Manly Campus

Northern Beaches Secondary College Academic Excellence  Personal Best  Giving Back to the Community Principal: Ms Cath Whalan Deputy Principals: Ms Kathy O’Sullivan Mr Alex Newcomb

25 May 2018 – Newsletter No. 15

their online subject selections prior to 10am next From the Principal Monday. Year 10 Subject Selection da Vinci Decathlon On Monday our Year 10 students participated in Congratulations to our Year 7, 8 and 9 teams who the inaugural ‘Choose your own Career’ competed in the da Vinci Decathlon against 70 workshops. Students had the opportunity to hear other schools at Knox this week. During the day about three different careers chosen from a they competed in the different categories of selection of eighteen different areas. Feedback ideation, cartography, science, creative producers, from students was very positive, indicating this English, art and poetry, engineering, mathematics, was a most worthwhile initiative and very helpful general knowledge and code breaking. The with subject selection choices and prerequisites competition required not only skills and for undergraduate degrees. The presenters shared knowledge in the above areas but also great team a wide variety of professional experiences and work and communication skills, as well as time encouraged the students to leave their options management and the open as there are many possible pathways to capacity to work creatively achieve goals. Many thanks to the industry under pressure. professionals who gave their time to share their experiences, skills and wisdom with our Year 10 Congratulations to the Year students. Thank you also to Ms Colby who 9 team who came 3rd coordinated this worthwhile and informative overall in their competition. event. The other impressive The Hall was filled with students and parents at results are as follows: the Subject Selection Evening on Monday evening. • Year 7 – 3rd in creative Information about the mandatory requirements producers for the HSC and the Year 11 subject selection • Year 8 1st in cartography process were provided prior to students and • Year 9 3rd in mathematics parents gaining further information about specific courses available from the teacher experts. Thank Thank you to Ms Munro for you to all involved in ensuring this evening was her enthusiastic co- such a success. Students are reminded to complete ordination of the teams.

NBSC Manly Campus 138 Abbott Road, North NSW 2099 Phone: 9905 3982 / Fax: 9905 777 / Email: [email protected] P&C website: www.manlypandc.org.au Big Cuppa Morning Tea NSW SES Cadet of the Year The annual Big Cuppa Cancer Council fundraising On Thursday Holly Hughes (Year 10) was awarded was held this morning in the Hall. Congratulations Cadet of the Year at the Young People in to Margaret Taylor for organising and coordinating Emergency Service Awards ceremony held at this enjoyable fundraising event. Parliament House in . This award was recognition of Holly’s demonstrated leadership, initiative and problem solving skills and her successful coordination of her team to achieve group goals through the use of effective team

building and conflict resolution skills. Congratulations to Holly and thank you to Ms Leviton for her ongoing support and encouragement of the SES program.

Debating The inter-school debating competitions have begun with Manly off to an impressive start. The Year 11 team won both debates against North last week. Congratulations to: Should there be pay equality for professional • Megan Moshovelis (Year 11) who was awarded sportspeople, regardless of gender? Our Year 11 her Australian/NSW Netball C Grade Umpiring Metro debating team mounted a convincing ‘no’ Badge this week. This level of achievement argument against their formidable opponents. is difficult to attain and takes many hours of dedication and practice. They also argued successfully that juries should be • Ellie Shefts (Year 10) who has been selected banned from participating in court proceedings in into the NSW/ACT region U16 AFL team. a second debate. Students; Kieran Wan, Arquette Milin-Byrne, Alanna Manfredini and Zoe Bakker In this regular feature we like to recognize will next debate students who have achieved highly in school and Mackellar community events, competitions and activities. Campus in the Demonstrations of the school ethos of academic 2018 Premier’s excellence, personal best and giving back to the Debating community deserve to be recognized. Parents are Challenge. invited to phone or email the school any achievements we may not be aware of for inclusion in The Weekly Pines. The Manly A team defeated the Manly B team in Cath Whalan the Years 9 and 10 competition on Wednesday and Principal today our Year 12 team argued well in their debate against St Ives High but were defeated.

Best wishes to all teams as they continue through the round robin stage of their competitions.

Hard choices, we should all embrace them as From the Deputies opportunities to define ourselves – because life Hard Choices will provide plenty of them.

With our Year 10 students currently involved in Alex Newcomb (DP – Year 8, 10 and 12) their stage 6 subject selections, this week has been Kathy O’Sullivan (DP - Year 7, 9 and 11) a time for many conversations regarding these decisions. For many of our students it is the first Zone Cross Country time they have had to make a decision that could significantly impact their future career directions. The Manly Cross Country Team had an exceptional day at the Carnival on Tuesday. The sun was shining at Rat Park and the atmosphere was great. The day started with a walk around the course for all the competitors, followed by the first race for 17 Year boys and girls. The senior girls were placed 1st and 2nd and 8 students were successful in

gaining a place for the Regional Team. Success Whilst some students will already have their hearts continued with the 16 Year boys, who won six of set on a particular goal, others will be deliberating the top ten places in their race. The juniors also over hard choices that involve taking one path achieved tremendous results with 21 students gain over another. These decisions are particularly a top ten position and position in the Regional difficult when, once investigated, the various Team. Overall, Manly won the carnival and alternatives are perceived as no better or worse displayed excellent sportsmanship the whole day. than another. Students may keep asking Congratulations to everyone. themselves; ‘what will make this choice the right Age Champions choice?’ • Aidan Perry • Hannah Lovlin Professor Ruth Chang (School of Analytic (13 Years) (15 Years) Philosophy, Rutgers University) states that ‘when • Logan Campbell • Tshinta Hopper we face hard choices, we shouldn’t beat our head (14 Years) (17 Years) against a wall trying to figure out which alternative • Dylan George is better. There is no best alternative. Instead of (15 Years) looking for reasons out there, we should be looking for reasons within’. She explains that instead of being seen as potentially correct or incorrect, hard choices should be considered as an opportunity for us to create reasons to be the distinctive individuals we are.

Whilst our students may be asking questions regarding particular university entry requirements, maximised ATARs or job opportunities; the overriding question they should be asking A reminder that the Zone Athletics Carnival is on themselves is ‘who am I to be?’. This axiom is Friday 1 June at Narrabeen Sports Academy. reinforced by the age-old adage of ‘follow where Please ensure all permission notes are returned to your heart tells you to go’. Students who make school by next Tuesday. decisions about their courses based on this tend to be those that experience the highest levels of Jen Walker success both in the HSC and beyond. PDHPE

Girls Do the Maths π θ REACH Year 11 Year 12 Student Report Student Reach is a program designed and carried out by Report young people for young people and I think that’s On Wednesday, what makes it so different. They cater for students eight Year 11 from the end of primary school all the way through girls attended Year 12 and for our year they had a focus on the Girls Do the getting to have an understanding of personal Maths event at UNSW to reaffirm our suspicions values as well as improving confidence and that mathematicians are not just “lonely men with resilience. They also addressed overcome calculators”. They are also lonely women, mothers, restricting beliefs and doubts and increasing staticians, 3D animators, professors, researchers feelings of passion and motivation towards and data analysts. achieving our aims. The Reach program we experienced was unlike anything we had ever done We listened to numerous guest speakers including in younger years. Focused on encouraging us to Professor Cheryl Praeger, the second female follow our goals and dreams, while retaining the mathematics professor in Australia, and for the motivation for the looming task of the HSC, the first fifteen years of her career, the only one. She Reach program ran us through multiple small talked about her career in Maths and her work to group tasks and games. Much of this time was further promote the subject among students. spent on self-introspection, and the real difference Also speaking was Mr. Miles Green from Animal between our ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ for the future. Logic, the company behind ‘Peter Rabbit’, ‘The While a good excuse for some to miss out on class, Lego Batman Movie’, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and it was an interesting bonding moment for the the award-winning animation ‘Happy Feet’, to groups, with many realising that most of us were explain the use of maths in the special effects as clueless as each other! Overall, many of these industry. activities (sharing our ambitions for the next 10 years or writing down our ‘must achieves’ before Dr. Jan Zika demonstrated how maths can prove high school end) were pivotal in helping ourselves and predict trends from global warming already realise what was on our minds, and how we could clearly visible in some parts of the world, and how go about achieving this. This safe and comfortable it’s possible to determine the salinity of the ocean environment helped even the more private of us based on studying areas which are gradually open up with others and de-stress about the receiving less precipitation. future and its challenges ahead of us. Overall, I think the Reach experience has forged connections Dr. Susanna Cramb shared with us how her career in our year and made us all have a good think. as a biostatistician in the research and development department at Cancer Council Aryan Bhatla, Justin Soo and Jordan Stoddart Queensland and her love of statistics had helped direct aid to cancer-sufferers most at risk, Musical – Costume making expressing her excitement at seeing people change and implement new government policies on a supplies needed statewide scale due to her findings. Our costume creators are in urgent need of We encourage those in future years to attend, to white bed sheets and white feathers. If listen to the inspirational guest speakers and ask you are able to donate these items any questions about a possible career in maths…. please drop off to the school office. and not just for the free food and Rubik’s cubes. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Year 12 History Tour Parent / Teacher Interviews Information Evening Tuesday 29 May, 4-7pm Parents and caregivers of Year 10 and 11 students, Bookings: www.schoolinterviews.com.au NBSC Manly Campus is organising a study tour to Event code: 5gdxk Germany and Italy in the April 2019 school holiday (bookings close 2pm Tuesday 29 May) period. This 15-day itinerary visits Munich, Nuremberg, Berlin, the Bay of Naples and Rome, and is designed to link with the learning outcomes for the current HSC syllabuses for Ancient History Year 9 and 10 and Modern History. Parent / Teacher Interviews For the fourth time we are intending to run this Monday 4 June, 4-7pm tour with Academy Travel, an Australian-based Bookings: www.schoolinterviews.com.au company specialising in school group tours. Working closely with staff at the school, they have Event code: vqat4 developed and managed an academic travel (bookings close 2pm Monday 4 June) program specifically designed for our students. Overleaf you will find a proposed itinerary and estimated costs and inclusions. Live Below the Line If you and your child are interested in learning As mentioned in assembly the past 2 weeks, this more about the tour and would like the year our school will be participating in the Live opportunity to ask questions, please join us at the Below the Line challenge for the first time, from information evening for a presentation by an 8 - 12 June. Live Below the Line is an organisation Academy Travel representative. Staff and students that relies on fundraising from volunteers and who have participated in previous tours will also participants in order to raise awareness and funds be available for questions. to assist those struggling with extreme issues of poverty in their communities. The challenge is for We look forward to seeing you there. participants to live off $2 for 2 or 5 days and Date: Monday 28 May 2018 fundraise for Live Below the Line (meal plans are Time: 6.30pm provided to make this as easy and convenient as Location: Staff Common Room, Manly Campus possible)

See flyer attached the end of The Weekly Pines for Join the school team via our Live Below the Line more details on the tour. school team page. Our goal is to raise as much Katy Shannon money as possible for this amazing cause. There Organising Teacher / HSIE will be a celebratory movie event on 13 June to celebrate the fundraising achievements of all Parent Teacher Evenings involved, as well as an opportunity to raise even Parent Teacher Interviews for Years 8 -12 more money for the cause. If you have any questions, please feel free to come and see me at Year 8: Tuesday 12 June (Week 7) school or email me at [email protected] Year 9: Monday 4 June (Week 6) Year 10: Monday 4 June (Week 6) Thank you so much for your generosity and Year 11: Tuesday 12 June (Week 7) enthusiasm in getting behind such an important cause. Year 12: Tuesday 29 May (Week 5) Rhiannon Marshall-Witte

Parent Information Kits that include an NSW School Vaccination information sheet, consent form and privacy statement have been/will be sent home to Program parents/guardians. To consent to the vaccination Each year NSW Health works in partnership with of their child, parents/guardians are advised to: schools to offer the vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council • read all the information provided • complete the consent form, including signing (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the school their name next to the vaccine/s they would vaccination program. like their child to receive • return the completed consent form to their The following vaccinations are taking place in child’s school terms 2-4: • ensure that their child wears loose, short sleeves to allow the nurses to easily access the Year Vaccine Doses Date/S student’s upper arm (loosest school shirt) Year Meningococcal Single Y10 12/6/18 • ensure that their child eats breakfast on the 10-11 ACWY vaccine dose Y11 23/8/18 day of the school vaccination clinic. 2-doses at Dose 1 Human least 6 completed Year 7 papillomavirus Parents/guardians who wish to withdraw their months Dose 2 (HPV) vaccine consent for any reason may do so by writing to the apart 30/10/18 school Principal or phoning the school. The

Procedure for Withdrawal of Consent is available The first visit for Year 10 vaccinations on the NSW Health website at is on Tuesday, 12 June (Week 7) http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation

Please ensure forms are returned to the front To improve vaccination completion, students will office by Friday, 1 June (Week 5) be opportunistically offered any missed doses throughout the year where possible. Vaccinations will occur during class time, with the schedule published in the daily notices throughout A Record of Vaccination will be provided to each the week prior (week 6). Students who are nervous student vaccinated at each clinic either as a about receiving their vaccination should see Ms. physical card or a text message sent to the mobile Leviton in the CAPA staffroom prior to the number recorded on the consent form (within 1 vaccination date to be scheduled at a more private business day). Parents/guardians should ensure time. that this record is kept for future reference and should not assume that their child has been Parents of Year 10 students who are not going to vaccinated if they do not receive this Record of be vaccinated as part of the school program do not Vaccination. need to return the form, but it is requested that you email Ms. Naomi Leviton (school immunisation coordinator) on [email protected] to confirm this. Lost Property Year 8 students who missed an HPV dose last year Lost property is located at the school office. If your and are due for a catch up during this term will be child has lost an item or an article of clothing, informed directly. These occur throughout the please advise them to check lost property via the year to ensure the second dose is received at the office. correct time, so not all catch-up doses will occur during this terms immunisation visit. Currently in lost property: Clothing and drink bottles from the athletics carnival, school jumpers and sports shoes, reading glasses, retainer, kindle and a coin purse.

Careers Matters Lunchtime Workshops Within School Choose Your Own Career Day This highly successful work exploration event allowed all Year 10 students to have one–on-one conversations with 3 out of 18 industry experts of their own choice. After round robin discussions, a panel Q&A allowed for more questions, encompassing topics such as educational pathways, recommended subjects, roles and Last week, we hosted presenters from the responsibilities, industry changes, future directions Australian Defence Force discussing career and what students can do now to prepare for the options, degrees and the ADF GAP year program. world of work. We also helped some students apply for part-time jobs, by hosting a representative from Woolworths.

Excursion to the Garvan Institute - Friday 1 June For Year 11 and 12 students interested in a medical science career.

Places are limited!

Please see Ms Rixon or Ms Colby for more information.

Careers Night for Year 11 and 12 Students

Date: Tuesday June 5th

Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Location: Manly Campus School Hall

To register go to:

www.schoolinterviews.com.au

enter the event code we78r to make a booking

(registration is required prior to the evening)

Outside School activity and apply your knowledge. This multifaceted approach helps you understand key Training / Qualification / Guaranteed job offer concepts and takes learning beyond the textbook. Ski and snowboard instructor internship $99/year. HSC study lab opportunities in Canada and Japan. Our Ski and Snowboard Internship program is the best way for UNSW Sydney updates and information about keen skiers and snowboarders to become qualified 2019 scholarships, dates and events. instructors and start working all in one winter 1 May 2018 season. Our internships are well renowned for Co-op Program applications open online setting instructors up for an exciting engaging 29 - 31 May 2018 career. See the brochure for more information. Create your Career sessions Free Tickets to the HSC and Careers Expo 5 June 2018 Pick up from the Careers Office! Scholarships & Co-op Information Evening Moore Park, 31st May - 3rd June 28 September 2018 hscandcareers.com.au Co-op Program applications close

Macquarie University recognise that students who Co-op Program: [email protected] are engaging with their school and community in Scholarships: [email protected] service and leadership have diverse interests. They UTS - The Bachelor of IT (BIT) Co-operative decided to open the Global Leadership Entry Scholarship is a one-of-a-kind course for future Program (GLEP) to almost all Macquarie degrees. tech and business leaders with a strong reputation Students can now: among industry. It is a three year, advanced degree, sponsored by top tech firms and paying • choose up to five course preferences students $49,500 (2018) over the duration of their • receive an offer as early as June study. It includes two six-month internships and • receive multiple offers for different degrees boasts a graduate employment rate of 95%. • apply directly through our application portal How can students apply? They are looking for students who are: The three steps students must follow to complete • kicking goals at school an application are: • are global citizens, making a positive change in 1. Submit a BIT application form their community through leadership and 2. Attend an industry interview* service 3. Nominate the BIT (UAC code 603210) • illustrate initiative and commitment as a first preference

Why apply? *Students will be selected to interview based on high-school exam results and reports, participation • peace of mind with early entry to university, in extracurricular activities or leadership roles and taking some of the stress out of Year 12 a demonstration of strong communication skills • learn about university life at our exclusive and motivation to work in the technology industry. GLEP orientation sessions Applications close on 17 June 2018. • able to participate in Global Leadership Program activities, run by experts in their field Careers Contacts – on topics such as leadership and global challenges Careers Advisors Ms Deb Rixon [email protected] Applications now open Ms Donna Colby [email protected] Learning in HSC Study Lab is based around three Manly Campus Careers Website basic activities. Watch a video, play an interactive www.manlyselectivecampuscareers.com

Urgent attendance confirmation needed for Intermediate Band Tour (WE/BB) to Port Stephens, Monday 17 – Thursday 20 September The success of these regional tours depends on all band members attending. We have a tentative

accommodation booked at Soldier’s Point. Postponement of Term Two Band Meeting until Monday 18 June at 8pm, in the library. Please ensure you have let your band liaison know by email this week if your child cannot attend for Please note the new date. any unavoidable reason. This enables us to book Everyone is welcome at the Term Two band and pay for the accommodation in advance to meeting. Come to meet fellow band parents and achieve a discounted rate. If we do not hear, we hear what is coming up for band. Being involved in will assume your band member is attending. the band program is very rewarding and a great Blazers are needed from next month way to be connected to your child and peers, to other parents and to the school. Blazers will be worn at festivals in June (CO) and July (all wind and jazz members). Junior band Jazz Combo perform live on Fine Music 102.5, members are looking to buy smaller blazers so it is Saturday 26 May, 12 pm the ideal time to upgrade to a larger size. To buy Listen in on Saturday to our Jazz Combo as they and sell second hand blazers, contact Dianne compete in Round One of a live-to-air competition Turner ASAP at [email protected] of small jazz groups from high schools in Sydney. New blazers will be available from Pickles School Our very best wishes to the nine students Wear in Brookvale from June. performing. Band Dates for Diaries Round Two of the competition will be Saturday 25 August. Term Two Fine Music 102.5 School Jazz Combo competition, NSW Band festival, Premier big band event, Saturday 26 May, 12 pm on air, arrival 11am, Fine Saturday 26 May, AIM, Surry Hills: JO Music Studios, 72- 76 Chandos St, St Leonards- JC Also this Saturday, Jazz Orchestra will perform in the invitational big band event with other school NSW Schools Band Festival- Premier Big Band bands from NSW. Event starts at 1pm with JO Event, Saturday 26 May, AIM, 1/55 Foveaux St, requested to arrive at 2pm. Surry Hills. Arrival 2pm- JO

There will be an on-stage workshop after their Sydney Eisteddfod, The Concourse, Chatswood, performance with renowned US baritone 11:30 pm, Tuesday 5 June, - JC saxophonist, Denis DiBlasio. Term Two Band meeting, Monday 18 June, 8pm, We especially encourage JO families and friends to library- ALL WELCOME NB new date attend. All band families are welcome. Sydney Youth (US student) Homestay – Tuesday Tickets on sale online and at the door: $10/$5 19 - Monday 25 June, volunteer MSC families

AIM, 1/55 Foveaux St, Surry Hills. Instrumental Festival Saturday 23 June at 7pm, CO Urgent: Insurance payment for the 2019 Europe Band Tour is now overdue. Please make your Term Three payment ASAP to enable the group policy to be Workshop Day (pupil free day) commenced. Monday 23 July

All wind and jazz ensembles (JO TBC) COMPULSORY Can you host touring US students NSW Schools Band Festival and raise funds for the P&C? Saturday 28 July, SWO

NSW Schools Band Festival Tuesday 19- Monday 25 June 2018 Sunday 29 July, CB/WE/SwB/SB/BB We have been invited to host students from the Round 2: Fine Music 102.5 School Jazz Combo Phoenix Children’s Choir and the Colorado Youth competition, Saturday 25 August, Fine Music Symphony who are travelling to Australia to Studios, St Leonards- JC participate in the Sydney Youth Musicale at The Sydney Opera House in June. Australian Schools Orchestral Festival Sunday 2 September SE/CO The band have volunteered 17 families to raise money for the band but organisers are looking for WE concert with TAU at the Verbrugghen Hall, 5 additional Manly Campus families. Sydney Conservatorium Monday 3 September Each additional family participating will raise $300 towards the P&C. Intermediate Band Tour, Port Stephens 17-20 September WE/BB They need to hear from us ASAP if we can help.

Musicale Hosting home-stay students represents a great Saturday 22 September, featuring SWO/JO/CO/SE experience for Manly campus students to meet young musicians from international communities Manly Jazz Festival, 29 September – 1 October, JO while providing us with funds for the school. and JC (day and groups TBC) What is requested from a host family Band Names • Wind Stream: To host two students in your home from Tuesday 19 June to Mon 25 June (six nights). SWO~Symphonic Wind Orchestra; WE~Wind • Provide breakfast and dinner for these students Ensemble; CB~Concert Band each day. • Facilitate guest students being at Manly Campus Strings Stream: in the mornings and being collected at the end of SE~String Ensemble; CO~Chamber Orchestra day e.g. they may travel with your child by public transport Jazz Stream: JO~Jazz Orchestra; BB~Big Band; SB~Stage Band; SwB- Swing Band; JC- Jazz Combo; Covers Ban United World Concert Tours have been arranging billeted tours for over 30 years and are very positive about the experience for all parties.

To volunteer or to find out more, email Sarah Dowse [email protected] or Marg Martin [email protected]

Term 2 Calendar

Please check all dates and times closer to the event Week 7A cont. Project Penguin, Half day primary 12/06/2018 Week 5A school visit, 47 x Year 9 students Fine Music 102.5 School Jazz Combo 12/06/2018 Year 10 vaccinations 26/05/2018 competition, on air at 12 noon 15/06/2018 SRC Night of Stars NSW Schools Band Festival- Premier Week 8B 26/5/2018 Big Band Event Term 2 Band meeting, 8pm in the 18/06/2018 History Tour 2019 information library 28/05/2018 night, 6:30pm, in the staff common 20/06/2018 Year 10 PALS Training room Principals tour, 9:30am, bookings Year 12 Parent Teacher night, 20/06/2018 29/05/2018 essential via the office on 9905 3982 4-7pm P&C meeting, 7pm, in the library, all 20/06/2018 29/05/2018 ICAS Science welcome 29/05/2018 Biennale – Year 11VA, 12VA Careers lunchtime workshop - UTS 21/06/2018 World Vision Youth Conference, 12 Engineering/IT 29/05/2018 x SRC students attending, all day Sydney North Cross Country, 22/06/2018 Project Penguin, Half day primary Gosford, all day 31/05/2018 school visit, 47 x Year 9 students Chamber Orchestra - Northern 23/06/2018 Year 10 Drama night, in the Beaches Instrumental Festival 31/05/2018 Performance Space, 7pm Week 9A 1/06/2018 Zone Athletics Carnival 25/06/2018 Musical Dress Rehearsal Year 11 and 12 Careers Excursion 26/06/2018- 1/06/2018 Musical GARVIN Institute, all day 30/06/2018 Week 6B 26/06/2018 SRC Tim Tams and Jim Jams Year 9 and 10 Parent Teacher Night, Project Penguin Expo Day at 4/06/2018 28/06/2018 4-7pm Taronga Zoo, 47 x Year 9 students 5/06/2018 Year 11 and 12 Careers Night 29/06/2018 Musical Jazz Combo - Sydney Eisteddfod 5/06/2018 Week 10B 11:30am Principal's Awards Year 7, 8 and 9, 5/06/2018 Year 12 Modern History incursion 5/07/2018 9:30am in the hall Year 9 Wellbeing Workshop 5/06/2018 Principal's Awards Year 10, 11 and Tomorrow Man and Woman 6/07/2018 12, 9:30am in the hall Enviro Day, activities and cake stall 5/06/2018 during assembly and recess Project Penguin, Half day primary 6/06/2018 SECOND HAND UNIFORMS school visit, 47 x Year 9 students LOCATED UNDER THE TAS BLOCK Year 10 Wellbeing Workshop 6/06/2018 Tomorrow Man and Woman Next open Year 12 Economics UBS Day, Wesley Tuesday 5 June 7/06/2018 Centre 8:15am – 9:30am 8/06/2018 Year 8VA - Curl Curl Beach Open first Tuesday of the month: 8:15am – 9:30am Week 7A & the third Thursday of the month: 1:30pm-2:30pm 11/06/2018 Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Coordinators Marg Martin & Chris Schaller 12/06/2018- Please contact us if you would like to place an order Year 12 Interviews [email protected] 15/06/2018 Year 8 and 11 Parent Teacher night, [email protected] 12/06/2018 4-7pm Donations of washed good quality uniforms are most welcome and can be left at the school office All proceeds go to the P&C for school improvement projects. For second hand band blazers (buy & sell) please contact Diane Turner: [email protected] For new and preloved band polo shirts please contact Kim Luong: [email protected] 20th-Century Germany and Ancient Italy Study Tour

A study tour for NBSC Manly Selective Tour overview and highlights Dates: 13th – 27th April, 2019 • 15-day itinerary designed for the students of NBSC Manly Selective Campus, visiting Munich (1 night), Price: $6,690.00 per student all inclusive Nuremberg (2 nights), Berlin (3 nights), the Bay of Prices based on a minimum of 20 participants, exchange rates and airfares Naples (3 nights) and Rome (2 nights). at time of tour confirmation. • Learn about the rise to power and ultimate end of Price includes: the Nazi Party in Munich and Nuremberg. ✓ Airfares, taxes and fuel surcharges • Explore sites relevant to the Third Reich and Cold ✓ All hotel accommodation War in Berlin. ✓ All land transportation • Investigate the “Cities of Vesuvius” with detailed ✓ All breakfasts and all dinners site and museum visits, including Pompeii and ✓ Entrance fees to sites Herculaneum. ✓ Tips to guides, restaurants and drivers • Discover Rome in the late Republic and early ✓ Expert local guides & tour manager empire with our expert local guides. ✓ Comprehensive travel insurance • Visit Vatican City, smallest independent country in

Academy Travel is an Australian company which designs the world and home to an unrivalled collection of and manages specialised international tour programs for artistic treasures. schools, universities, and private groups. This will be the fourth History study tour we have managed for the school.

20th-Century Germany and Ancient Italy Study Tour April 2019

A genuine learning experience Day 8: To Italy. Transfer to the airport and fly to Naples. Ascend to the summit of Mount Vesuvius for a bird’s eye This itinerary links with the learning outcomes in the current view of the area (weather and time permitting). Overnight HSC syllabuses for Ancient History and Modern History. Bay of Naples. Itinerary Day 9: Herculaneum and Naples. Visit the excavations of the Villa of Oplontis and the former town of Herculaneum. In the Day 1: Depart Sydney. afternoon, tour the National Archaeological Museum of Day 2: Arrive Munich. Meet your Academy Travel tour Naples to view the artefacts salvaged from the Cities of manager on arrival at Munich Airport for a private coach Vesuvius. Overnight Bay of Naples. transfer to the hotel. Enjoy an orientation walk through the Day 10: Pompeii. A full day in Pompeii for a detailed old town centre with your tour manager before dinner. investigation of the city covered by the eruption of Mount Overnight Munich. Vesuvius in 79 AD. Explore the site with an expert local guide Day 3: To Nuremberg. Travel by private coach to Dachau for to see private and public buildings, bath complexes, daily life, a guided tour of the concentration camp memorial site. economic activity and evidence of the eruption. Spend the Continue on coach to Nuremberg. Take a guided tour of the late afternoon in the lovely seaside town of Sorrento. Memorium Nuremberg and Courtroom 600 to learn about Overnight Bay of Naples. the trials that were held here at the end of WWII. Overnight Day 11: To Rome. Private coach transfer to the Eternal City. Nuremberg. On arrival, your tour manager will lead a walking tour Day 4: The rise and fall of the Nazis. Begin with a walking including Piazza Navona, Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. tour of the Rally Grounds, where millions of Nazi Party Overnight Rome. supporters gathered at the site for mass propaganda rallies in Day 12: Classical Rome. A local expert guide will lead a tour the 1930s. Explore the Documentation Centre with audio through the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum. guides. Then, your tour manager will lead an orientation walk Afternoon visit to the Capitoline Museum, housing an through the medieval town centre. Overnight Nuremberg. extensive collection of classical artworks. Overnight Rome. Day 5: To Berlin. Travel by private coach to the German Day 13: Vatican City and departure. A guided visit of the capital of Berlin. A visit to The Story of Berlin museum is the Vatican Museums with a local guide will include perfect introduction to the city’s tumultuous history and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica. Transfer includes a Cold War era nuclear bunker. Overnight Berlin. to the airport for an evening flight home. Day 6: Third Reich sites. Ascend the Reichstag dome (subject Day 14: On flight. to availability) before an expert local guide leads a walking tour of the city centre. See the Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Day 15: Arrive Sydney. Memorial, Topography of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie. Learn about life under the Third Reich with a tour of the Topography of Terror. Overnight Berlin. The itinerary is subject to change based on local conditions, weather and Day 7: Cold War sites. View significant sites associated with opening hours etc. A final detailed itinerary is provided approximately 4 the Cold War period with a local guide and private coach, weeks prior to departure. including the Eastside Gallery, Berlin Wall Memorial and Soviet Memorial Treptower Park. Overnight Berlin.