From the Office
HOMESTAY FAMILIES REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
We are currently looking for people to provide homestay for our International students.
These students come from overseas and spend a six-month period at language school prior to coming to RSC where they will spend the following 2-3 years.
Homestay is full board and accommodation offered by a family, a couple or a single person including provision of the following things:
- A single room for the student’s use
- Three meals a day, seven days a week
- A bed, wardrobe, desk, lamp, bookcase
- Utilities – gas, electricity, heating and water costs
- Cleaning services of common living areas
- Use of living areas within the residence
A set weekly fee is paid to the homestay provider by the student.
In order to find out more please contact our Homestay Coordinator, Marie Maloney, on 98702002 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) or email MMaloney@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au
Student Reports 2017
Student reports provide students, teachers and parents with a clear and concise picture of a student’s achievement and progress at a point in time. Teachers make informed and consistent decisions about student progress against the achievement standards using a variety of assessments and observations to inform their judgement. They map the student’s learning against the achievement standards, and place the student on the learning continuum, that best reflect the student’s level of performance and progress.
You may notice some changes to our student reports this semester in line with the implementation of the new Victorian Curriculum in all government and Catholic schools from the beginning of 2017. The Victorian Curriculum replaces the previous AusVELS curriculum.
As a result schools now have the flexibility to design their reports to show each student’s learning progress. Our school staff have adopted the continuous feedback model which provides comments on the achievement of students on key tasks and suggestions for improvement through our student management system Compass. Research by John Hattie suggests that feedback has a positive impact on supporting student learning growth and this is the first year of the continuous feedback model across the College. The report at the end of the semester will have the overall achievement, task grades, absences and work habits. We are in the process of making further refinements to the reports which will be implemented in the next report cycle.
The Victorian Curriculum is structured as a single developmental learning continuum and is organised by levels not years of schooling. The curriculum consists of Towards Foundation Levels A to D and Levels Foundation to 10. All curriculum areas have achievement standards, describing what students are able to understand and do.
All students progress along the learning continuum at their own rate and from their own starting point. Students are taught at the level that suits their needs, rather than being taught to the year level and age group they are in. Teachers provide learning opportunities to support the learning for all students, including those students with additional learning needs or a disability.
Please keep in mind that as this is a new curriculum this report is not designed nor should be compared to previous years’ reports. We can, however, show your child’s progress in English and Mathematics in Semester 1 as these learning areas were introduced and taught in 2016. For all other curriculum areas being introduced with the new curriculum, student progress can only be shown in reports from Semester 2, 2017 onwards.
Further information about the Victorian Curriculum can be found online at: victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/ or by contacting the school at 98702002.
Career News
Please see the attached report on all the Career News at Ringwood.
School Council meeting
Principal Michael Phillips reported the new Junior school building is still on track to be finished in time for an October opening. Internal Plastering is in full swing and the massive amount of paving has started.
The new female students summer dress proposal is to be signed off in the coming months in time for year 7’s to start 2018 with.
There was discussion about assessment of School Council and how well it works. Council decided to undertake a review on how well it operates.
School Chaplin Adam Bryant gave a talk to School Council out lining a proposal for an alternative option for year 12 students in regard to schoolies week. Details will be available early in term 3.
School Council gave approval for the NZ trip in 2018 and also approved a training trip to Toolangi to get student ready and fit for the NZ trip.
Council also approved the Prefect trip which is in the city.
Facilities
Feedback that students are enjoying being able to study in the Library again. Just in time for winter.
Motors to be put into the lighting grids in the hall ready for the 2017 Production, this will make it a lot easier and safer than climbing up ladders
Mark Granland
Student Banking
“CONVENIENCE & SERVICE”
STUDENT BANKING NOW AVAILABLE
FOR ALL
RINGWOOD SECONDARY COLLEGE STUDENTS
A weekly School Banking Facility is available for all students. Representatives from Bendigo Bank, Ringwood Branch will be in attendance in the Wellbeing Centre every Thursday lunchtime from 1.15 pm – 1.45 pm providing banking services.
You can open a Student Account, deposit funds or simply chat to us about your banking needs.
Identification required to open an account – just a copy of your birth certificate together with a copy of your student identification.
Bendigo Bank, has a special student account with
- No monthly account service fees
- Unlimited free ebanking transactions
- Unlimited free Bendigo ATM and branch withdrawals
- Unlimited free EFTPOS transactions
- Monthly interest payments
You have a choice of Bendigo Blue Debit MasterCard, or PokitPal Debit Mastercard. You can receive exclusive discounts through the mobile app just by using your PokitPal card for purchases. To be eligible for these cards you must be aged 16, alternatively the Easy Money Eftpos card is available.
This is an opportunity to start your savings now, with easy access and convenience, and begin benefitting from your school banking services provided by Bendigo Bank Ringwood, and Ringwood Secondary College.
Contact the Ringwood Branch on 9870 9244 for any initial enquiries – our staff are keen to answer any questions you may have.
We look forward to assisting students with their own personal banking.
Sue Sadler
Branch Manager
RSC Social Club
Come and Join in!
Entertainment Books
Music Association is again selling the popular Entertainment Books for 2017.
TOP 5 reasons to love your Entertainment Membership:
1. You will be supporting Ringwood Secondary College fundraising! We receive 20% of the purchase price for every Entertainment Membership sold.
2. You can enjoy hundreds of up to 50% OFF and 2-for-1 offers from some of the best fine dining restaurants, popular cafés and family restaurants in your area. Including:
3. You’ll be ‘entertained’ all year long with valuable cinema, activities and theme park offers.
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To Order:
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/182u484
Jacinta Donovan
From the Chaplain
Although I would like to classify myself as a good listener I'm not sure my kids would always agree :-)
There's something about their not so little voices that can get lost when I'm deeply engrossed in conversation or watching TV. When I finally tune in I realise I have been subconsciously hearing the repeated request to play pokemon or basketball from one of my boys.
Active listening is so important and I do my best in my weekly activities to listen to others. And not just to listen but to hear what they are saying. Then not just to hear what they are saying but to hear without trying to offer advice or share my own personal experience. Sometimes I do this really well and other times not so well.
Just this week I celebrated my friends birthday who I would say is a professional listener and question asker. He is a good friend of mine and if I reflect on our conversations most of it is geared around him asking me a lot of questions and listening to what I'm saying. There is something about listening I feel that can cut to the core of a human and make them feel special and valued. Test it out for yourself when you go to another dinner party or during your lunch break at work.
People can often be consumed with themselves and speaking about what they're doing and what's been happening for them. This of course is not a bad thing but if it's all we do then we can become a little self absorbed. It's also fun to try listening at home to your kids.
Whilst I painted a pretty average picture earlier about my ability to listen to my kids, I know that when I do take the time to listen we get little gems and insights into what might be happening in their world.
The job as a listener, whilst so simple, is quite profound. It is not to fix the problems but to be present and just listen. Working with young people and hearing many stories over the past 12 years at Ringwood I have never heard a young person complain about their parents listening too much to them. It's quite the opposite, often it's that they never have time to listen.
Worth a try this week to find 10 minutes in the car on the way to school or on the way to footy training or even just before they go to sleep to just sit and listen. Love to hear some stories about how it goes.
Adam Bryant
Chaplain (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs)
Ringwood Training
Welding Short Course
Ringwood Training, 3 Hill Street, Ringwood, Vic, 3134
Are you interested in learning a new skill or perhaps refreshing an old one? Have you a welding project at home that you would like to complete?
Ringwood Training has recently run a successful Welding Short Course and now have another course ready to commence on Tuesday, 25th July 2017.
There are four types of Welding you can choose from, either, ARC, MIG, TIG or Oxy.
Starting on 25th July, 2017, the course will run over four consecutive weeks:
Dates:
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Session Time: 6pm – 9pm
Course Fee: $350.00
For further information and an enrolment form, please contact Ringwood Training on 9845 7560. Office Hours are from 8.15am-4.30pm.
Alternatively, send us an email with your enquiry. Our email address is: enquiries@rt.vic.edu.au