YEAR 7 WEEK 7 TERM 1 2021

Year 7 Week 7 Term 1 2021

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Knox is a school that focuses on the academic, physical, social and spiritual lives of young men through our Total Fitness educational model. The model is age-specific and accounts for the different and complex worlds of the Prep School boy and the young man preparing for university.

Our educational model is strongly aligned to our values, focussing on educating the boys about how to become a good man. This is one of the reasons I am so proud of Knox. I love our clarity of purpose. We know who we are; we know where we are going. Our primary purpose is to build “fine young men”- to assist young men to become the very best human being they are capable of becoming – a person of character who will shape a positive future for themselves and the wider community.

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This week, the excitement of the locker space was abuzz with discussions about hand-in assessments and preparation for English writing tasks and Geography mapping skills. All of the boys have launched into the assessment period with great courage and confidence. As Team Leaders, we are extremely proud of the year group. Around the playground and across the sporting fields our boys are beginning to feel more connected and at ease with each other.

A key theme during Year Meeting this week was the celebration of International Women’s Day. With a message of #ChoosetoChallenge, the boys were presented important messages by their peers – Ryan Manuel and School Captain Dom Goddard. Dom spoke to the School's value of integrity and stressed the importance of high standards and knowing the right way to speak to adults and peers, including calling out those who don’t represent our own high values. We are so grateful to Dom for his time and guidance in speaking to our year group on such an important matter.

As the boys begin to find solidarity and friendship amongst their peers, there will be interactions requiring tolerance and where they can display true Knox values of compassion based around faith in their own words and actions. 

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A huge congratulations to Ryan Manuel, Dillon Tyler and Lara Manuel (Wahroonga Prep Y4) as they were chosen to participate at the CAS Diving on Thursday along with Jordan Fenech, James Kim, Joseph Kim, William Li, Dylan Zhou, Lukas Dunn (Knox Prep Y6) and Finn Morton (Knox Prep Y6) who participated in the CAS swimming - a wonderful achievement for all. Ryan placed 9th in the Junior and 3rd CIS U13, Tyler Dillon placed 15th in the Intermediate and Lara place 4th in the Intermediate and 10th in the open. Jordan Fenech receiving two Personal Best times for his events and also achieved a CAS Record Mixed U13yrs 200 Relay. James Kim achieved a CAS record in the Mixed 13yrs and under 200 Freestyle, Joseph Kim achieved a CAS record Boys 13yrs 50 Butterfly as well as a CAS record Boys 13yrs and under 200 relay. William Li achieved a PB for 50m Back stroke, Dylan Zhou achieved a CAS record in the Mixed 13yrs and under 200 Freestyle. A very successful evening with the Dive team placing 3rd overall and the Swim team making it five wins in a row.

Each year as a community, we generously donate Easter eggs and cup style instant noodles to Wesley Mission in support for their homeless youth  programs. If you would like to help, please bring your donations along to the Years 7 and 8 SAO office to support this appeal.

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Head of Knox Sports and Aquatic Academy

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As we move straight into the winter program, we must recognise some of the incredible performances over the past summer from so many talented boys and teams.

Our First Water Polo team have been crowned CAS Champions for the second consecutive season with an unbeaten run against CAS schools – only to be denied the CAS/GPS shield following a narrow loss to Newington. The team will finish their season tonight with a huge match in the Knox pool against Scots.

Our First Basketballers also enjoyed another championship season - this time joint CAS Premiers with Trinity Grammar. Our team showed immense composure and skill on Friday night against Cranbrook to lift the Rev A.V Smith Shield for the ninth time overall and the third consecutive year.

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Normal Mental Ill-Health
It’s normal for adolescents to experience mental health challenges. Research tells us that approximately 30% of boys will be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder before the age of 18, and 14% will experience a period of depression (Reis et al., 2010). Over our lifetimes, it is estimated that 45% of all Australians will go through at least one period of mental ill-health. While not all of our students will experience a period of mental ill-health themselves, its highly likely that they have a friend or a family member who has.

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Week 8

  • English, History and Maths. 

Week 9 

  • Maths da Vinci, Technology and PDHPE. 

 

Year 7 2021 Assessment booklet 

2021 Illness Misadventure Form (IMA)

Year 7 Term 1 Assessment Grid

Week 8 

Monday  15 March

  • Winter Sport training schedule commences

 

Thursday 18 March

  • World's Greatest Shave

 

Week 10

Tuesday 30 March

  • Year 7 House Athletics Day

 

Thursday 1 April

  • Term 1 Concludes

 

Friday 2 April

  • Good Friday

 

Monday 5 April

  • Easter Monday

 

Term 2, Week 1 

Tuesday 20 April

  • Term 2 Commences

 

 

 

 


Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
Romans 5:1

Beauty and the Beast - Sold Out


Tickets for all shows are now sold out. However, if you would like to join the waitlist, please click here. Select 'Join Waitlist' (button next to General Admission) and a pop-up window will open to enter your details and to confirm the show dates that you're interested in.

For ticket enquiries, please email here.

Code Camp


Get creative with technology these school holidays
On top of five coding classes to suit all skill levels, Code Camp have launched a range of new camps, where students can learn to DJ, produce YouTube style videos and create stop-motion animation short films.

For more information, click here.

Doing da Vinci Day

 

I would like to congratulate all the boys that participated in the Doing da Vinci Day last week. Below is a list of the winners!

Team 7004 - 1st Place Team 7013 - 2nd Place  Team 7002 - 3rd Place 
Bruce Ru Jeremy Sun  Samuel Yeoh
Rainier Liu Martin Li Tony Wu
Nathan Yu Siwoo Park  Harry Burwood 
Marcus Slobodian  Ryan Zheng Ryan Chai
Ryan You Summer Chen  Ebert Sun 
Harry Tong George Luo Max Wang
Daniel Lee Charles LI Alex Qin
Nathan Zhou  Emil Shen  Phoenix Pan 
  Arman Khanna-Boyle Kevin Qiu 

 



Knox Academy of Performing Arts


2021 Bandstand Concert
A wonderful evening and the return of live music! What an occasion our Bandstand Evening was - our first feature concert with an audience in 12 months! Wow, this was exciting.

On Tuesday evening 9 March our KAPA concert doors officially re-opened, featurning 248 performers from Years 7-12. What a privilege this was to share our magnificent performances with approximately 500+ family members/friends and fellow staff.

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Knox Uniform Shop


Trading Hours
Monday to Friday: 12.30pm-5.30pm
Saturday (Terms 1 and 4 only): 9am-12noon



Term 1 Holiday Trading Hours
Thursday 1 April - Uniform Shop closes at 5.30pm
Friday 2 April through to Monday 5 April - Closed for Public Holiday
Tuesday 6 April - 9.30am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm)
Wednesday 7 April - 9.30am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm)
Thursday 15 April - 9.30am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm)
Friday 16 April - 9.30am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm)
Saturday 17 April - 9am-12noon
Monday 19 April - 9.30am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm)
Tuesday 20 April (First day of Term 2) - 8am-5pm (closed 12.30pm-1pm) 

For all enquiries, please contact via us by phone 9487 0191 or email.

You may also visit the Knox website here for more information.

Julie Blackburn, Knox Uniform Shop Manager

McKenzie Library




Students are reminded that many resources have been placed on closed reserve in order for all students to use and access in the completion of their tasks.  These books stay in the library for all to use. Just ask the staff for the resources which are arranged in year groups for your research.

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Oboe Generations at Knox with Frank Yang


Last Sunday, we had our Year 7 Wind Band Rehearsal Workshop Day complete with 61 terrific Year 7 musicians and supported by 12 specialist tutors and eight OKGA KAPA casual staff.

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Senior School Tuckshops - Volunteers Required


We are so excited to be able to welcome parent volunteers back on campus to assist in the Tuckshops from the start of Term 2, 2021. The return of volunteers is subject to continued stabilisation of local and state health requirements regarding COVID-19.

We greatly appreciate our volunteers and their contributions to our School community.

Helping out in the tuckshop is very rewarding experience and a great way to meet and socialise with new friends. If you are able to volunteer in one of the Senior School Tuckshops, please click on the following link here.

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Social Justice


World's Greatest Shave
Mark your diary for Thursday 18 March at lunchtime on Knox 1! We are up to $26k in funds raised thanks to your support. Please click here to join and sponsor the Knox Grammar WGS Team as we raise funds and awareness for blood cancer. Some familiar faces will be taking part including the Prefect Executive. Staff involved include Mr James, Mr Leggo, Mr Truong and Mr Osburg (a beard trim!).

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Week 8 Term 1 2021 Menu

 

2021 Bandstand Concert


An amazing event! Check out our Year 7 Wind Band; made up of 64 students.

Year Meeting


School Captain Dom Goddard speaking with the boys at Year Meeting.