The Rossmoyne Quarterly - Term 3, 2021

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY A TERM IN REVIEW - TERM 3, 2021

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 WHAT’S INSIDE? The Rossmoyne Quarterly is a celebration of student aspiration and achievement. Released at the conclusion of each term, the Quarterly highlights curriculum-based achievement, spotlights students who are aiming high, and sums up all the action from the term that was. Read on for... PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS PAGE 3 PAGES 4 TO 5 ASPIRATION & PAGES 6 TO 27 ACHIEVEMENT PAGES 28 TO 29 PAGES 30 TO 39 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 40 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT CO & EXTRA CURRICULAR COMING UP IN TERM 4 PAGE 2

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS At Rossmoyne Senior High School we communicate with our community in many different ways. I have observed, that while there are many posts and emails about the many things happening at our school, The Quarterly gives us a chance to draw all of this information together for you. As Term 3 comes to a close, I am proud to present to you another edition of The Rossmoyne Quarterly packed with highlights and successes. As always, this serves as a celebration of student achievement, and an opportunity to recognise the brilliance that is Rossmoyne Senior High School. In this edition you will find a snapshot of the diverse range of events and activities that have occurred across the school. There are also many things happening in the background of the school at the moment, and I would like to take this opportunity to share some exciting plans for the school’s future. You may remember at the most recent election $35 million dollars was committed to new buildings at our school. I am pleased to report that the very early stages of this project are now progressing and architects have been appointed to commence the ‘design and development’ phase of the work. It is anticipated that this phase will be completed by late 2022 and that building will commence in late 2022 or early 2023. This project will provide much needed new facilities for the school. The next iteration of our School Business Plan has also been progressed by the School Board, in conjunction with school staff. The fresh plan will provide guidance and direction for our school over the coming years until 2025. It is a bold and aspirational document that will come into effect during Term 4 this year and set Rossmoyne up for continued excellence. As the school year draws to an end for our Year 12 students I would like to wish them well with their ATAR exams and look forward to officially farewelling them at their Valedictory Ceremony at the Perth Concert Hall in October. Many students have already received offers from Universities and many more will have thoughts on where their lives will be heading once school ends this year. Students, enjoy your journey and make sure that you stay curious, keep learning and enjoy the ride! Best wishes to all members of the Rossmoyne SHS community. Alan Brown Principal - Rossmoyne Senior High School PAGE 3

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ASPIRATION & ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ASSEMBLIES In Week 2 RSHS hosted students and parents at the Semester 1, 2021 High Aspirations and Excellence Assemblies. Well done to all students who were recognised for their hard work throughout Semester 1; aspiring, striving and achieving. LEARNING AREA AWARDS Learning Area Awards recognise the top performing student in each Learning Area. SUBJECT AWARDS Subject Awards recognise the top performing student in each Subject. ICARE AWARDS iCARE Awards recognise those students who have embodied one of the school’s five key values Integrity, Connection, Aspiration, Respect and Excellence. GPA AWARDS GPAs, or Grade Point Averages, represent the performance of a student across all of their subjects. A student with a GPA of 5 would have achieved an A Grade in every subject. The Certificate of Outstanding Achievement is awarded for a GPA of 5. In Years 7, 8 and 9, a Certificate of Excellence is awarded for a GPA of between 5 and 4.80, and a Certificate of High Achievement is awarded for a GPA of between 4.80 and 4.60From Year 10 onwards, a Certificate of Excellence is awarded for a GPA of between 5 and 4.75, and a Certificate of High Achievement is awarded for a GPA of between 4.75 and 4.60. PAGE 4

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ASSEMBLIES : RECOGNISING STUDENTS’ SEMESTER 1 ACHIEVEMENTS. YEAR 7 : LEARNING AREA AWARDS GRACE VARUGHESE - HPE HEALTH EDUCATION REGAN HO - HPE PHYSICAL EDUCATION KELLY WANG - ENGLISH CAMERON POWER - HPE PHYSICAL EDUCATION HANNAH TOH - ENGLISH ALD CHLOE JAIN - CHINESE BG RAAVI GILL - HASS SHING FENG - CHINESE FL CHLOE JAIN - MATHEMATICS HONOURS RUTH ANN - CHINESE SL JARED LAU - MATHEMATICS ISHAAN KUMAR - FRENCH SL IAN LIU - SCIENCE MISHA TIPPETT - GERMAN SL BRIAN CHONG - MUSIC: SCHOLARSHIP LUCUS TAI - JAPANESE 2ND LANGUAGE AMOS CHIN - MUSIC CLAUDIA BECK - THE ARTS DANCE ERIN SULLIVAN - DESIGN & TECHNOLOGIES EMMA WARMAN - THE ARTS DRAMA RAYNA KIM - DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES. ALICIA ABREU - THE ARTS MEDIA ARTS YEAR 7 : SUBJECT AWARDS ... FIND THE FULL LIST OF RECIPIENTS AT VASILISA POTAPOVA - CHINESE SL G&T WWW.ROSSMOYNE.WA.EDU.AU/SEMESTER-ONE-2021-HIGH- NOT FOR PUBLICATION- FRENCH SL G&T KHIRSTEN SAGUID - JAPANESE SL G&T ASPIRATIONS-AND-EXCELLENCE-ASSEMBLIES/ PAGE 5

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS) This term, the Humanities and Social Sciences Learning Area has been busy but exciting. Students from Years 7 to Year 12 have been involved in some very interesting learning activities. It has been fantastic to see students engaged in learning and appreciate the value that HASS knowledge can bring to life. Our highlights included the Year 7 Extension program, the Australian Geography Competition, the Year 7 Market Days, the Year 10 $20 Boss project, and the ‘SCRAM’ Grand Final. EXTENDED TO THINK GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION WIN Throughout the term, Year 7 HASS Over 150 Rossmoyne students extension students have been participated in the Australian Geography investigating and creating solutions to Competition in 2021. This term, Year 9 problems in cities which rank low on Tainsheng Ni and Year 8 Ali Kamalddin ‘liveability’. The final part of this project both received exceptional results, scoring was a 'Solutions Expo' in Week 7 attended in the top one per cent of Australian by a panel of special guests, including students. Principal Mr Alan Brown members of the RSHS Executive staff visited Humanities and Social Sciences and the HASS Head of Learning Area. classes to present certificates to these Projects like these help students develop outstanding Geography students. and apply their critical and creative thinking skills in a real world context. YEAR 7 HASS EXTENSION STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK ALI KAMALDDIN IS CONGRATULATED BY PRINCIPAL ALAN BROWN FOR HIS SUCCESS IN THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION PAGE 6

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 STUDENTS PRESENT AT THE GO MAD FINALE IN WEEK 3 SURF’S UP AT SCRAM FINAL YEAR 7S TRADE WITH ‘ROSSMOYNE BUCKS’ AT MARKET DAY The grand final of the Student Conflict Resolution and Mediation (SCRAM) YEAR 7S TRADE BUCKS competition at the District Law Courts in Perth was held in Week 9. The Year 7s participated in their own economy showdown event saw students act as this term to learn about economics and mediators between two aggrieved parties business. Students were tasked with in a mock-scenario dispute over who creating a product to put up for sale, and should pay to fix a surfboard that had then exchanged goods with each other been broken. RSHS students competed using ‘Rossmoyne Bucks’ in Week 8 on against students from St Mary’s and fell their ‘Market Day’. just short of winning the competition. MAD IDEAS ON SHOW YEAR 10S ARE $20 BOSSES In Week 3 the Year 7 HASS ‘Go Make The Year 10 Business and a Difference’ finale saw students present Entrepreneurship project for Term 3 was their works of active citizenship to a panel “$20 Boss”, where groups of students of judges. The focus of their activities use $20 as their start-up capital to launch was improving their local community, and a business. Their business idea could be guest judges included City of Canning either a product, service or experience - Councilor Amanda Spencer-Teo, and it all culminated in a Year 10 Market Associate Principal Stephen Pountney Day in Week 9. It is always great to see and 2020 GO MAD finalist Year 8 Aimee the student’s ingenuity and enterprise Chen. skills on show! PAGE 7

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS MUSIC Following the very successful inaugural House Band Competition at the conclusion of Term 2, Term 3 has seen the Music Department engage in more concerts and performing opportunities. In Week 4, our students performed in small groups as part of a Chamber Music evening alongside a string quartet from Rossmoyne Primary school. In Week 7 our Year 12s presented their final public performance as an ATAR class in the form of recital night before joining with the senior ensembles in the music program at Perth Modern School's Beasley Auditorium for the Graduation Music concert. This memorable evening featured no less than 35 RSHS Class of 2021 Year 12 music students. In Week 10, the Junior Ensembles concert and Intermediate Ensembles concert were both staged at Perth Modern - another term highlight! YEAR 11 STUDENTS PERFORM ‘THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF’ PAGE 8

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ROSSMOYNE STUDENTS LIGHT UP THE STAGE AT YOHFEST ARTS Term 3 has seen students in The Arts Our Dance performance ‘Finding Oz’ Learning Area display amazing creativity won an award for Most Creative Visual across a range of disciplines. Feast, and Drama students took out the The Year 11 Drama student production award for Best Overall Production Value of ‘The Girl Who Cried Wolf’ showed with their piece ‘Cats in Hats & Juggling off their incredible talents, captivating Acts’. Both pieces are now through to audiences over two nights. Later in the the finals! term the Dance spectacular ‘Spotlight’ showcased the creative talents of Year 11 and Year 12 Dance students. The highlight event for the term was RSHS YOHFEST PERFORMERS the Dance and Drama performances in the Youth on Health Festival. This year’s YOHFest theme was ‘Keeping Up Appearances’, and over eighty of our students went to Mandurah Performing Arts Centre to take part in the heats. PAGE 9

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS CAREER & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Term 3 is always a big one in the CaVE Department. Year 12 ATAR students have been preparing for their final exams, VET students were finalising their work placement journals and completing their certificate courses at TAFE, and the excitement around University places, apprenticeships and employment post- Rossmoyne was starting to build. It has also been a busy time for eight of YEAR 11 MOCK INTERVIEW our Year 12s who have been nominated for the SCSA VET Industry Awards. Good luck to Braydon Gillett, Brooke Clegg, Chloe Coules, Claudia D’Silva, Alice Emin, Blayde Kirkby, Stephanie Mews and Sean O’Brien. Our Curtin Uni Ready and Murdoch Flexi students are also completing their courses and looking forward to heading to Uni in 2022, while our certificate II Community Service students just hosted a great ‘surviving at high school’ activity for 60 Rossmoyne Primary School Year 6 students. Over sixty Year 10 students are waiting SCSA VET INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINEES IN THEIR WORK to see if their applications have been PLACEMENTS: TOP LEFT - BLAYDE KIRKBY, MIDDLE LEFT - CHLOE successful in joining the VET Program COULES. LEFT LOWER - STEPHANIE MEWS, TOP RIGHT - BRAYDON next year, and all of our Year 11s are GILLETT, MIDDLE RIGHT - SEAN O’BRIEN, RIGHT LOWER - ALICE working really well across all our courses. EMIN Year 11 VET students have experienced a ‘one-on-one’ interview practice, as a prelude to their panel interviews in Year 12. PAGE 10

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 SCIENCE Term 3 has been an exciting term for the Science Department with the inclusion of National Science Week. Seeing Mr Patterson eat crickets was a definite highlight, plus the Homerooms spent time designing an insect based meal as an alternative food supply. Our students have also been working on submissions for the Science Talent Search. There have been the usual stimulating science lessons accompanied by some spectacular demonstrations, like experimenting with liquid nitrogen and the classic elephants’ toothpaste. SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH ENTRIES FROM ROSSMOYNE STUDENTS EXPLORE CORNFLOUR PARTICLES AND SOLAR ENERGY SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH - THE POTENTIAL TO TAKE IT NATIONAL The annual Science Talent Search (STS) challenges students to select a science topic of interest, conduct an experiment and, finally, present their findings as a video or photo-based report. The STS includes students from across WA, and after judging for this competition takes place during the holidays, some participants may be selected to move on to the national level of competition. Good luck to all Rossy entrants! YEAR 8 STUDENTS LEARN WITH LIQUID NITROGEN MR. PATTERSON EATS CRICKETS FOR SCIENCE WEEK PAGE 11

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION In the Health and Physical Education Department highlights for Term 3 included the House Athletics Carnival hosted at WA Athletics Stadium, as well as excursions and HPE Week in Week 8. MACNEILL HOUSE TAKE OUT 2021 ATHLETICS TITLE The 2021 Rossmoyne Senior High School House Athletics Carnival took place on Monday 23 August. Congratulations to MacNeill for finishing up the day as Champion House, with the most points overall. CHAMPION HOUSE: CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 12 1ST - MACNEILL - 1856 RUNNER UP BOY - ELPHAN JOHN JIMMY 2ND - BARRA - 1525 CHAMPION BOY - DENNIS KAVANADIUYIL ROBICHEN 3RD - STEWART - 1269 RUNNER UP GIRL - VANESSA MILLER 4TH - ROSS – 1253 CHAMPION GIRL - ISABEL WEIR CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 7 PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 7 GIRLS RUNNER UP BOY - SHAYDEN WEERAKOON CHAMPION BOY - MICHAEL HUANG 800M - SAUMIA PANCHALINGAM RUNNER UP GIRL - YINGXIN DING DISCUS - SAMORA CHAMBERS CHAMPION GIRL - SAUMIA PANCHALINGAM 1500M - SAUMIA PANCHALINGAM CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 8 PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 7 BOYS RUNNER UP BOY - HARI PRASATH MURUGAVERI AND KIERAN AZIA 800M - MICHAEL HUANG CHAMPION BOY - MICHAEL OJO 1500M - MICHAEL HUANG RUNNER UP GIRL - SANJI KANDASWAMY DISCUS - JOSHUA HARRIS CHAMPION GIRL - CHANUMI WEERASINGHE PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 9 YEAR 8 GIRLS RUNNER UP BOY - LINTON DAVIES 800M - JIA YI TENG CHAMPION BOY - HARRY ROBBINS 1500M - HAYLEY HOOPER - NEW SCHOOL RECORD RUNNER UP GIRL - ISABEL KINNANE DISCUS - EMILY DENNIS CHAMPION GIRL - EVELYN JOHN JIMMY PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 10 YEAR 8 BOYS RUNNER UP BOY - FATHER ABRAHAM OYEWOPO 800M - KIERAN AZIZ - NEW SCHOOL RECORD CHAMPION BOY - CHAD AZIZ 1500M - KIERAN AZIZ - NEW SCHOOL RECORD RUNNER UP GIRL - JESSICA TAN DISCUS - KEERTHISH SURESH - NEW SCHOOL RECORD CHAMPION GIRL - AMBER RICHARDS-MATTERS PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS CARNIVAL DAY RESULTS YEAR 11 YEAR 9 GIRLS RUNNER UP BOY - CALVIN THOMAS 800M - LILLIAN SHARP - NEW SCHOOL RECORD CHAMPION BOY - XAVIER MILLER 1500M - LILLIAN SHARP RUNNER UP GIRL - EMMA GARLAND DISCUS - NATALIE LIM CHAMPION GIRL - PHOEBE LEWIS PAGE 12

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS MOUNTAINOUS EXPEDITION YEAR 9 BOYS The Year 11 Outdoor Education Mountain Biking Expedition Camp was 800M - HARRY ROBBINS - NEW SCHOOL RECORD a term highlight. Prior to the expedition, 1500M - HARRY ROBBINS students developed their skills, riding DISCUS - LINTON DAVIES - NEW SCHOOL RECORD multiple trails through Bickley Brook and Kalamunda. On camp, students rode PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS from Dwellingup to Marrinup, staying YEAR 10 GIRLS overnight at Marrninup campsite where they utilised their camp-craft and trangia 800M - MIRIAM CUPITT cooking skills to be completely self- 1500M - MIRIAM CUPITT sufficient. The two days saw students DISCUS - CINDY FOWLER apply their advanced mountain biking skills to ride the Munda Biddi Trail, the PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS Marrinup Mountain Bike loops and the YEAR 10 BOYS Turner Hill Mountain Bike trail. 800M - MAHAN RAFEEI - NEW SCHOOL RECORD ABOVE: YEAR 11 OUTDOOR EDUCATION MOUNTAIN BIKING 1500M - PRESTON KNELL - NEW SCHOOL RECORD BELOW: STUDENTS RACE AT THE HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL DISCUS - CHAD AZIZ - NEW SCHOOL RECORD PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 11 GIRLS 800M - EVIE DANIELS PEAKE 1500M - EVIE DANIELS PEAKE DISCUS - CHARLOTTE SAXTON PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 11 BOYS 800M - SENUTH WIJELATH - NEW SCHOOL RECORD 1500M - SENUTH WIJELATH - NEW SCHOOL RECORD DISCUS - XAVIER MILLER - NEW SCHOOL RECORD PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 12 GIRLS 800M - VANESSA MILLER 1500M - VANESSA MILLER DISCUS - BROOKE HORNER - NEW SCHOOL RECORD PRE CARNIVAL EVENT RESULTS YEAR 12 BOYS 800M - DENNIS KAVANADIYIL ROBICHEN 1500M - DARCY KNELL - NEW SCHOOL RECORD DISCUS - DENNIS KAVANADIYIL ROBICHEN PAGE 13

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION WEEK TO SHOWCASES SPORT, HEALTH AND WELLBEING Health and Phys Ed Week saw showcases of sports and challenges of skill, trials of new sports, sharing of a pancake breakfast, welcoming of parents to a special mental-health evening event, awareness raising on R U OK Day, a (narrow) win by students at the annual Staff Vs Student Basketball game, dancing at silent discos, relaxing at yoga, connecting with the yellow ribbon activity – and to end the week our Year 7s battled it out at their round-robin Carnival Day of obstacle courses and other team games. PHOTOS: HEALTH AND PHYS ED WEEK ACTIVITIES PAGE 14

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THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS MATHEMATICS Term 3 began with the Inaugural Mathematics Honours ‘Australian Maths Competition’ Training Camp. This camp is a replacement for the biennial International Math Tour that has been unfortunately unable to run through the COVID pandemic. AMC Camp was followed by the Australian Maths Competition in Week 3, in which Rossmoyne Senior High School had 227 students from Year 7 to Year 12 participate. This term also saw three Year 10 students selected to take part in the prestigious Australian Mathematics Olympiad Committee (AMOC). Week 6 saw former Rossmoyne staff member and author Alan J. Sadler drop in and give his annual motivational talk to our Year 12 Mathematics Methods students. Of course, the annual Essi Money challenge also took place this term. CAMP A CHOICE TO CHALLENGE PRESTIGIOUS AMOC PLACES AMC Camp ran in late July and saw Year 10 Students Kelly Chen, Evan ninty students from the honours classes Hee and Xavier Kuang participated in head off to camp for 3 days of training the Australian Mathematical Olympiad sessions on topics and techniques Senior Contest in August. This is a relevant to competition Mathematics, highly selective competition and these team building activities, and physical RSHS representatives landed three of activities that aligned with the camp’s just 100 positions available to compete philosophy “challenge by choice.” across Australia. For these students to Students enjoyed the challenges of be selected is a fantastic recognition of caving, abseiling, rock-climbing, and their aptitude in mathematics and they perhaps even more thoroughly enjoyed should be congratulated. themselves watching their teachers roll Evan achieved a Bronze Certificate, down a hill. while Kelly and Xavier both received Participation Certificates. This is an amazing and prestigious achievement. ABOVE: STUDENTS HEAD OFF TO AMC CAMP CHALLENGE IS ESSI MONEY PAGE 16 The ‘Essi Money Challenge’ is designed to help students better their financial literacy. Participating students are tasked with trying to earn money and make good financial decisions. Results will be released in Term 4, and can include cash prizes!

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 MR SADLER WITH YEAR 12 STUDENTS AUTHOR A. J. SADLER RETURNS TO SHARE TIPS FOR SUCCESS Mr. A. J. Sadler visited our Year 12 Mathematics Methods students in Week 6 to share some of his own tips for revision and success at exam time. Alan is best known as author of the Sadler Maths Book series, a familiar read for most high school students. Mr. Sadler was also a valued RSHS staff member for many years. The session concluded with Alan wishing students well for their exams and signing copies of Sadler Mathematics text books. PAGE 17

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS LANGUAGES Languages highlights at Rossmoyne this term have involved some great opportunities for students to utilise their language skills. Competitions and programs have included the Alliance Francaise Poetry Recital Competition, PASCH Projects, PASCH scholarship programs, and visiting staff as part of the LEAP Program. FRANCAISE POETRY WINNERS A large number of RSHS French STUDENTS WITH THEIR CLOTH BAGS FROM ALBANIA students were invited to recite their poems in front of a jury at the Alliance CONNECTING WITH ALBANIA Francaise Poetry Recital Competition this term. Congratulations to all students As part of Rossmoyne’s membership of for having been invited to recite, and to the PASCH network of German schools, the following students for outstanding Year 7 German students took part in a performances on the day; Jemima Pinto “Stofftasche” exchange this term. In Term Menezes in Year 8, who landed equal 2 students designed and decorated their first place with a student from PLC; Year fabric “stofftasche” (reusable shopping 9 Nethuli Kannangara Koralalage who bags) with Australian themes. This term, finished in first place, and Ashutosh the bag were sent to our partner school Alung of Year 10 who was awarded a Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum in Tirana, third place. Félicitations tout le monde! Albania, along with letters in German from the students to their exchange partners. JAPANESE PLAN TO EXPLORE Rossmoyne students have also received bags from Albania in return! Senior Years Japanese students have been busy working together with our This program saw students to enjoy Japanese and Taiwanese sister school German, sharpen their awareness of students for the 2021 Japan Travel Plan culture, use creativity, and apply their Contest. The final round in October will German in a real life context. These Year see students present their work. Winners 7s will be able to keep their cloth bags will receive a prize sponsored by the from Albania as a souvenir, and we hope Hyogo Chamber of Commerce, which they will be able to get many years of may include a free tour to Japan in the use out of them! coming 12 months, pending restrictions. Year 12 Japanese students also enjoyed Kaiwa Day in September which entailed Japanese speaking practice at Willetton SHS. PAGE 18

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 PASCH SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS CHELSEA SATRIAVI, HARIPRASAD KRISHNAMURTHY AND NELIA EKSTEEN HOLIDAY SCHOLARSHIP CAMPS students from Iran, Tajikistan, South Africa, Malaysia. Not only did I improve Three Rossmoyne SHS German my German, but I also learnt more about students were successful PASCH what life is like for others around the scholarship applicants this year. Usually world.” - Hariprasad Krishnarmurthy these scholarships would have involved an all-expenses-paid four week course LEAPING AHEAD IN FRENCH in Germany, but due to COVID travel restrictions they were offered online this This term Pravesh Luckmun and Divya year. Although they could not travel, Jankee from Coodanup College and the students still benefited greatly from Lesmurdie SHS visited the Languages the experiences on offer. Nelia Eksteen Department as part of ‘LEAP’. Both are participated in the online German MINT teachers, and have migrated to Australia (STEM) camp during the July holidays. from Mauritius where both French and Run through the Goethe Institute, the English are the official languages. camp focused on various aspects of science. Meanwhile, Hariprasad The pair shadowed Rossmoyne French Krishnamurthy and Chelsea Satriavi teachers, learning how to utilise their participated in an intensive German French and teaching skills in combination. online learning program, the PASCH In addition to being involved in classes Jugendcamp (Youth Camp). our visiting French-speakers gave a presentation to the Year 12 ATAR French “I had the chance to talk to students class about youth issues, discrimination from all around the globe - there were and income inequality in Mauritius. PAGE 19

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS TECHNOLOGIES Technologies highlights for Term 3 have included the Year 12 Food Science & Technology ATAR Product Development presentation for staff and students in Week 6. We entered the State CO2 Dragster Competition for the fourth year in a row, and we currently have three students attending the WISE program for future engineers in the next school holidays. ATAR PRODUCTS ON SHOW TEN UP FOR CO2 DRAGSTERS At the annual Food Science and The CO 2 Dragster competition saw Technology ATAR Product Development students design, build and compete with Showcase Year 12 students showcased their own C02 racing cars. Students their market-ready projects to staff and were able to use Fusion 360 software peers. Students utilised the technology for the design process, in preparation for and design process to identify a gap in competing against other schools. the market and create their own food product to address the need. After Results are in for 2021 and while considering product specifications, Rossmoyne didn’t win this year we did nutritional value, cost and packaging have an impressive ten students in students put their work on display at the total enter the competition, with our top showcase - proudly presenting months student placing 6th in Division A. of their hard work. Over one hundred Year 12 students came along to taste Congratulations to all students; Botond and complete a sensory evaluation of Neven, Alliyan Farsi, Andy Ni, Effie the products. Ravesh, Aadit Jain, Israel Qiu, Zak Taibi, Samuel Santosh and Jordan Lew in Year Throughout the term, Food Science 9 Practical Engineering who participated. and Technologies students also had the opportunity to learn about international FUTURE ENGINEER CAREERS trade, restrictions and tariffs. They especially enjoyed tasting local Western Congratulations to Felicia Lee, Jannah Rock Lobster (Crayfish) which have Saffar and Annabelle Brennan who been subject to have been offered places in the Future sanctions! Engineers Program for the upcoming school holidays. Other lessons have covered These students will spend five days in food supply and October learning about where energy food security. comes from and exploring the ins-and- outs of STEM careers in the sub-sea and PAGE 20 ocean based industries.

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CAFÉ ON THE MENU SENSATIONAL FERMENTATION In Week 4 hot coffee, pancakes, 'big In August, Food Science and Technology breakies,' and great service were on the students learnt about fermentation by menu as our Year 12 Hospitality Students using bacteria to turn lactose sugars in welcomed guests into their Breakfast milk into lactic acid, creating a delicious Restaurant. A great way to practice the yoghurt. It is always fun for Food Science skills learnt in this highly practical and and Technology students to be able to customer focused subject. eat their work! ABOVE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE. BELOW: LEARNING ABOUT LOBSTER. ABOVE: DISPLAYS AT THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SHOWCASE PAGE 21

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS ENGLISH The English Learning Area has been a hive of activity throughout Term 3. Highlights have included after school workshops, author visits, Book Week, and extension activities. SKILLS TO ACE ATAR ENGLISH WATER-INSPIRED EXTENSION This term Year 12s have enjoyed Week 8 saw Year 7 English Extension weekly after-school ATAR workshops morning sessions commence. and a special ACE session designed to target specific skills like deconstruction Extension students have been working of questions and correct use of on a water-inspired unit, examining and metalanguage terms. Students have producing a range of texts centered also been fortunate to learn from the on this unifying theme. English staff wisdom and advice shared by expert have been impressed to observe the guests and presenters including sophisticated and innovative writing Veronica Lake, a published poet and being produced by students so far, and past examiner who has visited the look forward to helping these Year 7 school several times to work with the students extend their skills in English Literature students. further over coming weeks until the conclusion of the program part-way OLD, NEW AND OTHER WORLDS through Term 4. Book Week 2021 centered on the theme OBJECTS COMES TO LIFE of ‘Old Worlds, New Words, Other Worlds’. We celebrated in a number of Our Year 7 English students were ways, including in Homeroom with a budding into passionate poets this video montage of staff discussing their term. Students were tasked with writing favourite books. Students were invited a short poem personifying a household to nominate their own favourite books object- some of which included candles, and submit their responses to a raffle, clocks, chopsticks, straws, and ladles. In which saw a huge number of entries and this edition of the Quarterly* the English the four lucky winners each receiving a Department is pleased to feature some book as a prize. Book Clubs were also creative compositions from students on offer during the week and a design- Kelly Wang, Michelle Pakpahan, Misha a-bookmark competition saw Year 8 Tippett, Caitlin Sie, Riddhi Tulsan, winner Joanna Thomas recognised for Vy Tran, and Riana Debnath. best creative effort. See page 23 for published works.* PAGE 22

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TOP TO BOTTOM: AUTHOR VISIT,YEAR 7S, BOOKMARK WINNER YEAR 7 WORKS ON SHOW THE SEAMSTRESS BY KELLY WANG She twisted and turned, persisting, Refusing to accept the reality, He then came, untangling the mess of her mind, For once she was free , to weave her patterns She sketched her plans, her designs a blanket a top of his skin They were like spider webs, a delicate and intricate piece CINDERS AND ASHES OF A QUEEN BY MICHELLE PAKPAHAN, MISHA TIPPETT, AND CAITLIN SIE A tall slender queen; High upon her golden throne Her fiery red hair Blows wildly in the wind She dances her last dance; On the hour of her death Wax tears roll down her cheek She chokes gasping for breath; But none come And just like that she’s gone THE GREEN WHISK BY RIDDHI TULSAN, VY TRAN, AND RIANA DEBNATH The whisk stood up And headed to the dance floor She danced in circles like a Ballerina doing pirouettes Competitively enough, she runs laps Around the bowl, throwing A tantrum before her Heart and soul PAGE 23

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS VOLLEYBALL Volleyball Program highlights in Term 3 have included winning the Schools Cup for the 30th year in a row and being visited by Australian Volleyroos player Max Staples. VOLLEYBALL WA SCHOOLS CUP 30YR WIN! As the largest Volleyball tournament held in Western Australia for high school students, the Volleyball WA Schools Cup includes multiple divisions across all year groups - showcasing the best school aged players that WA has to offer. In 2021, the VWASC was held in Weeks 5 and 6 of Term 3. For our Rossy competitors, it was a huge couple of weeks with 259 students competing in 33 different teams, across 21 different divisions, and 4 days of competition. RSHS Volleyball Staff would like to extend a huge thank you to all parents who came and supported our teams, and to all the staff and volunteer coaches who helped across the event, and also of course to our students who showed great determination, integrity, sportsmanship and excellence across the event. \"I can very happily say Rossmoyne won the President's Cup as best overall school for the 30th year in a row, continuing our unblemished record since the event began in 1992. We also regained the Male and Female Aggregate Cups as the best performing male and female school. A huge effort from all the students,\" said Volleyball Program Coordinator Mr Rory Read. Rossmoyne Senior High School was awarded the President's Cup (Best Overall School), and was also recognised as the best performing school across both the male and female divisions, winning both Aggragate Cups. AUSTRALIAN VOLLEYROOS PLAYER VISIT In Week 1 Australian Volleyroos player Max Staples visited out Year 10s to share some expertise. TOP: THE SCHOOLS CUP TROPHY, MIDDLE: SCHOOLS CUP, BELOW: MAX STAPLES PAGE 24

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 VOLLEYBALL WA SCHOOLS CUP FULL RESULTS TEAM COACH RESULT MVP OPEN HONOURS BOYS JOSEPH P. GOLD MEDAL DANIEL OJO OPEN HONOURS GIRLS TIA C. EQUAL 3RD OPEN A BOYS ABEL M. EQUAL 3RD CAITLIN WHINCUP OPEN B BOYS NATHAN B. 10TH BEA FIELD YEAR 11 HONOURS BOYS DAMON L. EQUAL 3RD LOGAN BURNS YEAR 11 HONOURS GIRLS HANNAH W. GOLD MEDAL LEIA DANUSUGONDO YEAR 11 A GIRLS BETH R. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 10 HONOURS BOYS BLACK ABEL M. GOLD MEDAL JAMES WU YEAR 10 HONOURS BOYS WHITE NATHAN B. EQUAL 3RD GEORGIA HAMER YEAR 10 HONOURS GIRLS TIA C. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 10 A BOYS BETH R. 10TH MAYA POPOVIC YEAR 10 A GIRLS BLACK CHELSEA M. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 10 A GIRLS WHITE JEMAH K. 9TH ASHA WALTERS YEAR 9 HONOURS BOYS BLACK DAMON L. GOLD MEDAL JUSTINE LIPIO YEAR 9 HONOURS BOYS WHITE RAD D. EQUAL 5TH XAVIER ENDERSBY YEAR 9 HONOURS GIRLS KELLY G. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 9 A BOYS KUAN SILVER MEDAL MAYA POPOVIC YEAR 9 A GIRLS IZZY W. EQUAL 3RD YEAR 9 B GIRLS BLACK NEVE & CINZIA 9TH YEAR 9 B GIRLS WHITE ALYSHA E. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 8 HONOURS BOYS BLACK MOMOKA H. EQUAL 3RD YEAR 8 HONOURS BOYS WHITE NATHAN B. EQUAL 3RD YEAR 8 HONOURS BOYS GREY HANNAH W. EQUAL 5TH YEAR 8 HONOURS GIRLS BLACK CARLY W. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 8 HONOURS GIRLS WHITE TIA C. 5TH YEAR 8 B GIRLS BLACK BETH R. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 8 B GIRLS WHITE ALYSHA E. EQUAL 5TH YEAR 7 A BOYS BLACK BRANDON E. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 7 A BOYS WHITE RAD D. EQUAL 3RD YEAR 7 A BOYS GREY HARRY H. EQUAL 11TH YEAR 7 A GIRLS BLACK STEPH M. GOLD MEDAL YEAR 7 A GIRLS WHITE TAHLIA & KILANI EQUAL 3RD YEAR 7 A GIRLS GREY HARMONY & KELLY 7TH ABOVE: YEAR 10S CELEBRATE THE 30 YEAR SCHOOLS CUP WIN PAGE 25

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS STUDENT COUNCIL It’s been a significant and bittersweet term for Rossmoyne’s Student Council. With council elections wrapped up, we farewell some excellent students but also welcome some more in. Our thanks go to the following students for their outstanding contributions: Stella Peake, Michael Ojo, Aisling Doyle, Sasha Mills and Joshua Woon. We warmly welcome the following students: Sophie Lee, Chloe Jain, Yutong Li, Aden Ong, David Keh, Leonardo Wijaya, Aleya Azlee Voon, Kevin Susanto, Emma Kwek, Daniel Keh and Miyu Kawamoto. The 2021-2022 Student Council recently went to a training day, held at the University of Western Australia, and are now busy planning for this year’s iCARE Week, which is five days of whole-school activities, held Week 7 of Term 4. ABOVE AND BELOW: STUDENT COUNCILLORS 2021 - 2022 AT THEIR BADGING CEREMONY PAGE 26

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ABOVE : STUDENT COUNCILLORS 2021 - 2022 PAGE 27

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT ZIMO BAO THE WARMTH IN WINTER, A WINNER FOR ZIMO This term our very own Year 9 student Zimo Bao was named a finalist in the The Lester Prize’s Youth competition, formally known as the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture. Zimo is one of only 30 high school-aged children from around Australia have been chosen as finalists, with her artwork ‘The Warmth in Winter’. Youth finalist works will be on display at Brookfield Place’s ‘Tower 2’ in Georges Terrace Perth during October and November as part of The Lester Prize Youth Awards Exhibition. Winners will be announced on 27 October. Amazing work Zimo! RIGHT : ZIMO’S ARTWORK. PAGE 28

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 SARAH COSGRIFF CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SARAH Year 8 Sarah Cosgriff has been shortlisted for the City of Canning's short story competition with her entry \"In the Clouds\" based on the 2021 Children’s Book Week theme, “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds”. Sarah’s composition explores the endless possibilities available when we disconnect from toxic online platforms. Sarah was invited to attend a winner's presentation and morning tea on September 18. Keep it up Sarah! AN EXCERPT FROM ‘IN THE CLOUDS’ - BY SARAH COSGRIFF When breakfast calls, I’m pulled from my phone and my stomach grumbles. When did I last eat? I asked myself as I stumble out of bed. As I eat, I constantly remind myself of my weight, but my hunger and starvation kept crawling back to me. I leave my half-finished plate on the table and scroll through pictures and videos on my phone. I study the pictures of myself in ‘flattering lighting’ and take screenshots of the hundreds of likes that it got. The wave of messages kept flooding through, and I smiled at each one that praised my skinniness and beauty. I frowned at the few that told me I was overweight. I sighed and looked down at my growling stomach. They were right. “You have a problem. Put the phone down.” My sister orders after swallowing her mouthfuls of bacon. I wiped my forehead of sweat and turned around to face her. Her hand was outstretched, calling for my phone. I refused her, but that only seemed to make her more agitated. “Give me half an hour,” I compromised, but she snatched my phone, threw it up in the air abruptly and it hit the floor in a spectacular smash, with shards of glass being lodged in furniture. It was a challenge. I had done plenty of them online before, but this was too much. I couldn’t bear it. My eyes narrowed at the broken pieces, staring at the glimmer in the glass on the floor. I was screaming internally. My heart throbbed but I couldn’t let her win. I put on a brave smile where I hopped to my room, avoiding sharp wires and metal and ‘protective’ casing. The thought of not being able to use my phone sent chills down my spine. A metallic taste was in my mouth, and my stomach stirred. I reached for my laptop case, smiling as I pull out- nothing. It was all gone. The life that I’d built online had been destroyed, and I could do nothing. My first thoughts were always about what was on my phone. Every message, every like. But right now, I don’t stare at screens- I stare at sheets of paper. It looks alien, like it would jump out and take me far, far away, but it is still, still as stone. And my pen, finding it’s balance in my hand. Soon, it’s writing words for the first time in forever. And words come out so elegantly, not with a strained hand on my phone. I could only think about how effortlessly my hand moves in writing and how words came out of me. I was back in the old world. And I realised how wonderful it is to finally be out of the clouds. PAGE 29

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR NAIDOC WEEK STARTS TERM Term 3 commenced at Rossmoyne with our NAIDOC Week. On the first day of Term 3, Year 9 student Cain Jones provided an Acknowledgment of Country over the PA system. This year's ‘Heal Country’ themed week also included a Welcome to Country by Dr Richard Walley, a NAIDOC afternoon tea, art sessions and the inaugural Staff Vs Students NAIDOC Week AFL match. VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE In Week 8 our gym hosted a series of volleyball exhibition games arranged by the school community in support of Year 11, Lawson Read, who sustained a spinal injury earlier in the year. Competition between houses was fierce, and it was fantastic to have Lawson in attendance to see the action on the court. Lawson and his family have expressed gratitude to the school community and to Spinal Cord Injuries Australia for their support. AIME HOODIE DAY ENJOYED TOP: NAIDOC AFL, MID: VOLLEYBALL SHOWCASE, BELOW: AIME HOODIE DAY For the past 11 years AIME has utilised ‘Hoodie Day’ to highlight and educate people about the inequity experienced by young people who have been pushed outside the margins that exists in Australia and around the world. Our indigenous students enjoyed receiving their hoodies from AIME in Week 4. PAGE 30

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR 2021 ROBOCUP JUNIOR STATE FINALS SEE STEM STRENGTHENED At the end of May, Rossmoyne Robotics Club participated in the WA RoboCup Junior State Finals competition at Curtin University. Our club secured second place for Western Australia in the Soccer Standard League category. RoboCup Junior Competition is a project-based educational initiative that spans through the state, national and international levels. In our category, the team built autonomous mobile robots that played soccer in a highly dynamic environment, mimicking an actual soccer field. Students designed, built, and programmed LEGO robots to compete against many formidable robot opponents. While RSHS celebrates the RoboCup competition success, we also celebrate our students' growth during the long and tedious preparation process. On this journey, teachers saw cooperation, resilience, persistence, endurance, motivation, ingenuity, and sheer talent. Meanwhile, they also had fun, laughter and formed new friendships. May this exceptional team experience serve as a guide to all our future undertakings; teamwork really matters. The RoboCup program is one great example of National STEM school education strategies in play. RSHS RoboCup team members for 2021 were Tommy Hu, Terrence Lau, Justin Tang, Long Feng, Alex Chen, Brandon Didsman, Vishwa Sabarinathan, Isabelle Tang, Matthew Yao and Shing Feng. Special thanks and best wishes to our two Year 12s, Tommy Hu SCAN TO VIEW and Terrence Lau who were the programmer and leading builder. Principal Mr Alan Brown met with a selection of club members, as THE VIDEO INTERVIEW featured in the video. BELOW: THE ROBO CUP TEAM. PAGE 31

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR YEAR 7 LIGHTNING CARNIVAL Many Year 7 students spent Friday 6 August competing at their Lightning Carnival. The carnival gives students the chance to showcase their talents in AFL, Soccer, Basketball and Netball against other schools across the south metropolitan area. On the soccer fields our Year 7 Girls Team competed in their first ever lighting carnival at Winthrop Reserve. They played in A Division and showed great sportsmanship and commitment throughout the day. Their improvement in soccer over the last 3 weeks has been amazing. Across at the Boys Soccer Team, A2 Division won the flag to finish the day as the best-non- specialist school! The Boys B Division team came 2nd, an impressive result. Both boys and girls teams took to the basketball courts. Our Boys A Division team played hard and finished in first place. Our Girls in A Division played hard and in good spirits, but didn’t secure any wins, landing them in 4th place overall. A lot of fun was had by all. At Fremantle’s Frank Gibson Park our ABOVE: YEAR 7 LIGHTNING CARNIVAL TEAMS Netball teams finished 1st overall in Division A2, and 3rd overall in Division B1. The girls are to be congratulated on their sportsmanship and resilience in the heat. On the AFL oval our Year 7 Boys worked hard all day, going down early to Willetton and Applecross before winning a tough match against Leeming. The boys entered finals at 3rd place, playing off against Leeming to maintain their 3rd place finish. The hard fought contest had many highlights and ended in a thrilling 1 point victory for RSHS. PAGE 32

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ECXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR NEW STUDENT COUNCIL WELCOMED On Friday in Week 9 Elected Student Councillors for 2021-2022 were invited to an afternoon ceremony to be presented with their Student Council Badges. Students and their families enjoyed the short badge presentation ceremony and address from Rossmoyne Senior High School Principal Mr Alan Brown who emphasised to councillors. “It’s about more than just a badge, it’s a responsibility.” Congratulations to our 2021-2022 Councillors! YEAR 7 DANIEL KEH SOPHIE LEE LINTON DAVIES CHLOE JAIN RESHAN GILL YUTONG LI YEAR 10 ADEN ONG AIMELINE TON DAVID KEH BEGIMAI LOWDEN LEONARDO WIJAYA VUYI MOYO YEAR 8 DAVID OJO OOLKA VERMA VERMA MATTHEW LOFFLER AIMEE CHEN PATRICK MADLENER EMILY POWER YEAR 11 ALEYA AZLEE VOON MIYU KAWAMOTO NORIAKI JAYASEKARA RHEA SHAH KEVIN SUSANTO JESLYN LIM YEAR 9 KAESHAAN MOORTHY EMMA KWEK SAAHIL GILL CHLOE WIJAYA SHEM NGETICH RAY CHEN NETHULI KANNANGARA KORALALAGE BRINETT LAZAR PRANEEATH NANTHAVARMAN FUN CHALLENGES ON BUSHRANGER CAMP Nanga Bush Camp in Dwellingup hosted thirty-six RSHS Bushrangers Students in early September. Rangers from Years 7 through to Year 12 enjoyed hiking 7km through the forest and visiting Tree Adventures where they tackled a 2.5 hour session on the high ropes and zip line courses. The two night camp included other great team building challenges, a night walk, a meditation session and a leaf boat building competition. Students took on a great deal of responsibility, cooking all their own meals and having lots of fun along the way. ABOVE: BUSHRANGERS CAMP PAGE 33

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR ABOVE: AND BELOW: OUTSIDE THE FRAME AWARDS CREATIVE WRITING CLUB COMP ABOVE: BREAKFAST CLUB As part of Book Week celebrations this term members of the Rossmoyne Creative PAGE 34 Writing Club submitted their story entries to the national Book Week competition run by the City of Canning. Students were invited to compose a short story of up to 700 words, featuring their interpretation of the Children's Book Week theme. In exciting news, the short story written by Year 8 student Sarah Cosgriff was shortlisted in the competition. Read more on page 35. OUTSIDE THE FRAME AWARDS On August 6 Rossmoyne had six student works on display at the Outside the Frame Awards hosted by the City of Armadale. Year 12 students Imogen Tighe, Charlee Chmielewski, Mona Pforr and Raven Longbottom had works on show, along with Year 11 students Lucinda Carter and Maya Lilley. Rossmoyne students took home two of the seven prize categories on offer on the night. Congratulations to Mona who won the Mixed Media Excellence Award, and to Lucinda who won the Drawing Excellence Award. BREAKFAST GOING STRONG Every Friday morning students from all year groups are welcomed to share a provided breakfast at school. This tradition held strong in Term 3, with students cooking up all kinds of cuisines for their morning feed.

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ECXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR PHILOSOPHY & POLITICS DEBATED ATAR ALUMNI ADVICE Term 3 saw round 3 and 4 of the Fremantle District In Week 7, Ovik Choudhury Interschool Debating Competition take place. and Alex Sng visited Year 12 In Round 3, all but one Rossmoyne team was students to share their study victorious arguing on the theme of ‘Philosophy and tips. Alex and Ovik are both Ethics’ at Melville SHS. RSHS Class of 2019 Alumni, and are now UWA students Congratulations to our Year 7s, who soundly studying Engineering and defeated Leeming SHS by arguing in the negative Medicine. Year 12s heard on “Dinosaurs are a figment of our imagination.” about study methods and Our Year 8 team put on a very professional routines, organisation and performance to beat Lakeland SHS, arguing procrastination, STEM subject against the topic “Cockroaches are organised.” preparation, and exam advice. The Year 8s had strong support, with many BELOW: ALUMNI OVIK AND ALEX PRESENT Rossmoyne teammates watching and praising their performance. Our only loss of the round went to the Year 9s, who came a close second against Fremantle College in the negative on “‘To be or not to be’ is the only question that matters.” Unfortunately, it was not to be for our Year 9s - better luck next round. Finally, our Year 10s were impressive against Leeming SHS, with a decisive win in the affirmative on “Kill one to save thousands rather than kill thousands to save one.” Round 4 saw the theme of ‘Politics’ dominate arguments at Leeming SHS in Week 9. Year 7s argued the negative on ‘Western Australia is the safest place to live,’ while Year 8s took the affirmative position on ‘Mark McGowan is a marketing genius’.In Year 9 Rossmoyne took to the stand to argue that ‘New Zealand is the most powerful country in the world’. Finally, Year 10s argued against the statement ‘the media is more powerful than the government. Round 4 saw Rossmoyne take one win and three losses – but a valiant effort, as always. PAGE 35

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR ABOVE: VOLLEYBALL STUDENTS SAY ‘THANK YOU’ THANK YOU TO PARENT CONTRIBUTIONS ON P&C DAY July 23 was P&C Thank you Day. Rossmoyne joined schools across Western Australia in showing our appreciation to our P&C for their continued support of our school. We thanked the P&C for the support they provide to our school community by operating the Second-Hand Uniform Shop, providing back-stage and front-stage crew for concerts and assisting with many volleyball activities. Contributions from parents also provide the P&C the opportunity to continue to support several student areas including the Chaplain and Youth Worker and other health and well-being programs. Recent school infrastructure works, like the refurbishment of the School Gymnasium and an upgrade of the Performance Visual Arts Centre auditorium, were also supported by over $90,000 contributed by the P&C! Thank you! WEAR IT PURPLE CELEBRATED ABOVE: STUDENTS CELEBRATE WEAR IT PURPLE Staff and students accessorised in purple on August 27 to support the ‘Wear it Purple’, an organisation that strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for ‘rainbow young people’. The theme this Year was ‘Start the Conversation…Keep it Going’ and focused on ensuring environments exist where important conversations around sexual orientation and gender identity can begin and continue. PAGE 36

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 CEXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR DUKE OF ED CAMPERS STUDENT WRITE UP BY EVIE PEAK “At the end of week 6, a group of Duke of Edinburgh award participants trooped off into the hills for our ‘Adventurous Journey’. Part of the award, one of the four categories of skills, sports, community services and of course, adventurous journeys, we went on a three days two night hike around Wungong National Park and Serpentine Falls, camping for the nights at Manjadel Activity Centre. Lugging around 10kg+ packs, with all of our food, water, tents and supplies, it was a new experience for many, and ended with many tired and sore hikers. We were accompanied by Mr Coker, Ms Bolt and Mr Williams, who also facilitated team games, first aid training and orienteering activities which were key to our completion of our practice journey, as well as a super fun 240m long flying fox at the campground! We can’t wait for our qualifying journey when we’re heading up to the Bibbulmun track for more hiking! If you’d like to get involved in this internationally recognised challenge, do some research or see any of the Duke of Edinburgh teachers around school.” BACK TO SCHOOL PARENTS The families of our incoming Year 7 cohort of 2022 visited our school in Week 3, when they were able to meet some school staff, orientate themselves at school and even take a ‘taster’ high school class. The purpose of the day was for parents to acquaint themselves, and learn a little more about what high school will be like for their children in Year 7 next year. PAGE 37

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ECXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR ROSSY’S GOT TALENT Congratulations to all student contestants who performed at the Rossy's Got Talent show in Week 7. First Place went to the ‘Vernie Trio’ of Bianca, Jade & Lucas, Second Place to ‘Psychedelic Pumpkin Patch’ which included students Ned Winning, Sam Dockery and Daniel Chan. And finally third place went to incredible vocalist Martina Erpen. The Rossy Interact Club raised over $3,300 on the night to support their community based activities. ABOVE AND BELOW: STUDENTS ON STAGE AT THE ‘ROSSY’S GOT TALENT’ TALENT SHOW PAGE 38

THE ROSSMOYNE QUARTERLY - TERM 3, 2021 ECXOT-CRUAR&RICULAR STUDENTS ON STAGE AT THE ‘ROSSY’S GOT TALENT’ TALENT SHOW PAGE 39

COMING UP IN TERM 4 11 OCTOBER TERM 4 COMMENCES FOR STUDENTS 15 OCTOBER WORLD MATHS DAY 18 OCTOBER THE YEAR 12 ‘RINGING OF THE BELL’ 18 OCTOBER TO 22 OCTOBER KALEIDOSCOPE YEAR 12 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION 20 OCTOBER INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 21 OCTOBER YEAR 12 FINAL ASSEMBLY AND FAREWELL DINNER 22 OCTOBER ICARE DAY – YEAR 12 FINAL DAY AT SCHOOL 24 OCTOBER CLASS OF 2021 VALEDICTORY 25 OCTOBER TO 29 OCTOBER LANGUAGES WEEK 28 OCTOBER YEAR 11 DRAMA PRODUCTION 28 OCTOBER YEAR 10 DINNER DANCE 01 NOVEMBER TO 19 NOVEMBER ATAR WRITTEN EXAMS 08 NOVEMBER TO 19 NOVEMBER YEAR 11 EXAMS 11 NOVEMBER YEAR 10 EXAMS COMMENCE 22 NOVEMBER TO 26 NOVEMBER MADD FESTIVAL 22 NOVEMBER TO 26 NOVEMBER ICARE WEEK 23 NOVEMBER YEAR 11 RIVER CRUISE 01 DECEMBER YEAR 11 FINAL ASSEMBLY AND FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL 06 DECEMBER YEAR 6 ORIENTATION DAY 13 DECEMBER YEAR 7 TO 10 REPORTS ISSUED 14 DECEMBER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE CEREMONIES 16 DECEMBER FINAL ASSEMBLY / LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR YR 7, 8, 9 &10 17 DECEMBER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HOLIDAYS PHOTOS: A LOOK BACK TO TERM 4, 2020 ICARE WEEK, FINAL ASSEMBLY, EXAMS, AND THE CLASS OF 2020 VALEDICTORY