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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1 6 - 10 Feb

Year 11 Assessment Evening 6:15 - 8:30pm

13 - 17 Feb P & C Meeting 7pm

Swimming Carnival

Photo Day Year 7 Meet the Parents Evening

20 - 25 Feb

The next three week for your diary TERM 1 WEEK 1 2017

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

It was great to see everyone return to school happy and rested this week. I never cease to be astounded by how much some of the boys grow over the summer! Quite a few said “goodbye” at the end of last year shorter than me and many retuned to say “hi” looking down at me from a considerable height. Can I extend our warm welcome to parents with sons just starting high school in Year 7 and to all the parents of new enrolments in 2017. We issue #Ashtag via email every Friday during term so that parents know what is happening and to keep you in touch with the daily school lives of your sons. It is for this reason that we include so many photographs of the everyday life of the school. We know that it can be hard to feel involved with school when your son leaves Primary school and we try to keep this involvement alive as much as possible. I had the honour of attending the Inner West Council Australia Day Awards last week. Our outgoing School Captain, Logan Tuara, was awarded the Young Citizen of the Year Award. Congratulations on this wonderful recognition! The citation acknowledged Logan’s leadership in the school, the community and with younger students. It also acknowledged his tireless commitment to others through service and volunteering as part of our school’s volunteering program. Given that the population of the merged Inner West Council is now about 165,000 residents and given the density of schools in the LGA this is a significant and well deserved accolade. Logan plans to combine leadership and service to the community while starting his combined degree in Arts /Economics at Sydney University this year.

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Even though the end is still a long way off, Year 7 has taken their first steps to completing high school. The boys’ first day was accompanied by sweltering heat and a sudden brief storm right in the middle of lunch. Besides meeting their new classmates and their team teachers the boys also completed various orientation activities to make sure that everyone has a happy and positive start to school. At lunch Year 7 was welcomed with a sausage sizzle and in the afternoon they wrote letters to themselves about their first day. These letters have been sealed and will be kept until the boys attend their Year 12 Graduation. It will be wonderful to look back and see what they did, the things they experienced and how they felt on their first day in high school.

THE CLASS OF 2022 START HIGH SCHOOL

Timetable quickly digitised

Despite the temperature handball continued

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FEELING CONNECTED UNIT ONE

The first unit of English our Year 7 students focus on involves discovering the connections students make with each other, both within their school and their community. Students explore ideas of identity, belonging, family, friendships and group membership. Focus topics include: inclusion versus exclusion; peer group relationships and individual responses. A variety of texts are explored and students develop their composing skills whilst analysing their ideas about identity and belonging and relationships with others and their world.

English Faculty

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WEEK ONE IN SCIENCE

7 Rose tried out lighting a Bunsen burner 162 years after it was invented by Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen in Germany. Well done boys!

Sam Lam Relieving HT - Science

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Congratulations to Larry Bi for being awarded Dux of the School for 2015. Larry achieved the

highest mark in Assessment in the Year 12 program of study and received an ATAR of 99.0.

He is currently doing a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Pharmacy at the University of

Sydney.

Mr Tenefrancia Year 12 2015 Adviser

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A concept that we continually stress at our school is that we are a community and in successful communities people all look out for each other. We reminded the boys in our daily notices this week about being careful of allergens and of the need to think about others. It would be great if parents could reinforce this at home. We ask that the boys do not share food with their friends because they may be totally unaware of the possible allergic or anaphylactic reactions that may result. We also have reminded the boys that we cannot guarantee that the school is allergen free and they need to take particular care if they have a known condition. While we actively discourage having nuts on site it isn’t possible to guarantee this. If you could reinforce this in your discussions at home it would help us immensely.

ALLERGEN ADVICE

YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT EVENING TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 2017

Dear Parent/Guardian

On Tuesday 7thFebruary there will be an information evening for Year 11 students and their parents regarding their Preliminary HSC assessment. The meeting will be held in the school hall between 6.15 - 7.30 pm. Parents are asked to be at the school by 6.15 to sign in and receive the associated Preliminary HSC documentation prior to the start of the presentation. Attendance at this evening is mandatory and students must have a parent/guardian over the age of 18 to accompany them.

CANTEEN PAYMENTS

Last year the SRC requested that the canteen investigate the possibility of having EFT payment facilities. Many students have debit cards and use these more than cash. Mr Hopwood negotiated this with the canteen operator late last year. The school canteen is now able to accept debit and credit card payments from boys who would prefer to pay this way. Cash is of course still acceptable.

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Year 7 Parents and Carers

You are invited to:

An opportunity to meet and talk to your son’s Year 7 teachers and to learn more about our Stage 4 Teams

When: Thursday 16th February 2017

Where: Meet in the Hall

Time: 6.15 - 8.30 pm

Dinner: A light dinner of chicken and salads will be provided after the Team Meetings.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Please return this tear-off section to your Team Leader by Monday 13th February

I / We will be attending the Meet Our Team Evening on Thursday 16th February 2017.

Student’s name ……………………………………………………. of 7 ........................

Please complete the numbers attending below for catering purposes.

Number of people attending: Adults………………

Children……………

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HOMEWORK CENTRE

The Homework Centre will be available for students again in 2017 due to the generous support of Wests Ashfield. If you would like your son to receive tutoring or assistance please complete the attached application form and return it to the office or Ms Gorton. The Homework Centre is staffed with teachers who provide support and tutoring for free. The Centre is open on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Numbers are limited and we expect that boys who attend will attend for at least a term at a time. If you have any questions about the Centre please contact Heather Gorton, the school’s Community Liaison Officer.

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8th February – Grade Sport Organisation—Round 13

Assembly

Point

Sport Venue Opposition Coach Leave

class

at:

Assemble

and Sit

at:

Game

Time

A Basketball 1st ABHS Gym North Sydney

Dobrowolski

12:34

13:45

A Basketball 2nd ABHS Gym North Sydney

Dobrowolski

12:34

13:00

B Basketball U15’s NSBHS Gym North Sydney

Tyler

11:20

11:23

13:45

B Basketball U14’s NSBHS Gym North Sydney

Tyler

11:20

11:23

13:00

D Cricket Open

2nds Hammond

Park

Epping Carrington

Surman

12:10

13:00

E Cricket U14’s TBA

Epping Markou Richardson

13:00

I Futsal 1st

Olympic Park

North Sydney Phillips

11:35

11:40

13:30

I Futsal 2nds

Olympic Park

North Sydney

Phillips

11:35

11:40

13:00

M Futsal U15’s A

Olympic

Park

North Sydney

Chu

12:34

14:30

M Futsal U15’s B

ABHS Gym

North Sydney

Chu

12:34

14:00

N Oztag 1st

Ashfield Park

Epping 2 Chatwin

12:20

13:45

N Oztag 2nds

Ashfield Park

North Sydney

Beretin

12:20

13:00

O Oztag U15’s A

Ashfield Park

BYE Burford

12:34

13:45

O Oztag U15’s B

Ashfield Park

North Sydney

Belle-Page

12:20

13:00

P Volleyball 1st

ABHS

Canteen Area

North Sydney Lam

12:34

13:45

P Volleyball 2nds

ABHS Canteen

Area

North Sydney Lam

12:34

13:00

Start Finish

Z

Sick or

Injured With Note

F5 Prasad Assemble at 12:30 12:34 2:31

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RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 19

Assembly

Point Sport Venue Coach

Assemble

and Sit in

Year 7 quad

at:

Start

Time

Finish

Time

1 Badminton OP Olympic Park Hathi 12:05 13:00 2:31

2 Volleyball OP Olympic Park

Sports Hall Zhang

12:05 13:00 2:31

3 Futsal OP Olympic Park Sports Centre

Tenefrancia

12:05 13:00 2:31

4 Table Tennis OP Olympic Park

Sports Hall Yoon

12:05 13:00 2:31

14 Football (Soccer)

ABHS Outdoor B’ball court

Mahmud

12:34 12:34 2:31

5 Power Walk Ashfield Local

Area Jones TBA

12:34 12:34 2:31

8 Multi-Sport Centenary

Park Li Pieterse

12:34 12:34 2:31

6 Power Yoga F2/F3 Marks

12:34 12:34 2:31

15 Outdoor Fitness Ashfield Park Pool Zubac

12:34 12:34 2:31

13 Basketball Years

9-10 Centenary

Park Fasan Jovicic

12:34 12:34 2:31

7 Swimming Ashfield Pool Curran Zimaras

12:34 12:34 2:31

10 Table Tennis

ABHS ABHS Hall/

Year 7 Quad Smit

12:34 12:34 2:31

12 Theatre Sport D9 Whitting

12:34 12:34 2:31

Z Sick or injured

With Note F5 Prasad

12:34 12:34 2:31

Futsal – Olympic Park Sports Centre booking

times:

8,15, 22 February (Court 2)

1 March (Court 1) 22 March (Court 2)

Table Tennis- Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8,15, 22 February

1, 8, 15 March

Volleyball - Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8,15, 22 February 1, 8, 15 March

Badminton - Olympic Park NSW Netball

Unavailable dates:

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