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Principal Report
Hi everyone,
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome to Peninsula Specialist College all the new students and
their families who join us for 2019.
Everyone had a tremendous start to the school year and settled well into the daily school routines.
Thank you to everyone for attending your children’s SSG meetings. You will receive the printed
Individual Learning Plan shortly.
Congratulations to our graduating class of 2019 for receiving their special jackets and badges in our
recent assembly and to our school captains for 2019, Amy, Molly, Michael and Seth.
One of our secondary students, Ryan Jennings, has a YouTube channel. Please feel free to follow the link to have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUU-6hGihh0 All the best Peter
NEWSLETTER April 2019 25 Old White Hill Road, Dromana 3936 - www.peninsulaspecialist.vic.edu.au – (03) 5987 2649
Welcome to our
Preps in Class 3 Class 3 students are off to a fantastic start this Term.
They are making friends and enjoying many fun
activities. We have learnt about shapes and colours
through our colour weeks. We have learnt to sit in
the whole school assembly and receive our Star of
the Week awards and go up the front for our
birthdays. We look forward to what is to come in
Term 2.
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CLASS 4 We have been very busy in Class 4
learning about colours and shapes.
We have made Blue jelly, Pink
playdough, Green caterpillars,
Yellow sunflowers, Orange Stars and
Purple jellyfish.
Junior Swimming Sports
Senior Swimming Sports
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT At Peninsula Specialist College we strive to support our students in all areas of their learning; academic,
physical and social/emotional.
Understanding student behaviour is a key to helping our students achieve the best possible outcomes at
school, home and in the community. All staff are being trained as part of the Department of Education
framework called School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support. This process will build the capacity of our staff to
prevent and respond to behaviour in a positive and consistent way across the school.
Information and tips will be provided via the school website and newsletter to keep families informed to help
you support our students at home and in the community.
PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS will be held next term – dates to be advised
As part of the process students are learning about the College Values
……and expected behaviour in all areas at school
Parent/Carer information sessions will run in Term 2. Dates to be advised.
In Term 1, VCAL students have been working in collaboration with Art, Music and ICT to combine skill sets to
develop a digital art piece. Students had the choice to select between animation, screen printing, music making
and creation of CD covers, advertisements/graphic design and business/product design.
Some classes have been learning about the
Djembe drum from West Africa. The drum is
played using the palm and fingers of your
hands. The students have learned to play 2
notes on the Djembe, the bass and tone.
The bass is the low note and tone the high
note. The Djembe can be played on your lap,
between your legs or on the floor.
The students have learnt to play in a drum
circle, working together to play the same
beat with the same tempo. TEAM WORK is
fun.
‘Yulendj Laang’ (‘Making Connections’)
Womindjeka (welcome).There has been a great start to
2019 with the PSC community acknowledging and
celebrating the traditional owners of the land, the Boon
Wurrung people and paying their respects to their Elders
both past and present, through cross curricula activities.
Boonwurrung language is used daily for greetings,
sports teams, room names and songs etc.
A big thank you to the 2018 Horticulture VCAL team who
provided us with a beautiful Bush Tucker garden.
As part of their VCAL Personal
Development studies, Class 16
students have been visiting Dromana
College every Monday and accessing
their gym facilities. Students have
learnt about many aspects of health
and fitness, formulating their own
fitness goals and workout plans. They
have enjoyed using the different
equipment in the gym, and have
tracked their progress throughout the
term. Supporting each other in pairs,
students have loved working up a
sweat! A special shout out goes to
Lloyd for bench pressing 40kgs and to
James whom was able to cycle 1 mile
on the spin bike. We look forward to
continuing our gym sessions
throughout the year.
On Friday 29th March, a group of secondary
students were fortunate enough to visit
Edithvale Golf Course for a clinic run by
Golf Victoria. Students were given
demonstrations on how to swing a golf
club, and were run through a variety of fun
drills. They also got the opportunity to play
a few holes in some amazing weather. All
students commented on how much more
difficult golf was than they initially
expected – keep practising guys! Special
mention to Athan from Class 16 who was a
putting maestro. We look forward to more
sporting opportunities in term two.