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Headmistress's Report 2019 Welcome the Council of Abbotsleigh Headmistress's Report 2019 WELCOME The Council of Abbotsleigh President The Most Reverend BSc MDiv(Hons) ThM(Hons) DipA PhD DD Dr Glenn N Davies Archbishop of Sydney Chair Mr P Fontanot BCompt(Hons) CA GAICD JP Treasurer Mr R Bowden BBus CPA Mrs S Baillie BCom(Merit) CA CFA GAICD Rev Dr A Barraclough BE BD DipMin MA D(Min) Mrs J Cochrane BEc LLB(Hons) Dr E Cope MB BS FRACGP FAICD Ms L Ellis BEc LLB(Hons) GAICD Dr C Janssen MB BS MBA FAICD Rev M Kellahan BA LLB BD Mr P Nicholson BSc BE(Hons) ME MIEAust Mr D Pontin BPE DipTeach MEd Mrs S Roberts BPsych(Hons) Ms M Southwick BLArch(Hons) CPPD MAIPM GAICD Ms M Vanzella BEc LLB(Hons) MBA MAICD 1 Student Leadership 2018/2019 EXECUTIVE Junior School Anna Graham, Melba Head Prefect Caitlin Oschadleus Julia Spiteri Captain Annabel Laurie Head Boarder Prefect Rosie Meares Year 6/7 Chelsea Chaffey, Winona Lu Vice Captains Carly Lomax, Vice Head Prefect Duties Year 7/8 Ann Guo, Madison Kim Elizabeth McLean Jessica Cejnar Year 8/9 Georgia Graham, Prichard Vice Head Prefect Service Waiwai Yeap Captain Olivia Hogg Claire Luger Year 9/10 Molly Evans, Claire Yu Vice Captains Katherine Cormack, Vice Head Prefect Houses Year 10/11 Emily Ong, Emma Shannon Abbey Rockliff Year 11/12 Elizabeth Flaherty, Clementine Hobill Cole Richardson Nikita Sethi PORTFOLIOS Captain Charlotte Banks HOUSES Vice Captains Kaitlin McKinnon, Vice Head Boarder Anna Verheul Emily Wong Boarding Sophie Forsyth, Lauren Job, Chisholm Emily Phelps, Molly Scholes Captain Lucinda Bray Tennant Vice Captains Zoe Gleeson, Captain Sarah Buchanan Chapel Charlotte Deng Sophie Grant Vice Captains Brigitte Bennett, Debating and Public Speaking Anastasia Scholes Julia Kelland Franklin Drama Katie Ord Captain Kimaya Kapuwatte Wright Environmental Sustainability Vice Captains Charlotte Jagger, Captain Emily Tan Rebecca Whittle Imogen McIntyre Vice Captains Georgina Cooper, Music Stella Leonardi Gilmore Skye Sylvester Sport Jessica Nagy Captain Arabella Archibald Student Representative Council Vice Captains Sophia Digges, Natasha Huang Grace McInerney 2019/2020 EXECUTIVE Year 6/7 Charlotte Pearson, Melba Head Prefect Ilaria Calo Lauren Sung Captain Annika Tonuri Head Boarder Prefect Year 7/8 Katherine Abel, Vice Captains Annabel Brown, Harriet O’Brien Siena Bolger Ruby Gutmann Vice Head Prefect Duties Ottilie Allen Year 8/9 Georgina Conn, Prichard Vice Head Prefect Houses Kira Owens Captain Olivia Lee Amelia Rigby Year 9/10 Alexandra Bull, Vice Captains May Chit, Heidi Vice Head Prefect Service Lucie Vayriot Windybank Satara Uthayakumaran Year 10/11 Lily Adams, Richardson Tegan Coughlin PORTFOLIOS Captain Lizzie Brown Year 11/12 Tara Sweeney, Ella Turner Vice Captains Annabelle Campbell, Vice Head Boarder Adelaide Taylor Tiana Doran Boarding Louisa Jeffery, Grace HOUSES Tennant Nadin, Sophie Overton, Yael Taylor Chisholm Captain Callie Leighton Chapel Lucinda Wertheimer Captain Holly Nelson Vice Captains Elizabeth Ramsay, Debating and Public Speaking Vice Captains Georgina Courtney- Annabelle Stuart Rosie Fordham Stubbs, Lorna Macfarlane Drama Daniella Speirs Wright Franklin Environmental Sustainability Captain Phoebe Harris Captain Maya Jayawardena Kirsten Waugh Vice Captains Heather Kim, Vice Captains Rosie Andrew, Music Olivia Hobbs Katherine Lai Sport Pascale La Hei Adelaide Sylvester Student Representative Council Gilmore Orla Hogan Captain Madeline Robinson Junior School Jessica Tam, Vice Captains Ailee Blackshaw, Catrin Wood Sara Chew Christian Purpose 6 Early Learning 8 Middle School 22 Senior College Archdale 25 Senior College 26 Boarding 39 Creative and Performing Arts 40 AbbSchool 43 STEAM at Abbotsleigh 45 GLOW 48 Robotics 49 Global Connections 50 Inspire Greatness Conference 53 Grace Cossington Smith Gallery 54 Community 56 HSC 2019 Results 60 NAPLAN 2019 62 Competition Results 64 Sport 68 Staff achievements 76 3 HEADMISTRESS REPORT ‘Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody’ (Robby Novak) Look Up, Reach Out 2019 has been an incredible year which has • Continuing to provide Indigenous seen our student leaders skilfully weave their scholarships, again through incredible theme – ‘Look Up, Reach Out’ into the rich generosity. tapestry of all that has made Abbotsleigh the Indeed, our girls, staff and parents have great school that it is. The girls’ inspirational inspired us all to be ‘somebody who makes dream was to have everyone look up, notice everybody feel like a somebody.’ (R Novak) those around them and reach out to each other and to those in the wider world. As I have said to the girls many times, what you are or become, is very important; however, The theme, combined with the 2019 service who you are as a person, your character, your project, Connect our Community, has seen our treatment of others is even more important. At girls, staff and parents embrace what it means Abbotsleigh the girls are striving to become to make a positive difference in our world of girls and young women of fine character, today and tomorrow. As a result, we have seen whose behaviour reflects our deep Christian members of our community involved in many values of ‘Respect, Integrity, Perseverance, initiatives, some of which have included: Courage and Compassion’. By embedding • Collecting musical instruments and these strong values into their very being, our distributing them to children who can’t girls are striving to become the very best afford an instrument but desperately want versions of themselves. to play one In the same way, our girls are striving to • Becoming involved with Anglicare’s mobile become the best learners that they can pantry be. 2019 has certainly been a year of deep • Collecting for, and packing hundreds of learning, excellent teaching and exceptional Anglicare Christmas boxes, accomplishment on the part of each girl. Our • Volunteering at Foodbank girls’ curiosity about all things has meant that they have asked excellent questions • Providing food for the homeless in Hornsby and grappled with problems and difficult • Raising money for those in need, including concepts. They have also revelled in thinking the girls’ Term 4 initiative: ‘Denim for deeply, critically and creatively, all the while Drought’. connecting, collaborating and communicating • Ensuring our rural boarders are being with one another as well as with those well looked after through incredible generosity beyond the gates of Abbotsleigh. 4 Our girls’ skills of authentic problem solving disciplinary (STEAM) and globally focused, are impressive and we have seen them code, stretching our girls well beyond what the build robots and ‘think outside the box’ to current curriculum already offers. develop innovative ideas that solve real life Our School Council is also looking towards problems. an innovative and outward looking future 2019 again saw Abbotsleigh girls attain and they are working very hard to ensure exceptional NAPLAN and Higher School that we are providing state of the art learning Certificate results with the School being environments and buildings that will enhance named the Top Independent Girls’ School in our girls’ learning and opportunities well into NSW and being placed 12th overall for this the future. year’s HSC. We especially congratulate Nao We have many people to thank for all that they (Olivia) Chen who attained an ATAR 99.9 and have done to help make 2019 at Abbotsleigh is this year’s HSC dux. We also congratulate so marvellous. Stella Leonardi who was placed 1st in the state in Music 2; Rosie Meares who was placed 4th Our sincere thanks go to: in Design and Technology; Grace McInerney • Mr Paul Fontanot, Chair, and the whole who was placed 5th in History Extension; Abbotsleigh Council and Annabelle Shaw who was placed 10th in Business Studies. Further, many of our • Parents and grandparents – through the girls’ works were nominated for OnSTAGE, Abbotsleigh Parents Association, led ARTEXPRESS, ENCORE and Shape. We are by Ms Kathy Campbell, the Abbotsleigh certainly very proud of each girl of the Class of Parent Representatives, led by Dr 2019. Ambereen Qureshi, and the Abbotsleigh Boarder Parents Association, led by Mrs As a school that offers our girls ‘the Rachel Laurie (until August) and Mrs Sue opportunity to do more so that they have the Sylvester (from August) ability to be more’, our girls across the whole • Our Abbotsleigh Old Girls’ Union led by School have continued to be involved in myriad Mrs Belinda Burton activities throughout the year. It has been wonderful to see them play and compete in • The Abbotsleigh Foundation, chaired by so many different sports, as well as debate, Mr Rob Adams participate in public speaking competitions, • Our very generous donors – who contribute play musical instruments, sing and perform to scholarships, bursaries, prizes, our in concerts, plays, musicals and dance just library, and buildings. to name a few. The list of clubs that are both We would especially like to thank Ms Kathy teacher and student led is awe inspiring and Campbell, who has led the APA so well for I am always delighted when the girls come to three years and Mrs Rachel Laurie who has led me with yet another initiative or idea about the ABPA equally as well for three years. These other activities in which they would like to be dedicated women, both of whom are retiring involved. Our future is indeed, in good hands! from these positions, have selflessly given their And what of the future of education? 2019 has time, expertise and wisdom to Abbotsleigh and been an exciting time in this crucial area with we are very grateful for all that they have done. the Masters’ Review calling for an overhaul We are indeed, so grateful for all that every of the NSW curriculum. It seems that this member of our community is doing to ensure overhaul will mean that our curriculum is likely that our girls have wonderful opportunities and to much more innovative and agile, also it is the best environment in which to learn.
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