MISSING LINK Term
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
As we end this anniversary year, I want to thank and acknowledge our staff, students and families for a wonderful 60th. I would like to take a moment to thank our administrative team whose work supporting every aspect of our operations is outstanding. I would like to say a special thanks to Danielle for editing and producing Missing Link each term. The history of the school is recorded in these pages. I would like to thank our teachers and executive staff who teach, lead and care for our students and the success of this school. And I want to thank our families for their support
we would not be the school we are without your commitment, trust and advice.
I want to share the comments I made to Years 7-11 during Term 4 at Presentation Assemblies:
Messages from Ms Cawsey to each year group:
Years 10 and 11 - Congratulations to you all on completing this academic year and receiving your ROSA and reports.
Year 9 – Congratulations on completing the “Junior School” and best wishes for entering the senior school.
Years 7 and 8 – Congratulations on a successful year and try to remember you do not always have to ‘run to the roar’ because sometimes that roar might be a very angry lion. At school, take time to take a breath and think before rushing in to decide or escalate a crisis.
To all year groups:
It has been a significant year for our school in so many ways, including celebrating our 60th anniversary. We started the year with strong COVID restrictions, masks, and no assemblies. We had to postpone our anniversary festival twice, and we had to learn how to be back together, face to face.
Can I leave you with some final thoughts connected to this final 60th anniversary Presentation Assembly?
This is the final celebration for your year group, in a year where we are thanking and recognising those who made this school possible and those who realised the potential of its students. Each year group has made a big contribution and I want to thank you.
Today, I invite you to celebrate – your individual progress and achievements, as well as the progress and achievement of your classes, teams and the whole year group.
Today, and at the Excellence Assembly next year, we will recognise the contribution of each year group, and value our culturally and linguistically diverse heritage.
Today, I wish you well for 2023 as you take the power and importance of what you
have already learned attending this local community high school to plan what you still want to do. The future is in your hands.
Today, is about highlights, special moments, and memories. Please make the most of this assembly to add to your own memories. Today, is a reminder of who we are in our 60th year as a school.
Today, we take the opportunity to recognise that each year group builds on the past, connects to our present and links to our future. Today, I want to encourage you to always be able to say now and in the future that you have persisted, you are persisting, and you will persist in ways that add to your own story and the story of RHHS.
Today, is about your journey and as you have heard me say many times before – it does not matter where you started, it matters how you do your own journey and where you finish. Best wishes for the next 12 months – I look forward to watching your journeys, your progress and your achievements in 2023.
Farewells
This year we are saying farewell to teachers and to some of our administrative and school learning support staff who are moving on to other positions, careers and opportunities. I will not list them all here but do want to mention Shurobhi Banerjee, Sayyeda Razi, Margret Wilkins (for her second retirement), Taylor Tracy, Brian Hickey and John Meng. At the community brunch on December 20 each were thanked for their contributions to teaching.
Christine Cawsey AM
Principal Term 4 2022
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL MESSAGE
John Meng
Safer Access to School Buildings
In Term 4, over 100 yellow bollards were installed at the staircases of all school buildings to ensure pedestrian and wheelchair safety for students, staff and community members. On behalf of the school, I would like to thank the department’sassets management unit and wellbeing support team that provided funding for this great initiative.
Helpful General Assistances
Our heartfelt gratitude to John Savetta and Michael Dews who have been working tirelessly to maintain a productive and safe learning environment at Rooty Hill High School. They are just a phone call away to repair leaking roof, securing broken windows, paint the classrooms and setting up the hall for assemblies. John and Michael, thank you so much for supporting our teaching and learning in 2022 and have a restful holiday break
Introducing Marcin Karlo (TSO)
Marcin has started his new role as the school’s Technology Support Officer (TSO) since the beginning of Term 4.
Bringing with him his extensive ICT skills and broad customer service experiences Marcin has been busy buildingrapportwithstudentsandstaffandsafeguardingthe school’s digital platform. I wish Marcin every success in his TSO role in the new year. Please do not hesitate to seek Marcin’s help when technology is not working for you at school.
Mr Meng’s New Endeavour in Public Education
Afterteachingat RootyHillHighSchoolfor16years,Ihave accepted a secondment to the Department of Education as a Pathways and Transitions Coordinator from Term 1 2023. I owesomuchtoRootyHillHighSchoolwhereIlearnedhow to teach, collaborate and lead. Again, thank you wholeheartedly for having supported me and offered me the chance to be part of this fantastic school community.
Mr John Meng Deputy PrincipalCOVID ILSP
Written by Khaila
Chavaria & Michael KhalilThroughoutTerm4,theCOVID IntensiveLearningSupport Program provided the opportunity for selected students to attend small group, personalised lessons across Mathematics, English, Science and through Learning Support. In some lessons, we participated in fun, interactive activities with our friends and classmates like Maths Jenga, Boggle, Spelling Bee competitions and using mini whiteboards to record our work, while in others we learnt different skills that could help with our assignments, class workandeverydaylife.Forexample,welearntthat working outanddoublecheckingisveryimportant!Welikedthat the groups were small because the teacher could go around and effectively help each student in the group and the room was quiet so we could work without distractions.
YEAR 7 2023 Orientation Day
Written
by Noor Al KanemAs a Senior Leader, I assisted the Year 7 adviser, Miss Elford, with the help of Emre Selvi in conducting the Orientation Days for Year 7 2023. The Year 7 Orientation Day provided an excellent opportunity for Year 6 students from various primary schools to meet, explore the school and have a lot of fun. It allowed the students to become familiarised with their new surroundings as members of the Rooty Hill High School community, as well as to form new relationships with others who they would accompany throughout the entirety of their high school experience. We're looking forward for them to join us in 2023!
Challenge Day
Written by
Alyssa UrfanoOn challenge day, we did plenty of fun challenges in all kinds of different subjects. We did fun challenges and tried to strive for number one. In my opinion, I found it very interesting to be paired with people you are not very close with, resulting in me and other people making more friends and creating more bonds with unfamiliar people. This program has increasedmy confidence in making friendsand getting out of my comfort zone. We did plenty of challenges such as making foil boats, treasure hunts, English puzzles and monopoly sports. In the end, the team that got the most points from each challenge will win challenge day. Challenge day was inspired by the ‘Tell them from me’ survey.
Mentally Sound Workshop
Written by Addison Marsh
YEAR 7 Year Adviser Message
Term 4 is coming to an end. After next week Year 7 have completed their first year of high school! There have been so many fun adventures they have been a part of this term from Swim School, The Mentally Sound Concert, The Music Enrichment Program, Hoops4Hope, Personalised Learning Week and created by Year 7 students the very first challenge day.
Mr Crosilla Year 7 AdviserSwimming School
Written
by Ava ScobieSwim School was an exhilarating experience. During Swim School, I learnt multiple swimming skills and rescue techniques which has definitely bettered my understanding. Swim School has allowed me to feel more confident in the water and it made me feel assertive that when someone is in danger with water, I am self-assured that I know what to do in that situation. Swim School also doesn’t mean you only develop swimming skills and rescue techniques, it also allows you to develop new friendships with other people you usually wouldn’t talk to. Therefore, I think Swim School wasagreat experienceandthat otherstudentsshould definitely try it as well.
The Mentally Sound Program was a really fun experience. All of the lights, props and the songs are put into one show that is spreading important information about mental health from a first, second and third-person perspective. In The Mentally Sound Program,the 3 most common mental health illnesses were put into songs, These mental illnesses were: Negative Body Image, Anxiety and Depression. When these 3 mental illnesses were all put into songs from a first-, second- and third-person perspective it gave the audience a connection to their own mental health and what others around them may be going through. The valuable life lesson that was taught by the mentally sound program to every person whowas intheaudiencethat day was“Never assume what is on the outside of a person is also on the inside”.
Mentally Sound Workshop
Written by William and Jordan
We went into the hall once and learnt about what we would do on that Friday. For the personalised learning conversation. On Friday, we would go into our class like a normal lesson and our teacher would then give us our booklets and we would get our grades. This made it more calming for us as we were able to receive our grades from our teacher personally. After we got our grades, we thought about the future and what our goals would be for next year. I enjoyed getting my grades personally because it was more private.
Report Assembly
Written by Jordan and William
The report assembly was an exciting experience. We started off with some inspiring speeches from our Year Advisers, Principal and Deputy Principal. Mr. Crosilla started off with his inspirational quote. “Why did the scarecrow get an award? Because she was outstanding in her field.” At first, this quote was funny and didn’tmakemuchsense, butas the year passed on with many memories with our supportive teachers and peers, this quote finally made sense. We got our reports and some people got PERSIST awards. We then concluded the assembly with the DUX award. I appreciated this assembly as it would be our last in Year 7.
Music Enrichment Program
Written by Hayley CameronThe Music Enrichment Program is a great after-school music learning space for students to learn more or new things about instruments, like new songs and performing inside the school and possibly outside of school.
LOTE
DuringWeek 7,studentslearnt about how tousechopsticks. This lesson was taught by Ms Sun, where she taught us the meaning of chopsticks in Chinese culture and the technique of using chopsticks. This lesson was very helpful forme and my classmates. We participated in a game where we had to pick up cotton balls and pearls with chopsticks which increased our ability to use chopsticks.
• Hit home runs during SEPEP.
• Trained as Peer Leaders.
• Cooked damper at the yarning circle.
• Won prizes for Yondr Pouch decorating.
• Built leadership skills in Peer Mentoring.
• Dropped buckets in Hoops 4 Hope.
And it has been your first full year of face-to-face learning in 2 years. I want to congratulate all Year 8 for a successful term. You have all shown a have a go attitude and made the most of the opportunities given to you. I have seen many of you grow in a positive way over the term and I look forward toseeingthiscontinueinyourfinal yearofthejuniorschool.
Miss Short Year 8 AdviserIntensive Support Program
In 2022, students in Year 7, 8 and 9 participated in the Literacy and Numeracy Intensive Support Program. Students enjoyed engaging in games-based learning tasks to develop their vocabulary and practice their spelling skills. Students collaborated with each other to apply their mathematical skills and solve complex problems.
Confidence Club
In Term 4, a group of Year 7 and Year 9 students participated in Confidence Club. We used the emotional vocabulary wheel to learn about our feelings and express how we felt. We also learnt about appropriate and inappropriate social skills and used role play scenarios to find strategies for positive social interactions. Being in Confidence Club helped us to build our confidence and improve our social skills.
YEAR 8
Year Adviser Message
Wow what a term! The number of opportunities for Year 8 have outnumbered those of every other year group. This term alone Year 8:
• Were silver medallists and 4th place at the Volleyball School Cup. Allparticipantshave shown commitment to their team, training regularly before school.
• Painted, boxed, cooked, grooved, saved goals and escaped during Strength in Numbers.
• Reflected and future planned during Personalised Learning Conversations.
• Cooled the school by planting trees around the school.
YEAR 9
Year Adviser Message
Year 9 have continued to exhibit the school values of PERSIST during the last term of junior school. I am very proud of what they have achieved as a year group so far and am very excited to continue seeing Year 9 grow when they start the senior school in 2023.
Miss Pozoglou Year 9 AdviserPersonalised Learning Conversations
Year 9 once again had the opportunity to reflect on their progress and goals in Semester 2 of 2022. Students created vision boards for the future, set themselves some new goals going into 2023, and discussed what they need to improve upon as well as what they are proud of when writing their strength comments.
Principal’s Report Assembly
Year 9 received recognition of their achievement at the Principal’s Report Assembly. On behalf of myself and Year 9, we would like to thank Ms Douglas for filling in as our Deputy Principal for Term 4. We would also like to thank Mrs Andrews for all the work she has done with the year
groupfrom Year 6untilnow. As studentsmovetothesenior school they will now be under the guidance of Ms Munzenberger.
Western Sydney University Fast Forward Program
20 Year 9 students were selected for the Fast Forward Program run by Western Sydney University. Students participated in an excursion to the Western Sydney University - Kingswood Campus for an introduction program. The students worked extremely well, displaying thePERSISTvaluesall day.RootyHillstudentswonthetop spot during the competition on the day!
Motivate Me
Students participated in a series of workshops in Week 8 to introduce them to career opportunities they may wish to pursue in the future. External providers such as TAFE NSW came in to present different workshops to Year 9 to equip them with career pathway knowledge.
Foreign Aid Fundraiser – Mufti Day
Written by Ahlaam Saleem
In Term 4, Rooty Hill High School hosted their first ever Foreign Aid fundraising event. The purpose of the Foreign Aid Fundraiser was to host a mufti day at our school and collect money donations, the proceeds could go to a country in crisis. This term, our team focused on collecting money to send to Pakistan as support for their flood relief. To show our support towards the Pakistani people, the students and teachers wore green and whitetorepresent thePakistaniflagaswellasgivegoldcoin donations. The event was a smashing success as the school managed to raise and donate several hundred dollars.
Foreign Aid Fundraiser – BBQ
Written by Humzah Hussain
Recycling Team
Written by Zahra Rajayee
The Recycling Team isledby the SRC to ensure the recycling is emptied each week. This avoids build-up of cardboard andpaperineachfacultyandblock.Each faculty was assigned two students to ensure safe and responsible waste collection. We used our Recycling Pass to leave class at least once a week to collect and wheel therecycling bins from each faculty to the main recycling bin outside. This is where we emptied them out and then returned them, clean and ready to use for the coming week. During this process, we were taught that safety was most important, and we were offered tools to use to ensure the safety of the process.
Focus on Ability Film Festival
Written
by Aleisha McKeeI worked together with others to produce a short documentary that explores and inspires my experiences as a student with disability for the FOA Film Festival 2022 named 'My Flair'. At the Sydney Screening, I watched this year’s line-up and won the Nova Employment Choice award with $1000 in prize money. I was also invited to a red-carpet event where they showed more films and revealed the top winners. It was really fun to experience this with the people who helped. It was also super fun to meet all the participants during the screening and red-carpet events.
On Thursday of Week 2 Term 4, RHHS did a fundraiser to raise money for the people of Pakistan’s recent flooding disaster. Thanks to all the students’ generous participation, we raised a whopping $900! Nearly all the sausages were sold. Pakistan needed this money as the floods affected 33 million people, destroying 897,014 houses and damaging another 1,391,467. Also, the approaching winter made their lack of shelter a lot harder to cope with as the floods damaged their food and water supplies. This fundraiser was put forward as an idea from Miss Rashid, and carried out by the SRC, senior leaders and the kind staff at RHHS. Our donor, Islamic Circle of Australia and New Zealand (iCAN), deserves a special shout-out fordonating all thesausages for free to the school. Overall, this was a very successful event that all studentsparticipatedin,andthekinddonationstothe flood relief reflect the PERSIST values of RHHS.
Cooling the Schools – Tree Planting Day
Written by Kalley Shields
This term, our school worked with Cooling the Schools to plant trees around the school. These trees were planted to help give native animals a safe home and to help cool down our school by providing shade. Together we planted 420 trees. I thought the program was really fun and was a cool experience that gave me tons of experience with trees and their importance.
YEAR 10
Year Adviser Message
Year 10, you've worked hard in your first year of the senior school and deserve a well-earned rest. A few messagesfrom me for next year. Firstly, some of us are leaving, best wishes to those who are not returning to RHHS in their new jobs, apprenticeships and other academic pathways. Stay connected to your friends, arrange weekly meet ups, create study groups, if you value your connections, work for them. Secondly, it's time to stop putting things on the high school bucket list and start ticking things off. No more "I'll try harder next year", no more "next time things will be
different", next year is next time. There are fewer years ahead of you than behind you, make them count. Get involvedinasmanyactivitiesthat youcan(andstart savings for camp!), some of your best high school memories are waitingtohappen,all that you needto doisget involved and give it your best shot. So, rest up, enjoy your holidays and get ready for an exciting next year.
Mr Hewitt Year 10 AdviserUTS Pasifika Mentoring Program
Written by Chelsea Leu & Riley Evagelia Daniel
From the start of 2022 a group of the most elite and awesome Pasifika UTS Mentors came to our school to teach us about valuing our culture, diversity and differences.They helped us with our academic goals and guided us in the right direction to achieve our learning dreams. My personal favourite part of this experience were the memories made with the mentors. We all got along and cracked jokes whilst doing icebreakers and many fun activities (such as: splash, stepping forward and bingo). Winning prizes were food like Krispy Kreme’s, which I won but sadly did not get any due to illness. Other than that, this year was a blast with UTS and gave me more opportunity to explore a sense of belongingtoagroupwhilealsotakingtheinitiativeasleader to lead my people to a better future. Thanks again to UTS for giving our school a first of many experiences and further continuing with them in 2023.
Marian’s Experience
The ‘Convention’ was certainly a wonderful experience that broadened my perceptions of society as a whole. It was also agreatgatewayintomeetingadiversebackgroundofpeople who I connected with during the event!
The event was held in the NSW state parliament building, accompanied with a brief tour. The topic discussed was ‘Should Australia have compulsory voting?’. As you know, Australia’s voting process are unique in the way we elect our parties and leaders to ensure a fair democracy. However, there are many reasonsastowhycompulsoryvotingmaynotbeaseffective as it should have been.
My schedule further consisted of three presentations led by accredited professors and academics discussing the history of voting in Australia, the voting system and how voting works in other countries. Of course, we had refreshment breaks and morning tea breaks catered by the Parliament after each keynote. After we embraced those insights, students were split into groups to discuss and debate our views.
One of the most memorable moments of the day was the soapbox session! Students could go up to the front and say anything they want relating to the topic at hand. I learnt so much from a group of well-spoken students and befriended many like-minded students
Bowling Excursion
Article written by Elijah Tirados
Democracy, Debate and Cupcakes
Australia’s status as a successful democratic state has been recognised internationally, but is this still true? This might sound like the beginning of a formal debate at the United Nations, but it is actually the first line of a 500-word essay written by Marian Unay of Year 10, which won her a spot at anationalCivicsandCitizenshipforuminOctoberthisyear. She and Ms Howison joined 30 students from across NSW, and a hundred more from around the country online, at this pilot event convened by the Australian Department of Education and the Museum of Australian Democracy. Together with academics and experts, the students tackled the subject of Australian democracy, with a particular focus on the question of compulsory voting. Marian met and participated in working groups and lecture discussions and represented Rooty Hill High School admirably.
Year 10, such a beautiful but chaotic journey. We all went through our own hardships, but we were persistent, we carried our school values on our back and kept moving forward!!! Enthusiasm and teamwork are what we Year 10’s valued and stood by. A time where we stood by these values was hoops for hope, we created stronger relationships with our fellow peers, we worked together as a team, and we eagerly pushed to our limit, exceeding what we could not visibly see. I remember the grand finale; the weather was a little cloudy with a calm and soothing breeze.
The sun scorching the surface of our skin and during the moment you can just hear the furious chanting from the sidelines of Year 10. I could hear the glorious chants echoing throughout the entire school. It was a day Year 10 should remember, it showed everyone how powerful we can be when we work together. Working together as a team, does not only achieve greatness, or success, or power. Working and being together as a team or as a friendship can bring happiness, joy, and even comfort. After carrying all the overwhelming stress of our assignments, the Year 10 students went to AMF bowling, a place; where we could havefun with ourfriends, forget aboutassignments,and just be together.
I still remember the surprise on some of our faces when we first saw some of our peers bowl, Year 10 really surprised me that day. I believe working together and being with our fellow peers gives us a sense of confidence and motivation while also revealing our potential. Our teamwork was our secret ingredient to success and receiving our Year 10 ROSA’s. Teamwork taught us one thing “we can’t do this alone.”
YEAR 12 2023 Year Adviser Message/Presentation Assembly Address
Good Morning Year 12 or for today’s purposes Year 11. So, I don't usually do a speech at presentation assemblies, and I am pretty sure this is my first official speech since 2012.
Even though, I talk to you all in year meetings, in person when chasing you for things and check in’s on google chat I still get nervous doing a speech but, in all honesty, and I’m kind of glad i have the opportunity to speak to you all today. Miss Balman’s speeches always have references to superheroes so when I found out I was speaking in her place today I thought I’d keep the same theme. Last night I was trying to think of which superheros I could talk about. Maybe Wonder Woman, raven, batman, or spiderman.
Then after some thought, Idecidedthe superheroes that Iam going to talk about today are, all of you. Now, you are probably all looking at me like, how are we superheroes? Well let me explain. A superhero is a person who has abilities, skills and typically does good things. They help other people when they are in need, fight to overcome challenges in their own lives and aim to make the world a better place. Superheroes are known for their strengths like courage, honesty, compassion, creativity, humbleness, patience, kindness and acceptance just to name a few. These are just some of the qualities that I have seen and heard about in each of you. I ask you to think for a moment Year 12, how are you a superhero? Do you show kindness to others? Do you show strength and resilience when faced with a challenge?
Are you empathetic and understand how your actions affect others? Are you supportive and put yourself out there when others need help? Are you humble when you achieve success? A classic superhero leads a dual life. One part of your life Year 12 is coming to Rooty Hill High each day. Going to classes, learning, socialising, doing assessment tasks, and getting involved in the life of the school.
The other part of your lives may be working part time, caring for someone in your family, volunteering, looking after siblings, training, taking care of your mental health or dealing with major challenges in your lives all while still comingto school every day.This Year 12is why are you are superheroes. Now you may not wear and ‘S’ on your chest or run when youseethe bat signal. Instead, Year 12, you run to support a friend when they need it, show kindness in the way you speak to others, be a role model for younger
students, strive to achieve your personal best and keep fighting when times are tough.
That Year 12 is some of the ways that you are superheroes. Yesterday in your Year meeting I spoke about the importance of gratitude and being thankful for what and who you have in your lives. I challenged you to find three positives in everyday no matter how big or small they are. What will be your positives today?
RHHS Year 12. Return any textbooks, library books and/or English books before Wednesday 16th Nov. Ignore thismsg if you have already returned your items. I am proud of you all for officially completing Year 11 and for receiving your Year 11 RoSA certificates today. It has been awesome getting to know you all better over the last few terms and I look forward to the year ahead.
MissMunzenberger
Head Teacher Senior SchoolDiwali Celebrations
Written by Vishreta Datt
During Week 2 of Term 4, the senior leaders worked together to plan and organise an activity for a Hindu festival called Diwali. The activity was held during lunchtime in the senior quad, where students were able to colour in rangoli designs using chalk, create their own designs and write positive messages for those celebrating. The students who participated had a wonderful time as the entire senior quad was filled with beautiful designs and meaningful messages. We are looking forward to creating more activities like this in 2023 to expand understanding of various cultures.
Year 12 2023 Visual Arts
The Year 12 2023 Visual Arts students have made a solid start to planning their Body of Work. Here is a sample of Visual Arts
Diary process work from Gizem Biber, Jennifer Buckley, Daniel Imperial, Shohana Hossain, Farzana Nowroozi and Serina Scopelliti.
MDPS Presentation Assembly & Junior Haka Program - Written by Telefoni Mariner
In Term 4, we started the Junior Haka Warrior Program with Mount Druitt Public School. This program ran weekly sessions with 30 primary school students and 8 Rooty Hill High School Haka leaders. Each week we would teach the primary school students Haka dance to share knowledge between other cultures. These sessions helpedtomaketheirsenseofunityandrespect stronger.The Junior Haka Warrior Program was great, and our school leaders were invited as special guests to the MDPS End of Year Award Assembly. Where the Junior Haka Team invited us to perform the Haka with them for their school community.
Spooky Ventures
Written by Justine AdemovicGuess the amount of organs in the jar? Or take a pic with a mask? Spooky ventures was a Halloween themed lunchtime activity for all students. This event was run and advertised by the senior leaders and SRC, located in the library for anyone who came by.
YEAR 12 2022 HSC Examinations
The hour was upon us. The long-awaited HSC exams had finally arrived, and Year 12 knew their stress, sweat, and tearswouldallbeworthit.Westudiedhardtobeasprepared as possible, taking advantage of the library, senior studyand catching up with our teachers for some last-minute tips, knowing this will be the very last exam period of our high school career. The HSC stretched over a 4-week period with English being the first exam and Design and Technology being the last. We would like to give a big vote of thanks to the teachers who tirelessly helped us prepare for our exams and giving us words of encouragement and advice before each exam. Thank you to Miss Munzie and Ms Edney for their constant reminders, making sure we all made it to our exams on time and for greeting us with smiling faces and positivity before each exam. We hope that Year 12 is proud of themselves and is ready to enjoy their holidays.
Formal
To celebrate the friends we’ve made, the obstacles we’ve overcome, and the end of high school, Year 12 finished with a bang at the 2022 Formal at Waterview, Bicentennial Park. Students arrived in style in an assortment of vehicles including stretch limos, motorcycles and even a police car. Dressed to impress with their fancy suits and stunning dresses, looking their very best, they made full use of the professional photographers and photo booth. We received our amazing yearbook that night, filled from cover to cover with memories from all our years at Rooty Hill. Served with a three-course meal, Year 12 filled their bellies before making their way to the dance floor, ready to bust out their best moves. In the chaos of the lights and music, Year 12 surely made the earth shake with their dancing. We would all like to thank Ms Edney, Miss Munzenberger and Ms Cawsey for their organisation of the night as well as the 40 teachers who came and celebrated with us. Formal was a night to remember and a special memory the class of 2022 will never forget.
The Tempest Excursion Written by
Bianca DoddAs a Year 12 Advanced English Student, I was gifted with the opportunity to view an enactment of The Tempest at Roslyn Packer Theatre. From here, I was able to view a spectacular and educational performance that was able to effectively portray Shakespeare's The Tempest, fit for an audience full of high school students. Personally, I found that this was a well-executed production that was both engaging and captivating. Most notably, I found that the understudy who portrayed the character, Ariel, was outstanding in their ability to learn this role in a short span of time, to then perform it exceptionally well. Overall, the
Sydney Theatre Company did an incredible job in providing us students with the chance to partake in the viewing of a formal production of The Tempest and were successful in their rendition of Shakespeare's play
Library
Before Term 4 even startedMr Proctorwasoff to Hobart to present as an expert teacher in handson learning at the Australian Geography Teachers Association. There he met Olympic Swimmer, Shane Gould, who has completed her PhD in Coastal Studies and Simon Kuestenmacher who is a demographer and is super into maps. The library continued to go through changes as a new room was built to support learners in the back of the space, and shelving was redesigned to promote designs and different class groups. Puzzles, Manga, and computers continued to be some of the most popular resources in the library this term. Mr Proctor and Ms Higgins also set out to change the feel of the library spacethrough a new green wallto addto the dynamic nature of the library, which changes to suit the needs of the visitors we have. Look out for further changes in the future as the space continues to develop - what would you like to see next?
Mr Proctor Teacher LibrarianStudents with 100% Attendance in Term 4
The following students have been recognised with a Significant Achievement Award this term for achieving 100% attendance.
Year 7: Aaron Acosta
Brayden Portelli Ava Scobie
Year 8: Aneesha Chandra
Lachlan Gillett
Jimmy Santiago
Year 9: Daniel Ademovic
Billy Bicol Rebecca Gao
Brock Neich
Prince Sta Maria
Year 10: Lawrence Gao
Ryan Houston
Leeanne Ross
Terry Nguyen
Jassmine Urfano
Yondr Pouch Design Winners
During Term 4, students across all year groups competed against each other in attempt to win the best Yondr Pouch Design. The following students were the finalists:
1st Place: $50 Canteen Voucher Mali Coombes
2nd Place: $30 Canteen Voucher Shaun Siliva
3rd Place: $15 Canteen Voucher Taylor Cassar
Year 7:
Aaron Acosta
Tala Ah Lam
Zainab Al Hameed
William Allen
Wyatt Amezdroz
Anthony Amirkhan
Danniella Annetts
Jessica Barrett
Melis Bilgic
Serena Bingas
Isabella Brooke
Jasmine Browne
Hayley Cameron
Tristan Catalbas
Jessica Catania
Taylor Cayabyab
Shanay Chand
Khaila Chavaria
Cassidy Cuevas
Anyier Dau
Callum Davis
Ceylin Diler
Ecrin Diler
Aeden Dinglasan
Ulata Falemoe
Gregory Fuaivaa
Sabastian Fuiono
Chloe Gamsby
Raiyan Huda
Josie Hunt
Humzah Hussain
Maira Hussain
Techin Kesboot
Michael Khalil
Ryan Lanau
Ekaterina Lapteff
Uelese Lautoa
Anthony Le
Kelvin Li
Jamielle Lopez
Cameryn Madigan
Colin Malsi
Addison Marsh
Alarna Matatia
Elouche Gabriel Matibag
Tzangita Mativa
Peyton Maybury
Jai Mehta
Amiracle Meng
Maxene Mojica
Gabrielle Morales
Daveleen Mulbah
Matthew Ner
Darrel Nucom
Jakob Onesemo
Alecia Ostric
Steven Parmar
Tarnaya Patau
Anneke Pierre
Brayden Portelli
Celesti Prasad
Juan Pugosa
Alfred Ramos
Justyn Raquedan
Marcus Rivera
Jye Rose
Olympia Ross
Bushra Saad
Duaa Saeed
Wesley Sang-yum
Jasmine Santiago
Ava Scobie
Mele Lupe Sefesi
Muhammad Shehzad
Leigh Simmons
Akenese Sofeni Ah Cheung
Khian Sta Maria
Naveen Subha
Lillyarna Suitupe
Manusiu Tangimana
Summer Thompson
Benjamin Tirados
Timothy Tumbaga
Alyssa Urfano
Jordan Vella
Marcela Wilder
Riley Willcockson
Jacob Williams
Year 8:
Petra Adamovic
Saja Akl
Sarah Akl
Mashfiqur Alam
Keeley Allen
Nattanicha Aye
