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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


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, ]âÄ|x `táÉÇ College Principal


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! h ps://youtu.be/cZUIaYts2fw


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 should always be treated with the same respect as humans. They don’t have a voice like humans to express their pain and their fear of these tests. Secondly, every year thousands of animals are used in these un‐necessary mean tests. All for the sake of “beauty”. It’s not the animals that get makeup, it’s humans. Do we need makeup so badly? Finally thousands of animals are used for these

tests over a year. It’s another reason why lots of them are ex nct. Imagine!! These are all my true reasons why beauty products should never ever again be tested on animals.

C elebrating O ur W riting S uccess


HOW A SEED GROWS By SUMMER CLAPHAM

Seeds are very small and o en oval shaped and get buried in soil and start to grow for a period

of me. They get bigger and pre er the more you care for it.

Firstly inside a seed endosperm (which is like a baby plant) the

body is called embryo. The seed coat protects the seed from the

soil. The seed relies on its endosperm as food. The seed is very

clever it knows up and down. When the me is right the seed

starts to grow roots. The seed starts to grow up into the air. This is

called germina on.

Next the plant will slowly grow leaves. The plant uses its leaves for

food by taking in sunlight, through a process called photo‐

synthesis. Later it will start to grow petals and the seed will get

smaller and smaller but always will be there.

Finally the plant will grow a pistol (which is where the pollen is ).

This plant is now classified a flower. The flower will get taller and taller. The plant will only

grown if it has sunlight, water, soil and care.

Plants are living things but not all plants start off as seeds, like moss. Did you know moss only

grows on one side of an object.

C elebrating O ur W riting S uccess


NEXT PARENTS AND FRIENDS MEETING IS ON MONDAY 13TH AUGUST AT THE DERRIMUT HEATH CAMPUS AT 7PM.

CHOCOLATE MONIES AND UNSOLD CHOCOALTES MUST BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY PLEASE If you have any outstanding chocolates or chocolate money please send them to the Tarneit campus immediately. Thank you. Unfortunately we didn't get the numbers to go ahead with the movie day, which was disappoin ng. But please look out for future events so that you can join in. Thank you to those who supported the purchase of a brick we look forward to them being delivered. We will be holding a Bunnings BBQ on Sunday 23rd September and we will be looking for support from our community. If you could please keep this date in mind to support us it would be truly appreciated.

The Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave began back in 1998, and after 20 years it remains one of Australia’s biggest fundraising events. The year 7 - 9s of Baden Powell College would like to support this great cause and the wonderful Peter Bennett is happily going to shave off his beard to enable us to raise funds.

So if you, your family, friends, colleagues and classmates would like to help Peter with his “shave off” please let us know, further details will follow. The shave off will be happening at assembly on Friday 3rd September if there is enough support.


What is happening at TSC

SUBJECT TASTER DAY

Thank you to all of the year 9 Baden Powell students and teachers who a ended the Tarneit Senior Col‐lege Taster Day. It was great to meet you all! Everyone presented themselves in an enthusias c manner and engaged with the speakers showing eagerness to start with us next year. Below are some captures of the day

Don’t forget to get your forms back to your general office immediately.


We wish to congratulate the Winners of the Walk2school

bikes for term two.

Lachlan Boyd from Tarneit and Sabrine Robertson ‐ Walker

from Derrimut Heath.

Well done to all of our walkers Walk2school Wednesday has

started for term 3.



Welcome to Baden Powell College and the smooth beginning of your child’s school year!!

To enable us to keep you informed of special events, celebrations and activities the Baden Powell College Newsletter will be on Compass and available on our website each fortnight throughout the year. As it is one of our major forms of communication we would like to make it easy for you to have regular access to each issue so we have listed the dates of availability below, we will be emailing it to our families as well. Please take the time to read it so that you know what is hap-pening at your child’s college. Simply go online and type in : www.bpc.vic.edu.au We would like to point out that it may be necessary for you to have Adobe Reader on your computer to access your newsletter.

Not only will you be well informed and enjoying colour photos, when perusing online, you will also be helping our environment. However, should you not be able to access a computer and would prefer your newsletter in printed form please complete the slip below.

If you have previously received hard copies of the newsletter you will be required to complete the form again so that we have updated details. Please complete the form below and return it to the office at your earliest convenience to enable us to provide your child with the printed copy of Baden Powell News. Have a wonderful term. Ms Mason College Principal “Looking Forward, Staying Ahead ” ______________________________________________________________

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BREAKFAST CLUB THANKS YOU

Baden Powell College would like to sincerely thank the wonderful sponsors for our Breakfast Club that we run twice a week at each campus. Without the support of the magnificent Let’s Feed, including Reliance, epc.PACIFIC,

Foodbank, and Hinbro we would not have been able to provide for the many students who enjoy breakfast at school. We sincerely thank you from the staff

and students of Baden Powell College.

ADVERTISING IN THE

NEWSLETTERS

If you wish to advertise in the newsletter please

contact Sue Love on 9748 8688 or 8734 0900. We produce a fortnightly newsletter that goes home to over 1000

families. Or, if you have a sporting, dance club or

group that is looking for a venue to hire we have

some vacancies available during the week

also contact me on the above telephone

numbers.

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Baden Powell College would like to sincerely thank all of the wonderful sponsors who supported our Carnival and ensured its success. Please support them in apprecia on.

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