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July August 2015 - Craigieburn Secondary College
Craigieburn Secondary College 102 Hothlyn Drive Craigieburn 3064 College Principal Ms Kate Morphy Senior School Principal Ms Allison Solly Middle School Principal Ms Pauline Barker Junior School Principal Mr Michael Ritchie Contact details Opening Hours: Mon - Thurs 8.00am – 5.00pm Friday 8.00am – 4.00pm Phone: 9308 1144 Fax: 9308 1279 Email: [email protected] Website: Julie Robertson www.craigieburnsc.vic.edu.au http://lms.craigieburnsc..vic.edu.au Absence Line: 8339 4224 Craigieburn Secondary College RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY and ACHIEVEMENT in our learning COMMUNITY Our Vision Craigieburn Secondary College believes that education makes a difference to the life opportunities of its students. The College’s vision is to provide an environment in which every student achieves their highest potential. Principal’s Message NAPLAN Results NAPLAN reports for Year 7 and Year 9 students have arrived in the school and will be mailed home this week. This year’s results continue to reflect the high level of improvement in student outcomes across the College. High learning growth between Year 7 and Year 9 is significantly above the mean state growth particularly for spelling and numeracy, and this builds on our above state mean growth results for reading and numeracy last year. The Student Attitudes to School Survey results also show a significant increase in all areas with students reporting high levels of learning confidence, stimulating learning environment and teacher effectiveness. It is very pleasing to see that the amazing work that our teachers have been engaged in over that last five or more years is being acknowledged by our students. Discovery Day Discovery Day continues to be a major event in our school calendar and is a real showpiece of our value of Community. Years 8, 9 and 10 students participated in subject discovery activities and used information gained to help them choose subjects for 2016. Our year 11’s took the next step in their VCE/VCAL education by confirming the subjects they will study for their ATAR score next year. During the day we had over 500 grade 5 students from a number of local primary schools participate in activities. The young ones had a great day exploring the school and finding out what happens in Secondary School classrooms. The huge effort made by all of our teachers and support staff in preparation for, and running of, the day was evident in the amazing displays and engaging lessons that were offered. Great job everyone! Awards Ceremony I was very proud to preside over our 2015 mid year awards ceremony. As is tradition we opened the ceremony for each sub-school with a musical number from our students and I continue to be in awe of the talent that we have in our school community. The awards ceremony provides an opportunity for the school to recognise and celebrate those students who uphold our value of achievement and importantly, to also recognise those students who made significant improvements in their learning across the semester. Congratulations to all our students who received awards. A list of awards recipients can be found at the end of this newsletter. This year Oscar Yildiz from the Bully Zero Foundation presented to our Junior School students telling us some heart wrenching stories about the effects of bullying. His message was precise and hard hitting and made us all reflect on the importance of treating people with respect every day in all of our actions. Building Works Our 300 seat Performing Arts Centre is finally due to begin in November this year. There are plans and mock up images of the finished building in our front office and I invite parents to come and have a look at what will be a magnificent addition to the learning spaces at our school. Kate Morphy Inside this issue….. Principal Message Uniform Programs Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Music News Mid Year Awards General Information Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter Page 4 Page 5 Page 7 Community Important Dates Page 11 Page 12 July/August 2015 . Uniform Uniform - Call for Working Party Members Our school uniform policy is due for renewal and this gives me a chance to seek community input about updating our current uniform policy. One of the agenda items will be changing our uniform policy to allow students to wear their sports uniform for the day. One of the challenges to this change is that we continue to have many students who do not wear the correct sports uniform. Please see the pictures of correct uniform below. Only when we have all students in correct sports uniform will the school consider changing the uniform policy to allow students to wear their sports uniform all day. If any parents are interested to be part of a uniform working party please contact the school. Please be informed that if you do require to purchase any uniform that there will be a price rise at PSW on 2 nd November 2015. CSC WINTER UNIFORM CSC SUMMER UNIFORM Girls’ Winter Uniform Alternative : Tailored Navy Pants or Winter Skirt Must be Blue Tights with NO Socks PE UNIFORM Students who have PE periods 1-3 are to come to school in PE uniform and get changed at the end of their PE class (last 5 or 10 minutes). Students who have PE period 4 come to school in normal uniform and change into their PE uniform either at the start of period 4 at lunch. Period 1 and 2 Changeover: Students will not be allowed to go to lockers after form assembly or between periods as there is no changeover bell times. Therefore students are to take their books to PE with them and store them with their bags that they use to keep their change of clothes in. Top Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . Programs Youth Program Paskal, Anthony and myself (Simone) were nominated by our school to be a part of the Yuroke Youth Advisory Council. Over the next few months we will be discussing a range of issues in our local area with Ros Spence, State Minister of Yuroke and students from other schools. We have had two meetings so far. In these meetings we have discussed with each other the types of issues we would like to work on and together we are working on the different ways in solving potential problems. We students have made agreements on what current issues we would like to work on. The issues are bullying, resourcing in schools, public transport and vandalism. On 29th July 2015, we had our second meeting. Ros organised to meet with Rob Mitchell, Federal Member for McEwen and Oscar Yildiz, Moreland City Councillor and Bully Zero Australia Ambassador to help gain a better understanding on some of the issues. They spoke to us about slow internet speeds and Australian bullying. We were given from Oscar “Bully Zero” waistbands, cards, brochures, mints, etc. We were also given orange “Bully Zero” pins. Some may have seen them on either Anthony, Paskal or myself. We are honoured to be a part of this program as our voices are getting heard. As young adults we can gain an insight into the adult choices made. We would recommend and encourage other students to participate in this wonderful experience next time, as it has opened up our eyes to a number of issues being raised by other students around the area. We hope that together our voices can make a difference. Paskal 12B, Simone 12B and Anthony 12D Student Leadership Program On 23rd July I attended the Stride Student Leadership Program for the day. Throughout the activities I learnt quite a few things. I learnt what the ideal qualities are to make a good leader. A lot of the activities were team building. The activities that we did were strategies to deal with everyday problems. We also did an activity where we walked around the room with our heads down not talking to anyone, then walked around the room all cheerful and saying hello to each other. That activity taught us how to read body language, so that if we ever see a student looking down, we can approach them and help them out. Throughout the day, I had interacted with all of the student leaders. From the variety of students that were there we heard a lot of different point of views on different situations. We also interacted with the teacher supervising us and the special guest. Michelle 12D Cyberbullying Schools have been informed of a newly formed Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner. The Act allows children suffering from serious cyberbullying to contact the Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner to have content removed if social media companies do not remove the offending content after it has been reported to them. The Office has also absorbed the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s Cybersmart program and associated educator materials, professional development resources and information for children and their families. These resources can be found on the Office’s website www.esafety.gov.au. Our College takes a strong stand against bullying and I am hopeful that this new initiative will help to mitigate and resolve cyberbullying that might occur in our community. Kate Morphy Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . Music News School of Rock Hi everyone, the music students did an amazing job at the School of Rock in Epping and should be congratulated! All students performed at a high level and the audience gave them an incredible applause! The organiser of the event praised our students’ musical skill and teamwork and also made mention of our model behaviour throughout the whole event. A DVD of the showcase will be forwarded to the school in a few weeks time. Thanks to everyone for your help and support. Mr Martin Awards Ceremony Mon 17th Aug 2015 Students in the Music Program performed at the School Student Awards Ceremony on Mon 17 th Aug in the school Gymnasium. Parents, teachers and students were entertained by Piano virtuoso’s Yzabella Diy and Yi Ming Shi at the Junior School Ceremony. Yzebella, Yi Ming and Sophia Alcade performed recently at the Grade 5 open day receiving a huge applause from parents and showcasing what great opportunities exist at the College for students interested in music. The Middle School Ceremony saw another great Solo Performance by Jayce Bubalovski and the emerging talents of the Reggae Boys from year 10 Vet Music Class. In the Senior School awards another great performance from the Urban Grooves Band of Year 11 Vet Music Students playing their silky smooth Reggae grooves to the audiences’ great delight! Music is alive and well at CSC Mr Martin Kool Skools Students in the Music Program participated in the CD Recording Project at Studio 52 in Collingwood on Mon 10th August. The day was a great success with 6 tracks recorded in a range of music genres. The students had a great time and we look forward with excitement to receive our CD's. The CD has been named 'Unity'. A showcase performance we will coming up soon - thank you to all those involved in making this happen for our music students. Mr Martin Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . Mid Year Awards Award Recipients Year 7 Recipients Layali Sophia Charlotte Anton Emma Liam Yzabella Deveraux Jayne Calvin Jack Tearlee Gorgina Elia Maryana Joshua Mitchell Taylah Yusuf Noor Samya Sanjana Abbey Hunter Mounir Joshua Thulanshia Birsu Jack Fonua Nathan Cody Liam Fayez Fawzi Yi Nazmiye Ruta Eloise Kane Amy Al Bayati Alcalde Barnard Carasig Cullen Dancer Diy Feo Ferrer Francia Gerin Gleeson Gorges Haddad Hermiz Hill Houlihan Hynes-Alnes Ibrahim Isho Iyaz Iyer Kennedy Littler Machlaoui Motunuu Nambagodage Pekin Petrus Pole Prouse Pryor Schofield Seraidar Seraidar Shi Sikaloska Toe Treso Watt Williams Year 8 Recipients Ricky Nilufa Brennan Jayce Chloe Leah Zolomonah Melad Farheena Seini Blake Trent Daniel Shaniah Naomi Myrrh Eman Matthew Kiara-Lee Yousif Tyler Daniel Courtney Cheuk Yue Jenny Linda Kristin Rhianna Emmanuel Kojo Jake Damien Jessica Brandon Jason Sonia Finn Pryce Brandon Mikaela Blake Joel Angela Shelby Baker Bi Bretherton-King Bubalovska Caruana Dusenjko Dyer Esha Faiyaz Finau Gauci Green Hamilton Hay Ilaoa Ioane Kerbatieh Lancaster Littler Malallah Marshall Matty Mavity Mong Nguyen Nguyen Noy Nunn Nyamekye Opoku Agyemang Patton Pringle Reid Salerno Sheba Singh Stebbing Tanuvasa Tapelu Webb Wellington Williamson Younan Zwagerman Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter Year 9 Recipients Catrin Sarah Damien Brodie Logan Maghan Kimberley Ruby Alexander Luke John Ashleigh Belal Ninor Regina Erin Shravani Simone Ameel Ceren Ameena Taliha Hayley Carly Jordan Joel Leah Marethe Nariman Connor Tamlyn Matee Heath Rusiru Marian Ryan Manisha Zainab April Krishika Jasleen Erfan Nathan Shanica Michael Natasha Rolibien Aaron Moses Filip Janett Jagga Kaitlyn Kalia Kathleen Robbie Anderious Arabi Awaita Bailey Bourke Bretherton-King Brewin Brown Cachia Cindric Columbine Doran El Ali Esho Evangelou Fidanza Gopadi Greene Hirmiz Ipek Kassem Keskin Lundberg Macheras Maepu-Suemai Marra Mayne Mediana Merkhail Moran Occhiuzzi-Tran Oraha Patton Perera Pithyou Poulter Prasad Qasem Rawley Reddy Saggi Saied Esmaiel Smith Spinello Stevens Stone Sumperos Taneski Tapoti Setema Tau Thomas Vang Vicencio Williams July/August 2015 . Mid Top Year Awards Award Recipients Year 10 Recipients Christopher Chiara Bianca Brooke Renee Samantha Pullisali Rame Ryan Nicholas Jasmine Deagan Katie Maryana Chantelle Lalaine Jake Esther Jamarl Hehepoto Peter Jarrod Molly Marsilia Brooke Bethany Cody Stephanie Rata Chelsea Renee Ebony Shakira Evan Taylar-Jane Jeenee Amy Beatrice Nicholas Sandrina Devin Chloe Tiarni Siobhan Kadriye Ali Taylah Apineru Billy Nhu Sharlene David Lauren Vilan Eveet Anderson Arena Barresi Benson Booth Brewster Brown Butras Buttigieg Caldone Corsetti Court Curtis Daaud Davis Dizon Farrell Finau Firebrace Fisiihoi Georgeades Henry Hoy Jajo Johnson Lacey Lamb Lancaster Lata Lloyd Lukies Macpherson Mavity Milovanovic Missio Moselini Murfett Oppong Pappin Poutros Ratnasinghe Reid Riddle Ryan Serbest Seriader Simpson Togipau Trewin Voong Watts Williams Wood Yang Yousif Year 11 Recipients Zoe Justin Mon Adrian Schaye Riley Daniella Justin Jasmine Chloe Jayden Sarah Zarifa Lisa Tahlia Christopher Lachlan Lion Dominique Mussolini Ebony Danielle Adam Ande Jagzaheen Sarah Julia Martin Philip Joseph Marijan Fatu Jett Matagituafanua Zoe Morgan Jet Ali Arthur Astorga Brown Byrne Caangay Chang-Wai Croxford Devine Faletolu-Lealamisa Farrell Fatihy Gatt Giacchi Mallia McNaughton Morris Moss Mussolini Pyle Riscica Saad Sheba Singh Smith Sorisho Taneski Thompson Toomata Totic Toe Trewin Vagana Vang Wynn-Neal Yang Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter Year 12 Recipients Alcazar Arabi Asia Atonio Burns Byrnes Byrnes Chu Shing Cosentino Dalziel D'Armico Gatt Golaw Hatch Holder Hudson Huggard Ishow Jabar Johnstone Lua Lucas Maes Marasco McHenry McKendry Middleton Murfett O'Brien Peterson Poutros Pulemagafa Reid Reimers Rodriguez Saad Sankappa Schwenke Sibic Tawil Vervoort Waqalevu Williams Wilmott Wing Zwagerman Juan Miguel Salma Rosita Amy Jade Robert Michael Jacey Riccardo Alexander Joel Simone Romeo Emma Breeannan Rachel Imogene Daniel Ramy Erin Tom Popoai Nikki Karina Rachel Jesse Corey Kane Liam Carlos Andy Ken Jack Caitlin Daniel Joeseph Raveena Divine Sava Geoffrey Anthony Santika Joshua Monica Braedyn Ricky July/August 2015 . General Information Are you the parent or carer of a child with a disability? As part of the Victorian Government commitment to make Victoria the Education State, the Department of Education and Training has begun a review into how schools can better support all students with special needs. Renowned human rights practitioner and Australia's former Disability Commissioner, Dr Graeme Innes, will lead face-to-face consultations with peak bodies, professional associations, unions, advocacy associations, and independent statutory bodies to review the Program for Students with Disabilities. The review is designed to guide and improve our Department's approach to providing support to students with additional needs. The review into the Program for Students with Disabilities includes the opportunity for parents to tell the Department what they think of the current program and how it can be improved. You can get involved by taking an online survey which will be available from September via: www.education.vic.gov.au/specialneedsplan Your responses will help shape the Education State and encourage creative solutions to providing outstanding special needs education in Victoria. Carry On (Victoria) Secondary Education Grant 2016 Are you ex Navy, Army or Air Force? Then Carry On (Victoria) may be able to help you with education costs if you meet our eligibility criteria. If you have served in the Australian Defence Forces and you wish to apply for a Secondary Education Grant for 2016, please telephone Carry On (Victoria) on (03) 9629 2648 to establish eligibility and request an application form. Carry On (Victoria) assists Secondary School students in Years 7-12 with grants for expenses such as fees, books, uniforms, excursions, etc. For those students going on to Tertiary Education a grant may also be available. Children whose Parent(s) or Legal Guardian(s) have a need for financial assistance and comply with our eligibility criteria may apply. All grants are income tested and applications should be submitted by 29th October 2015. Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . General Sport Junior Girls Football Regional Finals Term 3 – Interschool sport With the exception of basketball, term three is usually pretty quiet for interschool sport. But this year we have had numerous teams make it through to the next round, which gives them the opportunity to compete at the Northern Metropolitan Region finals. Over the last three weeks, we have already had the junior girls footy and intermediate boys and girls badminton teams compete at the NMR finals. Teams still to come are the: Year 7 boys and girls soccer Year 8 boys soccer Year 8 boys badminton Year 7 boys and girls volleyball Year 8 boys volleyball Good luck to all these teams, as well as to the following students who have qualified for the regional athletics day: Breeana Fidanza, Freba Nazari, Fawzi Seraider, Nasser Seraider, Jack Stevens, Michael Stevens, Bj Symons and Brandon Tapelu. It’s fantastic to have so many students getting involved in the school community and doing a great job of representing the school! Mr Muir Sport Co-ordinator Extra-Curricular Sports Update Jamarl and Jake Firebrace recently attended the AFL Victoria/Calder Cannons testing day and were both selected to be in the Ahmed Saad Squad. They will be a part of an eight week development program run in partnership with the Calder Cannons, AFL Victoria and the AFL Multicultural Program. Jamarl has also been selected in the Victorian Schoolboys Rugby Union UK Tour. Good luck to both boys!! Mr Muir Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . General Information Due to parents consistently parking in the main car park, it will now be closed at peak time in the morning and at peak time in the afternoon. It has become aTop danger to the students walking through the car park at these times. The Please report a student absence to the following telephone number: 8339 4224 Craigieburn Secondary College has a SMS service to parents This service will give INSTANT communication between the school and parents for student absences. Sub-Schools will send you an SMS if your child has been marked absent All you have to do is reply to the SMS you receive car park will still be openTop during the Top day for parents coming in to make payments and appointments. Thank you for your cooperation! Could parents please remind their child/children that the staff on the gates are there for the safety of the students, therefore they are not to complain about this procedure to the staff. STUDY HALL WILL BE RUNNING on a MONDAY IN C1 AFTER SCHOOL FROM 3:20PM-4:30PM STUDY HALL IS A GREAT PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO: CATCH UP ON SCHOOL WORK; RECEIVE HELP FROM TEACHERS OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS; STUDY IN A QUIET AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT; HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND DISCUSS SCHOOL WORK WITH OTHER STUDENTS. Inquiries directed to: Tony Bell CSEF Information Applications have been extended until the 18th September 2015. Concession cards must be valid on the 13th April 2015 and the 13th July 2015. If you require any further information please contact the office on 9308 1144. Parents and Friends Our next meeting will be on Monday 31st August at 2:15pm at the community hub. We have our Father’s Day stall for the primary school on Friday 4th September at 9:00am. We have a toy sale night on 5th November and the second hand book sale will be held in late November again this year. New members are always welcome to come along. President’s report will soon be available on our College website. Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . General Information Craigieburn Secondary College is using an app to communicate with you – please read this important information Top The College has implemented a new system called Tiqbiz. This is a free app that parents can download to their phone, tablet or computer and it will let us communicate directly with you, by sending messages and updates (eg. School excursion bus is running late). It also includes an instant message service to alert parents when new information is available. The concept of tiqbiz means each user simply selects what information they want to receive. It’s easy to use and will be a very useful tool once everyone becomes familiar with it. If you have any questions please contact the office. There are also flyers in the front office that informs you how to install the app. It’s easy to install and use and will be a very useful tool once everyone becomes familiar with it. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact the office. Craigieburn South Primary School are also using tiqbiz, so if you have already connected to the primary school you can go in and add the secondary college on. Go into your App Store icon and search for Download the Tiqbiz app – it is free. Open tiqbiz and register/log-in. Find our School – Click the “Find” icon and type our school name into the search bar. You will now see our school boxes. We suggest you select the Whole School option plus whatever year level(s) your child/children are in. (For eg. Choose whole school and Year 7, you can choose as many as you like). Tick on – Click on the grey tick beside our school box and any other boxes that apply to you. When the tick turns green, you’re connected. Inbox – Click on the inbox icon. This is where you will receive our instant messages, newsletters, notices and calendar events. Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . Community Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015 . IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday 25th INTERMEDIATE SPORT Wednesday 2nd Tuesday 8th to Wednesday 9th Thursday 10th YEAR 7 SPORT YEAR 11 OUTDOOR ED CAMP Tuesday 15th NMR ATHLETICS YEAR 8 SPORT SCHOOL COUNCIL Wednesday 16th OUT OF UNIFORM DAY – FOOTY COLOURS Thursday 17th PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS YEARS 7-11 YEAR 12 PRACTICE EXAM LAST DAY OF TERM 3 – 2:30PM FINISH Friday 18th Monday 5th Monday 12th Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th Tuesday 20th Student Free Days 10th March 5th June 12th August 2nd November Term 1 Wednesday 21st Thursday 22nd Friday 23rd Monday 26th Wednesday 28th Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 YEAR 11 VET MUSIC COLLARTS YEAR 11 OUTDOOR ED CAMP YEAR 10 HEALTH DAY SCHOOL COUNCIL LAST DAY YEAR 12 CLASSES YEAR 12 CELEBRATION DAY YEAR 7 HARMONY DAY YEAR 10 VET MUSIC COLLARTS LION KING VCE EXAMS COMMENCE - ENGLISH YEAR 10 OUTDOOR ED CAMP 28 Jan – 27 March Term 2 13 April – 26 June Term 3 13 July – 18 Sep Term 4 5 Oct – 18 December Top Monday 2nd Tuesday 3rd Monday 9th Tuesday 10th to Wednesday 11th Monday 16th Tuesday 17th CURRICULUM DAY – STUDENT FREE DAY MELBOURNE CUP DAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY YEAR 7 IMMUNISATION YEAR 9 OUTDOOR ED CAMP YEAR 11 SWOTVAC YEAR 11 EXAMS SCHOOL COUNCIL Craigieburn Secondary College e-Newsletter July/August 2015
