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WYNSPEAK COMPETITION
College Calendar
June
2nd
Year 9 Connections Animal Welfare, Marine
Biology Centre, Queenscliff 9.00am—3.15pm
2nd
Mark Greenwood Author Visit All Year 7’s. On
Campus 9.15am—10.15am
2nd
Year 9 Connections, St Laurence Morning Excursion
9.30am—11.30am
2nd
Year 12 Applied Learning Literacy Students,
Margoneet Prison Visit 11.30am—3.20pm
2nd
On Tuesday May 12th students from Lara Secondary College
attended the annual Wynspeak Competition run by the
Rotary Club. Ethan W and Tate E faced some impressive
competition in the senior division and performed admirably.
The first round involved speaking to a topic of their choice
and Ethan’s speech on global warming was very informative.
Tate chose to talk about the Federal Government’s June
budget and its impact on society and was very engaging.
The second round was impromptu and the boys received a
random topic four minutes before having to address the
crowd. Once again both boys spoke impressively, particularly
in the face of such pressure.
A big congratulations to both boys who showed
determination, initiative and bravery; public speaking is no
easy feat. We encourage students looking to extend
themselves and build confidence to seek out this opportunity
next year or sign up for debating later this term.
Year 9 Connections, St Laurence residents to
Scienceworks
12.00pm—3.15pm
3rd
GPAC Take Over Final Technical Rehearsal and
Performance 1.30pm—10.30pm
3rd
Year 10 Business, Law & You—Legal Studies
Excursion to Melbourne University Law School and
Melbourne Courts Precinct 8.30am—3.30pm
3rd
Year 7 Melbourne Aquarium Excursion
9.00am—3.30pm
4th
End of Semester Music Evening in 311 Theatre
6.30pm—8.30pm
5th— Year 10 and 11 Exams
12th
Upcoming Events
8th
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday—STUDENT FREE DAY
10th Year 9 English Exam—Session 4
Congratulations once again to Ethan and Tate. You did the
college proud.
Anna Kelly and Amanda Pitcher
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
12th Year 9 Maths Exam—Session 3
16th Staff Professional Learning Day—STUDENT FREE DAY
.
Telephone: 03 5282 8988
Lara Secondary College
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
College Annual Report
Our Annual Report for 2014 reflects the ongoing development
and strength of our work and is now available on the College
Website. The report outlines our achievements in a new format
with the inclusion of four sections: Student Achievement,
Student Engagement, Student Wellbeing and Productivity. If
you would like a hard copy of the report please don’t hesitate
in contacting our office.
Attitudes to School internal data
Our ATS survey data has been collated and overall is extremely
positive, reflecting above state average results. The leadership
team are currently analysing the data. This information, along
with focus groups led by the program leaders and a principal
team member, will result in the formation of action plans to
address areas in need of improvement – and of course to
celebrate our wide range of successes.
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School Improvement Team professional learning day : Student
Free June 18th
The work we have undertaken with Insight SRC “coaching for
leadership teams” will culminate in a day of exploration of how
our school can work, even more collaboratively and
successfully, through the work of our staff nominate, School
Improvement Team. This group of enthusiastic staff have
worked with our external educational consultant/psychologist
Roger Dingle, to enable staff to determine their focus for the
“ideal school” and the means by which we can continue our
work, to continually review our work and processes to ensure
the very best outcomes for our students.
Regards,
Lyn Boyle
Principal
[email protected]
Parent discussion groups
It is important to ensure that we have parent input into our
school operations, not only through the formality of the work
of our College Council parent representatives but through a
more casual forum. I would like to invite parents who are
interested in meeting with me to chat about our school and
ongoing improvements to contact me via email. There are
currently two options for joining in for coffee and a chat
9.30am on Wednesday June 10th or 2.00pm on June 15th.
Please take this opportunity to meet with me to share your
thoughts on what we are doing well and areas in which you
believe we could be more supportive, of your child’s learning.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT
Already we are in the second half of Term 2 and quickly heading
towards the end of the Semester. Semester One terminates at
the end of Week 9, Friday June 12th. This is at the end of Exam
Week for all Year 9 to 11 students. Semester Two commences
for all students on Monday June 11th.
Transition : Improved Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes project
Reporting
Lara Secondary, Lara Primary, Lara Lake and Little River
Primary schools were recently invited to be a part of a state
wide research project to determine best practice in transition
of students from Years 6 – 7. Our selection with 5 other
clusters in the state was a result of the work we have already
undertaken as a cluster in coordinating teacher visits both to
the primary and the secondary school, extra curricular
programs we offer to primary schools and our collaboration via
connections, drama sport and SRC. This is a very positive
reflection on the work of the Lara Schools and an exciting
opportunity allowing us to work closely and in a structured
manner, to further the development of a strong transition
program, for the students in our community. This week we
held a cluster meeting with our new cluster leader, John
Hassett, with 17 representatives from the 4 schools.
You will receive your child’s Cycle Three progress report early in
the last week of term, then the End of Semester Report on the
final day of Term 2. Both of these reports will be available
through your Compass Parent Login. Remember that end of
Semester Reports will include descriptions of the content
covered in each subject for the semester, Grades that students
have achieved on Assessment Tasks and Exams, AusVELS levels
(for Year 7 to 10), Outcome results for Year 11 and 12 and Unit
Results for Year 10 to 12, but there will be no teacher
comments. Parents are encouraged to provide feedback on the
new reporting system by emailing Tania O’Callaghan or Faye
Smith at any stage. More formal avenues for parent feedback
will also be established.
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
Telephone: 03 5282 8988
Lara Secondary College
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Student Leadership
Student Leaders are busy organising events for later this term.
The House Captains and Vice Captains are working with the
House Leaders to create a Family Feud House Competition. This
will run over the last two weeks of term, and will involve teams
from each house at various year levels, competing at
lunchtimes. The School Captains and Student Leaders are
organising a special day on June 18th to celebrate Cultural
Diversity at Lara Secondary College. Year 7 and 8 students will
be involved in a range of multi-cultural activities, and students
are producing a film to highlight and celebrate diversity in our
school. There will be an assembly on this day with a range of
performances.
Learning Support and Extension
As part of our commitment to successful learning outcomes of
all students at Lara SC, we have recently implemented an
Intervention Team. Teachers are able to refer students to the
team, should they not be displaying progress in their schooling,
despite the best efforts of the child’s teachers and immediate
support team. This team takes a holistic approach at looking at
each case, drawing all information together and creating a plan
that will best meet the needs of each student. Parents will be
informed of the plans to be put in place and will meet regularly
to reflect with teachers and support staff on the success of the
interventions put in place. Our journey to providing a positive
and successful learning environment for all students is a very
challenging one that will require high levels of collaboration
between teachers and with parents. We know that developing
the culture of our school so that failure for students in not an
option will take time and effort, but the rewards are significant
for all involved.
On Wednesday, Smiling Mind came to Lara Secondary to talk to
Year 7 and 8 students about the Smiling Mind Research Project
and the importance of practising mindfulness. Bianca Chatfield,
Captain of the Melbourne Vixens, came as an ambassador of
Smiling Mind and shared what mindfulness has done for her.
Students enjoyed hearing from a Commonwealth Games gold
medallist and practising mindfulness!
For more information on Smiling Mind mindfulness please feel
free to contact School Counsellor Ellie Prior, or go to their
website at www.smilingmind.com.au.
Article Sourced from Geelong Advertiser, Thursday 28th May
2015, Page 4 News.
Journalist: Nicole Mills Photographer: Mitch Bear
We are also looking to support learners who are showing that
they can perform at levels beyond their current year level.
Extension programs for Year 7 and 8 students in both English
and Maths are being established and offered to some students.
This will add to the extension being offered by teachers in
individual classes.
Uniform
Just a reminder to parents that Girls’ Uniforms must not
include:
Short kilts – kilts must be knee length or longer
Leggings or skins – sports uniform is shorts or College track
pants
Pants other than the approved College pants.
Tania O’Callaghan & Faye Smith
[email protected]
[email protected]
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
GPAC Take Over is a short play festival featuring new student
devised work from students in Years 9-12. On Wednesday the
3rd of June, come and support the brand new theatre work
from Year 10 Centre Stage, Year 11 VCE Drama and the final
ensemble performance from Year 12 VCE Drama. The show
starts at 7.30pm and tickets are only $8 and are available from
the GPAC Box Office or online by following this link:
http://www.gpac.org.au/event/514/take-over-2015
Telephone: 03 5282 8988
Lara Secondary College
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Student Achievements
Planning to Save Lives
The inaugural Linking with Ambulance Victoria program was
a huge hit. Tate, Year 10, was one of the lucky students who
was offered a place in the week long program. Students were
advised about a range of job roles as well as paramedics, and
also learnt about leadership, teamwork, appropriate risk
taking, communication, and health promotion.
Tate’s Report
On the 27/4/ 15 myself and 13 other students from
completely different schools came together to see what it
was like at a branch.
Fourteen people with not much in common became great
friends learning skills, especially how to use an Automated
External Defibrillator correctly. At the end we taught Grade
5&6 from Clairvaux PS the 4 Steps for Life Plus Program we
had learnt. I would recommend this program to everyone.
Thank you Kate, Scott, Jake, Marie and the paramedics who
taught us, and finally everyone else I’m glad I met.
‘Like’ us on Facebook!
We’ve recently created a Lara Secondary College official Facebook
page. www.facebook.com/LaraSecondaryCollege.
‘Like’ us to keep in touch with some of the fantastic events happening at our college and to celebrate the achievements of our students.
CONGRATULATIONS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR VET
STUDENTS
Congratulations to the following Year 11 and 12 students who were awarded a free driving lesson at the
last Assembly. These were awarded to students who
consistently model our school values and work tirelessly to achieve their very best.
Dear Families of students completing a VET course.
Please note that the Gordon has cancelled all VET
courses on Wednesday June 10th due to Year 12's
completing the GAT.
The winners were:Megan D, Rachael C, Cameron B, Adrianne C and
Brone S.
All VET courses at the Geelong Industry Trade
Training Centre (GITTC) will still run on this day.
Regards
Aaron Hassett
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
Telephone: 03 5282 8988
Lara Secondary College
Careerspace 7
Reminders
UMAT Register by 5 June; Test: 29 July, 2015
Focus on Melbourne - Science 2 June, Law 4 June,
Engineering 11 June, IT 11 June, Music 24 June, VCA 25
June.
Registration:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/events.
Victoria University (VU) – BE YOU AT VU – 8 July; Reg’n:
www.vu.edu.au/be-you-at-vu.
Keeper/Vet for a Day – Healesville & Werribee; Bookings:
1300 966 784.
Info: www.zoo.org.au/education/
careers-programs;
WANTING TO STUDY MEDICINE? Year 12 students are
reminded that if you plan to apply to
study medicine at Monash University
next year you must sit for the
Undergraduate Medicine and Health
Sciences Admission Test (UMAT).
Register by 5.00pm AEST on Friday 5
June.
Test
date
is
Wed
29
July.
See:
www.umat.acer.edu.au.
MAKING MUSIC WITH TECHNOLOGY – Creative Music
Technology (CMT) is a new specialisation in the Monash
Bachelor of Music. It focuses on the creative application of
technology in professional music, sound, performance,
broadcast, multimedia and research. Students will be
musically trained as well as having an interest in the
relationship between music and technology. Applicants
will audition both on their chosen digital audio workstation
(DAW) and on an instrument. A sound knowledge of music
theory and aural skills will also be tested. Careers will be in
new media, composition, recording and performance
creative industries. A two-day audition workshop for CMT
will
be
held
in
September.
Contact
[email protected] for details.
DISCOVER DEAKIN – Deakin University welcomes Year 1012 students and parents to get a taste of university life.
Attend study area workshops, explore the campus, find out
about fees and services, and hear from Australia’s leading
innovation consultancy firm, Inventium on the latest
scientific findings in relation to what drives highly inventive
and intellectual thinking. When/Where: Tues 30 June at
Burwood campus & Wed 1 July at Geelong Waterfront
campus; Register: www.deakin.edu.au/discover-deakin.
EXPERIENCE ACU – This program for Year 10-12’s at
Australian Catholic University gives you the chance to
sample the degree of your choice. Get a taste of life at ACU
by meeting staff and students, learn about careers, hear
tips in preparing for university, and enjoy the
entertainment and fun campus atmosphere. When/Where:
Mon 29 June (Melbourne campus, Fitzroy) & Tues 30 June
(Ballarat
campus);
Register:
www.acu.edu.au/uniexperience; Info: 1300 275 228.
EXPERIENCE LA TROBE UNIVERSITY – A chance to get to
know the La Trobe community and be a uni student for a day.
Find out what happens after secondary school and attend
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
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workshops, seminars and lectures of your choice. Lunch and
entertainment provided. When: 9 July (Bundoora); Register:
www.latrobe.edu.au/experience.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE NEWS –
GET A UniExperience AT MELBOURNE – Year 11 students from
a rural and border regions, those who are
first in their family to consider tertiary
study, and Indigenous Australian and
Torres Strait Islander students are invited
to the Parkville campus on 9-10 July.
UniExperience gives you the chance to try
university life. The program offers sessions covering all
aspects of tertiary study including accommodation in a
residential college, campus tours, information about
courses, workshops on transition to university,
scholarships and study skills, and social activities; also
meet current students. Cost: $100; Applications (limited
places): http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au; selection
based on reasons for wanting to participate. Info: Leah
McGregor, ph 8344 7508, [email protected].
HANDS ON ENGINEERING – Get hands on experience in
activities and workshops to learn about different fields of
engineering. When: Thurs 2 July; Who: Year 10 students;
Register: www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/schools.
HANDS ON COMPUTING – What does computing and
information systems study involve? When: Tues 7 July;
Register: www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/schools.
MELBOURNE RISES IN WORLD RANKINGS Melbourne remains
the number one university in Australia according to the
Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for
2015. It has moved up two spots since 2014, and is now
placed at 41 in the world. The reputation rankings are
based on the world’s largest invitation-only survey of
academic opinion, featuring more than 10,000 respondents
from
nearly
150
countries.
See:
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/
HAVE YOU SUBCRIBED TO ‘MY MELBOURNE’? ‘My Melbourne’
is a monthly newsletter for future students. It’s a great way
to keep up-to-date with what’s happening at the University
of Melbourne and find out all about the opportunities
available.
Subscribe:
https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/
mymelb.
NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM – Are you in Year 11
and interested in a career in science, technology or
engineering? Are you an Australian citizen or permanent
resident, planning to study at an Australian university?
Achieving good grades in science, and have other skills and
interests? If so, you might want to apply
for this Forum. Applications must be
endorsed by a Rotary Club. Brochures
are
available
by
emailing
[email protected],
or
see
www.nysf.edu.au. The Forums are in
Canberra in January 2016. VCE LECTURES – The Faculty of
Arts at Melbourne is offering lectures and tutorials in three
VCE subjects. On offer: 4 & 5 July – Literature, 11 & 12 July
– Australian History, 11 & 12 July – History Revolutions.
See: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/VCE.
Telephone: 03 5282 8988
Lara Secondary College
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RMIT NEWS – RMIT is both a higher education and VET
provider, with 3 campuses in the City, Bundoora and
Brunswick.
SCIENCE
IN
THE
CITY
LAB
TOURS
–
RMIT is offering students and
parents the chance to visit their
learning laboratories and to find
out about opportunities in
biology, biotechnology, chemistry,
environmental
science,
nanotechnology and physics. When: 11am-2pm, Mon 29
June;
Info/registration:
www.rmit.edu.au/
appliedsciences/discover.
RMIT EXPERIENCE DAYS – Find out about university life and
explore interest areas in the school holidays. What/When:
29 June - Engineering (City); 30 June - Health and Medical
sciences; 1 July - Justice and legal, Music, sound and live
production, Science; 2 July – Engineering (Bundoora);
Sustainability; 3 July – Project Management. Info:
www.rmit.edu.au/experiencedays.
CAREER DISCOVERY IN FASHION AND TEXTILES – This course
assists you to select the most suitable RMIT Fashion and
Textiles program and career options. It is
a two-day workshop for Year 11 & 12
students including topics that may include
trend forecasting, fashion creative
processes and ideas generation,
developing a visual diary, digital
technologies and textile design. When: 8 – 9 July; Cost: $275;
Information: www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au/page/
career_discovery_fashion.
JOURNALISM AT LA TROBE – Journalism can be studied at
most universities, however, at a recent conference, Career
Practitioners were told about journalism at La Trobe
University. It was pointed out that there are still jobs in
journalism, but not in traditional media. However, there
are more TV channels, more radio stations seeking staff. It
was pointed out that the first job in
journalism is often easier to obtain than
the second or subsequent position, as
promotion can be difficult. Graduates
often start as a digital content producer.
Journalism skills can be used in arrange
of jobs because journalists learn to
synthesize, present, package and process information.
Why study at La Trobe? Journalism there has a broad
approach, transferrable skills are taught, all senior staff
work in the industry, and there are great industry links.
Attempts have been made to create real-world assessment
tasks such as attending press conferences and writing
reports; there is a genuine student focus, aspiration is
fostered, and efforts have been made to see that all
assessments don’t came at the same time.
KILT FOR SALE
Girls Size 10 (children’s) kilt for sale.
Very good condition
$20.00
Please call Sharon on 0418592545.
Alkara Ave, Lara, Victoria 3212
Telephone: 03 5282 8988