Term 3 - Week 4– 5th August 2015

Mortlake College Newsletter 10 Hood Ave

Mortlake, Vic, 3272 Ph: 03 5599 2204

Fax: 03 5599 2503 Email: mortlake.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.mortlakep12.vic.edu.au SMS Mobile: 0427 841 239 (Text Only)

Principals Report -

Parent-Teacher interviews:

Thank you to all parents and students who a�ended the Parent-Teacher interviews this week. If, for any reason

you were unable to a�end and would like to discuss your child’s progress please contact the school so that an

appointment can be made.

P-4 Excursion to Halls Gap Zoo

Last Friday the P-4 students enjoyed a great day at the Halls Gap Zoo as part of their third term ‘Animals’ theme.

One of the ‘highlights’ of the day was the ‘Rep+le Experience’ where students and staff had the opportunity to

hold a seven foot olive python!! The P-4 staff reported that the behaviour of the students was excellent

throughout the day so well done to all who par+cipated in the excursion. Thank you to the parents who volun-

teered their services for the day. It was greatly appreciated!

Warrnambool Eisteddfod deba!ng

Last week’s Eisteddfod deba+ng was very successful with all teams compe+ng really well. It proved to be a great

opportunity for the students to display their public speaking skills and their capacity to respond to the arguments

presented by their opponents. Special congratula+ons to the Years 5&6 team whom the organisers felt per-

formed par+cularly well and to Taine DeManser who won the trophy for the most accomplished speaker in that

sec+on. A full report of the week is provided in this newsle�er.

Prep 2014 Informa!on Evening: Tuesday 11th August

An Informa+on Evening will be held for families of our 2016 Prep students on Wednesday 12th August com-

mencing at 7pm in the prep room. Enrolment packs will be available at the kinder this week and the school

office and will also be available on the night. The night is always very informa+ve and provides the opportunity

for parents to learn about things like the Early Years Program, the use of school buses, school uniform as well as

the expecta+ons we have of students in the school. There will also be an opportunity to ask ques+ons. Our

Prep teacher, Sue Amos, our P-4 leader, Kath Tanner and I look forward to mee+ng you on the night.

Regional Higher Educa!on Forum- Tuesday 25th August at 10:30am

Students from rural and regional communi+es face significant barriers when accessing higher educa+on. Many

have to relocate in order to pursue study and the costs are prohibi+ve for many families. Mr Dan Tehan, the

Member for Wannon is hos+ng a forum on Tuesday 25th August at Deakin on Timor (next to the Village Green)

commencing at 10:30am and he is seeking feedback on how the Australian Government can support families.

Parent Opinion Survey

Thank you to all the families who completed the Parent Opinion survey. The informa+on will be collated by DET

and the results made available to the school next term. We always value feedback from parents about any aspect

of the school and I would encourage you to let us know if you have any concerns.

Out of Uniform day to support the Leila Rose Founda!on: Friday 14th

August (Week 5)

On Friday 14th August we will be having a ‘Pink Theme Free Dress Day.’ The day has been co-ordinated by the

schools who took part in the Student Leadership Congress. At Mortlake College our project was led by our 5-7

leaders (Sophie Lehmann, Charlo�e Gartland, Kaitlyn Fowler, Amy Hughes, Ollie Mahncke and Taine DeManser),

and they will be promo+ng next week’s out of uniform day also. It would be terrific if all students

who choose to come dressed in the pink theme would make a gold coin dona+on to the Leila Rose Founda+on,

which raises funds to help the families of children affected by a rare cancer. Many schools in the district are tak-

ing part in the day as a lead in to the ‘ALL STARS Football Game’ on Sunday August 16th in Warrnambool.

Graeme Good

IN THE NEWS

MORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’SMORTLAKE COLLEGE BIRTHDAY’S

Happy Birthday to the following students for this week . We hope you have a wonderful day.

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6th6th6th6th————Finn Wilson 8th8th8th8th—Luke Welsh

11th11th11th11th—Mason Fagan 12th12th12th12th—Lucas Johnson

P-4 PLACE Halls Gap Zoo Highlights

Last Friday, all of the Prep to Fours went on an excursion to the Halls Gap Zoo. It was a fantas+c ex-

cursion and we were very lucky with the weather.

Here are some highlights from the 1-2C class.

Oscar was a python. The p-4’s all got to hold Oscar. He was almost as tall as a grown-up! Before we

got to hold him we had to put some handwash on. He was very smooth. He is cold blooded. He likes

the warm sunshine, and he weighed 3 kilos. Caleb

The crocodile habitat was in a cage with lots of salty water. A wonky tree, two of them were in there.

It was a whopper! There were 5 babies. They were brown. I saw the Mum croc rise above the water.

Josh

At the zoo we saw Oscar the snake, kangaroos, cheetahs, crocodiles, and a bison! There were also

horses, monkeys, wombats, and the wombat was sick. The best part of the zoo was the cheetahs. We

split into groups to walk around. There were some more animals that were scary, like the bison and

the goat – he was feisty! The last one was the meerkats. Sam

On the way to the zoo on the bus me and Rose were drawing in my book. Rose told me that her house

was not near school. We seen lots of animals at the zoo. On the way back I sat next to Riley and we

had M&Ms because my Mum was siIng behind me and Riley! On the way back Declan had a sleep,

so did AIisha. We were on the grade 1/2 bus. The preps went on the mini bus and the 3/4’s went on

another bus. Holly

The wombats were sick, so people were puIng money in a box. And then we went to see the meer-

kats, they were furry. We all had a great day! Carl

Cheetahs have pa�erns and there were two of them. Their colours were yellow and black. They had

lots of green grass to run around in. They were lying down and when we came back one of them was

running around. They looked warm. Kane

We saw lots of peacocks at Halls Gap Zoo. The peacocks have lots of feathers and they have lots of

colours, like blue, green, grey. They walked around and they were very pre�y. Sarah

P-4 PLACE

HALLS GAP ZOO

P-4 PLACE

Warrnambool Eisteddfod Deba!ng

Last week Mortlake College had a number of students from Years 5-11 par+cipate in the Warrnambool Ei-

steddfod Deba+ng compe++on. The Eisteddfod provides a great opportunity for students to develop their

public speaking skills in a formal situa+on and to experience compe+ng against other schools. Our par+cipa-

+on followed a series of class debates that had been held at school in Term Two to explicitly teach all stu-

dents skills in public speaking and deba+ng.

The Year 5/6 team of Jaime Killen, Taine DeManser and Ned Quail took the nega+ve

side in the debate 'That public speaking should be compulsory in schools'. They

won the debate, and congratula+ons should go to Taine DeManser for receiving the

trophy for 'Overall Best Debater' at the Year 5/6 level.

The Year 7/8 team consisted of Keely Moore, Issac Fowler and Olivia Anders. They

argued the affirma+ve side in the debate 'That beauty ma�ers more than ability in

society today'. Whilst they did not win their debate, they learnt a lot from the ex-

perience, including the difficulty of some debate topics! Thanks very much to Sam

Williams for ac+ng as chairperson in this debate.

Our topic for the 9/10 debate was 'That ter+ary educa+on should be free' and we argued the nega+ve side.

The successful team in this debate consisted of Kismet McCarroll, Jackie Cooper and Phoebe Calvert. Not

only did they win, but they were third overall in their sec+on.

The final debates of the week were the Years 9-12 impromptu debates. We had two teams compe+ng. The

first team consisted of Gerald Monteith, Cooper Lower and Jacob Pugh; and our second team was Jake Tan-

ner, Bree Cummins and Asha Kelly.

'That poachers make the best gamekeepers' was the topic for our first team, and we were given the nega+ve

side. The debate was a +ght contest but the boys narrowly won based on their delivery. 'That sport would

be be�er without sponsors' was the topic for our second team. The three team members performed really

well and were unlucky to lose to a Warrnambool College team. This was reinforced by the fact that this

team were awarded third best team overall in the impromptu sec+on.

Anthea Good

VCE On Friday Tyler Fowler & Brooke Eldridge travelled to Melbourne and participated in a Genetic Workshop at Melbourne University and visited the Melbourne Museum (DNA & Evolution department) as part of their Unit 3 & 4 Biology .

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Matinee: Tuesday15thSeptember12.00pm

Night:Wednesday16thSeptember7.00pm

TICKETSONSALE:

MONDAY25thAugust2015

Adults: $8Students/Children: $2Under5yrs FREE

Succeed RIBBON DAY Fundraiser

Tuesday 25th

August

White Ribbon Day – Australia’s campaign to stop violence against women.

Blue Ribbon Day – To remember members of the Victoria Police killed in the

line of duty. Funds go to new and improved emergency facili+es in public

hospitals named in memory of fallen Police officers.

Yellow Ribbon Day – A symbol of life and hope. Suicide Preven+on Program.

Show your support by dressing in White, Blue or Yellow. Gold coin dona!on.

There will be a fashion parade in the morning and we will be selling food in

the canteen at recess.

Cupcakes 50cents Frog in a pond $1

SPORT SPOT

P-12 Sport Dates Term 3

July/August

22/7/2015 -26/8/2015

Spor+ng School—Swimming

29/7/2015 –02/9/2015 Spor+ng School—

Running Club

September

14th 3-4 AFL 9’s

17th MWV 7-9 Basketball

CONGRATULATIONS

To Mr Boyden , he has been awarded the Junior AFL Ambassador for this week!

SPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM

JUST A REMINDER

We will be running a 6 week Running Club as part of the Sporting

Schools Program at lunch time starting on Thursday 30th July.

It will be for Years 5-8 at this stage and all who wish to participate will meet on the school oval at

1.00pm

An afternoon healthy snack will also be provided.

Nathan Jones

SHOOTING Any secondary students who wish to enter a clay target shoo+ng com-

pe++on on Thursday 27th August in Noorat should contact Mr. Jones

for more informa+on.

LUNCH TIME SPORT

Lunch time sport will be running for students in Years 5-12 this term. This

program will start week 5 and conclude week 5 Term 4. Sports include bas-

ketball, netball, table tennis, volleyball and soccer.

GWR ATHLETICS FRIDAY 9th OCOTBER

Training for this Year 7-12 carnival is on every Tuesday lunchtime.

More information will be provided soon.

Informa+on regarding state nomina+ons and other sports can be found on the School Sport Victoria website.

www.ssv.vic.edu.au

Parents and students can connect to School sports Victoria via Facebook and Twitter. Just follow the following links

http://www.facebook.com/SchoolSportVictoria

https://twitter.com/@SchoolSportVic

Nathan Jones

Year 7-12 Sports Coordinator

STATE NOMINATION

CONNECT

IN THE NEWS

SPORT SPOT

Dear Parents

We have begun the subject selec+on process for your child’s course of study in 2016, and want you to

be involved as much as possible. There are many choices to be made, and we do not want your child to

make choices that will limit their op+ons in terms of career choices or ter+ary study aSer school.

At Mortlake College we give students who are in Year 10 in 2016 the opportunity to study a VCE sub-

ject. This is designed to give students a chance to understand the expecta+ons of VCE, and to get a

‘headstart’ on their VCE course. However, this opportunity is dependent on the individual student, and

their performance in 2015. In certain circumstances the opportunity may be given to Year 9 students.

Students entering Years 11 and 12 have the choice of pursuing either a tradi+onal VCE course of study,

or an ‘Applied Learning’ course of study.

Students wishing to pursue a tradi+onal VCE course will be expected to select six VCE subjects at Year

11, and five VCE subjects at Year 12. English must be studied at Years 11 and 12, and Maths must be

studied at least un+l the end of Year 11.

Students wishing to pursue the ‘Applied Learning’ course at Year 11 will complete the following: English

(General or Founda+on) Units 1 and 2; Maths (General or Founda+on) Units 1 and 2; Food Technology

or Product Design and Technology (Wood) Units 1 and 2; a School Based Appren+ceship or TAFE course

(or both); VCAL; and another VCE subject of their choice. In Year 12 these students have two op+ons:

they can transfer into a full VCE course or they can con+nue their ‘Applied Learning’ Course and com-

plete an Intermediate VCAL cer+ficate in Year 12. This would involve students studying subjects dealing

with work related skills and personal development skills, along with numeracy and literacy. They would

also con+nue their SBA/VET subjects. The VCAL program allows students to develop work related skills

and pursue further pathways beyond school including TAFE, traineeships and appren+ceships.

Further details about both courses are contained within the 2016 Mortlake College VCE Course Selec-

+on Guide that your child has been given. As part of the course selec+on process and to ensure that

parents are fully informed, we would also like to have an interview with you and your child before their

course for 2016 is finalised. This applies to all students and their parents entering Year 11 and 12 in

2016. Parents of students in Year 10 in 2016 are also welcome to request a course selec+on interview.

In the mean+me, if you have any queries please feel free to contact me at school. Alterna+vely, con-

tact your child’s house mentor, or Mr Croucher, our Careers Co-ordinator. Your child has also been giv-

en an ini+al subject selec+on sheet and ques+onnaire to complete so that we can begin planning for

2016. As is the case each year, not all subjects in the selec+on booklet will be guaranteed to run, as this

will be dependent on student choices and teacher alloca+ons. It is important for students to consider

which subjects they will enjoy, and which subjects are prerequisite subjects for a par+cular ter+ary

course or profession.

Yours sincerely

Anthea Good

VCE Co-ordinator

VCE NEWS

Melbourne / Victoria Open Days 2015Melbourne / Victoria Open Days 2015Melbourne / Victoria Open Days 2015Melbourne / Victoria Open Days 2015

Deakin University (DEAKIN) August 2nd 2015 (Sunday) Warrnambool Cam-pus August 9th 2015 (Sunday) Geelong Waurn Ponds & Waterfront Campus August 23rd 2015 (Sunday) Melbourne Burwood Campus

La Trobe University (LATROBE) August 7th 2015 (Friday) (Shepparton campus) August 9th 2015 (Sunday) (Melbourne (Bundoora Campus)) August 19th 2015 (Wednesday) (Mildura cam-pus) August 16th 2015 (Sunday) (Bendigo campus) August 28th 2015 (Friday) (Albury-Wodonga campus)

Monash University (MONASH) August 1st 2015 (Saturday) Berwick and Penin-sula August 2nd 2015 (Sunday) Caulfield and Clay-ton

Swinburne University of Technology (SWINBURNE)

August 2nd 2015 (Sunday) Hawthorn 10am-4pm

University of Melbourne (MELBOURNE) August 16th 2015 (Sunday)

Victoria University (VU) August 23rd 2015 (Sunday)

Please go to the ins+tu+on website for more details.

MORTLAKE COLLEGE SCHOOL FORMAL

WELL BEING WELL BEING WELL BEING WELL BEING

BREAKFAST PROGRAM

The Mortlake College Breakfast Program will be commenced on

Tuesday 28th July.

It will run from 8.15am to 8.50am in the Home Eco room. All students welcome.

The plan is to start with Tuesday each week , then increasing days if required.

If there are any parents who would like to be a part of this program please contact

myself on either a Monday or Tuesday at Mortlake College.

Thank You

Mick Malady—Welfare Centre

STUDENTS ENJOYING THE BREAKFAST PROGRAM

Classifieds

Singing GroupSinging GroupSinging GroupSinging Group We are very fortunate to be able to offer singing tui-

tion after school. Janet Zijm comes to our school

with a lot of experience teaching voice and is willing

to have singing lessons after school on Monday,

Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Mondays starting in Week 3 she will commence a senior singing group and is looking for willing

people to join. It will run from 3:30 – 4:30 at a cost of $5 pp . The private 30 mins lessons will run

at a cost of $25 per student.

If you are interested in being part of the group or having a private lesson please let Kath Tanner

know as soon as possible.

MORTLAKE COLLEGE ROSTER TO HELP WITH MEALS ON WHEELS

Mortlake College is helping to distribute Meals on Wheels on the 10th

,

11th

, 12th

, 13th

& 14th

August

This terms roster for Meals On Wheels has been filled.

Thank you to all the parents who have offered to help. Ellie Hammond, Lindsay Kain,

Michelle Howat, Jen Roxburgh & Lucy Gubbins—Mirren Munn 0488 295 310

Mortlake Junior Sharks

Games/Disco Night

Thursday 6th

August straight aSer training from 5.30 +ll 7.30pm.

$5 pizza and drinks at lollies at canteen prices.

Theme; Wear your pyjamas or onsey.

Lots of dancing games and table tennis comp for U14 footballers/netballers

2015 CALENDAR

AUGUST

Wed 22nd July –

Wed 26th Aug

Sporting Schools - Swimming

Wed 29th July –

Wed 26th Aug

Sporting Schools - Running Club

Wed 5th Immunisation Catch Up

Wed 12th 2016 Kinder Information Night 7.00pm

Thurs 13th Drama Vic - BER

Fri 14th Leila Rose Foundation – Out of Uniform Day

Mon 24th Advance Excursion

Tues 25th Succeed Ribbon Day Fundraiser

SEPTEMBER

Thurs 3rd LOTE Momotoro P-7

Fri 4th Federation Uni Year 10 Experience

Wed 9th Mortlake College Formal

Fri 11th State School Spectacular

Sat 12th State School Spectacular

Mon 14th Yr 3-4 AFL 9’s

Tue 15th P-4 Production Matinee Performance

Wed 16th P-4 Production Evening Performance

Wed 16th-Fri 18th Yr 5-6 Ballarat Camp

Wed 16th-Fri 18th Yr 7 Nelson Camp

Thurs 17th MWC Basketball

Fri 18th Grand Final Breakfast

PARENT ASSOCIATION

This term Mortlake College are having a Pie Fundraiser. It will run from now un-til August the 28th, with a expected delivery date of 3-4th of September.

Please fill out form below and return with money to the general office.