CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Volume 7, issue 1

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Centennial Park School Newsletter

Term 1, 2012

TERM 1, 2012 IN THIS ISSUE

Harmony Day @ Sydney Distance Education Students from Centennial Park School celebrated Harmony Day at Sydney Distance Education High School. Jane and Emi (above) featured in a music item performed by various students who attended on the day

Sports in Term 1 Students, this term, were able to experience a variety of sports including Tennis, Ten Pin bowling, Cricket and Dragon boat racing

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Dragon Boat Racing @ Pyrmont Centennial Park School

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Term 1 has passed in a blink!! We have had a very busy beginning to 2012. Ten new students enrolled this term, and the settling in process and start of their programs and learning has begun. We would like to welcome Michael from

Rose Bay, Matthew O’D from Gymea, Tylah from

Balmain, Jonathon from JJ Cahill, Max from Rivendell, Jane from Randwick GHS, Sunti from

SSC Leichhardt, Taylor from Kogarah, Madison from Burwood GHS and Alex from Blakehurst.

We have also been busy with engaging our stage 5 students in work experience. Thanks to Lyn, our careers teacher and

also thanks to 7 local businesses, we have 7 of our students on work experience programs, attending one day per week. We are working with: Wendy Ford Jewellery Boutique, Randwick; Foxman Auto Service, Randwick; Randwick KU Childcare Centre; Randwick Auto Electrics; Struggletown Veterinary Hospital, Randwick and Randwick Florist

We are very appreciative of their support.

We have also enrolled 3 of our yr 10 students in short TAFE courses for next term, courses that may lead to apprenticeship and work placements. We wish Jess, Alex R and Alex M good luck and good learning! Apart from all of that, academics programs have continued, well supported by Sydney Distance Education High School, with students progressing well in all subject areas.

I would like to thank the parents, including all our new families, for their continuing support with our many requests this term. Thank you for making sure your young people are wearing our uniform, are following our healthy eating

policy and are attending as well as they are able.

Jennifer – School Principal

Sometimes things happen in life that we do not like, or situations occur that we cannot change. When this happens it helps to say: “This is how it is” NOT how it was...might have been...should have been. Sometimes we need to ACCEPT that this is how it is so we can choose to go on living our life in a meaningful way. This idea comes from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and I’ll be sharing more strategies with you from this therapy next term and individually with the students whom I work with.

For now, I’d like to share the following ways to experience HAPPINESS- try some of them out over the holidays and see how they make you feel!

1. Express gratitude

2. Practise optimism

3. Avoid obsessing over things

4. Practise acts of kindness

5. Make time for friends

6. Learn to forgive

7. Immerse yourself in activities

8. Savour life’s joys

9. Work towards meaningful goals

10. Exercise

Wishing you all a relaxing and happy Easter holiday,

Be Exceptional!

Trish Butterworth - School Counsellor

WORK EXPERIENCE

Theresa (left) and Jasper (above) both students have been completing work experience at different placements.

Principal’s Chat By Jennifer Shumack

Counsellor’s Chat By Trish Butterworth – School Counsellor

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Naruto vs Sasuke

“Hey, you really think you’ll be able to bring me back to The Hidden Leaf Village”, Sasuke asked.

“I will take you back to The Hidden Leaf Village;

I’ll take you back by force if I have to”, naruto said.

Naruto, Yamato thought. Be careful!

“Huh, you won’t even be able to get a scratch on me”, Sasuke replied.

Excerpt

By Matthew D

The Hobbit

Once upon a time there was a father who went to the prime minister and told him his daughter could make counterfeit money, even though she had no idea how to do that. The prime minister said, “I will give you one day to make me five hundred thousand dollars, but if I take it to the bank and the bank notices that it is fake, I will feed you to my three-headed Chihuahua. So the young woman was given a printing press and she was placed in the cellar at parliament house where she was put to work. Later that night she was looking at the printing press clueless as to how to operate the machine, when suddenly a mysterious figure came lurking in the shadows. “Hello is anyone there?” said the young prisoner in tears. She slowly approached the shadowy figure who asked her why she was crying. The poor girl replied, “I have been forced to make fake money which I don’t know how to make.”

Then the hobbit said, “I will make it for you if you give me your IPod.” She agreed and he made the money appear. In the morning the prime minister came down to the cellar and saw

the money. Then he said, “Make me more!” That night the hobbit visited her again and he said “I will make you more if you give me your first baby and let me adopt it like Angelina Jolie”, and again she agreed.

That morning the prime minister’s son proposed to the young woman and that same day they got married. Two months later they had a baby that night the hobbit visited her again and said what about your promise to me. You have to give me the baby!

By Xavier

By Students in C1. Student Profile: Matthew O (Yr.8)

What high school did you attend before CPS? Gymea High School

What’s your favourite food to eat? Tacos

What do you like to watch on TV/ Youtube? Family Guy , South Park, UFC and Bikini Beach

What’s your favourite music/band? Tech N9ne, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Kerser

Do you have any other hobbies? Baseball , Boxing , Soccer

Model of Stonehenge by students of C1 (above)

Art work by Xavier

Matthew and Xavier working on a model together

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I am Legend, 2007 MA15+

I am legend is a truly scary movie. Living in a world where infection has ravaged mankind, killing most of the people and turning the rest into bloodthirsty monsters.

In the city of New York there is a sole survivor, Will Smith, who still searches for a cure. His only companion is his best friend Sam (a dog). Will smith is very convincing in the starring. His role of a man truly alone, with no other human contact, makes you feel what the character must be feeling. This film has a great story, great acting and great action. Many scenes with gripping suspense and is full of ‘edge-of-your-seat-action’. I highly recommend this movie, and is a must see for any zombie fan,(still, not technically a zombie film) or for any horror fan.

By Sunti

Shakespeare was right

You may be wondering what I’m on about with the whole “Shakespeare was right” thing, well …

When you look at Romeo and Juliet and you look at the state of their families, you shall soon understand, Shakespeare cleverly hides one of the important factors in this story.

The battle between Parents and their Children.

It would be hard for any child to be fighting with their parents, but imagine fighting with your parents whilst your parents are fighting with another family. In Romeo and Juliet, there are the Capulets (Juliet’s gamily) and the Montagues ( Romeo’s family). There is hatred between the two families and at the start of Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet (1996) there is a big fight scene between Juliet’s cousin Tybalt and his friends, and Romeo’s friends. To me this shows true hate but the thing that confuses me is that Romeo doesn’t know of Juliet and she doesn’t know of him, but their families and friends are always fighting.

Let us dig a little deeper into the relationships in the story. Romeo’s parents from my perspective want to get to know their son a little better than they already do. Especially when his heart is broken over the so called “love of his life” Rosaline. This shows to me that they do care and that they want to be there through the tough times that Romeo will face in his life.

But we can look at Romeo’s situation of heart ache even today, these sorts of relationships between parents and children are tough for any teenager, especially the lovesick ones.

By Charley

Student academic work By C2

Art poster (above) and clay figure (below) created by Kayleigh

C2 would also like to welcome Jane and Max into our class. They have settled into the class well.

Sydney Distance Education work by Patrick

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Student Mental Health Day @ WAYS

On Thursday last week we went to WAYS at Bondi Beach, for a conference about mental health.

We had different activities to do there, at first we heard a speech about drugs and alcohol, depression, anxiety and food disorders. After that we had a break and went to a church to do another activity, called the circle of trust. In the circle of trust, we all had turns of answering questions and getting rewards and prizes, we also had to group up with people who we didn’t know and we had to talk about things like depression or similar stages in life.

By Alex

IT by Stephen King

One of my favourite authors is Stephen King who writes science fiction. I am reading what I think is his best book called IT. The book is based on the time 1986 and the story takes place in a town called Derry as seven children are terrorised by a shape shifting demon who takes the form of ‘’pennywise the dancing

clown’’ who lurks around the sewers and drains in the town. The now seven adults had made a pact that they would return to Derry if the monster ever returned and 30 years later it has………….

By Jess

My Favourite website

There’s this website, it’s called Tumblr. Tumblr is a mircoblogging platform and social networking website. I have a blog on Tumblr and it’s basically a band and tattoo blog only. I only blog pictures of bands I listen to like Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, Slipknot, Woe, Is Me, Blessthefall, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Miss May I, Bring Me The Horizon, etc. I also blog body tattoos I find awesome. I follow 567 band/tattoo blogs as well. I’ve made heaps of friends on Tumblr who share the same music interest as me; they all live in Australia which is great! A few nights ago I posted a photo of Oliver Sykes and Mitch Lucker together and it got 41 notes, that means 41 different people blogged that photo. I’ve never gotten over 3 notes on a photo I’ve posted on my blog so I was really happy to see 41 notes. I have 5 ‘Tumblr famous’ people following me on Tumblr. One of those ‘Tumblr famous’ people is actually best friends with a few of my friends which is awesome! I only have 431 followers, but it’s still great to have people follow my blog and enjoy it.

By Hayley

Over Coming Fears

I was afraid of heights,

My Aunty always told me, “If I was to go on something, high off the ground, it would fall.

One Day, I went on a roller coaster.

I found out, I didn’t get hurt or die,

I faced it and nothing happened.

To this day, I’m not that scared anymore, there still are sometimes, when I get scared of heights,

But I’m not as bad as before,

By Dannielle

CYBER SAFETY

We need to acknowledge the risks

Remember that cyberspace is a public space

Nothing is private online

Nothing can be totally deleted

You are never anonymous

You leave a digital footprint

Postings can be found years later

Only post messages that you would say in person face-to-face and remember to keep your settings PRIVATE.

Check out www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au

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Part of the mural of clay works done by students this term in art.

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MASK

The gun was heavy in her hand. Lucy was shaking, trembling in fact. Her hazel eyes darted around nervously behind the curtain of her short blonde hair, the tear tracks on her face glittering under the lights as she tilted her head back. Alabaster skin was marred by ugly splotches of crimson, and the feel of it was enough to make her stomach flip. Her clothes were charred and ripped, the evidence of the events that had occurred just three hours previously. She took a deep breath. I can do this. Lucy chanted it like a mantra in her head, and as the seconds ticked by, she began to believe it more and more, Quinn quickly taking over. Quinn’s controlled façade snapped back into place. She looked back down at the man sprawled on the floor, her eyes hardening rapidly, Lucy fading away. Quinn straightened up, Lucy happily letting her take control, just like she always did. Quinn would protect her. Quinn always did. Lucy watched with an almost child-like fascination as Quinn raised the gun. Quinn braced herself to fire. Lucy hid away, safe behind Quinn.

BANG

By Emi

Work Experience

I am doing my work experience at Randwick auto electrical. I do it on Tuesday, I wish I could do more stuff with the cars when I am there.

By Jasper

Sports @ CPS

During my time here at Centennial Park I have participated sports, gym and integration. My favorite sports are Basketball and Tennis. I also enjoy going to the gym.

I am currently integrating three days a week to Leichardt high school.

My favorite part of being here is physical activities such as sports gym sessions and fitness.

My least favorite and very hateful part of being here is the unnecessary and unwanted photographs.

By Patrick ( pictured above).

Farewell Centennial Park School

Hello my name is Paris I’ve been at Centennial Park for almost a year. In that time I have accomplished a lot.

I enjoy playing guitar and while I was at this school I have had the opportunity to play music with staff and students’ have also participated in school of rock which was a music program where you form a short term band and practice songs a play them live in front of an audience at the end of the term.

Our performance was at the valve bar in Tempe I played lead guitar in the band which consisted of three other people, a lot of people were in the audience it was a good day and I enjoyed the experience.

Throughout the last year I have accomplished a lot in music and I still am practicing music. It is a big part of my life and I’m slowly progressing in forming a band or joining a band.

I am leaving this school soon and I’m going to miss the music programs here and I will miss jamming along with the talented staff. I have learned a lot for the time I’ve been at this school and I’m happy move on.

Paris

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C4 would like to welcome Alex (above) into the class. He showed us his amazing tennis skills during sport this term and is settling in well in our class.

An artwork by Theresa

Clay figure by Emi

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SPORTS @ CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL

Ten Pin Bowling Throughout the term there were a few sports days that had been called off due to rain; students went bowling as a result. Xavier in action (above)

Cricket @ CPS A couple of cricket matches were held at Centennial Park School at the start of term. Matthew (pictured) about to make some runs.

Tennis at Coogee Students received tennis coaching for a couple of weeks during the term, Patrick (pictured above) practicing a forehand shot.

Great reasons to be active for children and parents Boosts confidence

Improves fitness

Makes bones and muscles stronger

Improves posture

Helps maintain a healthy weight

Lowers the risk of heart disease

Reduces stress

Improves sleep

Reduces the risk of cancer

Improves self confidence

Teaches you new skills

Develops better motor skills

Makes a person happier with their body

Lower risk of disease including heart disease and cancer later in life

Centennial Park students are all working well in the gym… Keep up the good work and keep active over the holidays!!

It’s been a tough term getting students involved in the gym. A healthy body will assist a healthy mind. A big shout out to Sunti who has been excellent coming into the girls club on Monday lunch times, and trying really hard in lessons. Well done!

Trophy winners this term:

Cricket: Matthew.D

Tennis: Patrick.D

Dragon Boat Racing: Patrick.D