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In this edi on of the Lantern ...
Calendar of Events/Canteen/Prayer
Principal’s Message
Director of Faith & Mission/Welcome Mass
Director of Pedagogy & Innova on
High Achievers Assembly
Swimming Carnival
Music Fes val
Year 7
Loyola Update
Art
CBC/PCW VCE Ceremony & Theatre Studies
Careers
Marke ng Office/WOW/Community News
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Monday March 5 2018
Scholarship Informa on for 2019 is now available
Click here for more informa on and applica on forms
Congratulations
LOYOLA
Winner of the 2018 Music Festival
Congratulations
KOSTKA
Winner of the 2018 Swimming Carnival
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Students can place LUNCH ORDERS before school and at recess.
They can pick up their orders at the back door and avoid lining
up at lunch me. It’s also a good way to make sure you don’t
miss out on the food you want.
Breakfast
The Canteen is open for breakfast every morning from 7.45 am
un l 8.20am. The following is available:
2 x slices of toast and juice $1.00
Cereal & Juice $1.00
Ham Cheese Croissants $3.50
Plain Croissants $2.00
Cheese & Vegemite Scrolls $2.00
Calendar
Canteen Specials
Week Commencing March 5th
Muffin Raspberry & White Choc $2.20
Salad Pesto Chicken Pasta $4.50
Week Commencing March 12th
Muffin Choc Orange $2.20
Salad Asian Noodle $4.50
Muffin Banana Choc Chip $2.20
Salad German Potato $4.50
Week Commencing March 19th
March
Thursday 8th Interna onal Women’s Day Lunch
Monday 12th Labour Day Public Holiday
Tuesday 13th Finance & Board Mee ng
Wednesday 14th SCSA Indoor Cricket
Thursday 15th SCSA Swimming
Monday 19th Year 9 Camp—Group A
VCAL Camp
Tuesday 20th Year 9 Camp—Group A
VCAL Camp
Wednesday 21st Year 9 Camp—Group A & B
VCAL Camp
Thursday 22nd Year 9 Camp—Group B
Friday 23rd Year 9 Camp—Group B
Year 12 Formal (year 12 finish 1pm)
Thursday 29th Easter Liturgy
Final Day of Term 1—finish 1pm
Tuesday 17th Students commence Term 2
April
Prayer
As we celebrate 145 years of Catholic educa on in the
Presenta on Tradi on we reflect on the life and works of Nano
Nagle and those who followed her in bringing to life the mission of
Jesus. Today’s reflec on, adapted from Joyce Johnson’s song from
‘Being Presenta on – Then and Now’, speaks of Nano Nagle and
our early Presenta on foremothers who have gone before us –
wise women, strong women, courageous women with a vision for
a world where all are welcome at the table of God’s kingdom.
We are standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before us.
We are stronger for their courage, we are wiser for their words.
We are li ed for their longing for a fair and brighter future.
We are grateful for their vision, for their tolling on this earth.
We are standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before us.
They are saints, they are humans, they are prophets they are
friends.
We can see beyond the struggles and the troubles and the
challenge,
When we know that by our efforts things will be be er in the end.
We are standing on the shoulders of the ones who came before us.
We are honoured by their passion for our liberty.
We will stand a li le taller, we will work a li le longer.
And our shoulders will be there to hold the ones who follow us.
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Principal
Monday March 5 2018
Dear Family and Friends,
Since our last newsle er, we have celebrated and held the Senior
Informa on Evening, the High Achievers and Dux Ceremony, the
Year 7 BBQ, Swimming Carnival, VCE Cross Camus Ceremony with
PCW and CBC, Music Fes val at Hamer Hall, our Welcome Mass and
Open Day.
Our College is special and our Presenta on Spirit is alive and thriving as evidenced by these special events and celebra ons. We are blessed with a truly mul cultural and mul faith family which makes us true ambassadors of the message to “love our neighbours” We are Presenta on people of one heart and one hope – we are called to be emissaries of social jus ce where we strive for a world of equality and peace. We are people of faith inspired by Gospel values following the lived examples of Jesus Christ and Nano Nagle and prepared to go one step beyond. Like Nano, we hope to be women of welcoming hearts to all and especially the new members of our community. Together we share Nano’s vision of an educa on for all where deeds not words enable us to be people of posi ve ac on. This bumper edi on of The Lantern is a testament to all things
wonderful at Presenta on College Windsor. These events come
about through the hard work, effort and commitment of students,
staff and our families. I am very grateful to the passion and
enthusiasm of all involved. Please take the me to read and enjoy
our newsle er.
Filina Virgato – Principal
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Director of Faith & Mission & Welcome Mass
Monday March 5 2018
As Presenta on College Windsor celebrates 145 years of educa ng young women who make a difference in our world we reflect on our
school’s historical legacy of being faithful to not only Catholic Heritage but also our rich Presenta on Spirit. As a Presenta on school we
are a community that reflects the gospel message of welcome, hospitality, faith, sustainability, just ac on, learning and love. These
values, reflected in the teachings of Jesus and lived out by Nano Nagle and the Presenta on Sisters, embody the life of our school as a
community that is ‘faithful to our Catholic Heritage and Presenta on Spirit’. As we acknowledge and celebrate our rich history and
tradi on let us con nue Nano’s legacy into the future as a community of true welcome and respect, with one heart and hope filled as
we strive for the crea on of a just world for all.
On Thursday 1st March we celebrated, as a Presenta on community, our Welcome Mass. The Presenta on family had many members
that a ended this special Eucharis c celebra on including the Presenta on Sisters, Our Presenta on connected schools Avila College,
St. Mary’s Primary School, St. John’s Regional College, Star of the Sea and CBC St. Kilda, Catholic Educa on representa ves, College
Board members, parents, and students and staff of Presenta on College. Our Presiders were Monsignor Greg Bennet and Father Joe
Caddy who honoured us on this very special occasion by blessing the refurbished wing of the Rahilly building and Paddock to Plate
Sustainable garden.
The Mass was a wonderful celebra on of our Catholic Heritage and Presenta on Spirit and included the acknowledgement of the
tradi onal owners on which our 145 year history was built on. We also celebrated our wonderful and diverse mul ‐faith community
that believes in coopera ve, open, construc ve and posi ve interfaith‐dialogue with our brothers and sisters of different faiths. With
over 50 girls par cipa ng in the Mass including members of our Presenta on schools, our Welcome Mass reflected a spirit of welcome
and hospitality, unity and diversity, faith and hope.
Josie Dile oso—Director of Faith & Mission
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Term 1 con nues to be busy and over the past few weeks we have held a range of events including the Senior Informa on Evening, Year 7 Informa on Evening, High Achievers Assembly, Swimming Carnival, Opening Mass and of course our amazing Music Fes val. Congratula ons to all involved in these events. I was fortunate to be invited to the CBC St Kilda Opening College Mass and Prefect Inves ture on Tuesday 20 February and I a ended the Avila College opening of the school year mass on Thursday 22 February. It is wonderful to see how other Catholic schools celebrate the opening of their new school year.
Celebra ng the Achievements of the Year 12 Class of 2017 As a College community we provide opportuni es to celebrate and recognise academic success and excellence in learning. On Wednesday 14 February we held a special College assembly to acknowledge and celebrate the academic excellence achieved by the 2017 cohort of VCE graduates. We congratulate all students from the 2017 cohort for their VCE, VET and VCAL results. In par cular, we recognised those young women who achieved the top 10 ATAR scores from the class of 2017.
The College assembly was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the successes of 2017 with invited guests, family and friends. Following the assembly, the award recipients and their family and friends enjoyed a celebratory lunch with their teachers and school staff. The College Dux for 2017, Monica Ren, was announced during the assembly. Monica achieved an ATAR of 98.55. Monica addressed the College community and reflected on her VCE year and me at the College, and she provided advice for our students as well as injec ng humour into her speech (see page 9 for an excerpt from Monica’s speech) Our thoughts and prayers are with the 2017 Year 12 cohort as they embark on the next exci ng chapter of their life past secondary school. We hope you maintain contact with the College through our Women of Windsor Alumnae. Five other awards were presented during this special College assembly. These included the Academic Excellence Awards for the grade point average (GPA) recipients for Semester 2, 2017, the Year 9 DUX for 2017, an iVET award, the Jacinta Farrelly Social Jus ce Award and the PCW Young Achiever Award.
ATAR Course in 2018
Monica Ren 98.55 Science at The University of Melbourne
Fiona Li 97.2 Commerce at The University of Melbourne
April Salom 96.7 Business and Specialist Arts at Monash University
San na Bresolin 96.45 Biomedical Science at Monash University
Yuhan Huang 95.2 Commerce at The University of Melbourne
Yufei Mao 92.6 Games Design at RMIT
Iona Walton 91.15 Global Studies at Monash University
Persephone Gronert 90.6 Design at The University of Melbourne
Alessia Spicuglia 90.15 Business and Marke ng at Monash University
Kavisha Cruse 88.15 Exercise and Sport Science/Business and Sport Management at Deakin University
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Academic Excellence Awards The Academic Excellence Awards recognise high achievement and academic excellence from students who were in Years 7 to 11 in Semester 2, 2017 and achieved a GPA of over 9 (for Years 8 to 11). These awards are given based on a student’s Grade Point Average or GPA. This score represents the overall average a student achieves for the semester. The way the GPA is calculated is explained below. These students have demonstrated a posi ve contribu on to the classroom learning environment, commitment to their studies and conspicuous achievement in their learning. In 2017 the College commenced work towards authorisa on to implement the Interna onal Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP). The grading of assessment tasks in the MYP is different to the A to E grading system in that it is criterion based. For each assessment criterion, a number of band descriptors are defined. These describe a range of achievement levels with the lowest represented as 0 and the maximum as 8. In awarding the GPA for Year 7, we recognise those students who achieved the highest possible criteria score of 7 and 8 over all their subjects. As we con nue to implement the MYP from Years 7 to 10 we will gradually move to recognising student achievement based on the MYP criteria. Congratula ons to the following students:
2017 Year 9 DUX It is my great pleasure to announce the DUX of Year 9, 2017 is Juliana Neild. At the Year 9 Awards Evening in November last year we were unable to announce the Year 9 DUX as assessment results had not yet been finalised.
iVET Award For the past few years, iVET has given individual VET students across the state the opportunity to be recognised for their hard work and dedica on. In 2017, an excess of 600 applicants applied for the Excellence Awards and iVET chose only eight students to receive this scholarship. We are delighted to announce that Pascale Latras was chosen as a 2017 recipient of this award, for her ongoing commitment and dedica on in VCE VET Business. We look forward to following Pascale’s career and wish her all the very best.
Jacinta Farrelly Social Jus ce Award Congratula ons to Oriana Hasker for receiving the Jacinta Farrelly Social Jus ce Award.
PCW Young Achiever Award for Excellence The PCW Young Achiever Award for Excellence is sponsored by The Associa on of Parents of PCW, Off‐Campus Resident Students Incorporated (1986 – 2014) and a group of five Presenta on Sisters: Sister Gabriel Cobern, Sister Mary Kavanagh, Sister Robin O’Donovan, Sister Jane Oldman and Sister Paschal Rushford. It is a monetary award of $1000 awarded to a student entering Year 11. In 2017 we are pleased to announce the recipient of this award was Oriana Hasker.
Presenta on Endeavour Awards criteria We will con nue to celebrate academic achievement across the year and in May we will have our first Presenta on Endeavour Awards assembly. The staff have provided feedback on the selec on criteria for these awards. This award will be presented to students who: Approach their learning with determina on and a
posi ve growth mindset; embracing challenges and con nually striving to achieve their personal best
Show a sustained improvement over me in their academic results, organisa on and approach to their studies
Demonstrate resilience, commitment, crea vity, curiosity and a desire to learn
Are effec ve learners who listen and ask ques ons, and ac vely par cipate in class
Have achieved most/all of the above criteria
Year 7: Ina Carillo Abbey Wilcox Year 8: Ella Bunn Ella Mar n Amy Monaghan Chloe Zheng Year 9: Paige Connor Stephanie Davis Teena Getulio Lily Hun ngton Kiara Ka foris Shannon Li Hallie Mau Juliana Neild Ella Thomas‐Evans Bridie Wilcox
Year 10 : Matea Carelse Charlo e Carnes Eve Faehrmann Rosalie Gebert Rosie Harris Elena Hatzis Madison Houghton Bryde Jeffery Grace Lo on Hannah Steele Natasha Waine Year 11: Jessica Birch Ella Chiavaroli Ming Dong Gabriella Edwards Nina Jenney Liza Kwan Molly Lidgerwood Lauren Lydeamore Ella Monaghan Linda Montealegre
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Semester 2, 2017 GPA Calcula on's are now available on the Portal
Calcula ng the GPA
Using the Semester results we calculate a Grade Point Average (GPA) for all students. This score represents the overall average a student achieves for the semester. Scores ranges between 10‐0. E.g. For a student to achieve a GPA score of 9 it would suggest they were typically ge ng As in that area. E.g. For a student to achieve a GPA score of 5.5 would suggest a typical combina on of C+ and C. The GPAs are published on the Portal and are therefore available to students, teachers and parents.
Students with the assistance of their teachers and parents are encouraged to set their goals for individual improvement over me.
Four GPA Scores are listed each semester with the following headings: Semester 2 ‐ GPA Semester 2 ‐ GPA (English/Humani es) Semester 2 ‐ GPA (Maths/Science) Semester 2 ‐ GPA (The Arts)
How the GPA is calculated GPA is calculated from the grades received for assessment tasks where: These are then averaged for the subject groupings NOTE: ‘S’ and ‘NA’ results do not count in the GPA calcula on Religion is under English/Humani es The overall GPA also takes into account the language results which do not fit into one of the other three categories.
Hence the overall GPA is not just the average of the three subject groupings.
Grade Score
A+ 10
A 9
B+ 8
B 7
C+ 6
C 5
D+ 4
D 3
E+ 2
E 1
UG / N 0
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High Achievers Assembly
‘Excerpt from Monica Ren, Dux of 2017, speech’
I am so grateful to stand here as the first Interna onal Student to receive this special award. I couldn’t have achieved this without my loving friends and caring teachers here at PCW. They all supported me and encouraged me during my school life. Par cipa ng in Music Fes val, Sport Carnivals and volunteering for Sacred Heart Mission not only helped me make more friends at school but also enabled me to feel closer to the community. PCW also gave me a lot of academic support. Although I am an Interna onal Student, teachers and friends never gave me less love. Moreover, they accepted and respected the cultural differences. They tried to figure out how I would consider the ques on and use different teaching ways to help me understand. They provided the most professional academic support that allowed me to achieve the best results possible. Also, my math teacher encouraged me to apply for university math at the University of Melbourne, which allowed me to complete the first year math course in Year 12. Now that I have graduated from PCW I have successfully entered the Mathema cs and Sta s cs Department at the University of Melbourne to con nue my dream of becoming a mathema cian. Hopefully, when I graduate from the University of Melbourne, I can come back to teach math at PCW. A lot of people tell you that Year 12 is important; I want to tell you something else: Sleep well. Sleeping is what I spent most of my me in Year 12 doing.
Sufficient sleep will help you feel energe c in class and you will learn
more in class rather than from your tutors. So make sure you have 7‐
8 hours’ sleep every night, and that will help you save money on
expensive tutors.
Have a good diet and do regular exercise. I never realized that doing
exercise is important un l I was sick during my VCE exam! If you
don’t have a clear mind, how do you make sure you can do well in
exams?
Quality is more important than quan ty. Doing lots of papers doesn’t
mean anything. Make sure you understand what each ques on asks
you and what the concept is. Work smart not long.
Keep calm and enjoy. In Year 12 I was extremely stressed. Most of my
teachers no ced that. I worried about results but Ms Fimiani always
encouraged me and told me ‘you can do it!’ So don’t panic,
remember you can do it!!!!
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Swimming Carnival
Our Annual Swimming Carnival was held on Wednesday 21st February at Prahran Aqua c Centre. We were lucky to have
the weather on our side except for the occasional wind gust.
Our Sports Leaders jumped straight in and began se ng up their House areas. In no me students started arriving in
their colourful themes. Kostka girls hit it off in their Life Saving ou its, in fact some of the patrons thought that they
worked at the pool. Loyola looked dashing in their touch of Irish with the St Patricks Day theme. Xavier, Blue at the
Movies theme would have won them a Logie award whilst Nagle went to work in their Tradie ou its. The House themes
really were fantas c to see.
Our Swimming Carnival is intended to be a fun and enjoyable day, encouraging maximum par cipa on and our students
displayed that enthusiasm.
Ms Virgato judged the chants and performances based on volume, choreography, costume and originality. It was a tough
decision with each student displaying pride in their House. Congratula ons to Nagle for taking out the Spirit Award for
2018.
Congratula ons to Kostka who took out the overall Compe on points. Well done to all
students who par cipated in the Carnival, helped out or were there cheering for their
house members.
1st Place: Kostka 2nd Place: Loyola 3rd Place: Nagle 4th Place: Xavier
Individual Year Level Champions
Champion Runner Up
Year 7 Vatalia Mitchell Lulu‐Blue Lamont‐ Samild/Madeleine Quail
Year 8 Ava McQueen Felicity Hickey
Year 9 Darcy Lynch Louise Tuddenham
Year 10 Teena Getulio Mathilda Campbell
Year 11 Rose Mavric Natasha Waine
Year 12 Jess Monaghan Mia Dempsey
Congratula ons to the Sport Leaders! You all did a terrific job promo ng the carnival, crea ng House themes, marshalling
your team and cheering.
The efforts and support of the staff were very much appreciated and this hard work ensured the smooth running of the
day.
Cassandra Barne Brea Kennelly
Sports Coordinator AFL Trainee
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Swimming Carnival
1st Kostka 2nd Loyola 3rd Nagle 4th Xavier
Spirit Award Nagle
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Music Fes val
Monday March 5 2018
Throughout the past six years as a member of the PCW Community, the Annual Music Fes val has to be the highlight. Every year I con nue to be amazed at the opportuni es provided to us. Not many girls my age would have the privilege of saying that every year of their high school life, they were fortunate enough to perform at a
venue as amazing as Hamer Hall. Music Fes val is an opportunity for girls across all year levels to make friends, showcase their crea vity and
talent, as well as come together not only as a House group, but as a whole school community. I couldn’t stop smiling during the event, I was so proud of every single girl and all their amazing achievements. Monday night was one of the most amazing nights of my life, all thank you to the beau ful girls of PCW, the
hardworking Year 12s, Music Captains, Heads of House, Leadership Team, Music Staff and Mr Godbold. I hope this amazing fes val will con nue to prosper for all future students of PCW, it is definitely a night I will
never forget. Molly Lidgerwood—Year 12 Music Captain
Awards
Instrumental performer—Loyola, Ella Thomas‐Evens
Instrumental—Loyola
Conductor—Nagle, Nethmi Irugalbandara
Choir—Kostka
Costume—Xavier
Choreography—Loyola
Variety—Nagle
Most organised house—Nagle
Principal’s Award—Loyola, Jessica Birch
Overall—Loyola
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Year 7
Welcome BBQ
On Tuesday 20th February, PCW hosted the Year 7 Welcome BBQ Evening. It was a fantas c night. The sun was shining, parents and students were smiling and there was a wonderful vibe around the school.
The Welcome BBQ is a great opportunity for parents to meet some of the girl’s Homeroom Teachers, the Leadership Team, Heads of House, their new friends and other parents, and to gain a li le more informa on about the curriculum offered to the Year 7 students this year.
We began with a BBQ outside the Rahilly building before parents and students moved to the hall where they heard from a number of members of the leadership team. We were lucky to hear from the following staff:
Filina Virgato – College Principal
Dr. Julie King – College Psychologist
Josie Dile oso – Director of Faith and Mission
Jessica Alger – Director of Student Wellbeing
Nathan Lane – Director of Innova on and Pedagogy
Parents then for the first me experienced the old tradi on of watching their daughters sing the PCW School Song. I was so proud of the girls, I cannot begin to imagine how the parents felt.
I would like to thank all the staff and parents who assisted and supported the evening. The Parents and Friends Associa on did a fabulous job on the BBQs and clean up – thank you. All the staff who a ended the evening: Mr Simon Gitson, Mr Oliver Squires, Ms Ivana Ryan and Ms Kate Johnston. Our IT help – Mr Sco Brennan. Our gorgeous Year 8 students who presented for Josie Dile oso – Charli Cuthbertson and Melody Wang. Our Heads of House – Ms Fleur White (Kostka), Ms Estelle Diez (Nagle) and Ms Samantha Powell (Xavier). Our amazing conductor, Ms Ma hew Zambon. Our behind the scenes Year 7 supervisor, Mrs Rowena Buncle. Finally, Karen Christensen, Sandie Saundry and Terrie Connane from our school canteen who assisted with making salads and organising our menu for the evening.
Natalie Tommasini—Loyola Head of House
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Year 7
My first week at PCW was amazing because everyone was so nice and kind and you know that someone is always there for you. It is a big jump from primary school but we all got there. Thanks to PCW, I am also finding out more about my faith.
Madeleine Quail—7 Xavier
Reflec ons from our Year 7 students on their first few weeks at PCW
My name is Audrey Smart and I have recently completed my first week of Year 7 at PCW. This week was the craziest week of my life, with rehearsals and sign ups; it was truly amazing. During the week everyone found their place and made new friends whilst naviga ng classes and handing in homework. There is so much more to High School than what we ever imagined but there was never a moment where I wished I was anywhere else! I hope that I and every other Year 7 spends the whole year with the amazing posi vity that we began with. Have a great year everyone! Audrey Smart—7 Loyola
My name is Arnika and I want to tell you about my first week at this wonderful school, PCW. Did you know that the words ‘Omnia Cum Deo’ on the school logo is La n for ‘Everything for God’? My first week at PCW has been stressful, you have trouble opening and organising your locker, you are unsure of what to bring to class, or even where the class is in the school. However I have made some incredible friends, and I like my classes be er than my primary school classes. In high school you move around a lot more which makes the social side of school so much easier, because I am a shy girl. PCW has helped me talk to more people, during recess or lunch me and going between different classes. High School is a big step in life; however not nearly as big as University , or so I’ve been told. In Primary School, I was one of the big fish in the li le pond, but now, in High School I am one of the li le fish in the big pond. Lots of Year 12’s have told me to do as much as you can before you have VCE or a bucket load more homework, because they didn’t get that chance, and now they don’t want me to lose that chance. So, I would just like to reinforce, what I always say, ‘Stay Posi ve, Work Hard and walk on the road to Success’. Arnika Wain—7 Loyola
I have been at PCW for over a week now and I love high school! You hear alot of things from older family members and friends and it scared me so much that I did not want to start. However, as soon as I had my first day, I had so much fun and I could not wait to con nue.
On my first day at PCW going to classes was so fun. I made alot of friends and met new people to hang out with. Once I got a feel of what high school was like, it was a lot different from what I heard. I have homework, have met my teachers, and started learning the Year 7 dance for Music Fes val.
Everyone at PCW is so nice and friendly. The teachers are great and really helpful!
Codie McIntyre ‐ 7 Loyola
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Loyola News
It has been a crazy start to Term 1 for all our Loyola students. The girls have been busy rehearsing for Music Fes val, signing up for the Swimming Carnival events, Opening of the School Year Mass, Open Day tour guides, the Year 7 Welcome BBQ Evening and Senior Informa on Evening. The Year 7 students have se led in well. The girls in Loyola have really embraced the Year 7‐12 structure and I feel like they are smiling all the me. No doubt they feel exhausted and a li le overwhelmed; however, they are managing themselves with so much maturity. Our Year 8 girls have been busy se ling in. It is amazing how many students in Year 8 know our Year 7 Loyola girls. They have really helped the girls se le in and have been fantas c in answering ques ons and helping the girls with lockers and finding their way around the school. The Loyola Year 9 girls are ge ng ready for camp on Monday 19th March un l Wednesday 21st March. Here they will enjoy surfing, tree surfing, community service and beach walks. I look forward to ge ng to know the girls be er while we are away in Balnarring. It has been a big jump for the Year 10 girls moving in to the senior school. Some of our students have begun VCE subjects and some of the girls are realising that their workload has increased dras cally. The Year 11 and 12 students have managed the start of term well. The girls have worked well together in bringing the Loyola Music Festival theme to life. They are to be commended for their passion, excitement and organisation in the lead up to this event.
The Swimming Carnival was a huge success for Loyola. We almost beat the 6‐ me winners ‘Kostka’; however, we
were gracious in defeat, narrowly missing out by 120 points. Second is amazing and I know that we will be chasing our back‐to‐back Athle cs Carnival result of 1st. I am so proud to be the Loyola Head of House. The girls are fabulous and have really shown amazing Loyolian spirit. Well done to our sport captains and vice – Hannah Lynch, Molly Dunham, Joan Hodgson and Bryde Jeffery. They did an amazing job. A big congratula ons to our House Swimming award recipients. Year 7 Champion Vitalia Mitchell Year 8 Champion Ava McQueen Year 9 Champion Darcy Lynch Year 9 Runner‐Up Louise Tuddenham Year 11 Runner‐Up Natasha Waine
Congratula ons to our Loyolian of the week
recipients for the beginning of Term 1, Melody Wang
and Ava McQueen. These girls were awarded Loyolian of the week for
their ongoing support and help of the Year 7 students throughout their first few
weeks of College.
Well done to our Music Captains and Vice Music Captains on their Music Fes val journey. We are lucky to have YOU girls leading Loyola. Natalie Tommasini—Loyola Head of House
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Art
In Year 8 MYP Art students are exploring different materials and techniques in three dimensional art making. At the moment they are learning about relief sculptures and carving their own small pieces. A er comple ng a number of trials the students will create their own sculpture with a focus on communica on. Below are see some samples of their work in progress.
Year 11 Art & Studio Arts students commenced their work with a photography assignment to seek out the elements and principles of art. The work was impressive and shows a strong sense of individual style and aesthe cs. Please see some of
the work below.
Frankie Magazine Finalist
Congratula ons to 2014 PCW graduate
Camille Thomas, who is a finalist in the Frankie
Magazine 2018 Good Stuff Awards. Please click on
the photo link to see Camille’s work.
Good Luck from the PCW Community Camille.
The Art Club is up and running and for 2018 it will be held every Tuesday in M104. Come along and complete some folio work or try your hand at crea ng your unique 8” x 10” artwork for our “Mini‐Linden” show to be held in Term 2.
If you can it is well worth ge ng to the NGV for the Triennial Show which is on un l April 15.
Work of Charlo e Renfrey Work of Stephanie Vieceli
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Three Schools One Community
VCE Cross Campus Ceremony
Our close partnership with CBC St Kilda allows our two schools to come
together as one in senior years. The schools combine to offer 41 VCE
subjects, giving our students a wide selec on of opportuni es. Last week we
brought the senior students together to celebrate this partnership at our VCE
cross campus assembly.
PCW & CBC Theatre Studies
Monday March 5 2018
Recently the PCW and CBC 1/2 Theatre Studies class embarked
on a learning experience of the theatre and its inner workings in
addi on to seeing the cri cally acclaimed play, The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night‐Time. We partook in a physically
challenging ac ng workshop that provided much insight into the
difficul es of working with an ensemble. Before walking into the
workshop I thought, ac ng, anyone can do it right? No. It takes a
lot more than meets the eye, even for the ac ng job of an extra.
We were forced to delve into these unknown characters,
stepping into the actors shoes (of the play we were to see in
two days) for two hours. It was amazing to see the dynamics of
an ensemble of actors and even how the smallest details such as
a turn can completely change a scene for the be er.
Thursday was the big day, before seeing the play in the
a ernoon we went to a technical workshop specifically made
about The Curious Incident. In this workshop we were let into
the spectacular world in which this play is set; the show's set is
almost en rely reliant on ligh ng, sound, and projec ons with
hundreds of individual lights and sound files powering the show,
so for our class to be able to learn all the secrets of the amazing
set was fantas c!
Now for the main event, the show itself was nothing short of
spectacular I can't tell you how lucky we were to see such an
amazing produc on with school. The Curious Incident is a non‐
naturalis c play adapted from the Mark Haddon’s cri cally
acclaimed novel of the same name by Simon Stephens. It’s
about a boy named Christopher Boone who tries to solve the
murder of his neighbour’s dog and all that ensues; the set, as I
said, was the star of the play; the characters were so intricate
and personable; the dialogue was funny, sad, realis c,
everything you'd hope for. The a en on to detail was
impeccable and overall it le you stunned and speechless,
wan ng more.
I can safely say that the entire experience of The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night‐Time is one that will be hard to forget!
Charlo e Carnes – PCW Student
CBC and PCW students par cipa ng in the Unit 1 & 2 Theatre
Studies class had the opportunity to par cipate in an ac ng
workshop held by The Na onal Theatre, London who are
currently touring ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night‐
Time’. We were able to work with the resident director of the
show Kim Pearce to gain a deeper understanding of the process
which the actors go through to fully bring the characters they
play, and the show to life. The ac vi es we par cipated in
ranged from physically demanding teamwork building exercises,
to analysing por ons of script to gain further informa on on
how professional actors would fully express the emo onal
complexity of their characters. Speaking on behalf of the boys,
we found the workshop very enlightening. Seeing how these
actors work to get into the headspace to perform a non‐
tradi onal show was something incredibly interes ng and
something we as theatre students could use in rela on to our
own produc ons. Our experiences and knowledge accumulated
from the workshop was further enriched when we had the
opportunity to see the show, and see how the hard work of
everyone on and behind the stage payed off.
Sebas an Francis – CBC Student
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Over the summer break our 2017 Year 12 Cohort received their first round ter ary offers. 74% of students received an offer for one of their first three preferences. They are set to study in 13 of Melbourne’s ter ary ins tu ons in a variety of courses, as can be seen in the charts below. Well done graduates of 2017!
Preference Offered University Places
Courses Studying
The current cohort of Year 12 students will be introduced to VTAC and how to begin the process of thinking about their journey beyond school early in Term 2. This will include 20 minute group interviews discussing the applica on process and ge ng ready for their individual interviews about course selec on in Term 3. I ask that the girls regularly check their emails for interview mes and other university and careers based informa on.
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Year 10 Work Experience is an opportunity to get the feel of a par cular career. This is offered to Year 10s in three
blocks of me over the year. Students choose one week in any given block and need to apply to do this. They have all been emailed informa on about this process and they will have a briefing in March. In Term 2 all Year 10s will par cipate in a Pathways Program that includes a visit to the VCE and Careers Expo at the Caulfield race course. All of which might help them think about appropriate work experience placements. The blocks of me for work experience are as follows:
Term 2: Monday 7th May‐Friday 25th May
Term 3:Monday 30th July ‐ Friday 17th Aug
Term 4: Monday 8th Oct‐ Friday 26th Oct
During the course of the year students in Years 7‐9 will also have opportuni es to look at how they learn and their future pathways at various sessions during the year. The first sessions this year will be as part of the Year 9 Eachtra Program during the week of March 19th. I will be working with Ms Angela Beilby (Interna onal Student Coordinator) and Ms Fiona Sayner (Head of Student Pathways) to look at job interview skills and how to write a cover le er and resume. I encourage you to take part in this when invited and to discuss the subject ma er with your daughters.
Year 11 Students are encouraged to make appointments as they feel they need them to discuss their futures beyond school. It is never too early to make a plan!
Some Useful Resources
It is never too early to think about what you want to do beyond life at PCW Melbourne and the Careers Room has numerous resources to get you thinking. The VTAC (Victorian Ter ary and Admissions Centre) website contains a number of useful publica ons and the course search link: h p://delta.vtac.edu.au/CourseSearch/searchguide.htm is a par cularly useful tool for those in years 10 to 12. They also publish various year level specific informa on: h p://www.vtac.edu.au/publica ons/
Another useful online Careers resource is the Governments My Future website: http://myfuture.edu.au/ and Youth Central: http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/.
For VCE ps and study skills, I encourage your daughters to subscribe to TSFX: h p://www.tsfx.com.au/ They provide lots of useful stats and ps to keep them mo vated as well as lecture programs. Subject teachers will generally have flyers about these.
Open days are a way to get a feel for a university and once the full list of dates is published I will put it up on the Pathways Wiki. This website will also has a list for ins tu ons Australia wide: h p://www.openday.com.au/.
We subscribe to Career News and you will find the first newsle er a ached here. I also place these on the Pathways Wiki and email it to all senior students. These have a wealth of informa on with regards to open days, other university sessions, folio prepara on workshops and other ter ary and career pathway related ma ers so well worth a read.
I will be available in the Careers room between teaching classes every day during Term 1 to discuss any ma ers related to subject selec on, career op ons and ter ary pathways with you and your daughters. Please feel free to ring or email me to make an appointment should you wish to discuss ma ers related to subject selec on, ter ary pathways and careers.
Please Click Here for Issue 2 2018 of the Career News.
Megan Larri —Careers
Phone: 8517 2726
Email: PCWCareers@pcw.vic.edu.au or mlarri @pcw.vic.edu.au
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Women of Windsor (WOW)
Women of Windsor, our past students of the College—please follow us on Facebook & Instagram.
In the coming weeks you will be able to join our new Women of Windsor Facebook group. Stay tuned!
Here you’ll be able to keep updated with reunion dates, connect and keep in touch with other past students and stay up to date with College events.
It will be a space where you can connect with the College, reflect on days gone by, share memories and tell us what you are up to now.
If you would like to connect with the WOW please contact the College Marke ng & Community Engagement office via email womenofwindsor@pcw.vic.edu.au or on 8517 2792.
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