Callaghan College College News Bulletin

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY EXCELLENCE

TERM 2 2014 Principal’s Update

Newsletter Term 2 on, led by College Coordinators in CAPA, Technol- st Can I begin by saying ogy, Vocational Education, Sport and 21 Century what a great honour and Learning. privilege it is to be Col- lege Principal, and to And I am mightily impressed by the College 21st thank the staff in each Century Learning project. The combination of hard- campus, and on all com- ware alignment and software and application train- mittees, for their warm receptions. ing within a clear framework of a common, pur- poseful commitment to the 4 C’s of 21st Century Learning (Communication, Collaboration, Critical I have come to Callaghan Thinking & Creativity) is fantastic! College from my previous position as principal at

Hunter River High school for nearly six years, and as Michael McQueen and 21st Century Learning Deputy Principal at Newcastle High School prior to Congratulations to Dr Fiona Walsh, Amy that. Whilst in Sydney I worked in consultancy roles in McConville, 21st Century Learning Coordinator, the state leadership unit, literacy and curriculum, and Joy Kingsford, College Coordinator, and the entire as HT English & History at Asquith Boys High School. 21st Century Learning Project team for an out- Consultancy roles in Newcastle included School Im- standing Professional Learning event for all Col- provement officer and quality teaching and I was a lege teaching staff in Week 5 of term. classroom teacher at Cobar, Booragul (now Lake Mac- quarie HS), Peel Technology High in Tamworth and The prevening session was opened by internation- Forster. ally renowned speaker Michael McQueen. Michael

McQueen is an Australian-born speaker, social re- I would like to acknowledge and honour the role that Dr Fiona Walsh has played as relieving College Principal. The huge number, warmth and sincerity of the well wishes to her are testament to the great work she has done strengthening community links, extending the College profile and providing better opportunities for students to be the best they can be.

In my five weeks at I have been privileged to witness the college values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence, and the College goals of Excellence through Innovation in teaching and learn- ing, diverse learning pathways, and quality community Graham Eather; College Principal, Michael McQueen, partnerships evident at every event I have attended. Amy McConville; 21st Century Co-Ordinator and Joy Kingsford; College Co-ordinator Braye Park at the There are lots of great across-campus projects going 21st Century Learning Conference in May.

TERM 2 2014 Principal’s Update Cont. searcher and bestselling author. Coming from a back- expertise with their colleagues. Thank you and ground in marketing and research, in 2004 Michael congratulations to all workshop presenters on founded a consultancy specializing in demographic such a great job, especially given the technology shifts and social trends called The Nexgen Group. problems that we encountered with a state-wide internet outage! Thanks to staff too for the pa- tience and persistence in the face of difficulties. More than 50% of the 200+ staff who participated have completed evaluations and they are over- whelmingly positive.

From the evaluations, staff are saying that one of the great aspects of the college 21CL project is that we are building confidence and competence in the apps and programs and tablets and com- puters available to us within a clear framework of understanding that these are tools to help us and Michael McQueen presenting to 220 of our Callaghan students communicate, collaborate, create and College teachers. think critically. Michael’s first book The ‘New’ Rules of Engage- ment was the culmination of a 3-year study of the key College Evaluation drivers of youth culture around the world. With an em- All schools across the state are currently evaluat- phasis on the values and attitudes of Generation Y, this ing their progress against their school growth tar- 2007 release was designed to help business leaders, gets in preparation for the next Strategic Plan for educators and parents better engage younger genera- 2015-2017. And Callaghan College is no differ- tions. ent.

Having spoken to over 200,000 people across 5 conti- The College Council has commenced its evalua- nents since 2004, Michael is known for his engaging, tion of the role it plays in guiding and supporting entertaining and practical conference presentations. He the College. Council President Mr Malcolm Sand- has shared the stage with some of the biggest names strom is keen to strengthen the community voice in the business including Bill Gates, Whoopi Goldberg on, and support from, the Council for the College and Larry King. Michael has worked with such compa- in three key areas: Strategic planning and evalu- nies as Pepsi and Telstra and can now add Callaghan ation (Governance); community representation College to his credits. (Voice); and community connections (partnerships). At the conclusion of Michael McQueens presentation teachers then moved into workshop groups and reflect- More information will be distributed as these are- ed on Michael’s key points related to the way we inter- as take shape and your comments on these and act and teach students now, and how that might need any matters related to the College and Council to change in the future. are most welcome at any time.

Teachers engaged in technology based workshops in Visit by Dubbo College and Hastings College the ALARM literacy program, using Google Apps, Ado- staff be Connect and Google Docs to name a few, all run by Thank you to staff at every campus for hosting College staff who have put in extra work to share their Dubbo College staff in their quest for new / differ-

TERM 2 2014 CAPA ent / better ways of doing things. The Dubbo team were Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) envious and excited by the high level of collaboration Callaghan Bandlink in Week 6 was a success with between campuses and commitment to the whole of over 95 musicians from our partner primary college programs and initiatives. I was lucky enough to schools participating in a combined CEP Concert catch up with the Dubbo team after work and they were Band. We are looking forward to another rehearsal to join in for the first ever performance at the CEP so impressed they want to come back for more!! Thank Education Week Assembly. you to all who met with for giving so generously of your Rock Band Initiative time! A Rock Band Initiative is being established for the College Rock Bands in conjunction with the Con- Additionally, the newly appointed principal of the Has- servatorium of Music and the University of New- tings College based in Port Macquarrie visited the castle.

Braye Park campus to discuss operational structures Drama Workshop and support systems as he strives to unite the two Talks are still underway for Drama workshops schools there. Again, Callaghan College was a first throughout the CEP and an Outdoor Digital Media choice starting place for learning. Festival.

Lizottes College Education Pathways Short Video Festival ‘Lizottes’ has again been booked for our talented The CEP drama group are considering a college-wide students from the College to perform at on Novem- Short Video Festival. There was much excited discus- ber 19th. This is an exciting night of talent that fea- sion on this at their last meeting and the Callaghan edu- tures our best musicians and actors from all 3 cation Pathways principals felt the proposal was very campuses. Make sure that you put this date in exciting! Looking good, so stay tuned! your diary. Didgeridoo Making Education Week Presentation Assembly The College Education Week Presentation Week As- Students from Waratah and Wallsend are involved sembly will be held on Wednesday 30 July at Callaghan in making their own Didgeridoos. This term has seen the team progress to the sanding phase. Af- College Jesmond Senior Campus in the Bini Shell. ter finishing sanding this week, they will plan their Look for more news on that from your specific campus designs. Great work guys and thanks again to closer to the event. Craig, Darren, Alex, Ray Kelly and Leigh Ridge- way for their support and guidance in the entire Finally process with the boys. William A. Ward once said: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher Candice Bergin College CAPA Co-ordinator demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

In my five weeks as College principal I have met lots of great teachers, all of whom are doing inspirational work! I invite you to attend one of our campuses during edu- cation week to witness first-hand the fabulous things that are happening at Callaghan College.

And I look forward to meeting you.

With Kind Regards Graham Eather Students working on making their own Didgeridoos

TERM 2 2014 Sport Jake Stanton, Ben Rochester, Patrick Hill, Bailey Myers, Dylan Platford and Cale Stanton.

Our Opens Rugby League Team won their pre- liminary round robin competition, defeating 3 teams to progress to the next round. Some strong players, who are Repre- sentatives, Jake Stanton and Jarom Haines, were amongst those players who performed ex- tremely well on the day. We wish them luck for the next rounds.

Sport has been very busy across the College of late, College Cross Country was held on a wet day with many teams competing in state knockout competi- towards the end of term. For once it was pleasant tions. Although we haven’t had great success, our running and the students in the younger ages teams have displayed sportsmanship and collegiality in fought for positions and spots in the zone team. all of their games. Many students have enjoyed partici- Jenny Pickard pating in sports that are new to them too! College Sports Coordinator

Boys’ hockey lost to Belmont in extra time with many of Age champions were the boys racing off to play a double header of baseball Boys Girls in the afternoon. Unfortunately they went down by one 12 Cody Pollard Oaklee Tighe home run to Cardiff High. Jordi and Ryan Van Keme- nade were integral members of the teams. 13 Caleb Purkiss Rosie O’Connor

The boys’ touch football team defeated Merewether 14 Luke Malone Jamie-Lee Enderby High in the first round but were narrowly defeated by 15 Shuku Sunzu Tanika Croak Tomaree High in their double header. Boys’ soccer comfortably won their first round game and are await- 16 Ryan Van Kemenade Amy Kedwell ing their round 2 competitor. Girls’ cricket was a newly 17 Luke Slade Ashley Finch formed team with much enthusiasm and dynamic field- ing. Katherine Henderson put almost 50 runs on the board but it wasn’t enough for us to beat Kotara High. It was definitely an excellent display of enthusiasm and fun.

Our two relay teams competed at CHS swimming in the last week of the term. Both teams finished in the top 20 in the state and enjoyed the opportunity to com- pete at the Sydney Aquatic Centre. Congratulations to Chris Hughes, Aldin Kaplanovic,

College Events College P&C meeting 6.30pm Monday 16 June at Braye Park Science and Engineering Challenge 21st and 22nd July at Waratah and Wallsend Campus CEP Education Week Assembly 8.30am 30th July at Jesmond Bini Shell