The Rossmoyne Quarterly Term 4 2020

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY A TERM IN REVIEW TERM 4, 2020

123 Staff and 2 Students 3 5 Ms Heberle’s Principal Address Incoming Head Girl and Head Boy House Captains for 2021 Aspiration & 7 Achievement 13 Aspiration and Excellence Awards Years 11, 12 and VET 15 Mathematics & Technologies 17 Arts & Humanities 19 Health, Physical Educations & Volleyball 21 English and Science 23 Languages Student Spotlight Term 25 26 Highlights 27 Staff and Community Student Leadership 29 Spotlight Weeks 31 Extra and co-curricular 37 School Events, Carnivals and Excursions A Term in Pictures Rossmoyne Senior High School staff and students respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Noongar Whadjuk people. It is a privilege to be living and learning on Noongar Whadjuk country. We also acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal Australians and non-Aboriginal Australians to the education of all children and people in this wonderful country we live in and share - Australia. 1

Phew! We made it. The last day of Term 4 is always a time of reflection. It has been pleasing that this term we have been able to celebrate the outstanding successes and achievements of our students: performances, festivals, numerous prizes won and excellent results, both inside and out of school. Most importantly we have enjoyed the opportunity to connect with others through a variety of events and celebrations. I feel as though I continue to come back to the ‘post COVID’ talk often in my speeches and addresses recently. This year has changed the perspectives of many people, including staff, students and the world population as a whole. While we have lived and are continuing to live through a pandemic, we have been exceptionally lucky that from a school perspective we can now do almost everything we might like to do. We are still limited by the number of parents we can have at indoor events and there are no interstate or international tours on the horizon. All in all, these are minor restrictions that I hope, across 2021, will be reconsidered. There have been many positives in 2020. There is a refreshed global mindset in which gratefulness for family, friends, our health, working as a team, and building community are all front and centre. I am proud of our school and of what we have achieved this year. We have been able to provide opportunity for students to continue to strive for their personal bests in a stable, calm and reliable environment. This Quarterly reflects the outstanding achievements, successes and contributions of our students. In spite of everything that has been thrown at us, the Rossmoyne SHS culture remains strong. As we move into the summer holidays and festivities, this year of all years, I wish you a restful and safe break that is filled with family, food, sun, and many happy memories. Thank you to the entire student population for another wonderful term, and massive gratitude to the RSHS families who supported Milanna Heberlethem along the way. See you all in the new year. RSHS Principal Ms Milanna Heberle 2 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

Student Leaders ... from the incoming ... from the incoming Head Girl Head Boy What a year 2020 has been. My name “Make everyday a little less ordinary” is Erin Peoples and I am Rossmoyne’s The problem with this quote is that Head Girl for 2021, I am honored to every day this year wasn’t just a little be taking on this role as I have seen less ordinary, we had the extraordinary the amazing work our previous head situations of awkward online classes, students have done. I respect our getting settled into our first real exams school community and as we end and realising we had become the the year, I hope these connections oldest students in Rossmoyne Senior remain over the break and next year is High School. What can I say? This year fantastic. has been truly magical… For the Year 11s, starting senior The magic of COVID-19 was that it school has been eventful and exciting, changed our perception of time. Those especially having to mature in order to two weeks spent in quarantine felt like adapt to disruptions and learn to a timeless loop of ‘wake up, eat, sleep self-motivate in our chosen classes. and repeat’, but when we look back at ATAR students have survived our first it, it’s a gap of accelerated time within and second lot of exams and VET our memories. It was a tough time for students have had their first taste of teachers and students. The fact that TAFE and work placement. we simply do not remember anything As we head into the summer holidays, we are now given the chance to reflect on the past year, did we give it our all? What do we want to try or improve for next year? Enjoy this break and use your time to strengthen connections and build new ones. Have a fun, safe and memorable holiday so we can all come back in February refreshed and ready for another year at Rossmoyne. E Prin eoples Head Girl 2021 Above: 2021 Year 12 Student Councillors 3

during this period proves that online studying and our own wellbeing. It learning was difficult. Teachers had was a traumatic experience. Semester technical issues with the setup of two exams seemed to go better in the software and applications while terms of understanding how to juggle students on the other hand (quoting between study and rest. Perhaps we from those who couldn’t attend) had finally learnt that the world had not yet “internet problems”. ended? Maintaining balance is key to In trying times and through suffering, enjoying high school, and I hope in however, we learn to adapt, overcome Year 12 we learn how to master this as and survive. Essentially, surviving the well as we’ve mastered our arts during quarantine period meant that many of quarantine. us came out as culinary connoisseurs, The supernatural occurred when Year baffling bakers and artists equal to 12s graduated. The school finally had van Gogh. They say in a pandemic, peace and quiet. For those of us who those who survive gain some sort had looked up to many of the Year 12s, of immunity. What did we gain? An we were now taking the mantle. We immunity to boredom and wasting had officially become the oldest within time! And that’s definitely something the school. Of course, for the sake of we need to march through to Year 12 preserving our invaluable youth, we with. don’t plan on becoming adults just Exams cast a terrible spell on all of yet, but realising that we are the role us. Days spent without sleep, hours models of Rossmoyne Senior High and hours of sitting. Our bodies School pushed us to mature… Well, ached and many of us mistakenly that is what we thought. Apparently a believed the end of the world was group of Year 11s were sighted playing near after every exam. In the first four-square (or handball - an extremely semester, many of us had no clue popular game amongst Year 7s and 8s) as to how to balance our focus on in the ex-year 12 quad... Perhaps, we never plan to say goodbye to our youth and wish to relive our Year 7 energetic selves once again? At this rate, it seems we won’t be regretting our youth! Apart from all that magic, we all were able to learn something from this unique year. While we definitely have a lot more to learn next year, for now we’ve got our well deserved holiday break… A tip for any Year 11s, please don’t push yourselves too hard in the holidays with studies - learn to relax for the sake of next year! Finally, let’s also hope next year isn’t Mike Kohquite as extraordinary as this one. Head Boy 2021 4 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

Student Leaders House Captains 2021 A House Captain’s role is to be a positive role model, and an approachable, helpful leader to members of their house. Captains demonstrate house pride, encourage involvement in house events, and support house activities and school events including fundraising and social events. This term, our 2021 House Captains were named. Congratulations to... Ross MacNeill Stewart Barra Caleb Koh, Neev Kashmir, Celine Chong, Eshaa Delal, Angad Bhullar, Alec Windham, Vanessa Miller, Esha Karkhanis, Marcus Tang, Eu Jin Looi, Jack Della-Marta, Alexander Hutt, Pavi Gullapalli, Sarah Razee, Deborah Chen, Eddy Matkovic, Tara Aziz, Kelly Yang, Emelia Cupitt, Rutvi Upadhyay, Sasfras Quek, Evie Daniels Peake, Diya Mathews, Tara Churi. Reana Bose, Nidhi Wilson Kavya Narayan, Dhanya Gajendran, Shavini Dias, Julia Singarajah, Anu Ponnampalam, Anushka Amin, Ishita Jadhav, Elise Powel. Shakthi Angusamy. Acasia Lee. Ross House Captains 2021 MacNeill House Captains 2021 with House Leaders Mr Withers and Mr Serra 5

The newly named House Captains hosted their first homeroom activity with a simple ‘Capture the Flag’ session on the school ovals in Week 4. Stewart House Captains 2021 with House Barra House Captains 2021 with House Leaders Mr Md Diyal and Ms Miragliotta Leaders Ms Armstrong and Ms Patrick 6 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & A Semester Two - Year Twelve iCARE Subject Awards Integrity - Cameron Daggers Connection - Danny Huang CAVE Aspiration - Anna Rogers Respect - Aaron Burns Career and Enterprise (ATAR) Excellence - Haniya Cheema Hannah Burt Career and Enterprise (General) Special Ananya Williams Awards Murdoch University Flexitrack Aayush Sahni Institute of Chartered Curtin University Uni Ready Accountants Award Izaac Avia (Accounting): Vedant Shah Certificate II Community Services Shya Hedgman Arts Medallion: Dayle D’Mello English Einstein Award - Physical English (ATAR) Science: Ashima Gupta Amira Moriff English (General) Einstein Award - Biological Ananya Williams Science: Kin Feng Ng English ALD (ATAR) Meher Virik Ellen Barnes Multicultural Literature (ATAR) Award: Christy Lee Harshita Sharma Humanities and Social Sciences Isaac Newton Award Dux Mathematics: Kelly Nam Accounting and Finance (ATAR) Vedant Shah CK Bain Year 12 Music Award: Certificate III in Business Melissa Cui Holly Richards Economics (ATAR) Future Innovators Australian Sheida Rohani Defence Force Award: Natalie Geography (ATAR) Chua Samarah Siddique Modern History (ATAR) Long Tan Australian Defence Jude Kamalddin Force Award: Charlie Politics and Law (ATAR) Jenkinson Anna Rogers Psychology (ATAR) Caltex All-Rounder Award: Eliza Keays and Charisse Neo Harrison Reilly Health and Physical Education Certificate II in Sport and Recreation Hannah Walker Health Studies (ATAR) Estelle Chan and Adrianna Mohd Azuiddin Physical Education Studies (ATAR) Toby Field Languages Chinese: BL (ATAR) Winnie You Chinese: First Language (ATAR) Yuanping Lin 7

ACHIEVEMENT Chinese: SL (ATAR 12) Music (ATAR) Sarah Lee Kin Feng Ng Khanh-Linh Le Melissa Cui Angel Ng Malavika Panicker French: SL (ATAR) Visual Arts (ATAR) Alina Rizvi Anna Rogers Jude Kamalddin Amira Moriff Harshita Sharma Samarah Siddique German: SL (ATAR) Visual Arts (General) Darryl Tan Ingrid Dell Bobby Zheng Outstanding Achievement Japanese: SL (ATAR) High Christy Lee Amira Moriff Kelly Nam Mathematics Mineth Perera Vedant Shah AchievementMathematics Applications (ATAR) Mei Thomson Sophie Allison Oorja Verma Mathematics Essential Carly Arbuckle Sanuga Wijesuriya Carly Arbuckle Dayle D’Mello Winnie You Mathematics Methods (ATAR) Haylee Dean Kelly Nam Daniel Edward High Mathematics Specialist (ATAR) Alysha Ely Aspiration Melissa Cui Nicole Gifford Science Jude Kamalddin Archana Ashok Abigail Lim Timor Attmar Chemistry (ATAR) Gabriella McCourt Dillon Aung Thein Vedant Shah Shariah Richardson Tia Chamberlain Biology (ATAR) Coralie Rosette Kehan De Silva Kin Feng Ng Jed Zammar Daniel Edward Human Biology (ATAR) Sophie Allison Alysha Ely Alina Rizvi Bhargav Chigati Nicole Gifford Human Biology (General) Megan Chow Danny Huang Tim Stone Alvin Chung Irteza Kamrul Physics (ATAR) Sophia Cruz Joan Kirimi Elva Chiu Prachee Ghantala Monica Koirala Technologies Ashima Gupta Lachlan Lake Krithik Hari Bhaskar Hui Wen Liew Certificate II in Hospitality Danny Huang Thomas Lisandro Kenny Soeriaatmadja Antony Jojo Aloka Meththasinghe Arachchige Applied Information Technologies (G) Theresia Klarissa David Oyewopo Aayush Sahni Katie Lambert Jaanvi Patel Food Science and Technology (G) Wesley Lau Rishi Prakash Tahlia Hunter Jonathan Lim Divya Ravindran Computer Science (ATAR) Michelle Pham Coralie Rosette Ryan Ngaw Meher Virik Lucy Shaxson Food Science and Technology (ATAR) Edwina Wahba Sam Smitheman Natalie Chua Tom Soto-Kitcher Crt II Information Dig Media & Tech Khephy Trehan Raj Virupaksha Jonathan Lim Edwina Wahba Jadyn Wong ExcellenceMaterials, Design and Tech: Metal (G) Daniel Yoo Luigi Silva Winnie You The Arts Rachel Chen Elva Chiu Dance (General) Bilal Gufran Ella Loneragan Charisse Neo Design: Photography (General) Sheida Rohani Paranjal Khurana Amos Tan Dance (ATAR) Dylan To Anneliese Dinsdale Bharat Tripathi Drama ATAR Elyssa Chan Dayle D’Mello Jamie Chin Media P and A (General) Melissa Cui Erwin Thomas Toby Field Media Production and Analysis (A) Keeley Gee Haniya Cheema Chloe Lee-Steere 8 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & A Semester Two - Year Eleven iCARE Subject Awards Integrity - Imogen Tighe Connection - Lily Bethell Dance (General) Aspiration - Hishaam Mir Chloe Coules Respect - Mathu Inthunesan Dance (ATAR) Excellence - Matthew Parker Faith Tang Drama (ATAR) Special Haylee Nguyen Awards Design Photography (General) Hishaam Mir Faraday Medallion Biological Visual Arts (General) Sciences: Emma Wang Amanda Tung Visual Arts (ATAR) Faraday Medallion Physical Maralee Newing Sciences: Abilaash Kugathasan Media Production & Analysis (ATAR Maralee Newing Isaac Newton Award: Abilaash Music (ATAR) Kugathasan Alice Zhang English ATAR Dux: Kathy Satyawan English (General) VET Dux: Imogen Tighe Lili Huntly English (General) Imogen Tighe English (ATAR) Sean Kong Literature (ATAR) Elise Hilder EnglishALD (ATAR) Alice Zhang Humanities and Social Sciences Accounting and Finance (ATAR Daniel Liu Economics (ATAR) Elise Hilder Modern History (ATAR) Jemimah Fok Politics and Law (ATAR) Sean Kong Psychology (ATAR) Ahinsa Abeyratne Psychology (General) Faith Schulze Certificate III in Business Caitlyn Mossop Languages Chinese: BL (ATAR) Ashlee Kong Chinese: FL (ATAR) Tommy Hu Chinese: Second Language (ATAR) 9

ACHIEVEMENT Pavi Gullapalli Materials, Design & Tech: Theviya Kodisbaran Year 12 Chinese: SL (ATAR) Metals (G) Daniel Liu Chenuli Ekanayake Lockie Arts Sam Loffler French: Second Language (ATAR) Applied Information Tech (A) Raven Longbottom Theviya Kodisbaran Matthew Parker Monica Rallabhandi Year 12 French: SL (ATAR) Computer Science (ATAR) Hari Ravichandran Cyrus Amaria Matthew Parker Desmond Soo German: Second Language (ATAR) Food Science and Tech (G) Kavinmoli Sorubarajan Desmond Soo Maria Binu Emma Wang Japanese: Second Language (ATAR) Food Science and Tech (ATAR) Kelly Yang Monica You Emma Wang Estelle Chan Cert II Info, Dig Media & Tech Alice Zhang Year 12 Japanese: SL (ATAR) Liam Fu Annie Chen Matthew Parker Maddie Moon Career and Vocational Education Certificate II Hospitality Career and Enterprise (G) Bronte Daggers Outstanding Imogen Tighe Achievement Career and Enterprise (ATAR) High Daniel Liu Achievement Cyrus Amaria Certificate II Community Services Jemimah Fok Parmida Aghdasi Georgia Egginton Isabelle Heo Curtin Uni Ready Ranudi Maha Marakkalage Elise Hilder Alyssa Hamersley Heather Batalin-Lovell Reeva Khandelwal Workplace Learning Award Joshua Beck Sean Kong Blayde Kirkby Lily Bethell Abilaash Kugathasan Health and Phys Ed Vera Chin Julian Lee William Clapin Diya Mathews Certificate III Sport and Recreation Brooke Clegg Vanessa Miller Stephanie Mews Sebastian Dube Ronan Ng Health Studies (ATAR) Chenuli Ekanayake Zak Plewright Dylan Morris Haresh Gounder Anu Ponnampalam Physical Education Studies (ATAR) Tommy Hu Kathy Satyawan Julian Lee Mathu Inthunesan Imogen Tighe Physical Education Studies (G) Neev Kashmir Louis Taylor Ashlee Kong High Mathematics Siobhan Lake Aspiration Jiaxin Lim Mathematics Essential (General) Haylee Nguyen Imogen Tighe Sophie Jackson Gabby Pinheiro de Moraes Raven Longbottom Mathematics Applications (ATAR) Chloe Poi Luke Petite Bronte Daggers Aaron Venkatesh Neev Kashmir Mathematics Methods (ATAR) Alec Windham Sean O’Brien Abilaash Kugathasan Damien Zhang Parmida Aghdasi Mathematics Specialist (ATAR) Jason Low Samuel Kok Abilaash Kugathasan Zoe Savidis Enrichson Paris Science LeeAnne Tan Biology (ATAR) Sean Kong Human Biology (General) Dylan Morris Excellence Henry Zhang Human Biology (ATAR) Tharushi Kannangara Koralalage Ronan Ng Lockie Arts Physics (ATAR) Estelle Chan Abilaash Kugathasan Annie Chen Chemistry (ATAR) Emelia Cupitt Abilaash Kugathasan Siluni Bambarande Gammacharige Don Technologies Materials, Design & Tech: Wood (G) Tharushi Kannangara Koralalage Eleanor Green James Pilkington 10 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & A VET Achievements Written by Mr Shane Lucas, Head of Career and Enterprise and VET Coordinator. 2020 Wrap Up A big congratulations to all of our 68 Year 12 VET Transition students who completed their courses in 2020. Despite the significant difficulties imposed by COVID (as it impacted school, TAFE and their work placements), they all finished their qualifications and achieved WACE. Joshua Edwards completing workplace Twelve have started apprenticeships, learning at Redbird Creative 44 are eligible for University entry (many have received early offers) and others are in employment or continuing their TAFE studies. We are proud of all of you. Shannon Cheong completing workplace Kelsey Buchanan, Keanu learning Wizard Pharmacy Haddow, Jake Jarvis, King David Oyewopo, Olivia Thomson and Hoachim Elancal completing workplace Eden Wintz were all successful in learning at Precision Auto Care the first phase of the SCSA awards. All progressed to the second stage – the panel interview, where they had the opportunity to personally tell their story to industry representatives. We now await good news in late December, and hope the fantastic effort ALL our students put in this year can be recognised through these six representatives. One result we already know! Eden Wintz was judged the best student in the Business and Financial Services, Information and Communications Technology category. Eden was shortlisted for the Beazley Medal (VET) and attended another panel interview with SCSA and industry representatives in early 11

ACHIEVEMENT December. We wish her all the Looking ahead best. Just getting this far is a major achievement! Congratulations to the 52 current Our Year 11 group has settled into Year 10 students who have been the program and embraced the accepted into the VET Program for three days at school, one day at 2021. TAFE and one day in the workplace (despite the COVID challenges). Students will be engaged in a wide range of courses including Students in one year courses have trades, Business, Education, Health completed their certificates and Sciences, Community Services, have commenced (in the majority of Film, Animation and Hospitality. cases) their Certificate IV’s. Others have finished pre-apprenticeship We also have four students who courses and have begun their will complete a Certificate IV in apprenticeships while staying at Information Technology by Term 3 school to complete Year 12. in Year 11 (giving them an ATAR of 70) and a Diploma by Term 3 of Year Jenny Kim completed the 12 (ATAR equivalent of 84). These Certificate II in Kitchen clever students then go directly into Operations and is now employed Second Year University completing (while still attending Rossmoyne a Bachelor of Science (Cyber SHS ) at The Fig as an apprentice Security, Information Technology). chef. Jenny is paid, attends TAFE and is also working extra shifts to Our current group moving into Year fast track her apprenticeship. She 12 in 2021 have been fantastic and will easily complete the first year by set themselves up nicely to have the end of Year 12. an outstanding year. They will be joined by a number of new Year Other Year 11s have also impressed 12s who have smartly determined their employers and have been what they are currently doing isn’t offered (and taken) full time working, and taken hold of an apprenticeships. Congratulations to excellent opportunity in the VET Luke Petite and Riley Rudzinski program. We now have 46 students who are leaving this year. Mathew in our Year 12 group. Gardiner is also leaving us to take up a full time position at TAFE. We are all looking forward to an exciting and rewarding 2021! Congratulations also to Blayde Kirby who won the Work S Lhane ucas Place Learning Award after a stellar year in a Civil Construction workplace and to Imogen Tighe who won the Year 11 VET DUX. 12 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & MathACHIEVEMENT Australian Maths Competition Five Prize Top Honour awards, 25 High Distinctions and 82 Distinctions went to Rossmoyne students as a result of another great effort in the Australian Maths Competition this term! Congratulations to Distinctions: our five top Prize students: Shriesh Senthilkumarr, Keerthish Suresh, Oolka Verma, Aiden Amy Khoo, Ivy Cu, Evan Hee, Billing, Matthias Chim, Taylor Hagen Seah and Zhewei Hu. Ma, Swara Ubale, Karthik-reddy Boddu, Jathush Pradeepan, High Distinctions: Lyana Tacadena, Vincent Chai ,Yi Xuen Loh, Kevin Susanto, Verron Goh, Ryan Widjaya, Ashwini Vengadasalam, Sean Chan, Seryna Xiao, Daniel Samriddha Bhetwal, Angela Guo, Liu, Kieran Aziz, Sithumini Yuchan Jung, Joanna Tacadena, Kanapeddala Gamage, Matthew Olivia Seet, Clarise Wong, Imogen Yao, Avinash Ilanko, Sam Hirschberg, Juneyong Park, Dickinson, Kaveeshan Mohanram, Daniel Xu, Sarah Yap and Nico Jamie Rogers, Harrison Young, Zhao. David Oh, Seth Chong, Tarun Inthunesan, Xavier Kuang, Benjamin Teo, Zudi Ni, Kelly Chen, Diviyadharshini Murugan, Mahsa Huq, Matthew Loffler, Kai Chen Chai and Cyrus Amaria. Have Sum Fun Maths Competition Week 2 saw six RSHS Congratulations to: teams compete at the annual Have Sum Fun ‘The Raptors’ for placing 3rd maths problem-solving in the Junior category (and for competition. a great performance in their 1st ‘Sum fun’ was had by place tie-breaker). all! It was a closely run ‘The Rumble’ for placing 4th in race throughout the the Junior category and winning four rounds and final their tie-breaker. placings came down ‘The Sabres’ for placing 3rd in to the tie-breaker the Intermediate category. question. 13

hematics WA Junior Maths Olympiad In Week 3 RSHS Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 Mathematics Honours and Extension students participated in the annual WA Junior Maths Olympiad. The Olympiad consists of both individual and team competitions. Merit Award Excellence Award: Recipients: Awarded to Year 9s Mahsa Huq, Krittika Meghani, Tarun Inthunesan Evan Hee was awarded equal and Xavier Kuang for their excellent work as a team. second place for the Data Analysis Australia Excellence Award. Hagen Seah was awarded a Data Analysis Australia Merit Award. Tarun Inthunesan and Sean Chan were both awarded Merit Prizes. Technologies Annual CO2 Dragster Competition Year 9 Archie Taylor was the overall winner of the annual CO2 Dragsters WA Competition in October. Archie secured the third overall win in a row for RSHS! Big congratulations also go to our other place getters; Dulina Gamage, for second place in the Outlaw Division; Stephin Sebastian, for third place in the Racing A Division; and Daniel Kwon & Harry La Thangue for second place in Racing B Division. These students all worked hard to research, design and craft their CO2 Dragsters. 14 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & PerfoACHIEVEMENT National History Challenge In November eight As a collective, the Congratulations: RSHS students were Rossmoyne group won Asia and Australia Category State recognised for their nine of the awards on Winners: Chantel Lai & Grace Thong. outstanding at the offer across both year State Ceremony for group and special Democracy Matters Category State the National History categories. and National Winner: Challenge. In order to achieve this Jemima Pinto-Menezes our students have outshone thousands of Democracy Matters Category State students from around Finalists: WA and Australia. Jonathan Yoo and Ryan Tham Whilst RSHS has a history of high Indigenous Category State Finalists: achievement at Gurleen Kaur Virdi and Cinta Aji NHC, this year was particularly special as Year 10 Category State Finalists: Jemima Pinto-Menzes Chantel Lai and Grace Thong took out the WA Young Historian for 2020. Year 7 Category State Winner: Read more about Jemima Pinto-Menezes Jemima’s success at NHC in the ‘Student Year 9 Category State Winner: Spotlight’ on Page 27. Hagen Seah Humanities & Social Sciences 15

orming and Visual Arts Act Belong Commit Awards Canning Art Show 2020 November saw the “Our ‘Caronie Land’ Rossmoyne Senior dance piece is based Rossmoyne student High School ‘Caronie on the comedy movie photographers Aleya Land’ dance video ZombieLand. During Azlee Voon (Year 7) entry to YohFest the quarantine period, and Adam Azlee Voon named a winner (Year 9) took out of an we found that a lot Champion prizes at Act of our friends the Canning Art Show. Belong Commit felt lonely and Below: Aleya and Adam’s Health isolated at photo are fantastic creative Award. representations of techniques home. One way learnt in Design Photography that helped to distract us from the scary reality was to watch Earlier in October Justin Wilson, Daniel Chan and Tegan McCafferty placed 4th in the Act- Belong-Commit Commercial competition with their video piece that addressed and shared a very important wellbeing message about mental health, being active and staying connected. Australian contest for secondary Geography school students Competition across the country that assesses Evan Hee was in their geographical the top 1% of his knowledge and skills. year group for In 2021, Evan may the second year have the opportunity running in the 2020 to travel interstate Australian Geography and overseas with Competition. The the competition if he competition is a qualifies at the same level again. 16 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & ACHIEVEMENT Interschool Athletics The 2020 Interschool Athletics Carnival (SSWA Final Point Tally A Division Track & Field Carnival) took place in Carine SHS 1787 Week 2 of Term 4 and saw Rossmoyne Senior Rossmoyne SHS 1684 High School achieve 1684 points, the highest on Churchlands SHS 1607 record for the school. Despite the tremendous Shenton College 1421 effort on the scoreboard, Carine Senior High Kelmscott SHS 1129 School managed to pip us at the post to come John Curtin CoA 1049 away with the win. Rossmoyne finished at Woodvale SC 974 second place, a feat that hasn’t been managed Melville SHS 944 since 2002. Congratulations to all RSHS athletes, Applecross SHS 708 and competing athletes from the other schools – it was a great day and an incredible display of Individual Standout Athletes athleticism and sportsmanship from all involved. Yr 7 Champion boy Highlights of the day included our Year 7 Boys Angus Clearwater 130 pts relay team setting a new record of 49.96 seconds, Yr 7 Runner Up Girl beating the old record of 51.48 seconds which Chanumi Weerasinghe - 57 pts was set by another RSHS team in 2018. Yr 8 Runner Up Boy Harry Robins - 57 pts Yr 8 Champion Girl Evelyn John Jimmy - 102 pts Yr 9 Champion Boys Logan Burns - 42 pts and Father Abraham Oyewopo - 42 pts Yr 10 Champion Girl Phoebe Lewis - 56 pts Year 11 & Over Runner Up Boy Elphan John Jimmy - 58 pts Year 11 & over Runner Up Girl Vanessa Miller - 66 pts State Team Selections After three days of fierce competition at the WA All Schools Championships, Rossmoyne Senior High School students Xavier Miller, Vanessa Miller, Evelyn John Jimmy, Angus Clearwater, Elphan John Jimmy, Harry Robins and Myka Richards were selected for the 2020 WA State All Schools Team! 17

Health and Physical Education VWA Awards WAJVL Finals The WA Volleyball Community The WA Volleyball Junior League gathered for the 2020 Volley Finals took place in October and Awards in October. Rossmoyne Finals Night saw eight RSHS teams SHS was again well represented compete, with two divisions featuring and huge congratulations go out a Rossmoyne vs Rossmoyne final. to Indoor Junior Female Player Well done to the Year 8 Boys Black of the Year Caitlin Whincup, 2019 and Year 10 Girls Black for finishing AVL Women MVP and International with gold medal placings, and to Indoor Player of the Year Jennifer Year 8 Boys White, Year 8 Girls Black Sadler, Superleague Reserve Male and Year 9 Girls Black for their silver MVP Damon Lewis. To have our medal finishes. current and former students both recognised for their contributions ATA Tour to the sport is a great example of the connection and community the The best beach volleyballers from school has developed. around WA compete across a series of weekend events at the ATA Tour. WA Beach Cup This round we had seven students competing across various divisions, Results: & Brooke McKenzie with special mention going to Phoebe Year 7/8 Boys A- Silver Lewis who won a Gold Medal in the Year 11/12 Boys- Gold Medal: Corey Lewis, Competitive Women’s division. Medal:Qi Den Kuan & Michael Ojo, Ben Danyl Mathews Della-Marta & Mitchell Year 11/12 Girls- Gold Kukura Medal:Hannah Walker & Year 7/8 Girls A- Gold Alysha Ely Medal: Ava Tweedie, Year 9/10 Boys A- Silver Year 7/8 Girls A- Silver Medal: Kiefer Lake, Kyle Medal: Zafirah Lerno, Malone, Riley London & Natalie Lim, Georgia Logan Burns Hamer & Alicia Fogwill. Year 9/10 Girls B- Gold Medal:Isabelle Kumkar, Vuyi Moyo, Gowri Menon 18 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & ASPACHIEVEMENT IREEnglish Young Minds Short Story Competition and WA Youth Theatre Program Year 10 student and Creative Writing Club member Catherine Bolland was recognised for her literary talent this term as a shortlisted finalist for the Canning Libraries 2020 Young Minds Short Story Competition. Term 4 saw Catherine take part in a Young Minds workshop, where she further developed her competition entry piece. In a busy term for Catherine, she was also accepted for the WA Youth Theatre Company’s WriteNow program, gaining the opportunity to work with professional Western Australian playwrights to hone in on her writing skills for theatre. Catherine Bolland has been recognised for her Sanyo, Praneeath, Reshan, Vedika, Sathmi, Sarah, G theatre and story writing talents. were all smiles at the STS award presentations. 19

P- ScienceScience Talent Search National BHP At this year’s Science Talent Search, Foundation Science & E every RSHS entry received an award. Engineering Awards Sanyo Aji, Praneeath Nanthavarman, Year 9 Honours students Gurleen Reshan Gill landed first place for Kaur Virdi and Jiva Pannir Selvan their entry in the Science were two of only 23 Secondary Communication Video (Jnr) Category Finalists across Australia in the with their Dreams video. Vedika BHP Foundation Science and Chouhan, Sathmi Wijesuriya, Sarah Engineering Awards this term. Yap earned Certificates of Excellence Both Gurleen and Jiva attended the and Commendation in the Science three day Virtual Awards Experience Communication Photography (Junior) in December, where they virtually Category, and Gurleen Kaur, Jiva travelled to unique STEM locations Pannir-Selvan, Sarah Ann, Rachel with industry professionals, and Tan, Vanessa K Lee, Mandi Yaghoobi, took part in workshops. Felicia Yiek all placed within the top three for their Science Investigation Gurleen and Jiva reflected: (Intermediate) Category entries. “This experience gifted us with the opportunity to gain knowledge and make connections with both people and our interests...We realised that it had all stemmed from what seemed to us as just another one of the many science assignments we would complete in the year... The quote, ‘From small things, big things grow’ never seemed more relevant. Gurleen, Jiva, Sarah, Rachel, Vanessa, Mandi and Felicia Sanyo, Praneeath and Reshan took out a first place with their ‘Dreams’ video at STS. 20 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

ASPIRATION & LangACHIEVEMENT Japanese Travel Plan Contest Year 10 to 12 Japanese students participated in the Joint Travel Plan Contest with our Japanese sister school this year. They spent about four months planning and discussing through Skype with Japanese and Taiwanese students. Congratulations to Above: Travel planning in the works. Keandria Ong and Mary Lobrigo for winning the competition for 2020! Twenty students from Years 10, 11 and 12 partnered with Rossmoyne’s Japanese Sister School for the Travel Plan Contest. 21

guages Consul Visit Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for WA Dr Gabriele Maluga visited German Language students in November. Dr Malunga congratulated the students for their successes in German, including the TAGWA poetry competition, and the Language Perfect Awards. Students also received books as a gift, to learn about the history and significance of the falling of the Berlin Wall. TAGWA Poetry Year 7 students recognised for their submissions to the TAGWA poetry competition were: Emily Power, Pemindi (Thisasna) Thibbotuwawa, Berkay Topal, Matthew Yao Language Perfect Students recognised for their performances in the Language Perfect competition were: Angus Clearwater (Elite) Matthew Yao (Gold) Keerthish Suresh (Silver) 22 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

Student Spotlight Every term students at Rossmoyne Senior High School are aiming high and achieving great things in academia, sport, arts, community and more. This term we’re celebrating the following students who are aspiring to reach their full potential in the worlds of History, Art and English. Jemima HISTORY Pinto-Menzes Jemima is involved across a great number of school events and co-curricular competitions and activities. This term, one notable achievement included her incredible results at the National History Challenge. Whilst Rossmoyne has a history of high achievement in this competition, this year was made particularly special as Jemima took out the title of WA Young Historian for 2020. As a Year 7 it’s a phenomenal accolade to be awarded over all other entrants, including those in Years 11 and Year 12. Rossmoyne and the Humanities and Social Sciences department are extremely proud - well done Jemima! 23

Ashton ART Abeyasinghe Year 7 student Ashton Abeyasinghe was selected from more than 700 entries as a finalist in the Young Archie competition, the junior version of the prestigious Archibald Prize. Ashton’s portrait depicts his older brother Aidan, and was put on display at the Art Gallery of NSW. Amazing Ashton! HISTORY Ashton’s painting was Ashton’s painting depicts his brother Aiden displayed among other Raven ENGLISH finalists in the Longbottom Art Gallery of NSW. Year 11 Raven Longbottom is now a Primo Lux published author after her work ‘Colour Theory’ was printed in the student anthology this term. Primo Lux is released annually and features work from young poets in Years 10, 11 and 12 across Western Australia. Below: Colour Theory – by Raven Longbottom. i was learning about human biology, i am a painter. i tell this to my math- i must be more musician than painter. how the blood inside our bodies - minded friends and they ask me to the staccato rhythm of my heart is a flows from red to blue, to red, to blue, paint them a picture. it’s not that metronome - a beat to catalogue my how our heart pumps it around in a simple, i want to tell them, but they experiences to - swinging endlessly never ending cycle wouldn’t understand. i tell them about back and forth - red, to blue, to red, to (until, of course, it stops.) colour theory instead. most people blue (until, of course, it stops.) it made me think of bruises, of the don’t know a lot about it so, let’s stick there’s no third stop on a metronome, time when i fell off my bike after riding with the bare basics, the primary you can’t make yellow from red and it into a pole. colours: red, yellow, blue blue my skin turned purple - the perfect (they cannot be created from other (bruises are blue. blood is blue. blood balance of red and blue that creates a colours. they are building blocks for is red. bruises can be red. bruises can new colour other colours. Don’t let yourself run out be purple, too.) i think that colours are experiences. of these three.) (you can’t make yellow from red and i’ve never been in love, so let’s say red and blue make purple blue - and yet) red - is anger. (purple is melancholy, a longing for the the bruise on my knee is gone. sure, it (red blood is oxygenated. the arteries past.) started red, moved from red, to blue, that carry it need thick walls to you can’t create orange without yellow to purple, to blue again. but, withstand the high pressure. it gets (orange is excitement, a humming it moved from blue, to green, to – carried out from the heart to fuel the below the skin.) yellow? rest of the body.) you can’t create green without yellow (my heart didn’t stop - it still cycles blue could be many things, but let me (green is a sharp, bitter confusion, red, to blue, to red, to blue again - be simple, let me put it plainly - blue - that manifests as longing for what you and, i’ll still be stuck making the sun is sadness don’t already have.) blue, until i can restock my yellow (blue blood is deoxygenated. blue you can’t create yellow without yellow paint. but – I’ve noticed that - my hair blood is empty, leftover. blue blood (if we’re talking in plain terms – simple turns to gold at the roots, when it gets sent back to the lungs because terms – i suppose yellow must be catches the sun, and, my skin glows it’s no longer useful to our body.) happiness.) like yellow flame when i hold it up to (we still need blue blood) i think - sometimes, late at night - that the light.) 24 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

STAFF & COMMUNITY World Teachers’ Day October 30 was World Teachers’ Day and the school took a moment to pause and say “Thank you for all that you do” to teaching staff. During the day, teachers across the school were presented with an apple and a thank you note as a small token of gratitude from the entire RSHS community. Mental Health Awards psychologists, community nurses, schools, engagement centres, In November we extended a very Government Departments, parents proud congratulations to Ms Conchi and more. After being recognised at Chamizo who is a valued member the WA Mental Health Awards this of our teaching team at RSHS and term, Ms Chamizo said “I am thrilled also the worthy recipient of the WA to have won this award and hope Mental Health Prevention/Promotion to reach many more young people Award for 2020. with the message - that we can all Ms Chamizo has developed change our mindset if we put into wellbeing and resilience resources practice wellbeing strategies for for kids and teens, helping them positive change.” cope with anxiety and other mental health issues and removing this ‘block’ to their learning. Ms Chamizo has produced two wellbeing books that aim to kickstart lifelong wellbeing practice for kids and teens. The books have been used by a variety of community and educational groups across Australia including 25

TERM LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Student Leadership Camp A group of 65 Student for 2021. Preparation From Year 10 House Councillors and House included brainstorming Captain Acasia Lee : Captains enjoyed ideas on effective year the wettest Perth group representation, “The leadership camp November for 140 years and activities that was by far one of the on the 2020 Student built teamwork, and best experiences I’ve Leadership Camp leadership skills. had yet! It taught me so this term. On camp, much about leadership students worked with and about myself too. I each other and school became much more staff to begin preparing confident in myself and in my potential as a leader. It pushed my boundaries and made me step out of my comfort zone, but I’d do it again in a heartbeat.. I enjoyed every aspect of it and I’m grateful to be a part of the leadership team as a House Captain.” 26 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

TERM SPOTLIGHT WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS COMPASS Week Throughout Week 9, students learnt about food security from all angles as all nine learning areas collaborated to run fun and educational cross-curricular activities. The week saw students consider solutions for global food security problems, create raps about the science of food security, donate to Food Bank, create a legume art mosaic, and investigate the supply chain of their favourite chocolates. Right: Students collected stamps in their own COMPASS Passports. The highlight of NAIDOC Week was NAIDOC Week the creation of a student artwork and accompanying stories. Across two 27 sessions the students were guided to connect with culture, art and their educational journeys - and the result was beautiful. We were also very thankful to Robyn Collard-Rioli who joined us this term to deliver the school’s Welcome to Country. “The dots represent the high and lows of learning just like little river waves. Dark blue can reflect disappointment and light blue represents happiness, friends and education. The colour hands, black, red and yellow all complement each other and demonstrates that our mob and community will always support us.” - An excerpt from the students’ story, accompanying their art.

iCARE Week iCARE Week is Rossmoyne Senior High School’s annual celebration of the school values; Integrity, Connection, Aspiration, Respect, and Excellence. The five days of extracurricular events are always a term highlight. House colours, student talents, and clubs were all on show for Carnival Day when we celebrated Integrity. The Teacher Dunk Tank day helped students and teachers share a laugh and some fun in the sun as a celebration of Connection. In the middle of the week, the Integrity at RSHS means being obstacle course put skills in honest, ethical, trustworthy, and teamwork, agility, speed and morally strong. problem solving to the test as students displayed high Aspiration. A tug-of-war competition and a Connection at RSHS means a huge donation effort in support of strong sense of belonging, purpose, people experiencing homelessness and authentic relationships between displayed the value of Respect. students, staff, parents and the The whole school colour run saw community. students and staff alike enjoy a High Aspiration at RSHS means colourful run in the sun to conclude setting meaningful goals, having the week celebrating the school’s high expectations, making the most history of Excellence. of opportunities, staying committed, and practicing resilience. Respect at RSHS means being accountable for your actions, treating others with care and consideration, celebrating diversity and showing regard for our school and the environment. Excellence at RSHS means challenging yourself and each other to do our personal bests. 28 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

TERM EXTRA AND CO-CURR HIGHLIGHTS Bush Rangers At the end of Week 3 the RSHS Bushrangers spent the weekend at Bickley Outdoor Recreation Camp where they challenged and enjoyed themselves in the great outdoors. Activities included a ten meter ‘leap of faith’, water raft building, reptile awareness, team building catapults and gratefulness activities. Duke of Edinburgh Term 4 was full of opportunity for Duke of Edinburgh participants. In Week 1 RSHS was asked to make a special visit Government House to film the Governor’s speech to gold and silver DoE award participants. Our student media team did an outstanding job. Bronze program participants also headed out to camp this term, hiking a two night segment of the Bibbulmun Track. “I enjoyed seeing how far I could push myself” Year 10 participant Caitlyn Chiang said. 29

RICULAR Academy for Enterprising Girls Debating Written by teacher Ms Sarah Murray Our Interschool Debating teams had For two days in Week 9, 32 bright a great finish to an unusual season and enthusiastic Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Fremantle District Interschool girls participated in the Academy for Debating Competition this term. Enterprising Girls. Our Year 7 team placed equal first This was an intense program that for the season - sharing the podium immersed the girls in the design with Harrisdale Senior High School. thinking process, getting them to Meanwhile, our Year 9 team also identify a problem in their community finished equal first - accompanied and work through the steps to by John Curtin College of the Arts identifying and promoting a solution. in top spot. It was FULL ON! The girls worked Our Year 8 and Year 10 teams in teams of five and by the end of placed equal second and second the first day they had defined their respectively. problem, brainstormed solutions and created a company name and logo. The second day focused on developing the prototype solution and pitching it to real-life judges. The girls’ enthusiasm and energy was amazing, and their ideas brilliant, creative and innovative. Well done, ladies – we really hope to see some of you take your proposal to the next level! Ms Fittall, Ms Mahabeer, Ms Van Dyk, Mr Younger and myself (Ms Murray) also experienced the pressure of being immersed as a teacher team, and we have even more admiration and respect for you as a result! 30 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

TERM SCHOOL EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS MADDD Festival The Arts Learning Area hosted an amazing installment of the annual ‘MADDD Festival’ this term, showcasing Media, Art, Dance, Drama and Design and Photography. A writeup by Year 11 Haylee Nguyen: “MADDD Arts Festival 2020 was an opening night of perfection, performance, and presentation. The community enjoyed the excellent work from Media, Visual Arts, Drama, Dance, and Design and Photography students between Years 7-11 was showcased. The Festival launched with guests walking around viewing visual artwork displays and photographs. Anticipation grew as the auditorium doors opened and audiences were entertained by live dance and drama performances. The festival ended with a media montage of the top productions. It was great to see the sell-out audience of over 130 people appreciate the hard work of Rossmoyne’s Arts students and Arts leaders who worked tirelessly to coordinate and manage a fantastic MADDD festival.” Kaleidoscope Visual Arts Year 12 students showcased their works at 2. The incredible visual artworks of the tale 31

ARTS Outdoor Music Concert Music students’ final event of the term saw them celebrate under the stars at the 2020 Outdoor Music Concert. On December 5th, parents and family members gathered at the amphitheatre to enjoy watching the on stage talent. s Showcase t Rossmoyne for the last time at the Kaleidoscope Visual Arts Showcase in Week ented Class of 2020 included media and photography. 32 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

TERM SCHOOL EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS A Volleyball Celebration Article by Mr Rory Read - Volleyball On Friday December 11 Specialist Volleyball students attended an end of year tournament aimed at increasing house spirit and connection. Students were in fancy dress of their house colours and teams were made up of Year 7-10 students of mixed gender, promoting communication and connection between year groups. The day started bright and early with the Wiggles (HPE staff) greeting the students out the front of the school. At Lords Recreation Centre and each house competed against each other to find the champions, who then played off in the finals. Both semi-finals went down to the wire with Ross beating Barra in overtime and Macneill beating Stewart by two points. Big congratulations go to Macneill 3 who ended up winning the day by defeating Ross 5 in the grand final. A huge thank you to all staff who came and supported and it was great to see parents come and support too. A highlight of the day was the Volleyball Parents Support Group coming down to provide an icecream for each student to get through the hot day. 33

Transition & Orientation Soon-to-be RSHS Year 7 students were visited by transition staff and student leaders in Term 3, and this term - they visited us! Above: Fermat Club welcome. Orientation day saw 384 new RSHS Below: Orientation Day Students join us on the school grounds for the first time. They were able to meet teachers, get to know each other and have a taste of high school life. Throughout Term 4, our Specialist Programs have also begun welcoming their students to Rossmoyne. In maths, incoming students were welcomed into the program with a fun evening of problem solving competitions. Students received certificates and badges as they joined the ‘Fermat Club’, named after 17th century French lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat. The Specialist Music program introduced new students and families at an after-school presentation, where they were treated to performances and heard about the ins and outs of the program. Specialist Volleyball staff are eagerly anticipating new ‘out of bounds’ student arrivals in 2021, who will be joined students from the local cohort who gain entry into the program at the training and trial days in Term 1. The whole school community looks forward to seeing these young minds grow as they move through high school - see you all in Term 1! 34 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review | Term 4, 2020

TERM SCHOOL EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS Farewell Year 12 Class of 2020 In what has been a very different year, it was wonderful to farewell our Year 12 students with all the usual traditions. In their last week we celebrated with the ringing of the school bell, the Farewell Assembly, the Dinner Dance, iCARE Day, and of course the Class of 2020 Valedictory. This group will be missed at school as they begin their next chapter. Farewell! FAREWELL 35

To the Class of 2020, these are the good old days, so enjoy them with both eyes wide open. Thank you for the past six years...” - Head Boy 2020, Charlie Jenkinson Congratulations to | Term 4, 2020 Sara Mau, who has been offered a music placement at both UWA and WAAPA. Sanuga Wijesuriya, who is off to ANU to study a Bachelor of Engineering (Research & Development) Honours Program having won two scholarships. Bharat Tripathi , Edwin James , Krithik Hari Bhaskar and Sreya Aremanda, who have all secured Direct Entry to Master of Professional Engineering with a UWA Engineering Scholarship. 36 The Rossmoyne Quarterly : A Term In Review

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