College Calendar MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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College Calendar MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL College Calendar PARENT SURVEY THANKS An enormous thank you to those families who found the time to complete the Parent Opinion Survey over the past week. The information that we take from the collated results really does inform us of what parents are seeing as positives at our school and certainly provides opportunity for constructive criticism to enable us to continue to improve in what ever areas you suggest. We are directed by the Department of Education to select only 120 families and this is to be done randomly. My apologies to those families who offered to complete the survey but were not in the random sample. We look forward to the results later this term to inform our future work. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING We know that it is the teacher in each individual classroom which has the greatest impact on student learning within a school. In line with that knowledge we continue our work to ensure that every teacher constantly reflects on their work as individual teachers through our shared work as a school, unified in our passion to support every student to be happy, resilient and successful. This week our consultant in positive behaviours, Jenny Mackay, observed classrooms for student behaviour and led a professional learning session after the school day. Jenny was full of praise after her observations of the calm and order in our classrooms. Jenny is highly complimenatry of the work we have done over recent years in ensuring a consistent and positive approach to developing positive student behaviours through both the way we teach and the structure in our school environment. SPECIAL EVENTS for SENIOR STUDENTS Our Year 12 Trivia Night looked to be a very special evening for students and their teacher mentors. A great opportunity for our year 12’s to relax and enjoy time together as we move quickly toward the end of their secondary schooling days. Well done to John Calnin and Dean Findlay for their initiative with this special event. Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 August 10th Year 8 Boys & Girls Volleyball and Basketball 11th yLead Leadership Program for Student Leaders 12th Year 9 into 10 Information Evening 6.00pm—7.30pm in 311 Theatre 13th Year 7 Boys Basketball & Boys/Girls Volleyball 13th Self Defence Program for selected students 9.00am—10.30am 15th — 22nd NZ Snow Trip Upcoming Events 17th VCE Business Management Marketing Excursion— Melbourne CBD 18th Lara Chamber of Commerce Dinner 18th Connections—Community Sports visit to Etihad Stadium and Animal Welfare visit to Werribee Zoo 18th Year 12 Studio Arts Unit 4 students visit to Geelong Gallery 18th Lara Secondary College Production Casting in 311 Theatre 3.30pm—6.00pm 19th Deakin University Student Access and Equity Youth Conference—Year 11 Drama Students 20th Year 7 & 8 Students Science Week Activity: Big Space Both staff and students arrived back to school a very happy “bunch” after another very successful trip to Mt Hotham last week and extending into the weekend. A huge thank you to staff for their enthusiasm and taking on an added responsibility: Danielle Shay, Aaron Hassett and Shirley Niblett. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the celebrations of both events in future editions of the College Times! Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Course counseling for current Years 10 students ran very smoothly this week thanks to the hard work of Louise Van Dugteren, Kate Ivermee, Aaron Hassett and our teacher team, and to the willingness of parents and students to engage fully in this very important planning for the final years of secondary schooling. Current Year 9 students have been involved in a showcase of our Year 10 Central Studies program this week, to ensure that they nominate the most appropriate course for their study next year. We are looking forward to meeting with current Year 9 families at our important information session and course planning evening on Wednesday August 12th. SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS We continue to build on our work in SWPB. Ask your child about “success passes”. These are provided to students when teachers see or hear students behaving in a very positive manner, and as Ben Johnson our Developing Positive Leader, has explained, this is acknowledged further through a raffle draw at assemblies. If your child has received a “postcard” from a teacher this is a real celebration of the positive behaviour. Postcards highlight exemplary behaviours – recognizing and celebrating what our students are doing well. We are very much aware, through research across the globe, that positive feedback enhances student motivation and learning! Regards, Lyn Boyle Principal [email protected] ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT Uniform It seems that as our weather is getting colder, and the girls are more frequently wearing their kilts, that some kilts are shrinking in the wash. Please ensure the length of the kilts remains knee length OR LONGER. Students are encouraged to wear layers eg, thermals, long sleeves UNDER their school shirts and jumpers. Hoodies are not school uniform and students will be asked to remove them if they are identified wearing incorrect clothing. Skins should Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Page 2 Issue 13 - 2015 not be visible if they are being worn under their HAPE uniform for the purposes of PE. Leggings are not part of the uniform of Lara Secondary College and should not be worn for any reason. New Zealand Ski Trip A number of Senior Years students are very excited with their impending departure to New Zealand from Saturday 15th to Friday 21st August. Students will be staying in the township of Methven and will spend some of their time snowboarding at Mt Hutt. We are told there is a 140m long Magic Carpet in the beginners area alongside some of the best facilities in New Zealand. The group will also spend a day in Christchurch visiting the International Antarctic Centre learning about life in modern day Antarctica and the Scott Base as well, as time at the Rakaia Gorge. Some of the goals set for the group have included developing an appreciation of extreme weather conditions and factors affecting personal safety, improving their understanding of team work, leadership, tolerance and cooperation as well as budgeting and managing their expenditure. We wish our New Zealand travellers a safe and memorable trip. Immunisations: We are aware that, due to illness, there were a number of students who were unable to have their immunisations completed last week. The next immunisations are again for the Year 7 students, and for the Year 8 students and will be taking place in November. If you would like your child to have their catch up immunisation sooner than this, you are able to attend the Immunisation Centres in Belmont, Corio, Newtown, Ocean Grove or Newcomb at the allocated times. Please be aware that you are required to make an appointment if attending some of the Belmont times. For further information and exact times, please contact Barwon Health on 4215 6962. Tania O’Callaghan & Faye Smith [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Page 3 Issue 13 - 2015 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CREATIVE WRITING ENGLISH EXTENSION GROUP Last weekend Year 7 student, Kurosh J competed in the Seishin Cup, which is a Victorian Karate Competition. Kurosh was the overall winner for the 11-12 year old age group. Kurosh will now compete in the Shinkyokushinkai National Karate Championships which will be held in Sydney on Sunday 30 August 2015. If he wins in Sydney, he becomes national champion and could compete internationally. Kurosh has been competing for a year and a half, and trains 6 hours a week, on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. He currently holds a yellow belt. Kurosh says karate has taught him about self-endurance and thoroughly enjoys participating in karate. For six weeks, chosen students from Years 7 – 10 were invited to join a Creative Writing English Extension Group. As a former teacher of Lara Secondary College, and Scriptwriter and Script Editor of Australian television drama series and serials, I ran the program and instructed the students on the five essential elements of storytelling: plot, theme, characters, setting and language. I was also keen to drive home the importance of drafting and redrafting a story to create a final polished piece. The students who attended the group regularly and/ or submitted a final piece were: Rhennay B, Tom S, Hayden R, Tallin A, Jade G, Logan C, Mia N, Decklyn P, Jemma T, Czar J V, Amber W, Eileshe G, Sheyanne D, Chase B, Riane B, Kaitlyn C, Jena C and Emily D. Here are some of their responses to participating in the program: “I have learnt so many new things about writing and it has really improved my descriptions and creativity when writing story ideas.” Tallin, Year 7 YEAR 9 INTO 10 INFORMATION EVENING The Year 9 into 10 Information Evening is on Wednesday 12th August from 6pm – 7:30pm. The aim of this event is to support our Year 9 students to make an informed decision about their Year 10 program for 2016. The Year 10 teaching team will be present to support you to improve your understanding of the Year 10 Core, Elective and Central Study subjects on offer, as well as the Accelerated Learning Program and VET/SBA programs that are available. During the evening, you will have your first opportunity to make an appointment with your child’s TLC Teacher, to schedule a time to attend and support the Course Counselling and Student Led Conferences on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of August. If you have any queries about this event please contact your child’s TLC teacher or Year 9 Program Leader, Dave Mitri. Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 “The most useful thing I learnt was that a story doesn’t need to be extremely dramatic or have an extreme problem to be good” Jemma, Year 8 “I learnt that there’s a lot of editing and character development involved. I also learnt how to engage an audience and why it’s important.” Chase, Year 9 “The most useful thing I learned was how to use metaphors or symbols instead of directly saying something. I would definitely do something like this again if given the chance, because I really enjoy writing and I am no longer given many opportunities to express my creative writing.” Emily, Year 10 I would like to thank all of the students for their excellent attention and enthusiasm. I would also like to thank their teachers for allowing them the time to participate, with an extra special thanks to Tracy Allinson for organising the program and making it possible in the first place. The students will be celebrating their achievements by attending a special event at the Melbourne Writers Festival in August, and selected stories from this group will appear in the end–of-year school magazine. Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College VCAL PDS Drama – Youth Voices Project The Applied Learning Drama students are devising a performance for Geelong Performing Arts Centre’s (GPAC) Youth Voices 2015. Youth Voices gives young people the opportunity to explore and express topics or issues of value to them and present them to public audiences. Our Drama group are working with the topic of Body Image and portraying real life experiences through characters they have created themselves. On Thursday the 30th July, GPAC Youth and Education Program Coordinator Kelly Clifford visited our Drama class. Through a work shop environment students shared their progress on the play with her. Here is some feedback from our students about our fantastic session with Kelly: “Kelly understood what message we were trying to get across (in our play)” - Georgia “I liked how she (Kelly) got us all thinking and throwing ideas out there” - Chloe “I liked how Miss Pearson and Kelly worked together and got us into the vibe of contributing to our own work. We were really engaged” - Abbey Youth Voices plays at GPAC on Thursday the 10th September to celebrate RUOK Day. Tickets are $5.00. Performance times are yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned for more Drama News! Sally Pearson VCAL PDS Drama Teacher Page 4 Issue 13 - 2015 under regular attack from the more experienced opposition and we had soon conceded two goals. Our two experienced players Isabel R and Jade G then dropped back into more defensive roles and then we started to repel attacking forays. Finally, Jasmin W managed to score our first goal in the last minute of the game. The next game was against the eventual winners for the day Surfcoast Secondary College. Their team had some talented players and everyone played their position. We shared goalkeeping duties, but it was very difficult as the ball was continually coming into the penalty area and even when our backs blocked passes or shots, there was always another opposition player in position to shoot again. The score was nine to nil at the final whistle. To finish the day we played off in the consolation final against Northern Bay. This was a much more even contest. Our girls were beginning to understand how to score goals, while our defence was more organised. We quickly had three goals on the board and everyone wanted to be in the attacking end of the ground. Unfortunately, this strategy allowed Northern Bay to score twice in the second half. However, the girls steadied and added two more goals. Georgie Y was a strong defender with her penetrating kicks. Isabel R and Jade G were reliable in the midfield and used their knowledge of the game to position themselves effectively. Chloe W and Kayla T had a go in goals and repelled many attacking moves. Annie G used her agility to blunt numerous opposition forwards. Jemma D and Lexie L were involved in many forward moves. Rhenay B and Reily G tried hard wherever they were playing. Jasmin W was a real little terrier and ended up scoring three goals. Other goal scorers were Kaylah R, Lexie L & Georgie Y. MERIDITH THOMPSON YEAR 7 SOCCER Our team was full of enthusiasm but few had played in competition outside of school. The first game was against Belmont. We set up some good chances through some controlled dribbling by Kaylah R. Georgie Y took on the role of goalkeeper and was Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College INTERMEDIATE GIRLS HOCKEY Week one of this term produced some fine performances in hockey. The girls made a decisive start; once they realized the fragility of the opposing goalkeeper, Paris S and Lucy B were merciless and hit the ball hard, at her, at every opportunity. Georgia D, Rachael Z and Dayna W made impressive runs on the forward line, while Lilly-Anne W and Shauna G made their hockey debuts at halfback. They finished up 6-0 with scorers being Paris S - 4, Lucy B – 1 and Rachael Z – 1. The second game was against Surf Coast Secondary College. This was a much more even affair, but the girls made it through to the semi-final with a win. Emily P and Annie H in goal were called upon to do some defending for the first time for the day. Tahlee M laid many tackles while Tylah E’s passing to the forwards was effective. Scorers were again Paris S – 1 and Lucy B – 1. They had to play Belmont, the eventual winners, in the semi-final. None of our girls play hockey competitively at the moment, so the legs were beginning to tire. Despite plenty of forward thrusts the experience of the main opposition back, kept the girls’ best efforts at bay. Paris S continually used all of her impressive stick skills to negate the effectiveness of their best players. However, at the other end of the ground, Belmont’s other very experienced player was able to convert on a couple of penalty corners, with a slightly raised shot, making it difficult for our defenders. The girls went down, but never gave up. Claudia B put in a very determined effort, in defence, in this game and Dayna W scored her first and the team’s only goal. Thank you to Lachlan B and Ryan W for their assistance and overall - a fabulous effort by everyone! M THOMPSON Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Page 5 Issue 13 - 2015 LIBRARY NEWS GREAT BOOK SWAP FUNDRAISER The response so far has been beaut. Every day, much enjoyed books keep coming in. Some of the titles that have been donated are: The Rosie Effect, Gone Girl, The Thorn Birds, Mockingjay, The Da Vinci Code, Paper Towns, Wonder, Where She Went, I Was Here, Twilight, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone …. The student donations have been kick started by Year 10 student Zach S. Zach has very generously donated his collection of Marvel Comic Graphic Novels and his contribution has generated heaps of interest from the students in the Book Swap. As soon as the boys in the library spotted the stunning comic books they asked how they could participate. Titles such as Thor: Reborn, Avengers: Disassembled, The Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home, Captain America: The New Deal and Uncanny X-Men: Dark Phoenix are available. Bring in a much enjoyed book that you can bear to part with, fill in the book plate saying why you like the book and on the 2nd of September which is our Great Book Swap day come into the library and choose a book from the collection for a gold coin donation. The Great Book Swap is a great opportunity to share our love of reading at Lara Secondary and we’re raising money to help the Indigenous Literacy Foundation buy new, culturally appropriate books for young Indigenous children in remote communities Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Page 6 Issue 13 - 2015 LIBRARY NEWS Some new books (Traditional Format) Our OverDrive eLibrary http://larasc.lib.overdrive.com Use your network login Easy to use Available 24/7 Variety of titles No overdues Lara Secondary College was most fortunate to have received a $1,000 ExxonMobil Community VIP Grant this year. Our school council member Steve Bullock applied for the grant and was successful. Because of this grant we have been able to purchase many new eBooks with the funds. Thanks again Steve and ExxonMobil. Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Page 7 Issue 13 - 2015 Children’s Book Week is 22-28 August 2015 Lara SC has all of the Older Readers Short List titles. A few titles have been borrowed but others are still available. To celebrate Book Week any student who reads one of these titles and hands in a book review will receive a prize. New titles recently added to our eLibrary: Miskeen was a request in OverDrive but not sure by whom? “Confined in his stall after an exhausting day of performances in unbearable heat, Miskeen was spotted by a boy. The boy took up a training whip and beat the horse mercilessly until, in panic, Miskeen struck out. The boy was bitten severely, and, in retribution, Miskeen was ordered to have all his teeth pulled so that he could never "turn vicious" again. Suddenly the magnificent animal was disabled, humiliated, unable to eat, and totally worthless to those who had prized him. Miskeen would have died, had he not been rehabilitated by a young British woman named Vicky Malia”. If you need assistance borrowing from OverDrive come and see us in the library. Debbie Sartori and Glenda Porter Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Page 8 Issue 13 - 2015 August; Where: 271 Collins St; Melb. Info/Register: Careerspace 11 [email protected] Reminders: OPEN DAYS Sat 1 Aug – Monash (Peninsula campus) Sun 2 Aug – Deakin (Warrnambool); Monash (Caulfield & Clayton); Swinburne (Hawthorn) Sun 9 Aug – Australian Catholic University (ACU) (Fitzroy); Deakin (Geelong campuses); La Trobe (Bundoora); RMIT; William Angliss Sun 16 Aug – Melbourne; Monash (Parkville – Pharmacy); La Trobe (Bendigo) Sun 23 Aug – Box Hill Institute; Deakin (Burwood); Victoria (Footscray) Sun 30 Aug – ACU (Ballarat); Federation (Ballarat & Gippsland) 1. YEAR 12 NEWS VTAC APPLICATIONS – Applications for university, VET and private provider courses for 2016 open on Monday 3 August through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre website. Any Year 12 student wishing to apply for courses needs to visit www.vtac.edu.au. Timely applications close on 30 Sept. After that the application fee rises from $29 to $95. You can apply for up to 12 courses, placing them in the order you most want them. You will receive an offer early in 2016 for the highest course in your list for which you meet the requirements (eg ATAR). You will be able to change your application at various times from 3 August 2015 through to February 2016. Check out prerequisites and selection criteria for courses you are applying (eg interview, audition, folio presentation?). SPECIAL ENTRY ACCESS SCHEME (SEAS) – The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) 2016 Guide has a section about SEAS (p. 43-54), www.vtac.edu.au/who/ seas.html. Are you eligible for special consideration for your course application? There are four categories of disadvantage. NOTE: SEAS applications are made on the VTAC website, but can only be done after applying for courses (SEAS applications close: 6 October). 2. MONASH UNIVERSITY NEWS ‘AT MONASH’ SEMINAR SERIES CONTINUES – These continue with: Theatre, Performance and Music on 18 Aug, Science on 27 Aug, Teaching on 1, 3 & 8 Sept, and Engineering on 17 September; all seminars are 6.30-8.00pm; Information/ Registration at: www.destination.monash.edu/atmonash BUSINESS OPEN HOUSE – Monash has a new city location; find out about the Bachelor of International Business at the Open House. Learn about new degrees, meet students and take a tour. When: 11am-3pm, Sun 9 Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 http://destination.monash/business-open-house. **MEDICINE, NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES** FACULTY UPDATE – To be considered for Medicine, Physiotherapy and Radiography & Medical Imaging, VTAC applications must be made by the close of VTAC’s timely application period, 30 September 2015. These courses cannot be added to an applicant’s preference list after this date, due to the interview requirements. However, as long as an applicant has at least one of the MBBS codes on their preference list by the close of timely applications, they can add other MBBS codes after this time. Applicants for Medicine will be required to undertake an 8 station MMI (Multiple Mini Interview) while applicants for Physiotherapy and Radiography & Medical Imaging will undertake a 4 station MMI. Interview dates for 2016 entry: for onshore international applicants – Fri 20 and Mon 23 November 2015; for VCE, IB and National Dean’s Rural List and Dean’s Indigenous List applicants (DRL and DIL relevant to MBBS applicants only) – Tues 5 - Fri 8 January 2016. PHARMACY OPEN HOUSE – Check out the Parkville campus - take a tour, attend a course info session, talk to staff and students, meet researchers, test your knowledge of chemistry at Atomic Bingo and visit the food vans. When: 10am-3pm, Sunday 16 August; Information: http://destination.monash/pharm-open-house. NEW FACULTY OF SCIENCE WEBSITE – The new Future Students section of the website is a great way to find out what makes studying Science at Monash special and distinctive. See: http://monash.edu/science/futurestudents. 3. RMIT NEWS SEPTEMBER HOLIDAY SHORT COURSES – Those on offer are: Ableton Live Music (Music software program), Audio Production – Studio Recording, Production, Lighting for Live Events, Food Photography and Folio Preparation in Photography. Information: 9925 8111, [email protected] and www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au – get in early! WOMEN IN ENGINEERING EVENT – For National Engineering Week, RMIT has an event for women considering a career in engineering. Hear from engineers and gain insights into the career. When: 1pm, Sun 9 Aug (RMIT Open Day); Where: Story Hall, Building 15, Level 7; Info: http://openday.rmit.edu.au/ event/3371/women-in-engineering . RMIT FLIGHT TRAINING DAY – Students interested in a career as a pilot are invited to the RMIT Flight Training Open Day at Point Cook. Meet experienced flight instructors and learn about careers. When: 10am-4pm, Sun 23 Aug; Where: RAAF Williams Base Point Cook. PATHWAYS TO UNIVERSITY – Some students who would like to study at university do not obtain a high enough ATAR to access their preferred course. What happens then? Many universities offer pathways into university. For example, Deakin has Deakin College, Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Monash has Monash College, La Trobe has La Trobe Melbourne and Swinburne has UniLink. Courses at these institutions can be accessed with lower ATARs and often provide pathways into university. Other pathways exist. For example, Monash has a number of diploma programs (in science, business, education & nursing), the University of Melbourne offers a Diploma of General Studies as a possible pathway, ACU offers courses through ACUCom, while Swinburne, RMIT and Victoria Universities offer certificate and diploma courses through their VET divisions, often offering pathways to university. Furthermore, some VET providers (eg Box Hill Institute) have formal pathways in place to access particular university degrees. Keep in mind as well, as noted in previous issues, that some universities allow students to access their courses on a lower ATAR as a result of the students’ involvement in their communities (eg Aspire at La Trobe and the Early Achievers Program at ACU). 6. WHERE DO GRADUATES GO? Decisions about higher education are some of the biggest you will make. ’Where Grads Go’ provides the latest information on what graduates do and how much they earn (figures from the 2014 Australian Graduate Survey - Graduate Careers Australia). In 2014, the average bachelor graduate earned $52,500. Median salaries of some bachelor degrees were: mathematics $60,000, IT $55,000, architecture and building $53,000, engineering $62,000, medicine $62,000, nursing $54,000, education $59,000, accounting $52,000, psychology and behavioural sciences $52,000, law and justice studies $58,800 and visual and performing arts $42,000. Finding a full-time job after graduation isn’t always easy. The following shows how graduates fared finding full-time work four months after graduating: mathematics 64.94%, IT 67.16%, engineering 72.2%, architecture and building 68.59%, medicine 97.52%, nursing 80.07%, education 70.01%, accounting 73.90%, psychology and behavioural sciences 52.14%, law and justice studies 72.71%, visual and performing arts 44.73% (substantial numbers were also in part-time work, and many go on to further study). In some fields, like engineering and nursing, most graduates find work in the fields they trained for. Graduates of other fields find work in a wide variety of fields. Interestingly, 93.9% of Australian bachelor graduates said they were broadly satisfied with their higher education experience. See: www.graduatecareers.com.au/wheregradsgo. 7. REMINDER – SOME USEFUL CAREERS WEBSITES – There are many useful careers websites, including institution websites like www.holmesglen.edu.au or www.unimelb.edu.au. Check out these as well (training opportunities, job prospects, students with disabilities, fees information): www.jobguide.education.gov.au, www.myskills.gov.au, www.joboutlook.gov.au, www.youth.gov.au www.studyassist.gov.au, www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au, www.education.gov.au/ national-disability-coordination-officer-programme, www.education.vic.gov.au/victorianskillsgateway/Pages/ home.aspx, www.myuniversity.gov.au Page 9 Issue 13 - 2015 ‘Like’ us on Facebook! We’ve recently created a Lara Secondary College official Facebook page. www.facebook.com/LaraSecondaryCollege. ‘Like’ us to keep in touch with some of the fantastic events happening at our college and to celebrate the achievements of our students. Sascha Foster (ICT Admin Leader) Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Telephone: 03 5282 8988 Lara Secondary College Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212 Page 10 Issue 13 - 2015 Telephone: 03 5282 8988
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