Kambrya News Weekly News Term 2, Week 4 2018 Principal’s Message Dear students, parents, guardians and community members, Key Dates Winter has finally arrived at Kambrya! Well, perhaps not on the calendar just yet, but our long spell of fine weather has finally broken! Hopefully our new building construction 2018 is not slowed down too much! This is a good time for all parents/guardians to please check in with your child to ensure they have the right uniform to get them through the All School Calendar dates now appear colder months ahead! Winter uniform is now compulsory; no hooded jumpers may be on Compass - we strongly encourage all worn. parents to check for upcoming events through Compass, click on the Calendar I extend a huge thanks to all our School Council members and also to our Parents Tab, then Public Whole School Calendar, and Friends Association members who had long and productive meetings this week you are able to view details in Week or on Monday and Wednesday nights respectively. Your contributions to this College are Month format highly valued! Tuesday 15th - Thursday 17th May Congratulations to Cheryl Adam, our Art Support Technician, who has finished writing NAPLAN Year 7 and Year 9 students a book after ten years of work on it! It will be launched at the Frankfurt book fair later this year. The book is called “Lillian’s Eden” and is a historical drama set in South Africa. Friday 18th May Stage Band Performance - Eden Rise The SEAL entrance exam for prospective Year 7 2019 students is being held tomorrow Shopping Centre - 3pm morning at the college. Applications closed on Friday 4th May and we have 150 applicants this year! Best of luck to all. Monday 28th May - Friday 1st June Whole School Exam Week NAPLAN is also on for Year 7 and 9 students next week. As stated in my news a few weeks ago, please actively encourage your child to attempt these tests with rigour. They Friday 1st June are an excellent opportunity for them to demonstrate learning growth, and they are Report Writing Day - STUDENT FREE DAY also a valuable tool for us to measure the impact of the teaching strategies that we are using at the College. Monday 11th June A massive congratulations to Ms Kat Fonda and the three international students Kido Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Hoang, Emma Pen and Gemmy Taing, who participated in the DET State-wide International Student Forum last week. This week, the three students gave a presentation to over 180 Wednesday 13th June of our staff. The confidence and empowerment they displayed was nothing short of GAT inspiring.
Please note the College sent out updated financial statements to all parents/guardians Saturday 16th - Friday 29th June this week, which includes semester two charges. Earlier fees were due 15th March. German Sister School Visit Wherever possible, please try to pay online via your compass accounts. Please direct any queries to the accounts receivable staff at the front office. Sunday 24th June - Tuesday 3rd July Year 10 Central Australia Camp Wishing all a lovely weekend. Stay safe during the big rains! Friday 29th June Kind Regards Last Day of Term 2 Keith Perry 2.30pm Dismissal Principal
68 Bemersyde Dr, Berwick, VIC 3806 Phone: 9707 7600 Fax: 9702 6277 Email: [email protected] www.kambryacollege.com CRICOS Provider Code: 00861K Instrumental Music News
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC MASTERCLASS with GERRY PANTAZIS On Monday 30th April, the Kambrya Instrumental Music students were treated to a rare opportunity to see one of Melbourne’s hardest working session drummers live on stage in an exclusive masterclass. Gerry Pantazis is the kind of drummer you’ll see on live TV doing events such as Carols By Candlelight, Australia’s Got Talent or Dancing With the Stars. Not to mention performing and recording with some of Australia’s biggest artists - Guy Sebastian ,Shannon Noel, David Campbell, Anthony Callea, Casey Donovan, Rob Mills, Kate DeAraugo, Lee Harding, Tommy Emmanuel , Bachelor Girl and Human Nature to name a few!
The students were treated to 90 mins of blistering musical performance but also some amazing informative interview time where Gerry explained how to handle the pressure of gigs like live TV, how he prepares for performance, what a session musician is, how he keeps on top of his technique, how to be a better musician and how he would learn 50 songs in a week for one gig! Students from all instrument focuses were able to take away something from this amazing masterclass. The music department looks forward to presenting more masterclasses like this one in the future for music students and we thank Gerry Pantazis for being so accommodating and awesome!
STAGE BAND PERFORMANCE | EDEN RISE SHOPPING CENTRE | Friday 18th May | 3pm Members of the College Stage band will be returning to Eden Rise Shopping Centre doing a live public performance on Friday 18th May at 3pm. This performance is entertain the masses and will be happening outside the front of Nandos from 3pm. All are welcome to attend and show support the kids in the band who are very much looking forward to performing live in public. See you there! Eden Rise Shopping Centre – Cnr of Clyde and Oshea Road, Berwick
Mr Adrian Violi Director of Music
2 Central Camp News
Thanks to all the parents who attended our parent info evening on Tuesday. The Year 10 camp for 2018 is a 10-day exploration of the sights of Central Australia including Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Uluru, Lilla Community Visit, Kings Canyon & Alice Springs.
The camp aims to introduce Year 10 students to the wonders of the Australian Outback to nurture their knowledge of the diversity of the Australian landscape and broaden their appreciation of the Australian history. The trip also aims to cement the bond and team working skills of the students in preparation for their final years of their schooling at Kambrya College.
Please ensure all students get their Medical Forms back to the front office ASAP.
Mr Aaron Sawers Year 10 Student Manager
3 Inter-school Sport News
On Monday the 7th of May, 24 students from Year 7 and Year 8, represented the college in the Junior Girls Football team. After an hour of delay we competed against Gleneagles Secondary College and Berwick College. In very windy conditions and shorter matches the girls competed very gallantly, showing excellent team work, resilience and great sportsmanship.
Lanie captained the girls, gathering them in for team huddles to discuss tactics, giving instructions, encouragement and leading by example. After the matches she organised the girls to line up and shake hands with the opposition.
Unfortunately we lost both games, the first by 7 points and the 2nd by only 1 point. The teacher in charge from Gleneagles SC said that our tackling was better than the intermediate girls match which had been played earlier in the day.
Best on ground performances from Leah and Nat. Congratulations to all the girls: Alicia Amos, Lucy Brady, Brishti Brishti, Natalie Brown, Jada Candy, Mikayla Gidley, Chloe Higgins, Claire Hocking, Morgan Holland, Morgan Holmes, Lanie Maclean, Isabella Marshall, Chloe Maslen, Leah Mitchell, Mikayla Onezime, Isabella O’Shanassy, Paige Reinheimer, Ebony Rich, Ebony Shanal, Hannah Smith, Lily Thompson and Alicia Willis, particularly those that had never played football before.
Thankyou to Alyssa and Venessa from Yr 10 who helped umpire during the game. A very special thankyou to the parents who came to watch and support the team.
Mr Shannon Roscoe Sports and Carnival Coordinator
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Dear Parents and Guardians
The staff and students involved in our 2018 School Production are currently looking for monetary donations from local businesses, our school community and Corporate Sponsors, as per below:
• Small donations ($50 - $300) from Sponsors which will go a long way to help fund the costs for items such as costumes, props, set construction and materials, technical equipment and makeup.
Any donation will help support Kambrya College Arts Department and greatly help make our show a success at Kambrya College! Donations would be most helpful prior to 29th June 2018.
As a Sponsor: • Your business name and logo will be printed in our house program (distribution 200 x 4 performances) • Your business name and logo will be mentioned on our website • Your business name and logo will be printed in our school newsletter
Please contact the Production Fundraising Coordinator, Rose Serra via email: [email protected], for details on how you can donate to our Arts Program at Kambrya College. You can receive a business receipt for your donation towards our school, upon request.
Thank you!
Miss Leya Mackus HOD Arts
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Kambrya College Year 9 Theatre Company Presents!
Kambrya College is putting on two fantastic and delightful plays that will bring out your laughter and mysterious side: The Knave of Hearts Nobody Famous This event is both free and entertaining so come on down and just have an enjoyable time and a good laugh with the cast and class of 2018 ‘Stage Magic’ elective. Performances 6pm Friday the 18th of May (Approximate finish time 8pm)
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Numeracy Puzzle of the Week
Week 4 Result
Week 4’s topic: NAPLAN and Mother’s Day Congratulations to the winners of week 4: Level of difficulty: 1/2 First Prize Second Prize Shehara Dheerasinghe – M9S Kanwaldeep Singh – M7A To celebrate Mother’s Day, a special puzzle Alicia Paranavithane – M9S Brodie Wright – G8C was created this week. The puzzle is the Sancha Fung – M8A Evian Deng – M8B combination of NAPLAN revision questions and Simon Yu – M8A Dominique Tait – M8B SECRET CODES on Mother’s Day’s theme. The Anant Singh – G8C Emilia Meng – M8A winner need to have the right answers for all Alna Joseph – M8B Thomas Ngo – M8B the questions to reveal the final code on time. Tisuli Wijekoon – M8B Mansora Hidari – B9A By solving the puzzle, students are not only able to do some revision for their NAPLAN ------exam occurring next week, but they also have Week 3 Result chance to win prizes for themselves AND for
their beloved Mothers. Week 3’s topic: A few little problems Level of difficulty: The FINAL CODES are: “MOM TURNS UPSIDE DOWN SPELLS WOW!” Congratulations to the winners of week 3: and “HAPPINESS IS SEEING MY MUMMY First prize: Mansoura Hydari (B9A), Sancha SMILE” Fung (M8A), Jessica Smith (M8C) We are so happy so see so many students Second prize: Alna Joseph (M8B), Jai Williams attempting the puzzle with excitement. One of (M8A), Dominique Tait (M8B), Tisuli Wijekoon the student said, “I didn’t know what to give (M8B), Evian Deng (M8B) Mum on Mother’s Day, it is great that I can win a prize for Mum this way, she will be so proud Overall Maths Cup of me!!”. And we are so proud of your efforts, too. 1st Mirrim 30 points 2nd Warin 16 points 3rd Bulen 15 points
4th Later Years 12 points 5th Gwonawa 8 points
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Changing the way young people learn about finance.
On Tuesday 8th of May, Soren Jensen from the Start Smart Secondary Program delivered an inspiring talk with the aim of motivating our 48 Year 12 VCAL students to make smart decisions about money. This workshop was organized to create awareness for our students in terms of money, to prepare for their future and was in line with the assessment task that they are going to work on. Soren explored a variety of topics associated with earning money such as getting your first job, taxation and workplace rights and responsibilities so that students are equipped with tools to allow them to maximize their income and enjoy their work. Soren also encouraged students to identify their most common barriers to saving, such as irregular wages and binge spending, before challenging them to identify practical strategies to overcome those barriers. The highlight of the workshop was when Soren explained how students could use superannuation as an investment vehicle to even become a millionaire in the coming years! The workshop as a whole was very interactive and students were engaged to ask and clarify questions they have encountered at work in regards to workplace rights and superannuation. It was highly beneficial to our students and helped prepare their mindsets/perspective about their future financials.
Ms Grace Wong Maths Teacher
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