Issue 19

14 December, 2018

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Year 12 Results

This week our year 12 students and some year 11 students received their study scores for Unit 3 & 4. There were many wonderful outcomes; a perfect 50 in Sociology, fifty+ study scores over 40, the top five ATARs averaging 97.6 and the top ten ATARs averaging 95.85. Clearly our students are supported to achieve outstanding results. We are equally proud of our students that persevered, who achieved their personal best, who reached their goals and completed their VCE certificate. For some this was a massive achievement. We are incredibly proud of the class of 2018.

End of School Year 2018

The end of the school year is always full of activity, anticipation and farewells. We wish all our Year 12 students the best for the next phase of their life and remind them that their ATAR is only a score and does not define them.

It is also a time to farewell colleagues and friends, some of whom have been at Gleneagles since its beginnings.

It is a time of reflection and sadness for those we have lost this year and celebration for the many amazing achievements of our students. We have just completed our four year school review and we have a lot to be proud of.

2019 is set to be an exciting year so rest, celebrate with your families and friends and come back refreshed and ready for the next challenge.

Read on for more useful and important information about the end of the school year and details for 2019.

Student Reports

Teachers are currently working on finalising Semester 2 Reports. All year 7 -11 reports will be uploaded to COMPASS by Thursday 20 December, 2018.

Student Lockers

All students should have cleared their lockers by Friday 14 December, 2018. Team Leaders had organised for each Year level to clear their lockers during class time before this date. On Monday, any unemptied lockers will be opened and the contents removed. If the contents have a name on them, they will be kept and stored securely in the Team Leaders office. If items do not have a name on them, they will be donated to charity. Should your child have not cleared their locker and wish to retrieve the contents, they are to see their Year level Team Leaders before the end of term.

Clean Up Day

We will hold a Clean Up Day on Tuesday 18 December 2018. Students who attend school on that day will be given a range of cleaning tasks. This assists in ensuring we go into the break having removed items from various areas that are no longer required and generally tidied up. Students who attend on Tuesday 18 December 2018 may wear their

sports uniform. There will be no formal timetabled classes. Students must bring their own recess snacks and lunch as the canteen will be closed.

End of Year In The Office

The General office will close at 4.00pm on Tuesday 18 December and reopen on Wednesday 23 January, 2019.

The Bursar’s office will take payments up to 3.30pm on Tuesday 18 December, 2018. They will not take any further payments until Wednesday 23 January, 2019.

Sue Quinn, Business Manager

Canteen

The Canteen is now CLOSED for the remainder of the year. Canteen will reopen on Wednesday 30 January, 2019.

2019 School Year

Students return to school for 2019 on Wednesday 30 January, 2019 and all students are expected to attend on this day. If your child is intending to travel overseas or take an extended holiday beyond Wednesday 30 January 2019, parents/guardians must supply a note to the College before leaving which indicates the return date to school. Students should return these notes to their year level Team Leader or parents can email us using Compass.

2019 Salt Team Announced

Gleneagles Secondary College seeks to ensure that our students are able to develop and utilise their leadership potential and contribute to the life of the College. Recently, students applied for leadership roles and membership of the Students Activities and Leadership Team (SALT).

For leadership positions, students not only had to submit a written application and references, they also had to attend an interview. Each interview panel had students and staff and the College Captains position also had a community representative, Ms Amanda Stapleton, the Mayor of the City of Casey.

I would like to congratulate all students who applied for having the courage and determination to apply. The panel chairs all commented on the high quality of the field and the difficulty of making the final decisions. None the less the panels have selected the following students to be leaders of the College in 2019.

Early in 2019, there will be a process to select the House Captains and Deputy House Captains. Hopefully, lots of students will be inspired to apply for these roles. Once selected, these students will also join the SALT team.

LEADERSHIP ROLE STUDENT HG IN 2019

COLLEGE CAPTAIN Maya Ghassali 12

COLLEGE CAPTAIN Angela Kavedzic 11

COLLEGE CAPTAIN Josh Davis 11

SENIOR SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN Rowan Maher 12

SENIOR SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN Jeylan Cayhan 12

MIDDLE SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN Jessica Fitzgerald 10

MIDDLE SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN Chloe Stratton 9

JUNIOR SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN Presh Rajavel 8

JUNIOR SUB SCHOOL CAPTAIN William Halton 8

SPORT CAPTAIN Seda Aycicek 12

SPORT CAPTAIN Jessica Sowerbutts 10

DEPUTY SPORT CAPTAIN Lukas Harry 10

VISUAL ARTS CAPTAIN Zhenni Zhong 10

DEPUTY VISUAL ARTS CAPTAIN Rahimah Basalamah 8

PERFORMING ARTS CAPTAIN Shaylee Manning 11

DEPUTY PERFORMING ARTS CAPTAIN Kaylah Hancock 8

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTAIN Uzma Janjua 12

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTAIN Teisha Dopper 12

JUNIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTAIN Charlie Holmes 10

JUNIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAPTAIN Zoe Davidson 9

Casey Tech Excursion

On Wednesday 12 December, 34 year 8 students visited Casey Tech School. Casey Tech School is a brand new facility located in Berwick that aims to deliver innovative and real-world education programs in partnership with local industries, helping to prepare students for the jobs of the future. Their programs emphasise the vital enterprise of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) skills needed for the 21st century.

Students could choose between 3 different activities for the day. Activities included: Making F1 more sustainable, Biomedical technology – Freeing Alzheimer’s and creating virtual artwork through VR equipment. Each group were given a problem that in small groups they needed to create a prototype to solve that particular problem.

VIRTUAL ART

“Today 6 students from Gleneagles got to experience an amazing opportunity. During our time at Casey Tech School we got to use a virtual reality set to create a virtual 3D artwork which needed to include the following: an animal, a season, weather, an impossible structure (something that defies gravity), and audio brush (brush strokes which react to music). The artwork we created was a Christmas enchanted snowy summer. It consisted of an enchanted Christmas tree which was hanging from the sky, a swing attached to the tree with a snow man hanging which doesn’t melt in the warm weather, a polar bear, and other plants and small animals. Our work was saved within a video which was aimed

at children in hospital to view.” – Aleksia Milic 8C

FORMULA 1

“In the activity of ‘How can we improve the sustainability of a F1 racing car’ we researched a bit about F1 racing cars and sketched some ideas of the wings at the front and back of the car to make them more energy efficient by reducing drag. After we have done that we went to another room where we used the computers with the special designing app called CAD. We used our sketches to design the car in the digital world and get our final idea. The program CAD made a video of how the aerodynamics were working with the new wings we designed. We then modelled a small version of the F1 racing car using plasticine. After we have finished everything we presented the small version and video to our group and talked about why we have chosen to make the wings and shape of the car as it was shown on CAD and

model.”- Milos Karna 8C

FREEING ALZHEIMER’S

“Our group participated in the ‘Freeing Alzheimer’s’ activity provided by Casey Tech School where we learnt about how Alzheimer’s affects the mobility of a person and their thought process. It also affects the way in which they hear and see things. Throughout the course of the day, we worked in small groups using a computer programming system called ‘Hummingbird’ to try and figure out a product that could be used to help the patient or the carer. We had to use the wires and motors in the kit to try and figure out a product which we then had to present to the group in the form of a ‘Shark Tank’ presentation. There were some really outstanding and amazing ideas that were put forward by this group of students such as a medicine bottle that indicated the amount of pills in the bottle which was also made to give the patient medicine at the right time and it had a safety lock so that it wouldn’t open at other times. This activity was very interesting and we all learnt a lot of information about how we can change the future of Alzheimer

patients and carers.” - Emily Kuok 8E

Year 8 camp

In week 7 year 8 camp took place at Alexandra Adventure Resort. Students in 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8F and 8G attended camp from Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 November, while remaining groups attended from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 November.

All groups completed a number of activities during their stay at the resort, which included raft-building, canoeing, high ropes course, low ropes course, Leap of Faith, rock-climbing, orienteering or archery. Some activities were focused on team-building, requiring group members to discuss strategies for completing or overcoming different obstacles. Activities such as high ropes, Leap of Faith, and rock-climbing, were a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves, show support for others and achieve new personal goals. Teachers and camp staff were very impressed by the resilience, enthusiasm and persistence demonstrated by students on camp, not only during activities but also in free time and when completing group duties. Despite the second group receiving a large amount of November’s rainfall, the students persisted and completed their activities in rain and even hail!

In the evenings, everyone had the opportunity to spend time together as a large group. On the first night, teachers and students gathered around the campfire and were shown the proper way to make a s’more by Miss Turner. Students developed the s’more-making technique very quickly and were able to demonstrate their skills in preparing a few for the teachers! On the second night, the group had a movie night in the large hall followed by hot chocolate in the dining room.

The camp was a great success, with many students completing activities they had not done before or achieving new personal goals. Thank you to the amazing teachers who came on camp and helped the students have a very memorable camp experience: Tim Pearson, Bethanie Cooper, Layla Hayes, Cherrin Morrissey, Verna Randone, Simon Martin, Samuel Clarke, Lyndal Scolyer, Candice Russell and Barbara Hammond.

“My favourite part about camp was meeting new people and getting to know them even though I have already spent more than a year at this school. One of my other favourite parts was when we had free time and me and my friends went to the basketball court and enjoyed the time playing with all the equipment like the soccer balls, hula hoops and the rugby ball which was fun.” ~Anonymous student

MUSIC NEWS

SOUL BAND & SUMMER JUNIOR CONCERTS

What an end to a fantastic year in the Music department. Term four has provided students with several performance opportunities to show their many talents. We have been lucky to have a summer filled with a singing concert, Soul Band Lunch Concert and the Summer Junior Concert most recently on Monday 10th December. Congratulations to all

students who performed at the concert as for many it was their first performance in front of family and friends. The audience were treated to many genres of music with the concert beginning and ending with the Junior Band and a variety of woodwind ensembles and solo items by the woodwind, brass and piano students. Congratulations on the progress made over the year and to a very musical future. Many thanks to the instrumental staff who have supported the students with their lessons and band rehearsals throughout the year and a very special thank you to parents and families for supporting and encouraging their child’s musical journey. Looking forward to seeing you all again in 2019.

STRINGS FESTIVAL

On Thursday 6 December, the strings ensemble made their way to Bendigo with Ms. Sutcliffe and Mrs Horvat with an early 8.00am departure. The Gleneagles students joined the Bendigo Secondary College string ensemble who were rehearsing for a music festival. The ensemble consisted of students from local high schools who come together for the summer music festival. The string ensemble rehearsed several pieces which culminated in a performance with violins, violas, cellos and double basses under the guidance of Mr. Maclean. Despite the traffic and 7.00pm arrival home it was a wonderful experience to be able to perform with a variety of stringed instruments and the students enjoyed their day.

Mrs Horvat

Year 9 Technology Display

The year 9 students worked very hard during Semester 2 to create a piece of sculpture out of recycled materials, wood and metal, they had the freedom to choose their own concept and theme using the design process in the technology room. They also worked to create stained glass to be a piece of glass art that can be used to reflect lights and colours.

Sam Ibrahim

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 17 December End of Year Activities Presentation Night Canteen CLOSED

Tuesday 18 December Special Program Clean up Day General Office closes 4.00pm Bursar’s Office closes 3.30pm Canteen CLOSED

Wednesday 19 December Special Program Canteen CLOSED

Thursday 20 December Special Program Semester Reports available on Compass Canteen CLOSED

Friday 21 December Special Program Canteen CLOSED Last Day of School 2018

School Holidays

Wednesday 23 January General Office REOPENS Bursar’s Office REOPENS

Wednesday 30 January Students Return to School Canteen REOPENS

Monday 4 February – Wednesday 6 February

Year 11 Camp Year 12 Camp

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