Week 1 Yr 10 Elective Taster Lessons 26 July – Yr 8 Elective Taster Lessons Week 2 Yr 10 Elective Taster Lessons SLC’s 30 July – SEED Excursion Week 3 SLC’s 7 – 8 Aug – Yr 11 Crossroads Program Week 4 SLC’s 13 Aug – Subject Selection Night 13 Aug – Evening SLC’s Week 5 Support Unit SLC’s 21 – 23 Aug – Snow Camp

Important Dates

40 AUTUMN

4see Celebration of Learning

On 20th June, parents and special guests were invited to see the

beautiful work Year 7s had created over semester one. During

each lesson, students identified their character strengths and

developed ways to showcase them as a unique design.

During the celebration students displayed their communication

skills by explaining their work to invited guests. Their

effective collaboration has led to

creative designs that required high

levels of critical thinking. As a

result, they are now able to answer

the driving question. “How can I

represent me, in our garden to be?”

Oz Tag Congratulations to the AHS

squad who remained undefeated...until the

finals...but great work Years 9/10 Boys. All

our teams made it through to the next level

of competition. Thanks to the parents who

came to support the teams and their kids.

Important Dates

Young people from around the Macarthur

region were celebrated during May at the

inaugural ‘Macarthur Young Champion

Awards’ held at Wests Leagues

Club. Macarthur’s Young Champions

Awards recognise the achievements of our

young people and the valuable

contribution they make to the local

community.

These awards are an extension of

the Macarthur Multicultural Children’s

Festival, and seek to motivate young

people to chase their dreams – whatever

those dreams are. Categories included

community service, performing arts, fine

arts, sports, academic, leadership and

environmental.

Three of our fabulous students were

nominated for awards:

Congratulations Emmanuelle!

Brei Ricketts for the Fine Arts (Special

Needs)

A h u g e

congratulations

to Brei for

winning her

category and for

her ongoing

beautiful work,

c r e a t i n g

paintings and

ceramic work.

Matthew Bryant for Performing Arts

And another huge

congratulations to

Matthew Bryant

and his band

'Gravity Stone'

who performed

during the even-

ing, as well as

winning their

category.

Emmanuelle Ashby for

Academic Senior

Cross Country Carnival For its second year, staff and students travelled to the Camden Equestrian Park for the Cross Country Carnival. The sun was shining and students wore smiles all day as they participated in the days events. Aside from the competitive races, students from all year groups spent the day playing volleyball, ultimate Frisbee and enjoying a sausage sizzle.

Age Champions Girls

12’s Felicity-Anne Cameron 13’s Indyanna Cemilleri

14’s Jorja Head 15’s Gemma Brittain 16’s Hannah Reneke 17’s Makayla Pavez

18’s Jessica Langford

Boys

12’s Tye Keyzer 13’s Jayden Benson

14’s Mauroa Mauroa 15’s Cooper Mulholland 16’s Bailey McMichael 17’s Aaron Houghton

The colour run, is colourful fun

As expected, the highlight of the day was the colour run- enjoyed equally by staff and students. This year saw all colour run participants having to wear specialised goggles and masks, which added to the fun and novelty of the event.

Fast Foward The Fast Forward program is run by the

Western Sydney University to help support local students get a feel

for the campus and experience tasters to the

courses that they might like to study for

their future careers.

A group of 19 Year 10 students visited the

University last Tuesday, visiting the Moot

Law Court and the Medical Centre where

they used a special torch to see the dirt on

their hands and the teaching mannequins.

Lomandra Community Project

As part of our partnership with Lomandra Community

Project, Ambarvale High School receives 5 fresh food

hampers every week to give to our wonderful families.

Families are also able to access the pantry themselves

Tuesday to Friday 9.30am – 2.00pm.

The pantry provides Meal Packs starting at $5 which can feed a family of 4.

If you would like to receive a hamper or be

placed on a list of families interested in receiving

a hamper, then please call the AHS Student

Support Officer (SSO) Natalie on 4627 1800.

Lomandra Community Project

4/5 Hollylea Road, Leumeah

9.30am – 2.00pm

Year 11 student Talijah Cunningham has been participating in boxing for the past two and a half years, and on Saturday 8 June won the NSW Intermediate Middle Weight Title. The match consisted of 4 rounds each going for 2 minutes, with only 30 second breaks where she would receive advice from her coach, and compose herself for the next round. Talijah versed another young boxer called Laysha who she had fought on

two previous occasions. When asked about the fight Talijah stated she was

nervous as “she had

only won previous

fights by two points”

Title Holder

Talijah Cunningham

and knew it was going to be a physical and mental

battle inside the ring.

Talijah was dominant throughout the 4 rounds,

and the judges unanimously scored her as the

winner, making her family, gym and most

importantly herself proud of her hard work and

dedication.