Extra-Curricular & Wellbeing 

Athletics Carnival

It was a beautiful day in the sunshine, thanks to staff and students for your support and participation, especially Ms Hunter and the PE/Sport team, all House patrons, Ms Fountas and Prefects at the BBQ, and all students who got into the spirit of the #alltimefavourites dress up theme. Congratulations to Thomas the Tank Engine and the Teletubbies for your 1st and 2nd places in the parade.

Winning house for our school carnival was: Canberra 1st (592): Adelaide 2nd (511): Brisbane 3rd (464): Darwin 4th (422). 

Click this link for more photos.

Zone Athletics

As this issue goes to print our Zone Athletics team has been on the track and field. Well done to all students for their participation and congratulations on your athletic performances in our school carnival which earned you a place in the Zone team.

Zone Team 2019

12 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m- Tabara Savage, Laila Duval, Sienna Kutasi, Victoria Courtis

(Day 1 Mon) 200m- Tabara Savage, Tasiha Kelly

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Lucy Davies, Amara Stronach

(Day 1 Mon) Discus- Luna Cano, Imani Pender

(Day 2 Tues) High Jump- Tabara Savage,  Layla Paleaae

(Day 1 Mon) Long Jump- Sienna Kutasi

(Day 1 Mon) Shot Put- Grace Wallace, Sienna Kutasi

13 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m-  Laura Metry, Antigoni Courtis, Rose Muers, Alexandra Spencer

(Day 1 Mon) 200m- Laura Metry, Tyla Bacosa

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Laura Metry, Zoe O’Keffe

(Day 2 Tues) Discus- Rose Muers, Laura Metry

(Day 2 Tues) High Jump- Rose Muers

(Day 2 Tues) Javelin- Rose Muers, Neave Sharp

(Day 1 Mon) Long Jump- Laura Metry

(Day 1 Mon) Shot Put-  Marla Stevenson, Eva Hampshire

14 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m-  Chloe Holland-Hughes, Emma Jonas Moralee

(Day 2 Tues) 400m- Emily Giang,

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Emily Giang

(Day 2 Tues) Discus- Ilana Udovcic, Olive O’Grady

(Day 2 Tues) High Jump- Olive O’Grady, Emma Jonas Moralee

(Day 2 Tues) Javelin- Ilana Udovcic, Olive O’Grady

(Day 1 Mon) Long Jump- Emma Jonas Moralee Olive O’Grady

(Day 1 Mon) Shot Put-  Ilana Udovcic, Olive O’Grady

15 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m-  Peta Soilemezis, Phoenix Fitzpatrick, Hannah Carr, Daniella Lloyd-White

(Day 1 Mon) 200m- Peta Soilemezis, Phoenix Fitzpatrick

(Day 2 Tues) 400m- Peta Soilemezis, Edie Harris

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Peta Soilemezis, Edie Harris

(Day 2 Tues) Discus- Melina Savvas, Angelina Perez

(Day 1 Mon) High Jump- Phoenix Fitzpatrick, Nareema Lewis

(Day 2 Tues) Javelin- Angelina Perez

(Day 1 Mon) Shot Put-  Angelina Perez, Rosie Lotawa

16 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m-  Lucy Rooke, Emily Earp, Ada Kelly

(Day 1 Mon) 200m- Lucy Rooke, Ada Kelly

(Day 2 Tues) 400m- Ada Kelly, Lucy Rooke,

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Ada Kelly, Emma-Cate Lymn

(Day 1 Mon) 1500m- Ada Kelly, Lucy Rooke

(Day 2 Tues) 3000m Run- Ada Kelly

(Day 2 Tues) Discus- Catie Broadbent

(Day 1 Mon) High Jump- Lucy Rooke, Elena Costas

(Day 1 Mon) Javelin- Aaira Syed

(Day 1 Mon) Long Jump- Elena Costas, Imani Pender

17 years

(Day 2 Tues) 100m-  Georgia Kirkwood

(Day 1 Mon) 200m- Georgia Kirkwood

(Day 2 Tues) 400m- Georgia Kirkwood

(Day 1 Mon) 800m- Georgia Kirkwood

(Day 2 Tues) Javelin- Nell Bryson-Smith

(Day 2 Tues) Long Jump- Georgia Kirkwood

Regional representatives include:

17 YEARS:

Georgia Kirkwood: 3rd in 200m, 400m and 800m. 2nd in 1500m run. 

16 YEARS:

Ada Kelly: 1st in 3k run, 2nd in 800m

15 YEARS:

Angelina Perez: 3rd Shot Put

13 YEARS:

Laura Metry: 2nd in Long Jump, 3rd 200m.

Rose Muers: 2nd in High Jump

100M Relay came 3rd (Laura Metry, Rose Muers, Alex Spencer & Antigoni Courtis)

12 Years:

Tabara Savage: 1st High Jump

Amara Stronach: 3rd 800m

Layla Paleaae: 3rd High Jump

100m relay came 3rd (Laila Duval, Tabara Savage, Sienna Kutasi, Victoria Courtis). (I'm waiting to see if they are included in the zone team)

They will compete at Sydney East Area Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 6th and Wed 7th August.  

Mental Health Public Speaking Challenge Training Day

Six students from CGHS (Ryanne Akil, Phoebe Causley-Todd, Prabhleen Kaur, Dhriti Iyengar, Emeline Waterson & Joanne Hu) attended the MHPSC Training Day on 5th June at Rivendell Child, Adolescent & Family Centre, Concord West with Mrs Cooper. The day began with lunch then meeting other participating schools in the challenge. Mental Health professionals and support teams also discussed the issues faced by youth in the area of mental health, then students broke into groups to discuss good public speaking tips. School then drew their topics for the challenge final to be held at St Ursula's College next term - CGHS will be researching and speaking about "What does an inclusive school look like for transgender students, and how can it improve the mental health of this population". Good luck to our students as they prepare for the challenge, and help to improve communication and awareness of youth mental health.

D Day a Day of Dance & Drama

“I really loved being able to punch and kick everyone!”  

These words summed up why Year Seven student Isabella Rossi enjoyed  the  D Day experience on Friday 14th June 2019.  The day which was devoted to Dance & Drama was used to enable Year seven students to recognise the demands of the professional industry as well as giving students a chance to explore their own skills, interest and ability in these areas.   The day gave our girls a varied range of experiences and opportunities offering the opportunity to work with experts and classroom teachers to explore areas they may not as yet had a chance to explore. 

Students participated in Hip Hop, dance, improvisation and Stage Fighting workshops and looked at the role of make-up in the performance industry.  Our professional in the industry Fiona Cooper demonstrated the skills involved in transforming an actor into character through the magic of make-up.  The smoke and mirrors of stage fighting were also explored with students learning the tricks of the trade to enable an audience to think they are seeing violence on stage when it is really tightly choreographed action and reaction.  Director of Imagination Theatre,  Annerose De Jong worked with classes to explore how the skills and techniques of improvisation can be used beyond the stage and how they can set students up to cope with a range of real life experiences such as the interview for the perfect job,  or that difficult discussion with the boss for a pay increase.  Dance classes were designed to enable students with limited dance experience and those with extensive training to participate appropriate to their experience.  Year seven made a very positive response to the day and they obviously enjoyed the chance to vary the timetable.   It was apparent to staff teaching on the day that there is a lot more talent and creativity to be mined from the present Year 7 students.​

Student-led Youth Empowerment Forum 12 June 2019

On Wednesday 12th June our school was represented by Senior SRC students and Prefects attending a 'Youth Empowerment Forum at Burwood Girls High School.' The guest speakers, Isaiah Dawe, Kate Koschel, Lakshmi Logathassan and Sara Saleh who attended the forum told us of their unique stories full of hardships they needed to overcome. They encouraged us to work hard and strive for success despite these hardships and all their speeches left a resounding impact on all the students, which will be felt for the rest of their lives.  – Michelle LEE – SRC Treasurer

Tennis Knock Out

Congratulations to our four tennis stars who competed in the Met East Regional Tennis Knockout Competition. Buia David, Annabel Payne, Emily Giang and Gabrielle Waterson competed with great heart in our draw, which included Kirrawee and Woolooware High Schools. We managed 3 sets each against Kirrawee, but disappointingly lost the match on a countback of games. There was greater success in the following match against Woolooware, where we won the match 4 sets to 2. This allowed us to go through to the Finals for the first time in many years. Unfortunately, we could not attend the Finals day due to our students’ commitment to the School Production. A special mention has to be made of Buia David who managed to win every one of her sets, finishing the day undefeated. Congratulations Buia and to the other 3 students who played amazingly throughout the day.

Table Tennis Knock Out

The knock-out table tennis competition was a great opportunity for us to improve our skills and play against many other students from different schools. April, Ruxing, Kylie, and I caught the train early in the morning from Canterbury Station to get to Sydney Olympic Park on time, and we arrived at the sports hall at around 8:30am. We lost our first game, each of us playing a singles match and then playing doubles. As the day progressed, we became more confident with our abilities and we were able to have some fun matches against other schools and among ourselves. Despite our efforts, we went on to lose against Sydney Boys and Central Sydney Intensive English High School.

We decided to have a lunch break at this point. This seemed to be the right choice as we won our first game immediately after! What a great way to finish the day! We spent the rest of the day playing for fun against other schools for the rest of the day before catching the train back home. In conclusion, the competition was a very fun and enriching experience, and we are very grateful to the school for providing us with these exciting opportunities.

Written by Hester Legge, Year 11.

Health Program for Teens

CRACA School Super Rock Band

We have 5 students in the Super Rock band performing at this event and we welcome support from our Canterbury Girls HS community to attend the event. See our twitter feed for a video of rehearsals this week.

WinterFest

NAIDOC WEEK

We are holding a special assembly for NAIDOC Week on Monday 1st of July 2019 at 11.15 am in the MPC at CGHS. A number of our students will be performing in the assembly and a guest speaker will explain the significance of this week to the school. For this year’s NAIDOC the girls discussed wearing their tribe’s individual styles of Open Ceremony Ocha. By doing so they are aiming to not only show pride in their shared culture, but also express the variety of the Dreaming, and their people’s connection to country within their different tribes. If you are able to attend could you please click here and arrange for the slip to be returned to Mr Nolan as soon as possible for catering and seating arrangements.

Duke of Edinburgh

Call out for students and families in Years 9 and 10 who are interested in doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award Bronze program during Semester 2

There will be an information meeting at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 21.8.19 in Cantabrian Hall

Youth Advance will be running the program

A copy of the program is on the website under Extra Curricular button

PSC

The NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge (PSC) encourages all students in public schools to be more active, more often by increasing their participation in sport and physical activity. CGHS has participated in the challenge again this term with Year 7 students filling out their weekly activity log books in their PDHPE classes. Keep up the great effort Yr 7 and participating staff. The PSC will conclude at the end of the Term 2 holidays.