SEPTEMBER

Monday 9– Wednesday 11 Year 7 Lady Northcote Camp

Tuesday 17 PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Friday 20 LAST DAY TERM 3 STUDENTS WILL BE DISMISSED AT 1.00pm

OCTOBER Monday 7 TERM 4 COMMENCES

Tuesday 15 School Council

Friday 18 Year 12 classes end

Monday 21 Year 12 Luncheon

Tuesday 22 Year 12 Dress up

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 5 MELBOURNE CUP DAY

Wednesday 6 Year 12 exams start

Tuesday 12 Year 11 classes end

Wednesday 13—Friday 15 Italian/Music Camp

Thursday 14 Year 11 exams start

Friday 15 Year 12 Valedictory Dinner

Issue 6 September 2013

The junior debaters won yet another debate. The students in the team are:

Trent Barker, Nathan Hill and Chelzia Paulson.

This is an amazing achievement! To reach the finals they had to be at the top of

their pool ( Coburg region= 30 teams) and defeat Princes Hill Secondary College in

the final. They then made it to Playoff 1, where they defeated Lilydale SC. They had

the negative position to the debate, " That the government should ban websites

which glorify eating disorders."

Playoff 2 followed and they defeated Korowa Anglican Girls School with the affirma-

tive position, " That we should close specialist sporting and performing arts high

schools."

Finally they were in the Octo-finals ( final 16 in the state). They defeated Lebler

Yavneh College with the affirmative position that, "We should raise the legal driving

age."

The students are now in the quarter finals, which will be once again held next week.

They have put in much hard work and effort in to this competition and the weekly

format has made it a very demanding schedule, so we should be very proud of

them.

On Friday 23rd August the school held a curriculum day that focused on Student Wellbe-ing and Engagement. This was planned by a team of leaders who have been conducting extensive research on programs, approaches and strategies to help build students’ resili-ence and motivation. They attended a state wide conference where they heard from educational experts and psychologists about current research in areas such as Positive Psychology, Optimism, Growth Mindsets and other ground breaking approaches being implemented in schools . The intention is to develop a whole school approach to build-ing our students resilience and their motivation. Every teacher in every class needs to take responsibility for developing this aspect of our students and indeed we believe that there will be things that parents will also be able to do to support this work. Throughout 2014, the leading team and the teachers will review the current student management policies and procedures as well as the various student development programs so as to

design a whole school approach that best suits our school and our students. This will be launched in 2015 and we believe will be a model that other schools will be keen to follow. With multiple events happening around the country to celebrate National Science Week, Epping Secondary College joined in and presented activities during the week at lunchtimes. Students and staff participating in some very interesting experiments and experiences that are explained further in this newsletter. Once again our students have demonstrated their outstanding academic abilities through a number of regional competitions. In the State Wide Debating Program our junior team is undefeated, through the State Wide Science Competition a number of our students scored top grades and our junior team came second place in the Regional Italian Performing Arts Competition. We should all be very proud of these outstanding achievements and encour-age more students to take up the many challenges that are out there for them, to extend themselves and their abil-ities. One of our year 10 students, Courtney Holmes, was successful in applying for a Melbourne Theatre Company Youth Scholarship. Courtney will be participating in a course at the MTC from September 23rd to 27th, as well as having the opportunity to attend some major theatrical productions. This is a once in a lifetime experience and hopefully future students get the opportunity to gain from such an enriching program. We have been very fortunate to be part of the ABCN (Australian Business Community Network) that has run the GOALS mentoring program for 9 students for the past 7 years. Most recently, this group has offered our students another valuable program. The year 10 Pathways students were invited to participate in mock interviews organ-ised by a number of member companies. I am sure that students gained many important insights and developed critical interview skills. These programs come at no cost to the students or the school. And of course our year 7 students, teachers and families enjoyed a special “Night at the Museum” which show cased students work and brought our community together to participate in a truly enjoyable and interactive learn-ing experience. Helene Alamidis PRINCIPAL

At Epping Secondary College we are delighted with the growing number of students at the college. As the

numbers have increased substantially this year we have implemented some new procedures.

Next term if you wish to see a staff member please make an appointment first. This will ensure that

staff can be prepared and a suitable time can be arranged for both parties.

If students are leaving early throughout the day a parent note must be written in their diary. This will be

approved in the morning by the coordinator and then students must sign out via the student attendance

office.

This will ensure that your child/ren will be ready for collection without delay.

We thank you for your cooperation in helping our college run more efficiently.

On Friday, August 9th, four year 9 students participated in the EVATT Competition at The University of Melbourne. This competition in run by UN Youth Australia and gives students the opportunity to tackle global issues and learn about political proceedings. Students work in teams of two and are allocated a country to represent on the United Nations Security Council. Epping Secondary College entered two teams. Nathan Hill and Chelzia Paulson represented the Russian Federation and Riccardo Serbolonghi and Caleb Catania represented Rwanda. The competition consisted of three rounds with students debating resolutions to be acted upon by the United Nations. The first round dealt with the reformation of the UN Security Council; the second round explored the question of North Korea and nuclear power; and the third round was an im-promptu debate regarding military intervention in the Central African Republic. The students debated for three hours, negotiating with other coun-tries, striking and amending clauses of the documents and arguing their position before the other teams. As some of the youngest par-ticipants in the competition these students performed exceptionally well. They created allegiances with other countries, argued their points and demonstrated excellent research and public speaking skills. The students gave up their own time to prepare for the compe-tition, as it required a great amount of research and familiarity with UN procedures. These students are to be commended for their dedication and eager-ness to extend themselves. The EVATT Competition presented a unique challenge that, whilst tough, was thoroughly enjoyable. All students are eager to enter again next year and I encourage other students who enjoy debating and being challenged to consider enter-ing the competition in 2014. Jessica De Bono

On August, 27th, Epping Secondary College entered two groups of per-formers in the Annual Italian Performing Arts Competition held at the Mel-bourne Museum Theatre in Carlton. We had a team entered in both the junior and senior categories. Our students performed beautifully on the day. They were entertaining and very professional in both their presenta-tion and in their delivery of their lines (all in Italian)! Our junior team were awarded second place!! Our senior team did not place however, they were certainly a very competitive group who delivered a wonderful perfor-mance. Judges feed back was very positive and they were amazed at how wonderful our students' Italian language skills are and the accuracy of their pronunciation. The students were a pleasure to work with. They were always dedicated and motivated to achieve their best. I am very proud of all of them. A big thank you to Sara Salome our Italian assistant for 2013. She was an amazing help and support this year to both teams. Antoinette Rehak

On September 2nd, both Pre-VCE Italian Classes visited the Italian Migra-tion Museum in Carlton. The students completed a tour and activities in the museum focussing on learning about the Italian migration experience in Australia. The students were all very interested and motivated and it was a pleasure spending time with them in the museum. After the muse-um we completed the Walking Trail of Carlton where the students were able to discover many of the iconic shops and streets that make up Carl-ton. Many of us also discovered the gelati, lolly shops and Brunetti Cafe' sweets that also make up Lygon Street. We were lucky enough to come together as a group at lunchtime and enjoy an Italian lunch at the historic 'University Cafe' .' Both Year 10 classes were extremely well behaved and we were privileged to spend the day with them.

Antoinette Rehak

On Tuesday, 3rd September, the year 7 students took part in an extraordinary event called “Night at the Museum”. The students each chose a significant historical figure and arrived at the Epping Memorial Hall in costume similar to that worn by some of history’s greatest names. As part of their Humanities coursework, students undertook extensive research of their historical figure and set up in-formative displays. By the end of eight weeks of study, they were well versed in their figure’s achievements. On presentation night, students stepped in to the shoes of their character for 90 minutes, presenting themselves in front of an appreciative audience before manning their information displays and answering questions from curious onlookers.

As part of their study of Steven Herrick’s verse novel By the River in Eng-lish, year 9 students have written their own creative poems. The following are some outstanding samples from two year 9 classes. Students created a colour poem, using colours to describe their lives, emotions or sense of place. They also created a metaphor poem, exploring metaphors in a personal manner. We have been impressed with the calibre of poetry the students have been producing. Helen Ward and Jessica De Bono

Her Colours Pink, waved her bandana, as she laughed goodbye. Pale cream, hung her skin, limply framing her face. Blue, shone in her eyes, their life fading. Brown, blotched her skin, like angry welts. Gold, glowing halo, around her head. Black, is the world, in her absence. Bleak,

the colours now,

all bled dry.

By Jazmin Brooks

THE DEPARTURE Red was first The cases of clothes and cards that read goodbye. Irritated, angry, hungry to stay The pain I feel will never leave But leave is what I had to do Then came yellow The memories, the creations The start of it all My life began here And this was the fall Blue, it turned blue It flowed out my eyes And dripped out of theirs too This is pointless, this is useless Then it churned with red. Transforming to purple I felt lonely and helpless The colour of the fence As we drove past it For the last time Green and more green They get to stay, why can’t I? Jealous and envious Of the friends I leave behind Black was the road It was the last thing I saw Before the blue made me sleep Departing from my home By Maegan Pagunsun

Colours Red The colour of anger, Passion and love Which plague our hearts Black The darkness Screams for help Drowning in our misery Blue Calming and relieving Everyone’s doubt Alleviates the fear White The unknowing world Which continues to change Not knowing what will happen, day by day Yellow The light, At the end of the tunnel Which will guide us along Our world is harsh, Cruel yet kind It distinguishes life singularly Person by person. By Trent Barker

BROKEN WINGS

The wing limps as tears weep from a broken wings’ pin-sized eye. The opportunity to fly and forgive seems further and further away, as the broken wings seem to ponder each day and watch the other birds fly away and forgive. The broken wings begin to heal as she prays each day, asking God for courage and strength to fly away and forgive. One day at a time the broken wings continue to heal as she builds up the strength and courage to fly away and Forgive. A long and difficult journey now comes to an end as the broken wings are now entirely healed. The courage and strength is now built up and the freedom to fly away and forgive is finally restored. By Tatjana Cirka

White The calm relationship I have with mum The way that Her soothing words Let me know she cares Pink The up and down relationship I have with dad So calm but Changeable Red The rough relationship I have with my sisters The way that They pick on me Purple The loving relationship I have with my grandparents The way they spoil Makes me feel special Clear/Colourless The relationship I have With my uncle His family too No communication But still some connection By Samantha Ashley

Colour poem Black the colour of his heart as it is corrupted by the evilness in the real world Red the colour of the rage that lies beneath his heart Purple the colour his knuckles goes as they start to bruise Blue the colour of the flashing lights behind him as he runs Brown the colour of the K9 dog that is tracking him White the colour of the spot light from the helicopter that is looking for him Orange the colour of the fire from whence the bullets were fired Silver the colour of the gun that is used to comfort his rage Yellow the colour of the full moon he stares into for the last time Black the colour he sees as he awakes from the nightmare Green the colour of mums eyes as he is comforted Pink the feeling of being loved and having someone there By Nathan Goodwin

THE COLOUR OF MY HOUSE

Red was the painted roof, peeling away, weathered by sun and rain. Yellow were the curtains. embroided with intricate designs, flowing wildly through the open windows, left to fade and be forgotten. Green was the tree, which sprouted juicy red fruit, all summer, falling to the ground, wastefully, undevoured. Black were the snakes, long and slender, slithering, terrifying all, buried in soft soil after death. White was the blinding light, unforgiving, and yet somehow pleasant, coming from the Indian sun. Brown were my family’s eyes, and mine, all the same strangely, nostalgic, as we sold our house, about to start a new life, a better life. By Shivani Mehmi

Downhill skiing Downhill skiing was a thrilling and exciting experience for all of us who went on camp and it required a range of skills to participate in the advanced slopes. It was different to cross country skiing because I believe cross country was much harder and took a lot more effort. Overall I really enjoyed both activities but downhill was much more exciting. Habib Musa 8E

High ropes The high ropes were a fun but scary experience where you were up 20 metres high in the trees. You needed to pay attention at all times to ensure you didn’t slip or fall because you had to climb up many steps to reach the top in order to cross or climb the obstacles. The best one was the leap of faith where you had to jump off the platform and try to hit the ball. Dustin Nguyen 8G

Caving Caving was one of the most exciting activities we did. We went into dark caves and then had to find our way. There were narrow tunnels and crevices and it was quite difficult to move. There was also a lot of water in the caves. At the beginning I felt a bit scared, however, I was able to overcome my fear. By the end I felt calm inside the cave. I discovered that caves aren’t all that scary.

Cross Country Skiing Before I did cross country skiing I imagined it would be boring and really difficult. However, we had an awesome

time. We began by skiing in a basin like area. We performed slaloms, limbo and jumps. I was able to do jumps

pretty fast. I stacked heaps of times but it was still fun. The last hill of the day was awesome. Skiing was the best

activity of the camp.

Dakota Hart 8C

Caving Caving was a test for our skills in teamwork and courage. It was wet and dark but exciting. We had to go through multiple tasks to finish them all. There were amazing and fascinating glow worms which lit up the dark with their big green glow. Jacob Jovan 8G

Downhill skiing Downhill skiing was a great experience and a lot more fun than you would expect. It was fun going down the hills and stacking – sometimes. Considering it was my first time skiing, it was easier than I thought. It was difficult to control the skis at first and I fell every time I skied down the hill. However, by the afternoon I got the hang of it and I was skiing like a pro. Page Draper 8F

The morning began with rain

Tears from the sky I looked up and frowned

How can we create shadows with no sun?

On that fateful day Hiroshima was the only city

With clear sunny skies The weather was its doomed fate.

The sun began to break the clouds 25 sixteen year olds listened and watched

Horrified by the imagery of Hiroshima shadows.

“But how did they become shadows?” I explained that as the sun now creates shadows of her

The blast was so intense it froze in time the people’s movements.

Drawing her friends shadow She understood

“So it isn’t just a shadow It is a disintegrated person?

The shadows look exaggerated Like Sudanese basketballers

We remember Hiroshima The rain like the tears of the survivors

Dissolved the chalk shadows and messages

But We shall remember Hiroshima!

Shane Hart

With multiple events happening around the country to celebrate National Science Week, Epping Secondary College joined in and pre-sented experiments during the week at lunchtimes. We had three main experiments that were different to previous years, trying to link large scale demonstrations with what is currently being learnt in classes, and what the potential of science could be.

Elephant Toothpaste – An Explosive Exothermic Experiment. This experiment was a large scale version of what the year 10s are doing in class, demonstrating chemical change and exothermic reactions.

Steel Wool Fireworks – one for every year level, with references to the fire triangle (fuel, heat, & oxygen), combustion reactions, exo-thermic reactions signs of chemical reactions or chemical equation rates and how chemical reaction rates can be altered.

3D Printing – A demonstration showing off the capabilities of 3D printing and the applications it can be used for within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics (STEAM) areas. The curiosity of the students allowed conversations with small groups of students, speaking about the possibilities of such technologies and how the STEAM subjects interrelate.

Carlin Grieve

On a recent beautiful, springish Sunday morning, some Epping Secondary College Choir participants found ourselves at the Plenty Ranges Arts Centre, along with several other community choirs. Despite rehearsing our two songs, ‘Steer’ by Missy Higgins and ‘Lanterns’ by Birds of Tokyo, nerves were still evident! We were first on! The girls sang beautifully under Jen-ny Taylor’s masterful conducting! Not a cracked voice or wrong note to be heard! Several community choirs followed, one of the best being a choir singing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from ‘Les Miserables’, which became Susan Boyles’ signature tune. One of the lead singers had a wonderful barritone voice and the group sang harmoniously with no accompaniment. Then the choir of Hope and Inspiration (formerly Choir of Hard Knocks) took to the stage with much applause, an assortment of brave and inspirational souls under the guidance of choirmaster and mentor Jonathon Walsh. These are people who experienced hard-ship in life and battled all sorts of misfortune from mental health issues to unemploy-ment and homelessness. If you watched the brilliant ABC series from several years ago you would know just what this choir means to these people. It has been a virtual lifeline to the often marginalised and disadvantaged and inspired a global phenomenon of choirs being set up around the world to give hope and meaning to those who otherwise would have had trouble fitting in and finding a voice in our fast paced, unforgiving envi-ronment that is life today. One man in a wheelchair who has suffered a stroke sang ‘Angel’, a Robbie Williams’ song. He didn’t have a perfect voice, but the raw emotion of his performance was very moving. Another choir member gave her personal story be-fore singing. She has a mental impairment after being hit by a falling bookcase when she was very young. She has actually lost a lot of weight since the series aired on television. Another choir member with an impressive voice spoke of how he has been homeless for ten years on the streets of Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. The finale was all of the choirs joining together for a rousing performance of the Turtles’ classic ‘Happy Together’. One of those tunes everybody knows, even if they can’t remember its name or the group who sang it all those years ago! This was a wonderful experience. Singing in a choir is a terrific, exhilarating experience and if you have never tried it I urge you to give it a go! Kristen Moore

Another busy term for Epping Secondary College’s SRC! This term we have met with Ms Alamidis regarding the facili-ties in the school to offer suggestions on how to improve these. We have also spoken with her about bullying and have developed some recommendations about bullying and how we can try and tackle this within our school. There is no easy solution to bullying and we will be meeting with Ms Alamidis over a few periods to brainstorm some ideas. This term we have been taking YOUR IDEAS to our meetings and sharing these with the SRC group. Many students have approached us with issues/concerns they believed needed to be raised by the SRC. We have taken these to Ms Alamidis and we are in the process of trying to resolve these. We will keep you updated on this front and if you have any other suggestions or items you would like to raise please see one of your year level SRC representatives. Another key event this term was the 40 Hour Famine which was held from 16th – 18th of August. The 40 Hour Famine is one of the world’s largest help organisation which lends a hand to the poor and needy who can’t afford daily ne-cessities. The 40 Hour Famine is a program that is quite easily done by anyone and the money can be raised by just giving up something they choose. For instance, in the past year, we have had students give up Internet, Facebook, Twitter, food and even furniture as well as sacrificing by catching winks on the floor rather than on a cosy bed or resting their heads on a soft pillow and giving up something the 21st net-geners can’t live without (the idiot box) - tel-evision. We will be presenting house points and certificates at the end of term assembly. We have also held the Round Robin netball and basketball games between the houses. This event was a huge success and created energy and a fun competitive spirit around the school. The last event this term will be the much antici-pated Teacher v Student netball and basketball games. We are sure this will be a lot of fun and will be very competi-tive! All participants will earn points for their House Team. The teachers have typically won this competition in the past so the students will be out to show what they are made of! All students are welcome to come and watch and support House Teams. The events will take place on Monday, 23rd September, (female netball) and Tuesday, 24th September, (male basketball) in the gym. Applications will open for the 2014 SRC so if you are interested in being involved and having a voice for the school please consider applying to be a part of our wonderful group next year. Finally, the SRC plans to have a Leadership Day at the historical Parliament House where politician’s govern our state. This excursion is intended to give an insight to SRC students on the importance of “with the power of voice anything is possible and nothing is impossible”.

Belvinder K. Singh (10 E)

Last Wednesday, 22nd August, a number of students from Epping Secondary, Lalor, Lalor North and The Lakes partic-ipated in a half day workshop, where they planned and ran events for a number of grade 6 students from multiple primary schools. We were honored here at Epping Secondary to host the event. The facilitator Ms. Ruth Groves, (Northern Region Youth Broker) spent over a term preparing the program and activities for the day. Josie Podesta, Tasha Jackson and myself assisted Ms. Groves on the day. We worked on developing the grade 6 student’s leader-ship and to enable them to gain more of an understanding about high school. It was a great day enjoyed by all and everyone that participated on the day have learnt a number of interesting skills and values, which hopefully all stu-dents will take back to their own schools and keep furthering their leadership abilities. Trent Barker (SRC Member)

College Captains 2014:

We are currently in the process of accepting applications for the 2014 College Captains. This process is quite rigorous and involves the students submitting a lengthy application with a written essay about Leadership and also with references from teachers and students. The students whose applications make the shortlist will then be required to undergo a 30 minute inter-view with Ms Alamidis, Pam McLeod (School Council President), the 2013 College Captains and myself. The 2014 College Captains will be announced at the end of term 3 assembly and will be formally in-ducted into the role in front of family, teachers, students and the community at the Epping Secondary College Awards Night at the end of the year. The first responsibilities of the College Captains will be to run and facilitate a Leadership Training day for the newly appointed

2014 SRC, Homegroup, Area and House Captains and to speak to the grade 6 students at their Orientation Day welcoming

them to the Epping Secondary College community.

House Captains:

Applications will open at the start of term 4 for the Epping Secondary College

House Captains for the six house teams Carlisle, Scarborough, Findon, Dalton,

Pindari and Tatlow. For 2014 we be introducing two year 10 or 11 students as

Vice Captains for each House Team and two year 12 students as the House Captain for each House Team. This will ensure that

the leadership is spread between four people as the Houses grow due to the school student population growing. This will

make the responsibilities and duties of the House Captains much more manageable.

Student Representative Council (SRC):

Applications will also open for the 2014 SRC at the start of term 4. There will be places for 4-6 SRC

students from year 7-12. Students will be required to fill out the application form and undergo an

intensive interview process with me. Similar to this year and what has worked quite well, is that

there will be 2 students appointed to SRC President and 2 students appointed to Vice President.

Also, there will be students appointed to the following positions; Promotions, Newsletter, Facilities, Secretary and Treasurer.

This will ensure that every SRC member has a job and role description within the group and the role and responsibility of the

SRC is spread amongst the group. The SRC is one of the most important and valued group in the school in terms of student

voice. These students will be the direct voices for their year level and the entire Epping Secondary School Community. It is a

very prestigious role within the school but one which comes with great responsibility.

Homegroup Captains and specific Area Captains:

The Homegroup Captain applications will open in term 4 and students from year 7-10 will be invited to apply for the very im-portant Homegroup Captain role for their Homegroup class. This is a very important leadership role within the school which helps with the order of daily tasks and also the Homegroup Captain acts as a direct support for their classroom teachers. This role requires two very responsible students of each class group to apply. Area Captains are determined by the specialist area and KLA leaders in each subject area. These students are appointed to the following positions because of demonstrated excellence in the specialist area of Performing Arts, Music, LOTE, IT, Library, Sport, Debating, Visual Arts and Girls Group. These positions each have individual job descriptions, roles and responsibilities. Good luck to all of the students applying to be a Student Leader in 2014. I am excited to see new faces and the growth the Student Leadership has undertaken over the past two years. Ms Dempster

House Team Match Scores Participation Best on Ground Umpires

Pindari

Vs

Carlisle

18 Points

25 Points

110 points

120 points

Brayden of Pindari

20 points

Trent Barker of Tatlow

Jayden of Dalton

10 points each

Tatlow

Vs

Scarborough

23 Points

22 Points

100 points

140 points

Jahmali Druso of

Scarborough 20

points

Chloe of Findon

Montana of Dalton

10 points each

Dalton

Vs

Findon

32 Points

10 Points

140 points

110 points

Jayden Mercuri of

Dalton

20 points

Jack Crawford of Scarborough

Trent Barker of Tatlow

10 points each

During the week of 19th to 22nd of August we held a basketball round robin. The 6 House Teams battled it out on the basketball court for bragging rights and house points, but also to work as a team, have fun and play the game we love…basketball!!!! The turnout was amazing for every game that was played and students spectating sat on the edge of their seats to see who was going to win! It felt like an AFL Grand Final, the atmosphere, cheering, chanting and excitement was a sight to see! In the end all the points where added up and it was Dalton taking the cup with 180 points WELL DONE DALTON!!!!!Also a massive thank you to Sarah Dempster and Melissa Foresio and the house captains for meeting students, training in the lead up to the events and for making this day as special as it was. By Jayden Mercuri of Dalton 12 VCAL

Boys Basketball:

Most dedicated male House Captain Robert Findon-30points

Boys Basketball Totals:

1st Dalton-212

2nd Scarborough-192

3rd Findon-150

4th Pindari- 148

5th Carlisle-145

6th Tatlow-143

BASKETBALL CARLISLE VS PINDARI

House team Match Scores Participation Best on Ground Umpires

Scarborough

Vs

Carlise

6 Goals

7 Goals

70 points

40 points

Wilveta of Scarborough

20 Points

Rohan Hose Findon

10 points

Tatlow

Vs

Findon

9 Goals

15 Goals

50 points

140 points

Zahraa of Tatlow

20 Points

Melissa Foresio

Scarborough 10 points

NETBALL CARLISLE VS SCARBOROUGH

Both house netball for the girls and basketball for the boys held over six hectic lunchtimes were a great success and ended in laughs all round. They helped raise points for student’s respective houses by participating, most goals scored, best on court and also umpiring on the day. On behalf of all House Captains and everyone who was involved I'd like to thank Sarah Demp-ster, Melissa Foresio for all their hard work and effort to make these events a great success. I'd also like to thank my fellow House Captains who sacrificed their lunchtimes to assist with umpiring. With hard work and dedication Scarborough won the tournament. Well done to all the students who competed for their House Teams! Britt Collis Scarborough House Captain 12

Girls Netball:

Most Dedicated Female House Captains Jessica Bryant Tatlow-30points & Britt Collis Scarborough- 30 Points

Girls Netball Totals:

1st Findon-165

2nd Scarborough-136

3rd Tatlow-109

4th Carlisle-47

6th Pindari and Dalton (Teams Forfeited)-0

House: Points:

1st Carlisle 1112

2nd Findon 1080

3rd Scarborough 883

4th Dalton 777

5th Tatlow 632

6th Pindari 453

Overall House Tallies Including Previous House Points

and inclusion of the House Sporting Events:

Upcoming House Event: Teacher v Student House Event Last Week of Term 3

Female Netball Male Basketball You still have the opportunity to compete for your House Team and contribute to your House Points! Re-member to keep earning those Merit Cards. Each Merit Card equates to 1 point towards your House Team! The winning house for 2013 will be given a celebratory luncheon on Wednesday, 9th October and go down as the first House Team to win in the history of Epping Secondary College. The competition is tight and you can still help to make your team win! Good Luck! Ms Dempster

Saturday was a huge success raising money for our VCAL students. We are now well on our way to organising a Food Handlers Certificate for our students. The following people cannot be thanked enough for their efforts, time and contributions: Shauna, Linda, Jodie, Na-dia and Antoinette. Jarryd Da Silva of 11W was outstand-ing as our student representative. He was wonderful at encouraging people to buy sausages. The community was very supportive in donating to our students and interested to know where the money was going. Again, thank you to all involved. It is much appreciated.

On the 23rd August, Sanja Joveska, Sonia Di Scala and I had the pleasure of participating in the Women in Leadership course run by the ABCN. Our first session was held at Rialto Towers in the city in the Minter Ellison Lawyers office. In our first workshop we were required to bring a photo of a woman in leadership whom we admire and be prepared to share why we see them as leaders and role models. The activity was fun as we had to go around the whole room and share our thoughts with the girls from three other schools that were also present. We continued to discuss the characteristics of a leader which was very enlightening. In our following activities we discussed various leadership styles and applied them to real case scenarios. It was quite interesting to see all the different responses that people shared. As a leader myself I found it quite helpful to see from a differ-ent perspective and implement those strategies in my own leadership position within our school. This activity was probably my favorite seeing as how we were divided in to groups and each had a couple of mentors. The best thing about this was that our mentors were women from the business and corporate world. Most of them were lawyers and leaders within their own fields. It was amazing to be able to get a glimpse of the real professional business world and talk to people who were so distinguished. Our mentors shared some of their work experiences and told us who they had chosen as their leader and why. This course is an extraordinary opportunity to view the real working world especially being a student in year 12. This program helped to fur-ther solidify my desire to pursue a law career and for this incredible experience I would like to express my im-mense gratitude to our school and teachers who made it all possible. Ivona Petkovska- School Captain ( Hopefully future lawyer )

Year 9 Love Drunk Performance

All year 9 students watched the performance Love Drunk on August 7th for periods one and two. The students were totally en-tertained, educated and engaged for over 2 hours. They learnt so much from this performance as they felt the emotions that each character is experiencing which helped them to develop empathy and understanding for what people go through when relationships are unhealthy and what happens when an individual is sexually assaulted. After the performance the actors discussed possible scenarios and explained what sexual assault was and how friendships can change. They were very impressed with the students’ answers and believed Epping Secondary College students had a clear un-derstanding of what constitutes sexual assault, how excessive amounts of alcohol can put you at risk and why it is important to look after friends and be responsible.

Year 8 Healthy Relationships Workshop

Students in other year levels are also educated about healthy relationships, including healthy and unhealthy traits. Constable Tim Forster worked with Ms Halsall’s Year 8 Health class this year to reinforce messages about how frequent domestic violence occurs in our local area. Constable Tim Forster explained to students what signs to recognise when a relationship is unhealthy and gave students strategies on what to do if a relationship is unhealthy and abusive. We will continue to work with Victoria Police and promote the message of No Violence to Women.

Ms Halsall Student Wellbeing Co-ordinator

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

LOVE DRUNK PERFORMANCE

Year 11 and 12 Theatre Studies Monologues

Year 11 and 12 Theatre Studies Monologues

I invite all staff and students to our 2013 Monologue Performance Exam. This night is run to give students the opportunity to practice their Monologue Performance Exam to an audience. This Performance Exam is worth a huge 50 marks out of 100 for Unit 4. Students are required to use their body, voice, emotions and intelligence to interpret and perform a Character within a scene, in a playscript determined by the VCAA. Students are required to interpret the monologue from the playscript and create costumes, props and sound to bring the character to life. Students will be performing to a panel of VCAA appointed assessors and the monologue must be no more than seven minutes in length. This is an enormous and very daunting task for students. Therefore, we will spend time over the holidays rehearsing and students will be given an opportunity on Thursday, 17th October, in the Drama Room at 7pm to perform to family and friends. (This will simulate for students the pressure and will give students the practice at performing to an audience). Tickets will go on sale in the last week of this term at the office and will also be available at the door. Tickets are $5 each which will be used to cover the costs of the students’ props and costumes. Please come and support the students and see some fantastic performances including; the unknown housewife Beatrice Ethel Appleton from “Songs for Nobodies”, in her narration of meeting Judy Garland in glamorous New York in the early 1960’s, the crazy Sylvie Moon in “Ruby Moon”, in her quest to find her daughter in a fractured fairy-tale from the dark heart of suburbia, the chorus of the Theban Elders from “King Oedipus”, in the ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, be transported back St Louis during the 1940’s in the very famous play “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams and be introduced to the very charming Amanda Wingfield and Jim O’Connor. We go back even further in time to 1886 to the world of Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin, as lonely University Lecturer in the Chekov Play “On The Harmfulness of Tobacco” and finally, we will meet the Aussie larrikin, Lloyd Beckmann as he recalls his life of beekeeping in the “Beekeeper”. On behalf of the Theatre Studies Class and myself we hope to see you there on 17th , October.

Sarah Dempster Theatre Studies Teacher

The year 7 girls netball team qualified for the Northern Metropolitan Region finals after winning in the Whittlesea Division during term 2. In the qualifying division, the girls won all of their pool matches convincing-ly to progress through to the NMR finals. During the NMR finals the girls won 2 out of their 3 pool matches and in the match where they did concede the points, the girls eventually lost to St Helena College who then went on to play off in the final. The Epping girls put in a gallant effort against St Helena and represented the college in an exemplary manner. The team consisted of Ashlee Moate (7B), Emily Findlay (7C), Adot Deng (7E), Sarah Chambers (7E), Courtney Hedger (7F), Emily Bell (7F), Lulu Walker (7G), Amber Baddley-Kelly (7G) and Olivia Johnson (7H). Congratulations to all the girls and a special thank you to the family members who attended on the day to show support! Sarah Keating Coach

Semester 2 has kicked off with a bang in Sports for All (Year 9 Community Elective) this semester. Students have and will have many opportunities to become more involved in the local community, participating in a variety of activities and taking students into the Epping and neighbouring suburbs. Students have attended fitness and aquatic classes at TRAC and will soon be participating in lawn bowls at Lalor Bowling Club, Ten Pin Bowling, Go Karting, bush walking at Greenvale Reserve, rock climbing in the CBD and ice skating at Melbourne Ice House. Earlier this term SFA students joined the CFA students and completed the 1000 Steps walk at Ferntree Gully National Park. Mr.Biscaro

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