Week 02 - Tangara School for Girls

TANGARA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Rust and Navy
Weekly Newsletter
Week 02 Term 4
Wednesday 14 October 2015
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Congratulations Class of 2015
There were a lot of happy, relieved faces after the second HSC English paper yesterday.
There’s still a lot of study ahead, so please keep our girls in your prayers.
Already the Class of 2015 has achieved fantastic success. Three of our Drama students
performed so strongly in their group HSC performance that they have received the rare honour
of being nominated for OnStage where the very best HSC Drama will be showcased at the
Seymour Centre. Congratulations to Clare Carrington, Rachel Vala, Rachel Beard and teacher
Mrs Herrera!
A number of our HSC girls have already won entry into university. Congratulations to
Genevieve Cipollone who made it into Arts/Social Work at Sydney University. Lucy Faehrmann
is spoilt for choice, winning a position in a Bachelor of Medical Science at Macquarie and,
together with Jacinta Baladi, a Bachelor of Communications and Media at Notre Dame. Natalie
Zouki has a place in Early Childhood and Counselling at Notre Dame and Catherine Nader in
Speech Pathology at Sydney University. Well done!
Mock Trial
After a long winning streak, our Mock Trial team bowed out yesterday, defeated narrowly by
SCEGGS Darlinghurst. The girls made it to the top 16 schools in NSW! A big congratulations to
Ann-Maree Sarkis, Clara Fernandez, Isobel Patmore, Sarah Kennaugh, Marie-Bernadette
Morad and Rita Boulattouf.
Leadership
I spent Saturday morning with our newly elected Captains from the Class of 2016. They had
two inspiring days at the Mitchell Youth Leadership Forum with student leaders from across the
Hills area. They have some excellent goals for the next year: fun activities to unite Primary and
Secondary, mentoring younger students and a stronger focus on social justice and community
service.
What they talked about most - and passionately - was how much they love Tangara. It’s traditional at Mitchell for the Redfield boys to now and then break out in a proud Redfield war cry.
On Friday night at Mitchell, the Tangara girls said, ‘We can do better than that!’ They stood up
spontaneously in front of 160 other students and sang the chorus to our School song: ‘Robust
and strong, hearts filled with song, carry to all in the land. Tangara ad summam virtutem.
In Faith Hope and Love we stand.’ I look forward to our leaders spreading more of this ‘Tangara
pride’ far and wide!
Katrina George
TANGARA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
OFFICE NUMBERS
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Telephone:
9680-4844
Infants:
9680-4331
Fax:
9634-6184
Infants Fax:
9680-4338
Absentee Line:
9680-7043
Uniform Shop:
9761-5454
E-Mail:
admin@tangara.nsw.edu.au
Website:
www.tangara.nsw.edu.au
This year a total of 164 students participated in the competition from
Years 7 – 12. The competition tests the student’s mathematical problem solving skills in Number & Arithmetic, Algebra & Patterns,
Measures & Units, Space & Geometry, Chance & Data.
Congratulations to the following students on their achievement:
YEAR 7 LEVEL
BIANCA ACEVEDO
LAMA HALLANI
ANTHEA SARKS
OLIVIA BOSWORTH
ELYSIA CHOI
AMY HARYANTO
PEARL JANISCH
LARISSA RAJAKARIAR
AMY WEBER
SARAH WOODBURY
TASNIM HASSAN
CATHERINE MURPHY
FAITH TOUMA
Merit
Merit
Merit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Distinction
Distinction
Distinction
YEAR 9 LEVEL
BIANCA BARBERO
Merit
ANNALISE UNG
Merit
JAYDA WATSON
Merit
RACHEL CHEDID
Credit
CLARA CHOI
Credit
AOIFE EDWARDS
Credit
EMMA ELIAS
Credit
MAGDALENA FERNANDEZ
Credit
SARAH JILEK
Credit
TEREZA KIZANA
Credit
KATHERINE KOSLOW
Credit
REBECCA LENNON
Credit
BRIGITTE NADER
Credit
KATRINA RAJAKARIAR
Credit
NICOLE SARKIS
Credit
ISABELLA TAN-PAREDES
Credit
EVELYN YU
Credit
YEAR 11 LEVEL
NICOLE DAHER
Merit
ELIZABETH MEYER
Credit
GABRIELLE MURPHY
Credit
KEZIA TIAMAN
Credit
YEAR 8 LEVEL
ASHLEIGH GRAHAM
BRIGHID NEGLINE
CHRISTINA BATERNA
STEPHANIE CHEE
MERCEDES DUNN
ERIKA JUAN
CHANTAL KOS
KATIE LANG
JENINA LUI
DANIELLE PANAYI
HELENA STOODLEY
NAOMI TADROS
MATILDA WIGGINS
GABRIELLE LANDERS
ANGELA LEE
NAINA WAHI
YEAR 10 LEVEL
KAITLIN DRANSFIELD
LEIA EGAN
SOPHIE LANDERS
MICHAELA MUNASINGHE
ELLESSIA RINALDI
LUCY CHEE
ABIGAIL CORBETT
PASCAL ELZERMAN
DIXIE GALINATO
MARIE-BERNADETTE MORAD
CATHERINE PANAYI
ERIKA MERCADO
ISOBEL PATMORE
ANNABELLE WOODBURY
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Distinction
Distinction
Distinction
YEAR 12 LEVEL
DEMIANA BISHAY
LUCY FAEHRMANN
ASHLEY KIM
Merit
Merit
Distinction
Merit
Merit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Credit
Distinction
Distinction
High Distinction
RESULTS FOR 2015
Congratulations to the 25 students selected to take part in the Big Science Competition for 2015. The results were outstanding, well done.
AWARDS ACHIEVED:
High Distinction = 3
Distinction = 5
Credit = 12
Pass = 5
JUNIOR LEVEL - Year 7 & 8
AMY WEBER
ANNE OLASO
CHRISTINA BATERNA
GABRIELLE LANDERS
HANNAH GADDI
HELENA STOODLEY
NAINA WAHI
TASNIM HASSAN
High Distinction
Credit
Credit
Credit
Pass
High Distinction
Distinction
Credit
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - Year 9 & 10
ABIGAIL CORBETT
ANNABELLE WOODBURY
ERIKA MERCADO
ISOBEL PATMORE
KATRINA RAJAKARIAR
LUCY CHEE
MARIE-BERNADETTE MORAD
PASCALE ELZERMAN
REBECCA LENNON
TERESA KIZANA
Credit
High Distinction
Credit
Distinction
Pass
Distinction
Credit
Distinction
Credit
Pass
SENIOR LEVEL - Year 11 & 12
ANN MAREE SARKIS
ASHLEY KIM
JENNIFER YU
JILL TENGCO
LUCY FAEHRMANN
RADAH MOUFARREJ
SUZANNA GOOLEY
Pass
Distinction
Credit
Credit
Credit
Pass
Credit
Infants News
Year 1 Excursion
As part of the unit on Natural and Built
Environments, Year 1 visited Warragamba Dam,
one of the world's largest domestic water supply
dams .
French Assembly Item
The students explored all aspects of modern water
supply and learned about water through hands-on
activities in the Warragamba Dam Visitor Centre.
Monday 19 October MPH 2pm
The group had escorted access to the
Warragamba Dam wall itself and drove down a
steep road to experience the look of the dam wall
from the base.
Parents welcome
Note in diary re costume
suggestions.
We learned about how the Warragamba eels
migrate over the dam’s spillway to the ocean to
breed and die near New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
The baby eels then travel all the way back to
Warragamba Dam through the lake, crawl through
the forest and grow up in the dam, just like their
parents. Experiencing the dam close-up was quite
awe inspiring.
Thank you to the parents who accompanied us on
our trip– we all had a day to remember…
Standing on the dam wall was quite
an experience. It was 142 m high.
More photos in What’s Up in Infants end of Week 3.
At the base of the dam
Infants No: 96804331
Absentee Line: 9680 7043
infants @tangara.nsw.edu.au
Infants News
Where did the eels
go???
At the Visitors and Education Centres
World e-books– the newest resource from Tangara
Library for K-12 students.
To use this resource from home and school go
to the Students’ home page
Click on the
Tangara Library icon to open the Library home page
The PPT presentation will explain how to set up an account. We suggest students
use the same login details as they already have for their personal student accounts. This minimises confusion, particularly for our younger students.
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Wonderland is 150 this year!
Alin
Books, songs, crafts, puppets and more…
Who: Pre-schoolers ( and mums)
Where: Multipurpose Room @Infants
Time: 8: 35 am
When: Tuesdays after drop-off fortnightly
Date
Book
Author
27 October
Shoes for Grandpa
Mem Fox
10 November
Actual Size
Steve Jenkins
24 November
The Crippled Lamb
Max Lucado
HOST FAMILIES FOR "GAP STUDENTS"
We are looking for families of the school to volunteer to host a Gap student during their
time in Sydney. This can be for a short placement to a 9-12 month one. It would be for
2016 and beyond.
The host family is paid a stipend to cover the accommodation costs. Gaps work at Tangara
during the term and often use the holiday breaks to travel around Australia.
The experience of families who have done this in the past has been a very positive
one. The sharing of the different cultures is enriching and many overseas friends have
been made as a result.
If you are interested please contact Julia Symons on julia.symons@tangara.nsw.edu.au
Year 10 Geography
As part of our recent study of the various links Australia has both regionally and globally, Year 10
Geography looked at the issue of social justice and equity in relation to trade through a case study of
cocoa farming in Ghana. Inspired by the ethics of the topic, Catherine Panayi took it upon herself to
research this issue further and independently wrote the following engaging article.
Well done Catherine for your initiative and enthusiasm!
THE NESTLÉ COCOA PLAN
The NCP is one of the Nestlé initiatives to promote better environmental and social
quality to their products.
Nestlé has a broad range of initiatives to accommodate their broad range of products
and the NCP is focused on improving the farming, production and export of cocoa
beans in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, West Africa which produce more than half of the
world’s cocoa beans used for chocolate.
Commitments of the NCP include enabling more profitable farms, improving social
conditions, developing a sustainable supply chain as well as collaborating with
partners and companies to achieve these commitments.
The NCP have enabled more profitable farms by supporting cocoa farmers with on site demonstrations on
ways to increase their income by producing better quality beans, as well as a higher quantity. They teach
the techniques of accelerated propagation which means, thousands of identical, coffee and cocoa plants
can be grown with high quality and no genetic modification. Farmers are also taught better farming
practices at farmer field schools, which also promote caring for the environment. Farmers attend these
farming schools every two or three weeks so they are constantly learning about the newest and most
sustainable methods to improve their farming. These beans will now become of higher quality and be
more traceable, so as to profit the correct farmers.
The main negative social condition of harvesting cocoa and even coffee beans is child labour. Although it is
illegal in most if not all African countries, it exists and is even prominent in some provinces. While these
dangers are fact, the NCP have increased farmer income and improved educational opportunities in the
last decade. Fewer children are exposed to the hazards of child labour and are attending one of the 40
schools the NCP has founded over the last few years.
As we know, while most if not all of the most popular brands of chocolate support things like training for
farmers and ensuring a child’s education to eradicate child labour, the cocoa beans from their chocolate
are not certified to be harvested from farms that do not use child labour. To prove certification and
support legal farming, Nestlé has joined up with other certified organisations and NGO’s including;
Fair Labour Association, Fair-trade, UTZ Certified Cocoa, International Cocoa Initiative, World Cocoa
Foundation and others, to ensure certification that all cocoa beans in Nestlé products were harvested
legally and by trained farmers.
I wrote this after noticing that my mother bought chocolate packaged with
this symbol and I thought; if I could tell people about what was happening at
these farms, what these plans are doing to help and the simple thing that we
can do to help - making sure we buy Fair-trade or certified chocolate I wanted
tell people about it. Although it may cost an extra 50cents or so, what cost is that compared to the cost
children at labour farms have to pay. It is an important topic for me, because of my support for equality
and human rights, and knowing in this tiny way that I can help, I think is important to share so that
everyone knows how to help.
Careers
http://careers.tangara.nsw.edu.au/
News
UTS: New Bachelor of
Health Science
A flexible and innovative
degree that equips students
with qualifications to help
make a difference across
diverse health care settings.
http://www.uts.edu.au/futurestudents/health/study-areasand-strengths/health-science
UTS: Fashion 2015
Thu 29 October, 7.45pm,
UTS Great Hall
Cost: $30
An annual showcase of
work from graduating fashion and textiles design students. The two catwalk
shows will reveal bold and
experimental collections
from a new generation of
young design talent.
http://www.moshtix.com.au/
v2/event/uts-fashion-2015show-a/81092
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Archaeology
Online Video
Break old ground and gain
new insights into the past
through the study of ancient
artefacts with the Bachelor
of Archaeology from Macquarie University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SjQKYeDmuHY&feature=youtu.be
Teachers Mutual Bank: Future Teacher Scholarships
Applications close: Fri 12
February 2016
Future Teacher Scholarships
provide $5,000 in financial
assistance to eight university students who are studying to become teachers. The
scholarship also provides
ten runners-up with $250 of
financial assistance.
As part of the application
process, prospective scholars are required to submit
an essay addressing ‘Why
Teaching? – why is it more
than just a job?
http://www.tmbank.com.au/community/
investing-in-the-teachercommunity#ah_future-teacher-scholarships?
icn=fts&icd=homepage_banner4
The University of Notre
Dame Australia: Academic
Merit Scholarships for
Commencing Students
Applications close Thu 31
December
The scholarships provide
students who intend to
study a single degree program with a fee paid year of
full-time tuition. Successful
applicants will have either a
high academic ability
demonstrated by their
ATAR, IB result, a pretertiary qualification of Cert
IV level or higher, or a combination of the above.
http://www.nd.edu.au/
scholarships/academic-meritscholarships
Kenvale College:
Be the Chef
…
Applications close Fri 30 Oct
A scholarship program run by
Kenvale College to give Year
12 students exposure to what it
may be like to be a chef. Ten
students will be selected to
participate in the two-day interactive program.
http://www.kenvale.edu.au/#!
be-the-chef/c1bb0
Kenvale College: The
Get Real Events
Experience Program
…
Applications close: Tue 10 Nov
An innovative program for
year 11 students looking forward to a career in event management. Participants will be
awarded a partial scholarship
to begin a career in events and
also be provided with the opportunity to spend a week
gaining experience in event
management.
http://www.kenvale.edu.au/#!getreal-events-experience/ck7n
TSFX Exam Tips
…
· Exam Day Machinations
· Managing Panic Attacks &
The University of Sydney:
Sydney Summer School
The Summer School is
offered over three sessions
from December to February.
http://sydney.edu.au/summer/
Mind Blanks in the Exam
http://www.tsfx.com.au/hscstudy-tips/
Rosa.Carvalho@tangara.nsw.edu.au
From the Chaplain
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mr Samuel, father of Mrs Mary Mansour;
Please keep all our sick family members in your thoughts and prayers.
Mrs Kathleen Moore, mother of Mr Vic Moore, grandmother of Caitlin (Y12); Sister of Madame Davis, Mrs Schuermans from Belgium who is gravely ill; Mr John
Swan, father of Mrs Cathy Dennis, grandfather to Lucy (Y1); Mrs Patricia Duffy,
mother of Mrs Therese Gaitau and Grandmother of Rachael Gaitau (Y8); Mrs
Paula Barham, mother of Rebecca (Y7); Mr Sayed Saad father of Mrs Youssef, grandfather to
Donna (Y9); Mr Ron Close, father of Mrs Andrea Calilhanna, grandfather to Catherine (Y5) and
Teresa (Y2); Mr Archie Boneham, father of Mr Gavin Boneham grandfather of Emma (Y12),
Greta (Y6) and Caiti and Judy (Y4); Mrs Marroune Ayoub, mother of Mrs Leila Boutros, grandmother to Priscilla (Y11); Mr Sam Hasham uncle of Mrs Jo Janisch, great uncle of Imogen
(Y10) and Pearl (Y7);
SCHEDULE OF MASS and CONFESSION
Holy Mass is celebrated every school day at 12.10pm
Confessions are available every school day after Mass and after school 3pm-3.30pm
Tuesday from 3pm to 4.30pm and Saturdays 2.30pm to 5pm
CALLING ALL PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS!
JOIN US
FRIDAYS 2.30PM IN THE CHAPEL TO PRAY THE ROSARY
PRAYING FOR THE YEAR 12S IN THEIR FINAL STINT TOWARDS THE END
OF THE HSC
STARTING THE DAY BEFORE THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST – FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Father John’s Doctrinal classes at Tangara for
mothers and friends continue every Wednesday at
2.15pm in the Library. The classes are on morals.
Babysitting is available at the School. Please
contact the Front Office on 9680 4844 if you are
interested in attending.
Fr John would like to let parents and extended members of the School community
know that he is available for advice to Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Should you
wish to make an appointment to speak with Father in his Office, please call the
Chaplains’ Secretary, Julie Herrenberg, at Tangara 96804844. He is on campus
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Fr John also now has a blog on which he has posted recorded meditations & answers
to questions about the faith. The site is at fatherfladerblog.wordpress.com.
‘This is God’s dream for His beloved Creation: to see it fulfilled in the loving union between a man
and a woman, rejoicing in their shared journey, fruitful in their mutual gift of self.’
These were the words of Pope Francis last Sunday during his homily at the opening Mass for the
Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of
the family in the Church and the contemporary world.’
Let’s increase our prayer for the Synod during October, praying the Rosary with our family.
The Rosary will be said in the
Chapel every morning at 8.10am
during the month of October.
Please come and join us
Sport Report
Hills Zone Junior Tennis Championships
Good Luck to Samantha Chiha, Sally Faehrmann, Lydia Vieira and Christine Abrams (all Year 8) who will be
representing Tangara at the Hills Zone Junior Tennis Championships next Monday at Richmond. We wish
the girls all the best!
IPSHA Gymnastics
Good Luck to our Tangara IPSHA Gymnastics Team competing next Thursday at the IPSHA Gymnastics
Competition at SGAC, Rooty Hill.
The artistic team is: Michelle Kim, Isabella Onsley, Lucy Denahy, Elise Elliot, Abigail Williams, Chelsea Hudson, Georgia Hudson, Hannah Pillai, Laura Moore, Jessica Hoogwerf, Elouise Pelaez, Emma-Louise Brown,
Grace Shamieh, Serene Shamieh and Liana Tedesco
The rhythmic team is: Annabel Pihkanen, Isha Desai, Sophia Kasalo , Isabelle Ung, Alessi Younes, Sarah
Orlina, Jacqueline Stillone, Claudia Limbers, Carina Santomingo, Gracia Fares, Olivia Toson, Tiana Fares,
Caitlin Bernardo, Genevieve Nehme, Jasmine Khoury and Phoebe Farag.
Australian National Taekwondo
Congratulations to Jenina Lui (Year 8) who won the Gold Medal in the Australian National Taekwondo
Competition held in Adelaide on October 3. This is an amazing achievement Jenina!
Miss Tropea
Sport Coordinator
Tangara Netball Club
Tangara Netball Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 7th November 2016
from 10am. All of Tangara’s netball community is invited to attend and nominate for any
of the committee positons listed below. No netball experience is necessary, just the desire
to help the club ensure our girls enjoy the 2016 netball season.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Registrar
Umpire Convenor
Coaching Convenor
Equipment Officer
Fund raising Coordinator
Newsletter Coordinator
School Liaison Officer
Please forward any nominations to tangaranetballclub@hotmail.com
Submitted by: Nicole Gaddi, Newsletter Co-ordinator
http://tangaranetballclub.weebly.com
TANGARA DATES 2016
TERM
1
2
3
4
1st day
Monday, 1 February
Tuesday, 26 April
Monday, 18 July
Monday, 10 October
Last day
Friday, 8 April
Friday, 24 June
Friday, 23 September
Thursday, 8 December
WEEKS
10
9
10
9
Welcome Back
Welcome to all the families to the 2015/2016 Summer Competition.
We have many new players and many returning players this season.
Competition games have all commenced last week.
Basketball BBQ Fundraising
Date : Saturday, 24 October 2015
Time: 7:00am to 3:00pm
Venue
: Woolworths Supermarket, Round Corner, Dural
Volunteers required: for 2 hour timeslots – that’s 3 adults and 3 children per timeslot.
This will be a fun and inclusive fundraiser so we look forward to seeing you.
All enquiries please speak with CC Kos : 0411 100399 or tckos@optusnet.com.au
Basketball Winter Competition Winners
We had 4 teams into the Grand Finals. Tangara 16 U11s, Tangara 14 U13s, Tangara 11 U14s and Tangara
5 U17/18s.
There was one Grand Final winner : Tangara 11 (Year 7s) with Coach Meliza Weber.
What a great game and brilliant team work with all the players.
This was a very close game however Tangara 11 won the game.
A very well deserved win. Fantastic to see all the players, coach, parents and supporters enjoy this
game.
Congratulations also to the Runners Up - Tangara 14, Tangara 16 and Tangara 5.
All these three games were of a high calibre as well.
The players played with passion and team work that challenged them right to the end.
To the players and coaches of these teams, we are so proud of how well you played and have improved
over this past season.
To all the teams that played the Winter competition, thank you. You have done yourselves, your teams,
your coaches and families proud. All the best for the Summer competition.
Barbara Kay, Basketball President: 0411 344808
Eremeran Hills, Term 4
YEAR 5
Friday 16th October
Make your own funky bracelet
Meet and pick up at Eremeran 3.45 - 6pm
YEAR 7
Saturday 17th October
Round Robbin Sport Tournament
Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer
Meet and pick up at Eremeran 2-4pm
YEAR 8
Saturday 17th October
Lazer Skirmish
Meet and pick up at 3 District Hornsby (Shop 2042, Westfield Hornsby
236 Pacific Hwy Hornsby). 11.30am to 1pm
YEAR 9
Saturday 17th October
No activity
Supervised Study @ Eremeran
Mondays: Year 8 (4pm to 6pm)
Tuesday: Year 7 (4pm to 6pm)
Wednesday: Year 9 (4pm to 6pm)
Thursday (4pm to 7pm) & Saturday (10am to 5pm): Year 10-12
Community Service @ Inala
Every Saturday from 10am -12pm. Please contact us if you are interested
2016 Summer Camp
Whom: girls in year 4 to 7 (2015)
When: 22nd to 24th January
Cost: $250 or $220 early bird (1st December)