Principals Report

Dear Fortians, Parents and Carers,

As we enter the last week of term one, I would like to thank all Fortians, Parents and Staff for their support and great sense of community demonstrated this term. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and relaxing break over the Easter holidays.

The mental health and wellbeing of our students is always central to how we at FSHS plan and support our students. As formal assessments continue for Year 12, and students in other years continue to juggle the pressures of due dates and a variety of assigned tasks, I would like to remind and encourage our parents and carers to ensure that you are checking in with your children. Just offering a cup of tea, and asking ‘how are you?’, can make a huge difference.

Further ideas for students are available at:

https://headspace.org.au/explore-topics/for-young-people/prepare-for-exams

School Cross Country

Providing the weather is fine, all students will participate in the school cross country at Petersham oval on Thursday 7 April. Students are encouraged to wear house colours on this day and to participate in House Activities. If it rains on thy students will continue to follow their usual timetable and competitors only will go to Petersham Park.

Induction Assembly for SRC and House Captains

A special assembly will be held on Friday 8 April to induct and badge our 2021-2022 SRC representatives and 2022 House Captains. Congratulations to all those students elected who have already been working very hard and doing a fantastic job:

SRC executive:

President: Alyssa Khaw

Vice-President: Chantelle Hoang

Secretaries: Natalie Duong and Tom Alexander-Prideaux

Treasurer: Sanjana Krishnan-Iyer

Public Relations: Dennis Yeo

Committee Liaison: Lucas Liu

Data Analyst: You Wei Chung

Junior Roles:

Publicity Officers: Johnathan Bonnice and Savannah Pradhan

P&C Representatives: Kalanie Prabhaker and Claire Bentley

Data Analyst: Gordan Yuan and William Ly

Canteen Officer: Grace Han

Year 12 SRC members:

Ray Chen, Daniel Holland, Veronica Kwong. Frankie Murphy, Barisha Tashnin, Peter Tran, Audrey Truong and Zhanhao Xu

Year 11 SRC members:

Tom Alexander-Prideaux, You Wei Chunh, Natalie Duong, Chantelle Hoanh, Alyssa Khaw, Sanjana Krishnan-Iyer, Lucas Liu and Dennis Yeo

Year 10 SRC members:

Lucie Atkin Bolton, Johnathan Bonnice, Grace Han, Oliver Gongora, Grace Han, Kalanie Prabhakar, Savannah Pradhan and Gordon Yuan

Year 9 SRC members:

Eleanor Alonso Love, Claire Bentley, Charlie Dey, Emma Howes, Keith Huang, Emil Hurley-Stone, Joseph McGee and Anika Sinha

Year 8 SRC members:

Chiunmay Dixit, Bhavnish Jain, Miranda Leighton, William Ly, Neil Razdan, Aaditya Venkatraman, Elisa Wong and Grace Zarb

Year 7 SRC members:

Divyan Gnanasivam, Vera Liang, Jason Lim, Lucinda Man, Beatrice Shimada, Oliver Williams, Penny Zhu and Robin Zimdahl

Joshi House Captains:

Taj Connelly, Kosta Giitsidis, Jun Hui Quan and Celina Trang

Kirby House Captains:

Mary Koutalianos, Brianna Dann and Anne-Sophie Hegi

Mawson House Captains:

Georgia Bailey, Owen Chin, Haris Saud and Ella Murphy

Preston House Captains:

Oliver Ekers, Brendan Posener, Kalanie Prabhakar and Lucie Atkin-Bolton

Sheikh House Captains:

Oscar Buck, Jasmine Loh, Soraya Newlyn and Abbie Sen

NAPLAN

All Years 7 and 9 students will participate in NAPLAN next term between Monday 9 May and Friday 13 May.