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From the Campus Principals
Welcome back to 2015!
New Staff
A very warm welcome back to school to our
new and returning families, we are very
pleased to have the opportunity of working
with you all. We also have a number of new
staff on our campus, some of whom are new
to our campus and others new to our College:
Mr Burroughs, Ms Wills, Ms Walkerden, Mr
Noviello, Ms May, Ms Alkemade who are all
new to the College; Ms Reeves, Ms Kumar,
Mr Davies, Ms Matsuzaki, Ms Zurawiecki and
Ms Caitlyn Parfett who are returning or from
another campus. A huge welcome to you all!
Year 7 Special Induction Program
In recognition that starting secondary school
can be challenging we have established a
special 3 day program which culminates in the
Iron Form Competition. The idea with the first
three days is for students to become more
familiar with how our campus works and to
bond with their Home Group and Home
Group teacher. The Iron Form Day involves
all of the Home Groups competing against
each other with banners, songs, mottos/logos
all depicting what their Home Group means to
them. Plus there is fierce competition in fun
relays. This year’s winning Home Group was
71E – Congratulations!
Photos
All students had the opportunity for their
photo to be taken on February 12 th; if for some
reason this didn’t occur there is a catch up day
on February 27th at our Delahey campus.
Students will be bussed to have their photo
taken and returned to campus. A letter was
sent home advising how to order photos for
the family if you require; the date for this is
February 20th.
Scholarship Presentations
On Feb 5th we had a ceremony to award our
Year 7 scholarships and re-award our Year 8
student scholarships. The scholarships are
awarded for Academic Excellence,
Performing Arts and Leadership/Community.
This year our scholarship winners were: (Year
7) Summer Elsalim and Spencer Vaughan
(Academic Excellence); Joshua Iglesias and
Aimee Jungfer (Leadership/Community) and
Emily Watson and Caterina Hacket
(Performing Arts). Our Year 8 scholarship
winners who were re-awarded their
scholarships were Sarah Lee, Nathan Bogalho,
Nikki Moutafis, Stacey Rouvalis and Jessica
Refahi. Congratulations to you all.
Testing
Our Year 7 students have had a number of
tests administered and a few more to come.
The TORC testing enables us to put students
in the most appropriate Literate Practices class
to help improve their reading skills and
general literacy.
Students in Years 7 and 8 this year for the first
time have undertaken an online writing test
which has given very detailed feedback on
their strengths and areas for improvement. It
will assist teachers to target the next
improvement area and we will see an
improvement in writing skills. Our year 7
students will also have the PAT-R and PATM tests administered so we can quickly find
the beginning point to continue teaching for
each individual student.
Some of the testing has been as a result of our
involvement with Melbourne University to
target writing improvement across the
College. If you are interested please feel free
to contact us for more information.
Immunisations
Parents with students in Years 7, 8 and 10 are
reminded that all forms for immunisations are
due back before next Monday (February 23 rd)
which is immunisation day.
Parent Teacher Meet and Greet Thursday, February 19th
Following feedback from our parent
community we have changed the format of
our ‘old’ Parent Information Nights and will
have one night for all students 7 -10 with an
opportunity to see work completed by
students, talk with staff and gain a better
understanding of the work that is required for
your child. If your child’s Home Group
teacher hasn’t already rung to offer a
personalised invitation yet, plus the letter sent
home inviting you then please consider this a
personalised invitation – we would love to see
as many people attend as possible.
Hands on Learning (HOL)
As a college we have an exciting new
engagement program to be able to offer to
some of our students. The Hands on Learning
Program is as its name suggests, an
opportunity for student from Year 8-10 to
experience a different style of learning on one
day per week. The Program will be based on
Kings Park for 2015. An information session
for selected students and parents will take
place this week.
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Please note this Newsletter is
available online:
www.copperfieldcollege.vic.edu.au
Issue 1
16 February 2015
Dates and Events:
Immunisations
Years 7, 8, 10
23
February
Swimming Carnival
24
February
Labour Day
9 March
College Council
16 March
Athletics Carnival
18 March
Discovery Evening
19 March
Parent Teacher
Student Interviews
24 March
End Term 1
27 March
First Day Term 2
13 April
Year 7 Camp
Immunisations
Years 7 and 9
22-24
April
29 April
COLLEGE PHONE
NUMBERS
Kings Park Campus
Ph: 9365 4111
Fax: 9365 4999
Delahey Campus
Ph: 9307 5555
Fax: 9307 5444
Sydenham Campus
Ph: 9361 3888
Fax: 9361 3899
The Mission
Western Bulldogs
are proud to adopt
Copperfield College
as a
Bulldog Friendly School
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Swimming Sports
Next week is our College swimming sports
on Tuesday March 24th; all students are
expected to attend school on that day,
permission notes have been sent home. Let’s
hope for a lovely sunny day without being
too hot.
As always a very busy start to the year!
There are lots of opportunities for parents
and students to become involved in the
campus - remember you can contact us at
any time with queries or suggestions.
Pick Up and Drop Off at School
Could parents please be mindful of not
blocking driveways into and out of the Child
Minding Centre and Retirement Village
when dropping off and picking up? Would
parents also remind their children to use the
supervised crossing; this is for their safety.
Some parents are double parking and this
makes crossing the road even more
hazardous. The staff car parks are not for
parent pick up, the Gym car park is at times
quite dangerous; staff often need to go to
another campus for after school meetings.
Thank you.
Sue Minkevicius and Mark Nugent
Campus Principals
B & K Team News
B and K Team staff extend a warm welcome
to our students and families. We’ve had a
terrific start to the year; everyone has settled
into their routines quite quickly having familiarised themselves with the logistics of
managing timetables, facilitating learning
and keeping abreast of homework.
Additionally, it will provide an opportunity
to familiarise families with non-teaching
staff and other extra-curricular activities on
offer. We hope your family will join us over
a sausage sizzle this Thursday evening.
The college Swimming Carnival will be held
Week 5, Tuesday 24th February, and all
students are expected to attend. Team colOn this last point, year 9-10 students should
ours are to be worn: B Team is Purple, K is
be completing 1-2 hours of homework per
Blue. Any clothing that is not a Team colour
night. This recommendation falls in line with
should be from the school uniform. Please
our college Homework Policy to be found on
note unacceptable clothing: leggings, denim,
our website under the about us tab. Teachers
spaghetti strapped tank tops, very short
encourage families to read this policy as it
shorts.
details important information about homework: its purpose, the guidelines, and expec- We look forward to collaborating with stutations of staff, students and parents/
dents and families in ensuring smooth B and
guardians.
K Team operations throughout 2015. Our
staff are happy to communicate with parents/
Similarly, our college Uniform Policy can
also be found on our website under the same guardians about any issues, so please don’t
tab. Established by our college council, our hesitate to contact them.
dress code is to be adhered to not only at
school, but also as students travel to and
9-10 Campus Leader: Ms Marama Keti
from school. We kindly ask families to sup- B Team Leader: Mr Andrew Price
port uniform compliance as it promotes part K Team Leader: Ms Linda Muirhead
of our ethos: personal care in appearance and
a strong sense of pride in the college, equali- B Team staff:
ty amongst all students, and a positive image 91B Ms Jo-Anne Locker
of Copperfield College in our local commu- 92B Ms Caitlyn Parfett
93B Ms Angela Parisi
nity.
94B Ms Olga Polovic-Lazovic
Students had an opportunity to change elec- X1B Ms Faryal Niazi
tives between Monday and Friday, Week 3. X2B Mr Con Damoulakis
X3B Mr Jim Molivas
The college is now unable to change students’ electives as too much course content K Team staff:
will have been missed in the new elective
91K Mr Joe Dagher
making it extremely difficult to catch-up and 92K Mr Travis Burroughs
successfully complete assessment tasks.
93K Mr Erol Ata
On Thursday 19th, we will be holding our
94K Ms Ranjeni Kumar
Sydenham Parent Information Night, 7-8
95K Mr Adrian Davies
pm. The purpose of this event is to meet
X1K Ms Kylie Parfett
your child’s/rens’ teachers, and become faX2K Mr Paul Decis
miliar with course outlines and common
X3K Ms Nancy El-Sayed
assessment tasks for each subject.
Copperfield College
Uniform
The Copperfield College uniform is
available from the PSW Deer Park
store:
58 Westwood Drive, Deer Park
Ph: 9363 8458
Monday to Friday:
8.30am -5.00pm
Saturday:
9.00am - 5.00pm
Uniform items can also be purchased
online.
Orders can be delivered to your
home!
www.psw.com.au
Student Illness
A reminder to parents and students
that phone calls home regarding
student illness at school must come
through the General Office. Staff in
the General Office are first-aid
trained.
Students should not be using mobile
phones to contact parents if they
need to be picked up from school.
Personal Goods
Brought to School
at Owner's Risk
Personal property is often brought to
school by students, staff and visitors.
This can include mobile phones,
electronic games, calculators, toys,
sporting equipment and cars parked
on school premises. The Department
does not hold insurance for personal
property brought to schools and it has
no capacity to pay for any loss or
damage to such property.
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Would You Like to Host a Japanese Student?
Excursion Forms
Do you have an excursion but forgotten the permission form?
You can get a copy of all excursion
forms from the
Copperfield College Website.
Copperfield College is very fortunate to have a Sister School relationship with Fuji Junior
High School, in Fuji City, Japan. This relationship aims to foster cultural understanding and
friendship between the young people of Japan and Australia. Every second year we have a
group of students and staff visit Fuji Junior High School in Japan. Every other year they
visit us.
In 2014, eighteen students and three teachers from Copperfield College visited Japan and
Fuji Junior High School in September. In 2015, we expect a similarly sized group of students and teachers to come to Australia and Copperfield College for approximately 5 days
between August 12 and August 20.
During this time the Japanese students stay in Australian homes with our students. Whilst in
Australia, the Japanese students attend our classes at Copperfield College and experience
life in Australian homes. It is a wonderful experience for families to welcome a Japanese
student into their home and be treated as family members. They and their hosts will also
have the opportunity to participate in excursions and other celebrations. Copperfield College students have made many friends from our Sister School over the years and developed
a better understanding and appreciation of each other’s lifestyles and cultures. Next year we
expect our Sister School relationship will continue with our students visiting Japan.
If you are interested in this fantastic experience and wish to host a Japanese student, please
fill in the form below and return it with a parent/carer signature to your Campus Office.
Mark Nugent
Campus Principal Sydenham
Fuji JHS Sister School Coordinator
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Application to Host a Japanese Student
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Year Level: ____ Homegroup: ______
Campus: ______________________________
Please tick and fill in the following, where appropriate:

I hosted a Japanese Student in ____________________
Name of Japanese student:_______________________

I travelled to Japan (with the College) in _____ _______
Name of Host student: __________________________

I currently study Japanese in year _______ OR

I have studied Japanese to year _________
Other information relevant to this application:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Parent/Carer Name: ________________________________________________________
Parent/Carer Signature: _____________________________________________________
Date: __________
Please return to your Campus Office
Click to the ‘News and Events’ on
the top line of the website.
Select “Permissions—Sydenham”
Select the excursion you want
and return completed form to your
teacher.
Or Follow this link:
http://www.copperfieldcollege.vic.ed
u.au/News--Events/PermissionForms1/
An excursion form must be
completed before students can
attend an excursion
Palm Oil
Campaign
As a team we ask
that you read the
labels of the
products you purchase from your
supermarkets. Look for labels such as
oil (palm) or palm oil. The less
products bought the less forests are
cut down. A small step to support
environmental change.
Battery
World
Battery World offers the
only national opportunity
to recycle responsibly by
disposing dead domestic
batteries at our College. The batteries
that we are recycling are: A, AA,
AAA, C, D, 9V and 4V batteries,
laptop batteries and camera batteries.
There will be a collection container at
the Administration Office near our
Mobile Muster box.
Mobile Muster
Round up your old mobile phones,
chargers and batteries and
bring them into the
Administration Office to
deposit them into the box
for recycling.
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E & H Team News
Welcome to all of our new students and
families and those returning to Copperfield
College. Also, we’d like to extend a warm
welcome to the new staff in junior teams and
across the College. As Team Leaders, we
look forward to developing strong
partnerships with all members of our team;
students, parents and staff, and as such we
have had a very positive start to the New
Year.
We’d like to take this opportunity to
introduce ourselves and our Team structure.
E Team Leader is Lina Nicolas. H Team has
two Team Leader; Karen Martin and Gina
Constas, and we job share as we both work
part-time. However, one of the two of us is
available every day of the week. In 2015, E
Team has seven Home Groups and H Team
has eight.
Our Home Groups and Home Group teachers
are as follows:
Campus Leader: Elizabeth Talevski
E Team – Team Leader
Lina Nicolas
H Team – Team Leaders
Gina Constas & Karen Martin
71E – Samantha Walkerden
71H – Kimberley McMillan
72E – Ita Altas
72H – Amanda Nguyen
73E – Linda Ilardi
73H – Andrew Atherton
74E – Jess Wills
74H – Libby Derks
81E – Eugenia Kozlevcar
81H – Lucy Bell
82E – Shandelle Feduniw
82H – Pamela Barbara
83E – Bridget Gelder
83H – Pam Finn
84H – Ross Waterman
Elizabeth Talevski is the Year 7 and 8 Campus Leader and oversees both Junior Teams
(E and H) at Sydenham. Your Home Group
teacher is your first point of contact for your
student but you are also able to contact us at
any time with concerns or queries. Please
check your student’s diary regularly for notes
from teachers and homework tasks. Please
support him or her to complete their homework.
All of our Year 7 and Year 8 students have
settled in to Secondary School at Copperfield
College and their new routines quickly and
with enthusiasm. We have noticed that our
current Year 8 students have made the transition from Year 7 with ease and confidence.
The Year 7 students have already experienced
some of what Secondary School has to offer;
they have learnt how to open their combination locks on their lockers, they are comfortable reading their timetables and have settled
into all their subject classes with ease and
confidence.
Year 7s recently participated in our Iron
Form Day. It was a day filled with team
building activities. Home groups created banners, mottos, mascots and songs that represent the classes’ team spirit. There was a trivia session followed by a sausage sizzle. To
finish the day there were several fun races.
Term 1 is a very eventful time; Year 7, 8, 9
and 10 meet and greet is on Thursday 19th
February. On Tuesday 24th February the Year
7 – 10 students at Kings Park and Sydenham
will be going to Swimming Sports at Oak
Park Aquatic Centre. Hopefully the weather
will be perfect and everyone will enjoy the
swimming races, fun competitions and going
down the water slide.
The Team colours are pink for H team and
orange for E Team. Students are encouraged
to wear the team colours.
Thank you to students, staff and parents for
all of your support.
Gina Constas, Karen Martin and
Lina Nicolas
Work Experience
Dates for 2015 Year 10 Work Experience Program are:
Last week term 1:
First week term 2:
Last week term 2:
First week term 3
Last week term 3:
First week term 4:
23rd - 27th March
13th- 17th April
22nd- 26th June
13th -17th July
14th-18th Sept
5th – 9th October
In order for me to organise your placement students need to collect the 2015
Work Experience Application form
from me or download from the College
website.
Employer details need to be passed on to
me at least 6 weeks before commencement of your Work Experience week.
Work Experience is an interesting and
rewarding opportunity please choose
your workplace wisely and feel free to
see me if you need any help.
Jenny Zahra
Careers Advisor
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Parent Portal
Last year the College launched a new method
of communicating with parents/carers. The
College Parent Portal provides parents/carers
with up to date information about your
child’s attendance, lesson by lesson, as the
classes are marked by teachers.
It will also give parents/carers access to their
child’s timetable, the names of their teachers,
and electronic copies of interim and semester
reports when they are published. Eventually,
it will show achievements and awards that
students receive, and we will be exploring its
use to provide access to details of classwork
due and other expectations that need to be
met, as well as being used to communicate
news items.
The Parent Portal is accessed through any
internet browser on any computer connected
to the internet.
Sydenham Campuses and on Wednesday
March 25 for our Delahey Campus.
Parents/carers were informed of their personal login details and the steps involved in accessing both the portal and the interview
booking system in 2014.
Parents/carers of students who joined the
College in late 2014 or in 2015 will receive
their details and access instructions by mail
over the next three weeks. Note that logins
are based on the parent/carer contact information on record at the College so please
contact your Campus Office if this information needs updating.
Please contact myself or any member of the
Principal Team with any queries, concerns or
feedback about the parent portal.
Mark Nugent
The first major task of the Parent Portal in
Campus Principal -Sydenham
2015 will be to manage appointments for our
Parent Teacher Student Interviews to be held
on Tuesday March 24 for our Kings Park and
DEECD Rules About Student
Attendance At School
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Payments to the College
A reminder if you wish to pay your
subject charges or excursion costs,
you can phone any of the campus
offices and simply provide your credit
card details.
Other methods of payment are by
cash, cheque, EFTPOS and now BPay
Please call any campus office to
obtain your reference number.
Biller Code: 87361
Reference No:
Please contact any campus office
to obtain your reference number.
Student
Attendance / Absence
The Sydenham Campus has introduced a Student Attendance/Absence
message hot line. If your child is going to be absent for any reason, Parents/Carers should phone Lorraine on
9361 3891 and leave a message with
your child’s name, home group, reason and dates of absence.
Regular attendance is essential to
make sure that your child’s
learning is not disrupted.
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has introduced rules and
laws governing student attendance at school. They came into effect on March 1, 2014. We
thought it worthwhile to communicate the changes to our community.
Reminder:
Picking Up Siblings from
Sydenham Primary
Normal parental responsibilities have not changed noticeably and are as per Copperfield
College’s Attendance Policy which is in the student diary. The one exception is that the
Principal determines whether the reasons provided for non-attendance are reasonable. And if
they are deemed not to be, further referrals take place.
Students are reminded that if they are
picking up a younger child or siblings
from the primary school, they are
required to wait on our grounds until
the primary school bells goes at 3:30
before entering the grounds. Under no
circumstance should Copperfield
College students wait outside their
siblings’ classrooms.
Initially the school will explore ways to support the student to attend school; this may include
referrals to outside agencies. Should this not be successful a referral can be made to the
newly appointed departmental Student Attendance Officers.
Once a referral has been made to this level a process will be put in place which may involve
some or all of the following:

Sending a School Attendance Notice home, which requires a response.

Assessing of the parent/carer response

Deciding whether to issue an Infringement Notice

Sending an Infringement Notice

Bringing proceedings in Court.
We hope parents/carers can appreciate these rules are being brought in to further maximize
Student Accident
Insurance
Parents/carers are reminded that the
Department does not provide personal
accident insurance for students.
Parents and guardians are responsible
for paying the cost of medical
treatment for injured students,
including any transport costs.
Student accident insurance policies
are available from some commercial
insurers. These cover a range of
medical expenses not covered by
Medicare or private health insurance.
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Schedule 4: Notice of Election and Call for
Nominations
An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Copperfield College.
Nomination forms may be obtained from any Campus General Office and must be
lodged at any General Office by 4.00 pm on Wednesday 25 th February 2015.
The ballot will close at 4.00 pm on Wednesday 11 th March 2015.
Following the closing of nominations a list of the nominations received will be posted
at the school. The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in
each membership category open for election are as follows:
MEMBERSHIP
CATEGORY
Parent member
DEECD employee
member
TERM OF OFFICE
From the day after the date of the
declaration of the poll in 2015 to
and inclusive of the date of the
declaration of the poll in 2017
From the day after the date of the
declaration of the poll in 2015 to
and inclusive of the date of the
declaration of the poll in 2017
NUMBER OF
POSITIONS
4
0
If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the
school
Tony Simpson
College Principal
1:1 Learning and Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD)
Thank you to all Year 7 parents/carers who
organised an appropriate device for their
child. Please check that your child has seen
their Campus Computer Technician to have
their device configured to use the College
network.
Year 7 parents/carers who have not yet organised a device for their child are encouraged to do this as soon as possible. The College regards student devices as very important learning tools and students without
them are at a disadvantage.
Year 10 and Year 12 students are also permitted to BYOD, so long as they have met
their obligations regarding the laptop they
used last year.
A BYOD Guide with a Responsible Use
Agreement has been produced for Years 7,
10 and 12. Students in these year levels can
have their device registered and connected to
the school network when their Agreement
has been signed.
Please note that all other year levels, Years
8, 9 and 11, are not permitted to BYOD in
2015, since these students are still involved
in ongoing laptop lease arrangements. As
previously publicized, these students will be
able to access BYOD when these lease arrangements finish at the end of 2015 for
Years 9 and 11 and at the end of 2016 for
Year 8.
The College is looking forward to all students using whatever device they are using
in a smart, safe and responsible way. If you
have any questions about 1:1 Learning or
BYOD please contact Mark Nugent at Sydenham, Glenn McLeod at Kings Park or
your campus office, who will direct you
through to someone who can help you.
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Media
Media students have started the year
successfully. Students have commenced
the year with practical tasks, beginning
or building their film making skills.
Students from last year’s course received
Certificates of Participation for short
films submitted to the ACMI Screen It
2014 competition.
Ekaterina Petrova and Caitlin Sauza of
Year 10 (pictured below) received Certificates of Participation for Screen It
2014.
Hatice Hassett
Media Teacher
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Year 7 Student Reflections….
Year 7 Transition 2015
To begin the New Year, a transition
program was set up to ease our transition
from primary to secondary school. Normal
classes were replaced with introduction
games and simple tasks to help us
understand the school and its rules.
Throughout the three days, although we
still had our timetabled teacher, we did not
have any actual subjects. We had the time
to ask questions to our teachers and peers.
After many sessions preparing, Iron Form
Day had arrived, the teachers had the day
planned out with a range of different fun
activities.
let’s not get too far, let’s just focus on
being a Year 7 and so far Year 7 rocks!
Leonarda 74E
For the last two weeks us brand new year
7s began our first year of high school. We
had a three day transition program and then
the next Friday we had Iron Form Day.
In the transition program we made lots of
new friends and met new people. We did so
many activities such as a scavenger hunt,
group tasks and prepare for Iron Form Day,
and so much more.
On Iron Form Day we had to present our
mascot, class poster, and song. Later that
day we participated in a mini Olympics,
In the morning, a quiz was set up to get our which included six races, such as wet and
brains working. After recess, we had to
wild. In the end E team won. Iron Form
present our mascot, song, poster and logo
Day was something new and great fun! Zoe
that we had been working on throughout
72E
the week. Finally at the end of the day, the
races began with relays like Wet ‘n’ Wild, It is like I fell through a puddle filled with
Over and Under and Chicken Run. But at
fish and friends.
the end of the day there could only be one
Lita 72H
winner, 71E won by one point!
Summer 71E
It was great fun. Everyone is really tall, and
I’m eager to learn.
Rebecca 74H
In my first day of Year 7 we had a
transition program. I was feeling a bit
scared and nervous but orientation day
made me feel a bit more confident. The
three days were really good for me. I got to
know my way around the school, meet my
teachers and my home group. The day was
very fun. We got to work as a team and see
how good we work together with the Rap,
poster and mascot. The relay games were
awesome. I have really enjoyed high school
so far.
Gracious 74H
The first day of school is thought to be a
horrifying day. But for me and others it
wasn’t so bad. The school’s transition days
We are eager to learn and
were really comforting. The teachers were
ready for everything.
Rebecca 74H and Lita 72H nice and they helped us around the school.
On Thursday, Friday and Monday we were
transitioning and getting ready. We were
In 73H we did activities,
nervous but excited. That Friday we had
played games, and learnt
each other’s names. We had Iron Form Day and we had lots of sporty
a tour around the school and activities. It was boiling and then we had
learnt to open our locks. On water activities outside. It was fun and
enjoyable. High school didn’t turn out as
Iron form day we played a
bad as I thought. Eric 71H
quiz in the morning. We
then played sport and in the
On 6th February the Year 7s had Iron Form
end 71E won. It was very
Day. We played a lot of games that day. It
hot and we finished the day with some
was a really hot day so we had water races
water
activities
and
a
super
duper.
The thought of high school might seem
outside. It was really fun. All the year 7s
Simran 73H
nerve racking but what are you
had a sausage sizzle and an icy pole.
overwhelmed by - teachers or older
Ilayda 72H
In my first couple of days, I was a bit
people? Well, don’t be because once you
scared
about
my
teachers,
class
mates,
and
start to get used to the other teachers,
th
my home group. I was unsure about how I On 6 February all Year 7s had an Iron
moving to different rooms and how the
fit in, but my friends and class mates were Form Day. On this day we did some fun
timetable works, it can be really fun and
competitions and sport activities. The 2
not overwhelming at all! With getting used very helpful. My first three days of high
to another environment and moving around, school were really good. I learnt a lot about competitions were for a class song, a class
the school and my home group teacher, Ms poster and a mascot. For the sport activities
you start to notice lots of other things like
Derks, was very helpful. The days were fun we did different relays, which were really
where the team offices are, toilets and our
fun. After that we went outside and did
and filled with games. We also had Iron
common rooms we work in.
Form Day. We had trivia, a sausage sizzle, water activities (which were my favourite!).
ice-cream, and played games. The best part It involved passing a sponge to get the most
I admit I started I felt like a prep again. I
water in a bucket. We had to walk around
went from the top of the school in Grade 6 of the day was when we went outside and
with a bar of soap in our legs. Overall E
our
teachers
splashed
us
with
water.
down to the bottom again. It’s like that
team won, but everyone still tried their
Overall, I thought it was fun and would
because there’s all these people who are
best!
definitely do it again.
older than you. Just keep in your
Leyla 71H
Jasmine 74H
mind you’re going to be a teen soon but
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Year 7 has been amazing so far. We
participated in orientation activities to help
us make friends and just feel more
comfortable. It really helped me because I
made so many new friends. I did feel a bit
nervous, being at a new school but I was
fine. We had so much fun doing a lot of
activities. We even had a very fun incursion
called Iron Form day, it was so much fun!
Rhea 71H
Year 7 for us has been a blast!!! We have
enjoyed every element and aspect about it.
The transition program was fun, enjoyable
and rewarding. The lockers are fun to play
around with too. It’s a new, fresh and
different experience that we all enjoy.
Spenser 71H
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