Blackburn Cycle Club – Come & Try Track Cycling Day

From the Principal

Who really matters anyway?

Tintern has had a long and storied history of student-led social justice activities and commitment, but what does “social justice” really mean? I imagine there are a range of views about what this means, but in my view, it could be encapsulated in the following graphic:

Not everyone has the same ability to affect their own circumstances, and from my first day at Tintern I was struck by our young men’s and women’s ability to see this as it affected other young people, whether at Tintern, in Australia, or internationally.

At our Spring Celebration this year, our Young Farmers group decided that all funds raised from sales of cakes, etc. to the 300 or so attendees, would be donated to the “Buy a Bale” cause to help farmers in NSW and QLD who have been so terribly affected by the drought. While many of this group are city children, their ability to see the world through the eyes of others is amazing, as was their commitment to this cause. On the day, our Tintern community supported their passion and energy from their pockets and so they truly made a difference. For me, this was yet another example of our students’ ability to recognise that so many people are less fortunate than themselves.

Our Tintern Social Justice group has provided support for the  Sunflower Foundation for many years, supporting education for young women in developing counties – an admirable cause and one they were impressively committed to. This year, however, the Social Justice group decided to re-focus their support and direct it towards education of remote indigenous students. As a result, and initially for 2018, Anglicare have provided us with the support network to do this, and we are very grateful to them. At the “Comedy for a Cause” evening earlier this year, the $4000+ raised has been committed to schools and school programs in Anglican indigenous communities in northern Australia.

This is also a very admirable project, with progress already made being easy to admire (and I certainly do) but our Social Justice group see this as only an intermediate stage, and want to establish a permanent relationship with an Anglican indigenous community in Central or Northern Australia. We are currently seeking a partner for this (and the group are putting plenty of pressure on me through their convenor, Ms Jeanette Kropp!) and we hope to have this relationship established ahead of our next major Social Justice group event. Beyond that, plans are afoot for it to lead to a visiting program that will enable our young women and men to experience a life very different to their own and to provide personal and tangible service to a community that would truly understand the impact of that service.

Both of these initiatives truly exemplify our motto – factis non verbis!

Curriculum Matters

We are nearing the end of another busy term at Tintern and our senior students are gearing up for the pre-examination revision stage of their studies for 2018. Many thanks to our staff who work tirelessly with all of our students and who have, more recently, participated in our all-important Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences. These conversations provide an unsurpassed opportunity for teachers to celebrate success and growth with students and their families and, also, to discuss areas for improvement and future focus. These frank exchanges can be the springboard for even further positive choices by students and continued development in the classroom.

Over the past few weeks, we have been receiving the results of ICAS testing administered by the University of NSW. This program, like NAPLAN, provides a snapshot in time of students’ progress in particular disciplines and is a piece of data which, when added to the bigger picture, may help to inform our staff of the learning needs and future foci for our students. Recently, we have received our NAPLAN results for our current Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 cohorts. We have seen some pleasing trends and more detailed analysis of our results will be forthcoming early in Term 4 but, in the meantime, you might have read with interest some of the press around the introduction of online NAPLAN testing. All Australian schools are moving to NAPLAN Online by 2020. In 2018, around 20 percent of Australian students undertook NAPLAN online and a larger percentage will do so in 2019. Tintern will be one of the schools moving to online testing next year and we recently have had a ‘taster’ of the new testing system when the school undertook readiness testing of the technology necessary to administer the tests online to such a large cohort of students in one sitting.

The publication of results this year took the format of combined data for the online and paper student cohorts. The decision to place all of these results into one comparative summary was a somewhat contentious one. I would remind all families that your child’s NAPLAN results are a snapshot of your child’s progress at a given point in time and all individual NAPLAN test results should be considered alongside broader school-based assessments, which provide a more detailed picture of the whole child and their progress across many streams. Interestingly, the feedback from schools this year was that students found the online assessment ‘engaging’ and, indeed, our small handful of students who assisted with the technology readiness testing earlier this term gave similar feedback. We will keep families informed next year of the progress towards the online testing system.

I would like to thank our staff for continuing to provide excellent learning opportunities to our students throughout this term and the students themselves for embracing all that they do with confidence, enthusiasm and curiosity. Our journey to strive to be the best we can be also relies on support from you, the parents and families of our students. You play such an important role in ensuring that your children receive a consistent message about the benefits of making the most of the opportunities they encounter at Tintern on a daily basis. Together, we can continue to ensure that our young charges, your children, always are putting their best foot forward and truly enjoying their learning journey.

I wish you all a happy and safe holiday break.

Music Matters

IB Recital provides a wonderful array of musical delights

The IB music class of 2018 held their recital last Thursday 12 September. We performed our solo programs, of around twenty minutes each, as well as showcasing our original compositions. This culmination of two years’ worth of tireless work was our chance to display how much we have flourished during the music course, having developed as solo instrumentalists and produced unique works testing new compositional skills. Steven Zhang performed on piano as well as timpani, xylophone, and drum kit, displaying his widespread talent for percussion. Charlotte Menagh performed on clarinet her solo program as well as one of her outstanding compositions written for clarinet trio entitled “Three Sisters”, which evoked the emotions experienced during a fight with her twin siblings. I performed on solo flute, and most enjoyed the performance of ‘Mei’, a modern Japanese work which is atonal, has both haunting long notes and striking accents, and involves diverse techniques such as flutter-tonguing, glissandi and key clicks. The Year 11 IB music students, Molly Fleming and Ron Chen, both played beautiful pieces on solo piano, giving us a taste of the amazing talents yet to be featured at next year’s IB recital. The music class thanks all staff and students who accompanied us, performed in our compositions, and helped organise and run what was an incredible night and an opportunity, which I feel privileged to have had.

by Holly Fryer, Instrumental Music Captain 2018

Sport Matters

Alison Gatt successful at Karate NAS State Championships

Congratulations to Alison Gatt in Year 9 who competed in the NAS State Championships in karate over the weekend. Alison was very successful placing first in traditional forms, second in point sparring and third in continuous sparring, and will now compete in the National Championships in Queensland in early December. Well done, Alison!

More cycling success for Mitch McGovern

Year 9 student Mitch McGovern recently represented Tintern Grammar in the Victorian Schools Cycling Championships (VSCC) series in a criterium race at the Yarra Boulevard Teardrop course in Kew. Mitch did extremely well-placing 5th in a very close race and has qualified for the VSCC Road final in Bendigo on the Sunday 21 October.

Well done, Mitch on your recent success and good luck for the final!

Results from the Snowsports Australian Interschools 

Congratulations to Christabelle Sriratana in Year 9 and Rose Rostron in Year 6 who competed at the Australian Interschools at Perisher last week. Both girls did extremely well and we are pleased to share that Rose finished 3rd in GS and 8th in BoarderX, and Christabelle finished 6th in Snowboard Slopestyle and 30th in BoarderX.

Well done, Rose and Christabelle! Your hard work and dedication has paid off achieving these fantastic results!

EISM Cross Country

On Wednesday 12 September, Tintern Grammar competed at the annual EISM Cross Country Carnival at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster. The conditions were perfect for running and the students ran well. Tintern Grammar finished in 6^th place overall. There were some excellent runs on the day with Corey Dickson (U/16 Boys) finishing 4^th, Vishnu Pillay (Open Boys) finishing 8^th, Blake Chrisfield (U/14 Boys) finishing 9^th and Maddy Block (U/14 Girls) finishing 10^th.

Tintern placing exceptionally well on Interschool Equestrian leader-board

Last Thursday 12 September, six members of our Equestrian Team travelled to Boneo Park to compete at an Interschool Combined Training and Dressage Day. Our team showed incredible sportsmanship as well as achieving some great results. Amelia Qvist in Year 9 placed 3rd in the 80cm Secondary Combined Training, Bridie Wescombe in Year 8 (pictured) placed 4th in the 95cm Secondary Combined Training and Ruby Smiley in Year 5 (pictured) placed 2nd in the 60cm Primary Combined Training. In the Senior pure dressage phase, Ella Trevorrow in Year 10 placed 4th. Across the day, the whole team exceeded all expectations by achieving a whopping 64 points towards the series, which moved our school from 26^th place to 9th on the leader-board out of 72 schools. We can’t wait for the Final round of this series on 1 December and hope to see more of our team there! Congratulations to all of the girls and parents who represented Tintern with pride!

by Ella Trevorrow, Year 10 Equestrian Team Member

Junior School riders compete at Royal Adelaide Show

Aisha and Mia Heinrich recently competed at the Royal Adelaide Show. Aisha (Year 3) placed 3^rd in the Open Gelding section out of a field of 8, 2^nd in Pair of Ponies and 4^th in Novice Pony out of a field of 7. Mia (Year 5) placed 5^th in a field of 17 and was one of the youngest riders in a class containing 10-12 year olds. She placed 6^th in Smartest on Parade out of 20 and 3^rd in her Open Gelding section out of 12 (she was the only child in the class). These are outstanding results for both girls!

Congratulations to Aisha and Mia, who are now looking forward to the Royal Melbourne Show, coming up during the September holidays!

by Alison Bezaire, Equestrian Coordinator

Tintern Grammar 2019 Inter-School Horse Trials Championship to be held on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April 2019

Tintern Grammar has a proud tradition of competition in a range of equestrian events.

Our Friends of Equestrian (FOE) group will once again be running their very popular Victorian Horse Trials on the weekend Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April 2019.

This event is an official qualifying event for the Australian Interschool Horse Trial Championships.

Alumna Ashlee Maywald (YG 2011) completes Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon in South Africa 

Congratulations to alumna Ashlee Maywald (YG 2011) who recently completed the Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon in South Africa in just under six hours!! This gruelling event included a 1.9km swim, 90.1km bike leg and 21.1km run.

Congratulations again Ashlee on this amazing achievement!

Community Matters

An Enchanted Evening

The Presentation Ball lived up to its expectation as a major event on the Year 11 calendar last Saturday night in the Grand Hall at The Centre Ivanhoe. Over 400 guests witnessed the presentation of 60 young men and women to the Federal member for Deakin, Mr Michael Sukkar and our Principal, Mr Bradley Fry. The young ladies and gentlemen who participated can be congratulated on a wonderful evening that showcased tradition, sophistication, elegance and style. A very special thank you to the Ball coordinators who work tirelessly throughout the term and earlier to bring this event to fruition: Sharyn Frisby, Kerrie Maywald and Kylie Spears. Thanks are also extended to the volunteers on the night who assist the smooth running of the evening: Amanda McKenzie, Ruby Nagendran, Roshini Higgins, Anne Antoniou, Aimee Spears, Mikki Lacey and Mel Prior. The night was definitely an enchanted evening.

Footy Tipping

The home and away season has come to a close and so has our footy tipping competition. On behalf of Community Relations, thank you to everyone who participated in the competition and congratulations to our prize winners.

Please note that the prize money for the place getters has been combined to accommodate multiple winners in each category.

Please contact our Community Relations office on 9845 7877 or email communityrelatons@tintern.vic.edu.au to collect your prize money.

North Queensland Mangos

The Tintern Parent Group are once again offering North Queensland Mangos straight from the farm to you!

• A tray is filled by weight and will contain somewhere between 12 large mangoes and 20 small mangoes.
• Cost is $26 per tray.
• Mangoes should be ready for collection in late November/first week of December. The date varies depending on the mangoes ripening.
• All families will be emailed confirmation of the delivery date and collection point.
• Please select here to place your order.
• Orders strictly close on Friday 26 October.

Friend of Equestrian – An invitation to be part of FOE and the 2019 Horse Trials

Year 12 Parent Brekky and Coffee Catch Up

A small but dedicated group of year 12 parents met for Brekky and a coffee this morning at Emjay’s in East Ringwood.

Fun times were had as they reminisced on their year 12 children schooling years coming to an end.

Thank you to Rosemary Bennett for organising and to those who attended.

Munch with the Musos – Save the Date

We are excited to announce the 2018 Munch with the Musos has be held on for Sunday 25 November 2018! Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of Term 4.

Spring Garden Tour 2018 – Save the Date

The 2018 Spring Garden tour will once again be running on Friday 26 October – mark this date in your calendars now. Please contact the Community Relations office if you would like to assist our volunteer coordinator, Lisa Vecchio.

Congratulations to the 2019 Giant Fair Logo Winner!

Congratulations to Nicolani Susanto in Year 11 who has been named the winner of the 2019 Fair logo competition. The committee remarked that they loved Nicolani’s colourful design, found it to be great both in small and large sizes, and it expressed a lovely festive feel. Congratulations Nicolani!

Here is the winning design!

Do you Live on a Main Road?

Do you live on a main road in the Maroondah, Yarra Valley, Knox or Manningham area?

Would you be willing for us to put an advertising sign in your front yard to help promote our 2019 Fair?

If so, please get in contact – 9845 7877 or fair@tintern.vic.edu.au!

Volunteers Needed – 2019 Giant Fair

Would you like to get involved in the Tintern Grammar 2019 Giant Fair? Come along to our next meeting Tuesday 9 October 7.30pm at Kennedy Cottage.

The Tintern Giant Fair is an incredible, fun-filled day out for families and our wider community to enjoy great food, entertainment, second-hand sales and exciting rides. It raises funds that contribute to many different programs in the school, including sustainability, which enriches every student’s educational experience.

The Fair is also an opportunity for you to become part of the dynamic team of individuals who plan the Fair and create the fun for our community. 

Do you have any new ideas that could make our next Fair an even bigger success than before? Do you want to meet other parents and families? Then please get in touch to assist with any of the following:

• Fair Planning Committee
• Event Planning
• Food Handling
• Managing the Stage and Entertainment
• Fundraising & Prize Donations

If you are keen to be involved in any way, please email your expression of interest to fair@tintern.vic.edu.au, or contact Community Relations on 9845 7877.

Reunion Festival 2018

We were very proud to host almost 200 past students and staff at our inaugural Reunion Festival on Saturday 8 September. Students from year groups 2003, 1998, 1993, 1988, 1983, 1978 and 1973, as well as past staff celebrated with an eventful afternoon at Tintern; touring the school, enjoying drinks and canapés and reminiscing with their peers and teachers.

The atmosphere was electric on the day, with the excited chatter continuing well into the night at many incredible local restaurants for dinner.

Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed on the day. Our special thanks to the volunteers who gave their time to assist; Lynne Franke, Doris Rose, Sharon Fox, Susan Cuthbert, Carol Robertson and Dani Cox.

Community Event – Oaks Day at Yarra Glen Races!

Celebrate Oaks Day with our community at the Yarra Glen Races. This event is open to friends and family from our parent, past parent and past student communities. 

Dress to impress and watch the races from the Tintern Grammar Marquee whilst enjoying a complimentary drink and canapés on arrival. Oaks Day is more than just the races with Eastland Fashions and live music all day.

WHEN: Thursday 8 November 2018 at 12:00pm

LOCATION: Yarra Glen Racecourse, Armstrong Grove, Yarra Glen, Victoria

COST: $35 per person
This includes race day admission, drink and canapés on arrival.

RSVP: Monday 8 October 2018
Book via Trybooking: www.trybooking.com/XPYI

ENQUIRIES: All enquiries can be directed to Di Lacey and Tegan Martin 03 9845 7877 or communityrelations@tintern.vic.edu.au.

Community Committee Dates 

• Tintern Parent Group (TPG) –Next meeting: Thursday 11 October 7.30pm Kennedy Cottage Co-Presidents: Haidee Wallace and Leeza Crowe
• Friends of Music (FOM) – Next Meeting: Wednesday 24 October 7pm CM Wood Common Room President: Tim Oldmeadow
• Friends of Young Farmers (FOYF) – Next Meeting: Monday 8 October 7.30pm Kennedy Cottage President: Jonathan Cross
• Fair Committee – Next Meeting: Tuesday 9 October 2018 7.30pm Kennedy Cottage Fair Convenor: Amanda McKenzie
• Friends of Equestrian (FOE) – Next Meeting: Tuesday 18 September 2018 7.30pm Kennedy Cottage President: Sandra Garland

Community Group Fundraising

Entertainment Book – perfect for the School Holidays!

Remember it isn’t too late to purchase your Entertainment Book Membership! For a limited time they are offering free postage of the books.

Filled with up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the most popular restaurants, attractions, shopping, travel and more. The book is current from purchase until the end of May 2019.

With many new offers and all the old favourites the value of this book is incredible!

Please click here to order your 2018/2019 Entertainment book from Tintern Grammar. Books can be collected from Main Reception, or instantly purchase and access a digital membership which can then be used on two separate devices.

Please contact Community Relations on 9845 7877 for further information.

All proceeds raised go towards the fundraising for the TPG for 2018.

Tintern Grammar Photo Albums – Protect your School Photos!

Protect your child’s school photos with a stunning Tintern Photo Album. The TPG is offering beautiful quality made customised ‘buckram’ binders for only $72. The albums are Navy, featuring the school crest and name printed in silver on the front cover and come complete with 10 transparent sheet inserts.

The albums are great for storing:
– The official school photos
– Certificates
– NAPLAN and ICAS results
– Sports and performer ribbons
– Artwork
– Programs from concerts, sports days and special assemblies
– Photos
– Newsletter clippings
– Your own scrapbook creations (as the pages are 30cm x 30cm standard scrapbook size)

In fact, if you think of it like a filing cabinet of memories, over the years it builds up into quite a treasure! Samples can be viewed in the uniform shop and all orders are now taken at this link through trybooking. 

Once you have placed your order, please take your confirmation to the Uniform Shop to collect your Album and/or extra pages.

Parents welcome to attend FOE Meeting tonight (Tuesday 18 September) to learn more about this merry group

Dear fellow horsey parents

Friends of Equestrian (FOE) are starting to move into the planning phase of the year for the Tintern 19^th Interschool Horse Trial Championships. We have two wonderful parents (families) who will be finishing up with us and we would love to publicly thank them for all their hard work. Sarah and Phil Thompson (Brooke, Year 12) and Elizabeth Sinclair and Michael Cox (Jimmy, Year 12). Sarah has worked on the committee for the last 4 years and, in more recent years, she looked after the Judges’ catering and fed us all over the weekend brilliantly. Phil has been on the committee as our Risk/Safety Coordinator and has worked in this capacity at the event as well as Crash crew for quite a number of years. Elizabeth has been Secretary of FOE for the last two years and has been a wonderful Gear Check Coordinator at the Horse Trials. Michael Cox has worked as Crash Crew at the Horse Trials for many years. Both of these families have been an integral part of both the FOE committee and the Horse Trials and their input and support has been invaluable. We thank them for their commitment and dedication to both the event and the committee and most importantly to our riders.

REVIEW OF POSITIONS

Our next meeting is tonight (Tuesday 18 September 2018) from 7.30pm at Kennedy Cottage and will be a meeting to review positions both on the FOE and on the organising committee for the 2018/19 Horse Trials. All positions will be vacant. Please consider attending this meeting to meet the current committee and ask questions both about the FOE and Horse Trials. We love suggestions and help. We would love the extra hands moving forward. I am happy to be Event Coordinator for 2019 but this will be my last year in this position (unless someone would like to take it on this year?) So, it will be important for succession planning for this event for other parents to look at stepping in/up to take on this role for 2020 and perhaps beyond.

Roles to be filled on FOE/Horse Trials organising Committee

• President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Vice president
• Clinic Coordinator
• General committee

Horse Trials

• Event Coordinator ( plus assistant Co-ordinator)
• Cross Country Coordinator
• Show Jump Coordinator
• Dressage Coordinator
• Gear check Coordinator
• Catering Coordinator
• Office Coordinator
• Media Coordinator
• Sponsorship and Raffle Coordinator
• Volunteer Coordinator
• Safety/Risk
• First aid Coordinator
• Ground maintenance Coordinator
• Crash crew x 4 (comment for the event)

The above positions are all integral to the running of the Horse Trials and have been covered by a small number of committee members. These positions can be held without being on FOE but we will require some attendance at the Horse Trials planning meetings.

If you would be interested or would love further details be do not hesitate to call Karen or myself on the below numbers.

Sandy Garland

FOE President – 0425 735 577

Karen Trevorrow

FOE Vice President – 0438 858 353

by Sandy and Karen 

Bulla Hooptime Basketball 2018

Bulla Hoop Time is a competition run by Basketball Victoria. The competition is part of a series of one-day basketball round robins held at local basketball stadiums around Victoria. With more than 30-years history, the program offers children in Years 5 and 6 the opportunity to play in a fun interschool competition with qualified referees.

A boys and girls ‘All Stars’ Team represented Tintern Grammar and participated in a series of round robin games at The Rings Maroondah Stadium on Wednesday 12 September. Both teams played with great determination and teamwork across the games and against strong opposition. Congratulations to the girls’ team on reaching the Semi-Final play-offs on the competition day.

Girls Team: Emily Manton, Elisha Sze, Kaitlyn Law, Mietta Chrisfield, Ella Carboon, Sarah Fisher, Jade Dyason, Coco Butterfield

Boys Team: Connor Bastin, Jack Gale, Flynn Hutchinson, Will Kenny, Felix Kilworth, Raph Lever, Jacob Millett, Noah Singh.

Gymnastics Victoria Inter-School Carnival 2018

Congratulations to the two Years 5 and 6 girls teams who represented Tintern Grammar in the Gymnastics Victoria Inter-School Carnival. The teams were entered in the Division A ‘Legends’ section of the Gymnastics Victoria competition. The competition was held on Tuesday 11 September, with ‘Tintern Flyers’ and ‘Tintern Tumblers’ finishing in 1st and 2nd place in the overall competition results for their section. The team training sessions prior to the competition gave the girls the extra confidence to compete successfully in Vault, Bars, Aerobics, Floor, Rings and Beam/P-Bars and Safety Drills.

1st place: Ava Cantor, Abby Dunn, Katherine Howell, Audrey Tandori, Coco Butterfield

2nd place; Jade Dyason, Melody Ch’Ng, Laura De La Pierre, Amy Zhang, Charlotte Davies

Hooptime

On Wednesday 12 of September, a select few were chosen from the Boys’ Junior School to represent Tintern at the Hoop Time basketball competition. Before the competition took place the boys had a few training sessions with coach Mr Bonnyman where the boys worked on match simulation and working as a team which probably wasn’t needed because the boys were such a close bunch. On game day, the boys were feeling pretty good about their tactics and what was required.

We arrived at the venue (The Rings) and the new guys in the team were definitely surprised by the amount of people who came to watch us and the other teams play. When the boys saw the other teams they were definitely feeling their spirits starting to drop as the opposition had some very large boys.

It was time for the boys’ first game to get underway and they looked good early on. Not only were the on-court players playing well but the benches warmers were making contributions when they were put into the action. By halftime in Tintern’s game against Warrandyte the boys were up eight to nine. It was a really intense game because some of the boys on the Tintern side were good friends with some of Warrandyte’s players. With 6 seconds to go Noah shot a long-range basket to put us in front and gave us the eventual win. 

The second game was against the much bigger Templestowe Park. They were a very talented team and got on top of us early.  We never let our spirits drop and fought the game out but they were too strong and ended up going through the tournament undefeated.

The third game was an absolute cliff-hanger against Serpell Park. Jack started to assert himself inside the paint and Felix did a great defensive job on their dominant player. The scores see-sawed all game and unfortunately we were 1 point down when the siren went. This left us third in our group, just missing out on finals. All round we thought it was a great and entertaining day at the Rings and would absolutely go again.

by Raphael Lever and William Kenny, Year 6

News from the Girls’ Middle School

Term 3 has been a rich blend of many varied activities, from Cross-Country to camps, and Smoothie Bar to SoMe and celebrations of 100 days. We have had Big Day In, a Badging Ceremony and will have Battle of the Bands. There have been Music Concerts and incursions, Mathematics Competitions and the Melbourne Writers Festival.  Factis Awards have been presented, and Family Planning ran some classes with Year 9 students. While I have only mentioned a selection of the opportunities and events which have been available, it is clear to see that the variety and number is amazing, and of course this is all over and above classes which continue to deliver curriculum. Educating our students, as you well know, is much more than the ATAR score they may receive at the end of their schooling. It is the culmination of all the numerous experiences they have had, each contributing to who they are and who they will be. Through the process of being involved in the life of this school, character, values and attributes are being shaped and developed.

On Friday 14 September, Year 7 students participated in our first ever Badging Ceremony. This class will graduate in 2023, and received a badge reflective of that year to wear proudly on their blazer. It was wonderful to see the entire Year 7 cohort on stage and being presented with their badge. In addition, the Combined Middle School Assembly, which began with a musical item from the Concert Band, featured Mr Fry addressing all Middle School students on ‘Own Self’ – a summary of the skills and attributes required for working in the 21^st century and what students need to work on and develop in order to be well-equipped for the future.

This Friday, we have our annual Battle of the Bands to look forward to. Each year this is a highlight of the term, when the whole school has the opportunity to see and hear talent from across the year levels that we often did not even know was there. It is a fund-raising ‘footy day’ and students will be able to wear football colours as free dress and bring a gold-coin donation. Funds raised go to World Challenge students.

Recently, all Middle School students were introduced to the World Challenge Vietnam Trip 2019. This is the second time this trip is offered. Students who participated in 2017 had a life-changing experience. Events such as this give students the opportunity to work closely with those less fortunate than we are, to provide a service that will benefit the community well into the future. Students learn a great deal about themselves, others and the world outside their usual sphere. All families will be receiving an email about this event and I encourage you to carefully consider your child becoming involved in this unique event.

As we head into the holidays, I would like to wish all families a restful, refreshing and safe break. We look forward to your safe return on Tuesday 9 October.

News from the Boys’ Middle School

The final week of Term 3 is here and it’s been a great term for our Boys’ Middle School. In the recent weeks we held our cross-country at school followed by the divisional event held on Wednesday 12 September at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster. A large number of our boys made it through to this level and a lot of them equipped themselves really well amongst very strong competition. Blake Chrisfield of Year 8 ran really well to finish 9th, along with Sean Harris (Year 7) in 16th and Lochie Graham in Year 9 (13th).

That same afternoon we had our combined Middle Schools’ assembly where our Concert Band opened proceedings with an amazing piece of music. Following this Mr Fry spoke to the students about “Own Self” where he referenced the years to come for all students, especially our Year 9s with choices such as VCE, VET, IB, VCAL, apprenticeships, interns, university, TAFE, etc. His focus was on our students recognising that no matter which of these pathways they went down, the level of success they achieve will predominantly come down to how hard they work for it.

Our Factis Non-Verbis Awards for Term 2 were handed out at the assembly and the recipients this time around were:

• 7D: Harry Baugh
• 7E: Jayden Marsh
• 8D: Andrew Derham
• 8E: Kevin Zhang
• 9D: Craig Bonnington
• 9E: Patrick Dean

Our Year 8 boys recently had a presentation from an organisation called Sport & Life Training, or SALT titled ‘Time to Man Up’. This session was around the boys recognising what attributes they need to be developing to be men of strong character. The topics covered include: anger, addictions, popularity, respect and reputation, attitudes towards women, emotional intelligence, and having your mates back. It’s one in a number of sessions our boys will be having as they progress through Middle School around developing into good young men.

Our Year 7 boys had their final Big Brother session today which culminated in a pizza lunch where the Year 12 mentors took the opportunity to chat casually with their Year 7 buddies.

I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday and I look forward to seeing everyone return safely to school on Tuesday 9 October.

News from the Maths Department

Great success achieved by our students in the 2018 Maths Talent Quest

Congratulations to Abby Chai (Year 8), Josh Choong (Year 9) and Gavin Choong (Year 12) whose projects were selected as national entries in the 2018 Maths Talent Quest. These projects were chosen as the best entry in their respective year levels and then judged against other State’s national entries. This is a fantastic achievement for these students, and we are pleased to share that Josh’s project has won the national prize for best Year 9 entry in the country! Well done, Josh!

Also, congratulations to the following students whose projects were awarded a distinction or credit in the 2018 Maths Talent Quest: Elijah Hanna, Haochen Zhang, Kristian Dass, Daniel Sun and Daniel Elias in Year 5, Annie Li and Yash Agrawal in Year 7, Adam Choong in Year 9 and Josephine Owen in the Year 10 – 12 category.

As a team, Tintern Grammar received three high distinctions, three distinctions and four credits; a well-deserved acknowledgment of all the student’s hard work and a fantastic achievement in a field of 684 Victorian entries. Well done to everyone involved in the 2018 Maths Talent Quest! You should be very proud of your achievements.

2018 CHOOSEMATHS Video Competition Presentation Ceremony

The 2018 CHOOSEMATHS video competition presentation ceremony was held on Friday 7 September at Leonda on the Yarra. Gavin Choong (Year 12), Joshua Choong (Year 9) and Adam Choong (also Year 9) submitted a video that was selected as one of the finalists and they won $1,000 and each received a medal. Their video explained the Mathematics behind the SIR model that is used to predict the spread of epidemics like Ebola. Watch their video here.    

This is the third year that the CHOOSEMATHS competition has run and the theme for 2018 was ‘Our World Needs Maths’. Over 1,000 videos were submitted from around Australia and they were judged not only on their Mathematics, but also their creativity and teamwork. Ten teams were selected as finalists to attend the three-course meal and hear from speakers like ABC Science presenter Bernie Hobbs and Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity at BHP Billiton Fiona Vines. Gavin, Joshua and Adam were joined by their parents, grandparents, Steven Lo, Kiera Gooding and Julie Tillyer.

Congratulations Gavin, Josh and Adam on this fantastic result!

by Julie Tillyer, Teacher of Mathematics

News from the Careers Department

Year 12 VTAC Applications

Year 12 families are reminded that the timely VTAC applications closing date for Year 12 students is the 27 September at 5pm and this includes paying the fee of $36.00. SEAS and VCTAC Scholarship applications including the submission of all supporting documents closes on 12 October at 5pm, however, VTAC staff will verify any uploaded documents as “approved” or “rejected” in advance of the SEAS closing date if they are submitted by the 27 September. After this date, documents cannot be resubmitted if, for example, they are illegible.

Year 12 Students Intending to Apply Overseas

It is imperative that students make an appointment urgently if they are intending to apply overseas as a ‘buzzword’ must be given to UCAS applicants (applying to study in the United Kingdom) and transcripts prepared in the Careers Office. I would anticipate that students have planned their personal statements and had a discussion with staff who will be writing references for them.

Year 10 Work Experience 2019

Over the holidays, current Year 9 students are encouraged to find a Work Experience placement for the dates from Monday 17 to Friday 21 June 2019. Students are encouraged to speak with our Work Experience Co-ordinator Mrs Julie Ennor if they are having difficulties gaining a position.

CareerNews

Career News Number 26 is now available on the Portal at http://portal.tintern.vic.edu.au/homepage/14962/ and includes the following items:

Career News Number 26

• Dates for the Diary in Term 3
• Reminder: VTAC 2019 Upcoming Key Dates
• Alternative Schoolies Program with Projects Abroad
• News from La Trobe University
  • Choose Clever Workshops
  • Bendigo Campus Talk & Tours
• Federation University – Courses at Berwick Campus
• RMIT Village
• News from Monash University
  • Monash Maths Bridging
  • Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science
• Career in Public Relations  

News from Year 10

This week will be a busy one for the Year 10 students as a number of subjects are finalising assessments for the term. A copy of the presentation by the Semester 1 Medical Science students who attended the Royal Melbourne Hospital program called P.A.R.T.Y (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth) can be found at https://portal.tintern.vic.edu.au/homepage/19634/. The students have a presentation from Vic Roads this Wednesday called ‘Road Smart’ and information will be given to students about the change in pastoral rooms to the Visual Arts Centre while the building works are completed in the Science complex.

Optional METEC Driving Course and Level Two First Aid Course

An email has been sent home outlining two optional activities at the end of the year relating to the METEC driving course on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 28 November and the follow up day course on Wednesday 5 December. There is also an optional Level 2 First Aid course held at school during the day on Monday 3 December and Tuesday 4 December.

The Year 10s are certainly looking forward to the holidays and I hope that the break is a safe one with time to recharge before the lead up to examinations.

News from Year 11

The Year 11 students are reminded that if they are taking a 3/4 subject they have their practice examinations the second week of the school holidays. Please ensure that they have read the timetable and come prepared with their school ID, School uniform, and all the required materials. These practice examinations are run under the same conditions that the actual examinations will be run later in the year, so it is best to become familiar with the requirements.

The students have been reminded that with every practice examination they take, they will increase their understanding of the structure of the actual exams, the style and range of questions, and thus prepare them to do as well as possible. 

I wish them all good luck!

Show your support of Angela Moody (YG 2002) at Move for the Mind Fun Run and Festival

Tintern alumna Angela Moody (YG 2002) is currently studying Event Management at Box Hill Institute and has been nominated as the Event Director for Move for the Mind, a fun run and festival to be held on Sunday 7 October at Lilydale Lake in partnership with Belgravia Leisure to raise funds for Belgravia Foundation. Belgravia Foundation supports mental health and people with disabilities in the local community of the Yarra Ranges, through leisure and fitness programs.

We encourage the school community to show their support of Angela and this important cause and get involved in the fun run and festival!

Visit this link to learn more and to register: www.moveformind.org

Alumna Ashlee Maywald (YG 2011) completes Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon in South Africa

Congratulations to alumna Ashlee Maywald (YG 2011) who recently completed the Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon in South Africa in just under six hours!! This gruelling event included a 1.9km swim, 90.1km bike leg and 21.1km run.

Congratulations again Ashlee on this amazing achievement!

Factis 2018 now available!

We are excited to share that Tintern Grammar’s annual School magazine Factis is now available!

In this edition we explore 21^st century learning, check in with our alumni community, farewell long-serving staff, hear from our School Leaders, revisit an exciting start to the year with alumnus Scotty James (YG 2013) winning bronze at the Winter Olympic and much more!

Factis is being distributed to families via students, with a copy given to the youngest child in the family. If you haven’t received your family copy by the end of term please contact the Community Relations office via email communityrelations@tintern.vic.edu.au.

Can’t wait to receive your copy? Factis is also available online. Visit our website to view the digital edition: https://www.tintern.vic.edu.au/community/factis/

Scholarship Applications Now Open

Applications are now invited for Academic, Music and General Excellence Scholarships for entry in 2020.

To apply or learn more please visit our website: www.tintern.vic.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships/