DEPUTY PRINCIPALS REPORT

Major Works - Significant work has been done in the school this term to upgrade the COLA area. A total replacement of the Soft Fall surface is being installed and new garden beds that also act as seating have been included. The outdoor chess game will also be repainted for students to use. This project will improve the space for recreation, lunch and as a flexible learning space for classes. The Department of Education Assets team advises that the project should be completed by the end of Term 4.

Year 10 - Life and Resilience Week commences on Monday 20th November. Students are able to wear mufti but are reminded that clothing and footwear should be suitable for physical activity. Activities include the Collaboration Challenge Showcase, Beach Safety, Safety and Fitness, Car Maintenance and a range of wellbeing workshops. All students should swipe their attendance at the beginning of each day. Thank you to the Wellbeing Team for organising this week of valuable learning experiences for our students.

Year 8 - Year 8 students have been invited to attend a High Resolves Social Progress Workshop at UTS on the 7th and 8th December. Students will be engaged in an immersive simulation considering questions of social justice and active citizenship. The workshop focuses on building student confidence, motivation and skills in making a difference in their lives and in their communities. Further information has been emailed to parents through School Bytes. The workshop provides a further opportunity to challenge and engage our High Potential and Gifted Education students.

Attendance - Our school monitors attendance including whole day and partial absences. If your child is regularly attending late, important learning time is impacted. The graphic below from the Department of Education explains the consequence in terms of time lost. We encourage parents to discuss lateness with their child and support them in arriving at school on time. If a student is repeatedly late we do discuss this with them and plan for better punctuality. If you have concerns regarding the attendance pattern of your child please contact your child’s Year Adviser through the school’s email address for advice.

Year 11- This week we had the Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our year 11 students who will now take over occupation of the Year 12 Cottage. Mr Truong also organised a BBQ for the students to celebrate the event. Thank you for all your hard work Mr Truong.

Year 12 Assessment Week - Year 12 Assessments begin Week 9 December 4-8. The examination timetable was released to students this week via the student portal.

World Kindness Day - This Monday was world kindness day. The Year 10 Student Wellbeing Leaders under the leadership of Ms Hoogerwerf created a lovely mural in the Quad area to celebrate the day. It was a wonderful reminder to remember to spread some kindness across the HGHS community.

NIHON UNIVERSITY BUZAN GIRLS' SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Visit

Congratulations to all Year 10 students who participated in our great partnership with Nihon University Buzan Girls' Senior High School who visited our school on Tuesday 7 November.

Thank you in particular to Melodie, Helen and Alexandria for their organisation of the student games and to Yuna for her translations.

Thank you to Isabella for her piano playing, to our bands, Take Two and the Sax Quartet and to everyone who assisted, well done!

Thank you also to Mrs Lawson as our Japanese language teacher for inspiring our Japanese language students to work so hard to make sure the visit was a great success. We are all very proud of your efforts!

On the 7th of November, 62 students from Nihon University Buzan Girls' Senior High School visited Hornsby Girls, and Year 10 and Year 11.5 Japanese extension students had the honour of spending the day with them!

The day started with speeches from Dr Briggs, Nichidai Buzan students, and performances from the Sax Quartet, Take Two, and Isabella He.

We then delved into icebreakers, including an ultimate scissors-paper-rock competition, and students from both schools interacted, got to know each other better and started forming friendships. This was followed by a school tour, where students split into groups before taking the Nichidai Buzan students on a Hornsby adventure!

The Japanese students then engaged in a fun art activity led by Ms Pozzolungo, where they designed calico bags and tags, before receiving a copy of the 2021 Minerva Magazine. Year 10 students Methuli Dias and Regina Mo briefly explained what the magazine was about, and students from both schools showed off their dance skills through cultural dances and Zumba routines!

Nichidai Buzan students were served a variety of bread, salad and paella for lunch, and joined our students in the playground to spend time with each other.

We then had a period of trivia, where students had to translate certain questions and overcome the language barrier to win! This was followed by an intense water bottle-flipping showdown and a finish-the-lyrics competition between both schools. Sadly, the day had to come to an end, as we exchanged presents and bid our new friends goodbye.

Thank you to Melodie Hsiao, Helen Bui, Alexandria Masuda and the Year 10 Japanese class for organising the day of activities, and to Yuna Ko for her translations. Thank you to Dr Briggs and Ms Lawson for overseeing, planning and supervising us. Thank you to everyone who helped plan the day, and to everyone who participated!

Thank you Nichdai Buzan Girls for visiting us, we hope to see you again!

Year 10 Japanese Class

Justin Briggs (Principal)

Year 9 Sport

Year 9 make selections for their sport in Term 4 - they can select from free, at school options such as netball, tennis and basketball or a fee paying option such as PCYC multisports or our new option, Tenpin bowling at Hornsby RSL.

For grade sport, a group of lucky year 9 students had the opportunity to bowl at Hornsby RSL's "The Attic". We have been working on our bowling skills and competitive spirits for the past few weeks, and the high scores have been getting higher and higher. Definitely a big hit with everyone! Thank you to the sport teachers who have organised this for us.

Amber McLean - Year 9

YEAR 9 CHARITY DAY

On Thursday the 12th of October (week 1 Thursday), Year 9 held their annual charity day! For Year 9 Charity Day, the committee chose to support "Fitted For Work", an Australian organisation which focuses on raising funds and collecting work clothing for women looking for job opportunities. Year 9 Charity Day was definitely a hit! We had a fabulous bake sale filled with a variety of sweet treats, a lolly guessing game (congratulations to Maggie in Year 7 who correctly guessed 51 lollies in the jar!!!) and a paper chain activity where students could decorate little paper figurines in work attire. It was a fun filled day and overall quite successful! All together the committee managed to raise $611.75 for Fitted For Work!

On behalf of the committee, we would like to thank our Year Advisor Ms Farnon for helping us organise the day.

Amber McLean -Year 9

YEAR 9 FOOD TECHNOLOGY - National Champions- McCormick Flavour Forecast Challenge

Year 9 Elective Food Technology classes participate each year in the McCormick Flavour Forecast Challenge. This year a group from our school were judged to be the best in Australia and National champions! The winning group was Jessica Tung and Laundri Huang (Full Flavoured Fats), Aurora Ly and Abigail Tang (Everyday French) and Sanemi Mishra and Nanditha Kaimal (Beyond Heat). The group's success was a result of the collaborative approach, support and feedback provided to them by the class. This year's challenge was quite tricky. Students were required to create three dishes based on three different themes.

The first theme was Full Flavoured Fats.

Students had to develop three sweet or savoury butters.

One butter must be cultured, One butter must be a ‘better for you’ butter and One butter must be used in a butter board format as a breakfast dish.

Students must also produce two types of ‘homemade carriers’ i.e. crispbreads, crackers and/or breads to be served with any of the butters.

At least one of the ‘homemade carriers’ must include an ancient grain.

The second theme was Everyday French. Students had to choose one French cooking technique then develop a sweet or savoury dish that blends this technique with a cuisine of another culture. Must include at least two vegetables and/or fruits and one protein source (animal or plant).

The third theme was Beyond Heat. Using a Viet Cajun spice blend students had to create an original lacto ovo vegetarian pizza or pasta dish that heroes the spice blend. Students must make their own pizza base or pasta, and at least two of the techniques of charring, smoking, toasting, liquefy/blend or pickling must be used with at least two vegetables.

YEAR 8, 9 & 10 LANGUAGES COOKING INCURSION - french, german and japanese

Thursday of week 5, Piatto Perfetto came to school to prepare some delicious French, German and Japanese dishes with our language students. Students got to flip crêpes mid air, stir noodles and eat some Spätzle. Here are a few words from our language students.

The Cooking and Culture incursion was a valuable learning experience. The Spaetzle dish was fun to make and tasted delicious. The chefs were very patient with us as our group worked their arm muscles hard to mix the dough, while the other group made the bacon and cream sauce (German students).

The Japanese Cooking Incursion was so fun and energetic with an oishi (delicious) noodle dish being a testament of our hardwork and enjoyment. Arigatou Gozaimasu (thank you) Lawson Sensei for organising this and Chef Luka and his team for providing us with such a pleasant and memorable experience. Doumo Arigatou! (Japanese students)

The cooking incursion was well organised and very inclusive with the active cooking process. It was a super fun, interactive way to gain an understanding about French foods and learn some new French words. The crepes were absolutely delicious with sugar, whipped cream and raspberry topping. Flipping the crepes was really fun!(French students)"

It was certainly a very interesting and unique experience, and we enjoyed discovering the aspects of Japanese cuisine while taking turns with the frying pan in the hall. It was exciting to see how the dish would turn out. In the end, we were very satisfied with our delicious efforts, earning a bowl full of tasty udon noodles!

Ms Monica Diaz Vinuesa Head Teacher LATAS

STEM MUral: Ben Fordham of 2GB Interview with Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Director of space technology of Australian Space Agency

On Tuesday 14th November 2023, Ben Fordham on 2GB Breakfast Show interviewed Katherine Bennell-Pegg – first Australian female astronaut and one of the scientists featuring on our amazing STEM Mural. Katherine spoke about her childhood, family education and her dreams of going into space. She spoke in depth about her current experiences at the European Astronaut Centre in Germany where she is currently in training to become eligible for selection for a long duration mission to the Space Station, you can hear the joy in Katherine’s voice as she speaks. What also makes this interview so special is that Katherine makes a special acknowledgement of our school mural and the inspiration our students can take from her achievements. Take a moment to hear the interview via the link: Interview

Ms Isabella Pozzolungo Head Teacher CAPA

toys and tucker fundraiser

Illuminate Enterprise Challenge- Year 10, Week 8.

During week 8, year 10 students will be off their regular timetabled lessons and will be completing the Illuminate Enterprise Challenge. This program has been specifically designed for high potential and gifted students and it focuses on how students can explore challenges in their community and overcome them with business models that create sustained change. Please see the infographic below for information on some of the capabilities this program will help develop in our students.

SOURCE: https://illuminateeducation.com.au/programs/highschools/

Year 10 Parents/ caregivers- thank you to everyone who has completed the School Bytes permission form already, we have had an amazing response so far. If you haven’t completed this yet, please do so at your earliest convenience.

A reminder that there is also an online permission form for Illuminate Enterprise Challenge for you to complete. This one permits your child to use the online learning platform and to give or deny permission for photography use. Please find the link here: https://illuminateeducation.com.au/permission/

We would also like to invite year 10 parents to the final presentation of student work. This will be from 2- 2.50pm on Friday 1st December. If you would like to attend please complete this google form so we can gauge numbers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_2LsIrlsIzc_z6FdLDUi-8i8VDxPAcwdQEUByPphaTp98XA/viewform

Thank you for your support of this program.

Stephanie Boden Relieving Head Teacher HSIE

Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad (APSMO) 2023

The annual APSMO Maths Olympiads have been operating since 1987 and approximately 100,000 students from around Australia and New Zealand were involved. The Olympiad consists of four separate contests held approximately one month apart between May and September. The overall aim is to encourage students to develop important mathematical problem solving skills in an enjoyable environment. Although students are competing against other members of their team and teams from other schools, they are primarily trying to achieve their personal best.

In 2023, all of Year 7 and Year 8 participated in the Olympiad as a team within their Maths class. 7MK, 7MQ, 8MKQK and 8MTXT ranked in the top 10% of participating teams earning each class a Team Achievement Plaque.

The highest scoring individual students were presented with a medallion from APSMO at a whole school assembly. Congratulations to the following students:

Year 7: Irene (Ahyun) Bae, Atrin Bagherin, Annabelle Djaja, Cathy Wang

Year 8: Sabrina Hu, Claire Su, Chenlin Zhang, Melissa Zhou

Students in the top 10% were awarded with a pin from APSMO

Year 7 Zinat Abdullah, Casey Ahn, Ahyun Bae, Atrin Bagherian, Isha Balaji, Alina Chen, Violet Cho, Jennifer D Qin, Annabelle Djaja, Soomin Eun, Allison Fan, Elissa Fan, Riyashini Gouthaman, Elizabeth Hale, Thenumi Hewafonsekage, Chloe Huang, Annette Kang, Kashfia Khaled, Luna Kim, Susanna Lau, Vanessa Li, Yunhan Liao, Lindsay Low, Aarna Mayooran, Kingkini Mazumdar, Viha Mithun, Navya Patel, Meera Pudipeddi, Zi Ge Qiu, Tanika Sivasuthan, Eva Still, Sakura Tamezane, Divya Varathan, Ashley Vella, Cathy Wang, Phoebe Wu, Seah Yu, Yik Zeng, Beien Zhan, Sophia Zhou,

Year 8 Celine Ahn, Wendy Cai, Lane Chai, Ella Chen, Zhixuan Chen, Sriya Danda, Tya Dhayaparan, Amy Diao, Thinolee Gunasinghe, Sabrina Hu, Yolanda Huang, Yunxi Ji, Heeeun Kim, Trinity Kim, Aniela Knight, Erica Krivanek, Isabella Li, Cindy Liu, Merrian Liu, Keya Patel, Mia Pathmatheva, Nysha Riyadh, Sienna Samarawickrama, Claire Su, Jessica Tan, Janani Vijaya Raghavan, Beixuan Wang, Sally Wu, Jenny Xu, Jasmine Yuan, Chenlin Zhang, Tingju Zhang, Zhinan Zhang, Ziqi Zhang, Melissa Zhou,

And students in the next 15% were awarded with a cloth patch from APSMO

Year 7 Nusaiba Ayan, Ziqing Chai, Lucy Chen, Shelly Chen, Yiyao Chen, Aerin Chien, Hannah Croaker, Annika De Goede, Suhani Duhan, Leona Fang, Mio Foley, Tara Gilkeson, Aurora Goodwin, Shania Guo, Yuqing Jiang, Shubhavi Kanade, Annebelle Kang, Seoyoun Kang, Chloe Lee, Lily Odams, Maya Otalora Caliman, Ruiqi Pan, Luting Peng, Ritika Prasad, Olivia Ryu, Thanmaya Santhosh, Tanya Singh, Katelyn Sirimat, Yuqing Song, Stephanie Su, Ruixi Sun, Hsin-Tzu Tsai, Evelyn Wang, Yiyun Wang, Hayley Wu, Leyan Xu, Alice Yang, Kaixi Yang, Weilai Yin, Amanda Zhang, Angela Zhang, Yuexi Zhao, Leila Zheng,

Year 8 Lilia Brown, Sophie Chen, Xiyao Chen, Summer Choi, Senuli De Alwis, Alexis Feliciano, Qing Foong, Selena Gong, Manar Hasan, Xiyan Huang, Sophia Jiang, Juliet Johnson, Yuna Jung, Nethuki Karunatilake, Claire Kim, Jina Kim, Yuna Kim, Nimisha Kotoky Purkayastha, Arabella Lewis, Emily Lin, Vanessa Lin, Parigyna Lingareddy, Cynthia Liu, Jingting Luo, Shambhavi Nagarajah, See Eun Park, Gracie Reid, Sidhya Sitha-Nanthan, Aditi Sundar Rajan, Jaynee Vaghela, Shreya Vasireddy, Yolanda Wang, Yuqi Wang, Ella-Rose Wu, Amanda Xu, Alice Yoo, Kylie Yu, Catherine Yuan, Arwen Zhang, Grace Zhang, Roselina Zheng, Liqing Zhou.

Australian Mathematics Competition 2023

In early August, 2023, several hundred thousand students sat the annual Australian Mathematics competition. More than 90% of secondary schools took part in Australia and 449 students from Hornsby Girls High School entered the competition this year and have been awarded with

*2 Prizes

*19 High Distinctions

*154 Distinctions

*208 Credits

*63 Proficiency Awards and

*3 Participation Certificates

It is rare to be awarded with a Prize in the Maths Competition so a special congratulations goes to Zinat Abdullah of Year 7 and Sabrina Hu of Year 8 for achieving a Prize Award this year.

The Best in School Award is given to the student with the highest score. This year, the Best in School is Sabrina Hu of Year 8.

Students in the top 3% of Year 7-10 students and top 5% of Year 11-12 candidates from their year group receive a Certificate of High Distinction. Students in the top 20% of Year 7-10 students and top 25% of Year 11-12 candidates from their year group receive a Certificate of Distinction. The next 35% of candidates from each year group receive Credit Certificates.

High Distinction recipients were announced at a whole school assembly. Congratulations to all students who participated and especially High Distinction, Distinction and Credit Award winners who are listed below.

Year 7 - Prize: Zinat Abdullah

High Distinction: Irene Bae, Atrin Bagherian, Violet Cho, Susanna Lau, Alexa Lin, Thanmaya Santhosh, Christine Yao, Beien Zhan

Distinction: Casey Ahn, Vasilisa Boag, Lucy Chen, Alina Chen, Chelsea Chen, Shelly Chen, Bethannie Chen, Aerin Chien, Hannah Croaker, Jennifer D Qin, Annabelle Djaja, Allison Fan, Leona Fang, Mio Foley, Elizabeth Hale, Chloe Huang, Yuqing Jiang, Katelyn Jin, Stella (Seoyoun) Kang, Kashfia Khaled, Luna Kim, Abi Le, Emily Liang, Yunhan Liao, Clare Liu, Tinny Lo, Lindsay Low, Aarna Mayooran, Viha Mithun, Nandita Nair, Maya Otalora Caliman, Navya Patel, Meera Pudipeddi, Nessa Qiu, Olivia Ryu, Anshika Sahay, Tanika Sivasuthan, Queenie Song, Eva Still, Stephanie Su, Sakura Tamezane, Jesselyn Tedja, Cydney Tsai, Divya Varathan, Ashley Vella, Amy Wang, Sandy Wang, Cathy Wang, Evelyn Wang, Ella Xiong, Leyan Xu, Maggie Yin, Seah Yu, Alisa Zeng, Angela Zhang, Amanda Zhang

Credit: Nusaiba Ayan, Zuhayra Azam, Molly Baek, Isha Balaji, Violet Chai, Shivon Chakravarti, Vanessa Chang, Jessica Chen, Addison D'Souza, Suhani Duhan, Soomin Eun, Elissa Fan, Tara Gilkeson, Aurora Goodwin, Riyashini Gouthaman, Shania Guo, Thenumi Gihansa Fonseka Hewafonsekage, Shubhavi Kanade, Annette Kang, Annebelle Kang, Maya Kikuchi, Yeha Kim, Chloe Lee, Sophia Lee, Vanessa Li, Rose Liu, Shengya Liu, Sreenidhi Manickavasagan, Lily Odams, Luting Peng, Ritika Prasad, Myra Rangra, Tanya Singh, Katelyn Sirimat, Ruixi Sun, Renee Tokura, Phoebe Wu, Hayley Wu, Alice Yang, Maggie Yuan, Teresa Zhang, Yuexi (Jessica) Zhao, Leila Zheng, Sophia Zhou

Year 8 - Prize and Best in School: Sabrina Hu

High Distinction: Ella Chen, Sriya Danda, Yuna Jung, Sophie Luo, Arwen Zhang, Chenlin Zhang

Distinction: Lexine Ang, Lilia Brown, Wendy Cai, Lane Chai, Xiyao (Mia) Chen, Yuna Choi, Summer Choi, Tya Dhayaparan, Qing Foong, Manar Hasan, Sophia Jiang, Nethuki Karunatilake, Trinity Kim, Heeeun Kim, Aniela Knight, Erica Krivanek, Faith Lai, Arabella Lewis, Vanessa Lin, Cynthia Liu, Keya Patel, Gracie Reid, Sidhya Sitha-Nanthan, Claire Su, Jessica Tan, Janani Vijaya Raghavan, Beixuan Wang, Sally Wu, Angela Wu, Jenny Xu, Jasmine Yuan, Grace Zhang, Zhinan Zhang, Ziqi Zhang, Tingju Zhang, Roselina Zheng, Melissa Zhou, Nina Zhou

Credit: Adithi Acharya, Celine Ahn, Ash Aluthge, Ananya Amaravathi, Rebecca An, Alisha Anwar, Vivian Chen, Sophie Chen, Yuju Choi, Ivory Cook, Amy Diao, Alexis Feliciano, Lara Gentle, Selena Gong, Thinolee Gunasinghe, Yolanda Huang, Xiyan Huang, Maru Ji, Cassie Jian, Juliet Johnson, Kirsty Kang, Abi Kim, Jina Kim, Claire Kim, Yuna Kim, Sophia Kim, Manuki Kodagoda, Nimisha Kotoky Purkayastha, Emily Lin, Parigyna Lingareddy, Merrian Liu, Cindy Liu, Annalise Low, Shanning Mak, Ujjaini Mallik-Bansal, Yashita Mohan, Hannah Moore, Shambhavi Nagarajah, Tara Nair, Amitya Palsani, Siena Park, Mia Pathmatheva, Nysha Riyadh, Jiya Shah, Holly Stamm, Meghna Sukaraj, Aditi Sundar Rajan, Jaynee Vaghela, Shreya Vasireddy, Yolanda Wang, Emily Wang, Ella-Rose Wu, Amanda Xu, Mysha Yasir Khan, Alice Yoo, Kylie Yu, Megan Yuan, Catherine Yuan, Annabelle Yun

Year 9 -High Distinction: Sophia Ah Kit, Grace Ku and Sarah Tan

Distinction: Catherine Baik, Isabella Chan, Stella Choi, Hiya Ganatra, Winnie Harzenko, Isabelle Ho, Lucia Jiang, Zoey Jiang, Crystal Jin, Amber Jobson, Kate Jung, Nanditha Kaimal, Hannah Kim, Michelle Kim, Hannah Lee, Sophie Li, Alessa Lim, Alice McIntyre, Lucy Moon, Amelia Mow, Haewon Ryu, Sidhi Saxena, Rian Son, Veronica Su, Jasmine Tran, Jessica Tung, Lucy Wang, Sajosa Wong, Emily Wu, Vivien Wu, Cindy Wu, Angela Yang, Lucia Yoon, Emily You, Sunny Zhang, Jessica Zhou

Credit: Selina Au, Olivia Baek, Felicity Baiyang, Chitrakhhi Banerjee, Katia Castrisos, Pranavi Challagulla, Chelsea Chan, Angelina Chen, Summer Chen, Caitlin Chung, Ananya Dixit, Betty Fan, Aggie Fan, Tijana Fong, Ruoyin Gan, Chloe Gana, Mikaela Gao, Alaysha Garg, Ruth George, Emma Hong, Annie Hu, Porah Hyun, Whitney Jung, Hyunjeen Kim, Yena Lee, Seryn Lim, Elaine Liu, Dhaarani Loganathan, Aurora Ly, Yasaswini Mandava, Amber McLean, Sanemi Mishra, Simran Pandey, Chloe Phae, Carina Quizon, Rena Seo, Rashi Shree, Ishani Sri Ganeshwaran, Sally Sun, Abigail Tang, Isabella Tao, Chloe Tee, Ziqi Wang, Sophie Wang, Hayden Wong, Ella Xie, Melody Yang, Isabel Yang, Hansa Yarlagadda, Elysia Zhao, Emily Zheng

Year 10 - High Distinction: Xin Yue (Tanya) Hu, Lena Pham

Distinction: Anousheh Bloach, Helen Bui, Ahana Chauhan, Luyan Chen, Yuna Cho, Lena Chu, Akeesha Ekanayake, Aiko Foley, Isabella He, Melodie Hsiao, Jessica Huang, Claire Hwang, Kayley Lai, Tiffany Lee, Elly Liang, Rita Lin, Christine Liu, Alisha Luong, Maya Okada, Summer Pan, Laureen Talao, Livia Xie, Audrey Yao, Teresa Yu

Credit: Hailey Au Yeung, Dhaksha Baheerathan, Trisha Berwal, Danijela Cavic, Jenice Chan, Xinyi (Sara) Chen, Lavigne Cheung, Isabella Chiu, Chloe Cho, Elizabeth Choi, Minnie Chu, Apple Cong, Archismita Deb, Aimie Gao, Olive Gibson, Sara Grados, Kenolee Gunasinghe, Ishi Gupta, Yi Ern Han, Tiana Ho, Bronte Hong, Emily Hu, Tara Jayaguhan, Zoe Jin, Angela Kim, Yuna Ko, Erica Lee, Chloe Li, Amy Li, Winnie Li, Julia Li, Selina Liu, Alexandria Masuda, Regina Mo, Amy Pan, Sieun Park, Youngju (Scarlett) Shin, Netli Siriwardana, Taylor Sun, Saiesha Sundaralingam, Eleanor Swadling, Elaine Tambunan, Gianna Tang, Olivia Teng, Swarna Vankineni, Sophie Wang, Cara Williams, Lauren Wilson, Kelly Wu, Cecily Wu, Gloria Xu, Ruby Young, Sofia Zhang, Maggie Zhang

Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO) 2023

Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO) is a highly challenging maths competition designed to identify and stretch talented students. The AIMO paper is pitched at a Year 10 level but may also be attempted by motivated and talented students in years 7 to 9 who have scored very highly in the Australian Mathematics Competition.

AIMO results are used to identify students for selection in the Australian Maths Trust’s invitational high-performance programs.

The AIMO contains unique problems designed to challenge and assess students’ problem-solving skills.

The questions range in difficulty. It is expected that only a small number of students will be able to complete the whole paper in the 4 hour time allocation.

Well done to Zinat Abdullah of Year 7 and Lena Pham of Year 10 for accepting the invitation to compete in AIMO this year and especially to Lena for achieving a High Distinction.

Congratulations Lena!

Congratulations to all students who participated in the extra-curricula Maths programs this year and I look forward to your continued involvement next year.

Ms Kathryn Murray - Head Teacher Mathematics

WORLD KINDNESS DAY

YEAR 10 FOOD TECH

NSWCHSSA Cricket Championships

During Week 5, Janani Vijaya Raghavan in Year 8, represented Sydney North at the NSWCHSSA Cricket Championships on the Central Coast.

The four day tournament included both T20s and 2 ODIs. the Sydney North team won their semi final, but lost a thrilling Grand Final to Sydney West.

Congratulations to Janani as an integral part of the team. She will be presented with her medal at a full school assembly.