Penrith Selective High School

Welcome to a special edition of our school newsletter to celebrate Education Week 2020.

Term 3 marks the changeover in a number of important student leadership positions, including Prefects. Thirty Prefect interns have been announced and they are working across a number of portfolios to serve the school and wider community. Their start has been impressive and I am sure will continue in this way meaning that all 30 will be eligible for conformation as Prefects and able to nominate for the higher positions of School Captains, Vice Captains and Senior Prefects.

Voting is currently underway for the SRC and House Leaders and we look forward to seeing the successful applicants in each of these positions and the impact that they have in the rich culture and history of the school.

In this edition, it felt right to showcase the outstanding work being led by students across so many of our clubs and other programs. Through a deep commitment from our staff and exceptional leadership from our Head Teacher Co-curricular programs, Ms Antoinette Pipio it is fantastic to see students finding other like-minded students to explore their strengths and passions with.

A large number of programs are covered in the articles below, but it is important to remember that in 2020, almost 100 clubs, enrichment and co-curricular programs are operating within the school.

Any student can nominate to start a club and need a teacher sponsor and to see Ms Pipio for a nomination form.

With NSW Education Week taking place next week, the theme of “Learning Together” is captured so well both in classrooms each period and through the large program of opportunities that happen each day.

My thanks to every student, staff member and parent who ensures that this happens each week throughout the year.

Warm regards,

Mark Long

Principal

All information regarding Co-Curricular and Enrichment Programs can be found on our website.

https://penrith-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/extra-curricular-activities.html

All information regarding Clubs and Societies can be found on our website.

https://penrith-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/clubs.html

Introducing the latest Year 7 Prefect Interns: Kokulaan and Marco (Leaders) and Ashvini (Assistant). Our role is to liaise with Ms Horsley (Year Adviser) to guide Year 7 students to successfully complete 2020 while teaching them about the quality attributes of a successful student from Penrith Selective High School. Our work will set a foundation to aid students in maximising their marks across the future years and bring out the best in them, enabling our students to strive towards success.

Leaders - Kokulaan Santhakumar, Marco Perri

Assistant - Ashvini Dolamulla

We‌ ‌are‌ ‌Rana‌ ‌and‌ ‌Paul‌ ‌and‌ ‌we're‌ ‌the‌ ‌leaders‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Year‌ ‌8‌ ‌Prefect‌ ‌portfolio,‌ ‌with‌ ‌Luke‌ ‌as‌ ‌our‌ ‌assistant.‌ ‌Within‌ ‌this‌ ‌portfolio,‌ ‌our‌ ‌role‌ ‌consists‌ ‌of‌ ‌organising‌ ‌several‌ ‌activities‌ ‌to‌ ‌maintain‌ ‌the‌ ‌wellbeing‌ ‌of‌ ‌Year‌ ‌8.‌ ‌We‌ ‌will‌ ‌work‌ ‌with‌ ‌Year‌ ‌Adviser,‌ ‌Mr‌ ‌Huynh,‌ ‌to‌ ‌plan‌ ‌events‌ ‌such‌ ‌as‌ ‌Orientation‌ ‌Day,‌ ‌Grade‌ ‌Wellbeing‌ ‌Assemblies,‌ ‌Peer‌ ‌Mentoring,‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌Subject‌ ‌Selection‌ ‌evening.‌ ‌We‌ ‌will‌ ‌also‌ ‌collaborate‌ ‌with‌ ‌and‌ ‌take‌ feedback‌ ‌from‌ ‌year‌ ‌8‌ ‌students‌ ‌to‌ ‌ensure‌ ‌that‌ ‌they‌ ‌feel‌ ‌comfortable‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌school‌ ‌environment,‌ ‌and‌ ‌work‌ ‌to‌ ‌make‌ ‌any‌ ‌changes‌ ‌they‌ ‌desire‌ ‌along‌ ‌while liaising with‌ ‌SRC.‌

Leaders - Rana Singh, Paul Sebastian

Assistant - Luke Boyes

As the year 9 Prefect Interns, we are keen to work alongside Mrs Wallace, Year Adviser, and Year 9 to form a school environment in which the grade feels comfortable. We have already started to organise wellbeing meetings for year 9, and are working on building a closer relationship with their grade by asking for feedback through surveys and meetings, in order to assist them with various school related problems, in the best way possible. Additionally, we are looking to organise any extra programs that may benefit and support the grade both socially and academically.

Leader - Fairy Patel

Assistant - Jamima Rumey Jiffrey

We are Abhijith and Leeanna, the Prefect Interns in charge of the Year 10 portfolio. With an overarching focus in assisting the grade with the transition into senior school, a very crucial time period of schooling, we aim to organise exciting events whilst simultaneously maintaining the wellbeing of the grade.

As year 10 Prefect Interns, we will be working closely with Year Adviser, Mr Elias, in assisting with the organisation of grade wellbeing assemblies, Student-Post Destinations and Subject Selection evenings, alongside collaborating with the grade in order to voice concerns of the student body.

As Year 10 are proceeding into their Subject Selections, an important period before transitioning into Senior School, we will be delivering a presentation which will shed some light into our own experiences with this process, aiming to simplify the process and ease the stress or concerns students may have.

We are really looking forward to working with Year 10 and Mr Elias over the coming weeks.

Leader - Abhijith Maliakal

Assistant - Leeanna Yao

We are Olivia, Elizabeth, Shameer and Yash and we are the Year 11 Prefect Intern leaders and assistants for the first half of Term 3. Our role consists of bringing the grade together as well as supporting them via wellbeing meetings, the organisation of study groups and grade events. We hope to bring Year 11 closer together as a year group through various events and meetings. By the end of our Intern period as Year 11 Prefects, we hope to have established a more connected year group, and to ensure that the grade is progressing well and preparing for the HSC next year.

Currently, we are planning to encourage connectedness throughout the grade through different events. These include warm and fuzzy messages, which we are planning with the help of all Prefect Interns and hope to execute around the middle of the term. We are also planning on creating a colour run for the school, as Cross Country was cancelled this year due to COVID-19, and we hope that introducing this fun activity will create school spirit and enjoyment. We have also been discussing establishing a committee for jerseys, which we will all be involved in and hope to get the planning started soon. We are all very excited and grateful to be given the opportunity to provide help and assistance for Year 11, and we are looking forward to executing our ideas as soon as possible.

Leaders - Elizabeth Santoso, Olivia Bock

Assistants - Shameer Iftikhar, Yash Mishra

We are Darren and Leeanna, the Mathematics Prefect Interns, with Abhijith as our assistant. As Mathematics Prefect Interns, we will be closely working with the Mathematics faculty over the next few weeks in organising various exciting and educational events and programs in order to accommodate the student body.

After a hectic return to a new school term amidst these unprecedented times, the Maths faculty has continued with its energetic nature, ensuring that students still receive the multitude of fun opportunities and learning experiences it is known for. As Mathematics Prefect Interns, we will be collaborating on Mathematics Peer Tutoring of primary and secondary students, assisting with the organisation of our school’s many mathematical enrichment and co-curricular activities as well as academic competitions such as Maths Olympiad, APSMO and AMC.

We are currently organising the popular Rubik’s Cube Relay, a notable competition that occurs annually, allowing students to showcase their exceptional speedcubing skills in solving this difficult puzzle in a short period of time. As our school has a thriving and fun maths centred community, we are looking forward to working with everyone and providing a comfortable and educational environment to further better the learning of students.

Leaders - Darren Pradhan, Leeanna Yao

Assistant - Abhijith Maliakal

As interns, we are working on two key projects centred around the English faculty. Firstly, we are creating an English Peer Tutoring Program. Junior grades will be provided with an opportunity to work with high performing year 11 students to better their understanding and increase skills. Our other main priority is to develop more English-focused extracurricular activities. This will involve strengthening already existing activities, such as debating, and possibly introducing new ones to provide students with as many opportunities as possible.

Leader - Jamima Rumey Jiffrey

Assistant - Elizabeth Santoso

The science prefects (Yash, Aditya, and Sara) are the clever minds of the prefect body. We organise fun events for the whole school to enjoy, such as the spectacular Science Week or the spooky Halloween Science Exhibit. We are not only here for fun however, we provide peer tutoring for students who are struggling in their science studies. In the upcoming months, we plan to organise and run a STEM Club, a friendly club for all grades to explore and learn the intricacies of science, technology, mathematics and engineering.

Leader - Yash Mishra

Assistants - Sara Saleh, Aditya Kumar

We are Jahin and Cedric and we are your TAS Prefect Interns. Our roles consist of overseeing and assisting TAS Peer Tutoring, Coding Club, USYD Exploring Engineer, Anki Overdrive Club, Tinker Workshops, Solar Car, Robotics Club, Aurecon and assisting you with your general TAS related needs.

Leader - Jahin Khandoker

Assistant - Cedric Kutschera

G’day from Luke and Nicholas. As History Prefect Interns, we are assigned with the organisation of History Club, school history quizzes and History Enrichment, as well as the organisation of extra-curricular activities like the annual History Mastermind Competition. Within our portfolio, we organise and run special events throughout the school calendar, including the ANZAC and Remembrance Day Assemblies, plus NAIDOC Week, all of which hold extreme significance within our school community, and beyond.

Leader - Luke Boyes

Assistant - Nicholas Whelan

Hello from Maddy, Ana, Jola and Fairy, and we’re your CAPA Prefects! We’re the outrageous leaders willing to make an impression. We specialise in all things Music, Visual Arts, Drama and showing the audience your talents! We love all the CAPA students and our goal is helping them to achieve the best results. Currently, we’re aiming to: revive the Art Club and get new instruments and art supplies for the Music and Art students. We also organise the show stopping events such as Retrospect, MADD Night, Yr12 Showcase and other events where students can show their stuff!

Leaders - Ana Maksimovic, Madeleine Reeves

Assistants - Jola Canlas, Fairy Patel

As the Social Sciences Prefect Interns, we are here to ensure all students across all grades have the support they need in their studies and their input heard in any activities they want to run.

Our roles consist of organising YMCA Junior and Youth Parliament, arranging Social Sciences Peer Tutoring and HSC Study groups, assisting with Breakfast Club and MUNA in addition to subject selection and information evenings, and Student Senate Forums.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are looking forward to working with you.

Leader - Alyna Arago

Assistants - Sinduja Sreshkumar, Eugene Chen

Hello from Sara and Ana from the LOTE faculty (Languages Other Than English)! We specialise in organising the most exciting events such as: running our very own Japanese and Italian stalls at Multicultural Day, LOTE incursions, and participating in Extra-curricular Competitions like the OzClo Competition. Not only that, we also run an exchange program with Hakusan City in Japan! Every year, we host Japanese students and send our students to Japan in the Hakusan Exchange Program. Aside from the fun, we also provide LOTE Peer Tutoring for students struggling in Japanese/Italian and the teachers help prepare students for the OzClo Competition.

Leader - Sara Saleh

Assistant - Ana Maksimovic

We are the Volunteering Prefect Interns. Our roles directly align with the Volunteering Club which is run every Tuesdays at lunchtime in Ms Pipio’s room and involve planning and running various events to either fundraise for a particular cause or increase awareness of a specific issue. For our period as the Interns for this amazing portfolio, we are looking to increase the number of permanent junior participants, collaborate with other superb clubs such as Social Justice for smoother and more efficient planning of certain events, and actively encourage students of Penrith to volunteer outside of school for an opportunity to receive recognition for it. If you have any suggestions, questions, or would like to join, feel free to contact any of us at any time. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Leader - Cedric Kutschera

Assistants - Isaac Chang, Alyna Arago

The Canteen is central to the Penrith High Community. As Canteen Prefect Interns, Marco and I, Nicholas, are in charge of all things Canteen and food related. We help to create new menus and promote them through emails, announcements and newsletters. We also help to make posters for food promotions and weekly specials. Additionally, in non-COVID times, we would also be helping to organise Canteen volunteers.

Leader - Nicholas Whelan

Assistant - Marco Perri

Duke of Ed is a flourishing and rich group within our school community, in which Zach Wan (assistant) and myself, Sinduja Sureshkumar (leader), endeavour to support and better the group in any way we can. Within this group, alongside Ms Andreatta, students show interest, register and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh award, which is broken down into 3 Award categories; Bronze, Silver and Gold.

As Prefect Interns our main goal is to assist the running of Duke of Ed within our school and encourage more students through their journey from Bronze to Gold, essentially having more students achieve their Gold Award.

We strive to always help and support Duke of Ed at our school to ensure many more memories are made, goals are achieved and for students to find their place within this group and the community.

Leader - Sinduja Sureshkumar

Assistant - Zach Wan

Hello, school! My name is Isaac Chang, and I am your current Prefect Afternoon Tea (PAT) Leader for the first five weeks of this term, with Paul Sebastian as my assistant. We are very excited and keen for our roles within this amazing aspect of the Prefect Intern Body, and will do our best to serve the school in this regard.

As the PAT coordinators, we are the primary planners and creators of Penrith’s Prefect Afternoon Tea and work to receive invites and designate students within the Prefect Body to attend Prefect Afternoon Teas at other schools. Prefect Afternoon Teas are a fantastic opportunity to increase connections and relationships with both local schools and other selective schools through the activities scheduled for the day. They ultimately serve to both inspire and be inspired by the leaders of other great schools and ensure positive interconnections for everlasting times to come. However, given the current circumstances of our global world, it is unlikely that there will be any Prefect Afternoon Teas this term, but we will still do our best to plan a potential event for future leaders and respond to any feedback from previous years to make our prefect body’s Penrith PAT better than ever.

Leader - Isaac Chang

Assistant - Paul Sebastian

Hello everyone! I am Ashvini, your Social Justice Prefect Intern, and working with me are assistants Kokulaan and Hana. We will be looking after all the Social Justice events from these 5 weeks. We work closely with the Social Justice Club, which runs every Wednesday recess in T.1.3, and we plan and run various events revolving around social wellbeing and social justice issues. Through this, we raise awareness and fundraise for specific causes. We would love for more students to join the club and help us with effectively organising these events, as well as collaborating with other great clubs and leadership positions, such as Volunteering Club and the SRC. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. I hope to see everyone there!!

Leader - Ashvini Dolamulla

Assistants - Hana Hallani, Kokulaan Santhakumar

We are your Alumni Prefect Interns! We are passionate about the planning and delivery of a fabulous and spectacular 70th Anniversary celebration. In the meantime, expect us to help with the Towers-Alumni newsletter, and take care of all of the alumni who are returning to the school for any reason. Hope to see you at all alumni related events. Leave it to us!

Leader - Aditya Kumar

Assistant - Darren Pradhan

We are your SRC Prefect Interns! We are incredibly excited to serve the school in any way we can. We are responsible for helping the SRC body bring you some of the school’s most popular events such as Multicultural Day, Variety Night, Spirit Week and more. We cannot wait to work with the incoming SRC members to ensure the two leadership bodies can cooperate effectively and help improve the school environment for all students.

Leader - Shameer Iftikhar

Assistant - Madeleine Reeves

Towers is Penrith High School's annual magazine which is a culmination of the stories and experiences of the student body from throughout the school year. As Towers Prefects, our job is to help the librarian collate, organise and publish these events into articles which we can read in the future and reflect on our high school experiences. We look forward to contributing to this magazine and are incredibly excited to see how we can help the student body design a piece of useful memorabilia which we can all appreciate in both the present and future.

Leader - Zach Wan, Jola Canlas, Tamara Jaglica

Assistants - Jahin Khandoker, Rana Singh

We are Hana and Olivia and we’re the Public Relations Prefect Interns. Our key purpose is to cultivate and maintain a healthy relationship between the Prefect Intern body and our fellow peers. We are in charge of the Prefect Intern Body’s social media presence, in which we keep in touch with students, and allow them to communicate any concerns to us. As representatives of the school, we plan on presenting our school to the public and showing the positive events and activities that frequently occur around the school.

Currently we are working on producing an introduction video of the Prefect Interns, which will be presented during Information Evening. We hope this will allow the school cohort, parents and community to become familiar with the new Prefect Intern Body. We also wish to begin many other long term projects that the next interns will be able to carry on with. As Public Relations Prefect Interns, we look forward to connecting with the community, parents, and students together online, representing Penrith Selective High School with pride.

Leader - Hana Hallani

Assistant - Olivia Bock

As Uniform Prefect Interns, we supervise the second hand uniform pool, located on the second floor of A block. Students who require pieces of uniform can come to us and have the choice of either buying or borrowing for a reduced price, compared to the uniform shop. We are open everyday on specific time periods, so for any uniform needs, the uniform prefects and the uniform pool is where to go.

Leader - Eugene Chen

Assistant - Tamara Jaglica

Breakfast Club is a club supported by Red Cross that is participated in by Year 10 and 11 students. The Red Cross created ‘The Good Start Breakfast Club’ program with Sanitarium to help try and reduce food insecurity in Australia by ensuring that young children, like Kokulaan Santhakumar (Current Year 11 Prefect Intern) from the photo back in 2012, are able to get access to the nutritional requirements in food that they need, which they aren’t able to access at home. Breakfast Club members help to provide a nutritious breakfast to Penrith Primary school children who may otherwise go without such requirements. While we have been on hold due to unforeseen circumstances, we will, fortunately, be resuming our duties in week 5 of this term to continue to battle the fight against food inequality.

Leaders - Paul Sebastian and Jahin Khandoker

Adopt-a-school is a program aiming to generate awareness and funds to support disadvantaged students attending our partner school, St Thomas Academy, in Kenya. Our Easter fundraiser was a great success, in which we sold delicious baked goods, generating an outstanding $1000 in profit. This money will be utilised to sponsor 3 Kenyan students to provide them an education, and other necessities including food and water.

Leader - Gabrielle Cant

The Volunteering Club is an essential feature of Penrith Selective High School whereby students collaborate with each other as well as Ms Pipio to ultimately run events and raise funds or awareness for a specific social issue. For example, a recent project started by the previous leaders of Volunteering was the homeless package delivery initiative, which had the specific aim of helping out and assisting those currently unemployed and in need of extra assistance, through providing essential goods. For the upcoming period of Volunteering, we are aiming to improve the reputation and participation of the club and run more successful and rewarding schemes for the greater benefit of those concerned as well as ensure Penrith Selective High School gives back to the community.
Leaders - Cedric Kutschera, Isaac Chang and Alyna Arago

Social Justice Club is an in-school club led by school prefects where the latest societal and communal issues are discussed and acted upon to give back and help out the greater community. We organise events all throughout the school year to raise awareness for and improve the situation surrounding a variety of issues in our society, including the treatment of refugees, mental health, and the struggles of women, including events such as R U OKAY? Day and Refugee Week.

Leaders - Ashvini Dolamulla, Hana Hallani and Kokulaan Santhakumar

The Robotics Club involves students using a range of programs to solve robot challenges. It offers students with the chance to build, program and test robots whilst improving their coding skills. Robotics club is open to all students from Year 7 to 12.

Leader - Natasha Prasad

Anki Overdrive Club uses Anki Overdrive cars to connect to the Internet of Things (IoT) which lets data be transferred across all devices connected to the Internet. This causes the cars to be able to race without steering. This technology is able to conduct pathfinding movement and, using the Internet, is able to directly connect to the anki server for other purposes. However the server is currently non-operational.

Leaders - Jamieson Berida and Isaac Dhakal

The Technology Committee captures staff, students and parents voices on any issues related to technology use within school and how technology can be incorporated into efficient learning and studying. The committee consists of selected Junior and Senior Representatives and has made strides in projects such as the BYOD Program and technology access across the school.

Leader - Jahin Khandoker

Philosophy Club is a club open to all students, where we engage in discussions about topics pertinent to the understanding of ourselves, the people around us, and the world we all live in; ethical quandaries, thought experiments, moral dilemmas, and the impact of the choices we make. Discourse within the club is encouraged, as we are an inclusive group, and all ethical ideas and standpoints are welcomed! Recently, we've been taking a break, however, before our hiatus, we discussed the various facets of utilitarianism, and the nature of knowledge. We are planning to reopen our doors soon, on Thursday lunches, so come along!

Leader - Fabien Malherbe

Students at Penrith Selective High School are offered the chance to participate in a Rowing program conducted by Nepean Rowing Club. A number of students enjoy this activity. It is not operated or supervised by school staff.

Enquiries should be directed to Daniel (Co-ordinator Nepean Rowing Club)

Ph: 0403 743 189.

email: rowing@nepeanrowingclub.com.au

Rowing is held each Monday afternoon from 4.00 to 6.00 pm at Nepean Rowing Club.

Leader - Alex Vella

Gardening Club is a club open to all students and allows them to contribute towards the beautification of the school. We focus on cleaning the garden beds around the school and caring for the plants in order to ensure they are healthy and visually pleasing. Students are able to put forward their ideas about how to improve the physical environment at school by making it more inviting, how to cultivate plants of their choosing, learn about caring for plants and enjoy the efforts of their hard work by taking produce home.

Leader - Sara Saleh

Chess Club is a club that encourages both casual and competitive students to join. We have a thriving Chess team and we meet regularly so that students can discuss and play against each other as well against other schools when permitted.

Leader - Cedric Kutschera

MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) is a club open to all students. It involves coming together to share ideas and debate about social issues and the international law system. It provides a great opportunity to practice public speaking skills and develop connections across the year groups. The club also has the privilege to invite students to an annual, two-day weekend event, part of an International Rotary project, to learn about the UN and its vital commitment to world peace, as well as health, education and living standards around the world.

Leader - Alyna Arago

The Starlight Club is open to all students. We aim to raise money and awareness through various fundraisers, in support of Starlight Foundation, which is an organisation that helps children suffering with cancer and other terminal illnesses. This term we will be fundraising by selling gold and purple ribbons, and designing posters for cancer awareness.

Leader - Vishwa Shah

Aurecon Club is a club in which using materials supplied by Aurecon, students are tasked with designing and constructing a model bridge using the construction guidelines provided. The competition is open to Years 8 and 9 students in Australia. Judging days take place in September, and all competitors are invited to gather at venues across Australia and New Zealand where bridges are load tested and assessed for visual appeal, workmanship, creativity and functionality. The club was unable to compete this year because of the outbreak of COVID-19, but the leaders Ansh and Rana are both preparing for 2021 where we will assist the team in winning.

Leaders - Ansh Mittal and Rana Singh

The Fair Trade Club is a club which is open to all years and encourgaes involvement from all grades. Through the club we aim to raise awreness about the importance of Fair Trade for farmers in developing countries to the wider school community. We are doing this by actively designing and hanging up posters around the school for students and teachers to further understand the goals of our club and the Organisation. As a club we have also contributed to Fair Trade through Fair Trade stalls, which are commonly held on major school events, by selling food items prepared using Fair Trade ingredients.

Leader - Anav Prasad

The fitness club is open to all students, where we train and workout based on our different goals.

Leader - Yan Shin Tseung

The Sports Club is open to all years, where students can participate in various games chosen by the club members. Every Wednesday recess, a sport such as dodgeball is played non-competitively and a new sport is chosen every four weeks. It is a great way of socialising with students of both older and younger grades, while also playing alongside friends.

Leader - Samantha Buda

The Woodtech Club is open to anyone interested in this topic. Every Thursday Recess, we progress in building our project- a large wooden toy car. If you aren’t interested in building the car, you are able to build your own wooden item, as it is a free choice project otherwise. Anyone from all grades can attend, however it is very helpful for Year 7 students who haven’t done the subject at school, as they can learn safety measures and learn how to use machinery.

Leader - Brayden Kwok

Amnesty Club aims to bring attention to human rights issues from around the world, particularly in relation to political prisoners. Anyone is welcome to come along and share and discuss their opinions and perspectives in this all-inclusive, non-judgmental environment.

Leader - Luke Boyes

The history interest group aims to increase the interest in history for students in our school. This club has done projects that look into the history of school and members of our club have participated in a history debating competition.

Leader - Alison Joseph

The History Games Club is a club that aims to increase interest and allow students to learn more about the past through having fun and playing creative board games.

Leader - Bubleen Dhiman

D&D Club is a place for people to participate in games of the fantasy tabletop RPG known as Dungeons & Dragons. We meet every week on Thursdays and Fridays at lunch, and have multiple games running. Each game group consists of about 4 players and new members are always welcome. D&D is perfect for those who like fantasy fiction or fantasy video games.

Leader - Bailey Bass

At Typing Club, students of all years can come and hone their touch typing skills, as well as increasing their typing finesse and speed. You can also compete with your friends in fun typeracer marathons.

Leader - Abhijith Maliakal

Business Society (BSOC) is a club where you are able to build and refine your skills of creatively coming up with a unique business idea and learning how to pitch that idea to possible investors. We run a pitch competition each term judged by a panel of teachers and other professionals. During the term, students receive mentoring sessions, allowing students to derive solutions to issues they care about.

Leader - Aayushi Ajmera

The Animal Welfare Club is a club which helps animals who are hurt or injured and we help facilities who hold animals who have been injured or just need a loving home. Throughout any occasions such as Spirit Week and Education Week, Animal Welfare Club will be holding fundraisers to donate to various facilities like RSPCA and the Animal Holding Facility. We also work in cooperation with the Knitting/Crocheting Club to make things like clothes and toys to give to animals.

Leader - Kaveya Sarvanathan

Hello and welcome to Knitting/Crochet Club, where we enjoy our time knitting/crocheting and teaching our skills to each other! The perfect way to relax and still have fun while keeping your brain entertained. We work with the Social Justice Club by making beanies, scarves, blankets, etc. to donate to the Blanket and Beanie Appeal (BABA). We plan to begin working with the Animal Welfare Club to start making items to donate to the animal shelters. Join our club to spend some time relaxing and help us donate items to a greater cause!!

Leader - Michelle Ho

Our club, the Social Environmental Club, aims to discuss environmental problems as well as problems concerning animals through the use of social media and support organisations that address similar issues through fundraisers.

Leader - Saranyan Satyajith

The Harry Potter Club is an exhilarating and extremely enjoyable club that gives all Potterheads the opportunity to share their passion. Our initial goal was to create an awesome recreation of one of the most well-known scenes and perform them in front of the entire school. We are calling for all talented actors, actresses and Harry Potter fans, to join in the fun!

Leader - Kavvya Mehra

Good morning and welcome to a TCG Gathering. Here we intend to unite people of all different trading card games to bring them together with fans of the game and others similar to it. Come join us at A.2.2 on Tuesday lunches, and if you have any further inquiries, then come to the club anyway. It's a good idea, trust me.

Leader - Jaide Knaus-Petrie

In a digital world where anything can be real, people find fun, comfort, and joy in games. Here at Game Development Club (or GameDev for short) artists, programmers, and storywriters team up to create wonderful worlds where everything is possible. From RPGs to Platformers, we make games for everyone to enjoy and love. Currently we are working on a project called The Storyweaver, a game about someone who writes the stories of people.

Leader - Harry Le

Photography Club provides an insight on the thoughts and behind the scenes of photography. From how each aspect of an image is chosen specifically to meet its requirements, to capturing light and using it to deliver emotions in images, Photography Club helps passionate students on the start of their journey as photographers. Recently, we are learning about negative space, where we capture a photo of a busy place but frame it to look empty. We also had to upload examples on google classroom of what we can produce. The accompanied photo is an example produced by Mr Serrato to guide us in the right direction.

Leader - Nevil Shah

Ohayou! Welcome to the Manga Club. Doubling as “the fan club in disguise”, we enjoy our weekly meetings talking about our ideal characters, reading the best mangas, or watching our favourite animes. We also share our drawings with each other and participate in many Art Competitions. We are currently planning our very own manga that will be inspired by our school and events/experiences students go through. Join us for the best anime memes, weeb references, and a great time with fellow weebs.

Leader - Tanzeela Ansary

Duke of Ed fosters the creation of long-lasting memories and fun, packed with the learning and enhancing of life skills. The Duke of Ed program is broken down into 3 levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold, and students begin their journey towards completing their Award as early as year 9. Invited to all students, Duke of Ed is an international award program, recognised on a global level, with over 8 million individuals partaking in the program worldwide. Begin your Duke of Ed journey to explore your full potential!

Leader - Sinduja Sureshkumar

Email: penrith-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: penrith-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Location: 158-240 High Street, Penrith NSW, Australia
Phone: 02 4721 0529
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