TERM 3 : ISSUE 3 FRIDAY 23 AUGUST, 2019

Newsletter BORONIA K-12 COLLEGE

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In this issue... Principal’s Report

Assistant Principal’s Report

Student of The Week Awards

Book Week

Prep Transition

Hoop Time

Sharing the Planet

And much more...

Important dates... 26 AUG Year 5/6 Camp Departs

28 AUG Year 5/6 Camp Returns

29 AUG Fathers Day Stall

30 AUG Father Day Breakfast—Primary

2-5 SEPT Lamont Book Fair

3 SEPT Year 5/6 Summer Sports

Round Robin

4 SEPT Secondary Parent/Teacher

Interviews

See page 17 for more important dates

Boronia K-12 College : Proudly Learning Together

Book Week

Primary students loved dressing up!

ENROL NOW FOR ELC 2020 - See page 8 for session times

Meagan Cook Principal’s Report

This week we celebrated Book Week, the costumes

were amazing but the highlight of our parade was

when the whole Junior School (F-6) performed what

can only be described as a ‘flash mob’. Initially lead by

a circle of Year 5/6 students, each year level became

involved until they were all up and dancing. A big

congratulations Ms Emily Phillips who secretly planned

this and taught all students the dance and managed

to ensure they kept it a secret from their teachers. I

did notice a few Mums that seemed to know all the

moves, so I can only imagine there was a lot of

practise at home as well! It was a great celebration

and we will continue to promote the theme of reading

being everyone’s secret power!

I received an email, this week from our 3 Year 9

students who are attending the Gnurad Gundidj

School for Student Leadership. They are currently

planning their Community Learning Project and had

some ideas to share with me before I attend their

presentations on Friday 13 September. They have

some great ideas that involve music and building a

sense of community which I look forward to learning

more about. Very soon we will be offering our current

Year 8 students the opportunity to apply to attend the

School for Students Leadership – Snowy River Campus

in Term 1, 2020. The School for Students Leadership is

a residential camp that lasts for 9 weeks, it is an

amazing opportunity/program that we are lucky to be

a part of.

Staff across the College have been busy preparing

interim Reports for all students and these will be

available on Monday 26 August, at which time the

booking system will open on COMPASS, providing an

opportunity for parents to discuss progress with

classroom teachers. I look forward to seeing families

make the most of this opportunity and encourage

both parents/carers and students to attend the inter-

views.

Meagan Cook

Principal

BOOK WEEK This Week

Kathryn Middleton Assistant Principal’s Report

Subject Selection Update

As part of our Careers and Transition program,

students, parents and teachers have begun our

course counselling processes. These counselling

sessions followed on from our Curriculum Showcase

night on Thursday 1 August. I was fortunate to

attend the Subject Information Sessions and it was

encouraging to see our students engaged in making

informed choices about their future pathway options.

Our College offers a wide range of subjects aimed to

maximise learning outcomes and to optimise pathway

options for all students. In these counselling sessions,

students were presented with information about the

nature of each elective to assist them in making

informed choices when selecting subjects for 2020.

Information was also presented about the process of

choosing subject preferences using our online

program. All students receive a print out of their

preference selection which should be taken home

and discussed with parents and guardians. If you

would like further information about the 2020

curriculum please refer to the handbooks found on

the college website, or alternatively contact Ms Carlie

Case (Director of Careers) or a member of the relevant

Senior or Middle School team. Thank you to all

students and staff who attended these sessions.

Immunisation

A reminder that Knox City Council staff will be

returning to BK-12 College on Monday, 14 October to

undertake the final round of Immunisations. Year 7

students will receive their third and final dose of HPV

vaccine whilst Year 10 students have the option of

receiving the Meningococcal vaccine. Students in Year

10 wishing to have the vaccination must return their

signed consent cards prior to the Friday 30 August.

Parents of students who find that the immunisation

process makes them highly anxious are encouraged to

have the vaccinisations administered by their local GP

in the privacy of the doctor’s consultancy rooms.

.The Importance of Full Time

Attendance – Every day counts

Schooling is compulsory for children and young

people aged from 6-17 years old unless an exemption

from attendance or enrolment has been granted. Daily

school attendance is important for all children and

young people to succeed in education and to ensure

they don't fall behind both socially and

developmentally.

Children and young people who regularly attend

school and complete Year 12 or an equivalent

qualification have better health outcomes, better

employment outcomes, and higher incomes across

their lives. It is important that children develop habits

of regular attendance at an early age.

School participation is important as it maximises life

opportunities for children and young people by

providing them with education and support networks.

School helps people to develop important skills,

knowledge and values which set them up for further

learning and participation in their community. Every

day counts and we encourage parents to ensure their

children have maximum attendance at all times.

Students are expected to attend the school in which

they are enrolled, during normal school hours every

day of each term, unless there is an approved

exemption from school attendance for the student, or

the student is registered for home schooling and has

only a partial enrolment in a school for particular

activities.

Assistant Principal’s Report

Continued... Elevate Presentation

Elevate have been working with our students for

approximately 3 years now and on Monday 12 August

our Year 12 students undertook the last module in

their program. The one hour session titled The

Finishing Line focused on:

Overcoming weaknesses in the lead up to

exams

The role of exam study groups

Stress management techniques and wellbeing

Study routines for SWOTVAC and holidays

A reminder to parents and students that the elevate

student website has a number of free and useful

resources to assist students in areas such as study

timetables, note taking templates and practice exam

questions.

https://austudent.elevateeducation.com/

Parent Teacher Student Interviews

Parents are reminded that Student/Parent/Teacher

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 4 September.

For students in years 7 -12 Interview times are as

follows:

11.00am until 2.30pm

3.00pm until 5.00pm

6.00pm until 8.00pm.

Secondary students are not required to attend

classes. The normal classroom program will not be

running on the day. However, we encourage students

to attend the interviews with their parent/guardian.

Conferences in the Junior School will be in 10 minute

increments from 2.00pm – 5.30pm. Junior school

students will participate in an alternative program

from 2.00pm to free up classroom teachers. We

understand that this time will not be suitable for

everyone. You can contact teachers directly to make

an alternative time or participate in a phone interview.

The Interview Booking System will be accessible on

Compass from Monday 29 August

Kathryn Middleton

Assistant Principal Secondary

3/4 Students

Sharing The Planet On Tuesday 20 August, the Year 3/4 students hosted a showcase of their learning for their recent inquiry on

Sharing the Planet. In order to demonstrate how well they understood the central idea “Biodiversity relies on

maintaining the interdependence and balance of organisms within systems”, students were asked to create a

picture story book that depicted a specific biome or ecosystem and interweave some of the technical language

they learnt. The book also needed to include the text features of a narrative and use this to highlight a problem

that might arise. Alongside this, students used their art skills to enhance their understanding to complete a

diorama of their biome with demonstrating specific art skills developed over the term. Some of the students

work will be displayed in the library. We would like to say a massive thank you to all the special guests that came

along and supported our students. We hope you learnt a lot as well. Keep an eye out for some of our stories

displayed in our building, the library and highlighted at assembly.

ELC

ELC NEWS Wednesday 14 August, 2019

The ELC had a visit from their friends in Foundation.

Boronia K-12 College

Early Learning Centre

2020 Sessions

Parents can sign up for either or both 3 year old kinder sessions

Boronia K-12 College Early Learning Centre offers both 2 day and 3 day options

After Kinder care is available from the end of all 4 year old sessions until 6pm (additional costs apply)

4 year old Group 1 4 year old Group 2

Monday: 8:30am – 1:30pm

Tuesday: 8:30am – 1:30pm

Wednesday: 8:30am – 1:30pm

After Kinder care available from

1:30pm – 6pm

Monday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Wednesday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

After Kinder care available from

4:00pm – 6:00pm

3 year old Group 1 – 3 hours 3 year old Group 2 – 3 hours

Thursday: 8:30am-11:30am Friday: 8:30am – 11:30am

5/6 Students

HOOP TIME Year 5/6 Hoop Time

Competition

Friday 9 August, 2019

70 students, 9 teams, 45+ games. The Year

5/6 cohort participated in a huge day of

basketball at Dandenong Basketball Stadium

on Friday, 9 August.

It was an amazing day with all students

showing huge improvement of skill and

teamwork throughout the day with plenty of

goals, plenty of wins and plenty of smiles. All

students showed the college values

throughout the day and it was great to see

the support that students gave the other

Boronia K-12 College teams when they were

not playing.

Thank you to secondary students Cooper,

Jack & Ryan who came for the day and

developed their coaching experience as well

as helping other teams with coaching,

scoring and supporting. Thank you to all

families who came out to support the

students, it was very much appreciated and

great to have you all involved in the day.

Year 11 HHD

Flour Babies

The Year 11 Health & Human Development class last week

became parents!

They were all discharged from class with a 2kg flour baby in

a cloth Nappy and spare disposable nappies. Their birth

certificates and birth notices will be posted shortly.

They are expected to take their baby with them where ever

they go for the next week. Students are logged into a padlet

which asks them to complete certain baby tasks each day

eg. Change nappies etc) new tasks/responsibilities appear

each day

Year 11

ELC Visit Health and Human Development students have been studying the stages of development. As part of our unit we

have been to visit the kinder kids (thanks Michelle and team for having us). I’m not sure who had more fun the

kinder kids or the big kids!

Year 9

City Experience

Students elected to participate in either an Ice

skating session or Escape Room challenge.

It took the students a little while to warm up out

on the ice at O’Brien Group Arena, but all

survived and had a lot of fun.

Foundation

City Experience continued...

DATE EVENT

10 October Year 11 Elevate

11 October Foundation Chesterfield Farm

Excursion

14 October Year 7 and 10 immunisation

17 October Primary Eastern Metro

Regional Athletics

18 October Colour Run

24 October Year 12 Valedictory Dinner

25 October Teacher Appreciation Day

5 November Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

8 November Sandown 500 Supercar

Program

20 December Last Day of School

DATE EVENT

26 August Grade 5/6 Camp Departs

26—30 August Year 9 Careers Interview Program

28 August Grade 5/6 Camp Returns

29 August Fathers Day Stall

30 August—

6 September

Lamont Book Fair

3 September Year 5/6 Summer Sports

Round Robin

4 September Parent Teacher Interviews

11-12 September Art Show

13 September Primary Disco

17 September Footy Colours Day

18 September Primary Knox Division Athletics

20 September Last Day of Term 3

7 October First Day Term 4

College Calendar

Important Dates

Year 8

SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE

Year 8’s visited the Shrine as part of their

City Experience. Paying tribute to those

who served for our country and fought for

the freedoms we have today.

This links in with their current studies on

WW1 in Humanities.

Junior School

STUDENT OF THE WEEK Week 5

Teachers were looking for students who for ‘being on time.’ These are students ensure that they arrive to

school and class on time consistently, with everything they need to be a successful learner.

The winners were: Ben, Sarah, Jordan, Cassidy, Andrew, Jakob, Michael, Tiberius, Taryn, Tayen, Tyson and

Omar.

WEEK 5 Specialist Awards

ART – Tehya and Sienna

PE – Levi and Tahlya

PERFORMING ARTS – Hannah and Josh

SPANISH – Connor and Connor

Junior School

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Week 6

Teachers were looking for students who are ‘ready to learn.’ These are students who actively listen, ask for

assistance when necessary, are organised and always complete all tasks to the best of their ability.

The winners were: Andrew, Kylie, Ella, Logan, Cruz, Aine, Rogue, Hannah, Mason and Will.

Specialist Awards

ART – Luke

PE – Harry

PERFORMING ARTS - Jasper

SPANISH - Dante

Junior School

ESSENTIAL ASSESSMENT AWARDS

Essential Assessment is the program that we are using in Maths this year at Boronia K-12. Certificates will be

presented at assembly every two weeks.

To get a certificate, students need to receive 5, 10, 15 or 20 trophies on Essential Assessment. To get

trophies students need to be practising maths on Essential Assessment and using My Numeracy. They will

receive stars that build up to trophies.

Essential Assessment can be completed at home. All students need is a login and password. This should be

in their school diary so it can be used at both home or at school. Students can ask their teacher if you do not

have these details.

If students are unable to practise at home, Miss Barnard will be running a maths club at lunchtime on a

Monday for Essential Assessment.

The following students received awards this week: Siena, Rayne, Xavier, Oliver, Chayse, Aiden, James, Tilly,

Lachlan, Hannah, Ava, Maya, Cameron-Leigh, Marty and Lachlan.

THINK SQUARE EPIC MATHS

CHALLENGE DAY

We were lucky enough to host the Think

Square Epic Maths Challenge Day. It was

amazing to see such great cooperation,

courage and creativity in action.

Congratulations to the following students for

their awesome work: Maggie, Lashana,

James, Liam, Tori, Matthew, Aodh, Giota,

Tallon, Harry and Caleb.

What’s On

WELLBEING

The Wellbeing team consists of

Adrienne Tanner, Assistant Principal of

Wellbeing and Inclusion

Nicole Costa, Student Wellbeing

Co-ordinator

James Latu, Youth Worker

Deborah Ellis, Adolescent Health Nurse

(Monday and Thursdays)

We are lucky to have two placement students

studying a Masters of Counselling at Monash

University. Aaron and Louis are here Monday’s and

Fridays and are involved in groups, classrooms and

individual as supports for our students. If we identify

that your child may benefit from speaking to one of

our placement students, a consent form will be sent

home for you to sign. If you have any questions,

please don’t hesitate to speak to one of the wellbeing

team members.

As a team we have been working on making wellbeing

services much more accessible and creating a

wellbeing culture that is inclusive and supportive.

Anxiety

Struggles with social relationships

Emotional regulation (e.g. anger)

Engagement with education (e.g. difficulty

getting your child motivated to come to school)

Family concerns (e.g. family breakdown)

Depression

Severe anxiety

Anger management issues

Bereavement

Drug and alcohol concerns

If you hold any of the above concerns, the wellbeing

team are here to support you and your child get the

appropriate assistance by linking you in with external

agencies.

Here is a quick reminder of the services and supports

the wellbeing team can offer:

Counselling (short term)

Doctors in Secondary School’s Program at

school on Monday (currently being revised)

Yarra Valley Psychology at school on

Wednesdays

Student Support Services Officers (Educational

Psychologist, Speech Therapist and Social

Worker)

Support for students that may be disengaged or

at risk of disengagement from education

Support for families with students with

disabilities

Supporting our Koori students

Breakfast Club each morning from 8:20am –

8:50am in the Performing Arts Centre

State School’s Relief for families eligible to

receive uniform assistance

Who is the wellbeing team and

what do we do?

What type of issues can wellbeing

help your child with?

What if my child has the following

issues?

What’s On

WELLBEING

Wellbeing based programs that support our

students with issues such as self-esteem,

friendship issues and emotional regulation

Working actively with our students to workshop

ideas and plans around bullying and mental

health concerns

.

It is best to raise the issue with your child’s classroom

or homeroom teacher and they will pass this

information onto sub-school leaders for a member of

the wellbeing team to begin the process of setting up

supports for your child at school or in the community.

Who do I contact if I have concerns

about my child’s wellbeing?

What’s On

COMMUNITY BOARD