Term 3 2016
WA Education Awards: CVC Teacher
Anita Piccioni One of the Best
Lunchtime games, mentoring students and creating
engaging lessons were among the reasons CVC teacher
Anita Piccioni was nominated as 2016 Beginning Teacher of
the Year.
Ms Piccioni, who has been teaching at CVC since 2014 is a
Multimedia and ICT teacher. Her passion for photography,
IT and game design has seen her build excellent
relationship with her students based upon common
interests, trust and rapport. She said she was driven to
incorporate the technological landscape into her
classes. “My focus is to harness the importance of utilising
technology in the classroom to help students explore
concepts relevant to our changing world.”
The winner of 2016 Beginning Teacher of the Year will be
announced at an award presentation ceremony on Monday
November 28.
The following CVC staff members also received nominations
in the WA Education Awards:
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Cindy Van Der Wal (School Psychologist) for
Support Staff Member of the Year
Crystle Challinger (Circus) for Secondary Teacher
of the Year
Debbie Oorjitham for Manager of Corporate
Services of the Year
The WA Education Awards are an annual event that honour
and reward the dedication and passion of staff in public
schools who are committed to providing the best possible
education to children and young people across Western
Australia.
Ms Piccioni is among four WA finalists recognised for their
commitment to their roles.
Ms Piccioni‟s expertise has led her to present at local
universities and later this year she will be travelling to
Kathmandu University in Nepal, where she (and fellow CVC
teacher Miss Sarah Eve) will present at the first
International Conference on Transformative Education
Research.
She has also been selected as one of two teachers at CVC
who are being trained intensively to enable them to provide
one-on-one coaching for all staff at the school to harness
the power of Apple devises to improve student learning.
Head of department Aaron White commented on her ability
to improve curriculum and build the capacity of others. “For
a beginning teacher, Anita has demonstrated a high quality
of leadership. She will share her experience with other staff
and up skill them where appropriate,” he said. It has been
said teachers can learn more from her in a classroom than
any one hour professional development session.”
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Anita Piccioni, Beginning Teacher of the Year Finalist
Celebrating Academic Success – English
Results in ICAS
It's with great pleasure we announce our complete school
performance in the recent International Competition for
Australian Schools (ICAS) in English, in which Year 7-10
students within our A+ Academic Extension group, and
high achieving Year 11 and 12 students participated.
In total 13 Merits, 23 Credits and 5 Distinctions were
awarded. Over 43% of CVC student participants in this
competition received awards (we had 96 participants).
The following students are to be commended and
congratulated in attaining the following awards of
achievement:
Award: Distinction
Yr8 - Kelly Pillay (Top 6% of Year 8 participants in
Australia)
Yr8 - Yu Chin (Top 11% of Year 8 participants in Australia)
Yr9 - Celestia Chinnery (Top 3% of Year 9 participants in
Australia)
Yr10 – Clarissa Ersha (Top 9% of Year 10 participants in
Australia)
Yr10 - Chante Mitton (Top 9% of Year 10 participants in
Australia)
At lunch time the Student Councillors organised a
Dodgeball Competition where our Year 11&12 students
went head to head with their teachers. Entry via a gold coin
donation helped raise money for the Salvation Army, who
provide help to people every day by supplying shelter for
the homeless, food, personal hygiene items, drug recovery
programs and assistance to refugees.
Award: Credit
Yr7 - Katie Mobila, Raahat Shaik, Jamie Teo
Yr8 - Chloe Griffiths, Serena Jones, Namita Joseph, Sinyi
Liew, Weilang Ong, Christopher Round
Yr9 - Ramsey Fleyfel, Ramudhi Kottage, Janvi Mittal,
Claudia Morely Slevin, Lynette Nice, Bradley Stokes, Bailey
Sullivan, Declan Tarboda, Michael Volmink
Yr10 - Xi Chin, Justin Melling, Amanda Ng Yr12 - Kirsten
Eva, Caleb Yong
Award: Merit
Yr7 - Anna Luong
Yr8 - Lily Bywater, Dominique Elica, Savannah Nanne
Yr9 - Shahin Adie, Cairenn Dawson, Ariana Downing,
Alysha Duncan, Cassandra Killeen, Ashok Siva Shankar
Yr10 - Pherlyn Dizon, Aiman Shaukat, Soong-Ping Teh
Mrs Qasem - Career & Transition Coordinator
RUOK Day
Thursday the 8th of September was RUOK Day, a day
dedicated to remind people to ask family, friends and
colleagues the question, "R U OK?", because connecting
regularly and meaningfully is one thing everyone can do to
make a difference to anyone who might be struggling. With
1 in 4 young Australians experiencing mental health
problems every year, checking in with someone to help
prevent the situation from getting worse could be life
changing.
Throughout the week of RUOK Day CVC ran a number of
events for students. Members of our Junior Circus Troupe
who are in partnership with Act-Belong-Commit performed
at various year group assemblies throughout the week.
On Friday the 9th of September the Student Councillors ran
a before school pancake breakfast for all students and
staff. Life City Church provided entertainment with live
music throughout recess. Headspace, a National Youth
Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention
mental health services to 12-25 year olds, came along to
hand out information and provide advice to students.
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CVC Circus Troupe Primary School Tour
In Week 7 of Term 3 the CVC Circus Troupe went on tour,
performing at local primary schools. The show was part of
an Air Grant that the troupe secured last year. The students
have been working intensely with a number of professional
artists to add a new level to their performance. This year‟s
show had a building & construction theme and showcased
the troupe‟s skills in acting, mime, juggling, gymnastics,
dance, balancing and music using props such as water
bottles and wheelie bins, as well as real instruments
including ukuleles. The primary students loved the
performance, with schools ringing the troupe‟s praises:
“The response from your visit to our school was
unanimously BRILLIANT! Our students were inspired to try
some new hoop and diabolo tricks during our circus time,
and the staff were still talking about how amazing it was
several days later! I personally was impressed with the
teamwork and how well the students all worked together to
create a well presented show.” - Wilson Primary School.
“Once again the CVC Circus group put on an entertaining
and skilful performance that thoroughly enthralled students
from Kindy to Year 6. The feedback from students,
teachers and parents was 100% positive. A
great story, a great group of students who represent their
school magnificently.” - Huntingdale Primary School.
“I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate your
students on the wonderful circus performance that they
provided for our students. The Act, Belong, Commit
message was clearly delivered by a group of students who
really demonstrated just what this means. The combination
of enthusiastic drumming, rock music and circus was highly
entertaining and inspiring for our students. It was also
fabulous to see some of our ex-students as part of the
circus troupe. Once again, thank you.” - Campbell Primary
School.
“Thank you for sharing your circus with us – most
enjoyable. Remembering that kids can be the harshest of
critics, this from a Year 5 girl: I really liked the way they
incorporated the music into their story line and I was really
impressed with the way they acted. I also liked the way
they set the theme on a construction site, instead of a
boring house theme. I had so much fun watching the
circus. They were funny and silly.” - Excelsior Primary
School
“We can't possibly express fully how much our classes
enjoyed your circus. It took our breath away and the
children's eyes were as round as saucers. They really took
home the intent of the message to Act, Belong and Commit
and we were able to discuss this back in class time. What a
wonderful springboard for discussions about resilience!” Canning Vale Primary School
The following week, the circus troupe also put on two night
performances for family and friends.
Photographs by Dejan Nair
Gosnells City Football Club Win
Congratulations to CVC students Jack Kiama, Darryn Mitton,
Joe Knox, Connor Griffiths and ex-student Tyler Phillips,
who recently won the 2016 under 18 soccer league for
Gosnells City Football Club.
Sam Tucker (another ex CVC student) was worthy captain.
Both Jack and Darryn scored in a 2-0 win.
It was euphoric night in front of the traveling blue army
and they celebrated the win as any team would. This is the
third year in a row the team have won the division 1
league, and considering most of our CVC boys are 17 years
old; it‟s a great achievement.
Great to see our Year 11-12 students excelling as young
men and members of their community!
Celebrating Academic Success – Writing
Results in ICAS
It's with great pleasure we announce our complete school
performance in the recent International Competition for
Australian Schools (ICAS) in Writing, in which Year 7-10
students within our A+ Academic Extension group, and
high achieving Year 11 and 12 students participated.
Subiaco Photographic Awards
The City of Subiaco's annual Photographic Awards celebrate
creativity in Subiaco and offer photographers a chance to
showcase their original works.
Several of our students have entered their photographs
following the Stage Makeup and Professional Photography
Incursion (Day of The Dead), held earlier this year.
Dejan Nair, Year 8 has been selected (out of 260 entries)
as an Open Category finalist for not 1, but 2 of his
photographs. His work will be on display at the Subiaco
Library from the 15th of October to the 27th of November.
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In total 3 Merits, 14 Credits and 10 Distinctions were
awarded. Over 48% of CVC student participants in this
competition received awards. The following students are to
be commended and congratulated in attaining the following
awards of achievement:
Award: Distinction
Yr8 – Kelly Pillay
Yr9 – Cairenn Dawson, Ramudhi Kottage, Lynette Nice,
Michael Volmink, Erin Williams
Yr10 – Xi Chin, Pherlyn Dizon, Chante Mitton, Parth Patel
Award: Credit
Yr7 – Anna Luong, Raahat Shaik
Yr8 – Emily Bennett, Xin Yi Liew, Weiliang Ong
Yr9 – Cassandra Killeen, Aaliyah Sandhu
Yr10 – Leighton Beanland, Clarissa Ersha, Justin Melling,
Amanda Ng, Ryan Spencer, Soong-Ping Teh, Sharlene Vu
Award: Merit
Yr7 – Josh Gacer
Yr10 – Nishta Suvarna, Olivia Taylor
ears, star wands, teddy bear masks, as well as colouring in,
musical bobs, knock down cans and blowing bubbles.
A big thank you to all the parents and carers who came
along. The children enjoyed their time and the students
enjoyed spending time with them!
Ms Hirschberg, Teacher in Charge - Home Economics
Mrs Qasem - Career & Transition Coordinator
Athletics Carnival
Canning Vale College held its annual Athletics Carnival on
Friday 2nd September. All students in Years 7 & 8
participated, along with a small number of students in
Years 9 to 12 (selection was from participation in lunch and
recess events, performance in PE classes as well as
previous year‟s participation in Athletic Carnivals). Events
included 100m, 100m relay, 200m, hurdles, long jump,
triple jump and shot put. The overall results were as
follows:
1st place – Aqua
2nd Place – Aeris
3rd Place – Terra
4th Place – Flamma
Congratulations to all students for their participation and
outstanding behaviour on the day.
Newton Moore Senior High Music
Collaboration
On Wednesday the 31st of August CVC conducted a
collaborative event with Bunbury‟s Newton Moore Senior
High School Certificate II and III students. Students from
the high school came to perform as part of their
assessment procedures for our Certificate II and III music
students.
Teddy Bears Picnic
On Thursday 1st September 22 of our Year 12 Certificate II
Community Services classes participated in a “Teddy Bears
Picnic”. Students prepared food and activities for
approximately 8 children (ranging in ages from 2 months to
5 years) as part of their Certificate II Community Services
assessment that they have been planning for since the
beginning of the year. Activities included making teddy bear
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As part of their own assessment requirements, and to
provide some exposure to other schools music programs,
our Year 10 Certificate II and Year 11 Certificate III
students also performed their recent repertoire for these
visiting students.
Newton Moore‟s teachers passed on very positive
comments about our staff and students. “Our students had
the best day, which ended a very successful 3 day music
camp on such a high note. The quality of the student‟s
performances and the way they handled themselves on and
off stage is a reflection of the quality education facilitators
you have at CVC.”
Team Competitors:
CVC Calculators - Henry Li, Yifan Lin, Katie Mobilia, Abel
Lin.
CVC Clan - Reinhardt Ferreira, Anna Luong, Nikitha
Tanubuddi, Joe Ling.
Wear It Purple Day
On Friday 26
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August, staff wore colourful tutus to
celebrate “Wear It Purple Day”- an opportunity for people
to show solidarity with LGBTIQ+ young people. Canning
Vale College is committed to providing a positive, safe and
inclusive environment for all students and staff and actively
takes a stand against bullying and abuse based on gender
identity or sexuality.
CVC Clan (Top), CVC Calculators (Bottom)
CVC Partners with Murdoch University in
Media & ICT
Numero Challenge Competition
A BIG congratulations to the whole Year 7 NUMERO gang
who travelled all the way to Ellenbrook on Tuesday 23rd
August to participate in the annual NUMERO Challenge
Competition. This year the competition was held at
Ellenbrook Secondary College, with 18 teams participating
ranging from Year 7 to Year 10. Our two teams not only
performed extremely well, but received a special mention
from the coordinator of the competition for their
outstanding sportsmanship. The competition includes
several individual and team games where points are gained
on the results of each „take‟.
The CVC Calculators came 4th overall, and The CVC Clan
came 7th. The CVC Calculators were the top Year 7
competitors. Both teams came top in some individual and
team events throughout the day.
We are all looking forward to next year‟s competition. If
you would like to be part of next year‟s competition, keep
an eye out for the NUMERO Club starting soon.
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Canning Vale College has just signed a „Memorandum of
Understanding‟ with Murdoch University Arts and IT
Faculties. After working on the project for the best part of a
year, Teacher in Charge of Media, Ms Lennox said it is a
fantastic opportunity not only for students but also for staff
at CVC. This new agreement will see CVC and Murdoch
working closely together on three key areas:
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Professional development for teachers
Student experience and enrichment
Outreach (lecturers visit CVC)
Visit to the ICT Faculty
So far, this agreement has seen a group of excited CVC IT
students visiting the university to do workshops with the
Dean of IT and other lecturers. They were surprised to
learn that Virtual Reality (aka „gaming) can also have
serious uses. Students explored how Virtual Reality is being
incorporated into an „app‟ for stroke patients to make
exercising more appealing.
Lecturers come to CVC
Already John McMullen, Lecturer in Charge of Screen and
Television has come in to advise on the set up of our „Live
Studio‟ where we‟ll be filming the news. Lecturer in Charge
of Radio and Sound, Leo Order was able to offer
professional help in assisting us to set up our high spec‟
sound recording equipment.
Murdoch University Mentors
Our next adventure will see students from the university
taking on a mentor role with our students, an excellent
opportunity for our current and future media and ICT
students.
Semester One Award Assembly
At the beginning of this term we celebrated the academic
achievements of our students. Awards were handed out for
students who achieved the top grade in each subject for
Semester One. It was a great chance to see some of the
talent that we have across our school and celebrate their
success. Congratulations to the following students:
Year 7 Subject Award Winners
Year 9 Zone Carnival
CVC Year 9 students competed in the Year 9 Zone Carnival
on Thursday 18th August. Of the 14 schools in the
competition, CVC had 6 teams in the finals. They achieved
the following results:
Girls Basketball - 1st Place
Volleyball - 1st Place
AFL - 2nd Place
Netball - 2nd Place
Boys Soccer - 2nd Place
Boys Basketball - 6th Place
Congratulations to all students and staff who were involved
and proudly represented the school.
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Circus
Dance
Design Art
Drama
Specialist Music
General Music
Visual Art
Specialist Art
Wearable Art
Society and Environment
English
Mathematics
Science
Health Education
Physical Education
Physical Education
Design and Technology
Home Economics
ICT
Italian
Indonesian
Molly White
Kerrin Lawless
Heli Das
Ruchita Patil
Katie Mobilia
Brandon Wright
Aaizah Anjum
Travis Moore
Benjamin MacKenzie
Ezra Holland
Raahat Shaik
Jason Pakpahan
Jude Keenan
Mikayla Lamb
Akash Katakam
Jamie Teo
Aaizah Anjum
Jessica Roper
Reinhardt Ferreira
Jade Huynh
Chloe Poi
Year 8 Subject Award Winners
Circus
Dance
Design Art
Drama
Specialist Music
Music
Visual Art
Specialist Visual Art
Wearable Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
English
Mathematics
Science
Health Education
Physical Education
Physical Education
Design and Technology
Tejas Balasubramani
Tahlia Kristancic
Zoe Hart
Holly Peberdy
Megan Chow
Shivash Singh
Xin Yi Liew
Aaliyah Chau
Claire Gale
Christopher Round
Kelly Pillay
Serena Jones
Alex Musto
Kelly Pillay
Blake Pritchard
Bianca Barrango
Qi Zhou
Home Economics
ICT
Media
Italian
Indonesian
Indiana Franks
Savannah Nanne
Christopher Round
Tej Balasubramani
Darren Lim
Year 9 Subject Award Winners
Circus
Dance
Design Art
Drama
Specialist Music
Wearable Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
English
Mathematics
Science
Court Sports
Health Education
Physical Education
Physical Education
Recreations Sports
Soccer
Body Shop
Design and Technology
Foods
ICT
Media
Web Page Design & Animation
Italian
Indonesian
Kate Yates
Madelyn Scott
Xiang Wang
Colby Fraser
D'Abrande Ngoka
Sophie Etheridge
Ramudhi Kottage
Ramudhi Kottage
Ramudhi Kottage
Ramudhi Kottage
Zehdrick Dulay
Shijie Huang
Daniel Lynch
Emily Trewhitt
Jarrad Allen
Michael Volmink
Olivia Cooper
Michelle Yau
Alisha Synnerdahl
Nur Lyana Muhammas Hafiz
Ravin
Rehaab Syed
Jayde Weeks
Alysha Duncan
Shahin Adie
Year 10 Subject Award Winners
Circus
Dance
Design Art
Drama
Music
Wearable Art
Society and Environment
English
Mathematics
Science
Expedition & Sports Recreation
Health Education
Physical Education
Physical Education
Exploring Business
Certificate I in ICT
Design and Technology
Electronic Game Design
Early Childhood
Media Studies
Web Page Design & Animation
Foods
Italian
Joshua Norwell
Sophie Atkinson
Jiaqi Wang
Sebrina Hannah
Jaishnaa Nambiar
Nishta Suvarna
Amanda Ng
Soong-Ping Teh
Xi Chin
Jacob Stokes
Justin Melling
Breanna Quayle
Leighton Beanland
Abby Chang-Tave
Chante Mitton
Richard Nguyen
Emil Temmu
Soong-Ping Teh
Ashlyn Roberts
Olivia Taylor
Noortatima Iqbal
Amanda Ng
Pherlyn Dizon
Year 11 Subject Award Winners
Certificate II in Music
Certificate II in Fashion
Certificate II in Live Production
ATAR Visual Art
General Geography
ATAR Geography
General Ancient History
Modern History
Career and Enterprise
Economics
General English
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Fagun Mishra
Kate Denteith
Sean Austin
Nicholas Subianto
Skye Page
Hakeem Kumail
Amber Binstead
Chloe Scrafton Potts
Courtney Jones
Ariel Chan
Amber Binstead
ATAR English
Mathematics Essentials
Mathematics Applications
Mathematics Methods
Mathematics Specialist
ATAR Biology
ATAR Chemistry
ATAR Human Biology
ATAR Earth and Envir. Science
General Integrated Sciences
ATAR Physics
Certificate II Outdoor Education
Certificate II Sport and Recreation
ATAR Physical Education Studies
ATAR Physical Education Studies
Certificate II in Business
Certificate II in Childcare
Certificate II in Hospitality
Certificate II in ICT
Building and Construction
Materials Design & Tech - Wood
Materials Design & Tech - Metal
Children Family and Community
Food Science and Technology
Media Production and Analysis
Workplace Learning
ATAR Italian Second Language
General Italian Second Language
General Italian Second Language
General English as an Additional
Lang.
ATAR English as an Additional
Lang.
Chloe Hunt
Rowan Mellowship
Clarence Chieng
Nicholas Subianto
Nicholas Subianto
Chloe Truran-Bone
Leona Marantan
Leona Marantan
Brett Loveday
Rayanne Kassem
Nicholas Subianto
Jordan Phillips
Jacob Dagostino
Hannah Lee
Leighton Scatchard
Mason Lyon
Darashanaa Ramesh
Mitchel MacBean
Evan Smith
Sinead Kerschbaumer McNess
Siddiq Juljali
Siddiq Juljali
Courtney Jones
Lauren Stobart
April Somerville
Kelly Varishetti
Ngoc-Mai Duong
Mitchel MacBean
Caroline Gacer
Siddiq Juljali
Shi-Qi Ong
Year 12 Subject Award Winners
Certificate II in Fashion
Certificate II in Fashion
Certificate II in Live Production
Certificate II in Music
Certificate II in Dance
Visual Art ATAR
Visual Art General
General Media Production
General Ancient History
General Geography
Modern History
Economics
Career and Enterprise
Accounting and Finance
General English
ATAR English
ATAR Literature
Mathematics Essentials
Mathematics Applications
Mathematics Methods
Mathematics Specialist
General Integrated Science
ATAR Biology
ATAR Chemisty
ATAR Human Biology
ATAR Physics
Certificate II Outdoor Education
Certificate II Sport and Recreation
Workplace Learning
Certificate II in Business
Certificate II in Childcare
Certificate II in Hospitality
Certificate II in ICT
Applied Information Technology
Building and Construction
Children Family and Community
Cassidy Beanland
Ariana Sangster
Vanessa Allen
Jarred Osborne
Kaitlyn Atkinson
Brielle Deering
Ariana Sangster
Ariana Sangster
Clifford Tan
Joshua Michael
Eimile O'Neill
Lydia Tan
Brooke Catalano
Bjorn Hannah
Brooke Catalano
Caroline Quarterley
Cassidy Beanland
Hikita Hope
Lydia Tan
Laguraam Kanesarajah
Laguraam Kanesarajah
Stohl Tara
Cony Zhou Huang
Laguraam Kanesarajah
Aparna Manoj Nair
Laguraam Kanesarajah
Chelsea Williams
Rhian Robertson
Shania Samuels
Jesse Walsh
Emma Gherardi
Emily Liew
Brooke Catalano
Zachary Riordan
Darren Chan
Georgia Shaw
Food Science and Technology
Materials Design & Tech. - Metals
Materials Design & Tech. - Wood
Media Production and Analysis
General Italian Second Language
ATAR Italian Second Language
General English as an Additional
Lang.
ATAR English as an Additional Lang.
Brittnei Brown
Brady Joshua
John Rey Briones
Ariana Sangster
Caleb Yong
Cony Zhou
tea celebration was attended by the 35 award recipients
and their families.
Nur Fatihah Dzuljaidi
Mei Ching Lee
National Science Week
Well done to the 30 enthusiastic students who battled it out
in the first National Science Week competition on Tuesday
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August. Groups attempted to build the tallest tower
using only straws and plasticine. In the end it was Year 7's
Amber, Georgia and Isaac who constructed a 203cm
leaning tower and took away first prize. Not far off were
Joshua, Marcus and Ronan with their solid structure
reaching 178cm.
Skills West Expo
As part of the Year 10 subject counselling process at
CVC, students attended the Skills West Expo at Perth
Exhibition Centre on Friday 12th August to investigate
the world of work, training and further education.
With over 70 organisations exhibiting their services, the
excursion was particularly useful for students to gain
access to information from a wide variety of
organisations. Our students were exceptionally well
behaved and were able to use the opportunity to gain
valuable information into their future career paths. More
importantly through attending the Career Expo, students
learned about the various opportunities available to
them, encouraging them to achieve their goals.
Student Council Sleep Over
Georgia, Isaac and Amber with their 203cm leaning tower
Honours Club Celebration
Honours Club is a celebration of our high achievers in Years
7-10, awarded after each reporting cycle (based on A
grades achieved). Students need to acquire a minimum of 6
A grades, with at least two of these being attained in their
MESH subject areas (i.e. Maths, English, HASS & Science)
for admittance into Honours Club.
On Thursday the 11th August 2016 students received their
certificates in recognition of gaining successful entry into
our Honours Club for the Semester 1/2016. The morning
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The Student Council camp was held on Friday 29th of
July to Saturday 30th July. Lots of fun was had by all,
with the night consisting of a Drum Beat session with Mr
Quirk, a team building session with school Chaplain
Kerry Lucy, a Scavenger Hunt, Pizza and movies. The
councillor‟s spent the night in the Gym. Mrs Lucy helped
with supervision on the night and Ms Cooke, Mr
Langridge and Mrs Earle had the pleasure of spending
the night in the Gym.
AASQA Program Update
Year 11 & 12 Seminar Sessions
On a Wednesday afternoon our Year 11 and 12 students
have access to a range of different seminar sessions where
they have the opportunity the explore TAFE/University
entry, career information and learn valuable study/exam
skills. On the 27th of July CVC hosted a career expo with the
following training providers in attendance:
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SAE Creative Media Institute Perth - Creative Media
Industries
including
game
design,
sound
production, film making, audio
Master Plumbers Association - Plumbing and
Painting and Decorating
SkillHire - Building and Construction
Empyrean Education Institute - Commercial
Cookery Hospitality and Business
Endeavour Career Advisers - Natural Health
industry
ABN - Dale Allcock Group, not only Building and
Construction a lot of different jobs available within
this industry
VETIS Consulting - a large range of Cert IV and
Diploma courses
South Metropolitan TAFE
Hospitality Group Training - all things hospitality.
On the 17th of August CVC hosted a TISC (Tertiary
Institutions Service Centre) seminar session for Year 12
students. All students received their TISC login details
during this time, required to access the online TISC process
for entry into university for next year.
On Saturday the 2nd of July CVC Autism Specialist Program
(ASP) students attended their final session of the Curtin
University Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance
(AASQA) and received their certificates of participation.
Over the past 9 weeks students in the ASP have had the
opportunity to work with mentors from Curtin University
and industry partners to gain an understanding of software
quality assurance testing practices, and develop an insight
into the skills required to gain university entrance. The
results have been fantastic, with a significant increase in
student confidence – we can see these students
transitioning well into tertiary studies in the tech area and
be very successful at that!
The program which was recently awarded winner at the
Western
Australia
Information
Technology
and
Telecommunications Awards (WAITTA) in the Most
Impactful Social Benefit Category, will again be running in
Term 3 with new mentors from the Curtin University
Engineering faculty who will be working with our students
to extend their coding skills to learn how to program
circuitry to power different objects.
CVC students with their AASQA Certificates
2016 Youth Civics Leadership Day
Year 10 students, Leighton Beanland and Jesse Van Der
Vaart attended the 2016 Youth Civics Leadership Day
(YCLD) on Monday 16th May.
36 Year 10 students from 18 different schools attended the
day, each of the students having demonstrated leadership
potential and civic awareness within their school and the
community. Leighton and Jesse heard from a range of
speakers on topics including the rule of law, civics and
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leadership. Each student was presented with a certificate of
participation by the Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of
Western Australia.
Both Leighton and Jesse were wonderful ambassadors for
Canning Vale College.
Jesse and Leighton with Hon Wayne Martin AC, Chief Justice of
Western Australia
Pokemon G(e)o
If you have seen an overly excitable group of Year
7's walking around the school grounds in groups
armed solely with phones and a map, fear not as they have
been investigating mapping using Pokémon Go. A tenuous
link to
the
Geography
curriculum
some
might be mumbling... however if we think about it:
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They use our school map
They draw their grid lines and plot their eastings
and northings
They apply BOLTS to the map
They work in groups
They plot in the little Pokémon critters
They use area reference to locate them on the
map
They use grid references to locate them again
They then summarise their field trip using direction/ area
reference and distance in paragraph structure. It was great
to see the boys leading the charge which isn‟t often the
case! Thanks to the tech savvy, Pokémon inspired, Mrs
Pratt and the ever eager Mrs Bonilla Cerna for inventing the
task. The kids loved it!
Mr Sanderson - Head of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Year 8 Australian History Competition
A big congratulations to all Year 8 students who
participated in the Australian History Competition. This is a
national competition attracting over 28,000 participants.
Our school results were extremely pleasing with a school
average of 76%, well above the national average of 67%.
It is a great experience for our students to be involved
in these types of tests as its adds to their knowledge, skills
and understandings and promotes a broad view of history.
A special mention to Thomas Burn (98%), Shayla Green
(90%), Serena Jones (92%), Kelly Pillay (96%) and
Christopher Round (94%) who all reached the High
Distinction level. Well done on this fantastic achievement.
Mr Sanderson - Head of Humanities
2016 Young Originals Exhibition
The 2016 Young Originals Exhibition celebrates the
creativity and innovation of visual arts programs in Western
Australia.
This year, the standard was very high with more than 180
works considered in the judging process. Three of our
wonderfully talented students have been chosen to have
their works exhibited, Congratulations to the following
students:
Yuan Yuan Yao - Year 11
Lyana Muhammad Hafiz Ravin - Year 9
Xue Jiang - Year 9
Miss Ashton - Visual Art and Music Teacher
Each year this annual exhibition gathers momentum as one
of the most important art education events in the WA
student art calendar, and provides an outstanding
opportunity for secondary schools to present students‟ work
in the unique gallery of St George‟s Cathedral, Perth.
Foodbank 2016 School Food Appeal
Winter storms and cold nights are a harsh reminder that
many people in our community are in desperate need of
help. Throughout Term 2, the CVC student council were
collecting non-perishable items (canned foods, pasta, rice,
baby food, cereal etc.) as part of the Foodbank Food Drive.
This year Canning Vale College collected enough food to
provide 13,054 meals to Western Australians in need,
almost double what we raised last year! As one of the 51
WA schools taking part in the appeal, we knocked last
year‟s collection out of the park by together collecting
6,527kg of food across metro and regional WA. A great
effort by all!
CVC Students Exhibit at St. George’s Art
2016
Two of our young talented artists have been selected in to
the exhibition, St Georges Art 2016.
Congratulations to the following students:
Sunny Li – Yr 11
Noor Iqbal – Yr 10
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Artwork by Noor Iqbal
Extra homework help in 2016 for students in
Years 7 to 12 – no travel, no appointments
Next time your child gets stuck during homework or
study, don‟t let it turn into an argument. You have free
access to a huge network of expert teachers and tutors,
online, on-demand, with the school‟s YourTutor service.
Connect to a live expert 3pm-10pm for real-time help
with maths, English, the sciences and more. Or your
child can upload a draft assignment any time and get
personal expert feedback, to help them make it their
own best work.
We are providing access to YourTutor in 2016 to help
with after-hours study, for confidence, support for
parents, and learning improvement.
Students have received activation codes.
Unlock your child‟s account now at
yourtutor.com.au/start