1 VIEWBANK CALENDAR August 9 Presentation Ball 11 Year 9 City Experience Year 8 Boys Soccer NZ 12 Year 9 City Experience Intermediate Girls Badminton—State Canteen Meeting Friends of Performing and Visual Arts (FOPAVA) Meeting 7.30pm 13 Year 9 City Experience Yr 8 Girls NZ Netball Finals Australian Maths Competition Friends of Music (FOM) Meeting 7.30pm 14 Year 9 City Experience 15 Year 9 City Experience Year 8 Guest Speaker - Andy Wright 18 ICT, Buildings & Grounds and Finance Meetings 19 Year 7 Cultural Enrichment 20 Year 7 Round Robin College Council Meeting 21 Year 8A-D Mt Buller Snow Trip 22 Year 8E-H Mt Buller Snow Trip Year 7 & 8 LOTE selection due Yr 12 Art - Indigenous Art Tour 25 Vocal Soiree - Library 7pm Number 23 August 08 2014 Viewbank College Warren Road, Rosanna, 3084 Phone: 9458 2811 Fax: 9459 0512 Website: www.viewbank.vic.edu.au Email: [email protected]Principal’s Report STUDENT ABSENCES Please be advised that Student absences are to be reported to Attendance Officer at [email protected]not [email protected]or by accessing Compass by clicking on the following link School Term Dates 2014 Term 1: 29th January - 4th April Term 2: 22nd April - 27th June Term 3: 14th July - 19th September 4th September—Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences Term 4: 6th October - 18th December Community Focus Evening: Last Monday week, College Councillors facilitated parents, students and teachers, in discussions which focussed on two short sessions of feedback on Reports and Vocational Pathways Programs and the giving of feedback after a presentation on the 2015 Introduction of 1:1 Personal Learning Devices for Years 7 and 10. The evening was supported by just over 100 people and we thank everyone for their positive and constructive feedback. This alignment of high expecta- tion from our parents, students and staff is so very valuable to our work in striving to deliver the best possible programs and outcomes for our students. There was much to report from that night so over the next three newsletters we will feature the responses for one of the topic areas. Focus 1: Vocational Pathways and Transition Programs Context: During 2014, as a response to the ‘Focus on the Future Directions’ Evening, last year, the College identified Transition and Vocational Pathways Programs as a priority for the Strategic Plan and as such has already implemented a number of changes to the program.
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VIEWBANK CALENDAR
August 9 Presentation Ball 11 Year 9 City Experience Year 8 Boys Soccer NZ 12 Year 9 City Experience Intermediate Girls Badminton—State Canteen Meeting Friends of Performing and Visual Arts (FOPAVA) Meeting 7.30pm 13 Year 9 City Experience Yr 8 Girls NZ Netball Finals Australian Maths Competition Friends of Music (FOM) Meeting 7.30pm 14 Year 9 City Experience 15 Year 9 City Experience Year 8 Guest Speaker - Andy Wright 18 ICT, Buildings & Grounds and Finance Meetings 19 Year 7 Cultural Enrichment 20 Year 7 Round Robin College Council Meeting 21 Year 8A-D Mt Buller Snow Trip 22 Year 8E-H Mt Buller Snow Trip Year 7 & 8 LOTE selection due Yr 12 Art - Indigenous Art Tour 25 Vocal Soiree - Library 7pm
This year the LOTE Theatre held at the Banyule Theatre was another wonderful extravaganza for the LOTE
faculty. The Year10, 11 and 12 Japanese and German students presented an amusing selection of skits, compe-
titions and musical items to a happily involved audience.
A number of songs from the Musical “Hairspray” started the evening with great pizzazz, which was main-
tained admirably for the whole evening.
The LOTE Captain for 2014, Nicole Scully, was a charming and engaging compere, introducing each item with
great wit and aplomb.
We were so well entertained, not only by the performers but also by the wonderful experiences of the students
who had been on this year’s exchange to Germany and Japan, that interval came far too swiftly. But interval
was a delicious taste experience, as everyone enjoyed the two nods to German and Japanese culture: Kuchen
and Sushi.
The performances finally concluded with a rousing rendition of “Stand by me”, sung by everyone, the audience
included.
There were many great moments in the evening: Jack Cai’s superb singing, the disastrous Online Dating, the
World Cup Alternative Ending and the catchy tune of the Fliegerlied are just a few of the acts that spring to
mind. However my two favourites were the Vegemite Song and Germany’s Next Top Model, which magnifi-
cently reassured us that Germany is not only renowned for beautiful cars.
Mrs. Maree Gaffney, our Assistant Principal declared this production the best she had seen in her five years at
the College; we wish to thank her both for introducing the show and for leading the supportive diligent
“Friends of Viewbank”, who so efficiently organized the food at interval.
Many other people made the evening such a great success and I would like to thank the following for their great
effort and support: the LOTE Staff - Kaye Mackenzie, Ikumi Suzuki, Clare Fleming and Annette McHutchison
Deanne Ioannidis, David Antrobus, Jennifer Varrasso, Tara Draper, Ben Mogford, Jessica Brown, Mrs. Judith
Craze and Mr. John Munro
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Simone Eckardt
Debating Captain
Debating News
Number 23 August 8 2014
History News - Competitions
In addition to the two competitions mentioned in a recent newsletter, details of another competition have been forwarded to
the College.
Living Spirit Fellowship
This is the ‘Living Spirit’ Fellowship, awarded annually by the Greensborough RSL Sub-Branch. These fellowships were
established to ‘nurture younger generations to understand the part played by many Australians in ensuring the great freedom
we enjoy today is never forgotten.’
Students are required to make a submission in accordance with an Application form and are asked to state what their expec-
tations are regarding a visit to Hellfire Pass and what message they would bring back to the community. This is an amazing
opportunity for students to take up. The Fellowship provides airfares, accommodation and organised tour to Thailand for
ANZAC Day 2015 for the successful student and his/her parent.
Application forms are now available. Students should see Mrs. Jones in the A block staffroom if they are interested. This
fellowship is open to students in years 10, 11 and 12. The closing date for all submissions is Friday 24 th October.
A reminder of the other two competitions:
Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Competition
The Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize inspires young people to explore the ethos displayed by the Anzacs at Gallipoli and the
Western Front and reflect on how those values apply in Victorian communities today. The Prize is open to students in year
9 and 10 at all Victorian secondary schools. Through the competition 12 students from across Victoria will travel on an
overseas study tour to Gallipoli and the Western Front.
Students are required to respond to a question about the ANZAC centenary and can enter research essays, artworks, musical
compositions or audio, video or web-based presentations. Entries must be received by Friday 17th October, 2014.
All students in year 9 and 10 are encouraged to think about participating in this competition.
See www.veterans.vic.gov.au for more information.
Anzac Day Dawn Service Tour
See www.anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au for information on how to apply.
Students interested in applying for any or all of these tours should see Mrs. Jones in the A block staff room.
History News
Jo-anne Jones
Humanities Domain Leader
Viewbank's senior students represented the College in Round Four of debating on the 21st of July at Loyola College.
Representing our A grade team was Marie Trevithick, myself and Aaliah Rigby arguing for the negative side on the topic "that the government should provide financial rewards to people who look after their elderly parents." The debate was incredibly close against St Helena College, but unfortunately we lost.
Andrew Vassett, Joshua Dempsey and Toby Hope, our Year 11 B Grade debaters were up against Assumption Col-lege. They argued for the negative side on the topic “that laws about science should only be made by trained scien-tists”, successfully winning their debate by three points. Toby Hope was selected best speaker. An acknowledge-ment must also be given to our second B Grade team of Madeleine Olsen-Downing, Lani Sellers and Louisa Har-wood, who won their debate after their opponents forfeited.
Our D Grade debaters argued for the negative side on the subject "that the media should not be allowed to report on
the private lives of politicians." The Year 9 team consisted of Demetrius Kiriakidis, Joshua Munro and William Pat-
tison. Unfortunately Viewbank lost to Parade College by a mere one point.
Congratulations to all those students who represented the College in round four, everyone involved should be proud