2020 TERM 1 NO 3

Wednesday 4 March 2020

FROM THE DEPUTY HEAD CONTENT FROM THE DEPUTY HEAD > With the Year 7 Weekend, Open Day and the Welcome Dinner now complete, and the Outdoor Education Week underway, the School has begun BOARDING > preparations for the Year 10 Weekend scheduled for Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March. TEACHING & LEARNING > STUDIES > Involvement Over the next few weeks students will be discussing their extra-curricular DRAMA > involvement in their Form Groups. Year Coordinators will be keen to ensure that the involvement of each student is varied and at an appropriate level, ENGLISH > befitting the ethos of Frensham. HSIE >

If you are concerned about the involvement of your daughter in the extra- JAMIESON PROGRAMME > curricular life of the School, please do not hesitate to contact your Year LANGUAGES > Coordinator or Form Tutor. MATHEMATICS > Technology The use of technology at Frensham is embedded in all classes, Prep and the MUSIC > Boarding Houses. Educating our students to use technology appropriately is SCIENCE > an on-going challenge. In addition to ensuring the safety of all users, teachers help to develop skills and support students to use technology as a respectful PDHPE > and efficient communication tool. DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S

INTERNATIONAL AWARD > Understanding the potential consequences of posting text and images on social media sites, and using language that fits with our community expectations, are SPORT > all part of this process. If you are concerned about your daughter’s use of technology please do not hesitate to contact us. AGRICULTURE > EQUESTRIAN > Mr Geoff Marsh, Deputy Head of Frensham, Deputy Head of Frensham Schools VISUAL ARTS / DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY >

BOARDING

Weekend highlights The weekend excursion to Jamberoo was hugely popular … everyone returning to the Houses after a full day of water slides and thrills on adventure rides. Commentary included ‘That was the best day ever!’ and ‘I used to be afraid of heights, but now I think I’m ready for abseiling at Camp, after going on The Perfect Storm’. Our weekend activities are carefully considered, providing a balance of fun, interaction, quiet time, study and organisational time, as well as physical challenge. Whether it be a full day out at Jamberoo, or a local shopping trip to , there is something for everyone and an opportunity to connect in friendship, develop independence and enjoy community.

Reminder re Weekly Boarder departure and return Weekly Boarders may depart on Saturday from 10.30am (or after IGSSA Sport) on an Open Weekend. Students can return to school on Sunday by 8.30pm or no later than 8.00am on Monday morning.

Online Exeats: Full Boarders Full Boarders may take an exeat on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night. An Exeat Form is required to be completed and emailed to [email protected] A copy of the Form is available on Schoolbox, in the Parent Forms section. A reminder that Weekend Exeats for Full Boarders are due by Friday lunchtime. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated. Last week we tested online Exeats and should be ready to implement by Term 2, latest.

Frensham to Central Bus service The Frensham to bus departs from Stanley Street at 12.30pm, arriving at Bay 9, Upstairs Western Forecourt, Central Station at approx 2.30pm. A return trip to Frensham departs at 6.30pm on Sunday evening, from Bay 9, Upstairs Western Forecourt. Students are asked to sign up for this weekly bus service by Thursday each week on the lists outside White Cottage. Please note that families will be charged for this service in your term account.

Weekend Planner Below is a list of our weekend activities for Years 7-9, to assist with planning visits to the School or Exeats for your daughter. All events are subject to the weather and should changes need to be made, we will communicate this via email to the girls in advance. Week 6 Sunday 8 March 2.00pm-4.30pm Ten Pin Bowling

Week 7 Saturday 14 March 12.30pm-5.30pm Robertson Show

Week 8 Sunday 22 March 1.00pm-4.30pm Macarthur Square

TRAVEL INFORMATION - Bookings are due to House staff by Sunday 8 March

End of Term, Start of Term and Long Weekend (SSTS instructions) To ensure the best chance of securing a seat on School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) services for End of Term and Start of Term Travel, students should make their bookings with House Staff by Sunday 8 March.

SSTS travel is meeting the needs of the students travelling to their place of residence and can only accommodate other requests once all bookings have been made. Late bookings will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, based on train / coach occupancy and the ability for SSTS to safely complete the additional bookings (managed by SSTS). Late bookings cannot guarantee a seat on the SSTS coach services, and preference will remain with the boarding students travelling home who made their booking requests by the nominated booking deadline.

End of Term, Start of Term and Long Weekend (Frensham instructions) Airport Drop Off/ Pick Up, Minibus or Hire Car options Airline/Airport travel details should be submitted to House staff by the requested date, which is published in the newsletter. We ask that flight bookings at the commencement of vacation are made after 6.30pm, as traffic to the airport from can be unpredictable. Parents are asked to ensure that their daughters are fully briefed on ticket information.

A staff member will travel to the airport with the girls, check them in and ensure they are clear on arrangements. Return pick-up times vary. A staff member meets students at the luggage terminal between 4.00pm and 7.00pm, so please coordinate flights during this time period.

Correspondence To ensure a prompt reply to all enquiries relating to Boarding, we ask that parents communicate with us via the following options: Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 4860 2114

Mrs Tanya Vaughan, Director of Boarding; Ms Amanda Graham, Deputy Head of Boarding

: : 2 : : TEACHING & LEARNING

Standardised Assessment Programme at Frensham In Teaching and Learning, as part of Frensham Schools Strategic Priorities 2018-2022, we are continuously seeking to improve and extend our assessment and benchmarking using a research-based, robust set of tools to provide data across multiple subjects and years. This enables us to study individual, class and cohort level of achievement and growth. This approach to data analysis ensures excellence in teaching practice and enhances creative pathways for learning that increase personalisation and flexibility for all students, so they can achieve their personal best.

In 2020 we will continue to utilise the UNSW Global Assessment programme—REACH. The REACH Assessment tools provide us with an annual, independent and objective benchmark of student progress to support our teacher professional judgement, class-based tasks and formal school-based assessment programme. These tools also inform future curriculum planning and programming.

The REACH assessments are based on the Australian curriculum for the relevant Year, are suitable for use across all ability levels, and are administered in comfortable timed conditions for all students. Items range from recall and routine application of knowledge and skills, through to more demanding questions that provide additional challenge for high ability students. In 2020 students in Years 7-10 will undertake the following Assessments in an online digital delivery: Science, Writing, English and Mathematics. Testing will take place between May and August. In addition, we have always provided our students with the opportunity to challenge themselves using UNSW Global ICAS Competition papers. We will continue to use this tool in addition to REACH. ICAS was redesigned in 2019 and is aimed at recognising academic excellence for high potential students, emphasising challenge and extension in tight timed conditions. The ICAS Competition online papers in 2020 will be offered to those students who reach the top 10% of the cohort in each Year from Years 7-12 allowing them to apply their learning and challenge themselves at ‘competition level’ in each of the disciplines above. The 2020 ICAS Assessments require students to think beyond the classroom and provide us with data that acknowledges their performance achievement at the highest level. Please refer to the UNSW Global website for further information: https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/

Ms Kate Chauncy, Director of Teaching & Learning, P-12 Coordinator of Gifted & Talented Programmes

STUDIES

Year 12 has confirmed all academic subjects and personal details with NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) by signing the Confirmation of Entry forms. Additionally, access to Students Online is encouraged as a guide for all information about HSC Examinations, Assessment rules and study advice. Successful academic studies require realistic educational expectations, motivation to do what is needed, and consideration for wellbeing (sleep, physical activity and maintenance of healthy relationships). Senior students are currently completing and preparing for assessment work for the term, and establishing or maintaining sustainable revision practices.

The Senior Studies Information Booklet contains information that outlines strategies for being a successful learner. In addition, students are guided in their learning by class teachers and may also approach teaching staff to act as mentors for support and encouragement. The mentoring relationship is about guidance and does not replace the student–class teacher partnership. All students have access to the School Assessment calendars via Schoolbox. These calendars provide an opportunity for students to plan how they will best demonstrate their knowledge and skills in their subjects. Student consideration of the marking criteria when completing hand-in Assessment tasks, is a key element in assisting them to check their understanding of the task and to determine to what extent they have met the demands. The marking criteria are a useful checklist as part of the editing process before final submission of their Assessment.

Ms Janene van Gogh, Director of Studies—in Residence

: : 3 : : DRAMA

Year 7 Drama Year 7 had a very dramatic Year Weekend this year with a class workshop presentation for Open Day and a short play on the Clubbe Hall stage for the Year 7 Concert. All three Drama classes adapted a well-known picture book for the stage. Under the direction of Mrs Sally Hannah, 7G performed Oliver Jeffers book, Here we are: notes for living on planet earth and 7P performed the much-loved children’s book, We’re going on a bear hunt. Ms Fiona Shannon directed 7W’s performance of Anthony Browne’s, Voices in the Park. Year 7 enjoyed performing for the School community, showcasing acting skills, a sense of fun, and ability to work as an ensemble. The girls entered the stage with confidence and exited the stage with large smiles on their faces in response to rapturous applause from the audience.

Birthday Play Auditions Just Macbeth is the Birthday Play for 2020. Andy Griffiths transposes Shakespeare's bloody tragedy into the story of three friends. On the cusp of teenage years, Andy, Lisa and Danny are drawn to the illicit magic of Macbeth’s witches. Armed with a food processor, knives and naive delight in naughtiness, they proceed to concoct their own troublesome brew. Upon drinking their creation, the transformative devices of theatre take them into the world of the play itself and they discover disturbing things about themselves when they realise they are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and Banquo. Directed by Ms Fiona Shannon, rehearsals will commence in Week 7. Senior students are encouraged to audition during Week 6.

‘Do you love stories about witches, ghosts, time travel, angry garden gnomes and ruthless tyrants? Do you ever wish you that you could be the boss of everyone and everything? Do you like the idea of being able to impress people with your knowledge of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays? Well then, this year’s Birthday Play is for you! Taking a spin on one of Shakespeare’s classics, Macbeth, Andy Griffiths has turned things a little upside down.’ Heads of Drama: Caitlin Hargraves and Olivia Hamilton

Mrs Sally Hannah, Head of Drama

ENGLISH

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship, and understanding through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life. – Steven Spielberg

Studying film throughout the secondary years is mandated in the English curriculum. In a contemporary visual world the power of film to explore, challenge, critique and celebrate humanity is uncontested. Years 9 and 10 English have been studying two quite different visual mediums.

Year 9 studied what makes documentaries compelling in Touching the Void, directed by Kevin Macdonald (2003). In 1985, two young climbers, Joe Simpson (Brendan Mackey) and Simon Yates (Nicholas Aaron), set out to be the first to reach the summit of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They succeed and the two embark on the treacherous descent—only to meet with disaster when Simpson breaks his leg in a fall, leaving Yates to lower him the rest of the way with ropes. When a storm threatens both their lives, Yates must decide whether to cut the rope and risk Simpson's likely death.

The focus was on key scenes, in order to hone an understanding of the documentary medium, and how purposeful employment of a range of techniques can create an equally terrifying and deeply moving viewing experience. The task completed at the end of the unit was an extended response to the statement: A powerful documentary makes the viewer see the world differently.

Year 10 experienced a cinema classic in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954). Professional photographer L.B. ‘Jeff’ Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbours. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife.

Hitchcock is the master of suspense, and consolidating the understanding of film techniques in a classic Hollywood thriller has proved to be both informative and engaging. In preparation for senior English, girls were asked to create an original character, and then introduce this character into a still from the film. To ensure this representation was authentic they needed to conduct research into the 1950s setting and investigate how to craft engaging and meaningful characters. A challenging addition to the task was inviting students to evaluate their independent creative process.

Ms Lee McGuinness, Head of English

: : 4 : : HSIE (HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT)

Outdoor Education Week is an excellent reminder of the importance of understanding the world around us. From the hills and valleys our Years 7 to 10 students will climb, to the people and places our senior students will visit, the world has so much to offer our students, if they can find their way. Thus, the week is a good reminder of why our students undertake World Studies and Australian Studies, or one of the many senior HSIE courses we offer. The world is complex and confusing, especially if the technology in which we put so much trust, is not at hand. Therefore, we need the skills and knowledge to act and think independently. Year 7 has been doing just this—spending time studying maps, learning how to read them in a way that allows them to draw out information and make conclusions.

This same approach is taken across the entire HSIE curriculum 7-12. Whether it is building on skills to interpret the physical world around them, or on the ability to find and evaluate the validity of the information in front of them, we consistently aim to produce students who can act independently.

Mr Nathan Bessant, Head of HSIE

JAMIESON PROGRAMME

In Week 6, all students are actively involved in Outdoor Education Week:

Year 7 will be camping in the Lower Holt, which will involve learning basic camp craft such as setting up camp, cooking, camp hygiene, teamwork, environmental awareness, orienteering, map-reading and navigation. They will also be engaged in activities such as mountain bike-riding, abseiling and bushwalking.

Year 8 will experience an expanded view of the local environment through hiking, canoeing and bike-riding from one destination to another at Glenworth Valley, with overnight camping included. They will undertake a full range of camp activities, including campsite selection, map-reading and navigation, cooking and camp hygiene.

Year 9 will experience a practice Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Bronze Level Camp. Students will canoe and hike in Glenworth Valley as well as self-cater for the first time. Camp crafts and navigation skills will be tested, with emphasis on leadership skills as well as supporting each other.

Year 10 will meet the requirements for a Silver level Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award trip. Students will commence the expedition in the Belanglo State Forest and trek to the Bangadilly National Park along the . This will be a self-catering trip and girls will be encouraged to take leadership roles in navigation, camp setting-up and cooking.

Last Thursday Year 9 visited the Sydney Jewish Museum and the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque as part of the Religious Studies component of the Jamieson Programme. Year 9 has researched the nature of both the Jewish and Islamic religions in preparation for this excursion. They gained an insight into the lives of Australians who belong to the Jewish and Islamic faiths and how religion fits into their daily lives.

Right: Year 9 at Auburn Gallipoli Mosque.

Finally, Year 9 is undertaking the Cambridge IGCSE interdisciplinary course, Global Perspectives. This involves investigating a range of interesting debates and issues, in preparation for the first Individual Research Project.

Mrs Merrilee Harris, Head of Jamieson Programme

: : 5 : : LANGUAGES

FRENCH The Open Day ‘in class’ lesson provided a unique opportunity for parents and interested observers to gain an insight into the workings of the Year 8 French classroom. Students watched an excerpt from the film Belle et Sébastien, then reconstructed the lyrics to the theme song, Belle. After that, girls revised vocabulary they could use to describe the boy and his beautiful dog and shared their descriptions with the group. The lesson was thoroughly enjoyed by all, including the observers who were included in the activities.

All Year groups are reaching the end of a unit of work and will be tested on their knowledge. Year 7 is about to finish Unité 2: Ah bon? Vraiment?, with the unit test scheduled for Monday. Year 8 has completed the study of Unité 10, Chez moi, with the unit test last Friday. Next lesson they will start with Unité 11, C’est par ici? Year 9 has the test for Unité 2: Se lever tôt, se lever tard scheduled for Monday and will start the new unit after camp. Finally, Year 10 sat the end of unit test last week and has completed the second lesson on the Unité 10: Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?

Year 11 started one-on-one speaking with the French conversation tutor, Mme Allman, as well as the new unit of work— Unité 2: Famille, je vous aime. The French Extension students demonstrated a great knowledge of the prescribed text in the first Assessment of the year, held last week. The French Continuers class is nearing the end of the unit on the Environment, a very topical area of study given the recent climatic conditions.

LATIN During the Latin ‘in class’ session at Open Day, Year 9 participated in a Trivia quiz, which consisted of a series of derivation questions, based on vocabulary from the Year 8 Course Book. Both parents and new visitors came by during the session, some participating and proving quite knowledgeable. The quiz was fun and educational and it was wonderful to see the girls demonstrate their knowledge of the Latin language, which underlies much of the formal and technical vocabulary used in modern English.

Years 9-12 are preparing for the annual National Latin Exam in Week 7 by practising past papers. Years 9 and 10 have been focusing particularly on revision and acquisition of the grammar and cultural knowledge necessary for the examination as well as the style of questions asked. This year the examination will be online so the girls are also familiarising themselves with this new format.

Mrs Kerry Lennon, Director of Languages

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics Club is scheduled twice a term and is for all those who love (or would love to love) Mathematics, from Years 7 to 12. Students who attend are involved in activities aimed at developing their problem-solving skills. This past week, the student leaders of Mathematics Club, Hannah Hartnell and Mia Horsfall, led and coached the girls through a variety of logic puzzles ranging from easy to very challenging, and also introduced solving equations to the Junior cohort and solving absolute value equations to the Seniors. The girls may choose to work individually or in pairs or small groups, exploring and connecting mathematical concepts, applying mathematical techniques and improving their communication and reasoning. It is our goal that the girls develop and demonstrate perseverance in undertaking a variety of mathematical challenges and grow to appreciate Mathematics as an essential and relevant part of life.

Year 7 is investigating computations with integers (positive and negative whole numbers) and Year 8 has been working hard on revising and extending the solving of algebraic equations with multiple steps and checking solutions for accuracy. During Term 1, all of the Year 9 courses (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) will have studied similar topics: Numbers of Any Magnitude, Indices, Equations and Financial Mathematics and Year 10 is revising and consolidating skills, keeping in mind the pathways to courses offered in Year 11. Years 11 and 12 are undertaking their studies with vigour and intent. More often than not, there are girls working hard on their Mathematics during study periods or after school, with the support of their teachers.

Coaching is available throughout the week, either during the ‘Maths Help’ drop-in sessions on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, 3.45-5.00pm in Rooms 13, 14 and 15. As always, the Mathematics faculty work as a team to support the needs of every student on an individual basis and we understand that mathematical success is about ‘running your fastest’ not winning the race.

Ms Joanne Allison, Head of Mathematics

: : 6 : : MUSIC

Open Day and the Year 7 Parent Weekend always provide a wealth of performance opportunities for Frensham musicians. On Open Day, the Kennedy Strings, Senior Choir and Madrigals presented workshop performances in Cooper Hall, while the String Quartet and Elective Music students performed on the Science & Technology Centre balcony, entertaining café patrons throughout the day.

The 2020 Madrigals gave their first performance on Saturday night at the Welcome Dinner for Parents of New Students, singing our Grace, Non Nobis, before the meal.

The anthem for Sunday’s School Service was He Lives in You, from the Lion King, involving both the Junior and Senior Choirs. It also featured African percussion such as xylophones, shakers and drums as well as Mairi Menzies, as solo vocalist. The Junior Choir responded well to the challenge, singing with energy and discipline. In the concert that followed, the 2020 Madrigals performed an original arrangement of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.

Year 7 has been learning about rhythm and making music with found objects. The final item of the Year 7 Concert featured the entire Year group performing a sophisticated percussive arrangement using garbage bins and sticks!

Mr Michael Spencer, Head of Music

SCIENCE

In the Year 7 topic, iScientist, students learn the basics of scientific inquiry and how to identify and use a range of scientific equipment. All girls have earned their Bunsen burner licences and undertaken investigations using different measuring equipment, such as triple beam balances, thermometers, measuring cylinders and displacement cans. These skills will be tested in the first assessment task in Week 7.

Right: Year 7 students Abby Brown, Elizabeth Laverty and Jorja Lenehan using a triple beam balance.

L-R: Year 7 students Anna Turner and Chloe White measuring the mass of a diary.

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The Year 12 Physics class is studying Module 6—Electromagnetism. Students have been investigating the interactions that take place between charged particles and electric/magnetic fields, including their application in electricity production and their uses in motors.

Year 12 Physics students making a DC motor, Annabella Damiani and Daisy Latimer; Mia Horsfall and Alexandra Cunningham.

Year 12 Science Extension students have completed their second assessment task this week. The task involved them making a poster and giving an oral presentation about their proposed Project. All students have done a great job of planning their project and thinking about how they will statistically analyse their results.

Mrs Alison Andrew, Head of Science

PDHPE (PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION)

Year 9 Focus Year 9 is investigating cultural sensitivity, awareness and appreciation of diversity. Students will gain an understanding of self and the factors that influence the development of an individual’s identity. They will also reflect on experiences and people that have shaped their identity and observe how stereotypes can have an impact on health, safety and wellbeing. Through an investigation of case studies, students learn about discrimination and power. In addition, they conduct their own research with a focus on studying an Australian who has overcome adversity and demonstrated resilience. This will form their Assessment for this term as they evaluate their own and others capacity to respond positively to challenge.

Practical lessons involve a focus on selected world games, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, where students gain an understanding of a range of games specific to diverse cultures. The unit’s focus is on active participation in a broad range of movement contexts to develop practical skills and enhance performance in individual and group and team physical activities. Students are asked to consider: . how to use feedback to create adaptations to movement skills to make them more effective; . how to create new strategies and tactics to improve movement and evaluate the effect these have on performance; and . how to be inclusive in group situations so as to assist and lead others during physical activity.

Ms Janene van Gogh, Head of PDHPE

: : 8 : : SPORT

Swimming On Thursday 27 February, Frensham hosted the Southern Highlands Secondary Schools (SHSS) Twilight Swimming Carnival at The Centenary Pool.

Students from Chevalier College, Oxley College and Frensham competed in a range of events including individual races and relays. Many girls recorded season best times and the relay events were particularly exciting and closely contested with the boys and girls teams competing at the same time. For Frensham, strong results were achieved by Tia Thomas - 12 Years Runner Up, Sarah-Joy Day - 14 Years Runner Up, and Abigail Clark - 18 Years Runner Up.

The Frensham Swimming Team will now compete in the IGSSA Carnival at the Homebush Aquatics Centre on Friday 6 March.

Term 2 Basketball and Football Trials Team 1 and 2 trials for Basketball and Football will commence in Week 7 of this term. Trials will be on Tuesday and Thursday mornings starting at 6.10am. Basketball trials will take place in the Parker Gymnasium, while Football trials will take place on the Playing Fields. Any girl in Year 10, 11 or 12 is welcome to be part of the Trial process.

Weather—arrangements for Saturday Sport Cancellation of Saturday Sport is rarely made before Saturday morning unless a venue notifies IGSSA that the facilities will not be playable. Means of gaining information concerning play are: 1. IGSSA WEBSITE: http://ahigs.nsw.edu.au/IGSSA.aspx 2. myIGSSA Mobile Screens

As it is not necessary to be registered to use the new mobile screens, students, coaches and parents can access them from a smartphone, tablet or computer.

Mr Geoff Marsh, Acting Head of Sport

AGRICULTURE

The Year 9 Agricultural Technology class researched different vegetables varieties that can be grown in the Southern Highlands and has now planted selections into the vegetable gardens. Students planted carrots, beetroot, bok choy, lettuce and broccoli, which are all growing well. While the vegetables are growing, they have been learning about the beef cattle industry and will be working with the School steers.

The Year 10 Agricultural Technology class has been studying sheep and exploring the lamb industry through hands-on experiences with the School Poll Dorsets.

Year 11 Agriculture is researching current agricultural issues, and will be creating an agricultural mini-documentary based on a topic of interest.

Year 12 Agriculture is currently researching Technology in Agriculture and preparing an oral presentation for the class on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and satellite imagery, biotechnologies, computer technologies including Smart phone Apps, robots and drones and electronic identification of livestock and focusing on the technology’s application in Agriculture.

Ms Leonie Mutch, Coordinator of Agriculture and Livestock Show Team

: : 9 : : EQUESTRIAN

Over the last fortnight, the Frensham Equestrian Team has been competing in a range of local show competitions and has achieved the following results:

Battle of the Borders Horse Show – 23 February Phoebe Clifton (Year 10) placed in the Top Ten Rider 15-17 years and Top Ten Open Large Show Hunter Galloway.

Gunning Show – 23 February Cassia Berry (Year 8) in hacking placed 2nd welsh hunter, 2nd open welsh A, 3rd young rider 12 and under, and 1st in her horse’s respective led class.

Frensham Open Day The captains of Equestrian set up an Equestrian display at the Open day. They were able to meet and inform new and prospective parents about Equestrian at Frensham and where their daughters could ride during the School year.

Pictured: Cordelia Bell, MacKenzie Johnson and Rebecca Muller at Open Day.

Oxley Equestrian Day will be held on Sunday 3 May at Bong Bong Racecourse. Equestrian girls have been emailed the programme and entries should be made via Nominate, www.nominate.com.au. The flyer can be accessed here https://www.oxley.nsw.edu.au/event/equestrian-day- 2020/. It is always a fun day and would be great to get as many Frensham riders there as possible to hold onto our Championship title!

Miss Harriet Hooke, Equestrian Coordinator

VISUAL ARTS / DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

On Monday 17 February, as part of the study of the landscape in both artmaking and art criticism and history, Year 8 attended a Visual Arts incursion. Under the guidance of Mrs Spencer and Ms Farmer, the girls spent some time during the late morning in the bushland of the Holt, completing drawing exercises and taking photographs as preliminary visual references for paintings. As we are fortunate to have extensive bushland as part of the School’s campus, it is great to use it as direct inspiration for artworks referencing the natural environment.

After visiting the Holt, Year 8 undertook artmaking activities in the Visual Arts studios. Working directly onto acrylic Perspex, the girls produced expressive mono-prints based on elements of Australian flora and fauna. They began to manipulate their photographic images taken in the Holt in readiness for paintings.

One of our aims in Stage 4 and 5 is to allow students to sample a range of artmaking media and techniques in order to begin to align individual artistic preferences with suitable physical processes, as well as to express ideas and concepts.

At the end of Term 1, Year 8 will submit portfolios of artworks, which will include paintings, prints and tonal ink studies.

Mr Phil Alldis, Head of Visual Arts and Design & Technology

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