H The Weekly Newsletter of Sydney Boys High School Vol 20 No 17 14 June 2019 From the Principal thank you to MIC Mr Rich, Ms Luu and Mr High Talent Higgins who accompanied our very large and I In the recent Latin and Greek Reading successful team. Competition, Nathaniel Jones (10F) won through to the finals Interpreting Year 7 Reports – Semester in August. Saarangan One Arvind (11E) was Year 7 boys received their reports this week. commended for his Parents need to know that with scores for G reading in Latin. Well grades – HD (6), D (5), Credit (3) PM (2) and P done to both boys! At the NSWFA Roberta Nutt (1) – boys are expected to score thirty points or Senior Fencing Competition High fencers were 10 credits equivalent, in order to reach the successful in all weapons. Senior Foil – Lachlan school standard. Proficiency levels for future- Ho (11T) won bronze. In the Senior Sabre – oriented earning skills, such as problem solving Ming Lee (9T) won silver. In the Senior Epée – and evaluating, are also reported. Parents will H Matthew Pellen (11R) won silver and Dylan be able to trace the growth of their son in the Huynh (10M) bronze. Congratulations, boys! five reported skills as he progresses through the Junior School. These skills are reported in their Congratulations to Ivan Samsonov (9F) on his own textbox and are distributed among the bronze medal at the Australian National Judo Faculties. For more information on PEWCC Championships held recently on the Gold skills reporting, go to www.sydneyboyshigh.com/curriculum/pewcc- reporting and click on Information About school Reports to peruse the skills continuum for each subject. We understand that boys transitioning into Year 7 face many adjustment challenges. Positions N in the grade will not be disclosed to Year 7 students for their first two reports. The top group of boys are acknowledged on the Academic Achievement List. Unless special circumstances preclude it, letters are sent to the parents of the boys in the Academic Support Group (those O boys with scores less than 30). In Year 7 only, we send letters to parents at the score of 27 or less. Boys scoring 27 points or less may be offered a special workshop presented by an outside provider; they may join ‘Diary Club’ to learn how to organise themselves better to T Coast. High topped the point score at the Zone complete tasks and submit work punctually; athletics carnival. We had two Age Champions they may just receive an encouraging chat from in Joshua Suto (9S) 14 years & Rowan Tan their Year Adviser; they may be referred to the (10M) 15 years. We also broke 4 zone records Counsellor; or on very rare occasions, they may – the 14 years 4x100m relay (Josh Suto, Mahir be referred to an outside agency with their Bhuiyan, Jack Yoon & Nelson Cheng) with a parents’ consent. Some or none of these E time of 48.21; the 15 years Triple Jump Rowan interventions might be judged appropriate in Tan with a hop, step and jump of of 12.65m; the your son’s case. We want to help our 16 years 4x100m relay (Kazi Hasan, underachievers using the most effective means Ratchaphak Prekpanarut, Riley So & Xenos He) possible. Parents are requested to talk over with a time of 46.05; and the 17+ High Jump their son’s report with him ahead of booking Raghav Ramanathan with a best jump of Parent-Teacher interview time slots. S 1.93m. Congratulations to all our athletes and Winter Sport Co-Payments Queen’s Birthday Honours Recipient 2019 Invoices for participation in winter sports have been mailed. As usual, we ask for your support by paying them promptly. All of our winter sports depend on a timely settling of invoiced co-payments to pay coaches. Parents are reminded that all programs have to meet their budgetary obligations and cannot do so without maximum support from everyone. Our sports are delivered at a fraction of their actual cost, being subsidised by allocations from the school’s budget, parking revenues and ASF donations, along with the structural support and supervision provided by the school with assistance from the co-curricular support levy. Please attend to your son’s winter sports co-payment now. Annual Tax Time Appeal More and more Australians are thinking about philanthropy, about giving something back to society to help others. Donors often comment that giving something to a cause bigger than themselves is rewarding. Universities and schools are benefitting more than ever before from this growing social conscience. High is a state school trying to provide all the opportunities of an independent school. We succeed because of the goodwill Congratulations to Dr Jaggar who was awarded a Medal and financial support of our staff, our parents and our of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday alumni. This year at tax time, please make a donation to Honours List in recognition of his service to secondary a SBHS project – preferably to the Sydney High School education. Foundation Building Fund. Our priority project this year R Dowdell again is The Governors Centre. This year our focus is Deputy Principal on the Grab A Seat campaign. Buy a theatre seat in the new theatre to commemorate your son’s time at High. HIGH STORE SYDNEY HIGH HOODIES Great for boys going to the Melbourne or Boggabilla Exchange Available sizes S – XL I have bought a seat to remember my mother and daughter Extremely warm high quality fleece who attended Sydney Girls High. To make your donation $77 and secure your seat go to: https://shsfoundation.org.au Dr K A Jaggar WET WEATHER SPRAY JACKET Principal The High Store have in stock a Water Proof Jacket for use ONLY on rainy days, to protect your school pullover & school blazer. *Water proof nylon *Two external slash pockets Half Yearly Reports - Clearance Forms - Year 10 *Draw cord with lock adjusters Clearance forms for report collection will be issued during *Mobile phone pocket the coming weeks. Please ensure outstanding payments Dark Navy with S.H.S crest embroidered. and due book returns are received before the clearance Limited stock, so be quick not to miss out! form is printed. $55 Sharon Kearns SAM High Store SBHS P&C Association The parent community congratulates our school's Principal Dr Jaggar on his Order of Australia Medal. It was awarded for his service to secondary education. We recognise our sons benefit from his long experience and dedication to education. Principal, Sydney Boys High School, since 2000. • Principal, Sefton High School, 1995-1999. • Deputy Principal, Birrong Girls' High School, 1994-1995, and Fairfield High School, 1990-1994. • Head Teacher, Homebush Boys High School, 1987-1989, and Punchbowl Boys High School, 1984-1987. • Teacher, Wilkins High School, 1981-1983, and Bonnyrigg High School, 1975-1980. Other • Board Member, Sir Roden and Lady Cutler Foundation, current. • Supporter, Sailors with disabilities Parents, download to your phone for free the new SBHS P&C parent communication app SZapp, Installation instructions at this link http://www.schoolzine.com/szapp-installation For advice on raising more resilient boys in a selective school environment, join us for the joint SGHS and SBHS P&C parent seminar ‘Mental health and resilience issues for high performing students’ at 6:30pm - 8:00pm in the SGHS Campbell Hall Tea and coffee will be served from 6pm. The speaker will be Professor Viviana Wuthrich from the Macquarie University Centre for Emotional Health. HELP YOUR SCHOOL, HELP YOUR SON! P&C event: Friday 28 June 2019 in the Great Hall From 6:00pm for a 6:30 start to 8:30pm Sydney Boys High needs your help. Join us to have your say on how we can work together for our school. We want our boys to have a school environment where they feel safe, stimulated and nurtured so they can achieve to their best of their ability. We as a parent community can support this. During this evening, you will meet other parents in speed networking sessions and find out more about the problems the P&C are facing. In small groups, we will consider these issues and our own and develop projects to make our school better for our sons. Supper will be provided. Here’s your chance to have your say and get involved. Expect further details in an email to all parents. Geoff Waring SBHS P&C President PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Years 7 and 8 interviews will take place on Monday 24 June 2019 3.00pm – 7.00pm Years 10 and 11 interviews will take place on Tuesday 30 July 2019 3.00pm – 7.00pm Booking interviews with your son’s teachers This year we will again use a web based electronic scheduling system for arranging interviews. This produces better results for all participants, especially more compact time schedules for both parents and teachers. The system works as follows – • On Monday 17 June all parents of boys in Years 7 and 8 will be sent by email details of the scheduling system and a unique code to be entered at https://spring.edval.education . • This email will be sent to the address currently held by the school. If you have not received this email by Tuesday 18 June or if your email address has changed from what had been previously advised to the school, you should notify the school at [email protected] advising of this. Please indicate your son's name and roll class or date of birth so that the information can be forwarded to you.