SEFTON NEWS

Term 4 2019

Sincerity , Scholarship, Service

CONTENTS

Principal’s Message

Our Spectacular

Sport News

Faculty News

Mathematics

Visual Arts

Welfare

Excursions

Yr 11 Legal

Studies

Yr 10 Commerce

Acknowledgement

Of Country

Workshop

Competitions

Australian

Mathematics

National History

Challenge

HTANSW History

Mastermind

MusicEDU

Sefton Geographic

Society

Clubs

Coding

Photography

In Other News …

Yr 9 Commerce

Market Day

Year 8 Bandanna

Day

Sefton High

Shaves It Off!

SRE

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Is it possible that the older I get the quicker time seems to pass by? Well it certainly feels that way

amidst the busyness and the hustle and bustle of productive activity that is Sefton High School. I

cannot believe that the end of another school year draws near. Despite the school year drawing to a

close there is no respite from the purposeful teaching and learning that is the core business of your

school.

Currently

Students in Years 7-10 are either preparing for, sitting, or just completing end of year assessments.

Students in Year 11 are preparing for their first HSC Course Assessment in each of their subjects.

Year 7 and 8 Gala Days are occurring.

Preparations are under way for Music Night.

The first of our major end of year assemblies – Sports Assembly has occurred. What a magnificent

celebration of the vibrant and enthusiastic sporting culture that exists at Sefton High School.

Staff are evaluating and rewriting learning programs, units of instruction and new assessment

tasks.

All staff are completing their annual Performance and Development Appraisals.

Our timetabling team are busy establishing the best possible matrix to support student learning

for 2020.

Our Administrative Staff are busily processing reports, orders, and enrolments in readiness for

2020.

The list goes on. Suffice to say, Sefton High School is abuzz with productive energy as we seek to

finish 2019 well and begin 2020 stronger than before.

CONGRATULATIONS

I wish to congratulate Mr C Idle, Ms L Wood and all the staff who make opportunities for our students

not just to play sport but to represent their Houses (Bradman, Court, Cuthbert, Thorpe) and Sefton

High School across such a vast array of different sports (including, of course, Chess!). The rich

sporting culture that permeates Sefton High School was appropriately celebrated at our school Sport

Assembly on Thursday 21 November 2019. I congratulate the various award recipients as well as all

the other student and staff members who involve themselves in this vital co-curricular pursuit.

I also wish to congratulate Mrs A Hope, a crucial member of our fantastic School Administrative and

Support Staff who recently was acknowledged at the Strathfield Office Combined Networks Award

Ceremony which represents 80 public schools, for her outstanding contribution to Sefton High

School. Mrs Hope is a versatile, talented and committed member of our administrative team who has

been influential in establishing and maintaining our Facebook page and our new Web page.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

At our Term 4 Week 3 assembly, Mr Dimopoulos spoke to staff and students about our high

expectations. Now high expectations is something all schools say they have but what Mr Dimopoulos

did was to give a practical illustration of our high expectations in action – in this example –

punctuality. It is on this theme of high expectations that I need to reiterate our expectations. We expect

and will take action to ensure;

students are punctual to school and to class. Consequences will be imposed when students do not

comply with our high expectations that they be punctual.

students are in full school uniform top to bottom, head to toe, each and every day unless there is

a one-off letter from a parent to explain why this is not the case. Consequences will be imposed

when students’ dress does not comply with our high expectations of uniform. All student will be

in full school uniform every day.

students will behave in classrooms and corridors and in general play areas in accordance with the

Department of Education Behaviour Code for Students and the Sefton High School Code of

Conduct. Consequences will be imposed when a student’s behaviour does not comply with our

high expectations for a safe and productive learning environment for all students and safe and

productive workplace for all staff.

These matters are not negotiable. When consequences occur, should students choose not to comply

with the imposed consequences, then additional consequences will follow. Our very high expectations

in these areas are foundational to ensuring a safe, cooperative and productive learning environment

that allow teachers to teach and students to achieve.

Our focus is and will continue to be students achieving their personal best academic standards and

involving themselves in the wide variety of co-curricular pursuits offered by the school that contribute

to the holistic development of students.

NAPLAN 2019 – A SNAPSHOT OF OUR RESULTS

In 2018 and 2019 the NAPLAN testing regime has come under fierce criticism from many sources.

In 2018 and 2019 the waters of NAPLAN have been muddied with some schools using pen and paper

testing whilst others have trialled adaptive on-line testing. These two testing regimes are very

different and as such comparisons between schools must be treated with extreme caution.

Sefton High School will regard NAPLAN for what it is able to tell us and for what it was originally

intended. The key areas we will focus on are:

What do NAPLAN results for individual students reveal in terms of areas for ongoing

development?

What do NAPLAN results for Year groups reveal to us in terms of broad item analysis eg in

writing, in grammar and punctuation, in aspects of numeracy?

Do our broader NAPLAN results support our strategic directions or indicate areas for greater

concentration?

In 2019, our results reveal

Year 7

69.9% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Reading (State average is 54.5%)

67.6% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Writing (State average is 36.5%)

75.1% of students scored in Bands 7, 8, 9 and 10 for Numeracy (State average is 55.4%)

Year 9

78.1% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Reading (State average is 47.5%)

64.1% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Writing (State average is 31.6%)

80.3% of students scored in Bands 8, 9 and 10 for Numeracy (State average is 48.0%)

We are delighted with this measure as it is one of the key indicators of the success of our school plan

and intentional focus upon the explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy in junior years. There is a

very high expectation placed on our teachers and students in Years 7-10 that their focus will be upon

core foundational skills in reading, persuasive and narrative writing, guided scaffolds to support

student writing, spelling, grammar, punctuation and detailed feedback by staff to students.

UPCOMING DATES

2019

3 December Year 6 into 7 Enrolment Day

6 December Year 10 Fundraiser

9-12 December Year 7 Swim School

13 December Presentation Day

16, 17, 18 December Student reports Years 7-9 posted home.

2020

29 January Years 7, 11 and 12 commence

30 January Years 8, 9, and 10 commence

7 February Swimming Carnival Birrong Pool

Finally may I wish all of our Sefton High School community – students past, present and future, staff,

parents, neighbours a wonderful Christmas and a safe relaxing holiday.

See you all in 2020.

Mr K Humphreys

Principal

OUR SPECTACULAR – SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

On August 29 this year, close to 50 students from Years 7 to 12 made their way to the Sydney Opera

House for their final rehearsal and performance of ‘Seasons of Love’. After a successful audition

earlier in the year the Dance Troupe, Stage Band and Vocal Ensemble combined to create a very

unique and engaging performance. Of all the Primary and Secondary schools performing, Sefton High

was the only school to combine 3 groups in the one item.

After many lunch time and after-school rehearsals our students took their place on the stage to stand

where so many extraordinary and inspiring performers have stood, taking in the grandeur of this

iconic venue and managing the expected nerves when performing to a ‘full house’. With their

professional behaviour and committed attitude it was little wonder that the audience response was

thunderous!

Congratulations to all students involved and special thanks to Ms Zadro, Ms Kacopieros and Mr Atton

for their work throughout the year in preparation for such an event.

Ms Frugtniet

SPORT NEWS

2019 was another successful year in Sport at Sefton High School. The 10th annual sports assembly

ran smoothly with a number of houses and students receiving awards. As a recap in the three big

carnivals for the year, Court House won the Swimming Carnival whilst Bradman House were

successful in winning both the Cross Country and Athletics Carnival in 2019.

Some outstanding achievements by students were:

- Xavier Rosendale receiving Zone Age Champion in Swimming

- Sultan Aljabery receiving Zone Age Champion in Athletics

- Julianne Cinco receiving Zone Age Champion in Athletics

Grade and Recreational sport best and fairest were also presented to students at the sports assembly,

the winners are as follows:

Grade Sport - Best and Fairest (Season 1 and 2, 2019):

Season 1 Name Sport

Grade Male Favour Akuete Soccer

Grade Female Thai Quynh Nguyen Oztag

Season 2 Name Sport

Grade Male Christopher Fallah European Handball

Grade Female Angeline Hoang Basketball

Recreational sport - Best and Fairest (Season 1 and 2, 2018):

Season 1 Name Sport

Rec Male Brandon Ly European Handball

Rec Female Stephanie Duong Volleyball

Season 2 Name Sport

Rec Male Jaffar Kabaili Soccer

Rec Female Katrina Meng Yoga/Pilates

2019 saw yet another seven Sefton High School Grade Sport teams take out the premiership this year

in excellent fashion. These teams were:

- Senior Mixed Netball

- Junior Mixed Netball

- Junior Girls Volleyball

- Junior Boys European Handball

- Senior Boys European Handball

- Senior Girls Basketball

- Senior Boys 8-a-side Soccer

Sefton will again strive for success in the Bankstown Zone to continue our prowess and dominance

over the surrounding schools.

This year’s 2019 Premiers Sport Challenge medal winner was Victoria Nguyen in Year 10, who was

recognised for her commitment to fair play, achievement in swimming and athletics and her overall

positive contribution to Sefton’s weekly sporting program. This is an excellent achievement by

Victoria and the school commends Victoria on her efforts.

Finally, Sefton High School’s House Games Shield was awarded to Cuthbert House for their

excellence in both Basketball and Volleyball.

Yet again Sefton High School staff and students have shown their dominance over the Bankstown

Zone and their continued commitment and enthusiasm towards sport. As Sports Organiser, it has been

extremely pleasing to see participation levels increasing from 2018. I look forward to yet another

successful year in 2020. Excellence in Education for all our Students.

Mr. Idle

FACULTY NEWS

MATHEMATICS FACULTY

"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas” Albert Einstein.

It has been a fantastic 2019 in Mathematics this year with a lot of hard work from the staff, parents

and students. Overall, there has been outstanding results across the cohorts.

The Mathematics Staff have successfully rolled out the new senior programs for Advanced, Extension

1 and Extension 2 Mathematics aligned with the new syllabus for Year 12 -2020.

Students that are taking the Extension subjects for the HSC are required to know all the Stage 5.3

content including Circle Geometry, Polynomials and Functions and Graphs.

We have ended the year on a positive note with our Year 12 students completing their Mathematics

HSC exams including the new Standard 2 HSC Examination. The passion and eagerness they have

displayed towards there mathematics has been exemplary and we are confident that they will be

achieving pleasing results.

We are looking forward to another successful year in 2020 and encourage all students to start off the

year with a positive mindset. We endeavour to instil confidence in all our students to try their best in

Mathematics, to always try new things and to not be afraid of making mistakes. As Albert Einstein

states: "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

Have a fantastic holiday!

Ms Najem

Head Teacher Mathematics

VISUAL ARTS NEWS

Congratulations to Gordon Wang Year 12, his HSC Visual Arts Body of Work, Earth’s Ephemeris

has been nominated for consideration for inclusion in the 2020 ARTEXPRESS exhibition. Gordon’s

thought provoking Body of Work, a series with a focus on graphic design explores a futuristic,

alternate reality for planet Earth.

This is an outstanding achievement as ARTEXPRESS is an annual and prestigious exhibition of

exemplary artworks created by students for the HSC examination in Visual Arts and it represents the

high standards and diversity achieved by Year 12 Visual Arts students in New South Wales schools.

Earth’s Ephemeris by Gordon Wang Year 12

Visual Arts and Visual Design students were engaged with finalising their various artworks and

building on their knowledge of the Visual Arts through their critical and historical investigations this

semester.

Year 11 Visual Design students designed and created their own children’s storybooks. There were

many aspects to consider such as developing characters and plot, illustrations, formatting and text

and finally covers and titles. The Year 11 Visual Design students embraced this unit of work and

produced some very engaging storybooks.

Timid to Brave a storybook written and illustrated by Quynh Anh Le Year 11

In addition, these students completed a unit of work related to a graphic design module - publications

and information. Their critical and historical study of the work of designers, particularly those with

an interest in graphic design informed their practice.

Students designed a series of magazine covers for an identified audience using the colour blue as a

focus. They used a range of digital visual design procedures and techniques to complete their

successful designs.

Magazine covers by Sofia Tran, Quynh Anh Le, Harry Liu and Joshua Luu Year 11

Year 9 Visual Arts students examined how art can be used to communicate contemporary issues in

society. They created sculptures using recycled materials and throw away items, exploring the theme

of waste and sustainability. Students researched the effects the materials they used are having on the

environment and challenged their audience to think about our over-consumption, waste management

and sustainability practices. They studied the works of artists such as Choi Jeong Hwa and Melissa

Hirsch to inform their own artmaking.

Year 9 students Nancy Nguyen and Amy Tran, Qasim Khan, Victor Lee and Charlie Phu

developing their sculptures

A selection of materials used and sculptures created by Year 9 Visual arts students.

Ms Simic

Visual Arts Teacher

Year 10 Visual Arts students have been working progressively on the topic Landscapes for Term 4.

Students explore either abstract expressionism or contemporary Landscapes by a variety of artists.

Students used canvas paper to create their acrylic paintings using the natural colours of the

environment as a form of inspiration. Students worked really hard to complete their artworks and

more images of their completed Landscapes will be posted to Sefton High School’s Facebook page

so please keep a look out.

Miss Unwin

Visual Art and Photography Teacher

Martin Tran- Landscape, 2019.

Hannah Aluad- Landscape, 2019

Sana Bukhari- Landscape, 2019

Katherina Le Landscapes, 2019.

Erin Kim Landscapes, 2019.

Annabella Luu Landscapes, 2019

Jiaen Lin Landscapes, 2019.

WELFARE

Prefects

We have recently been introduced to our new cohort of Prefects. A warm welcome and

congratulations to

School Captains - Sheela Bhattarai and Raymond Mai

Vice Captains - Jennifer Mati and Andy Tran Le

Senior Prefect - Favour Akuete

Prefects - Stephanie Duong, Andy Le Tran, Daphne Ly, Vivian Nguyen, Prasanna Rajouria, Zaid

Shadid, Cindy To, Jessica Tran, Emma Trinh, Day Day Tun Myint and Vanessa Yip.

These 15 Student Leaders will be busy organising a range of events in the next 12 months to

demonstrate Sefton High School spirit. The Prefect and SRC Annual General Meeting is on December

16 to get the planning started.

Mr Beggs

EXCURSIONS

YEAR 11 LEGAL STUDIES EXCURSION

In Term 4, Year 11 Legal Studies students had the opportunity to visit the Local, District and Supreme

Court in Sydney as part of their HSC Course Crime syllabus. They were able to experience and listen

to real life cases and see the criminal trial process in action. It was a great experience for students to

practise court etiquette and behaviour, as well as to broaden their legal knowledge in a real world

legal context.

Mr Ma

HSC Legal Studies Co-ordinator

Social Sciences

YEAR 11 LEGAL STUDIES EXCURSION STUDENTS

On 31 October, our two Year 11 Legal Studies classes took a trip to the Downing Centre that houses

the District and Local Courts of Sydney. After trekking through the stifling heat from Museum train-

station to the Downing Centre, we were relieved to enter an air-conditioned foyer, only to be put

through uncompromising security and stern police officers. Upon spotting barristers and judges, our

heads had leaned together and we chuckled: their wigs were a bad fit. We had barely grasped the

formality of the environment before we explored the six levels of the building to view cases in

different courtrooms.

When we entered any courtroom, we bowed at the Judge and Coat of Arms, something that we found

extremely awkward but gave us a sense of relief because the Judges didn’t give us a second look after

that. Although we were self-conscious about being the youngest in the room, we found it interesting

viewing court cases about drug abuse, Domestic Violence Order applications and sexual assault. It

felt surreal to view a trial process and sentencing firsthand as it was something we would only see

and read about on media platforms. Regardless, we were happy to see the criminal trial process in

action, even if some cases were uneventful. We also found some of the legal terminology confusing

but nevertheless, the ideas and concepts were

already applicable to the criminal trial process

that we were learning about in class.

We were grateful towards our two teachers, Mr

Parameswaran and Mr Ma who organised and

guided us through the day!

By Stephanie Duong

Year 11 Legal Studies

YEAR 10 COMMERCE EXCURSION

On 18 October, Year 10 Commerce students headed to the city for an excursion. The three classes

recognised a familiar building across the road- the Downing Centre, renowned for housing local and

NSW District Court. After a short discussion, the students walked down to the Supreme Court.

Following lunch, the group split into two and half were led to the Reserve Bank of Australia whilst

the other half spent the time outside NSW Parliament House and State Library. While at the Reserve

Bank of Australia, the students sat through two interesting presentations on the world of economics

and the history of banknotes. Meanwhile, outside Parliament, the second group of students sat and

discussed why a state parliament is necessary and the benefits it holds for those within the particular

state. After the short stop at NSW Parliament, Year 10 walked to the State Library where they were

free to explore and returned with a variety of interesting and educational narratives. This adventure

concluded the excursion for the day and Year 10 Commerce headed back to school with changed

perspectives on the Australian Parliament, the legal system and ingrained with knowledge about the

world of economics.

Ms L Madrajat

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY WORKSHOP

Written by Susan Dao and Olivia Ta

During the first week of Term 4, Sefton’s Prefects and SRC members were joined by students from

Birrong Boys High School to partake in an Acknowledgement of Country workshop. This workshop

was led by Aunty Carol Brown, a local Aboriginal Elder who also works for the Department of

Education. Both she and Ms Castino enlightened us with their extensive knowledge about Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Throughout this engaging presentation we learned about rich

traditions preserved by the traditional custodians of the land.

In Aunty Carol’s moving presentation, she spoke to us about how Indigenous people lived prior to

and after British colonisation. We learnt about bush tucker, Aboriginal history and we learnt that

Sefton is home to the Cabragal people of the Darug nation.

Importantly, we learned why people today deliver Acknowledgement of Country speeches at the

beginning of significant events like assemblies. It is based on a tradition that dates back thousands of

years. Historically, crossing into another nation’s territory required permission to enter (like a visa)

and when this was granted a special welcoming ceremony would take place. We at Sefton High

School are proud to keep this tradition alive. It’s a way of showing respect to the original custodians

of the land and it helps us to appreciate the beauty of Australia.

Here is Sefton High School’s new Acknowledgement of Country that we wrote with the help of Aunty

Carol: We, the proud community of Sefton High School, would like to recognise the Darug nation,

the traditional custodians of this land, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Their

everlasting legacy serves to remind us of the bond that we all share with the land and our promise to

uphold the Sefton tradition of Sincerity, Scholarship and Service by caring for the environment.

Phu Raymond Mai, Jessica (Nov) Tran, Sheela Bhattarai, Stephanie Duong, Jennifer Mati, Aayush Rajouria, Day Day Poe Tun Myint,

Favour Akuete, Emma Trinh, Zaid Shadid, Daphne Ly, Vanessa Yip, Vivian Nguyen, Cindy To, Susan Dao, Olivia Ta, Henry Yan and

William Huang.

COMPETITIONS

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

The Australian Mathematics Competition is a school-based maths competition with students in more

than 30 countries attempting the same problems each year. It is an engaging and thought-provoking

30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’

everyday lives.

Sefton High School thrives on challenging students academically and we were excited to be part of

the competition this year.

We would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the competition across Years 7-12

with 73% of the students who participated achieving a result of Credit, Distinction or High

Distinction.

Further, we would like to recognise the following students on their outstanding achievements:

High Distinction

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 11

Jonathan Tran

Lucinda Ngo

William Phan

(recipient of the

Schools Highest

Standardised Score

Award)

Anh Nghia Le

Jennifer Tran

Distinction

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Eddie Ha

Jack Li

Alexander Chan

Junehyuk Goh

Martin Doan

Brendan Cheng

Joshua Chung-Lu

Trinity Chau

Pau Phan

Jia Shao

Miranda Hou

Stella Tran

Hugo Chan

Grace Huynh

Natalie Lam

Justine Bui

Andrew Lay

Jayden Quach

Sharon Chea

Nina Huang

Ethan Duong Alan Nguyen

Martin Tran

Kevin Nguyen

Natalia Ngo-Ton

Norman Khou

Brayden Nguyen

Linh Thuy Nguyen Le

James Phan

Ms Najem

Head Teacher Mathematics

NATIONAL HISTORY CHALLENGE – First in the State

This year as part of their assessment Year 10 Elective History students had the opportunity to be

chosen to be a part of the National History Challenge. This involved long hours of individual research

and dedication to their ideas over the October holidays as our students worked on individual research

essays on the topic of 'People and Power'.

All our students did a fantastic job at staying motivated, developing their topics under the theme,

creating their own questions and using their initiative to conduct their own historical investigations.

At the end of the process, the six best entries were forwarded to the National History Challenge for

judging; with Anna Nguyen being judged to be the best in the entire state of NSW in the category of

Women's History.

This phenomenal achievement was

recognised and celebrated at an

official ceremony at the ANZAC

Memorial on Thursday 24 October.

Sixteen students across the state were

honoured for their achievements and

dedication to the study and

continual investigation that is

History.

All students were required to give a

short speech on their projects and their

inspiration, and Anna was able to

inform all present of Vida

Goldstein's story with the passion and

drive of a true historian.

HTANSW HISTORY MASTERMIND COMPETITION

On Friday 22 November, sixteen students from Years 7 and 8 were selected to participate in the

HTANSW’s History Mastermind Competition, along with 25 other schools from the Sydney region.

The competition was held at St Clair High School with trivia style games. It consisted of eight rounds,

semi-finals and a final. Topics varied from flags of the world to the history of Australian politics. A

fun day was had by the students as they enthusiastically engaged with history and put themselves to

the test.

Our Year 7 teams consisted of Henry Chao, Chelsea Dinh, Sarah Duong, Mahnoor Kazmi, Ryder

Ngo, Angeline Phan, Stella Tran and Terence Zhou. Overall they put in a fantastic effort and

competed extremely well. Our Year 8 teams consisted of Nicky Au, Alexandra Dinh, Wajeeh Fatfat,

Andrew Lay, Emily Nhan, Katelyn Siv, Christina Tran and Trist Wang. A strong first round saw each

of our Year 8 teams on the leader board early however a very difficult second round left each finishing

just outside the top four at the end of the competition rounds.

Well done to all of the students.

Mr D Collette and Ms E Brown

MusicEDU

Every Semester, various schools in Australia, who are part of the MusicEdu Music program, enter

their performances or compositions into the MusicEdu competitions. Only one school from each

category wins. Our Year 8 Music students entered the Performance and Composition categories in

The MusicEDU Semester 2 Competition, and won both.

Congratulations goes to Josie Bennetts, Sarah Rajab, and Michelle Lai for winning the Performance

category and Arkar Tun for winning the Composition category.

Ms G Zadro

SEFTON GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

On Friday 1 November, Sefton Geographic

Society organised a fundraiser for the non-

government organisation ‘Doctors Without

Borders’. It is an international organisation that

aims to provide medical aid all over the world,

where there is armed conflict, epidemics, famines

and natural disasters.

It was a successful fundraiser with the school

raising over $1300 to the great cause. At lunch

students sold ice cream, donuts, cakes, cheese

toasties and milk tea and there was even a station

where you could get your blood pressure tested.

Congratulations to all Sefton Geographic Society

members on their efforts during the day and thank

you to all of Sefton’s wonderful staff and students

who supported the organisation. The Sincerity,

Scholarship and Service of the school as a whole

is something to be really proud of.

Ms L Madrajat

CLUBS

CODING CLUB

The coding club has had a successful year in 2019. It was great to see the enthusiasm portrayed by

our students across Years 7-10. We were fortunate to have the STEM share kits supplied to us from

the Department of Education to give the students an opportunity to code more interactively and

dynamically. Students were also given the opportunity to code with different languages and be part

of some exciting competitions and challenges.

The NCSS (National Computer Science School) Challenge is a coding competition that ran over 5

weeks in August this year through the Grok Learning website. It is a competition that is open to all

school students and teachers.

Like all of Grok Learning’s competitions, the NCSS Challenge teaches students how to program as

they go, with the problems ranging from relatively simple, to very difficult.

Coding is a powerful skill that not only teaches students how to work with computers, but also teaches

them how to think about solving problems with systems. Programming is how sites like Facebook

and apps like Instagram are created.

The NCSS Challenge teaches students to code in a programming language called Python. Python is

an easy to learn language used for many different purposes such as web applications and scientific

research. Companies like Google and Facebook use Python in their infrastructure and web services.

If students would like to learn how to code, they can join the Coding Club which runs every Tuesday

afternoon or they can simply subscribe to the Grok Learning website and work through the learning

modules at home.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Distinction or High Distinction in the

Beginners Category in the NCSS Challenge during Term 3:

Year 8 Kendra Dang – Distinction

Year 10 Caitlin Dang – High Distinction

Year 10 Katherine Nguyen – High Distinction

Year 10 Kevin Tran – Distinction

Ms J Li

Coding Club Co-ordinator

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

Sefton High School’s photography club continues to demonstrate outstanding skills in using the

DSLR cameras in school and at home for various tasks. This semester students attended an excursion

to Sculptures By the Sea. Sculptures by the Sea at Bondi is one of Sydney’s most popular events with

over 100 sculptures by artists from around the world. This is staged on the spectacular Bondi to

Tamarama coastal walk and is a free public exhibition. Students have enjoyed this semester and I

encourage any new students to sign up next year. For more updates please be sure to follow our Sefton

High School Facebook page.

Miss Unwin

Visual Arts and Photography Teacher

Photography Club Students at Sculpture By the Sea 2019.

Sculpture by the Sea, 2019.

Sculpture by the Sea, 2019.

Sculptures By the Sea Bondi walk to Tamarama Beach Coastal Walk, 2019.

IN OTHER NEWS

YEAR 9 COMMERCE MARKET DAY

Year 9 Commerce students had the opportunity to act as entrepreneurs to design, make and market

products to sell to their fellow students as part of their Running a Business syllabus in Term 4. They

had hands-on practical experience spending time designing their product/s, advertising their products,

setting up a store and finally selling their products during lunchtime.

Mr Ma

Year 9 Commerce Co-ordinator

Social Sciences

YEAR 8 BANDANNA DAY

by Ms Castino, Year 8 Adviser

The Year 8 Leadership Team ran Bandanna Day this term in support of our chosen charity, CanTeen.

These students enhanced their teamwork and communication skills by selling bandannas and running

various stalls at lunch – including food stalls, a flower crown stall, games and a photography stand –

to raise money for charity. Their efforts certainly saw results, as Year 8 raised an amazing $2500 for

CanTeen, a local Australian organisation that assists young people whose lives are affected by cancer.

On behalf of Year 8, thank you to all of the students, staff, parents and community members who

supported our event and helped us raise funds for this important cause.

SEFTON HIGH SHAVES IT OFF!

For the World’s Greatest Shave, in support of the Leukaemia Foundation, Sefton High School

teachers and students shaved, cut and coloured their hair on the 20th of September.

In the lead up to this event, students across the school formed teams and volunteered their own time

to promote and advertise. More teams of students were involved in the setting up and packing up to

ensure that we were able to accommodate for the masses of spectators who eagerly awaited the

shaving and chopping of hair on the day.

Students gathered at lunch time to watch teachers get their hair shaved and chopped off, including:

Mr Dimopolous who shaved his head

Mr Blaker who bleached his hair blonde

Mr Atkinson who shaved his head and beard

Ms Auzins who coloured her hair

Mr Beggs who shaved his head

Mr Collette who shaved his beard

Mr Elley who shaved his head

Mr Holt who shaved his head

Mr Idle who shaved his head

Ms Tran who cut her hair

Ms Um who cut her hair

Students also got behind the charity, supported by massive contributions from their friends and

family, including:

Lewis Truong (Year 12) who shaved his head

Sarah Chea (Year 11) who cut her hair

Kathy Nguyen (Year 11) who cut her hair

Jasmain Wood (Year 11) who cut her hair

Arif Azimi (Year 10) who shaved his head

Kevin Jiang (Year 10) who shaved his head

Johnathan Meng (Year 10) who shaved his head

Yanick Godinet (Year 10) who shaved his head

Zinphyo Swe (Year 10) who shaved his head

Michael Tang(Year 10) who shaved his head

Sunni Vuong (Year 10) who shaved his head

Brian Wu (Year 10) who shaved his head

Albert Ly (Year 10) who shaved his head

Justine Bui (Year 8) who cut her hair

Serina Huang (Year 8) who cut her hair

Michelle Lai (Year 8) who cut her hair

We raised a whopping $10,807.50!

A special heartfelt thank you to Rich from Ultrafade by Rich for coming into Sefton High School and

helping us shave heads, cut hair and raise money!

Thank you to all teachers and students who participated and raised funds!

Ms Q Tran

Mr Elley, Mr Holt and Mr Collette’s transformations

Sarah Chea (Year 11), Kathy Nguyen (11), Kathy Vuong (Year 10) and Jasmain Wood (Year 11)

Ms Um’s transformation

Mr Idle’s

transformation

From Left to Right:

Back row: Mr Elley, Mr Holt, Mr Atkinson, Mr Collette, Mr Idle, Sunni Vuong, Arif Azimi, Zinphyo Swe, Brian Wu,

Johnathan Meng, Michelle Lai, Serina Huang, Jasmain Wood and Sarah Chea.

Front row: Lewis Truong, Rich from Ultrafade by Rich, Ms Tran, Kathy Vuong.

SRE FOR 2020

In 2020 there will be an additional approved provider offering SRE at Sefton High School - the

Islamic Council of NSW. Sefton High School applies the Department of Education processes as

required for each new Year 7 cohort and advice of offerings at Sefton High School in 2020 for

incoming Year 7 students has been issued to all families in their information packages. This will also

be reinforced on enrolment day.

However for the 2020 Year 8-10 cohorts, our obligation to host the additional provider represents a

change. A parent may at any time notify the school in writing that they wish to change their decision

to either participate or not participate in SRE or change to undertake SRE with a new or different

provider. Any change of decision must be in writing signed by a parent.

Students will continue the same arrangement as the previous year unless a parent has requested a

change in writing. At the time of publication it is anticipated that SRE will continue to occur on

Mondays during periods 2/3, however this is subject to change if numbers change and therefore

associated rooming demands change.