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normanhurst news - Normanhurst Boys High School
( the THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF N ORMANHURST B OYS H IGH S CHOOL NORMANHURST NEWS 18 DECEMBER 2015 | VOLUME 24 ISSUE 41 A Normanhurst Boys High School Pennant Hills Road Normanhurst NSW 2076 SCHOOL EXECUTIVE Mark Anderson T F W E +61 2 9489 1077 +61 2 9489 5722 www.normanhurb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au normanhurb-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au Asli Harman Principal Deputy Principal Frank Abas Deputy Principal IN THIS EDITION Staff return, School Development Day: Wed 27 January Years 7, 10/11 Peer Support & 12 return: Thurs 28 January Years 8, 9 & 10 return: Fri 29 January Year 11 return, School Swimming Carnival: Mon 1 February Left: In the grounds of Normanhurst Boys High School FROM THE PRINCIPAL Mr Mark Anderson B. A. Dip. Ed. Merry Christmas: As this will be the last newsletter for the year I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of the Normanhurst Boys High School community a very Merry Christmas and the happiest possible of New Years. As the Christmas “silly season” begins and the weariness of the year combines with hot weather and the demands of preparing for Christmas, the coming weeks are often a challenging time of year for many. Irrespective of the faith, religion or belief system that underpins one’s view of life, and the world in general, there are some behaviours and attitudes that remain pivotal to being and remaining a happy and productive member of the community. You hear so many requests for these things, in so many forums, that they sound trite when you utter them – compassion, high expectation, understanding, balance, tolerance, acceptance of difference and respect. If you can delve deeply enough into these trite utterances then the truth does begin to materialise. If you can not only put the needs of others before yourself, but also take time to rejoice when you do, it will actually make you happier. The mindfulness that is required to do this is unfortunately and very obviously more difficult that it first appears. Having these values underpinning our community philosophy is our strength. It is a tribute to our boys, parents, teachers and staff that Normanhurst is such a “thinking man’s paradise” and our expectation and experience of associated behaviours and attitudes is so high. If all I get for Christmas is a new tie or socks and the knowledge that I get to work at Normo, then I will honestly consider myself one of the luckiest men around. Thank you all for being part of my Christmas present. Merry Christmas everyone. Congratulations Julian Moore: Julian was a member of the State Senior Wind Band for 2015 and performed outstandingly in the two performances at the State Instrumental Festival. To have earned the right to play with this talented group is testament to Julian’s dedication and skill level. Celebrating Student Success: Congratulations to all of our award winners this year. The frequency and calibre of the excellence that exists at Normanhurst is truly staggering. To all of the boys who worked so hard to achieve the standard they have this year, I congratulate you on working so diligently towards your goal. For those who worked to capacity and did not quite make the award ranks take time to reward yourself for your hard work. The best reward for trying hard is just knowing that you did your best- who could reasonably ask more of you? If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein Thank you to all of our organisers for their time in getting these events up and running so smoothly. All of our Year Advisers and Year Adviser Assistants worked exceeding hard on these events. Thanks also to our Student Leaders and musicians who help polish the events to showcase the extreme talent we have here at Normanhurst. Once again Presentation Evening was a triumph. Ms Venczel and her hardworking team consisting of Ms Gan, Ms Menzies, Ms Allen, Ms Fahey and alumnus Alexander Zhang spent weeks getting this event together. Our music teachers and students spent many hours rehearing their pieces and I also need to acknowledge people like Mr and Ms Johnson, Ms Cousins, and Mr Howell who spent hours bumping in and out for the event. What a fantastic and positive way to end off what has been another great year at Normanhurst. Who in their right mind would want to be anywhere else? First Name YEAR 7 Joel Alex Edison Minwoo Jacky Dayton Hans Jun Tony Julian Joseph Kanav Joseph Joshua Asvath Kailash Woo Jin Glenn Aidan Jacky (Yuchao) Family Name Andersen Byun Chang Chong Chu Guo Jutton Kim Kim Kok Liem Malik Ovelgonne Park Prabagar Sarma Seo Stewart Wong Zhu Brendan Gabriel Brian Owen (Ngo Yeung) Alex Owen Varun Luke Daniel Sejay Anson Shyam Matthew Chan Gurmaij Chung Kum Lau Li Liang Ravindran Ryan Saunders Segal Tong Wijayakumaran Zhu Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Patrick Daniel Nicholas Yao Ray Yi Banjo Lachlan Saiteja Alexander Saarujan Abhinay Steven Benjamin Matthew Sean Eric Royce Andrew Adji Bociarski Demlakian Ke Koh Piggott-Wright Purvis Setturu Shi Sivakumarasingham Subramaniam Wang Webster-Burnham Ye Zeng Zeng Zeng Zhou Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver 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Fawaz Hyun Seok Anderson Adrian George Christian Oliver David Arkar Enoch Ying Lok Minh Pradeesh Jay Amerthan Alvin Frank Antoni Bilgrami Cheong Choo De Araujo Fan Huang Kai Louey Lwin Mak Nguyen Sivalingam Sood Thevathasan Yao Wen Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit YEAR 9 First Name Family Name Award Nathan Hamish Michael Caleb Anton Ryan Jason Lachlan Jacky Rashane Devin Gabriel Yeo Jun Alexander Tanishk Samuel Yan Jared Vincent Bleier Bowden Burrows Chan Drego Goh Gunawan Harvey Jiang Joseph Lam Lau Lee Lu Malhotra Ng Shurunov Teng Wong Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Daniel Ardith Andy (Ming Qian) Zachary Aryan Nathan Ameya Timothy Karthik Karim Anthony Berry Biju Cui Horsburgh Nangia Peadon Pradhan Shen Shiva Yahia Yap Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Joshua Roy Daniel Harold Bruce William Anush Liam Joshua Dilmith Jonathan (Han Zhang) Chu Fu George Jackson Lan Rushby Sharma Staples Thong Wickramanayake Yu Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit YEAR 10 Award Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit First Name Lavan Eugene Sabbab James Shohan Kiran Dillon Callum Anthony Swapnik Patrick Mark Jack Siddharth Jeremy Samuel Tony (Hong Yi) Kevin Family Name Chelliah Choi Chowdhury Groom Hossain Kumar Li Maddox Ngan Sanagavarapu Sliwa Tong Wagner Warrier Wong Wordsworth Wu Zhong Hamish Anshul Jeremy (Chung Hon Jeremy) Tommy Jim John Andy Aryan Jeremy Daniel Thomas Lexin David (Zhen) Andrews Baruah Chiu Chu Ji Kim Lee Panchasara Skrzypka Stitz Xue Zhang Zhu Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Vincent Zac Fernando Oliver Jeyison Julian Reynard Kirby (Kirby Cheuk-Hay) Chang De Silva Giron Guan Jeyaratnam Moore Selke Wu Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit YEAR 11 First Name Family Name Award Lachlan Aayush Alexander Sean Viraj (Naduran) Warwick Aaron Harry Daven James Rishi Berry Bhattacharya Caldwell Chen Ekanayakage Don Gondoputro Kao Lane Lau Li Manivasahan Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Merit Sanjay Richard Hugh Eric Natiq Arvind Philip James Parthraj Justin Nathan (Tsz Fung) Andre Wui Balakumar Chen Harrington Ho Islam Kamath Lentz O’Brien Sarvaiya Shaw Tong Yiu Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Bronze Merit Nicholas Declan Thomas Thomas Alex Hiebl McDonnell Ng Tang Zheng Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit Silver Merit YEAR 7 SPORTING AWARDS Tae Jun Jacky Sejay Jonathan Tony Anson Choi Chu Segal Donald Moon Tong Banjo Nilank Piggott-Wright Biswas Peter Lleyton Walter Laith Zhou Wong Bohme Alsnih Samuel Stanley Xavier Karl Bob Prince Liu Crowley Mehta Liang Andy Anthony Jeremy Anthony Jacob Jeremy Richard Hwang Ngan Skrzypka Ngan Jordison Skrzypka Chen Richard Chen Edward Jethro Ian Tommy Lachlan Huang Yuen Thorvaldson Chu Berry Thomas Ng 12yrs Swimming Champion 12yrs Athletic Champion 12yrs Cross Country Champion 13yrs Swimming Champion 13yrs Cross Country Champion Normanhurst Knights Perpetual Trophy for 13yrs Rugby Hornsby Rugby Club Encouragement Award for Rugby Paul Zhao Academy Shield for 15yrs Table Tennis YEAR 8 SPORTING AWARDS 13yrs Athletic Champion 14yrs Athletic Champion 14yrs Cross Country Champion Normanhurst Knights Perpetual Trophy for 13yrs Rugby YEAR 9 SPORTING AWARDS 15yrs Athletic Champion 14yrs Swimming Champion 15yrs Cross Country Champion Greg Press Award for 14yrs Rugby Paul Zhao Academy Shield for 15yrs Table Tennis YEAR 10 SPORTING AWARDS 15yrs Swimming Champion 16yrs Swimming Champion 16yrs Cross Country Champion Sydney North Area Sporting Representative Sydney North Area Sporting Representative Sydney North Area Sporting Representative Sydney North Area Sporting Representative YEAR 11 SPORTING AWARDS 16yrs Athletic Champion, Best & Fairest Awards Volleyball 17yrs Cross Country Champion Best & Fairest Awards - Badminton Best & Fairest Awards – Lawn Bowls Best & Fairest Awards - Tennis Buttfield Memorial Trophy for Best and Fairest in Open Soccer Paul Zhao Academy Shield for Opens Table Tennis PRESTIGIOUS CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE AWARDS YEAR SEVEN ACADEMIC AWARDS Tim Richards Prize for Library Service Liam Staples Reuben F Scarf Award Alexander Teh The Cheltenham/Beecroft Lions Club Award for Service to the School Jim Ji The West Pennant Hills/Cherrybrook Lions Club Award for Service to the School The Hopwood Social Justice Award Junior Senior Jash Vanjara Anshul Baruah Joseph Lin Hornsby School Award for School Service Hugo Walshaw Hornsby Shire Council Award for Service to the School Alexander Caldwell Rotary Club Award for Proficiency and Citizenship Ashkan Khoshab The ADF Leadership Teamwork Award Jacob Jordison Rohan Balani Year 10 Year 12 Dux of Year Seven Second Place Third Place Year Adviser’s Award Alexey Douriaguine Hans Roy Jutton Nilank Biswas Sejay Segal CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS Music Visual Arts Alexey Douriaguine Jacky Chu Nathan Kim Ashwin Cuganesan Nilank Biswas Bhuvann Siva ENGLISH English HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT History Geography Hans Roy Jutton Rohan Sharma Senior Executive Award to the SRC Captain 2015 Natiq Islam LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH Senior Executive Award to the Senior Prefect 2015 Rohan Balani French Japanese Senior Executive Award to the Vice Captain 2015 Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Semonn Oleksyn Senior Executive Award to the School Captain 2015 Lachlan Jones Nicholas Tanoto Ashwin Cuganesan Hans Roy Jutton Dayton Guo Patrick Adji Jack Lin Yao Ke Kody Huang MATHEMATICS Mathematics PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION PD Health PE Alexey Douriaguine Joshua Park Hans Roy Jutton Aaron Nguyen Joel Andersen SCIENCE Science TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES Design & Technology Luke Ryan Anson Tong YEAR EIGHT ACADEMIC AWARDS YEAR NINE ACADEMIC AWARDS Dux of Year Eight Second Place Third Place Year Adviser’s Award Dux of Year Nine Second Place Third Place Year Adviser’s Award Bob Chen Jonathan Yi Varun Narayanan Varun Narayanan CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS Music Visual Arts David Louey Alvin Yao Neel Dutta Alexander Pavitt Marko Beocanin Tomas Galanti ENGLISH English Samuel Prince Jerry Leung Brandon Velleley Harold Jackson Drama Music Photography & Digital Media Visual Design Samuel Prince Samuel Prince Ameya Pradhan Daniel Pivetta Patrick Boey Anish Malish Jason Gunawan Visual Arts Vincent Wong Patrick Boey Yeo Jun Lee Aditya Kishore Samuel Prince ENGLISH HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT English History Bob Chen Geography Jack Shaw Dillon Antoni Jonathan Yi Varun Narayanan Adam Fuller HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT Frank Wen Alexander Pavitt LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH History Commerce Geography Jerry Leung Jerry Leung Anush Sharma Aditya Kishore Brandon Velleley Thomas Gilbert LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH French Japanese Bob Chen Peter Zhou Soohyun Kim Jason Liang Lleyton Wong Kevin Zhang PD Health PE PASS Science Jonathan Yi Peter Zhou Bosman Zhou Long Li Zheng Samuel Prince Xavier Crowley Anthony Yap Samuel Shin Samuel Prince Jerry Leung Aryan Nangia Brandon Velleley TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES Design & Technology Mathematics SCIENCE SCIENCE Science Brandon Velleley PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION PD Health PE Zeke Yu MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS Mathematics Japanese Gevindu Abeydeera Oliver Jin Industrial Techn. Eng. Industrial Techn. Elect. Design and Technology Info. & Software Techn. Info. Proc. & Techn. (Acc.) Harold Jackson Bill Jiahui Yang Barry Feng Tej Netrapalli Daniel George Daniel Berry Dilmith Wickramanayake Roy Fu Jerry Leung Anush Sharma YEAR TEN ACADEMIC AWARDS YEAR ELEVEN ACADEMIC AWARDS Dux of Year Ten Second Place Third Place Year Adviser’s Award Dux of Year Eleven Second Place Third Place Year Adviser’s Award Jeremy Skrzypka Hong Yi Wu Samuel Sebastian Andrew Tao CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS Drama Callum Maddox Music Zac de Silva Photographic & Digital Media Jeyison Jeyaratnam Hugo Walshaw Visual Arts Vincent Chang Visual Design Siddharth Warrier Jeremy Skrzypka Andy Lee Jim Ji Andrew Yue Jacob Jordison Jeremy Skrzypka Swapnik Sanagavarapu ENGLISH English HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT History Society & Culture (Acc.) Commerce Geography Fernando Giron Samuel Sebastian Samuel Sebastian Zac de Silva Alexander Zhou Jeremy Skrzypka Hong Yi Wu Zhen Zhu Matthew Wang Sean Chen Aaron Kao Alex Zheng Hugh Harrington Alexander Caldwell Nathan Tong Thomas Tang Edward Wu Edward Wu Jethro Yuen Jethro Yuen ENGLISH English Advanced English Extension 1 HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT Hong Yi Wu John Kim Sabbab Chowdhury Jihoon Hwang LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH MATHEMATICS Mathematics Drama Music 1 Music 2 Visual Arts Ancient History Modern History Society & Culture (Acc.) Business Studies Economics Geography (Acc.) Legal Studies LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH Japanese Edward Wu Jethro Yuen Natiq Islam Nicholas Hiebl Japanese James Ye Jethro Yuen Jash Vanjara Lachlan Berry Jethro Yuen Jethro Yuen Jethro Yuen Nicholas Hiebl Ryan Siriwardane Edward Wu Andrew Rae Benjamin Liu Arvind Kamath Natiq Islam Natiq Islam Thomas Ng PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION PD Health PE PASS Jeremy Skrzypka Naditha Jayanetti Ashan Wijesinghe Samaar Alva Hugo Walshaw Samuel Bang Daniel Stitz Kiran Kumar SCIENCE Science Chemistry (Acc.) TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES Information Techn. Elect. Industrial Techn. Eng. Info. & Software Techn. Info. Proc. & Techn. (Acc.) MATHEMATICS Mathematics General Mathematics 2U Mathematics 2U Ext 1 Mathematics 2U Acc. HSC Mathematics Ext. 1 Harry Lane Jethro Yuen Andre Yiu Edward Wu Edward Wu Sanjay Balakumar Philip Lentz Jash Vanjara Aayush Bhattacharya Ze Wei PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION Richard Lo Jacob Jordison Andrew Yue Lucas Masina Hamish Andrews Julian Moore Michael Nyunt Daniel Stitz PD Health PE Edward Huang Ryan Cheung James Li Aayush Bhattacharya Andrew Rae Pranav Jayaraman Nathan Tong Aayush Bhattacharya Andre Yiu Anish Theertham Raymond Tan Nicholas Hiebl SCIENCE Biology Chemistry Physics TECHNOLOGICAL & APPLIED STUDIES Engineering Studies Software Design & Devel. Jack Naylor Declan McDonnell David Shead Nicholas Hiebl GOLD MERIT AWARDS PRESTIGIOUS FACULTY AWARDS YEAR SEVEN YEAR EIGHT YEAR TEN Nilank Biswas Ashwin Cuganesan Alexey Douriaguine Ethan Frank Nixon Huynh Jack Lin Ansh Mehta Rohan Sharma Nicholas Tanoto Gevindu Abeydeera Marko Beocanin Bob Chen Jason Kim Varun Narayanan Blaze Pham Niranjanan Sriganeshwaran Jonathan Yi Peter Zhou Roy Chen Lincoln Hung Jihoon Hwang Jacob Jordison Hugo Walshaw Andrew Yue YEAR NINE Patrick Boey Thomas Gilbert Aditya Kishore Jerry Leung Anish Malish Daniel Pivetta Samuel Prince Brandon Velleley YEAR ELEVEN Udai Kamath Jack Naylor Anish Theertham Ian Thorvaldson Jash Vanjara Edward Wu Jethro Yuen Junior Sportsman of the Year Anthony Ngan Senior Sportsman of the Year Adam Halmy The Peter Stegnaic Sports Encouragement Award Bob Liang The NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge Jonathan Donald Zachary Vermeer Award for Excellence in Year 7 English Nilank Biswas The Jonas ter-Horst Award for Junior Creative & Performing Arts Jeyison Jeyaratnam Andrew Yue Elliott Adams Prize for Senior Creative & Performing Arts Ethan Quan The Old Boys’ Union Award for Public Speaking Asha Andrew-Saghafi Ashkan Khoshab Junior Senior The Class of 1960 Award for Persistence in Academic Studies Allen Jiang The University of Sydney Business School Awards for Outstanding Achievement Year 10 Commerce Samuel Sebastian Year 11 Economics Jethro Yuen Year 11 Business Studies Lachlan Berry Consul General Award for German Alexander Caldwell The University of Sydney Academic Excellence Award to a Year 10 Student Jeremy Skrzypka The University of Western Sydney Award for Most Outstanding Year 11 Student UTS Award for Innovation and Leadership Year 11 Year 12 Edward Wu Declan McDonnell Oliver Moor UNSW Computing Prize 2015 Declan McDonnell Macquarie University Partner Schools’ Academic Prize for Excellence in Geography Ashkan Khoshab University of New South Wales Year 12 Mathematics Prize Erich Loi The Caltex Award for Best All-Rounder Matthew Keevers The Highest ATAR 2014 Award Tony Hannigan Lip Sync Battle: Congratulations to our Student Leaders who organised a battle for Lip Sync supremacy on Monday. I am unsure who had more fun, the students or the staff. There are some staff members and students who don’t need much encouragement to get them to jump up on stage to perform. Well done boys and staff, it was a really positive event enjoyed by all. Preloved Uniforms and Ties: Parents who have discovered that their son has outgrown blazers, jumpers, trousers or shirts, please consider packing them up and sending them to the front office. It is amazing how many students need emergency uniform items when then rip their trousers, lose their jumpers or at times just cannot afford particular items. Year 10 parents I would also urge you to donate the junior tie back to the school. As part of our right-of-passage into the senior school we buy all of the ties for the New Year 11s and present it to all students at the Year 10 Graduation Assembly. If you gift the junior tie back to us we will ensure that it goes to students who are in need. Thanking you in advance. One last reminder that blazers are currently on special with $50 of normal price. Please make the most of this opportunity to save money and get your son ready and looking sharp for 2016. Items can be purchased online at the Normanhurst Boys Lowes Page and delivered free if the purchase total is more than $100. Congratulations Year 12: While I am feverishly trawling through the results and attempting to make the newsletter this week at the same time, I have just enough time to congratulate a few of the top performing students in the HSC this year. The following students achieved results in the top band possible for at least 10 units of HSC courses: Dav Anand, Rohan Balani, Antonio He, Raymond Hou, Ashkan Khoshab, Woody Lin, Ethan Quan, Keita Richardson, Nethushan Sekaran and Max Sekula Congratulations to Jonathan Choi (Senior Science) and Jash Vanjara, (Society and Culture) who made the Top Achievers in Course List. These boys are in the top places in a course. While ATARS and the full results are not available to me at this time I am sure our boys will achieve to capacity and have been well placed to access the post- school destinations they all require. Swimming Carnival 2016: The annual swimming carnival is on Monday, 1 February 2016 and so early in the year after the break, I thought I might give parents an early “heads-up” for their calendar. Next year the event will be held at the Hornsby Aquatic Centre. Students are asked to meet at the pool for a roll call at 8.30 a.m. A teacher will be waiting on the school oval until 8.00 a.m. to walk with those students who are uneasy about making their way to the pool by themselves. This group will be escorted to and on the train and then walk with the teacher to the pool. Attendance at all carnivals is compulsory. Parents are very welcome as well. While we understand that not all of our boys are swimmers, the day has far greater value than just being a physical activity. It also fosters house spirit and a sense of belonging to our school. The “Team Normo” philosophy is central to all we do in terms of supporting our boys through the rigors of the selective environment and this day, so early in the term, is a great opportunity to begin the year positively as a group. Everyone who can swim is expected to swim unless sick or unfit to swim due to injury. The admission fee has been included in your Carnival Levy which is part of your school fees (notification of fees will be sent home mid-term 1). Prompt payment of school fees early in the year is appreciated. Canteen facilities are administered by the Aquatic Centre but students are welcome to bring their own food. Students will be dismissed at the end of the carnival at Hornsby Pool at approximately 2.30 p.m. A group will be walked back to school if they wish to be accompanied on the return journey to Normanhurst. Please add this date to your calendar. It is a great day which the boys generally love and get a great deal from. A small number of boys do attempt to convince their parents that carnival days are not compulsory and that they would rather stay home and study. Please do not be misled. Students who do wish to study can do so at the pool when they are not competing if they so wish. 2016 So that there is no confusion, please be aware of the following information related to the beginning of 2016. Wednesday 27 January School Development Day (no students or classes) Thursday 28 January Year 7 and 12 return (no classes for Years 8, 9, 10 or 11 at school) Peer Support Leaders from Year 10 and 11 are at school Year 7-Transition All Day Year 12 Meeting Period 1 Library then normal lessons for the week Friday 29 January Years 8, 9 and 10 return Year 7 + Peer Support Leaders (Year 10 & 11) Transition All Day Years 8, 9 and 10 Year Meeting Period 1 • Year 8- in Room 14/15 then normal lessons • Year 9- in the Hall then normal lessons • Year 10-in the Library then normal lessons Year 12 normal lessons Period 1-5 Monday 1 February Swimming Carnival – at Hornsby Pool for Year 7-12 First Day (except Peer Support Leaders) for Year 11 Tuesday 2 February Year 7 GATS Challenge-Hall (All week) Year 8-10 and Year 12 Period 1-5 in Class Year 11 Meeting Period 1 Library then normal classes ► P&C NEWS Mr Sade Kalasabail, P&C President At the last P&C meeting on Tuesday 8 December 2015 along with some nice food, we heard about the reorganisation of the teachers’ training next year. We will be hearing more on this in the new year. Also we discussed how to have content which interests more parents and increase the involvement of the parents in the P&C activities. have quality time and don’t sit through on an empty stomach rushing straight from work. A lot of parents have acknowledged their service and we thank them for their kind and encouraging words. We are pleased to note that a few have offered to help in future events. That’s the Team Normo spirit, good to see parents taking it up too. The Events committee and the Canteen committee have been busy in the last two weeks catering for Year 10 Transition, Year 7 information event and Orientation Day for 2016 Year7 parents and students as well as many small events. These were all well attended events with over 200 people in most of the main events. It is due to the hard work of the P&C committee members Ash, Bindi, Frank, Julie and numerous other parents that we have successfully catered and made them enjoyable as well as informative events. We would like to thank these parent volunteers who sacrifice their personal and family time and help in running these events so the fellow parents attending can P&C would like to wish everyone and their families Merry Christmas and A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2016. Have lots of fun and be safe. Our next P&C meeting is on Tuesday 9 February 2016 at 7.30p.m. in the school library. Our P&C meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month (during term time). All parents are invited to attend. Further information about P&C is available on the school website http://www.normanhurb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au , under the “P&C” tab, along with details of the previous meetings. ► SRC FUN DAY UPDATE Ms Michelle Gibson-Garside, Science Teacher, SRC Coordinator Hit Me Baby'. The overall winner was the Year 9 group of Daniel On Monday 14 December, the SRC organised a Fun Day to end the year off with a bang. Students came in mufti, and were able to purchase donuts, soft drinks and chips at recess/lunch. The highlight of the day was the Lip Sync Battle held in the hall at lunch. There were 8 performances ranging from: Mr Ailwood and Ms Ramsay singing Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers -'Islands in the Stream', Ormo and the Normo's performing Taylor Swift 'Shake it Off', the Science Faculty singing ABBA's 'Money, Money, Money', Year 8 boys lip syncing Megan Trainor's" Dear Future Husband", Denny Ahn and Chris Noh (Year 9) shaking to "Daddy" by Psy, and the Prefects dancing to Brittney Spears - ' Pivetta, Tom Gilbert and Patrick Boey, winning $50, lip syncing to Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'. The Science Faculty came runner-up. The hall was filled with students cheering the contestants on. Thank you to Mr Howell for organising the music and acting as judge, along with SRC Lui Jayanetty (Year 10). Thanks to the entire SRC for ensuring the success of this event. ► AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION HIGH DISTINCTION AWARDS Mr Hubert Lam, Head Teacher Mathematics • • • • • • • Year 7 • • Shyam Wijayakumaran Edward Gilfillan Don Novakovic Nixon Huynh Davin Tian Kody Huang Joseph Li • • • • Year 8 Blaze Pham Amerthan Thevathasan (Prudence Award – most number of consecutive correct at NBHS) Timothy Pike Oliver Chen Haoru Jia Yu-Jia Jin Year 9 • • • • • Andrew Lee Daniel Berry Sam Prince Isaac Cheng Jacky Jiang ► CALENDAR Wk 1 25 Jan Monday 26 Tuesday AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY 2 3 Wednesday Friday 28 WEEK B Year 7 Transition Program with Peer Support Leaders Year 12 Students Return 29 WEEK B Year 7 Transition Program Camp with Peer Support Leaders Year 8, 9 and 10 Students Return 4 WEEK A School Assembly 5 WEEK A Year 7 GAT Challenge Year 11Preliminary HSC Parent Information Evening Whole School ID Photos 1 Feb WEEK A Swimming Carnival Year 11 Students Return 2 WEEK A Year 7 GAT Challenge Year 11 HSC SAC Assessment 3 WEEK A 8 Feb WEEK B 9 WEEK B 10 WEEK B 11 WEEK B Year 12 English Advanced Assessment Task Year Meetings 12 WEEK B HSC High Achievers Assembly 17 WEEK A 18 WEEK A 19 WEEK A P&C Meeting, 7.30 p.m. 4 Thursday 27 WEEK B Term 1 Begins School Development Day Staff Return 15 Feb WEEK A Year 12 Parent Teacher Evening, 4.00 p.m. 16 WEEK A Student Leadership Conference GRIP School Assembly 5 22 Feb WEEK B 23 WEEK B 24 WEEK B Year 7 Transition to High School Information Evening, 5.00 p.m. 6 29 Feb WEEK A Year 11 Preliminary Biology Field Study Year 10 Commerce Assessment Task 1 Mar WEEK A Years 7, 9 & 11 Study Skills 25 WEEK B Year Meetings 26 WEEK B Year 7 Maths Fun Day Year 12 Team Normo Parent Meeting, 7.00p.m. 2 WEEK A 3 WEEK A Year 11 HSC Society and Culture Buddhism Excursion Year 10 Preliminary Geography Fieldwork School Assembly 4 WEEK A Year 11 HSC Society and Culture Buddhism Excursion World’s Greatest Headshave