Newsletter Issue 6 Term I 2017

Issue 6 Term I 2017

NEWSLETTER

TIGS Under 16 Girls pack a scrum against Nowra Anglican College, in their first ever game for the school An International Baccalaureate World School

Academic • Christian • Caring

TI G S

The Illawarra Grammar School

HEADMASTER

Mr Stephen Kinsella Headmaster This week we welcome Shimosuke Saida and Imari Yamazaki from Sapporo Nihon University Junior and Senior High School, Japan. They will spend a month at TIGS studying in Year 11. We hope they have a wonderful time improving their English skills as well as making new friends.

We also are about to say farewell to Misaki Fukuoka (Year 10) and Hiyori Aoki (Year 9) who have been with us since January. We wish them continued success in their studies as they return to Caritas our partner school in Kawasaki, Japan.

At TIGS there is a strong commitment to student learning in a global context. TIGS is an IB World School and one of the features of the three IB programmes delivered by the School is learning in a global context. Visitors to our school will have noticed that the statement of the IB Mission (together with the School’s own Statement of Mission) has been published on signs in both the Junior and Senior School campuses. It reads: “The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organisation works with schools, governments and international organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”

Students from the Piper Centre through to Year 12 all are taught in a way that encourages them to develop a global perspective. In doing so, students not only develop the qualities identified in the IB Mission, they also are engaged in learning that promotes the ambitions of our TIGS Mission which is: “The achievement of academic excellence in a caring environment that is founded on Christian belief and behaviour, so that students are equipped to act with wisdom, compassion and justice as faithful stewards of our world.”

It is hard to imagine how a TIGS graduate can act with “wisdom, compassion and justice as faithful stewards of our world” without an understanding of the world beyond the Illawarra.

To facilitate the development of a global perspective, TIGS students have access to a number of programmes: •

Compulsory learning of a second language from Year 1 through to Year 10

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Co-curricular Languages after hours in the Junior School teaching French, Hindi, Mandarin and Spanish

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Student exchanges with partner schools: ○○

Sapporo Nihon University Junior and Senior High School, Japan

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Caritas (Kawasaki, Japan)

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Chi Lin Primary School, Hong Kong

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St Gabriel’s College, Bangkok, Thailand

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Prasarnmit Demonstration School, Bangkok, Thailand

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Rajabhat Nakhon Demonstration School, Thailand

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TIGS Study tours to Japan, Noumea, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Europe

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Short study tours to TIGS from Japan, China and Thailand

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Enrolment of students on International student visas ○○

TIGS has a small programme for international students coming from Japan, South Korea, The People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.

These students are enrolled in some Junior School cohorts with the majority enrolling in the Senior School in preparation for Year 11 and 12

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We regularly welcome students on international exchange programmes organised through service clubs. We currently have Leon Habermalz (Year 11) visiting us from Germany

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Engagement in international student competitions.

In 2017: ○○

Risini Gamage (the Australian Brain Bee Champion) will be the Australian representative in the International Final of the ‘Brain Bee’ competition (neuroscience) in Washington, USA

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Macinley Butson will compete for the second time in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Los Angeles.

Macinley won the Overall STEM Award at the UOW Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences’ NSW Junior High School STEM and iSTEM Competition

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Samuel Aubin, Lara Papadimitriou, Andrea Avenido and Cailey Sharp will compete as Australian representatives in the Community Problem Solving Competition to be held in Wisconsin, USA this year

The impact of globalisation is ubiquitous. Our children already have lifestyles that reflect a global economy.

Their clothes, food, entertainment, digital media, cloud storage, cars and travel are all influenced by globalisation.

It is highly likely that their tertiary study will include overseas experience and on graduation they are likely to work for a multi-national company, investing their savings in global financial markets. They are also likely to be called upon to grapple with global issues such as shortages of fresh water and food, terrorism, pollution and climate change.

How well our students succeed in the future will depend on how they develop the skills necessary to engage with people from other cultural contexts and to think globally.

This is why we place a high priority on student learning in a global context at TIGS.

CHAPLAIN

Rev. James Rogers Chaplain A Hard Day’s Night

A couple of weeks ago I spoke about the work-rest balance. My focus then was more on rest and its importance. I thought this week I would change the focus a little and talk about work. Given that work is such a big part of our lives I am not surprised to find the Bible has a lot to say about it.

First, work is highly valued in the Bible. God himself is a worker. His creation of the universe is presented in the Bible as the first of his great works. But God didn’t stop there. God continues to work. Jesus made this clear in John 5.17. God’s ongoing work is to uphold the good order he established in creation. Without God’s moment by moment care of his creation the universe would simply collapse in on itself.

As God is a worker so are we. The very first command God gave humankind was to get to work (see Genesis 1.28). We are to maintain the good order that God established in creation, tending to it and cultivating it, such that we elicit from the creation its full potentialities. Those who work hard at this noble task are considered wise; those who shirk their responsibilities, choosing to be lazy instead of industrious, are considered fools (see Proverbs 24.3034).

While work is greatly valued in the Bible, the frustration that we often experience in our work is also accounted for in the Bible. God has frustrated our work as a judgement for our rebellion toward him (see Genesis 3.17-19). The writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes expresses this frustration well. As he sees it, death ultimately renders our work meaningless.

Death robs us of our ability to enjoy the fruits of our labours. Instead, we have to live with the dread that all that we have accomplished through our work could be lost in a moment by a fool who doesn’t know how to (or is not inclined to) manage it rightly.

“Meaningless, meaningless,” says the writer (see Ecclesiastes 2.17-23).

As with every area in life, Jesus makes a world of

difference. As we put our trust in Jesus, so we are reconciled to God. It follows that we begin to serve his interests in the world instead of our own. The assurance we are given in the New Testament is that our work in the Lord is never in vain (see 1 Corinthians 15.58). That’s because we entrust our work to one who is fully wise. And God will always use our work to accomplish his good and perfect purposes for the world.

What a transformation! This doesn’t mean we won’t experience any more frustrations in work. We will. We are not in heaven yet. Even so, our frustrations will be overshadowed by the knowledge that God can make much of our labour for him - more than we could possibly imagine. Buoyed by that assurance let’s work with all our might this year, entrusting our labour to God; and let’s encourage our children to do the same.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL

Mrs Judi Nealy Deputy Headmaster, Head of Junior School So far in recent newsletters we have thought about being bothered, grit and wellbeing. This week I want to talk about “flow” and how we can design for flow opportunities at school and at home.

What is flow?

Flow occurs when you are living in the moment, utterly absorbed in the present activity and time seems to fall away. Positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi describes the mental state of flow as “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one…… Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.”

The challenge of creating flow opportunities in our classrooms.

The PYP provides opportunities for flow as we design learning experiences deeply embedded in inquiry and concepts. Our students have been making choices about how to access information, demonstrate their learning and then apply it to real situations that make flow possible.

“Real learning”, says David Shernoff, an educational psychologist at Northern Illinois, “requires student engagement—of which flow is the deepest form possible—and that involves a combination of motivation, concentration, interest, and enjoyment derived from the process of learning itself—qualities that are essential to Csikzentmihalyi’s definition of flow.”

If we want kids to get excited about learning and commit to deeper study, they need to be motivated to learn and enjoy the process,” Shernoff says. (2017 greater.good) “Shernoff’s research has backed this up. In a 2001

Assembly 6H will be hosting next week’s Chapel in Rees Hall from 12.10pm.

study he ran with education researcher Lisa Hoogstra, he found that students who experienced more flow in high school science classes were more likely to major in science in college two years later. What’s more, their academic performance in college was better predicted by whether they experienced flow than by the grades they received in those high school classes.” (2017 greater.good) Flow is experienced by our musicians as they participate in ensembles, choirs and orchestras, by our dancers as they perform, our artists as they attend “Art From the Heart” and by our athletes as they compete and train. Another way we seek to offer opportunities for flow at TIGS is with the iTAG workshops. iTAG stands for interests, talents and gifts and these workshops provide opportunities for students with a passion or talent in a particular area to spend extended amounts of time together with like minds pursuing that area.

References Verywell https://www.verywell.com/what-is-flow-2794768

TWILIGHT PICNIC It was great to be blessed with beautiful weather for our annual Twilight Picnic on the Junior School oval. Students and their families took the opportunity to get together and have some fun after school on Friday evening. Activities were hosted by our Senior School leaders allowing the mums and dads to catch up with each other while the kids were happy playing.

JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS MERIT CERTIFICATES Academic

Megan Adams Jessica Britton Alexander Burden Connor Burrows Jack Cleary Bhaavya Gupta Grace Hilton Ronak Jayswal Tania Kalsi Natasha Karakousis Angus Kiang Jude Lozenkovski Clara Magambo Kayden Merritt Jia Tang Thomas Tarrant Spiros Tsaganas Amelia Vartazarian Tayla Weeks

Personal Presentation Subhaan Ul-Haq

Service

Ava Santos Class: 4S

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

Mackayla Hutchinson

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

Amina, Sophia, Abha and Jocey. We like to play tip and handball

What do you like to do best in the classroom?

Powerpoint Presentations

What are you really good at?

Reading books

WEEKLY AWARDS

KM

Frederick Ryan, Laura Hernandez

KP

Reeva Kothari, Elise Cordaro

1R

Austin Mitchell, Jessica Britton

1S

Liam Perrins, Lincoln Hoskins

1Y

Surabhi Parab, Ideen Hashemi

2S

Aarnav Prabhu, Darby Parrish

2T

Henry Chen, Jack Cleary

3C

Daniel Llewellin, Leonardo Attorre

3D

Subodh Parab, Alexandra Da Deppo

4G

Spiros Tsaganas, Harrison Deck

4J

Samra Tarrant, Scarlett Ford

5M

Bhaavya Gupta, Megan Adams

6C

Jack Parker

6H

Angus Kiang, Angkit Jeyachandran

6Y

Connor Burrows, Emily Sutherland

What do you need to work hard at?

Writing

How do you do this?

Writing books

What co-curricular activities are you involved in?

Cantilena singers, Chapel singers, Science club and Mindful Movement

ITAG@TIGS – SCIENCE PREMIER’S READING WORKSHOP CHALLENGE

On Saturday 11 March, 24 budding Year 3-6 scientists from across the Illawarra region and as far north as Gymea descended on TIGS to investigate the ‘Colours of Chemistry’.

Across three sessions, students learned the importance of colour in identifying household substances as either acids, bases or neutral and used a range of indicators to do so. They also discovered the full rainbow of colours created (as well as the jets of bubbles) when acids and bases react. Working as part of a large team they used precision equipment to titrate acids and bases to find their relative strength and make “hot pink” solutions turn just “not-pink”.

We invite your children to take part in the Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC). The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature.

The afternoon session revolved around carrying out chromatography of coloured pens, revealing the plethora of colours present in simple substances like black ink. We also looked at the characteristic colours of metals using flame tests.

The day concluded with the scientists being recruited by the ‘police’ to use their acquired knowledge and solve the murder of Professor Peter Purple (a computer scientist who insisted that 1 and 1 equals 3) by members of the Maths Department (who were convinced it is 2!). Professor Scarlet and Rev Green are presently awaiting trial based on our students’ evidence!

EXTEND@TIGS

Please click here to go to the Junior School Library OLLE page, or year pages for high school students, and complete the permission form online.

We would like to encourage all K - 9 students to enter the challenge and continue to foster a love of reading at school and at home.

This week we expressed ourselves through our own creations!

We made rainbow shaving cream, marbled art and got active in goal keeping. We explored Aboriginal culture on National Close the Gap Day with dot paintings, and bug hunting with observations of nature and their habitats.

We had fun challenging each other in teams making the teachers the best dressed in town with newspaper designs!

Around the world we went with ball games and Red Light Green Light. Finally we completed some cool science experiments making bouncy balls!

Our Extend Superstar is: Wyatt Toland… for always being respectful of others property, and setting a fantastic example to peers.

Autumn holiday

Autumn holiday program bookings are open! Book 14 days in advance to receive the lowest rate.

Great news! In response to parent feedback we are pleased to announce that our holiday program 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 this and more at Extend’s Autumn Holiday Program.

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 20 March:

Open ended craft & piggy in the middle!

Tuesday 21 March: Puffy paint creations & dodgeball Wednesday 22 March: Confuseball & newspaper challenges Thursday 23 March: Community links placemats & basketball Friday 24 March: Paper plane challenges, ball & spoon & turtle races

YEAR 4 EXCURSION

Year 4 enjoyed experiencing the built environment in the Wollongong area including; The Art Gallery, Council Chambers, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and Library as part of their inquiries into ‘How We Organise Ourselves’. Students have identified factors that have been considered in the design and use of these spaces including the purpose, access, aesthetic and environmental considerations, as well as the movement within the space.

The Art Gallery Victoria commented on the facilities available to the community, “It was fun to learn art styles”. Students were involved in a lesson on the elements of art and participated in activities to help develop these skills. Riley learnt how to use tone while creating an artwork. Students also admired the surrounding art district paintings and appreciated how they added to the aesthetics of the area.

Council Chambers The mock council meeting gave the children an opportunity to debate for or against the development of a ski park, a built environment that would take up green space but provide much needed entertainment to the community. Many important points were raised, considered and voted upon. Abha said, “It was a fun activity being a councillor”. Ava mentioned that she found the guide informative and enjoyed learning about council’s role in the local area.

The Library A behind the scenes look at the library enabled students to see the vast array of services available to the community. Poppy couldn’t believe how many levels the library consisted of and Samara was impressed by the incorporation of multiple languages in all sections of the library. Students were impressed by the way the library provided a service to people who could not make it to the library themselves.

IPAC Changing the lights on centre stage at the IMB Theatre was a learning experience Spencer enjoyed. Charlotte was amazed that the lighting alone weighed 250kg. Seeing where the sets were assembled and the actors prepared for their performance had us all a little star struck.

Walking along the corridors, through ‘no exit’ doors, up the stairs, in and out of different sized rooms, up and down lifts and eating on a green space surrounded by large office buildings gave the children a firsthand experience of the many factors that are considered in the development and use of our local town.

SENIOR SCHOOL

Mr Greg Lanyon Head of Senior School ArtsFest is a House event unique to TIGS involving a whole day of competition between the House groups in various elements of the performing arts.

The event this year is scheduled for Wednesday 29 March and all students are expected to attend, participate in the House Song and support their fellow House members who will be performing during the day. The dress code is sports uniform with House coloured t-shirts. For parents, grandparents and other friends of the School, there will be an opportunity to see a selection of these performances at the ArtsFest Showcase, on Friday 31 March commencing 6.30pm in the IGC. If you have children involved in the dance or drama elements of this event, you would already have some sense of the time commitment necessary before, during and after school. The interesting thing is that these elements of the event are, to a large extent, student driven. The results are high quality performances that would compare favourably against professional dance and drama groups. It is a great example of how student leadership and ownership in the educational process can result in outstanding educational outcomes.

In terms of alignment to educational outcomes, ArtsFest provides a fantastic opportunity for students to experience a practical application where creative thinking comes alive. Students gain real vocational skills in activities such as designing and writing scripts or planning choreography, film making, creating original film scores, make-up, creating collaborative artworks, composing music, planning and scheduling rehearsals, designing and sewing costumes and of course, performing.

The other benefit of this event is that it allows students with different and undiscovered strengths to shine or even be discovered for the first time. This is very much in keeping with the ‘Academic’ core value as defined in the School’s Mission Statement, which states that “success in learning involves the development of the whole child” and “supports students in developing their abilities, empowering them to become fulfilled individuals who can successfully participate and provide leadership”.

ArtsFest also fulfils another important role by providing a real sense of belonging for students by being part of a House group and supporting each other, which is not always possible to achieve in all school events.

New staff to the School regularly comment on the

camaraderie that is so obvious within the House during the day. In the rehearsals for the Combined House Song, the student House leaders take control and won’t settle for less than perfect, even from the reluctant students. It is a great example of student leadership in action.

This year the ArtsFest Competition program includes: •

The Combined House Song – each House chooses a song that was used in an Oscar nominated movie. Every student in the Senior School will be involved in this. The songs chosen are: Aranda - “Just can’t wait to be King” Coligan - “All Star” Kogara - “Summer Loving” Wolgal - “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

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House Drama – Items are written and performed by students from each House. Each item must reference ‘Clapper Board’ in keeping with the Oscar’s theme.

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House Dance – House dance troupes, choreographed and performed by students.

The performance stimulus this year is ‘Movie Genres’.

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Vocal Solo – Individual song performances for both males and females from each House.

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Original Song – performance written and performed by students for the first time.

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Instrumental Solo – individual instrumental performance.

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Popular Song – Individual or group performances of popular songs of choice.

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House Art – each House produces a piece of Artwork based on the Oscar winning movie theme.

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Video – Teams from each House produce a 3-minute video with the ‘Clapper Board’ theme.

The Showcase event on the Friday evening will feature a selection of performances from across the range of items. I hope to see many of you there so that you can have some sense of joy and accomplishment that this event generates.

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.

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

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

YEAR 12 PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Wednesday 5 April 4.00pm - 7.30pm Goodhew Research Centre Booking details will be emailed to parents in Week 8

SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT

NASSA Tennis Gala Day

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to represent TIGS at the NASSA Tennis Gala Day on Friday 10 March 2017 at Campbelltown.

Students competed in a round-robin competition as a team. In each round students needed to play a doubles match and a singles match.

TIGS Girls 1. Maya Field 2. Cartia Taranto

TIGS Netball Club

All four teams are now finalised ready for a fun year of netball. We are still looking for a couple of players from Year 4-6 to play in the U/12 competition. We are also looking for Senior School students who may be willing to give up their time to umpire or help coach on a Friday afternoon as part of their Duke of Edinburgh service component.

We still have some students who require a netball uniform. Spare second hand uniforms can be donated to the Sports Office for students to use this year.

3. Elizabeth Westwood 4. Charlotte Tregonning 5. Kara Anacleto TIGS Boys 1. Mitchell Main 2. Sotiris Haris 3. Thomas Main 4. Harrison Kiteley Both teams played brilliantly across the day and are commended for their positive team work and persistence in every match. At the end of the day TIGS boys played Broughton for the Grand Final, going down five games to one. TIGS girls team finished on top of the ladder and are congratulated for making it through to the AICES Carnival. This is especially exciting, because we have a young team who were competing against students in Year 11-12.

Basketball

We have a new basketball coach and ex-NBL player available in the IGC on Wednesday afternoons from 3.30pm5.00pm. He will be running basic skills and various basketball games. If you are interested in joining the training squad, please see Mrs Lane to find out more.

Surfing

On Tuesday 14 March, 14 students trialled for positions in the school surfing team. With favourable conditions at The Farm in Shellharbour, students competed against each other in two heats, with Finley McLaren (Year 10) coming out on top as the schools number 1 ranked surfer. The full ranking list will be posted on the OLLE Surfing page.

TIGS Cross Country

TIGS Senior School Cross Country will be held on the last day of term on Friday 7 April at Kembla Joggers’ cross country facility at Darkes Road, West, Dapto. Students will also be fundraising for their House’s designated charity.

The House that raises the most money for their charity will be awarded Shell Shield points for our Inter-House Competition.

Students will run the following distances on the day: •

12 - 14 year boys will run 3km

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15 – 18 year boys will run 4km

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12 – 18 year girls will run 3km

Our House Prefects have created Everyday Hero pages for their House’s Charity and all students have been given access to a copy of the fundraising sheet.

Aranda will be supporting The Wollongong Homeless Hub. The Wollongong Homeless Hub opened in October 2003 and is a one-stopshop supporting people in crisis in the Illawarra. Clients are able to access multiple agencies and facilities from a single point and seek help with health, legal, housing and financial advocacy and support services. The Hub also offer Community Engagement Officers to support homeless people of all ages. http://www.wefh.org.au/ wollongong-homeless-hub Coligan will be supporting The Sony Camp Foundation. The Sony Foundation Children’s Holiday Camp Program began in 1999. It is a unique respite program that sees students take on the responsibility for the care of children with special needs, allowing their families to have a valuable weekend off. The threeday camps, pair children with special needs with their student companions.

Parents, siblings and carers are given valuable overnight respite and the students involved often go on to advocate for the program through fundraising, promoting awareness and volunteering their time to help people with disabilities. https://www. sonyfoundation.org/about/childrensholiday-camps/ Kogara will be supporting Anglicare.

Anglicare exists to meet the material, social, emotional and spiritual needs of those who need support and assistance in our community. The organisation recognises that everyone has different needs and they offer products, services and professional staff to help people in need. https:// www.anglicare.org.au/ Wolgal will be supporting Cross Roads Foundation. Crossroads Foundation is a Hong Kong based not-for-profit organisation whose goal is to connect people in a broken world. As their name suggests, they try to be a crossroads: bringing together those in need and those who can help, through their Global Distribution Centre, Global Hand, Global Experience and Global Handicraft. https://www.crossroads. org.hk/ Please get involved and support your House Charity in this year’s Cross Country.

Rugby

The Illawarra Rugby Youth 7s began on Friday night with TIGS entering three teams. The U/14 Boys, U/16 Boys and the U/16 Girls team played with great enthusiasm throughout the evening with each team playing three 14 minute games. This competition will run for the rest of the term on Friday evenings at the University of Wollongong. It is not too late to join a team! More information can be found on the Rugby OLLE page.

Upcoming Sport Events

NASSA Touch Football Gala Day – Monday 20 March AICES Boys Basketball – Monday 20 March Year 9/10 All Schools Touch Football – Wednesday 22 March AICES Boys Basketball – Thursday 23 March NASSA Netball Gala Day – Friday 24 March AICES Swimming Carnival – Thursday 30 March

Term II and Term III Sport Choices for Year 9 and Year 10

Year 9 and Year 10 Sport choices will take place during Week 8. The following sports will be offered on Thursday afternoon: Hangtime Trampolining Girls Fitness at ReKreate Hangdog Rock Climbing Gym Tennis at Collegians Tennis and Squash (CTS)

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MAKE IT SWING, BIG BAND AND VOCAL WORKSHOPS Members of the Senior Choir, Concert Band and the Jazz Band were treated to a morning of playing and improvisation on 25 February when TIGS hosted workshops and masterclasses by two highly respected and skilled music educators – Jacki Cooper and John Morrison.

Year 11 and 12 Elective Music classes attended masterclasses on performance strategies. They were able to perform for these experienced professional musicians and gain insight into the real world of performance and ways to confidently approach what can be a daunting task! Both guests said they were inspired by our students and some made ongoing connections for advice in the future. Well done to all who participated, it was an exciting and worthwhile event!

COMMUNITY

P&F 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 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 Kindy Jenna Bottele 0406892346 Jacqui McKay - jac37noble@gmail.com Year 1 Andrea Binks - 0432856021 Year 2 Paula Knight - 0402851822 Libby Warren - 0409830001 Year 3 Danielle Attorre - 0423637580 Year 4 Rowena Harris - 0412159270 Year 5 Jessica Gnata - 0408281255 Karen Fock - karen.j.fock@det.nsw.edu.au Year 6 Tanya Edgerton - 0400472872 Year 7 Vacant Year 8 Lisa Wilson - 0414318745 Year 9 Tracy Fulton 0413 768 222 tracy.fulton@arcstone.com.au Kim Main kimmain@bigpond.com Year 10 Debbie Gibson 0419 612 487 debsotim@gmail.com Year 11 Renee Santos 0422 995 509 jsantos@optusnet.com.au Kim Main kimmain@bigpond.com Year 12 Vacant Jenny Evans 0412 454 475 is the newly appointed Treasurer to the P&F Executive.

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Senior School ArtsFest Showcase 6.30pm in the Illawarra Grammar Centre (IGC)

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