Student & School Community Achievements, School Management & Communication

Principal Address - COVID Update 

Thank you for your understanding as we adjust our planning and preparations related to COVID.

Assemblies

Whole-school assemblies will no longer take place. These will be replaced by short outdoor year meetings as required.

Attendance

Students are requested to attend school each day unless unwell. Children who are deemed at risk medically are requested to provide a doctor's certificate.  ​

Students with any flu symptoms are asked to remain home and have a COVID test. Any student exhibiting symptoms whilst at school will be sent home and will also be asked to have a test. Before returning to school, the Department of Education now require that we see the documentation advising of the negative result and record the testing centre the student attended.

At this point, students taking sick leave due to other reasons (e.g. mental health, injuries, etc) are not required to provide documentation unless the absence extends for some time, in which case a medical certificate is required as per regulations for extended absence.

Drama

Drama will experience limitations due to voice work required, social distancing and restrictions related to students in different grades interacting.

Excursions

School excursions will be on hold for the foreseeable future. School incursions will also be limited to single year groups and physical distancing requirements.

Learning from home

School is functioning as normal removing the requirement for staff to provide detailed daily lessons online. However, we acknowledge that with more students being requested to remain home if symptomatic until test results arrive, teachers will provide regular updates and greater access to resources through the Google classroom so that students can catch up work missed due to absence.

Music

Music activities are once again limited. We can no longer run choirs, band (due to the restricted use of wind instruments) or large musical ensembles due to restrictions related to students in different grades interacting.

Individual tuition can still occur with social distancing in place.

P&C

P&C meetings will continue on Zoom for the present. Tonight's meeting at 7pm can be attended using the following details:

Join Zoom Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 611 2281 6455

Passcode: 772227

Sports

Sport will go ahead, but will be limited to students within our local area. Our teams will continue to head to outdoor training venues this term in line with the recommendations with competition resuming in Term 4. Some sports such as dance related activities will have further limitations, but will still run for the moment. Sport teachers carry sanitiser and wipes to maintain hygiene related to equipment use.

SRE

At this point in time, volunteers who teach SRE groups will be allowed to continue, however, groups are limited in size to no more than 50. Students will participate each fortnight in rotating stage groups due to restrictions - Stage 4 in Week B and Stage 5 in Week A.

Year 12 Parents

Graduation - A ceremony will take place in the last week of this term to recognise students. Unfortunately, parents will not be able to attend in person; however, we will stream the event so that you will be able to see your child receive their award. The ceremony will include only year 12 students and limited staff members. We are working to find ways to make these last weeks for year 12 as special as possible whilst following the necessary health guidelines.

Formal - it has been advised that the year 12 formal should not go ahead at the moment.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to make contact with the school.

Belinda Conway

Principal

School Leaders Awards

Tony Burke MP for Watson has again kindly extended an invitation to senior school leaders in the local area to the School Leader Awards 2020 in recognition of their successful nomination and investiture. 

Tony, together with Ms Sophie Cotsis MP, Member for Canterbury presented the Awards on June 25 to our Co-captains Chaltu Strachan, Saba Saleem, Arame Nicholls and Michelle Lee. 

Congratulations to our 2020 leaders, who continue to find ways to lead the challenge through the unusual experiences put in their paths as school leaders this year. Many thanks to Ms La Grassa, who has filled in as Prefects Coordinator in Ms Yassmin’s absence. 

VET Awards 2020

Congratulations to our VET students who are the successful recipients for VET awards in recognition of their hard work throughout the VET courses they have completed.

The Vocational Education and Training Award winners are:

• Claire Tran for Business Services
• Christina Ling for Hospitality Kitchen Operations.
• A Certificate of Recognition is awarded to Arame Nicolls for her work in Business Services.
• The Southern Sydney Business Education Network (SSBEN) Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hospitality is presented to Mieke Gandharba.

We are so proud of these students for their excellent achievement and hard work. Well done.

Year 12 Graduation

Congratulations to our Year 12 students for surviving the trial HSC exams! This is a significant milestone in your marathon towards the HSC. We have been impressed with your diligence and determination to do your best, and with the resilience you have shown in the face of the many challenges leading up to the trials. The trial exams provided you with an important opportunity to develop time management and other examinations skills that are vital for success in your HSC, and you should rest assured that you will feel more prepared for your HSC exams after two more months of refining your skills and knowledge.

The next important event on the school calendar will be the graduation ceremony. As with everything in this year of the pandemic, the graduation and other events at the end of term will unfold a little differently to previous years due to the limitations on social gatherings that we must observe. Unfortunately, due to Department of Education rules, parents and caregivers will not be able to attend the actual graduation ceremony; however we will be live streaming the event so that parents and caregivers can participate virtually. The final week of school this term will include the following events to celebrate your achievements:

• Thursday 24 September:              Graduation day assembly for students and staff from 2pm in the MPC.  We will be livestreaming this event for parents and caregivers.
• Week 1 Term 4: Year 12 students are expected to return for classes this week.
• Tuesday 20 October: HSC examinations begin.

Sport Awards

Congratulations Maggie Pirangi in Year 12, recognised for her contributions to Knockout Sport.

CGHS Zone Swimming Carnival Representatives

In the first issue of 2020 we congratulated the CGHS Zone Carnival Representatives. Due to COVID students did not get a chance to compete at Regionals. They were presented with their certificates at assembly. 

Age Champions

The Age Champions form the School Carnival were awarded with a trophy. 12 Years; Jessica Nguyen. 13 Years; Amelie Rimondi. 14 Years; Anna Vuong. 15 Years; Kylani Koloamatangi. 16 Years; Edie Harris. 17 Years; Elena Costas.

Knockout Teams

Knockout Open Volleyball with Coach Ms Strachan. Year 12; Khalium Erdenebayar, Mieke Gandharba, Lauren Li, Maggie Pirangi, Chaltu Strachan, Karen Su.  Year 9; Tiana Pirangi, Adelaide Taukeiaho.

Knockout Open Netball with Coach Ms Battaglia. Year 12; Pofaiva Penitani, Imaunga Tupou, Maggie Pirangi. Year 11; Elena Costas, Natasha Carroll. Year 10; Zara Linkous, Samantha Walker, Olive O'Grady, Kelsey Simoes, Annabel Payne. 

Knockout Open Basketball with Coach Mr Nolan. Year 11; Saskia Faniis, Viola Turcsanyi, Jorja McDaniel, Angelina Perez. Year 10; Ilana Udovic, Anastasia Angelakos. Year 9; Ebony Scott.

Knockout Under 15s Netball with Coach Ms Cooper. Year 9; Aysha Ayoubi, Rose Dempsey Martin, Poura Framhein, Rose Muers, Charlotte Richards, Alex Spencer, Laura Eastlake, Sophie Mitchell, Rebecca McKeirnan. Year 8; Annabel Andrews, Frankie Parish. 

Sports House Captains 2020

Sports Captains were recognised for their leadership; Adelaide Captain Elena Costas and Vice Captain Amerie Mann, Brisbane Captain Lizzy Saladrau-Barker and Vice Captain Emily Giang, Canberra Captain Edie Harris and Vice Captain Peta Soilemezis, Darwin Captain Aaliyah Santamaria and Vice Captain Leilani Nakui.

Big Science Competition 2020

Thanks to everyone in Years 7 to 10 who emerged from isolation just in time to participate in the Big Science Comp.

This was a nationwide competition, so our students were measuring themselves against the rest of the country, and we are very pleased and proud that they did so well. Of our 115 participants, twenty-seven students were awarded a credit and two students received a distinction. Congratulations and thanks to all who participated. Everyone will receive their certificates in class.

Distinctions

Cordelia Scheer, Year 8 and Ava Webster, Year 10.

Credit

Year 7

Madeleine Albany, Evelina Gutierrez-Hood, Ying Shi Lu, Amani Matar, Ivanka Tillott and Violeta Zavala-Collin.

Year 8

Phobe Epps, Zara Gil and Poppy Thompson-Orr.

Year 9

Sally-Ann Bird, Amber Chan, Elizabeth Christoforidis, Shae Haywood White, Chloe Holland-Hughes, Yupin Ma, Elise Martin, Rebecca McKiernan, Evie Sanders, Isobelle Sutherland and Eliana Veitch.

Year 10

Zoe Balikcioglu, Hannah Carr, Ella Davis, Caitlin Hamilton, Prabhleen Kaur, Mina Li and Mae Mitsak.

Black Lives Matter Presentation 

The Year 12 Co-Captains and Prefects have been working on a presentation relating to the Black Lives Matter Movement, following on from the information that Aarti and Dylan shared with you all. This presentation will be displayed on the screens in the library.

The presentation can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AhaqaIWwK2KSDzqADB-4Ju3lHQvMTc2B-KPATvVJ3bE/edit?usp=sharing 

The presentation was also sent to all students since there are links for students as well as teachers to be more informed on the current movement.

Banjo Paterson 2020 Writing Awards 

Congratulations to Year 11 student Jessica Grabham who came 3rd, with her story 'Alone Together' about the bush fires, under the category of ABC Central West Radio Children's Writing Awards. 

Click here to read her winning entry.

Year 12 End of Year Activities

PATHE

On July 2nd, Year 11 and 12 participated in the Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education (PATHE). Along with the other girls, we really enjoyed participating in this program as it helps us get ideas on what we want to do in the future and career pathways which we can take. As we are limited to resources and have such a big stereotype against us PATHE is so important for Pasifika youth to attend and participate in to allow us to know that there is no limit to what career we can do and also help us understand that we are smart enough to do things. Also because of the stereotypes against Pasifika people, youth tend to give up on their dream career, PATHE is so useful to the youth nowadays to encourage them to do something that they want to with their lives, beating the stereotypes and breaking the barrier between Pasifika people and what they are thought of by society. Most of our parents left their little Pacific Island to come to Australia and create a better life for their children which is why it is so important for us to make something of ourselves and PATHE is a major help to the youth. Words by Pofaiva Penitani, Year 12.

2017 CGHS Graduate Giovanna Penitani has been involved with the PATHE program since high school and is in her final year of her bachelor degree! Well done Giovanna!

Link to Original Post

Link to the PATHE program

Tree Removal

During Week 4, after a stormy night one of the tall trees in the front school garden became uprooted and was leaning on the main school building. It took a team of tree removalists to dispose of the tree safely. 

From the SAM

(on behalf of SASS, GA and SLSO)

Welcome back to Term 3, I hope everyone had a happy and relaxing holiday.  

As you are aware, Year 12 trials have finished and Year 11 exams are just around the corner.  I would like to wish all the students the very best for their exams.

The SASS team wish to congratulate Nursu on obtaining her Australian Citzenship. The team celebrated Nursu officially becoming an Aussie with a traditional Australian afternoon tea. 

If caregivers require any information regarding administration, fees etc, please do not hesitate to contact at bahieh.chami@det.nsw.edu.au