28th July, 2015 Reflection Great Spirit Prayer Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, Whose breath gives life to all the world. Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people. Help me to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes towards me. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others. Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me. I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy Myself. Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes. So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
School Improvement Framework Review
Ice/Drug Community Forum
This week the College is being reviewed by the CEOM using the SIF 2 process.
As was written in last week’s newsletter the College is holding a Drug Community forum August 6 with the support of Victoria Police and the City of Melton. We have been overwhelmed with the responses. As the forum is being held in our Performing Arts Centre the numbers able to attend are limited and we’ve had to ticket the event. Those who have indicated they would like to attend have been sent an email on how to collect tickets. The forum will be broadcast on Melton Community FM radio 979.
There has been a number of significant changes at CRC Melton since our last SIF Review in 2011, so we have been looking forward to the process. Thanks to all parents, students and staff who have been involved in interviews or surveys. I will report back to the school community regarding the outcomes of our SIF2 later this term.
Rob Blackley Deputy Principal (Students)
Re-enrolment 2016 VCE / VCAL Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews During Term 3 a formal re-enrolment process will take place. This process enables the College to comply with a CEO requirement regarding enrolment data which is due in Term 4. The actual enrolment prediction for the 2016 school year will influence the recurrent funding for the College. To ensure you do not jeopardise your child’s re-enrolment we would appreciate all fee payments being brought up to date. Mark Sheehan Principal
Thanks to all parents / guardians that attended last week’s interviews. They provided a great opportunity to set goals for students in their last full term of school. We welcome any feedback from parents / guardians on the PAM Booking system or on the interviews that took place.
Parents & Friends The next meeting of the Parents & Friends will be held on Wednesday 29th July at 7.30pm.
2016 Subject Selections
Tree Planting Day
Year 11 and Year 10 students continue with their 2016 Subject Selections. Our 2016 Year 11 Subject Selection process now involves family interviews this Thursday. I hope to see many parents / guardians take the opportunity to be involved with their child’s selections, as in previous year’s these conversations have been extremely valuable. Booking sheets were in the subject selection envelopes distributed to each student.
Last Friday, 24th July, we held another successful Tree Planting Day. The Environment Leaders, Meg Gleeson and Demi Hockaday, organised for students to participate in the day by either helping us to plant trees in the park across the road or to create a terrarium they could take home. Overall we planted 250 trees; created 40 terrariums; and had 300 students participate in the day. We would like to thank Bunnings Melton and Melton City Council for donating plants for the event and the maintenance staff for helping with the organisation of the day. We were very lucky with the weather and are proud that we have helped to beautify our surrounding environments.
Semester Two Subject Changes Year 10 and Year 9 Elective changes for Semester Two have been finalised. Buses Families may be aware that we have been changing the process of bus departures at the end of days to accommodate the new Town Bus timetables. Our new system (which seems to be working well) has the following departure sequence: BM Coaches for Toolern Vale, Hopetoun Park and Darley depart first. Students for these buses can go straight to their bus or wait along fence. Town Bus students and Underbank bus students wait behind wooden bollards for their buses to arrive. Normally all students on these buses have departed by 4.00pm. We will continue to monitor this system and feedback is welcome.
Laura Grech Student Leadership Coordinator
Unit 1-2 Legal Studies excursion 2016 Term Dates To assist families in planning for next year, below are our 2016 Term dates: Term 1: Year 7, 9, 11 and 12 students start: Friday, January 29 Year 7 – 12 Classes begin: Monday, Feb 1 Classes end: Tuesday, March 22 Term 2: Classes begin: Monday, April 11 Year 10 Work Experience: June 20 – 24. Classes finish: Friday, June 24 Term 3: Classes Start: Monday, July 11 Classes end: Thursday, September 15 Term 4: Classes Start: Monday, October 3 Year 12 VCAA exams finish: Friday, November 18. Year 11 students finish: Friday, December 2 Year 10 students finish: Friday, December 2 Year 7 – 9 students finish: Friday, December 9 John Christie Deputy Principal (Staff)
On July 15 the Unit 1-2 Legal Studies class went on excursion to the Melbourne Magistrates Court and the Victorian Parliament. Whilst at the Court students observed a number of hearings and were able to witness first hand the Melbourne Magistrate Court in action. At the Victorian Parliament the students participated in a role play where an actual piece of legislation was rein-acted by the students. Students also enjoyed a brief tour of the parliament including both houses of parliament and the library. It was an enjoyable day for the students and a rewarding educational experience. Daniela Harrington Humanities Domain Leader
St Bernard’s Parish Primary School - 125 years celebration St Bernard’s are holding a street procession next Friday, July 31 . The procession will begin at 11am at the corner of Fisken and Simpson Streets (around where our previous school was) and will travel up Crook and Lerderderg Streets before arriving at our school (current site). The students will be led by a horse-drawn Cobb & Co coach and some will be dressed in period costume. We’d love people to wave as we pass, or join in and walk with us. Mass will be held in our Recreation Centre on Friday, August 7 at 10.00am. This will be followed by morning tea in our Assembly Hall and will coincide with our school Open Day. Classrooms will be open to welcome visitors and our Mary MacKillop Museum will also be open. All welcome!
Performing Arts Gala - Around the World Tickets are selling well for this year’s Performing Arts Gala which shall be performed at 7pm on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September within the Performing Arts Centre. Hospitality staff and students shall again be supporting the performing arts by serving hors-d'oeuvres prior to the performance and the Visual Art department shall install an art exhibition within the foyer of the Performing Arts Centre for your viewing pleasure. Tickets for the Performing Arts Gala are $10 each and are now available from the College office. Please note, that the seating for this year’s performance shall be allocated; as such, patrons are advised to book early to ensure that they are able to secure consecutive seating for all of their guests. When booking your tickets, please advise booking staff of any disabled access requirements. Clare O’Sullivan On behalf of the Gala Team cosullivan@crcmelton.com.au ………………………………………………………………………………………
CRC Melton Performing Arts Gala ticket order form Name: _______________________________________ Student’s name: _______________________________ Homeroom: ______________ Contact Number: ______________________________ Number of tickets (each ticket is $10) Thursday 3rd September, 2015 ___________ Friday 4th September, 2015 ____________ Simpson’s Trivia night - Sienna Cordell fundraiser Sienna Cordell is the sibling of a student at CRC and now has a date for her surgery, October 14th. We have raised $58,000, but need $78,000 to cover the cost of this surgery. Please support our fundraising efforts, and come along to our Simpson’s Trivia Night, to be held at Melton Darts Club next Saturday 1st August at 7.30pm. $20 a ticket, alcohol at bar prices, Silent Auction, Door Prizes, Raffle. Lots of prizes, and lots of bargains. Come & have a fun night out, and help a little girl achieve her dreams at the same time! For tickets, contact Brad on 0419 508569.
Total cost: $ __________________Money must be enclosed in order to receive tickets.)
Calendar
Uniform
2015
2015
Term 3
Term 3
July
July
29th Year 12 Legal Excursion Year 8 MASP Excursion Year 12 Biology Excursion P & F Meeting - 7.30pm 30th Senior Futsal Year 11 2016 Family Selection Interviews 31st VET Year 9 Taster day
Wednesday 29th
August
G. Thiele
4th 5th
Wednesday 12th
Year 9 Premier League Round 3 Junior Hockey VCE Units 2 & 4 Outdoor Education Camps Year 10 2016 Information Evening 6th VCE Units 2 & 4 Outdoor Education Camps Year 12 Safe Drive Presentation Ice Community Forum 7th VCE Units 2 & 4 Outdoor Education Camps SACCSS Hockey Social Justice Winter Sleep Out 10th Senior Hockey Year 10 Geography Camp 11th Year 10 Geography Camp Year 9 Premier League Round 4 12th Year 10 Geography Camp Year 9 Humanities Excursion Year 8 Book week talk VINCIT 2016 Interviews
1.00pm - 2.00pm
G. Mungcal August Wednesday 5th
6.30pm - 7.30p.m
1.00pm - 2.00pm
T. Davine Wednesday 19th
6.30pm - 7.30pm
S. Jakeman Summer Fittings Wednesday 26th 12.00pm - 2.00pm D. Taylor
J. Johnson
L. Vella
A. Salmon
N. Woods
M. Mullan
R. Mc Donald
L. Eagle
M. Salvatore
5.00pm - 8.00pm F. Conway Thursday 27th 12.00pm - 2.00pm Karen Vella 5.00pm - 8.00pm G. Thiele
Homework Club Homework Club will commence next Wednesday 22nd July, in the Library between 3.30pm and 4.30pm.