Welcome back to Term 2!

We have a really busy and rather long term ahead of us. Many school activities and events are happening which highlights the diversity of our student body in terms of academic talents and extra- curricular talents. Just to mention a few that have lead us into the term or will be happening within the next month.

WWe started the term off on a great note with the School Social last week. Mr Wittmer’s and the SRC put together a marvellous night of dance for all year levels. Well done to all.

Last night was our annualLast night was our annual Talent Show, always a very entertaining evening. Run predominantly by the student body with guidance from Mr Bland and Mr Howard, we always see an array of talents. These include singing, dancing with usually a couple of appearances from staff – notably Mr Koo who always has the best dance moves and Mr Bland who belts out some fabulous songs. Always a great night.Miss LeLievre is doing a marvellous job in oMiss LeLievre is doing a marvellous job in organising many students to compete in Interschool Sport Round Robins. The students will get the opportunity to be in-volved in netball, basketball, soccer, badminton and table tennis. These competi-tions will happen within the next few weeks.

With Monday being ANZAC Day – we have a contingent of students and staff rep-resenting the school at the local ANZAC Day Service. Mr Howard is co-ordinating the choir for our national day of remembering those who are serving or have served in conflicts.

Also this weekend we see a second group of Duke of Ed students heading down to the Great Ocean Road Walk. Over 3 days they will be hiking with full packs along this beautiful stretch of our country, camping in the most idyllic sites and seeing wonderful biodiversity. Miss Dalton has been doing a marvellous job co-ordinating these activities and she has created a lot of interest in this fantastic program.The big mention for this term is the Junior Production ofThe big mention for this term is the Junior Production of Annie. Students are in the midst of rehearsing and getting very excited that it is all starting to come together. Under Ms Allen’s fabulous direction, the students are shaping up to give everybody a great show. With over 50 students involved the fantastic organisation and admin skills of Mrs Daniells keeps us on our toes. The collective talents of Miss Garner, Mrs McNamara, Ms Ling and myself is seeing some fantastic costumes, props, cho-reography and sets being created. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!

So this list of events is already exhausting – and it is only week 2! There is a lot more to come!

Here’s to a great term.

Ms Jo TreanorYear 7/8 Co-ordinaotr jtt@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Editor: Georgia Wittmergcw@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Contributors:Bonnie BreenManeet HoraMichael HewElizabeth IvancivElizabeth IvancivTifany LanbPetra Merlo

Isobel MumbersonElizabeth PickupRyan Tham

Message from the Year 7/8 Co-ordinator

The Kilmore International School40 White St, Kilmore Victoria, 3764 AustraliaPhone: +61 3 5782 2211Fax: +61 35782 2525Email: info@kilmore.vic.edu.auWeb: www.kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Year 7/8 Coordinator Page 2

School Social Page 3

House Athletics Day Page 4

School messages Page 6

Student Activities Page 8

Notice Board Page 17

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School Social

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House Athletics Day

RESULTS 1st place: Mitchell 1066 points

2nd place: Rutledge 1038 points 3rd place: Hume 1030 points 4th place : Hudson 941 points

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Mitchell House Report

"I would like to congratulate everyone who is in Mitchell house (Green) for their outstanding job! For the second year in a row,

Mitchell was able to pull out a win for Sports athletics day, but it didn’t come without hard work and lots of participation throughout all years. Without the help of many year 11’s, as well as my co-captain Ryan, the success of Green would have been

undeniably more difficult. Many members participated in 10 or more events so that we had enough people participating in the events. As well as participating in a lot of events, Stella (year ¾), Georgia (year ¾) and Mervin (year 11) received a place in the

top 2 for nearly every event. Finally, without everyone’s enthusiasm and high spirits, the day wouldn’t have been as enjoyable for everyone who participated. I encourage everyone to get more involved with their house because it was a day that I will nev-er forget!"

Bonnie Breen, Mitchell House Captain

Hume House Report Athletics day was a big success. Our house fought valiantly, each giving their all, knowing very much that we were a powerful house, one that would not falter in the presence of competition. Towards the end of the day, I believe that all of us had given our all in the events, and I am very proud of what everybody in the house has achieved. It was a close fight between the houses, but in the end, Mitchell had the slight edge over us, and ended up snatching the cup from our grasp. With us knowing how close we are to the top, nothing will stop us from making a comeback next year! Michael Hew, Hume House Captain

Rutledge House Report Even though Athletics Day started low-key with some mild rain, it culminated in a great action-packed. Rutledge House did

well in Athletics Day. We competed valiantly and halfway through the day we were on top in terms of points. However, in the

end, we came in second place. Despite this, I am very proud of our athletes , who competed with sportsmanship and pride. I

was very proud of the participation and competitive spirit our team showed in the events, especially during the dry ski race. We

cheered each other on, being very supportive of each other and were the better spirited team by the end of the day. I want to

congratulate our house for being such great sportsmen, and also all the other students and teams who competed and cheered.

Congratulations to Mitchell House and here's hoping for a victory in the next Athletics Day!

Ryan Tham, Rutledge House Captain

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It has been pleasing to see the students return in Term 2 and continue with their zealous approach to their studies across the Hu-manities Learning Area. We also wish to warmly welcome Mr Peter Morfea to the Learning Area. Peter has recently completed a stint teaching in Europe and previous to that he was working at Marcellin College, Melbourne. Peter will be working across the Learning Area with a major focus on Geography and History. Year 10 Commerce students continue to closely monitor their share portfolios as part of their participation in the ASX Share market game. The share market has been struggling across the globe and currently only 39% of the 16,500 participants have enjoyed positive returns. Nathan Reid is the highest performing student at Kilmore International School and is currently 43 rd in Victoria. On the agenda for Year 10 is an excursion to local manufacturing industries and a visit by Jaclyn Symes, MLC for Northern Victoria, and Government Whip in the Legislative Council. Year 12 Economics students are working towards the completion of their third and final Internal Assessment and we look for-ward to reading the various accounts of the issues impacting on world trade. The growing call for a return to “protectionism” and the impact of quantitative easing on exchange rates has added complexity to the task. Year 11 Business Management have commenced an investigation of Human Resource Management and it will be interesting to see if the student’s views coincide with current practices in the work place. Year 11 Economics students are nearing the completion of their initial studies of Microeconomics and will soon be faced with the completion of their first Internal Assessment. We look forward to working with the students as they investigate the vagaries of the market mechanism in a real world setting.

Ian Bennett Head of Humanities Email: iab@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Humanities Department

Boarding All boarders have returned from the holidays, back to work and studying hard to achieve. We had 65 students stay with us over the holidays, lots of fun, games and laugh-ter. We all went to Lazer tag in Wallan unfortunately we had a rainy day however this only added to the challenges of the event, we had a great B.B.Q. followed by lots of Pizza for dinner, then played cards and board games with popcorn for sup-per. Other days were filled in with sleeping in, shopping, movies and general lazy holiday mode. We have welcomed five more students to our boarding family from China, Japan, Thai and Vietnam, all are settling in well and I believe enjoying the experience of Australian boarding life. Our Girls dorm has part of the renovations finished with some of the students moving into the new area, this gives them a bright and cheerful area with more wardrobe space, new and more bathrooms and toilets. We now have 150 boarding students at T.K.I.S. Gayle Morgan Head of Boarding Email: gam@kilmore.vic.edu.au UNIFORM NOTICE We now have Girls dresses size 10J (Junior) in stock.

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Message from the Maths Department Dear Readers, Over the next few weeks you may notice that students in Years 7 and above will be completing one of the major assessment pieces for the Semester in mathematics – that being the “Semester Project”. This project is aimed at developing the capacity of students to present a mathematical argument or strategy in a coherent and well explained format. Although it is not absolutely necessary to use a computer to complete the task, it is highly recommended that students take the opportunity to use technolo-gy to enhance the overall communication and presentation of the document. This may include students using some of the free software available on the internet such as Graphmatica and Geogebra. Early use of such programs will definitely help students with the presentation of more complicated mathematics that is required in senior year levels. Please find some time to ask your child how they are going with the project and feel free to assist them with ensuring their final submission is well communicat-ed and answers all questions required. Good luck with your assignment and remember you may need to attend a tutorial or two in order to complete the task

And now for the answer to the previously posed newsletter question:

If then equals to ?

Solution:

This newsletter question is a tricky Year 7 & 8 question type: A number is formed by writing the numbers 1 to 30 in order as shown. 12345678910111213………..282930 Simeon removed 45 of these 51 digits leaving 6 in their original order to make the largest 6-digit number possible. What is the sum of the digits of this number?

(A) 33 (B) 38 (C) 41 (D) 43 (E) 51

Mr Paul Szczur Head of Learning (Mathematics) Email: paul.szczur@kilmore.vic.edu.au

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Debating News A busload of fifteen debaters and two supporters headed down to Loyola College on Monday for the second round of the Debating Associa-

tion’s Competition. Wilson’s mother, Kris Rielly, not only drove everyone down to the debate in her own bus, but also generously provided

sandwiches and snacks for all of us. So, a big thank you goes out to Kris!

All of our

debaters worked hard preparing their arguments. Some came along to evening tutorial to discuss their ideas with Ms.Gower while others had

the opportunity to practise on the Year 9 and 10 Camp. Armed with cue cards, plenty of ideas and varying amounts of confidence, our debat-

ers performed very well in the debates. Experienced debaters Elizabeth Pickup, Portia Kentish and Bonnie Breen won their debate while Jay-

son, Alycia and Joseph only lost by one point. It was the same story with the two Year 10 teams. Jasreet, Ben Knowles and Connie Ivanciv

won their debate but Orkojeet, Wilson and Maya missed winning by a single point. Our Year 9 debaters Kriti, Kelly and Fatima, all first time

debaters, worked very well as a team, supporting each other by passing rebuttal notes during the debate. However, the third speaker of the

opposing team proved a formidable opponent. “He’a politician!” whispered Ben Knowles. Truly, it was like Obama had walked into the

room!

Well, we’ll be back fighting in Round 3, which takes place on Monday 9th May!

Year 11 Debating Report

The B Grade topic was ‘That we should dramatically increase Australia’s refugee intake’ and we were arguing for the affirmative. After a

nutritious McDonald’s dinner, we got to Loyola an hour early to prepare our debate. Our main arguments were: It is the humane thing to do as

seeking asylum is a fundamental human right, it can better Australia and broaden its multiculturalism, it can benefit us economically and we

also provided a model to increase our intake up to 20,000 (Kevin Rudd had our intake at this level). Bonnie Breen, the first speaker gave a

passionate speech, outlining the points and sharing a heartfelt story of Amira, a Syrian asylum seeker. As the second speaker, Elizabeth

Pickup rebutted the negative team’s points and made points of her own: that it would not be a burden to Australia in an economic sense along

with providing further details about our model and creating a better system to deal with the refugee crisis. I, as third speaker, rebutted the

opposition’s points and summarised our own. Their arguments included the fact that we are incapable of dealing with the current capacity,

that they will steal Australian jobs and have a negative effect on the economy and that we should be stopping the problem at its root cause.

Fortunately we won the debate by 2 points! Overall it was a great night as we were able to develop our public speaking skills as well as fur-

thering our knowledge on the issue." Portia Kentish, Year 11

Excerpts from Year 10 Debate

“Our present policy of zero tolerance towards using drugs in sports is not working. It is time to consider a different policy that has a better

chance of working. Having different leagues- ones that use drugs and ones that don’t- will give athletes the choice whether to pursue their

profession with or without drugs.” Jasreet, Year 10

We believe that there should not be separate leagues for athletes who take performance enhancing drugs because their negative side effects. Put

quite simply, these drugs are dangerous and making a league where they are legal would be damaging to many athletes who choose to take

them. Let’s look at one example of a PED: anabolic steroids. These drugs increase the user’s body mass and muscle by increasing testosterone

production. There are many variations of anabolic steroids and they all have similar health effects. Long term use of anabolic steroids can make

men and women suffer from infertility, liver problems, high blood pressure and a dependence on the drugs just to name a few. And these are

short term effects - the long term effects haven’t even been fully studied so there could be more effects.” Wilson, Year 10

Excerpt from Year 9 Debate

“The idea of supplying free meals for all students is not a financially feasible one. Essentially we’ve all heard the well-known statement,

“There is no such thing as a free lunch”. Clearly there are obvious reasons why this saying was developed in the first place. Someone is going

to have to pay for it. Providing free meals isn’t a good use of the government’s or tax payers’ money.” Kelly, Year 9

Round 2 Debating Topics

- That Schools should provide students with free meals. (Year 9)

- That we should have separate leagues which

permit the use of performance enhancing drugs. (Year 10)

That Australia should dramatically increase

the intake of refugees. (Year 11)

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2016 SKI TRIP

There are still places available for the ski trip. If you are interested please see student services to register your name and pay a deposit of $200. Who: Years 9-11

When: Departure: Friday August 12th (after school

approx. 4.00pm)

Return: August 15th (approx. 9pm)

Accommodation: Mt Hotham, Snowbird Inn (ski in - ski out)

Transport: School bus to Mansfield, coach to the door

of our accommodation.

Cost: approximately $ 1,000 which includes skis/

snowboard and boots, helmet, lift tickets, lessons, accom-

modation, most meals and transport. (Clothing is to be

sourced by students or hired at own expense)

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Talent Show

The show last night was their best. Performance standards, audience behaviour, set up and clean up were all very fine indeed! A great night enjoyed by many.

Mr Howard

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The CAS Garden “BIG DIG AND PLANT”

Plenty of students attended the CAS Garden dig on Tuesday night. The old summer vegetables were removed and tilling of the

soil followed with many students bending their backs to assist. New seedlings that included Brussel sprouts, Garbage, Cauli-

flower, broccoli and silverbeet have been planted as our winter vegetables.

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Year 5/6 Camp—Halls Gap

On the 29th of March 2016, the Year 5 and 6 went to Camp Acacia situated at Halls Gap near the Grampians in Victoria. During the three and a half hour drive we stopped off at the Halls Gap Zoo. We got out of the bus and headed inside. We all ate our lunch and split up into groups. We explored the zoo. The zoo had many cute animals such as the Red Panda, Deer, Owls and even an Albino Kangaroo carrying a joey in it’s pouch. After several hours at the zoo, we all got back on the bus and heading to camp. When we got to the camp we sat in the dining room and listened to Ant (the camp coordinator) he taught us a little bit about the camp. We had some time to set ourselves up but then we headed back to the dining room. We played some games until dinner was ready. All of the meals were delicious.

On the 2nd day, after breakfast we started our activities. The 5s and 6s were split into three groups and we all did three different activities. The activities we did were Abseiling, Canoeing and the High Ropes course. If I had to pick my favourite I would defi-nitely choose Abseiling. At the end of the day we all walked to the ice cream shop.

On the third day we had our last activity and then later had another delicious meal cooked by the Acacia cooking staff. After lunch the whole group court the bus to the bottom of the Pinnacle. We split into two groups and started our climb. It was a long, difficult and tiring climb but the views were worth it. It was amazing. The walk back down was really nice and a lot easier than the walk up.

On the final day we packed and heading back home. On our way home we stopped at the Brambuck Cultural Centre. It was very interesting. We also got to paint our own boomer-angs. Then we got back on the bus and headed home.

A special thanks to the Junior School Teachers, the amazing staff at the Camp and our awe-some bus driver Malcolm.

Tiffany Lamb, Year 6

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Year 7/8 Camp—Canberra

Going on camp was an exciting experience for me, because it was my first time on camp. We went to many places, such as the Telstra Tower, Old and New Parliament House, The Royal Australian Mint, Questacon, The Australian War Memorial, The National Gallery of Art, The National Museum, The High Court of Australia and The Deep Space Museum. All of the places were really cool and interesting. In my opinion, Questacon was the “highlight” of our trip. It had a ton of fun exhibits to go to, and we all learnt a lot. New Parliament House was my second favourite; it has about 4500 rooms. After getting visiting some of the main rooms, we got to role play that we had a bill to discuss. Anissa Driver was the speaker (the head of the court), Kyle Laffan was the Prime Minister and Indika Egan was the captain of the opposing team. We had to discuss whether free Wi-Fi should be on public transportation or not. On the third night, we visited Telstra Tower. The view was really cool and pretty, and even though it was dark, we could see a bunch of lights all around. Lots of people were taking photos and having a good time, even though it was pretty cold up there. The Royal Australian Mint was super fun and cool as well. In my opinion, it was fun to see money being made and stamped. Overall, I thought that camp was great. I would like to thank Ms. Treanor, Ms. Mills, Mr. Dai and the other supervisors that were with us on camp.

Petra Merlo

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Year 9/10 Camp—Anglesea

On the 29th of April to the 2nd of March, Year 9 and 10 students along with many school teachers attended the Anglesea YMCA camp. The camp started with a cold yet fabulous trip to Geelong Adventure Park where water slides and rides were thoroughly enjoyed. At the campsite all the students got to try and challenge themselves on activities such as the giant swing (18 meters high), vertical challenge, archery, crate challenge, high ropes course, horse riding, bike riding and surfing. We also got the opportunity to make trips to the beach and enjoy the wonderful view. Many inter-national and local students also showcased their talents of music, dance and acting in the talent show. Overall all the students and teachers made the camp refreshing and new experience. Camp Quotes: “Camp was an awesome experience. I loved doing archery and had a great laugh in the talent show with some amazing acts”. Kriti Bhoomla “Camp was an opportunity for me to develop better relationships with local and interna-tional students. I loved it and the activities were fun.” Yong Ng year 10 “We enjoyed the early morning walks into Anglesea.” Matthew Spain and Alex “I was glad to see Vegemite was on offer at breakfast!” Gemma “It was fun sharing a room with friends! Peacey “Horse-riding was great fun even when my horse kept wandering off the track!” Narratt “Camp was fun. The giant swing was scary but the best by far” Se June Maneet Hora

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Year 11 Camp

On the way to camp, we made a stopover to the Otway Fly where we completed a tree top walk, which was complete with terrific views of the greenery of the trees and also informed us about many environmental impacts and issues that areas like this have to face. On the second day of camp we faced a day packed with canoeing, an obstacle course, a survival game, and farm activities. In canoeing, we all learnt to work as a team and also had an amazing time playing mini-games and jumping off the bank into the river in which we were canoeing. The obstacle course was a rigorous and extremely challenging activi-ty, in which we crawled through mud and mazes and various other obstacles, not excluding the infamous tunnel of love. The survival game involved different teams of carnivores, herbivores, hunters and diseases running through the bush in an at-tempt to finish the game with the most tags. The farm activities gave us all an insight into the management of the farm, in which we learnt more about the process of farming sustainably. We toured the farm in a trailer, and were given the opportunity to feed some of the cows. Many of us had never done anything like this before, and it was really great to experience. Day three brought a challenge for the most of us, as we rafted across the river and then completed a walk approximately 3kms along the sand to the beach. The weather was great for the walk, it wasn’t raining or very chilly, but it wasn’t too warm either. But, the walk was well worth it once we arrived to enjoy the view and breeze of the beach. Many students enjoyed the day swimming in the river, build-ing sandcastles and playing beach sport. This was a great way to relax after the end of term. The next day we visited Warrnambool and the Flagstaff maritime museum which was very interesting because we learnt about the history of the area

and some of the myths that were developed over time. The night activities were also a success, they included a talent night, Mr Bland’s parlour games, separate teacher led activities and the bush dancing. The bush dancing was a new experience for the majority of us and it was really great to see everyone getting so enthusiastic and participating to the best of their ability.

Special thanks to all the teachers and staff who came on the camp, for giving up your holidays and making it such an enjoyable experience for all of us. We would also like to extend our thanks to the bus drivers who accompanied us on this camp, and of course the staff of Camp Kangaroobie.

“Camp was a lot of fun, it allowed us to try new things that we wouldn’t usually do. It also gave us the opportunity to hang out with all students and get to know everyone a bit better.” – Brook Virtue “Do not think twice about getting your hands dirty and down to Earth, otherwise it’s no fun.” – Joseph Zielinski “I thought that camp really made me aware of my potential skills that I can further develop in the future. It was a great op-portunity to experience the great outdoors without being distracted by Wi-Fi.” – Andre Winardi “Wonderfully eye opening experience of what it’s like to live on a farm.” – Matt Knox “Year 11 camp was amazing! It was really nice to go to such a chilled out camp in such a beautiful part of the country this year. It was really great to get to know all the year 11 class, especially the new students, and to realise what a great dynamic we have as a whole. The talent night was heaps of fun, and Mr Winardi’s magic tricks had us all stumped. It was a great week!” – Madeleine Lezon “I thought Camp Kangaroobie was a worthwhile experience. While it was very enjoya-ble, we were also challenged at times and had to work to overcome these challenges. This helped me to build teamwork skills as well as bringing me closer to people I didn’t really talk to previously.” – Ervin Macawili “My favourite thing about Camp Kangaroobie was the bush dancing because it was something I had never done before and I found the dance moves funny and really inter-esting.” Yok Sukarom “It was a great opportunity to challenge myself and I’m so glad that I was able to devel-op friendships and learn new things about myself.” Portia Kentish “I really enjoyed the obstacle course as I challenged myself and was able to immerse myself in a new environment.” Jeremy Howard By Isobel Mumberson and Elizabeth Pickup

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Year 12 Camp—Mornington Peninsula

This year, the Year 12's travelled out to the Mornington Peninsula for five days of relaxing and studying. Ace Hi Camp pro-

vided a scenic location for the Year 12s to unwind from Term 1 and finish up schoolwork.

Ace Hi was also home to various animals, such as horses and native birds that created a lively and vivid atmosphere for the

Year 12s to enjoy.

While on the camp, we participated in vari-

ous activities in and out of the campsite. We

took part in regular camp activities such as

horse riding, flying fox, giant swing and

hiking to give us a break from study-

ing. The flying fox and giant swing were

thrilling activities while the horse riding

and hiking gave us opportunities to relax

and appreciate the beautiful scenery that

surrounded the campsite.

It was not all fun and games, as the Biology

and ESS students ventured out to a beach at

Queenscliff to complete some field work.

We studied the changes in the sand and

prevalence of organic matter up and down

dunes, while also having a chance to indulge in a magnificent view of

the bay.

We also had a tour through the Marine Discovery Centre where we had

the opportunity to learn about the wildlife and plants that call our oceans

home.

The camp was wrapped up with a bonfire party scattered with glows-

ticks. With music lifting up the exhausted atmosphere that always

comes along with studying, the bonfire was a fantastic way to end the

Year 12s' final camp together.

Elizabeth Ivanciv. Year 12

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