Date Event

22 July School Development Day for Staff

23 July Classes commence for Term 3

26 July EGC NAIDOC Celebration

29 July Year 10 Parents information session

30 July Colours Awards Semester One

70 Cassidy St, Locked Bag 33, Kalgoorlie WA 6430

P: +61 08 9092 3100

E: easterngoldfields.college@education.wa.edu.au

W: www.egc.wa.edu.au

FB: www.facebook.com/egcollege

Principal: Dan McCormack

Deputy Principal Year 11: Vicki Bogensperger

Deputy Principal Year 12: Pippa Baxter

Manager Corporate Services: Gordana Grubelich

With this newsletter you will find a copy of your son’s/daughter’s Semester One report.

Congratulations to those students who have received reports indicating that they are well on-track for successful completion of their senior schooling. These students have demonstrated a commitment to achievement and an excellent work ethic.

Accompanying the report is a copy of their ‘Student Course Mark Analysis Graph’. This graph is similar to the NAPLAN results you may have seen in Years 3, 5, 7 & 9 and compares your son’s/daughter’s marks in each of their courses to all other students studying the same course at EGC. The black dot on this graph represents their mark.

After reading the report, look at this graph to see where they stand compared to other students doing the same course. It is an ideal time for students to reflect on their progress and goals. We have included a Goal Setting Questionnaire for them to set some goals for next semester and reflect on how they can improve their results.

There are some students who haven’t yet grasped the concept that they need to work in their courses in order to achieve passing grades. On the down side for those who want to leave school, they are not showing themselves in a particularly good light to employers with these results. I’m sure that you would all agree that we don’t want to get to a stage of having to repeat a year of schooling, so the time for change is now.

Congratulations to all Year 12 students who achieved pleasing results in their Semester One reports and are on track for WACE achievement. It is important that Year 12 students realise that the majority of all assessments need to be completed by the end of Term 3. The message is work hard and do your very best as the end of your schooling is coming quickly.

Issue 8 • June 28, 2019

COMING EVENTS

Diggers & Dealers is an annual event which this year runs from 5 - 7 August and takes place adjacent to our college in the Goldfields Arts Centre and its car park. During both the lead up and the event itself there is a great deal of extra traffic in the area - so please consider alternative sites to drop off and pick up students. Buses will be dropping off and picking up from behind the Arts Centre in Hanbury Street during this time.

ALL STUDENTS NEED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE OVER THIS TIME - PARTICULARLY CROSSING AT THE CHEETHAM / CASSIDY STREETS AREA.

DIGGERS & DEALERS

An information night will be held for prospective parents on Monday 29 July at 5.30pm - venue EGC Student Services Block. Course selection packages will be available for collection on that evening. For parents of students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School and Kambalda West District High School who cannot attend, packages will be posted out to you.

Packages and enrolment information will be available on the college Website - www.egc.wa.edu.au - and through the office early next term.

Enrolment and course selection will be due at the end of Week 6 Term 3 (30 August). All students will need to attend a course counselling session at EGC during Term 3. Students applying for a VET course will need to attend an interview with the VET Co-ordinator.

Year 10 students will attend Eastern Goldfields College between 16 - 19 December 2019 undertaking a modified timetable of their 2020 selections. That will be a time to consolidate the subjects they have chosen.

YEAR 10 TRANSITION

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Year 12 Course Selections for 2020

During Term 3, all Year 11 students will need to complete a course selection for 2020. Semester One reports should give a clear indication of what direction to take in Year 12, or whether or not a further year in Year 11 will be required.

Students should be choosing a pathway where they will have definite success whether that be ATAR (University) or General pathway.

More information will be available during Term 3 leading up to course selection.

COUNTRY WEEK - Again this year we have sent teams to Perth to compete in the annual Country Week competition where students from government schools all over the State meet up in the last week of Term 2. We have both Boys and Girls teams in Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer, Girls Netball along with mixed Touch Rugby. Squad Captains for 2019 are Cyrille Malihan and Sarah Gaby. Results will be out at the start of next term.

UNIFORMS - Due to being located on such an open and public area, college tops make it easy for staff to identify our students, along with generating a strong sense of pride and belonging. As we would like students to consider EGC as their work place we would appreciate them being in their work clothes and that includes a college jumper or jacket. As with all of our uniform tops, these are available from The Green Door Gallery in Brookman Street Kalgoorlie. Currently there are a number of our students who are attending without wearing the EGC top and we would like this to be rectified for the start of Term 3.

We would also appreciate our students in blue or black jeans/pants/shorts with no logos or ripping. While they may be in fashion, they are not appropriate for our workplace.

Being in the college uniform was agreed to by all parents and students when enrolling at Eastern Goldfields.

COLLEGE CHARGES

A further reminder to parents/guardians with outstanding charges – you are requested to finalise all outstanding charges by end of Term 3. Your statement is enclosed with this newsletter.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TERM 2 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS

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Year 11 Jaedyn Armstrong Cert II Tourism & General Int Science Megan Bam ATAR Mathematics Applications Joseph Baumer Foundation English Serena Bensted General Visual Art Tanaka Bepete Certificate II Sport & Recreation Rutendo Bepete ATAR Mathematics Applications Jaxon Birkett Cert II Tourism & General PE Studies Kyla Bokelund ATAR Psychology Alby Bonney Certificate II Community Services Rachel Bostleman ATAR Computer Science Latarra Bradwell Work Place Learning Kelly Buick General Mathematics Essentials Laryssa Bulock General Drama Ivy Rose Capangpangan General EALD, Found English & Maths Dillon Carroll General Metals & ATAR English Ethan Clark ATAR English Marianne Ella Cutamora Cert II Business, General Psychology & Visual Art JakeDe Vries Foundation English Czarina Del Rosario General Psychology Sarah Doherty ATAR Human Biology Myagmarsuren Enkhbadral ATAR Mathematics Methods Ryan Escudero Gomez Gen Geography & Business Management Ethan Field General English Lily Gammon General English & Health Studies Angeline Garcia General History Zoe Gianetti ATAR Human Biology, Chemistry & Physics Xiangcheng Hao ATAR Mathematics Specialist D'arci Harrison General Maths Essentials & Human Biology Noah Hinkley General Physical Education Studies Nathan Kaker General English Taya Kennedy General English Carris Kennedy General PE Studies & Food Science Braden Landers ATAR Integrated Science Paige Locke-Healey General Computer Science Jorja Logan General Visual Art & ATAR Biology Emily Maher General Mathematics Essentials Naledi Malefane General English Brooklyn May General Dance Kody Mulcahy General English Darcy Muldoon Cert II Digital Media, General English & Media Production Turoa Nikora General English & Human Biology Charlize Nysschen Gen Business Management and Enterprise Brayden O'Neill General English & Food Science James Ritchie ATAR Psychology Imogen Rule General English & Mathematics Essentials Leroy Rundle ATAR Physical Education Studies Nadia Schmulian General Design Photography Amelie Sharpe General Integrated Science Jarrod Simpson Work Place Learning Adam Simpson General Maths Essentials & AIT Jamie Spencer ATAR Geography & AIT Jacqueline Stanton Certificate I GATE Carlous Steven General Automotive, AIT & Certificate II Financial Services Isabella Stubbs ATAR Politics and Law & Visual Art Abbey Sullivan ATAR English Literature Siriphuschar Suparppong General Design: Photography Caleb Todd General Physical Education Studies Shauna Tullock General PE Studies & Maths Essentials

Joseph Tuvae Foundation Mathematics Kaea Walker Certificate II Sport & Recreation Kasey Wiffen General Materials - Textiles Brittany Woods ATAR English, History & General Childcare Ami Woods Foundation Mathematics

Year 12

Lizandre Anderson Work Place Learning & General Drama Ella Anderson General Materials - Textiles Bevan Bloomfield General Integrated Science Phoebe Anne Butihen General Design Photography Rory Callaghan General Automotive Duncan Cameron ATAR AIT & Accounting and Finance Alexandra Cameron ATAR English Christian Cockburn General Materials - Metals Joshua Connor General Maths Essentials & Food Science Michael Cooper General Mathematics Essentials Mitchell Crombie General Mathematics Essentials Peter Delaney ATAR Human Biology Edward Eshinapwora General Mathematics Essentials Sarah Gaby General PE Studies, Health & English Kayla Gibb General Psychology Amarsha Gooneratne ATAR Maths Specialist, Methods, Physics & English Chloe Grace ATAR Modern History Jackson Grace General Modern History & Cert II Business Lana Guy General English Allyssa Hale Foundation English Bryanna Hall ATAT Media Production and Analysis Clarissa Hand ATAR Integrated Science Grace Hartog General English Hunter Haymes General Applied Information Technology Calsey January ATAR Psychology Lloyd Jones ATAR Computer Science Nathan Kagoro Certificate II Business Paige MacPherson ATAR Literature Carissa Manalac General Visual Arts Tatenda Maponde ATAR Geography Beth McGee ATAR Politics and Law Dannielle Miller General Visual Arts Paige Monaghan ATAR Human Biology Riley Morton ATAR Psychology Lakeman Newland ATAR Mathematics Applications Holly Newman ATAR Physical Education Studies Brayden O'Donnell Certificate II Community Services Malarmozhi Paramasivan ATAR Mathematics Applications James Patterson ATAR Biology & Chemistry Ally Plowman Foundation Mathematics Darcy Robinson General Human Biology Tanika Rozema General Human Biology, Childcare & English Liana Tait General Physical Education Studies Amber Tansey General Business Management & English Calae Tipene General Visual Arts Nicole Klyd Tura General Design Graphics Jake Turner General Computer Science, PE Studies & Food Science Aleksandra Vakhtina General AIT & Design Photography Rochelle Christine Vivas General EALD & Media Production Sabrina Wicks General Psychology Jayden Zappelli General Physical Education Studies

Each semester Eastern Goldfields College acknowledges excellence through our Colours Awards.

There are 6 categories for Colours awards – Academic Achievement and Endeavour Colours awarded to students based on Semester results.

Sport Achievement Colours acknowledge outstanding supporting success and can include involvement in State or National competitions, fairest and best for the association in any given sport or contributions back to sports through coaching.

The Arts Colours which may include winning competitions or sections of Visual or Performing Arts competitions or performing in community productions.

Community Involvement Colours include being involved in community groups and contributing through leadership or volunteer work.

College Ethos Colours include representing Eastern Goldfields College in the community or contributing to College events throughout the semester.

The two categories of Academic Colours are awarded based on semester results, while all other Colours may be nominated by students, staff or parents.

A nomination form is included with this newsletter. Please return nomination forms to the college by Friday 26 July.

COLOURS AWARDS

What’s been happening at EGC?

Gail Barrow works with staff on Aboriginal Timeline

Cert II Sport & Rec running clinics at East Kalgoorlie PS

Cert II Horticulture students at K-B Racing Club

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REMINDER - TERM 3 CLASSES COMMENCE

TUESDAY 23 JULY

FAREWELL - At the end of Term 2 we say farewell to an

integral member of our college executive team - Deputy Principal, Miss Amy Palmer. Amy has been at EGC for 12 ½ years – 8 of those as Deputy Principal. She is now taking on a Deputy role at Denmark SHS. Everyone at the college will be sad to see Amy leave as she has been an excellent leader and role model. She has a wonderful work ethic and is a highly respected member of our College team. We all wish Amy and her family every success and the very best for their move to Denmark. Thank you for your time at Eastern Goldfields College.