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Galston Rotary Colour Run Highlights

Colour Run (cont’d)...

Chloe Coxon and Jordan Gaskin were selected to compete for Sydney North in the Combined Schools Gymnastics Championships last Thursday. They competed in the Division B individual competition at the Hunter Sports Centre. It was a great competition, and included about 60 athletes on the day the girls competed. High Schools from all over NSW were part of the competition. The girls did not place but competed very

NSW Combined High Schools Sports AssociationGymnastics Championships August 7-9 2018

well and represented Galston High School beautifully. The Sydney North Team placed second in a very competitive division. It was also fantastic to see the Division A compete and awards were presented to athletes who had competed for more than 5 years in a row and included 6 Year 12 students.

Well done to the girls, such a great day to be part of.

This Week

Monday 20 AugustEDFEST set upBook Week or Treasure HuntYear 10 Boys Program pds 1&2 - van Baarle

Tuesday 21 AugustEDFEST set up - evening presentationP&C MeetingBook Week Character Dress UpsYear 12 NESA PresentationYears 7-10 Girls League Tag Gala Day2019 House Leader nomination forms available

Wednesday 22 AugustEDFEST 6.00pm PresentationBook Week - write a book in a day competitionYear 12 Careers NightGHS Group PhotosYear 9 STEM Incursion - SadekGCoS Concert Band Workshop - Andrus

Thursday 23 AugustEDFEST pack upSports TrialsBook Week - Trivia

Friday 24 AugustBook Week Author Visit - Years 7,8,9 - 9am - 11.15amYear 12 Visual Arts HSC ExhibitionPSSA Refereeing - selected students Years 7-9 - Whiteman

Next Week

Monday 27 AugustYear 10 Boys Program pds 1&2 - van Baarle9K Science Colah Creek Excursion pds 1&2 - GrothYear 10 Study Skills - time Management 9.05am - 10.05am

Tuesday 28 August2019 Prefect Induction

Wednesday 29 AugustMinisters Awards Presentation 1.30pm - Tourlas/Cosgrove

Friday 31 AugustSydney North Netball Gala Day Years 9&102019 House Leader Nomination Forms duePSSA Refereeing selected students Years 7-9 - Whiteman

Still to come

Monday 3 SeptemberSRC R UOK Week - Muffins MondayYear 10 Boys Program pds 1&2 - van BaarleNgamura Program for Aboriginal students

Tuesday 4 SeptemberSRC R UOK Week - Tim Tam TuesdayRotary Parent Forum

Wednesday 5 SeptemberYear 11 VaccinationsCHS AthleticsSRC R UOK Week - Australian Food Wednesday

Thursday 6 SeptemberMeet The Music 6.30pmCHS Athletics

Friday 7 SeptemberCHS AthleticsWater Polo TrialsSRC R UOK Week - French FridayPSSA Refereeing slected students Years 7-9 - Whiteman

Upcoming Events

Homework Club

Homework Club operates every Wednesday afternoon from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

Students can receive help from teaching staff with homework and assessment tasks, or simply utilise the Library computers and wifi to complete their work.

Science & Agriculture Faculty Focus...

We all think we know how our bodies are put together. If you were asked to list the organs of the digestive systems, I'm sure you would be able to list most, if not all, of them. If you were asked to indicate where your heart sits in your body, you would ball up your fist and place it slightly to the left of center on your chest. But the reality of how you fit together is so much more interesting and intricate than you can possible imagine. So rather than trying to imagine it, the Science faculty took 60 iron-stomached Year 10 and 11 students to the Real Bodies Exhibition at the Byron Kennedy Hall in the Entertainment Quarter. The Real Bodies Exhibition displays 20 real, perfectly preserved human bodies and over 200 anatomical specimens. In addition to learning about how these bodies have been preserved, students were able to see how different parts of the human body function together to allow us to breath, eat, reproduce and move through our environment. Each one of the 20 whole body specimens was dissected in a different way to demonstrate the interactions between the different systems. The circulatory exhibit was particularly striking. In this exhibit, a red plastic resin has been injected through the arteries of different organs and allowed to harden. Once hardened, the flesh was dissolved, leaving a road map of bright red vessels. While there were a few white faces at different stages during the exhibit, all the students who attended the exhibition said it was a unique and “awesome” experience. As a nice little side note, a member of the public who was also visiting the exhibition sort out the teachers on the excursion to say how lovely, polite and well behaved our students were. All in all, it was an unreal day at the Real Bodies Exhibition.

Parenting Through the Ups and Downs of Adolescence

TERM THREE: Wednesday September 19th 2018 6pm-7.30pm

A seminar for parents of high school students discussing:

• Ways that adolescents may behave when experiencing intense emotions

• Responding to self-harm behaviour • Parent strategies and tips to help

parents remain calm and be a resource for their adolescent

• To register please call CYMHS on 9485 6155 • VENUE: Hillview Community Health Centre 1334 Pacific Highway Turramurra.

Entry via Boyd Ave. Please allow enough time for parking and arrive 10 minutes before the registered start time.

• Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare facilities and are unable to have infants/children attend with their parents.

• The seminar is available to families who live in the Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai local government area.

• The cost of the seminar is $10. There will be no charge for concession card holders.

• Registration is essential as groups fill quickly. • Participants will be asked to complete feedback forms. • The service reserves the right to postpone or cancel seminars in the case of

insufficient registrations.

Hornsby Child and Youth Mental Health Service

(CYMHS)

THE 24TH COMBINED SCHOOLS YEAR 12 TERTIARY CAREERS NIGHT

For Students Attending: Asquith Boys High School, Castle Hill High School, Cheltenham Girls High School, Cherrybrook Technology High School, Epping Boys High School, Galston High School, Northholm Grammar School, Oakhill College, Pennant Hills High School.

WHERE: Cherrybrook Technology High School Multipurpose Centre

WHEN: Wednesday, 22nd August 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Program: 5:00pm-5:30pm Early Bird UAC Talk – Erin Keech 5:30pm to 6:00pm Preparing for the HSC: A Parent’s Perspective 5:00pm-7:00pm Tertiary Market – Main Hall 7:00pm: Main Presentations 8:00pm: Question Time Official Welcome: 7:00pm - Mr Johnson, Principal, Cherrybrook Technology High School 7:05pm - Guest Speaker: Mr Eddie Woo 7:30pm - Applying to University via UAC: Erin Keech - Community Engagement Officer – Universities Admission Centre (UAC) Break Out Sessions Scholarships: Lower Lecture Theatre 6.00pm – TAFE 6.30pm – University of Technology, Sydney Alternative Pathways to a Degree/University: Upper Lecture Theatre 6.00pm – Australian Catholic University 6.30pm – Western Sydney University

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