Careers

The Careers Office is delighted to bring you the first issue of the Careers Corner Newsletter for 2020.

In this edition you will find important dates, information and opportunities such as:

• Tertiary Open Days
• Scholarship Opportunities
• Insights from specific industries
• Work Experience placements

… and lots more!

If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Andrea Pinnock
Careers Adviser

Presentation for parents on managing the online world

We often have parents asking about what they can do to manage social media usage in their homes. On the evening of Thursday March 12, Ms Susan McLean and Dr Michael Carr-Gregg will be speaking to interested parents about how they can manage the online world. This event is being held at Kincoppal Rose Bay and run by Momentum First.

The presentation is, “an Australian-first parent evening which answers the myriad questions that exercise the minds of contemporary parents. In conversation with two of Australia’s leading lights in cyber-safety, child and adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg and acclaimed cyber cop Ms Susan McLean, a debate unfolds around the country in which the boundaries are not always clear and simple.

In this conversation, Dr Carr-Gregg and Ms McLean will debate some of the most pressing issues we as parents and carers are facing with our screenagers and what they are seeing in schools right now across Australia. Moderated by Ms Brigitte Johnson, executive coach, author and parent of three, we will debate the pointy issues of today.”

You can find out more about the event here including topics covered and pricing.

Bethany Lord
Director of Pastoral Care

Inter-House Results – Softball and Touch

The results are in for Inter-House Softball and Touch!

Well done to all participants. The House results are as follows:

Softball Results

Touch Results

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport

Inter-House Results – Junior Speaking Challenge

The results are in from the Junior Inter-House Speaking Challenge!

The House results are:

The individual results are:

Sandra Carter
Co-ordinator Public Speaking

From the Gili Rooms

The Gili Rooms are the office and common area for our Indigenous students and Ms Jola Cumming, our new Aboriginal Students Coordinator, Ms Sarah Kearney (co-chair of our Reconciliation Action Plan Committee) and other staff working on Reconciliation. Referencing the school motto, Gili means shine, which is what we want for all students at SCEGGS! The Gili Rooms are a safe space where culture, identity and support for the students are fostered. As we embrace 2020, we want to introduce our new section to Behind the Green Gate that allows us to share with you all the up-coming deadly (this means awesome) events!!!

Sarah Kearney                                                                                    
Co-chair, Reconciliation Action Plan Committee

Jola Cumming
Indigenous Student Co-ordinator

Primary Sport

This week we look at the Primary Swimming Carnival, SCEGGS Swimming Team and Inter-House Cross Country Carnival.

Primary Swimming Carnival

We had a beautiful day for our Primary Inter-House swimming carnival on Thursday 20 February at Drummoyne. There was great excitement, colour and cheering from all houses to support their teammates. Thank you to all the staff for their help to make the day so enjoyable for the girls.

Thankyou to the Year 6 leaders for motivating their houses to perform fantastic cheers throughout the day.

A special congratulations to our 2020 Primary School Champion, Georgia Baker Wood (Barton), who also broke the 12 yrs Breaststroke record with a time of 44.30.

Please see below for the results:

Age Champions

Primary School Champion

House Results

SCEGGS Swimming team

The following girls have been selected in the SCEGGS swimming team to compete at the IPSHA Carnival on Wednesday 4 March at Homebush. We wish all the girls the best of luck.

Years 3 – 6 Cross Country Carnival

The Cross Country Carnival, in which all girls in Years 3-6 are involved, will be held on Tuesday 17 March at Queens Park opposite Moriah College, Baronga Ave, Queens Park.  The girls will be leaving SCEGGS at 8.30am, with the first event starting at 9.00am. The girls will return to school mid-morning, with lessons taking place as usual for the rest of the day. The program has been organised with approximate times as follows:

The first 6 girls in each age group will be selected to represent SCEGGS at the IPSHA Cross Country Carnival.

Additional entries may be considered subject to meeting a required standard.

In special circumstances where a girl is unable to run at the school carnival, a time taken at Cross Country training may be used at the discretion of the Sports Coordinator.

The IPSHA carnival will take place at The King’s School on Saturday 4 April 2020.

Sue Phillips
Primary PDHPE and Sport Co-ordinator

Secondary Sport

This week we congratulate athletics champions and celebrate our Inter-House Softball and Touch results!

NSW Junior Athletics Championships

Well done to Laura Roderick (Year 11) who competed at the NSW Junior Athletics Championships last week and placed 5^th in the U’18 1500m with a Personal Best time of 4:44. Laura has now qualified for Nationals.

Alia Levi (Year 10) placed 7^th in the U’16 Shot Put with a throw of 12.38m

Well done to Lilli Krawitz (Year 10) who placed 3^rd in 800m and 3^rd in 3km at the Northern Suburbs Little Athletics Meet at Narrabeen.

Inter-House Softball and Touch Results

Well done to all students who attended the Inter-House Touch and Softball afternoon. The afternoon saw nearly 250 students participate in both sports demonstrating wonderful camaraderie and house spirit.

Click here to see the House Results!

Sports News

Do you have news to share about your daughters’ sporting activities? Please email any relevant news to alisongowan@sceggs.nsw.edu.au . We love hearing about what our students are doing outside of school and seeing some photos.

If any parents have a great photo from Saturday sport that you would like share with our community please email them to myself.

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport

Gratitude, Prayer and Service

Thank you to everyone who donated food towards our Harvest Festival collection!

We were able to fill almost 70 boxes with non-perishable food. This was taken to St John’s Anglican Church, Darlinghurst, and will be distributed through the Anglicare Welfare Program that operates from there. I spoke to one of the staff members at St Johns’ who said that they have people coming into their offices almost every day looking for food. He went on to tell me about a man in his 50s in between jobs and not having any income. He spoke of an elderly woman who had just come out of St Vincent’s hospital post-surgery that had no food at home and no one to look after her. And then there were the large number of lonely, underprivileged and marginalised that have been doing it tough for years. There is a great need in our city to help the most vulnerable in the most simplest of ways. We have such a great opportunity due to our location to be involved in our local community and connect with those less fortunate!

SCEGGS Prayer Network

Being in such a large and diverse community, there are always a variety of issues that concern us and also a huge amount of things we can be thankful for. We currently have a network of people that consistently pray for our community and other specific issues. If you would like to be part of that network please let me know and I will add you to the list of people that receive our occasional prayer letter via email. If you ever have any concerns that you may like prayer for please let me know as well. We also have a prayer meeting at the end of each term which is open to any parent, old girl, staff member or friend that would like to be involved.

Volunteer opportunities for mums

Last week I met with the manager of Lou’s Place (a day refuge for women in Kings Cross) to talk about some possible opportunities for us to be involved in. A number of the programs suggested needed some volunteer help from other women, particularly mothers. There are programs to help women subject to domestic violence and the issues surrounding such damage and despair. There is also a program called “Always Mum” which aims to help those mothers that may have had to give up their children to care outside of the home. It offers support and mentoring around ways for mothers to stay connected to their children and develop good parenting skills. If anyone is interested in being involved as a volunteer please either contact myself or the Lou’s Place manager Nicole Yade at nicole@lousplace.com.au.

Garry Lee-Lindsay
Chaplain

From the Primary School

This week, the Years 5 and 6 girls participated in a URSTONG workshop led by the company’s founder, Dana Kerford.

Throughout the workshop the girls built upon their skills to assist them with something that is extremely important to them, their friendships. By Stage 3, the girls develop a greater sense of independence in the classroom and playground. With the desire for more independence comes increased responsibility to know how to maintain healthy friendships

The workshop provided girls with opportunities to learn how to create a culture of friendship that is rooted in respect and kindness and develop skills to help them confidently manage conflict. A focus on the importance of standing up for themselves, responding to situations with resilience, and how to put out “Friendship Fires” allowed the girls to explore what to do when things don’t go quite right. The importance of honesty, to always celebrate their uniqueness and to surround themselves with people who make them feel good, were messages highlighted throughout the workshop.

Coming later in 2020, Years 1 to 4 will also participate in URSTRONG workshops, see dates below. Save the date for Year 4 parents who are encouraged to join their daughter for their workshop in June.

The strategies learnt in the workshops are complemented by lessons during Form Time, where the girls can practise these skills with their teachers.

Since partnering with URSTRONG in 2017 we have experienced the power of having a schoolwide approach and language when it comes to fostering positive relationships. Perhaps you’ve heard the terms, Friendship Fire, Friend-o-cycle or Mean-on-Purpose Behaviour mentioned in conversations with your daughter. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with these processes so that we can work together to allow the girls’ relationships to flourish. Please feel free to contact Mrs Sarah Johnstone or your daughter’s class teacher to learn more. Additionally, a variety of parent resources are available on the URSRONG website.

Helen Dempsey
Head of Primary

Visual Arts

National Art School (NAS) HSC Intensive Studio Practice: Applications open

Year 11 students are invited to apply in consultation with their Art teacher

During the NAS HSC Intensive Studio Practice the student will:

• work within a specialised discipline using a broad range of media and art making processes
• refine their ability to interpret and evaluate their own and others’ artworks
• engage in sustained critical reflection and evaluation
• gain practical skills in preparing for, mounting and curating an exhibition.

The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for Year 11 students in Visual Arts to enrich and extend their study within a choice of  one of seven specialised disciplines: Drawing, Ceramics, Painting, Black and White Photography, Digital Photography, Printmaking or Sculpture.

Applications close Monday 9 April 2020.

If you have any questions about the workshops listed above visit the National Art School’s website.

Mosman Youth Art Prize 2020

The Mosman Youth Art Prize is open to young artists, aged between 12-21, submitting artworks in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, video, photography and ceramics to win cash prizes, scholarships and art materials. This is a popular competition with close to 400 entries received annually with entrants from all over Sydney and is one of the richest Youth Art Prizes in Australia.

The Mosman Youth Art Prize exhibition features the diverse talents of the country’s young, aspiring and emerging artists and offers them the opportunity to exhibit their work in a public art gallery.

• Entries open in March.
• The artwork receipting day will take place on Tuesday May 19.
• The exhibition will run from 30 May through to 28 June.

You can view the archive of works from previous years – Mosman Youth Art Prize archive 2013-2019.

Work from the art classrooms this week…

Heidi Jackson
Head Teacher Visual Arts

Drama

Theatre Excursion tonight!

A reminder that the Theatre Excursion to view War Horse is on tonight.  The details are:

Where: Lyric Theatre, Pirrima Rd, Pyrmont

Time: 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Expected finish time is 10.15pm

There will be a follow up chat at Recess tomorrow in the Cafeteria.

Looking forward to it!

Jan Morice

Music Matters

Entries close tomorrow for the 2020 SCEGGS Music Eisteddfod!

Be sure to submit your application before Friday 28 February. Entries for the 2020 SCEGGS Music Eisteddfod are currently open to all students who are having voice or instrument tuition.

• The SCEGGS Music Eisteddfod is a competition open to ALL musicians currently taking private lessons, inside or outside of school.
• Entry into the Eisteddfod is FREE.
• All Elective Music students are preparing for participation.

Heats

• Heats will be held in Week 7 during regular Music class lessons for Primary students, Year 7 students and Elective Music students.
• All other heats will be held during regular class lesson time.
• Students will perform for the external, specialist adjudicator in a music studio – there is no audience.
• Due to timetabling restrictions, adjudicators do not provide written reports or any other feedback.
• The adjudicator’s decision is final, and no discussion will be entered into.

Entry forms can be accessed on Cognito or at the Music Department.

2020 Margot Anthony (Budd) “Beyond the Curriculum” Award

The applications for the Margot Anthony (Budd) “Beyond the Curriculum Award” are now open.

There are two awards given each year to Elective Music students from Years 8 to 11. Students need to demonstrate a developing musical interest in an area outside of their classroom studies. They also need to have a record of music tuition and successful examination results in at least one instrument or voice.

To apply, students can access the information and application form on Cognito.

Applications must be submitted to the Head of School by Friday 6 March 2020.

Secondary Music Ensemble Rehearsals

Please be advised of the altered schedule for rehearsals in Weeks 6 as follows:

Ensembles are up and running!  We are trying to finalise our rolls for the ensembles. If you haven’t responded to the email sent regarding your involvement, please do so, or your name will be removed from the roll.

Music Tuition Reminders:

A reminder for ALL students who are part of the Music Tuition (instrumental and voice) program to do the following.

Secondary students must:

1. advise their classroom teachers, at least 48 hours in advance, that they will be absent for a music lesson;
2. understand that the class teacher has the right to ask the student to change their music lesson time if an excursion, incursion, test or assessment task is scheduled during that lesson;
3. catch up on any missed work in their own time.

Curriculum News

In Week 6, elective Music students in Years 10 and 11 will be participating in a workshop with psychologist Sarah Marshall.  The workshop addresses performance anxiety and provide students with useful and practical strategies.  This is particularly helpful as students are preparing their performance items for the SCEGGS Eisteddfod.

Bugles Rehearsal

Click below to hear a sample of Bugles rehearsal!

Pauline Chow
Head of Music

Debating

Congratulations to the Primary A, Primary B, Year 7, Year 8, and Year 9 teams who all won their first round of ISDA debating against MLC last Friday.

This Friday, ISDA will again be at SCEGGS, against St Joseph’s, and Eastside will be at Sydney Girls High School. Debates for ISDA will be in the OG building, but supper will be served in the Staff Dining Room, not the cafeteria. For Eastside, the bus will leave SCEGGS from SGHS at 4:30, and training will take place at SCEGGS beforehand. There will be no bus returning to SCEGGS.

Imogen Harper
Debating Co-ordinator

Annual Collection of Student Information by the Federal Government

The Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment collects student residential and other information from schools each year to inform Commonwealth school education policy and funding arrangements. This collection is taking place in February and March. Parents and carers should go to the SCEGGS Parent Portal on the School’s website to see the Government’s official collection notice. Please also take this opportunity to check on the Portal that your address details are up-to-date. You can update any incorrect information yourself on the Portal. Please contact me or Mr David Tran, the School’s Business Manager, if you have any questions.

Sarah Walters
Director of Administration

Parents’ and Friends’ Association

P&F Welcome Cocktail Party

It is not too late to book your tickets to our annual Cocktail Party tomorrow evening. We hope that you can join us for an evening of fine food and company!

P&F AGM

A reminder that the P&F’s AGM will be held on Tuesday 10 March from 7:30pm to 9:00pm in the Joan Freeman Lecture Theatre.  All are most welcome.  Several P&F roles will be newly filled from the AGM as several committee members’ daughters left the School at the end of last year.  We are therefore looking for new committee members and would love to hear from you.  No qualifications required other than enthusiasm and a willingness to contribute.  There’s a role for everyone so please consider joining us.

On a similar note, the P&F are keen to talk with anyone who might be interested in becoming its new president. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me on 0408 291 196 or on penny@gerstle.com.au if you are interested. 

I look forward to hearing from you.

Penny Gerstle
President P&F Association

Health Alert in the Primary School

There has been a case of head lice reported in the Primary School. Head lice are very common in schools, and it is important that all parents check their daughter’s hair regularly and follow the necessary procedures if needed. For further information, please refer to the NSW Health Department.