THE LANTERN

College Newsletter

Presentation College Windsor Celebrating 145 Years of Learning

WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018

Table of Contents

Principal’s Report

Director of Faith and Mission

Directory of Pedagogy and Innovation

STEM

Sport

Parents’ Association

Women of Windsor

Canteen

2019 Term Dates

To help with planning for 2019 please see below the

term dates as published by the Catholic Education

Office.

The staff professional development dates are yet to

be set which may adjust the start and end date of

the terms. The College is currently preparing the

College calendar (done in partnership with CBC St

Kilda). Once this is finalised it will be shared with

the College community.

Term 1: Wednesday 30 January – Friday 5 April

Term 2: Tuesday 23 April – Friday 28 June

Term 3: Monday 15 July – Friday 20 September

Term 4: Monday 7 October – Friday 20 December

Mon 3 Sept Year 9 (2019) Subject Selections Open

Thurs 6 Sept Spring Recital 6—7:30 pm

Fri 7 Sept Year 9 Subject selections close

Fri 7 Sept SCSA Lacrosse

Mon 10 Sept SCSA Athletics

Tues 11 Sept Board Meeting

Wed 12 Sept Year 11 Leadership speeches

Wed 12 Sept Years 7—9 Parent Teacher interviews 2-8.30pm Classes end at 1pm

Fri 14 Sept Year 7 immunisations

Fri 14 Sept Year 9 Excursion (CERES)

Fri 14 Sept Year 7A Excursion (Collingwood Cottage)

Sat 15 Sept Class of 1958 Reunion

Mon 17 Sept Japanese overseas trip departs

Mon 17 Sept SCSA Netball

Tuesday 18 Sept Art Show

Fri 21 Sept End of Term Classes end at 1pm.

Calendar

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Principal

Dear Families and Friends,

One of our strengths at Presentation College Windsor is the sense of community we share. We are able to achieve this because we know all our students well and we build strong partnerships with our families. We communicate openly with our families, and they are encouraged to participate in much of our school life activities. Our students feel safe and our school works hard to provide a child safe environment for all.

National Child Protection Week started on Fathers’ Day and runs till Saturday 8th September this year. National Child Protection Week is an opportunity for government, business and community to come together to promote the safety and wellbeing of children. The enduring message of National Child Protection Week is that ‘Protecting children is everyone’s business’ and urges all Australians to ‘Play Your Part’.

A key message of the week is ‘Stronger Communities, Safer Children’. Research tells us that a strong community is important for children and helps them to thrive and be safe. We all have a role to play in protecting children from harm. The little things we do every day can help to create safer environments for children. For instance:

Be kind to children and parents

Respect young people

Be a good role model around children

Get involved in your local community

Look out for signs of abuse or neglect; if you suspect something is wrong talk to an expert

Always take reports of abuse seriously

Avoid blame and don’t judge; instead, ask yourself what you can do to help

Listen to the needs of children and spend time with them.

You can find out more by following this link:

https://www.napcan.org.au/national-child-protection-week/

Last week I also attended the CBC/PCW/St Mary’s production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Congratulations to all the students who participated and the staff who supported them in bringing this musical to fruition. The excitement and enthusiasm of the students was palpable and showcased the many talented students we have. It also highlighted the wonderful partnership and relationship the three schools share and the opportunities our students enjoy and benefit from as a result of it.

More photos and a full report to come in the next edition of the Lantern.

Kind Regards Filina Virgato Principal

Director of Faith & Mission

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Prayer

This week our Head of Kostka House, Ms Fleur White delivered a beautiful reflection on ‘A New Beginning’ for our Staff Chapel. I would like to share this reflection with you as we move from Winter to Spring – A time for a new beginning.

A New Beginning

This week we say goodbye to winter and we welcome the season of spring, the time when the Earth brings forth all its new life and hope renews itself.

The days are longer, the air is warmer and we start to spend more time outdoors enjoying the sun and each other.

We see flowers bloom through the soft earth and trees have new buds. The colour of our environment changes and this physical reality reminds us that we are always living in a time of change.

It’s time to shake off the winter blues and renew the hope in our lives.

Renewal

It’s time to move …

From … our worries, our trials, our sorrows and our burdens.

To … an appreciation of the opportunities, blessings and joys that are before us.

Reflection

Jesus said …”Love the Lord your God with all your heart.”

Is my heart set on making the world a better place or am I more concerned about what I can get from this world?

Do I know what I believe in?

Am I prepared to stand up for what I believe in?

Do I try to grow in my understanding of the meaning of life by listening to God’s Word or by listening to people of wisdom?

Jesus said … “Love one another as I have loved you.”

Do I contribute to the well-being and happiness of my family? Of my friends?

Am I generous to giving to others, especially to those in need?

Have I hurt others by lying or speaking badly about them?

Jesus said …” Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

Am I selfish or proud?

How have I dealt with sorrows, disappointments and difficulties of my life?

What is the “Winter Worry” (burden, sorrow, disappointment, failing) that you want to let go of?

Let Us Pray

As the earth turns to face the sun, may we rejoice in the season of Spring and live in a new way with fresh dreams and new visions.

As we return to our classes and the busyness of life, may we find satisfaction in our professional and personal lives, and commit ourselves to find time for prayer and reflection.

May God of all Creation bless us all, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

ALL: AMEN

Happy Spring tidings to all this weekend.

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Year 8 Retreat

Throughout this term the Year 8 students are studying a unit of work around Social Justice and the Catholic Social Teachings.

The Year 8 Social Justice Retreat began with prayer lead by Ms. Johnston’s RE class which was then followed by a presentation on the work of Caritas and how we as a community can live out the Social teachings of dignity, common good, solidarity and stewardship. The remainder of the Retreat was run by Jesuit Social Services.

In understanding another person’s plight, we need to listen to their story and build a relationship with them so that our stereotypes are broken. We were fortunate enough to have three refugee speakers come and share their story with us. The afternoon ended in a drumming workshop focusing on African and South American music that all the girls enthusiastically got involved in.

The Retreat was held at St. Joseph’s Parish in Prahran. The girls contributed to the needs of the community by donating goods for the Food Bank at St. Joseph’s which supplies much needed goods to families.

Here are some of the reflections from the Year 8 students.

“Last Friday all the year 8’s had the amazing opportunity to travel to St Joseph’s parish to listen to three inspiring refugees, Deena, Reza and Lovet who all shared their stories. We were lucky enough to listen to them speak about their incredible journeys from their homeland to Australia. It was such an amazing learning experience that I will definitely never forget. It really put things into perspective and made me realise what

people have been through and yet they are still able to talk about it to a class of school kids with a smile on their face. They are such brave people and we are so grateful that they agreed to talk to us and share the stories and experiences of them and their families. We also got the chance to participate in a drumming workshop which was leaded by Jose. It was a great way to end the day as we all had an amazing time making music and having fun”.

“On Friday the 17th of August, all of the Year 8 girls went to St. Joseph’s Parish in South Yarra to participate in the Year 8 Retreat Day. We had a really enjoyable time and focused on social justice issues and how they are linked to the Catholic Social teachings. Students brought something to donate to the foodbank with them and as a whole year level we shared a delicious morning tea. After this, we listened to some inspirational guest speakers that told us about their experiences as refugees. To finish of the day, we all sat down and learnt how to play the African drum and played some exciting games.”

Year 8 Community Service

Our senior students attend Amberley Food Van every fortnight and this semester we have begun a cooking group that makes cakes, muffins and slices for our senior girls to take with them to the Food Van on Friday night.

The girls from Year 8 meet after school on the Thursday before our Food Van roster to make and package some sweet treats for those who attend the Food Van at St. Kilda.

Congratulations Year 8’s on getting involved in helping you community. This will be an ongoing activity for all Year 8’s to get involved in. Not words but deeds!

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Book Week and Write a Book in a Day

Literacy is so important and I am in awe of amazing writers like JK Rowling who, through the Harry Potter series, have engaged our young readers.

When I was growing up I was surrounded by books and took every opportunity to sit down, relax and read. During Book Week Ms Eglezos, our Library Learning Leader, organised a lunchtime reading session in the library. The opportunity to take some time out during a busy day to read a book is a great initiative.

Many thanks to Ms Eglezos and to the team in the library for organising a wonderful range of activities during Book Week. Many thanks also to Ms Olivieri, our Learning Leader for English, and her team for organising the ‘Write a Book in a Day’ event for our students on Tuesday 21 August. I was thrilled to see the students engaged in this activity and staying back at school way past the end of the day bell to complete their stories. Well done to everyone involved.

“Write A Book In A Day. What an exciting experience. I got the opportunity to be the co-author and illustrator of a book that not only has a 12-hour time limit but also had the possibility of being published if seemed fit. It was a feel-good, interesting day of drawing, writing, deleting, erasing, re-drawing, rewriting, and eating pizza! Which included; infinite biscuits, shared ideas, opinions, and collaborative creation with all ideas thought to be good ones.

My top 3 highlights were :

1. Waiting for 8 am to come and, when it did, grabbing my pencil and scribbling ideas EVERYWHERE

2. We ate so much food, I nearly exploded!

3. When it neared 8 pm, we were so tired,

but we finished! The relief and happiness of finishing our book was priceless”.

Blu Lamont

JLTAV Junior Speech Competition

Each year the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc. (JLTAV) organises a speech competition for students from Foundation to Year 10. Hana Imazawa from Year 10, Xavier competed in the secondary open section and won. Hana had to recite a set speech and then her own created speech. Congratulations Hana!

National eSmart Week 2018

This week will be held from 2-8 September and is dedicated to building an eSmart Australia. The following has been taken from the eSmart.org.au website:

National eSmart Week is a week where communities come together to encourage everyone to be smart, safe and responsible when using digital technology. It creates awareness, solutions and ideas for community education on issues of cyber safety, bullying and wellbeing online, and offline.

A number of activities are planned for this week. Stay tuned!

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Career News

The latest career news can be found HERE including:

University updates/open days Career focus—Engineering Quick links for year 12 students Key dates for students

Academic Excellence Award Recipients

At PCW we are committed to celebrating academic excellence. On Wednesday 22 August we held an assembly to acknowledge the academic excellence and high achievement demonstrated by our students from Years 7 to 12 in semester At Years 7 and 8 these awards are given based on the MYP grading system, and acknowledge those girls who achieved the highest number of scores of 8, which is the maximum MYP criteria, across the highest number of subjects.

From Year’s 9 to 12 the awards are based on a student’s Grade Point Average or GPA. The GPA is calculated from the grades received for assessment tasks and the score represents the overall average a student achieves for the semester.

The assembly opened with a speech from our Academic Captain, Ella Monaghan.

“I’d like to congratulate all of the recipients of this award not only on their GPA, but more importantly on their diligence and hard work that resulted in this achievement. Let this award motivate you, but more importantly, continue to motivate yourselves and to recognise all of your successes, great and small. Because your achievements aren’t simply a result of luck, and shouldn’t be dismissed as such – your successes are a credit to you and to your commitment to your studies. Continue to strive to be diligent, engaged and inspired and you will continue to see success - success going even further than impressive grades and GPAs to something even greater.”

Academic Captain, Ella Monaghan.

Congratulations to the following Academic Excellence Award Recipients

Year 7 Merrielle Bautista Hailey Cameron Rylee Cutrupi Anne-Lise Dromey Ivy Faehrman Lara Lamont Charlotte Munro Christine Nguyen Jacqueline Petherick Nicola Sidiropoulos Audrey Smart Arnika Wain Year 8 Ina Carillo Isabella D’Orio Felicity Hickey Emily Kingston Ava McQueen Hasanya Rajapaksha Manikkunambi Amelie Hena Siruelo Melody Wang Charlotte Whiteside Abbey Wilcox Year 9 Chloe Arcaro Tia Bunde Alexandra Edwards Stella Hill Molly Hodgson Annecy Homberg Yasmin Kottek Kean Darcy Lynch Paige Marinos Ella Martin Amy Monaghan Alexandra Papaspiropoulos Manon Sabouraud Lottie Smith Louise Tuddenham Chloe Zheng Nathan Lane Director of Pedagogy and Innovation

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Year 10 Anastasia Barba Paige Connor Stephanie Davis Ella Haywood Lily Huntington Kiriaki-Kiara Katiforis Shannon Li Juliana Neild Lauren Oyston Evangeline Sands Ella Thomas-Evans Bridie Wilcox Year 11 Matea Carelse Charlotte Carnes Eve Faehrman Rosalie Gebert Charley Mau Rebeca Silveira Stephanie Vieceli Isabella Zettl Year 12 Ming Dong Gabriella Edwards Molly Lidgerwood Ella Monaghan

STEM

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Girl Power in STEM Program 2018 Chloe Zheng— Year 9 Kosta

Congratulations to Chloe who received a scholarship to participate in Melbourne University’s Girl Power in STEM program. There were 300 applicants, with only 30 chosen. This year she participated in a 4 day camp with accommodation at Trinity College, University of Melbourne during the July school holidays (accommodation, meals and activities included). This scholarships continues through until the end of year 12.

“During the July Winter school holidays, I had the opportunity to participate in the Melbourne University 2018 Girl Power in STEM program along with 30 other students from various schools across Victoria.

The Girl Power in STEM program is offered by the Melbourne School of Engineering to high school female students only. This program is to promote gender parity for females interested in a STEM career / pathway.

During the four day on campus camp, we got to experience many different hands-on activities from the different fields of engineering. The activities included a virtual reality workshop, learning about Engineers without Borders, Robogals workshop, learning about the programming platform ALICE, building bridges, a wind energy workshop, Arduino workshop and we also got to talk to the Motor Racing Team as well. We also talked to some student ambassadors who are currently studying different types of engineering at Melbourne University.

One of my favourite parts of the Girl Power in STEM program was the careers panel, which was held on the third night. We had the opportunity to ask the panellists questions related to engineering and learn about what the possible career pathways in the future could be. It was very interesting to hear and learn about their current occupations and how it is related to engineering. But what I liked most about the camp was making new friends and staying on campus to experience what university life will be like for us in the future”. Chloe Zheng

There are many things that I took away from the program and I learnt many things about STEM over the four days. It was a very rewarding experience and I can't wait to go back to Melbourne University for the Year 10 Faculty of Science Work Experience Program next year. I would encourage anyone who is interested in STEM/Engineering and IT to apply for this program next year as it was a fun and enjoyable educational experience.

Science Week

We have just celebrated Science week at the College. This year we had a week full of lunchtime activities including:

Making non-Newtonian fluid

Movie The Dish was played

Make your own lava lamp

Fun with bubbles.

We also enjoyed science related music for our recess and lunch breaks!

Thankyou Mrs Cox for a fun filled science week.

Jo-Lee Kennedy

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Sport

SCSA Soccer

On Thursday the 23rd August 47 PCW girls made their way to

the State Football Centre in Darebin to compete against six

other SCSA schools for soccer.

The three grounds were all synthetic grass, which were a treat

to play on. The juniors and intermediates got off to a slow start

but as the day progressed, so did their skills.

Shiralee the goalie for the juniors was kept very busy and our

captain Nikia was very helpful with her knowledge of the game.

Playing a new game has its challenges and the juniors have

learnt so much in such a short time.

The intermediates came a credible 6th place as they were up

against some very strong opposition. The highlight of the day

went to the senior girls who were undefeated. The girls were

challenged in the prelim going to a penalty shoot out to

determine the win. Olivia was first to score then a narrow miss

from Jasmine, and then goals by Elza, Oriana and Molly proved

to be too strong. The grand final against Sacred Heart was a 3-1

victory to PCW.

Amazing coaching from

Iliana Zafiriov and Laura

Drossor your ability to talk

with the girls and impart

your incredible knowledge

of the game helped our girls

to play with passion,

courage and respect.

Congratulations to Deanna

Leontartis for her being the

Most Valuable Player.

Overall, the day was a fantastic experience for everybody

involved. We all are very thankful for the opportunity and

would love to do it again.

Bella and Steph.

SCSA SPORT VESTS

PCW Melbourne introduced the soft shell sport vest in

2014. This is an additional piece of the PE/Sport uniform only

for individuals who have participated in an SCSA Sport this year.

The sport vest provides students with a sense of pride to

participate in sport at PCW Melbourne.

Students may purchase the vest for $60 (incl. GST) with an

additional $5 for each sport to be embroidered. Students are

expected to wear the sport vest at trainings and at SCSA

Competitions.

The form needs to be submitted no later than Friday, 7th

September 2018 with payment to be returned to Cassandra

Barnett via the Front Office. A copy of the form is attached to

the email that communicated this copy of the Lantern. Orders

after this date will not be accepted.

Caremonkey for Sports Excursions

Parents can you please discuss with your daughter whether she will be leaving directly from the venue or returning to school by bus.

The cost of a bus makes up a big part of the sport budget. If you know that your daughter needs to leave from the venue and not return by bus, can you please indicate this on the CareMonkey form?

I greatly appreciate your support with this.

Cassandra Barnett, Sports Coordinator

Term 3 SCSA competitions

SCSA Lacrosse– Friday 7th September,

SCSA Athletics– Monday 10th September

SCSA Netball – Monday 17th September.

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Parents’ Association

Parents’ Association Education Session “Your Teenager and Navigating Adolescence” On 21 August, over 50 parents enjoyed a very informative night learning how to best support their teenagers. Thanks to Kirsten Cleland from

Headspace who spoke to the group along with two Youth Advocates she works with.

A very big thank you to Bridie Wilcox, Chelsea LeHunt, Juliana Neild, Tia Bunde and Blue Lamont who gave us advice as to how they would like to be parented through these years.

The strongest message of the evening is to stay connected with your teenager and check in all the time, even if they act like they don’t want you to. Open communication channels mean your child knows that you are there when you need them.

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7.15pm. 7 October Lecture Theatre We hope you can join us for the next parent education session. Cyber safety experts from Family Zone (our Firewall provider and leading provider of cyber security systems) and our Director of Wellbeing and Director of Pedagogy and Innovation will take us through how to protect the safety and wellbeing of our children as well as learn about technological innovations in cyber learning.

This is another free event and bookings can be made at www.trybooking.com/YAZL

Parents’ Association Education Session: “Cyber Safety, Learning and Wellbeing”

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Women of Windsor - Alumnae

Class of 1968 Reunion 50 Year Reunion How lovely it was to welcome back a group of 19 past students from the Class of 1968.

It has been 50 years since they left school and the memories were still fresh in the minds of all.

Thank you for coming back and sharing your stories with us and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Class of 1998 20 Year Reunion

23 June 2018

It was lovely to welcome back the Class of 1998 to the College. We welcomed 30 girls who delighted in catching up and sharing their school day memories. So much laughter and memory sharing.

Follow us @pcwalumnae

Upcoming Reunions

Class of 1958 Reunion 2pm 15 September. 2pm www.trybooking.com.au/VJEE Class of 1997 Reunion 4pm 13 October www.trybooking.com.au/WUUM Class of 2008 Reunion 4pm 20 October, 4pm www.trybooking.com.au/VDBV Women of Windsor - all years reunion 2pm 18 November www.trybooking.com.au/VMLP

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Congratulations

Canteen Specials

Week Commencing 3 September Muffin: Sticky Date $2.20

Soup: Chicken Stroganoff $4.50

Soup: Vegetable $3.00

Week Commencing 10 September Muffin: Peach and white choc $2.20

Meal: Spaghetti Bolognese $4.50

Soup: Chicken Noodle $3.00

Week Commencing 17 September Muffin: Chefs choice $2.20

Meal: Chefs choice $4.50

Soup: Chefs choice $3.00

Ina Carillo Year 8 Nagle Softball Victoria has named Ina a member of the 15-strong squad to represent Victoria at the 2019 Under 15 Girls’ Regional Softball Championships. The Championships will be held in Perth from 5 – 11 January, 2019. Congratulations Ina on this amazing achievement!

Hannah Lynch Year 12 Loyola Hannah received an early offer to ACU for Nursing by participating in their Community Achiever Program (CAP). As part of her application, she outlined her role as the Loyola Sport Captain and her involvement with her football team. As a result of injury and being unable to play herself, Hannah helped with game day organisation; allocating player jumpers, organising the coaches and communicating with the umpires.