Tranby News Telephone: 08 95242424
Email: tranby@ tranby.wa.edu.au 28th June 2013—Week 8—Term 2 Web: www.tranby.wa.edu.au
Inside this issue
From the Principal ....... 2
Assistant Principal ........ 3
Senior School ................ 4-5
Middle School ............... 6-7
Junior School ................. 8-9
College & Community . 10-11
Tranby College Parenting Conference
Friday 16th August 2013
Tickets available from Reception $20.00 each
Morning tea and lunch provided
8:15am Registration and coffee
9:00am Welcome to Country
9:10am Welcome
9:20am Keynote: Michael
‘What really matters
as a Parent’
10:15am Morning Tea
10:45am Keynote: Debbie
‘Get ready for the
Teen Years’
11:45am Workshop 1:
Michael—’Raising kids
to Thrive’
11:45am Debbie– ‘No, is not a
dirty word: Why kids of
all ages need to hear it
and ways parents can say it’
12:45pm Lunch
1:30pm Workshop 2:
Michael—’Raising kids
to Thrive’
Debbie– ‘No, is not a
dirty word: Why kids of
all ages need to hear it
and ways parents can say it’
2:30pm Panel
3:10pm Closing
Michael Grose is one
of Australia’s most popular par-
enting and educational present-
ers. Michael is the author of 8
parenting books, including his
new release 'Thriving!' and the
best-selling 'Why First Born’s
Rule the World and Last Born’s
Want to Change It'. He has con-
ducted over 1,500 parenting
seminars over the last two dec-
ades. He is the Director of
‘Parentingideas’, Australia’s lead-
ing provider of parenting re-
sources for schools. He is the
author of 8 parenting books and
also ap-
peared as a
regular on
Channel 9’s
T o d a y
Show and
C h a n n e l
10’s 9AM.
Debbie Bushell is known to
entertain an audience with up-to-to-
date information, whist offering ideas
to support parents during the various
stages of adolescent develop-
ment. She is a respected parenting
specialist, resilience coach for teenag-
ers, author and the founder of ‘Parent
Teen Matters’. Debbie has presented
on hundreds of topics across Australia
to parents, students and professionals
who work with children. She is a regu-
lar fortnightly guest on Perth’s 6PR.
Debbie holds a Master of Education
in School Leadership, a Bachelor of
Education, and is one of a handful of
coaches worldwide with an interna-
tionally recognised qualification in
Parent Coaching. Debbie is the proud
parent of four amazing teens.
From the Principal - Jo Bednall
Above or below the magic line? The magic line is an idea that I was introduced to at a workshop a month or so ago
and then again at the end of last week. It struck me as a simple tool to help me to think construc-tively about something rather than moving into a negative spiral. I have shared it with several other people recently and it resonated with them as well, so it seemed a reasonable topic for a newsletter. A colleague from another school presented the idea to the groups I was working with. He ascribes it to his mate, Graham, who is a window tinter - but unfortunately, that’s all the detail I have. The magic line is a line in our minds. Sometimes we slip below it and we are in BED, that is Blame, Excuses and Denial. We become vic-tims of our own thinking. At better times we rise above the line and we are in a boat with an OAR, that is Ownership, Ac-countability and Responsibility. Our thinking has helped us to become victors. Since hearing of this idea I have caught myself slipping below the line and have realised how easy it is to do. It is so much harder to look at how I might have contributed to the situation and what I have to do to try to solve whatever is the problem. Of course, I am not alone in finding it all too easy to slip below the line. This useful little tool can remind us all - adults and children alike - to take responsibility for our own thinking. To become vic-tors and not victims.
2
Ownership Victor
Accountability
OAR Responsibility
_______________________________________________Magic Line
Blame Victim
Excuses
BED Denial
Assistant Principal - Mike Jenzen
Tranby College receives prestigious award! Tranby College has been recognised by Apple as one of just 24 schools across the nation as an Ap-ple Distinguished School. The award acknowledges the College’s use of technology to support and enhance learning. This is a tremendous reflection of the College’s practice in this field and reflects the College’s continued emphasis upon twenty first century learning. The award will open up many exciting opportunities for staff and their professional development as we continue our journey as a digital school. A copy of the College’s application is available in either pdf or ibook format by clicking on the following link: http://wiki.tranby.wa.edu.au/groups/ads/
Senior School and Administration Building Tours - 3rd July Just a reminder that parents can book a tour of the new building by contacting Faye Capewell on 95233145 or via email on [email protected] The tour times are: 9:00am-10:00am 2:00pm-3:00pm 5:30pm-6:30pm Please meet at the new College Administration Office off Arpenteur Drive.
3
Senior School News - Steven Davies
Our Year Ten students have complet-ed their first taste of formal examina-tions in the Senior School and seem wiser for the experience. I was very impressed by the way that the students approached this important assessment.
This set of examinations was conducted, as all examina-tions in the Tranby Senior School will be, in the same way that WACE examinations held at the end of the students’ Year Twelve will be conducted. The only thing that will vary between then and now is the length of the examina-tions themselves, so our students’ will have many oppor-tunities to practise and develop study strategies and exami-nation techniques. They seemed to prepare well, and they adapted to the formality of the structure and processes surrounding examinations. I was delighted with the ‘buzz’ that was evident in the T&E Activity Area each morning before an examination as students gave each other last minute ‘tests’ and hints. In my Science class, I asked my students to reflect on their examination experience and they sent me messages with their written responses. Some of the responses I include below show that learning has taken place through the pro-cess, and I am confident that the students have benefitted from the experience and are ready to achieve more highly at the next opportunity. What are 5 things in your preparation/study that worked well for you? making, reading & summarising notes, reading them
each night testing myself, taking mini-tests with others in our year
and family organising the things I needed to study most for the
exam getting enough rest before exam, not getting stressed,
not doing complicated study the night before the ex-am
reading the text several times, doing review questions from the text and Internet
writing notes on each chapter and the necessary/important information
reading and rewriting definitions and explanations in different ways to completely understand their meaning
asking older students (11&12's) for explanations of things I didn't understand
making flash cards before I started studying I would always have some
kind of food to wake up my brain for the long study session ahead
starting study 3-4 weeks before the exam
What are 5 things about your preparation/study that you will do differently next time? study earlier before exams and more study make more notes after completing topics in class, read
over the chapters again, make better notes throughout the term
more practise of some skills, draw more diagrams not getting sidetracked during study use my time well; no distractions, or procrastinating
on some days make sure I don't stress or have a panic attack the
night before the exam
What are 5 things you learned about ‘sitting an ex-am’? time management is key have a full stomach before going in don’t waste time by going to the toilet not as hard if you’ve studied well you can’t spend too long on one question, write fast
and less neat, get straight to the point, rather than talk-ing about nothing relevant
you can’t waste time and you must be on time you must take them seriously it was really quiet, you aren't allowed to talk at all in
the room it is hard to be silent for an hour the pressure, the formality, the intensity you can ask the supervisors questions it's not as overwhelming as I thought it would be
What are 5 things you think you did well during this exam period? managed time well in final exams, didn’t waste time by
going to the toilet, arrived on time, use my time wisely, in most instances
brought all the correct items, organised myself and belongings
composed myself when doing the actual exam, stayed focused and calm during the exam, answered all the questions available, finished all my exams
listened to the teachers, followed all the rules kept a positive attitude, tried my hardest treated it like any other test just in a bigger room not worrying
about other people, wheth-er they had finished early or not, fo-cused on what I had to do.
4
Tranby College students in Years 8, 9 and 10 were enrolled in the Championship as a means of connecting with oth-er language learners. We ‘took on’ over 200,000 language learners from 12 countries. The World Language Challenge took place over ten days from 20th – 30th May 2013. The Challenge commenced globally at the same time – WA starting time was 4:00pm on the 20th May and the World Championship support team ensured that all students were aware of the local area start and finish times. Tranby College students collected 26 certificates in total ranging from Gold Awards to Credits. I would like to con-gratulate all award certificate recipients. My personal congratulations go to our Gold Award Winner, Elayne Wilson, Year 10. The Silver Awards go to Jessica Templeman, Year 10 and Year 8 students Holly Plackett, Lily Jeminson, and Luke Derrick. Bronze Award Winners: Year 10—Gemma Pouw-Bray, Jordan Wilson-Wendt, Poppy Benzies and Vanessa Bourne. Year 9—Coel Garrod. Year 8—Andrea Wilson, Yasmin Purdue, Siobhan Wall, Tanaya Murakami, Barend Grove, Harry Stacey and Elyishia Sattell. Credit Award Winners: Year 10—Thomas Keane, Shae Katnich and Danielle Colledge. Year 9—Sean Harrington, Jelena Brown, Tianna Jefferson, Paige Watson and Olivia McLean. Year 8—Hannah Russell. The students put themselves up for the Challenge and they did themselves and Tranby College proud. Terus belajar Bahasa Indonesia dengan rajin!
5
Language Perfect World Championship
Gold Award Winner
Elayne Wilson
Year 10
Jessica Templeman
Year 10
Holly Plackett
Year 8
Lily Jeminson
Year 8
Luke Derrick
Year 8
Silver
Award
Winners
Semester Awards Criteria and Awards
6
Middle School News - Geoff Kay
YEAR 7 SEMESTER AWARDS
8 Subjects YEAR 7
PRINCIPALS AWARD for Outstanding Academic Performance
6 A Grades
6 Excellent/High Effort ratings - none below Satisfactory
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
6 A Grades
ACADEMIC EFFORT 6 Excellent
YEAR 8 SEMESTER AWARDS
8 Subjects YEAR 8
PRINCIPALS AWARD for Outstanding Academic Performance
7 A Grades
7 Excellent/High Effort ratings - none below Satisfactory
ACADEMIC EXCELENCE
6 A Grades
ACADEMIC EFFORT 6 Excellent
PRINCIPALS AWARDS
Year 7
Hannah Morris
Harrison Mueller
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
ACADEMIC EFFORT
Janice Arceo
Nicola Cartwright
Abigail Derrick
Lily Ergovic
Lucy Gaskell
Zoe Katnich
Grace Redfern
Jacob Kniebe
Katrina Sparkes
Georgia Turner
Sophie Waddington
Lucy Western
Sarah Wilson
PRINCIPALS AWARDS
Year 8
Rosie Blackburn
Brooke Harvey
Luke Derrick
Barend Grove
Harry Stacey
Olivia Howarth
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Krysten DeCoster
Yasmin Purdue
Reinier Scheepers
Madison Ardern
ACADEMIC EFFORT
Krysten DeCoster
Harry Finch
Liam Gould
Robyn Hitchin
Lily Jeminson
Tanaya Murakami
Bethany Ogden
Holly Plackett
Rebecca Price
Danika Rodricks
Reinier Scheepers
Daniella Simatos
Amber Townrow
Saffron Waugh
Middle School News cont.
YEAR 9 EXAMS Thank you for your support during the Year 9 examinations. Staff are pleased that the students applied them-selves so well and are confident that there has been a great deal of learning about the examination process, in-cluding revision and organisation of time. PARENT FORUM At our last meeting we focused on the students’ interests and activities outside of school hours, and how these relate to school life. In response to recent research findings mentioned in the most recent Newsletter, we are keen to see if our students’ use of after-school time matches that shown by the research. Dates for next term are: Monday 12th August and Monday 2nd September REPORTS AND 3-WAY CONFERENCES Semester One Reports will be sent home with students next week in time for you to make bookings for the 3 –Way Conferences to be held on Tuesday 23rd July. Details regarding these Conferences were contained in an email sent to parents and on ConeqtP. Please contact Mrs Gail Williamson on 9523 3101 by Friday 5th July to book the appointment. SEMESTER AWARDS Congratulations to the students listed above who will receive their awards at our Assembly on Tuesday 2nd July at 1.15pm in the Multi-Purpose Hall. 7
YEAR 9 SEMESTER AWARDS
7 Subjects YEAR 9
PRINCIPALS AWARD for Outstanding Academic Performance
6 A Grades 6 Excellent/High Effort ratings - none below Satisfactory
ACADEMIC EXCEL-LENCE
5 A Grades
ACADEMIC EFFORT 5 Excellent
PRINCIPALS AWARDS
Year 9
Shannon Hussey
Sophie Oud
Deanna Wilson
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Jaymi Evans
Phoebe Howie
ACADEMIC EFFORT
Jean Luc Buonocore
Jaymi Evans
I take this opportunity to wish all stu-dents and parents an enjoyable and safe holiday break and look forward
to Semester Two which commences on Wednesday 24th July. On Friday 5th July all children from K-6 will be receiv-ing their Semester One Report. There is a change to the grades for Years 3 and 4 this year, as we are now required to give an A – E grade for these year groups. The grade is evidenced based and should be viewed in conjunction with the portfolio or assessment file. We ask that you read the Report with your child and assist them to set learning goals for the Second Semester. At the Awards Assembly next Friday children who have received an ‘A’ grade in Years 3-6 in the core sub-jects of English, Mathematics, Science, History and Geography are recognised with a Certificate of Achievement. Children who achieve an ‘A’ in two or more subjects receive a Certificate of Excellence and a student who achieves an ‘A’ in all subjects receive a Principal’s Award. Sports Cup The Summer sports students participated in during Term 1 were basketball and volleyball. In Term 2 they changed to Winter sports and have enjoyed playing football and hockey. All sports are played in house groups and points were rewarded for participation/sportsmanship, uniform and winning. Each week saw different house groups compete against each other and as the weeks went on an improvement in skills were seen. The points from Year 5 and 6 Sport have been com-bined and the results are as follows: Budjar 1st – 139 points Bilu 2nd – 122 points Karla 3rd– 109 points Marra 4th – 108 points
Scitech On Thursday, 27th June, the Pre-Primary visited King's Park and Scitech. We all had a wonderful time learning about simple machines.
8
Junior School News - Graham Badge
IPSHA WINTER FIXTURES Netball Last Thursday 4 Tranby Netball Teams had a friendly match against John XXIII. The following Thursday we played against Carmel School and this time was just as much fun as the first. We all tried our hardest and some of us won, but in the end we all came out as winners. The matches were a fun experience. We enjoyed the netball a lot. We all shook hands and cheered at the end of the match. Alexandra Roberts Year 6
Hockey On Thursday the 19th of June, the Tranby Hockey Team travelled to John XXIII. The hockey team there were really supportive because our Tranby team were not very experienced at playing. Although we lost, we were happy because it was our first time playing against another school and we did our best. Amileigh Perkins and Hope Wheatley Year 6 Football Tranby and John XXIII battled it out in a very competi-tive game of football. There were some nice strong tackles but there could only be one winner. Tranby was victorious winning by 11 points. Tranby kicked 6 goals and 4 points and John XXIII kicked 4 goals and 5 points. This week Tranby and Carmel School battled it out. There were a lot of tackles and some really good goals. Tranby were victorious again. Ben Roots Year 6 Soccer Last week we travelled to John XXIII for a game of soccer. Tranby played brilliantly. One team won 8 goals to 1, while the other team was unsuccessful in a very close game.
This week we travelled to Carmel School. It was lots of fun and we got the chance to meet a lot of new people. We had one girls team and two boys teams involved in some very exciting matches. Brianna Sanders and Robbie Galvin Year 6 Spineless Wonders On Wednesday 26th June the Kindergarten children participated in the ‘Spineless Wonders’ incursion. This term the children have been learning about ‘Minibeasts’ so the incursion was a practi-cal way of ending the term. The children were able to touch and hold a variety of Australian creepy crawlies. The children loved the experience!
Junior School News cont...
9
IMPORTANT DATES:
28th June Sleep Rough Winter Appeal—MPH 1st July WHOLE SCHOOL RECEPTION operating from new building 2nd July Senior School Semester 1 Awards Assembly—12:35-1:15pm-MPH 2nd July Middle School Semester 1 Awards Assembly—1:15-1:55pm-MPH 3rd July Senior School & Administration Building Parent Tours 9:00-10:00am, 2:00-3:00pm and 5:30-6:30pm 3rd July Year 9-12 Tranby Dance Night Performance—Koorliny Arts Centre 4th July IPSHA Winter Carnival at John XXIII College 5th July Junior School Semester 1 Awards Assembly—9:00-10:00pm-MPH 5th July FINAL DAY TERM 2 17th-19th July Netball Australian Sports Camps held in the MPH 23rd July Three Way Conferences for Junior, Middle and Senior School 24th July TERM 1 COMMENCES
College & Community News
10
FLY-IN FLY-OUT FAMILIES FIFO Families is a new and unique organisation providing social and supportive networks for employees and their families who work on a fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) or drive-in-drive-out (DIDO) basis in the resource sector. FIFO Families currently has over 50 local, grass roots community groups that meet in almost every state of Australia. Our groups are run by volunteers with one official meet per month on weekends. Members are always welcome to any event right across Australia and not limited to just their local group. For more information to the events please visit the website www.fifofamilies.com.au
FAMILY FUN at the Art Gallery of WA SUNDAY FUNDAYS Join us on the first Sunday of every month for family-friendly tours of Van Gogh Dali and Beyond, fun art and craft activ-ities with AGWA’s Educators and special Artist Workshops with some of Perth’s very talented artists. When: Sun 7 Jul, 4 Aug, 1 Sep, 6 Oct, 3 Nov, 1 Dec. JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS for kids and adults Take part in a family-friendly art workshop with Western Australian artists. Choose from a variety of different work-shops, such as drawing portraits using only a ball point pen with award-winning local artist Andy Quilty or imagining in paint what you will be when you grow up, with Archibald Prize finalist Abdul Abdullah. For more information on these and other workshops please go to: artgallery.wa.gov.au When: Sun 7, Mon 8, Thu 11, Mon 15 and Thu 18 July. All events are FREE with any same-day exhibition ticket ($9 children, $19 adults, $50 family pass, $145 family multi-pass). Bookings can be made through [email protected] or (08) 9492 6644. Bookings are essential for the Artist workshops. For more information please contact our education officer Lisa Young (08) 9492 6645 Or Greg Fletcher (08) 9492 6642.
College & Community News cont...
11
Acting for the Screen and Filmmaking at Tranby!
Award-winning Filmbites Youth Film School run classes at Tranby College.
In the first term you’ll learn acting or filmmaking skills and in the second term you’ll make your own short film with your class!
You’ll even get a copy to keep and get to see your film on the big screen at Filmbites Premiere Night.
Please contact Filmbites for more information: Phone: 9209 2689 or [email protected].
www.filmbites.com.au
All classes are on a Saturday in the Tranby College MPH Building:
Acting for the Screen for 7-9 year olds Acting for the screen for 10-13 year olds
Filmmaking for 10years +
Tranby College Parenting Conference
Friday
16th August
2013
Tickets available
from Reception
$20.00 each
Morning tea and
Lunch Provided
Michael Grose is one of Australia’s
most popular parenting and educational
presenters. Michael is the author of 8 par-
enting books, including his new release
'Thriving!' and the best-selling 'Why First
Born’s Rule the World and Last Born’s
Want to Change It'. He has conducted
over 1,500 parenting seminars over the last
two decades. He is the Director of Parent-
ingideas, Australia’s leading provider of
parenting resources for schools. He is the
author of 8 parenting books and also ap-
peared as a regular on Channel 9’s Today
Show and Channel 10’s 9AM.
Debbie Bushell is known to enter-
tain an audience with up-to-to-date infor-
mation, whist offering ideas to support par-
ents during the various stages of adolescent
development. She is a respected parenting
specialist, resilience coach for teenagers, au-
thor and the founder of Parent Teen Matters.
Debbie has presented on hundreds of topics
across Australia to parents, students and pro-
fessionals who work with children. She is a
regular fortnightly guest on Perth’s 6PR.
Debbie holds a Master of Education in
School Leadership, a Bachelor of Education,
and is one of a handful of coaches world-
wide with an internationally recognised
qualification in Parent
Coaching. Debbie is
the proud parent of
four amazing teens.
8:15am Registration and coffee
9:00am Welcome to Country
9:10am Welcome
9:20am Keynote: Michael
‘What really matters as a Parent’
10:15am Morning Tea
10:45am Keynote: Debbie
‘Get ready for the Teen Years’
11:45am Workshop 1:
Michael—’Raising kids to Thrive’
11:45am Debbie– ‘No, is not a dirty word: Why kids of all ages need to hear it and ways parents can say it’
12:45pm Lunch
1:30pm Workshop 2:
Michael—’Raising kids to Thrive’
Debbie– ‘No, is not a dirty word: Why kids of all ages need to hear it and ways parents can say it’
2:30pm Panel
3:10pm Closing
TRANBY COLLEGE EMERGENCY SERVICES CADETS! 28 JUNE 2013
The hike over Mt. Cooke was challenging, but the view was awesome and worth the effort. We started at 10.00am at Windsor and finished the day at the opposite base of Mt. Cooke. We used the Trangia to prepare our meals, the Thai Green Chicken Curry was really spicy but the Butter Chicken was a crowd pleaser. The fire kept us warm and softened the marshmallows, and we even used the billy to heat our
water for the best hot chocolate ever.
After a freezing cold night (1.3 degrees!) we scoffed down our Weetbix and Nurti-Grain and headed for Sullivan Rock.
Over the two days, we hiked almost 23 kms. We stopped for games and activities and learnt heaps about the environment around us.
What a fantastic place to visit.
Munda Biddi RideAlpha Company & Delta Company
NEWSLETTER
INTER COMPANY GOLFCHALLENGE - 1 ST JULY 2013
http://wiki.tranby.wa.edu.au/groups/tranbycollegeemergencyservicescadets/
Bibbulmun Track Hike Bravo Company & Charlie Company
Our mountain biking trek to Dwellingup started at school loading up the trailer and ute with all the bikes - it took three tries to make it all fit.We started our ride at Whittakers Mill and made our way to Marrinup campsite. We cooked our own dinner on the camp fire - the spaghetti bolognese was won-derful; the beef stew rich and warming.After sleeping in the tents in the cold evening, we headed off on the Marrinup circuit ride and raced around the track completing two circuits. The hills, sharp turns and jumps were great fun.It was a sensational achievement when we rode into Dwellingup completing a ride of over 40 kms. We all felt a sense of pride and achievement.