14th June, 2016 Reflection Open our hearts Open our hearts to be influenced for good, and inspire us to touch the hearts of others. Enable us to change the things that contradict your love, and may all your people work and grow together as brothers and sisters, building up your kingdom on earth. Amen
Dear Parents and Students, Whilst our Principal, Mark Sheehan, is on leave for the last two weeks of term, I will be acting in his role. Narelle Layton will be Acting Deputy Principal - Staff during this time. The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria has recently released a commitment statement to Child Safety in all Catholic Schools. This is in line with all schools (Government, Catholic and Independent) as well as any organisation working with children. The new requirements build on what schools are already doing but with specific requirements. Rob Blackley and myself have been involved with preparing the College for implementation of these measures. It will include a review of our Student Welfare Policy, a Staff Code of Conduct Statement, more checks on College Contractors and additional steps in our interview processes. We feel we are well placed to meet the new requirements that come into operation on August 1. You will also notice specific statements in school job advertisements referring to this. Our parent community will be notified of any changes through our website and newsletter. Once again, we wish all our Year 9, 10 and Year 11 VCE students well with their exams that conclude this week. A reminder that Year 10 and Year 11 VCE students only have to attend school for exams as no classes will operate. However, there will be supervised study rooms available for students who are here. As stated in the last newsletter Year 11 students will start their Unit 2 studies in the last week of term and Semester Two electives for Years 9 & 10 will begin in Term 3. Year 7 & 8 Art / Technology rotations will also occur at the start of Term 3. All students at Years 7 – 10 will be given a new timetable at the start of Term 3 and can access it via SIMON during the 2nd week of the holiday break. Last Day of Term 2 and Buses Please note the following information regarding bus service pick-ups for next Friday June 24. Our College will finish classes at 2.30pm as it has done in previous years. Melton Town services will run at their regular times. Students who normally catch the two SITA Buses may wait until their normally scheduled pickup time of 3.30pm or make other arrangements, such as catching other town buses, to get home. Bacchus Marsh Coach Services have unfortunately been affected by Melton Secondary College (the Melton Bus Coordinating School) who finish at 3.10pm. They have instructed the buses to operate on their normal day times. We have been able to negotiate that the Bacchus Marsh bus routes that only serve CRC Melton students will pick up students at around 2.40pm except for Toolern Vale – which has to meet other services at the Melton Interchange and wait for Melton SC to finish. Staff Professional Learning Day The College will be running a Professional Learning day on Monday, June 20. This is a student free day. Staff will be undertaking Leadership Training, RE Accreditation and Curriculum planning on the day.
Work Experience
We wish all our Year 10s the best on their work experience next week (June 20 – 24). This experience is always valuable as it either reinforces that the pathway is the correct one for the student or tells them that maybe it is not their best pathway option. Either way it assists when our Year 10 students choose their 2017 VCE / VCAL Pathways and subjects next term. Semester 2 Elective Changes –Years 9 & 10 Year 10 students will have access to Semester 2 changes from June 6 – 17. They have been given a confirmation copy of their current Semester 2 electives this week. Year 9 students will be given their Semester 2 electives at the end of this week. Year 9 students may inquire about possible changes during the last 2 weeks of this term. If parents have any questions about the process, please contact me at the College. John Christie Acting Principal Languages News on Education Perfect We are proud to announce the top 3 winners of the Education Perfect - CRC Melton Languages Competition; they are Gabrielle Medina - First Prize [Nintendo Game Console], Alyanna Malalili - Second Prize [$50 JB HI FI Gift Voucher], Jill Kung -Third Prize [$30 JB HI FI Gift Voucher] Congratulations to Khaw Ti Ling who also obtained a Gold Certificate. Many other students achieved Certificates of Merit and they will be acknowledged at our next School Assembly. Well done to the deserving recipients! Auguri. Claudia Russo Languages Domain Leader
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Calendar 2016
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Year 9 - 11 exams Year 7 Premier League Grand Final Year 9 - 11 exams Year 9 - 11 exams Year 7 Immunisations Year 10 Work Experience Staff Professional Learning Day-no classes Year 10 Work Experience Junior Futsal Year 9 Food Activity Year 10 Work Experience Year 8 LOTE day Senior AFL/Netball Grand Final Year 10 Work Experience Year 12 Biology Excursion Year 9 City Experience Year 10 Work Experience Year 9 City Experience Term 2 classes conclude - 2.30pm
Term 3 July 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Term 3 begins NAIDOC Week activities NAIDOC Week activities Year 9 Reflection day NAIDOC Week activities NAIDOC Week activities Year 11 2017 Information evening NAIDOC Week activities
Wednesday 15th E. Flanagan
6.30pm - 7.30pm
Wednesday 22nd K. Vella
1.00pm - 2.00pm
Homework Club Homework Club will run every Wednesday from 20th April from 3.30pm to 4.30pm until Wednesday 22nd June in the Library .
Mass Times Parish of Melton Parish Priest : Fr Michael Moody Assistant Priest: Fr Charles Balnaves Weekend Mass times: St Catherine of Siena Church Bulmans Rd, Melton West Saturday: 6.00pm Sunday: 9.00am & 11.00am St Dominic’s Church Sunday: 5.00pm St Bernard’s Parish Parish Priest: Fr. Brian Glasheen Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 6.30pm Sunday: 8.30am & 10.00am
St Anthony’s Parish Parish Priest: Fr. Fabian Smith Assistant Priest: Fr John Paul Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 5.30pm Sunday: 8.30am & 10.30am