AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7
IMPORTANT DATES
3rd - 6th September Senior Snow Camp Celebrating the performing arts... “I believe that creativity will be the currency of the 21st century.” - Joseph M Calahan Thursday 6th September VCE Drama Solo Performance The performing arts play such an For the first time we took the work 6pm - Drama Space Danks St important role in offering our students out into the community with the transformative experiences. It is an art form production taking place in the Gasworks Saturday 8th September that encourages the exploration of ideas, Arts Park theatre. This has been our IB Visual Arts Exhibition 12-2pm creativity and enriches our view of the commitment across our arts program, Gatehouse - Princes Pier world. making our work accessible to the public and partnering with community 8th - 24th September This year’s school production, Parable, organisations. Year 9 World Challenge Expeditions exemplified all that is great about the performing arts. An original work, written On the 8th of August we hosted a visiting 10th - 17th September and largely performed by our year 10 performing arts troupe from China. Over Year 9 Da Vinci Expeditions students, it explored the moral dilemma of 100 performers jammed into the Bay who is ultimately responsible for the state Street campus for the event. We felt Wednesday 12th September of our world today. very honored to host them as they only Strings Evening - Southport Uniting performed in two venues in Australia, Church - 5pm Highly intelligent and ethical theatre, it the Sydney Opera House and Albert Park challenged our worldview and encouraged College. 15th - 22nd September all of us in the audience to think deeply New Caledonia Trip about what we can do to make the world We were not disappointed as what a better place. This piece spoke to our followed was an extraordinary spectacle. 17th - 21st September passion at Albert Park College for creating Two choirs, the Liyun Peking opera club Year 12 Practice Exams original and thought-provoking work. and a full orchestra took us on what can only be termed a cultural odyssey. Friday 21st September Last day of Term 3
Monday 8th October First day of Term 4 JUNE 2018 – ISSUE 5 2
of this creature to disturb our peace.
The final performing arts highlight this month has been our participation in a performance piece at Theatre Works St Kilda. City of Lost Souls explores ghost stories of St Kilda and beyond.
This is a project supported by the City of Port Phillip Cultural Fund and we are proud to be part of this creative and original work. It is a performance featuring original songs, dialogue and animation.
Our choir have worked so hard to be part of this event and their performance was as moving and haunting as the content of the performance piece demanded.
This month’s performing arts calendar is a testament to the creativity and talent of our students. I want One highlight was the performance of a young boy to congratulate them for their commitment and who displayed complete mastery of a traditional courage in exploring the art of what is possible. Chinese flute, a haunting and beautiful performance. We need people who think with the creative side Another came from the China Elderly Art Troupe. of their brain. It enables all of us to see life from a All the performers are over 60 and they showcased different perspective. traditional hand stitched silk dresses as they performed a melodic and graceful dance. Steve Cook Foundation Principal Following the performance the audience and the performers joined together, exchanging gifts and building friendships through their mutual love and appreciation of the performing arts.
We also held a successful strings evening at the Southport Uniting church. We are very fortunate to be able to perform in this historic bluestone church. It has the perfect atmosphere for the brass, woodwind and percussion performances featured at this event.
The fourth highlight was the VCE dance showcase evening. This event featured solo pieces choreographed and performed by our most senior dance students. Once again, we were so impressed by the creative and original work from our students. Particularly memorable was the piece titled “mosquito” which was a vivid reminder of the power AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 3
Parable - Year 10 Drama Production
members attending the matinee and evening performance. Earlier in the day, rehearsals took place enabling fantastic lighting to be plotted as well as the cast to get used to the space. On behalf of all involved, I would like to say another huge thank you to Gasworks Theatre for allowing us to use the amazing stage and backstage areas! Both performances were a huge success and a lot of fun to put on!
I would like to extend another message of appreciation APC’s annual production for 2018 was a collaboration to Christopher Beckey for all the effort he put into between Artist in Residence Christopher Beckey and the production and thank him for opening many or Albert Park College students, performed at Gasworks our eyes to a different style of theatre. Of course, this Theatre. Entitled Parable, the play explores the clash would not have been possible without the incredible of ideologies that exist in our local, national and support and talent of Ms Alers, Ms Carracher, Ms global communities. The concept was devised by the Barton, Ms Lee and Ms Pritchard. Thank you once Year 10 Drama class using Jean Genet’s The Maids as again for all the effort you put in! stimulus material. Upon entering the rehearsal space students were given the opportunity to improvise Written by Melisand Box new scenarios exploring the changing relationships of the characters. Over a period of 8 weeks, new scenes were developed and rehearsed until a full play emerged.
Parable is set in an apocalyptic world where the future is dependent on the actions of 5 members of humanity and archetypes representing the 11 best and worst aspects of humanity. With the last hope of humanity stolen, the characters must force the guilty party to surrender and return what was stolen.
Albert Park College presented two shows on Friday 10th of August with over two hundred audience AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 4
IB Visual Art Show
We are pleased to announce that our first group of International Baccalaureate Visual Arts students are presenting an exhibition of their artworks produced as part of the Diploma Program at our Gatehouse Apart from being a celebration of achievement, this Campus on Saturday the 8th of September 12 - 2pm. event is also a major assessment task for our students which equates to 40% of their score for Visual Arts. This exhibition is a celebration of two years of hard work by our students who have developed innovative Each student has produced between 4 and 11 techniques and concepts with an awareness of their artworks for this exhibition, which has made our first place in our global community. exhibition very diverse and interesting. We warmly invite the Albert Park College community to attend Over the course of the program each student this opening to help celebrate the successes of our developed their own framework for producing art first International Baccalaureate Visual Arts students. works in their chosen art forms and have spent many hours researching influences from diverse cultures and developing and refining their own techniques to execute works for the show. AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 5
The Melbourne Camera Club
The excursion went for two days. On the first day we were introduced to the basics of film photography, taught how to properly load film into our cameras and adjust the settings to capture the best possible shot. We then walked around South Melbourne, each with a film camera of our own taking photos with a limit of 18 images. We returned back to the dark room and developed our negatives, allowing us to view the pictures we took, although not everyone’s images worked out. We chose two pictures each that we wanted to enlarge into full photos on the second day.
Being in the dark room was one of the most stressful On the 7th and 8th of August, a small group of Year experiences as any bit of light exposed to the paper 10 and Year 12 students took part in an excursion to would ruin the whole thing - there were a few incidents The Melbourne Camera Club to learn about analogue where someone almost got out their phone… Each photography methods. We were lucky enough to be student who attended also got their portrait taken on able to shoot film, develop film, and then enlarge a very old medium format film camera and a lovely prints of our own in the darkroom. It was an incredible group shot. Overall it was an amazing experience that experience as we were able to not only learn about each student valued highly! this medium but the members there showed us their collection of early made cameras, such as spy Thank you to Ms Barton and The Melbourne Camera cameras designed for the Second World War. Club for the awesome excursion. AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 6
STEM: F1 in Schools Sponsorship Evening
On Thursday 23rd August the four Year 8 F1 in Schools teams participated in a Sponsorship Presentation Evening where they got to thank their sponsors for their support and collaboration in preparing for the State Finals of this competition. As well as representatives from local businesses and Rotary Club, guests included: Martin Foley MP representing Albert Park and also representatives from Driven Women Magazine and One Girl.
A write up in Driven Women Magazine can be found at this link. Also, the teams received a strong media representation being acknowledged on Twitter and numerous social media pages.
The teams are now preparing their final designs and collating their Engineering and Team Management Portfolios in preparation for the State Finals of the competition held 13th -15th November at Bosch Headquarters in Clayton.
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Creativity, Activity and Service
brought me to this conclusion”.
Gabe Orloff “My favorite aspect of CAS was applying the requirements of the course to my own interests. I was able to provide service for others while learning about bike mechanics and furthering my interest in that subject matter. Being able to pursue my own interests made the experiences I was undertaking enjoyable and made me look forward to furthering my CAS portfolio”.
Hari Vidyalakshmi “I had always wanted to play the guitar, and CAS gave me the opportunity to learn it. I had enjoyed the whole process of learning it, and it was my favourite part”.
Llywyllyn Mcdonald “I found CAS actually provided some productive and much needed downtime from the rest of the course. As a part of the core curriculum, IB students Not only that, but some of the new experiences I participated in a range of activities that explored had, especially those that took me out of my comfort Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS). These activities are completed in students’ own time and ensures that they have a balance between school work and extracurricular activities. This year sees the completion of the Year 12 IB classes CAS portfolios. Students participated in a range of activities that took them out of their comfort zone. They also completed a major CAS project where they initiated and facilitated a major activity that they investigated, planned and demonstrated. The projects were designed to give back to the wider community. The class have just completed their final CAS interviews, communicating what they have learnt during the process.
Olivia Lawrence “The part of CAS that I most enjoyed was my CAS project. Watching something go from a design to a tangible product was really cool, and giving back to Headspace was really rewarding. I learnt that balancing school work with extracurricular activities is really important to create a fulfilling life and CAS AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 8
Creativity, Activity and Service zone, like performing in a wedding band and taking part in a 2 day hike, will certainly stay with me”.
Milo Burgner “My favourite CAS experience was working for a couple of months at a local Red Cross. I felt I gained a lot of experience and skills working within the service industry, like having to talk to customers, and using a till. Additionally, I felt like I was making a positive impact on the world through working there”.
San Clifford “I personally liked the experience of taking part in clean up Australia day in my local area the best because it was really rewarding to get to see how “My favourite part of CAS was learning more about in the space of a few days, your local area gets my abilities and strengths, as well as stepping out of transformed from a place that is littered with rubbish, my comfort zone to participate in activities I wouldn’t to a place that was free of plastic and other pieces normally do in the past such as dance, gaining of rubbish. Moving forward, I think I will continue to more confidence in myself and the things that I can participate in cleaning my local community”. achieve”.
Steph Li AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 9
Building Leadership for Change
This is the second year that Albert Park College has been asked to host teachers from Saudi Arabia as part of a joint initiative with the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. The visiting teachers with us for May and June are: Hulayla Abdullah Al Sulayyim, Huda Altalhy and Nimah Salem Altawi. They have been working with teachers and our principal team to build their knowledge of Australian school systems and approaches to education. They have also been sharing information about the Saudi education system and culture with staff and students. Staff have enjoyed Saudi morning tea thanks to our visitors and Huda ran a Saudi cooking class with our Food students. Delicious! Year 9 Mind and Body
Over the last two weeks, students from year 9 Mind and Body have been visited by some furry friends! As part of the Mind and Body program this term, year 9 students have been developing their understanding of positive psychology and have been creating their own practices to enhance their health, happiness and wellbeing. In addition, students got the opportunity to meet some Animal-Assisted Therapists and their adorable dogs! This was a great opportunity for students to engage in some practical activities with the dogs and witness how they are used as a form of therapy to improve an individual’s emotional or cognitive functioning and overall wellbeing AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 10
Sports Update
The Year 8 Boys Badminton team went on to compete in the Southern Metropolitan regional finals on the 3rd of August. Overall, the boys competed over three days, and won against eight other teams to make it into the final round. Unfortunately, in the finals they were defeated, and for the second year running came runner up at the Southern Metropolitan Regional Finals. Please congratulate the following boys on their effort- Karlin Nguyen, Benjamin Davies, Daniel Dessau, Wilkie Dick and Louis Shepard. It is quite an achievement to perform in any sport at this level, and to do it so successfully with such grace and sense of pride.
The APC Basketball Academy commenced sessions In Term 3 selected students have taken part in Inter- in the second week of Term 1, 2018 as it has every school tournaments and exclusive Basketball Victoria year since 2011. The opening days of trials saw up Champion’s Cup tournaments. A big congratulation’s to 140 students take the court eagerly meeting new goes out to our U15 Junior Girls who are through to teammates, coaches and friends. the Elite 8 stage (top 8 in Victoria). Following on from that all four of our Year 7, 8 boys and girls teams Since Week 2, the Academy has been in full swing have made it through to the regional finals stage and with all students spending a minimum of 3 hours will compete for a position in the state finals later this on the court working on skills and game-play term. concepts. On top of the heavy training schedule all students have participated in friendly tournaments Good luck to all players competing in upcoming with Berwick Secondary, Elwood Secondary and tournaments and we look forward to all Academy Doncaster Secondary and will do so again in Term 4. members finishing off a strong Term 3. AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 11
Sports Update
thank you to APC parent helper, Paul Stewart, who coached the boys on the day. “The boys played brilliantly and in a great spirit. Unfortunately they just got pipped by a very good Melbourne High team in the final after winning their first 3 games, including a 14 to nil. It was a pleasure to facilitate them playing” - Paul Stewart
Well done to the Intermediate Boys Table Tennis team They have put in a great effort against some tough teams at the Interschool event earlier this month. Year 7 Girls Futsal team won Beachside final Thank you to APC parent helper, David Burdett, “Well done to the Year 7 girls Futsal team who won for coaching and supporting the team. “Everyone the Beachside Schools Tournament on Wednesday! behaved well and showed good sportsmanship. The The girls played exceptionally well. The girls were kids won more than they lost, and finished third out excellent representatives of APC. Congratulations to of six, being beaten by Melbourne High (who were all players!” - Ms Van Summeren dominant all day) and Yavneh.” - David Burdett
Excellent effort by the Year 8 Boys Futsal team Good luck to the Senior Boys Basketball team These athletes came runner up in the Beachside Final. This team have won the Beachside event and are The boys were fantastic sports and should be really going through to the Southern Metropolitan Final proud of their efforts. next Thursday 6th Sept.
Congratulations to the Year 7 Boys and Girls Well done to the Year 7/8 Girls Basketball Champions Basketball teams Cup team The teams have won the Beachside events and are They had won the first round of games before being going through to the Southern Metropolitan Finals in defeated in the second round. It was a great effort October. Good luck! “Well done to the year 7 Girls and they represented APC brilliantly. A team who won the Beachside Schools Tournament yesterday! Both A and B teams played exceptionally well on the day and represented APC with absolute class! Congratulations girls!” - Mr Sheers.
A big congratulations to the Year 8 Boys and Girls Basketball teams These teams won the Beachside event and are going through to the Southern Metropolitan Finals in October. Good luck!
Well done to the Intermediate Boys Futsal team The boys only just missed out on the Final. A huge AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 12
House Chess and Future House Events
On Friday in week 5, 30 students attended the House Chess competition at Danks St. We had students participate across all year levels at the main campus who came along to this event to win points for their house. Winton came out on top as the winners of this competition with 101 points. Special mentions are needed for Sudarshan Lamichhane (Winton) who won one of his games in 4 moves and to Harriette Christie (Winton) and Thomas Lee (Flannery) who both won two games in a row.
On Monday in week 6 the completion continued at Bay St. 26 students attended and again Winton came out of this competition victorious with a further 61 points. Special mentions are needed for Ashley Leddy (Winton) and Thomas Dolan (Freeman) who won two games each for their house. Thank you also to the House Captains for setting up and leading these events.
Events to look forward to: House Volleyball in week 8 in the gym at lunchtime House Iron Chef in week 4 Term 4 (details and (Monday Yr 9s, Tuesday Yr 7/8s, Thursday Yr 10-12s) application form will be found on Compass) House Soccer at The Pitts (more details to come Any queries or questions about these events please on Compass during the end of Term 3) come and talk to the House Captains or Miss Jessop :) AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 13
Year 9 Community Engagement
Father Bob Maguire Foundation This was a great way for the students to learn how Father Bob’s facilitate a caring community, whilst the students helped prepare fruits and vegetables for the evening community meals that are made available to the homelessness and disadvantage.
St Kilda Mum’s Those students that attended St Kilda Mum’s, were able to understand how recycled nursery equipment is a great way to help families who are facing a variety of challenges, whilst supporting the environment.
The Big Issue Students participated in an inner city workshop, led by the team at Big Issue, as well as meet individuals that have experienced homelessness.
As part of the Y9s Community Engagement program, this term, students stepped out of the classroom and immersed themselves actively by supporting and working with some of our local community groups. Students had the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of volunteers and organisations to support our local community:
Beach Patrol and EcoCentre Students worked with volunteers from Beach Patrol and EcoCentre to help combat beach and street pollution, as well as fighting War on Waste in our troubled beach habitats. There is a lot we can do to fight War on Waste, and visiting http://www. biogone.com.au/ is a terrific way to displace non- biodegradable plastic items you currently have at home. AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 14
Library Corner
TALKING BOOKS with APC student Adam, year 10 This book was recommended by Aboriginal playwright and academic Richard Frankland at the If you could be any book character, who would you APC staff conference. It describes the sophisticated be? Harry Potter because he has the ability to fly and Aboriginal land management systems that were in owns an invisibility cloak. play prior to European influence, challenging colonial prejudices that criticised Australia as barren and What is the most recent book that you read? unruly before settlement. Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home (edited by Kent MacCarter and Ali Lemer). Although I only found Jane Doe and The Cradle of All Worlds by Jeremy a minimal part of it interesting, some of the refugees Lachlan had really interesting stories. Published in August 2018, it is the first instalment in Are there any books that you recommend? a four-book series that is set to be a stellar journey. It The Maze Runner series by James Dashner. They’re is a dark and magical fantasy that has been described a really good science-fiction, non-naturalism series. I as a mix between the TV series Stranger Things read the series for the first time a few years ago and and Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. It is have re-read the books since then. suitable for early to middle year students.
LIBRARY NEWS: RECOMMENDED: Spanning from 18-24 of August, the Children’s The Secret History by Donna Tartt Book Council of Australia’s book week saw various For senior students, this 1992 bestseller has attracted a Australian novels take home prizes. The APC library dedicated cult following. The story follows a tightknit now has all six shortlisted books for the Older circle of classmates who study Ancient Greek and at Readers (ages 13-18) category in the library, including a liberal arts college in America. However, the book is the winning book Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, unlike your traditional snapshot of college life; and is Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood. instead part psychological thriller, part philosophical meditation, and part a reflection on growing up. With RECENT ARRIVALS: its murders and bacchanalian rituals, it is at the very The Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage least a highly memorable read. AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 15
Careers Bulletin
not even have thought of such an experience, I found it great to work in the lab daily and learnt so much which I would never have learnt otherwise.
Weeks before I had also applied for the Royal Melbourne Hospital work experience in the Neurosurgery department as I already had secured a placement and I really had nothing to lose. Suddenly, when I was already on my placement at the University, I received an email confirming that I had gotten a placement at the hospital. This occurring in the first In the last week of Term 2 I was fortunate enough week of the holidays. During this week I got to interact to participate in a work experience placement in the with patients, watched 5 neurosurgeries and got to Biology department at the University of Melbourne. I experience what it is like to work in a large hospital. I was very happy to have gained this placement as this absolutely loved every minute of this experience. is a field that is very competitive and is hard to get placements in. Although I initially wanted to do my Although I didn’t get all the placements I applied for work experience in a hospital, I was finding it very initially, I kept looking and applying which I would difficult to find placements which is why I started highly encourage anyone else to do. If you don’t looking for placements with a similar focus but more get your first choice, just keep looking and don’t be in the research side of things. In this placement I afraid to get knocked back. Although it was very had heaps of fun, getting to work closely with a PhD tiring doing 2 weeks of work experience I would 100% student extracting fly DNA, putting it on a gel and recommend others to do the same to really immerse even using restriction enzymes to cut the DNA to get yourself in a possible career and something you will different strands of DNA. Although initially I would actually enjoy. JUNE 2018 – ISSUE 5 16
Organic Waste
Albert Park College’s Environment Club has the Last term, we introduced worm farms to handle the ambitious aim of transforming our school into a food scraps from the Danks St Food Technology carbon positive one. We currently generate an rooms. They’re thriving and generating castings which average of 4 tonnes of landfill waste per month, will fertilise our Herb Garden. As the worms continue taking into account our summer break and term to grow, we will colonise more bins to service The holidays. None of this is recycled and only a small Whole Nine Yards Cafe at our Environmental Hub at amount is diverted from landfill. Bay St and then Pickles. These will continue to be an educational resource. This is in part due to China’s changes to waste import contamination levels. With these new strict standards But they don’t deal with all of our waste. From Term a single black bin liner will contaminate an entire 9 4, we will be introducing new paper recycling bins tonne truck of otherwise clean, recyclable waste. The into all staff offices. Organic waste will be captured by lack of recycling is also down to Australia’s current a 240Lt bin in the courtyard of Danks St. Throughout inability to recycle. Finally our ability to control the Term 4, smaller organics bins will be situated in the waste that enters our school from 1,300 separate classrooms. sources is a very limited. Look out for more information in upcoming Achieving a level of 0.5% contamination or less at any assemblies and around each campus about how to school is an almost impossible feat, but we’re up for use these bins responsibly and effectively. Together, the challenge. Behind the scenes, we’ve been making we can reduce and recycle our waste and prevent it changes to our waste management systems to work from ending permanently in landfill. towards our goal of zero waste. Eloisa Moses-McMahon, Environmental Leader with Mr. Steven Stanecki and Mr. Guy Alexander AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 17
Calling ALL ARTISTS! Exhibition Duration Entries close on the 17th of September We accept 70% professional/amateur work with Friday 19th October to Sunday the balance of 30% for student work for this fab- 21st October 2018 ulous fundraiser for our school. Our online entry system is now open! Click on the link below to register Gala Opening Night http://albertparkcollegeartshow.com.au/register Friday 19th October 2018 7pm to 11pm Silent Auction and $35 tickets on sale soon Professional and student art for sale Raffle Items Live and silent auction The Annual Art Show is fast approaching and Adult Art Awards announced we are seeking donations/items from the school Gourmet food and complimentary first community for the silent auction and raffles. beverage Live music Please contact Ruth at [email protected] or on 0419 390 962 if you can donate any items Saturday 20th October such as holiday homes, homewares, vouchers, art works, sport equipment, services etc. All items 10am to 6 pm will be greatly appreciated. She is also looking for Free event a partner in crime, so if you have any spare time Film screening / Live music to help Ruth, please give her a call. Student design market Student Art Awards announced
How can you help? Sunday 21st October As a school community member, your assistance 10am to 4pm and support is vital. Your help would be appreci- Free event ated with the following: • Send out an invitation to any artists you know encouraging them to submit For more information please email works [email protected] • Sponsor a cash prize • Sponsor printing costs or visit the school website on • Sponsor our musicians www.albertparkcollege.vic.edu.au • Sponsor advertising costs • Donate to our live auction CURATOR Trudy Rice • Bake a Cake and deliver on the Sat 20 and M 0410 596 415 Sun 21 [email protected] • Donate to our silent auction • Offer your support by putting your name on our roster to help at the event. • 1-2 hour shifts available. https://www.facebook.com/apcartshow Sign up HERE to support our community event AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 18
Pick My Project
Dear Albert Park community,
We invite you to support our students in helping promote youth engagement in our local area by registering with Pick My Project.
Once you’ve registered, you’ll have three votes to allocate to project ideas you’d like to see funded in your local community. You’ll be able to choose from project ideas located within 5km of your residential address.
Please don’t forget to vote for our local projects, “From Port to Plate” and “Youth En- gagement Facilitator” so that our students can have the opportunity to make their projects a reality and help the youth within our wider community.
Please share with friends and family who may be eligible, every vote counts!
Many thanks,
George Atrache Steve Cook Professional Learning Leader Foundation Principal AUGUST 2018 – ISSUE 7 19