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Sunday, 18 October 2009 00:00 |
September Newsletter Students raise funds for Samoa
On Friday 16th of October Year 12 VCAL students, with excellent help from a contingent of Year 7s raised $450 for the Pacific tsunami relief effort.
Despite rainy conditions, over two hundred kebabs were consumed on the College Green, along with over one hundred cans of drink and eighty bags of fairy floss (although some of these were prudently saved for later).
This event was the product of weeks of furious preparation on the part of VCAL students, demonstrat- ing, not for the first time, their ability to make decisions democratically and to organise themselves effectively (this was the same outfit who were in large part responsible for raising over a twelve hundred dollars for Foundation House during Refugee Week).... Click here to read more... October Newsletter More news > |
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Friday, 18 September 2009 00:00 |
September NewsletterAustralian Mathematics Competition Results
During Term 3, seventy-nine students across the College competed in the Australian Mathematics Competition. Students from across Years 7 to 10, as well as some of our VCAL students, continued to use the Mathletics Program to help improve their Maths skills. The following three students received Gold Class Certificates for achieving exceptional levels of concept mastery:
Davin Wall
Kaushik Srikanth
Julian Patto
Congratulations to these students!
In addition, National Literacy and Numeracy Week saw students across the school competing in a daily problem solving competition. Congratulations to all the students who competed. We would also like to thank our very generous sponsors: Landmark Book Suppliers, Subway Broadmeadows, Hoyts Broadmeadows and McDonalds Roxburgh Park... Click here to read more... September Newsletter More news > |
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Saturday, 01 August 2009 00:00 |
August NewsletterFour days.... 85 Primary and Secondary schools.... Over 2650 student performers....
Once again SCHOOL OF ROCK was a HUGE success for our school on Thursday 23rd July 2009. Roxburgh College students performed in front of 550 other students The pressure was set for our school to Rock!!! And, once again we raised the bar - with awesome originals and covers from some of our TALENTED performers. To close our set and draw the day to an end with a bang, PINK‟s “So What” was performed by one of our HOTTEST BANDS, accompanied by our HOTTEST DANCERS.
This was a FIRST for School of Rock and it was definitely the highlight of the day! Thank you to Jason Mill for his HARD WORK and FANTASTIC dance program! Thank you to Ms. Claudia Mameli, Mr. Peter Jones, Mr. Jason Mill and Mr. Sonny Ismail for their EXCELLENT work! And, let‟s not forget our FANTASTIC student performers who worked hard during rehearsals and performed with PASSION! Click here to read more... August Newsletter More news > |
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Monday, 20 July 2009 00:00 |
July NewsletterA MEADOW Heights teenager has shared her story in the hope of improving human rights in her home country. Nagma Ali, 17, emigrated from Somalia with her family in 1999. She wrote about the pain of seeing her beloved country in civil war for the Hume ‟N Writes Stories competition, which encourages people to share their visions for the future and ideas about human rights. Nagma said it was scary to think her father, who lived in Somalia, was in danger. Her uncle was killed in a car bombing. She wrote of the difficulty of never knowing if she would see her father again. “My dream is that perhaps one day my father will be able to see the country that he fought for such a long time at peace,” she wrote. The year 12 Roxburgh College student said she was inspired to share her story in the hope that the civil war would stop. Banksia Gardens Community Centre officer Joanna Nevill said other entries included poetry, paintings and a film about Aborigines in Broadmeadows. Click here to read more... July Newsletter More news > |
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Monday, 01 June 2009 00:00 |
June NewsletterThe recent Swine Influenza outbreak closed a small number of schools for several days, in Europe during the winter, sometimes schools close for weeks. A university study on the absenteeism and test performance, have found that, students who are absent from school for five or more days, were much more likely to not meet age appropriate learning targets. In brief, student time on task is important to learning. Every day your child is out of school, for whatever reason, his or her learning achievement suffers. Just being in school, however, is only the starting point. Researchers have pointed out a difference between the amount of time schools allocate for learning, the amount of time during which students are engaged in learning, and actual learning time. Click here to read more... June Newsletter More news > |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 00:00 |
School Council Minutes - May 2009To find out more information and what Roxburgh College has got planned in the up and coming future, click below to read about the latest School Council Meeting. Click here to read more... School Council Minutes - May 2009 More news > |
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 00:00 |
April NewsletterEvery year schools submit their total student enrolment to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). The enrolment data is electroni-cally submitted on the last day of February; this is referred to as the February Census or the Start of Year Census. There is also a Mid-Year Census that collects information about the school community and in turn, DEECD determines how the school will be funded.
This is one of the reasons why we are so particular in wanting to obtain up to date information. This year we have a confirmed total enrolment of 1356. This makes us one of the largest secondary colleges in the North of Melbourne. Attached to size there are benefits including the large number of curriculum programs we are able to offer in Years 11 and 12. Click here to read more... April Newsletter More news > |
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 00:00 |
March NewsletterEvery year schools submit their total student enrolment to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). The enrolment data is electroni-cally submitted on the last day of February; this is referred to as the February Census or the Start of Year Census. There is also a Mid-Year Census that collects information about the school community and in turn, DEECD determines how the school will be funded.
This is one of the reasons why we are so particular in wanting to obtain up to date information. This year we have a confirmed total enrolment of 1356. This makes us one of the largest secondary colleges in the North of Melbourne. Attached to size there are benefits including the large number of curriculum programs we are able to offer in Years 11 and 12. Click here to read more... March Newsletter More news > |
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Sunday, 01 February 2009 00:00 |
Febuary NewsletterWe have had another wonderfully smooth start to the new school year. It’s been great to see students catching up with their old friends, as well as meeting many of our new students and forming friendships with them. Overall, students have been able to settle calmly and quickly into their new school classes and programs. A new school year is always an exciting time and this year is no exception; especially for our new Year 7 students and their families. The Roxburgh College community would like to extend a warm and sincere welcome to you all! Let’s work together to ensure that we are able to make this a really exciting, productive and memorable year. Click here to read more... Febuary Newsletter More news > |
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