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TABLE OF CONTENTS

♦ Principal's Message

♦ Bugsy Malone Pictorial ♦ Students selected to participate in The Whitten Project ♦ P&F High Tea a sweet success ♦ Community News

IN OTHER NEWS

This week’s header photo What a show! The entire cast and crew threw everything into each and every performance. As an audience member we were overwhelmed by their enthusiasm and energy. Thank you to Chantel Barry for the Bugsy pictorial in our Newsletter this week. Top to bottom; Jake Davies, Dion Annett, Alex de Guloten, Wil Parker, Cody Welfare, Alysia Wyckelsma, Debbie Chambers & Josephine Quinlivan Study Habits of Successful Students Try to study at the same times each day. Studying at the same times each day establishes a routine that becomes a regular part of your life, just like sleeping and eating. When a scheduled study time comes up during the day, you will be mentally prepared to begin studying.

Principal’s Message "Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more

common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education

will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Calvin Coolidge

It’s quite normal to struggle at times with fluctuating motivation, interest and persistence during a school year. Throughout your schooling and within each semester, there can be multiple challenges and barriers to completing class work, an assignment or an exam. These problems can often be greater when a young person is experiencing difficult personal circumstances, illness or mental health issues. It's during these times that personal values such as persistence and resilience really count.

Persistence (or 'sticking at it') is very important throughout schooling and throughout life. We can all experience thoughts of giving up or dropping out when difficulties present themselves. Is it any wonder then, that persistence is the fundamental difference between a successful outcome and a failed outcome? In that case, it compels us to develop the vital quality of persistence.

Think big - Identifying and focusing on your bigger goals are important factors to consider, as most of your overall motivation will come from those things. We can lose sight of the bigger picture if we get buried in multiple demands of deadlines, achievement and pressure.

Go small - When we're confronted with difficulties it can often be tempting to make big plans and need big solutions for overcoming them. Sometimes it can be easier to start with small steps - a big solution is often comprised of lots of small actions. Start with small steps that can take you in the direction of completing your goal or task. This strategy is especially useful when you need to persist with your work to complete it within certain deadlines. Gather support and encouragement - Stay away from pessimists; instead seek advice from positive people and those who want you to succeed. They can assist you by making suggestions and recommendations based on their experience. You will still have to do the work, but there is nothing more encouraging than having positive reinforcement.

Be consistent - Your best allies in developing persistence are consistency and habits. Developing persistence can often take time. A definite plan followed by continuous action throughout the semester can help to build resilience and persistence.

And finally, Enjoy! The greatest feelings of accomplishment derive from knowing you've overcome obstacles and conquered adversities to achieve your goals. Your ultimate success will be exponentially more satisfying and fulfilling when you know what it took to get there. Dr Michelle Kearney

BAYVIEW Newsletter ISSUE 12 Monday 5 May 2014 www.bayview.vic.edu.au

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 5 May Jr Football Yr 7,8,9 Hamilton Tuesday 6-Friday 9 May E-Week. We welcome All Saints Primary School Gr 6 to Bayview Wednesday 7 May Year 8 Camp Year 12 Drama Excursion & AGE Careers Expo & Uni Tours Thursday 8 May Year 8 camp Year 12 Drama Excursion & AGE Careers Expo & Uni Tours Top Arts & Top Designs Melb. Friday 9 May Year 8 Camp Year 12 Drama Excursion Tuesday 13 May NAPLAN Years 7 & 9 Wednesday 14 May NAPLAN Years 7 & 9 Thursday 15 May NAPLAN Years 7 & 9 Year 11 Retreat Friday 16 May Inter-house cross Country run Period 5 & 6 Monday 19– Friday 23 May E-Week. We welcome St Johns Primary School to Bayview Tuesday27 May– Friday 30 May E-Week. We welcome St Johns Primary School Gr 6 to Bayview Tuesday 27 May Term 2 Church Service 8.55am Wednesday 28 May Interschool Cross Country-Portland Friday 30 May Reconciliation Day 12.00-2.00pm Tuesday 3 June Yr 9-11 Study Day Grade 6 Discovery Day Wednesday 4 June Exams Yr 9-11 & VCAL Numeracy

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Matsudo Home stay—Host Families please A group of 15 Japanese students from Matsudo High School will visit Bayview College from Sunday 20 July to Friday 8 August. We are looking for host families for them.

If you would like to find out more about hosting one of the students, please collect an expression of interest sheet from Student Services, complete the slip and return to school as soon as possible. We will arrange a meeting soon to provide further details and to answer any questions you may have. Thank you! Mother’s Day Raffle Raffle tickets for a Mother’s Day raffle have been distributed to students. They have each been given 6 tickets. Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. Please write the name and phone of the buyer onto the tickets and return the tickets with money by Friday May 9. All tickets need to be returned, whether sold or unsold. If all students sell their 6 tickets we will raise over $2500 and this money will go back to the students in the form of extra items such as sporting equipment or payment towards extra curricular activities and excursions. First prize is a pair of ‘Emu’ Ugg boots of your choice worth around $200 that have been donated by the Smith family from “The Shoe Cove”. If you would like extra tickets, please see Jan in reception. Prospective student artists visit community space The Year 7B Art/Textiles class attended Julia Street Creative Arts Space in the first week of term 2. Students were given a tour of the gallery, the lead lighting guild, quilters society, painters studio, wood turners workshop and a presentation of artist in residence Alex Falkiner’s process, artistic technique and inspiration. A huge thank you to Mrs Nikki Pevitt who loves to see as many visitors to the centre as possible! Students are given the opportunity to become leaders We're proud to announce that nine stu-dents from Bayview College have been selected to participate in The Whitten Project. The students will experience a diverse range of activities and excursions investigating leadership, personal development and civic responsibility. Congratulations; Jorja Mallen, Charlie Ryan, Harrison Hampshire, Hamish Clark, Giaan Englezos, Blayney Newton, Thomas Hernan, Olivia Cottier, Tayla Falconer

Thank you to The Western Bulldogs, Glenelg Shire Council and all participating sponsors.

Blayney Newton, seen right with the Mayor Cr John Northcott, was nominated by The Portland Hockey Club for being Portland Hockey Club Most Consistent Player 2013 and Hooked into Hockey Mentor to Junior Players, Hockey umpire and for his assistance with Under 13s Hockey Team. Photo courtesy of Lisa Newton

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Keah Mizzi & Toby Cocks

L-R Lucy de Guloten & Alysia Wyckelsma

Keah Mizzi Tahlia Gollasch Ciara Leonard & Ashley Flockhart

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Portland Surf Life Saving Club recognised by Dan Tehan We’re proud to see Bayview students volunteering their time to make our beaches safer for everyone.

Bayview students make up a large percentage of the junior members in the club and we often see them participating through Victoria and Interstate.

The Portland Surf Life Saving Club IRB Team was a recipient of a Local Sporting Champions award this month. Bayview students include Keegan Bilson, Grace Davey, Phoebe Merryfull and Ella Eade.

Chess competition 3 students from Year 7-9 represented Bayview at the recent school Chess Championships in Warrnambool. It was the first time Jonty Cubitt, Liam Hol & Debbie Chambers have participated in a Chess competition and they had a great day. Jonty did really well gaining a credit and was placed 24th overall in his division. Liam and Debbie did really well too for their first efforts. Year 12 students explore University and career options The Melbourne Career Expo is the largest and most comprehensive careers event in Australia.

This expo includes 190 exhibitors with 34,000 visitors across the four days. The expo includes information and resources for VCE students, information about university, TAFE and training courses, career advice, study advice, and international exchange and gap year programs.

Our Year 12 students will be attending the expo Thursday & Friday of this week. We look forward to sharing their stories in the next newsletter.

Bring Your Own Device now active Year 10 – 12 We are now able to fully support senior students using their own laptops for school purposes. Students who intend to do this need to contact Sanjeev and have their computer prepared for connection to the school network. This process is quite quick however, it will be slower if the computer has not recently been scanned using and antivirus or antimalware programs.

It will speed up the connection process if students have completed a full scan at home using their own software prior to presenting the computer at school. One recent computer when scanned had over 100 virus’s which would have impacted on our network greatly if we did not check.

We will still perform a scan to protect our network, but the connection process will be much quicker if students follow this advice.

a P&F High Tea

Back: Crystal Berry, Grace Davey, Nathalia Crowe & Sophie Hadden Front: Ciara Leonard, Angela Bennett, Kira Dark & Jessie Keegan

Nathalia Crowe

Ms Anson & Mrs Anson Emily-Rose Matskows

L-R Lyndelle Hampshire, Debbie Schwarz, Julia Pratt & Taya Oakley

Mrs O’Brien

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Zoe settles into Finish life—A note from Zoe Hewlett, Bayview student who is on Rotary exchange in Finland. It’s been a while since my last blog, but everything has gone way too fast. I’ve been here nearly three months and it feels like I only left Melbourne last week.

I'm not really sure how to sum up everything all at once because so much has happened. I’ll try my best though :)

So I will start with Finland in general. There's not much to say other than its absolutely AMAZING. All my friends always ask me, why, why Finland? and I just look up and say that “Every aspect of the country is beautiful, from the buildings to the melting snow”

Family- The start of my exchange I couldn’t have had a better family. The Nykänen family are now my family for life. Before coming to Finland I was told Finnish people are a little shy… WELL.. that is clearly false because my family are the most outgoing, happiest family with lots of love, and I love them very much. Unfortunately I have to leave them in a few weeks for my 2nd host family, who live outside of Helsinki. I will be spending the summer with them before moving onto my 3rd family, which I am very excited to live with!

Weather- At the moment it is heading into Spring. It is around 5-10 degrees. Each day I can see the days getting longer and longer. It gets dark at around 7-8 o’clock and in a few months there will only be about 2-4 hours of darkness a day. I’m not sure if I should be excited for that or not, its going to be very weird for sure but an amazing experience.

Experience- In a short time I have had so many unforgettable experiences. One of my favourite would be the Rotary trip to St. Petersburg. It was the best 3 days, with the other 90 exchange students walking around Russia and having loads of fun. I couldn’t even believe I was in Russia. We went to the ballet, folk dancing and the Hermitage Museum which was amazing. One of the biggest things I can’t believe about living in Finland is that I can be on a bus or a boat for a few hours and be in a completely different country. its so weird just being able to say I’m just going to Russia or Sweden etc.. for the weekend.

I’ve grown a lot in the past few months and I continue to keep growing through my experiences and life in Finland. I love it here and I wouldn’t change anything. For the full blog entry please go to www.zoeh2298.com Community Announcements Jaycee Kindergarten are holding a Mother's Day Movie Night Fundraising event. The event will be a showing of ‘The Great Gatsby’ to be held at The Portland Arts Centre on Sat 10th May. 7pm arrival for drinks & nibbles with the movie commencing at 7.30 pm. Pre sale tickets are available for $12 or $15 at the door (cash only). There will be lucky door prizes on the night as well as best dressed. For further information or to purchase tickets please call Carmel on 0407 730 056. L2P Program: The Glenelg L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program is delivered by Council in partnership with Vic Roads through TAC funding. The program provides eligible learner drivers aged 16 and under 21 years of age with the opportunity to gain driving practice with trained volunteer mentors for a minimum of 1 hour per week, while also providing access to a set of driving lessons with a professional driving instructor. Program participants use the program-dedicated vehicles to practice their driving skills while accumulating their 120+ hours in their logbooks. To be eligible, students must have their learner’s permit and they do not have access to either a vehicle or supervising driver to achieve the mandatory 120 hours of driving practice before obtaining a Probationary Licence. Young people can be referred to the program by youth agencies, schools, parents, or can refer themselves. There is no charge to participants accepted into this program.

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