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Berwick College Newsletter — Issue 4 2019 CRESCAM ‘I Shall Grow’

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4 Friday 10th May 2019

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BERWICK COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

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DATE

Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th May

NAPLAN Testing—Year 7 and Year 9 Presentation Balls—Year 11—in partnership with The Rotary Club of Berwick

Saturday 18th May High Achievers Program 2020—Testing

Tuesday 21st May College Council 6:00-7:00pm Presentation on 2018 Annual Report and future plans and projects

Tuesday 21st May MARKET DAY—30+ individual stalls run by VET Small Business at lunchtime

Wednesday 29th May School Tour—9:30am—10:30am—Bookings Essential

Monday 3rd June Year 11 Exam Week Commences

Friday 7th June Year 10 English and Maths Exams

Monday 10th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday—Student Free Day

Wednesday 12th June GAT (General Achievement Test) Period 1 to 4

Friday 14th June Report Writing Day—Student Free Day

Monday 17th June Headstart—Semester 2 Classes commence

TABLE OF CONTENTS Principal’s Report ............................................... 2 Interschool Sport/Cross Country ........................ 3 Congratulations Gabby / Market Day ................ 4 Textiles and Studio Art Excursions ..................... 5 VCAL Literacy / Library News .............................. 6 Year 12 VCAL Incursion / Year 12 Legal Studies . 7 Mid Year Exam Information / Year 12 News ..... 8 Dunlop Learning Team/Hollows Learning Team 9 Kenny Learning Team ....................................... 11 O’Donoghue & Monash Learning Teams .......... 12 Flynn Learning Team ........................................ 13 Chisholm & Frost Learning Teams .................... 14 Health and Wellbeing Information ................... 15 Careers ............................................................. 16 NAPLAN information ........................................ 17 Progress in Mathematics .................................. 20

The Department has released a new website that helps parents identify their local public school online. Findmyschool.vic.gov.au launched on 24 April and shows every school zone across the state. If your child is preparing to enter Year 7 and want to know more about the public secondary school options in our area, or you know someone who is interested in enrolling at our school, try findmyschool.vic.gov.au today.

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Berwick College Newsletter — Issue 4 2019 CRESCAM ‘I Shall Grow’ 2

PRINCIPAL REPORT

As you will be aware, NAPLAN is being held next week. There is always a great deal of discussion around the worth of these tests. Because we have access to this data, we make the point of using it along with internal data to work out the academic levels of our students, allowing us to

focus on each child’s learning. We use this data to inform our teaching and to make sure our students’ learning has the best growth we can provide. We also use it to determine which students we believe will cope with acceleration into a VCE subject in Year 10. Completing a Year 11 unit in Year 10, and a Year 12 unit in Year 11, adds to the ATAR score used for some tertiary education courses. I have spoken to the Year 9 students, who are completing their final NAPLAN tests, and asked for their full efforts. Our Year 12 results are always pleasing and I would like the Year 9 results to reflect the correlation we know exists. In 2018, after speaking to the students our results improved dramatically, and were much more consistent with our Year 12 results. I am very confident that our students will rise to the occasion and do their best next week.

We also have our Presentation Balls next week. Held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I am looking forward to the emerging of the butterflies from the cocoons. The Rotary Club of Berwick puts a huge amount of time into the preparation of our students and the evenings and I am very grateful for the many years of support we have had from their members.

I am sad to tell you that Assistant Principal David Busteed has left us this week, along with Learning Support Officer Neale Johns. Our thanks go to both of these staff members who have contributed to support of our students and curriculum during their respective times at Berwick College. We wish them both well in their future endeavours.

We have been doing some professional development this year on trauma, particularly the effects on the brain of trauma during childhood. When young people have had trauma during infancy and as a child, their brains develop differently to children who have not experienced trauma. This can most certainly result in extreme behaviours, related to the ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response. Being informed of the impact of trauma means we can address the behaviours with understanding and strategies to help regulate the child’s brain, and thus behaviours, with an end goal of helping them to learn and to lead a productive, healthy life.

I am so proud of our teachers and Learning Support staff who care about our students and who work so hard to help each individual child.

You may have heard discussion about the new zones put in place by the Department of Education. I am aware that this is causing some concern for families as the zone for Berwick College has changed significantly. We operate under the Department of Education and Training guidelines which are accessible on https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/

If you are outside our zone and wish to be considered for enrolment, you should write to us with the grounds for enrolment to be considered. We expect that all sibling enrolments will be honoured, as long as the siblings are still at Berwick College. We do not expect letters of endorsement from local Primary Principals.

As the weather has become quite cold now, all students should be in correct uniform, while keeping warm. It is not compulsory to wear the winter uniform, summer uniform is still acceptable, but the winter uniform is warmer. Either uniform requires the correct socks, not socks with the sporting logos on them. The polo top is not correct uniform. All students should also be using the official school bag.

I have been having regular meetings regarding our new Health and Wellbeing Building and it should go to tender very soon. It is exciting to see it finally coming to fruition, and I can’t wait for the build to start.

Students should be very focussed on their learning now, taking into account the feedback from their mid-semester reports and parent/student/teacher interviews. The learning is most important and is our highest priority.

Ms Kerri Bolch—Principal

I am so proud of our teachers and Learning Support staff who care about our students and who work so hard to help each individual child....




INTERSCHOOL SPORT

Term 2 is off to a flying start for Interschool Sport. Over the next few weeks, a large number of students will participate in Casey North Division competitions for AFL, Netball, Soccer and Badminton. Division Cross Country will also take place, with Berwick College having approximately 80 students competing in this event. Good luck to all students competing in these events over the next few weeks.

SENIOR SPORT Berwick College has had students from Years 11 and 12 competing in Interschool sport over the last two weeks. A big congratulations to the Senior Boys AFL team who won the round robin competition on Wednesday 1st May, qualifying as the representative for Casey North Division at the Southern Metropolitan Region finals in July. A great effort!

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY All students from Years 7-9, and a small number of students from Years 10-12, participated in the Berwick College Cross Country Carnival Period 5&6 on Tuesday 30th April. We had a large number of students qualify for the next stage to represent the College, competing against other schools in the local area at Division Cross Country on Monday 20th May.

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified.

12-13 Girls 12-13 Boys 14 Girls 14 Boys

Ebony Code Sebastian Van Den Brink Ella Wilson Flynn Smith

Kayla Dalgleish Ryan Baker Meg Robertson Kynan Auhl

Jordan Hillbrick Callum Thomas Lauren Langefield Jake Wood-Sutherland

Ellie Trembath Nick Stojilovic Javan Hawkins Daniel Gordon-Bettran

Isabella De Jong Abbi Chandra Tahlia Cipriani Cormac O’Brien

Caitlyn McGrath Ethan Smith Tia Charles Sam Woodward

Abby Stevens Casey Armstrong Ellie Christodoulou Noah Prigham

Ivanka Upasena Mason Williams Hailee Geddes Athan Xanthis

Maria Talikin Kane Hurst Nishka Abhayawansa Cooper Pantano

Madeleine Owens Noah Mraz Katie Granger Luke Topalovic


GO GABBY!

Over the holidays Gabby Bevan competed in the Australian Women's Baseball Competitions held in Canberra, for the Victorian Blue team.

She was given the honour as start pitch-er for the Gold medal finals game and completed the game in five innings against Western Australia for the win.

Earlier this year, in March, at The Base-

ball Victoria Awards Night Gabby re-

ceived the Pitching Award and the MVP

award for the Victorian Women's Divi-

sion.

Congratulations to the following students who have qualified for Cross Country:

INTERSCHOOL SPORT CONTINUED...

15 Girls 15 Boys 16 Girls 16 Boys

Jaimee-Lee Code Elijah Roewer Hayley Woolfe Mitchell Hendricks

Darcy Utber Logan Milliagon Stacey Langeveld Andrew Bull

Keeley Dempster Oscar Preston Jasmine Colbert Marley Huet

Amber Henderson Drue Maher Josie Parlopiano Jesse Justice

Holly Moulday Ben Todd

Jasmine Prosser Josh Burchall 17-20 Girls 17-20 Boys

Summer Newman Ryan Speller Bec Henderson Cody Ross

Rania Edwards Pasan Subasinghe Gabrielle Bevan Liam Egan

Grace Bickerton Mitchell Szybkowski Andrea Chater Jeremy Macwhirther

Mackayla Hillbrick Harrison Sala Alec Butler

Aghsan Afshari

Mitchell Walker

READY FOR MARKET DAY 2019

Students of VET Small Business have been working extremely hard in preparing their Market Day Stall for 2019. This year, there will be 5 VET Business classes participating on Market Day. This means over 120 students and 30+ indi-vidual stalls for market day! It is going to be a big day but students are excited for the event! On Tuesday, Mitch Grace, Con Economou and Jordan Acker (Class of 2017) came and spoke to our students about their experiences of 2017 Market Day. Their insights were informative and well received by the VET Small Business class. They provided suggestions on how to promote Market Day and outlined their strengths and weaknesses for the day. We thank Mitch, Con and Jordan for their time. We look forward to another exciting Market Day for 2019. We will see all students there in the C Block Amphitheatre.


VCE UNITS 1—4 TEXTILES EXCURSION

We have had a busy Term 1. One highlight of the term, was our excursion to VCE Season of Excellence – Top Designs, where we had an inspiring talk from designer Christina Exie who is a former winner of the TV series - Project Runway. She gave insight into the fashion industry, and the type of work designers are accustom to.

After our lecture we made our way to the viewing of the Top Design exhibition which showcased some amazing past VCE Product Design student folios and final garments. After lunch we then visited the NGV to see The Krystyna Campbell-pretty Fashion Gift. All students were amazed by the beauty and history in these garments.

A very inspiring day out! Mrs Carla Diaz VCE Product Design Teacher

YEAR 11 STUDIO ART EXCURSION

VCE Studio Arts, has had a very productive start to the year.

A highlight of term 1 was our excursion to the Escher X Nendo Exhibition at NGV, along with a visit to the Top Art Exhibition with a private folio viewing. We were able to view top VCE Studio Art student folios from 2018 , giving students a boost of inspiration and drive needed to complete their own studio process. A very inspiring day by all!

Mrs Carla Diaz VCE Studio Art


This newsletter’s edition has been written by Natalie Cameron of class 12 VLI.02

On Tuesday, 30th of April, the year 12 VCAL Literacy Class 2 students went on an excursion to the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. At 8.50am, we met at the Berwick train station where we started our trip to Flagstaff. Halfway through our train ride, there was an announcement stating that our train was running express from Caulfield, stopping at Richmond then running straight to Flinders street, which would be the final stop and that the train would NOT be running the city loop. In simpler terms, the train route changed and wasn’t going to stop at our station, therefore, traveling to the court was going to be a tad bit more difficult for us.

We got off the train at Flinders street and walked to the court which took us approximately 20 minutes. Finally, we had arrived where we took a group photo and recapped the court rules and etiquette.

These rules included: -Bowing at the Magistrates when entering and ex-iting the room, -No hats or beanies, -No phones, -No headphones, -No talking when observing a court hearing.

We then went through security which was almost like Airport security. We had to put our bags, jackets and contents of our pockets onto a conveyor belt where they scanned our belongings. Then we had to walk through a metal detector where almost all of us buzzed. Girls buzzed because of their watches or jewelry and the boys buzzed also because of their watches but also because of the buttons on their shorts.

Once we made it through security, we were told the numbers of 4 court rooms that we couldn’t go into and given a meeting time. We split up into groups where we then went hunting for an open court hearing that we could sit in on and listen to. There were several interesting cases that we all had the experience of watching. Some were for parking infringements, others were for driving a stolen motor vehicle and having possession/being under the influence of drugs. We then all met at 12.20pm where we left the Magistrates’ court and went out to buy lunch. We had one hour lunch/shopping time before we had to meet up at Melbourne Central to get our train back home.

All in all, I think I can speak for most of my classmates when I say that it was a good day and we all learnt new things today.

LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN VCAL LITERACY -CLASS 2

LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome back everyone. This term the library is getting a mini face lift. We are rearranging furniture to allow for more study tables and putting a charging station at one table to allow devices to be at full strength for research. The non-fiction area is being revamped also. The Library Ladies will be very busy but better still, very productive! The Library is celebrating Dunlop week and looking after our mates. Unfortunately we have many books that are very overdue. Please return these as they belong to the whole school community. Thankyou The Library Ladies


This article was written by Locci Carr, Kye Rowland, Owen and Sam Jewitt of 12 VCAL Literacy Class 2

On Monday 6th of May, at Berwick College, we had Leading Senior Constable Dave Smith come in and talk to us.

He mentioned all the rules and guidelines a police officer must follow to be in the force, he spoke to us about the age a person can be arrested which was 10 years old. He also mentioned the juvenile prison capacity we have here in Victoria. The juvenile system’s capacity in Victoria is 50 teenage girls and 300 teenage boys.

Dave stated that the most common crime scenes he attends is theft such as shoplifting and stolen cars. He mentioned that over the 30 years he has been in the force he has never had to fire his firearm.

It was a pleasure having Dave with us today to listen to all the great stories and tough things you have to do as the life of a police officer, it was a pleasure having him here and we would be more than happy to have him back in the near future.

YEAR 12 VCAL GUEST SPEAKER INCURSION

YEAR 12 LEGAL STUDIES EXCURSION

Our excursion to the County Court and Supreme Court was very insightful, as we were able to deepen our under-standing of the civil and criminal justice system. We were fortunate to be able to sit in on criminal trials in both the County and Supreme Courts which was particularly fascinating as we were able to witness real cases being heard and watch what we’ve learnt about the criminal justice system unfold before us.

We were also privileged to visit the Law Library of Victoria at the Supreme Court which maintains a comprehensive collection of legal resources that can be used by barris-ters and solicitors when they are conducting research for a case. Fun fact: when it was established in 1853, the Law Library was the tallest building in Melbourne!

Overall, it was a very enjoyable experi-ence that will be valuable in the con-solidation of our knowledge surround-ing criminal and civil justice.

Gabby Bevan, Year 12


Year 12 (GAT – Wednesday June 12)

All Year 12 students VCE and VCAL students undertaking a scored VCE subject are required to sit the GAT on Wednesday June 12 during periods 1 to 4.

Period 5 & 6 classes will run and students are required to attend. VET classes will run for students not undertaking the GAT. __________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

Year 11 (GAT – Wednesday June 12)

All Year 11 students undertaking a Year 12 subject are required to sit the GAT on Wednesday June 12 during periods 1 to 4. Students are required to attend period 5 and 6 classes.

Year 11 (VCE Exam period – Monday June 3 to Friday June 7)

Year 11 VCE students are not required to attend classes during the exam period – Monday June 3 - Friday June 7

Year 11 VCAL classes will run as normal during the exam week (There are no VCAL exams)

VET classes in the timetable and on Wednesday June 5 will run as normal (VCE students are not required to attend but can where possible)

Year 11 students undertaking a Year 12 class are required to attend classes whenever possible VCAL students who have a cancelled class are to work in the Senior School

Year 10 students undertaking a Year 11 subject Students are required to sit the Year 11 exam and will be exempt from their Year 10 class(es) _______________________________ _______________________________________ __________________________

Year 10 (English and Mathematics Exams – Friday June 7)

Exams will be conducted during periods 1 to 4

Students will be dismissed from school at the conclusion of the exams; 12.50pm

Year 10 students undertaking a Year 11 subject are required to attend period 5 and/or 6 classes Students should bring food and a drink to consume between the two exams as there will not be time to access the Canteen

Year 10 English & Mathematics exams Friday June 7

Year 11 Exam week Monday June 3 to Friday June 7

Year 12 GAT Wednesday June 12

MID-YEAR EXAM INFORMATION 2019

YEAR 12 STUDENT VS TEACHER BASKETBALL GAME On Tuesday the 2nd of April the year 12 executive team and captains organised a Teacher vs Year 12 Student Bas-ketball Game. This event was held in order to raise money for a charity which is undetermined at this point in time. The event was a good opportunity for students to play alongside their teachers and classmates for a friendly and exciting competition, that all school students were invited to attend for a gold coin donation entry fee. Overall the event was a success in which students got to share their basketball talents whilst the school supported them throughout.

HOW IS YEAR 12 GOING AT THE MOMENT?

Currently the 2019 class of year 12 are loving the challenges and excitement that this year has brought. The senior school, a safe place for year 12 students to enhance their learning and work with their fellow classmates to achieve the best they can, has become such a positive area and it is so inspiring to see our cohort utilising this area to strive to achieve the best results possible. Recently the college captains and students worked hard to redecorate the sen-ior school with photos of our students and activities they have participated in such as the Swimming Carnival Parade and the Year 12 Students vs Teachers Basketball Game. The new decoration has made the class of 2019 feel at home in our area and represents the friendship and fun within our cohort. It is so encouraging to see students in the senior school before and after school hours, working hard in their year 12 subjects and dedicating their time to the tough year which we are facing. The cohort’s determination inspires and challenges all of our students to strive for the best results and we cannot wait to see what is on store for term 2. Tara Kaur, Ethan Francis, Susie Rake, Himeth Maputugala—College Captains.

YEAR 12 NEWS


We welcome students back to Term 2 and remind our students that our winter uni-form will become prevalent with the cooler weather. Please remember to use your school jumpers and spray jackets especially early in the morning to reduce the chances of becoming ill. Hoodies and unapproved items of uniform will be confiscat-ed immediately with a school based consequence given to students not following the uniform policy. We have also noticed that we do have a few students with unexplained absences this term and ask parents/guardians to follow up any absences on Compass or written notes to Homegroup teachers. CROSS COUNTRY We had a great turn out from our Hollows students, which included senior students. Our Year 8 Hollows student Rylan Burchall provided his experiences of the day. 2019 Cross Country was great! We had lots of people participate including myself from year 7 to year 12. The weather was good and made it more enjoyable for everyone involved. The course was 3km including a massive hill to go up which definitely made it a struggle for everyone. It was great to represent my learning team, Hollows and the Basketball Academy. Overall it was a really good day and it was so fun to participate in this event. Rylan Burchall (Hollows 5 – Year 8)

HOLLOWS HAWKS

DUNLOP DIGGERS

Dunlop Learning Team would like to welcome back all students to school, we hope that everyone had a relaxing break. Congratulations to all students who participated in the Cross Country representing Dunlop Learning Team, we are very proud of you.

Yesterday was Dunlop Day. We raised over $1,000 to support Mates4mates. They support current and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members (and their families) who are wounded, injured or ill as a result of their service. We look forward to providing an update and photos in the next newsletter. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped in preparation for this day.

Please ensure that all absences are being entered on Compass, and please let us know if your student is

experiencing any difficulty at school. If your student has any achievements externally, please let us know as we

would love to tell the other students about it through the newsletter.

Ms Rebecca Hann Mr Rafal Kaplon Dunlop Learning Leader Assistant Dunlop Learning leader [email protected] [email protected]


YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE Our Year 10 Game of Life students completed a week of work experience in the last week of Term 1 and some students enjoyed it so much they continued with their employers full time over the holiday break. Ceili Swords had a fantastic experience and was willing to share with us.

As a result of being in a Game of life class in Year 10 we have to complete a week of work experience. Coming back from a month of holidays working on a dairy farm for Bega I decided I would continue my passion for farming for my work experience. For the five days of work experience I woke up at 5:30 every morning and milked a herd of 300 to 400 cows on a rotary (machine that sends the cows around). This took about an hour and a half including hosing yards and hosing down the dairy etc. I would then go and feed calves pen by pen, which was definitely a hard job if you don’t have patience. After that the days would consist of little maintenance jobs such as fencing, irrigation, tractor work and feeding the herd. Then at 3:30 in the afternoon we would do it all over again. I feel really grateful that I had the opportunity to go and experience the farming world as not many people these days have family or friends that own farms and that can see where the products they are buying comes from. Ceili Swords (Hollows 1 - Year 10)

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT We are excited to announce that Julian Lemon (Year 9) has been selected as a key position player in the Victorian State Rugby League team. Julian and the state team will be competing in a national competition in Queensland during August with the potential of travelling overseas if successful.

Congratulations and good luck with your training Julian and the best of luck in the state team.

Ms Deana Mihalos & Mr Neil Gould

Hollows Student Learning Leaders—(03) 8768 1094

HOLLOWS HAWKS


KENNY CARERS

Welcome back to term 2 after a well-earned break. Our students are back into all aspects of college life. Many competed in our cross country event held recently. We congratulate those students who made the Division Cross Country Team: 12-13 Girls Kayla Dalgleish, Ellie Trembath, Isabella Dejong 14 Girls Tia Charles 16 Girls Jasmine Colbert 14 Boys Cormac O’Brien 15 Boys Pasan Subasinghe 17-20 Boys Jeremy Macwhirter Swindle Well done and all the best to all students who made it to the Division Cross Country Team.

KENNY KIDS - GEOGRAPHY STUDIES 7.10 Kenny students working hard in their Geography class where they were studying ‘Liveability.’

Ms Jenny Hart and Ms Rimma Campos Kenny Student Learning Leaders


A very warm welcome back to Term 2 to all our O’Donoghue families. We hope you all had a lovely and relaxing break. Term 2 is set to be a busy one.

Congratulations to all O’Donoghue students who participated in the cross-country event on the afternoon of Tuesday 30th April. Many of our students tried their hardest and achieved positions in the interschool cross-country. Others took a more leisurely approach however still participated to earn valuable points for O’Donoghue.

The following students were top 10 for their age group: Ivanka Upasena Maria Talikin Abi Chandran Ethan Smith Noah Mraz Kynan Auhl Jake Wood-Sutherland Sam Woodward Javan Hawkins Katie Granger Grace Bickerton Mackayla Hillbrick Logan Milligan Mitchell Hendricks Marley Huet

Thank you to Mr McCall and Mitchell Hendricks (Yr 10) for competing in the planking challenge for Dunlop Day.

Mr Jesse Nugent O’Donoghue Student Learning Leader [email protected] 8768 1052 Ms Rebecca Abernethy O’Donoghue Assistant Student Learning Leader [email protected] 8768 1098

O’DONOGHUE OTELLAS

Welcome back from the term break everyone. We hope you are all rested and ready for an-other exciting term.

Well done to all of our Monash students who participated in the Cross Country on Tuesday 30th April. A number of the students placed well which was fantastic to see. There are obvi-ously some budding long distance runners amongst our team.

ACHIEVEMENTS Lola Rutherford, Year 7, Monash 8 recently competed in a local equestrian event in Berwick and was awarded first place. Congratulations Lola.

REMINDERS School Uniform: Please remember that hoodies, runners and track pants are not part of the school uniform. If your child is unable to wear their school uniform on occasion, please ensure you send them with a note and ask them to come to F7 for a uniform pass.

Note, hoodies will be confiscated and consequences will be issued for consistent uniform breaches.

UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES Unexplained absences – please ensure you send your child with a note and/or medical certificate if they are absent from school and hand it to their Home Group teacher. Alternatively, you can update this on Compass.

Ms Karen Crawley Ms Lucy Tusan Monash Learning Leader Phone: 8768 1085 Monash Assistant Learning Leader Phone: 8768 1018

MIGHTY MONASH




Welcome back to term 2. We hope all students had a relaxing break. Term 2 will be another busy term with end of semester reports at the end of this term and Semester 2 beginning in the last two weeks. Congratulations to all Flynn students who participated in the cross country event on the after-noon of Tuesday 30th April. Many of our students tried their hardest and achieved positions in the interschool cross country. Others just enjoyed the opportunity to do a bit of exercise with their friends in the warm sunshine. Our Year 7 mentors have been working with our Year 7 students discussing activities about being different, how to deal with bullying, teamwork and communication. Hopefully our Year 7’s are enjoying getting to know more senior students in the Flynn Learning Team. Mrs Michelle Lewis and Mr Adam Nettleingham

FLYNN PHOENIX


Welcome back to Term 2 to all our Chisholm Charger families. We have had a busy start to

the term with Easter Monday and ANZAC Day making for a quick first week, and the mentor

program and cross country being held during the second week of term.

CROSS COUNTRY Cross country ran on Tuesday the 30th of April. Many students participated, tried their best and should be proud

of their efforts. The Chisholm Charger students did very well in the cross country, and the following students

placed in the top 10 and will be going on to represent the school at division cross country. The lists below describe

the student’s age groups and where they placed.

12-13 GIRLS 14 GIRLS 15 GIRLS 16 Girls

5) Jordan Hillbrick 1) Ella Wilson 6) Holly Moulday 2) Stacey Langeveld

2) Meg Robertson 4) Josie Parlapiano

17-20 Girls 9) Nishka Abhayawansa

1) Rebecca Henderson

2) Gabrielle Bevan.

MENTOR PROGRAM The mentor program has been running throughout the year. In this

program, year 7 students are paired with students from older year

levels to help integrate them into secondary school life. They meet

every 2-3 weeks in home group to complete activities and games based

around school life, team building and interpersonal skills.

MENTOR EMMA DAVIES DESCRIBED THE LAST

SESSION—Mentor Activity – Straw Towers 2/5/19

On Thursday the 2nd of May, the Chisholm mentors completed an ac-

tivity based around cooperation and teamwork. They worked with the

year 7s and competed in creating the tallest tower out of plastic

straws. Everyone was included and had fun participating. Each group had different techniques like cutting the

straws to slide them together, or simply using the tape provided. Towards the last minute of building time, every-

one was in a hurry to add more and more height but instead only damaged their towers. The winning group man-

aged to keep their tower standing throughout the whole 10 minutes. Ms Amy Hooper and Mr Luke Mitchell.

CHISHOLM CHARGERS

(L-R) Mentees Georgie Buckland, Emma Hunter

and Ruby Furniss and mentors Bonnie Mayers and

Emma Davies with the winning straw tower.

TERM 2 HAS BEGUN! Welcome back to all our Frost families, we hope that you have enjoyed the break and were able to spend time with your loved ones over the Easter weekend. Term 2 is often the term where catching a cold becomes likely! If your child does unfortunately become sick and is unable to attend school, please make sure you are logging on to Compass before 9:00am and update attendances there.

CROSS COUNTRY On Tuesday the 30th of April Berwick College held its annual Cross Country. Well done to all our year 7-9s who participated and to those year 10-12 students who came along too. It was great to see the team spirit and encouragement coming from the sidelines. Congratulations to those that made it the next level.

COMING UP! We’ve got some exciting things coming up this term! With Mentor Program kicking off again for the term, NAPLAN for our year 7s and 9s, Frost HG basketball 3 v 3 competition and our very own Frost Day in week 10. Mr Matthew Oke (Student Learning Leader): [email protected] Mrs Eve Eddison (Assistant Student Learning Leader): [email protected]

FROST FALCONS




DBT IN SCHOOLS

Berwick College is partnering with DBT in Schools. They are providing psychological services to our school, placing a

school psychologist in our school one day a week. This is very exciting for our school to help student’s develop

resilience, and coping skills for a range of challenges they may be facing. This may include challenges such as;

anxiety, difficulty coping with friendships, grief, and dealing with parents separating, for example. The Psychologist

will focus on helping student’s build important life skills. For students with a mental health care plan from their GP

this service is no cost to the parent. The sessions are confidential and provide an affordable and convenient ser-

vice. If you would like your child to have some sessions with the DBT in Schools Psychologist, you should contact

Kyra from wellbeing (8768 1022) or your students Learning team leader, who can help you engage with this service.

For more information about DBT in Schools you can visit their website at dbtinschools.com.au

TOPS—ONLINE PARENTING STRATEGIES

HEALTH AND WELLBEING


CAREERS

DOES YOUR CHILD NEED A TAX FILE NUMBER? If you are looking to work part time while you’re at school, you will need a tax file number (TFN). You can apply for your TFN in various ways, depending on your circumstances: Australia Post, Department of Human Services, By Post, or visit:https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/tax-file-number/apply-for-a-tfn/australian- residents---tfn-application

WHAT’S APP? The VTAC App is a fantastic resource for Year 10-12 students and it is free to download on a smart phone. You will have access to over 1,700 tertiary courses listed with VTAC offered at 57 universities, TAFE institutes and inde-pendent tertiary colleges in Victoria. It’s features include: You can search for courses using a keyword, filtering your results by institution, campus, area of interest,

qualification type and application method. You can enter your entire Year 12 study program using the Prerequisite and Course Explorer, and VTAC will

populate a list of relevant courses. Alternatively, you can enter the subject that you are strongest in, ie. Mathematics, and you will be given a

list of courses that require this subject as a prerequisite.

RMIT – BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING RMIT announced at their Career Practitioners Day last week that they will be introducing a new Bachelor of Engineering in 2020, which will allow students who have Year 12 Further Maths to apply (in the past students have needed Maths Methods to apply). The first year of the course is a common year so that students get to learn about all the different specialisations that Engineering has to offer, then in the 2nd year they choose the area they would like to specialise in.

GAP YEAR WITH THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE Applications are now open for a gap year with the ADF. Students can gain valuable skills and work experience while enjoying a good salary, making friends with like-minded people and seeing more of Australia. Visit https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/students-and-education/gap-year

UCAT REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN The UCAT test has replaced the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) for 2019. Year 12 students who are applying to get into either Medicine or Dentistry (direct entry) must sit the UCAT in the month of July 2019.

The UCAT test is a 2-hour, computer-based test, multiple choice test. There is also a fee of $298 ($198 conces-sion) to sit the test, however students are also given three practice tests. Go to https://www.ucat.edu.au/ucat-anz/practice-tests/ for more info.

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PUBLIC PROCESSION: BURIED CHIMNEY (TOWARDS A MONUMENT TO BATMAN’S TREATY) On Saturday the 15th of June at 11am. Would you like to be part of an arts project that “invites participants to reflect on the shared (colonial period) history of Melbourne and the contradictory meanings of the treaty that John Batman claimed he signed with the Wurundjeri people in 1835”? The ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) is inviting us to “Take action. Remake history. Reimagine our future together” and “Sign up to be part of one of Melbourne’s most ambitious public artworks by Tom Nicholson”. Follow the link below to register your interest: https://acca.melbourne/program/buried-chimney/

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