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Inspiration • Ambition • Passion • Integrity

Term 4Volume 13, 2014

Kinross College, Falkland Way, Kinross, WA 6028 Telephone: (08) 9306 6000 Fax: (08) 9306 6011 [email protected] www.kinrosscollege.wa.edu.au

This year’s Beach Carnival took place on Friday 14 November at Mullaloo Beach. The conditions were perfect and helped to make for a very memorable day. (See more inside).Pictured: Yr 8 Brearley girls team rescue event & Yr 10 boys volleyball.

Science exploration studies, Yr. 8-10 Interschool Athletics carnival-Kinross again champion school, Rangers Rottnest Camp, Youth Mental Health professional learning, Whole school Health and Well being Day, Smart Start Financial Maths, Jade Lewis presentation, World Challenge expedition to Mexico, Our annual production-Troy, Year 8-10 Beach Carnival, Colours and Honours were all highly enjoyable and successful.

Our contribution to the wider community included;

Bandana day, Starlight cake competition, Year 6/7 Transition day, Year 10 Dinner Dance, Year 7/8 Transition day and Amana Living Centre-Year 10 student visits were well received.

I would like to thank both our School Board and P&C Association for their contribution to our school. Apart from the P&C assistance we, as a school, are also grateful for the help given by individual parents and community members in such areas as Reading Club, sports days, community excursions, Drumbeat and development of the school and grounds.

In conclusion, I wish to thank the very energetic and hard working staff for their professional dedication in ensuring a high level education program is

Dates for your Diary 2014/15 Letter from the Principal ..December

18 STUDENTS Last day Term

19 Staff professional development day (Student free)

22 World Challenge return

Dear Parents and Caregivers

It is with great pleasure I present to you the last principal’s forward for 2014. This newsletter represents the culmination of our school year. It is a pictorial and written account of the educational and social activities that have been undertaken during term four.

We have tried to include as many activities, which have occurred this term and present a wide selection of the student’s written work. I hope you’ll have the pleasure in reliving some of the term’s highlights and enjoy the written commentary accompanying the activities.

Our education program has placed an emphasis on maintaining high standards in all areas of academic and social endeavour. A number of changes have occurred over the past three years in our educational program and the introduction of the Australian Curriculum is being phased in to increase consistency across the country. In general, the students’ attitudes and academic achievements this year have been highly commendable.

Many extra curricula activities were undertaken this term. Some of these include the following:

Student Achievements

College contact details: Phone: (08) 9306 6000 (8 am - 4 pm) Fax: (08) 9306 6011 Absentee SMS No: 0408 948 286 Address: Falkland Way, Kinross WA 6028 Website: kinrosscollege.wa.edu.au

College email contacts Attendance: [email protected] Enrolments: [email protected] Payments: [email protected] Newsletter: [email protected]

Uniform Shop Cathy Searson (Manager) 9270 4660 (message service)

Kinross College useful information:Session times : 2015

Form class 8.50 - 9.00Session one 9.00 - 9.50Session two 9.50 - 10.40Recess 10.40 - 11.10Session three 11.10 - 12.00Session four 12.00 - 12.50Lunch 12.50 - 1.20Sessionfive 1.20 - 2.10Session six 2.10 - 3.00

Session times are the same each day of the week. Monday - Friday

Studentstarttime 8:50am Studentfinishtime 3:00pm

Jessica Claxton - Inspirational!Jessica continues to commit whole-heartedly to her sporting challenges. Since August she has competed in many events including:

• National Cross Country Championships - Albany, WA - 23 August; placed 19th (14-15yrs)

• State Duathlon Championships - Champion Lakes, WA - 5 October; placed 1st (14-15yrs)

• State Athletics Championships - HBF Stadium, WA - 1 November; placed 1st 3000m (U16) - State Team Qualifier

• Champion Schools Triathlon 2014 - Champion Lakes - 6 November; placed 1st (14-15yrs) - State Team Qualifier

• Triathlon Excellence Program - 1st race series 15 November at Champion Lakes; placed 1st (16-19yrs)

• Triathlete of the year award WA - 1st

The first national triathlon competition for the coming season for Jess is in Queensland in December where she will compete in the under 19 age category... WOW!

Please note: Dates may be subject to change

January27 ADMIN STAFF commence Term 1

29 TEACHING STAFF commence

February 20152 STUDENTS commence Term 1

prepared for our students to undertake. To all students, parents and staff, either staying or leaving, my sincere thanks and very best wishes for the future.

On behalf of the staff members of Kinross College I wish all students and their families a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Term 1 2015 will commence for ALL STUDENTS on Monday 2 February 2015.

Lloyd Page Principal

Information from Uniform Concepts (Nell Gray):We wish to advise that Uniform Concepts – Nell Gray are operating a new superstore located at 3/86WintonRoadJoondalup. The onsite uniform shop at the College has closed.

Purchase or order uniforms valued at $100 or more during Term 4 to be entered into our prize draw for $1000

Please note Uniform Concepts will be closed for the Christmas period from Thursday 18 December and will reopen Monday 5 January 2015.

The Uniform shop is open on Mondays and Thursdays between the following hours: Mon - 9:00am - 5:00pm Tues - 9:00am - 5:00pm Wed - 9:00am-5:00pm Thur - 9:00am-6:00pm Fri - 9:00am - 5:00pm Sat - 9:00am - 1:00pm Sun - CLOSED3/86WintonRd,JoondalupTel:0892704660Email: [email protected]

College uniform shop closed - Superstore now open in Joondalup

Congratulations Emma Taylor (Yr 9)Emma entered her story “Lonely Girl” into a national competition “Write 4 Fun” and was selected as a finalist. Emma’s story is being published in March 2015 into a hardbound volume, titled “The Text Generation”. Congratulations Emma, we look forward to seeing your story in the printed book.

Thank you to all our families, staff and students for their generosity this Term in our fundraising endeavours.

Starlight Morning Tea

This year, on November 7 and as part of our annual fundraiser, students were asked to help support the Starlight Children’s Foundation by wearing a purple accessory, e.g. hair ribbons etc., in exchange for a gold coin donation. A total of $1489.60 was donated to the charity. Starlight Children’s Foundation brightens the lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children, and their families, throughout Australia.

Term 4 Fundraising

Bandanna Day

The Forrest Community raised $855.75 for CanTeen – an organisation that helps young people, aged between 12 and 24, cope as their world becomes a haze of cancer terminology, hospitals, treatment and uncertainty.

On 21 November Yr 10 students assembled at the College in their ‘posh frocks and glad rags’ and boarded the bus to AQWA - the Aquarium of WA and Function Centre at Hillarys Boat Harbour.

Year 10 Dinner Dance

The evening began with a quick tour through the aquarium and then upstairs to the function centre that overlooks the ocean. Students appreciated the food, soft drinks and the dancing.

Staff would like to acknowledge the good behaviour displayed during the night.

Yr 10 students enjoyed a memorable evening at AQWA for their Dinner Dance

Getting ready for the workplace; “The Real Game”, resumes, letters of application, career planning, sanding furniture, cleaning toys, rebuilding bicycles, Bunnings Workshops, “Pass it Forward”, making Hangi, computer coding, visit to Scitech, designing 3D laundries and bathrooms, “What Would You Do?”, understanding DIY

instructions, learning effective strategies in chess, no Smoko times! It is what we are all about in the Junior VET class!

Learning so many skills and then using them to make useful goods and toys for underprivileged members of our community, has been a rewarding experience. It has been a wonderful year

for the Yr 9 Junior VET group. Well done to Amber and the boys! It has been a pleasure and an honour to be part of this program.

Ms Titlestad and Mr EpihahYr 9 Junior VET teachers.

On Wednesday the 19 November, Kinross College held its first Health and Wellbeing day. The day was organised by Alicia Wills (School Psychologist), Julie West (School Nurse) and Joel Bond (School Chaplain) and took the form of a mini-expo in the Undercover Court. Students were issued a ‘passport’ and had half an hour to go around to the different stalls, where the staff would provide the students an answer to a question and a stamp for their passport. Once the passport was completed students would go into a draw for the chance to win a prize. We had ten agencies attend; North Metro Community Drug Services, City of Joondalup, Youth Futures, City of Wanneroo, ARAFMI, Sun Smart, School Nurses, Kinross College Student Services, Headspace and Youth Focus.

Feedback from the day was very positive with students reporting that they all found something out that they didn’t

already know or information on how to get support for themselves or a friend. A number of students identified agencies they would like to contact or activities they were going to engage in within our community as a result of the day. Staff were thrilled to see all our students engaging and interacting so positively

The prizes winners for the day were:

Year6: 3rd. Izzah Zulkernain 2nd. Taryn Salmond 1st. Aidan Little

Year7: 3rd. Lois Maynard 2nd. Jamie Porteous 1st. Juan Scheffer

Year8: 3rd. Hayden Morton 2nd. Rachel Anema 1st. Adam Jenkinson

Year 9: 3rd. Georgia Green 2nd. Zoe Clarke 1st. Grace McDonald

Year 10: 3rd. Hollie Soltvedt 2nd. Blake Peirce 1st. Chloe Wiegold

Health & Wellbeing Day

with the agency staff. Due to the success of the day, it is highly likely that it will occur again in following years and will hopefully be bigger and better!

As part of the College’s regular visits to the Amana Living Kinross Care Centre a number of Year 10 students visited the Care Centre on 4 November to assist the residents with their Melbourne Cup Day festivities. The students helped serving food and beverages and also joined in the celebration with the residents. A great time was had by all and the residents at the Care Centre thoroughly enjoyed the students’ visit, while the staff at the Care Centre appreciated the extra helping hands.

Melbourne Cup Lunch at Amana

Living

The conduct of the students involved in the visits to Amana Living over the course of 2014 has been absolutely exceptional and it has been a pleasure to accompany them over the year and see them build relationships with the residents. I have had thirty five students in Year 9 volunteer to visit the Care Centre in 2015, so I am looking forward to seeing the relationship between the College and the Care Centre continue to grow and develop in the new year.

Joel BondKinross College Chaplain

Yr 9 Junior VET Program

Year 8, 9 & 10 Beach Carnival

On 14 November Yrs 8, 9 & 10 students enjoyed a fantastic carnival at Mullaloo Beach.We were blessed with outstanding weather and surf conditions which made for some awesome competition and heaps of fun. The day consisted of a range of traditional / competitive surf life saving events, combined with some fun team events. All staff and students who were in attendance had a great day. Congratulations to this year’s champions and well done to Stirling for winning the final house event of the year.

Yr8Girls Yr8Boys

Champion Chantal Fourie Champion Werner van der Westenhuizen

Runner-up Amanda Edwards & Helen Claxton Runner-up Jarrod Von Tonder

Yr9Girls Yr 9 BoysChampion Piper Boobyer Champion Cameron TeeceRunner-up Jessica Claxton Runner-up Kaddison Fast & Aaron Paulin

Yr10Girls Yr 10 BoysChampion Georgia Cook Champion Connor WestRunner-up Brianna Dorant Runner-up Emgee Fourie

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Stirling Brearley Forrest

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2014 has been an outstanding year for the English Department. The students have been engaged with amazing activities and lessons throughout the year.

The CARS and STARS reading program was introduced effectively to high school students and lots of fantastic teaching has taken place in regards to the Australian Curriculum. Our learning programs, for example, short stories, poetry, song writing and novel study, have explored themes and texts in depth, drawing in sub-themes and developing students thinking skills and guiding them to being able to make connections. We have had very pleasing OLNA and NAPLAN results which our students worked hard to achieve and they should be as proud of themselves as I am.

In addition to this, Yr 10 enjoyed an excursion to watch a production of Romeo & Juliet. A before school Reading Club was introduced for Yrs 7 and 8 and continues to grow in popularity. During the Easter break, a Holiday Skills program was run for Yr 8 and 9 students to reinforce skills learned during term time in reading, writing, grammar and spelling.

We have been implementing Explicit Teaching which involves directing student attention toward specific learning in a highly structured environment. It is a form of teaching that is focused on producing specific learning outcomes. Topics and contents are broken down into small parts and taught individually. It involves explanation, demonstration and practice. Students are provided with guidance and structured frameworks. Topics are taught in a logical order and directed by the teacher.

Another important characteristic of Explicit Teaching involves modelling skills and behaviours and modelling thinking. This involves the teacher thinking out loud when working through problems and demonstrating processes for students. The attention of students is important and listening and observation is the key to success. The Explicit Teaching model includes the following components: Warm Up, Introduction, I do, We do, You do, Plough back and Review.

I would like to wish our fantastic Yr 10 students all the best for their future endeavours and I look forward in hearing about your bright futures and what you accomplish in your life. Reach for the stars and you will achieve…

To those of you who will be returning for another year of learning, I say to you to embrace your time in school, take as much as you can from your experience of being at school to gain an education and learn from your teachers. Do not be afraid to ask questions because that is the way you learn. Reflect and consolidate your lessons learnt and step forward towards your goals. Believe in yourself as you can do anything you put your mind to.

Enjoy your break and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. I look forward to seeing you all in 2015.

JeanavieveWaliaHead of English

English Report Student work from the English departmentTerm 4 Subject Award Winners

Endeavour Year6

ENGLISH Eugene Law

MATHS Mahathir Abdul Basher

SCIENCE Mitchell Costello

S&E Ariana Brown

LOTE Emily Jenkins

PE Aoife McGonagle

Year7ENGLISH Amy Mitchell

MATHS Kaitlyn Williams

SCIENCE Ryan Jarman

S&E Isabelle Rutter

LOTE Rachel Keay

PE Hayley Mack

T & E Jocelyn Yao

ART Riley Vance

Year8ENGLISH John Kearney

MATHS Oliver Boxall

SCIENCE Matthew Sabadini

S&E Angelique Sardinha

LOTE Kaitlyn Eyre

PE Dennis Clark

T & E Bailey Bond-Swadling

ART Ryan Bridger

Year 9ENGLISH Georgia Green

MATHS Breanna Eversden

SCIENCE Brandon Green

S&E Kieran McAdam

LOTE Shaylyn Calder

PE Richard Moon

T & E Don Howley

ART Ashleigh Rostron

JNR VET Dan Pritchard

Excellence Year6

ENGLISH Euan Mulligan

MATHS Takirah Talma

SCIENCE Rhyce Jarvis

S&E Jarrod Franke

LOTE Izzah Zulkernain

PE Izzah Zulkernain

Year7ENGLISH Jocelyn Yao

MATHS Dina Jamal

SCIENCE Hayley Mack

S&E Elyssa Backshall

LOTE Jacinta Silovs

PE Tyla Gough

T & E Dina Jamal

ART Keely Hughes

Year8ENGLISH Tayla Volmer

MATHS Chantell Fourie

SCIENCE Chantell Fourie

S&E Taryn De Villers

LOTE Tianah Trewhella

PE Megan Hall

T & E Abrie Halgryn

ART Chantell Fourie

Year 9ENGLISH Mia Buttsworth

MATHS Jack Whitham

SCIENCE Lisa Holland

S&E Jack Whitham

LOTE Riley Binning

PE Jessica Claxton

T & E Megan Sandham

ART Paige Cook

JNR VET Sean Heard

Excellence Year6

ENGLISH Rahel Arlandoo

MATHS Mikayla Mann

SCIENCE Georgia Snowdon

S&E Rahel Arlandoo

LOTE Kate Aylward

PE Saul Morrissey

Community Service Award

Izzah Zulkermain

Year7ENGLISH Dina Jamal

MATHS Jocelyn Yao

SCIENCE Jocelyn Yao

S&E Hayley Mack

LOTE Charli Ferris

PE Liam Delavale

T&E Hayley Mack

ART Kiara Volmer

Community Service Award

Kiara Volmer

Year8ENGLISH Rachel Burstein

MATHS Syazwan Abdul Basher

SCIENCE Rachel Burstein

S&E Lili Walker

LOTE Lauren Smith

PE Taylor Ashworth

T & E Taryn De Villiers

ART Arman Nazari

Community Service Award

Katie McNamara

Year 9ENGLISH Cara Atherton

MATHS Claudia Nanos

SCIENCE Jack Whitham

S&E Stefan Vranesevic

LOTE Sophie Holden

PE Don Howley

T & E Andrew Robertson

ART Tinsey Jones

Community Service Award

Joe Cooper

At the end of year assembly, held on Wednesday 17 December, these students received awards in recognition of their achievement in Term 4.

This year I have had the pleasure of overseeing the fundraising endeavours of the Student Council. We have recently concluded our final fundraiser, which was a Christmas Appeal on behalf of Youth Futures, who work with homeless youth in Perth. As usual, the school community responded generously and we were able to pass on a substantial collection of goods to Youth Futures.

In addition to the donations for the Christmas Appeal, the student council raised almost six thousand dollars over the course of 2014. These funds were

distributed to the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association of WA, World Vision and Canteen. Congratulations to every member of the Council for your efforts in facilitating these fundraisers

Youth Futures Christmas Appeal

and thank you to the school community for your generous support of these worthy causes.

Joel BondKinross College Chaplain

Mr Davies, our Media & Photography Teacher has initiated a project to re-use, recycle and donate outdated or broken laptops that the College would normally dispose of.These computers no longer work on the Education Department’s computer network and had been ear-marked for disposal. A process was followed whereby charitable organisations here in WA were invited to tender for their purchase. These were declined.

Mr Davies thought this would be an excellent opportunity for students to get involved by helping to rebuild and clean up the computers. With student help, during recess, lunch and after school, Mr Davies collected and sorted through the laptops removing parts to salvage workable components.

New keyboards were built, hard drives were wiped clean, broken screens were replaced and all machines were physically cleaned, scrubbed and restored. Finally students tested the computers, batteries and power packs.

Some research was completed online to find a genuine orphanage in need of computers. Mr Davies used part of his long service leave earlier this year to transport these laptops to Indonesia. With the help of his friends travelling with him they managed to donate a number of laptops to the Street Kids Orphanage. Mr Davies is also endeavouring to maintain or fix computers which have been bought back to Perth by other travellers and friends of the orphanage.

Our World Challenge group has also gotten involved and they prepared another 14 laptops and took them to Mexico in their backpacks. Each laptop weighs close to 4kg and students will carry them whilst on their treck until they reach their remote location where they will be donated.

As a result of this, Mr Davies is trialling the loaning of rebuilt computers to Kinross College students, over weekends, to assist in completing computer/media tasks or other assignments. He is currently re-building more laptop computers and researching how best we could utilise old Apple Mac desktops.

We are all very proud of Mr Davies, our students and this very thoughtful initiative of his.

Re-use, recycle and donate

Ex student Jessica Hawkins wins Young Carer of the Year award 2014I was so proud to invite Jess back to College to speak to some of our Year 10s. Jessica has achieved amazing things since she graduated Kinross College in 2008. She is a qualified nurse and has spent a significant time working in palliative care and also cares for her mother. Jessica is currently working in the Emergency Department and studying for her masters in nursing and paramedic qualifications. Jessica spoke about motivation, commitment and goal setting. Her visit was rewarding for all and our students were amazed by the amount of work, study and achievement Jess has completed in just 6 years.

JanetteThompson Head of Society & Environment

Yr 10 Graduation Award Winners

Subject Awards

ENGLISH Clare Watson

MATHS Perri Reid

SCIENCE Michelle Gajdowski

S&E Michelle Gajdowski

LOTE Cornell Fourie

PE Girl Samantha Van Munster

PE Boy Corey Kirwen

Visual Art Clare Watson

Performing Arts

Sophie Jenkins

Digital Media Kerise Rust

Food Technology

Eloise Moon

Design & Technology

Joseph Buss

Mindarie Senior College Awards

ENGLISH Amy Tredgett

MATHS Michelle Gajdowski

SCIENCE Regan Hall

S&E Clare Watson

ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award

James Atherton

City of Joondalup Citizenship Awards

Konnor Geel Lauren Collie

North Metro Education Region - Commitment to excellence award

Rita Antonova

Albert Jacob Environment Award

Zoe Dolden

Graeme Stewart Award

Kirsten Smedley

DUX Award

Michelle Gajdowski

On Wednesday 17 December at 6 pm the Yr 10 students and their families were in attendance at the Graduation evening held at Quinns Baptist College Auditorium. The evening was a great success. Yr 10 coordinators, Graham Gorman and Mr

Kim Alexander, had worked tirelessly in planning this event. Congratulations goes to all the students and award winners, we wish you every success in your futures.