STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE 2R Woolooware Road North Woolooware NSW 2230 Phone: 9523 6752 Fax: 9527 3412 Website: www.woolooware-h.schools.nsw.edu.au TERM 3 WEEK 7 In August, Angelina of Year 10, participated in the Industrial Technology are being marked at school by Honouring Australian Vietnam Veterans program visiting HSC markers. Other practical works include run by the Australian Government. Angelina was Visual Arts, Dance, Music and Society and Culture. successful in being a winner in the competition. Her Good luck to all of our students, and thank you to artwork represented dog handler Peter Haran and his their teachers who have been instrumental in dog as well as a nurse, Barbara Black. She ensuring they produce their very best. They have participated in a three day Canberra commemorative produced amazing works that represent a lot of hard program that included a presentation ceremony, work, commitment and learning. tours of the National Museum and National Archives and a commemoration ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Angelina is MS SIOKOS an outstanding representative of our school and I’d PRINCIPAL like to congratulate her on this successful experience. Congratulations to Ms Norfolk who was successful in gaining a permanent position as a History teacher at our school. We are very pleased that she is able to continue teaching at our school. Ms Norfolk’s skills in teaching and experiences will continue to support students to be the best they can be. Congratulations too, to Ms Stephens who has been successful in gaining a promotion position to Head Teacher Teaching and Learning at Kirrawee High School. Ms Stephens will begin her new position at the start of Term 4. We know that she will do very well in this position and know that her own learning and experiences at Woolooware High will hold her in Ms Siokos, Angelina and Mark Barraket, good stead at her new school. We wish her all the Director PSNSW Port Hacking. very best in her future. This week we also see two of our students leave for the World Lifesaving Championships in the Netherlands. Kate of Year 10 is part of a team competing at this event. Ethan of Year 12 is representing Australia as a member of the Australian Youth Lifesaving Team. This is an outstanding achievement for both of our students. Not only do they have great commitment to their sport but they are also highly motivated to ‘strive for excellence’ in everything they do. We wish them all the very best at this event. At this time of term, our Year 12 students who study subjects with a practical component have been very Ms Norfolk and Ms Stephens. busy completing their major works. Some of those works, such as Extension 2 English have been sent off for marking. Others, such as Drama and 30/08/2016 Woolooware High School p. STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE HONOURING VIETNAM VETRANS PROGRAM Last week from Wednesday to Friday, I participated in family members had turned up. During the the Honouring Australian Vietnam Veterans Programme commemoration, there were addresses made by the Prime in Canberra. There were fifty five students from all across Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and Governor General, Sir Australia, including myself, who had entered either a Peter Cosgrove, wreath laying, hymns, the Last Post and to written, multimedia or creative response revolving around finish the commemoration, the band Redgum played ‘I two individuals who had fought in the Vietnam War and was only 19’. Throughout the ceremony helicopters and why it was important to honour their service, and we had fighter jets flew overhead. After the ceremony, I went all won the trip to Canberra because of this. Through the inside the memorial where I met a man called John, who three days that I spent with them, it was really amazing to had been a member of the artillery in the Vietnam War. hear that some people had even made videos or done Later that afternoon we visited the war memorial where we paintings for their entry. For mine, I attempted to draw a watched a performance about the Vietnam war, were dog handler and a nurse who served in the Vietnam War allowed to visit the exhibitions and then watched the Last with the background made up of words from their Post Ceremony. I couldn’t believe how big the War stories. This was accompanied by a rationale in which I Memorial was. After this visit, we travelled to Mount discussed my concept that “in the present day, many Ainslie Lookout, and by that time, it was night, so the people regard the Anzacs who fought in the Vietnam War whole of Canberra was illuminated spectacularly. That as stories, failing to accept that they were real Australians night, we had dinner in the War Memorial and watched a who courageously served for their country, experiencing film about the Vietnam War in the Film and Sound things so surreal to everyday life that it is no surprise that Archives. some interpret them as works of fiction”. By day 3, due to our massive programme, everyone was The three days that I spent in Canberra were jam-packed really tired. We spent the day in Old Parliament House with a huge variety of really fun or interesting activities, where we staged the passing of a bill in the House of most relating to the Vietnam War and others just being Representatives which everyone in the group really got sightseeing attractions of Canberra. Before the into. After having lunch in the rose gardens, we then programme, I did not even realise that Canberra had so visited the National Electoral Education Centre where we many places to visit, so I was in for a surprise when I learnt about the process of voting, which was very arrived. On the Tuesday night, when I arrived in Canberra interesting because I had learnt about in my last with the other ten students from NSW, I was introduced Commerce lesson. The last place we visited on the trip was to everyone else, that is, everyone from South Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, where we learnt about the Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and WA. They were all portraits of important and influential figures in Australia’s really nice people. Where they had flown for 2-3 hours to history. get to Canberra, I had only been on the plane for thirty Overall the trip was an amazing experience, I learnt so minutes! much, had heaps of fun and got to hang out with a group of During day 1, we visited Parliament House and had a really awesome people from all over Australia. The three guided tour there, which involved seeing the reflection days went so fast, even though we did so much and it was pool, House of Representatives, Senate and portraits of an absolute honour to have been able to go on the trip and previous Prime Ministers. There was also a presentation be a part of the commemorative service alongside veterans where we were given our awards for being finalists in the of the Vietnam War. competition. We were then allowed to visit the rooftop of Parliament House which had a beautiful view of the city. ANGELINA For lunch we visited a café situated next to Old YEAR 10 STUDENT Parliament House, where we were served three pizzas, sandwiches, chips and salad. It was really nice. Throughout the afternoon we visited the National Museum of Australia where we played a super fun interactive teamwork game and the National Archives in which we visited a room which was not normally opened to the public. It contained the original copy of the Australian Constitution and the 1967 Referendum. I found this very interesting because I had recently learnt about it in Commerce class. Day 2 was the reason we had all come to Canberra for three days; it was the day of the 50th Anniversary of the battle of Long Tan Commemoration ceremony. This was held out the front of the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial where hundreds of war veterans and 30/08/2016 Woolooware High School p.2 STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE SECRETARY FOR A DAY ANCIENT EGYPT As part of Education Week, I was fortunate to be selected to participate in Secretary for a Day with the NSW For our Year 7 History students studying Ancient Department of Education. It was a privilege to represent Egypt. This image is of the false door of a Woolooware High School from Sunday, 31 July to Tues- nobleman named Nefer. His tomb is in the day, 2 August with 19 other students from across NSW. I pyramid field of Abusir, dating to the fifth got to experience and gain insight into the daily dynasty and is currently being excavated by workloads of key leaders working within the Department Czech archaeologists. of Education. The program started with a dinner at the Ibis at World Square on the Sunday evening with the 20 other students. Over the next 2 days and nights I got to meet new people, listen to other student’s views and experiences of school life and to also recognise the many different leaders there are within the school system. The program involved staying in the city for 2 nights, which was fabulous, as I didn’t realise how busy the city in the evening. It was an early start to Monday morning as we walked through the city to the Bridge Street Office. I had nominated to learn more about Aboriginal Education and was allocated Ms Michelle Hall the Executive Director, Aboriginal Education in the Communities Directorate to shadowed throughout the day.