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www.narrabundahc.act.edu.au August 2018 Issue 5

PRINCIPAL'S NOTE

EDUCATION DIRECTORATE’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2018 SATISFACTION SURVEY 2018-2021 This is a reminder that the 2018 Satisfaction Survey is After extensive consultation with stakeholders including now available for you to access. We rely on your through the Future of Education forums, the new feedback and do effect changes based on this. Strategic Plan for the Directorate has been developed. Thank you to everyone who has completed the survey. The Strategic Plan’s vision is: We will be building a And to anyone who has not yet accessed this survey, leading learning organisation where people know please do complete it as soon as possible. they matter. The Mission states: We develop and deliver educational services to empower each child The surveys are accessed through the email address and young person in the ACT to learn for life. you have registered with the college. See more information in this newsletter. The Plan focuses on: creating capable, resilient and active citizens; to promote greater equity in learning outcomes; to centre teaching and learning around END OF SESSION REMINDER students as individuals and to facilitate high quality learning in our schools and strengthen educational At the year 12 assembly this week, I reminded year 12 outcomes. students to be well prepared for the upcoming test week and AST. They, and of course year 11 students too, So what does this mean for our college? need to revise and plan how to review each subject, focus in class on test revision, attend Study Hub if This new Plan overarches our Strategic Plan. We will possible and above all own their learning. Students can continue to create a learning culture where our students continue to make a difference in their results every love to learn in order to develop them: session. • To be confident, curious and creative learners • To have cognitive, social and emotional skills TEST WEEK • To develop deeper and diverse talents This session, which is a semester length, is drawing to a According to new statistics in the New Work Order close with the cross-line tests to start on Wednesday 29 Report Series, our students are likely to navigate 17 August and conclude on Thursday September 6. A changes in jobs across 5 different careers. Over the last tutorial program will operate for all classes when tests 5 years there has been an exponential increase in jobs are not being held during that time. The tutorials will like: data scientists, Android Developers, Big Data provide students with the opportunity to develop further architect, and social media interns. The message for our understandings of concepts and prepare for their tests. students today is that: you will be job creators not job seekers. And we do provide the learning environment If a student is unwell on a day when a test is scheduled I for students to develop as individuals who are well advise him/her not to attend the test. Please contact the prepared to take on post college challenges. school and advise us prior to the test being held. This absence will need to be explained with a medical certificate.

Page 1 August 2018 Newsletter Reception 61423200 • Neha K who has been selected to take part in the AST SEPTEMBER 4 & 5 2019 National Schools’ Constitutional Convention. She continues the wonderful Year 12 students intending to gain a Tertiary Entrance tradition of Narrabundah College students being Statement necessary for university entrance MUST sit selected for this significant national forum. for the AST. These tests will be held on Tuesday 4 and • Callum C, Sarah C, Thomas F, Lara K, Neha K, Wednesday 5 September. Student performance in the Trinity K, Ben L, Keira M and Darlene R who AST does make a significant contribution to the made a significant contribution to the ACT 2018 calculation of course scores and the Australian Tertiary Schools constitution Convention. Admissions Rank (ATAR). All our students have been well prepared in terms of what to expect with the papers Congratulations to Elizabeth Humphries with partner and we expect each student to do as well as they can on who won the Sri Chimnoy Off Road Duathlon in July. the tests. Regards Students are now choosing classes for next Kerrie Grundy session. We guarantee courses not teachers or Principal lines. Students need to be resilient and flexible when choosing classes. They do need to develop skills to prepare them for post college pathways. INTERNATIONAL

FEEDBACK MORNING BACCALAUREATE NEWS YEAR12 IB Feedback Morning on 17 September is for all classes. External / Internal Assessment Requirements The college promotes a strong focus on feedback. When All Literature A, Language B written assignments, TOK students collect marked tests and assignments they do and EE essays are currently due and will be uploaded need to ask questions in order to learn from and act on th by August 24 . Internal assessment tasks will also be this feedback to continue to improve their learning finalised by all candidates over the next few weeks. outcomes. Also students collect their classes for the final Students should check deadlines on the IB what is due session of the year. All students are required to attend when calendar and the requirements with their subject classes for that day. Reports will be handed out on teachers. Students MUST submit their work through Wednesday 19 September. TURNITIN to see if they have forgotten to acknowledge

any work. If students are having difficulties, please see STUDENT SUCCESSES me. I cannot delay sending work to the IB examiners so Some recent student successes that have been all students MUST have their work ready by the due outstanding are: dates.CAS hours and journals must be completed by • Rebecca H who has been awarded an award for September 1st. Bravery for saving a friend in the surf. • Rose Z who was awarded Silver in the recent Trial Exams Earth and Environmental Science International IB trial exams will be held at the college on September th& th Olympiad and the team was also awarded 10 11 . An IB trial timetable and all details will be Silver. posted on the IB classroom page in the next few weeks. • The French Bac students for their excellent results These trials are invaluable practice for the final IB exams including 6 students attaining an ATAR over 99: in November. Malynda B, Juliette C, Meline C, Noa M, November 2017 IB exams Floriane P and Mailys T with the group average The November exam timetable is up on the IB of 95.22 classroom page. • The talented production students who performed YEAR11 IB The Idiot with such energy to bring to life this All students should have contacted their Extended very powerful and challenging play to large Essay supervisors and started working on their audiences. Extended Essays. • The Winter Music Concert showcased our Prague Trip students’ talent. All students interested in the Prague trip 2019, please • Wadia M who has won the Multicultural NSW see Sophie Burton in Languages. Award section of the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry CAS Awards with her poem “desi woman”. All students should be reflecting on their activities and • Sam P who represented the ACT in Darwin in the writing up their CAS journals in Managebac on a regular National Public Speaking Awards. basis. • Sam P selected as a finalist in the 2018 UNSW ProgComp Grand Final. Chris Ward • Isabelle H who came second in the world golf International Baccalaureate & CAS Coordinator junior title

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 volcanic and seismic activities are very impressive. I FRENCH BACCALAURÉAT stayed there 7 years. NEWS My wife is teaching in primary and my two kids (6 and 9 years old) are studying at School. We are YEAR12 NEWS delighted to be here and happy to learn about a new French Baccalauréat Year 12 students finished their culture. school year. Many of them have been together in the English French stream at Telopea Park High School “I am Jean-Luc Bourdieu, the new teacher of History and since and for some of them the journey Geography of the French stream in Narrabundah started even before at the French Australian Pre School College. Previously, I was a teacher in the French in Red Hill. secondary school in the Mauritius Island for 5 years. The results of the 2018 Baccalauréat were excellent: Before this, I was in a French High school in Tunisia for 100% pass rate! 10 of the 23 students received an 4 years. ATAR greater than 95. On the 5th of July, they were We are very happy to come to Australia with my wife received at the Résidence de France where Mr Bertrand (Mathematics Secondary Teacher at Telopea Park Pous the French Counsellor for Cooperation and School) and my two children (10 and 12 years old) to Cultural Action (COCAC) gave them a Baccalauréat participate in the development of bilingualism and to medal engraved with their name and examination merit. open us to a new culture.” This was an amazing event for the students, families Floriane Michel and teachers. David Binan, Proviseur du Lycée Franco French Baccalauréat Coordinator Australien, Kerrie Grundy, Narrabundah College Principal and Kerrie Blain, Telopea Park School Principal addressed the students and congratulated The 2018 School Satisfaction Surveys will them for their exceptional results. be conducted during the next 2 weeks. Parents and carers, college staff and students will be asked to participate in these important surveys. The survey results will contribute to school research and improvement processes. Although the survey is voluntary, we hope you will want to participate. It won’t take much of your time and will help us improve our college for your child and future students. An email about the parent and carer survey was sent to you in early August. You will receive another email inviting you to participate with login and link details. The key ACT results from the 2017 School Satisfaction Surveys have been published on the Education Directorate website We invite now those students and parents to register to (www.education.act.gov.au) and a summary of our our Alumni Association ALFAC:http://www.alfac.org/join/. school results is provided in our 2017 School Board They were a very collaborating group and we wish them Report. the best for their future. Tom Kobal YEAR11 NEWS Deputy Principal Year11 students have now reached their last year of th college in the French Stream. On July 23 they started their "Terminale" class. They are 21 students: 16 are taking the scientific stream of the Baccalauréat, while 5 COLLEGE FORMAL students are taking the literary stream. As it is a challenging year for them, we set up a new The College Formal will be held on Friday November 30 class where students can work on how to manage at the AIS Arena, Bruce. stress, self-esteem and post-Y12 studies. We start all This year all information re the Formal will be issued the classes by a five minutes meditation session so we through N groups. It is essential that all year12 students all feel more relaxed and ready to work! attend their N Group each week to avoid missing vital New Teachers information. Formal tickets this year will be $120. Ticket A word from the new teachers in the French Stream ! All sales will commence Monday Session 3 Week 1 (17 of us are teaching both at Telopea Park School and September). Narrabundah College. Andrea Trappes “I am Francois BOUTAUD. I am teaching Biology and Student Adviser Geology in the French stream. It’s my passion for geology that brought me to Port Vila in Vanuatu where

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 Student Adviser and Student Surname Alphabet: courses take part in the scheme. Students interested in studying at one of the participating universities need to check with their adviser regarding their eligibility. Julie Bauer Student Surnames starting A-F 614 23219 [email protected] For ACT Institute of Technology (CIT) Andrea Trappes Student Surnames G-L 614 23215 applications, a representative will be visiting the college [email protected] to meet and advise students, see Glenda Nimmo for further information. Birgit Matwijiw Student Surnames M-Sm 614 23216 [email protected] Session 3 Delisia Wiild Student Surnames Sn-Z 614 23220 All students should have chosen their courses for next [email protected] session. For Year11 students most will continue with their current courses until the end of the year. In Glenda Nimmo Careers/Transition/WEX 614 23218 December all Year11 students and parents will have the [email protected] opportunity of a meeting with either an adviser or one of Mary Weddell – Learning Support 614 23226 the executive teachers to review their Year11 results, be [email protected] given an ATAR estimate and look at choices for Year12. Jenny Budd – Deputy Principal (Students) 614 23207 We strongly encourage all Year11 students and their [email protected] parents or carers to take up this opportunity to ensure well informed decisions can be made for the final year of Elisha Richards - School Psychologist college. Information about bookings will be distributed next session. For session 3, many Year12s will have the option of concentrating on just 4 lines, provided they have STUDENT SERVICES NEWS sufficient points and enough majors and minors. If this is University and CIT Admissions for Year12 for 2019 the case, parents are asked to sign off on a note University admissions in all states are now open for completed by the relevant Student Adviser. If there are Year12 applications for study in 2019. As all states have any questions regarding this, please contact the Student separate application centres, students will need to apply Advisers. This is a key time for Year12 students to to the University Admissions Centre (UAC) for all NSW review their packages and ensure they are meeting all and ACT universities and then a separate application the requirements of both the ACT Senior Secondary through each state they want to be considered for. All Certificate and, if relevant, an ATAR. Year 12 students sitting AST should have picked up their Overall this is a very busy time for students, especially free UAC guide from the library – this outlines all Year12. Many students sat the UMAT testing in July as university courses in NSW and the ACT. Students can part of entry requirements to the medical sciences. For also access information regarding University students who progress to the interview round, especially applications for UAC and VTAC (Victorian Universities) for medicine, we will provide interview practice later in in the Careers 2017 google classroom (code: e2p1p8). the year. AST training has finished and we hope all For states other than ACT and NSW, some university students feel well prepared and will do their best in the guides are available for use at school from the Student tests on Tuesday, 4 September and Wednesday, 5 Advisers, but if students want their own hard copy these September. Both the Multiple Choice and the Short are available from newsagents. All the information Response papers are scheduled for the Tuesday and provided in these guides is available on the web, both at the Writing Task is on Wednesday. If a student is ill on the admission centre sites and also at each individual either of the AST days they must contact the college university site. early on the day so they can be given the correct Year12 students are reminded that applications procedures to ensure they don’t jeopardise their ATAR (registration) for all states (other than Victoria which is (a medical certificate must be obtained). 27 September 2018) need to be lodged by 28 The whole college had a very successful excursion to September 2018 or a late fee will be charged. the Careers Xpo on Wednesday, 15 August. Students Preferences can be added/deleted/changed after this accessed information from a huge number of date, most notably when students receive their ATAR. universities, CIT, government agencies and private Most institutions that participate in the Universities providers on post college options. Student Advisers Admissions Centre (UAC) have an Educational Access welcome students to come in and follow up on this or Scheme (EAS) for applicants who have experienced any other careers information. long term educational disadvantage. There is also a Absences School Recommendation Scheme. This scheme allows Students are reminded to closely monitor unexplained the college to recommend students for tertiary study who absences. The BSSS has strict requirements for class have demonstrated they are capable of succeeding at attendance. Absences that remain unexplained may the tertiary level, but for a variety of reasons may not result in a void in that subject. In this long session, any quite meet the cut off. Not all universities and not all more than six unexplained absences will result in an automatic V grade. Please ensure absence notes

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 include an acceptable reason and check dates are students have their Narrabundah College student card correct. Some notes recently, have not been able to when at school during this period and that all session 2 be processed due to a lack of information. books and overdue books be returned prior to this date. This eliminates obstacles during the lending period. Parents replying to absences using the SMS Thank you to all Narrabundah College students and staff notification is strongly encouraged and we are for your continued participation in the 2018 library hoping to move to this portal as our sole absence program. explanation in order to become a greater environmentally friendly school. Malcolm Baker If absences are foreseeable, prior notice should be given Librarian to the school. An application will need to be made to the principal for any foreseen extended periods of unavoidable absence. Please ensure all personal details 2018 Student/Parent Calendar and contacts are up to date. Clear and timely & ibook can be found on our website, communication is a vital aspect of our work in Student www.narrabundahc.act.edu.au/our students Services.

Delisia Wiild Student Services, Executive Teacher SCIENCE NEWS

th th SCIENCE EXCURSION - 24 & 25 July In my time at Narrabundah College I have never been on an excursion more exciting until I went on the science LIBRARY NEWS excursion which encompassed going to the UNSW’s Museum of Human Disease, UNSW’s Lowy Cancer Narrabundah College library staff prepared a display on Research Institute and camping at Taronga Zoo in Reconciliation Literature as referred to in Mark Kenna’s Sydney. When we visited the Museum of Human essay Moment of Truth (p29), the literature focusses on Disease, there were donations of preserved organs Reconciliation Australia’s (www.reconciliation.org.au) affected by disease on display everywhere. What I found five dimensions of reconciliation and contains works of most interesting was the teratoma tumour that had been literature as fiction and non-fiction . Through the display growing in a woman’s ovary and by the time it was taken students and staff can evaluate for themselves the place out of her and given to the museum as a donation, the of Indigenous heritage in their personal and national tumour had grown ginger hair and a tooth! conscience. The display will continue until the end of term 3, students and staff are encouraged to browse, The visit to the Lowy Cancer Research Institute involved borrow and read the literature by leading Australian us visiting the different labs - they had automated robots writers, including indigenous authors, such as Henry following procedures that would take only 90 seconds to Reynolds, Stan Grant, Noel Pearson, Don Watson, complete while for a human it would take about 6 Bruce Elder and many more. months! I was impressed by one PhD student who was researching a cure for a type of connective tissue cancer Narrabundah College staff would like to congratulate for her project, discovered a treatment for Inflammatory CBC Book of the Year Winners and Honour awardees Myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs). She expects to see for their excellence in literature for young people. This clinical trials in humans in about three years. They also includes Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood and Simmone held lectures about career pathways in science, which I Howell for Take Three Girls. Bren MacDibble for How to personally benefitted a lot from. Bee. Michael Gerard Bauer and illustrator Chrissie Krebs for Rodney Loses it. I ask that all students, parents and teachers check the CBC website https://cbca.org.au/ to obtain a full appraisal of the winners, honours and nominees in the 2018 awards. CBC winning, honours and short listed books are displayed in the Narrabundah College library. Book returns and borrowing. Just a reminder that all books that were loaned out for session 2 or that were loaned for sessions 1 and 2 are due to be returned to the library by the COB on September 6, 2018 (the last day of the session 2 exams). We ask that all overdue books and that all books that are no longer needed be returned prior to the examination period. The library will be open to students during the entire examination and assessment period. Lending for session 3 will commence on Monday September 17 we ask that all

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 At Taronga Zoo we got to camp and participate in workshops/programs they were undertaking there. What GENERAL NOTICE FOR PARENTS/CARERS I was amazed about was how nothing really gets wasted Parents are welcome to visit the Narrabundah in their zoo. For example, the koalas only eat the tips of College front office or call on 61423200 to make the eucalyptus the zoo keepers feed them, then the rest enquiries regarding their sons & daughters. is given to the giraffes, and the waste from that is put in the soil as compost to grow more food plantations for Please do not walk around the college looking to their animals. They are wildlife warriors and are very make contact with staff. mindful of waste management. What was most important to me was that this excursion FIRST AID NOTICE left me thinking about several career pathways I would like to pursue after my time ends at college. As a student If your child is unwell please ensure that they bring their wanting to do medicine or some sort of medical research own analgesics and Hayfever medication, as the college in hopes of specialising in cancer research, the does not supply them. excursion to UNSW helped and inspired me the most! I would like to thank the Science faculty for organising this excursion and extended thanks to Dinu, Julie, Kylie and LANGUAGES NEWS Simon for looking after us in Sydney. Spanish News th By Ruchira J (Year12) On the 6 of July, the Spanish students celebrated the end of school term with their first Spanish singing ART NEWS workshop ‘Learn Spanish by Singing’. Ramon Contreras, a talented Chilean, was our musical leader, Jacqui Malins, a performance poet and visual artist playing different genres on the ukulele. He shared his based in Canberra, spent time with the Ceramics knowledge of popular songs from different Spanish workshop on Friday in week 14. Jacqui was an speaking countries with the students. Here are the Australian Poetry Slam finalist and best walk-up poet at comments made by some of them. the Woodford Folk Festival in 2015, a finalist in the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup in 2017 and a “Having Ramon performing for us was an incredible featured performer at the National Folk Festival 2018. experience. We all learnt so much about folklore, history Jacqui spoke about her creative process and presented and Latino music”. Muchas gracias Ramón”. (Lachlan M) physical work from her last exhibition, Reverse ‘It was very enjoyable to learn and sing’. (Thomas F) Archaeology. Students were also treated to a preview of work in progress which will be exhibited early next year ‘He provided a new angle on the cultural importance of at M16 gallery. music in Latin America. It was incredible that “El Condor Pasa” was such an old song’. (Alasdair T)

Celia Bazalar SpanishTeacher KOREAN NEWS Korean Visitors from Baekahm High School On 8th of August, welcome assembly for our Korean visitors, 13 students and 2 teachers from Baekahm High School, Seoul, South Korea was held. There were speeches from both sides and Korean folk music ‘Arirang’ was played by Nari B and Vivien D, and Baekahm students sang songs. They were in home stays from the 6th to the 9th of August with our students. The visitors attended classes with their buddies. In Korean classes, they delivered presentations regarding Samuel Townsend Korean culture and youth lifestyle. They also helped our students through constant immersion and casual speaking during classroom.

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Since the signage of official sister-school in 2011, Narrabundah College and Baekahm High School have been building close relationships. Both school students have been given the opportunity to visit mutual countries HUMANITIES NEWS every second year. This has been an amazing All students have completed their first assessments in relationship that enables students to understand cultural their units of study. aspects of Australia and Korea, and also learning Behavioural Sciences language at first hand. Students in year11 Sensation, Perception and Hee-Kyoung Lee Consciousness Psychology classes have been studying Korean Teacher visual impairments. Anda Weir organised for the president and vice president of the Canberra Blind Society, Peter Granleese and Heather Fitzpatrick, to talk about their experiences. Students in the year12 Psychology of Wellbeing class will hear from a presenter from the Butterfly Foundation about eating disorders and body image issues. After a very cold start to the morning on Monday 2nd July, 28 students and three teachers set off on the annual Behavioural Sciences Street Retreat Excursion to Sydney. Over two days, we had a fantastic time visiting our destinations. Monday included Odyssey House; Courage to Care and Wayside Chapel. We stayed at Sydney Harbour YHA in The Rocks and battled the rain to get to our dinner destination in Chinatown! After some free time and a delicious meal, we all took some time out watching The Incredibles 2 at the George St cinemas before walking back to the YHA.

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 Tuesday saw us head to William Booth House in the city Legal Studies and then Lakemba Mosque. This last destination was a This term has been very full with major essays and oral highlight for many of the students as was the lunch presentations due comprising 60% of the overall mark break we had in the main street of Lakemba which There remains one exam, a Document Study on the allowed us to soak in the local culture and cuisine. 30th August starting at 10.50 AM. We have had two guest speakers presenting to the classes. A member from Armstrong Legal presented to the year 11s on the role of a criminal lawyer in the Australian criminal justice system, and from the Attorney Generals department we were fortunate enough to have a lawyer, Holly Matley present to the year 12s on the maritime dispute between Australia and E Timor. Both were interesting presentations providing real life, anecdotal and quantitative information on crime and international law. Information Technology Students will be participating in the Australian Informatics Olympiad on Thursday 23 August. We have also been selected as a finalist to compete in the 2018 UNSW ProgComp Grand Final which will be held at UNSW Kensington on Saturday 1 September 2108.

Archana Aggarwal School Leader C The students were excellent ambassadors for SAS Change Rep and Timetabling solutions, Humanities Narrabundah College, we were very proud of them! & Information Technology, Certification and Learning Technologies

HISTPHILENGPOL Happenings ENGLISH With Session 3 drawing to a close students are applying their energies to preparation for the in-class essays which will be done during Weeks 16-17. Students should now focus on identifying key themes in their texts and looking at the range of techniques used by the writer to bring them to life for the reader. The writing of essays under test conditions will be a particular focus across all our English classes in the remaining weeks. This said, we all learn by doing - theory is useful but doesn’t replace doing practice essays at home on the text to get used to responding to the text in structured paragraphs. Students can make up their own questions (a useful exercise in possibility-thinking before the exam) or ask for essay questions in class. Sometimes students benefit from one-on-one tuition over a sustained period and we have a list of past students who are available as tutors. Please email or call and I will send you the list of students and their contact details. Email: [email protected] IB ENGLISH AND TOK INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH Year 11 IB Literature Students Our IB students have almost finished their study of literature in translation and they are now devising and working on their topics for the externally assessed IB Written Task. They will hand this in Thursday Week 16, receive feedback in their assessment and submit a final polished copy at the end of the year during IB Week.

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 Year 12 IB Literature Students Our Year12 students are busy reading, discussing and preparing their last novel in their Lit 5 classes in readiness for the exams at the end of this session. IB final examinations begin October 29. Tutorials in English for the examinations will begin immediately in Session 3 and run for 4 weeks. TOK GUEST TALKS TOK students studying Ethics this term were treated to more guest talks this session. On 15 June, Dr Julian Lamb (formerly a student of Narrabundah College) who has been a regular guest speaker to English and Philosophy students here, returned to speak on the subject of ‘Othello and Scepticism’. Drawing upon the ideas of Wittgenstein and Stanley Cavell, he showed how radical scepticism plays a tragic role in Shakespeare’s play. Dr Lamb is Associate professor in the English faculty at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research and publications are in the areas of early modern pedagogy (Erasmus, Ascham, Puttenham, Mulcaster), early modern language theory, Shakespeare (especially sonnets), poetics, Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin. On 21 June, Dr Paul Miller who has spoken to our students on previous occasions, returned to give his illuminating introduction to the ethics of French Lithuanian philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas. Dr Miller’s PhD work focused on the work of three important continental philosophers: Martin Heidegger; Emmanuel

Levinas; and Jean-Luc Nancy, and their contributions to Being a parent is the hardest job we’ll ever have. All our understanding of ontology, ethics and politics. His parents at some time experience difficulties talk, entitled ‘Thou shalt not kill: Emmanuel Levinas and andstress. the ethics of alterity’, introduced students to a quite Parentline ACT different way of thinking about ethics. is a confidential and free telephone and face-to-face counselling and information service. Debating News -Phone Parentline if you would you like: Narrabundah College entered three teams into the -To talk with someone about those parenting issues. ACTDU Advanced Premier Competition. -Help with some ideas on raising children. Topics for debate have been interesting and wide -Support in the important job you are doing. ranging including: this house believes Australia should -To know what is available for parents, teenagers and children. have a Bill of Rights to this house would legalise non- -To build better relationships in your family. violent crimes committed by a significant proportion of -Help to understand your child or teenager’s behaviour. the population (e.g. internet piracy, jaywalking). Make an appointment for a counselling session. The teams have the topic area of Philosophy for Round three next Thursday, 23 August starting at 6pm at Parentline ACT. Canberra College. You’re invited to come and watch our Monday to Friday (except on public holidays), students’ debate. 9am to 5pm Phone: 6287 3833 Catherine Phillipps

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August 2018 Narrabundah College Newsletter Reception 61423200 Important Dates

21 Aug Limelight Film Festival 22 Aug Test Timetable published 29 Aug- Test week – Excursion Free 6Sep 4 Sept 8.50-3.30 AST (Day 1) Excursion Free am Multiple Choice pm Short Answer 5 Sept 8.50-12.00 AST (Day 2) Excursion Free Writing Task 6 Sept Return Library books & Session 2 textbooks 7 Sept VOC & WEX Yr11&12 7-13 Sept Assessment Week–Excursion & Student Free 10 & 11 IB Trials – Yr12 Sept 12 Sept 4.30pm Board Meeting 6.00pm P&C Meeting 17 Sept Feedback Morning-all students to attend 19 Sept Reports issued 21 Sept Appeals close for Session 2 unit scores 24 Sept Yr11 WEX & VOC placement applications open 25 Sept 8.45-3.30pm First Aid Course 28 Sept Last day for class changes 1-12 Oct School Holidays (includes 1 Oct, Labour Day – Public Holiday)

2018 Parent Information Evenings, Parent Teacher afternoons & other evenings 21 August August Newsletter posted Limelight Film Festival 29 Aug-6 Sept Test week – Excursion Free 7 Sept VOC & WEX Yr11 and Yr12 7-13 Sept Assessment Week – Excursion & Student Free 12 Sept 4.30pm Board Meeting 6.00pm P&C Meeting 17 Sept Feedback Morning - All students to attend 19 Sept Reports issued 1-12 Oct School Holidays (includes 1 Oct, Labour Day – Public Holiday)

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