getting organised…
TRANSCRIPT
GETTING ORGANISED… With only two weeks until holidays, the first
term has flown by but not without some new skills being learnt and
some new habits encouraged. As is the case every year, the first
few months see a focus on improving student organisation and
Mentors have paid particular attention this year to encouraging
students to use their Diary more effectively. Students have been
asked to write each subject for each day in their Diary, noting
down homework if it is given or simply writing ‘No homework’ if
there is none. Diary use can be a challenge for students – they are
sometimes misplaced or left in lockers, or the student believes
that their memory is sufficient for recalling what needs to be done
and by when – meaning that homework or other key dates and
deadlines can be overlooked. For this reason, greater emphasis has
been placed on its merits in establishing a clearer process for
making sure that things get done and for prioritising tasks based
on deadlines, habits that will be vital in later years.
As parents, you can support your child by checking the diary on a weekly basis and signing it. It is a great way to start a dialogue with your child about their progress and what is happening in their classes, and to help them manage their workload. Sharing your own strategies about prioritising different tasks can help your child with their own time management and build their discipline with setting aside appropriate time to complete tasks without leaving them to the last minute.
In addition to the use of the Diary for homework, it is also a fantastic source of information about the School for both students and parents. Ask your child to talk a little about the School Values on the inside front cover and what they mean to their day-to-day lives as a student; ask them to discuss their Learning Behaviours using page 11 and to outline what their goals are for sustaining or improving each one; or, with most Bayview classes having now completed their Class Charters, ask your child about their Charter and RULER using page 18 to 22.
While students might ultimately end up using electronic reminders or other ways of setting up their study program in the future, in the middle years the diary teaches them the process for establishing routines that are visible to teachers, parents and themselves, enabling all to be involved in supporting these important habits.
ISSUE 8 - TERM 1 22 MARCH 2019
BAYVIEW CHESS CLUB Chess Club is up and running every Friday lunch time in Rm B110. It’s free and everyone is welcome to attend either for a fun game with friends, to do some more serious work with our coach Matt Cheah to improve their game against Tournament players.
Mr P
YEARS 5 & 6
CHELTENHAM DISTRICT SUMMER ROUND ROBIN On Friday 15 March all Year 6 students attended the Cheltenham District Summer Round Robin, where they competed against other local primary schools. A great day was had by all, as can be seen from the reports below.
TENNIS Finally, we were on our way to a day of fun, excitement and tough competition. After all the enjoyable but difficult training we were on our way to the 2019 Cheltenham Districts Summer Sports. All of the Mentone Tennis team hopped off the bus we couldn’t wait to start playing matches and scoring points for our team.
Many of us were nervous but we were all rushing with excitement. Yes! We had scored a point. We were all winning games left and right, with a smile on our faces and always demonstrating good sportsmanship.
After a day full of sunshine and tough tournaments we finished off in 3rd place in the ‘A’ division. We couldn’t be more proud of how hard we worked! And I now believe that this will be one of the most fun days of my life!
Eve Opie 6A
CRICKET The Year 6 Girls’ Cricket team played at the Keysborough Playing Fields on Friday. Our first few matches we played were hard, however, we all gave it our best efforts. We lost two games and won the last one by around 40 points, so we were all very pleased with ourselves. With a team effort we took four wickets and hit 104 runs in our last game. We even managed to hit the ball out of the circular boundary to get more points. By the end of the day we were exhausted, however, we were all very proud of ourselves.
Arshi Kaur 6A and Grace Sibbald 6A
T-BALL In the first game we played Heatherton Christian College. We took a while to get used to playing as a team; we lost 3 to 5. We had more success in the second game, we played OLA and won 7 to 5. In the third game we played Kingston Heath; they were good, we lost 7 to 14. In the last game we split into two teams. The boys played Southmoor boys and our girls played Southmoor girls. Both our teams won: the boys 10 to 7 and the girls 9 to 7.
The main highlights of the day were Michael Di Tirro’s catch, when the ball accidently fell into his glove; Caitlin Smith’s hit, when the ball went into the carpark; Will Douglas finally hitting the ball for a home run after getting strikes all day; and Emma Adam’s catch on first base. Everyone had a great and exciting day at Keysborough.
Caitlin Smith 6A & Ryley Finnis 6E
VOLLEYBALL Friday sport playing Volleyball was at first a challenge because we weren’t allowed to catch the ball. Instead we had to serve, hit, spike, and dig. We lost the first game because we were still adapting to the rules. The second game was a win, when we played better as a team and got our first ball over the net. The third game we won with a better score than the second game but it was still a close one. We lost the final game because one tall girl smashed the ball. Overall, it was a fun day with the boys coming first for Pool B and the girls achieving their best.
Zoe Richmond 6B & Josh Villanti 6C
YEAR 5 DESCRIPTIVE WRITING PIECES Year 5 students have been working hard on adding detail to their writing. They have investigated using sen- sory imagery to enhance the visual image for the reader. Some have even managed to add relevant similes and metaphors to their descriptions.
I was tapping my fingers anxiously against the table. I could only hear my breath and the fast thudding beat of my heart. I felt dizzy, almost like I was tumbling recklessly down a hole trying to save myself from the fall. I kept tossing and turning...
I opened my eyes and took a breath. I was BLINDED by the white beaming hot headlights. They were so clear I could almost see my reflection in them. I stepped outside the door. Wind and rain gushed at my face trying to blow me away.
We had finally arrived inside the huge towering building - Crown.
I was STUNNED!
Ella Whittaker 5A
I felt nervous. I sat down in the smooth, snakeskin seat. I squeezed my eyes shut. I knew I was doing this for a good cause.
“Are you ready?” Anthony the hairdresser asked.
“I think I’m ready.” I replied, my voice shaking.
Brrrrrr… It sounded like there were a million buzzing bees next to me. I could feel the shaver vibrating, causing me to feel a sensation that I’ve never felt before. THUMP! I felt something long and hairy on me. My heart starting to beat faster. I opened my eyes and I saw my hair, but not ATTACHED to me anymore! Brrrrr… Thump! There was the other side. I looked in the mirror, and I was stunned-but not in a bad way.
“Oh my gosh,” I said, not knowing what to say, “Oh my gosh,” But then… A grin started to etch across my face. I looked at my parents who looked shocked but happy. I looked at my reflection again. My hair started to puff up. I smiled. I’m was now officially a mini mushroom girl.
Natalie Nomikos 5B
It was a boiling hot Friday afternoon. Mum and I were driving home from school and we had the cool, refreshing air con up to full. We pulled the car up at the shops outside the Supermarket, I opened the door, it was silver and glimmering in the sun like the top of a bald person’s head. I slammed my car door and unexpectedly my thumb had got in the way. It felt like 1000 volts rushing through my body but mainly in my thumb!
I screamed and cried, I could taste the salty tears rolling down my face. We rushed into the Supermarket bought a cold drink, to use as an ice pack but my thumb kept throbbing horrifyingly. Underneath my fingernail was purple like Thanos and a little bit of blood turning it into a violet sort of colour. It felt like an elephant had stepped on my thumb and it felt like that for weeks. I kept screaming and crying like a galah for the whole night.
Campbell Brown 5C
I was feeling scared but excited, simultaneously. I had been preparing this speech for what felt like decades. “Ok relax, you got this” I whispered to myself silently. My head was throbbing as I shuffled slowly up to the very top of the podium. I clenched the glistening microphone in my right hand, holding my crinkled sheet of paper in my left hand. I raised the microphone toward my parched mouth and began my long speech. Oh no, just at that point in time I realised that I had been crazy enough to drink a full can of Fanta just before arriving. I forgot to tell you that this was a leadership class and I was about to graduate from Miss Anderson’s class with my Junior PhD in Leadership for boys. Sitting in front of me were about a hundred people (the parents and siblings of all my class members). I looked across at my peers who were all shaking and looking extremely nervous. As for me, I started to feel a tremendous rumble coming from my stomach up towards my parched throat. All of a sudden, I let out a ginormous burp. BUUURP!! I died of embarrassment.
Zak Rahhali 5D
YEAR 8 ENGLISH - Gennie McNair
Both analytically and creatively, in Year 8 English, we are working on the wonderful novel The Running Man by Michael Bauer. We have explored characters, themes, annotations, connections and are beginning to explore the background of the author and how his childhood has influenced his writing of the novel. Now we have finished our first assessment we are beginning to move into creative writing where we will ‘step inside’ one of the minor characters of the novel and write a piece based on their perspective of the story. Students are discovering how we develop character motivations, what the character might see, observe and understand about the world and therefore find an authentic voice for this task.
You will notice we are coming to the end of our annotations as Literature Circles come to a close and we begin to look at the novel as a whole.
Ebony Phelps - In English we are focusing on annotating The Running Man and how to embed quotes from the book. We highlight the parts in the book that we find important and then we share our six main ideas in class with our Literature Circle groups. We are also focusing on finding theme and structuring our writing using the narrative arc layout. This helps when writing creatively and narratives.
Olivia Parkes - Currently in English we are focusing on themes and characters in the book, The Running Man. We have been annotating our books week by week with inferences, connections, themes and meta-language. To help us with our skills in annotating and understanding the text we have been looking at the narrative arc and watched a short film called ‘Go Fish’ to enhance our understanding of how the structure of a story can change the way we think.
HUMANITIES - Elli Monro
Our study of Medieval Europe in Humanities this term has been stimulating and dynamic. Next week the unit concludes with an essay. This formal writing skill helps students organise their thoughts, and structure their communication in a clear and logical way. It involves students learning to develop their points more thoroughly and to undertake purposeful and reflective analyses to reach conclusions. The students will be asked to analyse the functions and role of the Catholic Church in medieval Europe. They will be required to write an introduction, two main body paragraphs (each following the TEEL format), and a conclusion.
The Mentone Grammar Social Service Team has set aside Friday 29 March to shave heads and raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundations, ‘World’s Greatest Shave’. Bayview volunteers will have their heads shaved at recess in the courtyard.
HELPING LOCAL FAMILIES BEAT BLOOD CANCER Each year, the Leukaemia Foundation helps more than 750 families from regional and rural Australia by pro- viding free accommodation in our capital cities so they can access life-saving treatment at major hospitals.
Their transport service also helps thousands get to and from medical appointments, driving more than one million kilometres each year to ensure people get the medicines they need to beat their blood cancer. Thanks to its supporters, the Leukaemia Foundation is also able to provide counselling, comprehensive information, education and support programs and financial assistance to help the 60,000 Australians who are currently living with a blood cancer.
They are committed to supporting initiatives and research that improve health outcomes for blood cancer patients, including improved access to new drugs that may be more effective than those currently available.
BAYVIEW KEY DATES Week 9
Wednesday 27 March Communion Service
Australian C & L Olympiad
Cre8tive Dance Rehearsal
Performing Arts Concert
Week 10
Junior AGSV Swimming Years 4-6
Tuesday 2 April CAT Maths Competition
AGS/APS Summer Rep Sports Day
Summer Sports Awards Night
Bayview Easter Service
Years 7-8 Sports Training
Year 6 Sport
End of Term 1
Today, on National Ride 2 School Day, I am thrilled to announce that our Target200 sustainable transport campaign has been an enormous success with 257 students changing the way they travel to school – and we’re only three months in. Our staff departments have also been in friendly competition for the most sustainable team and have been spotted by our students on the trains and bike tracks.
While this hits our original target out of the park, it wouldn’t be very Mentone Grammar of us to stop there, so…
We’re going for 200 more! Lucerne and the surrounding streets are still under heavy pressure in the mornings and afternoons, so we will continue to encourage this positive change in lifestyle. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement at the start of Term 2…
Special thanks to the Target200 Student Committee who have been actively recruiting their peers and Teachers to ditch the car for a bike, stroll or bus. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations to Mentone Grammar Community. We are so proud of this achievement!
Kind regards,
Event
Mentone Grammar & Holland Foundation
TRIVIA NIGHT MENTONE GRAMMAR FUNCTION CENTRE DATE: Friday 17 May TIME: 7pm for 7.30pm start
• Nibbles and soft drinks provided
• Amazing spot prizes, gift hamper prizes, lucky question prizes, auction prizes
• BYO ‘picnic baskets’, bring a share plate
• BYO wine/beer
• $25 per head
• 50% of proceeds will go to funding new Mentone Grammar student equipment as nominated by parents and students!
• 50% of proceeds will go to Holland Foundation employment training programs
BOOK HERE: trybooking.com/BBIKH
VENUE: Woodlands Golf Club, White St, Mordialloc
TIME: 7am Registration & Breakfast 8am Shot Gun Start 1pm Presentation and Lunch
EVENT: Ambrose Maximum Handicap: Men 24/Women 36
COST: $125 per person $470 per team
2019COMMUNITY
GOLF DAY
Lime LIGHT. CONCERT
THURSDAY 28 MARCH
As parents, you can support your child by checking the diary on a weekly basis and signing it. It is a great way to start a dialogue with your child about their progress and what is happening in their classes, and to help them manage their workload. Sharing your own strategies about prioritising different tasks can help your child with their own time management and build their discipline with setting aside appropriate time to complete tasks without leaving them to the last minute.
In addition to the use of the Diary for homework, it is also a fantastic source of information about the School for both students and parents. Ask your child to talk a little about the School Values on the inside front cover and what they mean to their day-to-day lives as a student; ask them to discuss their Learning Behaviours using page 11 and to outline what their goals are for sustaining or improving each one; or, with most Bayview classes having now completed their Class Charters, ask your child about their Charter and RULER using page 18 to 22.
While students might ultimately end up using electronic reminders or other ways of setting up their study program in the future, in the middle years the diary teaches them the process for establishing routines that are visible to teachers, parents and themselves, enabling all to be involved in supporting these important habits.
ISSUE 8 - TERM 1 22 MARCH 2019
BAYVIEW CHESS CLUB Chess Club is up and running every Friday lunch time in Rm B110. It’s free and everyone is welcome to attend either for a fun game with friends, to do some more serious work with our coach Matt Cheah to improve their game against Tournament players.
Mr P
YEARS 5 & 6
CHELTENHAM DISTRICT SUMMER ROUND ROBIN On Friday 15 March all Year 6 students attended the Cheltenham District Summer Round Robin, where they competed against other local primary schools. A great day was had by all, as can be seen from the reports below.
TENNIS Finally, we were on our way to a day of fun, excitement and tough competition. After all the enjoyable but difficult training we were on our way to the 2019 Cheltenham Districts Summer Sports. All of the Mentone Tennis team hopped off the bus we couldn’t wait to start playing matches and scoring points for our team.
Many of us were nervous but we were all rushing with excitement. Yes! We had scored a point. We were all winning games left and right, with a smile on our faces and always demonstrating good sportsmanship.
After a day full of sunshine and tough tournaments we finished off in 3rd place in the ‘A’ division. We couldn’t be more proud of how hard we worked! And I now believe that this will be one of the most fun days of my life!
Eve Opie 6A
CRICKET The Year 6 Girls’ Cricket team played at the Keysborough Playing Fields on Friday. Our first few matches we played were hard, however, we all gave it our best efforts. We lost two games and won the last one by around 40 points, so we were all very pleased with ourselves. With a team effort we took four wickets and hit 104 runs in our last game. We even managed to hit the ball out of the circular boundary to get more points. By the end of the day we were exhausted, however, we were all very proud of ourselves.
Arshi Kaur 6A and Grace Sibbald 6A
T-BALL In the first game we played Heatherton Christian College. We took a while to get used to playing as a team; we lost 3 to 5. We had more success in the second game, we played OLA and won 7 to 5. In the third game we played Kingston Heath; they were good, we lost 7 to 14. In the last game we split into two teams. The boys played Southmoor boys and our girls played Southmoor girls. Both our teams won: the boys 10 to 7 and the girls 9 to 7.
The main highlights of the day were Michael Di Tirro’s catch, when the ball accidently fell into his glove; Caitlin Smith’s hit, when the ball went into the carpark; Will Douglas finally hitting the ball for a home run after getting strikes all day; and Emma Adam’s catch on first base. Everyone had a great and exciting day at Keysborough.
Caitlin Smith 6A & Ryley Finnis 6E
VOLLEYBALL Friday sport playing Volleyball was at first a challenge because we weren’t allowed to catch the ball. Instead we had to serve, hit, spike, and dig. We lost the first game because we were still adapting to the rules. The second game was a win, when we played better as a team and got our first ball over the net. The third game we won with a better score than the second game but it was still a close one. We lost the final game because one tall girl smashed the ball. Overall, it was a fun day with the boys coming first for Pool B and the girls achieving their best.
Zoe Richmond 6B & Josh Villanti 6C
YEAR 5 DESCRIPTIVE WRITING PIECES Year 5 students have been working hard on adding detail to their writing. They have investigated using sen- sory imagery to enhance the visual image for the reader. Some have even managed to add relevant similes and metaphors to their descriptions.
I was tapping my fingers anxiously against the table. I could only hear my breath and the fast thudding beat of my heart. I felt dizzy, almost like I was tumbling recklessly down a hole trying to save myself from the fall. I kept tossing and turning...
I opened my eyes and took a breath. I was BLINDED by the white beaming hot headlights. They were so clear I could almost see my reflection in them. I stepped outside the door. Wind and rain gushed at my face trying to blow me away.
We had finally arrived inside the huge towering building - Crown.
I was STUNNED!
Ella Whittaker 5A
I felt nervous. I sat down in the smooth, snakeskin seat. I squeezed my eyes shut. I knew I was doing this for a good cause.
“Are you ready?” Anthony the hairdresser asked.
“I think I’m ready.” I replied, my voice shaking.
Brrrrrr… It sounded like there were a million buzzing bees next to me. I could feel the shaver vibrating, causing me to feel a sensation that I’ve never felt before. THUMP! I felt something long and hairy on me. My heart starting to beat faster. I opened my eyes and I saw my hair, but not ATTACHED to me anymore! Brrrrr… Thump! There was the other side. I looked in the mirror, and I was stunned-but not in a bad way.
“Oh my gosh,” I said, not knowing what to say, “Oh my gosh,” But then… A grin started to etch across my face. I looked at my parents who looked shocked but happy. I looked at my reflection again. My hair started to puff up. I smiled. I’m was now officially a mini mushroom girl.
Natalie Nomikos 5B
It was a boiling hot Friday afternoon. Mum and I were driving home from school and we had the cool, refreshing air con up to full. We pulled the car up at the shops outside the Supermarket, I opened the door, it was silver and glimmering in the sun like the top of a bald person’s head. I slammed my car door and unexpectedly my thumb had got in the way. It felt like 1000 volts rushing through my body but mainly in my thumb!
I screamed and cried, I could taste the salty tears rolling down my face. We rushed into the Supermarket bought a cold drink, to use as an ice pack but my thumb kept throbbing horrifyingly. Underneath my fingernail was purple like Thanos and a little bit of blood turning it into a violet sort of colour. It felt like an elephant had stepped on my thumb and it felt like that for weeks. I kept screaming and crying like a galah for the whole night.
Campbell Brown 5C
I was feeling scared but excited, simultaneously. I had been preparing this speech for what felt like decades. “Ok relax, you got this” I whispered to myself silently. My head was throbbing as I shuffled slowly up to the very top of the podium. I clenched the glistening microphone in my right hand, holding my crinkled sheet of paper in my left hand. I raised the microphone toward my parched mouth and began my long speech. Oh no, just at that point in time I realised that I had been crazy enough to drink a full can of Fanta just before arriving. I forgot to tell you that this was a leadership class and I was about to graduate from Miss Anderson’s class with my Junior PhD in Leadership for boys. Sitting in front of me were about a hundred people (the parents and siblings of all my class members). I looked across at my peers who were all shaking and looking extremely nervous. As for me, I started to feel a tremendous rumble coming from my stomach up towards my parched throat. All of a sudden, I let out a ginormous burp. BUUURP!! I died of embarrassment.
Zak Rahhali 5D
YEAR 8 ENGLISH - Gennie McNair
Both analytically and creatively, in Year 8 English, we are working on the wonderful novel The Running Man by Michael Bauer. We have explored characters, themes, annotations, connections and are beginning to explore the background of the author and how his childhood has influenced his writing of the novel. Now we have finished our first assessment we are beginning to move into creative writing where we will ‘step inside’ one of the minor characters of the novel and write a piece based on their perspective of the story. Students are discovering how we develop character motivations, what the character might see, observe and understand about the world and therefore find an authentic voice for this task.
You will notice we are coming to the end of our annotations as Literature Circles come to a close and we begin to look at the novel as a whole.
Ebony Phelps - In English we are focusing on annotating The Running Man and how to embed quotes from the book. We highlight the parts in the book that we find important and then we share our six main ideas in class with our Literature Circle groups. We are also focusing on finding theme and structuring our writing using the narrative arc layout. This helps when writing creatively and narratives.
Olivia Parkes - Currently in English we are focusing on themes and characters in the book, The Running Man. We have been annotating our books week by week with inferences, connections, themes and meta-language. To help us with our skills in annotating and understanding the text we have been looking at the narrative arc and watched a short film called ‘Go Fish’ to enhance our understanding of how the structure of a story can change the way we think.
HUMANITIES - Elli Monro
Our study of Medieval Europe in Humanities this term has been stimulating and dynamic. Next week the unit concludes with an essay. This formal writing skill helps students organise their thoughts, and structure their communication in a clear and logical way. It involves students learning to develop their points more thoroughly and to undertake purposeful and reflective analyses to reach conclusions. The students will be asked to analyse the functions and role of the Catholic Church in medieval Europe. They will be required to write an introduction, two main body paragraphs (each following the TEEL format), and a conclusion.
The Mentone Grammar Social Service Team has set aside Friday 29 March to shave heads and raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundations, ‘World’s Greatest Shave’. Bayview volunteers will have their heads shaved at recess in the courtyard.
HELPING LOCAL FAMILIES BEAT BLOOD CANCER Each year, the Leukaemia Foundation helps more than 750 families from regional and rural Australia by pro- viding free accommodation in our capital cities so they can access life-saving treatment at major hospitals.
Their transport service also helps thousands get to and from medical appointments, driving more than one million kilometres each year to ensure people get the medicines they need to beat their blood cancer. Thanks to its supporters, the Leukaemia Foundation is also able to provide counselling, comprehensive information, education and support programs and financial assistance to help the 60,000 Australians who are currently living with a blood cancer.
They are committed to supporting initiatives and research that improve health outcomes for blood cancer patients, including improved access to new drugs that may be more effective than those currently available.
BAYVIEW KEY DATES Week 9
Wednesday 27 March Communion Service
Australian C & L Olympiad
Cre8tive Dance Rehearsal
Performing Arts Concert
Week 10
Junior AGSV Swimming Years 4-6
Tuesday 2 April CAT Maths Competition
AGS/APS Summer Rep Sports Day
Summer Sports Awards Night
Bayview Easter Service
Years 7-8 Sports Training
Year 6 Sport
End of Term 1
Today, on National Ride 2 School Day, I am thrilled to announce that our Target200 sustainable transport campaign has been an enormous success with 257 students changing the way they travel to school – and we’re only three months in. Our staff departments have also been in friendly competition for the most sustainable team and have been spotted by our students on the trains and bike tracks.
While this hits our original target out of the park, it wouldn’t be very Mentone Grammar of us to stop there, so…
We’re going for 200 more! Lucerne and the surrounding streets are still under heavy pressure in the mornings and afternoons, so we will continue to encourage this positive change in lifestyle. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement at the start of Term 2…
Special thanks to the Target200 Student Committee who have been actively recruiting their peers and Teachers to ditch the car for a bike, stroll or bus. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations to Mentone Grammar Community. We are so proud of this achievement!
Kind regards,
Event
Mentone Grammar & Holland Foundation
TRIVIA NIGHT MENTONE GRAMMAR FUNCTION CENTRE DATE: Friday 17 May TIME: 7pm for 7.30pm start
• Nibbles and soft drinks provided
• Amazing spot prizes, gift hamper prizes, lucky question prizes, auction prizes
• BYO ‘picnic baskets’, bring a share plate
• BYO wine/beer
• $25 per head
• 50% of proceeds will go to funding new Mentone Grammar student equipment as nominated by parents and students!
• 50% of proceeds will go to Holland Foundation employment training programs
BOOK HERE: trybooking.com/BBIKH
VENUE: Woodlands Golf Club, White St, Mordialloc
TIME: 7am Registration & Breakfast 8am Shot Gun Start 1pm Presentation and Lunch
EVENT: Ambrose Maximum Handicap: Men 24/Women 36
COST: $125 per person $470 per team
2019COMMUNITY
GOLF DAY
Lime LIGHT. CONCERT
THURSDAY 28 MARCH