Issue 7, Friday 4th August, 2017

The Kilmore International School

A TKIS Community Publication

TKIS Primary Swimming Carnival - Congratulations Hume!

Newsletter

ContentChoices and Meerkats

New students have arrived fromNew students have arrived from Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea and China while existing TKIS students flew off to New York to participate in the UN Youth Representative Conference. Others took part in badminton, netball, soccer, maths, science, geogra-phy and Indonesian language competitions; cooked up a storm and led bake sales while writing extended research essays, debating and visiting the Bendigo Chinese Museum. Not all at once of course. TKIS offers students a wide range of social, sporting and academic challenges. Our students live busy lives. How do they juggle all the moving parts? Do they make good choices?all the moving parts? Do they make good choices?

Today’s Brainstorm performance explored key themes of relationships, resilience and choices; provoking students to connect their own experiences with those of the char-acters. By empathising with characters students were challenged to consider the choices they make in their daily lives. We all have many conflicting responsibilities we need to manage. Making good decisions that contribute to positive emotional and mental health and build sound foundations for the future, makes all the difference.

“When we Google ourselves we want to come up squeaky clean. ..How do you know what the consequences will be of the choice you make today?” Asked Sam during his performance in the Brainstorm Production. These discussion prompts will be raised during Health lessons and in Homeroom. Parents may wish to help their children re-flect on their choices and the outcomes with a focus on growth.

The TKIS Wellbeing Department has increased its profile over the past semester with the establishment of a new Wellbeing Office. A cheerful toy Meerkat greets younger kids who visit to talk through friendship issues. On Fridays at lunch students play Story Cubes while mentoring peers. On Mondays after school, students from Primary to Year 8 meet for book club and build friendships around literature. Older students organise cultural celebrations and unpack problems while learning new personal skills.

TheThe TKIS Wellbeing team focuses on the building of resilience in students through its Counselling, Homeroom and Community Engagement Programmes. We also pro-vide professional development and guidance to teachers and parents through our pas-toral education programme. Our next presentation to parents will explore the themes of Resilience and Child Safe Procedures during the Parent Teacher meeting on Wednesday 30 August. TKIS Child Safe Policies can be found on the school website.

We welcome your suggestions and involvement.

Enquiries can be made to Student Counsellors and Child Safe Officers Philippa Kirwan or Trudy LavoipierrePhilippa.Kirwan@kilmore.vic.edu.au Trudy.Lavoipierre@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Editor: Georgia Wittmergcw@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Student contributors:

Montana DaniellsFiona DimovskiGeorgia Fletcher Maneet HoraManeet HoraJeremy HowardRuiyuan Lu

Elizabeth PickupIsobel MumbersonPhoebe NadenbouschAbi PearsonMatthew SpainMatthew SpainMarina Smith

Next edition: August 25th, 2017

Message from the Student Consellor

The Kilmore International School40 White St, Kilmore Victoria, 3764 AustraliaPhone: +61 3 5782 2211Fax: +61 35782 2525Email: info@kilmore.vic.edu.auWeb: www.kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Student Counsellor Page 2

School messages Page 3

Student Activities Page 10

Notice Board Page 24

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Message from the Science Department

Welcome to Kenny Ong We are delighted to welcome Kenny Ong to the Science faculty for this term while Judy Rutter takes long service leave. Kenny is teaching Science classes from year 7 to year 10, as well as senior Biology classes and year 10 Thinking Skills.

ICAS Science Competition

All year 3 to 10 students of TKIS were entered in the 2017 Science Competition administered by International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS). The Science competition assessed the skills of observing/measuring, interpreting, predicting/concluding, investigating and reasoning/problem solving. Some students showed exceptional abilities in these areas. 256 students participated and were awarded 14 Distinction, 50 Credit, 24 Merit and 168 Participation certificates.

Distinction: Gus Bonwick, Rudransh Kohli, Dominique Littooij (year 3), Aiden Ling (year 4), Alexander Merlo (year 5), Hugh Drofenik, Maddison Ling, Xingkun Wang (year 6), Lucas Edmonds, Jye Gibb, Macklin Spicer (year 7), Joshua Squire, Jeremy Krietemeyer, Indirveer Singh Mavi (year 8), Minjiahua Zheng, Kyle Laffan (year 9), Zachary Squire, Declan Hoare, (year 10).

Credit: Emily Jane Beaton, Lisa Gallagher, Siddhant Paul, Caiden Xing (year 3), Tobias Jensen, Riley Egan, Elizabeth Kan, Benyamin Littooij, Ella Miller, Eknoor Singh (year 4), Lucy Beaton (year 5), Maclaren Egan, Ryan Haque, James Hurley, Kishan Jashad, Orla McCarthy, Finlay Walker (year 6), Hannah Calderwood, Stuart Partridge, Erica-Jane Tooke, Bhavneet Kaur, Leo Halford-Molinaro, Edward Plunkett (year 7), Taryn Furletti, Jaimie Ryan, Samuel Walker, Bradley Beaton, Lach-lan Partridge, Jarrah Noel-Macpherson, Charlie Attard, Louis Knynenburg, (year 8), Daniel Gower-Hall, Mia Heanly, Janelle Eng, Jiezhen He, Indika Egan, Remi Lezon, Anna Watson (year 9), Wanot Chungsaman, Olivia Pezzopane, Carter Ryan, Nadya Regita Widjaja, Kieran Minter, Berkay Iris, Kriti Bhoomla, Shifei Lin, Kim Seungyeon, Matthew Spain, Jai Bryant, Jaskirat Deol, Gemma Comrie-Wilson, Lachlan Heywood, Kiril Dimovski, Michael Meehan (year 10).

Merit: Binuli Hemachandra (year 3), Nelly Blanchot-Maxwell, Bryce Meuwissen (year 4), Michael Dimovski, Olivia Exell, Max Ryan, Maya Sakr (year 5), Declan Ford, Ramneekjot Multani, Aliyah Laffan, Junze Zhang (year 7), Sara Knight (year 8), Sijun Liu, Emree Uzuncakmak, Prabhsimar Aujla, Nicholas Pharoah, Jack Leditschke (year 9), Se June Park, Wei Shuek Hew, Jeffry Heal, Fatima Saeed, Huang Yu (year 10).

Congratulations to all these students!!

Group 4 Project This fun, collaborative day of student designed investigations is a compulsory activity for IB Science students. The plan-ning will take place on Wednesday 9th August and the action stage will take place all day on Thursday 24th August. I antici-pate the students will have a great day. Science Individual Investigations will be held later this year in Physics and early next year in Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Systems and Societies to conclude the Internal Assessment require-ments.

Cheryl Moulder

Head of Learning - Science

cem@kilmore.vic.edu.au

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Year 8

BEATON Bradley FURLETTI Taryn HEANLY Roma IRELAND Niamh KNIGHT Sara KNYNENBURG Louis KRIETEMEYER Jeremy MERLO Petra NOEL-MACPHERSON Jarrah PARTRIDGE Lachlan PEARSON Declan RYAN Jaimie SINGH Indirveer SQUIRE Joshua WALKER Samuel NOU Lyrothna

Principal’s Awards

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Principals' Awards for their efforts in Semester 1, 2017.

Year 5

BEATON Lucy BOWCOTT Stella DIMOVSKI Michael EDMONDS Anika FORD Dayna GALLAGHER Claire KAUR Hernoor MEUWISSEN Amber MOTT Chloe PEARSON Abi

Year 6

EGAN Maclaren FLETCHER Georgia JASHAD Kishan LING Maddison McCARTHY Orla

Year 7 CALDERWOOD Hannah DANIELLS Montana DAVIES Bridgette DIMOVSKI Fiona EDMONDS Lucas FORD Declan GIBB Jye HALFORD MOLINARO Leo HEYWOOD Grace JENSEN Casey KAUR Snehdeep KAUR Tanveer LAFFAN Aliyah LAMB Tiffany MEETINAY Sanjiev MINTER Anastasia MULTANI Ramneekjot Singh PALEG Reave PLUNKETT Edward SMYTH Hayley SPICER Macklin

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Year 9 BOURNE Natasha EGAN Indika ENG Janelle GIBSON Hannah GOWER-HALL Daniel HE Jiezhen HEANLY Mia

LAFFAN Kyle LEZON Remi MIKIC Oscar NUSKE Charlie PHAROAH Nicholas SATHISH KUMAR Snehaa SMYTH Brooke ZHENG Minjiahua

Year 10

DEOL Jaskirat Singh HE Huiting HEYWOOD Lachlan MEEHAN Michael SATO Marina SPAIN Timothy SPAIN Matthew WIDJAJA Nadya GUO Shufan (Sophia) HE Yutian (Emily) LI Rong (Vivian) LIN Shifei (Sophie) LIU Xiangze (Emily) NIVATVONGS Chayawan (Wan) PANICHEWA Apapist (Peacy) SI THU Phone (Victor) SQUIRE Zachary (Zach) WU Haoyu (Harry)

Year 11 EMBUIDO Miguel HALFORD MOLINARO Jasmine HEANLY Jack KRIETEMEYER Jonathan MANN Arpan NG Yong NGUYEN Hai Ha SIMONELLI Isabella SIRIMAHARAJ Rata (Klao) TANG Catherine Tze Syn TRAN Le Thuy Dan (Dan)

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Message from the Maths Department

Term 3 is off and running with students participating in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) last Thursday. Similar to last year, we will link the overall results from the AMC with our school based house program to rank the four houses accordingly. The photos below show Year 5 students Arjun, Max, Ibrahim, Alex and Year 12 student Anting (Kylin) working hard solving problems during the competition. Awards from the AMC will be issued in assemblies later in Term 4.

And now for the answer to last newletter’s question. The numbers 3, 9, 15, 18, 24 and 29 are divided into two groups of 3 numbers and each group is added. The difference between the two sums (totals) of the 3 numbers is as small as possible. What is the smallest difference? A good strategy to use here is to add all the numbers together to get a sum = 98. Therefore the sum of the 2 groups needs to be

as close to half of this number = . Looking at the 6 numbers we can see that which is very

close to 49. Now, we Just need to add the other number and subtract to find the difference And now for this newletter’s question. Year 10 student Hoang showed me this great geometric problem in tutorial last week and I found it very interesting. I hope you do as well. I would rate this as medium hard – so good luck J

Paul Szczur HOL—Mathematics pzs@kilmore.vic.edu.au

98 492

3 18 29 50

9 15 24 48 50 48 2

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Try to visit at least 2 universities before applications in Year 12 As well as course information these days are an ideal opportunity to research accommodation, scholarship and future career options. University subsidised buses will run from TKIS to Monash Clayton and The University of Melbourne. Buses leave at 8.30am and return by 5pm Open Days run 10am – 4pm unless otherwise stated Saturday 5 August Monash – Peninsula campus (e.g. Physiotherapy) Sunday 6 August LaTrobe – Melbourne campus Monash - Caulfield and Clayton campuses Sunday 20 August Deakin – Geelong campuses (e.g. Architecture, Occupational Therapy & Optometry) Monash – Pharmacy at Parkville University of Melbourne – Southbank and Parkville campuses Sunday 27 August Deakin – Melbourne campus Deakin College – Melbourne campus LaTrobe – Bendigo campus (e.g. Dentistry, Pharmacy & Early Childhood Education) YR 12 UNIVERSITY APPLICATION PROCESS AT TKIS Applications for all courses, special consideration (SEAS) scholarships and accommodation are fully supported by The Careers Coordinator, Mrs McCormick All Boarders must do their applications with Mrs McCormick. Local students are strongly encouraged to do so. Fee can be placed on school account. VTAC Briefing Monday 7 August 3.30pm in Room 46

Information session for VTAC, some interstate details too

Will be at least 80 minutes

COMPULSORY Tuesday 8 August University application appointments begin.

ASPIRE Early Offer Schemes - LaTrobe University This provides the opportunity for students to apply for university courses and include in their application details of leadership and community service activities to broaden the basis for their acceptance into university. Offers are based on these additional details and the school recommendation. One of the biggest benefits of the program is that successful applicants receive an offer well ahead of the usual tertiary admis-sions announcements. LaTrobe Aspire The Aspire Program is open to all year 12 students who volunteer/lead in their community. Volunteering and community en-gagement experience along with school's recommendation, will form the basis of the assessment. To apply for the Aspire Program, the student must be able to demonstrate the impact of their volunteer contributions to the com-munity. This may be through:

community service or community group activities

religious/cultural group activities

participating in school leadership or social justice groups

being involved in sport, the performing arts or charity fund-raising group activities. Applicants need to meet the minimum ATAR requirement for the courses, most courses have a minimum ATAR of 50, but some professional degree programs have higher requirements. If successful, you will receive a conditional offer from La Trobe in September. ONLINE APPLICATIONS CLOSE 31 AUGUST BUT EARLY APPLICATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! http://www.latrobe.edu.au/study/aspire

University Open Days in August

Sunday 13 August ACU – Melbourne campus Monash – City campus (Accounting & International Business) RMIT – all campuses William Angliss Institute (9.30am – 3pm)

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Hello from the chair of the IB coordinator. Although greeted by a different face, IB students will find themselves continuously supported and guided by the IB management team: Mr Andrew Pharoah, Mr Ross Wright, Mrs Elizabeth McCormick, Mr Daniel Koo and myself in the acting role, while Dr Rutter is on leave. Term 3 is busy for a number of IB reasons. While Year 12 Extended Essays and TOK essays are in their final stages of preparation for submission by the 15th of September, Year 11 students will be commencing their EE journey, meeting with supervisors to plan their research strategies and explore ideas for this Core task. Information will be distributed to students in the coming week. A number of Year 12 Internal Assessment tasks are also being readied for upload to the IB’s online assessment platform. The all-important Mock examination period will begin on Monday 18th September and conclude Friday 29th September. That’s only 6 weeks away! Please note that, although this Friday is the Grand Final Eve public holiday, it is necessary to facilitate all examination subjects in the sequence they will follow for the final examination period. This will allow students to practise their revision and self-preservation strategies for the challenging conclusion of their high school life. An examination schedule is currently being drafted and will be sent out to parents and students as soon as possible. These Mocks are a crucial element of the final preparations for IB examinations and are used to predict the grades that are submitted to the IB by year 12 teachers. These grades are often requested by tertiary institutions for pre-admission procedures and will also inform the final Year 12 reports that parents will receive early in Term 4. During the Mock examination period, the Year 11 students will be participating in the CAS camp at HOWQUA, from Monday 25th to Thursday 28th September (ie NOT on the holiday Friday). This CAS camp is compulsory for all Year 11 students and Mr Wright will distribute information to students about this later this term. More recently however, Monday 7th August is the compulsory Applications Briefing Seminar for all Year 12 students. This will begins immediately after school in Room 46. Local students are strongly encouraged to do their online applications/SEAS/scholarship and accommodation applications with Mrs McCormick, our Careers Coordinator. Boarders are required to make an appointment. Discussion/application bookings begin on Tuesday 8th August and sign-up sheets are on the Careers window in the Library. Tax File Number A TFN is required to by all Australian citizens for university enrolment to accept a CSP place and use the HECS differed payment scheme. No TFN = no enrolment!

Students can now apply for a TFN online and have their identity verified through an interview at a participating Australia Post office.

Applying online is the fastest and most convenient way. More information on applying online can be found at ato.gov.au by searching Tax File Number

It can take up to 6 weeks to process, so students are advised to look to this as soon as they can. Also in Term 3 are Parent Teacher Interviews on the 30th August. For Year 12 students, these will be the final opportunity for parents to meet with their teachers and discuss any final advice before the Mock examinations. Parents are strongly advised to make appointments for this evening. Lots of information here for students and parents. Please feel free to contact me, or any staff in the IB management team, to discuss any matters or raise any concerns about an aspect of the IB: dxk@kilmore.vic.edu.au Regards and best wishes, Deanna Krilis Acting IB coordinator (Term 3)

dxk@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Acting IB Co-ordinator

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Welcome back to Term Three for students and parents alike. This semester in Year 7-9 Humanities students are studying Ge-ography and will do so until the end of the year, having studied History last semester. The text used in all classes is ‘Oxford Big Ideas Geography’, which is written to the Australian Curriculum requirements for Geography. Year 8 students are on an excursion to Hanging Rock on Friday the 4th of August. This field work will bring to life the work done in class on the management of places of historical and geographic importance. Data/observations will be collected and analysed in order to evaluate the management strategies in place at Hanging Rock. Last term the Year 10 and 11 Geography students took part in the Australian Geography Competition and the results have just arrived. We are very pleased to once again have a large number of students who have achieve outstanding results. Seven stu-dents have achieve high distinctions which puts them in the top 10 % of Australian. Of particular note is Zachary Squire with a top 2% achievement and Lachlan Heywood achieving in the top 4%. We are also very excited to congratulate Madeleine Lezon who this week is representing Australia at the iGeo – International Geography Olympiad in Bel-grade, Serbia. We look forward to hearing about her experiences when she re-turns. Ms. Megan Santarossa Head of Department Humanities mgs@kilmore.vic.edu.au

Message from the Head of Humanities

Welcome back for Semester 2. Year 9 & 10 have welcomed 23 new international students with a couple more still to come. They are of various nationalities, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean and Chinese. As usual our current cohort has welcomed them and are eager to help them out. The new arrivals are a lovely bunch and have already made friends with many of our current students and have fitted into our school seamlessly. Year 10’s are also currently making their IB subject choices for 2018. Forms are due by Friday. Please consult with your child in order to ensure the most advantageous pathway. A number of activities are scheduled for Term 3 including a ‘Brainstorm’ production which will help to enhance the resilience of our students, House debating competitions are about to begin and the TKIS annual ski trip will take place between August 18-21st. Many year 9 & 10 students will be accompanying myself and four other teachers to Mt Hotham. In total we have 40 stu-dents which is the biggest number we have had for many years. The year 10 PE class are also preparing for their end of term ‘Ball’ on the 15th September. They are busy rehearsing their for-mal progressive dances and thinking about their formal dress for the evening. This week we also have seen a number of year 9 & 10 receive Science Competition Awards and Principal’s Awards – so con-gratulations to those recipients. Throughout the term a number of sporting days and excursions/incursions are also on the calendar These allow our students to not only learn within the class room environment but also outside. Generally a busy term for Years 9 & 10. Parent Teacher interviews will be conducted on August 30th so I look forward to seeing many parents that night. Ms Jo Treanor (Years 9 & 10 Coordinator)

Message from the Year 9/10 Co-ordinator

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By Elizabeth Pickup and Isobel Mumberson One of the requirements of the International Baccalaureate is to complete a 4,000-word research paper called the Extended Essay. This essay is very open-ended, and students are given complete freedom to investigate a concept that interests them. Across our year level, we have produced a huge variety of essays on topics ranging from the impacts of Australia’s colonial history on Indigenous Australians to the representation of the female nude in 19th Century France. Below, some of our year level have shared a bit about their essays:

Portia Kentish – Visual Art For my Extended Essay, I decided to explore which representation caused female nude paintings to be either applauded or criticised by the 19th Century French society. My analysis focused heavily on artworks such as Manet's 'Olympia', and Cabanel's 'Birth of Venus'. Through my research i found that for much of the French society, representation was acceptable if it omitted a reflection on present-day French society. Subjects that were in a mythological or neo-classical context were celebrated over those that depicted 'immoral' scenes such as that of 'Olympia'. I found that the process of research and writing was not only rewarding, but it taught me a lot towards conducting an independent research essay.

Elizabeth Pickup – Geography My EE is about gender disparity in Saudi Arabia in terms of economic participation and opportunity. I aimed to better understand the disparity and how it is being addressed. Having spent a few years of my life in Saudi Arabia, I had a significant interest in this topic and learning more about it. I found that there is a significant gender disparity – particularly in workforce participation and advancement. There are various efforts being made by the government to reduce disparities, but change is slow because of societal barriers such as tradition and religious beliefs. I loved doing this topic because it is something that means a lot to me, and I gained a significantly deeper understanding of the situation.

Isobel Mumberson – English For my Extended Essay, I chose to compare Macbeth’s journey of madness with that of Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye. I used similar elements from both pieces to examine the influences their journeys have on other events, characters etc. I was interested to explore this comparison as the works are from different time periods, and yet there are still many similar and contrasting ideas within them.

Bonnie Breen – Environmental Systems and Societies I chose to do my EE in ESS because I have always had an interest in animals and ecology. My topic was about the reintroduction of the Greater Billy into Arid Australia (South Australia), comparing the Billy to the rabbit to determine which one provides better benefits to the natural environment. In the end, I found that the Billy’s role in the ecosystem is irreplaceable and very important

Extended Essay

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Marina Smith – History Choosing a EE in history has been an excellent experience. My EE has been a long progression of ideas: some good, some less so. This process ensued because of the complexity of the subject itself. History is never simple; it can be simplified, but underneath there are always multitudinous layers of complexity. After much research, I finally decided upon the topic 'To what Extent did British Colonisation Impact on Aboriginal Culture and Way of Life in South-eastern Australia between 1788 and 1901?'. I found researching and writing about this topic extremely interesting and quite relevant in the current Australian political scene. It has provided me with a better understanding of the history of Australia and how that has shaped its development to this day.

Kylin Huang – Chinese A I discussed the works Jiu Ge (Nine Songs), an ancient set of Chinese poems written by Yuan Qu. My EE talks about the unique charm of the image, structure and thoughts of the ancient Chinese poetry. Jiu Ge mainly served as a recording of dirges at the time, detailing things such as gods or the sacrifice of soldiers in the war.

Peter Lejins – Biology I wrote my EE in Biology because I was able to create my own experiment on the effects of natural antiseptics on the growth of bacteria, such as tea tree oil and honey. I really enjoyed this experience, and as I want to go into a science degree next year, this topic will really help me in my future years at university.

Carol Chalermsin – Physics When I went to a theme park, I thought about how some rides such as roller coasters used magnetic braking to stop us from crashing – which is a very strong and reliable system. Therefore, in my Ex-tended Essay I researched magnetic braking. I chose to do this via plastic cars. I attached a magnet to the back of the car as it rolled down an incline and the magnet’s position was varied. I found it very interesting to test the reliability of the magnetic brakes.

Overall, the experience of writing our Extended Essays has been very beneficial and we have really enjoyed having the free-dom to investigate our interests further than our core subjects allowed us to. Not only do these essays build valuable research skills, but they are also great preparation for university. On behalf of all the year 12s, we would like to give a huge thank you to the supervisors who have guided us and been witnesses to our awful drafts along the way!

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By Matt Spain

On Tuesday 13th of June, a cohort of TKIS students interested in soccer journeyed to the MCG to watch a friendly soccer match between the Brazilian national team and the Socceroos. The atmosphere was electric and the display of professional skills by the top players was very impressive. It was a high scoring game, which kept the crowd entertained. Although the Socceroos lost 4-0, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves despite the freezing weather. On behalf of the group, I would like to thank the school for this incredible experience and especially to Mr Wittmer for accompanying us.

By Ruiyuan Lu, Publications Captain Last weekend boarding students enjoyed an evening of games. A cake was baked to celebrate the birthdays of students born in June and July.

International Soccer comes to Melbourne

Boarding Life

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Oral Indonesian Competition

This year seven Indonesian students are participating in the VILTA Statewide Oral Indonesian competition held in the Universi-ty of Melbourne. And all of them make it to the final. Here is the students’ name:

Lachlan Heywood (Year 10 SL) Oscar Mikic (Year 9 Cont) Jeremy Krietemeyer (Year 8 Cont) Declan Ford (Year 7 Beginning) Leo Halford-Molinaro (Year 7 Beginning) Casey Jensen (Year 7 Beginning) Grace Heywood (Year 7 Beginning)

To win the competition, each students should beat between 70-80 students in the final. The following is the result of 2017 YEAR 7 : LEO HALFORD-MOLINARO 1ST PLACE YEAR 8 : JEREMY KRIETEMEYER 2ND PLACE YEAR 9 : OSCAR MIKIC 1ST PLACE YEAR 10: LACHLAN HEYWOOD 2ND PLACE Congratulation to all students!

Maneet Hora, Publications Captain Last term the Australian Youth Representative of the United Nations came to speak to Year 10 students at TKIS. Paige Burton, a young and passionate Australian, shared her experiences and thoughts about being young person in today’s society. Students learned about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its significance in our diversely growing communities. Moreo-ver, they had the chance to discuss issues that they felt the Australian Government should consider. These issues, which ranged from mental health to the education gap between Indigenous communities as well as refugees will be presented to the United Nations at the Youth Representative Conference in New York and contribute to the actions taken by leaders in Australia.

United Nations, Australian Youth Representative Talk

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By Marina Smith and Jeremy Howard Term 2 for the Student Representative Council was busy! Amongst the usual events that the SRC organises, such as the Bake Sale and for this term specifical-ly, the School Social, we began several projects as suggested by the students. School Social In the first week of the term, the SRC, led by Mr Wittmer, ran the annual School Social. The primary social (years 3-6) was held in the new primary building and was a great success! The senior social (years 7-12) took place at Memorial Hall in the centre of Kilmore. The night was full of dancing and good music and saw awards given for best dancers, best dressed and cutest couples (for the seniors), just to name a few. All in all, it was a great night and we hope that everyone who attended had a great time! (Especially the supervising teachers!) Recycling One of the projects which has been most strongly voiced to us has been the desire for better coverage of recycling options across the school. We’ve been working with the principal, Mr Taylor, and the business manager, Mr Scroggie, to organise spreading recycling bins to each locker bay/area. We hope to have this organised during this term. Uniform We’ve also received a lot of support for designing a boy’s summer school uniform. At the moment, a group of year 9 and 10 SRC members are exploring possibilities and designs to keep a bit cooler in the hotter months of the year. If anyone would like to give input on potential designs, please contact your year level captain so it can be brought up at one of our meetings! In other additions to the uniform, the year 12s were given the option to purchase a personalised, commemorative bomber jacket and will be receiving these soon. A big thank you to Reform Clothing, who have designed and manufactured the jackets. Gaga Pit Another exciting development, raised by the year 7s and 8s after their school camp earlier this year, was the idea for the installa-tion of a Gaga Pit somewhere in the school. Currently, Year 8 captains Sam Walker and Peo Osborne are leading this and will be presenting their findings and ideas soon. This game will allow students to interact in large groups and would be prioritised for the younger year levels of the secondary school. Bake Sale We raised a total of $996.75 for the Children First Foundation in the Bake Sale and Sausage Sizzle. The Children First Founda-tion is a local charity in Kilmore and Melbourne dedicated to providing life-changing and life-saving healthcare as well as tem-porary accommodation for children from developing countries. It was great for the school to take part in this cause through its donations from the bake sale and casual clothes day. It was a great, productive term for all of the SRC. However, the school captains will be stepping down during this term and for

the rest of the year and the year 11 year level captains, Phoebe Nadenbousch and Jacob Knight, will be stepping up as acting school captains. We’re confident they’ll be great leaders and we hope you’ll contact them for any issues regarding the SRC.

SRC Report

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By Phoebe Nadenbousch During the holidays, I was fortunate enough to join a delegation of 10 Victorians at UN Youth National Conference in Perth, alongside Maneet Hora. It was a week of learning about the technological revolution, diplomacy, problems facing the world, social enterprise and were able to network with some of Australia's leaders and leaders of their field across the world. A large part of the conference was MUN, were we took up the role of different countries in Committee and General Assembly debates. I represented Libya for the conference which was a bit of a challenge to understand the counties dynamics from an out-siders perspective but meant I was able to learn a lot about the fascinating political climate of Northern Africa. After many nerves, I was able to present a few speeches in both MUN's and it was something I don't think I'll ever forget, taking place at both the Governors Mansion and the Parliament of Perth. As well as being an amazing place to further our public speaking and networking capabilities, National Conference for me, was a stepping stone between where I am today and where I want to go in the field of international development. This was aided by not only being able to learn more about global issues in a creative way, having the opportunity to meet like-minded individuals and experts in international relations and politics. In terms of networking, I was lucky enough to be able to speak Indonesian with the Indonesian Consul which was definitely the personal highlight for me. Seeing multiple years of Indonesian at TKIS being brought to the test. Yet another example of an un-paralleled opportunity. I've left national conference with not only life-long friends from across Australia but from Taiwan and New Zealand. This is something to me that makes national Conference so unique, the people, every where I went I met someone passionate doing what they love and making a difference. Whether that be my fellow delegates, diplomats, members of parliament or Humanitari-an Rabia Siddique. I was surprised by how many inspiring young people were also there, people the same age as me already involved in various NGOs and taking part in there communities. Yet again after another exceptional UN Youth event I can't recommend getting involved with them enough. Whether it be Evatt, MUN State Conference, or Voice Competition there's so many unique opportunities that are well worth a visit.

UN National Youth Conference

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Year 5—6 District Round Robin, July 16 2017 All students participated excitedly in either Netball or Soccer displaying great effort and sportsmanship. The soccer was held at Assumption College and the Netball at St Patricks Primary School. The Netball teams had mixed results and we are still waiting on the final results. Thank you to Jo Hinrichsen for umpiring Netball games all day. A great effort! The TKIS 1 Soccer team consisting of John Knight, Declan McLaughlin, Hugh Drofenik, Maclaren Egan, Ryan Knight, Michael Dimovksi, Ibrahim Obeid, Kim Wang, Lucy Beaton, Kellan Ireland, Arjun Sharma, James Hurley, Taylah Woolley were undefeated throughout the day and have now progressed to the Whittlesea Division Soccer Finals on Monday 24th July. The results of their games are as follows: Match 1: TKIS 1 v Wandong 1 (won 6-0) Match 2: TKIS 1 v St Pats 2 (won 4-0) Match 3: TKIS 1 v Kilmore Primary School (won 4-2) Final: TKIS 1 v Beveridge (won 6-0) The TKIS 2 Soccer team won 1 game and lost 3 games. Well done to all grade 5 & 6’s for their efforts. Year 3-6 Regional Cross Country, July 21 2017 Taylah Woolley competed in the 3-6 Northern Metropolitan Region Cross Country at Bundoora Park. She finished in 14th place. A great result for Taylah. Year 7-12 Regional Cross Counrty Under 14 Girls: Taryn Furletti – 1st (3km in 13.06 mins) Under 15 Boys: Hayden Lee – 17th Under 15 Girls: Anna Watson – 47th

Cross Country champions—Taryn Furletti

Taryn Furletti won the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships held at Bundoora Park on Saturday 17th June. Taryn will represent Victoria in the Australian Cross Country Championships in Wollongong in August. Taryn also won the School Sport Victoria State Cross Country Championships at Bundoora Park during the holidays. She ran 3km in 8.56 minutes. Taryn was selected to represent School Sport Victoria at the School Sport Australia Cross Country Championships in Hobart, Tasmania in August but will not be attending Well done Taryn! The whole school is behind you!

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Year 5-6 Soccer Final August 24, 2017 The Grade 5 & 6 Soccer team competed in the Whittlesea Division Soccer Finals at John Fawkner College. The team consisted of John Knight, Declan McLaughlin, Hugh Drofenik, Maclaren Egan, Ryan Knight, Michael Dimovski, Ethan Leslie, Joel Krietemeyer, Ibrahim Obeid, Kim Wang, Lucy Beaton, Kellan Ireland, Arjun Sharma, James Hurley and Taylah Woolley. TKIS lost to Thomastown Meadows Primary School – 8-1. Unfortunately TKIS did not make the final and finished 4th overall. Year 11 & 12 Badminton August 25, 2017 The Senior Badminton finals were held in Wangaratta. TKIS had a girls and a boys team competing. Results are as follows: Senior Girls Badminton team consisting of Dan Tran, Klao Sirimaharaj, Dao Jirachotmaneeloed and Scarlett Yu. Results: TKIS lost to Wangaratta Secondary College (5-1) TKIS won against Cobram Secondary College (5-1) Overall result: 2nd. Senior Boys Badminton team consisting of Jason Ruan, Terry Ma, Saber Mo, He Ng, Jack Heanly and Manraj Sidhu Results: TKIS lost to Wangaratta Secondary College (6-0) TKIS lost to Wanganui Park Secondary College (6-0) Overall result: 3rd

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On the 16th June two TKIS teams competed in the Netball Round Robin. We walked to St Patricks Pri-mary school where the games were being held. The results were: TKIS 1 won against Willomavin: 8-1 TKIS 1 lost against Kilmore Primary School 1: 12-0 TKIS 1 won against Wandong 3: 9-6 TKIS 1 won against Beveridge: 7-0 TKIS 1 team members were Ella Petschel, Stella Bowcott, Georgia Caddies, Jayla Laffan Zoch, Anika Edmonds, Chloe Mott TKIS 2 won against Kilmore Primary School 3: 2-1 TKIS 2 lost against Kilmore Primary School 2: 9-1 TKIS 2 lost against Kilmore Primary School 1: 10-1 TKIS 2 lost against Broadford 2: 9-0 TKIS 2 team members were: Mariam, Claire Gallagher, Dayna Ford, Olivia Exell, Hernoor Kaur and Abi Pearson. Everyone played and cooperated well. I had lots of fun even if we didn’t win andi think everyone else did too. By Abi Pearson, Year 5.

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By Georgia Fletcher, Year 6 On the last day of school (Thursday 22nd June) the primary school had a house swimming carnival. Our Year 6 teacher, Miss Garner organised the exciting event. All our classes had already been doing swimming lessons in P.E so it was fitting to ar-range a swimming carnival to celebrate the end of term. In our house groups, we walked down to The Kilmore Leisure Center where we sat on the steps in house sections. Hume house (blue) had a lot of different chants to cheer on the swimmers which the other houses were trying to compete with. Our events included differing lengths of all strokes so everyone could have a go. There were also a lot of novelty events, such as the brick dive and bottle cap collection. Hudson house (red) got off to a great start in the individual events but in the end Hume (blue) came home with a win, in front by 11 points. On behalf of the Primary School I'd like to thank Miss Garner and the rest of the organisers for coordinating this successful event and we all had a fantastic time. "It was fun because I was in lots of events and I think a lot of other people had fun too." Aiden Santarossa, Year 3

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Year 7/8 Bendigo Chinese Museum Excursion Fiona Dimovski and Montana Daniells On Friday the 28th of July, the year 7 and 8 Chinese B students went on an excursion to the Golden Dragon Muse-um. Once we arrived there, we met our tour guide Leigh, who would be showing us around the museum and temples. First, we explored the outskirts of the area, learning about the Chinese Gold Rush in Bendigo and the Chinatown that was once there. Most of the original Chinatown was demolished, but a couple of the buildings were restored and stand proudly today. Our group also explored the two temples - one used as a worship area to the god that will in return grant luck, and the second temple was a place where all happy spirits roam. The reason that the entrances of the temples were on the sides was because it was believed that evil spirits could only walk forwards, therefore they were unable to enter the temple. Inside the main museum, the Chinese Gold Rush period in Bendigo was respected and acknowledged. The Chinese were big contributors to the gold mining community in the mid-1880s, almost accounting for one quarter of the pop-ulation in certain areas! The museum featured many key as well as celebratory artefacts, including some items like an ornate pure green jade carriage, King and Queen Thrones, a pair of marble lion statues that were over 2000 years old, antique cooking utensils and a diminutive pair of shoes that were once worn by a princess who had her feet bound so they would stay the same size from the age of 3! But the main item of the museum was the original parade dragon call Loong which simply translates to The Dragon in Cantonese. He used to parade down the streets of Ben-digo to celebrate the lucrative Easter Parade, yet he had started to become dilapidated. So a new dragon was intro-duced by the name of Sun Loong, who currently stands at 300ft long and the world’s largest Chinese Dragon. He too will soon retire, but the Easter Parade still is proudly a cherished event in the Bendigo-Chinese community. Overall, this museum trip was a fun, interactive and quite enjoyable experience which really taught us some amazing facts about an amazing Chinese community!

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By Maneet Hora, Publication’s Captain

Over the Winter Break, Phoebe Nadenbousch and I attended the United Nations, National Conference, 2017. Personally, the conference was truly a once-in-a- lifetime experience. I was very proud to represent Victoria and TKIS in such a prestigious event that involved interactions with various parliamentary figures including the Governor of Western Australia. The theme of the program was the Innovation Revolution, which is based on the 2 pillars of technology and globalization. In fact, the theme of globalization was so heavily embedded within the conference because we got the opportunity to not only engage with people from the states and territories of Australia but New Zealand and Taiwan. The activities, which were challenging and thought provoking included things such as workshops and focus groups, Model United Nations Debating at the Western Australian Par-liament, panel talks as well as leisure activities such as trivia night. Whilst I shared my knowledge with delegates more than that I got to learn about diverse issues, which ranged from the well being of Indigenous communities, social enterprises, human-centric as well as the importance of sustainable energy systems. The highlight of the event for me was the speech delivered by Rabia Siddique, an International Human Rights Lawyer, who assured me that despite being young I do have the power to create a ripple that brings constructive change in the world.

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Behind the News

Last year, ‘Behind the News’ opened a competition for children around Australia to create and submit a page for a ‘Welcome Book’, which would be given to migrant and refugee children. Our year 6 class had been watching BTN in class for a while, so we all submitted our drawings. I was lucky enough to have my drawing picked, out of 12,134 other submissions, to be in the book. I decided to draw a map of Australia, which I then divided into a grid. Each grid square then had a significant landmark or Australian symbol drawn in it. It was such a long wait to see the final product. However, it was definitely worth the wait! The book can be viewed at http://www.abc.net.au/btn/topic/welcomebook.htm and a hard copy will soon be available in the school library.

This was another successful year for TKIS in the VILTA Sayembara Lisan Competition. All seven students who entered the competition made it through to the State Final at Melbourne University on the on the 3rd of June. All students are congratulated for this great achievement. Out of the seven finalists, four TKIS students received one of final placings. The four students are: Leo Halford-Molinaro Year 7 Beginning 1st Place Jeremy Krietemeyer Year 8 Continuing 2nd Place Oscar Mikic Year 9 1st Place Lachlan Heywood Year 10 2nd Place On behalf of the students involved, I would like to thank both Dr Kaur and Pak Winardi for their dedication and support which enabled us to achieve these amazing results.

Indonesian Competition Success!

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By Marina Smith On Tuesday night, an assorted group of TKIS students assembled in the Blue Room, and (patiently) awaited the provision of ingredients and vague instructions in order to prepare foodstuffs for the bake sale on the following day. A total of around 18 students, ranging from year eight to year twelve joined in the festivities, finely decorating red velvet cup-cakes, constructing rum-less rum-balls, concocting an impressively large batch of hedgehog slice, and assembling a great deal of rocky road balls. A call was made to divide and conquer – separate groups tackling each task with zeal and an impressively raucous chattering. A group of year elevens took on the daunting task of rocky road ball assembly, which was made complicated through the use of a singular microwave to melt the bowl of stubbornly solid chocolate chips. Despite such challenges, these students perse-vered, dissecting marshmallows and gummy bears with reckless abandon and adding them to the ever-increasing pile of ingre-dients awaiting chocolate. Their valiant efforts paid off, however, forming innumerable trays of rocky road balls. Meanwhile, on another table, a group of year nine students were tasked with the production of rum-free rum balls. These stu-dents, confronted with the challenge of combining ingredients in quantities which were not initially clear, boldly pursued their aims, amongst peals of laughter, with a most impressive tray of relatively spherical coconut-coated treats produced. Finally, a large group consisting primarily of years eight and twelve, joined forces to decorate around fifty cupcakes, kindly pre-cooked by the kitchen staff, armed with a large bowl of cream cheese icing and assorted food dyes. The younger students immediately went to work, industriously concocting icing colours of all descriptions which were later applied with great de-light to the many cupcakes. However, the real icing on the [red velvet cup- cake] was the enthusiasm of all those who attended. We greatly appreciated the support of the students in preparing these excellent additions to the bake sale, and would like to say a big thank you to the kitchen staff for their accommodation of our motley crew and the preparation of all the ingredients and other bits and pieces! So, remain on the lookout for the next Bake Sale CAS activity to have some fun making and decorating various desserts, and for year 11s, earn an hour of service or creativity!

Bake Sale CAS Activity

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Paul Margocsy @ Old Post Office Seymour Official Opening 6th August 11am to 3pm

Paul will be at the opening to discuss his work. Light refreshments will be served. Entry is free.

This 2017 Bi-Annual Exhibition features 40 works by Paul

(Images of work by Paul online http://www.artseymour.com.au/Paul_Margocsy.php )

The paintings by Paul will fill the Main Gallery and work by many other noted artists will also be on display for sale.

Including more work by Nadine Dudek, John Orlando Birt, Janette Doyle, Linda Weil & Helen Cottle.

Exhibition continues to 24th September Thursday to Sunday 11am to 3pm & Wednesday to Saturday evenings from

6pm til late. Old Post Office Seymour, Fine Art Gallery & Licensed Restaurant, 50 Emily St, SEYMOUR 3660. Enquires 03 5792-3170

www.artseymour.com.au

Louise Barling & Garry Broderick Old Post Office Seymour Art Gallery & Restaurant

50 Emily Street SEYMOUR 3660 (03) 5792-3170

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