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NewsletterBENTLEIGH SECONDARY COLLEGE

MR MARC KOENIG, ACTING PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

9th Edition21 September 2018

IMPORTANT DATES ON PAGE 14

There has been rapid progress with our new Da Vinci Centre. Handover has been moved forward to Monday, 15 October, 2018. Having been through the building site a few times it is looking fantastic and we’re very excited about having a new state of the art STEAM Centre providing optimal learning spaces for our students.

The Stage 2 second two court Basketball Stadium is underway. There has been some tree removal to make way for the building. J Block is scheduled for relocation in the first week of the holidays and D Block is being emptied prior to demolition late October/early November. Scheduled completion of Stage 2 is April/May.

On Wednesday September 12, we were privileged to have presenters from the Carly Ryan Foundation talk to our Year 8 students about Online Safety and Respectful relationships.

Students are using the internet daily to connect with each other and the world around them. It is important to empower them to make wise choices, to look after their digital reputation and keep themselves and others safe while navigating the internet, apps and forming their own relationships both online and offline. The presenters talked to students about having a safe online presence.

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Bentleigh Secondary College has been fortunate to run the Raise Mentoring program this year, with the first graduation ceremony held on Thursday September 20. This program paired students with mentors who worked one-on-one with each other, with mentors coming from a variety of backgrounds such university students studying psychology and professionals working in industries such as IT, magazine editing and coaching, with the common goal of wanting to ‘give back to the community’ by mentoring young adults.

The graduation ceremony was a wonderful opportunity for both mentors and students to celebrate the positive working relationship they developed, along with the personal achievements resulting from these relationships. Students, staff and parents alike have expressed their gratitude to Raise Foundation for providing such a wonderful opportunity for Bentleigh Secondary College to run this inspiring program. Thank you to Katie Parker-Vukusic who coordinated the program.

VCE Trial exams are now complete. The remaining weeks until their actual VCE exams are of the utmost importance in determining students’ final results. Year 12 students need to ensure they are consistently revising their coursework and practising past exam papers under timed conditions. Students’ study notes should be updated regularly.

Edrolo is available to all students and covers most subject areas. It provides comprehensive and up-to-date online video lectures that can be used to learn and revise VCE. Edrolo provides detailed explanations along with step-by-step worked examples from past exams, all presented by Australia’s best teachers. Edrolo is ideal for revision before exams and can help boost your ATAR.

Examination papers can be viewed on the VCAA website: www.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Students should access and read assessment reports for each study on this website. These reports are written by examiners and highlight common strengths and weaknesses in students’ answers. The need for regular revision and study cannot be over emphasised.

We wish every student doing Units 3 and 4 exams the very best.


WORKING BEE

Thank you to all the staff, parents and students who attended our Term 3 Working Bee Sunday, 9 September. Many hands make light work as we were able to move 160 lockers in preparation for more building works, tend to the Admin garden and Urban Forest, plant a Japanese Weeper tree in the piazza and remove a lot of gum from pathways, tables and chairs. Thank you also to our budding photographer Asher Forrest. Asher also won first place in the Royal Melbourne Show (Art, Craft & Cookery Competition) for his photography.

Wishing you all the best as you finish the term.


JAPAN TOUR

Students and staff left for Japan on Friday September 14 for two weeks and are having a great time. On Thursday September 20 they were invited to a traditional Japanese home for a house party! Best wishes from the Japanese Tour Team.

Mr Scott Godinagh, Japanese Teacher



YEAR 9 ART Ms Rohanna Anderson, Visual Arts Teacher

In Art this semester, Year 9 students have been learning about the Impressionist art movement. They have begun painting landscapes of their homes in the impressionist style in class, and in-between have been creating artworks outside like the impressionists. Students have enjoyed spending time outdoors in the wetlands where they could be inspired by nature.


SCIENCE WEEKDr Michael Lyristis, Head of Maths and Science

Thank you to all participants in the Science Week Festivities for 2018. Homegroup science quizzes ran for the whole week and participation was high, especially among the senior classes. The results were tabulated, and congratulations are in order to the following Homegroups: 7HG4, 8HG4, 9HG1, 10HGD, 11HGC, and a three-way tie for Year 12 with 12A, 12C and 12D! A great effort indeed.

Monday saw intense competitive spirit shown in the paper aeroplane competition with Stephanie Borrett (11C), Jesse Dann (12D) and Gregory Handoyo (7.2) winners of their respective categories.

Tuesday’s winners of the Chemistry Quiz and Psychology Quiz were Aiden Sutton (12C), who beat a number of entrants to win the chemistry competition and congratulations also to Mazzi-Rose Esparon (12F) who won the Psychology quiz.

Wednesday was stress ball making day where over 100 students took part in the decoration of their stress balls in all manner of different colours. I know that they will put them to good use during their studies and hoping they relieve a little stress.

There was a change in the agenda for Thursday with the straw building competition cancelled as part of being an environmentally conscious school and instead a science Kahoot was enjoyed by many of the students with lots of sweet treats handed out as rewards.

Friday saw the close of Science week, with a whodunnit murder mystery “Who murdered Ms Read?” Clues were analysed leads investigated and the ultimate murderer revealed! Winners of the murder mystery were, Sarah Hartwig (11B), Stephanie Borrett (11C) and Pimm Zyntek (8.1), Zoe Zhou (8.1), Mehak Gollen (8.1) and Latoya Love (8.2). Winners of Einstein’s puzzle were, Luke Chittenden (11B) and Stephan Karatselios (11D), Nick Graber (10F), Cam Graber (10E), Oscar Munro (8.1) and Sarah Tonkin (8.6), and finally Thomas Nguyen (9.5) and Hamish Scott (9.5).

Throughout the week a photo competition was run with the theme of change makers and the winner of that was Patrick Dwyer (10A) with a very poignant photo and caption:

“WW2 changed the game in terms of countries attitude towards war and how weapons and technology evolved rapidly”

Congratulations to all winners and participants and looking forward to science excitement next year!


SENIOR SCHOOL NEWSMS LEANNE WINFIELD, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALCongratulations to all of our wonderful students who have now completed their classwork for Unit 3 and 4 studies. It is also very pleasing to see the students working so hard on their trial exams this week. Teachers will provide feedback on exams at the beginning of Term 4. During the study break prior to the exams, we look forward to seeing students in the VCE Centre working with peers and teachers. We are expecting a large number of students to come into the school over the September holidays for Connect workshops and extra classes that our teachers are running. The Connect Program is on Compass and a timetable for other classes has been provided for students. Year 10 and 11 students are currently working hard to complete class work prior to their exams.

Year 12 students are studying in the VCE Centre prior to their trial exams this week.

Friday November 2 is the Term 4 Professional Learning Day which is a student free day. We will be consolidating our work on DET’s High Impact Teaching Strategies, Screencast and podcasts and continuing to develop our Whole School Writing Program across all Learning Areas.

Next year we will have an ICT program where parents of Year 7 and Year 10 students can purchase devices for their students. The new device will be a Lenova Yoga which has tablet capabilities with updated speed and storage. This device can be purchased through edunet. Information about this process has been shared with Year 9 parents and the portal is now open.

YEAR 12 STUDIO ART EXCURSIONMs Rohanna Anderson, Visual Arts Teacher

Year 12 Studio Arts students recently went on an excursion to the Monash Gallery of Arts to prepare for their end of year exams, taking a break out of their busy schedules of creating wonderful artworks. Students were able to see first-hand how a gallery and its staff preserve and present artworks by some of Australia’s most famous photographers. Thanks to Ms Rosenbrock for taking us in the bus.


Mr Andrew Albanis, Head of Music

MUSIC NEWS

On Tuesday August 28 the Concert Band & the Intermediate Stage Band took part in an overnight tour to Phillip Island. Students performed to several local primary schools, inspiring students to continue to learn or to pick up an instrument and experience the joy of playing music. We even managed to see some penguins as we shivered in anticipation. Congratulations to all involved on an excellent tour.

Well done to students who completed their AMEB exams this term.


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SPORT NEWSMr Craig Tyrrell, Head of Health/PEIn week 8 of this term students from Bentleigh Secondary College participated in Health and PE week. The aim was to encourage students to be more active during the week and it was filled with many activities at lunchtime. The activities included a free throw knockout, 3 point shootout, kicking the football into the bin challenge and longest vortex throw. Additionally students were able to relax with a mindfulness session and also challenge Mr Pearson in the Beep Test challenge. The staff v Year 12 students futsal match was a highlight with the teachers winning 4 goals to 3 in a spirited affair. Congratulations to the winners of these activities and all students who participated during the week.

THREE POINT SHOOTOUTJunior: 1st Sam Rogan 9.6 2nd Nathan Curry 7.7Senior: 1st Ethan Churchill-King 11E Eq2nd Josh Vestal 11C & Nathan Payumo 10E

KNOCKOUTJunior: 1st Jake Mones 7.7 & Itay Folgin 9.3

LONGEST VORTEX THROW1st Josh Ashen 10B 2nd Daniel Porter 10E 3rd Josh Whittle 10E

KICK THE BALL INTO THE BINJunior: Eq 1st Stephen Hondrakis 7.8 & Harvey Palma 7.7Senior: Eq 1st Jordan Keen 11B & Tom Gillard 11A

CAN YOU BEAT MR PEARSON BEEP TEST CHALLENGE?Junior: 1st Costa Papasotiriou 7.2 2nd Harry Bergmeier 7.7Senior: 1st Ethan Churchill-King 11E 2rd Jordan Keen 11B 3rd Max Scott 12B


WELLBEING NEWSMr Wayne Davis, Head of Middle Wellbeing

Minding Young Minds

Anxiety can effect sleep quality, relation-ships, education and overall quality of life. In Glen Eira a significant number of young people surveyed are experiencing anxiety, increased parental pressure and loss of sleep through worry.

On World Mental Health Day, parents and young people 12 - 25 are invited to come and hear Geoffrey Ahern present on what you need to know about anxiety and how we can best support a young person or friend experiencing anxiety.

Spaces are limited, bookings essential.

Wednesday 10 October 2018 7pm – 8:15pm

Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield

Tickets $10 per adult and free for under 18s.


Bookings and more information:To book or for more info, visit us at heartlinks.com.auEmail [email protected] or call (03) 8599 5488

Relationships require regular tuning to help couples stay connected, assist each other in understanding differences, and manage conflict while continuing to cooperate as a team.

The aim of the Better Relationships Workshop is to encourage participants to identify strengths in their relationship while fostering attitudes of respect, trust and positive partnership communications.

Over the course of four weekly sessions facilitated by an experienced family relationship practitioner, this interactive program will encourage participants to learn, develop and practise positive relationship skills in a supportive group environment.

Topics include:• Building trust, commitment and emotional closeness.• Re-discovering and focusing on the positive in

your partner.• Understanding and managing conflict.• Creating shared meaning, life goals and dreams.• Sharing appreciation and fondness for each other.

Investing a few hours now, will support improved well-being for yourself as an individual, as part of a couple, and for the benefit of your whole family.

Best suited to:All couples - same sex and heterosexual, long term de-facto or married, new, engaged or starting again, later in life couples.

When:The workshop runs across four Wednesday evenings

Wednesday 10th October 2018 7pm to 9pm Wednesday 17th October 2018 7pm to 9pm Wednesday 24th October 2018 7pm to 9pm Wednesday 31st October 2018 7pm to 9pm

Light refreshments provided.

Where:Family Life meeting room, 197 Bluff Rd, Sandringham

Cost:$390 per couple ($350 concession)

Better RelationshipsFinding a healthier way to communicate, connect and thrive.


IMPORTANT DATES

29 Oct Year 9 Advance Camp - Bogong all weekYear 7 Internal Music Exams

31 Oct VCAA Exams commenceYear 7 Music Night - PAC, 5:00pmLast Day Year 11

2 Nov Student Free Day

6 Nov MELBOURNE CUP

9 Nov Years 7-11 Reports published 4pm

20 Nov School Council

21 Nov VCAA Exams conclude

26 Nov Early CommencementLOTE Week

28 Nov Spring Concert - PAC, 7:00pm

11 Dec Orientation DaySenior Band Tour (11-13 Dec)

12 Dec Student Leadership Training Day

13 Dec End Of Year Activities

14 Dec End Of Year ActivitiesSemester Reports published 4:00pm, Years 7-11

17 Dec Presentation Night

21 Sep House Bentleigh’s Got Talent.Progress Reports published 4:00pm, Years 7-12.Last Day (2:30pm finish)

22 Sept - 7 Oct SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

8 Oct Term 4 begins

11 Oct Year 12 Valedictory AssemblyYear 12 Graduation Dinner

15 Oct Junior House Sport

16 Oct Year 7 Band Healesville Tour

17 Oct Intermediate House SportYear 7 Band Tour

18 Oct Senior House Sport

19 Oct Big Band Boogie - PAC, 7:00pm

20 Oct Year 6 PAT Test 9:00am

22 Oct Year 9 Advance Camp - Bogong 2 weeks, 22 Oct-2 Nov

23 Oct School Council

25 Oct VCE Music Performance - PAC, 4:00pm


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Surveys will close at 5.00pm, Friday 21 September 2018

Glen Eira Council is in the process of developing its first Youth Strategy and we are in the final days of our consultation period. The Glen Eira Youth Strategy will:

• assist Council to set priority areas for Youth (aged 10 – 25 years old) for the next three years

• determine programs and services offered by Youth Services

• and inform new initiatives for Council

We would appreciate your support by completing our anonymous, online survey to share Your Story - thoughts, challenges and ideas for the future of young people in Glen Eira. .

Youth Ipad Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/yourstoryge

Parents, Carers and Service Providers Survey -www.haveyoursaygleneira.com.au/yourstory

Anyone who takes the short survey can opt-in for a chance to win one in five $50 Westfield Gift cards.


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Blood donors needed AFL Grand Final Weekend During and around long weekends donated blood is critical, as some parts of blood have a shelf life of only 5 days. Donations are needed for patients experiencing cancer, surgery, burns and trauma.

Please help us meet patient needs by making a booking to donate . blood at the Caulfield Donor Centre located at 322 Hawthorn Rd

Available appointments Date Operating hours Thursday 27 September Between 8.00am – 7.30pm Friday 28 September Between 8.00am – 3.30pm Sunday 30 September Between 8.00am – 3.30pm Monday 1 October Between 8.00am – 3.30pm

13 14 95 www.donateblood.com.au To book call or visit

Group bookings through the Red25 program are most welcome.

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT · BIG BAND BOOGIE PRESENTS FRIDAY 19TH OCT STARTS 7PM $10 concession $15 adult trybooking.com boogie wonderland. Bentleigh Secondary College 2018 11 SPORT NEWS