Kambrya NewsWeekly News Term 4, Week 2 2017

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Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week saw two major whole school events from the Arts Team. The first was our inaugural Kambrya’s Got Talent, which was the culmination of a series of lunchtime talent shows put on by each of our vertical sub schools. Nearly 400 students enjoyed the concert in the Gym, which featured a number of different acts including dancers, singers and musicians. Paige Reinheimer of Year 7 was crowned the winner with her incredible vocal talent. This was followed up on Thursday with our annual Arts Evening of Excellence, the 6th such event the College has held. Many talented visual artists had their work exhibited in our Gallery which was exhibited. Guests also enjoyed a stunning concert featuring the best of our drama, dance, music and media works from the across the year.

Kind Regards

Jo WastlePrincipal

Key Dates2017

Wednesday 25th October Year 12 Picnic Day

Friday 27th October School Tour 11.30am

Wednesday 1st - 24th November VCE Examination Period

Tuesday 7th November Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Monday 13th November Secondhand Book Sale - see details in newsletter

Tuesday 14th November First day of Commencement Program

Friday 17th November Year 12 Valedictory Cocktail Event

Friday 8th December Last day of Commencement Program

Monday 11th -Thursday 21st December End of Year Acitivities 2018 Year 8 - 10

students

Wednesday 20th December Presentation Awards Night

2018

Tuesday 30th January First day of Term 1 2018

Students Return

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ART NewsShrek the Musical

What an incredible journey this year’s production has been. Words simply can’t describe the feeling of see-ing 65 of our students come together to work both on and off stage and present to a collective audience of nearly 1,350 people across seven shows, the incredible show that is Shrek the Music.

Congratulations to all of our students who were in-volved. Thank you to the staff who gave up countless hours to bring this thing to life. And thank you to ev-eryone who came along to see the show, your support, claps, cheers and laughs were greatly appreciated!

Photos can never do live theatre justice, but I hope that this collection of photos can bring just a small sense of the show to you in this newsletter.

Backstage Crew Evian Deng, Ashley Coleen Chua, Aaron Lewis, Mat-thew Pritchard, Hannah Darcy, Lachlan Broadbent, Cordelia Meng, Patrick Hodge, Marianne De Nava, Dylan Barkwith, Shruti Patel

Technical CrewCoby Russell, Ian Teh, Callum Sweet, Mel Ramos, Myah Goode, Tom English, Rohan Zapanta, Zane Gifford,

Nathan Wright, Marcus Anson

Costume, Hair and Make Up CrewMia Fernando, Jazzy Kircher, Mel Ramos, Kira Walker, Emily Peipers, Indy Stevens, Kiara Matthews CastSienna Bucknell, Sarah Heitmann, Sarah Lewis, Matisse Hogarth, Nivani Naidu, Carter Hughes, Jade Tolra, Brodie Wright, Madison Haddad, Emily Felton, Taylor Close, Minuki Satharasinghe, Caitlin Gebbie, Eden Luczkowski, Himani Sehjal, Livinia Walden, Skye Mitchell, John Barnes, Thomas Ngo, Nathan Fernandes, Sofia Sanfilippo-Lago, Raghav Chib-ber, Mel Ramos, Zeke Millard-Stead, Sophie Weller, Joshua Jenkin, Charlize Smallwood, Olivia Brown, Tahl-ia Leederkerken, Tilly Watterson, Jacinta Kniese, Caifei Lin, Hans Teh, Jazzy Kircher, Somaya Hydari, Shae Quigley, Kourtnee Marsh, Tyeesa Abraham, Abigail Howley, Manulya Wijayawardhana

Production StaffDom White, Adrian Violi, Shannon Wilkinson, Tara Crivari, Steph Bell, Leya Mackus, Max Hardie, Shelley Holmes, Kim Wilkinson, Mark McQueen, Eileen Nesbitt, Grace Wong, Deb Russo, Belle Hannan, Cam Denham, Natalie Davies, Brad O’Dea, Bec Kent, Alex Harding

Cam DenhamProducer

Shrek the Musical

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ART NewsCasey Schools on Stage

On Thursday 7th September, we had 33 of the cast from our Production of Shrek the Musical venture to Hillcrest Christian College to participate in the annu-al Schools on Stage Competition. This is an annual competition run by the City of Casey for secondary schools, to showcase their performing arts depart-ment and in particular, perform some of their items from their respective school productions. This was our first year participating in the event, and we took two songs from Shrek, I Know It’s Today and Freak Flag.

Students conducted themselves very well during rehearsals and pre-show. Costumes were put on and make up was applied. Before long, it was time for us to take to the stage. Our students did a stellar job in their two songs, singing beautifully and executing cho-

reography expertly. By the end of the night, judging was complete and we sat both on stage and in our waiting room anxiously awaiting results.

Very excitingly, we were awarded the ‘Peoples Choice’ award, which was judged using the most scientific of methods – loudness of audience cheer. So a very big thanks to all who came to support us. Then to add to our excitement, the judging panel also awarded us ‘Best Song’ for the night, for our rendition of I Know It’s Today, performed by Emily Felton (Year 8), Sienna Bucknell (Year 8) and Sarah Heitmann (Year 12).

A very large congratulations to all students, and a heartfelt thanks to the staff who were involved.

Cam DenhamProducer

Shrek the Musical

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Environmental Team News

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E.T Crew (Kambrya’s Environmental Team)

To the school community

Welcome to the third ET newsletter!Our new team, the ET Crew, have had a successful start this year. Come along to any of our meetings which are held every second Tuesday in W2. Join the team!

We would like to share with you our work so far, our goals, and suggest some useful tips.

Do you care about the environment? Please raise awareness by sharing this article with friends and family.

Our Goals for 2017

1. Resourcesmart schools is a system based on modules and Stars. We aim to achieve at least one star this year. Our main focus is on the Core module and Waste reduction.

2. Energy: Our aim is to reduce our energy consumption by a minimum of 5% per student. 3. Recycling: Batteries, paper and other recyclables are being collected at central points in

around the campus, including the library and later years block. 4. Waste reduction: Pine offcuts are collected and used/sold.

Current Achievements: As part of the school masterplan, the waste management brochure has been approved

by the school council. Recycling bins throughout the school are a huge success thanks to the Darrabi class! Students from year 10 environmental science have under gone study on the biodiversity

environmental state of Kambrya College.

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Year 10 Studies: Kambrya’s Year 10 Environmental Science class assessed the biodiversity in Kambrya’s environment. The task was undertaken over six periods. The results showed that improvements are required to further drive our cause: Overall Kambrya ranks below average in its environmental state (49%, we should be

aiming above 75%). Kambrya scored high in having 25% of its grounds covered in understory vegetation. Kambrya has a 100% cover of organic litter in gardens. More than 5 logs and/ or rocks per hectare.

Goals to Achieve: Achieve a 75% or higher in Kambrya’s environment following the Biodiversity Quality

Assessment Guidelines. Act on the success of the waste management brochures approval so that the master plan

can succeed.

Tips for Parents:

Have students walk, bike, carpool, or ride the bus or public transportation. At home, turn down your thermostat 1-2 degrees in winter and up 1-2 degrees in

summer. Switch to low-energy lightbulbs, and get an energy audit from your local utility to conserve energy and reduce your bills.

Promote “green cleaning” at home and at school, use micro-fiber mops and cloths. Avoid PVC plastic for containers, cling-wrap, notebooks, pens, paperclips and other

office supplies, and other products. Avoid PVC or #3 on the product, often found next to the 3- arrow recycling symbol.

Purchase environmentally-friendly school and office supplies.

“Green Today, Greener Tomorrow”

- Our Motto

Come along to our meetings & join the ET Crew!

Sincerely, ET Crew

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2017 SECONDHAND SCHOOL TEXT BOOK SALE

Kambrya College is offering to sell textbooks on behalf of students, on Monday, 13th November, 2017 from 2.00pm until 7.00pm. Kambrya College is offering this service to parents - 100% of the sale money will go to the seller - Kambrya will not benefit financially.

As there are minimal changes to the booklist this year, all students in years 7-10 will be able to sell all textbooks for English, Maths, Science and Humanities.

There are only minimal changes at VCE level, so most year 11 and 12 books will also be able to be sold.Students are encouraged to bring their books to the library on 8th, 9th and 10th November to give staff time to get organized before the sale on Monday.

Any year 12 students going unscored may bring books to the library from 23rd October.

Workbooks can only be offered for sale if they are in new condition, no writing at all on any pages.Dictionary/Thesaurus/LOTE Dictionaries/German text and workbooks should be held onto for following year.

The value of the book will be determined by the school depending on the condition of the books. Books in good condition will be sold at 75% of new cost. Books that show signs of wear and tear will be sold between 50%-75% of original price (depending on condition).

PLEASE NOTE: We will only have EFTPOS facilities until 4.30pm. Any purchases after this time will be required to pay cash. If you can only pay by EFTPOS, we will hold your purchase until the next day when you will be able to pay. Once books have been paid for, bring the receipt to the library and the books will be given out.

UNSOLD BOOKS – Families will be notified of any unsold books by email or SMS. Unsold books will need to be collected from the library by 30th November at the latest. Any uncollected books will be deemed a donation to the school.

If you have any queries, please contact Jane Wilson in the Library.

Secondhand Book Sale