Issue 9 2011 - St George Christian School

S T G EORGE C HRISTIAN S CHOOL
INFANTS • JUNIOR • MIDDLE • SENIOR NEWS
... be transformed by the renewing of your mind
Romans 12:2
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Farewell to Year 12 - Year 12 is soon to complete their
schooling with a number of celebratory functions planned
to mark this critical transition. Their HSC commences early
next term and I am sure you will join with me as we pray for
them during the study period ahead of the exams.
This is a fitting blessing for each one:
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
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the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
Numbers 6:24-26 2011
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NAPLAN Student Reports
The 2011 NAPLAN student reports were sent to parents in
the week beginning 12 September 2011. These reports are
a snapshot of student performance in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
when the assessments were conducted in May this year.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority (ACARA), which oversees the delivery and
reporting of the NAPLAN tests, introduced a persuasive
writing task in 2011, replacing the narrative writing task
which was tested from 2008 to 2010.
Because students perform differently on the two types of
writing tasks, ACARA has introduced a new and additional
Issue 9 - 16 September, 2011
reporting scale for writing. This means that it will not be
possible to compare the writing performance of students
who completed the narrative task in 2009 with their
performance in the persuasive task in 2011.
Parents will still be able to measure their child’s growth
in Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, Reading and
Numeracy from 2009 to 2011, by comparing their 2009
NAPLAN student report with the 2011 NAPLAN student
report.
The National Assessment Program in Literacy and
Numeracy provides the school with detailed information
that we use to assist with programming, resource
allocation and planning. Parents will notice in their child’s
report details of questions they answered correctly and
incorrectly. This information has a diagnostic benefit as
we identify areas of relative strength and weakness in the
learning of students.
The following graphs display these results and indicate
many outstanding results. Again, the school’s NAPLAN
results highlight our students as being significantly
underrepresented in the lower two achievement bands,
which is particularly pleasing in view of the specialist
support staff and programs the school has in place to
address the needs of students who may find academic
pursuits more challenging.
cont...
‘Equipping Your Child For Life’
From the Principal cont...
While these results inform us in many ways, it is important
that we do not reduce the measure of a school or a student
to performance in an assessment done every two years. A
student’s performance may, for example, be inhibited by
illness or family disruption ahead of or on the day of the test.
I therefore encourage parents to use the NAPLAN report
in discussions with staff where relevant and to encourage
children in their achievements, recognising every stage of
schooling brings its own unique set of challenges.
Human beings, made in the image of God, demonstrate
amazing capacity to learn, adapt and create, and we should
therefore remain hopeful regarding our children’s future. This
is a message all children need to hear from their parents.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
Ps 139:14
James Honor
Principal
UNIFORM CHANGE OVER PERIOD
Please note that the summer uniform change
over period is between 12 – 23 September 2011.
All students should be wearing full summer
uniform when they return to school on 10 October
2011.
Students may wear summer or winter uniform
during these two weeks but not a combination of
summer and winter together.
Whole School News
DATES TO REMEMBER
DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CHECK THE
WEBSITE AND DEPARTMENT NOTES FOR UPDATES
21/9/2011
Yrs 7-12 State Athletics Carnival
10am Wild About Words - Junior School
23/9/2011
Yr 12 Presentation
26/9/2011
School Holidays commence
10/10/2011
Students commence Term 4
10/10/2011
Infants Hockey Competition
17/10/2011
Yr 9 Exams commence
HSC Exams commence
18/10/2011
Evening of Fine Music -Shirelive 7pm
21/10/2011
Yrs 7 & 10 Vaccinations
26-28/10/2011 Yr 5 Transition Camp
7/11/2011
Yr 10 School Certificate
8/11/2011
Yrs 9-12 Parent/Teacher Interviews
10/11/2011
Yr 3 2012, Orientation
11/11/2011
HSC Exams conclude
14/11/2011
Back to the 80's Musical - "Bump in" and rehearsals
Yr 12 Formal
14-18/11/2011 Yr 10 Work Experience
15/11/2011
Back to the 80's Musical - Rehearsals
16/11/2011
Back to the 80's Musical
Evening & Matinee performances
17/11/2011
Back to the 80's Musical
Evening performance
18/11/2011
Back to the 80's Musical
Evening performance
21/11/2011
Yr 10 Last Day - Picnic Day
22/11/2011
Yr 10 Formal
25/11/2011
Yr 8 Learning to Learn Presentation
Yr 7, 2012 Orientation
29/11/2011
Yr 8 Graduation Breakfast & Final Assembly
1/12/2011
Infants Christmas Concert
2/12/2011
Christmas In the Courtyard
5/12/2011
Kindergarten Final Assembly
5/12/2011
Yr 1 Final Assembly
6/12/2011
Yr 2 Final Assembly
6/12/2011
Yrs 9 & 11 Award Assemblies
7/12/2011
Yrs 6, 7, 8, 9 & 11 Picnic Day
8/12/2011
Last day of school for Students
8/12/2011
Presentation Evening
9/12/2011
School Holidays
27 October
Date: Thursday
4)
(Week 3, Term
Book
Sale
Hurstville campus library
is weeding the book
collection before the
library is re-modelled.
Books 20c each, 6 for $1
Please bring a bag if
you can.
Doors open 8:00 am
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you are interested in volunteering Senior School
Support need readers, writers, or both for exams.
Please leave your contact details with the office,
9547 2311 and someone from
Senior School Support will get back to you.
Your generosity in giving your time will
be very much appreciated
INFORMATION FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECTS
Our school acts to avail itself of a range of Government funded projects that are on offer from time to time.
To enable us to apply for this funding, we may need to provide information to the Association of Independent Schools of
NSW (AISNSW). This information would include your child’s first name and the initial of their surname. Your child cannot
be identified from this process, which complies with the AISNSW’s Privacy Policy.
If you do not give your permission to forward this information to AISNSW, we require that you advise Mr Honor in writing
(by Thursday 22 September, 2011) that your permission is withheld.
Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Infants
Speech and Drama
We are extremely proud of the following students who participated in the recent Speech and Drama Eisteddfod:
Savannah Mijovski, Phillip Dzajkovski, Joseph Lin, Samson Rodway, Lani Berbeniuk, Joshua Noble, Christiana Kritikos,
Daniel Lo and Hannah Cheung.
Those awarded places were:
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
4th Place:
Jayden Chan
Jana Setco
Lyric McDougall
Will Zhao
Trinity Vamadevan
Joel Tiddy
Highly Commended:
Brian Chen, Jeremy Cosman, Flynn Gannon, Max Lewis, Jacob Lo, Troy Valcas and Eric Yacoel.
Father’s Day Breakfast
We had a lovely morning for the visit from our dads and grandfathers. After their hot breakfast they listened to their
children singing and then we were privileged to hear the men sing to their children. James Honor reminded us that,
even if our, not quite perfect, dads give us good things, then God certainly will.
Excursions
Kindergarten children were so excited to go on their first excursion. The bus took them to the Sydney Aquarium and
they have written about their experience in a piece entitled: “Our Excursion to Sydney Aquarium”. Their writing and
illustrations show great promise.
We went to the Aquarium today. We saw fish, eels, jellyfish, crabs and coral.
I like the fish - Angel Johnson
We went on a bus to the Aquarium. We saw a great white shark. I
liked the eel. Then we saw fish - Lenny Strachan
We went to the Excursion. We saw a shark. I liked the jellyfish - Micah Bishop
Year 1 children will be having a cultural experience in the last week of this term. They will view a production of “My
Grandma Lived in Gooligulch.” This show is a musical tale of a city kit, Kate, who has to spend summer holidays with her
eccentric Grandma in an outback town, Gooligulch, where the animals can talk!
Year 2
“What Am I?” by Ryan Clayton
I have spots.
What can I do? I can sleep
standing up.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a giraffe)
“What Am I?” by Tina
Dimitropoulos
I have a good sense of smell.
What can I do? I can run.
I do not like water.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a cat)
“What Am I?” by Samson Rodway
I have spots
What do I have? I have yellow
skin.
I have a long tail
I am not a pet.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a cheetah)
What Am I?”” by Faith Ambarita
What do I have? I have a smooth
body.
What can I do? I can swim.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a dolphin)
“What Am I?” by Nicolaas Zou
What do I have? I have no legs.
What can I do? I can sleep in the
morning
I am long.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a snake)
“What Am I?” by Constantine
Hardas
What do I have? I have fins.
What can I do? I can swim.
What am I?
(Ans: I am a goldfish)
Swimming
Infants children are attending a swimming program for the last two weeks of Term 3. They are taught by expert
swimming instructors and have an enjoyable lesson time at the pool.
Junior School
St George Performing Arts Eisteddfod
Over the past couple of weeks, Junior Schoolstudents have participated at the St George Eisteddfod.
They presented Bible readings, poems, duologues, speeches and poems for two.
The following are the results:
1st
Joshua Madden
Gabriel Jessop-Smith
Jacinthe Lau
Luke Kasper
Lachlan Fraser
On 7 September, dads
and grandads of our
Junior School students
were invited to a
morning of healthy,
fun activities. The
competition was fierce,
the level of excitement
was electric and the
humour was contagious.
Many dads crawled
around the carpet in
their best suits while
concentrating on
blowing a ping pong
ball along a course.
Other dads soared into
the air while skipping.
I’m sure there were
some sore backs and
aching legs that night!
Thank you to all those
who made the morning
so memorable.
We raised $257 for
Vanuatu. Well done!
2nd
Amie Lo
Lachlan Fraser
Zara Dobbie
Janine Lau
3rd
Lachlan Fraser
Janine Lau
Caroline Dzajkovski
Highly Commended
Edward Ancora
Allan Goodman
JUST
DO IT
DAD!
A special time where students in Years 3-5
share their writing with invited guests
10.00AM
WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Participation
Rachel Luo
Joshua Ko
Sabrina Mijovski
Elena Berbeniuk
Isabella Pfahlert
Junior School
Thank you for the extensive response to the questionnaire on the sleeping patterns of your children. This questionnaire was
seeking to establish the sleeping habits of students in Junior School.
Research has supported the general thesis of an article entitled “The Lost Hour” from the book ‘Nutureshock’, that around
the world children are getting an hour less sleep than they did thirty years ago. Researchers maintain that “because
children’s brains are a work in progress until the age of 21, and because much of that work is done while a child is asleep,
this lost hour appears to have an exponential impact on children that it simply doesn’t have on adults”. In particular, “the
brain shifts what it has learnt that day to more efficient storage regions of the brain. Each stage of sleep plays its own unique
role in capturing memories. For example, … vocabulary is synthesised by the hippocampus early in the night during “slow
wave” sleep, a deep slumber without dreams…. Children spend more than 40% of their asleep time in this stage (which is
ten times the proportion that older adults spend). This is why a good night’s sleep is so important for long-term learning of
vocabulary words, times tables, historical dates and all other factual minutiae.”
This is interesting research that affects all of your children’s lives. As your child moves into the upper years of Junior School, it
is important that this research on sleep is discussed with them.
The survey which you completed, revealed overall confirming support of the need for children to have restful, prolonged
sleep. To the first question: “What did your child do for the hour before bed?”, the results showed that although some
students were doing homework or playing on the computer, most children were involved in restful activities such as reading
or family time for the time immediately before bedtime.
To the questions on bedtimes and hours of sleep, most students averaged 10 hours per night which is seen as a minimal
amount for this age group. It is a concern that a minority of students were having less than nine hours each night. Not only
do the teachers observe that sleep deprived students struggle to engage in lessons, and are inattentive, but these students
are less resilient in managing everyday relationships.
The last weeks of this term are packed with many activities both in and out of school. Your child’s class teacher will not be
setting the normal amount of homework so that students can have time to rest and unwind from the day’s events. I have
found that a good way to achieve this restful mood is to read together as a family (the Narnia Series was one of our family
favourites) or for each child to read quietly.
Therefore, while homework routines will be relaxed from Week 7 to Week 10, each child should be read to or read every
night.
What did your child do for the hour before bed?
YearReading/TVComputer/Homework
3
69%
31%
4
76%
24%
5
45%
55%
How many hours of sleep did your child have?
Year
Ten Hours or More Sleep
3
69%
4
71%
5
69%
Less Than Ten Hours Sleep
31%
29%
31%
Thank you for your support. I look forward to seeing you at “Wild About Words”.
Lyn Barnes
Head of Junior School
Yr 3-6 Sport
CSSA Primary State Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to the following students who competed at the recent CSSA Primary State Athletics Carnival at
Blacktown on Thursday 25 August.
Alexandra Clark(6S)
Ashley Karagorgovski (6H) Nicola Leech (5F)
Kobe Shannon (5G)
Kurt Stavrou (6H)
Wyatt Tester (6H)
Lucas Wong (6s)
Open Girls 1500m
12 Yr Girls 400m, 800m and Open 1500m
Junior Girls High Jump
Junior Boys Discus and High Jump
Open Boys Turbo Javelin
11 Yr Boys Discus
11 Yr Boys 100m, 200m and 400m
The following students came 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their event and therefore qualify to compete at the upcoming CIS
(Combined Independent Schools) Carnival at Homebush on 22 September: Kobe Shannon, Ashley Karagorgovski and
Kurt Stavrou. Congratulations! This is an outstanding result and we wish them all the best for their events.
Rob Archer, Sports Coordinator
Middle School
The spirit of enquiry and love of learning are fostered in an
atmosphere of creative and divergent thinking
What a Challenge!
The Regional Tournament of Minds Challenge Day 2011 was held on Saturday August 27 at the University of Western Sydney. Six Middle
Schools students, Isabella DeRieve, Jessica Fox and Joshua Wallis from Year 6 joined forces with Joshua Corby, Jacob Madden, and Noah
Moynihan from Year 7 to represent SGCS in one of the most widely respected initiatives for Gifted and Talented students.
During Semester 1 the team honed their agile minds by further developing diverse, creative and critical thinking skills to problem solve in
two areas on the Challenge day. Each student brought important skills to the group. They worked cooperatively, committing many hours of
preparation to get ready for the big day.
On the Challenge day they participated in two aspects of the Tournament. Quick, creative thinking was required in the four minute
Spontaneous Challenge and the Long Term ten minute response, which the team had been preparing intensively for over the past six weeks.
Parents and teachers were thrilled and each team member was excited about the experience. Congratulations to each student for rising to this
very demanding challenge.
Mrs Tralaggan
Facilitator
THANK YOU MRS MORRIS
FOR ORGANISING
MIDDLE SCHOOL DAFFODIL DAY
WE REAISED S628.30
HOPE 103.2 HOODIE DAY &
YEAR 8 SLEEP-OUT
Helen and Aaron from Hope 103.2’s Breakfast Show visited
SGCS on 25 August and presented us with lots of prizes for
Year 8’s efforts with the station’s Hoodie Day!
Middle School
HOPE 103.2 HOODIE DAY &
YEAR 8 SLEEP-OUT Continued...
On Friday of Week 7, Year 8 arrived at school for the second time that day but we were not there to do school work,
NO... we were going to experience something that thousands of youth experience every night’ we were going
homeless. The first thing everyone did was buy some cardboard to sleep on. Some of us made little houses! At 9.30pm,
Mrs Morris introduced a game to make us aware of what it would be like not to have enough food or clothes. After
this we settled down with our pillows on the floor and watched “The Blind Side” which gave us some insight to what
homeless youth have been through.
Finally, it was time to rug up outside in our sleeping bags and try to get some sleep. It was a beautiful night with a sky
full of stars but it was extremely cold. the girls slept near the Uniform Shop and the playground, the boys slept on the
basketball court.
Many of the boys stayed up playing cards, chess and Monopoly. The girls mainly chatted and eventually ran out of
things to talk about. Some of us made glowstick pictures and many dozed off for a while but it was too cold to sleep for
long.
At around 5.00 am we were kindly woken up by some very loud birds. Everyone was packed up and eating breakfast
by 7.00 am. A soccer ball was kicked around and the sun shone down on us.
Overall, the whole night raised awareness of what it is like to be homeless. It was a memorable experience for all of us
and hopefully will make us want to make a difference in a homeless youth’s life.
Kathryn Pritchard
Middle School
From these two events
(Hoodie Day and the Year 8
Sleep out) students from Years
6, 7 and 8 raised $1050.15 for
the Salvation Army’s OASIS
foundation.
Well done, what a great effort!
MINISPRINT COMPETITION AT UNSW
On Saturday 3 September, the solar car and
boat teams went to the Minisprint Competition
at the UNSW quadrangle. The sun shone
brightly; a perfect day to race our solarpowered vehicles.
The car races were first. Unfortunately for
the car Jacob Doyle, Joshua Florence and
Thomas Kelly (Yr 7) created, the sun was
blocked by the clouds for a moment. They lost
the first round and were unable to compete
for a place.
“Frankenstein”, the car made by Monique
Munro, Libby Ollerton, Adrian Loboz-Munos
and Josephine Anugerah (Yr 7)came second
with a lot of luck, sunshine, technical difficulties
and fun.
The boat races were next. Anna Sim’s (Yr 7)
stunning maroon boat, “Sunseeker” didn’t
make it past the first round but I think she
should have won a prize for the best looking
boat.
Hamish Clark and Calvin Zhou’s (Yr 9) boat
came 4th.
The races were part of
the UNSW’s Open Day so
we took the chance to
look around. We were
obsessed with our freebies;
red watches, collecting
star shaped lollypops, the
sundial and much more.
The day would not have
been possible without the
help of Mrs Hack and the
Year 12 boys and we thank
them very much. We all
hope to go again next year.
Josephine Anugerah (7L)
Yr 7-12 Sport
HOUSE DAY
Congratulations to GREEN HOUSE for winning House Day for 2011.
House Day is a sporting initiative of SGCS where each of the four House
teams compete against each other in various sports. House Day has
been an annual event since 2003. House day involves a round robin
competition of soccer, netball, oztag and volleyball. Students are
selected in mixed teams and of various ages. House day is an informal
environment where students are able to relax and relate to their peers
and teachers in a different setting. It was great day for students to enjoy
the sunshine, each other and play a range of sports. All students who
attended participated with good spirits and there was plenty of
fun to be had. Green House was the winning house, with
Blue House coming a close second. There was an
excellent game of soccer between the teachers
and Year 12. The teachers won 3-1 this year.
Congratulations teachers!!!
CSSA SOUTH MET ZONE ATHLETICS
On 24 August 2011, over 100 students from SGCS travelled out to Bankstown to the Crest Athletics Track. It was a beautiful day
of sunshine and there was plenty of excitement on the bus on the way. We had a huge team this year which was fantastic,
giving our school the best chance at success up against the other Christian schools in the South Metropolitan area. We had
a lot of individual success and some relay team victories, with our 14 year girls and 17 year boys winning their events. As a
school we did extremely well, coming 3rd overall, this is great! We also came 3rd at the Zone swimming this year putting us
in a better position than we have been before, especially with both William Carey and Inaburra being much bigger schools.
We continue to improve in all areas of sport.
SGCS ZONE TEAM
Joanne Anugerah, Josephine Anugerah, Jamie Ashton, Mark Ataya, Phoebe Au, Joanna Axiotis, Peter Axiotis, Dean Balding,
Ben Beshay, Thomas Blackledge, Brigitte Bugave, Kristian Cassimatis, Laura Chambers, Joshua Chang, Nathan Chang, Eric
Chen, Henry Chen, Amanda-Mei Christy, Nicole Chu, Gabriel Cox, Leo Diakou, Patrick Donelan, Alisha Doring, Joanne Farag,
William Feng, Alex Fernandez, Vicki Fogarty, Carly Garlick, Sandra George, Emma Harvie, Tabitha Hirn, Elias Honor, Phoebe
Honor, Abigail Howell, Alexander Ilievski, Sarena Joyce, Emily Junk, Marcus Kappel, Andrew Karvelis, Rachel Keeys, Thomas
Kelly,Mia Kinmond, Kimber Leigh Landayan, Simon Leech, Joseph Lewis, Jacob Madden, Lauren Markovski, Amber Maxwell,
Harrison McKeon, Murray Meller, Zachary Minty, James Mishevski, Lawrence Monro, Gabriella Moulos, Noah Moynihan, Grace
Murray, Joshua Murray, Brendan Nelson, Michael Nikolovski, Grace O’Brien, Ladaesha Offiia-Hunt, Elizabeth Ollerton, Matthew
Ollerton, Daniel Pahor, Ngere Papera, Cameron Papoulias, Jessica Payne, Ethan Pearson, Veronica Philips, Maygan Pippard,
Ellen Power, Kathryn Pritchard, Annelies Reynolds, Philip Royal, Kieran Setco, Josiah Sherwen,Matthew Sherwen, Rachel
Sherwen, Anastasia Sims, Joanna Stavrou, Ashleigh Steed, Natasha Stefos, Kate Stephens, Lindsey Stevenson, Jacqueline
Tester, Jai Thomas, John Thomas, Adrian Tsopanis, Sarah Watts, Stephanie Wilmshurst, Katrina Wong, Charlotte Wrench,
Nathan Wrench, Breeanna Wyrsta, Ardem Yalcinkaya, Calvin Zhang, Matthew Zhang, Alicia Zhao.
CSSA STATE ATHLETICS
On 1 September 2011, 23 students from SGCS travelled to Homebush for the CSSA State Athletics Carnival. We were really
blessed again with the weather, having another beautiful spring day. This is a big event with Christian schools from all around
NSW. Our students competed very well with a lot of close competition, coming 3rd and 4th. Michael Nikolovski was in the 13
years 100m and 200m. He ran these races very well, coming 1st in both. This means he will now run at the CIS State Athletics
Carnival on 21 September at Homebush. Congratulations also goes to Kieran Setco who will also race at the CIS State
Athletics in the AWD events.
SGCS CSSA STATE TEAM
Josephine Anugerah, Brigitte Bugave, Joshua Chang, Amanda-Mei Christy, Tabitha Hirn, Elias Honor, Emily Junk, Simon Leech,
Harrison Mckeon, Lawrence Monro, Joshua Murray, Brendan Nelson, Michael Nikolovski, Grace O’Brien, Ladaesha Ofria-Hunt,
Jessica Payne, Kathryn Pritchard, Philip Royal, Kieran Setco, Rachel Sherwen, Jai Thomas, John Thomas, Alicia Zhao.
Senior School
Year 12 Design and Technology students
presented their Major Design Projects for HSC
marking last Monday. This year presented
quite a varied range of projects.
Amber Maxwell focused on Graphic
Technology with a focus on Interior Design.
Amber decided to redesign her Nan's home
with a focus on the needs of the elderly. Her
extensive research included both physical
and emotional requirements and how to best
meet these by allowing our aging society to
remain in their own home.
Byron Minty focused on Textile Technology by
redesigning a combined iPhone and wallet.
His Project was based on his annoyance of
having to carry too many items in his pocket.
Byron also researched indigenous materials
that would suit a cover that are currently
presenting as wildlife concerns... Carp and
cane toad anyone??
Matthew Sherwen focused on Timber and
Engineering Technologies to develop a
foldable skateboard. His project was based
on his frustration that his skateboard did not
fit into his school locker or his school bag. His
solution now allows him to skateboard to
school, fold it up and have it in his bag - with
the added benefit of students asking him
"where did you buy that?"
Senior School
Year 9 History Excursion to Pylon Lookout &
Museum of Sydney
On Friday 19 August, Year 9 travelled to the city
as part of their units of work on Australia during
World War I and Australia during the Great
Depression. Despite the overcast and rainy
weather we were able to have a great day.
Students went to two venues to learn more
about life in Australia in the first half of the
twentieth century. They went to the Museum
of Sydney to learn about life for ‘enemy aliens’
during World War I.
Enemy aliens were those of German, Italian
or Austro-Hungarian descent living in Australia
between 1914 and 1918. They were treated
with great suspicion and many were interned
and deported.
Students were able to take part in a
programme learning more about how and why
the Museum of Sydney was constructed.
Students also walked to the Pylon Lookout
on the Harbour Bridge. During the Great
Depression, the building and opening of the
bridge was able to provide jobs and hope for
many Australians who were really struggling. It
still stands as a testament to the Australian spirit
of the time.
Students were able to walk to the top of the
Pylon to get a bird’s eye view of this amazing
engineering achievement as well as looking at
an exhibition about the construction and history
of the bridge.
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Hurstville Grove 2220
Phone: 9580 5275
Mobile: 0412 127 068
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Sutherland Special Needs Toy Library
Provides specialised and educational toys and resources to families that have children with
disabilities, generalised learning difficulties, dyslexia, dyspraxia or autism. If you are currently
seeing an occupational therapist or speech therapist then toys can be borrowed that mirror your therapy
sessions. Toys and resources available cover gross motor and fine motor development, literacy,
language concepts, simple games, puzzles, maths concepts, sequencing, social skills,
construction toys, musical instruments and parent resources.
No referrals required. Annual membership fee of $40.
Please feel free to visit or phone us to see if we can meet your child's additional needs.
The Multipurpose Centre
123 Flora Street Sutherland 2232
phone 9545 2214 (Mon & Thurs) email [email protected]
Open during school terms
Mondays 10am – 1pm, Thursday 10am - 1pm
1st Sat of each month 10am-12noon
211b Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate (near Coles)
Prop.: Edward J Kasparian
(Bph.BA.MPS. member of DA Australia)
Shop Hours: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
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Fast prescription service with counselling
Free Delivery and Pick up Service
Cosmetics, Exclusive French Perfumes, Gift Ware and Cards
We will match the best price
Webstar Packs Dispenser
We are members of the School Community and would be pleased to
offer a 10% discount on shop items (Not on scripts or specials)
to families and friends of SGCS - ask at the counter.
Tel: 9529 3367
Fax: 9583 2103
19 MORTS ROAD, MORTDALE NSW 2223 PHONE: 9579 5922
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