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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

29 May 2 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 12 Western Sydney Uni Info Day - Carrington ICAS Science Competition

Year 11 Exams Bushcare

Year 11 Exams Year 8 STEM With Ashfield Public P6&7

Year 11 Exams

05 - 09 June Year 7&8 Disco BGHS

Neighbourhood Aid

Year 12 HSC Maths General Task

12 - 16 June Public Holiday Year 10 Premiers Debating - Sydney Boys High - Zubac Year 9&10 Parent Teacher Interviews (3:30-7.00 pm)

Bushcare Year 12 Society & Culture Assessment Task

HTA HSC Seminars - Sydney Uni Year 11 English Speaking Task

HTA HSC Seminars - Sydney Uni Year 11 English Speaking Task Zone Athleties Carnival

The next three weeks for your diary TERM 2 WEEK 5 2017

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

Congratulations to the senior TheatreSports team who beat a range of other schools on Monday night to progress to the finals. Again like last year, Ashfield Boys is the only comprehensive public school to progress to the finals. The junior team will perform tonight and we are hosting the competition in the hall. If you would like to attend the performance is always a huge amount of fun. Thanks Ms Whitting and Ms Small who devote a huge amount of time and energy to the TheatreSports teams.

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Roland Tenefrancia Maths Teacher

Ashfield Boys High School students sat the ICAS Digital

Technologies competition on Tuesday, 23rd May 2017.

The Mathematics/Computing faculty look forward to

viewing their results, as when Ms Thomas looked at the

Year 7 paper she wondered how much students knew

about a database.

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SENIOR THEATRESPORTS TEAM ROCKETS INTO SEMI FINAL

The first heat of the Senior TheatreSports Challenge was held at Casimir College on Monday evening 22nd May. The ABHS team, comprising Galen Banfield, Vincent Li, Edwin French Jen-kins, Wesley Tebbens and captained by George Brooks competed against eight other teams. The boys were placed in the top for and have secured a place in the semi-finals. Thanks to Ms Whitting for her continued support and encouragement and congratulations to the team. Break a leg in the next round. The first round of the Intermediate TheatreSports Challenge will be held in the hall at ABHS on Friday 25th May at 7pm. Come along and support the team. Cheers from the home crowd will certainly spur the boys on.

Tracy Small Head Teacher CAPA

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DRAMA STUDENTS EXCURSION

Year 9 and 10 Drama students attended a performance of Canterbury Girls High School’s Musical; “Lil’ Miss Adventure”. Set in a contemporary girl’s high school, the plot is reminiscent of Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Mean Girls. Our students commented on the wide range of characters, the vocal qualities of the students, the transitions between scenes and the polish of the overall performance. It was a great opportunity to view a live performance and to continue the relationship between the two schools.

Tracy Small Head Teacher CAPA

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YEAR 8 STEM – ROLLERCOASTERS

Our STEM teams have just completed their fourth

session and are currently involved in building their

‘final’ rollercoaster that meets the requirements of

the design brief.

The teams are very competitive and there has been

lots of building, testing and rebuilding to ensure their

design works! Each student in a STEM team has a role

and our 3D printing managers have been busy de-

signing and now 3D printing their start gates. Once

these are complete they can be tested and some

teams may need to ‘rethink’ their start gate design.

Our next STEM day is on Monday, teams will be

finishing off their rollercoasters, completing their

theme and creating a short documentary of their

work.

Ricky, Xiao and Shane- Group 1

Group 9 – Ivan Kwan’s STAR starter

gate design and 3D printing.

Group 25 – Moustafa and Adam with

the ‘AIR EXPRESS’ rollercoaster

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POWERHOUSE EXCURSION

Year 7 went to the Powerhouse Museum on Thursday 27th April for our History excursion. We

got to Central by train and walked from the train station to the Museum. First we played a bit at

the playground and then we went inside to see the mummies. We saw six mummies and we had

to write about their life and how technology was used to investigate their lives. After lunch, we

saw the rest of the museum. Then we walked back to the train station and caught the train back

to school.

Sam Cropper and Jason Voung - 7 Tao

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Les Carrington

LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE GLOBAL

HSC ENGLISH EXTENSION 1 STUDY DAY

On Sunday our Year 12 English Extension1 students attended an English Teachers Association study day at Newington College on their module Texts and Ways of Thinking and the elective, Navigating the Global. The boys learnt how to approach each section of the exam and heard from some of the best students from the HSC 2016. They were put through their paces and tested to think about how to create and construct an imaginative piece of writing which captures the challenges of our times whilst incorporating ideas and characters from the texts they have studied. They enjoyed the day and know that their hard work and their approach will enable their success at the HSC!

Louise Finigan Head Teacher English

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ICAS SCIENCE COMPETITION REMINDER

A reminder to all students who have paid for the ICAS science competition, it will be held on Tuesday next week, 30th May, in periods 5-6 in G3.

Regards, Derek Chu Science Teacher/Competition Co-ordinator

What: ICAS science competition

When: Tuesday 30th May, periods 5 and 6

Where: G3

P&C SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING

The P &C subcommittee will be holding a meeting on Tuesday May 30th at 7pm for 7.30pm start. The meeting will be held at West Sports on Church St to discuss planning for social/ community events for Terms 3 & 4. If you wish to attend please RSVP to the P&C email so we have an idea of who will be attending. abhs_pandc@hotmail.com

55TH ANNUAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

It was a great carnival marked with an outstanding Alec Campbell Gift. The fifteenth running of the handicap race marked the first time that two brothers competed against one another. Rhey Bugarin (17 years of age) off a handicap of 10 metres went head to head with younger brother Rhodes (7 metres). The crack field produced one of the fastest races in recent memory with age and experience proving to be a huge advantage. The U18's representative AJ Kahraman off a handicap of 13 metres stormed down the outside in lane 8 to claim victory in a fitting end to a stellar career representing ABHS in athletics. Well done to all competitors with final scores of the carnival, age champions and zone representatives to be announced next week.

Wade Tyler PD/H/PE

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ATHLETICS CARNIVAL SNAPSHOT MAY 22ND AT ALEC CAMPBELL FIELD

House Championship

Arabana 686

Darawal 733

Koorawatha 1104

Warramunga 1015

Photographed by: Les Carrington

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Athletics Carnival snapshot cont.

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Age Champions

12 David OLAWALE Koorawatha

13 Connor ANAGNOSTOPOULOS Arabana

14 Luca PAPADAKIS Koorawatha

15 Raymond BUI Warramunga

16 Nicholas BEEKWILDER Arabana

17 Colm McCARTHY Koorawatha

18 Ahmetcan KAHRAMAN Warramunga

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31st May– Grade Sport Organisation – Round 8

Assembly Point

Sport Venue Opposition Coach Leave class at:

Assemble and Sit

at:

Game Time

A Badminton 1st,2nd and

U15’s ABHS Gym

1st Grade-BYE

Randwick Dobrowolski

12:34

1:00

B Football 1st Hammond Park

Randwick Zubac Calic

12:34

2:15

D Football 3rd Hammond Park

Randwick Curran Calic

12:15

1:00

E Football U15’s B

Centenary park

Epping D Hathi

12:10

1:00

G Football U14’s A

Rowland Park Daceyville

Randwick Phillips 11:33

11:35 1:00

H Football U14’s B James Park

Asquith C Richardson 11:45

11:47 2:00

I Football U13’s A

Rowland Park

Daceyville

Randwick Lum 11:33

11:35

2:00

K Football U13’s B

Rowland Park

Daceyville

Randwick Mahmud 11:33

11:35

1:00

L Football U13’s C

James Park

Asquith D Wellington 10:53

10:55 1:00

M Rugby 1st Randwick BHS

Randwick Chatwin

12:25 2:00

N Rugby U15’s Epping BHS

Epping Burford 11:22

11:25

1:00

O Rugby U14’s Ashfield Park

Homebush Pieterse

2:00

P Rugby U13’s Ashfield Park

Randwick Tyler

1:00

Q Table Tennis

2nd and U14’s

ABHS Hall

2nd Grade-BYE

Randwick

Yoon

12:25

1:00

Lawn Balls

Ashfield Park BC

North Sydney Carrington

12:15

1:00

Start Finish

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Sick or

Injured With Note

F5 Skelton Assemble at 12:34 12:34 2:31

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RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 17

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 Pool

12:34 1:00 2:31

3 Futsal OP Olympic Park Sports Centre

court 5 Chu

12:05 1:00 2:31

4 Table Tennis OP TBA Smit

1:00 2:31

14 Power Walk Local area Jones Prasad

12:34 12:34 2:31

5 Multi-Sport ABHS Oval Markou

12:34 12:34 2:31

8 Power Yoga F2/F3 Marks

12:34 12:34 2:31

10 Outdoor Fitness Ashfield Park Easdown Jovicic

12:34 12:34 2:31

15 Basketball Years

9-10

ABHS B’ball Outdoor Court

TBA

12:34 12:34 2:31

13 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

Z 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: