ANZ Taylors College Update 90th Birthday Edition

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Taylors College Campus Update NewsANZ, Taylors 90

thBirthday Special Edition

Taylors 90th

Birthday Celebrations across Campuses

On Wednesday 20th

October, Taylors College

Melbourne staff hosted

over 300 guests to an

evening on the campus,

marking 90 years of Taylors

College in Melbourne.The student common room

and reception area were

decorated with photos

from the past, program

banners, balloons and a

digital presentation on the

history of Taylors College played continuously on the flat screen monitors.

Guests included past staff and students, university representatives, Melbourne

agents, past owners of Taylors College and present staff and students.

After a welcome address from the Campus Director, Craige Proctor, the Head of the

English Foundation faculty, and in-house historian gave a 15 minute run through the

highlights of Taylors 90 year history. The

Taylors College Choir presented two

wonderful items and commemorative

Taylors teddy bears were presented to

selected lucky guests

Kaye Boniface, who has worked at Taylors

for 46 years and Katie Phan, thechairperson of the Student Representative

Committee officiated in the cutting of the

90th birthday cake. Guests and staff all

enjoyed the evening very much.

And at Taylors College, Sydney on the same day, visiting local

agents and 47 teams of students were enjoying themselves

participating in the campuss first Amazing Race Competition!

Congratulations to the multicultural, multicourse winnersPooja Suranjan, Nguyen Thuy Linh, Michelle & Jessica Rompis,


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who took 25 minutes at 5 stations to score 106 points. They took home trophies and

prizes commemorating Taylors 90th

anniversary.

Local agents, who were greeted by Management, Deans and Directors of Studies and

catching up on the latest updates at Taylors College, spent the afternoon

participating in the exciting Amazing Race Competition before joining students and

staff for a College-wide assembly and Birthday Cake!

On Friday 29 October Taylors Auckland

campus celebrated the 90th

anniversary

of the schools establishment in

Melbourne in 1920.

Around 80 guests gathered in the

campus student common room for a

cocktail event. Past students, staff fromour partner universities, top agents and

staff from the Saudi Arabian Cultural

Mission all came to congratulate Taylors

on 90 years in education, and to book in

for the 100th

birthday party!

The Campus Director welcomed guests and reflected on the impressive growth of

the school and its reputation, locally and internationally. He also spoke of the

changing face of Taylors. What began as a school giving local students a second

chance at a tertiary education, now prepares many thousands of international

students for the life-changing experience of a university education in Australia and

New Zealand. We also took the opportunity to announce the Auckland Campus

winners of the 2010 staff awards. It is the hard work and professionalism of the staff

that make Taylors such a great place to work and study.

The formal part of the evening was

completed after the cutting of the

Taylors College Birthday Cake,

decorated with the Taylors logo and

birthday colours.


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AUCKLAND

Auckland International Day a Spectacular Success!

Another Taylors College International Day,

another wonderful success! Not only didstudents and staff enjoy a wonderful day, the

event also raised an amazing $1000 for the

Building Futures Program.

The top prize for the most money made on the

food went to China.

The top prizes for Food went to Vietnam,

Korea and Saudi Arabia.

The winners for the best outfit to Faisal, from Saudi Arabia, Julia from Vietnam andYukito from Japan.

The top entertainment prizes went to the China team for the dumpling competition,

Melissa for her flamenco, Phan for his bee-bop and the Salsa team!

Taylors Auckland Sponsors Alumni Architecture Project

University of Auckland Architecture student and TAFY

alumni, Forrest Chen, recently exhibited a group project

at The University of Auckland student Skyrise event atAuckland Architecture week. Taylors College was a

proud sponsor of Forrest and his team at the exhibition.

The brief for the project was to construct a structure of

at least six meters tall with a narrow base which

reflected Bio-mimicry, held light well and used recycled

materials.

Forrests project team named Lymphiam built a

structure based on organic material which was woventogether by hand with thick rope.

Other interesting exhibits were based on the forms of jellyfish and sea urchins and

ethereal structures lit from within.

TAFY principal, Lindsay Spedding; TAFY DOS, Ted Dawe and Marketing Manager,

Nicola Conway attended the event in support of Forrest.

Forrests team were thrilled to receive a highly commended award for their efforts.

Well done to Forrest and his group for a tremendous effort.


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Safety Talk

On the 5th

of October, Asian Liaison Officer Jessica Phuang and Constable Howie Hao

YIN from The New Zealand Police gave Taylors students a safety seminar at the

Langham Hotel. Topics were road safety and international students personal safety

living in Auckland. TELP and july and Spetember TAFY students were among the

attendees and this biannual Seminar, the last one held in February of this year.

From TELP to TAFY: An Auckland Initiative

The Auckland Campus of Taylors College recently staged a number of events aimed

at closing the gap between TAFY and TELP.

The two main events of this initiative were gatherings aimed at giving information,

meeting the key people in the Foundation School, asking important questions and

just having a good time in the Foundation part of the College.

The students from TELP were welcomed by the Campus Director Lindsay Spedding

who encouraged then to hold true to their dreams of tertiary education and

reiterated the importance of these qualifications in societies of the future.

After this Ted Dawe, Director of Studies for TAFY spoke to them about the nature of

the TAFY programme, the differences between Foundation English study and TELP

English and the sorts of subjects which were on offer.

Finally it fell to the Tertiary Counsellor, Allison McCallum, to explain the importance

of good marks, the partnerships which Taylors had with leading New ZealandUniversities and the sorts of career paths which a university education led to.

The students had been well prepared by their TELP teachers and were able to ask a

number of key questions.

Why is there a marks difference between Taylors and ACG?

How can I pursue a Graphics degree with a general Art course?

What were the pre-requisite subjects and mark requirements for particular degree

courses?

It was a good chance for some 'slow motion' explanation with further clarification inChinese by Margaret Chen if required.


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After this food and drink were served and the shyer students were able to ask

specific questions on a quiet one-to-one basis. Some just chose this opportunity to

make themselves known and to share a few of their dreams and aspirations.

It was a very worthwhile meeting, so much so that it has been decided that this is tobe an on-going process. It recognises how important it is to ensure that students are

not lost sight of in language programmes but rather are connected to the people and

programmes which will one day be instrumental in realising their university

ambitions.

The Human Geographers Trip

On the 13th of October 20 Human

Geographers experienced the thrill

of Aucklands train network! Theymade a journey out west to visit a

co-housing community who have

chosen to live in an

environmentally sustainable way.

What is a sustainable community?

Have a look at the pictures and ask

a Human Geographer near you

Government has raised GST rate in New Zealand

The NZ government raised GST rates from 12.5% to 15% on 1 October 2010. TAFY

and TELP fees will now be subject to the new GST rate of 15%.

MELBOURNE

Year 12 Presentation Evening

The Year 12 High School Presentation Ceremony

was held on Thursday the 21st

October at Victoria

Universitys City Flinders Street Campus. The venuehad spectacular views of the Yarra River and the

Iconic Flinders Street Station. The evening was a

tremendous success with an excellent turnout of

students, proud parents, friends and relatives.

Home Room teachers presented their Year 12

students to our Principal Mr Tony Cranshaw. The

students celebrated and thanked the efforts of

teaching staff and their Home Room teachers. Staff

commented on the high standard of the students

presentation for the occasion. We were thoroughly

entertained by the students from the Taylors


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College Music Department as well as Media presentations that were put together by

our Media Studies students.

Congratulations to all our subject award winners who were presented with a book in

recognition of their academic excellence. Of particular note is PHAN Anh Thu Katie

who won 4 subject awards, was our Student Representative Council President for

the year and was awarded the Caltex Best All Rounder Award one of the most themost prestigious Australian School Awards.

Katie was presented the Award by a previous Caltex Award winner ZHANG Yin

Shining. Congratulations also to Camielle Villa who was awarded the Australian

Defence Force Long Tan Leadership Award who was noted for her contributions in

helping others.

Year 12 Subject Awards 2010 Student

Accounting LIU Diechun (Demi)

Art FENG Jing (Tyra)

Biology TAN Chelsea Wing Ching

Chemistry PHAN Anh Thu (Katie)

Chinese YUE Zhao Guo (Will)

Economics IP Victor Wai Tak

English SHI Dao Yuan (Margaret)

English ESL LE Thi Thanh Hang

English ESL PHAN Anh Thu (Katie)

English Language Ashlee Joy McNamara

Further Mathematics CHENG Xue Jun (Gabriele)

Geography NGUI Justin Kwan Kern

Information Technology Applications Ashlee Joy McNamaraLegal Studies Camielle Debrah Camus Villa

Mathematical Methods LE Thi Thanh Hang

Mathematical Methods PHAN Anh Thu (Katie)

Media Elizabeth Diana Eyre-Walker

Physics LE Thi Thanh Hang

Psychology CHENG Xue Jun (Gabrielle)

Specialist Mathematics PHAN Anh Thu (Katie)

Visual Communication and Design LEUNG Hoi Kay Ophelia

At the conclusion of the ceremony each student was issued with the Taylors College

School Magazine and enjoyed a supper with staff, family and friends. We would like

to thank all our staff who contributed to creating a memorable evening.

Sports Presentation NightTaylors Sport participants and friends attended the 2010 Taylors Sports Presentation

Night on Friday 15th October, celebrating the sporting achievements of students and

recent graduates of the school.

Highlights included a full buffet dinner, video highlights of all sports, award & trophy


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presentations and live table tennis action of the 2010 final between Aaron Chua and

Shawn Tan. Congratulations to all award recipients and nominees for 2010.

Brian Lu : Brian captained fifth-placed Golden Phoenix in the Basketball Cup, averaging 16points a game, and was a member of the victorious All-Stars team. He also made the semi-finals

in the Table Tennis Cup, and represented Taylors in the All-Schools Badminton Championshipson Thursday 14th October.

Aaron Chua : Aaron won an epic Table Tennis Cup Final against Shawn Tan and captained arepresentative team against the University of Melbourne in October, leading the team to an 8-8

draw. He also led the boys team in the Victorian All-Schools Badminton Championships.

Hamad Al-Qahtani :Hamad scored 16 goals for the fourth-placed Yellow Submarines in theIndoor Soccer Cup, sharing the Leading Goalscorer award for the season with Tom Chan.

Displaying his versatility, he also played left-back in outdoor soccer for Taylors Old Boys FC

in Division 1 of the VGFL this year.

Activity Day at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre

On September 8, Year 10 students attended

an Activity Day at MSAC, otherwise known

as the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic

Centre to enjoy a morning of basketball,

badminton and table tennis. For the first

time, students from TELP who would be

graduating into the October intake or

January intake next year were invited tojoin the current Year 10 students. This was

designed to give the TELP students the opportunity to meet some of their future

teachers and talk to the current students about their experiences in Year 10. After

some fast and furious games of table tennis and a very competitive round of

basketball the students worked up quite an appetite. Lunch included lots of pizza

and drinks at Lake Albert. Even after all the mornings sport some still had energy for

a casual kick of a football with the teachers. Students commented that they found

the experience positive and they felt more confident in moving to their new

programs. Current students were very welcoming and were happy to make new

friends.

Year 10 Mock Interviews

As a part of Year 10 Business

students completed a unit on

Careers. This involved each

student taking on the role of a

character that has finished

school and is applying for their

first job. Students studied the

importance of writing a well-planned resume with clear


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descriptions of their skills and qualifications. They also combined this with the need

to introduce themselves well and pique the interest of prospective employers with

well written application letters. The ultimate goal was to win the position by

excelling in the job interview. To help students understand the importance of the

whole process and to practice the skills taught in class each student is assigned a

staff member who would interview them as if they were applying for a real positionin a company. Although many students were nervous about being interviewed, they

all performed very well and managed to show just how much they had learnt in

class. After completing their first interview this they had the following advice for

next years Year 10s:

Be calm and confidentMake eye contact with the interviewer Prepare carefully Know about the job and companyDress professionally Be prepared for extra questions

PERTH

Fraud Warning

Dear Partners,

We appreciate your diligence in reminding your students to be safe and smart,

especially when it comes to offers that are too good to be true such as the frauds

described below. Please note that these incidences have not occurred at either

Taylors College or the University of Western Australia.

Thank You

Taylors College Staff

The Major Fraud Squad are investigating a number of offences centred on Curtin and

Edith Cowan Universities.

During the past two months a number of students from China have been approached

by Chinese nationals with an offer to pay the students tuition fees. The students

accepted and on checking their respective fee accounts found that the fees had been

paid. The students then paid $90 % of their fees to that person.

It transpired that the fees were paid using stolen Chinese credit cards and the

transactions were subsequently declined leaving the students out of pocket and liable

for paying their fees in full.

The current total amount defrauded is approximately $500,000. Investigations are

continuing.

Major Fraud Squad would like to hear from any students who have been approached

or who have accepted the above offer.

Please contact Detective Senior Constable Karl PERRY at the Major Fraud Squad on

9220 0701


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Halloween BallOn Friday 29

thof October, Taylors hosted

the annual Halloween Ball. With more than

120 students attending, for many of them this

will be their final chance to let their hairdown and have some fun before sitting their

final exams in November. The event was

held at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Cottesloe

and started at 18:30 so that the students could

watch the beautiful sunset.

Most students put in a massive effort with

their costumes, they looked fantastic, and

prizes were given to the 2 best male costumes and 2 best female costumes. Our 2

female winners were Nur Ainina Abdul Sukor from Malaysia, for Poison Ivy and

Michella Carol Lima Guterres Mali from East Timor for her vampire costume.

Our two best males were Ahmed Awadh Alfaki from Saudi Arabia for his Woody the

cowboy costume and Daniel Chai from Singapore for his Lara Croft impersonation.

One of our students decided to celebrate his 19th

birthday at the ball and so we made

sure it did not go un-noticed. So it was a very Happy Birthday to Chi Lap Wong from

Hong Kong.

Staff were also on hand to show support and also made a good effort in their

costumes. As well as birthdays and prizes there was music, which some students

decided was a great opportunity to show off their breakdancing skills, providingplenty of entertainment for onlookers!

And as the clock turned midnight, and the full moon shone, the evening was over (not

just because some were turning into werewolves). A big thank you must be made to

the Taylors Student Services Team, who organised the venue, music, food and

decorations for this great evening. From the all the photos taken, we can safely say

that staff and students, enjoyed themselves immensely and we look forward to hosting

another ball in June next year.

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