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Liverpool Boys High School
Excellence, Innovation, Opportunity, Success
Forbes Street, Liverpool NSW 2170 T 9602 7979 F 9821 4068 E liverpoolb-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
19 August 2016
Term 3
Year 8 Students Choose Projects for 2017
On Wednesday, the 3rd of August, Year 8 students
and their families attended the 2017 Subject Choices
Night. The aim of the evening was to engage the students in conversations with their families about their
passions, interests and education. The night was a
huge success with around 70 families present.
night by serving delicious snacks to parents and
students upon arrival. A huge thanks also goes out
to Mr. Catalanotto, Ms. Gilchrist, Ms. Peachy and all
the teachers and staff who worked collaboratively
in developing these innovative, exciting projects
to engage our students by allowing them to learn
things they are passionate about.
In 2017, students at Liverpool Boys High School will
be undertaking a very different style of learning as
we move Project Based Learning into Stage 5. Traditional subjects have been transformed into engaging,
relevant and innovative projects some of which include: ‘Tool Time’, ‘Game Design’, ‘Personal Trainer’,
‘Flight of the Drones’, and ‘Forensic Archaeology’.
These projects incorporate traditional subjects like
TAS, Science, Mathematics and PE but are designed
with students’ passions and interests at the fore.
After the initial presentation by Mr. Saxon and the
team, students remained in the hall while their parents were escorted into classrooms to participate in
an online survey and choose the projects on offer as
if they were at school again! The boys and families
were genuinely excited about the amazing options
we put forward to them. They were asked to choose
6 projects on offer but many boys could only narrow
it down to 8 or 10! Mr. Karan and the College Hospitality students did a fantastic job catering on the
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19 August 2016
Term 3
HSIE Faculty News
iLearn Excursion
On Monday, the 8th of August, we – Yr9 iLearn –
went on an excursion to the city at Milson’s Point.
The excursion was organised by the class ourselves,
and we had decided to go fishing on the day. For
some of us, this excursion was a fun, casual day out,
and for some, this was a brand new experience for
us to remember. After an hour long train ride, we
found ourselves standing in Milson’s Point, right under the Harbour Bridge. We were briefed on the basics of fishing and some safety precautions, as most
of us were new to fishing. It was a great experience
for most of us when we casted our first fishing rods
out into the water, and even just standing there
waiting for a bite was fun, the anticipation keeping
you concentrated and engaged. Though we didn’t
really catch much, we managed to catch a small
red snapper and oddly enough, a starfish! This was
an excursion I’m sure all of us enjoyed, and though
we might not have come back with a lot of fish, we
came back with an experience to remember.
Freedom Rides Play
Last Friday, the 5th of August, we went to see a play
called the ‘Freedom Rides’ which was about Charlie Perkins and the fight for Aboriginal land rights.
The play told the stories of the freedom rides that
occurred in the 1960’s and were based on the freedom rides that took place in America. We were
shown how they prepared for the trip and some of
the hardships and racism that they faced along the
way. This play was entertaining and fascinating to
watch considering that everything they displayed to
us was in depth which included multiple songs and
acts. The play was also interesting because we got
to be a part of the play and we were given a script
to work from. It was quite fun but we had to pay
attention because we didn’t know when we would
be called up. It was also hard to understand what
some of them were saying because they spoke with
strong accents. All in all it was a good experience
and an enjoyable few hours as we got to understand parts of Australian past history. We thank the
Kinetic Energy Theatre Company for taking time out
of their busy schedule to come to Liverpool boys to
present a brilliant play.
By Clark Kong, Eric Krishna and Li-Chun Lu.
Maddern’s Creek Water Testing Excursion
A group of Year 8 students were selected to attend
Maddern’s Creek to test water and determine how
to sustain sealife in this water catchment area just
north of Wollongong. The students had a very enjoyable day.
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Term 3
TASCAPA Faculty News
Tahsen Al-Hassen.
Photography and Digital Media News:
At the end of last term in Year 10 Photography
and Digital Media (PDM), students explored the
idea of photojournalism and the ways in which
photographers can capture situations, events and
places to make us aware of what is happening in
the world. Students learned that a photojournalist must never interfere with his subject so that his
or her photographs are real snapshots and have
integrity. Students then had to photograph real
places and events around school and in the city.
Below are some of their photographs:
Jarrod Ebb.
Murtada Al-Khalidy.
Ashutosh Lal.
This term in Year 10 PDM, students have been
learning about the Postmodern Frame and how
we can use this frame to analyse photography and
art. There are four frames of analysis in the Visual Arts and PDM courses: the Subjective Frame,
the Structural Frame, the Cultural Frame and the
Postmodern Frame. Each one is used as a type of
window or lens to ‘view’ art through. The Postmodern Frame is generally considered the hardest and is used to consider whether an artwork
is ‘inside’ or ‘outside’ the mainstream. In analysing, students ask: has the artist appropriated
anything? Have they challenged social ideologies
and authority? Have they been playful, ironic or
humorous in their ideas and use of materials?
Has the artist challenged the way audiences think
about art? The following is Jeremy Nguyen’s (Yr
10) analysis of John Hartfield’s photograph: ‘Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind
and Deaf: Away with these Stultifying Bandages!’
(1930):
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Science Faculty News
The International Competitions and Assessments
for Schools (ICAS) is an independent, skills-based
assessment program which recognises and rewards student achievement. Recently a selected
group of Year 9 and 10 students participated in the
Science ICAS Examination, which aimed to test the
students’ skills in the following areas:
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Observing and measuring
Interpreting data
Applying data
Investigating
Higher-order skills
Congratulations to the following students for successfully participating and completing the ICAS
exam:
Year 9
Upon analysing the photograph ‘Whoever Reads
Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf:
Away with these Stultifying Bandages!’ by John
Hartfield, we can see that its horrific imagery becomes a visual metaphor that sits outside mainstream themes. It portrays a man blinded and constricted by bourgeois newspapers conveying how
individuals that read these become oblivious to
the cruel working class reality around them. Hartfield has covered a mannequin’s head with pages
of newspapers, demonstrating how any person can
be misled from reading propagandist media. The
photographer exploits the irony of bourgeois newspapers, casting them as detrimental and impairing;
we now see mainstream media as nothing more
than a mere ‘cover-up’ that misdirects and fools
readers from the truth. The upper-middle class are
fooled into believing twisted portrayals of the world
around them while the truth sits behind them. Hartfield challenges periodicals and creates this photo
that acts as a message for society to turn around
and see the truth, as trusting the media makes us
subject to miscommunication. Hartfield appropriates the purpose of newspapers by changing them
into a vessel to voice his political opinion. By turning bourgeois newspapers into a balaclava, his photo becomes a weapon used to challenge the social
norms and ideologies about media.
Bilal Ajaj, Bishar Al-Sheikh, Amer Al-Zohiry, Haydir
Al-Hassen, David Conteh, Daniel Karezi, Lachlan
Martin, Esmatullah Nazari, Kelvin Nguyen, Marcus
Ponini, Ekagra Prasad, Shivneel Roy, Tommy Sayvong, Vladimir Vokic, Jamiel Yasin.
Year 10
Amer Abdo, Zak Adam, Brayn Aguilar, Mohammed
Badami, Jovan Gulic, Clark Kong, Eric Krishna, Vyllreth Meas, Syd Nepomuceno, Jeremy Nguyen,
Thana Panya, Andy Thai, Julious Vergara, Ilija Veselinovic, Faiz Yasar.
Each of these boys will receive a certificate at their
respective Acknowledgement Assemblies to recognise their achievement.
Well done, Jeremy!
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19 August 2016
Term 3
Year 8 PBL News
Year 8 Gala Day
Excursion to Sydney Powerhouse Museum
On Friday, 12th of August, Year 8 participated in
the Bernera Zone Gala Day. Students participated
in Softball, European Handball, Oztag and Basketball games at various locations in the Liverpool local area.
Coaching and accompanying the students were
College SLR boys, who should be congratulated on
their excellent leadership skills, maturity and help
with organising and refereeing the games. All students enjoyed playing in the sun and represented
their families and the school in a great light.
This term Year 8 Humanities students have been
busy learning about Polynesian societies in their
project titled, “Island Life.” To commence the project, all of Year 8 visited the Powerhouse Museum
in Sydney on Friday, the 22nd of July. The excursion aimed at preparing the students for curating
their very own museum of Polynesian artefacts for
exhibition at the end of this term. Edin Nakicevic
blogged about his experience:
We as year 8 all went together on a train. What we
had to do there was to look at different artefacts.
There was also a challenge to find the Polynesian
artefact unfortunately the artefact had been removed from the exhibition! But just being in the
museum was amazing because we all discovered a
lot of things there. We learnt about how chocolate
is made and how to power up a fire truck by riding
a bike. After the fun at the museum, we were all
starving so we went and had lunch. So after a day
of fun we went to school and all went home. So
after all that we had an explicit lesson on Polynesia and its islands, we had to research a lot about
those islands but we managed to finish. After doing that task everything got a little easier to understand about Polynesia.
Year 8 Science VALID Test in November
At the end of this newsletter is an information letter for all parents and carers of Year 8 students. In
November, all of Year 8 will be participating in a
compulsory national Science test. Please read the
letter carefully and ensure that your son has a pair
of headphones that he can bring on the day in order to complete the test on the computer. If you
have any questions, please contact the school on
9602 7979.
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19 August 2016
Term 3
2016 Annual School Disco
The annual school disco, held on Wednesday, the
27th of July, was marked with bright lights, loud
music and delicious food. It was a successful night
with College 2 raising approximately $700 for their
pre-graduation dinner and formal. Our theme for
this year, ‘Old School RnB & Hip Hop,’ which gave
students an opportunity to dress up in 90s hip hop
style. A special thank you to all the staff who stayed
behind to supervise, as well as the College 2 students who worked collaboratively over the past
months with the girls’ school SLC to make the night
a success.
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Term 3
English Faculty News
PE Faculty News
As part of their English Assessment, Year 9 students
were asked to address the driving question, ‘What
matters to me?’ Students needed to compose and
deliver their performance poetry to the class. Here
is Samir Ali’s piece:
At 6.30am on Tuesday, the 26th of July, 15 students
and three teachers from Liverpool Boys High School
packed a bus; their destination, Perisher! Mr. Reynolds arrived with a bacon and egg roll in hand and
with enough coffee to get through the six hour road
trip.
What Matters to Me
By Samir Ali
About an hour out of the snow fields we started to
see snow and everyone started getting excited. But
that was nothing compared to what we saw when
we stepped off the Skitube at the snow fields. It was
snowing all of the first day and it was so cold! The
rooms were small and cosy, but we were able to go
and use the spa and sauna room which was fun.
What are we doing here
Where are we gonna go
Wake up every morning see terrorism on every
show
What do these people know
What do they understand
Soon there gonna destroy this land
Your life will erupt
As if you’re in quick sand
These days people don’t give you a hand
If you’re struggling or if you’re dying
They’ll always say you’re lying even if your
Lying down and crying
You’re to blame
But don’t they fell ashamed
I wish the media would just stop
Stereotyping Muslims are terrorist
Why blame them but not the rest
Why act like you know everything
When you really know nothing
But what are we to know
What probably started hundreds of years ago
Where men didn’t know anything
learning to read and write
They probably got scared when they saw the fire at
night
But these days we be racist and abuse
One another instead of being close and not hating
each other
Or blame each other
Or bully each other
Or fight each other
Or kill each other
Instead you should love each other
Care for another
Give a hand to another
And this is what matters to me
All of us snowboarded and the teachers skiied. We
fell over so many times that all of us had sore tail
bones by the end of the trip. Mr. Reynolds and Mr.
Ahmed kept showing off by spraying us with snow
when we fell over. Mr. Williams was just learning to
ski but was really good by the last day.
The trip home was so long and I just wanted to go
home to my bed, but most of us were so tired that
we fell asleep on the bus after dinner. The best part
of the trip was being able to watch it snow and being able to snowboard instead of being at school. I
definitely want to go again next year! It needs to be
longer!
But what are we to know
What probably started hundreds of years ago
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Calendar
22-26 August
HSC Trial Examinations
26 August
Wear It Purple Day (Year 10)
1 September
Year 7 Gala Day
13 September
Year 9 Incursion HSIE
14 September
Year 10 Commerce Fair
15 September
LBHS Multicultural Day
16 September
Year 7 Numeracy Luna Park Excursion
19 September
College 2 Camp
20 September
College 2 Graduation Dinner, Liverpool Catholic Club
21 September
College 2 Surprise Picnic Day
22 September
College 2 Graduation Ceremony
23 September
Year 9 Drama Excursion
Last day of Term 3
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Liverpool Boys High School
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Providing Quality Education For Boys Since 1955
19th August 2016
Dear Parent or Carer
The Validation of Assessment for Learning & Individual Development (VALID) test for Year 8 students will be
held between Wednesday 2 November and Friday 11 November 2016. The test takes approximately 70
minutes. The VALID Science 8 test is an interactive, multimedia test completed entirely on a computer.
VALID Science 8 contains multiple choice, short response and extended response tasks that are grouped
around real-world issues, including scientific investigations. This is a diagnostic test, with tasks framed
on Stage 4 outcomes and essential content in the NSW Science Years K–10 Syllabus. Students will be tested
on their:
• knowledge and understanding of science
• understanding and skills in the process of scientific investigation
• ability to evaluate evidence, make judgements and think critically
• ability to access information and communicate scientific ideas.
Students also complete a survey about their opinions, attitudes and values about science.
Since students complete VALID Science 8 on a computer, each student needs to bring headphones or
earbuds that plug into a school computer. Earbuds for an iPod or portable player are suitable.
If your child has a disability that needs special consideration or has been educated in English for less than
one year, please contact your child’s school to discuss special provisions or possible exemption from the
test.
Results of the test will be available during Term 1 2017. Information about each student is treated
confidentially and held securely to ensure that the right to privacy of all students is maintained. A
personal report for each student will be sent to parents/carers to describe the science knowledge and
skills demonstrated by the student in the test. There will also be information about how your child’s
results compare with overall performance of all students in the test.
The principal of your child’s school is able to provide you with more details about the VALID program if
you require additional information.
Yours sincerely
Bruce Inwood
R/Director, High Performance
Department of Education
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FORBES STREET LIVERPOOL NSW 2170 I PH: 9602 7979 I FAX: 9821 4068
EMAIL: liverpoolb-h.School@det.nsw.edu.au
Liverpool Boys High School
Forbes Street, Liverpool NSW 2170
Ph: 9602 7979 Fax: 9821 4068
Email: liverpoolb-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
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