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Merewether High School Bulletin Dates to Remember Tuesday 5/11 Year 8 PLG - 9am Monday 11/11 Year 7 - 10 Assessment period begins Tuesday 12/11 Year 9 PLG - 9am Tuesday 19/11 Year 10 PLG - 9am Principal’s Report At the time of writing this Year 12 have commenced their HSC and there is two weeks to go and the 2019 HSC will be finished. We said farewell to Year 12 with our Annual Presentation Assembly on the last day of Term 3. There were tears but there were also smiles, as the end of thirteen years of schooling was realised. The day was a fitting celebration of these young people as they start the next part of their journey. Below is the 2019 Captains’ Speech as delivered by Ryan Stoodley and Zoe Davis. The speech captures the feelings on the day.

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Merewether High School Bulletin

Dates to Remember

Tuesday 5/11

Year 8 PLG - 9am

Monday 11/11

Year 7 - 10 Assessment

period begins

Tuesday 12/11

Year 9 PLG - 9am

Tuesday 19/11

Year 10 PLG - 9am

Principal’s Report

At the time of writing this Year 12 have commenced their HSC and there is two weeks to go and the 2019 HSC will be finished. We said farewell to Year 12 with our Annual Presentation Assembly on the last day of Term 3. There were tears but there were also smiles, as the end of thirteen years of schooling was realised. The day was a fitting celebration of these young people as they start the next part of their journey. Below is the 2019 Captains’ Speech as delivered by Ryan Stoodley and Zoe Davis. The speech captures the feelings on the day.

 

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Year  12,  class  of  2019…  What  can  we  possibly  say?  What  words  could  we possibly  string  together  to  truly  emphasise  the  significance  of  this moment? Well – this is it. For all the hard work, friendship, learning and love – this is the end. For the past six years, we have called Merewether our second home. Here, we have grown from small, cheeky children into slightly bigger and I’d  like to say  mature  young  adults  (Tuesday  night  being  strong  evidence  of  this maturity). We have shared so many things together – Desa’s runs on a Friday arvo,  complaining  about  exams  and  assignments,  running  to  get  to  the canteen  first,  and  that  one  me  when  we  filed  into  the  L  block  toilets  and harmonically  sang  the halo  theme  song…  truly memorable. But,  like all good things, our  me at Merewether must  come  to an end. We are  lucky  to have this opportunity  today  to  thank  the many, many people who have made our journey to this point possible, on behalf of the Year 12 cohort.

Firstly,  to our parents and families. We are all so thankful  for the  love that you have shown us during one of the most demanding years of our lives. It can’t have been easy suppor ng a stressed out teenager, but somehow you’ve managed. Thank you for reassuring us  in  mes of doubt, comfor ng us  in  mes of sadness, and mo va ng us to just try our best. Jane and Luke ‐ Ryan thanks you for all the food that you have fed him, and for if not enjoying his cheeky a tude, at least enduring it. Mum and Dad ‐ I know I haven’t been the easiest, but you’ve always been there for me, and I hope that at the end of my schooling, I can make you proud. 

Thanks must  also  be  given  to  all  of  our  Year  Advisers  throughout  the  years  ‐ Mr McBeath, Mr  Berry,  and Mrs Ridgeway… you welcomed us into high school, and saw us become seniors. The hard work and  me that you spent with us is much appreciated and won’t be forgo en. And of course to our current Year Advisers: Mr Harrison and Mrs Brooks, you both stepped up to oversee us in our final years at Merewether. Brooksey, your efforts in and out of the  Table  Tennis  Arena  haven’t  gone  unno ced.  Harro,  your  ability  to  express  your  raw  emo ons  con nues  to astound  us  all.  Together,  you  have  both  kindly  overlooked  our  late  permission  slips,  counted  numerous  merit awards,  and, most  recently,  arranged  the  amazing  ‘magical mystery  tour’  to  the  RAW  challenge.  Thank  you  for making our final years of high school incredible.

School  would  of  course  not  be  possible  without  the  work  of  some  very  important  people  ‐  our  teachers.  From pa ently wai ng for us to finally find your classroom in year seven, to pa ently wai ng for us to actually show up to your  a er‐lunch  class  in  year  12,  you’ve  nurtured  us  as  we’ve  grown  up  through  high  school.  Thank  you  for tolera ng our increasingly proficient ability to scab marks, our rowdy behaviour in your period six classes, and our apparent inability to move through the hallways efficiently. You have always generously given your  me to explain a difficult concept or  to have a chat, and over  the years, you have taught us so much. Especially,  that even  if 15 minutes do pass without a teacher arriving, it s ll isn’t a free period. 

To the Prefect body of 2019. We have accomplished a lot this year. Moofest, White Ribbon day, the Easter raffle, the ATAR BBQ and of course,  raising over $41,000  for  the World’s Greatest Shave as a school effort. As a group, we have had our challenges; from controversy on the group chat, to last minute organisa on, to not missing the train and making it to photos on  me. Thank you for always accep ng our late night food requests, and our a empts at mandatory team bonding. We couldn’t have asked for a stronger team to go through this year with. 

To our vice captains, Teza and Aditya Enje  (but just Adi for short). Thank you for keeping us on track, giving your all to  the prefect  body and  to  the  school,  and always  flexing on us with  your many, many academic achievements. Teza, even though you’re o en the  last one  to make  the mee ng, you’re an  inspiring  leader, and an even be er friend. And Adi ‐ our wonderful mathemagician ‐ your beaming smile brightens every mee ng, and your leadership sets a great example.

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Mrs Rippon ‐ you’ve been here from the start, and although I’ll admit that back in junior school I thought you were a li le scary, now I can honestly say that you are one of the most inspiring, fun, and secretly sassy people that we’ve had the pleasure of ge ng to know, and we’re both really going to miss our Monday mee ngs. Thank you for all the mes that you have encouraged us to be our best, asked for and genuinely valued our thoughts and opinions, and 

put Ryan in line. Nobody, I’m sure not even us, quite realises just how much work,  love and passion you have put into  this  school,  and  how  far  its  come  under  your  leadership.  Rest  assured  that  when  you  do  end  up  leaving Merewether, you will have le  a wonderful legacy behind, and won’t easily be forgo en. 

Mr Southward. No one can remember a Merewether High without you, nor would we want to. You’ve stuck by us, and have stayed with us to see us graduate. You’ve always been there for us, always in an iconic  e, with a wi y remark, term planner print out, or some encouraging words; you’ve brought us tea and coffee in the ILC, run 100 mark  journey  every week,  and walked around  the  playground,  just  to  say hi  and  chat. Words  can’t  express how grateful we are for everything that you have done for us. Southy, no ma er where we all go, or what we end up doing  ‐ we will always  remember  the genuinity and dedica on you’ve shown us, and  the people we become  is a testament to you.

And finally, Merewether. Thank you for giving us this opportunity ‐ it has been an absolute honour to be your school captains  this  year.  In  our  first  speech  to  you,  we  told  you  that  we  wanted  to  look  back  with  pride  for  our achievements. We are proud, not just of what we have achieved as captains, prefects and a year 12 cohort, but of the memories that we were so fortunate to have made along the way. I wish next year’s leadership team the best of luck, and I’m sure that they will con nue to add to the brilliant culture of this school.

In just a few short weeks, a er just a few li le exams, we will well and truly be high school graduates. I hope we all do our best but always remember that the ATAR isn’t everything. The HSC may be difficult, stressful, and draining… but no ma er what happens, we’ll all share it as a collec ve human experience. 

Today marks the end of a journey. This 13 year long adventure has seen us through our first days in kindy, where we sat as calm and composed as a five year old possibly could. All the way up to today ‐ our last days of year 12, where we’ve sat as straight and a en vely as exhausted teenagers can possibly sit, and learnt how to survive in the real world by analysing Shakespeare's works and understanding the differences between anomalies, inconsistencies and paradoxes.   

Year 12, I want you to look around. Look at the sea of familiar faces that surround you. These faces have watched you change and grow from an awkward, chubby sevvie to the amazing, intelligent young adults that you are today. They’ve  been  there  for  you  through  so many firsts  ‐  first  day of  high  school,  first  me donning  the  sacred white shirts,  first  me  driving,  first  fights,  first  loves,  and  first  heartbreaks.  They’ve  celebrated  your  victories,  and comforted  you  in  mes  of  failure.  These  are  the  faces  of  future  doctors,  or  ar sts,  lawyers,  engineers,  teachers, musicians, leaders, even astronauts because Year 12, the sky is no longer the limit and I know that you can achieve absolutely anything you put your minds to.

We will  leave here today, to begin the rest of our  lives.  I hope that one day when have children of our own, have chased and achieved our ambi ons, we will  look back at our  me at Merewether and remain grateful for what  it has given us. In the words of street scholar and poe c genius, Kanye West: “If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment.  A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment un l it’s passed”. Let’s take this moment to appreciate the past six years that we’ve spent together, and all the incredible memories and  experiences  that  we’ve  shared.  I  don’t  know what  life  is  going  to  be  like  without Merewether,  without Mr Southward, without you all. But we cannot live in the past. We must move forward. Saying goodbye is never easy. But it is because this goodbye is hard that it means so much. 

In saying this goodbye, we also welcome the next chapter of our lives. Now, we must march to the beat of our own drum, rather than dri  in packs to the ringing of the reliable school bell. The future may be big and scary to us now, but I know that each and every one of you are capable of amazing things. Make yourselves proud Year 12 ‐ I know you will. We’ll all have something to miss about our  me at Merewether; the rigorous academic atmosphere, the integral ‘chhh’ of the school song, and the amazing friends that we’ve made along the way. We’ve had a good run here Year 12, but now its  me to say goodbye. A er all; all good things must come to an end. 

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Award winners on the day were as below:

Course Awards

Teyjah Abell MHS Award for First Place Community and Family Studies

Angus Atkinson MHS Award for First Place Chemistry

MHS Award for First Place Software Design and Development

Chloe Davison MHS Award for First Place Earth & Environmental Science

Leah Dove MHS Award for First Place Mathematics

Shannon Gillan MHS Award for First Place English Standard

Eamonn Hanna MHS Award for First Place Mathematics Extension 2

MHS Award for First Place Mathematics Extension 1

Elliot Kozary MHS Award for First Place Music 1

Isabella Moretti Camden Haven High Award for First Place Italian Beginners

Ella Perry MHS Award for First Place Mathematics Standard 2

Alexandra Plotnikoff MHS Award for First Place English Extension 2

MHS Award for First Place English Extension 1

MHS Award for First Place History Extension

Caitlin Rusev MHS Award for First Place PDHPE

Aditya Enjeti Morgans Financial Award for First Place Economics

Teza Sankoorikal MHS Award for First Place Food Technology

MHS Award for First Place Modern History

Sophia Scepanovic MHS Award for First Place Ancient History

Morgans Financial Award for First Place Business Studies

MHS Award for First Place English Advanced

Louisa Suters MHS Award for First Place Hospitality

Eben Taylor MHS Award for First Place Physics

Nicholas Wilson MHS Award for First Place Geography

MHS Award for First Place Visual Arts

Academic Excellence Awards

Angus Atkinson, Hannah Cropley, Leah Dove, Grace Dunlop, Aditya Enjeti, Jasmine Gibson, Eamonn Hanna, Sharvil Kesarwani, Arthy Mukunthan, Charankarthi Musuwadi, Alexandra Plotnikoff, Anna Popowicz, Jai Rose Sabu, Teza Sankoorikal, Sophia Scepanovic, Eben Taylor, Rikki Teh, Nicholas Wilson  

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Special Awards 

Merewether High School P&C Service Award - Alexandra Plotnikoff

Merewether High School P & C Association Award for Outstanding Achievement - Eben Taylor

SRC Chairperson Award - Aditya Enjeti

Reuben F Scarf Award for Commitment - Angus Atkinson

Year 12 Unsung Hero Award - Bianka Arunraj and Matthew Hackett

ADFA Education Award - Benjamin Beck

Alan Ebert Award for All Round Performance - Anna Popowicz

Edward Christopher Merewether Award for Creative Excellence - Nicholas Wilson

Class of ’96 Award - Sophia Scepanovic

Merewether Community Spirit & Leadership Award - Kofi Harara

Long Tan Award - Aditya Enjeti

Merewether High School Award for Leadership - Arthy Mukunthan

Gold Awards - Angus Atkinson, Zoe Davis , Alicia De Siqueira Mattes , Aditya Enjeti , Sharvil Kesarwani , Melinda Leitch, William Lucas , Venkatachalam Meyyappan, Arthy Mukunthan , Anna Popowicz , Callum

Quinn, Eben Taylor, Harry Tregilgas

 

Bruce Bensley Service Award — School Captain 2019 - Ryan Stoodley

Elizabeth Bensley Memorial Service Award — School Captain 2019 - Zoe Davis

Phil Price Memorial Award for Outstanding Commitment to Merewether High School - Elliot Kozary

Merewether High School Plaque - Jasmine Gibson

 

Edward Christopher Merewether All Rounder Medals

Senior Boy Harry Tregilgas Senior Girl Leah Dove

The Caltex Medal — Best All-Rounder, Academic, Leadership, Sport, Attitude, Service - Teza Sankoorikal

The University of Newcastle Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence - Teza Sankoorikal

MHS Award for Academic Excellence — Year 12 - Sophia Scepanovic

Congratulations to Jessica Richardson won gold in the girls 16 years shot put and silver in the girls 16 years javelin and Sarah Pickering who won gold in the girls 16 years 800m and bronze in the 1500m at the NSWCHS Athletics Carnival held at the end of Term 3. Jessica went on to win gold at the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships in the 16 years shot put and silver in the 16 years javelin. Jessica will now compete in Australian All Schools Carnival from the 5 – 8th December.

 

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Congratulations to Alvin Craig who ran for the NSW Schools’ Orienteering team at the recent Oceania championships held in Wagga. NSW won the Australian Schools’ trophy for the first time since 2002. Alvin had a phenomenal week and was chosen again this year in the Australian Schools’ Honour team. Alvin won all three junior men's schools events, the Sprint, Long and Relay. Giving away five years to his rivals, on the weekends he ran in the junior men's elite national league events and placed third in the Australian Long championships and Oceania relays.

Congratulations to Evina who has success in a variety of regional and national public speaking events. Evina was a National Finalist in the United Nations Youth Australia Voice Public Speaking Competition, in the April school holidays in Perth, National Finalist in the My First Speech Public Speaking Competition, which is run by the Australian Parliament in Canberra, State Finalist (along with Mackenzie Gilligan as her partner) in the UN Youth Evatt Mock United Nations Debating Competition and a Regional Finalist in the Lions Youth of the Year Public Speaking Competition.

Congratulations to Genevieve Ball who has been announced as a state winner in the National History Challenge for 2019. Her entry has been deemed best in New South Wales in the Year Level 11-12 category.

Adrian Harrod (Year 11) and Mikayla Harrod (Year 9) have continued to enjoy the opportunities provided by their membership of 316 SQN Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC). During the recent October school holidays, CPL Mikayla Harrod attended her second powered flying program at the AAFC flying facility at Bathurst. Over the course of a week, Mikayla received further instruction in aviation and pilot training and accumulated another 5 hours of flight time in her logbook. Mikayla was able to independently conduct circuits around the aerodrome including takeoff and landing, and is approximately only 2 hours away from going solo. SGT Adrian Harrod represented NSW in Exercise Green Eagle 2019, which is a weeklong national field craft competition held at the Majura Army Training Range in ACT. Cadets from across the country came together to challenge each other in navigation, radio operations, construction of shelters, survival on rations, defending positions and lines as well as provision of First Aid. Adrian also had the privilege of personally meeting the Chief of Air Force, AIRMSHL Mel Hupfield.

From our new captains – Saharsh Joshi and Saskia Ferguson

As Term 3 came to a close, the Merewether High School leaders for 2020 were announced. The result of which left MHS with 16 enthusiastic new prefects, two new school captains (Saskia Ferguson and Saharsh Joshi) and two new vice captains (Emy Liao and Dharam Arora). The previous school prefects left big shoes to fill, as they demonstrated the Merewether ethos by creating a cohesive and vibrant school community. As the Prefect body of 2020, it’s now our duty to uphold these standards as well as seeking to improve Merewether High School. We are extremely grateful for this opportunity and look forward to this exciting journey that the year has yet to offer.

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In the October school holidays, Julia Boyd and Alice Thompson from Year 9 had the privilege of participating in Hunter Drama’s lavish production of Peter Pan Jr. at the Civic Theatre.

They began working on the show at the end of Term 2 and had rehearsals Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays throughout Term 3, before ‘bumping in’ to the Civic Theatre for the second week of the holidays. With six shows over three days, the girls and their fellow cast members performed for more than 4000 theatre goers and the production was featured on page one of the Newcastle Herald and on NBN News on opening night.

Alice played the role of Mrs Darling, the mother of Wendy, John and Michael, and Julia was Skye, part of Tiger Lily’s band of fearsome Brave Girls.

The production was directed by some of Newcastle’s leading musical theatre teachers and the girls said the opportunity to perform in Newcastle’s largest and most spectacular theatre was an incredible experience they will never forget.

In May 2020, Julia and Alice will be part of the cast taking the show to the European Junior Theatre Festival in the UK. As part of the tour, they'll also be participating in workshops in London's West End with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and with the Royal Shakespeare Company on stage at the Globe Theatre.

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Deputy’s Report

The weather is beautiful at this time of year as we look towards the end of 2019. It has been a fantastic year for all members of the Merewether High School community with great accomplishments in academic pursuits, sporting challenges and extra-curricular activities. Our HSC students are nearing the end of their exams and I would like to praise them for their efforts in preparation and revision for exams. I am confident of success and just reward for 13 hard years of schooling.

It is time for our new HSC students to begin their journey towards the completion of their HSC and I would implore them to work diligently from the start of the course and foster the learning relationships with their peers and their teachers which will underline their success. For students in Year 7-10 we have their End of Year assessment period in Weeks 5 and 6 (Monday 11th Nov to Friday 22nd Nov). Students will receive their timetables during week 3 and are encouraged to work through our “3,2,1 Countdown to Exams” to assist their preparation. I have been working with Year 10 students specifically on aspects of their study and preparation to assist them as they begin their Accelerated HSC course. I encourage all students to put aside 15-20 minutes a night to review 3 subjects for their End of Year Assessments, this preparation builds confidence and performance.

I would also like to remind all students and families of our high expectations with school uniform. White socks, black shoes and full school uniform should be worn each day, with sports uniform on Wednesday. Students who have PDHPE or PASS on a particular day are expected to change into and out of the sports uniform for those periods. Supporting our school uniform expectations is part of belonging to Merewether High School and builds our sense of community and belonging. We would appreciate your support.

Our Parent Learning Program continues through this term and will focus for Year 7 and 8 on their upcoming Learning Reflection meetings scheduled for weeks 8 and 9. Our Year 9 PLG will clarify aspects of the commencement of the Accelerated Course in Year 10 next year. The Year 10 PLG will discuss the path to the HSC through one accelerated course and an additional 10 units of Year 11 study. The PLG for our HSC students will detail the support measures put in place by the school and the mentoring Senior Executive support available. I feel these Parent Learning Groups are invaluable for the school and families and they cement our partnership in education.

I look forward to another successful term for our school.

Tony Southward

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English

Rosie Gately’s “Apathy” Pays Off at the Launch of the Young Writers’ Showcase  

NESA’s annual word eXpress ceremony to launch the Young Writers Showcase 2018 took place on the evening of August 19th at the State Library of NSW and featured Rosie Gately’s English Extension 2 Major Work. Rosie, who graduated from Merewether HS last year was one of eighteen HSC English Extension 2 students to have their work chosen for publication in this collection.

Rosie was invited to present on the evening, reading extracts from her work and sharing some of her experiences in bringing her major work to successful completion. She read part of one of three comical ‘anti-motivational’ speeches from her major work titled Don’t Quote Me on That which, in her words, proved that “it’s better to be apathetic than pathetic”.

In his opening address before the published students, their families and teachers, Dr John Vallance, State Librarian, warmly welcomed those selected as emerging writers who now form a part of the State Library. Their Reflection Statements [a compulsory component of the Ext 2 course] are held online at the State Library as a public resource. He, along with Mr Tom Alegounaris, Chairperson of NESA, encouraged the students to see this achievement as the beginning of their further excursions into writing and finding their own voices.

Asked what being chosen for publication meant to her Rosie said, “It’s a huge reward and recognition for all the hard work I put into my major work and a real honour to have it deemed good enough to be published for others to read.”

Mr Byrnes has already purchased a copy of the Young Writers Showcase 2018 which can be accessed via the school library. Other earlier volumes sit alongside it. If you look in these you will find some works by other MHS Ext 2 English authors. The current Ext 2 English students’ works were uploaded last week and they now wait to see how these are received.

[Photos: M. Burdekin]

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Merewether High School’s Maker Space

With many new STEM projects beginning around Newcastle, Merewether High is positioning our students to be future ready. Students electing Design and Technology in Year 8 have begun producing their CAD designs on our CNC machine. This enables students to design their projects using CAD (Computer Aided Design) software and then load this into the milling machine and produce very clean and accurate F1 cars. (F1 in schools program) .

While still in its infancy, our prototypes are yet to be finished and can be seen here in the rough machined blank form. This is a large step forward for students in gaining skills and knowledge in their interactions with a growing digital / robotic world.

Stay tuned for final finished pics!

Andrew Donaldson

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Robocup Junior Nationals 2019 After placing first in the Open Soccer division at the State competition in Sydney, we headed off to Melbourne for the National competition over the last weekend of the school holidays (11th-13th October). I was the first to arrive on the Friday and so I made sure the robots wouldn’t need any adjustment for different fields like the ones at State competition. This also allowed me to say hello to some of our competitors in the Open Soccer League.

On the Saturday morning the rest of the team arrived: Murray Jones (Year 10), Andrew Chen (Year 7) and I make up team “Inevitable”. We have been building and programming our two robots since early in Term 1. Murray has led the team with his excellent ideas and programming skills producing two autonomous bots named “Haunted” and “Cursed” that play soccer.

Luckily the robots had survived the long trip down with Murray. Day One of competition consisted of four rounds. Our first match was at 11:30 against “X-MANkey” from Fort Street High School, Sydney. We ended up winning by the 10-Nil mercy rule. It was a good start, but we knew that we would have much harder challenges to face in the coming games. Next up, we faced “J-TEC” from the fabled Brisbane Boys College, who had won the National competition more times than I could count. It was a very close game and they put up a good fight with a final score of 8 - 7 our way. After lunch, the games resumed and we faced off against “Omni-Potent” from Christian Collage Geelong S.S. which was another win by the mercy rule.

Next, however, we faced our biggest challenge yet, “Omicron”, hyped as the best team from Brisbane Boys College and suffered a crushing 10-Nil defeat, our first ever in 2019 competition. In between games there was plenty of opportunity to wander around to take in all the work of students from all over Australia. It was very rewarding talking to many of the various teams and problem solving with them any problems with the robots that had cropped up that day.

The next day, we had our final and fifth game of the heats against “InsOMNIA”, again from Christian College Geelong S.S. and won by 8-5, then on to the finals, where in the semi-finals we were unable to secure a win over J-TEC for a second time and so we began the playoff for 3rd and 4th. We were challenged by “H010n0m1c”, a freelance team that had been quite successful so far. After 20 nerve wracking minutes however, we just scraped a victory 8-7. This was enough to secure us a 3rd place at the competition. It was such a fun weekend and I came away, not only with a podium, but with valuable knowledge and skills, and of course, this couldn’t have happened without my team-mates Murray and Andrew.

Thank you to all our parents for transporting us and our robots and equipment down to Melbourne, and to Mr Flood for his assistance with the initial problem-solving and coding of our robots.

Sam Ellis – Year 9

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Year 9 Engineering students mentor Primary School students in the Science & Engineering Discovery Day We recently sent twenty-four Year 9 Engineering students to the Primary School's Science & Engineering Discovery Day where they mentored, led and supported several school groups in completing a range of team-based challenges. Our students participated in the Regional event themselves in August, where they placed second and were selected for this role as young leaders due to their enthusiasm and professionalism. We have received feedback that our students conducted themselves beautifully at both events and should be congratulated for their efforts in promoting Science and Engineering. Congratulations to all our Engineering students who participated in both days. Lu Taylor

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Jetstar Excursion

On Thursday 17th October, Year 10 Preliminary Design and Technology went to the Jetstar Heavy Maintenance Depot at Williamtown Airport. The group were doing a case study on Design and Innovation in large passenger aircraft.

The students were given a talk, with question time, by aircraft maintenance personnel. They were then guided around and through an A320 plane which was being serviced on site. Students got to look through all areas of the plane including the cockpit and being able to sit in the pilot’s seat and have the instrument’s use explained to them.

A quick visit to Fighter World to view some exhibits and watch some jets take off and land concluded the day. A big thanks to Jetstar Maintenance for providing this experience to our students.

Tony Johnston

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In November, a group of staff at MHS are growing their moustaches for 30 days and it's not just a bold fashion statement. We are doing it to raise funds for the Movember Foundation, and we need your support: We are supporting the Movember Foundation because they’re tackling some of the most significant health issues faced by men. Your donations will help them stop men dying too young. You can contribute to our Mo growing effort: https://mobro.co/merewetherhigh?mc=1 Learn about the important work Movember is funding and the impact your donation will have: https://au.movember.com/programs/cause?mc=5 There's a lot riding on this moustache, so thank you. We appreciate your support. Mo Bro Merewether High School Rob Berry

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November Fri 1/11

Y9 Urban Challenge day 3/3

Mon 4/11

Y7 - Y10 Blackout period commences

Tues 5/11

Y8 PLG - 9am

Mon 11/11

Y7 - Y10 Assessment period Last Day HSC

Tues 12/11

Y9 PLG - 9am

Tues 19/11

Y10 PLG - 9am

Fri 22/11

Prefects’ Investiture - 11am

Mon 25/11

IBL Panel Y8 & Y9

Tues 26/11

Y11 (Y12 2020) PLG - 9am IBL Panel Y8 & Y9

Thurs 28/11

Y11 Assembly - 11am

December Mon 2/12

Learning Reflection Y7

Tues 3/12

Year 7 (2020) Orientation day

Mon 9/12

Learning Reflection Y8 Fri 13/12

Y10 Assembly - 9am Y9 Assembly - 11am

Mon 16/12

Y8 Assembly - 9am Y7 Assembly - 11am

Tues 17/12

HSC Results Presentation Assembly - 10:30am

Wed 18/12

Y12 BBQ - 11am Last Day of School