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From the College Principal
Term 3, 2012
Ramping things up with Tony...
Year 12 2012
Super Score of 50
It seems early to be wishing our year 12
students well, however the reality is there are
two more weeks of formal classes in term 4,
then for the VCE students their final
examination assessments. We will be hosting
revision classes and practice exams over the
September holidays as usual for VCE classes
and these are really critical in making sure that
our students are ready to excel when the time
comes in late October/November. Our Year
12 teachers mark the exams during their
holiday time and this ensures that students get
timely feedback that is designed for them to
know what to do next in their preparation.
Families and friends contribute to our end of
year enormously and again I appeal to the
community to set a sensible tone to
celebrations which will be held next term. We
have set a very positive tone for the end of
formal classes for several years and I expect
this year to be exemplary. Of course our
annual Year 12 awards night is the formal
occasion where we recognise the contribution
this group of students have made over their
time with us, and I look forward to many of
you being present on that evening.
Student Led Presentations
Over the last few weeks of term 3 we have
held our parent/teacher events on each
campus. Of course for years 7, 8, 9 and
VCAL these take the form of student led
presentations where students share their
learning portfolio with an authentic audience
including parents and teachers. When I visit
these I cannot help but reflect on the enormous
growth in confidence that is evident as the
students mature and come to grips with
speaking publically. Last week I visited
several VCAL presentations and these are
focussed on their vocational pathway, usually
in the area of their VET subject and their work
placement. The students also present their
community project and I have to say some of
these are amazing in their scope and
complexity. Well done to all students.
Just when we farewell this years 12 we are
now in a position to formally acknowledge a
star from 2011. Alex Andelkovic achieved a
study score of 50 in Geography, the
maximum. His effort was recognised with a
Premiers VCE Award at a lavish ceremony
held in June. I attended the ceremony with
very proud parents and a very proud teacher
in Dimitra Neocleous. This is not only
prestigious but an honour to be acknowledged
in such a way.
Alex did Further Mathematics as part of his
VCE and achieved an ATAR well over 90,
sufficient for him to be admitted to Latrobe
University where he is studying Law. I
mention Further Mathematics because I know
that the maths encountered and applied in year
12 Geography (scale, measurement, data
interpretation etc) is not in the state
curriculum after year 9, it becomes assumed
knowledge. Alex was strong at maths in year
9 and 10 and this gave him a head start in
Geography, enabling him to concentrate on
new geographical concepts rather than worry
about the maths! Here is a tip for others who
are good at maths and more evidence that it is
a cornerstone area of learning.
Congratulations once again Alex and thanks
for visiting the year 12 Geography class
recently, providing great advice for them all.
Below is a photograph of Alex at the
ceremony with his award.
Dates : Term 4 2012
Dates
Events
21 September Last Day term 3
8 October First Day Term 4
22 October College Council
23 October Year 12 Celebration Day
24 October Year 12 Awards Night
1 November Year 12 Exams
6 November Cup Day
16 November Year 11 Exams
20 November Year 10 Exams
26 November College Council
27 November Transition -
Year 11—12 & VET
28 November Year 9 Exams
28 November Year 12 Formal
29 November Year 10 Formals
30 November Year 10 Activity Day
4 December Year 6—7 Information
Evening Kings Park
6 December Year 6—7 Information
Evening Sydenham
10 & 11
December
VCE/VCAL Course
Confirmation
11 December Year 6—7 Transition
Day
14 December Awards—Sydenham
17 December Awards—Kings Park
20 December Last day Term 4
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Principal’s report continued...
Industrial Action Ongoing
The community would be well aware of
industrial action taking place in Victoria as
you would all have been impacted by it in
some way at least once. We have tried to
provide a useful day for students required to
attend, although this is variable across the
college. There will be more action next term
which I will inform you of as it approaches,
not during VCE exams however.
The simple fact is that negotiations over a
new industrial agreement have broken down
and in fact have not progressed for some
months. This agreement governs everything
that is contained in a teachers work and
conditions and so is an extensive document.
The whole system is using an agreement
introduced in 2008, already a year past the
intended beginning of a new agreement.
Student Led Presentations
Thank you to all the students and families
who were able to attend the Year 7-9 Student
Led Presentations and the Year 10 Course
Confirmation on Tuesday the 4 th of
September. The presentations were a great
way to celebrate student achievement and
showcase student work and future goals.
These presentations are a compulsory part of
the 7-10 Student Curriculum. Students who
were unable to attend will need to present to
about things that we are on the cusp of. This
will see a continued effort to develop
leadership capacity among the staff, more
work on developing scope and sequence
across the year levels resulting in
documented curriculum, consistency of
assessment and a new focus on a framework
titled School Wide Positive Behaviours.
Our work will determine what the essential
skills are in each learning area and build a
curriculum that is taught, learned and
assessed. When we analyse the curriculum
we need to ensure that what we say we will
do can in fact be done in the time and
structures available. This makes our
curriculum a Guaranteed and Viable
Curriculum, characterised by high quality
outcomes with lo variation across the school.
More on this as we develop our plan over the
next term.
New Strategic Plan 2013-2016
Please have a happy break, as always I look
We spent part of our Curriculum day in July forward to a productive term 4. Thanks to
on developing our new Strategic Plan for the the community for your continued support of
next four years. Our school review was the school
really positive and constructive, however I
am off the opinion that if we just continue
along the current lines then we risk becoming Tony Simpson
too comfortable and so stop improving. For
Principal
this reason our new plan retains all of the
things we have been acknowledged to be
really good at and creates a sense of urgency
Australian Mathematics Competition 2012
On Thursday 2 nd August, 155 students from
across Copperfield College, along with
students from over 40 countries, competed in
the Australian Mathematics Competition.
All students who participate receive a
certificate according to their level of
achievement. Prizes for the competition are
decided by comparison within the region and
school year of the student. Overall students
at Copperfield College received: 12
Distinctions and 56 Credits, with the college
awarding a gift certificate to the highest
achieving student at each campus.
Congratulations to all students who
competed.
Karen Keating
KLA Coordinator Mathematics
their class and Home Group/English Teacher
as soon as possible to receive a satisfactory
result for this requirement.
If you have any queries, please contact
Renee Liprino at the Sydenham Campus or
your Team and Campus Leaders.
Students and MYKI
After March 25 this year, the
Metcard will no longer be in use.
Please make sure that your child
has a MYKI card after this date. It
is essential for them to have one
when they go on excursion in the
city or elsewhere.
Excursions/Activities
Permission Forms
Did you know you can read and
print out excursion/activity notices
from our website? The initial
notice will be given to students,
and any further copies should be
obtained from the website, under
the “News & Events” section.
Select:
“Permissions SYD”, (Sydenham)
“Permissions DEL”, (Delahey) or
“Permissions KIN” (Kings Park)
www.copperfieldcollege.vic.edu.au
The Habits of Mind
We are currently looking at the
Habits of Mind across the College.
The Habits of Mind are qualities and
attributes you possess that can help
you behave intelligently when
confronted with problems. They can
help guide you in day to day life.
They help solve problems and they
help give you skills and strategies to
find answers in everyday situations.
There are 16 Habits of Mind.
It is a goal of the College that all
students identify these Habits and
begin to use them in their everyday
life so they can become successful
citizens of the future.
(See page 13)
Student Accident
Insurance
Parents / guardians are reminded that
the Department does not provide
personal accident insurance for
students. Parents and guardians are
responsible for paying the cost of
medical treatment for injured
students, including any transport
costs.
Student accident insurance policies
are available from some commercial
insurers. These cover a range of
medical expenses not covered by
Medicare or private health insurance.

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Alpine School Campus
School For Student Leadership
Our journey through The Alpine School has
been the most amazing experience. We have
not only grown as people by as leaders. Some
of the experiences we have had will stay with
us forever. At The Alpine School we have
learnt so many things about ourselves and
our learning. We have learnt about
teamwork, hard work and leadership.
Exploring all aspects of leadership is an
interesting topic which also encourages you
to try new experiences.
On our first expedition, which was skiing
3km camping out in the snow and then
returning home, we had no idea what we
were in for but we had learnt to have a
positive attitude and so we persisted. We
were all glad we went and had an amazing
time. Experiences at the Alpine School have
impacted on us immensely not only
physically but emotionally and mentally too,
like most challenges here. Another one of the
other things we have learnt at the Alpine
School is that leadership isn’t just about
leading. We have all grown from being peers
to family. IT IS LEIT THE BEST
EXPERIENCE EVER! If you get the chance
to do it don’t hold back apply. You’ll never
get another chance like it.
Rebecca Campbell
Alpine Student
Our experience summoned in one
sentence, from each Alpine Student.
“Take every opportunity as it comes because
you never know what you’ll miss out on.”
Chloe Bitzer, SYD
“Be positive and never give up.”
Diana Vu, SYD
“If you think adventure is dangerous try
routine it’s lethal.”
Rebecca Campbell, SYD
“One thing The Alpine School taught me has
to move out of your comfort zone because
it’s where the magic happens.”
Joshua De Los Reyes, KP
“My Journey at the Alpine School has taught
me confidence.”
Michael Dib, SYD
“Don’t stay with your friends, engage with
others.”
Utkarsh Anand, SYD
Literacy Week
Guess the Teachers’
Favourite Books
Competition
During National Literacy and
Numeracy Week, August 27 to
September 2, Copperfield College
took part in a series of fun activities to
celebrate Literacy. Each campus had
competitions ranging from Guess the
Teachers’ Favourite Books to Give a
Book a Title. At the Kings Park
Campus, the Debating Team held an
exhibition debate that was very
popular.
At the Sydenham Campus, guessing
the teachers’ favourite books was a
serious challenge as students looked
for clues from the chosen titles that
could have revealed who chose
particular books. Only a few titles
gave away the teachers but the rest
were difficult.
The library foyer served as the focal
point of the competition with
colourful displays of book covers.
While looking at the displays, students
were quick to pounce by asking
teachers for clues. Mr David
Dangerfield took to biblical clues for
his book while Mr Juan De Castro
suggested an art term might be in the
title of his chosen book. Ms Caroline
Torode intimated her interest in
legendary Australian outlaws.
Ms Mary Karaoglanidis helped draw
the winners for the competition and
two students won prizes for correctly
guessing more than five titles. The
winning entries were from Leo
Delayola and Tamara Taleski from
83E.
Congratulations to Leo and Tamara
who received book vouchers from
Dymocks. Leo is holding his purchases
from the bookstore in the photo.
Ms Aylin Gökmen
Literacy Leader

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Partnership with Australian Business and
Community Network (ABCN) 2011-2012
The Australian Business and Community
Network (ABCN) is a national
partnership of highly committed business
leaders and companies creating business
education partnerships through mentoring
and coaching programs. Since 2005, over
15,000 mentors have participated in
ABCN school-business partnership
programs with schools in areas of high
need to broaden the horizons of students
and support educators.
Copperfield College’s involvement with
the ABCN began in 2011 initially with
the RISE program. The RISE program is
primarily aimed at improving the literacy
and communication skills of disengaged
Year 9-10 students. We were able to
‘tweak’ the program to involve Year 11
ESL students and Year 12 VCAL
students who would benefit from
improving oral communication skills and
extending their network of adult mentors.
Last year’s students were partnered with
mentors from O-I (Owens – Illinois) a
global glass manufacturer with its
manufacturing plant located in
Spotswood.
The RISE program provided many more
benefits for the students and their mentors
than were originally envisaged by
Copperfield, Owens and the ABCN.
More broadly, the Year 12 VCAL
students who participated in the RISE
program were recognised with the WMR
Youth Now Team Award for 2011.
In 2012, Owens has had some harsh
financial realities to deal with, namely the
downsizing of their manufacturing
operations-the closing of one of the
furnaces, the first time in many of the
workers’ memories-and the subsequent
redundancies associated with decreased
production. However, amidst all this, they
have been adamant that the one
community activity the staff wanted to
continue was the RISE program with
Copperfield!
Last year we were also invited to attend
the Career Choice Day. This is another
opportunity provided by the ABCN. This
one day experience targets students in
Years 10 and 11 as they are considering
their subject, study and career options. It
is specifically designed to broaden
student’s awareness of the career choices
available to them and to expose them to
the diversity of career journeys of
successful people. In 2011, we were able
to involve 20 Year 10 students from both
the Sydenham and Kings Park campuses.
Students visited O-I, they toured the
plant, interacted with staff and discussed
the different roles available within the
company.
In 2012, we
will once
again attend
the Career
Choice Day
with a new
partner, CSR
in Yarraville.
Another of the ABCN partner companies
is Optus-every year they run Women in
Leadership Workshops. The workshop
is run by senior executives who are part
of a network of successful business
women. The workshop is highly sort after
and only offered to one school per year.
Last year, Copperfield was offered the
opportunity and the Year 11 female
students who attended remarked that it
was engaging and beneficial.
Con Damoulakis
Community Partnerships Leader
Urban Future Awards Winners
VU Discovery Day
Do you have students interested in law,
business, engineering and science?
Discovery Day, Footscray Park is a great
opportunity for students, years 10-12, to
experience what life at Victoria
University is really like.
They can practise their rebuttal
skills and 'object!' in our mock court, or
try their hands at being a chemist at one
of our interactive workshops on:
Business and Law
Engineering
Science Students will also enjoy a day
of activities with current students, as
well as free lunch and entertainment.
When Saturday 24 September
Time 10am – 12pm
Where Victoria University, Footscray
Park campus
Be quick — places are limited and
registrations are essential.
Register at
http://www.vu.edu.au/events/discoveryday-footscray-park
Urban Future
Awards
On Wednesday 5 th September, RMIT
hosed the finals for the Urban future
awards where year 10, 11 and year 12
students across Victoria were invited to
present an urban problem and to suggest
a solution for this problem.
Fiona Koutsivos, a year 12 geography
student who hopes to pursue a career in
urban planning, discussed Melbourne’s
expansion and its problems. She
photographed an area showing the urban
area encroaching on Melbourne’s rural
area and proposed a solution to the
problem.
Her proposal was very successful as she
was shortlisted into the top 20 students
and was then successful in receiving
third prize as well
as $100.00 prize
money.
Well done, Fiona
on an excellent
effort as well as
being a successful
prize winner.
Mrs Neocleous
VCE Geography
Teacher

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Delahey Campus News
Year 11 English Macbeth Incursion
Murder. Greed. Ambition. Revenge. Guilt.
Betrayal. These are just some of the themes
flowing through one of Shakespeare’s most
famous plays Macbeth. Is Macbeth a simple
man manipulated by supernatural forces and
a psychotic wife? Or is he a man who was
already harbouring treacherous plans?
Generations of students have long argued
over these questions.
Year 11 Copperfield students are studying
the play this year and were fortunate recently
to able to view the play being staged live by a
visiting theatre troupe.
The actors and staging did a fantastic job in
bringing the play to life for the audience of
180 students in the gym.
Students were actively involved in several
scenes. They were part of the banquet on
stage when Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost,
had several speaking parts and participated
enthusiastically in the final battle.
Students came away with a greater
understanding of the text and appreciation of
live theatre. The theatre company were most
impressed with the questions students
generated during the Q and A session at the
end, which ran for almost half an hour.
Thanks to Mrs Zurawiecki for organising the
event and for the PE staff for giving up the
gym.
Mr Paul McDonald,
English Teacher.
Senior Boys
Futsal State
Championship
Our Senior Boys Futsal Team
participated in the State Finals held
in Footscray.
Here are the results:
Pool Matches
Copperfield vs Rowville
Drew (3-3)
Copperfield vs CEDA
Won (4-0)
Copperfield vs ISIK College
Won (3-2)
Copperfield vs Mordiallac
Won (3-2)
State Finals
Copperfield vs ISIK College
Lost (1-2)
The Senior Boys futsal did us proud
by making it to the state final where
we narrowly lost to ISIK college by
2-1 and finished as Runners Up.
Congratulations to the Boys and
Coach Mr.Deo on their tremendous
achievement.
The United Nations Youth Association Thant
-Evatt Debating competition is a prestigious
event where students represent countries in
the United Nations Security Council. They
engage in a mock Security Council voting on
resolutions, suggesting amendments and
lobbying other countries.
Copperfield College was represented by
Mehak Sheikh, Lauren Sahakian, Julie
Nguyen, Dylan D’Roza, Daniela Ly and
Raudha Rozali. Raudha and Mehak
represented Colombia, Daniela and Julie
represented Portugal and Dylan and Lauren
represented Azerbaijan.
The resolutions they had to debate included
the issues of the Falklands, Rendition and
Landmines. Teams are judged on their ability
to speak and answer questions, move
amendments and negotiate with other
countries.
The United Nations
It is a very challenging environment.
Students need to master information
quickly, do a lot of talking without much
preparation and negotiate effectively with
other students. The students performed very
well, firstly mastering the complex
procedure and then fully involving
themselves in all aspects of the competition.
Copperfield was the only school from the
Western suburbs and the only state school
competing against schools such as Carey
Grammar, Trinity Grammar and Scotch
College. Well done! The students had an
enjoyable day out in their new blazers and
are keen to return in 2013 when they will
have a real chance of winning with the
experience gained this year.

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SRC Multicultural
In week 5 of term 3 the Delahey SRC
decided to hold a week of fun activities in
order to celebrate multiculturalism. On
Tuesday the 14th of August, students from
Copperfield performed in the study centre to
show off their culture and the diversity that
exists at our school. Our acts included a
Japanese Kimono parade, Korean Hip Hop
dancers, Brazilian dancing and Fijian
singing. Thank you to those who performed
and for all the students who attended. Our
school is wonderfully diverse with people
from all different cultures, and it was
fantastic to see Copperfield’s support of
multiculturalism. Special thanks to Ms Dilip
and Ms Matsuzaki for their efforts on the day
and Brimbank council for lending the
Kimonos.
On the 17 th of August, following the
multicultural performances, SRC held a
sausage sizzle. With the help of many SRC
members as well as teachers and staff, the
sausage sizzle was very successful.
Accompanying the free lunch was the
Brimbank Street Surfer bus with plenty of
fun games and music! Also, to follow up on
Multicultural Week a Bollywood dancer
came to Copperfield College to put on a
spectacular performance, which caught the
attention of many students and staff. On
behalf of the SRC, we would like to thank all
of the students, teachers and staff for
contributing to make Multicultural week a
big hit! Special thanks also to Ms Maric for
her help on both days!
Theresa Tran & Stephanie Tedesco
Australian Teenage Expo 2012
Geography Student
receives 50 as a study
score in Geography in
2011
Alexander Andelkovic a student from
the Class of 2011 was invited to the
Premier’s Awards in June this year
where he received an award for
achieving a study score of 50 in the
subject of Geography.
We are very proud of Alex on his
success as he received an ATAR of
94.15.
He is currently completing a five year
course, a Bachelor of Law and a
Bachelor of Psychological Science at
Latrobe University.
We wish him all the success for his
future.
Dimitra Neocleous
VCE Geography Teacher
&
Curriculum and Instruction
Strategic Plan Leader
Payments to the
College
A reminder if you wish to pay your
subject charges or excursion costs,
you can phone any of the campus
offices and simply provide your
credit card details.
Other methods of payment are by
cash, cheque, EFTPOS and now
BPay.
Please call any campus office to
obtain your reference number.
Biller Code: 87361
Reference No: Please
contact any campus
office to obtain your
reference number.

The Year 12 team consisted of Claudia
Ralevski, Olympia Apostolidis, Jessyka
Grover, Marion Subah, Raudha Rozali, Sophia
Demertzis and Stephen Schmack.
The Year 11 team consisted of Julie Nguyen,
Lauren Sahakian, Daniela Li, Paige Stone,
Navdeep Kaur, Dylan D’Roza, Simran
Randhawa, and Alana Sheriden.
This year marked the introduction of
interschool debating at the VCE level for the
first time. Over fifteen students participated in
the Year 12 and Year 11 teams.
The Year 12 team in their first ever debates
competed very well against teams who had up
to six years experience. Whilst they did not
win any of their debates they were very
competitive and often just lost. The Year 11
team won two of their debates and again just
lost the others.
Debating News
VCE Debating 2012
Each student gained a lot from their
experience. They learnt to prepare topics in
under an hour, to work together as a team,
deliver impromptu speeches and rebut
opposing arguments. The Year 12 students will
leave Copperfield with vital speaking skills.
The year 11’s have learnt the skills to be a
highly successful team in 2013.
Thanks to Ms Pham for all her coaching and
support. Thanks to Ms Dedes for all her
Year 7 Maths Challenge Day
On Thursday 30 th August, 4 Years 7 students
were nominated to participate in the Year 7
Maths Challenge day which was held at Taylors
Lakes Secondary College. There were 4
schools in attendance; St Albans, Taylors
Lake, Copperfield Sydenham and Kings Park.
The Kings Parks team consists of: Simana
Latu, Jake Gunceler, Joanna My Pham and
Viet Le. It was a very fun and challenging day.
We all put a lot of effort and mind into it and
at the end came second. We had a great time
communicating and socialising with students
from the other schools and made new friends.
This was a great experience. Thank you Mr.
Hanania for giving us the opportunity!
Simana Latu 7D1
Year 10 Careers Day at CSR Gyprock
On the 30 th of August, a group of year 10
students from both Sydenham and Kings Park
campuses travelled to the Footscray
plasterboard factory site of CSR Gyprock for
an informative careers day. The morning
kicked off with introductions and a quick
presentation about the work conducted at the
site. Following this, we were engaged in a
rotational workshop that informed us about all
the different career positions necessary for
making the business work, from factory
workers through to sales representatives and
lawyers. We were fascinated that such a vast
range of careers, including a few of our own
desired career paths, were all essential to the
running of a plasterboard business. Lunch
was followed by a tour of the factory itself;
we were amazed by the sheer size of
everything and the process and work that
goes into the making of a single sheet of
plasterboard that we find on our walls. After
closing up the day, we were back on the bus
and headed back to school. The day was
worthwhile and opened a lot of new career
ideas and possibilities. Thanks to both our
Careers advisor Jenny Zahra and our Campus
Leader Mr Dangerfield for escorting us and
the organisation of this excursion.
Ebony
Kemeridis,
X3K
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1:1 Learning
Notebook Program
In 2013, all students will have a
Lenovo notebook and will be able
to access digital learning
resources.
The College used ‘once only’
Commonwealth Government
funding for Years 9 to 12 in 2011-
2012 to provide notebooks to
Years 9, 10 and 11. These
students will be in Years 10, 11
and 12 in 2013 and have used
their notebook for much
educational benefit for nearly a
year. We expect them to continue
to develop their skills and
knowledge and use this powerful
resource to improve their learning
outcomes. Parents of Year 7
students in 2012 committed to a
co-contribution scheme that will
continue to provide a notebook to
these students in Year 8 in 2013
and in Year 9 in 2014 for the
same purpose.
Another notebook contribution
scheme for parents of Years 7 and
9 students is commencing in
2013. In this scheme, parents
contribute approximately 70% of
the lease cost of the notebook,
namely $190 in the first year,
$160 in the second year, and $140
in the third year. These students
will be provided with their
notebook early in the new school
year, when students and parents
have attended and signed the
Acceptable User Agreement at
notebook distribution dates as
well as paid the first year’s
notebook contribution cost.
Year 7, 9, 10 and 11 students in
2012 are required to return their
notebook to school for servicing
and auditing towards the end of
this year. We expect continuing
students will have access to their
notebook over the school
holidays, once their enrolment for
2013 has been confirmed, and the
$175 second year parent
contribution for current Year 7
students has been paid.
The College has produced two
documents, a 1:1 Learning
Program Guide, and Frequently
Asked Questions: A Guide for
Parents and Students. I hope
these documents answer any
questions you might have. Should
you have any further questions
about the Program that these
documents do not answer, please
contact one of our Campus
Principals or Campus Leaders.
Mr Mark Nugent
Campus Principal

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Sydenham Campus News
This semester, as part of our SOSE
curriculum, we have been studying
Australian and Indigenous Australian
History. This has led us to learn about the
First Fleet and the contact the Europeans had
made with the Indigenous Australians. We
looked at the suffering the Indigenous
Australians underwent and the heroes/
heroines among the sufferers who tried to
bring an end to the war and bloodshed.
Truganini, an Indigenous Australian was one
of the many who tried to bring peace to her
people and is now a hailed heroine in the
Indigenous Australian community. As a
given task, we wrote a poem about her and
her efforts. The poem below is one I wrote in
class for this task and it explains Truganini’s
journey:
Truganini
Through the time of many sufferers,
Many were silenced and passive except for
one.
Her name was Truganini and with her
strength and persistence,
She would be remembered for years to come.
During the struggle on Van Dieman’s Land
Beautiful Truganini was born.
Her vibrancy and beauty was a sight to all,
But before long, settlers had her smile torn.
Amidst the widespread killing and war,
George Augustsus Robinson was given a
“Friendly Mission”.
Appealing to Truganini with peace and
protection,
He created a great apparition.
In believing Robinson, she saw no other
choice,
And for the sake of her people, she agreed.
To help Robinson to find all others,
Truganini SOSE Poem
So bloodshed and tears would be freed.
As she helped send others to an island,
Truganini thought she had done well.
But seeing through Robinson’s deceptions,
She could see all was not swell.
She warned others to flee and them they
saved,
But for Robinson on a mission, I could not
say the same.
Abandoned and betrayed,
They continued with their hopes barely
aflame.
Exiled to Oyster Cove, Truganini found
herself,
But content because she was on traditional
ground.
Through the sea and the bush,
Her strength and courage was found.
Moving to the capital with her bright red
cap,
To honour the memory of those who passed.
Becoming well known by all,
Respect and honour did had she amassed.
Passing at the age of sixty-four,
She was buried in an undeserving goal and
then displayed.
Her dying wish to be buried behind
mountains,
Were ignored and no respects were paid.
One hundred years after her passing,
Had her wishes
finally been given an
honour
Now we all remember
the spirit of
Truganini,
Fighter, warrior and
survivor.
Bridget Lee 92K
Enviro Co – Vice
Congratulations to
Jessica Cichy
from 81E for winning
third prize in this
year's Dante Alighieri
Original Poetry
Competition with her
poem, "Vita Innocente" (Innocent
Life). Copperfield College has had
great success in the past in this
competition and this year is no
exception. The competition is state
wide and to win a prize is a great
achievement. Jessica was awarded
her prize on Friday 7th September at
an award ceremony at Melbourne
University. Auguri Jessica!
Angela Parisi
Italian teacher
- Sydenham
campus
LOTE News
The Wellbeing Team and the SRC team at
Sydenham were pleased to be involved in the
2012 “R U OK DAY”. All students attended
assemblies where they were able to view a
presentation on how conversation could save
lives. These presentations were conducted by
our SRC student leaders. We were then able
to provide students with a free cup of milo to
celebrate the day, and encourage students to
reach out to one another and ask
“Are you ok?”
R U OK?
There was also a national competition where
Victoria Latomanski from 81E was runner
up. She designed a fabulous postcard
promoting the day.
Well done to all those who participated in
the day.

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Sydenham Campus News
Sydenham Art Tours At the National Gallery
of Victoria
Almost 200 Sydenham students in years 7
and 8 have visited the National Gallery of
Victoria this term. One homegroup at a
time toured through the many
rooms at NGV International and traced the
development of landscape and figurative
painting from the 15th to the 21st
century. Students marvelled at
this magnificent collection of masterpieces
and learnt how artist's ideas travel through
time and around the world to influence other
artists in different countries 100's of years
later. After lunch each group visited
the NGV Australian Art collection at
Federation Square. Here they were able to
see how French and Dutch artists influenced
Australian Colonial and Impressionist
paintings. The Aboriginal paintings were a
big hit as well. All of the homegroups
looked great in their school uniforms and
their behaviour was excellent all day. They
were all a credit to the school.
Ross Waterman
Art Teacher
Science Week Activities
Copperfield Sydenham celebrated Science
Week with a national theme on Alternative
Energies. All year 7 and 8 students were encouraged
to enter an article explaining alternative
energies and non-renewable resources.
The entries were judged by the environmental
team captains. It was a hard decision as there
were so many fantastic pieces of work submitted.
Thank you to all who participated.
Prizes and certificates were awarded at the
team assembly. I am very proud to announce
the winners.
From year 7 there were four winners: George
Hanna, Kristian Ontigas, Indira Unnava, and
Simrandeep Singh.
From year 8 there were two winners: Ruth
Pamintuan and Kamaljeet Singh
Mrs Karen Martin
Essendon –
Penleigh Grammar
Mathematics
Competition
I was fortunate enough to take four
year 8 students to represent Copperfield
College at a state wide maths Competition.
It was held at Penleigh & Essendon
Grammar. The students participated
in puzzles, problem solving tasks and
games. I would like to congratulate
Paul Muscat, Taylor Booth, Elizabeth
Vu and Taran St Clair. I am happy to
report we came within the top 21% of
the state. The students worked to the
very best of their ability, and I was very
proud of their performance.
Mrs Karen Martin
Four of our students, Paul Muscat, Taylor
Booth, Elizabeth Vu and Taran St
Clair, entered the Penleigh and Essendon
Grammar School Mathematics
Competition. We were driven to the
competition by Mrs Martin. We participated
in a day of Maths games and
problem solving for a chance to win a
great prize. It was a fun day and we
encourage others to enter. We were
versing 133 teams, with most teams
coming from private schools and wearing
ties and/or blazers. We came
29 th .The puzzles weren’t too hard, and
the games were interesting.
Paul, Taylor, Elizabeth, Taran
Year 8 H Teamers.

On the 10 th of August, Ms Vella, Celene Savic
and I travelled to Monash University as guest
speakers for the Golden Key event. The day
kicked off with a very early start for travel to
Monah University, Clayton Campus. After
our arrival and some brief introductions we
settled down to listen to speakers present
about the ways through which we can reduce
our footprint through political and economic
methods. Following the speakers was morning
tea and then came our time to present. This
event gave us the opportunity to talk to some
VCE students from the eastern suburbs of
Melbourne about the small steps our team has
taken over the last six years in order to reduce
Environmental News
Golden Key Event.
our impact on the planet. We spoke about how
easy tasks such as implementing the growing
of vegetables gardens in the school, engaging
younger students and the community and are
essential steps to starting a growing
movement through which change can take
effect. At the end of our presentation, we were
asked many questions about the ever-growing
movement at our College; a positive reaction!
As guest speakers, we were extremely happy
with the outcome of our presentation.
Ebony Kemeridis, Environmental Leadership
Team Co-Captain
2012 Kids Teaching Kids Sustainable Schools
Youth Conference
On the 27 th and the 28 th of August, the
Environmental Leadership Team at
Copperfield held our 3 rd annual Kids
Teaching Kids Sustainable Schools Youth
Conference in partnership with Brimbank
City, City West Water and Iramoo
Sustainability Community Centre at Victoria
University. Throughout the conference
approximately 200 students from schools in
the local Brimbank City Council area, who
were interested in the environment, were
invited to come and present or participate in
workshops held only by students (hence
“Kids teaching Kids” (KTK)). Their
workshop presentations were related to
“Sustainable Energy for All” which has been
taken from the United Nations Environmental
Program world theme. The first day of the
conference was great, the sun was out, new
friends were made, there were smiles all
around and everybody was learning how they
can help save energy and how it is made from
renewable resources. We were spoken to by
Meredith Sussex (Brimbank City Council
Administrator) and Richard Wood (Manager
at KTK), who both said it was great that so
many young people are getting involved in
helping the environment, and that it’s even
better that there are things like KTK to get
involved in. On the day there were a whole
range of workshops focusing on saving
energy around the home and at school, “All
the activities were fun and educational”, a
Copperfield College student had said.
Day two was held at CERES Community
Environment Park in Brunswick East. CERES
is built on a decommissioned rubbish tip that
was once a farm and then a bluestone quarry
and is currently an environment and education
centre that has won multiple awards, an urban
farm and a thriving community. Day two was
presented by the education teachers at
CERES, so the kids had a break and got to
enjoy the activities such as African dancing,
African drumming, Measuring Carbon,
Renewable Energies, Future Travel and
investigating the Ecohouse. “Everyone
enjoyed the African dancing and drumming, it
was fun!” said a Yr 8 student from
Copperfield College. Both days we were
served yummy blueberry and choc-chip
muffins for our morning tea and sausages and
vegie burgers for lunch, all of which went
down super-fast (and tasted delicious too) as a
result of all the hungry little eco munchkins,
“The food was delicious!” as stated from
many hungry mouths on the day.
Overall both days went extremely well thanks
to all of the students, presenters, volunteers,
teachers and Ms Vella (of course). A big
thank you to the staff at Copperfield College
you supported the students attending such as
Mrs Kumar from Kings Park and her lovely
team. To Ms Desailly and Mrs Dempsey for
all their hard work and keeping the hungry
mouths feed. Again thank you for your time
and support. Now, until next year’s
conference which we hope will be even better
than our past events.
Nike
Recycling:
‘Reuse a
Shoe’
Palm Oil Campaign:
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The Year 9 students
in the Environmental
Leadership Team are
taking part in the
‘Nike Shoe: Reuse a Shoe’
recycling campaign. This campaign
consists of recycling old, unwanted
or damaged athletic shoes that will
end up in our landfill. The athletic
shoes will be collected and sent to
the Nike store once placed in the
recycle bin, found at the
Administration Office at the
Sydenham Campus. The athletic
shoes are sent to the Nike head
office to be broken up into ‘Nike
Grind’ which is rubber, foam and
fiber that will be further turned into
buttons, zipper pulls and cushioning
for the use of indoor and outdoor
sports flooring which is used
throughout the world. Please make
sure that the athletic shoes that are
placed in our bin are clean.
By Celene Tang, Neha Ram and
Team Members
As a team we
ask that you
read the labels
of the products
you purchase
from your
supermarkets.
Look for labels
such as oil
(palm) or palm
oil. The less products bought the
less forests are cut down. A small
step to support environmental
change.
We have partnered with ‘Battery
World - Recycling’. Battery World
offers the only national opportunity
to recycle responsibly by disposing
dead domestic batteries at our
College. The batteries that we as a
Team are recycling are: A, AA,
AAA, C, D, 9V and 4V batteries,
laptop batteries and camera batteries.
This will be an ongoing initiative and
will be occurring across all 3
campuses. We are encouraging as
many people to recycle these
batteries so that they do not end up in
landfill and harm the environment by
leaking out heavy metals.

Environmental News
Golden Sun Moth Presentation for Brimbank
City Council’s Workshop on Creating Habitat
Gardens
On the 8 th of August, a Saturday, Ms Vella
and Celene Savic attended the native habitat
workshop at Westvale Community Centre in
St Albans for Brimbank City Council. There
were 16 local people of all ages in attendance
to learn more about creating their own home
habitat gardens to encourage native wildlife
into their gardens. They learnt what type of
flora to incorporate into their garden to help
attract specific wildlife as rest stops for their
journeys across the native corridor spaces
found in Brimbank. The talk was very
informative for our current Golden Sun Moth
Habitat Garden project. We were inspired by
many of the ideas which Helen had taught us
which has encouraged us to run with them
and install them into our project. After
morning tea Martha Ragg from Brimbank
City Council conservation team introduced
Celene and Ms Vella to present our current
project. This open up lots of conversation
within the group and more ideas came about
which were taken from the local community
members. This also allowed our Enviro Team
to network with Brimbank City Council, the
local community members and Helene from a
local nursery to help and support our project.
Over all the day was a success and
information will be used. Once the project is
complete we are anticipating to hold a
workshop in the space for the community.
Celene Savic
Environmental Leadership
Team Co-Captain
Mobile
Muster
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Since the middle of last year we have
collected 256 mobile phones, which
we have kindly sent to the Melbourne
Zoo to help with their ‘Gorilla -
They’re Calling On You’ campaign.
Our support has added to the $65,000
dollars raised to support Jane
Goodall’s research team in Africa.
Keep recycling your phones...

College Uniform - Major Changes in 2012
Dear all Parents & Carers,
Copperfield College has undergone a major review of our College Uniform and implementation
of Uniform recently. College Council has also endorsed our new Uniform Policy and
Uniform clothing items.
As a result, 2012 will see a major change into Uniform implementation (consequences for
students not wearing correct uniform) along with changes of items of clothing.
We strongly recommend Parents & Carers carefully read the following documents on our
College Website;
College Uniform Policy
College Uniform Story board
College Uniform Implementation
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We have also enclosed our uniform consequences flow chart with this letter for your benefit
as this will begin first day 2012 (Thursday 2 nd February).
In summary major changes for 2012 are;
As of 2012, all Year 7 and students new to the College are expected to wear the authorised
uniform.
All Year 11 students at the Delahey campus in 2012 will be expected to wear the authorised
PSW black pants with College logo.
All body piercings are banned. Students with visible body and facial piercings will need to
remove them whilst on school grounds.
All students enrolled at Copperfield College will be required to wear ‘branded’ school shoes
as outlined in the College uniform story board.
For all other current students any purchases of new items must be from the authorised range
at PSW (Official school supplier of the Copperfield College uniform).
As of the 2013 school year, all students enrolled at Copperfield College will be expected
to wear the new College uniform.
Thanking you for your support
Tony Simpson
College Principal
In Victoria education is compulsory for children aged between 6 and 17. When students are
enrolled, it is expected they will attend every day of each term.
Parents will receive notification of any student-free days.
It is crucial that students develop habits of regular attendance at an early age. This includes
arriving at school, and each class, on time.
Students who regularly miss days of school are at risk of missing out on learning the basic
building blocks in subjects, and may experience long term difficulties with their learning.
School attendance helps students develop social skills, such as friendship building, team
work, communication skills and healthy self-esteem.
An absence from school requires a doctor’s certificate or note of explanation that has
been written and signed by a parent/guardian. The note should accompany the
student on the first day they return to school after the absence. If the absence is
expected to be longer than one day, please notify the Student Attendance Officer at
your child’s campus.
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Have you moved? Has your
phone number changed?
It is important that the
College is informed of any
changes to your contact
details.
Please ensure the office know
as soon as possible of any
changes.
Bạn đã di chuyển? Có số
điện thoại của bạn thay đổi?
Điều quan trọng là các trủờng
Cao đẳng đủợc thông báo về
bất kỳ thay đổi chi tiết liên lạc
của bạn. Vui lòng bảo đảm
các văn phòng biết càng sớm
càng tốt của bất kỳ thay đổi.
Our school has been selected to
participate in the Rebel Support
Your Sport Program. Under this
program, the school can earn 5% of
your purchases at Rebel Sport as in
store credit to spend on our school
sports programs.
All you need to do is join Season
Pass, select our school from the list
of participating groups (We’re listed
under Copperfield College) and
swipe your loyalty card every time
you make a purchase at Rebel Sport.
You’ll receive access to great
member prices and other initiatives
and the school will receive a 5%
credit.
Thanks for your support.
Personal Goods
Brought to School at
Owner's Risk
Personal property is often brought to
school by students, staff and
visitors. This can include mobile
phones, electronic games,
calculators, toys, sporting equipment
and cars parked on school premises.
The Department does not hold
insurance for personal property
brought to schools and it has no
capacity to pay for any loss or
damage to such property.

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Interim Report Parent Survey – for Kings Park and Sydenham Campus Parents
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Which Campus Do/es your child/children currently go to? (please circle)
Kings Park
Sydenham
How would you rate the new style Interim Report format: (please circle)
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Not Satisfactory
Can you please explain why:
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Did you find the new style of reports: (please circle)
More Informative
Less Informative
Don’t Know
Were the Interim Reports: (please circle)
Easy to understand
Easy to understand with brief teacher explanation
Too difficult to understand
Too difficult to understand – even with a brief teacher explanation
Don’t Know
When you were given the Interim Report did a teacher explain it to you? (please circle)
No
Yes
In your opinion should anything be added to the new style Interim Reports? (please circle)
No
Don’t Know
Yes:
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In your opinion should anything be taken out of the new style Interim Reports? (please circle)
No
Don’t Know
Yes:
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In your opinion when is the best time to hand out the new style Interim Reports: (please circle)
Mailed out to parents a week before Student Led Presentations
Given to parents on the night of Student Led Presentations
Other: ____________________________________________________________________________
Don’t Know
Any other opinions or idea you may have?
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