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Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter

www.derrinallump12.vic.edu.au 9th August, 2019 Edition 23 Integrity, Teamwork, Support, Empathy, Respect.

From the Principal

Campbell Street Derrinallum Phone: (03) 55976625, Fax: (03) 55976646 Victoria 3325 Email: [email protected] MGM Txt Only Number: 0427016460

I’d like to start this week’s write up with a huge thank you to my staff, who surprised me with a gorgeous bouquet of native flowers for World Principals’ Day last week. It was a truly magnificent way to finish my busy week off! I appreciate all staff at the College and the contributions they make to the team.

Camp:

As avid fans of our newsletter would know, last week I was enjoying myself on the grade 3/4 camp to Kangaroobie. It was fantastic! I’m not sure who had more fun, the kids or Ms Grills and I! It was action packed and the students were amazing. Having a go at all of their challenges no matter how hard they were! We always encourage our students to attend camps as they provide the opportunity to work on life skills that aren’t covered in curriculum. These learning experiences are unique to camps and the best way for students to learn lots about themselves and their capabilities.

I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the camp. The game of life and death was a definite favourite of mine but I also really enjoyed tobogganing in the sand dunes, although it would appear I’m much better at shooting a water pistol than I am at not face planting in the sand.

Aerosol cans:

Please be aware that aerosol cans like deodorant shouldn’t be used at school. When sprayed in an enclosed space, like the corridor, they can cause health concerns such as asthma attacks. Asthma is a serious condition which affects both students and staff at the College. Students are encouraged to use roll on deodorants at school.

Thanks Mrs Mac!

This week we say good bye to Mrs McDonald as she finishes her 4 weeks in the Foundation/1 room. We thank her for all the work she did over the start of the term filling in for Mrs Johnstone. Mrs McDonald fitted in as part of the team sharing her advice and wisdom. We welcome back Mrs Johnstone who has been missed by all.

Wet Weather:

Here come the rains again! The weather forecasters tell us to settle in for some cold and wet weather over the next week or so. So if we can please remind families to support their students to come prepared to school with a coat that can be worn (outside) to keep them warm and dry. We’ll do our best to provide the students with activities to keep them busy and dry during the breaks but if it’s not raining students will still be able to run around outside to burn off some energy!

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Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter August 9th, 2019

Respecting what we have:

Being a little school we don’t have a huge budget that we can spend. That’s one of the many reasons that it’s key that we respect and look after what we have, in particular our garden. Although I am a huge fan of nature play and we have some wonderful big rocks and trees that students can play amongst, it’s still important that students don’t get carried away and damage the plants. If we look after what we have it will last us longer providing enjoyment and entertainment in the future.

Some of our equipment is looking a little worn and in need of updating and we hope to have a working bee later in the year when the weather is more favourable to improve this. In the meantime School Council are looking for ideas for the yard, so if you have any suggestions please pass them on to Aaron and the team.

Book week is coming…

This year’s theme is “Reading is my super power” and we will be setting up our Scholastic Book Fair in the school library from Monday 19th August to Wednesday 28th August. Students, parents and community members are welcome to come in and purchase books from the book fair between 8.30am and 4pm each day. I think Book Week provides us with an excellent reason for a dress up day! On Monday August 26th we will be holding a ‘come as your favourite book character day’. A parade will be held at recess on this day and we would like to extend an invitation to parents and community members to attend. Speaking of book week-

The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is still happening and I hope that those students who are participating are enjoying their extra reading. During the week I came across an article on the department’s Education News site called ‘6 ways to motivate your child to read’. The theories are simple and achievable and are things that all parents and carers can do to encourage reading. I have even been doing these at home with my reluctant readers!

Read what you love- find books about things that your child enjoys like dinosaurs, unicorns, football or detective adventures.

Books everywhere- keeping books around the house makes it easier to pick them up and start reading.

Visit the library- local libraries are fun places and Derri has a great little library with heaps of books on offer! Not to mention that you can loan books for free which makes reading even more accessible!

Make time- Just like I’ve mentioned previously plan some time every day to do some reading. It’s best to do it in a comfortable, calm space. Away from the TV!

Be dramatic- when reading aloud create even more interest with funny voices and sound effects. Reading aloud is also great because it models to children how writing skills like punctuation work. But don’t stress if you miss a comma because they’ll be enjoying the quality time with you!

Lead by example. Take time out of your day to enjoy reading and share that with your child. Talk about the storyline or characters in your book or read the comics in the paper together.

Family Statements of Account

These have been sent home this week. Thank you to families who have paid or are using a payment plan. If you have a balance owing on your account we would appreciate if this could be paid as soon as possible. If you wish to set up a payment plan or have any queries regarding your statement please contact Janette Devlin. Many thanks for your support with this. Caitlyn Fitzgerald - Principal


Camp Kangaroobie - Grade 3/4

I loved the trailer ride and getting wet. The food was great and I hope I can go again and have more fun. The other thing I loved was having fun at the beach and get-ting buried in the sand. Then I liked climbing the sand dunes. I liked the night walk and having ice-cream on the way back. I liked seeing the twelve apostles and watching the movie. The movie was called Mike’s Magic and playing gaga. By Hamish

Thump thump. That is the sound of feet stomping as we begin the beach hike. After that long walk we finally get to the beach and every-body ran off to the dunes. After a few rides and a few crashes I decided to explore. While exploring I got stuck and chose to go further into the trees. But while exploring I uncovered an ants nest and got out of there as fast as I could. Splash. Went Hamish as he did a demo for the first obstacle. After all the demos we had to run the course. Me, Ripley and Marshall were on a team called the Rapters. While doing the obstacle course Marshall ditched me and Ripley. While at camp I had a great time, but was disappointed when we went home. By Campbell

When we got to camp Matt explained all the stuff to do like eat, play Ga-ga, explore, kick the footy and sleep. There were three dogs and their names were Jedi, Bucket and the other dog’s name I don’t remember. One of the dogs was a Black Lab and the other two were Kelpies. We also played the game of Life or Death and I got six points, but I was supposed to get 10 points. We went on the Obstacle course and it was really muddy and stinky. When we came back we had a shower. On the last night we watched a kids basketball movie called Like Mike. Then we went and saw the twelve Apostles and got icy poles. Then we went to Cobden and went to a park and we ate cake. We went for a walk and saw lots of ducks and they chased us. We also went to the sand dunes and we went on the toboggans and I jumped down the dunes and I rolled down them too. I ate a lot of sand. I also

jumped off a dune and marked a football. We also went home. We had to hike to the beach it was about a two and a half km hike up the big dunes. We went on a raft and crossed a river with it. I had a watermelon icy pole and it was tasty. There are only seven apostles left that I could see. We also made a camp fire and we cooked damper, it was tasty with jam inside. Me and Campbell explored and we found five huts, panther hair and two shredded up tyres. The tyres looked like a black Panther had attacked them. I had a lot of fun at Camp Kangaroobie. By Marshall

On school camp I did bush cooking. In the cooking we cooked damper. We had a night

walk and Matt said there was a panther. Campbell found fur off the panther! We had

the obstacle course, it was muddy. I was wet and so was Kirra. We went for a beach

walk which was 5km long! By Sophie Wright


Camp Kangaroobie - Grade 3/4

When I was at the sand dunes I ran up the sand dunes, I used a

sled to go back down. A few times I rolled down it. Then I went into

the water, it was freezing.

Then we found sticks and bigger sticks and got paper and put the

sticks in a tepee shape. Then we found sticks as big as our thumb

and as long as our arms. After that we put damper on our sticks,

then we cooked it. It was tasty.

After we went on a trailer ride. When we got off, first we fed cows

then we got back in to go to Matt’s house where there was a

sheep. His name was Sir Lamington. There were 7 piglets and 2

pigs. 2 people from Invermay kissed the pigs butt to ride it. It didn’t

like it.

Camp Kangaroobie was fun. I enjoyed it a lot and I hope I can go with my family some day. By Harley

On Wednesday at Camp Kangaroobie we went to the beach. We went tobogganing on giant slopes. I tried surfing on the toboggan, but, it didn’t work. Day 2, The Obstacle Course. Obstacle 1 Hamish did a demo of over and under. It was hard but fun. I did a demonstration for the water-slide and then everyone gave it a try. Then there were the tyres, now that was fun. The camp was really tiring, but really fun! By Ripley

When we arrived at camp we had lunch. Then we went on a beach walk. On the night walk Matt scared us. We

did a big circle. He told us lots of stories. On the second day we did activities and it was fun!

By Kirra


$20 Boss – School-based businesses launching soon

Students in the Year 9/10 Humanities and Year 11 Business Management classes have been working busily over the past term to develop their own businesses that they will soon launch and run from school. The program, known as ‘$20 Boss’, has been developed by the Foundation for Young Australians to give students the opportunity to get real, hands-on experience of what it is like to be an entrepreneur. The program is made up of a number of ‘phases’ (or modules) that introduce students to new business and entrepreneurship concepts and skills. They develop familiarity with these concepts through individual or group activities, and then work to apply these concepts to their own business ideas. At the end of the planning stage, the Foundation for Young Australians provides each student with $20 start-up money to launch their business. At the end of the program, if the business makes money, students are expected to pay back the initial start up funds as well as an additional $1 donation (designed to represent interest on a loan) back to the program. Any profits left after this can be split between the group members. All of the businesses being launched at Derrinallum P-12 College are social enterprises, meaning they aim to do something positive for people or the planet. Reflecting this, each group has made a pre-commitment to donate a portion of their profits to a charity or cause they are interested in. This week, students are finalising their marketing campaigns – so keep your eye out around the school, in student diaries and in next week’s newsletter! Kristy Riley – Humanities and Business Management teacher

A logo for one of

the businesses

Teamwork activity

Prototyping exercise

Business brainstorming

Students of the week


Congratulations to Alex Poole (Yr 7) who gave me the correct answer to last week’s problem. Last week’s problem was: Luckily I was one of 3 winners of Powerball last week and I won $38 million. I put 10% of it in the bank and spent the rest. How much did I spend? ANS: $34.2 million ($34 200 000) This week’s question is: Kylee, April and Hannah have $100 altogether. Kylee has twice as much as April but April has $16 more than Hannah. How much money does Kylee have?

Mr Smith’s Maths Question Of The Week

Alexis Henderson for her enthusiasm towards her work and her great work

ethic. Always a great helper.

Neave Thompson for consistently trying her best

in class.

In the interest of safety for all students who travel on school buses, it is important to remember the following:

Be at the bus stop at least 10 minutes before the bus is due to arrive at your stop. Bus drivers are not required to wait if you are not there.

Provide a note for any change of bus travel.

Behave appropriately when waiting at the bus stop and whilst travelling on the school bus.

Wear your seat belt at all times.

Don’t distract the driver whilst he/she is driving.

Remain seated until the bus comes to a stop.

Never cross the road in front of a school bus. Always wait until the bus moves off before crossing the road. It’s hard to see oncoming traffic that may be obscured by the bus.

Gaye Robinson-Marks - Bus Coordinator


Just a friendly reminder that Term 3 at our school is our collection term for your bread tags, so feel free to drop them off at the front office or send

them in with your child/children to be dropped

into our collection bucket.

Chrissy’s Book Review

School Buses

Bread tags come in many shapes, sizes and colours. AUSSIE BREAD TAGS FOR WHEELCHAIRS is a community network of volunteers collecting bread tags, recycled by Transmutation—Reuse, Reduce, Recycle based in Robe South Australia and the proceeds raised are used to provide the gift of mobility by delivering wheelchairs to the needy in South Africa.

Title: Hapless Hero Henrie Author: Petra James Suitable for: Junior readers Hapless Hero Henrie is a bold tale of eleven-year-old Henrie Melchior, a girl with a curious mind and a mystery to solve. Told from her perspective, the book explores themes of family, belonging, forgiveness and trust. The book uses letters, notes from Henrie and pictures to help tell the story, and this provides insights into the main character’s mental state as well as elabo-rating on points made in the main text. The quirkiness of the illustrations (courtesy of A. Yi) makes the youthful charm of the perspective more evi-dent, and the language creates the sense of a young but intelligent girl. The storyline is easy to follow, and follows Henrie on her journey to discover her family. I quite liked this tale, since it has plot twists that help keep the reader engaged. This book is the first in the House of Heroes series, and this was a great beginning of a series. Rating: 5/5 Hapless Hero Henrie is a great book demonstrating the untapped power of girls, and you can borrow it from our school library today!

http://www.busvic.asn.au/public/bus-safety/

2020

Year 9-12

Pathway Information Evening

Our College would like to extend an

invitation to all parents, guardians and

students to attend our Year 9-12

pathways information evening on

Tuesday 13th August. 6.30pm

There will be a BBQ dinner at 6pm

followed by our staff information

Session.

Our evening is designed to give you

an overview of all the possible

pathways open to your child's

future.

Your child’s choices are important to us to

support success for their future.

For More information

Please contact Caitlyn Fitzgerald

(Principal) or Ken Smith (VCE

Coordinator) on our school number

55976625 for all queries.

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