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Mac Fields News Macquarie Fields High School

April 2010

2 Harold Street, Macquarie Fields NSW 2564 Phone 9605 3111 [email protected]

Issue 5 – Term 4 October 2019

Calendar Events

Week 4

Monday November 4- Yr 10 Testing Week 2 Friday November 8 Thursday November 7 Yr 12 sign out-10am-2pm

Week 5

Wednesday November 13 Yr 12 sign out-10am-2pm Thursday November 14 Semester Awards-p2 & 3 Friday November 15 Yr 11 Reports disrtibuted

Week 6

Monday November 18 Year Meetings Week P & C Meeting-6:30pm

PARENTS PLEASE NOTE

Students absent from school

Please note changes to School Attendance Policy. Where a student is absent from school, a note explaining the absence must be received by the school within 7 school days. Where a note is not received the absence will be recorded as unjustified. This cannot legally be changed should a note be received after 7 days. Absences both justified and unjustified are recorded on school reports.

Recipient’s of PBL Raffle Prize Draw

NAME Year Wk/Term PRIZE Keerthi Ganapathy 7 Wk7/T3 $30 Teen

voucher

Stephanie Ng 12 Wk8/T3 $30 Student voucher

From the Relieving Principal Mr J.Perrett

Our Principal Mrs Dolstra is currently on long

service leave for Term 4. To mark her farewell at

the end of the school year there will be 70’s

Super Show which will be held at the school.

This celebration is being organised by our CAPA

staff and parents and citizens wishing to attend

can purchase tickets at the office. There are

details provided in the CAPA report on page 13

of this Newsletter.

Year 12 Graduation Ceremony

This year has seen the start of a new tradition for

our school with our Graduation Ceremony being

held at Wests Leagues Club. This was an

amazing event and our Year 12 students were

able to celebrate with family/friends. I need to

thank our team of staff that were responsible for

organising this event: Mr Deakin, Mrs Hegde,

Mrs Watts, Mr Bozzetto, Miss M Truong, Mr

Dimon, Mrs Gibbs, Mr Neale, Miss Barnes and

Mrs L.Trieu.

We wish our Year 12 students all the best for the

completion of the Higher School Certificate

Examinations.

Celebration Day

Our Celebration Day this year was an

outstanding success. The theme of the day was

Celebrating the 80’s. We very fortunate to have

our special guest Mayor George Brticevic open

our 2019 Celebration Day. Mayor Brticevic also

presented Mrs Dolstra with a public service

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award for her service to education. Other special

guests at our Opening Ceremony were Uncle

Charlie Mundine and Allan Clapham (Police

School Liaison Officer)

Other highlights of the 2019 Celebration Day

were:

- Flag Ceremony

- Cultural dances and presentations

- Cultural food stalls and games

- Cardboard arcade games

- Student performances

- Rides

- Competitions

- P and C showbag stalls.

A huge thank you to our 2019 Celebration Day

team for their efforts in the organisation of this

special event.

Student Leadership Team

Congratulations to our newly inducted senior

leaders. We began our final term of the year with

our Commencement assembly, where we admit

Year 11 students officially into the HSC course.

At this ceremony we induct our student leaders

for the next twelve months.

As Principal I work closely with the student

leadership team and I am very much looking

forward to working with such a splendid team of

leaders. The culture of excellence and high

standards that we have at our school has been

influenced by past leaders and our student

leaders are aware of this responsibility.

Congratulations to our Captains: An Mai and

Addison McDonagh

Vice Captains: Lorraine Varghese and Aditi Dutta

Congratulations to the Prefect Team: Aarushi

Sharda, Darina Karell, Hemesha

Hettiarachchige, Avani Ram, Gemma

McCormack, Serena Gao, Shival Chand, Nick

Yao, Mateusz Kaczmarz, Frohar Ferdous, Krish

Lamba, Kaustubh Bhalerao, Anuj Jardiar and

Elias Hamam.

I also need to express my gratitude to Mr Day for

his outstanding support of our student leaders.

MFHS Boys Under 15 Basketball Team

I need to congratulate our MFHS Boys Under 15

Basketball Team for making it to the state

championships which are being held at Terrigal

on October 30-31. This is an extraordinary

achievement and a huge thanks to their coach

Mr N Antony for his commitment to this

representative team. I also need to thank Mr J

Luc for being involved in the trip to Terrigal as an

assistant coach.

Term 4 Schedule

Please refer to our calendar for any significant

events that relate to you and your child. We

value having our parents and citizens in

attendance at the:

In The Picture (Art Exhibition) November 25 Deputy Principal Recognition Day November 29 Semester Awards November 30 Year 7 2020 Orientation Day December 3 70’s Super Show December 6 Presentation Day December 11

Parent and Citizens Meeting on Monday

November 18 at 6:30pm

Our next meeting will commence at 6:30pm on

November 18 in the office. All are welcome to

attend.

Mr J Perrett

Relieveing Principal

October 2019


PHOTO GALLERY

GRADUATION CEREMONY WESTS LEAGUES

YEAR 9 & 10 BOYS BASKETBALL

INFORMAL ASSEMBLY

October 2019


CELEBRATION DAY

YEAR 12 PICNIC DAY – BULLI

October 2019


PDHPE Faculty

New PDHPE Syllabus Implementation in 2019

and 2020

The new PDHPE syllabus has been implemented

for Year 7 and Year 9 this year. Years 8 and 10

will be implemented in 2020. The new syllabus

focuses on providing students with opportunities

to enhance their own and others’ health, safety,

wellbeing and participation in physical activity.

Students develop self-management,

interpersonal and movement skills to become

empowered, self-confident and socially

responsible citizens.

Year 11 Life Ready

Life Ready is a mandatory 25-hour course

designed to prepare and support senior students

as they encounter situations related to health and

safety as they become more independent and

gain more responsibilities. It focuses on offering

opportunities for students to build the functional

knowledge and skills for life post school.

The content of the Macquarie Fields High School

Life Ready program is based on the needs and

interests of students. This means that students

are engaged in a program that is relevant to this

cohort of Year 11 students.

This program will run during Week 10, Term 3. It

will include workshops, guest speakers and year

meetings. Life Ready is divided into six relevant

and contemporary learning contexts including

Independence, Respectful Relationships, Safe

Travel, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Sexuality

and Sexual Health, and Drugs and Alcohol.

Year 10 Road Safety bStreetsmart Excursion

On Tuesday 10 September, 2019, Year 10

attended the annual bstreetsmart Road Safety

Forum at Qudos Bank Arena at Homebush, an

initiative of the Trauma Service at Westmead

Hospital. The purpose of bstreetsmart is to

reduce the fatality and injury rates of young

people by promoting safe behaviour as drivers,

riders and passengers. The students engaged

with interactive and real life road safety scenarios

among approximately 5,000 other students from

all over NSW.

NSW Premier's Secondary School Sport

Challenge 2019

The NSW Premier's Secondary School Sport

Challenge aims to engage young people in sport

and physical activity and encourages them to

lead healthy, active lifestyles.

At Macquarie Fields High School, all Year 7 and

Year 8 students are participating in class teams

in a 10 week sport and physical activity

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challenge. Students in the elective Year 9 and 10

PASS classes, have been leading the challenge

as part of the Event Management unit.

The Challenge is designed to encourage and

engage students and staff in a 10 week program

of sport and physical activity. Participants are

challenged to accumulate time in physical

activity, aiming to achieve Bronze, Silver, Gold or

Diamond Awards at the conclusion of the

Challenge period. Students were provided with a

log book to record their physical activity levels.

To achieve a Premier's School Sporting

Challenge Bronze, Silver, Gold or Diamond

Award, teams must accrue the following average

time in sport and physical activity over a 10 week

period:

Awards Daily average activity time per student

Average time in minutes per week

per student

Bronze 30 minutes per day

210

Silver 45 minutes per day

315

Gold 60 minutes per day

420

Diamond 80 minutes per day

560

Any physical activity of moderate to vigorous

intensity can be used to accrue time for the

Challenge.

Moderate activities can be as simple as brisk

walking, bike riding with friends, skateboarding,

yoga and dancing.

Vigorous activities are usually associated with

activities such as football, netball, aerobics,

soccer, running, fitness circuits, swimming laps

and training for sport.

Opportunities for moderate to vigorous activity

are also provided by:

incidental activity

playground games

organised sport competitions and physical

education activities

outdoor adventure and physical recreation

programs

dance associated with the Performing

Arts.

Good luck to everyone participating in the

2019 Challenge!

Love Your Body Week is Butterfly's national

awareness campaign supported by Sportsgirl

held 2nd - 8th September 2019. The campaign

aims to promote awareness of body image

concerns and promote body confidence in all

Australians by celebrating body diversity.

The MFHS PDHPE Faculty ran a micro-lesson

with each Year 9 PDHPE class to celebrate and

raise awareness. The micro lesson included:

Discussion on what affects a persons’

body image

How students can challenge appearance

pressures

What students can proactively do to

maintain a positive body image

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1 in 2 people say their body weight and shape is pretty important compared to other things in life.

Over 40% of people are unhappy with their appearance.

73% of people wished they could change the way they look.

Nearly 1 in 2 people feel pressure to look a certain way.

Over 40% of people compare themselves to others on social media.

Source: https://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/support-us/love-your-body-week/

Ultimate Frisbee

At Macquarie Fields High School, Ultimate

Frisbee has seen an increase in student interest

and has become an exceedingly evolving sport

within our school. Ultimate Frisbee is an

unconventional sport with unique opportunities

for students, such as, competing in the South

West Ultimate Frisbee Championships and

trialling for the NSW State Ultimate team. This

year, not only was our school proud to announce

that one of our very own Year 10 students had

successfully made it into the NSW State Ultimate

Frisbee team, but also that, a group of our Year 8

students had the opportunity to travel to

Rushcutters Bay Park to participate in the Youth

Ultimate League for the very first time in our

school’s history. The Youth Ultimate League

provided our students with the opportunity to

train with and learn from the best in the league,

including current and former Australian team

representatives. Our students represented our

school with great dignity and maturity as they

were held with high regard from both the Youth

Ultimate League organiser as well as all the

trainers. We cannot wait for our students to

participate in the Junior South West Ultimate

Frisbee Championships in November. With their

new found skills and enthusiasm for the sport,

they are sure to make our school and community

proud.

Year 11 SLR Go Karting

As part of the teaching and learning program at

Macquarie Fields High School, Year 11 SLR

students had the opportunity of participating in

the Go Karting Driver Awareness Program. On

Tuesday the 13th of August Students from the 1

unit and 2 unit SLR classes were accompanied

by Miss Worthington and Mrs Buxton to the Go

Karting centre at Minto. It was a fantastic day

which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The day

consisted of numerous sessions around the

course, at first there was some hesitation but by

the time everyone got to their second session the

safe competition had kicked in. The aim of this

excursion was to provide students with the

opportunity to participate in practical driving

courses. Students learnt about navigating

courses, passing and being overtaken,

maintaining proper speed and keeping a safe

distance from other karts on the track. Once

again, this was a fantastic day out for all

involved'.

October 2019


Girls 9’s Wests tournament

On Wednesday June 19th, Wests Tigers Rugby

League held the annual Secondary Girls League

tournament at Eschol Park Sporting Complex,

Eschol Park. Macquarie Fields High School had

a strong showing of 2 teams for the under 14’s

and under 16’s. The tournament was a great day

with some fantastic results across the two age

groups. The under 16’s girls team just fell short

of making the finals, however, the under 14’s

girls showed strong teamwork and energy to

finish second overall in the Wests region. A

fantastic effort from all girls with plenty of talent

to develop for upcoming tournaments.

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Under 16’s Rugby League

On Wednesday 26th June, 2019, Macquarie

Fields High School were invited to participate in

the Secondary All Schools Tigers Cup at Eschol

Park. The team demonstrated excellent

enthusiasm in the lead up to the competition by

training several times a week in preparation for a

tough competition. The team was eager to wear

the new rugby league jerseys that were

purchased earlier in the year.

In the opening rounds, the team had strong

performances against Lurnea HS and Mount

Annan HS. They unfortunately went down to the

competition leaders Elderslie HS who went on to

win the competition, which was arguably the

toughest and closest match of the day. All the

students displayed excellent sportsmanship and

represented the school impeccably.

The team were invited to compete in the NSWRL

All Schools Cup as the Wests/Macarthur

representative team. However, due to

unforeseen circumstances they were not able to

attend the event.

‘Leadership, it’s not rocket science!’ Selected students from Years 7 to 8 were invited

to attend the ‘Leadership, it’s not rocket science!’

excursion held by the GWS Giants in conjunction

with Western Sydney University. The day was

held at the Giants Headquarters/training facility

at Sydney Olympic Park.

On the day we were split into year groups. My

group started off with the physical component of

the day. We had five different activities that

tested our physical abilities. The vertical jump

test which tested how high you could jump off the

ground was a crowd favourite, as was the

spirometer peak flow test which measured how

much air our lungs can inhale and exhale.

All of the activities were scientifically tested and

are the same that GWS players also undertake

when testing their abilities.

The groups swapped over and we were given a

tour of the GWS headquarters. We were shown

the roles people have in the day to day running

of an AFL club. We were lucky to be shown the

state of the art gym that the players use for

fitness training and rehabilitation from an injury.

At the end of the day, both groups came back

together and were shown a presentation on

inspirational people.

by Bianca Schafer, Year 8

October 2019


LAWN BOWLS LAUNCHED AT MAC FIELDS

HS

That’s right you read it correctly – Macquarie

Fields High School entered the Sydney South

West Knockout Lawn Bowls competition for the

first time in their history. We not only entered 1

team but two in the competition.

Mr Luc and I took a keen group of year 10 boys

down to the Ingleburn bowls club for trials, as we

had too many players for the 2 teams of three.

After some tough competition (and a few

wayward bowls that went across to the next

green – a few of the boys got the bias on the

wrong side) we selected a team who got some

vital practise before the big day.

I then took the boys to the event that was held at

a massive lawn bowls venue at Saint John’s Park

(pic 1 below). The boys represented the school

with pride, passion and great sportsmanship and

they got lunch provided for them (so they were

happy). One of the teams made it through to the

finals the following week but unfortunately they

could not attend the day because of other school

commitments – what could have been!!

Thanks to Mr Luc for helping me provide this

unique opportunity for our students.

Mr Day (PDHPE Teacher)

St Johns Park Bowling Club

October 2019


Boys in action against another school

Both teams at the end of the tournament

Year 7 Gala Day 2019

On Friday 9 August, 2019, five competitive

schools battled it out in various sports to see who

would be crowned Gala Day champions for 2019.

The day brought us some wild and windy

weather, however, that did not stop our students

participating enthusiastically. The Year 7 Gala

Day was successfully organised and hosted by

Ingleburn High School.

Macquarie Fields, Holsworthy, Casula, Hurlstone

and Ingleburn participated in Touch Football at

Milton Rugby League Park, T-Ball at Milton

Softball Complex, Ultimate Frisbee at Bob

Prenter Reserve and Soccer and Netball at

Coronation Park. Students from all schools

thoroughly enjoyed themselves, showing

excellent sportsmanship and exemplary

behaviour across all sports. Some great results

from our Year 7 teams. Hopefully next year we

can win the title and be crowned ‘champions’.

A huge thank you to the following teachers for

their wonderful assistance; Mr Day, Ms Tangerli,

Mr Luc, Mr Wood, Miss Bell, Miss Er, Ms

Davidson, Mr Robertson, Ms Wano

The Year 8 Gala Day is scheduled for

Tuesday 24 September, 2019 (Week 10A).

Miss N Boyles

October 2019


Creative and Performing Arts Faculty

The CAPA faculty in 2019 consists of Mrs

Davidson (Visual Arts), Ms Langley (Visual Arts),

Miss Tran (Music), Mr Bozzetto (Music) Head

Teacher Mrs Metcalfe (Visual Arts & Dance)

Deputy Principal Mrs Costa (Music). We also

have had the privilege of having

Paraprofessional Mrs Aprea (Visual Arts &

Graphics) working with us for the past two terms

and Miss Shakespeare helping out with Dance

Ensemble.

In Term 3 our Year 12 students have devoted

many hours completing their Body of Works in

Visual Arts and for our Music students rehearsing

and refining their performance pieces in

preparation for their Higher School Certificate

Examinations to be held in September. Students

have had the opportunity to take part in extra

Music practice sessions and Visual Arts

workshops both before and after school. We

thank both Mr Bozzetto and Mrs Davidson for

their support and dedication to these students.

This time of year for our year 12 Creative and

Performing Arts students can be a little stressful

as deadlines approach for our practical subjects,

but with the enormous amount of encouragement

and support these students have been given

everything has been going along nicely and we

are on track.

Our Senior Showcase evening, held back in

August displayed fine examples of students’ hard

work and passion for our practical subjects. This

year the CAPA faculty joined forces with the

Technologies faculty and displayed works from

our Graphics, Woodwork, Visual Arts and Music

students. The night was a wonderful success.

Students in these key learning areas have spent

hours of time, researching, experimenting,

sketching, building, practising and refining their

skills. It was a wonderful celebration. It was

marvellous to see so many parents, family and

friends attend as parents have travelled along

this journey with their children and have seen the

effort and dedication along the way. It was great

to see the relief and the smiles on students’

faces as they moved around and proudly showed

off their works and confidently performed their

musical pieces. We wish all our students the best

for their upcoming examinations and the future.

Dust of your disco shoes, get ready to move and

groove! We are extremely excited to announce

we will be holding our very first dinner and show

concert to be held in our school hall on Friday 6th

December. This is a new concept and all of the

dedicated CAPA staff along with the help of Miss

Shakespeare, Mrs Gonzales and Ms Lawson

have been working behind the scenes since early

in the year to create our 70’s Super Show. The

night will involve, Prizes, Fancy dress, dinner,

dancing and performances by our talented Music

and Dance students.

Dance ensemble students from year 7- 10 have

been rehearsing every Tuesday under the

guidance of Mrs Metcalfe and Miss

Shakespeare. Miss Shakespeare and Mrs

Metcalfe have been busting out their disco

moves and have choreographed two dynamic

disco numbers. We are sure some of you will

dancing in your seats when you hear the

following songs Boogie Wonderland, Disco

Inferno and September.

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Year 9 and 10 elective dance will also be

performing. They have been working on

Contemporary and Disco Jazz dances in their

classes.

During recess on Mondays’ our Contemporary

dance ensemble which consists of students in

year 7, year 9 and year 12 have been

rehearsing a beautiful piece choreographed by

Mrs Metcalfe and written by Elton John called

‘Your Song’.

Our rock bands have been pumping out groovy

riffs and are gearing up to a spectacular finale

item under the guidance of the music guru Mr

Bozzetto.

Mrs Davidson, Mr Bozzetto, Miss Tran have

been rehearsing every Wednesday morning with

our 40 plus piece orchestra and strings

ensemble. All members are getting ready to

impress you with the amazing sounds of the 70’s.

All of these amazing extra-curricular groups are a

fabulous way each week for our students to

socialise, to form strong connections with staff

and students, to build skills, to enhance their own

focus and self-discipline as well as a place to

express their creative talents! We really are

looking forward to presenting this amazing show

to you. It is the perfect opportunity to showcase

the talents of our Creative and Performing Arts

Students as well as giving our inspirational

Principal Mrs Dolstra an amazing musical send

off for her retirement. Tickets for the show will be

on sale through our school administration office

next term. The cost including dinner, which

includes a delicious antipasto platter for each

table and dessert is $40. Seats are limited for

this event, so organise your table of 8 and get in

quick. You don’t want to miss this amazing show!

CAPA Excursions & Opportunities Update

We have been out and about on a variety of

excursions to date! It is a case of where haven’t

we been in 2019. Excursions in our faculty are

always valuable, authentic and often a hands on

experience for our students. Students have made

strong connections to the real world.

Early in the year Mrs Davidson and Mrs Metcalfe

took a group of 50 students to Fox Studios to see

the recording of the show ‘This time next year’.

This was a fun experience for all students to see

what happens behind the television screen.

Students were taken on a behind the scenes tour

and shown the editing and sound suites. Some

students were a touch star struck, when they met

host of the show Karl Stefanovic. All in all it was

a long day but great experience.

Mrs Davidson and Mrs Metcalfe took year 11 and

year 12 Visual Arts to the Hurstville Museum and

Gallery back in April. Museum and Gallery

curator Renee Porter spoke to the students

about the amazing art exhibition called Beyond

the Bowl. Renee enhanced the students’

knowledge of specific tasks and processes,

which happen behind the scenes when curating

the show. The exhibition displayed works from

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both national and international artists, 5 of whom

work with clay and 5 who work in glass. The

exhibition demonstrated to students how the

mediums of glass and clay are manipulated and

pushed beyond the imagination. Thank you Mrs

Davidson for organising this enjoyable day!

Mrs Aprea and Mrs Metcalfe took Year 11 Visual

Arts students to visit the Art Gallery of NSW and

to the University of New South Wales Galleries

on the UNSW campus in Paddington. The day

involved lots of walking. We all had a bit of a

workout tackling the hills from the Art gallery of

NSW to the Paddington Campus of UNSW. At

the Art Gallery of NSW students viewed in the

flesh the famous works of Picasso, Monet, Olley,

Preston, Whiteley, Olsen, Smart, just to name a

few.

Many of our students had not previously visited

The Art Gallery of New South Wales before, so

this was a great day out. It was also a very

special visit as the students in year 11 visual arts

were able see their class mate Aysha Huq’s

Young Archie portrait hung in the Art Gallery of

New South Wales. Aysha and her class mates

had their photo taken next to her work. It’s not

every day you to get to stand with your peers and

proudly experience your work up on display!

After our hike from the Art Gallery of NSW to the

UNSW Galleries, students were given a tour of

the gallery space by the gallery public

engagements and events officer Julia Mendel.

We then viewed two contemporary art

exhibitions. Material Place: Reconsidering

Australian Landscapes displayed the works of 12

young artists who present artworks and

installations with various subject matter including

land rights to environmental degradation. The

other exhibition, ‘Art should make life more

interesting then art’ by artist Debra Porch was a

quirky look into her childhood and explored the

potency of memory and it’s ability to transform

the ordinary into the extra ordinary. The Year 11

students found both of these exhibitions valuable

and helpful in terms of class content and talking

about the conceptual framework. A big thank you

to Mrs Aprea for organising the UNSW

component of this excursion.

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Dance Ensemble and Stage 5 Dance elective

were taken out to see the State Dance Festival

held at the Seymour Centre in Chippendale.

Students cheered on Year 10 Dance elective

student Braithan Kemble as he performed with

the NSW Aboriginal Secondary Dance

Ensemble. Our dancers enjoyed watching a

variety of dance styles including, Hip Hop,

Contemporary, Jazz and Classical Ballet. Our

aim of the excursion was to inspire and

encourage our dance students to get involved in

performing on stage. As a dance student it is

sometimes confronting to get up in front of an

audience. You are on show for all the world to

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see and it takes courage and passion. Miss

Shakespeare and Mrs Metcalfe believe our

students are on the right path to display their own

courage and passion. We hope to take part in a

couple of dance festivals next year! Many thanks

to Miss Shakespeare for organising this

excursion.

Year 8 Visual Arts Gifted and Talented students

were going on an excursion the Campbelltown

Art Gallery in week 9. Students were to

participate in ‘En Plien Air’ painting workshops

within the Japanese inspired gardens.

Unfortunately this excursion was postponed due

to the wet weather. Mrs Metcalfe had also

organised this visit to see the showcase of

Indigenous Fijian Heritage called Marama Dina

on display at the gallery and experience a gallery

led talk and discussion along with specific theory

activities in response to the artworks. Sadly the

rain stopped this excursion from going ahead

and the students missed out on this learning

opportunity. But need the rain and these things

are set to try us! Stay tuned for a new note to go

home in term 3. As they say third time’s a charm.

Fingers crossed we will try again!

Characterising Creatures Sydney Sympthony

Orchestra

Music makes the world go round. It is part of our

every day lives and enriches humans in all parts

of the world. Miss Tran, Mr Bozzetto and Ms

Langley took year 8 to see Characterising

Creatures performance by the Sydney

Symphony Orchestra at the Seymour Centre.

Music often triggers our imaginations and this

menagerie of music sure inspired our students.

This excursion had strong links to our stage 4

and 5 programs and students were introduced to

composers Henri Mancini, Australian composer

Matthew Hindson, French composer Saint-

Saens. This performance inspired our students to

create musical images in their imaginations.

Students then created and were formally

assessed on their ability to compose a melody

using a Musescore a notation software program,

which represents the features and behaviours of

Native Australian animals as part of their Stage 4

class work.

School Spectacular

Once again this year we have our amazing vocal

ensemble performing in the 2019 School

Spectacular STARS. This major event will be

held at the Qudos Bank Arena on Friday the 22nd

and Saturday 23rd November. The School

Spectacular unites 5,500 students from across

NSW public schools. Each student and their

teacher plays a vital role in bringing the show

together.

Our talented vocalists have been attending

rehearsals with Mrs Davidson during their lunch

times in preparation for this world class

production. This production is an amazing

opportunity for our students to be involved in.

The event promotes, self-confidence and

students gain a stronger belief in themselves. We

are sure the students involved, will reflect on this

amazing event. We wish you all the best and as

they say in show business Chookas!

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Celebrating Student Success

State Choir – We had 4 fabulous voices

represent us at the State Choir. Lizzie Watson,

Awen Davidson, Jordyn Maddick and Isabela

Rabling, all performed on the Opera house stage

to a sold out audience. Lizzie also performed

with the NSW State Singers who were part of a

premier performance of Electric Rain by

Australian composer Matthew Hindson who was

in the audience.

Well done girls! What a superb performance!

Young Archie Winner

Our talented Year 11 Visual Arts student Aysha

Huq was awarded the winner for the Young

Archie category 16-18 years. This is an

outstanding achievement for this amazing young

artist. This national competition had 2100

students enter this year. The competition was

judged by the art gallery of New South Wales’s

community engagement officer, Marikit Santiago

who is an artist in her own right and Archibald

prize finalist in 2016. Aysha’s portrait of her

grandmother is titled Helima. Aysha captured her

grandmothers’ love of nature and excitement of

visiting the beach and placing her feet in the

tranquil waters at Hymns beach on the south

coast. Aysha paid tribute to her grandmother who

taught her the love of painting and she was

encouraged to submit her painting by Ms Langley

when Aysha and some of the year 11 Visual Arts

girls participated in our lunchtime Archie

workshops. This is an amazing achievement for

Aysha who was also interviewed by ABC radio. I

am certain this is just the first step along an

amazing art journey for Aysha! You will see the

amazing talents of this student in the future.

Congratulations Aysha and thanks to Ms

Langley.

Our legendary Mac Fields Rock band The 902

played a blistering set at the YouthRock band

competition back in July. These students won

their heat and the School of Rock Award, before

moving into the final held at Bankstown Sports

Club on July 31st. The band consists of students

Alex Tallon, Sebastian Kruisheer, Nissa Cheong,

Petar Kolunzdic and former student Spencer.

The band performed, wrote and composed their

own set. They were sadly, beaten in the final by

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‘Elliot Road’ from Lucas Heights Community

School who won the overall competition. These

guys did a captivating job representing our

school and gave it their best pumping out their

highly professional set. Well done to these

dedicated students and also a big thanks to Mr

Bozzetto for his encouragement, dedication and

guidance.

More Visual Arts Competition

Our Visual Arts teachers are always on the hunt

for art competitions and exhibition opportunities

for our students. This year as well as the Young

Archie competition we have entered student

works in Operation Art, Nagoya art exchange

program, Fishers Ghost Exhibition and the

Reconciliation Art Challenge. Four of our

amazing students Jayden Tran, Cynthia Nhan,

Tracey Nguyen and Breanna McCormack were

successful and had their works accepted into the

Operation Art exhibition.

This annual exhibition is organised by The

Department of Educations Art’s Unit and The

Children’s hospital at Westmead. These 4

students currently have their art works on display

at the Armoury Gallery in Sydney Olympic Park

and from this display some artworks will be

selected to be on display at the hospital.

Amelia Thornton, Damani Tupou, Fredrick Chai,

Gemma McCormack, Jayden Nguyen-Luong,

Michaela Heavey, Munjireen Ahasan, Nikolina

Bekric, Oboni Khan, Sebastian Kruisheer, Selina

Tong, Sulakshana Midella, Thomas Tran, William

Wu, Zainab Rahman have had a range of art

works entered into the Fishers Ghost Exhibition.

This work will be on display in the Campbelltown

Art Gallery from 26th October until 5th December.

The finalists for this exhibition will be announced

on the 30th September. We eagerly await this

announcement.

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This year for the first time we entered students in

Schools Reconciliation Art Challenge. All year 8

Visual Arts students participated in this art

challenge as part of our NAIDOC learning class

activities. The theme for this years’ competition

was Speaking and Listening From The Heart.

All year 8 students had the opportunity to

participate and create their artworks during their

Visual Arts classes. There were some amazing

artworks created and individual art teachers

nominated students from each class. We were

excited to enter 10 student works and here are

some of their works. Congratulations to the

following students.

Angelique Dharma, Frederick Chai, Hajra

Naseem, Julienne Liwanag, Khushi Kaur, Mabel

Zhen, Mikayla Fuller, Navia Rahman, Sanket

Auti, Sharyu Ghadge.

Variety Night- In Harmony 2019

In Harmony this year was a long but successful

evening. This was a whole school event and is a

Macquarie Fields High School tradition. The

CAPA faculty have been organising this event for

over 20 years. The singers, dancers and

musicians love the supportive audience full of

their peers and parents. They are never shy to

get up and give it a go! The evening started at

6pm and finished at 10pm. Students had the

opportunity to display their very own performance

piece. The students had a fabulous time up in the

spotlight, performances included ballads through

to thrashing rock numbers. On the night there

were 32 acts involving around 90 students.

Thank you to all our dedicated students who took

the time out of their busy schedules to learn and

rehearse their performances! You were amazing!

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The Creative and Performing Arts Faculty would

like to thank all our dedicated, committed and

talented creative and performing arts students.

There will be lots of exciting things happening in

term 4 including our Annual Art Exhibition,

School Spectacular, performances at the Year 12

commencement Ceremony along with

presentation day and of course our Super 70’s

Show. We hope to see you at these events and

thank you for your continued support.

Mrs K. Metcalfe

Creative and Performing Arts Head Teacher

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