28th April, 2015 Reflection The Lord Is My Shepherd- A Psalm of David With sure and gentle love, God is my shepherd. I need nothing more. You give me rest in green meadows, setting me near calm waters, where you revive my spirit. You guide me along sure paths, you are true to your name. Though I should walk in death’s dark valley, I fear no evil with you by my side, your shepherd’s staff to comfort me. You spread a table before me as my foes look on. You soothe my head with oil; my cup is more than full. Goodness and love will tend me every day of my life. I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I shall live. Love of all loving, your compassion is without limit. We turn toward you, the one who says: ‘Do not fear, for I am with you’ (Isaiah 41:10) Guide and protect us. Amen.
ANZAC Day Commemoration
Chapel Mural
For the first time the College community gathered at our Lone Pine site on Friday morning to pay our respects to the men and women who paid the ultimate price during wartime and remembered the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. The service was led by our College Captains Tegan Lafranchi and Bowde Griffith and was supported by student leaders Joe Schembri and Dyson Miller. Poppe-Simone Sakr (8O) laid the wreath and Jason Michaux (8M) lowered and raised the Australian flag during the playing of the Rouse. The service finished with a beautiful rendition of the New Zealand National Anthem by staff member Mrs Kim Joyce.
The wall of the Chapel has been used to create a large piece of artwork that will serve as a background for our Lone Pine Memorial. Our Year 10 Art students along with our Artist in Residence Christine Sage, collaborated to produce the artwork. It is a fantastic addition to CRC Melton's growing outdoor art exhibition.
On Saturday morning Bowde Griffith and Joe Schembri represented the College at the Dawn Service in Melton. Tegan Lafranchi, Emily Bettio, Alysha Kyle and Toni Baker represented the College at Bacchus Marsh.
Parents & Friends Annual General Meeting The AGM will be held Wednesday 29th April at 7.30pm.
Student Achievements
Community Road Safety Forum
News from the Languages Domain
In conjunction with Road Zero 2, Victoria Police, Road Trauma Support Services, Westgate Community Road Safety Council and City of Melton, the College is hosting a Community Road Safety Forum Wednesday 6 May 6.45 in our Performing Arts Centre. The forum is being targeted at parents and teenagers learning to drive or recently obtained their drivers licence. More details will be available through CareMonkey.
Students undertaking Language studies at Catholic Regional College Melton took part in an ‘Interschool Language Perfect’ competition against MacKillop College Werribee from 17th March to 17th April. Over the four weeks, students eagerly logged on and accumulated points for any new content learnt. This resulted in four of our students achieving outstanding results gaining a place in the top ten out of 1297 competitors.
Robert Blackley Deputy Principal-Students
The results are as follows: 1st place – Cheyanne Llanes 9M scored 5000 points 3rd place – Paul Llanes from 7A scored 2238 points 9th place – Jason Michaux 8M scored 1486 points 10th place – Doreen Poni 8M scored 1281 points Congratulations to the above named students and to all who participated, stay tuned for the next level of competition: The World Championships are due to commence 18th May. Mrs Dance and Mrs Russo Languages Domain
Australian Scout Medallion Congratulations to Sam Rogan Year 9 for recently achieving the Australian Scout Medallion. This is a fantastic achievement considering only about 3 % of scouts Australia wide actually obtain the Australian Scout Medallion. Sam had to complete a leadership course and organise a leadership activity that involved a patrol camp. He led a group of 8 other scouts including himself, for a unsupervised 30 km 2 day hike through the Lerderderg State Forest, he was accountable for all of the scouts safety. Sam will be presented with his medallion on Saturday 9th May at CRC Sydenham.
Premier’s Reading Challenge 2015 Year 7 students are reminded to keep up their efforts to meet the Challenge! A number of students are well over half way in their quest to read the 15 books required to successfully meet the Challenge for 2015. To assist students who might need a little more motivation, the Library has added a number of new titles to the ePlatform, which can be found on the ePlatform app. Students are reminded that they need their College ID number and their College password to access the eBooks to read on their iPads.
NAPLAN Testing Years 7 & 9 2015 The 2014 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Years 7 and 9 students will be held on Tuesday 12 May, Wednesday 13 May and Thursday 14 May. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and school leadership which can be used to improve student achievement. All Years 7 and 9 students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests. Exemptions may be granted to students with significant intellectual disabilities and to students who have been learning English for less than one year. The College’s Learning Support staff will contact the parents of those students who may be eligible for exemption. Parental consent is required before any support due to disability or exemption is granted. Support can be arranged for students with disabilities, if the student regularly uses similar support for classroom assessment tasks. Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer. This is a matter for consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the relevant Year Level Coordinator. If, after consultation, you decide to withdraw your child, you must sign a Student Withdrawal form. These forms are available at the College. During the test week, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days. These students may undertake catch-up tests on the days in the test week after the scheduled test, up to and including Friday, May 15. Parents will receive a personal NAPLAN report later in the year. The report will describe each student’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The report will also show performance in relation to national minimum standards. These describe the minimum acceptable standards for students across Australia. I am confident that the information you receive as a result of your child’s participation in the NAPLAN tests will be valuable in helping you to assess your child’s progress in literacy and numeracy. For more information about the tests, please visit the VCAA website at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au or the NAP website at www.nap.edu.au
NAPLAN testing will operate at the following times: Tuesday, May 12
Language Conventions Writing
YEAR 7 Period 1
YEAR 9 Period 1
YEAR 7
YEAR 9
Period 2
Period 2
Wednesday, May 13
Reading
YEAR 7 Period 1
YEAR 9 Period 1
Thursday, May 14
Numeracy (calculator required) Numeracy (non-calculator)
YEAR 7
YEAR 9
Period 1
Period 1
YEAR 7
YEAR 9
Period 2
Period 2
These times are stipulated by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority to ensure all schools are undertaking tests at common times. Students will need to have a ruler, an eraser and book to read (if they finish early) as well as their books for the remainder of each period class of each session unless told otherwise (as most tests will not take a full 1 period time allotment). Can I particularly stress the need for all students to have their own calculator for the Thursday morning test. Students should also check that fresh batteries have been fitted. If you have any questions, please contact Narelle Layton (Director of Learning) at College. Mid Year Exams and Timed Assessment Tasks Once again this year, the College has set out a formal assessment schedule that will operate across Years 7 – 11. These will take place over the dates from June 3 to June 12. In next week’s newsletter Exam Timetables for all year levels will be published.
2016 Term Dates - Students
Year 11 & 12 Performance Works
Listed below are term dates for 2016 to assist families in their planning. Please note that Mid Year exams will operate in late Term 2 (as above in 2015). End of year finish dates for Year 10 – 12 students have yet to be finalised as we are awaiting timing of VCAA exams.
The Year 11 and 12 Drama class shall be presenting their Performance Works at 7pm on Thursday 30th April, in the Performing Arts Centre (PAC). All parents, family members and friends of the cast are welcome, as are members of the College community. As the students performing will be assessed on this same evening, it is imperative that standard theatre etiquette is observed. In line with this, it would be advisable that babies or small children do not attend. Just a reminder that the performance shall begin promptly at 7pm and no entry will be possible whilst a performance is in progress. Doors shall be opened at the conclusion of each performance.
Term 1: Years 7, 11 and 12 : Years 7 - 12: Student classes finish:
Orientation - Friday, January 29 Classes start Monday, Feb 1 Tuesday, March 22
Term 2: Years 7 - 12: Student classes finish:
Classes start Monday, April 11 Friday, June 24
Clare O'Sullivan cosullivan@crcmelton.com.au
Term 3:
Black Diggers Excursion
Years 7 - 12 classes start: Monday, July 11 Student classes finish: Friday, September 16
The Year 10, 11 and 12 drama students were fortunate to attend the Queensland Theatre Company’s production of Black Diggers at the Arts Centre, Melbourne. This play acknowledged and celebrated the achievements of the indigenous diggers who signed up for World War I. Our students not only demonstrated perfect theatre etiquette during the performance, but also showed maturity and compassion in discussing the themes of the performance on the journey home.
Term 4: Years 7 – 12 classes start: Monday, October 3 Years 7 – 9 classes finish: Friday, Dec 9 (Year 10 - 12 classes will finish earlier to fit with VCAA and College exams)
Clare O'Sullivan & Ashlee Hughes John Christie Deputy Principal - Staff Year 7 Science Incursion As part of the College’s Year 7 Science Program Classification Unit, we have organised a Wild Action Zoo incursion titled ‘Australian Animals’ for your son/ daughter to attend. The Wild Action Zoo will be at our school on Thursday 7th May for 7 O’R, 7 R, 7 C and 7 B and on the Friday 8th May for 7 M, 7 D and 7 A. Students are commencing the unit of Classification and the zoo visit is designed to assist them in understanding and recognizing the physical characteristics of varying Australian native animals including reptiles such as snakes and a crocodile, a bird, a mammal, an amphibian and any other animals they have in the zoo that have been trained to visit a school environment. The incursion will run over one 75 minute lesson. Monica Bloetz Year 7 Science Teacher, Incursion Coordinator
Athletics Carnival - Year 12
Senior Sport
Last Thursday the 23rd of April, was the last College Athletics Carnival that we as Year 12 students had the pleasure to participate in. With dedicated team members exerting every ounce of energy they had on the field regardless of the chilly weather, and supporters on the sidelines wrapped up in cosy blankets cheering on their teams, the athletics carnival was an overall successful day full of school spirit, team pride and team effort. Year 12’s ensured they were the main spectacle on the day, dressing up with extravagant and creative costumes ranging from Elliot and E.T to street fighters and Rugrats characters. In our final opportunity to participate in the carnival, the evident determination of the Year 12 students in particular, was outstanding. Witnessing those who had not once participated in any events across their almost-6-years at the College, put their hands up and take the risk for their team, or volunteer to set up, run, and assist at events really demonstrated both the excitement and enthusiasm our final chance to participate encouraged. All in all, it was a productive and bitter-sweet day knowing it would be our last College athletics carnival, but we all enjoyed ourselves and made the most of it while we could. Finally thank you to Miss Brown for organising the day and making it a fantastic day every for everyone who attended.
Last week CRC Melton travelled to Salesian College in Sunbury. While taking on the reigning premiers was never going to be easy, our netballers defeated Salesian 32 goals to 18.
Sarah Williams Media Captain
The Senior AFL was not so lucky, after winning the 2014 Division 2 premiership, we were promoted to Division 1, and once again faced the reigning premiers. Although putting in a solid effort, the team lost 102 to 42. This week, both teams play against St. Monica’s College in Melton. Year 7 Premier League Year 7 Premier league started last week and CRC travelled to CRC St Albans, for their first experience of secondary school sport. Results are as follows: Netball: Boys’ AFL: Boys’ basketball: Girls’ basketball: Boys’ soccer: Girls’ soccer: Boys’ volleyball: Girls’ volleyball:
CRCM def. CRCSA 36-1 CRCM def. CRCSA 138-1 CRCM def. CRCSA 43-8 CRCM def. CRCSA 53-6 CRCM drew CRCSA 1-1 CRCM def. CRCSA 4-1 CRCM def. by CRCSA 1-2 CRCM def. CRCSA 3-0
This week all teams play against Mackillop College.
Chapel Mural The wall of the Chapel has been used to create a large piece of artwork that will serve as a background for our Lone Pine Memorial. Our Year 10 Art students along with our Artist in Residence Christine Sage, collaborated to produce the artwork. It is a fantastic addition to CRC Melton's growing outdoor art exhibition. Outlined below is the inspiration for the artwork: As children we sometimes lay on our backs and stare up at the sky, looking through the trees. It is one of the most magical experiences and connects us with the heavens above. It lifts our spirits and at the same time makes us feel small in our great universe. It makes us wonder and ask questions. We extend this to the night sky with the stars and reflections in the pods of water. It is also perhaps the last view for the fallen soldier as they lay wounded on the battle field, reconnecting them to their childhood and of humbler days spent laying in the grass looking up at the sky. Amy Rowley Head of Art I learnt how to paint, never painted before. I learnt how to use depths in a piece of art and a different perspective of an image, blending paints and how to use textures to enhance elements of the painting. I loved working towards a large outcome/project, I loved the overall experience of an artist coming in and teaching us a little on how to use paint correctly to create a beautiful art piece. In the end, I am elated with the end product and how I contributed. Taylor Cikora Working on this art piece opened my eyes to the different types of ways to apply paint to artwork. Having Chris, Regina and Meghan and staff was a big help and a big confidence boost while we worked on the artwork. Teamwork was really visible during the days of working, which was really good to see. Learning how to blend artwork was amazing to l earn It has really opened my eyes to carry out art in the future. All up, this experience was amazing and I am honoured to have been a part of it. Brittany Jakeman During the two days we spent making the Mural I learnt how to blend colours and scrumble. While painting the Mural I felt great and by the end of the mural you could see that our class worked amazing together producing an awesome finished product. William Di Mieri
Athletics Day 2015
Uniform
Calendar 2015 2015
Term 2
Term 2
April 28th Parent workshop - Student Motivation - 7.00pm 29th Year 7 Premier League Round 2 Year 9 Forensics Unit Program Parents & Friends AGM—7.30pm 30th Senior AFL & Netball Round 2 VCE Drama Performance May 4th 5th 6th 7th 11th 12th 13th 14th
15th
Year 8 Medieval day SACCSS Cross Country PAC Official opening Year 7 Premier League Round 3 Community Road Safety Forum Year 10 VCE Careers Expo Year Fit 2 Drive Workshop NAPLAN Senior AFL & Netball Round 3 NAPLAN VCE Units 1 & 3 Outdoor Education Camp NAPLAN VCE Units 1 & 3 Outdoor Education Camp Unit 3/4 GAT Chat SACCSS Swimming and Cross Country Presentations VCE Units 1 & 3 Outdoor Education Camp Inter Futsal Food Van Visit
April Wednesday 29th 1.00pm - 2.00pm G. Mungcal
D. Taylor
May Wednesday 6th
6.30pm - 7.30pm
N. Woods
F. Conway
Wednesday 13th 1.00pm - 2.00pm T. Davine
L. Vella
Wednesday 20th 6.30pm - 7.30pm A.
Salmon
S. Jakeman
Wednesday 27th 1.00pm - 2.00pm K. Vella
J. Johnson
Mass Times
Homework Club Homework Club will run from Wednesday, 22nd April from 3.30pm to 4.30pm in the Library and finish 18th June.
Parish of Melton Parish Priest : Fr Michael Moody 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 Weekend Mass times: Saturday: 5.30pm Sunday: 8.30am & 10.30am