From the Principal Welcome back to everyone for the start of term 2. I

hope all our families and friends enjoyed a relaxing

Term 1 and Easter break. We have had a terrific start

with students settling into their new schedules and

staffing changes for Term 2.

Staffing

We congratulate Ms Argentina Ortiz on successfully

being appointed to the advertised Educational

Support position. Argentina worked at the MCEC for

the academic year of 2016 and during this time

established a very positive rapport with the students.

She brings with her knowledge, experience and skills

working with students with a disability.

We welcome Mr Leigh Butler to our teaching team at

Montague Continuing Education Centre. Leigh comes

to us from Sandringham Secondary College and

Sacred Heart College, Oakleigh. Leigh’s strengths are

Maths, IT and business. Leigh will teach every student

at the MCEC as he will teach across the Victorian

Curriculum and VCAL Foundation and Intermediate.

Please pop in and introduce yourself at your ILP

meeting.

We say goodbye to Ms Jodie Geri has been appointed

to McKinnon Primary School as the new Business and

Marketing Manager. On behalf of all the Community

Members and School Council l sincerely congratulate

Jodie on her appointment and wish her well in her

new role, she will be terrific. Jodie has seen employed

at Montague Continuing Education MCEC for the past

15 months. She has been an amazing asset to the

school and she will be truly missed. We are still going

through the process to appoint a new Business

Manager.

Individual Learning Plans and Student

Support Group

Individual Learning Plans and Student Support Group

meetings will be held on May 2nd. I encourage all

parents and carers to attend. Your child will be

presenting an aspect of their work in a the 3-way

conference with yourself and their class teacher. I

Apri l 2017 Volume 2, Issue 4

April News

Montague CEC 100 Montague Street, South Melbourne

Tel: 03 9690 3535 | www.montague.vic.edu.au

SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT TO COMMUNITY

The school Annual Report to the community is now available to view on our website.

Visit www.montague.vic.edu.au

CAMP INFORMATION & FORMS

Will be given to families at the ILP sessions on

Tuesday 2nd May.

The camp is scheduled for Wed 28th June—Friday

30th June (the final day of term).

The students and teachers will be going to

Blackwood. Camp forms are to be returned to the

office.

CURRICULUM DAY—MONDAY 15th May

This will be a student free day.

The staff will all be participating in First Aid Training

on this day, to update their certifications.

Daily Timetable

8:30am School opens

8:45am Locker bell

9:00am Period 1

11:00am Recess

11:30am Period 2

1:00pm Lunch

1:30pm Period 3

3:00pm End of Day

Student ILP

meetings are on

Tuesday 2nd

May. Students

only attend for

their interview

time with

parents and

teacher. Continued on pg 2

would like to thank everyone for contributing to

their child’s Individual Learning Plan in term 1. I see

the education of each child as a partnership

between school and home so please do not

hesitate to contact the school if you have any

concerns. Please pop in and introduce yourself to

Leigh Butler at your ILP meeting.

COMPASS – A communication tool for

students, staff and parents

We are currently in the process of setting up

Compass - an online school and student

management tool that provides schools with

immediate, on-demand access to a student

performance, wellbeing and much more. Compass

School Manager will initially be used for:

Electronic roll marking and parent access to

attendance data

Providing regular information and updates to

students, parents and staff

Access to school calendar

Student Goal recording and Individual

Learning Improvement Plans (ILIPs)

Excursion planning

Communicate with staff

Provide explanations for absences (Parents)

Online and semester progress reports

(Parents and Students)

Booking Student Learning Conversations

All staff are currently undertaking Professional

Development using this software application. We

hope to have our semester two reports completed

on Compass, all going well.

Camp - Blackwood

Students and staff are working hard to plan the

school’s Annual Camp. Mr Lee Russell and Ms

Sotiria Hatzipanagioto are the teachers in charge of

the camp, Ms Argentina Ortiz and Mr Garry Martin

will also be attending June 28th to 30th. Your child

will be given Camp information / Program at your

ILP meeting. We would like you to indicate

whether your child will be attending the camp or

not as we need to confirm numbers with

Blackwood by May 5th.

ANZAC Day Ceremony

I would like to congratulate Ashley McKenzie for

his fabulous organisation of ANZAC at the MCEC.

Ashley led the school through a traditional

service and along with Josie Daweleby laid the

wreath in front of our school flagpole. I would

like to thanks the parents

whom attended, and the

students for their

behaviour and respect

shown during the

service.

Regards,

Suzanne Trease

From page 1...

Spaghetti Bolognese

Can you try this recipe and let us know how it went?

Ingredients

1 onion. chopped

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon oil

250 g minced meat

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1-2 cup stock

150 g spaghetti

4 tablespoons grated tasty cheese

Method

1. Fry onion and garlic in oil until light brown.

2. Add meat, fry lightly.

3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and pepper.

Simmer meat sauce at least 30 minutes.

4. Cook spaghetti in 1 l boiling water with 1-4 tea-

spoon salt for 15 minutes. Drain, serve on to

serving plates, keep warm.

5. Pour sauce over spaghetti, sprinkle with cheese.

6. Serve.

By Nicholas

Curriculum News Each Friday in Food Tech the students have been

cooking up a storm! They are hoping you will try these

recipes at home with them to further develop their

new skills. See also Jesse’s recipe on back page.

Jodie’s Farewell Message... Parent Information Evening

@ Montague

May 25th 7-8pm

The Black Dog Institute promotes better

mental health through their clinically -

endorsed school, workplace and community

programs. They are also involved in training

the next generation of health care providers

through GP, psychologist and psychiatrist

programs.

One in four young people experience a

mental illness and 65% do not seek

professional support. Schools play a central

role in providing awareness, understanding

and support for students regarding mental

health and wellbeing.

On Monday 25th Blackdog will be conducting

a seminar for parents and staff on Navigating

Teenage Depression. Through illustrations,

facts and storytelling parents and teachers

will learn what to look out for and where to

go for support. The presentation aims to

increase mental health literacy, reduce

stigma and promote help seeking for young

people.

We encourage all parents to come and you

are more than welcome to bring a friend or

other parents. Please let the school know if

you will be attending.

For more information, please review this link.

http://www.mindhealthconnect.org.au/

partners/black-dog-institute#!

Thank you

Ahmed for quietly overcoming shyness to come to the office

Ash for excellent stories about your interests

Brady for always asking me how I am and with a good story to tell

Chelsey for always being happy, helpful and polite

Christian B for letting me pat the puppy

Christian P for always stopping by the office for a quick chat

Daniel for excellent organisational skills and perseverance

Families for their support

Harri for excellent manners and helpfulness in the office

Jack for trusting that we are here to support you

Jarryd for interesting commentary on the facts of school and life

Jesse for being happy to come to school everyday

Jonathon for amazing stories and newsletter contributions

Josh H for being helpful and polite every time I see you

Josh P for always trying to improve yourself

Josie for always saying good morning with a bright smile

Kai for the honour of your voice

Kailup for a cheeky grin and sense of humour

Liv for a happy smile for every makeup/fashion discussion

Mack for the countless cupcakes and biscuits

Matt for your perseverance and wanting to improve yourself

Nick DG for ninjas, turtles, Pokémon and Scooby Doo

Nick K for overcoming shyness with politeness

Nikki for the wonder of numbers and dates

Noah for quietly passing the office and being polite

Ryan for being helpful, polite and kind

Scott for informing me on historical events

School Council for your excellent advice and support

Staff for ongoing support and friendships

Yash for always saying “Good morning” and “Good bye”

Best wishes for your futures - Jodie

Sotiria’S claSSroom—Creatures by the bay

Creatures by the bay

By Chelsey

Birds and other animals who eat the plastic doesn’t

break down in their stomach. Most birds will give

their baby’s plastic because it’s picked up by the

mothers thinking it was food and not plastic. More

baby birds are dying now from eating plastic.

Plastic is poison and made out of petrol. Plastic may

take years to break up

1-5 years’ cigarette buts

500 years for six pack rings

100 years for coffee cups

4000 years for plastic bags

Plastic was created 70 years ago. Plastic gets to drains

and the drains go to the beach amounts of the plastic

has increased over the years. Less natural materials –

e.g. leaves, driftwood, sea weed, sells, and more plas-

tic.

Creatures from the sea get taggle in a fish nets so we

made lots of sea creatures and put them on a net.

We crushed plastic bottles and put what we wanted

on in to look l like the animal we wanted. We used

bottles and straws, small nets bottle caps, and other

stuff. It was fun not doing work and cutting up the

stuff.

The hard thing to do was the tail as it would not stay

up but I got it done.

Suggestion to save our environment is to use less

plastic and more glass bottles. To not use as much

plastic as I should and to remind others to put their

rubbish in the bin so we can save our water animals

and other creatures in the world.

Creatures by the Bay Work-

shop with Carolyn

Ahmed

Carolyn who is an artist living in South Melbourne

came in to talk to us about the problems of plastic

in the bay. She creates a lot of art using plastics

she finds along the Port Phillip bay beaches.

She talked to us about how birds and animals who

eat plastic bits are dying because plastic doesn’t

break down in their stomach. Plastic is poison and

is made from petrol. Plastic may take thousands of

years to years to break up but it does not disap-

pear because it is a manmade product.

Plastic was created 70 years ago and the amounts

and uses have increased. Straws, bottles, take

away coffee cups, take away food containers, rub-

ber gloves, plastic bags, wrappers, cans and lots of

other things.

I made a fish from plastic rubbish. I used a plastic

bottle for the body some straws for the fins the

bottle caps for eyes and a long tail made from a

rubber glove.

I did enjoy making the fish. It was quite simple to

make. I used the heat gun to glue to stick it to-

gether.

I think that we should use less plastic or don’t be

lazy and walk to a bin. I didn’t know there was so

much plastic rubbish in the beaches which is col-

lected during heavy rains in the drain pipes and

end up in the beach. We need to be aware of the

impact plastic is having on our environment.

Harri’s Work Review

Creatures by the Bay

Olivia

Did you know that birds and animals who eat plastic bits

are dying because plastic doesn’t break down in their

stomach? Bird like the albatross think they smell krill

among the algae so they eat it. They found a couple of

kilos of plastic in a bird’s stomach. Plastic is poison and

made from petrol.

Plastic my take thousands of years to break up. Cigarette

butts may take one to five years. A six packs ring may

take 500 years or more. A coffee cups may take up to

100 years. Plastic bags up to 4000 years.

Plastic was created 70 years ago. Plastic gets to drain and

ends the beach. The amount of plastic has increased all

over the world and in the polluting the environment.

There are less natural materials on the beach. Carolyn

who did the workshop with us used to find lots of drift

wood on the beach but now there is more plastic on the

beaches than ever before.

I made a lobster for my project. I used a plastic bottle

and painted it red then I put holes in the bottle to make

the legs by using straws then I used lid bottle to put the

eyes on the lobster. I glued other bits such as the legs

and tentacles in with a heart gun and decorated it with

plastic foil.

We should try to use less plastic or be careful how we

get rid of it. When you finish drinking your water. Be kind

and thoughtful to our environment and put the bottle

safely in the bin. This does not guarantee that it won’t

get in the ocean but it’s a start. When you have a fag

don’t drop your butts on the ground cause that’s just

grouse.

Today I learnt that coffee cups

take 100 years to break up in the ocean,

a six pack of beer rings take 500 years.

WHAT DID I MAKE TODAY: Today in

ART I made a fish out of plastic red

cups, a thong and some straws? It did-

n’t really turn out as I thought it would

but in the end I think it looked kind of

cool.

In my opinion I think we should just ban plastic bags in general. And I also think we should put a lot more recyclable bins along the Port Philip beaches.

Today I am writing about the last few weeks

at school. I started to write stories in class

for my English subject. I also answered math

problems. They are hard to answer. I’m

getting homework that I will need to com-

plete in a fortnight. I don’t know what kind

of homework my teacher will be setting me

for term 2. In science I have been learning

about life cycles for animals. In interschool

sports I played basketball last term. This

term we will be playing soccer. I am not the

best at soccer but I’m willing to give it a go.

MESSAGES from Montague StaRS

Jack achieved his individual goals

set up in his ILP for working

together and building resilience.

It is great to see Jack role

modelling positive attitudes

towards his teachers and peers.

Well done Jack, keep up the great

work!

Student of the Month

Anzac Day Master of Ceremony—Ashley’s Speech Welcome to Montagues ANZAC Day Ceremony. We are here today to honour all Australians who have served our country in times of war and conflict, in particular the original Anzacs who landed on the shores of Gallipoli over 100 years ago on 25 April 1915. 25th April is known as ‘Anzac Day’, and lots of Australians and New Zealanders take time on this day to remember those who served, and honour the sacrifices they made in our country’s name. ANZAC – these five letters stand for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and the men who were in that corps came to be known as ‘Anzacs’. In 1915 the Anzacs, together with British, Indian and French soldiers, were sent to fight on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. Australians from all kinds of backgrounds served during the First World War. They wore the same uniform and shared the experience of war. Their story, the Anzac story, is one that unites all Australians, regardless of their background. There are many ways we can honour the thousands of young ANZAC’s who fought for our freedom and justice throughout the world, so that generations to come (so us) could live in peace. Today the Montague Community are honouring the ANZAC’s with this wreath. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget.

Josie and

Ashley laying

the wreath

2017 Attitudes to Schools Survey

We want our students to tell us what they think

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School

survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey assists

schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school.

Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling

experience.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 22 May to Friday

23 June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.

Students at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during

school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.

The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3.

The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are known to

influence student engagement and performance.

Students privacy is our priority

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned

identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes only. Your child’s

privacy and the confidentiality of your child’s survey responses will be protected at all times. No

identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file.

This survey is not a test and your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point

before, during, or after completion.

Want to know more?

Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information or see: Attitudes to School Survey

100 Montague Street South Melbourne VIC 3205

Phone: 9690 3535 E-mail:

montague.ec@edumail.vic.gov.au

Montague CEC

Students from Montague CEC participate

in VET certificates at Avidity. Models needed...

Chocolate cake

By JESSE

Preparation

Add

340g Coles chocolate cake mix

2/3 cup milk

2 eggs

40g soft butter

How to cook 1.Pre-heat oven to 180.c

2.Pour cake mix into a bowl

3.Add milk, butter and eggs, beat with an electric mixer for 3minutes

4.Pour into a cake tin, bake for 40minutes

Food Tech Chocolate Cake