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Corryong College
Keeping In Touch 3rd May, 2019
P O Box 225, Corryong, Vic. 3707
Tel. No. 02 6076 1566 & 02 6076 1061
Senior Campus Fax. No. 02 6076 1650
Junior Campus Fax. No. 02 6076 1849
www.corryong.vic.edu.au
Dear Parents & Carers,
Thank you to all the students, staff and parents that represented the college at the community ANZAC celebrations last Thursday. Our
students and teachers, including the CFA and College Band crew presented well at the march, whilst our hospitality students served
coffees for the early Dawn Service. Our college captains; Claudia McKimmie and Maisie Pilli presented the wreath, whilst our readers;
Charlotte Findlay, Paige Heinjus, and Gemma McNamara read their chosen poems beautifully.
The staff and students also held a ceremony of remembrance at the college on Friday. These events really show the respect and
reverence that our students and staff consistently evidence. Thank you to everyone who made these
days such a great tribute to all who served.
Congratulations to the Year 10 Boys Volleyball team who have made it through to the State
finals. Join me in congratulating Ashton Kurnof, Clancy Gledhill, Harley Middleton, Nathan
Lattanzio, Mitchell McLean, Zac Nugent, and Kyle Jarvis.
Now that we have settled well into the year, it is important for us to all understand the standards and policies that are in place to ensure
our children are safe. As a school and a community that prioritises Child Safety, we need to ensure we comply with the Ministerial
Order 870 by ensuring the Child Safe Standards are well in place. We have a responsibility to our children to ensure we ALL follow
these standards. As a refresher for some and awareness for others, throughout the newsletters I will be addressing these standards, as
well as concepts around our duty of care in keeping our children safe and protected from abuse within and outside the school hours.
This is a responsibility of not only the school, but all of us adults within the community. This week I would like to reiterate the
standards for our new and existing parents and any other community readers of KIT. There are 7 Child Safe Standards that schools and
organisations must have in place:
1. Strategies to embed an organisational culture of child safety
2. A child safe policy or statement of commitment to child safety
3. A child safety code of conduct
4. Screening, supervision, training and other human resource practices that reduce the risk of child abuse
5. Procedures for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse
6. Strategies to identify and reduce or remove risks of child abuse
7. Strategies to promote child participation and empowerment
The vital necessity of ensuring all staff, and volunteers, have Working With Children Checks, Mandatory Reporting eLearning updates,
professional development around recognising signs of abuse and the processes around reporting, as well as keeping our children safe, in
and out of school, is part of our annual learning program. Our newsletters focus on areas that effect our children’s health and wellbeing.
These can include, but are not limited to, cyber safety awareness, resilience building, emotional regulation and development of our
children through various ages. We like to share advice on healthy eating as well as the impact of sugar on behaviour and mental
capacity, mental health, positive parenting strategies, such as the importance of families instilling a life balance that allows children,
and parents, the down time they need to process this over-stimulated world. Whilst we revisit some of these concepts as new research is
accessible, we are also keen to address any requests you may have. We also, at times, address those really hard concepts to create
greater awareness around family violence, trauma, and what we need to do as a community to ensure the protection of our children and
supporting families, is our priority.
Here at the college we are consistently providing awareness programs for our youth. These are in the form of the Respectful
Relationships program, awareness around cyber safety, guest speakers from renowned organisations and youth police officers, just to
name a few.
At the end of this KIT please find attached the PROTECT; Protecting Children from Abuse: for Parents and Carers. In a couple of
weeks, I will include information around the 2014 ‘Failure to Disclose’ legislation. This can also be found online if you wish to look at
this sooner. Thank you all for reading about this heavy topic, however if these issues are brought into the light, we as a community can
work together in creating awareness and building our knowledge and ability to support.
Wishing you all a great week ahead,
Fran Heath
College Principal
Child Safety Standards
Corryong College Council Meeting Dates
The next meetings for Term 2 2019 will be week 5 Monday 20th May and week 9 Monday 17th June at
7pm.
Mon 6th May
CFA Youth Crew
Tues 7th
O&M Intermediate &
Senior Boys football
Wed 8th Thurs 9th
Cert 2 Outdoor
Recreation Excursion
Senior & Intermediate
Boys Tennis Hume
Fri 10th
Cert 2 Outdoor
Recreation Excursion
Mon 13th
VCE PE Excursion
Parents Club
meeting 7pm Junior
Campus
3.30-5.30pm Resume
Writing Workshop
Tues 14th
Naplan Years 3,5,7,9
Wed 15th
Year 12 Snowy driver
training
Naplan Years 3,5,7,9
Thurs 16th
Naplan Years 3,5,7,9
Fri 17th
Cross Country Primary
Faulty Towers
Toasted sandwich day
Mon 20th
School Council meeting
Tues 21st Wed 22nd
O&M Girls &
Year 7-8 Boys
football
Thurs 23rd Fri 24th
Mon 27th Tues 28th Wed 29th Thurs 30th Fri 31st
Upper Hume Cross
Country (Primary)
Mon 3rd
Parents Club
meeting 7pm Junior
Campus
Tues 4th
CFA Youth Crew
Wed 5th Thurs 6th
O&M Cross Country
Secondary
Fri 7th
Big Freeze
Mon 10th
Queens Birthday
Tues 11th
Faulty Towers
Asian Degustation
Hospo students only
Wed 12th Thurs 13th Fri 14th
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Term 2, 2019
Canteen Roster
Friday 10th May
Junior Campus - Volunteer required
Senior Campus - Nat Mouat
Light Horsemen of the Upper Murray
Written by the Year 5 and 6 students and staff in 2018, this book looks at the stories behind over 50 men from the Upper Murray who enlisted in the Light Horse during World War 1. The book cost $20 and copies may be obtained from the General Office at the Senior Campus. Money raised will be used to fund the publication of another book being written by students and staff with the focus being on the men and women from the Upper Murray who did not return from overseas service.
F-4 HAPPENINGS
Every Monday in Term 2
All students will having an assembly in the Library from
2.50pm—3.20pm. All parents are welcome to attend.
Every Tuesday hot pies & sausage rolls Term 2 & 3 As from 30th April all students will be able to purchase hot pies and
Sausage rolls for $3.00 for lunch.
PHONICS CODE OF THE WEEK
Secret Agent Silent Final e
Job 2—Stops v being at the end of a word.
The letter v can never be at the end of a word so Secret
Agent Silent Final e is placed at the end.
E.g. drive, stove, grave,
Wednesday 8th May - Tour De Cure visit
At 9am the Tour De Cure team will be visiting our school and
presenting a Be Fit, Be Healthy, Be Happy educational program
to all our students. Parents most welcome.
More than 200 cyclists and support crew will be riding from
Sydney to Geelong aiming to raise over $2.2 million for life
saving cancer research and prevention projects.
The Tour De Cure team will be at Attree Park along with Mark
Baretta to present Sunrise from 6.30am. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Book Fair - Monday 13th to Friday 17th May
The College will be running a book fair in the Junior Campus
office on Monday 13th May until Friday 17th May. All parents,
grandparents and friends are
welcome to come in and have a
browse at the terrific books, post-
ers, novelty stationary and gifts
on display to purchase.
Simultaneous Story Time - 22nd May
All student from F-2 will be visiting the library for story time.
F/1 9.30am and Year 2 10.30am
Healthy Harold - 28th, 29th & 30th May
All students from F-4 will be learning about healthy lifestyles
from Healthy Harold in the Life Education van.
Naplan testing - 14th, 15th & 16th May
All year 3 students will be sitting the Naplan tests on the above
mentioned days.
Bus travellers - Term 2
Could parents please send an updated bus schedule for the children if
their child wont be on the bus due to sporting commitments etc..
Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge
This term, Corryong College’s Junior Campus is participating the
2019 Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge. Many students have
made a great start and are recording the books they have read. This
includes books read at home and at school. For students from
Foundation to Grade 2, the Challenge is to read or experience 30
books. For students in Grades 3 and 4, the Challenge is to read 15
books. The Challenge will finish during Term 3 on Friday the
30th August. There are still 17 weeks left to complete the Challenge.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah
Harris. I wish you all the best on your reading journeys.
Junior Art News
This term in Art, all students will begin using paint to further develop
their exploration of art techniques and concepts. To protect their
clothing I would like all students to have an art smock they bring to
class. You do not need to buy anything, using old clothing, such as a
large shirt is sufficient. If you have any questions or concerns in
regards to obtaining one, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please
be aware art classes are on the following days.
Foundation, Grade 1 and Grade 2: Thursday
Grade 3: Friday
Grade 4: Wednesday
Thank you for your support.
Faulty Towers Coffee shop / restaurant pre-paid coffee
cards.
Buy 9 coffees / iced drinks and get the 10th free!!
$18 each Buy at the Front Office, pay with cash or EFTPOS
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
6
AM Di Brennan
PM Sam Pryse
7
AM Maree Irving
PM Jess Green
8
AM Judi & Barb
PM Sarah Whiteley
Tayla Pierce
9
AM Colleen Wood
Kate Elphick
PM Colleen Wood
10
AM G & S Benton
PM L Greenhill
11
AM Dee Lebner
Maiya Curven
Caitlin Shipman
13
AM Di Brennan
PM Sam Pryse
14
AM Jess Green
PM Kate Butler
15
AM Judi & Barb
PM Cheryl Coysh
16
AM Kate Elphick
PM VOLUNTEER
REQUIED
17
AM P Hewatt
S NIcholas
PM Melissa
Whitehead
18
AM Sally P
Maiya Curven
Caitlin Shipman
20
AM Di Brennan
PM Sam Pryse
21
AM Kirsty Heinjus
PM Jess Green
22
AM Judi & Barb
PM Jane Mongan
23
AM Kate Elphick
PM VOLUNTEER
REQUIRED
24
AM Bob & Barb
Brown
PM L Greenhill
25
AM Kimb Heycox
Maiya Curven
Caitlin Shipman
If you can’t work your roster day? Please arrange a swap with another volunteer or call an emergency worker from the list below.
Judi Mercer 02 6076 8382 Redel Whitehead 02 6076 8232 Joanne Bennetts 0427 762 276 Teigan Klippel 02 6076 2038
Mert Bennetts (Not Thursdays) 0447 761 294 Any queries regarding the roster call Janette Rixon 60760505 0427 010 194 or email
OP Shop Roster May 2019
Lexi Galbraith was the winner of the
Easter Colouring Competition run
by Corryong Newsagency
