81 Camperdown Contact · 2019. 7. 25. · Year 6 students with the people, places and opportunities that make up Camperdown College. The publicised due date for Year 7 enrolments

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CAMPERDOWN COLLEGE NEWSLETTER Term 3, Week 2, 25th July 2019

Camperdown

Congratulations to Perrie Winsall, Kona Kerr and

Wylie Cole (pictured left) for winning prizes in

the recent Robert Burns Art Competition. Their

pictures were based on the poem To a Louse.

Great effort guys, well done!

Rachel Mann, Senior Campus Art Teacher

Robert Burns

Art Competition

Well done to all the winners and place getters at

the Robert Burns Festival! Students from Prep –

Year 6 submitted their tartan designs and portraits.

Due to the quality of our students’ artworks,

Camperdown College received an award for the

most art winners! It was great to see all our

amazing artwork displayed throughout local shop

windows over the past weeks. Well done to all our

students! *every child is an artist*

Winners and Place Getters:

Archie Nolan, Nancy Leonard-Pekin, Mikayla

Foster, Henry Wilkinson, Jayavi Senarath, Samuel

Van den Meiracker, Crawford Dunn, Nate Castle,

Marianne Suson, Monique Ferrari, Lily Van Es,

Harrison Smith, Fletcher Tolland and Tulin Meric.

Dayle Smithwick, Junior Campus Art Teacher

Left: Lily Van Es;

Below: Monique

Ferrari and Nancy

Leonard-Pekin

Our Mission: Camperdown College will provide exemplary teaching and learning programs within excellent facilities which foster school pride,

aspiration and persistence to achieve high levels of learning for all students.

From the Principal’s Desk…

Thank you to our school community,

particularly our upper primary and

Senior Campus students, for the

thoughtful feedback provided to

School Council during the scheduled

review of our Bullying and

Harassment Policy. The policy has

been rewritten to make it as user

friendly as possible and the

suggestions from students were

particularly helpful in this regard. School Council ratified

the new policy at the June meeting and it is published in this

newsletter for your interest and future reference.

Our newest staff member Lauren White commenced work

last week as our part-time Alumni and Marketing Officer.

Lauren joined the Corangamite Trade Training Cluster

introductory bus tour last Thursday which saw Year 9

students and staff from all cluster schools (Camperdown

College, Cobden Technical School, Derrinallum College,

Hampden Specialist School, Terang College and Timboon

P12 School) visit the Camperdown, Cobden and Timboon

training facilities and learn about all of the vocational

certificates on offer through the cluster next year. Lauren

will assist us in the development of strategies to promote our

Salon Assistant and Retail Cosmetics certificates to

prospective students from within and beyond the cluster, and

also to promote our hair and beauty training facilities to

potential users. Any questions or suggestions regarding our

certificates or courses can be directed to myself, Sue

Maskell or Lauren White through the Senior Campus Office.

School Council has recently endorsed the purchase of a

digital sign to be positioned on the Errey Street/Cobden

Road corner of the Senior Campus. This signage will

enable the promotion and celebration of Camperdown

College events and achievements and also the opportunities

available to Corangamite Shire students through the joint

schools Corangamite Trade Training Cluster. Installation is

expected to occur this term. Thank you to our school

community for the wonderful support of Parents & Friends

fundraising activities over the past year, enabling our P&F

to make a significant contribution towards the purchase of

the new sign.

This week we have again seen structured transition events

taking place at each campus, with the incoming 2020 Year

7 students attending on Tuesday to participate in Health and

PE classes, and all of the children from both kindergartens

attending on Thursday for tailored Maths and Art lessons.

Last week our Library Officer Gabrielle Bellman visited

Banana Splits Childcare Centre to read to the children and

will do the same at Camperdown Kindergarten (Baranbali)

on Wednesday 7th August. These activities sit within an

extensive transition program that takes place over Terms

2, 3 and 4 and intended to familiarise the kindergarten and

Year 6 students with the people, places and opportunities

that make up Camperdown College. The publicised due

date for Year 7 enrolments has now passed and the 2020

Prep enrolments are due by next Friday 2nd August.

The Department of Education Parent Opinion Survey is

presently underway and again will be completed online by

a randomly generated sample of College families. The

feedback from these surveys, along with the Staff Survey

and Year 4 – 12 Attitudes to School Survey, is very

helpful as an annual pulse-check and to identify

opportunities for future work. Thank you in advance if you

have been selected to participate!

Our new Senior Campus guitar tutor, Jacob West, visited

the school last Friday to meet with potential students.

Jacob is intending to start delivering private lessons at the

Senior Campus each Friday, providing we have sufficient

interest. Students must collect and return a permission

form to the office this week so that numbers can be

confirmed. Congratulations to our Year 11 students who

commenced Deb rehearsals last week. We are all looking

forward to celebrating their efforts with them at the

Debutante Ball on Friday 23rd August. Meanwhile our

Junior Campus Victorian State Schools Spectacular dance

rehearsals continue and it is great to see the popular after

school Sporting Schools program back on the agenda,

commencing in week 3 with softball.

A Student Free Day in week 5, on Thursday 15th August,

will see all teachers and Education Support staff undertake

Department of Education’s Cultural Understanding and

Sensitivity Training. The CUST training will be delivered

by the Department’s Koorie Education personnel and we

look forward to increasing our collective understanding of

local Aboriginal history and perspectives.

Thank you to all members of the school community who

have begun selling tickets for our Camperdown College

Major Raffle. The prizes have attracted a great deal of

interest and we are grateful for your enthusiastic support

of the raffle.

Ms Cherie Kilpatrick

Principal

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Friday 26th July Scholastic Book Fair at the Junior Campus See opening times on page 6

Friday 26th July VCAL Footy Trip 3pm – 12 Midnight Collingwood vs Richmond

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Monday - Thursday 29th July –

1st August Scholastic Book Fair at the Junior Campus See opening times on page 6

Monday 29th July Scholastic Book Club due for Prep – Year 6 students

Wednesday 31st July 100 Days of Prep!

Wednesday 31st July Term 3 Sporting Schools (Softball) starts tonight from 3.15pm – 4.30pm at the Junior Campus

Thursday 1st August Miss Edwards visiting the Camperdown Kindergarten from 1pm (transition)

Friday 2nd August Prep 2020 enrolments close today

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Wednesday 7th August Storytime at Camperdown Kindergarten with Library Officer, Gabrielle Bellman

Wednesday 7th August Later Years Information Session from 1.30pm at the Senior Campus

Friday 9th August Year 6 Transition at the Senior Campus: Food Technology & English

Excellence ~ Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Caring ~ Honesty

State Cross Country:

Five students qualified to participate in the State Cross Country held in Bundoora last Thursday. Thank you to

the parents/siblings who made the long trip in order to support our students. Riley Helmore placed a credible

16th in a very impressive performance and can now apply to be part of the Australian competition. Bailey

McDonald, Charlie Tickner, Harry Sumner and Daniel Nelson all placed in the 60-80 range which is a

wonderful achievement.

Student Progress:

All parents would have received their child’s reports during the last week of Term 2. If there is any aspect of

the report that you would like to follow up on please feel free to make contact. Parent Teacher Interviews will

be conducted during week 9 of this term but please don’t hesitate to make contact with teachers before this if you have any concerns.

Regular progress information about your child is available on Compass. Just a reminder that for students in Year 7 – 10, you are able

to see the learning cycle that your child is working on in each of their subjects. In week five of each term, mid-term comments are

posted which outline how your child is progressing and what their next steps are for learning. For VCE/VCAL students, mid-cycle

comments are added mid-way through each outcome and performance results are added at the end of the outcome.

Work Experience:

The Year 10 students have participated in work experience this week. We have had the majority of students placed locally in a range

of businesses and we thank these businesses for the support of our program. Students were looking forward to their time in the

workforce and we trust that the students will enjoy this opportunity to assist their career education.

Year 6 to 7 Transition:

Our Year 6 to 7 transition program continues this term. This week the students participated in Health and Physical Education lessons.

Mr Van and Miss Lee conducted these fast paced sessions and students enjoyed interacting and getting to know each other.

Examination Navigator:

Students studying Year 12 subjects have been given a very important piece of documentation – VCE Exams Navigator 2019. This

booklet provides information on: VCAA rules, approved materials and equipment, examination timetables and special provision. It is

vital that students/parents familiarise themselves with the content.

Celebration Assembly:

Our Celebration Assembly at the end of last term opened and closed with a musical performance from Otto Leonard-Pekin, Tim

Fagan, Mathew Pineo and Daniel Nelson. Continuing on from their performances on the Year 7 Open Night, the boys rehearsed over

lunch times to add more songs to their repertoire. They performed Seven Nation Army and Old Town Road and wooed all present with

their skills.

The following awards were presented:

Student Leadership Team Awards:

School Captain Award – Amelia Kempton Sport Captain Award – Riley Helmore

Performing Arts Award – Tom Hutton

Grade point average awards to students who have maintained an average above 3.5:

Ruby Kempton, Ebony Pearce, Perrie Winsall, Lewani Bateman, Evie Clementson, Isabelle Eldridge, Beth Holmes,

Eliza O’Neil, Eagan Winsall, Jessica O’Connor, Sarah Wright, Taylah Best, Sarah Delwig, Tiana Hinkley, Grace

Jopling, Amelia Kempton, Otto Leonard-Pekin, Olivia Maskell, Caitlin O’Connor, Cailin Pearce, Charlie Tickner,

Annabel Lucas

Attendance Awards:

Tom Baker, Mackenzie Borland, Ally Collins, Charlie Kempton, Ruby Kempton, Ebony Pearce, Paddy Baker, Kc

Jenkins, Aimee Bosanquet, Jack Kempton, Dalton Mitchell, Kristy Parsons, Lachlan Bennett, Sarah Delwig, Tim

Fagan, Jack Helmore, Riley Helmore, Khris Clementson, Corey Jolly

Camperdown –Timboon Rail Trail Committee (appreciation for rebuilding Elingamite shelter):

Meg Pickles, Harry Molan, Kyle Searle, Charlie Conheady

Cows Create Careers: Secondary Schools Competition winners – VCAL class

Grease: Certificates were presented to cast and crew of the very successful Grease performance.

Learning Awards:

Ms Angus Sophie Swayn Growth mindset and persisting to improve depth of work.

Mr Attrill Alex Tobias Excellent enthusiasm and always willing to have a go at anything.

Mr Bennett Katelynd Wise Going above and beyond in Grease, lead role and choreography.

Ms Black Scott Londregan Excellent persistence and consistently good results.

Mr Brooks Alex Tobias Enthusiasm, persistence and ability to take on feedback.

Ms Crowle Logan Rollings Excellence in robotics and willingness to help others.

Mrs French Pauline Sheldrick Persistence and dedication to improve.

Mrs Grant Caitlin O’Connor Persistence in taking on feedback and willingness to learn new skills.

Mrs Irwin Taylah Best Continued persistence and application to improve.

Miss Jubb Max Carbury Persistence in responding to feedback.

Miss Lee Bailey McDonald Excellent results, persistence effort.

Mrs Maskell Tiana Hinkley Leadership in VCAL program.

Ms Mann Beth Holmes Listening to feedback and seeking to improve.

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Mrs Mutton Joseph Gleeson Always striving to do his very best.

Ms Taylor Charlie Tickner Responding to feedback, putting in the hard work and seeing the results of this.

Mrs Wood Max Carbury Persistence when experiencing difficulty in maths.

Corangamite Trade Training Centre Tour:

Year 9 students toured the Corangamite Trade Training Centre last week where they saw students at work on their VETiS programs

and listened to teachers about the programs on offer. Upon return to school, Mrs Maskell outlined study options for students in Year

10. Next week she will be conducting interviews with Year 9 students about their intentions for next year and parents are most

welcome to join in these meetings.

Debutante Ball: Training for our Debutante Ball is underway. Tickets go on sale next week. Thank you to all parents who submitted their children's

names to be considered for Flower Girl and Pageboy. Parents & Friends Vice President, Paula Regan will be drawing the names out

of a hat tomorrow afternoon and phone calls will be made to convey the outcome.

Vicki Angus

Senior Campus Assistant Principal

Welcome back to Term 3! It has been very pleasing to see how well all our students have settled back into the

routine of school life following the school holidays. This term we welcome Mrs Honor Rahles-Rahbula as she

steps into Year 1/2T whilst Mrs Tolland and her family enjoy a well-earned rest touring around Australia.

Students of the Term and 100% Attendance:

At our Term 2 Celebration of Learning Assembly, teachers recognised a particular student from each class who

had demonstrated commitment and dedication in various aspects of their learning. Congratulations to the

following students for receiving Student of the Term certificates: Vogue Fleming, Zander Horan, Rhett

Fleming, Sam Bateman, Keira Johnston, Corey Evans, Chloe Anderson and Mercy Rothman. Ms Kilpatrick

and I were very privileged to share a special lunch with these students last week. Congratulations also to

students who achieved 100% attendance during Term 2: Jack Bourke, Archie Nolan, Levi Peoples, Beau Smith, Henry Wilkinson,

Oliver Horspole, Heidi Nolan, Dakota Underhill, Kurt Wilson, Lawson Clark, Siera Merrett, Miller Murphy, Marianne Suson, Sophie

Wilson, Bailey Carman, Koby Clarke, Ruby Johnston, Gracie Pearce, Oliver Clark, Fletcher Tolland, Stella Horspole and Lily Van

Es.

Reports:

All students were given a copy of their Semester 1 Report at the end of last term and an electronic version is also available on

Compass. If there is any aspect of the report that you would like to follow up on, feel free to make contact with your child’s class

teacher through the Junior Campus Office. If you haven’t done so already please take the time to discuss your child’s progress with

them and set an achievable goal/s for this term for future improvement. The partnership between home and school is important if our

young people are to achieve even better outcomes, academically, socially, creatively and physically. Later this term, all families will

have the opportunity to participate in Parent Teacher Interviews.

Transition:

Our Kindergarten children visited us today, participating in a Maths session in the Prep Room and an Art session in the Art Room.

This concludes our Kindergarten transition visits. If you know of any families who are considering enrolling their child in Prep at

Camperdown College in 2020, please invite them to make contact with the school as Prep enrolments close next Friday 2nd August.

Our Year 6 to 7 transition sessions continued this week with Year 6 students experiencing Health and PE classes. Year 6 students will

visit the Senior Campus again in week 4 to participate in Food Technology and English classes.

100 Days of School:

It is hard to believe that next Wednesday 31st July marks a huge milestone for our Prep students who will celebrate 100 days of

school! Students will be participating in numerous activities associated with the numeral 100 as well as marking the occasion with a

Prep party lunch. All Prep families are invited to come along and help the students celebrate this special occasion in the Prep Room

from 11.10am – 1pm.

Scholastic Book Fair:

A reminder that our Scholastic Book Fair commences tomorrow and continues next week. Mrs Uebergang has set up the display,

ready for families to come in and browse the wide selection of books that are available for purchase. The books are good quality

literature and reasonably priced. For every purchase made, we receive a percentage of the sale. See page 6 for exact opening days and

times.

Sporting Schools Program:

Our Sporting Schools program will commence next Wednesday 31st July. Coordinator, Sally Sutterby, has organised for students to

participate in a softball program for Term 3. Year 11 student, Charlie Tickner will assist Sally each week with the program. The

Sporting Schools program is an extremely popular activity and with many names on the waiting list, it is an expectation that students

attend each week, unless they are absent from school.

Graeme Bennett

Acting Junior Campus Assistant Principal

Junior Campus News

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Friday 23rd August in the AG Daws Hall Doors open at 7.00pm

Debutantes presented at 8.00pm

Supper supplied

On Thursday 18th July, Camperdown College was

represented by five students at State Cross Country in

Bundoora. Riley Helmore, Charlie Tickner, Harry

Sumner and Daniel Nelson competed in the 17-20 Years

Males whilst Bailey McDonald competed in the 16 Years

Males. All students represented the school well and gave

100% on the track, they competed against some very

strong opponents from a lot of different schools. Riley

Helmore was our top place getter, he finished 16th in his

age group. This is a massive effort to run within the top

20 at State level, well done Riley! Thank you to the

parents that made the trip and supported the boys.

Grace Lee, Year 7 – 12 Sport Coordinator

Riley Helmore 16th; Charlie Tickner 78th; Harry Sumner 79th; Daniel Nelson 89th and

Bailey McDonald 64th.

Scholastic Book Fair @ the Junior Campus Students will preview the collection of books with their class teacher in the

Library and prepare their wish list on Thursday 25th July.

The Book Fair will be open for purchases during the following days/times:

Friday 26th July: 3.15pm – 4pm Monday 29th July: 8.20am – 8.50am

3.15pm – 4pm Tuesday 30th July: 8.20am – 8.50am

3.15pm – 4pm Wednesday 31st July: 2.30pm – 4pm Thursday 1st August: 8.20am – 8.50am 3.15pm – 4pm

What a great chance to stock up for Christmas – Lucky Door Prizes!

Be part of our school’s growing alumni community by visiting the Camperdown College Alumni Facebook

page and inboxing us, or emailing us directly at [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


2019 Parent Opinion Survey Many families will have received notification that they have been randomly selected to participate in

the 2019 Parent Opinion Survey. This annual survey offered by the Department of Education and

Training is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents and all responses to the survey

are anonymous. The assistance of families in completing the survey based on their experiences and

perceptions of Camperdown College over the past year is greatly appreciated.

The Parent Opinion Survey helps us to gain an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate,

student behaviour and student engagement. We use the survey results to help inform and direct future

school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online between Monday

22rd July to Sunday 11th August, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any

convenient time within this period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September and a summary of the results will be shared through the

school newsletter. We thank you for your participation and feedback!

Cherie Kilpatrick, Principal

Camperdown College VCAL students are again preparing for their

Mow Down event in conjunction with VicMow (The Victorian

Mower Racing Association), to be held on Saturday 26th October.

Over the past five years we have been overwhelmed with the

generosity of our local community in donating materials and

equipment for our mower improvements and assistance to host the

event.

If you would like to support us again in hosting this great community

event, we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking sponsorship in the form of goods, services, a gift for

our raffle or a cash donation of $50. In return you will be provided

with free tickets to the event, advertising on our program and

Facebook page.

Sponsors are also welcome to have a trade display or an

advertising banner on the day of the event.

If you would like to assist us in hosting our event

please contact Hannah Kurzman at the Senior Campus

on 5593 1617.

Hannah Kurzman,

VCAL Student

Last week, students from Prep – Year 4 attended a “Market

Fresh” incursion from the Melbourne Market Authority.

Students learned about fruit and vegetables and the

importance of including fruit and vegetables in our diet.

Students also had the opportunity to sample a wide variety of fresh fruits which had been generously donated by Greavesy’s Fruit ‘n’ Veg in

Terang. This incursion was made possible by the kind

nomination of our school in the ‘A Better Choice’ Back-to School promotion by the

Senarath family – thank you!

Graeme Bennett Assistant Principal Our students were treated to this incursion

thanks to Onaya and Jayavi Senarath (above).


Mrs Marie Mutton

Mrs Mutton is a Maths and Physics teacher. She used to be an electrical

engineer in Sweden but became a teacher when she moved to Australia in

2001. She was born and raised in Linköping Sweden with her two siblings.

Mrs Mutton’s schooling was very different compared to ours in Australia.

She went to a mainstream school then in Year 10 she had to pick what type

of school she wanted to go to out of Technical, Trade, Maths and Science

and Humanities. She chose Technical School. She then moved onto

university and became an electrical engineer and then went to University in

Australia to become a teacher.

Mrs Mutton teaches Maths and Physics. She likes to share knowledge and dislikes poor

behaviour that distracts people from their work. Welcome to Camperdown College Mrs Mutton.

Harry Molan, VCAL Student

Year 3/4 students braved the cold and made their way

to Tower Hill on Monday to expand on their new

Inquiry Unit Our Country, Our Place Upon arrival,

students were taken on tours around Tower Hill that

had them taking part in boomerang and spear

throwing, a walk around the wetlands and a talk

about Aboriginal clothing, painting and tools. Whilst

on the wetlands walk, students tried some bush tucker

that included native spinach, salt tree and sap.

Students enjoyed a close up look at the emus,

wallabies and koalas that roamed free and were

educated about the possum skin cloaks. Possum

skin cloaks were used not only to keep

Aboriginals warm, but on the inside is their life

story; each possum skin tells about a part of the

Aboriginals life. Students also learnt how to make

paint, soap, food and tools from their

surroundings. Based on the information that

students were sharing on the way home, this

excursion proved to be fun and informative.

Lauren Murphy

Year 3/4 Teacher

Year 9 students toured the district last week learning

about the training opportunities available from their own

school yards as part of the Corangamite Trade Training

Cluster (CTTC) initiative.

Camperdown College host Hair and Beauty,

Derrinallum College provide Agriculture, Cobden

Technical School deliver Building, Automotive and

Electro technology, Terang College offer Community

Services and Timboon P12 School deliver Hospitality,

Engineering and Music.

Students have the ability to access nationally recognised

courses whilst staying in school completing their VCE

or VCAL, in some cases not leaving their own campus.

Mrs Maskell will be meeting with students in the

coming weeks to discuss career pathways. Please

contact Mrs Maskell to arrange a time if you would like

to join the discussion with your child.

Lauren White

Alumni and Marketing Manager

Year 3/4 students learnt a great deal

from their recent

Tower Hill excursion.


Camperdown College Uniform Shop opening hours: Wednesdays from 3.15pm – 4.00pm

Fridays from 8.30am – 9.15am and 3.15pm – 4.00pm

With the exception of new families, we are unable to open the Uniform Shop outside of these hours.

We thank you for your understanding.

Junior Campus communication sent to parents this week:J51 Term 3 Sporting Schools Waiting List J52 Year 1/2 Parent Information

J53 Scholastic Book Fair J54 100 Days of Prep

J55 VSSS Hoodie Order Form J56 SFO Update

J57 National Science Week @ Deakin

Senior Campus communication sent to parents this week:S32 National Science Week @ Deakin S33 SFO Update

S34 Parent Opinion Survey

Student of Term 2: (back) Mercy Rothman, Corey Evans, Keira Johnston,

Chloe Anderson; (front) Sam Bateman, Zander Horan, Rhett Fleming,

Vogue Fleming.

Friday 19th July: (back) Riley Spence, Sybella Gavin, Lily Van Es,

Daisy Prout; (front) Lenny Tarbolton, Chloe Castle, Onaya Senarath,

Reagan Webb.

Thank you to Ritchies IGA for their support

through the community benefits program.

To date this year we have received $484.35.

Kindergarten enrolments are now being taken for 2020. Enrolment forms for 3 year old and

4 year old Kindergarten in 2020 are available at either Kindergarten or by phoning 5593 1936.

Enrolments close Friday 16th August.






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81 Camperdown Contact · 2019. 7. 25. · Year 6 students with the people, places and opportunities that make up Camperdown College. The publicised due date for Year 7 enrolments