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Headmaster’s Message Chaplain’s Message Head of Senior School Head of Junior School
Issue 1 Term IV, 2011
Academic • Christian • Caring
We welcome our new Chaplain Rev James Rogers and his family to our community. In a previous Newsletter I wrote that Rev Rogers graduated (Bachelor of Music Education, UNSW) in 1992 and spent five years teaching in Primary and Secondary schools in NSW. He undertook theological training at Moore College (Bachelor of Divinity, Diploma of Ministry) between 1998 and 2001. He acted as Assistant Minister of St John’s Anglican Church, Wilberforce between 2002 and 2006 before taking up the position of Rector at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Lugarno. He also served as a Council member and Youth Task Force Leader of Georges River Regional Council. Rev Rogers was born in Wollongong Hospital and grew up in Warilla, attending Lake Illawarra High School. He played Group 7 Rugby League, French Horn in the Wollongong Conservatorium Youth Orchestra as well as completing a fitting and turning apprenticeship with Commonwealth Steel. He became a Christian in 1986 through the ministry of Thirroul/Austinmer Anglican Church. He is married, has four children and lists his interests as Theology, Music, Education, Leadership, Greek and Hebrew and Holidaying with family and friends. We wish him every success in his role as Chaplain and pray that God will bless his ministry at TIGS.
Stephen Kinsella Headmaster
A Commencement Service will be held for Rev Rogers at a special Senior School Chapel to be held next Tuesday, 25 October commencing at 12.20pm. Bishop Peter Hayward will be officiating and speaking at this service. All members of our extended school family are invited to attend this special occasion. Please let us know if you are coming as this will assist us with planning. (4220 0200) Planning continues for the repair and transformation of the Library (upstairs level of the Goodhew Research Centre) so that it will better serve the learning needs of our students. The final floor plan will be on display in the Library from next week.. The construction period will be from the end of Term IV this year through to the end of Term I, 2012. Arrangements have been made for the physical Library to be temporarily relocated to the TIGS Extended room in the Junior School and Begbie in the Senior School. The virtual Library will operate normally throughout this period. The temporary closure of the physical Library marks the next stage of the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into the curriculum. During the construction period it will not be possible to continue the current practice of relocating lessons to the Library to use ICT. Moving the use of ICT for class research from the Library to classrooms is something that the School has been moving toward with the installation of the School’s wireless ICT network. From Term I 2012, each student in Years 7 to 12 will be required to have their own portable device for use in classrooms. More detailed advice about this change in practice was sent this week by mail to each family with a child enrolled in Years 7 to 12 in 2012. Information is also available through the TIGS homepage (www.tigs.nsw.edu. au – click on the ‘Technology’ tab). Information sessions are also planned for parents at the following times: Year 7, 2012, Parent Information Evening (6.00pm to 8.00pm) in IGC
Monday 24 October 2011
Afternoon meeting (4.00pm) in Library
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Evening meeting (6.00pm) in Library
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Finally, it is with sadness that I report that a former teacher of the School, Ms Maria Biady passed away on Saturday 15 October. Ms Biady was employed as a teacher of English from 2003 to 2007. She was a friend of many in the School community who mourn her passing. Stephen Kinsella Headmaster
The Welcoming God In my time as a Senior Minister of a church I did a lot of thinking about the business of welcoming. I often tried to get into the skin of an “outsider” to our church in an attempt to understand what their experience of coming to our church might be like. The sorts of questions I asked myself were: Is our church easy to find? Is there sufficient signage to lead a newcomer from the car park to the pew? Is the entrance clearly marked? Do our buildings make an attractive first impression? Have we got the right people on the door to greet newcomers? What does a newcomer need to know about what we do when we gather as a church? What do they need to know during the service? Are they being adequately cared for following the service? Will they be followed up and how will this best be done? Questions such as these would often occupy my thoughts. At one level welcoming is a basic courtesy that anyone deserves. It is just plain rude not to provide an adequate welcome. But I believe there is a deeper reason why this is so. The God in whose image we are made is a welcoming God. He has revealed this to us most thoroughly through his Son Jesus. God sent Jesus into the world to pay the penalty for our sins in his death on the cross so that the barrier that stands between us and God might be done away with. As the apostle Peter puts it in 1 Peter 3.18: ‘Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.’ God is a welcoming God and that demands we be a welcoming people. All this has come to my mind because over the past week I have had the experience of being a bit of an “outsider” myself. Last Monday I started as Chaplain to the School. While I have been to the School on a couple of occasions over the past few months last week represented my first real welcome into the fullness of school life. I hope you will be interested to know how it has gone for me. In short, the experience has been overwhelmingly positive. While I have been struck by the utter beauty of the campus I have been especially taken by the warm embrace I have received from all of the staff, students and parents I have met so far. It has been quite humbling really. And it has not only been directed at me. My whole family has enjoyed a lavish welcome.
Rev James Rogers Chaplain
I want to take this opportunity to thank the School for providing such a warm welcome to us. And I want to encourage you with the reminder that in being such a welcoming community you are bearing the image of our God who is a welcoming God. And that pleases him no end. Rev James Rogers Chaplain
A Very Successful Start Welcome back to Term IV and perhaps Spring is coming now! Year 12 are well into their HSC with so many of the cohort, over 80%, having been already awarded University places and a number secure in the knowledge that they have Cadetships and Traineeships. In these straitened times to be assured of such a future is wonderful for both students and their parents. The School’s reputation and the students’ hard work have contributed to this great outcome. As Year 12 has left so the new Year 12s have taken their place. They are now in the Common Room and have settled in well to their HSC studies. The Prefects’ Induction Service last Friday saw the largest number of students ever admitted into leadership positions. This is a testament to their commitment to service leadership within and outside the School. They are an outstanding group of young people and have already made their mark at Assemblies and SRC. The Sports department announced some outstanding achievements at this week’s Assembly: Jack Millar chosen in the Junior Olympic Ski Team and James Belcher and Julien Smith gaining gold medals at the recent CIS Championships which guarantees them a place in the All Schools Championships. Also at Assembly, Simon Mill was awarded a High Distinction in The Australian Science Innovations – Rio Tinto Big Science Competition and several FPS teams were highly successful at the recent National Competitions, including the Year 7 team who are now Australian Champions and could be representing Australia in the International Competition in the U.S. Well done! So all in all, a very successful start to Term IV. Mrs Monica Watt Deputy Head and Head of Senior School
Monica Watt
Deputy Headmaster and Head of Senior School
Junior School
What is the Essence of a Great School ? Last week I had the opportunity to visit schools in Papua New Guinea to complete a school inspection. My task was to evaluate the facilities, resources programs and staff at New Britain International School. It was a wonderful experience to observe teachers working in very different conditions to those we experience here at TIGS and yet to see similarities in intention and in practice. I was reminded of the essence of great schooling. Great schooling involves the underlying principles of: care for each individual, continual improvement, effort and excellent teaching practice. Imagine my delight at being asked to evaluate a great school. Imagine my further delight on reflection to be reminded of what a great school we have here in the Junior School. On returning to TIGS I have observed these principles in action in all of our classrooms, in the playground and the staffroom. Our teachers care for each individual, their social, emotional and academic growth. All of our community look to model lifelong learning and continual improvement to the children and we can see them beginning to take ownership for their learning at appropriate times. As a team we seek to reflect on our teaching practice and to be looking for ways to do our work better so that the outcomes for children can improve.
Judi Nealy
In this area it is my pleasure to share with our community that Mrs Bryant has been seconded to the Board of Studies for three weeks to assist in a final review of the new 7-10 English curriculum. This is a wonderful acknowledgement of Mrs Bryant’s expertise in this area of curriculum, expertise from which we as a community benefit greatly.
Head of Junior School
Congratulations to Emily Choy (Yr 1), Himali Wijesinghe and Nathan Troiani (Yr 6) who had art works displayed at the Operation Art 2011 exhibition being held from 10 September to 9 October 2011 at the Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park. Operation Art is a program which encourages young people to create artworks for children in hospital. Himali achieved an Operation ArtBank category which means her art work will be given to a regional hospital in NSW. Nathan’s piece will be photographed for the Teachers Resource CD which uses examples of Operation Art entries to illustrate the wide variety of teaching strategies across stages 1, 2 and 3. The exhibition’s opening day was launched by Premier Barry O’Farrell. Thank you to Mrs Kallinikos for her assistance to the children in creating their artworks.
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Science News The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition - 2011
The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition is a competition that attracted 22 of our budding young science students. The competition, which involved students in attempting 30 challenging Science questions over 75 minutes was held after school during Term II. Approximately 37 000 students from over 550 schools entered the competition, representing all Australian States and Territories, as well as significant numbers of entries from New Zealand and Singapore. The 22 students who entered the competition earned one High Distinction, seven Distinction and eight Credit Awards, a highly commendable performance. The award recipients were: High Distinction Award Simon Mill (Yr 7) Distinction Awards Thomas Chadrawy (Yr 7), Evan Jenkins (Yr 7),Thomas Oyston (Yr 10), Hugh Allison (Yr 11), Lauren Hatton (Yr 11, Nicholas Marzano (Yr 11), and Joy Li (Yr 12). Credit Awards Peter Kyriakoudes (Yr 7), Cameron McMillan (Yr 7), Kieran Devitt (Yr 10), Rhys Campbell (Yr 11), Callum McNeilly (Yr 11), Kishan Wijesinghe (Yr 11), Daniel Dutkiewicz (Yr 12), and Dilpreet Wadhwa (Yr 12). Congratulations to all the students who participated in the competition.
Year 11 Student Information
Are you a Year 11 student with a passion for Science or Engineering? The University of Western Sydney is holding a Youth Science Forum from Wednesday 18 January to Friday 20 January 2012. To download the University of Western Sydney Prospectus please click here. Martin Sormus Head of Science
Creative Arts News Photography Club
In Term IV 2011the Creative Arts Faculty will be offering two exciting after-school Workshops called The Photography Club and Art from the Heart. Costs are involved in these classes. Photography Club will be held weekly on Tuesdays from 3.30pm to 5.00pm. Students will learn a range of photography skills and techniques including using a camera, compositional devices, digital editing, basic darkroom techniques and photography lighting. Students will be guided in a step by step way through these skills. The content will be differentiated according to the student’s ability level and interest and by the end of the course students will produce a series of photographs. The classes are open to students aged 11 years and above. For more information email the Head of Creative Arts on sesposito@tigs.nsw.edu.au.
Art from the Heart
Art from the Heart is running on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the Creative Arts rooms and all TIGS students are able to participate in a range of traditional media areas including painting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics. Again, the content will be differentiated according to the student’s ability level and interest. Contact Mrs Kallinikos on Mob: 0405 588 105 for more information.
Senior School Sport NSW All Schools Athletics
The NSW All Schools Athletics Championships was held at Homebush from the 13 - 16 October. TIGS were represented by nine students and there were a number of outstanding results. The competitors and their results were as follows: Julien Smith (13B) 800m 1st (2:08.50) 1500m 1st (4:21.46) James Belcher (17B) Pole Vault 1st (3.60m) Hammer Throw 2nd (44.34m) Javelin 5th (44.94m) 400m Hurdles 5th (1:03.44) Triple Jump 7th (12.13m)
Emily Debrot (19G) Javelin 1st (39.63m)
Denali Hutt (13G) Long Jump 8th (4.48m) 100m 14th (13.53s)
Caleb Stamper (14B) 1500m 3rd (4:20.08) 800m 6th (2:05.58)
Alexandra Lavalle (13G) 80m Hurdles 9th (14.47s)
Angus Pryde (13B) 1500m 8th (4:49.49) 800m 12th (2:21.01)
Margot Allison (13G) 1500m 18th (5:54.79) 800m 24th (2:52.71)
Congratulations to all of these students on their results. Particular recognition and acknowledgement of their achievement to Julien Smith and James Belcher who have been selected to compete at the Australian All Schools Championships to be held in Brisbane in December.
Year 7 and 8 Rugby
On Thursday of Week 8 last Term the Year 7 and 8 Rugby team participated in the inaugural University Shield. A three way series was played between TIGS, Holy Spirit College and Edmund Rice College. Against Edmund Rice in the first game the TIGS team leaked four easy tries before coming back to be narrowly beaten by 33 to 26. Mathew Galanti scored two tries and was rock solid in defence. Dominic Mortimer and Mitchel Ferguson scored the other two tries. In the second game, Holy Spirit ran away with the game after TIGS turned over possession on too many occasions. The final score being 20 to 5 Evan Jenkins being the sole try score for TIGS. Edmund Rice won the Inaugural Shield, however with the majority of the TIGS team made up of boys in Year 7 we look forward to next year’s competition.
Diocesan Volleyball Gala Day The TIGS Open Girls Volleyball team came 5th overall which was a great result. Congratulations to all team members: Clair Bonham, Helena Bonham, Madeline Miller, Zoe Wulff, Kezia Kyre, Jessica Defreitas, Kate Pearman, Kirsty McRae, Natasha Redman.
The TIGS Boys Volleyball team had a good day. Team spirit was high and the team pushed themselves to the end. The team consisted of: Kurt Ferguson, Damien Galanti, William Homes, Keiran Devitt, Thomas Oyston, Kalen Pupovac, Robert Gyngell.
Student Success
Year 9/10 Sports for Term IV 2011
Congratulations to Joel Moore, Jonathan Fowles and Callum Waldock for their selection in the AICES 15 year cricket. They These Summer Sports for Years 9/10 have begun for Term IV. Badminton - Monday - IGC - 3.30pm - 4.30pm now go through to the CIS Trials in Sydney. Basketball - Wednesday - IGC 3.30pm - 4.30pm Rock Climbing - Wednesday - Hangdog Auburn Street Jack Millar has been selected to repWollongong - 3.30pm - 4.30pm resent Australia in Skier Cross at the Swimming - Wednesday and Friday - University Pool 7.00am Youth Olympic Games to compete 8.00am (TIGS bus to school) at Innsbruck, Austria, in January. He was one of nine of Australia’s Table Tennis - Monday - IGC - 3.30pm - 4.30pm finest young winter talent named Swimming training is available to all students Please collect a by chef de mission Alisa Camplin permission note from Student Reception. at Canterbury Ice Rink this week. This is an exceptional result and the TIGS Sports Presentation Evening ultimate achievement to represent Invitations have now gone out to all Award recipients from your country. Congratulations from K – 12 for the TIGS Sports Presentation Evening on Wednesday the TIGS community. 9 November 6.30pm for 7.00pm in the IGC. All parents and staff are welcome to attend. This is an important occasion in the school calendar as we recognise sporting achievements from TIGS students in 2011. Please contact Mrs Sharpe at school on 4220 0200 for further information.
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