EAL News - Staughton College

Nearly 25% of the population in Victoria govern-
EAL News
ment schools come from language backgrounds other than English. Various services are provided to
mainstream schools to support these students. This
includes the English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Staughton College
program.
V O L U M E
language background other than English, and have
Wilson Road, Melton South
VIC 3338
require additional support in learning English as an
Phone: 03 9743 4622
additional language.
Fax: 03 9747 8408
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E-mail: staughton.co@edumail.vic.gov.au
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EAL News is produced by Yvette Medina (MEA).
What’s Next? Parent - Teacher Conference
The first Parent and Teacher
Conferences for the year will be
held on Thursday, April 16.
The conferences provide an
opportunity to discuss your
child’s progress with their teachers and to ask questions regarding what your child will be learning throughout term 2.
Bookings can be made via the
parent portal or through your
child’s teachers. A link to the
parent portal can be found in
the menu of the college website.
Please note that no classes will
run on the day of the conferences.
We encourage you to also meet
with the EAL team so that we
can discuss how we can best
support your children in their
learning needs.
MELTON
TEENAGE
HOLIDAY PROGRAM
March 31- Melbourne Zoo
April 2 - Williamstown Ghost
Tour
April 7 - Melton Youth Services
Holiday Program
April 8 - Galactic Circus Crown
Casino
April 9 - Melbourne Museum
and IMAX Cinema
For more information, visit
www.melton.vic.gov.au or contact Jaime Villareal at the
Council’s Youth Services on
9747-7200.
Bookings open at 10:30 on
Wednesday, March 18. Bookings will only be accepted by
Customer Service on 97477200.
If you’d like your name added to
the program mailing list, please
contact Youth Services.
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M A R C H
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Welcome 2015
Students are considered EAL if they come from a
been in Australia for less than 7 years. They may
2 ,
Camp &
Retreat
2
Swim
Carnival
3
Excursion
& Incursion
4
Year 7 Meet 5
& Greet
Odds & Ends 5
CALD
Haven &
Professional
Training
6
Cultural
Diversity
Week
8
Student
Spotlight
9
New EAL
Staff
10
International 11
Food
What’s
Next?
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Staughton and its EAL community was sad to see Ms.
Jordan Scofield depart at
the end of 2014. She was a
much loved and respected
teacher, and did a wonderful job coordinating the
College’s EAL program.
Particularly, we aim to continue to provide an inclusive, supportive environment for our EAL students.
We want Staughton to be a
school that offers the best
possible support for second language learners.
I’m proud to take over
from her this year, and to
continue our commitment
to serving our EAL students
in the best possible way.
The 2015 EAL team includes Ms. Amy James
and Ms. Yvette Medina,
who will be well known to
returning students. These
students will know Ms.
James and Ms. Medina as
fantastic, dedicated teachers
who are also extremely
caring and hardworking.
They are joined this year by
myself and Mr. John
Flanagan, a highly experienced teacher who has developed an instant rapport
with our EAL students.
Our growing EAL community at Staughton means
that our EAL program also
needs to continue to grow
and develop. We have many
goals and aims for 2015.
mented by mid-year.
In addition, we want to
make sure all the fun, important, and educational
events from 2014, such as
Cultural Diversity Week,
excursions, and incursions
both continue into 2015
and also grow.
We’d love to have even
more opportunities for our
talented students to show
what they’re capable of.
Also, we wish to further
develop the strong connections we’ve created between Staughton, the local
community, our students,
and their parents and caregivers.
Welcome to EAL at
Staughton in 2015. It’s going to be a fantastic year.
In particular, we’d love to
have parents and caregivers
become even more involved with events and
activities at the College.
Another goal for 2015 is to
evolve Staughton’s EAL
teaching program to cater
for students of all levels.
Stand-alone EAL classes for
some students should be
fully developed and imple-
-Alexander Gray
EAL Coordinator
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Year 7 Camp
Year 7 students went to Camp
Marysville for three days of fun activities like mountain bike riding,
rock climbing, canoeing, cooking,
bushwalking and a low rope course.
It was an amazing opportunity for
them to start new friendships and
meet their teachers.
When asked about the experience, Son Pham (7.5) says, “It
was fun. I met new friends and
teachers. I liked the place and the
food.”
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International Food: Cassava Cake
INGREDIENTS:
2 packs grated cassava (about
2lbs total weight)
Cassava Cake
2 cans coconut milk (4 cups)
is a Filipino
1/2 (12 oz.) can evaporated
milk
dessert that
3 eggs
people across
1/4 cup butter, melted
different
8
Tbsps cheddar
grated
cheese,
cultures can
appreciate.
1 cup condensed milk
(these are the ingredients that you just mixed
together).
16 Tbsps granulated white
sugar
2 Tbsps flour
INSTRUCTIONS:
Year 12 Retreat
1)
Year 12 students went on
retreat in Geelong. It was
three days of hard work
and fun play.
Our students
are off to
a great start
with camps
and retreats!
They started the year right
with intensive study sessions, but were also rewarded with lots of great
activities.
They got to try stand up
paddle boarding, pool, and
table tennis.
Kim Pilapil (12.5) had
this to say about the re-
2)
3)
treat, “The retreat made
me forget the worries and
problems. It made me realise that we should live life
without regrets.
4)
The food was perfect, the
pool and spa was perfect, and
we should have stayed there
for a week”.
Make The batter by
combining the grated
cassava, butter, 1/2 cup
condensed milk, 1/2
cup evaporated milk, 6
tablespoons cheddar
cheese, 14 tablespoons
sugar, and 2 eggs in a
mixing bowl and mix
thoroughly.
Pre-heat oven for 350
degrees Fahrenheit for
10 minutes then put in
the baking tray with
batter.
Bake for 1
hour. Remove from the
oven and set aside.
5)
Meanwhile, prepare the
topping by combining 2
tablespoons sugar and
flour in the heated
saucepan.
6)
Pour in the condensed
milk then mix thoroughly.
Add the 2 cups coconut milk in the mixing
bowl where the mixed
ingredients are. Mix
again.
7)
Add 2 tablespoons
cheddar cheese while
stirring constantly.
Grease the baking tray
then pour in the batter
8)
Pour 2 cups of coconut
milk and stir constantly
for 10 minutes.
9)
Pour the topping over
the cassava cake (baked
batter) and spread
evenly.
10)
Separate the yolk from
the egg white of the
remaining egg (we’ll be
needing the egg white
only).
11)
Glaze the topping with
the egg white using a
basting brush. Simply
dip the brush to the egg
white and brush it on
the cassava cake.
12)
Set your oven to broil
mode. Broil the cassava cake until color
turns light brown.
13)
Garnish with extra grated cheese on top.
Serve.
Special thanks to Ms. Ruta Tulaga, Ms. Monica Rehn and Ms. Mary Apuk Arop
for helping us with the Tastes of the World activity for Diversity Week.
Our community was enriched by the experience of your traditional cooking.
Thank you for the glorious food!
EAL
NEWS
www.panlasangpinoy.com/2009/08/16/filipino-dessert-holiday-cassava-cake-recipe/
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New EAL Staff
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Swim Carnival 2015
ALEXANDER GRAY
By: Asyai Luk
EAL Coordinator
PhD—English | Post Grad—English |
BTeach—English and TESOL | BA—English &
Linguistics
Subjects taught: English, EAL
This year’s Swim Carnival was
held last February 20 at Melton
Waves.
It was a huge success with many
activities.
Everything went
great!
Many people represented their
houses with pride and showed
off their red, yellow and green
clothing, and also a few costumes.
JOHN FLANAGAN
EAL Teacher
In the end, only one house could
take the championship.
The
Kitson Harriers, also known as
the green house, came first.
Trailing behind was Cotterell
Kites (Yellow) and Watts Skylarks (Red).
BA—French & History |
Diploma of Education
Subjects taught: EAL, French,
History, Humanities
Fresh Perspective
Hi, I’m Mr. John Flanagan and I’m a new teacher at Staughton College
this year.
Just like a new student, I
was pretty nervous the
first couple of weeks but
I soon found that students and staff here are
very friendly and helpful.
EAL
NEWS
I really enjoy working in the
EAL program – I’ve met
some really nice students
and I hope I’m helping them
improve their reading and
writing skills.
My favourites were
the Tastes of the
World and the fantastic dancing. Congratulations to all the students who were involved.
I was amazed at how many
great things happened in
Cultural Diversity Week –
there were so many things
to see and do.
I hope everyone has
an enjoyable first term
holiday.
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Yr. 11 Excursion - Holocaust Museum
“I had a great time at the
Jewish Holocaust Centre
and Classic Cinema. I enjoyed listening to Willie’s
story about his experience
on the Holocaust and how
he stayed at Auschwitz.
Our students had
The Holocaust Museum
has a lot of fascinating
artefacts.
It was really hard to survive in the Holocaust
because everyone was
underfed and had to
work very hard. Most
“It was fun. Everyone was dressed up and did the
catwalk. It was a great experience for everyone
to learn and see what other cultures wear.
people just starved
there. The survivor
made me realize that
I need to start appreciating what I
have now, like my
family and my belongings.”
-Gursimran
(11.3)
The dances were amazing, too. Everyone got
along, and it was great for me too because I hosted. It made me learn skills such as leadership and
team work.”
—- Nyibol Atoc (11.6)
Bedi
Yr. 8 Incursion - Coach Approach
a lot of excursions
and incursions
this semester!
Student
Spotlight:
Henry Lal
EAL
On February 26, all year 8
students were involved in a
whole day incursion.
Session 2 was a talk from
Police Officers and the
Wellbeing Team.
Session 1 was a Team Building period with a sports
theme presented by Coach
Approach.
And Session 3 was an art
based period where the
students were able to put
together a time capsule
and a mural for the
NEWS
whole school.
Thanks to Chad
Cooke, Year 8 Coordinator, and the Wellbeing Team for organising this wonderful
event.
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Din Mawi
Henry Lal Din Mawi (8.5) is our featured EAL student for this issue.
He is an avid fan of anime, and started
drawing at a young age. Described by
his teachers as smart , funny and very
talented, we are proud of his work and
want to share it with everyone.
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Year 7 - Meet & Greet BBQ
lege Captains Joshua Baker
and Sonia Piva, and Year 7
Student Leaders Lucas Sanza
and Mitchell Cumming.
On February 26, we held our
annual Year 7 Meet and Greet
barbecue. The students and
parents enjoyed the live music
and BBQ while meeting the
year 7 teachers.
“I enjoyed how the parents came and
cooked for the Tastes of the World.
There were a lot of meals! It was good
because we all worked together and
we made such a great team.
—- Anyieth Mabiei
(10.3)
Several speeches were delivered, including those by Col-
“My favourite was the
Rubik’s Cube Challenge. I loved how
Ms. Darazs slammed
down the cube and
showed us how it
was done.”
—- Ms. James
“The girls dances
were amazing—
such a colorful
celebration of life
and culture.
They were
phenomenal,
and we were
performances.”
—- Ms. Medina
STUDENT
OF THE WEEK
Staughton College will be recognising the wonderful
achievements of our students
throughout 2015 in many different ways. A new initiative
in 2015 is the introduction of a
Student of the Week at each
year level. Students awarded
with the ‘Student of the Week’
will be celebrated at school
and also be published in the
college newsletter.
BREAKFAST CLUB
The Wellbeing Team runs the
Breakfast Club, and it is held
every Thursday morning in P6
at 8am.
We look forward to seeing
EAL
NEWS
Thank you to all who attended and helped.
This event was organised by
Mr. Michael Salib, the
Transition Coordinator.
Odds and Ends
We are proud to share that
John Riak (11.6) was given
this award during Week 4 for
‘consistently using his time in
Tute groups effectively’.
blessed to see their
Parents were also given the
opportunity to tour the Year
7 core rooms and meet their
children’s new friends and
their parents.
lots of students there, including the new year 7s.
BRING
DEVICE
YOUR
OWN
The Bring Your Own Device
program is now well underway
for students in Years 10-12.
Students who purchased their
own device and who have returned a signed Student
Agreement form have now
had their devices connected to
the network and are using
their devices in class to enhance their learning and understanding.
Students in Year 10-12 have
the option of continuing to use
their school device or purchasing their own. Please note
that it is a requirement that
ALL students have a device.
Ms. Lorna McClory, the
eLearning Leading Teacher, is
in charge of this program.
TUTORIAL GROUPS
For the last two years, the
staff at Staughton College have
been working busily to prepare for the implementation of
Tutorial Groups.
Students
have now been placed in a
group based on their year level
and reading abilities.
Each week, there will be a
School Wide Positive Behaviors lesson on Monday mornings. The focus is to develop
skills to enhance students as
learners and citizens.
On
Tuesday, the students will
have literacy lessons. For the
rest of the week, students will
do independent reading and
have conferences with their
teachers.
Ms. Sarah-Jane Woodward, Performance and Development Team Leader, is in
charge of this program.
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CALD Haven
CALD stands for Culturally And Linguistically Diverse. And here at the
college, we open our
school gates and welcome
our diverse community.
We have launched CALD
Haven - a lunch time activity open to CALD students and their friends.
We have various activities
aimed at helping the students improve their academic, extra-curricular and
social skills.
This year, we have had
homework support as well
as radio shows.
The students who come in
Cultural Diversity
Week 2015 ran
during Week 7,
And on March 6, Ms.
James and Ms. Medina
attended the 2015 EAL
from March 16-23.
Conference: Empowering
EAL Learners.
ISSUE
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The EAL team is committed to continuous learning
so that we may, in turn,
bring back practical
knowledge to help our
students. We have many
plans for the future, and
hope to continue to receive support from the
college and the EAL families.
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“It was fun and the prizes were good.
Not many people use the soccer
cage, but now since the soccer event,
many people are using it more.”
to the EAL room have also
broadened their social
circles, and were given
opportunities to develop
their event organizing skills
by helping with the activities for Cultural Diversity
Week.
Professional Training
Last March 2, Dr. Gray
and Ms. Medina attended
professional development
training given by Foundation House called School’s
In for Refugees.
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—- Malual Riak (11.6)
“It was great. Everyone was
participating and everyone
had fun.”
—- Jacob Aleer (11.3)
Cultural Diversity Week 2015
By: Asyai Luk
Cultural Diversity Week
turned out great, with
cultural activities such as:
Soccer World Cup, Cultural Fashion Parade,
Tastes of the World, Ice
Cream Fun Day, Harmony
Wall Art Competition,
World Music, Rubik’s
EAL
NEWS
Cube Challenge, Henna
Tattoo, and the VICSEG
Scholars Sausage Sizzle.
There were a few students
who also participated and
made sure that the events
went smoothly. Congratulations to Sakir Nawaz
(8.5) and Riel Mayuom
(10.4) for winning the
Junior and Senior Soccer
World Cup respectively,
Holly Collins (7.7),
Jayde Johnstone (8.7)
and Tejay Lawrence
(7.5) for the Harmony
Wall Art Competition,
and Dylan
Butler
(12.6) for the Rubik’s
Cube Competition.
WORLD MUSIC was
brought to us by DJ
Will and Ms. James.
3 La Bamba
4 99 Luftaballoons
5 Jai Ho!
1 Gangnam Style
6 Las Ketchup
2 Macarena
7 Lambada
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