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ERINDALE COLLEGE BULLETIN AUGUST 2015 MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL The Principal of the Science Academy. Jodie it is given to me I will College, Michael Hall, is Beaumont who teaches provide details of the overseas for the whole Mathemacs and James commendaons and of term 3. He has Hall who teaches recommendaons to aended an Mathemacs and students, staff and internaonal meeng for Science. Jodie transferred parents. The report is principals, delivered a from Stromlo High School important to us as we paper at a conference in and James was recruited contemplate the wring Helsinki and is presently from Victoria. We lost the of the next four year on leave and is travelling services of Kate Deakin strategic plan. An in Europe. I am acng in (an ex‐student of Erindale important consideraon his posion for term 3, College) who taught PE, in our planning is the Debbie O’Brien is the Mathemacs and IT. She School Sasfacon acng Deputy Principal gained permanence as a Survey. We will start to and Amy Smith is acng teacher and was run the surveys for staff INSIDE THIS ISSUE: School Leader C in the appointed to a posion at and students this week. Internaonal Studies Calwell High School. The parent surveys Academy. It has been a Warren Simmons has should also be ready to busy me but when you been appointed to complete and I M’ M read through the Bullen replace Kate for the encourage parents to you will see many remainder of 2015. take part in the process as we value your E G G examples of the In the first week of this observaons, opinions achievements made by semester, the External and percepons of students and staff at the Validaon Panel visited Y 10 E Erindale College. College. the school for three days There have been some to review our On Monday 17 August staff changes. We performance as a school. we hosted up to 60 M L R welcome back Meg It is a deep and broad students from local high E Lennard who was on ranging examinaon of schools as they take our processes and part in the annual C— parenng leave. We also have two new educaonal outcomes. I Mathemacs and have not received the Science Enrichment Day. appointments in the M E Mathemacs and wrien report but when The students always C N S N I D PAGE 2 ERINDALE COLLEGE BULLETIN PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE CONTINUED enjoy this event as it Clares in the grand final of compleng their combines thinking, being game. The girls Futsal secondary educaon. challenged and having squad reached the semi‐ Soon the year 12 fun. Ruth Edge and her finals but were eliminated students who have taken team in the Mathemacs in a close game. The girls and Science Academy and the boys Oztag teams a terary package will sit have worked hard to won the ACT for the AST examinaons. organise this event and Championships, both These examinaons are we thank the teams winning all their important for their parcipang high schools matches on the day. On individual Terary for their part in the Wednesday 12 August the Entrance Scores as well organisaon of the day. Rugby team had a On Tuesday 18 August convincing win against as the Erindale year 12 students will take part in Epping Boys High School in cohort. The scores are PISA.2015. PISA stands Sydney in the semi‐final of used to moderate for the Programme for the Waratah Cup. They will between different Internaonal Student travel to Sydney on the subjects and different th Assessment and is 26 August to play in the colleges so that all course sponsored by the grand final. scores are on the same Organisaon for Congratulaons to all the Economic Cooperaon players, managers, trainers scale and students can be and Development and coaches. fairly ranked for the (OECD). More than 70 ATAR. Although the I was informed in a leer parcipang countries from Senator the system is complex, it is are involved in the Honourable Simon similar to the methods AST IS AN evaluaon of students’ IMPORTANT Birmingham, Assistant used in other literacy in Mathemacs, COMPONENT IN A Minister for Educaon and jurisdicons. Although STUDENT’S OVERALL Science and reading. Our Training that Emily RESULT, HIGH UNIT school was selected at the AST is an important Fairhall, who graduated SCORES ARE THE random as were all component in a student’s MAIN WAY TO last year, has been students involved. The overall result, high unit ACHIEVE A HIGH awarded an Australian tesng and surveying ATAR. HARD Vocaonal Student Prize scores are the main way WORK AND GOOD takes a whole day and we for 2014. This is a to achieve a high ATAR. ATTENDANCE ARE obtain feedback later in THE KEY TO presgious award and she Hard work and good the year. GAINING GOOD will receive a prize of aendance are the key to RESULTS IN BOTH The College has had some $1000 as well as the THE TERTIARY AND gaining good results in major sporng successes Cerficate. Well done NON-TERTIARY both the terary and non PROGRAMS in recent weeks and Emily. there are extended ‐terary programs. Over a three week period reports on the events elsewhere in the Bullen. we are enrolling The girls’ soccer team prospecve students into won the Outdoor Soccer their year 11 classes for Andrew Wardrop Carnival aer a penalty 2016. Many of our Acng Principal shoot out against St students are in the process AUGUST 2015 PAGE 3 This semester Erindale app to the College to IMPORTANT NOTE: to sit. If assessment College has introduced a explain absences (no has been missed due Unl Appsence is new app through need to submit to illness the student downloaded and in use interacve noficaons handwrien notes) can apply for Special by both the College and on iPhone and Android Consideraon Parents can submit parents/guardians, devices. Appsence is an providing a copy of advance absence notes/emails from interacve mobile app the medical noficaons directly to workplace addresses are that connects schools, cerficate. the College sll required to be teachers and parents like submied with student’s never before. Two‐way interacve full name, date, and push noficaons What does Appsence do reason within 5 days of between teachers and for Parents? the students return to parents for school College. Instant push events & informaon noficaons to parents Medical cerficates School noces and to inform them of their are preferred for long newsleers can be child’s absence term illness (ie 3 or received in‐app immediately from each more consecuve class In the meanme you can days) and also visit the website at required for any tests Ability for parents to www.appsence.com.au the student has failed instantly respond in‐ KAMIL PERFORMS @ SCHOOL LEADERSHIP FORUM On the 21st July, Year 12 was a wonderful show entertainment at student, Kamil Quimio, success, and aracted Limelight 2015, at the was invited to perform several compliments AIS next week. This is a at the School Leadership from audience presgious event Forum at the Hedley members. which features Bear Centre for Canberra’s finest ACT Teaching and Learning. In fact, as a result of this schools’ young wonderful performance, performers. Kamil’s musical Kamil was invited to performance, pictured, perform for the pre Congratulaons Kamil! PAGE 4 ERINDALE COLLEGE BULLETIN A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER During Public Educaon you to search for schools achievements our Week this year, I by geographic area, schools, teachers, launched the Canberra details on curriculum, principals, alumni and Public Schools web programs and student students. enrolment. The page portal. hp:// I encourage you to also links to useful www.det.act.gov.au/ explore the new informaon including canberra‐public‐ webpage, and let us school websites, holiday schools know your thoughts. and school term Please email The Canberra Public informaon, ACTION [email protected] Schools webpage is a Buses and SunSmart. ‘one‐stop shop’ for you with your feedback. As to find informaon The Canberra Public you know, Canberra specifically about Schools webpage also public schools are Canberra public links to the ‘Parents and fantasc and students schools. The webpage Students at the Centre’, deserve to have their has a fresh look and ‘Trending successes shared. #successstories’, and feel, and contains Kind regards important informaon, ‘Public School Alumni’ feature arcles and pages. These pages Joy Burch useful links. It also has contain stories and Minister for Educaon a search funcon for arcles about the and Training INSURANCE AND AMBULANCE TRANSPORT where there is a legal hp:// For your informaon, This insurance might cover please read the following liability to do so. Liability is conngencies including www.det.act.gov.au/ advice. Also, for further not automac and medical/hospital expenses, publicaons_and_poli details about injuries at depends on the ambulance transport cies/policy_a‐z school, see the link to the circumstances in which outside the ACT, and website. any injury, disease or cancellaon of transport/ illness was sustained. accommodaon or loss of/ The ACT Educaon and damage to luggage. Training Directorate does As there is no automac not provide any insurance cover for The ACT Ambulance Service insurance cover for personal injury if your provides free ambulance injury, disease or illness child is injured at school or transport for students who to students resulng during a school organised are injured or suddenly from school acvies or acvity/excursion you become ill at school or school‐organised should therefore consider during an approved school excursions. Claims for whether taking out organised acvity within the compensaon are met personal insurance cover ACT.