Term 4 - Week 1– 7th October 2015

Mortlake College Newsletter 10 Hood Ave

Mortlake, Vic, 3272 Ph: 03 5599 2204

Fax: 03 5599 2503 Email: mortlake.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.mortlakep12.vic.edu.au SMS Mobile: 0427 841 239 (Text Only)

Principals Report -

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the new school term! I hope you enjoyed the break and that it provided an opportunity to re-

cuperate a�er a very busy third term. We are all looking forward to another really successful term. I would like

to take this opportunity to welcome Mrs Sally Partridge to the school. Sally is replacing Alison Storr and she is

really looking forward to working with the Years 3&4 students.

School Fete

Don’t forget that the school fete is now only a li)le over a week away. We would love to see all our families,

friends and community members at the fete on Friday 16 October from around 3pm. It will be a great opportuni-

ty to have some fun, pick up a bargain or two and support the school.

Sun Smart

As I men/oned at the end of last term it is essen/al that all students wear appropriate hats whilst they are out-

side and it’s great that almost all students have worn their hats this week. School hats are available for purchase

from the school office.

P-4 Class Captains:

At Monday’s assembly the P-4 Class Captains for Term 4 were announced and I would like to congratulate the

following students on being selected for this important role:

Year Prep: Zavier Fowler and Hayley McDonald

Year 1/2A: Jack Fowler and Daniel Fowler

Year 1/2B: Te Raupara Healey and Jaxson Sheridan

Year Three/Four A: Damien Goddard and Le//a Howat

Year Three/Four B: Mitchell Hughes and Piper Jarvie

Na�onal Equestrian Championships

Congratula/ons to Asha and Lizzy Kelly on their fantas/c efforts in the Australian Interschool Equestrian Champi-

onships that were held in Sydney during the holidays. Well done girls!

Good luck to Gemma Brown and Rebecca Mann

Next weekend Gemma Brown and Rebecca Mann embark on a very exci/ng venture. Whilst they won’t be travel-

ling far from home they will certainly be enjoying a very different and exci/ng experience. Gemma and Rebecca

have been selected to join forty-two students from schools across Victoria at the School for Student Leadership’s

Gnurad Gundidj campus in Glenormiston and they will be there for almost all of Term 4. All the best to Gemma

and Rebecca!

Dear Parents

School Council has approved the introduc/on of a ‘so�-shell’ school jacket which can be worn both in and out of

class and on school excursions.

An official school jacket was first discussed in the context of a very cold winter and students wan/ng to wear jackets

in class that were not part of the school uniform.

Samples of the so�-shell jackets were taken to the senior student leadership team and they were very enthusias/c

about them and felt that the student body across the school would be equally enthusias/c.

School Council discussed the jackets and they also felt that they made a great addi/on to the school uniform.

There are a number of op/ons regarding the embroidery of a house name and a student’s name so please consider

those prior to placing an order.

The first order will have a closing date of 14th October 2015. With an anticipated return Monday 2nd Novem-ber.

The second order will be in 2016 with a closing date of 2nd March

Regards

Graeme Good—Principal

2016 Prep Enrolments

We are currently taking enrolments for Prep for 2016. Please if you have not already enrolled your

child, send in the enrolment forms or call into the school for an enrolment pack. This helps with our

classroom planning for 2016

Greater Western Region Athle�cs

Good luck to the twenty-one students who have qualified for the secondary division of the GWR Ath-

le/cs carnival which will be held in Ballarat on Friday. We also have five students who have qualified

for the primary division to be held the following week.

Year 10 Work Experience

All the best to our Year 10 students who will be undertaking their second work experience placement

for the year next week.

Graeme Good

MORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’S

Happy Birthday to the following students for this week. We hope you have a wonderful day.

October

6th— Jordan Loader, Byron Loader & Nelson Loader

10th—Olivia Anders 12th—Simon Atkinson

VCE Systems Engineering: Tales from the “Man-Cave”

Part 1: Mason Fagan: Air Hockey Table with Automa�c Scoring

As part of VCE Systems Engineering, Unit 3/4 students had the opportunity to design and construct a device that includes me-chanical and electronic systems. At the end of Term 3, over hundred students and staff visited the Systems Engineering Room (Old Metal Work Room – aka “Man-Cave”) and vote for their favourite project. All five submitted projects received votes but the people’s choice by a small margin was Mason Fagan’s project. Most people are familiar with the air hock-ey game. A small puck effortlessly glides on a surface due to air being forced through many holes in the surface. The aim is to get the puck in to the opponents end goal. After exten-sive research and testing, Mason was able to design an air hockey table with an automatic scoring sys-tem. As the puck enters the opponent’s goals, it breaks a light beam that activates an electronic scoring system incrementing the digital scoreboard by one. The electronics was designed and tested on a computer simulation program before it was built. The system worked on the computer but not when it was actually built. Two little changes were made to solve the problem. The addition of the light gates provided the means to detect a puck in the end goal. The major task was the design and construction of the table itself. Mason initially pulled apart a vacuum cleaner to see if it could be used as the air source. It proved unsatisfactory so an electric leaf blower was sourced. The table is much more complex than a box. Mason had to hand drill over 4000 holes in the top. There is a holed baffle inside the table to ensure equal distribution of the air over the entire ta-ble. The table then had to be sealed to maximise air flow to the top. A big thank you to Mr Fagan for helping with the construction. From this article and the ones that follow, the key to a successful project is having a parent getting actively involved with the project in some capacity. When it was finally finished in September, testing showed that Mason had successfully built an air hockey table with automatic scor-ing.

Can you help the “Man-Cave”? Over the past two years, many parents, staff and ex-staff have supported Systems Engineering (and Physics) by donating broken small petrol en-gines and both broken and working electrical equipment. The electrical junk boxes that appear on my desk are always appreciated. Some of it goes in to the rubbish bin but there are always items in every donated box that can be used. Items that are always appreciated include power adapters (pictured left), remote control toys and/or controls. We are also interested in any basic hand tools that you no longer have a use for. If you think you have might have something that we could use, please give me a call.

Mr. Bell (Systems Engineering Teacher) 5599 2204

P-4 PLACE CONGRATULATIONS to our term 4 Class Captains. We are sure they will all be wonderful leaders.

We asked our term 4 Class Captains what they like about being Class Captain, and here are their answers:

Hayley McDonald (Prep): You get to do things that the others don’t.

Zavier Fowler (Prep): I like being in charge of the fruit.

Jack Fowler (1/2P): Helping other people to make sure they’ve got all of their things organised.

Daniel Fowler (1/2P): I like being Class Captain because I can take

responsibility when there’s no teacher in the classroom.

Jaxson Sheridan (1/2C): I like being able to help people.

TJ Healey (1/2C): I’m happy because it’s the first /me I’ve been Class Captain

Piper Jarvie (3/4V): I’m glad I was chosen as Class Captain because it was my goal for term 4.

Mitchell Hughes (3/4V): I liked geKng a badge.

Damien Goddard and Le��a Howat were absent at the /me of this interview.

Zavier Fowler & Hayley McDonald Daniel Fowler & Jack Fowler

TJ Healy & Jaxson Sheridan Mitchell Hughes & Piper Jarvie

Another successful Footy Colours Day was held on the last Friday of Term 3

It was terrific to see lots of students dressed in their favourite football colours and parents as well.

A big thanks to the P-4 teachers for puKng on another wonderful breakfast, and all the football

based ac/vi/es for the students

SPORT SPOT

P-12 Sport Dates Term 3&4

October

9th GWR Athle/cs

14th Super 8’s Yr 7&8

20th State Athle/cs & Yr 8-10 & 12 PE Excursion

29th Super 8’s Yr 9 & 10

November

13th Yr 5-6 Milo T20 Hamilton

24th Bike Ed

December

9-12th Bike Camp

GWR ATHLETICS FRIDAY 9th OCOTBER

Good Luck to all the students

par/cipa/ng in the GWR Ath-

le/cs in Ballarat this Friday.

STATE NOMINATIONS / REPRESENTATIVE SPORTS

Informa/on regarding state nomina/ons and other sports can be found on the School Sport Victoria website.

www.ssv.vic.edu.au

CONNECT

Parents and students can connect to School sports Victoria via Facebook and Twitter. Just follow the following links

http://www.facebook.com/SchoolSportVictoria https://twitter.com/@SchoolSportVic

Nathan Jones—Year 7-12 Sports Coordinator

Years 7-9 Basketball

Last Thursday of Term 3, 11 students from Years 8-9 competed in the Spring Sports carnival held in

Derrinallum. Congratula/ons to all those students who represented the school.

Results

Boys: Game 1 Mortlake defeated Derrinallum 34 - 14 Game 2 Mortlake lost to Hawkesdale 8 - 31

Girls: Game 1 Mortlake lost to Hawkesdale 15 -22

SPORT SPOT

Congratula�ons to Asha & Lizzy Kelly for their terrific results in the

Showjumping at the Na�onal Interschool Equestrian Championships

in SYDNEY on September 28th-October 3rd.

Day 1— A2 Class Day 2—Two Phase Day 3—AMS

1.00m Lizzy 4th 1.00m Lizzy 3rd 1.00m Lizzy 6th

1.10m Lizzy 3rd 1.10m Asha 4th

1.10m Asha 6th

Overall Championship

1.00m Lizzy Kelly Reserve Champion 1.10m Asha Kelly 6th

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Mr & Mrs DeManser & Mrs Russell were lucky

enough to be in a)endance on one of the days in

Sydney

Congratula/ons to Mitchell Parker with his

horse Joey came 4th in the 45-50cm class at the

Horsham Show over the holidays

Pre-Book your �ckets and SAVE!

You can now secure your RIDES SUPERPASS by calling the Mortlake College office on 55992204. By pre-

booking your /cket you save $10 off a family /cket. Pre-booked /ckets are also available for individuals at

$20.

Raffle Tickets

All remaining /ckets (sold both sides) and money are due back at school THIS FRIDAY the 9th October.

Please do your best to offer these /ckets to friends and family, you'd be surprised who might like to win

one of our wonderful basket prizes full of goodies!

Desperately asking for:

Basket Raffle Prizes. P-4 classes have their own basket 'theme'. Other students are asked to donate some-

thing in (or predominantly in) their house colour. Eg. Inspire - a pair of blue socks. Some baskets are look-

ing a bit grim, please help.

Pick a Bo)le Prizes. Choose a /cket - win a corresponding bo)le! Grab a jar and fill it with a treat. Think

lollies, jam, small toys, s/ckers, biscuit ingredients... anything that will fit in a jar or bo)le. Please deliver to

Mrs Amos at the Prep room.

Dona/ons of Marie Biscuits and lollies for our Biscuit Decora/ng ac/vity. Please deliver to the front office.

Step up

Been thinking about filling a half hour spot volunteering on the day, go on... give it a go! We're s/ll in need

of volunteers. Please approach your classroom teacher or get in contact with us and we can organise

something to suit. We're looking at you too senior students! :)

Prize Dona�ons

If anyone is s/ll holding on to anything they may like to donate for prizes etc, please contact Kim or a

member of the Parents Associa/on as soon as possible.

Cake Dona�ons

The cake boxes will be going home Thursday 8th October for dona/ons of cakes, muffins, slices and bis-

cuits. All dona/ons need to be returned in the morning or at the stall in the a�ernoon on Friday 16th Octo-

ber

Plant Stall

You can start bringing in your plants next week. Please label with plant type/name and flower colour if

possible. Plants can be dropped off at the front office, enclosed in a water /ght plas/c bag. Any ques/ons

please call our green thumb Lindsay Kain on 0428691541.

Gratefully acknowledging our WONDERFUL fete sponsors and supporters

Mortlake Freemasons Bates IGA Midfield Meat Mortlake Newsagency

ANZ Mortlake Shell Mortlake BP Mortlake Elders Mortlake

Mortlake Post Office NPM Architects Stonemill Be)a Home Living

Goldsworthy & Sons Mortlake Pharmacy Kara O'Brien Hair Olivine Restaurant

Flower Gallery Dulux Trade Centre Mt Shadwell Hotel Brumbies Bakery

Mortlake Roadhouse

Breakfast Program will start in 3rd week of term 4.

As the breakfast program is going well, we need a couple of parents / family members

to volunteer their time on a Tuesday morning 8 :15 -9 am.

Please contact the General Office or school nurse Michael Melady if interested.

WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH 5TH TO 30TH OCTOBER 2015

Mortlake College will be participating in the Walk to School month

Walk to School month encourages school students to walk, ride or scoot to and from school throughout October to build healthy habits for life. Walking to school helps children get the physical activity they need each day to be healthy. Children and their parents are encouraged to start walking to and from school on the first day of term 4, and keep it up each school day throughout October.

Children need 60 minutes of physical activity every day: national guidelines recommend that children aged 5-12 engage in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day (Australian Gov-ernment Department of Health, 2014)

Parents can find out more and sign their child up online at www.walktoschool.vic.gov.au, or download the free Walk to School app to record each walk in October and be part of the state-wide effort.

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TENNIS TERM 4

Are you interested in playing pennant tennis after school?

At this stage we are thinking of running both on a Monday night all at Mortlake.

Contact Kath Tanner on 0448 671 111

2015 CALENDAR

OCTOBER Mon 5th First Day Term 3

Mon 5th-Fri 30th Walk to school Month

Wed 7th Year 7 Immunisation

Fri 9th GWR Athletics

Wed 14th Super 8’s Cricket Years 7&8

Fri 16th Mortlake College Fete

Tue 20th State Athletics

Tue 20th Yr8-10 & Yr12 PE Excursion

Thurs 22 Bike Education Training

Fri 23rd P-2 Tea & Sleepover

Fri 23rd Bike Education Training

Wed 28th VCE Exams Commence

Thurs 29th Super 8’s Cricket Year 9&10

Thurs 29th DEAP Excursion—Anthea Good

Fri 30th Pupil Free Day

Oct 28th – Nov 16th VCE Exam Period

NOVEMBER Fri 13th Milo T20 Blast Hamilton

Mon 16th—Wed 18th Year 3 & 4 Camp Kangaroobie

Tue 24th Bike Education Training

Mon 30th Bike Education Training

Wed 2nd—Fri 4th Advance Camp Lorne

Wed 2nd Immunisation Catch Up

Mon 7th Bike Education Training

Tues 8th Presentation Night

DECEMBER

Wed 9th—Fri 11th Bike Camp