June 6 - 10

Bogong

Year 8 Camp

Sat June 11

Centenary of Public

Education

Celebrations

Mon June 13

Public Holiday

Wed June 15

Grade 5

Transition Day

June 13 - 24

Year 10 Work

Experience

June 15 - 17

Year 9 Melb Camp

June 20 - 23

Year 9

Careers Week

Fri June 24

END OF TERM 2

2.30pm dismissal

Mon July 11

START OF TERM 3

Mon July 18

Long Tan Memorial

Service

Tues July 19

General Assembly

Email: baimbridge.co@edumail.vic.gov.au

AFL Football Clinic : On Monday this week representatives from the Carlton football club came to Hamilton to run clinics for school students at Melville Oval. Baimbridge College students participated in the clinics during the day and even some of our staff were keen to see their heroes perform in the flesh. All students who took part had a great day, and one of our assistant principals, whose name begins with John and ends in Hill, was quite excited to have his photograph taken with an AFL star, sadly as an Essendon supporter I didn’t recognise the Carlton players name !

Italian Visitors : As in past years we are again about to have a visit from two students from Milan in Italy. Twins Ludevico and Eduardo Vallin, who visited last year, had such a great time that their father asked if they could return this year, and we naturally agreed. Ludevico will be staying with the Thompson family and Eduardo is billeting with the Donehue family. They are arriving this Saturday and will be picked up by our Italian teacher Mr Marco Antonelli. They will stay in Hamilton for four weeks, two weeks of school and two weeks of school holidays. These two young men were a pleasure to have at school last year so I trust that they will again be welcomed by our school community.

GAT : The general achievement test was held for all students studying a unit 3 / 4 subject this week. The ‘test’ was held on Tuesday from 10.15am until 1.15pm. in the hall on the east campus. The test was a VCAA requirement and all students were made aware of this before hand. I am pleased to say the supervisors of the test were complimentary about the conduct of our students and the respect they showed each other - not that it would be acceptable to be any different but I am always pleased to hear people speak positively about Baimbridge College students.

100 Year Anniversary : This Saturday we hold our 100 year anniversary celebration. Assistant Principal Miss Rosemary Morgan has organisation for the day well in hand and everyone has been run ragged putting in place the final touches for Saturday. The school will be open for tours so that visitors can reminisce about their school days, there are memorabilia displays from both the High school and the Secondary College, we are selling mementos of the day so that everyone can take home a reminder of this special celebration and there will be unveilings of various memorials to ensure the day is remembered in years to come. I look forward to welcoming visitors and sharing some of the history of the schools that have been such an important part of the lives of past and present residents of Hamilton.

www.baimbridge-co.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL:

Mr Robert Vecchiet

Assistant Principals

East Campus:

Miss Rosemary Morgan

West Campus:

Mr John Hill

P—6 Co-ordinator:

Mr John Hill

Yrs 7 - 8 Co-ordinator:

Mr Ewan Macdonald

Assist Co-ordinator:

Mr Alan Thomas

Year 9 & 10

Co-ordinator:

Mrs Rachel Rose

Assist Co-ordinators:

Mr John Sly &

Mrs Lorraine Liston

Yr 11 & 12

Co-ordinator:

Ms Sharon Herreen

Assistant Co-ordinator:

VET / VCAL

CO-ORDINATOR:

Mr Steven de Man

Device Co-ordinator:

Mr Dean Banfield

Student Wellbeing:

Ms Kelly Taylor

Mrs Bernie Cook

Integration

Coordinator:

Mr Roger Lewis

Cross Country : Also taking place on Monday was the regional cross country event that we had a number of students participating in. The event was held in Warrnambool and I am pleased to report that both Bec Langley and Jordan Plunkett have both qualified to go to the State Cross Country Finals on the 14th of July at Bundoora Park.

Reports : I would like to remind our community that in keeping with our announcements earlier this year staff have been forwarding ‘learning tasks‘ to parents and students using our student management system Compass. These learning tasks provide a snapshot of the work required in class and will have been assessed and reported back using Compass as well, giving parents and students an ongoing idea of progress during semester I. As a result of this new process the lengthy semester reports we have come to expect will not be provided this year. There will be a short report on Compass but most comments will have already been made during the semester. The report will again be on the Compass system and if hard copies are desired these can be printed at home. If families are not able to print then we can do so in response to a phone call to school requesting a paper copy of the report.

Long Weekend : This weekend, Saturday 11 June is also the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. There will be no school on Monday 13 June. Normal classes will resume on Tuesday 14th June.

Leave : I have mentioned to our School Council earlier this year that I will be taking long service leave for the second half of 2016. I will begin leave at the end of this term and the current principal of Casterton Secondary College, Mrs Meridith Walker, will be Acting Principal in my absence. Mrs Walker is an experienced Principal and I know she will do an excellent job. I expect that she will be made to feel welcome by our school community and I look forward to resuming my position at the beginning of 2017.

Compass : Our online student management system, Compass, has been enhanced this year. Parents should have their own personal log on which is different to their son or daughter’s. The system is accessible anywhere the internet is available on computer, smart phone, tablet or other mobile device. The website is https://baimbridge-co.vic.jdlf.com.au/login.aspx If you require more information accessing the system please contact the school. There is a link on our website to help you should you forget the address.

If there are any questions or concerns I urge parents and guardians to contact myself, our Assistant Principals Mr John Hill and Miss Rosemary Morgan or the relevant Co-ordinators.

Robert Vecchiet

Principal

Principal’s Report Continued

Did you know that there is a lot of relevant information for you and your child placed on the News

Feed in Compass? At the moment there is information such as the Careers Calendars from Year 9

up, the WDHS School Holiday program & forms and lots more!

Year 8 Science and Humanities. The Gunditjamara people and the Local Landscape.

Year 8 Humanities and Science staff have joined with the Glenelg Catchment Management Authority to learn more about our local Landscape and the peoples who lived here before white settlement. Science will focus on the Geology and landforms of this area, whilst Humanities will look at how the Gunditjamara peoples made use of the land. All year 8's are expected to take part in the following: Thursday June 2nd 9am a welcome to Country by Gunditjamara elders in the VCE centre. P1 & 2 8A Stone Knapping Demonstration P 3 & 4 8 C Stone Knapping Demonstration P 5 & 6 8B & 8 D Stone Knapping Demonstration. Tuesday 21st June 8A and 8 D Full day excursion to Lake Condah. Cost $10. Thursday 23rd June 8 B & 8 C Full day excursion to Lake Condah. cost $10. Friday 15th July All year 8 Full day excursion to Penshurst and Mt Shadwell at Mortlake. Cost $10. The Glenelg Hopkins CMA have covered the cost of the Stone Knapping and have subsidised the cost of the coach hire. They have liaised with the Gunditjamara peoples to give our students an exciting opportunity to learn about our landscape from people who are experts in their field. If you have any questions about this unit of work, please contact heather Ward.

AFL TICKETS!!!!!! Our wonderful friend Mr Des

Trotter—owner of Trotters coaches - loves nothing more than sending our families to the

footy on him. He has very kindly donated the following tickets for us to give to

our families.

Melbourne v Crows 3 July MCG North v Port Adelaide 16 July Etihad North v Port Adelaide 16 July Etihad

We ask that you do a small write up on the

experience in a thank you card to Mr Trotter in return.

Anyone interested please call Mr Hill on 55 722 788 to secure yours.

Certificate III in Media (Computer Game Design) On Tuesday 17th May Mr Banfield took his Computer Game Design class to AIE in Melbourne. As part of this course students are enrolled with Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE), which is a Regis-tered Training Organisation (RTO). AIE has campuses in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.

The Certificate III in Media course teaches students how to develop a game from initial concept to playable demo. Using the Unreal game engine, art and scripts students design gameplay mechanics and refine them while learning the entire development pipeline.

The course introduces new game-specific content such as:

Learn how to define and develop game mechanics

Develop game design documentation

Rapid prototype gameplay

Create interactive environments

Process feedback to refine game design

No prior programming knowledge required

Year 9 and 10 Sport Education There were two rounds of handball played. The ladder was Green Hornets 18, Hurricanes 13,

Clubbers 11 and Pumas 6.

On Final Day, Clubbers 4 def Pumas 0 in the first semi final, Hurricanes 5 def Green Hornets 4 in the

second semi final. In the preliminary final Green Hornets 4 defeated Hurricanes 3.

In the Grand Final Green Hornets 4 defeated Hurricanes 3 to become the champions.

The Green Hornets players were Connor Lacey, Sam Lambevski, Peter Rafferty and Joel Le Roy.

Thank you to all players and officials.

Tyrone Chace

Editors Note: As part of the Sport Ed class students are to form committee’s (just like any sporting

association run as a not for profit organisation) and one of the roles is to

report on the event, hence the Sport Ed Reports popping up in the newsletter every term.

GWR Cross Country - Warrnambool on Monday 6th June

The following students participated in distances over 3 and 5kms. Nikita Ansell

Daniel Battista Jacob Cook

Jakob Greaves Liam Griffiths-Napier

Bec Langley Patrick McGregor-Rhodes

Jordan Plunkett Courtney Sanders

Rhys Wheeler All students represented Baimbridge College exceptionally well. Both in their efforts during their

events but also the way in which they conducted themselves throughout the day.

We had two students finish inside the top 10 in their respective age groups.

Bec Langley and Jordan Plunkett have both qualified to go to the State Cross Country Finals on the 14th of July at Bundoora Park.

This is a fantastic achievement for both students and we wish them the best of luck for the state finals.

A special thank you also to Mrs McArthur who performed time keeping duties throughout the day.

Well done to everyone involved!

General Assembly

Join us in celebrating 100 years of Public Secondary

Education in Hamilton this Saturday.

SUPER HANDY WEBSITE!!!!!

Community

We welcome any notices that

benefit our students and the

wider community.

We do, however, not advertise

for profitable businesses or indi-

viduals.

Enrolment forms for the WDHS

program are on your Compass

News Feed.

Enrolment forms for the vicswim

instructor course are also on the

newsfeed.

The canteen is always in need of volunteers, as you can clearly see by the gaps in the above

roster we are in need of more assistance. We are very grateful for all that we receive - if you can

help out at any time please call Adie on 55 722 788

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