Newsletter Issue 5 Term I 2017

Issue 5 Term I 2017

NEWSLETTER

Year 8 Camp

An International Baccalaureate World School

Academic • Christian • Caring

TI G S

The Illawarra Grammar School

HEADMASTER

Mr Stephen Kinsella Headmaster No matter which school I have worked in, if it is going to rain it will rain at home time. Well that is how it feels anyway. It doesn’t matter where the school is located or what time the school day finishes, if it is going to rain it will be just before the bell rings. Even when I was in Darwin, the first rains of the wet season came right on 3:10pm.

Which is why we are pleased to at last celebrate the completion of the covered walkway that provides shelter for students waiting for transport on Drummond Drive. Our students now have protection from the rain that is much closer to a car in the pick-up line or the bus service on the Princes Highway.

Funding for the project has come primarily from the P&F. It is wonderful to see that the efforts of our families, largely through their support of The Great Fete has resulted in this welcomed addition to our campus.

Special thanks to the students and families of our students in the Piper Centre who have not had their usual access to their classrooms during construction. It was a long walk around to the back entrance for our students with the shortest legs and we thank them for being so patient. We did plan that construction would be finished in the holidays but it was not meant to be.

TIGS has a campus that has many wonderful facilities and provides an aesthetically pleasing environment in which learning takes place. The School is now in its 59th year and the market garden on Geard’s Hill that was purchased as the site for The Illawarra Grammar School has been transformed into the wonderful facility we have today.

It would be easy to take our facilities for granted and not appreciate the effort of our families, past and present, to contribute to the development of the campus. At 3.10pm on a rainy day in ten years time, I wonder if our students, parents and staff will appreciate those that financed the covered walkway through their support of The Great Fete in 2014, 2015 and 2016?

The same applies to all of our buildings. The main office in the Senior School is the site of the original school building opened in 1960. It was built by local tradesmen and financed by parents who mortgaged their homes to borrow the funds needed for the building and the land.

The IGC was financed by governments, the borrowing of the School and the fund raising efforts of the TIGS community through TIGS Foundation.

The Junior School Building that includes Rees Hall (Mrs Rees was the original owner of the property) was financed partly by the Australian Government ($2.5m as part of its stimulus package in 2009) and partly by TIGS ($1.5m borrowed by the School and paid for by our fee paying families).

The School has been built on the vision and sacrifices of our past families and future generations of TIGS students will benefit from the efforts of our current families.

Whether you are serving on the Cup Cake Stall at The Great Fete or attending the Taj Mahal Dinner organised by TIGS Foundation, it is exciting to know that you are contributing to the development of our campus that will benefit current students as well as the generations still to come.

At its meeting on 28 February, the School Council signed off on a new Master Plan for TIGS campus that will inform the development of our campus for the next 25 years. It is an exciting plan that captures the core values of TIGS and will develop the campus to further support teaching and learning and the broader aims of the School. The Council will be presenting the Master Plan to the School community over the course of the coming year.

CHAPLAIN

Rev. James Rogers Chaplain The Sacred and the Profane

True biblical Christianity rejects dualism. True biblical Christianity affirms the goodness of God’s creation and the validity of all rightful engagement in God’s creation. True biblical Christianity sees no distinction between the service of God in the Church and in the world. The Church Worker serves God in the same way as the Council Worker. Each serves others with the gifts God has given to the ultimate glory of God.

Put simply, dualism is the practice of compartmentalising various aspects of life into two opposing forces or domains. It could be body and spirit or land and sea or us and them – any two opposing realms or domains. With respect to the Christian life, dualism tends to see life as consisting of sacred things and profane things. The sacred things are those things which are thought to be clearly related to God such as Bible reading, prayer, church and the like. The profane things are those things related more to general life in this world such as work, trivial pursuits, even the routines of family life and so on.

So we read in Colossians 3.23: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.”

In last week’s newsletter I commenced a consideration of two damaging persuasions we resist in our approach to Christian Education at TIGS – secularism and dualism. Last week I said something about secularism, this week I want to consider dualism.

The effect of dualism is a fractured life. We engage in some areas of life thinking that we are pleasing God and in other areas we are not so sure.

Let me use the domain of work as an example. In some expressions of the Christian faith “true” work is in some way directly related to the life of the Church. The highest calling in life is to be a Priest or Church Leader/Minister. Some branches of the Christian faith even understand this vocation to be a sacrament – one of the ways God imparts his grace to us. All other work – factory workers, teachers, doctors and the like – are lesser callings. They are essential for both the individual and society but they are not really sacred employments. Instead, they are profane activities. Necessary, but profane.

What the Bible calls profane is a life lived without reference to God. It results in a misuse of God’s creation or a distortion of God’s creation for one’s own selfish and malicious ends. A right use of the creation – indeed, a full engagement in creation – is mandated in Scripture.

This is deeply liberating and the approach we take to Christian Education at TIGS. We want our students to be fully immersed in life as servants of God, working with the unique gifts God has given them to bring about the common good, always giving thanks to God for his good gifts towards us in Christ Jesus and always knowing in whatever they do they are at the very forefront of God’s good work in the world. This is true spirituality.

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Mrs Judi Nealy Deputy Headmaster, Head of Junior School What is wellbeing and how does it apply to Junior School?

As adults we all know that when we are feeling connected, purposeful, safe, known and cared for, we can achieve much better outcomes in all areas of our lives. These feelings are indicators of wellbeing and they apply equally to students in the learning and school environment.

In the Junior School the teachers have been spending the first part of the term establishing communities and relationships that enhance wellbeing and learning. This is intentional and specific work, we do this because we know that “students who thrive and flourish (in terms of wellbeing) demonstrate stronger academic performance (Norrish, Williams, O’Connor, and Robinson, 2013). Students with high wellbeing gain higher grades and lower rates of absence (Suldo, Thalji, and Ferron, 2011), as well as higher self-control and lower procrastination (Howell, 2009) and enjoy more creative, open-minded thinking (Fredrickson and Branigan, 2005).”

How can you follow up on this at home?

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Before bed time or over the weekend - take a few deep breaths, be still, allocate no screen time. (Stillness)

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Identify and discuss character strengths in your children, each other and in movies or books.

Strengths are the ‘goodness’ parts of our personalities - qualities that, when used, really show us at our best. These strengths are different from our ‘talents’ which are things you are good at, for example playing guitar or soccer or whatever is ‘your thing’. (Understanding our Character Strengths)

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Car line conversations - “What went well today?”

(Practising Gratitude)

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Let your children help you and each other at home, intentionally build in opportunities to share and give. It feels great for everyone! (Being Generous)

References

We see positive education (wellbeing training) as a complementary goal, to academic performance.

In the Senior School, wellbeing classes are regularly timetabled as part of the weekly routine, however in the Junior School this learning is embedded in the regular classroom practice and discussions.

This year we have been learning and practising being still, understanding our character strengths, expressing and being aware of gratitude and being generous. Not only do these behaviours, habits and approaches make our School a happy place to be, but they enhance wellbeing and as a result, learning.

Assembly 5M will be hosting next week’s Assembly in Rees Hall from 12.10pm.

Norrish, J., Williams, P., O’Connor, M., & Robinson, J. (2013). An applied framework for positive psychology. International Journal of Wellbeing, 147-161.

Emmons, R., & McCullough, M. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 377-389. UPP 2017 Improving Student Performance with Wellbeing.

SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 Scholarships are available for students entering Years 5, 6, 7 and Year 11.

Applications close on Wednesday 15 March 2017.

All Applicants sit the ACER Examination on Saturday 25 March 2017.

Further information is available on TIGS website

JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS MERIT CERTIFICATES Academic

Ashley Armstrong Hussen Bangamwabo Lilian Bradley Guoqin Ding Lucia Ding Naoka Hutchins Sophia Johnson Lachlan Kiang Htay Myar Aya Naito Isabella Perri Coco Threadgate Maddison Tonkin Wilfred Windsor

Personal Presentation William MacKay

Wilfred Windsor Class: 1R

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

WEEKLY AWARDS

Who are your friends and what do you like to play?

Aria M, Aria P, Leo and Wilson. We like to play handball and stuck in the mud.

What do you like to do best in the classroom?

Play with animal toys in freeplay

What are you really good at?

Maths

KM

Sam Nikpey, Emily Clark

KP

Shreya Mehan, Elijah Makotsvana

What do you need to work hard at?

1R

Wilfred Windsor, Rithanya Jeyachandran

Handwriting

1S

Thomas Tarrant, Tayla Weeks, Sophia Johnson

1Y

Floyd Stephenson, Miranda Di Marco

How do you do this?

2M

Jamie Vickery, Bridie Hughes

Practice sheets for handwriting

2S

Rana Ulusu, Evelyn Sanzone

2T

Jannah Kermali, Tobias Knight

3D

Jawad Aly, Isabella Carswell

4G

Geraint Dodd, Joanne Park, Joshua Burden, Lilian Bradley

4R

Naoka Hutchins, Zachary Hilton

4S

Sophia Windsor, Samuel Robinson, Sia Gando

5A

Victoria Steward, Htay Myar

5C

Alec Rix, Nicole Mau

5M

Hannah Makotsvana, Mayank Aurangabadkar

6C

Cameron Davies, Guoqin Ding

6H

Aya Naito, Ashley Armstrong

6Y

Rebecca Winn, Madeleine McNeill, Charlotte Palmisano

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORT CIS Tennis

Congratulations to Molly Buikstra who participated in the CIS Tennis Trials at the King’s School in Parramatta. Molly placed 2nd in her age group after winning three of her four games.

Well done Molly!

NASSA Swimming

Congratulations to our Junior School Swim Team on successfully winning the NASSA Carnival at Homebush last Tuesday evening. This result was achieved through the strong performance of our students across all age groups.

Age Champions Cate Giason - 9 Years Girls Champion Charlotte I’Ons - 10 Years Girls champion William MacKay - 10 Years Boys Champion Ella McIlwraith - 11 Years Girls Champion The following 16 swimmers have qualified to compete at the CIS Carnival next week: Cate Giason 1st Place 9 Years 50m freestyle

2nd Place 10 Years backstroke relay Annaliese Brunskill

3rd Place 9 Years 50m freestyle

Charlotte I’Ons 2nd Place 10 Years 50m freestyle

1st Place 10 Years 50m breaststroke

3rd Place 10 Years backstroke relay Ella McIlwraith

1st Place 11 Years 50m freestyle 2nd Place breaststroke 1st Place backstroke 1st Place butterfly 3rd Place 100m freestyle

Mackayla Hutchinson 3rd Place 11 Years 50m freestyle relay William MacKay

1st Place 10 Years 50m freestyle 1st Place backstroke 1st Place breaststroke 1st Place butterfly relay

Samuel Lowe

2nd Place 10 Years 50m freestyle relay

Oliver Johnson

2nd Place 8 Years 50m freestyle

Alexander MacKay

3rd Place 8 Years 50m freestyle

Hamish Lepp

3rd Place 9 Years 50m freestyle relay

Ella Fennell

2nd Place 50m breaststroke relay

Xavier Druett

3rd Place 11 Years 50m breaststroke

Jessy Harman

2nd Place 12 Years 50m backstroke relay

Ben Harman

3rd Place 50m backstroke relay

Annabelle Sheargold Junior girls relay Lilli Fellowes

Senior girls relay

New NASSA Record Congratulations to William MacKay, Samuel Lowe, Ben Harman and Hamish Lepp for setting a new NASSA record in Junior Boys Relay.

Swim Squad We would love to see new swimmers in our Morning Swim Squad at McKeon’s.

When: Tuesday and Thursdays Time: 7.00am Cost: $3.50 entry School bus returns at 8.30am

EXTEND@TIGS This week we had so much fun, on our Pupil Free Day we had our very own Paint Smash creating some cool designs to take home! We made some super stretchy slime, we played a game of hide and seek in the Play Gym area! We created 3D hand prints, rainbow craft, and soothed our souls with Yoga! The children absolutely loved it! We had a game of primary school favourite ‘tunnel ball’ and finished off the week with some science – making a water filter and solving how it works!

Our Extend Superstar is: Matilda Hughes for always participating in activities and always being kind to her peers.

Autumn holiday

Book 14 days in advance to receive the lowest rate.

New booking terms: Great news! In response to parent feedback we are pleased to announce that our Holiday Programme booking terms have now changed to provide greater flexibility for families. See terms and conditions on our website for further information.

We have heaps of fun activities planned these school holidays and can’t wait for you to attend!

Have fun with science experiments, participate in a bunch of craft activities with access to a plethora of art media, and get active with a variety of outdoor sports and team games.

Join in on all of this and more at Extend’s Autumn Holiday Programme.

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

What’s on next week?

Monday 13 March: Rainbow shaving cream marbled art and goal keeping Tuesday 14 March: Dot painting (National Close the Gap Day) and bug hunting Wednesday 15 March: Newspaper designs and around the world Thursday 16 March: Watercolour and crayon flowers, scream and run, red light/ green light Friday 17 March: Bouncy balls and hide and seek (play gym)

Taj Mahal Dinner 6.00pm Saturday 25 March UniHall - The University of Wollongong

Tickets w! o n e l a s on

$125

Visit www.tigs.nsw.edu.au Online ticket sales close Friday 17 March Proudly brought to you by The Illawarra Indian Community, TIGS and The Disability Trust

TIGSFOUNDATION

SENIOR SCHOOL

Mr Greg Lanyon Head of Senior School Over the last two weeks the Senior School has hosted students from Year 5 and Year 6 for a Try TIGS day.

The Year 6 group included prospective students from many schools in the area. The aim of these days is to give students an insight into what happens in the Senior School daily, by following a similar structure to the normal school day in high school. The students were divided into House groups and supported during the day by our trained Peer Support Leaders from Year 10.

A typical program for a student in Year 6 included: •

Photography: Students used an online app. to create a self-portrait. They used PhotoEditor and a webcam to create the self-portrait that revealed aspects of their personality. They were shown how to frame their face and add adjustments, effects and graphics to make a great portrait image. They then imported this into the Designer app. to make a card for a special someone in their lives.

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Design: Students had a practical experience manipulating measuring tools, hand tools, and power tools to create objects such as a key ring or tea-light holder.

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Outdoor Education and Sport: Students played games that incorporated physical activity, coordination and a sense of competition. They also completed a series of initiatives which required clear communication and team work.

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Languages other than English: The Languages experience for Year 6 students involved exploring clothing associated with different cultures. The aim was to have students understand the impact stereotypes may have on their perception of the other cultures.

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Student Wellbeing: Year 10 Peer Support students designed and ran activities that were aimed at team building.

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Science: Students were inquiring into the chemical reactions between acids and metals and discovered that some metals react faster than others (and that some are fairly violent reactions) and all produce gas. They were able to trap this gas in test tubes and through a controlled explosion, able to identify it as hydrogen. They then compared the explosion of hydrogen with the combustion of methane by burning methane filled soap bubbles and observing the results.

The feedback from students at the end of the day was that they had a great time, with the highlight the “burning hand” experiment in the Year 6 science lesson.

In Debating, our TIGS teams have made a strong start.

At the University of Sydney on Friday 24 February, our Year 7 team of Nick Chiaverini, Nate Makotsvana and Charlotte and Isabella Atkinson won both of their debates. Our other Year 7 team of Beth Michelmore, Katie Gorham and Lachlan Boardman won against Year 10 team from St Catherine’s and only succumbed in their second debate to our other TIGS team. The Year 9 team of Ella de Graaf-Clark, Lara Papadimitriou and Archie Long won one of their debates.

Four days later, many of these students competed in a tough HICES Round 1 at Shellharbour Anglican School. The Middle Division team of Daniel Michelmore, Aria Bacic-Johnston, Nick Seal and Lucy Koder won against Oxley, debating the affirmative of the topic “We should have a three-day weekend”.

In the Open Division, Daniel Dragutinovich, Zara Winter, Jana Massingham and Lucia Hilderson were the negative, debating “that we should have a youth curfew” and were also successful.

The other Middle Division teams, including Lachlan Boardman, Katie Gorham, Beth Michelmore, Ashton Mackay, Bowen Kimberley-Mastalir, Nick Chiaverini, Charlotte and Isabella Atkinson, Alex Wall, Aditya Sinha, Enuri Gamage and Nate Makotsvana went down in very close debates with strong teams from Oxley and Wollondilly.

Congratulations to all these students for their commitment and preparation and to all the teachers who supported them.

6.00pm to 8.30pm Friday 17 March in the IGC at TIGS

Beyond Bundanon

An exhibition of artworks and performances from Year 11 students in response to their experiences at the Bundanon Education Centre

Academic • Christian • Caring

An International Baccalaureate World School

SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT

NASSA Basketball Trials

Congratulation to Vincent Chauvet (Year 12) and Blake McDougall (Year 11). Both boys were selected to represent AICES at NSW CIS Basketball, after a tough day of competition playing at Bankstown Basketball Stadium. The boys were coached by Mr Stutchbury and are congratulated for their outstanding achievement.

We wish them all the best with their upcoming training camp and games.

Here is what Blake had to say about the day: “The boys laced up for their first game at 10.00am against CDSSA. I got the team off to a flying start scoring the first 6 points of the game and we won the game by 30 points, giving us a great start to the day. After a brief 10-minute break, game two was underway against ISD. Our team continued to play well running out winners 58-29.

The biggest challenge came in game three with both NASSA and HRIS yet to be beaten. NASSA got off to a great start and after being up by 7 early, we went into half time with a 5-point lead.

Unfortunately, after a tight second half HRIS ran away with the game nearing the end, winning 38-30.

Next up was the semi-final crossover match against HZSA. Our opponents got off to a good start jumping out early leaders. Constant efforts to claw back into the game closed the gap to 7 at half-time, after some skilful moves by Vincent Chauvet down the lane. Our team was quickly depleting with three players getting injured throughout the day. The second half started off slowly until the threepoint shooting of HZSA put them up by 18 with around 10 minutes left in the game. The determined and desperate NASSA squad played hard and trimmed the lead back to 6 points but we could not get over the hump, going down 59-53 in a close game.

Our final game of the day was the playoff for 3rd position against SWISSA. We raced off to a brilliant start which set the tone for the rest of the game.

Our scoring and playmaking ability helped the team build on their lead right until the final buzzer. The game was summed up nicely when Vincent got a steal and laid a great assist for

me to finish with a basket. We won the game by a total of 39 points giving us 3rd place overall. Although this was not what we were aiming for, the ultimate goal for the day was achieved, as Vincent and I were both selected to represent AICES.”

James Healy 14 Years Boys 2nd 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 50m Backstroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 3rd 50m Butterfly

NASSA Swimming

Kyra King 16 Year Girls 2nd 50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 50m Backstroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Butterfly

We had a fantastic team of 35 students compete at the NASSA Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 1 March at Homebush and fortunately we were able to bring home the shield as the winning school on 1,393 points, well beyond our closest competitor who was Penrith Anglican College on 1,097.

Congratulations to the following Age Champions on the night: Eva Katkjaer 3rd 12 Years Girls Omar Matar 1st 13 Year Boys Kyra King 2nd 16 Year Girls Griffin Spicknall 2nd 16 Year Boys Nathan De Lutiis 2nd 17 Year Boys Sarah I’Ons 3rd 18 Year Girls Ethan Dorrian-Nancarrow 1st 18 Year Boys Congratulations to the following students who will be advancing to the AICES Carnival at Homebush on 30 March 2017. All NASSA results and AICES information is accessible on the OLLE Swimming Page.

Kaleb Anderson 12 Year Boys 3rd 50m Freestyle, 3rd 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 50m Backstroke, 3rd 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Butterfly Zoe Turner 12 Year Girls 3rd 50m Breaststroke Eva Katkjaer 13 Year Girls 2nd 50m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Backstroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 3rd 50m Butterfly Omar Matar 13 Year Boys 1st 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 1st 50m Backstroke, 1st 100m Freestyle, 1st 50m Butterfly, Ben Giason 13 Year Boys 2nd 50m Freestyle, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 3rd 50m Butterfly Aria Bacic-Johnston 14 Year Girls 1st 50m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Backstroke, 2nd 50m Butterfly Caitlyn Mortimer 14 Year Girls 2nd 100m Freestyle

Daniel Jiang 14 Year Boys 3rd 50m Breaststroke Amy Logan 15 Year Girls 2nd 50m Breaststroke

Griffin Spicknall 16 Year Boys 3rd 50m Breaststroke Jana Massingham 17 Year Girls 3rd 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Backstroke, 1st 50m Butterfly Georgia Robson 17 Year Girls 1st 50m Freestyle, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Butterfly Timothy Gaynor 17 Year Boys 2nd 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Backstroke, 2nd 50m Butterfly Nathan De Lutiis 17 Year Boys 3rd 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle, 1st 50m Butterfly Matthew Logan 17 Year Boys 3rd 100m Freestyle Ethan Dorrian-Nancarrow 18 Year Boys 1st 50m Freestyle, 1st 50m Breaststroke, 1st 50m Backstroke, 1st 100m Freestyle, 1st 50m Butterfly Sarah I’Ons 18 Year Girls 3rd 100m Freestyle

TIGS Cross Country

The annual TIGS Cross Country will be held Week 10 Friday 7 April at Kembla Joggers purpose built Cross Country Facility at Darkes Road West, Dapto.

This year each House is going to be supporting a different charity and will be raising money for the charity by seeking sponsorship for participation in the event.

1. Aranda The Homeless Hub

Wollongong

2. Wolgal – The Foundation

Cross

Roads

3. Coligan – Foundation

Sony

Camp

The

4. Kogara - Anglicare

In Week 7 all students will be given a sponsorship form with links to their House’s Go Fund Me page. Students are invited to seek sponsorship from family, friends and neighbours to participate in the cross country.

Students may seek sponsorship for: •

a lump sum small donation e.g. $5.00

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each km ran e.g. $2.00 per km

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completing the run in a set time e.g. $4.00 for each km under four minutes.

SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 Scholarships are available for students entering Years 5, 6, 7 and Year 11.

Applications close on Wednesday 15 March 2017.

All Applicants sit the ACER Examination on Saturday 25 March 2017.

Further information is available on TIGS website

The House that raises the most money for their charity will be awarded points towards the Shell Shield.

TIGS Netball Club

This year TIGS Netball Club will have four teams competing in the local Illawarra District Netball Association Competition. If anyone has any old netball uniforms they would like to donate to TIGS please bring them in to Mrs Lane. New uniforms can also be purchased. Please see Mrs Lane.

TIGS Netball Club 12D TIGS EMERALDS Year 4 - 6

INT C2 TIGS CRYSTALS

INT C2 TIGS SAPPHIRES

Year 7

Year 9

CADET C TIGS DIAMONDS Year 10

1

Ella Fennell (5)

Charlotte Atkinson

Keani Anastasovski

Kyra King

2

Lauren Ayers (6)

Isabella Atkinson

Macy Carroll

Francesca Lambert

3

Ashley Brewer (4)

Amelia Druett

Tegan King

Mary Bul

4

Jocelyn Ayers (4)

Olivia Varmedja

Nina Segar

Benae Kuiper

5

Loren Yusuf (6)

Alexandra Wall

Mia Stone

Alanieta Kennedy

6

Aya Naito (6)

Victoria Summerill

Anoushka Rabiee

Sarah Jane Kingsman

7

Leyla Yusuf (5)

Sophie Gilligan

Aakanksha Jayswal Amy Gibbons

8

Sophia Windsor (4)

Jade Hyde

Maya Middleton

9

Miranda Golding

Seh Meh Nhi Thu Trinh

NASSA SWIMMING

IB Diploma

Coffee Morning

Come and meet the IB Diploma Programme Co-ordinator, David Meredith, to discuss any queries you may have about the Diploma Programme (DP).

This is a fantastic informal opportunity to ask any questions regarding the suitability of the DP for your child. This event is open to parents of students of any Year group across the School.

David Meredith

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME COORDINATOR After living abroad for 17 years, teaching in London and Singapore, David has returned to his old stomping ground, Wollongong, to bring his world of knowledge home. dmeredith@tigs.nsw.edu.au

9.00am - 9.45am Tuesday 21 March and Wednesday 10 May Meet at the Library Lawn.

Year 8 Camp

Our Year 8 students had a fantastic time on their recent camp at Cross Lands Convention Centre. The feedback was positive with our young campers challenging themselves physically, mentally and socially across the week through the various activities and opportunities they were presented with.

Here is some feedback from Nicholas Seal and Xia Lian Wilson: “Everyone was buzzing as we all arrived at school. We were eager to get on the bus, and after many songs and lots of laughs we finally arrived. This was just the start of many amazing adventures to come.

The week was spent doing some great activities like canoeing, hiking and abseiling. There was an awesome zip line which went across the lake and an obstacle course in the swimming pool, which provided endless fun. We spent two nights in cabins and two nights camping in the bush after a tough hike. The weather was good, the food was alright and the mosquitoes were terrible.

Everyone got on really well and we had a fantastic time. Thanks to Mr Edgerton, Mrs Toland and the all other teachers for giving us a great experience.�

Here are some acrostic poems students wrote, reflecting on their experience:

Harrison Kiteley Y ear 8 arrived E very day fun and joy A re we in a room I asked?

R RRRR they are tents!

E very day I wake up cold I am so excited G ood 20 km walk H ad the best time T he worm was the best C amp was fun A t the end we said good bye M um asked me if it was fun?

P robably the best camp ever I said!

Regan Norris Y ear 8 camp E xcitement was running wild A ppreciative students got on the bus R eady for a week of fun E ntry on the bus was squishy I ntrigued G reat fun H omesickness was a problem T ough was the one word to describe the hike C amp was fun A dventures made us all keen M aps lead the way P reparation was key

Tegan King Y ear 8 camp was the best camp yet E very one cheered with excitement A s we walked the heat hit us R unning through the forest finding our way E asy as it looked, the hike was actually challenging I nsects were eating us alive G irls and boys had a lot of fun doing all the activities H eat was not our friend on the hike T he flying fox was as fun as a playful dog C amp was an amazing experience A nd no-one wanted to go home M y group had two of the best leaders P acking at the end of the week was the worst part of camp

SENIOR SCHOOL

Co-curricular and Extend Homework Help The following Homework Help will be offered across the year, through our Support and Extend Programme at TIGS. This timetable will be accessible on the Co-Curricular Home Work Help Page on OLLE and will also be advertised in class, in the Library and on the Daily Notices.

SUBJECT

Term and Week

DETAILS

TEACHER

Maths

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Wednesday Week B Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mrs Gulabovska

Maths

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Wednesday week A Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mrs Jakeman

Maths

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Tuesday Week A and B Time - Lunch 1.05pm to 1.30pm Location - HG3

Mrs Jefferson

English

Term - I and III Week - 1 to 10

Day - Tuesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mr Murray

English

Term - I and IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Wednesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mr Houghton

English

Term - I and IV Week - 5 to 9

Day - Wednesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mr Rout

English

Term - II and III Week - 5 to 9

Day - Tuesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location - Library

Mr Rout

Science

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Wednesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to-5.00pm Location - D14

Mrs Neal

Japanese

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Tuesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 4.30pm Location - Library

Mrs Naito

French and Senior Spanish

Term - I to IV Week - 1 to 10

Day - Thursday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 4.30pm Location - Library

Ms Previati Mrs Lovett

HSIE

Term - I to IV Week - 6 to 9

Day - Tuesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 4.30pm Location - Library

Mr Southcombe

HSIE

Term - I to IV Week – 6 to 9

Day – Wednesday Week A and B Time - 3.30pm to 4.30pm Location - Library

Mr Chamberlain

TAS

Term – I to IV Week – 1 to 10

Day – Thursday Time - 3.30pm to 5.00pm Location – TAS Rooms

Mr McIlwraith Mr Keating Mrs Kinnear Mr Kaiser

ELICOS

Term – I to IV Week – 4 to 9

Day – Tuesday Time - 3.30pm to 4.30pm Location - Library

Mrs Arkell

COMMUNITY

TIGS FOUNDATION P&F Taj Mahal Dinner 6.00pm Saturday 25 March Join us to experience the sights, sounds and tastes of India as Bollywood comes to Wollongong! Step through the doors and be transported to another world with gourmet Indian food, entertainment, dancing and exciting prizes all for a great cause.

The Taj Mahal event raises money for two worthwhile causes: The Disability Trust where funds are used for a long-weekend of respite care for local Disability Trust clients, supported by Year 12 students from TIGS who volunteer their time as carers, and TIGS Foundation, raising funds for initiatives such as scholarships for a local child/children whose circumstances would not otherwise allow them to access the opportunities afforded by an education at TIGS. Enquiries: Sharad and Lata Tamhane 0439852497, Cedric and Usha Fernandez 0409854882, Helen Bugg 4220 0288 Lisa Wilson 4220 0264 For bookings visit TIGS website

We need you!

TIGS P&F association has two standing committees, Karobran in the Junior School and Orana in the Senior School. The purpose - to foster the feeling of belonging and offer avenues of communication to benefit parents and the greater TIGS community.

To do this effectively, we need your help!

We are reinvigorating the P&F and in particular the Senior School parent’s involvement.

If you are a great communicator, interested in meeting new people and love getting involved in fun family activities then the TIGS P&F is for you!

The following vacancies still exist so if you can assist in any way, please contact Melanie Silburn on 0437 419 462 or the P&F president Joanne Danckwardt on 0426 264 771 or email pandf@tigs.com.au Pre-prep/ Vacant Prep

TIGS Foundation Annual General Meeting

Kindy Jenna Bottele 0406892346 Jacqui McKay - jac37noble@gmail.com Year 1 Andrea Binks - 0432856021

TIGS Foundation members and others who are interested are invited to attend TIGS Foundation AGM.

Year 2 Paula Knight - 0402851822

When: Wednesday 15 March 2017

Year 3 Danielle Attorre - 0423637580

Where: Goodhew Research Centre (Library - Entrance via Powell Street)

Year 4 Rowena Harris - 0412159270

Time: 6.00pm - 7.00pm Welcome drinks

7.00pm - 8.00pm AGM

Libby Warren - 0409830001

Year 5 Jessica Gnata - 0408281255 Karen Fock - karen.j.fock@det.nsw.edu.au

RSVP: 13 March 2017

Year 6 Tanya Edgerton - 0400472872

Contact: Lisa Wilson 4220 0264 or email foundation@tigs.nsw.edu.au

Year 7 Vacant Year 8 Lisa Wilson - 0414318745 Year 9 Vacant Year 10 Vacant Year 11 Vacant Year 12 Vacant

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday

11 Mar

Wednesday

15 Mar

Friday

TIGS Foundation AGM 6.00pm Wednesday 15 March in the Goodhew Research Centre (Library) RSVP HERE

17

Senior School Beyond Bundanon Art Exhibition 6.00pm in the Illawarra Grammar Centre (IGC) No RSVP required

Saturday

Parent Information Session Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 2.00pm in the Illawarra Grammar Centre (IGC) Book NOW!

Mar

18 Mar

Saturday

25 Mar

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iTag@TIGS 9.30am at The Illawarra Grammar School

Taj Mahal Dinner 6.00pm in the UniHall UOW Book NOW!