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Principal David Hargrave Deputy Principal Rel. Deputy Principal Mrs C Screech Mrs D Small LIVERPOOL GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL Liverpool Girls’ High is a learning environment that sets high standards Forbes Street Liverpool NSW 2170

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Principal David Hargrave

Deputy Principal Rel. Deputy Principal Mrs C Screech Mrs D Small

LIVERPOOL GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL Liverpool Girls’ High is a learning environment that sets high standards

Forbes Street Liverpool NSW 2170

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Articles Page

Principal’s Message .......................................................... 3-4

Deputy Principal’s Report ................................................. 5

Nadia Wheatley Visit ........................................................ 6

7 Common Resiliency Robbers ......................................... 7

School Sporting Teams ..................................................... 8-9

Dragon Art ........................................................................ 10

Elena & Jelena’s Crossword Puzzle ................................. 11

Anney Bee – Zine Artist .................................................... 12

Hills Coaching College ...................................................... 13

SLC Report ....................................................................... 14-15

Cafe!!! ............................................................................... 16-17

Tuition with a Mission ...................................................... 18

Mosquito-Borne Diseases ................................................. 19

Disney Tangled Quiz ........................................................ 20

Art Express 2011 ............................................................. 21

Queensland Flood Fundraising ........................................ 22

Did You Know? ................................................................. 23

Important Dates ............................................................... 24

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Welcome to the second edition of GLIDES for 2011. We are coming to the end of the term and it only seems a few days ago that we began the school year. I am happy to report that our students have settled into the year very quickly and are working very hard toward achieving their course outcomes. Teachers are very happy with the progress of the students and there are many exciting things happening in classrooms and in the school.

NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS Our school will participate in National Partnerships for low SES Communities for four years beginning in 2012. This four year project will focus on transforming our school to a 21st learning community, where students are engaged in their learning in a variety of different ways preparing them to function effectively in a modern world. The whole school community will be involved in a numerous strategies to assist in building our students’ learning and skills. To assist us to make this transformation the school will receive considerable funding from the federal government over the four years. During the next term, a team of teachers will be putting together our plan for the next four years. We need to explore information about our school including our results from all external examinations including NAPLAN, School Certificate and the HSC. We will also look at information to do with attendance and truancy. We will be asking students, parents and community members to complete a number of surveys and participate in a number of focus group discussions. This will allow us to be well informed in order to address major issues that the information is telling us. It will be an exciting time.

LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY To be successful learners and to be effective citizens in the 21st century the following skills are what people will need. Ask yourself how well you perform in the following ... problem solving and decision making; creative and critical thinking; collaboration, communication and negotiation; intellectual curiosity; finding, selecting, structuring and evaluating information; and having motivation to be a self starter who is self regulating, responsive

and reflective.

BULLYING Our school has a zero tolerance toward bullying. Through our welfare and integrated class programs our students are being skilled in knowing about bullying. We spend a lot of time talking about all different kinds of bullying the effects, what to do and results of bullying.

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Ms Burton, Ms Papayiannis and Mrs Pearse made a very courageous presentation at our special bullying assembly a few weeks ago. The message was very clear. If your child encounters any bullying tell someone so we can address it. Students should not use the internet to bully as the digital footprint is very easy to follow. We take all matters of bullying very seriously.

HARMONY DAY Harmony Day was marked on Wednesday 23 March in a wonderful day celebrating the many cultures of our school and to show the world how we can value our community with the many cultures that enrich our lives. Our celebrations of culture and harmony were also celebrated in our Indigenous morning on Friday 25 March where we were visited by Auntie Mae who shared her story with us and inspired our girls to be strong women like her and achieve all dreams in life. She is such an inspiration to us all.

LATENESS TO SCHOOL I will remind all families that students need to be at school by 8:45 am when the first bell rings. There are too many students who are arriving quite late. Students who are continually late will face disciplinary action. We need to instil in all of our students the importance of punctuality by arriving on time. I will ask for those students who are continually late to school to please attend to getting to school on time. Students who are unavoidably late need to have a note to explain lateness.

OPEN AFTERNOON Year 6 students by the end of the term, have to make a selection choosing which high school they wish to go to next year. To assist students in the local area we opened our school doors to the Year 6 students interested in finding out about our school. The formal part of the afternoon saw some students telling about their experiences at the school, the school choir performed, and prospective students were introduced to Liverpool Girls’ High School as a very viable choice. Our visitors toured the school in small groups to see students actively working in classrooms on a range of activities. I would like to thank all involved in the afternoon promoting the great things that our school has to offer our students. I was very proud of both our students and staff who gave up their time to share their school with our prospective students.

We now come to the end of term. May I take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff that we have in the school who work very hard to provide your daughters with a magnificent education and learning experience at our school. I wish you all a happy and restful vacation period. School for our students will resume on Thursday 28 April 2011. Happy Easter! David Hargrave PRINCIPAL

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Term 1 has been a very busy and productive term full of many exciting events that have showcased the talents and abilities of our students and the harmonious and inclusive nature of our school. They have also demonstrated the range of extra-curricular activities students are exposed to or participate in.

On March 1st, Year 7 participated in a Mind Matters Day organised by Mrs Pearse, Head Teacher Welfare. The day included a performance by Brainstorm productions on ‘Verbal Conflict’ where issue of friendship building and anti-bullying strategies were exposed.

Year 9 will have their Mind Matters Day on 26 May. This is a compulsory seminar and activities day for all students. Year 8 will have their Mind Matters Day in Term 3.

We have been fortunate that Mrs Pearse has been able to arrange talks for all Years by representatives of the Police Force. Years 7 and 8 will have their talks in the week commencing the 4 April and will include topics such as cyberbullying and personal safety. Other Years will have their talks next term.

On Monday 28 March our Writer in Residence, Nadia Wheatley author of the picture book ‘My Place’ returned to work with Year 7 students. Our students thoroughly enjoy Ms Wheatley’s workshops and have benefited from her expertise in writing and literacy.

On the 23 March we celebrated Harmony Day. This whole school annual event celebrates the diversity of our school community and students were able to enjoy cultural performances and taste the food of different cultural groups. Students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the day.

A Careers Fair was held on Wednesday 30 March for Years 10, 11 and 12. Representatives from Universities, Private Colleges, Liverpool Hospital, Aviation Industry, Police Force, TAFE and the Academy of Beauty Therapy, provided students with information on a variety of careers to assist in their subject selections and career choices.

On 30 March we also held an information afternoon for prospective Year 7 students in 2012. Faculties showcased student work and arranged activities for the visiting Year 6 students and their parents. Students gave up their time to perform in a range of activities during the afternoon. Thank you to all the staff and students who helped during the afternoon showcasing the wonderful work that happens daily in the school.

I’d like to thank everyone for their hard work during the term and wish you all a safe and happy autumn vacation.

Mrs C Screech Deputy Principal

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On the 28 March 2011, Year 7 had a great experience to meet a very successful author “Nadia Wheatley”. Nadia was in her late 20’s when she released her first book “Five Times Dizzy”. In total Nadia has released 20 books since the commencement of her career as a writer. During her talk she spoke about how she got her ideas for her books and how as a child she wanted to make writing her job. She also talked about her popular children’s book “My Place”. The Year 7’s have used this book for the first six weeks at High School. Nadia Wheatley is a role model to many children as well as adults. On behalf of Year 7, I would like to thank Nadia for her time and effort in visiting Liverpool Girls’ High and wish her all the best for her writing career. Felicia Co Year 7

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Liverpool Girls has entered the Sydney South West “Knock Out “ sporting competition again this year. Teachers and students have been kept very busy with selection trials, training and participation in Round 1 of these competitions. The following students were selected for teams: BASKETBALL – coached by Ms Quigley:

Ana Macura Year 9 Tuy Thy Duang Nguyen Year 12 Mirna Mikha Year 10 Zeljana Pupovac Year 12 Nikolina Cupac Year 12 Zorana Zecevic Year 12 Gina Marovic Year 12 Gorana Zoranovic Year 12

FOOTBALL (Soccer) – coached by Mr Dixon:

TOUCH FOOTBALL – coached by Mr Dixon: Mele Lokkotui Year 11 Jade Fonua Year 9 Marija Pilja Year 11 Roseanne Sharan Year 9 Nessrine Harrouk Year 10 Penny Tifa Year 9 Narmeen Mohammed Year 10 Jenise Fealofai Year 8 Jadeci Tasi Year 10 Jade Jeffery Year 8 Malele Tuilaepa Year 10 Cheyene Lemos-Pires Year 8

Amal Al-Tawil Year 12 Danielle Boyle Year 10 Almedina Durakovic Year 12 Jovana Dragacevic Year 10 Belinda Hankins Year 12 Emilija Mihajlovic Year 10 Ana Popovic Year 12 Maria Otalvero Year 10 Courtney Boyle Year 12 Bozana Pupovac Year 10 Edina Sofovic Year 11 Gonwa Akkari Year 8 Milica Susa Year 11 Bojana Mladanovic Year 8 Annie Thai Year 11 Amy Boyle Year 7 Jasmina Virovac Year 11 Lilijana Virovac Year 7

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TENNIS- coached by Mr Matheson: Jelena Zekanovic Year 9 Katarina Stepanovic Year 11 Emilija Mihajlovic Year 10 Catherine Anae Year 12 Maria Pilja Year 11

VOLLEYBALL – coached by Mr Vaux: Patricia Rosas Salinas Year 8 Malele Tuilaepa Year 10 Elizabeth Rosas Salinas Year 9 Donnabell Alicna Year 11 Liulotu Gaugau Year 10 Analita Gaugau Year 11 Jadeci Tasi Year 10 Aloisia Mafi Year 11

ZONE SELECTIONS:

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to play in Zone Sporting squads. SOCCER – Amal AlTawil, Courtney Boyle, Belinda Hankins, Ana Pupovic (Year 12). TOUCH FOOTBALL – Jade Fonua, Penny Tifa (Year9), Jadeci Tasi, Narmeen Mohammed (Year10). WELL DONE JADE – also selected for the SSW squad. NETBALL – coached by Ms Buchan and SOFTBALL – coached by Ms Craig Teams are still being finalised and will play their games next term.

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All Year 7 Visual Arts classes made wonderful dragons in response to “My Place” by Nadia Wheatley, and they only used paper! Fantastic. The creative classes made the dragon to celebrate Chinese New Year, that is celebrated every year in February. The dragon 7E made took them 4 periods to make and finish. Their art teachers, both Ms Coleman’s, encouraged them to finish the dragon so that it could be displayed in the school office. The dragon is now displayed in the office along with the other dragons made by other creative classes. Well Done! They all look magnificent in the school office! By Connie Loeung Year 7

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Answers on Page 22

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Anney Bee- zine artist , former student of Liverpool Girls high school made a visit to the Year 9 visual arts elective classes. Anney is a painter and is in her third year at college of Fine Arts, Uni N.S.W. Anney shared her stories with the classes and taught them how zines are made and the story behind zines. A zine is an abbreviation of the word fanzine or magazine. It is a self published magazine usually reproduced via photocopier. Zines can be about anything. An example is how Anney showed the class one of her zines which represented “a day’s laundry”. She also showcased her sisters most popular zine which was about her experience with Sydney’s trainline. The Year 9 classes were very grateful for Anney’s visit. They are currently studing Alice in Wonderland and are making zines based on their study. Shania Tuilaepa Year 9

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SLC has had a great first term. In week 4, Year 7 students started their application process for the SLC and there were many great candidates. Years 8-11 had applied for SLC last year and were eagerly waiting the results. The 2011 SLC is as follows:

Year 7: Batoul Majzoub, Sabrina Pasic, Bojana Popovic, Zaynab Sleiman

Year 8: Meghali Bandhara, Nora Stewart, Joanne Vu, Julie Vu

Year 9: Julie Huynh, Virra Khun, Renae Morgan, Amy-Lee Nakhl, Shivangi Singh, Gaulua Jessette Stewart

Year 10: Marina Fawaz, Sindhu Ravichandar, Ragda Sadaddin, Tanja Stancevic, Sofia Syeda, Taj Afshan Thajudeen

Year 11: Nevena Dinic, Mele Lokotui, Shelley Macasero, Lyn Thuy Nguyen, Kajal Sharma, Nhi Soai We had our Training Day in Week 7 where we got to know one another, learnt how to deal with issues, try solving them and also make improvements for our school and the wider community. So far, some of our aims are to improve the Canteen and Toilet conditions, fundraising for worthy causes and engage the student body.

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Harmony Day 2011 was busier than ever! The day started with a multicultural display of national costumes/outfits and then moved onto Zumba and Cultural performances. The SLC sold over 1,000 drinks, painted about 200 faces and sold many MANY tokens to be used on the day. In Week 9, Kajal, Mele and Nevena attended the Regional SLC Meeting at Fairfield where they connected with SLC students from the South West Sydney Region, learnt new strategies for improving the school and interacting with other students. Mele was actually a State SLC Leader and so she had extra responsibilities of coordinating the day. Week 10 will see the District meeting at Ingleburn High School and planning for future events. Term 2 already has many different things booked in! The SLC in 2011 is working harder than ever, wanting to achieve great things but starting first at a school level then moving up to the community level. Don’t forget who your SLC representatives are and approach them with any suggestions.

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The cafe...? A small haven across outside the fitness room (Room 46) for people wanting coffee but we don’t only sell coffee, we also sell foods, and other drinks, each with its own price and name. The cafe is open Monday and Tuesdays RECESS NOT LUNCH for students and Fridays for our beloved staff members. All staff are welcome to buy from the cafe on all these days and we will serve you. The cafe is also operated like a business with meetings every Wednesdays where we interact in discussions about multiple things, whether they be the service, the new food being added or even how the cafe is being run.

Who runs the cafe? Good question, the cafe is run by students that come to this school and is supervised by Mr. Girgis. We as members, try to keep the cafe clean and happy, for students and hope that the student feel the same way and try their best not to litter and leave wrappers on the table, floor or in cups left on tables.

Mr Girgis is classified as the cafe’s boss, he used to buy the food for the cafe but that roll (job) has now been moved onto Mr. Potter! Congratulations Mr. Potter you are now a founding member!!! The cafe is now under new development. Have you seen our flashy yellow chairs, our beautiful slick wooden tables and our new and improved outdoor area? That’s right! Now in development is our outdoor area which is just outside the two glass doors. We thank Les and Mr. Hargrave for giving us this wonderful chance to stretch our business.

Our Menu Most of you right now would be wondering ‘what does the cafe sell?’ Well here is your answer: Beverages Hot chocolate- $2.50 Latte*- $2.00 Cappuccino- $2.00 Chai latte- $2.50 Mocha- $2.00 Macchiato- $2.00 Short black- $2.00 Long black- $2.00 Milkshake**- $2.50 Iced coffee- $2.00

Beverages cont. Iced chocolate- $2.00 Extra’s- $0.50*** Upsize From small to large- Added $0.50 Food Sesame Smeats- $1.00 Sweet bread- $0.50

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* Latte’s include Caramel latte.

** Milkshake flavours are: Chocolate, vanilla, banana, strawberry, caramel and ice- coffee.

*** Extra’s are: extra flavouring in Milkshakes, and extra ice cream. Our school cafe is your school cafe, we will take any advice offered from both students and teachers into deep consideration and will try our best to help make our cafe better suited for you but we can only go so far. If you would like improved seating or have something to suggest that should be added to the cafe, please consult Mr. Girgis or Mr Hargrave. The students working in the Cafe do not have the authority to change things.

Please come and visit the cafe, come see what it’s like, relax on the seats, drink some drinks, eat some food and enjoy.

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1. Who gave the voice for Repunzel?

a) Mandy Moore b) Demi Lovato c) Selena Gomez

2. Repunzel has a pet chameleon. What is its name?

a) Peter b) Pascal c) Philip

3. Repunzel’s stepmother does not want her to leave the tower because?

a) She’s scared that Repunzel will get lost b) She would lose Repunzel’s ability to make her look younger c) She’s afraid that she will leave her

4. Why does Repunzel want to leave the tower?

a) To see her friends b) To go and see the Circus c) To see The Floating Lanterns

5. What is the horse’s name?

a) Maximus b) Maximum c) Max

6. What happens if Repunzel cuts her hair?

a) It grows back long b) It takes too long c) It loses its powers

7. Apart from her hair. What else does Repunzel have which is powerful?

a) Lips b) Eyes c) Tears

Sindhu Ravichandar

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On Monday March, I was lucky enough to be invited o the Opening of Art Express at the Rocks. Helen Pham of Year 12, 2010 had her work selected for this prestigious exhibition and as her teacher I was invited along with Helen to the opening. After a lavishly catered afternoon tea with live background music, the exhibition was opened by the President of the Board of Studies, who praised the outstanding work of the HSC Art students on display in this exhibition. Helen has one of the best venues in the exhibition with her work on display in the Craft Gallery window. The exhibition curator commended Helen’s work for its “quiet, intimate charm and excellent drawing skills”. In the audience was the well known Australian actor, Brian Brown and his wife, Rachel Ward, as well as many teachers, principals and of course, the talented students. It was very pleasing for me, as her teacher, to see Helen’s wonderful work on display. I was so very proud of the talent revealed in the beautiful artwork she had created and even prouder when it was recognized as being one of the very best of the 2010 HSC Visual Arts works. Congratulations Helen and enjoy your studies at the University of Western Sydney. Susan Coleman Head Teacher Creative and Performing Arts

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• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

• The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

• 13 muscles are used to smile, but 47 are required for frowning!

• Laughing for 15 seconds adds 2 days to your life span. • Humour can add 8 years to your life! • Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it • The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy

dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet • The average human brain contains around 78% water • Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body • An average person will spend 25 years asleep • Everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world • A group of frogs is called an army • A group of kangaroos is called a mob • Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament • Did you know 96% of candles sold are purchased by

women • Women blink twice as much as men • your foot and your forearm are the same length • over 2,500 left handed people are killed a year from

using right handed products

Answers to LGHS crossword

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On the 17 February 2011, all government schools had an out of uniform day to support the Queensland floods. Maroon or red clothing was worn to represent the Queensland State colour. A gold coin was given as a donation to the Queensland floods. It was a great day that did great things. By Samantha Wanigabaduge Year 7

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March

1 Year 7 Mind Matters Day

2 Year 11 BOSLO Presentation

3 Family Partnership Meeting at 1:30 pm

9 Year 12 Parent Teacher Interviews at 2:45 pm

10-11 Year 12 Science Excursion to Canberra

17 School Photos

18 Year 12 English Excursion to Newtown

March cont. 21 Harmony Day

24 Family Partnership Meeting at 1:30 pm

25 Sorry Day

30 Careers Fair

31 Year 11 Assessment Week commences

April

8 End of Term 1

Student’s First Day Term 2 2011

Thursday 28 April 2011