Student & School Community Achievements

Grade Sport Semi-Finals

Congratulations to the following teams who have made it through to the Semi-Finals which were played on Wednesday 7th August.

Special Religious Education 

Our wonderful Coalition of Christian Churches (CCC) SRE teacher, Mike Turner, after 3 1/2 years, has had to hand over his role to a new teacher. Mike has been a fantastic person to work with those students who attend SRE and ISCF. We thank Mike for his commitment, support of students, positive nature and dedication to our school community. It is a short farewell however as Mike will be one of our Parents in 2020.

We welcome Beth Spragg as our  new CCC SRE teacher to replace Mike. Beth is a member of the St Paul's Canterbury Congregation  who is currently studying to be a teacher. Welcome Beth.

State Training Awards

Congratulations to Kalya Htoo, Year 12, for being a finalist for the State Training Awards- TVET Student of the Year.

SuperBand!

We had five students involved in Superband - a band made up of local primary and high school students. Juanita, Hailie, Helena, Dhriti and Olivia practiced throughout term two they came together to rehearse and fine tune the four songs. They performed to a packed crowd at Canterbury/ Hurlstone Park RSL, check out their performance here!  

Climate Change Summit

In Week 1 of term 3 the Student Environmental Ambassadors went to represent Canterbury Girls High School at the AYCC climate change summit, there we learnt what we could do as an individual to change and help lessen our effect and bring awareness to climate change. We worked through all different types of workshops through the course of 2 days. On the first day we did a tunnel of awesomeness to get to know people outside our schools better. It was interesting to hear everyone’s thoughts on this issue and why they came. We listened to speeches about how students like us who were in the AYCC assisted in stopping climate change. We also did a role-play activity where we had to act like a specific characters at a climate change round table which a discussion about how climate change affects us. It was intriguing listening to different perspectives on this problem and how people justified why they didn’t or did support this cause. We were provided lunch on both days, by Oz Harvest who use good edible food destined for the bin because it is out of date - None of us became sick!.

After lunch we went into local area groups, our school was in the same group with Tempe and Marrickville, and discussed different ways we could make a climate change event happen. The next day we did a workshop on our own personal story about how we became aware of this global problem and had panelists come in to talk about their own personal story. We then went to local area groups to continue our workshop on creating an event. We made small posters during lunch and we went outside Petersham Town Hall to chant against this issue, holding up posters and talking about our own personal story. It was amazing to see how every school had united together. Going into this I didn’t know much about climate change, sure I knew what climate change is and the effect it had on the environment but I never knew how big of an issue it became or even what climate justice was. At AYCC I learnt how one voice may mean nothing but when a group of people share the same ideology we can make a change. Small changes can inspire and bring awareness to this pressing issue that all generations are facing especially us as we have to live in this world. It was nice to talk to people who shared the same interest and it is amazing how many care. Climate justice is when the concept of this problem is not purely an environmental issue but also an ethical and political one.

It has unfortunately been pointed out that people who are the least responsible are the most vulnerable to the effects. The AYCC taught us many things about climate change and has inspired us to make a difference. When we first arrived at the summit, we were immediately informed about climate change and how it can impact the way we live in the future. We were devastated when we found out the effects of climate change and how everything will be affected. The impact climate change will make and all the other young students wanting to make a change inspired us to keep helping the environment and saving the future of our planet. Anyone can help make a change to this serious issue. Riding a bike instead of driving, automatically helps by reducing carbon footprint. Remembering to turn off lights when they are not being used is also a great way to reduce the amount of fossil fuels being burnt. If we reduce the use of fossil fuels and our carbon footprint we could start to make a change.

There are many more ways to help climate change. Researching and reading more could help you and others learn of the countless ways you could help. If we all individually help, we could fight climate change before waters heat up and all marine animals die. If we act now we could prevent more extreme bushfires from occurring which would help animals like: koalas, birds, snakes and their habitats. If we act now we could save the earth. By SEA Elise Green, Mariana Cortes da Conceicao Guerreiro, Ai Xuan Moore and Julia Nguyen.

Work Experience

Congratulations & Thank Yous

• Anouk Povaly, Maria Zaccheo and Mieke van Wel, Yr 10 who are members of the 2019 prestigious TAP Performing Arts development group.
• Shaneice Vincent, Yr 11 who has been selected for the Regional Vocal Identification Program and received the Deadly Award at the recent Regional Awards Ceremony.
• Dhriti Iyengar, Yr 9  who is a member of the NSW Performing Arts State Choir.
• Yasmina Sadiki, Yr 12 and  Aliyah  Santamaria, Yr 10 who were both successful in gaining a spot in the prestigious Talent Development Project.
• Mele Taufui, Yr 12 for being a finalist in the Kenvale College High Flyer Program.

• Thank you to staff for the HSC Revision workshops in the July holidays.