camperdown contact...enjoyed listening to some of the parodies that have been written and performed...

SENIOR CAMPUS 03 5593 1617 JUNIOR CAMPUS 03 5593 1438 Website: http://camperdowncoll.vic.edu.au

Compass: https://camperdowncoll-vic.compass.education/

Contact

81

CAMPERDOWN COLLEGE NEWSLETTER Term 2, Week 4, 8th May 2020

Camperdown

One of the greatest challenges during these times has been

learning how to be hands on whilst teaching remotely. Hands

On Learning staff Warren Attrill and Donna Scott have

created ways to overcome this to benefit our students. A small

bag of tools, a sheet of board and a recipe in a jar were

delivered to HOL students at home on Monday last week, in

preparation for class on Wednesday. Students spent their

HOL day building shelves to store tools in the shed along with

a laptop stand to make working on a laptop at home more

ergonomic. Students have embraced these challenges

extremely well and we cannot wait to see the finished

products in the near future.

Warren Attrill and Donna Scott, Hands On Learning

Above: Kona Kerr Left: Pippa Britton

Right: Donna Scott

Brock Stephens

Our Mission: Camperdown College will provide exemplary teaching and learning programs within excellent facilities which foster school pride,

aspiration and persistence to achieve high levels of learning for all students.

From the Principal’s Desk…

With week 4 of remote learning coming

to an end, it is highly evident that our

school community is bringing an

enormous amount of consideration,

determination, patience and goodwill to

the educational challenges that have

accompanied this global pandemic. All

of our lives have changed; the things

that are now our ‘everyday matters’

were hitherto un-thought of, while the

things that were once so heavily entrenched in our daily work

and personal lives have disappeared, either mourned or

unnoticed! While the challenges and pressures have been

considerable, a pattern is emerging of students, staff and

parents surprising themselves (and others!) with newly

discovered skills and personal strengths.

In the principal role it has always been an honour to welcome

students and families through the school gates and into our

inclusive school community. With stringent safety controls

now in place across Victoria to protect public health, my

position and perspective have had to change. Never had I

imagined a set of circumstances that would require our school

mantra to change from ‘It’s not okay to be away’ to ‘It is not

only okay to be away, but you must stay away if you can.’ With

the exception of students who meet the Victorian

Government’s strict eligibility criteria for attending school in

person during Term 2, I have been unable to accept parental

requests for children to be supervised on-site. Instead, our

teachers and support staff are working closely with students

and parents to tackle challenges together, alleviate pressure and

remove barriers to learning from home. I am aware that parents

are going to extraordinary lengths to support their children and

manage family and work commitments during this time, and

that school staff are working extremely hard to make this work.

I am grateful for your understanding and consideration of the

broader community health issues at play.

Feedback from our teachers paints an overwhelming picture of

students maintaining their dedication to their goals and studies,

and being resourceful, independent and resilient remote

learners. This is evident from Prep right through to Year 12.

Some students are of course missing the stimulation and

support of a busy school environment, while others are

enjoying the increased independence and self-pacing.

The small groups of students needing to be on-site are

undertaking the same learning program that their classmates

are undertaking at home, with an allocated supervising teacher.

Junior and Senior Campus teachers and support staff are

contributing to this Junior Campus supervision roster and on-

site students and their families are required to use the same

Compass processes to communicate with their regular teachers.

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority last week

completed the task of revising Year 12 study designs to reflect

the interruption to regular teaching and learning programs. A

small amount of content has been removed from the second

semester units and the end of year exams have been pushed

back to December. Meanwhile, we are very proud of our VCE

students who have remained engaged and diligent in their

application to their studies. They are receiving strong support

from their teachers, who have rapidly and resourcefully

expanded their repertoire of teaching methods to adapt to

changed circumstances. It has never been more evident that

teachers are learners too. Students are also being resourceful

in remaining connected to, and supportive of, each other while

learning off-site.

Our Prep and Year 7 transition program and associated school

promotions will be altered to reflect our current conditions.

Enrolment enquiries for 2021 are welcome and prospective

families are encouraged to ring and speak to myself or the

relevant Assistant Principal: Vicki Angus for Senior Campus

enquiries and Jacinta Tolland for Junior Campus enquiries.

Please alert friends and family to this opportunity.

The extent to which our students and families model our

school values was brought home to me on Tuesday this week

when our Year 7 and 10 students earned the praise of the

Corangamite Shire Secondary School Immunisation Program

staff. In spite of the logistical challenge, our students and

families did a wonderful job of participating in the program,

social isolation style! I am always very proud to hear feedback

such as this, with our students’ manners noted and

appreciated.

I hope you have all had the opportunity to enjoy our Year 3/4

teacher Lewis Oborne’s beautiful rendition of ‘Memories’,

written and performed for his hard-working students and

parents. You can sing along to his song via our website or

Skoolbag app, the Camperdown College Alumni, Parents &

Friends or GSWC Network of Government Schools Facebook

pages or via https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?JBS52W.

This Sunday gives us an opportunity to pay tribute to the

wonderful efforts of our mothers who are presently taking

multi-tasking to a whole new level. I hope you enjoy this

picture of a pea-hen with her tiny baby, taken around

Christmas time. The little head poking out from beneath her

feathers belongs to the same little peacock featured in last

fortnight’s newsletter. From little things, big things grow –

Happy Mother’s Day!

Ms Cherie Kilpatrick, Principal

https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/?JBS52W

Excellence ~ Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Caring ~ Honesty

This time in isolation has provided the opportunity for people’s creative talents to shine. I am sure you have all

enjoyed listening to some of the parodies that have been written and performed to well-known songs (even Mr

Oborne has one to add to the list), watched in awe as creative garden adornments have appeared in neighbouring

gardens and listened to friends and family about projects that they have undertaken.

Our students’ creative talents have come to the fore as they have mastered remote

learning. They have found ways to create an environment to suit their learning needs

(even if it is from their bed), juggled the timetable to best suit their learning,

communicated with friends in the background whilst classes are running and offered

support for each other. Pictured right: Ally Collins working from home.

I am both amazed and proud of how well the students have adapted to this new learning. Although we might

be separated by distance, a click of a button brings us together. It has been wonderful to see students take their

learning seriously and meet their online commitments through WebEx (online meeting space). I have managed

to ‘drop into’ some classes over the past fortnight and it is refreshing to see the teacher/student relationships at

work.

Learning by doing is our motto and we as a staff have been doing just as much as the students. You will notice that we are getting more

proficient at finding the right ways to engage with the students. Voice recordings have been added this week and feedback from students

has been most positive. May I take this opportunity to thank all parents who are doing their very best to assist our efforts; we value your

support.

Vicki Angus, Senior Campus Assistant Principal

Remote Learning:

Once again, thank you so very much to all families for the wonderful work you are all doing in facilitating remote

learning. As I mentioned last fortnight, you are all doing such a wonderful job and we are so proud of the way

students and families are showing engagement, persistence and excellence each and every day. Keep up the

wonderful work and again a very big thank you to all families. You are all superstars!

Mother’s Day:

Mother’s Day is fast approaching and we would like to say a big thank you to all of

the mums of our school for the support and love you offer your child/ren and our

school community as a whole. This is usually a special time onsite where we show our

appreciation to all mums in a variety of ways. This year, to show our appreciation to

all of our mums during this time of remote leaning, a pack of craft materials was posted

to homes this week to enable students to create something special for their mum. We hope all of our students

enjoy cutting, pasting and creating something special for their mum, or special person in their house in the

lead up to this Sunday (just like Reagan Webb, pictured right). And secondly, we hope all mums enjoy and

cherish the creations constructed. Happy Mother’s Day to all mums!

Do It for Dolly Day:

Last term, we were treated to a talk and performance by Tom Curtain as part of his We’re Still Here tour. He performed a song titled

Speak Up that had a very important message about always being kind. We all enjoyed singing this song along with Tom and helping

spread his message. This message, of always being kind, is also a message that Dolly’s Dream hopes to spread like confetti throughout

Australia, and Tom talked to us a little about Dolly when he visited Camperdown College.

Today is Do It for Dolly Day. As a school, we marked this day with acts of kindness and by reminding our whole school community

how important it is to be kind to everyone. Doing something kind can brighten someone’s day. We encouraged our students, both onsite

and learning remotely, to take a moment to be kind to someone by performing a random act of kindness. We are sure there were many

calls made to someone to say hi, cards made to brighten someone’s day and chores completed today. Many students also chose to dress

in the colour blue today which was Dolly’s favourite colour. Please see some words put together by our school captains on page 6 of

the newsletter regarding what kindness means to them.

On the weekend, families are encouraged to walk past our front gates and see the kindness display our school has put together today to

remind everyone of the importance of being kind. Thank you to all families and students that decorated a blue butterfly for our school

display.

Sporting Equipment:

Mr Attrill has been very busy putting together some sport packs for families who may not have balls or basic sports equipment available

to them during this time of remote learning. If you would like to borrow a sports pack for this term to use at home to facilitate active

play and movement each and every day, please contact myself at the Junior Campus and we will organise a sports pack to be delivered

to your home next week.

Lego Challenge for Families:

Each fortnight, I will be challenging avid Lego users in our Junior Campus Lego Masters Challenge. The hit show currently on

television, continues to be part of many families’ routines and something that many students look forward to watching. I am sure many

household floors, like mine, are adorned with Lego and masterpieces that are looked at with pride by the children that have constructed

them.

Senior Campus News

Junior Campus News


This fortnight I challenge families to build the most magnificent treehouse they

can imagine. It can be inspired by a story you have read, a design you have seen or something you have conjured up in your own

imagination! Once your design has been completed, please photograph your masterpiece and send it through to me using the feedback

function on Compass within the Learning Task: Junior Campus Lego Masters Challenge. I will be awarding a challenge winner in

the next newsletter.

Remember mums and dads, this is a family challenge, so please remember to let your child do some of the building!

Jacinta Tolland, Acting Assistant Principal

2021 Enrolment Enquiries Welcome If you, or someone you know, is interested in finding out more about Camperdown College in 2021, we’d love to hear from you. Please phone the Junior Campus on 5593 1438 or the Senior Campus on 5593 1617 to speak to Principal, Cherie Kilpatrick, Junior Campus Assistant Principal Jacinta Tolland or Senior Campus Assistant Principal Vicki Angus.

The Tickner/Quarrell and Clark families were amongst the many students and staff who lit

up the dawn from their driveway on ANZAC Day.

April/May: 24th Jay Finlayson & Josh Burgess 28th Miller Murphy & Pauline Sheldrick 29th Brodie Pender, Tyler Newcombe, Joel Ferrari & Holly Swayn 1st Mackenzie Howard 2nd Rhett Fleming & Bailey McDonald 3rd Ruby Stephenson 4th Jordan Watson 5th Xavier Warren & Grace Jopling 6th Seth Elliot 7th Alexander Jewell

In these unprecedented times we’re all being asked to change the way we work and

live. Our tradition of putting books into the hands of kids isn’t going to change, but

for Term 2, we're doing things a little differently.

To view and order online from Issue 3, visit https://scholastic.com.au/book-

club/virtual-catalogue-1/. All orders must be submitted online by TODAY,

Friday 8th May, no late orders can be accepted.

Exchanging Readers… Need a new range of books at home? Readers in bundles of eight are displayed on tables in the

undercover area at the Junior Campus for you to collect from Monday – Friday between 9am – 10am

and 2pm – 3pm. If you are unsure which level your child might be on, please make contact with their

classroom teacher. Please bring your current readers with you at the same time and observe social

distancing.

Jacinta Tolland, Junior Campus Assistant Principal

https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/

https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/


Wasn’t A Teacher,

I would be...

Due today, Friday 8th May


From our student Leaders

Dolly’s Dream on Friday 8th May is about spreading kindness and

not being mean or hurting other people’s feelings. It is about

joining as a community and taking a stand against bullying.

Kindness is shown in our world every day. It is as simple as

sharing or as big as standing up for each other. I encourage you to

participate in this day by wearing Dolly’s favourite colour, blue.

Be kind to each other. Stand up for each other and support each

other.

Oliver Clark, Junior School Captain

Dear Camperdown College staff, family and friends,

We know that this is a challenging and strange time, but we are

getting through this together. This is definitely not the way that we

thought our last year of high school would go; without the familiar

faces of our classmates, teachers and friends every day. Without a

doubt, Term 2 has been different, and at times difficult, but the hard

work of our school – in providing laptops and classrooms to students

who need them most – has made it possible.

We need to continue to band together to help one another through

our struggles, encourage students when they can’t find motivation

and be kind to parents who are trying their hardest to support our

learning. Although these times are tough, they will not last forever,

and have even given us the opportunity to appreciate more what our

teachers do for us each and every day.

So to all of you: our Principal and Assistant Principals; our Year

Level Coordinators and classroom teachers; our dedicated support

staff, office staff and welfare team, as well as all students from Prep

to Year 12, thank you! Thank you for what you have done so far;

the effort, care and innovation you are demonstrating, and please

continue to make our school a great place.

Your School Captains, Taylah Best and Charlie Tickner

Kindness to me is people always

caring, lending a helping hand when

needed and showing respect.

Tulin Meric

Junior Campus School Captain

Young people of Corangamite Shire, have your say! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/corangamiteyouthsurvey


While our students are learning from home, we look forward to sharing some fun facts about random students in each newsletter:

Remotely

As your child will be spending more time online as part of learning from home, playing games and keeping in touch

with friends, you may wish to visit the eSafety Commissioner’s website for information on keeping your child safe

online at https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents. We have taken precautions to ensure that your child is safe while using

the systems for learning from home, however, you can also assist by having conversations with your child about

eSafety and by ensuring that your child is comfortable raising any issues with you and their teacher.

Who is most likely to be a millionaire? Stella Wickenton Charles Voutier Who is most likely to be in the Olympics? Evie Clementson Declan Tickner & Eve Britton Who is the loudest? Hannah Stevens Tess Gronbeck Who is most likely to be Dux? Lewani Bateman Harrison Bennett Who will most likely be a full-time blogger? Selvia Suson Terran Buckle Who is the most influential? Dylan Robertson Benedict Leonard-Pekin Who is the funniest? Dylan Robertson Alan Best Who will most likely be Prime Minister? Eagan Winsall & Bailey McGillivray Harrison Bennett Who is the quietest? Lewani Bateman Declan Tickner Who is most likely to invent something? Isabelle Eldridge Sydney Bateman & Alan Best Who is most likely to be a Principal? Beth Holmes Harrison Bennett Who is most likely to be a world traveller? Eliza O’Neil & Evie Clementson Terran Buckle Who is most likely to be a stand-up comedian? Max Carbury Alan Best Who is most likely to fall asleep in class? Logan Howard Jaxon Baulch & Ian Wilkinson Who is most likely to get 1 million followers on Instagram? Bella Podger Cody Willis Who is most likely to be the first to start their own business? Ruby Walsh Charles Voutier & Benedict Leonard-Pekin

Year Year

Congratulations to Year 3/4 teacher Mr Lewis Oborne on his creativity and talent in

creating his song all about remote learning. Sing along to Memories with Mr Oborne by visiting the home page of our website www.camperdowncoll.vic.edu.au.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents


Mother’s Day! It’s 2 days until

Each week, a student is awarded the Star Learning Award. Star Learners are students who

have demonstrated excellence in their learning. Congratulations to 1. Holly Brooks, 2.

Sophia Brown, 3. Nathan Wilson, 4. Archie Nolan, 5. Oliver Horspole, 6. Oliver Rahles-

Rahbula, 7. Patrick Wiseman, 8. Aiden Pearce and 9. Matilda Narik.

What are your strengths as a learner? 1. Telling numbers, a long time ago writing, and playing Splat! with words on the

ground.

2. Sounds-Write and using my whiteboard.

3. I am good at Maths and Sport. In Maths I enjoy working with

numbers and I love to use my brain.

4. Maths, I love playing the fun games.

5. Reading, Writing and I’m really enjoying Maths at the moment.

6. I am good at writing stories.

7. I really enjoy learning Maths and learning new topics like Elapsed Time. I also

think that I am good at persevering and not giving up.

8. I like practising writing because I get to exercise my hand and practise writing different things.

We set goals for the day. Each morning we print out the day’s tasks, cut them up and then I decide

what order I’ll do them in. I put them in a board to stay organised. If it’s a phonics day, I do that first.

9. I am good at writing because I put in humour and it makes people laugh. I also always ask for help

when I am stuck on something.

What are you really enjoying about remote Learning this term? 1. Writing. I like writing cards to my friends and posting them in the mail. I have also been given

cards too. I like using the iPad to go on Study Ladder. I practise rhyming and numbers.

2. Learning new things at home with Mum.

3. I love that some days you can complete your school work in your pyjamas.

4. I don’t have to ask to go to the toilet and love having hot pies for lunch.

5. I am enjoying being home and I like my mum being my teacher too! I love seeing Miss T’s videos on

Compass.

6. I really enjoy writing different procedures in our writing lessons.

7. I really like Maths and I like having my Mum as a teacher.

8. I get to see my family all day and I have my mum helping me. When I’m finished I go to the dairy to help Dad.

9. I get to go outside more often.


Q: What is the fastest vegetable?

A: The runner bean! Oliver Clark

Junior School Captain

Learning from home looks different for

everyone…

…But we are all kicking goals!


Camperdown College

‘My Life in Isolation’ & ’Stories for Strange Times’

Have you ever heard people talk about a memorable time in their life? Perhaps they can recall a particular event in history and

remember where they were and what they were doing at that time? Have you realised that you are currently making history?

For the first time ever we are all living in relative isolation and attending school remotely! This is a unique time in history and is a

period of time that people will remember and talk about for many years to come. Indeed, it will probably be something you will be

able to tell your grandchildren about!

To mark this strange and unusual period in our lives, all Camperdown College students are strongly encouraged to submit a piece of

writing which will be collated into an anthology of Camperdown College students’ work and published in hard copy (a book!) and

online. You have two options for your piece of writing:

Option 1: ‘My Life in Isolation’ In this piece you can share your experience of this time and how you have felt about it all. It will be a factual recount, reflecting the

events in your own life.

Or

Option 2: ‘Stories for Strange Times’ With this option you will write a short story inspired by and related to the title ‘Stories for Strange Times’. Your story will need to

relate and connect to this current period of self-isolation and remote learning.

With either writing option you may also choose to include one relevant photograph or drawing with your writing.

Submission of your writing:

If Mr Bennett is currently one of your teachers, you should be able to access a Learning Task through Compass entitled ‘Camperdown

College ‘My Life in Isolation’/’Stories for Strange Times’’, and you will be able to upload and submit your writing in this way.

If Mr Bennett is not currently one of your teachers, please email your writing to the College email at:

[email protected] with ‘Attention Mr Bennett’ in the subject line.

Please ensure that you have carefully proofread and edited your writing before you submit it.

Completed pieces of writing should be submitted by Monday 1st June.

Any questions you may have regarding this opportunity can be sent to Mr Bennett via either the Conversation Tab in the Camperdown

College ‘My Life in Isolation’/’Stories for Strange Times’ Learning Task or via the College’s email address (above).

Graeme Bennett

mailto:[email protected]


Gardening Gurus Challenges Prep – Year 6 Challenge 1

Weeks 4 & 5 (Monday 4th May - Friday 15th May)

Many of us are not only missing school but the extra activities that

we get to do every week, like Gardening Club. To help with this, l

will be setting different gardening challenges for you to do each

fortnight. These challenges are optional and not a requirement, but

rather a fun way for families to spend some time outside and have

fun in the garden.

All the details can be found on Compass under the Learning Task

tab. Click on the Learning Task tab and find the learning cycle titled:

'Gardening Gurus Challenges - One'. All of the details and

information you will need to participate in this challenge are listed

here. Hint: this week is about setting up a gardening space. Enjoy!

Corie Uebergang

Prep – Year 6 Science Teacher

The Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge 2020 is open and Camperdown College is a proud registered participant. The VPRC

encourages children and students to read and record their efforts online. Since the VPRC began in 2005 more than 3 million students

have read nearly 50 million books. If your student is interested please contact their classroom teacher for the login details to get your

child registered and their books counted. If your child is also interested in participating in the MS Readathon, books read can be

counted towards each challenge. Students in Prep – Year 2 books that are read to you count in your book count as well as the ones you

read. Reading: Everybody, Everyday.

Corie Uebergang, Prep – Year 6 Librarian

Internet Assistance If your household is still experiencing internet issues, or computer/device issues, please phone the Junior or Senior Campus and select Technical Support, Laptops & Library from the menu options. We may be able to assist.


H

I

S

T

O

R

y

The Explorer

Term 2, 1951


Spooky Friday

Thanks to the following local businesses who sponsored our Spooky Friday

Twilight Fair last term. It is during these challenging times that we need to

remember shop local. Remember, local businesses are local people.

Andrea Coutts Bones Potatoes Hair Supreme

JC’s Homemade Kelly Molan

Leah & Stuart Boyd P&F Committee

Paula Warren Robyn Gordon Trish O’Leary

camperdown contact...enjoyed listening to some of the parodies that have been written and performed...

Documents