Blair (Year 10) won best speaker at the University of Sydney Union Senior Debating Tournament Public Speaking Juniors: Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition Ashna Hegde (Regional Finalist), Nicole Kagan, (State Semi Finalist), Nicole Kagan, (Runner-Up) Rostrum Junior Public Speaking Competition Seniors: Nicole Kagan (State Finalist) Rostrum Senior Public Speaking Competition Nancy Dinh (Finalist), Theodora Von Arnim, (State Finalist)

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Plain English Speaking Award - Shumi Ruan, (Regional Finalist) Theodora Von Arnim, (National Champion) National Youth Science Forum Tammy Cai, Nancy Dinh and Jacinta Wong were all invited to attend the National Youth Science Forum after a competitive process Gifted and Talented Program (University of Sydney) Twenty-eight of our top Year 8 and 9 students sat the extremely challenging Sydney University’s Gifted and Talented Qualifying Examination late last year. Nine students were invited to participate in science workshops held in the school holidays. Mock Trial 2014 was a successful year for SGHS this competition with the team progressing to the 7th round. Chess Club 7 teams participated in the NSW Girls Schools Chess Competition with Rou Li, Sheng Sheng Zhou, Yin Chin achieving highest placement.

SPORT Outstanding Team Achievements SGHS NSW CHS 17 years 4 x 50 metre Freestyle relay; Jane Tait, Siobhan O’Brien, Natalie Zhen and Rachael Baylis SGHS NSW CHS 12 years 4 x 50 metre Freestyle relay; Natarsha Wong, Isabel Fan, Jade Charlton, Katherine De Bona SGHS NSW CHS Cross Country Team 13 years Emmanuelle Mattana, Lucy Koh and Sachi Pirola. SGHS NSW CHS Cross Country Team 14 years Kirrali Schofield, Vienna Williams, Erin Knaw and Shannon Colley SGHS NSW CHS- Cross Country Team 16 years Jacinta Wong, Ayla links, Whansae Chung, Sophia Chung SGHS NSW CHS -Cross Country Team 17 years Jane Tait, Kawai Leung, Euginia Wu and Eleanor Kirk. Pierre de Coubertin Award Jane Tait (conferred by the Australian Olympic Committee) Eastern Suburbs Zone Swimming: 12yrs Age Champion - Katherine Di Bona

13yrs Age Champion - Andrea Guzina 14yrs Age Champion - Danielle Hoang 15yrs Age Champion - Bonnie Miao 16yrs Age Champion - Jessica Franke 17yrs Age Champion - Jane Tait Cross Country: 12yrs Age Champion - Christina Li 13yrs Age Champion - Andrea Guzina 14yrs Age Champion - Kirrali Schofield 15yrs Age Champion - Chinni Datta 16yrs Age Champion - Jacinta Wong 18yrs Age Champion - Alice Liang Athletics: 13yrs Age Champion - Emmanuelle Mattana 14yrs Age Champion - Vienna Williams Sydney East Regional The following girls represented the Sydney East Region at the NSW CHS Championships. Athletics: Emily Principe, Vienna Williams, Emmanuelle Mattana, Kirrali Scholfield. Hockey: Jacinta Wong, Vienna Williams. Water Polo: Jessica Franke Swimming: Katherine Di Bona, Natarsha Wong, Andrea Guzina, Jessica Franke, Jane Tait, Siobhan O’Brien, Alice Chu and Rachael Baylis. Cross Country: Lucy Koh, Emmanuelle Mattana, Sachi Pirola, Kirrali Scholfield, Vienna Williams, Erin Khaw, Shannon Colley, Jacinta Wong, Ayla links, Whansae Chung, Sophia Chung, Eleanor Kirk, Jane Tait, Kawai Leung and Euginia Wu. Tennis: Sharon Sheng Fencing Schools Teams 1st National Schools Qualifier Senior Girls Foil 1st National Schools Championships Under 13 Girls Foil (Christina Bui, Violet Hull & Karen Nonis) 1st National Schools Championships Under 15 Girls Foil (Sophia XT Huang, Martina Ho, Bhavya Gupta, Hai Anh Tran) 3rd National Schools Team Championships Women’s Foil (Christina Bui, Violet Hull, Karen Nonis) 3rd ABC under 13 Girls Foil (Martina Ho) 1st ABC under 13 Girls Epee (Karen Nonis) 2nd ABC under 13 Girls Epee (Katherine Wang) Australian Fencing Team Members (Emily Principe, Violet Hull) NSW Squad Team Members) (Emily Principe, Violet Hull, Karen Nonis

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Hockey Two SGHS teams played in the Sutherland Shire Women’s Competition In the 3rd grade team, Kirrali Schofield was voted “Best & fairest”, Nahrain Oshana won the “Coaches Award” and Alison Correia received the award for “Most Improved”. In the 2nd grade team, Jacinta Wong took out “Best & Fairest”, Emily Dang was awarded “Coaches Award”, and Tiffany Karpin was awarded “Encouragement Award Player” while Victoria Lee won “Most Improved”. Snow-sports A record number of 14 girls competed for SGHS in the Interschools Schools Snowsports Competition and were placed 10th. Iris Simpson was selected to compete in the NSW/ACT Snowboard Championships. Water Polo Term 1: Eastern Suburbs Schoolgirls competition Senior Team- Senior B competition – 2nd Intermediate Team - Junior B competition – 2nd Sub junior Team (Year 7's) - 7th Term 2 Warringah Northern suburbs School Girls competition Senior Team- 5th Junior team - semi finalists Term 3 MLC Burwood School Girls Competition Senior team - 4th Junior team – 2nd Year 7 team - semi finalists Basketball Competitions 13 teams and over 120 students competing in the City of Sydney Basketball Association, Alexandria on Friday nights. Basketball Knock Out Open team fourth in the region Basketball Knock Out Under 15 team third in the region Awards Basketball Award for 2014 Jonita Zhou Outstanding Leadership in Basketball- Jonita Zhou and Whansae Chung Student Leadership Captain Basketball 2014 Jonita Zhou Vice-Captain 2014 Whansae Chung Cricket Defeated Strathfield GHS in Round 2 of Marie Cornish Shield.

Netball 22 teams registered; 195 players 12 teams semi-finals: 9 teams preliminary finals: 7 teams grand finals and 4 teams Grand Final Winners (SGHS 7 –Year 10), (SGHS 8 – Year 10), (SGHS 12 – Year 9), (SGHS 15 – Year 8) Rowing Romola Davenport was awarded the Sydney East Regional Blue and the prestigious CHS State Blue for her excellent achievements in the sport of rowing. Regatta Results: Loreto Normanhurst SGYr10 4+ Final 1st Loreto Kirribilli SGYr8 2x Final 1st Roseville College SGYr8 1x Final 1st Roseville College SGYr8 2x Final 1st Roseville College SGYr8-1 4x+ Final 1st Roseville College SGYr9-3 4x+ Final 1st Riverview Gold Cup SGY10-4 4x+ Final 1st NSW Sprint Championships WU16 2x Final 1st PLC SGYr8 2x Final 1st PLC SGYr8 1x Final 1st SGHS SGYr8 1x Final 1st SGHS SGYr8-1 4x+ Final 1st PLC/Kings/RNS SGYr8 2x Final 1st PLC/Kings/RNS SGYr8 1x Final 1st MLC School MLC School SGYr10 4+ Final 1st MLC School SGYr8 1x Final 1st MLC School SGYr8-1 4x+ Final 1st NSW CHS Championships CW 1x Final 1st NSW CHS Championships CW 8+ Final 1st

NSW CHS Championships WU15 1x Final 1st NSW CHS Championships WU15 2x Final 1st NSW CHS Championships WU15 4+ Final 1st NSW CHS Championships WU16 2x Final 1st NSW CHS Championships WU16 4x+ Final 1st NB: SGYr8 1x = Year 8 single scull SGYr8 4+ = Year 8 four

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Significant programs and initiatives – Policy and equity funding

Aboriginal education A key component of the Aboriginal education at Sydney Girls High School is embedding Aboriginal content across curriculum across all stages.

At SGHS, all Year 8 students develop their knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture, the impact of European colonisation and subsequent government policies on Aboriginal Peoples. Year 8 students of the Creative and Performing Arts do focus study of Aboriginal Arts in semester 1 each year. Music with the study of instruments, Visual Arts looks at traditional and contemporary Indigenous artists especially through the cultural frames of Art study; Drama introduces text based play scripts with Contemporary Aboriginal Dramas/plays.

Year 10 Drama students complete a unit of work in term 3/4 on Aboriginal Theatre and its political drive and perspective, as well as discovering further the power of theatre to educate. We use and theatrically explore the collaborated text, 7 Stages of Grieving, by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman

HSC Drama students have as one of their Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice texts, Stolen, By Jane Harrison

Also in Year 10, all History students investigate the struggle for rights and freedoms of Aboriginal peoples in the 20th Century. This includes developing their understanding of the concept of Terra nullius, land rights and Native Title, as well as changes in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations over time.

A more in-depth analysis of social justice issues, Land Rights and detailed examination of legislation and suggested legal reforms is undertaken in the Preliminary HSC Legal Studies course in the senior school.

ATSI in English - We approach this cross curricula content in English through the following English concepts: Narrative Voice; Cultural perspectives; Imagery; Contextualisation; Representation;

Perspective. The cross-curriculum focus is addressed within each unit of work in years 7-10, ranging from Aboriginal dreamtime stories to allegories regarding environmental issues and contemporary stories that employ genre conventions such as Romance.

In Stage 5 Food Technology at SGHS, students investigate the significant role food plays in Australian society within an historic framework. An appreciation of the nutritious and sustainable diet of traditional Aboriginal people is the foundation of this study. The practical preparation and use of bush tucker is also incorporated into the course and through this an appreciation of the development of new food products based on these indigenous ingredients.

NAIDOC Celebration 2014 saw the 8th year of the school’s

NAIDOC Celebration including a Focus day for ALL year 8 students. The event was held at the beginning of term 3, July 18th just after the official NAIDOC week events state wide.

Year 8 under the leadership of the CAPA faculty spend the day focusing on Indigenous community and exposure through visiting special guests.

This event identifies that across Drama, Visual Arts, Music and Dance an appreciation and celebration of respect, understanding and knowledge is best explored with the consultation and collaboration of Aboriginal communities. Performers across the conference style event included regular visitors returning having developed a relationship with Sydney Girls HS and continuing this dialogue with community. In particular Matthew Doyle (Elder) represents as a key consultant and community liaison and adviser throughout the development phase as well as presenting on the day

The event was rescheduled in 2011 to specifically coincide more closely with NAIDOC week in its timing and be more inclusively held on a Friday whereby the whole school Assembly would allow a whole school focus for a part of the event. Taking part in NAIDOC week is a great way to celebrate Aboriginal culture

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and build bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. This has been most successful. We have also found further development of our own Acknowledgement of Country inspired by presentations from the Arts Unit.

Now in its 8th year, the special event day also encompasses a whole school assembly, where we show our support and appreciation of the culture and achievements of Australia’s Indigenous communities. This year’s theme Serving Country: Centenary and Beyond - Students from Year 10, Niamh Braddock-Hanratty and Nabila Haidar spoke about NAIDOC and in particular reflected on the this year’s theme Serving Country: Centenary and Beyond, honouring all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men and Women who have fought in defence of country.

Guest speaker for this significant event was Leah Purcell. Leah Purcell is one of Australia’s most admired and respected artists.

Other guests included, Elders Aunty Ali Golding, Matthew Doyle and Pat, Tim Bishop, Kimi Alcott, as well as other community representatives and special guests returning The Darlington Koori Dance Troupe.

Harmony Day

Once again we extended an invitation to Darlington Public School who opened the Harmony Day Assembly with an acknowledgement of Country from 2 young Koori students of Year 6 to open the Assembly.

Our guest speaker was Sharon Crean from Beyond Water who talked about their work in providing local with tanks, guttering, deep bore wells, latrines and hand washing programs in order to minimise deaths from waterborne diseases in third world countries.

Socio-economic background The range of socio-economic backgrounds in the school is reflected in the allocation of some funding from the Department of Education, under the new RAM (Resource Allocation Model).

Funds have been allocated on a needs basis for individual students in order to support participation in excursions, leadership opportunities, programs for gifted girls as well as sport and curriculum needs.

Learning and Support In alignment with the DEC document Every Student, Every School, SGHS has developed a number of strategies to support students requiring accommodations that facilitate and optimise the individual student’s achievement of learning outcomes. In 2014, Individualised Education Programs (IEPs) were developed for 9 students, primarily in Years 7-10, identified as requiring support from the school’s 2-days per week Learning Support Officer (LSO). An additional 13 students were regularly monitored and interviewed by the LSO to determine appropriate strategies to promote successful learning outcomes. In consultation with staff, and in particular the relevant Year Advisors, the LSO continues to monitor and annually update IEPs as students progress through the school. To complement the work performed by the LSO, a 2-day per week casual teacher is employed by the school to assist in mentoring self-referred senior students requiring assistance across a range of support mechanisms including effective time management, organisational skills, prioritising commitments, writing structures and the refinement of study skills. A third group of students, identified from Assessment Task performances and teacher referrals, is mentored by a team of teachers who collaborate with each student towards improving identified goal outcomes.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP Prefects

The newly elected Prefects met during the third term holidays to create a plan for the year ahead and to develop their Prefect Theme and Vision Statement for the year ahead.

The newly elected Prefects participated in a day-long leadership training course, run by ‘Rising Generations’, in September 2013

Initiated and hosted a Christmas luncheon with the SGHS Executive staff for the purpose to build and strengthen

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relationships between the Prefect body and Executive staff

All Prefects attended the Year 7 Orientation Camp in February and assisted with the induction of the new students into the school

Year 10 Prefects attended the Year 10 Camp and organised a night of Trivia and Activities engaging with the students

Year 12 Prefects attended the Year 11 Camp and provided mentoring and advice to Year 11 students re the HSC year and subject selection

Charmaine De Souza, School Captain and Stephanie Centorame, Vice-Captain 2014 represented the school at the 8th Division’s “Fall of Singapore” commemoration service held in Martin Place in February, laying a wreath on the Cenotaph and leading the recitation of the Ode of Remembrance

All Prefects actively supported the Junior Dance by organising games and prizes for the dancers and by running the Cloak Room.

All Prefects attended The International Women’s Day Breakfast at Australian Technology Park, Redfern early in Term 1

On Open Night, Year 7 Orientation Night and on the occasion of the Selective Schools Test, Prefects acted as guides, offering assistance to visitors and answering questions.

Fundraising activities included raising $2,173.65 for the Prefect Charity The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and helping the Salvation Army, Street Level Kitchen for the day, preparing lunch for those in need and providing assistance in the shop and behind the scenes in the office.

Prefects: o volunteered at CanTeen’s National

Bandana Day 2013 o created and organised activities in

conjunction with SBHS to raise awareness for ‘Wear it Purple’ Day

o attended a one day conference focusing on Adolescent issues at Oasis, Salvation Army, Surry Hills

o initiated an afternoon activity of Ballroom Dancing to strengthen connections with the SBHS Prefect body

o Prefects attended the Annual Jessie Street Fundraising lunch at Parliament House..

o Prefects created a Prefect Blog on the SGHS Intranet page to provide information to the school community on Prefect activities and to raise awareness of student well-being.

o organised and hosted an afternoon tea for visiting Prefects from other schools and attended similar functions elsewhere

o joined with their peers from SBHS to organise a successful Trivia Night and a Bin Ball competition in September 2014, strengthening the bonds of collaboration between the two schools and raising funds for charities

o volunteered at the Bourke Street Primary School, the volunteering program is an initiative to build relationships with Primary Schools in our region

Student Representative Council

All of the SRC contributed admirably to SRC Week an initiative aimed at and fostering school spirit

The SRC prioritised improving and beautifying the school environment. This included an ongoing focus on maintenance issues and developing a new initiative to hold a competition to create a mural on a wall in one of the school’s bathrooms

All the SRC assisted and helped to facilitate raising money for Stewart House.

SGHS most ably assisted with the organisation of the annual combined Talent Quest and junior dance with SBHS

SRC and Prefects have been rostered on cash registers in the Canteen When requested, SRC girls have supported the Parent body in the Uniform Shop

SRC girls continue to act as Ambassadors and guides for visitors to the school at Open Night, Orientation days and other occasions throughout the year

Year 11 SRC delegates attended the Global Leaders Convention at the big top, Luna Park, in Milsons Point

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Peer Support Program

All Year 7 students met weekly during Term 1, in 22 small groups, with the Year 10 leaders

The groups worked through the program of activities which involved communication, self-esteem, trust, assertiveness, sharing and understanding of self and others

In Term 4, the Year 10 leaders then trained all Year 9 in a one day training program. At the end of the training, Year 9 students were selected by the Peer Support Committee. Leadership, interpersonal and communication skills were considered during the selection procedure

All Year 9 students received a Training Certificate and Year 10 Leaders received a Group Leader Certificate to acknowledge their achievements

Charities

In 2014, the school community has continued to be active and effective in fundraising to support medical research and community issues:

In the last 23 years SGHS has raised over $180,000 for Stewart House. For 18 consecutive years, SGHS won the Roy Reidy Trophy for being the secondary State school in NSW which raised the most donations for Stewart House in a 12 month period. In 2014 the school was awarded the Roy Reidy Trophy in perpetuity

A regular winner of the Norman B Rydge Shield, SGHS again won this award in 2014 for being the secondary school in NSW which collected most donations from the public for Red Cross Calling

Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from Jeans for Genes for the work done by Year 8 in fundraising

Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from Daffodil Day organisers for the work done by Year 9 in fundraising

Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from Legacy for the work done by Year 10 in fundraising

The Prefects selected the Royal Deaf and Blind Society as their charity for 2014

Student Red Cross Blood ambassadors in Year 11 organised two blood donor sessions in 2014

Students at SGHS have raised donations for many organizations and causes including:

Stewart House [est. $11,000]; Daffodil Day [est.$12,000]; Jeans for Genes [est.$12,000]; the Red Cross’ Haiyan Typhoon Appeal $1,800; Red Cross Calling [est $ 14,000]; Legacy [est. $17,000]; The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal [est. $2,400]; the Royal Deaf and Blind Society $2,200; Save the Children Fund $800 and others.

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

81 Year 9 students enrolled in the Bronze Award.

Training Day held in August: Centennial Park.

Practice Journey run in September: Royal & Heathcote National Parks.

Qualifying Journey run in September: Glenbrook section of Blue Mountains National Park.

Gold Award Recipients – Stephanie Centorame, Bonnie Lai, Alex Malubag, Michelle Ta

Silver Award Recipients – Juliette Napper, Keshni Visvaa, Janine Vu, Jacinta Wong, Natalie Zhen, Alison Zhou

Bronze Award Recipients – Clara Chow, Rowena Dai, Alexandra Gu, Sophie Jaggar, Bronwen Kirk, Rose Liu, Kyte Ma, Jade Pham, Emily Principe, Helen Qian, Sophia Torkel, Nicole Wang, Xinong Wang, Cecilia Yang, Janice Ye

High Resolves

The High Resolves programs’ primary aim is to help student realise they have a personal role to play in how we develop as a global society and that choices they make in life will make a difference

All Year 8 students participated in two days of training in Collective Identity and Justice

Year 9 completed a school action plan. In 2014 the project centred on the idea of inclusion and was in partnership with the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown

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Year 10 completed a community action plan on preventable diseases. They partnered with The Fawcett Foundation and Sydney University

The Year 9 students involved were: Kiki Amberber, Georgia Bradley, Judy Chen, Sabrina Chen, Laura Choong, Angela Chung, Jessica Chung, Chini Datta, Selin Durmush, Becki Frederich, Jade Gurtala, Ema Harada- Krzyzanowska, Claire Hua, Nicole Kagan, Sharon Kaur, Julie Kim, Annika Lee, Eileen Liao, Stephanie Liaw, Jacqueline Lim, Emmanuelle Mattana, Nieshanka Nanthakrishnakumar, Nahrain Oshana, Hae Eun Park, Christina Pham, Uswa Qureshi, Phoebe Sale, Shahrin Shamim, Mariya Shmalko, CharlotteTrent, Deepika Veeraragavan, Katherine Wong, Ashly Zhang and Jessica Zheng

The Year 10 students involved were: Tasnim Ahsan, Niamh Braddock Hanratty, Katherine Bui, Mandy Chen, Jane Cho, Nabila Haidar, Sophie Jaggar, Shruti Janakiraman, Janani Jeganmohan, Selin Karakus, Anna Ke, Browen Kirk, Gladys Lai, Victoria Lee, Brenda Li, Vanessa Ly Dam, Tara McFadyen, Miran Nakamura, Jessica Ni, Emily Principe, Praveenaa Saravanamuthu, Evelyn Tran, Sanju Vairav, Skye Williams Kelly, Helen Qian

School planning and evaluation 2012—2014 School evaluation processes NSW public schools conduct evaluations to support the effective implementation of the school plan. The processes used include:

Executive discussion and evaluation of progress

Surveys and forums of staff, students and parents

Observations of current practice

School planning 2012-2014: School priority 1 Organisational Effectiveness

Outcomes from 2012–2014 Increasing utilization of technology in

order to achieve the goal of higher organisational effectiveness.

Embedding technology into school processes and practices to enhance communication with parents, provide greater accessibility to teaching/learning resources for staff and students, provide time efficiencies for all members of the school community.

Evidence of achievement of outcomes in 2014:

Development of the staff intranet has given teachers a single point of access for school policies, forms, assessment information and other important school documents. This ensures version control as the current policy is always online and out dated paper documents and the use of paper in general, is controlled. This was achieved using MS SharePoint, an industry standard application.

Online bookings for Parent-Teacher interviews has enabled parents to book interviews online using existing features of the Edval software program. This program was already in use at SGHS and this feature is an extension of its use for school administration and timetabling. Access is available for parents and teachers on a 24/7 basis, unlike the previous paper-based system.

Movement from a paper-based system for variations of school routine to an electronic process has enabled teachers to post excursions online, including important details such as parental consent forms, risk assessments, costs and approvals. This enabled effective communication with both parents and students of variations to the normal school routine and again is available on a 24/7 basis.

Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014:

The school’s IT team was central in the development of the processes to streamline the previously unwieldy Excursions Procedures as well as explore the potential for maximizing access for teachers to all school administration and for parents booking appointments for parent /teacher nights. The Head Teacher Technology and Deputy

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Principals worked closely with the IT Network Manager to address issues and find solutions. Professional development sessions were held with teaching and SAS staff to train them in the new applications and to highlight the inherent benefits.

School priority 2 Curriculum and Assessment

Outcomes from 2012–2014

Quality assessment programs and tasks which reflect assessment for learning

Development of high quality feedback processes for students


Revision of the SGHS Assessment Policies and Procedures and republishing of documents

Revision of all Assessment handbooks for each Stage to align faculty approaches with school policies, ensure consistent use of terminology, monitor types and weightings of individual tasks

Explicit criteria and mandatory information in assessment notifications agreed on by all faculty heads and implemented in 2014/2015

Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014: Our school executive team undertook a process of review through the Annual SGHS Executive Conference highlighting the major areas for improvement in assessment process and procedures in the context of assessment for learning. A sub-committee from the executive team worked on the revisions and re-publication of policies and handbooks. All Head Teachers were asked to review their own assessment programs to align with the school processes. Teaching staff were in-serviced about the new procedures with Head Teachers emphasising the point that school consistency assists students and parents in their capacity to appreciate the aims and purposes of assessment.

School priority 3 Engagement and Attainment

Outcomes from 2012–2014

Enhancement of a positive learning culture

Expansion of laptop program into Stage 4 and maintenance of Stge5/6 provision


Equity of access to quality teaching resources, SGHS programs and lessons for all students through the purchase and introduction of the Virtual Desktop Program(VPD)

Full implementation of the Bring Your Own device (BYOD) program in the school with ongoing IT support for the residual DER program

Strategies to achieve these outcomes in 2014: Identification of a range of IT innovations to enhance 21stC learning by the school’s IT team. Presentation to school executive and IT staff from external provider demonstrating the capacity of the Virtual Desktop Program. Meetings and discussion with staff and parents about the potential for the VDP to solve the issue of equity of access to online resources for all students and to promote the value of quality software selected by the school and tailored to student needs. Presentations by IT staff to executive. Staff meetings and parents at Orientation Evening. Print material supplied and ongoing briefings by IT staff to train teachers and ensure understanding of the approach and its benefits.

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Parent/caregiver, student, and teacher satisfaction

Parent, Staff and teacher satisfaction remains uniformly high as evidenced through qualitative feedback, comments and school surveys.

Throughout 2014, the P&C in conjunction with the Senior School Executive, discussed the need for more specific subject advice and discussion to assist parents in supporting their daughters make subject choices for stages 5 and 6. A significant part of parent/ teacher evenings for Years 8 and 10 was being absorbed by fact finding about the curriculum and electives rather than a focus on individual learning progress for students. The solution to the issue was to dedicate more time and opportunities at P&C meetings for presentation from the school staff, particularly the Head Teachers and Deputy Principal responsible for curriculum. In 2014 it was determined that the presentation on the HSC , processes and results would move to later in the year and a dedicated meeting focusing on subjects, course patterns, acceleration would be held prior to the teacher/parent meetings and before subject choices needed to be made. The response was greater satisfaction of parents, in particular having a diverse range of questions answered and some of the myths about perceived advantages of subjects over others, dispelled. There was a very positive response to the initiative.

Students and parents responded to a major survey conducted by the Canteen Committee, a subset of the P&C. The wide ranging survey tested satisfaction with the canteen provision in terms of variety and cost, the comparison with the Sydney Boys HS canteen across the lowers, the impact of a Health Promoting Canteen and the responsiveness to cultural and dietary needs. Many people responded to the survey with diverse and at times conflicting views. While the Health Promoting Canteen principles were appreciated, some members of the community wanted consideration of increases in ‘special day’ foods and treats which would compete with the offerings of our neighbouring school. The desire for more vegetarian options was a constant, as was the view that the advertising of special menus would bring more people to the canteen. In general the canteen was seen as positive in meeting the nutritional needs of the girls and the

committee undertook to explore and act on the many suggestions which were made through the survey exercise.

Future Directions 2015-2017 School Plan NSW DEC is implementing a new school planning process for 2015-17. The new plan will be published on the school’s website from the beginning of Term 2 2015. STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1 Inspiring gifted students through quality teaching and learning programs to achieve excellence and thrive as confident and creative learners and leaders Purpose: Students at SGHS require support to realise their potential to be lifelong learners and active citizens. An explicit framework is required for students to become self-motivated, innovative, resourceful and resilient young women. They require confidence to take intellectual risks and develop the ability to set long term goals. STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2 Fostering quality leadership and learning within a culture of innovation and collaboration. Promoting teaching excellence in which every staff member is engaged in collective and individual professional development Purpose: Sydney Girls High School seeks to support teachers to continue lifelong learning to meet the challenges of the 21st Century educational environment while ensuring leadership capacity and sustainability. STRATEGIC DIRECTION 3 Creating a culture of collaboration between parents, teachers, students, alumni, and the community to further the sphere of influence of the school society Purpose: SGHS occupies a unique and privileged place in the history of the state and the education community. There is a moral obligation for students to contribute positively to the broader community while at school and post school in order to capitalize on their intellectual gifts and pro-social capacity.

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About this report In preparing this report, the self-evaluation committee has gathered information from evaluations conducted during the year and analysed other information about the school's practices and student learning outcomes. The self-evaluation committee and school planning committee have determined targets for the school's future development. Andrea Connell, Principal Gregg Harrison, Deputy Principal June Vickers, Deputy Principal Geoffrey Denyer, Acting Deputy Principal Elizabeth O’Connor, HT Science Julie Henshaw, HT CAPA Christina Houvardas, HT HSIE Tess Kenway, HT English Derek Stokes, HT Maths Corinne Grant, HT Languages Elizabeth Maxwell, HT Teaching & Learning Angela McDermott, HT Welfare/Careers Con Zamagias, HT Administration Samantha Griffin, Sports Coordinator Elizabeth Surbey, Drama Coordinator Ron Trent, P&C President Pat Jones, School Administrative Manager Donna Fitzgerald, School Administrative Officer Charmaine D’Souza, School Captain Stephanie Centorame, School Vice Captain

School contact information Sydney Girls High School Anzac Parade, Surry Hills 2010 Ph: 9331-2336 Fax: 9360-9702 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sghs.nsw.edu.au School Code: 8136 Parents can find more information about Annual School Reports, how to interpret information in the report and have the opportunity to provide feedback about the report at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/emsad/asr/index.php

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