2 September 2015 Issue 28

Statement of Purpose

In our unique, innovative and growing community we develop a

passion for life long learning so that students achieve individual excellence and are confident, capable, respected citizens of our

local and global communities.

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

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Student Absence: Please SMS student absences by 10.00 am to 0429 305 552 Contact Information PO Box 6106, Point Cook 3030 Boardwalk F-9 Principal Kay Kearney Point Cook Vic 3030 Cnr Foxwood Drive & Dunnings Road Phone: 9395 3533 Fax: 9395 3824 e-mail: carranballac.p9@edumail.vic.gov.au Jamieson Way F-9 Principal Sandy Naughton

Cnr Jamieson Way & La Rochelle Blvd College Director Brendan O’Brien Point Cook Vic 3030 School Council President Penny Heron

2015 Calendar of Events Director’s Report 2

Boardwalk Report 3

Jamieson Way Report 3

Student Awards 4

Corker Winners 4

House Points 4

Word of the Week 4

Earn and Learn 5

Australian Maths Comp 5

Outer Space Savers 5

Fathers Day 5

OSHC Holiday Care Program

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Premiers’ Reading Challenge

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Corker 10

School Banking 6

Parent Contact Details If you have recently changed your contact details e.g. Mobile, Home Phone, Work Phone or address please remember to contact the office to advise your updated details for emergency purposes.

It’s not OK to be away.

Foundation 2016 Enrolments are now being taken! Please contact our Registrar Margaret Porter on 9395 3533 for

enrolment information.

Every minute counts!

Thursday 3 September 5/6 S, T, P RAAF Museum Excursion

F/1 Q, V Toy Technology Incursion

Yr 2 JW Period dance Incursion

Mon 7 to Tues 8 September F/1 BW ‘I Am An Inventor’ Incursion

Tuesday 8 September Parent Forum 7.30 pm BW PAC

Wednesday 9 September 3/4 JW Professor Bunsen Incursion

Thursday 10 September 5/6 Q, R, P RAAF Museum Excursion

Monday 14 September 3/4 BW Professor Bunsen Incursion

Tuesday 15 September 5/6 JW Wakakirri Excursion

Friday 18 September Last Day Term 3 – 2pm finish

Director’s Report—Brendan O’Brien

Dear Carranballac families Year 5/6 from Boardwalk School have been on camp since last Wednesday and the second group will return from Port Fairy tomorrow afternoon. Both camps have been highly successful and I would like to complement our College staff on their commitment to making sure the camps are professionally integrated into the College curriculum. Special thanks goes to the handful of staff who plan and attend the camps throughout the year in order to give your children another opportunity to grow their learning. Please take the time to read this direct email quote from one of the service providers about our magnificent Carranballac 5/6 students and staff: PARENT FORUM: Where: Boardwalk School Performing Arts Centre. When: Tuesday the 8th September at 7.30pm. Next week. Why: For families to hear from the College, to meet staff and Councillors, to have

your say and to ask your questions. The Forum will cover the following areas: College ICT (technology) Vision, Feedback on parent reporting, Director and Council messages, time to address your burning ques-tions and to also hear from you about the many positive aspects of the College. NUMERACY/LITERACY WEEK: I was absolutely delighted to be involved in the College celebration last week. The week culminated in the dress up (maths theme) parades on Friday which were extremely well run by College Guardians. The standard of dress was amazing, the delightful manner in which students paraded was positively Carranballacishly welcoming, the high level of parent participation was most appreciated, the efforts made by both students and staff were a credit to the College. The winning classes; who created incredibly creative door entrances, were treated to book reading sessions by the resident College story teller. An educationally good time was had by all with remarkably high levels of student and family engagement. Congrat-ulations goes to the ' behind the scenes' staff team for their well planned week. I am looking forward to meeting some new families next Tuesday evening. Top secret message for Mum's and children only: Father's Day is just around the corner and our dedicated team of Parent's and Friends have been hard at it to ensure there are enough gifts for students to purchase for their dads this week for this coming Sun-day. I do sincerely hope you all have a lovely week and weekend ahead. Happy Father's Day to all the dads and grand ads, pops and pa's. Brendan O'Brien College Director

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Jamieson Way School Report— Principal Sandy Naughton

What an incredible Literacy and Numeracy Week parade last week! Our student leaders led the community with great enthusiasm and confidence. Our student leaders really do an outstanding job in leading whole school events. We are always so proud of the skills and capacity these young people have developed over the years. They do an amazing job at assembly week after week, leading this community on a Monday morning. At spe-cial events they can be relied upon time after time to demonstrate leadership. Thank you to our wonderful com-munity for joining us at this special event. Thank you also to our families for sending in the 5 cent pieces to raise money for such a worthy cause as States Schools Relief. Congratulations to all our Year 7, 8 and 9 students who represented the college in the athletics on Monday. We have quite a few students who will be going through to the next level, but our teachers were very proud of the way in which ALL of our students profiled our college. Well done! Our Year 2 students had a sensational day yesterday for their excursion to Werribee Mansion. Our teachers were so proud of their manners and the quality of the learning that was happening. Well done! Our F/1 stu-dents have been very busy this week making toys. Mr Villani was very impressed with the future expertise being shown. Our Year 5/6 swimming finished today, with our students increasing their safety awareness and developing confidence in their swimming abilities. Confidence and skills are vital for water safety with summer approaching, when we live on this island of Australia. Congratulations to our Father’s Day Stall winners. Our Parents and Friends generously provided four amazing baskets of goodies as ‘extra’ prizes for raffle tickets winners at our assembly on Monday. Our lucky winners were Norah (2 Purple), Rawley (2 Quartz), Jasmine (5/6 Silver) and Jasmine (F/1 Turquoise). Enjoy your child/children this week.

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Boardwalk School Report— Principal Kay Kearney

Welcome to Spring and hopefully some warmer days. Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Numeracy based parade on Friday last week. This also ex-tends to those that were part of the planning of this event as well as all other Literacy and Numeracy work done during the week. I hear that our students enjoyed a story or two read by Mr O’Brien and other staff mem-bers. This week we have had students’ from 5/6 A and J on camp at Port Fairy and Warrnambool. After attending last weeks’ camp I am sure they will enjoy their time as much as the first camp. Thanks to our teachers and support staff for their efforts during these activities. Our students have embraced the opportunities and have come home more knowledgeable about our early history in coastal Victoria. Thank you to the Parents and Friends for their amazing effort to provide such lovely gifts for students to pur-chase for their dads on Fathers’ Day this coming Sunday. Next week is our annual Kids Teaching Kids Conference /Science Week at Carranballac College. This yearly event is a week we look forward to each year. We can’t wait to see what our students will teach each other. Our Year 5/6 students will be involved in The Target Western Metropolitan Kids Teaching Kids Conference next week which will be held at Boardwalk School. Thanks to staff and Mr Forrester for all the support and preparation given in the lead up to this event. Lauris Doyle on behalf of Kay Kearney Middle Years Assistant Principal

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Boardwalk School Jamieson Way School Early Years: Stephanie Tan 3/4 Crimson Early Years: Emma Carter 2 Quartz Middle Years: Razan Omar 5/6 Jade Middle Years: Fatima Na 8 Purple

STUDENT AWARDS PRESENTED AT THIS WEEK’S ASSEMBLY

Alyssa Gordon Renney Pollard Noah Lavery Riley Bulled Elizabeth Ioane lucian Jenkins Tiarni Nyosole Josh Tuikolovatu Jaxson Marchett Tex Barker Leah Delimitros Will Trease-Gordon Mikaylah Lepua Brayden Brownfield Milan Kovacevic Gursharan Singh Anas Bensiddiki Danilo Rakocevic Jerry Chen Ghazi Dabbouss Ashlee Cowan Toby Cuthbert Ethan Boardman Fletcher Barth Evelyn Lay Jett Templer-Collins Cindy Nguyen Kevin Duong Zach Boyle. Casey Clarkson Miao-Sen Han Alexander Dorey Brendan Walker Coltrane Leuga Lucia Conduit Yumin Pasqual Helen Leu Nathan Nguyen Hayley Ross Benjamin Aitken Fletcher Wood Jasmine Thomas Paul Fangufangu

Boardwalk School Jamieson Way School RAAF 32 Cheetham 178 Cheetham 31 Sea Eagles 160 Golden Wattle 31 RAAF 158 Sea Eagles 29 Golden Wattle 140

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EARN & LEARN Thanks to all the families who have been collecting Earn and Learn Stickers. We have now reached 9500 stick-ers, which entitles us to approximately $300 worth of Maths and Science equipment. The program finishes on the 8th September so please keep collecting. All stickers should be placed in the boxes at your school by 15th September. Incomplete sheets are welcome as are loose stickers. Thanks for your support Lesley Hall Assistant Principal Curriculum Implementation

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AUSTRALIAN MATHMATICS COMPETITION Recently 10 students from Years 3- 6 participated in the Australian Mathematics Competition. Congratula-tions to all students on their efforts with special recog-nition to Katie Saywell and Ryan Choo who scored in the 97th and 90th percentiles respectively. Other stu-dents who participated were Tristan Turner, Leah De-limitros, Will Trease-Gordon, Audrey Abelard, Jasmine Thomas, Curtis Fox, Apsara Natarajan and Aparna Na-tarajan. All students should be proud of their efforts. How well would you have gone on the Year 4 test? Try this question.

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SCHOOL BANKING School banking now has a page on our new school website. Click on PARENTS tab and scroll down to school banking. The page has information about school banking and it also has a link to an email ad-dress which can be used for all enquires. Concerns have been raised regarding the ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torch’ rewards item due to the inclu-sion of four button batteries that can be accessed by unscrewing the back of the torch. Whilst this reward has been independently tested and deemed to meet relevant product standards the Commonwealth Bank have made the decision to proactively withdraw this item from the School Banking Rewards Program. Parents/Guardians are requested to dispose of any ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torches’ their child may have already received as part of the Rewards Program. Students who have been previously received a ‘Cosmic Light Beam Torch’ are welcome to redeem an alternative reward item.

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About the 2015 Reading Challenge Who is eligible? All Victorian Students in Foundation to Year 10. Why? The Challenge aims to promote a love of reading. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student. When? The 2015 challenge started during Term 1 2015 and will officially end on the 14 September 2015. How? Students in Foundation to Year 2 are challenged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books and students in Years 3 to 9 are challenged to read 15 books by 14 September 2015 . If children are learning to read you can help them to experience books by reading to / or with them and talking about the text, story and pictures. Getting started. Complete the consent form on the reverse of this page. Hand in the consent form to Library Staff. You will receive a record sheet to list books read. You are ready to begin. Good luck and happy reading!

Some Helpfu l t ips ! Our Col lege L ibrar ies at Boardwalk School and Jamieson Way School have a large se lect ion of Reading Chal lenge Book L is t Books Avai lab le . They are co lour coded to make your choice very easy . Just see your L ibrary Staf f they wi l l be happy to ass ist . Remember to br ing in your record sheets to your L ibrary regular ly . L ibrary s taf f w i l l enter books read onto the Reading Chal lenge website on behal f o f Students .

Welcome to the annual Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge. Reading is an essential life skill for everyone and the Challenge encour-ages families to be actively involved in supporting children to read. The Challenge invites children and young people to read a set num-ber of books and record their efforts online. It’s a great way to get them talking about reading with friends and family and to push them-selves to read as many books as they can. Join the Challenge today and discover new authors, get expert tips, book recommendations and more. Participation is free. To find out more about the Challenge and access the booklist visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

Like us on Facebook to share tips, literary articles and recommended reads www.facebook.com/VicPRC

2015 Privacy and Consent Form (Schools and Early Childhood Settings) By signing this document, you agree to the TERMS and CONDITIONS outlined below. These include consent for your child to participate in the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge and for their name to appear on a certificate of completion and for their name to appear in the online honour roll. Please note that the child’s name only will appear on the certificate and online Honour Roll with no other identifying factors. Partici-pating schools appear as a separate list.

Child’s name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Year level/class: __________________ Yes I consent to my child’s name appearing on the online Honour Roll

No I do not consent to my child’s name appearing on the online Honour Roll (Please tick)

Certificate name (only if different from name above): _______________________________________________________________________

Parent/guardian name (please print): ____________________________________________________________________________________

Parent/guardian signature: ___________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________

TERMS AND CONDITIONS Definitions: Department refers to the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Person refers to the child/adult listed below in the consent declaration.

Privacy Protection The Department takes its privacy obligations seriously and any personal information collected or used by the Department will be handled in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic). This law sets out what we must do when the Department collects, uses, handles and destroys personal information. Personal information includes personal details such as an individual’s name and school that could be used to identify an individual.

Collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information If you provide your consent your school or early childhood setting will collect and disclose your child’s first and last name, and the name of the early childhood setting or school to the Department. The Department will then: Use the information to register your child and to generate an online account (through which school age children can record the books that they read); Publish your child’s name and year level on its online Honour Roll located at: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc at the completion of the Chal-lenge with no other identifying factors such as school name.

Give the name of your child to Finsbury Green Pty Ltd ABN 52 007 743 151 who will then disclose to a 3rd party for the purpose of print-ing Certificates of Achievement.

Accuracy, access to information and withdrawal of consent The Department will endeavour to ensure that any personal information held about your child is up to date and accurate. You can access, correct and withdraw personal information held by the Department by written request in accordance with the Department’s Information Privacy Policy located at:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/privacypolicy.aspx

Consent may be withdrawn at any time by writing to the Department’s Privacy Unit on: privacy.enquiries@edumail.vic.gov.au .

If you have any questions about this form, or if you need more information, please contact the PRC Challenge Coordinator at the Depart-ment readingchallenge@edumail.vic.gov.au or (03) 9637 3624.

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Early Years What shape is an AFL foot-ball?

Middle Years Do you know your AFL facts  

1) A goal is worth _______ points. 2) A behind is worth _______ points. 3) No more than _______ players from a team are allowed on the field at one time. 4) A football oval is a maximum of _______ me-tres from goal to goal. 5) The centre square is _______ metres wide. 6) The goal square is _______ metres long. 7) Each quarter runs for _______ minutes plus time on. 8) In total, how many umpires are required for an official A.F.L game? _______ .

 

Welcome to the Carranballac Corker. This is the weekly Numeracy challenge for you and your family to solve together. Discuss the challenge and place your answer in the box near the office. The correct winning entries will be drawn at the

whole school assembly on Monday mornings.

Numeracy Word of the Week: Roman Numerals Calculator- a calculation device that perform mathematical operations.

Family Fun Time:

Create a Dress-Up Box On a rainy day, weed out unwanted dresses, hats, shoes, and costume jewelry from your closets. After your kids have picked out all the items they want for their costume box, take the rejects to an op shop.

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Well done to those students who have already completed the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge. There are approximately 4 more weeks until the Challenge ends so if you are not yet finished, keep reading!

The College has a good selection of Reading Challenge books for all levels, available for borrowing from our Libraries. Look for the books with the colour coded Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge spine labels and you will know these are part of the chal-lenge booklist.

The colour coding is as follows:

Participating students please send your reading record sheets to your Library regularly so that your progress can be recorded.

Reading records need to be completed and given to Library staff by Monday 7th September to allow time for all data to be entered. The challenge officially ends on Monday 14th September.

Prep – 2 Yellow

Year 3 – 4 Green

Year 5 – 6 Pink/Purple

Year 7 – 8 Orange

Year 9 - 10 Blue

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SPORTS UPDATE Hobsons Bay Division Year 8 Netball Carranballac P-9 College entered three Basketball teams in the Hobson Bay Basketball Competition that was held on Tuesday 18th August at the Altona Sports Stadium. Congratulations to the following students who displayed exceptional basketball skills and achieved amazing results: Boys Team (1): George Varvarousis, Thomas Stott, Brandon Robinson, Anthony Vaifale, Jayden Bonello, Michael Mauheni, Joel McIsaac

Boys Team (2): Stephen Chung, Kevin Vo, Maxwell Leuga, Luke Thomas, Cooper Buttergieg, Riley MacKenzie Girls Team (1): Chloe Robinson, Lidia Tumai, Kirra McCarthy, Angie Stanton, Grace Akioka, Fatima Na, Jasmine Buchan-an

Both of the Carranballac P-9 College boys teams played well in the initial rounds which enabled them to ‘play off’ for a position in the Grand Final. At the conclusion of the game, scores were level and the students had to play for an extra three minutes. At the conclusion of extra time, the boys team (2) were victorious. The boys team (2) then went on to com-pete in the Year 8 basketball grand final, however were unfortunately defeated by Williamstown High School. Overall, the boys team (1) achieved 3rd place with the girls team achieving 5th place overall. Well done to all of the stu-dents and especially to Toren Hall 9R and Paul Calabro 9P for coaching the boys basketball teams and displaying great leadership skills. Yolanda Russell (Jamieson Way School) Carolyn Huell (Boardwalk School) PE Coordinators

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