Term 3- Week 7—28th August 2019

10 Hood Ave Mortlake, Vic, 3272

Ph: 03 5599 2204 Fax: 03 5599 2503

Email: mortlake.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.mortlakep12.vic.edu.au

SMS Mobile: 0427 841 239 (Text Only)

Principal’s Report

Students Signing on for VCE & VCAL

We have had a very positive response to our VCE and

VCAL initiatives for 2020. Pictured above year 10 stu-

dent Shae De Francesco who has signed on with RIST

and Dairy Farmer James Kenna to complete a school

based apprenticeship. We congratulate Shae and

thank James and David Ryan from Apprenticeship

Support Australia for assisting fill in the paperwork

last week. Shae like a number of our students will

participate in work placement during the week, training through serviced providers each week and three

days of school next year. We congratulate all students who will take on this schooling option next year.

Book Week

Well done to everyone who participated in the numerous activities held last week at Mortlake College.

The highlight would have to be the sensationally amazing Dress up Parade on Thursday morning. A larg-

er than expected turn out in costumes was very pleasing to see. Everyone who participated is to be con-

gratulated for the creativity shown. My only disappointment is that how did Fiona & Shrek not win best

dressed couple! A special thanks to all staff members for organising the extra special events.

Upgrade New Technologies

Tomorrow myself and three staff members will be leaving shortly after the rooster crows to attend a

school in Melbourne to see how they have integrated new laptop technology across their school Years 7

– 12. This is the similar technology to what we are exploring at the moment to phase in at Mortlake P-

12 College. After our visit and subsequent reports to Mortlake School council we will be in a position to

release to parents our new plan for technology devices moving forward. We are also at the same time

negotiating the best deals from companies. A number of which will be attending Mortlake College in

the next two weeks. I realise that many parents would like to purchase a new ipad however if you could

please hold off for a little longer.

Wishing all our fathers a Happy Fathers’ Day for this Sunday 1st September.

Danny Forrest

Principal—Mortlake College

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to all students who have birthdays this week

AUGUST

28th—Holly Jones & Molly Goddard

SEPTEMBER

1st—-Kalab Chesson

OUT OF UNIFORM DAYS TERM 3 2019 Gold coin donation with the money going towards small projects around the school.

The next date for out of uniform is

Friday 30th August - Inspire Fundraiser

Assembly Awards Monday 26th August

Foundation/One: Leo Slater – for working hard on your dance

moves for production.

Ruby Russell – for improving your writing stamina.

Year One/Two: Ella Power –for always setting a great example

for her peers.

Violet Lynch – for working hard and showing great improvement

in Sounds Write.

Year Three/Four B: Laura Bray – for having a ‘red hot go’ and the

best attitude.

Xander Clarke – for applying himself to all tasks and getting

quick with his times tables.

Year Three/Four C: Ben Parker-Wood – for working really hard

on improving your handwriting

Taj O’Brien – for excellent speaking in front of the school at as-

sembly

Congratulations to all of these students.

P-4 PLACE

Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews Monday September 2nd 2019

Dear Parents,

This letter outlines important details about how to book times for the Parent/Teacher/Student interviews which will be held on Monday 2nd September from 12pm – 7pm.

Once again, bookings will be made online and all the details you will need are outlined below and over the page.

The online booking system is for all students, Prep – Year 12.

Bookings will open Monday 12th August @ 9am.

Bookings must be finalised by Monday 2nd September at 10am.

For parents that do not have internet access, you are welcome to come into or phone the office from March 20th on 5599 2204 where the office staff will make the bookings for you. The instructions for using this sys-tem online are on the back of this letter. It is important when making your bookings to have a list of your child’s teachers with you. There is a list of teachers attached to this email.

Please note that the earlier you go online to book the more likely you are to get interview times that best suit you.

BOOKINGS CLOSE MONDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER AT 10AM

On the day of the interviews:

Please print your confirmation, and bring it with you to your interviews.

Prep - Four Interviews will be conducted in the classroom of your child.

Yr. 5-12 Interviews will be held in the senior rooms of the school.

Yr. Prep - Four Interviews are 15 minutes in duration but in order to ensure that all parents of stu-dents in Years 5-12 are able to see their children’s teachers, those interviews must be limited to strictly 5 minutes in duration.

The smooth running of our parent-teacher interviews relies on all parents keeping to the schedule. Please consider other parents and end all interviews on time. If you need more time with a particular teacher, please arrange a separate meeting or phone call.

These are teacher/parent/student conversations and students are expected to attend.

Please bring your child’s most recent report for this year with you.

If you have any further inquiries, please contact the school on 03 5599 2204

Danny Forrest

Now you can book school interviews for the times that suit your family.

Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple instructions.

Enter your details

Select the subjects and then the corresponding teachers you wish to see for each child.

Please note:

Yr. Prep – Four will just meet with their Classroom Teacher.

Danny Forrest will be unavailable on interview day but parents are welcome to make an appoint-ment for another day.

Michelle Carmody (P – 4 Leader) will also be available for interview.

School Welfare Office Kerry Boyden will be available for interview from 12pm – 4pm

David Keating is available for interviews regarding Careers

Lachie Reichman (Hands on Learning) will be available for interview

Sally Partridge is unavailable on Interview Day

Nigel Boyden is unavailable on Interview Day.

Select the appointment times that suit your family best.

When you click FINISH, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatical-ly. If you do not receive your email immediately –

Check your junk mail folder AND make sure you have spelled your email ad-dress correctly

You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your interviews - until the bookings close on Monday 2

nd September at 10am

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You may change your bookings, any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the event code. Remember to use the same name and email address, you used when you made your original booking. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date should contact the school directly on:

5599 2204.

School Interviews Monday September 2nd 2019

To assist with the booking process, below are listed the classes

and teachers of each class.

Year Prep – Four

Year Prep/One – Kelly Reichman

Year One/Two Amy Justin

Year Three/Four A Kaye Barr

Year Three/Four B Michelle Carmody

P-4 PE Nigel Boyden

P-4 LOTE Jacob Gellert

P-4 Music Jacob Gellert

Welfare – Kerry Boyden

P-4 Leader Michelle Carmody

Assistant Principal Anne DeManser

Principal Danny Forrest

Year Five – Seven

Yr 5-7 Leader Geoff DeManser

E57 Endeavour Geoff DeManser

I57 Inspire David Keating

S57 Succeed Nigel Boyden

Yr 5-7 English Anne DeManser, Geoff DeManser,

Bianca Maher

Yr 5-7 Maths Geoff DeManser, Nigel Boyden, Linda

Simkin

Yr 5-7 Literacy Sally Partridge Anne DeManser Da-

vid Keating

Yr 5-7 SOSE Anne DeManser, Bianca Maher

Yr 5-7 Music Jacob Gellert

Yr 5-7 LOTE Jacob Gellert

Yr 5-7 Art Annette Janes

Yr 5-7 Woodwork Lachie Reichman

Yr 5-7 Home Economics Joanne Gleeson

Yr 5-7 PE Val Riordon, Nigel Boyden

Yr 5-7 Science Ken Bell, Val Riordon, David Keating

Yr 5-7 Performing Arts Anne DeManser, Jacob Gel-

lert, Bianca Maher

Hands on Learning Lachie Reichman

Welfare – Kerry Boyden

Assistant Principal Anne DeManser

Principal Danny Forrest

Yr Eight – Ten

E8A Endeavour Robin Allinson

I8A Inspire Elsie O’Neill

S8A Succeed Linda Simkin

Yr 8-10 Media Elsie O’Neill

Yr 8-10 English Kerrie Cakebread, David

Keating, Elsie O’Neill

Yr 8-10 Maths Linda Simkin, Robin Allinson,

Geoff DeManser

Yr 8-10 PE Nathan Jones, Val Riordon

Yr 8-10 LOTE Jacob Gellert

Yr 8-10 Science Ken Bell

Yr 8-10 Geography David Keating

Yr 8-10 Digital Technology David Keating

Yr 8-10 Advance Nathan Jones

Yr 8-10 Food Technology Joanne Gleeson

Yr 8-10 Woodwork Annette Janes

Yr 8-10 Art Annette Janes

Hands on Learning Lachie Reichman

Welfare – Kerry Boyden

Careers – David Keating, Sally Partridge

Assistant Principal Anne DeManser

Principal Danny Forrest

VCE

VCE Co-ordinator Nathan Jones

E8A Endeavour Robin Allinson

I8A Inspire Elsie O’Neill

S8A Succeed Linda Simkin

VCE English Kerrie Cakebread Elsie

O’Neill

VCE General Maths Robin Allinson

VCE Further Maths Robin Allinson

VCE Foundation Maths Robin Allinson

VCE Systems Technology Ken Bell

VCE Physics Ken Bell

VCE Food Studies Joanne Gleeson

VCE Biology Val Riordon

VCE Physical Education Val Riordon

VCE Health Nathan Jones

VCE Psychology Linda Simkin

VCE Agriculture & Horticulture Robin

Allinson

VCE Art Annette Janes

VCE Drama Geoff DeManser

VCE Design & Technology Lachie

Reichman

Welfare – Kerry Boyden

Careers – David Keating, Sally Par-

tridge

Assistant Principal Anne DeManser

To assist with the booking process, below are listed the classes

BOOK WEEK 2019

What a great book parade we had last Friday, during Book Week. It was

wonderful to see so many students and staff dress up as book characters.

BOOK WEEK 2019

SPORT SPOT

P-12 Sport Dates Term 3 & 4 August 30th Yr 5/6 All Stars Basketball

September 4th Girls Football

12th AFL 9’s Yr 3/4

13th AFL 9’s Yr 5/6

16th GWR Athletics

STATE NOMINATIONS / REPRESENTATIVE SPORTS / RESULTS

Information regarding state nominations and other sports can be found on the School Sport Victoria website.

www.ssv.vic.edu.au

CONNECT Parents and students can connect to School sports Victoria via Facebook and Twitter. Just follow the

following links

http://www.facebook.com/SchoolSportVictoria https://twitter.com/@SchoolSportVic

Nathan Jones & Val Riordon—Year 7-12 Sports Coordinators

October 11th Yr 3-6 Regional

Athletics

21st Yr 7/8 Cricket in

Warrnambool

22nd Yr 7/9 Basketball

25th Yr 5/6 Cricket

November 7th Yr 9/10 Cricket

Congratulations to Shakaya

McCrae-Wilson and her horse

Mater on finishing 8th at the

State Championships at

Congratulations to our yr3/4 basketball-ers, winners at Hooptime in Terang yester-

Mortlake College students are participating in the

Premiers Reading Challenge in 2019.

Well done to everyone who has logged their books

A reminder that students are to read or be read to the required number of books and have them logged by Monday

2nd September.

We would appreciate families help in logging the student’s books online at home.

Keep a record of your reading on the challenge website

www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

If you have forgotten your log in details please come and see Jackie in the library

Read the required number of books – Foundation - Year 2

Number of books: 30 Number of books from the challenge book list: 20 or more books, at or 1 year above the students year level

Year 3 to Year 9

Number of books: 15 Number of books from the challenge book list: 10 or more

Challenge booklists are available in the school library, Mortlake Public Library and online.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/booklist.aspx

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND INTERESTED

PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO THE:

ANNUAL

MORTLAKE COLLEGE

INSTRUMENTAL

TO BE HELD IN THE B.E.R. ON

THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER AT 7.00PM.

THERE WILL BE LOADS OF MUSICAL

ENTERTAINMENT BY MELANIE’S

MUSIC STUDENTS ON INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS

PIANO, GUITAR, FLUTE AND DRUMS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE INSTRUMENTAL

MUSIC PROGRAM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME ALONG, LISTEN, AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

Job Spotlight – Civil Engineering

Civil Engineers and Drafts people help create the spaces where people live, move, and work. They design,

build, operate and maintain all sorts of structures, including roads, ports, railways, mines, dams, structures

and more.

What type of person would this job suit?

You need to be creative, with an eye for design and strong attention to detail

Strong maths skills, and a love of making things line up

You should be self-reliant, and able to manage multiple projects at once

Good organisational habits

Ability to work well in a team, as engineering projects are always team-based

Industries where you find civil engineers:

Science and Technology

Public Safety and Construction

Aviation and Transport

Environmental Science and Sustainability

Pathways

If you’ve got a passion for any of these industries and you think you’ve got the necessary attributes, then you have some choices. You can choose to head to university and gain a degree, which will make you competitive for profes-sional roles. There are also lots of cadetships and paid internships on offer for engineering students, which could help pay for your degree and provide a salary plus work experience. Alternatively, you can start out at TAFE and gain a Cert III or IV in engineering-related fields, then work and gain experience before deciding if you want to go to uni later on. The Cert III in Manufacturing Technology from TAFE Queensland is a good example of an introductory course that could get you started. You can even study online.

Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians

Most jobs in this field require a Cert III or IV. Draftspersons and Technicians assist Civil Engineers by preparing sketch-

es, taking samples, assisting on site, estimating material costs, inspecting works and organising construction. You will

usually be working alongside and possibly under the supervision of a degree qualified engineer. You could expect to

earn over $80,000 per year at this level, but some online jobs have been noted as offering well over $100,000 for ex-

perienced drafters)

Growth in Civil Engineering industry is strong, and is expected to remain so into the future.

Living on-campus while studying at university in 2020

Students planning to study at university next year need to begin considering where they could possibly be living while this study is going on. Many students opt to live on-campus while they are completing tertiary studies; the advantages of staying in halls of residence usually include close proximity to university, access to campus recreational and study facilities, tutoring opportunities, social networking and inclusive rental and/or board packages. Information about campus accommodation can be obtained from university web-sites or by attending open day activities, which will often include a tour and presentation about residential facilities and options. Universities usually offer a range of scholarships, bursaries and college employment positions to assist rural students with the costs of living and studying in residence – these can amount to many thousands of dollars, and are certainly worth enquiring about and applying for. The selection process for halls of residence usually consists of a combination of personal questionnaire, references, interview and ATAR score.

Youthrive Victoria (formerly Macpherson Smith Rural Foundation) applications

Youthrive Victoria scholarships are designed to assist year 12 students from rural/regional Victoria to partic-ipate in tertiary study in the year following the completion of Year 12. Applications for this scholarship pro-gram opened in June, and will close on August 9. For more information and application forms, please re-fer to the Youthrive Victoria website https://www.youthrivevictoria.org.au/

La Trobe University – Aspire early offer program

Aspire is open to current Year 12 students who have positively contributed to their community, and who wish to take part in an undergraduate course at La Trobe university. Students who can demonstrate a valuable contribution to volunteering with organisations or community groups, in-volvement with local sports groups or leadership roles in community, sports or similar groups can apply for an early conditional offer to La Trobe university, although minimum ATAR and subject pre-requisites will still apply in taking up this offer. Applications for the La Trobe Aspire program open in June, and will close on August 31 of this year.

Find out more at https://www.latrobe.edu.au/study/aspire or have a chat with Mr Ralph about how you can take advantage of this early entry opportunity.

My Future – Supporting your Child’s Career Development Support from family is vital in helping young people through the process of thinking about and planning for their career. It’s really important that parents take the time to have conversations with their adolescent children about what life could look like after secondary school – which could include an apprentice, a train-eeship, deferring a place at university for some gap year work and travel, attending university, TAFE train-ing, seeking full time employment or a combination of part-time work and part-time training.

This webpage from the My Future website provides some practical advice about how parents can provide practical career support for their children in the areas of self-awareness, opportunity awareness, decision making and transition support. Read more at - https://myfuture.edu.au/career-insight/details?id=supporting-your-child-s-career-development - /

University Scholarships If you’re planning to study at university next year, it’s a good idea to start thinking about scholar-ships you might be eligible for. Some scholarships require you to apply the year before you study, while for some you’ll have to wait until you’re enrolled. You can find scholarship opportunities for different Victorian universities at:

University of Melbourne: https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/scholarships

Monash University: https://www.study.monash/fees-scholarships/scholarships

RMIT: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/life-and-work-opportunities/scholarships

La Trobe University: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships

Deakin University: http://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/scholarships

Swinburne University: https://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/options/scholarships/

Victoria University: https://www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fees-scholarships/scholarships

Federation University: https://federation.edu.au/current-students/starting-at-feduni/scholarships

ACU: http://www.acu.edu.au/study_at_acu/fees_And_scholarships/scholarships_and_financial_support

Debating Opportunity for Years 7/8 & Years 9/10

Participating in debating is a great way to build good, strong public speaking skills, dis-cuss issues and work closely with others in a team to develop a logical, coherent and persuasive argument. For our students, this augers well for success across the curricu-lum.

Mortlake College, along with other schools in the region, has once again been invited to participate in the Warrnambool Regional Debating Competition to be held at Emmanuel College, Ardlie St, Warrnambool.

This will be conducted by the experienced people from the Debaters Association of Victoria. It begins with a Training Day, followed by a Competition Day. Training Day - Thursday 17th October- 12pm-2:30pm. Competition Day - Thursday 31 October - 9:30am-3:00pm What's involved? The program is run over two days. The first is an optional half-day training session for stu-dents who have little or no experience of debating. The training session introduces students to debating and covers topics such as the rules and format of debating Australian 3-on-3 debating, methods of preparation and effective debating strategies. Students are also given a opportunities to practice their skills in the lead-up to the competition day, while receiving expert advice from DAV trainers and adjudicators. The second day is a competition day. Each team will debate in three rounds. We will have a Junior division for Year 7 and 8 and a Senior division for Year 9 and 10.

Over the next few weeks classroom teachers will be speaking with students who may be interested in taking part in this wonderful opportunity.

Any questions, please contact Ms Cakebread or Ms O’Neill at the school.

2019 CALENDAR

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

7 26

F-7 Author Visit

27

Yr 9&10 Reach Foundation

28

F-7 Library Visit

29

I CAN PROGRAM

30

INSPIRE Fundraiser —Out of Uniform

Yr 5/6 All Star Basketball

8

SEPT

2

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

3 4

Girls Football

5 6

9 9

Snow Camp

10

Snow Camp

School Council

11

Snow Camp

12

Snow Camp

AFL 9’s—Yr 4

I CAN PROGRAM

13

AFL 9’s—Yr 5/6

10 16

Yr 7-12 GWR Athletics

17

F-4 Production Matinee

18

F-4 Production Evening Show

19

Yr 8-10 Sex Educa-tion Day

20

Grand Final Breakfast

LAST DAY TERM 3

2.30PM FINISH

TERM 3

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1

OCT

7

FIRST DAY TERM 4

8 9 10

I CAN PROGRAM

11

Yr 3-6 Regional Athletics

2 14

15 16 17 18

Yr 7-12 State Ath-letics

3 21

Yr 10 Work

Experience

Yr 7/8 Cricket W’Bool

F-2 Pet Program

22

Yr 10 Work

Experience

Yr 7-9 Basketball T

Fathers & Friends 6-7pm

23

Yr 10 Work

Experience

Year 12 Last Day

24

Yr 10 Work

Experience

25

Yr 10 Work

Experience

OUT OF SCHOOL UNIFORM

4 28

Advance

Excursion

29

School Council

30

English Exam

31

1 NOV

Biology Exam

Further Maths

TERM 4