Avila Newsletter 22 February 2019

News
22 February | 2019 Inspiring today for tomorrow

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FROM THE Dr Michelle Cotter
PRINCIPAL
Principal

Exec. MBA, M.Ed. Leadership, M.Ed. RE, Post Grad.
Dip. IT, Post Grad. Dip. Adult Ed., Grad. Dip. RE, B.Ed

Chiara Smith As many of you will know, I like a cookie (or two) and I like a chat.
Fortunately the 2019 Year 7s have been kind enough to indulge
Co Captain me in the first series of a “Cookie and a Chat” in the Principal’s
office these past two weeks. It’s been great!
Alexandra Michael

Co Captain

35 Charles Street, The Cookies and other treats have kept the Avila People - students, teachers and support
Mount Waverley, energy levels up for the awesome “chats”. staff just being visible around the community
Victoria 3149 and always willing to smile, lend a hand or
T 03 9831 9600 I have discovered much about who has come provide directions.
avila@avilacollege. from where, who else they came with or how
vic.edu.au they coped with being a solo Avila adventurer It’s that Avila spirit of community and a vision
avila.vic.edu.au on the first day (everyone I’ve met seems for being “Better Together” that has been
connected to at least one other person by observably evident in classes and at break
Avila College now so they are solos no more!). times, in whole school gatherings and in the
acknowledges the more subtle ebb and flow of daily school
Wurundjeri people, The most frequently shared response to the life. Thank you to all who are continuing to
the traditional third of my “compulsory questions” over our foster our school community spirit, pride
custodians of the shared morning tea - “what’s your favourite in ourselves and in others and who are
land on which the thing about Avila so far?” - has been a great committing to individual excellence - we are
College is built. joy, but not a surprise. indeed Better when we are Together on our
learning journeys.
2 Many, many, many Year 7s have told me their
favourite part so far is “THE PEOPLE”. Happy Learning!

Dr Cotter

Prayer

Micah 6:8 calls us to:
“act justly, love mercy
and walk humbly with
our God”.

Nano Nagle in her work
was seeking to help
others and be the face of
Christ for all those she
encountered. She had a
strong sense of building
community and a vision
for a better tomorrow.

Lord God,

Help us to discover our
gifts. Inspire us to invest
in them and to work
together as a community.
May we reflect you in all
that we do and use all
that we are to better our
world.

Amen.

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FAITH Ms Carmela Marino
& MISSION
Director of Faith and Mission

[email protected]

Opening School Mass and
2019 Leaders Commissioning

“I am the vine; you are the branches” John 15:5

Mietta Busscher

Faith & Mission
Captain

Monique Mason

Faith & Mission
Vice Captain

Clare McMorrow

Reconciliation Captain

Tiara Chandraratne

Reconciliation Vice Captain

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Faith and
Mission
Important
Dates

Sunday's Gospel
Reading

Sunday 24 February
Luke 6: 27–38
Be merciful as your
Father is merciful.
Sunday 3 March
Luke 6: 39–45
A person speaks
from what is in his
heart.
Friday 22 February
Feast of the Chair of
St Peter, Apostle
Saturday 23 February
Memorial
of St Polycarp
Friday 1 March
World Day of Prayer
Tuesday 5 March
Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday 6 March
Ash Wednesday
Sunday 10 March
First Sunday of Lent

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Year 12
Reflection Day

Year 12 students spent the day at St Joseph’s
reflecting on their own self journey and the place
God and spirituality have in their lives.

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LEARNING & Ms Leah Eekelschot
TEACHING
Deputy Principal Learning & Teaching

[email protected]

Ms Klara Baka

Director of Learning & Teaching

[email protected]

Prakashika Ravi Parent-Student-Teacher
Interviews - Term One
Learning Captain
The Parent-Student-Teacher Meetings provide opportunities
Stephanie Skafidas for students, parents and teachers to reflect on learning and
to work together to develop strategies to enhance student skill
Learning Vice Captain development and knowledge.

8 Booking Your Meeting Meeting Locations

• Bookings will open for this semester’s All Parent-Student-Teacher Meetings are
Parent-Student-Teacher Meetings on 1 held in the Hall with the exception of a few
March. teachers whose surnames commence with
a letter towards the end of the alphabet
• Parents need to make bookings using located in the front (stage area) of Bunjil.
the Parent Access Module (PAM).
Meeting Length
• All parents should have their user
names and passwords for PAM. Interviews are only five minutes long. If
a longer appointment is required, please
• If parents are unsure of their PAM identify a suitable alternative time to chat
details, they may ask their daughter to with a specific teacher during the five minute
retrieve them via a link on their Learning interview. Each teacher will have many
Management System: SIMON. parents to meet with at the Parent-Student
Teacher Meetings so parents are asked to
Early Dismissal assist teachers by being aware that only five
minutes are allocated.
Please note that classes for students will
conclude at 1:10pm on Parent Student-
Teacher Meeting days.

How to book for your
Parent-Student-Teacher
Interviews on PAM

Thursday 28 March | 3:30pm - 8:30pm
Monday 1 April | 3:30pm - – 8:30pm

Step One
> Log on to PAM
> https://pam.avila.vic.edu.au

Updated Policies
implemented in 2019

Homework and Late – work Policy Step Two
> Click on Parent Teachers Interview
In 2018 the College staff underwent extensive consultation and
review of two policies in the area of Learning and Teaching; the link on top right hand corner
Homework and Year 7 - 10 Late Work Policy in order to align with
best practice drawing on a number of resources. Step Three
> Select Subject
Hence, updated versions of these are located on PAM. In order to > Select Time
support your daughter as we work together in partnership it is > Click on Book Now
important that parents familiarise themselves with these polices. > Print booking times

Key information:

The following guidelines are published as a reminder of what the
expectation is at Avila. If students are spending significantly more
than the recommended time on homework, parents may like to
check whether the student is unclear about the work set.

Encourage your daughter to speak with her teacher if unsure.
We seek parents’ support in encouraging the development of
responsibility, organisation and problem-solving skills in our
students.

It is recommended that students in Year 7-10 complete homework
five times per week following the guidelines below:

Year 7: 1 - 1.5 hours Year 8: 1 - 1.5 hours
Year 9: 1.5 - 2 hours Year 10: 2 - 2.5 hours

It is recommended that students undertaking VCE studies
complete the following amount of homework per week:
Unit 1/2: 3 - 4 hours per subject per week
Unit 3/4: 4 - 5 hours per subject per week

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Ms Leah
Eekelschot

Deputy Principal
Learning and
Teaching

Meet our Deputy Principal
of Learning and Teaching

Learning Captain Prakashika Ravi and Learning Vice Captain
Stephanie Skafidas recently spent some time getting to know
Avila College’s new Deputy Principal, Ms Leah Eekelschot.

Ms Eekelschot went to a girls’ If you would have one superpower
school and really enjoyed her what would it be?
education because it provided
“many opportunities to pursue a “I would love to read other peoples’ minds,
variety of interests.” as it would help me to support student
learning. If you could find out what students
It inspired her passion for “learning were thinking I could really target the
and education for young girls” learning to cater for each individual”.
and fostered a deep interest in
technology and problem solving. What team do you barrack for?
Aside from that Ms Eekelschot has
an interest in the theatre, tennis and “I have been barracking for the Matildas, the
80’s music. women’s soccer team because I love Sam
Kerr and seeing her kick a goal and doing a
backflip”.

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Favourite subjects at school? “I really enjoy working
with other people and
Ms Eekelschot admits that she “went to school quite sharing ideas as a group.
some time ago and we had nowhere near the amount It is a great strategy to
of subjects that Avila girls are able to engage in” but improve your knowledge”
nominated Economics, Biology, History and Maths as her
favourites. As a Deputy Principal what would you like to input into
the Avila community?
What subjects do you teach as a teacher? “I would like to input my enthusiasm and my positive can-
do attitude for girls. I really want to help girls here pursue
Ms Eekelschot has taught an array of subjects over her their goals and be successful with whatever they want to
time as a teacher, however in University she specialised do in the future.”
in Home Economics, “food technology and textiles as
well as Health and Human Development”, in addition to As our theme for the year is ‘Better Together’, how are
Mathematics. you going to help fulfill our goal so we become better
together?
In recent years Ms Eekelschot has also has also taught “I really like working with other people and believe
S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) collaboration is the key to being successful in whatever
based subjects and has worked with students, using 3D you do in life.”
printers, drones and coding. Ms Eekelschot hopes to encourage and support others to
collaborate and achieve their goals.
How do you like Avila so far? “Part of making that happen in schools is ensuring that I
do go around and listen and talk to students, teachers and
“I have to say that I have been really impressed with the parents and find out what can we do collaboratively to
students at Avila and how welcoming they have made me make things better together.”
feel as a new teacher to the school.”
Ms Eekelschot and her vision and commitment
Do you have any preferred learning techniques to being “Better Together” is inspiring and we
or ways to teach? can’t wait to work with her throughout the year,
implementing new strategies, techniques or
“My favourite way of learning has always been to initiatives throughout the year to better improve
collaborate. I enjoy working with other people and sharing learning. We hope to also see her at Creative
ideas as a group. It is a great strategy to improve your Arts and the Avila Mazenod Musical and perhaps
knowledge as everyone has something to offer”. even a little boogie to 80’s music on Avila Day.

What drew you towards Avila College?

“I chose Avila because I’m a strong believer in girls’
education. I saw there was a strong focus here on building
a girl’s capacity to be successful in the future and it really
appealed to me”.

As Ms Eekelschot researched Avila College she learned
more about our patron saint, St Teresa and Nano Nagle,
and their beliefs resonated strongly.

“Nano Nagle, her story and the way she worked to
empower and educate girls and St Teresa of Avila’s
commitment to prayer and a prayerful life really appealed
to me. Their legacy gives an indication of the culture and
values of the College. They really aligned with what I felt
and can hopefully contribute to students”.

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High Achievers Assembly

Celebrating the Class of 2018

At the High Achievers Assembly on Tuesday 5 February, we welcomed back to the
College and celebrated our high achieving 2018 VCE and VCAL students.

We celebrated and acknowledged students who achieved accomplished musician and pubic speaker and she has
outstanding ATAR scores of 90 and above, those students made our community very proud.
who attained the highest study score in their subject and
our VCAL High Achiever. Students who have attained an Congratulations Jessica Satya Graha on your outstanding
ATAR of 90 or above are deemed to be in the top 10% of all ATAR of 99.7.
students who have completed Year 12 in a particular year.
Avila College students performed well in 2018 with 15% of VCAL High Achiever
our students being ranked in this top 10% group.
Congratulations to our 2018 Year 12 VCAL High Achiever
Avila College DUX 2018 who was recognised by the state Governor General at a
reception in January. Teagan was recognised as performing
Our College DUX of 2018 is an outstanding young woman in the top 10% of VCAL results in the state. Teagan is
who has certainly taken up every single opportunity continuing her studies at Holmesglen Institute completing
that Avila has provided during her time here. She is an a Diploma of Nursing. Well done and we wish you well in
your future studies.
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High Achievers Assembly

Avila College congratulates:

Angelica Rigopoulos 90.25 Emma Woolley 92.9 Dinelle Hettiarachchi 94.5
Isabella Marotta 90.6 Emma Favaro 92.9 Jacinta Bonaddio 95.6
Anna Ngo 90.6 Hannah Krasovec 93 Elena Goss 95.7
Olivia Thurston 91.1 Hannah Petrie 93.15 Sashenka Justin 96.35
Theresa Avice 92 Sarah Braham 93.5 Michala Jean 97.25
Maria Yeo 92.25 Maggie Jiang 93.55 Kiran Kottakkal 99.2
Ellie Kleins 92.3 Sophia Grubnic 93.8 Jessica Satya Graha 99.7
Vicki Andritsos 92.4 Jade Morgan 93.95
Tyana Arhondis 92.6 Kate Tidswell 94

Avila College also congratulates those students who attained
the highest score in their VCE unit 3 & 4 subject

LEGAL STUDIES Vicki Andritsos PSYCHOLOGY Chloe Luk

LEGAL STUDIES Tyana Arhondis ITALIAN Isabella Marotta

GLOBAL POLITICS Tyana Arhondis LEGAL STUDIES Isabella Marotta

PRODUCT DESIGN Theresa Avice AGRICULTURAL & Ellie Masters
AND TECHNOLOGY HORTICULTURAL STUDIES

STUDIO ARTS Theresa Avice ACCOUNTING Jade Morgan

CLASSICAL STUDIES Charlotte Boylan BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Jade Morgan

DRAMA Alexandra Chant GEOGRAPHY Hannah Petrie

HEALTH AND Emma Favaro FURTHER MATHEMATICS Hannah Petrie
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
FOOD STUDIES Lauren Profeta

FRENCH Elena Goss GREEK Angelica Rigopoulos

LEGAL STUDIES Elena Goss PHYSICAL EDUCATION Angelica Rigopoulos

LITERATURE Sophia Grubnic CHEMISTRY Jessica Satya Graha

RELIGION AND SOCIETY Dinelle Hettiarachchi INDONESIAN SECOND LANGUAGE Jessica Satya Graha

AGRICULTURAL & Madelyn Janky SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS Jessica Satya Graha
HORTICULTURAL STUDIES
MATHEMATICAL METHODS Jessica Satya Graha

MUSIC PERFORMANCE Liyara Jayamanne JAPANESE Adele Seah

STUDIO ARTS Michala Jean BIOLOGY Mia Sinclair

VISUAL COMM DESIGN MIchala Jean HUNGARIAN Gabriella Svak

PHYSICS Sashenka Justin LEGAL STUDIES Olivia Thurston

STUDIO ARTS Carly King RELIGION AND SOCIETY Charlotte Wik

CHEMISTRY Kiran Kottakkal LITERATURE Emma Woolley

ENGLISH Kiran Kottakkal CHINESE SECOND LANGUAGE Anna Zhang

HISTORY REVOLUTIONS Hannah Krasovec

KOREAN SECOND LANGUAGE Michelle Lee

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Design Technology

Year 9 students studying Garment Construction
started the year with our new computerised
sewing machines featuring speed control, led
lighting and 30 built-in stitches.

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STUDENT Ms Janine Bauman
WELLBEING
Deputy Principal Students

[email protected]

Mrs Anne Stephens

Director of Student Wellbeing Yr 7-9

[email protected]

Anna Marvelli

Director of Student Wellbeing Yr 10-12

[email protected]

Welcome to Term One

Claudia Chmielewski As we start Term One, we welcome returning students,
new students and especially our Year seven’s. Parents play a
Wellbeing Captain vital role in guiding the decision making of their daughter and
they do this far more effectively if they are aware of expectations.
Anna Zhang
Parents are advised to take time to read Up to Date Information
Wellbeing Vice Captain through the information on SIMON under
School Links, Student Policies, and all Please ensure that the most up to date
Michaela correspondence from the College as it is information is provided on your daughter’s
Jansens Ter Laeck assumed that parents are aware and support CareMonkey profile page.
these expectations.
Student Representive In particular we ask for your current contact
Council Captain Open and transparent communication is details and that you have supplied an
important in ensuring a strong partnership emergency contact number of someone
Madelyn Janky between home and school. who can come to the College to pick up your
daughter, should the need arise.
Student Representive Should you have pastoral care inquiries/
Council Vice Captain concerns please contact your daughter’s If your daughter has had a change in her
Homeroom Teacher as a first point of health status, please ensure that you contact
16 reference followed by her Level Co-ordinator. Cathy Angus or Kerri Stiles, College Nurses,
as soon as possible and provide them with
Queries regarding progress in a particular information about health care.
subject are best addressed to the subject
teacher, Curriculum Leader or the Director We want to be proactive in caring for your
of Learning and Teaching. daughter and can only do this if we have the
correct and up to date information.

Events

Parent Evenings have been running across the
first three weeks of this term.

These nights provided an opportunity to meet
your daughter’s new Homeroom Teacher,
understand the learning and wellbeing focus for
the year, hear from guest speakers, and meet
other parents.

If you missed this opportunity please contact
your daughter’s Homeroom Teacher.

The holidays have come to an end As a parent you might also have • Normalise feelings of uncertainty
concerns about these issues, and for your daughter.
Young people often have wonder whether your daughter will Tell them its ‘ok’ to feel a little
mixed feelings about have the skills and confidence to anxious.
starting or returning to manage them. These feelings are
secondary school. completely normal. • Ensure they eat breakfast each
day so that they have the energy
Some tell us that they are excited Here are some simple tips to support to focus on their studies.
about making new friends or catching your daughter:
up with old ones, the thrill of starting a • Encourage them to do homework
new subject and having new teachers. • Be supportive and available and revise their in-class material
Provide your daughter with so that they don’t fall behind
Whilst others report being nervous opportunities to discuss in their academic progress. Be
about learning new routines, not fitting concerns with you. Rather than available in case they have any
in, making new connections or keeping rescuing them, help them think questions.
up with the workload. of strategies to overcome these
challenges. .

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Introducing the Student
Wellbeing Team for 2019

Deputy Principal Director of Student Director of Student
Students Wellbeing 7-9 Wellbeing 10-12

Janine Bauman Anne Stephens Anna Marvelli

Year 7 Co-ordinator Year 8 Co-ordinator Year 9 Co-ordinator

Please Cherilynne Kingston Elizabeth Fuller Marina Kelly
contact
your Year 10 Co-ordinator Year 11 Co-ordinator Year 12 Co-ordinator
daughter’s
Homeroom Sophie Clapperton Fiona Wright Clare Manning
Teacher
as a first College Counsellor College Counsellor College Counsellor Learning Enhancement and
point of Helen Tillinh Rachael Janssen
reference Donna Teekens Enrichment Co-ordinator
followed
by her Tracey Gannon
Level Co-
ordinator. Pathways Co-ordinator Careers Co-ordinator Health Care Nurse Health Care Nurse

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Peer Helpers

Ebony Johnson The 2019 Peer
Helper program is
Year 10 up and running,
and it is off to an
amazing start!

On Wednesday, 30th of January, the Peer Helpers
attended a training day, held at school. We learnt
and discussed ways to make the transition from
primary school to high school as smooth as
possible, for the newest members of the Avila
community.

We also brainstormed some new, fun In Year 7 homerooms, we have been We have been trying our very best to
ideas and activities for the Year 7’s. playing ‘get to know you’ games, and make all the girls feel at home, and
On top of that, we also played and have been trying to get to know the comfortable at their new school. The
learnt a couple of games, that we girls. Along with the homeroom visits, Peer Helper program so far has been a
could play with the Year 7 girls during the peer helpers have also been out success.
homeroom, to help them get to know on the oval during lunchtimes and
their classmates a bit better. recess. As the year goes on we will continue
to build lasting relationships with the
We understand that the first few We have been implementing activities Year 7’s, and, encourage them to get
weeks of school can be extremely such as skipping with the large involved in all the fantastic activities
daunting and nerve-racking for many skipping rope and kicking a football and opportunities Avila has to offer.
new students. So, the Peer Helpers around. The Peer Helpers usually start
have been ensuring we have a large off the games, and the girls are a little
presence amongst the Year 7’s. bit cautious about joining in, but, by
the end of lunch there is a large group
We visit our assigned class twice of Year 7’s, all enjoying the activities.
a week.

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Student Leadership

Meet the 2019 Avila College Co-Captains

We realised Chiara In my spare time I love to play netball,
if we weren’t Smith and any other sport really! I like spending
together we time with my family and friends, especially
would not My name is Chiara, and I have anywhere where you can be on the beach
embody the the honour to be one of your and relaxing.
vision of the school captains this year!
Presentation In 2019, I’m looking forward to working as
Sisters, I’m very excited to be working alongside part of a cohesive team, with so many ideas
hence our Alex, and the leadership teams of both and enthusiastic people ready to take action.
theme Year 12 and the whole school. I’m also excited about the opportunity to
of Better work with the Avila community in so many
Together. We are inspired by our theme Better different ways, from having a chat at athletics
Together, and already realised, like Fr. Ralph or at the lunchtime orchestra rehearsals,
20 mentioned at the Opening School Year because we are of course, better together!
Mass, that two people or even more
working on the same case can achieve
remarkable results!

Alex to show people that just because I have issues when it
Michael comes to processing information, I can still do things that
everyone else can. I want to be a role model to young
My name is Alex. I’ve been here at Avila women about following their dreams and becoming
from 2014 when I started as little Year everything they can be.
seven. I am a creative soul and I have
been all my life When we were deciding on the theme, we focused on
two presentation values that we wanted to work with.
When I’m not working on my schoolwork or doing public We focused on Community and Vision for how we would
speaking events, I am usually curled up in a corner develop our theme.
somewhere with my notebooks or a sketchbook.
A big part of Avila is the community that we have here
Despite how I look when I speak out in public, I’m really and how that impacts our everyday life. The second part
kind of shy and awkward and I want to try my best to of the theme was thinking about where we came from.
improve on that.
The Vision of the Presentation Sisters for a school
My favourite subjects are by far English and Agriculture to teach young women to be change makers and
and Horticulture. I love being able to write essays and independent thinkers. That is something I think about
learning how to interpret ideas from texts, even when often when I just have time to reflect.
I’m not explicitly studying them for class. I enjoy the
break from the typical school life when I go to the In thinking about the Presentation Sisters’ vision for our
AgHort centre. I have a deep passion and love for animal school, we realised if we weren’t together we would not
welfare and AgHort offers me the opportunity to learn embody the vision of the Presentation Sisters, hence our
how to take care of animals and how to run a successful theme of Better Together.
business based in horticulture.
I am so excited for 2019 to be able to work with the
I do have a Specific Learning Disorder that at times amazing leadership team as well as my amazing partner
makes me a little slow to understand things, but I want Chiara and meeting all new people.

One of my personal goals for this year is to become
more confident in myself and be more open when I
am speaking to people. The leadership team has come
up with some goals for the entire school and I want to
embrace them for the year to the whole school and
fully embrace along with Chiara how we are all as a
community, better together.

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COMMUNITY Mr Justin Cash

Community Engagement Manager

[email protected]

Avila College is a busy learning community with a range of daily
activities and events. These include special interest groups, guest
speakers, excursions, rehearsals and sports training.

Kathryn College Calendar Year 7 Swim Day
Limeira-Beaton The Year 7 Swim Day (which was postponed
All students have recently received the Avila due to weather) has been rescheduled to
Sustainability Captain College Google calendar electronically that Monday 18 March. A new Care Monkey form
lists daily activities throughout the school. has now been issued for this event.
Dana Tomljanovic and VCE SAC due dates. Special Interest Groups
Avila has a number of special interest groups
Sustainability Vice Captain It is essential that students subscribe to this who run sessions during lunchtimes. We
calendar so they can stay up to date and encourage all students to get involved and
Georgia Miller are notified of any amendments. explore what is on offer.
Monday Lunchtime
Stage Crew Captain Care Monkey • Junior Drama Club
Tuesday Lunchtime
Lauren Karipidis Excursions and off-site activities provide • Reconciliation Group
valuable learning opportunities for all • Student Representative Council (SRC)
Stage Crew Vice Captain students. To ensure that student details are • Book Club
accurate (including any medical alerts) and • Sustainability Group
parents are informed, a Care Monkey form is • Wellbeing Group
issued for each student for each activity. • Art Club
Wednesday Lunchtime
Electronic consent is required for each • Quill and Ink Writers Guild
activity as verbal consent is not acceptable. Thursday Lunchtime
• Craft Club
Year 7 + Year 9 Camps
Year 10 Service and Justice

The Year 7 Camp at Marysville and Year 9
Camp at Eildon will run from Tuesday 12 -
Friday 15 March. At the same time, Year 10
students will be attending a Service and
Justice program.

Please ensure you have accepted the
Care Monkey form for camp and that your
daughter’s medical details are up to date.

Australia Day Honour

Former Avila student Dr Margaret Hellard was
awarded the Member (AM) of the Order of
Australia for significant service to medicine
as an infectious diseases and public health
physician and research scientist.

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Our Neighbourhood

Please be considerate to our For the safety of all students,
neighbours when arriving to, please use the specified
or departing from, school. We drop off areas and follow a
value their patience and good clockwise route when dropping
will, and acknowledge that off or picking up students in
Avila events create heavy traffic the morning and afternoon.
around their properties.

Stewart Street

St Albans Portsmouth Avila Calendar
Street Street

Thursday 7 March
SCSA Tennis

Friday 8 March
International Women’s Day Breakfast

Charles Street Tuesday 12 - Friday 15 March
Year 7 + Year 9 Camps
Year 10 Community Service

Avila College 2019 Tuesday 19 March
International Women’s Day Year 11 RE Excursion
Avila College Twilight Tours
Science,
Medicine, Wednesday 20 March
Women & Avila College Open Morning
Babies
Thursday 27 March
House Swimming Carnival

Thursday 28 March
Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews

Monday 1 April
Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews

SECONDHAND UNIFORM SHOP

Wednesday 27 February, 1-4pm

Guest Speaker AVILA COLLEGE
GENERAL OFFICE HOURS
Dr Fiona Brownfoot 8am - 4.30pm

Friday 8 March PLEASE CALL THE ABSENTEE
LINE BEFORE 10am
Avila College is proud to present Dr Fiona Brownfoot, on 9831 9696
Specialist Obstetrician, Scientist & Avila Alumnae

7.15am | Tickets $10 | trybooking.com/BAPES

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PUBLIC
SPEAKING &

DEBATING

Prabhloyan Gill

Public Speaking
& Debating Captain

Rachel Iwuagwu

Public Speaking
& Debating Captain

Clare McMorrow Youth of the Year

Year 12 On Sunday the 17th of February Chiara Smith
and I had the opportunity to compete in the
Lions Youth of the Year competition against
students from Huntingtower and Glen Waverley
Secondary College.

Chiara and I completed a comprehensive Chiara placed first overall and is now able to
30 minute interview with a panel of three progress to the zone finals in March.
judges, and put our public speaking skills (I placed third overall.)
to the test with two, 2 minute impromptu
speeches and one 5 minute prepared Thank you to all the teachers involved in
speech in front of Lions Club members, helping Chiara and I in our preparation
judges and family. through rehearsing speeches and conducting
mock interviews - it is greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to Chiara Smith. We all wish Chiara well in the next round.

Thank you to Sandy Blight and the Mt Waverley Lions
Club for the photographs.

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The Avila library is always a
buzz of activity. People sitting
on every space of floor, reading
a book, completing a puzzle,
playing Uno, or on their
macbooks.

The Avila
Library

Harriet Ransom and
Ella Thompson-Smith
Year 7

There is a book for everyone, fiction, non fiction, manga, There are plants all around, and a cute family of magpies
picture books, and many more. If you really love reading, that are very friendly. If you aren’t careful, they might steal
you can even join the book club! crumbs of your food!

The library is always full of the sound of chatter. It is a warm The library is a great place to read, make friends, talk, do
and inviting place, and if you want some peace and quiet, homework, relax and research. It has many great books, and
there are the silent study rooms, and the library garden. different board games to play.

There are comfy couches to read books on, and booths with The library is a very exciting place, and a very popular place
big desks to complete homework. to spend recess and lunch. We go there a lot, and it was
been a welcoming place on our first days of Year 7.
The library garden is a peaceful place to relax and read.

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DRAMA,
MUSIC & ART

Junior Drama Club

We’ve had an unprecedented turn-out to the first Junior
Drama Club Monday lunchtime meetings so far, and the girls
can’t wait to become involved in the junior item for the
Creative Arts Spectacular on Friday May 3rd.

The Drama Captains from Years 8-12 are having fun running the girls through their paces
with Drama games and keeping the large number of girls stimulated with their love of Drama.
The Year 10 Drama class have been working hard on scripting an entertaining Drama item
that will give the juniors an exciting opportunity to showcase their dramatic talents under
the big lights at the Besen Centre!

Charlotte Nunn

Art Captain

Hayley Cameron

Art Vice Captain

Chloe Smith

Drama Captain

Aliyah Thomas

Drama Vice Captain

Jade Judd

Music Captain

Emma Gare

Music Vice Captain

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Charlotte Nunn’s work selected for Tops Arts 2019

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Year 12 student and 2019 Art Captain Charlotte Nunn has had her artwork selected to be
exhibited in the prestigious Top Arts 2019. This exhibition showcases works of outstanding
art from students across Victoria who have completed Art or Studio Arts as part of their VCE
studies.
The exhibition will be hosted at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (in Federation Square)
and runs from 22 March – 14 July. Congratulations Charlotte!

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Orchestra
Camp 2019

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SPORT

Genazzano Swim Meet

The Avila College swim team made a splash at the first
competition of the year at the annual Genazzano Swim
Meet, placing fourth overall.

Tricia Cowan

Sport Captain

Sophie Gregson

Sport Vice Captain

Bridgette Roza

Chisholm Captain

Sarah Ang

Flynn Captain

Daniella Fischer

MacKillop Captain

Zoe Gifford

Nagle Captain

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Avila College Vaccinations in 2019

The Secondary School Vaccine Program offers free vaccines to Year 7 and 10 students.
These vaccines provide protection against: Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
(whooping cough) – one dose for year 7 students, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – two
doses for Year 7 students, Meningococcal A, C, W, Y – one dose for Year 10 students

Vaccine Consent Card Booklet Please contact the school by 28 Meningococcal ACWY vaccine for
February 2019 if you do not want your adolescents aged 15-19 years of age
Parents/guardians of Year 7 and 10 contact details given to the Monash who have not already received the
students should look out for the immunisation service. vaccine in school.
vaccine consent card booklet coming
home from school with your child. Secondary School Vaccine Program If students have missed vaccines,
either in childhood or adolescence,
You need to read the information, To learn more about the Secondary and require catch-up vaccines, they
complete and return the card School Vaccine Program, the vaccines, should speak with their immunisation
regardless of whether your child is the diseases they protect against, provider. (ie. local council or GP).
being vaccinated at school. or how you can prepare your child
for vaccination, go to Dates for immunisation in 2019
Monash Immunisation Service betterhealth.vic.gov.au
Year 7 - 29th March and 14th October
The Monash Council immunisation Catch Up Vaccine Program
service may contact you about the Year 10 - 8th October
Secondary School Vaccine Program. Additionally, the Commonwealth
government is funding vaccinations
Schools are authorised to provide for all children under 20 years of age
basic parent/guardian contact details who missed any scheduled vaccines,
to local councils for this purpose. including a catch up program for

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YEAR SEVEN
FIRST WEEKS

Photos captured by Year 7
students Erin Natoli,
Charlotte Brewer, Alana
Sibonis, Angela Zhang,
Jolene Cheah, Caitlin
Furlong, Amelia Dyer, and
Abbey Diver.

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“So far, Year 7 has been an
exciting journey of discovery.
What will tomorrow bring?”

Eve Feeney 7 Blue

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Commit to your Fevreente
child’s online safety

Children are exposed to online content in their preschool years. Behaviours like cyberbullying
begin at primary school. Peer pressure can cause poor online decisions for many teenagers.

Hear from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner on empowering young people, parents
and carers to manage online issues.

Commit to your child’s online safety by attending this presentation from one of Australia’s
leading online safety experts.

eSafety is important for every child from ages 1 to 18

Learn how to:

• Reduce accidental • Deal with online • Report serious

exposure to stranger contact cyberbullying and image
inappropriate content based abuse
• Have a conversation
• Initiate conversations • Manage screen time
about online issues
about online including cyberbullying and excessive use
stranger danger
• Manage apps and • Have a conversation
• Identify age appropriate
privacy settings with your child about
apps and websites their online brand
• Support your child using
1-7 13-18
online safety resources

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Date: Thursday 21 March Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm RSVP: By Monday 18 March

Venue: Clayton Library (Meeting Room) Please contact Rebecca Giles
on 9518 3571
Clayton Community Centre, 9-15 Cooke St

e3s4 afety.gov.au

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DELICACIES FROM AROUND FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE FETESt. Christopher's
THE WORLD WHOLE FAMILY
Malaysian Saturday 23 February 2019
Indonesian Exciting Rides & Games 10am – 4pm
Indian Petting Zoo 5 Doon Ave.
Sri Lankan Dunk Tank
Italian Glen Waverley, VIC 3150
Balloonologist (off Blackburn Road)
…AND LOCAL FAVOURITES... Facepainting
BBQ Stall Firetruck & Police Car Display @scfete19
Succulents & Plants Sale
Devonshire Tea Trash & Treasure
Barista made Coffee & Cakes Lucky Dip & Show bags
Arts & Craft booth
Homemade jams
Popcorn & Fairy Floss Hampers
Raffle draws

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Emmaus Soul Band
Wesley Soul Band

K&C Performing Arts
Rock Steady
Mischief

& many more exciting
performances!

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