Principal Class Report

Newsletter 7 ~ Wednesday 15th May 2019

Truganina College

55 Clearwood Drive

Truganina VIC 3029

03 9368 9800

www.truganinap9.vic.edu.au

Truganina Times

NAPLAN

On Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th of May NAPLAN is being held for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Students in these year levels will sit assessments in Reading, Language Conventions, Writing and Mathematics. Please ensure your child is at school on time each day to avoid disruptions and give each child the best opportunity to do well. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 across Australia will be sitting the assessment on the same days.

Year 6 to Year 7 transition

If you have a child who is in Grade 6 you will have received a Year 6 to Year 7 transition letter with very clear information about the process. Please ensure these notes are returned to your child’s classroom teacher by Friday 17th May. The Department of Education has developed an online tool which assists parents in understanding which school your child is able to attend; please visit https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/ and type in your address. If you have any questions about the process please see your child’s classroom teacher or Megan Blackman, Leading Teacher for Programs and Pathways at Truganina College.

Student Extracurricular Experiences

In the last newsletter parents and carers were introduced to a new staff member Jade Purdie. Jade has been employed by the College to support administration and student extracurricular experiences. These activities will provide students with engaging opportunities during lunch time. The initial trial programs include; Year 4 and Year 6 Hip-hop Dance and Foundation imaginative oral language and gross motor skill practice through Zuu Chimps.

Differentiation

This term our staff Professional Learning has been focussed on the High Impact Teaching Strategy of Differentiation. ‘Differentiated teaching is methods teachers use to extend the knowledge and skills of every student in every class, regardless of their starting point. The objective is to lift the performance of all students, including those falling behind and those ahead of year level expectations. To ensure all students master objectives, effective teachers plan lessons that Incorporate adjustments for content, process and product.’ (Department of Education, High Impact Teaching Strategy # 10). On Thursday 23rd May and Friday 24th May we will have two curriculum days, on these days teachers will continue to focus on differentiating their planning to ensure that all students’ knowledge and skills are being extended.

Justine Ryan Assistant Principal, Years 5-6—Teaching and Learning Excellence

2019 Truganina College Events Calendar

Date Event

Wednesday 15th May NAPLAN for Years 3, 5 , 7 and 9

Thursday 16th May NAPLAN for Years 3, 5 , 7 and 9

Tuesday 21st May School Banking

Thursday 23rd May Curriculum Day - Professional Learning for staff

No school for students

Friday 24th May Curriculum Day - Professional Learning for staff

No school for students

Monday 27th May—

Friday 31st May

Outdoor School Rubicon Camp

Selected Year 8 Students

Tuesday 28th May School Banking

Tuesday 4th June School Banking

Thursday 6th June Werribee Zoo Excursion

Students in 00D, 00E, 00F, 00G, 00J

Friday 7th June Werribee Zoo Excursion

Students in 00A, 00B, 00C, 00H, 00I

Monday 10th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday No School

Tuesday 11th June History Excursion to Sovereign Hill

Year 5 Students

Tuesday 11th June School Banking

Monday 17th June School Council meeting

Friday 28th June Last day of Term 2

School finishes at 2.30pm

Foundation Mathematics: Patterns and Algebra

Learning Intention We are learning to identify, copy and create patterns. Success Criteria I will be successful when I can:

Identify the pattern. Copy the pattern. Explain how I know what comes next in the pattern.

In Term 1, the Foundation students were learning to identify, copy and create patterns using familiar objects. One example of a pattern is a repetition of ordered objects. As a whole class, students worked together to identify and create patterns using ‘hands on’ materials.

The Foundation students are continuing to build their number knowledge to apply their understanding to a variety of learning experiences. In the classroom, students are encouraged to utilise ‘hands on’ materials to support their mathematical reasoning. Students then worked collaboratively with their peers to produce a patterned hat to share with our community at our end of term celebration. Victoria Gibbens, Rose Power and Maree Musarra Foundation Classroom Teachers and TLT Leaders

School Success Starts with Attendance! This term we continue to monitor the college attendance data to meet our

Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) target of less than 15 days absent per

student across Foundation – Year 9.

A reminder to families that there is no safe number of days for missing

school. Each day that your child misses, puts them behind, and can affect

their educational outcomes.

If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon

as possible on the day of absence using one of the following methods:

Log in to Compass and log the absence directly using the Parent Portal.

Telephone the school office and let the staff know your child’s name,

class, date of absences and reason.

Email the school and provide the staff with your child’s name, class, date

of absences and reason.

Congratulations to our Attendance H.E.R.O’s this week!

Students in 4G and 8B have a marvellous attendance record so far!

Any questions in regards to attendance please contact Lisa Foster, Assistant Principal

Year 5 2.90 Year 6 3.55 Year 7 3.08 Year 8 3.14 Year 9 3.96

5A 1.92 6A 4.11 7A 2.75 8A 4.09 9A 4.37

5B 2.48 6B 4.22 7B 5.42 8B 2.14 9B 2.62

5C 3.83 6C 2.03 7C 2.95 8C 3.35 9C 5.60

5D 2.22 6D 3.96 7D 2.62 8D 2.96 9D 3.96

5E 4.18 7E 2.42 8E 3.15

7F 2.45

Foundation 3.82 Year 1 3.81 Year 2 3.54 Year 3 3.42 Year 4 2.55

00A 6.26 1A 2.71 2A 3.50 3A 2.59 4A 3.35

00B 3.48 1B 4.32 2B 3.62 3B 3.32 4B 2.43

00C 6.24 1C 2.10 2C 3.59 3C 2.82 4C 2.26

00D 2.59 1D 5.00 2D 1.55 3D 2.86 4D 3.17

00E 3.23 1E 2.57 2E 3.45 3E 4.32 4E 2.84

00F 2.77 1F 6.19 2F 5.17 3F 5.55 4F 2.43

00G 2.68 1G 2.24 2G 3.43 3G 3.09 4G 1.30

00H 3.96 1H 3.77 2H 2.61 3H 1.67

00I 4.90 1I 3.43 2I 2.90 3I 4.50

00J 2.65 1J 2.65 2J 5.70

1K 5.29

1L 5.57

Attendance Data as at end of Term 2, Week 2

Average days absent per student F-9 3.42 days 2019 Target: Less than 15 days absent per student

Foundation - Year 9

Average days absent per student - Primary 3.44 days

Average days absent per student - Secondary 3.32 days

During term 2, in Humanities, Year 2 students have started learning about sources of primary and secondary research. Primary sources are original first-hand accounts of, or objects from an event, topic or historical time period. For example, letters, diaries, artwork. A secondary source is a second-hand account that interprets primary sources. For example, text books, documentaries, research websites. In class, students practiced creating primary sources based on their holiday experiences. Students created artwork and a written recount of something they did during the holidays. Here is an example of some of their work. Bernadette Smallwood Year 2 Classroom Teacher and TLT 2 Leader

Artefacts from Year 2

Year 5 Narrative Writing Incursion Learning Intention: We are exploring different styles of narrative writing. Success Criteria: I will know I am successful when I can:

Brainstorm a list of possible scenarios for my character. Use branching storylines to create different paths for my character. Create a story with many different endings

On the 3rd and 5th of April, the Year 5 students had an incursion about writing a “Choose Your Own Adventure Story”. We first read an example of a choose your own adventure story and then we wrote some ideas together. Next, we had a chance to plan and write our own stories. We started to write a beginning, two prob-lems and four different endings. When we finished writing, we read our stories aloud to one or two other students. Year 5 had so much fun, but sadly, it ended too quickly! We hope we can do it again soon,

Kathy Pham (5C), Manjot Kaur (5D) and Beenish Rafiq (5E)

Kim Kennedy Year 5 Classroom Teacher and TLT Leader

Bavneet Dosanjh (5C) and Matilda Anthony (5C)

What an exciting event we have coming up in Year 8. Our year 8 students will soon be preparing to depart for their annual Year 8 camp. This year, our Year 8 students will be going to Rubicon outdoor camping centre at Lake Eildon. This camp is an excellent opportunity for our students to learn new skills and be involved in fun activities which they may not have experienced before. Hiking, Cave exploration, High ropes courses, Kayaking and preparing their own meals are just some of the experiences that await our students.

As this camp is owned and ran by the education department, the Rubicon camp staff share the same educational outcomes, goals and values that we strive to achieve at Truganina. Not only is the camp fun and exciting, but it also teaches the students valuable life skills in a supportive and co-operative environment.

The students will be away from school for five days. Each group will have the opportunity to camp for one night and then have time in the cabins provided by the Rubicon camp staff. I look forward to being a part of this camp. I look forward to seeing our cohort of Year 8 students grow, both intellectually and in their abilities to co-operate and work collaboratively towards achieving camp goals.

Dennis Stevenson Music and Sound Garage Coordinator Year 8 Coordinator

Year 8 Camp

NAPLAN Update It is a very exciting week across Australia, and especially here at Truganina College. Our students are well prepared and demonstrate a growth mindset about completing the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy this week.

On Tuesday, year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students completed the NAPLAN Language Conventions and Writing Tests. The language conventions tests assess spelling, grammar and punctuation. Literacy knowledge and skills are essential to effective communication across all learning areas. However, the tools of lan-guage, including language conventions, are explicitly developed in the English learning area. These skills are essential to the development of reading and writing.

In the writing tests, students are provided with a ‘writing stimulus’ (sometimes called a prompt – an idea or topic) and asked to write a response in a particular text type. To date the text types that students have been tested on are narrative writing and persuasive writing. The writing task targets the full range of stu-dent capabilities expected of students from Years 3 to 9. The same marking guide is used to assess all students' writing, allowing for a national comparison of student writing capabilities across these year levels.

Today students completed the Reading test. The NAPLAN reading tests measure literacy proficiency across the English learning area in line with the Australian Curriculum. These tests focus on the reading of written English. In the tests, students are provided with a magazine containing a range of texts that illustrate different writing styles. Students read the texts provided then answer related questions in a separate booklet.

The skills demonstrated in reading are dependent on the complexity and accessibility of the text. Typically students engage with more complex texts as their reading comprehension skills improve. There is a very wide range of reading ability levels at each school year level so the tests start with sim-ple, short texts and get increasingly longer and harder.

Tomorrow students are completing the NAPLAN Numeracy test. The NAPLAN numeracy tests measure the achievement of students in numeracy. The numeracy tests assess the proficiency strands of under-standing, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning across the three content strands of mathematics: number and algebra; measurement and geometry; and statistics and probability.

We thank our staff, families and communities for supporting our students by building their confidence and encouraging students to do their best. We look very forward to meeting with families once the re-sults for our 2019 NAPLAN tests are in.

Courtney Hodgson

Leading Teacher - Student Success Coordinator

District Cross Country Last Monday the 24th of March we had 40 students from Years 4, 5 and 6 travel to Werribee Park for District Cross Country. Our seated area was situated on the start/ finish line which allowed students to cheer on their peers.

Student Feedback of Gala Day:

On the 24th of April we participated in District Cross Country. In this competition four other Schools competed including St Claire’s, Truganina South, Bethany College and Al- Taqwa College. Cross Country is basically all about stamina with a combination of speed. When we arrived at Werribee Park students were put in races depending on their gender and age. Participants aged 10 to 11 ran a total of 2kms while students ages 12 to 13 years of age ran 3kms. There were roughly around fifty students in each race and only the top 10 finishing students made it on to the next level (division cross Country). I felt it was an enjoyable day for everyone and I would like to participate again next year.

Malak- 6D Charlie Vagg Physical Education Teacher

Students in Years two and three have been invited to do special activities at lunch times to build on their understanding of the college values – respect, resilience, learn and responsible.

Term one focussed on social skill development during learning and break times, and using kind words. We spent time using positive self-talk and brainstorming ‘warm fuzzy’ comments for our friends. Thank you to those students who came to this lunch time opportunity in term 1, I am so looking forward to working with you all again!

Mia Simson

Speech Pathologist - Enrichment Team

College Values In Action

Year 4 visit to meet author Dr Jane Goodall

A journey to meet the world renown Dr Jane Goodall, that started with reading Class discussion in 4C about a school program called Roots and Shoots, which was started by inspiring conservationist and world-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, lead a world to text connection. We discovered we had a book in our classroom called “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” with a short story in it about Dr Jane Goodall! We read this story on the 2nd of April in Term 1 and discovered it was Dr Jane Goodall’s birthday the very next day! 4C quickly moved on to writing birthday messages to Dr Jane Goodall to whom we sent our messages via the Melbourne Coordinator of the Jane Goodall Institute. In response three students from Truganina College were invited to meet Dr Goodall at Melbourne Zoo on Sunday the 12th of May.

Emma Wasson Year 4 Teacher

Below, the story about Dr Jane Goodall in the book, Midnight Stories for Rebel Girls.

From left to right. Afra, Takdir, Tript and Teacher Miss Wasson at Melbourne Zoo

Some of 4C's Birthday messages to Jane Goodall

Takdir, Tript and

Melbourne Zoo

The visit to Melbourne Zoo to meet Dr Jane Goodall On Sunday the 12th of May, Afra Amin, Takdir and Tript Shergill went to Melbourne Zoo to network with other student leaders to see what projects students from Roots and Shoots Schools were working on to gather ideas and inspiration. They became involved in an animal enrichment activity which involved making two banners as part of a campaign to protect orang-utans from habitat loss due to a burgeoning palm oil industry in Malaysia.

These banners were presented to Dr Jane Goodall where students heard a special talk that encouraged them to know they have the power to make a better world. Dr Jane said that young people around the world give her hope. She said that young people everywhere are learning about the problems in the world and that it’s in a pretty grim state. Young people know that species are becoming endangered, that the ocean is polluted with plastic and that palm oil in products we consume are grown in planta-tions that are cleared Orang-utan habitat. “We need to fight to protect the planet from people who want to destroy it”, she said. Emma Wasson Year 4 Teacher

Year 4 visit to meet author Dr Jane Goodall Cont...

Students painting banners to present to Dr Jane

Year 4 visit to meet author Dr Jane Goodall Cont...

The visit to Melbourne Zoo to meet Dr Jane Goodall Cont..

Dr Jane Goodall left us with a final thought. There’s a very big difference between saying together we can save the world, and saying we will save the word. Yes we can, but will we? Whatever our choices no matter how small from choosing what we eat, to what clothes we wear and products we buy we can make a difference. For example: we can help protect orang-utans by avoiding palm oil in the products we buy and protecting the ocean by avoiding micro plastics in cosmetics.

Afra, Takdir and Tript are looking forward to sharing their experience with their class mates and working together on a project that can make a difference at their school. We now have an autographed copy of “Midnight Stories for Rebel Girls” in the 4C classroom and a new book about Chimpanzees so other students can learn more from Dr Jane Goodall and what she found out about these fascinating creatures. Emma Wasson Year 4 Teacher

Students meet Dr Jane Goodall

Reading our new book about Chimpanzees that you can borrow from 4C if you’d like to. We just ask that you take extra special care of it.

School Banking Get involved in the School Banking program. TRUGANINA P-9 COLLEGE is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards. The rewards available during 2019 are:

Scented Stackable Highlighters

Snowy Origami Set

Icicle Slapband Ruler

Yeti Fluffly Notepad

Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring

Scratch Art Cards

Water Skimming Bounce Ball

Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Getting involved in School Banking is easy! All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways: 1. Online Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. 2. In branch Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is Tuesday. Each week you need to hand your Dollarmite book with the funds to your Classroom teacher on Tuesday Morning for processing. If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2019 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Thank you to Mother’s Day Stall Helpers

A massive thank you to our office staff, parents and community helpers for organising, setting up and selling gifts for Mother’s Day.

Students had the opportunity to shop for their loved ones. They enjoyed selecting the best present from the variety of items available at the stall. We hope that many mothers, grandmothers, aunties, sisters and carers received a wonderful gift and a thank you for all they do to support their children.

Special thanks to the following volunteers for their commitment and support to run the stall smoothly:

Collen Purton

Suzanne Pattison

Michelle Curry

Aisha Iqbal

Belinda Chan

Kamaljit Kaur

Karly Chiarezza

Afshan

Mariya Imran

Peata Faalili

We were able to raise $1,728.28. Monies raised from the stall will go towards an area of seating for parents and children near the new playground.

Sadia Toqeer

Leading Teacher-Educational Leadership & Community Engagement in Learning

Camps, Sports, Excursions Fund (CSEF)

CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors; excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works and sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. These are all part of a healthy curriculum.

The annual CSEF amount per student is:

$125 for primary school students.

$225 for secondary school students.

The CSEF funding does not cover school levies. School levies must be paid by all families. See office staff if you need assistance or have any questions.

How to apply

Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form, complete the form and we’ll take a copy of your Health Care Card.

More information

Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. It is part of making Victoria the Education State and the Government’s commitment to breaking the link between a student’s background and their outcomes.

Clare Najdovski

Finance Manager

Get to know Bianca Johnstone - Year 4 Teacher in Portable 28

What is your favourite colour? My favourite colours are navy blue and red. What is your favourite number and why? My favourite numbers are 4 & 7 because I am born on the 4th July and my first daughter is born on the 7th April. What is your favourite book and why? You can’t go past the Harry Potter series. What is your favourite food? I am Italian, so definitely pasta. What do you like most about teaching and learning? I love that not only do I get to make a difference in student’s lives, but I also get to work on being a better person and a better teacher.

Get to know Frank Patti – Year 3 Teacher in Portable 25 What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is light Blue or dark Blue, either blues I love. I was once told blue represents trust, loyalty, wisdom, faith, truth and heaven. All of these things mean so much to me. What is your favourite number and why? My favourite number is Number 8. For most, it is a lucky number but for me it’s not so lucky. But read on and find out why I love 8 so much. My mum considered it a lucky number because, I was born on the 8th February. So I guess, because it’s her favourite number and I use to hear her say it all the time, this is why it became my favourite number too. I do also like that 8 represents good wealth, good health and luck all the things I like in life. What is your favourite book and why? My favourite book is The Twits, I loved it as a child and still love reading it to my class. I like how Mr and Mrs Twit play pranks on one another. It reminds me of the pranks I use to play on my friends that were harmless. What is your favourite food? My mum’s homemade lasagne and her schnitzels. I am actually eating them right now, as I am writing up my responses to these questions. I have eaten five already tonight and she has given me four to take home for lunch tomorrow, so I can eat them at work. I am so excited. I love my mum and I love her cooking. What do you like most about teaching and learning? When I was child, I really found school challenging. I didn’t have the opportunities that kids have these days. Therefore, I like to make my teaching fun, interesting and challenging. What I love the most is seeing my students reaction when they learn some-thing new and I hear them say, “I get it”. We never stop learning, so when I learn something new I like to share it with people. Don’t forget we never stop learning.

Staff Profiles

Enrolments for 2020 Enrolments for 2020 are now open. If you have a sibling starting, please come to the office for an enrolment pack.

Earn & Learn

School Tours We are now taking bookings for School Tours. To make a booking please call the office on 9368 9800.

Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser We are holding our annual Cadbury Chocolate fundraiser for the Foundation to Year 6 students again with all money raised going towards creating an area of seating for parents and children near the new playground.

The eldest child in each family will receive a Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser box and inside you will find a collection envelope for all money raised. The chocolates are $1.00 each and there are a total of 60 chocolates inside each box.

Chocolates will be delivered and passed on to families in the coming weeks. We wish you the best of success and thank you for your support in assisting Truganina College to achieve our goal of building a Parent’s Retreat area.

Congratulations Word Challenge winners!

Congratulations to the following students who were the prize winners for the last newsletter’s Word Challenge and made an impressive amount of words with ‘ju’ in them:

Chiara Minafo from 01A

Alecia Hutchins from 0J

Navleen Sidgu from 05A

Well done to all of our winners!

Money Raised for Easter Raffle Thank you to everyone for contributing to the Easter Egg Raffle.

With your help, we were able to raise $1474.71 . Monies raised from the Easter Egg raffle are going towards creating an area of seating for parents and children near the new playground.

Student Name _________________________

Teacher Name _________________________

Parent Name ___________________________

CHALLENGE!!

How many words can you make that have ‘em’ in

them?

3 WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS ROUND!

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!!!!

Return your slip to your teacher with as many words

written, with ‘ju’ in them for your chance to win a

prize!!

Slips must be returned by Thursday 23rd May.

Winners announced Friday 24th May.

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