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Issue 296 24th June 2016

Important Dates for Term 3, 2016 For more information on these events and/or to download permission

forms, click on the Events tab on the College website.

11/7 Term 3, first day

13/7 Year 10 Senior Programs Information Night, 7.00pm, Shed

- Year 9 English Incursion, Shakespeare Performance,

the Shed

14/7 State Cross Country (selected students)

18/6 Year 8 LOTE Excursions

20/7 Year 9 →10 Information Night, 7.00pm the Shed

21/7 Year 9 Tour of Hallam Senior College (selected students)

25/7 Year 11 → 12 Course Counselling Interviews during class

26/7 German Exchange Information Night, 6.00pm, library

27/7 Year 10 Course Counselling Interviews (No Year 10 classes)

28/7 Australian Maths Competition (selected students)

02/8 UNSW English Competition (selected students) - Year 11 and 12 Studio Arts Excursion MUMA

03/8 Year 12 English/EAL Incursion, Summer 17th Doll, the Shed

04/8 Year 9 English Incursion, Romeo & Juliet, P1&2, the Shed

08/8 Year 9 →10 Course Counselling Interviews (no Yr 9 classes, except 9E)) - Year 12 Parent and Student Information Night, 6.00pm,

the Study Centre

09/8 VCE Special Programs Day (no VCE classes) - Year 9 Elective selection process

11/8 Whole School Assembly, P1, High Achievers Recognition

12/8 Year 8 Baseball, Hockey

16/8 Year 12 Physics Excursion

17/8 Variety Night and Art Show, the Shed

19/8 Professional Development Day, Student Free Day (no students)

25/8 Year 9 Wellbeing Day

26/8 Year 7 Basketball, Hockey - Year 10 Ski Trip

29/8 School Production week, full dress rehearsal

30/8 Intermediate Basketball, Hockey - School Production Performances (30/8-01/09)

- Booking System open for Parent/Teacher Bookings

01/9 Year 12 Studio Arts Excursion - Year 7 Students Immunisation

05/9 Division Athletics (selected students) - Year 10 Holocaust Excursion (half Year 10 level)

06/9 Year 10 Holocaust Excursion (half Year 10 level)

07/9 Parent Teacher Interviews, 1.00pm-8.00pm

09/9 Year 12 Biology Excursion, GTAC

12/9 SEAL Europe Trip (3 weeks, 11-30/9)

13/9 Year 8 Humanities/LOTE excursion (half Year level)

14/9 Year 8 Humanities/LOTE excursion (half Year level)

16/9 Term 3, 2016 end of Term, 2.30pm dismissal

3/10 Term 4, 2016 first day

COLLEGE PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SEMESTER REPORTS Semester 1 Reports have been included in this mail out. It is important that you read these reports carefully to support your child’s success at school. The Principals and Student Managers will read many reports over the break and will send home letters to parents where appropriate. If you have any concerns regarding your child’s reports please contact the Home Group Teacher, Mentor or a Principal. Next Term, we will recognise the achievements of students who performed above their year level or have shown improvement in their studies based on the Semester 1 reports. As part of this mail out, parents of these students have been invited to the presentation of certificates and share in a special morning tea as part of this celebration.

SENIOR PROGRAMS INFORMATION NIGHT AND COURSE COUNSELLING FOR YEAR 10, 2016 STUDENTS WEDNESDAY 13

TH JULY 2016, 7.00PM

On Wednesday, 13th

July 2016 at 7.00pm at Gleneagles in the Shed, we will be holding an important Information Night for all Year 10 parents and students. Parents have been sent an invitation. At the Senior Programs Information Night, you will hear about the study programs available across the three Alliance schools (Gleneagles, Hallam and Fountain Gate Secondary Colleges). You will be introduced to the online course selection process and will be given valuable support material to assist your child in making informed decisions about their senior program. We also require all Year 10 students with their parent/guardian to attend a course counselling session, details will be given at the Information Night, to confirm the student’s program of study for 2017. This is an important session that will be invaluable in helping you and your child to make informed decisions about their future pathways.

YEAR 9 →10 INFORMATION NIGHT, WEDNESDAY 20TH JULY 2016

All Year 9, 2016 students will be receiving information regarding the 2017 Year 10 Elective Program, including all the options available and the process for selecting Electives. You will get a better understanding of the Electives available at Year 10, 2017, the course counselling process, why your child should or shouldn’t consider a VCE subject, the process for applying and the criteria we use to decide who is appropriate. All Year 9, 2016 students and parents are expected to attend the Information Night, even if your child is not intending on doing a VCE subject. PSW QUALITY APPAREL WARRANTIES Reminder to parents that uniform items purchased through PSW Quality Apparel have a one year warranty on manufacturing faults. Therefore, if there are any issues with the clothing, the item should be taken back to PSW for repair or a replacement.

Sue Peddlesden, Adele Duffy, Kathie Toth, Rhonda Greelish

MONDAY, 11TH JULY 2016 – FIRST DAY OF TERM 3 – ALL STUDENTS PRESENT

HAVE YOUR SAY THANK YOU Thank you to the 40+ families who took the time to give us feedback regarding our reporting and communication processes earlier this Term. The information has been collated and we are currently working through all the feedback. It was great to receive such detailed and thoughtful responses and we will use this information to help shape our future directions with reporting and communication at the College. Nicole Pallot, Learning Design Leader Karen Sykes, Communication Manager

CONGRATULATIONS TO CANIS NUGROHO, 10E VIETNAM VETERAN WAR HISTORY COMPETITION In the September 2016 school holiday, Canis Nugroho 10E and nine other students from schools across Victoria will undertake an eight day overseas study tour to Vietnam after winning a place in The VVAA Vietnam War History Competition. The competition is held by Vietnam Veteran Association of Australia (VVAA) to commemorate the 50

th anniversary of the Battle of

Long Tan and the Vietnam War. VVAA will cover the costs of the study tour including airfares, meals and accommodation. The competition was open to all Year 10 and 11 students across secondary school in Victoria. Students were invited to submit an entry that addresses the topic of “The Controversial Vietnam War”, in the form of essay, story, audio-visual, or diorama. The entries were assessed against the relevance to the topic, quality of historical research and presentation. There were over 600 entries submitted of which 13 were selected to progress to the workshop stage. The workshop was held as a full day of activities of team building, problem solving, and demonstration of interpersonal skills. The day was concluded with a final presentation. Then based on the original entries and the observation during the workshop, ten students were selected as the winners of the competition. During the study tour in the September 2016 school holiday, the students will visit historical sites such as Cu Chi Tunnels, War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace, Long Tan, Halong Bay, Hanoi, Ho Chi Min City and Mekong Delta region. They will also learn and experience Vietnam culture, such as watching water puppet theatre. The students will have a final team building activity on 6

th July 2016, followed by the Civic Reception at

National Gallery of Victoria in the evening for the official 50th

anniversary commemoration of Battle of Long Tan. The students will be presented to the Premier of Victoria, The Hon. Daniel Andrews MP during the course of the evening. Congratulations Canis!

CONGRATULATIONS TO CASSANDRA VONG 2015 YEAR 12 STUDENT Congratulations to 2015 Year 12 student, Cassandra Vong who recently attended the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University function to celebrate her recent scholarship. If you would like further details about the scholarships at Monash University, refer to the attached Link https://www.study.monash/fees-scholarships/scholarships

Pictured: Professor George Simon, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering,

Cassandra Vong at the recent Engineering Scholarship Celebration

EC@DETS - JUNIOR ICT STUDENT LEADERS eC@dets is an Enhancement and Student Voice program which develops students in leadership through learning modules, service learning, ICT review and innovation, ICT ethics policies, contributing student perspectives towards permissions, presenting, peer mentoring, assisting teachers, teaching and learning within the college. Students attend monthly workshops and receive mentoring with Ms van Rossum. Over the holidays students will receive special training - ready for classroom service in Term 3. Term 3 also sees Gleneagles unveil our student led ICT helpdesk - held once a week where any teachers or students wishing to access ICT help (non hardware based) or learn something new about 1:1 can attend. Keep an eye out for dates and space on Compass. Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to participate in the eC@dets student ICT Leadership Program 2016. Year 7 students: Logesh Naresh Kumar 7A, An Huynh 7A, Jordan Dickson 7C, Nicholas Steele 7D, Lily Lunder 7E, Krish Rajavel 7E, Akash Kapadia 7F, Nyarath Gatkuoth 7F, Kye Ritter 7G, Dylan Inacio 7I, Bailey Adams 7J, Jessica Sowerbutts 7J, Aydin Hall 7K. Year 8 students: Alexander Rotar 8A, Karishma Kannan 8B, Ashley Allen 8C, Thomas Gorry 8C, Jayden In 8E, Audric Lim 8E, Louis Young 8F, Sahel Shabnam 8G, Dilhan Simsek 8I, Shaylee Mannings 8K, Sebastian Stanciu 8K.

Ms van Rossum, Indonesian/Media/Ewing/eC@dets

INFORMATION EVENING, TUESDAY 26TH

JULY 2016, 6.00PM GERMAN EXCHANGE PROGRAM 2017

Gleneagles Secondary College and Fountain Gate Secondary College will be running our biannual German Exchange Program in 2017. This is a great opportunity for students to develop their language skills, learn about other cultures and develop new friendships by travelling to Germany for a four week home stay trip and/or hosting a German exchange student. The German exchange group will travel to Australia in March 2017 with our students and teachers to travel to Germany in September 2017. If you are interested in travelling to Germany and/or hosting a German exchange student as a part of the 2017 program we invite you to attend the first parent student information session in the library at Gleneagles Secondary College at 6.00pm on Tuesday, 26

th July 2016. The evening will be attended by

teachers and students who have previously participated in the exchange and will discuss the program in detail with regards to costs, dates and areas of stay in Germany. Please let your German teacher or Ms Rooney know if you intend on coming to the meeting. For more information please contact Ms Rooney on Tel 9708 1319. Ms Rooney, LOTE Co-ordinator

YEAR 7 BOYS AFL Congratulations to the 23 Year 7 Boys who went out on Wednesday 8

th June 2016 to represent the school in AFL. The

team played 3 games in total, 1 win, 2 losses but were the only team on the day to score a goal against the dominant Berwick which was a fantastic effort. A huge thank you to our fantastic Year 9 helpers who not only helped umpire but also assisted and coached the team on the day. A fantastic effort by all on a cold Melbourne day.

YEAR 7 BOYS AFL TEAM

Names of the students pictured in all the sports team photos are on the

College website.

Ms Cooper, Carnivals & Gleneagles Cup Co-ordinator

SCHOOL PRODUCTION The school production cast and teachers have been busily rehearsing every Thursday afternoon and even a few Saturdays during Term 2. The cast and teachers have just returned from the Production Camp at Mt Morton in Belgrave. The camp provided students and teachers with invaluable rehearsal time for singing, dancing, acting as well as the band. The students have all collaborated so well and have continued to build their confidence - as well as making some new friends along the way. We are also really lucky this year as we have a lovely parent sponsor, RRs Driving School for our Production. With their generous donation we will be able to buy some much needed costumes for our cast of over 70 students! Tickets will be available next Term. Show nights are Tuesday 30

th August, Wednesday 31

st August and Thursday

1st

September 2016. We hope to see you there. Refer to Page 4 of this Newsletter for a Gift Voucher Coupon from our sponsor, RRs Driving School

Ms Wilson, Ms Thompson, Ms Letts & Ms Reynolds Production Staff

INTERSCHOOL TABLE TENNIS On Thursday 16

th June 2016, 23 Gleneagles students across all

Year levels headed to Oasis in Dandenong to show off their table tennis skills and compete against other schools in the area. A big congratulations to all students who participated on the day and a special mention to the Year 8 Boys team who came away with a win on the day.

Ms Ritchie and Ms Rooney

INTERSCHOOL TABLE TENNIS TEAM

YEAR 7 GIRLS NETBALL TEAM

Names of all students pictured below are on the College website.

CAREERS NEWS

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK 20

TH TO 24

TH JUNE, 2016

Almost 250 Year 10 students were out on Work Experience for the last week of Term 2 and some students also have placements during the holidays. Teachers visited students at their workplace. All Year 10 students should complete their Work Experience diary before they return to school in Term 3. Look out for photos of students on Work Experience in the Term 3 Newsletters. Year 10 Independence Day at Monash University, Clayton This is a free event for current Year 10 students during the school holidays. Attendees will enjoy fun and interactive sessions which cover:

Choosing a course and university.

Finding out about prerequisite subjects and why you need

them.

Meeting representatives from Monash faculties.

Explore the campus.

Where to from here? Advice for managing Years 11 and 12.

Seeing what university life has in store for you by

participating in faculty workshop sessions.

Date: Thursday, 30th June 2016 Time: 10.00am - 2.30pm (light lunch provided) Location: Robert Blackwood Hall, 49 Scenic Boulevard, Clayton campus Find out more: monash.edu/year10-day

Chris Wood, Careers Co-ordinator, Catherine Oldham, Careers Assistant

CITY OF CASEY WEBSITE www.casey.vic.gov.au City of Casey events are all listed on their website