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The Weekly Newsletter of Sydney Boys High School Vol 7 No 8 March 24 2006 From the Principal High Talent Sustainable Living Challenge participants from Year 10 2005 were recognised for their entries. Kevin Lee, Edward Deng and Aditya Keswani were awarded High Commendations, with Joseph Lai and Sabeeh Hussain earning commendations. Congratulations boys! Well done to Gehan Karunaratne and Adrian Jeyendra who were selected in the combined GPS XI for cricket. Yu Lin won 1st place in the NSWFA Novice #1 division and a bronze medal in the Gilt Series 2006, Men’s Epee. Well done, Yu. Old Boy brain surgeon Paul Silberstein was featured on ‘Australian Story’ recently, describing his surgical innovation in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Recent Old Boys Kae Yen Wong and John Shin are exhibiting several paintings at Harrington Street Artists Cooperative Gallery – a tick for the Arts! Congratulations to our junior and intermediate debaters who won their divisions of the UNSW Invitational Debate. Congratulations also to Terry Ly, Victor Nguyen, Jaime Tao, Weiping Lu, Danny Ng, Warren Trac and Ping Du who have been selected to represent Sydney East Region at the CHS Inter-regional Volleyball Carnival to be held at Taree from 28 to 30 March. Canteen Committee

The management and volunteers helping in the

canteen asked me to convey their thanks to the School Prefects for their great efforts in helping at the Canteen

during term 1. Coke Zero is to be supplied in the vending machine along with water, powerade, sprite zero and

diet coke. Don’t forget that our salads, sandwiches, wraps, rolls and fruit salad are made fresh daily on the premises, not bought in pre-prepared. Our prices are still way below commercial rates for prepared food. Don’t forget to use our lunch ordering system. School Behaviour and Dress

I am concerned that our standards are slipping in behaviour and school uniform compliance. Staff members are complaining to me

about students attempting to eat in classrooms, about running and pushing in corridors and about boys not doing up their ties and not tucking in their shirts. Ties are supposed to be worn with the collar button done up and the knot of the tie pushed up to the throat. There is a trend for ties to be hung lower and lower down the chest. This looks slovenly and is pointless. I urge boys to comply with the school’s dress code. From next week, students can expect staff to enforce the school dress code more energetically, including school detentions for persistent offenders. Similarly, disrespect for the school is shown by running in corridors, eating in class and discarding rubbish inappropriately inside and outside the school. Let’s smarten up the way we present ourselves. Showing pride in your school comes via showing pride in your dress and demeanour! Behaviour on Buses Regrettably, I have to bring up the matter of behaviour on buses. I received a complaint from a passenger on a 394 bus who comes past our school every day. She complained that she was brushed aside by a senior student of this school as he boarded the bus at 8:40 at Kingsford and that the same boy deliberately occupied a seat while passengers were standing – contrary to the conditions of free bus and train travel for school students. That inconsiderate student

tarnished the reputation of the school. Behave yourselves on public transport boys! Job Skills Lacking – SMH 13/3

Employers want universities to place more emphasis on communication skills in undergraduate courses. Creativity, initiative, oral business communication and

problem-solving skills need development. These ‘employability skills’ are nurtured in English, social science and visual arts courses, co-curricular activities and leadership courses at our school. When you do school service, charity work, research for a project or dream up a new solution to a problem, you are making yourself more employable. Employability starts with communication. I urge boys and their parents to see the value in writing more, more fluently and more expertly, for specific purposes. Do not complain about being given non-assessable writing tasks – embrace them as opportunities to practise necessary skills.

Newington Matches High hosted Newington for senior competition without much success except in cricket where both the first and second elevens are right in their contests. In second grade basketball the other GPS teams have decided that go-to man Ray Huynh has to be shut down and they were prepared to double team him all the time to do it. As our defence tired late in the game we could not stop the tall Newington players making fast transitions and our offensive players did not keep moving all the time, thus cutting down our options. We went scoreless for over 5 minutes and we closed out 65-35. In first grade, our boys were playing in the land of the giants with two Newington players a head and shoulders over our players. Nevertheless, ‘in your face’ defensive tactics broke up the Newington attack and our boys had a great first quarter to be down only 18-22. As substitutes moved in and out of the game our defensive intensity and communication waned a little and Newington started to use their big men better. They moved away to lead 46-27 in the break. It was difficult to get near the basket with attempted shots being rejected or thwarted by tall timber. Our boys persisted and scored 50 points in the game but were outgunned. In tennis we still can’t find a way to win the 5th vital match. Our boys fell just short again this week against a Newington team that played their doubles quite well. In singles, Hai Le

had his best game of the season, overpowering a big hitting Newington No3, 0 and 1. Mitch Kelly and Matthew King won well. At McKay, our boys bundled out Newington for a modest 130. In reply we were 4-112 at stumps, needing one good partnership to secure first innings points. I saw some patient, grafting batting by Eddy Pham and Matthew Fetherston, until Eddy had a rush of blood after hitting a good 4 and mistimed an on drive. Gehan looked the goods until he attempted a lofted off drive against two short cover fieldsmen and was caught at mid off. Dr K Jaggar Educational Access Scheme (EAS) Most tertiary institutions that participate in the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) participate in the EAS. Students are eligible to apply if they are an Australian citizen, a New Zealand citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia. The student must demonstrate that his educational performance during Year 11 and/or Year 12 has been seriously affected by circumstances beyond his control. Students applying for EAS will need to download their booklets and application forms from the website: www.uac.edu.au. The school counsellors are sent only a small number of booklets for distribution. If you require a Confidential Statement of Support completed by the school counsellor it is important that students begin the process early in the year. The responsibility for sending the finalised application to UAC rests with the individual student. E. Harman and S. Plummer School Counsellors

Words of Wisdom “I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” (Dudley Field Malone 1882 - 1950)

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." Japanese Proverb "Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame." (M G Siriam) Public Speaking

Four students will be competing in the Rostrum Voice of Youth Competition over the next two

weeks. They will present a prepared speech in the first round. Best of luck to John Aclis, Hayden Shilling, Chris Lopes and Sundeep Wason..

Try outs for the Legacy Award will be held on Monday morning at 8.00 am in room 204. Two students will be selected from years 7, 8 or 9. P & C PARKING - 23 APRIL Volunteers are needed for P & C Parking to raise funds for the school. The next day is during the Easter holiday. We need helpers on Sunday 23rd April from 10.00 am as the game starts at 1.00 pm. Please reply to Lyndell Evans on 0411 430 394, or to evansfamily2000@optusnet.com.au Tri Series Final Day End of the Sailing Season Sydney Boys High has worked hard to compete in the Tri Series. We sailed against Cranbrook, Scots and Sceggs Redlands to name but a few. They are tremendous opponents. The last day of racing was slow. The participants were enthusiastic but the wind was none existent. After the first race (nearly two hours long!) the course was shortened. Of course just then the wind

picked up and our sailors were flying!! Race Two and Three were over in less than an hour each. The most successful Pacer sailors included Brian Lung, Roy Wong, Tom Sun and David Toh. Hot on their heels were Tadeusz Davenport and Nikita Slinko – boys to watch out for in the next season. The Laser Division was won decisively by our very own Phil Kurts. He blitzed the opposition winning almost every race. On the final day as he rounded the last mark he was several boat lengths ahead. Our racing season has drawn to an end and we hope that more “potentials” join us for fun on the water in Term IV. If you are interested see Mrs B in the English Staffroom or speak to our Captain of Sailing Mohamed Mehmedbasic.

Year 8 Parent Group

An Invitation to Year 8 Parents

This year’s first meeting of the Year 8 Parent

Group will be held on

Wednesday, 29 March at 7:00 pm In Room 104 (just down the corridor from the Staff Common Room which is near the School Office). We encourage you to come along. Parent Group meetings are an ideal opportunity to meet other parents in your son’s year, raise questions, make suggestions and air any concerns you may have. Please bring your diary, as we will be setting the dates for our meetings for each term for the remainder of the year. Any specific agenda items may be emailed to b.gordon@unsw.edu.au before 5:00 pm on Monday 27 March.

AWARDS CEREMONY – MONDAY 20 MARCH 2006

Winners of the Gold Award

Winners of the Silver Award

Winners of the Bronze Award

MUSIC NOTES Music Parking

Thank you very much to all students and parents who helped out with the music parking on Sunday the 26th of March, your time and assistance is greatly appreciated. Funds raised will go towards the purchase of much needed new instruments and print music. Award scheme points apply to the students who volunteered. Annual Music Camp

The Annual Music Camp will be held for all music ensemble members from the 29th-31st of May except for the training concert band. Training Concert Band will have a separate weekend day camp to be held at the end of term 1. Notes for the music camp have gone out to students, please ensure to pay to the main office and return the attached slip to the music staff by week 9 at the very latest. It is compulsory for all students in the music ensemble program to attend as there will be a performance in the Great Hall at 6pm on the Wednesday (31/5/06) back from camp. If there are any concerns of difficulties, please advise the music staff as soon as possible. Sydney Youth Orchestra Congratulations to Muhamed Mehmedbasic in yr 10 along with former high student Raj Kumar for their outstanding performance in the highly acclaimed Sydney Youth Orchestra last Thursday night. Their programme included works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and the world premier of Smalley’s Piano Concerto #2. Thank you to the elective music students who came and gave their support. A most enjoyable evening for the music staff and students who attended Meet the Music Concert The Meet the Music concert held on Wednesday and Thursday night was a great success. All the boys enjoyed listening to the Sydney Symphony perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto and the ‘New World’ Symphony by Dvořak (the latter of which will be performed by the school orchestra). Also heard was the world premier of Liza Lim’s work Flying Banner, and Gabrielli’s Brass Fanfare, contrasting the pervious two works.

MUSIC NOTES (Continued)

Parents of all music ensemble members, could you please provide the music staff with your contact details by filling in the below slip and returning it to the music staffroom as soon as possible so that we are able to contact you about any upcoming events involving your son’s participation. This will enable us to communicate with you more effectively and efficiently. Thank you very much. (Please print the information.) Kind regards, Music staff. (Debra Gilmore, Rita Miller and Suzanna Lim) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Son’s Name: _____________________________________________ Roll class: _________________ Parent(s) Name: _________________________________ Contact No. : ________________________ Email: _____________________________________________ Music Ensemble(s): ________________

Sydney Boys High School 1.20 - 3.00 pm Annual Cross Country Carnival Thursday 13th April 2006 Moore Park, Mount Steele Mr Prorellis, Mr Kesting I/C

Student Information Parents: Your son will be dismissed earlier than usual on Thursday 13th April 2006 Program: 1.40 pm 17+ OPEN 3 km 3 Loops 1.55 pm 16 years 3 km 3 Loops 2.10 pm 15 years 3 km 3 Loops 2.25 pm 14 years 2 km 2 Loops 2.35 pm 13 years 2 km 2 Loops 2.45 pm 12 years 2 km 2 Loops Directions: After the Athletics Carnival, students are to walk back to school. Students are to cross the road at lights only Stay in school grounds, then move over to the venue when the bell rings When your race is called go to the starting area whether you are running or not. Non runners will stay in the starting area until directed to move by the Marshals At the finish you will be given a place ticket

If you are in the first 15 places you go to the first 15 table and have your name recorded

All runners to proceed with finish ticket to your house table Tell the teacher your name and finishing position After the race you will be dismissed by a teacher Non runners will have names marked off at the end of the race Rules: Everyone attends You must run in shoes Stay on the course and follow directions from course marshals Spectators must stay within 20m of Cleveland St and are not permitted on the course Winning house determined by the lowest total of the first ten runners to finish Award Scheme qualifying standard -compete & finish Top ten runners will comprise the provisional school team to compete at the zone. Only the first 15 places will be timed

Cross Country Champions will be selected from this event (pending the outcome of any appeals that may arise). Any MIC ruling is final

Additional Info: The School Cross Country is the first qualifying event within the CHS Competition.

The first 10 runners for each age division will make up the school team for the Eastern Suburbs Zone Carnival. The first 12 runners at the Zone Carnival will compete at the Sydney East Regional Carnival and the first 10 runners from Regional Carnival go on to the NSW All Schools Carnival.

You are also invited to join the Sydney High GPS Cross Country Team. GPS Cross Country is a Winter Sport and three age divisions ( U14, U16, Opens) compete on Saturday mornings. The season spans across terms 2 and 3 and involves 11 Saturday morning carnivals. All are welcome to join.

NETWORKING GO FOR COURTS - ISSUE #6

FIRST GRADE: Sat 18th March – Newington vs High (R6) Newington 8 - High 4 Dbls 1: 1-6,4-6: Dbls 2-6,0-6 Dbls 3: 6-2,5-7,6-4 Singles 1: 6-3, 7-6 :,Sgls 2: 6-3,6-1:Sgls 3: 2-6, 3-6: Sgls 4: 3-6, 3-6: Sgls 5: 6-1, 6-0: Sgls 6: 2-6,2-6 Last Saturday saw High involved in a competitive rubber against Newington – with us going down narrowly 5-4. It was a fantastic effort by the players, regardless of the loss. In the doubles, Matt and Ivan held their nerves, teamed up well and played some great tennis to win a tight 3 setter. Hai and Mitch were outclassed by their opponents, while Daniel and David struggled with their teamwork and consistency. Mitch swept passed his opponent in straight sets, playing a well controlled match. In the end, it was his power and precision that proved too much for his opponent. Matt also enjoyed victory, out hitting his opponent in all the rallies to win in comfortable style. Hai barely raised a sweat in his match – completely crushing his opponent with his deadly ground strokes, losing only a game in the entire match. Daniel also showed fantastic form, and the score was not indicative of the quality of his match. Ivan came up against a pumped up opponent, and there was a lot of great rallies, however, his consistency wasn’t there on the day. David struggled to contain his nerves, and had a nightmare of a match, going down in a less than impressive match. With just one more game left for High for some of the players, we look forward to going all out and giving it our best one last time this weekend against Shore (premiers for 2006). David Cao 1st Grade Captain SECOND GRADE: Sat 18th Mar – High vs Newington (R6) High Lites: DBLS1 1-6, 3-6; DBLS2 0-6, 4-6; DBLS3 6-3, 4-6, 1-6 No.1 1-6, 0-6; No.2 6-2, 6-2; No.3 2-6, 2-6; No.4 6-2, 6-1; No.5 3-6, 2-6; No.6 0-6, 0-6 After suffering a complete defeat at the hands of Riverview last week, we were determined to get a few individual wins, if not beat Newington altogether. Chapman and Nikita paired up well and played some good tennis, but were unable to match the play of their opponents. Thomas and Henry started out of rhythm and lost the first set rather quickly. However, they regained their composure and contested the second set fiercely, and it could have gone either way. After the first set, Nelson and Jordan looked ready to take our only doubles win for the day. Unfortunately, they took their feet off the accelerator and let their opponents run off with the next 2 sets. Chapman started his first few games brilliantly, drawing game point after game point. Now he needs to learn to convert them at will. In our next singles, Thomas outplayed and outclassed his physically intimidating opponent to deliver a convincing win for the team. After suffering from his extremely long doubles game, Nelson did not play his best tennis but still managed to win some games. In Henry’s singles, after dropping the first two games, he raised his tennis to a new level and ploughed through the rest of the match, dropping only 1 game in the next 13. Jordan and Nikita played fine tennis, but due to a lack of match-play, they were ineffective in their attacks. As promised, High managed to win several matches. With this foundation in mind, we will enter the final round next week looking for a win. 2nd Grade Captain Henry Liu

UP & COMING – GOOD RESULTS !!!!

16’s

A’s B’s C’s D’s

WIN

WIN WIN WIN

4 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 1 6 - 0

Cary Cheung & Jason Cohn Most successful Danny Fu, best of B’s Nick Hayes, most improved Awesome team!

15’s

A’s B’s C’s D’s

WIN WIN WIN WIN

4.5 – 1.5 4.5 – 1.5

5 - 1 6 - 0

Dbls2:Hau Neo/Victor Lim6-2 S2Hau6-3,Victor6-3,Kent6-5 D,Huda/Lee6-3,S4J Ireland6-0 D1Yu/Siu6-0,D2Ydiep/Sin6-2 S,Chin6-0,S234/Shurapey,Gao, Chan6-4

14’s

A’s B’s C’s D’s

WIN LOSS LOSS LOSS

4 - 2

1 - 5 2 - 4

6 - 0

D1 E Qui/Mohit 6-1,D2 Hui/ Trang 6-3 :S Qui6-1,S3 Hui6-3 S2 Kevin Sheng, R.Bi 5-6 D1 Chan/Li 6-2, S1 J Chan 6-1 D2Ji/Allan6-3,S3Ji5-6(6-8)

3/6

A’s B’s C’s D’s

LOSS WIN

LOSS WIN

1 - 5 4 - 2 2 - 4 4 – 2

S4,R Luo 6-5,S1B Zolatarev4-6 DLy/ShenSKlocker,Ly,Shen6-4 Sgl 3.V Lui 6-3,J Fang 6-4 SChen6-2Issaev6-4Stadnik6-0 Dbls2 Issaev/Stadnik6-1

13’s

A’s B’s C’s D’s

DRAW

WIN WIN

LOSS

3 – 3 4 – 2 4 – 2 1 - 5

S1G Panas6-4,2VGeorge6-4,S3 W Stefandis5-6(7-4)S4Chen6-5 S2 William Stefandis 6-3 D1/26-4/6-5()SCao,KLin6-3&5 S4 Kit ManCheng6-2

16’S MATCH REPORT The 16As had a point to prove against Newington on Saturday, who appeared to be the weakest side in the competition. For whatever reason, complacency or otherwise, we found ourselves in a struggle early on, with the number 1 doubles falling. Fortunately we rallied to win the second match. In the singles, Ben was out-hit after making a late comeback; while Alex and Cary had good wins against respectable opposition. Jason played the best match without doubt, coming through 6-2 in quick time as well. We ended up prevailing by the slender margin of 4-2, but as the saying goes, ‘a win is a win’. We will look to emulate this in the final round against Shore this week, and thus end the season on a strong note. C1 Doubles of James and Matthew were a shock loss but made up for it in their singles matches. The Ds were again in awesome form, especially Jono, Tam and Alex, all posting 6-0 scorelines. Well done.

Thanks to coaches for results.

Rowing News The season reaches its climax for junior rowers this weekend with the Gold Cup Regatta. It is best viewed from the grounds of St Ignatius. Last

Wednesday the combined boatshed dinner was held where captain of year 10 rowing, Robert Chen, stroke of 4th year 8 Quad, Andrew Banh, stroke of 1st year 8 Quad, Sam Darcy, stroke of 3rd year 9 Quad, Johan Santoso, stroke of 1st year 9 Quad, Matt Ling and the Captain of Boats, Blake Angell introduced the crews to the dinner and gave a brief report on the season. The following is from Blake Angell Captain of Boats: The Sydney High Regatta has been and gone, with races being held for all crews from 6th Year 8 Quad, all the way up to the 2nd VIII’s, with the 1st VIII’s not racing owing to a shortage of crews due to the Nationals regatta held at the same time. Congratulations to the 1st (Blomberg, Ambrose, Darcy, Denny-Smith c:Schilling) and 2nd (Whiting, Phillis, Nguyen, Chen c:Radhakrishnan) Year 8 Quads who both managed to secure second place in their respective heats. The day was a great success and thanks to all volunteers who helped out on the day. The Sydney Grammar Regatta also took place on the 18th of March with impressive improvements from the senior crews. It was the last regatta of the season held in Hen and Chicken Bay before the Gold Cup at Lane Cove and Head of the River on the 1st of April for the senior crews. The senior crews have undergone another shift in the lead up to this big event. Congratulations to Tommy Hurrell who managed to secure a seat in the 1st VIII for these upcoming weeks. The annual boatshed dinner is also fast approaching. The event, to be held on the 22nd of March, will, for the first time, comprise of all crews, junior and senior, in one fun and excitement filled night. All crews now look towards the Gold Cup regatta this Saturday. This marks the end of the season for junior crews and the final regatta before the Head of the River for the senior crews.

I strongly encourage all members of the High family to attend the Head of the River on the 1st of April (buses available, see the office). It is arguably the biggest event on the GPS sporting calendar and the boys appreciate your support incredibly. As all summer sports draw to a close may I recommend that all captains hand their season reports to the MICs of their sports. Below is a season report from Brynley Pfull whish is just one example of a suitable report. See your MICs for proformas. 2006 Season Rowing Report Year 10 VIIIs Rowing. I really enjoyed it until the 2005/2006 season started. Everything was now slightly more intense, the training, the coaches and the commitment. Ah yes, the end of innocence and the beginning of the famous shed sleepover. It feels as if it were only five months ago. Initially it was great fun No races for ages and sleepovers once a fortnight. Term four passed fairly quickly rowing-wise. Our rowing was enjoyable and we were steadily improving. A visit from Melbourne High was fun, and assured us we could win. Heaven forbid, I was almost looking forward to 2006 rowing by the end of 2005. How wrong I was. After an intense week, of rowing, during the holidays, we were all prepared to return and attack the New Year with force. As school started we found out that shed sleepovers would for us occur every week. I could hardly contain my glee at this wonderful prospect. And so every week on a particular day, we rowed and ate a surprise dinner. This dinner always consisted of steak or chicken, potatoes, pasta and vegetables. Then after completing one’s duties one could happily settle down to some homework. At around ten, it was bedtime. Looked forward to by everyone in the sleepover, it is a reason to be happy and tired the next day.

When you wake up with a headache at five o’clock the next morning and realise that you have only had five hours sleep at the

most, there is a feeling that you get that tumbles

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y was exhausting, painful. Then I got ces too proved to be exhausting and The distance of 1650 metres seems hen you’re racing. But what a thrill! ing, coxswain shouting, even the ing.

elbourne came and went (see earlier As the season progressed, two held at the Sydney International re at Penrith. This meant early ts, arriving the sheds at 6 a m. lost races our times improved and hold our heads high.

ve changed over the season, trying eat changes and rowers coming and

coaches have tried to muster get the right combination. It is also have provided their own motivation their ergs and times at the gym to still be competitive, although the s a healthy reminder of the strength ition we are never intimidated or

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hes, Mr. Barris and George Barris aluable to us all season. Spurring us were tired and smiling when we

great season. Mr Daish who repairs our boats and keeps them in good order, thank you. Another group of people who must be thanked are the parents who go out of their way to come and cook us dinners and look after us. Without their help, shed sleepovers would have been terribly difficult. Thanks to all our parents who drive us to those early starts. A special thank you to everyone in the rowing program. It really is a great community and almost always runs smoothly.

SYDNEY BOYS HIGH CRICKET

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This week’s notes comes from the southern suburb of Sydney (called Melbourne) where there is a “Gold Rush” going on. Not only that, I have witnessed athletes attaining the ultimate in their sport through personal goals, hours of training , dedication, self belief, mental discipline, but displays of old fashioned guts and determination as well. In a number of interviews, the athlete’s backgrounds have been discussed and many of them have sound academic qualifications which show that the combination of sport and study can compliment each other. In witnessing these athletes it made me wonder how many of our young cricketers have set their goals on attaining the highest in their chosen sport in addition to academic success. We now have one Saturday to go to complete the 2005 /2006 GPS Competitions, following an encouraging showing of several teams who went for “gold” last Saturday on Day 1 of Round 7, with the 15Bs taking our first “medal”. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs and 15As are now in “medal winning” positions if they maintain their form and focus. It is important to our cricketers to receive recognition for their efforts throughout the season and no better way than to finish the season on a positive note to confirm that their personal efforts were worthwhile. ANNUAL DINNER and PRESENTATION of AWARDS You now have less than 2 weeks to secure your tickets for the Cricket Dinner and Presentation to be held on Saturday 8th APRIL 2006 in the Great Hall commencing at 6-30pm for 7-00pm. A great night is assured as we present the batting, bowling and team awards during the course of Dinner. You will then experience the Senior XIs presentation as they reflect on the season and on team members in an off-beat manner in addition to door and raffle prizes and a trivia quiz that will test the teams. The cost is $30-00 for adults and $25-00 for students. A reminder to the boys that SCHOOL UNIFORM is the dress of the evening. CRICKET SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING- Wednesday 29th.MARCH 2006 at 5-30pm Please note the earlier starting time and change of location to the Common Room in the main building. This will be our second last meeting for the season, the final one being to settle all accounts and confirmation of the 2006 /07 Training Plan. At this meeting we will finalize the Cricket Dinner and also the need to appoint (1) a Parking Coordinator; and (2) Hon Treasurer, as Kieran Lewis is stepping down due to personal commitments It would be pleasing to see some new parents attend who assist our up and coming junior teams and take on some of the support roles we need for our teams CRICKET KIT RETURNS – ALL TEAMS During the “off-season” all kits are checked and replenished where necessary in preparation for next season Next WEDNESDAY from 3-0pm through to the Cricket Sub-Committee Meeting I will be in attendance at the gymnasium to receive all outstanding cricket kits. Please ensure that all used match balls plus practice balls areincuded in the kits. I will also accept kits at the Cricket Meeting. AROUND THE GROUNDS 1stXI DAY 1 - High 4 /112 -versus- Newington 10 /130 An interesting finish to Day 1 and a real opportunity to put Newington away on Day 2 with a pressure bowling performance supported by a top fielding effort. No match report submitted. Wicket takers in the Newington innings were Malik Razeen 4 /19 and Dakshika Gunaratne 4 /16 2ndXI DAY 1 - High 10 /135 -versus- Newington 4 /36

Not to be overshadowed on Day 1 High have put itself in a position to finish the season on a positive note. It will take adherence to the match plan to keep the pressure on Newington by taking wickets early and positive fielding support. No match report submitted. 3rdXI DAY 1 - High 5 /86 -versus- Newington 10 /206 A day of dropped catches allowed Newington to get off the hook and reach a challenging total. It will take another determined effort to deny them a win. A match report appears on the website. Wicket takers Arty Surendran 4 /64 , Girish Panicker 2 /20 and Michael Coutts 2 /17 15A DAY 1 - High 10 /209 - versus- Newington 2 / 15 A proud day for the 15As who passed 200 for the first time this season on the back of an all round batting performance and a last wicket stand of 28 between Timmy Lim (7n.o.) and Roshan Kashyap(34). The run scoring spree was led by Kerrod McPherson (55), Alisdair Brown (30), William Lim(17), Arthur Kourtesis (13), Harrison Lane(12), Nakul Pedneker (12) In a fiery burst of 6 overs before stumps Kerrod Mcpherson snapped up 2 Newington wickets. A detailed match report appears on the cricket website. 15B HIGH 6 /146 - DEFEATED - Newington 9 /145 How good a day it was for the team with their resounding victory over the well fancied Newington. Some marvelous batting, supported by the bowlers and a sound fielding effort gave the boys everything they deserved for their perseverance and grit. This team has certainly turned the corner since its draw performance against the 16Bs 2 weeks ago. Run scorers Nakul Pedneker (47), Raghav Saggar (25), Maxim Mikha (23), Arun Krishnan (12n.o.) and Julian Byrnes (8n.o.) Wicket takers – Tasneem Chowdhury 3 /4 (2 overs), Raghav Saggar 3 /16 (5 overs), Arun Krishnan 2 /22(5 overs) and Anthony Hopkins 1 /22 (4 overs) A full match report appears on the cricket website. 14B Newington 5 /148 - defeated - High 10 / 76 Run scorers David Ma (45), Hugh Huang (10) and Oliver Fio (5n.o) Wicket takers were William Lee, Rafat Kamal and Hugh Huang who took one wicket each. A match report appears on the website. 13A Newington 0 /76 - defeated - High 9 /74 This team has been showing the signs that it can be a competitive unit with two or three changes to balance out the overall strength. Unfortunately, our bowling let us down again with too many loose balls being bowled which gave Newington many bonus runs as a result. This has been a good debut by this group in Term 1. 13B Newington 5 /130 - defeated High 10 /38 Wicket takers. Isaac Everleigh 2 /19( 3 overs),Leo Lu 2 /24 (5 overs) and Samir Kinger 1 /15(5 overs). Run scorers were Nathan Kok (13), Nathan Leong (8), Isaac Everleigh (1) and Andrew Huynh (1). A match report appears on the website.

Statistics of High vs Riverview, 11/3/06.

High 1st Grade FG = field goals 3PT = 3pointers FT = free throws PTS = points TR = total rebounds PF = personal fouls AST = as s TO = turnoverssist

BS = blocks ST = Steal MIN = time on court in minutes *Starting five. Captain: Francis Wong ## Name FG 3PT FT PTS TR PF AST TO BS ST MIN 4 *H.Walker 4/18 3/12 6/6 17 7 0 4 4 0 2 40:00 5 J.Chow 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 6 L. D’Avigdor 0/3 0/0 2/4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4 6:58 7 *D.Sun 8/16 0/1 1/2 17 4 4 5 5 0 1 27:31 8 V.Nguyen 0/2 0/0 2/2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5:31 9 *F.Wong 4/11 0/4 2/2 10 5 3 8 8 2 5 40:00 11 *W.Zhuang 6/8 0/0 1/3 13 8 2 3 3 0 4 33:17 12 *M.Farhat 4/5 0/0 0/1 8 6 5 0 0 0 3 24:44 13 V.Wei 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 9:43 14 P.Gallego 1/3 0/0 3/3 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 12:16 1st Half 1st Half 2nd Half 2nd Half Game Game Total FG 15/36 41.7% 12/31 38.7% 27/67 40.3% 3PT FG 1/8 12.5% 2/9 22.2% 3/17 17.6% Free throws 3/5 60% 14/18 77.8% 17/23 73.9%

Riverview 1st Grade ## Name FG 3PT FT PTS TR PF AST TO BS ST MIN 4 *T.Neal 6/10 0/3 5/6 17 7 4 2 5 0 1 34:47 5 A.Akoy 1/3 0/0 3/5 5 6 3 0 3 0 0 10:56 6 *S.Diacos 0/3 0/0 0/0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 6:02 7 M.Burns 2/7 0/4 2/2 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 19:13 8 *W.Robertson 1/2 0/0 0/2 2 7 3 2 2 0 2 22:54 9 *P.Bell 7/20 0/3 4/8 18 7 2 7 4 1 2 37:59 11 A.McFarland 2/8 1/3 1/2 6 5 3 1 5 0 2 18:12 13 *M.Lanzetta 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:52 14 J.Maneski 3/6 1/4 0/0 7 2 1 0 4 0 1 19:18 15 J.Daneel 2/4 0/0 0/0 4 4 1 0 4 0 1 8:07 10 1/10 1/5 1/2 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 19:40 1st Half 1st Half 2nd Half 2nd Half Game Game Total FG 11/35 31.4% 14/38 36.8% 25/73 34.2% 3PT FG 1/11 9.09% 2/11 18.2% 3/22 13.6% Free throws 9/13 69.2% 7/14 50.0% 16/27 59.3% Riverview High Riverview High Free Throw Pts 16 17 Total Rebounds 52 43 3Pt Points 9 9 Team Rebounds 9 8 Pts/Possession 0.54 0.64 Dead Ball Reb 7 3 Pts off turnovers 21 18 Off Rebound % 38.5 25.6 2nd Chance points 10 3 Def Rebound % 74.4 61.5 Pts off Bench 32 9 Total Rebound % 54.7 45.3 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Total Riverview 25 7 15 22 69 High 13 21 15 25 74

Statistics may be slightly off as it is hard to keep track of every move on the court.

High VS Term 4 2005 (last time) Term 1 2006 (Last week)

It is great to see some more wins and close games. We have some very close results this week not going our way. The final round is this weekend. Lets turn up half an hour early to cheer on our friends and prepare ourselves properly to win these close matches. First and second grade are fired up for a big weekend vs Shore. If you are anywhere near the Shore courts between 10am and 1:30pm please come and support your school and peers in their final game! The Basketball dinner is the 31st of March from 6:30pm in The Great Hall. Invitations were given to students two weeks ago at training sessions. Payments can be made at the front office by Friday 24/3. Tickets are limited as always… Fourth Grade Match Report With a long anticipated wait for this game and the need to defeat Newington, 4th grade warmed up with great anxiety. Having lost to Newington last season by 5 points with only 5 players, one being sick, we were confident that this game was ours, considering our improved defence. We started the game with confidence but failed to put the ball in the hoop. It seemed that the ball was just too big to fit in the hoop. We closed the first half down 12-7. However, our heads were held up high, and we entered the second half determined to win. Things started out the way we wanted. The ball went in and with 2 minutes left it was tied at 18-18. A small audience to begin with turned out to be quite a crowd, cheering on high school. A crucial intercept by Si-yang Wang and a quick transition basket gave us the lead with 30 seconds to go. However, after a time-out, Newington had possession of the ball with less than 30 seconds. Having scored not a single 3 pointer the whole game, a solid Newington guard pulled up in surprise on the 3-point line, a hand in his face but to our misery, a swish. All seemed to be over. However, the spirit of 4th grade remained and we were determined to have one last shot with around 20 seconds. Jamie Tao ran the court but a Newington player was under pressure and was forced to trip Jamie. Jamie was sent to the free throw line as Newington hit 8 fouls. Down by 1, Jamie had 2 shots. To our disappointment, both were missed. Newington hesitantly grabbed the rebound and was intentionally fouled by Si-yang. However, the player lost his patience and kicked Si-yang. This triggered a huge argument! A few high students came onto the court. However, thanks to Mr. Hayman and other referees who seemed to come out of nowhere, the controversy was broken up. The referee was stumped. After a long pause, he ejected the Newington player and gave a tech foul-2 shots. Bill was chosen to shoot the 2 free throws. Under immense pressure, both were missed. But there was still hope. 4 seconds left. We had the inbound pass. A timeout was called, a play was drawn up and all we need was 1 point to draw or 2 points to win. However, the play was not executed and the ball ended up in the hands of Bill… again. After drawing a definite foul on the 3 point line, Bill chucked the ball up in hope that the foul was called. No foul and the ball hit nothing but the ground. A good game it was. We could blame it on the ref’s poor call at the end, a definite foul, but overall 4th grade showed good sportsmanship and played hard to the end. Well-done 4ths ON A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS.

Bill Sun-Starting five of 4th Grade.~Brought to you by Francis Wong, Johny Shih and Justin Liang.

~Thank you to Mr Hayman for all his contributions to basketball and information

TEAM RESULT SCORE TOP SCORER 1st LOSS 67-32 H.WALKER 11 2nd LOSS 44-20 S.SUGITO 6 3rd LOSS 29-35 J.SUN 12 4th LOSS 26-20 J.TAO 12 5th WIN 42-21 A.WANG 15 6th WIN 33-10 M.KELDOULIS 12 7th WIN 43-36 M.LIU 12 8th WIN 83-4 W.ZHANG 19 16A LOSS 21-39 K.IYER 10 16D DRAW 16-16 M.LEE 5 16E WIN 55-12 S.LEE 12 15A LOSS 15-43 J.TASSELL 4 15B LOSS 22-20 D.SHAN 6 15C LOSS 20-16 B.WANG 6 15D LOSS 11-25 N.WONG 4 15E LOSS 6-43 T.WILSON 2 14A RAIN 14B RAIN 14C RAIN 14D RAIN 14E RAIN

TEAM RESULT SCORE TOP SCORER 1st LOSS 82-50 H.WALKER 25 2nd LOSS 64-35 R.HUYNH 13 3rd LOSS 31-19 J.SUN 4 4th LOSS 21-20 J.LAI 6 6th WIN 22-13 M.KELDOULIS 6 16A LOSS 47-24 DANNY NG 7 16B WIN 25-20 A.LEUNG 10 16C LOSS 21-27 C.YANG 4 16D WIN 31-18 S.LIU 10 16E LOSS 19-17 B.LUNG 6 15A LOSS 31-35 S.DONG 7 15B LOSS 36-24 W.SZET 6 15C LOSS 34-16 K.LIM 4 15D LOSS 38-25 T.ZHONG 7 15E WIN 40-4 C.PENG 12 14A WIN 37-29 J.SUTTON 12 14B LOSS 35-19 A.KOERBER 6 14C LOSS 32-22 J.LEE 8 14D WIN 32-14 I.LU 6, L.LI 6 14E LOSS 10-39 J.CHEN, M.FONG 2 13A LOSS 53-9 A.YE 6 13B WIN 25-24 N.AUTAR 8 13C LOSS 56-14 J.TANG 8 13D LOSS 50-6 M.TICKNER 6 13E RESULT NOT RETURNED

SBHS Debating 2006

THE UNSW INVITATIONAL DEBATING TOURNAMENT. Last Sunday March 20, six teams from SBHS attended the UNSW Invitational Debating Tournament. It was quite a gruelling day with one prepared debate and two unprepared debates (with just 30 minutes prep time). In our first competition wins of the season High took out both the Intermediate and Junior Divisions!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO WINNING TEAMS and everyone who participated.

Intermediate - Dom Bowes, Zid Mancenido, Lucian Tan and Calum Martin Junior - Max Phillis, Antony Paul, Justin Chan and Oliver Fio

THE EASTSIDE COMPETITION The final heats are VS SCEGGS AT HOME on 31/03/06 (topic area- The Environment). The semi finals will be held AT HOME on May 6 and the finals AT HOME on May 19. Teams for these dates will be announced at the end of the term and once the results have been tallied.

DEBATING COACHING

YEAR DAY TIME COACH ROOM

7 Friday 3.20pm- 4.30pm Evan Solomons

Gabriel McManus

Tom Kaldor

603

8 Wednesday 3.10pm- 4.30pm Tanvir Ahmed

William Clegg

608

9 Friday 3.10pm-4.30pm Dr. Joe Suttie 608

10 Thursday 7.45am- 8.45am Daniel Wodak 603

11 Tuesday 7.45am-8.45am Julia Bowes 603

12 TBC various Hamish Nairn 603

DEBATING SUPPORTERS GROUP The DSG has a new email address- sbhsdsg@gmail.com. Information relating to all DSG matters such as meetings agendas and minutes, the home debate supper roster and parking will be emailed to you from this address.

The next meeting is Tuesday April 4th at 6.30pm in the Teachers Common Room.

For more information contact Ms Jocelyn Brewer, MIC Debating by emailing sbhsdebating@gmail.com or visit www.sydneyhigh.org.au/debating

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EElbon Coffee - Last orders with payment to cashier at Main Office by Tuesday April 4(end of lunch) with delivery on Friday –April 7

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HEAD OF THE RIVER Saturday 1 April, 2006

PARENTS’ & SUPPORTERS’ BUS *********************************

We have a special bus ordered to take rowing

parents and supporters to Penrith for the Head of the River Regatta.

The bus will leave from the rowing sheds at 8am

and return there after the last event, in time to meet the rowers and for

the post-Regatta function.

Ticket price is $20 return per adult, children free. Book now to reserve your place. Pay on the bus.

To book your seat(s) phone Grace Reid

on 9389 2664 or Email grace_b_reid@yahoo.com

Write Your Own Job Description and Get Recognised

Do you have a job within the school, or would like to have a job, eg: sports team captain, library monitor, environmental work? If so, fill in the form below and hand to Miss Ward. (Example next page) Each submitted role may then be formally recognised within the student leadership structure of SBHS. This means you can build an official record of your leadership experience for your C.V. My Job Title is:____________________________________________________________ Jobs I do and assist with: 1._________________________________________________________________________

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I am to be trained in: 1.________________________________________________________________________

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I publish in the following documents: 1._________________________________________________________________________

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Auditions

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Phone Natalie Belleli on 9349 7888

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SYDNEY BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL Canteen Price List Open Hours 8:30am - 1:40pm 8 00 a.m. * a time to place lunch orders * breakfast is available I r advantage to pre-order lunches: it saves waiting in queues and ensures you get what y

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Hot Food Orders and over-counter sales: cheese & spinach puff $ 2.30 chicken & corn roll $ 1.30

:30 to 9:t is to youou want.

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heese & salad $ 2.20 $ 2.80 hicken & salad $ 3.20 $ 3.80 orned beef & salad $ 2.60 $ 3.40 urried egg & lettuce $ 2.20 $ 2.50 gg & lettuce $ 2.20 $ 2.50 gg & salad $ 2.50 $ 3.00 am & tomato $ 2.40 $ 2.80 am & salad $ 2.60 $ 3.40 oast beef & salad $ 3.00 $ 3.50 almon & salad $ 2.80 $ 3.50 egemite $ 1.20 $ 1.50

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uttered roll - $ 1.20 heese & tomato $ 1.50 $ 2.00 hicken & coleslaw $ 2.80 $ 3.50 hicken & lettuce $ 2.80 $ 3.50 orned beef & tomato $ 2.40 $ 2.80 agwood $ 3.00 oast beef & tomato $ 2.50 $ 3.00 oast beef, seeded ustard & lettuce

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alad $ 2.00 $ 2.50 hicken or lamb yeeros rap

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ini wrap chicken & coleslaw beef & tabouleh

$ 2.50 $ 2.50

vailable in brown/white bread; extras 20c ushi

- beef - salmon - tuna - veg

$2.40

Cakes, Muffins and Fruit ustard tart $ 2.10 hoc chip/anzac cookies $ 0.80 helsea bun/cupcake $ 1.80 uffin $ 2.50

pple, orange, banana $ 0.80 resh fruit salad $ 1.80 un bun $ 1.30 anana bread $ 1.30

chicken puff $ 2.50 chilli pie $ 3.50 garlic bread $ 1.50 lasagne/ravioli/spaghetti/macaroni & cheese

$ 3.00

meat pie (sauce + 20c extra) $ 2.60 pizza pocket $ 1.60 pizza rounda $ 1.80 pizza slab $ 2.20 potato pie $ 3.20 sausage roll $ 1.80 steak sandwich w/sauce $ 2.50 sweet chilli chicken sub w/sauce $ 3.50 hot chicken/mayo roll $ 3.50 hot chicken/mayo sandwich $ 2.80

Drinks

300ml plain milk $ 1.10 300ml flavoured milk $ 1.70 600ml plain milk $ 1.70 600ml flavoured milk $ 2.30 mineral water $ 1.40 Powerade TM $ 2.50 400ml 100% orange juice with iron $ 2.20 Diet 375ml Coke/Lift/Sprite Zero TM $ 1.70 Diet 600ml Coke/Sprite Zero TM $ 2.40 Aroona-carbonated spring fruits water $ 1.50 Berri – Long Life Juices $ 1.50 Switch – flavoured water $ 2.00

Sweets and ice creams/blocks

over counter

Prices effective 30/1/06 Minor price changes will occur as a direct result of increases by suppliers

All canteen profits are returned to the school

for the benefit of the boys’ education and development.

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Paddington Public School

150th Anniversary Celebrations Friday 5 May 2006

& 150 years of education and, still a Sunday 7 May 2006 great place to learn

Paddington Public School

150 years of education and, still a great place to learn

The Paddington Model School opened for enrolments on Monday 5 May 1856, by order of The Board of National Education, with Mr Thomas Harris as its first Headmaster. On Friday 5 May 2006, the school will commemorate 150 years of continuous public education on the same site, with Mrs Sue Mootz as its current Principal. Paddington Public School cordially invites all its former students, teachers and staff, and their families, to celebrate with us this most significant and historical occasion over two days, Friday 5 May and Sunday 7 May 2006. Past school members are most welcome to attend both event days. Anniversary Information To learn more about the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, we suggest that you should: ► Visit the schools’ website at www.paddington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and follow the links to the Anniversary information page and then the Online Response Form. ► Complete the Online Response Form as soon as possible (enter your contact details as well as other information for planning of the events). ► At any time you can keep in touch with the school and the Sesqui Planning Group by using the email address paddingtonsesqui@yahoo.com.au. ► If you do not have internet access, please contact Maria Hoareau, Sesqui Planning Coordinator, at the school on phone 9361-6730 or by fax 9360-9319. ► Mark the dates in your 2006 diary and tell other former Paddington Public School colleagues about the upcoming celebrations.

Come and celebrate with us in May 2006

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