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.

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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 capewellf@tranby.wa.edu.au 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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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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...

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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

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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 educate@artgallery.wa.gov.au 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...

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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 info@filmbites.com.au.

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

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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.