Avoid Forbes Street on Monday 16 September!

Weather permitting, our builders will be pouring the second slab of Wilkinson House on Monday 16 September.

This will mean a concrete pump and many concrete trucks moving up and down Forbes Street throughout the day. Forbes Street will remain open and our builders will have an expanded traffic control team on site directing traffic movements around the construction site. 

We encourage all staff and students (if old enough to do so safely) to take public transport on Monday or be dropped safely nearby and walk the last little way to school.

If you do drive into Forbes Street on Monday, please expect delays and follow the directions of the traffic control staff at all times.

Holly Gyton
Deputy Head of School

SPAN Event – In Conversation with Petronella McGovern

Year 9 Camp

Bourke Street becomes a mad scramble as 108 Year 9 girls board the two buses bound for Glenworth Valley. As the scenery changes from city streets to rolling hills, stories are shared, lollies are scoffed, and memories are made. At 10am, we reached our campsite for the night. We are sorted into seven groups, we meet our group leaders, we set up tents. Lunch is a furious frenzy of salad wraps and leftover bus trip stashes. We are welcomed to the site by Traditional Owners, who tell us stories of the past, and advice for the future. Then the activities begin – first up a three-hour hike to the top of Mount Olive. The sun beats down hard on our faces and sweat drips through cotton as we push ourselves further, higher. Several ant bites and a swollen ankle later, we reach the top. We write letters to our Year 12 selves, trying to capture exactly how we felt in that moment. It will definitely be interesting to read them back in three years’ time…

That night, we gathered ceremonially around the Trangias, cooking our dinner and telling stories of the day. We roll into bed, thoroughly exhausted from the day’s efforts. Not exhausted enough, though…the next morning we crawled out of tents, weary from lack of sleep (two words-bird noises) and ate our breakfast in companiable silence. By 8am, we had set off once again, chatting and laughing in the sun as we made our way to the river. Canoes are dragged to the river’s edge as we climb aboard, all too carefully as to not fall in. We paddle until our arms ache, stopping for a snack and racing back to the shore. In the afternoon, the events that occur will now be formally known as The Mountain Biking Expedition From Hell. We stumble back to the campsite, our knees bruised and bloody, well and truly worn out. We play cards, eat our dinner and gather around the bonfire. At 9pm we are ushered into our tents. We crash, eager to sleep away the day’s endeavours.

In the morning, we painstakingly collapse our tents, shove our sleeping bags into their covers (do they shrink overnight? Why are they always so hard to get back in the bag?) and set off to our final activity of abseiling. Though many pushed themselves (literally) and reached the bottom of the cliff, I was quite content with being everyone’s photographer after seeing the drop. On the way back from abseiling, we froze in shock as a stampede of horses began running towards us. Despite being told to be quiet and stay still, the adrenaline of it all was too much and we ran into the bushes, screaming in fear. Eventually the horses lost interest in us, realising that we were merely a group of overly terrified private school girls and not, in fact, of any appeal to them. When we finally reached the campsite, we were all grateful for the opportunity to dip our feet in a nearby river, ridding ourselves of the past three days of mud. Before we knew it, everyone was clambering onto the buses once again, drained and ready for a shower.

Many thanks to Ms Bloomfield for making this all happen – it was quite an eventful three days and none of these stories could have been without your amazing organising of our camp!

Josie Grayden
Year 9 Student

Cambodia International Immersion 2025

SCEGGS has a proud tradition of running immersion trips for students in Year 9 to Year 11. Our latest trip, in the upcoming October school holidays, is a domestic trip to remote Indigenous communities around Cape York. In the past, students have also had the opportunity to travel overseas to Uganda originally and then to Cambodia.

We are pleased to share the news that SCEGGS will again work with Habitat for Humanity in 2025 and travel to Cambodia. The immersion is planned for the October 2025 school holidays. SCEGGS students and staff will work with Habitat for Humanity on building homes for local communities in Cambodia. This service project provides an opportunity for students in Years 10 and 11 in 2025 to provide hands-on construction support to build homes for vulnerable families in the Siem Reap area.

If you are interested in finding out more about this wonderful opportunity, please join us in the Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 18 September from 6pm to 7pm.

Carol Bloomfield
Head of Student Wellbeing Programs

Science Week at SCEGGS

Forensics

On Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes, students volunteered to help solve the forensics case of “Who Stole Beryl?” (NB – Beryl is Mr Searl’s very elegant dog). Students investigated a number of clues such as footprints, fingerprints, soil pH and type, information from a datalogger, and a series of notes on the whereabouts of various Science Staff Members on the day the crime was committed.

Mr Searl was very thankful for the 75 students who provided forensic assistance in the case. Due to the students’ clever analysis of the clues, it was discovered that Dr Guss had stolen Beryl. However, in his interview, he stated that it was a miscommunication, and he only took Beryl for some experiments into Static Electricity to see if dog hair would stand on-end better than human hair.

The award for the best team name went to:

The 3 runners up teams that both correctly identified Dr Guss and provided a sound analysis of the clues were:

The winning team with excellent analysis of the evidence was:

Inter-House Science Competition

The annual Inter-House Science Competition was held recently. The Science Leaders and Vice-Leaders MC’d the event beautifully. After an Acknowledgement of Country, teams in the competition started completing a puzzle to match animals with their collective name and the name of their young. Did you know that a platypus’ baby is called a puggle? And a group of platypuses is called a paddle? While the puzzle was completed, audience members completed “heads or tails” questions, such as “How many teeth does an adult human have?” and “What is the study of mushrooms called?”.

After this, teams competed in a round of Science Trivia, followed by the most important, final event – The Science Set-Up. One person at a time from each team needed to collect a piece of science equipment and set up a particular arrangement of equipment (e.g. Bunsen burner, tripod, bosshead and clamp etc). The fastest team to safely set up their equipment won. This resulted in much laughter and excitement, and the Year 7 students are particularly commended for putting their newly learnt science skills to the test.

Congratulations to Docker (1^st Place), Christian (2^nd Place) and Beck (3^rd Place).

Giant Bubble Experiment

As our final celebration of Science Week, students made hypotheses as to the longest bubble that could be created. Students practiced pulling bubbles from a giant paddling pool and managed to create a 7 metre long bubble. Congratulations to Olivia Phillips (Year 8) for creating the longest bubble, and to Gemma Munro (Year 8) for creating the best Human inside a Bubble.

Lastly, a big thank you to the Science Leaders, Vice-Science Leaders and all the Science Department for their help in preparing and conducting such wonderful experiences for our students. It is hoped that such memorable experiences will inspire our students to even greater enjoyment of Science at SCEGGS.

The Science Department

Debating

Our Year 11 Seniors and Year 9 Juniors are Archdale Champions!

On Tuesday our Year 8A team, Junior team (consisting of Year 9s) and Senior team (consisting of Year 11s) competed in the Archdale Grand Final at Abbotsleigh. It was wonderful to have such a strong SCEGGS contingent at the Final – SCEGGS was one of two schools to have three teams in the Grand Final, and we came 2^nd in the overall Archdale Shield.

Our Year 8A team were runners-up in a split decision after an extremely high quality debate. They were on the affirmative of the topic “that we should abolish formal student leadership positions.” The team consisted of: Flora Balagna, Josephine Hatherall, Anna Luo, and Marina Roberts. This Year 8 team has had a remarkable first two years of high-school debating, having made the Archdale Grand Final also in Year 7, and having won the ISDA Grand Final earlier this year. They are extraordinarily talented, and it is a privilege to witness their dedication to debating and care for each other.

Our Junior team won their Grand Final debate, making them Champions of their division. They were affirmative on the topic “that we regret the notion of a ‘dream job’.” The team consisted of Year 9 Daisy Carson, Ava Dua, Holly Johnston, Pascale Otton, and Amelia Wilcsek. It has been wonderful to watch this team develop and excel over the season, and in their final debate they clearly demonstrated the high standard of debating they are now capable of.

Our Senior team were also Champions of their division. They were affirmative on the topic “that, as a feminist parent, we would send our daughter to an all-girls school rather than a comparable co-ed school.” The Senior division of Archdale includes both Year 11 and Year 12 debaters, so it was particularly impressive for our team of Year 11s to win this division. SCEGGS also won this division last year, so it is exciting to see our consistency in developing competitive senior teams. This year of debaters has been notable for their enthusiasm and success from when they first started inter-school debating in Year 6, and their win on Tuesday was very well-deserved. It is not often that we see a dependable team of eight rotate and support each other throughout a debating season, and this team was the largest in attendance on Tuesday. It was a pleasure to watch their debate and to see their heart-warming celebrations.

The team consisted of Year 11 Gabrielle Cheung, Isabella Collister Estevez, Katharine Conaglen, Bianca Hardge, Simran Murphy, Madeleine Soo, Georgia Tsangaris, and Celia Watson.  

Imogen Harper
Debating Coordinator

Mondovision 2024

Despite the recent flurry of school activities, you might not expect students to find time for yet another school event. However, the diverse performances and the passion of the participants made it clear that there’s always room to captivate an audience with multilingual renditions of popular songs. Mondovision provides a platform for students studying Chinese, French, Latin, Japanese or Spanish as well as those eager to showcase other languages they speak. Once again, this year featured a wide range of participants, from Year 7 students performing in French to Year 12 students singing in Chinese, French and Japanese. The performers deserve praise for their creativity and the vibrant energy they brought to the stage. It was evident they thoroughly enjoyed singing in these languages.

This year, the teachers got in on the action as well during the judging break. The Music Department’s stunning rendition of “Nessun Dorma!” received a standing ovation, with a special shout-out to Ms Holmes for her impressive operatic skills. We were also treated to some singing and comedic flair from our very own ABBA (Ms Kidston, Ms Saxton, Mr Eyers and Mr Hanson), performing “Chiquitita” in Spanish! The talent at Mondovision truly knows no bounds.

A big thank you goes to Ms Wymer, Ms Axford, and Mr Hainsworth for their expert judging. Their task wasn’t easy, but they awarded first place to the fantastic Year 12 group of students who performed “Aux Champs-Elysées” in French. Congratulations to Isabelle Barlow, Teagan Barrack, Gabrielle Cunningham, Sybilla Hooke, Gabrielle Papas, Ilana Patkar, Julia Richards, Isabella Stern, Bella Talib, Lucy Thomsen and Alexia Yuile for standing out with excellent French pronunciation, joyful singing and fun choreography!

Thank you to everyone who auditioned and performed—we loved all your acts and hope to see many of you again next year. Special thanks to Year 11 Camille McCarthy and Julia Piazza for being wonderful hosts!

Ms Angélique Deleeuw
Head of Languages

2024 Latin Reading Competitions

Students in Year 9 and 10 recently competed in the Latin Reading Competitions for their year groups, held at the University of Sydney and St Ignatius’ College, Riverview.

The purpose of the competitions is to hear Latin read aloud as it was back in the courtrooms and poetry recitations of Ancient Rome. Students compete in solo verse, solo prose and group verse recitations and are judged on their accuracy of pronunciation as well as their ability to bring out the meaning and emotion of a passage. Year 10 students are also given an unseen passage which they must read aloud after only 10 minutes preparation time.

The nights are a lot of fun, with students able to meet other Latin students from schools around Sydney and participate in the singing of Latin songs such as the ‘hoci poci’.

SCEGGS achieved wonderful results in both competitions.

• Bridget Murray placed first overall in the Year 10 competition.
• Pascale Otton placed second in the solo verse for Year 9.
• Jess Weatherall of Year 10 and Yang Zhou of Year 9 were both selected to represent SCEGGS in the finals and did a wonderful job.

The group verse is the hardest section, with all students required to memorise the passage for recitation and speak as one cohesive group. Unfortunately our Year 9 SCEGGS group was too small to be considered for the judging, but they spoke wonderfully and with excellent cohesion.

Chloe Hardwick Jones
Latin Teacher

Sport News

IGSA Athletics Championship Results

On Thursday and Friday in Week 5, 36 athletes from Years 7-12 competed at the IGSA Athletics Carnival. The SCEGGS Team achieved some impressive results, not only taking out first place in Division 3, but also beating all the Division 2 schools in the final points tally!

SCEGGS placed 10^th overall out of 27 schools… A huge achievement for all athletes to be proud of!

Major Awards

Hurdles

100m

200m

400m

Relays

Long Jump

High Jump

Shot Put

Discus

Javelin

Inter-House Results

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Interhouse Hockey and Netball Competitions. It was a terrific afternoon of fun, friendship and physical activity.

Hockey

Netball

Australian Snowsports Championships

SCEGGS sent 9 students to the Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships. Despite the conditions being less than ideal all events proceeded as scheduled. Well done to Adelaide Cowan (Year 6), Jessica Grace (Year 6), Cleo Harrington (Year 8), Gemma Shennan (Year 8), Holly Shennan (Year 6), Saskia Sostaric (Year 8), Evie Thorpe (Year 6), Hannah Walker (Year 4), and Bowie Whittle (Year 7).

Highlights of the week were:

Cross Country Classic

Click here to see the Primary Snowsport results.

Cleo Harrington also recently competed in the Thredbo Slam and managed to rub shoulders with a few famous Olympians!

Lifesaving World Championships, Gold Coast

Congratulations to Ruby Fry (Year 11) who represented North Bondi Surf Club in the Open Division on the Gold Coast last week. Ruby placed 7^th in the Open 2km Beach Run and won a Silver Medal as part of the 3 x 1km Open relay. A wonderful effort Ruby!

Gymnastics

Well done to Alexa Falzon, Jamilla Yamani from Year 8 and Annalise Zimmerle from Year 9 who all represented Bunnerong Gymnastics Club at the NSW Club Championships that were held at Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre at Rooty Hill on the weekend.

Alexa Falzon’s Level 7 team placed 1st overall after placing 1^st on bars, floor and beam. Annalise’s Level 7 team placed 5^th on Vault. Jamilla’s Level 8 team placed 2^nd on beam and 4^th on bars.

We look forward to following their journey when the girls head to Nationals and then onto IGSA in Term 4.

Football

Well done to the Senior 1^st Football team who defeated Ascham 3-1 on the weekend at Heffron Park. After a close first half, SCEGGS began to dominate throughout the second half with some excellent goals by Sophie Myles, Jemima Sewell and Lexi Wall. A great game from Tessa McCarthy (Year 12) who controlled the play superbly.

A special shout out to Heavenly Dwyer (Year 12) for her commitment to SCEGGS Football. At the completion of the match, Heavenly rushed off to sit her HSC Spanish speaking exam-well done Heavenly!

SCEGGS Around the Grounds

The Junior 1^sts had a great win against Kincoppal Rose Bay 38 -26 last weekend

The Senior 2^nds had a great tussle defeating Ascham 28 -22 in the netball at Heffron Park.

SCEGGS at Play

Do you have any sporting news or photos to share in the Behind the Green Gate?

We love seeing our students being active and want to celebrate their passion and enjoyment amongst the SCEGGS community. Please send in any action shots from the weekend and any other interesting sporting highlights to Alison Gowan.

SCEGGS Training sessions before and after school plus Saturday Sport

Any cancellations or adjustments will be made in Clipboard and families will receive a notification or email when changes are made. Please ensure you have notifications enabled.

All Clipboard notifications will now come through the SCEGGS Mobile App too, so if you have been receiving notifications from Clipboard (eg when sport is cancelled due to wet weather), you will need to download the SCEGGS Mobile App to ensure that you continue to receive these push notifications.

IGSA Fixtures, Results and Wet Weather

The IGSA website and platform for accessing wet weather and team results can be found here.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact myself on 9052 2721 or 0418 491 521.

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport

Primary Sport News

CIS Athletics Carnival

The CIS Athletics Carnival took place last Friday 6 September at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. Five girls represented SCEGGS at the competition and there were some outstanding performances. Congratulations to all students involved.

Super 10s Tennis State of Origin

Congratulations to Emilia Laban (Year 5) who was selected to play for NSW in the NSW vs Queensland Super 10s Tennis State of Origin competition at Sawtell last weekend. Emilia had a great time representing NSW and competed in singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions. She came away with a convincing win in her singles match against her Queensland opposite number (6-1,6-2) and won her mixed doubles match. Queensland just got the win overall this year, but it was an excellent experience for Emilia. What a fantastic effort!

Gymnastics

It was a big weekend of Gymnastics for many of our students who competed at Ascham and Glebe PCYC in preparation for the upcoming IPSHA Gymnastics competition. There were some excellent results, and it was lovely to see three Year 1 students attending their first competition, doing so well, and enjoying the experience. Special mention also goes to Victoria Poniros (Year 6) who competed in the Level 5 competition for the first time and won the Vault. Amelia Mitchell (Year 6) also won the Handstand competition across three schools. Congratulations to the team led by Head Gymnastics Coach Glen Hay.

Results

Australian Interschools Snowsports

The Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships took place last week from 3-8 September at Perisher. Five girls from Years 4 and 6 attended and did their best in testing conditions, including a slippery XC course that proved challenging. The girls persevered and should be proud of their efforts and teamwork against elite opposition.

Year 3 Minkey and IPSHA AFL and Touch Football

It is hard to believe that Year 3 Minkey and IPSHA AFL and Touch Football competitions have only one more round to play. It has been great seeing the improvements made across each of the teams in their respective sports.

On Saturday, the Year 4 teams led the charge in IPSHA Touch, coming away with two wins. The Year 5 team played without reserves against a full strength Kambala team in warm conditions. The team showed excellent perseverance and kept competing until the final whistle, including a diving effort from Josephine Smith (Year 5) to finish the game which will go down as a one of the highlights of the season!

Upcoming Dates:

A reminder, if your daughter cannot attend a Saturday match due to another commitment, you must contact Mrs Dempsey to request permission for leave. This request must be made at least one week prior to the date being requested.

Mr Adrian Hammond
Primary Sports Coordinator

Visual Arts

Sydney Contemporary opened with a typically vibrant and exciting evening at Carriageworks in Redfern last week.

Sydney Contemporary is Australasia’s premier art fair – the largest and most diverse gathering of leading contemporary art galleries in the region and we were thrilled to reconnect with so many SCEGGS Old Girls in the crowd as leading arts professionals and on the walls as exhibitors.

Here are some of our past students we chatted to during the evening.

…and too many Old Girls to name in the audience as discerning viewers and buyers!

We love seeing how a SCEGGS Art Education informs such diverse pathways to achieve success in the art world.

And speaking of spectacular evenings we are thrilled to share some images from the Year 12 Visual Arts HSC Exhibition that was on show during Week 6 of this term. This event is a highlight of the HSC calendar, when senior SCEGGS girls get to celebrate their creative achievements, reflecting on their problem solving, technical skills and sophisticated conceptual investigation. The calibre of work, the pride, laughter and love in the room was amazing!

Banner Acknowledgement: This week’s banner is an except from Hannah Guest’s Body of Work Familial Tapestry

Heidi Jackson
Head of Visual Arts

Secondary and Primary Tournament of Minds

Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem-solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. Tournament of Minds aims to enhance the potential of young people by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. Congratulations to both our Secondary and Primary teams who represented SCEGGS.  Below are their reflections.

Secondary

On Sunday 8 September six teams from SCEGGS Darlinghurst competed in the Secondary Division at Randwick Boys High School. Their presentations were the culmination of six weeks of positive teamwork, creativity and ingenuity.  This year, the Social Sciences teams explored the beneficial impacts of the spirit of TOM being released to the world. The STEM team devised an innovative device to mitigate the effects of plastic pollution in water bodies. The ARTS team creatively retold a key moment in the life story of our very own Mr Lee Linsday.

Well done to everyone involved in TOM this year. All SCEGGS entries in the Sydney East Regional Competition were of a very high standard, with special congratulations going to the following teams on gaining awards:

Team 6 will now go on to compete in the NSW State Finals, to be held on Sunday September 22 at the University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus. We wish them all the very best. Thank you to the SCEGGS staff who acted as Team Facilitators, supporting the six teams that entered this year’s tournament.

Teams consisted of the following students and staff facilitators:

Tournament of Minds Facilitators (Secondary)
Sophie Craddock and Emily Quirk

Primary

We are very proud of our Year 5 and 6 students who participated in the Regional Finals of the Tournament of Minds Competition on Sunday 8 September at Randwick Boys High School. Primary School entered a team in each of the Language Literature, STEM and Arts disciplines. Each team worked hard to develop their Long-Term Challenge over six weeks and performed admirably on the day to present their Long-Term Challenge solution as well as compete in the unseen Spontaneous Challenge.

The STEM Challenge was titled, Not So Fantastic Plastic. The team was required to create an innovative device to remove or mitigate a specific type of plastic pollution. As part of the presentation, the girls had to demonstrate their working prototype and present a scaled drawing of the device. The STEM Team, consisting of Year 6 Matilda Reuss, Mackenzie Jothy, Chloe Park, Sarah Ibrahim, Mia Castro, Audrey Park and Susanna Brown, worked to address the problem of plastic pollution derived from medical waste with their creation of the Dewy Dexter 3610 – a machine that uses geothermal energy to melt plastic to create chairs that can be used in medical facilities. The girls approached this challenge with persistence and resilience, working well as a team and being awarded with a Merit Prize on the day.

Telling stories through the arts is a timeless way for people to share their experiences, passing wisdom and knowledge from one generation to another. The Arts Challenge required students to choose a living local person from their community to interview and discover their stories. The Arts Team, consisting of Year 6 Viola Heery, Alexandra Millin, Eve Parker, Annabelle Dempsey, Serafina Kwok and Holly Shennan, interviewed Aunty Viv and learnt much about her early life. The girls then needed to bring Aunty Viv’s story to life through storytelling forms including music, dance and visual arts. It was fabulous to see the girls bring a diverse range of skills together to perform confidently on the day. The team was awarded a Merit Prize on the day for their efforts. 

The Language Literature task required students to firstly select a fictional character from literature. They were then challenged to prepare to launch a biography for this character. However, at the 11^th hour, the character comes back from the past and is surprised to discover that the team has written a biography about them and something in the biography isn’t right! The Language Literature Team, consisting of Year 5 Eva Geha, Aleisha Yeung, Olivia Yeo, Annabel Ling, Eliana Raissis, Aisling Blackburn and Minttu Guss, chose to share the biography of Dr Suess’, Lorax. However, on his return from the past, the team were amazed to discover that the Lorax is not one person as we have all incorrectly assumed…there are, in fact, multiple Loraxes! In rewriting the history books with their creative performance, the Language Literature Team worked with determination to also be awarded with a Merit prize on the day.

Congratulations to all the Primary girls who participated in the Tournament of Minds Competition.

Tournament of Minds Facilitators (Primary)
Cristi Wilsmore, Kristy Williams & Geneieve Gloor

Primary and Secondary Music

Cat Empire Project

Last week 49 of our secondary school choristers enjoyed the exciting opportunity to be back up singers for iconic Australian band The Cat Empire. This project saw them performing last Friday and Saturday night at a sold out Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. These students loved the chance to work with professional musicians and be an important part of a show that included charismatic flamenco dancers, latin brass, salsa piano, Spanish flamenco guitar, a spectacular light show and ended with the audience and choir standing up and dancing infectiously. It was a true choral rockstar experience that our students will never forget!

2025 Music Tour

Thank you to everyone who has paid the deposit for the 2025 Music Tour. A reminder that students in secondary school ensembles are invited to attend, and we plan on taking a choir, band, and string orchestra. A deposit of $1,000 is required by today, Thursday 12 September, and can be paid via this link. Tour payments will then proceed in three instalments (dates to be confirmed).

If you have any questions about the tour, please do not hesitate to contact me here.

Mr David Gresham
Head of Music (Curriculum) 

Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival – Sunday, 15 September

Several SCEGGS ensembles will perform at the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival this year. The Festival is a non-competitive event where ensembles receive a Gold, Silver, or Bronze rating based on their performance. This is a wonderful opportunity for our SCEGGS ensembles to perform on stage, hear other school ensembles, and receive valuable feedback from professional adjudicators. Please find more information here.

Please be aware that the Sydney Marathon is on the same day and significant road closures will be in place.

Find more information about road closures below:

• Road Closures & Special Event Clearways
• Transport NSW Information

Please refer to the above links when planning your trip and allow extra travel and parking time.

Please see the table below for details of the events occurring on Sunday 15 September

Beyond the Green Gate

We love hearing about ways our musicians are involved in music-making outside of school. Please send details to Heidi Jones.

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow the provided instructions. For any issues with Clipboard set-up, contact our Music Administration Assistant Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Upcoming Events:

Term 3

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)

Fresh Fruit Friday

Get excited! Fresh Fruit Friday has a drive coming up on Friday 20 September (Week 9). This is an ongoing initiative led by the SRC, providing fresh fruit and vegetables to local charities.

We have been thrilled with the response from our community to this initiative over the past year and are looking forward to supporting this great cause again!

Students are asked to bring fresh fruit and vegetables to the Jacaranda Gate on Friday, Week 9. It’s an easy, small gesture, but one that will be deeply appreciated and enjoyed.

The SRC

Advance Life Photography Discounts for Select Group Photos Available

Advanced Life 20% Discount on Sport & Co-Curricular Group Photos until Wednesday 19 October 2024

These school sports and co-curricular groups were photographed on 6 & 7 June 2024:

You can now view and purchase the group images listed above and if you place your order before 19 September you will get a 20% early order discount. Just click on the link below. Please note the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

Images can be viewed by visiting Advanced Life and entering the 9-letter school code (which can be found on the Parent Portal) and clicking on “Group Photos”

Important

• Sports and co-curricular group photos can only be purchased online, PLEASE DO NOT return payment to school
• Photos will be sent to school for distribution approximately six weeks after the discounted early order period has closed
• Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups are also available at your school’s advancedorder and your child’s advancedyou photo sites

If you have any questions, comments or feedback relating to your advancedlife experience, please contact us at Advanced Life

Careers Corner

Welcome to Issue 55 of your Careers Corner Newsletter.

Included in this issue is a reminder of upcoming webinars and events at Sydney University.

If you have any feedback or information for future Careers Corner Newsletters, please get in touch with our Careers Advisor, Andrea Pinnock.

Andrea Pinnock
Careers Advisor

Summer Uniform Sale

SCEGGS Summer Uniform is available for purchase in the School Shop

The Summer uniform is now available for purchase in The School Shop. Students are to wear the Summer uniform in Term 4. If a full uniform fitting is required for your child, it is advisable to make an appointment. There are limited appointments available during term time. During the school term the most suitable time is between 9.00am-11.00am Monday to Friday. For new students, official uniform fittings are conducted throughout January by appointment only.

For your convenience, we offer an on-line facility to order Summer uniform items.

As we head into a hot summer, remember there is now a SCEGGS Panama hat available to the Years 3-6 Primary girls and Secondary girls. The Panama hat retails for $80.

Year 12 Textbook and Lost Property

The Year 12 Textbook list for 2024 is available on the SCEGGS site for the incoming cohort and can be accessed via this link.

Also, we have accumulated a collection of Lost Property items from Term 3. Secondary students with identifiable items in Lost Property are encouraged to collect them before the end of term. In addition we have water bottles, lunch boxes and sundry un-named items waiting to be claimed. In the final week of the term, these unnamed non uniform items will be displayed outside the School Shop for students to claim.

The School Shop will close for the term on Friday 27 September and reopen Monday 14 October.

We look forward to helping you with your Summer Uniform needs.

Clare Reid
School Shop Manager

Health Alert – Chicken Pox

A case of Chicken Pox has been reported in the Primary School. Chickenpox begins with a sudden onset of slight fever, runny nose, feeling generally unwell and a skin rash. Symptoms usually occur two weeks after exposure to the virus. Vaccination is recommended for all non-immune adolescents (>14 years ) and adults. It is especially recommended for people at high risk, for example, health care workers, people living with or working with small children, women planning a pregnancy, and household contact of persons who are immunosuppressed.

More information is available here.

If you are at all worried about your own health or the currency of your own vaccinations, or you notice any symptoms of chicken pox, please see your GP as soon as possible.

Phil Rogers 
Director of Administration

Parents’ and Friends’ Association

Class Parent Events