The Beacon
Student and Parent Newsletter
2016
EVERY MONDAY
Study Club
Years 7, 8 & 9
3:30pm – 4:15pm
College Musical Rehearsals
3:30pm – 5pm
EVERY TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Breakfast Club in Food Tech
Room
8:15-8:45am
EVERY THURSDAY
Student Banking
Edition 13
Friday 2 September 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
What a fantastic two weeks we have had at Tarneit P9 College. Spring has seen the
weather warming up and we are getting more hours of daylight. This change in the
weather has put a lovely smile on everyone’s faces.
This week is English, Mathematics and Science Week at Tarneit P9 College. Our
students have been engaging in a range of Dr Suess inspired activities to celebrate
this event. This includes ‘Drop Everything and Read’, decorate your door
competition and a College dress up day. The students and staff all looked fantastic,
dressed as their favourite Dr Suess characters.
SEPTEMBER
IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday 6 September
Curriculum Day – No School
Thursday 8 September
R U OK? Day
Friday 9 September
Year P-2 Assembly
Monday 12 – Tuesday 13
September
Parent Teacher Interview
Thursday 15 September
Year 7-9 Regional Athletics
Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15
September
Year 4 Camp
Friday 16 September
Year 3-9 Assembly
Last Day of Term –
1.30pmDissmissal
Last week we had our most successful Book Fair so far, selling an amazing $8,000
worth of books. It was fantastic to see so many students and families buying books
and these sales earned our school around $3,000 worth of new books for our
school library. Thank you to Jen and Lance Treloar and all of our parent volunteers
for giving up so much of their time to assist with making the Book Fair a success.
Over the last week, our Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students have received their NAPLAN
assessments. This is an exciting time for our students, families and staff. We are
pleased to report we received some outstanding results, which we look forward to
sharing with you in the coming weeks. Our staff will be analysing our College wide
results as part of our Curriculum next week. This analysis will be used to audit our
curriculum and inform our programs going forward.
Continued…
This week we had our first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Family Night and it was a huge success. It was wonderful to have so many students,
parents and extended family members learning and enjoying the activities together. We
received lots of positive feedback from those who attended and it was really pleasing to
see such strong support and engagement from our community. A very big thank you to
our Curriculum Working Parties for organising this event and coordinating the activities.
Our community garden is starting to look amazing. Mus and Kurt (College Facilities
Officers) have been working with the students to develop the garden beds and putting
in plants. A special thank you to our year 9 students, Darius (Year 6), Zac (Year 5) and
Aiden (Year 4) for their help.
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our Year 9 students who
coordinated a fundraiser for Daffodil Day. The College raised an astounding $1,391.30
for the very worthy cause. This money will go the Cancer Council to continue their
research into treatments and implementing awareness campaigns. A fantastic effort!
To all the dads in our community, we hope you have a lovely Father’s Day and enjoy
some time with your family.
Rynn Anderson
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UPDATES FROM THE PRINCIPAL TEAM
Amanda Williams -Assistant Principal Years Prep - 1
Hello, my name is Amanda Williams and I am the Prep-Year 1 Assistant Principal.
Tarneit P-9 College is a warm and welcoming environment and I work closely with
Prep-Year 1 Team to provide learning opportunities where there is challenge and
success for every child.
This week has been yet another busy learning time for Prep and Year One students
and I hope you have all had the opportunity to join in our excitement as we explore
Dr Seuss themed books, dress up to celebrate Book Week and participate in the many
activities organized for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) night.
If you take a walk around the school you will also notice that there are many colourful decorations as we not only prepare for the Seussical
Musical, but enter the Dr Seuss door decorating competition. These activities offer a wonderful opportunity for you to be involved in your
child’s education and to also help instil a sense of belonging to the college. When a child feels connected with their school they are more
motivated and engaged and this all supports their learning.
Seussical Musical preparations are now well underway and it is very exciting that some of our junior students will be performing. The Prep
corridor has been alive and busy with rehearsals coordinated by Miss Murray and Miss McInnes during their lunchtimes and after school.
Thank you to the many teachers who have dedicated so much time to make this a very special event and to the parents who have supported
the production by taking their children to extra rehearsals. The children are full of enthusiasm and it should be a fabulous event for all.
Tickets will be on sale soon, so stand by.
Finally, Father’s Day is this Sunday and all children will have an opportunity to purchase a gift from the Father’s day stall this Thursday and
Friday for their dad or another special person.
Mark Zahra - Assistant Principal Years 5-9
It is an exciting time of the year in the senior years at Tarneit P-9 College. Students in years 5 and 7 will
be receiving their NAPLAN results very soon. Our year 8’s have enjoyed the swimming program, and
students across years 5-9 have had the opportunity to go on a variety of excursions. I would also like to
highlight our 7-9 Athletics Team and the work Mr. Hodgart has done with supporting the team at the
regional finals. A small group of 11 students competed for the College and they brought home 10 wins,
6 seconds and 3 thirds. More importantly they represented the College splendidly, helping run events
when they weren’t competing and showing great sportsmanship.
Over the past few weeks our Year 9 students have been pathways planning. This has involved looking at future career pathways in Learning
to Learn classes and backwards mapping their education requirements for University, VCE/VCAL and then finally choosing year 10 subjects
with the help of Tarneit Senior College’s Careers Counsellor and Assistant Principal. It is a crucial time for our year 9 cohort to stay engaged
in their learning as a good foundation leading into year 10 will set them up to reach their potential academically in VCE or VCAL.
Our grade 6 students are also starting to think about high school and teachers are busy planning for 2017 already! It is an important time
for families to ensure that our grade 6 cohort is consolidating their knowledge and are starting to imbed those independent learning
behaviours at school and also at home. The start of year 7 is a big step and students have more teachers, different classrooms throughout
the day and an increase in workload. They need to be able to take responsibility for their learning. If you need further support as a family in
this area, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s classroom teacher.
We have been offered a fabulous opportunity in 2017. We have been successful in gaining 4 places to the School for Leadership. This
means that 4 lucky students in year 8 will get the opportunity to spend a term learning and living at Dinner Plain near Mount Hotham.
Further information about the application process to take up this opportunity will be given to the students in term 4.
As I am new to the College, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the school community for welcoming me into the fold. This is a
fantastic school where educational opportunities for students are second to none. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss your
child’s educational needs.
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Curriculum Report
Readers and book lovers have had an exciting time recently at Tarneit College. During
Week 7, the College celebrated Book Week with our annual Book Fair. Each class visited
the Fair to browse the huge range of new books on offer; students completed Wish Lists of
books they’d like to own. In addition to exposing our students to wide range of new
literature, the Book Fair doubles as a fundraiser. Our College Library receives a small
proportion of the cost of each book sold during the Book Fair. Altogether, the Book Fair
raised over $3000 for the library to spend on new book purchases. A huge thank you and
congratulations to Librarian Susan Grieve and her team of library volunteers for organising
such a successful event. And a thank you to all the parents who visited purchased books
and supported the College Library.
In Week 8, the College celebrated Maths & English Week. Our theme this year was Dr
Seuss. Students participated in a wide range of Dr Seuss themed learning tasks during
Maths and English sessions across the week. Students also had the opportunity to join in
several competitions, including a Dr Seuss colouring competition, a create a character
competition and a decorate a door competition. Watch this space - winners will be
announced in the next edition of the Beacon. Thursday was the highlight of the week.
Teachers and students came to school dressed as Dr Seuss characters – even the Grinch
came to school with a smile.
Also in Week 8, the College hosted an exciting event, S.T.E.M Night. S.T.E.M stands for
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and focuses on the improving students’
knowledge and enthusiasm for these subjects. Students and parents worked their way
through a range of different activities to collect a stamp in their S.T.E.M passport for the
night.
Activities included science experiments, computer programming and mathematics
challenges. With many fantastic prizes on offer for each year level, enthusiasm and
participation was high. Congratulations to all the prize winners and to all those who
attended.
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Important Reminders
CURRICULUM DAY
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
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R U OK? DAY
Thursday 11 September
Our College is supporting R U OK Day to raise
money and awareness for mental health.
Students and staff are encouraged to wear
yellow to school on Thursday 11 September and
bring along a gold coin donation.
We would like to thank our families in advance
for their support of such a worthy cause.
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
The College will be holding Parent Teacher Interviews
on Monday 2 September & Tuesday 13 September.
More information will be sent home next week for
families to book online.
COLLEGE MUSICAL – TICKET SALES
Tickets will be available from the Front Office only, as follows – CASH ONLY:
Wednesday 7 September
3.15 pm - 4.30 pm
Thursday 8 September
8.30 am – 9.30 am
Tuesday 13 September
3.15 pm - 4.30 pm
Thursday 15 September
8.30 am – 9.30 am
Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults
Students
Children
Under 2 years
$15.00
$12.00
$ 8.00
Free
Front Office
Front Office
Front Office
Front Office
(School age)
(Not at school)
No seating allocated – to be seated on Adult lap
Please note that there are limited seats available for each performance, so ticket sales are on a ‘first in, best dressed’ basis. Tickets are
allocated, meaning that you will have designated seat numbers. The Office will keep a record of your seat numbers. Unfortunately we are
unable to give you a choice as to where you will be seated.
The students are all very excited about the musical and we do hope to see as many faces as possible, come along and support the hard
work that our students have put into making this a memorable occasion.
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Parents Association
UPDATES
This week we are holding our Father’s Day Stall on Thursday 1 September and Friday 2 September. We are
sure that there will be some very happy Dads on Sunday when they open their carefully chosen gifts.
We have a great group of parent volunteers to help run the stall and we are very grateful.
Each class makes a scheduled visit to the stall so no one misses out and if required we help the students make
their purchases.
We are also very excited to let you know that we have purchased some Picnic Tables which will be out in the
school yard soon. They will be placed on the concrete slabs which are next to the Year 2 buildings and side
entrance of the college. The landscaping is coming along really well and the whole area is starting to look
wonderful.
Thank-you
DAFFODIL DAY
On Monday 26 of August the VICSEG Scholarship group held
a fundraiser for daffodil day, to support people struggling
with cancer and to raise funds for research. Together we
raised $1,460.35 on this day. The money raised will go to
the Cancer Council. The overall experience was enjoyable
and we are proud to be a part of the team that organised
this event. We are truly grateful to Tarneit College and the
wider community including students, teachers and parents
for their donations.
VICSEG team
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Sports News
Divisional Senior Athletics
On Thursday 18 August, eleven students competed against Schools from all around Werribee, Hoppers
Crossing, Tarneit and Truganina.
Students successfully participated in events throughout the day with some only having one or two training
sessions under their belts.
Throughout the day we had many more successful results. Students finishing in third place included Braxton
Kalolo (Year 7) in shotput, Caleb Mildern-Wright (Year 9) in long jump and Joel Kuku in high jump. Joel could
have even posted higher results but had to leave to go and compete in the 100m!
Students finishing in second place included Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell (Year 7) in shotput, Jade Te Aute in
high jump, Jotham Kuku (Year 9) in both the 100m and high jump, Davey Kaleopa (Year 8) 100m and Caleb
Mildern-Wright in the 1500m.
With such a small team it was great to finish with 10 firsts for the day! Wins went to Jade Te Aute (Year 7)
finishing first in her 100m final, Davey in long jump (3cm off the record), Jotham in triple jump, Xaviour Taufa in
both shotput and discus, Hailee in long jump and Joel Kuku (Year 7) winning a total of four events consisting of
the 100m heat, triple jump, long jump and the 200m.
To put the icing on the cake both Hailee and Xaviour broke competition records in the long jump and shotput.
Well done to all athletes who competed on the day and represented the School with pride.
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College Administration
COLLEGE PAYMENTS
Life Education Van – Term 4
Description
Payment Amount
Due Date
This is an Education Activity to facilitate the development of the life skills in students to prevent and
minimise the harm of drug misuse and will help students develop their knowledge of health and its
importance in life. Students in Prep to Year 6 will participate in this incursion.
$10.00
Monday 12 September,2016
No late payments can be accepted. No foreign coins please.
Year 7 Camp - Lake Dewar Lodge, Myrniong
Description
Payment Amount
Students will be departing at 9am sharp on Monday 10 October and returning by 3.15pm on
Wednesday 12 October.
Total of Camp is $310.00.
Families who have paid their $50.00 deposit will have a balance of $260
Friday 2 September
Due Date
If you wish to use your CSEF for this camp please contact Sarah Peckitt, Finance Officer on 9749 0506.
iPad & Notebook
Description
Term 3 payment of your child’s iPad is now due.
Families who have an outstanding balance for their child’s notebook also need to settle their
accounts.
Now
Due Date
If you have any queries regarding your outstanding amount, please contact Sarah Peckitt, Finance Officer on
9749 0506.
STUDENT LUNCHES
The College has noticed an
increase in the amount of
students who are coming to
school without a snack or
lunch. We ask that families
ensure their children come to
school with a snack, lunch and
a bottle of water.
LATE PICK-UPS
School finishes at 3.15pm. Please
ensure your child is collected on time
each day. Word4Kids offer a great
after-school service for families who
are unable to collect their child at
3.15pm, please visit their website for
more information:
http://www.world4kids.net/
UPDATED CONTACT DETAILS
It is important that you inform the college immediately of any change in contact details for your family. Keeping
your contact details such as mobile phone numbers, work phone numbers and current postal address ensures
that when the college needs to contact you we can do so when required. If we cannot contact the numbers
and/or address you have provided we will contact your emergency contacts to get in touch.
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Sick Bay
UPDATING O F ASTHMA CARE PLANS/VENTOLIN
The College has a responsibility to have updated Asthma Care Plans and
Ventolin for any students documented as having asthma.
Please ensure that your child has an up to date Asthma Care Plan/
Ventolin. Without these items – this could impact on whether your child is able
to participate in sporting events and excursions.
If unsure of these details please check with the First Aid Officer on 9749 0506.
SPARE UNIFORM
There has been a large number of clothing items loaned out to students via
sickbay.
If your child has come home with any items – please ensure that they are
washed and returned to sick bay before the end of the term.
Without these clothes made available to students they may need to
unnecessarily go home. Please place a spare pair of underwear and pants in
your child’s bag if you feel that it may be required for emergencies.
LOST PROPERTY
We currently have a large number of items of Lost Property in our boxes near sick bay.
Note these boxes will be cleaned up in the last week of school. Any items with names
on them will be returned to the student’s class before the end of term. Non-school
items will be disposed of – including lunch boxes, drink bottles etc.
Please encourage your child to check through lost property in the next week or so for
any items they think they may have lost.
To allow for items to be returned to a student as soon as possible - always ensure that
they are all clearly labelled with your child’s name on them.
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Around the Classrooms
YEAR 2 NEWS
Earth Education
Recently the Grade 2’s had the fantastic opportunity to put their learning into
practice and go on a Science excursion to Earth ED.
The students explored forces and all about pushing, pulling and gravity. They
learnt about what it would be like in space with zero gravity and how some of
their most loved games wouldn’t work in space.
The Grade 2 teachers would like to congratulate the Grade 2’s on their
enthusiasm at Earth ED and their fantastic behaviour; they showed great pride in
their school.
YEAR 4 NEWS
Daffodil Day in the Grade 4 classrooms
For Daffodil Day the Grade 4 classes spent some time exploring where the money we donated would be spent. We
looked at the Cancer Council and wrote key facts about Daffodil Day and what the Cancer Council does. We
discovered
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Everyday around 350 Australian’s are diagnosed with cancer.
A lot of people have died from cancer.
Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases.
The money we donate helps a lot of people in many ways.
We also made daffodils to create a display with facts in our classrooms
Written by Liam W and Jack E (3/4MM)
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YEAR 6 NEWS
Year 6 Investigations
This term in investigations we learnt about Australia’s history. So far we have covered the topics of
convicts, migration, Industrial Revolution and other major events in Australian history. Our
assignment this term was to create a timeline and write a journal entry about the life of a convict or
immigrant of our choice. From this assignment we learnt what early life in Australia was like, how
convict and immigrants were treated and how all these events impacted Australia. All the students in
year 6 enjoyed learning new things and opening their minds to different people’s perspectives on
common events.
Simran – 6RA
Kaifa Z - 6RA
YEAR 1 NEWS
Dr. Seuss
Nabeel 1SH
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This week the Year One students as part
of English and Numeracy week, we have
added the Dr. Seuss theme into our
learning. In 1SH and 1MG the students
have written a procedural text on ‘How
to create a Cat in the Hat’.
Here are some student work examples of
their procedural text and the finished ‘cat
in the hats’ that they created by following
their steps. As a class we also
incorporated our 10’s and 20’s facts that
we have learnt this term onto our hats
for decorations.
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Library News
Congratulations and Thank-you…
We sold over $8,000.00 worth of books at this year’s book fair and received over $3,000.00 worth of
books for our Library shelves.
Thank you to the volunteers, who assisted at the fair and within the Library, Jen and Lance Treloar,
Joanna Dileonardo, Maree Cartozzolo, Knthiga Vinothkumar, Sandeep Kaur, Simanpreet Kaur!
This is what we collected and will go onto the shelves in the
next few weeks.
OVERDUE BOOKS
We currently have 1200 overdue books for the next two weeks we will not charge for any overdue book if they are
returned. Please have a look for books that may be left in your child’s room or house.
Susan Grieve – Library Technician.
9749 0506
Library Hours
Monday-Friday 8.45am – 3.15pm
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World4Kids
HOLIDAY PROGRAM
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