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Newsletter – 22 November 2013

CONTACT US: Centralian Senior College Phone: 8959 5500 Email: [email protected]

College update “Excellence in all that we do”

UPCOMING DATES

Thursday 28 & Friday 29 November Year 10 exams

Friday 29 November Year 12 Formal at Double Tree by Hilton – viewing from 6pm

Friday 29 November Last day Year 10 & 11classes

Tuesday 3 December Awards & Year 12 Presentation Evening from 7pm at Araluen Arts Centre

PARENT PERCEPTION SURVEY – please complete

To assist us with future planning, parents are asked to complete the Parent Perception Survey

available either:

- online at http://surveymonkey.com/s/2013parentcentSC

- or completing the paper copy included with this newsletter if posted home

- or collect from / phone Reception to have a paper copy of survey sent / posted home

Please submit electronically or send / post to Reception. Thanking you in anticipation.

http://surveymonkey.com/s/2013parentcentSC



Student Laptop Return Schedule

All laptops and chargers issued by the College to students must be returned to the IT Office by the following

dates:

Year 12 - by Friday 22 November (Week 7)

Year 11 - by Tuesday 26 November (Week 8)

Year 10 - by Friday 29 November (Week 8)

All laptops will be re-imaged with new system software over holidays, so all student data needs to be removed

before the laptop is returned. School work can be copied to the students X: Drive, however personal files

should be saved to the student’s personal storage device e.g. USB memory stick or Hard Drive.

Note: any personal items identified in students X: Drives will be removed during holidays. Laptops will be re-

issued early Term 1 – 2014.

CHOICES Road Safety Workshops for Year 11 students

Choices is a student workshop aimed at educating learner and provisional drivers at the senior years level on the issues young road users face by facilitating discussions on:

• the Safe Systems approach to road safety

• road safety statistics and facts

• the influencing factors of crashes

• the cost and consequences of crashes

• road user behaviour

• harm reduction strategies

The workshop run by Northern Territory Government, Department of Transport & Road Safety, Northern

Territory Police, Fire & Emergency Services, St John Ambulance and supported by the Department of

Education Choices comprised of two interactive, engaging sessions and focused on positively influencing

students’ choices as road users.

Emma Secombe – Health Promoting School Nurse



Clontarf Football Academy students part of Redtails team.

We are very proud of the achievements of three of our students and members of the Centralian Clontarf

Academy who are currently representing Central Australia with distinction, playing AFL football for the

Central Australian Redtails in the NTFL. Flying to Darwin next week, the trio Michealis McMasters, Aiden

Hill and Taryll Egan have all been solid contributors for the Redtails, with Michealis McMasters being

named amongst the team’s best players on several occasions. The Redtails have just two games

remaining this season which is a trial year for the club in the NTFL. We wish all three of our young men

good luck for the remainder of the season, keep up the great work fellas you’re doing a great job and

making us all very proud. Daniel Southern – Centralian Football Academy

Jacinta accepted into NAISDA!

Year 12 student Jacinta Braun has been accepted to study at NAISDA

(National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association) in 2014, which

has been her goal for a long time. Jacinta attended auditions in Sydney in

September and was recently informed that she has been selected.

A great achievement – well done Jacinta.

Congratulations to Trevor

While enrolled in classes at College, Year 11 student

Trevor Cook has also attended the Centre for

Appropriate Technology (CAT) and completed his

Certificate II in Automotive Servicing.

Due to his excellent work in his Certificate II studies

Trevor was nominated for and has won the 2013 Motor

Traders Association NT Indigenous Apprentice / Trainee

of the Year. Trevor attended the awards ceremony in

Darwin with his mother and received his award Tuesday

night from Minister Bess Price.

Congratulations Trevor on your fantastic achievement.

Robyn Linsdell – College Counsellor

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Shiloh wins National Summer Art Scholarship

Online Learning continues to grow in 2014

For the past year Centralian Senior College has made some subjects available online using CDU’s

Learnline system.* All Year 10 students in 2013 were involved in Learnline via their Stage 1 PLP classes.

Other subjects which utilised Learnline included Stage 2 Accounting & Tourism, plus Stage 1 English,

Accounting, and Psychology.

In 2014 we are expanding the number of subjects to include History, Science, Creative Arts and

Mathematics. The Learnline system allows students to access resources 24 hours a day via their

computers or mobile devices. Resources can include videos and other multimedia, video conferencing,

interactive quizzes, forums, required documents, summative and formative tasks, and online lessons.

Aside from being able to learn and work when away from school, students also gain experience in the

online university environment. As the use of online learning systems expand it opens up the possibility for

students in remote schools to enrol in subjects not otherwise available to them.

Students can log in directly or via the new CSC website opening in 2014.

*Learnline is part of the worldwide Blackboard Learning Management System and is also available via

apple and android apps. For more information please contact [email protected].

Gateways student Shiloh Jarrett has won a place at the National Summer Art Scholarship at the National Gallery of Australia for a week in January. She is one of sixteen Year 11 students selected nationally. Well done Shiloh.

Lucy Stewart – Gateways Teacher

World Teachers’ Day awards

At recent World Teachers Day function, Science teacher Tash

Colson won the Alice Springs Region Secondary Teacher of

the Year award. Principal Eddie Fabijan won the Regional &

NT Secondary Principal of the Year award.

Debra Batty & Debbie Welch were nominated for Regional

Support Staff of the Year award, as was Assistant Principal

Tony Collins for Teaching / Leadership of Indigenous

Education award.

Congratulations and thanks to all staff.

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Clontarf Football Academy supports NSW Bushfires Appeal

On Saturday 2 November, ten Centralian Clontarf students volunteered their time to raise money for the

NSW Bushfires Appeal by assisting in the loading and unloading of the lawn sale items onto trucks. It was a

great couple of hours and was greatly appreciated by Nicky Gallas the event organiser.

Brenden Petterson – Centralian Clontarf Academy

Carla wins CDU Hospitality & Tourism Scholarship

Hospitality World Skills

Year 12 Certificate III in Hospitality student Carla Molloy was recently

presented with the $3200 Luma Luma Holiday Apartments Hospitality

and Tourism Scholarship by CDU Director Central Australia Paul

Fitzsimons.

He congratulated Carla her commitment to further training – well

done Carla.

Congratulations to VET Hospitality students Maxim Buckley and Ashleigh Owen, who came second

and third in the recent Worldskills Australia Food and Beverage NT final in the CDU Desert Lantern

training restaurant. Students from Alice Springs filled the top three places in a competition designed

to highlight excellence among Territory high school students who are preparing for the hospitality

industry.

CDU Hospitality Lecturer in Hospitality Franco Mure said all students received positive feedback from

judges and customers. “They performed strongly under the combined weight of a real restaurant

situation, and industry judges, reflecting a high standard across the board.” Each student had to

fulfill eight tasks related to serving a three-course luncheon. The competition is designed to

showcase food and beverage service skills in school students preparing for the hospitality industry.



Attendance Award winners

Congratulations to the following winners of Attendance Awards for excellent attendance for the first month

weeks of Term 4

100% Attendance – winning vouchers & cinema tickets

Year 10 Jesse Hockney Adam Newland Aiden Vegera Jason Whitington

Year 11 Katherine Campbell Lee Willis Corey Sutton

95% and above attendance – winning cinema tickets

Year 10 Keahnu Bishop Bianca Brown Bridget Knight Emma Manuel Jaidyn Stanton Tyler Abbott Alexis Coleman Cameron Nadan Jasmine Anderson Justin Canning Michealis McMasters Jessie Schembri James Torres Zane Westover Victor Wisata Abadi Aleisha Linsey Claire Thomas Madlen Jones Ethan Liddle Krystal O’Brien Wendall Woods Year 11 Alessandra Pecorari Bonner Watts Caitlin Westphal Asha Sheke Anna Miers Lucinda Blom Seun Olaleye Zavier Fabijan William Laherty Lachlan Tilmouth

These awards were sponsored by Passport Program.

Tony Collins – Assistant Principal

Visit by award winning author Boori Monty Prior

On Monday Gateways students had a visit from Australian Children's

Laureate Boori Monty Pryor. Boori was born on Palm Island in

North Queensland and has worked in film, television, modeling, sport, music

and theatre-in-education. He has written several award-winning books with

Meme McDonald including Maybe Tomorrow, My Girragundji, The Binna

Binna Man and Njunjul the Sun. His picture book collaboration with Jan

Ormerod, Shake a Leg, won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for

Children's Fiction in 2011.

Boori told the students entertaining stories are about his life and how he

found strength within to deal with the challenges he faced in life.

What the students said: “he had a good attitude and good personality”, “he

was a good bloke” and very funny, very gentle and good to talk to.” Boori

talked about school and how he got bullied and was fighting every day

nearly and then he used words to fight with. He told us how important

literacy was, “he advised us to get on with life and take opportunities like

being at school” and “he told us that education is the most important thing.”

His visit was organised through the Australian Children’s Literature Alliance,

and has been facilitated by local author Ruth Jones.

Lucy Stewart – Gateways Teacher

Borri Monty Prior with

Year 10 student Nigel

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Carol Rebenque Michelle Carter

Matt Grant

The Stage 2 Art Students celebrated a year of hard work, with an Exhibition in the

Foyer. The show featured a variety of media and techniques, including Painting,

Photography, Digital Art, Drawing and Collage.

Year 12 Arts student Matt Grant thanked the dedication and support of teachers,

emphasizing the support he was offered to explore new techniques and challenge

his skills.

Local artist and Artist in School’s mentor Kateland Griffin gave an opening speech

complimenting students on the emerging talents and noted how students developed

their ideas and had come to some theoretical understanding about their concept,

engaging the community in issues that were very close to them.

Several student works were nominated by SA & NT Arts moderators to be exhibited

in the 2013/14 SACE Show in Adelaide and the NT equivalent 2013/14 EXIT Art Show

in Darwin. Works are chosen on the basis of the degree of their conceptualisation

and quality of their technical finish.

Students nominated for SACE Art Show were Matt Grant - Major 1 and 2, Taylor-ann

O’Brien - Major 1, Bethan Thomas - Major 2, and Carol Rebenque - Body of Work

EXIT Art Darwin selected artists Michelle Carter - Major 2, Dayna Dicks - Major 1

Visual Art and Major 1 Creative Arts.

We congratulate all students for the efforts and wish them well on their artistic

journeys. Judith Coverdale & Louise Dalton – Art Teachers

Bethan

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Taylor-ann

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Clontarf Football Academy Rewards Excellence

It was the “Night of Nights” on Wednesday 20 November as the Centralian Clontarf Academy hosted the

Clontarf Central Region Annual Awards Night.

A crowd of around 200 people including family members, school staff, Clontarf employees & partners,

sponsors and distinguished guests congregated in the theatrette to celebrate the outstanding achievements

made by the Clontarf Academy students in 2013 from Yirara College, Centralian Middle School and

Centralian Senior College academies. The master of ceremony duties were shared by three of the

Centralian Academy members Noel Kruger, Bonner Watts and Ronald Tilmouth who all spoke with great

confidence.

Awards were presented to Clontarf Academy members that displayed outstanding achievements over the

course of 2013 for the following categories:

Attendance: Michaelis McMasters

Academic Achievement: Liam Presley

Determination: Ethan Satour & Jarrod Cocker

Leadership: Noel Kruger

Clontarf Spirit: Lachlan Tilmouth & Bonner Watts

The night was also in honour of the nine young men that will graduate from Centralian Senior College on their completion of Year 12. We are extremely proud of Keelhan Armstrong, Jarrod Cocker, Ronald Tilmouth, Noel Kruger, Travis Long, Shane McMasters, Liam Presley, Jarrod Roberts and Ethan Satour. Their efforts throughout the course of the year were inspiring to all Academy members and staff alike and we wish them all the very best with their future endeavours. We are extremely confident that these fine young men are well equipped to take on the challenges of life that lay ahead. Well done fellas an amazing achievement. Another highlight of the night was no doubt the video production that was produced by Academy member Wendall Woods. On a very low budget and a very tight deadline Wendall produced a very light hearted and entertaining video that would make any seasoned producer envious. The video package highlighted the depth of the Clontarf program covering all of the key learning areas Education, Employment, Well-Being, Leadership and Football. A career at Imparja awaits Wendall. As another year comes to a close it was a very fitting way to reflect on what has been a sensational year at the Centralian Clontarf Academy and reward the outstanding achievements made by the young men in the Clontarf Family.

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