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College update
UPCOMING DATES
Wednesday 7 September 2017 Information Evening for new and prospective students and families commencing 5:30 pm in the theatrette
Tuesday 27 September Special General Meeting to adopt new College Council constitution 5:30pm in staffroom
Wednesday 28 September Year 10 Dinner Dance at ‘Star of Alice’ 6 – 10pm. Please see attached letter to Year 10 families
Friday 30 September Final day of Term 3 classes Monday 10 October Students resume Term 4 classes
“excellence in all we do”
Dear Parents and Caregivers, During the first half of a very busy Term 3, our students and staff have continued to work together, engaging in many outstanding learning opportunities – both within and outside the classroom. Excursions to Darwin, Adelaide, Perth and Mistake Creek, reported in this newsletter, have supplemented classroom learning as reported in the Work Completion reports for Year 10 & 11 students, posted home with this newsletter. Please discuss these reports at home and contact Mentors & Teachers direct should you have any queries or concerns. Year 12 students are completing Stage 2 courses, assessment tasks and commencing revision in preparation for Year 12 Trial Exams held during the first week of Term 4 (10 -14 October) and Year 12 (Stage 2) Final Exams soon after. All Year 12 students and their families are invited to our annual Big Lunch In activity on Friday 4 November, commencing 12 noon in the Year 12 Study Centre. This activity celebrates and showcases the learning and progress our Year 12 students have made over their three years at Centralian Senior College. Students of all year levels are encouraged to achieve to the highest standard they can and access the great support available outside the classroom, to complete assessment tasks and homework, at the College Study & Enrichment / Homework Centre. Staffed by teachers and tutors, the Homework Centre operates 3-5pm, four afternoons a week, from Monday to Thursday, with afternoon tea and a bus ride home provided. Each year the NT Department of Education requests all parents, carers, students and staff to participate in the annual School Perception Survey. This survey is a vital tool to assist with our college improvement program. Students have submitted their surveys online at school during Mentoring. Many parents with email contact addresses have already completed the survey online – thanks for your input. For those families without email contact, enclosed with this newsletter is a paper copy of the 2017 Parent Perception Survey. Please complete this paper copy and return it to College Reception via your student. The survey takes around ten minutes to complete, with your input most valued. Should we have missed receiving your survey response through the email contact collection, please contact Reception (P: 8958 5000) for a paper copy to be bought home by your student for completion. Thanks in anticipation of receiving your valued input from the School Surveys.
Tony Collins – Principal
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Text messages & attendance It is important that students are attending school regularly in order to keep up with the demands that senior school brings. Thank you to those parents who are notifying the school and replying to the SMS messages which are sent to alert you to your child’s absences during the day.
Late arrivals
Students arriving at school after the commencement of the day need to sign in and provide a specific reason, such as “late because the car broke down” or “late because I slept in”. When a reason is given students are marked as a notified absence up until the time they sign in and no text message will be sent.
However, students who provide no reason are marked as an un-notified absence until the time they sign in and a text will be sent. You are welcome to send a note with your child in regards to absences which will be processed by reception staff.
Students signing out
If a student needs to sign out for appointments or some other reason, they do require parental permission by means of a note or phone contact with the school. Those students who have no permission, that the college is aware of, will be marked as an un-notified absence for the lessons missed and a text message will be sent to parents. Nadine Branagan Home Liaison Officer
Term 3 100% Attendance Awards The following students received an award for 100% attendance during the first four weeks of Term 3. Well done and keep up the great work (and enjoy a movie on us).
Year 10 Emmanuel Adenji George Askew Cameron Braedon Angel Cameirao Aldrich Cloete Isobel DeGraff Samuel Druce Thi Anh Nguyet Duong Amelia Findlay Cody Flanagan Bradley Greenfield Kenneth Habunite Brianna Hughes Kowmini Janappriya Brianna McSweeny Corey Mueller Nelson Satour Jack Silver Matthew Vignoni
Year 11 Pee Jay Cabale Keiffer Clarke Skye Lander Neil McCallum Miguel Pinela Braga
Year 12 Brody Mossop Blessing Oyedokun Jaidyn Stanton Robbie Willie
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Charles Darwin University’s Aspire Program
Students, currently in Years 10 and 11, can apply now for Aspire Travel Grants. A travel grant can be used for travel and accommodation costs for students and an accompanying adult to travel to Darwin to attend CDU Open Day.
You can obtain the Aspire Travel Grant application form from Mark Goonan [email protected] or phone 8958 5000.
Applications to be submitted by 31 September 2016, for travel during 2017.
Are you in year 12 and considering your future after high school?
Let CDU know your thoughts, then enter your details for your chance to win one of two $1000 gift cards.
Terms and conditions can be found on the web page
http://schools-engagement.cdu.edu.au/school-leaver-survey
Participation closes 30 September 2016.
2017 College Awards & Year 12 Presentation
Evening will be held at the Araluen Arts Centre on Wednesday 30 November from 7.00pm
Year 12 Formal
The Year 12 Class of 2017 will hold their gala event at the Alice Springs Convention Centre
on Friday 2 December, commencing 6pm. Tickets will be on sale in the near future.
Year 12 student Jaidyn Stanton, pictured here with instructor Charlotte Geer, graduating from
the CAAMA Amplify program. The 15 week program teaches students the skills for being a
radio presenter. Well done Jaidyn
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College Recycling Program For over three years, the College has been recycling drink containers to decrease the amount of rubbish going to the tip and to enable the used containers to be made in to other products. This year the Senior Workplace Practices class is managing the program and with the funds raised through cashing in the drink containers, they have arranged for the College to sponsor a child from Nepal. Nepal is a country to the north of India and the home of Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Binjana is 12 years old and there are nine people in her family. She lives in Maharaigurj (see red dot), a village of about 16,000 people who are mainly farmers and people who own small shops. Many people struggle to make ends meet and the inability of families to pay for their children’s health and educational needs leads to many challenges including a high primary school drop-out rate and early marriage. The students are hoping that by sponsoring Binjana and helping her family to pay her expenses and keep her in school that she will achieve a higher level of education and not be forced to marry at a young age. Learning Central Year 12 class
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Skills Employment Careers Expo 2016 provided a fantastic opportunity for all of our Years 10 to 12 students to explore their tertiary study, training, career and job options with 58 exhibitors. They included specialists from a wide range of industries and occupations, to companies offering jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships. Representatives from universities and training providers were able to answer questions about higher education or training options. Our students took full advantage of finding out about how to achieve their career goals or finding out about career paths they had not yet considered. University Presentations & Industry Visit – 3 & 4 August Following the Expo, Nicolle Hancock (Flinders University) and Nita Soldic (UniSA) spoke to all year levels about what going to university is like and the student services available. Career information sessions were well attended by interested students. Presenters included Tessa Rochfort (International College of Hotel Management), Jess Molloy (Group Training NT), Joanne Sariago (Australian Apprenticeships NT) and Amanda Connor (Central Australia Health Service). Barbara Baugh (Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts), provided audition experiences for students thinking about music, dance and drama courses. Jobs - 2017 NTG Traineeship and Indigenous Traineeship Programs Information about full time and school based traineeships is available online http://www.careers.nt.gov.au/starting-career/Pages/tep.aspx Applications close Friday 16 September 2016. Jobs - Maxima Indigenous School Based Traineeships Seeking applications from current Year 10’s:
• ANZ Info & Applications: https://maxima.com.au/banking-careers/anz-bank/ • NAB Info & Applications: https://maxima.com.au/banking-careers/nab/
Jobs - GTNT Vacancies QUALIFICATION STATUS INFORMATION
Certificate III in Business
Full Time This Business traineeship is based in the Sales Department of the Centralian Advocate. Successful applicant will be require to have a drivers licence and have strong communication skills. You will be required to sell the services of the Centralian Advocate.
Certificate III in Business
School Based Traineeship for 2017
The Commonwealth Bank are currently looking for a School Based Trainee to commence in 2017. Successful applicant must be undertaking year 11 in 2017. This is an indigenous identified position.
Certificate III in Business
School Based Traineeship
Zodiac Business Services are looking for a School Based Trainee to work 2 days a week. Successful application will learn the various operations of Zodiac Business Services. This is an indigenous identified position.
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University Applications
Applications are open for university courses starting in 2017. To avoid paying late fees, students must check their key dates for submission on each Admission Centre website: Name of Admissions Centre
State covered Contact details
Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre
Queensland www.qtac.edu.au
South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre
South Australia and Northern Territory
www.satac.edu.au
Tertiary Institutions Service Centre
Western Australia www.tisc.edu.au
Universities Admissions Centre
New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
www.uac.edu.au
University of Tasmania Tasmania www.utas.edu.au Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
Victoria www.vtac.edu.au
2017 Tertiary Scholarships Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust
Helping the children and grandchildren of ex-service men and women to a better future through tertiary education. Applications close 31 October 2016 http://www.avcat.org.au/scholarships/ C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship The 2017 C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship opens on Monday 5 December 2016 and will close on Friday 6 January 2017. Information about the C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship and an application form are available at www.hawkerscholarship.org Charles Darwin University Scholarship applications for Semester 1 2017 will open in October 2016.
• CDU Scholarships http://www.cdu.edu.au/student-central/scholarships • Non-CDU Scholarships http://www.cdu.edu.au/student-central/scholarships/external-
scholarships Charlie Bell Scholarship https://www.rmhc.org.au/our-programs/charlie-bell-scholarship One grant of $5000 is awarded in the Territory each year to help fund vocational or tertiary studies. Applicants must be 15 to 20 years old who are being treated, or have been treated for a serious illness, are eligible to attend a tertiary or vocational institution next year, and have a drive to succeed in their chosen career. The closing date for is 30 September 2016. https://www.rmhc.org.au/sites/default/files/rmhc_charlie_bell_scholarship.pdf For more information contact Leanne Williams, Education Coordinator Northern Territory, telephone 8901 1328 or email [email protected].
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Country Education Foundation of Australia
• Scholarship Guide http://engage.cef.org.au/page/18/scholarship • CEF Grants http://engage.cef.org.au/directory/foundation/41/central-australia • Survival Guide http://engage.cef.org.au/survival-guide/ – tips, resources and links to
scholarships worth thousands of dollars, at over 20 universities. Earth Sciences / Mining / Petroleum Scholarship 2017 Minister for Mines and Energy is offering a Scholarship for a young Territorian to undertake university study in earth science, mining or petroleum engineering or metallurgy. For more detailed information about the Scholarship and how to apply visit www.nt.gov.au International College of Hotel Management (ICHM) http://www.ichm.edu.au/
• Australian Scholarships 2017 closing date: 7 October 2016 • Career Week 2016: 26 – 30 September
Contact your Career Adviser, Ann Goodwin, or ICHM for applications [email protected] Le Cordon Bleu www.lecordonbleu.com.au
• VET & undergraduate degree programs • Food Entreprenuership – Bachelor of Business (Food Entrepreneurship) • Young Entrepreneur Scholarships – for entry into the Bachelor of Business (Hotel
Management, Restaurant Management) and Food Entrepreneurship programs http://www.cordonbleu.edu/australia/scholarships-australian/en
Northern Territory Government
https://nt.gov.au/learning/student-financial-help-and-scholarships The Good Universities Guide
• Funding your education http://www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/Support-Centre/Funding-your-education#.V76T2Pl94dU
• Scholarships and financial assistance http://www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/Support-Centre/Funding-your-education/Scholarships-and-financial-assistance#.V76Tnfl94dU
University of Adelaide These scholarships, as well as many others funded by industry and non-profit organisations, are available to potential and currently enrolled students http://www.adelaide.edu.au/scholarships/ University of Melbourne (UOM) http://www.unimelb.edu.au/
• Year 12 Alice Springs students are eligible for Access Melbourne Scholarships futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships
• Faculty Scholarships coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au • Residential Scholarships colleges.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/financial-
assistance.html University of New South Wales (UNSW) https://www.unsw.edu.au/
• UNSW Scholarships – information on the wide range of scholarships available for high school leavers via online application www.scholarships.unsw.edu.au
University of Southern Queensland Increase your chances of success by applying for all scholarships that you’re eligible for http://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships
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Champions for Change workshop – Butterfly Foundation On the 10th August, five students from our Year 10 & 11 Drama class attended the Champions for Change Youth Day run by the Butterfly Foundation. The workshop bought together students from various schools to share views and ideas on how they could promote positive body confidence within their school community. Centralian Senior College students did a great job as reflected in this feedback from the workshop facilitator “You should be very proud of your students who showed themselves to be very articulate and aware of the positive difference they can make in their school community.” The students are now using the information and insight they gained from the workshop to create physical theatre pieces that will respond to the key themes and pass on the messages of the workshop within the College. Students also developed these social media guidelines (see below) to assist young people to manage the impact of social media on their lives and wellbeing. How to decrease TRIGGERS
• Block, unfollow and report negative, hurtful and nasty content. • Offer advice, help and encouragement. • Decrease time spent on social media. • Make a decision not to look at the things you do not like. • If you see things that offend you, simply do not engage with it and remove it from
your feed. • Don’t talk smack – think before you post. • Do not post what you would not say in real life. • Question your reasons for posting pictures and comments: remember, your value is
not related to appearance. • Check privacy settings on all Apps.
How to increase INSPIRATION
• React positively or do not react at all. • Share stories of victory and those that make you believe in yourself. • Give encouragement to people for their achievements, talents and skills. • Follow the stuff that makes you feel great about who you are. • Look out for your friends and peers on social media, just as you would in real life. • Use social media to learn about other cultures, ideas and beliefs. • Share the funny stuff. • Show your own strength in character through what you post. • Share inspirational quotes.
Robyn Linsdell - College Counsellor E: [email protected] 2016 Centralian Senior College Health Expo
When: Monday 19 September 2016 – 11:30am to 1:10pm Where: Centralian Senior College shade area
The aim of the Centralian Senior College Health Expo is to celebrate the diversity of the College and community by promoting good health & wellbeing. This event provides an excellent opportunity to promote youth friendly aspects of you service to our entire college community. Through education, we work to encourage our students to be responsible for their own health and wellbeing by encouraging them to make responsible decisions about life style issues which include binge drinking, emotional and mental health issues, drugs etc.
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Not sure how to best support your child with their senior studies? How can you help them with their Homework? Are you worried about them meeting assessment deadlines? Encourage them to attend the Centralian Senior College Study and Enrichment Centre for all of the help they need. Many teachers, parents and students are feeling under pressure at this point in the academic year. It is critical for all students to ensure that they are up to date and doing the most that they can do to maximise their future opportunities by achieving excellent results. Assessment tasks are currently due or even overdue. I continue to be amazed by the enormous range of support mechanisms available to students. One of the most important resources is the Study and Enrichment (Homework) Centre at Centralian Senior College. It is available to EVERY student and runs four nights per week from 3.00pm to 5pm on Monday to Thursday inclusive. Teachers and tutors are on hand to provide assistance to students and access to computers and specialist areas. Hot and cold food choices are served for afternoon tea and the school bus provides transport home. All of this is absolutely free of charge. Please encourage your child to make full use of this wonderful facility. Students are free to attend as many or as few of the afternoon sessions as they need to in order to meet deadlines or catch up. Please encourage your child to attend. Michelle Francis
Program Coordinator.
'Unbroken Land' - presented by Incite Arts in partnership with Red Hot Arts Central Australia
Stories of connection to nature, to this place, to our belonging. Get ready for a night of adventure and discovery! Join us for an evening wander through the beautiful Alice Springs Desert Park and discover local impressions of what it means to find home and belonging in Alice Springs. Local performers, artists, children and members of our diverse community will express their impressions of home and belonging in an unfolding journey through the natural environment. It is bound to be a unique event and no two journeys will be the same. Venue: Alice Springs Desert Park Dates: Fri 16, Sat 17 & Sun 18 September Audio description will be available on Saturday 17 Sept at 6.55pm Time: Café and gates open at 6pm Shows commence every 15 minutes from 6.40pm FREE event. Bookings essential: www.inctiearts.org.au
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Important Upcoming Dates for Stage 2 / Year 12 Students Wed 14 Sept English Studies Tutorial (Exam Preparation) 3-5 pm
Mon 19 Sept Assembly / Mentoring session - examination preparation
Tue 27 Sept Stage 2 Spanish Language Trial Exam 8:00am at Alice Springs Language Centre
3 Oct – 7 Oct Term Break
10 – 14 Oct Stage 2 Trial Exams held
Mon 17 Oct Stage 2 Spanish / Indonesian Oral Language Exams commence at Alice Springs Language Centre
Fri 4 Nov Friday 4 Nov - Student/Parent/ Teacher Big Lunch In celebration
Mon 7 Nov Stage 2 Final Exams commence
Wed 30 Nov Yr 12 Awards & Presentation evening – Araluen Art Centre
Fri 2 Dec Year 12 Formal – Alice Springs Convention Centre
2016 DESERT FESTIVAL Showcase Responding to the concept of place and belonging years 10 and 11 Centralian Senior College Visual and Creative Arts students have created a myriad of sculpted ceramic busts and photographic forms as part of the 2016 Desert Festival Unbroken Land showcase to be held at the Alice Springs Desert Park beginning Friday 16th September until the 18th of September. Each artwork expresses distinctive vision that creatively connected personalised identities to our nature world.
Judith Coverdale - Visual Arts Teacher
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Wow! What a way to end the week with Friday morning football, followed up with the Midterm awards lunch. At 9am the Clontarf Eagles participated in the Reclink Grand Final which saw 22 committed players don the Guernsey for both teams in an exciting brand of football which came down to the wire, with Reclink Roos winning by one goal. The midterm awards, after 5 weeks of polling points and votes for every activity you are involved with in the Clontarf program, was a fantastic success with 35 lads showing up for the lunch and brief discussion on how important it is to utilise the values you have with in Clontarf Academy.
Yr. 10 winner Cameron Braedon with 5 trainings, Yr. 11 winner Byron Cole with 5 trainings, 2 games, 1 camp & 3 activities = 37 points 2 games & 2 activities = 33 points Yr. 12 winner Jahkiem Holtze-Furber With 4 trainings, 1 game & 3 activities = 28 points
Darren Talbot & Ian McAdam Clontarf Mentors
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Rural Operations students visit Mistake Creek Station
We reached our destination of Mistake Creek \ Nelson Springs after camping at Daly Waters and driving for 24 hours over two days.
Beginning 6:00am on Sunday the 31st of July at CSC and reaching Daly Waters before sunset, we then set off for our final destination arriving at Mistake Creek before 5:00pm
Conducted by and with many thanks to Steven and his son Steve (Weebie) Craig from Nelson Springs / Mistake Creek Station (originally from the Alice Springs \ Tennant Creek area) for providing Low Stress Stock Handling, Horsemanship Schools P.S: Thanks to Danielle Brown from NT Department of Education for organizing the event and to Yulara for providing Richard as the head teacher who helped immensely. Shaun Murtagh - SESO (Special Education Support Officer)
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Year 11 Research Practices students visit Adelaide….
With the generosity of the NT Department of Education and the College, as well as with our parents dipping into their pockets, we, the Stage 1 Research Practices group were able to attend the SACE Research Project Expo in Adelaide. This trip was designed to enhance our knowledge of the Stage 2 / Year 12 Research Project subject and provide us with ideas to help us in understanding the Project. In Week 6 there is a Subject Selection Expo at CSC and we will be on hand to talk to other students about this subject option. While in Adelaide we also received exclusive tours of three major Universities. Each university tour included an extensive amount of information about the courses and possible careers they offer, however, we were a lot more astonished at the beautiful and unique aesthetics of each university. We also visited Adelaide Pathology and the Adelaide Institute of Business and Technology. It was inspirational to have this opportunity. The Research Practices class would like to thank Mr Collins for seeking financial support from the NT Education Department for this trip, and also the College for contributing to our funding. We’d like to say thanks also to Mr Ken Davies who approved the funding from the Department – and our parents who also supported this trip. Finally, thanks to Mr John Cooper who gave up his time to support our teacher Ms Channing.
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Year 10 ASPIRE excursion to Darwin Before the final session at Charles Darwin University our groups considered what they had accomplished and how they had worked together on the trip. On Day One students had set themselves short term goals about communicating, helping each other out, working together, being responsible, growing new friendships, looking out for each other, including everybody, being on time, down to “Don’t take too long in the shower!” Jane Hunt, Deb Batty, Emma Bugden and John Cooper joined twenty year ten students for the ‘Aspire’ trip to Darwin; to learn about community life on a university campus, what support systems there are, what living quarters are like, how lectures run, what do current students and staff say. “Is UNI for me?” Barry Jonsburg, novelist of teenage books, entertained us as he spoke of the long road to acceptance as an author before Ambassadors told their stories; Rikki, a young mum now close to completing her Engineering Degree, Mark having had several starts at courses, now studying law. Free choice of dinner at Casuarina Shopping Centre! Friday was the Berrimah Farm and Darwin Aquaculture Centre visits. Mixed reactions were reported about the smells, growing red & tastier apples and the “best” rice, but many were impressed by; the sea cucumbers, clams, golden snapper, barramundi, algae growing and fish dissection. The aquaculture theme continued when we fed fish at Doctor’s Gully next morning.
“It was fun when everyone on the bus chased Pokemon”,
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Lunch and shopping time at Casuarina Shops was welcome before packing for Club Tropical Resort. Dinner was at the Casuarina Club. At the official start to the Open Day, Emily was the lucky student, winning the door prize - a laptop! We heard three university students tell of their aspirations nearing fruition. Our students spoke of their discoveries at CDU noting; Chinese Garden, huge trees and lots of shade, holding a baby croc, psychology talk, Chefs and Bakers, play therapy, face painting, good food, all the reptiles, meeting lecturers, Oculous Rift (virtual reality system), Paw Patrol Performance. Tropical dinner at Mindel Beach concluded the day. Building an APP was the hands on opportunity at CDU next morning. Then it was off to the World War II Tunnels, the Wave Pool and finally dinner as the sun set at the Darwin Sailing Club. We assembled electric motors at the final CDU session as Rob, lecturer, gave information about the “Best” Engineering Degree in Australia. Exemplary behaviour, supportive and caring acts, intelligent questions, many opportunities for learning and fun with hard working adults are features that sum up the Aspire Trip 2016. Well done all.
Jane Hunt, John Cooper, Deb Batty & Emma Bugden
“I learnt a bit about history”
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Monsters on the Run
Monsters have been sighted around the college making the most of their location. These colourful characters just want to have fun learning how to be a monster. Strange noises can be heard down corridors and from behind doors.
‘Monster on the Run’ on display at Centralian Senior College during September
Judith Coverdale - Year 10 Visual Art Teacher