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Newsletter 5

Term 3 Week 8

September / October

2018

TEMPE HIGH SCHOOL

Unwins Bridge Road, TEMPE NSW 2044

Phone: 9558 2023 Fax: 9558 9460

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.tempe-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Office Hours : 8.30am—3.15pm

Innovation, Opportunity, Excellence

From the Principal

We have had a busy start to Semester 2. I have seen students learning and the dedication of staff as we work our way through the busy curriculum. Year 12 have completed their Trial HSC and will be receiving feedback from their teachers over the next week. I will be stressing to them the importance of this post-trial period and the need to work collaboratively, to reinforce and embed their learning. Students of HSC Drama, Music, Extension English, Visual Arts and Multimedia all have their HSC practicals and projects due in the next few weeks and we wish them well HSC Expo Night On the evening of Thursday 24th, the Year 12 Drama, Art, Music and students will showcase some of their major works for our community. I have seen some of these works in development and am keenly awaiting their finished state. Mr S Dassaklis—Principal

Gaming Seminar On Wednesday 22nd August, years 8, 9 and 10 will be participating in a one hour seminar on gaming addiction. The seminar will look at the following topics:

What is online gaming addiction?

Why is online gaming addiction a problem and

what are the dangers?

What are age appropriate games and what do

rating levels mean?

What makes a game addictive?

What are the most addictive games?

What are the warning signs of online gaming

overuse and addiction?

Risks and dangers with playing games and talking

to people you don't know through gaming aps: Predators, identity theft exposure to inappropriate material

What can you do to maintain or regain control?

Digital Detox Challenge

In Term 4, Tempe High School will be running a parent seminar evening that will discuss these topics further.

Gaming Seminar Presenter

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Week

6

Aug 27

Aug 28 08:30am - 1:40pm Drama HSC Practical Examination

Aug 29

Year 8 Gala Day/Netball Open back up Reading Project Periods 1-3 Climb Week C NAPLAN School Readiness Test Year 9

Aug 30

HSC D & T - Major Works & Folio Submission Reading Project Periods 1-3 Climb Week C B Street Smart Road Safety

Aug 31 Volleyball Climb Week C

NAPLAN School Readiness Test Year 7 and Year 9 Wear It Purple Day

Year 11Recognition Assembly Friday Period 5/ Year 10 Period 6 /Year 9

Year 10 Commerce PITCH incursion

7

Sep 3 Year 11 - Block out week no excursions Year 10 science VALID test window Year 8 Mathematics Exam

Sep 4 Year 11 - Block out week no excursions Year 10 science VALID test window

Sep 5 Year 11 - Block out week no excursions Year 10 science VALID test window Year 9 Geography Fieldwork Reading Project Periods 1-3 Battle For Australia Commemoration Martin Place Year 7 Mathematics Exam

Sep 6 Year 11 - Block out week no excursions Year 10 science VALID test window Year 9 Geography Fieldwork Reading Project Periods 1-3 Year 12 Music HSC final rehearsal in the HALL 6:30pm - 8:30pm Meet the Music 1 Concert Series

Sep 7 Year 11 - Block out week no excursions Year 10 science VALID test window Bligh Zone Table Tennis/Badminton Year 12 Business IKEA excursion 09:30am - 12pm

8

Sep 10 Year 11 Block out week no excursions Music Practical HSC exams Year 10 science VALID test window Year 10 Mathematics Exam Year 12 Society and Culture Assessment

Sep 11 Year 11 Block out week no excursions Music Practical HSC exams Year 10 science VALID test window 2pm - 12am 7pm - 8pmP&C Meeting

Sep 12 Year 11 Block out week no excursions Music Practical HSC exams Year 10 science VALID test window Science challenge UTS visit 12 Year 10 students Year 8 Language Excursion Reading Project Periods 1-3 Year 9 PASS - Golf Driving Range Year 9 Mathematics Exam

Sep 13 Year 11 Block out week no excursions Music Practical HSC exams Year 10 science VALID test window Duke of Edinburgh Year 9 PASS - Golf Driving Range Reading Project Periods 1-3 09:35am - 03am12 Society and Culture excursion - Gallipoli Mosque Auburn

Sep 14 Year 11 Block out week no excursions Music Practical HSC exams Year 10 science VALID test window Duke of Edinburgh

9

Sep 17 Year 11 Yearly Exams

Year 7 English Assessment Due Year 9 Mathematics Exam

Sep 18

Year 11 Yearly Exams


Year 7 Gala Day/Open Boys Basketball

Reading Project Periods 1-3


Reading Project Periods 1-3


10

Sep 24


Year 10 English Assessment

Sep 25


Winter Grade Sport Final 2pm - 12am

Sep 26


Sep 27


Year 12 Graduation

Sep 28


Super Happy Fun Day

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SCIENCE FACULTY Year 9 Science Fair 2018 On the 17th of August 2018, Tempe High School celebrated National Science week by having a Year 9 Science fair. It was an exciting day for selected year nine students who showcased their Student Research Projects to four scientists. They were Chris Garvey an experimental Physicist from ANSTO, Richard Vickery a neuroscientist from the University of NSW, Tatjana Seizova-Cajic a psychologist from the University of Sydney, and Kelsie Dadd a specialist in Earth Science and Director of Curious Minds. Year 9 had worked diligently and in some cases passionately on their Student Research Projects. They conducted the experiment in class and presented their findings to the judges. Year 8 Students were invited to visit the exhibition and voted for the People’s choice award. The judges were very impressed with the quality of the work, the variety of ideas investigated and the ability of the students to communicate their ideas. On the day, the judges not only judged the excellent work of our student, they also held careers talks with our Year 10 and Year 11 science students. It was a good opportunity for these students to hear from scientists working in the various fields where their careers had taken them. The winners of the science fair were: First place - Ryan Huynh, Ben Ford

Second Place - Samuel Woodhouse, Nick Stopic, Sharon Djong

Third place - Jordan Le, Emma Ferguson, William McKay The We Just Wanted To Know prize was awarded to Callum Duffy, Drishya Gurung, Stella Haydon-Smith

People’s Choice Award as voted for by Year 8 students was awarded to Antony Do and Riley Jephcott Special thanks to teachers who had helped with supervision of students. Without your help this day would not had been so successful. Also a very special thank you to the judges who gave up their time to spend all day with our students. They did not stop all day. Finally thank you to our students whose hard work and passion shone through and whose behaviour and ability to communicate did Tempe High School proud. Mr A Murphy—Head Teacher Science

Year 10 Science Week Talks Year 11 Science Week Talks Year 9 Science Fair Projects Viewing

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Nick Stopic, Sharon Djong, Samuel Woodhouse—2nd

Place

Drishya Gurung, Stella Hayden-Smith, Callum Duffy We Just Wanted to Know—Prize

Ryan Huynh, Ben Ford—1st

Place

Riley Jephcott, Anthony Do People’s Choice Award

Emma Ferguson, William McKay, Jordan Le—3rd

Place

Mr A Murphy—Head Teacher Science

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ENGLISH FACULTY Library News As part of my work to help students’ develop their research skills, I invited Sophia and Xiaolan from the Inner West Council Libraries to come and talk to the Year 7 classes during their library lessons in Week 3. Sophia and Xiaolan gave presentations on the e-resources available through the Library page of the Inner West Council website. The Inner West Council libraries subscribe to a number of academic databases that Library card holders can access online. These databases include Encyclopaedia Britannica Online which I would recommend as an alternative to Wikipedia. Every student who attends Tempe High School can apply for a card for the Inner West Libraries by obtaining an application form from me in the library. Living in this age of the ‘information superhighway’ with its attendant problems of misinformation and ‘fake news’, it is becoming increasingly important that everyone hone their skills in sourcing and evaluating reliable information. As I keep trying to impress on the students, merely googling is not rigorous researching. I ask you, as parents and carers, to encourage your students to go beyond Google and use the databases available through your local libraries’ databases – after all, you are paying for them through your council rates. And remember – if you want your students to do well at school and in their future careers, all research indicates that teenagers should be reading, reading, reading (especially novels) Ms K Salisbury—Teacher/Librarian !Poetry in Action How do you convey the trauma of a war that ended almost a century ago to an audience of apathetic teenagers sitting in a school hall in 2018? For Poetry in Action, it’s just another day’s work. With a dynamic script and charismatic actors, Words of War explores the poetry of Wilfred Owen in a way that is accessible to modern audiences, without sacrificing the emotional impact of Owen’s words. Visiting our school on Thursday the 16th of August, Team Raven regaled our Year 10s with a sometimes humorous, other times heartrending interpretation of the poetry being studies this term in English.

Poetry in Action’s performance is a useful tool for students to help them understand the power of Owen’s work. Without a good understanding of the historical context, it can be difficult to argue the impact of Owen’s poetry on a deeper level. In playwright Matt Edgerton’s updated script, the propaganda and intense nationalism of mid-war Britain can be communicated in a way that is both amusing and enlightening; their rendition of Jessie Pope’s highly idealist ‘Who’s For the Game?’ was a hysterically memorable display of the British public’s view of war being a sport that any young man wishing to prove his worth would eagerly join. This exaggerated performance also served to violently juxtapose Owen’s own horrific description on what war was truly like in his poetic response to Pope, ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. By dramatizing the work of Owen and contrasting it with propagandist pieces of the time, Poetry in Action allows the audience to fully grasp the cognitive dissonance between public’s perception of the war and it’s reality.

The commentary on techniques used by Owen was well executed, and explained why certain words or poetic devices were used without devolving into a lecture. Even while discussing word choice and syntax, the coast was able to keep the performance entertaining, and the poems benefitted from being performed out loud in order for the audience to feel the rhythm of the words and understand why the devices Owen uses have such an effect on the overall feeling of the poems. This is especially interesting when discussing his use of irony, both in ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ and ‘Disabled’, which use propagandist slogans as lines that are meant to be read as the exact opposite of how the British propaganda minister, Lord Kitchener, intended them to be interpreted.

Poetry in Action’s Words of War was the perfect way engage an audience of young people with the poetry of Wilfred Owen, and serve as a building block from which students can craft their essays with an improved understanding of the intricate and emotionally charged works that have become synonymous with protest poetry nearly 100 years onwards. Team Raven of Poetry in Action consists of Nick, Eleanor and Clare, and can be reached on their Instagram (@poetryinaction or on their website (www.poetryinaction.com.au). Poetry in Action is also running an under 18s poetry competition, with a first price of $500. More details can be found on line. Grace Carey—10Y

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HSIE FACULTY

On the 5th

July 2018 our class 7 Purple went on an excursion to the Cooks River. Our guide was a lady named Aunty Jenny and she talked about how the Cooks River can remind us of friendship and the communication between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The talk completely changed my view on the river and made me think of it differently.

by Brooke Mintzas—7P

Ms D Davidson—HSIE Teacher

CAREERS FACULTY

Year 12 Information Year 12 are reminded to check their UAC Guides for important dates (see page 6). Students need to log into their UAC account and pay the $70.00 Administration Fee before 28 September. If you leave it until after September 28, the fee jumps to $200. Students should book an appointment with Mr Fawcett to discuss UAC applications, as soon as their trial exams are completed. Mr S Fawcett—Careers Advisor

TAS FACULTY

Year 9 Industrial Technology - Timber Class

Keith Doan - Caption 'Finished Dovetailed Box for a family member'

Oliver Angel - Caption 'Best Dovetail Joint in the class,

No Putty Necessary'

'Finished Dovetailed Box for a family member'

'Best Dovetail Joint in the class, No Putty Necessary'

Mr A Crosland—TAS Teacher


CAPA FACULTY

On the last week of term 2 the Tempe Concert Band and Wind Ensemble performed in this year’s annual BandFest Event at St George Bank Auditorium, Kogarah. BandFest, an eisteddfod hosted by Engadine Music Centre, welcomed over 4,000 young musicians performing as members of over 130 bands. Performances were adjudicated by a member of the Australian Ballet Orchestra with each ensemble receiving expert advice and encouragement. Both Tempe’s extracurricular ensembles exceeded expectations with the Wind Ensemble taking home a silver award and the Concert Band taking out the gold. Well done all of the students involved in both of these ensembles. A great result for all of the hard work and commitment put in by students and parents for Semester 1 2018.

Mr E Norrish—Rel. Head Teacher CAPA

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CAPA FACULTY HSC EXPO Thursday 23 August

Visual Arts Exhibition Common Room 4.30 - 5.30pm

Drama/Music Performance School Hall 5.30 - 7.00pm All Welcome!

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PDHPE / CAREERS FACULTY Year 10 Job Interview Day On Wednesday the 1

st of August, we held our annual

year 10 Job Interview Day. This assessment is not only a major assessment task for PDHPE, but gives students the life skills and confidence to apply for future jobs. Year 10, were impressive in their dedication and effort in both preparing their Resume and turning up ready to begin their interviews on the day. The professional outfits, polite manners and enthusiasm were a reflection of the amazing students we send out into the workforce every year. Each student completed a mock interview and was given feedback on how to improve in future interviews. The students should be proud of their effort and will hopefully use this feedback to ensure they are successful in their chosen careers. Ms D Bolton—PDHPE Teacher / Mr S Fawcett— Careers Advisor


PDHPE FACULTY

The Sydney East Athletics Carnival was held across two days on August 8

th and 9

th. Tempe High School

had 32 students represent Bligh Zone in both track and field events. A number of students including Sam Chen, Josh Chen, Oliver Angel and Tait Allen have earnt their place to represent the Sydney East region in the CHS athletics carnival in September.

Mr M Kemp—PDHPE Teacher

Dance Group In week 3, our year 9 dance group were fortunate enough to participate in a dance class with Chris. He has performed with the likes of Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani and many more. He was on Australia's season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2014 and made the final 12. Living between Sydney and LA, he has recently worked closely with the choreographer of "The Greatest Showman" and taught the girls a chorus from the movie! They were so amazed by the experience and loved every minute of it. They cannot wait for him to join us again in the future. Well Done Girls! #THSdancesquad

Ms Paras—Dance Teacher

Year 8 Gala Day

The Year 8 Gala Day was held on the 15th of August with Tempe High School participating in Sports such as Ultimate Vortex, Netball, Soccer, Basketball and Oz Tag. Tempe came out victorious in Basketball and Soccer. A special mention to the Year 10 PASS students who assisted in coaching and refereeing which made the day such a success.

Mr M Kemp—PDHPE Teacher

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PDHPE FACULTY

Year Dance Concert

On the last day of term 2, year 10 participated in PDHPE's Dance Concert. It was a marvellous afternoon that showcased talent from each student in year 10 choreographing their own routines. It was supported and cheered on by year 9 as well as many staff members across the school. This event is a highlight of our school calendar and excites the students every year. Year 9 are already deciding which approach to dance they will be taking for their performances next year.

For the first time ever at Tempe High School, the year 9 dance elective class opened the show and performed the routine choreographed by Ms Paras in terms 1 and 2. They received a huge amount of positive feedback and cheers from both year groups present and staff members. They are excited for the future school performances they have coming up this year.

Congratulations and well done to everyone involved!! :)

Ms Paras—PDHPE/Dance Teacher

"This was a very positive experience and a highlight of our year so far. Everyone cheered each other on and supported each other. It was great to see everyone getting up on stage demonstrating their best" by Tara Hogan, Stephanie Kim & Vivianne Le "This was definitely a highlight of our year so far. If you weren't there, you missed out on a great day. We enjoyed the experience a lot and speak very highly of it." by Alan Doan & Cameron Lo

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Giorgio Vasiliades with his coach Ricci Cheah at Sydney Olympic Park Archery park.

EARLWOOD archer Giorgio Vasiliades just keeps getting better as he zeros in on his ambition of making the Olympics like his grandfather George Vasiliades, a champion weightlifter. Giorgio, who finished sixth at the 1972 Munich Olympics, is a member of the Australian Weightlifting-Hall of Fame and provides great support to Giorgio. Giorgio, our nominee for the Local Sports Star Award, said he wants to follow in his grandad’s footsteps but is mature enough to know it takes a lot of commitment and experience. “I am close to my grandad and he takes me for training if my parents are unable to because our family is a very sports-oriented one,” said Giorgio, who turns 14 on August 28. Giorgio, trains up to 10 hours each week under head coach Ricci Cheah at the Sydney Olympic Park archery range. He also builds up his strength at his uncle’s gym at Earlwood. The Tempe High School student took to archery five years ago and his goal is to make the Australian team for the

2019 World junior championships.

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SECOND HAND UNIFORMS

PURCHASES

The Noffs Shop in Marrickville has kindly agreed to sell

our second hand uniforms, with all proceeds being

returned to the Noffs Foundation. Originally named The

Wayside Foundation, the Noffs Foundation’s mission is

to help disadvantaged young Australians become

advantaged. Read more about the Noffs Foundation at

noffs.org.au

Address:

The Noffs Shop

Unit 3, 359 Illawarra Road, Marrickville

This is under the Revolution apartment complex, just next to Marrickville station

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm

DROP OFFS

Freshly laundered uniforms can be dropped off at both the school (main office) and

the Noffs Shop DURING OPENING HOURS only

Please do not leave donations while the shop is closed

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