Term 1 is always one of the busiest terms of the year, with so many activities and opportunities on offer.

Over the last few weeks we have seen our boys take part in Years 4, 5, 7 and 8 Camps at Port Hacking, Lake Macquarie, Arcadia and the NSW South Coast.

There has been a flurry of excursions and incursions including a Chinese New Year celebration for Year 1, a Religion and Ethics visit to the Sydney Jewish Museum and even a Geography trip to a chocolate factory to learn about sustainable and ethical cacao production.

This weekend is the final round of the Senior School summer sports season, with one more week left for our Knox Prep students.

This week at Year Meeting, the boys were presented with two Co-Curricular opportunities that they may like to pursue in the near future. The first was the Duke of Edinburgh program which is an internationally recognised award for students aged 14-24. By participating, students learn a new skill, improve their physical wellbeing, volunteer in the community and experience a team outdoor adventure in a new environment. For further information about The Duke of Edinburgh program, please click here or email.

The second opportunity presented was to become a 2021 Knox Rugby Referee. This involves formally recognised training as well as opportunities for students to gain a different perspective of the game, gain confidence, improve their communication, and build upon their leadership skills. There is a meeting held in LG4 on 11 March at lunchtime for any students who are interested or have questions about the program. Mr Milligan is the Head of the Referee program so please contact him for further information.

It has been a busy week for the boys with two assessments completed for Geography and Visual Arts. There are no assessments next week, but please see the below tab for assessments coming up in Week 8.

A reminder to complete any sports absences through the  Sport Absence Form on the Knox app. This automatically notifies the Directors of that sport of your son's absence. Please do not email me or the Sports Department as these will not be seen or actioned until Monday.

Home Learning
Your son is expected to complete as a minimum one hour of home learning each night. During peak times, more time will most likely need to allocated. Home learning = set homework + assessment task preparation + independent learning. This means that if your son has no set homework or assessment tasks to prepare, he should spend the hour reviewing classwork, making study notes or doing wider reading for his subjects.

If your son is unable to complete any piece of homework on a particular evening, please write a note to this effect in his school diary, which your son can show to his teacher.

CAS Swimming and Diving Championships 2021 
This event will be held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Thursday 11 March.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions the CAS committee has limited the number of seats available for each CAS School.

The prefect body have spoken to each year group and asked for students wishing to attend to enter their submissions via a Google Form.

Students who have completed a submission to attend and have been selected will be invited through the school system and parents will receive an email requesting acceptance for this opportunity. Please note that if you are the recipient of that email, you will also be asked to confirm your son's medical details. Boys will be provided with a mask.

As we charge towards the end of our summer season, I cant help but feel proud of all of our Year 12 boys playing their last summer game in the Black and Blue. Some boys have been playing summer sport for more than six, seven or eight years for Knox and no doubt will enjoy Saturday but with many mixed emotions. Perhaps a memory of the day they were moved from the d team up to a c or b grade team. Perhaps their first ever win for Knox, first ever goal or even the day they met their new best mate. I hope our Year 12s have a great day this Saturday and wrap the season up with their 'best game ever' - Im sure their Year 11 team mates and spectators will help them enjoy a great day.

Congratulations to all teams across all levels and all age groups on a wonderful summer – one could only wish we had some more sun and our outdoor sports were not so interrupted through Term 1. There are too many teams to list here that will celebrate premierships this weekend – those teams and more details can be found on the Knox app under their respective sport reports.

The importance of modelling
In Week 3 of the School Newsletters, the Headmaster wrote about the importance of stopping to “pause” before reacting and how challenging this can be in the fast-paced world in which we find ourselves. In our role as school psychologists, we often see the impact when the ability to “pause” was somehow skipped, and young people land themselves in situations which could often have been avoided. There are many things we can do as parents to teach our kids how to stop, think, and, reflect before reacting. As Mr James mentioned, one core component of this is our important role in modelling these behaviours for our children.

There are NO assessments in Week 7. 

Upcoming assessments for Week 8 are English and Maths.

Year 8 Assessment Grid Term 1

2021 Illness Misadventure Form 

Year 8 Assessment Booklet

Musical Performance - 'Beauty and the Beast'

Thursday 18 March to Saturday 20 March

Term 1 concludes

Thursday 1 April

Good Friday 

Friday 2 April

Easter Monday 

Monday 5 April

Term 2 commences

Tuesday 20 April 

Each year, all Australian schools are required to report specific school-based data to the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills & Employment (DESE).

The Address Collection data is used to:
• calculate Australian Government recurrent funding to non-government schools, specifically the capacity to contribute score (CTC score)
• inform school education policy, particularly non-government school funding

The Address Collection data (collected under sections 52 (1), 52(3)(c), 52(4) and 58B of the Australian Education Regulation 2013), will source the following data from Knox Grammar, relevant to each campus:
• Student residential address (excluding student names)
• Whether the student is a primary or secondary student (education level)
• Whether the student is boarding or a day student (boarding status)
• Names and residential addresses of students’ parent(s) and/or guardian(s)

The school reporting requirement specifically requires reporting of a physical residential address, not a PO Box or the mailing equivalent.

If your family has recently changed its residential address, and you have not yet provided these details to the School, we seek your cooperation to update your family details via the Knox Parent Lounge, Parent Details Update function – by Friday 5 March.

The DESE has provided a 'Collection Notice for Parents' for your reading and reference. Please click here to view.

Damian Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer

A Knox Drama and Theatre Production
Disney's Beauty and the Beast

18-20 March 2021
7pm in the Wenkart Theatre

Box Office now open! All tickets $30 (+ booking fee). Click here to book your seats.

Masks mandatory for all audience members. There is a limit of four seats per booking with seating gaps automatically assigned between groups to adhere to distancing requirements.

Please note that the Box Office reserves the right to relocate your tickets, if required, and will advise accordingly. 

For ticket enquiries, please email here.

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.

Take advantage of their early bird sale by using the code EARLYBIRD25 before midnight Sunday 7 March. For more information, click here.

Our informal prayer meeting for Term 1 will be held at 10am on Friday 19 March, at the home of Prue Feather. Morning Tea will be included.

There will also be an evening meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 10 March, at the home of Fiona van Horen.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend so that we comply with the gathering limits prescribed by the government’s Public Health Orders in place at the time.

A warm welcome is extended to anyone from our Knox community who would like to attend.

Any enquires to Prue Feather.

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

Phone (02) 9487 0191 or visit the Knox website here for more information.

Julie Blackburn, Knox Uniform Shop Manager

This weekend is Clean Up Australia Day. It's a good time to speak as a family of the importance of caring for our environment. Boys are invited to join our KEST program here at Knox. We aim to make Knox a sustainable and enviromentally aware campus. Please contact Helen Clarke for more details.

The Knox Social Justice Club meets as a group each Friday at lunchtime in the Knox Cultural Centre Auditorium. New members welcome and this is especially important for those looking to commence their Certificate of Global Competency.

McKenzie Library
Many students are encouraged to visit the library for research help and to borrow resources. It is great to see the enthusiasm of all students as they develop the skills of researching and submitting work using their own voice and acknowledging sources.

Boys, why not add the CiteMaker extension to your laptop tab and add the information as you go about your studies? This is a great tool to record all resources you have used and, if required, create a Bibliography. This valuable tool is found through KnoxNet or through the library portal then you simply select Create a Bibliography tab.

Year 8 orders open Tuesday 2 March
To download your son's portrait and year photo, please click here and select: school orders. The password is: KNOX (this password is case sensitive, so please enter it as you see it)

You will need to know your son's student ID number which is located on his student ID card. This is privacy protected so only you can see your son's portrait. At this time, not only can you have his hi-res image sent to you via We Transfer, you can also order discounted printed copies if you would like for family.

Your school account will be charged $20 for his student ID card, the high-res electronic year photo and portrait for your record of his time at school.

Clarinet Quintet

This ensemble rehearses on a Thursday before school. Members play the typical Bb Clarinet and also the Bass Clarinet, which sounds an octave lower.  Current repertoire includes arrangements of 'Moon River', 'A Whole New World', and works by Mozart.

Battle of the Bands

The Red Line - Nick Bull, Angus Baily, Mitch Fiander and Ben Stone.

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