CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Volume 7, issue 1
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Centennial
Park School
Newsletter
Term 1, 2012
TERM 1, 2012
IN THIS ISSUE
Dragon Boat Racing @ Pyrmont
Centennial Park School
Harmony Day @ Sydney
Distance Education
Students from Centennial Park School celebrated
Harmony Day at Sydney Distance Education High
School. Jane and Emi (above) featured in a music
item performed by various students who attended
on the day
Sports in Term 1
Students, this term, were able to experience a
variety of sports including Tennis, Ten Pin
bowling, Cricket and Dragon boat racing
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CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL NEWSLETTER | Issue 1
Principal’s Chat
By Jennifer Shumack
Term 1 has passed in a blink!! We have
had a very busy beginning to 2012. Ten
new students enrolled this term, and the
settling in process and start of their
programs and learning has begun. We
would like to welcome Michael from
Rose
Bay,
Matthew
O’D
from
Gymea,
Tylah
from
Balmain,
Jonathon from JJ
Cahill, Max from
Rivendell,
Jane
from Randwick
GHS, Sunti from
SSC Leichhardt, Taylor from Kogarah,
Madison from Burwood GHS and Alex
from Blakehurst.
We have also been busy with engaging
our stage 5 students in work experience.
Thanks to Lyn, our careers teacher and
Sometimes things happen in life that we
do not like, or situations occur that we
cannot change. When this happens it helps
to say: “This is how it is” NOT how it
was...might have been...should have been.
Sometimes we need to ACCEPT that this is
how it is so we can choose to go on living
our life in a meaningful way. This idea
comes from Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy, and I’ll be sharing more strategies
with you from this therapy next term and
individually with the students whom I work
with.
For now, I’d like to share the following
ways to experience HAPPINESS- try some
of them out over the holidays and see how
they make you feel!
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also thanks to 7 local businesses, we have
7 of our students on work experience
programs, attending one day per week.
We are working with: Wendy Ford
Jewellery Boutique, Randwick; Foxman
Auto Service, Randwick; Randwick KU
Childcare Centre; Randwick Auto
Electrics;
Struggletown
Veterinary
Hospital, Randwick and Randwick Florist
We are very appreciative of their
support.
We have also enrolled 3 of our yr 10
students in short TAFE courses for next
term, courses that may lead to
apprenticeship and work placements.
We wish Jess, Alex R and Alex M good
luck and good learning! Apart from all of
that, academics programs have
continued, well supported by Sydney
Distance Education High School, with
students progressing well in all subject
areas.
I would like to thank the parents,
including all our new families, for their
continuing support with our many
requests this term. Thank you for making
sure your young people are wearing our
uniform, are following our healthy eating
WORK EXPERIENCE
Theresa (left) and Jasper (above) both students
have been completing work experience at
different placements.
policy and are attending as well as they
are able.
Jennifer – School Principal
Counsellor’s Chat
By Trish Butterworth – School Counsellor
1.
Express gratitude
2.
Practise optimism
3.
Avoid obsessing over things
4.
Practise acts of kindness
5.
Make time for friends
6.
Learn to forgive
7.
Immerse yourself in activities
8.
Savour life’s joys
9.
Work towards meaningful goals
10. Exercise
Wishing you all a relaxing and happy
Easter holiday,
Be Exceptional!
Trish Butterworth - School Counsellor
CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL NEWSLETTER | Issue 1
C1
Naruto vs Sasuke
“Hey, you really think you’ll be able to bring me
back to The Hidden Leaf Village”, Sasuke
asked.
“I will take you back to The Hidden Leaf Village;
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the money. Then he said, “Make me more!”
That night the hobbit visited her again and he
said “I will make you more if you give me your
first baby and let me adopt it like Angelina
Jolie”, and again she agreed.
That morning the prime minister’s son
proposed to the young woman and that same
day they got married. Two months later they
had a baby that night the hobbit visited her
again and said what about your promise to me.
You have to give me the baby!
By Xavier
ByStudent
Students
in C1.
Profile:
Matthew O (Yr.8)
Model of Stonehenge by students of
C1 (above)
What high school did you attend before
CPS? Gymea High School
What’s your favourite food to eat? Tacos
I’ll take you back by force if I have to”, naruto
said.
What do you like to watch on TV/ Youtube?
Family Guy , South Park, UFC and Bikini
Beach
Naruto, Yamato thought. Be careful!
“Huh, you won’t even be able to get a scratch
on me”, Sasuke replied.
Excerpt
What’s your favourite music/band? Tech
N9ne, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Kerser
Do you have any other hobbies? Baseball ,
Boxing , Soccer
By Matthew D
The Hobbit
Once upon a time there was a father who went
to the prime minister and told him his daughter
could make counterfeit money, even though
she had no idea how to do that. The prime
minister said, “I will give you one day to make
me five hundred thousand dollars, but if I take it
to the bank and the bank notices that it is fake, I
will feed you to my three-headed Chihuahua.
So the young woman was given a printing press
and she was placed in the cellar at parliament
house where she was put to work. Later that
night she was looking at the printing press
clueless as to how to operate the machine,
when suddenly a mysterious figure came
lurking in the shadows. “Hello is anyone there?”
said the young prisoner in tears. She slowly
approached the shadowy figure who asked her
why she was crying. The poor girl replied, “I
have been forced to make fake money which I
don’t know how to make.”
Then the hobbit said, “I will make it for you if
you give me your IPod.” She agreed and he
made the money appear. In the morning the
prime minister came down to the cellar and saw
Matthew and Xavier working on a model
together
Art work by
Xavier
CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL NEWSLETTER | Issue 1
I am Legend, 2007 MA15+
I am legend is a truly scary movie. Living in a
world where infection has ravaged mankind,
killing most of the people and turning the rest
into bloodthirsty monsters.
In the city of New York there is a sole
survivor, Will Smith, who still searches for a
cure. His only companion is his best friend
Sam (a dog). Will smith is very convincing in
the starring. His role of a man truly alone,
with no other human contact, makes you feel
what the character must be feeling. This film
has a great story, great acting and great
action. Many scenes with gripping suspense
and is full of ‘edge-of-your-seat-action’. I
highly recommend this movie, and is a must
see for any zombie fan,(still, not technically a
zombie film) or for any horror fan.
By Sunti
Shakespeare was right
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Let us dig a little deeper into
the relationships in the story.
Romeo’s parents from my
perspective want to get to
know their son a little better
than they already do.
Especially when his heart is
broken over the so called
“love of his life” Rosaline.
This shows to me that they
do care and that they want to
be there through the tough
times that Romeo will face in
his life.
But we can look at Romeo’s
situation of heart ache even today, these
sorts of relationships between parents and
children are tough for any teenager,
Art poster (above) and clay figure (below) created
especially the lovesick ones.
by Kayleigh
By Charley
Student academic work
By C2
You may be wondering what I’m on about
with the whole “Shakespeare was right”
thing, well …
When you look at Romeo and Juliet and you
look at the state of their families, you shall
soon understand, Shakespeare cleverly hides
one of the important factors in this story.
The battle between Parents and their
Children.
It would be hard for any child to be fighting
with their parents, but imagine fighting with
your parents whilst your parents are fighting
with another family. In Romeo and Juliet,
there are the Capulets (Juliet’s gamily) and
the Montagues ( Romeo’s family). There is
hatred between the two families and at the
start of Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet
(1996) there is a big fight scene between
Juliet’s cousin Tybalt and his friends, and
Romeo’s friends. To me this shows true hate
but the thing that confuses me is that Romeo
doesn’t know of Juliet and she doesn’t know
of him, but their families and friends are
always fighting.
C2 would also like to welcome Jane and Max into
our class. They have settled into the class well.
Sydney Distance Education
work by Patrick
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Student Mental Health Day @
WAYS
On Thursday last week we went to WAYS at
Bondi Beach, for a conference about mental
health.
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clown’’ who lurks around the sewers and
drains in the town. The now seven adults
had made a pact that they would return to
Derry if the monster ever returned and 30
years later it has………….
To this day, I’m not that scared anymore,
there still are sometimes, when I get scared of
heights,
But I’m not as bad as before,
By Dannielle
By Jess
My Favourite website
We had different activities to do there, at
first we heard a speech about drugs and
alcohol, depression, anxiety and food
disorders. After that we had a break and
went to a church to do another activity,
called the circle of trust. In the circle of trust,
we all had turns of answering questions and
getting rewards and prizes, we also had to
group up with people who we didn’t know
and we had to talk about things like
depression or similar stages in life.
By Alex
C3
IT by Stephen King
One of my favourite authors is Stephen King
who writes science fiction. I am reading what
I think is his best book called IT. The book is
based on the time 1986 and the story takes
place in a town called Derry as seven children
are terrorised by a shape shifting demon who
takes the form of ‘’pennywise the dancing
There’s
this
website,
it’s
called Tumblr.
Tumblr is a
mircoblogging
platform
and
social
networking
website. I have a
blog on Tumblr and it’s basically a band and
tattoo blog only. I only blog pictures of bands
I listen to like Asking Alexandria, Of Mice &
Men, Slipknot, Woe, Is Me, Blessthefall,
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Miss May I, Bring
Me The Horizon, etc. I also blog body tattoos
I find awesome. I follow 567 band/tattoo
blogs as well. I’ve made heaps of friends on
Tumblr who share the same music interest as
me; they all live in Australia which is great! A
few nights ago I posted a photo of Oliver
Sykes and Mitch Lucker together and it got
41 notes, that means 41 different people
blogged that photo. I’ve never gotten over 3
notes on a photo I’ve posted on my blog so I
was really happy to see 41 notes. I have 5
‘Tumblr famous’ people following me on
Tumblr. One of those ‘Tumblr famous’
people is actually best friends with a few of
my friends which is awesome! I only have 431
followers, but it’s still great to have people
follow my blog and enjoy it.
By Hayley
I was afraid of heights,
My Aunty always told me, “If I was to go on
something, high off the ground, it would fall.
I found out, I didn’t get hurt or die,
I faced it and nothing happened.
We need to acknowledge the risks
Remember that cyberspace is a public space
Nothing is private online
Nothing can be totally deleted
You are never anonymous
You leave a digital footprint
Postings can be found years later
Only post messages that you would say in
person face-to-face and remember to keep
your settings PRIVATE.
Check out
www.cybersafetysolutions.com.au
Part of the mural of
clay works done by
students this term
in art.
Over Coming Fears
One Day, I went on a roller coaster.
CYBER SAFETY
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C4
MASK
The gun was heavy in her hand. Lucy was
shaking, trembling in fact. Her hazel eyes
darted around nervously behind the curtain of
her short blonde hair, the tear tracks on her
face glittering under the lights as she tilted her
head back. Alabaster skin was marred by ugly
splotches of crimson, and the feel of it was
enough to make her stomach flip. Her clothes
were charred and ripped, the evidence of the
events that had occurred just three hours
previously. She took a deep breath. I can do
this. Lucy chanted it like a mantra in her head,
and as the seconds ticked by, she began to
believe it more and more, Quinn quickly taking
over. Quinn’s controlled façade snapped back
into place. She looked back down at the man
sprawled on the floor, her eyes hardening
rapidly, Lucy fading away. Quinn straightened
up, Lucy happily letting her take control, just
like she always did. Quinn would protect her.
Quinn always did. Lucy watched with an
almost child-like fascination as Quinn raised
the gun. Quinn braced herself to fire. Lucy hid
away, safe behind Quinn.
An artwork by Theresa
C4 would like to welcome Alex (above) into the
class. He showed us his amazing tennis skills
during sport this term and is settling in well in our
class.
Sports @ CPS
During my time here at Centennial Park I have
participated sports, gym and integration. My
favorite sports are Basketball and Tennis. I also
enjoy going to the gym.
I am currently integrating three days a week to
Leichardt high school.
BANG
By Emi
Work Experience
My favorite part of being here is physical
activities such as sports gym sessions and
fitness.
Farewell
School
Centennial
Park
Hello my name is Paris I’ve been at
Centennial Park for almost a year. In that
time I have accomplished a lot.
I enjoy playing guitar and while I was at this
school I have had the opportunity to play
music with staff and students’ have also
participated in school of rock which was a
music program where you form a short term
band and practice songs a play them live in
front of an audience at the end of the term.
Our performance was at the valve bar in
Tempe I played lead guitar in the band which
consisted of three other people, a lot of
people were in the audience it was a good
day and I enjoyed the experience.
I am doing my work experience at Randwick
auto electrical. I do it on Tuesday, I wish I
could do more stuff with the cars when I am
there.
Throughout the last year I have
accomplished a lot in music and I still am
practicing music. It is a big part of my life and
I’m slowly progressing in forming a band or
joining a band.
By Jasper
Clay figure by Emi
My least favorite and very hateful part of being
here is the unnecessary and unwanted
photographs.
By Patrick ( pictured above).
I am leaving this school soon and I’m going
to miss the music programs here and I will
miss jamming along with the talented staff. I
have learned a lot for the time I’ve been at
this school and I’m happy move on.
Paris
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SPORTS @ CENTENNIAL PARK SCHOOL
Great reasons to be active for children and parents
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Boosts confidence
Improves fitness
Makes bones and muscles stronger
Improves posture
Helps maintain a healthy weight
Lowers the risk of heart disease
Reduces stress
Improves sleep
Reduces the risk of cancer
Improves self confidence
Teaches you new skills
Develops better motor skills
Makes a person happier with their body
Lower risk of disease including heart disease and cancer later in life
Ten Pin Bowling
Throughout the term there were a few sports days
that had been called off due to rain; students went
bowling as a result. Xavier in action (above)
Cricket @ CPS
A couple of cricket matches were held at
Centennial Park School at the start of term.
Matthew (pictured) about to make some runs.
Centennial Park students are all working well in the gym…
Keep up the good work and keep active over the holidays!!
It’s been a tough term getting students
involved in the gym. A healthy body will assist
a healthy mind. A big shout out to Sunti who
has been excellent coming into the girls club
on Monday lunch times, and trying really hard
in lessons. Well done!
Trophy winners this term:
Cricket: Matthew.D
Tennis: Patrick.D
Dragon Boat Racing: Patrick.D
Tennis at Coogee
Students received tennis coaching for a couple of
weeks during the term, Patrick (pictured above)
practicing a forehand shot.