KOONUNG SECONDARY COLLEGE WINTER MUSIC CONCERT

No.9 June 24 2014

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

“A person’s true wealth is the good he or

she does in the world.”

Mohammed

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

CLASS

It has been a busy term and as we approach the mid-year break we are pleased to acknowledge many successes. Firstly, we congratulate Matthew Ponza, our College Captain, on his selection as the Whitehorse young person of the month. Details about his nomination are presented by Andrew Mangonis later in this newsletter. The music staff were pleased with the polished performances of our musicians at last week’s winter music concert. Congratulations to David Forward who coordinates the music staff, and to the music captains: Aaron Cutter and Connor Anderson-Vague for their performance as concert hosts. Over the last two weeks, students in Years 10 and 11 sat their end of semester exams and we were pleased with their positive attitude, their approach to the exams and their exemplary conduct. Semester reports are available this Friday, 27th June 2014 on Compass. Please access the reports through Compass by clicking on the Reports tab. Parents are reminded to read and discuss the reports with their son/daughter. A shared discussion will enable you to fully digest the report. Please spend some time viewing your son/daughter’s reflections (see reports tab – Insights – School Reflections S1 2014). We are pleased to offer work experience to our year 10 students this week, and they are experiencing an amazing array of workplaces, ranging from being out in the field with surveyors to having a placement with Melbourne Storm. Thank you to the Careers team, Trish Paddick, Kylie Poppins and Carol Marcianti for their excellent organisation of these visits. Students are able to experience workplaces and find out about possible career paths. There are some staff changes next term and we are pleased with the staff appointed to various advertised positions.

We welcome Jon Wanner and Marion Last back to our community as they return after long service leave. We wish the following staff all the best whilst on leave from our school next term: Virginia Nugent, Lauren Appledore, Georgia Asvestas, Elizabeth James, Peter Stanley and Christine Hardidge. Also, we wish Phil Dimattina, David Foote, Shaun Sanderson and Peter Wright well as they take short term leave.

Name Replacing Position

Description Begin Date

End Date

Elizabeth Sutherland

Virginia Nugent

English/English Literature

14/7 19/9

Emily Wilkinson

Lauren Appledore

History/English

14/7 19/12

Alexia Herrera

Georgia Asvestas

History/Humanities

14/7 19/9

Daniel Hagan

Elizabeth James

Legal Studies/Humanities

14/7 19/9

Joanne Wright

Peter Stanley

Integration aide 14/7 19/9

Helen Anderson

Christine Hardidge

Integration aide 14/7 19/12

Leslie Zhou

Phil Dimattina

Mathematics

8/8 19/9

Shane Castricum

David Foote

Art/ English 14/7 11/8

Peter Wright is on long service leave for 6 weeks at the start of Term 3, and he will be visiting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as part of his leave. I will be replacing Peter in his role and Mary Eade will be part of the Principal team in Peter’s absence. We wish all the college community a safe holiday and look forward to term 3, which starts Monday, July 14.

Anne Abbott Assistant Principal

UNIFORM REPORT

Please note the following amendments to the uniform policy, as ratified at College Council last week:

1 Short or long sleeved shirts are allowed, with the requirement that in winter the shirt must be tucked in.

2 The Koonung regulation spray jacket may be worn for outside use in the school grounds when there is wet weather; or may be worn during Sport

Education days (years 7 & 8) and during PE classes. The spray jacket may only be worn to and from school when it is wet weather. It is to be worn over the blazer in these circumstances. The exception is when designated excursions require the sport uniform be worn, as per the notification on Compass events.

3 The Koonung regulation blue blazer must be worn as the outer garment to and from school (unless the spray jacket is worn if it is wet weather) and during period 1, except for days when the forecast temperature is 25 degrees Celsius or over(as per the Bom weather forecast as shown on the Koonung webpage). The Koonung regulation jumper is not permitted to be worn as the outer garment when travelling to and from the college.

It is important that students provide notes for situations when a uniform item is unable to be worn (e.g. blazer is being dry-cleaned). The note should be given to the relevant subschool administrator prior to the start of the school day

Anne Abbott Chair: Uniform Committee

SENIOR SCHOOL EXAMS

Over the last two weeks our Senior students have been hard at work sitting their examinations.

WINTER MUSIC CONCERT

The Theatre was full on the 18th of June for the Winter Music Concert. The Audience was treated to a program that displayed the work of the music students over the semester. The choir began with a moving work from South Africa Asimbonanga (Mandela)/Biko by Jonny Cleg and Peter Gabriel. This prepared the audience for a number of new directions which included the new Year 8 Musicicology bands. These bands are part of a new year 8 Project Based Learning initiative which provided an opportunity for Instrumental student to practice in a band at music of their choice. One Musicology band (The Keys) combined with the Guitar ensemble perfoming the current hit ‘Hey Brother” by Avicii featuring the vocal of Amy Thomson. The other band (the Genius-s)performed their arrangement by the White Stripes 7 Nation Army. These young musicians were well received and encouraged by the audience. The string instrument students had a larger part to play and were involve in the Salon band with conductor Ms Suzie Reid and the main String Enemble with conductor Ms Catherine Narayan. Featured soloist were vocalists Callam O’Dowd, Alex Owens, Laura Lording Morell and Pianist Nathalie Chen. VCE Music Performance students introduced their new directions in a repertoire with some interesting 60’s Music. Aaron Cutter and Luke Wilcockson, along with the White Band, performed Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and then “Soul Man” with Callum as the Magenta Group - with unusual vocal techniques. Aidan Oon – Clark and the Burandy Band transfixed the audience the iconic Riders On The Storm (The Doors). Music Award recipients for this year were: Daniel Siu for his commitment to the String Program; Petra Green – for her commitment to the Concert Band, Swing Band, Salon Band on Double Bass; and Alex Owens for his commitment to the vocal program . Also recognized were Conor Anderson Vague, Aidan Oon- Clarke, Tom Wilson, Jonathan Brisbane and Petra Green for representing Koonung at the Regional Concert at Hamer Hall this term. Finally, the ‘Urinetown’ Cast treated the audience to the whole cast finale of the first act of the show revealing the humour and infectious music of the show. Don’t miss it.

Thanks to Susanna Dernelley, Concert Coordinator – and all Instrumental Staff, other volunteer staff who supervised the excited performers, parents for provide cakes and other delights and the audience and thanks to the students for such a great show.

David Forward Music Coordinator

Winter Music Concert 2014

Act I

Music Captains: Conor Anderson-Vague & Aaron Cutter

1. VCE MAGENTA GROUP & CHOIR

Advance Australia Fair by B.D. McCormick, Arr. Hultgren

2. CHOIR

Asimbonanga (Mandela)/Biko Asimbonanga by Johny Clegg (Zulu), Biko by Peter Gabriel, arr. L Schwabe from the Soweto Gospel Choir Conducted by Anna Paddick

3. CONCERT BAND Acapulco Holiday by John Edmonson The Winner takes it All by Benny Andresson & Bjorn Ulvaeus, arr. Paul Murtha Conducted by Sue Cook

4. LAURA LORDING MORELL VCE Unit 3 Solo – Voice Contemp

Cry Me A River by Arthur Hamilton Accompanied by Susanna Dernelley

5. GENIUS-S Year 8 PBL Group

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes Conducted by Jim Nash

6. JIAWEN (NATALIE) CHEN VCE Unit 3 Solo – Piano

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op. posth. 66 by Frédéric Chopin

7. KOONUNG SALON BAND

Autumn from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi Flute/Conducted by Suzi Reid

8. ALEXANDER OWENS Year 9 Solo – Voice Contemp

Violet Hill by Coldplay Accompanied by Susanna Dernelley

9. STRING ENSEMBLE Minuet by J.S. Bach Conducted by Catherine Narayan

10. CALLUM O’DOWD VCE Unit 3 Solo – Voice Contemp

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore by Ellington/Russell Accompanied by Susanna Dernelley

11. SWING BAND

Louie, Louie by Richard Berry, arr. by Michael Sweeney Born To Be Wild by Mars Bonfire, arr. by Michael Sweeney Conducted by Suzi Reid

12. VCE MAGENTA GROUP Unit 3 Vocal Group

Living on a Prayer by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child arr. Mac Huff Soul Man by Isaac Hayes, David Porter arr. Kirby Shaw Accompanied by Ryland Sack

INTERMISSION

Food and drinks are available in the foyer

Contributors: Fern Brisbane, Carmel Clark, Jane Creasey, Kerry Fitz,

Ali Hillman, Liz Jackson, Kaye Mathewson, Sue Wilson

Kiosk – Cath Bennie & Fiona Kyrkou

Act II

13. GUITAR ENSEMBLE & THE KEYS

Hey Brother by Avicii Accompanied by The Keys (Year 8 PBL Group)

14. MR DAVID FORWARD Music Scholarships 2014 Petra Green, Alexander Owens, Daniel Siu Regional Music Concert Participation 2014 Conor Anderson-Vague, Jonathon Brisbane, Petra Green, Tom Wilson

15. PERCUSSION GROUP Stick Kicks by J.K. Smith Conducted by Jim Nash

16. DING MING (SCOTT) SHUAI VCE Unit 1 Solo – Alto Sax

Piece en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel Accompanied by Susanna Dernelley

17. INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Butterfly Lovers by Jenny Ji Conducted by Zijing (Jenny) Ji

18. JESSICA O’BRIEN Year 10 Solo – Drum

Rock ‘n’ Roll by Avril Lavigne

19. VCE WHITE BAND – UNIT 3 Let’s Stay Together by Al Green Guitar/Vox – Aaron Cutter, Backing Vox – Luke Wilcockson, Guitar – Tom Wilson Bass – Jonathan Brisbane, Drums – Conor Anderson-Vague, Keyboard – Aidan Oon-Clarke

20. VCE BURGUNDY BAND – UNIT 3

Dumb Things by Paul Kelly Riders On The Storm by The Doors Keyboard – Aidan Oon-Clarke, Guitar – Tom Wilson Bass – Jonathan Brisbane, Drums – Conor Anderson-Vague

21. URINETOWN CAST Act One Finale from Urinetown, The Musical by Hollmann/Kotis Accompanied by Ryland Sack

THANKS TO:

FRONT OF HOUSE

USHERING

Marilyn Faithful, Stephanie Grant, Felicity Dendle, Gail Munro

SUPERVISION

Paul Dailey (Photos), Sandra Greenhill, Anthony Hasseldine, Fiona Kyrkou

KIOSK COORDINATION David Forward & Christine Hardidge

TECH CREW Sound: Hugh Menting

Lighting: Nicholas Mason

BACKSTAGE

Stage Manager: Sophie Andrew

Crew: Stephanie Clare-Cover, Susanna Dernelley, David Forward, Catherine Kitching, Maddy

Odria, Luke Wilcockson

INSTRUMENTAL

TEACHERS

Eugene Belenko, Sue Cook, Susanna Dernelley, Steve Haggar, Kelly Hayden*, Catherine Narayan,

Jim Nash, Marina Novelli*, Anna Paddick, Ben Paddick, Suzi Reid, Kathryn Rogers, Zoe Taylor,

John Wanner*

PROGRAM Julie Chaffer, Susanna Dernelley

POSTER DESIGN Will Bennie 11A

CONCERT BAND Flutes Lucinda Bennie Jane Ding Lavin (Andrea) Fernandez Kate Gerraty Oliver Jackson Hugh Menting Anna McLean Tamika Simms Clarinets Zhiyuan (Mike) Chen Gareth Clauson Megan Fitz Nicholas Mason Kaisheng (Victor) Wang Bass Clarinet Kyle Choi Saxophones Alto Lochsley Boyd Petra Green Terence Zhai Tenor Matthew Song Trumpet Lachlan Cleeland Violin Hannah Clauson Piano Yijiang Li Bass Maddy Odria Drums Tom Gross * Conductor Ms Sue Cook Assistant Band Master Mr John Wanner * CHOIR Varaidzo Chipunza Michaela Clare-Cover Hannah Clauson Kaia Duong Amelia Fraumano Holly Greguol Annaliese Hawkins Risha Hede Alexander Owens Erin Smillie Jack Tsekouras Conductor Anna Paddick GENIUS-S (Yr 8 PBL Band) Bill Chen – piano/drums Zhiyuan (Mike) Chen - clarinet Jeremy Creasey - guitar Isaac Doblin Matthew Gibney - keys

Ying Bin (Joshua) Hui Oliver Jackson - flute Chenyang Peng - drums Dimitri (Jimmy) Sirianos - guitar Conductor Mr Jim Nash GUITAR ENSEMBLE Jackson Birch Angus Bottomley Maxwell Clark Jeremy Creasey Ben Cutter Isaac Doblin Stefan Fodor Holly Greguol Oliver Hale Risha Hede Ben Hillman Jessica Jana Hamish McLean Kristina Ozzimo Giorgio Papahronis Tom Peters Maria Bianca Serrano Thomas Shelley Andrea Suaiso Arjun Tickner Ryan Tran Lachlan Wilcox Alec Zhai Conductor Ms Marina Novelli INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Boya Duan Yuan Lei (Olivia) Guo Cynthia Lin Chengfeng (Jasmine) Pang Zhijian (James) Zhang Conductor/Composer Zijing (Jenny) Ji KOONUNG SALON BAND Violins Tim Green Daniel Siu Flute Anna McLean Piano Madisson Nam Bass Petra Green Flute/Conductor Mrs Suzi Reid

STRING ENSEMBLE Hannah Clauson Gwyneth Fowler Stanley Liau Ohan Ra Dominique Rivera Daniel Sui Conductor Catherine Narayan PERCUSSION GROUP Danaka Chee Luke Horvat Ying Bin (Joshua) Hui Koetsu Sakamoto Jessica O’Brien Perry McMahon Ding Ming (Scott) Shuai Conductor Jim Nash SWING BAND Clarinet Gareth Clauson Nick Mason Kaisheng (Victor) Wang Saxophones Alto Thomas Draper-Joyce Thomas Hillman Ding Ming (Scott) Shuai Tenor Kyle Choi Baritone Jack Hale Trumpet James Boyd Piano Daniel Shen Guitar Tom Wilson Bass Petra Green Drums Conor Anderson-Vague Conductor Mrs Suzi Reid THE KEYS (Yr 8 PBL Band) Jackson Birch – guitar Bianca Chan – clarinet Kate Gerraty – flute Theresa Kong – drums/flute Thomas Shelley – guitar Andrea Suaiso – guitar Amy Thomson – voice Conductor Mrs Kathryn Rogers

URINETOWN CAST Maddy Allen Hamish Andrew Ellie Anfruns Lucinda Bennie Will Bennie Lars Biemond Olivia Bottomley * Varaidzo Chipunza Michaela Clare-Cover Stephanie Clare-Cover Aaron Cutter Emma Hocking Paige Joustra Libby Kay Chloe Long Jonathon Magrath Lilianne McClimont Shana Nastas John Olujic* Callum O’Dowd Aidan Oon-Clarke Alexander Owens Vincent Rojas Kara Sims Erin Smillie Jack Tsekouras* Luke Wilcockson Rory Wilcockson VCE MAGENTA GROUP Natalie Chen Stephanie Clare-Cover Aaron Cutter Susanna Dernelley Callum O’Dowd John Olujic* Luke Wilcockson Conductor Mrs Susanna Dernelley * = Absent

CITY OF WHITEHORSE YOUNG

PERSON OF THE MONTH AWARD

Matthew Ponza is the recipient of the City of Whitehorse Young Person of the Month Award for July. He adds to a growing list of Koonung students who have received this award in the last year. In fact, the current City of Whitehorse Young Person of the Year Award winner is Amber Blackwell-MacGilp - who began her secondary schooling at Koonung in Year 7 and finished her VCE last year.

Matthew’s Reflections: Over recent years I have made a point of involving

myself in many community and school programs.

Throughout my time at Koonung I have

contributed to the community in many ways.

More recently I have volunteered for the Cerebral

Palsy Education Centre, the James Macready-Bryan

(JMB) Foundation for acquired brain injury and the

Box Hill Whitehorse Hockey Club. The Box Hill

Whitehorse Hockey Club is an organisation that

has really rewarded my contributions and has

encouraged me to further develop. With the club I

have both played and coached a premiership win,

received the young person of the year award and

been guided through coaching at Koonung as well.

Koonung Secondary College has allowed me to

participate many leadership, sporting and extra

curricular activities. I have represented Koonung

on the Great Victorian Bike Ride, hockey,

swimming, school musicals, the Lions Youth of the

Year, and at the Koonung Ski Camp. I have

received academic Achievement Awards as well as

being the voice of the students in the 2014 School

Captain role. I am really honoured to be recognised

by the Whitehorse Leader; their recognition has

given me the confidence to continue helping the

community.

KOONUNG 50T H CELEBRATIONS

If you are a facebook user please like the 50th page.

Search: Koonung’s 50th Anniversary

Keep up to date with all the plans for our

celebration weekend and please share it with your

friends.

50TH ANNIVERSARY

COMMEMORATIVE PAVERS

As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations individual commemorative pavers will be installed in a prominent position in the school grounds. You can have your name engraved into a paver as a lasting record of your connection to Koonung Secondary College. This is a rare opportunity to commemorate your time at Koonung in such a permanent way. This is the first time commemorative pavers have been offered to our community and it is unlikely to happen again in the near future. A paver can represent the whole family or individuals. Details are in the Order form. Print the form or alternatively please fill in the hard copy which has been sent home with your son/daughter and return to the school at your earliest convenience.

Commemorative Pavers Order Form.docx

EASTERN REGION CROSS COUNTRY

Last week 23 Koonung students competed at Yarra

Valley Racecourse in the Eastern Metro Region

Cross Country.

All competed well in the muddy conditions and did

themselves and Koonung proud. Congratulations

to James Elward, who finished 7th and Matt

O’Donnell who finished 3rd. They will now

compete at the State Championships in Term 3.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING

Every Wednesday students in Year 8 are undertaking Project Based Learning. Perform Out Loud is one of the projects on offer. In Perform Out Loud we have been studying different styles of dance. We got into groups of two or three and we each picked a type of dance to study and choreograph our own routine. At the moment we are each working on a piece that goes for about 1 minute.

The styles of dance are: Contemporary, Burlesque, Jazz and Hip Hop. Our end goal is to combine all the routines and perform a dance that will go for 6 minutes. The true purpose of this is to showcase self-esteem and the effects it is having on young adults.

Year 8 Perform Out Loud group Isabel, Gemma, Maisie, Hannah, Anna, Mikala,

Rachel, Fadzai, Ally and Shania.

Interschool Gymnastics

If any students are interested in competing in Interschool Gymnastics entries are now open and close on 23rd July. Please follow the link: http://www.gymnasticsvictoria.org.au/?ID=13571 or see Miss Keays if you wish to register. Key dates and information When: September 3-5, 2014 (Primary Schools) and September 8-11, 2014 (Secondary Schools) Where: BTYC Gymnastics Club; Donvale Indoor Sports Centre

Lauren Keays Sports Co-ordinator

VICTORIAN UNDER 13 BASKETBALL

TEAM

Libby Odria recently trialled at the SSV Conference

Trials for the Victorian Under 13 Basketball Team.

She was successful in the Conference Trials and will

now head to the State Trail Camp during the

holidays at Mill Park.

What a fantastic achievement, being one of the

top 64 students in her age group across the State.

We wish her well at the State Trials.

Lauren Keays

Sports Co-ordinator

YEAR 7 GIRLS INTER-SCHOOL

SOCCER

On the 12th of June the year 7 girls soccer team played in all day soccer tournament at Darebin Institute of Soccer in Thornbury. The girls had a tough first match against East Doncaster: we lost 2 to 0. East Doncaster Secondary College went on to win the day. Our second game against Malluana Secondary College was more successful: we won 1 to 0, with excellent passing by Libby Odria. The goal was kicked by Chloe Stroumos. Excellent defensive play was shown by Jasmine Finter, Georgia Relph, Ohan Ra and Jacinta Woodcock. Our midfield; Kristina Ozzimo, Megan Fitz, Jessie Corben and Sam Mason got better with every game played.

The preliminary final was against Box Hill Secondary. Unfortunately we lost on penalties 3 to 2. Great goals were scored by Chloe and Jasmine. Excellent goal keeping was shown by Vicky Mangonis and Arkaela Athanas-Wilford. Thanks to Anthony Dorrington, from RMIT, for supporting the team; Monica Magot for doing the lines and to Mr Mangonis with his words of wisdom during the penalty shoot out.

Coach Jane Thornton

JUNIOR INTER-HOUSE DEBATING

COMPETITION

Koonung held its first ever Inter-house Debating Competition this term. A combination of Year 7, 8 and 9 students coached by their house leaders debated 'That School Uniform should be compulsory'. The final was between Roberts and McCubbin. The Roberts team, Kireeti Thotakura, Steven Zhou and Anna McLean, took the negative side of the debate arguing for free dress during the school day. While the McCubbin team, Matthew Chong, Dana Kirimof and Faith Morgan were arguing in favour of a school uniform. Dana took away the 'Best Speaker' prize winning 10 points for McCubbin, but it was Roberts that won the debate by 1 point. A big congratulations to everyone involved and keep an eye out for the Senior Inter-house Debating Competition next term.

Chelsea Thomas

KOONUNG’S 50T H ANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION

Calling for volunteers for the 50th Reunion. We need volunteers to help set up and man the decade rooms for Saturday, 30th August. Any amount of time is greatly appreciated. To celebrate the 50th anniversary weekend Koonung is hosting an open day on Saturday 30th August. We are inviting parents and people from our community to have a market stall. Stalls will be $20 and expected to be running from 10am-4pm. If you are interested in selling a goods or service please contact: Allira Best 50th@koonung.vic.edu.au

LANGUAGE PERFECT WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

What an exciting ten days of feverish language learning we had at Koonung and anywhere else that had internet access. Our students were able to greatly advance their vocabulary knowledge by accessing the Language Perfect World Championship. After an early start in the top 100, Koonung completed the championship with a ranking of 112th in the world and a category ranking of 38th for schools of our comparable size. We were 81st in Australia out of 778 schools. For the individual languages, Chinese was 11th, Japanese 101st and French 202nd overall in the world. A truly great achievement for Koonung. Our students achieved a number of awards: Elite Award (10,000+ points): Stanley Lin, Hong Yu Lim and Daniel Siu Gold Award (3,000+ points): Ryan Simms, Janet Edwards, Jessie He, Oliver Jackson, Lauren Edwards, Miguel Lourenco-Keene, Yen Pan, Tristan Tran and Emese Ropolyi. Silver Award (2,000+ points): Luke Martin, Arianne Suaiso and Hamish Mclean Bronze Award (1,000+ points): Nissi Park, Megan Fitz, Koetsu Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Takeya, Magdalene Apostolou, Hannah Clauson, Bryant Liew, Jessica Ervin, Tia Tran, Madison Allen, Vanessa Ponza, Theresa Kong, Angelique Kyritsis, Jessica Jana, Andrew Della Gatta, Joseph Fung, Linxi Sun and Bethia Dharmaputra. Congratulations to everyone that participated. You answered a total 387,741 questions achieving 146,966 points. The Elite and Gold awards will be presented during the annual Presentation Evening. The other awards will be presented at the earliest available whole school assembly. Well done, everyone.

Mr. Dailey Head of Languages

JAPANESE CURRY IN A HURRY

The Year 7 Japanese class enjoyed the delights of making and eating Japanese curry. After getting into groups they chopped and stirred their way to some delicious looking and tasting curry.

The Japanese curry is different to Indian curry in its flavour and ingredients. It is much milder and has a sweeter taste. By the end of the lesson the students’ stomachs could not hold any more of the yummy food as they waddled out to recess.

It was a fun and enjoyable way to experience another culture.

Mr. Dailey Japanese Teacher

THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY

COMPETITION 2014 RESULTS ARE

IN!

At the end of May there is always a treat waiting for me: to open the box containing our AGC results. This year 370 Koonung students, from Years 7-12, entered this national competition along with over 70,000 other students from around Australia. It is a challenging test, designed to find the best geography students in the country to represent

We haven’t inherited the Earth from our ancestors, we have borrowed it from our

grandchildren. The future is in our hands!

Australia at the National Geographic World Championships in Russia in 2015. The performance of our students this year has again been really impressive: 18 students achieved High Distinctions; 28 students achieved Distinctions; and 47 students gained Credits. I am particularly impressed with the results from our VCE Geography students who gained 6 High Distinctions, 6 Distinctions and 7 Credits. High Distinctions In the Senior age category: Will Bennie, Grace Doherty, Katie Doherty, Matthew Harris, Luke Martin and George Peel. In the Intermediate age category: Kyle Choi, Gareth Clauson, Aaron Larson, Anna McLean, Alexander Owens, Cameron Owens and Ramon Sha. In the Junior age category: Sebastian Jose, Alexander O’Brien, Thomas Shelley, Adam Smith and Christopher Thomson. Distinctions In the Senior age category: Michael Berkman, Tom Draper-Joyce, Janet Edwards, Jake Lawther, Miguel Lourenco Keene and Evie Paul. In the Intermediate age category: Max Batrouney, Lars Biemond, Lochsley Boyd, Matthew Chong, Joel Christie, Callum Dimsey, Lachlan Harris, Catherine Kitching, Dylan Lanigan, Ben Paul, Isabella Renton, Tamika Simms, Trinity Solyk and Gareth Ward. In the Junior age section: Benjamin Cutter, Isaac Doblin, Dana Kirimof, Daniel Pooley, Yoshiyuki Takeya, Ryan Tran and Joshua Tsui. Credits In the Senior age category: Aaron Fredericks, Blaine Harris, Siew Nee Lim, Bridgette Mulhern, Joel Peacock, Emese Ropolyi, John Stasinopoulos and Callum Tate. In the Intermediate age category: Sam Boyle, Max Clark, Andrew Cook, Josh Crossisca, Harry Cullen, Jamie Davis, Stuart Donnan, Jack Fitzsimmons, Alexandra Forman, Petra Green, Ryan Harding, Matilda Heeps, Nick Herrod, Harrison La Vale, Zoe Mayer, Aidan Mulhern, Mia Pagliaro, Noah Stoffels, Georgia Sanders, Jagteshwar Sandhu and Arjun Tickner. In the Junior age section: Hamish Andrew, Hannah Clauson, Jazmyn Flintoff, Joel Hansen, Scott Heng, Ellica Jiao, Tom Kerr, Pui Lam Lo, Valentino Martino, Jordy McDonald, Hamish McLean, Jamie Nastas,

Daniel Shen, Senna Steen, Kireeti Thotakura, Matthew Tsoutsouvas and Joshua Wheeler. Students who have achieved a High Distinction will receive their certificates at the School Presentation Evening in December. Distinction certificates will be handed out at a school assembly soon. Credit certificates will be handed out at a year level assembly soon. Participation certificates will be handed out by Geography class teachers. Congratulations to all students for a fantastic effort again this year!! Gail Munro, Humanities Domain Leader (and Senior Geography teacher) ps. If you would like to do the test, go to: http://www.geographycompetition.org.au/2013 Another place to test your geographical skills is http://www.geoguessr.com/, or try escaping via http://www.mapcrunch.com/, but beware they are very contagious! If you have a favourite website, please email me at munro.gail.f@edumail.vic.gov.au

KOONUNG SECONDARY COLLEGE

MUSICAL 2014 – ‘URINETOWN’

Meet The Cast: Officer Lockstock – The show’s muscle and narrator played by Aaron Cutter.

Aaron’s views on Lockstock: Officer Lockstock is somewhat charismatic, he owns the show, telling the story of Urinetown. He holds the audience in the palm of his hand. Lockstock sings in Urinetown, Privilege to Pee (Lockstock’s Reprise), Cop Song (one of my favourites), Don’t Be The Bunny, Act 1 Finale, What Is Urinetown?, Why Did I Listen To That Man, We’re Not Sorry, and I See A River. Lockstock is quite the evil one, but his evil isn’t always inexplicable and he’s certainly not evil to all. As the narrator, Lockstock relates to everyone, but he has most of his interaction with characters like Little Sally, Caldwell B. Cladwell, Barrel, Hope, Bobby, Fipp and Mr McQueen. My favourite part of the show would have to be the music, the songs are fun and sound great when the entire cast is singing. Plus, our Muscial Director, Susanna Dernelley, is ace! The most challenging part of playing Lockstock has been learning the lines! I’ve always been horrible at lines (yes, this is my 5th production, I know!), and Lockstock says a massive amount of lines – plus learning lyrics, it’s pretty crazy. Officer Barrel – The narrator’s sidekick played by Maddy Allen.

Maddy’s views on Barrel: Barrel is a police officer and is basically Lockstock’s sidekick. Traditionally my character is played by a male - however in Koonung’s production of ‘Urinetown’ the role has been altered so that Barrel is a girl. On a complete contrast to the stereotypes of a female cop, my character enjoys all things pink, girly and fabulous. When it comes to the question of good or evil, Barrel is a complicated character, but I’d say she is tilting more towards the evil side though. Barrel spends most of her time with Officer Lockstock, so she relates to him easily. Koonung’s production of ‘Urinetown’ is epic and I think the audience will love the humour in the show, not to mention the insanely cool choreography. It has definitely been difficult trying to play the role of a giggling girly girl under the pretences of a cop.

JUNIOR MATHS AND SCIENCE

TUTORING

Who? Year 7 – 9 Koonung students

What? Junior Maths and Science Tutoring

Where? School Library

When? Every Wednesday afternoon

3:15pm – 4:15pm

Some snacks are provided.

Thank you,

Mr Canning and Ms Symons

RE: Last chance for Year 9 boys in Victoria to have breakthrough HPV vaccine for free Cancer Council Victoria is reminding parents of boys in Year 9 to ensure their son completes the three-dose HPV vaccination course, given this is the last opportunity for them to have the vaccine for free. The vaccine is being offered to boys aged 14–15 years for free until the end of 2014, as part of a catch up program. The vaccine course takes six months to complete, so boys need to get the first dose now to fully benefit from the catch-up program, which is only available until the end of 2014. All three doses of

the vaccine are needed to ensure maximum protection. If your child has already missed a dose at school, contact Whitehorse City Council on 9262 6197 for details of community catch-up sessions in 2014. GPs can also administer all three doses of the vaccine to boys aged 14-15 in 2014. The vaccine is free but the GP may charge a consultation fee. After 2014, missed doses will need to be purchased from a health service provider at a cost of approximately $150 each. If you are unsure if your son is fully immunised, please contact the National HPV Vaccination Program Register on 1800 478 734.

Helen Lamers

School Nurse

WELLBEING & ENGAGEMENT

NEWS

Whitehorse Battle of the Bands Calling all bands, duos and soloists. Whitehorse Battle of the Bands is around the corner and we are calling for interest in performing on stage.

Entry is free of charge. All prospective participants must meet criteria to be eligible Download an application form and criteria details at the address: www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/Young-People.html Applications close 5pm 1st July 2014 Date of Battle: 1st August 2014 (evening). For more information, phone Council’s FReeZA Coordinator on 9898 9340 or email amy.mcdonald@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Whitehorse Youth Film Festival Do you know any students that love filmmaking? We have a great local competition for budding filmmakers of all levels. Great prizes to be won and a screening night of the films. Up to $150 in cash!!! See Mrs Buzzi if interested.

Eastern Diversity Group – June Calendar EDG is a social support group for young people aged 15-25 who identify as sexually diverse and/or gender diverse. We always welcome new members so feel free to contact Beck on 9890 2673 or alternatively via email rgranata@fan.org.au.

PARENT INFORMATION SESSION Steven Dupon author of the

‘Video Game Report’ Presents:

VIDEO GAMES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CHILDREN

AND YOUNG PEOPLE – WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW

Focus of session:

Most kids play video games these days, some for many hours every day, but what do we know about the impact of these games on our children and adolescents?

Steven Dupon, author of the ‘Video Games Report’ presents both the positive and negative impacts of video game technology. Learn how to avoid video game addiction, keep your kids/young people safe online and get advice on how to deal with the inappropriate content that often features in video games.

Date: Wednesday 13 August 2014 Time: 7.30-9.15pm

Location: The Willis Room Civic Centre

379-397 Whitehorse Road Nunawading

COST: $2 GOLD COIN DONATION – WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN

Bookings are essential phone: 9262 6332

HIP HOP DANCE WORKSHOPS

Free Hip Hop Dance Workshops for young people

at "Dance Dynamics" over the School holidays!! -

provided by Youth Services at the City of

Whitehorse

The Whitehorse Youth Empowerment Program

(WYEP) is running x2 free HIP HOP DANCE

WORKSHOPS at “Dance Dynamics” over the term

2 school holidays!!

Young people aged 12 – 25 years and welcome to

attend.

Young People can live, work, study or have a

significant connection to the City of Whitehorse in

order to participate.

There are only 10 spots so get in quick to secure a

spot!

The workshops run on Thursday the 10th and 17th

of July from 3 – 3:45pm.

The workshops will be run by Dance Dynamics at

953a Station Street, Box Hill North.

Please contact Jacqueline at Youth Services on

98989340 or email:

Jacqueline.piper@whitehorse.vic.gov.au for more

information or to book a spot.

The wellbeing and engagement team!

CAREERS NEWS

Careers Evening

The annual Koonung Secondary College Careers

Evening will be held in the senior centre on

Tuesday 22nd July from 6.30pm – 9pm. The evening

is open to all students and parents. There will be

an expo in the senior centre featuring institution

representatives, as well as presentations and panel

discussions in the fields of defence and policing,

engineering, health, science, business and

commerce, trades, architecture and design and the

creative arts.

Year 10

WORK EXPERIENCE

Year 10 Work Experience is taking place this week.

All students should have received their paperwork

and Work Experience Booklet (for completion

while on work experience). Copies of these

booklets and the work experience guidelines can

be found on Compass under the Resources tab.

UNIVERSITY AND TAFE INFORMATION

ACU Early Achievers Program

Program applications open 11th August 2014

ACU looks for students who understand the

importance of working towards the common good

& have a willingness to contribute to their

communities. For this reason, the university

recognises the contribution & leadership potential

in students and grants them status as Early

Achievers. This program offers successful

applicants an offer ahead of the usual tertiary

admissions announcements.

https://www.acu.edu.au/study_at_acu/alternate_

entry/early_entry

Trish Paddick/Kylie Poppins/Carole Marcianti

Careers Team

LANDMARK SCHOOL SUPPLIES

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Dear Parents, Landmark School Supplies new premises are located at Unit 1, 170 Rooks Road, Nunawading. Trading hours are Monday to Friday 9.00 am until 5.00 pm, with extended hours during January and February.

DOBSONS UNIFORM STORE - KOONUNG

NORMAL TRADING HOURS Mondays: 8.15am – 11.15 am

Wednesdays: 10.15am – 1.45pm

The new Koonung track pants have now arrived in

store and are available in sizes 9, 10, 16, 18, 20 and

22. Cost $51. Supplies of sizes 12 and 14 will be

available by May 22nd.

Lab coats are also now available in store. Cost $42

New Winter Skirts are available in all sizes. Cost $76.95. School scarfs are now available at the store. Cost

$8.95 each Contact Dale at the Uniform Shop on 9897 4726 or email koo@dobsons.com.au for all enquiries.

PFA MEETING DATES – 2014

Monday August 4th

Monday September 1st

Monday October 27th

December Xmas Dinner TBA

All meetings are 7.30 - 9pm in the MYC

PFA SECOND HAND BOOKS

PFA have a large selection of good quality second hand books available for sale. Please direct enquiries to Carolyn Minster at drcarolyn@optusnet.com.au

DIARY CALENDAR FOR TERM 2 2014 (10 WEEKS) WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

23 June (Day 6) 24 June (Day 7) 25 June (Day 8) 26June (Day 9) 27 June (Day 10)

10

Year 10 Work Exp. VCE Unit 2 & 4 commences

Year 10 Work Exp.

Year 10 Work Exp. Year 10 Work Exp.

Year 10 Work Exp. Whole School Assembly End Term 2 Reports to parents

Term 2 holidays begin

DIARY CALENDAR FOR TERM 3 2014 (10 WEEKS) WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

14 July (Day 1) 15 July (Day 2) 16 July (Day 3) 17July (Day 4) 18 July (Day 5) 19 July

1 Term 3 begins

Whole School Assembly

21 July (Day 6) 22 July (Day 7) 23 July (Day 8) 24 July (Day 9) 25 July (Day 10) 26 July

2

7pm CAREERS NIGHT

Musical Dress rehearsal

7.30pm School Musical Opening Night

Year 11 into 12 interview panel 7.30pm School Musical

7.30pm School Musical

28 July (Day 1) 29 July (Day 2) 30 July (Day 3) 312 July (Day 4) 1 Aug (Day 5) 2 Aug

3

Year 10 VCE Information Day 7pm VCE Parent Information Evening

7:00pm SCHOOL COUNCIL

7.30pm School Musical

7.30pm School Musical

Year 10 into 11 interview panel 7.30pm School Musical

Musical Matinee and final evening session

4 Aug (Day 6) 5 Aug (Day 7) 6 Aug (Day 8) 7 Aug (Day 9) 8 Aug (Day 10) 9 Aug

4

Ski Camp 4 PM Ski Camp Ski Camp

Maths Competition

Ski Camp VCE subject choices due

11 Aug (Day 1) 12 Aug (Day 2) 13 Aug (Day 3) 14 Aug (Day 4) 15 Aug (Day 5) 16 Aug

5

Year 9 into 10 Information Day 7pm Year 9 into 10 Parent Information Evening

Pupil Free Teacher Professional Development

Year 9 into 10 interview panel

18 Aug (Day 6) 19 Aug (Day 7) 20 Aug (Day 8) 21 Aug (Day 9) 22 Aug (Day 10) 23 Aug

6 CBC Bookweek

7:00pm SCHOOL COUNCIL

Year 10 subject choices due

25 Aug (Day 1) 26 Aug (Day 2) 27 Aug (Day 3) 28 Aug (Day 4) 29 Aug (Day 5) 30 Aug/31 Aug (Sat/Sun)

7

Koonung Day 50

th Anniversary

Celebrations 1964 to 2014

50th

Anniversary Celebrations 1964 - 2014

8 1 Sept (Day 6) 2 Sept (Day 7) 3 Sept (Day 8) 4 Sept (Day 9) 5 Sept (Day 10) 6 Sept

8 Sept (Day 1) 9 Sept (Day 2) 10 Sept (Day 3) 11 Sept (Day 4) 12 Sept (Day 5) 13 Sept

9

Interim Reports on Compass 7.30pm Spring Music Concert

Parent-Teacher Interviews – Access on Compass

Charity Dress Day

15 Sept (Day 6) 16 Sept (Day 7) 17 Sept (Day 8) 18 Sept (Day 9) 19 Sept (Day 10) 20 Sept

10

No classes

scheduled on this

day

12 – 8pm Parent - Student – Teacher Interviews

7:00pm SCHOOL COUNCIL

Immunisations Yr 7 &Yr 9 Boys

Whole School Assembly End Term 3