Firbank. Aspire. Achieve.

With the Federal election almost upon us, I want to clarify the facts around education policies
including funding for schools – and in particular, funding for Firbank Grammar, as a school in
the Independent Sector. Funding by government has been a prime issue for many months
overshadowing other important education issues. However Independent Schools Victoria (ISV)
has kept all member schools fully informed and a couple of weeks ago, organised for our Federal
candidates from the Liberal Coalition, the Labour and Greens Parties to be hosted by Firbank for
a ‘roundtable’ with Principals, Chairs of Boards and Business Managers from our neighbouring
Independent Schools. I wrote about this meeting in a previous eNews.
While funding remains a central issue and of concern, just as important are five other key issues
about which the Independent Sector (ISV) wishes all parents to be aware.
1.
Reduce Regulatory Burden
Independent Schools recognise the need for reasonable and practical accountability that does not double-up existing requirements but the Better Schools: National Place for School Improvement is expected to increase their compliance burden.
Political parties must pledge to:
• Require the Departments of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to
monitor and reduce regulation affecting Independent Schools
• Require the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to reduce
school reporting demands.
• Ensure that any increase in ACARA’s budget is tied to growth per student cost
NEWSLETTER
From the Principal
30 August 2013
2.
Support the Teaching Profession
Education in Australia is facing the challenges of failing entry standards, obstacles to professional learning and career progression and an ageing teacher demographic. Policies are needed to raise the quality of entrants into teaching, provide greater support for professional learning and ensure that teacher salary and career progression is competitive with other sectors.
Political parties must pledge to:
• Reverse the decision to cap tax deductible self education expenses
• Review and rectify the consequences of the change to Motor Vehicles Fringe Benefits tax
3.
Oppose Tertiary Funding Squeeze
The government will extract an efficiency dividend of nearly a billion dollars from the tertiary
sector over five years. It will also remove the discounts applying to up-front and voluntary
payments made under the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) from 1 January 2014.
Political parties must pledge to:
• Recognise and accept that the tertiary funding squeeze creates uncertainty for future
education funding and is inconsistent with the aspiration for Australia to be a smart country
• Ensure consistent and growing funding for all sectors from early years through to tertiary
education
4.
Provide International Students Visa Consistency
It is proposed to streamline, or fast track, overseas student visa assessments for ‘bodies’ that
aggregate and submit more than 400 visas per annum but this would disadvantage Independent
schools in Victoria that do not make bulk submissions.
Political parties must pledge to:
• Ensure funding and regulatory consistency by extending the streamlining proposal to all
education sectors.
5.
Provide Fact Based Information Campaigns
The National Plan for School Improvement has been widely promoted with an information
campaign that is light on facts. There is a risk that high expectations generated by government
campaigns might not be delivered, creating problems for the Independent sector rather than
governments or politicians who authorised them.
Political parties must pledge to:
• Ensure that accurate education information campaigns provide useful and credible facts
devoid of political hyperbole that are useful for school, teachers and parents.
Firbank.
Aspire.
Achieve.
The election on 7 September will be important for many issues, but particularly for Education.
Dr Anne Sarros
From the Head of Campus
Girls and teachers made an amazingly colourful parade as they dressed for our Book Week
Assembly last Friday. The theme “Read Across the Universe” was represented in many
interesting ways. Most popular characters from favourite books included the Cat in the Hat and
of course Thing 1 and Thing 2. We have characters from the popular Hunger Games series,
Famous Five, Winnie the Pooh, Barbie, Hannah Montana and many, many more. Girls (and
staff) put a lot of effort into costumes for the day and were very excited at having the opportunity
to express themselves in this way.
Our sincere thanks to Mia and her family for hosting our visitors from Milikapiti. Each year we
team with Brighton Grammar School to host students who have earned a trip to Melbourne
and this year, Mia and her family very kindly hosted our visitors, showing them the sights of
Melbourne. The girls experienced visiting two AFL clubs, going to a game, visiting the Melbourne
Zoo and a day in the city. They were also able to spend a few days with the Year 6 students. This
program is a very worthwhile one and offers our visiting students an outstanding opportunity.
If your daughter is currently in Year 5 and you are willing to host our visitors in 2014, please
contact me.
NEWSLETTER
Junior School
Brighton Campus
30 August 2013
Thank you to Kerrie Maddern, who has driven our Environment Week Activities. Kerrie has
organised our yearly Toy Exchange. I had a delightful conversation with a Year 1 student who
brought a few toys into the exchange and could explain to me the reason behind exchanging
these toys. This was a very popular activity last year and proved to be the same this year.
Kerrie has also been instrumental in organising the new vegetable garden in the Prep - 2
playground. The Prep students have worked with her and planted vegetables in this garden.
We look forward to harvest and making some delicious, healthy food.
Over the past two weeks we have had excellent results in:
• Aerobics, with 5 teams making it to the National Finals in Brisbane during the first week of
the holidays
• Robotic teams who performed outstandingly at Scienceworks Museum last week
• and as Ashlea Mills reports later in this newsletter, the Ski teams who represented Firbank
proudly in the recent interschool competitions, with many students making it to the National
Competition next weekend.
Next week, twenty Years 5 and 6 students will head off to Mt Stirling to experience the first ever
Snow Camp offered by Firbank. Girls will be spending a night in Mansfield and then hiking 4 kms
up the mountain using snow shoes. They will camp overnight in tents in the snow and hike back
to base camp the following day. We wish the girls luck, warmth and a safe return home. Thank
you to Bernie Mills and Darren Saunder from our Outdoor Ed Department for organising and
accompanying the girls on this trip. They will also be accompanied by Ashlea Mills and Brooke
Clayton.
I wish all the dads a Happy Father’s Day and look forward to seeing most of them enjoying the
annual PATH Father/Daughter Disco with their daughter/s! I am sure the girls will treat you well
on the day and show you just how special you are to them.
This week, Adelaide from Year 1 came in to see me to tell me that she had taken part in the 40
Hour Famine. An amazing effort for a Year 1 and this is what she showed me.
“Dear Mrs Phillips
Firbank.
Aspire.
Achieve.
‘I did the Forty Hour Famine because I was trying to raise money for
a girl called Dorothy. She sometimes doesn’t get breakfast, lunch or
dinner. She can’t go to school because all of the of the other children
laugh at her because she walks funny as she doesn’t get any food.
She does not have a roof on her house. I imagine being like her so
I took the chance to see how it feels to be like her. I gave up food
and I raised $290. I did it on Friday to Sunday lunchtime.’
Adelaide
Michelle Phillips
Term 3 Week 8
Monday, 2 September
7:00Swimming Squad Training
8:00 – 8:45 Orchestra Rehearsal @ Music Room
8:50
Prep students depart to station to visit National Gallery of Victoria
11:00
Chamber Strings @ Music Room
11:30-12:30
5S Public Speaking Workshop #2
12:30-1:30
5B Public Speaking Workshop # 2
2:00
Departure of Yrs 5/6 Snow Camp at Mt Stirling Alpine Resort
1:30 – 3:20 Full company Musical rehearsal @ BGS – pick up from TH
Leads Rehearsal until 5:00pm – pick up from BGS
2:15 – 2:45 Chapel Service for 2J, 3B & 3W
2:45 – 3:15 Chapel Service for 4C & 4M
3:20
Prep students return to Turner House
3:30 – 4:30 Aerobics Training for all teams
Tuesday, 3 September
8:00 – 8:45
Chess Club
Book Week Incursion for 3 – 6: Holly Harper Venue = Library
9-10 = Yr 5
10-11 = Yr 6
11:30-12:30 = Yr 3 & 4
3:30 – 4:30 After School Sport (Year 6)
Wednesday, 4 September
7:30
Fun & Fitness
11:00
Aerobics teams of 2 and 3
7:00pm
Students return from Years 5/6 Snow Camp
Thursday, 5 September
Swimming Squad Training
11:00 Aerobics Training for all teams
2:15 (Prep) Fire Education Visit- second visit
3:30 – 4:30 Musical Leads Rehearsal at TH
4:30 – 5:30 Musical Leads Rehearsal at CCA with microphones
3:30 – 4:30 After School Sport (Years 4 & 5)
6:00
Students to be dropped at Church at 6:00pm
7:00 – 8:00 (approx)
Strings Concert @ St Andrew’s Church
Friday, 6 September
8:00 – 8:45
8:40 – 11:30
2:45 – 3:15
4:30
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Year 1
TH Choir Rehearsal @ Music Room
Musical whole cast tech (microphones) rehearsal in CCA
ASSEMBLY - hosted by 5S
Brass & Woodwind Recital @ Music Room
In Year 1, as part of their inquiry into how ecosystems have connecting elements, the students
have been writing information reports. They spent a week researching an ecosystem of their
choice, writing and editing a draft information report and publishing a final copy. The students
were introduced to the idea of a ‘rubric’ and used a simple rubric to assess their own writing.
Each student then created a diorama of her chosen ecosystem. They were delighted to
share their learning with their parents, Mrs Phillips and their Year 4 buddies this week at a mini
exhibition.
Mrs Spence and Mrs Chapman
Library
Book Week
Every year the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) holds “Book Week” in August. This
year’s Book Week ran from 19 August to 23 August 2013. Book Week is Australia’s longest
running children’s festival and is a celebration of books and Australian authors and illustrators.
This year’s theme was “Read Across the Universe”.
Turner House had a great time celebrating Book Week. Highlights included listening to teachers
read aloud from their favourite books during lunch, our dress up day, and parade during
assembly.
Rachel Zhou in 6K wrote a reflection piece about Book Week:
What is ‘read across the universe’? What does it mean? ‘Read across the universe’ is the book
week theme this year. I think that ‘read across the universe’ means we should read books all
around the world and learn things from other stories from other countries.
I think that this theme has more of an international perspective and encourages bringing
everyone together by reading books. When you read to people it gets everyone to sit down and
enjoy a good book together.
‘Read across the universe’ gives everyone an opportunity to share a book from somewhere else
around the world. You can also hear about new authors and you might discover a new genre of
books you like. You can try new books and tell other people about it.
Book Week is lots of fun and everyone should participate by reading books and following the
theme.
By Rachel Zhou 6K
Visiting Authors
As part of Book Week celebrations, Turner House is very excited to welcome two authors/
illustrators to school.
On Tuesday 3 September, we will welcome Holly Harper, who will spend the day working with
the girls in Years 3-6 to talk about writing and life as an author. Ms. Harper lives in Melbourne
and loves writing and playing video games. She is the author of two successful series: Star
League and Bureau of Mysteries. We are very excited to welcome a young, successful female
author to Turner House and look forward to learning with her.
To find out more information about Holly Harper and her work, please visit her website at (http://
www.hjharper.com/).
On Tuesday 10 September 2013 we welcome Mini Goss, author and illustrator, to work with the
girls in ELC to Year 2 to talk about the process involved in creating books.
Ms. Goss was born in Melbourne but spent her childhood moving between England, Australia
and America. As a child Ms. Goss loved to draw and spent most of her time drawing animals.
She loves to include animals in her stories and has been working on a series involving her dog
Barry. We are very excited to welcome a successful author and illustrator to Turner House and
look forward to learning with her.
To find out more information about Mini Goss and her work, please visit her website at (http://
www.barryandstella.com/).
Premier’s Reading Challenge
There aren’t many weeks left in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Reading records must be
completed online in order to be eligible for the Challenge. The deadline for completing reading
records is 5 September 2013. After this date, the Challenge is closed and I will verify all reading
records between 5 September and 11 September 2013.
Once again, please ensure that your daughter is recording the books she is reading online. All
registered entrants have received a username and a password to access their accounts.
Go to http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/ and click “student login” to enter the username and
password.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me in the library on Tuesday,
Wednesday or Friday. I can also be contacted via email at ([email protected]).
Beth Dressler, Teacher Librarian/Information Literacy specialist
RoboCup Junior Australia
Turner House entered 3 teams in RoboCup Junior Australia for the first time this year and had
amazing success placing first, second and third at the Melbourne regional championships. More
outstanding was the fact all teams were made up of girls from Year 4 and competed as the
youngest teams in the competition.
Melbourne Regional Champions
1st Place – Funky Town & the Funky Monkey – Katherine, Holly, Maddie, Jessica
2nd Place – Celebration Time - Charli, Lauren, Ricah, Oli
3rd Place – The Saints – Courtney, Jade, Mei, Emily
All teams entered the Dance category where the challenge was to design at least one robot
and program it to perform choreography to compliment the theme of the music. The girls had to
dance alongside the robot(s) to create a story and impress the judges.
The teams were judged according to the design of their robots, back drops, sophistication
of programming, and overall performance of both team members and robots. A further 30%
of the score was assessed in an interview were the girls were challenged to express their
understandings about the programming code, robot design and also had to show evidence of
their journey in the form of a Blog.
The journey was amazing for all students with teams, over two months, creatively collaborating
to design and build robots. They then skilfully worked in the Art room under the guidance of Mrs
Wegdam to design costumes for their robots and back drops for the performance. Mrs Mears
also generously gave her time to assist the girls in choreographing their own moves alongside
the robot.
Last week the teams competed at the State Championships against eighteen other teams at
Scienceworks. The competition was of the highest standard and awards were given for runner
up and first place only. I was extremely proud of the girls as they had to independently overcome
some technical issues in the first round and showed great courage and resilience to bounce
back in the second round with faultless routines.
I genuinely want to thank all the parents for their overwhelming support of this new initiative.
Having entered teams in a whole range of competitions over the past twenty -ive years, I can
confidently state that this was the most beneficial experience I have ever had the privilege of
facilitating.
Results from The State Championships:
Funky Town finished equal 3rd in Dance
Celebration Time finished 3rd in Theatre
The Saints finished 4th in Theatre
Congratulations to you and your girls. They have tremendous energy when they perform and are
a delight to have on board with RoboCup Junior.
Thanks also to their parents who kept us fed and watered during the day, we really appreciate it!
Paul Mears
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Friday, 16 August, the nine aerobic teams competed in
the State Championships at the State Netball and Hockey
Centre in Parkville. The girls have dedicated seven months
of training, predominantly during lunch breaks and after
school to prepare for this event. In the process they have
developed valuable skills such as musicality, rhythm and
beat, choreography and collaborative team skills. Most
importantly the competition has promoted the importance of
health and fitness in a balanced lifestyle.
The girls have trained extremely hard all year and I
congratulate them all on these brilliant achievements.
Results:
Sub Jnr Gp in Yr 4 – out of 14 teams
Annabelle, Amelia, Audrey, Claudia Eliza, Adriana, Courtney, Tara
equal 1st (made Nationals)
equal 3rd
Sub Jnr pairs in Yr 4 – out of 9 teams
Katherine, Yoshino equal 1st (made Nationals)
Jnr Gp in Yr 5/6 - out of 27 teams
Olivia.H, Olivia.C, Nicola, Annabel Lucy, Darcy, Imogen, Tamsin, Nicola, Emily
Saje, Claire, Anna , Matisse
Maddy, Carla, Gabi, Summer, Evelyn, Maya
Claire.T, Brooke, Alex, Sasha, Isabella, Jessica 3rd (made Nationals)
7th (made Nationals)
finalists – made top 14
finalists – made top 14
finalists – made top 14
Jnr trio in Yr 6 out of 24 teams
Kate, Aisha, Emma
2nd (made Nationals)
Five of our teams have qualified for the Australian Championships and Turner House also placed
5th overall in the State for their outstanding results. Congratulations to Firbank Sandringham
House for their impressive results at the State Championships.
The atmosphere at the State Competition was electric and the vocal support from the Firbank
community for our girls was inspirational. I would like to thank Gillian McIlroy and Ashlea Mills
for their support and help training the girls. I would like to acknowledge the special assistance
provided by Michelle Phillips who has attended all events and been supportive of this program
for the Turner House girls.
The next month is an exciting time as the girls train for the National Championships. I wish the
girls all the best as they prepare to compete at this elite level. The event will be held in Brisbane
at The Chandler Theatre, Sleeman Sports Complex on Sunday, 22nd September.
Kim Mears
NETBALL VICTORIA SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Monday, 29 July, our two Turner House netball teams travelled with our Senior School teams
to compete in the Netball Victoria Schools Championships at the State Netball Hockey Centre.
It was a busy day of netball with each team playing 7 games against schools from across the
State.
Congratulations to our Division A team who placed 4th and our Division B team who placed 6th.
Thank you to Alex Back who coached our B Division team and Kelly Bramley for scoring and
supporting the girls on the day.
Turner House netball teams at Netball Victoria Schools Championships.
HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
We were provided with perfect weather for our Year 3-6 House Athletics Carnival on Thursday 1
August. Congratulations to Brailsford who were the 2013 recipients of the Dr Anne Sarros House
Athletics Shield.
House Points
1st Brailsford 2nd Stephens
3rd Ryan
4th Hartwell
1186 points
1178 points
1075 points
871 points
Age Champions
Year 4: Kari Robinson
Year 5: Isabella Atkins
Year 6: Maddy Atkins
There are a number of people I would like to thank for their help at the carnival. Our dedicated
staff each took on a role and did a magnificent job. Thank you to our student teachers and
Senior School students for looking after our field events. Another ‘thank you’ to our House and
Sport Captains who showed great leadership in organising the students of their house. Finally,
thank you to the parents who came to support their daughter and the parents who assisted at the
finish line.
ARMADALE DISTRICT ATHLETICS
A week later it was a very different day at Duncan MacKinnon Reserve for the Armadale District
Athletics Carnival. Our squad of almost 50 girls competed in wet and windy conditions, all whilst
managing to keep a smile on their faces.
In a very competitive District, our girls were up against a high standard of competition. Again, St
Catherine’s managed to take home the trophy with Firbank putting in a great effort to finish 6th.
Congratulations to Maddy Atkins, Isabella Atkins and Isobelle Brosnahan who have qualified to
represent Firbank at the Division Athletics.
9 Years 4 x 100m Relay team with
Tamsyn
Thank you to Janet Neiuwenhuis, Roberta Boyce and Maxy Doyle who assisted in running
the carnival and our parents who attended to support the girls. Finally, a big thank you to our
Athletics Coach Tamsyn Lewis whose expertise prepared the girls for the events.
Good luck to Maddy, Isabella and Isobelle competing at the Beachside Division Athletics Carnival
on 12th September.
Ashlea Mills
2013 VICTORIAN INTERSCHOOLS SNOWSPORTS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
From Monday 19 - Sunday 25 August, 40 students from across our 3 campuses competed at
the Victorian Interschools SnowSports Championships at Mt Buller. The weather made races
challenging and competitors encountered all conditions including rain, snow and wind. We
are truly very proud of the resilience shown by all of our students to compete in such testing
conditions. They should be congratulated on their efforts throughout the week.
2013 has been one of Firbank’s most successful InterSchools Championships with 14 students
qualifying for the Australian InterSchools SnowSports Championships. The school will be
represented in 13 events over the 5 days of competition.
Emma competing in the Division
4 Skier X
Congratulations to the following Turner House students who have qualified for the Australian
Championships: Anja Bjarnason, Olivia Clark, Emma Dicker, Amelia Jones, Lauren Kulesza,
Annelise Kulesza and Eloise Burdett.
Results
Division 5 Alpine
Team 1st: Amelia Jones, Lauren Kulesza, Annelise Kulesza and Eloise Burdett
Individual 1st: Lauren Kulesza
Division 5 Skier X
Team 1st: Amelia Jones, Lauren Kulesza and Annelise Kulesza
Individual 1st: Amelia Jones
Division 5 Moguls
Team 3rd: Amelia Jones, Lauren Kulesza and Eloise Burdett
Individual 3rd: Amelia Jones
Amelia
King of the Mountain U12
Division 4 Alpine
Team 3rd: Anja Bjarnason, Olivia Clark, Emma Dicker and Angie Armstrong
Division 4 Skier X
Team 5th: Anja Bjarnason, Olivia Clark and Emma Dicker
Division 4 Moguls
Team 4th: Anja Bjarnason, Olivia Clark and Emma Dicker
Our Junior School SnowSports team.
Congratulations also to Amelia Jones and Anja Bjarnason who were awarded King of the
Mountain U12 and King of the Mountain U14 respectively in recent Mt Buller Race Club
competitions.
A big ‘thankyou’ to all of our parents who took on a role of team manager or volunteer, for giving
up their time to support the school and the event. Congratulations to all of our competitors
and best of luck to our teams competing at the Australian Championships at Mt Buller from
Wednesday 4th- Sunday 8th September.
Ashlea Mills
SnowSports Coordinator
Back to Back Division 5 Victorian
Champions!
FIRBANK AQUASTARS SWIMMING
Over the past few months students from both Turner House and Sandy House have competed
at external meets for Firbank Aquastars.
Our Turner House girls have shown good form in the pool. Olivia Bream picked up a silver
medal in the 10 years 200 IM at the Metro West Meet in June. Olivia and Amelia Jones were
part of the relay teams that won Gold medals at the Mini Olympics. This is a great achievement
for our young swimmers who train very hard for competition. Saje Adams and Abby Hallam
were also members of relays teams who won Bronze medals in a very competitive 11 and
under relay.
Tess McGrath has significantly improved all of her times over this 2 month period due to her
dedication to training, as with Anna Bream who, at 6 years of age is showing great promise with
her racing. Charli Bowers and Emma Dicker have also raced their first competitions of 2013 and
have shown great potential for the years to come!
Keep up the good work girls!
Ian Scott
Firbank Aquastars Swim Coach
School Captains Report
This term just keeps getting bigger and better!
On Friday, 16 August nine teams from Turner House competed at The Aerokools State
Championships. It was such an exciting day and we loved watching everyone’s routines! A big
thankyou to Mrs Mears and well done to all the girls that competed! Five teams have qualified
for The Nationals in Brisbane. You are all amazing! Go Firbank Go!
The Districts Athletics was a vey successful day for Turner House because we came second!
It was a freezing cold and wet day, but everyone kept their spirits high and did a brilliant job.
Thank you to Miss Mills, teachers and parents for supporting the girls.
Big congratulations to the Turner House SnowSports teams! Six teams have qualified and we
wish you luck! Plus, well done to the Year 4 Robotics Teams that competed last Friday in the
State Championships!
In week 7 we had Book Week. Costumes were very fun and imaginative. We loved seeing
everyone’s favourite book characters come to life.
Don’t forget tonight is the Father and Daughter Disco. Time to get ready and have some fun.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Fun Fact: When Firbank opened in 1909 there were only 52 students!
Aisha Dalal and Annabel Cox
UNA FESTA DI MUSICA
This was a night to remember! And now families have the opportunity to purchase their own
memento of this wonderful concert. A DVD has been made of the concert and is available to
purchase for $15.00.
See eNews for link to purchase your DVD.
Any queries, please call the Music Office on 9591 5151.
OSHClub
(Before and After School Care)
I am pleased to share students at OSHClub are ‘busy as a bee!’
Book Week - For the book week students created their own books and they took great
ownership of their learning experience.
Environment Week - Students did planting activities in the environment week; all students are
keen to have the opportunity to observe the growing process for themselves.
I would also like to inform all the families that on Tuesday, 17th September After School Care is
starting at 1.30 pm. We are providing additional care hours because of student led conferences.
So please book you child at www.oshclub.com.au .
We will keep you updated about OSHClub program. If you have any questions related to the
program please feel free to call on 0402 673 289.
Puja Tuli
PATH
Invitations for the Turner House Art Show are now out. The Art Show will be held at the Brighton
Town Hall on Monday 16 September from 6 – 8pm and on Tuesday, 17 September from 9am –
2pm.
PATH warmly invites all parents to join us for morning tea at the Art Show on the Tuesday
morning between 9am and 12 noon. This is a great opportunity to meet with other parents and
to view the beautiful artwork done throughout the year by all the girls at Turner House. We hope
to see as many of you there as possible at any time throughout the morning.
This week has been a busy one as we prepare for Fathers’ Day and tonight’s Father Daughter
Disco. Thank you to everyone who helped out with our Fathers’ Day Stall on Wednesday and to
all those who have worked so hard to put together what is going to be a fantastic night. The girls
are all very excited and we are expecting big things from all the dads on the dancefloor !!!
Rosie Gordon and Sarah Cox
Footy fever is here with only 3 weeks to go until the main event! Grand finals are approaching and in the lead up we have a range of
fun and challenging school holiday activities to keep the fever alive.
Why not consider one of our new programs these holidays? Sandbox tree is offering digital painting and artistry classes that provide an
opportunity to create a piece of digital art that can be used for prints, t-shirts, websites or even stickers. These classes will enable your
child to develop skills in Inkscape and Gimp that are sure to be critical skills to have in the digital world in which our kids are growing
up. Digital painting promotes a method of general enquiry based on observation and critical thinking which are skills that carry through
to achieving success in all walks of life. Contact Luke at sandbox tree to develop your child’s creative skills 0402 038 859 or www.
sandboxtree.com.au
For additional information about these programs please see eNews or go to www.share.vic.edu.au
For further information about these programs please see the websites referenced, or contact Sonia Wagner
[email protected] or www.share.vic.edu.au