School Council: Elected Parent Member

Newsletter 6 ~ Wednesday 26th April 2017

Truganina College

55 Clearwood Drive

Truganina VIC 3029

03 9368 9800

www.truganinap9.vic.edu.au

Truganina Times

Last term, the Truganina College School Council warmly welcomed Doreen Narayan to the 2017 School Council as the elected parent member. Please see her photo below.

The role of School Council as outlined in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 is one of helping to set the long term future for the school and maintaining oversight of the school’s operation. The Principal is responsible for the management of the school and acts as the Executive Officer of Council.

School Council Responsibilities can include:

Contributing to the development of the Strategic Plan.

Approving the annual budget.

Working with the school to develop, review and update policies.

Representing the views of the school community.

Arranging for things needed towards the running of the school.

Raising money for things the school needs.

Making sure the school grounds and buildings are maintained.

Creating positive interest in the school within the community.

The Truganina College School Council is a wonderfully supportive group who work diligently to assist the school to work towards achieving the best learning outcomes for our students.

Kind regards,

Jenny Crowle, Nicole O’Brien, Steven Trotter & Helene Refuerzo.

2017 Truganina College Events Calendar Date Event

Friday 28th April School Photos

Monday 1st May Term 2 Study Club

3.15pm - 4.15pm

Monday 8th May Term 2 Study Club

3.15pm - 4.15pm

Tuesday 9th May NAPLAN for Years 3, 5 and 7

Wednesday 10th May NAPLAN for Years 3, 5 and 7

Thursday 11th May NAPLAN for Years 3, 5 and 7

Monday 15th May School Council Meeting

5.00pm

Thursday 18th May Curriculum Day - Professional Learning for staff

No school for students

Friday 19th May Curriculum Day - Professional Learning for staff

No school for students

Monday 5th June School Council Meeting

5.00pm

Monday 12th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday No School

Tuesday 13th June Year 7 Immunisations

Friday 30th June End of term 2 2.30pm finish

Monday 17th July Start of term 3 8.35am start

Monday 24th July School Council Meeting

5.00pm

Monday 21st August Curriculum Day - Professional Learning for staff

No school for students

Monday 21st August School Council Meeting

5.00pm

Friday 22nd September End of term 3 2.30pm finish

Parent Helpers required for Mother’s Day Stall

School Photos School Photos will be taking place on Friday 28th April. Order forms and instructions were sent home with students last term. Orders can be placed online through Arthur Reed Photos. Details and instructions are on the order forms.

Please make sure that your children have their appropriate full school uniform organised in time for School Photo Day.

A few parent helpers are still required on the day to help with the grooming of students before their photos are taken. If you are interested in helping out on Friday 28th April, please contact Lisa, Hayley or Clare in the Administration Office on 9368 9800.

Truganina College is looking at holding a Mother's Day Stall on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th May. All funds raised from the stall will go towards fundraising for our playground.

In order for this stall to take place, a number of parent helpers are required on both days to run the stall. Without the help of parents or members of the community, the stall won't be able to take place.

If you are interested in helping out on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th May, please contact Lisa, Hayley or Clare in the Administration Office on 9368 9800.

Winter is fast approaching and tissues are being used more frequently in the classroom. Truganina College will be holding a ‘Tissue Drive’ for the rest of Term 2 and kindly asks any families to donate tissue boxes to the school to be used by students in the classrooms.

We thank you all in advance for your donations and assistance.

Tissue Drive

Truganina College Easter Raffle Last term, Truganina College held an Easter Raffle to help continue to raise funds for a school playground. Thank you to all the families that kindly donated Easter chocolate and purchased raffle tickets. We raised close to a total of $2,000 from the raffle and the Foundation - Year 3 Cat in the Hat Parade.

Congratulations to the following raffle prize winners:

1. Hibba Sajjad 21. Joseph Do

2. Jose Lepua 22. Arnav Singh

3. Daisy Michael 23. Lorelai Tawa

4. Brandan Nguyen 24. Kate Gee

5. Maria Sang Yum 25. Kelsy Reddy

6. Alex Tarei 26. Naitik Patel

7. J.F. Block 27. Darcy Rouvray

8. Samantha Kerr 28. Marisa Tu

9. Riley Pathe 29. Vanshika Boddu

10. Noah Aza 30. Arush Maharaj

11. Navami Nair 31. Hasandu Kankanamge

12. Keya Prajapati 32. Advik Vaid

13. Aryesa Pradhan 33. Rona Toleafoa

14. Obson Sidik 34. Sharaddeep Kaur

15. Alissa Hsiao 35. Abhay - care of Samihan Upadhye

16. Malakai Tawa 36. Rasveerat Dhadwall

17. Khushreet Aujla 37. Shivani Pitrola

18. Surafel Eshetu 38. Adele from the Canteen

19. Tinika 39. Rodney Bott

20. Diesel Pattison

21st Century Learning The 21st Century Learning Team has been working hard to organise the digital technology tools to support student learning at Truganina College.

We have purchased 60 netbooks which students are able to use for a range of learning experiences such as:

Coding with the Lego Robots within Technology classes

Completing online assessments Researching information Developing digital texts Manipulating photos and videos Preparing presentations Working with various computer programs

Some classrooms have now had large flat screen TVs and Apple devices installed so students can: View educational videos and modelled instructions as part of their lessons Share their learning from their iPads by ‘air-playing’ the information on the screen View demonstrations of how to use iPad apps on the large screen Showcase photographs of their learning on the large screen Read digital texts as part of the reading block Learn how to use various computer programs by watching it demonstrated on the

screen We are currently installing desk top computers in the Secondary area to give students access to various computer programs within their Information and Communication Technology classes. As you can see, we are providing the digital tools that support student learning in the 21st Century and a vital part of that is your child bringing their iPad to school every day! Teachers find it extremely difficult to teach a technology based lesson if only half the class has brought their iPads to school. There are some days when the iPads will not be accessed, but they need to be brought so they are ready to use when the opportunity arises. Thank you to the students who have been bringing their iPads, ready for learning. We will continue to work tirelessly to improve 21st Century Learning at Truganina College and thank you for your support in our endeavour! Leanne McNaughton & Kirstin Molloy 21st Century Learning Leaders

Escape To Everywhere- Children’s Book Council of Australia

Each year, across Australia, The Children’s Book Council of Australia brings children and books together celebrating outstanding Australian literature. The Book of the Year winner's announcement is always the third Friday in August. Below is a selection of some of the books that have been short-listed for Book of the Year. We have a selection of this outstanding literature available in classrooms for your child to enjoy.

Justine Ryan & Vanitha Sujith Pedagogy Coaches

Pedagogy Coach Report

Data Manager Report College Attendance Data

Our college continues to focus on improving student attendance data for 2017. For students to learn, they must be at school and arriving on time. We appreciate the support

of families when it comes to student attendance.

If your child is absent from school we ask that you contact us as soon as possible. This can be done by:

Courtney Hodgson Data Manager

As at the end of Week 8,

Term 1 As at the end of Term 1

(Week 9) Average days Absent

per student F-8 2.15 2.44

Foundation 2.15 2.46

Year 1 2.35 2.74

Year 2 2.67 2.87

Year 3 1.90 2.19

Year 4 2.16 2.59

Year 5 1.98 2.22

Year 6 1.18 1.53

Year 7 1.75 1.93

Year 8 2.08 2.21

Primary F-6 2.19 2.51

Secondary 7-8 1.91 2.06

Making a call to the office.

Speaking directly to your

child’s teacher.

Writing a note in your

child’s Student Planner.

Sending an email to:

truganina.p9.co@edumail.vic.gov.au

Reading in Year 1

Following on from their work on predictions in Term 1, the students in Year 1 this term have been learning how to make inferences about characters’ feelings.

Students have been exploring a range of different texts and have been making inferences about how a character might be feeling. So far this year, we have done a lot of work on the importance of using evidence to justify our thinking. The topic of inferences draws upon the use of evidence as students need to justify their inferences using the pictures and dialogue from the text.

Carla Evans, Danielle Larkin, Demi Lai and Laura Mitchell

Teaching and Learning Team 1.1

Learning Intention: We are learning to make inferences about characters’ feelings.

Success Criteria - I will be successful when I can:

Understand characters’ feelings using pictures and their dialogue.

Staff Profiles Get to know Demi Lai - Year 1 Teacher in Room L4

What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is blue.

What is your favourite number and why? My favourite number is 9 because I like that 3 groups of 3 are 9.

What is your favourite book and why? The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle because I would read it when I was in primary school.

What is your favourite food? My favourite food is spaghetti with lots of yummy cheese!

What do you like most about teaching and learning? I love to teach and learn from my lovely class every day in 1B.

Get to know Kristine Farrugia - Year 1 Teacher in Portable 2 What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is pink. What is your favourite number and why? My favourite number is 13, for some people this is unlucky but for me it is my Mum and Dad’s birthday and great things happen to me on the 13th. What is your favourite book and why? My favourite book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. This was the first chapter book I received when I was little. What is your favourite food? Burgers and chips. What do you like most about teaching and learning? What I like about teaching and learning is that I get to impact students’ lives and support them in their educational journey.

Year 3 and 4 Music The beginning of Term 2 has seen the Year 3s and 4s take off to an excellent and exciting start in Music.

During the final few weeks of Term 1, we began learning how to play the Ukulele. The Year 3 and 4

students were eager to continue this learning when they returned in Term 2. Students have successfully

learnt 3 of the 4 chords used on the Ukulele (Am, C, F). They can successfully swap between these

chords. Next week, students will learn how to play the 4th chord (G), which will enable them to play a full

song on the Ukulele.

Emma Glenny

Music Teacher

Learning Intention: We are learning how to play 4 chords on the Ukelele.

Success Criteria - I am successful when I can:

Play 4 chords on the Ukelele (Am, G, C,F).

Swap between the 4 chords.

Vani Vyas, Shayne Avellano, Kathy Pham, Neesha Ofamooni and Esther Bagambe from Year 3,

playing the Ukulele

Vani Vyas, Shayne Avellano, Kathy Pham, Neesha

Ofamooni and Esther Bagambe from Year 3,

playing the chords they have learnt on the Ukulele

Shayne Avellano from 3B, eager to play the Ukulele Vani Vyas from 3C, playing the Ukulele

Congratulations Word Challenge winners!

Congratulations to the following students who were the prize winners for the last newsletter’s Word Challenge and made an impressive amount of words with ‘cl’ in them:

Aryesa Pradhan from Miss Hodgson’s Foundation class

Davesh Kalron from Miss Patterson’s Year 4 class

Well done to both of our winners!

Extracurricular: Soundgarage Welcome back! Lessons will have commenced back in Week 1 of Term 2. The Soundgarage team are very lucky to be welcoming Tom Spotiswood this term, who will be teaching alongside Ms. Wong on Thursdays.

If you would like to enrol in the Soundgarage Program in any of the disciplines (guitar, keyboard, drums or singing and performing) for Term 2 then it isn’t too late. There are enrolment forms at the office. Please have them filled out and handed in by next week.

FEE REMINDER

Due to the first couple of weeks being short weeks, we will be processing Soundgarage fees on May 8th now. This gives time to check there are sufficient funds in your accounts and to let us know if you have updated your credit card details since Term 1. If your card has expired or you’ve had a change of details, please get in contact with Sue O’Brien on

0412 467 499 before May 8th.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Maddie Owen at meowen9@gmail.com or 0401 844 522.

We would like to also say a huge congratulations to Ted O’Neill, one of our music teachers, who had his song ‘Wishing Well’ with his band ‘Localles’ debut on Triple J this week.

Newsletter 6 ~ Wednesday 26th April 2017

I have read my newsletter

Student Name _________________________

Teacher Name _________________________

Parent Name ___________________________

CHALLENGE!!

How many words can you make that have ‘or’ in

them?

3 WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS ROUND!

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

Return your slip to your teacher with as many words

written, with ‘or’ in them for your chance to win a

prize!

Slips must be returned by Thursday 4th May.

Winners announced on Friday 5th May.

Go For It!

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