Principal`s Messenger
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Principal`s Messenger
26 October 2012 Principal’s Messenger Valedictory Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/mentonegrammar Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/mentonegrammar For all the latest updates please refer to our website calendar: www.mentonegrammar.net Art & Design Exhibition open until Monday 29 October Monday 29 October P-4 LOTE Excursion to Melbourne Zoo Year 8 Student-Led Conferences Thursday 1 November Healthy Breakfast with Dr Feelgood (see flyer below) VCE Exams begin Friday 2 November Wheelathon Fundraiser Eblana Grandparents’ Day & fundraiser Sausage Sizzle Lunch Prep 2013 Library Transition Activity 2pm Monday 5 November Mid Term Break Tuesday 6 November Melbourne Cup Day Holiday Thursday 8 November Eblana Instrumental Concert Tuesday 11 December End of Term The new Year 9 Greenways Campus is on track for its grand opening in 2013. Over the last two weeks there have been a number of Valedictory activities: House dinners and breakfasts, a Communion Service in St Augustine’s, the Valedictory Assembly and associated activities last Monday culminating on Tuesday with the Valedictory Service in St Paul’s Cathedral and a Dinner at The International of Brighton. At all of these events heartfelt tributes have been paid to and by our Valedictorians. It is obvious from the various events that the Class of 2012 is endeared to the School and by the School. I commend the Year 12s for the way in which they have left the School and l am sure we all join in wishing them well for their studies in the weeks ahead and in leading, what l am sure we would all want, extraordinary lives! At the Valedictory Dinner our Head Prefects, Tristan Broadway and Tegan Johnson, spoke eloquently about their journey through the School, what it meant to them and how the School is seen as their second family. There can be no doubting the importance of the School in their lives and the lives of their peers. The final roll call saw all of the Year 12 students on their feet to toast their parents and teachers. Mr Baker proposed the toast to the Valedictorians. It was a special night, once again, and l thank those who have supported the Year 12s on their journey through the School. We congratulate the following students on becoming Old Mentonians and wish them well for the future: Anderson House Deighton House Drinan House Finlay Anderson House Ben Anderson Joshua Barlow Katelin Brodie Monique Brohier Nicole Clarke Nathan Daniel Floyd Zhuo Fu Alexandra Gore Joshua Gowing Jake Greenwood William Harding Hugo Hicks Brianna Hollis Lewis Oliver Lachlan Petfield Wenyu Rong Dallas Sather Yuchen Shen Emma Thompson Cong Wang Peter Williams Ruofan Xia Jack Ahdore Andre Abeyratne Alexander Babanine Jisiyi Cao Thomas Cleugh Comrey Edgeworth Sian Hope Alexander Ioannou Clinton Johnstone Steele Kemp Petrice Mills Benjamin Rossi Kevin Shuai James Strong Christopher Thornton Jayanath Weeraratne Jordan Wilson Jiayi Wu Christopher Gibbs Mitchell Adams Amelia Barclay Tristan Broadway Irina Busygina Alexander Cameron Connor Downie Kate Hore Nelson Jiang Christopher Lamb Qian Li Callan McCluskey Jordan Robson Chloe Wright Anxing Xu Brian Young Thomas Zanca Madison Christo Edward Dixon Thomas Feng Nicholas Huttley Andrew Johns Tegan Johnson Shulei Lai Yunxiang Li Lucy Maioni Alexander Mok Nicholas Murphy Ishane Panagoda Anton Sasson Edward Vong Sihan Wang Ellen Webster Jones House Lionel Large House Were House White House Liam Schinina Mitchel Brown William Carvill Kaitlyn Chase Zhen Chen Charlie Dillon Yang Ding Jordan Gill James Kenny Sashank Krishnamoorthy James McNeill Christopher Mottershead Kate Mottershead Vicki-Marie Papayianneris Thomas Sheppard Mincheng Zhao Shuonan Zhou Chloe Mirams Harrison Bate Anthony Bruce Yixi Cao Billy Chapman Kelsey Cotton Ashley Donaldson Daniel Donato Maddison Gabsch James Gardiner Owen Grey Yunping Gu Jingting He Liuh-Jang Kwok Yang Lin Lachlan Mirams Han Qian Kayla Streatfeild Taylor Ward Yipeng Zhang Cheney Dodson Sam Bardoel Terrence Bauer Sean Benjamin Erin Callaghan Brett Curnow Yao Deng Scott Draper Joshua Erdelyi-Götz Serge Krikun Jonathan Kuhn Stephanie Low Billie Pemberton Nicholas Petrie Joshua Shub Ming Wei Xu Bingkun Zeng Daniel Kellett Natasha Camm Hayden Campain Steven Dellora David Eden Calum Fryer James Fuller Alex Kalyvas Corey Love Matthew Lowe Christopher Minton Thanu Moulton Thai Le Quoc Nguyen Jessica Palegeorge India Santoro William Thompson Robert Tunbridge Jake Wonnacott Labore et Honore Deputy Principal Having advised you in a recent Messenger of the appointment of Mr Ben Manifold as our new Deputy Principal - Operations l regret to now inform you that, due to family reasons, he will not be able to take up his appointment. We will now engage an Executive Recruitment specialist to fill this vacancy. Ms Frizza, Ms Bradshaw and myself will fill the void in the first semester of 2013. Carol Service A reminder that this important service will be held in St Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday 11 December at 7pm. All members of Years 5, 7, 9 and 11 will be required to attend. All members of the School Community are invited to be part of this special Christmas service. M. J. Cater Principal News from Curriculum Eight Ways Technology is Improving Education Studies across the education systems around the world have identified that technology does help students learn by providing them with an education platform that appeals to them, is interactive and develops real world technology skills. Standardised test scores across the USA showed that students were performing at least as well as they would have without technology, most performed better. As part of the same study, students began taking more responsibility for their own learning and teachers became more like mentors and less as presenters of information. Absenteeism also reduced. The most important finding of this study was that students using technology regularly, and without prompting, employed inquiry, collaboration and technological and problem solving skills. As reported by Sarah Kessler from the Education Tech Series, Don Knezek, the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education compared education without technology to the medical profession without technology. He said that technology is helping teachers to teach in different ways to engage all students. The variety of ways that concepts can now be demonstrated, projects can be researched and assessment can occur has led to an improvement in student performance. Today’s teaching and learning is less about learning facts and figures and more about learning how to learn, to sort through the masses of information available (and what is correct and what is not) as well as being more glob2 al. Problem solving and creativity are vital skills that our students will need as they enter adulthood. Mr Knezek identified eight key ways that technology can improve education: Better simulations and models – digital simulations and models can be used for processes that happen too slowly or quickly to be demonstrated in the physical classroom. Global learning – connections with students in other countries can be used to share information from a cultural perspective, as well as being language based. Virtual manipulatives – the best example occurs in Mathematics, where with the change of a single number in an equation, a student can see how this may impact on graphs, growth patterns and develop a greater understanding of the relationship between variables. Probes and sensors – used to create a graph motion in real time. Used in subjects such as Physics, Physical Education and sports coaching. More efficient assessment – our LMS will allow students to complete quizzes and receive immediate feedback. Teachers can track how a student is going on a longer task/project as well as how much time has been spent on each element of the project. Plagiarism also becomes a thing of the past as programs identify whether or not the work is the student’s own. Storytelling and multimedia – multimedia projects allow for collaboration, as well as the engagement of all the senses when presenting the outcome. Student are motivated that their peers will see the product they have produced. E-books – the better e-books have models, simulations and visualisations as part of their repertoire. There is still a way to go with this one. Epistemic games put students in real world situations and ask them to solve real world problems. This makes the learning more relevant, more engaging and more authentic. Creativity is also developed. Schools need to stay abreast of the developments of technology because they nurture the workforce of tomorrow. Our students need to have the skills to be productive members of a highly technologically driven society. The teacher should not be the only source of information and our students should understand how to access resources and tools on the internet. Teachers still remain an important place in the classroom. John Hattie, in his research, identified that the quality of the teacher is one of the major impacts on student performance. Technology, while a very valuable tool to assist in the education of our students, needs to remain one of the tools available to us and not the only tool that we use. However, it would be disadvantageous to our students in future years to not provide them with the skills to use technology to their benefit and in a responsible manner. Deb Frizza Deputy Principal – Strategic Implementation News from The Mary Jones Early Learning Centre—Libby Chislett Term 4 is well under way and the children have had a busy and exciting start to the term. Our Kindergarten children and their families had a glorious day at Myuna Farm last Friday where they experienced a touch of farm life first hand. By the look on their faces on returning to school on Friday it was a fun but tiring day. To complement this learning and the Life Cycles science focus in the Pre-Prep rooms the Middleton family has kindly arranged for the children to watch baby chicks incubating and hatching in the ELC. No doubt much petting of these chicks will occur before they are retired to the Middleton’s sunny backyard. Currently, the Kindergarten teaching staff are meeting and appropriating groups for next year. The children are carefully placed with staff and other students who the current kindergarten staff believe will enhance their development the most. Pre-Prep staff are doing the same for the entry into Eblana Prep classes Please remember that Transition Day for all students staying on at Mentone Grammar is Friday 23 November. Children moving on to other schools do not attend on this day. Monday 26 November is a student-free day as staff meet with their 2013 students and families individually. During this term our Centre will be visited by assessors to ensure that our Centre is working towards the new framework and national regulations that came into effect this year. You may be randomly chosen by these people to answer a few questions regarding your experiences here in the ELC. This is the first year this has occurred and will be ongoing to ensure that all Early Childhood Centres Australia wide are providing a program that meets the children’s needs and involves the family in the planning of the program; so it is a collaborative process between home and school. If you have any questions regarding this process please ask your child’s teacher. 3 Sunscreen reminder: It is very important to apply sunscreen each morning as what might appear as an overcast day in the morning may indeed be a day where your child gets sunburnt, so please apply each day before leaving home. If you forget all rooms have sunscreen which you may apply on arrival. Sun hats are compulsory this term. Don’t forget Grandparents’ Day is next week, we welcome any special adult visitors into our rooms - please advise staff how many visitors will be representing your family. Come November, a Christmas feel will descend on the ELC as we begin to prepare for the Christmas Pageant and making gifts for our families. It is truly a magical time here and one we would love for you to share with us. If you would like to stay and help the children with these special activities please see staff. Staff will inform you shortly regarding costumes for this special event. Have a great weekend; enjoy this spring sunshine. News from Eblana—Mr John Nolan Great Achievers This week in Eblana words of praise included: diligence, wonderful, brilliant, enthusiasm, wise, interesting, discipline, excellent, endeavour and fantastic. I am delighted to present Achiever of the Week Awards to: Justin Pregnalato (Prep B), Elke Madlender (Prep K), George Fennessy (1OC), Hamish Hughes (2S), Chanel Kilpady (3H), Livinia Stockdale (3L) Callum Roberts (4HS)and Ruby Parkes (4E). This week Mrs Watkins awarded the Art Award to Year 4E for excellent group work shown when working together on the Picasso cow. Mrs Burgess awarded the Music Award to Year 4HS for its quiet and productive group work throughout music. This disciplined approach demonstrates a genuine readiness for Year 5! Eblana Instrumental Concert—Matthew Cohn The Eblana Instrumental Concerts are a wonderful opportunity to hear the work the children have been doing in the Eblana Instrumental Program. Our Semester 2 Instrumental Concert will be held on Thursday 8 November 2012 at 3.45pm to 4.45pm in St Augustine’s Church - 90/92 Como Parade West, Mentone. Students should make their way to St Augustine’s Church immediately after dismissal from classes and assemble in the “tea serving” area at the back of the Church. Eblana Chess Team—James Yerondais Dylan Bradley, Kosta Avanitakis, Blake Rosenberg, Noah Bloch and Ethan Prabaharan worked hard all year and after our last victory at Pakenham Secondary College these boys received such high accolades that they were awarded a position in the Victorian State Finals. This was held at Monash University, with over 43 schools participating and 230 students attending from around the State. With our familiar foes Deepdene Primary and Trinity Grammar in the draw, we knew that we had our work cut out for us. The boys needed to battle their way through nine games, each game scoring them one point for a victory, half a point for a draw and zero for a loss. After Round 5 the Mentone Team was sitting at a surprising 14 th position overall. I say surprising as we have attended many tournaments and, thus far, been unsuccessful. So to have so many schools here that had beaten us in the past we were extremely proud of ourselves. With two schools undefeated, we set our sights on a top ten finish rather than an overall victory. Confidence running high with excitement we had a rollercoaster final three rounds and finished a respectable 8th position overall. I am extremely proud of the boys and congratulate them on their fantastic effort and fabulous sportsmanship. Our School is slowly building a reputable name as an opponent to be respected, not just for our cunning and intelligent game play but for our friendly and playful disposition. I would like to thank the School and staff for all their support this year and the students who give up their Friday lunch breaks to play and learn alongside us. A special mention to Year 12 mentor Thomas Feng for all his wisdom and patience. I would also like to thank Mr John Nolan and Rev. Michael Prabaharan for supervising, driving and being huge fans and, of course, Principal Mal Cater for backing the team all year. Without you all these special times in the students’ lives would not be possible. 4 News from Bayview— Mr Cameron Lancaster This week has seen the Year 5 students undertake a Learning Journey to Maldon to conclude their current program of Bike Education. This is the first Learning Journey beyond Year 7 that I have attended for some time and, while I will leave the numerous highlights of the Learning Journey to our students for next week’s edition of the Messenger, it did again reinforce the benefits that accompany such a learning experience for our students. Beyond the obvious benefits of skill acquisition were the high levels of camaraderie and enhancement of friendships as students worked together to overcome a variety of challenges, improved levels of confidence and decision making in unfamiliar surrounds, the sheer excitement of attempting something new and subsequent exhilaration of successful completion and the continued development of trust in staff and student relationships. What a wonderful addition to our classroom lessons these opportunities provide. With the final Learning Journeys of the year approaching, I would also like to take this opportunity to record my thanks to the staff who attend and contribute so significantly to the success of these programs throughout Bayview. Term 4 Key Dates It was remiss of me that not all of the Term 4 key dates were included in last week’s Bayview edition of the Messenger so that families can plan ahead. Please note the key dates for the remainder of the year: Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 November Friday 23 November: Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 November: Wednesday 28 November: Saturday 1 December: Tuesday 4 December: Wednesday 5 December: Tuesday 11 December: Tuesday 11 December: Melbourne Cup Exeat Weekend (please note that classes finish at the normal time of 3:30pm on Friday 2 November) Year 8 Graduation Student Free / Report Writing Days Bayview Spectacular commences Year 8 transition to Greenways Campus P&F Second Hand Book Sale Bayview Spectacular and Prize Giving Ceremony Bayview Transition commences Bayview Transition concludes End of Term 4 and Carols Service State Short Course Swimming The State Short Course Swimming Championships were held at MSAC from 31 August to 2 September. Sixteen students from Mentone Grammar set the required qualifying times throughout the winter months in order to compete in this event. Georgia Coutts, Molly Ford, Nicholas Georgiou, Justin Green, Frazer Kemp, Stephanie Sanderson-Pearce, Timothy Silvester and Brannan Smith all recorded personal best times throughout the meet. Top ten places were achieved by Jessica Balleggi, Emily Bresnehan, Nicholas Capomolla, Georgina Gore, Isabelle Koh, Lotus Jeffs, Tyler Rix and Max Williams. In total, this group achieved 20 top ten finishes. Tyler Rix finished in the top seven swimmers for his age group in seven events, including the 16yo Boys 200m Freestyle where he collected a silver medal. Emily Bresnehan competed in three events, finishing in the top half dozen in all of them, including winning the State Title for the 11yo Girls 100m Backstroke. Max Williams collected four Gold medals and one Bronze medal. He finished third in the 13yo Boys 200m Butterfly and won the State Title in the 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke. Nicholas Capomolla won five events, capturing the 14yo Boys State Title in the 100m Individual Medley, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and the 50m Freestyle Event. Nicholas set a new State Short Course record in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 24.01s. Congratulations to all of the students who competed in this event and well done on your achievements. Stuart Bainbridge Head of Swimming 5 Gymnastics Success On Sunday 21 October Charlotte Pate (Year 5) competed for the first time at the Victorian Gymnastics Championships Qualifier in Geelong. She was a National 5A competitor and was very proud and excited to achieve qualification at the event. She will now compete at the Victorian Gymnastics Championships Final on 11 November on all four apparatus. Inter-School Chess (Read about our five Chess stars in News from Eblana—page 4: Dylan Bradley, Kosta Arvanitakis, Blake Rosenberg, Noah Bloch and Ethan Prabaharan ) Upcoming Events – Term 4 Monday 29 October Tuesday 30 October Monday 5 November Tuesday 6 November Year 8 Student-Led Conferences Years 7 & 8 Summer Sport Training Mid-term Exeat Melbourne Cup Day News from Frogmore—Mr Trevor Stevens Valedictory Our Year 12 students finished the formal part of their schooling this week and I would like to thank them for the dignified manner in which they ended their time at the school. The Valedictory Service and Dinner were well attended and were a pleasant and fitting finish to their time at Mentone Grammar. Congratulations to the following students who received academic awards at the Valedictory Dinner: Mitchell Adams Jack Ahdore Ben Anderson Amelia Barclay Harrison Bate Erin Callaghan Alexander Cameron Kaitlyn Chase Kelsey Cotton Yang Ding Edward Dixon Cheney Dodson Scott Draper David Eden Thomas Feng Christopher Gibbs Alexandra Gore William Harding Jingting He Brianna Hollis Sian Hope Kate Hore Alexandra Ioannou Alex Kalyvas Jonathan Kuhn Liuh-Jang Kwok Christopher Lamb Stephanie Low Christopher Mottershead Kate Mottershead Nicholas Murphy Thai Le Quoc Nguyen Ishane Panagoda India Santoro Dallas Sather Kayla Streatfeild Edward Vong Peter Williams Jiayi Wu Bingkun Zeng Mingcheng Zhao Shuonan Zhou Cheney Dodson Special Awards presented at the Valedictory Dinner were: Artissimo Music Award: Thanu Moulton Artissimo Drama Award: Kelsey Cotton The Principal’s Award for Art: Alexandra Ioannou Good Samaritan Award: Cheney Dodson The Gibson-Roberts Memorial Prize: Kate Hore The W. S Leslie Medal: Tristan Broadway I would encourage the Year 12 students to make use of the assistance available from their subject teachers who will be available during timetabled Year 12 classes and also at other times. I would also like to thank all of the Year 12 students for their outstanding contributions to the School and wish them all the best for their examinations commencing with English next Thursday. 6 A Lifetime of Memories This week we also celebrated with eight graduating ‘lifers’ - students who have spent their entire school lives at Mentone Grammar. Before leaving they visited the Mary Jones Early Learning Centre to share morning tea with some of their former Kindergarten teachers, Ms Marie Hanson, Mrs Jillian Watkins and Mrs Nicola Hamilton. Thank you to: Brian Young, Ned Dixon, Ben Anderson, Andre Abeyratne, Jonathan Kuhn, Josh Barlow, James McNeill and Hugo Hicks for the great contributions they have made to the School over the past thirteen years; most notably in Academia, Sport and in the Performing Arts. Academic Awards UNSW Mathematics Competition Year 9 High Distinction: Nicholas Capomolla, Tom Goodwin and Jaidyn Muhandiramge Distinction: Patrick Anderson, Connor Bourke, Tyler Bradley, Stephen Clarke, Matthew Cooper, Laura Cox, Angus Hill, Mitchell Johnstone, Jonathan Koh, Mats Manallack, Lachlan Pittard, Alexander Shermon and Andrew Todd Year 10 High Distinction: Andrew Ji, Cameron Lawman and Shirui Lu Distinction: Xiyu Cai, Yicheng Ling, Dhamsara Samarapathi, Nicholas Shub, Yimiao Wang, Zihao Xu and Qi Yu Australian Mathematics Competition Year 9 High Distinction: Tom Goodwin Distinction: Edward Hall, Angus Hill, Jonathan Koh, Brayden Morrow, Patrick Nguyen and Isabel Shurlin Year 10 High Distinction: Shirui Lu Distinction: Xiyu Cai and Andrew Ji Year 11 Distinction: Kristian Bjarnason, George Hamilton, Arwel Lincoln, Timoleon Maher, Kate Martin, Kenji Sokiransky and Glen Thai-Chan Year 12 Distinction: Bingkun Zeng, Thai Le Quoc Nguyen and Shuonan Zhou Years 9 to 11 Examinations The students in Years 9 to 11 are rapidly approaching their final examinations which commence on Monday 19 November for Years 10 and 11 and Wednesday 21 November for Year 9 students. With only three weeks to go all students are encouraged to prepare study programs to ensure that they prepare themselves as thoroughly as possible for the challenges ahead. Sport Tennis: Jack Lazogas The eagerly awaited 2012/13 Sports Season had finally arrived with Mentone travelling to Albert Park to play Ivanhoe Grammar School. The departure of Year 12s: Taylor Ward, Alexander Babanine and Alex Kalyvas left the team with big shoes to fill. However, three debutants were introduced for Round 1: Trent Jones, Kane Frances and Glen Thai-Chan. Mentone started strongly with seven out of the eight doubles matches being won, with a special mention to Anthony 'Tambo' Tamboriello and Oliver 'Ollie' Florent who defeated the number one Doubles pair from Ivanhoe! The success in the Doubles relieved some of the pressure on the new boys going into the Singles. The brilliant form of William Dutt, Ben Gilliver, Tambo and Ollie, clinched an emphatic victory for Mentone. Final result: Mentone 11 sets defeated Ivanhoe 5 sets. 7 Table Tennis: Mr Dayton A most encouraging start to season 2012/13 with a strong win over 2012 Runners-Up Premier Team Peninsula. We met Peninsula twice last season and were beaten on both occasions, so this victory was a particularly satisfying one. Captain Timo Maher won all three of his matches. Vice-Captain Aaron Mahoney also did well to win two out of three matches. Andrew Ji and Lachlan Ward both contributed two wins each whilst strong support was given by Nick Weldon with two wins as well. We need to look at different combinations in our Doubles as Peninsula won two out of the three matches in that area. Our 2nds went down fighting to Camberwell Blue – 5 rubbers to 10 and the 3rds lost to Ivan 14 rubbers to 1. Cricket The First Cricket Team has been training hard in the lead up to the season including practice matches against the Old Mentonians, Victoria Police and The Crusaders which gave students vital experience under match conditions. Highlights of those games included: Solid batting by Jake Bloomer (43), Damien Johns (25) and Josh van Cuylenburg-Reimers (27) which gave us the foundation for a competitive total in the match against the OMs. James Grant, Nick Henricks, Damien Johns, Josh van Cuylenberg-Reimers and Kane Wilson all bowled well against the powerful OMs batting line up. Good batting by Captain Jake Bloomer (35) and Ryan Stringer (28) and a fine spell of bowling by Daniel Borys (2 -12) were features of the match against Victoria Police. The batting highlights in the match against a strong Crusaders team, which included former test cricketer Merv Hughes, were an undefeated 50 to opener Josh van Cuylenburg-Reimers, 28 to Jake Bloomer and 21 not out to Ryan Stringer. Ben Earney bowled well in his return from injury to capture 2 for 26. Fraser Maclaren also bowled his legspin with great control. Mentone had its first AGSV game against Ivanhoe on the weekend. With the majority of last year’s premiership team finishing school this year we had nine students making their debuts for the First XI: Fraser and Damien Johns, Daniel Borys, Ryan Stringer, James Grant, Kane Wilson, Nick Henricks, Abhijid Das and Lachie Fryer. Mentone started the game disastrously on a wicket that had a bit of life in it collapsing to 4 for 17. In a gutsy display against a very good bowling attack Mentone managed a respectable 176 thanks to contributions from Jake Bloomer (55), Fraser Johns (22), Daniel Borys (40) and Kane Wilson (21). A couple of careless run outs cost us an even more competitive total. Mentone’s bowlers toiled hard on what had become a much better batting wicket, however, Ivan hoe passed our score with 6 overs to spare. James Grant was the pick of our bowlers with his opening spell of six over, where he picked up a wicket for a miserly two runs, being particularly impressive. He was well supported by Jake Bloomer, Josh van Cuylenburg-Reimers, Damien Johns, Fraser Maclaren and Kane Wilson. First Badminton Mentone v Peninsula Last Saturday the First Badminton Team, consisting of Allen Ling, Arwel Lincoln, Gabriel Brazil-Cornish and James Xu, faced a strong Peninsula side in the first round of the Summer AGS competition. Having lost three Year 12 players from last season, the team realised it was going to be a tough game. Nevertheless, Mentone started strongly with Allen and Arwel winning the first two singles. Arwel is commended for an outstanding performance in his debut for the First Badminton, winning a very hard fought victory in a tough game that went to three sets. All members of the team played with determination and enthusiasm. Peninsula, however, fought back to take the third and fourth Singles and, in the deciding second Doubles, Mentone succumbed in another close game. The final score saw Mentone defeated by 2 Rubbers, 4 Sets, 201 Points to Peninsula 4 Rubbers, 8 Sets, 254 Points. Allen Ling (Captain) Sailing Team The Sailing Team had a great start to the season, winning three out of our four races. Even after losing our captain, Anton Sasson, we were lucky enough to gain a new member - Molly Ford. Molly (my younger sister) being brand new to the tactics of teams racing was fairly nervous to begin with but helped to pull the team through, helping us lead to win against St Michael's Grammar School, Haileybury, and Toorak College, losing only to St Leonard's College after not being able to recover from a bad start. After a good last season and a strong start to the new season back, we seem to being showing great potential for the rest of this year. 8 Jemma Ford AGSV Athletics 2012 In September, the Mentone Grammar Athletics Team competed against the other AGSV schools at the new Lakeside Stadium at Albert Park. It was a fantastic carnival which was for the first time run with the boys and girls competing alongside each other throughout the day. This created a great environment for all team members to get behind each other and support their teammates throughout the day. In what is always a tough season immediately after winter – the majority of the squad worked very hard to improve on their personal bests across a variety of events. This season Mentone Athletics Club got involved with the Mentone Grammar squad and provided expertise coaching across the various disciplines. This addition saw many improvements and the students benefited enormously from their assistance not only on the final day but right throughout the season. The day was approached with great enthusiasm and the students should be proud of their performances as both the Boys’ and Girls’ Teams improved significantly in 2012. There were some excellent efforts across the different events and age groups on the day. The Top Three finishes are listed below: Girls Age Group Event Name Position Open 4 x 100m Natasha Camm 3rd Cheney Dodson Sarah Cousins Katie Sawford U17 U16 U15 U14 U13 100m Sarah Cousins 3rd Triple Jump Sarah Cousins 3rd 800m Laura Gollant 3rd 1500m Kimberley Myer 2nd 100m Melissa Chambers 2nd 200m Melissa Chambers 3rd 800m Monique Maitland 3rd Discus Monique Maitland 3rd 1500m Ciara Scott 3rd Long Jump Mikaela Moore 2nd Triple Jump Mikaela Moore 2nd Long Jump Isabella Kane 2nd Shot Put Caibiran Deas 1st 800m Sam Fifer 2nd 1500m Madison Daley 3rd High Jump Ella Ryan 1st Shot Put Courtney Munn 3rd 100m Anna Laidlaw 1st 200m Anna Laidlaw 1st 400m Anna Laidlaw 1st High Jump Anna Laidlaw 2nd 800m Madison Daley 3rd 1500m Lotus Jeffs 3rd Long Jump Jessica Ballegi 3rd 9 Boys Age Group Event Name Position U16 400m Andreas Baruhas 3rd High Jump Daniel Borys 2nd Shot Daniel Borys 3rd Triple Jump Liam Hiscock 2nd 100m Nick Capomolla 3rd 400m Jesse Reed 2nd 100m Hurdles Liam Hiscock 3rd 800m Hamish McGowan 3rd 1500m Hamish McGowan 3rd Lachlan Moorehouse 3rd High Jump Tom Lapa 3rd Long Jump Rhys Mahoney 1st Hurdles Aidan Taylor 1st High Jump Aidan Taylor 3rd 1500m Brady Watts 3rd Lachlan Newman 3rd Ben Awad 2nd U15 U14 U13 Shot Put Although we acknowledge these individual results, special mention should go to all of the Athletics Team for representing Mentone Grammar to the best that they could. The improvements made across both teams were significant (Boys improved by 37 points, Girls improved by 25.5 points) and the future of the Mentone Grammar Athletics team is looking bright. The final team standings were: Girls 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peninsula Yarra Valley PEGS Ivanhoe Mentone Assumption Boys 332.5 281.5 269 229.5 217.5 176 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Trinity PEGS Peninsula Camberwell Ivanhoe Marcellin Yarra Valley Mentone Assumption 529 433 412.5 405 393 373 333 294.5 241 I would also like to thank the following staff members for their efforts over the season. Staff members put their own time in to offer a program to coach the students to improve as best they can so their efforts should never go unnoticed. Mr Stuart Bainbridge, Mr Wayne Essing, Ms Heidi Gilmour, Mrs Jenni Harrison, Mrs Terry Jeoffreys, Mrs Kaylen Kornberg, Mr Michael Martin, Dr Paul Matthew and Mr Rohan Murphy. Images from the Carnival can be viewed at: http://www.mentonegrammar.net/gallery/agsv-athletics-2012 Mr Andrew Hayes Sport Arrangements for Term 4 Summer 2012/13 Welcome to the 2012/13 AGSV Summer Sports Season. Mentone Grammar is conscious of how important the role of sport plays in the physical and social development of young people. It is our aim to provide as many games as possible for all students to experience competitive sport. Training has already commenced this term and the first round of Boys’ Sport was played on the weekend. Matches for the Boys’ competition will be on Saturdays 27 October, 10 and 17 November. Matches for the Girls’ competition will be on Saturdays 10, 17 and 24 November. Students are expected to attend training sessions every week during the season and to be available to play on the dates mentioned above. For all fixture and transport information please refer to Mentone Grammar website, the School's online communication tool. Just follow the links from Cocurricular to Sport Fixtures and the weekly details are listed. www.mentonegrammar.net/cocurricular/sport/sporting-fixtures Please note that all students are playing in their 2013 year level teams (i.e. Year 6 teams are named as Year 7; Year 7 teams are named as Year 8 etc.). Students should check sports noticeboards on Friday at recess for final team confirmation. 10 Secondhand Uniform Shop (just off the Venice Street Driveway) Uniforms Urgently Required The Secondhand Uniform Shop is desperately short of stock! If you have any items no longer being worn, please leave them either at the Shop: Monday 2.30pm—4pm Wednesday 8.15am—9.15am or with Jill and Melanie at Main Reception between 8.30am—4.30pm on school days. Please note that blazers, long grey trousers, ties, skirts and pinafores should be drycleaned and all other items should be washed, free of tears or damage and should not have paint or other stains. Neerie Widelski Coordinator [email protected] Ph: 9581 3287 11 ‘Wheelathon’ for Wheelchairs for Kids Bayview Oval, Bayview students 9am – 3pm Friday 2 November Wheelchair Wheelathon! On Friday 2 November from 9am – 3pm, there will be a Wheelchair Wheelathon on Bayview Oval to raise money to buy specially designed wheelchairs for children in third world countries. All Bayview students will be taking part in a relay style event, tag team style. In addition to raising money for a very good cause, we are hoping that students will learn a little about the challenges of life in a wheelchair. All funds will go to Rotary Club of Mordialloc who will then buy the wheelchairs for Wheelchairs for Kids (www.wheelchairsforkids.org). There will be a sausage sizzle run by Rotary with the help of students. A great opportunity for the school to support our community. Families are invited to come along and watch their children complete the Wheelathon any time during the day. Bayview Students! start asking your friends and family to sponsor you now… Who can do the most laps? Which class will raise the most money? Who will raise the most sponsorship? For further information, please see Mr Patterson. School Name Mentone Grammar OSHC phone: 0412 153 177 Coordinator Beth Rayson OSHC NEWS REMINDERS Dear Parents, This week in Oshc we have made Cupcake flowers, hand print flowers and butterflies. We have enjoyed making things out of our cardboard boxes with lots of great inventions being created. We are also busy preparing for our Halloween party by making ghostly and spooky decorations. We are looking at the history of Halloween from its’ beginnings. Our Halloween party is scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon 31st. of October. As we are now heading towards Summer and the afternoons are longer, we will be spending more time outdoors. It is important that the children bring a hat for outside play. We have a hat box where the children can leave their hats with us in order to avoid forgetting to bring one from their classroom. In order to keep our program Interesting and varied, we would appreciate the donation of any recycled goods such as boxes, paper, cartons, books, toys or clothes for dress up. Have a great week, Beth, Maxx, Suzanne and Rose How to get started before using our programs you must register online for an account. Registering is quick and easy. Visit our website to begin www.campaustralia.com.au Once registered you can make bookings and cancellations, view your statements and manage your details anytime of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to take bookings at short notice to help busy families. Save on Care You can save 50% or more on Before and After School Care fees with the nonmeans tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are eligible. To find out more call our Customer Service Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday. NQF Update In line with the changes due to the rollout of the National Quality Framework, we have implemented a new system of programing and reflection. On the sign out table you will now find a reflection book with a page for each week of OSHC. The children are encouraged to write their feedback on the various activities they participate in as well as any suggestions for future activities they would like to see as part of our program. We would like to encourage the children to use this book as much as they would like so we can continue to provide activities that they will enjoy. This week at Oshc: Spiders and ghosts, cupcake craft, clay animals, baking, colouring and puzzles, shrinky bugs, Leggo, mobilo, masks, box craft, magic pictures, outdoor games and much more…. 12 Education Maintenance Allowance - information for parents currently receiving EMA Changes to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for 2013: The EMA continues to help families on lower incomes with financial assistance to cover the cost of educational expenses including textbooks, stationery, uniforms and excursions for their child up until the age of 16. From 2013, the Victorian Government is restructuring the EMA to better target financial support to families on lower incomes. Payments made direct to parents will be increased for eligible recipients at all year levels up to age 16, with an additional increase for parents with students in Years Prep and 7 in recognition of the additional costs at these transition points. In 2013 the annual EMA payment for families with children in primary school (years 1 -6) will receive a payment of $150. Families with children in secondary school (Year 8 up un til the age of 16) will receive an annual payment of $250. The School Start Bonus which was previously received by EMA families has been discontinued as a separate payment from 2013. However, additional funding has been incorporated into the EMA meaning that parents of children in Prep and Year 7 will receive boosted EMA payments of $200 and $300 respectively in those years. From 2013, the EMA will no longer be paid 50/50 between the parent and the school. The 50% school portion of the EMA will no longer be paid to schools on behalf of parents. However, $62 million over four years will be redirected to the State’s most needy schools to assist families on lower incomes. These funds will form part of the school Student Resource Packages to be allocated at the local level. New EMA payment option From 2013, on the EMA application form you can choose to have your EMA payment; Paid by direct deposit (Electronic Funds Transfer) into your nominated bank account or Paid by cheque which will be posted to the school for collection or Paid to the school to be held as credit which you can use towards education expenses The introduction of the new payment option to have the EMA payment directed to the school provides parents with extra flexibility to assist with budgeting towards education expenses. Eligibility: To be eligible for the EMA in 2013, you must: be either a parent or guardian of a primary or secondary school student up to the age of sixteen; and be an eligible beneficiary of a Centrelink pension, allowance or benefit within the meaning of the State Concessions Act 2004* or be a Veterans Affairs (TPI) pensioner or be a temporary foster parent. * i.e – the parent/guardian must be the holder of a valid Health Care Card or valid Pension Card. The eligibility criteria must be met as at 29 January 2013 (Instalment One) and 15 July 2013 (Instalment Two). 13
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