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03WEEK

OF 10

Term 3

Gilson Gazette - 2 August 2019

Victorian Schools Mountain Bike Competition

2019

Weekly Newsletter for Parents, Students and Friends of Gilson College

Secondary Spiritual Emphasis Week

Contents

general newsNATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA ON SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY (NCCD) ...........................................................4VICTORIAN SCHOOLS MOUNTAIN BIKE COMPETITION ..............5PEP HOURS ................................................................................5DRIVING SPEED ON CAMPUS ....................................................5CHANGE IN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS .............................................5GCCC NEWS ...............................................................................6PB4L HOME MATRIX ..................................................................6

PrIMarY news AWARDS NAMES ........................................................................7JUMP ROPE FOR THE HEART FOUNDATION ...............................7NUDIE FOOD DAY ......................................................................7FRIENDLY PLACE. .......................................................................7

seCondarY newsVCAL FOOD DRIVE ......................................................................8

Here in Melbourne, you can be forgiven for perhaps not knowing the radio stations of other cities, but the most popular station in Sydney is 2GB. Having almost 15% of the market this radio station with its news-talk format has been broadcasting since 1926 – 93 years this month of August.

Over 470 years ago (1548) Filippo Bruno was born in the Italian kingdom of Naples and the young boy grew up to be a philosopher, poet, and mathematician. He soon became famous for his cosmological theories – that is, the branch of astronomy that tries to explore how our universe began.

Filippo, better known as Giordano, took the ideas of Nicolaus Copernicus - who said the earth was not the centre of everything - and extended this thinking. Giordano maintained that the stars in the night sky were other suns that had their own planets an idea known as cosmic pluralism. Although many of Giordano’s ideas are complex and would have barely been understood back then, he was soon viewed with suspicion as a heretic because of his opinions.

Giordano wandered around Europe spending time in France, Germany, Switzerland and England, but it was while living in Venice that he was betrayed to the Roman Inquisition. In 1593 he was taken to Rome and imprisoned, and finally after six long years of interrogation the judge read out the final verdict – to be burnt at the stake.

Today in Campo de’ Fiori (Field of Flowers) the meadow is gone replaced by a paved piazza and there you will find a large statue of Giordano. The statue is located on the very spot where Giordano became a martyr – in the cause of freedom of thought and free speech and he was adopted by many as a hero.

Today in Australia few people will have heard of Giordano Bruno, but in Sydney there is that radio station broadcasting with the call sign 2GB - in his honour. The original holders of the radio station’s licence were Theosophists who admired Giordano’s ability to be a free thinker.

Australia has been known as a place where casual is part of the culture. Where to be relaxed is the norm. A place where we abbreviate our words (G’day) and where we put ‘o’ on the end of our words (Stevo, arvo, journo, etc) and almost everybody gets called ‘mate’. This easy-going attitude and informal language together with our egalitarian attitudes is the essence of Australia. This is country where we can argue and bet on two flies walking up a wall and still enjoy a BBQ together.

If you examine Giordano’s beliefs you too might find you disagree with some of his ideas but hopefully you can agree to disagree without becoming disagreeable. I don’t agree with all of Israel Folau’s theology but what Rugby Australia has done is un-Australian.

It’s worth a thought. Mark B Vodéll Principal

Editorial - Giordano Bruno

general news

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA ON SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY (NCCD)

Today, 2nd August was the day designated by the Commonwealth Government for the completion of the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). All schools must collect and submit information each year for the NCCD. This is detailed in the Australian Education Regulation 2013. Schools provide this information to education authorities. Funding from the Australian Government

for students with disability is based on the NCCD through the student with disability loading.

Students are counted in the NCCD if they receive ongoing adjustments at school due to disability. This ‘help’ allows them to access education on the same basis as a child without disability. The NCCD uses the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all students is an essential part of the NCCD. Data is collected within each school. Personal details, such as student names or student identifiers, are not provided to federal education authorities.

For further information or if you have any questions

Primary Awardees

Verse of the Week“Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing

love.” Lamentations 3:32

about the NCCD you can contact the school. You can also visit the NCCD portal: https://www.nccd.edu.au

VICTORIAN SCHOOLS MOUNTAIN BIKE COMPETITION

On Sunday 9 students from Gilson College Taylors Hill and some students from the Mernda campus went to a mountain bike competition at Lysterfield. The 2.4km course for my age group was a section of the track that was used in the Commonwealth games. The start of the track was a wide gravel and up hill road. The track then went onto a steep uphill single track but after a tight corner there was a rocky down hill section that included a number of berms, (berms are downhill corners with a steep bank that allows you to go fast around the corner). The third section was flowy downhill and narrow with some rocky sections. Then there was another slight uphill section to the finish line. We did two laps of the track.

The older students

completed a longer course with more hill climbs and rock drops. In the end some of the Gilson College students won 2nd and 3rd place for their age group. Corin Pope (Year 3)

PEP HOURSIf you are in need of

PEP hours or would like to volunteer to help, the College is requiring help in the Library during Book week. Duties include but are not limited to assisting in sales of books during recess and lunch times and after school. If you are interested and are able to help please call the College Office and register your details.

DRIVING SPEED ON CAMPUSA reminder to all parents please note that while you are driving on campus the speed limit is 15km. For the safety of everyone concerned please adhere to this at all times.

CHANGE IN TRAFFIC CONDITIONSAs you may have noticed we introduced a traffic

management process during the afternoon pick up times at the end of Term 2. This meant that traffic could flow in and off campus without being held up by cars parked in the free flow traffic lane. Thank you to our Parent Community for being supportive of this process.

GCCC NEWS• 3rd August - We welcome

you to join us this Sabbath as Pr Bernard Deojee shares the word. The worship program will start at 10.00am followed by a time to fellowship over a hot cuppa and a snack. Life groups will commence straight after snack and chat. Please bring some healthy snacks to share.

PB4L HOME MATRIXTo further help support our students in becoming

The VALUE for Week 4 of Term 3 will be:

Compassion means not only caring for others at all cost, but rejoicing with them in their good fortune and success. True compassion is generous and those who possess it are able to lose gracefully, rejoice in the good fortune of others, in addition to reaching out to those in need.

God is the ultimate example of compassion. The ultimate, all-powerful, one and only supreme Being in the universe took on the form of His created beings and died a horrible death on a cross because

He loved them so much and could not bear to see them perish. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32LOVE is kind...keeps no record of wrong...does not envy

respectful, responsible and resilient members of society, we are proud to announce that we now have a, ‘at home expected behaviour matrix’. This was developed by a wonderful team of parents from our school. The Matrix outlines for our families the expected behaviours that we should be seeing throughout the home. To help support your child, we would love it if you could spend some time going over and teaching these behaviours at home. If you have any feedback or suggestions about our home matrix, please feel free to contact the Deputy Head of Primary, Mr Damon Lawty via SEQTA. Please see below for the home matrix. Refer to table on page 14.

compassion

PrIMarY news AWARDS NAMES

On Tuesday morning one student from each class was acknowledged for demonstrating the value of ‘Honesty’.

FH – Max NedelkovskiFM – Angad SandhuFR – Akok Chol1H – Sara Hiluf1L – Sienna Niscov1W – NA2C – Sai Krithi2J – Myriam Tasker2Z – Fatehpartap Sidhu3H – Ajok Chol3R – Cooper Pilovski

3T – Anish Pasupulate4B – Iden Doung4S – Talia Farrugia4W – Haya Yassin5A – NA5H –Kingston Henry5S – Tommy Pedis6G – Sienna Costa6H – Prisha Kandadi6M – Aleyah GermanoFrench – Ellie Poon

JUMP ROPE FOR THE HEART FOUNDATION

Gilson College has raised $2903.97 for the Heart Foundation!

We have 63 students signed up already! But only 32 students have raised money! It isn’t too late to sign up and start raising money.

Register your child here.www.jumprope.org.au/

parents

NUDIE FOOD DAY On behalf of the SRC, we would like to introduce our new ‘Nudie Foodie Tuesdie’ initiative which promotes healthy eating and supports

the combat against rubbish. The amount of rubbish produced and found around the school is overwhelming, so we came up with the idea of a Nudie Foodie day. On Tuesdays, starting Term 3, we encourage students to bring unpackaged and fresh foods to school for recess and lunch. Students can bring items such as yoghurt, fruit, nuts, vegetable sticks, dips, sandwich, rice or pasta. We aim to minimise the amount of rubbish produced in our school environment by bringing package free lunches. With your help, we can make our school a cleaner and environment-friendly place.

secondarY news

VCAL FOOD DRIVEThe VCAL students will be

volunteering their services with Foodbank Victoria on Monday 12 August. Before then, students will be collecting some most needed items to donate to Victorians who are doing it tough. Students are asking our school community to please give generously any of the items listed below that in date. A box will be placed in Admin or students can bring them to W9 please. Thank you for your support.

- Canned fruit, vegetables, fish, soups and meals

- Dried fruit and nuts- Sauces and seasonings- UHT milk and juices- Coffee, tea and spreads- Rice, pasta and noodles- Cereal- Shampoo and

conditioner- Soap and deodorant- Dental floss, toothpaste

and toothbrushes- Tissues and toilet paper- Feminine hygiene

products

DONATE HERETO HELP VICTORIANS DOING IT TOUGH

DONATION GUIDELINES 3 Within best before date

3 Unopened packaging

3 Has ingredient/allergen listing

Canned fruit, vegetables, fish, soups and meals

Dried fruit and nuts

Sauces and seasonings

UHT milk and juices

Coffee, tea and spreads

Rice, pasta and noodles

Cereal

Shampoo and conditioner

Soap and deodorant

Dental floss, toothpaste and toothbrushes

Tissues and toilet paper

Feminine hygiene products

WWW.FOODBANKVICTORIA.ORG.AU

MOST NEEDED ITEMS

THANK YOU!

@FoodbankVictoria

Food drive

TERM 3 BOOK WEEK COMING UP

Our yearly Book Week will be celebrated this term during

Week 6, August 19-23

Theme – The Bible “My Secret Power”

For this year we have altered the Book Week theme to align more closely with our Christian values and emphasis.

Each class has chosen a Bible character or story to portray during

our Book Character Parade. The class teacher will decide whether to let students come as any character in that particular story or may

assign different roles to students that relate to the story. Students may also decide to come as a different Bible character to

that studied in class for that week. For further details on how you can assist please consult your child’s

teacher or a note may be sent home outlining what is needed.

Students will parade in their costumes in the gym on Friday, August 23.

Parents are also welcome to participate in the parade as your

favourite Bible character.

GILSON PRIMARY WRITING COMPETITION

Calling all our aspiring authors

Gilson College is once again holding a competition to encourage those who enjoy writing.

The winners will be announced during our Book Week parade.

The theme is’ The Bible - “My Secret Power” which is a similar to the theme chosen for National Book Week this year.

Students may write a recount, description, explanation or poem that shows

thought, relevance and creativity. See extra information for further details.

Word limit: 300 words Closing date: Wednesday, 7th August

Book Prizes will be awarded in the following year level categories (up to 2 prizes per

category)

Foundation 1-2 3-4 5-6

Stories may be neatly handwritten or typed

EXTRA INFORMATION about the WRITING COMPETITION

Ideas to help with writing your recount, poem or description/explanation

• What help does reading the Bible give you?

• Who is your favourite Bible character? Why do you like them?

• What Bible story appeals to you most? What can you learn from this story?

• What encouragement or special words have you discovered in the Bible? How has it helped you?

• Did you have an experience that was sad, scary or frightening and the stories

or words from the Bible helped you during this time?

Please write out your draft on your own paper and collect supplied paper for your final, edited copy.

Stories may be neatly handwritten or typed. Collect a registration form from your teacher to attach to your entry.

For any further information see Mrs Tuaoi or Mrs Salter

Be quick to secure your place at this fabulous evening. Tickets are selling fast. Steve is a world-renowned speaker and author. As this is a community event; 330 tickets are already sold leaving just 170 tickets with just a month to go.

DON’T MISS OUT- BOOK NOW

Gilson College Taylors Hill

Thursday 22nd August 2019

7.30pm Tickets to the

Raising Boys event at Gilson College

can be purchased at

https://www.trybooking.com/BAODR

Be quick to secure your place at this fabulous evening. Tickets are selling fast. Steve is a world-renowned speaker and author. As this is a community event; 330 tickets are already sold leaving just 170 tickets with just a month to go.

DON’T MISS OUT- BOOK NOW

Gilson College Taylors Hill

Thursday 22nd August 2019

7.30pm Tickets to the

Raising Boys event at Gilson College

can be purchased at

https://www.trybooking.com/BAODR

Everyone who has boys today is concerned for them. We all want our boys to grow up happy, positive, caring and motivated. Come and hear about how this can be done - in simple, practical ways that will make immediate sense...

Topics include:

The three stages of boyhoodKeeping the special qualities of boysThe importance of dadsTestosteroneWhy boys love rough and tumble gamesBoys and housework

Steve Biddulph is a retired psychologist whose talks became world famous for their humour, honesty and powerful stories. Steve and his partner Shaaron are authors of five books including The Secret of Happy Children, Manhood, and Raising Boys - which have sold four million copies in 27 languages."A cross between Billy Connolly and Dr Spock" - The Times"Spellbinding" - UK Telegraph

Steve's books will be available for sale on the night.

NB We regret babies and children cannot be accommodated in the theatre.

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SECONDARY CALENDARTERM 3 2019

Week 4

m 03rd aug - 06th augYear 11 Outdoor Recreation Camp

m 06th augSSV Juniour Volleyball

m 08th augSSV Jniour NetballYear 12 Psychology ExcursionYear 9 Service Day

m 09th augYear 9 Cognizance Program with Jarryd Horvath - Part III

CALENDAR 2019

Secondary Emphasis Week

PRIMARY CALENDARTERM 3 2019

Week 4

m 8th AugDistrict Athletics and Netball Competition

Week 5

m 16th AugYear 4 Rethink Recycling Excursion

Week 6

m 19th to 23rd AugustBook Week

m 23rd AugustBook Week Parade

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