26 Dumbarton Road, Canning Vale, WA 6155

Tel: (08) 9334 9000

Email: admin.canningvale.college@education.wa.edu.au

Website: www.cvc.wa.edu.au

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Newsletter Term 3 2017

A Message From The Board

It is really pleasing to note the excellent work of our Act Belong Commit Canning Vale College Circus Troupe in visiting and performing at local primary schools and at CVC. Their shows were based upon the themes of differences and inclusion. I am aware of the positive feedback received to our Circus.

The City of Armadale hosted Outside the Frame Art Awards during August. How wonderful to note the success of CVC in winning three awards during the night. Bear in mind, this was open to year 11 & 12 students from all over Perth metropolitan schools. What a fabulous achievement.

The college will also be conducting an orientation day so that the new Year 7 students for 2018 can attend the college, meet some new friends and begin their high school experience. I am also looking forward to attending the school valedictory ceremony to farewell the Year 12 students and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

David Goode

College Board Chair As 2017 starts its final term it’s time to reflect and report on the results of the year’s activities of Canning Vale College. (CVC)

The Board has been active in ensuring your school remains functioning at the highest possible level and to this extent we are most pleased with the results achieved by new Principal Peter Rudrum and his staff. Peter, of course, has been at CVC since the school opened in 2004 so he is well versed in all aspects of the school.

Some incredibly wonderful new initiatives and activities have been undertaken this year. For instance, our new Website and Facebook pages will be launched by the end of Term 4. Stay tuned for this.

We enjoyed a visit from Education Minister Hon Sue Ellery MLC and member for Southern River Terry Healy MLA during August. During their visit they were given a tour of the school and met several students and teachers via a visit to their classes. They were also shown areas of where the approved funding would make a huge difference to the school as we have a large student population. This will be an exciting project for 2018.

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The Act Belong Commit Canning Vale College Circus Troupe

During Term 3 the Act Belong Commit Canning Vale College (CVC) Circus Troupe created a fantastic and engaging

performance that was toured across local primary schools and performed at CVC. The Act Belong Commit CVC Circus

troupe is a Healthway sponsored initiative and each show tackles a different aspect of children’s mental or physical

health awareness. This year’s show explored the themes of difference and inclusion.

The students worked hard in showcasing a beautiful performance at each primary school and the feedback we received

was positive and in hope that we return next year. Well done to all students who performed!

Ms Crystle Challinger - Circus/TDS Coordinator

Year 12 Students Visit Notre Dame Arts Symposiums

On Friday June 23, Year 12 Literature students and the

top 15 Year 12 English Students participated in the Notre

Dame Arts Symposium at Notre Dame University in

Fremantle. Students attended a series of lectures which

gave them the opportunity to listen to speakers who are

experts in their fields. It was an exciting day, and students

gained knowledge and skills to give them a winning edge

in the WACE examinations.

Mrs Francoise Purdue - English Head of Learning Area

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CVC Athletics Carnival

On Tuesday, 5th September 2017 CVC hosted its annual athletics carnival. The day was filled with many events and all

students enjoyed participating throughout the day. The results are as follow;

House Winners:

1st Place – Aeris

2nd Place – Aqua

3rd Place – Flamma

4th Place – Terra

Year Champions:

Year 7 Boys:

1st Place – Aiden Duncan

2nd Place – Toby Robinson

3rd Place – Kaeldeep Sandhu

Year 8 Boys:

1st Place – Jai Carr

2nd Place – Karl Escalona

3rd Place – Akash Katakam

Year 9 Boys:

1st Place – Blake Pritchard

2nd Place – Ruben Englebrecht

3rd Place – Drew Fisk

Year 10 Boys:

1st Place – Jarod Allen

2nd Place – Abdullah Anjum

3rd Place – Beau Raven

Year 11 Boys:

1st Place – Justin Melling

2nd Place – Leighton Beanland

3rd Place – Christopher Van Der Walt

Year 12 Boys:

1st Place – Cody Beattie

2nd Place – Peng Ye Li

3rd Place – Brandon Marais

Year 7 Girls:

1st Place – Brooke Pitter

2nd Place – Abbbygel Lagmay

3rd Place – Melanie Shreeve

Year 8 Girls:

1st Place – Katie Mobilia

2nd Place – Amber Pitter

3rd Place – Emily Caddies

Year 9 Girls:

1st Place – Bianca Barrongo

2nd Place – Kelly Pillay

3rd Place – Halle Simpson

Year 10 Girls:

1st Place – Alisha Synnedahl

2nd Place – Latesha Wiki

3rd Place – Jenny Cunnigham

Year 11 Girls:

1st Place – Katelyn Mangini

2nd Place – Shayla Burgess

3rd Place – Leilani Golding

Year 12 Girls:

1st Place – Dinna Ciza

2nd Place – Emily Araya Aliivaa

3rd Place – Brooke Fisk

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CVC Athletics Carnival

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Year 12 English and Literature Students View Performances at the

State Theatre Centre

Year 10 Students Investigate School Based Traineeships with Reece Plumbing

Year 12 English and Literature students have had the

pleasure of attending performances at the State Theatre

Centre this term. In week 4, the Year 12 Literature

students attended a performance of The Merchant of

Venice written by William Shakespeare. This Bell

Shakespeare production has toured Australia and received

rave reviews. In week 7, the Year 12 English students

watched Switzerland by Australian playwright Joanna

Murray-Smith. The psychological thriller is a fictional

retelling of the last few days in the life of suspense writer

Patricia Highsmith. After the show, students and teachers

took part in a question and answer session with the

director and the two actors from the show. Attending these

shows has deepened students’ understanding of these

texts in preparation for their semester two and WACE

exams.

Mrs Francoise Purdue—English Head of Learning Area

This term our Year 10 students have been investigating

their options for next year. As part of this process, many

students have investigated a School Based Traineeship

(SBT). This involves being paid to work for a company one

day a week whilst completing a Certificate II. Reece

Plumbing offers a great SBT option which involves paid on

the job training whilst completing a Certificate II in

Warehousing and Logistics. In 2017, this option was

offered to our students via the Connect page. Reece

Plumbing recently came to the school to personally

interview a group of our Year 10 students in relation to

their application for an SBT in 2018. This experience was

extremely valuable for our students and we look forward to

hearing if they were successful in their applications.

Mr Duncan Sanderson—Careers Coordinator &

Humanities Teacher

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CVC Year 12 Dance Students Performs Their Last Dance

On Thursday, 31st August 2017 the Year 12 Dance students performed their last showcase of the year and a beautiful

rendition of their final performance as high school students. The students choreographed all their own work with Year 10

and 9 dance classes, Senior Dance Troupe, and Dance Crew supporting them in the show.

It was an emotional night to see our Year 12’s Dance students say goodbye but none the less the show was nothing less

than spectacular.

Thank you to all who were involved and good luck to the Year 12 students on their future endeavours.

Miss Marisa Scidone- CVC Dance Teacher

CVC Students attend Curtin English and Literature Conference

On Friday June 30, Canning Vale College students

attended the Curtin English and Literature Conference at

Curtin University. The annual conference was established

over 30 years ago and is run in collaboration with English

teachers and WACE examiners. Students attended a

series of lectures that supported and challenged them, in

order to help prepare for their upcoming WACE exams.

Mrs Francoise Purdue—English Head of Learning

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It’s a Wrap from CVC Celebrating Two Massive Weeks of Learning and Engagement!

During Term 3, Week 5 and 6, CVC

celebrated two major national events the

Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA)

Book Week and WA National Science Week.

The Children’s Book Council of Australia

(CBCA) Book Week is time for students to

get engaged and rediscover the fun in books

and reading. Throughout the year, the CBCA

works in partnership with authors, illustrators,

publishers, booksellers and other

organisations in the children’s book world to

bring words, images and stories into the

hearts and minds of students.

The theme for CBCA 2017 was ‘Escape to Everywhere’. During the week students had the opportunity participate in a

range of activities during lunch and recess such as;

Colour your own bookmark, book plate or postcard.

Hooked on Books book club members and any new members who were interested in sharing and discussing the

CBCA books

Book Week Quiz

Debate in the Library with two Year 7 teams. Team One Topic: Books are better than movies. Team Two Topic:

Books should have age ratings.

Book Speed Dating with students and teachers. Finding the right book is like finding the right person. There is a

book for everyone, but life is too short to read books you don’t like.

Students thoroughly enjoyed participating and getting involved and learning about new books and escaping to the story

within.

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it

features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research

institutions, libraries, museums and science centres. ‘Future Earth’ was the school theme for National Science Week in

2017. This is an exciting and important theme for teachers and their students to explore sustainability, energy,

agriculture, water, technology and current research. Students got involved by completing a number of experiments

during recess and lunch, with the Year 7’s having a fun competition in a race to see whose balloon rockets travelled the

furthest.

Ms Keesha Murray - Marketing and Media Officer

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CVC Education Support Program

The "Leap Frog Swim School" is

a mobile swim school and is

officially endorsed by the Royal

Life Saving Society of

W.A. CVC is the only college in

the state to be running a

Swimming and Water Safety

programme in a secondary

school. The levels achieved and

certificates that are achieved

are officially recognised

Australia wide under the same

curriculum that is run by

Education Department.

Within the Education Support

Program, the Year 9 students

have participated for 2 years,

with the Year 8’s commencing

their first year and the future commencement of the year 7’s in term 4. The students are initially assessed at their current

swimming level and are then broken up into groups to develop their water skills, water safety, survival skills and develop

their swimming strokes appropriate to each student’s level. The Year 9 class who have been coming consistently have

all improved dramatically in all areas.

We have a supportive working network with the Cannington Leisureplex Swim School and the administration

department. We use the heated pool with an inbuilt bench in waist deep water. This has a temperature of 32 degrees, so

it’s like having a warm bath. Water Safety, familiarisation and confidence are always my first priority to ensure that a

student is calm and knows what to do to save themselves in any aquatic environment, as we are a country surrounded

by water.

Benefits of Swimming and Water Familiarisation Program:

80% of all drowning’s in Australia occur in the Autistic population (Austswim Foundation 2017).

Early Childhood swimming programs promote eye-hand coordination and the provision of cognitive stimulation

(Sigmundson &Hopkins 2010).

Aquatic intervention has a positive effect on perceived social acceptance and social function (Getz 2007).

Evidence suggests various forms of movement whether motor skill, balance or aquatic training has potential to influence

neural networks in response to aquatic stimulus (Dodge 2008).

Mrs Shereen Denholm - Education Support Special Needs

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CVC Students Attend Skills Expo

On Friday, 18th August our Year 10

students from Canning Vale College

attended the Skills Expo at Perth

Convention Centre.

This Expo showcased industry and

TAFE along with the alternate path to

University. The students enjoyed the

welding demonstrations, Army displays

and TAFE barista stand the most.

Murdoch University offered advice along

with a host of trade related

organisations.

Our students were impeccably behaved and were often seen asking questions to the Expo participants. Overall, this was

a valuable experience for all who attended.

Mr Duncan Sanderson— (Careers Coordinator)

CVC Student Selected for WA 2017 Volleyball Team

One of CVC’s very own, Isabella Popovic has been

selected to represent Western Australia in the 2017

Volleyball Team. The team will be competing at the School

Sport Australia National Championships in Mandurah, WA

in mid-August.

To be selected for state representation is an honour and

often represents a significant stepping stone in the ultimate

achievement of senior and national selection.

Isabella has been training for over three years and trains

three times a week. She is truly passionate about the sport

and did not expect to be selected for such a high honour.

She looks forward to competing and representing WA.

Congratulations Isabella and CVC wish you the best of

luck!

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CVC Receives a Special Visit

CVC Takes Side-by-Side Competition For The Win!

The Side-by-Side competition was run by the Modern

Languages Teachers Association of WA (MLTAWA), as part

of the Languages in the Mainstream Project, which is a year

long partnership between the MLTWA and the Office of

Multicultural Interests to promote the learning and

maintenance of languages within our community.

Two students of the same year level sit/stand side by side

and hold a conversation by asking and answering questions

about any topic using familiar language that has recently

been explored in class. The conversation must be filmed.

The conversation needs to be spontaneous and should

sound as natural as possible. This is an opportunity for students to apply the language structures that have been

practiced previously. Language fillers, error correction, survival phrases and repair strategies are allowed and tolerated

in order to sustain interaction.

Our students were fantastic participants! Congratulations to the winning students and supporting CVC staff.

Canning Vale College State Winners:

Year 7 & 8 Category Indonesian: Blake Harbord & Isaac Johnson

Year 7 & 8 Category Italian: Josie Wood & Rithika Ramesh

Mrs Esther Blood—Head of Languages & EAL/D

There was plenty of excitement on Friday, 11th August 2017 as CVC had

the honour of hosting distinguished guests Minister for Education and

Training WA, Hon. Sue Ellery MLC. and Terry Healy MLA.

The Minister and her colleagues were in the Southern River Region visiting

multiple primary schools for the day and ending the tour at one of the

largest secondary schools, Canning Vale College.

The Minister had the chance to visit classrooms, talking to teachers and

students on what they are currently learning and experiencing in class.

CVC also had the chance to talk about some of the challenges we are currently facing as a college and how we are

implementing strategies to overcome those challenges.

We thank the Minister and Terry Healy very much for their visit. It was a wonderful experience for us at CVC and we

hope to see more visits in the future.

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CVC Celebrates Wins at ‘Outside the Frame Art Awards’

On Saturday, 12th August 2017 the City of Armadale hosted

the Outside the Frame Art Awards showcasing some of the

best contemporary artwork by young artists across Perth.

Established as a platform to help develop young artists, the

exhibition explores some of the hot topics of the younger

generation.

The Outside the Frame Art Awards was open to students in

Years 11 and 12 from across the Perth metropolitan region,

high schools put forward student works for six categories; painting, drawing, prints, sculpture, digital media/photography

and textiles.

The exhibition featured over 70 thought provoking works, sharing current trends and thoughts directly from the minds of

our youth.

CVC walked away with three awards from the night;

School with the Best Collective Works – Canning Vale College

Drawing – Caini Wang, Canning Vale College, Self Portrait

Digital Media/Photography – Zachariah Kassem, Canning Vale College, Homemaker

Congratulations to both students for their tremendous efforts, and well done to the CVC Arts Department for walking

away with the ‘School with the Best Collective Works’ prize.

Mrs Erin Roberts—Head of Learning Area Arts

Poetry in Action at CVC

On Monday, 14th August 2017 the Poetry in Action (PIA) Theatre Company did three performances for our Year 7 and

Year 11 students.

The Poetry in Action (PIA) Theatre Company is founded on the belief

that poetry is not written to sit on a page in silence but demands to be

heard. PIA believes that poetry should be spoken, torn apart and put

back together, twisted, turned, adored, derided, loved and hated with

equal passion and simply enjoyed by both the actor and the audience.

‘The Citizenship Test’ performed PIA was equally whacky and endearing; this performance engages students with a

diverse range of Australian poetry from the Dreaming to today. Far from a collection of dusty bush ballads, the show

explores a range of viewpoints including indigenous, feminist and migrant perspectives and asks what it means to be

Australian today. This performance also highlighted the language techniques used in poetry such as; imagery,

alliteration, rhyme, simile and so on. CVC students enjoyed each performance and have a new insight into what poetry

means to them.

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CVC Arts Learning Area Leading The Way!

The Visual Arts team, in their role as an Arts Teacher Development School, held an indigo dying workshop in Term 2.

The day began with Mrs Erin Roberts,CVC Head of Learning Arts,providing an update on the WA Curriculum and

Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) website to fellow secondary arts teachers. From there Tanya Cain-

Abbs, from Old Grey House, introduced the group to the Shibori and Indigo dying processes. The group had the

opportunity to try some of the folding techniques and look at a range of effects that can be achieved. Tanya led

discussions about some of the technical aspects that need to be considered when transferring this into our classrooms

before we headed outside to the dye bath. After a short break we were able to look at the effects we had all achieved

with our test runs and then we had the chance to create our own scarves.

Once these were completed staff at CVC led the discussions on how this could be used in the classroom, linking it back

to the Year 10 Syllabus documents and also VET (Certificate III Fashion). We also provided the participants with two

example tasks that they could simply adapt to suit their school.

The day went well with all participants walking away enthused and prepared to teach a new skill to students.

Mrs Erin Roberts- Head of Learning Arts

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A+ Year 9 Humanities Class Enrichment Task - Class debate on the ‘Lindy Chamberlain Case’

The A+ Humanities class studied civics as a subject in Term 2. In class, we created an enrichment task involving our

case study: The Lindy Chamberlain Case. As a class, we put together a courtroom in which we appointed students to fill

the positions of a judge, jury, and innocent and guilty parties.

Each party had three main speakers. These speakers proposed ideas for their own party while the other gathered

evidence in order to rebut the opposing parties theories. The final verdict came to the jury and judge. This verdict was

based upon the information brought forth during the class debate. The final statement was declared as 'Lindy

Chamberlain is innocent'. The debate covered a series of ideas and rumours which looked into whether a dingo stole

Lindy Chamberlain’s baby, whether Lindy neglected her child, if evidence was tampered with, if the police were biased

etc. Our debate made sure to hold precedent to the previous criminal trials conducted on this case but also to view the

case in a new perspective with ‘fresh’ eyes.

For this enrichment task, the process was ultimately more significant than the product (the final verdict). This activity

enabled us to learn in a practical and engaging way while highlighting the specific speaking, debating, researching and

organising abilities of ourselves and our peers.

CVC Student Kelly Pillay & CVC Student Zoe Hart

Mr Ismail - Humanities and Social Science Teacher

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Mrs Jo Ewing visits Bantayan Primary School in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia

"At the end of Term 2, the senior LEAP Canning Vale College students made exercise books for kids in an

underprivileged school in Malaysia. Mrs Jo Ewing tasked the students to colour in the front cover pages and asked

students to post a photo in the front of the book so that kids knew who decorated them. The students at Bantayan

Primary School needed books and stationery to learn. These books and stationery were sent with Mrs Jo Ewing when

she went on holiday and visited Bantayan Primary School in Kota Kinabalu." - Quinn Walters Yr 12 LEAP

"I enjoyed decorating the books knowing that they were going to kids in need. It made me feel happy because I like

giving things to other people who are less fortunate. Listening to Mrs Jo Ewing talk to the class about how much she

learnt and what they did was good and I liked knowing that they enjoyed the books that were given to them. To see the

students of Bantayan Primary School smile in the photo was awesome." - Amy Leonard Yr 10 LEAP

"I learned that other schools around the world aren't the same and some are less fortunate. We are grateful for the

school we have and the things we do at school." - Liam Gall Yr 11 LEAP

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CVC Celebrates WA Languages Week

WA Languages Week is a time to celebrate language diversity within our community – the languages that we speak with

our family and friends and the languages that we are learning through our education.

We are very fortunate to have a very language rich community at CVC. Of our 1687 students, 352 (21%) speak a

language other than English. A massive 47 different languages are spoken by our student population.

Our staff is also linguistically diverse. Over 30 staff members speak other languages, with 31 different languages being

represented. In fact, several staff speak more than 3 languages.

This rich language diversity is an asset in our increasingly globalised world. Being able to communicate across cultures

is an essential skill in the 21st century. Speaking and learning other languages can open doors to opportunities and

other worlds you never knew existed. It can enrich your life socially and culturally and bring exciting employment

opportunities.

Also, did you know that being multi-lingual is good for your brain and memory?

CVC celebrated WA Language Week by hosting a range of fun activities for students to participate in which included;

languages banner decorating, languages karaoke, bocce & Indonesian krupuk challenge, Italian Simpsons and Italian

card games & Indonesian board games.

Mrs Esther Blood—Head of Languages & EAL/D