2016 Term 1 Issue 1 - Granville South Creative and Performing Arts

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GRANVILLE SOUTH CREATIVE
AND PERFORMING ARTS
HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 1 2016
VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 *
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Granvillesouthcreativeandperformingartshighschool
IMPORTANT NOTICES
News from the administration office …..
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Fee letters have now been posted and I would like to remind parents
that school fees may be paid in A Block office, before school, recess
or lunch. We accept EFTPOS however if using EFTPOS it must be before 1.30pm.
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Thank you to the parents/carers who have supported our school in this way and in
many other ways.
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It is most important that the school has up to date contact numbers, both telephone
and email and an emergency contact name and number. If you change your numbers
please advise the office immediately.
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We have limited stock of school uniform at a very reduced price.
Mrs S Grinyer
Business Manager
Granville Creative and Performing Arts High School Pastoral Care Youth Worker
This year we welcome Yusuf Mehcur into the role of Pastoral Care Youth Worker.
This has been possible through National Chaplaincy Programme Funding and the support of
STARTTS (Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) and
our school P and C.
Yusuf Mehcur will commence this position in the next few weeks in a part time capacity and
will continue his voluntary role in delivering scripture lessons to students on a Friday.
Mr Mehcur will support students in years 7-12, including the implementation of programs in
the school that support student well-being. This can be on an individual or group basis. He
will also run a welcome program for students transitioning from Intensive English Centres.
At times the role will involve working with parents, community organisations, agencies and
external professionals to support the growth and development of our students.
Students and parents will be able to make appointments to speak with or meet with Mr
Mehcur to discuss issues relating to student well-being by contacting the school office
during school hours.
Front page photos: Courtesy of School Archive
VISIT: http://www.granvilles-h.schools.nsw.edu.au * PHONE: 9892 2654 * FAX: 9892 2764
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS REPORT
Deputy Principal
Deputy Principal
Mr Price
Ms Issa
We near the end of term 1 I would like to take the
opportunity of reminding both students and their
families of the importance of pedestrian safety at
the end of the school day.
Students are required to leave the school via the
pedestrian gate only. No student should walk
through the upper carpark.
This carpark is strictly out of bounds for obvious
safety reasons. Students catching buses are
reminded that they should line up inside the gate
nearest the bus bay and await the directions of the
Head Teacher on duty.
There are also strict speed limits in school zones.
The police and council rangers have indicated that
patrols of school zones are conducted regularly to
monitor driving habits and issue infringement
notices. I encourage parents to pick up students
further up Rowley Rd, or at the back of the school
so as to ease traffic congestion directly at the front
of the school.
May I take this opportunity to wish our students
and school community a safe and relaxing holiday.
Welcome back to school in Term 1, 2016.
This year saw the start of many inspiring Initiatives
and projects to increase students’ learning
opportunities and engagement.
As we are a Positive Behaviour for Learning school,
the LEARN expectations have now been placed in
each classroom for students to comply with in class,
in the canteen and in the playground. This is to
explicitly ensure that students know what our
expectations are in terms of to their roles and
responsibilities at school.
We welcomed to our Year 7 students and parents;
who have made steady progress in their studies and
continue to follow our LEARN expectations.
Year 9 students have been enjoying their learning
and are performing well in their subjects.
Throughout this Term, students have been
participating in many activities to help increase
their love for learning; some of those include our
i-Connect project including the digital stories from
2015 and Flashmob this year:
Mr T Price,
Deputy Principal
The school welcomed the following special guests
to present students and parents with certificates of
participation in the 2 components of the iConnect
project presented by: Mr Hakan Harman CEO of
Multicultural NSW and Ms Randa Kattan CEO Arab
Council Australia.
The school was presented with an award from Arab
Council during the Annual General Meeting on
31.3.16.
Nations International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination.
The message of Harmony Day is: “everyone
belongs”. It’s a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity
– a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls
Australia home. A great contribution from the
team!
Our Senior Year 11 students have signed off on
their Preliminary Studies and received their
Assessment booklets outlining our expectations for
their journey into their future aspirations.
Our Welfare is on track with our students’
wellbeing programs, Year Advisers and Assistant
Year Adviser have mentored and coached students
to make good choices and achieve personal goals.
They have worked with the Learning Support Team
to cater for our students’ needs and ensure that
they have access to the curriculum according to
their ability through the creation of Individual
Education Plans to improve students learning
outcomes and cater for their needs.
The Learning and Support Team have been
collating Data for the Nationally Consistent
Collection of Data NCCD. This process provides the
school with accurate information and details of
students who need accommodation, differentiation
and adjustment in their learning styles. This
process will be completed by the end of Term 1. A
job well done to team!
Our school was fortunate enough to have the CEO
of Multicultural NSW as a guest speaker we
celebrated Harmony Day which was held every year
on 21st of March to coincide with the United
We are here to help our students through the
Learning Centre every Friday during periods 5&6
and our Homework Centre will operate in term 2
after school. The days will be determined and
notified to parents in term 2.
Our scripture lessons are on every Friday during
period 4, please ensure that you have signed the
permission notes and returned them to the front
office. Check out our Facebook page for a
download.
We would like you to participate in the upcoming
celebrations of our 50th anniversary; there will be
an open day, fun activities, dinner and many special
surprises! Please check our 50th Anniversary
Facebook page
Ms.D. Issa
Deputy Principal
NRL Harmony Day Festival
As part of Granville South Creative and Performing
Arts High School’s Harmony Day celebrations, a
group of handpicked students attended a starstudded event down at Merrylands Oval on Friday
the 18th of March.
Rugby League stars Robbie Farah and Nathan
Merritt talk about diversity and were treated to an
exceptional Polynesian dance performance.
Schools also competed against each other in a
friendly touch football competition and the
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High
School team is to be congratulated on coming away
undefeated. A great day was had by everyone and
the students involved deserve special recognition
for their behaviour on the day.
Mr White
HT PDHPE
Women’s Seminar
In its fourth year, the NRL Harmony Day festival
promotes social inclusion and helps celebrate
cultural diversity in rugby league and in the wider
community.
A group of ten Granville South CAPA High School
students attended the day, including our three Year
11 NRL ambassadors. The group, along with over
100 students from schools all across the Sydney
West region, viewed an opening ceremony
presented by Rugby League star Nathan Hindmarsh.
There were also addresses by local Aboriginal elders
and members of the local parliament, listened to
Allanah Macatangay and Maryam El-Ahmad of Year
11 represented Granville South Creative and
Performing Arts High School at the Women’s
Leadership Seminar held at Parliament House on
10th of March 2016.
The seminar aimed at awakening a sense of
curiosity with an explorer’s mind while
simultaneously upholding their high family ideals.
The audience comprising of year 11 students from
various public and private schools experienced the
incredible exposure of balanced family lives along
with flourishing careers. The female
parliamentarians talked about their lives while
giving lessons on prioritising ethical career choices
in order to be pioneers rather than ‘shaving the
yack’ as the guest speaker rightly pointed out.
The speakers also advised girls on choosing a
partner sensibly for a naturally evolving good
quality life. To be resilient, compensate negative
reaction with empathy and networking continually
is essential in order to be an active member of the
present highly demanding society.
The incredible speeches inspired the girls to have
natural intuition for volunteer work, limit accidents,
be flexible, and own mistakes in order to be a better
person. Critical thinking and meeting diverse
section of society is vital to identify the new vision
encompassing our society.
Every speaker emphasised on adaptability in order
to move from job to job and involve family and
children in every adventure in order to strengthen
the sane society where females are a pivot around
which various social and professional fragments
revolve.
Shams Hussain
Learning and Support
Student Representative Council
The SRC have been hard at work this term with
various events already well underway and planning
for 2016 in full effect.
On the 29th February Granville South CAPA was
proud to support HeartKids’ national Sweetheart
Day campaign. HeartKids supports and raises
awareness for the innocent lives of children born
with Childhood Heart Disease. The SRC organised a
range of fundraising initiatives leading up to this
important event. The SRC sold Sweetheart pins to
staff and hosted a lolly jar guessing competition for
staff and students. Congratulations to both our first
place winners Hanna Yaakub and Laara Elhassan.
The SRC also hosted a “Wear a Splash of Red Day”
for staff and students. In total the SRC managed to
raise an impressive $417.00. All funds raised were
donated to the HeartKids Foundation.
On the 3rd March selected members of our Year 11
and Year 12 leadership group attended a staff
meeting after school. Here students presented an
update to staff about current structures and future
goals and initiatives of the SRC. Congratulations to
Iasinita Fangupo, Raven-Lee Kairua, Layla Saddik
and Mary-Tania Tolo Faaoloii for their outstanding
leadership and presentation.
On 15th March our school captains Raven-Lee Kairua
and Khaled Ahmadzai along with Mr Abbas
attended the 2016 Civics
and Citizenship School
Leadership Program at the
NSW Parliament House.
The civics and citizenship
program offers Year 12 school
leaders the opportunity to
develop their knowledge of
systems of government and
parliamentary proceedings, and the role of the
Governor. Both our leaders represented Granville South
CAPA with pride and honour.
The SRC are currently in the planning stage for the
following upcoming events:
 Harmony Day – 21st March 2015
 Character Day – Education wk (August 1-5)
 50th Anniversary Open Day
Mr Abbas, Ms Katrib and Ms Cameron
SRC Coordinators
Open Girls Softball
On Monday 29th February 2016 the Open Girls
Softball team played their first round knockout
match against Rooty Hill High School. It was a close
game, with the girls very unlucky to come away
with a win. Congratulations to the following
students for their effort and outstanding
performance:
Haitelenisia Sio
Brodie Dillon
Akosita Masima
Atelina Rakuli
Suliana Taukolo
Iasinita Fangupo
Allanah Macatangay
Yasmin Abdallah
Veisinia Mainuu
Jade Johnston
Marian Lee Abbas
Siu-Ki-Moana Finau
Oceana Taula
Ali Dulleh for his role as an assistant coach.
Miss Rama and Miss Collins
Open Girls Softball Coaches
On Tuesday 9th February 2016, the following Year
11 and 12 students assisted staff at the school
swimming carnival in a number of duties including
timekeeper, runner, marshalling and novelty events
to gain experience in carnival planning and running
a carnival:
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Brodie Dillon
Karim Jebara
Maryam El Ahmad
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Amanda Charrouf
Heidi Irving
Kohlahse Cherrington
Faafua Mainuu
On Thursday 18th February 2016 the following
Year 11 and 12 students assisted staff at
Blaxcell St PS Swimming Time Trials as time
keepers:
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Heidi Irving
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Khaled Hamdoun
Ali Al Tameemi
Karim Jebara
Cooper Avery
Yasmin Abdallah
Maryam El Ahmad
This experience allowed students to become
extremely confident and competent in the role
of a timekeeper and in the use of equipment.
i.e. using stop watches to record race times.
Recently students in the preliminary course
have been assisting staff at Blaxcell St PS during
sport on Friday afternoons. This allowing
student to improve their confidence levels as
coaches and also gain experience as an
assistant coach in a variety of sports. This will
continue throughout the year.
Miss Rama
VET Sports Coaching Teacher
P and C Meeting
The next P and C Meeting will be held
Wednesday 11th May at 5.00pm in A-Block
Administration Office.
The meeting will commence with voting for
P&C President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer. We have 1 nomination submitted
and others who have expressed interest. You
need to pay $2 to Mrs Grinyer in the office
to become a financial member to both be
nominated and to vote. This must be paid
before 5.00pm 11/5/16. Details have been
previously sent via email and facebook.
Once voting has finished, the P&C meeting
will take place. All parents welcome.
The i-Connect project was supported by Arab Council Australia and funded by
Multicultural NSW. There were students from years 7-12 including support unit
students as well as parents involved in the project. The project included student
enquiry and interviewing of parents, preparation of digital stories from the
interviews, and the presentation of a flash mob in Parramatta Centenary Square.
At the time of publishing this newsletter there were 15,079 viewings online of the
flashmob and over 2,000 likes. The school would like to acknowledge the
fantastic team of staff who helped make this project a success.
These staff included, led by Ms Issa, Ms Cristie Collins – HT CAPA, Ms Amina
Husic – Visual Arts Teacher, Ms May Jouni – CLO, and Ms Tsaloukas - Support
Unit Teacher.
The iConnect project was designed to bring communities, family, staff and
students together. Students had different workshops that they participated in and
were taught many things. For example how to ask positive questions so they
receive a positive answer, how to ask open ended questions, how to interview,
how to edit etc. Students interviewed parents about their journey through life.
One thing that students were invited to participate in was a flash mob. A flash
mob is a group of people that gather and perform. When the performance is done
the group of people normally disperse. This is usually done at a random time and
it organised through social media or the internet. This was planned by Arab
Council Australia and Multicultural NSW Unit through the iConnect project.
Students rehearsed several times and eventually performed at Parramatta Town
Hall. Everyone had fun participating in this event.
Emma Roulston and Josefa Toga
“ iConnect project has two components: the first
was through the digital
stories, parents told
their stories through
interviews by students
who were trained to
ask appreciative inquiry
questions, which in
turn built their
communications skills,
leadership skills and sense of belonging and the
second component was Flashmob which harnessed
a sense of identity and creativity through expression
and built students' self-esteem. - Ms Issa
"It is part of
celebrating our
50th
Anniversary at
Granville South
Creative and
Performing
Arts"
Ms Issa said…
“iConnect is about bringing our peers, parents,
teachers and the community together and
celebrating all the different cultures in our
community,”
“It allows us to learn more about each other’s
culture. It was fun being able to socialise with
everyone, especially younger students and act as
their mentors.”
“The idea was to bring about social inclusion and
community harmony. Being from a different culture
I try my best to understand and learn about
different backgrounds. That was one of the main
reasons I wanted to be a part of this project and I
think I am so grateful for the opportunity.”
Nita Fangupo
Ahmad Eldirani, who played the Lebanese drum known as the durbakke - said it was important to
highlight his culture in the area.
“Flashmob aims at bringing about unity and
community harmony, with staff, students, and
parents, through a creative and performing arts
focus”
“It is also about
embracing social
inclusion and
understanding of
diversity in our
wider school
community”.
“We work especially hard as a school and with the
community to make sure no one feels excluded and
that all cultures are accepted and celebrated.”
“Flashmob is about unity and community and
coming together to accept all cultures,”
“I’ve played the drums since I was in Year 4. It’s
been a part of my upbringing since I can
remember.” Ahmad Eldirani
Two years later they then went on to start up the
Environment Centre; this later became the
Community Garden.
The high fence was to keep vandals out of the two
areas of the garden, one section which grew plants
and flowers and the other was for keeping animals.
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High
School’s 50th Anniversary preparations are coming
along well.
Dinner
Tickets are now available through Trybooking
(http://www.trybooking.com/180589) for the
Dinner night, which is being held on Saturday 30th
July 2016 Holroyd Function Centre, Merrylands.
Open Day
September in 1982 saw the History Faculty organise
a Medieval Day for the students and this became a
yearly event.
The Open Day is on Saturday 6th August and we
welcome students (past and present), parents,
teachers and the community to come and celebrate
the 50 years of the school with us. There will be
tours, student performances, photo displays and
stalls. If you are interested in having a stall on the
day, contact details are below.
Students and Teachers dressed up as Kings, Queens,
Slaves, Wenches, Jesters and Damsels to recreate
the medieval period. Whilst some students wore
armour and battled, others chose less serious
events such as wrestling, apple-bobbing, skittles
and jelly eating.
Taking at trip down memory lane
The day ended after lunch with a medieval feast
which consisted of a feast of cheese, fruit, chicken
and damper.
This term we will be covering 1981-1990, which
was quite a busy decade! The end of term 1 in
1981 the Environment Club was established by a
group of junior students. Their goal was to raise
money and awareness for animal or environment
projects along with making the school
environment a better for all.
The “Back to Guildford” Festival which was held on
Saturday 24th October 1983 had students turning up
to the school to prepare their entry to the Float
Competition.
Their entry was a recreation of the court of Ancient
Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses XI.
The float was covered in gold and silver, with
students dressed as Egyptians handing out balloons.
The float ended up winning First Prize in the
competition!
This musical comedy was a large task undertaken by
students totalling 50 actors, singers and dancers as
well as 20 musicians. The 2hour performance ran
for a two week season; improving each time.
The first computer room was opened in A block in
1984 with help from the Ladies Auxiliary and P&C, it
consisted of eight computers linked to a master
computer and printer. This was then moved in 1987
to D Block class D3, by this time there were 13
computers and a new Apple computer was
installed.
The school decided to go all out again in 1988 with
the musical “It’s a Great War Mate!”.
The first bilingual vocational officer was appointed
to the school in 1984 with the job of helping to
communicate with those from non-English speaking
backgrounds and increasing multicultural
awareness. Mr Neil Kadomi also helped to form
links with the community, organisations and advise
students of job opportunities.
And just to prove they could do it again but better
1989 saw them do another performance which
consisted of 3 shows over a week. “Bye, Bye Birdie”
had over 200 students from years 7-12 participating
which was such a success that people came to
multiple shows.
Now one of the biggest milestones that took 12
years of campaigning by the school, P&C and the
community was achieved, the School Hall was
finally completed in September 1986 after the area
was originally sited in 1974. The completion of the
hall meant that students could now sit their HSC at
the school. This also meant future performances
could be run at the school.
Somehow the students managed to produce a
musical that not only educated and unveiled the
realities of war but also managed to bring some
laughter and humour to the sadness of WW1.
The ‘Computer Education Program’ in 1989 saw the
school gain IBM compatible computers to add to
the Computer rooms which were well enjoyed.
The 25th Anniversary of the school was held in
October 1990 and attended by 570 ex-students and
staff.
Let’s try to top that with our 50th Anniversary this
year!
For up to date information about our activities
please visit our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/gscapahs50thanniversa
ry/
Contact Leia Tookey at the school on Tuesdays
between 9am – 3pm on (02)98922654
Leia Tookey - 50th Anniversary Team
The first performance to grace the new Hall was in
1987, a musical production created by the students
called The Merchant of Venice (With Apologies to
Will Shakespeare).
FACULTY REPORTS
CAPA Faculty
Ensemble Classes: New Year 7
Following an extensive audition process at the
beginning of the year, we have welcomed a total of
25 Year 7 students into our Circus, Dance, Drama,
Music and Visual Arts Ensembles classes. 7C have
proven to be a hard-working, talented group of
students who have already demonstrated some
outstanding learning habits. As the semester
progresses, we look forward to seeing the impact
these new students will have in their individual
Ensembles classes and hope to be able to celebrate
their individual successes at performance and
showcase events.
Performance at Parra Town Hall
Students from the Music and Dance Ensembles
performed at Parramatta Town Hall in February as
part of a Cultural Exchange program. 50+ students
from Northern China toured the local area,
performing for many schools, and our school along
with one other was invited to join them in their
Tour Finale Concert held for local community
members. Our students valued the experience to
engage with students from different backgrounds
and share with them the different cultures that
make up our school community. A wonderful time
was had by all students involved.
HSC Excursions
During February our Dance, Drama and Music
students attended the OnStage, Callback and
Encore performances held at the Seymour Centre
and Sydney Opera House. These events are held
each year and showcase the outstanding Higher
School Certificate performances from the previous
year. Our students really enjoyed watching these
outstanding performances and each came away
with a greater understanding of the work and
commitment required in their senior CAPA studies
to achieve their best HSC marks.
School Spectacular Auditions
Akosita Masima and Angel Tairua have now
submitted their auditions to be involved in the 2016
Schools Spectacular to be held at Allphones Area in
November. Angel, as part of the Talent
Development Project and a performer in last year’s
showcase, immediately progresses to the live
audition stage. Being the first time she has
auditioned for Schools Spectacular, Akosita has
recorded and uploaded a 5 minute audition video in
the hope to move to the second stage of auditions.
We wish both Angel and Akosita the best of luck as
they look to proudly represent our school at this
outstanding showcase event.
Ms Collins
HT CAPA
50th Anniversary Celebrations
Intergenerational lunch
The CAPA faculty have begun the preparations for
our contributions to the 50th Anniversary
celebrations here at Granville South CAPA HS.
Ensemble classes will have a big part to play in
the events we will hold throughout term 3 to
celebrate our schools achievement over the last
50 years.
On Thursday 7th April, 4 students accompanied
Principal Melissa Johnston to Auburn Girls High
School for a lunch funded by Auburn Council. This
enabled senior members of the community to
dine with youth and engage in discussion.
The Visual Arts Ensemble have designed and
started work on a large mural that will be hung in
A Block. Students lucky enough to have their
Visual Arts classes in B10 will get to see how this
piece progresses, but everyone else will need to
wait until it’s unveiled at our Open Day. The
Senior Music Ensemble have also been hard at
work writing and recording two school songs with
help from Matt and Chris at Granville Youth and
Community Centre. These students are also
working on a documentary film that outlines the
process involved in this project.
Josefa Toga, Karim Jebara, Maryam El-Ahmad and
Iasinita Fangupo represented our school at this
event.
For regular updates on the happenings in the
CAPA faculty make sure you “like” and follow the
GSCAPAHS Facebook page.
PDHPE Faculty
Year 11 Crossroads – Wheelchair Basketball
A compulsory part of Year 11 study this year is
the completion of the BOSTES required course
‘Crossroads’. Crossroads is a course that aims to
teach Year 11 students about health issues that
young people face at this important ‘crossroads’
in their life, when they are nearing the end of
adolescence and about to embark on the next
stage of their lives as young adults. Issues
discussed include road safety, resilience, alcohol
and drug use and mental health.
Under the organisation of PDHPE faculty member
Mr Latulipe, Year 11 students, as part of their
Crossroads course, were given the exciting
opportunity to participate in the highly
entertaining activity of Wheelchair Basketball.
After an insightful presentation from NSW
Wheelchair sports on the importance of being
safe on the roads and in particular, refraining
from ‘texting’ while driving, Year 11 students
participated in a Wheelchair Basketball
competition in the school canteen. Students
thoroughly enjoyed this experience and where
highly enthusiastic about participating in an
activity outside their comfort zone. A big
thank you to Mr Latulipe for his organisation,
NSW Wheelchair Sports for their time and Year
11 for their outstanding participation and
behaviour.
David White
Head Teacher PDHPE
Parent Discussion Morning Tea
In my role as CLO, I can
organise information session
on topics of interest for
parents.
I would like to invite parents to attend a
discussion Morning Tea to find out what is of
interest to our parents. The morning tea will be
held on Tuesday 10th May 2016 from 10:00am –
12.00 noon
We have a number of community organisations
that are able to assist in providing information
sessions on different topics. I will be inviting
these providers to attend our Parents Discussion
Morning Tea.
Please contact May Jouni on 9892 2654 during
school hours.
Dear parents
You are cordially invited to a:
Mother’s Day Morning Tea
Where: A Block (common room)
When: Thursday 19th May
Time: 10:00am -12:00pm
RSVP May Jouni: 98922654
The Young Worker Toolkit - The Australian
Government has a website to help you
find information about your workplace
rights and obligations Visit
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/
MoneySmart Rookie Campaign Learn
more about managing your money,
moving out of home, studying, budgeting,
credit cards, debt and more. Visit:
www.moneysmart.gov.au/life-events-andyou/under-25s
RESUME Template - Available in Careers
office.
Need a TAX FILE NUMBER: Do you have a
tax file number (TFN)? If you don’t, you
will need one soon- for employment,
youth allowance or for the Higher
Education Contribution Scheme (HECS).
Schools no longer process the Tax File
form. The application process requires you
to apply online and visit your nearest
Australian Post Office. For more
information visit:
https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Taxfile-number/
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2016 Term 1 Issue 1 - Granville South Creative and Performing Arts

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