NEWSLETTER VOLUME 25. ISSUE 9 EDITORS: MS. C FORSTER & MR.D BERTSCH 9th June 2017

RSC NEWSLETTER Ph: 03 5986 8595 rosebud.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

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SECONDARY COLLEGE OFFICE

At Rosebud Secondary College, Teachers are on bus duty from

8:05 to 8:30am and 3:15 to 4:00pm.

The yard is supervised from 8:20am in the morning until

3:30pm in the afternoon

WHAT’S ON AT RSC

JUNE:

9 - 15: Yr 12 Practice Exams

12: Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

14: GAT Year 12

15: Intermediate Sport

16: STUDENT FREE DAY

End of Semester 1

19: Semester 2 begins Day 1

20: School Assembly P4

Inter Girls Footy

21: Principal’s Awards

22: Sth Metro Cross Country

Snr Girls Football

Boys Netball

The Resilience Project

Parent/Community

Info Night 7pm

26: Yr 12 TRAG

27: Junior Girls Footy

30: Last day of Term 2

2.12pm Dismissal

REPORTS AVAILABLE

VIA COMPASS Last day for CSEF

Applications

JULY:

17: Term 3 Commences Day 1

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OHHHH WHAT A NIGHT!

Congratulations to all of our wonderful dance students who participated in Dance Night on

Friday 26th May. Students from Years 7 – 12 performed solos, group dances and class rou-

tines. All students involved performed in a professional manner for their family and friends

and the night was highly entertaining. Well done to all involved!

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FRIDAY 30 JUNE Please note this date is also the final day for CSEF Applications. Any enquiries please contact the College Office.

COLLEGE INFO

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

TUESDAYS: 8:30AM-11:30AM

THURSDAYS: 12:00PM-4:00PM

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STUDENTS WHO ARE UNWELL

A REMINDER TO ALL PARENTS. IF YOUR CHILD IS UNWELL PLEASE KEEP THEM AT HOME UNTIL THEY ARE BETTER.

IF YOUR CHILD BECOMES UNWELL AT SCHOOL, THEY ARE TO GO TO SICK BAY FIRST

STUDENTS ARE NOT TO PHONE THEIR PARENTS. STUDENTS WHO DO WILL BE IN BREACH OF SCHOOL RULES AND THIS

WILL LEAD TO CONFISCATION OF MOBILE PHONES

THE SICK BAY COORDINATOR, WILL CALL PARENTS IF THEIR STUDENT IS UNWELL AND NEEDS TO GO HOME

NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE FRONT OFFICE

It is recommended for all students that a keyed padlock is purchased for lockers.

These cost $30.00 and are available to purchase from the front office now.

Replacement keys will be available for $10 if needed.

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PRINCIPAL’S NEWS WELCOME TO ROSEBUD HEART JUNIOR SOCCER CLUB If you drove down Eastbourne Road last Sunday, you would have noticed the junior players and families

from Rosebud Heart Soccer Club playing their first round of games on our oval. I would like to take this

opportunity to welcome the club, all its players and supporters. This is the beginning of what we hope will

be a great partnership to allow further community use of our school facilities and to increase the partici-

pation in sports and physical activities with our young community.

With the continued presence of the Southern Peninsula Basketball and Netball associations using the stadium, Dreamhouse

Theatre using the Rosebud Secondary College Theatre and the proposed addition of a martial arts club offering lessons in our

hall, we look forward to building even greater community connections into the future.

PERFORMING ARTS On Tuesday the 30th of May, I was delighted to see all the families and friends attending the junior Performing Arts night. There

were wonderful musical performances by student bands, duets and soloists. Some very talented actors showing off their mon-

ologue pieces and of course dance performances from both Yr 7 and Yr 8 students.

The previous Friday was another fantastic show by Mrs Brea Low and the Dance Department. The hard work and dedication

shown by students through all year levels to choreograph and perform individually and in groups is always a highlight of each

semester.

These events on top of the recent Yr 10 production Watermark and the VCE production Beyond Maine demonstrate some of

the great opportunities available to our students here at Rosebud.

I encourage anyone interested in the performing arts scene to come along to any of our performance nights in Dance, Music

and Theatre studies. It is always a pleasure to watch our students’ hard work and talent shine through.

RESILIENCE PROJECT On Tuesday, we welcomed Hugh Van Cuylenburg back to the school to present to all our students his ongoing work with the

Resilience Project. Having listened to Hugh previously, I know our students will have gained a great deal from his presentation.

Follow up work through our Health classes will further enhance the message of building resilience through Gratitude, Empathy

and Mindfulness.

Recently I sent home a flyer promoting the parent evening with Hugh scheduled for June 22nd. This is a free event for all our

parents. I strongly encourage everyone who can make it to book in through the following link: www.trybooking.com/285159

EXAMS Senior exams are in full swing. A reminder to parents that 9B, Yr10 and 11 Exams finish today, Friday 9th. The Yr 12 practice

exams continue through next week with the GAT scheduled for Wednesday 14th June.

The Semester 2 change over for all students from Yr 7 -12 is Monday 19th June. New timetables for students will be available to

view on Compass from Friday 16th June (student free day).

Semester 1 reports will be uploaded to Compass on Friday 30th June.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Geoff Pattison

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COLLEGE NEWS

THE RESILIENCE PROJECT

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

May was a HUGE month in the Drama Department with senior and junior Performing Arts nights delighting audiences.

ALMOST, MAINE

Year 11 and 12 Theatre Studies students transformed SPAC into a winter wonderland for their production of Almost, Maine.

Love was lost, found and reimagined in this delightful John Cariani play. The production was directed by Alice Schlipalius, Lydia

Swift, Nic Mollica and Charli Wookey who did an outstanding job realising their vision for the show. Congratulations to all of

the cast and crew involved!

WATERMARK

Year Ten Drama then transformed the theatre into flood ravaged Katherine, performing the real life stories of people affected

by the Northern Territory floods in 1998. Incorporating live drumming, non-naturalism and projection, this was a challenging

piece of verbatim theatre which was directed in collaboration with students Annabelle Wemyss and Amy Alexandrou who are

to be commended on their work with the cast. Look forward to seeing what comes next from these students!

A focus of Drama this term has been the importance of telling real life stories. Author Zainab Salbu says, ‘The single thing (we)

need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling’. Through sharing personal stories our experiences are

validated and we develop empathy, understanding and connection. When these stories become the inspiration for perfor-

mances, it becomes clear that no story is too small. It also becomes clear that our stories have the power to not only enter-

tain, but to also educate. This was evident during 8D’s Life Monologue Project.

THE LIFE MONOLGUE PROJECT

The Life Monologue project involved Year 8 students performing a monologue based on a personal experience. Students

chose a story from their life which they developed into a performance through a series of workshops. Students also needed to

consider how to incorporate other stagecraft areas, such as lighting and props, to bring their story to life. All students are to

be congratulated on their performances – performing a solo in year 8 is no mean feat!

Well done to everyone involved in these performing arts nights and many thanks to the parents and friends who came out to

support our talented students.

PERFORMING ARTS NEWS

BRE-ANNA STRINGS 1st PLACE

The South Eastern Victoria Region Instrumental Music 2017 StringFest was held at Patterson River Secondary College on Wednesday 17 May. Rosebud Secondary College was well represented by Bre-Anna Bischorn, one of our Year 10 students. Attendance from our school was organised by Trevor Holton, our String Co-ordinator who has been involved with StringFest for a number of years.

Ben Castle, Head of Strings at Melbourne Grammar School, was this year’s director. He supplied all the arrangements which included ‘Gauntlet’ by Doug Sparta, ‘Momentum’ by Robert Longfield and ‘Zooster’s Breakout’ by Hans Zimmer from the film Madagascar.

The students responded well to Ben’s warmth and energy and worked hard to achieve his directions. The day was given a great sense of purpose mixed with entertaining interludes including clapping games in which Ben divided the large string en-semble into separate groups and encouraged the students to get to know others from different schools. The students worked hard to perfect each piece and make a recording in the afternoon. Each piece demanded incredible focus, cooperation and energy to achieve the desired results.

There were about 80 student musicians from 10 SEVR schools attending on the day from 9:30am to 3pm in the hall at Patter-son River Secondary College. The instruments involved were Violins (in 3 distinct groups), Violas, Cellos and even a Double Bass. Bre-Anna Bischorn represented Rosebud Secondary College very well by playing in the 1st violin section, the most ad-vanced violin group.

The event is held every year with different directors and hosted by a different school. We are looking forward to next year’s StringFest.

VCAL PROJECT – HELP THE HOMELESS IN MELBOURNE We are two senior VCAL students who are completing a project to donate supplies to Homeless services in Melbourne.

We will be travelling to Melbourne to donate blankets, clothes, dog food and canned food.

If you are able to help by donating any quality goods, please drop these into the College Front Office.

All donations will help to brighten someone’s day.

Thank you Taleah Stewart and Becky Franciskovic

CAREER NEWS

YEAR 9 UNIVERSITY AND TAFE DAYS

Over the last two weeks our students have been exposed to the possibilities in tertiary studies. Students have attended

Monash University in Clayton to get familiar with the campus and the style of learning delivered. At Chisholm Peninsula Cam-

pus, students participated in four different taster sessions. They found out about ways that they can start to get an industry

qualification in Years 10-12 and how it can be part of a VCE or VCAL course. These days will be followed up in L4L classes to

ensure that students are well informed of their possible options when they move into the senior school.

VCAL WORKPLACE VISITS

It has been great to get out and see our VCAL students working in their chosen vocations. These visits, along with the student

log books, form an important part of a students’ assessment. Year 10 students who are thinking of doing VCAL next year are

advised to think about what connections they have already within family and friendship groups that might help secure a work

placement in 2018.

YEAR 12 STUDENTS – OPPORTUNITIES

As discussed in level assembly, there are a number of different school holiday opportunities to pick up extra knowledge about

options and get extra preparation for the end of year exams. Keeping an eye on the Compass news feed is important at this

time to make sure you don’t miss any opportunities.

COLLEGE NEWS

THE YEAR 8 VOICE

Starting last week, and running until the end of term, the Year 8's are 'turning gold'. Teachers have been asked to give stu-

dents a little gold card when they are demonstrating good ‘attitudes to learning’, working well, submitting outstanding work,

being conscientious, positive or any other of the school values. Students put these in a 'gold box' in the Year 8’s coordinators

office. Each Wednesday night the coordinators tally the scores to work out the winning class. The overall class winner will have

a rewarding day out early Term 3. Students with gold cards are put in the weekly draw for some prizes. Please encourage all

Year 8 students in this. Why not ask us whether we have been given a gold card/s?

Year 8 Sport was on the 6th June. We had a large number of students training for netball, soccer, badminton and football

amongst other sports. It's wonderful to see so many great students trying out for our sports teams and we will have the re-

sults in the next newsletter.

Our leadership team are starting to work well together and have some fun running assemblies. The coordinators have begun meetings and leadership training and will be running a leadership activity in Term 3 for class captains and year level leaders. There will be an opportunity for other students interested in leadership to participate. Please get your child to keep listening to announcements at assembly if this interests them. YEAR 8 STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM

HEADLICE OUTBREAK

It has come to the attention of First Aid Staff that there are students from several years who have Head

Lice. Please follow this link and ensure that all students are checked and treated where required before

returning to school.

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-health/infectious-diseases/head-lice/about-head-lice

FREE MENINGOCOCCAL ACWY VACCINE FOR YEARS 10,11 & 12

TUESDAY 18 JUNE

AT ROSEBUD SECONDARY COLLEGE

In 2017 the Victorian Secondary School Vaccine Program will offer free Meningococcal ACWY vaccine to students in Years

10,11 and 12. The vaccine provides protection against four strains of Meningococcal disease (ACWY) and is administered as a

single dose.

Parents/guardians of Year 10,11 and 12 students should look out for the Meningococcal ACWY Secondary School Vaccine

Program consent card coming home from school with your child. You need to read the information, complete and return the

card regardless of whether your child is being vaccinated at school.

Adolescents are at increased risk of Meningococcal disease. Although uncommon, it can become life-threatening very quick-

ly. There are different strains of Meningococcal bacteria known by letters of the alphabet, including Meningococcal A, B, C,

W and Y. In recent years, the Meningococcal W strain has increased across Australia, with Victoria experiencing eleven cases

to date in 2017 and 48 cases in 2016, compared to 17 cases in 2015, four in 2014 and one in 2013. It is now the predominant

strain in Victoria.

To learn more about Meningococcal disease, the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine and how you can prepare your child for vac-

cination, visit www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

https://www.edumail.vic.gov.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=cKxjmJS01ODUQM7XXysJ2jzWpbuiXYfRu17dBCfQAFhUHzBTj6HUCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww2.health.vic.gov.au%2fpublic-health%2finfectious-diseases%2fhead-lice%2fabout-head-licehttp://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

COLLEGE NEWS

NATIONAL SORRY DAY ROSEBUD

Sorry Day Speech - By Irene Fisher Before I start I would first like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we stand on, the Boonwurrong, and pay my respects

to their elders past and present.

Today I am delighted to have been invited by the Indigenous students of this college to participate in their activities to mark the start

of National Reconciliation week.

The students have asked me to talk to the whole school to explain to you all why events like Reconciliation week are so important for

indigenous people.

Reconciliation Week is a time when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remember a number of important events in Austral-

ia’s history that impacted our lives.

National Reconciliation Week was first celebrated in 1996. The aim of the week is to give people across Australia the opportu nity to focus on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

It is a time to 'reflect on achievements so far and on what must still be done to achieve reconciliation'.

Reconciliation week is a time to remember three important events in Australia ’s history that have impacted the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The first is The 1967 Referendum which was held on May 27th. I was only 13 at the time and was totally unaware that up until then I

wasn’t counted as an Australian citizen, but was included as part of the flora and fauna of the country.

The referendum provided the federal government with a clear mandate to implement policies to benefit Indigenous Australians.

Also, counting Indigenous Australians in population statistics made the desperate state of Aboriginal health apparent.

The historic vote laid the foundations for the 2nd event that we remember today, National Sorry Day.

The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 – one year after the tabling of the Bringing them Home report it is an annu-

al event and a time to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country's Indigenous population.

For those of you who may not know The Bringing them Home report was an inquiry by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity

Commission into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, or the Stolen Generation a s they

became known as.

The inquiry was a pivotal moment in the healing journey of many Stolen Generations members.

It was the first time their stories—stories of being taken from their families—were acknowledged in such a way.

It was also the first time it was formally reported that what governments did to these children was inhumane, and the impact life-

long.

Most Aboriginal people have been affected by the Stolen Generations. Between 1910 and the 1970s up to one in three Aboriginal

children were forcibly removed from their families and communities.

COLLEGE NEWS

NATIONAL SORRY DAY ROSEBUD – Continued

Government Policies like these disrupted cultural practices, im-pacted identity and created unresolved trauma for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people which has been passed down from generation to generation. Unresolved trauma contributes significantly to the social and health disadvantages experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people yet is often overlooked in policy and prac-tice. 20 years on from the tabling of that report we find that the ma-

jority of the Bringing them Home recommendations (54 in total)

have not yet been implemented.

For many Stolen Generations members, this has created additional trauma and distress. Failure to act has caused a ripple effect to

current generations.

We are now seeing an increase in Aboriginal people in goals, suicide is on the rise and more children are being removed, Victoria

having the highest rate of child removal in the country.

Addressing the underlying trauma of these issues through healing is the only way to create meaningful and lasting change.

Some people may ask why would you want to remember something so sad yet history has shown us that …those who cannot re-

member the past are condemned to repeat it.

Commemorative events, like National Sorry Day, are an important part of the healing process for Stolen Generations members, their

families and the broader community.

And finally today we also commemorate the National apology made by former Prime Minister Rudd on Feb 13 2008.

In his address to the Nation he acknowledged this blemished chapter in our nation's history and the many wrongs done to Indige-

nous people and in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations.

He said “The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and

moving forward with confidence to the future”.

Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non -Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians

Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history

Thank you.

Biography Irene fisher was taken from her mother when she was eight years old. She grew up a Ward of the State in Victoria. Irene’s mother was a member of the Stolen Generation who was taken from her tribe in Central Arnhem land to Croker Island in the late 1930’s, so there has been in her family two generations of children being taken from their mother

Irene did not learn of her Jawoyn heritage until her family traced her in the late 1980’s. She spent the next 20 years working in Indigenous health in the Northern Territory starting as a registered nurse and then moving on to administration where she played a major role in the establishment of the Sunrise Health Service. Sunrise delivers primary and acute health services to 10 remote commu-nities in the Central Arnhem and Roper River regions of the Territory. She has been a passionate advocate for her people both at a Territory and National level, and is committed to breaking down the barriers between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

SPORT NEWS PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT WITH SENIOR SPORT

Thursday the 25th of May was a successful day for our senior students with a number of teams tasting victory in interschool sport and earning promotion to the next round of competition. Making the most of a home court advantage both boys and girls Basketball teams battled hard against strong opposition to trump rival neighboring schools and take the chocolates on the day. There was a few nail biting moments in the girl’s side of the draw with Rosebud Secondary overcoming local rival Dromana Secondary by one single point when the final buzzer sound-ed. It was a true squad effort but special mentions to Suede Croad, Herron Lane and Olivia Okey who starred on the day. The boys were able to run away winners against the threat of a much larger Mornington Secondary team with Captains Fraser Spencer and Ben James lighting up the court with skillful moves and hot hands ‘hitting’ 3s for fun. All the boys are looking to take this momentum into the Southern Metropolitan finals next term. In what can only be described as a remarkable achievement our Senior Girls Badminton team won for the sixth year in row. The girls who have played together since Year 7 have taken out the Interschool competition every year in style with this year being the cherry on top. Mrs. Mackenzie and the girls have given up a large amount of lunchtimes to train and prepare for these competitions and should be commended. The team consists of Rosie Anderson, Kaitlyn McLaughlin, Taylah Quarrell, Bridget Gianchino and Kayleigh Staunton-Tilley. Well done girls! Also on the day our Boys Badminton team and Boys Soccer teams went out and gave it their all to finish a respectable 3rd in each of their competitions. - Mr. O’Connor

BROTHERS SERVE UP SILVERS!

Congratulations to the Kuipers brothers, Blake (Year 10) and Dallas (Year 8), who both won Silver medals representing Victoria at the recent National Junior Beach Volleyball Champion-ships held in Scarborough, WA. Blake competed in the Under 17’s and Dallas in the Under 15’s.

So....second in Australia, two brothers, from Rosebud Secondary College.

Well done!

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