Valley Voice

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Term 1 Week 7 10 March 2016

ELC fun in the sun

FROM THE PRINCIPAL .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPLAIN’S REFLECTION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 SENIOR SCHOOL ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 CAREERS NEWS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 UNIFORM SHOP ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 MIDDLE SCHOOL ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 MUSIC .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 YARRA SPIRIT ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 SPORT .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 JUNIOR SCHOOL ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 JUNIOR MUSIC NOTES .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE ............................................................................................................................................................... 26 FLYERS............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dr Mark Merry

I loved school. I enjoyed the classes (well most of them anyway) and made some lifelong friendships in the process. My experience of schooling was somewhat simpler though than what our young people experience today. The most exotic school excursion I went on was to Launceston in Tasmania which in those days was considered to be an overseas trip. Already this year we have welcomed our ski team back from Europe and we continue our wonderful relationships with schools in Japan, China and France. It’s not just travel though where things have changed. The latest technology in the classroom was a video player and photocopying was considered to be reasonably high tech. Today our students wield handheld devices which could have put Apollo 11 on the Moon and consider a Skype conversation with students half a world away as relatively commonplace. At school we could just about muster a

respectable guitar quartet to herald the arrival of the official party at assembly. Today it’s the symphony orchestra or the symphonic band who add the suitable level of gravitas to the occasion. Once facilities used to be a little rudimentary with the only air-conditioner in the school being strategically placed in the Principal’s office… Facilities in schools have certainly come a long way. Yet, I loved school. It’s not primarily about what we have but rather who we are with. I had some truly great and inspiring teachers and classmates who were great friends. Ask students of this generation and they too will say that these are the most important things. Our students and those who work with them are our greatest resource. They are the ones who make the school day what it is and the whole schooling experience such a memorable one. It is great to come to work each day to such a beautiful environment, impressive facilities and resources in which to teach and learn. It’s even better coming to school working with the people we do…

CHAPLAIN’S REFLECTION Mr Paul Joy Chaplain STEP OUTSIDE YOUR NORMAL I've spent most of my week in the CBD as part of the Link@9 City program. Once again our students have represented themselves, their families and their school well. It is a tiring week; the city is a big place! For staff and students alike, spending extended time in the city is outside of our normal. There are new things to discover, places to explore, things to observe, sights and sounds and smells to experience. The city has a rhythm of its own and it can take some getting used to. One aspect of city life that jumps out at me each time I visit for several days in a row, as a visitor in my own capital city, is the anonymity that seems to exist. Swarms of people sit and stand side by side and face to face in relatively close proximity, travelling together on various forms of transport to, in and around the city without engaging with one another. In the heat and humidity of this week, I've found myself wedged deeper inside other people's personal bubble than I've been with some my own family. I've literally rubbed shoulders with people from all walks of life, shared their space, and breathed the same air. And yet, in the main, it seems this is meant to be done without interacting or sometimes even acknowledging one another.

If a group of people hop on a tram and continue their conversation, as I did with groups of students or colleagues, other travellers appear bemused that we'd be interrupting their norm. Evidently, we're not meant to engage with others. Mostly, people are engaged by whatever they have playing through their earbuds or on the screen of their smart-phone. I've often times found myself amused by observing 'near misses' as people negotiate the busy city streets without looking up from their phone.

I acknowledge that I'm a relative outsider in this busy urban environment, and therefore naive as to what's possible and what levels of interaction we should be happy with. But are we satisfied with a normal that sees it possible for someone to be so anonymous whilst being so close to so many other people? It makes me wonder what things I need to intentionally shake up in my normal. What rhythms or ways have I gotten so comfortable with that I settle for less than best? Do I take the time to find out the name of the person who sees me safely across the road each morning? Do I connect with people and look them in the eye when I say thank-you for giving me the correct change? Do I take time to listen and appreciate what my children are sharing when they tell me about their day? Do I value the beautiful environment I work in or do I take it for granted? Do I treat people with respect? It is easy to let the normal rhythm of daily life simply drift along and become comfortable with normal. I don't want to become too comfortable. I want to make the most of every interaction, every conversation, every chance meeting. I want to be intentional about how I show up. I write in my journal fairly regularly: Wherever I Am - Be There! Sometimes I need to get outside of my normal routine to remind me.

SENIOR SCHOOL Mr Andrew Hocking Deputy Principal, Head of Senior School At the Senior School assembly on Tuesday, the Senior School CONNECT program was launched and the Year 12 Supportive Friends and the Senior School Council representatives were introduced. CONNECT 2016 ‘Connecting with the Community’ Community Links Prefects, Carter Smith and Danielle Wolff launched the 2016 CONNECT program for Year 10, 11 and 12 students. The CONNECT program encourages students to give some of their time, efforts and energy into supporting and assisting others their community. Areas of involvement could include the Yarra Valley Grammar Community Links program, The Pied Pipers collection for the Royal Children’s Hospital, Great Yarra Shave, the 40 hour famine, Supportive Friends and the mentoring of new students. Senior School students will receive a CONNECT booklet and is asked to complete a log that will detail their activities and will be signed by the relevant person/teacher-in-charge. Students who complete a minimum of six hours will receive a CONNECT certificate; bronze, silver and gold certificates will be awarded to those who go above and beyond this requirement. Two opportunities for students to commence their CONNECT involvement for 2016 will be held shortly with the Great Yarra Shave taking place in the last week of this term and the Good Friday Royal Children’s Hospital collection in association with the Pied Pipers on Friday 25 March, first Friday of the school holidays. Congratulations to the 2015 CONNECT certificate recipients: From YEAR 10, 2015: CONNECT BRONZE: Alaina Kett, Tess Lawrence, Ashleigh Newham and Matthew White

CONNECT SILVER: Jake Champion, James Karakolis, Karinya Koehrer, Amanda Liu, David McPherson, Cody Marx, Maggie Niu and Alex Readman

CONNECT GOLD: Ashleigh Cormack, Olivia Di Giovine, William Gaythorpe, Finley Griffett, Alyce Keane, Jemimah Lake, Amy Leslie, Bec Mauger, Casey Murphy, James Petropoulos, Nicole Reynolds, Sarah Steiner, Danielle Tait and Edwin Van Ravesteyn From YEAR 11, 2016: CONNECT SILVER: Lakshitha Wethasinghe CONNECT GOLD: Linda Burchett, Isabelle Burns, Ellen Cecil, Erin Grundy, Lachlan Hirst, Scarlett Kennedy, Sophie Manning, Spencer Rich, Danielle Wolff and Emily Wookey Year 12 Supportive Friends The Year 12 Supportive Friends are a group of student who meet fortnightly with Mrs Mara Vanderzeil, Head of Student Wellbeing to discuss issues and strategies to make the Year 12 student experience as positive, purposeful and pleasing as it can be in what is at times a challenging and busy year. In previous years the supportive friends have assisted with the running of Year 12 morning teas, pyjama day and movie nights to mention a few. Thanks to the following students who have volunteered to be the 2016 Supportive Friends: Ally Bates, Linda Burchett, Isabelle Burns, Ellen Cecil, Josh Farrugia, Erin Grundy, Holly Hyett, Scarlett Kennedy, Milana Krishnamurthy, Abbey Langmaid, Paige Lyall, Sophie Manning, Natalie Mazzei, Bailey McCann, Sam McLarty, Spencer Rich, Lily Ritchie, Olivia Romeo, Abbey Rutherford, Carter Smith, Louisa Smith, Amy Somerwil, Holly Stevens, Emily Wookey, Serene Zhang

Senior School Council Each tutorial elects one student to be its representative on the Senior School Council which meets fortnightly and discusses a range of issues and opportunities within Years 10, 11 and 12. Thanks and congratulations to the 2016 representatives: Year 10: Jacqui Chester, Hayley George, Nick Hall, Emma Jury, Ryan Liu, Max Noble, Eve Norris, Ella Northwood, Lauren Reynoldson-Ross, Rachel Williams Year 11: Jessica Conlan, Will Hansen, Callum Ji, Nipuni Karunathilaka, Junan Liu, Jacqui Maida, Bec Mauger, Ashleigh Newham, Alex Readman Year 12: Ally Bates, Laura Beltrami, Ryan Collins, Erin Grundy, Abbey Langmaid, Paige Lyall, Abbey Rutherford, Danielle Wolff, Chloe Yates YEAR 10 & 11 PROGRESS REPORTS & PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS The progress reports for Year 10 and 11 students will be available on the community portal tomorrow, Friday 11 March with Year 10 and 11 parent teacher students interviews being held next Thursday 17 March between 4.00pm and 9.30pm in the Senior Student Centre. An email will be sent to parents/carers tomorrow afternoon to inform you that the reports are available on community portal which is where parent teacher interview appointments can be made. YEAR 11 PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM Thanks and best wishes to the Year 11 students who recently commenced their peer support program with Year 7 students as part of their Year 7 Dramatic Development classes. This is a very successful and longstanding program which involves Year 7 and Year 11 students working together on a range of personal development and learning issues. All the Year 11s involved in the program cited their experience in this program as Year 7s as a prime reason for being involved. Thanks to Mrs Mara Vanderzeil, Head of Student Wellbeing for coordinating and running this very worthwhile student educational program and to the Year 7 Dramatic Development teachers and students for welcoming the Year 11 students into their class. KEY DATES

Term 1, 2016 Friday 11 March Year 10 and Year 11 (including Unit 3 subject) Progress reports to be

distributed (via community portal) Saturday 12 March No Saturday sport Monday 14 March Labour Day Holiday Thursday 17 March Year 10 & 11 Parent Teacher Interviews (4.00pm – 9.30pm) Friday 18 March AGSV Swimming Sports at MSAC Saturday 19 March School Open Morning

Food Wine and Music evening Wednesday 23 March Term 1 concludes (3.25pm) Friday 25 March Good Friday Collection with the Pied Pipers

Term 2

ELEVATE EDUCATION – YEAR 10 EXPERIENCE On the 23rd of February, Year Ten was visited by Adam from the Elevate Education group with a seminar on time management and beating procrastination. The presentation was thoroughly enjoyed by the year level as Adam entertained us with stories and personal experiences regarding the many hardships of VCE and time management. We were each given a booklet to fill in a variety of tips and techniques for things such as helping avoid procrastination and realistically organise our study schedules as Adam explained how each of the pages worked accompanied by an amusing anecdote. During the session we covered a variety of topics all in relation to the subject of time management; these included working around school and extra-curricular commitments and social events to be able to finish study without having to take out the things you enjoy in life; ways to improve your exam material in order for it to stand out in VCE by taking advantage of study groups and collecting additional information to include and some much needed techniques to help prevent procrastination, something we were all eager to learn. We each walked away from the presentation with at least one piece of extremely helpful advice that we could each hold onto and apply to our own experiences with study in the lead up to and during VCE. With a booklet full of new knowledge to use as a guide to success in our learning, the beginning of the Elevate program gives promising potential as a much appreciated and enjoyed experience to help us all become accustomed to the somewhat daunting thought of VCE. Nicola Grant, 10RWM

Monday 13 April Term 2 commences for students and staff (Week B)

Friday 22 April Year 11 Social at Ballara Receptions in Eltham, 7pm – 10.45pm

Monday 25 April ANZAC Day Holiday

Saturday 2 May Saturday sport fixtures commence for Firsts teams

Monday 2 May Winter Uniform to be worn by all students

Friday 6 May Unit 3 Progress Reports distributed

Saturday 2 May Saturday sport fixtures commence for all teams

Tuesday 24 May Year 10 & 11 Study Day ahead of the examination period

Friday 27 May – Friday 3 June Year 10 and 11 Exams

Thursday 2 June Year 12 Formal at Fenix, 7pm

Monday 6 June Staff Day – students do not attend school on this day

Tuesday 7 June Year 10 Testing and GAT for Year 11 and 12 students

Wednesday 8 June Examination feedback day

Thursday 9 June Semester 2 commences for Senior School students

Monday 13 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Monday 20 June – Friday 24 June Year 10 Work Experience

Friday 24 June Last day of Term 2

ELEVATE EDUCATION – YEAR 11 EXPERIENCE On Friday the 26th of February, as part of the VCE Plus program, all Year 11 students attended a study skills incursion hosted by Elevate Education entitled “Study Sensei”. The focus of the session was on extending our abilities of note taking, memory techniques, clear ways to structure our study plan, and ultimately, ways of getting those extra few marks that place you above the majority. Elevate Education has been running for 12 years as an organisation to help “unlock the secret to the final years of school”. With theories backed by years of research and fronted by a team of young presenters, Elevate Education strive to convey the information they have gathered about high achieving students to students all around Australia through “short, sharp” seminars taken over the course of the upper years of high school. Adam, our presenter, attempted to revolutionise our note taking practices by encouraging us to handwrite notes, and take out as many unnecessary words as possible. He highlighted to us that a Cambridge study stated that most people could reduce the amount of words in their notes by 80%. Adam also explained to us the most effective way of memorising your notes, which included reading them at set intervals afterwards and once a month reading the entirety of your notes. We were also told about a number of places to get further reading documents, such as Google scholar and university databases. “Study Sensei” was yet another successful incursion from Elevate Education that all students found very accessible and engaging, and will most definitely help us as we travel along our VCE journey. Blakely Mclean-Davies, 11CLH ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL The 85th Good Friday Appeal takes place on Friday 25 March. Thank you to the students that have volunteered to assist with this year’s appeal. To assist further with the collation of information you are asked to complete the form at the link listed below; it will only take a minute or so. The information that is entered will automatically be collated and presented in a spreadsheet for easy use by the School, and the Pied Pipers, and will greatly reduce processing time. It would be appreciated if you could complete the form by 4.00 pm on Wednesday 16 March. Please ensure that you read all of the information contained in the form carefully and that you enter full names. To help further, students need to organise their own groups of 4 again this year with parents/carers acting as drivers. There are some additional drivers available to drive students if needed. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SR8PaQeQ78On_ME5QBkWhtZzB-ENNr19GVcfoYlW2cU/viewform On behalf of the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Pied Pipers and the School, we would like to thank you for your involvement. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at communitylinks@yvg.vic.edu.au if you have any queries.

STUDENT ENTERPRISE

Can you help Student Enterprise? We're looking for families that can donate products or services to help us raise money for So They Can (www.sotheycan.org).

Formally commencing at the start of this year, the newly formed Student Enterprise has begun to discover the world of business. This fantastic opportunity, founded by Yarra Old Grammarian (YOG), Penny Swan gives fourteen Year 10 students an early insight into

the business world by encompassing the knowledge of numerous mentors who have previously graduated from Yarra and become successful in their business careers.

Our mentorship has extended from a tour and interview with the CEO of Country Road, Mr Matt Keo (YOG, 1990) at their headquarters, to being fortunate enough to have mentors make the time to visit us at the School or Skype in to check our progress and guide us in the right direction. Guided by their tutorship, Student Enterprise are well underway with our fundraising plans and goals, with our main focus being on our assigned charity, So They Can. We aim to incorporate the community in our endeavours to raise money for this worthwhile cause, and are currently discussing prospective events to organise. We have found the year so far to be productive and an invaluable learning experience, and look forward to see where our plans will take us in the very near future. Any queries or offer of assistance can be directed to the team via StudentEnterprise@yvg.vic.edu.au

DEBATING NEWS Last Wednesday, 9 March, the first debate for the 2016 season took place at Tintern Grammar. This year we have had a huge amount of interest in debating, in all year levels from Year 9-12. For some it was their first time debating, but this was not evident during their debates. Congratulations to all teams, it was a very successful Round 1 for Yarra Valley Grammar. D Grade YVG 1 was defeated by Our Lady of Sion YVG 2 defeated Norwood Secondary College. C Grade YVG 2 defeated Koonung Secondary College YVG 3 was defeated by Tintern Grammar YVG 1 and 4 both won their debates by forfeit B Grade YVG 1 defeated Donvale Christian College YVG 2 won their debate by forfeit YVG 3 and 4 will debate in the coming week

A Grade YVG 1 defeated Vermont Secondary College YVG 2 defeated Mt Lilydale Mercy College Congratulations to the following students who were awarded best speaker for their debates: Spencer Rich – A Grade Sophie Manning – A Grade Blakely McLean Davies – B Grade Angelina Xu – C Grade Xander Reynoldson-Ross – D Grade Round 2 will be held next term, Wednesday April 20 at Tintern Grammar. Iva Roncevic, Debating Co-ordinator

CAREERS NEWS Mrs Susannah Ciardulli Careers Advisor Items in this week’s newsletter include: • Holiday Programs at NICA • SpotJobs • Swinburne University's Design Factory • Electrical Engineering • News from RMIT University • My Brochure • Science in the City (Lab Tours) • Zoos Victoria Easter Holiday Programs • Snapshot of Deakin University • GAP Year Programs • AFX Student Exchange • Au Pair, Volunteer and Exchange Programs • Antipodeans Abroad • Cultural Care Au Pair • Gap Medics • Lattitude Global Volunteering • Projects Abroad • Southern Cross Cultural Exchange • Tutors Worldwide • Volunteer Abroad with WEP Please click here for Career News

UNIFORM SHOP The new Uniform shop is located in the School House, access via Gate D. The new hours for Term 1 are as follows: Mondays 8.00am – 12noon

Wednesdays 12noon – 4.30pm Thursdays 12noon – 4.30pm Saturdays First of each month

OPEN MORNING We will be holding our annual Open Morning for the whole school; ELC, Junior, Middle and Senior on Saturday 19 March. Tours depart from 9.00am from the PAC (Junior to Senior) and from the ELC. It is a compulsory morning for all Year 7s and student leaders and selected students will be asked to volunteer their time to assist with the tours. For enquiries, please call the Admissions office on 9262 7700

MIDDLE SCHOOL Mrs Julie Hall Deputy Principal, Head of Middle School YEAR 7 INDUCTION & CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM All parents and grandparents are cordially invited by the Principal, Dr Mark Merry to attend our Year 7 activities morning on Saturday, March 19 from 9.30am – 12.15pm. On this morning parents and grandparents can attend class and engage in two lessons and will be taken on a guided tour of the School by their child. We very much look forward to your company on this day. It is a compulsory School event for all Year 7 students. YEAR 8 PARENT – TEACHER INTERVIEWS Year 8 Parent Teacher Student Interviews are scheduled for Thursday 17 March and will be held in the Neville J Lyngcoln Senior Student Centre between 4.00 and 9.30pm. The expectation is that each student and at least one parent/carer will attend these interviews with each subject teacher. Students are to wear School uniform. Booking can be made via the Community Portal from 2pm Friday, 11 March. PROGRESS REPORTS Year 8 Progress Reports will be available via the Community Portal on Friday, 11 March after 2pm. Year 7 Progress Reports will be available via the Community Portal on Wednesday, 23 March after 2pm. YEAR 7 IMMUNISATIONS In accordance with the Public Health & Wellbeing Act 2008, Maroondah City Council’s Immunisation Team will again be visiting our school in 2016 to provide immunisations to Year 7 students. Year 7 students who have returned their Consent Forms will be receiving:

· Three doses of Human Papillomavirus vaccine (HPV)

· A single dose of Chickenpox vaccine

· A single dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis vaccine (Boostrix)

The Council’s Immunisation Team will visit the school on three separate occasions during 2016 as follows. Date Immunisations 23/03/2016 HPV & Chicken Pox 17/05/2016 HPV & Boostrix 7/09/2016 HPV

CONGRATULATIONS This week we wish Harvey Lanigan (Yr 7), Alexander Hocking and Sarah Green (Yr 8) and Georgia Galstians (Yr 9) every success as they compete in the State Swimming Championships being held in Tasmania. We also wish Kimberley Gilling the best of luck at the State Junior Life Saving Championships.

Congratulations to Alise Anderson whose model from last year’s History Challenge is on display at the National Archives in Canberra and on the flyer promoting this year’s competition. KEY DATES Monday, 14 March Labour Day Public Holiday Thursday, 17 March Y8, Y10 & Y11 Parent Teacher Interviews Saturday, 19 March Open Morning & Year 7 Classes Food Wine & Music Concert Wednesday, 23 March Y7 Immunisations (first session) Last day Term 1 Monday, 11 April Term 2 commences

ANNUAL GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL The 85th Good Friday Appeal takes place on Friday 25 March. Thank you to the students that have volunteered to assist with this year’s appeal. To assist further with the collation of information you are asked to complete the form at the link listed below; it will only take a minute or so. The information that is entered will automatically be collated and presented in a spreadsheet for easy use by the School, and the Pied Pipers, and will greatly reduce processing time. It would be appreciated if you could complete the form by 4.00 pm on Wednesday 16 March. Please ensure that you read all of the information contained

in the form carefully and that you enter full names. To help further, students need to organise their own groups of 4 again this year with parents/carers acting as drivers. There are some additional drivers available to drive students if needed. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SR8PaQeQ78On_ME5QBkWhtZzB-ENNr19GVcfoYlW2cU/viewform On behalf of the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Pied Pipers and the School, we would like to thank you for your involvement. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at communitylinks@yvg.vic.edu.au if you have any queries. LINK@9 – CITY EXPERIENCE Is our Melbourne Central Business District ‘Bold, Inspirational, and Sustainable?’ Our Year 9 students have been asking themselves this significant question, this week in the CBD. This is the Melbourne City Council’s vision statement, and our students are testing the council’s progress.

We are investigating six key areas: Is our city For the People? Is it Prosperous? Is it Creative? Is it a Knowledge city? Does the city Connect us? Is it Eco-Friendly? Essentially, we want to find out for ourselves, if Melbourne is a meaningful place to go, and if it is planning to be relevant into the future for a range of people’s needs.

We have spent four weeks back at School preparing for this week, learning about travelling using the various forms of public transport, developing our project management skills and our ability to delegate tasks to each of our group members, in order to achieve one group plan for the week. What a growth experience! Some terrific learning adventures so far include: -managing train delays and communicating in a timely fashion with group members and with our teachers when we need help, - working out our ‘North’ from our ‘South’ via trial and error!, - using various maps to navigate, - managing our transition travel time effectively between venues, - lunch with an adult parent who works in the city, to learn about their life in the city, - finding the strength to break away from fast food purchases, to try out something a little more cultured!

Locations visited include Indoor Rock Climbing, Eureka Skydeck, the arcade laneways, Southbank, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Town Hall, many of the CBD’s hidden treasures, Blender Studio on Franklin street for a street art experience, a tour of Melbourne’s street art lanes, exercising in various locations around the CBD, Old Melbourne Gaol, the Victorian Institute of Sport, a Yarra river cruise, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne Aquarium, The Tan, Chinatown, and much more. On Friday we will conclude our week in the city with a big breakfast in the CBD, a chapel session on the banks of the Yarra River, and an adventure race around the CBD to test out our navigation skills. Learning by doing. A great start to our LINK@9 journey in 2016.

MUSIC Mr Scott Templeton Director of Music FOOD WINE AND MUSIC 2016

A reminder of the next major event on the Music Department calendar is the Food Wine and Music Concert, which will be staged on Saturday week, March 19. This enormous event is the largest concert on the school’s annual calendar, and features virtually every performing group in the school from Junior School to VCE. Tickets for this fabulous event are now on sale through Trybooking, which can be accessed via the following link: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSu

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Note: For parents of Junior School performers in this year’s concert (members of Junior Choir and all of Year Three) please note that you will need to book a (free) ticket for your child, as they will be sitting with you for the balance of the concert after they have performed in the opening. There is a performer Ticket option that you will need to click to make this booking. There will be more details in the coming weeks for Food, Wine and Music 2016, but for now please save the date of Saturday March 19 and see the flyer at the rear of this edition of the Valley Voice for further details. GENERATIONS IN JAZZ 2016 A reminder to parents of students involved with the Big Band, Zoned In and Ballad, that an email regarding your child’s participation in Generations in Jazz went out earlier this week, and responses and signed forms are required back to the Music Office next Tuesday, March 15 UPCOMING DATES – TERMS ONE & TWO Saturday March 19 – Food, Wine and Music Evening - George Wood Performing Arts Centre, 6pm Saturday April 16 – Eighth Annual Concerto Competition – Foundation Hall, 2pm Friday May 6 to Sunday May 8 – Generations in Jazz 2016, Mount Gambier, South Australia

YARRA SPIRIT Miss Kimberley Wolsley Development Office YEAR LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES We had an absolutely fabulous time at the Yarra Parents & Friends Year Level Representative breakfast yesterday! We would like to extend a big thank you to all those who have put their hands up for this role and look forward to the year ahead! If you’re not sure who your relevant Year Level Rep is please contact development@yvg.vic.edu.au . YEAR 7 YEAR LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES Georgie Hentschel (Ed’s mum) is doing a fantastic job getting started as the Year 7 Year Level Parent Rep. Many hands make light work so if anybody would like to assist Georgie in this role please contact development@yvg.vic.edu.au for any further information. YARRA FOUNDATION SILENT AUCTION The Yarra Foundation will be running a silent auction at both the Chairman’s Ball in May and Yarra’s 50th Community Festival in October. Anyone interested in supporting this initiative with a prize (for the Chairman’s Ball, we’re looking for ‘money can’t buy’ experiences!) please contact development on development@yvg.vic.edu.au . CHAIRMAN’S BALL We are currently confirming all payments from the original ‘Save a Table’ list for the Chairman’s Ball in May. Should any more seats become available we shall begin contacting those on the Waiting List. To add your name to this Waiting List, please email us at development@yvg.vic.edu.au. EASTER EGG HAMPERS Keep your eyes out for the delicious Easter egg hampers around the School! Tickets can be purchased from ELC right through to Senior School. Please see the flyer at the end of Valley Voice for further information.

SPORT Mr Bryan Harper Director of Sport AGSV SWIMMING The AGSV Carnival does clash with the Grand Prix. Families should note that we will be departing very early (approximately 2.30pm) to ensure no traffic or parking issues are confronted. Students will be provided with food and drinks at approximately 4.30 – 5.00pm. Full details will be provided to you by the Swimming Coaches. WINTER SPORTS Winter sport practices are now fully underway. Please note the following uniform requirements. AFL AFL or club or YVG football jumper, football shorts and boots. Mouth guard is compulsory

Soccer YVG sports uniform or full soccer uniform from club or supporting club, shin guards

compulsory

Hockey YVG sports uniform, shin guards are compulsory, mouth guard is compulsory

Netball YVG sports uniform

Basketball YVG sports uniform

Cross Country YVG sports or PE uniform

GREAT PERFORMANCES Keeley Marx (grade 6) has been selected in the Golf Victoria Girls’ U18 State Team to compete in the Border Challenge this weekend – an annual Victoria v South Australia teams event. It will be Keeley’s first senior Golf Victoria team. The tournament is being held in Portland. We wish her the best of luck. On Saturday night our champion U17 girls relay team represented the AGSV in the 2016 Schools Relay Challenge at Lakeside Stadium. The race was part of the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge series. Nicole Reynolds, Jacqui Trotto, Ashleigh Newham and Sophie Manning enjoyed the experience and embraced the challenge of racing against the other top U17 girls teams in the state. (Photo attached) TEST CRICKETER HELPS THE BOYS AT YARRA VALLEY GRAMMAR

Ray Bright (who represented Australia on the test arena during the 1980’s) has maintained a high profile in the game, particularly his desire to assist young players and up and coming spin bowlers. Ray was on hand on Wednesday to give a number of boys some fantastic advice and tips on how to improve their game. We thank both Ray and the Australian Cricketers Association for making the opportunity possible.

AGSV SELECTION We congratulate the following students on having outstanding summers at AGSV level in their chosen sport and on being rewarded with AGSV selection to play matches against the combined APS on Tuesday March 22 at St. Kevin’s College. Badminton Elton Zhang, Rayne Wang

Basketball Jack Roberts

Cricket Darcy Harris

Softball Gemma Hamilton (VC), Nicolette Rippon, Alaina Kett

Tennis Ellie Rogers, Jessica Burbridge, Owen Tozer

Volleyball Yasmin Tan ©, Amy Leslie, Olivia Phillips, Keli Romas, Sam Brewer, Eamon Burke

The boys’ basketball will be played in August. BOYS SPORTS RESULTS ROUND 9 – MARCH 5, 2016

BADMINTON

Firsts

Selladurai v Ivanhoe Lost

R S P R S P

2 4 207 v 4 7 222

Played well: Wang, Holmes, Zhang

3rds Red

Merrett v Camberwell Blue WON

R S P R S P

4 6 134 v 2 4 114

Played well: Shi, Sun

3rds Black

Merrett v PEGS Red WON

R S P R S P

5 8 145 v 1 2 91

Played well: Sammann, Fernando

BASKETBALL

1sts

Christiansen

v BYE

2NDS Hatherley v Peninsula Lost 29 v 46

High Scorer Tsigaras Best Player (s) Giangregorio

3RDS BLACK

Tromp

v Trinity Gold Lost 29 v 42

High Scorer Stoddart Best Player (s) Stoddart

3RDS RED

Bolt

v Mentone Blue Lost 19 v 28

High Scorer Di Petta Best Player (s) Crick, Philipps

4THS BLACK

Croft

v Camberwell Blue WON 37 v 29

High Scorer Karamesinis Best Player (s) Baker, Bell

4THS RED

Allwood

v Camberwell Gold WON 30 v 16

High Scorer Weill Best Player (s) Weill, Marx

10B O’Sullivan v Peninsula WON 28 v 21

High Scorer de Waard Best Player (s) de Waard, Cotela

10C BLACK Bacolas

v PEGS WON 22 v 4

High Scorer Brown Best Player (s) Thompson, Brown

10C RED v Peninsula Blue WON 24 v 9

High Scorer Morkham (22) Best Player (s) WHOLE TEAM

9A Smyth v Peninsula Lost 36 v 46

High Scorer Smith Best Player (s) Romas, Taylor

9B Gaythorpe v Trinity Lost 17 v 28

High Scorer Garbett Best Player (s) Pahos, Brown

9C BLACK Leis v Trinity Gold Lost 10 v 31

High Scorer Leis, Appleby Best Player (s) Leis, Appleby

9C RED Lee v Mentone Blue WON 28 v 16

High Scorer Ellis Best Player (s) Ellis

8A Blewonski v Peninsula DRAW 35 v 35

High Scorer Woodall Best Player (s) Woodall

8B Zuccolo v Trinity Green Lost 26 v 34

High Scorer Taylor Best Player (s) Gupta, Curtis

8C Black Falk v Trinity Gold WON 26 v 12

High Scorer Farrar Best Player (s) Yaacoub, Ireland

8C RED Romas v Mentone Blue Lost 17 v 36

High Scorer Miller Best Player (s) Miller

7B Roberts v Mentone Blue WON 28 v 23

High Scorer McGown Best Player (s) McGown, Presta

CRICKET

1st X1

Wilson

v

2nd X1

Allison

v Peninsula Lost 104 v 4/117

Batting Teale (30*), Oberg (27), De Cesare (23)

Bowling Kriel (1/27), Osborne (2/13)

3rd X1 v BYE

9/10B

Briscoe

v Mentone White Lost 44 v 3/49

Batting Uduwela (9), Gupta (9) Bowling Gupta (3/8), Hatton (1/6)

8A

Kudage-Don

v Peninsula Lost 58 v 6/77

Batting Cullen (29) Bowling Cullen (2/7), McNamara (1/10), McCarthy-Naidoo (1/5), Nathan (1/16)

TENNIS

FIRSTS

Guy v

S G S G

v

SECONDS

Douglas v Peninsula Lost

S G S G

2 33 v 10 66

Played well: Bambery, McKnight

FOURTHS

McPherson v Camberwell Mitre WON

S G S G

7 52 v 5 51

Played well: Karakolis, Kepper

10A

Silk v Peninsula WON

S G S G

10 71 v 2 39

Played well: Spencer, McLellan, Bogotto

10B

Napoleone v Camberwell Mitre Lost

S G S G

4 35 v 8 57

Played well: Kent

9A

Reid v Peninsula WON

S G S G

9 66 v 3 34

Played well: Xu, Lewis, Sun

8A

Mottin v Peninsula Lost

S G S G

2 34 v 10 65

Played well: Gandhi

8B

Hawking v Peninsula WON

S G S G

6 51 v 6 45

Played well: Rieschieck, Kyval

TABLE TENNIS

9/10 Div 2 Black

Koles v Mentone Blue Lost

R G R G

2 10 v 13 40

9/10 Div 2 Red

Koles v Camberwell Blue WON

R G R G

13 38 v 2 16

VOLLEYBALL

Firsts

Wallace v Trinity Lost

s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5

25 20 25 25 16 v 16 25 23 27 18

Played well: Collins, Burke, Taylor-Calder

2nds

Simmonds v Trinity WON

s1 s2 s3 s1 s2 s3

25 17 25 v 21 25 18

Played well: E. Purbrick, Smith

9/10 Div

MacLennan v Peninsula

Blue WON

s1 s2 s3 s1 s2 s3

25 25 25 v 18 9 13

Played well: Reynoldson-Ross, Holmes

7/8 Div

Higgins v Marcellin

Gold Lost

s1 s2 s3 s1 s2 s3

15 16 25 v 25 25 21

Played well: Mueller, Rennie, Kennedy

GIRLS SPORTS RESULTS – ROUND12, 5 MARCH

SOFTBALL

Firsts v Geelong Grammar

Result: WON 16-12

Best Players: Hamilton, Kett

Hits: Hamilton 3 (Triple 2, Double), Dykstra, Kett, Olley

Thirds v Caulfield Grammar Result: WON 14-5

Best players: E. Wookey, H. Hyett

Inter B v The Peninsula School Result: WON 16-7

Best players: A. Kirk, G. Aldous

Jun B v Caulfield Grammar Result: WON 12-8

Best players: J. Scheele, A. Tait

TENNIS

Firsts v Geelong Grammar Result: LOST S G S G

7 92 v 9 116

Best players: Jacqui Chester, Isobel Cuthbert, Ella Zwarts, Emily West

Seconds Red v Haileybury College Result: WON S G S G

7 59 v 5 45

Best players: H. Taylor, E. Boon

Thirds v Geelong Grammar Result: WON S G S G

9 60 v 3 35

Best players: B. Crouch, R. Allison

Inter B v Caulfield Grammar Result: WON S G S G

6 49 v 6 48

Best players: J. Johnston, L. Kapoglis

Jun v Haileybury College Result: WON S G S G

11 73 v 1 26

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Inter A v The Peninsula School Result: WON 4-2

Best players: A. Harland, E. Westwood, K. Gosling, T. Milne

Scorers: A. Harland (2), E. Westwood (1),T. Milne (1)

Inter B v Ivanhoe Grammar Result: LOST 3-4

Best players: K. Del Tondo, B. Akan, E. Northwood

Scorers: K. Scott (1), E. Northwood (2)

Junior v The Peninsula School Result: WON 6-1

Best players: E. Harris, T. Brown, K. Gosling

Scorers: E. Harris (3), C. Southwood (1), K. Gosling (2)

VOLLEYBALL

Firsts v The Peninsula School Result: WON 3-0

Set Score: 25/18, 25/19, 25/19

Best Players: A. Leslie, O. Phillips, M. Rennie

Open 2 Red v Carey Grammar Result: WON 3-0

Best Players: N. Mazzei, E. Grundy, J. Catt

Open 2 Black v The Peninsula School

Result: WON 3-0

Best Players: Y. North-Stone, E. Turner, T. Hosking

Thirds Red v Haileybury College Results: WON 2-1

Best Players: I. Ellul, J. Doupe, A. Young

Thirds Black v Carey Grammar Result: WON 2-1

Best Players: A. Bogemann

Fourths Red v Mentone Grammar Result: WON 3-0

Best Players: A. Somerwill, S. McElvogue

Fourths Black v Caulfield Grammar Result: WON 3-0

Played well: P. Lyall, A. Burgess

Inter A v Ivanhoe Grammar Result: WON 2-0

Played well: A. Stoltenberg, L. Gallucci, Z. Taylor

Inter B Red v Haileybury College Result: WON 2-1

Played well: A. Harris, E. Mazzei

Inter B Black v Caulfield Grammar Result: LOST 1-2

Played well: J. Bennett, B. Kenos

Inter C Red v The Peninsula School

Result: WON 3-0

Played well: K. Terrill, O. Carson

Inter C Black v Haileybury College Result: WON 2-1

Played well: E. Cantwell, G. Bromell, M. Greco

Junior A v Wesley College Result: DRAW 2-2

Played well: E. Giffard, K. Rickard

Junior C v Caulfield Grammar Result: LOST 1-2

JUNIOR SCHOOL Mr Chris Lawson Deputy Principal – Head of Junior School We have certainly had a burst of hot weather recently which has meant tired and less patient school aged children, so hopefully next week will see some cooler temperatures. Our ELC students on the other hand were so excited with the fact that hot weather meant they could run under the sprinklers, slide down slippery slides and play games in the wet as part of their study of water. Even the teachers enjoyed their time! Professor Maths joined us on Wednesday and ran activities for our Year 1 to Year 3 students. Combining Maths with some magic, the children worked in groups to solve problems and have fun with their Maths. Puzzles, patterns, construction and mazes were set up in Foundation Hall and children moved around these tasks in small groups. Thanks to Mrs Begley, our Numeracy Co-ordinator for organising this incursion. Our Year 5 students head to camp next week, following the long weekend. They will experience camp out, talks and demonstrations from an aboriginal educator, a number of fun and challenging water and land based activities and most all, fun! We wish them well and look forward to hearing their stories when they return. Year 5 will present our Final assembly on Wednesday, 23 March, commencing at 2:30 pm. Our Regional Swimming team consisting of Johnny Turner, Patrick Zhang, Joshua Galstians, Charlie Heath, Fergus King, Joel Glassborow, Logan Kellet-Jackson, Byron Shepherd and Jessica Lee performed very well and all managed to make the finals. This is the best result I can remember with such a large number of students getting through to this level and we congratulate them for their efforts. On a similar note, I congratulate Keeley Marx who has been selected to play in the Golf Victoria, Under 18 team and will play in the Border Challenge this weekend against South Australia. Best wishes Keeley!

PARKING REMINDERS I ask parents NOT to park too close to school crossings and especially where NO STANDING signs are placed. For safety reasons, we need clear visibility before and after crossings so that small children are not walking across the road from behind high vehicles, which hides them from the view of oncoming vehicles. We have noticed that some parents have moved the no standing signs or parked right next to them and this is unsafe. All parking should only happen in designated parking bays. Similarly, please do not cue up in the entrance to the main carpark on Foundation Drive, as this encourages children to cross the driveway away from the crossing which is dangerous. I ask this for the safety of our students, staff and parents. UPCOMING DATES

March 14 Week 8 (B)

Monday Labour Day Public Holiday

15 Tuesday Year 5 Camp Jungai departs (returns 18/03) Junior Primary Athletics Sports Fun Day (Prep – Year 2) (11.30am – 1.10pm, YVG) Year 3 CERES Excursion Year 4 Enterprize & CERES Excursion

16 Wednesday ELCG Bubble Play Day Year 3 Afternoon of the Notables (2.30pm, Year 3 Classrooms)

17 Thursday Year 6 Amazing Race (YVG) 18 Friday ELCB Bubble Play Day

Year 5 Camp Jungai returns 19 Saturday Whole School Open Morning (9.00am – 12.00pm)

Food, Wine and Music Festival (6.30pm, PAC, Café & Foundation Hall) 20 Sunday

ELC & Junior School Easter Raffle

Tickets are now on sale in the ELC & Junior School Office $0.50 cents each or 3 for $1

The raffle will be drawn at final assembly on the last day of term, Wednesday 23 March.

All proceeds go to the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

Thank you to Yarra Parents & Friends for donating the hampers for this worthy cause.

VICTORIAN PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE 2016

All students in Years Prep – 6 are invited to participate in the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge for 2016. Consent forms and information about the challenge has been sent via email, but forms are also available from the Resource Centre. Additional information may

be accessed via the website: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc Once registered, students will receive a personal login and password to enable them to record the books that they have read. Parental assistance with this task is requested for younger students. Students from P - 2 must read or ‘experience’ 30 books, including 20 from the challenge list. Students in Years 3 - 6 must read 15 books, including 10 from the challenge list. Please contact me in the Carter Resource Centre if you have any questions. Let’s work together to help our students enjoy the wonderful world of stories and reading as they complete the challenge! Wendy Andrews Carter Resource Centre

JUNIOR MUSIC NOTES Mrs Rachel Schmidli Junior School Music FOOD WINE AND MUSIC CONCERT SATURDAY 19 MARCH The Junior School Choir and the Year 3 Choir will perform at this wonderful whole School concert. It is a fabulous opportunity to see our major ensembles from each section of the School perform in a relaxed and enjoyable setting. The parents will spend the first half of evening sampling food and wine from the region, mixing with other parents and attending a silent auction. Then they will join the performers in the PAC for the concert. This is a major fundraising event for YARRA Music and tickets are available through the Trybooking link http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=123278 #Please remember to book a performer ticket for all Junior school performers as once they have performed in the first item they will be seated with you. The Year 3 Choir and Junior School Choir arrive at the Junior Music room between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. Year 3 Choir will need to wear dark jeans/ leggings, hair neatly tied back with a red ribbon and clean sneakers. We will supply a red choir t- shirt. They will get changed when they arrive on Saturday night and can wear the T- shirt home. Please wash and return to school the following week. The Junior School Choir will arrive in their ‘Oliver’ street urchin clothing and remain in this for the evening. (School trousers or leggings, school shoes, a shirt with rolled sleeves, a scarf around the neck and vest, a peaked cap or messed up hair are just some easy suggestions on what to wear). Both choirs will need to bring a substantial healthy snack (not chips, chocolate and sweets!) and water bottle. We are looking forward to a sensational concert!

OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE

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