Issue 7 Term II, 2013

NEWSLETTER 2013 School Production - CATS

Academic • Christian • Caring

Issue 7 Term II 2013

Congratulations to our Students Last October 19 students from Year 10 (2012) travelled to Hong Kong to work with the Crossroads organisation, a charity that sends goods to needy people located all around the world. The TIGS students packed a container bound for Uganda.

I was delighted to receive the following email last week: “Dear Sir/Madam, Warm greetings from Uganda. You happened to have packed our container from Crossroads Hong Kong which we received in November 2012.

Thank you so much for this. We unloaded the container and gave out all the donations. Should you want the photos, please feel free to get back to me.

Special thanks to Kristen, Aleksija, Karl, Steve, Blake, Luke, Fondas, Harold, Harrison, Bridget, Alex, Izzy, Emma, Jess, Nikhil, Travys , Clement, Jimmy, Joanna, Suellen, Steve, Andre, Jemima and all that did not list their names.

Thank you so much and GOD BLESS YOU ALL. Warm greetings from here and hope we keep in touch.

Stephen Kinsella Headmaster

Best regards, Betty Nakigudde (Director - White Sky High School)” Congratulations go to many of our students for their hard work over the first semester of 2013: •

I am in the process of signing off on the last of the half-yearly reports and I am impressed by the excellent progress made by our students. There were some outstanding performers and they will no doubt receive their accolades and prizes at the end of the year.

What was equally pleasing was the large number of students that have given their best effort and achieved beyond expectations. Going to a great school and being taught by the best teachers is no guarantee of success. I am pleased that so many of our students have made the effort and are reaping the rewards.

One of the comments we hear regularly from students new to TIGS is that they recognise a strong work ethic amongst our students. At TIGS it is normal to work hard at your studies and to do your best. We hope this will always be the case.

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The season of CATS at TIGS is about to close. The performances have been outstanding. A total of 157 students and staff have been involved and all have contributed to a great season.

The wonderful thing about a TIGS production is the breadth of involvement of students. Clearly the students on stage attract our attention and are worthy of congratulations. Equally, we congratulate: o The TIGStech Team that provide their expertise in managing the lighting and sound. (Did you know that at TIGS students in Years 11 can choose VET (Entertainment Industry) as a subject and graduate at Certificate 3 Level?) o Students involved in Back Stage, Costuming and Make-up. All used their skills with great expertise which contributed to the success of the show. o Members of the Orchestra that played a difficult score with great skill – it is easy to take the expertise of our musicians for granted.

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The achievements of our young sportsmen and women continue to impress. Recent achievements include: o Junior School CIS Representation: • Margaux Chauvet (Year 5) - Football • Benae Kuiper (Year 6) - Basketball • Austin Pallone (Year 6) - Touch Football and Rugby Union • Zoe Dribbus (Year 5) - Touch Football and 8th in 11 years CIS Cross Country • Ben Gaison (Year 3) - 7th in the 9 years CIS Cross Country o NSW All Schools Cross Country Mountain Bike Championship 2013. TIGS entered three teams involving ten students. The Intermediate Mixed team (Emily I’Ons, Sarah I’Ons) won their division with Sarah I’Ons achieving the fastest lap by a female on the day. o The U15 Girls Bill Turner Cup Team won their semi-final and have progressed through to the South Coast Final. o CIS Cross Country Carnival - five students were selected in the CIS Cross Country Team. Well done to:

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Maudi Skyring (3rd) Alexander Seal (2nd) 12 Years Boys Team (3rd) 14 Years Girls Team (2nd) 16 Years Boys Team (2nd)

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Our Community Problem Solving Team has again achieved high honours in international competition. Piper Stewart and Sarah Long (both in Year 11) travelled to Indiana University, Bloomington USA, and achieved first place. Their project ‘Kids Count’ promotes bystander intervention against bullying in primary schools and was a clear winner over Raffles School in Singapore and other schools and universities from America, Portugal, Great Britain and Jordan.

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Ethan Butson (also known as Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat to those that have attended the TIGS production of CATS) continues to receive international recognition for his work on the effects of UV radiation. He is one of 10 Asia Pacific finalists for the Google Science Fair competition and he has also been selected as one of 15 world-wide finalists for the Scientific American “Science in Action” award. This award is for a project that provides a benefit to the world community through health, energy or community based values.

The term has gone quickly and the year has already reached its mid-point. During the coming term break we will have students and staff travelling to Emu Point in the Northern Territory and Sapporo Nichidai High School in Japan. We wish them safety in their travels and look forward to hearing of their experiences on their return.

Finally, parents wishing to visit the School during the break may experience some disruption. Refurbishment of the Reception areas of both the Junior and Senior School will take place. Office staff will still be available but not in their usual places - just follow the signs.

Congratulations to the School community on an excellent first semester.

Stephen Kinsella Headmaster

Coach’s Call I am not a huge soccer fan. I have probably just given that away in my very first sentence. If I were a huge soccer fan I would have said I am not a huge football fan! Be that as it may, I did watch the World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night. I am an Australian, after all!

The biggest talking point of the match was coach Holger Osieck’s decision in the seventyseventh minute to replace star striker Tim Cahill with Josh Kennedy. I don’t think I have witnessed a gutsier call from a coach. Cahill had been the media darling in the build up, having the Cahill Expressway temporarily named after him. Kennedy was not match-fit at international level. Osieck’s abilities as a coach were being questioned before the match. Talk about pressure. It was a mammoth call. It could have gone terribly wrong. It ended up being a match-winning call. It was enough to reignite the chant that welcomed the announcement of Osieck to the position of coach of the national team in 2010: “Osieck, Osieck, Osieck – Oi, Oi, Oi!”

Rev James Rogers

It is a coach’s responsibility to ensure he has the best team on the paddock at any given time. This is a moment-by-moment concern. The team that starts the game might not be the best team to finish the game. That was made clear on Tuesday night. It is the coach’s responsibility to analyze the game and ensure that the right people are in the right positions at the right time.

All this got me thinking about God. God is like a master coach working out his plan and purpose in the world. He strategically places his people in the world to further his purposes. God is always “reading the game” and putting his best team forward. He places you and me exactly where he wants us at any given moment.

Chaplain

This is empowering. Sometimes in our service of God we can be too acutely aware of our inadequacies. We can see the good qualities of others and wonder whether they might not be better placed to play the part we have been called to play.

While it can be helpful on occasions to ask these questions, it is equally important for us to be able to accept that with all our inadequacies we have been intentionally positioned by God. It might be that at some stage God will reposition us. Until that day let’s give our all in his service confident that we are God’s choice. He does not make mistakes. He is the master coach. He knows the game through and through. He knows what is required and why he has placed us in our various positions.

Rev James Rogers Chaplain

Senior School

Community Problem Solving Anti-bullying Initiative This week I am handing over the column to Piper Stewart and Sarah Long who have just returned from Indiana University in the US where against strong international competition they won the Senior Division, Community Problem Solving Competition, having already won the Australian National Title.

Together with Inez Playford and Henry Hulme they devised ‘Kids Count’ a program to encourage Junior School students not to be passive bystanders but to be active bystanders, who can stop bullying.

This was their message:

Monica Watt

Deputy Headmaster and Head of Senior School

There are three different types of bystanders, • Passive bystander: someone who has no input in the bullying situation but sees it happen • Bully bystander: not the main bully, but may laugh or have some input in the bullying situation • Active bystander: someone that stands up to the bully in order to stop the bullying from happening Having said that, if a bystander is active the bullying will actually stop within 15 seconds, which we learnt when we had our interview with Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg and that in 87% of bullying situations there is a bystander present.

Bystander intervention is a phenomenon of psychology that has been observed by professionals for decades in primary schools and society as a whole. It describes the way in which an individual may not assist a stranger in distress when they are in the presence of others. A ‘diffusion of responsibility’ occurs where the bystander has a diminished sense of personal responsibility to act because others are seen as equally responsible and believe that the duty to intervene lies with someone else.

Our team seeks to address this problem and encourage primary school students to ‘make a stand and lend a hand’ so we can effectively reduce bullying throughout our community. We have done this through workshops with seven schools throughout the Illawarra region as well as conducting holiday workshops and Ambassadors Days, where we told participants about bullying and how they can be an active bystander. Teaching them how to stand up, stay calm and not react with violence (as that will make the situation worse), don’t assume it’s a private matter and you shouldn’t get involved, step in and then walk away with the victim, if it continues talk to a teacher.

We supply the children with ‘packs’, which contain practical informative resources relating to bystander intervention in bullying situations. We include comic books, which recount the adventures of our superhero, which is an engaging way to convey critically important information to students. The packs also include a Kids Count key ring, which primary school students use for carrying USBs or attaching to their bags. This acts as a handy reminder to children of the information they have learnt and the pledge they take. We also give schools board games and other supplies the team have devised.

What an impressive initiative. They certainly deserved to win!

Monica Watt Deputy Headmaster and Head of Senior School

Sports Uniform Clarification The high standards which we seek to maintain in the wearing of the School Uniform should be replicated in the Sports Uniform, particularly when students are wearing the uniform to and from school and when representing the School. In winter, when warmth is required, the tracksuit jacket is the only correct outer garment that should be worn, not the jumper.

P&F News Mothers and Fathers Day Stall Coordinator Urgently Needed Karobran is looking for someone who LOVES to shop!!! We are after a new coordinator for the Mothers and Fathers Day stalls.

This is a fun role that only happens twice a year so a great way to contribute to the School without committing yourself all year round and so much fun!! If you are interested please contact Tanya Edgerton on 0400 472 872 or tanya@tfabrications. com.au for more information.

Karobran Disco Committee Members The Karobran Disco will be held in Term III so it is time to start organising this fun event. We have some great ideas being shared around the table so if you want to be a part of this event please advise me at tanya@tabrications.com.au and we will organise a time to meet over coffee and get the Disco Committee up and running.

Junior School New Junior School Reports It always comes as a bit of a surprise to me when we get to the end of a School term. They seem to creep up on us quickly and before we know it we are sending the children off for a break and beginning our planning for the term to follow. Term II has been a very positive and productive one for our children and for the School in general.

One of the highlights of my week has ben proofreading and signing the Junior School reports.

Now before you begin to question my sanity, let me explain! The new Junior School report includes a section for student reflection. This is where every child thinks about their progress and records a comment about their learning for their parents, their teachers and themselves to consider and respond to. The reflections have been very insightful and a wonderful indication of the engagement with learning that has occurred this Semester. Some examples I would like to share with you include: From Kinder “I am still working on my shoelaces” From Year “I am starting to listen better. I need to keep working on doing my work quicker”

Judi Nealy

Head of Junior School

From Year 2 “My first term learning goals were to improve at PE and Sport. My gymnastic has improved and so has my swimming. This term I have been working on improving on my reading and art drawing.”

From Year 3 “During this semester I have improved a lot and I am much better at handwriting because I have practiced more. I have been more open minded by listening to other peoples ideas” From Year 4 “I have really enjoyed everything I have learned this Semester. I enjoy group work and I especially like the beliefs work. I am trying to be a creative learner. I always do my best.”

From year 5 “In Semester One I have improved in spelling and my PYP inquiry skills. I need to keep working on improving my writing goal and not to rush through my work” From Year 6 “I have improved a lot in Math’s since last year. I am better at times tables. I work harder and stay on task more and my handwriting is getting neater. I want to keep on improving” When you receive the reports next week I encourage you to talk though the reflection comment provided by your children, you will be thrilled with their connection and ownership of their learning and the very honest evaluation they make of their progress over the Semester. You will also have an opportunity to respond with a parent comment. Take the opportunity to discuss your thinking with your children and then to record it on the report that you keep at home. This will allow you to reflect over the year and even further into the future as your children’s learning journey continues.

Sport

CIS Cross Country

NASSA Team members:

NSW CIS Representation

24 Junior School Students participated at the NSW CIS Cross Country carnival as members of the NASSA team at Eastern Creek last week. There were some outstanding performances amongst a very strong field of competitors.

Congratulations to all our athletes on there efforts, particularly Ben Gaison who placed 7th in the 9 years boys and Zoe Dribbus, 8th in the 11 years girls.

Isabella Atkinson, Charlotte Atkinson, Aria Bacic-Johnston, Zoe Dribbus, Emma Franco, Joshua Franco, Ben Gaison, Katie Gorham, James Gorham, Rory Hanrahan, Cooper Kerridge, Isobel Kinnear, Benae Kuiper, Tamara Matar, Nathan Molar, Austin Pallone, Hugo Parrish, Victoria Summerill, Cartia Taranto, Olivia Vermeja, Ella Vartazarian, Zac Winter, Aaron Ylias

Congratulations to Austin Pallone of Year 6 who has recently been selected into the NSW CIS Primary Boys Touch Football team and the NSW CIS Primary Rugby Union team.

Congratulations also to Zoe Dribbus in Year 5 who was selected into the Primary Girls Touch Football team.

Junior School Awards Weekly Awards

Merit Certificates

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Stephanie Fiorio – Academic William Dolan – Academic Lily Galbraith – Academic Kivaan Mudaly-Naidoo – Academic Bhargav Jagarlamudi – Academic Heidi Rogers – Academic Sufyaan Ul-Haq – Academic Ruby Tilden – Academic Mila Lancaster – Academic Shay Harper – Service Rory Hanrahan - Service

Kasim Kermali, Tom Armstrong Ashton Tregonning, Jahzara McCann Jai Hemsley-Oades Lilli Fellowes Gabriella Thornton, Daniel Peden Ashley Armstrong, Lin Yu Ma, Artan Karwarz, Alissa Tonkin, Marley Stephenson, Zoe Mandziy, James Gardner Nathan Molnar, Mia Mitchell, Angkit Jeyachandran Daniel Grieve, Alison Guo Racquel Burgess James Taylor, Evan Glover Thomas Main, Alexia Zafiriou Connor Harvey, Farrah Al-Salih Joanne Karakousis, Polly Powell, Georgia Webb

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Senior School Sports CIS Cross Country

Last Thursday over 20 students represented the school at the CIS Country held at Eastern Creek Raceway. Overall the TIGS team results were outstanding: Lilli Bennett - 24th Harry Borbilas - 44th Samir Burhan - 50th Angus Cochrane - 43rd Roisin Concannon - 11th Ashley Dribbus - 7th Robert Gyngell - 58th (completed the race injured) Rebekah Hutton - 4th Emily I’Ons - 13th Sarah I’Ons - 36th Teagan Johnston - 32nd Samuel Lendrum - 43rd Elizabeth Martin - 23rd Eden McCall - 15th Natasha Mullany - 35th Hamish Paine - 20th Angus Pryde - 22nd Alexander Seal - 2nd James Seal - 4th Maudie Skyring - 3rd Brittony Smallhorn - 34th Andrew Waters - 40th Zara Winter - 11th In the School Teams event TIGS were exceptional: 12 years Boys Team - 3rd 14 years Girls Team - 3rd 16 years Boys Team - 2nd

TIGS on the weekend at this event which was held at Yellowmundee Regional Park.

special mention should be made of Denali Hutt, who scored three of the four goals.

Intermediate Boys Team 24th – Max Moore, Akash Rajpal, Sam Moore, Elliot Hutt.

This win takes the team into the South Coast Region Final against the winner of the game between St Mary’s Star of the Sea and Nowra Anglican College.

Intermediate Mixed Team 1st – Sarah I’Ons, Emily I’Ons, male rider from another school.

Junior Boys Team 12th – Nicholas Gulaj, Sebastian Playford, Dylan Boyce, Luke Serio.

Senior Boys 1st – Part of Edmund Rice Team Hamish Paine, and two students from Edmund Rice.

Special commendation to Sarah I’Ons as she was acknowledged as the fastest female lap rider of the day and Hamish Paine who was the fastest male lap rider of the day.

Congratulations to all of these students.

Thank you to Mr Bernard I’Ons who managed the TIGS Teams at this event.

CIS Secondary School Team Tennis Championships

Overall James Seal, Ashley Dribbus, Rebekah Hutton, Alexander Seal and Maudi Skyring have been selected in the CIS Team to represent the School at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships.

After winning the AICES Schools Champion event Fred Newman, Adrian Haise, Mitchell Main and Fondas Haris represented the School at the CIS Championships. They travelled to St Ignatius, Riverview and were up against a very competitive Knox Team.

The boys represented the School with great determination however Knox were too strong for us on the day. Well done for progressing to this stage of the competition.

We wish them all the best for this event which will be held during the School holidays.

U/15 Girls Bill Turner Cup

Congratulations to both Alexander Seal and Maudi Skyring for their exceptional achievements with podium finishes.

Jetblack NSW All Schools Cross Country Mt Biking Championships

Three teams successfully represented

The U/15 Girls Bill Turner Trophy Football team has continued it’s fine form with impressive wins over the last two weeks. After their win against Bulli High School, the TIGS girls were up against Figtree High School. After going down 1-0 within the first minute of the game, TIGS fought their way back to level the scores after about 15 minutes.

The score remained at 1-1 for much of the game with both teams having opportunities to score. With seven minutes to go TIGS broke the deadlock to take the score to 2-1, this was then followed by another late goal to seal the victory, 3-1.

This took the girls into the South Coast Region Semi-Finals against Corpus Christi College. The TIGS team dominated most of this game, leading 3-0 at half time and then finishing the game off 4-0. It was a wonderful team effort, with the girls stringing together some wonderful passages of play. A

Snowsports On behalf of the School Community we would like to wish the TIGS Snowsports Team all the best for the upcoming Regional Snowsports Championships at Perisher in the first week of the School holidays.

Senior School Carnival

Athletics

The Senior School Athletics Carnival is on Wednesday 26 June at the Kerryn McCann Athletics Field.

It is a compulsory school event where all students compete for their House to claim the Inter-House Athletics Trophy. Results from this event go towards the Shell Shield. House shirt and school sport shorts must be worn by all students at this event. If a student cannot participate it is important for them to come along and help with the various jobs that need to be done and assist their house patrons.

Students may make their own way to the venue. Supervision will be available from 8.15am at the track. Buses will also run from the School down to Beaton Park from Western Avenue at 8.30am.

The carnival is expected to finish at 3m and all students are expected to stay for the duration of the day. The Senior School athletics program is available for download on Narradan. If the weather looks inclement please listen to 96.5 Wave FM for cancellations.

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TIGS Daffodill Ball The Illawarra Grammar School is delighted to once again be hosting TIGS Daffodill Ball, which is set to take place on Saturday 3 August. Now in its fifth year this event has become a flagship event in the School Calendar, enjoying the steadfast support of the School Community.

The theme chosen for this year’s event is “The Secret Garden” and funds raised on the evening will support the work of the Cancer Council NSW.

The Secret Garden

All members of the school community are warmly invited to attend, and tickets are now available by visiting the School website.

Saturday

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Saturday 3 August 2013 6.30pm for 7.00pm seating The Illawarra Grammar School IGC (entry via Powell St) Dress: Black Tie $150 per person or $1500per table of 10

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Science News Titration Competition Last Saturday, 15 of our Year 12 Chemistry students took part in a chemical analysis competition at Wollongong University.

The competition was held simultaneously at many venues across NSW, with nearly 450 teams, each team comprising of three students.

The competition required each member of the team to analyse his or her own sample, and the team score was calculated based on the accuracy of each individual member’s analysis.

20 teams competed at Wollongong University, with two of the TIGS teams being placed 3rd and 1st in a hotly-contested competition.

The results from Wollongong, along with all the other results from the other venues were sent to the competition organisers in Sydney for verification.

In 3rd place was the team comprising of Richard Bujaroski, Kieran Devitt, and Oscar Sargeson.

The team that came first was Sok In Chang, Penny Drastik, and Lijia Zhu. Based on this result the first-placed girls will now represent the School, and the State, in the National finals of the competition.

Congratulations to each of our teams, and thanks to Mr Stutchbury for accompanying the students to the University. I would also like to wish Sok In, Penny, and Lijia all the best in the National finals.

Martin Sormus Head of Science

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