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Berwick College Newsle er — Issue 8 2017 Celebra ng 40 Years of Growth

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 8 Friday, 1st September 2017

OFFICE HOURS—2017—Telephone: 8768 1000

FINANCE OFFICE: Monday to Friday: 8:30am–4:00pm ADMINISTRATION OFFICE: Monday to Thursday: 8:15am–4:30pm Friday : 8:15am–4:00pm

BERWICK COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

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DATE 2017 KEY EVENTS

Thursday 7th September Flynn Day—Ba le of the Bands —Students may wear one item of non‐ uniform purple clothing—Gold Coin Dona on

Wednesday 13th September Parent Portal Opens for Parent Student Teacher Interviews Bookings

Saturday 16th September State Schools Spectacular & Indonesian Cultural Tour depart

Monday 18th ‐ 22nd September Year 10 Work Experience Week

Tuesday 19th September Spor ng Colours Day—Student Leadership Fundraising

Thursday 21st September Parent Teacher Interviews 4:30pm—7:55pm

Friday 22nd September Parent Teacher Interviews 9:10am to 1:55pm (staff break 11:30am—12:30pm) ‐ No Formal Classes

Friday 22nd September Drive In at Akoonah Park—Despicable Me 3—7:00pm—Chaplaincy Program Fundraiser

Monday 9th October First Day—Term 4

Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th October Year 12 Trial Exams ‐ No formal Year 12 classes

Monday 16th —Friday 20th October THE ARTS Week

Tuesday 17th October Casual Dress Day— Raising funds for the Beaconsfield Fire Brigade

Monday 30th October Parent Forum

Tuesday 7th November Public Holiday—Student Free Day

Monday 13th November Year 11 Exams Commence

Tuesday 14th to 17th November Year 8 Camp—Cape Otway Na onal Park

TABLE OF CONTENTS Principal’s Report ............................................... 2 Ilford Photography/PT Interviews ...................... 3 Dance Academy News ........................................ 4 Year 11 VCAL/Year 12 VCAL Camp ..................... 5 IPAB Finalists / Year 10 Flexible Learning ........... 6 VET Small Business/Library News ....................... 7 Hollows Learning Team ...................................... 8 Chisholm Learning Team .................................... 9 Kenny Learning Team ....................................... 10 Monash Learning Team .................................... 12 Flynn Learning Team ........................................ 13 O’Donoghue Learning Team ............................. 14 Dunlop Learning Team /Second‐hand Uniform 15 Careers / VET .................................................... 17 Year 12 October Trial Exams ............................ 18 Senior School News .......................................... 20 A endance & Redemp on ............................... 21

Berwick College Newsle er — Issue 8 2017 Celebra ng 40 Years of Growth 2

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

It was my pleasure to attend the Junior Band Concert on Tuesday. The excellent progress the students have made was very evident to myself and the parents who attended and a credit to the instrumental teaching staff.

Our Presenta on Evening held last Tuesday was a wonderful evening, recognising over 250 students for Academic Excellence, Outstanding Applica on and for Swimming Sports. I am very proud of their achievements. Congratula ons to our Semester 1 Dux Recipients:

Our College Captains, Ashleigh, Borna, Noah and Delaney were excellent Masters of Ceremonies and our student

performances by the Stage Band, Vocal Ensemble and Vocalist Kelsey Dowler were outstanding. Thanks go to all

who were involved in the evening, par cularly to Ms Rebecca Hann for her work in ge ng everything organised.

Thank you to all of our staff, families and friends for coming and suppor ng these young people.

I asked families on this evening to consider the educa onal journeys each of our students are on and the diverse

career pathways they face in the future, especially when the Founda on for Young Australians reports that 15 year

old students today will have 17 different jobs in five different careers, some of which have not yet been invented.

There are many pathways from school that can lead to a rewarding career and as part of our Rich and Varied

Pathways focus, we offer diverse subjects and extra‐curricular ac vi es to assist our students in making a successful

transi on to further educa on, training and employment.

During the past 10 days, students have competed in the Athle cs Carnival, teaching staff have been involved in the

Literacy For Learning PD, students have experienced a wide range of extra curricular ac vi es such as the

Mornington Peninsula Community Camp, Legal excursion to Lodden Prison, Cycle Camp, Hoop me Basketball

Coaching and SSV Basketball, VET Outdoor Educa on Mountain Biking, Year 9 PE Careers presenta ons, Year 12

Biology have been to the Gene Technology Centre, Year 8—12 enjoyed Mo va onal Media presenta ons and of

course, Hollows Day yesterday where ac vi es highlighted the difficul es associated with vision impairment and

fundraising when to the Fred Hollows Founda on. I am proud of our students and staff as they ac vely sustain the

posi ve culture and experiences at our school.

The last four weeks of this term will pass very quickly, and we strongly encourage parents and students to book

promptly for Parent Student Teacher Interviews. These interviews are an opportunity to provide feedback on your

child’s progress and goals for this year. The parent portal opens on Wednesday 13th September to receive Mid

Semester progress reports and to make on‐line bookings for interviews.

In the term break, Year 12 VCE students have access to the TSSM September Holiday Exam

Prepara on Program and I encourage them all to a end.

We sadly fare welled our Business Manager, Mrs Kathy Burke a er 23 years of dedicated

service to the College. Kathy was acknowledged by the College Council and past and current

principals and staff joined together this week to wish Kathy all the very best on her

re rement. The annual Chaplaincy Drive‐In Movie screening ‘Despicable Me 3’ at 7:00pm on

Friday 22nd September and we have four featured performers including 20+ BCDA dancers

involved in the State School Spectacular on Saturday 16th September. This is a great honour

and opportunity, as the Spectacular will be filmed for broadcast by Channel 7. I am very proud of what is being

accomplished in the life of our College, of the way our staff and students support each other and we look forward

to concluding a very successful Term Three. Ms Kerri Bolch—Principal

...I am proud of our students and staff as they ac vely sustain the posi ve culture and experiences at our school.

Year 7 Maisie Lindsay MO6 Holly Moulday CH6

Year 8 Jaimee‐Lee Code FR6 Devan Fedhi DU6

Year 9 Dylan Gonzalez 0D5 Isabelle Imhoff FR4

Year 10 Claire An CH4 Olivia Brown

Year 11 Caitlyn Ferruccio MO3 Madison Gerdan

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ILFORD SCHOOLS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Term 2 Compe on Results Congratula ons to Mikayla Cipriani of year 8 who won the year 7 & 8 Digital Photography compe on for her photo ‘Bu erfly’. She has won a cash prize and a cer ficate. Well done. Entries for Term 3 are now being collected. Please see Mrs Edwards in C6s to enter.

YEAR 8 STUDENTS—AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY

Berwick College Year 8 students are being offered to par cipate in a unique and exclusive 4 day camp in conjunc on with Quest Skills for Life Outdoor Educa on. The camp program is based around Apollo Bay, Cape Otway Lightsta on and surrounding Great Otway Na onal Park.

What: The Lighthouse Keepers Quest Leadership & Development Program Where: Cape Otway Lightsta on & Great Otway Na onal Park When: Term 4, 14th to 17th of November 2017 Cost: $540.00 Inclusive

The aim of the program is to provide Year 8 students with an experien al journey of discovery as students undertake a quest through the Great Otway Na onal Park experiencing some of the daily challenges and adventures, of Lightkeepers around European se lement.

This exclusive program is designed for students of all abili es and aimed to increase student confidence and self‐esteem whilst developing invaluable ‘life skills’. Please see Mrs Lewis for an expression of interest form.

Semester 2 Berwick College Parent/Student/Teacher interviews will be held in the Berwick Leisure Centre on: Thursday September 21st – 4.30pm to 8.00pm (last appointment 7.55pm) Friday September 22nd – 9.00am to 2.00pm (last appointment 1.55pm) (staff break 11.30am to 12.30pm)

Mid Semester reports will be available on line through the parent portal on Wednesday September 12th. We very much encourage both parents and the student to a end. As all teachers will be involved in interviews, no formal classes will be held on Friday September 22nd. An alterna ve program finishing at 2.30pm will be held for students who cannot be looked a er. To access this program please email Berwick College at [email protected] or phone Mr David Busteed on 8768 1003. On‐line bookings open Wednesday September 13th at 3:00pm and close at 3.00pm on Wednesday, September 20th. The on‐line booking system is part of the Parent Portal.

The portal allows you to check a student’s metable and a endance record, as well as registering a endance notes and making parent‐teacher interview bookings. Please note that teacher requests for interviews will also be made via this system. Instruc ons to make interview bookings are on the home page of the portal.

To access the Parent Portal go to our school web site: berwickcollege.vic.edu.au and at the top right corner click on “Quick Links”, then choose Parent Portal from the list that appears. Using the portal is very straight forward, but if you feel that you need assistance please contact the College on 8768 1000, or if you prefer, email. The system has been set up so that parents can only see the informa on rela ng to their child.

PARENT / STUDENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS


BERWICK COLLEGE DANCE ACADEMY

CONGRATULATIONS – DANCESTAR NATIONALS IN QUEENSLAND CONGRATULATIONS to all of the Dance Academy students who competed at the DanceStar Na onals in Queensland on the 3rd to 6th August. All students performed with great professionalism and were fantas c representa ves of the College. We are extremely proud of you all!

Thank you to Ms Julie Clish, Ms Amy Pyke, Ms Melissa Nicholls and Ms Rimma Campos who assisted and supported our students in Queensland.

NATIONAL MEDALISTS Congratula ons to our Na onal Medalists: 1st = Ulani Volk ‐ Na onal Champion (Jazz/Broadway Audi on jnr) 2nd = Year 8 and 9 ‐ A Li le Party (Jazz/Broadway) 2nd = VCE/VET Dance ‐ Memory Loss 2nd = Molly McMillan (Down Tempo soloist – senior) 2nd = Mackenzie Witchell (Up Tempo soloist ‐ junior) 3rd = Year 8 and 9 – Burton (Lyrical/Contemporary) 3rd = Ulani Volk (Lyrical/Contemporary Audi on jnr)

A special men on of Molly McMillan who made the Na onal 2017 Dance Star Honour Roll with an excellent score of 84.95 for her Down Tempo Solo.

SAVE THE DATE – ‘DARKSIDE OF THE WOODS’ Save the date for the BCDA 2017 Dance Produc on ‘Darkside of the Woods’ on Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th and Friday 20th October. Years 7 to 9 BCDA students have been working hard rehearsing the produc on and hope to see you at the performances. Tickets will go on sale via TryBooking soon.

VICTORIAN STATE SCHOOL SPECTACULAR Tickets for the Victorian State School Spectacular performances at Hisense Arena on Saturday 16th September at 1pm and 6.30pm can be purchased at www. cketek.com.au/spectacular Our students have been rehearsing very well and are looking for‐ward to the upcoming rehearsals at Hisense Arena.

VCE AND VET DANCE – NIGHT OF THE STARS Come and support VCE and VET Dance students at ‘Night of the Stars’ on Tuesday 19th September at 6pm in the Performing Arts Centre. Gold coin dona on upon entry.

2018 NEW YORK TRIP FUNDRAISER Support the BCDA students heading to New York in 2018 by purchasing a 2017/2018 Entertainment Book. The books sell for $70 and give you over $20,000 of value with thousands of up to 50% off and 2‐for‐1 deals for the best restaurants, hotels, travel and ac vi es. They can be purchased at h ps://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/9446e15 Ms Julie Clish Mrs Erin Silfo BCDA Ac ng Director BCDA Director Assistant


Last week on Monday and Tuesday, the Year 12 VCAL class went on a camp to the Mornington Peninsula. The purpose of the camp was to meet Personal Development Outcomes, par cipate in team bonding and building ac vi es, and to celebrate the year. On the first day we went to the “Enchanted Maze and Garden” and tested ourselves on the Tree Surfing and enjoyed all of the ac vi es there. There was a 3D maze as well as a hedge maze, a blue gum maze, tube slides, treetop walks, a mirror house and beau fully landscaped gardens. For the night we camped in our own tents in a chilly 5 degrees. The next day we went to the Mornington Preserva on Society and worked on the train tracks at Mornington Sta on. This is similar to “Puffing Billy” and relies solely on volunteers and dona ons to operate. We performed various tasks including building train tracks, pain ng, sor ng out the various sleeper plates, fishplates, S and R bolts and sleeper nails. We ended up building 100m of track that the facilitator said would have taken 6 months of week‐end work to complete. Job well done by Berwick students! Thanks to Mrs Hilleard and Ms Snowball for organising such a great experience. By Remi Mur ka

YEAR 12 VCAL CAMP

YEAR 11 VCAL —SUPPORTING THE HOMELESS

Year 11 VCAL classes are going to the Melbourne CBD to visit the Salva on Army to see first hand how they are able to assist the homeless. We need your support and kind dona ons of blankets and toiletries (such as soap, tooth‐brush, toothpaste, wipes, shampoo, razors etc– all toiletry items should be new and in their original packaging).

Please assist us in helping the Salva on Army by dona ng blankets or toiletries in the box located in the office foyer of the school. Alterna vely, if you would like to place a gold coin dona on to allow us to purchase toiletries, that would be much appreciated.

Please drop these dona ons into the box by Tuesday 19th September. Thanks for your support. Natalie Spry, on behalf of all year 11 VCAL students

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help and


On Wednesday, August 16th, two VET Small Business students were recognised and

awarded prizes for their I Plan A Business projects at Victoria University in the City. Brooke

Tetof (MO4) and Molly McMillan (MO3) came 2nd behind MacRobertson Girls’

College in the Social Enterprise Group Category with their Yellow Ac ve Business

Project.

Yellow Ac ve’ is a monthly subscrip on box that revolves around ge ng ac ve in a

way that is delivered to your front door. Having a service that

invites people into a whole new world of fitness will encourage the increase of the

health and wellbeing of Australian adults.

The girls won a $50 Woolworths voucher and Brooke was presented with a

cer ficate on the night. The IPAB Awards Ceremony included keynote speaker,

Ms Ailsa Page. Known as the “Marke ng Dynamo”, Ailsa Page owns AP Marke ng

Works. She is an energe c, enthusias c entrepreneur who provided some valuable

advice to the audience.

Run and organised by Victoria University, the annual IPAB

Compe on was a hotly contested affair; with 168 entries and 36

schools par cipa ng.

Schools included Beaconhills College, St. Peter’s College in

Cranbourne and even Mercy Regional College in Camperdown,

country Western Victoria.

It was an amazing achievement by Brooke and Molly!

Well done, girls! And special shout out to Jenna Bliss (HO5)

for a ending the event to support Brooke on the night.

Mr Chris Sacco

VET Small Business Teacher

IPAB FINALISTS—VET SMALL BUSINESS

YEAR 10 FLEXIBLE LEARNING

The year 10 Flexible Learning class have been working on a plantar box project in the wood rooms.

The class visited Home Timber and Hardware to purchase the equipment s cking to an allocated budget.

Over the last few weeks the students have been working individually on these plantar boxes. The students have

demonstrated quality cra smanship and the plantar boxes are looking fantas c.


On Friday, 11th of August, our VET Small Business class made chocolate “Rum” balls. This was rela ve to our current unit that we are learning about which is Quality. We had to inves gate and implement certain quality measures to make sure we had no issues in the produc on process of making the rum balls and make the highest quality product.

We encountered some issues that have shown us different quality measures that could have been put in place. Some of these issues were not reading the recipe properly meaning that the wrong ingredients were used by one group and another group used too much of their ingredients.

Overall it was a fun ac vity and we got to put our recently learned business skills to use in an ac vity teaching us how to apply these skills.

By Constan nos Economou and Mitch Grace Year 11 VET Small Business Students

VET SMALL BUSINESS—MASTERCHEF ACTIVITY

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE ASSISTANCE: A reminder to all parents that English and Literature

assistance is available a er school on Mondays in E9. The sessions run from 3:15‐4:15. Staff members will be available and students can complete homework, prepare for CATs/SACs, ask ques ons or work on specific skills. All students are welcome and do not have to sign up before a ending.

Well it was escape to the Library this week for Book Week. It is always exci ng to see who is the CBCA Winner. This year for senior fic on the winner is ‐ ‘One Would Think the Deep’ wri en by Claire Zorn. Book Week is like the Logies for Librarians and we love to celebrate. The English Domain came in at lunch me and ran ac vi es which included a 12 word essay,

Kahoot and boggle to name a few. Students were able to make paper planes too. We thank the English Team for all the work they did. Book Week wouldn't be right without dress ups, but we didn't tell

the students. They were quite surprised to see Captain Hook, a pirate, lots of wizards from Hogwarts, the Mad Ha er, Sherlock Holmes and even bookends gracing the corridors of Berwick College.

The Library staff really appreciate the support we receive from all Domains. What will be next in our Library? Just wait and see ................

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!!‐ Dr Seuss The Library Ladies

LIBRARY NEWS—ESCAPE TO EVERYWHERE


It is hard to believe that we are already seven weeks into Term 3. This term has been as busy as usual, highlighted by the course counselling evenings with our Year 9 and 10 students. These sessions presented us with the opportunity to work closely with our students and their parents. Throughout these sessions, we were able to map out the best possible pathway for each of our students which was rewarding.

Our Hollows 7.5 class recently designed, pitched and generated a newsle er that reviews Semester One. This newsle er is available on our Hollows Google Classroom page, and we would encourage all Hollows parents to access this newsle er. Congratula ons to one of those 7.5 students, Andrew Bull, who recently par cipated in the State Li le Athle cs Cross Country Championships and finished 10th in the State.

We also had our Athle cs Day on Friday 25th August and it was an awesome day. The students that a ended were

enthusias c and got heavily involved in the program. The par cipa on of these students led to incredible results.

Every single score update throughout the day had Hollows in first place. Many of our students performed well,

but a special men on has to go to Harrison Sala who managed eight first‐place finishes throughout the day.

Spor ng Achievements, Swimming Sports 15 year age group – Ma hew Riley

Year 7 Awards—Outstanding Applica on

Mitchell Allen Olivia Allen

Tyler Clarence Declan Davis

Jacob Frauenfelder Hadia Keshtyar

Jack Moeller Shae Robertson

Lola Sargasso Minadhi Somawansa

Darcy Utber Anthony Wilson

Outstanding Applica on and Academic Excellence

Minsandi Jayalath Mudiyanselage

Zachary Lines

Tiah Ne leingham

Yuvarnika Ramesh

Zoe Searles


Amber Douglas

Milli Jerome

Chloe Mar n

Katarina Tomic

Brodie Walker

VET Awards—VET Small Business Millie McDonald

Flexible Learning Awards

Jack Mitchell


Tarah Page

Shaylah Westwood


Emma Butler

Jessica Walker

Mustaffa Waseem


Jarred Cousins


Millie McDonald

HOLLOWS NEWS

We had many students receive awards at the Celebra on of Achievement night for Semester 1 2017 on

Tuesday 22nd August. Congratula ons to:

Ms Deanna Mihalos & Mr Ma hew Oke

Hollows Student Learning Leaders


It has been another successful few weeks at Chisholm Chargers HQ. Fresh from an outstanding Chisholm Day, our students have been excelling in many areas across the school. One such achievement are our Dance students. Here is an account from dancer Ayme Wharley of CH4.

Na onals 2017 was an amazing experience, despite the fact that we had to wake up at 4am, ready to be at school by 5am. Our cabins were really nice and there were 2 big rooms which were perfect to prac se our dances in. A er we got se led in, we had a 2 hour training session, dinner and went on a late night beach walk without our phones as a bonding ac vity.

The next day we were up bright and early for a 4 hour training session. Following this, we all went on a trip to the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre. It was massive and we spent the whole day there and shopped and bought food!! By the me we got home, it was dinner me. We trained again and then we all watched a movie but decided to cut it short as we had to be up early because the comp was tomorrow!

On the day of the Compe on, we did really well. The VET Dance Girls came 2nd, Year 8/9 Contemporary Girls came 3rd and Year 8/9 Jazz Girls came 2nd . There were some great individual efforts too.

I would also like to give a huge thankyou to all the teachers that gave up their me to come to Na onals and help out! Special shout out to Ms. Clish, Ms. Campos, Ms. Pyke and Mrs. Nicholls. Also to Mrs Silfio for organising the Compe on too!

O’DONOGHUE DAY On August 17, the College celebrated O’Donoghue Day. All Chisholm students were ac vely busy during Home Group; comple ng a wide variety of tasks, including word searches, guess the orange characters, flags and spor ng teams. Chisholm 6 again won 1st place with the highest amount of points. Overall, Chisholm came 4th; which was a fantas c result.

O’Donoghue Day raised funds for the Watarrka Founda on and a number of Chisholm students assisted the cause by purchasing a sausage and drink at lunch me.

PRESENTATION NIGHT – ANOTHER SUCCESFUL NIGHT Another important event in the School Calendar are the Presenta on Night Award Ceremonies. There were a number of Chisholm Charger students who received cer ficates on the night in a number of areas; academic, spor ng and VET/Flexible Learning. The night was a huge success and the Chisholm Learning Team would like to commend Ms Rebecca Hann for all of her hard‐work and effort in organising the night. There are two achievements we would like to acknowledge for the newsle er. Holly Moulday (CH6) was announced as the joint Year 7 DUX for semester 1. Claire An (CH4) was also recognised as joint Year 10 DUX. This is an amazing result. Well done, girls!

ATHLETICS DAY – UNDERDOGS COME 2ND Undermanned and branded the underdogs, the Chisholm Chargers overcame adversity to place second at the Athle cs Day. It was le to Captain Tegan Langeveld (CH4) and Year 11s, Lachlan Wilbourne (CH7), Samuel Psyhakis (CH7) and Arjun Sritharan (CH4) to rally the Chargers and they did a marvellous job. It was fantas c to see all of the Chargers par cipate in some capacity. The Chisholm Chargers represented the College with pride. We had par cipants in Field events, such as Long Jump, Discus, Javelin and Shot‐put. We watched many Chargers tackle the 100m, 200m, 800m and the Relay events. It was truly a fantas c, inspira onal result and we are thrilled with the performances of each individual. Special shout out to Aimee Hyde (CH5) for the photos of the day too !

CHISHOLM CHARGERS


Here is also an account of Athle cs Day from Year 7 Chisholm Charger, Cooper Pantano (CH4).

Athle cs Carnival was a fun and exci ng way to spend the day. My mates and I had a great me. We did most of the events and even made a relay team. Unfortunately we didn’t do so well but Chisholm sure made up for it. I’m pre y sure we ended up having 5 teams in one of the races! But not only did we have so many people in each race but we even won most of them, so we were pre y stoked to hear that we could s ll win Athle cs Day overall.

Personally, I broke some PB’s, although unfortunately it wasn’t enough to win the events, but I was proud of myself for only missing two of them. I s ll had heaps of fun, especially with the novelty events, the sumo suits and the bungee run were the best. When you jumped as the bungee was pulling you, it felt like I was flying through the air, but then that all ended when I fell face first and got a blood nose.

It was a great event and I thank everyone who organised Athle cs Day.

Ms Snowball and Mr Sacco

CHISHOLM CHARGERS CONTINUED...

WELL DONE KENNY!

How proud we all were of our Kenny students who received awards at our recent Celebra on of Achievement night

on the 22nd of August.

Mason Imhoff received an award in the spor ng achievements for the swimming sports in the 14 year age

group, Lily Bickerton in the 15 age group and Lilli Anderson did likewise in the 17 year age group.

Melody Fadaei, Bailey Lloyd and Isabella Nicholls – Year 7 Outstanding Applica on

Isabelle Anthony – Year 7 Outstanding Applica on and Academic Excellence

Georgia Kruger and Tianna Sepping – Year 8 Outstanding Applica on

Jasmine Colbert and Kate Walker – Year 8 Outstanding Applica on and Academic Excellence

Samantha Buntrock, Tia Church and Laura McGann– Year 9 Outstanding Applica on

Ruby Coupar, Chantelle Dale, Alyssa Ellio and Ayshal Prakash – Year 9 Outstanding Applica on and

Academic Excellence

Hena Jusic – Year 10 Outstanding Applica on

Olivia Brown and Shanali Selarge – Year 10 Outstanding Applica on and Academic Excellence. Olivia also

came Dux in her year level, well done.

Anna Woolard – Year 11 Outstanding Applica on

Aaliyah Chater and Calvin Do – Year 11 Outstanding Applica on and Academic Excellence

Markneil Quipanes – VET Award

Nicole Gray and Jus n Kent– Applied Learning Award

Samantha Lane and Hannah Wren– Year 11 Outstanding Applica on

A huge congratula ons to these students from the Kenny Learning Team.


WELL DONE KENNY! CONTINUED

PRESENTATION NIGHT PHOTOS...

Luke Purches and Ryan Walsh headed to Western Australia over the weekend to

compete in the once a year Busselton HPV race. The race is 6 hours long which

meant that Ryan and Luke would ride 1 hour at a me then have an hour of rest

and back in the bike again for another hour un l they had completed three hours

each over a six hour period. They started the race well leading the category but

with most other teams having 6‐8 kids in a team fresh legs are be er than legs that

have been in a cart for hours at a me.

The boys came second in their category beaten by some kids who looked about 18

years old and had the hairiest legs and were 6 foot tall. For two

thirteen years olds to ride 3 hours and only get beaten by one team

out of the thirteen teams in their category is a credit. Both Luke and

Ryan rode hard all day and were exhausted by the race finish.

This is a team sport and although the team this me was small they

couldn't have achieved this without each other.

Ms Jenny Hart and Ms Rimma Campos

Kenny Student Learning Leaders—8768 1088


On Wednesday August 16, two VET Small Business students were recognized and awarded prizes for their I Plan A Business projects at Victoria University in the City. Brooke Tetof (MO4) and Molly McMillan (MO3) came 2nd behind MacRoberson Girls College in the Social Enter‐prise Group Category with their Yellow Ac ve Business Project.

Tuesday 22nd we had our Presenta on night, celebra ng the achievement of many students at the college. A huge congratula on to all our Monash students who received an award and a special thank you to Kelsey Dowler and Luka Djordjevic who performed on the night for all our guests. We also had a Monash LT assembly to celebrate the recipients of the following awards:

Congratula ons to all the students who par cipated at the recent College Athle cs Carnival. It was wonderful to see so many of our Monash students par cipa ng in a variety of ac vi es on the day. We were extremely proud to see our students cheering and suppor ng one another during the events. It was a fantas c day had by all.

Ms Erin McCarthy and Ms Stella Dikeos

MIGHTY MONASH

Year 7 Awards Outstanding Applica on Maddage Amarathunge

Ryan Speller

Academic Excellence Keeley Dempster

Outstanding Applica on And Academic excellence

Chloe Bayliss Amber Henderson

Maisie Lindsay & Elijah Roewer

Year 8 Awards Outstanding Applica on

Mikayla Cipriani

Academic Excellence Brianna Smith

Sports Achievements

Swimming sports

13 year age group – Amber Henderson

Year 9 Awards Outstanding Applica on

Charlo e Dabb Olivia Dodos

Keanan Preecce

Academic Excellence Mankirat Singh

Outstanding applica on

And Academic excellence Maham Umar

Year 10 Awards Academic Excellence

Monique Grey


Brooke Kapoor

Year 11 Awards Academic Excellence

James O’Hagan & Mitch Pateman

Academic Excellence Danyal Bogzaran

Bethany Fitzgibbon Danuka Samaratunge

Brooke Tetof

Outstanding Applica on And Academic Excellence

Caitlyn Ferruccio Rebecca Ogden & Ma Perry

VET awards Russel Boughey & Cooper Shipp

Applied Learning Awards James Douglas

Zac Mcewin Bryce Pederson

Dux Awards Year 7

Maisie Lindsay Year 11

Caitlyn Ferruccio


Last week, students who had excelled in their learning during Semester One were recognised at

the Celebra on of Achievement ceremony at the Berwick Church of Christ. We congratulate the

following Flynn students for achieving Outstanding Applica on and/or Academic Excellence in

their Semester One subjects.

Year 7‐ Kayla Defilippis and Mitchell Smith Year 8‐ Phoebe Lawless, Cooper Lines, Sheridan Venables, Mackenzie Witchell and Hayley Woolfe Year 9‐ Austeyn Bates and Madison Francisco Year 10‐ Timothy Boler, Luchitha Cooray, Kaine Foster and Luka Dokanovic Year 11‐ Madelyn McLean, Ashley Gerdan, Madison Gerdan, Tamsyn Pentland and Piper Van Hout

On Thursday 17th of August, Flynn students, together with O’Donoghue students, par cipated in the ‘Walk for Watarrka’ on the Athle cs Track. Students walked many laps with their friends, completed obstacles and did some old fashioned skipping. This was to raise funds to help the Watarrka community realise the dream of a secondary school building in their remote community. Combined with the O’Donoghue Learning Team fundraising BBQ, students were able to raise $1,500 towards the cause.

Last week we had our annual athle c sports. It was great to see Flynn students adorn their purple bandanas and involve themselves in the events of the day.

On the 7th of September Flynn will be hos ng the annual ‘Ba le of the Bands’ compe on. All funds raised at this event will be added to our fundraising tally. The whole school will converge to the stadium to witness the array of musical talents at our College in a fun compe on. We ask that all students bring a gold coin dona on on the day.

Congratula on to Phoebe Wallan of Year 10 who has just returned for the United States where she competed in the

World BMX les in South Carolina. Phoebe finished 1st, 2nd and 4th in her qualifying events and made it to the

finals. What a great effort.

Mrs. Michelle Lewis and Mr.

Adam Ne leingham

FLYNN HOSTS ‘BATTLE OF

THE BANDS’

PERIODS 5 AND 6

THURSDAY 7th SEPTEMBER.

ALL STUDENTS, PLEASE

BRING A GOLD COIN TO

DONATE ON YOUR ENTRY

INTO THE STADIUM.

FLYNN LEARNING TEAM


O’DONOGHUE DRAGONS

We couldn’t be prouder of our team over the past few weeks. Our students have achieved excellent results in

many different areas and we would like to congratulate them all on doing such a great job.

It was great to catch up with many of our O’Donoghue families at the recent course counselling nights. We hope

the evenings were useful in helping students decide their future pathways. Based on the subject selec ons, we

have many talented students in many different areas and we look forward to seeing the dedica on and studious

effort required to be successful in these choices.

We would like to congratulate Dylan Gonzalez on receiving the Semester 1 DUX of Year 9 at the College’s

Presenta on evening. Dylan has worked extremely hard to achieve the results for this award and we wish him all

the best in aiming for DUX again this semester. Recently Ryan Walsh from 7.9 competed in the Busselton HPV

race in Western Australia. He raced with Luke Purches from Kenny and the two, working as a team, were able to

come second in their category! Congratula ons boys.

On the 17th of August, we celebrated O’Donoghue Day with our inaugural ‘Walk for Watarrka’. With the Flynn

Learning Team, we worked together to raise money for the Watarrka Founda on who support indigenous

children of the outback by raising awareness and walking laps of the Athle cs Track. As a team, we were able to

raise $1,429.55 which we are extremely proud of. These funds will go towards establishing a Secondary School in

the Kings Canyon area so children currently a ending primary schools can obtain a higher educa on while

remaining with their families and staying on their land.

Finally we would like to thank all the students who got involved in the Athle cs Carnival last week. While we are

s ll awai ng final results, the effort and par cipa on from all who a ended was impressive.

Mr Jesse Nugent and Ms Rebecca Abernethy—O’Donoghue Learning Team Leaders


August has been a busy but equally exci ng month for Dunlop, especially with the update of our NEW Dunlop Digger web page and release of our NEW Dunlop Learning Team Logo (see right). We have spent many months delibera ng over what our logo should look like and represent, and are very happy with the end result which we feel is a perfect representa on of our teams values (determined by our students), Sir Weary Dunlop and ul mately, Dunlop’s iden ty.

AWARDS NIGHT Our Diggers have certainly been hard at work the past few weeks with many of them achieving some fantas c outcomes.

Congratula ons to all the below students for Year 7 – 11 who were recognised for their outstanding achievements during Semester 1 at our recent whole school awards night – it was great to see so many of you on stage being acknowledged for the hard work you con nue to do in class – keep it up!

A very special congratula ons to Devon Fedhi (pictured right) who was awarded Year 8 Dux for Semester 1.

DUNLOP DIGGERS

YEAR 7

Outstanding Applica on

Sophie Boston

Ashley Diamond

Ma hew Dyer

Lachlan Grant

Aus n Waters

Academic Excellence

Abbey Richardson

Outstanding Applica on & Academic Excellence

Taylor Dietrich

Emily Mollard

YEAR 8

Academic Excellence

Leisha Allen

Kyle Lim

Mae Ovenden ‐Lloyd

Holly Williams

Imanya Kodituwakku

Outstanding Applica on & Academic Excellence

Elvin Cehic

Devan Fedhi * Dux Semester 1, 2017!

Sarah Powh

Amy Pur ll

Swimming Sports Champion – 14 Yrs

Mor Flenner

YEAR 9


Nathan Van Gerrevink

YEAR 10

Academic Excellence

Abbey Munro

Alyssa Pagliuca

Academic Excellence and Outstanding

Applica on

Brooke Allen

VET Award

Alyssa Pagliuca

Riley Clarke

Applied Learning Award

Georgia Pennico

YEAR 11


Bri any Esmore

Academic Excellence and Outstanding Applica on

Courtney Abraham


DANCE NATIONALS We would also like to congratulate our Year 7 BCDA students and Year 10 students Krista Jine e, Emily Sebas an and Kat Bast who proudly represented Berwick College at the Na onal Dance Star Championships in Queensland earlier this month and achieved some amazing results.

BERWICK COLLEGE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Well done to all the students who a ended and par cipated in the recent Athle cs Carnival. Whilst we know sport is not our strongest a ribute, courage and teamwork definitely are, and this was yet again reflected in your willingness to get involved, encourage one another and have a go! Go Team!

This week officially marks the half way point of Term 3 and with teachers finalising Mid Semester Reports over the next couple of weeks. This is a mely reminder for our students to check in with their teachers to ensure they’re up to date, and have sa sfactorily completed all their work requirements, prior to Parent Teacher interviews which will take place on Thursday the 21st and Friday, 22nd of September.

Ms Ashleigh Manning Mr Gavin Watson Dunlop Student Learning Leader Dunlop Assistant Student Learning Leader [email protected] [email protected]

DUNLOP DIGGERS CONTINUED


CAREERS

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE & POLICE FORCE INCURSION ‐ MONDAY 28TH AUGUST On Monday 28th August the Australian Defence Force and Victorian Police Force a ended Berwick College to provide students from Years 9 to 12 with informa on rela ng to career opportuni es within the ADF and Police Force, including specific job roles, entry requirements and benefits.

Pe y Officer Carrie James (Navy), Leasing Seaman Daniel Thompson (Navy) and Leading Senior Constable Grant Young and Agot Mar n Majier led the career presenta ons to the enthusias c students.

Students were also given the opportunity to speak one on one with the presenters to ask their own specific ques ons. The presenta ons were held in the PAC with approximately 30 students in a endance for each presenta on.

WORK EXPERIENCE – YEAR 10 – GAME OF LIFE STUDENTS All Year 10 students enrolled in the Game of Life classes for Semester 2 will be undertaking one week of work experience from Monday 18th September to Friday 22nd September, 2017 inclusive. These students should have submi ed their signed Work Experience paperwork for processing to Ms. Narelle Mills in the Careers office by now. Copies of the processed paperwork will be handed back to these students via their Game of Life teacher, as well as copies being mailed directly to employers, prior to commencement of the placement.

Any queries, please contact your child’s Game of Life teacher or Ms. Narelle Mills – 8768 1059.

YEAR 12 STUDENTS – 2017 – VTAC COURSE APPLICATIONS/APPRENTICESHIP/JOB AP‐PLICATIONS FOR 2018 Year 12 students have been busy visi ng their preferred 2018 ter ary ins tu on Open Days recently to assist them to finalise their course preferences for 2018.

Year 12 (VCE or VCAL) students are now busy registering and making an applica on (with up to 8 preferences) via the VTAC (Victorian Ter ary Admissions Centre) website. VTAC registra on and applica on support sessions have been running before school on a Tuesday and Thursday morning (from 8:40am) and a er school on a Wednesday (from 3:15pm) a ernoon throughout term 3 in classroom E4, Senior Building.

Those Year 12 students who are interested in pursuing an Appren ceship/Traineeship or looking for employment for 2018, should sign up for a job support session on Thursday 14th September, before school at 8:30am in classroom E4. During this session student’s will be able to fine tune and then upload their Resume/Cover Le er to a range of Appren ceship support group websites designed for both job seekers and employers. These support groups match prospec ve candidates with employers.

Sign‐up sheets for all of the above sessions are outside the Careers room un l the end of term 3.

VTAC (VICTORIAN TERTIARY ADMISSIONS CENTRE) – IMPORTANT ‐ DATES AND FEES The Victorian Ter ary Admissions Centre opened for course applica ons for study in 2018 at University or TAFE Ins tutes for all Year 12 students (VCE or VCAL) on Monday 7th August at 9:00am. Timely payment of $35 for the applica on to be processed should be made by 28th September at 5:00pm. Payments a er this date will be $103 and must be paid by 3rd November, 2017 at 5:00pm. All applica ons should be finalised by this date. Please refer to the link for further informa on. h p://www.vtac.edu.au/dates.html


VTAC (VICTORIAN TERTIARY ADMISSIONS CENTRE) – IMPORTANT ‐ DATES AND FEES...

The Special Entry Access Scheme through VTAC offers special considera on to candidates in the following 4 categories; (1) Personal Informa on/Loca on, (2) Disability/Medical Condi on, (3) Disadvantaged Financial Background and (4) Difficult Circumstances. All students should apply to (1) Personal Informa on/Loca on; however, some students may be eligible for other categories. Please see the link for further informa on. Applica ons close 10th October, 2017 at 5:00pm. Please refer to the link for further informa on: h p://www.vtac.edu.au/seas.html

Many ins tu ons offer scholarships to applicants to help them with their study costs. Many of these ins tu ons allow applicants to apply through VTAC by making one applica on. Applica ons closed 13th October, 2017 at 5:00pm. For informa on rela ng to direct scholarship applica ons, please contact the Careers office or refer to the link below. h p://www.vtac.edu.au/scholarships.html

An ABC of Applying for 2018 Handbook has been handed out to all Year 12 students. This booklet explains the applica on process, results, ATAR, change of preference period, offers and enrolment in more detail. Spare copies are outside the Careers room. Any queries, please contact Mrs Karen Crawley on 87681060.

VET (VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) ‐ VET Courses held at Berwick College

Berwick College offer the following VET (Cer ficate) courses for their students in Years 10 to 12; Small Business, Community Services, Applied Fashion and Design Technology, Automo ve, Building and Construc on, Outdoor Recrea on, Engineering and Electrotechnology.

VET COURSES HELD OFF CAMPUS There are also are wide range of VET (Cer ficate) courses available off campus that can be accessed by our students, these include (but are not limited to); Equine, Hospitality, Hairdressing, Beauty, Plumbing, Informa on Technology, Retail, Health and Early Childhood Educa on and Care, Hor culture, Furniture Making, Music Performance and Tourism. If you would like further informa on about at VET course for your son/daughter for 2018 start, please contact the Careers office on 87681073 or 87681060.

IMPORTANT NOTE ‐ To ensure your child’s place is secured for their VET course in 2018, a completed enrolment form must be returned to Amanda Wallace in the Careers office by Thursday 14th September, 2017, together with one third of the fees of the total amount due (fees payable at the front office). Any queries, please contact Amanda on 87681073.

CAREERS /VET CONTINUED...

YEAR 12—OCTOBER TRIAL EXAMS

In prepara on for the final Year 12 exams, the College will be running trial exams in October. These exams will be held during the first week of term four; over three days from Wednesday October 11th to Friday October 13th. During these days, no Year 12 classes will run and students are required at school only for their exams.

YEAR 12 OCTOBER TRIAL EXAM ‐ TIMETABLE

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

Session 1 Exam length Start me Finish me Venue

English 3 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 12.00pm Leisure Centre

EAL 3 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 12.00pm Leisure Centre ‐ Lounge

Session 2

Art 1 hr 45 minutes 12.30pm 2.15pm Leisure Centre

Further Maths (1) 1 hr 45 minutes 12.30pm 2.15pm Leisure Centre

Session 3

Food & Technology 1 hr 45 minutes 2.45pm 4.30pm Senior School

Theatre Studies 1 hr 45 minutes 2.45pm 4.30pm Senior School

Visual Communica ons 1 hr 45 minutes 2.45pm 4.30pm Senior School

Legal Studies 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.45pm 5.00pm Senior School


YEAR 12—OCTOBER TRIAL EXAMS CONTINUED

THURSDAY OCTOBER 12TH

FRIDAY OCTOBER 13TH


Maths Methods (1) 1 hr 15 minutes 8.45am 10.00pm Leisure Centre

Geography 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

Media 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

Physical Educa on 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

Session 2

Further Maths (2) 1 hrs 45 minutes 11.30am 1.15pm Leisure Centre

Specialist Maths (1) 1 hr 15 minutes 11.30am 12.45pm Leisure Centre

Session 3

Dance 1 hr 45 minutes 2.15pm 4.00pm Senior School

Music 1 hr 45 minutes 2.15pm 4.00pm D03

Tex les 1 hr 45 minutes 2.15pm 4.00pm Senior School

German 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.15pm 4.30pm B06

Indonesian 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.15pm 4.30pm B05

History ‐ Revolu ons 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.15pm 4.30pm Senior School

Biology 2 hrs 45 minutes 2.15pm 5.00pm Senior School

Physics 2 hrs 45 minutes 2.15pm 5.00pm Senior School


Studio Arts – Photography 1 hr 45 minutes 8.45am 10.00pm Leisure Centre

Wood 1 hr 45 minutes 8.45am 10.00pm Leisure Centre

Philosophy 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

HHD 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

IT ‐ Informa cs 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

Maths Methods (2) 2 hrs 15 minutes 8.45am 11.00pm Leisure Centre

Session 2

Accoun ng 2 hrs 15 minutes 11.30am 1.45pm Leisure Centre

Outdoor Educa on 2 hrs 15 minutes 11.30am 1.45pm Leisure Centre

Psychology 2 hrs 15 minutes 11.30am 1.45pm Leisure Centre

Chemistry 2 hrs 45 minutes 11.30am 2.15pm Leisure Centre

Session 3

Specialist Maths (2) 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.45pm 5.00pm Senior School

Business Management 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.45pm 5.00pm Senior School

Literature 2 hrs 15 minutes 2.45pm 5.00pm Senior School


SENIOR SCHOOL

The end is nearing for our Year 12 students; Unit 4 studies are well under way and classes are preparing for their final assessments. All course content and assessment will be finalised by the end of this term to allow for revision to take place for the weeks remaining in term 4. As such, unscored and applied learning students are eligible to complete their courses by Thursday September 21st, providing that they have met all outcomes and been signed off by their classroom teachers. If outcomes are not comprehensively completed by this date students are expected to return in term 4. It is impera ve that all Year 12 students maintain a posi ve work ethic throughout this busy period and remain up to date in all of their classes.

To reinforce the importance of effec ve study and organisa on, Year 12 students par cipated in a seminar by Elevate Educa on last week that promoted useful strategies to prep students for their upcoming exams. Students are encouraged to con nue revisi ng these strategies and approach their coordinators for clarifica on and support if needed. Further support will be provided to students in the upcoming TSSM sessions that will run over the September school holidays, students are reminded to return their forms and payment to the main office as soon as possible; these sessions are an excellent opportunity to hear from experienced professionals in the field and prepare students for the demands of the VCAA examina ons.

Students were provided with a small reprieve from their studies last Friday, August 25th, when they were able to par cipate in the College Athle cs Carnival during an extended lunch break. Many students demonstrated their skills outside of the classroom, op ng into events such as high jump, long jump and 100m/200m sprints. The students achieved personal successes and highlighted the importance of maintaining healthy outlets to balance the stress of Year 12.

Lastly, the College Presenta on Night saw many of our Year 12 students awarded for their dedica on to their studies, receiving cer ficates of outstanding applica on for commendable results across a number of subject areas. Also, a special men on to our College Captains, Ashleigh, Delaney, Noah and Borna, who spoke admirably on the evening in front of a very large audience, represen ng our College to an excep onal standard. Year 12 Coordinators, Ms Brodie Andersen and Ms Lexie McGill.

YEAR 12 EXAM PREPARATION PROGRAM ‐ RUN BY BERWICK COLLEGE Berwick College will be running Unit 3 and 4 revision sessions conducted by TSSM during the September/October

holidays. Sessions start at 9:00am and finish at 5:00 pm. TSSM use highly qualified teachers to deliver the sessions

that have been or are examiners, reviewers or publishers. Program includes:

How to maximize your ATAR Detailed content revision Essen al exam prac ce

Exam techniques Study ps Problem solving strategies

A comprehensive set of revision notes bound, wri en to an A+ level

Booklet containing at least 80 exam style ques ons with solu ons

Students will solve an extensive range of exam style ques ons.

Venue: The sessions will run in the Senior School Centre, which is located at the rear of the College

Cost: The cost of each session is $75 except Outdoor Educa on, which will cost $30 as the session runs from

10am to 1pm. Note: TSSM run these sessions in Melbourne at a cost of $159 each. Payments are due by August

28th. The September /October school holidays is not a holiday for a Year 12 student; it is a break from classes

and students must use the two weeks to kick‐start their exam prepara on. There is no be er way to do this than

with the help of an expert who will ensure their prepara on is thorough and specifically targeted at ge ng the

best possible exam result. I highly recommend the program to students. Mr Mark Woodbridge—Assistant

Principal

Days Subject Days Subject

Mon Sept 25 Further Maths

Tues Oct 3 Specialist Maths Physical Educa on

Tues Sept 26 Geography Wed Oct 4 Business Management

Wed Sept 27 Chemistry Outdoor Educa on (10am to 1pm)

Thurs Oct 5

Physics Health & Human Development

Thurs Sept 28 Psychology Fri Oct 6 Accoun ng

Fri Sept 29 Maths Methods


RATIONALE It is a requirement that students a end all metabled classes so that teaching and learning opportuni es are maximised. A endance in class provides opportuni es for student work to be authen cated by teachers. Work which cannot be authen cated will not be accepted for assessment.

VCE and VCAL requirements are set externally and teach‐ers must comply with these rules. The VCE comprises three components: assessed work, comple on of outcomes to a sa sfactory standard and a endance. VCAL requires the comple on of outcomes to a sa sfactory standard and a endance.

The VCAA has stated that “where a student has completed work but there has been a substan ve breach of class a endance, the student may be awarded an N”

VCE & VCAL ATTENDANCE RULES All absences must be explained by parents/carers A student absent from classes for part of a day

must sign in or out A medical cer ficate must be provided for any ab‐

sence of three or more consecu ve days

ABSENCES THAT ARE EXEMPT ARE: Any absence supported by a medical cer ficate Any absence due to family/welfare circumstances

supported by the Student Learning Leader, Year 12 coordinators, Principal class or Wellbeing staff. E.g. funeral

Any absence to a end an approved educa onal ac vity like sports, excursions, camps, ter ary informa on seminar etc

It is the student’s responsibility to ascertain what work has been missed, to obtain any handouts and to com‐plete the required work as soon as possible a er an ab‐sence. It is the student’s responsibility to provide teach‐ers with suitable evidence related to absences.

Students should keep any notes, medical cer ficates and approved absence slips. These must be shown to the class teacher, home group teacher and/or Year 12 co‐ordinator within three school days of the absence.

REDEMPTION OF ABSENCES

Students are required to redeem absences for each unit. Exempt absences do not require redemp on. However absences that are not exempt (see below) are subject to redemp on as follows:

Students can have up to and including 6 non‐exempt absences per unit per semester without the need for redemp on.

Students with 7 to 12 non‐exempt absences per

unit per semester are eligible for redemp on. Students with more than 12 non‐exempt absences

per unit per semester automa cally fail the unit as the student has not been present in sufficient clas‐ses for the teacher to authen cate their work. In such a case the teacher must give an ‘N’ for the unit as well as an “N’ for at least one outcome

ABSENCES THAT ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE REDEMPTION PROCESS ARE:

Family holiday – unless Assistant Principal ap‐

proved

Illness

Medical/welfare (note: Wellbeing staff are to mark

‘present’ and the add a note)

Parent choice – authorised

Parent choice – unauthorised

Refusal

Suspension

Truancy

Unexplained

Redemp on classes will be run on two Saturday

mornings in term 2 and term 4 from 9:00am to 12:45pm

and students are required to wear full school uniform.

Students are required to complete school work during

this me. No other redemp on classes will be held out‐

side of these mes.

For each period to be redeemed, 45 minutes must be

spent in redemp on classes. Students will be able to re‐

deem absences only once for any one unit. The teacher

in charge of the redemp on class will inform the relevant

learning team leader/coordinator who will inform the

class teacher when a student has completed their

redemp on class.

Students who fail to complete the required redemp on

or have more than 12 non‐exempt absences will fail that

unit. This will be indicated on the report with at least one

outcome fail for that unit.

REDEMPTION DATES – SEMESTER 2 2017

Saturday October 14th

Saturday October 21st

ATTENDANCE & REDEMPTION—VCE & VCAL


CITY OF CASEY ‐ RECRUITMENT & EVENTS

SOFTBALL FUN FOR ALL AGES

Berwick Braves So ball Club –Registra on / Training / Come &

Try Day Saturday the 9th of September 2017 from 11.00am – 1.00pm

Sweeney Reserve – Cnr Melzac Drive & Dempster Way Berwick

Berwick Braves So ball club caters for players aged from 6 to 96 both

Male and Female in a fun, friendly, family oriented environment

No Experience Necessary – EVERYONE WELCOME to come down and try.

Contact: Tania Hoare 0412 544 580 / [email protected] or find us on Facebook:

h ps://www.facebook.com/Berwick.Braves


Moonlit Sanctuary Keeper Club—Spring 2017 school holiday dates: Week 1: Mon 25th, Tues 26th, Wed 27th & Thurs 28th September Week 2: Mon 2nd Tues 3rd Wed 4th Thurs 5th Fri 6th October 10am –4pm Kids enjoy environmental ac vi es, animal encounters and na ve animal care. Day includes: interac ons with dingo, python, off‐limits animals, feeding animals & food prep, animal enrichment ac vi es. Learn about our animals, their conserva on and the environment. For ages 7‐14 years.

Cost: $70.00 per day, or $189 for 3 days (pro rata for addi‐onal days). Maximum 16 children per day.

Bookings essen al as spaces are limited

Moonlit Sanctuary 550 Tyabb‐Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale

Phone 5978 7935 Open daily between 10am and 5pm

For further informa on visit www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

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