Dunvegan
M A C L E O D C O L L EGE M AGA Z I NE
2013
Looking back at 2012
Year 7 Fairytale day 10 December 2012
Harry Potter Day - 6 December 2012
Year 7 Fairytale day 10 December 2012
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Harry Potter Day - 6 December 2012
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Looking back at 2012
Contents
REPORT BACK
6 A word from our Principal.
7 Assistant Principal’s
8 Leaders and SRC
9 Junior School Leaders
Year 8 Camp December 2012
PROGRAMS
PRIMARY GRADES
10 Grade Prep
12 Grade One
13 Grade Two
14 Grades Three and Four
16 Grades Five and Six
18 Buddies
20 Primary Art and Writing
22-25 Out and about @ Macleod
KEY LEARNING AREAS
Year 8 Camp December 2012
26 Humanities
28 English & EAL
29 International Program
30 Music Aca
34 German
36 Art Tech
40 Science
42 Food Tech
43 Health
44 IMPACT Centre
48 VCAL
49 Careers
50 In the Library
52 Wellbeing
54 Chaplaincy
56 Sports
PHOTO GALLERIES
32 Legends of Music Year End Concert
38 End of Year Art Show
46 Year Ten Work Experience
58 Swimming Carnival
60 Class of 2013
66 Staff
CLASS OF 2013
60 Photo Gallery
62 Where do you see yourself?
64 Senior Formal
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t w e n t y t hir t e e n : The year in review
A word from our Principal
Assistant Principal -Early Years
It gives me a great deal of pleasure to write the 2013 Dunvegan
Principals report on behalf of the
College Principal Kathie Gardner
who is currently on leave.
2014 has been another amazing year for the students, staff
and Macleod College Community.
The year has comprised a cycle of events which help to engage and stimulate our learning environment.
Some of these events have
included Open Night, kinder
visits, music concerts and soirees, Art Show, Trivia Night,
Coonawarra Camp, Tournament of Minds,
Round Robin Day, Legends
Concert, whole school events
such as ‘Where’s Wally’ Day,
Science Day, Literacy/Numeracy Day, Footy day, Wellbeing Day, Swimming sports,
District Athletics, the Big-
2013 has seen Macleod College’s
reputation of being an outstanding school continue to grow within the local and wider community.
This reputation is well earned and
is due to the hard work of both
staff and students. I believe that
school is only as strong as the
people within it and in this case
we a truly fortunate.
We have outstanding students
and a highly committed group
of parents who are always prepared to be involved in college
events and fundraising activities.
We have a dedicated, caring and
highly professional staff who have
worked tirelessly through out the
year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire staff
for their ongoing support and in
particular for their work on differentiation and documenting the
AUSvels curriculum.
I would like to formally thank the
parents, staff and students on
school council who have provided
valuable advice with regards to
managing finances and physical
resources along with providing
guidance on setting the educational and wellbeing direction of
the College.
We began the year with outstanding results in VCE for 2012.
The student “value added data”
placed Macleod College in the top
10 schools in the Northern Metropolitan Region. The dux of the
school achieved an ATAR of 97.25
and 89% of students received
their first choice regarding further
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education.
Student participation has been a
feature of the year with a record
number of students participating
in college and local community
events.
On the sports field, athletics track
and in the pool, at the annual ANZAC service, on excursions and
camps, by participating in fundraising events such as the Red
Shield appeal and the many activities arranged through out the
school and at different year levels,
the students have excelled. Thank
you to the SRC, College captains
and deputies, House leaders and
the entire student body for making Macleod College a vibrant,
caring and engaging learning
community.
Themed days such as “Where’s
Wally?”, “Avengers versus Dr
Who” and “The Hobbit” continued to provide opportunities for
the students and staff to dress up
and enjoy a social day together.
The scavenger hunt on “Where’s
Wally day” was undoubtedly a
highlight with some fierce but
friendly rivalry…and that was just
among the staff!
The wellbeing days at the end of
each term proved to be most successful with students benefiting
from hearing from a variety of different speakers along with participating in fun activities. The days
saw students learning circus skills,
challenging themselves on high
ropes courses, and being thrown
around in self-defense activities
whilst others chose to relax by attending meditation sessions.
On the sporting fields our students also continued to excel with
exceptional results. A full report
will be given later in this maga-
zine.
The Macleod College Music Academy continues to draw praise and
it is very pleasing to note the diversity of the program. Students
were rocking the rails, competing
in various competitions throughout Victoria, playing at fetes,
parks and shopping centres, performing at DEECD functions,
running music trivia nights whilst
also entertaining us at school. The
Legends of Music concert held in
term 4 was outstanding and reaffirmed just how talented our students are.
There is no doubt that this program provides great benefits
throughout the college and continues to be an outstanding advertisement for our College. I
would particularly like to thank
the Parent Music Committee, the
music staff, parents and students
for all of their outstanding work
in refurbishing the school theatre and classrooms. The working
bees have been extremely well attended and have certainly made
a huge difference to the existing
music facilities.
gest Morning Tea community
event, Interschool sports, Life
Education, Farm animal and
Kinder visit, Media incursion,
Electoral Commission visit
and State Parliament visit to
name but some of the extracurricular events that have
taken place. All these provide
a rich tapestry to support the
culture of our school.
My role in particular encompasses leading the Prep to
Year 7 cohort, Managing the
Program for Students with
Disabilities across Prep – Year
12, Facilitation of the OSHC
program, Member of College Council, Member of the
School Improvement Team,
Member of the Chaplaincy
Committee, Managing student teacher placements,
Mentoring Program, Convener of the Community Links
Team – with our current focus
on the College’s 60th birthday next year. These aspects
are some of the main components of my role.
It is a great privilege to work
with our wonderful students
and a strong team of teachers
who are supported by our parent community to provide a
vibrant, vigorous and nurturing environment as a basis for
success for all.
Georgina Convery
Assistant Principal
To our Year 12 students and others
that are leaving Macleod College
at the end of the year. I wish you
well and hope that your time with
us has placed you in good stead to
take your place in society, to influence its direction and to derive
benefit and enjoyment from it.
To the rest of our school community, I hope that you have an enjoyable, relaxing and safe break. I
look forward to working with you
in 2014 our diamond jubilee (6oth)
year!
Mario Panaccio,
Acting Principal
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t w e n t y t hir t e e n : The year in review
Leaders & SRC
Wow what a year for Student
Leadership here at Macleod. Between the crazy themed out of
uniform days, special fundraising
days and the usual business of the
team , we have been really busy.
Highlights from the year would
have to be the special events that
the students have had the opportunity to participate in outside
of the college, such as the World
Vision Global Leadership Convention, La Trobe University Next
Generation Forum, Food Handling
and Responsible Service of alcohol
certificates, Red Shield Appeal, Vic
SRC Regional Student Conference
at Bundoora S.C, Olivia Newton
John Cancer and Wellness Centre visit and cheque handover to
name but a few moments
Junior School Leaders
Radio Macleod Training, Macleod’s Got Talent, 40hr Famine,
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea in
Macleod Park, out of uniform days
and the end of term celebration
days have all been major successes at the college that have seen
students across the school taking
opportunities to participate in
events and get more involved with
college life and community organisations.
Leadership has been a great experience that I will never forget. It
has helped me learn skills such as
public speaking and I have gained
more confidence. It feels good
to know that you have achieved
something.
Clare
I’ve really enjoyed being a college
captain. Ms Cochrane is the teacher who helps us organise all the
fun events. Some of the events
she helped us organise were: Out
of Uniform Days, Where Wally and
many more. Sometimes we get to
go to special events and meetings.
Overall it was a fun experience.
David.
A huge congratulations to all of
the student leaders for the efforts
that they put in and to the whole
school community for embracing
the new ventures and actively participating in these programs.
Colleen Cochrane,
Student Leadership
I’ve had a fantastic time being
Scarff’s house leader, I have participated in so many things I had
set out to do, like making rubbish-free Wednesdays, ride 2
school day, Jeans for Genes day
and many more. Thanks to Ms Cochrane, this year will be a memorable one.
Paige
Being a leader has been a really
cool experience. We get to organise many awesome events, out
of school uniform days and other
great activities. Going into Meetings and organising great activities for everyone is fun. Ms Cochrane is the teacher who helps us
organise these activities.
Mel
School Leader ship team, 2013.
SRC Students presenting the funds raised for the Olivia Newton John Cancer
Research Centre.
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Senior leadership students meeting with Colin Brookes, MP.
Junior school leaders, SRC members and house captains.
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“I want to be a
doctor as they get
lots of money and
become rich”
Hannah
...Prep 2013
“ I want to
grow big and
be a buddy”
Abddirahmen
“I want to
be a football
player for
Essendon”
Joshua
“I want to be a
netball player cos
my mum does
netball and she
got a glass cup for
winning”
Tilayna
“I want to be
a Policewoman so I can
boss everyone
around”
Kirrilly
“I want to be
a policeman “
Caidon
“I want to be a
fireman, they put
out fires and save
people and cats
and dogs”
Cooper
“ I want a shopping job so I can
give money to the
people and buy
fruit”
Hamdi
“What do you
want to be when
you grow up?”
“ I want to be a
nurse because you
get a lot of money”
Suzannah
“I want to be a
doctor because
I checked my
mum’s heart
and it went
boop-boop…
boop-boop”
Rayan
“I want to drive
a miniature
train because I
like them.“
Liam
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“I want to be a
vet because I love
Guinea Pigs”
Charlotte
“I want to be a
teacher because
lining up is fun”
Lily
“I want to be a
doctor in a doctor’s room”
Matthew
VIPs = Very Important Preps
T
his year’s preps have been one of the most curious, caring, enthusiastic and beautiful grades I have
taught. Unfortunately due to a range of circumstances our class shrunk during the year from 17 to 13 but
this certainly did not reduce the fun and exciting times we have had. Highlights for me this year include:
Term 1- playing with Cooper and Tilly in the ball pit at Bizy Kidz, Abdurahman’s pride about his Easter hat.
Term 2-Awad’s leaf fish and Rayan’s Dream Head for the art show, Kirrilly’s awesome Wanda costume.
Term 3-Hannah and Caidon’s balloon blowing expertise on 100th day of school and Hamdi’s (well everyone’s) balloon popping excitement, Charlotte and Matthew trying to hold the fat bunny during the Farm
visit, Liam and Joshua’s desire to show me and ask me everything possible at the museum!!
There is so much more I could tell as we have had a wonderful year and one I will never forget. Well done
Preps!!
Sharon Kouryialas, Prep Teacher
“ I want to have a
car and go to the
city to work”
Awad
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P
NP is sport, and my favourite thing was
tapping balloons because one time I did it 200
times. We also do skipping and bouncing basketballs.
I also liked the Museum and my favourite thing
was Pharlap because he had so many things
around him. He had photos and models and I
think he had a trophy. I have a horse and pony
book at home and it says horses are beautiful
animals. I like beautiful animals and horses are
much more beautiful than sheep and cows.
Long - Grade 1
Science has been the most fun because we get
to do cool stuff like playing with balloons. We
scrubbed them on our heads and on tables and
we made noises with them. When we scrubbed
it on out head it sticked on us.
Swimming was fun because we got splash water at each other. We went to the swimming carnival and had piggy backs with friends and then
we had races. I came third.
Emelia, Grade 1
The most fun was when we all had a race at the
swimming carnival. There were big kids with us
on their back. They had to run in the swimming
pool. I came second with Paige V. There was lots
of shouting and splashing and laughing.
Bella-Mia, Grade 1
Grade one
Grade two
W
e did habitats and lifecycles as out integrated unit in term 3. We learned about where
different animals live. I enjoyed it because we
learned a lot of different things about animals
and used the interactive whiteboard and Powerpoint.
In art we used clay. We made pinch pots and
turned them into animals by putting legs, a
head and a tail on it and painting it. I made a
multi-coloured turtle. It was really fun. I’ve taken it home and it’s in my room.
Charlotte – Grade 2
The first time I went on Reading Eggspress,
I was really good at it. I got 936 golden eggs.
Reading Eggs is a learning game on the computer. You do quote quests to earn eggs to buy
things like pets and clothes and cards. A quote
quest is where you go underground and look
around for quotes that match up with a book.
George – grade 2
Maths is one of my best subjects. Miss
Cole was very proud of me when I did
eleven questions during our maths
session. The questions were about
money, and we needed to answer at
least 4. I also like working with my
friends because we help each other
learn.
Laura – Grade 2
When I heard about the book fair I
knew it was going to be exciting. It was
big and crowded. I enjoyed it because
there was fun stuff like books and rubbers and pens. I got a green and black
motorbike rubber and 3 books. I Like
it because everyone can go. My parents came with me after school, but I
already knew what I was going to buy.
I also liked the swimming carnival. I got a ribbon for second place. I was in the piggyback
race. It was noisy and fun. When me and my
friend came out of the pool we played tiggy
and we rode at the back of the bus. We talked
and looked at all the nature outside.`
Mitchell – Grade 2
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Grades 3 & 4
My favourite memory form Grade 4 is
about going to gymnastics. I had never
done gymnastics before and I was happy to
be there. I liked the foam pit, which was a
big pit that had shapesd foam pieces. You
could jump in off the trampoline or swing
in. It was fun. You could go as many times
as you liked until the time was up, but It was
hard to climb out. Thje instructors took us
through the activities and explained how to
do things.
Eve, Grade 4
T
he gymnastics program was a fun way to keep fit. We walk to the
YMCA with our teachers and friends and when we get there we take our
shoes and socks off and do warm ups. We got put into groups and go on the trampolie, then we rotate to the
beams. Then we would get to balance and do the rope. The last group is the
bars when you are up to the bars you get to do swings or flips on the bars.
Sanithma and Tegan, Grade 4
GOOD
TIMES!
I enjoyed growing my beans
seed. I had to water the plant
and make sure it had enough
sun. I watered it twice a week.
It got a bit soggy at the bottom
so I put a bit of paper in to dry
it up and it worked. I didn’t
know how much sun it would
need so I put it on the windowsill land just waited and
eventually it grew. Watching
the plant over a few weeks was
fun because then you actually
have something to speak about
and you can say you’ve helped
a plant grow.
I was in the district athletics. We went to the track on the
school bus, I sat with Elvis. . I got picked to go because I was
the fastest, along with Elvis. We were in the same event but
we didn’t race each other, we were there as team mates. I was
in the 100m sprint and the shuttle relay. The shuttle relay is
where you pass the baton but you run up and down instead of
around the track. We didn’t do very well in the baton relay but
I did alright in the 100m. We were there all day watching the
other people from Macleod. They did pretty well.
Jonathan, Grade 3
The best part this year was laughing with my
friends. When we had footy dayon the last day
of term 3. I enjoyed doing something different
- we didn’t do that much work, but we played
and laughed. We were laughing when we were
put together in groups to play football but nonoe of wanted to tackle so we didn’t score any
points and then someone fell in the mud. The
last day of term 2 we were drawing cartoons
with a cartoonist, and we were laughing becasue our drawings were so bad. We couldn’t understand how his were so good!
Anastasija, Grade 4
Ride to School day really
fun. I rode my bike. It was
quite warm and very tiring.
Heaps of people participated and it was a huge
success.
On Where’s Wally day we had to dress up like Wally. Most people dressed up and even the teachers dressed up. At the start of
the day we had a parade and there were prizes for the best people dressed up. After that we got split up into teams and had to
do a where’s wally search. It was my favourite part of the day!
There was also a where’s wally booth set up in the school library
where people could get there photo taken as wally it was lots of
fun and I’d say I was one of the highlights of my school year so
far.
Tegan, Grade 4
I liked the way Ms Chard has done ‘problem of the day’ in
maths, and I like that every reading book has it’s own level.
I also like Ms Chard’s homework projects, we need to read
mystery books and answer question and make a book jacket.
I’ve really enjoyed it becasue it’s so creative. My mystery book
was about a boy called Pat who went looking for shipwreck
treasure.
I also really liked the swimming carnival too becasue I ilike
swimming and it was a hot day. We had competitions and
played games.
Aditya, Grade 4.
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Maddie V, grade 4
Hugh, Grade 4
My favourite part of footy day
was when we went out for footy
training with one of the PE teachers (Royce Light) and his high
school helpers. They trained us
do speckies and marking. Eve
didn’t want to do the speckies
but she caught the ball anyway.
I support Carlton. They did well
but they didn’t make the Grand
Final this year.
Uros, Grade 3
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Grade 5/6
On the last day of Term 3 we had a Well-being day. We all came in our
footy team colours and had a parade. There was a quiz for the P-6.
There w ere questions for the P-2, 3-4 and 5-6. Then in the afternoon
the 5-8 went on a walkathon around the Rosanna Parklands.
MEMORABLE MOMENTS
On Monday 18th of Marhc, the Australian Electoral Commission came to visit our
school and tell us about what they do and how voting works. The people who came to
visit are called Michael and Karen. Michael’s job is the Returning Officer, he takes care
of the voting. They are also representatives from Jaga Jaga. Also they both work for the
Austrailan Electoral Commission.
We got to learn all about voting and we all got a turn at voting.They showed us a video
about how voting is counted. The types of voting are proper, improper and the donkey
vote. When we had a turn at voting, no one did a donkey vote or an improper vote. We
had to fold our paper in quarters and then put it in a box called the ballot box.
Melanie, Grade 6
On the last day of term 1, Grade
5/6 went and saw the Parliament
house as part of our integrated
subject. We saw a lot of interesting
exhibits. First, we got to see the
House of Representatives and the
senate, both of which had lining of
24 carrot gold! After, we saw the
café that government members
had a break at! We all got to eat our
recess there and everyone had a
fun time!
Henry, Grade 5
On Tuesday during period 2, the grade 5/6s painted Space Invaders
and Pacman ghosts on the staff room walls. We split into 3 groups
and headed off to the art rooms to get the things we needed, then
we went to the “Walls of space invaders and Pacman ghosts”. The
wall had coloured crosses where we needed to paint.
On the morning of 23rd of May, We had the Biggest
Morning Tea. We had it at the Macleod Park near the
gazebo. All the Collage and house captains were there,
we had an entertainer he sang and blew balloons, there
was a lot of food, and many people. We raised a lot of
money.
After almost an hour we stood back and admired them. We enjoyed
painting the invaders and the ghost. Everyone was proud of their
work.
Alexandra, Grade 6 and Chantelle , Grade 5
David, Grade 6
Camp Coonawarra was fun and was one of the
best camps I’ve been to so far! The food was
delicious and I really liked the desserts. The
activities were fun like the Giant Swing, Flying
Fox and Canoeing. My favourite was the Giant
Swing because it was on a steep hill and when
you let off it was like you had a heart attack. I
liked my group and would go again with friends
and teachers.
Jovan, Grade 6
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he New Preps get to meet their buddies at their last orientation session before
they begin school. The buddies present
them with a beautiful handmade card/ letter introducing themselves and welcoming the preps to Macleod. At the start of
the school year the buddies meet with the
Preps on their first day and then have lunch
with them every day for the first week. After that the Preps and Year 6s get together every fortnight for activities including
games, art work for special days and festivals, sport and stories. Mr Sapardanis has
coordinated the Prep buddy program together with Mrs Kouryialas this year.
Buddies
Georgina Convery, Assistant Principal
“
My buddies are Claudia and Phelia. They hug me and Claudia helped me make my Easter hat. She helped me put the
strings on it. It’s good to have someone big to help you because they can do all the tricky bits. I like doing things with
them...
In buddies we do really good things, such as games and activities. We have
fun with our little buddies, and so do they. In activities we read books, we
help them, so we start knowing each other.
We have to help them when they are reading and their writing.
Having a buddy is about having
Fun!”
Francisco, Grade 6
Charlotte - PREP
Building a relationship across year levels assists the Preps in settling into their new learning environment at Macleod College, and
gives the Grade 6 students an opportunirty
to mentor and assist the younger students.
My buddy’s name is Thomas. The buddy program is about getting paper and
drawing with your buddy. I play hide and seek with him. I’ve played basketball
with him. It was like having another brother. I like Thomas because he’s funny
and he tells funny stories. Next year the preps should do the buddy program
because it’s fun.
Awad, Prep
Con Sapardanis, Grade 6 teacher
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PRIMARY ART & WRITING
‘Aboriginals’ By Gawri, Grade 4
‘Aboriginals’ By Maddie V., Grade 4
‘About Me’ by Isaac, Grade 4
‘The Farm’ By Emilia, Grade 1
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‘Miss Cole’By Keelan, Grade 2
‘The Farm’ By Long, Grade 1
‘Pink’ By Paige and Clare, Grade 6
‘The Best Pet’ By Liam, Grade Prep
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M
acleod College offers Certificate II and Certificate III in Hairdressing as part of the Northern Metropolitan VET cluster. This year we have thirty two
students from fifteen schools in our region attending
over the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
We have also run Taster days for students in lower
year levels. Students work on becoming competent in
washing, blow waving, colouring, cutting
and dealing with customers in a supportive, warm, friendly, caring environment.
Tournament of Minds
Penny Hysen, VET Coordinator
T
ournament of Minds is a competition where each school puts together teams to solve a problem. Team 1’s problem was to
create a story book including characters from given books. They chose Rowan of Rin and The Hunger Games.
Team 2’s problem was applied technology and they had to create an online avatar and represent the danger of giving away
personal details to strangers. On the day we also had a spontaneous challenge that we didn’t know about. As a team member
you have to contribute to training and participating. You also have to write the script, make the props and make the costumes
yourself. It encourages team work, friendship and cooperation. This is what other team members have to say about it:
“TOM was a really great experience even though I missed a lot of lunchtimes. It was worth it because it was really fun performing and rehearsing.“ Mel.
“TOM builds teamwork and friendship because I knew half the people in my team but we weren’t really friends and by the end
of TOM I was friends with everyone.” Charlotte.
“It was really fun and a great experience.” Ella.
“It was really fun and you should do it next year.” Christopher.
I
n term three our VCAL class participated in a martial arts
program called “Rock and Water.” It was held every Friday in the IMPACT Theatre for our Personal Development
class. Our instructors were Toni and Kylie. Toni is a martial
arts expert and has been practising martial arts for many
years. Kylie is the Macleod College school nurse. The term
“Rock and Water” refers to being strong and centred as
well as being flexible and have the same qualities as water.
It is a way of keeping yourself safe and out of any danger.
For the program we had to bring comfortable clothes
because it involves kicking, punching and blocking. Toni
Rock and Water
taught us interesting things like self-defence skills,
self-control and responsibility. “With great power
comes great responsibility”.
I found the program very interesting and fun. It
taught me how to be more wary of my surroundings
and to be more comfortable with myself. The skills I
obtained through “Rock and Water” were very helpful. It was a valuable life lesson and I strongly suggest
everyone should participate in this fun and challenging program.
“Hairdressing is something to look forward to every week. Jenny is more like
our big sister than our teacher. Thank
you Jenny.”
Natasha, Epping Secondary College, on
behalf of the Wednesday group.
“It’s been a pleasure coming every Friday. It is something we all look forward to every week. Jenny helped
us out to understand hair. It was good having her as
our teacher. We all thank her.”
Jessica, Lalor Secondary College, on behalf of the
Friday group
Literacy Day
Literacy Numeracy day started with a parade, and there were winners in every class.
After that we did five activities in mixed
age groups, and the Grade 5 and 6 students
helped the little kids. My favourite activity
was in Ms Chard’s class. We had to make an
Angry Bird out of paper and catapult cotton
balls onto a target on the ground. It was difficult because the cotton balls didn’t go very
far. I didn’t get any on the target. My favourite
part of the day was dressing up as the Grinch
because that was just hilarious. I could feel
the hairspray pulling my hair up all day. Ella
wanted someone to come as the Grinch and
be a partner with her because she was dressing up as Cindy Lou Who, so I said I would. In
grade four and five you are too self-conscious
to really dress up but in year 6 you think “It’s
my last year of doing this”, so you put in a lot
of effort.
Out and about @ Macleod
Hairdressing - VET Course
Clare Scott, Grade 6.
Madison McDowell, VCAL
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O
n the 24th of April I had been given the privilege of playing the Last Post and Rouse at Macleod College’s Anzac Day ceremony. I had practiced for weeks getting ready for
the ceremony and I was incredibly nervous.
As soon as the day came I had
been having my doubts, I was
most nervous about stuffing up
and disrespecting the Anzacs. As
all of the students and teachers
from Macleod College piled into
the stadium the band had set up
and was ready to play. Getting
every last minute of practise in
before the ceremony started
eased my nerves a bit but I was
still very shaky.
After every single student and
teacher had sat down we began. As I got up my legs started
shaking and I started to play not
missing a note. I had successfully performed the Last Post and
Rouse. I was glad it was over and
hopefully I will be given the same
privilege next year.
J
ust recently some lucky Year 9 and
10 students went to Strathmore College for their VSSEC “Mission to Mars”
program. We got to experience what
it’s like as Astronauts and Mission Control Officers on actual missions into
space.
The day was split into three lessons.
Every student was given a group, Viking or Mariner, and then split into
either Mission Control or Astronauts.
The astronauts suited up into actual space gear, with working oxygen
tanks, and were sent into a small area
set up like Mars, while the Mission Control worked from a different area. They
were each given a role and linked up by
microphones to two astronauts. They
had to watch for any problems with the
astronauts over computers, and every
Journey to Mars
Troy Simmons
Makaela Egan, year 9
Visiting Alumni
A
nother highlight of the year was a visit
from past Macleod student, Daniel Atkinson,
who came back to talk to students about the
year 13 Arts course at NCAT and his current
studies at VCA in the Fine Arts Animation
course. Students from a variety of levels really
enjoyed this learning opportunity.
Student responses:
‘I enjoyed the talk because Daniel explained
and showed us how all the different drawing
techniques can be used in animation’. . .
‘I learnt about still life, Flash and how I can create my own game on Steam’ . . .
‘I really enjoyed seeing the animations especially since they were made by an ex-Macleod
student’ . . .
‘It was very detailed and specific. It was fantastic’ . . .
Lisa White, Studio Arts teacher
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Tawny
Frogmouths
W
e have been fortunate enough to have a Tawny Frogmouth family nesting in the school grounds this spring.
Students and staff have watched with delight as the baby
birds have grown from nestlings with white downy feathers, to ‘adolescents’ that look a lot like their parents.
Out and about @ Macleod
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now and then, a pop up would appear
with a problem to figure out. The problems were real ones that could happen
on an actual trip to Mars, like high radiation levels or warnings of dust storms.
Each astronaut had a job, whether it
was testing “radiation levels” or collecting “samples” of Mars. After we
were finished, we had a small lunch
break, and then we swapped roles.
Everyone got to be an astronaut and
mission control officer.
For the last third, we did experiments
on the “samples” we collected from
Mars. Some of these included testing
rocks, looking at satellite photographs
of Mars, and a fantastic experiment
with liquid nitrogen. The excursion was
great overall, and we all got to experience what it was like to be an actual astronaut. The trip seemed so authentic,
and I’m sure everyone had a great time.
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Huma nities
The Vikings are here!
I
n term 1 2013, Year 8 provided an amazing presentation to the public on open day.
Many different items were created for that
day, from foods to paper men. Many small
games, such as word searches and crosswords were created for people to take
home as well as a variety of quizzes. There
was a huge variety of things there.
Dana and Jasmin created costumes of Viking men and dressed up in them. Rishabh and Eddy created a computer game,
where you could be a Viking warrior and
battle the gods. Amy, Emily and Leanne
re-created Viking jewellery, such as jewels and earpieces. Mirza created a kind of
Viking yoghurt, and Rayanne made dried
meat. These were both foods Vikings
would eat in their time.
Ancient Worlds Day
O
n Tuesday the 28th of May 2013 the Year 7’s took a step back into time.
Every student got the chance to be someone else from an ancient culture:
China, Egypt, Rome and Greece. Every Year 7 was a different character from
a different culture in a different era. I was an ancient Greek trader from 770
BCE. We had certain tasks that we needed to accomplish like a journal from
our character’s opinion and feelings, an advertisement of a festival from our
ancient culture/era, dressing up as our character, a procedural text, a newspaper article on a true tragedy and a representation of food our characters
may eat. The Year 7 students learnt more from doing this project than just
preparing an essay on something they have just researched. This was a great
experience for all Year 7’s because we all had a BLAST while uncovering the
past. Thanks for all teachers who helped out on the night and well done all
students. The effort really showed.
Sarah Reeves and Koshin Yusuf, Year 7
Altogether the presentation was fun and
engaging for everyone, because the Year
8’s learnt about Vikings and created interesting projects through the creation of interactive projects. Above all it was fun.
Ryan Favaloro, year 8
I
Friends fighting against friends, Year 8 against Year 8. Feral teenager against
feral teenager. The Year 8’s this year are creating a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings. Mr Pegg and Mrs Spanos are leading the Normans and Mrs
Hird and Mrs Karalis are leading the Saxons. 8A are the Saxons, 8B are the
Normans and 8C are split between them. Each teacher’s groups are split into
smaller groups, focusing on a different aspect of the battle.
The students were to first research the topic and present it, and then they
made preparations for the battle. Let the battle begin!
n term 1 the Vikings attacked and taught
the children of Year 8 about their culture.
The Year 8’s presented their findings in the
form of projects. Andrew and I made a display with games and questions.
I think this project was quite fun as we
incorporated games with learning. Andrew found some of his father’s tools that
looked like Viking weapons. We had three
games, a guess how much it weighs game,
guess the Viking headwear and a how
many boats in the painting. If the person
got the answer right, they got to have a lolly. It was great fun seeing people try and
guess the weight of things, even teachers,
such as the lovely Mrs Spanos tried. Jasmin and Tamara made a great interactive
display; you had to pin the correct Viking
clothes on a man, made of paper. There
was a great array of foods at the presentation, mainly lollies. Mirza and Rayanne had
an interesting selection of dried meat and
honey yoghurt. It was an interesting and
fun way to learn.
Veronica Chen, Year 8
Veronica Chen, Year 8
The Battle of Hastings
I
t‘s 1066 again in Hastings and the two sides are facing each other, ready to
fight. The Normans and the Saxons, King Harold and William the Conqueror.
The teams are both tense with anticipation. The battle anthem starts playing
and the two sides start battling.
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ENGLISH
Hot Debate
language Journey
I
I
n year 10 we complete a number of activities outside of
normal class work. One such example is a debate which divided the class into two very passionate groups. The topic
was Love at First Sight is Possible and I was chosen to disprove this ludicrous claim. And dispute it I did. My argument, accompanied by my friend, Raam’s excellent speech
writing skills, was fierce, and truly won the audience over.
This event frequently enters my mind and encourages me
to reconsider my ideas.
Harry Zhang, Year 10
Our creative English class carried out a simple debate that
soon turned into a battle of the genders (which our team
won). The debate was very heated and astonished faces
looked on. This engaging class stayed with us long after the
bell had gone and still has the power to evoke passionate responses whenever it is mentioned!
Raam Kadori, Year 10
Love at first sight is real – I got annoyed at how narrow minded the boys were and how they kept butting into what the
girls were saying and wouldn’t let them finish. The girls were
talking about love at first sight and the boys were talking
about love in general, but every time the girls tried to explain
their point of view, the boys wouldn’t listen. I have come to
the conclusion that boys do not understand things the way
girls do!
Lelani Saranguhewage, year 10
She is my love
I dream of her and for her I yearn
My perfect true love, her faults are all discarded
Her pain and struggles, keep me awake with concern.
Together we will stay, forever un-parted,
We will live to love and so love to live.
Journey together, we will for eternity
to travel the world, oh what would I give?
We’ll live our life with a sense of urgency
And as we travel, her eyes will light my way,
She is my guide in the dark times, but together we remain
We ride into sunsets – yes what a cliché.
Yes, to some she may be just a car,
But to me, my Shelby is nothing less than a star!
We have been extremely
lucky to have Miss Schreiber as our teacher as she
has pushed us to reach our
full potential, yet at the
same time she has been our
friend, and encouraged us
to remember that we are
only human.
I am glad that I chose to undertake this study, as I find
that I am constantly analysing the way people talk, the
words they use and what
message they are trying to
convey. It is extremely hard
to not think about these
things sometimes, but
that’s a good thing as it enables you to revise without
actually opening any books.
Talk about efficient and effortless revision!
Deciding to do English Language has been one of my
best decisions thus far. It
has even opened a new window of opportunity to one
day pursue linguistics, and
continue discovering the
fascinating nature of human communication.
Vesna Koteska, year 12
“it is motivational and inspirational,
not to mention entertaining!“
Ah . . . English Language . . .
A subject I will never regret
choosing! Why you may
ask? Well, little did I know
how handy the subject is.
English Language makes
you quick to judge. You start
to ask questions. Are they
speaking at the stage they
are meant to be?
How are we able to acquire
language at such a young
age and why do some kids
speak and replace certain
sounds such as 'wanna
race?' to 'wanna wace?'.
English Language is cer-
tainly a fascinating subject. Who knows what Ms
Schreiber will throw at you
when you walk into that
room!
“Who knows what
Ms Schreiber will
throw at you when
you walk into that
room!”
Whether it may be learning
why teenage girls speak and
squeal as they do when they
see something they like or
in my case, wondering why
my parents speak incredible
English, this subject will not
let you down!
What you learn in this subject will intrigue you. It links
into pretty much everything
you learn at school, such as
why some of your friends
speak the way they do, why
your teachers may sound so
high class but most important of all, you learn about
how English plays an important role in life and society!
Catriona Mach, Year 11
English as an Additional Language
O
n the 14th of May, the Year 12 EAL
students attended the Cosi Performance
at Doncaster Secondary College by the Eagles Nest Production Company. We went
to the performance to develop a deeper
understanding of the play Cosi written by
Lewis Nowra (a Melbourne writer). Cosi is
the text we will be studying in term 3.
Many other schools were in attendance,
both government and non-government.
The main character, Lewis, briefly introduced himself along with the other actors
before the play started so that we can easily identify the characters later.
“The play was PERFECT!” commented
Han, “FANTASTIC!” from other EAL students. The actors were putting so much
effort so that we can really understand the
background, reality and truth of the whole
story.
The main themes in the play, are “love
and betrayal” as well as perceptions and
attitudes towards “mental illness”. These
themes were clearly and explicitly expressed by the funny, talented and con-
vincing actors.
We were truly inspired and shocked by the
character of Doug, supposedly an insane
pyromaniac. His passionate and realistic
portrayal of a person suffering with mental illness amazed everyone and made
each of us laugh as well as sympathise
with his manic and crazy antics.
When the play ended, the actors generously made themselves available to answer
questions from the audience. Students
asked them to describe their experience
and preparation for the play. Questions
asked by the audience were answered by
the actors and the truly amazing director
(who acted the insane Doug).
This was truly a great experience as for
many of us it was our first time watching
a play. It was a unique experience and we
really enjoyed it. At year 12 level, it is such
a rare opportunity to watch a play like this
(or go on excursions), we felt lucky and really appreciated the effort that went into
making this an educational and enjoyable
experience.
Yr 12 EAL class of 2013
The International Student program continued to be a vibrant part
of Macleod College in 2013. One of the strengths of the Macleod
College program is the diversity of our students, and this year we
have students from a wide range of countries, including China,
Vietnam, Korea and Thailand.
The age spread of our students has changed in 2013, with four students in primary classes and our secondary students concentrated
in Years 10 and 11. Alya Almazooqi was our sole Year 12 student,
and we wish her success in her future endeavors. In 2014 we look
forward to welcoming eight new students, three in primary classes and five in secondary classes. Our international students have
continued to meet once a week with the International Student
Manager to discuss a range of issues including attendance, key
college events, academic progress, homestays and study skills.
Some students will be returning to their home countries over the
Christmas holidays, and we wish all students a safe and enjoyable
break.
Judy Bailey, International Student Manager
International
program
She is my love
didn’t think much of English Language when I first
began my studies in year 11.
My theory was, I was good
at English, and picking it up
would boost my ATAR score
as I was confident that I
would do well.
I never realised exactly what
the course would entail, and
that it would become more
than just a subject. English
Language has become an
enormous part of my life, as
I have spent countless hours
trudging through newspapers searching for “recent
and relevant examples” of
language use in society.
If you do not have any of
these, you may as well give
up!
In all seriousness, English
Language has opened my
eyes to the wonders of
language. It really makes
you think, or as Miss Schreiber would say, “use your
brain!” The amount of times
we’ve had this exclamation
thrown at us . . . but that’s
okay, because it is motivational and inspirational, not
to mention entertaining!
Cosi Excursion
RK
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mUSIC ACADEMY
W
The Audition process ...
atching auditions is easier
than auditioning because there is
no one you need to impress. The
main reason we had auditions was
to see what level everyone was
at so we knew what part to give
them for the concert. As a person
watching an audition you don’t
want to be too intimidating, you
want the performer to be relaxed
so they can show us their best. You
want to see what level they are at.
The auditions were really good as
all of us who watched could
see every performer individually.
We never realised how good they
were because we only ever heard
them in ensembles, but to hear everyone separately was great.
Khang Nguyen, Year 12
F
or the Music Academy, 2013 was a year different to those before it. The effects of industrial
action curtailed our usual performances outside
of the school in the first part of the year, but left
everyone busily working away within the confines of the school and preparing for what was
to come.
It certainly paid dividends with the work culminating in a range of events, including:
Sing ‘n Samba – our annual performances with
local primary schools, presenting a program of
latin style songs.
Music Trivia Night – Organised and run by the
music captains, another great night of entertainment for the community.
Jazz Night, String Soirée and Singers Night
– A range of soirée nights to highlight the different areas of the academy, with ensembles as
well as soloists performing.
Victorian Schools Music Festival – String Orchestra, Big Band and Bug Band had the opportunity to perform in venues such as the Iwaki
auditorium and The Edge at Federation Square.
Rockin’ the Rails – Street band worked with
Metro trains to travel the Hurstbridge line stopping and playing at different stations.
State Schools Spectacular – Held at Hisense
Arena, Bass teacher Mr Mazziotta and three of
our students performed in the orchestra.
Camp – Our annual camp to Ferngully Lodge
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“What really shone through, was
the ability of the staff, students and
parents to take ownership and work
hard to make it the program they
want it to be.”
was a great four days where we worked in preparation for the
theme concert “Legends”
Royal South Street Eisteddfod - String Orchestra, Choir and
Bug Band made the trek to Ballarat for this years’ performances. It was an enjoyable time for all, made even better by Choir
and Bug Band receiving honorable mentions in their sections.
Maestros and Marimbas – Our new initiative for 2013 was to
build more musical links with local primary schools. To this
end our first Maestros and Marimbas day saw a primary orchestra created with students from Macleod and Watsonia
North. What a great day of playing it was!
Theme Concert ‘Legends’ - Now a Macleod tradition, this
year’s theme concert was musical legends. Created and run
almost entirely by the students, it was a fantastic night that
showcased the depth of talent that Macleod has in the performing, visual and organisational arts.
Community involvement – There was playing
at assemblies, local fairs, La Trobe University
and working bees. With morning teas, lunch
time sausage sizzles and suppers, it was hard
to find a week when something wasn’t happening!
2013 was certainly a year of improvment within the academy as well as performing and entertaining. What really shone through were the
abilities of the staff, students and parents to
take ownership and work hard to make it the
program they want it to be. With this ownership in place, the sky is the limit for what they
can achieve.
Jason Ziino,
Music Academy Director
I
auditioned for the Winter Concert, for a singing solo. I’m part of
the choir and the vocal ensemble
and I enjoy music very much.
I have always been a part of the
music program. It’s such a great
experience to be part of the concert and gives me something
wonderful to look back on from
my high school years. It’s also my
last year at school, so it’s doubly
important that I participate as
much as I can. It’s always a nerve
wracking experience performing
in front of people especially in an
audition environment but I think I
did well.
I sang a verse and the chorus
of Home Town Glory by Adele.
I chose it because it’s a song I
know very well and it shows the
strengths of my voice and it goes
throughout my range.
Janelle Serina, Year 12
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Legends of Music year End Concert
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GERMAN
Study Tour 2012
A
highlight of the German program is the Study
Tour to Germany, which happened at the end of
2012. Twenty one Macleod College students and
three teachers visited our sister school in Dusseldorf, the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium, attending
school and living in home stays with sister school
families. But we also did a lot of travelling. Some
of the highlights were Berlin and the Reichstag,
the snow fight on the top of Germany on Zugspitze
Mountain and slipping down old wooden salt mining
slides near Salzburg, as well as dressing up and attending a ballet in Vienna. However, the participants
all agree that there were many, many highlights.
“The best experience in my life so far” is often used
by participants when reflecting back on their experience.
The college is currently receiving applications from
our sister school to host 22 of their students ear-
Euro Language Festival
Classroom Antics
Year 10 students take a novel approach to
learning the German nouns. The theme for
this day was ‘parts of the body’.
O
ur Year 7 students joined language students from a host of other
schools to attend the 2013 European Languages Festival held at the
Austrian Club in Heidelberg. The theme was ‘Carnivale’ and Macleod
College was well represented by clowns and other colourful characters
for a day of cultural enrichment. They enjoyed singing, dancing and a
variety of interesting foods from different nations.
“The best experience of my life so far”
ly next year, so the corridors are buzzing with the
question; “Are you taking a German?”
Please consider hosting a sister school student. It is
a great family experience!
Ilze Svarcs, German Program Coordinator
Awards
We are very proud that German
teacher Tamara Macanovic
was awarded a professional
learning scholarship this year
to attend advanced German
language classes for a month
in Bonn in Germany. These
scholarship places are highly
sought after, and indicate that
Macleod College continues its
tradition of excellence in the
teaching of Languages.
Senior
German
Macleod
College
runs an integrated program of
extra-curricular
support and extension for our Year 11 and 12 German students.
Our Language Assistant, Nina Woeltgen (pictured above,
with Ms Svarcs), offers lunch practice sessions. We run a
two day, off campus immersion camp and we organize
for an experienced Year 12 examiner to run mock orals.
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There were different languages that each school studied.
At the end of the day there was a Spanish band playing
and then we had some German dance lessons that everybody really got into. Overall it was a really fun day, I enjoyed it and I can definitely say everyone else did!
Daniela Simundza, Year 7
Gingerbread Houses
Every year our Year 10 German students create
traditional gingerbread houses to celebrate the
festive season. The houses are skillfully assembled
using icing, and then beautifully decorated with
colourful lollies.
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ART
TECH
R
ecycling and found objects seemed to be a
theme this year in the arts at Macleod. Year 7 plastics
and Year 8 mixed media students creatively invented
creatures and environments made from ‘junk’. Year
10 sculpture students collaborated on a recycled box
task inspired by street artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey and the iconic image of Che Guevara.
This year we had talented senior students working
outside the classroom, giving younger students the
opportunity to be mentored and inspired by their
creativity and skill. It has been fabulous to see the
younger students so enthusiastic and excited by this
and the senior students seemed to enjoy the curiosity
and feedback.
Vibrant murals are beginning to take place in the
school grounds and students are genuinely excited to
be a part of the creative teams. Stay tuned as the year
progresses as we have more exciting artworks happening about the college.
Studio Arts students visited Jeffrey Smart’s Masters
of Stillness at Tarrawarra on a perfect autumn day
enabling them to imagine Tuscany and the world in
which the artist lived. It was a fantastic learning opportunity for students to experience the artist’s work
and to see his visual journey from beginning to end.
Lisa White, Year 12 Studio Arts teacher
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Tarrawarra Art Excursion
O
n the 28th of March, the VCE Studio Arts students
attended an excursion to the Tarrawarra Museum of Art
in South Yarra. The artist on show was Jeffrey Smart, with
his exhibition, “Master of Stillness”.
At the beginning of the day, we had a tour of the gallery
by one of the curators and from there we were allowed to
walk around and look at the artworks as we pleased. We
were also asked to analyse two of the artworks to show
our understanding of Jeffrey Smart’s paintings for our end
of year exam.
In my opinion the works were stunning, displaying the finesse of Smart and his ability to work with oil paint. The
main theme of his works consists of empty urban and industrial landscapes of minimalist colour, and (typically) a
single human figure, giving the images a sense of proportion. After the exhibit, we drove to Healesville for lunch
and were let loose for an hour to explore the local cafes,
niche shops and various small galleries on display. Overall
it was a great day and a great experience to see our study
artist’s work in person. I’d like to thank Lisa White for organising such a great excursion, and giving us the opportunity to get out to galleries to see great artists’ work.
Cameron Wishart, Year 12
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END OF YEAR
ART SHOW
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science
“have
science doesn’t
to be only
about sitting in a
classroom learning. Science is fun!”
A
s part of Science week we had a guest speaker
from Macleod Forensic Centre and she helped us understand more about forensic science. She explained
to us how fingerprints, footprints and signatures are
used to solve cases and the thing I liked the most was
finding out that if a certain chemical is sprayed on an
area where blood has been, it becomes visible .
One more very important thing is told us was that
there are different types of police officers for different
cases, for example natural disasters and violent crimes
both have specific type of officers to solve them. After
learning these basic things we had an opportunity to
solve a crime scene which was created by our school.
We found various things at the scene which help us understand and analyse that case.
Aryan Jain, Year 8
A Century of Australian Science
cience week took place from Monday the
12th of August to Friday the 16th of August
with this year’s theme being “A Century of Australian Science”.
A number of activities were organised for the
students over the course of the week:
O
ne of my favourite things this year was cleaning the windows in
science. We cleaned them with Windex and white vinegar to see which
one was better. We did it because we were seeing if they were the same
and we found that white vinegar did work and it doesn’t have that many
chemicals as Windex. But the Windex worked better.
We made paper flowers and there were containers of water and we folded
the petals up and put them in the water to see how long it took to fold
back out. Making the flowers was fun.
Guest speaker: Trish Corbett, a marine biologist
who has worked in the Antarctic, visited the
school on Monday to speak to the senior students about a career in science.
Year 8 Forensics Tuesday: A guest speaker from
the Victoria Police Forensic Department came
and discussed the various aspects of Forensic
Science. This was followed by the analysis of
a mock crime scene that was set up in the carpark. Students had to solve the crime by looking for clues and experimenting.
Year 7 Chocolate: These involved melting choc-
olate and experimenting with temperature and
molds, and the properties of matter.
Grades 3, 4 and 5 were introduced to chemistry
with the help of some of our very able Year 10
Chemistry students. They also got an introduction to the field of psychology.
Year 9 students looked at Aeronautics and then
used their new knowledge to design and construct paper planes. The session culminated in
a paper plane flying competition.
Each day there were also multi-age quizzes
within the bulletin as well as Science games
held in the IMPACT Centre that the primary students in particular loved.
Science week has shown students that science
doesn’t have to be only about sitting in a classroom learning. Science is fun and can lead to
many new and exciting careers.
Jodie Purches, Science Coordinator
week
S
Hannah, Grade 1
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HEALTH
READY OR NOT TOT
T
FOOD
TEC H
he Year 10 Child Development course includes the
option of participating in the
Ready Or Not Tot Program,
in which students become the
‘parent’ of a lifelike manikin.
P
atisserie class with Mrs Fazio
this year has been a delight.
From learning the simple method
of creaming together butter and
sugar, to making our own pastry,
everyone in the class has learnt
a lot and improved their cooking
skills. There is a lot of variety and
everything we make is very tasty.
Macleod College students are
lucky enough to experience this
fantastic class and are increasing
our cooking knowledge every
week.
Bethany Prasad, Year 9
whenever they want, unless
they can take the baby with
them.
The students receive instructions on caring for the Ready
or Not Tot, and are then responsible for full care of the
baby over a period of 24 hours.
During this time the program
allows them to experience
both the negative and positive
aspects of caring for a baby.
Students are required to provide proper care and attention
for their baby, and ensure its
health and wellbeing. It will
cry when it needs food, a nappy change, burping or wants
attention, and students are
required to make a note of all
aspects of the baby’s care.
Kylie Stanley , School Nurse.
I
Ms Fazio is super nice and she’s
a good teacher. She knows what
she’s doing.
had the Ready or Not Tot for 24 hours. It
was time consuming and tiring. At school
other people would look at me differently
and teachers would get annoyed when the
baby cried in class. My friends acted like
the baby was a real baby and all wanted to
be part of the experience. When I took the
baby home I had become used to it crying
and wasn’t as stressed as I was at the start.
I went out to get dinner and people were
asking me how the baby works, why I had
it and what class I was in at school. Some
people thought that the baby was real and
were looking at me in a funny way.
The stressful part was at night. I felt like
it went off every half an hour and I had to
make it quiet again so that I didn’t wake up
other people in the house. When I got up
in the morning I was very tired. It was embarrassing when the baby cried in public
but overall this was a very good experience
and I recommend it to other students so
that they can get an idea of what parenthood is all about.
Makaela Egan, year 9
Shantelle Turnbull, Year 10
I
n Patisserie this year I’ve enjoyed working together with Jason
and Grace on many of our cooking
projects, such as the Chelsea bun,
sausage rolls and gingerbread
cookies.
The Chelsea bun was my favourite
because it was delicious. I also enjoyed designing my own cupcake
decorations.
I’ve learned new methods of how
to cook and prepare meals. It’s
nice to be able to cook for people
in my family and to see them enjoy it. I made hazelnut and chocolate chip cookies for my family and
they went down a treat.
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Parenting is work! It requires
a great deal of time and energy. The demands of caring for
a baby keep parents on duty
24 hours a day, seven days a
week. The students discover
that babies cry for different
reasons and that it can be frustrating trying to determine
what type of care the baby
needs. It is difficult to get a full
night’s sleep when there is a
baby around. Parents are not
free to go wherever they want,
& HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
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THE
IMPACT
CENTRE
T
he Macleod College Year 9 IMPACT
Program aims to engage and challenge
students through an interdisciplinary
curriculum framework incorporating
English, Health and Humanities components into the Central Studies. Each
term the topics are based on the Central Studies theme relating to the young
people’s place in the world around
them. The program has a strong ICT
focus, utilizing the 1-to-1 iPad program
in designing and creating various multi-media ICT products, such as films and
presentations, for different audiences.
The delivery of the program is based
on a student centered, inquiry based
learning approach, enabling students of
varying abilities and interests to access
the curriculum through allowing them
to make guided choices in the topics of
their inquiries, and through scaffolding
inquiry and assessment tasks to students’ individual needs. This approach
also encourages students to make personal connections to, and take responsibility for their own learning while at
the same time facilitating higher order,
lateral and creative thinking through
the framing of essential questions, the
linking different disciplines, and encouraging originality while also increasing
students’ levels of civic engagement
through investigating, communicating
and acting on real-world problems.
Corey Assender, IMPACT Teacher
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Family History
Youth Foundation 3081 Grants
During term 1 our class was assigned
the task of discovering how our family and background has made us who
we are today. Lots of my ancestors
were really interesting but the one
that I chose was from South Africa
(on my dad’s side). It was only when
I started the project that I found
out the amazing story of Lawrence
Camphor and Ansela van de Caab.
She was a slave and he was a soldier
who fell in love with her and eventually freed her from slavery. They
had a family and started a vineyard
together. The most exciting thing
for me was finding out about the line
of Camphors and comparing their
life to mine, and discovering family
I never knew I had. It made me imagine how my life would have been
if I had lived during that time.
ngela Virlios, Nasra Yusuf and I have received a $1000 grant
from Youth Foundation 3081. We won the grant as part of our Year
9 community project, where we put forward the idea to restore
the primary school fairy garden. We intend to use the money to
build new chairs and other structures for the garden. The grant
was presented at the Youth Foundation’s celebration day, which
we were invited to MC.
A
Chiara Anderson, Year 9
Amy Campher, Year 9
Melbourne - City Experience
F
or a week, the Year 9’s went on city experience. We got
the chance to have a great time with our mates and try activities that we might not otherwise have the opportunity to
participate in, such as Eureka Sky Deck (capturing the magnificent view of Melbourne), The Old Melbourne Gaol (standing where the infamous Ned Kelly spent his last breath), Fitzroy Gardens Cultural Tour (exploring the valued history of the
Wurundjeri people), and my favourite, Hardrock, a place to
push yourself and climb a giant 20 meter wall.
City experience was fantastic, and was definitely worth going
to.
Charlie Rank, Year 9
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YEAR TEN WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
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Year 9 ‘I Focus’
VCAL: EXPERIENCING
THE REAL WORLD
Year 9 students focussed the spotlight
on their options by participating in Pathways planning, completing Career Action
Plans and work experience preparation
as part of their personal learning classes.
They looked at the contribution made by
personal attributes and effective communication skills to their future lives.
This was achieved by mock work experience interviews, on line applications and
they were also given the opportunity to
apply for a tax file number.
Year 10 ‘I Plan’
Year 10 students at Macleod College
have completed a Careers Unit, updated
their Career Action Plans investigating
pathways, were given a Job Guide, completed a Job Guide assignment as well as
a Careers Assignment. Year 10 students
sat Pathways interviews and although
this interview process was a daunting
one it allowed them to seriously consider
their futures and to make planned decisions about their VCE, VET or VCAL. Macleod College gratefully acknowledges
the support of Heidelberg Rotary in this
process. Year 10 students completed two
weeks of work experience at the end of
term 2. Many students received excellent work experience evaluation forms
and secured part-time employment
from these placements. Lastly year 10
students participated in TAFE Taster programs at NMIT and NMVC.
S
tudents in Later Years at Macleod College are very fortunate to have the choice of a
VCAL program as part of their Year 11 or Year
12. These students attend Macleod College
three days a week, are at TAFE for one day a
week and are with an employer for the last day.
These students are interested in pathways that
lead to practical careers and are given the opportunity to commence that pathway while still
remaining at secondary school. They have also
participated in additional programs with Northern Metropolitan Institute of TAFE (NMIT) in
the areas of Responsible Service of Alcohol
(RSA), Food Handler’s Certificate and Espresso
Coffee Making. Additionally, they have completed projects within the community working
at the Strathallan Aged Care facility, Swimming
Sports, ‘Rock and Water’ Martial Arts program
and Maintenance at Macleod College. The program has been enhanced by the contribution of
guest speakers Monica Rigby from the Banyule
Nillumbik Local Learning Employment Network and Nick Rush from the Housing Industry
Association.
Penny Hysen, VCAL Co-ordinator
T
his year in VCAL our class did Martial Arts
every Friday with Tony and Kylie all of term 3.
It was really beneficial as we learnt how to be
street smart and always aware of dangers approaching us. It was really good to try something and our entire class seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.
Shannon Neil, VCAL
I
n term 2 this year our teacher Ms Keralis took
our class to NMIT three Fridays in a row. We
undertook three different certificates in RSA,
Coffee Making and Food Handling. It was really good that we completed these courses as
it opens up pathways for our future and it was
also enjoyable to participate in.
Matthew Vragovski, VCAL
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CAreers
Year 11 ‘I Decide’
Year 11 students revisited their Career Action Plans, have
had a number of motivational and institutional guest
speakers from the University of Melbourne and La Trobe
university to inspire them in their choices and have selected subjects for their last year of secondary schooling. They
have had a number of assemblies looking at occupational,
training and labour market information so that they can
evaluate their career goals. They have had to consolidate
their decision making skills and apply these to future career
and employment choices. Twenty-two students have participated in a VET course in 2013.
Year 12 ‘I Apply’
Year 12 students began the year with a motivational guest speaker program, had a chance to go over
their Career Action Plans and continued the process
of planning for their future. All Year 12 students attended an excursion to La Trobe University and have
had individual interviews with parents in attendance
to discuss ‘Where am I heading?’ They have critically
examined their career goals and have sound knowledge of the requirements for their selected future
education, employment or training options. Eleven
students have completed a VET certificate in 2013.
Penny Hysen, Careers Coordinator
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in the library
O
T
ur Library has been a hub of
activity again this year. Physically
we continued to be a vibrant and
valued area for all year levels within
the school.
Beyond our walls, the Year 7 and 8
Reading Program has been a great
success in English classes. Students
refreshed their reads regularly and
it was great to hear peers recommending books to each other.
Once again, the Victorian Premiers
Reading Challenge continued to see
over 100 students successfully complete the challenge.
For Library Week we invited local
author, Brian James, to share his
craft with grades 3/4. P-2 students
enjoyed National Simultaneous
Storytime with The Wrong Book
and a mask making activity.
Of course the high point of the Library year was Book Week and our
ceilings are still festooned with hovering spaceships created by primary
students. Years 7-8 contributed to
a Space short story competition.
The culmination was our lunchtime
Avengers vs Dr Who competition
for years 7-12 which was fiercely
contested in front of an enthusiastic
audience.
It has been a great year and I would
like to thank Wendy Moore and Karen Egan for their tireless dedication
to all things which make a Library
loved.
Sue Vickery, Teacher Librarian
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he library is a fun and quiet place to hang out,
and with over 2000 books you’re guaranteed to learn
something new. Everyone should come in and borrow
some books, and read them because they help you
learn new things. I like coming to the libary because
it’s fun and gives you some thinking space and quiet
time.
Britney Neal, Grade 6
W
e are fortunate at Macleod College to have a library that is colourful and vibrant, and a cheerful place
for all year levels. This space is used by prep to year 12
students. It is neat and engaging and stocks books and
magazines for all year levels.
O
We have three very caring librarians who are very
helpful at locating the books and articles we need for
our subjects. They are especially helpful for when it
comes to any technical problems we may have with
computers.
The librarians are really mindful of year 12 Students
and have provided a quiet space for us to study. They
make sure the library is quiet so we can make the best
use of our free periods.
n the 29th of August, Macleod College held a Doctor Who
and Avengers quiz. Six teams battled over who knew the most
Doctor Who and Avengers trivia, as well as participating in many
fun activities such as grabber claw challenges and charades, to see
which team would come out on top. Everybody had a lot of fun
and hopefully we will have many more quizzes like this in the future.
Tessa Paulo, Year 10
I especially enjoy flicking through ladies’ fashion magazines and the newspapers when I have some spare
time. The new television is also a great opportunity to
keep up to date with world and domestic news.
Sena Tekin ,Year 12 (EAL student)
I
like the library because not only is the building very
cozy, but I find the people quite nice. It’s quiet when
I compare it to outside. When I need help finding a
book, or ask for a recommendation, I can trust the librarians to find one for me. Even if the book doesn’t
match my interests, they gave it a go and I’m really
grateful that they tried.
James Pentony, Year 10
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Celebration
Days
T
he Wellbeing Team hosts a themed
celebration day each term. Each includes a student-led assembly during
which we celebrate our achievements
over the previous three months, along
with guest speakers, activities and
games.
“refers
Wellbeing
to the
Themed days we have run this year
include:
Term 1 The program centred around
wellbeing and resilience. Personal stories and journeys were narrated by
guest speakers and the students enjoyed music by the college band.
Term 2 The theme this term was ‘being a good friend’ and aiming high. We
took advantage of the wide range of
age groups we have at Macleod College and mixed up the year levels and
home groups. This day was a wonderful
celebration of the success of our P–12
model.
Term 3 Our activities aimed at celebrating diversity, individual difference
and multiculturalism. This is a great
strength of Macleod College. Our program was designed to promote awareness and positive relationships.
Wellbeing
Program
condition or
state of
being well,
contented
and satisfied
with life.”
Resilience, wellbeing and personal
development top the agenda.
O
ur approach to wellbeing at
Macleod College is proactive, holistic and student centred, with
awareness campaigns that run
throughout the year and a ‘door
always open’ policy.
now have the confidence to
actively seek help for issues small
and large.
Whether it’s exam stress, pressure at home or the emotional
rollercoaster ride that comes with
adolescence, many young people
When we launched the program benefit from the wide ranging contwo years ago, mental health is- fidential services available.
sues were firmly in the closet for
many of our students. There was It might be a quiet word with the
a pervasive belief that they had to school chaplain, a heart to heart
cope with problems quietly and on with our qualified nurse, or regular
their own. So much can change in counselling with a psychologist,
but our students are making good
a short time!
use of the support available to
With on site counsellors and our them at Macleod College.
open and supportive attitide
Barry Davies,
towards self referral, students
Wellbeing Co-ordinator
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Our Chaplaincy Serves
all of Macleod College
Chaplaincy
Macleod College Chaplaincy forms part of the
Macleod College wellbeing team. Our Chaplain
works alongside the wellbeing team to provide
pastoral support, values based programs and
a spiritual presence for members of the school
community.
What have we done this year?
Shrove Tuesday pancakes
Red shield appeal
Salvation army food and toy Christmas appeal.
Chaplaincy service.
Community visits to kinder gartens, aged care,
and RSL.
Anti Bullying presentations, and lunch time
activities.
Anti Bullying DVD.
Lunch time and recess activities with
volunteers from planet shakers and
Manningham city life churches.
Wellbeing days.
Open House girls and boys youth mentoring
workshop program.
The 2013 Chaplaincy Service was lovely
with lots of participation from the chaplaincy committee and Macleod College students
and ex- students including the Clarke family, Patrick Devine, Alexandar Kotevski and
Cheyanne Webb. Patrick Devine did a scripture reading, from Luke 15:8-31 about the
prodigal son. This story gives a great message
about forgiveness. I spoke about the reading. Jim Rehier from access ministries spoke
about school Chaplaincy.
The Macleod College choir and Rhiannon
Bright in year 11 , sang beautifully. It was great
to have parents attend the service, and also
a primary school family, who assisted with a
morning tea that was held after the service.
Rosanna Christian Church felt very honoured to have us there, and were especially
impressed with the participation from the
students.
Ann-Marie Fife, Chaplain
anzac day service
Tradition and Remembrance
Macleod College has a proud tradition of
commemorating ANZAC day each year. On
24 April 2013, our staff, students and parents
gathered with special guests in the stadium
to honor those who sacrificed their lives on
the battlefields of the Great war. We also
remember those soldiers who have shown
great courage in modern times, often sacrificing themselves to save their comrades or
civilians.
The ceremony began with the Catafalque
Party Mount, after which we had readings,
prayers, and observed 2 minutes silence.
The Last Post was played by Makaela Egan.
Jeff Mawkes, President of the Watonia RSL,
addressed the school and spoke about the
bravery and sacrifice of our Defence Force
men and women who put themselves in
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harms way to protect our way of life.
Our students listened with interest and respect to the accounts of courage and adversity reold by Mr Mawkes and others, before
placing bouquets and wreaths.
The ceremony was both moving and uplifting, and adults and children alike were reminded of the heroism of those who protect
our borders and and those of our neighbors.
After the ceremony, a morning tea was held
in the library.
We are thankful for the ongoing
participation of the Simpsons
Barracks Catafalque party, Mr
Mawkes, Members of Parliament, and our other distinguished guests.
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EXCELLENT RESULTS
sportS
report
This year has been another very successful year for sport at Macleod
College. In all 50 teams were entered in Banyule/Nillumbik Division
competitions as a part of the School Sport Victoria model of sport delivery. We saw lots of involvement, success and fun within the variety
of sporting offerings throughout the year.
We had a huge amount of success this year in a number of different
sports. Several teams won the first round of competition and advanced to the Northern Region Finals.
This year sees the continuation of our involvement in the Nationals
Schools Basketball Tournament (being held Dec 1st – 6th in Knox.)
This is our 17th year of being involved at a national level. We have entered a Senior Boys Team whom I‘m sure will do the school proud.
It was great to see so many of our students engaged in sport and representing the school extremely well in both their behaviour and the
skill level. Looking forward to an even greater involvement of students in all sports next year
David Crowe, Sports Coordinator 7 -12
NORTHERN METROPOLITAIN REGION
FINALS
TERM 2
Year 8 Girls Softball (Ms Wallis)
Inter Girls Volleyball (Mr Light)
TERM 3
Inter Boys and Girls Badminton (Mr Pantelejenko)
Senior Boys Table Tennis (Mr Pantelejenko)
Inter Girls Soccer (Mr Pantelejenko)
Year 8 Girls Badminton (Ms Gomes)
Year 7 Girls Badminton (Ms Gomes)
BADMINTON ZONE FINALS
The badminton zone finals had a proud and successful end.
The boys senior team which included Sevri, Dzaky,
Hamid, Aidan and Tyler did the best they could to
make Macleod College proud and they did well
coming second in their pool.
The girls senior team had a different story to tell,
the team included Miin, Stephanie, Hiranthika, Lisa
and Michelle. With much better tactics and skills
they played the game like professionals, and did an
amazing job. All their hard work had a great result,
as they were runners up, second in the whole zone.
With this success the future of Macleod College’s
badminton teams have something to be inspired
and motivated by.
Hamid Zawari, year 12
TERM 4
Year 8 Girls Table Tennis (Mr Pantelejenko)
Year 8 Boys Volleyball (Mr Crowe)
Year 8 Girls Volleyball ( Ms Macanovic)
NMR Athletics
Hemi Raheke, Monika Szumicki, Stefan Rankovic, Rudi
Mukumba, Philip Mance, Ali Mohammed
STATE LEVEL
Track and Field: Rudi Mukumba, Philip Mance,
Hemi Raheke
Cross Country: Rudi Mukumba
OUTSTANDING LONG SERVICE TO MACLEOD COLLEGE SPORT
I want to make special mention of five
Year 12 boys who have represented and
won NMR Table Tennis and gone on to
State finals virtually every year since
Year 7. They have been fantastic ambassadors for our school and their sustained
success in this sport has been unbelievably great.
Throughout their journey they have had
‘Super Coach’ Myk Pantelejenko (AKA
Booney) who has been an inspiration to
the boys!
The boys are:
Jonathan Cram,
Aleksandar Dobric,
Sevriyandi Sovian,
Tyler Frampton and
Thomas Di Clemente
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“What a great day at the Swimming Sports!
This was one of the best carnival days yet
and I would like to congratulate everyone
for their enthusiasm and participation.
Particular thanks to Kathy Buttifant for the
smooth organization of the day.”
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Kathie Gardner
SWIMMING
CARNIVAL
This fun filled day was packed
with events such as the piggy
back races and cork grab. There
were also competition races
that the houses competed in
to win points and claim victory
over the others. Many of the
students chose to dress up in
funny costumes and there was
a competition to see who had
the best. I entered all the races
in my age group and had a great
time. It was lots of fun to spend
the day swimming against my
friends.
Aric Moore, Year 7
V
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FAREWELL CLASS OF 2013
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WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
YEAR 12
Ryan Atkinson
12 months: Studying education at Uni and
working part time.
5 years: In my own apartment, starting a
career as a teacher.
ing the bird outside the window that’s trying to fly against the wind.
5 years: Working in a hospital, looking out
the window at another bird trying to fly
against the wind.
Deanne South
12 months: At uni for nursing and midwifery, getting parra on the weekends.
5 years: Finished uni hopefully, have a job,
travelling and independent.
Alek Dobric
12 months: At university studying biomedicine and working part time.
5 years: still at university, but with a job in
the industry. Hopefully travelled the world
and learning my language (Serbian).
Steven Cavar
12 months: In uni.
5 years: Plastic surgeon on TV.
Lauren South
12 months: Studying paramedicine at uni.
“WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF
TWELVE MONTHS FROM NOW?
Amy Xu
12 months: In uni studying or overseas on
vacation.
5 years: Moved out of home, have a job
and a car and be happy :).
Bashir Hassan
12 months: Uni or TAFE.
5 years: Accounting firm.
Lucy Shi
12 months: Uni (undergrad).
5 years: Uni (grad course).
Elisabeth Campher
12 months: Travelling overseas (Norway).
5 years: Postgrad doctorate of Veterinary
Medicine at Melbourne uni.
Michelle Lim
12 months: University.
5 years: Travelling the world helping developing countries.
Miin Chaw
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Uni and working.
Brooke Halley
12 months: University by day, coin collecting by night.
5 years: Millionaire.
Hamid Zawari
12 months: Sitting in a uni lecture ponder-
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Samira Liban
12 months: Doing my course at uni.
5 years: Working in an office in PWC, as a
human resources namager.
Rowda Timbira
12 months: Being in uni.
5 years: Still at uni, living in my own house.
George Gourdoulis
12 months: Studying either business, law
or teaching at uni.
5 years: Starting off my job, loving life,
seeing Melbourne (FC) win a premiership.
Riley Plummer
12 months: Uni
Nusayba Mohamed
12 months: At uni studying Health Science, and volunteer work overseas.
5 years: Happy in Egypt.
5 years: Be a qualified paramedic, travelling and having moved out of home.
Rudi Mukumba
12 months: Hopefully I will have saved
enough money to go over to the States
and hopefully gain a university scholarship
in track and field.
5 years: A graduate of an American college, majoring in sports management,
working for a big sporting club.
Kevin Chen
12 months: Studying business.
5 years: Dance teacher as a hobby, working in business.
Esmir Ahmeti
12 months: League of Legends LCS gamer.
5 years: Coaching LCS (League Championship Series).
Khang Nguyen
12 months: Having more free time, having
a decent job, hanging with friends.
5 years: Travelling places, finding a good
job and still playing music.
Ellenye Manuel
12 months: Into my first year of my teaching course at uni.
5 years: Finished uni and doing my first
year as a teacher.
Jarryd Clarris
12 months: Working as a bartender or
something similar.
5 years: A real estate agent, or the next
Ironman.
Ismar Celik
12 months: On holidays, Brazil World Cup
is a possibility. At uni studying legal studies.
Anes Mujkanovic
12 months: Uni or TAFE.
5 years: Having a job for a media company.
Brendon Reynolds
12 months: Working part time to save
money for my apprenticeship.
5 years: Being near the end of my apprenticeship.
Alya Almarzooqi
12 months: Environmental or aviation engineering.
5 years: Starting work and being one of the
highest achieving girls and doing all the
things that I’ve wanted.
Vanessa Cavic
12 months: TAFE - Australian Institute of
Fitness
5 years: Personal trainer, having my own
business.
Tyler Frampton
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Job.
John Rocha
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Job.
Christian Olpenda
12 months: Uni/TAFE? part time dancer/
gap year - road trip.
5 years: Fulltime dancer, travelling overseas teaching dance. MacDonalds Manager.
Mathew Oudy
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Full time job.
Matt Bowman
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Placement or a job.
Jayden Howlett
12 months: Small boss.
5 years: Big boss.
Vesna Koteska
12 months: At university and a part time
job.
5 years: Either an office job or something
creative, I don’t really know. I’ll have my
own car and be independent.
Lauren De Losa
12 months: At uni.
5 years: Finishing my course, moving out
of home.
Cynthia Delinac
12 months: Studying orthotics and prosthetics at La Trobe.
5 years: Finishing the course and getting a
job at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Aleef Mappatenre
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Working in a hospital
Hiranthika Gamlath
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Full time work.
5 years: Working in a medical institution/
service.
Cara South
12 months: Gap Year
5 years: Uni.
Indiana Tegovski
12 months: Volunteering in Nepal
5 years: Hopefully working in Nepal.
Sevri Sovian
12 months: Studying physics/ commerce
at Melbourne Uni.
5 years: Working in an accounting firm.
Taylor Loraine
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Working with children.
Tiffany Tilbrook
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Job.
Idil Aden
12 months: Politics or sports star.
5 Years: President of the USA.
David Trengove
12 months: At university, studying microbiology.
5 years: Still at uni.
Lisa Tran
12 months: Studying a course I like at university.
5 years: Working after finishing my course.
Mohita Kinra
12 months: University
5 years: Moved out with a secure job after
finishing university.
Sarah Di Fazio
12 months: studying production design
and working as an assistant in production
design.
5 years: More studying to become a professional production designer.
David Buchanan
12 months: Uni.
Chloe Clayton
12 months: In Europe travelling.
5 years: Bachelor of Education.
Jordan Hill
12 months: Studying nursing.
5 years: Div 1 nurse - full time.
5 years: Job.
Thomas Di Clemente
12 months: University.
5 years: A job with lots of money.
Han Zhao
Dzaky Al Hanif
12 months: University.
5 years: President of Australia.
Rachael Hill
12 months: I see myself in a full time job.
5 years: I don’t know what the future holds.
12 months: Melbourne Uni studying mining engineering.
5 years: West Australian mining job.
Jackie Tran
12 months: University/ TAFE
5 years: Work, Electrical engineering.
“WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?
Sena Tekin
12 months: Uni (Early Childhood) teaching.
5 years: Become an English teacher in Turkey. Probably have my own house, licence,
Stephanie Alexandrakis
12 months: In my first year at uni.
5 years: Hopefully a teacher at secondary
level.
Beau Krstevski
12 months: Uni.
5 years: Journalist.
Maurice Assaad
12 months: Studying at uni.
Andrea Mountney
12 months: Attending university.
5 years: Travelling the world.
maybe get engaged.
Patricia Da Cunha
12 months: travelling the world.
Janelle Serina
12 months: In Uni.
5 years: Still in uni, or travelling or in a job.
Shae McLaughlan
12 months: At uni studying teaching.
5 years: A teacher.
5 years: In the police force.
Christy Ilievski
12 months: At university studying Social
Work.
5 years: Becoming a social worker.
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Senior Formal 2013
A
ngelene, Idil and I decided to organize a
later years formal after hearing all of the requests from our fellow students. We searched
around many venues and luckily found Ballara
Receptions in Eltham.
With the venue booked and the date of Friday
the 13th settled, we gained the school council
approval and then handed out forms to the
students.
The event created a lot of excitement amongst
the later year levels and talks of dresses, suits,
hair, makeup and limos started.
It was challenging dealing with the organization of table seating, organizing and finalising
payments from the students, finding the perfect DJ and photographer, and of course deciding on what food would be served on the night.
A Formal to
remember for our
senior students
T
he night of the formal was very successful with the majority of both Year 11
and Year 12 attending.
Upon arrival, students had the opportunity to have professional photographs
taken and explore the reception’s wonderful surroundings.
The food then started to circulate and
after each course was served, the DJ
was able to get everyone up and dancing, even most of the teachers!
It then came the time of night to announce
Macleod’s Formal King and Queen.
The teachers had been on the watch all
night looking for the perfect students to
take the crown. In the end, Amy Zu and
Matt were crowned and shared a slow
dance together on the dance floor.
The months of organising paid off and we
were able to give the Year 12s a formal to
remember. Thank you to all involved.
Ange Alexandrakis, Year 11
However the night turned out to be a huge success and all those who attended had an amazing night. It was great to see such community
spirit and have so many people up and dancing
together!
Thanks to Angelene, Idil and all of the teachers
who attended, especially Miss Macanovic.
Maddie Goldsworthy, Year 11
“It was a really lovely
night. the venue was spectacular and all my friends
were there. We spent the
night taking pictures and
dancing. It surpassed all
expectations. ”
idil Aden, year 12
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Staff
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This magazine is the result of dedication and hard work by
Macleod College staff and students, who are passionate
about the school and its community.
Special thanks to Mick Phillips for his generous assistance
with proofreading, and Julia Tran for permission to use her
photograph on the front cover.
To request copies , please contact the General Office.
Carwarp Street, Macleod
(03) 9459 0222
macleod.co@edumail.vic.gov.au
www.macleod.vic.edu.au