FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER

17 August 2016

Carranballac P-9 College 9395 3533

In our unique, innovative and growing community we develop a passion for life long learning

so that students achieve individual excellence and are confident, capable, respected citizens

of our local and global communities.

Statement of Purpose

Dates to Remember:

Student Absence: Please SMS student absences by 9.00 am to

0429 305 552

College Director Brendan O’Brien School Council President Ian Muir

Wednesday 17—Friday 19 August Boardwalk Yr 3/4 Camp Wilkin—Anglesea

Thursday 18 August Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony

Monday 22 August Boardwalk Yr 5/6 Wakakirri State Heats

Wednesday 24–Friday 26 August Jamieson Way Yr 5/6 Goldfields Camp 1

Saturday 27 August P&F Trivia Night

Monday 29 August Boardwalk Yr 2 Werribee Mansion Excursion

Monday 29-Wednesday 31 August Jamieson Way Yr 5/6 Goldfields Camp 2

Wednesday 31 August Jamieson Way Yr 2 Werribee Mansion Excursion

Monday 5 September-Friday 9 September Science Kids Teaching Kids Week

Wednesday 7 September Battle for Australia Ceremony

Every Minute Counts!

D irector’s Report

Dear Parents and Carranballac Community Members Boardwalk Wakakirri rehearsal took place this morning and was reportedly a fabulous dress rehearsal.

Chookas to our Wakakirri team for Monday 22 August.

I would like to pass on my congratulations to both our Parents and Friends team and our Foundation –

Year 6 students for an excellent College disco. Thanks also goes to the staff helpers who assisted with

general supervision and behind the counter food handling.

It was a fun night in with an enjoyable atmosphere. I am now looking forward to the P and F Trivia night

on the Saturday 27 August. Have you booked your table yet?

Special thanks goes to our Green Gang, Rock Band, Soundhouse choir and staff who attended the Arndell

Community centre last Saturday. The feedback I have received is that our College was proudly and ex-

pertly represented once again.

First Aid Management: Currently our First Aid staff call all families for any first aid incident that takes

place. We have undertaken a review of this process and will be implementing a new strategy to inform

families from the commencement of term four. The intention is to provide all families with access to our

new communication system (COMPASS) through an APP. This will work on all phones. We will provide

everyone with specific advice towards the end of the term. This improvement will be far more effective

for everyone involved.

FOPA - Festival of Performing Arts: Jamieson Way gym was once again transformed into a professional

staged environment last week and schools from both Wyndham and Hobson’s Bay came to perform. Car-

ranballac College put on an excellent event under the expert guidance of Gaye Edmonds. We need to be

very proud of our College’s ability to both perform and to also host such significant events as FOPA.

FOPA was complimented by FOVA (Festival of Visual Arts) held at the town centre. In the same manner

the College provided access to a range of students and schools in order for your children’s art work to be

displayed publicly and to be acknowledged. Well done Gaye and supporters.

Camps are on this week and over the next two weeks. I take this opportunity to thank families for sup-

porting these outdoor education learning opportunities for their children. You may notice that your child

is both tired and also a little more grown up after the experience. Please take the time to share with

them the highlights of their adventure.

B rendan O’Brien

B oardwalk School Report

Our HERO program (Here Every day On- Time) continues to

gain momentum with the attendance and punctuality of stu-dents being recognised and acknowledged. Congratulations

to those students who have received an award as a college ‘HERO’ and a huge thank you to Samantha Bourke who has

made over 100 Hero capes for our prize winners to proudly

wear. Whilst the HERO program is a light-hearted and posi-tive way to promote attendance, this initiative is based on

the knowledge that 100% attendance will optimise the learning outcomes for our students.

I extend a warm welcome to Mr Villani who is acting as Mid-dle Years Assistant Principal at Boardwalk whilst Mrs Doyle

enjoys some long service leave.

Congratulations to our magnificent Parents and Friends who held a very successful disco last Friday night. This was an

excellent event and very well attended. Another example of the commitment and support we enjoy in our college com-

munity. Don’t forget to book your tickets for the Trivia night

which will be held on Saturday 27 August.

Our Year 3 and 4 students headed off to Angelsea camp on

Wednesday. Let’s hope this beautiful sunshine continues for the week.

Thank you to Ms Huell and her pre-service teachers for or-

ganising our College athletics team to compete at the VU track in Werribee last week. All our Year 3-6 students who

attended are to be commended on their overall effort and sportsmanship.

I recommend to you the Compass program. This program

is for 10-14 year olds and is designed to enhance the devel-

opment of the individual child by setting their own challeng-

ing activities and learning of new skills. It is modelled on

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award and comprises

four levels across four sections.

Mr Beiers is coordinating this program this year and stu-

dents will begin their personalized challenges via organizing,

planning and completing a hobby, recreational activity, ad-

venture activity and community volunteering.

Breakfast club continues to operate on Tuesdays and Fridays

and is coordinated by committed and enthusiastic Year 9

students. My personal thanks to the many teachers who also

come along on these mornings to help out.

J amieson Way School Report

Our amazing Year 3/4 students walked, climbed, jumped, paddled, ran, laughed, talked, questioned, explained, played, listened and learnt their way through three fabulous days at Camp Wilkin. We can be very proud of the growth in their personal devel-opment especially for those students who were on their very first camp. Well done! Thank you to our wonderful staff who ensured our students made the most of every experience. The excitement is building for our next camp - the Year 5/6 Goldfields camp, with one group touring next week and the second group travelling the week after. Conversations with our Year 9 students at the mo-ment are all around their course selections for Year 10 at Point Cook Senior Secondary. Many of our par-ents took advantage of the offer from PCSS staff to join their children in individual advice sessions on site at Jamieson Way. Our Year 9 classes are very focussed on ensuring they are prepared for the start of their final stage of schooling. We are very proud that a group of our student lead-ers will be representing our college community this Thursday at The Shrine of Remembrance for the 50th anniversary of The Battle of Long Tan on Vi-etnam Veterans Day. This is a significant occasion to honour such bravery and we trust this will be a valued lifelong memory for these students. The Premier's Reading Challenge is drawing to a close. Our college librarians ask for all lists to be handed in to the library by Sept 5. Will your child be a HERO this week??

S andy Naughton

Principal R os Myors

Acting Principal

H ero Of The Week Awards

Canteen Voucher Winners

BW EY Cheyenne Loades JW EY Blayne Smyth

MY Girish Tamilchelvan MY Rhiannon Aholelei

Weekly HERO Winners

JW

Rawley Bryant

Helen Leu

Genti Dedinja

Lucas Monje-Gonzalez

Jay Binder

Yumin Pasqual

Freeman Simmons

Mitchell Parks

Will Strange

Stan Varvarousis

BW

Wyatt McCarroll

Connor Heron

Jesse Burns a

Ani Sachdeva

Lloyd Shaw

Kaavya Niranjan

Avni Sachdeva

Reuben Hatton

Cynthia Yu

Niko Tuhega

Cameron Hope

Matthew Hutchings

Oren Mason

Gurkarandeep Singh

Vanessa Nguyen

Blake Nelson

Joe Hatfield

Georgie Di Domenico

Sourin Patel

Preksha Patel

Jordan Thomas

Gurkarandeep Singh

Jordan Ngo

Maria Kamara

Lilian Nguyen

Anisah Mohd Isa

Brandan Robinson

Jordan Peel

T.J Niko

Reuben Hatton

Jordan Ngo

Maria Kamara

Pisces Marcos

Will Strange

B oardwalk Breakfast Club 2016

Boardwalk’s Group Leaders- Samson, Ben and Deniz met with representatives from the Good Guys Hoppers Crossing store, who presented the Breakfast Club with a free freezer to assist with the storage of food for the Breakfast Club.

‘Here. Everyday. Ready. On-time.’

We are encouraging all parents to support our initiative and to be aware that your child needs to be at school everyday and on time.

As part of our initiative we have a number of projects on the go, they are: Our Breakfast Club at BW on Tuesday and Friday mornings run by Year 9 students. A Year 9 elective Project- decorating amenities at BW with ‘Superhero characters’. A weekly puppet show presented on CNN TV by Year 9 students addressing our ini-

tiative across the college. ‘Superhero Music’ welcoming students into the college each morning. Early Years and Middle Years ‘HERO’ weekly awards presented to students at as-

sembly. Colourful Superhero capes worn by our weekly Early Years ‘Superheros’.

‘Breakfast Club on Tuesday and Fri-

day from 8.00 am run by our Year 9 stu-dents at BW’

CNN TV weekly Puppet show

‘Parents, it is so important that your child is a ‘H.E.R.O’

every week. Thank you.’

‘Colourful

Capes

made by

Samantha

and Dee’

Our Year

9

‘Superhero

‘Here. Everyday. Ready. On-time.’

S tudent Awards

Kacey Mann

Ghaida Alobaidi

Isabelle Le

Amelia Gill

Yang Yang Jia

Van Lal Lian

Olivia Margeta

Jordan Ngo

Alice Keenan-Littlejohn

Darcey Tassits

Imogen Dawson

Jasmin Clark

Hussein Elmi

Alyssa Reitter

Brodie Hinkson

Kayla West

Isis Dawson

Siulagi Pio

John Rout

Declan O’Brien

Zak Muir

Caleb Pio

Blake Nelson

Isabelle Trudgian

Sunny Fan

Elizabeth Ioane

Lily Cagliolo

Jy Muir

Lachlan Hau

Jayllene Bobadilla

Maddie Trabert

Ben Clark

Sean Sturrock

Flynn Turner

Chloe Gardiner

Beyonce Tran

Kasper Bramwell

Lucas Monje-Gonzalez

Jay Binder

Isaiah Palavi

Cielle Ash

Ricky Le

Cody Hayes

Katelyn Chhour

Freeman Simmons

Michelle Nguyen

Casey Mok

Asha Jabbal

Ella McCarthy

Jasper Greenway-Vale

Jemma Bone

Joel Aquino

Jasmin Selimi

Haris Skoulikas

Tamati Christian

Ariel Mullalli

Gigi Courtenay

Liam Farrell

Dahlia Fathelbab

Oliver Jovevski

Stephanie Tan

Kari Sarol

Mahkeisha Nizar

Violette Luxton

Jaxon Tuhega

Japanese Awards

Hayley Tran Harry Tambourine Victoria Choo Klara Loskot Mahzuqa Nizar Mia Kennedy Mackenzie Beasley Sumayo Elmi

Music Awards

Hayley Moore Kolakovic Michelle Nguyen Xander Ianna Ana McLeod

Sarah Cotter

Art Awards

Teagan Gardiner Emma Liao Riley Parks

Corker Winners

Alex Langton Evie Jackson

Congratulations to all of our award winners this fortnight!

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Carranballac P-9 College

Kids Teaching Kids

Kids Teaching Kids is a program whereby all students at the College cele-

brate Science Week each year. Each class invites another class to attend a

workshop, performance or activity which is based around environmental sci-

ence.

We celebrate Science Week in Kids Teaching Kids Week from Monday 5 Sep-

tember to Friday 9 September.

The College also hosts the KTK Western Region Conference on site during

that week whereby other schools join us and take part in workshops. In

2016, Year 7 will assist with organisation at Boardwalk School on Wednes-

day 7 September and Year 5/6 classes conduct the second day of that con-

ference at Jamieson Way School, on Thursday 8 September. Finally a select-

ed group of students will represent us at the Melbourne Water KTK Confer-

ence on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 October at Melbourne University.

Sponsor for KTK week 2016 is the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning.

The Wyndham Learning Festival Working Group invites you to the Opening Night of the inaugural Festival. Proudly sponsored by Avalon Airport. We are very excited to launch the first ever Learning Festival in the City of Wyndham. This festival is highlighting the breadth of opportunities and benefits of lifelong learning in our community.

Guest Speaker: Maxine McKew

Complimentary finger food and drinks on arrival

When: 5pm-8.30pm, Wednesday 31 August 2016

Where: Wyndham Cultural Centre, 177 Watton St, Werribee

RSVP: Jessica - jessicab@wyndhamcec.org.au before Friday 19 August

Well done to those students who have already completed the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge. The Challenge

ends shortly so if you are not yet finished, keep reading!

The College has a good selection of Reading Challenge books for all levels, available for borrowing from our Librar-

ies. Look for the books with the colour coded Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge labels and you will know these

are part of the challenge booklist.

The colour coding is as follows:

Participating students please send your reading record sheets to your Library regularly so that your progress can be

recorded.

Reading records need to be completed and given to Library staff by Wednesday 31 August to allow time for all data to be entered. The challenge officially ends on Friday 9 September

Prep – 2 Yellow

Year 3 – 4 Green

Year 5 – 6 Pink/Purple

Year 7 – 8 Orange

Year 9 - 10 Blue

H ouse Points

Boardwalk School Jamieson Way School

Sea Eagles: 44 40 Sea Eagles: 197 480

Cheetham: 33 44 Cheetham: 493 500

Golden Wattle: 42 49 Golden Wattle: 290 370

RAAF: 32 40 RAAF: 195 430

S port Update

Jamieson Way

The Year 3-6 Point Cook Athletics Carnival was held at the VUT Athletics track Tuesday 9 August. In cold and windy

conditions 59 Jamieson Way students competed with merit, finishing 3rd overall with 168 points.

Jamieson Way had some excellent performances with the following students winning events and will progress to the Division Finals in September. Congratulations to:-

Imogen Te Whare 1st 9/10 Girls 100m, 2nd 800m, 2nd 200m

Broklyn Palu 1st 11 Girls 800m, 1st 1500m, 2nd Triple Jump

Bryson Ananstovski 1st 11 Boys Shot Put, 1st Discus, 2nd 200m

Melissa Emery 1st 12/13 Girls Hurdles

Special thanks to Ms Pelar, Mr Rigato and Mr Soderstrom for supervising and getting students to their events on

time.

Also a big thank you the Year 9 Student Leaders who assisted at discus and other duties during the day, including

Grace Akioka, Stephanie Bain, Janae Mackrell, Nicolas Mihalache, Zac Muir and Marina Velickovska.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Issue 6 catalogues have been distributed to all students in Years Foundation to 6

Catalogues are available in the College foyer for students in Year 7, 8 & 9

The College can only accept payment by:

CREDIT CARD * to order and pay for your Scholastic Book Club order by credit card please visit:

www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

OR

CHEQUE * Written to Scholastic Australia

NO CASH PLEASE NO CASH PLEASE

Orders may be returned to your classroom teacher or dropped at the front office. If you have any questions please contact the College.

Closing date for orders is Wednesday 31st August, 2016

Your purchases earn free resources for our College

Thank you for your support!!!

M usic News

FOPA

The highlight of the performance calendar for our college is the annual Festival Of Performing Arts. This event celebrated its 28th year and it is the fourth year it has been hosted at the Ja-mieson Way campus. Twenty five schools performed in a series of concerts in the morning and afternoon of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week.

My sincere thanks to Barry Davies who controlled the audio requirements for each school and to a band of Pre Service Teachers who helped out during the week.

Our college was wonderfully represented at the Arndell Park Community Centre community day last Saturday 13 August. Soundhouse Singers entertained, along with our Junior Rock Band and also Minor Sensation. A huge thanks to Alex Colston-Ing for her support and the wonderful par-ents who came along

FOVA Our annual Festival Of Visual Arts at the Point Cook Town Centre concluded on the weekend. I hope you were able to view the wonderful artwork of our students. My sincere thanks to Ms Peric who ar-ranged the student work from our college and thank you to the other eleven local schools who also participated.

Contact Information

PO Box 6106, Point Cook 3030 Phone: 9395 3533 e-mail: carranballac.p9@edumail.vic.gov.au

Boardwalk School Jamieson Way School

Cnr Foxwood Drive & Dunnings Road, Point Cook, 3030 Cnr Jamieson Way & La Rochelle Blvd, Point Cook, 3030

Principal Kay Kearney Principal Sandy Naughton