‘In Knowledge there

is Opportunity’

July 2018, Issue 7

MIDDLE/SENIOR SCHOOL REPORT

Focus on Responsibility

Our SWPBS focus this month is on RESPONSIBILITY. This

includes responsibility for self and also as a member of the

Phoenix community. We would like to remind students to

make the most of each and every opportunity offered to

them. Students can demonstrate responsibility by

maintaining focus on their own learning in the classroom.

We had a special SWPBS celebration BBQ just before the

holidays to reward 430 Phoenix students who were

recognised as consistently demonstrating our school

values. Great work!

Change of Semester

Change of semester can often be a good time for students

to re-evaluate their learning goals and to ensure that they

are striving for excellence in all classes. We are into the

third week of Semester 2. I would like to encourage parents

to discuss the goals your child has set as you read through

and reflect on their reports which are available to

download through COMPASS. It can be a great time for

students to reflect on the way they have worked in

Semester 1 and to think about the areas which they might

need to improve on.

Uniform

The temperature may be dropping but our expectations

continue to rise regarding appropriate winter school

uniform.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome to Term 3: Our focus this term is on our

College values of Respect and Excellence

As a community of learners it is important that we share

and model respect.

Respect for self: We share the common purpose of

learning; it is an expectation we apply ourselves and do our

personal best.

Respect for others: As a community we show respect for

one another – this includes students, parents and families.

No student has the right to impede the learning of another.

Respect for environment: We are fortunate to have had

such investment in our school. It is imperative that we

respect and have pride in our school.

Excellence: We target excellence in everything we do; it is

our mission to ensure every student achieves their personal

best.

Uniform: In showing respect for self, it is an expectation

that all students wear College uniform properly. Exceptions

are only made upon the presentation of a medical

certificate. It is College policy that students who arrive at

school out of uniform will be given a replacement item for

the day or will work in time out for the day. Any student/

family requiring assistance with uniform should contact the

General Office.

Transition Grade 6 to Year 7– NEW process for 2019!

Please remember the process has changed this year. We

are experiencing high enrolment demands and it is likely

we will reach capacity in the near future. If you have

questions please contact the General Office.

Mrs Karen Snibson

Principal

For girls this includes skirt, tights, shirt, jumper and/or

blazer. Our expectations regarding an appropriate hem

length on skirts still apply and we ask parents and students

to ensure that hem lengths are no shorter than 5cm above

the knee. Also a reminder for students to wear the

appropriate Phoenix College coats and jackets to help stay

warm.

Production

The Production is a very exciting time of the

year and this year our school production is

The Pirates of Penzance. Tickets are on sale

now for performances on 20th and 21st July.

We wish the students in the very talented cast and

orchestra all the best of luck as for many of the students

involved this will be their stage debut. Break a leg!

Mrs Deanne Joosten - Assistant Principal

VET/VCAL REPORT

I would like to welcome students back for a jam-packed

Term 3. All classes (electives included) are well underway

and the time for changes has now closed. Students need to

ensure that attendance is above 95% and that work is

regularly completed and submitted to teachers. Parents are

encouraged to check COMPASS and email or call staff if

they are concerned or are wanting information about their

child’s progress. Emily Innes from the Highlands LLEN will

be visiting the College during Portfolio class in Week 3 to

discuss the opportunities available to students for VETIS

(VET in Schools) courses for 2019. A VCAL/VET/VCE

information evening will be held early this term (dates TBA)

for 2019. Year 11 and 12 VCAL students wanting to attend

the VCAL English Camp later on in the term need to submit

a deposit and permission notes ASAP (CSEF where available

may be used to cover some or all of the cost of camp).

We look forward to seeing you all for P/T/S interviews later

on in the term.

Mrs Belinda Dwyer - VCAL/VET Coordinator

Business Manager Report Welcome to Term 3 - Another busy time of the year!

COMPASS ACCESS

Please remember - you need access to COMPASS to keep up

with life at Phoenix. Each family has a unique login and

password. If you have difficulty logging on, or do not have

your logon password, please do not hesitate to contact the

General Office 5329 3293.

STUDENT ABSENCE SMS MESSAGES

We have upgraded COMPASS to automate your absence SMS

responses.

To improve our parent absence processes, we have

streamlined the process of responding to the automated

SMS absence messages, through the introduction of One-

TimeLinks (or OTLs).

Using COMPASS OTLs is as simple as 1,2,3.

STEP 1 - Receive SMS.

STEP 2 - CLICK link and select reason and add optional detail.

STEP 3 - Note automatically added to COMPASS.

You may still contact the College Absence Hotline if

you need: 5329 3210

MAINTAINING FAMILY DETAILS

Some families have contacted us to let us know they have

relocated or changed their contact numbers; thank you.

Please remember if any of your family’s personal details have

changed you need to let the General Office know so our

records are correct and we are able to contact you in case of

an emergency. If you have a new or recently changed email,

please make sure you let us know so the monthly Newsletter

and family accounts can be delivered via email.

FAMILY ACCOUNTS

Second Semester electives costs have been added to family

accounts as appropriate. Thank you to all those families who

have paid their educational costs for 2018 – your investment

in your child’s future. Payment of outstanding amounts is due,

please make payment ASAP. You are welcome to contact the

General Office if you wish to discuss your account. Remember,

regular deposits is a great way to get on top or your

commitments and perhaps build a pre-payment ready for any

additional costs or even for next year.

2019 ENROLMENT PROCESS

Year 7 2019 enrolments are being finalised this month and we

will be running our Enrolment Appointments shortly for all

new Year 7 families commencing at Phoenix P-12 Community

College 2019. Notifications will be sent out through your

current Primary School. Please keep your eye out for

information and make sure you attend your interview when

scheduled. Further information about the process is being

distributed through your Primary School.

Ms Lorraine Hayes - Business Manager

Please return all overdue library books as soon as possible. Library books can be returned

at school or to any City of Ballarat Library or Central Highlands Library Branch.

For further information, please call 5329 3293 and ask for the LRC.

Phoenix P-12 Community College students attended the

Central Highlands Regional Assembly. They were asked

to discuss issues such as agriculture, energy, digital

connectivity, health and homelessness. They then had to

present their opinions to politicians, business people

and community leaders.

The students spoke with confidence and conviction. We

were the only Government school from Ballarat to

attend and left everyone confident in the leaders of the

future. Our students were chosen to sit with Premier

Daniel Andrews and

impressed the

Secretary for the

Department of

Education and

Training, Gill Callister.

Mrs Angela Quinn

Assistant Principal

Parents, Guardians and members of our School Community are always welcome at Phoenix P-12 Community College.

To ensure that our College is a safe and positive learning environment we ask that all visitors report to the General

Office. If you want to meet with a specific member of our team, please phone ahead as far possible so we can

accommodate your meeting requests efficiently.

Our College values are RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, INTEGRITY, COOPERATION and EXCELLENCE.

Please be aware that any form of aggressive or abusive behaviour at our College will not be tolerated.

DENTAL CLINIC PARKING

Ballarat Health Services has asked that parents

not utilise the Dental Clinic Carpark for drop-

off and pick-up.

They have received multiple complaints from

service users unable to park in the car park

when accessing the clinic. We have been

advised that they will placing signage in the

carpark and may call on parking officers to

assist if needed.

We ask again for your cooperation in not using

this car park for the dropping off and picking up

of students.

Phoenix P-12 Community College’s 2018 Production

Tickets on sale now!! 3 shows only… Make sure you don’t miss out!

Final rehearsals are underway to prepare for opening night on Friday July 20th at 7pm,

followed by two shows on Saturday 21st July (2pm Matinee and 7pm Evening show).

This year we will be performing at the Founders Theatre at Federation University,

Mount Helen.

Tickets can be purchased online:

https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=393054

and some available at the door on the night.

Women in Leadership

On Wednesday 30th May, the College was lucky enough to have been

accepted to host an Australia-wide touring workshop called Project

Empower, run by not-for-profit organisation Country to Canberra.

The workshop was for young women from Phoenix P-12 Community

College where we had 40 students attend from across all year levels.

The focus of the day was to empower young women within the

community to realise their value and potential to be strong leaders.

The workshop tackled gender issues including stereotypes, equality

and self-talk. Upon reflection, students in attendance said they really

enjoyed the opportunity to be involved in yet another program

tailored to their needs.

Mr Drew Layton—Student Leadership Coordinator

Back Row: L-R— Joshua Pickering, Daniel Baldwin, Harrison Thomas-Lawn, Jack Simpson, Rohan Delemontex, Jacob Gamble, Dallas Giersch, Jackson Walsh, Jesse Di Martino,

Tyeson Trotter.

Middle Row: L-R— Zenith Ragatz-Smith, Sebastian Halloran, Amber Dennis, Emily McDonald, Jaime Gigliotti, Chelsea Rewell, Rochelle Liston, Hayley Page, Anakin Steel, Mitchell Collins.

Front Row: L-R— Krista Bampfield, Alisha Doyle, Tahlia Wells, Tahlia Barclay-Wilson, Aimee Stowe, Tayla Wilson, Chloe Porter, Isabela Eastwell.

On Saturday 23rd June, we held the annual Phoenix P–12 Community College Debutante Ball at the Ballarat & District Trotting

Club. Our senior students have been preparing for this special occasion all Semester and have now perfected the art of ballroom

dancing. The students gracefully danced the Debutante Waltz, Progressive Jive and the Pride of Erin, followed by a special dance

with their parents. It was a wonderful evening for our students, friends and families of the Phoenix College community. Well done

to our students for their tremendous efforts and a very special thank you to all staff members who showed their support, it is

greatly appreciated.

SWVR Recording Day What a mammoth day but so, so

good! On Friday 8th June, our

amazing Senior Band students

have risen to the occasion again.

Mr Nick Shirrefs, a renowned

Australian composer, had put

three varied challenging music

compositions together for the

regional recording. ‘Touch Not

the Cat Bot A Glove’ is a warning

line in Nick’s Scottish language. 'Bot' means without and

the 'glove' of a wildcat is the pad. If the cat is 'ungloved',

its claws are unsheathed. The motto serves as a warning

that one should beware when the wildcat's claws are

'without a glove'. It is a reference to the historically

violent nature of the clan and serves as a metaphorical

warning to other clans that they should think twice

before interfering with Macpherson business.

The next chart was ‘Gallipoli’. A terrific enlightening

mixture of Australia’s heritage songs and bugle calls

(handled brilliantly by Samuel Shaw) with precision

snare drum rhythms.

Then to finish off with ‘All Guns Blazing’, a toe tapping

American style march with great counter melodies and

“frilly” flute and clarinet lines. The studio recordings will

be on our YouTube site. Our students will be

immortalised in sound forever. You will be able to listen

to the recording online in coming weeks.

Other schools involved in the recording session were

Naracoorte High School, Nhill College, Horsham College

and Ballarat High School (Host School). This has been

another collaborative music investment in our students.

Mr John Netherway—Music Coordinator

School Wide Positive

Behaviour SUPPORT

Over Term 2 we had been focusing on the importance of

our College values; Respect, Responsibility, Integrity,

Cooperation and Excellence and striving to achieve our

best across all areas. Students regularly receive tokens

for their positive behaviour and across the College we

have had 10,313 tokens awarded so far this year – a

magnificent achievement for our students. Well done!

To acknowledge our students tremendous achievements

we held a free BBQ on Monday 25th June for our end of

term SWPBS celebration. Students who consistently

demonstrate our College values received special

nominations from their teachers to attend this event.

Congratulations to all students who attended and thank

you very much to all staff and leadership students for

their assistance.

Miss Alice Vincent—SWPBS Coordinator

It’s Your Turn Ballarat -

Theft Prevention Initiative Over the length of Term 2, 10 x Year 9 students from

Phoenix P-12 Community College have been working

with Ballarat Police and Gavin Nash – Creative Director

of Nashish Marketing and Design, to design and deliver a

Crime Prevention Strategy tackling issues of Theft, Theft

of Motor Car and Residential Burglary, primarily in the

Delacombe and Sebastopol areas. The initiative was

made possible following a successful City of Ballarat

Community Impact Grant, submitted by the Ballarat

Neighbourhood House, who then engaged with Ballarat

Police, Nashish Marketing and Design, Ballarat YMCA

and Phoenix College to develop the strategy.

The students have developed the “It’s Your Turn

Ballarat” campaign which has multiple aspects to its

community awareness strategy. The students designed

a colouring competition which ran across 6 local

Sebastopol and Delacombe Primary schools and

attracted almost 500 entries. The entries are linked to

the current Facebook page “It’s Your Turn Ballarat”,

where some completed entries have been posted as

well as entries of the students completing their entries

with the hashtag #itsyourturnballarat to generate

greater interest.

Two entries from each school were chosen and prizes

will be given to those students, as well as their entire

class being invited to the launch and movie to

follow. The three best colouring entries overall have

been chosen and will be reproduced on postcards which

provide further crime prevention tips and strategies to

reduce crime.

Students developed, scripted and recorded 3 radio

commercials targeting the issues, and they will play

across local radio 3BA/Power FM more than 80 times

over the next 6 months. Further, the students have been

vox popping at Delacombe DTC, and Safeway

Supermarket Sebastopol to video record persons who

have been the victims of crime and who are willing to

share their story to demonstrate the human face of

victims and the impact of crime on their lives.

The campaign was officially launched on Wednesday

27th June at the Regent Multiplex Cinema, Cinema 1, in

front of approximately 400 primary school children who

were the winners of the colouring competition, and who

were treated to a special screening of the Incredibles 2

following the launch. Winners of the colouring

competition were announced and prizes presented.

The launch also included distribution of the set of 3

postcards which will go home with each child,

awareness of the Facebook page campaign, Video

Testimonials from victims and also the playing of the

radio Ad Campaign.

As a result of the students work over the last 10 weeks,

they have become much more aware of the impact of

crime on everyday people. Please visit the Facebook

page by searching in Facebook for It’s Your Turn

Ballarat.

Mr Des Hudson— Leading Senior Constable

Breakfast Club The Club runs Monday, Wednesday and

Friday on the Senior Campus (Canteen) and Tuesday/Thursday on the Redan Campus

(Art Room).

Breakfast starts at 8.15am and is available for ALL STUDENTS. We have cereals, breads,

juice, and milo! See you there!

A healthy diet is important enough to your psychological

wellbeing that an ‘energy diet‘ is recommended to fight

fatigue. The diet is actually quite achievable, and

includes:

eat regularly

don’t skip breakfast

eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables daily

choose slow-burning, whole grain starches

cut down on sugar, including fizzy drinks

choose iron-rich foods

eat enough calories for your activity level

stay hydrated and lessen or avoid alcohol use

But the more depressed I feel, the harder it seems to eat

well…

The emotional highs and lows of depression do make

logical choices like eating healthy more challenging.

Depression causes foggy thinking, for starters. It also

comes hand-in-hand with low self-esteem, which can

drive you to be self-destructive.

For more information about healthy eating check out the

following websites or pop into Wellbeing for some more

information: www.eatforhealth.gov.au/

Mr Phil Kynock

Wellbeing

The Wellbeing team has grown recently with the

addition of two students on placement from Federation

Uni. We welcome their support and enjoy the

opportunity to see them interacting with our students

and learning from their time here.

This term, as always, has been quite busy and the

Wellbeing team has been able to support a range of

activities within the school community. This has included

attending an AIME day at Federation University, running

two Drumbeat programs with some Primary aged

students, facilitating Mindfulness lunches and

supporting many students on a one-to-one basis.

One of the issues that we have identified as a team from

the conversations with the students we see is students

avoiding eating, or choosing not to eat. This is impacting

students in a number of ways, particularly in their ability

to concentrate for the whole day and can lead to

significant impact on student moods. A poor diet can

contribute to making you feel miserable in the long

term. The following are some ways that a poor diet can

impact our wellbeing:

Low blood sugar. If you don’t eat enough, eat too

infrequently, or are not eating enough protein, you

will suffer low blood sugar levels that can leave you

feeling tired, anxious and irritable.

High blood sugar. Constantly overeating can result in

high blood sugar, which can lead to fatigue, nausea,

and headaches.

Nutrition deficiencies. We all need certain minerals

and vitamins for our bodies to function well. If you

are eating a limited or non-varied diet, or foods that

are nutrient weak like fast foods, it can leave you

fatigued, dizzy, and constantly acquiring colds and the

flu.

Dehydration. Eating fast foods that are high in salt

alongside caffeinated beverages, and not drinking

enough water, can leave you dehydrated, which

means you might find it hard to concentrate.

Stomach pains. An unbalanced diet which is low in

fibre can lead to constant stomach cramps and pains.

The past two weeks I have had the pleasure of coaching

the Year 7 and Year 9/10 Intermediate Teams at the

Eureka Division Netball Tournament.

The Year 9/10 Intermediate girls came away with four

wins from seven games. It was awesome to see how this

group of Year 9 and 10 girls came together on the day in

order to represent our school in such a positive way. The

girls were very supportive of one another and

demonstrated some fantastic resilience throughout the

day.

Our Year 7 girls have been committing themselves to

Monday lunchtime training together for the past month

and fielded two strong teams of ‘Phoenix A’ and

‘Phoenix B’. Both teams had an outstanding day with

‘Phoenix A’ finishing second, only dropping the one

game to rivals Ballarat High School by just seven goals

and ‘Phoenix B’ finishing a close third on the ladder

overall. They may be young, but there is some serious

talent in this group of girls. Also a big thank you to Laura

Gilchrist for taking charge of Phoenix B on the day.

A very special mention to Samantha Harbridge, Tahlia

Watts and Hannah Collins for volunteering their time to

umpire each of the three teams. Thank you very much!

Also to Kiya Eberle and Brenton Powell for all the hard

work they do behind the scenes

in order for our students to be

able to be involved in

opportunities like these!

Mrs Kelly Conroy—Physical

Education Teacher

On Tuesday 19th June, we took two teams of boys

netball down to Horsham to compete at the Regional

Finals. The boys were excellent; both umpires

commented on how humble and respectful they were.

We were incredibly proud of the way they competed,

even while being booed by 100 supporting students as

they took the lead!

Our intermediate boys, coached by the incredible Grace

Blackmore, fought hard but were beaten on the court by

some very tall young men from Horsham College. Rhylan

Christofferson walked away with MVP despite the

team’s loss.

In the senior game, the boys played without a bench and

fought hard for all four quarters to win a very tight game

against St Brigid’s College. Not only did James Spicer get

named MVP, but the team has qualified for the State

finals next term. What an incredible achievement!

A huge thank you to Grace Blackmore for her hard work.

Miss Kiya Eberle—Sports Coordinator

On Wednesday 13th June, there were

several points to be proud of as a staff member of

Phoenix P-12 Community College. Our boys went up

against Ballarat and Clarendon College, arguing that ‘We

should introduce a congestion charge on motor vehicles

entering the Melbourne CBD.’

Lachlan Olsen participated in his first debate that night,

and was the best speaker of our team. Every debate our

boys listen to the advice of the adjudicator and their

presentations reflect each lesson learned from the

previous debate. William Innella and Sebastian Allen are

continuing to improve and we were narrowly defeated

by three points. Remembering that our boys are

competing in the Year 9/10 level, and they are only in

Year 8.

Our girls were given their topic an hour before their

debate ‘That Australians should have to complete

mandatory search each year in order to vote’ and had to

write their whole speeches in that time. This has never

been attempted by any of our teams in previous years.

They did us proud, narrowly defeated by St. Patricks’s

College, who they were tied in first place going into this

round. Tazmin Forrest was the best speaker of our

team. Our Phoenix Team, as a result of this should still

be in the top four of the ladder, with the chance to go in

to the finals. No Phoenix Team has ever been in this

position in previous years.

Please congratulate our debating teams - Kelsey

Madden, Ashlee Collins, Tazmin Forrest, Lachlan Olsen,

William Innella and Sebastian Allen. Jade Browning—Debating Coordinator

Eureka Division AFL On Wednesday 13th June, I had the pleasure of taking our Year 7 and 8 boys to play in the Eureka Division AFL

Competition. The boys were extremely well behaved and have done the College proud with the way they played as

well as their sportsmanship. We played four games for the day and ended up winning two out of four. The boys were

extremely competitive in all games and fought hard throughout the day.

Results:

Game 1 – Phoenix 7 lost to Mt Clear 27 (Mt Clear went on to win the competition)

Game 2 – Phoenix 22 defeated Beaufort 19 ( Sean Robinson kicking a goal in the dying second to win us the game!)

Game 3 – Phoenix 26 defeated Daylesford 0 (James McDonald kicking 3 goals)

Game 4 – Phoenix 0 lost to BHS 29 (I think the boys were frozen by this stage and could not run)

Mr Brenton Powell—Physical Education Teacher

Oceania Commonwealth Championship

Tazmin Forrest was very successful at the Oceania

Commonwealth Championship held last week in

Noumea, New Caledonia, ultimately setting two new

personal best scores and winning three gold medals

from three events.

Tazmin’s results:

Oceania Commonwealth Championship:

(144 Arrows - 36 at 50m, 36 at 40m, 36 at 30m & 36 at

20m) Intermediate (U16) Women’s Compound Bow,

1st Place and Gold Medal.

Oceania Commonwealth Women’s Compound Bow

Championship:

(Awarded to highest

score from all age

brackets in the

above 144 arrow

event) - 1st Place

and Gold Medal.

World Archery Oceania Continental Championship:

Qualifying Round (72 Arrow at 50m) - Cadet (U18)

Womens Compound Bow - Qualified 1st, and set 2nd

Highest Women’s score across all age brackets

World Archery Oceania Continental Championship -

Cadet (U18) Women’s Compound Bow - Match play

Finals (one on one knockout competition played in 15

Arrow Matches, max 150 points) - Tazmin Beat Lauren

Tucker from New Zealand 137/128 for 1st and Gold

Medal. Tazmin shot the match play out of her division in

the U18 division. This was an unexpected team decision

made in Noumea. It didn’t phase her and she now has

the possibility of shooting at the Youth World Cup in

2019. Congratulations Tazmin!

On Thursday 14th June, the students from VCAL Crazy Ideas planned and successfully ran a sausage sizzle to raise funds for OzHarvest. OzHarvest is Australia’s leading food rescue organisation. They collect quality excess food from commercial outlets and deliver it directly to more than 1000 charities supporting people in need across our country. The idea behind OzHarvest is to help eliminate hunger, food waste and food insecurity. Over the course of the semester, students have been researching and learning about the damaging effects of food wastage. They created compost bins and planted vegetables in the garden beds near the Science wing and the Crazy Ideas students will continue to be responsible for these. The OzSizzle BBQ raised approximately $178. We were fortunate enough that Woolworths Sebastopol kindly donated the bread and sausages for the day. Thank you to everyone who came and bought a sausage to support such a worthy initiative. $178 equates to over 300 meals provided! Well done to the amazing students we have in VCAL at Phoenix for organising the event!

Miss Katie McDonald—VCAL Teacher

MADAME BUTTERFLY Presented by: HER MAJESTY'S BALLARAT AND

OPERA AUSTRALIA

Thursday 26 July 7.30pm

The Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts

Tickets: Adult $50, Concessions $45, Her Majesty

Members $40, Child $15

PHOENIX COLLEGE CHOIR STUDENTS

IN OPERA AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION Opera Australia enables children all across Australia to take

the first steps on their own special journey with opera. The

Opera Australia Regional Children’s Chorus program gives

20 children in each community visited on their regional tour

the chance to perform as the Chorus in Madame Butterfly.

Ms. Lana Ford, our Performing Arts Teacher and Choral

Director will once again be Opera Australia’s Chorus Leader

for Ballarat. Lana is currently busy running rehearsals (May-

July) to train an auditioned children’s cast of 20 for the

upcoming production of Madame Butterfly. She will soon

hand over the chorus to the visiting Opera Australia Chorus

Master who will rehearse the children into performance. On

the day of the performance, children will rehearse on stage

with the professional cast and orchestra and then perform in

costume.

In past years, some members from our Phoenix College

Senior/Junior choir were successful in Ballarat open auditions

for the Children’s Chorus. Productions included The Magic

Flute (2014) and The Marriage of Figaro (2016) which were

held at Her Majesty’s Theatre.

This year, Lana has invited former Phoenix College music

students Felicity Liston and John Smith to join her to

experience opera production behind the scenes and to assist

children on the night of the performance in the official title of

“Chaperone”. On the stage, we can expect to see Lisa Smith,

Abigail Merry, Frances Robbins, Isolde Kieni-Judd and

Sebastian Allen. Well done to all students and former students

involved in Madame Butterfly, a Production not to be missed!

McDonalds Ballarat City FC held its Diversity Round on Saturday 23rd June at Morshead Park. We

encouraged many Phoenix families to head down and check out the match and see the 2018 Diversity Jersey which

was revealed. This year’s jersey was designed by talented local youth footballer and celebrated student artist

of Togolese/Ghanaian heritage, Xagai Douhadji. Xagai is a Year 12 student at Phoenix and we would love to see

members of our school community supporting this outstanding involvement in the local community.

If any new students would like to join

Phoenix College Singers you need to be

available Monday lunchtimes. Please see

Ms. Ford in the Performance Village. We

would love to have you join us!

Asthma Action Plans Just a reminder that if you have identified your student

as an asthma sufferer on their enrolment form, it is a

Department requirement that we have an up-to-date

Asthma Action Plan for that student.

Currently we have many plans outstanding and

individual reminders will be sent out next term.

This is a vital document for the safety of your child while

they are under our duty of care.

Also, given the cold weather, please remind your child to

bring their inhaler to school with them each day.

Lorraine Firth—School Nurse

2018 CALENDAR

July

16th-17th Phoenix Connect Log

Cabin Camp

16th-20th Year 5/6 Canberra Camp

16th-20th Production Week

17th-24th Life Ed Van Grades P-6

20th College Production: The

Pirates of Penzance (7pm

Founders Theatre, Fed Uni)

21st College Production: The

Pirates of Penzance (2pm &

7pm Founders Theatre,

Fed Uni)

25th Horsham Mega Music Day

26th Madame Butterfly Production

7:30pm Wendouree Centre for

Preforming Arts

August

1st Senior School Social

7pm-10pm Ballarat Regional

Soccer Centre

6th Red Frogs Presentation Yr 12

7th You the Man Presentation Yr 10

17th Parent/Teacher/Student

Interviews

27th Curriculum Day—

Student Free Day

Phoenix P-12 Community College

PO Box 49 Sebastopol VIC 3356

P: 03) 5329 3293 F: 03) 5335 7582

phoenix.p12.cc@edumail.vic.gov.au

The Smith Family

Student profiles are now due to

receive 2nd Semester payments.

Please remember to complete

both sides

If you have lost or misplaced profiles and need a

reprint please contact Karen on 0458 716 669

Mikayla Hogg have been offered an amazing opportunity to

compete for Australia by participating in the Russian Friendship Games this year!

To be able to compete in the games she will be training in Germany for a week and then flying to Russia to compete from 31st July - 5th August.

In order for this to happen she will need some financial assistance as it is quite an expensive trip, and won’t be possible without donations and sponsorships to help out!

Please visit her GoFundMe page if you would like to contribute.

https://www.gofundme.com/germany-amp-russia