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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

It has been great to see the return of sunshine this week! Not only because of the relative warmth but also as it

has allowed the boys to get outside in the playground and run off their excess energy. I think this has supplied

relief for the boys and their teachers in equal measure!

As the change of season is almost upon us, it is a good time to take stock of your son’s summer uniform. As

teenagers tend to grow before our eyes, the shorts you bought in February may not fit in September. To avoid

all the hassles that are involved with a last minute rush on the uniform shop or Lowes, now is a good time to get

your son to try on his summer uniform.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 5 15 - 19 Aug

Year 12 Trial HSC exams Science Week Year 10 Q/P Fieldwork to Iron Cove Year 11 MH Assessment

Science Week Year 11 Advance English Speeches ICAS Maths Competition Year 12 Physics Excursion - Sydney Year 11 Maths General Assessment YEAR 11 Maths Assessment

Science Week

Science Week

Science - Planetarium Excursion

Science Week Year 10B Geo - Fieldwork Iron Cove

Week 6 22 - 26 Aug

Science Week

Science Week Bushcare P3&4

Neighbourhood Aid Shopping

Chemistry Excursion

Week 7 29 - Aug 2 - Sept

Mad Night HSC/VA/Drama/ Music Showcase

The next three weeks for your diary

TERM 3 WEEK 4 2016

Dwayne Hopwood Principal

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2016/2017 SCHOOL CAPTAIN ELECTIONS

These last few weeks have been busy with electing our prefects for the next 12 months. From the seven prefects selected two weeks ago, five of these excellent students have put their hands up to stand for School Captain or Vice Captain. The candidates were: Jacky Chen, Murali Chinnappa, Andrew James, Jackson Plumb and Pathik Shah. The candidates were tasked with writing a two-minute speech to answer the question of why it is important for great leaders to be positive role models. They presented their speeches to their Year 11 cohort today and each captured the attention of their peers admirably, showing what great leaders we already have here at Ashfield Boys High School. Each of their speeches was different; some were very personal, some quoted great historical figures and some based theirs on the attributes of role models closer to home but all of their speeches were extremely inspirational and exciting to listen to. Good luck to all of you!

Mandy Marks, SRC Coordinator

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S Mitchell

ABHS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

ABHS hosted a Chess Tournament in the library. We had a record attendance and chess master commented that the standard of play is improving. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the day, and some who started the day as non-players acquired the rudiments of the game.

Prize Winners

Trophies:

1st Place - Harry Kang 7/7 2nd Place - Han Yoo 6/7 3rd Place - Chan Hwang 5.5/7

Medals

1st Place - Year 10 and Over Award William Men 5/7

Runner Up - Year 10 Nicholas Li 5/7 - Year 8 Award Aiken Chan 5/7 - Year 7 Award ` Toby Kam 4/7

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Ms Wei Mathematics Teacher

VISUAL PUZZLES

Visual puzzles provide an opportunity for students to train their critical and analytical thinking

skills. Students need to pay attention to various details in the puzzle in order to compare,

contrast and generalise patterns. Here are students of 8 Kratos having a crack at some of the

puzzles.

How quickly can you solve the following problems?

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SCATTERED SKIES

Year 11 Physics has just begun their final

module, The Cosmic Engine. Here the

students are using spectroscopes to

observe different light sources. Using the

spectral lines scientist and students can

deduce the elements contained in the light

source, may it be a common flourescent

light tube, our sun or a distant star.

Derek Chu Mathematics/ Science Teacher

MATHEMATICS COMPETITION REMINDER

For all students participating in the Mathematics competition, it will take place next

week on Tuesday 16th August.

Who

When

Where

Those participating in the Mathematics competition

Tuesday 16th, August Period 3-4

Hall

Regards, Derek Chu Maths Teacher

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HOW ABSURD!

This term Year 10 Drama students are learning about the Theatre of the Absurd. Throughout this unit they are introduced to such influential playwrights as Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. As Absurdist theatre was born directly out of the devastations of World War II, students are exploring the ways in which historical climate affects the artistic community of the time. They are learning to engage with unfamiliar and complex ideas of

existentialism and the meaning of life and how these ideas translate into theatrical work. They are learning to analyse and engage with this highly intellectual form of theatre and apply its conventions to their own work. In the photos below students are in the process of creating their own pieces of Absurdist theatre, which are centered on conflict. Later this term students will be completing a costume design assessment task focusing on symbolic nature of details

designers use to support the creation of three-dimensional characters.

Tracy Small Head Teacher—Creative and Performing Arts

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STICK – IN SCIENCE

These past two weeks we have continued to see more changes in the Professor’s appearance. His colouring has become lighter and as a result, the Professor seems more ‘approachable’ after losing his intimidating dark and shiny gloss he had on last week. Last week we had a volunteer visitor who is familiar with phasmids and had a suspicion that the Professor might not actually be of the Goliath species…!

So, as a part of our excursion to the Zoo last Tuesday we investigated by examining the various species of phasmid on display and we did in fact discover that the Professor does not appear anything like the Goliath phasmid. There was a species there that appeared to match our own but, its name plaque was missing! So we are now certain the Professor is not a Goliath….but uncertain of what species he actually is! The investigation begins… Below are some close up pictures of the Professor’s developing wings, and Luca looking sheepish as the Professor climbs atop his head whilst Xiao is trying to measure his length.

Term Week Length of body (mm) Mass (g) Width of abdo-

men (mm)

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6 115 0.572 -

7 115 0.904 -

8 137 0.940 4

9 138 1.020 6

10 149 1.470 5

3 1 141 1.880 7

2 193 2.260 6

3 179 1.75 6

4 173 1.660 7

Rosie Boshell Science Teacher

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YEAR 7 ZOO EXCURSION

Ashfield boys had a wild time at Taronga Zoo last Tuesday. The boys enthusiastically guided themselves through the multitude of species found at the zoo.

The birds of the bird show thrilled the audience with low flying feats.

Congratulations and thanks goes out to the boys for their enthusiastic and mature approach to the day.

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Class 7 Confucius has been studying Dr Frankenstein and his creation this term. It has been a thrilling and horrifying adventure so far and everyone is enjoying the topic. The tasks that 7C have been working on include creating a diary entry as if they are Dr Frankenstein and have just finished creating their monster. This has allowed us to be imaginative and to demonstrate our knowledge of what we have learnt in this topic. Wazza Tariq Silas Newton 7 Confucius Team

This week in our Science classes we recorded our phasmid (a Goliath stick insect) ‘Professor Bubanies’. Our class has been monitoring him over the past semester. We had to measure him and weigh him and he has grown dramatically over the past 20 weeks. We also noticed that he has started to grow spikes and wings. 7 Confucius aim to now maintain his current habitat and monitor his further progress during Term 3. Yesh Kumar Blake Williams 7 Confucius

CONFUCIUS SAYS….

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Start Finish

Z

Sick or

Injured With Note

F5 Reid Assemble at 12:30 12:30 2:30

17th August – Grade Sport Organisation – Trials week 3

Assembly

Point

Sport Venue Opposition Coach Leave

class

at:

Assemble

and Sit

at:

:

Game

Time

A Basketball

1st and 2nds ABHS Gym

Dobrowolski

Skelton

12:30

13:00

B

Basketball

U15’s and

U14’s

TBA

Tyler

Skelton

12:30

13:00

D Cricket Open Centenary Park

Carrington

12:30

13:00

E Cricket U15’ Centenary Park

Burns

12:30

13:00

F Cricket U14’s Centenary Park

Markou

12:30

13:00

I Futsal

1st and 2nds

TBA

Phillips

12:30

13:00

M Futsal U15’s

A and B

TBA

Chu

12:30

13:00

Oval

(top)

Oztag

1st and 2nds

Ashfield Park

Chatwin Beretin

12:30

13:00

Oval

(gym)

Oztag U15’s

A and B

Ashfield Park

Lam

Belle-Page Maths TEMP

12:30

13:00

P Volleyball

1st and 2nds

ABHS Canteen

Area

Boshell

12:30

13:00

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RECREATIONAL SPORT - WEEK 3

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 12:30 2:30

2 Volleyball OP Olympic Park

Sports Hall Zhang

12:05 12:30 2:30

3 Futsal OP Olympic Park Sports Centre

Tenefrancia

12:05 12:30 2:30

4 Table Tennis

OP Olympic Park

Sports Hall Yoon

12:05 12:30 2:30

14 Football (Soccer)

ABHS Oval Mahmud

12:30 12:30 2:30

5 Power Walk Ashfield Local

Area Jones Museth

12:30 12:30 2:30

8 Multi-Sport Centenary Park Nasour Wei

12:30 12:30 2:30

6 Power Yoga F2/F3 Marks

12:30 12:30 2:30

15 Outdoor Fitness

Ashfield Park Pool Zubac

12:30 12:30 2:30

13 Basketball Years 9-10

Centenary Park Fasan Jovicic

12:30 12:30 2:30

7 Swimming Ashfield Pool Curran Zimaras

12:30 12:30 2:30

10 Table Tennis

ABHS ABHS Hall/ Year

7 Quad Smit

12:30 12:30 2:30

12 Theatre Sport D3 Whitting

12:30 12:30 2:30

Z Sick or injured

With Note F5 Reid

12:30 12:30 2:30