Important Dates 2014
Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews (student-free day) - Tuesday 2 September
College Assembly~5 session day - Tuesday 9 September
Performing Arts Carnival - Wednesday 10 September
Professional Learning Day (student-free day) - Monday 15 September
Last Day of Term 3 - Friday 19 September
Some useful links
Dear all, welcome to week 6 Term 3.
Our week
began with 40 students trialling for the International Football Program on
Monday in front of Socceroo Simon Colossimo. The student athletes from many
different schools participated with enthusiasm and demonstrated a high level of
skill as they were put through their paces for over 3 hours on the field. The
next phase of the application process is an interview, to be held during the
Term 3 break, later in September.
On Monday
evening I was the proud Principal
representing our College, together with Marianne McEwen and Vernon Spokes at
the book launch of Larry the Lorikeet, at the Nunawading Library. The event was
attended by members of Parliament! local Councillors, the Mayor and many other
school Principals and Council employees. We were there to celebrate the
wonderful work of our talented young artist Zena, who provided all the
illustrations for this children's book.
Zena's work
will be displayed in our new Art Gallery in the College Theatre Foyer. She will
also be doing a reading of the book at Burwood Heights Primary School soon. We
are very proud of her work and congratulate her on a wonderful achievement.
On Tuesday
night, our College was represented at a statewide leadership opportunity in
Parliament House by College Captains, Joseph and Maddy. They were taken on a
tour of the Parliament and observed a sitting of the house as they debated
legislation. This is an annual opportunity that we are always proud to
participate in.
Wednesday saw
our annual Trivia night being conducted by our Impact students under the
watchful eye of Student Leadership coordinatior, Karly Horton. It was a
terrific night that both staff and students alike enjoyed.
Of note this
week in our classrooms was the excellent work in 7A's literacy sessions. We
have been developing close links with Deakin University in the areas of
Physical Education and English for some years now, and this semester we have in
place some literacy mentors assisting the development of each student in the
class. The success of this great initiative, enabling all students in the class
to experience achievement in literacy classes, may well influence an extension
of the initiative to more literacy classes in the future. We have been very
impressed with the quality of the mentors in both Physical Education and
Literacy, and there is little doubt our students are experiencing success as an
outcome of these programs. The mentors participate in curriculum planning with
our staff, enabling them to target
strategies for individual students. Parents should also be aware that we have
mentors from Monash University supporting students at Homework Club every
Thursday after school in the Library. I am often asked what extra support the
College has in place to assist all students achieve and these opportunities we
provide are clearly good examples. All students should consider the fabulous
benefits of attending Homework Club.
Year 10 Philosophy
The Year 10 Philosophy
class is currently investigating whether computers and robots will ever be able
to think, feel and be like humans. We have investigated what it means to human,
what sentience is and how the human brain works. After watching and analysing
an episode of Star Trek called "The Measure of a Man" and exploring
the works of philosophers like Alan Turing and John Searle, students are now
writing their own Science Fiction short stories. Each short story will express
the students’ own arguments on whether computers will one day be equal to
humans or whether there is something special about being human that computers
will never be able to replicate. We have also been exploring the problem of
whether, if computers are one day equal to us, they should be granted the same
rights. This will lead us into our next topic on discrimination and human
rights.
Year 8 Maths Games
On Monday 11 August 2014 four year 8 students from
the STEM program: Holly T, Zoe H, Navindu D and Chloe T, set off in Ms Tsigas’s
car to the MAV annual mathematics games day. The day was hosted by Penleigh
Essendon Grammar School in Keilor. It was an extremely fun day where we
participated in lots of activities involving maths, such as games and quiz
questions which were extremely hard but we came prepared for the challenge. We
had a fantastic day and would definitely attend next year. Thank you to Mrs Tsigas
who prepared us for the day and for attending alongside us.
Chloe T
Year 7 Growth
Students were challenged to think about choices when responding to Facebook statuses and messages. During the session we supported students to consider the outcomes that come from their online activity.
Year 7 Growth
Students were challenged to think about choices when responding to Facebook statuses and messages. During the session we supported students to consider the outcomes that come from their online activity.
As parents
you can assist your child to use Facebook appropriately by:
Beginning
conversations around internet safety and appropriate online behaviour;
Monitoring your son/daughter's Facebook entries;
Being 'friends' with them or knowing their password (you can see what they are up to yourself);
Keeping computers in communal areas limiting internet access at night;
Placing boundaries around usage; and
Ensuring they have privacy settings on their profile.
Being 'friends' with them or knowing their password (you can see what they are up to yourself);
Keeping computers in communal areas limiting internet access at night;
Placing boundaries around usage; and
Ensuring they have privacy settings on their profile.
We seek to work collaboratively with families to ensure that our students are safe online.
The images below will provide you with additional information on social media.
Marianne
McEwen
Counselling
and Wellbeing Leader
Junior Debate Team News
On Monday night
our Junior Debate Team which consisted of Tea D., Kevin M., Tiana J., Michaela
M., Connie F. and Michelle Y., attended the Debaters Association of Victoria
Junior Secondary Program Training Night. Over the course of the evening
they learnt about speaker roles, matter, manner, method, how to structure a
persuasive argument using TEEL, and the association's code of conduct. They
also held a lively mini-debate on whether they should save a teacher, a
politician, or a doctor from a life threatening situation. Tea, Michaela,
and Tiana wisely chose to save the teacher, arguing that a good teacher could
train others to become doctors and politicians. Kevin opted to save the doctor,
arguing that a doctor could save many more lives in turn, and Connie and
Michelle chose to save the politician arguing that the demise of a politician
would affect an entire nation. The program runs for four weeks, during
which our junior team will be training and participating in practice debates
against other schools. This will help prepare our junior team to participate in
the inter-school debating competitions next year.
Alice Romanis
International Football Program Evaluation & Assessment Day
Junior Debate Team News
On Monday night
our Junior Debate Team which consisted of Tea D., Kevin M., Tiana J., Michaela
M., Connie F. and Michelle Y., attended the Debaters Association of Victoria
Junior Secondary Program Training Night. Over the course of the evening
they learnt about speaker roles, matter, manner, method, how to structure a
persuasive argument using TEEL, and the association's code of conduct. They
also held a lively mini-debate on whether they should save a teacher, a
politician, or a doctor from a life threatening situation. Tea, Michaela,
and Tiana wisely chose to save the teacher, arguing that a good teacher could
train others to become doctors and politicians. Kevin opted to save the doctor,
arguing that a doctor could save many more lives in turn, and Connie and
Michelle chose to save the politician arguing that the demise of a politician
would affect an entire nation. The program runs for four weeks, during
which our junior team will be training and participating in practice debates
against other schools. This will help prepare our junior team to participate in
the inter-school debating competitions next year. Alice Romanis
International Football Program Evaluation & Assessment Day
On Monday, Forest
Hill College hosted its first Evaluation and Assessment Day for the highly
anticipated International Football Program which will commence at the College
next year. Simon Colossimo, the former Socceroo and captain of Melbourne Heart,
headlined the day with an inspirational speech about what it takes to become a
professional athlete. 38 student athletes took to the field, participating in a
range of high level drills and activities that certainly put them through their
paces.
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