4th february, 2014

4th February, 2014 Reflection We start this new year with the thoughts that Pope Francis expressed on the first day of 2014.....

“In this, my first Message for the World Day of Peace, I wish to offer to everyone, individuals and peoples, my best wishes for a life filled with joy and hope. In the heart of every man and woman is the desire for a full life, including that irrepressible longing for fraternity which draws us to fellowship with others and enables us to see them not as enemies or rivals, but as brothers and sisters to be accepted and embraced.

Fraternity is an essential human quality, for we are relational beings. A lively awareness of our relatedness helps us to look upon and to treat each person as a true sister or brother; without fraternity it is impossible to build a just society and a solid and lasting peace. We should remember that fraternity is generally first learned in the family, thanks above all to the responsible and complementary roles of each of its members, particularly the father and the mother. The family is the wellspring of all fraternity, and as such it is the foundation and the first pathway to peace, since, by its vocation, it is meant to spread its love to the world around it.....”- Pope Francis Jan 1 2014

Welcome new staff Narelle Layton - Maths/Science Khan Marr - Maths Michael Sirko - VCE Chemistry/Maths Sam Steele - English/Hums Kevin Towns - RE/Science James Williams - Head of Learning Technologies Aiden O’Neil - AFL Sports Trainee Welcome back from Maternity leave Simone Bennett Amanda Wall Welcome new students Year 8: Khaw Ti Ling, Isaac Bergamin & Nicholas Bergamin Year 9: Ruben Aguirre, Pamela Mena, Taylah Spence, Kir Kir, Mabiei Riak, Tatum Loriente, Charlee Macpherson & Taylor Cikora Year 10: Jal Myaker, Brody Sullivan & Maddison Bassal Year 11: Jonathan Vita, Harris Robinson, Rehan Tissera & Tayla Burford Year 12: Naomie Vita & Meghan Kavanagh

College Captains Our Co Captains, Hannah Robinson and Julien Johnson pictured with Mr Sheehan have made a great start to the school year.

Staff email addresses Many parents use email to contact their child’s Homeroom or subject teachers and that has worked well in past years, so we encourage that form of communication.

The email addresses for our staff are on the College website, but it may be useful to know that the address is derived using the staff member’s initial and surname ie sfrazzetto@crcmelton.com.au is Samantha Frazzetto’s email address It’s been a good start to the school year and I look forward to meeting the new Year 7 Parents on Wednesday night.

Mark Sheehan Principal

Congratulations to our students, who have settled in well to their 2014 classes.

Buses Students travelling on Bacchus Marsh Coaches and SITA buslines will have the pick-up procedures monitored to ensure maximum safety and clarity for students. We will be consulting with the companies and bus drivers to see what, if any changes are needed. All students travelling on Bacchus Marsh Coaches need to have completed a Bus Travellers Form available from Student Reception.

CRC Swimming Carnival 2014 The 2014 Catholic Regional College Melton Swimming Carnival is to be held at Melton Waves Leisure Centre on Monday 10th February. The following information provides a summary of the day and the requirements for attendance. Please note that it is a calendared event and therefore full attendance is expected. We have endeavoured to include a range of alternative activities to cater for students who are not confident in their swimming ability and hope that this will enable all students to focus on the development of a positive and encouraging school community.

Bulmans Road – Drop-off / Pick-up With power pole works taking place outside the College on Bulmans Road for the next 2 weeks, I would also like to thank parents dropping off and picking up students for their compliance with the designated parking areas.

Again we continue to work with the Melton City Council to ensure clear signage and safe student entry and exit is maintained.

Year 7 Information Evening I look forward to meeting Year 7 parents / guardians this Wednesday at our Year 7 Information evening.

Year 9 – 12 Subject Changes As all Year 9 – 12 students undertook a thorough selection process last year, no changes will be made in the first week of school unless there are exceptional circumstances. Once students have had time to experience their subjects, restricted subject changes may be considered for some students in the 2nd week of term. Changes for Semester Two electives will be available closer to the start of Term 3.

VCE 2013 Dux & Awards Ceremony On Friday 14th February the College will recognise students who demonstrated excellence in their VCE studies at a School Assembly. The names of Award winners can be found on Pages 5 & 6 of this newsletter.

John Christie Deputy Principal (Staff)

Event: Catholic Regional College Melton Swimming Carnival Venue: Melton Waves Leisure Centre Attendance: Compulsory for all students Time: 8.30am Roll call at Melton Waves. 3.00pm dismissal from Melton Waves.

Transport: Normal Melton bus services will operate.

Bacchus Marsh students can stay aboard buses until the milk bar stop opposite the pool. CRC Staff will supervise this stop. Three alternate routes will be provided to cover most of the normal stops. Country routes can still be accessed from Melton Secondary College if needed.

Contact Bacchus Marsh Coaches for further details.

Uniform: Students are to wear full PE uniform with the option of a house coloured top. The top must cover the shoulders and midriff and also have no provocative printing.

Food: A sausage sizzle will be conducted to raise money for College charities. None of the internal café facilities will be accessible to students and therefore any other food items should be brought along.

Awards & Recognition: Students will compete for records in all traditional 50m races. All events will accrue points for their house. Individual medals will be awarded by house captains to one male and one female student from each year level, deemed to have demonstrated the most house spirit. Criteria are as follows: a.

Participation in events b.

Participation outside of the pool c.

Sportsmanship and encouragement for teammates and other competitors. d.

Support for the College ethos and values.

Immediate family are welcome to attend the carnival and must sign in at the gate. Due to the increased student enrolment numbers, space will be limited so please be aware that shaded areas will be provided to students as a priority. Parent assistance has been welcomed in the past and will be allocated on an as needed basis on the day. Your support for the event is greatly appreciated. If you have any further questions please contact me at the College.

Nathan Guthridge CRC Melton Sport Coordinator nguthridge@crcmelton.com.au

Canteen News

Principal’s Review

Welcome everyone to a new year and I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a safe and happy new year.

On Tuesday 18th February 2014, a Summative Review of Mr. Mark Sheehan, Principal of Catholic Regional College Melton will take place.

In the canteen this year you will notice a few changes— We are no longer using Coca-cola for our drinks supplier but have brought on board Schweppes and deleted all high sugar drinks and substituted them with Pepsi Next and Pepsi Max and flavoured mineral waters as you will see on your menus (which will be available on line but if you would like a hard copy please feel free to come and see me in the canteen).

Please also note the new healthy salad range that we have—Hokkien noodle salad, tuna or tomato pasta salads, crunchy noodle salad with chicken and also the fabulous salad shakes (vegetarian, chicken, ham or tuna).

Also please be aware we are no longer selling a lot of our confectionery lines—for eg. Red skins, heart pops, red frogs, snakes alive, raspberries. We will have new healthier options available over the counter so please come and have a look at what is available.

Please note if you want to make sure you don’t miss out on what you want please put an order into the canteen in the morning and this will avoid you having to line up and also get disappointed in missing out on what you wanted. Recess orders can also be done before school and then no line up is necessary.

As per previous years volunteers would be greatly appreciated and these hours credit your P & F fees.

Volunteers are required between 10am and approx. 2pm and lunch is provided.

In the penultimate year of the Principal’s contract, a summative appraisal of the Principal’s performance will be conducted. The particular focus of this appraisal will be on the provision of advice to the Church Authority in the matter of a further contract for the Principal.

Some Staff and Parents will be invited to attend an interview. Should you not be invited, but wish to have input into this review process via the completion of a questionnaire, I ask that you contact Mrs. Samantha Frazetto, Mr Sheehan’s PA, at Catholic Regional College Melton on 9743 6522, or collect a survey from the College Reception. Please return the questionnaire to Mrs. Frazzetto by Thursday 13th February.

Liz Gleeson Secondary Principal Consultant Catholic Education Office - Western Region Notice to Year 10, 11 and 12 Parents/Guardians On Thursday the 13th of February, a parent information night will be held at the College for parents of students undertaking Year 11 and 12 VCE / VCAL and Year 10 VINCIT. The information night will provide parents with information relating to the policies and regulations, which determine the successful completion of VCE / VCAL & VINCIT. Important events for the year and pathways information will also be outlined.

The timetable for the evening is as follows:

Could you please fill in the volunteer slip on page 7 and return it as soon as possible to the canteen.

Thank you everyone and good luck in 2014.

Karen Honey Canteen

Year 10 VINCIT: Year 11 and 12 VCAL: Year 11 VCE: Year 12 VCE:

6.30pm in J155 7:00pm in J155 7:00pm in Library 7:00pm in J150

The information evening has been a valuable experience in the past and we are hoping to see all parents on this evening. Students are not required to attend. More specific information about the night will be sent out by the end of the week. If you have any queries or concerns, please contact the relevant coordinator.

Education Maintenance Allowance – Information for Parents currently receiving EMA Changes to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for 2014: In 2014 the annual EMA payment for families with children in Secondary School (Year 8 up until the age of 16) will receive an annual payment of $250. Children in Year 7 will receive an EMA payment of $300. The School Start Bonus has been discontinued.

Eligibility: To be eligible for the EMA in 2014, you must:  

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Be either a parent or guardian of a primary or secondary student up to the age of sixteen; and Be an eligible beneficiary within the meaning of the State Concessions Act 2004, that is, be a holder of Veterans Card or be an eligible Health Care Card (HCC) or Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) holder or Be a temporary foster parent

Payment Amounts 2014: Instalment One

Year 7 $210

Year 8 – Age 16 $175

Instalment Two

$ 90

$ 75

Annual Total

$300

$250

The eligibility criteria must be met as at 28 January 2014 (Instalment One) and 14 July 2014 (Instalment Two).

Contact: School Office for an EMA application form and to lodge your application. A copy of your current Health Care Card is required. EMA application forms are to be submitted to the school by 21 February 2014. Please note that late applications cannot be processed.

Uniform Shop Assistance would be appreciated in our Uniform Shop. If you can help out please fill in and return the form on Page 7.

Year 8 Camp Reminder Notice The annual Year 8 camp will take place in week 4 of this term. It will be held at Burnside Camp, 60 Ellimatta Rd, Anglesea. This camp involves an overnight stay and two days of activities. The camps will start on Monday the 24th of February and finish on Thursday 27th of February.

Your child will attend the camp on the following dates with their homeroom: Monday Feb 24th to Tuesday Feb 25th: 8 Anthony / 8 Bernard / 8 Catherine Tuesday Feb 25th to Wednesday Feb 26th: 8 Dominic / 8 MacKillop Wednesday Feb 26th to Thursday Feb 27th: 8 O’Reilly/ 8 Reed All parental consent forms need to be returned to the College office, with monies in a clearly marked envelope

by Thursday 6th February.

Please be aware that: YOUR CHILD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND THE EXCURSION IF THE CONSENT FORM and MEDICAL FORM HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED BY THIS DATE. Karina Dunne Year 8 Level Coordinator Peer Support 2014 During Term 1 the Year 10 Peer Support leaders will be coming into Year 7 classrooms for 40 mins every week to work on the skills of 'Behaving with Integrity'. The Peer Support program teaches young people practical life skills that help both themselves and their friends through times of change and adversity and the program provides a fun, but thought provoking environment to address these issues.

This module supports students to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes enabling them to identify their values and align their actions with their beliefs. 'Behaving with Integrity' focuses on four specific values; respect, responsibility, inclusion and integrity and the module compliments and supports the National Framework for Values Education in Australian schools.

To support your child through this transition you can discuss with your child the activities, concepts and understandings they developed by participating in the Peer Support Program. If you have an queries in regards to this program, please don't hesitate to contact me on lgrech@crcmelton.com.au Laura Grech Student Leadership Coordinator English Teacher

Award Winners 2013

Year Nine

Year Seven

Year Nine 2013 Dux: Kitty Robinson

Year Seven 2013 Dux: Zinah D’Souza

Grace Allen – Music and Indonesian Tempest Ardley – Magazine Jasmine Arthur – Art and Materials Technology – Fibre Juliette Campagna – Materials Technology – Wood Chelsea Caruana – Ceramics Ceara Cronin – English and Child Care Alycia Dingli – Materials Technology – Wood Demi Hockaday – Health & Physical Education Chloe Horster – Child Care Caitlin Lewis – Dance and Outdoor Education Laura McIntyre – Dance Kitty Robinson – Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Italian Sport and Leadership and Information Technology – Multi Media Amy Rogan – Materials Technology – Food Mitchell Ryan – Information Technology – Robotics Annabelle Taylor – Religious Education and Scrapbooking Brody Willmott – Visual Communication Design and Information Technology – Computer Animation Alana Wilson – Drama

Christopher Campagna – Music Rebecca Chin – Music Erub Crowe – Information Technology Zinah D’Souza – Humanities, Indonesian and Science Joshue Eagle – Religious Education Natalie Folker – Materials Technology – Wood Dayna Govic – Italian Chloe Laurel – Visual Communication Design Macy Le Huray – Mathematics Kenrick Mascarenhas – Health & Physical Education Madalyn McGill – Visual Communication Design Rohan Mullan – English Jesse Searle – Information Technology Consistent Effort

Encouragement

Anthony Bernard Catherine Dominic

Shaun Cauchi Isobel Turnbull Elise Robinson Maneet Hora

Mackillop O’Reilly Reed

Meg Bacchin Lakmie Meemaduma Amber Bettess

Amel Tong Ben Wills Joseph Cinel Tiarn Jenkins & Corey Schembri Kylie Schembri Amy Baulch Piper Gilson

Citizenship Award: Madison Giese Sport Award: Erin Salmon Team Award: Female Volleyball Team Year Eight Year Eight 2013 Dux: Thomas Spiteri Tayte Charles – Drama Anna Cicalese – Health Jeremy Cinel – Art Shelby Dalton – Material Technology – Fibre Jacinta Guirguis – Physical Education Emily Kro – Religious Education Awal Kuk – Italian and Mathematics Hanna Pace – Materials Technology – Food Thomas Spiteri – Humanities and Science Alesha Winzar – English and Indonesian

Anthony Bernard Catherine Dominic MacKillop O’Reilly

Consistent Effort

Encouragement

Jeremy Cinel Rebekah Hibberd Xavier Rabottini Chantel Guirgius Charlotte Walker Daniel Smith

Melissa Vella Winnie Poni Breanne Landells Juliet Brooking Jemma Armer Michael Tat

Citizenship Award: Dominic Miesen Sport Award: William Di Mieri Father Brian Glasheen Scholarship: Anakin Anderson

Anthony Bernard Catherine Dominic MacKillop O’Reilly

Consistent Effort

Encouragement

Zaylie Le Huray Caleb Agius Charlene Van Ravenstein Caitlin Lewis Grace Allen Ceara Cronin

Mitchell Wills Jonathan Antony Brianna Pawlowicz Joel Amor Laura Thiele Chloe Horster

Citizenship Award: Demi Hockaday Arts Award, Junior: Kitty Robinson Sport Award: Nicholas Benca Knights of the Southern Cross/Music Scholarship: Lachlan Sagert Year Ten Year Ten 2013 Dux: Jenna Milone Paulette Alea – Media Studies – Journalism and Materials Technology – Fibre Emily Bettio – Business Management and Political Law Maggie Camilleri – TAFE/VET Emmalea D’antonio – Materials Technology – Wood Jesse Gilson – Information Technology – Game Design Brianna Grech – Geography Bowde Griffith – VINCIT Brooke Guirguis – Materials Technology – Food Rianna Hughes – Art Mikaela Hurst – Physical Education – Advanced Zachary Miesen – Newton Sparks a Star War, Visual Communication Design and Unit 1 & 2 Outdoor Education Dyson Miller – Drama Jenna Milone – Religion & Society Unit 1, Core Plus Mathematics, Mathematics Elective, Chemistry – Cells to Creatures, Business Commerce, Physical Education – Active 2 and Unit 1 & 2 Health & Human Development Carla Mirabelli – Hospitality

Katie Mulholland – English Matthew Previti – Italian Joe Schembri – Science and Information Technology Yasmin Smits – Indonesian Karin Souriyavong – Mathematics Elective Sinead Speranza – Urban Dance Erynn Stuhldreier – Core Mathematics Sarah Williams – Mind Matters

Anthony Bernard Catherine Dominic Mackillop O’Reilly

Consistent Effort

Encouragement

Kimberley Baulch Tegan Lafranchi Joe Schembri Elise Horster Jamie Salmon Sarah Williams

Chloe Vieth Montana Benson Liam Gant Madeleine Pepyat Flora Daw Lauren Layton

Citizenship Award: Tegan Lafranchi Sport Award: Zachary Miesen Andrea Closter Award: Krystal Dennison Year Eleven Year Eleven 2013 Dux: Ryan Brown Ryan Brown – Unit 1 & 2 English, Unit 1 & 2 Psychology, Unit 1 & 2 General Mathematics, Unit 1 & 2 Mathematical Methods, Unit 1 & 2 History and Unit 1 Text and Traditions Greta Burns – Unit 1 & 2 Studio Art Bridget Di Mieri – Unit 1 & 2 Visual Communication Design Harley Goss – Unit 1 & 2 Accounting Joshua Hickman – Unit 1 & 2 Materials Technology – Wood Kayte Howard – Unit 1 & 2 Legal Studies Dean Johnson – Unit 1 & 2 Physics Breanna Krause – Unit 1 & 2 Chemistry Jessica Lewis – Unit 1 & 2 English Language and Unit 1 & 2 Drama Sophie Martin – Unit 1 & 2 Literature Stacey Pieper – VCAL Laura Rofe – Unit 1 & 2 Physical Education Julia Sansone – Unit 1 & 2 Media James Shelly-Robbins – Unit 1 & 2 General Mathematics – Advanced and VET Music Sarah Spiteri – Unit 1 & 2 Indonesian Kate Watkins – Unit 1 & 2 Biology and Unit 1 & 2 Materials Technology – Food Amelia Williamson – TAFE/VET

Anthony Bernard Catherine Dominic MacKillop O’Reilly

Consistent Effort

Encouragement

Jordan Williams Shearna Svaljek Courtney Grech Elyshia Xerri Anna Harrison Czarina Obtinalla

Sinead Duffy Joshua Ince Ayden Paterson Justin Fenech Amelia Argent Stacey Pieper

Citizenship Award: Robyn Hockaday Sport Award: Ryan Holzer Marita Miesen Award: Bryson Ward

Year Twelve College Dux 2013: Bryce Robinson – ATAR 99.7 College High Achievers – ATAR above 85 Matthew Behan Annika Miesen Kaitlyn Staindl Joshua Seymour Kate Jenkins Solange Camilleri Celina Laurilla Naomi Keenan Biology – Bryce Robinson Chemistry – Bryce Robinson Business Management – Joshua Tejedor English –Timothy Broadstock & Celina Laurilla Food Technology – Courtney Watson Geography – Solange Camilleri Literature – Bryce Robinson Human Health Development – Laura Rofe History: Revolutions – Kaitlyn Staindl Information Technology: Applications – Michael La Rose Software Development – Michael La Rose Italian – Renata Blanco & Solange Camilleri Maltese – Solange Camilleri Chinese – Matthew Cheng Legal Studies – Kaitlyn Staindl Further Mathematics – Anna Harrison Specialist Mathematics – Matthew Behan Mathematical Methos – Bryce Robinson Media – Joshua Tejedor Outdoor & Environmental Studie3s – Corey Tewma & Holly Azzopardi Physical Education – Annika Miesen Physics – Joshua Seymour Psychology – Kaitlyn Staindl Religion & Society – Anna Harrison Visual Communication Design – Celina Laurilla Arts Award, Senior: Tina Vassallo

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Calendar

2014

Homework Club

February 5th Year 7 Parent Information Evening 10th College Swim Carnival 13th VCE Studio Arts Excursion VCE, VCAL & VINCIT Information Evening 14th VCE 2013 Dux & Awards Ceremony 18th Senior Cricket Round 1 24th SACCSS Golf Year 8 Camp - A, B & C 25th Year 8 Camp - A, B & C and D & M 26th Year 8 Camp - D & M and O & R 27th Year 8 Camp - O & R Senior Cricket Round 2 March 1st 2nd

College Working Bee College Working Bee

Homework club will run from Wednesday 12th February 2014 until 26th March, 2014 from 3.30pm to 4.30pm in the library