APC Newsletter Edition 1 2021

NEWS Edition 1 – February 2021

Contents 2

Principal’s Say

3

Library floor

3

Studio 120

4 Amazing 2020 results

5 Student Voice and Agency 6 Flannery takes gold, again!

7 Jodhi, film maker maverick 9 Da Vinci projects begin 10

Hospitality news

12 STEM 13 Pathways 13 Maths 14 Important

information for

parents and carers

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Important Dates Monday 8 March Labour Day – Public Holiday

Principal’s Say – refreshed, revitalised, renewed Welcome to 2021. It feels wonderful to be back, on campus, learning together.

9 – 12 March Horse Riding Camp – Group 1 Wednesday 17 March Whole School Parent/ Student/Teacher Interviews 19 – 21 March APC Families Hike Thursday 25 March IB Showcase 29 - 31 March Year 9 Land and Water Camp Thursday 1 April Final Day of Term 1 Monday 19 April First day of Term 2

After the better part of 2020 spent at home, I can sense the wonderful spirit that comes from the joy of seeing friends and being able to do all the really creative things that just weren’t possible online. I’ve been hearing music in the courtyard, seeing dancers practice outside the gym, and I’m looking forward to auditions and rehearsals for our exciting forthcoming original musical. Its development will be featured in social media and this newsletter as we build up to opening night.

Nothing beats face-to-face learning. If the Covid-19 school closures taught us anything, it reminded us of what a privilege it is to be at school. I believe it has renewed our respect and appreciation for education. It also taught us to be prepared for the unexpected, and the recent three-day closure gave us a chance to retune our remote and flexible learning plans... just in case.

We used last year’s closure to get on with refreshing the college’s campuses. You will notice more painting and redecorating, big changes to the Library floor and the transformation of the Gym into a visual arts centre. Spoiler alert: this is temporary and a major new groundbreaking campus will open to replace it from the first day of term two!

Also, as you will read in these pages, our VCE and IB students excelled despite the closures to achieve APC’s best ever academic results. Their efforts and their teacher’s efforts placed APC in the top 7 percent of state schools. I couldn’t be prouder of everyone.

Please note some important information at the end of this newsletter about electronic payments at the cafe, pick up and drop off points and privacy and insurance policies.

Steven Cook Foundation Principal

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Library floor You will notice major physical changes to the college. The repainting and refitting of Danks Street has proceeded strongly. You will notice in particular the new look of the library and the fact that there’s a new library for senior students at the end of that floor. They’re both connected by a senior student study centre, which we’re in the process of transforming using books as building materials. Think of it as a ‘Shrine to the Book’.

Studio 120 Many have commented how amazing the gym looks in its new guise as a visual arts studio. The good news for those who want their gym back is that this is temporary and you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! From the start of Term 2, visual arts classes will be moving to our sixth and latest campus at 120 Bay Street. Called Studio 120, it’s a first for Australian public education (and probably all secondary education): an inner-city art studio campus. It’s going to turn some heads in the world of schooling.

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Amazing 2020 results Studying from home was far from ideal, but, being well prepared, we achieved amazing results. Our year-12 students starred. Everyone overcame the difficulties heroically, as the following results – our best ever – demonstrate: • • • • • • •

9.9% of students attained an ATAR score of 95 or above 21% of students attained an ATAR score of 90 or above 39.5% of students attained an ATAR score of 80 or above our VCE Median Study Score was 31 our VCE Dux (Oliver Kalicin) received an ATAR of 99.85 our IB Dux (Olivia Gladwell Bolte) received an ATAR of 98.7 four students achieved an ATAR above 99.

All up, APC was comfortably in the top seven percent of state secondary schools.

Well done seniors, many of whom will be starting university and TAFE on Monday. Have fun.

Oliver Kalicin

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Olivia Gladwell Bolte

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Student Voice and Agency The student leaders have started the year off strongly, with many successful initiatives around the college. We had our first Reconciliation Action Plan meeting on Monday 22 February and discussed working towards First Nations justice.

If you’d like to get involved in the working group please email zoealexiades@albertparkcollege.vic.edu.au.

We look forward to our community having their say.

Our SRC and Community Engagement Leader, Aryan Desai, led a new initiative – the Taboo Sanitary Products letterbox drop. Over 30 students have dropped off 1800 flyers across 10 suburbs, to raise awareness for Taboo, their mission – to end period poverty globally. Our student leadership group was lucky enough to hear from Isobel Marshall (co-founder and 83 DANKS ST ALBERT PARK MELBOURNE VICTORIA

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2021 Young Australian of the Year) at the end of 2020. If you’d like to read more about Taboo and the work they do, go to https://tabooau.co/ Our student leadership presentation night is coming up and we look forward to welcoming families to the College to celebrate our 2021 leaders, keep an eye out in your inbox for an invitation if your child is involved in the program.

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Freeman takes gold, again!

This year’s swimming carnival proved a major success, with no fewer than 469 students competing in individual and team events.

This year’s points table was: Winton: 308, Flannery: 627, and Freeman: 656.

Freeman was once again too pacy, with Flannery not far behind. We’re sure that Winton’s inspiration – Tim Winton – would be surprised by his house’s relatively poor showing, especially considering the prominence of the sea and swimming in his novels. Maybe next year!

Some notable swimmers from the day include Jack Gonzalez (1st for every individual event in Y8) and Daniel Magasanik (1st for every individual event in Y9).

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Our thanks to all the teachers involved in the organisation, especially our Sports Coordinator and computer expert, David Barnaby.

The packed stands brought together everyone from our five (soon to be six) campuses and showed just how many students APC now has.

The year-12 house captains did a great job as usual, encouraging house spirit, and the seniors were out in force as girl cops and boy robbers. We think the law won!

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Jodhi, film maker maverick Interview with Jodhi Ramsdem Mavric, year 12, film maker

1. What competitions and festivals have you entered and how successful have you been?

So far “From What You Left Behind” has been in the ‘International Teen Short Film Festival’ in Beijing where it won the award for best cinematography, Pinewood studios Lift-Off festival in London, the WCTE-PBS student film festival in Tennessee where it won an award for the fiction category, and The Youth Diversity Film Festival in Hollywood. It has also been shortlisted for a festival in Portugal which I am waiting to hear about and the film will hopefully be in more festivals throughout the year.

2. What was it like managing such a large project during varying Covid-19 restrictions and while holding to other academic commitments?

Did you have to sacrifice any of your vision?

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At times the film was the cause of a lot of stress. However, in a way it helped me to keep my sanity throughout lockdown and various Covid-19 restrictions, so it functioned as a clear goal throughout the year to work towards.

I managed to uphold my other academic commitments throughout the development and production of my film by carefully planning out the times in which I would study and the times I would work on the film and used working on the film as a break from bookwork. Due to Covid, I had to make several sacrifices and changes to my project. I ended up shooting a large amount of the film at school as I was unable to use any other indoor locations. However, despite this disruption, the experience allowed me to learn how to make compromises and prepare for changes.

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3. Do you see yourself continuing with film production post-secondary?

I hope to study film post-secondary and aim to get into a film production course at university. I also would love to study and create film abroad and possibly work in the documentary form, thus allowing me to combine my interest in diverse international cultures and my love for filmmaking.

4. Would you recommend media studies to other people?

One hundred percent, yes! Media is an incredible subject to study and I absolutely recommend it to anyone. I found it to be one of the most relevant study designs for my generation. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of designing and creating a media product with almost complete freedom,

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studying the relationship between the media and audiences as well as analysing two films’ ideological and institutional contexts and deeper meaning. We have such amazing media teachers and resources at APC and I strongly encourage other students to take advantage of this.

5. What’s your next project about?

In 2021 I hope to create some smaller projects to practice my skills and expand my knowledge. However (aside from completing year twelve), I hope to focus the majority of my attention on assisting with various media projects around the school as this year’s media leader. From year 7 I have always watched the fabulous films of school events like the swimming carnival and Vaudeville and wanted to take part in making them, I am hugely excited to do so this year!

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Da Vinci Projects begin 2021 has begun with a buzz of excitement at the Bay Street, where the new year 9s are getting stuck into their Da Vinci Projects – producing a creative response to an environmental issue. Students have begun to analyse the iconic work of world renowned artists before developing their own techniques across a range of mediums.

In week 4, students will have the exciting opportunity to collaborate with the NGV in an engaging morning that will expose students to the current Triennial exhibition. The virtual excursion will explore how contemporary designers respond to social, economic and environmental challenges through innovative and sustainable creations. This will provide students with a fantastic insight into the processes involved in the planning and production of such artworks, providing them with a solid foundation to begin their own idea development. Stay tuned for more news out of Bay Street.

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Ottolenghi, move over!

Our cafe students are always encouraged to bring in favourite recipes from home. Here are two we loved from Leilani Seabrook from year 9.

Lemonade Scones

Cypriot Grain Salad

300g (2 cups) self-raising flour, sifted 55g (1/4 cup) caster sugar 125ml (1/2 cup) thick cream 125ml (1/2 cup) lemonade 40ml (2 tablespoons) milk Jam and whipped cream, to serve Preheat the oven to 220C. Lightly grease a baking tray.

Place the flour, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in a large bowl. Add the cream and lemonade and mix to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured workbench and knead lightly until combined. Press the dough with your hands to a thickness of about 2cm. Use a 6cm round cutter to cut out 8 scones, place on baking tray and brush the tops with some milk.

Re-roll scraps to make a few extra scones. Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Serve warm with your favourite jam.

1 bunch coriander shredded ½ bunch parsley shredded ½ red onion finely diced 1 cup freekah (or cracked wheat) ½ cup puy lentils 2 tbsp toasted pumpkin seeds 2 tbsp (toasted) hemp seed 2 tbsp (toasted) sunflower seeds 2 tbsp baby capers ½ cup cranberries Juice of 1 lemon 3 tbsp extra virgin olive Sea salt to taste 1 cup thick Greek yoghurt 1 tsp cumin seeds toasted and ground 1 tbsp honey Cook freekeh in 2 1/2 cups of water. Bring to boil and then turn down heat, cover and cook for about 15 mins or until just tender.

Drain and cool. Cook lentils in 1 1/2 litres of water. Bring to boil, turn down heat and simmer for 25 mins or again until tender but with still a bit of bite. Drain and cool.

Toast your seeds until lightly golden. Mix your freekeh, lentils, seeds, cranberries, capers, onion, herbs, lemon juice and olive oil.

Season with salt to taste and spoon into serving bowl. Mix yoghurt and honey and dollop on top of the salad.

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Hospitality Club Leaders 2021 Welcome to our two new Hospo Club head chefs.

Maxie Manning

Return of the baristas Congratulations to all the Year 9 students who were our first two groups in Cafe for 2021.

Johanna Tam

Hospitality Club

Cafe Certificate

Hospitality Club is back for 2021, and will run as a dedicated catering team and a casual Inspire Club this year! In 2020 our club developed a mission statement:

5 days in Cafe = 1 Cafe Certificate, lots of fun, a great experience, making new friends, preparing and serving food, using the coffee machine, washing lots of dishes, working together and rising to the challenge of the experience and probably some sore legs too.

Well done everybody!

“We will guide Albert Park College and its broader community in following healthy, ethical and environmentally sustainable food practices. We will teach habits that build a positive relationship to food and promote a nutritious and low-carbon diet. We will work alongside other community groups to support a progressive local food culture whereby everyone has access to high quality food and food education.”

Inspired by our mission statement, Hospitality Club’s activities this term will centre around kitchen-gardening and seasonal eating as well as building community through food and cooking. We look forward to engaging through both in-person club meetings and online club content this year, and we invite anyone interested in hospitality to get involved by joining our Google Classroom: u3mvlkh 83 DANKS ST ALBERT PARK MELBOURNE VICTORIA

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STEM girls gather yet more momentum APC’s F1 in School’s team, Momentum (Agnes McCallum, Miranda Vaz, Olivia Avotins, Ami Farthing, Angel Malhotra and Saige Meacham) have reached the National Finals for the second consecutive year.

In 2020 Momentum, unphased by lockdown, competed in a virtual state final and were placed third overall. They also won the “Outstanding Industry Collaboration” award earning them a spot in the 2021 National Finals competition which will be held virtually in April this year.

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To read more about their journey, please view the Driven Women article linked here and follow their progress on their website: https://www.apcmomentum.com/ and Instagram account: @momentum_apc

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Wall of gratitude The Pathways students have begun to create their own Gratitude Wall. During Positive Education this term, we are discussing how we can promote happiness and kindness on an individual level.

One of the ideas we have utilised is showing gratitude.

Gratitude has been shown to promote strength and self-reliance and increase empathy. Each day students and staff write down something they are grateful for and place it on the Gratitude Wall. We hope to develop this over the rest of the term and have a really decorative classroom.

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Mathematical mindsets The Maths Team is starting 2021 with Strength Spotting Stickers. All teaching staff were given a set of 10 stickers which highlight desired work behaviours in mathematics.

These stickers are being awarded to students who demonstrate fantastic bookwork habits and mathematical communication. Strength Spotting is a pillar of our Positive Education Model.

Mathematics is a subject which can trigger anxiety. At APC, we encourage growth mindsets and a can-do attitude. Our differentiated curriculum ensures that every student is working at their level and experiencing success.

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Drop Off and Pick Up Zones As we start the new year, we would like to remind all parents and carers of the importance of student safety during morning drop off and collecting them in the afternoon. Please note: vehicles double parking at Danks St and stopping in Pickles St may be fined by the City of Port Phillip Parking Officers. The “Kiss & Go” drop off and pick up zone is adjacent to Foote Street Park in Danks St.

Albert Park College Cafe News The pandemic made us all get used to ordering online and making electronic payments. Our cafe has now joined the trend.

New Cashless System – Online Ordering

Set Up Your Account

Parents and students can now order online up until 9.30 am so you no longer need to send cash or a paper order to school. As well as being convenient for students, the online orders are more accurate and much faster for the Cafe to process. The new payment method, FlexiSchools, is well established and tested, operating in hundreds of schools across Australia. The College Cafe is open from 7:30am Monday to Friday. It provides students with the opportunity to purchase breakfast before school, snacks and lunch. All orders can be ordered daily directly from the Cafe or online.

Setting up an account for either Online Ordering or Card Payments is done online and only takes a minute. Simply go to www. flexischools.com.au and click “Register Now”. You will be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders or using your card immediately.

Student Card Payments Students can use their student card to purchase goods at the Cafe. To enable this, parents need to set up a FlexiSchools account online and pre-load their account with funds.

Students can make purchases at the Cafe by swiping their card at the cash register. Parents can view their child’s purchases online and can set a daily spending limit on the student’s card as well.

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The system operates via a pre-paid account, so you don’t need to scrounge for coins in the morning and can easily budget for your spending throughout the term. There are a variety of payment options supported, including Visa, Mastercard (credit and debit), Bank Transfer and Payclick. Some top-up methods have fees or restrictions – please check online for details. If you have any questions, FlexiSchools provide a great help desk on 1300 361 769, or you can contact them via their website.

You can also contact the Cafe Manager on 8695 9015 for more information.

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Albert Park College Enrolment Privacy Collection Statement Privacy information for parents and carers During the ordinary course of your child’s attendance at APC, school staff will collect your child’s personal and health information when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emotional wellbeing and health. Such information will also be collected when required to fulfil a legal obligation, including duty of care, anti-discrimination law and occupational health and safety law. If that information is not collected, the school may be unable to provide optimal education or support to your child, or fulfil those legal obligations.

Personal and health information may be collected through: 1.

APC first aid officer 2.

Student Support

Service officers (SSSOs) 3.

School engaged psychologist 4.

APC wellbeing officer 5.

APC staff member.

If your child is referred to a specific health service at school such as the school psychologist or wellbeing officer, your consent will be obtained.

APC may use online tools and software (approved by the Department of Education and Training) to effectively collect and manage information about your child for teaching and learning purposes, parent communication and engagement, student administration and school management purposes. When engaging with these online tools and software, APC will endeavour to take steps to ensure that your child’s information is secure. If you have any concerns regarding our use of these online tools, please contact us.

legal obligation. Please view the Department’s Privacy Policy for further information regarding our ‘need to know’ framework.

When our students transfer to another Victorian government school personal and health information about that student will be transferred to that next school. Transferring this information is in the best interests of our students and assists that next school to provide optimal education and support to students.

In some limited circumstances, information may be disclosed outside of the school (and outside of the Department of Education and Training). The school will seek your consent for such disclosures unless the disclosure is permitted or mandated by law.

Our school values the privacy of every person.

All school staff will comply with Victorian privacy law when collecting and managing personal and health information. For more information about privacy including about how to access personal and health information held by the school about you or your child, see our school’s privacy policy: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/ schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx Throughout this notice, ‘staff’ includes principals, teachers, well-being support officers, social workers, nurses and other allied health practitioners and all other staff at our school. This includes employees, agents and service providers (contractors) of the Department, whether paid or unpaid.

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Student accident insurance Ambulance cover arrangements and private property brought to school The Department of Education and Training does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and carers of students, who do not have student accident insurance and ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical

treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance or transport as well as any other transport costs.

As the Department does not hold insurance for personal property brought to schools, and has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property, students should be discouraged from bringing any unnecessary or particularly valuable items to school. The Department does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage.

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