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The Times NOVEMBER 2020
UPCOMING IMPORTANT
DATES & EVENTS
4 December Progress Reports
HOUSE POINTS TO DATE
Published Year 10 & 11
10 & 11 December Activity Days
IN THIS MONTH’S EDITION
11 December Last Day 7-9 15762 = Wake
11 December Progress Reports Ms Peddle’s Message
Published 7-9 14132 = Alberti Senior School Report
28 January first day 2021 7 & 12 Middle School Report
29 January first day 2021 8-11 13938 = Melba Junior School Report
13719 = Cowan The Arts Report
Science Report
LOTE Week
Youth Climate
Museum of Staying at Home
MS PEDDLE’S MESSAGE House Competitions
It was wonderful to have all students and staff back at
school following the second period of remote learning. It has been a very
challenging year and the determination and commitment displayed by our students
during this time is to be commended. This has been evident in the range and
number of awards students have received for their academic achievement,
community involvement and co-curricular program participation in 2020. Student
achievements will be recognised in Award presentations which due to restrictions,
will be assembled by Sub Schools in a video format for students and families. Sub
Schools will publish the names of Award winners in the next newsletter.
Congratulations to our Year 12 students who celebrated the end of their formal
education at Pascoe Vale Girls College on 30 October. It is particularly
significant to acknowledge their resilience and achievement in 2020.VCE students
are now coming to the end of the exam period and we look forward to celebrating
their success with results being released on 30 December. Thank you to all of our
teachers for the dedication they have shown to student learning and the ongoing
support provided to students as they have progressed from Year 7 to Year 12 at the
school. Acknowledgement must also be given to Pamela Karmacharya of Year 12
who was awarded the 2020 Acquisitive Prize for “Liberation of our beauty” which
is described in the Arts section of The Times.
Progress reports for Year 10 and 11 students will be published on Compass on
Friday 4 December. Reports for students in Years 7 – 9 will be published on Friday
11 December. Please contact your child’s year level coordinator if you wish to
discuss progress or have any questions regarding college programs for 2020.
I am very pleased to inform our college community that construction of our new
Performing Arts Centre, Food Technology and Music facilities is completed. We now
await the delivery of furniture for teaching spaces. The new building will be opened
for the start of the 2021 school year. We look forward to welcoming you to college
events in the new space.
SENIOR SCHOOL This term has been very busy in the Senior School. All students had to orientate themselves back to PVGC after remote learning and finish off classwork and assessment. Can I congratulate every Senior School student on their smooth return to Term 4, and their preparedness to complete all set work. In week 3,Year 12 students had a three day Practice Exams program, to help prepare them for the end of year VCAA exams. This program was well received by students. All students approached these Unit 3/4 exams with maturity and demonstrated their commitment to their studies. On Friday 30th October, due to the lifting of COVID rules, we were able to celebrate the final day with our Year 12 students with a Graduation Ceremony. During lunchtime Year 12 teachers and students participated in a Graduation Ceremony at lunchtime. This was followed by a pizza & zooper dooper lunch and the screening of the Year 12 video during the afternoon. Students received their graduating certificate,Year 12 magazine (a BIG thankyou to Ms Noakes for producing the Yr12 magazine) and a small gift from the school. I hope by now, all Year 12 students and family members have had time to watch the Year 12 Video. I would like to thank the video production company, Ms Hall and Mr Leary for coordinating the filming for this video. It has produced some great memories. Exam fever has hit the Senior School. The VCAA End of Year exams started on Tuesday 10th of November and continue through to the 4th December. I would like to congratulate every Unit 3/4 student on their approach to these exams. Although you have been nervous and stressed, you have managed these exams with ease. Punctuality and preparedness has been paramount to your success. Well done! Some Year 12 students finished their exams and now will be facing boredom with not knowing how to fill in their free time, with no study commitments. Our Year 11 students have completed Year 11 exams, as well as 80+ students participating in completing their first VCAA Unit 3/4 exam. Well done, you have done yourself proud as well. 2021 VCE Unit 1/3/ VCAL Introductory Program began on Monday 23rd November. 2021 Unit 3 VCE / Year 12 VCAL began on Monday 23rd November and ran through to Friday 27th November and 2021 Unit 1/ Year11 VCAL began on Monday 30th November and runs through to Friday 4th December. This program aims to start students in their 2021 VCE/VCAL program, so that they can prepare themselves fully over the break, and get a head start to their 2021 school year. Essential teaching and learning will take place to ensure our students are well aware of the expectations and workload of 2021. It is essential that all work is completed and understood to enhance student learning. VCAL - YEAR 11 PERSONAL DEVELOPMNT SKILLS The Year 11 Personal Development Skills classes participated in two major events in the last weeks of formal classes. The first event on Monday 9th November was the Anti-Racism Awareness day. This was the culmination of our work on raising awareness about a community issue. On this day multicultural dress items were encouraged. There were some spectacular outfits showing the diversity of back- grounds of our students with their rich cultural history and traditions. Gold coins were donated. In addition to this the lunchtime activity included a Bake Sale, multicultural recipe book (made by students) sales and ‘Stand Together Against Racism’ badge sales. All money raised has been donated to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Thank you to all of the staff and students who contributed to the Anti-Racism Awareness day to raise funds for the ASRC. Through their hard work students raised a total of $487.60.
The second major event was a visit from the Coffee Bus. In the morning of Thursday 19th November Year 11 VCAL students were involved in learning about the history of coffee and also about safety in a café style environment when using a coffee machine. Once this was completed students were then put in front of a coffee machine and shown how to make 7 different coffees and also hot chocolate. Students paired up to share a machine and practice their coffee making and also coffee art. There proved to be some very good coffee makers who achieved excellent ‘crema’ and also some talented coffee artists who created beautiful coffee art on their beverages. Towards the end of the training students were able to make coffee using their new-found skills as baristas for staff members. There were some very happy teachers who were looking forward to their daily caffeine hit so close to work! The barista training was an activity that had originally been organ- ised for the beginning of the year. I am glad that it was finally able to take place to finish off the year for our very patient and hard working Year 11 VCAL students. The certificate of participation can be used to show future employers of the training that has been undertaken. Thank you to Debbie, Natarsha and Cameron who provided the training on the day and well done to the VCAL students who showed great enthusiasm and resilience on what was a very hot day to be making hot coffee in a crowded bus! Congratulations 11VCAL PDS, well done on your achievements this year. Ms Hall MIDDLE SCHOOL It has been a challenging a year but we have survived! It has been great to see Year 9 and Year 10 students back on site this term. With remote learning being pushed aside students have settled into COVID 19 normality by social distancing, wearing masks and keeping healthy hand hygiene. Despite these added elements to their school routine which they have taken in their stride students have been focusing on their studies and getting back to school life including catching up with peers who they have not seen for weeks. This term has also seen Year 10 students preparing themselves for their ex- ams and the exciting start to the Year 11 2021 orientation program whereas our Year 9’s have been solidly working through course work and assessment. As the end of the school year approaches we encourage all students to make the most of the time left by completing all tasks to the best of their ability in time for the release of the final progress reports of the year. Ms Elisabeth Santomartino Head of Middle School YEAR 10 AWARDS On Friday 20th November over forty of our Year 10 students were involved in a celebration assembly to acknowledge their achievements over the course of the year. Students were nominated by their teachers across all subject areas and were awarded for their efforts. It was fantastic to hear the applause and encouragement displayed by out Year 10 students for their peers. The award winners will appear in the Middle School End of Year Awards Presentation along with our Year 9 recipients. Congratulations to these students and stay tuned! Ms Elisabeth Santomartino Head of Middle School YEAR 9 OUTDOOR EDUCATION Covid-19 has thrown a curve ball at the Outdoor Education classes this year. Taking away many opportunities to complete activities such as surfing, rock climbing and orienteering. However, with the eased restrictions the Year 9 OED class set cycling for the city to evaluate new and creative interventions that promote their own and others’ connection to community and natural and built environments. JUNIOR SCHOOL It has been a real pleasure to return to school and recommence on site, face to face teaching and learning once again. It is great to see the students’ smiling faces – albeit, hidden behind a mask. The return to school from remote learning has been a fairly smooth one. Teaching and learning from home was a trying and difficult experience both for students and for staff. Many students demonstrated some excellent skills and resilience during this time and others found it to be very difficult to remain connected to school life. What is important is that, now that we are back at school, we reconnect with the school and continue our lives in as normal a way as is possible. Wearing a mask in class is a trying but necessary strategy and, whilst it is undoubtedly uncomfortable, it is important to remember that we are
doing this for the comfort and peace of mind of others and that it is a small price to pay for everybody’s well-being. To date, Junior School students have shown a great deal of respect for the regulations and for other school community members in this regard. The end of the year is drawing near but it needs to be reinforced that it is not here yet. Many subjects have CATs still to finish and the final Progress Report of the year is yet to be written. All members of the Junior School Team urge all Junior School students to put their heads down for a strong finish to the year before we have two days of Activities and finally a well-earned break over the summer to end a year which I am sure we would all rather forget. Mr Howells Head of Junior School THE ARTS - SURVIVING COVID IN THE ARTS This Semester students have been working hard in various Arts based subjects both remotely and since being back at school. Our Drama students across multiple year levels are happy to be back in the classroom rehearsing and are almost ready to perform their Ensemble and Solo Performances. Drama students are eager to have a tour of our new Performing Arts and Technology Centre that will open in 2022 and have the opportunity to perform next year on the big stage! In music, our Junior and Middle years students have been learning about Indigenous music and its significance in our culture. Students have celebrated NAIDOC week by becoming aware of various artists and their stories. Year 10 VCD students have been following the Design Process producing their own ‘Mask’ Design Logos and Package Design while our Year 9 & 10 Creations students have been finalising their final artworks, varying from mixed media collages to air drying clay. Year 11 Studio Art Students are setting up their own Exhibition at PVGC to showcase their final artworks, featuring painting, drawing, mixed media, digital photography and sculpture. Without stating the obvious difficulties faced this Semester, our VCE Music class continued admirably working on performance in preparation for their final assessment which took place on October 22. The group performed a rather eclectic repertoire including songs from the 1960s right through to contemporary dance. In addition, they honed their instrumental technical skills during class time as well as general musicianship and of course, mu- sic theory. We wish them luck for their final written examination later this month! Year 12 VCD students have wrapped up their final SAT folio with some excellent results. The students have designed from the three design fields communication, industrial and environmental. They have designed logos, tiny homes, luxury hotel rooms and packaging for makeup. Congratulations to all students on completing their folios and final design and to Alanah Santos for entering her folio and final design in Top Designs for the 2021 exhibition. In Studio Arts we congratulate Pamela Karmacharya of 12E for being award- ed the Acquisitive Art Award for her artwork “Liberation of our beauty”- Watercolour, colored pencil and white gel pen on paper. Pamela states that “My work represents the uncontrollable nature of the state of beauty. My ideas and perception of naturalness and freedom were solely presented through the embodiment of the ‘hair’ and facial expression.” If you have not already viewed the Year 12 Studio Arts Exhibition “Virtual Worlds” please click on the link below. https://www.artsteps.com/view/5f71b155497b3338488c3430 Pamela Karmacharya and artwork Liberation of Our Beauty
Congratulations to all of our Art students for battling through an incredibly difficult year with limited resources and hands on help from their teachers. We have certainly witnessed during this time how the Arts contributes to our wellbeing and has helped many get through being in confinement. SCIENCE Year 10 Science in Action Physics Projects It is great to see that Science classes getting actively involved back in class. Ms Petrocchi’s 10 Science in action class have completed the ‘CONSTRUCTION SITE ROLLER COASTER’ project as part of their Physics course of the subject. - Design and build their own small-scale model roller coaster - Explain why it is important for engineers to understand how roller coasters work. - Explain in physics terms how their model roller coasters work. - Discuss the effects of gravity and friction in the context of their roller coaster designs. - Use the principle of conservation of energy to explain the design and layout of roller coasters. - Identify points in a roller coaster track at which a car has maximum kinetic and potential energy. - Identify points in a roller coaster track where a car experiences more or less than 1 g-force. - Identify points in a roller coaster track where a car accelerates and decelerates. The students have successfully presented their projects to all staff during a whole staff meeting. Staff were so amazed by their enthusiasm, creativity and the level of innovation presented in their roller coaster models. All students have awards from the science faculty for their great efforts and dedication. See the link below to view the students’ amazing projects. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aAhjiGRu62rzhW7zok- KKKoBK-m2qZGirYS5EtvRsWBA/edit#slide=id.p3 Ms Al-Madhoun Head of Science Faculty
Science Talent Search Congratulations to Cailey Finlayso of 8A for winning an award for her ‘Devocean: Developments for our Ocean!’ project which she completed as part of the state wide competition ‘Science Talent Search’. Cailey has worked hard on her project during remote learning and has completed an outstanding piece of work. She was awarded a medal and a prize by STAV (The Science Teachers Association of Victoria). Well done Cailey for your excellent achievements and hard work. LOTE WEEK Languages are all around us Did you know that at least more than half of the world’s population speak more than one language? Well, our college is not an exception and we decided to highlight it during this year’s LOTE week. The focus was to celebrate all languages in our community: from the ones we offer at our college (Italian and Japanese) to the ones we hear in the community. During week 6, term 4 (9/11 – 13/11) we ran many activities and the students’ engagement highlighted their passion and knowledge about languages and cultures around us. Students participated in a video competition in which they had to speak in a language other than English, a survey about the languages they can speak and several quizzes about fun facts about languages. Here are some of the advantages students found about learning a second language: “Along with the challenges of learning different languages, there are numerous benefits to it. In my opinion, one of the greatest benefit is being able to learn about another unique culture and back- ground and enhance connections with people.” Minaal Shahid (9A) “Communicate with more people and understand different ideologies” Yesim Yuksel (11H) “There are more job opportunities, your memory increases, you have better listening skills as well as better problem solving skills.” Fatima Syed (8F) “It’s just straight up cool to be bilingual” Nusrath Ahamed Nasar (12A) “I believe that the advantages of speaking more than one language include being able to connect with people who speak the same language and being able to talk in another language without others who don’t know the language understanding what you are saying. It’s also fun to show your skills when you go to the country that speaks your language/the language that you are learning. I enjoy teaching my friends words of my native language and hearing how they pronounce the same word in their language.” Chamathna Gunawardena (10D) “Being able to communicate with people who can’t speak English” Khadeeja Butler-Komba (8A) “There are a few advantages, which include: - travel advantages and being able to understand different people from different backgrounds. - Also just being able to understand different cultures and being informed about the language. - This one is not quite an advantage, however if you do not know a word in a language then you can use the other language you know.” Fizza Irfan (8A) “By speaking another language you can extend your understanding of English at the same time.” Cailey Finlayson (8A) “Boost your ATAR, Opens up new career opportunities, Easily able to translate between the two languages” Ameema Arshad (8A) “I think it’s just great to be able to speak in more than one language in general. Quite a brag to say you’re bilingual or even trilingual!! For me, learning Malayalam was a chance to get closer to the home I was related to with my blood.” Tessa Shelley (7A) “Speaking multiple languages helped me learn more about different cultures and sometimes it also helped me identify where words in the English language are derived from, which is really interesting and fun! I also found that learning languages helps me concentrate and absorb more information in my other subjects.” Tasnia Alam (9A) “It helps you develop good thinking skills and increases your vocabulary.” Ann Maria Sarish (9A) Thank you all for supporting the languages! The LOTE faculty
YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT On Thursday 5th of November, Max Waddell (7G), Tasnia Alam (9A) and Shazna Suhaib (9G) attended a virtual Youth Climate Summit hosted by CERES and the City Futures Team at Moreland City Council. We joined other schools from Moreland in learning about climate science and gaining an understanding of solutions to climate change through interactive and hands-on activities. Students played a Kahoot and drew the kind of world they want to see in 2040. Students connected with leaders in the community as well as council representatives and discussed ways to advocate for change within society and our schools. Max, Tasnia and Shazna then developed their own action plans, which they hope to enact in 2021. The event was valuable and enjoyed by all. A Youth Climate Summit is planned for 2021 and students who are passionate about the environment are encouraged to attend when registrations open. WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM OF STAYING AT HOME August 23rd… The start to a new time capsule. 2020 has changed all of us, with new ideas from the different angles and perspectives of humankind. As the peak started to form, so did new ideas generate in the minds of the youngest high schoolers of PVGC. From our couches, we formed a new website called the ‘Museum of Staying Home’, which stores all of the unique memories and events in the modern world time capsule, the internet. From taking photos of the empty streets to interviews with family and friends, this website portrays the “new normal”. By Helena Kurian, 7A https://sites.google.com/pvgc.vic.edu.au/7amuseumofstayingathome/home HOUSE COMPETITIONS This semester, we held fortnightly House Challenges to give students more time to refine their entries before submission. The competitions ranged from neighbourhood design to recreating Korean Pop music, nail art to cooking foods and keeping fit to graphic design and languages! A special thank you goes out to all of our Student Leaders for creating examples for each of these challenges to post on Compass to inspire other students’ entries. The winners of each competition are listed below: Brighten Up Your Neighbourhood The challenge was to brighten up your neighbourhood in some way. Our Student Leaders Nadia Zermani, Mah Noor Umar and Jaspreet Singh started the ball rolling with their examples of a chalk obstacle course, light art with foil and some chalk art. We had a variety of entries including painted bins, early Christmas decorations and window art but congratulations go to the following students for their winning entries as voted by the Student Leader- ship team. 1st place – Ellie Fisher from Alberti for her chalk drawings 2nd place – Ms. Doyle from Wake for her chalk drawings 3rd place – Ann Maria Sarish from Melba for her window art KPOP Due to the popularity of Korean Pop Music with PVGC students, this chal- lenge was to recreate the dance moves from a KPOP band. For this chal- lenge, Student Leaders Minaal Shahid and Chamantha Gunawardena provid- ed some inspirational videos. Our winning entries were as follows: 1st place – Nidhi Matthew from Melba 2nd place – Ann Maria Sarish from Melba 3rd place – Mahnoor Malik from Cowan and Gabriella Mancuso from Wake Nail Art As the nail salons were closed during Term 3, we encouraged the students to get creative with their own nail designs in a range of colours and styles. Our Student Leaders really stepped up this week with examples being demonstrated by Haania Mubeen, Zehra Altindal, Dashti Patel, Mia Gagliardi, Elise Keles-Huseyin and Fatima Syed. All of the Student Leaders were award- ed points for their efforts and leadership skills. The winners for this House Challenge were: 1st place – Ms. Rose from Wake 2nd place – Amani Bakr from Cowan 3rd place – Mahnoor Malik from Cowan Food of Our Cultures During this fortnight, students were challenged to cook or bake a food from their culture or food from a particular type of cuisine that they really en- joy. We had entries from every continent, with students sending in multiple entries! Special thanks go to Student Leaders Mikayla Borg for her Italian
spaghetti and Maltese baked rice dishes, Chloe Galinato for her Filipino Pork Monggo with Rice, Mia Gagliardi for her homemade pizza, Jale Yalcin for her Turkish sesame bagel, Hannah Villaneuva for her Filipino Pancit Bihon, Minaal Shahid for her Afghani rice, Mrs. Edwards for her Dutch poffertjes,Vinduna Llokugalappaththi for her Italian ricotta cookies and faux cronuts, Ann Maria Sarish for her Onam Festival Feast, and Meharpreet Kaur for her Malaysian satay, Punjabi kulche, Indian curry and chocolate truffles 1st place – Haania Mubeen from Alberti for her Indian Murg Makhani 2nd place – Max Waddell from Cowan for her New Zealand meringues 3rd place – Anisah Nor Ashraf from Alberti for her Malaysian Roti Kirai & Roti Jala, Fatima Syed from Wake for her Pakistani Rasmalai dessert and Grace Davies from Alberti for her Maltese Macaroni Bake How Do You Keep Fit? With lockdown keeping us inside our houses, the challenge was to get some exercise so we asked students how do they stay fit? Student Leaders Hannah Villaneuva and Mikayla Borg made an instructional skipping video and workout routine. The Student Leaders once again voted on the winning entries: 1st place – Geetanshika Sharma from Cowan for her inspirational video 2nd place – Minaal Shahid from Alberti for her yoga photos 3rd place – Amira Abou-Eid from Cowan for her walking photos Design a House Mascot The next House Challenge was to design mascots for each of the four houses which will be used in 2021 to promote the houses to the new Year 7 students. Students could draw or design as many mascots as they wanted for their own house or others if they wanted, and still earn points for their house. The challenge was to include the house colour, an animal and have your mascot demonstrate a desired quality of the house, such as ‘courage’ or ‘determination.’ The Student Leaders came up with one winning entry per house. The Alberti House mascot was designed by Ureba Memon (from Alberti). The Cowan House mascot was designed by Onell Peiris (from Cowan). The Melba House mascot was designed by Wajiha Tanveer (from Melba). The Wake House mascot was designed by Serafina Kuka-Toleafoa (from Wake). House Tally As of 18-11-2020 the tally board is: 1st place – Wake with 15,762 2nd place – Alberti with 14,132 points 3rd place – Melba with 13,938 points 4th place – Cowan with 13,719 points Thank you to all students who have participated in house events this year or who were awarded points for demonstrating positive behaviour and quali- ties.
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