Community: WWS Foundation’s Bush Dance... New Student Orientation 2020

In the final stages of major School events that harness the energy, expertise, commitment and good humour of our entire community it is the perfect time to pause and reflect on our collective good fortune: to belong – to be needed – and to have the opportunity to contribute to the success and wellbeing of others – as hosts, supporters and volunteers. The old Irish proverb that says, ‘We live in the shelter of each other’ and the African philosophy of happiness expressed in the adage, ‘I am, because we are’, are helpful reminders of our personal responsibility to reach out and connect and to step forward to play our part. The practice afforded to students over these next few days is intentional and far-reaching and we are grateful to parents and to our teachers for setting such a powerful, visible example of service, for students.

Thank you in advance to all who are supporting our hosting of new families and new students at Orientation 2020 and to all who are involved in some way in the 2019 Bush Dance.

Please see ‘The Big Top 2019’ tomorrow @  Frensham1913 Instagram – installed this week on the Games Field

AND: for further details re the Bush Dance:
https://www.frensham.nsw.edu.au/community/invest-in-the-future/foundation-events

Acknowledgement to:

• ICAS Writing Competition Medal Recipients - Grace Lewis and Harriet Mackie (Year 10) and Mia Horsfall (Year 11). For 2019, ICAS Medals will be presented to (6) Year 10 students in NSW and to (4) Year 11 students in NSW – the students who shared the highest result in the competition in their year group in NSW - within the 1% of students who gained a High Distinction nationally.
   
• Frensham ICAS High Distinction and Distinction recipients: Digital Technologies: Distinction: Sophie Simpson (Year 7), Summer Oxley (Year 8), Emily Senior (Year 9), Grace Lewis (Year 10); Science: Distinction: Poppy Carter, Sophie Simpson (Year 7), Bella Cay; (Year 8), Maya Basson, Zoe Gallagher (Year 9), Grace Lewis, Harriet Mackie, Eleanor Swan (Year 10); High Distinction: Caitlin Quinn; Mathematics: Distinction: Sophie Simpson (Year 7), Megan Syme (Year 8), Matilda Arnott (Year 9), Grace Lewis, Caitlin Quinn (Year 10); English: Distinction: Sophie Simpson, Sidney Wheeler (Year 7), Bella Cay, Sophie Hassall, Augusta Muir (Year 8), Matilda Arnott, Maya Basson, Lucy Booth, Zoe Gallagher, Polly Whitwell (Year 9), Jessica Billett, Eliza Friend, Harriet Mackie, Madeleine Mulligan (Year 10); High Distinction: Grace Lewis, Sophie Perkins; Writing: Distinction: Cate Horsfall, Zara Maple-Brown, Lucy Molineux, Eva Telford, Sidney Wheeler (Year 7), Monique Andersson, Elise Davies, Pia D’Rozario (Year 8), Ankitha Avvari, Maya Basson, Zoe Gallagher, Olivia Laverty, Matilda Walker (Year 9), Erin Alcorn, Grace Amos, Emma Jancewicz, Eleanor Swan (Year 10); High Distinction: Grace Lewis, Harriet Mackie (Year 10), Mia Horsfall (Year 11);
   
• Gib Gate ICAS Award recipients: Digital Technologies: Distinction: Adele Trudeau (Year 4)Science: Year 3: High Distinction: Mae Gilkeson; Distinction: Lachlan Dormer, Edward Vilo (Year 3), Adele Trudeau (Year 4), Jack Davies (Year 5), Georgina Lewis (Year 6); Mathematics: Distinction: Emma Stedman (Year 2), Lachlan Dormer, Edward Vilo (Year 3), Sofia Nesci, Ruby Rodgers (Year 4), Jack Davies (Year 5), Georgina Lewis (Year 6); English: High Distinction: Mathilda Muir (Year 2); Distinction: Aliyah Mhanna (Year 2), Iman Byrne, Ruby Rodgers, Adele Trudeau (Year 4), Jack Davies, York Doyle, Olivia Quilty (Year 5), Sophie Alexander (Year 6); Writing: High Distinction: Isla McVinish (Year 4), Olivia Quilty (Year 5), Elizabeth Shadbolt (Year 6); Distinction: Mae Gilkeson, Summer Johns, Matilda Spong (Year 3), Annika Basson, Amelia Blackshaw, Iman Byrne, Eloise O’Shanassy, Ruby Rodgers (Year 4), Chloe Dent, Scarlett Shadbolt (Year 5), Isabella Barber, Sophie Goodisson, Georgina Lewis (Year 6);
   
• The AHIGS Festival of Speech Drama Troupe, placing 4^th of 26 schools in the highly competitive Senior Drama section;
   
• Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Silver awardees: Ella Haydock, Brodie van Egmond (Year 11); Ella Clark, Sachi Darling, Sophie Perkins, Georgia Shakeshaft (Year 10);
   
• Frensham Schools Equestrian Team members for their success at recent competitions.

2020 Student Orientation: Thursday 31 October overnight to Friday afternoon 1 November
For the 74 students enrolled to start high school or join us in Years 7-10 from 2020, we are pleased to be welcoming almost 50 families new to Frensham Schools. We are grateful in advance to the staff team responsible for planning and hosting Orientation and to the current boarders who will ‘move beds’ to facilitate our hosting of new students within Hartfield and Kennedy Houses. 

Staffing Update
I am pleased to advise that Mrs Darrya Foster RN has this week accepted the position of Head of the Health Centre (Acting), replacing Mrs Virginia Kidd RN whom we thank for her management of the Health Centre from the start of the year, following Cathie Weaver’s retirement at the end of 2018.

Past Student News – re Katie Stewart (2013)
Katie’s ceramic installation, Spilt Imprint, is part of the 2019 Exhibition Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. Katie is currently studying a B Fine Arts (sculpture) at the National Art School.

Image: Katie Stewart, ‘Spilt Imprint’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2019. Photo: Clyde Yee.

Julie Gillick
Head of Frensham
Head of Frensham Schools