News and Events

Meritorious Service to Public Education and Training

Ms King is a person who has contributed to the New South Wales Department of Education and Training in a wide variety of roles.

Ms King is a strong advocate of public education and her voice in support of public schools and the public education system has been heard across the state and across the nation.

During her extraordinary career, she has made an enormous contribution as an exemplary teacher, a principal of two secondary school, a curriculum expert in ancient and modern history, an acknowledged leader in a number of professional organisations, in particular, the Secondary Principals Council, a lecturer in the teacher education program at Macquarie University and a member of the NSW Board of Studies.

Ms Judy King is highly respected for her leadership and for her passionate support for New South Wales public education.

Year 12 Design and Technology student makes it into Design Tech with her Retro Coffee Table

Sophie Croft identified the increasing trend towards smaller living spaces in high-rise inner city apartments. She designed a multifunctional nad uniquely shaped coffee table with matching stools. The table features a variety of retro materials such as vinyl, laminate and aluminum. The materials and curved lines of design work together to form a highly functional and stylish item of furniture. The stools slide under the glass top when not in use, optimising the space in a small living area while at the same time creating a visually attractive retro-styled red and white table set.

NSW Secondary Schools Basketball Championships
Riverside's Basketball Team 1 for Year 7/8 competed in the grand final against Winmalee High. Winmalee had narrowly beaten Riverside in the preliminary round, so it was a close game. By half time, Riverside had a 4 point advantage.
The final score was 25-10, with the win to Riverside Girls!
Most improved player - Sophie Tucker
Most valuable player - Anna Emsley
Best defensive player - Helen Samarian

Interested in an RGHS String Ensemble?
The Riverside Instrumental Ensemble Program (RIEP) Subcommittee is hoping to guage interest in forming a string ensemble as part of the instrumental program.
Does your daughter play a string instrument? Would your daughter like to play a string instrument?
If you are interested, send an email to the RIEP subcommittee at the following address:
trapagasaul@hotmail.com

Congratulations to:
Danielle Ayrton Yr12 for being selected in the Australian National Trampolining team and Tamara Mitchell Yr11 for being selected in the State Dance Ensemble.

CHS Volleyball Championships
Kay Edwards and Cindy Edwards represented Sydney North Area at the CHS Volleyball Championships this year. Unfortunately their older sister Wendy was unavailable for selection this year due to other commitments.

Zone Cross Country
On Tuesday 23rd May we sent 55 girls to Pennant Hills Park for the Annual Zone Cross Country event. This was the first time in several years that we actually had a full team of girls running in both the 17yrs and 16 yrs age groups.
Congratulations to our senior girls for such a great display of school spirit.

Our overall result for the day was 4th out of the 6 schools that competed.
Our greatest result was taking out 1st place in the 15yrs age group and gaining a place at the Regional Cross Country for a school team of 4 runners in this age group.

Student Leadership
Congratulations to school captain Elham Tahzib and Katherine Tonkin Year 12 for their excellent presentations at Ryde and Hunters Hill Council Meetings last week. The girls were part of the local community campaign to prevent Gladesville Library being closed. Elham's speech was quoted in the Northern District times. Community members attending the meeting were impressed with the passion and the logic of the students' arguments.
Let's hope the library can stay open.

Sailing News
Congratulations to Miki Evans who represented Riverside at the CHS Sailing Championships. Miki from Year 9 raced her Laser 4.7 at the Combined High Schools Sailing Championships at Belmont, Lake Macquarie over the recent vacation.

Knockout Open Basketball Round 2
Riverside Girls lost 35-32 against Killara High School.
Most valuable player - Rebecca Frankham
Best defensive - Alannah Frankham
Most improved - Noelani Daniel

Knockout Touch Football Round 1
Riverside Girls defeated Marsden High 2-1.
The team consisted of Mona Auelua, Amy Bell, Nina Blundell, Noelani Daniel, Alannah Frankham, Rebekah Frankham, Teagan Gardiner, Katarina Kraft, Manty Loupatty, Hayley Miller, and Rebekka Boicheska.

Knockout Water Polo Round 1
Riverside Girls lost to Freshwater High 15-6.

Knockout Volleyball Rounds 1-3
Having had a bye in the first round, Riverside won the second round with a 3-0 win. The squad consisted of six players from last year and three new players Kate Butler-Howell, Sally Johnson and Leah Harrison. Work on the net by all players was sharp, and Kay Edwards was the most consistent server of the day.
The third round was played on Freshwater Secondary Campus. The team was unsettled by an unruly group of spectators, but despite this, the final score line was 3-0 to Riverside Girls.

Triathlon All Schools Carnival
The All Schools Carnival was held at Penrith Lakes on 16-17th March.
Congratulations to Moya Johansson, who came second overall in the junior category. She will be competing at the Australian Titles in Victoria, 3-6 April.
A brilliant effort also from Alice Palmer, who came sixth in the CHS category, and Lauren Ellis, coming twelth in her first ever triathlon.
Riverside's Year 10 team of Holly Brown (swim), Katarina Kraft (bike) and Sally Johnson (run) competed in their first triathlon and came ninth overall in the State and third in the CHS division. They beat about 40 other teams - a great effort!

Water polo News
Rachel Horton in Yr 9 competed with the Drummoyne U14 girls' water polo team at the Australian National Championships held in Hobart over the easter break. They won the Australian Final 7-2. This team have also been undefeated in the Sydney Winter and Summer competitions as well as the NSW State Championshiups.
Rachel Horton and Alice Palmer have been selected in the Sydney North training squad for 2006.

What makes your school fantastic?
Congratulations to the following year 8 students:

Grace Brown
Hannah Felton
Sevda Imre
Diana Edwards

for entering the Channel 9 Today Show school competition "What makes your school fantastic". Their 60 second video was played on Channel 9 during The Today Show on Good Friday in April 2006. Although they didn't win the prize money, the school commends them on their great effort and commitment. The girls worked in their own time using the school's equipment to get this production together. Thank you girls and well done!

Download and view their video here.

Riverside Markets
Riverside Market is held on the second Saturday of each month between 9am-3pm and extended to 6pm in December. More information can be found here.

HSC RESULTS 2005
Riverside Girls High School congratulates the HSC class of 2005

3 Premiers Awards i.e. every unit 10+ all over 90 (Band 6)

69 Merit listings for Band 6 or Ext4

1 Art Express Major Work @ the Art Gallery of NSW

1 Designtech @ the Powerhouse

22 UAI's over 90 including DUX 99.65

Outstanding results overall especially in
ESL English
Spanish Beg
Extension 1 and 2 Maths
General Maths
Design and Technology
German
Physics
e.g. 54% Maths Ext 1 gained E4 top extension band (23% above state % on band E4)

Listed 120 in top 200 schools in Daily Telegraph Sat 17th Dec, 05

Congratulations to the Year 9 Debating Team
This team not only defeated our Year 10 team but also became ZONE CHAMPIONS

Congratulations rghs girls
A letter from a community member

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the school on the excellent behaviour of the girls who caught the 500 bus from a bus stop in Rozelle (Victoria Rd near Darling St) this morning.
As the bus approached the stop the girls stood to one side and waited, allowing all the adults to board the bus, before boarding in an orderly fashion themselves. Further along the route other passengers joined the already crowded bus and several Riverside girls stood to offer them their seats.
I regularly catch the bus from this stop, and the Riverside girls who catch the bus are generally very well behaved and polite.
After the recent bad press that school students using public transport have received it is refreshing to encounter such well behaved, considerate young ladies.

Riverside Currents
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	28 August 2008