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TERM 3 WEEK 10 22 SEPTEMBER 2016

STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE 2R Woolooware Road North Woolooware NSW 2230 Phone: 9523 6752 Fax: 9527 3412

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

Last Wednesday saw our official graduation day for Year 12

2016, marking the end of 13 years of formal schooling. The

MPH was filled with parents, grandparents, carers and friends

to celebrate this most significant event in the lives of our

students. We also had special guests join us: Mr Craig Smith

rel Director Public Schools (and ex WHS School Captain); Mrs

Janet Forrester, representing Woolooware Auxiliary; Mrs

Michele Churi, President of our P&C;

Mr Craig Snudden Principal, Lilli Pilli Public School; and

Mr Jason Ezzy Principal Woolooware Public School (and ex

WHS School Prefect).

I’d like to thank Mr Fisher (Y12 Deputy Principal),

Mrs Hennessy and Mr Monahan (Y12 Year Advisors), for the

care and support they have taken to ensure our students have

learnt in a supportive environment, enabling them to do their

very best at school.

An excerpt from Principal’s speech:

This is a significant day for all of you because it marks the end

of 13 years of formal learning, and that learning is worth

acknowledging and worth celebrating. Not everyone completes

their schooling. You have worked hard to get here. You've done

a great job. Your parents and care givers are proud of your

achievement, as are your teachers and our whole school

community, that's why you see so many Principals here from

our local primary schools as well as our School Director.

We pride ourselves at Woolooware, in having instilled in you a

love of learning and strength to work hard for what you want to

achieve. Our 4 pillars tell of committing to academic success;

building respectful relationships, of developing yourself as a

whole person, and of having pride for self and school. Each

graduating year has its own characteristics. But what binds

each year, year after year are these core values. They will carry

you a long way in life and always give you a link to our

wonderful school. Most importantly

I have been impressed by your diligence towards your studies,

and the way in which you have balanced being involved in all

aspects of school life. Your commitment to striving for

excellence in all areas is something that your year will be

remembered for.

Our school captains, Deirdre and Matthew along with our Vice

Captains, Hannah and Yibeltal our SRC Presidents Amy and

Liam have also been great role models and outstanding young

leaders across our school community.

When you go out into the world, I want you to trust yourself and

all that you have learnt here, that will keep you in good stead as

you continue to learn and grow throughout your life.

On this day I want you to think about WHO you will be and how

you will lead your life. I want you to think about having a

purpose in your life. You have the power to make a difference -

a difference to your own life, to the life of those around you and

some of you may even make a difference to masses of people.

We have students who graduated from Woolooware High just

like you who have gone on to become research scientists like

Dr Michelle James; economists like Glenn Stevens the 7th

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia; teachers like your

Year Advisor Mr Monahan, the current Principal of

Woolooware Public School Mr Ezzy and our rel. Director

Public Schools Mr Smith; sporting greats like

Todd Woodbridge, and other students who own local

businesses, work in hospitality, do voluntary work to support

non for profit organizations. The future is yours!

Year 12 no matter what you do, go into the world knowing that

you can make a difference to someone else. Believe in who you

are and do the things that make you proud of who you are.

Inspire others by what you do.

Graduation is an exciting time. It's both an ending and a

beginning. It's warm memories of the past and big dreams for

the future. On behalf of the whole school community year 12, I

wish you good health, happiness and great HSC results. Believe

in yourselves, dream big, live a purposeful life and strive for

excellence at every opportunity.

Good luck Year 12.

MS SIOKOS

PRINCIPAL

Pictured above - ‘Three School Captains’

Matthew, Craig Smith (Captain in 1987),

Deirdre and Marianne Siokos

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STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE

YEAR 11 INDONESIAN EXCURSION

Movie theatres don't like you making hand

puppets on their screen

‘Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2’ was a mint time

Big thanks to Ms Peard and Mr Linkiewicz for a

banger of a night!

CHRIS

YEAR 11

Recently Kelas 11 went on the adventure of a life-

time, into the unknown, Randwick, to watch the

popular new Indonesian film ‘Ada Apa Dengan

Cinta 2’ (‘What's up with love 2?’ for all the non

Indonesians.)

We arrived in Randwick at around 5pm, and our

Indonesian night began, starting with an elegant

meal at Java Restaurant. Cheap meals with banging

flavour, Java provided the goods, only adding to the

excitement of our night.

After our delicious meal we arrived at the theatre,

and the special Sydney screening of the film began.

The movie brought many ups, downs, laughs, tears

and exciting scenes, and the icing on the cake was

having a Q and A session afterwards with some of

the cast, including the star, Nicholas Saputra. With

questions answered and hearts overflowing with

emotions we headed for home.

What we learnt:

Never buy drinks with words that you do not

understand or you may be drinking liquorice

flavoured Pepsi



SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

The WHS Cheer Team competed in the NSW State Cheer

Championships on Sunday, 28 August at Homebush State

Sports Centre. The team has been training hard in the

lead-up to this event with our coach Laura from Shire Elite

Cheer at Taren Point.

The team competed in the High School Level 1

Division against other government, Catholic and

private schools. The girls performed very well, hitting all

their stunts and nailing their pyramid. They

tumbled well and the whole routine looked clean. It was

the first time the team have performed their

routine on a full competition floor and they adapted well to

the bigger space. The atmosphere in the

competition hall was amazing and the girls (and the

audience!) enjoyed every moment of their

performance.

Woolooware was awarded 2nd place, just behind

Mackellar Girls High School. A fantastic result! Our next

competition is Scholastic Nationals on Saturday,

22 October.

MS PEARD

CHEER COORDINATOR

AUSTRALIA INDONESIA ASSOCIATION

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Evie, Year 11 has been awarded the

Australia Indonesia Association Scholarship.

Scholarship recipients are excitedly preparing to

spend their new year in the Indonesian city of

Yogyakarta on a two week intensive language

program.

Evie has been studying Bahasa Indonesia at a

secondary level since Year 7 and aims to continue

studying the language at tertiary level in

combination with a degree in law and international

studies. She has represented WHS at a leadership

seminar where she had the opportunity to work

with students from across NSW to think of ways to

overcome racial discrimination and isolation.

CHEER TEAM



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS

The Partners in Learning Parent Feedback Survey

Our school will also be participating in the Partners

in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell

Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and

parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey

asks parents and carers questions about different

factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing

and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand

parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s

experience at school. These include: communication

between parents/carers and staff, activities and

practices at home and parent/carer views on the

school's support of learning and behaviour. This

valuable feedback will help our school make practical

improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online at home or on

public computers. The survey will typically take 15

minutes or less to complete and is completely

confidential. The parent survey will be conducted

between 1 September and 21 October. Participating in

the survey is entirely voluntary; however, your

responses are very much appreciated.

The Parent Survey can now be accessed by the

following link:

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/qdjms

Ultimo Region Vocational Education Awards

On Monday, 15 August, Teagan attended the

annual Ultimo Vocational Education Award

Ceremony at Revesby Workers Club.

For a student to be successfully nominated they

must have demonstrated continuing:

Knowledge and skills in this subject area to a

high standard.

Commitment to class and project work.

Achievement in communication and

teamwork.

Commitment to work placement and

associated functions.

Teagan continually met all these requirements over

her Stage 6 studies. She often worked ahead of the

cohort and is to be congratulated on the

achievement of this award.

MS INGRID MOON

HEAD TEACHER TAS (HOME ECONOMICS)

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEY

Tell Them From Me parent survey

Frequently Asked Questions

Information sheets follow this article.



BAND FLAG RAISING DAY

On Thursday, 1 September the Intermediate band

along with some Senior band members and the Year

10 Music Class went into Martin Place for the Annual

National Flag Raising Ceremony. The band was

accompanied by Mr Chapman who drove the truck

with the band gear, Mrs Porteous and Mrs Petrakis

along with band tutors Mike Raper and

James Greening.

Some of the students participated in the flag parade

and Samuel and Delawren had special roles holding

flags that were consecrated.

Carly Van Dorp presented the National Anthem and

participated in the raising of the Australian Flag.

A special thanks to

all the band members

who presented a great

program for the

crowd in Martin

Place and a particular

thanks to the parents

who were able to

make it in to the city

to join us.

WOOLOOWARE P & C WOOLOOWARE P & C

Next Meeting:

Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 6:30pm

Library

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Next Meeting:

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 9:30am

Common Room

SECONDHAND CLOTHING

STORE

Open each Tuesday from *8:45am to 9:45am.

The shop is located on the righthand side of the

main entrance to the MPH.

~ Donations appreciated.

~ Help always welcome. Contact school office. * the store may be closed during examination periods


STUDENTS IN THE NEWS


Thomas (8) has achieved selection as a member of

the Sydney East Athletics team.

Shayni (8) has achieved selection as a

member of the NSW Public Schools Dance

Ensemble. Shayni will attend a State Dance Festival

Workshop as well as performing at the State Dance

Festival.

Congratulations to our 17 Years Girls in the

4 x 100M Relay achieving Silver at the CHS

Athletics Carnival. The team consisted of

Phoebe, Stevie, Lili and Tayla.

Congratulations to;

Kiara (8) achieving 1st in 14 Years 90M

Hurdles, 2nd in 15 Years 200M Hurdles,

Jack (9) achieving 1st in 14 Years 100M Hurdles.

14 Years Girls achieving 3rd in 14 Years Girls

4 x 100M Relay. The team consisted of Kiara,

Emily, Danielle and Zali.

Abbey (7) achieving a great result in the 200M

Sprints final. Aimee (7) competed at the NSW

Acrobatic Champions recently and won the

Level 5 competition with her partners.



SOFTBALL & BASEBALL UPDATE

replay of last year’s grand final with Hunter Sports

High. Flashback to 2015: the mighty Whales were

behind in the closing stages of the game; we were

fielding but quickly managed to shut them down for

the extra innings to be played… Woolooware take the

lead and claim their first CHS Softball gold medal!

But this year the tables were turned. It was like

something out of movie. Things looking good – up by

two runs and then a reversal of fortune! They forced

us to play the extra innings! First batter, bottom of

their order, swiftly dismissed. Top of the order, big

hitters, ball in play… Breathe again! It was over.

Woolooware held on like the champions we are. Final

score 3-2. The mighty Whales are the NSW CHS

Softball Champions for a magnificent second year!

Many thanks to all of our fantastic parents, especially

Mel Outten and Jacqui Willems for scoring,

Braden Moon for his coaching, and Gail Lanaghan

for personally escorting the perpetual trophy up the

highway (a story in itself)… It is always sad to

farewell our Year 12 boys: this year we say goodbye

to Blake (our star baseball pitcher),

Tristan (all round good guy /utility player), Ryan

(nice cover-drive!), and Shaun (do you really need to

graduate?). At this stage, Sam (‘athlete’) Year 11 is

also eying off an apprenticeship, so we wish him all

the best as well! The truly amazing part is that these

boys are leaving Woolooware with not one, but

THREE CHS GOLD MEDALS!

MRS MOON

BASEBALL / SOFTBALL COORDINATOR

STATE CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

Softball and baseball have now wound up for 2016.

Our last game for baseball in the round of 16 was

against Figtree High. While the game started tightly

with the score quite even for a few innings, Figtree

had more luck with the bat and came home strongly

to win, so unfortunately that’s it for us this year.

Still, we must embrace the positive – it is a fantastic

effort to place in the top 16 schools in the state.

Well done boys!

But softball is a different story…… Going

through to the top 16 as Sydney East Champs and

defending STATE CHAMPIONS was a daunting

prospect. This year the team was a little less

experienced, and we were down Jake (international

commitments, of course… ), but we still possessed

our (not so secret) weapon, Shaun, ‘The

Terminator’ , who thankfully had just returned from

playing World championships himself.

In the two day finals tournament for softball, the

first day establishes the final four. Our first game

was against Quakers Hill. The score was even at nil

for the first couple of innings; while we had Shaun,

they also had a strong pitcher who was making his

mark. But the hits came. First game won 8-1 and

into the last 8. Game 2 saw us play Canobolas High

from the west. Even Shaun was worried about this

pitcher… No problem. Home run frenzy! 12-1. We

had made the final 4!

The semi-final dragged up our old nemesis,

Camden High, whose name just about covers half

the trophy! They had lost a few of their older boys

from last year but then again, so had we… A great

win 6-2 and into the grand final! This ended up a



YEAR 12 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION

On Tuesday, 30 August, the school community

were out to support our Year 12 Visual Arts

students who exhibited their body of work. The

body of work is the culmination of a year’s

planning and experimentation, to present the best

that they can do in their chosen expressive form.

Expressive forms this year included: drawing,

painting, photography, video, textiles and fibre,

sculpture and design.

Some students will go on to study Visual Arts,

design, photography or video at a tertiary level, for

others it will be the only artwork they ever make.

They have simply used something they are good at

to get a good ATAR. Either way, I am incredibly

proud of their achievements. The body of work is

no easy task. It is a challenge…. and the class of

2016 have certainly succeeded!

MRS COX

HEAD TEACHER, CREATIVE & PEFORMING ARTS



CREATIVE ARTS NEWS EQUESTRIAN

Elephant House Art Show Exhibitors

Students who had work selected for the Elephant

House Art show receive their prize at assembly.

Cici won first prize!

Students are pictured below with Pastor

Richard Wendon who presented the awards.

State Dance and Drama Ensembles

Several students at WHS were selected in the State

Drama and Dance ensembles earlier this year.

These students go to rehearsals at the Arts Unit in

Lewisham. They will be performing at the Seymour

Centre early in Term 4.

Dance - Shayni (8)

Drama - Zoe (11) and Belis (10)

Recently Isabella (7) and Madison (10) represented

Woolooware High School at the

Camden Interschools with impressive results.

Isabella achieved 1st for Presentation, 2nd in

Galloway and Best Educated and 5th for

Versatility.

Madison achieved 1st for Presentation, 1st for

90cm Show Jumping, 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Hacking,

3rd in Handy Pony and reserve Champion in Year

10.

Overall Woolooware High School achieved

Reserve Champion in small secondary school.

Save the Date!

Dance and Drama

Showcase

When: Tuesday, 8 November

Time: 7:00pm

Venue: MPH

Gold Coin Donation at the door

The Creative and Performing Arts faculty are

staging a Dance and Drama Showcase in

Term 4. The showcase presents the works

developed by students in class this year.

This is an assessed night for elective years. Part

of course requirements is for students is to

participate in live performance.



IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Mrs Kathryn Mooyman

Teacher - TAS Home Economics

Tell us about your teaching career.

I grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and attended

Maroubra Junction Primary School. For my secondary educa-

tion I was accepted to Sydney Girls High School at Moore

Park. After this I did a Bachelor of Education Degree at Sydney

University. I was fortunate to be placed in a permanent teach-

ing position in my first year out which was the Bicentennial

Year of 1988. I taught at Moorefield Girls High (MGHS) at

Kogarah until 2005 when I then left to take up the position of

relieving Vocational Education Consultant at Arncliffe Region-

al Office. While at MGHS I was a Year Adviser and wrote

some courses that were approved for delivery in schools by the

Board of Studies. One of these was Hospitality. This formed

the basis for the start of Vocational Education and Training

(V.E.T.) in schools and we piloted the course in 1994. I went

on to coordinate V.E.T. in the school and we delivered 5 frame-

works at MGHS. I had put in for a transfer (as we bought a

home in the Shire) and was granted a position at Woolooware

High School where I have been since. I have also done HSC

marking and have worked for the BOSTES and Dept. of Educa-

tion on special projects over the years.

What did you do in class this week that was really

interesting?

I have just finished an apparel unit with Year 9 Textiles Tech-

nology and now we are starting on Textile Art. This is a great

unit where students get to experiment with a range of

techniques such as embroidery (hand and machine), tie dyeing

and new techniques such as using painting sticks and

specialised textile pencils and markers to create works of art on

fabric. I also booked a fashion drawing workshop for the class

run by the Whitehouse School of Design for Term 4 and the

students were really excited.

In Year 11 DAT we analysed the impact of emerging

technologies on society and the environment. 3-D printing and

how the Apple Company (amongst others) has revolutionised

the world we live in. There was much discussion.

I think the nicest part of the week is when a lot of boys in my

Year 8 Technology class finished making their shorts! They

were really proud of their efforts and so was I.

Tell us something about yourself that we may not know

I love comedy and musical theatre. I recently saw Fawlty

Towers Live and loved it! I used to sing and act in shows in

high school and at Uni. I played piano and clarinet and

performed in bands and orchestras. I love travel, especially to

tropical destinations. I have two cats, Rex and Belle which are

both adopted from the RSPCA. I adore funny cat videos. They

are always good for a laugh!

Mr Bill Salzmann

Teacher - Mathematics

Tell us about your teaching career.

I started my teaching career at Punchbowl Boys

High in 1983. It was a unique school and I certainly

met a lot of interesting characters. From there I went

to Peakhurst High which was very enjoyable and

then I moved to Woolooware HS which has been a

great school.

What did you do in class this week that was really

interesting?

Apart from normal Maths lessons which are always

interesting, I took part in the PDHPE interview task.

The students had to play the role of applying for a

job and the staff conducted the job interview. It was

very interesting to see the students in a different light

and I was impressed with how well they expressed

themselves.

Tell us something about yourself that we may not

know

I have twice taken a year off school to stay home and

look after my children when my wife had to return to

work. Being a house husband was a real experience.

It allowed me to form a close relationship with my

children and also to improve my cooking skills.

I love all sports and am quite competitive (just ask

the Maths Faculty). When I retire I would love to

travel more and hopefully visit America and watch

the final round of a US Masters Golf Tournament

live. Although I’ve come close I have never had a

hole in one at golf, so I would love to achieve that

one day.



HISTORY FACULTY

On Thursday 8 September

Year 8 History students

viewed a Medieval Europe

presentation at school. The

presentation went over

many aspects in Medieval

life, particularly knights

and weaponry. Students

were able to have a look at

the artefacts on display and

even try on some armour!

It was a great day and all

students were able to come to class the following

lesson with new information and a greater

understanding of medieval life!

On Monday, 29 August,

all of Year 10 and Year

12 Modern History went

to the Sydney Jewish

Museum as part of their

course. For Year 10

studying the Holocaust,

they listened to a

presentation and testimony from a Holocaust

survivor as well as participating in a tour of the

museums artefacts. All testimonies were very

insightful and students as well as teachers were

thoroughly engaged with these stories and the

horrific experiences they endured.

For Year 12 studying Leni Riefenstahl and

Germany, the students underwent a targeted lecture

about Leni Riefenstahl and the role she played as a

Nazi cinematographer, as well as a tour through the

Jewish Museum artefacts. All students represented

Woolooware High school very well, and most came

away with new information and a differing

perspective into the Holocaust from a survivor’s

viewpoint.



INDONESIAN RESTAURANT

On Monday, 12 September, the four Year 8

Indonesian classes went on an excursion to the city.

We travelled by coach to Chinatown and walked to

the Delima Indonesian restaurant for lunch. We

tried some delicious traditional Indonesian cuisine

including sate ayam (chicken sate sticks with

peanut sauce), gado-gado (vegetable salad),

rendang (Sumatran beef curry), ayam goreng (fried

chicken), ikan asam manis (Indonesian style sweet

and sour fish) and cumi kecap Jawa (crispy

calamari in sweet soy sauce).

For dessert we tried es cendol, which is pandan

flavoured rice pudding in palm sugar, caramel

coconut cream and shaved ice. There was mixed

opinion on this dessert, especially about it’s bright

green jelly ‘worms’! However, most students were

adventurous and tasted and enjoyed each dish.

MS PEARD

INDONESIAN TEACHER



THANKYOU

Today Beau is thriving and just needs yearly

check-ups. If you would like to donate blood over the

next week that would be amazing. I’m sure there is

someone out there who needs that blood today.

Thank-you Woolooware High your kindness and

support will never be forgotten.

Lauren Hennessy

To All the Staff and Students,

This Saturday marks one year when my little four

month old boy had open heart surgery. It was one

of the scariest times I’ve ever gone through.

However, thanks to your fundraising and kind

words of support from staff and students it made it

a little easier to get through this tough time. The

money raised by the school and my own fundraising

was just over $4,000.00 this money contributed to

building a ‘happy garden’ at the hospital. A

beautiful place where sick children can escape the

wards and relax.

To my knowledge 24 people

donated blood in honour on Beau. Which was

amazing as Beau needed three blood transfusions

during his operation which lasted seven hours.

Lauren Hennessy

PDHPE Teacher and

Year Advisor, Year 12 2016



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INFORMATION

CLAUDINE SCHOOLWEAR - ONLINE SHOP

Claudine Schoolwear would like to ensure

customers are aware they now have an Online Shop Service

available in addition to their retail shop.

The Online Shop is available through the Claudine website

www.claudineschoolwear.com.au

The direct link for WHS is:

http://onlineshop.claudineschoolwear.com.au/wooloowarehs

For orders over $100.00 a free courier is provided. Orders

below $100.00 incur a small $4.95 delivery fee.


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