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WYNDHAM WHISPERS
Nirimba Education Precinct, Eastern Road, Quakers Hill
Phone: 9208 7100
Fax: 9208 7199
Website: www.wyndhamcol-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
DECEMBER 2016
Principal
Karen Smith
Deputy Principals
David Macleod-Jones & Beth OConnor (Rel)
December
December 13 - Rec Day
December 13 Uniform Shop open 6.30pm-8pm
December 14 Crossroads Day
December 16 - LAST DAY TERM 4 STUDENTS
December 19 - Staff Development Day
December 20 -Staff Development Day
January 2017
January 27 - Staff Development Day
January 30 - Yr11 commence
January 31 - Yr12 return
For more Uniform Shop information & extended
opening hours please refer page 15 in this bulletin.
FRIENDS OF
WYNDHAM COLLEGE
(P&C)
TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY
2017
6.30pm-8.30pm
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From 2017 onward the school trousers are now black in colour, however black shorts are optional and
permitted in Terms 1 and 4 ONLY. Year 12, 2017 can continue to wear the grey trousers and shorts or
they can purchase the new black trousers from the uniform shop. However, please remember all Year
12 students require trousers for Graduation in Term 3. Please ensure this part of the uniform is
obtained by Graduation. To assist parents in ensuring they can be ready for 2017 please see opening
times for the uniform shop later in this edition of Whispers.
Over three hundred students recently attended the Class of 2016 Formal at Rosehill Race Course. The
evening was a great success and many thanks to Natasha Scott, Chris Minol and Vanessa Wickens for
organising.
A reminder to the Class of 2016, the informal morning tea is on Friday 16 December at 9.30am. We
hope to see as many Year 12 as possible.
We recently celebrated the achievements of our current Year 11 at the annual presentation day. I was
pleased to see so many outstanding results and also the many parents/caregivers who took time out of
their busy schedules to help celebrate with us. This year we recognised several of our staff, with the
Nirimba Learning Community Award. These awards are open to all staff from Blacktown Boys,
Blacktown Girls, Mitchell, The Hills Sports, Quakers Hill, Riverstone and Seven Hills High Schools and
Wyndham College.
We had 7 staff successful. They were for Excellent Contribution to School Achievement: Kumie Pather.
For Excellence in Teaching: Dimitri Papanis. Excellent Contribution by SASS Staff: Ruth Graham. For
Excellent Contribution to School Programs: Maree Crowne. For Excellence in Early Career Teaching:
Natasha Scott. For Outstanding Educational Leadership: Dallas Richmond and Classa Martinuzzi.
Congratulations to all these staff.
We are fast coming to the end of the year and I hope the Year 12 class of 2017 has started organising
their assessment schedules/major works for next year.
Staffing 2017 Deb Dunn has been permanently appointed Head Teacher Admin/VET. We have Lil
Ristevski joining us from Seven Hills High School. Robert Bredin has moved to retirement. We wish
Robert all the best for the next chapter in his life. Classa Martinuzzi will move across from Collegiate
Deputy Principal to Wyndham College Deputy Principal replacing Robert. Rosalie Antill our library
assistant is also moving to retirement. We wish Rosalie all the best for her move to Western Australia
and her retirement.
Some important dates to remember for 2017:
Friday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
27 January
27 January
30 January
31 January
Office open
Staff return School Development Day
Year 11 return
Year 12 return
I would like to publicly thank and acknowledge the outstanding staff here at Wyndham. They are very
committed and devoted to their students and teaching. As a community we are extremely fortunate to
have such great staff.
I wish everyone a safe and restful time in the holiday season. I look forward to working together with
everyone again in 2017.
Karen Smith College Principal
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WELFARE UPDATE
Crossroads Day will occur on 14 December, Wednesday of Week 10 called Risky Business. It will
include a presentation from Jonathan Beninca, a motivational speaker, who discusses risks and
consequences using his personal experiences to highlight the importance of young people making
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informed decisions. Jonathan lost his forearm and lower leg in a serious train accident. He is hard hitting and
relates extremely well to young people.
Wyndham staff will represent sessions on Positive Relationships, the NSW Family Planning presenters will run
sessions on Sexual Health and staff from the Sarina Russo Apprenticeships will run sessions on the Guide You
program which is a Career Planning tool. Students will receive information during their connect sessions about
the structure of the day.
This is all covered in the Crossroads payment that most families have paid at the beginning of the year. Please
ensure your payment has been made and if financial difficulties are faced please remember to contact the front
office for Student assistance forms.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jeff Smith for all his efforts as part of the Welfare Team. He has
organised the Recreation Day that is occurring on Tuesday 13th December and has students going to a variety of
venues to celebrate the end of the year with the staff.
On behalf of the Welfare team, which will now be called the Well-Being Team, I would like to wish everyone a
relaxing and safe holiday. We look forward to returning with renewed energy for 2017.
Sue Beamer Head Teacher Welfare
FROM THE COLLEGIATE DEPUTY
This last term has been a busy one for Nirimba Collegiate Year 10 students. The term started with Collegiate Year
10 RoSA Examinations for English, Mathematics, Science and Geography/History. Staff from all four Collegiate
schools came together for corporate marking of these exams. This provided great professional development for
staff and a chance to discuss programs and teaching strategies.
Year 10 then completed BOSTES All My Own Work modules in preparation for their senior studies. The All My
Own Work program takes students through expected academic practices and provides students with information
allowing them to apply the principles and practices of good scholarship.
The next Year 10 event was Orientation Day and the Parent Orientation Evening. It was great to see the high
levels of participation, despite the extremely hot conditions on the day and evening.
Year 10 students were invited to participate in several preparation and induction days at Wyndham College.
David Ryan and Dimitri Papanis engaged students in the English Advanced Induction Day. Students participated in
a variety of activities to give them insight into the course content and texts set for study, familiarise them with a
variety of resources and modes of teaching and an opportunity to enrich the skills, knowledge and understanding
expected in the Stage 6 course.
Denis and the Mathematics faculty provided students preparing to study Mathematics with 4 intensive days of
Mathematics. They covered a variety of topics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, coordinate geometry
and surds.
This year, the Social Sciences faculty conducted a trial Im On My Way day. This day was designed to provide
transition support for students from Riverstone High School who have selected to do any Social Sciences courses
in 2017. The success of the day will see the program extended to include all Collegiate schools next year.
Finally, I would like to thank all the staff across the Nirimba Collegiate who work tirelessly to support our students
to achieve their best. Without their dedication, hard work and commitment, many of the programs we run to
support the successful transition of students from Stage 5 to Stage 6 would not be possible.
I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday and I look forward to taking on my new role as Wyndham College
Deputy Principal in 2017.
Classa Martinuzzi-Collegiate Deputy
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FILM STUDIES
The students of film studies worked incredibly hard this year and are reaping the benefits of secondary
school film festivals.
Congratulations to all Film Studies students of Wyndham College.
On Thursday 10 November, six of our students films were NOMINATED FILMS FOR THE 2016 PULSE Film
Festival at the Nepean Arts Centre, Nepean High School.
Congratulations to the following students:
Adrian Oliver:
Adrian Oliver:
Jayne Swimbourne:
Nina Junio:
Kyle Obeirne:
Joshua Flannery:
#HASHTAG
Weltschmertz
ELEMENTS 5.0
ASTHETE
Edgar
Principals Office
LATEST NEWS!!!!
We would like to congratulate Jayne Swinbourne and Nina Junio on their recent achievement of
being screened as finalists at the Robin Anderson Film Awards!
Jayne Swinbourne: ELEMENTS 0.5
Nina Junio:
ASTHETE
Every senior student finalist is eligible for a full scholarship (valued at $26,000!) for the oneyear Diploma of Screen and Media at the Sydney Film School beginning 20th February 2017.
Daniel Repeti - Film Studies Class Teacher
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It was a busy few weeks for Visual Arts! Two interesting excursions in two weeks.
We all had a great time and the students approached both days with excitement and enthusiasm.
Cockatoo Island is the perfect location for students to heighten their artistic abilities. The students
were all immediately intrigued by the landscape of the island and documented their experiences
through photography and quick sketches.
Photos Courtesy of Alicia Cochran & Tarneil Duroux
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Sculptures by the Sea gave students the unique opportunity to see site specific works of art as they
walked along the coastline from Bondi to Tamarama.
Our support unit actively engaged in all the activities of the day; photographing both their
surroundings as well as their favourite sculptures. Both excursions allowed students to further
improve their artistic practice and they are all excited to apply these new skills to the artworks they
are creating in their classrooms.
Photos Courtesy of Alicia Cochran
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On November 24 and 25 Wyndham College hosted the Science Laboratory Assistants Metropolitan
Network or SLAMN conference.
The conferences key note speaker this year was Jake Stalker former Wyndham College vice-Captain
2012 and founder of 1Step1Life Charity in Cambodia. Jake spoke on his experiences with mental health
and establishing a charity in a developing country. It was truly inspirational!
Over 170 school Labbies attended from DoE, Independent and Catholic Schools this conference for
their annual professional development workshops.
These workshops included all aspects of science: Chemistry, Physics, Senior Science, Biology and an
Agriculture workshop with Cranebrook High School Alpacas.
Participants also had the opportunity of visiting WSU The Colleges Science Faculty to try Uni student
for a Day in both Chemistry and Physics workshops.
Wyndham Staff were very willing to help with whatever job was required of them whilst Year 12
students also participated by looking after the sound, photographing workshops and also catering for the
event. Deb Dunn and Brendan Hewitt worked tirelessly with their hospitality classes to ensure everything
ran smoothly and the menu was very much appreciated by the participants.
A big thank you goes to Karen Smith for her continued support and the committee are looking forward to
a bigger and better conference in 2017.
Rosemary Godbehere
Science Laboratory Assistant
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WELCOME
OITA TOKUSHIN HIGH SCHOOL
Last week some of our students and staff members hosted Japanese students from Oita Tokushin High
School. 14 Japanese students were billeted amongst Wyndham College families.
The visit is a short term study tour that aims to provide the visiting students with the opportunity to
experience high school life in Australia. It involves a variety of formal school based educational activites,
along with opportunities to participate in a range of cultural experiences unique to Australia & Sydney in
particular.
We thank our host families for helping out with billeting and also for providing opportunities to immerse
the visitors in Australian cultural activities. We also thank the numerous students who assited in being Day
Buddies which involved escorting the visitors and assisting in the school based learning activities.
The friendships formed, evident by the tears of goodbye reinforces just how worthwhile our international
programs are.
Chris Minol
HOST FAMILIES
Stephen Mercado
Arzo Kamboj
Coen Sidaway
Tyra Martin
Gemma Hewitson
Katie Towell
Marie Iping(staff)
Natasha Scott (staff)
DAY BUDDIES
Aiden Bath
Eleni Tabuanivalu
Sheetal Gurung
Wozaila Arefin
Ethan Corfield-Thompson
William Deng
John Aguilar
Ariz Wasseh
Adam Fulton
Nariese Lovenfosse
Tara Sulley
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GIRLS CODING
CLUB
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) have been identified as key areas by educators across
Australia that will drive future jobs growth. The skills taught in these foundation subjects, such as coding, will
allow future generations to remain digitally adaptive and increase Australia's international competitiveness.
This term 15 female students comprising both staff and students participated in a pilot Girls Coding Club.
Experience at Wyndham has shown that our girls generally shy away from STEM subjects especially Software
Design and Development. The aim of the club is to promote STEM with a particular focus on coding. The club
provided an opportunity for the participants to build self-confidence and challenge themselves with problem
solving thats associated with coding. The participants were introduced to the programming language Scratch,
using which they created various working programs associated with the theme social media. The club met
weekly on a Wednesday at recess and worked on a different task each week.
The program culminated with a visit to UTS for Women in Engineering and IT hands on Day and at the last
session, a showcase of their efforts and a certificate presentation by the principal Karen Smith.
Congratulations to Tynesha Caruana, Jorja Kozlovsky, Sakshi Singh, Shaina Barraga, Katie Towell, Robyn
Voukelatos, Nina Ruaix, Rutika Padhye and Spisali Hardi
Kumie Pather
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TIME:
WHERE:
Karen Smith
Principal
Friends of Wyndham
2017 meeting dates
for your diary
February 21st
March 14th
May 16th
August 8th
November 7th
7pm
7pm *Annual General Meeting
7 pm
7pm
7pm
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6.30pm-8pm
9am-2pm
9am-2pm
5pm-7pm
Term 1 2017
Monday 30 January 2017
Tuesday 31 January 2017
12.30pm-1.30pm
4.30pm-6pm
From Monday 6 February 2017, the Uniform Shop will resume normal operating hours:
Mondays 12.30pm-1.30pm
For information about uniform items and prices please refer to:
http://web3.wyndhamcol-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/Parent%20Info/uniform
BOYS
1 x Shorts (worn terms 1 & 4 only)
2 x Shirts or Polo
1 x Long Pants
1 x Jacket or Jumper
With Jacket $157
With Jumper $170 (up to size 16)
With Jumper $178 (sizes 18+)
Save up to $30
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OFFICE PROCEDURES
Student Early Leavers
If you require your child to leave school before the end of the day, please send
them with a signed note stating their name, date, time and reason you would
like them to leave. This should be brought to the front office upon arrival at
school, then an early leavers pass will be issued, allowing the student to leave
the classroom at the correct time.
OFFICE
PROCEDURES
If this procedure is not followed, the student may not be allowed to leave the classroom.
Absences
If your child is absent from school or you know they will be absent on a certain day please contact the
front office by phoning 9208 7100.
Email is not the most effective point of contact.
Thank you
Administration
CAREER IDEAS
Have you thought about.
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STUDENT INFORMATION
UNIFORM SHOP
The Uniform Shop is open on MONDAYS 12.30pm -1.30pm. It is located at
the top of C Block. EFTPOS is available with a surcharge of $3.00.
Orders are to be paid in full at time of ordering.
CHRISTIAN GROUP
All students are invited to join the Christian Group at recess in B2 on Wednesdays.
There are also free pancakes on Wednesday mornings outside the office.
Join us for a pancakes and a chat.
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CHANGE OF DETAILS
To keep student records as up to date as possible please complete the slip below if you have changed
address or changed phone numbers, and return to the front office.
Name.
Signed .
Date.........
EMAILS
If you have recently changed your email address please complete this slip and return to
the office:
Student Name
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Please print carefully
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