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THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF
N ORMANHURST B OYS H IGH S CHOOL
NORMANHURST
NEWS
18 DECEMBER 2015 | VOLUME 24 ISSUE 41
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Normanhurst Boys High School
Pennant Hills Road
Normanhurst NSW 2076
SCHOOL EXECUTIVE
Mark Anderson
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+61 2 9489 1077
+61 2 9489 5722
www.normanhurb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au
[email protected]
Asli Harman
Principal
Deputy Principal
Frank Abas
Deputy Principal
IN THIS EDITION
Staff return, School Development Day: Wed 27 January
Years 7, 10/11 Peer Support & 12 return: Thurs 28 January
Years 8, 9 & 10 return: Fri 29 January
Year 11 return, School Swimming Carnival: Mon 1 February
Left: In the grounds of Normanhurst Boys High School
FROM THE
PRINCIPAL
Mr Mark Anderson B. A. Dip. Ed.
Merry Christmas: As this will be the last newsletter for the year I
would like to take this opportunity to wish all of the
Normanhurst Boys High School community a very Merry
Christmas and the happiest possible of New Years.
As the Christmas “silly season” begins and the weariness of the
year combines with hot weather and the demands of preparing
for Christmas, the coming weeks are often a challenging time of
year for many. Irrespective of the faith, religion or belief system
that underpins one’s view of life, and the world in general, there
are some behaviours and attitudes that remain pivotal to being
and remaining a happy and productive member of the
community. You hear so many requests for these things, in so
many forums, that they sound trite when you utter them –
compassion, high expectation, understanding, balance,
tolerance, acceptance of difference and respect. If you can
delve deeply enough into these trite utterances then the truth
does begin to materialise. If you can not only put the needs of
others before yourself, but also take time to rejoice when you
do, it will actually make you happier. The mindfulness that is
required to do this is unfortunately and very obviously more
difficult that it first appears. Having these values underpinning
our community philosophy is our strength. It is a tribute to our
boys, parents, teachers and staff that Normanhurst is such a
“thinking man’s paradise” and our expectation and experience
of associated behaviours and attitudes is so high.
If all I get for Christmas is a new tie or socks and the knowledge
that I get to work at Normo, then I will honestly consider myself
one of the luckiest men around. Thank you all for being part of
my Christmas present. Merry Christmas everyone.
Congratulations Julian Moore: Julian was a member of the State
Senior Wind Band for 2015 and performed outstandingly in the
two performances at the State Instrumental Festival. To have
earned the right to play with this talented group is testament to
Julian’s dedication and skill level.
Celebrating Student Success: Congratulations to all of our
award winners this year. The frequency and calibre of the
excellence that exists at Normanhurst is truly staggering. To all
of the boys who worked so hard to achieve the standard they
have this year, I congratulate you on working so diligently
towards your goal. For those who worked to capacity and did not
quite make the award ranks take time to reward yourself for
your hard work. The best reward for trying hard is just knowing
that you did your best- who could reasonably ask more of you?
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and
hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein
Thank you to all of our organisers for their time in getting these
events up and running so smoothly. All of our Year Advisers and
Year Adviser Assistants worked exceeding hard on these events.
Thanks also to our Student Leaders and musicians who help
polish the events to showcase the extreme talent we have here
at Normanhurst.
Once again Presentation Evening was a triumph. Ms Venczel
and her hardworking team consisting of Ms Gan, Ms Menzies,
Ms Allen, Ms Fahey and alumnus Alexander Zhang spent weeks
getting this event together. Our music teachers and students
spent many hours rehearing their pieces and I also need to
acknowledge people like Mr and Ms Johnson, Ms Cousins, and
Mr Howell who spent hours bumping in and out for the event.
What a fantastic and positive way to end off what has been
another great year at Normanhurst. Who in their right mind
would want to be anywhere else?
First Name
YEAR 7
Joel
Alex
Edison
Minwoo
Jacky
Dayton
Hans
Jun
Tony
Julian
Joseph
Kanav
Joseph
Joshua
Asvath
Kailash
Woo Jin
Glenn
Aidan
Jacky (Yuchao)
Family Name
Andersen
Byun
Chang
Chong
Chu
Guo
Jutton
Kim
Kim
Kok
Liem
Malik
Ovelgonne
Park
Prabagar
Sarma
Seo
Stewart
Wong
Zhu
Brendan
Gabriel
Brian
Owen (Ngo Yeung)
Alex
Owen
Varun
Luke
Daniel
Sejay
Anson
Shyam
Matthew
Chan
Gurmaij Chung
Kum
Lau
Li
Liang
Ravindran
Ryan
Saunders
Segal
Tong
Wijayakumaran
Zhu
Bronze Merit
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Bronze Merit
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Bronze Merit
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Bronze Merit
Patrick
Daniel
Nicholas
Yao
Ray Yi
Banjo
Lachlan
Saiteja
Alexander
Saarujan
Abhinay
Steven
Benjamin
Matthew
Sean
Eric
Royce
Andrew
Adji
Bociarski
Demlakian
Ke
Koh
Piggott-Wright
Purvis
Setturu
Shi
Sivakumarasingham
Subramaniam
Wang
Webster-Burnham
Ye
Zeng
Zeng
Zeng
Zhou
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
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Silver Merit
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Silver Merit
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Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Award
YEAR 8
Award
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
First Name
Ahmad
Tejas
Harrison
Jed
Ling
Yu Jia
Jeffry
Jonathan
In Seo
Andre
Jason
Jonathan
Ethan
Alexander
Ajit
Sami
Bjorn
Jack
Family Name
Azimi
Bhuta
Chudleigh
Crouch
Ji
Jin
Kwak
Kwok
Kwon
Lamb
Liang
Liong
Nguyen
Pavitt
Pillai
Shamsi
Tan
Ting
Shankar
Himeth
Oliver
Andrew
Neel
Adam
Tomas
Aman
Grant
Matthew
Jay
Edward
Ronit Singh
Jonathan
Aiyer
Aluthwala
Chen
Cheung
Dutta
Fuller
Galanti
Gopalani
He
Lam
Liang
Pan
Wahan
Zhou
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Dillon
Fawaz
Hyun Seok
Anderson
Adrian
George
Christian
Oliver
David
Arkar
Enoch Ying Lok
Minh
Pradeesh
Jay
Amerthan
Alvin
Frank
Antoni
Bilgrami
Cheong
Choo
De Araujo
Fan
Huang
Kai
Louey
Lwin
Mak
Nguyen
Sivalingam
Sood
Thevathasan
Yao
Wen
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
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Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
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Silver Merit
YEAR 9
First Name
Family Name
Award
Nathan
Hamish
Michael
Caleb
Anton
Ryan
Jason
Lachlan
Jacky
Rashane
Devin
Gabriel
Yeo Jun
Alexander
Tanishk
Samuel
Yan
Jared
Vincent
Bleier
Bowden
Burrows
Chan
Drego
Goh
Gunawan
Harvey
Jiang
Joseph
Lam
Lau
Lee
Lu
Malhotra
Ng
Shurunov
Teng
Wong
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
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Merit
Merit
Merit
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Merit
Merit
Merit
Daniel
Ardith
Andy (Ming Qian)
Zachary
Aryan
Nathan
Ameya
Timothy
Karthik
Karim
Anthony
Berry
Biju
Cui
Horsburgh
Nangia
Peadon
Pradhan
Shen
Shiva
Yahia
Yap
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Joshua
Roy
Daniel
Harold
Bruce
William
Anush
Liam
Joshua
Dilmith
Jonathan (Han Zhang)
Chu
Fu
George
Jackson
Lan
Rushby
Sharma
Staples
Thong
Wickramanayake
Yu
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
YEAR 10
Award
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
First Name
Lavan
Eugene
Sabbab
James
Shohan
Kiran
Dillon
Callum
Anthony
Swapnik
Patrick
Mark
Jack
Siddharth
Jeremy
Samuel
Tony (Hong Yi)
Kevin
Family Name
Chelliah
Choi
Chowdhury
Groom
Hossain
Kumar
Li
Maddox
Ngan
Sanagavarapu
Sliwa
Tong
Wagner
Warrier
Wong
Wordsworth
Wu
Zhong
Hamish
Anshul
Jeremy (Chung Hon Jeremy)
Tommy
Jim
John
Andy
Aryan
Jeremy
Daniel
Thomas
Lexin
David (Zhen)
Andrews
Baruah
Chiu
Chu
Ji
Kim
Lee
Panchasara
Skrzypka
Stitz
Xue
Zhang
Zhu
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Vincent
Zac
Fernando
Oliver
Jeyison
Julian
Reynard
Kirby (Kirby Cheuk-Hay)
Chang
De Silva
Giron
Guan
Jeyaratnam
Moore
Selke
Wu
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
YEAR 11
First Name
Family Name
Award
Lachlan
Aayush
Alexander
Sean
Viraj (Naduran)
Warwick
Aaron
Harry
Daven
James
Rishi
Berry
Bhattacharya
Caldwell
Chen
Ekanayakage Don
Gondoputro
Kao
Lane
Lau
Li
Manivasahan
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Merit
Sanjay
Richard
Hugh
Eric
Natiq
Arvind
Philip
James
Parthraj
Justin
Nathan (Tsz Fung)
Andre Wui
Balakumar
Chen
Harrington
Ho
Islam
Kamath
Lentz
O’Brien
Sarvaiya
Shaw
Tong
Yiu
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Bronze Merit
Nicholas
Declan
Thomas
Thomas
Alex
Hiebl
McDonnell
Ng
Tang
Zheng
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
Silver Merit
YEAR 7 SPORTING AWARDS
Tae Jun
Jacky
Sejay
Jonathan
Tony
Anson
Choi
Chu
Segal
Donald
Moon
Tong
Banjo
Nilank
Piggott-Wright
Biswas
Peter
Lleyton
Walter
Laith
Zhou
Wong
Bohme
Alsnih
Samuel
Stanley
Xavier
Karl
Bob
Prince
Liu
Crowley
Mehta
Liang
Andy
Anthony
Jeremy
Anthony
Jacob
Jeremy
Richard
Hwang
Ngan
Skrzypka
Ngan
Jordison
Skrzypka
Chen
Richard
Chen
Edward
Jethro
Ian
Tommy
Lachlan
Huang
Yuen
Thorvaldson
Chu
Berry
Thomas
Ng
12yrs Swimming Champion
12yrs Athletic Champion
12yrs Cross Country Champion
13yrs Swimming Champion
13yrs Cross Country Champion
Normanhurst Knights Perpetual Trophy for 13yrs
Rugby
Hornsby Rugby Club Encouragement Award for Rugby
Paul Zhao Academy Shield for 15yrs Table Tennis
YEAR 8 SPORTING AWARDS
13yrs Athletic Champion
14yrs Athletic Champion
14yrs Cross Country Champion
Normanhurst Knights Perpetual Trophy for 13yrs
Rugby
YEAR 9 SPORTING AWARDS
15yrs Athletic Champion
14yrs Swimming Champion
15yrs Cross Country Champion
Greg Press Award for 14yrs Rugby
Paul Zhao Academy Shield for 15yrs Table Tennis
YEAR 10 SPORTING AWARDS
15yrs Swimming Champion
16yrs Swimming Champion
16yrs Cross Country Champion
Sydney North Area Sporting Representative
Sydney North Area Sporting Representative
Sydney North Area Sporting Representative
Sydney North Area Sporting Representative
YEAR 11 SPORTING AWARDS
16yrs Athletic Champion, Best & Fairest Awards Volleyball
17yrs Cross Country Champion
Best & Fairest Awards - Badminton
Best & Fairest Awards – Lawn Bowls
Best & Fairest Awards - Tennis
Buttfield Memorial Trophy for Best and Fairest in Open
Soccer
Paul Zhao Academy Shield for Opens Table Tennis
PRESTIGIOUS CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE AWARDS
YEAR SEVEN ACADEMIC AWARDS
Tim Richards Prize for Library Service
Liam Staples
Reuben F Scarf Award
Alexander Teh
The Cheltenham/Beecroft Lions Club Award for Service to the School
Jim Ji
The West Pennant Hills/Cherrybrook Lions Club Award
for Service to the School
The Hopwood Social Justice Award
Junior
Senior
Jash Vanjara
Anshul Baruah
Joseph Lin
Hornsby School Award for School Service
Hugo Walshaw
Hornsby Shire Council Award for Service to the School
Alexander Caldwell
Rotary Club Award for Proficiency and Citizenship
Ashkan Khoshab
The ADF Leadership Teamwork Award
Jacob Jordison
Rohan Balani
Year 10
Year 12
Dux of Year Seven
Second Place
Third Place
Year Adviser’s Award
Alexey Douriaguine
Hans Roy Jutton
Nilank Biswas
Sejay Segal
CREATIVE
& PERFORMING ARTS
Music
Visual Arts
Alexey Douriaguine
Jacky Chu
Nathan Kim
Ashwin Cuganesan
Nilank Biswas
Bhuvann Siva
ENGLISH
English
HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY
AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
History
Geography
Hans Roy Jutton
Rohan Sharma
Senior Executive Award to the SRC Captain 2015
Natiq Islam
LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Senior Executive Award to the Senior Prefect 2015
Rohan Balani
French
Japanese
Senior Executive Award to the Vice Captain 2015
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
Semonn Oleksyn
Senior Executive Award to the School Captain 2015
Lachlan Jones
Nicholas Tanoto
Ashwin Cuganesan
Hans Roy Jutton
Dayton Guo
Patrick Adji
Jack Lin
Yao Ke
Kody Huang
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PD Health PE
Alexey Douriaguine
Joshua Park
Hans Roy Jutton
Aaron Nguyen
Joel Andersen
SCIENCE
Science
TECHNOLOGICAL
& APPLIED STUDIES
Design & Technology
Luke Ryan
Anson Tong
YEAR EIGHT ACADEMIC AWARDS
YEAR NINE ACADEMIC AWARDS
Dux of Year Eight
Second Place
Third Place
Year Adviser’s Award
Dux of Year Nine
Second Place
Third Place
Year Adviser’s Award
Bob Chen
Jonathan Yi
Varun Narayanan
Varun Narayanan
CREATIVE
& PERFORMING ARTS
CREATIVE
& PERFORMING ARTS
Music
Visual Arts
David Louey
Alvin Yao
Neel Dutta
Alexander Pavitt
Marko Beocanin
Tomas Galanti
ENGLISH
English
Samuel Prince
Jerry Leung
Brandon Velleley
Harold Jackson
Drama
Music
Photography & Digital Media
Visual Design
Samuel Prince
Samuel Prince
Ameya Pradhan
Daniel Pivetta
Patrick Boey
Anish Malish
Jason Gunawan
Visual Arts
Vincent Wong
Patrick Boey
Yeo Jun Lee
Aditya Kishore
Samuel Prince
ENGLISH
HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY
AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
English
History
Bob Chen
Geography
Jack Shaw
Dillon Antoni
Jonathan Yi
Varun Narayanan
Adam Fuller
HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY
AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
Frank Wen
Alexander Pavitt
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
History
Commerce
Geography
Jerry Leung
Jerry Leung
Anush Sharma
Aditya Kishore
Brandon Velleley
Thomas Gilbert
LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH
French
Japanese
Bob Chen
Peter Zhou
Soohyun Kim
Jason Liang
Lleyton Wong
Kevin Zhang
PD Health PE
PASS
Science
Jonathan Yi
Peter Zhou
Bosman Zhou
Long Li Zheng
Samuel Prince
Xavier Crowley
Anthony Yap
Samuel Shin
Samuel Prince
Jerry Leung
Aryan Nangia
Brandon Velleley
TECHNOLOGICAL
& APPLIED STUDIES
TECHNOLOGICAL
& APPLIED STUDIES
Design & Technology
Mathematics
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Science
Brandon Velleley
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PD Health PE
Zeke Yu
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics
Japanese
Gevindu Abeydeera
Oliver Jin
Industrial Techn. Eng.
Industrial Techn. Elect.
Design and Technology
Info. & Software Techn.
Info. Proc. & Techn. (Acc.)
Harold Jackson
Bill Jiahui Yang
Barry Feng
Tej Netrapalli
Daniel George
Daniel Berry
Dilmith Wickramanayake Roy Fu
Jerry Leung
Anush Sharma
YEAR TEN ACADEMIC AWARDS
YEAR ELEVEN ACADEMIC AWARDS
Dux of Year Ten
Second Place
Third Place
Year Adviser’s Award
Dux of Year Eleven
Second Place
Third Place
Year Adviser’s Award
Jeremy Skrzypka
Hong Yi Wu
Samuel Sebastian
Andrew Tao
CREATIVE
& PERFORMING ARTS
CREATIVE
& PERFORMING ARTS
Drama
Callum Maddox
Music
Zac de Silva
Photographic & Digital Media Jeyison Jeyaratnam
Hugo Walshaw
Visual Arts
Vincent Chang
Visual Design
Siddharth Warrier
Jeremy Skrzypka
Andy Lee
Jim Ji
Andrew Yue
Jacob Jordison
Jeremy Skrzypka
Swapnik Sanagavarapu
ENGLISH
English
HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY
AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
History
Society & Culture (Acc.)
Commerce
Geography
Fernando Giron
Samuel Sebastian
Samuel Sebastian
Zac de Silva
Alexander Zhou
Jeremy Skrzypka
Hong Yi Wu
Zhen Zhu
Matthew Wang
Sean Chen
Aaron Kao
Alex Zheng
Hugh Harrington
Alexander Caldwell
Nathan Tong
Thomas Tang
Edward Wu
Edward Wu
Jethro Yuen
Jethro Yuen
ENGLISH
English Advanced
English Extension 1
HSIE-HUMAN SOCIETY
AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
Hong Yi Wu
John Kim
Sabbab Chowdhury
Jihoon Hwang
LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics
Drama
Music 1
Music 2
Visual Arts
Ancient History
Modern History
Society & Culture (Acc.)
Business Studies
Economics
Geography (Acc.)
Legal Studies
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Japanese
Edward Wu
Jethro Yuen
Natiq Islam
Nicholas Hiebl
Japanese
James Ye
Jethro Yuen
Jash Vanjara
Lachlan Berry
Jethro Yuen
Jethro Yuen
Jethro Yuen
Nicholas Hiebl
Ryan Siriwardane
Edward Wu
Andrew Rae
Benjamin Liu
Arvind Kamath
Natiq Islam
Natiq Islam
Thomas Ng
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PD Health PE
PASS
Jeremy Skrzypka
Naditha Jayanetti
Ashan Wijesinghe
Samaar Alva
Hugo Walshaw
Samuel Bang
Daniel Stitz
Kiran Kumar
SCIENCE
Science
Chemistry (Acc.)
TECHNOLOGICAL
& APPLIED STUDIES
Information Techn. Elect.
Industrial Techn. Eng.
Info. & Software Techn.
Info. Proc. & Techn. (Acc.)
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics General
Mathematics 2U
Mathematics 2U Ext 1
Mathematics 2U Acc. HSC
Mathematics Ext. 1
Harry Lane
Jethro Yuen
Andre Yiu
Edward Wu
Edward Wu
Sanjay Balakumar
Philip Lentz
Jash Vanjara
Aayush Bhattacharya
Ze Wei
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Richard Lo
Jacob Jordison
Andrew Yue
Lucas Masina
Hamish Andrews
Julian Moore
Michael Nyunt
Daniel Stitz
PD Health PE
Edward Huang
Ryan Cheung
James Li
Aayush Bhattacharya
Andrew Rae
Pranav Jayaraman
Nathan Tong
Aayush Bhattacharya
Andre Yiu
Anish Theertham
Raymond Tan
Nicholas Hiebl
SCIENCE
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
TECHNOLOGICAL
& APPLIED STUDIES
Engineering Studies
Software Design & Devel.
Jack Naylor
Declan McDonnell
David Shead
Nicholas Hiebl
GOLD MERIT AWARDS
PRESTIGIOUS FACULTY AWARDS
YEAR SEVEN
YEAR EIGHT
YEAR TEN
Nilank Biswas
Ashwin Cuganesan
Alexey Douriaguine
Ethan Frank
Nixon Huynh
Jack Lin
Ansh Mehta
Rohan Sharma
Nicholas Tanoto
Gevindu Abeydeera
Marko Beocanin
Bob Chen
Jason Kim
Varun Narayanan
Blaze Pham
Niranjanan Sriganeshwaran
Jonathan Yi
Peter Zhou
Roy Chen
Lincoln Hung
Jihoon Hwang
Jacob Jordison
Hugo Walshaw
Andrew Yue
YEAR NINE
Patrick Boey
Thomas Gilbert
Aditya Kishore
Jerry Leung
Anish Malish
Daniel Pivetta
Samuel Prince
Brandon Velleley
YEAR ELEVEN
Udai Kamath
Jack Naylor
Anish Theertham
Ian Thorvaldson
Jash Vanjara
Edward Wu
Jethro Yuen
Junior Sportsman of the Year
Anthony Ngan
Senior Sportsman of the Year
Adam Halmy
The Peter Stegnaic Sports Encouragement Award
Bob Liang
The NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge
Jonathan Donald
Zachary Vermeer Award for Excellence in Year 7 English
Nilank Biswas
The Jonas ter-Horst Award for Junior Creative & Performing Arts
Jeyison Jeyaratnam
Andrew Yue
Elliott Adams Prize for Senior Creative & Performing Arts
Ethan Quan
The Old Boys’ Union Award for Public Speaking
Asha
Andrew-Saghafi
Ashkan Khoshab
Junior
Senior
The Class of 1960 Award for Persistence in Academic Studies
Allen Jiang
The University of Sydney Business School Awards for
Outstanding Achievement Year 10 Commerce
Samuel Sebastian
Year 11 Economics
Jethro Yuen
Year 11 Business Studies Lachlan Berry
Consul General Award for German
Alexander Caldwell
The University of Sydney Academic Excellence
Award to a Year 10 Student
Jeremy Skrzypka
The University of Western Sydney Award
for Most Outstanding Year 11 Student
UTS Award for Innovation and Leadership
Year 11
Year 12
Edward Wu
Declan McDonnell
Oliver Moor
UNSW Computing Prize 2015
Declan McDonnell
Macquarie University Partner Schools’ Academic
Prize for Excellence in Geography
Ashkan Khoshab
University of New South Wales Year 12 Mathematics Prize
Erich Loi
The Caltex Award for Best All-Rounder
Matthew Keevers
The Highest ATAR 2014 Award
Tony Hannigan
Lip Sync Battle: Congratulations to our Student Leaders who
organised a battle for Lip Sync supremacy on Monday. I am
unsure who had more fun, the students or the staff. There are
some staff members and students who don’t need much
encouragement to get them to jump up on stage to perform.
Well done boys and staff, it was a really positive event enjoyed
by all.
Preloved Uniforms and Ties: Parents who have discovered that
their son has outgrown blazers, jumpers, trousers or shirts,
please consider packing them up and sending them to the front
office. It is amazing how many students need emergency
uniform items when then rip their trousers, lose their jumpers or
at times just cannot afford particular items. Year 10 parents I
would also urge you to donate the junior tie back to the school.
As part of our right-of-passage into the senior school we buy all
of the ties for the New Year 11s and present it to all students at
the Year 10 Graduation Assembly. If you gift the junior tie back
to us we will ensure that it goes to students who are in need.
Thanking you in advance. One last reminder that blazers are
currently on special with $50 of normal price. Please make the
most of this opportunity to save money and get your son ready
and looking sharp for 2016.
Items can be purchased online at the Normanhurst Boys Lowes
Page and delivered free if the purchase total is more than $100.
Congratulations Year 12: While I am feverishly trawling through
the results and attempting to make the newsletter this week at
the same time, I have just enough time to congratulate a few of
the top performing students in the HSC this year.
The following students achieved results in the top band possible
for at least 10 units of HSC courses: Dav Anand, Rohan Balani,
Antonio He, Raymond Hou, Ashkan Khoshab, Woody Lin, Ethan
Quan, Keita Richardson, Nethushan Sekaran and Max Sekula
Congratulations to Jonathan Choi (Senior Science) and Jash
Vanjara, (Society and Culture) who made the Top Achievers in
Course List. These boys are in the top places in a course.
While ATARS and the full results are not available to me at this
time I am sure our boys will achieve to capacity and have been
well placed to access the post- school destinations they all
require.
Swimming Carnival 2016: The annual swimming carnival is on
Monday, 1 February 2016 and so early in the year after the
break, I thought I might give parents an early “heads-up” for
their calendar. Next year the event will be held at the Hornsby
Aquatic Centre. Students are asked to meet at the pool for a
roll call at 8.30 a.m. A teacher will be waiting on the school oval
until 8.00 a.m. to walk with those students who are uneasy
about making their way to the pool by themselves. This group
will be escorted to and on the train and then walk with the
teacher to the pool. Attendance at all carnivals is compulsory.
Parents are very welcome as well. While we understand that not
all of our boys are swimmers, the day has far greater value than
just being a physical activity. It also fosters house spirit and a
sense of belonging to our school. The “Team Normo” philosophy
is central to all we do in terms of supporting our boys through
the rigors of the selective environment and this day, so early in
the term, is a great opportunity to begin the year positively as a
group. Everyone who can swim is expected to swim unless sick
or unfit to swim due to injury.
The admission fee has been included in your Carnival Levy
which is part of your school fees (notification of fees will be sent
home mid-term 1). Prompt payment of school fees early in the
year is appreciated. Canteen facilities are administered by the
Aquatic Centre but students are welcome to bring their own
food. Students will be dismissed at the end of the carnival at
Hornsby Pool at approximately 2.30 p.m. A group will be walked
back to school if they wish to be accompanied on the return
journey to Normanhurst. Please add this date to your calendar.
It is a great day which the boys generally love and get a great
deal from. A small number of boys do attempt to convince their
parents that carnival days are not compulsory and that they
would rather stay home and study. Please do not be misled.
Students who do wish to study can do so at the pool when they
are not competing if they so wish.
2016
So that there is no confusion, please be aware of the following information related to the beginning of 2016.
Wednesday 27 January
School Development Day (no students or classes)
Thursday 28 January
Year 7 and 12 return (no classes for Years 8, 9, 10 or 11 at school)
Peer Support Leaders from Year 10 and 11 are at school
Year 7-Transition All Day
Year 12 Meeting Period 1 Library then normal lessons for the week
Friday 29 January
Years 8, 9 and 10 return
Year 7 + Peer Support Leaders (Year 10 & 11) Transition All Day
Years 8, 9 and 10 Year Meeting Period 1
• Year 8- in Room 14/15 then normal lessons
• Year 9- in the Hall then normal lessons
• Year 10-in the Library then normal lessons
Year 12 normal lessons Period 1-5
Monday 1 February
Swimming Carnival – at Hornsby Pool for Year 7-12
First Day (except Peer Support Leaders) for Year 11
Tuesday 2 February
Year 7 GATS Challenge-Hall (All week)
Year 8-10 and Year 12 Period 1-5 in Class
Year 11 Meeting Period 1 Library then normal classes
► P&C NEWS
Mr Sade Kalasabail, P&C President
At the last P&C meeting on Tuesday 8 December 2015 along
with some nice food, we heard about the reorganisation of the
teachers’ training next year. We will be hearing more on this in
the new year. Also we discussed how to have content which
interests more parents and increase the involvement of the
parents in the P&C activities.
have quality time and don’t sit through on an empty stomach
rushing straight from work. A lot of parents have acknowledged
their service and we thank them for their kind and encouraging
words. We are pleased to note that a few have offered to help in
future events. That’s the Team Normo spirit, good to see
parents taking it up too.
The Events committee and the Canteen committee have been
busy in the last two weeks catering for Year 10 Transition, Year
7 information event and Orientation Day for 2016 Year7
parents and students as well as many small events. These were
all well attended events with over 200 people in most of the
main events. It is due to the hard work of the P&C committee
members Ash, Bindi, Frank, Julie and numerous other parents
that we have successfully catered and made them enjoyable as
well as informative events. We would like to thank these parent
volunteers who sacrifice their personal and family time and help
in running these events so the fellow parents attending can
P&C would like to wish everyone and their families Merry
Christmas and A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2016.
Have lots of fun and be safe.
Our next P&C meeting is on Tuesday 9 February 2016 at
7.30p.m. in the school library. Our P&C meetings are held on
the second Tuesday of the month (during term time). All parents
are invited to attend.
Further information about P&C is available on the school
website http://www.normanhurb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au , under
the “P&C” tab, along with details of the previous meetings.
► SRC FUN DAY UPDATE
Ms Michelle Gibson-Garside, Science Teacher, SRC Coordinator
Hit Me Baby'. The overall winner was the Year 9 group of Daniel
On Monday 14 December, the SRC organised a Fun Day to end
the year off with a bang. Students came in mufti, and were able
to purchase donuts, soft drinks and chips at recess/lunch.
The highlight of the day was the Lip Sync Battle held in the hall
at lunch. There were 8 performances ranging from: Mr Ailwood
and Ms Ramsay singing Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers -'Islands in
the Stream', Ormo and the Normo's performing Taylor Swift 'Shake it Off', the Science Faculty singing ABBA's 'Money,
Money, Money', Year 8 boys lip syncing Megan Trainor's" Dear
Future Husband", Denny Ahn and Chris Noh (Year 9) shaking to
"Daddy" by Psy, and the Prefects dancing to Brittney Spears - '
Pivetta, Tom Gilbert and Patrick Boey, winning $50, lip syncing
to Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'. The Science Faculty came
runner-up.
The hall was filled with students cheering the contestants
on. Thank you to Mr Howell for organising the music and acting
as judge, along with SRC Lui Jayanetty (Year 10). Thanks to the
entire SRC for ensuring the success of this event.
► AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION HIGH DISTINCTION AWARDS
Mr Hubert Lam, Head Teacher Mathematics
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Year 7
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Shyam Wijayakumaran
Edward Gilfillan
Don Novakovic
Nixon Huynh
Davin Tian
Kody Huang
Joseph Li
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Year 8
Blaze Pham
Amerthan Thevathasan (Prudence
Award – most number of consecutive
correct at NBHS)
Timothy Pike
Oliver Chen
Haoru Jia
Yu-Jia Jin
Year 9
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Andrew Lee
Daniel Berry
Sam Prince
Isaac Cheng
Jacky Jiang
► CALENDAR
Wk
1
25 Jan
Monday
26
Tuesday
AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC
HOLIDAY
2
3
Wednesday
Friday
28
WEEK B
Year 7 Transition
Program with Peer
Support Leaders
Year 12 Students
Return
29
WEEK B
Year 7 Transition
Program Camp with
Peer Support Leaders
Year 8, 9 and 10
Students Return
4
WEEK A
School Assembly
5
WEEK A
Year 7 GAT Challenge
Year 11Preliminary HSC
Parent Information
Evening
Whole School ID Photos
1 Feb
WEEK A
Swimming Carnival
Year 11 Students
Return
2
WEEK A
Year 7 GAT Challenge
Year 11 HSC SAC
Assessment
3
WEEK A
8 Feb
WEEK B
9
WEEK B
10
WEEK B
11
WEEK B
Year 12 English
Advanced Assessment
Task
Year Meetings
12
WEEK B
HSC High Achievers
Assembly
17
WEEK A
18
WEEK A
19
WEEK A
P&C Meeting, 7.30 p.m.
4
Thursday
27
WEEK B
Term 1 Begins
School Development
Day
Staff Return
15 Feb
WEEK A
Year 12 Parent Teacher
Evening, 4.00 p.m.
16
WEEK A
Student Leadership
Conference GRIP
School Assembly
5
22 Feb
WEEK B
23
WEEK B
24
WEEK B
Year 7 Transition to
High School
Information Evening,
5.00 p.m.
6
29 Feb
WEEK A
Year 11 Preliminary
Biology Field Study
Year 10 Commerce
Assessment Task
1 Mar
WEEK A
Years 7, 9 & 11 Study
Skills
25
WEEK B
Year Meetings
26
WEEK B
Year 7 Maths Fun Day
Year 12 Team Normo
Parent Meeting,
7.00p.m.
2
WEEK A
3
WEEK A
Year 11 HSC Society
and Culture Buddhism
Excursion
Year 10 Preliminary
Geography Fieldwork
School Assembly
4
WEEK A
Year 11 HSC Society
and Culture Buddhism
Excursion
World’s Greatest
Headshave