Liverpool Girls will join together as a team to support

World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine, and we need your help!

We are raising funds to help kids around the world who are suffering because of

chronic hunger. Their families live on a maximum of 40 cents a day!

We will come together on the Thursday 15 and Friday 16 August

to support each other while we give up various things like food

and technology.

For those who enter, to celebrate the successful end of the 40 hours, Miss Bor will

make you a cupcake!

To register, go to the 40 Hour Famine website and follow the prompts. For more help,

see Miss Bor in the CAPA staffroom or Raquel Toyton in Year 10.

Liverpool Girls’ High School

Forbes Street, Liverpool NSW 2170

Principal: David Hargrave Deputy Principal: Cheryl Screech Deputy Principal: Donna Plumridge

Deputy Principal National Partnership: Catherine Duncan

“LGHS is a learning community that sets high standards”

Contributors – this issue

Rachael Jacobs

Vienna Vergara

Maja Javonovic

Mariam Darwich

Zainab Naseer

Year 11 Society & Culture

Caryn Tran

Sarah Elabed

Katherine Fausset

Yasmin Mersal

Samruddhi Naidu

Dalia Amoor

Omyma Al-Kaaby

Andjela Visic

Joelle Seieddine

Year 7VA5 Visual Arts

Angela Watfa

GLIDES Team

Alisha Babu Skaria

Hanna Mohammed Amin

Sarah Sultan

Shay-lee Willoughby

Maleeha Imran

Ayra Anin

Cover illustration by Caryn Tran 10R3

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Partnership

Community of Schools Mural Workshop

The Family Partnership for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students was held on the 27 June in Term

2. It is an amazing opportunity for our school to interact with students’ parents and our community. On

the day, selected students whom identify as Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander, as well as students

whom have been involved in school projects exploring elements of our Aboriginal history, were invited to

showcase their work. Angel Watfa (Year 7) spoke to the parents about the mural and was proud to

represent my culture.

The following is from the speech Angel gave on the day:

“This Family Partnership meeting is a new and exciting experience for me and my friends. It has allowed

us to showcase the finished product of our mural which we completed at the Community of Schools Mural

Workshop. At the workshop, we explored a range of Aboriginal art painting techniques. It was amazing!

Our mentor, Uncle Steve, who is an Aboriginal elder, led us through the day and helped us create our

artwork.

The fact that three year seven students and Uncle

Steve ended up producing a beautiful mural is

something that I am very proud of as an artist.

Our mural design depicts a mother snake circling

the area, with a baby snake in the middle. We also

put four campfires on the edges and women with

spears all over the mural. At the end of the

workshop, we drew our design on a piece of wood

and painted it. The mural is now located in the

library near the boys door.

On behalf of Tayah, Pricilla, Tori Ann and myself,

we would like to thank the principals and CCO’s

teachers for making this possible every Tuesday.

We would definitely do it again if we could.

Speech by Angel Watfa 7N

Article by Hanna Amin (Year10)

“Our Mural design represents the connection and love

that indigenous people share with their land and the

strong bond they share with their families”

Liverpool Girls High Choir Ensemble

We all know that the Choir ensemble are always busy members of Liverpool Girls High and last term was

no exception. The Choir represented LGH in Sydney Town Hall on Monday the 13th of May were they

combined with 650 talented students from around NSW to perform with the state Orchestra.

“It was an experience like no other”, among their performances at the State Choral Concert were 3 vocal

pieces from memory and the Mozart requiem in Latin.

The Choirs hard work both at school and in the city, including the privilege of working with a Sydney

Philharmonic Choir conductor, Mr Brett Weymark, payed off when they performed their repertoire for

the many eager audience members who enjoyed the music. The Choir was exposed to challenging music

they had never performed before, seeing as it is not the usual LGHS style, however they came out with a

stellar performance.

It was also the perfect opportunity to meet other students from different schools. All the best for the

near future!

The hip hop students were also at the Bring It

On! Festival event in the dance showcase,

thanks to Mrs Querin.

The hip hoppers also attended the HIP HOP

festival at Homebush last term and represented

our school brilliantly!

LGHS also attended the SWS Regional Dance

festival and performed 3 dance ensembles.

CONGRATULATIONS to all involved!

Introducing the Polyfonix Band that played at

the 2013 Bring It On! Festival. The festival that

was held at the Fairfield Showground on the

14th of April attracted over 12,000 young

people, one of the biggest crowds ever!

The Polyfonix Band performed ‘Locked Out Of

Heaven’

Artists included Invincible Worldwide, Kookies

N Kreme and X-Factor finalists The Collective

who talked to the girls and told them how

amazing they were!

On June 17, four SLC members were chosen to participate in the Regional SLC Meeting which

was held at Ashcroft High School. About ten schools attended, with a similar number of

representatives.

Each school gave a PowerPoint presentation on various aspects of their school, and what they

have achieved in their SLC. Highlights were hearing how local schools in the region were

assisting needy citizens with fundraising in their local areas. In groups we discussed various

issues we all share within our communities, and brainstormed possible solutions and actions to

deal with these. The main issue concerning schools around our area was mental health. Student

Leaders were very concerned with the mental health of teens, with many of us experiencing

depression, stress, peer pressure, family problems or anxiety in our school communities.

At Liverpool Girls’ High School, there are the school counsellors, as well as teachers you can

trust and year advisors to help you if you are feeling depressed, anxious, stressed or simply

need someone to talk to. The school also offers peer mediation and peer support, programs

which are run by students. The SLC want you to know it is important to share your problems

and get help with them.

Days like the SLC Regional Meeting are vital in sharing and gaining a better understanding of

student needs in our area. We hope to continually improve our school and meet the needs of

our fellow students as Leadership Council representatives.

By Katherine Fausset and Yasmin Mersal (Year 10 SLC)

BIGGE GIRLS DON’T CRY:

SOCIALISATION AT LGHS

Year 11 Society and Culture investigate theories of who we are

and how we became that way.

How do we form our identity? For the past two

weeks our year 11 society & culture class has

been researching how the students at Liverpool

Girls High School learn how to cooperate,

communicate and identify who they are. We

asked questions about the influences, choices

and experiences of students in all year groups of

the school.

Self-actualisation is a term sociologists use to

describe the stage where a person reaches a true

sense of understanding who they are. Acceptance

by peer group can lead to security of identity,

while rejection can lead to low self-esteem. Most

students believe that the emotional and social

needs are the most important to them now with

a handful at the stage of self-actualisation

already.

In an interview that we carried out, one Year 9

student said: “It is important to be involved in a

group, although, everyone has their own

preference on being alone or not. Socialising

helps you and communicating is essential.”

In our research we found this to be an important

factor of socialisation.

“It is important to be

involved in a group,

although, everyone has

their own preference on

being alone or not.

Socialising helps you and

communicating is

essential.”

According to Maslow, a theorist of Personal and

Social Development, in the stages of early

adolescence to adolescence (11-18), we should

only be concerned with social and emotional

issues, but with research we've found this to not

be true, as some have already reached self-

actualisation. Many around the age of 14-17 were

beginning to ask 'what if?' questions and think in

abstract terms. Individuals past the age of 13

begin to act independently and are influenced by

friends more than their family. This information

supports the theory of sociologist Lawrence

Kohlberg, as it suggests that younger students

tend to be more emotionally reactive because

their social skills are still in the midst of

development and it makes them less rebellious

than their older peers. This was found with a

survey of 15 year 8 and 9 students.

One sociologist that we studied, Fowler, believed

that young adolescents had their religion shaped

by their parents, but as they grew older the

individual will come to a crossroad and will

question and make a decision regarding their

faith. We surveyed a group of 14-19 year old

students and found the majority had come to a

point in their lives where they were questioning

their religion based on their social environment.

To give you a background picture of this,

quantitative research carried out in the

playground showed that 40% of students were

very religious but had started to question their

beliefs. Another 40% of students were not

affected by religion and are currently going

through the questioning process and feel

comfortable with their decisions. Interestingly, at

Liverpool Girls’ High School, this appears to be

occurring at a younger age than Fowler suggests.

This, perhaps, is a reflection of changing times

and multiculturalism within the school.

“Many around the age

of 14-17 were

beginning to ask 'what

if?' questions and think

in abstract terms”.

Maslow recognised that not everyone would

necessarily reach self-actualisation but argued

that it was an important ideal for everyone to

strive for, whether consciously or not. Various

contributing factors make LGHS unique, whether

it is the environment we are placed in, peer

influence and vast multiculturalism. What was

clear from our research is the importance of

religion, culture and language at LGHS, with a

large majority of girls reaching an understanding

of who they are at an early stage. These ideas

contribute to an understanding of how students

from our school socialise as a unit. The research

gave us valuable insight into what the universal

factors of adolescence are, as well as what makes

us different.

A collaborative piece written by the Year 11

Society & Culture Class

Last term on Thursday June 20 our school held a Family Partnership’s event to celebrate Refugee

Week and showcase the successes of our students who identify as refugees. Students from various

year groups shared stories, artworks and projects they had completed as part of their school work.

All students spoke confidently and passionately about their work and their positive experiences in

learning. The quality of the work was exceptional. The school choir also performed for the enjoyment

of those who attended.

Family Partnerships is an excellent opportunity for parents to celebrate and view their children’s

work and also builds positive and stronger ties between the community and our school.

By Alisha Babu Skaria (Year 10)

In Environmental Club we are growing veggies and herbs in our school garden. We also plant flowers as well.

At the moment we are planning to recruit year 7s so we are working together to write speeches on what to tell

them. The activities we participate in through Environmental Club are: Plant a Tree Day, an environmental

camp, and we are also planning to make a green house.

On Wednesday July 31 Environmental Club held a vote to select the design for the Environment Mural which

will be painted on the brick wall in Quad B.

Below are the four finalists. Option D (by Seda Hammoud & Monica Suffin in year 9) is the winner!

By Omyma Al-Kaaby (Year 8)

TEACHER OF TERM 2 IS AWARDED TO:

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher

demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

- William Arthur Ward

It’s an honour to grant Liverpool Girl’s first ever ‘Teacher of the Term’ award to Mr Singh. We

appreciate the effort you put into your teaching and into your students but also the effort you put

into keeping healthy. For all of you who don’t know, Mr Singh picks a really interesting way to travel

to school. He catches two trains but chooses to get off two stops earlier to walk the rest of the way.

Now I don’t know about you but that’s pretty inspiring for me. But above all, his frank and laconic

attitude towards everything is always so entertaining.

Considering that he has been teaching for 41 years, I’ve never seen a person put as much enthusiasm

into learning Maths every single day as Mr Singh. It’s great to see his passion for teaching and

learning is still burning fervently. This confirms for me that if you do something you love and give it

your 100%, you’re unlikely to tire of it…. even after a long time.

So sir, thank you for doing your part as our teacher and we’ll try our hardest to listen to the ‘Old Man’

as much as we can. We look forward to your “birthday party”. Every term.

“Maths makes you HAPPPPPYY, maths makes you HEALTHYYYY….”

(An original song by Mr Singh!)

By Alisha Skaria (Year 10)

There is a serpent at the front of the school and it is hanging around in the front office.

This snake isn’t like others; it’s made out of colourful paper. Our 7E Art class made

this serpent because this is the year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar.

This Snake is exactly six metres long! He is made out of paper and looks real. The

serpent symbolises the Chinese culture, in addition to showcasing the creative artists

in year seven.

Super Slithering Serpent is a 3D snake which is made from: colourful paper, split pins

and colours (pencils etc). Everyone had an A4 page to colour in and add whatever

design they wanted and then when everyone was finished with their designs we cut

the corners with scissors so that it would create a circular shape. Then we used a

whole punch and made two holes on both ends of the paper. After this we put the split

pins in and joined it with another one. The head and tail were made by Miss Lumkin

who is our art teacher.

Andjela Visic & Joelle Seifeddine 7E

“Liverpool Lyrebirds Cheerleading Squad participated in the West Tigers dance spectacular at the SCG

on Sunday 14Th of April. While doing this performance the squad and I had a lot of fun practising and

meeting new people. I would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Miss Russell, Miss Pappas, Miss Lukas

and Miss Craig who were looking after the squad and helping us learn the routine.”

Kelly Briggs (Captain) 11R2/SLC

“I had a great day with my friends, we got to do something that is very rare- cheerlead in front of the

West Tigers and thousands of people! I loved how our families came and watched us perform and can

safely say that the countless hours we spent rehearsing was worth it… the event was a huge success.”

Kayla Woolfe 8E/SLC

“I had a fun day cheerleading for the West Tigers. I loved the dance moves. It was a fun experience to

have and our squad looks forward to performing the routine in front of the school at a later date.”

Farzana Ali 8N

Squad members

Hesha Maudhoo 7L Ana Dukic 8E Raeann Dandachli 8R Kavitha Krishna 8O Angelic Portan 8E Farzana Ali 8N Stephanie lee 8G Mari Alkhamesi 8N Kayla Woolfe 8E Amelia Thai 9R6 Aleesha Petrovsky 8E Ayshley Rao 9R5 Semra Pihura 8G Sibel Cakici 9R2 Sarah Al Waili 8R

Aleksandra Tosanovic 8N Ece Demir 9R2 Mirjana Maodus 8R

Nikolina Pupovac 9R6 Victoria Thomas 8E Ghadir Tammoum 9R6 Gabriela Vuckovic 8G

Batoul Majzoub 9R4 Amber Whare 8G Kararina Rovcannin 9R5 Savitha Shree Ganesh 8A Acqueline Thirakul 9R6 Nancy Mohamad 10R4 Kelly Briggs 11R2 Tiffany Reid 11R6 Felicia Co 9R2

On May 29, Year 10 Visual Arts class went on an excursion to the Manly Bay wharf up in the city.

Before we attended the excursion 10VA1 created sculptures that symbolised a natural and raw part

of life in an inspirational manner, to be placed on the bay as an installation inspired by the topic that

we have been studying, ’’Sculpture by the sea’’. We were separated into mini groups where we

worked on our sculptures for about a month before the excursion to Manly. Each group made

different and amazing sculptures with symbolism and meaning.

We caught a train to Circular Quay with our teacher Ms Land and Ms De Andre. When we arrived at

Circular Quay we had a break while waiting for the ferry so we could travel to Manly. Many members

of the city society complimented our sculptures and appreciated them. They were amazed. Once we

got to Manly bay we placed our sculptures by the sea and photographed them as part of the

assignment. Many residents of Manly came up to students and their sculptures and asked about

them. They also commented very positively on the work suggesting the Manly Daily paper be sent the

photos. Our unit of work focuses primarily on how we can implement art in a creative and

sustainable manner in our natural surroundings.

By Sarah Sultan (Year 10)

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson, popularly known as “Fat Amy” from Pitch

Perfect (2012) is an Australian actress, writer and a stand-

up comedian. She pursued an acting career after having

hallucinations (from malaria she had contracted during a

holiday in South Africa) in which she saw herself as an

actress who had won an Oscar.

Wilson has appeared in various TV shows and films such as

Fat Pizza, Ghost Rider, Bridesmaids, A Few Best Men,

Bachelorette, This Means War, What to Expect When

You're Expecting and the biggest hit Pitch Perfect. Her role

as ‘Fat Amy’ in this hit movie earned her five award

nominations.

“My family keeps me pretty

grounded. Like, if I try anything

diva, they're like, "Oh shut up.

Go and do the dishes."

Wilson has experienced success both locally and overseas.

She was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres’ show and rapped

with the host live on the show. She also had a good talk

with Jimmy Kimmel about her grandfather giving Olivia

Newton-John a sloppy kiss on the lips when they met

them. A video of her audition song for Pitch Perfect (“Edge

of Glory” by Lady Gaga) was shown on The Tonight Show

with Jay Leno.

We think she’s awesome not only because she is an exceptional comedian and naturally hilarious, but also the

fact that she hasn’t succumbed to the pressures of the TV and film industry in becoming ultra thin. She has her

own unique personality and takes pride in her work. She has proved that you don’t have to fit that stereotype

of beauty to be successful and popular. Rebel, along with a list of growing woman in music and film who are

naturally beautiful and voluptuous

(think Adele!), is challenging

societies ideals of beauty and

success. It’s their choices,

confidence and talent that matters

for them to entertain people. Just

like her name, she is naturally

rebellious!

By Maja Jovanovic & Vienna Vergara

(Year 10)

On the June 21, 2013, Year 10 had the privilege to go on an excursion to Luna Park for Science. The

reason for this trip? Apparently, it was for educational purposes, but to us, it was an AWESOME day

where we socialised & went crazy!

Well, to fill you in on the educational part, it was for the Physics’ topic “MOTION” which we studied

last term. You all know what ‘MOTION’ is right? Everything in the universe moves, just like the rides

at Luna Park! We learnt about the different types of forces that act upon you, how the forces act

upon you when in a ride, and how to DEFY GRAVITY!

Anyway, the rides were so FUN! In my opinion, the BEST

ride was the FLYING SAUCER. I went on it twice,

consecutively! Most of my peers found the WILD MOUSE

and RANGER the scariest because both rides created the

greatest sensation of being thrown off. The ROTOR was a

sickening experience, the TANGO TRAIN was sooooooo

fast, the TUMBLE BUG made me call for my mum, CONEY

ISLAND was so cute and challenging, the SPIDER was so

boring and the FERRIS WHEEL was so relaxing & tranquil.

Well, that was pretty much it. It was just another fun,

informative excursion.

By Rachael Jacobs (Year 10)

Photos by Hannah Amin (Year 10)