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1 Station Street, Mordialloc 3195 Australia Telephone (+613) 9580 1184 Facsimile (+613) 9587 5443 email [email protected] www.mcsc.vic.edu.au

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Newsletter

August 11 2016 No.24 Principal’s Update

Dear Families, Students and

Community Members,

Student Numbers 2017

Endorsing our reputation as a leading

education provider in the area is the

continued growth in our enrolments.

We have 67 Year 12s leaving at the

end of the year and 202 Year 7s

coming in at the start of next year!

Year 7 enrolments continue to

increase, from 100 in 2014, to 150 for

the past two years, to now over 200

in 2017. Our total student population

next year will be approximately 791

students (including our International

Students).

Building Program Update

If you have visited the school recently

you would have seen that very little

of the Forum now remains and the

area is very much a construction site!

It is exciting to finally see our building

program started with a timeline set

for relatively quick completion of both

s i g n i f i c a n t

facilities. The

Performing Arts

Centre and new

canteen will be

ready for the 2017

school year and the new

multipurpose gym by the middle of

the year. The original funding for the

gym was only for a basketball court

sized facility. This has recently been

upgraded to a netball court sized

facility, with additional funding

provided by the Department to make

it a bigger stadium with greater

functionality. I am still working with

the City of Kingston on a potential

joint use agreement with a financial

commitment from Council for the

possible expansion of our stadium

from 1 to 2 courts. Sport and

Recreation officers have been

authorised to work with Mordialloc

College to scope and prepare a costed

stage 2 concept plan (addition of

second court sometime in the future),

to draft a joint use agreement and

develop a funding strategy. This is

then to be reported back to Kingston

Council to be voted upon.

Whole School

PD Day

August 12

The focus for our

PD day will be to continue the process

of curriculum documentation across

all learning areas to align with the

NEW Victorian Curriculum, along with

any new study designs for VCE. This

will include the development of unit

outlines following the updated

proforma so we are consistent across

all learning areas, the writing of new

subjects/electives, and development

of benchmark tasks and rubrics. We

will begin the day with a refocus on

High Expectations and Authentic

Relationships as part of our Curiosity

a n d P o w e r f u l L e a r n i n g

implementation and a review of

policies aligned to the new Child

Safety Standards.

Performing Arts Centre

2016 Newsletter No 24


College ValuesCollege Values

Student PledgeStudent Pledge

“As students of Mordialloc College, we

are determined to achieve our personal

best, not only academically, but in sports,

the arts and in the wider community. We

will constantly strive to be the best we

can be. We will endeavour to take

responsibility for our actions, owning up

to mistakes and helping others out when

in need. We will be respectful towards all

teachers and students, and we will be

true to ourselves by being honest and

trustworthy.”

Whole School Review Update As mentioned in my last newsletter article the peer review

process is now completed over two days. Our review panel

includes Director of Ed Solutions, Jill Jackson, as the

external reviewer and Peter Corkill, Principal John Monash

Science School and Kerrie Dowsley, Principal St.Albans

Secondary College as our Challenge partners. Our first day

was last Friday, August 5, and included an initial discussion

with myself, Jill Jackson and Simon Hamilton, Senior

Advisor South Eastern Region. During Period 1 the panel

went on a tour of the school and classrooms to get a sense

of the school environment, student engagement and

alignment of teaching practice against our instructional

model. All panel members were very impressed with the

calm orderly environment and friendly atmosphere and

commented on this a number of times during the day.

They also remarked on the high engagement of our

students across a range of classes and year levels. The

majority of the day was spent in deep discussion about the

findings from our self-evaluation (including all the feedback

we received through the parent, student and staff forums

held during Term 1) and setting up the terms of reference

and agenda for our second day. The school was

congratulated for all the work that has been done over the

past 4-6 years and the feeling was that this has certainly

laid strong foundations for our next steps to becoming a

high performing school academically. Our second day is on

August 24 and will involve all members of the College

leadership team joining the review panel and we will go into

additional data analysis and discussion around a couple of

key identified focus areas. At the end of this day potential

goals, targets and key improvement strategies will be

drafted for the College community to consider for our new

Strategic Plan. Thanks to School Council President, Nicky

Hersey for her active involvement last Friday.

Child and Youth Directory

I encourage you all to take a look at the Child and Youth

Directory http://childandyouthdirectory.com.au/, a

rich resource of services available to young people, parents

and carers in our local

community. This community

resource provides information

on services covering the

cities of Bayside, Kingston,

Glen Eira, Port Phillip and

Stonnington.

Michelle Roberts

Principal

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http://childandyouthdirectory.com.au/

Save the Date Save the Date

October 11

Save the date in your calendar for our

annual art show.

Invitation for Community

Artworks Please contact Lea Gilbert on 9580 1184

or email

[email protected]



Important DatesImportant DatesImportant Dates August Thursday 11 School Council 5pm

Friday 12 Student Free Day - Staff PD Monday 15 Science Week

9B Community Placements to 19/8 Production Rehearsals

Tuesday 16 Y11 VCAL: Melbourne Street Art Peer Support

Wednesday 17 Primary School Hairspray Performance -

10:00 am Mordialloc College presents

Opening Night

3 shows to Friday 19

Thursday 18 Y9 Round Robin

Friday 19 Y8 SEAL Schools Event

Monday 22 Y11 VCAL to NGV

Y12 VCAL Amazing Race Planning

Tuesday 23 Y10 Sexual Health Session 2

VCE Drama - Jasper Jones - MTC Mex Information Night (9B & 9D)

Sunday 28 Y12 French Exam Seminar 8:30 am

Monday 29 Maths/Numeracy Week

Tuesday 30 Y10 Sexual Health Session 3

Wednesday 31 Y12 Psychology - DAX Centre

September Thursday 1 Kingston Athletics

2017 Year 9 Information Night for all Y8

students - 7 pm (SEAL 6:30-7 pm)

Friday 2 Facilities & OHS 8 am

Monday 5 Y12 Physics Synchrotron 8:45 am

Finance Meeting 4 pm

mailto:[email protected]

Personal Best - Work to the best of your ability.

Pursue excellence, try hard and constantly seek to improve.

Integrity - Be true to yourself by doing what is

right. Be honest and trustworthy.

Respect - Treat everyone with equal consideration.

Be accepting of others and their differences.

Responsibility - Be accountable for your actions.

Contribute positively to the school and wider community.



STUDENT NEWS

College Values Awards

Responsibility – always happy to help with

IT issues for peers and Ms Pierce

Garry Gabell Tyreke D’cruze

Personal Best – for

trying her best in VCAL

studies

Ruby Kuiper

Responsibility - for

presenting an

engaging speech at

VCAL/VCE information

night

Jaala Spithas

Responsibility - for

organising materials for

VCE/VCAL information

night

Rhys Johnson-Dicker

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Year 10 Advance class

r e c e n t l y

experienced an

amazing trip to Mount Buller to learn how to ski and

snowboard. This was, without a doubt, the best camp the

Advance class has gone on in the past year and a half!

This was our chance to learn how to ski or snowboard for

four days, with 19 other people, for a very reasonable

price. We left on a Tuesday morning and got back

that Friday night. On the first day we travelled four

and half hours and spent the rest of the day

settling in and tobogganing for a couple of

hours, which was a great experience. For the

following three days we did what we came for:

to ski and snowboard. We had a lesson every

morning for the next three days which obviously

helped us pick up the technique and improve

our skills each day.

As the week progressed we slowly got the hang of it and

were allowed to go on harder runs such as the ABOMM

Express, Shaky Knees and the Wombat. It was great to

see everyone gradually improve their skills over each day.

The food was also awesome and our night activities were

entertaining to say the least! We all had a great time,

and didn’t want to come home. Year 10 ski camp was

without a doubt one of the best things we have all ever

experienced. Thanks to Mrs Napolitano, Miss

Karamanis and Mrs Sheer for coming and

helping out and to Mr Evans for organising

everything.

Alex Hutchins

Y10 Advance Student


Tickets for this year’s Mordialloc College production,

Hairspray, are now on sale. Order yours now so as not

to miss out on the show of the year!

It’s 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, and quirky, plus-sized,

teenage Tracy Turnblad has one dream: to dance on The

Corny Collins Show. When she gets put in detention with

the African-American students in the school, they teach

her some of their dance moves, and her newfound

groove wins her a spot on Corny’s show. Overnight,

Tracy transforms from a nobody into a star, and uses her

influence to advocate for racial integration on the

television show. Tracy faces scrutiny and bullying from

the network producer, Velma, and her popular, but

vicious, daughter, Amber. Will Tracy be able to overcome

the odds and succeed in her mission to integrate The

Corny Collins Show? There’s only one way to find out:

come and see the show!

Tickets: $18 for students/children

$22 for adults

When: 7pm Wednesday 17 August

7pm Thursday 18 August

7pm Friday 19 August

Where: Mordialloc College Hall,

1 Station St, Mordialloc

Tickets can be purchased from the school payment

window, and all enquiries can be made on 9580 1184.

Tickets must be shown at the door on the date for

which they are valid to enable entry to the show.

MORDIALLOC

COLLEGE

PRESENTS

Ticket Order

PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT BY: CASH CHEQUE VISA MASTERCARD QKR

CARD NUMBER:

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Show Date No. of Adult tix @ $22 No. of Student tix @ $18 Total cost

Wednesday 17 August

Thursday 18 August

Friday 19 August

Community Notice BoardCommunity Notice Board

Dobson’s Uniform

Shop at Mordialloc

College

Trading Hours

Monday 8.30 - 11.30

Wednesday 12.30 - 4.00

Situated off the foyer of the

College Hall

Telephone: 9587 0738

UniformsUniforms

News from Chelsea Heights Community Centre On Thursday 18th August 7pm to 8.30pm join us for a delicious new class – A Taste of Thai,

hands on fun learning to make the famous Thai Tom Yum soup and delicate spring rolls.

Lots of ways to stay fit during these colder months, Pilates, Zumba, Line Dancing, Ballroom dancing, Table Tennis and parents are loving Kanga training, which is a dance based fitness class while wearing your baby in a

carrier on Monday and Fridays at 1pm.

If you are looking for a venue for your child’s next birthday, our childcare room and playground is the perfect place, especially with the colder wintry weather.

A new Positive Mind, Positive Future 4 week course starting soon at the Centre which provides an opportunity to reassess the quality of your life and help create calm.

Ring 9772 3391 to book, for more details or our Term brochure, and please visit our website for a full program at www.chelseaheightscommunitycentre.com.au or just drop on by.

Chelsea Heights Community Centre Beazley Reserve

160 Thames Promenade Chelsea Heights 3196

http://www.chelseaheightscommunitycentre.com.au

You can find Mordialloc College on Facebook by typing

Mordialloc College into the search bar, then clicking ‘Like’.

If you like us you will receive information about upcoming

news and events within your newsfeed - just another way

we are improving digital communication within our College

community.

For more information contact Mrs Lisa Ip.

Community Notice BoardCommunity Notice Board

Chelsea & District Historical Society Inc.

NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 14

AT 2 PM

DON’T FORGET THE FASHION PARADE 29

SEPTEMBER AT 12 NOON

TICKETS $15

PLEASE PHONE VALERIE

9772 2951

Tickets for this year’s Mordialloc College

production, , are selling fast Order

yours now so as not to miss out on the show of

the year!

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