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<strong>News</strong>letter Number 2 March 4, 2011<br />
ines.<br />
Often “the Australians” as we were called, attended English classes<br />
in Bitche, helping the other students with their English speaking<br />
skills, while at the same time learning valuable French that would<br />
not have been possible to learn in Australia.<br />
We are so grateful for the amazing experience that Madame Devereux<br />
and Madame Hoellinger, the corresponding teacher from<br />
France, have been able to create for us, and it would not have been<br />
possible without their commitment and dedication to this homestay.<br />
Madame Devereux has managed to create a life long memory for<br />
each of us, and many new friendships, not only with our host families,<br />
but also with others that we met in France, and we would like to<br />
thank her immensely for giving us the opportunity of a lifetime.<br />
This wonderful trip has opened up so many opportunities for the<br />
future for every single one of us, and it has been the most beneficial<br />
thing that could have happened to improve our French speaking<br />
skills. Now, we not only have a home in Australia, but we each have<br />
a French home and family just waiting for us.<br />
The trip to France was one that each of us will remember forever,<br />
and when the day came for us to leave, nobody wanted to.<br />
Each of us plans to return to Bitche to visit our host families soon,<br />
and we eagerly await the arrival of our host sisters, when they will<br />
attend <strong>Ringwood</strong> <strong>Secondary</strong> <strong>College</strong> in July and early August. They<br />
arrive on July 11th 2011.<br />
Paige Sytema<br />
Year 11, 2011<br />
International and Exchange Report<br />
Our International students have had a great start to the year and<br />
our new students have settled into school life very quickly. Our International<br />
Prefect this year is Eleanor Pine and along with Sophie<br />
we celebrated their eighteenth birthdays this week. I look forward<br />
to working with Eleanor this year, we should have a lot fun especially<br />
organizing our social events which we have several times during<br />
term.<br />
VISIT FROM MONTFORT COLLEGE - THAILAND<br />
We are expecting the arrival of four students from Montfort <strong>College</strong><br />
at the beginning of second term. They will be coming for English<br />
immersion and be in class every day. There will be two boys and<br />
two girls around 16 years old. They will be here from the 23rd April<br />
until the 20th May. We are looking for families who would like to<br />
provide a homestay. Each student will pay the $100.00 per week.<br />
Please contact me at school if you are interested.<br />
Year 7 - iPad Update<br />
It has been an exciting, yet hectic few weeks for Year 7. Thank you<br />
to all<br />
students who listened patiently and followed instructions, during<br />
their iPad induction session. As with any emerging technology, we<br />
have<br />
experienced some issues. However, we are working our way<br />
through these and visiting each class to ensure every iPad is functioning<br />
correctly.<br />
REMINDERS<br />
Students have been given the list of both ‘free’ and ‘paid’ applications<br />
that they are to ‘purchase’. From time to time throughout the<br />
year, teachers may ask students to ‘purchase’ other ‘free’ applications,<br />
but no teacher will ask student to ‘purchase’ a ‘paid’ application.<br />
The only time students should purchase any other ‘paid’ applications<br />
with their school gift card, is if this is directed by Ms Rafferty.<br />
This would then be an application all students would need to purchase,<br />
using the remainder of the gift card they were given.<br />
It is vital that students first download the school-identified applications.<br />
We are aware that some students have downloaded other<br />
applications: this isn’t a problem, but there are a few conditions for<br />
students and parents to keep in mind. The school applications must<br />
be downloaded first; the school gift card money cannot be used on<br />
other applications; and non-school applications must not be used<br />
during school hours. It is also important to remember that some applications<br />
which are ‘free’ to download have paid components or ‘in<br />
app purchases’ once they have been downloaded. These are usually<br />
only games, and are an easy trap to fall into. The only school application<br />
on the list, where there is a need for an ‘in app purchase’, is<br />
‘Puppet Pals’, this cost has been factored into the school gift cards.<br />
THAILAND TRIP – 2011<br />
We are still looking for students who would like to join our group<br />
on our trip to Chiang Mai in Thailand. We will be leaving on the 27th<br />
June and returning the 14th July. Students in Years 9-11 are invited<br />
along to this exciting tour of Northern Thailand, highlights include<br />
visiting Temples, Elephant riding in the jungle, white water rafting.<br />
We will stay with homestay families provided by Montfort <strong>College</strong><br />
(our sister school). On our way home we will spend 3 nights in Singapore<br />
and will breakfast with Orangutans in the Singapore Zoo<br />
as the main highlight. If you are interested please see the flyer at<br />
the end of the <strong>News</strong>letter and pay your deposit as soon as possible<br />
as we are finalizing numbers soon. For further information you can<br />
contact me on lcody@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au<br />
Lynda Cody<br />
International Coordinator<br />
It is important that students keep their iTunes gift card safe at<br />
home, as they were instructed at the iPad induction. That way, if<br />
any issues arise due to iTunes accounts, we have the card details to<br />
contact Apple with.<br />
Finally, please remember that there must be no ‘Passcode Lock’<br />
placed on any student iPad (this can be found in Settings under<br />
‘General’). This can create significant problems for both the student<br />
and the Tech team, as, if the password is lost or forgotten, the iPad<br />
will need to be restored to factory settings, wiping all applications<br />
and work.<br />
TECHINCAL TIPS<br />
Technical support assistants are working their way through each<br />
Year 7 class to assist every student. This is a time consuming but vital<br />
process. They are also currently creating several Help Guides, so<br />
students can resolve some of the minor issues themselves. Further<br />
to this, we have included some basic troubleshooting tips below:<br />
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