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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The next three weeks for your diary TERM 1 WEEK 9 2019

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1 - 5 Apr

Tell Them from Me Surveys SRC Meeting ABC Q&A interviews

Tell Them from Me Surveys Year 11 SDD Powerhouse Excursion

Tell Them from Me Surveys

Tell Them from Me Surveys

Tell Them from Me Surveys Year 12 Legal Studies Excursion

8 - 12 Apr

Year 12 Mid Course Exams SRC Meeting

Year 12 Mid Course Exams

Year 12 Mid Course Exams Year 10 Neighbour Shopping with Seniors

Anzac Day Ceromony Year 7 Vaccinations Year 11 Advanced English Othello

Year 9 Royal Easter Show Last Day of Term 1

29 Apr

- 3 May

Term 2 Staff Development Day

Students First Day Term 2

Year 9R Sydney Writers Festival Year 9 Bushcare

Year 10C and 8B Riverside Theatre Year 12 Advanced English The Tempest Year 7 Parent Teacher Interviews

When the boys start high school in Year 7 we talk a lot about the importance of parents continuing to be involved in their sons’ lives and their education. We stress the fact that the conversation doesn't stop at primary school and it's important to continue knowing what's happening with your son at school, knowing his friends and knowing their parents as well. Thanks to all the parents who are able to make it to the Year 12 parent teacher evening last night. It is great to see that for most families the close relationship between home and school continues all the way to Year 12. Even at the very end of their secondary education, it's important that we continue talking and supporting the boys. In lots of ways, Year 12 is the time when they need the most support from home and school. On Monday night a group of 12 boys from Years 11 and 12 will be part of the studio audience on the ABC current affairs program Q&A. This is a great opportunity for the boys to ask questions and express their opinions. If you get the opportunity to watch, please tune in!

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YEAR 12 PRACTICE EXAMS 2019

Our Year 12 students will be sitting the new syllabus HSC exams this year. An opportunity to write answers to HSC style questions in exam conditions will provide an invaluable experience and effective feedback to the students. Year 12 students will be attempting a practice exam with HSC style questions for all their courses in Week 11. The practice exams will be held in the HALL from Monday 8th April until Wednesday 10th April.

YEAR 12 PRACTICE EXAM SCHEDULE 2019

Monday 8th April Session 1

Line 1 Time

English Advanced - Ms Finigan 9.10 - 10.50

English Standard - Ms Pool, Ms Hooper, Ms Stitt 9.10 - 10.50

English Studies - Mr Ahearne 9.10 - 10.50

English EALD - Ms Whitting 9.10 - 10.50

Monday 8th April

Monday 8th April Session 2

Line 3 Time

Engineering Studies- Mr Mahmud 12.15 - 2.15

Hospitality- Ms Belle-Page 12.15 - 1.50

Legal Studies-Ms Summers 12.15 - 1.50

Modern History- Mr Radojevic 12.15 - 1.50

Biology-Ms Prasad 12.15 - 1.50

Music-Mr Pieterse 12.15 - 1.20 in D11 Aural

1.22 – 2.30 - Practical

Tuesday 9th April Session 1

Line 2 Time

Business Studies 2- Mr Zaczek 9.10 - 10.45

Maths Advanced- Ms Marks 9.10 - 10.45

Maths Standard- Ms Thomas, Mr Chu, Mr White 9.10 - 10.45

Maths Extension 1- Mr Tenefrancia 9.10 - 10.45

Tuesday 9th April

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Tuesday 9th April Session 1

Line 5 Time

Biology- Ms Scandurra 12.15 - 1.50

Business Studies 1- Mr Burford, Mr Bason 12.15 - 1.50

Construction- Mr Jones 12.15 - 1.50

Drama- Ms Small 12.15 - 1.50

Physics- Ms Arya 12.15 - 1.50

PDHPE- Mr Calic 12.15 - 2.15

Tuesday 9th April

Wednesday 10th April Session 1

Line 4 Time

Chemistry- Ms Arya 9.10 - 10.45

Economics- Ms Skelton 9.10 - 10.45

Modern History- Mr Phillips 9.10 - 10.45

Maths Standard- Mr Kobeissi 9.10 - 10.45

SDD- Ms Beretin 9.10 - 10.45

English Extension 2- Ms Finigan 9.10 - 10.50

Wednesday 10th April

Wednesday 10th April Session 1

Line 6 Time

Ancient History- Mr Chatwin 12.15 - 1.50

Chinese- Ms Wang 12.15 - 1.50

IPT- Ms Skelton 12.15 - 1.50

Investigating Science- Mr Lam 12.15 - 1.50

Physics- Mr Chu 12.15 - 1.50

Studies of Religion- Mr Phillips 12.15 - 1.20

YEAR 12 PRACTICE EXAM SCHEDULE 2019

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YEAR 11 PDHPE: “WRAPPED” TO BE ON TOP OF FIRST AID The students of Year 11 PDHPE have been learning all about emergency care and first aid response. From DRSABCD to REST and PER the acronyms have been coming thick and fast.

The boys practised their compression bandaging techniques as well as making their own arm slings.

Wade Tyler PD/H/PE Teacher

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LITERATURE THROUGH TIME

7T English are finishing off their assessment tasks for the unit of work, Literature Through Time.

Ms Durand — English Teacher

The task requires them to create a multimodal presentation showcasing one character, they have studied in the unit of work, who travels through time to encounter new experiences in a different time period.

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CHS here we come!

Marlon Markin won multiple races and broke some long standing swimming records at the Ashfield Boys High School Swimming Carnival.

Then he successfully defended his age champion crown at the Zone Swimming Carnival.

Last Thursday, 21st March 2019,

Marlon Markin once again impressed with his outstanding performances at the

Regional Swimming Carnival.

His results were: 50m freestyle - 1st - time: 27.20 100m freestyle - 1st - time: 59.46 200m freestyle - 2nd - time: 2:13.95 100m backstroke - 5th

Sasha Calic - PD/H/PE Teacher presenting Marlon with Certificate.

Marlon Markin First - 50m and 100m Freestyle

Just as impressive was Jack Carey,

who also qualified for the State championship in Au2, S 15 division

in 100m freestyle (ages 12-15) with a time of 1:49.94.

Marlon and Jack have promised their best is yet to come.

The CHS Swimming Carnival

will be held on 8th, 9th and 10th of April 2019

Jack Carey Sasha Calic - PD/H/PE Teacher

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CODING “EDVENTURE” INTO ROBOTICS

Ashfield Boys High School has incorporated digital coding into their learning programs, which allows students to gain fundamental 21st-century skills, like creative problem solving, as well as thinking logically and critically.

Mr Mahmud - TAS Teacher

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Year 7 and 8 students are working on a Python program with classroom teacher Mr. Mahmud. Students come up with their own challenge and conceptualise how the robot can provide a solution.

This course is a great introduction to both fundamental programming concepts and the Python programming language.

Mr Mahmud - TAS Teacher

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STUDENTS IN YEAR 8 INVESTIGATE WHY THE AREA OF A CIRCLE IS

π r2

The investigation involved transforming a circle into a parallelogram to estimate its area.

Some students also experimented in how to approximate the value of π

Fun fact:

The Opera House is known as a “spherical solution”; the sails of the Opera House transform into the surface of a sphere, an engineering milestone for the twentieth century.

Mr Ma - Mathematics Teacher

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Ms Laris - Science Teacher

THE MYSTERIES OF DNA

This term 10 Hawking have been studying the topic “Genetics and Evolution”.

They have unravelled the mysteries of DNA by making origami models of the DNA molecule and by doing interactive DNA building activities online. This was then culminated by an actual DNA extraction.

The students used strawberries mashed in salty detergent solution to extract the DNA and dissolve it. After filtering out the solids they used icy cold ethanol to bring the DNA out of solution, making the white strands visible. These were then examined under the microscope.

Unfortunately we didn’t quite get around to making a transgenic species!

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Year 7 Parent Teacher Interviews

Bookings Close May 1st.

Parent Teacher Interview Bookings using the Parent Portal.

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Nicole Pool - Relieving Head Teacher Welfare

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/young-adult-vax.aspx

Please find below the link to the article.

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Year 7 students will be having their first vaccination on Thursday 11th April 2019 during Periods 1-4. Representatives from the NSW School Vaccination Program will attend Ashfield Boys High School from 8.30-12pm. A link has been provided for the NSW Department of Health, which provides information regarding the school vaccination program in 26 languages and may be of assistance. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx If you wish for your son to receive his vaccinations at school, please complete the form and ask him to return it to his Roll Call teacher. 2019 the following vaccines will be offered:

Vaccine Who is eligible? Number of doses?

Human Papillomavirus - HPV All Year 7 students 2

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping cough) - dTpa

All Year 7 students 1

Meningococcal ACWY All Year 10 & 11 students 1

Parents/guardians who wish to withdraw their consent for any reason may do so by providing the school with written

notification.

If you have any questions, please call Ms Pool during school hours on 97986620 (Extension 120).

YEAR 7 VACCINATIONS

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Start Finish

E 3 Injured or sick with note Executive / Markou 12:34 14:31

3rd April– Grade Sport Organisation – Round 1

Assembly

Point (quiet area)

Sport Venue Opposition Coach

Leave

class

at:

Assemble

And sit

at:

Game

Time

A Badminton

1st/2nd & U15’s ABHS Gym North Sydney Dobrowolski 12:34 1:00

B Football 2nd Hammond Normanhurst 2 Phillips 12:20 1:00

C Football U15’s

B Centenary Centenary Richardson 12:15 1:00

D Football U14’s

A Cammeray North Sydney Chu 11:16 11:18 1:00

E Football U14’s

B Cammeray North Sydney Prasad 11:16 11:18 2:00

F Football U13’s

A Anderson North Sydney Bason 11:16 11:18 1:00

H Football U13’s

B Anderson North Sydney Kucheruk 11:16 11:18 2:00

G Football U13’s

C Waverton North Sydney Payne 11:16 11:18 1:00

H Football U13’s

D Centenary Epping D Lam TBA TBA 2:00

I Rugby U15’s Marshfield Epping Burford TBA TBA 1:50

J Rugby U14’s Epping BHS Epping A Pearce TBA TBA 1:00

K Rugby U13’s Epping Epping Pieterse

Tyler TBA TBA 1:00

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Table Tennis

1st,2nd,U15’s,U

14’s

ABHS Hall North Sydney Tenefrancia 12:25 1:00

M Tennis

U15’s & U14’s

Pratten

Park North Sydney Stitt 12:20 1:00

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Lawn Bowls

N. Sydney

Bowling

Club

North Sydney Hooper 11:16 11:18 1:00

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Futsal – Olympic Park Quay Centre

booking times:

6,13,20,27 February 20, 27 March

NBA - May NBA - June 24,31 July

7,14,28 August 4, 25 September

16 October 6,27 November NBA - December

6 Feb, 24 July-27 Nov Court 4

12 Feb – 27 March Court 1

Table Tennis- Olympic Park Sports Hall

booking times:

6,13,20,27 February 6,13,20 March 8,15,22,29 May 5,12,19,26 June

3,24,31 July 7,14,21,28 August

4,11,18,25 September 16,23,30 October

6,13,20,27 November 4,11 December

All played on Court C

Badminton - Olympic Park NSW Netball

booking times:

6,13,20,27 February 6,13,27 March

3, 10 April 8,15,22 May 12,19 June

3,31 July The rest of the year booking to be

confirmed by end of April

RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 5

Assembly Point

(Year 7 quad) Sport Venue Coach

Assemble and Sit in Year 7 quad

at:

Start Time

Finish Time

A Badminton Olympic Park Wang 11:55 1:00 2:31

C Table Tennis

Olympic Park/

ABHS F block Morris 12:34 12:34 2:31

E Futsal

Quaycentre ABHS Oval Karagiannidis 12:34 12:34 2:31

G Volleyball ABHS Canteen

(TBA) Pool 12:34 12:34 2:31

I Power Walk Local area Cini Laris 12:34 12:34 2:31

K Power Walk Local area Durand White 12:34 12:34 2:31

M Multi-Sport

Years 7-8 ABHS Oval Marks 12:34 12:34 2:31

O Basketball

Years 7-8 Centenary Park Lu 12:34 12:34 2:31

Q Basketball

Year 9

ABHS B’ball

Outdoor Court Curran 12:34 12:34 2:31

S Basketball

Year 10

Bill Peter’s

Reserve Ahearne 12:34 12:34 2:31

U Karate Library or E2 Jones 12:34 12:34 2:31

W Theatre Sport D11 Whitting 12:34 12:34 2:31

Y Bocce/Crocket Ashfield Park Belle-Page 12:34 12:34 2:31

15 Outdoor Fitness Ashfield Park Mahmud

Longman 12:34 12:34 2:31

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