The Grapevine Newsletter 25th November 2022
Prinicipal's Message
With 4 weeks to go untill the end of term we have been very busy with activities and celebretions happening around the school.
Our year 12 and 11 students have completed their exams and next week some of them will have the opportunity to acquire their RSA, Food Handlers and Barista certificates. These courses are now fully booked, but parentsof the students attending that require more information can contact Julie Kelly at the College on 5026 3704.
Teachers are busy writing student reports. Reports will be available for collection on Achievement Night Wednesday 14th December.
The Foundation Parent Information Session was held last Thursday. A whole Transtion day will be held on Tuesday 6th December.
Thank you to the Year 12 Team, especially Julie Kelly, Debbie Ford and Steph Fang for the work and care that went into the Yr 12 Valedictory Dinner. The evening was a huge success and I believe your efforts were greatly appreciated by the students and their families.
Miss James, Miss Yates and Mr McDonald and the 5/6 students are enjoying the DOXA camp in Melbourne. by all accounts they have had a safe, fun and engaging trip. We expect the campers to return Friday evening. Arrival time will be confirmed on Friday and communicated through social media and a sms.
Wellbeing and self-care:
With the added stressor of the current weather conditions and the uncertainty they bring, it is important to acknowledge the possible impact on both our, and our childrens’ wellbeing. Many of us will already have been, or have family and friends, impacted by flooding. This might include damage to homes, being unable to attend family events, travel to see loved ones, unable to attend work or general anxiety about the situation. This, in itself, can be traumatic however, in the context of coming out of Covid where many of us experienced similar challenges, the possible impact of the current situation on our wellbeing can not be dismissed lightly. Please be mindful of this for yourself and those around you. Reach out if you are struggling. This might include sleep disturbance, feeling unusually emotional or reactive, difficulty concentrating or generally feeling overwhelmed. online/ phone help services are available
Kids Helpline https://kidshelpline.com.au/ Phone Counselling Service 1800 55 1800
https://headspace.org.au/contact-us/
Flood Recovery Hotline 1800 560 760
The College will be holding their Final whole School Assembly Monday 5th December in the ECA Centre at 9:00am. All parents and carers are welcome to attend.
We will be acknowledging outstanding student attendance and achievements. We will also be farewelling Leon Johnson and thanking him for his amazing work with the Clontarf Academy over the past 10 years.
Kind regards,
Stephanie Shanahan
Acting Principal
Valedictory Dinner 2022
Last Friday night the 18th November the Year 12s celebrated their Valedictory Dinner at the Robinvale Golf Club. The rain held off and it was a beautiful night for group photographs out on the green. With 110 people filling the dining room presentations were conducted by the School Captains Claudia Gallo and Tanah Burkinshaw, Acting Principal Stephanie Shanahan, Year 9 -12 Co-ordinator Debbie Ford and Year 12 Learning Coach Stephanie Fang. Students were presented with their Year 12 Certificates and a gift of a personalised water bottle.
It was great to see parents and friends celebrating with the students the end of 13 years of schooling.
We will see all the Year 12s once more this year at the Robinvale College Achievement Night Tuesday 14th December 2022
Clontarf Academy Achievement Night 2022
The Clontarf Academy held their achievement night last Tuesday. the Night was attended by parents, friends, teachers, community members and partners who celebrated the Clontarf members and their achievements for 2022. It was a great night that was run by our MC Ioan Togo, Yr9. Our individual award winners this year are as follows:
Clontarf Education award - Eli Kirby Yr7, Clontarf High Attendance award - Corey Valinoti Marks Yr5 and Josiah Dunrobin Rowe Yr4, Clontarf Most Improved Award - Clint Smith Yr4, Clontarf Leadership award - Siosaia Felise Yr4, Clontarf Health and Well-being award - Salutu Felise Yr9 and Harry Pettit Yr4, Clontarf Employment award - Ioan Togo Yr9, Robinvale Clontarf Spirit Award - Wade Best Yr9.
We at Clontarf would like to thank everyone for your support of our program and our boys for 2022.
The Koorie Girls Academy
The Koorie Girls Academy enjoyed their End of Year celebrations yesterday at The Jack. The afternoon celebrations began with Sasha Togo and Elise Parfrey presenting an Acknowledgement and welcoming family and staff, followed by awards and gifts.
We would like to thank parents and families for their support and for joining us to celebrate the milestone of another year almost finished. KGA would like to say thank you to Steph Fang for being our photographer, Empower Youth for sponsoring 2 awards and a huge thank to Alison and Dean Mitchell and staff for their gracious hospitality.
The College would also like to acknowledge Sharon Urquhart who took over the KGA Coordinator role this year. Sharon has worked enthusiastically and ensured KGA students have enjoyed an engaging program this year.
Year 10 Lawn Bowls
Before I begin I would like to thank Euston Bowling Club for hosting myself and the Year 10 elective students during the start of term 4 practical classes. A big shout out goes out to Tony Scott, President of the Euston Bowling Club who was very accommodating with giving us an opportunity to go lawn bowling, his son Glenn who is the greenskeeper of the Euston Bowling Club and who was our mentor and lawn bowling expert.Glenn showed the students all there is to know about lawn bowls, Vibol from Clontarf was extra support person on our Monday ventures. Without all these people, activities like this can’t happen so a big thankyou to you all.
Attending the Euston Bowling Club during our Monday practical sessions, students performed and developed their lawn bowls skills in small groups and modified competitive game situations. They were able to learn to correctly place the mat, roll the jack judging its line & length to either play a short or long end. Students were also shown how to bowl a forehand & backhand bowl and how to score. However due to the inclement weather on our last Monday we were unable to attend our final session. Hence the reason I have no photos of the students strutting the stuff on the Euston Bowling Green. All students enjoyed themselves and the sportsmanship and team competitiveness was a joy to witness.
Anthony Henderson
5/6 Doxa City Melbourne Camp
The 5/6 student are enjoying their camp in Melbourne with walks through the city laneways and visiting the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.
Attending the Arts Centre and creating some awesome sounds with a DJ. they then moved onto the Melbourne Museum and ice skating.
On day 3 of Camp the students visited the Melbourne State Library, which included seeing Ned Kelly’s armour, boot & gun. Students then went to the Zoo - they saw a baby elephant which was only 1 week old and then finished the day with a night walk around South Bank.
On Thursday the students enjoyed another fun day of activities with tours of the MCG, Shrine of remembrance and a Melbourne River Cruise. After dinner the student headed down to Eureka Skydeck.
On Friday, they will have the opportunity to wander and browse through the Queen Victoria Market before returning home.
F-1 Integrted Studies
As part of our Integrated Studies unit, F/1 students have been exploring all the different ways things can move. This has involved a lot of predicting, experimenting and loads of fun. This week, students experimented with things that can bounce (and those that can't!). They decorated their own egg and then had to make a choice - 'Bounce or Soak?'. Students who chose 'Bounce' had to see if their egg could bounce on the table today. As you can see from the photos, there were a lot of laughs (and a lot of mess!) as students checked their predictions. The students who chose 'Soak' have put their eggs in a jar of vinegar, and they will get to see if their egg will bounce in a couple of days
Community Garden
Our parents and friends enjoyed some weeding, harvesting and some planting in the Community Garden over the past week. If you’re interested in joining us in the community garden, please contact Akesa at the college or send us a message on Facebook. We’d love to see you there!
Vaping Information Session
The 5-8 Community and Clontarf would like to thank the school nurse, Mel for facilitating an informative and engaging health session about vaping.Yesterday the boys learnt about the health effects and laws around vaping and then did some activities which included, measuring their oxygen saturation and heartbeat per minute using an oximeter then observing pupil dilation using a torch.A big thank you goes out to MVAC for suppling equipment for our activities.Small group health sessions about vaping will continue throughout our 5-8 community in the next coming weeks.
Golf Club Scholarship Chef Thanong
Last year Chef Thanong was one of three lucky students to be awarded a Robinvale Golf Club ‘VET’ Scholarship, valued at $1,500. These scholarship were awarded to students entering Year 10 or Year 11 in 2022 and who had enrolled to undertake a VET course in Hospitality.
To assist Chef in his studies, he recently purchased a Laptop with some of the scholarship money he was awarded.
Chef is pictured below with his laptop. Chef, along with the Robinvale College, would like to thank the Robinvale Golf Club for their support to our students in providing these VET Scholarships to assist our students with their course studies. Thank-you!
