From the Principal Welcome back to everyone for the start of term 2. I hope all our families and friends enjoyed a relaxing Term 1 and Easter break. We have had a terrific start with students seling into their new schedules and staffing changes for Term 2. Staffing We congratulate Ms Argenna Orz on successfully being appointed to the adversed Educaonal Support posion. Argenna worked at the MCEC for the academic year of 2016 and during this me established a very posive rapport with the students. She brings with her knowledge, experience and skills working with students with a disability. We welcome Mr Leigh Butler to our teaching team at Montague Connuing Educaon Centre. Leigh comes to us from Sandringham Secondary College and Sacred Heart College, Oakleigh. Leigh’s strengths are Maths, IT and business. Leigh will teach every student at the MCEC as he will teach across the Victorian Curriculum and VCAL Foundaon and Intermediate. Please pop in and introduce yourself at your ILP meeng. We say goodbye to Ms Jodie Geri has been appointed to McKinnon Primary School as the new Business and Markeng Manager. On behalf of all the Community Members and School Council l sincerely congratulate Jodie on her appointment and wish her well in her new role, she will be terrific. Jodie has seen employed at Montague Connuing Educaon MCEC for the past 15 months. She has been an amazing asset to the school and she will be truly missed. We are sll going through the process to appoint a new Business Manager. Individual Learning Plans and Student Support Group Individual Learning Plans and Student Support Group meengs will be held on May 2 nd . I encourage all parents and carers to aend. Your child will be presenng an aspect of their work in a the 3-way conference with yourself and their class teacher. I April 2017 Volume 2, Issue 4 April News Montague CEC 100 Montague Street, South Melbourne Tel: 03 9690 3535 | www.montague.vic.edu.au SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT TO COMMUNITY The school Annual Report to the community is now available to view on our website. Visit www.montague.vic.edu.au CAMP INFORMATION & FORMS Will be given to families at the ILP sessions on Tuesday 2nd May. The camp is scheduled for Wed 28th June—Friday 30th June (the final day of term). The students and teachers will be going to Blackwood. Camp forms are to be returned to the office. CURRICULUM DAY—MONDAY 15th May This will be a student free day. The staff will all be parcipang in First Aid Training on this day, to update their cerficaons. Daily Timetable 8:30am School opens 8:45am Locker bell 9:00am Period 1 11:00am Recess 11:30am Period 2 1:00pm Lunch 1:30pm Period 3 3:00pm End of Day Student ILP meengs are on Tuesday 2nd May . Students only aend for their interview me with parents and teacher. Connued on pg 2
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From the Principal Welcome back to everyone for the start of term 2. I
hope all our families and friends enjoyed a relaxing
Term 1 and Easter break. We have had a terrific start
with students settling into their new schedules and
staffing changes for Term 2.
Staffing
We congratulate Ms Argentina Ortiz on successfully
being appointed to the advertised Educational
Support position. Argentina worked at the MCEC for
the academic year of 2016 and during this time
established a very positive rapport with the students.
She brings with her knowledge, experience and skills
working with students with a disability.
We welcome Mr Leigh Butler to our teaching team at
Montague Continuing Education Centre. Leigh comes
to us from Sandringham Secondary College and
Sacred Heart College, Oakleigh. Leigh’s strengths are
Maths, IT and business. Leigh will teach every student
at the MCEC as he will teach across the Victorian
Curriculum and VCAL Foundation and Intermediate.
Please pop in and introduce yourself at your ILP
meeting.
We say goodbye to Ms Jodie Geri has been appointed
to McKinnon Primary School as the new Business and
Marketing Manager. On behalf of all the Community
Members and School Council l sincerely congratulate
Jodie on her appointment and wish her well in her
new role, she will be terrific. Jodie has seen employed
at Montague Continuing Education MCEC for the past
15 months. She has been an amazing asset to the
school and she will be truly missed. We are still going
through the process to appoint a new Business
Manager.
Individual Learning Plans and Student
Support Group
Individual Learning Plans and Student Support Group
meetings will be held on May 2nd. I encourage all
parents and carers to attend. Your child will be
presenting an aspect of their work in a the 3-way
conference with yourself and their class teacher. I
Apri l 2017 Volume 2, Issue 4
April News
Montague CEC 100 Montague Street, South Melbourne
Tel: 03 9690 3535 | www.montague.vic.edu.au
SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT TO COMMUNITY
The school Annual Report to the community is now available to view on our website.
Visit www.montague.vic.edu.au
CAMP INFORMATION & FORMS
Will be given to families at the ILP sessions on
Tuesday 2nd May.
The camp is scheduled for Wed 28th June—Friday
30th June (the final day of term).
The students and teachers will be going to
Blackwood. Camp forms are to be returned to the
office.
CURRICULUM DAY—MONDAY 15th May
This will be a student free day.
The staff will all be participating in First Aid Training
on this day, to update their certifications.
Daily Timetable
8:30am School opens
8:45am Locker bell
9:00am Period 1
11:00am Recess
11:30am Period 2
1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Period 3
3:00pm End of Day
Student ILP
meetings are on
Tuesday 2nd
May. Students
only attend for
their interview
time with
parents and
teacher. Continued on pg 2
would like to thank everyone for contributing to
their child’s Individual Learning Plan in term 1. I see
the education of each child as a partnership
between school and home so please do not
hesitate to contact the school if you have any
concerns. Please pop in and introduce yourself to
Leigh Butler at your ILP meeting.
COMPASS – A communication tool for
students, staff and parents
We are currently in the process of setting up
Compass - an online school and student
management tool that provides schools with
immediate, on-demand access to a student
performance, wellbeing and much more. Compass
School Manager will initially be used for:
Electronic roll marking and parent access to
attendance data
Providing regular information and updates to
students, parents and staff
Access to school calendar
Student Goal recording and Individual
Learning Improvement Plans (ILIPs)
Excursion planning
Communicate with staff
Provide explanations for absences (Parents)
Online and semester progress reports
(Parents and Students)
Booking Student Learning Conversations
All staff are currently undertaking Professional
Development using this software application. We
hope to have our semester two reports completed
on Compass, all going well.
Camp - Blackwood
Students and staff are working hard to plan the
school’s Annual Camp. Mr Lee Russell and Ms
Sotiria Hatzipanagioto are the teachers in charge of
the camp, Ms Argentina Ortiz and Mr Garry Martin
will also be attending June 28th to 30th. Your child
will be given Camp information / Program at your
ILP meeting. We would like you to indicate
whether your child will be attending the camp or
not as we need to confirm numbers with
Blackwood by May 5th.
ANZAC Day Ceremony
I would like to congratulate Ashley McKenzie for
his fabulous organisation of ANZAC at the MCEC.
Ashley led the school through a traditional
service and along with Josie Daweleby laid the
wreath in front of our school flagpole. I would
like to thanks the parents
whom attended, and the
students for their
behaviour and respect
shown during the
service.
Regards,
Suzanne Trease
From page 1...
Spaghetti Bolognese
Can you try this recipe and let us know how it went?
Ingredients
1 onion. chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon oil
250 g minced meat
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1-2 cup stock
150 g spaghetti
4 tablespoons grated tasty cheese
Method
1. Fry onion and garlic in oil until light brown.
2. Add meat, fry lightly.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and pepper.
Simmer meat sauce at least 30 minutes.
4. Cook spaghetti in 1 l boiling water with 1-4 tea-
spoon salt for 15 minutes. Drain, serve on to
serving plates, keep warm.
5. Pour sauce over spaghetti, sprinkle with cheese.
6. Serve.
By Nicholas
Curriculum News Each Friday in Food Tech the students have been
cooking up a storm! They are hoping you will try these
recipes at home with them to further develop their
new skills. See also Jesse’s recipe on back page.
Jodie’s Farewell Message... Parent Information Evening
@ Montague
May 25th 7-8pm
The Black Dog Institute promotes better
mental health through their clinically -
endorsed school, workplace and community
programs. They are also involved in training
the next generation of health care providers
through GP, psychologist and psychiatrist
programs.
One in four young people experience a
mental illness and 65% do not seek
professional support. Schools play a central
role in providing awareness, understanding
and support for students regarding mental
health and wellbeing.
On Monday 25th Blackdog will be conducting
a seminar for parents and staff on Navigating
Teenage Depression. Through illustrations,
facts and storytelling parents and teachers
will learn what to look out for and where to
go for support. The presentation aims to
increase mental health literacy, reduce
stigma and promote help seeking for young
people.
We encourage all parents to come and you
are more than welcome to bring a friend or
other parents. Please let the school know if
you will be attending.
For more information, please review this link.
http://www.mindhealthconnect.org.au/
partners/black-dog-institute#!
Thank you
Ahmed for quietly overcoming shyness to come to the office
Ash for excellent stories about your interests
Brady for always asking me how I am and with a good story to tell
Chelsey for always being happy, helpful and polite
Christian B for letting me pat the puppy
Christian P for always stopping by the office for a quick chat
Daniel for excellent organisational skills and perseverance
Families for their support
Harri for excellent manners and helpfulness in the office
Jack for trusting that we are here to support you
Jarryd for interesting commentary on the facts of school and life
Jesse for being happy to come to school everyday
Jonathon for amazing stories and newsletter contributions
Josh H for being helpful and polite every time I see you
Josh P for always trying to improve yourself
Josie for always saying good morning with a bright smile
Kai for the honour of your voice
Kailup for a cheeky grin and sense of humour
Liv for a happy smile for every makeup/fashion discussion
Mack for the countless cupcakes and biscuits
Matt for your perseverance and wanting to improve yourself
Nick DG for ninjas, turtles, Pokémon and Scooby Doo
Nick K for overcoming shyness with politeness
Nikki for the wonder of numbers and dates
Noah for quietly passing the office and being polite
Ryan for being helpful, polite and kind
Scott for informing me on historical events
School Council for your excellent advice and support
Staff for ongoing support and friendships
Yash for always saying “Good morning” and “Good bye”
Birds and other animals who eat the plastic doesn’t
break down in their stomach. Most birds will give
their baby’s plastic because it’s picked up by the
mothers thinking it was food and not plastic. More
baby birds are dying now from eating plastic.
Plastic is poison and made out of petrol. Plastic may
take years to break up
1-5 years’ cigarette buts
500 years for six pack rings
100 years for coffee cups
4000 years for plastic bags
Plastic was created 70 years ago. Plastic gets to drains
and the drains go to the beach amounts of the plastic
has increased over the years. Less natural materials –
e.g. leaves, driftwood, sea weed, sells, and more plas-
tic.
Creatures from the sea get taggle in a fish nets so we
made lots of sea creatures and put them on a net.
We crushed plastic bottles and put what we wanted
on in to look l like the animal we wanted. We used
bottles and straws, small nets bottle caps, and other
stuff. It was fun not doing work and cutting up the
stuff.
The hard thing to do was the tail as it would not stay
up but I got it done.
Suggestion to save our environment is to use less
plastic and more glass bottles. To not use as much
plastic as I should and to remind others to put their
rubbish in the bin so we can save our water animals
and other creatures in the world.
Creatures by the Bay Work-
shop with Carolyn
Ahmed
Carolyn who is an artist living in South Melbourne
came in to talk to us about the problems of plastic
in the bay. She creates a lot of art using plastics
she finds along the Port Phillip bay beaches.
She talked to us about how birds and animals who
eat plastic bits are dying because plastic doesn’t
break down in their stomach. Plastic is poison and
is made from petrol. Plastic may take thousands of
years to years to break up but it does not disap-
pear because it is a manmade product.
Plastic was created 70 years ago and the amounts
and uses have increased. Straws, bottles, take
away coffee cups, take away food containers, rub-
ber gloves, plastic bags, wrappers, cans and lots of
other things.
I made a fish from plastic rubbish. I used a plastic
bottle for the body some straws for the fins the
bottle caps for eyes and a long tail made from a
rubber glove.
I did enjoy making the fish. It was quite simple to
make. I used the heat gun to glue to stick it to-
gether.
I think that we should use less plastic or don’t be
lazy and walk to a bin. I didn’t know there was so
much plastic rubbish in the beaches which is col-
lected during heavy rains in the drain pipes and
end up in the beach. We need to be aware of the
impact plastic is having on our environment.
Harri’s Work Review
Creatures by the Bay
Olivia
Did you know that birds and animals who eat plastic bits
are dying because plastic doesn’t break down in their
stomach? Bird like the albatross think they smell krill
among the algae so they eat it. They found a couple of
kilos of plastic in a bird’s stomach. Plastic is poison and
made from petrol.
Plastic my take thousands of years to break up. Cigarette
butts may take one to five years. A six packs ring may
take 500 years or more. A coffee cups may take up to
100 years. Plastic bags up to 4000 years.
Plastic was created 70 years ago. Plastic gets to drain and
ends the beach. The amount of plastic has increased all
over the world and in the polluting the environment.
There are less natural materials on the beach. Carolyn
who did the workshop with us used to find lots of drift
wood on the beach but now there is more plastic on the
beaches than ever before.
I made a lobster for my project. I used a plastic bottle
and painted it red then I put holes in the bottle to make
the legs by using straws then I used lid bottle to put the
eyes on the lobster. I glued other bits such as the legs
and tentacles in with a heart gun and decorated it with
plastic foil.
We should try to use less plastic or be careful how we
get rid of it. When you finish drinking your water. Be kind
and thoughtful to our environment and put the bottle
safely in the bin. This does not guarantee that it won’t
get in the ocean but it’s a start. When you have a fag
don’t drop your butts on the ground cause that’s just
grouse.
Today I learnt that coffee cups
take 100 years to break up in the ocean,
a six pack of beer rings take 500 years.
WHAT DID I MAKE TODAY: Today in
ART I made a fish out of plastic red
cups, a thong and some straws? It did-
n’t really turn out as I thought it would
but in the end I think it looked kind of
cool.
In my opinion I think we should just ban plastic bags in general. And I also think we should put a lot more recyclable bins along the Port Philip beaches.
Today I am writing about the last few weeks
at school. I started to write stories in class
for my English subject. I also answered math
problems. They are hard to answer. I’m
getting homework that I will need to com-
plete in a fortnight. I don’t know what kind
of homework my teacher will be setting me
for term 2. In science I have been learning
about life cycles for animals. In interschool
sports I played basketball last term. This
term we will be playing soccer. I am not the
best at soccer but I’m willing to give it a go.
MESSAGES from Montague StaRS
Jack achieved his individual goals
set up in his ILP for working
together and building resilience.
It is great to see Jack role
modelling positive attitudes
towards his teachers and peers.
Well done Jack, keep up the great
work!
Student of the Month
Anzac Day Master of Ceremony—Ashley’s Speech Welcome to Montagues ANZAC Day Ceremony. We are here today to honour all Australians who have served our country in times of war and conflict, in particular the original Anzacs who landed on the shores of Gallipoli over 100 years ago on 25 April 1915. 25th April is known as ‘Anzac Day’, and lots of Australians and New Zealanders take time on this day to remember those who served, and honour the sacrifices they made in our country’s name. ANZAC – these five letters stand for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and the men who were in that corps came to be known as ‘Anzacs’. In 1915 the Anzacs, together with British, Indian and French soldiers, were sent to fight on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. Australians from all kinds of backgrounds served during the First World War. They wore the same uniform and shared the experience of war. Their story, the Anzac story, is one that unites all Australians, regardless of their background. There are many ways we can honour the thousands of young ANZAC’s who fought for our freedom and justice throughout the world, so that generations to come (so us) could live in peace. Today the Montague Community are honouring the ANZAC’s with this wreath. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget.
Josie and
Ashley laying
the wreath
2017 Attitudes to Schools Survey
We want our students to tell us what they think
Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School
survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey assists
schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school.
Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling
experience.
This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 22 May to Friday
23 June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.
Students at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during
school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.
The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3.
The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are known to
influence student engagement and performance.
Students privacy is our priority
Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned
identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes only. Your child’s
privacy and the confidentiality of your child’s survey responses will be protected at all times. No
identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file.
This survey is not a test and your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point
before, during, or after completion.
Want to know more?
Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information or see: Attitudes to School Survey