Baden Powell College News
Baden Powell College News
JULY
Thursday 26th Year 7 100 story building excursion
Bounce program for selected year 7 ‐ 9 girls 1.45 ‐ 3pm
Friday 27th Derrimut Heath Subway due back
Spellathon class winner to be determined
Tarneit Gr 1 ‐ 2 BBQ and sleepover camp program
TSC course selec on forms due in
Monday 30th Tarneit Preps celebrate 100 days of school
Derrimut Heath Preps go to the Werribee Mansion
Spell Off for Spellathon in PLCs throughout this week
Derrimut Heath Subway count
Tuesday 31st University of NSW English for 2 ‐ 9
AUGUST
Wednesday 1st Walk 2 school starts for term 3
Tarneit campus EAL morning tea at 8.50am
Derrimut Heath Preps celebrate 100 days of school
Thursday 2nd Derrimut Heath campus EAL morning tea at 9am
Bounce program for selected year 7 ‐ 9 girls 1.45 ‐ 3pm
Friday 3rd Grade 3 ‐ 4 fourth camp payment due
The top 3 Prep ‐ 2 Spellathon winners to be determined
Derrimut Heath 1—2 s go to Werribee Mansion
Assemblies—Mr Benne to do Shave Off if enough support
Tarneit Subway due back
Monday 6th Grade 3 ‐ 4 and 5 ‐ 6 Spellathon winners to do spelloff across campus
Tarneit Subway to get counted
THEME OF THE MONTH: FEELINGS
“Dealing with Feelings”
Issue Ten: 25th July 2018
“Looking Forward, Staying Ahead”
Derrimut Heath PS Campus Tarneit
Prep – 9 Campus
Sycamore St, Hoppers Crossing, 3029 81-97 Baden Powell Dve, Tarneit
Telephone: (03) 9748 8688 Telephone: 8734 0900
Fax: (03) 9748 7073 Fax: (03) 8734 0950
College Council President:
SIMONE LOCKWOOD
College Captains:
Sarah Ador
Coco Natividad
College Vice-Captains
Victoria Haddara
Abdul Issah
Website: www.bpc.vic.edu.au
[email protected]
College Principal:
JULIE MASON
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FROM THE DESK OF OUR COLLEGE PRINCIPAL
Oval Update
For some me now, as many of you realise, we have been trying to accumulate enough money to redo the oval
at the Tarneit Campus. The forma on of an oval was indeed part of the building specifica ons but due to many
years of drought, two unsuccessful a empts to reseed the ground and then the need to bring so many portables
into the Tarneit Campus, we really could not jus fy the costs associated with con nually funding a empts that
were doomed for failure. So we did get some quotes for synthe c ground cover and then began saving funds to
eventually get the oval developed. A visit from local Member of Parliament Telmo Languiller, a le er from Labor
Candidate for Tarneit Sarah Connolly and a passionate plea from College Captain Sarah Ador on the Australian
Broadcas ng Corpora on show Q&A seems to have succeeded. I have received a le er from the Minister for
Educa on the Honorable James Merlino to let me know that we are to receive $161,200 towards the oval
upgrade and this amount along with the money we have set aside for the work means that we can go ahead with
this important project much earlier than expected.
Parent Opinion Survey
Our school is conduc ng a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an
annual survey offered by the Department of Educa on and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of
randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ percep ons of
school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform
and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be
invited to par cipate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent
Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 23rd July to Sunday 26th August.
The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10‐15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any
convenient me within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online
survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin,
Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek. The survey results will be reported back to the school at the
end of September
Chocolate Drive
Thanks very much to the families from the Tarneit Campus who went to a great effort to sell chocolates. This
fundraising ac vity really does bring in a lot of much needed funds and on the 20th of August the families from
Derrimut Heath Campus will get a turn to take a box of chocolates to work or to have some treats for the family
at home.
Spellathon
Hopefully your son or daughter has been sharing a commitment to perfect spelling, as, during this week, lots of
spelling tests are happening in the Learning Spaces at Baden Powell College. Through this ac vity we hope that
the money raised from the sponsorship graciously provided from family members, and friends, will support the
oval beau fica on project that is part of the Oval Master Plan. When we find out who are our College spelling
champions are we will enter them in the Wyndham Library Spelling Bee to be held on Thursday the 23rd of
August.
Use of Compass
Thank you so much for those of you who are checking Compass each day. It is important as we are
communica ng daily on Compass and you may very well miss some important informa on if you do not check in
daily. Should you have forgo en how to log in or your login details please contact the office at school and the
friendly ladies will assist you to sort out any problems.
Performance
We are now planning for the Annual College Concert that is to be held in September. The Concert for the stu‐
dents in Prep to Year 4 at the Tarneit Campus will be held on Tuesday the 11th of September, whereas the Con‐
cert for the students in Years 5‐9 will be held on Thursday the 13th of September. For Derrimut Heath all students
from Prep to Year 6 will be performing on Wednesday the 12th of September. Each day there will be two concerts
star ng at 5pm and then at 7pm with a theme of Friends4Life guiding the selec on of song and dance. The price
for a cket remains at $5……. A bargain when you consider the amazing opportunity to see your li le Super Star
performers in ac on!!
Yours in Educa on, Looking Forward, Staying Ahead,
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WYNDHAM TECH SCHOOL OPENING
The Wyndham Tech School opening was held on the 25th of June. The Tech School is a facility with a lot of
high tech equipment including drones, AI robo cs, 3D Printers and Virtual Reality Goggles. The day was an
amazing experience, students from Baden Powell College, Good News Labyrinth, Thomas Carr College and
Wyndham Central College had spent the morning explaining the equipment to the Minister of Educa on and
Other Candidates. The opening ran successfully and students were privileged to have been welcomed to the
Wyndham Tech School. 7‐9 students will get an opportunity to learn there in semester two.
Thank you to Racheal Scales for organising and a ending with students.
From Xristos Kas s
Follow this link for a video which includes representa ves from our college!
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SHOULD BEAUTY PRODUCTS BE TESTED ON ANIMALS? By MILLIE THOMAS
I strongly believe that beauty products should NOT be tested on poor defenceless animals.
Some of the reasons that I think this is because animals don't
have the voice like humans to say “don’t test me !” etc. Lots
of animals are used for this and also many get killed.
Firstly, animals
