Calendar dates
Semester 2
College Assembly 2 August
Winter Concert 6 August
Winter Concert 6 August
Year 11 Course Counselling 12 & 13 August
Performing Arts Carnival 14 August
Student Early Finish ( Staff Anaphylaxis training session) 27 August
Student Early Finish ( Staff Anaphylaxis training session) 27 August
Year 10 Course Counselling 19, 20, 21 & 22 August
Year 9 Course Counselling 26, 27, 28 & 29 August
Parent Teacher Interviews 5 September
College Assembly 10 September
Staff Professional Learning Day ( Student Free) 16 September
Staff Professional Learning Day ( Student Free) 16 September
Last Day term 3 20 September
Presentation Night Years 10-12 28 November
Presentation Night Years 7-9 16 December
Performing Arts Carnival Timetable
Compass
Compass now gives parents/guardians the ability to approve unapproved absences online instead of having to sign paper copies for absences. Your login is what you used to access your reports. If you have misplaced this, please contact Lauren or Marg at the General Office for your login details.
The process to approve an absence online is
Name the College Magazine/ Design a front cover Competition- Win an Ipad
As part of the re-launch and re-styling of the College
The College is keen to have students
1.
Design
the front and back cover
2. Name
the magazine
Maths Competition
On Thursday this week, 40 students from across the College participated in the Maths Competition. It is pleasing to see so many students getting involved in this extension challenge. We look forward to hearing of some great results.
Parent Opinion Survey
For those parents who have been sent Parent Opinion Surveys, can they please return them to the General Office as soon as possible. We really need them.
Success at Year 7 Badminton
Our Year 7 Girls Badminton team came second last Friday in their round robin. Maddie, Beck, Holly and Chloe played very well all day and were narrowly placed into second after almost taking the title. Well done girls.
Winter Concert
The Music Winter concert is on next Tuesday August 6. We encourage all families to come and have a look at what our musos are doing. They are performing for free in the Kel Watson Theatre from 7:30pm.
Staff Professional Learning
Compass now gives parents/guardians the ability to approve unapproved absences online instead of having to sign paper copies for absences. Your login is what you used to access your reports. If you have misplaced this, please contact Lauren or Marg at the General Office for your login details.The process to approve an absence online is
Step 1 is to log into Compass
using your parent/guardian username.
Step 2 Under “My Alerts” in
the top right hand corner of the home page you will find a heading that says Attendance:
Parent Approval Required.
Step 3 See the image below and click on the box on the
left hand side of the date of the absence which you wish to approve .
Step
4 Click on "Parent Approve" which will bring up a box for you to enter some more
Step
5 Select the most
appropriate reason for absence (medical, dentist, bereavement, parent choice
etc.)
Below is the text "Compass", this provides you with a link to Compass.
Name the College Magazine/ Design a front cover Competition- Win an Ipad
As part of the re-launch and re-styling of the College
The College is keen to have students
1.
Design
the front and back cover
2. Name
the magazine
Year 8 Annual Maths Games Day
On Monday 29th
July two teams from FHC attended the Annual Maths Games Day at Penleigh
Essendon Grammar. A Maths Games Day is an opportunity for students to develop
their mathematical talents and thinking skills in a setting where maths is
regarded as fun and worthwhile with like-minded students from a diverse range
of schools. It is an ideal way for students to participate in mathematical
activities without the usual class room pressures and is a very effective
vehicle for getting young people interested in maths!
The students involved were from the Year 8
Maths STEM class; Jared, Ricky, Dominic, Alex, Genevieve, Ansul, Jack and Jake.
There were just over one hundred teams represented from fifty or so different
schools, all up over five hundred students. Our students worked extremely hard
solving problems all day but also had a lot of fun doing something they enjoy.
Maths Competition
On Thursday this week, 40 students from across the College participated in the Maths Competition. It is pleasing to see so many students getting involved in this extension challenge. We look forward to hearing of some great results.
Parent Opinion Survey
For those parents who have been sent Parent Opinion Surveys, can they please return them to the General Office as soon as possible. We really need them.
Success at Year 7 Badminton
Our Year 7 Girls Badminton team came second last Friday in their round robin. Maddie, Beck, Holly and Chloe played very well all day and were narrowly placed into second after almost taking the title. Well done girls.
Winter Concert
The Music Winter concert is on next Tuesday August 6. We encourage all families to come and have a look at what our musos are doing. They are performing for free in the Kel Watson Theatre from 7:30pm.
Staff Professional Learning
I would like to make parents aware of 2 dates that impact upon students. Staff have a compulsory Anaphylaxis training session on Tuesday August 27. The students will be finishing early that day. Four shortened sessions will operate on the day.
On Monday September 16, one of the four Professional Learning days for staff will be held. The focus of the day is on differentiation.
Students are not required at school that day.
Deafness Foundation Education Encouragement Award
Each year, the Deafness Foundation offers an Education
Encouragement Award to recognise the effort and level of commitment required
from deaf and hard of hearing students. The Award aims to encourage students in
the pursuit of training and qualifications.
Many of our senior Deaf Facility students applied for the
award this year and, after a rigorous process, Courtney R in Year 12 was
selected to be the recipient of the Secondary Award.
Courtney received the award at the Deafness Foundation AGM
on Thursday 25th July and was congratulated for her contribution to
the community through working with elderly Deaf residents at Regis Lake Park
Residential Aged Care as well as having a clear direction for her further
studies. Courtney’s award of $2000 will assist her to achieve her Certificate
IV in Community Services at Box Hill TAFE next year, so that she can make
progress towards her goal of working in the area of Aged Care.
Well done to all our students who applied and especially to
Courtney for your success! Thank you also, to the Deafness Foundation for
offering this award and for the wonderful support they give to the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing Community.
College Assembly
This Friday we had a College Assembly. The focus of the Assembly was on the College value "Safe and Secure Environment."Certificates were presented to our students who had been involved in the Maths Challenge and the Maths Game Day.
World Vision made a presentation on the 40 hour famine, the College Captain process for 2014 was introduced to the students by Ms Fraser. Max made a presentation to staff about his trip to Rome, representing our College and Australia at the World Youth Deaf Conference. In closing we also thanked Ben Stephenson for his great community leadership in running the Basketball Marathon.
On Wed 14 August our PAC is on. The timetable of performances is below for parents who may wish to see an item
Time
|
|
9.20
|
Intro to the P.A.C.
|
9.25
|
Yellow Dance item
|
9.35
|
Blue Music item
|
9.45
|
Green Drama item
|
9.55
|
Red Dance item
|
10.05
|
Yellow Music item
|
10.15
|
Blue Drama item
|
10.25
|
Green Dance item
|
10.35
|
Red Music item
|
10.45
|
Yellow Drama item
|
10.55
|
Blue Dance item
|
11.05
|
Green Music item
|
11.15
|
Red Drama item
|
11.25
|
Winners announced
|
College Council Member Performs in Play
The theatre company to which one of our College Council members, Jenny S ( ex president of Council) belongs is presenting The Importance Of Being Earnest on 23, 24, 30 & 31
August. If you are interested in supporting her in this event, see the details below
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