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issue 3 term 3 week 5 tuesday 16 august 2011 for a young musician who s never had a lesson samuel tawamacala is hitting all the right notes samuel a drummer who also plays guitar piano and sings has been picked out of a talented line up for intensive coaching from the australian institute of music it was samuel s recent performance with classmates from fairvale high school at the south western sydney talent identification program that scored him from the swag of lessons with professional musicians at the institute i ve never had a music lesson in my life he said i come from a musical family and i learnt most of my music though my church both my sisters sing my mum is a signer in a funk band and my dad s a drummer but of course i m better than he is now his parents influence and that of his church led samuel to follow in the footsteps of soul gospel and jazz but he says he happily plays any style of music lucky too because the school s band is pretty much dedicated to its rock repertoire but samuel says he hopes the exposure to professional musicians will brings his career closer to someone like aaron spears the drummer who has played with such performers as usher james brown and alicia keys football is also a pretty big thing in my life samuel said i ve just signed with st george for this year but i m keeping my options open i m happy to keep doing the things i love and see how it rolls from there fairvale high school thorney road fairfield west nsw 2165 phone 02 9604 3118 fax 02 9725 5246 page email fairvale-h.schools@det.nsw.edu.au website www.fairvale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

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year 12 students submitting an assessment task late they need to obtain a yellow appeal form from congratulations to our year 12 students who me or any head teacher and completed their trial hsc examinations in attach supporting documentation such as a weeks 1-2 term 3 year 12 students need medical certificate to take full advantage of all opportunities in the remaining weeks to improve their skills students who do not complete their work and knowledge now is the time to may be required to attend our next holiday complete past hsc examination papers school in the september/october school prepare study notes ask teachers for extra holidays in order to catch up on their assistance and revise there are only a few outstanding work as a result it is short months until the hsc written important that students complete all work examinations commence with some during the term parents who have students already completing major projects questions about our assessment policy and practical examinations should feel free to contact me at school normal lessons will be held for year 12 students up until thursday 22 september 2011 week 10 term 3 and year 12 students will attend on friday 23 september 2011 for their final day teachers of year 12 classes may request that students attend in week 1 term 4 for additional revision more information will be provided to year 12 students about this in the near future early leavers a reminder that medical and other appointments should be made outside of school hours if possible we understand that this is not always possible any student who needs to leave school early must see a deputy principal before school with a note signed by their parent or carer assessment tasks please be aware that assessment tasks must be submitted by the due date especially for students in years 10 11 and 12 late assessment tasks may receive a zero result if a student has a genuine reason for subject selection in week 2 term 3 year 10 students listened to head teacher presentations from all faculties on the wide variety of year 11/12 courses offered at fairvale high school for 2012 and 2013 if any parents wish to view these presentations they can be accessed at http www.fairvale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au year10_subjectselection.htm students should choose subjects based on their interests and abilities students need to select their courses very carefully as there are only limited opportunities to change courses once the new school year has commenced subject selection for year 8 students entering year 9 in 2012 will commence soon relieving deputy principal curriculum page 2

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it is week 5 term 3 semester 2 where has year 12 has completed their trial exams and the time gone the hsc will be here before we know it to year 12 use the time remaining in a at fairvale high i have been able to productive way and ask for assistance as the experience the very best that a high school term continues to parents/carers of year has to offer it has been a honour to be 12 and i am one as well provide support appointed at fairvale i would like to thank and understanding during this period year staff students and the community for 11 are nearing completion of year 11 and will making me feel welcomed and a part of the be commencing year 12 in term 4 as with school the great thing about fairvale is that year 12 please complete all assessment tasks of the 1400 students i have found them to so you able to continue successfully in year be friendly tolerant co-operative talented 12 and highly motivated with very supportive and appreciative parents/carers it is very fairvale high is a school which prides itself satisfying on a daily basis as i step out of my on its reputation and presentation in the office to make contact with the vast majority community uniform is very much about of students who are excellent school citizens excellent presentation and for that reason bringing credit to themselves their families the uniform policy is enforced at school no and the school deviation from the uniform is allowed if a student is not able to wear part of the of course even the most talented student uniform on any particular day a note is will not succeed alone as deputy i have needed explaining what the circumstances become aware of the enthusiasm and are and a pass will be issued sometimes professionalism of the teaching staff students phone parents when they are sick throughout the whole school they provide this is an area of concern for the school our the opportunities to showcase the policy requires administrative staff to exceptional talents of a wide range of contact parents/carers if a student is ill your students and what a huge array of assistance in supporting the school in this opportunities are available at fairvale high matter is appreciated school a wide variety of sports and excursions drama dance and music we are half way through the term so there is performances maths and geography a lot of work to be completed in all klas challenges debates mock trials a whole therefore attendance at school is very range of hands-on experiences both in and important for all students to achieve their out of school and many more activities best fairvale high school emphasizes the programs which our students are involved in direct relationship between regular none of these would occur without the attendance and the achievement of positive dedicated team of teachers executive and learning outcomes for students administrative staff we have here at fairvale high school thank you for a great year so far and look forward to many more years at fairvale high fairvale high school is built on a philosophy working in partnership with the community of caring tradition positive attitudes and success in all academic sporting and cultural areas deputy principal welfare page 3

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year 11 charity committee members spent weeks organising a cake stall fundraiser on thursday 21st july 2011 to raise funds and awareness for the cancer council s australia s biggest morning tea this national event plays a vital role in raising money towards the cancer council s work in research education prevention and support in the fight against cancer all of year 11 got behind the cause and asked teachers students and staff to bake and donate cakes muffins slices and cupcakes for the big cake sale day despite the rainy weather and a change of selling location the cake stall was a resounding success year 11 students were stunned and exhilarated at raising $1,200.05 yes 5c for the cancer council mrs zilic ms keller and all of year 11 wish to thank everyone staff teachers and students for supporting their chosen charity and for donating their time money and cakes for this worthwhile cause page 4

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towards the end of term two some year 7 students helped mrs hull raise awareness for sids and kids by selling merchandise and toffee apples on red nose day red nose day was on the 24th june and is a charity for helping to save young infants lives toffee apples were a great success as all 400 toffee apples were sold before junior lunch merchandise was also sold during roll call each morning of the week including toy dinosaurs red noses lip balm bracelets and pens overall we raised just over $1500.00 thankyou to everyone who helped support red nose day by purchasing merchandise national tree day is a community event held throughout australia and is organised by planet ark over 200,000 school students participate in this event each year 34 students from fairvale high school participated as part of the best buddies community awareness program the best buddies program is co-ordinated by teacher ms helen alalikin best buddies program enhances the lives of people with an intellectual disability by encouraging and providing the opportunity for friendships to be formed each volunteer is paired with a person with an intellectual disability and together they plan and enjoy simple everyday activities which have a profound and positive effect for all a big thank you to students and the support of all the staff at the school and the special education faculty staff as well as the executive staff and fairfield city council who kindly donated the seedlings page 5

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carnival sport a number of students from our school were fortunate enough to represent lansdowne zone at the sydney south west regional athletics carnival schools in the lansdowne zone team included fairvale h.s bossley park h.s prairiewood h.s st johns park h.s canley vale h.s and fairfield h.s the carnival was held in week 3 wednesday 3rd and thursday 4th august 2011 at the campbelltown athletics centre campbelltown in the adjacent table are all the students who went and represented fairvale high school and lansdowne zone congratulations to all these students on a wonderful achievement congratulations to tusi mu and vienna kalalo for qualifying to represent sydney south west at the 2011 nsw combined high schools athletics championships later this year tusi participated in 14yrs girls shot put throwing a massive 10.02m resulting in 2nd place vienna participated in the opens girls shot put division throwing a colossal 10.9m resulting in 2nd place well done to all students who participated your efforts and behaviour didn t go unnoticed and i thank you annie yuan duy anh andrew le huynh nikolas drekovic noel malu aukafolau vaiusu dempy dempy kristina simic sandra du tuan loi dang yousef kadhim tusigaigoa mu vanhsa ly duc tai ong kevin nguyen jenny ngoc shepherd valentine claudi sauvao cathy yuan dean cvetkoski kimberly ann ellul yvonne dorcas kalolo trevor jordan walker henry sheen kha rachelle howard jacqueline ma belinda taing 7p 7y 7p 7y 7p 8m 8j 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.8 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.9 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.8 12.3 a special mention to henry kha and jacqueline jasmin sheree ma huriwai ma of year 11 for assisting me on both days also vienna stacia kalolo 12.3 i would like to publicly thank mr sansom from fairfield h.s miss valank from canley vale h.s and mr mcdonald from st.johns park h.s for helping me and fairvale h.s with managing and supervision on both days regards mr semenov acting sports coordinator for mrs caetano coles sports for schools program fairvale high school is again taking part in the sports gear for our school program and we need your help when you shop at a coles supermarket including bi lo you will receive 1 voucher for every $10 spent when you get these vouchers can you please place them in the coles box located outside the pdhpe staffroom at the end of the program we are able to redeem these vouchers in exchange for sporting equipment which all students can enjoy last year we were able to collect approximately 9000 vouchers which was impressive so speak to your friends family neighbours and anyone else that shops at coles and ask them to save the vouchers for you to help out our wonderful school page 6

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fitness and breakfast club the fitness bug has continued to grow in size as fairvale high school students continue to attend fitness club every tuesday and thursday morning ms goodey has commented on the fitness improvements made by all students attendance records continue to be broken which is extremely impressive as we continue to do our part in reducing child hood obesity which is a serious concern in the australian community mr micallef as always encourages students to begin each day with a nutritious meal so that they have the energy to maximise their learning please be reminded that there is no charge for breakfast and it is a wonderful opportunity to socialise and make new friends do not forget that breakfast club is outside l1 so come along and enjoy a well balanced start to your day mr micallef would like to thank smithfield rsl who recently donated $8000 to ensure that breakfast club remains a free service for students 2011 fairvale high school rugby 7 s world cup for the first time in fairvale s history all integrated sports students will be competing in a rugby 7 s world cup tournament with the rugby union world cup this year being held in new zealand all students in years 9 10 and 11 will be participating in a round robin competition to be potentially crowned the inaugural champions staff and students are a buzz with the excitement of the introduction of this new sport to fairvale high school until next time the harder you practice the luckier you get gary player ­ professional golfer yours in health and fitness mr karam and mr micallef page 7

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all of fairvale high school s teaching and administration staff participated in cpr and anaphylaxis training on staff development day this term providing the staff with the essential principles knowledge and skills to act in case of an emergency page 8

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it is a busy time of year for fairvale s debating teams competing across the zone against several teams from our local area while the competition for years 7 and 8 continue the zone rounds for years 9 and 10 and year 11 are now complete all teams have developed their debating skills exceptionally this year and have represented fairvale with pride both the year 10 and year 11 have successfully won their respective zones beating teams from strathfield south strathfield girls fairfield and westfields sports high schools the year 10 team consists of ivona alavanja milica divljak melanie lim and youtry tang members of the year 11 team include cindy huynh zoe ida hanien karibi karina kouck and georgia quigg we wish both teams the best of luck as they compete in their zone and regional finals with year 10 up against john edmondson high school and year 11 facing hurlstone agricultural high school in the coming weeks ms devlin breaking news after beating hurlstone agricultural high school year 11 won the regional final against elderslie high school which takes them to the state semi final later this month the three adjudicators unanimously decided in the favour of fairvale high school fairvale high participates in mock trial competition nine talented year 11 students participated in the law society s mock trial competition earlier this year alice ear christina aguillar rodrigo ordenes taylor gavanas sirina le belinda taing jelena plavsic zoe ida and karina kouck made up the team that stood before a judge in a mock court room and argued cases in a manner that was professional and suited to a court room this competition was a challenge that our team rose to with pride and excellent skill our team argued cases as both plaintiff and defendant representing their clients the various roles the team took on included barrister solicitor witness and court officer the fairvale team did fairvale proud as they presented the school with the utmost diligence and intelligence this competition required students to analyse a case given to them by the law society and represented a client either the defendant or prosecution the team then had to present their case examine and cross examine witnesses and close the case many objections were thrown back and forward in order to defend the client or prove the case the law society who coordinates this competition among many schools across sydney treats this competition with the utmost seriousness and it was reflected in the conduct of the judges the court room and our team the team managed to get through four rounds before leaving the competition fairvale high is proud of this very capable team ms argyros page 9

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on thursday 4th august 2011 hsc drama students performed in front of a sold out audience of family friends the students showcased both their group performances devised by the students themselves and individual performances with their individual design projects on display during interval the year 12 drama class will be performing for the board of studies markers for the hsc practical examinations on wednesday 24th august 2011 and thursday 25th august 2011 week 6 we wish them all the best page 12

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on tuesday 2nd august 2011 hsc dance students performed in front of an audience of approximately 400 family and friends they showcased their core performances core compositions and major study works along with special items from the year 9 elective class year 10 elective class regional dance ensemble hip hop dancers chanel le and cindy la mantia of year 11 the year 12 dance class will be performing for board of studies markers during the hsc practical examinations on thursday 11th august 2011 and friday 12th august 2011 week 4 we wish them all the best the regional dance ensemble were selected by audition to perform at the south western sydney regional dance festival at homebush sports centre on tuesday 7th june 2011 the ensemble has been rehearsing since term 1 and represented the school w i th the upmost professionalism staff at the festival commented on the item catch as a polished and creative item performed by highly talented dancers a big congratulations to those students in years 8-12 who are a part of fairvale high school s dance ensemble page 13

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we were anxious nervous and eager to step on stage and considering it was going to be our first live performance together as a group we were certainly terrified of the audience s reaction on july 1st 2010 the year 11 drama students participated in flannofest for the first time it was an amazing way to start july and it won t easily be forgotten flannofest is a festival run by the q thea tre a t the joan sutherland performing arts centre that gave drama students in nsw the chance to perform on an actual stage where real professionals perform every week the students were allowed to perform in multiple genres such as comedy satire and film noir we competed against other western suburb high schools although we were unable to watch the other performances it still allowed us to gain experience and further our drama skills a part of our drama syllabus is to perform as a group and having the chance to participate in something as big as flannofest gave our whole class a fun new and exciting way to approach the topic as a drama class we all decided to do stand up comedy and we all knew that it d be difficult but with the help of a comedy professional named brent thorpe and our wonderful drama teacher ms plant our performance was a success our sketch was set in `centrelink fairfield and each of us took turns acting out a particular character and many of the characters were stereotypical to australian life what i mean by this is that the characters that we played were the type of people you would come across when walking down the street or maybe even your next-door neighbour i remember stepping on the stage with the music blazing in our ears adrenaline pumping through our veins and the smile that bloomed off my face i felt so amazed and proud not only for my self but i was more proud of my classmates because after we put in so much effort and time into the performance we were able to perform to the best of our ability although we had technical difficulties we kept in character and hardly anyone noticed the flaws we acted like true professionals i would also like to say a special thank you to ms plant for dedicating a lot of her time into planning and organizing this event for us she will surely be missed but now it s a new term and we have a new teacher ms eaton i cannot wait to see what else we can achieve ma cristina aguilar page 14

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school zone offences stop fines commonly issued for driving offences in school zones stop increased penalties for school zones current as at 1 july 2011 stop on/near children s /pedestrian marked foot crossing penalty $353 2 demerit points penalty double park $265 2 demerit points penalty no parking you must not stop for more than two minutes in a no parking area you must remain in or within three metres of the vehicle no stopping in the area of the direction of the arrow you must not stop your vehicle at any point on the road or kerb $147 2 demerit points penalty $265 2 demerit points bus zone in the direction of the arrow you are not allowed to stop your vehicle unless you are driving a bus penalty $265 2 demerit points please note fines are subject to change without notice current as at 1 july 2011 these penalties apply to offences in school zones during posted school hours page 15

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