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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

15 - 19 May Year 12 Chemistry - University of Sydney

Year 12 English Advanced- Tempest Seymour Centre Finigan Year 12 HTA HSC History Study Seminars - University Sydney

Bushcare Year 12 UNSW Info Day - 7 Year 12 Students

Year 8 STEM with Ashfield Public School P6&7

Year 8 STEM

Project - all day

22 - 26 May ABHS Athletics Carnival

Year 11 Exams Year 12 ESL English Assessment Year 12 English Standard Assessment Year 8 STEM Project - all Day

Year 11 Exams Neighbourhood Aid Economics - Year 12 Excursion Reserve Bank Year 12 Excursion Giant Dwarf Theatre 1:30pm McCusker

Year 11 Exams Year 7 History Powerhouse Museum Year 8 STEM with

Ashfield Public P6&7 Year 12 Ancient History Seminar 10 - 11am SCR

Year 11 Exams

Biggest Morning Tea

29 May 02 June

Year 11 Exams Year 8 STEM Project - Final Day Year 12 English Advanced Assessment P3&4

Year 11 Exams Year 12 English Ext 1

Year 11 Exams Bushcare

Year 11 Exams Year 7 History Powerhouse Museum 3 Classes Year 8 STEM with Ashfield Public P6&7

Year 11 Exams

The next three weeks for your diary TERM 2 WEEK 3 2017

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

It’s hard to believe that we are already one third of the way through the term! With the changing weather the boys will need a winter uniform if this has not already been organised. These are still available through the uniform shop as the full transition to Lowes is still in progress. Even after 26 years as a teacher the metabolism of teenage boys is still a mystery to me with many opting to wear shorts in July and jumpers in February. The NAPLAN tests were completed this week and the boys are to be commended for the mature way in which they approached these. When we receive the results later in the year we will forward these to parents.

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ASHFIELD FIRE STATION MURAL PROJECT

A select group of Year 8 Visual Arts students attended Ashfield Fire Station to present the mural they completed last term. The fire fighters were extremely impressed by the enthusiasm, commitment and artistic talent of our students. The boys were able to spend time exploring the station and talking to the fire fighters about the amazing work they do for our community. Thank you Ashfield Fire Brigade!

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CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATE

Last week your son was provided with a sheet showing current contact information.

Please check the details and make any necessary amendments.

If all the contact information remains the same, please sign the sheet to confirm the

information is unchanged.

Please ensure your son returns this sheet to his Roll Call Teacher next Friday 19th May.

Ms Jovicic Visual Arts Teacher

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YEAR 8 STEM PROJECT

On Tuesday Year 8 continued their 2017 STEM project based around rollercoasters. This week, teams were constructing a ‘trial’ rollercoaster based upon the outcomes of their experiments in last week’s STEM session. All teams completed a session on 3D printing and Google sketch up to enable them to start designing their 3D starter gate. Teams worked steadily throughout the day and are now up to drawing some possible design ideas for their final group project. Once again a busy and engaging day! Linda Henry Deputy Principal

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Ms Wei Mathematics Teacher

WHAT ANGLE IS THAT DAB?

What is the 'Dab' dance and why are sport stars dabbing when they celebrate? The invention of the dab has been credited to Migos, a rap group from Atlanta, US. However, it

was brought to popularity by Cam Newton, a player in the American football team, the Carolina

Panthers. He was crowned by the crowds as the 'dab daddy' as it is his signature move on the

sport field. Other sporting stars caught on to this movement and also do the dab to celebrate.

Students of 7 White practised measuring angles formed by the dabs that famous people did. They

constructed a triangle in each dab picture and used a protractor to measure the angles.

What angle makes a dab look best?

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CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS PHOTOSHOP EXERCISE WITH YEAR 10 VISUAL ARTS

Year 10 students have started a new in–class assessment. Students are to take photographs of themselves and each other using the school iPads and manipulate their photographs using Photoshop. Students will explore several different tools and techniques in Photoshop when morphing their images. It was a great lesson with the iPads and students had fun taking interesting photos of themselves and each other. This lesson, we spent half of it taking the photographs on the iPads then the second half in the computer room starting our first photographic manipulation. The distortion tool seemed to be the most popular at first, however, as students gained confidence more intricate Photoshop layering started to occur. Clare Easdown – Visual Arts Teacher

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ASHFIELD TRUMPS ITSELF

Round one of the Year 10 debating competition saw the two Ashfield teams paired up in a peer against peer battle. The B team made up of Kelvin Huang, Vincent Li, Travis Campbell and Kavan Chan took on the might of the A Team Daniel Lahood, William Devine, Alex Hodgson and Matthew Mylrea. The entertaining debate was focused on the relevance of scripture in public schools. Over the course of the competition the boys are required to be knowledgeable and to discuss many modern and contemporary social issues. On the day the team representing the negative argument (A Team) won over the adjudicator and triumphed in a tight tussle. Next round in Week 5 this term both teams will test their mettle against the might of Sydney Boys High.

Wade Tyler PD/H/PE Teacher/ Zone Table Tennis Convener

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Year 10 is studying Chemistry this term. They have been

improving their laboratory skills as well as working co-

operatively with their peers. The acid-base

neutralisation reactions have produced a rainbow of

colours with the addition of universal indicator.

YEAR 10 CHEMISTRY

Year 11 Biology has been studying the process of mitosis

YEAR 11 BIOLOGY

Ms Osborn/Ms Prasad Science Teachers

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ASHFIELD BOYS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The annual Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 22nd May 2017. The Carnival is a compulsory school activity for all students in Years 7-12. Students who perform well at this carnival will be invited to represent the school at the Zone Athletics Carnival on Friday, June 16th.

Date:

Monday 22nd May 2017 Time: 8.30am to 2.30pm

Venue: Campbell Athletic Field – Canterbury Park

Cost: $2.00

Travel Arrangements: Students make their own way to the ground. Walk up Holden Street

from Ashfield Station and continue towards Canterbury Boys High.

Turn right into First Ave then left into Andrews Ave.

Students who would like to come to the school and walk to Campbell

Park with Mr McCusker must assemble in Year 7 quad by 8.10AM.

Dress: Sports uniform and House colours. Bring a hat and sunscreen.

Lunch: Bring your own lunch and drink. Also, the canteen will be operating

with a limited menu.

HOUSE COLOURS

Arabana Red Koorawatha Green

Darawal Yellow Warramunga Blue

In case of bad weather, SMS text messages will be sent to all parents. The school’s website will also provide required information.

All parents are most welcome to attend.

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CODING CLUB IS BACK !!

Starting TERM 2 ... STAY TUNED!

Open to ALL current ABHS students - No coding experience needed! No age restriction!

Coding club is a time where you can start learning about coding OR come to work on your own self-interest projects. If you have a question about coding or if you need help in a project then

join the coding club and pick Ms Beretin’s brain for the information you need! Together, we solve problems.

That’s how we roll... That’s how we code.. ; )

Computer Programming LANGUAGES

for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS…

HTML (learn how to build webpages) SCRATCH (show your

projects to others and share experiences - good or bad)!

LANGUAGES for INTERMEDIATE to

ADVANCED

HTML5, CSS3, JAVASCRIPT SCRATCH (intermediate to ad-

vanced) -for those who want to build on current skills in scratch programming. E.g. building interactive platform and arcade style games

OTHER LANGUAGES to learn include...

PYTHON, ATIONSCRIPT, VISUAL STUDI ( Visual Basic,

C#,… )

AFTER SCHOOL

(15:10 to 15:40)

...dates to be announced next term…

SIGN UP NOW !

Collect your 2017 Application Form from

Mr Hopwood (Principal) OR Ms Beretin (G12)

Join the coding club and find out what the fuss is about?!

It’s FREE!?!??!!

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17th May – Grade Sport Organisation – Round 6

Assembly

Point

Sport

Venue

Opposition Coach Leave

class

at:

Assemble

and Sit

at:

Game

Time

A Badminton 1st,2nd and U15’s ABHS Gym

BYE Dobrowolski

12:34

1:00

B Football 1st Hammond Park

EPPING 2 Zubac Calic

12:34

2:15

C Football 3rd Hammond Park

Homebush 4 Curran Calic

12:15

1:00

D Football U15’s B Centenary Park

BYE Hathi

12:10

1:00

E Football U14’s A Blackman

EPPING B Phillips 11:18

11:20

2:00

F Football U14’s B Blackman

Epping C Lam 11:18

11:20

1:00

G Football U13’s A

ESL 1

Epping

Richardson

12:02

12:04

2:00

H Football U13’s B

ESL 1

Epping Mahmud

11:18

11:20

1:00

I Football U13’s C

Blackman

EPPING Wellington

11:18

11:20

1:00

K Rugby 1st Ashfield Park

BYE (CHS Carnival)

Chatwin Surman

12:34

1:50

L Rugby U15’s

TBA

North V South

Burford

1:50

M Rugby U14’s

TBA

North V South

Pieterse

1:00

N Rugby U13’s

TBA

North V South

Tyler

1:00

O Table Tennis 2nd and U14’s

ABHS Hall

Epping Yoon

12:34

1:00

P Lawn Balls

North Ryde

RSL

Epping Carrington

1118

11:20

1:00

Start Finish

Z

Sick or

Injured With Note

F6 Skelton Assemble at 12:30 12:34 2:31

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RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 9

Assembly

Point Sport Venue Coach

Assemble and Sit

in Year 7 quad at:

Start

Time

Finish

Time

1 Badminton OP Olympic Park Zhang 12:05 1:00 2:31

2 Volleyball OP

ABHS Canteen Area

Pool

12:34

1:00 2:31

3 Futsal OP

Olympic Park Sports Centre 5

Chu

12:05

1:00

2:31

4 Table Tennis

OP

Olympic Park

Sport Hall Smit

12:05

1:00

2:31

14 Power Walk Local area Jones Prasad

12:34

12:34 2:31

8 Multi-Sport ABHS Oval Markou

12:34

12:34 2:31

6 Power Yoga F2/F3 Marks

12:34

12:34 2:31

15 Outdoor Fitness Ashfield Park Easdown

Jovicic

12:34

12:34

2:31

13 Basketball Years 9-10

ABHS B’ball

Outdoor Court TBA

12:34

12:34

2:31

10 Basketball Years 7-8 Centenary Park Tenefrancia

12:34

12:34

2:31

7 Swimming Ashfield Pool Surman Belle-Page

12:34

12:34

2:31

12 Theatre Sport D9 Whitting

12:34

12:34 2:31

5 Football Centenary Park Stitt

12:34

12:34 2:31

Futsal – Olympic Park Sports Centre booking

times:

22 March (Court 2)

5, 26 April – Court 5

3, 10, 17, 24, 31 May - Court 5

7, 28 June - Court 5

19, 26 July – Court 5

Volleyball - Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8, 15 March

22 March – Sports Centre Court 4

5, 26 April – Sports Centre Court 4

3 May – Sports Centre Court 4

10,24, 31 May – Sports Hall

7, 14, 21, 28 June – Sports Hall

19, 26 July – Sports Hall

Table Tennis- Olympic Park Sports Hall booking

times:

8, 15 March

10, 17, 24, 31 May

7, 14, 21, 28 June

19, 26 July

Badminton - Olympic Park NSW Netball

Unavailable dates: