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Issue No.8 december 16th, 2015
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Movember Fundraising
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Languages Assembly
FROM THE PRINCIPALAs I reflect on our achievements in 2015 I
could not be more proud of our students, staff, parents and
community – we are a fantastic team at Glen eira college.
this term we celebrated diwali (Festival of Lights) led by Lilly
Francis and bernadette ronald. there were displays, workshops,
dancing and great food. this is another example of celebrating our
wonderful culturally diverse community. We were delighted to have
the French Ambassador as our special guest at our recent Languages
Awards Assembly. It was exciting to see so many students recognised
for their success in French, hebrew and chinese. the results for
students participating in the deLF (diplome elementaire en Langue
Francaise) exams get better every year. I am very grateful for all
of the hard work and commitment to language education provided by
all of our language teachers.
the music Festival was again a great success showcasing the
performance talents of our students. I am delighted with the hard
work of all of our Instrumental music teachers, led by robyn Keane,
and their commitment to developing the talents of each of their
students.
the Year 10 surf camp was a huge success. the students and staff
had a wonderful time and everyone learnt a few new skills.
congratulations to our 2016 school captains Akhil mathew and
Katherine Aspinall and Vice captains James brooks and sofia
Vamvakidou and our 2016 Junior school captains tuesday mooney and
sean Kelly and Vice captains seirra danon and harry
macLeod-smith
congratulations to Alistair and eitan from 7b who were invited
to represent Gec at the National Inter-school chess Finals recently
at Queens college melbourne university. the National Interschool
chess competition involved 17 schools and 104 students in the
middle years (years 7, 8 and 9). Well done to these 2 students who
achieved great results.
Year 12 ValedictoryIt was wonderful to celebrate the completion
of secondary schooling with our Year 12 graduates and families.
students were awarded with certificates and commemorative ‘owls’.
mary maniatis again excelled with commemorative cupcakes and a
wonderful main cake that all students signed. I look forward to the
results of our wonderful Year 12s.
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say farewell to:
•DominiqueDeMareuil,VictoriaSapoznikoff, Yuyun Feng, Lyn
campbell, Anny bevan, Kathleen
Pellizzer,HelenAmir,JenniferHoldenandthank them for their wonderful
contribution in working with our students in their time at Gec.
•MadeleineStulgiswhohasreplacedMatthew Weekes while on leave this
term.
daniel mulligan is taking a year of leave to travel and we wish
him all the best.
As our numbers continue to grow we are in the wonderful position
of recruiting more excellent teachers and support staff to the
college. We welcome:
•HaroulaChristodoulou-LeadingTeacher, senior school
•ColinSuckling–BusinessManager •LeeDalton–Maths/Science
•ErinBurgess–French/English •BernieCoghlan–BusinessManagement/EAL/
Phys ed •MelanieMattsson–LegalStudies/English
•EmmaNishikubo–French/Japanese
We will also have simon as an intern from telecom Lille for
January to may 2016 working in the area of communications.
Finally, I wish all students and families a happy and safe
holiday and look forward to seeing you all ready for the 2016
academic year which begins on thursday 28th January.
Sheereen KindlerPrincipal
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Junior SCHool HigHligHtSWell that’s a wrap! 2015 is finished and
2016 has begun. We farewelled our Year 9 students as they moved
into the senior school and welcomed the new Year 7 students on
orientation day.
the Year 9 program finished up with Project rockit leadership
incursion and Peer support
training. congratulations to those Year 9 students who are now
Peer support Leaders. We look forward to working with you and
seeing you blossom as leaders.
the Year 8 girls’ table tennis team competed at the smr regional
finals. It was an intense day as they won their way through to the
grand final. sierra, reena, manon and Pauline, led by campbell,
lost in the grand final but were the smr runners up.
congratulations team – very well deserved!
movember was another successful event with many students and
staff donning moustaches while raising money for men’s health.
thank you to coen and his aunt,
Marissa,fortheamazingartworkandpreparation!
the Junior school team wishes you a very safe and relaxing
holiday and we look forward to working with you again in 2016.
Keira McLeanJunior School Leader
Year 8 Girls’ Table Tennis
Year 7 HigHligHtSWhat a wonderful end to a fantastic year. It is
very rewarding to see the huge progress that our Year 7 students
have made since the beginning of the year – I am very proud. We
have also had a really good transition that will set our students
up for a successful start to Year 8.
there have been so many things to celebrate this term. relay for
life at duncan mackinnon was a huge success with a large number of
Year 7 students getting involved. We all had some wonderful musical
performances from sophie rowsell, brittany cooper, michaela
butler-brauer, Jasmine hobbs-Gordon, mikki clemans and emma
singer.
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the Year 7 boys’ cricket team achieved great success at
interschool sport, only losing by 7 runs in their final game. Well
done to: Josh Agar, harrison ryan, Jaymin Patel, Kartik Panikar,
hudson messenger, seokhyun Lee, dante spina, ben schauder, Vansh
shah, Oscar crick, Abhinav tummala, srivanth Allaka and Alex
ellenbogen.
during transition it was very exciting to see students showcase
their dance moves during their dance routines for Pe. We certainly
have some very talented Year 7s. We had a great day on our annual
trip to melbourne Zoo. the students used a combination of science
and their language studies to enrich their experience. A really
great way to finish off a very successful year.
thank you Year 7 for a wonderful year. I hope you all have a
very restful summer holiday. I look forward to seeing you all in
year 8 in 2016.
Louise BaragwanathYear 7 Coordinator
Relay For Life
Year 8 HigHligHtSIt has been a great pleasure to get to know and
work with the Year 8 students and I am delighted to be their
coordinator again next year. It was great to see our Year 8
students growing both academically and personally.
As part of the Year 9 transition program they participated in a
workshop on social labels and judgement where they learnt to
develop empathy for their peers and reflected on the differing
experiences that fellow students might have of school.
I would like to congratulate all the Year 8 students who ran for
Junior school captain as I was very impressed by the effort and the
professionalism they put in writing and delivering their speeches.
congratulations to tuesday mooney and sean Kelly who were elected
Junior school captains and sierra danon and harry macLeod-smith who
were elected Vice-captains.
I wish you all a well-deserved summer break and look forward to
working with you again next year.
Celine FompudieYear 8 Coordinator
Year 9 HigHligHtS After much excitement and preparation our Year
9 students and staff headed off to Phillip Island Adventure resort
on monday 9th November. Our first stop was the san remo foreshore
for a relaxing lunch on the beach followed by watching the local
pelicans being fed by Parks Victoria rangers.
After settling into the camp accommodation all students and
staff headed off to the various activities that were organised over
the next couple of days. during the archery we saw some budding
archers in the making with Jade Wolfson,
TimRuzeuandAaronRegterschotfiringoffsomeveryhighscores during their
group shoot outs. the disc Golf saw some very accurate frisbie
throwing occurring among the various groups and ms mcLean’s group
(Anna rowsell, mathilde Papon, campbell hymans, Noah micmacher,
chandra Windi,
ElizabethLindner-Craig,BinilMathew,AdamCosgrave,CoenmcGinniss, Kai
cappel, Alex Ide, barney miller, Vasundhara singh and Julie robin)
setting the score to beat around the course. the canoeing saw some
stylish rowing across the
lakeandafewcapsizingincidentswithCoreyZielinskianddimitris
chrisoulis ending up in the lake on a few occasions. the Laser tag
saw a lot of ducking and dodging occurring around the bush course
with all Year 9 students and staff showing off their sharp shooter
abilities.
One of the challenges of the camp was a raft building
competition. It was great to see all students enthusiastically
undertake this activity with very creative rafts being built. most
importantly, all rafts with their passengers aboard made it across
the lake without sinking in the process. the most challenging
activity of the camp was the high ropes course which involved
students climbing up to a course which was about 3 metres above the
ground then climbing along a challenging course. It was great to
see the acrobatic efforts of the students as they moved along the
course.
After the challenges of the day we spent the night relaxing by
taking a walk to the local beach, watching a movie and
participatinginadisco/karaokenight.ThekaraokenightsawYear 9 talent
on display with eloise Wenborn singing “rolling in the deep” and
even mr Golding sang a rendition of ‘All about the bass’ with back
up support from Anna rowsell, morgan edwards and berenice
mickelburough.
Unfortunately,thecampcametoaquickendandwehadtoreturn back to
Glen eira college. Over the time of the camp it was great to see
the terrific attitude of the students and that
theytooktheopportunity tomoveoutof theircomfortzoneto participate
in activities. I would like to extend a ‘big thank you’ to the
following staff members who attended the Year 9 camp and made it
possible: Keira mcLean, robyn Keane, david ebert, Adam Golding,
Georgina Peters, emma Power and radcliff Owen.
As part of the Year 9 Food technology course 9d students
undertook a cupcake design activity. during the activity they came
up with some very creative and delicious design. congratulations to
everyone who participated in this activity!
It is hard to believe that 2015 school year has come to an
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like to take this opportunity to thank all Year 9 students and
parents/guardians for support over the year.I hope you all have a
wonderful festive season and a very relaxing holiday break.
Elizabeth AllanYear 9 Coordinator
David Shulz
Samuel Soultanakis and Ari Verrios
CHeSS CHamPionSHiPOn sunday 29th November Alistair mccutcheon
and eitan Nikolaevsky in Year 7 competed in the rJ shield chess
Finals at Queens college melbourne university, a lead up event to
the National Interschool chess championship.
eitan won 2 games and drew 2. Alistair won 6 out of 7, coming
equal first in the over 12 competition. Theboyswere veryhappy with
their results! Alistair was also presented with his chess Junior
master certificate.
Alistair and eitan are looking forward to competing for Glen
eira college in the National Interschool chess finals over the next
two days at Queens college.
Keira McLean
Eitan Nikolaevsky and Alistair McCutcheon
Senior SCHool newSFirst of all I would like to thank the
community of Glen eira college for supporting me this year as the
senior school Leader. I feel very humbled and privileged to have
been your senior school Leader. In particular I would like to thank
my team; Lou tsarpalas, mary maniatis and Laura brancatella, who
have worked tirelessly to support all of our students to achieve
their very best in everything that they choose to do. I encourage
all students to set the bar high, to cross that line and achieve
great things in the coming year.
congratulations to all of our 2015 Year 12 students who have, by
now, received their results. I am very proud of your achievements
and I look forward to hearing about all of your adventures when you
come back and visit us for Aim high club next year.
It is with great pleasure that I introduce the senior school
student Leaders for 2016. congratulations on your appointment to
these positions. We all look forward to working with you next year
and know you will represent the college to the best of your
ability.
2016 School Captains Akhil mathew Katherine Aspinall
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thanks again for a great 2015! I wish you all a safe and happy
holiday season.
Emily BrownSenior School Leader
Year 10 newSAs the 2015 school year draws to an end I would like
to thank all Year 10 students for the wonderful relationships we
have formed over the last two years. I want to wish you all well as
you move into your Vce and I look forward to seeing you all do well
over the journey.
A very successful Year 10 surfing camp was held at Anglesea on
23rd – 25th November. All 34 students and three staff got the
opportunity to “hang ten” except of course for mr Lou who struggled
to get on the surfboard. the mind said “do it” but the body
couldn’t cope. I was very proud of our Year 10 students whilst on
camp as their behaviour was exemplary and they did our college
proud. thank you as well to miss brown and madame de mareuil for
attending the camp, partaking in all the activities and helping me
out.
Finally, welcome to the 2016 Year 10 cohort and their families.
Please feel free to email/ringme to discuss any issues orconcerns
you may have.
to all at Gec have a terrific festive season and a wonderful
holiday.
Lou Tsarpalas Year 10 Coordinator
Year 11 newStHanK You For a great Year!It is so hard to believe
that we are at the tail end of 2015 – where did the days, weeks and
months go?
I feel like it was only yesterday when we had our first Year 11
meeting and I presented the idea of crossing the Line(a
motivational concept aimed to inspire our young people to
succeed).
so what can I say about the current Year 11 cohort? Firstly, it
has been a pleasure to work with all students. We have had times of
tantrums and tears but the one thing is that, I said it from the
start, we are on a journey together navigating the waters of 2015,
in good and challenging times. this year we farewelled many
students who all sought different pathways away from Glen eira
college – Natan camissar, Yoad rafael, Andrea medina, Andrei
Panaligan, Lachlan connor, mikhael Tovel, Taylor Powell, Corey
Tzabari, Mike Zhang, JoshuaWoodcock, Natchaphat Phosa-Ard, samantha
cohen and hung Le. At the end of the year we will have a small
group leaving the Year 11 family – Jordan timmons, Lachlan smith,
Farisha sardar, david Qiu and tristan coomerawel – and we thank
them for their contribution to the college and wish them all the
very best in their future endeavours.
to all Year 11 students thank you for a great year, full of
great memories and I enjoyed celebrating with you all at our Year
11 function at maxy’s restaurant. to parents, it has been a
pleasureworkinginpartnershipwithyoualltoseeyourson/daughter
successfully through the year. happy holidays to you all.
May ManiatisYear 11 Coordinator
Year 12 newS
congratulations to the class of 2015 on finally graduating. It
was an absolute pleasure and honour to lead this group of young
people. I wish them the very best for their future endeavours.
I sincerely thank all students for their cooperation and
enthusiasm this year. I especially thank the school captains,
Vincent mcKeown-West, Jayde Glass, digby mooney and mailys
Perfrement for their outstanding leadership throughout the year.
special thanks also to the students on the Year 12 executive who
gave so much of their time to support and
organizefunctionsfortheirpeers.
Year 12 2015 Valedictory Cake
Mailys Perfrement and Digby Mooney
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2015, in particular the senior school staff, who have worked
tirelessly throughout the year.
Finally, I would like to wish you a very happy and safe
christmas.
Laura BrancatellaYear 12 Coordinator
moVemberNovember, a month packed full special events. On the
first tuesday a race stops the nation. then, just over a week
later, we remember those who have fallen in all wars. It is the
exam and report-writing period. November signals to us that the end
of the year is just around the corner. Not only is November the
last month of spring, it is the month where hair seems to spring up
on many a man's top lip. November sprouts into movember!
this movember, mr Givogue became our resident smithsonian, with
his mutton chop moustache. michael Kelty looked more like michael J
Fox in teen Wolf, while mr Golding was sporting a sophisticated
errol Flynn. but no one can rival Lou's big bad 'tache!!
coen mcGinniss, who started our movember tradition back in 2013,
was instrumental again this year in leading this great initiative.
he arranged for signage to be placed around the school promoting
movember and manned the stall supplying all of the stick on
moustaches to be sold on the day. he also roped in a few helpers,
in particular Adam cosgrave and BrandonWasbutzki. MsMcLean andMs
Brown displayedtheir artistic talents, painting on stylish
moustaches. many staff and students supported the day, painting on
or sticking on a moustache. thank you also to ms maniatis for
providing moustache cupcakes for sale.
movember not only proved to be yet again successful, it proved
the continuing generous and giving nature of our entire Gec
community.
though I must honestly say, december is a decidedly better
looking month...
Tori MulliganTeaching and Learning Leader
Movember fundraising
enriCHment & enHanCementstudents from Year 7 worked in teams
to collaboratively construct ‘liveable cities’ as their major
project for Geography. the results were stunning and an exhibition
of works was on view in the library to show their models. In
addition to working on current projects, students from Years 7, 8
& 9 painted Indigenous message stones to depict the
relationship to land from a different perspective.
Thisweekwepresentedour fouramazingYear8studentswho took the
initiative to compete with Australia’s best science students with
their certificates. It began as an opportunity to enter a film
competition and have some ‘science’ fun. It proved much more than
that. the fun turned to hard work and their entry into the
competition gave them great opportunities. After working hard at
school, at home and meeting the deadline and strict conditions of
the sleek Geek eureka science competition, they became a finalist
in the competition. the team secured a highly commended award
nationally. that means that our four students were ranked the
fourth best science students across Australia. the four students
received a visit from our local member, david southwick, and
received letters of commendation from mr southwick’s office and the
previous Federal education minister christopher Pyne. this week
they received certificates from sydney university.
reena Zelenkova, Jacob hoch, Will stamp and sean Kelly
Year 7 Liveable Cities Project
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eleanor harel, Vce Philosophy student, initiated a food
collection in the library to support the Asylum seekers resource
centre as part of her moral commitment to others while studying the
philosopher Peter singer who is promoting the care of others as a
duty rather than charity. the food was collected in our library
then taken to the Asylum resource centre in Footscray and placed on
shelves, like a mini supermarket, for those in need to come and
fill their baskets to feed their families with dignity. the
Foodbank was very appreciative of our support.
Dear Glen Eira College,Thank you for your generous donation of
food and household goods to the ASRC Foodbank. Our Foodbank ensures
asylum seeker families without work rights or income support are
still able to access groceries. We wouldn't be able to provide that
service without donations like yours. Many thanks and kind regards,
Chony and the Foodbank Team
the philosophy class thanks everyone at Glen eira college for
their kind generosity for those in need.
congratulations to Georgia massey, raphael Aleksenitser, Alanna
Gray, benjamin durkin, elouise Krelle, Yann Li Fat chuen, morgan
edwards and Fergus boyd who were successful applicants of the
melbourne Graduate school of education summer Program over the
summer break. We wish them well on the program and we look forward
to reading their reflections on return to school in 2016.
Deborah CordingleyEnrichment & Enhancement Coordinator
are congratulated for their contribution to science using
scientific method and the medium of film explaining the weird
concept of Synaesthesia.
Congratulations Jacob, Sean, Reena and Will
Food collection for Asylum Seekers
Melbourne Graduate School of Education Summer Program
participants
green Cornersome of the latest tips to “tree Free your home”As
much as possible, create a tree-free home:
•replacepapernapkinswithclothnapkins
•replacepapertowelswithaspecialsetofclothtowels/napkins(orcutupoldt-shirtsforgreat
towels) - store the used ones in a small container in your kitchen
and just wash and reuse
•purchasebleach-free,toiletpaperthatismade from the highest
post-consumer waste content you can find (80% minimum)
•ifyouprintdocuments,printononce-usedpaperand/orbleach-free,recycledpaperwiththehighest
post-consumer waste content available hemp
I hope that you have enjoyed reading these environmental tips
and I look forward to providing more suggestions for you in
2016.
Remi Hudson Year 9
languageS Cornerlanguages assemblyWords are not enough to
describe our one of a kind Languages Assembly on Friday 27th
November.
Our students showed the audience very clearly and vividly that
languages bring us all together as one. the performances, dances,
songs, “scenes de theatre” and poetry recitation in hebrew, French
and chinese all spoke for themselves. We could clearly see the
happiness and the pride of our students to showcase their talents
in their languages of study.
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Languages Assembly
the large number of students who received awards also proves the
dedication of our students to achieve excellence in their language
learning.
We were very honoured to have his excellency christophe
Lecourtier, French Ambassador in Australia, as our guest of honour
who congratulated our students on their high level of
achievement.
thank you to all parents who attended, showing their commitment
to their child’s language learning.
A big thank you to all teachers; ms tane, ms Feng, madame
Peters, Madame Sapoznikoff, Madame De Mareuil andmadame Fompudie
for all your work this year and for your contribution to the
success of the Languages Assembly. thank you also to our cNed maths
teachers, mme Lepetit andMmeDeleplanque.
A big thank you to all students who got involved and went above
and beyond to make the Languages Assembly such a
uniquecelebration!
immersion excursion to the immigration museum and roule galette
Crêperie!It was a great day out for our immersion students in Year
7 and Year 8 on thursday 3rd december. After a visit to the
Immigration museum where the students learnt about personal
identity and stories of refugees (all with the French App from the
museum!), they had a delicious lunch of both sweet and savoury
crepes!
Rendezvousnextyear formorefuntimeswith theFrenchImmersion
Program.
un Grand merci a mme Fompudie who organised the visit to the
museum!
Loveena NarayanenHead of Languages
remembranCe daY exCurSionOn Wednesday 11th November the Year 7
cNed students were invited to participate to the remembrance day
ceremony at the shrine of remembrance attended by the French
consulate mrs Willie, some veterans and delegations from other
schools, including caulfield Junior college, sacre coeur and Auburn
college.
It was a beautiful ceremony, very moving.
At the end of the ceremony, the students were able to ask
questionsthattheyhadpreparedinclasstoFrenchveteransand visited the
memorial.
Dominique De Mareuil
Remembrance Day Excursion
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muSiC newS!2015 has been a wonderful year for our Instrumental
music students being involved in many performance opportunities.
students have worked hard practising their instruments, attending
their lessons each week while being involved in all the musical
activities on offer and it shows in the development of their
musical skills. this was evident at our end of year music Festival
held in the Glen eira college Performing Arts centre on Wednesday
2nd december. the audience were delighted with the diversity of the
performances on
thenightandwerealsoimpressedwiththequalityoftheseperformances.
Choir the hanging treeConcert band hunger Games trilogy
ensemble band + Choir Walking on sunshinebrass cheery Wave
Flute In dreams & under the seabrass birthday boy
Saxophone/Clarinet IntroitStrings Nabo
drums Maya’sMarch/MayaDalpasPercussion ensemble southern
Grene
Voice & guitar Life of the Party Violin
SoloAllegro/Vivaldi
dance troupe choreographed by Zoe tuttlebySaxophone hatikvaFlute
Kummar No 2
Saxophone & Clarinet st Anthony’s choraleVoice & Piano
Photograph
Strings & Piano Perpetuum mobileguitar ensemble &
Voice
thinking out LoudPiano improvisation – Quy Fatouros
Violin & PianoEineKleineNachtmusik/MozartVoice & Piano
happy ending
Saxophone saxabilityString ensemble & dance
Cathcart/ApoFetlarTopSet
Josephine’sWaltzacapella group I Need Your Love
Choir Al shlosha d’Varim
I would like to thank all of our Instrumental music teachers for
their dedication to their students and for their assistance in the
running of this year’s concert. congratulations to all of our
students for their efforts this year. We will miss our Year 12s,
Quy Fatouros and max hubert as they move on to further studies and
we wish them all the best in their future endeavours. We have
enjoyed getting to know our Year 7s who have proved to be extremely
talented and dedicated already. Farewell to a number of students
that are leaving our school this year but have contributed towards
our music program through the past few years – we also wish you
well and hope that you come back to visit in the future.
Our music students have experienced performance opportunities in
a variety of locations this year including:
•Stringfest •RelayforLife •StateSchoolsSpectacularatHisenseArena
•RegionalMusicCampatDaylesford
•GlenEiraCouncilVolunteerAwardCeremony •Singfest
•FluteensembleatCarnegieShoppingCentre hand made Fair
2015 has been an exceptional year for musical talent at Glen
eira college but I predict that 2016 will be even better. We look
forward to continuing the musical journey with our students next
year.
Robyn KeaneInstrumental Music Coordinator
Music Festival
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group of parents who support our kids’ school and also have some
fun and meet new local friends. If you are not already receiving
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Our first committee meeting in 2016 will be held at glen eira
College on thursday 18th February at 3:45pm, and all Gec parents
and guardians are invited. this will be an opportunity to find out
more about us and contribute your ideas. We love having new
members, and your level of involvement will be up to you.
SCHOOL UNIFORM SALEPlease donate unwanted uniform items by
Wednesday 16th December 2015
Uniform Stall Thursday 21st January 2016 9am – 11am – Book
Collection Day On thursday 21st January 2016, we will hold a
2nd-hand uniform stall at the college. this is also the date on
which campion will have booklist orders available for
collection.
Previous uniform sales have been very popular, helped families
save on uniform costs and raised funds for the college (the sale in
January this year raised over $2,000).
If you have any uniform items that your child has outgrown or no
longer needs, please consider donating it for sale at our stall.
Please note that we cannot sell items that are no longer part of
the college uniform, such as spray jackets and polar fleece
jackets.
Please ensure that all items are in reasonable condition and
have been washed and thoroughly dried before you bring them in.
they can be brought to the school office by Wednesday 16th
december.
Second-hand Books - Please note that we will not run a stall for
second-hand textbooks this summer. Glen eira college has registered
with the sustainable school shop,
whichwillallowfamiliestobuy/selltheirusedtextbooksviaawebsite. We
hope this will be a more convenient option for most families (as
well as saving many hours of work for the office staff and our
volunteers).
the college will also gladly accept donations of books which are
on next year’s booklists. these will help the college to assist Gec
families experiencing financial hardship.
william angliSS reStaurant dinner 7th noVemberWe had a fantastic
night filled with plenty of laughter and music, a lovely meal and
interesting conversations.
some expressed their creativity by painting on the theme
'Learning and ever evolving', resulting in a colourful canvas of
many thoughts and images to ponder. Our 'oeuvre d'art' will be
displayed at the college as a symbol of community, diversity and
friendship between parents, colleagues and friends of Gec.
Our raffle saw some dads winning a full range of feminine
beauty products, while other parents and staff won concert
tickets,uniquespiritsandmanyotherprizes, thankstoourgenerous
sponsors.
We raised over $1,000 for mr ebert's robotics program – so
encourage your students to enjoy these new opportunities.
thank you all for making this night so very special and helping
us raise funds for an ever evolving school.
thank you!
Marie-Pierre Deleplanque, WA Dinner Event coordinator
multiCultural SuPPer thursday 26th novemberNew and current Glen
eira college families enjoyed an informal dinner with a range of
dishes including from France (Quiche Lorraine), middle east
(falafels and hummus), south African (melk tert) and european
(gingerbread, short bread and apple and berry pies). the raffle of
movie tickets was won by a new family to the school starting year 7
next year - A lovely welcome to the school.
glen eira College ParentS aSSoCiation end oF Year dinnerto
celebrate a year of friendship and helping the school the Glen eira
college Parents Association enjoyed a dinner at the servery in Glen
huntly. thanks Juliet, marie-Pierre and co for a great year.
Cathy McNaughton and Juliet Brianton
William Angliss Dinner
diwali CelebrationS – 23rd & 24tH noVember 2015
We had great student interest and participation yet again.
students had the opportunity to explore puzzles and
languagebased activities.
Henna Tattooing was quitepopular once again and the whole school
danced to some popular bollywood beats during lunch time.
Lilly FrancisHenna tattooing for Diwali
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CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER 2015christmas is a time for families to get
together to
celebrate the birth of christ. however, for a variety of
reasons, some people are unable to do this.
And so a traditional christmas day dinner will be held in st
Anthony’s hall, corner Neerim and Grange roads, Glen huntly at
midday on christmas day for those not celebrating Our Lord’s
birthday. If you would like to come and celebrate with us, we
would love to see you there, so please collect a yellow
invitation at the office.
If you would like to help with the christmas dinner, please fill
out a green form, also available at the office,
and return it to St. anthony’s, 74 grange road, glen Huntly
3163.
If you would like more information please ring gwen
Fitzgerald on 9569 2099.
KeY dateS term 1 2016Thursday 21sT January – Campion Book
ColleCTion 9am – 3pmThursday 21sT January – GeCpa seCond hand
uniform sale 9am – 11amThursday 28Th January – sTudenTs resume Term
1Wednesday 10Th – friday 12Th feBruary – year 7 Campfriday 12Th
feBruary - year 11 sTaTe liBrary of ViCToria exCursionTuesday 16Th
feBruary – GeC sWimminG CarniValWednesday 17Th feBruary – senior
inTersChool sporTsThursday 18Th feBruary - sTaff pd day (sTudenT
free)Thursday 25Th feBruary – sChool phoTosfriday 26Th feBruary -
inTermediaTe inTersChool sporTsmonday 29Th feBruary – Wednesday 2nd
marCh – year 8 CampTuesday 8Th marCh – BeaChside sWimminG &
diVinGWednesday 9Th marCh – year 8 inTersChool sporTsThursday 10Th
marCh – year 7 immunisaTionsmonday 14Th marCh - laBour day puBliC
holiday (sTudenT free)friday 18Th marCh - year 7 inTersChool
sporTsThursday 24Th marCh – GeC Cross CounTry CarniValThursday 24Th
marCh – lasT day Term 1monday 11Th april – firsT day Term
2Wednesday 27Th april – open dayfriday 13Th may – GeC aThleTiCs
CarniVal
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