17 September 2014 Term 3

Twilight Fair

CRE8 - VISUAL, PERFORMING, TECHNOLOGICAL and CULINARY ARTS WOW! What a superb event! The feedback has been overwhelming. We are so very grateful for all the work done to make this event happen; Julia Martin, Paul Merriweather, Liesl Coulthard, Kim Mason, Juliette and Allan Hirons, Kath Zouglakis, Heidi Hawkey, Kate Burgess, Deb Kilpatrick, Nikki Butler, Chie Mori, Susie Baker, Jane Fincham and Kirra Lewis for all their work. There are many, many more people who helped and made such a wonderful contribution to the community and event. We have some goods from the Antipasto remaining and they will be on sale at 2pm on Friday 19 September in the canteen. FOR SALE Mersey Valley Cheese $4 (approx. 300g each) Salami $2 (approx. 150g each) Fetta $5 (approx. 400g each) Beetroot Relish $3 (each for a sml container) Proscuitto $14 (approx. 500g each) Green Olives $3 (each for a sml container) NO CANTEEN TOMORROW!! The canteen will not be open TOMORROW as they are undertaking stocktake. LAST DAY OF TERM The term has flown by and the last day is THIS Friday 19 September. School finishes at 2:30pmand there will be NO assembly. If you need care please make sure you book in by texting Karen on 0403 197 821.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

NOTICES HOME TODAY:

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Deakin Twilight Festival

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT September

18 Super Hero Day - Gold Coin Donation

18 NO CANTEEN

19 Last Day Term - 2:30pm finish

October

6 Term 4 Begins

7 Whole School Photo

8 Divisional Athletics

18 Solar Boats @ Scienceworks

19 Spring Festival @ City of Whitehorse

20 Junior Swimming Begins

TECH TALKS Throughout this term we have had the privilege of having a number of amazing people to share their science knowledge with our senior children. We have had Brad Aujard explain surveying and show the equipment in operation; Dr Allan Hampson, Virologist, explaining viruses and how to manage them and Cameron Fisher, an expert in Industrial robotics, explaining what they do and what skills you need to enter the industry. Tomorrow we are being visited by Matt Jasper who is a journalist and cameraman for the ABC, recently working on Foreign Correspondent. He will be talking about the industry and what he does. We thank all of these amazing people most sincerely for the time they have given. It has been an extraordinary opportunity for our students. FATHER’S DAY EVENING The Father’s Day Evening, which was run by the mothers, was attended by about 170 Dads and children. It was very busy and the children certainly had a wonderful time. Thank you to all the Mums that organised and helped out and the Dads for being there with their children.

STAFFING FOR TERM 4 Mr Fly is returning from long service leave next term so the Science classes will resume. The children, of course, have had the Tech Talks during this term, which has been wonderful. Mrs Phillips (nee Miss Radda) is also returning a term earlier than expected, which is wonderful news. Mrs Phillips will be working in a number of grades throughout the term. SOLAR BOATS Our Grade 5/6 children are competing in the upcoming Solar Boats competition at Scienceworks in October. During this term they have been building their solar boats and in the process learning about solar power and the engineering of moving an object through water effectively.

Kerry Wood

SOLAR BOATS CHALLENGE 2014 - WOKRSHOP 2

Since our last update, the Level 5 and 6 students have continued to work on constructing their solar boats for the

challenge, on Saturday October 18.

We held another workshop after school and once again it was great to see the dads, mums and grandfathers come

and assist the students.

At the previous workshop, most of the boats were wired permanently and thus we only had 3 boats to finalise. While

these boats were being completed, the other teams were testing and timing their boats, inserting the guidelines and

sealing the boats. Our wonderful helpers once again assisted and guided the students in all these tasks

Another component of the competition is the poster section, whereby the students need to report on how their boats

were formed. The students need to keep notes on the design and construction process, research information on solar

energy and make sure they have labeled diagrams and photos. All this information needs to be presented in a neat

and colorful poster.

Once again, a HUGE thank you to Corey Raabe, Duncan Hamilton, Richard Wong, Jane Fincham, Adrian Ligthart and

Manjit Basra, for their assistance. Thank you also to Mrs Lim for preparing the guidelines for us.

Lisa Hume Solar Boat Challenge Coordinator

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$ (@ $15 each)

Last Friday 12th September was our school’s art show. Friday

was so busy but it was very successful. There was delicious food,

great performances, beautiful art and amazing mini movies

which were showcased in the mini cinemas. It was great

preparing but even better on the night.

Overall I enjoyed the Art show very much, especially the food.

Emily Y

CRE8 was jam packed with fun, so

much to do in 4 hours. I loved how

the gym was halved in two. One half

was the gallery side and the other

half was where people performed. I

liked how we surprised everyone

with a flash mob. Overall CRE8 was a

great night and I think everyone

loved it.

Georgia

It was the 12th September 2014. It was CRE8.

Months of planning had gone into it. I was

helping Mrs Hume with the sound. When the

first act was on I was really nervous. When I had

time to walk around I saw my pieces of art and I

had time to reflect on how fantastic building

CRE8 was! After that I went and looked at the

photos that I took and put into a movie called

“The Hands of CRE8”. It turned out great!

Anthony W

I thought that the CRE8 night was a

great success. Although it was a bit

squishy in the sitting area, the the

performances and the exhibition

were fantastic. The way that it was

set up really showed off our work

and the food was a big hit. Every

student worked really hard to

perfect their art, animations, movies

or performances.

Briget

I thought that CRE8 was a great night. I had fun

creating the chair, shoe and print that were shown at

CRE8. My iMovie was a great achievement. I thought it

was very funny. I played the violin at the very start of

CRE8 and lots of people enjoyed it. Overall the night

was a great success.

Tahlia S