Newsletter Issue 3 Term III 2017

NEWSLETTER Issue 3 Term III 2017

‘Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth’ - Genesis 9:16

An International Baccalaureate World School

Academic • Christian • Caring

TI G S

The Illawarra Grammar School

HEADMASTER

Mr Stephen Kinsella Headmaster During my time as Principal of a School in Darwin, I met Victor, an Aboriginal community leader from Daly River. One of my memories of Victor is standing with him on the side of the road near his community and looking at the recently burned remains of the bush in the area. He and his community had intentionally burnt his ‘country’.

The dry season had arrived. The wet season’s frequent deluges and energy sapping humidity had given way to the dry season with its low humidity, endless sunny days and constant heat, sucking the life out of all but the hardiest vegetation. Within a matter of weeks, the landscape had transformed from a lush tropical green to a seemingly lifeless brown.

Victor and I surveyed the same scene but what we saw could not have been more different. Living virtually all of my life in or near the Blue Mountains had caused me to view fire as a threat to life and an abomination to the ecosystem and landscape.

Summers spent watching approaching fires and preparing for quick evacuations had shaped my view of blackened bush. How could Victor do this to the land?

By contrast, Victor apologised for the untidy state of his ‘country’ and was pleased to show me an area of bush that had been ‘tidied’ by his people using fire. Through his eyes, fire had removed the offending remnants of the wet season’s now dead growth and the blackened landscape would soon give way to the green tinge of new growth. New growth would attract wildlife and therefore provide food. To not burn the land just didn’t make sense to him and would indicate that he was not caring for his country.

Aboriginal eyes see the bush as requiring the care of its people and this care is delivered by the annual burning of the landscape. Non-aboriginal eyes may see fire as the destruction of the natural world by human hands. The same event is interpreted differently because of differing worldviews.

“A worldview may be understood as a framework or set of fundamental beliefs through which we view the world and our place in it… Our worldview acts as a lens through which we view the world… That lens can be very different for different people, and produce vastly divergent ways of understanding reality.” (1)

The coming anniversary of the tragedy of 11 September 2001, is a reminder of how different worldviews can be. The world was changed dramatically on that day through the senseless death of over three thousand people. Yet to some people, the terrorists were seen as hero martyrs.

At TIGS we are committed to “developing and implementing curriculum that reflects a Christian worldview. This is achieved through the public celebration of the Christian faith and through the embedding of a Christian worldview in all we do.”(2) This is not surprising given that TIGS is an Anglican school.

Our children are subjected to a host of different worldviews, some overt and some subtle, which influence their own developing worldviews and how they see and interpret the world around them. Capitalism, consumerism, modernism, post modernism, liberalism, utilitarianism, relativism, humanism and New Age Spirituality (to name just a few) inform the minds of our children and go unchallenged each day through music, the media and the internet.

The Apostle Paul describes the evidence of a life shaped by a Christian worldview as being “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”(3) These qualities are not shared by many in our world and the consequence fills our television screens each evening.

The School (teachers and families in partnership) seeks to inform our students of the values and beliefs of the Christian faith as they each develop their own unique and dynamic worldview. We can think of no better way to counter the atrocities and injustices that surround us.

(1)

Smart, S. (ed) A Spectators Guide to Worldviews Blue Bottle

Books, Sydney (2007) p6.

(2)

TIGS Statement of Mission and Values - Section 2.3

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Galatians 5: 22

Mr Stephen Kinsella Headmaster

CHAPLAIN

Rev. James Rogers Chaplain Anglican Schools Australia Conference Last week, I had the privilege of attending the annual Anglican Schools Australia Conference.

This year the conference was held in Brisbane.

The conference seeks to equip School Governors, Heads and Chaplains for the unique challenges and opportunities of Christian education in contemporary Australian society. There are keynote addresses, smaller workshops and lots of networking with colleagues in like-minded schools throughout the nation.

The theme this year was joy. We were led to consider the concept of joy in the Bible and how this might inform our working lives. The hope was that we were able to find and experience joy a little more in the ordinary and not-so-ordinary situations of everyday life and work. It was a valuable conference.

One of the keynote addresses that stood out to me was about ‘Prayer Spaces in Schools’. Prayer Spaces in Schools is a ministry of 24-7 Prayer, a movement which came about in England in 1999.

As the name implies the 24-7 movement was an attempt to recalibrate the church according to one of its central behaviours – prayer. There have been many developments in the movement over the course of its short history. One significant development over the past ten years has been Prayer Spaces in Schools.

Prayer Spaces are safe havens for students to be honest with God. They might be believers in God and the Prayer Space provides creative ways to express their faith and devotion. They might be seekers of God and the Prayer Space provides an opportunity to remove roadblocks to faith. They might be people who are angry with or confused about God and the Prayer Space provides the opportunity and outlet to express that anger, hurt or confusion.

The key to all this is honesty, vulnerability and acceptance. The Prayer Spaces are affirmative spaces where students know they belong regardless of where they are at with God.

Another key feature of the Prayer Spaces are their creativity. Students are encouraged to communicate with God in ways that best suit their style. For some that will be verbal; for others, it will be through poetry or pictures or questions or quietness. Whatever way strikes a chord with the student is the way that is encouraged.

Phil Togwell, the conference speaker, shared some heart-warming (and a few heartbreaking) posts from students. They were evidence of how Prayer Spaces can give permission for students to explore spirituality with honesty and openness.

I couldn’t help reflecting on how we encourage spiritual discovery at TIGS. We strive to give our students space to be real and honest in their exploration of God. One of the spaces we provide for this is our voluntary lunchtime groups. These do share some of the positive characteristics with Prayer Spaces. They are open to all students; they seek to foster friendship with God and others; and they encourage honesty.

I have pondered as a result of hearing about Prayer Spaces, the importance of place in our quest for God. It seemed significant for many students that they had a place where they could go to be honest with God. It was dedicated to that very business. This gave students ownership of the space and allowed a verbal and visual narrative to develop. I was also struck with the concepts of honesty and acceptance. Again, while we seek to foster these virtues already in the course of our Christian ministry at TIGS, I was reminded of the power and potential of such virtues for good.

I found this talk very moving and stimulating. I will look to ways to further enhance what we do at TIGS, not merely mimicking what others are doing but seeking to be inspired by others as we seek the most agreeable way to encourage faith in young people in our own School context and culture.

Rev. James Rogers

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Mrs Judi Nealy Deputy Headmaster, Head of Junior School Creativity Fluency

Creative Fluency is the process by which artistic proficiency adds meaning through design, art, and storytelling. It about using innovative design to add value to the function of a product through its form.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.

There are two other concepts to keep in mind: imagination and innovation. Imagination is the root of creativity. It is the ability to bring to mind things that aren’t present to our senses.

What’s Happening In The Junior School Tournament of Minds Report

By Victoria Steward, Year 5 Tournament of Minds is a challenging, difficult and eccentric exercise that demands you think critically, creatively and obviously spontaneously. During the last term and a half, we’ve been exploring what elements and categories the Tournament of Minds consists of. There are four categories such as: •

Science Technologies

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Maths Engineering

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Language Literature

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Social Sciences

These categories are tremendously different when compared with one another, but they are all presented in the same form. We present what we have as a solution moral. For example, in drama, we had to make a script explaining our solution, but we make sure it’s not dull and not too informative.

This is called a long-term challenge. We also have a spontaneous challenge that is kept secret until presentation day arrives. The spontaneous challenge takes around three minutes to discuss and one to two minutes to present.

Personally, I find the Tournaments of Minds very exciting and adventurous as I have never done something like this before. I absolutely love the idea of the spontaneous challenge as it’s difficult and unpredictable. Then again, I love the long-term challenge as you can explore ideas easily as you have so much time.

Overall, the Tournament of Minds is a fun opportunity for children to express their creativity and imagination without having any limitations put on them.

ICAS Certificates Digital Technology Year 6 High Distinction Angus Kiang

Year 6 Distinction James Gardner Emily Sutherland Aditya Kumaresan

Year 5 High Distinction Tyler Sullivan

Year 4 High Distinction Joanne Park Popi Tsaganas

Year 4 Distinction Saxon Parrish

Year 3 Distinction Riya Bahl Rhys Chieng Tom I’ons Aahan Rakheja

Year 2 High Distinction Darby Parrish

Year 2 Distinction Om Kothari James Dalton Naomi Fock Aarnav Prabhu

Ashley Parker Class: 2M

Who are your friends and what do you like to play? Naomi, Lauren, Tahlie, Amelia and Jannah. We like to play Tip, 44 Homes, and Handball.

What do you like to do best in the classroom? Maths.

What are you really good at?

Literacy.

What do you need to work hard at?

Spelling.

EXTEND @ TIGS

Spring Holiday Program Bookings are Open!

Make your own DIY Paints and have fun with Messy Art, participate in delicious Cooking Activities, learn all about persistence of vision by inventing your own Spinning Thaumatrope, and much more!

To check out what’s on, visit our website at extend.com.au and book via the Extend Parent Portal.

Book 14 days in advance to receive the lowest rate.

KIDS CLUB COMPETITION TOP 3 ENTRIES – VOTE NOW Congratulations to our Top 3 entries in the Junior and Senior categories. Check to see if your child’s entry has been shortlisted and vote online today at extend.com.au

How do you do this? Look in the dictionary for words I don’t know.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A Vet.

JUNIOR SCHOOL

JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS MERIT CERTIFICATES Academic

Christian Vujic Spiros Tsaganas Eva Still Ella Smith Saksham Sirohi Liam Perrins John Perri Oliver Mountifield Diya Mehan Jude Lozenkovski Xavier Knight Xavier Druett Rachel Cleary Max Clark Jawad Aly Miriam Al-Khalidy

Service

Samra Tarrant Sia Gando

Assembly KM will be hosting next week’s Book Week Assembly.

Awards listed in the Newsletter will be presented at Assembly/Chapel the following Thursday at 12.10pm in Rees Hall.

WEEKLY AWARDS KM

Soren Palmisano, Rachel Cleary, Malik El Jamal

KP

Boyu Hu, Ben Garvin, Felicity De La Fuente, Xavier Knight

1R

Arya Patil, Eva Grimm

1S

Eva Still, Liam Perrins, Anushka Bartholomeusz, Adya Sinha

1Y

Ethan Tierney, Vishaal Rindani, Chloe Fennell, Scarlett Di Donato, Odette Sperring

2M

Alexander MacKay, Lucia Ding

2S

Josie Lowe, Zara Clark, Jude Lozenkovski, Amelia Vartazarian

2T

Aushada Ranamuka Rallage, Isabella Nicholson, Roscoe Kambouris, Arwen Bowman, Joshua Llewellin, Muhammad Yasir

3D

Alexander Mangan, Connor Hutchinson, Aston Di Donato, Alexandra Da Deppo, Subodh Parab, Miriam Al-Khalidy

4G

Rhea Boga

4J

Ben Harman, Kayden Merritt

4R

Ryan Molnar, Nelle-May Makowski, Hamish Lepp, Bora Kim, John Perri, Saksham Sirohi

4S

Montgomery Parker Watts, Campbell Boardman, Jocelyn Ayers, Thomas Partland, Sophia Windsor

5A

Daniel Peden, Aiden Da Deppo, Diya Mehan

5C

Junyan Zhang, Chloe Jackson, Lillian Glover

5M

Joel Turner, Ella McIlwraith, Ali Matar, Abbey Kuiper

6C

Lauren Ayers, Jacobus Newhouse

6H

Emma Stegmann, Terrance Tsakiridis

6Y

Thomas Bradley, Thomas Kirby

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORT

NASSA Cricket Gala Day

On Thursday 10 August, ten students from Years 4, 5 and 6 attended the annual NASSA Cricket Gala Day in Camden. The boys played a total of five games and were very competitive throughout the day. They played well as a team, demonstrating sportsmanship in every match we played. Unfortunately, they were knocked out of the competition by St Luke’s Grammar in the semi-final, losing by nine runs. It was a great learning experience for the boys and highlighted the considerable cricketing talent we have in Stage 2 and 3. Thank you for your hard work and commitment throughout the year and on the day. Well done.

CAR PARKING WARNING Parents and senior students are reminded to park legally and with consideration of our neighbours around the school.

Please do not obstruct the driveways of properties in the area and ensure that you are parking in accordance with the relevant traffic rules.

Team members:

Harley Adams Oliver Alexander Harrison Deck Aditya Kumaresan Samuel Lowe Michael Murray Lachlan Neal Jay Segar Wyatt Toland Ashton Tregonning

Parking is not legally permitted in the area of St Johns Ave, where double lines are located.

Rangers regularly patrol Mangerton and will enforce the parking rules.

Academic • Christian • Caring

An International Baccalaureate World School

Breakfast

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FRI

7.00am to 8.00am SEPTEMBER 2017

In Rees Hall RSVP Tuesday 29 August Visit tigs.nsw.edu.au/events Includes assorted cereals, fresh fruit, yoghurts, pastries and sausage sandwiches DADS, BRING THE KIDS ALONG AND ENJOY A WONDERFUL BREAKFAST TO CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY

THE PIPER CENTRE

Mrs Taesha Duley-Smith Director of the Piper Centre Supporting Children’s Fine Motor Skill Development

The term ‘fine motor’ means small muscles. Fine motor skills involve the use of small muscles in the fingers, hand and arm to manipulate, control and use tools and materials. Hand-eye coordination, where a person uses their vision to control the movements and actions of their small muscles, is also an important component of fine motor skill development.

The development of a child’s fine motor skills is an important foundation to attain other important skills in the future such as writing, drawing and self-help.

Educators at the Piper Centre play an important role in providing experiences, resources and guidance that will assist children to develop their fine motor skills through everyday play experiences and routines. Educators adopt an individualised approach that is based on the child’s interests and strengths to ensure that provisions and activities are enjoyable, engaging, meaningful and appropriate, and therefore more likely to promote positive learning outcomes.

Marana

In Marana we have been supporting the development of the children’s fine motor skills through a variety of creative experiences.

DID YOU KNOW? Starting in 2017 the Piper Centre now...

• Operates longer hours, from 7.30am to 5.30pm.

• Is open in school holidays.

• Offers a term-time or all year round booking.

• Provides eligible families access to the Child care rebate/childcare benefit.

Our Unit of Inquiry throughout Term II looked at ‘Earths Natural Patterns,’ and within this we explored seasons and the colours that reflected each one.

Each child had the opportunity of drawing and then creating a tree in a season of their choice.

From our class discussions the children selected coloured materials from the collage trolley to represent their chosen season. We used real twigs, and stood them vertically to add a different sort of fine motor experience, allowing the children to stick their pieces on to something other than a flat piece of paper. They needed to use steady hands to carefully stick each piece in place, exercising and developing different muscles as they worked, as well as enhancing their hand/eye coordination.

Each child created an amazing tree and as a collective, they are a colourful representation of the seasons.

We have continued to use collage materials to support fine motor in the classroom during Term III, encouraging the children to be more creative in their use of materials and take ownership over how their pictures turn out.

Our Unit of Inquiry this term explores ‘homes.’ As an initial provocation we looked at the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and discussed what materials the pigs used for their homes, then looked at what we could use to represent each one – this experience helped to develop the children’s thought and visual skills.

The children drew their own houses and selected their own materials, some they could simply pick up, arrange and stick – such as small sticks and shredded paper, whereas others they needed to cut themselves – like ribbon, corrugated card and paper. Each material offered its own challenge relating to texture, thickness and size, as the children worked to form it into a shape of their choice. The experience encouraged and brought about lots of creativity as well as developed the small muscles in the children’s hands as they created their own unique houses.

Sarah’may Taylor Marana Prep Educator

SENIOR SCHOOL

Mr Greg Lanyon Head of Senior School Risini Gamage (Year 11) has just returned from Washington D.C., USA, where she competed in the International Brain Bee Challenge in conjunction with the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention. Risini won the right to represent Australia at this event when she became Australia’s National Champion late last year. I am pleased to announce that Risini placed 9th in the world at this event. We congratulate Risini for this outstanding achievement in the field of Neuroscience.

Wolgal Captains: Benon Harris and Renee Thomson Vice-Captains: Harry Borbilas and Lara Conti Prefects: Samuel Moore, Alexander Wilson Careers Prefect: Rubey Williams Co-curricular Prefect: Alexander Grozdanov English Prefect: Jana Massingham HSIE Prefect: Mika Bliokas

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the philosophy behind our approach to student leadership in the Senior School and the selection process for students to take on various leadership roles. In Assembly last week, the leadership selections were announced to the Senior School. The following students were selected in each of the leadership roles for 2017-18.

We congratulate and celebrate their achievements and contribution to the School and look forward to the positive influence that they will have on TIGS community in their year of office.

School Captains Zara Winter and Ethan Jackson School Vice Captains Shelby Cresswell and Noah Koder Chapel Prefects Talitha Cannon, Isaac Cheng, Rachel English, Grace Summerill House Leadership Teams: Aranda Captains: Blake McDougall and Isabel Bodey

Language Prefects: Renae Ellis, Samuel Hobson, Eden McCall, Sebastian Playford Library Prefect: Tayla Smith Mathematics Prefects: Joseph Daly, Ji Yoon Kang, Shengjie Yu Outdoor Education Prefects: Ashley Dribbus, Joshua Fullerton-Harvey, Matthew Logan, Mitchell Main, Alexander Santos Performing Arts Prefects: Lucia Hilderson, Celeste Bonaccorso, Lucy Chester-Crowe, Oliver Dostal, Aika Hammond, Byron Leitch, Ashleigh Mill, Ian Muhayimana, Molly Stewart Photography Prefects: Aaron Bell, Benjamin Ebzery, Oliver Firth, Mackenzie Smith, Nathan Thompson, Kane Whitfield Science Prefects: Nikhil Balaji, Macinley Butson, Risini Gamage, Sotiris Haris, Matthew Scott, Alexander Rush Sport Prefects: Caleb Grace, Ethan Hennessy, Samuel Lendrum, Harley Martignago, Samuel Shalala

Vice-Captains: Aiden Wingate and Jemma Carroll

Technology Prefects: Corey Bloomfield, Daniel Cannon, Yi Zhan

Prefects: Anish Abey, Miles Denison-Pender, Thea Johnson, Julijana Saponja

Visual Arts Prefects: Riley Cross, Domenic Esposito, Samuel Goodhew, Shuo Li, Eva Peacock

Coligan Captains: Michael Lill and Ellen Manso

Wellbeing Prefects: Niamh Bull, Stanley Tyrrell

Vice-Captains: James Seal and Anastassia Zafiriou Prefects: Nathan De Lutiis and Joshua Shalala Kogara Captains: Samuel Okely and Rebekah Hutton Vice-Captains: Daniel Dragutinovich and Stephanie Moustoukis Prefects: Henry Jenkins, Madeline McRae

GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS Great news!

ELEVATE is attracting leading educators from across school sectors to work together to transform learning for Australia’s most able students.” Dr Geoff Newcombe, Executive Director, AISNSW The ELEVATE Program, supported by the Association of Independent Schools in NSW, is developed and facilitated by the Innovation Unit, a leading international organisation specialising in supporting radical innovation in education and other sectors of the community. Its purpose is to design and develop successful models and practices which meet the needs of high potential learners in our rapidly changing world.

We are very pleased to announce that TIGS has been selected to play an important role in this program. Working in close partnership with other AIS schools who share a commitment to improving outcomes for high potential learners TIGS will be involved in collaborative problem solving of current educational issues for these students. We will be undertaking ethnographic research throughout the school and contributing to the development and implementation of fresh and meaningful initiatives in Australian schools.

We feel very excited and privileged to be invited to take part in this project and look forward to inviting our students and their families to participate in the research as it develops.

SENIOR SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS

Change of Date

We would like to advise that TIGS Elective Drama Evening has been changed from Wednesday 23 to Thursday 24 August, commencing at 6.30pm in the IGC Backstage area. Families with young children are welcome to attend as Year 9 will be presenting children’s theatre.

An inspiring exhibition featuring creative work from our HSC students

‘THE WORKS’ EXHIBITION From the ‘Pin k’ ser ies

6.30pm - 8.30pm FRIDAY 25 AUGUST 2017 11.00am - 1.00pm SATURDAY 26 AUGUST 2017 At The Illawarra Grammar School - IGC

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SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT Student Success

Congratulations to Ethan Jackson (Year 11) who recently competed at the Australia/New Zealand Continental Cup held at Mt Buller. He finished in 3rd place for the Skier Cross in the Open Men’s Division. This fantastic result has qualified him to compete in the Australian squad for the Europa Cup Tour, which holds events at various countries over Dec-Feb. Congratulations to James Seal who recently competed at the School Sport Australia National Cross Country Championships held in Hobart. Suffering from a virus and therefore not at full fitness, James ran gallantly under the circumstances, finishing in 51st position. It was a fantastic effort to make it to this elite level of competition.

NSW Netball Schools Cup Regional Finals Year 9/10 Boys

On 10 August, the following Year 9/10 boys represented TIGS at the Netball NSW Schools Cup Metro finals; Isaiah Kennedy, Aaron Ylias, Samuel Aubin, Jayden Grieve, Peter Papageorge, Gianluca Fierravanti, Kirby Golding, Daniel Tubman, Arah Mizori, Jett Norris, Maxwell Okely, Sebastian Di Noro.

Year 7/8 Boys

On Wednesday 9 August, TIGS took a group of 10 boys to compete in the Netball NSW Schools Cup Metro Regional finals at Sydney Olympic Park. Placed in a pool with Richmond High School and Northern Beaches Secondary College (NBSC), TIGS were faced with two very close games.

During the first game against NBSC, TIGS were still honing their combinations, after not playing together before. After a very close game, TIGS lost the match by two goals. For the following game, TIGS needed to win by three or more to guarantee themselves a spot in the semi-finals. After leading the match by three goals early in the second half, TIGS eventually lost by one goal, after some great shooting from Richmond. The final game of the day was a friendly against the girl’s team from Brigidine College. Both teams enjoyed the match and TIGS remained competitive throughout, against a team of girls that play regular netball. TIGS finishing the match, going down by five goals, 12-7. Overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day, with all matches being played in a great spirit. A special thank you to Mrs King who came up to help umpire and give a few pointers to the boys. The team included; George Barbas, James Healey, Daniel Jiang, Harrison Kiteley, Patrick Moloney, Ryan Osadczuk, Hugo Parrish, Thomas Peden, Harrison Webb, Mackinly Zecevic.

Coach: Mr Deck

Coach: Mrs Cassidy The team spirit was high throughout the day despite the extremely high level of competition in their pool. Each and every goal was celebrated and the comradery with other teams was evident. Isaiah Kennedy, led by example as Team Captain with notable performances also by Samuel Aubin as Centre and Kirby Golding in various positions. All team members improved greatly throughout the competition, finishing the day with a close victory against Newtown. De La Salle were victorious overall on the day progressing to the next level of competition. A special thank you to Kyra King (Year 10), who assisted with coaching the team, and Mrs King who assisted with umpiring on the day.

Up and coming Sport Events

NSW State Snowsports Championships – Tuesday 22 August – Sunday 27 August ACT Mt Biking Championships – Thursday 24 August – Friday 25 August AICES Athletics Carnival – Wednesday 30 August All Schools Athletics Knockout – Thursday 31 August Australian Snowsport Championships – Wednesday 6 September – Saturday 9 September TIGS Netball Club Presentation – Tuesday 19 September CIS Athletics Carnival – Wednesday 20 September Great Race – Thursday 21 September

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS Chi Lin Buddhist Primary visit to the Junior School Over the past two weeks, the Junior School hosted five visiting students from Chi Lin Buddhist Primary School, Hong Kong.

The students visited TIGS with their teacher, Ms Tsang and were provided with rich and engaging learning experiences in Year 4 and 5 classrooms. During their stay, the students visited Symbio Wildlife Park and also shared a multimedia presentation with their classes about life in Hong Kong.

Welcoming these students to our school is a mutually beneficial experience. Firstly, to the students who are visiting as they are provided with an opportunity to experience Australian culture and improve their English skills. Secondly, it benefits our TIGS students as they learn about different cultures, become internationally-minded and encouraged to think beyond their immediate environment.

The students and teacher were generously hosted by our Junior School families. Special thanks to the Tarrants, Fords, Lepps, Hughes, Ayers and Pead families for looking after our visitors and providing them with a wonderful experience of life with an Australian family.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday

24 Aug

25-26 Aug

Monday

28 Aug

Tuesday

29 Aug

Elective Drama Evening 6.30pm in the IGC

‘The Works’ Exhibition 6.30pm Friday in the IGC 11.00am Saturday in the IGC

Professional Learning Day Pupil Free Day

Prep, Kinder, Year 5 and Year 6 Father’s Day Stall Junior School Breezeway

Prep and Year 1 to Year 4 Father’s Day Stall Friday

Junior School Breezeway

Sep

Junior School Father’s Day Breakfast

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7.00am in Rees Hall

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