T2 W 04 - 08 May 2015

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Gilson Gazette - 8 May 2015
Lost Bible
Albert Douglas was
serving in the British army
during World War 2 and had
been posted to northern
Africa when the Germans captured him.
Putting him on a boat and sailing across the
Mediterranean, Albert was sent to a prisoner
of war camp in southern Italy where he and his
fellow prisoners were sent out each day on work
assignments. Throughout the entire time Albert
carried his Bible, a pocket New Testament that
contained a picture of him and his new bride as
well as a note that gave his home address and
a request to return the book should it ever be
lost.
During one of the daily work assignments
Albert and a friend decided to escape and in
doing so he left behind a few personal effects
including his Bible. One of Albert’s fellow
prisoners, George Boanas, remained as a POW
until the end of the war and he then tried to
return the Bible in 1945 but the house at the
address in the Bible had been bulldozed.
Albert and George eventually passed away,
however George’s daughter knew that her
father wanted the Bible returned and so a
few months ago Margaret Boanas returned the
Bible to Patrick Douglas – Albert’s son. After
travelling through north African battlefields,
Italian POW camps and finally to a social club
in Hampshire, southern England, the Bible was
finally returned after more than 70 years. Both
Margaret and Patrick enjoyed the emotional
reunion brought about by a common connection
that linked their families – a Bible.
Today the Bible is the world’s best selling
book with an estimated five – six billion copies
having been sold. The second most published
book is: Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong,
a mere 900 million.
So today it can still connect families and
also keep a family connected. The opportunity
to read the timeless passages found between its
covers and to study the remarkable life of Jesus
Christ truly is transforming.
Pr. JP with Justin making cupcakes, part of his “Taste and See that
the Lord is Good” series for Primary Chapel this week
General News
GSD - Year 4s and Year 10s
You are all invited to attend the Year 4s and Year 10s GSD tomorrow at the Eco Centre.
Pr JP will be the speaker for day. The theme of the program is the “Fruit of the Spirit –
Goodness.” The morning will commence with a hot toastie/drink available between 9:15am9:50am. The Worship program will then start at 10:00 – 12:00pm followed by refreshments
The VALUE for Week 5 of Term 2 will be :
SELF-DISCIPLINE
Self-discipline is training and control of oneself and one’s conduct,
usually for personal improvement.
“By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.”
Grenville Kleiser
It’s worth a thought.
Mark B Vodell
Principal
“Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own
happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our
own nature.” Dennis Prager
“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields
the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12: 11
Calendar
2015
prepared by the Year 10 hospitality class.
So come along and join us for a great time
of community connections and worship
experience as we continue to explore the
Fruits of the Spirit.
will be provided.
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9th May – This will be the next
GSD (Gilson Student Day). The Year
4 and 10’s will be leading out in the
campus church worship program.
The theme of the program is the
“fruit of the Spirit – Goodness.”
The morning will commence with a
hot toastie/drink available between
9:15am-9:50am. The Worship
program will then start at 10:00am
– 12:00pm followed by refreshments
prepared by the year 10 hospitality
class. Plan to join us for a great
time of community connections and
worship experience as we continue
to explore the Fruits of the Spirit.
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16th May – GCCC will commence
its first “Prayer Breakfast” starting
at 9.00am-9:45am. This will be
an intentional and relaxed time of
intercessory prayers for each other
and our community. This will be
followed by the campus church
worship service at 10:00am. A flyer
will be handed out on Saturday with
more information regarding the
breakfast component.
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16th May – Will be the next GCCC
Adventurer club meeting from 3:005:00pm.
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23rd May – This will be the
second GSD (Gilson Student Day)
in the month of May. Years 3
and 9 will be leading the campus
church worship. Join us for a time
of community connections and
worship experience as we continue
to explore the “Fruits of the Spirit Self Control”.
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20th June – *** Anyone interested
in attending the Womens Ministry
(Divine Makeover) for the Saturday
only ****
Date:
Time: Early start (time TBA..
Registration is 9:30am in Phillips
Island. Finish time is about 10pm)
This position involves supervising
for one day in June and four weeks in
November. Interested in this position?
Please leave your contact details with
Stephanie at reception and we will be in
touch with more details. Note supervisors
should not to be related to any student
who is doing a VCE subject this year.
Venue: Phillip Island Adventure
Resort
Fee/s: $50 per person (inc
Registration fee, Dinner meal,
Workshop – Choose pamper OR
craft and Transport from Gilson
College to venue and return)
GCCC
Announcements
Attendees:
Numbers of those
wanting to attend by Friday 15th
May
Payment due: Friday 29th May
College Photos Day
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• GSD Year 4 and Year 10
• SRC Movie Night
Term 2 Week 05
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11 May
• Year 7 Zoo Excursion
12 May
• NAPLAN - Reading
13 May
• NAPLAN - Language and Writing
14 May
• NAPLAN - Numeracy
• Year 2 and 3 Maths Night
14 - 15 May
• Year 12 Geography Camp
15 May
• SSV Orienteering
• Year 9 Urban Day
• Primary Science Day
Term 2 Week 06
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18 May
• Year 11 S&R Mountain Bike
19 May
• Year 9 ASV Hat Day
20 May
• CSPSSA Winter Sports
• Year 1 Maths Night
21 May
• Immunisation Dose 2
22 May
• Year 7 - 12 Exams Begin
22 May
• Primary SRC - National Walk to
School Day
23 May
• YGSD Years 3 and Year 9
Term 2 Week 07
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24 May
• Working Bee
25 May
• Year 7 - 12 Exams
26 May
• Year 11 Mountain Biking
27 May
• Casual Clothes Day - Primary
Please note the College Photos Day
on Thursday 28th May in your calendar.
All students must be in full winter uniform
on photos day.
College Office
Hours
A reminder that the College office
will be closing early on Friday afternoons
for the months of May, June and July.
This will begin on 1st May. Instead of
a 5.00pm finish the office will close at
4.30pm. All other afternoons remain
unchanged. This allows our office staff to
get home in time for the Sabbath and to
enjoy some great family time together.
OSHC Staff Vacancy
•Diploma qualified in Children’s
Services or equivalent
•Casual Position
Gilson College Taylors Hill OSHCafe
is an important branch of the college
that provides a safe and educational
environment for children. The program
encompasses the ethos of the school and
has a great team environment.
We are looking for someone who
shows initiative, has a positive attitude,
and understands the importance of
supervision.
Applicants must have an Employee
Working With Children’s Check as well
as first aid, CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis
training.
Please email your resume to oshc@
gilson.vic.edu.au or telephone 03 9365
9341 for more information.
Assistant Exam
Supervisor VACANCY
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8th May – Join us for Upper Room
Live starting at 7.00pm in the Eco
Science Building. The theme is
“New Beginnings”, there will be
worship through drama and music.
Invite a friend to come along as Tim
Luszczak shares his story. Snacks
Saturday 20th June
Please contact Nesa on 043 7084
122 OR email on [email protected]
Overdue Fees
A reminder to all parents, if you
have yet to pay your fees please note
that they are now overdue. Please
ensure that your fees are paid as soon as
Verse of the Week
I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us
from the love of God that is ours in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
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possible or contact the College Bursar to
make arrangements.
Reminder : MY mission
deductions
Each College family has been sent a
letter regarding options of supporting my*
mission.
You have a choice of three options
please select your prefered option and
return the form to the College office. A
non response would mean a $50 charge on
your Term 3 account.
Primary News
Primary SEW
As the invited speaker for your week
of prayer, I just wanted to say a big thank
you to the chaplain team, primary students
and teachers. Our theme was ’taste and
see that the Lord is good (Psalm 34:8).”
We had lots of laughs, testimonies, great
singing and sharing of God’s Word. Thank
you! Pr Jean-Pierre Martinez
PS - Feel free to download the song
I wrote for the week at http://bitly.com/
tastensee
AWARDS NAMES
On Monday morning in our Primary
Awards Assembly a student from each
class was acknowledged for demonstrating
the value of Enthusiasm.
FSJ – Tine Rusike
FT – Jake Krukowski
FW – Sasha Kasyanov
1A – Leander Jayasuriya
1AL – Abeer Shaha
1J - Yashik Kakkar
2G – Brian Rabeh
2H – Emily Axiak
2HM – Zoe Tan
3A – Cyra Dolectta
3B – Maby Addis
4L – Stephanie Ancilleri
4T – Jayde Atonne-Diaz
5G – Sevim Yorulmaz
5S – Elon Dzadey
6JM - Joshua Dewys
6R – Janet Luu & Nina Hok
French – Kayo Deme
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SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS
WEEK
There should be something coming from
our students for this.
NAPLAN - MAY 12 -14
Next week on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, Years 3, 5, 7, and 9
students will participate in the National
Assessment Program - Literacy and
Numeracy (NAPLAN). The real purpose of
NAPLAN is for the data from this program
to assist our school and staff to understand
how we can work to improve and develop
our future learning and teaching programs.
NAPLAN is only a one-point-in-time
assessment and therefore only one piece
of data that we add to the many pieces of
data we need to inform our direction for
enhancing students’ achievement. We ask
therefore that parents are positive with their
children during next week in regard to their
NAPLAN assessment, encouraging them to
do their best and helping them to regard
these tasks as just another form of the
regular assessments they take part in during
their day-to-day learning.
TEA
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MOTHER’S DAY HIGH
“It was an honour and a privilege to
be invited to the annual Year 4 Mothers
Day High Tea on Monday. Special guests,
including the mothers of Yr 4 students and
residents from the Taylors Hill Retirement
Village, were treated to tables laden with
an impressive selection of tasty delights.
The students were magnificent hosts
and included poetry and singing in their
repertoire of performances. A representative
from the retirement village concluded this
event by thanking the students and teachers
for their hospitality and remarked on their
outstanding levels of manners and courtesy.
Congratulations to our Yr 4 teachers, Miss
Pratt, Ms Taylor and Mr Lawty, along with
their team of helpers, for conducting such
a successful event which has now become
part of the Seniors Connect initiative.” Mr
Farquharson
MATHS FUN NIGHTS FOR
PARENTS AND STUDENTS
On Tuesday night the Year 4, 5 and
6 parents and students met to have fun
playing Maths games, and to discover how
we teach Maths as well as how parents can
most effectively support their children in
this learning area.
“An enthusiastic group of parents and
students braved the cold and wet to spend
the evening stretching their mathematical
brains by engaging in a wide variety
of challenges and problem solving, in
addition to methods and examples of how
mathematics is taught in the 21st century.”
Mr Farquharson
We have three more Maths Fun Nights
planned over the next three weeks catering
for various year levels. These Maths Fun
Nights will now be held in the Year 5 and 6
building at 6:30 pm on the following dates:
Year 1 – Wednesday 13th May
Years 2 and 3 – Wednesday 20th May
Foundation – Tuesday 26th May
Your child should have brought or
soon will be bringing a letter home about
these events closer to the date relevant to
your child’s class.
Please note the change of venue,
there will be signage to assist you if you are
unsure where the Year 5 and 6 Building is.
WET DAY PICK UP
PROCEDURE
Parents, please note that we have
changed our wet day pick up procedure
from previous years. As our student
numbers have grown we find that it is no
longer feasible to open the gates early and
allow parents to collect their child from
their classroom. We end up with too many
parents in the school grounds, and this
causes congestion at the entrance, making
it difficult to get other students through.
It also creates confusion as to where all
students are, and this creates difficulties for
teachers to ensure sufficient duty of care.
Please note the following procedure
for wet day pick up.
The gates will NOT open early. They
will open at 3:20pm.
Parents are NOT to enter the school
grounds to get their children from class
UNLESS they have gone to the office and
signed them out early as per our regular
process.
We suggest parents stay in their car
if it is raining and drive through the pick
up bay. If they have parked outside the
school grounds or in the car park and wish
to walk to collect their child, again we
suggest waiting in your car until the gates
have opened at 3:20 pm to do so. We also
need parents to stand back from the gate
entrance so that we can ferry children to
cars and waiting parents as needed.
When it is raining students wait to be
collected in the following places.
PRIMARY PICK UP: Foundation
students will wait in the classroom closest
to the entrance gates (Foundation SJ). All
other classes will line up under the shelter
between the Foundation classrooms.
Teachers will ask which child you are
collecting and will bring them to you or
your car.
FAMILY PICK UP: Students will wait
under the shelter outside the library.
Teachers will ask which child you are
collecting and will bring them to you or
your car.
BEFORE SCHOOL
REMINDER
We would like to acknowledge and
thank the parents who wait with their
children at the front of our primary school
gates until the duty teacher opens them at
8:20 am each morning. However, we have
noticed an increased number of students
being dropped at the front of the office
and then walking in to the playground via
the library and canteen pathway. Please
remember that there are no teachers on
duty until 8:20am each day, therefore
students are not to enter the playground
until the gates are opened by the duty
teacher at this time. If you need to drop
your child off at school before this time,
please sign them in at OSHC or wait with
them at the front of the school.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Please note that School Photos will
be on May 28. ALL students are required
to wear their Full Winter Uniform. If your
child normally wears their sports uniform,
or if they are a House Captain for Sport,
they will need to bring their sports uniform
in their school bag to get changed into.
POKEMON CARDS
Students should not be bringing Pokemon
cards to school. There are several reasons
for this. We have in the past experienced
problems as the cards encourage “trading”
which sometimes result in fights and
accusations of stealing. We also encourage
students to be active at recess and lunch time.
Pokemon does not fit nicely with our school
ethos.
EARRINGS – STUDS ONLY
TO BE WORN
Just a reminder that only stud earrings
are to be worn at school, as per the uniform
policy. Loop or dangly earrings are not
permitted. This is not only a uniform
requirement, it is also a safety issue as there
is the risk of them getting caught while
children are playing and tearing the ear
lobe. The studs are to be small, up to 4mm
in diameter.
SCIENCE DAY
Next Friday, 15th May, our
Primary classes will be having lots of
fun experimenting and developing their
scientific skills. Mrs Mackay has organised
lots of fun experiments for everyone. We
need your help in supplying some materials
for this. Please send in to school:
* Empty and clean 2 litre clear plastic
bottles and
* Plastic bread clips
to another successful outcome, whether
that be just an opportunity to enjoy using
learned skills in nature, or returning with
the trophy.
•
International College of Hotel
Management Scholarship
KEY CALENDAR DATES
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University Cadetships
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Study Abroad programs at Deakin
University
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How to get a job in the sports industry
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Civil Engineering Industry
Scholarships at La Trobe University
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Law and Legal Studies Workplace
Learning programs at Victoria
University
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Saturday 9th May - GSD Year 10 and
Year 4
Technology Sydney
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Monday 11th May - Year 7 Zoo
Excursion
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Tuesday - Wednesday 12th - 13th May
- NAPLAN
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Thursday 14th May - Year 12
Geography Camp
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Friday 15th May SSV Orienteering,
Year 9 Urban Day
Women in Trades Support Network at
Swinburne University
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Monday 18th May Year 11 S&R
Mountain Biking
Study Abroad programs at Swinburne
University
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Changes to the course structure of
Monash University degrees
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RMIT Experience Day- workshops
filling fast
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Upcoming events
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Upcoming career events (separate
flyer)
Careers Newsletter
This weeks careers newsletter
discusses the following:
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KEY CALENDAR DATES
VU Work Experience of a Lifetime
program
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9th May – GSD Years 4 and 10
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9th May - SRC Movie Night
Pilot training scholarship- Royal
Victorian Aero Club
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12th – 14th May – NAPLAN
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Bachelor of Information Technology
Co-op Scholarship, University of
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13th May – Maths Night Year 1
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15th May – Science Day
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20th May – Maths Night Years 2 and 3
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20th May – Winter Sports Comp Years
5&6
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22nd May – National Walk to School
Day
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23rd May – GSD Years 3 and 9
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26th May – Maths Night Foundation
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28th May - Photos Day
For the careers newsletter in detail please
go to the College Website or the
College App
Sports Calendar
• District Cross Country has been
postponed and rescheduled to May 18th due
to weather conditions.
•May 20th and 27th Winter Sports
(District Netball and Soccer) Gilson Teams
- One soccer boys team, one soccer girls
team, one netball girls team and one netball
mix team.
•May 28th Division Cross
Country(Qualifiers from District
Championship only)
Secondary News
Rogaining
Challenge
We have accepted
an invitation to join Adventist Schools
Victoria (ASV) in the annual Rogaining
Challenge. Last year (with the smallest
group of students) Gilson College won
the trophy, much to the dismay of other
larger groups. Awards to be gained include
winning school, girls group and boys group.
Rogaining is much like orienteering
but collecting as many checkpoints as
possible within a set time limit. This is
a bush challenge relying on map-reading
skills as primary navigation and a compass
as a tool to assist. There are 6 teams of
3 students each and staff will be roaming
in the field to supervise. We look forward
Story Time @
Gilson College Library
We are introducing story time for parents
and non-school aged children (under 5s)
Term 2 Dates/Time: Wednesday 22nd April and Wednesday
20th May 9:00 - 9:30am in the school library
Reading is a wonderful thing, research suggest that by the age 5 a student
should have had read to them a 1000 books! That’s almost a story a day
from birth, we wish to promote and nurture the wonderful world or
reading.
Come to our Story Time with Mrs England (Primary English Coordinator),
please book in for these sessions as we can only accommodate 20 children
with their parents details of booking are:
College Events
Primary Chapel
Year 1s Incursion - Aboriginal for a Day
SSV Netball Teams who competed at Altona earlier on this week
Intermediate Girls
Junior Girls
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Find out what the future holds for you
Focus on Melbourne
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Come along to one of our Focus on Melbourne events, and get the answers
you need to decide your own future.
Course Events
Focus on Biomedicine
Thursday 14 May
Focus on Arts
Wednesday 20 May
Focus on Agriculture
Thursday 21 May
Focus on Commerce
Tuesday 26 May
Focus on Environments
Wednesday 27 May
Focus on Science
Tues 2 June
Focus on Law
Thurs 4 June
Focus on Engineering
Thurs 11 June
Focus on IT
Thurs 11 June
Focus on Music
Wed 24 June
Focus on Fine Arts
Thurs 25 June
http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/focus2015
Gilson College
OSHCafe Program
Hello to all our families and students
Welcoming Fred JNR the Frog
The children have been learning about animal care and the environment. They
were lucky enough to have a visit from a frog who they have kept as a pet. They
learnt about habitats, diets and creatures comforts necessary to ensure the
survival of the frog. The children were highly involved in making the decisions
on the aquarium set up including making a mural and deciding what habitat the
frog would like most. They look for him every day and enjoy finding food and
watching him adapt to his new home.
Emailing Invoices and Receipts
The OSHC program is looking to become a paperless environment. If you would
prefer to receive invoices and receipts via email and are not yet doing so please
contact the OSHC office.
Please contact the OSHC office for all enquiries on 9365 9341 or
[email protected]