PHSCNewsletter
Volume 26
Phone: 9389 0600
World Wide Web http://www.phsc.vic.edu.au
26thAugust 2014
Fax: 9387 0108
Email: enquiries@phsc.vic.edu.au
Term 3 2014
August
26 Spotted Mallard Concert
29 Year 8 Sports Day
Year 9 Maths Games Day – some students
September
2 Curriculum Day- NO CLASSES
3 Year 7 Boys & Girls 3rd HPV Immunisation
Year 9 boys 3rd HPV
11 Italian Study Tour departs
13 Russian Cultural Exchange Group departs
19 VTAC applications close (late application fee
after this date)
End of Term 3
A full calendar can be found on the School Website. To contact a teacher the email address is:
firstname.lastname@phsc.vic.edu.au
From the Acting Principal
Self-Evaluation Report
The school self-evaluation report has been placed on the College website and is available for
parents to have a look at. This report measures the success of the College over the past four
years; it also includes some interesting responses from focus groups and some key data sets. It
is an extremely positive story for the school community and one that we are rightly proud of.
Review Day
Monday of this week was the School Review Day. On this day, a panel consisting of myself, an
outside reviewer, Mike Kerin, and two peer reviewers, Judy Crowe from Melbourne Girls
College and Clare Entwisle from Kew High School, met with key members of staff to discuss the
performance of the College over the past four years. The aforementioned Self-Evaluation
Report forms a cornerstone of this Review Day.
As a result of this process, the College moves to the development of a new School Strategic
Plan in Term 4. This School Strategic Plan will provide direction for the School for the next four
years.
Student-Free Curriculum Day September 2nd.
A student-free Curriculum Day is scheduled for the 2nd of September. The day will be devoted to
curriculum planning, and some staff-wide professional development with regard to mindfulness
training as a feature of our Home Group program.
John Goodman
Locker Duties Job
Your duties will be related to lockers on Level Three: to allocate locks to students whose locks
break, assist with students who have misplaced their lock or forgotten their code, check for
empty lockers, let the handy person know if a locker is damaged and work with members of
staff in maintaining the locker data base. You would also have priority access for working at the
end of the year when school finishes and making some holiday money.
For more information on how to apply see Ms Fry.
Applications should include a written statement outlining your capacity to meet the three
following criteria for the locker job, 100 words each:
Three criteria for locker job:
Reliability: ability to be on time and always present,
Communication skills: ability to let people know what you are doing,
Ability to learn new things.
Transition Information, Years 10, 11, 12
All Powerpoints and documents for the Transition Information Nights for Years 10-12 will be
posted on the School website immediately after the session.
Just click this link to go to the school wiki:
http://confluence.phsc.vic.edu.au/display/PHSCHome/PHSC+Careers+Page
Tertiary Open Days 2014
All Year 10, 11 and 12 students should be planning to attend some of the OPEN DAYS at
tertiary institutions. The Open Days are listed below. Remember to ask lots of questions - that
is why the staff and students of the institution are there on the day.
Margaret Fry
Acting Assistant Principal
OPEN DAYS 2014
INSTITUTION
Australian Catholic University
Ballarat Campus
Australian National University
Federation University of Australia
Mount Helen Campus; SMB
Holmesglen Institute
Open Wednesdays – all campuses
La Trobe University & La Trobe
Melbourne
Albury-Wodonga Campus
Institute of Land and Environment –
University of Melbourne
Burnley Open Day
DATE
TIME
Sun 31 August
Sat 30 August
10am – 3pm
9am – 4pm
Sun 31 August
10am – 3pm
17 September
15 October
19 November
10am – 2pm
Fri 29 Aug
4pm – 7pm
Thur 11
September
CONTACT DETAILS
1300 ASK ACU
www.acu.edu.au/openday
www.anu.edu.au/OpenDay
1800 333 864
http://federation.edu.au/futurestudents/study-at-feduni/open-day
1300 MY FUTURE
http://www.holmesglen.edu.au/open
1300 135 045
www.latrobe.edu.au/openday
1800 801 662
http://openday.unimelb.edu.au/
*** Interstate students, if they book early enough, can get a free room on campus for the
Saturday night, this includes dinner and breakfast.
Year 12 Practice Exams Timetable
Rooms 314-315
Some year 12 subjects will have practice exams in the holidays. This is an excellent opportunity to
practice under exam conditions i.e. full time period, including reading time; independent supervisors
etc. It also means teacher/s can give invaluable feedback about skills and where improvements can be
made.
***Attendance is compulsory***
Anyone not able to attend any exam please see Ms Icely asap, otherwise students are
expected to attend.
Wednesday 1st October
9am - 11.45 am 2 ½ hrs
PHYSICS and BIOLOGY
12.45 - 2.30pm 1 ½ hrs
DRAMA and ART
12.45-3pm 2hrs
MATHS METHODS
Thursday 2nd October
9am - 12.15pm 3hrs
ENGLISH and EAL
1.15pm - 3pm 1 ½ hrs
FURTHER MATHS
Friday 3rd October
9am - 11.45am 2 ½ hrs
PSYCH. and CHEMISTRY
12.45 - 3.00 pm 2 hrs
GLOBAL POLITICS
SPECIALIST MATHS
Solar Panels Donations
On behalf of the student leadership team, I would like to thank parents for their overwhelming generosity during
the Student Leadership Council's (SLC) fundraising drive for the purchase and installation of solar panels at the
School. Thanks to your donations, just under $4000 has been raised so far by the SLC which is tremendous. PHSC
is committed to sustainability and a cleaner, brighter future.
I would like to acknowledge the work of the SLC team for their efforts in fundraising; in particular, Rosie Grech and
Gladys Yun who assisted in the collection of funds.
Donations can still be made at the General Office, over the phone or in person.
If there are any specific questions about the purchase or installation of panels, these should be directed towards
Principal John Goodman.
Again, thanks :)
Andy Kemp
Student Leadership Coordinator
Princes Hill Secondary College
Spotted Mallard
Concert 7pm
TUESDAY 26th AUGUST
The Spotted Mallard, on Sydney Road Brunswick, is
an excellent venue for our contemporary music
concert, providing an outstanding performance space,
meals and beverages. It does not, however, have
wheelchair access. We have gone to great lengths to find a more suitable venue, with disabled
access, and will continue to do so but for now we find ourselves back at The Spotted Mallard,
as they have once again generously offered their premises.
We will also be having a Showcase Concert at 75 On Reid, Reid Street North Fitzroy, on Wednesday 22nd
October; more details including ticket purchase information, will be available soon
Showcasing jazz and contemporary ensembles including the Stage
Band, CJE, Vocal Groups, Rhapsody, The Used Car Horns and more.
Bookings: samanda@spottedmallard.com
Meals available and delicious.
314 Sydney Rd Brunswick 9380 8818
Community News
Monash University Faculty of Education is delivering a Professional Learning Program in
Northcote: Certificate of Education Support - Integration Aide/Teacher Aide, which may be of interest to
staff and parents within your school, and I am hoping you will be able to inform them of this learning
opportunity.
Certificate of Education Support - Integration Aide/Teacher Aide
Northcote - Croxton School
Eight consecutive days (9am - 3.30pm),
September 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30; October 1, 2.
The program is very practical and acts as a pathway to gaining employment in a primary,
secondary or specialist school as an Integration Aide/Teacher Aide. Our course is nationally recognised
and is accredited by Monash University as six credit points (one unit) towards further study at undergraduate
level. Click here for further information on the program.
If you have any questions about this program, please contact us on 9905 2700 / 9905 2911 or email
fdo@monash.edu
Karen McDonnell, Short Courses Faculty of Education Monash University.
Flemington Bicycle Recycle Program – Bikes for Those Who Need Them
Flemington Primary School has been running a program that gives kids access to bicycles by
recycling unused bikes.
See the Ride On article at http://rideons.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/reuse-and-recycle-your-bike/
It works this way:
1.
Families donate unwanted bikes in good condition (the ones that the kids have grown too big for)
2.
Children in need of a bike leave their name at the Flemington Primary School Bike Shed
3.
School parents and students fix the bikes and, when they are assessed as roadworthy, give them to the children in
need who match the bike characteristics (size, m/f, etc.)
4.
Adult bikes are also welcome and go to the Red Cross Wheel Power for Refugees Program:
http://www.redcross.org.au/wheel-power.aspx
5.
We also fix currently used bikes for a gold coin donation and accept donations of helmets, locks and other essential
equipment.
The program has been a roaring success with over eighty bikes recycled but we’ve hit a problem: there
are not enough larger kids’ bikes to suit grade 5/6 students. We think it’s because these students (and
families) have moved on to high school. The bikes might be out there but in the high school community.
So, we are asking Princes Hill Secondary College and other local high schools if they want to get
involved in the program. If you have an unused bike in the shed bring it to us on Fridays before and
after school at the Bike Shed at Flemington Primary. Or, just drop in to say hello and perhaps help.
We’d love Princes Hill SC to be involved.
Bart Sbeghen and Peter Hormann
Flemington Bicycle Recycle Program
E fpsbicyclerecycle@gmail.com
The PHSC class of 2004 is having ‘Ten Years On’ drinks.
We would love it if you could attend.
Where: The Great Northern Hotel.
When: Sunday 31 August, 3pm